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NAT.II. INTELLIGENCE!

PORTSMnI:Tii,DFC. 51.
Nothing arri•..l r r sailed this day. Sir Jrthn
Warren's squadron, and the outward-botmd con
Toys, remain wind hound.
FEYMOUTM, use. 30:r
evenini.oi arrived, alter a successful cruise,
the autiful frigate, /.'fiptsriorye. of 44 guns, sod
503 men, in company with Le ...Dire, Capt. Mait-
land ; off Rochtnrt, fell in with La Libre. French
frigate, of 40 guns ; and, after a gallant resistance
on the part of the enemy, fnr half an hour, struck
to the Pritt.h shins. 0.% boarding Ln Libre, there
were about 27 tricn killed and wounded; the Secomi
Captain was among the former. L'Esruntie,aor was
fought by the Second Lieutenant (Handheld) ;
Captain Fleming, an 1 the First Lieutenant (Pas-
coe,) being on the enurt-Alattial at Portsmouth.
she had one man killed and seven wounded, L.,
.1 are had seven men wounded The first Captain
of La Life. seas one of B .naparte's Legi•in of Hi
sour, and sailed from Flushing about six weeks awn,
in compa-y with Le Feroese French frigate, and
went ncnli-about, but parted with her ahOut tents
days since, in a leaky cnndition, and i. supposed has
pot back again. L. (acre was lett towing the prize,
which may be expelled in to-mot row. This is the
fourteenth price taken by the fortunate .Egvptienor,
during her last valise
Arrived also the (*error, of BO guns, Admiral Sir
R Strachan.
Sailed the Viper cutter, and Nile Ingzer. The
Iffenfeote will sail tot Portsmouth to-night, or tn-
morrow morning, to join Adnsiral Sir J. Warren.
VAI MOUTH, ear. 29.
Arrived the lrneirEe packet, Capt. Porten:,
with a Mail from New York and Halifax. in 22 days
1• tsar e fr im the latter place ; the Betsey, Collins,
It.‘ln Pool ; and the An.ericatt ship Nenry. Captain
Jenrsings, front Virginia.
Ihe f...rsntaratte frigite passed the Harbour, this
fnr Ply/pout:1; she has captured a French
frigate of 48 guns, after an aCtion of about an hour,
and had two men killed.
TOIIIIII4Y, DEC. 50.
I last evening informed you that there were seve-
ral latge sail in sight from the Berry Head, and last
evening. after dark. Admiral Cornwallis, with the
rook de Pmu, Glory, Progress Rawl, Revfear, and
Warrior, came into I orbay, and remain.
'llers are several large vessels now in sight to
the eastward of the Berry Head, supposed to be
Admiral Douglas's squadron, which sailed from
beta on Saturday morning last.
• DEAL, DILC• 31.
ilsis morning, the Adamant rn u of war, with
geriebrigs, and a fleet of transports, sailed
illeittbapaare.„ to the Eastward.
Arrived tFe Woedterk gun-brig, from a cruise :
the Grips. Haywood, from Mogadore, for Lon-
don s and the kart St Ir:treys, Hutton, frosts Lon.
des. fee Jamaica; and remain in the Downs, with
the Siker. Usreear, Ter*. and the A ilidol4 men
dear /et/id/aft frigate ; Cenokstaot and rawest
of
cruiser; cerer and the Ddigr.ce
war: Sfirptrt and the Diadem defence
els4osmactsomg Zsb•-• 1.7,, and the rumen /
bs; and a large gun-brigs, luggers,
!niters. and outward-I .o.nd vessels.—Wind N.W.
blows held, with rain.
!101 LLOYD'S Lin.
••111.110.
At ShOORMIIImAh• Linskal, IteSertaire„ fro. lip.
As Arista—the Ott.. *reach, Alton, from Phi1...10,04.
At Lieeriee.l—tter Six Sister", ItArkrr, from lltogai
Smith awl the Lydia, Termer. front Chotesten.
At 140,6kt...the rafter. Snug, (mot Meesaita.
At Gaselier...the Mermaid, —, fere Guerf.ry.
AA Mtge...the !Isom idwaM, tient Liverpool.
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HULL. Dtc. 27.

:the following is an extra& of a letter front Capt.
Ifensltiae„ of the Royalist armed transport, to his
finest this place, dated the 13d instant :—" 1 am
liegiwy to inform you of oar safe arrival from Gib-
niter, atter a boisterous passage of thirty day., and
a narrow escape of being wrecked an the coast of
France, near Usha.nt ; which, if it had been the ease.
not a soul, nut of four handfed, would have told the
tale; we were in suspense four hours, but, thank
God! got clear, by carrying a press of sail; the
French were vs the Cliffs, expeeting every moment
we should go to the bottom. We are now on the
Motherbank, under quarantine, but expel soon to
bq released. lam terry to say, we lost one of our men
from the fore-yard. bending a new foresail, just as we
rie clear of the French coast, be was a foreigner.
We parted convoy four days after leaving Gibraltar;
out of fifteen, only seven have arrived, one of which
was taken by a part of the Brest fleet, but as it be-
gan to blow hard, he escaped. We being Agent
Ship, the Captain informed us, this morning, that
he is afraid the rest are taken, as he saw three or
four to leeward. He says, the French were much
afraid of falling in with Admiral Cornwallis, who
would nn doubt give a good account of them "
The ffei,sior had on board a detachment of the .54th
regiment of foot.
A large and valuable fleet from the Baltic, under
convoy of the Charlet, armed ship, arrived here
this week. They left Elsinore on the 13th iastant.
Several of those vessels, which, atone time were sup-
-6,1 to have been lacked up fur the winter, in :he
JUN*, by the frost, are among the number ; and
s..soie others which had sailed from P burgh,
but reached the Sound, previous to the 11th, ale
daily es•ortgleil. Some of these vessels have been
detained rt £l.inore a month by contrary winds.
Mr. G a sivri a is. we understand, at present en.
gaged in a work tyon The Heseeele et Ireland, in
which he has aimed; made considerable progress.
ibis work is, it •s said, w be divided into two parrs;
the tae cimprehending i.ke principal events, from
the Resinireion to the Decla-:airon of the Independ-
ence su the iris)) Legislature. is; 178:; arid the other
the latter pe.viod to the Vii:on.
of the Ree.dution and C.,
Ireland. and u;,on the crisis
persiiii is co Multi? well qua-
ti.e jristly high fame of Mr.
pecuha acquaintance with
his knowledge of the pr 1134:441)
ppelhJ nn eke stage.
the kit CrialtCy, LTcat trrzs::.•
;aimed of his proiludson.

FONEror INTELLIGENCE.
FROM TOE FRENCH PAPERS.

fm,,i• •
iIiTWICH. Dec. 7.
• The four Municipal Officers, deputed by the City
of PALI.% to His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon,
are still at Vienna.
General Massena is at this moment at Laybach.
The Bavarian army is ordered to cover the real
of the French army in Bohemia ; it is said, that it
will be augmented fo 80,000 men, which seems to
denote that the power of the Eledor is to be con-
siderably increased ; and that his States will be suf.-
ticienrly extended to provide for the maintenance n 1
so numerous an army. The soundest policy re.
quires, that Austria should nn longer be too tornii
dable a neighbour to Bavaria, and that the latter
should be placed to a situation to resist sadden at-
tacks, until sue may receive the succours secured to
her by her alli.ince with France. The mum-nt
seem; to he arrived for establishing this salutary
balance, which is to insure the tranquillity of Ger-
many, and is the Continent.
weaestecao. ace.
Marshal Augereact is arrived with his Ciirp, on
the Eastern borders of Francenia, on the side of
the Upper Palatinate.
xamicii, ace. 5.
The Clerks belonging to his Excellency M. de
Talleyrand Perigord, Minister of Foreign Affairs
to the Emperor Napoleon, arrived here the day
before yesterday. it is presumed, that His Excel-
lency will snail follow them, and that our city
will be, a• the same time, the centre of the most
important neyoci ttions, and the theatre of the most
remarkable events

A few days ago, a Gazette, in the North of Ger-
many, contained, three times, successively, the fol-
lowing article :-46 Prussia has a population of
right millions, an army of '252,000 men, of whom
100,000 can be brought into the field." Another
German Paper immediately inserted, on three suc-
cessive days, this other article:—" Austria had a
population of twenty-four millions of sonic; she iad
an army of 414,000 men, of which 2410,000 were
brought into the field ; and this formidable Power
crumbled in seven weeks, 'Antler the blows of the
Emperor Napoleon."
orsma, DEC. 5.
Letters from Naples inform us, that several
French merchants resident in that city have been
subjese to some vexations, and even to ill treatment,
notwithstanding the tamous Royal Proclamation
which takes theirs under its proteetion.
In consequence of the orders of his Serene High-
ness the Prince, Arch-Treasurer, the arms of his
Siciban Majesty, which wee placed over the gate
of the Hotel et his Agent here, have been taken
down.

At Bologna, a rew army is forming, to which all
the corps of restive in the 27th military division
are to be attached. It is to march, it is said. to
Battaglione, where the diEcrent corps of which it
coesists will be made acquainted with their farther
destistation. It is reported, that they are intended
to observe the tuovemeato of the Anglo-Russians
landed at Naples.
Letters from Ancona announce, that five or six
hundred &stolen' have landed on the coast of
Fernso.
LAST ORDER OF LORD NELSOIV.
The last General Order of Lord Nelson, dated
the 2tst Oft. I,OS. previous to the engagement be.
twern the Combined Fleets of France and Spain,
consisting of 33 sail of the line, and the British Fleet
of 17 sail of the line—on boa•d the Vldery, at Sea.

Vitlorv, ojiCedm, 03. 10, 1905.
Thinking it almost impossible to bijng a fleet of
40 sail of the line into battle, in variable winds, thick
weather, and other circumstances, which mast occur,
without such a loss volume. that the npportunitywould
probably be lost of bringing the enemy to battle in
such a manner as to make the business decisive, I
have therefore made up my mind to keep the fleet in
that position of sailing (with the exception of the Ist
and 2d in command), that the order of sailing is to
be tie order of the battle; placing the fleet in two
lines, of sixteen ships each. with an advanced squa-
dron of eight of the fastest sailing two-decked ships,
which will always make, if wanted, a line of twenty-
four sail, en which ever line the Commander-in-

Chief may dire& The Second in Command will,
after my intentions are made known to him, have the
-entire direetion of his hoe, to make the attack upon
the enemy. and to follow up the blow, until they are
captured or destroyed. If the enemy's fleet are seen
to windward, in line of battle, and that the two lines
and advanced squadron could fetch them, they will
probably be so extended, that their van could not
succour their rear. I should, therefore, proba-
bly, make the second in command's signal, to lead
through about the twelfth ship from their rear (or
wherever he could fetch, if no: able to get so far
advanced) ; my line would lead through about
their centre, and the advanced squadron, two,
three, or four ships a-head of their centre, so as
to insure getting at their Commander-in-Chief,
whom every effort must be made to capture--
The whole impression of the British fleet must be to
overpower from two or three ships a-head of their
Commander•in-Chief (supposed to be their centre) to
the rear of their fleet. I will suppose 20 sail of the
Lae to be untouched, it must be some time before they
could perform a mai;trtiv re to bring their force corn-
pad to attack any pail of the British fleet, or succour
their own ships, which, indeed, would be impossible,
Noillb4 out mixing with the ships engaged. The enemy's
fleet is 'apposed to consist of 4ti sail of the line, 11ri•
fish 40, it either is less, only a proportion of the ene-
my to be cut off; British to be on,: .1_ u: th superior
to the enemy cut off. Something must be left to
chance ; nothing is sore in a sea-fight, beyond all
others'. shots will carry away masts and yards of
friends as well as foes, but I look with confidence to
a viitnry before the van of the enemy could succour
their rear, and then that the British fleet would be
ready to receive the twenty sail of the line, or to
pnrsue them. should they endeavour to male off.
It tke ran of the enemy tacks, the captured s'iipe
must run to leeward tot the British Fleet. It the ene-
my wear, the British Feet must place thensselorf be-
•ween the enen.y, and the captured and dissbled
; and, should the enemy close, 1 have no

fear as t• the result. The Set awl in CurntnAoti
in possible things,ihree the movements of his line,
by keeping them as compaia as the uattue of the
circumstances will admit. CaptAins Are to look to
their particular fine as their rallyinz point, but in
case signals cannot be seen or clearly understoni •
NO CAPTAIN CAN DO willows Ii HE PLACti HIS SHIP
ALONGSIDI THAT OT AN LNCIAY.

Sq aaaltnn
Brit
Weather Line l6
1 tivn,,,n,
Lee Line l6
Enemy. 46
The divisions of the British Fleet will be brought
neatly within gun-shot of the enemy's centre, the sig-
nal will most probably then be made for the lee-lice
to hear up together, to set all their sails, even their
starring sails,in order to get as quickly as possible to
the enemy's line, and to cut through, beginning at
the 1 Rth ship from the enemy's rear. Some ships
may not get through their expefted place, but they
will always be at hand to assist their friends. If auy
are thrown in the rear of the enemy, they will com-
plete the business of twelve sail of the enemy. Should
the enemy wear together, or bear up, and sail large,
still the twelve ships, composing, in the first po-
stion, the enemy's rear, are to be the objel of at-
tack of the lee-line, unless otherwise direEted by
the Commander-in-Chief, which is scaicely to
be expated, as the entire management of the lee-
line (after the intentions of the Commander-
in-Chief are signified) is intended to be left to the
Admiral commanding that line. The remainder cf
the enemy's fleet (S 5 .sail of the line) are to be left
to the management of the Commander-in Chief, who
will endeavour to take care that the movements of
the Second in Command are as little interrupted as
possible. NELSON AND BIONIC/.

CAPT. NICHOLSON AND SIR R. CALDER.
The following is the Affidavit of Captain Ni-
cholson:—
Having observed the folloiving passage in Sir Ro-
bert Calder's Defence, as reported by the News-
papers, I feel myself called upon to answer it. The
passage I allude to is as follows:—" As to the re-
ports circulated by Lieut. Nicholson, that the Vice-
Admiral had assured trim, and had authorised him
to declare to the Commanding Officer, that I had
it in my power, and was determined to force the
Combined Fleets to renew the aftion. if so, why
not Lieut. Nicholson called to prove the faCi ? He
could not. The Vice-Admiral declared, on his lie-
nour, he never did send such a niess.+ge. Sir 11.
Calder-1 hat I do, most solemnly." Such is the
report of that part of the Admiral Sir R. Calder's
defence, as given by the Newspapers, of the car-
reetness of s. hich I cannot know any thing. But
if what Sir R Calder said, be fairly and cor-
rettly detailed, I consider it as an indispenUhle duty
I owe to my reputation as an Officer, to state, upon
oath, the p.irticulars of what was said to me by Sir
Robert Calder at the time I was charged with his
dispatches, on the evening of the 2ith of July, to
be forwarded in His Majesty's cutter, the Frisk, un-
der my command. Sir K. Calder being in his Ca-
bin, and no other person present but him and me,
and having delivered to me the dispatches, he or-
dered me to tell the Commander-in-Chief, Admiral
Cornwallis, that he was determiaed to bring the ene-
my to aftims the next morning, the 25th of July,
observing, at the same time (to use his own words
as near as possible,) that it would be a melancholy
thing, if the Windsor Carle, with the frigates and
prizes should fall into the hands of the enemy ; but
in whatever event, whether he could render secure
the retreat of the Friwhor Coate with the frigates
and prizes or not, he was determined to attack the
enemy the next morning, adding. he knew very well
they were not far off, and unless they abandoned
their disabled and heavy-sailing skips, which he be-
lieved t.wv had no inclination to do, they noall riot
easily escape him.
R. Calder asks, why I was not called to prove
the above ? I du not know ; but I conceive it in-
cumbent on me also to menlion, that having been
ordered by the Lords Commissioners of the Admi-
ralty to repair to Portsmouth, to attend at the trial
of Sir R. Calder ; on my arrival there, on the 22.1
instant, the day previous to the trial, having waited
on the Judge Advocate, I was told by him, Sir R.
Calder wished particularly to see me, and recom-
mended my going to him immediately ; which I
did, and was received at his lodgings by Mr. Bick-
nell, the Prosecutor, who told me that Sir Robert
did not wish to see me until after the trial ; but
that he was desired to say, by him, how much he
was astonished at certain reports having been made
relating to him, said to have come from me. I re-
plied, that I had made no report but what I was or-
dered to make by Sir R Calder, to the Commander-
in-Chief, which was, that he was determined to attack
the enemy the next morning, as before-mentioned,
to which I am ready to make oath; but having
every reason to believe, from what Mr. Bicknell said
to me, that he was favourably inclined towards Sir
R. Calder, I was glad to have an opportunity of
saying to him, what I must have declared, had my
evidence been called, in hopes it might have been
dispensed with, little supposing that what was door
by me, with so benevolent an intention, should have
been converted into an instrument whereby to strike
at the very root of my reputation, as an Officer and
a Gentleman, which, with honest truth, I declare I
have ever maintained with honour and credit; nor
are there proofs wantir7 of the services 1 have ten-
deted my country, during the eighteen years 1 has e
been ennstantly employed in her navy.
As I now stand most publicly accused, in the
Defence of Sir R. Calder, of having falsely reported
what he did not say—a charge too galling to re-
main unnoticed by a British Officer—l feel i' a dot>
L owe to my own charaner, as publicly to deny it :
and I now solemnly and volnntarily make Oath
what I have above stated is the true account of what
passed eetween Sir R. Calder and myself, on tie
sahjed of the adonis.
Seen at the Mansifin House, JAMES N;CIIuLsON

Lunduti, both ax lb 51
8,/ore rar, JA‘l [HAW, Mayot.

On removing the fat/1 hall, that killed the great
and lamen:e..l Lord lici.soic tr.tm his back, in wit ch
it had lodged, about two sl-*ow the inter.,
angle of the right scapula, a p trtion of ti.e goL.I
late and pad of the epatilette, toget:be. with a ..m..11
piece nt his Lordship's coat, were found tiimly at
tached to it.

can:.:txrtf 11VCR, .7AN. 1.
'To J., the fresh aoha's ‘,l w oe..t are Po , and but m
ding wdp'ie• much of inferior rureign rarh,Oh.r.;
to 4.-I. i..she few sample. of hest qu.ldv,
ther exceed the ,Uf10.641; Mute pod ItAriry, sod that full
d,ll Whitt. P. 411 at a further sterlert.toh s pe.ee; seosll 1.4
Brans are r,ther cheap., ; R.. a Seed also , lieu ToCk
wrek. en•ne Ur hh sbuhala 444. to 644 p•sr ttituder,
End expected lower • as hene.th ; Oats !WM, I .t4a
supply, this trade is 'dull, at isist,t lea pr..; aid F uu, w art-
-0.4 lOU lallolt.

ctiRKFNT Pltl. F. t)' ,11. AIN
Wheat 46.. 6t . 66. (OW) ...50 36,
Fined.
Rye SO• 34.1. 01. ()am, • 63• :111-
Barley 31.. 36.. ed. 1.411 aft... 51.1 14 6.1
Nast 64. 6g.. 04. r
Nape Seed 36 421 to.
White Poss.... 33-. 445. 0.1 Fine Flour 604 03. lid.
Grew Peas 33. 37.. 01 . 55s 60. 0

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Gov. Debentures, 3 per Cent
Ditto Stoa, 34 per Cant • 7Ol
GOV. Debentures 5 per Cent 93
Grand Canal Loan, 6 per Cent

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Ute. 31.
Amsterdam .... 45 II 2 le. Gin, 474 Lie PC,
Ditto at Sight .. 4.5 I Venice SIII Dia°.
Rotter.l., c. 1.. tl S t Q. Lisbon 62 j
Hanibutgb :2 19 2411. I Oporto ect
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Paso.- 25 4 Lie. Colic • 14
Ditto 2 Us 2.. 14
Bnurdeaux . 15 8 p.m.gai Gold iu Coosa
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Dublin on London (Dec. 27,
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COAL-MARKET. Jaw 1
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BIRTH.
Lately, at Cork, the Lady o 1 C..ituiel Arthur Gibbing:. tit •
MkRRIAGF.S.
On the fteth ult. at At) b u n, i i Derbyshire, Sir Hems FAR
Herb.. r. Bart ot Tieenguni, in that e. only, to Mn, Apo.
BIFOISIA•It!, da'l4ilter of the late Ray. William Berestrard, Hoehn.
of Sunii.:ig, 0t Berkshire.
On Saturday last, by the Loot Bishop of F. e .1., at Aveley,
in F:scx, the Rev. JAMIS4 Thomas liorlock,uf Dedham, in the
coanty, to Mir Ilichens, wi too of Henry John Welters,
Esq. Arid sister to Sir Thomas Barnett Leana.d, Bart. of Bel.
house, F.SieK.
0.1 %4o.kiay, at Drayton Hemet, Warwick, the Rev Wil.
liam Ockhurn, Feliow of St. John's College, Canib,idge, and
brother of Sir Jame. Cockburn, Bot to Miss Flisatteth Peel,
second daughter of Sir Ruhert Peel, Birt. M P. for Ts...worth.
W Sharman, of Mojfa Casllo, Fay to M4ll Crawford, only
daughter of Julio Crewhod, Fag of Cra,f..rdebern.
Tuesday last, by the Rey. Dr. G •pe, Robert Barret, Pee.
Foy. of !Trusteed, to M,s, Bowles, of r.o ,ame place. ;laughter
of die late Capt. Henry Bowles' on the '1 ,drat Establishment,
arid niece to hrta}a-Geeeral Bowles, of London.
Late:v. at D..r. lieoten, Mr. '<toe. b wkserer, of Lymiorwel,
limits, to Mrs. St-ndley, of Dorchester •
I)EA I.IIS.
On the 23d ult. John Seer, Esq. senior Alderman of tie
car oft:cork, aged 9.^.
Lately, in Boltoasteuet, Dublin, Mrs. Hotly, nellet of
Wm. Neatly, Esq. fir.t cousin to his G•ace the Doke of
Argyle. and aughter of Wm. Montgomery, of RUIPMO4I4I.,
Eq. by oboes decease without male issue, the Earldom of
Mount Alexander, heinous satinet.
Minds se'rinight, at Catania t place, ails Hoare, of Fax.
tory.kill, Rut Cork, a Gentleman, whore goolnew of heart
and amiable disaosition, threogh a long life, render bun sin-
cerely lamented by his relatives and friends.
On Friday last, at Portsmouth, eniyersalle remittent by to
who knew her, Mrs. Jane Lenox, stater ut Myer J• B. Ravage,
Royal Mariner.
At Statehouse, near Plymouth, aged .141, Mr. Rowe, twist-
ant-surgeon to the Plymouth division of royal voisriera He
had served hia king and country on the medical seal dark's the
late war, at St Domingo, St. Lucia. Giradaloops, Cowes.
and Surinam, and bad t'..e yellow fever bur times, which burg
the foundation of a !:ve- complaint, that terminated his ex-
istent" at en early period of !,fe. He was bother to the Ins
gallant Captain Rowe, *howls unfortunttels blown up in the
Trrecortialoe, of i 8 guns, engag..ig a French frigate of %Law-
riot force in the Law Tidies. He is much and sincerely la.
masted by his afll.ctul elem.., and a numerous rat of frames
and orrqualatance.

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