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not finding them there, had sailed again. Taking
all the circumstances into consideration, we think
that the fleet seen by thd iManippis must have been
the llozhiort Squadrm, and that it has long since
gained that port. As long as it remained at sea,
and neither its place, ci•urse, nor destination,
were known, our apprehelisions were co-extensive
w.th our commerce and foreign pos‘es.,ions
That it was cane to ti.r. Fast In.liet, to reinforce Ad-
miral 1.,•,:)1s, or to the West Indies, or WAS cruising
.11' nit to intercept me of inir Iminewar 1-h iun,l
ticets, were Al probable speculatainc. Rut now, even
in the event of itc n it h .ving put Mto poi t, tl.ese
co• p2ames arc narrowed to :Almost .t single point.
From the silo rtion in which it was seen by the He-
lampur, it corld not he descried for any remote en-
terprise. It c•-,u1,1 only have for its ohjea, to mike
some nethboitiing put, or to annoy our commerce.
The latter purpose wA should hope Admiral Co it•I••
IV ALLIS will be able to prevent.

It is said, that the Combined Fleet might have
taken our little squadron off Cadiz. Tie Eu-
ripriiii igwe sailed from I.isbon on a cruise,
and direded her course to the northward. She
fell in with the Iris, who gave her the informa-
tion that she had been chased by the advanced squa-
dron of the Combined Fleet. The Eurjaists then
altered her comae, and made all sail to apprise
Admiral Cot( itinwoon of the enemy's approach.
She fell in with the Dision frigate that had been cap-
tured by the Phenii, which had her in tow. She
also had been chased by the same squadron.
On the 19 h, the Eurvatus saw the enemy steer-
ing E. S. E. and was chased by a frigate and
a line of battle ship. She found it impossible
to get between the enemy and the shore. Fortu-
nately, the morning of the 20th was very fire, sn that
at siz o'clock they were perceived by Admiral Cot.-
ctsiowool's squadron, who thus had the first notice
of their approach. Eleven sail of the enemy then
gave chase. Admiral Cos. rimewoon made signals
for the Mors and Arhils to reconnoiue them. Ihese
two ships hove to under their top-sails. when the
enemy immediately left off chase. They were within
gun-shot of the Tiessler bomb, but did not tire at
her, or she must have been taken. The enemy then
went into Cadiz without making any farther effort

The Townsend and Assehland packets, from Lis-
bon, are both arrived at Falmouth ; neither of the
Mails are up ; the former sailed on the 21st, the
latter, on the 23d ult. The IVolsingiam packet,
from Falmouth, arrived at Lisbon on the 23d ult.

The Goadle of last night contains a letter from
Captain BANTON, of the Goliath, giving an account
of his capture of La Torrhe French c svelte of 18
guns and 196 men, one of the squadron that cap-
tured the Bla,she. Lo Torrhe had fifty-tyro of the
Blanche's crew on board. Captain arum adds,
as we stated yesterday, tbat the repast, another of
the enemy's squadron, escaped in the night.

We have eztralted from the Ontch Papers to the
29th last, an ankle from Frankfort, which re-
commends that the French and Austrian forces,
upon their respedive Italian frontier, shall be re-
duced to a perfed equality, as a mode of accomo-
dating all differences between the tw•o nations

Sir Rosso r CA! eta, we understand, was steer-
ieg to the northward, upon the presumption that
the enemy were gone to Ireland, when the Eurualus
fell in with him, and put him in the right course.
'Phis happened on the 24th, and, as we stated yes-
terday, he would arrive off Cadiz on the 26th, pro-
bably sooner.
The Victory, Lord Ntoom's flag-ship, is fitting
out, with all possible dispatch, at Portsmouth. His
Lordship was expelled there yesterday.
The KING has been pleased to appoint Sir SA-
wt:ti. lion°, Knight of the Bath, to be Colonel of
the Woolwich Division of His MAJESTY'S Royal
Marine Forces.

The Lords Commissioners of His MAJISTY'S
Treasury have declined listening to any application
for the establishment of a separett StarnfrOfce at
Edinburgh.
The LORD MAYOR, on examining the Returns
of the blealweighers, ordered the Price of Bread to
be reduced an assize and a half, or 3d. in the Peck
Loaf, which will take place to-morrow, when the
Quartern Loaf %Theaters will he sold for Is. lid.
and Household, Is.
In the late movement of the Brest Fleet, the crew
of the lisdrrni4 cheered en the appearance of their
coming out. Admiral DOUGLAS, who had just
hoisted his flag on hoard of her, addressed the men
in the most exhilirating manner, and encouraged
them to continue their cheering, till they came
alongside of the French three-decker then in sight,
when, he said, he would join in the exultation.
Admiral Cos erwa Lt.is, by tl.e unremitting and
astonishing exertions of the Admiralty, will have, in
afew days more, upwards of thirty sail of the line
under him ; a fl7et so much greater than he stands in
need of, that he will he able to detach ten sail of
the line to any point which it shall be deemed ne-
cessary to send them tn, and yet retain a sufficient
force to blockade the enemy in Brest.
Thursday sailed from Leith Roads, the Aflortee
armed ship, Cap7ain WATSON, with a convoy for
the Baltic, and WooJ:nrk gun-brig, Lieutenant
Imam with the trade for Toningen.—Also arrived
in Leith Roads, two neutral ships from the Baltic,
detained by His Majesty's sloop alssamorshe, Captain
BRISITOM.