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to discover whether some ond of them might not '
be dead.; if that happened to be theease, they pro-
ceeded to dissetrt him immediately, and soon after-
wards all were at work in dragging the parts 'sway;
became the sea-lions sometimes m their sleep over-
lay their young, they every morning examined,
if conscious 'of this cimumstauce, the whole herd
of them, one by one, and immediately dragged
away the dead cubs from their darns.
As they would not suffer/us to be at rest either
by night or day, we became so erarrated al them,
that we killed them, *young and old, and plagued
them by every mean; we could devise. Vim' we
awoke in the mornink there always lay two or
three tint had been knocked on the head in the
night ; and I can safely a:lirm, that during my stay
in the island, I killed above ;.!.:to of these animals'
with my own hands. On the third day after my
arrival, I knocked down with a club, within the
space of three hours, upwards of seventy of them,
and made a covering to my hut of their skins. They
were so ravenous, that with one hand we could hold
• to them a piece of flesh, and with a stick oc axe in
the other could knock them on the head.
From all the circumstances that occurred durinz
our stay, it was evident that these animals could
never before have been acquainted with mankind,
and that the dread of man is nn: innate in brutes,
but must be grounded on long experience.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH', MAY 14.
Yesterday the Writ of Mandamus from the Court
of King's Bench, for the Election. of a Mayor for
this Borough, was brinr'ht hither by our worthy
Town-Clerk, Warwick Heale Tonkin, Esq. who
arrived in a coach and four about noon, accom-
panied by John Langmead, Esq. The bells of
the respeetive parish churches commenced ringing
at an early hour, and continued with little inter-
mission during the day. The royal standard was
displayed from the tower of. St. Andrew's Church,
and the Union flag from the tower of Charles's.
Several hundreds of people met the carriage at
-the limits of the Borough, when the cavalcade
movedtsolemnly and slowly along, till they arrived
at the Guildhall, where the Town-clerk, in a neat,
energetic, and appropriate speech, congratulated
the freemen of this ancient Borongh on the restora-
tion of their long-lost rights and privileges. Great
numbers of the most respeetable gentlemen,. both in
charaCter and property, not onlv resident in the
. town, but also of a wide extended neighbourhood,
formed not a small part of the caialcade_thrOugh
the town. to the Guildhall.
Arrived LeAijir, of 56" guns, Capt. G. Wolfe,
from Spithead, with three companies of the Royals,
which were immediately embarked on board the
Couragrux, of 74 guns, Captain J. 0. Hardy, bound
to the West Indies.
Arrived the Revolutionnaire, of 44 gang, Capt.
W. Locke, from a crnite.
Sailed the Sirius higate, of 36 guns, Capt. W.
Prowse, for Torbay.
The
.7amasca, of 26 guns, Capt. J. Rose, came
up the harbour last evening.
Sailed the lonogen sloop of war, on a cruize.
noviai„ NtAy 15.
The Ant cutter is just arrived from France, with
Mr. Sylvester, the Messenger ; he has just taken
horse for London. Lord Whitworth, it is said, had
scarcely arrived at Chantilly, before a French Mes-
senger overtook him, requesting him to stop • but
his Lnrdship proceeded, and when- he arrived at
Breteuil, Bonaparte's own private Secretary over-
took him, with a letter from the Chief Consul, to
Which Lord Whitworth returned an answer, and has
continued his route ; he sleeps to-night at Parker's
Hotel, Boulogne ; but has consented to wait there
the return of another Messenger from London. The
French Messenger who brought the order for Ge-
neral Andreosses return, is just embarked in an
open boat for France ; lie says the last Messenger
brought an order to Genera( Andreossi, to stop
till further orders. Great hopes are entertained of
peace. But an order is arrived here, by exprCss
from• London, to lay an embargo on all vessels in
I this pcirt.

poursMoLTII, MAY 14.

Came into harbour his Majesty's ship La Prevo_v-
an::, of 40 guns, armed en Fite, Williani Brown,
commander.
Arrived the Hoi. East Company's ship
Woodford, from the Downs.
Remain at Spithead the squadron as lit/fore, with
the Revenue Cutters employed on the impress
service.
At St. Helens, his Majesty's ship Amphia,i, of
32 guns, Capt. Hardy ; and the 1 Itoo;ffurd • East,
Indianian. 'Wind Westerly and moderate.
v 15.
A general embargo was this day laid on all
vessels here.
I .ord Nelson is hourly expeied hers, a number of
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packages and other ankles having already arrived,
addreyied to his Lordship. The arrival of his
Ma-
jesty's ship Victory, of 110 guns, Captain Sutton,
:s momentarily looked for at this port, from the east-
ward, to receive. his Lordship's flag.
Remain at SPithead, his Majesty's ships Gratmpus,
of 50 guns, Admiral the Right Him. 1,o:d Gard-
ner, and Capt. Caulfield ; Pu'isant, of 74 guns,Capt.
11.r.ven ; hi,, of 50 guns, Captain Lobb ; Endypnion,
or 31 guns, the Hon. *Captain Pager ; La Tcpaz!„
of 38 guns, Captain rake ; Alligator, of 28 guns,
Captain Richardson ; C Gicheitr, guns, Captain
Spear ; Arrow, 'of 30 guns, Captain Vincent i.anti
Pigety, of t 4 guns, Lieut.
SHIPS AT %PITHEAD AND IN R.ARBOIIt.

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Gent. •

Comnuttidell.

Royal Si vereir 100 C:ilit Curry.
- Rritantlia IOJ KirtJe (aning).
Wi.tdeir C es. o'l Iturhy. tn.
Prince of Wales (4.1 GI !rad.
E'tceaent 74 .-- Nadi.
Puissant , 74 --- Bowen.
Gram pus. 50i Admiral Lnrd Gardner.
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e Capt. Caulfield.
Ids. . 59 Lobb..
Gla Naar 44 )
„Rear Admiral Holloway! ,
i. mut: Connolly.
Chichester 44 Copt. Speer.
Eudyrnion.
. Hee. Paget.
Preroyailte Lstock: 'hip , 44 W. Bantu, 1144.4er..
• Ten'az& .; ' '
- fibre pi::
Galatea SR •-•—' -'H.eutkce4e.
Orphims
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Pearl (slap li`ip) 12 A1..ieui,,,4‘14. ~
Arrow• ~ ' . ;3O CIAI„,,V::ii.-44-
AllietZ i • ' . r.:l' =''` '1f11.:.4.t.ti11.
‘ P.tudil.n
1 . Piga)

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