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FOREIGN INTELLIUNCE.
FROII THE FRENCH PAPERS.
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PA us, SLIT. 1.
A report is Litre:lt, that a body of French tr)ops
have entered Naple,.
It is said, that His Imperial Majesty will return
to-morrow to St. Ciotti ; but it is not thought that
he will make a long stay there.
SEPT. 2.
The last news from 1.-I.lia announce, that the hi i-
gates Le Belle Pvalr and i'.ll•l4,te. After having
made a short cruise, returned to the Isle of France,
on the 21st Germinal. They sunk the brig Forte,,,,
which had been dispatched from Bombay, an? t 7
the ship tle,oint, of 320 tuns, from Ch tdigan, irith.A
cargo cf rice.
A month before, two prizes had arrived At thi
Isle of France, viz. the Ptgesin, of 300 tons, wida
cloth salt ant the Corropinefel; the cargo ot
the latter vessel, which was returning to Eumpli,
from China, is valued at more than 1.500,0131,
francs.

StPT.I.
Yesterday, at two o'clock, there was an ext aordie .
nary sitting of the Conservative S nate, at wh:ch `ns •
Serene Reines; the Arch-Chancellor of the Empire.
presided. It is thought that it was held for
_scree
important °Nee. . s
DOI:LOONS, AUG. 29. " -
1-1 k Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affita-4 ..
arrived in the night at the Imperial camp, Ink Jon .iL
been engaged with /Lis Majesty this morning. •
V'
Age. Stly
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That part of the French army which is
from the coast to the Rhine, Marches in colon+ Y.
and in the sane order es it, wan kept hi fif
,1 it
camp; so that, on arriving at the theatre of your,
't will be perfediy forn..., and ready to open rim
cartipaio. 1..
Never was there a finer army, nor one ..
to fight, or that offers more certain pri
ow*.
vi.aory.
lirS, surest • '
1-lis Majesty reviewed, yesterJar, at la roved! .
dre, the Italian division, commanded by- '
Teulie.
sissy, aye. 21s.
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Our fleet anchored yesterday in Bertheasme rea42l
the van has had an eagagement with the .1-.ltisele
squadron, which has termina-ed entirely to our ad-
vantage. Admiral Gantheaurne had detached Roar-
Admiral Willaumez with a light squadron, consiag
ing of the Alex:tar:, Perldroyinf, the Impettress, ad
two frigates. The enemy had also detached severs
ships and frigates. The Vairsrewo, one of the two
French frigates, began the engagement. The
Alexandre and the Impatieux, dashed into the midge
of the enemy's vessels. The cannonade eras terrain
between these ships and three three-deckers. one of
which was the Hibernia, having on board Adni•ral
Cornwallis. The Valeurrsoe, in retiring, made a
skilful manceuvre, passing the stern of one c• tho
English ships, pouring in her broadside, an i
her, rdlting
whereby many men must have been k..ii cc
Both the galleries were knocked to pieces. Thst
English suffered considerably, and had two of their
ships dismastcd. We have had one ',Zia killed, and
a dozen wounded. A ship having approached one •
of the flanks of our anchorage, had to sustain %hit
fire of the new batteries, :which discharged more
than 349 shot.
‘Ve hope that our part of the coast will he as fa.
tae to the English as the cow of &winglike,
and will equally nunit the title ti the enlist of iron.
A general engagement wai loud. y called fir, the cm,
my having an equal force : but superior orders had
marked the circumstances tinder which the Admiral
would have been authoris:d to give battle.--M•- ,tsar.
OtNOA. 4EO. /4. .
We learn from Toulon, that the small squadron
under the orders of Jerome Bowan-, has I me 1
at that port, atter experiencing contrary winds ...r.
ing its voyage The new frigate the Pomona S. an
excellent sailor ; she suffered some slight datr.ge ia
her toasts. The little squadron will be reinforced
by a fourth frigate, and three more brigs.
An hundred brigands have lately been arrestnd.
lITIAIIIVaG, Lou. 29. .
The new organisation of the Austrisn troops is
rapidly proceeding upon. Every regiment of in-
fantry will be composed of five battalions, one of
which is to be grenadiers. The latter will be 600,
and each of the others 900 strong.
According to the German Gazettes, the negotia.
tions between France and Austria continue without

intermission.
The same papers constantly mention the groat
movements among the Russian troops in ;mare
Poland. It appears certain, that an army wilt Ir
formed there: bat as it will be partly composed . f
regiments stationed in the interior of the au Rus-
sian Empite, it is impossible that they should be
ready to put themselves in motion immediately.
Whu is to command is not known.
SIETT. 1.
They write from Ratisben, thit the Fr ach
Clorrgi d%rfprairer delivered, on the 25th at f.llgtilt,
to the Ministers and Envoys in th..t city, a N .e,
stating in substance, that the Emperor of the French
had necessarily directed his attent.on io die move-
ments of the troops, and the assembling of armies in
the Tyrol, and on the frontiers of Italy ; that he was
still willing to credit the pacific dispositions of Aus-
tria ; but that it was impossiule not to demand ex-
planations respecting the movements in question;
that if those explanatens were not satisfactory. a
French army would pas. thit Rhine ; but that the
Princes and States of Ger:nosy might always rely
on die friendship of France. who would take every
opportunity to give pro( h thereof, &c.
It is asserted, that the Note in which these ex-
planations are required, has already been presented
to the Court of Vienna, whose answer is expected
with the utmost inspatience. It is generally un-

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ti.r Austrian army vel.i,li is forming
. 4:- Lintz. in Upper Austria, well advance
ion. an i take military positions in 13AV4,14. It
tir it the Court of Munich has been officially
ape e.i t•-iis intention.
Cie ~f Bavaria has sent to Wurtzburg,
not 'rnly the artillery that Will at Munich, but the
pithier% which belong to the fine gallery of the Elec-
toral Palace.

FROM THE DUTCH PAPERS.
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a *Tisane, AUG P•
M. Barber, the French Chose de 4ffsires, received
en the evening of the 45th, by a French Courier,
who was going to Vienna in great haste, the copy of
a Declaration, sent by the Court of France to its
Amhasea for at Vienna, to be delivered by him to
the Imperial Court. M. Bather ha: communicated
the said Declaration. pursuant to orders, to the Nli-
nisters residing at Ratisbon. Its principal contents
are as follow r.—
s. The Emperor of the French is on the point
usdertalthig the expedition against England.
r this intention, and depending entirely upon the
peace existing with Austria, and the other Powers
f the Continent, he has assembled on the coast
the greatest pan of his troops from Italy and the
Rhine. and has almost entirely evacuated Switzer-
serla nd.
" It was, therefore, to his infinite surprise, that
Majesty learned that great moveme, ts have
taken place among the Arist: ian troops in Italy, in
the Ts ml, and towards the frontiers of Bavaria.
His Majesty consequently thinks himself nest only
Justified, but also obliged, Istf•re he executes the
great en:erprise in qnestion, to tequire of the
Court of Vienna a positiVe declaration relarive to
the objeets of those measures, and its farther in-
tentinns, that, in case the reply he no: satisfactory,
the Emperor of the French may postpone the ex-
pedn:on against England, and rep sir to the Rhine
with his whole force, for the purpose of compelling
Austria to pre-erve the peace of the Continent "
The Flench Charge d' Affaire4 adds, " that he had
soother object in view in cnromunicating the above
declaration., than to convince she Farces of the Em.
tire, that. notwithstanding a war might ensue, the
(only objea of France was, the preservation of the
peace of the German Empire "
Meanwhile, this document has made a strong
impression oe the Members of the Diet. The Im
Atrial Commissary has communicated to some of
the Envoys, the Declaration which was sent by the
• Chen of Vienna to the Courts of Paris, Petersburgh,
Londan. Berlin, &c.
[Here follows an abstrad of the Declaration, a
caned copy of which appeared in our Paper of the
fth inst.]
vtro:NA, At7G.
0 ir Snvereign has received a letter written with
the French Emperor's own hand, which has occa
sicced eery important deliberations.
•tarsr 44.
Our Conn has rec. ived another Courier from
Peri, ; and, as the preparations f. r war are continued
with redoubled aaivity since his arrival, it is con-
cluded that the plan e.f mediation proposed by our
Court, isn't accorstri by the French Emperor.
The preparations become, indeed, more serious
every day. Yesterday several Offilers were sent
off to the Generals commanding in the different
Provinces.
The two Regiments of Archduke Charles and
Prince Auersherg, which are in our garrison, have
received orders to march for Italy on the '26th and
IMsh of this month ; and the Officers of the former
regiment have, previous to their departure, dined
with their commander, the Archduke Charles. who
will also s t s ff, within ten days, to inspea the vs.
Timis positions of the army. The two regiments
will be relieilfol by Hungarian troops, which ore al-
ready on their march.
We expect, that, in a few days, 2 grand promo-
tion will take place in our army, in "hich hair
Field Marshals, six Generals of Cavalry, :and sese-
tal Field-Marshal-Lieutenants, will be included.
A great number of Russian troops, with a no-
'serous artillery, have already marched through the
tukrwina, to the southern frontier of Poland. On
the other hand. the French troops in Upper Italy
have mere concentrated themselves, and are for m-
ing three camps, at Bologna, Brescia, and Itivoli.
•USSIIVIGH,

Accounts received from the Tyrol, of the '24th
instant. state, that the &steins of Trente, Rove-
redo, Etc. are provided with strong intrenchments,
and Oat the narrow passes of Fim.termunr, Winsch-
gait. he. are placing in the best state of defence.
Field-\ larsfial-Lieutenant Marquis de Cr.v,teller is
rimed Commissary of the Imperial Court for the
Tytol.
at.o. 30.

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Intelligence is receive.] here, that two columns of
Russian troops. making together about 100,000 meti-
eetridlo myriad an Gallic/a, mad toniedrida mew
I.• Mora. ad, and Nirr Austrian pwincrt, le nisi.,
'has Power. A war appears inevitable. the south
of Germany and Italy may speedily become the
nt impiotant events ; hut the Nmth of
Germany will continue to enjoy peace and mot-
frailty. sine., arr.ingements, it is said, have
been pi njefte.l between the Cnurts of Paris and Ber-
lin, both a view to some definitive plan.

taattx,PlP? 1.
The Kiir of PTTl:six his given Orders tO establish
a • illicit'', military forty in Partierm ia. to p.nteet
the ttont.oy in (Ile 411.4 KIT from carry anew:
against his aitiptiJ •.ystent of netatr.tlit y.
• OPT, *IP?. 1.

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Things are assuming a TorP warlike appearance
every d.iv. rho camps assembled at Miakensdnrf
and in Ilhemia, have now alto rw-iired ()viers to
break op and to j,.in the camp at L.nts. warrr ro
the fin kr, w4lie• • wiil be exceedingly s:rong : they
;all of Ar 1 &VIM men. From another quarter
le•rn. that the Russian tronps asermhled in
P‘land are march ng for Austrian Sil.sia,
dos-ernidi, where, it is said, they will. in eer.ain
g • into wilder quoit rs, and corer the Aus-
trian iroutier on the side of the Prussian States.
IPPT. 7.
TNI, OAT 4VI si Art 4AZItIII. 3
•rvei.il Journals .n opinion his ixen pro-
aryl per:lath en too vague grilinti., th4t
the s.neg.., .4”ri• •f d.e 119 use (.1 Austria ha.l no
ether obit' es thaw an A: mod neutrality, and the pm-

tetlion of het frontier. This opinion to us does not
appear •ery political, and by no me ins AS pioceed-
ing from a good source, And that tor the following
►eal SIS t

11 Austria is a power of the first rank ; she has a
strong and well disciplined army, celebrated all over
Europe. Tire rewiirces which she possess •s are im-
mense ; she has a population of upwards of 25 mil-
lions ; her army, in the time of peace, is sullicieot to
maintain internal :!.end order, and to instil tear into
all who would disturb her tranquillity.
" Then who Jets% in the present situation of af-
fairs, provoke Austria in sech a manner, that prepa-
rations for war should become necessary for her?
Has, perhaps, Russia demanded, in a commanding
tone, a passage for her troops to lead them to Italy,
or to the Rhine ? 'Chia is improbable. I las France,
on her part, demanded a similar passage, to mar. h
her armies to the North ? This is impossible to con-
ceive. Besides, France wishes nothing so much as
to remain at peace on the Continent, in older to bend
all her forte against England.
" A Power then, which prepares for war, with-
out necessity, which says, that she does so from pre-
caution for the preservation of her ttanquillity,
must (at least this way of reasoning 'agrees better
with probandity) have other motivef, and other
objects. Time will develope those objects ; time
will show how far the influence of English gold
extend..
"1 More reasonable and probable appears ano-
ther Armed Neutrality, which is already considered
as existing; narhely, that of Prussia, Denmark,
and the Electors of the German Empire. Ihe ter-
ritories of Prussia adjoin both those of Sweden
end of Russia; and, perhaps, the former Poser
would not do wrong, to put herself, at the same
time, in a Staten, st,t -ace against the two others, and
against the British Navy, which will not fail to as-
sist them. Dais would Prussia, wah great foresight,
have sought a support in a league with Denmark
and the Eledois, who are all interested in preserving
the peace of the German Empire. Denmark, a
flourishing kingdom, which Sweden and England
view with emulation, and which possesses sufficient
boldness not to suffer Russia to overrule her, will
also, with good policy, have sought the assistance of
the Prussian and lan floral armies, to render her com-
merce, her ter, itory, and her tranquillity secure.
" The same opinion may be applied to the Eleß-
ors. This second Armed Neutrality then is more
reasonable, mote probable, and perhaps tire only
one that will take place.'
We are informed, that the first division of the
Army of Invasion will arrive at Nimeguen on the
Rth instant, and proceed s n the 10th for Cleves ;
That the second division will arrive at lthenen on
the Bth, at Nimeguen on the 10th, and proceed to
Cleves on the 1 th •• that the third division, com-
manded by General Dumonceau, will arrive at the
camp of Utrecht on the Rth, and proceed by Ithearn
and Nimeguen to Cleves; and that the Reserve
Artillery, the Corps of Engineers, Greg re:frames, the
Guard of the General in Chief, and every thing be-
longing to the Head-quarters, will be at Nimeguen,
on the 12th, to proceed on the 13th in the track of
the said three divisions It is said that the point
where all these troops will reassemble is at Mentz.

VTRI.CH T. %CPT. S.

On Thursday last, his Excellency the Genersl in
Chief. Marmonc, arrived here from the fielder, and
inspeCted the fiist division of French and BettATIATI
troops, which was hit just arrived in the camp of
Zeyst. This division marched yesterday morning
for Nimeguen, by way of Rhenen.
Yesterday the second division of French and BA
tavian troops arrived from the Helder. at the camp ut
Zeyst, and proceeded this morning for Nimegeen.
The third division is expeEted at the said camp this
day, from whence the 35th Regiment of French
troops marched fur flaailem on the 6th.
BRUSSELS, SEPT. 6.
It i!‘ pncitively asserted, that the Emperor of the
French will pass through this city for Strasburgh.
General Seb.astiAni p4%sed by here yesterday, in
his way from Holland to Paris.

turora, SEPT. 8.
The letters just arrived from the Empire state,
that, the King of Naples had left that capital for
Pale, mu. According to the intelligence brought by
an Austrian Courier, who arrived at Florence on
the 1 ith of Angust, a large convoy appeared off
Naples, at the time c, his departure; hut it was not
known of what country they were. The King of
Naples had declared he would remain neutral ;
nevertheless, several couriers passed through Flo-
rence for Naples in haste, both from Paris and St.
Peter 'burgh —The Elector of Saltzburgh, bro-
ther to the Emperor, has suddenly quitted his ca-
pital, and is gone to Vienna.
PARIS, SEPT. 3.
" A large camp will he formed at St. Omer's,
to serve to reinforce the French force on the coast
and to protea the Baiotrox !tepid/a, it necessat y."—
(Bear lea State G,setto.)
SEPT. 4.
Private letters from Calais and Ronlogne state,
that not two divisions only, but nearly all the troops
that were encamped along the coast, ha* broken
up, and that about 100,000 men from those quarters
are on their march to Strasburgh, where the head-
quarters will be.
SEPT. 5.
The squadron of Captain A'lemand, from Roc's-
fort, has cruised about every where, and, after hav-
ing taken several English ships, among which is the
Raver corvette, it came th an anchor, on the Span-
ish coast, on the fah of August, but has sailed again
from thence.

On the Ist instant, the first division of the Army
of lioulogiic„ under the command of MArshal Da-
Toast. arrived at Lille, to proceed to the It hi se on
the following Jay. Three regiments of Horse
Chasscurs, and two of hussars, had also proceeded
that way on the preceding day.
Our inurnals contain the following article from
Switzerland:
111 till. E. 111:0. 30.
i• The morementsof troops, and the tniminx of
camps in the l,rnvi•!crs of the Austrian Monarchy,
which border on our territory. namely, in Vurai-
berg and the Tyrol, have caused an amazing len.
cation in seresal Car.t..ns, especially in those on
the Rhine. It is insetted that Maros Crumpipen,
the Austrian Minister in the Helvetian Republic, on
bring in:curn,d thereof, has availed himself of this
circuutbtauce. to ..teclasie to the Laiiilaininitn. that,

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the Court of Vienna had not any hostile intention
against any power ; that the formation of those
camps took place in ♦irtue of ageneral measure for
th• exttreise of the corps, and for ►ome other rea-
sons ; and that Switzerland need not be uneasy
about it. WV• are nevertheless afraid, in case• the
war should horst tenth, that Austria will not respect
our neutrality ; and in that case we place our only
hope in the plotectian of the iliu,trious Emperor of
the French."

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Bl‘lllkT COMER. Frti-eas• 15, Ilts
The following parti:•ulars. regarding Vie uncortu-
n or capture of the Shannon and 11.,,mner, by. thi
pirates infesting the Gulph of Persia, are contanetnisi
rated by a letter reeeiv faun Captain Babronic,
of the former vessel. dated Bussorah, 6th Jan: 180.5
" It is with rouji regret I have to inform you
of the melancholy and unfortunate circumstance
that happened to me, on board the Shannon, on the
Ist of December last, in my passage up the Guild),
near the Island of Polier, after a short, but pretty
smart engagement, with fifieeen pirate doses and
holittas; at three in the afternoon they hoarded the
Shaniisf, with sword and spears in hand ; and, I am
sorry to acquaint you, that I had one man killed
outright, and four more severely wounded, besides
myself. You will he sorry to learn, that I have had
my left hand taken off by the wrist, my left should-
er dislocated, and eight wounds in my head and dif-
ferent parts of my body. In this deplorable state,
being stripped quite naked, I lay eight days, wel-
tering in my gore, exposed to the weather, not being
permitted to go below. aI was fortunate in getting
some biscuit, and a few bottles of wine the next
day, but the clew were not allowed any 6re or
food for three days.
" I am sorry to add, that there/mover was taken on
the same day, at about half past ten in the forenoon.
Ile only person wounded was the Officer, who wiil,
I believe, lose the use of his right hand. On the
11th, they put me again in possession of the Shannon,
with only two cables and anchors, a compass, two
guns, a part of an old Enelish Ensign, and a frail
of dates, bidding me go where I pleased ; first hav-
ing put on board the Shannon, Captain Cumming,
and all the Christians belonging to the Trtataner.
On the 29th of Dec•iinber, we arrived safe at Bus-
torah, where we were kindly received by Mr. Ma-
nesty, whose attention not a little contributed to
the relief of our distresses."

THE BRITISH PRESS.

1,()NOON,
TUESDAY, SCPTUMBER 17.

We have received l'aris Papers to the fish, and
Dutch Papers to the 11th instrait. They expose,
in full day, the policy of Boma Air x, which
has been hitherto but imperfealy seen. He
has sent a Declaration to the Court of Vienna,
in which he desires, before he undertakes the expe-
dition against England. to have an explanation
with respell to the objeft of the Austrian troops in
the Tyrol, towards the frontiers of Bavaria, and in
Italy ; and he alreas the greatest surprise that such
movements should take place, when he was en the
point of undertaking the expedition agoiout England,
and when, depending entirely upon the peace with
Austria, and the other powers of the Continent, he
had assembled, on the coast, the greatest part of the
troops from Italy ant Eh': Rhine, and had almost
evacuated Switzerland. It follows from thence,
that Boss lir A 2T E, when he solemnly pled:fel himself
in the face of the world, to invade England, con-
ceived, if really serious in his threat, that all the
other Powers of Europe wished his success, or were
so completely enslaved, that not one of them dare
to divert his attention from that great °Neel, by an
attempt to assert the liberty of Europe. BONA-
eaSTt is not such a fool as to have H ittered
with the one or the other of these two cases. He
knows very well, that every state in Europe has an
interest, if not in the prosperity, certainly in the ex-
istence of England, as an independent nation. He
knew very well, that Russia, Austria, and Swe-
den, were great in tetillaCef, and indignant in
spirit, against his crimes and aggressions. The
crisis which has now happened, was only what
he must have speculated upon as a probable
event. IVe are, therefore, confirmed in the opi-
nion, which we have uniformly maintained, that
the invasion of 1.:117,14nd was only one objea of
the army assembled at Boulogne, and that it
was equally intended 1,,r the purpose of keeping the
Continent of Europe in subje.Rion. Bum AAAAAA
was at Malmaison on the 4th, but was expefted to
set out immediately, to assume the command of the
Army upon the Rhine.

We have received New York Papers to the
I Ith last, from which we have made some extrafis.
They take no notice of the Yellow Fever which was
stated in the previous numbers to have broken nut
at Providence and Newhaven. Accounts, by the
ddii we. from Cadiz, state, that the United Stops
gun-boat, which was captured near Gibraltar, after
trial, had been conile toned as a lawlnl prize. From
this circumstance, some politicians speculate upon
a war between the United States and Spain ; but
we do not think this a very probable event.
At a quarter before six o'clock on Saturday morn-
ing, Lord Nelson arrived at the George Inn, Ports-
mouth, from London. As soon ax his an ival was
ktrawn. the populace assembled about the Inn, and

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rent the air with their hums. The larls a1..0 tr.
a merry peal. After breakfast, his Lordship se
About ten o'clock, to the dock-yard, on a visit w
Charles Saxton. He walked round the yo,
with Sir Charles, and noticed particula.rly his
4ld ship the .Igamemnen, which is in dsek
repairing for the p-ndant of Sir Edward B
formerly his Lordship's First Liegten int. r,D.
Lion Maurice, who defended the Diarnlnd fie s,
net his Lordship in the dock-yard, who recsm
Li him in the most gracious manner. I lis
said, " he was sorry that he did not active in ,k 4
West Indies time enough to save the lick ; yap that
there was not a man in the country who was oxs,
impressed with the gallantry displayed by Lid
(('ap'ain Maurice), in the defence of tl.z nLice,
than he was." Captain Maurice now cw...
the Savage sloop, at Portsmouth.

The concourse of people who rres7r d to see ma
was so great, his Lordship went through Admiral
Montague's house, and out at the back door, to avoid
the crowd. He then went a second time to the Dock
Yard, an.l walked from it to the South Sea Ilcacq
wherthe took boat. By this course, his Lordship avoid.
ed the necessity of passing thro' t',etosra.
Sir I. Coffin, Captains Oliver, Dunstan, and Co,
Mr. George Rose, and Mr. G. Canning, attended
his Lordship to the boat. A number of pop!, fol,
lowed, him to the beach, and loudly cheered hire,
Ic was now one o'clock. The four former gentle.
men took their leave ; but Mr. Rose and Mr. Can.
ning accompanied his Lordship in the boat. If.
V.rr.,,y, his Lordship's flagship, had previously
dripped down to St. Helen's, where she lay us.
moored. Mr. Rose and 111 t. • 'Canning Went on
board the Victor,, where, after they bad partaken of
some r-freshment with his Lordship, they took
leave in the evening, and went to Southampton in
the Commi siones yacht. Sunday the Tryry
sailed, with the k:oripilut frigate. The Revd So-
rt-Alen, !Monet. Agamemnon, and Melpomene, were
expected to follow. The Malta, the Thamierer, and
Ajax, were to join his Lordship off Plymouth. Hit
Bret is to be increased to C• 2 sail of the line. Ad.
miral Thornborough is to hoist his flag on board
the Kent, under his Lordship's command. The
Ale,porrese is to proceed to Malta, with a quantity
of specie on board.
The Pomona frigate, Capt. Loss, sailed on Sa-
turday, for Lisbon. The Unite and Relto7llllte fri-
gates, &oat and Moselle sloops, and the Ann brig,
are to compose a squadron under Capt. Loss's or-
ders.—They are viaualled for sic months, and aro
said to be bound to the South Seas.

It is the intention of the Admiralty to have
squadrons of frigates, to cruise 01 different station•,
as in the late war. Sir Jena W is to hare

the command on the coast of Portugal, with seven
frigates.—He will hoist his flag in a 50-gun ship.

The Eagle, Mnir rsoa, frr.m Jamaica, for London;
the adhar:r.s. Too Le, from ditto, for Dublin; the
Jane, SMITH, from Quebec, for Bristol $ the Iskyrila.
Sel-re, from ditto, for Newry; and the hpeop.,
—, from Liverpool, for New Brunswick, are cap.
turetf by the rroce of I'. ore, Spanish privateer.
The latter is given lip, and is arrived in the Clyde.
The Nancy, Kee rmps, of and from New York,
for Jamaica, was captured on the 7th Jnly, off Cape
Corant, run on 61-tore, and burns I by a Fretlet pre•
vateer, wlt'ch had previously captured a schooner.
and two brigs, from Liverpool, for New Orleans,
and, after taking out their cargoes at a small port
near the Havannah, re,Fased them.
The George, Rut NoLos, ft om London, for Hon-
duras, put into Turk's Island, with the loss of
her rudder ; and was cut out, on the I hth of July.
by a French privateer.
Several American vessels have been taken and
carried into Barraeao (from which plice a cumber of
privateers are cruising,) and oidered out by t 1 a
Governor of Cuba.
The Mere, Sp tn:s's privateer, is enured by 'ls
Majesty's ships I) leer and Cambrian, and sent
Bermuda. The privateer had captured two Ame-
rican ships, which were won recaptured by .hire
English letters of masque
The Niece e, of Lsind.m. of 12 gun,. and GO
men, was spoke with on the 21 August, siff C cps •
Cannonal, by a vessel arrived AZslew-Y oil, on the
9th, from the Havannah. She had a prize in com-
pany, the afano, of and for New Orleans, from
Campeachy, with a cargo et lek;wood, and 18,000
dollar•.
Admiral MONTAGU left Portsmouth on Tunas'',
fs,r a few days, he Laviog been iodisposed. Sir
ISAAC CoFFIN, the same day. shifted his flag to the
!Gent Witham during the Conirnawder is Chief's
absence.
Accounts from Cuttack state, the 'COMMA R
JAN, who made his escape at the reduttion t f
Fort of Knorda, had been taken prisoner, with ..51
Iris principal a ihetents.
Letters from Sir WILUASI MURRAY'S Camp,
dated Notch, the 4th of January, mention, that the
troops had received abundant supplies of every kinds
and had experienced the highest a elcome, and the
most friendly disposition, from the RAJAH, who in-
tended to I main near the detachment
There has been an alarming bre in Nemtuttalt
Bazar, at the north extremity of Calcutta; how it
iginateJ, could not be accurately ascertaiaed. It
however, appears, that before means could be dee
eked. or assistance procured, to get it under, a
considerable range cat property was consumed or
destroyed. The principal sufferers are the timber
merchants, whose loss, on this occasion, ne under-
stand, will considerably exceed half a Lek of repeal.