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!ion, which fael at Feneetrelles, with the raeep-
iirin of one n 1 timm. M. Scott. the En fish Vice-
Consul. tlis original destination wit fixed at lU-
ri'', but it nac twcit changed for the little town of
Bittrhe in Alsace, %tear Deux Posits, to which be is
to pteceed itrrieJiately.t,

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rt. PAPER.

LETTrit PROM MR. POT TO THE AMERICAN MIN tS-
TER, JA mks MONROE, [SQ.
Downing-street,'May 6, 18C6.
"The Undersigned, His Ma4sty's Principal Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, has rrceived His Majesty' commands
to aequyist Mr. klonroe, that the King, taking into con-
sideratiA the new and extraordinary ratans t.eiortial to by
the enemy, fur the purpme et thwarting the commerce of
his subjetts, has thought fit ei dime, that the necessary
measures should be taken for the blockade of the coast,
riven, and ports, from the River Elbe to the Port of
Brest, both inclusive; and the said coast, rivers, and ports,
are and must be considered as blockaded; but the, His Ma-
jesty is pleased to-declare, that such blockade slviajle: extend
to prevent neutral ships and vessels, laden with gAtTs novbs.,
trig the property of His Majesty's enemies and not being
contraband of oar, from approaching the said coast*, and en-
tering into and sailing from the said news and ports (save and
except the coast, riven, and ports, from Ostend to the River
Seine already in a state of strict and vigorous blockade, and
which are to be considered as so continued) provided the said
ships and vessels ',approaching and entering (except as afore-
said) shall not have been West at any port belonging to or in
the peasession of soy of His Majesty's enemies; and that the
said ships and vessels so sailing heat the said rivers and ports
(except as aforesaid) shall not be destined tp any port belong-
ing to or in the possession of any of ilia Majesty's enemies, nor
have previously broken the blockade.
" Mr. Moors* is therefore 'equated to apprise the Ameri-
can Coasts and Merchant., residing in England, that the
man, rivers, and pods above mentioned, must be considered
as being Ina state of blockade, and that from this Civic all the
measures authorised by the law of tut' ins, and the respective
/realm. between His Majesty and t:ie Jiff-rent Neutral Power.,
will be adopted and exiseuted with respea to vessels attempt-
lug to violate the said blockade alter this notice.
" The undersigned requests Mr. MOUton to accept the as-
surances of Its high consideration.
(Signed) " C. J. VOX."
" James Monroe, EN." 3:r. &c. &c.

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NAVAL IA TPLUGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, W•T 17.
Arrived the Dreadnought, of gts glans, Admiral
Lord Northesk, Capt. Conn; Britannia, of 100
gone, Capt. Bullen, with the prizes, Bahama, of 74
cons, Captain Stewart; Swift:are, 74 guns, Captain
Dighy ; and San Ildefonso, of 74 guns, Capt. Quil-
lam. The Rerwiei, the other Trafalgar •p:ize, is
flag ship at Gibraltar.
Sailed the Came/ stove-ship, and the 3feteor bomb,
with a convoy for the Downs ; and the Hearty gun-
vessel, with a convoy for Plymouth.
Arrived the Frtei sloop, Capt. Cooke, from
Cork.
Came into harbour the Chartvell sloop.
'I he Marengo and Belle Poole are ordered into
harbour.

PLYMOUTH, May 17.
Came in the Awe, Wilkinson, from the Cape of
Good Hope ; Pinkie schooner, 7r4rStignr and Inds.
falitaMe privateers, from a cruise; the Spanish
schooner Vangadere, of 14 guns and 83 men, prise
to the Var.inie frigate; also a number of vessels,
mostly fr,)rn the Mediterranean, detained by the
cruisers. the Eurldve, Capt. Sir W. Bolton.
from the coast of Spain; the Staunch gun-brig, sad
Nimrod cutter. .
Sailed the Br;rk stoop of war; Fimi/equis armed
ship, with a convoy to the westward ; ;law frigate,
36 gusts, for the Irish station ; Redqf and Virago,
gun-brigs, and His Majesty's ship St. George,‘ of
98 guns, for the Channel fleet; and the Albion
,loop of war, on a cruise.—Wind, S.W.

I•LMOUTM, MAT 16.
Arrived the Danish galliot Die Liebe, Gay, from
&doe, with wine, brandy, &c. detained by the
hero privateer s;f- Plymouth ; the Danish brig
Triton, Moller, from Gallipoli, with oil, &c. detained
by the Ire,* privateer of Plymouth t • the American
ship, flfeshinoton, Adams, from P..lerrno, with
sulphur and shiinuca detained by the Union priva-
teer of Guernsey; the Spanish galliot, Aria Chris-
tthiso, Hauff, from Gallipoli, with oil, &c. detained
by the Mine,:ro privateer ; the Ainesitod, of Chris-
tiansand, Nielson, with nisie and brandy, detained
by the Hero privateer ; the Sw,dish brig, Norilstern,
Battens, from Oporto, with cocoa ; the Little
Coerui,Bianditch, from Messina and Jallipoli, with
nil, &c.; the Printesr ilortelto packet, Stevens, from
Jamaica, in 41 days ; the Aguillon, Blackburn, from
London, for Gibraltar; and the L Imo, Brown, from
Messina for Altona, with fruit, detained by the
leolus privateer.
Sailed this morning His Majesty's ship Diana.
of SS guns, Capt. Mailing ; and the reciltrue brig,
with about 50 sail of vessels, for the Mediterranean;
amongst which are 16 transports having troops oa
board.—Wind N.W.
DOTAR, MAT 18.

• Yesterday arrived be.. she brig Marla is (!I' Ste-
for,l, of Scarbro', Smith, from Jersey. last Wednes-
day $ who mentions an engagement having taken
place off there just before he sailed, between a
cutter privateer of that place, mounting le guns.
and a French brig privateer mounting 20 guns,
when, after exchenging shots for some time, the
brig sheered off, :And the cutter being disabled in
her rigging, was obliged to rrturn into port ; before
the anion commenced, the Captain of the cutter
begged of the crew, that if it should be his misfor-
mile to fall, they would %ever strike. Soon after
I. was shot dead (only one man was wounded), who
Ran shot through the knee.
Yesterday sailed from hence the brig live, of and
fur London, White. with stone for Weymouth;
the same which wrs brought in here near three
weeks since, with the loss of her mainmast, after
having been forsaken by a French privateer.
DEAL. MAY IS.
• Sailed through the Downs, the Elms. Captrin
Dogget, from America. Also, the Seeilite sloop of
war, on a cruise ; Firns gun-brig. with dispatches
for the cruisers otf Calais ; and the Prospers bomb,
with the Lord Edon East Indiaman, and the rest of
the outward-bound, under convoy for Portsmauth.
Arrived the Stag and Sioatiew revenue cutters,
from a cruise ; and a gun-brig, with a large Danish
vessel, which she has detained.
CAMS down from &harness, the Blanche frigate,
and remains in the Downs with the rest of the ships
as per last ; and several cartels from the Cape i f
Good Hope, with Dutch prisoners, for Htolland.