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London, England, 1805-04-22 00:00:00

GALLANI' ACTION.

COPT OP A LETTER FROM CAPTAIN H. LAMBERT, •
OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP WILHALMINA, TO VICE- I.
ADMIEnt. RAINIER, COMMANDSE IN C:IIEF IN
THE EAST INDIES.
"Sri,
" 1 have the honour to inform you, that at daylight on
Mo.iday the 9th inst. in lat. 7. 44 North, lung. East, a
strange sail was perceived from the mast head, to the eastward,
shortly after which she hauled towards us, at I had at that tiros
the: William Petrie (country ship), laden with Gore, nment
stores fur Triricomalie, under convoy, and perceiving the
stranger sailed considerably better than her, who, from her ma•
rictuses, I thought very suspicious, I direct 4 the master of
that ship to alter his course after dark, and make the best of
hit way to Trinearnalie; which was my intention the day be-
fore, being direr tsl only to grant her protection as far as it lay
. in my trey to Madras."
1 then hove to in the hawse of the stranger, who en-
deavoured to avoid us during the night. At dsylig:it on the
I Ida, I discovered the stranger to be an enemy, and a shipof
torte-3h. .Sin. commenced the action within half rib's.);
lerreth, and continued in close engagement until even
Wcack, at which time perceived the enemy making
off; made all sag' after her to endeavour to renew the
action, but all our efforts were ineffectual, as the &-
msg.'s she received is her masts and rigging were very
triffing when compared to ours, having last our maiii-rop-
matt, in the middle of the action ; ten shot throi.gh the fore-
mast, miser' mast, and bowsprit; fore.yard and fore-top-ma t
very badly wound:4 ; standing rigging very much cur, a d
every brace shot away, could only set the courses and mixers-
to,otail. From my reas-nzazance, and also her description,
I suppose her to be La Psychc ' • she mounted twenty-six French
twelve peonies On her main deck, four 34 pound carrunrulcs
of a side on the quarterdeck, besides four on the forecastle,
also four cohorts on her poo,r ; and from the manner she ma.
naeuveret, Isotopy frill of men aml gangway lined with small
areas, have vasty reason to suppose sha had a great number of
men on bo rd, I airs happy to aid, that our less agdnst so
superior a twee was very imam d,•rahle having only ten
wouralud, but fear five of which dangero:stly, among whom
is Mr. Kelsey, boatswain, a very valuable officer in his situl-
' ation. Cou4 we have been fortunate enough to have renewed
the contliff, 1 have uo doubt, f run the spirited condo& evinced
by- the ofliters, peter efh-ear, seamen, aad marines, but that
we should shortly have carried tier.
f bate the honour to tie, Sze. Src. 11. LAMBERT.
" His Majesty's ship Wilheiniina, at Sea, April 11,
N. B. His Majesty's ship Ifri'heissinv neoants IS
' six•pounders, and carries 100 men. In consequence
of the above gallant conduit, Ca7tain H. I....mhert
has been promoted to the raok of ?ost Captain, and
allsointesl to the Terpsichore. of $2 guns.

JRLLAIVII.

ouamtr.• MIL 16.

Government. we .ire infornted, yesierday received
a II express, niviitioniol; the 'misfit/110'7 intelligence of
:he site Arrival at their destined ports in the West
Wigs oktthe three regiment, which sailed bons
Cork some time ago, and which were nientioneaitt
a Cork Paper to have been captured. •
Petitions from various parts of Ireton." will be
immediately presented to the Imperial Parliament,
against the recent duty on paper.
Wednesday the Right ilon, Lord Avonmore, end
the Hon. Baron George, arrived in 'Waterford and
opened their respeaive Commissions—the former in
the County and the latter in the City Cour t.
Atter.the County Grand Jury wcre sworn. the
Lord Chief Baron addressed them ia a very f.w
words, in which he particularly adverted to the
state of the county. His Lordship mentioned that,
before he left the capitel, he had heard reports ni
crimes of a very enormous nature having been
committed in various parts of it ; but in the ca-
Litdar he could perceive only the common
charges of murder, burglary, &:. and expre,sed
an earnest hope, that there were no others.—
lUs Lordship complimented the county on the eh:t-
rotter of tranquillity which he had long known it to
maintain, mentioning particularly that, at one cir-
cuit, in his owl' rt colitaion, the highest crime in
the calendar was that of an attempt to steal a deal
board front a yard of the Istarquis of Waterford.
If however, added his Lordshir, th..t charakfter be
now changed, and it the crirnes reported to have
bien perpetrated had actually occurred, he had to
st;tte that, in the opinion of the ablest writers upon
taw, they amounted to high treason, and would be
punished accordingly.

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Friday morning the three parties who con-
traded tor the English Loan, viz. Mr. Gott:loon,
Me . R 011". eta andothers, Sir FK ANCII Bartsir:
ani others, bad an interview at Mr. P _ ITT'S house in
Downing-street, with Mr. PITT, Mr. Fours, and
Mr. V a usittaitt, to bid for the hid] Loan of
1,800,0001. They delivered an offer to the follow-
ing purport :
Trait for iris,. 1001 advanced they would take 51.
of Long Annuity, which, at 16; year., is 1.. 01 5
241 of Five serer Cent. al rs , . • vs 6
Interest a M irte, at F.,ui per Cent. if pal arroid.
to she ;nil . • • . . 1 6
Fuitiret Ainuunt of Discount if paid up in full 1 6
Inzi 3
This offer was immediately accepted by Mr. ros-
tra. The Instalments are to be Nude as follows:
10 per Cent on the 2,;tli April.
10 314 May.
20 2Cd July.
:Nth Sept.
90ln I)ec.
10 lsth Jan.
On the return of the parties to the Stock Er.
change, the Irish Omnium bore a premium of 5;
per Cent.
On Saturday s'ennight, died at Kettering, Lin,
colnshire, in the prime of life, Mr. mous kr. r, jun
of that place. The premature death of this young
man was occasioned by his lifti. g from the ground,
and carrying to a certain distance, a sack of turnip
seed (upward; of three cwt.) for a trifling wager,
which he resolutely performed, though not without
fatally injuring himself. Being a member of the
Kettering troop of yeomanry cavalry, and de-
servedly resiseCied by his br,ahren in arms, his re-
mains were on Thursday last usterred with military
solemnity,