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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH. DEC. O.
Arrived the Revenge, of 71 guns, Sir John Gore,
to refit, being much crippled in her masts by suc-
cessive strong gales of wind off Rocl.efiwt. Several
of the Rochefort squadron will be obliged to come
into port to be repaired, in consequence of the gales.
Arrived the S&e!ark, from a cruise; and the
Nerdy, from Guernsey.
Sailed the Crocodile frigate, Captain Bettesworth,
on a cruise.

Put hack to St. Helen's, in consequence of con-
nary winds, the Pay/then/ma, Admiral Murray;
Afrira, Camel, Cormorant, Flying Pub, and 0/adapia.
Sailed the Graaahrimier, on a cruise ; and the
Olympia, to St. Helen's. The Am/deist/I, of 74
guns ; Frlkicle. of 74 ; and the Ameibind frigate, ate
nearly ready to go out of harbour.—Wind West.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 29.
Arrived, the Caroline brig.
Sailed the He: rage, fur Portsmouth, and InSfu-
tigahle, on a cruise.
TARHAY, TIPP. 29
Arrived, yesterday, the Lady Warren hired armed
ship. and the Friik cutter, frcm a cruise.
Passed by this morning, Sir Samuel Hood in the
Centaur, with the (brans frigate.
Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cotton, with the ships
under his command, still remains.

Since writing the above, the Centaur is come to
anchor in our Bay.—Wind W.N.W.
DEAL, DEC. 90.

Came down from the River the lion. Vast India
Company's ships Trtte Rettan and the Alfred ; also
several other outward bound vessels, and remain in
the Downs with a filet of s'iips of war,
Retreat, arid the &varlet East Indiamen, and ahnitt
300 sail of other outward-bound vessels, coasters,
cornets, transports, &c.
'rhe Spitfire sloop of war has joct sent into the
Downs a re-taken brig, and a French lugger pri-
vateer.—Wind S.W.

bovre, nze.29.

Past by for the Downs a cutter brig, with a French
lugger privateer, which had been taken a hula to
the westward. The number of privateers now upon
the lookout, in the narrow part of the Channel,
is more than ever was known. Boulogne alone is
said to have sent out, within these trw days, near
thirty. The hrip ffereadran, mentioned before to
have been captured, has not vet 'seen heard of;
though, from circumstances, it is still thought she
may have been canted in fu: Vier to the northward.
Another collier was tak••n at the same time, but we
have not heard htr name.

Saar(' tie josrph awl Edward, of Dover, Ram-
sey, light, for Sunderland ; also A transport marked
A• I% with h.irses and baggage belonging to the
troops lately embarked here.
GItrENOCK, nrc. 26.

On Thursday, about three o'clock in the morn.
ing, it came on to blow a most tteinentlons storm
from S S.IV. ; towards ten it veered round to
blowing with increased fury, it abated a
little towards low water, but came on.again to Mow
in the evening, and continued almost a hurricane
during a great part of the night. The tide ye,terdAy
morning rose nearly as high as the remarkable tale
in January, I 796, and, till the wind chopped round,
considerable apprehensions were entertained for the
safety of the goods in the warehouses at the west and
ast quays, as both quays were ovetflawed. lam
extremely sorry to say that the effeOs of this auburn
are of a very distressing nature, and I wish I could
sxy that what is known is the extent of the mischiet.
The whole of the shipping lying at the tail of the
bank and in the roads dtove—among the former,
the independence, Walker, bound for Charleston, is
on shore in the bay of the hill of Ardmore with her
rudder knockad off and a great part of the stersx
stove in. after having cut away her foremast.
The Mdr,.za,rf, Stewart, one of our regular pac-
kets from Dublin, was driven ashore in a bay about
half a mile this side of the Point of Pencarss, her
sails having been all blown to shivers, and a man,
a boy, and three soldiers, passengers, perished ; the
vessel went to pieces in about half an hour after
she struck. Captain Stewart, and the rest of the
crew, get on the mat, and fortunately reached the
short in safety.
The brig —, of Irvine, grain loaded,
from Ireland, and the cutter Elisabeth, Pearson, from
Port-Glasgow for Trinidad. were lying in ',Atalanta
when the gale came on ; the former drove foul of
the cutter's house, and they were both blown out of
the harbour. The k imnteth scudded before the
wind, came inside the Cumbraes, and run on shore
at the beach at Largs, and, it is said, will receive
little of no damage. Very different, however, has
been the fare of the brig ; in endeavouring to get
round the outside the Cumbraes, :he drove on the
rocks, and went to pieces ; and, I am afraid, the
crew have all perished. The Captain's chest, with
the ship's register, and other papers, came on
shore, at Lags, this morning ; and the neigh-
bouring shore is covered with grain. A sloop.
whose nam: I have not yet learned, is on shore at
Weems Bay ; and it is reported that several vessels
driven out of Rathesay bay. are on shore. at
Point of Towart. At three o'clock, to-day, the
mate of die Nig Rritalenics, Scott, of and for this
port, from Limerick, with grain and provisions,
arrived in town, with an account of the lou of that
vessel, on the outside of the island of Jura. in a
heavy gale, on Monday last ; the whole of the crew,
lam happy to say, were saved. This %emus has
been uncommonly tempestuous. You will receive
herewith, en extra& of a letter from °inn, by
which you will see the late gales have dote a great
deal of damage in the Highlands.