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London, England, 1804-06-11 00:00:00

COPREIWING DAVID.

This man was once originally a Curate, and appoiitted Vicar-
General to the Bishop of Limoges after :he Cone.adat. Ile
written the History of Pitehegro's camoaigits, and was entirely
attached to him. It was Ito who made one of the pretext of I
a reconciliation botaveen rich: ecru awl Moreso, to re tits over-
tires to the latter. Etton the b..gioning he I:ed free sceeow
lu
General Moreau, ands regttiar certospowletter took ;since be-
tween them. lle *we cooies of all the letters he Tied (ruin pi.
chegru to 1, (ocean, and of all lie had fotm Moreno to Pi-
chegrus—the proof of this is to be found in a letter directed by
him to Pieliegro in London, owlet the *sole of Wallis. In
the mean rime lie solicited the RI timpric of Tto;:es, and prevailed
on (;eneral Moreau to interfere in his favour t bre not being
suceessful, he lesearne mete ardently a friend of the Counter-
Revolution. Piehegru invites him to London, and appoints a
place where he may receive 12 look d'ors for his journey. He
receives the money, and, after tocing Moreau, sets oat. Ilis W-
I discretion, hots. ver. filer: upon him the attcittion of the Police,
and Ise was arrest 41 at Calais. 01111i1 different examination% he
gave different accounts( his object :—One thne, he .4aiti it was
to see Pichrgris, who had Ivan his (timid ; at anoth-r time, it
was to establish himself in a SeMinary of Education ; and at
another time it was to assist a T.ady of his acquaintance with his
whir, and excel, ns in a law-suit. The triter of Piehesru,
however, being itrutinced, conipletely confounded him
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Although he molt no rennfession before the Gland Jnlge, vet
our soldiers of the gene entities d'elite, on
!easel at thu Temple,
heard him i‘V, that the three Chiefs of the Conspiracy were,
Nforftu, Pichrgru• and Georges; that the FirstConstil was to
he carried of 2 to England, and the Pretender placed en the
Throne of Franco; that he was one of those Couctirators, and
had bought a home at 21 louis, and a dress for the oceasion
This man Indgri for five weeks at the house of Dentin, an the
Rue de Bacq, who proved that he had hoeght an espersive
sabre, and an uniform. It alto has appeared, by four witnesses.
that this Roger is the author of the infernal trine:doe, of the .1d
Nirose, and that he lisd evmo made a second of there.
Devine, when in London, received (ow anilines a ajar from
the Government; and confesses to have receicsi levy o fifty
Louis when he left it, prior to his being land.sd at the light-
-1 house of Brink ; he associated with all the Compiegne'.
Joyeooe de Villeneuve landed with Genre ea. Lie reAs *met.
ed at the hoese of Dubuiwon. When he was taken, he was
armed with two pistols and a dagg •r of English ma:iv:item-et
he had rye bolts full of gold co,s, and an English pir.port ; lie
had also a Consasiodou to exoctre with Moreau's h,-cretary.

DEPARTMENT OF I'HE MARINE.
The Minister e? the Marine and of the Colantes, to Ilis Ma
jetty, the Emperor of the. French.
SIRE, Parini, May SO, 1404.
I lomat to have the honour of tnnainiiting 'nor Im-
perial Majesty the inte•Lgence met me by Rear Admiral Ver-
Commaader in Chief of the Avarua flotilla • and Rear
Admiral Magon, commanding the right wing of the National
Rea• Admiral Verhuel -left Flushing the 16th May, with
19 gunboats, 47 Batavia° gin eaves's, and the two French
grainer, the Chi., of Aix soil Antwerp.
fl had scarcely set Lail when contr.!? winds obliteal him to
anchor at the mouth of the Scheldt in a place called Junet-
Wielingen. At day-hreak the nest inewnine, the Rear Aden.
rat weighed with he fliwilla, and reached the heieht of H.../st,
when the wind having veered to the S. E. he determined to re.
turn to his first anchorage running under little sail, in a line of
battle An Enighah frigate and corvette which were vary near,
etiodeawnsred to cut off two of the gun-beets in the rear, and a
transport. The Rear Admiral, perceiving the danger to which
those vesicle were exposed, mule the signal to reel, in coley
to rover tliers ; but, h 'fete this moYeinent could lab Recoup.
;dished, the transport had fallen into the hands of the enemy.
The Rear Admiral Verhuel, with that calmness and intrepidite
for which he w distieguishtsd, left the line to attack the two
English sewek, and gave the signal for all the flotilla to ?Mow
horn. The loss of the transport was of little consequence, but
hishoneu: was hart. A very obstinate battle ensued for two
hours, the enemy's two ships were greatly injured, and
shamed off.
Your Majesty haring ordered Admiral Verhuel to repair to
Onend, and the passage being cleared, he steered for that port.
Ceimmadorc Sidney Smith having c,lleeted his squoimo,
overtook iha Gallo Satevian nAlt. timee leagues (mm Omen&
(liar flotilla carried wily one hundred pieces of cannon. The
Enelish squadron, independent tif the ad,antage. of weight of
nicie, and magoitude of "hip., carried 4111 guns. The con.
ran was unequal, the Eaglet' imagined they were tweet.
in eto a certain victory. The catastrophe which ensued was
therefore the more painful to them.
After tureen hours fightiag, they were ob:iged to quit the
scene of action. The Admiral's ship the Antel••• wet sucripmed
by the ahats she bad received, that .heao..ea• • 1 to the..amen
a p -rfeet wreck. An English frigate and a • vette wore isms
misted, and a brig was obliged to leave the enemy's 1.7+ at the
beginning of tliebnCe. There is every season to suppnaa that
she must have foundered in the channel
Two gun-vessels, which were behind the rest of the flotilla,
were pursue' by a frigate t after receiving several collies, the
Lieut. Dutaillis, commanding the prow the City of Antweep,
tacked and maintained a commit of two hours, hand ta howl, to
the frigate, kiisdle wit the mast of the latter by the bowl,
and saved the two vesaela.
The Rear Admiral Verhoel bestows particular commends-
titan oil the courage of Lieutenant Deteille, and likewita for
his skilful maikeuvrei. That gallant officer, though severely
wounded in the leg, did not resign the command for a moment
during the action. The Rear Admiral also gives great praise
to Captain 11, mud, the Ratavain officers and crews, awl the
Fume+ troai s that were on b.eir 1. lie accuses the com lewd.
ens of two grin bows, of not lies npug done their duty, and lie
in-
funue ma that their cierlect is to be the subject of iuvesti-
cation.
I Miler not omit acquainting your Majesty, that at the mo-
ment when the flotilla war moat wine* engaged with the
*atone, a league and a It llf from (*eta& Rear Admiral Ma-
eon dieniched, wider the mien of Captain Lanilmurg, twelve
pitinaiao, which, by the aid of their Oarl, wee enabled to
le the the pews and .Inl en: hesitate no pale boldly within reach
of the hr.' of the aflame. c noun, and of a sixty
grin ahm, foi tile limpet, of more let °dile rislieving the rear
wet ships.
Captain aleenne went on hard the City of Aix, during the
two last home of the haute; that vessel had two men killed,
and thirteen woimeled. The City of Antwerp had two killed,
and sixteen wounded. On hoard the pinnaces two men, one
of whom wan in other', were killed, and sin woonlei.
The it divans hod twelve man kilfrel, end IS wounded
The total number killed was 181 four of whom were on
head the primes or pinnace.
Labrutontriere, Adjutant of Rear Admiral Me-
grim, won sent off with the elispatchei of Aelmnral Verhuel,
near whom he was during the whole of the battle. That tale
hoer, who its the hearer of the ettepatehe., which I have the
bowie to transmit to snit Ma!esty, gays, that two gunners of
th-14ht artillery were killed by his skle
The downy suffered severely, and was abhged to sheer off
with great loss.
The following day Admiral Verhuel anchored triumphantly
in the Great Road of Ostend; wishing to confirm his victory
befitre he entered the port, he remained a day and a night
waithag for the merry. It was oat tie he perceived the Foghsti
souad.cin standing elf at the distance of leagues, repairing
their damages, and hearing awe.) one afier the minx for their
own !sort, that he resat:et" to enter °stand
Tens is these-one eteantage Which Admiral Verhuel has oh
(linta, within thee- few months ggra the English fleet. " -
I 111911 r +rise, ~ detailed report a this importam affair, that
I may propose to your Majesty to gran; rewards to the offir en,
soldier., aad sailors, whoa hare distineitiahed theme...tee
I *Meat yoer Majesty to accept of arty indolent tea pact.
Ohlrel) DECRES.

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CAIT or norm nom.

Cora. statement of the iohnbitants, product, It:.
of the Cape of Good Hope; at the time the settle-
ment w4b delivered tip to the Dutch by General
Dundas, including the ontsett mews, viz.
ra-opean Rurehcrs, Dutch civil servant:, setthrs,
hymen, &c.
W,ves of the above
Son. anti daughter, of ditto
•eryatlta
Bnpt.a• I Ifutteututa
Slaves ( men)
I)itto twomen)

Ciu)drrn of ditto
rlutwolot4

Horses

Code
Sheep

LeJuoni of will,'

• 49,778
888.813
1,490,880
B,C4ci

6,390
♦,561
13,127

20,960
9,169
5,720
7075

Letters from Semlis state, that the New Paella
of Belgrade, arrived btfore that fortress, early in
April, accompanied by a numerous body of Spalos.
The Paean made his grand entry into the City in
the evening, welcomed by the thundering of can-
non, and the not less noisy acclamations of the in-
habitants. Every thing is peaceable there, and
commerce begins to resume her former chancel of
briskness

The camp at Shorncliff commenced on Friday,
two regiments, the 4th (King's own) and 52d (Light
Infantry) took the field at six o'clock. The Court
Martial ordered to be held at Hythe Barracks, for
the trial of Lieut. CA Stewart, of the 431 Light
Infantry, is postponed till further orders.
A few days since, in removing part of a mound of
earth, to make the outer entrance into Tynemouth
castle more suitable for the ingress and egress of
heavy pieces of ordnance, vast quantities of- human
boo. s v.-ere found, supposed to be the remains of
bod:-s hut ie..: !here after the storming of the castle
in ItiSS br CRom waid.'s troops, under the command
of Sir AV:ll'.'R - _

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The de..•'l \lr. litscxviNe, of Doeor's Com-
?nom, which h t;T"neil on Tuesday List, vacates the
more of Kin;', PioCtor, who has been accustomed
to claim the p.r.sec =ions against all vessels brought
into fort by :toy snip of war, and to be adopted as
the Protior for :very Captain in the Navy, exclu-
sively of the rest the profession. In consequence
the management of four or live hundred suits oc-
casionally devolve to the same individual. The de-
ceased was much and deservedly respelled by a nu-
merous circle of fi iends.