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gas. During the night . _ atteempted
to communicate with the shore, but was fired at
'from Fort St. Julian, and prevented from proceeding
further. Several persons, however, escaped from the
shore, and are come home in her. She has, of
course, brought back to Falmouth, the mail which
she took out, along with Mr. Cu &magic A IN, and a
Portuguese Messeager, with dispatches. The Fez
cutter is also arrived at Portsmouth, from the
Trtzur, which she left on the 15th. At that time
seven Portuguese sail of the line, two frigates, two
brigs, and a schooner, were lying in the river, ready
for sea. Pert of the Russian fleet, from Gibraltar,
had also arrived in the Tagus, consisting of two sail
of the line on the i)th, and three sail of the line and
two frigates, on the 11th. On the same day also a
Portuguese frigate and a merchantman, richly laden,

arrived from the Brazils. The Russian ships entered
the Tagus under British colours. The Russian
squadron that put into Gibraltar, comprised nine sail
of the line, and, of course, two sail of the
line are unaccounted for. The purpose for
which they have entered the Taps is a sub-
jell of anxious conjiflure. If they stand us
need of repairs, they cannot be supplied at Lisbon.
as, according to the latest and meat authentic intel-
ligence, the Portuguese arousals were in a miserable
state, and did not contain stores to equip their own
navy. If they have not entered for this purpose, or
been driven in by stress of weather, their arrival in
the Tagus is probably the result of an arrange-
ment between the French and Russian Govern-
ments. Is this event, the escape of the For.
tuguese Navy and the ROT•L F • WILY. if such
were seriously intended, will be complktely frus-
trated. The Raves sloop is also arrived at Ply-
mouth, with dispatches from Lisbon. She received
a similar treatment as the freisinghons, from the Por-
tuguese forts. They fired at ter on the lth instant.
without effe&. - Lord STRANG'S!) and Mr. Garr-
ilea were to have come home in the Rarer, but
she was driven from off Lisbon Bar, in a ple of
wind. and bore away for Oporto. from whence she
sailed foe England. Upon the arrival of the
Far cutter, at Portsmouth. it was reported there
that immediately after the entrance of the Russian
Fleet, an Embargo was laid upon all the Eng—
lish ships remaining in the harbour, but we doubt
that there were any ships for as embargo to set
upon. The Lisboa fleet is arrived at Plymouth,
and the Openo fleet at Portsmouth. It was also ,
repert:ll or Wednesday, at Portsmouth, that the
intelligence Or ought by the Fes. of the arrival if the
Russians in the Tagus. having been communicated
by Telegraph to the Affinimity, the squadron of
Admiral RIATRS was recalled from St. Helen's.
This report, if comet, would rove decidedly that
Admiral KRAVIS was destined to watch the
Russians.
We have received, by the Lisboa Mail, Madrid
Gaseitas to theAth Inst. They de not notice the
Puselantatiou or Decree relative to the alleged
conspiracy of the Prince of ASTURIAS, against the
life of his father, the King of SPAIN, which we
gave yesterday. The accounts from Lisbon, we
understand, are also silent upon the subject. This
is the more extraorduary, as the Madrid Papers
contain several Official Articles and Al. of Go.
vernment. The latest accounts is these Papers, of
the French army, under Ceo. Jursor, are dated
Bayonne, Oct. 23. The Paris Papers, received
last week, brought accounts from Bayonne to the
inclusive. The intelligence in the Madrid
IPiesetter,, respelling that army, is copied from the
hale Papers, and possesses neither interest nor
•
We have received New York Papers to the 24th
last, and Halifax to the 29tb. The PRRSIDINT of
She Unrest, Sr•ras has issued a Proclamation. of-
airing a pardon to all Deserters from the Army of
'lite United States. The Nary is not mentioned.
It appears, from the Norfolk Papers. that the 1)a. '
nish Islands are placed by our cruisers, in a state of
blockade. A vessel arrived awe. atter a ikon PEW
sage from St. Thomas's, brougla an account to that
ell& Capt. Sr 'tong, arrived at Norfolk, from
Martinique, also reports, that be was boarded of
that island by the British frigate Larose. the Capt. of
which informed him, that orders bad been received
for capturing all neutrals trading Irma French,
Spani‘h, or Danish islands to British islands. The
Captain of the packet, which has brought the Nor.
folk Papers, states, that the trial of Commodore
Rimini had terminated before his departure, and
that the result was, the censure and cashiering of
that Officer. This sentence, the Captain adds, was
quite popular, as the general opinion was, that the
Commodore had not made an adequate resistance to
the attack of the Leopard.
Some dispatches to our Minister. Mr. Easaime,
have been seised upon the territories of the United
States:—they were from Admiral Bsasstry to
Mr. Elmira& A Pilot, who brought the packet
ashore, gave it to a perssa to (Jury it to the Post-