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ON Dover...Mc Lady from Virginia;
leaden packet, Stafford, bran Bathing*; Anthony Mane'',
Tkirmar, ham Fhiladsrlptira ; Arcthurl, R tJley ; Cerra. War.
ecru Merlin. Smith ; /Minn, Soltinittir ; Grant, Wright ;
Sir Gradinp Wrhater, Spencer John, ffeadt4 ; Nide, Smith ;
Jerk TM, 114'Placrenn ; ifarriott, Stanger; Flora, M'Seile;
dad the Ann, Atkin!, from Jair.ai, a.
At Pmttnrootle--the Chimp-on, Lane, from Jamaica.
At 13.i:tot—Mr Cornwallia, (non Jamaica.
At Fsfanautla--..ht Suffolk, —, ft on pioaloph,..

LIFT R•isros.--A complaint was lately brought
before the Justices of Peace of the county of B•nff,
at the instance of the Pad of Fife, heritable pso-

prietor of the salmon fishiags on the scoter of
'moo, and Mr. Robinson, principal talisman of
these fishing', for steeping lint near the river in
burns or running wate►s, as being pernicious and
destru'tive to the salmon fishing;, founded on an
Act of Parliament of date the 11)th July, ]Goff, in
the reign of King James Vl. ; when the Justices,
after a full hearing of both parties, found that five
of the persons complained upon hat contravened
the said act, and therefore fined them in forty
shillings Scots for said offence, to be applied in
terms of the statute; and further found that the
lint steeped by them was liable to confi,catien and
forfeiture; but, in respect the complainers did not
insist on said confiscation, and as the deenalzrs
declared ignorance of the statute, and promised to
avoid such praftices in future, the Justices declined
infliaing the said confiscation, but with certification.
The Act of Parliament above quoted having been
folly published, not only in papers, but also at most
of the parish churches in this county, intimation is
hereby again made, that the said stittive will in fu-
ture be followed up by confiscation and forfeiture of
tsar lint against All nisnders.

CAPTURE OF THE ROPEWELL AND

ROCKLAND.

PROM Mt DM YORK DAILY ADVISTISIR Of ,U-
Olaf 11'2.

We have deClined publi.hing several articles which
have appeared relative to the capture of the Hopewell
and Rattle:nil of this port, becanse they seemed to
ref! CI on the Captain. The following letter to his
owner affords satisfaftion on this head :

COPY Of A LETTER TO 0. RARNWELL,

doubt ere this you have heard of the
capture of the ship Hopewell and the brig Rack/and.
Owing to S.W. and S.S.W. winds, was obliged to
go to the eastward of Bermuda. In lat. 27. 38,
long. GI. 57, nn the 30th of June, at three a. M.
saw a brig, which appeared to be dogging us, and at
day-light she bore down upon us, hoisted an Eng-
lish ensign, and fired a gun to leeward. We were
then under all the sail we could set, but finding she
came up with us very fast, we hoisted American
colours, and fired a gun to leeward, and shortened
sail. I hailed the Reck/and, and desired Captain
Akens to keep on our lee bow and near us. as 1
wished to speak the privateer first, and know what
she was before we attempted any thing ; she was
then on our weather quarter; the Rockland not keep-
ing in her station, dropping more to leeward, and
n..arly on our lee-quarter ; the privateer was then
almost within hail of us, bat immediately up helm
and run alongside the Rockland, and commenced
firing under English colours, which was returned
from the brig ; the privateer being between us and
the brig, prevented my firing, until I got in a situa-
tion to fire clear of the brig Rockland, which was in
less than a moment, when we commenced firing to
the hest advantage we could ; the Rockland fired only
one broadside and some musketry, when she was
boarded ; they only left three men on board, sheer-
ed off, and gave us a broadside, and attempted to
board ns, bat were repulsed by our quarter-gun-
pikes and musketry : they then kept clear of our
pikes and played continually with all their men
with musketry; our men seeing their ship mares
falling, most of the landsmen quitted their quarters ;
the privateer seeing this, attempted the second time
to board us, by cutting our netting ; and, overpower-
ine us by numbers, were obliged to haul down our
colours, and quit the deck, otherwise to be cut in
pieces. We had three men killed, four badly and
two slightly wounded ; the first who fell was poor
Mr. Bird. When they hoarded us, nothing saved
our lives but their thinking we were English, and
asked us how we dare engage under American
colour•, and did not believe we were Americans
even after we had arrived. After the Rockland was
hoarded, we engaged the privateer close on hoard
for forty minutes. When the Black General foun4
we were captured. he ran below with a pistol with
intentions to blow the ship up, and with much
difficulty we prevented it. He set all the cartridges
on fire in the cabin and steerage, which was in
pouch tubs, and only my laying the magazine
scuttle ov-r, saved the ship and our lives; when be
found he could not blow the ship up, he put the pis-
tol to his head and blew his brains out.

The privateer took out all the passengers, officers
and men, except myself, carpenter, two boys, and
one of our men badly wounded. The privateer
continued with to until we arrived...A this port,
which was on the 17th July, and were immediately
pm altogether in a most miserable prison, with no-
thing to eat but stinking beef and coarse bread, and
very short even of that. They will not nal. me to
see any Americans, nor have any communication
with any body. There is a schooner called The Sankt
in the Grass, bought in New York, and fitted out at
Salem, with five guns, taken and brought in here
a few days before me ; one of the mates is allowed
to go out at times, and this is the pnly opportunity I
had to write. They say that orders have gone to
America, that every vessel bound to St. Domingo,
if taken, shall be treated as pirates. God only
knows what they mean to do with us. I beg you
will do all in your power to get our Government to
claim us, otherwise I don't know what they may do;
they seem to be inveterate against the Americans,
and even told me every ship and captain's name that
was armed from New York.

Captain Akers% had his mate killed, ano one man ;
and several wounded, himself wounded, and died at
this place on the 2?..1 instant.
The schooner Bode taw the Graft was commanded
by James Mansfield, who is also in prison with all
his men; the vessel will be condemned, although
they did not fire a shot.
As no protest can be made here, thought it best
to let the officers sign this letter with me. Several
large privateers are getting ready to go down in the
Site after the Americans.

The privateer that took us was the brig F,,Aideu,
Capt. Antwan, with ten long French 6's, two 12
pound enerenades, one ]hog la pounder, and 150
men. The French seem to be very inveterate
against the Americans, and insult us as they pass
the prison.
All that I can say more is, to request you to do
what you can w:th our government to claim us as
Americans. I think the manner in which the
French privateer engaged us under English colours,
will be a sufficient reacts for them to claim us. All
that I can say more is, that your ship and property
were defended with spirit, until overpowered by
numbers.
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We are, Sir, with respell,
Your obedient Servants,
(Signed) P.Stssost,
Point-Pete (Gueltdosape), MAHLON BENINCT.
Jay 26, i 1404. JAlitS Ross, Jun.

N. B.—You will please to excuse any fault in this
letter, as I am so closely watched.
Letter-I3agg at the CeliaEnvie.
Ship Ciotk.er, DAndelot, Bourdeaux,
New Jersey, Cooper, Anvers.

On Friday evening, as a Gentleman in a chair was
turning out of a lane near Chelsea, into the King's-
road, he drove with so much rapidity round the cor-
ner, that the horse's chest coming in sudden con-
taa with the shaft of a cart in a contrary direetion,
it entered the breast to so great a depth as to oc-
casion his instant death under the most exctuciAting
agonies.

MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, sad DEATHSin INDIA .

From Tnt CALCUTTA Jovalw., for January 1804.,

11E71OAL MARRIAGES.

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On the 6th inst. at the 112 W Clutch, Mr. C Tetley, to Miss
F. Stitih-rt. daughter of General Stibbert -.01 the .M 1
from the Dquir Orphan School at Kidderpore House, Miss
Murray, daoeliter of Li. utenant James Charles Morrav, de-
c. acrd, to Mr. Johu Drit-r --CM the 9th inst. Mr. eloosph
Wins, to Miss Ells iheth Goodin,: —On the 7th inst. Mr. Wil-
liam Mansfield, to Miss Joanna Da Crlll.oll tit.. same day,
Mr. Alexander Pinto, to Miss Hannah Ilammond.--Do the
1 ith inst. Mr Joseph Maddox, to Miss Ann Damien —On
the 14 h, Mr. Peter Sponge, to Miss Rataiza —Lately, at Sala.
sore, Mr. Joseph Schultz, to Miss De Costa, mice of A. De
Costa, Esq. late Dutch Resident of that place the 9th
inst. at the same place, Mr. John Duffey, to Miss Maria Navin,
daughter of Sir. Comes Pareira.-.-At Dittapore. on the 10th
inn W.F. Rees, Esq. of the lion. Company's Civil Service,
to Miss E. M. Stacey, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Stacey.—On
the 22at inst. Mr. Thongs Coiling:, to Ws: Elizabeth Wit-
hams.—On the 28th inst. Mr. Allan Ronal, to Mrs. Elean.n
Murray.