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NAVAL iitITELOGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, JUtT 22.
k)rived, the Serary sloop of war with a fleet of
bound vessels .tinder convoy from the
a brig transport, No. Si (nanie unknown),
,one to the quarantine.ground.
the lattreiiii frigate, with the President.
front" Cape of Good Hope,' under convoy
anedOtric; als% a vessel from Baltimore, both cle-
.;
Arrived the .ifelitie and Twists, cartes, from the
Good 411 ope ; and a Prussian vessel, sup-
have Dutch property on board, detained
find utter.
HARWICH, /SILT t 2.
4 IRV No/packet: Capt. Bridge, sailed this after-
with the WAS of the 17th, for Gottenburgh ;
Life novas, Captain Flyn, with those of
fee the tame port.
Lark, Captain Dell, for Husum.
asixa*u, JULY 20.
Lrrived the Nemesis, from a cruise, for fresh provi-
and sailed again immediately. Arrived the
sweat, Morley, from Sunderland. Arrived
isedursep, from Falmouth. Arrived the Para-
, from a anise, for letters, and sailed again imme-

PLYMOUTH, JULY O.
to join the fleet 6E Brest, th Warrior, of
Captain Bligh, Cokono, of 74, Capt. Mor-
/h., of 86, Captain Bulks, and Wester, of 74,
Lord H. Panlet. The Mahe was recalled bY
- .

, just as she got abreast of Penlee, fur orders.
came to for the night iu Cawsand Bay, and
7esterday after post. They all carried out
and vegetables to the fleet of Brest.
Marched Mato Frankfort Barracks, the 2d Somer-
-vinsessy, 1,100 men, Colonel Tynte. A captain's
remains at Berry-Head, till relieved by ano.
detachment. The id Wilts, Royal Cornwall,
Bedford regiments, are to be encamped, in
fortnight, on Woodbury Common, between
Ind Exmouth, for the summer.
Previous to the arrival Of the Amato. of 40 guns.
• Wood, from of Brest, she sent two boats

, on a beach near the outer road, to load sand
scrubbing the decks ; but before they could get
boats, the boats' crews, 18 seamen and a
's mate, were surrounded and made prison-
a party of French soldiers.
nt alongside the hulk the Spencer, of 74 guns,
Captain Stopfotd ; she is rigging fast, and will
xas ready for sea; she is ordered to fit, lidos',
take in stores for foreiikrn service, supposed for
Straitsof the West Inches.
- in, from the squadron off Brest, the Go-
-74 goes, Captain Brisbane, and the Prince,
guns, Captain Griadall, to refit and vietual.
/ loft the fleet ail well on that, and on the Roche.
/taloa, the inseam; the enemy there, in
and L'Orient, were as per last statement.
1.4 Meted!, armed ship, and the Mary
schooner, are taken into the service, as
vessels for coasting convoys, for the proteition

in the Mary cutter, from off Brest. She
tbled, when reconnoitring the position of the
Beet, by some shot born a battery on a pro-
rock in the outer roar.
in the Clarinda, of 30 from the West
, with French prisoners. She was one of the
captured at Cape Francrii, at the 6= the
evacuated St. Domingo. Lieut.-Colonel
is come in her, with d;,patches from
r Government. A convoy w.is colleCting
iamaica, which wa• to sail on the 30th ult, and to
•kvoyed by the fildierefiea, Capt. Loring.
led the Mal la, ‘f SO guns, and the
guns, to join the fleet off Brest.
.11141 M in Cawsand La f and the Sound, Pri.,ce,

Drearlaougit, 98 ; Iranver, ; Tigre,
adiaA, 74 ; deems, 40 : PAseiz, 3(, and
of 34 guns.
ived the sEeise f:tgate from Cork.
,4tl the Drseiltmeilit and /Perrier men of war,

as•L, JULY 22.

Alla t s Mdpsonte armed transport, Captain
.4mson, for Sheerness, to take in extra g4rks
'titeile frigate, Captain Boohoo, to relieve the
frigate, Captain Lord W. Stuart, off
Ostond.

Arrived the Meares and Aiwora transports, from
intrados% under command of Lieutenant Coggan.
Came down the Willman* and Walker transports.
red L'hisnwrialin and Canape's frigates; Md.
' schooner Oran/ and *sip, sloops of war ;
bomb ; Brener and Blazer gun-bugs, from
the coast of France, with the loss of cables,
remained in the Downs with the rest of the
as per last.
S. Arrived the Harp* and Zepliyr sloops of
war from a ctuise ; the latter with the loss of her
ioratap-soest.

squadroo being specifically appointed to watch
Oriesid, the vessels wider the order of Captain
Itieeuron are now confined to the blockade of
Scheldt.
\ bout 20 sail of merchantmen were at Malta the
May, is daily capitation of a convoy for
The gallant and persevering Admiral Conn.
'ALLN, on Thursday evening, landed at Lyming.
\ from the Vide de Fria.
Lepoieg frigate has sent into Cork the Ame.
ship • Proemial, Captain Wei. Ls, from the
of Good Hope, bound to Tonningen. She
from the Cape on die Oth of „t that
there were lying there, the Catalan's, Baty,
1/41., Dutch men of war, and twelve Dutch
Ineliaqim. There were labout 2n3 Dutch
in the garrison. Drool' squadron, when
the Cape, consisted of one ship, of 1.0 guns
four frigates.
44frows, a French ship, mounting 16 gnns,
lying on board 3,5 S French troops, in 4,1,11-
) her crew, was captured on the Ith of May.
Charleston-I:6hr, by the British merchant brig,
Ocriead, after a few shot from the latter. The
wail formerly the American sloop of war
and was on her return to France with trocps

lud escaped from St. Domingo. She h:id
several captures, and amongst others, shortly
gigue to her being taken, the Rosamond, of Ulm,.
and the brig Chows, of .14.1i4iCii.

LtEDS, JuLT

Oa Man day, pursuant to public Advertisement, a
meeting of the merchants of this town was held at
the Rotation• Office, to take int° consideration the
propriety of petitioning Parliament against the pro-
posed augmentation of the duty upon Bills of Ex-
change; when it was unanimously resolved, that the
additional duty upon Bills of Exchange under Thirty
Pounds value, would fall peculiarly heavy upon the
mercantile iaterest of this town and its vicinity, where
a large proportion of their payments were made
in small bills of exchange from seven to thirty pounds.
A draft of a petition was then read, praying that
such part of the bill then before the House as related
to the laying on an additional duty upon bills of cx.
change under the valoe of 301. might not pass into
a law; and stating the reasons why it would fall
peculiarly heavy upon the Petitioners. This Pe-
tition being agreed to, it was ordered, after being
signed. to be transmitted to the County Members, to
be by them presented to the House.
Thursday, a Coroner's Inquest was held before
Edward Brooke, Esq. upon the body of Joseph Old-
royd, labourer, of Milnthorpe Green, near Wake-
field, a man more than 70 years old, who was found
dead about six o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. in a
small croft adjoining his dwelling-house, under the
hedge, and. with his head leaning against a cherry
tree. It appears th at he had been strangled with a cord,
in the forenoon of the same day, and placed in the
above situation. The jury have brought in a ver-
dict of wilful murder against his son, Benjamin Old-
royd, who is committed to York Castle by the Co-
roner to take his trial for this atrocious crime.

JOURNAL Or 7111 IBLOCRADINO SQUADRON Orr
BOULOGNE, JULY 19.
u On Sunday the Isth we were joined by_the Leo-
pard, Rear-Admiral Louis, and Sulphur. The squa-
dron before that consisted of the L Inuortrite,
Alonso., Autumn, &meths, Drsenvera, and DevaAtellee,
Archer, Haughty. and Fanny brigs, and two brigs anti
two cutters. On Saturday, the 14:1, the lime .rtatite and
gun brigs its reconnoitering got within range of the
batteries, and received their fire without returning
it for a considerable time. Part of the rigging
of one of the gun-brigs sal shot away, but no
person hurt. On illonoay, the 17th, the Bruiser
stood in to attack some gun-boats that were
working along slime. The second shot fired
by the Bruiser struck one of the gunboats, on
which they iznmediately bore up for Boulogne; a
great many shot and shells w: sit °Vt.?' the Bruiser with-
out striking her. On 1 uesday the .-Irdeist, Biqa-
las, and packers of Cemeirerlande _1 the squadron.
On Wednesday the Harpy, • Stag, Fly-iy-
Night, and General Coote, ! I'e madrom At
two a. in. on flursday, the -ntnr srvairon got un-
der way, the wind having ll;Ite-.1 tu north-scent. At
eleven a. m. the; Ardent ILLs pretty close in off Bomb
Point, when, by signal, a file was 0 pehed on her from
the entire of the enemy's line, consisting of forty-tive
brigs and sixty-five I,liNers. The T.sw flatteries
from the Dyker Work Porte! Asa opmed their
fire from some guns wht:ii they :11% e with great la-
bour mounted. T!•,,t •••:giit was magnificent beyond
any thing. The continued for a`..,,m• half an
hour; a shot strtic' t!'e Arde,! at noon.
The Admiral stc. • '1 over to Dungeness, in company
with the Bourn,. r.l Dis,-*,eratieav-
ing the rernaisi, r of the tkc order%
of Captain C•••en, to warHi tae • will, in
all probability, i eturn this evening."

C

Her rsaiet,!:y the aii.lipress J01rP:11,416 h's pit
in re..tniNiii,-n cows„ b,...., and
fr)m 4!r.,-.1 to improve •h ••(•‘.: of
calt.le in h ,‘ptr:4l dominions H,:t• • A': Sr v
has. beside • •ered three oldie Fr,_ is
to draw rorivaits of these swiss .•,,
maids, and to have their
the I st Fritaidor, or Ow • y
may be exhihi.ed in tt.. •
the Museum every Ser.en‘..,.. •
are judged the best •,•ive .
d'ors each, and the utlit." 25 louts
sides the value their Litton's are judged
Davin,anclnther Megubetsuf the Nati iaai 1.. • •t•I.
A Court Martial was on Friday held on btt.i
&use, at Sheerness, for the trial of Lieut. Hi KA
FRAZER, of the Cruiser, on chatirs of having, on
the 20th ult. appeared on deck in a state of such ex-
treme intoxication, as to have been unable to attend
his duty ; and of having, by his condua on the 18th
following, indicated a design to shoot Lord W3I.
STUART. On the latter charge he was acquitted ;
and the first was so far extenuated by the evidence,
that the Court, in consideration of the excellent
character given him by Commissioners Gaav and
other Office's, only sentenced him to be dismissed
from the Cruller.

A curious and valuable coin was lately duo up by
a labourer in the ucighbGurliond of Kelso, in Scot-
land. It is pure gold, and in the most perfett pre-
servation. On one side is a most beautiful heed
crowned with laurel, encircled with the words,
•' Nato GAISA :" on the other, a full length figure,
holding in one hand an olive branch; and on the
other a small winged figat:e in the attitude of hurling
thunder. This side is encircled with Accesrts
Gaare•Ntcui.

A melancholy accident happened on Friday
morning, at the Naw Mills, near Norwich. As Mr.
Jor (a pupil of Mr. Halsor, apothecary, at the
Norfolk and Norwich Hospital), and Mr. SAMUEL
HARKER, of the Dove Tavern, were bathing there,
they attempted to stein) up to zhe flushes, and had
proceeded some way, but beiti; alarmed at the ra-
pidity of the current, they endeavoured to return to
the Bath-house; after struggling a few mottlenu,
they both went down ; on their rising, Mr. It Ace-
is a tit, who was swimming there, caught hold of Mr.
S. Bias Ea's hand, and held him up until A dyer's
host arrived, in which he was placed much ex-
hausted. Mr. Ito SC ;LT BARE 1 2, who se as also bath-
ing there, seized Mr. Joy, first by the har...l, and
afterwards by the hair of his head; but, observing
the perilous situation of his cousin, his. strength
failed him, and he was dcpiived of the power of
afford'i.g him farther assistance. Mr. Jov then dis-
appeared. and it was neatly half an hour before his
body was timed. The best medical assistance was
procured, x.:d every a cats were used to restore
animation, but unhappily withoen effect. This un-
fortunate young gentleman was the s..n of Mr. Jo
surgeon, of Docking, iu N„;(0.k. lie was sae ;be
yth year of his :tie.

PIMI. OF 1A1.1.0W.

St. JlllllOOl Market 4. 3d I 'Town'fallow • 11a Od
Clare Market 44 34 Kuala tCan.) ...695. 71s Od
Whitcch.yel 7.larltet 40 14 Lira do. (Sn.) .... 674 SS
rev Stows dim, —...... Melting Stuff... ....S7l
1.14 id Ditto tough 311•
Averas, Price. ...4a 4j4 Graves
tioi.l Dregs ... 114
Yellow Snap, 001—i Mottled, 88s—Cord, 924.
Price of Candies, per des. 11s. Od —`Mandy 12% M.

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Limns; a b
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Cape of G
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liens, and
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thistly.
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Captain 1•41
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the Straits
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