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Dutch Esst foilisman ; she ant S 4 deeply laden, as to appear to
oe sicking. I crowded all the tail I cowld, and, opera coming
u:s with h-r, she proved to be the enemy's ship Badger, laden
with stores and provi-ion; of 41 kind, for a whole year for the
enemy's fret I immediately took her in tow, being appre•
sive, if left to herself, she might go to the bottom, from the et
cessive weight of her cargo.

Extract of a 'Letter from G. Canning, dated on board the
Trenfurer, in Navy Bay, on the 14th, 2 r. w.

SIR,

Several strange sail appearing in the Offing, I immediately
gave chace, making signal at the same time for the rest of the
squadron to folios., which ord!r, I am concerned to say, was nut
obeyed. lipuir coinin4 up,l found mys9l, uoexpectedly, in the
midst of the enemy's fleet. The St. Ant, the Potimsden, and
the Dropmiare, the headmost shins, all three d..ekers, im-
mediately bore 'down upon me r unable to cope with such a
superior force, 1 immediately struck, and the enemy took pos-
se:sign of the Treasurer. In justice to them, I must say, th
treated me with great politeness. We sai:ed in company fir
three days, during which time, I contrived to persuade the
Captain of the DreptAire, that myself and crew were ready to
G;lst upon hi: side. The whole squadron fired a dicharg of
-
21 gulls, in demonstration of their lay, and the Tre.l4, er
was no longer watched, or ordered to keep under the lee quart••i
of the Drormore, her former station. The Treasurer being
thus, as it were, left to herself, on Saturday night, 1 began to
repair some damage the yeasel lead received in tier bucsprit, ill
consequence of having run foul of the Premier, when at moor
ins in Dover Roads. This gave me All oppo.tu• its to fall
hind, without incurring suspicion, until the rest of the fleet
had shot greatly a-head, with a fine brisk wind I then
crowded all the sail I could, and shaped my course to join toe
fleet under your command. The Sr. dune, I !resume, was the
first vessel that suspetted my intention;for the moment] hoisted.
the Navy Jack at my top.mast.hcad ; she opened a tremendous
fireirom Iter stem ehacer, which mast have biown me to pieces,
had I not been three leagues off. The enemy's lee; I sup
pose, ha•l some more important object in view, as they took tin
farther notice of my escape. While with them, I attempted
once or twice to take a peep at their book of ...goals, but with-
out effect.

A neutral fleet of observation, under Comm.).
dc.e ADDINGTON, has put to and was left
watching the motions of the two hostile squadrons
Great apprehensions were, however, entertained,
that in the event of an engagement, the Commodore
would side with the viAor. The Cemmodore's ship
is pierced for 40 guns, but cArries only eighteen
12-pounders and a few s%;ivels. The rest of his
•quadron consists of sloops and gun,brigs, with
slily.: keels, and are badly mann'd.

GIBRALTAR, Arita U.

The gp4ie ilnnp of war arrived here on the
7th, from Lord Nelson's fleet off Toulon, which she
left or. the 26th salt consisting of nine sail of the line,
all well.

The Maidstone arrived to-day from Mogadore,
where she had been sent with a surgeon from this to
:he Emperor of Morocco.

APRIL 20.

Yesterday the Lerint.3aw, with the iln:d er.
.Ic4ercn, and .Etna, bomb ketches. with a convoy of
sev-My.two mail for this place and Malta, arrived
here b ten Jays, from Pc.rtsmouth.

CIDI7, Aran 16.

It is confidently rerrted, that Bonaparte has
demanded eight m:llions of dollars, in addition to
the subsidy originally stipulated for our neuttality,
And that the request his been made in the most
urgrat and !Xrratuang terms, as indispensibly ne-
cessary to enable him to pay the army destined for
the invasion of England. We are unfortunately
between two mill-stones, -.chich will crush us et last !

A few days ago a serious affray took' place be.
tween a boat's crew belonging to an English frigate,
and a boat's crew of the French line of battle ship
L'Asgle, lying here, while they were it the landing
place. The quarrel began about politics, and as the
debate warmed, from words they soon came to blows.
'the numbers were nearly 'Taal, but most of the
French were armed with sabres; the tnglish seamen
had no weapons .but the boat's stretchers and their
cars, with which, hnwrver, they in a few minutes
contrited to beat nut the brains of the French officer
and two of his men, aid drove the remainder cver-
board with the luss of one man killed, and a few
slightly liur.

NVe have the pleasure to announce the arrival of
the hnir.eward-bound Jamaica fleet, off Cape Gear.
Sevrra; of the ship bouni to Liverpool are arrived,
and the remainder may be expelled every hour.
The Telma, from De:narara, is aerieetl at Liverpool,
last from BarbaJoe', which place she left abdut the
23d of April ; the expoiltioo Was then 6iting out
with all possible dispatch, and teas expelled to sail
from that place about the 7th instant. against Suri-
nam, where there are about 83') soldiers, and one
frigate, besides smaller ships. After the ralullion
of Sui ;Hans, it was supposed our fleet would pi n-
eeed against Cayenne, where there are 5)0 soldiers,
commanded by Vii...roa
['he Russian Charge d'A dales at Paris, it is said.
WAS dressed in deep mitt:ming, when he delivered
the Rernonsaanogot his Mager against the violat;on
of the territory of Baden, and the murder of the
Duke D'Esoiti IN.

The fiLowint Whalen arrived a: &. Helena,
as undermentioned the See-Asne, on the 17th of
March, bound to the Brazils; the Here on the leth.
a prize, bound to landau; the air toss on the 19th,
And the Pee.* on the OM, for Landon..

The Dona, Capt. Haul Lion, for Hocum, and
the Km; Grorre, Cipt. SACIMILOS. for Got:enburg,
sailed yesterday from Harwich, with the Mails of the
astli and a few passengers.
Mr. LOVIS, hi+ Lady and family, came porien-
ters in the Earl Hew, from Bombay, after a resi-
dence of twenty-two years. He is brother to Rear-
Admiral LOIIIII,OOW in the North Seas. _ _

Monday rnosising au she halals of the kyr East
loodiansen arrived Plytnouti. sem passed CI
them. and sent on board the Adougars ship tut tits-
tribut;.n in Cs/ fleet.