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London, England, 1804-07-20 00:00:00

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! that., the T"ii,,g Henry, WitLarinan, he Pettraburei, and
the Ann, Woteptuer, M Calk.

AFIAIR OF TOULON.

*4Ns fit. n C..11.,pu5, off Toulon, May 2J

•• Yesterday, in company with the Du-pal and
/era: se, we ei-,'re nearlc hrought to adion by a very
superior squadron of the enemy, whom Adniiral
Campbell had bt•el sent by l.orsl Nelson to re-
connoitre. The main body of the fleet n mained tar
nut of sight of the his I ; but the weather s'•as so very
fair, that the near-Admiral w.is tempted to stand in
to get A good v;r‘v if them. *I n the Eastward
or Cie harbour's in:•irh which dirt Lion the mad
is open). on our near approach ;t f,•l1 almost calm,
and the gun-I„•ats immed Andy pii,ied towards us,
and commenced firing, ache:, hut at aeh
a distairce t::at 'Weir shot fa short. •fhe Admir.il
Fred if, return. A moderate breeze by this ,:rne
sprang up, and the squadron in th • ' ..;:our were
soon under sail after us, and in less than •air hour
consisted tail of the line, and three heavy fri-
gates; they appeared determined to whale a grand
push after IV. The frigates, alai one of tbe
lins•of-
battle ships, appeared to gain considerably ; and the
headmost of the col mer (which was the fellow
that the iapazve chased coin Hieres Bay, .taring the.
Inciter) opened crdistant t"tzicg fire on the
which was out sternmost ship. This was not to be
bn• n • long patiently by Sir Ilich.d I Saachan, who,
watching his opportunity, /aired ap, and gave a
broadside, which rode the headmost gentry ham
their sails aback quicker than ever I saw the:n per-
form any mancenere. The Canopus also threw some
shot at the nine time, in a apt., good iliretion. Al-
though the fire was at anew a distance, that I hare
great doubts whether any shot to,k effeet, yet it
evidently served to check the progress of the head-
mow 74 (•uppesed to be the Swilr,ere), for notwith-
standing she was coining up fast, and with four of her
own class at her it tend of closing with the
TO. •he -71411W,:t the came within random
sh • row:Jed-to to fir- her broadside, by
wlich she last a great d of way, though per.
hap. th,s was hot objea. Ihe squa,initi tl,at aas now
in hues' i of us, and coming fast up, was en superior
as to preclude all chance of doing an,: tling with
them. A dime therefore, m., le sail,
and the, continu •a 'o foam us for some time
under a crowd of canvass, still kcepitig the advan-
tage of ; but fearful of being drawn off ton
far, and decoyed min the jaws of the Viscount, by the
egneth,iy were about five leagues from Toulon, they
were recalled by their signal post on the [dill, and
all stood in again. This was about there quarters
past three o'clock, n. as. At six we saw our fleet to
leeward, and joined them aliont half past nine.—
They had heard the fire inclistinitly, and the Le e ia-
t44,4 was detached towards Toulon, hut had not
proceeded far on her way before we were perceived
returning."

Sunday, the Themes armed ship, Captain Boy AR,
and the Menem 1111,,des cutter, sailed from Leith
Rauh, with tits trade for the Baltic.
A young man, a tradesman at the west end of the
towm-kosving occasion to go out of town by an early
coach, happened to he too late, and was obliged to
defer his journey till the wit day. On returning
home, he found a stranger in his site's b.d-cliam-
ber. After some altercation on the subra cl this
reseextre, the gallant proposed to purchase the wife,
it she was offered for sale, in due form, in Smith-
field market. To this the husband readily agreed,
and she was altaally sold and delivered over to the
lover, Jor the price of ten shillings.
At the Quarter Sessions for Northampton, Jseeph
Homes, the driver of the Northampton coach, was
indided for an assault upon Mrs. Ruff, wife of Mr.
Ruff, baker, of Gayton, by whipping her howe. as
she was passing the above coach, in the South Quar-
ter in that town. on her return home from market,
whereby she was thrown off, and one of the hind
wheels passed over and broke be•th her legs. After
a bearing the Court sentenced him to pay i fine of
40s. and to be imprisoned three calendar monti.s.
A complaint was lately preferred to the Justices
of Peace in Glasgow, by a number of master shoe-
makers in that town, against certain journeyme..,
for entering into a combination for compelling an
advance of wages, by attending meetings for that
purpose, and colleaing money to support those who
'should leave town till such advance was obtained, in
dired violation of ad Ack of Parliament, passed in the
59th year ! present NI Ai EST v's reign, which
eubjelit the offenders to very severe punishment, by
Sot and imprisonment. The Justices.foulal the
complaint proved against two of them, who bad
been very waive in poimoting the c-mbination and
sentenced them to be imprisoned in the tolbooth of
Oksgow, the one for a month, and the other for
fourteen days, besides finding them liable in es-
rum-