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which he suffered death. This letter was in order liven by
him a. chief cf the Congpir.tur, Anoth •r letter of hig to
Gen•E..r. in Lot.chin,iti detailed, in which he Wks at attempt,
ou the Port of Bret.

" After the basin"' (lithe I Marh' le, he savc...4 him-
self in Lnglantl, and thus i.ontioued m plot with the Eng lib
Goseuneht, and with his accomplices; at the intones.' of his
arrest, being b ong'it tx•fore the Magietatl, he confes:ed
ine It the head of the Conm.r..wy. The uMon of richegru
with Georges ought to astmlish El-ope, if their bueliess had
tint been already known. The conf.e.ions of Georges were
v-rfctiv envy ; if lie has (Mulch to display a rinaticism of old-
-111411, it is, ash rc.:y for th, putiko.e of weakening the
sentiments of indignation and horror that hi. crimes inspire."

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

MURTEMMITII, JUNE 11.

Vice-Admiral Sir Erasmus Cower arrived this
day and immmedately hoisted his flagon board the
his, of 50 guns, in which ship he will shortly sail as
Commander-in-Chief on the Newfoundland station.

Ai rived the Hydro frigate, from Guernsey. -
Arrived the Speedwell brig from cruising off
Guernsey, with the brig Afire, of London, Capt.
Blair, bound to the South. Seas, which sailed yester-
day, under convoy of the .4theniaa in tow, having
been run fool of by the Ceres outward-bound East
Ind:amen, which stove in her stern and quarter. rose
her deck, and thrust both her main and tipper decks
forward, unshipped her rudder, and did other da-
mages.
'fhe indeThripdote armed transport has hoisted
signal for convoy to the Eastward.

r*LMOVT6, JUNG 8.
Arrived the Irnhiaghtnn packet, Captain Roberts,
with mail from Lisbon, eight days. Left lying in
the Vagus, His Majesty's ship La Poskile, of 20
guns, Captain Dunbar, and the Prince of Wales
packet. A small French privateer had been driven
on shore on the coast of Portugal, and destroyed by
an English cruiser. Also, *paved the hired armed
ship Hainder, Captain Hill, and has detained a
light lugger belonging to Meragissay, on suspicion
of her being a smuggler.
The American ship ,ivve, Captain Colley, in five
days from gourdvaux, sailed from thence on the lit
instant, in company with about 80 sail of neutrals,
which had been unbarg ed. in consequence of a
flotilla of gun-boats Ansi brigs being about to sail
for Rochfoq : there :care not any privateers fitting
out theft.

Put back the Diar,.• packet, St. Aubyn, which
sailnd on the 3d inst. for Lisbon.

DEAL, JIME 10.
Sailed the Raitin and Boodle sloops of war, on A
cruise.

Remain in the Dew:.s the rest of His Kijesty's
ships as per last, and several outward bound vessels.

PLYMOUTH. JUlet 7.

Came in the Cattle, Dottglas, of and from Liver-
pool, bound to the Baltic, retaken by the NepitUr
and Majestic men of war.
Sailed the Tehte,aire man of war, Ste Gal and
Plower sloops ef war, on a cruise.
Arrived the Dispatch sloop of war, from Falmouth,
Doris frigate, Piv,er, Pretiv 1,44, and Argro„ sloops
of war, from a cruise. Wind S. W.

1111CIIINISF, JUNI 10.
Sailed the Cietrles armed ship, and the A•knire cut-
ter, with Stisail under convoy for the Baltic.

EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATI LLTTFR FROM AN OFri-

CLR ON WALD LORD NILSON'S VILLE, DA ILI.
APRIL 17:-

" On the 9th inst. we were near getting owe Or twn o► the
enemy's ski Close off Toulon, toe A 3124011 fripie, Capt.
Parker, took a brig, laden with cern, almost within shot 01
three frigates and the Littman'. Thus en provoked them, Ow
four Or five frigates, and one line of hater:, cam •y list tie ir
of the Serene ; but the Donegal, Se Richard Stra.-han, mei
two or three moo of our ships being near, the neiny wmtid
net risk any farther attempt to retake the A miairde prise. How •
ever, three more French ships oaths line got 'miler w r gii, but all
went back benne dark. These of their frigates w••ir . .h ,t
of the Amazon, bet did not lire Capt. Purer ta..k the brig in
a very Inan•lsomr manner, and deserves great credit fur the
steady countenance which he skewed whin tile enemy's ships
came out. All who know nir Ricked StrAthan, wail wadi y
conceive his disappointment at being deprived of the promised
Annie" party; fur winch 1 need haidly say be was very
anxious.

s• There k not a sick man i • ills 'lcel. The Cemnrand.•r in
Chief, indeed, complants or int .•y• Ibis a hough, but hr
is others re in grid •