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Amoir the impetities law of nets .sty moat be
iebeyed. •^ •
• • " The rational chsracter does not permit us
lte treat *the French otherwise than .this law pre-
seribes. We cannot usk reprisals; your Excels
gency Glair* we to utter truths which canuot
bilt be latter. What right has an armk. to
Yletnaud the execution of impossible Office of
capitulation, which catered NAM, profct,ing
friendship and alliance, imprisoned our King
wild the Royal Eamity, plundered his palaces,
assassinated and robbed his subjects, ravaged his
towns, and deprived him of his crown' If your
Excellency is not desirous to draw upon you
snore and more the just indignation of the people,
*which I em labouring an touch to repress, cease to
adrance such itsailausidde pr tenses, and endca-
your, by staluoissitia. and a suitable behaviour, to
weaken the strong sense of the atrocities you re-
ccittly coininitted at Cordova. Your Ext•elleuy
inlay be assured 04 may object iu waking this nth-
uvitiou to you, is no other thou your own welfare.
Tlet untelfecting vulgar only wish to mum evil for
withotst weighing circumstances. 1 contest
n•nit declariug your Excellency answerable for the
fetal malts which luny proceed from your repug-
tiatlCC to that which is inevitable.
• The orders given by Dou Juan Creagh, and
.."t-ominuuicated to your Excellency, are those of
the Supreme Junta, and are indispensable, under
tie actual circouistauces. To retard their execu-
tion would alarm the people and occasion inconve-
niences. Mr. Creagh has already informed me of
en sceurrence which makes we exceedingly upon
fey guard. What an effect must it have upon she
people to know that a single soldier was carrying
sway tao livres tournois?
" This is what I had to reply to your Excel-
lency's note, and I hope that this will be my last
answer to such points ; remaining, in other re-
spects, desirous to serve you, being your sincere
and obedient servant. . • . .
" Cadiz, Aortae to, 1505." "

H

LON 1)0N,
TUESDAY, SErroasEtt 13.
--....--
received at the East

Yesterday intelligence was
India Howie of the safe arrival of the midetinen-
tionerl sip off the Start the lbtb instant, wader
convoy of His MaJerrt's ships/up/ter and Thetis,.
, viz.aosflope, Capt. PENISES:MI.I7T; CORM. rapt.
J. 11 tr ; Alfred, Capt. WeLterrsis ; It:anion
•,.
Castle, Capt. TISISREII.I. ; Woodford, Capt. MBA-
, TIN ; Earl Castdelt, Capt. Souses% Sailed 'front
China the 14th March, arrived at St. Helena
. the 10th July, and sailed from thence the 17th:
. Three whalers in company.
• The Surat Castle. ROBERTSON, was spoke with
the :Id or 3d April in the Strai!s of Malacca.
The Lord Castlereagh, KT stsa ; Europe, CIA.-
. grow; and Lord Keith, CmdraiLL; outward-
bound, were left at St. Helena.
The Duke of Montrose, PATERSON, was all well,
at Prince of Wales's Island, on the 4th January last.

A gallant action has been fought in the Mediter-
ranean, by the Seal orse frigate, of 38 guns, Capt.
STZWAIer. The fallowing is the account given of
h in a private letter, front Plymotith;.diatednu Sa-
turday hot : ...:
" Came in, this morning, four week I um Malta,
the Queen Charlotte letter of ustingiatu Pbdip.i,
an account of the Seatiorzet;3l4i (VI? -445S'Ai{T.t-A
having fallen in triththre.r Tifilibh Inntcakeseted.
50, and two of 44 Os* avitinkrukie todlaht y brouglitli-
to action ; one of tire 44's she stankwitfuer two brtirdl4.
sides ;. the 50-gun *hip avid 700 Mei* she liqtrointe
and earned intro Malta, and the An ship, .ir cI.L4;
thl crippled 'state of the Seakorse, galla:ttly rail
away. The Seahorse was much cut up in her mast
and rigging, but did not lose many men—' ,c
killed and five wounded. She arrived with he .1.
prize at Malta, on the 7th of August. The action
lasted three hone, and it half ; the Turks had 20 0
killed, cud JOO wounded.
" This gallant affair happened 6/1. the Darda-
nelles. When the Lieutenant of the &clitoris
boarded the Turkish man of war whit& had struck,
he found the Turkish Offleem cutting up, with
their sabres, the poor unfortunate seamen, for not
nicking a longer resistance."

Sunday morning prtaaing orders arrived at
Portsmouth fur all the line of battle ships to put
to sea to the eastward, in consequence of the Rtx;.-
Irian fleet baviug escaped Sir JAMILS SAUMAILZ ; at
least it was so reported. The St. Alban's, of 74
pupa, Capt. AtsTEN, which came into harbour on
Friday, :and was partly stripped, immediately came
gut and received her powder on board; the
Chri•-
timr 1711th likewise c•me out ; this skip had not
• fail bent when the order came down, nor above
ten seamen on board. The men of the haloes sod

Monmouth were immediately drafted into her, and,
by the exertions of Sir JosErn Ynatte and 11601'1-
mla. her sail~ were Lent, and she went out of har-
bour in three hour%
A paper of yesteriny contains the fallowine para-
graph upon this siihject;--.. We stop the press to
announce the rece9pt at this moment of an express
from Portsmouth. It states that an order had jast
been received there, for the instant egnipmitit of
four line-of-battle-ship,, and • frigate, which are
_ . .

immediately to sail for the Hattie. A rumour is
prevalent there, that the !lonian felt had Week"

ed • Brit 9quadmn of it)ferio: force k ascltlost'
we ouft-rtd rerne loos ht the engagemeat. The
Brunswick and three frigutes are abberted to ti:.“e

I'ite ruusour alluded to eviatutli.

been c4iptured."