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London, England, 1808-08-23 00:00:00

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CHINESB LANGUAGE.
Report. of First Examination, in the Chinese Unguage,fhed
at Seiampore, in Bengal, on the loth februaty,.l6.&'

JOHN CLARk. MARSHANI (A.74,ED 13, YEARS.)

1. Perfect in the three Eletnentar'y Books.
The first Ott pages), containing it 10 ebaraaers,
Of which 600-ilre Ihtferent. •
The.second (27 pages), containing 080 charataers,-
of whiCh 300 are different. •
The third (25 pages), containing 1000 chargters,
different both in fbrtn and signification.
Repeated memoriter the third hot*, which com-'
prises nearly the whole Of the key chara&ers, and
the most- useful and current in the lantruwe.

• 2.ltepeated.the whole five books of Lun-gnee, or
conversations (of Confucius); containing 1000 cha-
raelers. •• • •
3. Icl a disputation'. in the Chinese language,
an the fallowing theSis':
1" The Chineselanguage is Ant -more difficult of
Acquisition than 'ot lier languages."
4. Produced an -Abstract Of all the different cha-
r;aaer4 in Luiz-tnee.
...on.twe;•lty sentences.; in Chinese, his own Com-
position mid writing.
4l o a.copy of the secortil Elementary Book.
Virrote in the Chinese chataact and language,
•ientences, dielated to, him and explained their

meaning. •
6. Orally examiry...Cl iti the Elementary Books,
a gin the works of Confucius.

JAIIEZ CARE (AGED 15 YEARS.) .
1. Pertett in the first .and second Elementary
Books; and in, half of the third Book. ,
• Repeated memoriter the second Book.
2. Perrea .in first,.- secon4, and third Book of
Lun-gnee.
. Repeated memoriter the third Book, containing
about (.3-000 charaaers.
3. field a disputation, in. the Chinese langu3v.
4. Produced ten sentences, in Chinese, his own
composition and wi iiing.
Also copy of the second Elementary Book.
5. Wrote in the Chine•ie charaaer-,i and langnage,
sentences -diaated' to him, and expained their

tit
G. Orally examined in the Elementary Books, and
in the works of Con.acius..

BENJAMIN WICKS M.ARSHAM (AGED 8 YEA.RS.)
1. Perfedt in the first, st:cond,,and in half of the
•
third Elementary 13ook.
Repeated memoriter ,the fiyst Book. 1
•2. Pert ea. 1:
in the first and second Books, 'and in
bait of the third 13tiols. 0t Ldu7g.,rt.T. - • I
Repeated romoriter the first and second:Books,
containing about 4000 characters. , •
3; Produced :I specitnen of Chinese writing, •-
Mr. Marsharn, sea. pronennced,an. essay, in. the
'Chinese language, on ,the :facility of a,.:quiriug,the
Chinese language. ; •
Mr. Professor Lassar delivered, in Chinese, 'a'
speech, in praise of ,the Chinese iiinguage and litera-
ture.
The prizes appointed by Dr. 13tichananiwere.then
distributed' by. Mr. Professor Lassar to, the Students,
for their proficiency in the Chinese language.
WORKS PRODUCED AT THE CHINESE In-,IAI‘,IINATION

ON THE 10TH PM' 1808.
1. A translation into English of thc three. Ele
menrary Chinese Books, which edntain all the keys,
and the charaders most generally in use. .
2. A translation into English, of Lioz-Bnee, or
ConversationS (of Confucius), in five Books, by Mr.
Joshua Marshman.
. .
The works ascribed to Confucius are contained in
twenty-one volumes, on the following subjects,
See-setz, in 5 vols. of which Lun-gnee is the
seccittd.L-2. • See, in 4 vols.-7--Poeiry-3. -Sett
in 2
-vols.- on Government.-1. Ly:kee, in 4 vols. on
Manners.s. Uk, in 3 vols. on Astronomy or As-
trology .-6. Chun-chou, Chronological Annals.
3. A translation of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark,
and: Luke, into the Chinese language, by Professor
.Lassar:' _
•
4; Specimens of Chinese Priding, accurately arid
-beautifully executed by a native of Bengal?,

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OFFICIAL—LETTERS,
Relating to the Printing of a Malalxir Bible at Bombay, for
the Use of the•MaLbar and Travancore Christians, and to
-the dissemination ofthe English -Bible among' the twenty-
five English Regiments now in India.

To tile'ilonotirable Jonathan iluncan, Governor in Council.
HON.
.§lll, •
Having had occasion, about a year and a half ago,
to make a journey into the interior of Travancore, -
for the -purpose of -investigating the history and an-
tiquities of the Syrian Christiana,. I found that.
thOugh they ,poss6sed copies of the Scriptures in the
Syriac tongue, 'they.had no translation in the coni-.•
'mon language of the, Courary, wiah is the Malaya-
I'm, or, as it is usually called, the
'Their copies of the Syriac Bible arc, all in rituMscript,
and are few in number. Their Litvigy is also- to
Syriac ; but sermon is always. --pronounced in the
vernacular tonaac. the - Bishop; and'his principal
Clergy, sensible that a Malayalim translationOf the.
Bible would be a work of important benefit to, the
community, .offered to undertake such a translation, ,
-and to execute it in a short. periocl,:if there were auy•
- hope of its' being printe‘ and circulated, at a mO-
derate'expenCe, through the parishes of thodioceSe.
2. I. visited this ancient people a- second time,
about two months ago. They had previously deli-'
l'i.ered to me, through the hands of Lieutenant Co-
Lonel IVlacauleY, Britisi'i Resident at TravautOre,.-the
thanustript. of the Four Gospels; fairly writtert in .1
the Malayalim langUage and charaaer. On my ar-
riVal-7-at Bombay, last Week, I submitted this Work.
to the judgment of. Dr. Robert Drummond, Author
* Al.arabir is very distint from the Tarnul language,
s:)ixoi.ines called Malabars,on. the cent.cl. Cerzhiandci.

o•• • .
The. NI-alabar. Grammar; • who .has repOrtel---;
" That he considers it to 'be a faithful version of the
saoced original; •and easily. intelligitAe -by ,the•corn-
-Im:A The remaining part 'of the Bible is
how in course of translation by .lie same hands..
,3. TheMalayalinl. being the common and verna-
cular language, along" the whole coast of Malabar
and ofTravancdre, down to Cape .Conorin, it is
proposed to print the Malabarßible for -the benefit
of the numerous bodies of Christians inhabiting the
provinces of Malabir and Travancore, both of the
Syrian. and Roman Church.- This .work can be print,
ed at Bombay only, as' here alone there is a fount of
Malabar types, which have been lately cut. The
Malabar Bibb. will be the fiat book, printed in the
Malabar language, - •
4. In'the hope that" the. .design. of printing the
Malabar Bible at this Presidency, will appear, under
the circumstances above stated, to •be_ worthy. of
public patronage, I have preSumed to subrnit it to.
the Honourable the Governor in Cotincil, and to
solicit the countenance of Government to the under-
taking, in such manner as you shall judge to be
proper.
5. , I would avail..myself of the present occasion to
represent.to-the Honourable the Governor in Coon-
cd, that a cheap edition of the English Bible has
been long wanted for the use of'the King's army in .
India, and of the • English inhabitants generally,
there being few copies to be had at 'any price in any
quarter of Indiat. We're a certain number of co-
pies sent out to each of the Presidencies annually, or
bs'oCten as the dernand might warrant, individuals
v.,61.11d: purchase them at an eny expence, -and chit-
ritabldifiersons would have it in their power to
tribute them by donation, whereVer they might be
acceptable. Ne..v Testaments are ,chiefly wanted,
in a large type, and in large 04-:tavo size.. The Old
Testatnebt, in two, similar volumes, would be the
most commodious and useful ; the whole Bible, in
one volume, being necessarily piloted in a charaaer
too stnall Jo'be easily read by the lower classes of
Eth!iish in India.v.
6: kind) he presumed that the'favourible repro,
seniation of this subjea to the Honourable the Court
of Dircaors, will be produclive of co'nSequt:nei
very beneticial,to 'the BritiSli Empire in Ada, since
-ii cannot be doubted that the dissemination of 'the
Bib:e in the English army, wherever it is stationed
tin oughoz-lt the world; is a measure of a highly mo-
tol teiaenc..

I 11.1ve the honour bk be, .
tionourable Sir,
With much respea,
Your most obedient',and hu,nble Servant,_
Bombay,' leb. 15', 180 S. . C. BUCHANAN.

ANSWER TO THE FOREGOING.
TO THE RIWZIMNID DOCTOR C. BUCHANAN

• sp.t, . • • •
I am dire‘.r.:ted by the Hon. Governor in Council to • _ •
acknowlejge the receipt of your letter, dated 15th
tnst; and to acqurtitn.you, that none of the Members of
the Conititimities of Malabar Christians, to whom
yon advert', having their abode within the jurisdie,-
.tioy of, this Government, but inhabiting the -pro-
vincesof Malabar and Travancore, dependent on, or
• principally conueaed with; the Presidency of Fort
• St: George, the Hon: the Governor, in Council cod=
iiders.it. to be an-incutnbent duty to transmit thither
a copy of the four, first paragraphs- of your present
Communication ; at the same time that, under the
Pression of the parties in question being rendered
better Christians,,i and consequently more .moral-
men,-in proportion to their improved acquaintance
with the grounds of our holy, faith, and not being
aware that, whilst limited to their use,. the diffusion
of the additional means of acquiring religious in-
strodion.can be produdive of evil consequences, by
exci t.ng j talougy in, or occasioning umbrage to, Any
of the-Mohammedan or Hindoo casts, which it is
trustect•may be •effe6tually guarded against by such
local precautions as the .Governor in Council of Fort
St. George may deem it expedient to adopt ; the
Hon. the Governor in Council doth, in this view of
the case, readily extend his countenance to the good
work Ai7hich you so laudably meditate ; and wilt, for
I that purpose, be disposed to accede to such ulterior
measures as may be consistently promotive of the
object ; subjeta always; as -you must be aware, to
such mOdificatioris as the Han. the Governor in
Council or Fort St._Gorge, may think tit to suggest.
2d. The Governor in Council will avail himself of
the present opportunity of the departing ships of the
season to recommend to the Hon. the Court of Di-
re4;:tors the subject of the sth and 6th .'paragraphs of
your letter, whence' there is every reason to rely
that. our Hod. Employers- will be desirous of insfit-
-ing to the. men of the European Regiments in this
country the fullest means of that education to which,
in' your opiniOn, as. well as thht of the Governor in.
Council, the disserninatien. among themt,,he Holy
Bible mug :materially contribute.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most' obedient Ihumble Servant
Bombay Cdstle, G00i7w114.-
Fe' 1 16, 1808.-• Seefttaiy to Government.

0..(E111
ENT-XL/CT OF:LETTI4...RS EROZ4 BENG4, DATED' TIIE '
15TII FEEI;LTARY:!7!:.,
..•:" We have 'just received: disagreeable news from
Bombay : it is-thereascertanied that 1 2tioo:Frencii
troops...are aaually:arriveci in Persia, but by -.what
route is not nietitionek; it is adder, that they'lave •
.I?ep well and .honourahly- received by; the PerSiiill
Emperor. The
.Gtiverninent at'Btqbay are in some
def,,r,:e of alarm, as mischief w Briti4andia is 'tin;
Zp.inably their obiet but
t tie i!.::operable difficulties \vhich -00)-large artily
must encounter in such marci,l from Persia-even to
A.,rti))le,,tz.:ing wanted, on'a late occasion, at one of ti e
Hindostan,. the Colonel said, he .did nut
know th;.! \,,as one Bible in the 'Regiment. He 1114
only the t, slt,eur by. He douhten whether.. among
r the-tw;ility -the reghnents, now, in India, there, were twent)-
r five Bini:!s, •

I

the bordt-vt of Hindosian, their at'rival in aiiy state to •
i.flapted for effeCtive hostilities appears to be next
lo impossible; and we have here very little appre-
h,iiion but that a small part of our excellent army
give a good account of them, should they dare
proceed forward ; so that we have no great fear of
either Bonaparte or his myrmidons ever sailing down
Cie Burnampooter or. the Ganges." ** * *
We are at present very anxiously looking for
rie..ks from England, as our latest public intercourse
of I he date of seven months back, a most unusual
lapse of time, but which is in some measure attribut-
able to the great difficulty and frequent miscarriage
of overland communication in the present state of
Tnr;:ev and Egypt. It is in this deficiency of hear-
ing from England that (as is here reported) our Go-
vel nor General has a6ted against the Danish Settle-
ments and ships, upon the grounds of private infor-
niati'un of hostilities between the two countries.—
The Danish possessions seized by us are, Tranque-
bar, a very considerat,le town and distria on the Co-
romandel Coa3t, 54 wiles from Pondicherry ; and
• 1-,;-r,unpore, a faaory which they held by our per-.
n:•isston, within six miles of Calcutta, and which
served as a sanctuary or place of refuge and protec-
tion to British debtors, defaulters, and other bad
peuple."

EKRATUM.—In the article respeaing Sir FRA,NCIS BA.
Nc's late 'roast, ‘.hich was incorrectly printed in many
of the earlier impressions of 'F HE SUN of yesterday, for
/ambo read gumto.

Az, IV ED-1 Gottenburgh, t Heligoland, r famaica, t New-
I Dublin, t W:,tettord.
D uottenburgn, r Dublin, t Waterford.

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L 0 N D 0 iV ,

TUZSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1808.

We feel ti-1::; most .incere satisfaction in acquaint,

ing our Reaaers, that a Telegraphic Dispatch reached

the Admiralty this day at twelve o'clock, announcing'

tlie welcome intelligence that Admiral KEATES had

received on board several thousand Spanish Troops

from the Island of Langeland, a small Island in

the Baltic, bctwecn Laaland and Funen.

We received this morning American Papers to
the 20th ult. : they are principally filled with Stric-
tures upon the Embargo, some of which we have
ex t raaecl.

Is adverting yesterday to a Pamphlet, purporting
to be a " Plain Statement of the Gandua of
the Ministry and the. Opposition towards Hii
Royal Highness the Duke of ).Tortic," we expressed
our'decideci opinion, from the perusal of the Pam-
phlet itself, that it had been published without the
concurrence or knowledge of his Royal Highness. We
now find'on inquiry in the proper channel, that our
opinion is justified by the faet, and we have authority
to say, that the whole is the mere fabrication of
some anonymous writer.

The French and Dutch Papers are under such
severe discipline, that they dare not insert any ac-
count of the real state of affairs in Spain, though
they are permitted to confess that some trifling dis-
turbances have taken place in the Southern Pro-
vinces.—Not a syllable have they yet presumed to
admit ,respeeting the surrender of the French Fleet
at Ca:liz, or of DurosT's Army. It is needless for

us to say, that nothing can more strongly manifest
the fears of the French Usurper lest his failure in
Spain should L 2. known in France and the other
Countries under his controul, than his folly in sup-
posing that it can possibly be concealed. He has
certainly able men in his service, but it is evident that
he- himself is a weak vain man, intoxicated by
success, and giddy by his elevation, and that
Le is formidable by his powers, not by his talents.
Another Foot' of his obstinate stupidity is in his
persevering attempts upon Spain, after all his dis-
coinfi:ures, and atter the Spaniards have gained in-
crea,,ed confidence by their success, and increased
military knowledge by their experience. Yet he
has rashly deprived MURAT of his Dukeship, in or-
der to raise him to the throne of Naples, when he
had so • it a prospea of filLing poor Jussrft on that
of Spaiu. The Corsican Tyrant, however, seems
Tesplved to persevere in his attempts to spread
bondage over Spain, and is sending troups from all
quarters towards that, country, where we trust they
will meet, from the aroused vengeance of an united
people, that fate which DUPONT'S and MoNceY's
troops have endured, if not a worse, if they are so
absurd as to second the rash designs of their arro-
gant Master. 'The French who go on this des-
perate service must be dispirited by the disasters-
which their predecessors iu the same infamous
cause have surered, and the Spaniards must pro-
portionably rise in vigour, and increase in mili-
tary knowledge. Besides, the mind of
?A EtTE must be,distraaed by the various ditEcUlties
of his situation ; and he has to guard against the
probable hostility of other Powers. Austria is all
bide and aetivity, and is preparing a very formida,
i;.e army ; and it is impossible that when the Rus-

i sian Emperor is folly apprized of all that has hap-
pened in Spain, and duly rcile&s upon the conduct.
Of BUONAPARTE towards that Country and its Royal
Family, he should wish to continue upon an ap-
pearance of amity with such an unprincipled Despot,
longer than policy may require, or that he should lend
him any assistance N swards the destrudlion of Austria,
and thereby only accelerate the ruin of himself.
Upon the whole, even if the Powers who form the
Confederation of the Rhitre should remain in dis-
graceful vassallage to the Tyrant, they must, by the
natural operation of events, be more languid in his
cause. They must see that the spell is broken which
seemed to insure success to him, and that while he
has rendered himself still more detestable in the
eyes of mankind, he has become also, by his absurd
attempt and disgraceful miscarriage in Spain, an ob-
' Jed of their contempt and derision.

On Sunday evening their MAJP.STIES and 'the
PRINCESSES walked on Windsor Terrace, accom-
panied by Ladies TtivrTr:E and • MURRAY, Lord
JMULGRAVE, Generals CARTWRIGHT and FITZROY,
and a numerous assemblage of very genteel com-
pany.
Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses SO'
PHIA, AUGUSTA, and AU ELIA, accompanied by Lady
MURRAY, Generals .CARTWRIGHT, and FITZROY,
rode in Windsor Park, and returned to the Palace at
twelve.

Capt. COLUMBINE, one of the Commissioners of
the Chart Committee, at the Admiralty, is appoint-
ed to his Majesty's Ship Stately, and will shady
sail to the West Indies.

General SPENCER, landed at a point more southerly
than Sir A. WELLESLEY ;-1)e landed at. Marra.
General ASSTIWTIIER has also landed, but it teas
not till the 12th.

Lord Jocr,LyN embarks on board the Success Fri-
gate, at Portsmouth, for Spain. He is entrusted
with an important mission to the Junta at Saville,
Several waggons loaded with money arrived at the
Bank yesterday, 'from Portsmouth.
A Gentleman who recently arrived in this Coun-
try from Paris, by the way of Holland, states, that
BUONAPARTE is much displeased with FoucuE, the
Minister of Police, for not more effeaually repressing
the expression of public opinion with respea to
Spain, which has become. sufficiently loud to give
uneasiness and mortification to NAroLEoN, and the
more so, as the Parisians do not scruple to testify
their joy at his failures in Spain. FeUCHE'S answer
was laconic--" What more can Ido ? The prisons
are full."

The following Extra& of a Letter from an Officer
with the army in Portugal, tli(,:gh not of a very re-
cent date, contains some interesting particulars :
" JULY '26..—Vv'e are now off a pace called Mon-
dego, and can see the hills crowded with soldiers—
of what nation we cannot tell, but suspe& them to
be Portuguese, as the colours of that country aro
flying on the ramparts. Yesterday we spoke the
Flora transport, which informed us that a battle was
fought no longer ago than last Friday, between the
Portuguese and French, and that the latter had lost
800 men : credit is given to this report. '
" A report has just arrived on board, that we shall
land here instead of Lisbon ; and ;hat we.shall march
up the country to the capital, a distance of 100 miles.
I do not think you would like to take the march we
have in view, for every Officer is obliged to 'carry his
own baggage on his back, consisting of one shirt,
one pair of stockings, one pair of drawers, and a
handkerchief, besides proviions, which will not be
trifling, as I understand General JuxoT has taken
pretty good care to provide for bin-is:tit and his

army.
Anchored at one, and. expea every hour to
land. There are 8000 men on shore ready to join ;
so that we shall be a pretty formidable force against

any army the French may think proper to bring into
the field. It is reported that General JUNOT, on
earing of our being on the Coast, consented to leave
Lisbon if the Portuguese would permit him to return
home through Spain. This was immediately re-
je6ted.—We are all hurry and bustle on board.—
The men are in excellent spirits. We have on our
left a most beautiful village, called Buarcos, where
we expe6t to quarter for a day. The Commodore
and Commander in Chief are on shore."

The Emperor of Monocco, as we some time ago
stated, is very well disposed towards this Country,
and very desirous of taking an active part in b-
Your of the Spaniards against France.—He has a very
large army at his command, and is not at present
at war against any Christian PoWer, hut is by no
means unwilling to declare against Fraus:e, if a pro-
per opportunity shontd occur.—A commercial in-
tercourse between Spain ano Morocco would be
productive of great advantages to the latter, and this
is the chief reason of the Emperor's inclination to
take part with the former. Most of his subjects on
the coast understand the Spanish language. Some
Agents from the Emperor are now • here, with a
view to this point, and we have every reason to rely
upon his good-will towards this Country, which he
has recently manifested by ample supplies to Gi-
-I.3r?,ltar.—One of BuoNAPARTE's objects in attempt-
ing the subje&ion of Spain was certainly to get, if
possible, ponession of Gibraltar; though we trust,
that had he been successful in that attempt, he
would have been eiftelnally disappointed in the
other.

SIR JOHN PIERS.—The Dublin Evening Post of
last Thursday, has the following paragraph :—" We
-are authorized to contradit a paragraph which ap-
peared in tLe London Papers of Friday, respe&ing
the death of Sir JOHN Plans, in the Isle of Man,
under circumstances truly shocking. We under-
-stand, the Captain of an Isle of Mau vessel, who
arrived yesterday morning, states, that he saw Sir
JOll'N PIERS; on Monday last, in good health, in the
island, and that the whole account must have been
a fabrication."

We are sorry to find that the accident which hap-
pened to Mr. CLINE, of the Admiralty, was more
serious than we represented. His collar-bone was
broken, and he was very severely bruised by the
till.

SECOND EDITION.

SUN-OFFICE,

HALF PAST TWO OCLOOK, P. .V •

In our First Edition we stated that a Telegraphic

Dispatch had been received at the Admiralty an-

touncina the liberation of sever 3/ thousand, of

he Spanlsh Troops that were in Denmark.

We have now the satisfaetion to add, that Lieute-

naut HITCHINS has just arrived at the Admiralty,

with Dispatches from Admiral KEATS, which contain

the gratifying intelligence that TEN THOUSAND

of the Spanish Troops that were in Filen, Langeland,

Laaland, and Jutland, under the command of the

Marquis D$ ROMANA, bare rescued themselves

from the French and Danish poke, and have been

conveyed by the British fleet to Langeland, with

all their arms, artillery, &c. They have taker'

possession of the Island of Lsngeland, and are to

remit! there until they can be removed to their own

country. The Danes bare disarmed fire thousand

Spaniards that were in Zealand. The Spanish
'Troops that thus nobly liberated themselves con-

asst of the flower of the Army ; they had re-

cetved full information of the atrocities which

i3crorrAPAate bas committed in Spain, and burn
with ardout to join the ranks of their gallant Court-

trymen.

NAVAL NEWS.

PORTSXOUTII, AUG. t2.—Arrived this day Mlle,
Beagle Sloop of War, with a convoy from the ,
' Downs. :•

Sailed the Padargus Sloop-brig, with a General
Officer for Spain ; Albicore Sloop of War, for the
Westward ; and La Fleche Sloop of War, with a
Convoy, for Plymouth.

SHEERNESS, AUG. 21.—Sailed the Safeguard
Gun-brig, Lieut. FIELD, for the North Sea.

Came down from the Tower the Deptford Tender,
Lieut. ANTamsi, with volunteers. and imprest men,
for the Fleet ; also thirty-six French prisoners of
war, brought home in the India Fleet, and part of
those captured in the Blonde French Privateer, of
32 guns, which made a number of captures in those
seas. They are put on board the Tilii:tcheisea, to
wait a passage to the prison-ships at Gillingham. •

Came out of Dock this day the Arethusa Frigate,
Capt. BRISBANE.
Arrived the Aundance Store-ship from the Downs,
and sailed for the River, and upwards of thirty Sail
of West Indiarnen passed for the River.
AUG. 22.—The Castor Frigate, which has under-
gone a thorough repair on the Slip, was attempted
to be launched, but unfortunately stoppel about
half way on the slip, and obliged to be shared up to
wait another tide.

His Majesty's Schooner Subtle, Lieut. C. rt
arrived at Plymouth on Thursday from the West
Indies, bringing Mr. H. F. "SURMISE, Sir A. COCR-
R AN E.'S Flag-Lieutenant, passenger, charged with in-
tercepted Dispatches to the Admiralty. These pitte
patches were intended for the Colonies, on the' •
signation of the Crown of Spain by the late King, .
and were forwarded from Bayonne by BUONA'•
PARTE in person, who was upon the beach expe-
diting the departure of the Vella'. As. they are-said
to contain BUONAPARTE'S regulations with roped
to the future state of those Colonies, and the names
of those persons who are friendly to the interests of
France, they are supposed to be of importance.—
Originals, as well as those which are duplicates,
were forwarded by the same Vessel. The latter were
left at Cayenne, and the Vessel, in proceeding with
the former for Martinique, was captured, off Barba•
does by the Belletie, Capt. SAUNDERS, after having
thrown her Dispatches overboard.. The duplicates
were discovered on board a French Cartel, which
arrived at Barbadoes from Cayenne, under suspicious .
circumstances, and, as was afterwards confessed, was
sent with the intention of conveying the Packet to
G6adalotipe, tinder cover of a Flag of Truce.—M.
Bouviorr, the Officer of the Flag, and the Master of
the Vessel, has been sent home by Sir A. COCH-
RANE, for having acted •in a double capacity.—The
Flying Fish Schooner arrived at Barbadoes on the
sth of Joie, charged with Dispatches from Lord
CowNoWoon, containing a full account of the re-
cent transaaions in Spain, and conveying a Spanish
Officer, with Dispatches from the Junta to those Co..
Ionies.—LerdCOLLINGWOOD mentions the'departure
of the Rapid from Bayonne, and requests Sir A.
CocuRANE will endeavour to intercept her, or to
counteraht the effea Of, the Dispatches she was the
bearer of.—On the arrival of the Flying Fish, Sir A.
COCHRANE immediately a&ed on the intelligence
had received ; offensive operations were suspended
against the Spanish Flag; the Spanish Prisoners
were liberated; and the Acosta was immediately
ordered to the Caraccas, with every,n;cessary corn-,
inunication for the Spanish Governors on the C.,ast;
The Flying Fish was ordered to Porto Rico and
Jamaica.—A French Corvette sailed from Cayenne
about the same time with the two Vessels that were
de,tined fur Martinique arid Guadalonpe, and was
Supposed to have been ordered for Cnmatta : on.
calculation, the Acasta would arrive two or three
days before her at that place, and of comae coon-
: teraa any ill effekt that may have been precluded by
the information she carried.