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Minister from the Elector of Hanover to the Cs)Urt
ofßerlin, demanded his Passports on the 7th April;
and tipon that occasion he delivered a Note, in which
he-protests, in the name of His BRITANNIC MA-
.
JE§Ty, as Ele&or of Hanover, against the taking
possession of that Ele6torate by Prussia ; and declares
that . neither his Majesty, nor any Prince-, of his.
House, will ever consent to the cession of the
Countries, or the Rights, which that House has post
sessed for ages in Germany.
PARIS, MAY I L—The Legislative Body has sane-
timed a Decree for the establishment of arrlmperial
University, and also a Decree for effeaing a juntaion
'between the Rhine and the Scheldt. • , .

• The Officer who was sent, about: the'end 'of last
month, to t\le,liague, with dispatches from the Bata-
Vian CoMmission Which i at. Paris, tras. returned
With very important 'disptChes. The Conferences
between the Batavian Deputies and the Minister for
Foreign Affairs have been resumed; and there is no
doubt th4t. they will have a happy result.
The French Frigate the Top'aze, Which was so•
long blocked up in the Tagus _by it4;o English Fri-
gates, has escaped,.,and arrived at Brest on the
She took and destroyed on her passage three.BritiSh
Vessels.

Mr. ADAIR embarked at Harwich on Saturday
last, on board
,the King George Packet, for Husain.
He. will proceed, as.. we have alteady..stated, to
Vienna, on a Mission of considerable impoi-tance. •

WE, have received the Jamaica Royal Gazettes
to the 29th of March inclusive. The, following
are their only interesting contents :—A Convoy was
appointed to sail for England on the 2d of April. A
Vessel which•was sent into La Vera Cruz, as a Flag
of Truce, under the command of Lieut. PECIELL,
With the Crew of His Catholic Majesty's Brig La
Raposa, lately captured' by La Franchise, was
afterwards lost in coming out of :that Port, by
striking on a reef, and the Lieutenant, with 25
Men, being all that were on board, unfortunate-
ly perished. There is no mention of any'Ereneh
Squadron having 'arrived in the West Indies, since
that destroyed by Sir Joux : but the
trade of the Islands still continues to be greatly an-
•noyed by Privateers and Pirates, that plunder indis,
.criininately Vessels.ot all Naticins.

OxSaturday Mr. WU .1*.)•• conchided his re-
ply in support the Impeachment againgt Lord MEL-
vitiu: It is underStOod that their Lorthhins will
on We;lnes(Liy se'nnight proceed to take the :evi-
donco.., which has been adduced, oa the Trial, into
consideration. In the mean time, we believe, some
question upon .points of Law will be proposed by
their Lordships to the Judges-

,SOME of the Publid Prints. have circulated reports
intitnaiing that a Message from HIS MAJESTY would
be sent to both HouseS of Parliament. in the course
of this 'Week, on the subje& of Thelate Comanknica-
tions between Administration and the French.,Go7
.vernment ; but ,the result of our inquiry, in a chan-
nel likely to be well:infornied, does riot induce us to
think that there is any foundation for
.the. •, . , •
alluded to. •

The following intelligence was thiS moraing re-
ceived at LLOYD'S

The, Dr fad Frigate- arrived -at. IVT-',,4eira • 1-T.l
, ,
April. On the loth, in lat. 31. N. loin:;. 14. 2. W.'
saw a Fleet of 13 Sail ; ten of them appeared to be of
the Line. The Dryad itnade signals, • whiCh they '
did, not answer, in Consequence:of- which Capt.
DRUMMOND dispatched the, Eohic Frigate 'to Lord
COLLINGWOOD, and kGuernsey Cutter, which was.
at Madeira, to the Cape of Good I-lope."
probable that the
,above was the outward-
bound: India' Fleet; which killed from Ports-
mouth-on the 30th March. .

•CHALNIF,R, is arrived at Lwerpool
from Barba"does, which place she left
,on the 2:1 of,
April., in- company -,xith the Jerre, juw (supposed
, •
to he off
.Liverpool), and bringS:an tc.count Of the
arrival there of the, Canada Man of War,..with . the
Fleet under her convoy; which sailed, from.' Ports-
mouth on the 28.th•January; part of those for Ja7.
maica had proceeded on their vokage„ under convoy,
previous to the 28th March. A French Corvette,
with a Mail from ,France in 30 days paSsage„is cap-
tuned and sent into Barbadoes.

• •
,
.Saturdaymornina His MAJESTY, Princesses Au-
GUSTA, SOPHIA, and AmELIA,-aceotopanied by Ge-
neral FITZROY,CoIoneI TAYhOlt, &c. took an airing
on horseback in Windsor Great Park.,

Their'MAJESTIES had a s,eleet party at Windsor'
Castle, on Saturday night, to a Concert.

The Duke' of CAMISRIDIn,. arrived at Windsor
from town on Saturday might, after attending the
Trial of tortl Viscount Nigl...viLLE.
The Duchess•of YoßK.arrived at Windsor, yester-
day afternoon, at half- past two o'clock,- from Oat-
lands, on a N?isit to Their MAJESTIES. ,
Yesterday morning Her MAJESTY, Princesses AU7
GUSTA, SOPHIA, and ANELlA,accompanied by Ge-
nerals Fil--iaox and ,Gwv:sttiF, and Colonel DES:-
BROW, went to St. Georg-it's Chapel, and heard:an
excellent Sermon, preached by thelt,.w. Dr.-CooK-
sop, froM the 24th Chapter of. the 'Gospel of St.
Luke, 51 st and 52d verses. After Divine.Setvice,
the Roy +l: Party toqk an airing tdFrogmore.
The. Princess of:WLys completed her _3Bth year
on. Saturday. • .
•Her MAJESTY completes her. (3.7 d year to-:lay.
The same 'will be observed by an entertainment be-
ing,given at ?rogmoFe to a small

NA VA L S.

From the LONDON Gi4ZETTE, IIZ t 7

Adinirtilty-Qffice, May 17, I'so6.:',
Copy of a Letter front Vice Admiral Lord'eolling-
wood, Commander in (Thief V. His Majesty's Ships
did Vessels in the Mediterranean, to Thiz. Mars-
den, Esq. dated on board. H. M—S. Queen, of Ca=
diz, 19th April, 1806.

SIR,

. . „
I have the Wisfaaion. to acquaint .you., for, the
I.,ords. commissioners of the Admiralty, that His-Ma-
jesty's Ship the lienornm6e, Capt. Sir 'rho. Living=
stone, (one of the Ships stationed off Carthagena for
the,purpose of watching the Enemy's Squadron„) on
the 4th inst. Captured,the. Spanish Brig of War the
Vigilante,; for the particulars of which I refer yoU,
Sit, to the inclOsed Copy of r Thomas. Living-
stone's Letter.. I am, COLLINGWOOD.
H. M. S. R. enopmee, Anchor„ Europa
Point, IV.N.W. One Mile, sth April, 1806.
MY LOUD,

I informed your.tordship by the Nautilus that on
the,3d inst. two Spanish-ShipS of the Line, a Prigate,
and a Brig came out of the Port of Carthagena, hav-
ing under their prote6tion.a few small Coasters, and
that the Ships of the Line
,and Frigate chased us. to
the Southward, while the Brig and Convoy steered
along shore to 'Westward, the wind being North
Easterly. • • • •
Finding that the Renomm6e had left the Spanish
Ships a great distance a-stern, I Made sail as soOn'asT
it was dark for Cape de Gatte, in the hope of Cutting
off the Brig, and in this I was not 'disappointed ; for.
At two, A. M. bn the 4th inst. we saw the Brig an-
chor under Fort Calloretes, distant from it, about two
cables' length:
I was.prevented, by baffling winds, from getting
up to her for three quarters of an hour ;. but when
we did getup tier fire was soon silenced, and she
was in our possession. at half-past three. The Bat-
teries on theshore began to fire as soon as we were,
Within reach, and continued doing it till we were
out of their range.' There were two Gun-boats
with the Brig that fired a few shot at first, but they
'soon ceased, and, I believe, ran on the beach. The
Brig was in the'aa of warping on shore when we
commenced firing, but fortunately we cut the warp,
and thereby. prevented .her getting on shore. lam
happy to say, in this affair, _we' sustained little or no
damage, and had only two men wounded.
The. Brig prOved to be the Vigilante, belonging
to.bis Catholic Majesty,* commanded by Teniento
De Navio DOn Joseph Julian,. mounting' eighteen
guns, ,viz. tweh`e twelVe-pounders, long guns, and
sik twenty-four pounders, shorter, with a crew of one
hundred and nine men, and is well calculated for
His Majesty's service.:

• She had one man killed and three wounded in the
fray; her mainmast 'went overhoardtsoonafter we
took possession ; Sand the foremast was nearly shar-
ing the same fate ; I therefore'..took her in tow, and
bore up for this anchorage, where I ;Arrived 'this daf ; -
and was the more induced to take this measure, as,
upon our appearance off Cape de Gatte, all the bea-
tors towards. Carthaz7r,:ena were fired, and I did not •
know how near t.'pe. Ships which had chaced us the
day before might be.; 1-hope Therefore your Lordship
will approve of my having so done:
have reason to be.well satisfied with my Officers
and CresV on this occasion ; their steady' and well-
dire6ted fire did them great credit
As Soon as the,PrisOners are landed,' -&-c. I shall,
teturn to my •station. - .
I have the Hononr to be, Bcc. .
THOMAS -LIVINGSTONE.
, .
To the RiL.,ht Ron. Lord Coning wood,

Admiralty Cflh.e, 17, 180 G.

Copy (f a Letter /iron.. Commodore Sir Home Pop-
' ham to William Marsden, Esq. .dated on loard
Hip Mqiesty.s Skip Diadem, Talfte Bay, Marelt,4,
1806.

SIR,

1 beg ypu me the:, honour to, inform my
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that, at nine
this morning a. Ship was discoed coming from
the southward under a.press of sail, and, soon after,
two more; one of which the station on the. Lion
Rump'reported.to be of the Line, and'an Enerrifs
Ship, upon which I direCted the Diomede and Leda
to slip; and keep on the.edge- of the South Easter;
which had partially set in on, the East .side-of .the
Bay.
At eleven the headmost Ship hoisted French co-
16urs, and stood towards the Diadem and by this
time I was satisfied, from thejudicious: manceuvres
of the Ships in :the Offing, that they could be, no
Other than thejlaisomible and .Narcissus.:

/At twelye , the French Frigate passed within bail
of the
.Diadem, when we changed our Colours fi:orn
Dutch to. English,.. and directed. her to strike', which
she very properly did immediately, and I sent • the
Hon.: Calm Percy, who was serving with. me as
Volunteer, to .take possession oilier. _ She proved to
be La Volontaire ; is nearly_ eleven hundred tons,
and inounts,46 guns, -with a complement of -.360
• men on .board, •

• I congratulate their .Lordships, that by this capture
Detachments of the Queen's and r4th_ltegirriputs,
'consisting 'of 270 'men, who were taken __in • two
Transports in the Bay •of Biscay, are restored to His
i4laj6ty'ServiCe. . .
I have the honotit, &c. . • . - -
- ' HOME. POPHAM.

PORTSMOUTH, MAY B.—Y(4terclay afternoon ar-:
rived at St. Helen's, and this' morning cane up to
Spithead, the:Dreadnaught, of 98. uuS, Rear-Ad-
,,miral the iion. Earl of NORTH ESK , Capt. CONN ;. and
the Britannia, of 100 gUns, fron) Gibraltar, wit:b.
three of the Prizes Captured by the late Lord NEL.,
'soN, off Trafalgar ; San Ilddintso, of 74 guns
Capt.: Gt4wAm.;-.Soliftsure,, of 74 guns, Capt.
DicEi• ;: and the Bahanziz; Of 74 , guns, Captain
SiEwAriT. The other PriZe",- the Berwick, of 74
guns, still remains at Gibraltar, being the Flag Ship
'of Admiral Arrivec..l also.the Bk. Sloop
• of War, Capt. CoA4E, from Cork; and to-day Abe
Ant Schooner from aCruize.; and the Hind, CLARK,
from Oporto, laden with wine.
Sailed' yesterday the 41/eier 119 n-lb, Capt. Col

LtNs, with a Convoy to the ilowns the Car,. •el
Store-ship.-flit- 'Woolwich ; Hearty Gun-brig with a
Convoy far -Plymouth ; the Pelter Gun-brig on a
Cruize : and to-day the Brisk, -with Convoy for
' Cork.

Ai,rom-rmENTs:—Capt. LOBE is appointed to the
Captain, of- ;4; Capt. BARRIE to the Pomone ;
Capt. VINCENT to the ;. Sir THOS. HARnY
to the• TriuMph:; NNETT to the Fame ;
Capt. S. LAUGURANE to thelriS 3 Capt. Lord Coca..
.RANE to theShqnnuil;:Capt. LYE to the Terpsichore;
mid the Hon. Capt. BENNET to the Crocodile. Sir
B. NEALE, tart. 'has. left the London to. attend hia
duty at the Adtniralty Board. . -
The Captain, of 74, and the Vigilant Prison-ship
(which. was floated after having-sunk in the Har-
bour), were undock.ed, and the Donnegal and Royal
Oak are taken into Dock. •

'Admiral.LiNms still remains with his Son (who
was wounded in his mouth) at Gosport, until they
are sufficiently recovered to proceed to'the place ap-
pointed for their parole.

PLYI4OUTH, MAY I6.—ArrivedthePickleSchooner
from Admiral. Lord COLLINGWOOD'S 7 Fleet,- with
Dispatches, which she Jeft'alr.well on the 2d inst.
Oruizing off CadiZ y the Ann Transport, TWILKI N 5 oN-
from the Cape ,of. Good Hope, from whence she
sailed on the 10th of March, with Dispatches, which
were-taken out, with the dfficer chargedWith-
them, by the itaiv.e Frigate; aF, stated in a former
letter ; the Lim, Trafalgar, and indefatigable Fri-
vateersi from a Cruite.,.. .

Sailed the St. George; of 93 guns, to joit the
Channel, Fleet. •

Sailed also the AClive Frigate on a Cruize ; Brisk
Sipop of War, with a COnvoy, to the Easiward.;
Harlequin Sinop Of War, with a Convoy, to the
Wetward ; Albicoro Slobli 'of War on a Cruize ;
:Lord Boringdon and George (Cartels), with Spanish
Prisoners, for Corunna ; John and Avice, -BAKER,
for. London; and the Amphitrite, ANDEr.s-oN, for
Flenshurgh.

Arrived the Nordfelt, Thrane, frorp cette,, bound to Ko-
nigsberg, laden with wine and liquorice ; the'Danish Ship
Norberg, Christlensen, frOm Trieste, bound-to Tonhingen,'
laden with currants,. ; the Danish Ship !dor Margaretta,
Ahlmin; laden with wine and brandy ; and the Danish Brig
Haabet,HansOn, fi;om Certe, Ibound to Stettin, laden-with
wine and brandy--all the above detained by the Alive Fri-
gate; the Danish Brig Coed Hans, Rowe, from Malaga.
laden with wine for Copenhagen, detained by the Trafalgar
_Privateer; the Danish Brig Elizabeth, laden with wine,from
Leghorn,' bound to' Bremen; the Danish Brig lamp, from.
Barcelona.- bound to Altona,, laden with brandy and nuts,
both detained by the Topaze Frigate ; she- Spanish Schooner
Vangador, of t 4 guns, with eighty-three men, • captured
by His. MajeAty's Frigate Virginie, bit from Ireland ; the
Danish Ship Maria Louisa, Nesen, from Santa Cruz, bound
to Copenhagen, laden with coffee, 'sugar, and rum, de.
tamped by the Betsey Privateer the Danish Brig Anna Mar-
-.garitta, Rostock, from Gallipoli, laden with oil, bound to

Ihmblirgh, detairAl by the Trafalgar Privateer ; the Dahish
Brig Fortuna, Heyer, from callipoli;laden with oil, and the
Danish Brig Hotthung, Knoet, laden with 'wine and bfandy,
'from Barcelona, bound to Ltibee, both detained by the Lion
Privateer; the Danish Brig Theseui, Jensen, from Saloe,
laden with wine and cork, for Copenhagen, the Danish. Brig
Leit Slein, Johansen, from Cette, for Copenhagen, laden
with wine and brandy, and the Danish Brig Elizabeth Chris-
tiana, Barenhold, from Trieste, bound to Tunningen, laden
with currants and raisins, all detained by the Betsey Priva..' 4

teen; the DaniSh'Brig Resolution, Furbeck, from Cette, la-
den with brandy and wine, bound to Hambro:, detained by H.
M. S Alcmene; the Danish Ketch Marrianne, Nielson, from
Cette, for Konigsberg, laden with brandy and cork, detained
by H. M. S. Adive ; the Danish Brig Fortuna, Peterson,
from Malaga, laden with wine and fruit,- bound to Dantzic,
detilned by His Majesty's Ship Topaze, the Danish Vessel
,TvVinde Venne.4 Moldt, frorn Cette, .bOund to Lubeck,
laden with wine, detained by His Majesty's Ship .Alcirtene ;
the Danish Ship Two Friends, RoclofFs, from Smyrna,'
bound to Rotterdam, laden with cotton, detained by the In.
defatigable Privateer; the Danish Vessel Adjutor, Alholmi
from Saloe, bound to Bremen, laden with brandy, detained
by the tiVely .Frlvatecr ; the Danish Vessel Hercules, Capt.
Greese, from Marseilles, bound to Hamburg.h, laden with
braridy,det.ained by Ills. Majesty's Ship Alcmene; the Danish
Vessel Men:Mins, Capt. Marear, from Tarragona, bound to
Copenhagen, laden with brandy detained by the Indefatigable
Privateer; the Danish Vessel Fortuna, Larripen, from Cette,
boUnd to Hamburgb, laden with brandy, detained by the
Atlive Frigate;
,the Danish Vessel Industry, Fisher, front
Cette,.bound to Bremen, laden with brandy, 'detained by His
Majeity's Ship Alcmene; the Danish Brig Havenford, Capt.
Icrog;frorn -Marseilles, laden with:brandy and wine, bound
to Copenhagen, detained by the Trafalgar Privateer; the
panish Brig Restitution, Torbeck, from Cette, bound to.
Hambuigh, laden with brandy, detained by His Majesty's
Ship Alcmene; the Danish Brig Fortuna, Hammerferdt,
from. Leghorn, bound to Copenhagen, laden with wine and
fruit, detained by the Thomas-and John Privateer.

-HARWICH, MAY 17.—Capt. SAUNDEPS, of the
King George, Packet, sailed tllig morning for Hus.um
witivthe Hamburgh and Bremen, Mails. Mr:ADAIR
embarked on board this Packet, on his journey, to
Vienna, with one of His 'Majesty's Messengers.
Capt. FLYN, of the King
,George' Packet, sailed at
the same time with a Mail fOr GettenbUrgh.

FALMOUTH,, 6.---Arrived the Danish Gal Hot
Die Liebe, GAY,. fom Saloe, with wine and brandy,
detained by the :Hero Privateer, of Plymouth ; the
:Danish„Brig. Triton,MOLEER, from Gal.ipoli, with
oil, &c..dettiined by thellero Privateer; the American
.Ship Washington, ADAMS, from Palermo, With sul-
phur and shuniac, detained by the L'n:O n "Privateer,
of Gnernsey the Danish Q.lPiJt wia Christiana,