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CRITICAL REVIEW.

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LONDON,

WF,'DNESI)AY, JANUARY 15, 1806.

French and- „Dutch Papers, the former of as late
a date as the 9th instant, have reached Town ;
but they are„ we understand, uncommonly bar-
ren of intelligence. It- appears from• the Thirty-
eighth Bulletin .of-the -Grand Army, that it re-
mains in nearly the same position that it occu-
pied after the Battle of Austerlitz, in Moravia and
Bohemia. The Negotiations fOr Peace between
Austria and France have been brought to a con,
elusion Treaty of Peace was signed at Presburg
on the 27th ult. but we understand that BONAPARfE
would not suffer the Terms to transpire, in order that
the Allied Powers might bp kept in a state of
ignorance and uncertainty.- It is' alp stated, that
BODTArARTE had declared his intention not tq return
to Paris until he had concluded his operations
against Hanover. It does not appear, we under-
stand, from the French Papers, that AUGEREAU had
advanced with so much rapidity towards Hanover as
was expe&ed; his Army was, according to the last
accounts, in Suabia.

IT is with much pleasure • we inform the Public
that Mr. PITT, according to the unanimous report
of his Physicians, is in no danger, though we are
concerned to add, that it is not likely he will be able.
to attend his duty on the meeting of. Parliament.

WHETHER Mr. PITT Will be able to attend h 4
duty on the opening of Parliament, -is more than we
can say in the present critical state of his health, as
we yesterday- observed ; - but we can venture to -af-
firm, 'that if he should unavoidably be kept froM
his post, :his absence will be a source of greater.
anxiety'to hut than to his opponents. They will
have it in their power to advance what they please,
and to introduce topics which they would be reluet-
ant to touch upon if they had his eloquence and
force of:argument to encountF. They will also
have an opportunity of charging upon , him &cry.
disastrous event which has occurred on the Conti-
nent. The melancholy consequences of a success-
less War, and all the disgracefulk prospeas of a'.
patched up Peace, will be imputed to him. If
Prussia declined to interpose,' at a moment when
she might have turned the scale against a triumphant:
Usurper, and secured the independence of the
lized World, her refusal will be charged upon Mr.
PITT, though he has done all in his power to make
her sensible of what Was -due to herself and to in-
sulted Europe. If Russia has retired with her Forces
from an Ally who hastily' engaged in an Armistice,/
when it 'might have rallied with success, Mr. PITT
will\ perhaps, be doomed to bear the weight Of Op•-
position reproach, though Russia willingly lent her
powerful aid to the general Cause from a.,high
sense of what it owed to every State menaced
by French ambition, and never would have quit-
ted the field if it had not been driven away, in
effe&, by the precipitation of the EMPEROR of GER-
MANY. But though so tempting an opportunity will
occur to Mr. PITT'S Political Adversaries, in case his •
indisposition should disqualify hiM from attendance
at the Meeting of Parliament, there will be no Want
of ability to justify his conduit—a' condua; indeed,
that demands no justification, except against the falSe
colouring which Party may attempt to, throw upon it,
Faas are, according to the honiely phrase, stubborn
things, and as ,his friends will
:be able •to urge
those stubborn things in his favour, lie may rely
4.
Upon the good sense, candour, and patriotism of the
Representative Body, and bid defiance to all the at-
tacks of personal enmity; Party violence, and in-
terested ambition.

Yesterday morning HisMAJESTY, the PRINCESSES
AUGUSTA, SOPHIA, and AMELIA, took their usual
ride on horseback in Windsor Park; PRINCESS MARY
followed in a carriage.
• HER MAJESTY and PRINCESS ELIZABETH' took an
airing to Frogmore.
Yesterday the Countess of HARRINGTON arrived
in towrr•from 'Windsor. . ,

The ROYAL FAMILY cane to town to-day,
It is expeEtecl titS MAJESTY will hold a Privy
Council to-morrow.

Yesterday the liplc.E of YORK held a public 'day
at his Office, and, saw a number of Officers.

•
The demur in the way of Mr. fIIELLUSSON s pro-
gress to a Peer*. 4s furnished a theme for the
Opposition witlings. They •admit, however, that
he has wealth enbUgh to do credit to. the dignity,
and that might be Ihbught by the party wags the
sine qua non.

On. Saturday last a woman stole a child in Kent-
street, in the Bor=ough.' The child was found some
hours afterwards., wandering about near the Market,
stripped almost naked. Tile mother, who had just
been brought to bed, upOtt hearing the loss of the
child, jumped out of bed, and ran about the house
in a distraEted piiatiner, WheA;by she has received so
much injw-y tyt it i$ thoni;ht she cannot recover.

NAVAL NE IFS.

From the LONDON GAZLITE, Tan, iq, r 806.

4dnziralty-office, Jan, 14, 1806.

Copies of four Letters, with Inclosures, from Vice-
Admiral Dacres, Commander in Chief of His Ma-
jesty's Ships and Vessels at Jamaica, to Igillians
Marsden, Esq.
_

SIR,

Shark, Port Royal, Ott. 23, ►8o;.

You will receive herewith, for the information of
the L9rds Cornmis.sioners of the Admiralty, the Copy.
of a Letter I have received from Ciptain Chambers,
of the Port Mahon, acquainting me of his having
,captured liis catholic Majesty's Packet El Galgo.
I am, &c.

SIR,

,J.' R. DACRES.

His Majesty's Sloop Pots Mahon, Sept. 2.,
1305, Trinidad tie Cuba N. E. by N.
distant twenty-six leagues.

His Majesty's Sloop Port Mahon, under my corn-
Man& this morning crossed upon a Schooner laying-
to ; but, on our near approach, made sail from us.
I have the honour of informing you she was captur-
eci after a chace of two hours, and proves His Ca.
tholic Majesty's Packet El Galgo, commanded by.
Lieutenant Ignacio G'uosquez, with thirty men,
piereed for fourteen guns, but only four brass
swivels mounted. She is 4 very fine vessel, copper,
ed qncl copper-fastened, well found, and sails fast ;
left Cadiz on the 9th of August, had delivered.
patches at Carnana, and was bound, with others, to
Trinidad de Cuba at d Vera Cruz, which were
throwp overboard.

I have, &c.

(Signed) SAM. CHAMBERS.
71? RichgrdD4cres, .4sq, t.Vc. &c. &c.
Port Royal, Od. 31, s Bog .

SIR,

I am to request you to acquaint the Lords Com•
misioners of the Admiralty, that I have received a
Letter from Captain IVlacdonnell, of the Franchise,
informing me of the boats of that Ship having cap:,
tared the General Ferran& Felucca Privateer, of one
six-ponnder, two four-pounder swivels,y musqUetry-,
&c. belonging to Santo Domingo. She had sailed
from St. Jago four days, and had taken nothing.
I am, &c.,

J. R. DACRES.
Shark! Port Royal; 0-61. 3x,_iSos.

SIR.

• Here With you will receive, for the inforn34ion of
the. Lords • 'Commissioners of the Admiralty, the
Copy of a Letter, I have received from Capt. Wright,
of the Swift,- enclosing' .a Letter from 'Lieutenant
Smith, of that 'Sloop, acquainting him with the
,success of an enterprize condu&ed with great bra.!
very, which reflects great credit on the party en-
gaged in it, particularly Mr:. Bowler, who has not
been two years at sea.—i am; &c.
• • (Signed) • J. R. DACRES.
Inns Majesiy's Sloop Swift, Port Royal,
Ottubct• 27,'1805. •

In consequence of hiformation I received while
on my station at Honduras, that a Sbhooner Guarda
Costa had taken several Vessels trading to that Set
treinelit, and; if not captured, was likely to do much
more- mischief, I was determined to detach Mr.
Jarries Smith, Second Lieutenant of the Ship I
commanded, *ith a party of men, to see what could
be:effeded; and t take the honoUr to refer you to a
perusal of his Letter to me for an account of his
success, which, ,for execution and bravery, has
been. acknowledged to bid fair for prOtedion and
countenance.

La Caridad Perfeaa is a very fine new Vessel,
and, in my opinion, every way fit for His Ma-
jesty's service.

I remain, Sir, &c.

J. WRIGHT..
To Rear-Admiral Dacrd, &c.&c. &c.
Mariamne Schooner, Mize, Sept. 4, 1805,

SIR,

I beg leave to acquaint you,, that, iu pursuance
of 'your orders, I proceeded with the Schooner.
you placed under my command to the Southward;
and, while cruizing on that station, and off the
Island of Bonacca, received information, from the
Caribbean Fishermen, that a Guarda Costa was at
anchor under the' batteries of Truxillo, and that
she had lately captured and carried into that port
the Schooner -Admiral Duckworth, of Jamaica,.
with another Vessel, name unknown, from Hon-
duras ; I therefore maturely considered, the incalcu-
lable injury such a Vessel might cause 'to the Settle-
ment, and conceiVing it a duty incumbent ork my-
self to prevent, if possible, further depredations,
summoned the people • aft, and, on my stating the
case to them, they very readily volunteered to make
an attempt to cut her. out. Accordingly, on the
evening of the 13th ult. I stood over, under cove);
of the night, tbr the harbour. of Truxillo, and got
weli into the Bay, without being discovered, when I
manned two small Boats, with six men in each, un,
der charge of Mr. 'Walker, Boatswain, in the one,
.and Mr. Bowler, Midshipman, in the other, with
reetions to pull in close along shore, and examine
if our information. was correct, standing in at the
same time with the Schooner;to cover the Boats,
if occasion required. Shortly after we got in sight-
of the Vessel we i:icre in 'pursuit of, which was im-
mediately boarded with great bravery by the Boat's
Crew, under charge of Mr. Bowler (the other from
pulling heavy, not being able to get up), and, after
some resistance from the people' on deck, they. very
gallantly got possession of her, the Captain and others
jumping overboard. The noise this.conteA occa-
sioned alarmed the Forts, which opened on us a
very heavy tire. The cables' were then cut, and.-
sail made,' the Forts keeping a continual fire on us
till out of gun-shot, which was returned from both.
Vessels. She proves to be La Caridad Perfeeta,.
schooner-rigged, copper-bottomed, and pierced for
sixteen guns, but mounted only with twelve, and.
had on board but fifteen men, the remainder of her
complement being on shore at the time. •
I am happy to add, that in performing this ser-
vice no person has been hurt.

I have the honour to be, &C.
(Signed) JAMES SMITH-.
To John li/right, Esq. commanding His
Majesty's Ship Swift, Honduras.

Hercule, Nov. z, 1335

SIR,

I inclose you, for the information of the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty, the Copy of a

Letter I have received from daptain MrKeniie, of
the Wolf, acquainting me of his having.ie-captured
an American Ship, and run on shore the .Privateer
that captured her.
I am, &c. • ,J. R: DACRES.
His Majesty's Sloop. Wolf, at Sea, Oct zo, 1805.
SIR,
I have to acquaint you, that yesterday evening,
in consequence of information I received from the
shore, I gave chace to two Sail in the Offing, and
soon came up with a Ship, which proved to be an
American, captured a few minutes before by a Spa-
nish Privateer, then standing in shore. I dropt a
Boat to take possession of her, and stood after the
Privateer, but it' falling calm shortly after, I dis-
patched two Boats in chace ; they came up with
and boarded her at the very moment she struck on a
reef near the shore, and about ten miles to leeward
of Falmouth. ; every effort proved ineffe&ual to get
her off, and she went to pieces soon after.—She
proved to be La Precieusa, a new Cutter, out six
days from St. Jago de Cuba, Commanded by Galana
Garsa, carrying three small guns and twenty-three
men, five of whom made their escape in a Canoe
previous to her being boarded ; had made no other
captures. I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) G. C. IWKENZIE.
To Jas. Richard Dacres, Esq. Rear-Admiral
of the Red, &c. &c. &c, Jamaica.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 14.—Arrived the Avenger
Sloop of War, Capt. WHITE, from Halifax ; the
Red Breast Brig, Lieut, MAXWELL, and the Steady
Brig, from a Cruize ; the Captain, of 74 guns, re-
mains at St. aelen's, but will come into the harbour
in the course of a day or two to be docked. The
greater part of her guns had been thrown over board
previous to her being got off the rocks near Fal-
mouth.

The West India Fleet still remains wind bound.
Sailed the Charlotte Schooner, Lieut. ALT, with
Transports, for Plymouth.
The Hon. Capt. BLACKWOOp came from London
yesterday, and resumed the command of the Euryalus.

The Prince of Wales, will sail in a few days to join.
Lord COLLINGWOOD'S Fleet.

Capt. IRWIN, of His Majesty's Ship PiA'sant,
does the duty of the Harbour during the `absence of
Sir ISAAC COFFIN.

Came up to Spithead the Abundance Store-ship,
bound to the Mediterranean,

SHEERNESS, J. 14.—Sailed the Nightingale
Sloop of War, Capt. W. WILKINSON, with a few
Sail of Merchant Vessels under convoy, for the

Baltic.

The Winchelsea continues the Signal for Convoy
to the Rivers Elbe, Jade, and Weser.

'HARWICH, JAN. 14.-By the Master of a Neu-
tral Vessel arrived this morning from Holland, we
learn, that a large American Ship was lost last Sa-
turday night, near Catwick, on the Dutch Coast ;
the Crew took to the masts, but there was no pos-
sibility of saving them : this Ship is supposed to be
bound to Rotterdam from London, loaded with su-
gar, coffee, rice, and other goods.
The brinzortalitj Frigate, Capt. OWEN, and the
Pegasus, Capt. PENGELLEY, sailed this day to the
Northward.

The Aggressor, Hecate, and Borer Gun-vessels,
remain with the Argus and Hunter Cutters ; also
the Earl of Leicester and Lady Nepean Packets, with
the Mails for Gottenburgh and Cuxhaven.

DEAL, JAN. 14. Yesterday evening arrived the
Emerald and Didon Frigates from the Wesvard,
and this morning sailed with the Sceptre and Dia-
dem,Defence Ships for Sheerness.

ArriVed the Pallas. Frigate, Captain Right Hon.
Lord COCHRANE, from Sheerness; and the Hecla
Bomb, with a Convoy from Portsmouth, and remain
in the Downs with the rest of the Ships as per last.

HULL, JAN., 13.—Thursday night, and the whole
of Friday last, a tremendous gale of wind, accom-
panied with heavy rain, came on at this place : it
was late on Friday evening before the storm abated ,
by which we fear much mischief has been done : ti; te
subscription mill, in the environs of this toy
another. mill at Soneferry, and other public ere? ,ions
of a similar nature, have more or less receive(' , par-
tial damage. Several Brigs in the Humbr 4: with
difficulty kept their moorings. The Sheern 'Lss Ten-
der drove from her anchorage, and was ( /bilged to
be run on shore.

During the heavy gale on Friday moi ;ping last, the
Brig Hawk, Capt. SPICER, from Gai'Asborough, for
Newcastle, having received damage on one of her
cables, was obliged to cut from t.he other, in Hull
Roads, and soon after went ash ore below Marfleet,
where she still remains, but w' ,thout farther damage.
In the afternoon of Frig',aylast, the light Brig
Expedition, of Sunderland
ARMSTRONG, Mager,
attempting to enter Wh'.itby Harbour at an early
period of the tide, an' during a very hard gale pt
W.N.W. after having 'got within the piers, was,
by the violence of the wind, forced out to sea again,
and driven upon tl-
.te Scar to the Southward of the
1-1, bour. In th' is situation' she would in all proba-
b have been wrecked, and the lives of the people
with difficulty presen ed, had it not been for the
prompt assist duce afforded by the Life Boat, in con-
vey ta,, a ca Pie e,id irom the \Tescel to the West

Fier,. by mean g df iitiCh site was litve oft the
ground; and brought into thci Harbour, with niuch
less danlage than' there wad ieadon to apprehend
from the perilous situation' in WhiCh she was placed.

When the vessel reached the entrance of the Har-
bour, on her first attempt, the people lielotiging to
her succeeded in getting a rope to one of the cap;
sterns upon the pier; but on her touching the ground,
which brought her sails, a-back, it was found impos-
sible to hold her, and a sailor standing near received
so severe a blow on the side, from the end of the,
rope, as it quitted the capstern, 'as to cause the blood
to gush from his mouth and nose. The above Vessel,
after she had got into the harbour, was moored oppo-
site to the Custom-house; and, in the course of the
night, driving against the gallery which overlooks
the river, carried the whole of it away with part of
the adjacent buildings.

LIVFHPOOL, JAN. 13.-A violent storm of wind,
hail and rain came on on Thursday night, which lasted
24 hours, accompanied with some heavy thunder
and lightning.—Several Vessels 'were forced from
their anchors, and drove ashore, and we are greatly
afraid we shall hear of much shipwreck on the
Western Coast of this Kingdom

CHATHAM, JAN. 12.--,The Viaory was last night
moored along-side the Dortrech (Receiving Ship).,
opposite the Dock-yard, and would have been cheer-
ed by the dock-men, but they had retired from the
yard.' In the course of next v,-eek she will be.taken
into the third dock, where sire Blonde (formerly the
Hebe) now is, having bl;geways fixing to her, in or-
der to be hauled up(A a step for repair.
The Gelykheirt, and blftexible broke from their
moorings on 7,',hursday night, owing to the violence
of the wind, but sustained no injury; the former is
ready fo7 sailing to her destination at Falmouth:—
The Resolution, Sparrow, and Orestes are also re-
'mr,..ining here completely ready in their.rigging and
fitting, .7, ,
Yesterday.was conduced to this Dock-yard, in a
post-chaise, money for the payment of the men's
weekly subsistence ; which is a new mode of pay-
ment, and is attended with all. possible advantages.