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LONDON,

NtONDAY, JANUARY 1808.

Tn& intelligence which reached as on Saturday, of
in Embargo having been laid upon all. British Ves-
sels in the P. of America, appears to have been

correct.
The Lady Arabella Packet is arrived at r alinouth,
with Mails, from New York. The following are
Zxtra6tsfrom her Journal :--
a Monday, 18th December, at to A.M. re-
ceived a Pilot on board, and slipt from the
wharf : at • one P. M. was brought, to by one

.of the Gun-Boats, and ordered to anchor, on
account of the Embargo, until further orders. '7
had per Mission to proceed to sea. ,
" Thursday, Jan. 14, in lat. 47.41. long. N 3.2. at
eleven was boarded by His. Majesty's, Ships Agin-
court and Iholwich, with eight Ships under convoy
'from St. Helena : lost sight of them on the 16th, in
10. 48,64. long. 16. 30."

This morning four Gouenburgh Mails Inivee
but the intelligence 'which they contain has been in
genet•al anticipated by itho French 'find Dutch. Papers.
The KiDg.of SWEDEN has, it is positively stated,
rejeeted tho propositions 'made to him by litioNA.
tARTI3, for breakinz off all conoexion with *this
Country: •

'We mentioned, on Saturday, a report that a
French. Fleet had put to sea, and the report ap,pears
to have been well founded, for in the course of the
afternoon, intelligence reached the. Admiralty that
,• •
the Squadron which has been so long blockaded in
the Port of kochefort had. put to sea in a heavy gale
of wind, at East, on the night of the t7th, and
escaped, our Cruizers. In consequence of this in-
formation, ()piers were. sent off to Portsmouth .and
Plymouth, for the Ships of War at those Ports to
put to sea with, all possible expedition, for the puri
pose of reinforcing the Fleet blockading Brest.
We are,happy•to state that a Squadron, under the
command of Sir JOHN DIJCii.WORTH, was immedi-
ately dispaniited atter the Enemy. ,The Itoebefdrt
Squadton consisted of six Sail of the Line, one of
which is of 40 .guns: Sir JOHN DucrvonTu!s,
force
,is one Ship of 100, two of 68, one 80,
and one of 74 guns ; so that if be should, have
the good fortune to overtake. them, there can be
little• doubt of the 'result of the contest. The
Eurydice Frigate, w ic h was Watching the Itoc I e-
fort Squadron, was nearly captured by the Enemy ;
and from the direaion in which they sailed, it was
' thought that Sir JOHN could not be above tt or 15
leagues behind them. As they put to 'Sea in a
strong Eilsterly wind, the West Indies' aryl probably
the_Obica of their destination. •

BY the last Mail from the Leeward Islands ad-
Vices have been received of a very desperate naion
having'been nought to windward of Bartadoes, be-
tween his Majesty's Brig Curig. lir; of 18 guns, coin-
mandel, byCapt. SHIRHEFF, and a large French Ship
Privateer, of f.oi guns nod 250 Ineu, The a6lion
lasted lOut hours, and was most sevet,ely contested
on both sides. Captain Surartevi; being unforitt—
innately killed, and twenty-two of his men, nearly
th'rd of his crew, either killed or wounded, and
the. Cariertr much disabled in; her rigging, the Priva-
.
teer ruachl, her escape. She was formerly a Letter of
Marque belonging to Liverpool. The Craieux re-•
turned to Barbadoes after the anion to refit.

In Cal tain Suriter,Fy the service has been de.:
/wind of a most excellent and valuable Offieer,and
Ids family and friends have to mourn the loss of a
truly good young man, As an oflicer, he was
'highly scientific, and most thoroughly acquainted.
+with every' duty of a Seaman aid a Cummander.-.
AS a Midshipman hi the Chatham Tender,
commanded hy ,I,;ientenan t, now Capt. BROUGHTON,
• 1) accompanied Capt. VANCouvua in Ids voyage of
discovery round the globe, and was upon his return
.promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, in
which capacity he served for some years in the
Valet Indira and afterwards commanded the Archer
Gun Brig, for two or three years, off Boulogne, in
which ser';ice he, upon several occasions displayed
equal spirit and intelligence. From the observations
which 'he had made in hia frequent visits to the very
por,th of that harbour, he had formed -a plan for
'burning the Flotilla there ; and .it was a part of it,
that he himself should lead in the, Eire-ships and
Rafts to be employed on that dangerous but feasible
euterprize,

UPou Lord MELvit,Late being unexpeole4
rtiven, by party rancour and persecution, from the
()like of L. if,t Lord ()I Admiral ty, be did nut for-
ip:tto rcoolurrv, nd the merit; of Capt. SIMMENT

his truly respalable succNsor, and Lord liAatt..,l
was pleased, soon air, r hii entrance into office, to
prOmote Lieutenant SIMIREFF to the command
of the Curieux.' That Ship sailed for the
West Indies last Spring, with a Convoy, and has
ever since been an active Cruizer in those Seas.

'Captain SHIIIREFF'S prospeets were of the most
flattering kind, as his merits as an Officer had
not escaped the observation of the CoMmander in'
Chief in that quarter; but these it has pleased pi-
vine Providence to extinguish by a glorious death in
the cause of his County. He has left a widow and
infant Son, to lament their deprivation of their
best friend and natural protector.

YESTERDAY Paris Papers to the 20th inst. reached
Town. BUONAPARTE has issued another Decree
respeaing Neutrals,- which, if carried strictly into
execution, must completely put an end to all Neu-
tral Trade with France, for a' reward of no less than
.one-third of the Ship and Cargo are to be given to
any of the CreW or Passengers on board a Vessel
who shall give information-of it's having touched at
an English Port; &C. i.and any French Officer con-
vi6led of favouring the contravention of the Decrees
of the 22d November, and the 17th December last,
shall be punished as if guilty of High Treason.—'
With such a Regialation in force, no Neutral Vessel
can venture into a French Port, because, with such
a teMptation, there must always be Informations;
and when once an Information is given, a French
Officer, with the penalties of High Treason hanging
over hiti head, will, of course, condemn without
hesitation. The King cf Spain has been forced
to issue a Decree similar. to that of BUONAPARTE'S
of December last, for putting .Great Britain into a
State of Blockade. . . ,

. The German Pipers contain some curious specu-
latioils respelling the intended attack upon our East
Indian POSSCIISiGtiS, which t hey represent as' perfectly
praaicahle,: "they state that a French-, Amy can
reach Astracan in sir weeks, supposing it to set out
from Dalthatis : at Astracan it is to meet 'a Russian
Ariny, and. they are together to cross the Caspian.
'Sea to Astrabad, in Persia, which will take them
about ten or twelve days. They are then to. march
through Persia for the Indies, and this march, it is.
said, they will perform in seven or eight weeks !.
The distance betw;tett Astrabad and Calcutta is near
3301) miles.

We have also received Dutch Papers of the 20th
: they contain accounts from Lisbon of a Igo
date, which do not confirm the reports which
reached us some time ago. •of serious InsurreClions
having taken place in .Liston, 'hut they state that
General Jutgor has issued some Decrees, which indi-
cate streng apprehensions on .his. part of the divposi.
'ions of the Inhabitants. They are forbid to carry
tire-arms under pain of death. Au Order has also
been issued for confiscating all the British Property
remaining, in Portugal.

The Gazette of Saturday contains loyal and pa-
tiiotie Addresses from the Cities of Edintkurgh and
glasgow, and the united towns of. Glaszlow and
,Newark, assuring ilis Mai VISTY o 1 their detewaioed
support in the
,preaent arduous straggle, .and ap-
'plautling the vigour of the measures lately Eidopte4
in the prosecution;of tho war.
On Saturday the 'ROYAL FAMILY left town for
Windsor. •

Yesterday tha Princess Sopnix of GLOUCESTbit
took an airing h the Queen's Garden. f.
The following is the Order of Procession of Lord
TaAvALGAR's Funcr.d;:n St. Paul's Cathedral, which
took place tins day :

st. A 111411 on ham:tuck. carrying a crimson velvet Cushion,
with the V)stotnit's ecrunoi, iatenuett by a Groom on euch
title leading che I intoc, with tuu( Conduaors, two be.
f rdand.twu bchihd.

• , .
ad. 'rho liody %withtit,: hearse ornwn fly tit;c . nor.ies ; black
feathers oit.the hearse and Itorties, whit tcn'Aitendatatt. •
3cf. Mownitig coach with tor lo:rws and twc,
ttmiant, the coach c::rqing Mc. NrchduitconNotinK (uncle
to the it:ceased), Alcx:,.l-1..r Davison, Esq. William 11.1.
siewoud, Fay, Rev. Dr. Oucrotn. •
4th. &kiwi ut; coach with tour horses (with two Pages at-
te.odant) c.irry %1., hervauts of the etmaSed.
gth. Earl Nelson's t harlot.

6tl). r. I)avis;3ll
carnage.

'L'hc Bishop of CLAsier p;.:cfcgnied the service And Cere.
minty.

The P,roce,fsino proceeded from -Conduit-street
down Swallow-street, into Piccadilly, clown the
Haymarket, thronillk the Strand and Vleet-street, to
St. Paul's Cathedral.

On Sainrday, a Meeting of the Roard of Trade
took place at the Office in Whitehall, which
was attended by F.:11-1 H iiuui•r, the ,President ;
Mr: Rose, the Vice-Presidcm, and several others.
On Soffit-I.ly a Cabinet Council was held at the

Foreign 04ice. it met at two, and continued de-
liberating. bind a quarter alter tour o'clock. The
bake of l'otiTi.sNn„ Earls CANtnat4 and VVI4ST-
MORELAND Lords ilnwx.gaiuk.Y„ MULGRAVE and
BATIWIttiT ; Mr.. CANINING,' the CuANcELLott
of the
.E4cnectuelt Were present.
This forenoon one of the Battalion's of the London
Militia triarclied.ovet Blackfriars . Bridge, to Green-
wich and Woolwich, to relieve the other Battalion,
which are returned on the London station.

yesterd morning, soon lifter tots o'doek, Ells

NW ESTI() PlincesiesAvotisrA 1.‘149,4 V, SOPHIA, and
AMELIA, attended by Idady I. THYNNE, Sir•H, B.
NEALE, Generals MA NNINGIIAM anU Ft-rzany, at-
tended Di‘ int; Service.- at St. Georg4's Chapel, Wiwi_
gar, and beard a Sermon by the Rev., Dr. littATtr.
Upon this ,;ceasion the Iley. Mr. Dioay.read bin).
stain as or.o. of the Canon'i, to which be has lately
been appointed in (be ruont ui the la to Dr. L'ocrol4, s..

GOTTEIVIIEIRGI7 42114.

AUGSBURGII, JAN. Lettdr written by ti ,
German traveller, who is, in Sicily, gives us a very
circurnstantialaccount of that Isle. There is in the
Port of Messina an Etriglish Ship of the Line, some
Frigates or Corvettes, and a certain ntimber ofartaa'
Shallops.TheY have established, along the coast front
Messina to Augustaand Syracuse, entrenchments and
redoubts, in order to,oppose a descent ; but they are
badly supplied with artillery', and would not pro-
bably make a great resistance in case 'of an attack.
The possibility of disembarking is the subjeft of
every conversation in Sicily, There is not besides
in the Island any force capable• of opposing, much
resistance. The English Troops., and the r4mains
of the German and Swiss Legions, do not 4iount
,to more than three thousand men, and tho Army
of King FEttnatAND, commanded by the Prince of
HESSE ,PIIILIP6THAL, 'llia is neither disgraced nor
gone to America, as has been said, does not exceed
.5000 mon,lncluding the new recruits. King FBA-
DIWAND and his CoUrt live in.a very retired manner
at Palerino. -The English still occupy the fort of
Scylla, upon the Calabrian coast. This fort, situated
on a very steep rock, has become inaccessible on

le land side, since the. English. entirely destroyed

the avenues which led to it from the Continent.---
They have contrived on the,sea-slde a very narrow
stairs. The Oarrison of this Von is composed of
but 24Q men, who get their subsistence and even
water from Messina. The Sicilians have still much
traffic with England, Malta,, and Trieste. :!The
English have at the Isle., of Capri a small. light
Fleet, for the purpose of hindering MeifthantVes-
sets from entering the Port of Naplek; but. they can
easily escape them by navigating along the, coasts,
which the English dare not approach.

Thee is still hi flip Road of Trieste a Russian
Frigate, and we do not think she will soon put to
sea.

The E.nglish have no .force before this Part; but
two of their Vessels are Always cruizing off Fiume
to observe what passes in that quarter.
Bettrat,i, J. 7.—the Gazette of.th4..- City con-
tains an article from Lubec, as follows

" The French Courier, charged, witit,tte
Ulti-
matum of his Government to that of Sweden,-has
been. detained 'at Stralsund by, contrary winds. They
say that he carried Propositions relative to England,
Which PropOsitions were not accepted. From this
moment all negotiation is interrupted. Already all
correspondence has been prohibited with Sweden."
STUTO A R JAN. ‘i 3.—We continue to receive
very contradklory accounts from Tdrkey. AcCord-

lug to some reports, the Russians 'and Turks have
assumed
.a very. menacing posture with respect. to
each other, while the Servians .continue the war.—
According to other accounts, an accommodation is
very near butween these two Powers, through the
mediation of France.
• 4 i ,Y(.l
•
All the Bavarian troops of the corp:‘,..; of Genefals
DUroy and "iiVretle, are to return to their ordinary
garrisons. Every where they. were 11.cCived with

the greatest cordiality, and most-lhrery pleasure, • At
ut Gunshurgh, antt in nil the to‘,ras 'of the
province of Bavaria, they gave cutertninttente in