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iralty-Offixe, April 11, 1867.
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Letter from the Honourable Rear amiria
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dir.;llerander Cochrane, K. B. Commander in
lef of His ,llajestg's ;Ships and I'essels at the
Lenard ish2;tris, to fPillia:n. -11arden,
turd His .Hajesty's Slrip Narthumbirland;
".arlille Bay, Barbadoe;
,Feb. 22,- 1807.

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tin The inclosed Copy of a , Letter from Captain ,Mat-.
oiefliis Majesm's Ship Venus, acquainting me
roil the 'capture of a French Privateer,. I- request.
k,42.° lay 'before the Lords Commissioneri of the
'44traltY for their Lordships information.

I have the honour to be, &c.
• (Signed) A. COCHiI-A.E'.
Hit .iligjesty's Ship Venus, Carlii.le-.Bay;
S=t' :Barbadoes, Feb. 22; 18Q-7%,-
viihave the satisfaction of making you acoaluted
h
tzk my. having captured, in His Majesty's.Sl..iip
lea der my command, on the 20th inst. about .eight
sees east of Barbadoes, the French Privateer
throQ°llel L'Etoile, of six guns (two of which were
Q der
overboard) and fifty-four men, belonging to
otitiatclah loupe, but last from Cayenne, which she left.
17th inst. ; during our chace after this Ves,
Ikaelte Cygnet have in sight to windward, which:
e, her bear up, and greatly shortened the purSuif.':
bad,"e merchnt ti Volunteer, from Cork to'Bar-:,
Was taaken-Bby g
her on the Ist of this month,
1 have the Honour t..) be, &c. •
HENRY MATSON.
I,_n.
'4° Sir A.:Cochrane K.B. Rear-
Admiral
of the White, tic.

PLY
:vIOUTII, APRIL 25.—The Vranie Frigate,
ich sailed hence on. Thursday last, took under
to
nv°Y several Transpbrts having on board the ,f2d
attaiion of the 87th Regiment, for Jersey.
Arrived the kagniftcent, of 74 guns, from Fal-
hQllth, and the Weymouth Frigate from a cruize to
e *Westward.
41ed the Dispatch, Mutine, and Scorpion Sloops
of
War, Qn a cruize to the Westward.

110RisMOUTH, APRIL 26:-- Arrived, La Mae
Sloop, Capt. WHITE, Brisk Sloop, Capt. COODE,
and the -Zebra, Bomb, Capt. WHINYATES, with a
otivoy of about 14 or 1.5 Sail of Coasters, colliers,
from the DoWns.

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Sailed yesterdayrikr4„
the Ant Schno 'Uut. -pup,
a'lti the Pidgeon Schi)oner, tieut..Cox,-,..f0r Ply-.
tlQuth, having on board Supern,.4otiaries for that
t• Sailedio day, the. Nassau :Of 6 gutr-s; Ce
111'414, for the Channel : to going out _ om
Pithead she tOOk • the ground for some hours, but
llot having received any damage, he went on to sea.
The Busy. Sloop,: Capt. REILLY, we are sorry to
state, is lost on the- Halifax station, with all the
ere,„ _
; it -is supposed that she upset in a gale of
•-,

VAl,molnir, pxly 24.—Arrived His Majesty's
8 11"13-Thatia, of 38 grans, Capt. WA LIMR, with twelve
01 Vessels under conyoy;froM Jersey, for New-
undland ; and the Humber, of 18 gulls, from a
Sailed yesterday His Majesty's Ship Magnificent,
of
:14 guns, for Plymouth, to repair ;- His Majesty's.
.IP Diana, of 38 guns, on a Cruize ; His Majesty's
8L
Brisk, of 20 guns, with a Fleet of 'Coagters
aNer convoy for the Downs, last_ from Ireland;
44 the Weymouth Store-ship, for Plymouth.
• The duckland Packet, which arrived 'the 22d in.
stallt; brings the account of the loss of His Majesty's
m.
Swiftsizre, 'of 74 guns, off Cadiz ; crew all
caved.

DOS ER, APRIL 26.—The Boats of His Majesty's
n-brig- Furious last night attacked a French Galliot
under Boulogne Batteries, and succeeded- in bring-
-4g her off, without sustaining any daiTtage.

EREERNESSI APRIL 25.—Arrived His-Majesty's
moon 'Hell, Capt. WtLLIAms, from the Downs.;
APRIL 26.—J-Sailed the Exertion cor the North-Sea.
Several Transports have lately. come don from
tie Thames and ancho'red in the HarbOunand at
the Little Nom. • '

iJUBLIN, APRIL 22.—Sailed His Majesty's Ship
12@sset, with the Duke of BEDFORD, and Suite, for

IfI)EALI APRIL 26.—Sailed from the Downs this
afternoon, Majesty's Ships Serapis and Argus,
—th the Augustus, .Ccesar,. Ocean, Olive Branch,
.2114 London 'j with the Ist, .13attalion of
e 6th Regiment on board ; also several Light
Iranports under convoy for Portsmonth.
ft Arrived his Majesty's Ships. Mi.isquito ate;
4. 111 Portsmouth, with a Convoy, which art saikdr
401.
Le River. i,
I
liiB,ailed through the Dawn the O•ny9
. latk. for Africa.

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",., COURT-MARTIAL.
n Thursday last a CourtZlartial was held orl,_
board nis Majesty's Ship
Roads r RciebicizAtk Yarmouth
' 'or the purpose of trying Lieutenant HENRY
- ?Ell(' Commander of His Majesty ;s late Gun.4arig '
.Pcireter;
together with his. Officers and Crew, for
the capture of
the said Brig, by the. Enemy's Plil:.
Vessels., in the River Emms, on the Morning plthe
3 1 st of March.. it .appeared by the 'li;yidence'ad-
duced on the Trial . if ttabked .
. , that the Ferreter NA. a
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at.d,
a),-hreak, on the .31st cdMarch, by'setkn D4tsbui

Gun4•e'ssels, each carryit4 three at
'56 then; on discovering the Enemy, Lieut. WEilt
ord'ered his cable to be cut, and made sail on t 11It
Brig, and notwithstanding the, Veit superioritY, tit•
force ,be,. had:: to contend pith, he with lit little
Crew of only Abirty-four men, defended the S;es,:el
ssin:the most gallant Manner, and by a spirited fire
from the Ferreter; kept 1)i8 assailants at bay pa near

u t es.
difficulties he had, to encounter, howeer,
were •such a neither skill nor courage could•
mouni—the:wind was against his getting out of the
river, his sails and rigging were cut to pieces, and at
this moment 'the Ferr. eter gratinded.. cori-
dition;b3ing perfectly unmanageable; and not being
able to get a gun to bear, the Enemy boarded him
on the bows and stern in great numbers. Further
resistance would have been rash and unavailing,,and;
iu all probability, would have•occasioned a sacrifice
of the few men he had'; motives of humanity;
therefore, suggested to Mr: WEIR the ptopriety of
ordering his people below.
Great praise is due to Lieut. WEIR for the cool-
ness and presence of mind displayed by him On this
trying occasion, and to which, indeed, •may be at-,
tributed the preservation of the lives of his people.
• Lieut. WEIR made a. very, animated defence, in
which he expatiated witheonsiderable ability On the'
zeal, prorriptitude, and alacrity displayed by his
handful of men on this occasion, and concluded' with
a very able and energetic appeal-to the feelings Of
the Court and his auditors.

The Court hiving heard the evidence; and baying
maturely weighed and considered .the same, were
of opinion that the. Ferreter was captured by
the Enemy's Gun•-vessels in the River Einnas
on the 31st March, and were unanitnorisly of
nion that Lieut. WEIR used every exertion to defend.
the said Brig, and That further. resistance would
have been fruitless ; the Court • do therefore unani-

• tnously adjudge Lieut.WElß, his Officers and Crew;
to' be most honourably acquitted, and they are here-
:by most honourably acquitted acemdingly.--The
,VreSident returned Lieut. WEIR his sword, with a
handsome and appropriate compliment ; and every,
friehd to real merit must wish to see this brave and
deserving OffiCer-loOn have an opportunity to use it
in `defence a his Country.

AMERICAN TRADE.

The following.Correspondenc.e has been sent to us
for insertion :

—. • (COPY). •
.. . .
".Mr, Secretary CANNING presents his compli-
ments to'lVlr.;lll6NrtoE, in answer to his letter of
the 2d inst. haS7' the honour to transmit to him the
copy of a, letter frprp. Mr, MARSDEN, by which he
will perceive that the Lords COMmissioners of the
Admiralty have disapproved of the cot/dila of the
Commanders of His Majesty's Ships Scorpion and
Bloodhound, .in having warned the American Ship
irr ,question from entering. the' Port of Antwerp, as
represented by Mr. MONROE. .
-Lfc Mr. Secretary. CANNING requests Mr. MoN-
goi to accept .the assurances of his high Considera-
tion."
• ,4 forvign Office, April 20, M
4. SIR,I
",Portland-Place, April 23, 1807,
-f-c I have the honour to inclose a Copy of 'Mr.
Secretary CANNING'S Note to me of the 20th inst.
viiiich,.asit contains a communication of consider-
able importance to th 6. Commerce of the United
States, I have to request that you will be so good as
to make known to those who' are engaged. I have
the honour to be, . .

" "our most obedient Servant,
(Signed) ,r TAMES MONROE."
N4M,Esq. Consul of the United States, LontiOn."

" American Consulate and-Agency, London, April 25,180,7*
g‘. Ail Merchants and others interested in the
COmMeree of the United States of America, will
lake nptice of the foregoiigg Cornintinications; and
govern themselves accordingly.

" W. LYN am."

The following observations appear in the United
States Gazette-:---

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"" If it be truly stated,
t that the King of Great Bri-
tain permitted hisommissioners to Simi the Treaty,
but reserved to himself the right of refusing to ra-'
tit'y it, should the Enemy in the mean time not
abandon his, unjust pretensions, ,or should the
United States submit to the violent aggressions on
theii neutral rights, the .reservation can bear but
one possible•coristrudion.. Great Britain, animated
with a sincere desire to maintain a good under-
.standing with this country, not. pledge herself
to ratify a Treaty, when the aggressions of neutral
rialits on the'part of the Enemy, may compel them
to violate if: •

" England has manifested no sort of disposition
into.an Alliance Offensive and be-
,
fpnsi've,,or. to: implicate her in a war with France.;—
TheieserVatiotris only calculated to save the ho.
liOni and dignity; •of Great
.Britain ; to guard her, in
the event of a continuance of these aggressions on
iieutral rights, t from
_violating a §olen comps t,
the-terMs of which she- in that case ele-
Vate;. by` adopting fit. measures'iif- retaliation
.
inju-
rious to our neutral privileges, 'but rendered indis-
pensible for her own immediate safety and political
existence,
" If, therefore, ''thOve.itlanation on the French;
Pecree, already receive(; tj'e not a full and satisfac-
torysecuzity to our'neiatrM-!iglits, we must set about
obtaining explanations to render our commerce quite
safe : if this great objet cannot be accomplished,
.002 indeed one of. two things must inevitably hap-
:yen. We must either.submit to the violent aggres-
stonS, or assert our rights. like a Nation jealous of its
honour, tenacious of itsjustinterests, and determined
to oppose .all lawless-_ innovations,. from whatever
source they may arlei