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London, England, 1807-03-02 00:00:00

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From the LONDON GAzErfE, Feb. 24,113.;7
ildmiralty;;Ogice, Feb. 28.
Copy of a Letter from the Right Hon. Lord Keith,
• K. B. Admiral of the White, &c. to William
Marsden,.E,sq. dated on board the Edgar, qy Rams:-
gate, the 25th inst.
SIR,

I transmit, for their Lordships' information, a
Copy of a Letter which I have received from Capt.
Farquhar, of His Majesty's Ship the Ariadne, report-
ing the capture of the French Cutter Letter of
Marque Le Chasseur.

Vice-Admiral Douglas acquaints me that this Ves-
sel is a Privateer.

I the Honour to be, &c.
KEITH. •
His Majesty's Ship Ariadne, at Sea,
•
MY LORD, Feb. 19.
I have the honour to acquaint your Lordship, that
I have this day captured a French Cutter Letter of
Marque, Le Chassetrr, of thirty-two tons, two car-
riage-guns, and thirty-six men, commanded by Pr.
; twenty-four men only were found on
board, twelve having been sent in Prizes.
I have the Honour to be,
(Signed) A. FARQUHAR.
Admiral Lord Keith, K. B. &c.
Admiralty Office, Feb. 28 .
Copy of another Letter from. the Bight Honourable
Lord Keith, K.B. Admiral of the White, &c. to
William Marsden, Esq: dated un board the Edgar,
off Ramsgate, Feb. 26.
SIR,

I have the satisfaaion of transmitting, for their
Lordships' information, a Copy of a Letter which I.
have received from Lieutenant Ramsey, commanding
His Majesty's Cutter the Carrier, acquainting me
with the capture of another French Privateer.
I have the Honour to be, &c.
KEITH.
His Majesty's Cutter Carrier, at Sea,
MN' LORD, Feb. 20.

I have the honour to acquaint your Lordship, that
having yesterday chaced Le Chasseur French Cutter
Privateer into the hands of Captain Farquhar, of His
Majesty's Ship Ariadne, I was this morning return-
lug to my station, accompanied by the Princess Au-
gusta Cutter, when at nine A M. Goree bearing S.
by E. distant ten leagues, we discovered a suspicious
Sail on the N. E. quarter, steering in for the Dutch
Coast, to which' I immediately gave chace, and at
two . P. M. came up with and captured the French
Schooner Privateer Le Ragotin, commanded by -
Jaques Jappie, mounting eight guns,' which were
thrown Ovelboard in the chace, with a complement
of twenty-nine men ;. eight days from Dunkirk
without having made any capture, and this being her
first cruize.

I have the Honour to be, Bcc.
(Signed) IL RAMSEY,
Lieutenant and Commander.
Admiral Lord Keith, K. B. &c.

FALmouril, FEB. 27.—The wind having suddenly
shifted yesterday morning to the Northward, the
Towns4end Packet, Capt.. COCK, with Mails'of the
17th inst. for Lisbon, -and Lard Hobart Packet,
Capt. HAMILTON, with Mails of the 18th inst. for
the Leeward Islands, and which have been detained
for some days by contrary wind, sailed; as did also
the Brisk Sloop of War, with five Transports under
convoy, for Cork His Majesty's Schooner
410 guns, on a cruize ; the Ann, ETTWOOD, and
Jane, GALEPP (two Vessels from Dartmouth); with
fish, for • Lisbon .; the Miranda Privateer, of this
, •
Port, on a Cruize and Sampson, PoKEN, for Chep-
stOw.

Arrived this day the Good Intent, SnwAnn, Dor-
setshire, ,P,ETITT, from Dartmouth, for Lisbon ; and
the Hope,HUMPHRIES, for Sunderland.

Yesterday was sent in here the Spanish Schooner
St. 'Domingq, with fish, bound to France, taken on
the Coast on the .22d inst. by the Rapid Gun-brig.

PORTSMOUTH, MAR CH.l.—Arrived yesterday, the
Safeguard Gun-vessel, Lieut. BALFOUR, from a
Cruize ; and to-day the Edgar, of 74 guns, from
the Downs station ; La Fleche Sloop, from Guern-
sey; Devastation Bomb, from the Downs, with the
Mau Transport for Sicily ; and the Soleh,•ay Frigate
foul the Nore ; arrived also the Speedy, AfDRIDGE,
Edward and Mary, ARTHUR, from London ; and
the Happy Couple, BROWN, from Dungarvon.
Sailed yesterday the Defence, of 74 guns, Capt.
ERIN, to join the Captain and Ganges off the
Western Islands ; Dapper Gun-vessel, Lieutenant
GARDNER, with a Convoy for Guernsey ; and the
Cracker, Lieut. LEACH, to join the Squadron off
Havre.

Propped down to St. Helen's the Blanche Frigate,
Sir Tito Nits Laver, waiting for orders to proceed for
the Channel Fleet.

The West India Convoy will positively sail to-

morrow, at noon.

Gen. Sir G. PREVOST, Bart. arrived yesterday even-
ing from London, and resumed the command of the
garrison.
Gen. AtHITELOCK, Commander in Chief in South
America, and Brigadier-General AcKLA:O), arc ex-
peCted here to-morrow morning, to take their pas-
sage for Maldonado in the Thisbe Frigate, Captain
S!tErnEmtp.—Major-General L. GowEx goes in the
Cormorant Sloop, Capt. HUGHES. Capt. RAYMOND
appointed Colonial Secretary to the Forces. The
s9th Regiment, Col. Lord BLANEY, embarked on
Monday to -go ; and to-morrow a troop of Horse
Artillery will arrive from Christchurch, to embark.
Upward of 40.00 stand of arms- awl a heavy batter-

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out to command the Artillery, and Capt. ELPHIti-
STONE Chief Engineer.—Major FORSTER, one el
Gen. WIIITELOCKE'S Aids-du-Camp, is arrived.

PLYMOCTII, FEZ. .—Sailed His Majesty's Ship
Princess, of 28 guns, for Liverpool, having under-
gone a thorough refit at this port, to resume her sta-
tion for the defence of the Mersey.

Arrived His Majesty's Armed Ship Lady Warren,
having inider'charge the Porcupine,
.a new Sloop of
War, pierced for 22 guns, built at Exeter.

Arrived the Savage Sloop of War, of 18 guns,
from the E:stward.

DEAL, MARCU 1.-T.-Arrived His Majesty's Ships
Seagull from a Cruize, and the Phosphorus Fire-
vessel from Sheerness, and remain in the Downs
with the Ships as per last. •

SHEERNESS, FEE. 2.7.—Arrived the Orestes, with
loss of topmasts and jib•boom, her foremast also
rendered useless, being nearly chafed through ; the
Urgent Gun-brig, with loss of topmasts ; and the
Constance and Starling, all damaged in the gale.

Sailed the Phosphorus for the Downs.
This day was commissioned, by Capt. ELLIS,
His iVlajesty's Sloop Spitfire.

FE.I3. 28.—Arrived His Majesty's Ship Crescent,
from Yarmouth, with loss of topmasts ; the Fear-
less Gun-brig, from the Downs, with the Arr©w
Schooner in tow, the former having lost her top-
masts and the latter her rudder-in the late gale.
This day was commissioned, by Capt. STEWART,
His Majesty's Ship St. "Man's, of 64 guns, now in
dock, repairing at this Port.
The Cardigan Militia, stationed here, have volun-
teered their services fur Ireland, . ,

STATEMENT OF THE D
TISII NAVAL FOE
Lime
In the English & Irish
Channels - V)
Downs amd North Sea 12 I
Spain, Portugal &Gibral. 9
Alediterranean&l'assage is
Coast of Africa - o
West Indies anti Passage 4
Jamaica Station - 2
America &Newfoundland 2
Cape of Good Hoe 5
East Indies and Passage 7
()xi an Expedition. &c. 5

STRIBUTION OP THE BRI-
M TO THE IST INST.
so's I Fu. I Spa. G. 13
25 58
47 6
ii i 6
i 6 i z
a 0
18 a i
14 8
8 5

. o 24
3 .13
o 1 0
i I 12
2 I
o $
0 Jo

Total at Sea - 861
In Port and fitting - 1
Guard-Ships
Eiospital & Prison Ships 19

Total in Commission 135 I
Receiving Ships - o I
Serviceable and repairing o
In ordinary - • • 48 I
Building . - - • 37

Total 220

STATI OF til£ ORD
Portsmouth - 13
Plymouth . - so I
Chatham - - 10
Sheerness . . a
River . 3
E xtraneous I

8
1 7
1 17
o 9

71 115 1 152 182
21 43 I
0 351 51
31 3 2 Q

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52
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37
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542.
159

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Total 49 :6 53

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54
35

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253
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NAVAL A.PeOINTMENTS.

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CAPTAlNS—Honourable C. PAGET, to the arligth;
SAMUEL li. LINZEE, to the illaida i THOS. GRAVES,
to the Brunswick; SPENcE, to the Pandora; HART,
to the Majestic; and WEST, to the Excellent.
LIEUTENANTS—HITCHINS, to the Leyden ; MIT.
FORD, to the indeliztigabie; HARPUR, to the Excel•
lent; APREECE, to Ditto; MICK., to Ditto; and
MAURICE, to the .dfricaine.

• The Goliath, Alfred, Sanspareil and Vanguard,
at Plymouth ; the Maicla and Brunswick, at Ports-
mouth; the Hercules, Leyden, and Inflexible, at
Chatham ; and the' St. Alban's, at Sheerness, are
fitting for immediate service, having had their poops
taken off, and masts and metal reduced, according to
a new plan ; which is, it is said, to be put in exe-
cution with all the old ships, when in a course of
repair.

On Saturday the dispataes were finally closed at
the East India House, and delivered to the Pursers
of the undermentioned ships, viz. United 4ilgdom,
Captain W. P. D'ESTERRE, and Worcester, Captain,-
S. Noon, for St. Helena and Madras.
-City of London, Captain J. YATES ; .Baring, Cap-, •
tain J. CARNEGIE and Lord Duncan, Capt. E. C.
BRADFORD, for Madras and Bengal.
Metca(le, Captain M'IsAcKE, for Bombay direct.

PASSENGERS PER CITY 0? LONDOI.—For Bengal: Gen.
Wm. St. Leger; Mrs. and lour Misses St. Leger; Mr. For.
rest ; Mess. Charnberbm, Furnraux, and Chalmer, Writers ;
Mr. Thompson, h ree Mariner , Messrs. Fiarris, White, For.
ster, Lane, Jackson, and M'Mahon, Cadets.—For Madras :
Capt. Collett Mr. Taylor, Cadet.

PA ssi.Nctas PER BAR: sic.— For Bengal : Dr.Roxburgh;
Messrs. I and I. K. Col's; Capt. Fry ; Me,srs. Goldie and
Hogg, Assistant- Surgeons ; Mrs and two Al isses do ;g ; Mrs.
Burgess ; Messrs. Mien,' and Forrester, Cadets; Mr Lane,
Free Mariner.— For Madras: Mr. brown, Assistant-Surgeon;
Mrs. Brown ; Messrs. Mackintosh, Gordon, Donaldson,
Macqueen, Storer, Keir, and Robson, Cadets.—For Ceylon :
Miss "Futsleton.

PASSENGERS PER UNITED KINGDOM.—For Madras:. -
Mr. Creen, Cadet.
PASSENGERS PER WORCESTER.—Fora St. Helena:
tain Pritchard.
Pass'. NG ERS PER Loan Dor:eau—For
Writer enugpapla:geM;r:eosis...
rester, ter ; Mrs. Yates Yates;; Miss Thomas ; Messrs. Torn.
kyns, Smith Ilachet, lleptinstall, Chalmers, and Harrison,
Cadets. For Madras: Lieutenant-Colonel c
Gwynne, Batt), and Tulk, Cadets; Messrs. Price and,
Faure.
PASSENGERS PER MaTe.l.7l.—For Bombay: Robert
Rickards, Esq. Provisional Counsellor; Mrs. Rickards;
Misses?. and M. Brown, and Miss Traherne ; Mr. Remora,
cadet.

A fresh embargo has been laid open all the Shipping
within the Batavian Ports. It is reported that the last
Vessel of an Expedition intended to ad in the East
Indies, under the command of Gcneral DAENDELS,
has sailed from the Texel. Three Frigates had pre-
viously, sailed wi►h several hundred picked troops on
board, and in order to keep the Expedition as private
as posible, a quantity of military and other stores had
been some time before sent off in American bottoms.
The Mauritius is supposed to be its first place of des-
tination.

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THE GOTTE:NSIMGH

[EXTRACT' OF A LETTER.]
" DANTZIC, JAN. battle has taken plaCe
between the French and the combined Russian dtld
Prussian Armies, near Mobrirgcn and Saalfeld.—
Besides 4000 PriSoners, the Fretrth have lost 6000
killed and wounded. The Corps of Marshals NEY
tllld BERNAOOTTE may be considered as cut ofd, or

dispersed and destroyed. The Prussians have entered
Marienwerder. MuRs.T and BERNADOTTE are std
to be severely wounded, and BoNal,aßtz himself is
sick at Warsaw of a nervous fever.

" Graudentz had been blockaded by Hessian and
Darmstadt Troops, btit they have been'forced to fly
loss. The Russians .are said to be in Culm
the French will find some difficulty in crossing the
Vistula', with their'canpon and baggage ;• the bridge

at Thorh is said to be carried ai,ay by the ice. This

gives room to hope great things:, but no decisive
`battle has taken glace as yet.
'l' We should hope the French right wing will
hot be able to retrieve, the bad situation of the left
-the most authentic accounts state the Insurgents to
be 14,06 men, under DogvnowsKt they are ill
gored, and louk miserable.' Though I beieve
`these 'news are very exaggerated; 'something of them
Thy be true."

Another 'article of the.same letter mentions the fol.-
TOWing respelling the battle at Pultusk :—"
PEYELIii) who had been Commissary to the
ktissian Army; acccounts for fIUXIIOVIDEN not sup-
Vorting .13NNINGSEN, at Pultusk, in the following
way KAASINSKOY, who left Pultusk on the morn-
ing '6'f:the battle, wrote to Bt'-'4liOVDZig, before cit=
parting, that all vizt's lost, and advised him to wake
the bett retreat he 'could irnaiediately. Upon this,
trulzovnarg, who was advancing, halted, add 'coin"-
iiericed his retreat. I suppose you will have heard
that ICAzintratov is grown insane, of the fote-
&Aug is a proof. .Buzzoift•Ek
has since been re.--
called, and BENNINGSEN cOrnrnandi in chief."

(Ltirld 'Gazette, of reb. Ir, iSoi.)
the Report al Lieuienant-Gerieral Baron A LbT to Ea-
fan EISEN, Governoi-Gcneral of Swedish Pomerania,

iotithiitg the late Miliury Operations in that Country.

‘".' After General MoaTrra, on the 20th of last
iionth, had left :.A.titlam with the greatest part of his
'corps, I Ordered all thy advanced posts to use the ut-
most vigilance, in order to prevent a surprise on the
part of the French, in case of their return.
" On the 27th, in the afternoon, General Mort-
Ttlt a6tually returned with his whol,; Corps, which
occupied Anclam,betrunin, and th, neighbour-
ing Country..
.On the 28th _neral MORTIER at•
tacked all my advancedpsts, which, on account bf
the t nerne§ great sdpeNdrity in number,were
ed to fall back, after having made the Most obstinate
iesistance on every point, attacked and killed 'several
of the t netny's Officers and rank and file;
" The same day the enemy crosed the river
j'eezie, which W.as covered with ice, 2500 men
strong, near Anclain and Meyenkulis, driving our
troops before them; v hicli, hciwever, retreated with-
out the least coansion, and constantly fighting, in
the direa:iOn of GuisSwald and Stralsund.; near
Meyeilkubs the enemy applied thetbselves to cOn-
Strua a bridge fOr the heavy ordnance; which was
completed on the,29th, and immediately after a train
of artillery and 1500 horse passed the river.
" The. enemy n6WadvanCed in two Columng, and
mere metbyfon:_trOop§ near Elrnenhorst, where a
bloody conflia ensued, 1n which the enemy lost a
great number Of men. :Our troops fought most
gallantly, but were obliged by the enemy, far supe-
rior in number, to fall back; which they did in the

greatest order. -
‘r Our lois on-the 28th and 29th inst. is, i Offi-
, ter, 2 Non-commissioned Officers, and 72 men,
killed and wounded, some of them badly; and one
ammunition waggon, which through mere accident
fell into the enemy's hands,' is the Only trophy they
can boast of."

If the. Hon. Mr. LAmßt'S farce of Inivtle for
It,' should please the public as much :IS it did the
audience at Stanrnore Priory, of whiCh, it is said,
there is little doubt, considering its whimiicat origi-
nality, it will tend to render the present season at
Covent Garden Theatre one of the Most prosperous
that it has ever known.

The Curfew again drew a very crowded audience
to, Drury Lane Theatre, on Saturday last, and the
'?general merits of the Piece, and of the acting, have
evidently trade d very strong impression on the pith-
lic. _ _ _

Mr. ANDREWS had invited no less than three
bundred persons to his grand Rout on Friday last,at
his house in the Green Paik, but though many were
prevented by indisposition and other causes, from
attending, the Company present had all the luxury
a fashionable squeeze.
ARTS.--flt is with much pleasure we state,
that THE BRITISH INSTITUTION, which has been so
liberally' brought forward for the encouiagement of
our yoang Artists, is more successful than the most
7anguine friends of Genius could have expected.-=-
Mote pictures have been purchased this season,
though it has hardly commenced, than- during the
~hole of the-last, to the amount of about two thtiu--
rind pounds. —Soule were ea4crly houglii sqon aa.
*ere wen.

4,•.) LI 41' VEB. 26.

CON.

• MALTIN V. QUIN. •
This aaion, Lroug-ht against the,Defon4nt for
criminal conmrsittion with the Plaintiff's Was
tried this day in the Court 'Of Common Pleas, Before
Lord NonnEnsr.

The Plaintiff bad formerly dneen a distiller, and
having failed, he was a prisoner inje 11_arshalsea
fur some tinie. Here he became aceinai6ed with
the Defendant, who was also a prisoner, "and after,
both were discharged the intimacy Continuea.,
Defendant continuing in distressed circumStandesi,
frequently dined at the Plaintiff's house, .and
violation of all honour, succeeded in seducing the
Plaintiff's Wife. She eloped from her husband
With Quin, and 'lived as a widow under a forged
name in lodgings in an obscure part of the town.
The Defendant for some time Visited her as'her
torney ; but in consequence Of the woman of tke
house threatening to turn them out for improper
'conduCt, the Defendant declared they were married
privately, and froi) that time the Defendant slept
every night with Mrs. Martin. The retreat of the
Paramours having come to the knowledge of the
Plaintiff, he went with a party of watchmen to the
house where they lodged,,at twelve o'clock at night,
and, according to the evidence of one of the watch,
men, " took Quin out of bed from Mrs. Martin,
without any thinaon him except his night-cap."
On the part of the Defendant it was endeavoured
to be proved, that Mr. Martin had always treated his
wife in a brutal manner ; but this entirely failing,
the Jay found a verdi.& for the Plaintiff—damages
20001.

'Mrs. Martin had ten children by- her husband.
The Defendant, who Was brought up in custody
from the Marshal:Am, where lie was confined; ap-
peared as his own Attorney on the trial, and seemed
quite unconcerned at the different attacks made on
him by ihe Plaintiff's Counsel.'

After the trial
,was over, the Defendant, in coming
out of Court in the crowd, found" means to escape
from the Sheriff's Officers, and haS not since been
taken. • •

•
The Master of the Rolls (Mr. CURRAN) while
'sitting on the Bench this day, and pronouncing
judgment in cause of some importance, soddenly
fell back on hiS seat; and nearly fainted. Ho., how-
ever, recovered in a Short time ; and having got a
glass:of water, proceeded with the hUsiness, though
evilently indisposed.