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London, England, 1812-03-19 00:00:00

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The late westerly gales having driven off our
blockading squadrons, four sail of the line and t%x
corvettes took advantage of their absence, and on
the springing up of the easterly winds, on the gth
inst. put to sea from L'Orient. They were imme-
diately discovered by our cruizers, , and on the
loth, the Tremendous and the Poiaiers got sight
of them, and it is supposed engaged them, as
the Diana frigate heard a firing from that quarter.
These two ships were to windward of the enemy.—
The Brest squadron, four :sail of the line, under
Sir RICHARD KING, was Off that port; and
as from the ;position of the enemy's, ships when
last seen, they indicated an intention to enter Brest,
vtre are vnguine in our -hopes that we shall
very shortly fear a good account of them.—
Having shittect -e course to the N. W. there is

every reacon to b,flieve Wat their only object was to

get into Brest.

Since writing the above, we have received the
following further Official particulars
Adv!ces have been received at the Admiralty that
the enemy's, squadron, of four sail of the line and
two corvettes, which escaped from L'Orient on- the
Oth inst. was seen, and kept company with by his
Majesty's ship Dinna, 36 guns, Captain FERRIS, on
the 9th and the whole of the loth. On-the latter
day she fell in with his Majesty's ship Pompee, SO
guns, and late in the evening shediscovered two sail,
apparent'y 0, the line, standing in pursuit of the
French squadron. On the morning of the t Ith, the
Diana being in lat. 48. 15. N. long. 5. 58. W. a
firing was heard in the N. W. which Capt. FERRIS
calculated to be the French and the two ships that
were in pursuit of them.
Sir R. KING writes on the 1 ith, in lat. 48. 18.
N. long. 5. 46. W. Ushant, bearing E. by N. N.
distant 28 mites, that he had fallen in va ith his Ma-
jesty's sloop Myrtle, who had communicated to him
by telegraph, that the L'Orient squadron were seen
on the I oth, twenty leagues N. W. of Ushant,
on
the starboard tick, wind N. E. his Majesty's ships
Tremenclons and Poiaiers being to the windward of
them.

Sir RICHARD KING, with the Bulwark, North-
u►nberland, and Colossus, was ploceedtng off Brest.

We know not whether there is an atqual division
between the Grenvilles and Foxites, or whether the,
• advocates for the Party are, from mere ignorance,
wounding their friends in a fe'eble and ill-direaled
attempt to assail their enemies, but certain it is,
that Lord GRENVILLE and his friends are most
cruelly treated in most of the attacks which are
daily poured forth against the PRINCE REGENT
and his Ministers. The Prince of Wneas, they
tell us, was educated in the principles of Mr.
Fox, and the persons whom he honoured with
his friendship were the leaders of the Whig
Party ; and yet they rail at hi 4 ROYAL HIGHNESS
because he has not seleaed Lord GRENVILLE as his
Minister ; Lord GRENVILLE, the greatest part of
whose life has been spent in reprobating the princi-
ples of Mr. Fox, and the Whig Club. We should
have considered. this as the slip of some violent and
unrefietling Foxite, if the attack against Lord
GRENVILLE was not followed up with a degree
of perseverance which shews that it pi oceeds from
• design. " Hit Royal Highness" says the advocate
of the Party "cannot cast his eyes round him with-
out seeing the successors of that cabal which in-
fested the present reign, float its very beginning,
with the pernicious principle of gm erning by divi-
sion, of that cabal which caused the war, with Arne-
rica, and precipitated its loss ; which originated the
war in 1793, and ereCied the tremendous power
with which we are struggling." We had occa-
sion, yesterday to notice the astonishing historical
actiteoess of this Gentleman. Having found out
that the Elearess Surnr.v was rewarded by the
Pcople of Engfand with the settlement of the Crown
in her family, because that venerable Princess was a
Whig, he Must of course know something about
the cause of the American war : he may have heard
that it arose from the determination of the Govern-

client of this Country to raise a revenue in America;
that the Minister who first adopted that principle,
and who proposed the celebrated Stamp ASR, was
Mr. GRENVILLE. Was the writer to whom we
are alluding iporaot of these faas, or, know-
in them, did he introduce the subject for -the

exist ; every one knows that Lord GRENVILI.Z ap-
proved of its commencement, and riot only sup-
potted it during its progress, but had a great share
in diretainq its operation. So that the whole of the
charge which is preferred against the pesent
Mini,ters applies cireicily to Lord GREN-
VILLE. If, being the successor of those who
caused the American War, and being a stre-
nuous supporter of the War of 1793, is a disqua-
lification for office, Lord GRENVILLE'S negative
claims are indisputable. We must indeed do this
ingenious advocate of the Party the justice to say
that .he now and then evinces a little impartiality,
',and does not confine all his .hostility to Lord GREN-
viLL: This Gentleman's displeasure against all
those whO were concerned in the war of 1793 is so
great, that lie thinks they ouglit to be excluded
from once; not only Lord GastqviLLE, therefore,
but some of the most respeEtable of the " early
friends" of his Royal Highness, mast abandon all
hopes of power. Does the writer recollect that
Lord FITZWILLIAM and Lord SPENCER, the two
most able and most respectable Members of the Party,
supported that war, that all the old Whigs, almost all
the early friends of the PRINCE, abandoned Mr. Fox
upon that occasion, and gave their support to that
war ? Does he remember that Mr. Fox could only
muster 15 persons in the House of Commons ) That
not only Lord FITZWILLIAM and Lord SPENCER, but
the Duke of PORTLAND, Lord CARLISLE, Lord
LOUGHBOROUGH, Mr. BURKE, Mr. WINDHAM, in
a word, almost ail Mr. Fox's respectable political
friends supported that war, and teprobated in the
strongest terms the principles of Mr. Fox, and his
little heti& of modern Reformers ? The Gentle-
man has chosen the war of 1793 as the test—
a more unlucky one he could not have chosen, be-
cause it would deprive•him of almost all the talent
and respectability that belongs to his 'party.

Ytrstelday Mr. PEECEVALiaIId Earl CtIOLMONDE-
LEy 4ransaded business with the PRINCE REGENT
at Carlton House.

The Duchess of YORK is expeaed to leave town
on Monday for Oatlands.-
The PRINCE REGENT is expeEted to hold a - Privy
council to-morrow pt Carlton House.
The Duke of LEEDS is said to have got the Blue
Riband which was announced as destined for the
Hereditary Prince of ORANGE.
We omitted to state, in the numerous list of pre-.
sentations to the PRINCE REGENT, at the last Levee,
the names of Mr. Sims and Mr. P. CHURCH, Citi-
Zvls of the United States of America, who were
Ptesented to his Royal Highness by Mr. Russina.,
Anierican Charge d'Affaires at this Court.
The Countess of MOUNT NORRIS intends -giving
a splendid Ball and Supper to-morrow nighl,,at:her
newly-fitted-up residence in Stratford-place.
The late Mr. JoHN HAMMETT'S house in Park-
lane, now under sale by the hammer, Mr. P. WEL-
LESLEY viewed on Friday last, and it is said, offered
fiool. per annum for it unfurnished.
The Duchess of GoRDoN was last night consi-
dered in a very alarming state. We are sorry to
say that very little hopes were entertained of her
Grace's recovery.
The remains of the Earl of UXBRIDGE will be
removed on Saturday morning, from his Lordsnip's
late house, in_Old Burltngton-street, .to Litchfield,
to be interred in the Cathedral.

•We may judge, from the manner in which the
name of the PRINCE REGENT was received at
the Anniversary Dinner in honour of St. Pa-
trick, because he regards the scruples of his ve-
nerable Father, and the safeguards of the Con-
stintion too much, to grant the whole of the Ca-
tholic claims without security or concession; what
the Protestants would hereafter be in danger of sdf-
fering, if there ever be again in this country a Popisii
ascendancy.
Orders have been given for the immediate equip-
ment of a Naval and Military force, which is to
be formed into an Expedition on. a very 'exten-
sive scale.

Some private letters by the Anholt Mail stated
that Russia and Sweden were on the point of con-
cluding an alliance, the basis of which was, to
maintain their independence by an armed neutrality.

Recant accounts from Surinam state, 'that great
confusion had taken place there, in consequence
of tlie Government having called upon the mer-
chants to render an account of all the Dutch and
French property in their hands.
Lettets have been received from Holland to the
latter end of February, which state, that the French
Government is rigorously enforcing the conscription.
Letters
,are said to have been received through
France from Vienna, of a later dale than the ac-
counts in the Palk Papers, which state, that a re-
newal of the armistice between the Tuiks and the
Russians was expeaed. A Courier, it is said, had
been sent from the Turkish Head-quarters to Con-
stantinople, with an ultimatum proposed by Russia,
which it was thought would be acceded to.
It is stated that Licenses were yesterday granted
for St. Petersbergh, notwithstanding the hostile ap-
pearances in the North of Europe.. It is to be as-
sumed from this circumstance, that Ministers are of
opinion that ALEXANDER will continue fa%ourable
to British commerce; and that France, notwith-
standing her immense host of preparation., will not,
by conqui-st or influence, be able to disappoint the
intercourse which these License are intended to
assist, before the returns to the merchants are com-
pleted.
We hear from Holy Island that it blew a hurri-
cane on Friday se'rthighr, yet all the fishing boats
returned safely, with the exception of one bow,
in which William Gray was washed overboard
and drowned. He was married exactly a fortnight
ago. Another boat was completely upset and lost,
Leh-aenneanl