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London, England, 1812-12-05 00:00:00

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..nd lost h'er,boafs the 7,-;athe evening, in lat. 47.
tong. 8. 41.4115: brought ,to l y a French priva=
teer, but froth the shttered• state she vas in" they
snifered her to proceed.

DEAL, DEC. 4.—Arried his" Majesty's sloop
M•ake from Offthe Texel; and the Castilian sloop
of ‘iTtir from Off Boulogne. His Majesty's ship
Titistle lia.s-a signal fOr convoy to tile w6tll;aid.

PORTSMOUTH; DEC. 3.--:—Arrived his Majesty's
Ships CUniberland; Defiance, Arab; and Porcitpiiii;
with several merchantmen from the Downs ; alsO
arrived' the.ships Percival and Mountaineer from
Honduras, tWo of the Frolic's convoy, having
parted froin her on the Mb of October, While
engaging the American frigate ; four Other ships
patted at the same titne; viz. Hawker, and Star,
for Liverpool, and the Mary, and Adventure, for
.Loridon. On the 18th Noveuther, otithe Land's
End, fell In with the latter ship.in distress, being
leaky, and had lost all her sails, and the tew man
she had on hnird, having no provisions,' quite ex-
hausted and:worn out. The Mountaineer supplied
her-with some. The Mountaineer and Percival af-
terwards- went into Sicily.
Sailed the Fantome for Lisbon, and the Superb

on a cruise.

His Majesty's ship Iphigenia, with a convoy
for Gibraltar; the Tweed, with a convoy for Ma-
deira and Africa, still remain at Spithead.

BRITISH NAVkL Foacs.—jrhe 'following is an
abstracted statement from the official returns up
to Tuesday :—At sea, 97 of the line, 11 fifties,
111. frigates, 70 sloops, 4 bombs, 167-brigs,' 34
cutters, 46 schooners ; total 538. In Port, and
fitting, 38 of the line, 8 fifties, 42 frigates, 20
`sloops, 3 bombs, 36 brigs, 7 Cutters, 16 schooners;
total 1/0. Guard-ships 3 of the line, 1 fifty; 4 fri-
gateS, 5 sloops; total 13. Hospital-ships, &C. 21
of the line. In commission, 159 of the line, 20
fifties, 157 frigateS, 95 sloops, 17 bombs, 203
brigs, 41 cutters, •62 schooners ; total 742. In
ordinary, 73 of the line, 12 fifties, 69 frigates, 41
sloops, 3 'bombs, 10 brigs, 4 schooners; total
.212. Boilding, 28 of the line, 4 fifties, 15 fri-
gates, 6 sloops, 4 brigs ; total 57. Grand total
1014 vessels---260 of the line, 26 fifties; 241 fri-
gates, .142 sloops, 10- bombs,. 217 brigs, 41. cut-
ters, and 66 schconers.—Of this force there are
stationed in the Mediterranean, 110 vessels-32
of the tine ; in the English Channel, 80-46 of the
line ; in the North Sea, 78-10 of the line ; off
Spain, 78-24 of the line; at Halifax 44, and in
the Downs 38. -

NAVAL APpoiNTmErrrs.Rear.-Adamiral Cock-.
burn, to be second in command in thetleet. under Sir John
Warren , Rear-Admiral Linzee' to the command at Cadiz;
Rear-Admiral Bedford; to be Captain in the North Sca
Fleet ; Capt,in Prevost, to the, Irresistible, the flag ship of .
itear-Admiral Sir, ridge, at Chatham ; Captain J.W. Manley, •
(son of Admiral Manley) is promoted to the rank of Post-Cap-
tain,ty,l appointed to the Hyacinth ; Captain J. 'Griffith, of
-,he Volcano, to then•ank of Post-Captain ; Captain Carrol, to
the Voleaco ; Captaia M'Cullock, to the Heron; Captain A. •
Green, to the Shamrock; Capt.R. Gambier, to the Pelorits;
Lientenrant W. Richardson (2), to the Revenge; Lieutenant
Marshall, tb the Royal William ; Lieut. Groker, to the Iphi-
genia ;- Lieut. Broderick,. to the Loire ; .Lieut. J. Clitherow,
to Argo frigate, at Spithead ; Lieut, W. F. Allen, to the
Cygnet sloop ; Lieut. G. Bague, to the Iphigenia-frigate, at
Portsmouth,.ordered to the Mediterranean ; Lieutenant H.
Al.gernon Elliott, to the Cornwall, of 74 guns ; Lieute-.
mint ThOmas Blake, to the Cadmus sloop ; Messrs. Nagle
Lock (son of Copt. W. Lotk), H. Bigot, and C. Stirling, are
promoted to the rank of Lieutenants; Mr. De COetlogen, to
be Secretary to 'Admiral Surridge; ltr. W, Harris (of the
Admiral's •Cflice, PortsmOuth), to. be. Sedretary to Admiral
Foote ; Mr. M. Fogarty, of the Bahama, to be Purser of the
Medway; Mr. It, H. Goddard, of the Hecate, to he Purser of
the Doris; Mr. G. D. Dowell, to be Purser of the Cornelia;
Mr. Austen, to be Purser of the Iphigenia; Mr. James Woes-
fold (of Portseo), Clerk of his Majesty's shipXictory,.to be
Parser of the Woodlark; Mr. Win. Elliott., to be Purser of
the Bucephalus, in the East Indies; Mr. E. Bell,- Purser of
the Medway, r.f -74 guns, to be Purser of the Bahama prison
ship; Mr. B. Nicholion, to be Purser of the Corriere ; Mr.
J. Tackle, Purser of the Canada, to be Purser of the Sussex,
receiving ship, at Sheerness.

Government have ordered 16 new frigates to
be immediately built of fir timber, for the Ameri-
can seas,' some to be ready for sea in 12 months,
and named as
,follow :—/lebrus, Pact° Euri-
danus, ,Nici''et, Tagus, Tiber,
.&c.c. &c. Of these,
five.are to be built at Blackwall, one at Deptford,
one at Northfieet, one at the Isle of Wight, and
two at Limehouse.

The /phivnia frigate with a Spanish guard of
honour, from Cadiz, intended for Bernadotte, has
reached Falmouth, from whence she is to proceed
to Gottenburgh.
Six: troops of the 10th (the PRINCE'S regiment),
the loth (the Duke of Cu MBERLAND'S), and of the
18th Dragoons, are under orders to proceed
immediately to Portsmouth, to embark for
Lisbon.

The 55th regiment (concerning which serious
apprehensions began to be entettained) arrived
yesterdasy in the River, iu three transports, from
North Shields.

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