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London, England, 1804-02-06 00:00:00

Admiralty-Ofce, Feb. 4., 1804..

Copy of a Letter from Captain George Mundy, Com-
mander of His idajesty's Ship the Hydra, to Wit-
Liam Marsden, Esy. dated at Sea, the 31st
januag I.Sc4.

SIR,

Irg leave to inclose you, for the information of
the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty, a Copy
of my Letter of this day's date, to Rear-Admiral
Sir Jones Saomarez, respecting the capture of two
of the Enemy's Flotilla.

SIR,

I am, &c. G. MUNDY.
Il.ydra, at Sea, January 31, 1804..

I have the Honour to represent, that being close
in with Cherbourgh, yesterday about noon, I dis-
covered a straggling Convoy under the lend to the
Westward, and succeeded in separating two Brigs
and a Lugger from it, the latter I captured about
two o'clock in the evening, and one of the former
about ten at night, within a few leagues of the Isle
of Wight ; the other I observed was brought to by
a Frigate. to the Westward, both Vessels are per.
featly new and well found, and manned and armed
as below mentioned ; they left St. Maloes on Sun..
day evening, in company with three other Brigs,
and were bound to B,,ulogne.

I have the Honour to be, &c.
G. MUNDY.

Brig No. cr, commanded by lieutenant de vaissen!i, armed
with 3 twenty-four
,pounders, ;o men imd officers ;
Lieutenant and z 6 of which are of the 32,:i regiment of the
line.
Lugger No. 41t, commanded by an ensign de vaisseau, armed
with r eighteen pounder, 36 men and officers ; a lieutenant
and z 6 of are of the same regiment.

TORBAY, FEE. 4.—S.dled the Ville de Paris,
Admiral CORNWALLIS, Drea2'nong.ht and Colossus
Men of War, Experiment and Nimrod Cutters, on
their stations off Brest.

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 5. —The Outward-bound
Mediterranean and West India Fleet have not been
able.to sail this day, the wind being about West ;
but it having a northerly aspea, they are expetled
to get under way in the morning.
Arrived His Majesty's Sloop Iflocli;c1;ne, from
a Cruize.

Sailed the Tribune and Decade Frigates, of 44.
guns each, and Ariadne, of 36 guns, on a Cruize;
also the Diligence Store-ship for the River.
Sailed yesterday, to join the Channel Fleet, the
following Ships, viz.

Britannia, - - 100 Guns, Capt. Lord NORTHEsx.
Windsor Castle, - 98 Capt. WELLS.
Prince George, - 98 Capt. YoRKE.
Princess Royal, - 98 Capt. VASHON.

FALMOUTH, FEB. 3-.--Arrived the Swedish Gal-
liot Treivding, Capt. ROMKE, from London, with
bale goods, for St. Bartholomew : sailed from Lon-
don the Ist January, and his been 14. days off Cape
Finisterre, but in the late gales she lost all her sails,
and is otherwise much damaged-; it is supposed she
will be obliged to discharge her cargo.
Also arrived the. Brigs Pomona, Capt. .PECK--
THORN, and the Endeavour, KILPATRICK, from
Liverpool bound to Malta and Trieste ; they have
experienced the most dreadful weather either of the
Captains remembered : have been out twenty_four
days from Liverpool, bound here to wait convoy.
Trey tortunarely have not, received any damage.
Also arrived this evening the I‘,:vmph Cutter,
pUTTERFIELD, from Plymouth, having on

board a Lieutenant with dispatches for Sir R. CAI..
in Bantry Bay.
The Chesterfield Packet, which arrived on Wed.
nesday evening last, brought over the Aide.du-
Camp of General ROCHAMB EAU, who still remains
on board. . General ROCHAMB EAU is passenger on
board His Majesty's Ship Revolutionaire, which
they' parted with 14 days since, which Ship left
Jamaica the day after the Packet. There were
to,ooo French Troops at Jamaica, the great num-
ber of which occasioned much uneasiness there; the
• ,•
greater part weteiin, a ,sickly state. The Chester-
field left at Jamaica the Leicester Packet, Capt.
BELL, which had arrived on the day. she sailed.
Sailed the Brig are, Capt. How ARD, for Teign.
mouth.

His Majesty's Ship Thisbe is hourly expeatd here,
to take the Outward-bound -Lisbon and Oporto
Fleet under her Convoy.
Remain in Carrick Roads, His Majesty's Ship
Nimrod, Capt. O'NEIL, and the Outward-bound
Packets with Mails.

SHEERNESS, FEB. 5.—Came out of Dock the
211116 rook,. Schooner, Lieut. DE:SMACK.
Sailed the Unicorn Frigate, Capt. HARDYMAN,
on a Cruize off Flushing.

HARWICH, FEB. s.—This day sailed the Post.
Office Packets, Diana, i\doluriENlAN master, with
the Mails and Passengers for Husum ; and the Lady
Francis, JOHN MARSH master, for Guttenburgh,
with Mails.

Remains here, the 5,N../711orzu Revenue Cutter,,
Aiariner, Hecate, and :1'o;/key Gun brigs, and the
Romulus Frigate laying in the Rouling Giound3.

DEAL, FEB.
.5,--Saiied the Immortaliti,_with
the Archer 40 L r.st Gan-brigs, for their station

off .13)ulogne ; Cydops, Zebra, and Harpy,
to join the Squadron at Dungeness.
Sailed tl:c rirginie, on a cruize off Flushing
and the Squirrel on a cruize, but put back again,
and remains.

The Daft 51,,0p came down from the Noce, and
the 11,cia from Dungeness.

In the Downs— Monarch, Utrecht; Leda, Brilliant, (2-ham.
pion, Squirrel, Arab, Vulture, Curlew, Lark, Petseus, Fury,
Dart, Ilecla, faekall, amt Speedwell,
.with the
outward-bound as per last.

The Brig Hope, SPICER master, loaded with,'
barley, from Yarmot.th bound to Dublin, ran on
shore last night about nine o'clock, abreast of the
town, having sprung a leak at sea: the cargo is
getting out, very little damaged, and it is thought
the Brig will be got off the next high water.

NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—Capt. WHITBY, to
the Desiree, vie,; Ross, who is appointed to La
Pipe, in the room of Capt. cumuF,IILAND,
posed ; Lieut. M'DONALD, (son of the LORD CHIEF
BARON) to the Port Mahon, vice MEV ILL E, de-
ceased ; Mr. J. SULL I VAN, Purser to the Ambus-
caa'e; Mr. G. GODFREY, Purser to the Orpheus ;
Mr. VANCE, who c;orie home Surgeon of the Rev°,
lutioaaire, is appointed Surgeon of the Naval Hos.
pital at Baibadoes.
The following is the number of Officers in the
Navy : Admirals 123, Captains 672, Commanders
4.06, Lieutenants 2447.
Captain W. HOPE is to have the command of the
Atlas, which has been cut down from 90 to 74, guns,
and is the largest of the latter class in the service.
Orders have been issued for her immediate equip-
ment, as well as of the Glory of 98, Veteran, Poly-
phemus and ./Ipmemlloa, of 64, and some smaller
vessels, at Chatham-
Capt. GOSSELIN is appointed to command the
Ville de Paris, of I to guns, on board of which Ad-
miral CORNWALLIS'S Flag is ; and left town on
Friday for that purpose.
Another French Frigate has been captured in the

West Indies by one ot. Sir J. T. DUCKWORTH'S
Squadron, but we are uninformed of the particulars.
The account comes by way of New-York, where
the ARive, ARMET, arrived on the 28th of De-
cember, having on the loth of that month tell in
with a British 74 gun ship, having in company a
French Frigate, her prize.
Capt. HUNT, who commanded the Hornet Sloop,
under the orders of Commodore Hoot., in the West
Indies, and brought the account of the Surrender of
Demerara, &c. to England, has been promoted to
die rank of Post Captain.
The British Frigate Phaeton, having been repair-
ed at New-York, dropped down on New. Year's
Day 'to Sandy Hook, and was to proceed to sea the
first fair wind. It was stated there that the
Phaeton was to convoy the Sir Edward Hughes to.
the East Indies.

The Courageux MAta of War rtn down the
Frant/iu, of London, on the 27th of January, and
all the crew were drowned.

Acccounts from Naples mention, that Captain
SCHOMBERG, of His Majesty's Ship the Madras,
laying off Malta, as a Pris3p.ship, had fitted out
two Tenders to cruize against the Enemy ; but that
one of them aftey.a,very brave re,is;ance, had been
taken by two„ Privateers, and carried into Civita
Vecchia. Mr..WIIP, R , Master's Mare of the
Madras, who commanded the tender, with two men,
were unfortunately killed in the engagement, and
two others died of their wounds after they were

A letter received from Capt. SHOUT., of the 1%011-
caster, %hie!' sailed under convoy of the Diana,
Capt:, MAL ING, from • Portsmouth, bound to the
Mediterranean, dated Jan. 14, says, " I 'arrived
here on the 3th instant, af;e: i t rrtnendou:.pass:ige
five weeks from Spitizead : only twelve •sail of
Convoy' have arrived here, awl nu account has been

received of the remainder. We shall p • :Ice ed on ow
voyage immediately after getting refitted, under
convoy of the Sophia Sloop of War."
A letter from Captain CARTER, of the Surpize,
bound from Cork to Guernsey, dated Morlaix, Jan,
24., says, "I am sorry to inform you, that I was cap-
tured on the 7th instant, by a French Privateer be-
longing to Dunkirk, and brought into this place.,
with six other Captains, ffn.tr•of whom were captured
off the Land's End at the same time as myself. I
sailed- from Cove on the gth instant in company _ •
with seven sail more, under convoy of the Lair,'
. Frigate, which ?:eft the Fleet-on the 6th instant, off •
St. lye's.- In the morning, wheo..ove came round • ••
the Land's End, we fell in with a French Privateer,
who captured us about nine o'clock. We were
cruizing in the Channel, on blard the Privateer,
eight days after we were taken, before we arrived
here ; the Surprize is arrived in some port in France,
about 3o miles from this place."
The Lady Washngton, PR ICKETS, arrived ,at•
New-York from A:Jigua, on the Th of December;
in lat. zt. long. 64, saw a Fleet of gz sail, induct-
iogfourteen or fifteen Ships of War, standing to the'
N. N. W.

We are happy to have it in our power to c,,ntra-
did the report of Capt. WALL is being dangerously
ill at Plymouth ; that gallant, brave, and adive
Officer being so well as to be able -to go again to
sea in the fine Frigate the Naiad, which he has com-
manded.. with Si) much credit to himself these last

two years.
NAVAL IMP R(WrMENT.—A Lieutenant of the
Royal iN vy has t received the thank.; the
Right lion. the Lords Commissioners of the Almi-
raity,- for his excellent plan (which he has commu-
nicated to their Lordships). for the purpose of keep-
ing the_ Squadrons of His Majesty's Fleets upon
their Stations before the Enemy's Ports in blow.
ing weather. The plan is likewise of the utmost
utility to prevent a Ship from failing into the trough
of the sea ; and, in a gale of wind, .to keep her frotn:
the danger.of being drove upon a lee-shore, where:
there is no anchorage. It will also be found of;
great importance, in case a ship should lose her
carry away her masts, lose her rudder, get becalmed
after a strong gale in a
,heavy sea, or become other'
wise in a distressed situation. The above intentie-
is rendered invaluable, by its being at once upon
so plain and so easy a principle, that it may he colt'
prehcnded in an instant, and two or three:.faineti
can, at,.any time, construct the whole machine in a.
few minutes, out of a part of the ship'S
without any loss or expence whatever, as the ma'
chine (Jter it is done with) can With ease be taken
to pieces, and those parts which composed it used
again lot their ordinary purposes:
A recent regulation has been adiTted in the Navy,
the Warrant
se aa
r teo ntohwe e
Oinffircees
xtent' fur
plied to the specific purposes fur which they had
oto s.tear f Fttohreeys ;had.
been
been imed. The Commanders of twa Frigates, at
Sheerness, having appropriated some stores to other
purposes on board their Ships,
,than those for whieb,
they were intended to be applied, will, we LAO'
stand, be ,compelled to ?av for them.

General Rocum,,lßEAo; and Generals LApoTil:
Boze, PAGrT, DTI VERRIE, with eight OfficCir7
of their Staff, and between forty and fifty la
fliers, who were taken at Cape Fran9ais,ffue.,
on Friday at G 'sport, horn ihe..Re.voizitioa;/`
Frigate, Captain L, cx, horn Jamaica, under tile
charge of Captain THESIGER, of die Navy, Agell.
for Prisoners at Portchester. It. is supposed they
will be soon ordered into the country on their
parole. The RevolutioNaire was 32 days on bet•
passage from Jamaica, during which a sea struck
her on the stern, which washed away liet.qtl.irter'
gallery, dead lights, Sze. She bringS affitAincr 3C
counts of the mortality at Jamaica : of 38 Midst
men who arrived in Prizes at Port Royal, t'l
only were living when the
,Re.voliition.;ire sailed
The Hon. Lieutenant i'VIot:RAY, 2.1 of the Blanc
(son of the late Bishop of S. DAvio's), Was. P,rat;
tooted to be a Commander, and died the second
afterwards!
A report was circulated on Saturday, that ati oe;
count had been received" of the French haVirrg Wu' .
ed at Duabay, but it of course obtained but lit tle.cce'
dit. It does appear by accounts from the North','
that an alarm prevailed on Tuesday laps at 1(els':cl.
and qn Wednesday and Thursday at Nev;.eastle 3'l- •
Durham, but the cause is not stated.
<kg'
The report of an embargo in this Country on I„st
sets to Spain and Portugal, occasined the grell'ip
sensation at Jamaica. It was communicated 10,%,
Commander of a Liverpool Guineatnan at j,onoc—
by his owners ; with the addition, that an iiinve;
dime War was inevitable. Sorry- Spanish Vessel`
at Kingston ran to sea to avoid seizure, and v`ls,
bustle was created in our marine department (her" !
Letters have been received from the West Indies'
which announce the death of Captain f-fettit l'zt
who commanded the Shark Sloop, of the yellow
Fever.
A private letter from France relates a:ct' fot
stance which may be prAuCtive of consequences t./.
at die instant in the contemplation of the Fllts„.
CortsttL. A Russian I\l:l:nleamitionuorfofh
igil
scientificeiiarr'/:cle
and conneaions, who, u
philosophical enquiry, had visited most parts of to,
Continent, was recently taken up at Boulogne
a spy. With all the tranquillity which consciejt
inrcenee might he supposed to inspire a gr
mind, he viewed the accuqttion and the accwei
looking with confidence to the justice of BONA"
.01
PARTE for liberation and atonement. But he 'lo'o,
calculated on a nonentity—the FIRST CoNstJto,
nr
being apprized of his arrest, ordered his exccort°e.
which excited at Boulogne equal surprize
Bret, the heroism with which the Russian. sue,
nutted to his fate having created a lively and ger',,
ral interest in his favour. The letter adds, thlr,c
there did not appear any circumstance to criminate
this Gentleman, his having heel) executed wi?lti
even the form of trial, was ex.,e't • 1 to considlll`).,
peters,
aagment tine displeasure which the Court of
0.
nurgh touch CO
was known to feel at of the cone
B NArAarE. 011,1 e
A G-airieman in Galloway has invented a sl ~ett
and'expeditioas metnnd of‘ lo,u-iitz guns, the
Lich is to supersede entirely the use of the r
mod.