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London, England, 1804-03-19 00:00:00

Admiralty Ofce, March 17, 180+.

Copy of a Letter from the Right Hon. Lord Keith,
K. B. Admiral of the Blue, &c. to William
Marsden, Es'. dated of Ramsgate, the k3th
instant.

SIR,

Be, pleased to acquaint their Lordships, that Cap-
tain Heywood, of His Majesty's Sloop the Harpy,
yesterday captured and sent into the Downs, the
Penriche French Gun-boat of two, guns and two
small transports, part of a convoy proceeding under
her protection from Calais to Boulogne.
I have the honour to be, &c.

KEITH.

PLYMOUTH, MARCH i7.—Arrived the Swedish
Brig Zacherman, P. C. KRACKLIN master, laden
with tar, iron, &c. from StockholM, bound to
Rochelle, detained on the ioth instant by the Boa.
dicey Frigate. ,

Sailed the Sfa,oll Sloop of War on a Cruize.

-Poßrsmo-trrpri MARCH` 18.—This day His Ma.
jesty's Ship Carysfor't went out of the Harbour
c9mpletely refitted, and will sail in a day 'or two for
Cork, and take the Merchant Ships bound West.
Ward under her Convoy.

Arrived this day from the Downs, the Lady Jane
Dundas, Lady Burs-es, and Chinai outward-bound
East Indian3en ; and. their Pursers this afternoon ar-
rived here by land with their Dispatches. They
are expo led to, sail next Tuesday, under Convoy
of His Majesty's Ship Leviathan.
The lVa/jsc/e homeward-bound East India Ship,
which sailed on Thursday under Convoy of the
Spider Armed Brig, yesterday put back owing to
contrary winds.

Arrived yesterday from the Downs under Corf.
voy, the following outward-hound West India
Ships, viz.

Hind, Darby, Cora, George, Emerald, Cook, William,
Sinclair,. Willing Mind, Humble, and Resolution Sims.

Arrived the Charlotte Schooner, Lieut. ALT,
from a Cruize ; and Acheron Bomb, from the East-
ward.

Sailed His Majesty's Ship Alcmene, Capt. STILES,
for her station off Gutrnsey, with the Carteret Cut.
r ; and the Cyclops, of z 8 guns, to be Guard-ship
off,Lymington, it► the room of the Experiment, re-
moved to Spithead. ,

SHEERNESS, MARCH I B.—Arrived from a Cruize,
His Majesry's Ship Ethalion, Capt. STUART, to refit ;
the Virginie Frigate, Capt. BE R ESFOR D, is going to
Portsmouth, to be docked, from whence' she pro-
ceeds to the Mediterranean.
It was the Boatswain and Carpenter of the Disco.
very Bomb, and hot of the Explosion, who were
broke by the sentence of a.Court Martial.

DEAL, IVIARdn 18.--The 7ackall Gun-brig
came in from a Cruize off Ostend ; the Aggressor
sailed on a Cruize off Boulogne.
Sailed the Lady lane Dunclas and Lady,:.l3urges
East India Ships for POrtsmOurh,
.and the China
American East India Ship. • '

Sailed the Fury Bomb. to. the Westvitrd.
The Neptune '&lSt IndiA Sfiip
.came down from
theitiver.'aud...aed for Portsmouth.'

In the Downg---Monarch, Utrecht, Illustrious, Trusty
Meteor, Jackidl and Archer.

DOVER; MARCH 16.—Notwithstanding that a
cnr:iderable firing has been heard in the ditecti,n
01 Boulogne for sore' days past, yet, it being calm
and 'thick we:alter,, we arr without any news of Ike
result. The Lord Nelson tired cutter arrived in the
R,ads this morning;.yesterday week her Petvenant
(WILMOT) larded on the Hook of Holand,. and
some of the.boat's crew went with hits ro'a farm-
house, where, after getting tome reircihment, ne

desired the men to go down to the boat, 511(1 w2it
his coming, which would be very soon; the men,
however, waited some hours, and not finding hu°
returning to the boar, went to seek him, and being
unsuccessful, returned to the boat, and continued
rowing at a short distance from the shore, to"
six o'clock the next morning, when a pArty of 'WI
horse came down. and_fired volley—ituo—ie—b°l4l'
which luckily did no damage; the men then,
off to (he Lord Nelson, but cannot tell what ficliq
of their Officer. They left Sir SIDNE'r-SC:0111
v,fell a few days ago y. ng.- Rem.'" in I.AL
Roads the M7l6rook schooner, Licut; SroPc'' s
cutter went frum hence yesterday to hear some ne uf
of our squadron off Ruulogne, but:has Tnot:Yer tie
turned. At lam finishing my-letter, the king.
I
renewed, and is very-heavy ; it is supp.o94d' t° gg
the Enemy throwing shells. from theirJrattstics a
our snip, becalmed near the shore. • '''

r to
NAVAL ,APrOINTNIENTS.--.Capt.
the Muter;, at Portsmouth ; Capt. • Moklijsc"
to the Princes; Floating Battery,
,at Liverraal'
Viet, COLQU:TT, who was unfortunately fec°ll-e!
c
..
the Gentleman lately killed in a dUerat tlfat Plat
`'
Capt. CLAY, to the Sea Feocibles in Ireland ; Car.
•
Br,sEL., tohe a Post Captain. •
Dispatches were yesterday rceived from A40.1'.,
ral COR.NWALLIS, offBBret,st, dated the i 214
ineQ
at which time no particular ni.)yemeni..had.Pws'fic
pinCe among the Enemy's Ships in that 'port.
Officers and Crews of the Ships. under the galls
Admiral's orders were all well. .
A Prussian Brig, arrived Pt Hull frott.tinl'—fl'
gh
was boarded on the rztli inst. betseen
Heal and the Srurn„ by a Brig.Cut‘fei Frivare.
belonging to Dunkirk,. mountipg a 6 lel;
pounders, and carrying 134 men. The (..:IC.w.
the boat that boarded her were Irislirne.n.
Lieut. LYNNE, Of Deal- I'loo[Al, is ap1,010.1(ei lof
of the Lieutenants of GreenWiell, in :The woulte,
Lieut. KERR, deceased, who was the Senior id°
nant on the list of N.ival Officers. • o' g
Captain BOYS is appointed to command the /Id
lus, of 44 guns, fitting out at Chatham.
ep area
The Devastation .l3ttmh-vessel is to be pr .
for service direaly at Deptford. r yes.
The Eintaargo was on Saturday , taken or It
sell bound to_Ducch_forts._ It had previousiY.-b ceht
removed only from vessels,. bound to Countries,in
amity with His Majesty.. Olt
The Ship Hampton, IsAAes muter, was Itha
into Portsmouth on TueSday last, by the Syeekoco.
Brig, Lieut. ROl3 ERTSON, detained con:A:Ver.; a
of accounts received at LLyd'i, of her being la"e0
with cargoei of -West I.ldiamen, which .11:,ve-b'ea
captured by French Privateers, and carried irl,t°.„ •
Spanish Port (Teneriffe), where they were re-0;
ped on board_ this. American, without being-5
demned, and, as a co:our to, their perlitlyvlbe 0
cleared out for a'Neuttal Port (Emlideo), but 4
intended for Amsterdam. Several of our Cruizetle
on information, chased her coming uo C""nel,
which she outsailed ; fortunaitly the Spred,well rot
alongside-of her itr the grey of the inotniog,
eleven leagues.off the -tile • ,14
The Bf trey South Seaman, Captain WATsP44' ;#.s`
.had an engagement. with a Dutch privatecrzfettri%
minutes, off the Cape,of:Good Hope, wile
vateer was sunk with all the crew.' • sgYgi
A Letter, ".dated Yarmouth, March I°4' a
" A soi.disanr Russian laden with 0'54.
spars, &c. gut land-locked., as it.—i-s—c-aled go.
Fresh-water Bay, Isle of Wight, Awb-rdiP. urgs
Some Naval Officers went on board•Of 303
bound to Nantes. •Her paper Were
.equivoCal
during last night she cut her cables,, ende,aVaroyi
to get off,' but was pursued by two-Cutteror,
brought back here. She will prove a very 0101
prize to the captors, who are few in number:l.', .

re
of
It was stated yesterday,. an the autlioritr
Accounts received from on board Sir S. St4l,liie,
Squairori,.dated on Wednesday last, that the Gr
my's Flotilla at Flushing was, it; every rescio.
ready for sea, and that the Cavalry h'ad aaualli 7
barked.
vet
The London Dock Company, on Friday, re,5,7
to raise amongst themselves, by way of adi":"°re.:
Loan, the sum of 360 0 4
, 00,. addition.to

ps
entti
nga I
theDoofckl
\oroaoreti.f)ousresthand :wthoicrii,;oisiciis°.,ol,l,,dine'gfe:
stood, will be ready for the reeeption'of
&c. in the course of the summer: si
I
Died at Fairfield, Ayrshire, on Sunday 'be 1111'
inst. Mrs. FULLARTON, Dowager of FULL'#, 3' 4e.
TON, mother of Colonel FULLARTON.
die
Lord CAMELFORD has minutely descrio!
o'
spot in the Canton of Berne where he jstle 4
buried ; it is between three trees, and heThas .
wool. for the purchase of the ground.
A Dor L.—E trly on Wednesday moining 1,19'„
meeting took place, near Hadar Hospital,.Vr!lketi
;a
a Lieutenant of The Royal Marines; and the Se. :0e
Mate of an Indianan, in consequence Of
words that passed at the Theatre the 'Pre.
evening; after they had fired twice each, O.'. to
.the Lieutepant received a slight wound ,°0 • iltie
shoulder, the affair was amicably Aettled"bY
interference of the Seconds. - ,
.
The following are the- subjeets for "thee prf fo?
given by the Representatives in f'a'
Cambridge University for the present year

SENIOR BATCHELORS.•

„, iiiito:
Quidcommodi, aut incernmodi, e repub!ica homino”: oupc'
rum sive, coloraiorum, inter ocod:aitates insula),
Lon,titlita, de.rivari qucat ?

MIDDLE BATCHELORS.

Quibusmodis, et gradi'ouS, civitates jam fiorentes, P2ll-1 260
labare, inclinare et occidere soleiAnt ? , .
ro,
Considerable orders continue to arrive frog for
rica for British manufactures, which; are r „e.
in gold and silver eagles, 'et. the Ai/laic in c'-'l,-.1311°0,.
Seveiji American ships have also arrived t ' 2rts
gow with vast quantities Qt sFecie for them erc.,,inti
tiere. The exchange in Atner.ca is five rr e- ',
~
in ta%our of Britain. ' master'
Messrs. Marsh, Johnson,. and Tummoll..,; , o-.
of. vessels trading on the river ain, haveltleell -,,°,1;
vl#ed by the Magistrates of I: , herhat\for "3.
irng with in vel,st.:ls on the it..0.-..1"3 dai•

THE HAMBURG ::I MAILS.

CONSTA TINOPLE, JAN'.
25.

Tx
E Porte has made a deniand of the Republic of
the Seven Islands',. of the stipulated tribute of
75,000 piasters, three years, having expired since
the ,ck,,,,wi,dgnie.nt of this Republic, AcCording
to the 4th Article of the Convention concluded here
with the Russian Envoy TAMARA, this tribute is
parible every three years.
Twelve Ships of War will be fitted out here with
all expedition, and immediately sail for the Coasts
of the Morea.

Within this .fortnight we have had three great
fires, one of which consumed 45 country houses at
Fandonkeli.
JAN: 28.—The Erglish EfIVOy‘Mr.SiRATTON
has signified, in a note which he has given in to the
Ministers here, that his Britannic Maksty, had re.
fused to grant an audience to ELFHI BET, during
his stay in London, since he belonged to a nation
•Which was in a state of Insurredion against the
Turkish Government.
Yesterday the French Ambassador and Spanish
Envoy gave in their Notes to the PORTE, requir.
ing that an 6cerriplary punishment should be infiid.
ed on the Givernot of Alexandria, AL I PASHA.—..
The Prussian Crargi des 'Tait-es; and the other
Foreign Envoys will soon follow the example.--
The Troo.p's of. the above-mentioned Governor have
been guilty of the greatest disorders and ads of
violence against the Franks and the European Con.
sells, at Ale van4ria.-
Swedish Consuls The Imperial, French, and
Had been fired upon, and muskets
had bees 'discharged at the residences of the oiher
Consuls. the Pasha not only suffered these ads of
violence to pass unpunished, but arrested the do.
ritesas of the and behaved in such a man_
ner towards them, that they, were obliged to r2ke
refuge on board the Turkish Admiral's Ship, in the
1-larb,Cur ; Whence, liohrerer, according to the latest
ac'counts.) they have returned, in consequence of a
kind of aCcommodation, to their reSidence in Alex-
andria.

GENOA, FEB. it.

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•
IN the COMIC of last week a frequent and heavy‘_arlnonaciing was heard from several points of our
coast, of the cause . of which we are yet ignoiaitt
It• was at first imagined that it proceeded from
Toulon. But .it is now known. every thing is quiet
in alit lia'rb ur. On the 7th inst. signals were
Made On the heights of 17;ntethigi;a for a squadron
of .about Twenty sail of Ships being in sight, but
it could not be distinguished of what nation they,
were. -:
. A ttetich. Volacre which had on board the sttst
Regiment 'of the -.line, sailed on the zd inst. from
isp„zia foeppc., hut meeting with an English
Friliti arid'i\oißtgs of the same nation, she saw
herself -obiiged • to. return as speedily as possible
into the Von 'she had left.

FEBRUARY 15.
Th1:11Y fbreign ships have been taken .posseSsion
-b rby the French at Leghorn, for the conveyance of
troops and provisions.- There is a report that an
Expedition There
pat to sea from all the Parts
occupied by the French in the Mediterranean.
every •whert an extraordinary quantity of biscuit
lias been prepared. Several persons have been ar-
rested by the French atnopg others the Merchant
PENBA, at 'Leghorn., whose 'arrest haSi in particalar,
excited a great senSation.
Several of the Italian 'Gazettes Contain reports Of
Negotiations carrying on. between Naples and a.
NotthernnCourt, for an offensive and de.fensiVe
Alliance, in consequence of which some new njoiioils
have been made by the French Troops King_
Yesterday doni,of Naples.
Pink Yesterday arrived in our harbour tWo French
s, 'from Marseilles, with t 20.9 barreis of powder
on board ; the destination of which is yet unknown.
The above ships were +8 days on their passage.
The report that LUCIEN BONAPARTE, and the
Vice-President MELZI, have had an interview at
Yenke, is unfounded.

MILAN, F. IS.

A part of 'the Garrison of this City has marched
for Bologna, and will probably proceed to the Nea.
.politan Turitory An Officer of the Staff of Ge.
,teral ST. CYR 1;vho has arrived here, has assured us
that there is reason
.the Neapolitan Magitostrateos and cmplain of the conduft of
Public Ofßcers ; and
Tthat the Comm inder in Chief has himself sent cont.
aints to the Court of Naples, and demanded satis-
laflion for ill treatment of his troops in several in_
-Stances.

NAPLES, F. 6.

WE have received accounts here that the
_c .
an Goverrtnient has concluded a
Peace with Ameri
Tripoli,
C;inlitiort. of paying to that State 4.50,0ci0
fiAnish.piastres. This report, however, requires Spa-
con.
rtnation.

MESSINA, TAN 2.5.

YE•STERDAY all the mebers f he Orer of
Malta, who have resided
for some time in this city,
with the archives and treasury of the Order, sailed
for Catanea, where the Grand Master now is, in
eleven Vessels under Convoy of two Neapolitan
War. The Knights and their retinue
41110U1 to 70 persons.

FLOR*NCE, FE:. 23.

•• ADVICES from Naples confirm the report that
-the French Government has Lot only required the
cession of three Fortresses and their harbours, but
also has demanded of his Neapolitan Majesty seve-
ral Ships of War, and insisted on this demand. The
King hds given a positive refusal, and the French
in:rel y.
Government has made some strong representations
A report was circulated here to.day that the
Toulon Fleet is at sea.

VENICE, FEB. 22.

LETTERS have been received here from Leghoriir
Which state, that the English have made a landing

in Satlinia..
,This report, flowever) appears to
require confirmation.

ROME, FLu.6.

. ,
. .
Within these few days three couriers dispatched
by General Sr. CYR, the Commander in Chief of
the French and Italian Troops
.in the Kingdom of
Naples, have passed through this City. It is stip--
posed that those Troops have made a motion towards
the capital. LUCIEN BONAPARTE, who is gone
from this city tro Naples, has had. several confe-
rences with. General; ACTON, the Minister there:
He has this day passed through Pesai,o and tologna,
on his rectum from Naples.;

DRESDEN, M.“.tst Z.

THE Princess MAXIMILIAN of Saxony, born
Princess of Parina, died here yesterday, in the 34. th
year of her age, to the great grief of the whole

Court.

FRONTIERS OF SWITZERLAND, Fits. 21.

THE Gazette of Schaffhausen Contains the for.
lowing Article ;
" On the 16th instant, the village .of Ramsen,
situate in this Canton, and appertaining to the ibis.
trit of Stein, was unexpeAedly taken possession of
in the name of His Majesty the Emperor, by M.
VON KR AFT, Principal Diretlor of the DiStriB, and
the Inhabitants required to do homage."

HAGUE, FEB. 23.

I N consequence of the departure of General En et
to Hanover, the General of Brigade, Tu R LEY, who
served in the Campaigns on the Rhine, and in Egypt,
resumes the command of the Artillery of the French
Troops in our Republic.
A Detachment of French Cavalry go daily from
hence to Catqkyk to keep a watchful eye on the
motions of the English.
The communication with England since the oc-
currence of the late events at Parii has, been ren-
dered very cliffic tilt, and all suspeEted persons, espe-
cially such as are desirous of going to England, are
strictly watched.