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LONDON, FEBRUARY z, 1804.

WE have to announce the Capture of Three more
of the Enemy's Gun-brigs. They were taken on
Monday by His Majesty's Ships H.) a'rzz and Tribune,
off Boulogne. They were part of a Division of
twenty, passing to that Poct from. St. Maloes:
The Blockading Squadron from the Downs sailed
yesterday, to resume their station cif Boulogne.

. THE account which we stated of the Surrender of
the French force in St. Domingo, was conveyed to
this Country, in a Letter from Captain DUNN, of
the Hercule, who was convey ing
.the French Prizes
and Prisoners to Jamaica, and filling in with the
homeward-bound Convoy under the Cumbi.rlind,
put Letters. .on. board of that Ship. We can
jinsitively state, that no Prize-money was brought
-home, in the Cumberland. She had only-42,0001.
sterling cm hoard in Dollars for the Merchants.
be ,OfEcial Details from Sir THOMAS DUCK-
,••
qR.TH may be expeded by the next Packet, or in
Ship of War sent home with the Dispatches.

TH E Gazette of last night contains some further
Dispatches from Rear Admiral Sir J. T. DUCK.
wox-rx, containing an account or the capture, de-
tention, anti destruction of forty-four Vessels in the
West Indies.

, There is also a Letter from Capt. SELBY of the
Cerberus, giving an account of the c3pture, off Cape
La Hague, onWednesday last, of the French National
qua-vessel Le Chamean, which was part of a Con.
voy, consisting of four Armed Vessels, steering to
the Eastward ; another of them was driven on the
Rocks, and the rest escaped. The captured Vessel
is of soo tons burthen, carrying four long six.
founders, and two swivels, and had on board an
Ensigy de Vaisseruz, and fifty-eight men, including
twenty_one Soldier;. She is calculated to carry be.
tutOn two and three huildred Troops.

IF Admicai Cor.Ntvm.t.ts anchored in Torhay
n Saturday, as stated in the Letters from Brixham
Quay, there is, reason to conclude he remained aver;'
short tune, the weather having become moderate,
flPd we Nelieve he sent no account to the Admiralty
of his having come in. He probably sailed again
Instantly to fesuint his station off Brest. The
perseverance with .which this gallant Veteran obeys
Lis instro6tions,- is worthy of the highest admira.
•
tion-.--but much doubt begins to be entertained re.
spefling the policy of the system pursued by the
present Admiralty Board. The extraordinary sue-
cession of stormy weather for the last three months,
;ncl.the co-nfequent wear and tear of our blockading
Squadrons in the coursc of that time, have induced
many persons deeply conversant in naval affairs, to
cloubt whether this system is founded in good sense
and good policy. As an invariable rule we should
certainly condemn it. We put ourselves to a great
'o.pence on a Service, dangerous in some degree,
and the most irksome of all ()fliers to our gal.
lant tars, while the Enemy remain in _safety, and
are comparatively sus aning no 'expence whatever.
But there 'are times when it is extremely advanta-
geous to keep the Enemy within their own Ports,
.and it always presents to Europe a most humiliating
pight for our Enemy, and a glorious one for us, to
behold our Squadrons waiting constantly and offer.
ing battle, and the Enemy not daring to come out
and face us.

, Our Naval Vinories in the course of the last
War, greater and more brilliant than any which had
before been obtained, have 'left an impression upon
the minds of Frenchmen which will not easily be
effaced. They will not come out of port -Rut_
posely to fight, except with very superior numbers.
When therefore England and Ireland are (as we th nk
them at present) in a comp!cte state of defence, we
ihould, for a time at least, give up the. blockading
system—we should invite the Enemy to Sea.
gates should-be stationed to watch the motions of H
Their Fleets, and ours should be kept in constant
xeadmess to meet them.

New_York Papers to the zgth of December in_
thisive are received. One of them contains the tol.
iowkog intelligence relaiive to St. Doining9

NE W-Y03,K1 DEC. 23,—Mr. DAWSON, who

loon
Port-au-Prit,ce, has furnished us with the fol-
lowing information :—" Agreeably to advices re.
ceived at Port-au-Prince, from General DESSA—
LINES, he had, on the 23d ult. attacked the Cape
with all the affive force he could raise, said to
amount to from 20 to 25,000 men. The descent
was eff-61ed from IVlorne-du-Cap. After having
passed the outlines and several of the block-houses,
an aelion ensued between the Troops of DRSSALINES
and RoctiamsFiav, which continued eleven hours
with the greatest obstinacy, when Gen. ROCHAM-
BEAL': was under the necessity of capitulating for the
evacuation of the Cape on the Ist inst. All the
Troops posted at the block-houses between the
Barrier and Haut-dn_Cap (the outposts) were
massacred, as all possibility of escape from the
town was cut otf. —Agreeably to the Capitu.
lotion, ROCHAMB EAU, with the Army under his
command, were to be emharked under the proteCtion
of the British Cruizing Fleet. When DESSAL INES
left Port-au.Prince, he nominated PETION (a Mu.
latto). General of Brigade and Commandant of the
place, in his absence. The People of Colota, par_
. titularly the women, experienced the most cruel
treatment, having been put to labour on the public
works, with Negro women to superintend • them.
' The American Vessels, with provisions, were coot.
}idled to part with them to the Government, and
were promised payment in coff:e in three or four
wont ha. DEsSAL INES has given assurances of re.
solid and proteCtion to the American Merchants re.
siding at Port.au-Prince, which he had partially
observed while Mr. DAW,ON was there. His
Officers, however, gted as they thought proper.
DessAn !Nes is proclaimed Captain-General of the
Colony; CLAtIZVP.AUX, CHM sTOPHE, PETION, and
several other Mulattoes, are_ ranked as Generals of
Division and Brigade." .
Another Paper says—" Cape- Nichola Mole had
not surrendered on the of December. Captain
Se Y, in passing there at that time, heard a great
cannonade, and suppused it was attacked. It so,
had no doubt of its not being able to hold out tenger
than five or six days."
On the subje6l of LoniSiiinaOa letter dated Wash.
ington, Dec. tB, gives' the following information
"New Orleans is now in our possession : accounts
were yesterday received " from that place, dated the
29th of November. L'AUSSAT was to rake pSSC3-
sion in the name of the French Republic, On the 30th.
lie was preparing a grand Frte on the occasion.
Was td hold the place a week, acd uteri to deliver
it to the AMerican CowtnissionerE. Money had
arrived to pay off' the Spanish Troops, .and to pre-
serve order. L'Aussaa• hod organized the Militia
of New Orleans, and, had appointed the Officers, at
the recommendation of the American Consul. We
expect to have official information 'of the delivery
of the place to our Government on Sunday next."

Yesterday afternoon it was feared firs MAJESTY
standing several hours at the Levee appointei for
this day, would cause a relapse of the rhr wnatism.
In consecjuence of which notice arrived at the Lord
Chamberlain's Office about five o'clock, anti unclog
that His MAJESTY would not hold a Levee, but
would be at James's at two Cclocki.to hold a Privy
Council. Several Messengers were in consequence
dispatched from the Office io the proper Officers be-
longing to the Court, informing them of the Levee
being put off.
Yesterday morning His MA:EsTY attended by
Generals SPENCER and M+Y Ee role in ti:e Riding
House for about an hour-and a half..

HP It MAJESTY and Pt INC F.,,ES AT,TGUSTA And
Et. t ZA.EETH took an ailing by Highgate and Hamp-
ste.id.

PRINCESS AMELTA (Of* ;!r: airing by Streatham.
The DIJK E of YORK had an audience of • Ills
MAJESTY.

PRI4CESS 30PITIA Of GLOrC ESTER ViSitecl HER
MAIESTY.
The Eacl and Countess of WEs-rmottLAwo, and
Ltdy S. CHILD have returned to town from Ay,.
th rpe.
The Dowager Countess of RUTLAND Still con-
tinues very alarmingly intlispobed at her houie in
Sackville Street.

Yesterday morning the. %,./toole. of clic Gnimis now
in -Londrtrt--h-a-d.rgrand-muster on the Parade, St.
James's Park, where th.ey under.vent <t .-g:,l-,eral in-
spedion ; and, in the art'WnOon,His High-
ness the PUKE of Yor,;;' glve "irki'an(ldirincrtp
the Officers of h 4 own Regiment of Guards, at the
Thatched-house-t4vcrn, St. jamei's-strect, where he
presided.

The Marquis of SAT.ISSURY arrived in Town
yesterday from Hatfiel6.
The Duke and DutcheSs of Arrnt. and Family,
►etched TOwn yestertig for the 'season, frura Dun.
keid, Scotland.

Silc months. pay. to Reduced OfTicerS of His Ma-
jesty's Land Forces, due at Christmas last, will be
issued on Wednesday next, the Fill- inst.
Letters and Pafers..-from Bombily„. so late as the
7th of September are received. A letter of the
6th contains some very important particulars of the
War with the Niahrattas. kr appears than Gen, WEL-
LEst.EY has proceeded with grest vigour in his opera_
duns against Sm.,,toEA, and has takenone of his prin-
cipal fortresses, called Alemainaghur, by. escalade.
The particulars of our loss are not mentioned ; but as
the attack was continued for three days, it muse
have been 'considerable. Capt. Hums EasToN and
ANDERsoN, of the 78th, were killed.—
This •Regiment, she 74. th, and a battalion of Na_
tive Sepoys, particularly distinguished themselves
in storming the place. closely pur-
sued. It appears that the" Jl:ngal Army under Ge_
neral LAKE; was also in motion to assist the Dom.
bay Arrtiy.

An important place, Earoacb, in the Guzzerat,
has been'taken by the Bombay Troops. Captain
TEMPLE, of the 84. th, was killed. Further paiti-
cularS had not transpired.
It is not known what has become of otS. He
arrived in Madras Roads on the tzth of fitly. We
have sine heard that he returned to the iVlauritius.
The'Bumbay Gazette of the 3d August states, on
the authority of Letters from Madras, that oil the
artival.of a Clititer from France, linvois immediate:.
ly left the Roads of Pondicherry and proceeded to
sea.

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Iran the LONDON GAZETTE, yan. 3r, 1204.

Admiralty-05(e, Jan. 3r, 1804.

Copy of a Letter pain Rear-Admiral Sir John
Thomas Duckworth, K. B. Commander in Chief
of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels at Jamaica,
to Sir Evan IVepean, Bart, dated at Port Royal,
the 26th of Oacber 1803.
SIR,

I herewith transmit, for the information of the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, two let.
ters from Captain Ross;:pf His NlAjesty's ship De-
s i r ee, relative to vessels captured and destroyed.
I 4fp, -sec. J. T. DUCKWORTH.
sr R 9th Aug. 1803.

Having fetched into this anchorage last evening,
and seeing from the mast-head, over the land,
several vessels at anchor in Monte Christe Roads,
I dispatched the boats armed, under Lieut. Can-
ning, of His Majesty's ship I command, to bring
th:m out, which service he performed with 'credit,
under a heavy fire from the Batteries, and returned
at day-light this morning, with five Schooners and
a Sloop. I have the honour to be, &c.

C. B. H. ROSS.

To Capt. Nigh, €S.C. &c. &c.
Desiree, Mancinelle Bay, Sept. 4; zBp3
I have pleasure in informing you, that your
boats, accompanied by those of His Majesty's ship
I command, returned early this morning, having
brought out of Monte Christe all the vessels at that
anchorage, to the amount of six sail of Schooners,
under a smart fire from the Batteries, without loss.
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) CHARLES B. H. ROSS.
Cap.

Admiralty-05,-e, Jan. 31,1804.
Copy of another Letter from Rear-Admiral Sir ;chit.
Thomas Duckworth, K. B. Commander in Chief
of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels at Jamaica,
to Sir Evan Nate-m, Bart. dated at rcrt-Royal,
the 20th flf Nevember 1803.

SIR,

Accompanying this you receive, for the informa.
tion of the Lords Commissioners of the Adnair:ilty,
an account of Vessels captured and destroYed by
His Majesty's Ships and Vessels under my cotn-
mand, since the Return of September last.
I am, &c. J. T. DUCKWORTH,
[Here follows a list of forty-four vessels captured, detained,
and destroyed by ills :Majesty's ships and vessels, at and
about arnaica, under the orders of Sir John Thornas Duck-
worth, K. B.]

dia'4,:;rahy-Ofce, Jan. 31, 180+.

Copy qf a Letter frzn, Captain William Selby, Com.
_ mender of His Majesty's Ship the Cerbtras, to
Sir Evan Nepean, Bart, dated at Spithead, the
26th instant,

SIR,

I beg you will be pleased to lay before my Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty, the enclosed copy
of a Letter written to Rear-Admiral Sir James
Saumarez, stating my having captured, in His Ma-
,rsty's ship under my command, fhe National Gun
Vessel Le Chameau, and destroyed another off Cape
La Hague, on the night of the zsth instant.
I am, &c. . W. SELBY.
Majesti°,3 Ship Cerberus, off Cape La
Hague, 26th Jan. 180+. •
In pursuance of your r,rderm, I yesterday, at one
13. M. weighed in His Majesty's ship Cerberus,
under my command, from Guernsey Roads, and
having passed through the Little Rus•el, I shaped
course o
ire la Hague, in order, if possible,
o 1 intor C
he r tic) ur g before dark ; in our ap.
prnach to the above Cape, we discovered a Convoy
of the Enemy, consisting of four armed vessels,
steering lb the East ward. We had the good for-
tune to cut them off before they reached the Cape,
tvhiLb obliged them to anchor. The strength of
the tide prevented our reaching them.
I therefore hauled the wind to the Southward,
under a press of sail, until after dark, when we
bore up for Cape la Hague, and at midnight saw
them coming round the Cape, hut so close to the
land thaivit tvas considered dangerous to take the
ship near them. However, a heavy srpiall of wind
them,:a little, further from the shore, we
succeeded in capturing the National Gun Vessel Le
Chameau, and driving one on the rocks, the rest
esfl,:aed their escape, owing to the vicinity of the
rocks, which at that time was not more than a cable's
length from ns.

SIR,

The above Gun Vessel is 300 tons burthen, is
quite new, carrying four long 6-pounders and two
swivels, and commanded by Francis G.llliare, En.
sigt: de Vaisseau, having on board at the time of
capture 38 mcn, 21 of whom were soldiers, fully
accoutered,. She is calculated to carry between zoo
and 303 troops, and appears to be a Gun Vessel fit
for His 11,ijesty's service.
1 kirve the honour to be, Ste;.'
WILLIAM SELBY.
Rear AZia;ral Sir Janes Saumarez, Bart. K. B.
Conirnander- in Chief, Guernsey.

PORTSMoIITI-1,• JAN. 31.—tris Majesty's Ships
hydra and Tribune yesterday captured off Boulogne
the following Vessels, part of a Fleet of twenty
Vessels passing from. St. Maloes to Boulogne, and
part of the Flotilla destined for the Invasion of this
Country, viz. No. 43, No. 47, and N 0.51, new
copper bottomed Qiin,larits.
Yesterday ar:ifved at C;Jwes L'Arethure, from
Halifax, which place she left 27th December last,
with two other Ships and a Brig, under convoy of
His Majesty's Ship Andromache, but parted Com-
pany in a heavy gale of wind the 7th inst. and has
seen nothing of either of them since.
Arrived the Brothers, WHITE, from Sunder_
144-rul, and Dick, ROBARTS, from Carmarthen.

YARMOUTH, JAN. 31.—Yesterday afternoon the
T;tv.z racket, Capt. OSBORN, arrived here frptn
Husum, with 'hue Maile and n) faseenvrs,

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DEAL, JAN. 31.—Sailed the I merortal;te, Cycle/if
Harpy Sloop, and Archer Gun.brig, for their station
off Boulogne.

In the Downs—Monarch, Utrecht, Virginia, Brilliant,
Squirrel, Champion, Curle,w, Vulture, Cruiser, Perseus,
Fury, Zebra, Speedwell, jackal!, Locust, Abundance Store•
ship, with the outward-bound as per last.

BRITISH NAPY.

STATEMENT OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF T-LIE NAVAL

BRITISH FORCE, TU THIS DAY.

Line so's 1 Frig
In Port and fitting, and tl6 6
:0
with sealed orders
Guard-Ships - - 8 4 i 7
In the English and Irish
Channels - - S 2,, 3 23
On the Downs and North
Sea stations - S 9 4 1 24
At the West India Islands
and on the Passage S 4 3 1 4
On the Jamaica station S at S
American & Newfound- ?
1 e land stations - S o t
C. of G. Ilope, E. Ind. ?
6
and on the Passage 5
Coast-of A trica - o
Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar 7
Mediterranean and on passage i a
Hospital•and Prison-Ships i z

Sps. I Tot.

45 I 97
4 S 23
48i 94

601 97

14i a;
91 23
4 1 0

31 9

91 2,7
z 3

z i o

Total in emnrniision 99 28
Rtx:civing Ships _
2 S
Serviceable and repairing
for Service - - 9 1
In ordinary - - - 63. 8
lluiidizl }; - o

2 j 4
12 11
3 0

124 1 210
4c
7c 4
43 20
16 4o

AT E

ACH P

i 694

ORT.

Line. so's Frig Sp;. I Tot.
21 z 17 6 44
23 3 9 6 41
2% 941 41
2 2 lo
1 3 16 i 4 24

Total 74 I 10 i 53 25