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London, England, 1809-04-15 00:00:00

self liable to the provisions of otr Orders in Council
for to suppose that we should resent so insolent a decla-
ration when issued by France, and overlook it when
coming from Holland, in a supposed state of inde
pendence, is evidently absurd. I'l owever, our Orders
in Council, of which we now mil:. than ever perceive
the utility, arc fully adequate to the occasion. Whe-
ther Holland is free or otherwise, no American vessel'
can be suffered to reach her ports, without first visit-
ing England, or submitting, to the seircli of our
cruizers. We shall) here however observe now, gene-
rally, as we have often saki before, tiiat the sebstitu-
tion of the Non-intercourse for the Embaigo Act, is
only a specious pretext to liberate the shipping of
America from her own harbours, when they will mak.:
no scruple of going wherever they are likely to be ad-
mitted : to England, if vie please ; and to Fraxe—

if we please.
American vessels, acccrding to the new law, will
since the 15th of list month, have been permated to
quit that country for any other ports, except those of
France and England, having first given a bond to
double the amount of ship and c.irgo, that they will
not iniliag-e upor/ the law in question.
In the elections the federal party seems to prevails
and the Newspapers teem with abuse aga•nst Fraice.
—Letters from Americans, who are prisoners in
Frame, describe their er edition as being most dephi-
rabic. From Bourdeaux the picture drawn of the
state of commerce is truly dreadful. The wine a.d
brandy dealers ar.: not able to cover the expellees of
cultivation.

FRENCH FRIGATES CAPTURED.
We have the pleasure to announce the capture of
no less than three of the enemy's frigates, in diffe.

rent qnar:ers.

A New \relic Paper Of the Igd ult. received by the
PACIFIC, anncurces the arrival at Bermuda, of his
Majesty's ship HORATIO, of 36 guns, Capt. SCOTT,
and the DRIVER sloop of war, with a large French
frigate, their prize, totally dismasted.

The Cornwallis packet, which has arrived at Fal•
mouth, with mails from the Windward islands, has
brought accounts that, after the fall cf Fort Boui.ben,
Martirico, his Majesty's ship LATUNA captured a
large French frigate, which came to St. Pierre, not
know.ng that that place was in possession of the
British.

The gallant Captain SEYMOU, of the AMETHYST,
has added to the glory he has already acquired by the
capture of anothcsr very tine French frigate, being the
second taken by the same o.licer within these few
months ; and, what is singular, after a night acticn,
which was contested with the utmost obstinacy on the
part of the French. The particulars arc contained in
the following -letter :

" PLYMOUTH, APR!L 13.

" It is with very great pleasure we have to announce to the pub.
lic the capture of another beautiful French fri?a,e, of the first
class, by that gallant and very fortt.nate officer, Captain MICHAEL
SE YMOUR, of the Amethyst, 36 guns, who s., recently captured
the Thetis, of 44 guns, after a kng, obstinate, and well toueit
action. 'the ship that we have now to speak of, is called the
Niemen, of 44 guns, and 380 men, which the Amt thyst fell in
with in the night of the 6th instant, and, after a re lying and ch se
fight of five hours an forty minutes, the French Captain struck
his colours to British bravery. •
The Amethyst arrived ht r.t. this meraing, with the loss of her
main-masts nui_tt•ma:t,.tnd otherwise disabled, and left her prize
to the westward of this port, totally dismasted, in tow of the
Emerald, of 33 guns, which ship hove in sight just after the
action had ceased, coaseqaently may participate in the profit, but
cannot share in the glory, which we understand is exclusively the
Amethyst's : den :g the actibr, she had 6 men killed, and 23
wounded, among whom we have the pleasure to say, that there is
no Officer killed, and only one wounded, who is the gun er
who was gunner's mate at the capture of the Thetis. The Nie.
men was from Bourdeaux, and bound to the Isle of France, is
quite new, not having been off the stocks above three weeks, at d
in addition to her stores, which are in great abundance, for a long
voyage, she has on board a valut.ble cargo, to reward the brave,
Tars that have been engaged in this arduous conflict. The hie.
men had about 47 men killed and 73 wounded : she was discovered
by the Amethyst and Emerald frigates, and chaced the whole of
the day preceding the action, when towards evening, the Ame-
thyst ran the Emerald out of sight, and it is supposed that if the
night had not come on, the Amethyst would not have got
tup with her, owing to her very superior sailing. She was
I brought to close action about one o'clock in the morning which
tted upwards of four hours, when she struck ; but the main.
inaq f the Amethyst went over the side, before the Niemen
struck, at which the Frenchmen gave three cheers, though it had
no other effect on the British tars, than to stimulate their exer-
tions to victory. All the Lieutenants of the Amethyst, and abut
forty of her crew, were absent in prizes, and she had on board a
great many Frenchmen."