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London, England, 1809-05-02 00:00:00

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LONDON.

TUESDAY, MAY 2.
PRICE OP STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Console, for money, 64—for May 684-omnium
Exchequer Bills 12s. 14s. prent

Some of the Dover letters received yesterday stated that thrre
was a firing on the French coast, and illuminations on Friday
night and Saturday morning, supposed to be in consequeLce tit
some victory obtained by the enemy—perhaps over the Austrians.
The letters of this morning do not enable us to give any farthcs.
particulars. In fact our own and any that we have seen du nee
even mention the circumstance, and we are rather incliinsi
consider the reports of yesterday as founded on some mistake.
Letters from Holland state, that the French and Dutch flee.
which lay in the Straits of Flushing, and from which so meth
was expected, had suddenly run up the Scheldt upon the
genre reaching Holland of the.destraetion of the French Snips
in
Basque Roads.
His Majesty's ship FISGUARD has arrived front the North of
Spain, with intelligence that the French had made a fresh crack
up tn Vigo, from which they were repulsed by the Sputards
C msidtrable loss. When the Ft scuaap came away, the inliaL..
tants of Vigo were in high spirits, and no apprehensions whatei
were entertained of the result of any other hostile attempt.
The Lord Nelson packet, Captain Sr, twaar, arrived yes/ad,.
morning at Yarmouth from Coact:burgh, and landed a Idessa47
with dispatches from Sir Sarautt HOOO, in the Baltic. I.lle
Messenger arrived in town last night, but the contents of hi%a,..
I patches have not transpired. In the mean time private letters
from Stockholm state, that apprehensions were entertained lee
Sir SAMUEL Hoop should have been under the necessity of cams
ng back tie convoy which lately arrived off the coast of Sweat,
from this country. The following is an extract from one of ;14
private letter alluded to :

" STOCKHOLM, APRIL 14.
" in an::•.ver go your question, whether the English newspale::o
have more or less curse:fly represented the late occurrences ni
Sweden, I have only to remark, that since the change in tia
Government took place, the public peace has never been dist urtkC
for amoment. The strength and stability of the present Adm.
nistration is folnded on unanimity and mutual support. In ever:
part of the ki:ggdom the new Government is acknowledged, and
exercises the supreme power in its full extent. The Duke Re.
gent has tl r AOiout shewu the greatest respect fcr the fundatner-
til laws of the kingdom ; a proof of which is, that he has con-
yoked a Diet and sunitlled the late War Taxes, which the King
had laid on, at Isis own pleasure, without considering either tLe
resource: o' the people or their right of taxing themselves."
A Gottenburgh Mail, received by the Lord Nelson, styes,
that all the Swedish Officers, both Naval and Military, who were
absent on leave, hail been ordered to join their respective Shirs
and Stations, without delay...
. . .

Public Re.joicin,ls were daily taking place throughout Swedep
in honour of the New Government.
FRENCH FI•EET.

We have been favoured with the following statement of the
Combined French 9quAlrons, by an Offictr who left Rnehefon
on the 24th alt. The paticulars, we have reason to believe, are
perfectly correct, except, perhaps, the rate of some of the ships,
rhe Caesar and the Tonnere are called 74's in another letter now
before us.

To-morrow, if we can find room, we shall fry before our Rea-
ders a minute and circumstantial detail of all the evens that oc-
curred in Basqu. loads, from the time that Lord Coct:RANE
rived there on the 3d ult. to the date of'the latest accounts : in the
mean time we subjoin a list of the enemy's fleet, marking those
that have been destroyed, and the present state of the renhaning
ships

L'Ocean, of 120 guns, Vice-Admiral Alemand, Captain Rowlaal
—on shore as late as the '24th of April, unrigged, lightened,
and shored up by lower yards, and •no probable chance st
getting off, having laid ttlere two spring tides.
Foutiroyant, of 84. gens, Rear-Admiral Yourden, Captain Henri—
in the s.une state on the 24th.
Cassar, of 84 guns Commodore Faure—;,one up the river towards
Rochefort, much damaged by grounding.
'rourville, of 74 guns, Captain Le Caille—gone up the river, not
damaged. '
Aquillon, of 74 guns, Capt 'star.; or. !,lied of his "--
strict to the Revenge audit:gates th.: 12th April,
. .

by the EI:gli,11. .
Tonnere, of 84 guns, Corain Clement de la ROusiere."!;u::.
the enemy, with the French co.::)._:rs flying.
Ville de Varsovie, of 84 guns, Captain Cnevitleir—st: .a .
Reve7.ge and :egates, and burnt by them.
Jarnappe, 74 guns, Capt. Favaur—gone up the River muc:.
mated, having been nn shore.
Jean Bart, 80 guns, Capt. Bozee (ordered by Bonaparte to lit
shot)—wrecked on the 26th of February on Lespalles Shea,
reconnoitrintt the English Fleet.
Calcutta, (formerly English), 50 guns, Capt. Lefence—struck to
the Imperieuse, and burnt by her.
R Tutus, of 84 guns, Captain Lucas, and Patriot, of 71 guns,
Captain Mand—were both on shore; one as late as the ttiti.,
having been there two spring tides—the othef suppose) to have
gone to pieces in a westerly gale, or got off and went up the
River in the night.
InctentEt frigate, Captain Prciitoare—burnt by the enemy the IGth
of Apt il.
Elbe, ditto, Captain Reranger ; Pallas, ditto, Captain Le Piznt ;
and Hortense, ditto, Captain Allgand ;—escaped up the r,v::
on the night our fire-ships bore down eel the enemy.
PLYMOUTH-DOCK APRIL 30. • ,

Arrived the INTELLIGLN t• pun-brig, which vile,' last ev.r.!:ig
to convoy four transports, with the 12th Light 1):-ago,ons
board, to join the PnotN ix's convoy for I,ib.ut : the convoy :,re
expected to reach the Tagus by Thursday next, as the NVir.d
atia
continues fair for them. •

Sitiled last evening, on a secret expedition, 'under the commr.d
of Sir J. S. YORKE, the ISlrfr TUEUX, tlo, CHRIST lAN VII. SO,
WAR SPITE, 74, EAGLE, 74, and Lotax,_36. .

. .
Sailed this day, the Sr. ozonise and 'fru ER AIRE, 98, to the
Eastward; their ulterior destination Is the Baltic ; also the Er-
Diltraw brig, 18, with a convoy of transports and merchantmen,
for the Downs, on hoard the former of which, a number of con-
valescent troops have been sent to join their respective regiments,
having been in the hospitals in this neighbourhood ever since
their return from Spain ; and the Georgiana packet, for the River
Thames. _

Forty-five min. past five, P. M.—The Gitowtta' gun-brig,
Lieutenant CROSSMAN, which arrived about half an hour ago
from Rochefort, has this instant landed an Officer with dispatches
from thence. All I can learn is, that subsequent to Lord GAM'
ELI'S dispatches, one of the French frigates has been wrecked,
and another burnt; another of their line of battle ships has also
been burnt by the Indefatigable frigate, Growler, and —, gun-
brigs. Of the whole French fleet in Basque R0a,4,, there now
only remains three of the line and a frigate that ti.e enemy will
ever be able to render fit for service; and it will be s work o:
time even to get these ready for sea.

SECOND SPRING MEETING, ism
MONDAY, MAY 1.

Ld C. Somerset's White Rose beat Mr. R. Wilson's Brvk v
H;mbletonian, Bst. 71b. each. D.T. 5025.-3 to 1 on Whitt: R. 5...
Mr. Wilson's Brown Stout, Bst. 91b. beat Duke of Rutlat s
Ned, Bst. .51b. D.l. 50g1. soft.-9 to 1 asst Brown Stout.
Mr. Vansittart's Burleigh brat Gen. Grosvenor's -lulls, Bst.
21b. each. D.I. 200 gs. h. ft.-6 to .5 on But leigh.

Sweepstakes of 100 gs. each, h. ft. for 5-yr olds and upwards. B.C;
Mr. Goulburn's Grimaldi, 6 yrs old, Bst. - 1
Mr. Andrew's Thorn, 5 yrs old, Bst. 411 b. - 8

Ld Lowther's Pelisse, aged, Bst. 31b. - - -
Ld Grosvenor's Meteora, 6 yrs old, 9st. 31b. - 4
Twelve to 1 agst Glimaldi, 4 to 1 agst Thorn, 7 to 1 agst Pelisse,
and 7 to 4 on Meteors.
Duke of Grafton's Morel beat Sir S. Sitwell's Clinker, bst.
each. Ab. M. 20(.40.—g to 4on Morel.
Lord Darlington's Levant, ast 51b. beat Gen. Gower's Bribe •",
7st ltilb. Ab. M. 100 gs. h. ft.-5 to 4on Levant.
' Mr. Craven's Beau Nash, Bst. Ilb. beat Mr. Lloyd's Zephr,
7st. 31b. Two-yr old C. QOOgs. h. ft.-1 ItoB on Beau Nash.
Mr. Craven's Black Diamond, 6st. beat Ld Klnnaltd's
Bst. 41b. Two-yr old C. 800 gs. h. ft.-6 to son Black Diamopd.
Duke of Grafton's Japan, 7st. 131 b. beat Lord Foley's Weavcr,
Bst. 111 b. D. M. 400ge. h. ft.-6 to 4on Japan.

BIRTH .
Sunday night Mrs. Charles Hoggart, of Old Broal-street, of
daughter.

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