Star.
London, England, 1807-12-15 00:00:00

DANISH ISLAND OF ST. CROIX

From St. Croix, we learn, that on the sth 090
her, two Britifb frigates, and a fchooner cut out all
the vefrels at the Welt•end, except the brig Enter-
prize, Captain LOVELL, of Bolton ; and fent them
to Tortola. The illand had nut been officially de
Glared in a (late of blockade ; but the Britith cruizers
took all veffels having Dana cargoes or produce on
b card. Two American velfels had arrived at Ba s.
End, unmolefled, alter the veffels at the Welt-end
had been cut out.
NORFOLK, OCTOBER z 6.
_ _

Yeflerday, about one o'clock, the French frigate
la Cybelle got under way frcm Craney Eland, with
a (rung wind at W. S. W. and proceeded to fea.—
She was left by the pilot at eight o'clock lati night,
about fix leagues to the eaftward of Cape Henry,
going off under a prefs of fail, at the rate of 14
knots. About an hoar after leaving the Cybelle,
fpoke a pilot, who informed that the Btitifh chips
were all, at fun let, about fix leagues to the lanai.
ward and eatiward of the Cape. The wind fhifted
to the north about midnight, and has been blowing
very Ilrong ever fince, fo that there is every reafon
to believe the has efcaped.

FORLICW INTELLIGENCE.

UTRFCHT, NOVEMBER 24.

His Majefly having left his palace, formerly called
the Groot Poufhuizen, and taken up his refidence
provifionally in that called the Huis Van Amerou-
gen, near the Witte Vrouwe Gate, the Legit',dive
Body waited on him yeller day at noon, and had a
folemn audience in the New Palace.

At eleven o'clock, the Members airemblesi at the
Provincial Mullion Houle, and towards twelve pro-
ceeded in grand coliume to his Majetly's Palace, in
the following order : _

A detachment of Miran— Mt angers ur covered—The coaches
in which were placed the Members of the I.rEilstive ricxly
Lailly, a detachment of CuiralEch.

Being conduced into the pretence of the King, the
Prefident of the Legiflative Body addrefted kis Ma-
jelly in the following Tema :
" Stns—The Legiflative Body, fummoned to your Majefty's
pretence, battens to fulfil the fiat, and at the fame time the molt
*agog of its duties, in prefenting to your Majetty their retpeit-
lot homage, and alto the afliirancea of their attachment and of
the zcal with which its Members hope to co-operate in the bene-
ficent plans of your Malik-, for the happinets sn4 profperity of
your people. Sentiments. Sire, which, were it polfible. would- be
RHI increafed by the flattering expreffions which your Minifter
has communicated to us in your name. May PaovmeNca prof.
per all the defigna of your Majefty ! may it biers your cares and
efforts, and alto the perfon and Houfe of your Majelty, may it give
us Peace fo necerary for the well being and tranquillity of man-
kind, and of this country in particular ! Then (hall we, under the
glorious Tway of your Majetty. fee thofe bright days return, which
a thick cloud has overcaß far fo mmy years.
" Thefe, Sire, are the fervent and tronelt wines of this Afrem-
bly, and of him who has the honour to addrefs you

To this Addrcfs his Majefty made the following
reply
:
m Gentlemen —I meet you ag.iin with pleafura—it is with the
greateft fatbfadtion that I fee the important pofts of Deputies to
the Legifietive Body filled by men like you, whom I know, whom
I efteem, and who unite my approbation with the choice of their
fellow•citixens. I mall always account it a fatisfaCtion to make
you participators in the little good which can be accompllffied, or
rather in &tinning the evils which may be avoided ; fortis difficult
eireumftatices. the latter mode of capreffion is more becoming
than the former—l mall alto, with pleafure, in all extraordinary
•eares, place my reliance on your decifions.
My Minifter for Domeftic Aida.* Ibatl appear among you on
Thurfdayneat. He willgivc you IQ accounaa the fituation ofaffairs
—of what has been already done it; amompliihonent of the mea.
fume adopted in the former yeas, INA of theft which mutt yet be
tad mooch to. You will fee, Os. notwithftanding the Peace
upon the Continent, our btuatinp is yet extremely difficult ; but
Jill sta way finally lap, that 17 a severed Peace toe may reach the sad of
are soffarne.

rrely upon, and iholl always with confident expel ation rely
sport the (admen's whkh Tom isle teftified fo► me."

VIENNA, NOVEMBER 1:.
The Army of Neutrality in Eaff and Weft Gall 4 ix,
is now broken up, and different regiments t
marching back to their ufual Rations.
The Archduke Ferdinand is promoted to the rank
of Field Martha!, and will probably be appointed
Prelident of the Aulic Council of War, in the raom
of Count Wenzel Collorcdo, who, it is believed, Will
retire with a penftoo.

DRESDEN, NOVEMBER ts.

Yenerday evening, at eight o'clock, their Msjef.
ties the King and Q2een, with the Princefs Auguils,
fet out on a journey to Warfaw. Hit Majefly is fol.
lowed by a numerous retinue, and has taken with
him confiderable prefents and fums of money. The
Princes, the King's brothers, continue here, arid will,
probably, duting their Majeflies abfence, make a
trip to Vienna.
All the troops of Bavaria and Baden are about to
break up from Sadie, Brandenbtugh, and POrne•
rania, and return through Saxony to their refinetile
countries.

ALTONA, DECEMBER 3.
I By the laft Danill poll we have received from
Chriftianfand, by Ellineur, information that there
liz ye lately been brought into the various harbourt.
of Norway fix teen Engitib prizes, among which is a
cutter, which had four barrels of money on board.—
The privateer Totdenficiold has, befides, brought
into Bergen a rich Englifh prize. Not a day patio
either here or at El!incur, in which Englifh prizes ate
not brought in by Danifh cruisers.
PRIVATE LETTER. -.PETERSBURCII, NOV. 13.
"' The communication between this country and
England uat length interrupted. The Ambefedor
departs today, and in a few days the Coati!, and A-
mon all the Englifh ellablithed here will fallow. It is
evident, from the Declaration of the Emperor, that
Bonaparte di4lates to him—every one is difcontented,
though no one dare (peak out—when I fay every
one, I mean Ruffians—it is natural to think that it
gives no pleafure to the Englifb. 1 believe, however,
that nine tenths of the Ruffians are agaiati the.
French, but the latter have rso,ooo men near our
frontiers, and as a Ruffian General laid, they havc
betides great guns. By means of the Admiral corn.
mending at Cronftadt almoft all the EDO& !hips
have cfcaped. Orders were received there that thofe
veff is fhould not be Coffered to depart during three
days, but the order being interpreted to mean that
they fhould have three days to depart, they all failed,
with the exception of one, which could not get
ready. When the miftake was difcovered, a cutter
was difpatched after the vefrels, which brought-back
three, but the refit were too far off to be overtaken.
It is Paid that we (hall have war with Sweden ; but,
what is worfe in my opinion, it is Paid that the French
will be here next fpring or fummer, and that they
are only waiting their own convenience. Upon this
fubje& an expreffion of General Sa vary has been re-
peated, and, between one thing and the other, one
does not know what to think, It is Paid that he ob.
ler ved to a female to whom he was efliduoußy paying
court, and who was joking upon Bonaparte, that the
might (peak fo now, but that the durft not a year hence.
If is to happen, in the cootie of a year we may
expe& them here. The Emperor is much lefrened in
the oeinion of his fubjeds. I think that in fpring
affairs will take a different turn."

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

TUESbAY, DECEMBER is.

PRICE OF OCRS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Canto's, for act. 64f, i—Reduced 63...0mniunt, a tot pre.
Fechequ.r Bills, par Is prem.
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
3 per Cent. Red 63 62{ 63 Imp. 3 per Cent. 621
3 per C. Cuuf Ann. Riot Excises'. Bills, ss. pr. pat
4 per Cent. Spa Ormilum al prem.
S per Cent. Navy Osut City Lot. rickets 71. 143.
Long Ann. t 7 s 3 i6ths Conf. for acs. 64tH
!mils Bonds, par to as dit

The following is an extras of a Private Letter
from Hamburgh, received by the lel Gottenburgh
Mails :

" The war between Denmark and England is a
hard b)ow upon Hamburgh. There is, however,
among well informed people, only one opinion on
the fubjee—Tbat the foundeß policy induced the
Englifh Government to require the Dana fleet as a
depolit, and that the flrangeß infatuation alone in
the Danifh Government could have occafioned the
lamentable cataßrophe which the Englifh, by fending
fo van a force, humanely hoped to prevent. Know.
ing the Englifh charaaer, 1 think it very likely that
you may judge in England more hardly of your
Government than we do here, as you cannot have
the many reafons that we who are fo near have, for
being convinced that they have but anticipated the
French. There is every reafun to fuppofe that pro•
pofals were made to Denmark to cede liolfiein to
France, and then to lend•its fleet to convey a French
army to Sweden, which was to be given to Den-
mark. Whether the French will march into Hol.
Rein or net, teems uncertain ; but it is my opinion,
they will. It is even Paid, that the. PRINCE has re.
quelled 40,c00 men by Count BERNITORF, who has
had a conference with Martha' BER NADOTTE here,
who immediately fent a courier to Paris, but he has
not yet returned.,

" We have here and in the neighbourhood, tftsoco
Spanith troops. They behaved very well at firlt,
but are now grown infolent ; in the let week, many
robberies have been committed in the beets, and
Come perfons ill ufed, fo that it has been rumd ne-
celrary to forbid, under pain of death, the wearing
daggers, which they till now all carried about them.
They are extremely incenfed againa the French,
and the officers fear much that a breach between
France and Spain is not far dillant, in which care
they will be painters without Uniting a blow. Ihe
Marquis de la Rommts, Commander in Chief of ti.
Spaniards, is wholly at variance with Marlikal 11f
NADOTTI.

" Our City mutt p;y 14,000,000 francs for OA

T

Pr-

Elignth goods. The requifitions already levied,
amount to ten millions more, exciufive of the ex.
pence of maintaining fo many troops ; and I do
believe that Bosarear a will not reit till he has
ruined Hamburgh, againft which he certainly has
a fpite. Nothing but a fpeedy peace can (aye it."
Other private letters by the fame mails fate, that
the Ruffians are far from fatisfied with the conduit of
their Government. The merchants, in particular,
have, it is (aid, expreffed their diflatisfaaion at the
meafures of the Emperor againf the Englifb. They
have, it is laid, aaually fent a remonfrance to Connt
Romawzorr, importing that they had fufficient con-
fidence in the good faith and integrity of the Britifh
merchants at St. Peterlburgh, and did not require
the interference of the Government with refpea to
the liquidation of their debts, dec.
Swedins papers, to the 4th intlant, Sate a report,
that the Emperor of Ruffia is about to march an army
nto Finland to compel the King of Sweden to join
he confederacy againft England. But private letters
-om Gottenburgh affirm, that the King of Sweden
adheres ilrialy to his good faith with this country,
notwithnanding the attempts of the Danes to dif-
tirade him. It is not true that there has been an '
interview between his Majetly and the Crown Prince
at Helfingborg. The Princes of the North have not
been accuftomed to meet upon terms of amity ; and
the arrefl of the Swedill Coatil by the Crown Prince
has not tended to facilitate their intercoufe. In the
mean while, Swedifh letters are opened palling the
Dina territory from Hamburgh to Gottenburgh,
as well as thole from England, with this difference,
that if any bills are found in the letters belonging to
Sweden, they are taken out and returned to the
parties ; whilst thole which appear to belong to Bri
lith fubjeas are detained.
The private accounts add, that the King of Sweden
has gained of late match populaity amonglt his
fubjeas, and every affinanee is promifed him in cafe
of his being forced into a war with Ruffia. His
Swedifh Majen y is about to pay a vifit to Stockholm.
Great confidence is expreffed at Gottenburgh, that
the Swedes would be fully competent to defend them.
felves againn the Ruffians, in cafe the reported inva-
fion of Fini.trid thould take place. They fay they
have nothing to apprehend but the freezing of the
Sound fo completely as to admit of French and
Danifh forces pang the ice to the oppofite Chore.
The two Danifh men of war, cooped up for film
time in Chrillianfand, have, according to letters from
Gottenburgh, reached Copenhagen;

A vefrel arrived yefterday from Memel, which
Le left on the ad intl. According to the report
cf the Captain of this veffel, an alarming fcarcity
of provilions prevails n)t only there, but through-
out the whole of the Priaan territories. Thii is
very naturally apprehended from the Rate in which
that country has been for fume time. The KING
rif PaUSSIA is Rill at Nicole!, where he lives quite
in a retired way.

LaR night we received Dutch papers to the 27th ult.
They contain an account of the opening of the Dutch
Legiflative Aftembly. On the 23d the Prefident
waited on King Louis, at his new Palace at
Utrecht ; and the fpeech which he delivered, and
the anfwer it received, we believe will be read with
c mfiderable interell. The language of the Dutch
Legiflators, and if their Sovereign, will be found
very different from thofe oßentatious expofis which
are publi(hed by the French Government. Intlead
of boatting of the profpeiity of, the country, its
'unfortunate lituation and the neceffity of peace
ate candidly acknowledged. King Louis owns
that in the difficult circumliances in which they
are placed, they mull confine their confideration
rather to rods they may avoid, than to any good they
can expel; and he concludes by holding out a hive
!hat a general peace may loon put an end to their
jri s. It appears then that Bomar/ars is not
anxious to conceal the diilrelted fituation in which
the Continent is placed by his meafures. If he were,
this kind of language would not be permitted in
I lolland. Whether his condo!' in this refpea is the
_onfequenive of indifference to human fuffering, or
whether lie is really chfpored to peace, and takes this
method of (hewing us that he has flrong motives to
defire it, we leave to our Readers to determine.
Private letters from the Ifland of Wakheren, of
the sth itillant, Rate, among other things, that a
Decree has lately been publifbed at the Hague, pro-
tiibiting, under a fevere penalty, the negociation of
any hill of Exchange from England, or with Engin
itkautfensents upon it. It alto provides, that no bill
(,/ fuch a defcription (hall be accepted.
There are, bafides, a variety of reports, force of
which have reached us before in different ways :
that the French troops in Spain are ultimately del-
cited to make an attack.upon Gibraltar, in conjunc-
tion with the Spaniards ; that a Negotiation for
Peace is going on between France and England ;
that Ala a: is to be placed on the Throne of Hcl-
land, &c. &c.
Some letters from Helfingbourg of the 3d inflant,

:WC, that his SWEDISH MAJ ES T Y was fill there, but

.hat he was about to let out upon a tour through his
tiriminions. The motive of this tour is Rated to be
he defire of the King to fortify thofe pofitions which
' thinks may enable him to maintain the indepen•
ience of his territory, and to perfevere in his refolu-
,

ties of adherence to this country. Per this pupae
his Mayestir is expeded immediately to proceed to-
wards Finland.

The New York papers which reached us yefterday
bring us an account of the firft proceedings of Con-
refs, on the Prefident's Mane. The difeuffion,
however, does not appear to have proceeded to any
length, and it terminated in referring the feveral
parts of the Mefthge to Committees. The general
opinion teems to be, that no interefting difcuffion will
take place until difpatches. which ate expetfted from
the American Mini!ler here, arrive at Walhington.
The documents referred to in the Prefident's rneffage
stave been publifhed. They confift of Lord Howica's
Note to Mr. MUNROE, intimating that his Majefty
had refolved, in eonfequence of the unjuß proceed
ings of the French Government, to prevent neutrals
from trading from one enemy's port to another ; an
Order of the Spanifh Government, adopting Box*.
PARTII9II Decree of the 21ft of November, and Tome
other papers of the false kind.
The Wand of St. Thomas is clofely blockaded by
a Britifh fquadron.—Mr. &mina has arrived at
Wulhington.

Yefferda, a Cabinet Council was held at the
Foreign Office. It afTembled at half after bur, and
the fitting was not diffol,ed until hatf after fix
o'clock. The following Members affilted in the de-
liberations : the Earl of WESTMORELAND, the LORD
CHANCELLOR, Lords Hawßssaver and MULGRAIII,
Mr. CANNING; and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHIR-
oyIiR.

The perfons whn propofe to contrast for the New
Lottery, had a meeting with the Csaricst.r.ott of the
EXCHIIO,yEIt yenerday, but as nothing has been de-
cided refpeaing (haring the tickets in the City Lot.
tery, the bufinefs of the meeting was adjourned to
this day.
Saturday Lord KIITH arrived 'at his feat at Par-
brook Park, Hams, from London, accompanied by
his brother the Honourable Mr. Etrurmsroma.

The ceremony of elating the Atcnatsttor or
You x took place in the ufttal form, on Wednefday
lafl, in the Chapter Houle, at York. Dr. VEasom
was chnfen, and the Elation proclaimed bad notified
according to ancient cullotp.
Thurfday lafl Lord and Lady C. Asininity and
their beautiful daughter, dined with the Count Da
Lou.' at Gosficld Honfe. The party were received
on the landing place by the Prince of CONDI and
Mnidieur, and experienced much politenefs from their
Noble lions.

DRURY LANs.—The Comedy of Love for love,
was perforated Tall night with the whole ftrength of
the Company judicioully arranged.
COVENT GARDEN.-7 Le Revenge was reprefented
Taft night with much ability ; and Ibe Blind Roy con-
tinues a great and a popular favourite.
The Court of King's Bench, at Guildhall, is about
to be removed to the fituation withoutfide the hall.
A new Court is to be built where the Court of Re-
quell; is now held. The plan has been fubmitted to
Lord ELLEN BOROUGH, who approves the alteration.
The building will form a new wing to the Guildhall,
and will be made to corrcfpond with the Jullice
Room, on the oppofire fide.

A fpacious hail, affixed to the SeJEons Honk, in
the Old Bailey, has been built for the accommoda-
tion of profecutors and their witneffes, who attend
during the Seffionb.
It is raid that the Ruffian fquadron which entered
the Tagus the z tth tilt. had left that river, and eica
ped into Breit. Should this information prove cor-
reet, we have no doubt it will appear that thefe were
the fame fhips ken by the Alban cutter. The words
of her Commander on that occalion were—UU They
certainly were not Engill, as they did nut anfwer
my fignalc."

The valne of Dan;111 veirels in the port of Ply.
mouth alone amounts to lull one million krling.

The PRIMROSE Coop of war, and the PRESIDENT
frigate, within the kit few days commiffioned, are
equipping WI.
The American (hip Gorport, Dts ICH AM, of Nor r dk,
from Lifbon bound to Port Glafgow, put into Salt.
cents, in a gale on Saturday fe'nnight. She lies
acrofs the harbour Intide the pier. It is thought the
will not fl )at till the wind comes round to the South-
ward. She is cliiefly cotton loaded, and it is uncertain
whether fhe may not have to unload part of her cargo.
Copy of a letter from the Captain of the Ameri.
can (hip General Buller, to a mercantile Houfe in
Glafgow, dated Havannah, Oanber

" Ic Is with extreme regret that I have to inform you, that I
was captured on the 34 of September, by a spanilh fehooner, about
fixty or feventy miles to the northward oft his place; wbo, after
taking myfelf and the whole crew from the fh;p (the mare, cook,
and Reward excepted) put four hands and a prize mafter nu
boar!, and intended to bring her in here ; they, however, miffed
the port, and we loft fisht of the No, and went in with the faw-
ner to the port of Caratias, about fifty or fixty miles to the welt-
ward, front which place I travelled by land here, where I arrived
on the tath inftant ; 'ince which I have been employed in taking
my protelts, and inftituting a fuit againft the captor, Nabs, I am
well informed, is quite able to pay all damages ; for it is looked
upon to be a very unjullifiable capture by many perfons here,
among whom are tome of the heads of the department. They give
no other rearm' far my capture, than coming from a !kid& port,
that is, they took me under Bonapartes decree ; but the Govern-
ment here has not received any order to att under tkat decree.
'• %What may be the Ate of this affair is impotfible to eonjedure
at prefent ; the (hip has not been heard of firma the capture, and
it is entirely uncertain where the may be. lam inclined so think
the has been retaken by t:te mate, and carried to New Orleans. I
the more readily think fo, becaufe we have heard, from Cam-
, peachy and Vcru Cruz, by a yard that failed fro,a thence, thir
teen days after our capture, that the °lip had not been heard of ;
on the other hand, fhould the Britilh have retaken her, we mould
have heard of it before this time, as the eruizets are boarding every
American vet d that comes in, which happens daily."

A fack•race between a coachman. who is 77 years I
of age, and a countryman, so guineas a fide, took I
place on Friday morning in Hyde Park. TN ground
was meafured, t to yards, from Grofversor gate; and
a numerous afTemblage of fpedators arranged them-
felves in a double line on each fide, as loon as the
two men had been facked up to their necks ; the odds
were !even to four on the coachman at flatting, but
when they had proceeded tea yards the coachman
fell down, when the odds changed in favour of the
countryman, who run the 110 yard: in 46 feconds
and an half.

THE ARMY.

Parties of the new levy of Militia arrive daily at
Plymouth, to juin their regiments s in general they
are good lookii go able MP&

The following Itegiments are Dow is garrifon at
Plymouth :
Detachment Royal Artillery
Ditto Royal Engineers
Battalion Royal Marines
Troop 3d Dragoons
• 3d Veteran Battalion
Royal Weft Middkfes Militia
Carmarthenibire ditto
Woreelteratire ditto
raft Devon ditto
Forth Haptaditto
Dorfet ditto ; and
The 13th Regiment of Infantry, muttering about 6oco effedives
tort erfetrUr.

Thole Officers of the Royal Marines, who were
wounded in the ever memorable battle off Trafalgar,
are fucceffively getting fome appointment. This is
as it timid be.

It is rumoured that a confiderable portion of the
fccond turnout from the militia, about to take place
in the coining month, is to be given to the Royal
Artillery and to the Royal Marines ; as neither one
of thofe highly dillinguilhed and extremely fervice-
able corps had a man from the fir a volunteering,
thongh many volunteers offered to join.
The Fuzileers, and fecund battalion of the 34th
Regiment, it is faid, go to India. Some troops will
loon be fent to the Well Indies.

A confiderable reinforcement will fpeedily be fent
out to the garrifcn of Gibraltar, at prefent comman-
ded by Lieutenant General Sir HEW DAL Ry 14 rt. a.

That diflinguifhed Regiment, the t 3th, commanded
by the Hon. Colonel COLVJLIII, is to be reviewed by
Genersi ENGLAND, previoufly to their going on
fervice. The General has lately reviewed the fecond
battalion of the Buffs, and 39th.
There never was a greater buflle at Portfmouth
than at p►efent : in addition to the different fleets of
King's (hips lying at Spithead, there is a forea of
tranfports: thole with General Sr t acsa's expediti )n,
with the regiments proceeding to Ireland, with rein-
forcements to the Mediterranean, and the large fleets
now about to proceed to the Eall and Weft Indies.

With the Indiamen now under difpatch, recruits of
Men and officers go out to all the regiments at the
Cape and India.

Sunday laD, the fecond Light Battalion of the
King'b German Legion received line:paled orders to
march from Bexhill to HaiMum, in Suffer, where
they now are.

The 7th Battalion of the Line, King's German
Legion, marched into Bexhill Old Barracks, from
Eallbourne, to replace the 2d battalion. The sth
battalion is alfo there. The 111 light battalion is at
Hailing..

Wednefday, a hong divifion of the German Le-
gion Rifle Corps marched through Lewes, on its
route to Bexhill.

The fame day, the tft divifion of the 24th infantry
arrived at Lewes, on its route from Bexhill to Port[
mouth, to embark for Leland. The fecond divifion
followed next day.
Yellerday the 38th regiment marched from Lewes
Barracks, on their route for Portfmouth, to embark
for foreign ferviee.
The 2d battalion of the 24th font will receive their
colours to morrow, at Mouldtham Hall, from the fair
hands of the Hon. Mrs. MURRAY, the Lady of Ge-
neral MURRAY. who commands the Effex Diflriß.
The Officers will give a grand ball and (upper in the
evening.

Friday morning about 300 Hampfhire recruits,
haring been regnlatly trained and clothed, marched
from Vin -heiter, on their route fin Plymouth, to join
their refpetlive regiments.

The Maid(tone Volunteers lafl week delivered in
their arms and accoutrements, with great re gt at
being fo deferted by their Officers.
Lieutenant }hots, of the Altive cutter, who
lately (Whined a very gallant affirm with a French
privateer, is promoted to the rank of Commander.

COURT-MARTlM—Friday and Saturday a Court
Martial affemhled on board the Gladiator, at Portf-
mouth, to try Captain Saner, late Commander of
his Majefty's (hip Pompee, on charges exhibited
againft him by Mr. DAIIIIL Lye, for drunkennefs,
cruelty, and opprefli-m, towards him. The charges
were not proved, Captain Saner was acquitted.
There is filch an irrefillible fpirit of gambling
exifliag among the French prifoners lately arrived at
Chatham from Norman Crofs, that many of them
have been almoft entirely naked during the late fevere
weather, having loft their clothes, not excepting even
their Skirts and (mall duffles, to fome of their fellow
prifoners ; many of them are *lli/ reduced to the
charier of flarving by the fame means, having 101 l
(even or eight days provifionsto their more fortunate
comrades, who never fail to exalt their winnings.—.
The effervecfence of mind that this diabolical purfuit
gives rife to, is often exemplified in the condultof
there infatuated captives, rendering them remarkably
turbulent and unruly. Saturday a quarrel arofe
between two of them in the centre of play, when
one of them who had loft his clothes and food, re-
ceived a I:evere flab in the back with a large knife
from his companion, whole anger had been 'kindled'
in confequence of the inveltives which a run of-lU-
luck had excited in his adverfary. Every care-wits
taken of she wounded man, and he is likely to do well.
It has been Rated in this and other Papers that
Mr. Masaz had returned from France with dif-
patches for the Außtian Minifter. This report,
which was fo very current as `to preclude any doubt
of its authenticity, we Gave now to contradiet upon
information that it will wholly unfounded.

' TRURO, DECEMBER is.
The gales of the prefent week have proved fatal to
feveral veffels, particularly on the Northern coaft of
Cornwall: the Friends, Marna, foundered off FlAyley
the Captain and crew pedaled. The Friendhip.
HosriNo, with copper ore, frlm Plysnoot% ro Wales,
alto foundered off Hayle; Captain HosKruct, with
his wife who happened to be on board, and all his
crew pedaled.'
PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBER Le.
Arrived the Naiad, Minerva, and Pomona Irani-
ports, from Plymouth.—Went out of harbour his
Majeay's (hips SuavareeanTs and Miesttoort.—The
NASSAU, of 64 guns, Captain ROBERT Carmine,
joined Admiral OTwaY's fquadron, at St. Helen's,
lafl night, which now confills of (even fail of the
line. The SuavEreLawrs frigate, Sir Gcatalt
Cot.ersa, is appointed to convoy the undermentioned
Eatt lndiamen, which have arrived here from the
River. to St. Helena :

Elphinatone, Captain Craig; Winchelfea, Captain Montt;
Captain Nifbet, for Bombay and China; Wollner Cattle,
Captain Dods, for Sc. Helena, Bencoolen, and China; Plurals,
Captain Ramfden, for St. Helena and Bengal.
They are expelled to be difpatehed at the India
Houfe this day, and to fail immediately. They are
to touch at the Cape to take on board the 47th Regi-
ment for India.—The Cybelle French frigate, which
belonged to Jerome Bonaparte's fquadron, cfcaped
out of Norfolk on the 25th .08ober ; and la Manche
French frigate, efcaped out of Cherburgh on the 3oth
ult. fitted for (even months. They had been both
blockaded more than twelve months.—The Porta-
guefe (hip Gloria, laden with wine and other mer-
chanilize, from Lifbon, bound to London, was taken
on her paffage by a French privateer, which kept
her in potfcfflon three days, when the was re captured
by his Majefty's chip RACEHORSff, Captain Fisica',
and fent into his port. She has on board upwards
of Goo pipes of wine, betides other merchandise,
which, with the (hip, is valued at ao,oool.

DEAL, DECEMBER re.
The Royaliii !Lop, Captain MAXWELL, has cap-
tured and brought into the Downs the Providence, a
very fine French lugger privateer, having on board
16 carriage guns and se men, belonging to Calais :
fhe had been out but a very few hours and captured
a brig belonging to Poole, which was recaptured and
brought into the Downs with the privateer. The
Roy:dill fell in with another privateer lag Friday
night, and was fo clofe as to fire feveral broadfides
into her, but fhe unfortunately efcaped : by the infor-
mation of the prifoners belonging to the prize, the
had fifteen men a minded, with the Captain, and
received very confiderable damage. Arrived the
Banterer frigate, and Wanderer !loop, from the
Nore, the firmer remains, the latter has failed
through for Badmouth ; Bold and Cracker gun
brigs, from a cruize. Sailed the Furious, Blood.
hound and Blazer gun brigs, on a cruize.

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