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London, England, 1807-05-29 00:00:00

NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

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SCILLY, MAY 19.
Paged clofe to the Hands, and fent her boat on
(bore, his Majefly's fbip PLovER, who informs, that
/mul leagues to the weflwaid, they fell in with and
captured, after a long chace, a French fchooner,
mounting 14 guns; and basalt.° on this cruize detain
ed a very valuable Ead Indianian from the Ide of
France, cleared for Hamburgh, her cargo eflimated
at 100,0001 ; and raid to be the cargo of the \VAR-
IES HASTINOS, which was Come time fence captured
by the Piedm n'efe f►igate.—Came to an anchor at
the back of the Iflands, and fince driven off to fta,
the luduilry, of Exeter, from Newport, laden with
iron; the has loft both the bowfprit and boom, and
otherwife much difabled. It is hoped that (he may
reach Cork, in Ireland, the wind being favourable ;
every elation. was made here by the pilots to give
her affidance, but without effect.—A mackarel Scan
boat, jud cottie in, brings the unpleafant account,
that the law a (loop founder on the :Rth infl. between
the Land's End and there Wands, and that all on
board perifhed.

PENZANCE, MAY 26.

Sent in here a French fehooner privateer, captured
by the AMETHYST and Thom Ent frigates, and the
Power& Dory of war in company, on the 14.. h intl.
a few leagues S. W. of Scilly ; (he had captured a
brig belonging to Greenock, as I fuppofe, from the
bell information I could procure, but the name and
deflination I could not learn, which veal they fent for
France; fubfequent to which the PLOVER fpoke the
extra Eaft India (hip the Enterprize, from Bombay,
lall from the Cape, which the to,,k under convoy, and
the Purfer and two paffengers the Captain forwarded
in the prize, in order to arrive with the letters, &c.
as loon as pofEblc, which put in here lag night frr
the purpofe of landing the Gentlemen ; after which
the failed for Plymouth.

The Enterpriit left every thing perfeelly tranquil
in India ; but they were detained at the Cape, for the
purpnfe of a medical gentleman on board mulcting
tiffinance to the faculty there, in confequence of the
Mulles, which the inhabitants had to an uncommon
degree, and which carried off an immenfe number;
but the violence of the difeafe abated before they left
the Care.

PLYMOUTH, MAY 27.
Came in the PALLAS frigate, from a crnize ; an.l
the J fep!iine French privat.er, captured by the
AMETHYST, DRYADS and PLoVER ; and the ENDEA-
voue armed ghtp. with a convoy from Wales.—
Sailed the CaeoLtrre armed Ihip, with a convoy rot
the Downs.—Wind S. W.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 28.

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Arrived the Limbs' r, fchonner, from WeynNouth.

DEAL, MARCH 23.

Arrived the Exertion gun brig, from a cruize
Sailed for the River this murning, the Experiment
EaR Indiaman, and the Deptford naval tranfport.
Arrived the EXPLOSION bomb from Portfmoutli ;
SEAL %ItIC and WIDGEON fchooners, from Plymouth ;
ICANG•ROO iloop, from a cruize, off Boulogne,
and the FINDON hired floop, from Deptford.—
Sailed the SATELLITE and Must:2l/11-o Hoops of war,
arld feveral gun brigs, on a cruize. Came down from
the River, the Earl Howe, Windham, and Wexford
Eati Indiamen, and remain in the Downs with the rell
of the [hips as per 1411, arnd feveral outward bound
*ads, coallers, colliers, &c.—Wind S. W.

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
GILAVESIND, MA? A—Paired by the Beaty, Gibfon, from St.
Domingo; and Fame, Aylea. from Limerick.—Sailed the General
Miranda, for Jamaica; Providence, Owen, for Gin:racy; Fingal,
M'Yicar ; and the Juliana, Walker, for Gibraltar.
DISTRIBUTION OF PR IZE•MONEY.

The Speculator, for the capture of le Vidnricure
betober 24, 18( 3. will be paid on Monday next, at the Chamber
of Commerce, PortfmoUth ; and there recalled on Mondays and
Thurfdays.

On the 13th of April the Sea Horfe arrived at
Gibraltar, with the outward bound Mediterranean
convoy, and failed for the Mediterranean on the 15:h.
The Sea Horfe is Paid in the Paris papers of the 15th
roll. to have been takcn off Corilca by a French di•
vifion from Toul,,n.

The Spaniards make prises of American fhips, and
the Algefiras Diary announces the Zile of the cargo
of an American brig, the Fair Manhatan, contifling
of tar, fl rur, bifcuit and rum, captured by a Spaniel
privateer.
The Danifh brig, Venu;,olfon, from Gibraltar to
e--; American brig, Seafman, Sather, from New
York to Genoa; and ditto, Fair Manhatten, from
America to —; are taken by Spaniel' privateers,
and carried into Algefiras.
The Brixton, Ford; and the Mary Ann, Venner,
Com Jamaica for London, are arrived riff the Land's
End They failed on the 7th of April.
The Plutenix, Broad, from Smyrna, is arrived at
Malta. A fleet for England was to fail from thence
on the 18th ult. under convoy of his Majefly's fhip
Amphien.
The
.1,,c0n, ---, from Demerara ; and the Herald.
M4Ciflick, from the Clyde for Jamaica, are reported
to be captured and carried into Guadaloupe.
A Drop of 8o tuns, belonging to Exeter, laden
with iron, from Newport for London ; and a brig,
foundered off the Land's End cn the 19th init.
Rout. Navy.—lt appears from an authentic Me
"noir that, in the year 1518, under Edward VI. the
number of veffels was 53, and the tonnage 11,268.
In 1793, the veffels were 498, and tire tonnage
433,126. In 1805, the vales were 949, and in the
prc4ent year 1200.