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London, England, 1805-03-20 00:00:00

Thal there, we found to our utter aaonithlnctt, that
they had not been Peen in that quarter, and we arc
now going the Loan knows whither in porfn it of them.
Conjeaure indeed is ezhautled on this fubjeft. The
Weft and the EA Indies, the Medi:ernmean,
Brazils, &c. have been thought of, bnt nothing cer.
taiq on this fubjett is known. In my opinion we are
&Alined for the Welt ,Indies. Ido not fay this,
however, in confequence of any particular informa
Lion I have received."

Yederday intelligence was received at the Adm..
ralty, brought by the Johanna Frederica, of Altona.
which left Malaga on the 16th ult. Rating, that a
French fiigate had arrived•at that port, with the
crews of two Britith Chips of war, and a Merchant
brig, captured by her end another French frigate ;
that the two Britith !hips of war funk after the aftion,
which tatted near four hours, and that the above brig
was the only merchant veWel of the convoy from
Malta, known to be taken by the French frigates,
the ref} having efcaped during the attion. 'That but
few of the Malta convoy fell- into the hands of the
enemy, is farther confirmed by private letters received
yefterday by the Liibon mail. • _

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Accounts from Malaga, of the 23d ult. (fate, that
the Hortenfe frigate arrived there on the loth of the
month, with a number of Englifh prifoners, among
whom were the crew and officers of the Acii
Nothing was laid about prizes having been captured.
notwithflanding the French Officers took great merit •
to the;nfelves for their attack on the convoy. The
crew of a Smyrna veffel, which formed part of the
fleet, was brought into Mala.ga,with that of the Ac H g-
low. For feveral days prior to the above date, an
Lien) frigate (we believe the FISGARD) had beers
obferred cruizing off Malaga, fuppofed to be waiting
for the Hortenfe, which (hewed nu difpofition to leave
the port.
Our advices from Carthagena, Valentia, and Ali.
cant, which reach down to the 24th of February,
are entirely filent refpeeting the Malta convoy:—
The port of the latter place was opened on the 26th
of January, and the town declared free from conta-
gion. The port of Carthagena remained (hut,.
although the place was no longer vifited by the fever..
A letter of the 13th ult. from the Captain of the
Lady Anne (one of the Malta convoy) to his own-
ers, Hates--that on the 4th day of February, two
large French frigates came into the fleet. The Coat.
modore made a fignal for all the (hips to difperfe in
the belt, manner they were able, but being nearly
calm all that night, they could not make arty way.
The next morning, about five o'clock, an engagement
commenced between the two frigates, and the ARROW
and the bomb, which failed about half an hour. At
day-light the anion was renewed, which continued
about one hour and a half. The refuh is
known. Nineteen fail (!retched to the north-
ward. in company with the Lady Anne, all of which
were likely to efeape ; the ret of the fleet were get-
ting away in every dire ion. The Lady Anne
loft fight of the frigates by half pat twelve o'clock.
The nest day the raw two (hips on fire to the leeward,
and obferved one blow up.
A letter from Capt. Doitaita, of the fisitiorrs,
one of the convoy, dated Malaga, Feb. so, (fates—
that he had been captured by the Hortenfe French
frigate, after a chase of two hours and a half ; asul
that, after the crew were taken our, the enemy funk
the (hip, and landed him and his men, together with
thofe of the Ac a sacra bomb, at Malaga. Capt. Doe •
MRII, adds, tliat his was the only merchant flip cap-
tured by the Hortenfe. The Incorruptible, the other
French frigate, captined two of the vefels, which
the alto deffroyed, and has landed the prifoners at
Carthagena. An the others, we believe, have ef.
cared ; and thus has come this boated Croke again&
Brttifh commerce almoft to nothing. Captain Fee-
(ulnae, who commanded the ACHERON, has written
to Sir RICII•RD STRACHaN, that he has been carried
into Malaga by the Hortenfe, which ie now block-
aded up in that port by his Majelly's frigate Frs.
GARD. The ACH RON had four men killed and eight
wounded in the adion.

By letters from Oporto to the sth intl. it appears
that an Englifh Gentleman, refiding at Vigo, bas at-
trailed the notice of Government. He received an or-
der to retire thirty leagues into the country, or to quit
the kingdom ; he preferred the latter, and is arrived
at Oporto, on his way to England. He reports, that
the brig Falcon, from Newfr,undland, was captured
by the Fama privateer, of Vigo, and carried into
Marin, on the 14th of February. The Fama carries
eight fmall guns, and fixty men ; flue alto capsured
and carried in the Embden packet. Three row boats
had failed, and more were preparing. There !Mali
velrels, front their conftrudion and refemblance to
tithing-boats, were calculated to deceive ; they are
well armed. The Conful, on the 28th of December,
apprized the Lords of the Admiralty how much the
Oporto trade was expofed to the enemy's privateers,
crinfidering the nature of the Bar, and vicinity to
Vigo, and hoped fome protection would be afforded.
One of the above row-boat privateers captured the
Hope, MILLWARD, but fortunately the SERFw re-
captured her. The fame privateer made an unfuc.
ceftful attack upon the Counters of Crawford, who
was armed with four guns. The privateer, however,
captured a Swedifh veil-el, and carried her into Vigo.
Another letter, of the fame date, from Oporto,
mentions, that ten English relic!. had juft come into
port, among which was the Commerce, Captain
&SANDFORD. He hated, that. he failed in company
with fix othe veffels bound to that port, undeocon-
voy of the AMBUSCADE frigate (who went *ward
with Lifbon veffels), and that two brigs belonging to
the convoy were taken by the row-boats, on the
Sunday preceding the date of the letter, in fight of
the Bar. The floop Mary, Capt. Duscas, of Aber-
deen, was alto captured about the fame time dole to
the Bar. The coat (warms with privateers from
Vigo, and unlers fpeedy atEflance be afforded, heavy
loffes mutt be expected.

CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, MARCH 207'
Our frstili arrivals of Wheat to-ci y are but few. and the fupply
is chiefly of Monday. Ens (ample.; re naining, which arc ttil ea•
tremely difficult of (tie, at rather lets prices, and expedted cheap:[
—Floe Dantsie about nos. per quarter—a good fupply of Earley,
which, with Malt,ioclines tauten—lle demand for Rye keep* up
its price, likewile Beans..—Oats are herein large quantities, And ga
off lowly.—Flour, from its late plentinefs, bakes downwards.—
Other articles are dull, and have (mall Audit ition.