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IlteM Tint LOW OW GAZIII2,IIII.
ADMIKALTT.OIIICS, Wilk 20.
espy era letter front Vice Admiral itann ea, Comasader in
Chief of his Majeity's (hips and edible in tie Eat *befits
*I'AM Neaten, Efq. dated in Madras Rod4s, the sob.:
&winks. z Bot.
Sir—l have at prefent nothing very particular
to communicate to you, for their Lordllups'
/nation, beyond what may be collected from the
difpolition lift of his Majefly's fquadron under my
command, herewith inclofed, except the capture
of the French National frigate Chiffonne, in Mahe
Road, at the Seychelles, on the 19th ult. force
as per margin a', by his Majefty's (hip la Svatta.s,
Captain CHARLES ADAM, after a fhort but gallant
anion, in which a well conftrufted battery of the
frigate's forecafile guns, fundffied with a furnace
for heating red-hot !hot, co-operated in her de-
fence. This circumftance, added to the advantage
the French frigate derived from her polltion, being
at anchor, while his Majefty's (hip had to fleer
for her opponent, at the greateft hazard, through
a winding and intricate channel, formed by various
dangerous shoals, with no other guide than as the
water was feen to difcolour on them by a man at
the mall head, placed there for that purpofe, may
be fairly eftimated to overbalance the trifling dif-
ference in the calibre of the metal of the enemy's
(hip, and juftly entitle Captain ADAM, his officers,
and crew, to the diftinguifhed honour of having
taken a fhip of equal force. Ihe Chiffonne was
commanded by a l‘lonfieur Gut ITU I. failed (Toni
Nantes 14th April 'aft, is a fine new (hip, had ne-
ver been at fea before, completely armed and
equipped ; her errand to the Seychelles was to
land thirty-two perfons who had been furpated of
being concerned hi an attempt on the life of the
FIRST CONSUL of the French Republic. As his
Majefty's fhip SUFFOLK will proceed (portly with
convoy to Spithead, I (ball defer to that opportu-
nity the forwarding a copy of Captain ADAM let-
ter on the occafion, with other particulars ; but
it may be proper to acquaint you that, on the tech
of May, near the coat of Brazil, the Chiffonne
took a Pottuguefe fchooner • and throe days after
a frigate of that nation, named l'Hirondelle, armee
en flute, with twenty-four carronades, twenty-four
pounders, after a short atlion, but after throwing
her guns overboard, and taking out her fibres, fuf-
&red her to go about her bufinefs, the Captain and
officersgiving their parole for themfelves and crew.
On the 16th of June, off the Cape, (he captured
the Englifh fhip &Ilona, laden with a very valua-
ble cargo, from Calcutta bound to England, who
got Cafe into the Mauritius. I h ave only to add
that I have given orders for the pnrchafe of the
Chiffonne for his Majefty's fervice, and (hall place
her on the ellabliffiment of a thirty-fix gun frigate,
agreebly to her dimenfions, and that of her malls
and yards. (Signed) PETAL RAINIER..
Killed and wounded so beard la Sybille.
Seam n, Wird , i Midiltipinan, wounded.
!Wed and Wounded ad Mardi' Cidironne.
• SeamcnAilleds 3o Samna wounded.
• Maio dale.-aS twelve-pounders.
oler deek.-6 eightieunders; thirty4x.peund W-
ounds&
11Pereteitk.—.4 eisitips.mdess; with no new.

LW IAttitLiGENCE.

ADMiItALTi COURT,DOCIVAS COMMONS. Irg
This day the Right Hon. Sir Wk. SCOTT pro-
ceeded to the adjudication of the following eaufes :
Carl Wallte, Smith mater.—This was A Dinah
!hip, laden with a cargo of hides, going from Lif-
bon to St. Andero, a port in Spam, which cargo
was claimed as Portuguefe property.
It was contended on the part of the captors,
that there had been no transfer of the property,
and, therefore, this was Span& colonial produce
going to the mother country ; and, as fucb, was
fubjeft to confifcation. On the part of the clii-
manta, it was fubmitted that the goods had been
duly imported.
The Court faid,there was the Ittongeft proof that
this was an enemy's tranfa&ion, and a fraudulent
bufinefs, and, therefore, had no hefitation in con-

:ming the property.
The Doris, malter.—This was a chip like-
wife laden with a cargo of hides, which the Court
condemned on the fame grounds.
Potrimpos, Babek mafter.—This chip was
alto laden with a cargo of the fame defcription, but
being dillinguilhable from the above two cafes, the
Court ordered further proof
Vrow Elizabeth, Ackerman maßer.—lt
appeared in this cafe that the (Lip had been re-
flored, and an offer of reftitntion of the cargo, on
the payment of the captors memo, which cargo
had fuffered very much (being of a perifhable na-
ture) from its detention.
The Court Paid it mull allow come demurrage
and damages in this cafe, and therefore referred it
to the Regifier and Merchants.

'REROGATIVE COURT, WEDNESDAY, FEB. s 7.
Before the Right Hon. Sir W. Wr nli E.
BISHOP o. eoecn.

This was the cafe of a codicil which was written
at the bottom of the will of Lieut. Col. Hodges, de.
eeafed. This codicil was propounded by Mary
Roach, and oppofed by the Executor of the de-
ceafed's will, bearing date the 31 II of March,l79s.
The codicil, bearing date the 19th of Aug. 1797,
was in there words, "I leave to Mary Rdach the
annual Turn of 301." It appeared that the teftator,
at the time of his death, and for Tome time before,
lodged in the houfe of Mr. Roach, whore daughter
w it& the party benefited by this codicil, and for Whom,
it appeared, the deceafed flood godfather, notwith-
(landing it was in evidence that the young lady was
feventeen years of age when the deceafed firfl went
to lodge at Mr. Roach's houfe. It alto appeared
that this paper was written in a very fcrawlinghand,
except the fignature, " John Hodges," which wasl
written in a very fair hand. It was fubmitted by
the Counfel on behalf of the Executor, that the
Court could not entertain any doubt whatever,
from the evidence and exhibits produced in the
caufe, but that this codicil was a mere fabrication.
The Court, after reciting the evidence,and com-
paring the hand-writing ofthe deceafed with other
papers proved to have been written by him, was
clearly of opinion that this codicil was a fabrica-
tion, and therefore condemned the party in coils.

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY. COURT OF KING'. BENCH, FEB. la
The Gazette contains a notice of payment of CONNOR W. SNAILS AND OTHERS.
proceeds of certain velfels, Bores, and other booty, This was an anion of affault, brought by the
=pored in the conjunct expedition of his Majefly's plaintiff, late Serjeant of artillery in the Hon. Eaft
army and navy againft Holland, in the year 1799, India Company's fervice, againß the defendant
under the command of Lieutenant General Sir Smails, Captain of the Walfiugham Eat Indiaman,
RALPH ARERCIICHRY, and Vice-Admiral Sir An- and againit Campbell and Philipps, two of his
Dam MITCHELL. mates, for unlawfully kiting, tying up in the
The diftribution is to be made at the White thrones, and inflicting a certain number of lathes
Horfe Inn, FridayAreet, London, to all perfons oa the plaintiff, on the isth of April tali, in con.
of his Majefty's land forces, who are entitled to fequence of his rehiring to conform to the difci.
(hare in the diftribution of the rum of 31,8301. 15s. plane of the !hip and All in the exercife of the
9d. received by the agents for the arnly, on ac- guns.
count of the (hare which the army is entitled to in Mr. EIMER i, for the plaintiff, Rated the caufe
refpeft of the capture of four frigates and twohulks, at confiderable length, and with an extraordinary
which were taken poteson of on the 28th of An_ difplay of the aloft impreffive eloquence. He re-
gull, :799, in the Men Diep, and condemned in relented the plaintiff as a molt Meritorious cha-
the High Court of Admiralty. , rafter; a man who, fora number of years, had ,
The Paid ,dillribution is to commence on 'Thurf. (erred under the Hon. Ealt India Company ; who
day the nth day of February intlant, and to con- had fought anal bled for his country under Marquis
tinue (Sundays excepted) until the 9th of March Cornwallis i who had once had the good
fortune I
following, and to be recalled at the fame Isonfe, to rave the life of the gallant and ever to be la-
every other Monday for fixmonths, and after that mented General Abercrombie. Would to GOD i
time the firft Monday in every month, until the exclaimed Mr. Ertkine, he had been fortunate
enough to have laved that hero's life a fecond time!
end of three years frorn the Silt payment.
11AT/1111111T Or DISTIIIIOIIIOII. He then Rated that, as a mark of the Compaq's'
1 Comstaniki in aid - . • L. me 13 d approbation of his fervices, he had been advanced
6 Gataal Olken. each - - 231 43 to the rack of ferjeant of artillery; and that vim
ilO Field Ogkers, each - 63 8 3 he received his dskharge, he was tent home with
219 CAptakts, sod abase( that ckfa,etak zo S s his wife at the Company's triLeam, as a chartered
437 Lieutenants and !,nips and airs °lda dab,
nub - - 4e4 3 pairenger. He next, agrimbly to his inernaions.
I*i %c ea gee. ditto, etch • - - a o pmartrayed, in an in (train, the (uterine
16,637 CorimmietDminalerstarld Privates, emit 0 6 sof the unfortunate plaintiff; and, among the atm.
ttttt 61 PATIIIIIIIT. cities of the defendants, Paid, that when Campbell
• 9" "'mai' Feb' 33' the °mealO "cal, Quitter Md" was dragging him on deck to be Bogged, for re-
ten, Alment tkaterale,Casuallbre mni, tag Parader
Omni i , Dstartamok atom, ot 34404 chortidood ash (yang to to what he bad no right to do, the plain-
1-Igtit Dragoorm tire wife interpofing, he called her a d—d b- b,
On Friday, Feb. 26, the Royal Artillery, topineere, arn and Bruck her a violent blow on the break which
Brandt of Ordnance, and Grenadier Benalan at Guards. laid her at the feet of her hatband. The defier
On Satarday, Feb. ay, the 3d Battalion at zit Guards. dants contended, that the exercife was, in cantor.
On Monday, Maeda z, the ER lattallos Oaidltreata• Regl- mity to orders, received by the Captain when be
awn Dr Gear& .. left the Bay of Bengal on the tath of April, to
f)' Tuddaft March tt the IR Dandirm 3d Regiment of ezercife the men twice a week at lealt, as dielk
Guard% leas were then inland by a manatee of privateers
On %Vandal', March 3. the ad Battalion of Royals, two from the mamitine t and that the nth of April
additional Canignia of ditto, a, or tree Rei s gmen at
Foot. d ( was the fir& Lae day-which bad occurred after re-
()" Tharfdar. Mash 4, the 23d, astb, mat, and 39th at caving tilde orders.k 'Crated, however, that
ditto. the exercife was sever repeated after that day.—
Oa Friday, March 3, the apth, lith,and *sag &a& On the part of the plaintiff it was (worn, that he
On gatarday, 34.1. d, 6th, the nth, isthoisd Thd of ana was fitting on a gun between decks when the de.
On Monday, March 3, the mat winos eon We nn, ,ft fendant, Campbell, came and ordered him to
and ad Bamboo of z 7th, and eft stew at aoth ditto crafters. He replied, he was a pairenger, had no
per,o moos 9, ebe sd Damson ss sot% a ditto of right to go to quarters, that he knew the exercife
nab, 24 dkto (Jacek, and 63d Regimes. already, but that, if the !hip were in any danLer,
A dindhatioa wine make He. 34, Arandel-ftreet,Strand, he would exert himfelf to the haft extremity. The
t°,tse cullotra, Zama. la Dog, and Few% for the fight defendant, Campbell, then went oa deck to the
-"'""4 ainvvin'lll334l3 Cinicelallic 3an A*61116'143 Captain, nd Paid, if the man was not pun'
,V4arrtaSlates•k Paret,b Ylpre a bombard, k Marla a ditto. -•
or • Bows * ass% and is Mae fts,A,,r, ditto; is ass be would do no more fervice in the (hip. °wads
to the crew at the Sea Hada (yid& Sara In the above cap- Smails raid, he (lipoid be dogged i Canspb4 re-
w") as l'4ll ace bean Paid at Mims an bond that lip. turned below, feized the plaintiff by tbcceintb'
. To la ltalfon,a MOWN& wlllbe made at the White Lion, and (were he ihouid be well Logged. With *a
al wych.ftreet, as Saturday die sylb MA. tor the Somers. affihooo of philip another oy -the •
aTtitt e.
.Ids'etl__annsd cutter Martha de Cabala,. fortbe captors Campbell dreggeltsie proceentor on deck
priADtzge Leiner, at Salta? Ibionart, Causemoreet, as lawn, the captain what be was to be
'rug &wisp tusks prise &um mowed to wad. win be called him a mutinous rakal, mimed
be PA ea bad the iiih a Stands as leitoi she saes tai. hugs to be brought oor. 'ad the boorcluat at