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London, England, 1803-11-11 00:00:00

NAUTICAL INTELLIGBNCE.

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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, NOV. to.
ADMIRALTY OFFICE, Nov. 10.

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Copy of a letter from Rear Admiral MONTAGU to Sir EVAN
Na PIA N, Bart. dated on board his Majefty's mip Deiced I , it/
the Downs, the 9th loft.

Sir—gnclofed I have the honour to tranfmit
copy of a letter from Lieutenant CHAMBERS, com-
manding his Majefly's gun brig CONFLICT, (Wing
his having captured the French gun boat, No. 86,
lug•rigged, on her pallige from Boulogne to Calais.
I am, &c. (Signed) ROBERT MONTAGU.

Hia Majefty's gun brig CONILICT, Dawns, Nov. 2.

Sir—l beg leave to acquaint you that, having
parted company with his Majefty's Hoop LARK, un-
der whore orders I had received diredions to cruize,
this morning, at nine A. M. Calais bearing South,
dillant between three and four miles, I fell in with
and captured the French national gun boat, No. 86,
lugger rigged, manned with one Sub Lieutenant.
twenty-feven non comminioned officers and privates
of the 36th regiment of the line. and fix feamen.
armed with one long eighteen pounder, and one long
eight pounder, twenty-three hand of arms complete,
fabres, piftols, and other fmall arms, defined from
Boulogne to Calais the preceding evening, but not
being able to get in. (Signed) D. CHAMBERS.

DUNGENESS, Nov. B.—The Raisomaati, Capt.
HOTFIAM, came to anchor here yeflerday, after hay.
ing been off Boulogne fence the et a OCtober. Ott
Saturday the sth inn. on the (hilt of wind to fouth eaR
the gun boats came out of Boulogne, eighty-feven in
number. The Rats and IMMORTALITS, kn.
mediately after their coming out, Rood in and gave
them feveral broadfides. Their fire was mat warmly
returned by the gun boats and batteries, innumerable
(hot from which went over our (hips, but not a man
hurt; one (hot liruck the foremall of the Isemorra.
LITF, and wounded it Co much that (he has beta
obliged to go to refit. The mortar batteries at Bon.
logne have now got fuels marks laid down when (hips
come into the bay, that they throiir their (hells with
full as much precifion as their (hot. One (hell in
tilling abfolutely grazed the fide of the Rata:masts,
and burn fo immediately on Rriking the water that
it threw the water upon the quarter deck. The
gun-boats all went into harbour again in the evening,
and did not come out on Sunday or yefterday. We
were dote in with Boulogne yells:day. It mull mor-
tify the Film. CONSUL amazingly to find that the
long wilted for equinottial gales have not driven a
fingleveffel of ours off their Ration. It bas blown a
fair wind for him fince the' tft Oftober, and a heavy
gale all the time. There were yeaerday of ours do&
in with Boulogne, two ft igates, a (loop of war, font
brigs, and tarn cutters. Indeed they never are four
miles off the coal'. Should the gun boats okapis
their vigilance, we have off Dunyenefs, which is the
moll likely, indeed the only place they can come to
from Boulogne, the R•ISONASLI, SULPHUR, Fleet*.
Massitoos, and four cutters, a force quire fufficient
to give a good account of them, (hoold they be dating
enough to attempt it.
Dias, Nov. z0...-Several of our cruisers In
blown off the French coaß Into the Downs. The
Latta and AUTUMN (loops have put backi the former
with lots of anchor and cable. Wind S. S. W. blows
hard, with rain.

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ezaelly nine o'clock When the gun boats came out
of Boulogne, and about ten the CONFLICT fell in
with her. The prize was fuch an indifferent faller,
that the gun-brig was obliged to take her in tow ;
and it is laid, that if a heavy lea had come on, Pie
muff inevitably have Rink. In fah, from being In
very low in the water, and fo broad in her beams, it
would be a moral impollibility for her to live in a
bra gale. Before Ihe had proceeded two miles on
her way to the Downs, fhe (hipped Co much water,
that the brig was obliged to let her fall alien), in
brder to prevent her finking. The eighteen-pounder
in her bow occafioned her to make a dead roll every
Inftint ; and it bad fuch an effea on the ftomach,
ifiit even the Prise Matter, and one of our feamen,
'were &fretted by it. It was feven in the morning, on
TuefdaY, when they left the trench coati, and the
Prize did not get into the Downs until half after
three WI the after-neon.. As loon as they came to
anchor, the Englith colours were hoitted. When
that wit done, tire Mailer of the gni.' boat, and the Mi-
litary Captain; were ordered into the gun brig. The
men remained on board until the ioftruelioris of the
AdMiril, Lord KEITH, were received, to whole flitia-
dron the COMP LICT belongs. The 26 foldiers on board
ire all int.y firong; well built young men ; but I
tnuft conters, i never law men in my life who gave
lire to flrong an idea of the term cut throats.—
Their angry looks and unfhaven beards, added to
an appearance naturally ferocious, do not at all
agree with the manners of civilized nations, but be-
(peak the ruffian bent on pillage and murder ! They
are all extremely well clothed : over their uniform,
they wear the fame kind of frock and trowfers as
our artillerymen, with a cocked hat, and the national
cockade. On an infpeiion, a diet bf arms, and a
number of pikes were found. The pikes are from
rs to t 6 feet in length. The bead of the pike is
not made like ours; they rather refembk our fey.
jeants halberts; they are about a foot long. On
the Ruth deck, near the bow, is the part appropri-
ated for cooking their viduals, of which they had
a fupply fafficient for three or four days,•and near
that is a bed of thaw for the men to deep on

What haa excited the greatell furprize is the eir:
etimftance of BISRAPARTZ having given inftruetions
for the eleven gun boats to leave Boulogne for Ca-
lais, knowing, as we do, the great anxiety he has
evinced on all occafions to get them fafe into Bou.
logne. The Frenchmen were silted, 'whde the boats
were going ? One of them replied, gb To Calais, to
grail& the afoul mandtuvres.°
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FAIIMMITM, B.—Arrived the Duni or RxNT
packet, Dimwit, with mails from Jamaica and Crook-
ed Mend ; failed from Port Royal tath September,
In company with his MajeßY's Sip Eaucit I, of
guns: left there la Duquefne, 74, Creole, 48, Mig-
*me, s+, is Lodi, so, la Aiquille, and la Vigilante,
:each, t French prizes) : on the 22d September
In with two fcbooners, having on board a number
of white inhabitants from St. Domingo, firing from
the land, to *Void falling into the hands Of the Bri-
gands; they reported, thin one of our frigates had
tun cn Sore at Cape Franctiis' and was burnt; crew
fared. His Majefty's brig Itaiool, of 18 guns,

Captain Bisalit., had driven on (bore and defiroyed.
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after a (mart saion, the French brig corvette la Mu.
tine, of is guns; Ike was attempting to efcape from
Port de Pail.
All: arrived laft night the Mary cutter, Lieut.
Mutt, from the fquadron off Ferrol, having on
hoard General Damn and fuite, who had on the
pelage fibrin India to England, on board the Perfe-
rerance [oath whaler, been captured by a French
privateer, and retaken juft entering the harbour of
Corunna by his Majefty's (hip Status, of 36 guns,
Capt. Peoirst, detached in chore by Sir EDWARD
Ps :At w. The French fquidron at Ferrol were lying
et tingle anchor ready for a lart. The Mary fell in
with the Channel fleet off Uthint, 'conning of t 6
fail of the lines it was reported in the fleet, that the
French had 27 fail of the line, betides frigates and
tranfports, at Breft, ready fur tea : alto arrived the
American chip Robert, Capt. iti.cdak, from Balti-
more, with tobacco, for orders. The Gips which
failed on Sunday, tinder convoy of the Slattosiraa,
pat back fame night, the wind falling (cant. The
Duet or Kitty packet, Damns, is put under qua-
rantine, in confequence of three of the crew having
died of the yellow fever.—Wind S. W.
PLymonto, Nov. 9.—Came in the Dutch Chip
Navigation; Captain Jaw Ma:tutu:att. from Batavia,
bound to Amfterdam, laden with fugar, coffee,
fpices, &c. taken by the Soirktative, of te gunk,
%;aptain Hsa rocork—The Swedith brig Venus,
Capt. Ragan, front Ttneriffe, bound to Embden,
laden wine wine, fitc.—dte fpoke.fix Frchch priva-
teers of the coal of Spain, one of which had cap-
tured eleven Britith veal., betides the KING Gsosot
packet. The American hip Sufanna, Captain
P. flawerr, from Norfolk in Virginia, laden with
tobacco, pin in for orders.' The Danlth fhip Jonge
Hendrick, Captain Haman BIRO, from Barcelona,
bound to Copenhagen, laden with.seitte, after a par.
Page of 39 days s alto the Danitb fhip Good Mother,
Captain Luat► Lawsuit, from Oporto, with wine
for Plymouth and Arundel
Came io. deeply laden, a French brig, prize to the
S'atTkurit of 84 guns. Capt. MARRY ; (he left the
ftpladron all well of Contain and Ferrol twelve days
Lea.

Cowts, Nov. z.—Yellerday morning the Ham-
burgh brig Louifa, Jacos LoansNs mailer, from
Oporto, to Chriflianfand, laden with 300 cafes of
fugar, and a quantity of hides, was wrecked at Mot-
teflon, on the fouth part of this ifland. About goo
of the hides are laved but the brig having bulged,
the Cigar is under water, and, confecluentlr, little
can be faved.

Gastmoce, Nov. 9 —The Griffin, Capt. Mowt.s,
arrived at this port from Montreal, fpoke on the 12th
Oflober the brig
_ Hero, of and from this port, Capt.
SARDERS, for Newfoundland, in Ist. 48. 32. N. long.
49, o. W. all well. The Severn, LAW, arrived here
on Sunday lafi from Briflol, after a paffitge of 4 days.
The Peggy, BRICKNOCK, at Newfoundland from
hence. The Polly, Pa:maim, at Grangemouth,
from St. Peterfburgh. William and John, -7—,
at Barcelona, from London.
A letter from Captain DOUGLAS, of the Mentor,
dated Triefte, in Ifiria, 25th ult. fays—r, The war
has been very unfortunate to the Mentor. We ar-
rived here twelve days ago, from °della, in the
Black Sea, after having had a narrow efcape from
the enemy, almoft miraculous.
" I law the Grand Seignior and all his emirs nhilft
I lay at Conflantinople. The Turks appear very
partial to the Englifh, and favoured me in fome cir-
cumftances very much.
I was one of five Englifh vefiels, the firft that
ever appeared in the Black Sea. We loaded wheat
at °della, (a new port) belonging to the Ruffians,
who received us as fomething more than mortals ;
every perfon of diffinCtion feemed anxious to
entertain bs the heft, and we were fo heartily tired of
goflipping, that we gave denials to many invitations.
We found feveral great characters of Englifh and
Scots, who have railed themfelves to the highell
polls of honour by their merit alone: they paid every
attention to us, and were exceeding happy to fee
their countrymen in thofe fo little known parts. The
Duke de RICKELIEU was Governor, and General
Coster, an Englifhman, the Commandant. Many
French came there : their views very detrimental to
our Baltic trade.

" The merchants here demur in freighting us,
owing to the infurance being fo high, occailoned by
three Englifh wile's being taken in the Adriatic, by
two privateers of three guns each : the three Englith
bad but two guns amongft them."

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
Gaavesum. Nov. to.--Prffed by the John, Widdy, from
Africa; Carmen Las ELena, from Bilks ; Vrow Jouna,
pass, from St. Andes.; Young Hahn*, —, from Rotterdam ;
AMA Steeds, Lawrence ; and Three Brothers, Davis, from Emb-
drn. Sailed the Alert. Witham, for Mogadore ; Zephyr, Glan-
ville, for Limerick ; Hendrick, Scharer. for Lubec; Clementine
Adrian,— • Negotie, Mcy ; &nape, Hordes% ; Cecelia, Olden ;
Trintin, Overhald ; Nickolas and Ma*, and Young
Regulus, Oro, for Embdas
Aa,ivtb-..At Cowes, Commerce, Wilton, Iran Meridian ;
Santa Ritta. Uhanis ; and Jane Olyna, Snit, from Bilboa. At
Nelfon, Gayle*: and Union, AA, from Newfoundland
At Penzance. John, Willis, from Charleflon. At Brad, St. Jo-
kph, Am, from //Mos. At Scilly, Favourite, Keith, from the
South Seas. At Leith, Diligence, Butler, front Pete:Anvils; and
Margaret, Brown. frost Gottenburgh. Off Aberdeen, Hero,
Grimly, from Archangel. At Ulbon, Hope, Millelard, from
London; Union, HatTuard; Lark, Norton; Qukkeirer. Rosa-
Sone ; and Swallow, Nimbler, from Newfoundland; Ranger,
Brown, from Dublin; Eunice, Dyer; and New Century, --,
from lAltradeere; Des Amigos, —, from Cork ; John, Hydros ;
and Ap-ilo, Baird, from the Cape of Good Hops.