Star.
London, England, 1810-06-19 00:00:00

LISBON, JUNE 3.

Advices from the Army have been received, an-
nouncing that dreadful battle has taken place be-
tween the combined armies and the French, who had
penetrated in three different places within the ton-
tiers of Eortogal. When the last accounts reached
us, the battle Juid already lasted two days, and the
advantage. trots wholly on our side ; but as only one '
of the Franck *visions had been ang2ged, and the

two others yrkre maussuwingin such a manner as to
get behind our rear, it was thought that Lord Wel-
Jington would ultimately retreat either towards Viseu,
'to defend Oporto, or fall back a few miles only •to
Covillias and Belmonte, in order to facilitate his
junction with the British troops at Castel Branco
and Portalegre. The French army, commanded by i
Massena, and consisting of between 70 and 80,000'
men, is stated to have divided itself into three corps
previous to invading this country. The right one,
under Junot, marched from Salamanca, and crossing
the Douro, near Porena, penetrated as far into Portu-
gal as Villa Flor, on the left, though at the distance
of about forty miles from the British army. The left
corps, under Mortier, and which had long occupied
the environs of Badajoz, is said to have been drawn
closer to the main body, so as to enter Portugal, in
the neighbourhood of Penatiel and Salvatierra, on the
right of our army, and in a straight direction to Cas-
tel Branco. The centre, commanded by Massena,
with Ney under his cadets, invested Ciudad Rodrigo,
to incite Lord Wellington to advance and fall into
the snare prepared for him. But his Lordship was
not blinded by his military ardour. He remained at
Celerico with his right resting upon Guarda,a strongly
fortified town, and his left inclining. towards Pinhel,
another fortified town, whilst hii advanded parties
extended as far as Almeida. In this position he is
stated to have awaited the attack of the enemy, who,
disappointed in their hopes of drawing him into Spain,
and probably thinking the two other divisions, each
consisting of about twenty thousand men, had had
time to pass in his rear, brought his centre, 40,000
strong, to act against ours at Celerico. Our position
formed a half moon,the concave part of which lay open
to the enemy, the two ends being defended by Pin-
hel and Guarda, and the centre occupied by Celerico,
in approaching which he stood exposed to the attacks
of our two wings, which threatened to close upon and
surraund him ; but these being chiefly composed of
Portuguese troops, with a few detachments of British
infantry and cavalry, he despised, trusting probably
that our centre would not resist him, and that its de-
feat would enable him to cut off the retreat of the
wings. In this expectation, however, he was com-
pletely disappointed. The cool undaunted valour of
British soldiers withstood his most furious attacks,
and every time drove him back in disorder, taking
many prisoners and several pieces of cannon. The
wings, too, behaved well ; and being reinforced by a
few regiments from the centre, whom the enemy
seemed at last inclined to respect, were engaged in a
tremendous conflict when the last accounts came away,
which it was hoped would end in the total defeat of
the proud invaders.
Such is the information which has reached us at
Lisbon. I send it to you in haste such ns I have
received it. We have so frequently been deceived,
that we know not how to trust such reports, but it is
said that public prayers will instantly be put up that
we may have a complete victory. With. British sol-
diers in the field, and WELLINCTON at their head, we
only dread overpowering numbers.

PARLLIME•NTIIRT PROCEEDINGS.

lIOLTSF. OF LORDS, JUNE 18.

In the Committee of Privileges on the Roxburgh Peerage, the
Lotd Chancellor delivered his opinion at length, which was sup-
ported by Lord Viscount Melville, and in part differed from by
the hart of Lauderdale. The Resolutions adopted were to the
effect, that the daughters of llenry Lord Ker, and the heirs male
of the it bodies ret.prctively, were entitled to succeed to the Earl-
dom of Roxbur3h, stain-rim, and that none of the pattioi
had mad good their claim ro the Barony of Roxburgh. The
Report of the Committee to be taken into consideration by the
House co \Wednesday mornii,g.
The Drury-larfetheatre Bill was mad a third time, and passed,
with Amendments.

SLAVE Tr.ll)E.

Lord HOLLAND trusted, that the motion he was
about to submit, would meet with their Len dships'
concurrence. Wh..tever might originally have been
the d flerence of opinion on the subject of the aboli-
tion of the Slave Trade, it most now be the general
wish that other countries might be induced to concur
in that abolition which had hten sn happily effected
here. He was not &posed at the present moment,
to propose any CCIISIIre upon Ministers ; his only ob-
ject was, that a pledge should be given by the House
by an address to the Crown, praying, that forther
steps might be taken, to induce foreign powers to abo-
lish this nefarious traffic. More might ha-re been done
by his Majesty's Ministers, particularly with respect
to Sweden. With reference also to the peninsula of
Spain and Portugal, he thought enough had not been
done. There were only two provinces of the Spanish
dominions, into which, upon the narrowest and most
miserable view of a mistaken policy, the importation
of slaves coull be now of the least consequence,
namely, Cuba and Buenos Ayres ; to these provinces,
according to his view of the subject, the abolition
would be highly beneficial, and to the rest it must,
so fai :is any supp:;sed mistaken interest was concern-
ed, be a matter of perfect indifference. He was
aware that with respect to Portugal there was greater
difficulty, because the trade was carried on from one
Portuguese port in Africa to another Portuguese port
in the Brazils ; and he willingly gave praise to Mi.
Inisters for their proposition for purchasing the Por-
tuguese territory in Africa, which would have placed
the subject upon a totally different footing. He
thought, however, that some course might be adopt-
' cd to effect an abolition which was so highly desira-
ble, or at any rate to prevent liritili capital from
being covered by a foreign flag in carrying on this
inhuman traffic. It might ultimately come to be a
question whether the law of nations, well understood,
did net authorize the treating all those persons as pi.
rates who persisted, in defiance of all reason, justice,
and humanity, in trailing in human flesh ? but in the
mean tame, no practicable inducement ought to be
left untried, to bring about, by common consent, a
general abolition of this disgraceful tram. In the
treaty which his Noble Friend (LordAtickland) and
himself had negociated with the American Ministers,
an article hid been introduced with reference to this
subject. Parliament had not then finally agreed to
the abolition, and consequently an article upon the
subject could not be introduced with that force and
effect, as if the obolitinn here had actually been sanc-
tioned by the Legislature. That treaty, it was known,
was not ratified, but the American Legislature sub-
sequently passed a law for the abolition of this trade.
He was of opinion that an arrangement might he ad.
jusred in a satisfactory manner with the United States
of America, by which a mutual power of executing the
laws of each country might be established; by which all

to speak really
tt hint no affectel
neral differ. tritm the Noble Earl, he had always lig.
tened to him " with a certain degree of satisfactions
because that Noble Earl always appeared, as contra.
distiteghuei shme kelatnotma.colleagues,.asab
obscurity, no inclination to evade the di cession of a
question, and to confine himselt to the object of lei,
Thereof his
sit
leading their Lordships. 'ln his present speech tl e:e
was much to approve. and be (Earl Stanhope) rand
only to observe, that if from his lips some like (:bier.
vations had fallen, he would be charged'as tl;e libee
ler of the Church, as the enemy to our religious
interests, and plague knew what.—(A laugh.) Fur
what said the Noble Eat' in defence of the present
grant ? The Church of England is port, said he, and
it will be impossible that it can hold up against
numerous foes unless-it is supported in ail its strength
and dignity. To many parts of that observation et
had strong objections. Did he (Lord Harrowby,
mean to say, that the only way to support your rel.
gious establishment was by voting to it the puialic
money ? Did he mean to tell those who differed trete
it, that the strength and security of the Protestant r,..
ligion lay in its accumulation of riches ? If such svar
• his opinion, he feared he would increase insteaJ of
diminishing the number of persons who dissented
from it, and whom the Noble Eerl, perhaps rather
' warmly, had designated as the foes to the Church as
England. Could it be tolerated, that because men
I differed in certain points of discipline (for instance
the case cf Baptists, who th.aught Bapnsm should not
take place until theage of discretion; that therefore they
, were foes to the Church. It was uajest toanake such
aspersions, but it was consistent with the cry.et Ne
Popery. But lie would tell the Noble Eatl that those
dissenters, those foes to the Church as he styled them,
would continue to increase even from the Humber At
taken from their 12,000 chapels, when they found
that the advocates of the Church establishment con •
ceived that its best means of security was to be con
tintially applying for public money. He would vet,.
tore to predict, that, whether you voted six milhara
lor sixty millions, whether you built churches f
' churches, whether you calumniated dissenters or
otherwise, the number of communicants of the estab-
lishment would decrease, and that of dis,.entets
crease, as long as they saw the Church of aglael
made the en one of state policy, as long as they saw
I its prelates translated and preferred, not for their re.
ligious merits, but their slavish support to the ',liras-
' tee of the day. Frr he would ask the Noe Earl
' fairly to answer, ii he knew of no preferments in the
•: higher r.:nks of the Clergy conferred upon such pre.-
' tensions ? When lie saw the Bishops, acc,..rdii.g
I injunctions of their ielizion, voting against wars--
when l:e saw them voting for the liberties ra the
plc, then he would pronounce that the Clinic!'
England had no reason to fear. But it was alwar)
the case for an establishment to decline, when tie
clergy drew their emoluments by compulsoryllDr.
The people had no interest in their support, althoiigh
I they had no objection to sugscribe, and that libel.,ily,
for those religious instructors that were not so pnivt.
ded. In America it was wisely old.ieted that the
c'errry should mit be paid by any compulsoly
'Liu: beside that, a positive law, that any ,1
given to st fur tn, performance of any reli,a
duties conld not he rtcovered in a court of lase,
for shrewd reason, that as it was the
end of all religious insftuction to make people h..
the very necessity of being compelled to sue fur tile
payment of the boed, either proved that the priest
had not done his duty, or that the person sued was
not honest, and that in either case the instructor Lad
no claim to compensation— (A laugh.)
After some observations from Lords LIVERPOOL,
SIDNIOUTIi, and HOLLAND, the clause was agreed to,
the Bill committed, and the third reading fixed for
to-morrow.

the* inhabitants of the United Starts, ithn aiield hid i
de4ance of the laws of their own country, in carrying
on this trade under a foreign flag, should be liable to,,
capture by British ships of-war, and all those persons
here who carried on the trade in a similar manner,
and who were equally traitors to the laws of their
coubtry, should be also liable to capture fly American '
vessels. He was extremely anxious that some pledge.
should be given by the House of its desire for the
general abolition of this inhuman traffic, feeling that
the Government in its applications to foreign powers
for this most desirable purpose, would have those ap-
plications much strengthened by the determination of
the people of the united Kingdom expressed through
their legal organs, the two Houses of Parliament,
and being convinced that if once all the powers of
Europe had agreed upon the abolition of this abomi-
nable trade, that no state would afterwards venture
again to establish it. He was the more anxious upon
this point, observing how little had been done, and
how much there remained to be done, to effect an
object of so much importance to humanity and jus-
tice. Before he sat down, he wished to do justice to
the Island of Jamaica, in stating that he believed the
-13.lanters of that island had in general paid a strict
obedience to the act of abolition, and had not at-
tempted to evade it. His Lordship concluded by
, moving an address to his Majesty, praying that further
steps might be taken to induce foreign powers to abo-
lish this trade.

The,.Earl of LIVERPOOL had no objection to
the motion ; he had always agreed upon the principle
of obtaining the consent of other powers to the abo-
lition of this trade, and every effort had been made
by Ministers to effect this object. With respect to
Sweden, which was the only apparently doubtful
point, the fact was, that previous to the circumstances
which had lately happened, a negociation was on foot
for a commercial treaty with that power, and it was
thought better to introduce an article relative to the
abolition of this trade into the treaty, than to make it
the subject of a separate negociation. He agreed with
the Noble Lord with respect to the disposition of the
planters of Jamaica to pay a strict obedience to the
act of abolition, and that being the case, there could
be no difficulty as to the other islands.
The address was agreed to 'rm. dis. and ordered to
be presented by the Lords with white staves.

DISSENTERS.
Lord Viscount SIDMOUTH adverted to the in.
tention he had formerly expressed of bringing forward
in the course of the Session, some motion relative to '
the mode of granting licences to Dissenting Teachers.-
He thought it a subject of considerable importance,
as under the present mode of executing the Acts, if
person presented himself to the Justices at the Quar.H
ter Sessions, and took the oath of allegiance, and sub-
scribed the declaration required by law, he was en-
titled
of right to a certificate, which entitled Min,'
whatever might be his age, whatever might be his
ignorance, or whatever might be his depravity, to ,
preach and teach any doctrines he pleased, and which
enttled him also, whether he did preach or teach or
not, to exemption from parochial arid from
,;crvice in the militia. This, his Lordship consi.f r .1
as an abuse to which a remedy ought to be Applied.
He had, however, upon mature consideration, deter-
mined to postpone till next Sessions, the bringing
forward any motion upon the subject. He wished it
at the came time, to be distinctly understood, that he
meant nothing hostile to the Dissenters. He consi-
dered the Toleration Act as the palladium of religions
liberty, and had not the slightest intention of pro-
posing any infringement of it.
Eail STANHOPE wished that the Noble Viscount
had stated what his intentions were.

Lord Viscount SIDMOUTH stated his object to
be, that no-person should be entitled to a certificate
at the Sessions as a Preacher and Teacher, unless he
was appointed to a Congregation, and had certificates
from some members of the same religious persuasion
of his fitness for that station, and had attained the
years of discretion.
Lord HOLLAND was not aware of the existence PROTEST
of any abuses which could induce him to consent to AGAINST THE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S LOAN BILL:
lessen the operation of the Toleration Act. Di sstx-rticsr --Because, To us it appears that before passing
CLERGY. this Bill into a law, the opinion of the Judgel on the legality of
the Ea t India Company's declaring a dividend in the present state
The House resolved itself into a Committee on the of their affairs is highly desirable. For whilst we know from the
Appropriation Bill. Accounts on the tab's of the House, that they have continued tc.
Lord HOLLAND objected to the appropriaLion divide annually ten and a half per cent. on their Capital htock,
we are convinced that the House of Commons would not have
of £lOO,OOO to Queen Anne's bounty for the poorer
ab..aandonhede Eh:. wiseh and prudent system they had formerly pit--
Clergy. He thought the present a most unpropitious ,
limited then in '
dividcenaTeorn6t4b,e
season for such a grant, at a time when burdens sort'ocirtureciltheer"iteat.'t. thit2i.
pressed so heavily upon the people. Another objection the sum of fourteen hundred thousand pounds, advanced to re-
oCronthilentni:ittli's
was, that it was a mere temporary grant, and did I I've them from difficulties similar to those they auw experiences
not form part of any permanent system for amelio-
%%tos. repaid, had they not thought it unatee;:oty, seeing that in
tilrnpir.ioilt the
w
Eastl India
recl Company
from
ar,-,ins tf:epresertt'sitation
rating the situation of the poorer Clergy, not was he ot.
theirt a fi.ae
to the 'Swim-
satisfied with the mode in which the money granted tors any Dividend in their Capital titonicka.as4lling. i
for this purpose was applied. He did not mean to Sec.,ndly, Because the doubt that must naturally arise on the
right of the Co t pat y t . declare a Dividend, front the difference
cast the slightest reflection upon the Governors of
co.tiluct of the East India
clodia
Queen Anne's Bounty ;on the contrary, he believed 4c) (01 „pinion taltiludsbtlyietehloeseduz
ius by the
that no abuse existed in the management of the funds awn sP, er);' greatly incrcpased byntshoe
fotialowhinlgsen up
cortsaderati by tons al.
of that establishment ; but he objected to the mode of First, the Accounts of Stock per computation on the table of
this Hotn M
c-Ist of March, I£o6 ; tst arch,lB4 7 ; Ist March, the application. He thought that the relief of the
71 ;Itl lit March, 1809 ; tar from shelving any profit, after
po(a.er Clergy might be effected in a manner much 1"
;
the payment of Bills of Exchange accepted, and of Debts, Interot
less objectionable than adding to the burdens of t: c and other out-zoings, exhibit in that short k
spa eof tim a V! tO'
people, by means of the higher benefices, either by the enormous amount of twelve milhons five hundred ond sever• ..--
thousand twenty-two pounds ; whilst by the I I Ith Clause Of
taxing them in certain preportions, or in same other "e
he StsidiGeadrfeiiilll.dC"hopter 52, the Company have 0..1y a right
mode, and that certain benefices, where no duty was 'to d • outoftheir pmhrs in Great Briton), after.
attached, might be suspended. and the profits appro- providingee fora en
~paymentof Bills of Exchange already accepted co
priated to a fund for the relict of the poorer Cl • the .
ergy ; Lumpany, as the sanie shall become due, and tor the tuner:
some regulations might also be made with respect to payment of other ..,,'..ts, interest, and other
out-goings, charge'
livings in the gift of the Crown. and expenses."
eeondly, Both the East India Company and the Legi-leture
The Earl of HARROWthe
BY supported s
grant, seem to have farnierly given a most decided opinion on an> suit-
which he contended to be absolutely necessary, if they ject ; for wLen h) the 65t'i Chapter of the 21st of George 11l the
wished to prevent the Established Church from he- Company were, as at present, precluded from dividirthe Wit
then permitted by law, of eight per cent. on their Capital stock,
coming a mere name. The higher benefices, with o
(pzevetiiiexd,teonrfthe current Tl.iyment rfrlnterest, Gut;
very few exceptions, did not produce more than suf. goings,tt
andthey
ficient to support the dignity attached to them. His that ct, petitioned to be empowered Owe.eirned by yearr
laW :'ter
•ill'lLiele 4tql: t..".:;, id
Lordship adverted to the increase of Dissenting aunt of 8 per cent. per annum, notwithstanding that their net
Meeting-houses, observing, that in the first fourteen
pro Eta fell short of what was necessary .0 discharge such a di-
videndi by twenty-two thousand and twenty-three pound; all
Parliament years of the present reign, the licences for them were
rrianelie ;iic actually gave such powers in Chapter 51 of the :=JIIOO,OO, whilst in the last fourteen years they amounted Gr.ug
Ito upwards of 7000, and that the whole number .
Thirdly, Because, under these cireuntrinces, whatever may
be the opinion of the Judges concerning the right of the cole-
e.granted in the present reign amounted to 12,260. To ' nyt
doe public
Seems a dividend, it sees to us imp. riously necee..ary
contend against this they had 11,000 benefices of the ' ir
Establ shed Church, in many of which the Ministers it. For
Feopeubiflicthientieurdesgte,s tee _ H
that
6huukipronounce
shouldceit
to be,
eititii,...,usit! cf,,i,i ,i, .
were non-resident. He contended, therefore, that it i Company to declare any dividend in he ',lrwin sit uatiol
was absolutely necessary to give a greater efficiency' i affairs, the authority of such an opin un %souls, reven - ,
I portion
ed of the sum about to be lent, from being ili.ga, s t ....
to the Church, by increasing the amount of the bene-
fices of the poorer Clergy, and he thought it would onrrtbe
enotnoteatbeyepoichkee t
Jsu odfgest hes
liFeruoisritteeteat 4 or
lhtoadtt os:e.bt. •,I ,iva yea:si
he highly expedient to adopt some more strict regu. was legal, It would certainly sugrst to .he Hotter !7., I. *int;
lations for either enforcing residence or giving to the of following the wise example toe Legislators.' us h--.totals
giyen, by introducing a Clause into the
Bill .:0... befoul he 4.
Curate, i
-11 case of the non-residence of the Incumbent tor diminishing the dividend to be made to the t• isprlet,rs till
a larger proportion of the income of the benefice. 4 s
,_c
b • tag • : such time as the money advanced should be repaid ts the pt.it i
Earl STANHOrE said however, e mg/ Lu pi • , (aimed) 411114IWALZ.

Lord HAWKESBURY intimated hic intention
of moving the committal of the East-India Loan Bill
to•roort o w. —A dj ouzu..d.

THE rrgNING STAR.

LONDON.

TUESDAY, JUNE 19.

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PRICE OF STOCKS TICS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCKa
1 per Cent Cons. iror tnoney elsotopg. 71i.
Reduced 69,4-4 per Cent:ll4.—S per Cent. Navy shut.
Esch. Is. die. to de. Pee.—Bonds 17i. 18s. pre.
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
Ornnlnns + 1 tlis. S par
India Bonds 111. 17s. prem.
Exc. Bills, par 4s. IS. Fein.
Cons. for —71 ft

bulk Atock
s per C. Red. Ann. 64
4 per Cents. Off
Long Ann. 161 9-16

A Gottenburgh mail arrived this morning, and by
the same conveyance we have received German pa-
cers to the 7th instant, from which we give the fol•
lowing extracts :
STOCKHOLM, JUNE 6.

It is confidently asserted, that the Courier which
Arrived a few days ago to Mr. Desaugiers, broitight
the necessary powers from the Emperor Napoleon
for concluding a marriage treaty between the daugh-
ter of Lucien Bonaparte and the deceased CroWn
Prince; as yet it is impossible to say who will be
chosen in place of the latter, though opinions are in
favour of the Duke of Oldenburg.

Private letters from St. Petersburgh, state the pos-
sibility of a change in the Russian Cabinet, which
may in its consequence affect the good understand-
ilig at present subsisting between it and the Frencb
Government.

Morriteurs to the 12th came to hand this morning ;
but they add little, however, to the accounts we gave
from the Papers received yesterday.
The grand Fete given on the 10th instant by the
City of Paris to their IMPRRIAL MAJESTIRS WRS nearly
an exact counterpart of the fete which took place on
the 2d April. Horse-races, lotteries, concerts, balls,
and fire-works, were again the leading spectacles and
amusements of the day. The decoration which
screened the apparatus of the grand fire-works on the
Quay Napoleon evinced much ingenuity. It repre-
sented a mountain, the base of which was skirted
with rocks, and armed with two bastions, to exhibit
the aspect of military work. Higher up was the
Temple of Glory, shaded by oaks and laurels ; and
on the top, amidst a bower of myrtles and rose-trees,
was the Temple of Hymen, the ways leading to
which was strewed with flowers. A Ship, the old
emblem of the City of Paris, also formed a part of
these decorations.

A Decree has been issued by our Government
pitllibiting the importation of colonial produce into
Sualsund under any flag whatsoever ; this measure,
it is probable, may be extended to all the ports of
Sweden. The meeting of the Diet is fixed for the
16th of July.

_ The Fete to be given by the Princess PAULINE is
deferred till the 14th.

On the .sth instant the following notice was pub-
lished at Brussels :
" Mr. BURK?, an English Gentleman, has broke his parole,
and has been n ..ng for several days.
" General Cuamaa Lao" is in consequence under the neces-
sity of cbliging all the English who are on their parole here, to
present themselves until further orders the first day of every month,
at the office of the Etat Major, there to inscribe their names.
" "Those who fail to conform to this regulation will be delivered
over to the gendarmerie, and escorted by them to the prisons of
Valenciennes. (Signed) " P. E. Pawner,
" Chief of the Staff of the 24th Military Division."

NAPA L AVrkt.LIGINCI.

!Ist nit and 'cthninunica- ted intellfgenei that ihe
French; 'though 80,000 in number, still deemed 'that- •
FALmotrrtt mkt is.
selves incompetent to the attack of the British. We Sailed the Walsingttarn packet roe' Lishon.—Wind North.
are great sceptics in all accounts resting on such au. I PORTSMOUTH, RUNE Is.
thorny. But Lord WELLINGTON has it in his wee , Arrived his Majesty's ship SCT LLA , &OM Newfoundland. Sailed
po his Majesty's• is
ship o A nus, having
to compare the accounts furnished by this French- in charge the Havik, butch
East indiaman, (prize) for the River. The PaorzeTott takes
fleet,
tdoetrhcoe Dnvoowyniof
thDierGopatAdsonwonertoniCowesinßdoads w. sthemQuebec
man with intelligence received through other channels.
Letters of the 24th ult. from the British Head- PLYMOUTA' JUNE 17.
quarters state, that Lord WELLINGTON fully expected
The Ec [Ant brig of war sailed last evening, under sealed orden.
The GIBRALTAR, 80 guns, sailed at 12 o'clock Ails day, (and not
an attack, and was piepared to give the enemy a • before) for Basque Roads; sailed also the AMAkON frigate, for
warm reception, but had no intention of quitting the , Corunna; and the Estneavoua armed brig, with a convoy for
Swansea.
advantageous ground of his encampment.—lndeed, I DOVER, JUNE 17.
if we may credit accounts via Liverpool, to which we Three large lugger privateers took two American vessels early
in the morning of Saturday; one brig, named the Clio, of Phila-
alluded in the STAR of yesterday, the expected battle deiphia, laden with cotton, See. was retaken and sent it here by
has already taken place. the Skirlarlt, Captain Bozaz ; the other vessel was retaken by
the Mary cutter, Lieutenant CoLLiNs, and sent into the Downs;
Not having learnt at the time our last was put to the privateers effected their escape. Since so many American
press, the date of the latter accounts, we were in- ships haire itlived in the Channel, we swarm with French priva-
teers; they' took a large ship of 400 tons a night or two ago,
clined to discredit them entirely. A copy of the I which oar fisherman saw them carry into cafe's.
letter has since that time come to our hands, and is DEAL, JUNE 15.
Arrived die CISPIIIT sloop of war, from Portsmouth; and
given in the preceding column. It is dated Lisbon, . ...ALABAR store ship, from the West-Indies, last from Ports-
June 3d. What degree of credit is due to the letter mouth, and sailed for the River.—Wind S.W.
we know not : we can only say, that Government HARWICH, JUNE 16.
night Last arrived the Prince of Wales packet, Captain Masons
have no dispatches to so late a date—a circumstance, and Lord ord Nelson packet, Captain DtA NI, from Gutzenburgh,
however, which neither tends to confirm nor discredit with mails and passengers. No news of importance.
the statement. Our countrymen are reported to have CORK, JUNE 11.
The HtLINA sloop a war, Captain WORTH, has recaptnred
gained considerable advantages, but the contest was and sent into this harbour, the Jenny, of Greenock, M4Katizie,
not over when the last accounts left the scene of action. laden with rum, sugar, &c. The Jenny had been captured by a
French privateer of considerable force, after a brave and deter-
mined action of more than eight hours duration, and it was not
until all her ammunition was consumed that the privateer suc-
ceeded in taking possession of her. The enemy had some time
previously to falling in with the Jenny, attempted to capture
another English merchantman, but was compelled by the gal-
lantry of his adversary, to relinquish the contest—be, however,
had made another capture of the Spanish Lady, from Norfolk,
CUNNINGHAM, which the STIIILLE frigate, Captain UPTON,
afterwards recaptured.—The Retiree, of Belfast, has reached
Long Island Channel, near Crook Haven harbour, having been
redeemed by a gallant effort of her crew, from the possession of
a very superior number of Frer.ch sailors, belonging to a French
privateer, that had captured her a short time before. TheVtanco
gun-brig, LIM. PITTMAN, sailed from Cove yesterday morning.
The FORTUNIt frigate, Captain VANSITTAIT, arrived at Cove
yesterday morning, from a cruize.
FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

GIAVISLNP, Junk 18.—Arrived the Neptunia, Cobilmaker,
frcm Cl:arleston; Mary, Hancock, from New York Frederick,
Olay, from Oporto. Sailed the Glory, Colin, for Malta ; Orion,
Gloves, for Lisbon; Experiment, --, for ditto; hlinerva,
Roberts, for Dublin; and the Naincy, Bigrell, for Guernsey.
NAVAL APPONTMENTS.

Captain CARDEN, of Plymouth, who commanded
the VILLE DE PARIS, previous to her going to the Me-
diterranean, is appointed to the MARS, of 74 guns ;
Captain CORBETT, late of the BOURBONATSE, is appoin-
ted to the AFRICAINE, which ship arrived at Plymouth
on Saturday, from Portsmouth ; Captain B. WALKER,
to the Timis, vice Captain MILLER, come home sick;
Captain PECIIELL, to the ROSAMOND ; Lieutenant C.
liosmss, to the ROTA, vice HILL.