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London, England, 1804-08-17 00:00:00

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PLYMOUTH, AUGUST 15.—Orders came down this
day for the COULLOCAUX, of 7+ guns, Captain J.
Psi Lrw, td vk'lual and fit for foreign ferviec, fup-
poled the Bak Indies.—Sailed two tenders to the
weilward for men from Milford, for the fleet. Went
up Hamoaze, la Vsarv, y 6 guns, to be paid off.
PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 16.—.ANC111 out of harbour
the ALCMRNI frigate.—Tbe outward bound remain.
Wind S. W. blows hard.

DIAL, AUGUST 16.—Put back the BILLSIOPHOII
man of war, l'lssuoav•Liv a frigate, and Hasrr
Hoop of war, which failed yekerday, owing to the
wrong S. W. winds.—Came down from Sheernefs, his
hlajefty's (hip ADASIIIIIT, and remains in the Downs
with his hiajefty's lltips; the armed Defence Ships,
Tr anfports, and outward-bound veffels, u per lall.--

Wind S. W. blows bard.
Sits FFFass, Aucturr O.—This morning faded the
Baltic trade, under convoy of the Maatrroa armed
trip, with a fine breeze at Southwell. The Lavnar•
BATAVIES, 1311ECHIANER, D,CTATOI, and VLISTII,
have gone (6 Chatham to be paid off. The Razzes
has arrived, and the Sams has failed as has alfo the
V EEG v :us bomb velTel, with the Vurtinta (loop, and
ZETIlyz tire (hip, for the Downs.
YARMOUTH, Au 6. O.—Arrived the ATIETUTIIIT
frigate from the fleet off the Tent, 'and•khe BITST
cutter from the Downs, with two Well ladianien,
bound for Hull. Friday failed the Cilantro!' cotter,
with victuallers for the fleet off the Tezel. Sailed
the Ritur.sa cutter, with Weft Indiamen for Hull.
The Otter, from Lynn to Newport, with wheat, has
put in here leaky. Arrived the Sao caster from
the fleet off Flaring, which the left all well.. This
morning a large boy got on the Barber, and it is
feared will go to pieta. The (hips of war here are,
the Moancrovn, AM ST Kr sr frigate, Max gun brig,
and STAG and Bazar cutters.—Wind S. W.

The TILIMACIMIT (loop of war, with a fleet from the
Mediterranean under • convoy, 'is • arrived at Portf-'
mouth. The APIIIUSCAIDS frigade, with the fleet un-
der convoy, which failed from Portfmonth on the
loth, of June,- arrived at Gibraltar on the t 7th of
July. The FISOARD frigate, with the Ranger, Mir-
CHILL, from Newcaftle ; Three Sifters. THOMPSON ;
and Heroine, Doassea from London, which failed'
from Portfusouth on the 2d of July, arrived there on
the silt. The Presrovante (lore (hip was expelled to
fail from thence for England about the end of July.
The NIG St and Tuiaas frigates were appointed to
convoy the trade from Malta bound to England, and
were to fail on the sth of July, provided the Aorn-
courr man of war did not arrive previous to that
time from Gibraltar.
The Re-union, Bono, arrived in the Downs from
Virginia in 30 days, (poke, on the 22d of July, in lat.
4z. long. 62. the brig Spring, Capt. RUMS; 7o days
from Falmouth, bound to New York, (bort of pro
vifions ; fupplied him : fame day (poke the (hip Sits
Sifters, of and bound for Baltimore.
The Horizon, M‘La az, from Mosambique,arrived
at Charlefton on the loth of July; the was captured
off the Cape of Good Hope by a French privateer,
who taking out Soo negroes, (offered her to proceed,
and the made her paffage from the Cape in 51 days.
The brig Nancy, —, from Guadeloupe, arrived
at New York on the toth of July. The Captain re-
ported, that fix nr (even French privateers, mounting'
from is to :6 guns, were lying there ready for lea,
bound to the St. Domingo Cation, when he failed.
The Eagle, of New York, bound to Jamaica, was
captured, on the zoth of June, by a French privateer.
The Tartar, of New Yoe k, mounting so guns, was
captured, on the zoth of June, off Henegea, by a
Fteneh privateer.
The following articles appear in one of the Ame-
rican Papers :
" Captain Staten, of the Three Sifters, arrived at
Philadelphia, failed• from the Ifle of France April
toth. Eight days before his departure from Port
North Weft, Ilk of Fiance, Admiral Lino's arrived
there fron if Batavia, where he had been cruising
for tome time, to intercept the Britifh homeward
bound China fleet, report flys, amounting to 57 fail,
without convoy. Admiral Lino's loon gave them
chase, but they tinned the table en his Admiralthip;
fume of the heavieft of them turned out and pepper-
ed his invincible (hip Marengo. His reception in the
Ifle of France by the Governor (General DA Caen)
WAS cool in the extreme, becaufe he had not brought
in two-thitds, at ]call, of this valuable tinting ; be-
fides,the treafury of the ifland is in a moft deplorable
Rate. Admiral Loms' fquadion confiftcd of the
Marengo, of 84 guns ; Semillante, of 44 8 and the
Berceau, In well known in America. The other two
frigates remained to mile in the Straits of Sunda.
The privateers of that place have taken &re or Gs
Company and Country (hips, two or three valuable.
" The Martha, HS1101111011; from Batavia, arrived
at P:iiladelphia, failed from Batavia on the 6th of
March. On the 25th February, a French iquadron,
confilling of one (hip of the line, three frigates, and
la corvette, arrived with a Britifh (hip, of about 700
tons. They had taken feveral other pri:es, and fent
them for the Hies of France. On the tft of March,
the Ft eneh fquadron failed from the Ms of France.
and two Dutch men of war and a frigate : their ile!-
Itnation unknown."
Extraft of a letter from an Officer on board his
Majelly's fhip the SCIPTRI; dated March t 5, 804.
" A few degrees from Sumatra we took a French
privateer (hip, mounting so guns, She was looking
after nor Indiamen on the miming we faw her.
The ALIIOII was with us; the limpoting us to be In-
diamen, bore down upon us ; but when the came al-
molt within gun. hot, and found we were two men
of war, (he made fail. We gave cheer, and in four
hours came up with her ; (lie Rood A 6 (hot before (he
(ruck; was from the Ifle of France, which place (Le
left on the gth of Jannary."

PIIIZANC9, AtIGUIT Lt.—Sailed this Morning
a 'ettliat the G floep of war. Captain Bass.
FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
tttttt ND. Auo. t 6 by the Bombay Caftle,—,
and the Alfred, —, from China; Carpenter, Smith, from V;,.
gitia Charlotte, Purdey. from Peterfburgh ; Vrow Anna, Wrt..
and Young Daniell,Orgei, from Embden.—Sailed the Hannah and
Maria, —, for Tonningen; Qtaen, Diamond, foe l.alboa;
Union, Gooch, and the llamas, FuldkoMber for Demerara.
Aa aiven--01 Dover, Allegany, Miller.trom New York—At
Clyde, Aurora, Rebmann, from Jameka r Curtails, Honk; and
Nam". Whim, from Pidort—At Whitehaven, Mary, Fog, from
Antigua..-At Cork. Maria. Cole, from Bolton; Arab, Higgs;
Montgomery, and Will. Woidhoufc, from jamaka—At
Fr, amp, Ave —, from New Orleans-.At Newfoundland,
. Endeavour MitChell, rom Portugal; and Daphne. Bully, frorn
Cork—At Malta, Jupiter, —.; and woodland Came,
from London-At Virginia, Columbia, Watt, from Liverpool....
At Bourdeaut, Watington, Ledett, front New York.
The CLEO AAAAA frigate is ordered to be got ready
at Woolwich, for Halifax, for the purpofe of reliev-
ing the Borrow frigate. Captain Lawata is ap-
pointed to the command.
Captain F is appointed to the command of
the tiiwoorraw, of 4 guns, Captain DIAPER to the
command of the War siourm., of 64, and Captain
Boom to the command of the RAtactiast.ai, of 64
pas.

His Mayisvv went to dine at Hampton Coort laf
Saturday ; bat as the palace is full of inhabitant.,
there was no convenient plate ready to prepare the
repaft, till Admiral Wu re so, who has apartments
there, accommodated the Royal Cooks with his kit.

then.
His Materry having ordered the Cartoons of Pa.
Feast, which were formerly the grace of Hampton.
Court, to be reftored to their former fituation in that
palace; they have been accordingly removed from
Windfor, and were hung up on Wednefday.
To-morrow the ROTAS. FAMILY are expetted in
town, and about the middle of next week, will yet
off for Weymouth.
The Dora of Votes birth-der was !Agray oh-
ferved with the greateft tettimonies of joy by all his
Royal Highnefs's tradefmen thronghout the town I
at night they illuminated. The play-houfes and fe.
veral other public buildings were fplendidly lighted.
The Duke of You has returned to town front the
Wee coati.
On Wednefday the Duke of Kerr leg Brighton.
Early yefterday morning the Duke of CIAILINCII
left Brighton, and arrived at Whey to dinner.
Coatoos nag rs.—A fhip has recently arrived in
the river from China. having on board &zest num.
ber of plants, molt of them new to Europeans, which
have been colleded by a botanic gardener, whom his
Majefty fent out tome years ago to Chine. They are
expeded, in the courfe of„,a few days, at the Royal
Gardens at Kew.
A letter from Verdon, July ss, fayt--" Yefterday
it was notified here that Englifit Ladies who with
its travel in France may move panes from the Mi.
sifter at War. To-day arrived the Officers and crew
of the fhip VraeiJo, the Commander of which, Capt.
Weratrr, is a psifoner in the Temple. Among
I thee prifoners there is a nephew of Sir Selma
SINITIC"
There was an error yefterday in our Ratement of
the rewards voted by the EaR India Company.--
The (urns voted to Captains TIMMINS and MOFFATT
for a piece of plate was too guineas, as there Rat.
ed ; to all the ether Captains 5o guineas.
On Tuefday the long litigated quellion depending
between the Lay Impropriator and Vicar of the Pa-
rift of Cholfey, in Berks." Whether the Vicar, hay-
ing a right to the tithe of meadow hay co.extenfive
with the whole parilh, was entitled to the tithe of
clover planted in the fallow field," was determined
in favour of the Vicar, by the award of Mr. noose,
to whom the caulk had been, by content, referred.
A few days finer a lady, in the cow& of convey-
fation, happening to fay varuatien, was reminded by
Paddy O'Bramble that the word was variation. The
lady obferved, that it was all the fame thing, and
teemed a little offended, until Paddy Paid, " Oh I
Madam, Heaven forbid there fhould be any ride.
Irence between U and 1."
On the 3oth and 3111 ult. was played a game of
cricket on Sevenoaks Vise, for too guineas. Eleven
of the Medway Volunteers againit eleven of the
I linlmfdale Volunteers, which was won by the former
by three wickets. Lord War:worm., the Duchefs
of Does's., and all the firft Perfonages in the vicinity
of Sevenoaks, were prefent, hi, Lordlhip treated the
cricketers of both partii wirh a dinner and breakfaft.
Yellerday morning, during the ftorm, three trees
were blown down at Hammerfmith.
At the Affixes for a Northern County. a lady
brought an adion againft a gentleman for a breach
of promife of marriage. The Jury found a verd'
for the lady, with 2001. The contra& on which the
a6ion was grounded, had the following emphatical
espreffion :—" As love is the fublimell of patlions,
and has been the univerfal conqueror of mankind, we
are not afhamed to own Its influence, and hereby agree
to unite our hands and hearts in the taken bands of
matrimony."
A melancholy occurrence happened on Saturday
lall, at the feat of W. Ea taros, Efq. M. P. Talton
Park, Chefbire :—As his Lady and Mifs Er:micros
were taking an airing in a ot.e.horfe cleaife, in the
Park, on a fudden (by a fright, as fuppored,) Mrs.
EORRTON leaped out, fell, and never (poke again;
(he was far advanced in her pregnancy. expelling
hourly to be c,nfined. Mr. Ec 'TOM has been ever
taste delirious, having been married only ten months.
The Lift so,oool. Prize was drawn in the year
1767, and was nhraiaed by the fortunate Cooper of
Abingdon. HORNSBY and Co. beg leave to notice
that the number of Tickets in that Lottery were
50,000, and only one 2c,,0001. Prize, yet 'rickets
were fold as high as .5-iutern Guineas before the com-
mencement of the drawing. The prefent State Lot-
tery, which begins drawing the 24th of neat Month,
confißs of half the ennader of Tides, 25,000, and gives
a chance to the adventurer of three so,oool. three
to,cool. three soool. &c. which are benefits never
before equalled in any Lottery. Tickets and Shares
are felling by H and Co. 26, Cornhill, who
recommend an early purchafe, as Tickets will rife
as the drawing approaches.
N. B. Orders by Letter or Carrier, executed es-
:idly oft the fame Terms as if prefest.