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London, England, 1811-07-17 00:00:00

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 17.

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Our port letters of to-day mention several arrittla
from the Mediterranean and the Coast of Spain, but
they are totally silent as to the reported Na4al Vie.
tory in the Mediterranean. It is now correctly aster•
tained, however, that several French ships of wart,
with troops on board, have escaped from L'Oriento
and that Admiral Kaaws is in close pursuit of them.
We understand that an 84 and a 74-gun ship have
lately reached Flushing from Helvoetaluys, and that
six others were nearly ready for sea. Them are at
prgent at Flushing 18 sail of the line and three Ad-
mirals' Bags flying, oaf of whieh is the celebrated
WANTER'S. A very large number of seamen of
all na,lons had been collected in the Scheldt, and
It was untlerstood that the embargo which was
lately laid on in France and Holland (with the ex-
ception of Dunkirk) had for its object the obtaining
of the seamen of privateers and other small craft, in
order to man the above fleet. The destination of
this formidable armament is supposed to be Brest, in
the first instance.
The homeward-bound Jamaica Fleet have arrived
off the Start—several of the Bristol ships have reach-
ed that port; one has arrived at Plymouth, and
ethers have arrived et different ports in the Channel.
The Gazette of last night contains the dispatches
from Lord WaLINNOTON, of which we gave a cor-
rect summary on Monday. We lament to hear that
the number of sick and wounded in his Lordship's
army is very great. Some accounts say 9000.

The Gazette of last night also contains Capt. BING.
MAN'S Official Statement of the unfortunate affair be,-
tveeen the American Frigate and the LITTLE BELT.
None of our readers, we believe, can now view this
bus'ness in any other light than that of a most das-
tardly outrage on the part of the Americans. Not-
withstanding the transatlantic justification which has
been published by Commodore ROGERE, Captain
BINGHAM expressly states, that no single gun was fired
by either ship, and that the first firing was a tremen-
dous broadside, in answer to his hailing her, for the
second time, from the President. That the gallant
American Commodore, with all his politeness, was

bent upon mischief, appears from the. circumstance I
of his guns being loaded not only with round and
grape shot, but with every scrap of old iron that could
Ise collected.
The following judicious observations on the subject
are copied from an American Paper received yester-
day they shew that there.is still some good sense left
among these who conduct the Press in that country :
" Generally speaking, a Neutral has no right to chase a Belli-
gerent ; it is as much an assault as if you were to shake your fist
in a man's face. if Commodore Routes had a friendly mes-
sage to deliver, he might bail, but be had no righito assume au-
thority of any kind, to extort soy answer. lie ought to have
known, that when his nation is at peace with all the world, he
is A-41rd of his Belligerent right, and that American frigates, coy-
ristly speaking,sare G (worn mentships, and not ships of war. Com-
modore Roues, conducting himself as a Belligerent, provoked
the first fire, and is responsible for the coosequenees. The Bri-
tish Coverrment, cowling this act with MADDISON'S marked
agprobation, cannot hilts consider as an aggression, and all hopes
•ot preserving peace with the present Rulers of the United
are Italie. We pray that our forebodings may be delusi
in the bitterness oi soul, we we nothing prospect at prone
bet war!"