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LONDON, June n. |
Ti c Fifli cu-ter of 40 gun*. lieut. NiJ
cholfor, srnyed at Plymouth on Tuesday
wth difpat'he* from vice admiral
Sir R. Calder, whom he left all
well on Friday, the 7th just. off Fertol.
Pie wa joined the sth mil from Gibral
’ter bay, by the Royal Sovereign, no
guM, vice admiral Sir R Eickerton ;
Queen, 68, Diagon 74, which made his
force 9 fail of the line. The fu Spanilh
men of war from Carthagena, it appears
Jrept close quarters, and did not fail as
■was rxpedlcd. Lieutenant Nichotfon
carried dispatches to admiral Lord Gard
ner, from Sir R. Calder ; he left th'-m all
wr 11 also, with 2 1 fail of the line off Ereit
lad Sun lay night.
Government on friday morning receiv
eddifpatchcs from Sierra Leone, brought
by a verttl which left Goree on tlie ad
of May—Some Intelligence have been
received thri ugh this channel rdpedting
tlie combined ft-ets, and wc also appre
hend that the French have been com
mitting depradatious on our African Lt-I
tie incuts.
June 1 2.
This day the . ght Lon. Sir W, Scott I
proceeded to the adjudication of the fol-1
lowing detained (hip# ;
A "gufta Haradin, naffer. ‘i his A-j
me rics.i viff;i ‘uuleu with a cargo of wine,
yens captured on 1 er voyage Loin Cadiz’
to a port in ‘ os.ri. a. It was conteo-j
d-.d on behalf <4 the captors, that the.'.
vtfTil in qudtio;. bad Lctn guilty 0/ a
breach (t blockade. In this calc; the J ’
court diitdtcd further proof to be produ-l
ced by Loth pr itits, a, to the aftual’
Blockade ot Cadiz at thr time of capture ,
June 17.
The Sally, Williams, mailer. Tiiia
vcflci, und-.r American colours, laden
vith a cargo of copper-money, lb cl, and
iron, vatirc-iks for baliaft, and foine
wine in botth #, v.-s .aptured on the 28th
of April IdII by his ir.,j<fty’ gun brig
Eaftlifk ’’-'.it. G. Higgs, commander,
whiWt on a voyage from Amsterdam to
L Ibon, and fiom thence to tlie Tail In
ciies, and brought to the Dovyus. Ship
and cargo cond. wtd.
lure 18.
Letters ficm Vitim pofitivcly (late,
that the court of KulLi has notified to
that of Aulfria its determination to take
no part in the pi.efcnt. war ; ar.d that it
cons qucr.tly liad-r.fufed the acceptance
of any fuhtidy from England, offering,
at the ftrre time, its mediation for the
re tilahl (lirn. nt of peace The intelli
gence ixcited the inert agreealdt feniation
art Vienna.
Admiral Cocluane had older# to fol
low the Fieuch fleet t'f-where, if he did!
not find them in the Wtft-lnd'es, after!
he Ihou'A have made due proviiion lor i
t.he security of thde i (lands.
The foliowing letter enables us to com-!
municate the lateil intelligence from the j
iquadroa off Fertol.
*• fits MdjtJly's fl.t p T.rtibU eff Fcsro /,
Ju'C 5, 1805. j
“On the 31st ot iail month, we were:
Joined by the Royal Sovereign, (iuern :
aird Dragon, which (hip# me to remain I
there until further orders from England, t
Lord Nclfon. it fecnis, is gone to the 1
TV cft.li uL.;, in pursuit of the combined j
fl.cts, and the eight fail of the line which ‘
fail and from England, under the command 1
of admiial Colling wood, are iuppoted to j
be gone iff Cnd z, and up the M; Ji’.era-.
Dean. Th French and Spauiih have j
thirteen fail of the line ready for lea in j
Firrol, and have troops embarked, ready
to flip out the full favorable opportunity;
but as we have nine fail ot the line three
of which arf three-deckers, I hardly \
think they wiil venture out - ’*
June 20.
The report which we mentioned a few j
days since an attempt having been made
at Milan to assassinate Bom parte, if in!
Line dtgue confirmed by the lail French j
papers, which hint thaf lorne lpics have*
been detected m that city, whose object
was to change a day ot joy into a day 01
mourning.
June 24.
f* It appears t! a 1 Lord Lake’s oppeia
tiuis again ft Hoikar have, since the mid
die of November, been condudltd with
greit vigour and rapidity. About the
20th ot November; ll.ilkar retired with
the main body of his troops to the ilrong
f rtrefsof I).eg, the place being oecu-
I'.cd by his iufai.try and artillery, and
vs cavalry encamped under the fortifi
er.ol s. Derg was inverted iu the be
e.Mrtng of 1’ c.txber by our army,
vs ole attmks became so prefljiig as to
foru Hoikar to evacuate tlie fort ref',
ami retrial to Butt l’oie, where he was
jotred by th - Rajah. He was followed
by Loro Lake, and the of thei
plate v..s toir.plettly formed eariy in Ja-j
ruary. A* this pc it tof defence was,
■ur.derftood to couilitute the Iff refouret i
of the emroy, the greatest efforts werej
trade by the commander in chief to bring
the war to 3c> nclulion ; and a breach:
ju;vine been roatß, 0,1 the iO*h Janu- 1
a. > a chosen body con'pofcd of Euro-;
pears and natives, led to the art ult by j
col. Maitland, endeavoured to cairy the;
town hy fform* In this gallant affair,’
notwi'hff anding the intrepidity displayed
by our troops, 4hey were repulled with I
coirtiderafcle loss. Col. Maitland, while
lies. ing hi* detachment, unfortunately 1
fell inthe early pint ot the action. He
wai a gallant officer, and his death great
ly deplored by the a 1 my. Os the 7th
reg’t weie also two captains knled, four
lieutenants wounded, ana forty five rank ;
am. file killed and wounded. The aad.
regiment, and the company’s troops,!
fullered a proportionate loss in rank and
file but not in fficurs.— Notwitnifanding \
this 1 juiu , the fall of the place was’
conliuttwk v -etUin. The enemy were!
confidersbly rrffu< in numbers, elite f’*
in confequtiKe of daily d< ftrlior. of tljri.
men to gen. v.!io hes thus been
made acquainted with Holkars deplora
ble fituatiou. It was confidently after,
ted in India that the bed body of caval
ry which Hoikar pofleffed, to the number
of feveu thousand, had joined gen; Lake.
80 certain-was the general of the total
fubjedtion of Hoikar, that he had refu
fed to grant him any terms, notwithflan
ding his repeated offers to capitulate.
The loss fuffered by the enemy killed and
in wounded during the attempt to ilorm
was very great. Srw-confident was Lord
Lake of the capture of Buit-Pore, and
the total extinftion of the war, that in
hit Est letter to the Marquis of Wellefly, j
he is (fated to have expressed himfclf in |
the following terms : . !
“ We are preparing to attack Hol
kar —All will be ovtr in a few days.
I have no doubt of the result. When
this is done, our work will be complete
ly fiuiffu’d 1 hope to find here a fuf
! ficieiu yto reward the courage and hard
toils of iny gallant troops.’’
When the dispatches came away, it
was uv.derllood that II -lkar had no pos
sible means of effecting his escape from j
Hurt Pore.
The official print contain# a pompous
difpiay ot the activity cf the court of Ma
drid in its naval preparations, and we are
allured that there arc at Cadiz, Cartha
gena and Ferrol, thirty (hips of the line,
and upwards of forty fi.'gates, ill complete
order for La.
J u *y *• . .
Two more Hamburg minis arrived yes
•.trday. M de Novozi’zow, as we (ua
p Cted, has not yet set out on his jour
ney to Paris. He remained at Peterv
borgh on the id of latl month, confined,
as it is added, by indisposition—probably
a to “tiled! indilpofit ion.
Bonaparte is gone on a tour tbrougn
Iris Italian territories. In the mean time
ir.talure# arclaking to induce the httle
republic of Lucca to follow the example
of G< noa, and fJiiit the favour ot being
incorporated with the French empire.
The letter of the emperor Napoleon,
has at length been delivered to the grand
Seignior, but not precisely in the man
ner that thr French Charge t? Affairet,
M. Parandier, and the interpreter, M
Joubcrt, had desired. After the audi
ence which those gentlemen had denun
ded,-in order to deliver, pcrfonally, the
letter from the emperor Napoleon to the
Sultan, had been refilled, as contrary to
the triage of the fublimc Porte, the charge
d‘ AJfui) cs, Paratidicr, tranfnitted to the
grand Seignior, by the Reis Lffet.di, a
fecund note, iu which he rtpeated hi*
[ demand, and even represented the con
duit of thesniniffer as deficient in civil!
ty. He added, that if the letter was
! not accepted in the manner he had re
| quired, he had orders to demand pass
, ports tor all the persons attached to the
I French cmlially, and immediately to leave
: Turkey v.ith them. Upon this, M.
I Joubert was directed togO to the summer
I palace, at Kiatana, where he met the
‘emperor in a walk ; wh:n one of the 01-
ficera attending on the Sultau took the
1 letter, from the hands of M. Jouberi,
! and Delivered it to the Grand Seignior,
I who, however, oid not fay a word to the
( bearer.
i M. Bonrienne, the French minister at
! Hamburgh, lately prefeoted a note to
: the senate, urgently demanding that m
1 gitlraey to uilcovtr and communicate to
1 hnn, the names of all the Frenchmen in
that city, who had not yet paid their
relpeils to him, as the representative of
.the emperor, nor put tbemfelvts under
his official protection. His tequell can
not be refufed. It is expcCled that fomc
measure of extreme severity will be in
! tlantly recurred to sgai.ilt the French
| t migrants, at Hambu git. They will
i be tvery one compelled to leave that city,
I under pain of Liznre, conveyance to
Fiance, and pumthment with death, ii
they continue at Hamburgh. Perhaps
domiciliation, as lubjeCts ot other dates,
and the protection ot other mimfters,may
not be enough to save them.
The following letter from Dublin, sp
praia in a morning paper of the 18th.—
The Dublin evening Poit, a day later
than the fuhjoined letter, docs not even
hint at any tiling of a liiniiar nature.
Dublin, June 12.
Our government has cerminly recei
ved intelligence, through various refpee
tzblc channels, that (ymtoms of mlur
gcncy have mamfefted themklvc# in the
counties of KiLiare, Carlow, Wicklow
and Wex'ord ; and that the 20th of the
prel’ent m nth is the day on which more
delperatc measures are expected to be
declared. An advertisement of a “ White
Her ft intended to be disposed of by
public aucli.ui in the Mountains of Wick
low,” has appeared in all the provincial
papers, and is laid to be a notification of
the intended revolt.
In our paper of Saturday last, we gave
the lubftanceoi the late ail’patches re
ccivul trom the Eaft-lnuies. The fol
lowing from iieuteuant Archibald
M’Ncil, the gentleman charged* with
tliele dispatches, contaius 3 more minute
detail of the particulars of the gallant,
though unfuccelsful attempt upon the
f jrtrefs of Burt Pore ;
“ —Sir, Havn.g observed fome ina--
curacks in the paper# with regard tc
the tort ot Deeg, and the aflault ot the
troop#, under Colonel Maitland, of the
75th regiment, on the fort of Burt-Pore,
ou the evening of the 10th January last,
1 think it necessary to mention, that th.
fort of Deeg was taken polLllion of ii
the latter end of December latl, when
Lord Lake moved with the amy a
gah.ft .he fort of Jiurtpore* belonging
to the U job ff that pint- ; L-ffkr.r -.,L ;
hi- troojis having retired to it ; that ot- j
the f-Aning of the loth January the >
breach being reported practicable, Cel. ,
Maitland, with the flank companies of .
the 2id and 25th regiments, and seve
ral flank companies of native corps,
moved to the assault. On arriving at the
ditch they found it so full of water that
it took the men bread high—this diffi
culty was surmounted ; but ob coming
to the breach they found it impraftica
ble. The party retired in good order
to camp. Colonel Maitland, after
receiving several wounds, received a (hot,
which killed him. Major Archibald
Campbell, of the fame corps ; captains
Hcfsinan and Brutton ; and four lieute- j
nants, Eyne, Tuiy, Matthewzen, and j
M’Laclan, were wounded 5 and forty ,
five non-commissioned, and rank and file,
killed and wounded. Ensign Halfidd
milling.
I am fir, your mod obedient humble
, servant,
Archibald M’niel,
Lieutenant Regiment.
Milan, June 7.
The Scdion of the legislative body
opened this day. At fix in the morn
ing liia excellency gen. Duroc, grand
Matflial of the p:ilace, took the com
mand of the palace cf the legislative bo
dy. The members of the legislative bo
-Idy assembled in grand collume in the
hall of their fitting#, at 1 O’clock.
The council of date proceeded at 1
o'clock from the palace to the palace
of the legislative body, where they were
received by a drputation of legis
lators. This deputation conducted the
members of the council to the places
deffined for them. At half pad one,
the empress arrived at the palace of the
legislative body, accompanied by her
Imperial highness the princess Eliza, by
her ladies, and the officers of her houle
hold., Her majedy was received at the
outer door of the palace by the presi
dent acd deputation of thirty members
of the legislative body, and conducted to
the tribune prepared for her. His Ma
jetty’s train set out from the palace at
two for the palace of the legislative bo
dy. His departure was announced by
a discharge of artillery. The way
through which his train passed wa3 lin
ed with troops. The procefiion was ar
ranged with the usual pomp and accor
ding to the etlablifhed forms, and pre
ceded ana followed by a detachment of
the French and Italian guards, and by
Iquadrons of Mamelukes. His Majes
ty’s arrival at the palace of the legisla
tive body Was announced by a second
difcliarge of artillery. He was recei
ved at the outer door by a deputation
composed of thirty members of the legis
lative body, with the president at their
head. The proctffion affcmbled in one
of the halls of the palace, whence it
proceeded in order to the hall of fitting,
where the places were arranged in the
following order ; his Majesty the em
peror and king on a tkronc ; on his
right, his fertne highness prince Eugene
in a chair, two Heps lower than the
throne; behind his majtfty on the right
and left, two colonels, generals of the
guard, the grand Marshal of the palace,
the grand Major Domo, the grand Al
moner and Marshal Moncey; back of
the throne the chamberlains and the
Freuch and Italian Esquires. The o
ther officers of the court were (latiousd
according to their rank. Opposite the
throne the legiflutors were disposed in a
circular form, their president in the cen
tre, without any dillin&ion of place, but
having two Hate messengers of the legis
lative body, one on hi# right the other
on his left. Before the legislators fat
the council of (late on chairs, half on
the right and half on the left. When
his majesty was seated ou his thorne, the
vvhoie were uncovered. The grand mas
ter of the ceremonies took the orders of
his majesty. The legdlators, summon
ed individually by the chancellor, took
| tlie oatb, after which the secretary of
Hate read the statutes of the kingdom.
| These statutes are eight in number,
j The eight respetffs exetufively the ella.
‘ b!i(hment of a military order, under the
denomination of The order of the iron
Croitftiy and is divided into five titles.
The order is to consist of five hundred
knights, one hundred commanders, and
twenty dignitaries. The motto is to be,
“ Dieu me i'a dennee, gore a qui y touche
ra.”—Vacancies are to be filled up eve
ry year on ascension day. Fjur hundred
: tboufand Milanese livres are to be appro
priated to the order. Each knight to
have 300 livres yearly, each commander
18co, and each dignitary 30CO livres.
’ One hundred thousand livres of this re
venue to be let apart for such extraor
dinary life pensions as the grand mailer
thall think proper to grant to any knight3
commanders, or dignitaries. The king
of Italy to be grand mailer, but the
emperor and king, Napoleon, in consi
deration of being founder, to retain,
during his life, exclusively the title and
lundlicns of the office. The Statutes
were ligned by all the public functiona
ries, and directed, by order of the Em
peror and king, Napoleon, dated June
6, at his palace of Milan, to be trans
mitted into the regifter* of the tribu
nab admioiftrative authorities.
Prince Eugene then was furotnon<*d
by the grand mailer to take tlie oath as
viceroy. He made a profound bow to
tis majesty, and placed himLlf on his
knees, on a cufnion, at the left of the
‘hrone, where, putting his hand on the
aospel, he pronounced the following
>ath ;
“ 1 (wear to be faithful to the con
stitution, and to obey the king ; cor
L r ‘i my fu V-v.s till ri.r T j
(hall receive tlie k ; ’ g’ c’ircdLojis there
upon ; and to gi - e up iutmeciiatfly ill>
authority with which 1 am’ inverted, to
|auy pvrfon that (hall be deputed by
him.”
His majesty then addrefled the legis
lative body, and after alluding to the
various objects of internal regulations,
which are by no means intcrefting, he
proceeded thus ;
“ I have neglefled none of the objedts
upon which my experience in adminitlra
tion could be ufeful to my people of
Italy. Before I return across the moun.
tains, I (hall go over a part of the de
partments, to become nearerfcacquainted
j with their wants. 1 (hall leave as a de
l posit of my authority, this -young prince,
whom I have brought up from his infan
cy, and who will be animated with my
spirit. 1 have besides taken meafure# to
diredt the mod important affairs of the
(late. Orators of my council will pre
sent to you a projcA of law, authori
fi.ig ir.y chancellor, keeper of the ieais,
Melzi, to add for four years in the qual
ity of depositary of my authority, as vice
president—a domain which, retraining in
his family, may attest to his deicendants
the fatisfaclion I have felt from his ler
vices. I think I have given frclh proofs i
of my conllant refolutian to fulfil to- j
wards my people of Italr every thing j
they txpcdl from me. I hope that in 1
their turn they will b; dciirous cf oc
cupying the place that I ueftir.e for ;
| them in my thoughts—and they will i
! never attain it, bnt by ptrfuading them
> (elves that the force of arms is the prin
! cipal support of dates. It is time that
1 youth who live in the idleness of great
(cities, ffiould ccafe to fear the fatigues
j and dangers of war, and that they Ihould
I enable themielves to make their country
!be rcspedled, if they wifli their country
! to be refpedlable.
j “ Gentlemen of the legislative body,
j vie in zeal with my council of (late, and
(by that concourse of will# towards the
foie aim of the public prefperity,give to
my representative the support he Ihould
receive from you.
“ The Bntilh government hating re
ceived with an evasive answer. the pro
pofitious I made to it, and the king of
England having immediately rendered
them public, by intuiting my people in
his parliament, 1 have seen the hopes
confiderabiy weakened, which I had
conceived of the re- eftablirtiment of
peace. However, the French squadrons
have since obtained fuccefLs, to which I
attach importance only because they
must further convince my enemies 6fthe
inutility cf a war which affords them
nothing to gain, and every thing to lose.
The divisions of the flotillas and the fri
gates, built at the expense of the finances
of my kingdom of Italy, and which at
present make a part of the French for
ces, have rendered ufeful services in ma
ny circumflances. I preserve the hope
that the peace of the continent will not
be troubled ; and at all event#, I find
myfelf in a position to fear none cf the
chances of war—l (hall be in the midst
of you the very moment my presence
may become neceflary for the preferva
tioa of roy kingdom of Italy.”
west Indies.’
Fxtraflb from ‘Jamaica haters to the
2qth July, received at the Timet
Office.
Jamaica, ff.
By his honor George Nugent, E(q. lieu
tenant governor and commander in
chief in and over his majesty’s Island
of Jamaica, and the other Territories
thereon depending, in America, Chan
cellor, and Vice Admiral of the lame.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS! have tlioughtfitby my
proclamation bearing date the 20th day
of May last, to permit for the space of
! fix months, to be computed from the
: date thereof, the free importation of
Flour, Corn, Corn Meal, Bread, Rice,
Peas, Beans, and Lumber of every def
cription.in ycffels belonging to neutral
and other ftate3 in amity with Great Bri
tain, upon the like terms, charges and
conditions, and fubjeCt to the fame rules,
regulations, vilitations, and searches, a#
( are observed with refpeA to Britilh vcf
fels in the like cases ;
And whereat, the general scarcity of
provisions, which prevails throughout the
Island, and the exigency of the case re
quires, that certain other articles and
things are enumerated iu my said procla
mation of the 20th May, lluuld be al
lowed t be imported for a limited period;
I do now therefore issue this my procla
mation permitting until the 31st. day of
December next, the free importation ot
Sheep, Hogs, Poultry, small live (lock
of all kinds, Fruit, and all forts of fifh,
Flour, Corn, Coin Meal, Bread, Rite,
Peas, Deans, and Lumber of every des—
cription, in vtfiels belonging to neutral
and other dates in amity with Great
Britain, upon the like terms, charges,
and conditions, and fubjed to the same
rules, regulations, vilitations, and Larch
es, a9 are observed with refped to British
I veffeh in the like caiea : And Ido
’ hereby !fo permit ah vessels importing
; the foregoing articles, under the,authority
lof this proclamation, to export from
hence Rum and Molalfes, from any port
ar uorts, place, or places, of this Jilind,
upon the hke terms, ilipui.tions, charges,
and c onditioas, as are observed with ref
oed to Britilh in the like cases, k
in case any person or petfon*, importing
provisions ar.U lumber to tnis Island under
the authority of this proclamation, (halt
attempt to introduce other article#
rhanare herein partioululy •-
acafutes will be immediately a.looted i- u‘
the forfeiture of the ihio or Veffei m.o’
ca-go, so contravening the laws ot navi
gation.
Given under my hand and seal at arm#*
at St. Jagode la Vega, this 23d day
of July, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and five
and of his Majcfty’s reiga the forty
fifth.
GEORGE NUGENT*
By his Honour’s Command.
H. CATHfcART, Secretary.
Moutego-Bay , Jam. July 2 a.
The American (loop Hope, Sprague,
for Charlcftou, failed from Savannah la
Mar last Saturday-
*• 1
Ktnjlon, July 3.
Lieut. Croflse, of the Racoon brig,
came passenger in the schooner Candela
ria, which arrived on Sunday, from bt.
J. de Cuba, where there are now about
fitty Britilh prifoaers, who are to be im
mediately exchanged. The Litu.anant
is on parole.
It gives us pleasure to mention that
the American consul at that poit, haa
been ditlinguifhefl for his benevolent at
j tendons to our fellow (uhjedb, whom the
I chance of war may have thrown under hii>
1 cbfrrvation.
July 17.
j American brig Sally, Champlin,
i fron\ Charleston, to Rorto Rico, with
I flour, and lumber, put into Port Royal
yesterday in distress.
The American brig Jacob, from St,
Thomas’# to Ma. ikeybo, with floor, de
tained by h:s Majefty’# (hip Franchise
arrived yefterdsy at Port Ruyai.
PORT-ROYAL, (Jam.) Jufy 2c?.
Extract cf a letter iron. Annotto B ty v
dated July IT. t8oy
“ At midnight, on the 14:11, we were
visited with a dreadful tornado. The
gull of wind firming to threaten deduc
tion to every thing around us, tearing
up tree# by the roots and (hivering them
to atoms. The (hip Pomona, capt. M’-
Naught, parted both Cables, but, Dy the
afiiftance afforded her, by other veffel*
in the bay, was fortunately brought up.
“ The (loop planter, itenney, of thi#
port, in beating up, light, was overs-t
and dallied to pieces on he black rocks*
a little to leeward of Jack’s bay. The
captain and crew fortunately saved them
selves in the boat, which (lid from the
deck as the vessel went over. A (kallop
belonging to the (hip Hercu es, Captain
Rising, that went out in the evening, has
not since been heard of.”
This mischievous wind has not confined
its violence to the north fide, but has
(wept over many of the mountains in the
parilh of Port Royal, deilroyed a prodi
gious quantity of corn, and plantains, and
confiderabiy injured the coffee.
Died, off Curracoa, on board his Ma-*
jelly’s (hip Franchise, the hou. John.
Murray, capt. of that vessel.
July 27.
The master of the sloop president, that
arrived on Tuesday, front North Caroli*
na, learned, on the fi thing boati,
off Turk’s lfland, that a French privateer
had recently cut out a v-SU front her an
chorage there.
Off Tortuda the Hoop was boarded by
a pilot boat schooner, with a motcly
and ranfaoked of every article to which
they took fancy, even to the fpeaking
trumpet., lead and lead line.
The firft salutation the master of the
President met with on going on boan£
the privateer, was a stroke across the face
with a speaking trumpet, from the erm
mander, and a threat of ir.ftant death, if
he did not discover where the money and
other valuables were concealed, ■ While
this was paffmg the marauder* were break
ing open every’ trunk, lock ri and pack
age, in the sloop, two of the people were
iron;d, and the rr. dofely guarded, with
a cutlass held to his bread. Two hand
feme fowling pieces, every dollar they
could find, every other moveable thingot
value, with the clothes of all, from the
captain to the cook, were the fruits of all
their rapacity.
A letter received from a gentleman ia*
St. Elizabeth’s, dated 25'h current, fays,,
the coast all round that part of the iflainr
swarms with privateers, so that not a.
vclfel can put to sea without the riik of
being captured. *
It appears now, almost beyond a doubt
that a small (hip said to be taken, ir. fight
of the Call end, on Sunday last, was the
outward bound packet. An intelligent
gentleman, who resides at Port-Morant
decidedly Hates, in a letter to a friend,
received by yesterday’s potl, that it was
her, and that (he was carried by boarding
after a warm aftion of two hours, with a
large fchocuer privateer. The pursuit
made by the port Mahou brig, there is
every reason to cone ude, would be inef*
efttual, as, if we are correct'y informed,
the chafe did not commence till four
hours after the enemy had pioceedcd with
his prize,
This untoward event has filled every
j min with the deeped regret. After ha
! vinjr run the Guuulope from England to
Barba does, and tlirogh all the ho it He ;
fiends, to be taken within three or four
h..urs fail of her dsftmed port, where |R
or 20 king’s veffeis were riding at anchor,
is a circumstance as mortifying as ur,par
railelled. By her capture we are dipriv,
ed cf the so long and ardently wfih<l
communication from G.eat Lrrtiin aini
our litter colonies to windward, in which.
know no mo:: what is palling than
i; we dwelt a( the Antaoodes ; we arj
axed t-oni any kuowleoge of the Cor<
licet, loulfcd ftr, tui wc are w<.an<;£