The Cambrian

JL011bOit. THCESOW, MAY 17, TTFE' Gottenhufgh mail* which arrived yester- day, confirms the -ACCOUNT of the deep im- press i AN which the murder of the Duke D'Liiiduen.U-iS. made .upon the Court of St. Peters- burgh. ,S.II-JJN AS the account .of that atrocious event YEA the capita- the Emperor issued or- ders iora. T •' V muuraiag; and such was the in- dignation o' hppeop!e.upon the occasion, that the French' RER <UTS have been constantly insulted ■WHENEVER they appeared in. public. Very consi- derable bodies of Russian troops, it is said, have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to anarch. Private letters give a. melancholy.account of the State of Hanover. The French, after plundering the inhabitants of all their money, &c. are now cut- ting down the little timber that still remains, and converting it into money. AN American ship from the Cape of Good Hope, detained by his Majesty's ship Topaze, has-been sent into Falmouth. The Captain is of opinion that a small force would be sufficient to get possession of the Cape, the garrison having been weakened by L, the sending of 2000 troops to Batavia. The re- mainder of the troops were discontented, and the desertions were numerous: Accounts had been 1" TCCCHTJD before the sailing of the American ship, ot the arrival of LUWISV squadron at the Mauritius. His Majesty'S sloop Zephyr^'cotnmanded by I ap- tain GRAHAM^ oh the 6th inst..cruisingoff Dieppe, TELL in with two French PRIVATEERS, which have con- siderably..datAaged our coasting trade, and hither- to ESCAPED inapuait-v- Captain Graham im- mediately attacked them both, though each of them IIVAS SY POTIOR IN guns sind'F men to his own force; and drove-one eft&aSffcn shore, the other was/sunk during the engagement. The action was fought, close upon the enemysc9.ast, andwlthm the range of their flying batteries.—We are happy to hear, this gallant young officer's name is among the list of Post-Captains UI the,la|e'. promotion". The foiiowins: is an" extract of A letter from an officer-belonging to the squadron off Havre, dated May LL.A few,days ago sixty three luggers came out of the harbour, and AH attack was consequently expected by our squadron, consisting then of only three ships", viz. the Melpomene,, the Ariadne, and the Hanger. There was a dine breeze, and we slip- ped cables-and prepared for action, but the enemy put back tearing to risk a battle.The vessels in Havre and the adjacent PORTS 'principally consist p' lir.Iltici of infers, cnttcn', schooners, and ketches, and having been ltiteiy on a reconnoitring party, I oh- SERVED' two large IN gates in tne'harbour of Havre. Fur thisweeii. past we have had togs. Yesterday being a great eahri,the ENEMY kept- up a heavy fire trc,it their tntteries on-our,Squadron whieh was.ly- at anchor. Ws expect a general attack, daily; immense preparations are making by the enemy, and the force ia. th'C outer road is very strong.— Havre is new- the grand rendezvous of the enemy, Boulogne being so full; so: that WE: expect to fail iu witha-nnmbfr of their GMAD flotilla every iio Yesterday we were joined by TLVOHY Ira, J?I38 guns Pkto, of 16 guns'and' the IH -bj -N ighf LUGGER. tttt-ers TFOIN'^HE'-MIIRTARY' HF'AD-JJUARTERS oiKent;. and Sussex mention, that almost H-ERY regiment in those districts, is on the eve of t iking the field, the 9ti lag. ground for very large encampments haying been ALREADY marked out. letters irom Bombay, by the Huddart extra, ship,- say, "We look with anxiety fry- accounts /rout Can tori/ as the last conveyance- thought the. disa- greeable news that the northern provinCes otChi- na were in a state of iosurre no F C dt T by men AT courage and experience, whose-object was to destroy the long-cstablishe 1 ider ox tiung&in the Chinese EMPIN^" The Royal Assent was yesterday given by Com- irii->siun to the "English and Irish loan bills, addi- tionahvine duty bill, excise duty bill, and SON^« others.—The Liskeard Election-Committee. report- ed to the Commons, tha.t Mt'.HuskiM.on. was duly elected a Member for that ROR$*IGH; that the petl" tion of Mr.T. SHERIDAN was not frivolous or vêx- etious; hnt that Air. DAMON, the Under Sheriff of Cornwall, bad-acted contrary-to his duty, and in violation of the RULE? ot Parliament, in annexing the schedule' of Mr. SlWridan'S return to the legal; return. After a short conversation respecting the 'i r Capability attaching to the Under Sheriff, the re- port was ordered for consideration on Wednesday SE'nnight* FBXPAY, Mbty 18. The French Republic H on the-eye .of dissolu- ised .4 tion, The Tribunate have passed-a kind or argu- mentative decree, in which they state, that France ha.d MADE trial of different forms lit" Government, AND had experienced nothing but anarchy, bpt having founJ both tranquillity a AD glory under the government of a single individual, they think, the Jiappiness of France REQUIRES that >HE should have an hereditary Chief, and that his title should be that of Emperor: They therefore vote, That Napoleon Bonaparte, the First Consul, be pro- claimed Euiperor of the French, arid, in that capacity in- c i vested with the Government of the French Republic That the title of Emperor jand the Imperial Power be made ht-reditary kihis family,. in die male Kim;, according to the order of primogeniture ;■ That in iiitrcducing mto the. organization of the Con- stituted Authorities, the inodifkatkms' rendered, neccssary by the establishment of hereditary power, the equality, Italy !its ed the libertv, and the rights ol the pcoplb KIWMI be preserved in ali their integrity This vote shall be presented to the Senate by six orators, wlJO aiiali explain the of the iribiipatc.. This resolution was confinnecf: by the'Senate and Legislative Body on the 4th. I-he;proceedings in these Assemblies are very' -i'ittie.i.hteres. £ ing; ful- • some compliments on i3onaparte SILLY- reasonings to prove the advantages.of IK>REDIITARY,*O\ONARCIIY~ :.t.v:d accusations, of tl.E HOURHONA, .What was in.rdcr than all Bonaparte' o»VN consent has been WRUNG from him. ■■ Paris,, Mny'S.—The. ^RAIUT question which has occupied the attention of the Tribunate litis di- verted public attention from every other object. A pcte which, in the Moniteur of the 26TH of Apr;1. accompanied oil extract of a letter from c n, of the 24th of. March, has not, however, escaped notice. "God knows: (says the letter, AMONG other things) when 'lit < \f dition wiil set sail from theffther si(ie of thc.wa.tey: but he as- sured of this, that sail whei itnlay, we shall not LV:L to give a very it. The ATRFTNPT once made. tviil never tie repeated; and the question, or rather the threat Qf, invasion will FCS -decided for EVEN"-—These expressions have G'VEN rise to the following paragraphia the official jotirnai, in the form of a IIFTICY which is remark- able in more than one passage AV'e agree 'per- fectly with this good ]vng)ishm:;ia, tiiat, let. the FXP^.UTION OTICE S%ii, and the question will be de- rided for ever. We nllbt add, however, that we do not VINDEI>T;IIID this assertion-in the same sense in. WHICH he employs IT; We cannot hut deplore the tvjte OX- a. country which the faults of its.Gb- •VERIIMEUTVHAVC plae-ed In a situation so critical. AYE do not do LE«.S J I-FK-V to TLIE.ENFFGY than to tire honourable ot THOSE who ore anxious to I tlwit. country..The people do "their duty ia ENDEAVOURING TO place themselves out of the RTA-EH 61' INVASION. £ > do ours in to eon- qner peace, and a jiortion of the patrimony of the seas. of which the uni ridlud atubition o th^ Eii- glish CTOverninent wishes to deprive-us. 'Abso- lute masters of the cununcrceot the world, their ships cover both the Indian and the Ajneiican seas. They wish iarthcr, by the unjust possession of Malta, at once to expel us from the commerce of the Mediterranean. That is not in their power. They who grasp at too much, risk all. VV e are also a populous nation. We-have a, vast extent ot coast, numerous sailors, a great deal of wood, and a lar^e share of money. What then is that mad ambition which wishes" to deprive us even 'of the commerce of the Levant, which our ancestors from time immemorial have enjoyed? They very uselessly keep six thousand men on the rock of Malta, .which, happen what way, titeil never shall re- tain. They are on the point of losing Ceylon for want of a. sumcient number of troops to defend it. Of the two nations, which is that whose am- bition kno>vs no reasonable bounds ?—Is it the na- tion which by treaty cedes the islands of Ceylon and Trinidad, and consolidates the English power in the Indies, iu China and America; or that which wishes to shut us out of all the ports of the Levant? The English Government deceives the people in the grossest manner respecting all that is done, or that passes in France. They carry this so far, as to tell the people that certain intelli- gence has been, received of the troops of Boulogne having mutinied that the half of the garrison at Paris have revolted; that the Parisians have shewn a disposition to insurrection, because they were prevented from leaving their own houses after nine o'clock. All these revolts resemble Air. Drake's rebellion in the, lour departments. When we think proper we will mqhc the descent. If toczcere itot to make it for years, our aucctxs zc'Ul only be more certain/'—Mmitcur. Those who think that Bonaparte feels it im- practicable to invade us, may be right—but it is possible that he tnav have ordered this paragraph it,, tilt,, Moliiteur to-be inserted for the purpose of relaxing our preparations* and of throwing us off yur guard. The change in the form of the French Govern- ment has given rise in Paris to rnany, reports of the probability of the restoration of peace. Ru- mours of a similar tendency were circulated about London yesterday, and the arrival of Mr. Living- ston at Southampton from. Paris, was considered by many sanguine politicians as positive proof that lie came charged with (Jmc liropositioris from Bonaparte, and the-funds rose considerably at the close of the market. A considerable change, how- ever, must take place in the state and sentiments of the two countries before so desirable an event can be accomplished; A private letter from Petersburgh states that 200,000 Russians are zassellibled on the frontiers. of Prussia, and that it was daily expected that war would be declared against France. ,Yesterday arrived two "mails from the Iyeevvard Islands. Letters from Burbad'oes inform us, that a, secret expedition ha& 'been: 'for'soitie timfe pre- paring in that quarter. The arrival of General Myers and a body of troops-there, has led to an opinion, that the object of- attack will be Marti- Oleo, which has been for some time blockaded by Commodore lieodSeveral o:f the outward-bound ships have been captured and carried into Guada- Toiipe;-not less than 25 privateers have sailed from that place, and have greatly annoyed the tr^de to the Windward Islands.. 'Mr.- Pitt was yesterday re-elected Member for the University.of Cambridge without opposition.. In the I louse of Commons yesterday, the Solici- tor General obtained leave' to bring in a bill to iu- .demjiify aUorniesj solicitors, &c. for not having tikeii out certificates, according to the act 'ot 32'3 ot the Iviug., < -■ ■; 1" SÁtVItDAY, -:Afll!J ÚJ. This evening's Gazette contains dispatches from C mmodore flood, Command in Chief on the Lee- ma ward Island station, in substance as follows A letter to the Commodore, troln Lieut. Carr, of hisTvIajest^'s arinerl schooner I/Eclair, states, that on the 25th of March, the schooner's boat, with ten men, commanded by MrrSalnioh, the master, and accompanied by the surgeon, who volunteered his services, had cut out a French Schooner privateer, called Le Rose, carrying SO men; well armed, and one brass nine-pounder, troiri iittger the batteries at La Hayes, at Guadeloupe. Althaugh the men on board the privateer made a vigorous resistance, and the batteries kept firing, the service was performed ni a short tinie,. without any loss on tue part of L'Eclair's boat. Of the eiveniy, five were killed and ten wounded. A letter from Captain Younghusband, of his Ma- jesty's sicop Osprev, gives an accotint of a most ,spirited action he fought on the 23d of March with the -Egyptienne, a. Trench frigate, of 36 guns and J 955 M6u which must certainly have fallen, through his superior skill and bravery, had not she availed herscifof her to get- away. The Osprey had one man killed and 16 wounded. The letter further states, that on the 35th of March, the Os- prey andllippomenes retook the ship Reliance, of Loudon, captured by the aWvefrigate, The Hip j.om cues sloop, Capt. Shipley, however, fell in with the Kgyptienne on the 27th, after an arduous chace of 51 hours, and a running fight of 'hree hours and 20.minutes, which struck the mo- ment Capt. S. got alongside. The master's mate was the only person hurt. The enemy had eight men killed and 19 wounded in the engagement with the Osprey. A letter to the Commodore from Lieut. King, acting commander of the Drake, announces, that having driven a large ship, mounting 18' guns, ashore near the Hay e, Guadeloupe, two boats, un- ci er the orders of the master,-Mr. Itobson, took pos- session of her, the enemy abandoning her on their approach. About half an hour after she blew up, ,by which accident Mr. Robspn, a master's mate, three seamen, and a marine,, lost their lives, and severabothers were much bruised. The Drake re- captured the Enterprise, of Bideford. A letter from CapttO'iJrien,.of his Majesty's ship Emesald, states, that Lieut. Gregory, with the boats of that ship, had destroyed a. schooner and a sloop at Port-Diable, Martinique, on the 20th of March. Captain Stuart, of the Etludion, communicates, through Admiral Vashon, ,ou the Leith station, the capture of L'Union, a Dutch national brig, of i2 nine and 1 six-pounders, and at men, on the 9th instant, after a chase of six hours. She had been two days from Bergen. She has arrived, with the Ethalion, at Leith. This Gazette also announces the appointment of Mr. W. Dundas to be Secretary at War;J. F, W. Banes, Esq. to be Lieut.-Governor of the island of Prince Edward, in Am Rev. J. Meakiti to be a Prebendary of Worcester, in the room of the Rev. J. Carver, resigned;—and the advance- ment of Rear-Admiral Coffin to the dignity of a Baronet, Dutch papers to the 15thinst. received this morn- ing, bring intelligence from Paris of as late a date as the 10th. The laws by whirh France is in iu- tnre to be governed, were to be published in the course of that, week. ThV Emperor of Russia is. stated to have declined the interference to which he was invited bv France, in the adjHStmtn\t of the differences subsisting lamong the German nobility, in consequence of the ute diaagcs, feeing of opinion tl^it these disp utes ought to he investigated in the lawful tribunals of the Empire. It -vvas reported, last night, in the^diplomatic CJRR cles, that Mr. Courvois.ier, who arrived: on W ediics- day with dispatches from Vienna, has brought with him the determination of the Impen d Court upon the following points-:—1st, The proposed thaiige of the Government of France. 2dly, The claims ol the Bourbons, AND the pretensions of Bonaparte, adly, The invasion of the German Empire by the troops of Bonaparte upon the 15th of March. 4thly, The terms upon which the House of Austria will join with England and Russia to restore the balance of power in Europe. 5thly, .Vn invitation given by Bonaparte to Austria to become jointly with Russia a meditating power between him and England. ôthly, A plan to be presented to Eng- land after a general pacification for establishing a Conservative Congress of Peace, for settling ail fu- ture wars in Europe. Such are the rumours in out best informed political circles, and as such only we give them,—Globe. The rumours of an approaching rupture with Spain are becoming stronger every day. The in- fluence, Qr, we should rather say, the power which France "possesses over the Government of that country, renders it very difficult for her to remain at peace, while France is engaged in war with Great-Britain. W-E believe THAT very strong re- monstrances have been made by the British Mini- ster at Madrid, upon the result of which, the con- tinuance of the peace will in a great measure de- pend.— The Bavanan Minister to this country, has, it is said, received his passports, and is on the point of setting out on his return to the Continent. The Generals and Chiefs of Hayti (ci-devant St.. Domingo) have proclaimed J)essa?ines Governor for life, with the powers.' of'making war arub peace, and, not Generals have all sworn to iesisttor ever the authority ot Franèc, and to die rather thaq live under its doriiinion. A Dutch schooner of .16, guns and 60 men has been captured by the Lilly, and sent into New Providence; where a French brig, with the late commander of New Orleans, had also arrived, prize to one of our eruisers. The Neptune, of Faversham, lias, been sent into. Y irmouth by L'Africaiue trigate, on suspicion" of landing four men on the Dutch coast, supposed to be engaged in a traitorous correspondence with theenemy. Sir Harry Neale has resigned hi$ situation as one' of the Lords oT the Admiralty. Mr: Pitt took his seat last night in the House of Commons. He announced his intention of sub- mitting his PLGIN for the- recruiting of the army, &c. to the House, and for this purpose the third read- ing of the army of reserve suspension bill was put. oti tUi Wednesday se'nnight. The consideration; of the report of the Committee on the Lords' amend- ments to the volunteer bill, was also put- off till Wednesday next, on the-motion of "Mr. Pitt, to which.day both (louses have adjourned;' .'e' Moxn.iV, May 21. Two. Ilarubu igli mails and Dutch papers to the LTTLI Instant have reached town.. Advices from petersburgh confirm the former ac- count of that Court having gone into nfounihig tor thelate Duke d'Enghien. The mourning war* to continue seven days. The Court of Sweden had also gone into mourning on. the saiue occasion, for! eight:days. •• The Russian Ambassa-dor at Berlin and all his suite appeared a..tCourttin mourning, and we under- stand expressed strongly and in the circle, his detestation of the murder of the galIantPrince.. —The French Ambassador, it is added,-WAS pre- sent. V Nothing could more,directly REPRESS the senti- ments ,pf Russia an,D SWEDEN, than the conduct, they have adopted with respect to the Duke d'En- ghien. These SOVEREIGNS shrink wiDh horror and., disgust at the idea.of brotherhood and fellowship with a murderer. The last advices FROM Petersburgh and Copen- Vice,$ from ti- hagen confirm the news of a defensive alliance having bCell, EONELUDED betweei^ Russia and Deo- mark, ;■- ■■ An improbable^ report is brought in a letter Ifrom. Constantinople, that the English had landed in Egypt, and taken Alexandria, Part of Lord Nelson's squadron is stated to have sailed AGAINST ALTERS. The iainily.pf MR Drake passed through Laud- shut, on their WAY: to England, on the. 21st ult. Paris papers to- the. 12 th instant, inclusive, were receivedyestcrday. 1 The plan for FLAKING Bon<aparte Emperor of the French is very NEARLY cempleated. THE Senate, i n their address, tell him that he-has found A new A-ra, but that he most eternise it;" that brilliancy is nothing without^duration that the power of the Supreme be hereditary.-—-Bona- parte, who must,have known what' their intentions were, requests them, ]N HIS answer, "to make known to hinv the whole of their thoughts.—The Senate then DESIRE him to take the imperial and he- reditary dignity. Bonaparte (kind soul! ) reluc- tahtiy.coiiscjats for-thtgobd oftnmkind Addresses are beginning to pour in from all quar- ters beseeching the Consul to assume the imperial dignity. The French Ambassador at the Hague, Semon- ville; has already DISPLAYED the Imperial Eagle over his box. It is said that the mode in- which the new Empe- ror will announce his new dignity to Europe, will be bv sending merely new credentials to his re- spective Ambassadors. Accounts from the Cape of Good Hope, express a belief that the squadrons of Linois and Hartsink have formed a junction, andare gone on an expe- ditiohaga.instCeylon.. The Vincenjo gun-hrig was a few days since be- calined in Qiuberpn Bay; 17 of the E^QMY'S lug- gers and brigp C^FP^OUT.RTO attack H: tinning this unequal .conquest for four hours, and being neariy in ■ASIFLJTING state, she was forced to strike. A small cutter in company with her es- caped. The Venerable of 74 guns arrived at Plymouth on Saturday from our fleet off Brest, which she left all well on" the 16th instant. The enemy, on the last observation, had nineteen sail of the line, four frigates, and eight smaller vessels they had their sails bent, and it was expected they would soon make an attempt to come out, which every British officer and seamen in the fleet anxiously hoped. The Prince of Wales gave his second grand din- ner, on Saturday last, to a number of distinguished noblemen and geiiticineri, The Hon. Mr. Paget, third son of the Earl of Ux- bridge, report says, is very soon to lead to the nup- tial shrine the honourable and accomplished Miss Grimstone, The son of Lord Charles Somerset is appointed a page of honour to his Majesty, TUESDAY. J,[ay Q;J. DEFEAT OF A FRENCH FLOTILLA. VROM TH" MSDON GAZETTE, Copy of a Letter from Sir Sidney Smith to lord Keith. Antelope, at an. Qslcnd, MY LORD, ]Uml 17th, 1&04. Information from all quarters, and the eviden* state of readiness in which the enemy's armaments wenHa LIELVOEV; Flushing, AND INDIVABIN^. the probability of a general movement from those ports* I. reinforced Captain Man by, offiifelvoet, frith. .one Ship, and: directed Captain Hancock, of the Cruizer,- stationed in shore, to combine his opera- tion and the Rattler's, with'the squadron of gun boats Stationed off (istend. 'The Antelope, Penelope and Aimable, OCCUPIED a centrical position in sight both of Flushing and Ostend, in anxious expectation of the enemy's ap- pearance, Yesterday, at half past nve, A. LVI, I re- ceived information from Captain Hancock, th/'II off Ostend, that the.-enemy's flotilla was lunifing out ol that pier, and had twenty-one one-masted vessels and one schooner, outside in the Roads; and, at half past seven the same morning, I liad the satis- faction to see .theFlushing flotilla of 50 sail, viz. two ship-rigged • praams, nineteen schooners, and thirty-eight schuyts, steering along shore trom that port towards OstenH, under circumstances which allowed me to hope I should be able to bring them to action. The signal was made to the Cruizer and Rattler for an enemy, in the E." S. E. to call Lhèir attention from Ostend; the squadron weigh- ed the moment the flood made, and allowed OT the-heavier ships following them over the banks the signals to chace and to engage were-obeyed with alacrity, spirit, and judgment, by the active and experienced officers your Lordship has done me the honour to place under my orders. Cap- tains Hancock and Mason attacked this formida- ble line with the greatest gallantry and address, attaching themselves particulariyto the two praams, both of them" of greater force than themselves, in- dependent ot the cross fire from the schooners and p schuyts; I sent the Amiable, by signal, to'support them. The Penelope, (having an able pilot, Mr. Thornton,) on signal being-made to engage, Cap- tain Broughton worked up to the centre of the ene- my's line, as near as the shoal wa,ter..would allow," while the Antelope went round the Stroom Sand to cut the:, vap off from Ogteh'd; unfortunately our gun-boats were not iu sight, having, AS I understood, s'ince devoted their attention to preventing the Os- tend division from moving westward. 'I^HE enemy attempted to get back to Flushing but, being harrassed.by the Cruizer ancl Rattler,R and the wind ,coming more easterly against them, 'they were obliged to run the gauntlet to.the tvest- ward,"keeping close to the beach, linder the protec- tion of the batter-ics. Having found" a- passage for the Antelope within, the Stroom Sand, she was enabled to bring her broadside to bear on the headmost schooners, be- fore they got the length of Ostend. The leader ,struck immediately, and her crew deserted her: She was however recovered by her followers • tlie* artillery from the town and camp, and the rowing gun-boats from the pier, kept up a constant and well-directed fire for their support; our shot, how- ever, which went over the schooners, going on shore-among-the horse artillery interrupted it in a degree stilly however, it was from the" shore we received the greatest annoyance; for the schooners atid schuyts. crowding along could not bring their prow guns to bear without altering their course ^towards, us," Vhfch'they could not venture; and their side gunq, though numerous and well-served, were very In this manner the Penelope and ■Antelope engaged every part oi their long line from ■ four till eight, while the Aimable, Cruizer, and Rat- tler continued to press THEN; rear.- Since two o'clock the st^rnmost praam STRUCK her colours, and rah 01,1 shore. but the artillery-meq from the army got on board, and sh'e fen.eweU her fire on the Aiinabie with-the precision'of a. Tand battery, from which that ship suffered much; Captain Bolton speaks much in praise -lot" -'lieutenant Mather, who is wounded. Several pftheschdoQers'a.nd schuyts immediate- ly under the fire of the Ships were driven, on. shope ill like MIINTIER, and recovered'by the army. -AT. eight the tide falling, and leaving ns in little mere* water T2IAA we drew, we were reluctantly obliged to haul off iiito deeper water to keep afloat, aijd the enemy's, vessels that were not on shore, or too-, much shattered, were thus able to reach Ostend; these-andthe Ostehd. di vision have hauled into tile bason'. "JHAV^ ANCHORED in such a'tpo'sition'asfo .k.eep a.n eye, on them; and I shall endeavour to j closewith them again if they move.into .deeper wlter., I' have to regret tii.tt, Irom-the depth ol the 1 water in which-these vessels move,gun-boats alone can actagiinst them with effect; Four LUVS join- ed me, and I have spat them in to SET what they can do'with the praam that is on shore. I HF 11 TR-JAT "satisfaction in bearing testimony to" you Lordship'of the gallant and steady conduct of th captain's, commanders, officers, seamen," and ma- rines uhder.my Orders. Itis but justice to say the enemy's Commodore, pursued a steady course. nqtwithstanding our. fire,, re and returned it with spirit to. the last,. <• I could not detach open boats into the enemy's-; line to pick up those vessels which had struck, and i I were deserted, mixed as they were with those still. iirin-O\ Captain Hancock Sent m.e one schuyt that, aadhauled out of the litiCj, and surrendered..She' had A Lieutenant and twenty-three soldiers of the 48th regiment, with five Dutch seamen on board. ,3Üc is so useful here I CANNOT part with her yet. Enclosed is a list of our loss, which, though great" Is less than might have been expectecl, owmg to THE enemy's directing their fire at our masts. The Rattler-ahd the Cruizer have ofcourscsulferèdmost in the latter respect, but are nearly ready for ser- vice again. The smoke would not allow us to see die effect of our shot on the enemy but their loss considerino- the number of them under ourguns for KSO long, must be great in proportion.' We see the •must beads above water pf three of the schooners aud one öfthe schuyts which were sunk. 'I'have the honour to be, &c. iltv W. SIDXET SMITH. The Right* Hon. Lord Keith. «$;c.. lUtnrn.^iiitieAwd H'r»>tt«rfed.Total, 2 petty officers, 10 seaiaeQ. ajid 1 boy, killed i lieutenant, 1 purser; 4 pet- ty oilicers, 25 seamen, HHd 1 private .marine \vouuded.: »•» Whitehall^ It.—The Kmg has been, pkased to grant uftto tlw Right lion. Chuiles Bragge, of Lydney Park, iu the county of CTlocestcf» his Royal licoice* authority, that he and his issue may ass,uuie, take/and use the surnatne, and also bear the arms of Bathiirst only," in compliance with aii injunction conliiihed iii the la, t will and testaIIJCPt; and out of grateful-and affectionate respect ibr the rneinory of his late maternaluucle Poole Bsrthurst, of Lvdncv Fark aforesaid, rdeceased. Lord Chamberlain's Office, Mai; 15.—Dr. Samuel Foact Simmons was this day sworn aud adiuitted Physician Ex- traordinary to his Majesty. The Hamburgh mail of this morning has brought dews of the utmost importance. The "Emperor of Russia has protested in the most" soleinii manner tgainst the violation committed upon the territo- ries of the Elector of Baden, by the arrest of the, Duke d'Enghien. 1 le. has ordered his Minister to deliver a note to the Diet of Ratisbon, in which lie asserts, with much feeling, that it never could have been expected a peace, of which he was one of the mediators, should have been departed from in such :t manner. He solemnly protests, therefore, against such a violation, and calls upoIf the Emperor of Germany, and all other States, to present suitable remonstrances to the French Government. War between Russia AND France thus appears almost certain, In Russia every thing is active and. vigorous in the military department an HN- ;'uense'army is it readiness to march, and will loubtlcss be joined by the troops of other northern cowers, particularly Sweden, who is equally indig- uant with RUSSIA at the atrr/cious conduct of the Trenoli Government; nor can it be expected t* the'Eihperor o{.(.iermany will be a tame :5pectsl, It is therefpre highly probable the flames of" will 'aga.'n' Litak outupon the Lontiuent. with reI ,P vatedhtry.. Surely never V*AS war undertaken of :'atnj,,tj'ht .nd.sacred."pri^oipJe, LV> pn\ IR letters L'ROM Jffetris, XRK are assw" 1-iote of re»iionstr^ abovCMIIE — IONEDJ-;exclaiming against the in-va^ of the GermAn tirritofie'TI by the jirutch Govet mcnt, was PRESENTED -to'Taft'eyrand by the Rustf ia F. The news from Jvgypt-IS-also of great INTER^ The JBeys tliere have quarrtilled, and been cdmpW ly defeated in a bloody battte with the Alfiiiiial The eis considered" nearly^annihiiated,and,.jiie vteterious Albania* haveieturned to-their allegiance to the PorW4 Great rejoicingsJmve in CONSEQUENCE* taken plî:} at Cunstantinojde. -1 Moniteurs TO .the 15.TKIN5T^V £ £ ELTECEIVED Y afternoon, which are nearly filled withaddrcsT .from different corps of.the army, and from PREL^ and. municipal officers, to the Chief Consul, ii, ploriag hiiii t.Jaccept the imperial HEREDITY dignity. The Moniteur pf the 1.1th contains an acco^. of the captureof an English corvette and lug? in the neighbourhood of Quiberon.' The Vincd! sloop of. war is qne of-the vessels taken. Letters i Letters FROM tbe coast JOF Kent state, that AVD heavy fifiug-comineuced yesterday mohiing, abo £ eleven o'clock, in the, direction "OF Calais and fiol. logue, which WAS supposed to proceed from SOFF of om cruisers endeavauringto preventsome oftll enemy's ilotil/a from entering Boulogne. ATH* past lour,.however, the tiring continued with grej,. violence, and at that hour every ship in the DO^ was tuiuib<> £ ing,.AUD.preparing -to'get under WEI^ There were\vt'S|crday morning 140 of the eneni)' guiVbbats intfrebuter harbourof Boulogne; but>* \10 pcnocl, since Of the have so large A force off that harbour as present, The.officers of our blockading squadrons on BO6 ;the Trench and Dutch coasts have, for some da);, past, entertained strong hopes, that the eneirtf". ft-OTn the move'ntents they were making, wef) about-to. put to sea. Letters rrom officers in our squadron off Ferroj. state, thstttre* ships were all well and healthJ and that the Spaniards are very civil and obliging deprecating the idea of a war with this country. A letter from an officer on board the Minotatff dated Burbadoes, 2d of April, and received by wI. last packet, states,.that the expedition against Wi Dutch settlement of Surinam was to sail on the 6* ult. it consisted of 3000 troops; and no doubt entertained oi its success. A French privateer of 9 guns and 108 men, if capturcd, and arrived at Cork. I Admiral W. Young is appointed Chief at Plymouth, in the room of Sir J.. ColpoyS- Yesterday the arrival at Plymouth of the Stephen Lushington, Earl Howe, Charlton, a¡\d Admiral Gardner, East-tndiamen, from BENG?*. Was announced at the East-India House. It is, now said. Mr. Livingstones visit to TH'" country is of a financial nature, /J-he purch'i5 money of Louisiana, Stipulated, to be paid to though raised by Messrs. Hope and Co. at AM9T^ dam, lor the United.States ol America; is SUPPLI^ no doubt, in a great part from this country; TFI. MR. Livingstone, it is said, is-come to hasten TP remittances which the expence of Bonaparte's & rouatijnneccssariiy require. Yesterday arrived accounts from Barcelona, bJ way of Holland J, dated 21st of April,which entire') contradict the reports of the plague having BROKW ^out 'iu that quarter.' It was reportcdyestertlay that, the Prince ofWaJ* purposeA to take bis piact; iu the House of LO^ ,a violit, next.. »• A beautiful coinage of half guineas has livered from the Mint. í WEPXESDAV, May 13- r This day arrived complete sets of Dutch JOURNAL' • to the 13th instant; also sets of the small FretiC'' journals to the same date as the Moniteurs betofd received. All accounts in the FARMER agree in STAF' IRIG that there has been an uncommon bustle late and n -unusual i-requency of intercourse amofti tue iife.ent Courts of Europe. The -Courcs, there is no doubt, ha\" 1 IJCRECT understanding with each other. A tre* T" is ASSFCRTED to be on the eve of being signed tween them, if it be not already signed. A TREAT? P.falliance, offensive and defensive, is believed tO have befell already signed between Russia, 'RGARKY and Sweden. Our connexion with THOS* Courts, wU', at'course,become more close and cor" Hlah',—it-is.-supposed that the Russian Ambassad^ HERE will be recalled, to fill a high part in the SIAN^-Ministry. A more appropriate choice act he iiiade. In Russia and in. Germany cveq is in motion, and we may expect soon to thelegionsthätwcre to conquer England, recalled trom the shores^OF the ocean to the' banks of THE Rfune/to-preyent'the Russians and the GermallS Rliitie to" ,) P, 'JrôÙl over-running that country which Consult presumption has dared to denominate the'iaistre^j of tlie world. J According to private letters, the Court of Vienn*? H^S also ordered rnourning for the Duke D'FJNGHIEI1, THE French journals which all the world KNOTF* arc in a miserable state of bondage, affect to DI^" credit the intelligence which has appeared IN roost (4t. the other contmemal journals, of the warlike PR0'! -para'tions inaking by the magnanimous Alexander- —They are also silent respecting the note oi'HI* Imperial Majesty,—that is, they have not yet BEE** instructed how tiiey are to treat it. Besides BEIN^ presented to the Diet at Ratisbony copies of TWJ note have been transmitted to ali the. Russian R^I sidenis- in 'Germany,, with orders to present it tlJ; therbspficttye Princes at wlMS€ Courts ,they reside- 0, The foilowiHg copy' is translated t'rom the Ilanv burgh Cprrefipondenjen* but-we learn letters, THSIT there are grtnmds to believe strong E*' pressions agaipst the despotism and injustice 0* the First Consul, have beeti either omitted or soft* ened down., Reinhard, the French Minister 3t Hamburgi), lias the press now under his sole C«C troul. The printer's proofs .are regplady sent to lum"wherr he* makes every alteration-he think* most-likely to gratify the views and caprice ofbiS t NOTE.—?*' The event which has taken place,in the doyall niongof hi;j Serene Higlnie« the Elector 01 Baden, and tb6 issue of which has been so Jiielancholy, has filled his Mw josty the Emperor of all the Rufsias with the most lively grief. His Majesty could not but see with the deepest sor- row the violation of the peace and integrity ofthe Germaø Empire. His Imperial Majesty was the more astonished at such a proceeding as it w.as impossible lor him to expec?> that a rower, which had undertaken the mediation iu coil- junction with himself, and which had consequently bojino itself to participate in II,s Majesty's care for the welfare and tranquillity of (jermany, could deviate in such a rpaijlier froHi.tlie sacieil principles ot' the law of nations, and t'f(ito the ell is, into which it had so lately entered; I* woilld be useless to draw the attention of the .Djct to melanciioly consequeticcs to the- German Empire ex-. poseS itself it such deeds of violence, of which one has serf the iirst and oniy example, be passed over in silence. Diet will perceive, with its lisiuil foresight, how much tM: e future pea(--e«rid safety of the whole Empire, and ofeach qf its 1\Iiní!;ters., would be compromised, if Such violence could he regitrded as allowahlc, arui.t;ikeplace without q| position oi<liuice. InduCej;! bv fhesc-.cotfsiyeratioiis, andifl-y •his oualit y. ofinediaror aiid guarantee.oiUKC'constittit'toii'c' the German Empire, the. Kntpetor tech; himself called upon to protect ^-ni..uviiR action whicn is so great aj*iufring^ -I r ,to-