de Cape Rocha, a little to the Northward Your moft obedient humble fervant, SIR, I BEG leave to acquaint you, that on the morning of the 26th, at fix A. M. I gave chace in his Majesty's fhip under my command, to two fhips in the S. E. in company with the Emerald, and that at half paft two P. M. we attacked them in Conil Bay, near Trafalgar, where they had anchored; that at four they ftruck to his Majefty's fhips, and proved to be the Spanish frigates Elona and Ninfa, mounting 36 guns and 320 men each, from the Havannah, bound to Cadiz. The former cut her cable after he had ftruck, and ran on fhore; and notwithftanding we got her off, from the damage the received, we were not able to keep her afloat. Part of the crews left the ships, and got on shore. From every account I have been able to collect, the two frigates had 18 men killed and 30 wounded. The Irrefiftible had one man killed and one wounded. I have the honour to be, &c. Sir John Jervis, K. B. &c. &c. &c. ON the 16th inftant, Cape Finisterre bearing S. S. W. eighteen leagues, his Majefty's fhip under my command, after a chace of fix hours, captured L'Enfant de la Patrie, French privateer, belonging to Bourdeaux, of 16 guns, and 130 men, eight days out of port, and had not taken any thing: her Captain, who I understand from the prifoners was in liquor, fired his guns and mufquetry, and run on board the Bofton, by which rafhness five of his men were killed, himself drowned, and ten men wounded. I am, Sir, &c. &c. &c. J. N. MORRIS. To Captain Tyler, of his Majefty's Ship L'Aigle. ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, MAY 20, 1797. Extract of a Letter from Rear-Admiral Sir John Orde, Bart. Commanding Officer of his Majesty's Ships and Veffels at Plymouth, to Evan Nepean, Efq. dated the 17th of May 1797. I HAVE much fatisfaction in tranf mitting, for their Lordships' information, a Letter received from Lieutenant Dent, Commander of the Spider fchooner, of 16 guns, and 50 men, giving me an account of his having captured and brought into this port the Flibuftier French privateer, of 14 guns, and 70 men. SIR, Spider, in Stoneboufe Pool, May 17, 1797. I HAVE the honour to inform you, that on the 16th inftant, being then fix leagues to the Southward of the Lizard, in his Majesty's schooner under my command, I gave chace to a brig, which I foon perceived to be an enemy; when, after receiving the fire of her ftern chaces, and a fmart run for three hours, I had the pleasure of capturing her close under the Lizard. She proves to be the Fli buftier privateer, of 14 guns (four of which were thrown overboard in the chace), and feventy men, commanded by M. Henry Capel, eleven days from St. Maloes, and had not made any capture. I have the honour to be, &c. &c. &c. DIGBY DENT. Sir John Orde, Bart. &c. &c. &c. ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, MAY 19, 1797. I HAVE the honour to request you will acquaint the Rt. Hon. the Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty of my return this day to the Humber from Elfineur, having brought in with me the Jaloufe national corvette, commanded by C. Plucket, which I captured at five A. M. on the 13th inft. after a chace of nine hours, and running about 84 knots; the fired her ftern chaces at me (two long French twelves) for an hour and a half, before I was able to put alongside of her ; but having had the good fortune to shoot away her fore-yard, and greatly injure her main-maft, the found herself under the neceflity of striking, after about three broadfides. I am happy to add that we have not a man hurt, though we have fuffered confiderable damage in our yards, fails, and rigging, which their Lordships will fee by the inclofed statement of our defects. She is pierced for twenty guns, and had at the time of action fixteen mounted, namely, twelve very long French twelvepounders, and four fixes, with one hundred and fifty-three men, two of whom were killed, and five wounded; the alfo fhifted her guns over to the vacant ports. [FROM OTHER PAPERS.] THE Ruffian Cabinet has ordered its Minifters at Foreign Courts to make fix declarations refpecting the unhappy Poland, and one of which contains the following article :— "If from motives of hatred, on account of this treaty of partition and its refults, one of the three High Contracting Parties fhould be attacked by any foreign Power, the two others promife to join and defend him with all their might and power against fuch attack." The form of organization for the Venetian Terra Firma, which Buonaparte has published, is of the following tenor: ift. The Brescian is to extend as far as the Mincio. 2d. The Veronefe is to begin at the Mincio, and to include the country of Bologna. 3d. The Vicentin and Baffano, with its territory, is to form a department by itself. 4th. The Padnan, the Polefine of Rovigo, and Adria, as far as the Po, not VOL, XXXII. Auc, 1797. including what belongs to the Ferrarofo, is to form one fingle department. 5th. The countries of Feltro, Cadore, and Bellano, are alfo to form a fingle department. 6th. The country of Trevifo, excepting the district of Mostre, is to form a fingle department with that of Colla. 7th. The Frioul, including Montfalcone, is to form the last department. 8th. Each department is to be governed by a central Administration compofed of twenty-three members. Each Commune is to have a Municipality, more or less numerous, according to its number of inhabitants. 9th. The central government is to be compofed of perfons chofen by the General of Divifion, who commands in the department. 1oth. Each central Administration is to regulate the manner in which justice is to be administered." The three principal Ecclefiafticks in Spain, Cardinal Lorenzo, Archbishop of Toledo, the Archbishop of Seville, and the Archbishop of Mufquez, Confeffor to the Queen, who have arrived at Madrid, have received very important inftructions from the King of Spain. His Majesty, it is faid, defires, ift, That a Council may be convoked, if not a General Council of the Catholic Church, at leaft a Provincial Council, in which measures are to be taken for the Reformation of the Regular and Secular Convents throughout Europe. It is alfo in contemplation to preferve throughout Spain only four religious orders, the Dominicans, the Auguftins, the Cordeliers, and the Carmelites, 2d. That the Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church out of Italy, shall have an active and paffive voice; and may afpire, as well as Italians, to the Papal dignity. 3d. That the Conclave for the elections of a Pope fhall be held alternately in the different States, where the Roman Catholic religion is established. 4th. That a Penitentiary Court shall be established at Madrid, furnished with proper powers; fo that in future it fhall not be neceffary to fend to Rome. 5th. That the Spanish Bishops fhall be authorised to confer benefices, and to grant difpenfations of marriage, without having recourfe to the Holy Father. Mallena's divifion of the French army has addreffed the Directory. The following is the fubftance of it: "When Peace has arrived to put an end end to our labours, it is our duty to look towards our country. What a heartrending picture does it poffefs? The Constitution violated, the Government degraded, the Emigrants returning, the Priefts, rebels to the laws, protected and honoured, the faithful and upright Re publicans profcribed and murdered, the poniards of the Royalists ftained with the blood of the Defenders of their Country. What! Do thefe monsters imagine, that eight years of facrifices, of battles, and of fatigue, have exhaufted our courage? Do they imagine we have not enough left to defend the Constitution we have fworn to maintain? Let them tremble! Yes: let thefe Confpirators tremble! We will keep this formidable oath. The fwords which have exterminated the armies of Kings are ftill in the hands of the Conquerors of the Rhine, of the Sambre and Meufe, and of Italy. "Does the road to Paris present more obftacles than that to Vienna? No t will be opened to us by the Republicans who have remained faithful to Liberty. United, we fhall defend it; and our com. mon enemies SHALL HAVE LIVED.' : The Treaty between America and Tripoli, which was ratified at Philadelphia by the Prefident, with confent of the Senate, on the roth ult. contains the following paffage "As the Government of the United States of America is not in any fenfe founded on the Chriftian Religion-as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity of the Muffelmen; and as the faid States have never entered into any war or act of hoftility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arifing from religious opinions fhall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing be tween the two countries. DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. JULY 31. A MEETING convened by the Correfponding Society, or rather by a divifion of it (for fome of thofe who are its reputed leaders did not attend), was held in an open field near the Veterinary College, St. Pancras. At two o'clock between two and three thousand people were affembled. Three tribunes, as they were termed, were erected in different places. The first was occupied by T. Stuckey, Prefident, Mr. Ferguson, a bar rifter, and two others; the fecond by a Mr. Galloway; and the third by R. Hodfon, a hatter of Westminster, with fome others. Before the first tribune Sir W. Addington prefented himself on horfeback, attended by a great number of conftables. Other Magiftrates at tended, and took their stations before the different tribunes. The populace who furrounded them were, generally speaking, of the lowest defcription. There was no fymptom of diforder, nor did the majority feem to feel any interest in what was going forward. At two o'clock the Prefident came forward at the first tribune. He read the advertisement by which the meeting was convoked. On the meeting being declared illegal by the Bow-treet Magiftrates, a perfon of the name of Webb faid he was deputed to wait on them, and to enquire in what confifted its ille gality and to fay, that if their pro This addrefs being received with fome faint applaufe, the fame perfon proceeded to read a petition and remonstrance to the King, which, he obferved at the fame time, was to be followed by the moving of certain refolutions : Here the reader was interrupted by a cry, that the Proclamation for diffolving the affembly as illegal had been read. Mr. Ferguson then addreffed the meeting, and conjured them quietly to feparate; and, for the prevention of mifchief, to depart to their several homes. He faid the question was now really at iffue, and it remained to be feen, whether the Magiftrates of Bow-ftreet were to be regarded as the interpreters of the law of England. Sir William Addington immediately gave orders that Mr. Ferguson fhould be taken into cuftody. Stuckey, Hodfon, and Galloway, attempting to fpeak, speak, were at the fame inftance made prifoners. The mob did not offer to prevent the conftables from executing their orders, and indeed the perfons who were arrested were earnest in deprecating any interference in their behalf. They were put into a hackney coach, and efcorted by a party of constables to Bow. street. In the evening Robert Ferguson, Tho. Stuckey, Alexander Galloway, Richard Barrow, Benjamin Pemberton Binns, and Richard Hodgson, were brought before Sir William Addington, at the Public Office, Bow-ftreet, charged with having aided and affifted in certain illegal proceedings reipecting the above meeting. Evidence was called to prove the charge, which being citablished to the fatisfaction of the Bench, they were ordered to find bail to answer the complaint at the next Seffions, themíelves in 100l. and two fureties in 50 each. The charge against Mr. Ferguioa was fupported by a Mr. John Smith, who deposed, that he heard Mr. Ferguion addrels the people from one of the tribunes, after the Procla mation had been read, in nearly thefe words :-" Citizens, I beg of you to dif. perfe, and not stay here to be butchered; que shall bereafter fee, whether or not the Bow Street Magiftrates are the interpreters of the Law. Mr. Ferguson denied the charge in toto, but faid he was ready to give bail. On his departure, he went in a hackney-coach; the horfes were taken out by the mob, and he was drawn by them a confiderable diftance. Hodgfon is by trade a hatter, and one of the perfons who were indicted for high treafon in the year 1794, though never brought to trial. Mr. Fergulon is a barrister at law; Binns, a plumber; Stuckey a taylor; Barrow a ftudent of phyfic; and Galloway a mathematical inftrument-maker. AUGUST 1. About twelve o'clock, as the Princess of Wales was returning from Carlton-house to her feat at Charl ton, in a coach and four, about 100 yards before the carriage arrived at New Crofs Turnpike, two Greenwich coaches were obferved driving very furiously along the road, and trying whofe hories could go the fastest. The Princeis's out-rider waved his hand for them to keep clear of her Royal Highness's carriage; but they continuing the fame furious pace, the fore hories of one of the ftages got entangled with one of the fore horfes of her Royal Highness's carriage, and bruited the poftillion's leg; and the out-rider having interfered to prevent mifchief, his horfe took fright, and threw him upon fome fharp-pointed wooden railing, and from thence into a garden. The accident fhocked her Royal Highnefs fo much as to occafion her to faint; but by the attention of Mifs Garth, who was in the carriage, and being affured the fervant was not killed, the was foon recovered. It providentially happened, that when the groom fell on the railing, his watch pitched on the point, which in all probability prevented the accident proving fatal, as the watch was broke, and he received a bruife on the right fide of his groin. Information of this fhameful but, we are forry to fay, too common breach of the peace being fent to town, Mr. Ford and other Magiftrates met the Duke of Gloucefter at Carlton houfe on Tuesday evening, and, after an enquiry into the circumitances, iffued their warrants for the apprehenfion of the two ftage-drivers; and accordingly yesterday morning the Bow-ttreet Officers went to Greenwich, and apprehended Matthew Ingram and Ifaac Rawlinfon, who were examined before the fitting Magiftrates at Bowftreet; when, befides the evidence of the Princefs's fervants, an outfide paffenger on the ftage depofed, that the prisoners had been driving against each other, and that Ingram had flogged his horses fo dreadfully, that they would not stop, though he aflifted him in pulling them in Ingram having infulted the Magistrate during the examination, and having the general character of an impudent driver on the road, was ordered to find bail for the affault, himself in 100l. and two fureties of sol. each. He was likewife or dered to give a fimilar fécurity for his future good behaviour, which he not complying with, was committed. Rawlinson was ordered to find bail, 100l. and two fureties in sol. each, to antwer for the affault, which he did. The Princefs's fervants ftated, that her Highnefs feldom travels that road without receiving an infult; the road being frequently blocked up near the turnpike, and the drivers of the stages refute to move to let her pass; and that a few days fince he was moft grofsly infulted by the driver of a post-chaife. The Magiftrate informed them, that if they could find the man, he would make him answer for his misconduct; and he gave ftrict charge to the patrole who go that road to pay particular attention to the conduct of drivers on it. U 2 MONTHLY MONTHLY OBITUARY. MAY 10. AT Prefhaw, near Winchester, John Long, efq. } JULY 14. At Edinburgh, Alexander Nairne, efq. accountant. 16. Mr. Roger Mellor, late of Warnford court, Throgmorton-street, attorney at law. 17. At Camberwell, near Bradford, the Rev. Robert Taunton, LL. D. late fellow of New College, Oxford, and vicar of Sydling, Dorsetshire. 18. Thomas Rich, efq. of Brewer-street, Golden-fquare. At Brompton, in his 73d year, Iffachar Waldet Zuenfelt, efq. formerly a merchant of Amfterdam, and once governor of a Dutch Settlement in the Eaft Indies. 19. At Sunninghill Wells, Berkshire, Hugh Montgomery, efq. of Castle Hulme, in the county of Fermanagh, Ireland. Mr. Giles Lawrence, of North Audleyftreet, cornchandler. 20. Mr. Ifaac Fawcett, of Pancras-lane, at Epping. At his feat in the county of Tipperary, Lord Lifmore. Lately, near Bantry in Ireland, Richard Blair, fen, efq. Lately, in Marlborough-street, Dublin, the Right Honourable Edward Carey. Lately, at Fulford, Devonshire, Henry Tuckfield, efq. Lately, in Scotland, Alexander Van Dyk, efq. a member of the Regency of Holland under the old Government. 21. At Plaftow, in Kent, Peter ThelJuffon, efq. of Brodfworth, in the county of York. This gentleman is calculated to have died worth 400,000l. fterling, which he has difpofed of as follows:-To Mrs. Thelluffon, his wife, an annuity of zecol. for her life, and the house and furniture of her refidence ; to each of his fops only 7,5col; to each of his daughters 12,000). and some other inconfiderable legacies. His Yorkshire eftate he directs to be fold, and the purchaser to be obliged to take the name of THELLUSSON. The devife of the refidue of the teftator's property is not, as has been reprefented, to his great grandfon at the age of 23; but it is to veft immediately in three gentlemen, whom and whofe heirs he has appointed trustees to manage his real and personal estate, and to purchase land with the accumulation of the growing profits, till the grandson of his prefent grandfon Charles (now an infant only four months old, and the fon of the teftator's third and youngest fon Charles) fhall attain the age of 21; when the whole of this immenfe property is to be at his dif. pofal; but, fubject to this contingency, it is to go to the then King or Queen of England, for the benefit of the finking fund. The teftator expreffes in his will a hope that it will not be fet afide; and it is thought, that the present surplus of the property, exclufive of the Brodsworth and Plastow estates, will amount to near 700,000l. Lately, at Bath, Mr. Tafker, brewer, of Dartford, Kent. Lately, at Leith, near Edinburgh, the Rev. John Armstrong, M. A. in his 27th year. Lately, at Hereford, aged 78, Captain George Auguftus Blyke, of his Majesty's efq. At Gafk, in Scotland, Charles Oliphant, Lately, the Rev. Bacon Bedingfield, of Ditchingham-hall, Norfolk. Lately, at Ann's Grove, in the county of Cork, George Chinnery, efq. eldest son of Broderick Chinnery, efq. Lately, at Ifcoed, Carmarthenshire, George Manfell, efq. 5th fon of Sir William Manfell, bart, lieutenant in the 35th regiment of foot. 25. At Southampton, Lady Viscountess Mountítuart, widow of John Lord Viscount Mountstuart, and sole daughter of the Earl of Dumfries. At Tregoyd, Breconshire, the Honourable George Edward Devereux, eldeit son of Lord Viscount Hereford. 26. Mr. Joseph Phillips, of Idol-lane, wine-merchant. The Rev. W. Batchelor, fen. of Freshwater the Bathford. Lately, at Tapton, near Chefterfield, in his 98th year, Joshua Jebb, efq. 28. Mr. William Fraine, farmer, at Kew, aged 96. At Edinburgh, Mr. James William Duff, fon of Mr. James Duff, of Banff. Lately, William Collins, efq. of Ingestone, Herefordshire. 29. In his 66th year, the Rev. Jofeph Pote, rector of St. George, Southwark, of Melton, near Gravesend, Kent, and prebendary of Lichfield. Charlton Palmer, efq. of Beckenham, in the county of Kent, aged 84 years. |