I have the honour to inform you, that, in obedience to your orders, I proceeded to Sallo Bay, in his majesty's ship under my command, after the Spanish frigates; and, having been joined by the Cormorant alone, of the squadron under capt. Bowen, I at length, after beating against heavy gales of wind from the 28th of January to the 9th of February, reached Sallo Bay, in which I found twenty-one Swedish and Danish merchantmen; but no men of war had been in sight of Sallo since the 2d of February. Having looked into Fangel Bay, and Tarragona also, where lord M. Kerr, in the Cormorant, took a tartan, and drove another on shore, I proceeded towards Majorca, and at day-light the Cormorant took a settee laden with oil, and I chased two large xebees and a settee, all privateers in the royal Spanish service; one of which, La Vierga de Rosario, I captured at two o'clock, mounting fourteen brass twelve-pounders, and ninety The other two escaped by the wind shifting at dark, when within shot. The same night the Aurora joined, and proceeded for Tarragona, in consequence of intelligence I received of two Spanish frigates being bound there with Swiss troops from Palma. On the 15th I fell in with the Argo and Leviathan, and the next morning stood in for Sallo Bay. Finding the frigates were not in the neigh

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bourhood, I attacked the town of Cambrella, and, the Spaniards hav ing quitted their guns on a tower, sent the boats in under lieut. Grosset of the Centaur, who, after dis mounting the guns, burnt and captured as per margin*: La Velon Maria was taken in the offing, from Aguilas bound to Barcelona. The Proserpine frigate, consort to the Santa Teresa, taken by the Argo, after having escaped to Palamor, has since, I am informed by capt. Bowen, hauled close into the bar at Barcelona. JOHN MARKHAM.

Corfu, March 3. This day the French garrison surrendered by capitulation to the united forces of the Russians and Turks. The Leander and the Brune frigate were taken in the port.

[This gazette also contains an account of the capture of the Indefatigable French ship priva teer, of eighteen guns and 120 men, by the Ethalion; and another privateer, of eighteen guns, by the Anson ;-also, the following list of ships and vessels captured and destroyed by the squadron under the command of Sir Hyde Parker: by the Queen, the Spanish armed schooner, L'Aimable Marseilles, of four guns and forty men, taken; by the Queen and Lark, a French schooner privateer, name unknown, of four guns and thirty men, cut out of Port Nieu; by the Acasta, the French brig privateer Active, of eight guns and thirty-six men; the Spanish armed schooner Cincinnatus, of two guns and thirtythree men, taken; a French schooner privateer, name unknown, of six

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guns and sixty men, burnt, by the Acasta; by the Trent and Acasta, the Spanish armed ship Penada, of fourteen guns, and forty men, tak en; by the Renommée, the French sloop privateer Le Triomphant, of six guns aud fifty-six men, taken; by the Renommée and Squirrel, the Spanish armed brig Neptune, of four guns and twenty-three men, taken; by the Magicienne, the Spanish armed sloop, Julie, of four guns and twelve men, taken; by the Surprise, the French schooner privateer Laurette, of six guns and forty six men, taken; by the Swal low, French schooner privateer Bonaparte, of six guns and fifty men, taken; by the Pelican, the French schooner privateer La Belle en Cuisse, of four guns and fifty-seven men, taken; by the Amaranthe and Surprise, the French schooner privateer Petite Françoise, of four guns and thirty-five men, taken.]

APRIL.

Downing-street, April 2. A letter, of which the following is a copy, has been received from Mr. consul Foresti, by the right hon. lord Grenville.

Port of Corfu, March 3, on board the Russian ship of war the St. Paul.

My Lord,

I have the honour to inform your lordship, that on the 1st inst. an attack was made by the united Turkish and Russian forces on the island situated in this port, called La Scoglio di Vido, and by the French, L'Isle de la Paix. After a very brisk fire of about two hours and a half from the ships of war, the troops were landed, and the said island was captured. An attack was made at the same time on the

out-works of the town, and fort St. Salvado was taken by the Russian and Turkish troops, and the French themselves evacuated another outwork, named Il Monte di Ibram. On the morning of the 2d a flag of truce was sent off by the French commander of the garrison of the town of Corfu, to the Russian viceadmiral, for the purpose of informing him of the wish of the garrison to capitulate; a Russian officer was therefore sent to the town with the propositions of the Russian and Turkish commanders, and they were accepted of with little variation. The capitulation of the garrison, of which I have the honour to inclose a copy, was signed this afternoon on board of the Russian vice admiral's ship.

SHEREDION FORESTI.

Articles of Capitulation. The French to give up to the Turkish and Russian commissaries the town and forts of Corfu, together with the artillery, provisions, stores, ammunition, and all other public effects. The garrison shall march, with all military honours, out of all the forts and posts they occupy; afterwards be conveyed to Toulon, giving their word of honour not to bear ar for eighteen months against the grand-signor, the emperor of Russia, the king of England, or the king of the Two Sicilies. All public property, whether belonging to the town or the garrison, (the ship Leander, and all other vessels belonging to the French republic, included,) to be given up to the commissaries of the Turkish and Russian powers.

Admiralty Office, April 2. Copy of a letter from capt. Keates to the right hon. lord Bridport, K.B. (B 3) Boadicea,

Boadicea, at Sea, March 24. My Lord,

I have the honour to inform your lordship, that on the 7th inst. I re took an American, from CharlesTown, bound to Hamburg; on the 8th fell in with and liberated a neutral ship from CharlesTown bound to Embden, and took the privateer La Requin, a brig pierced for eighteen, mounting fourteen guns, with seventy men, which, when I first discovered her, was in the act of taking possession of the neutral. It is with extreme concern I add, that the day following, in a violent gale of wind, the Requin overset, although at the time she had no canvas spread; by which misfortune Mr. W. Clay, master's mate of the Boadicea, a young man of much merit, nine valuable seamen, and one prisoner, lost their lives.

R. G. KEATS.

6. The following is the list of governors and directors of the bank of Englaud, for the year ensuing:

GOVERNORS:

Samuel Thornton, Esq. governor; Job Matthew, Esq. deputy gover

nor.

DIRECTORS:

Thomas Amyand, Esq. Thomas Boddington, Esq. Roger Boehm, Esq. Samuel Bosanquet, Esq. Bicknell Coney, Esq. Edward Darell, Esq. Nath Bogle French, Esq. Daniel Giles, Esq. Thomas Langley, Esq. Thomas Lewis, Esq. Beeston Long, E q. William Morning, Esq. Ebenezer Mailand, Esq. William Mellish, Esq. Sir Richard Neave, Bart.

Joseph Nutt, Esq.
John Pearse, Esq.
Charles Pole, Esq.
Thomas Raikes, Esq.
Edward Simeon, Esq.
Peter Isaac Thellusson, Esq.
Godfrey Thornton, Esq.
Brook Watson, Esq. and Ald.
Benjamin Winthorp, Esq.

Admiralty Office, April 6. This gazette contains an account of the capture of the Spanish packet Golondrina, from the Havannah, bound to Corunna, pierced for twenty guns, but had only four on board, coppered, 200 tons burthen, a remarkable fast sailer, having a cargo of sugar, cocoa, and indigo, after a chase of fifteen hours, by the Mermaid, capt. Newman, in com. pany with the Sylph ;-also Le Debut, French brig letter of marque of eight guns, pierced for sixteen, laden with different sorts of merchandise, by the sloop Sylph, capt. White.

6. In consequence of a heavy fall of snow on Thursday, many of the mail coaches did not reach town this morning till several hours after the accustomed time; and the Man. chester coach had not arrived at a late hour on Saturday evening. So deep was the snow in the neighbourhood of Congleton, that the Liverpool coach was entirely bu ried in it, and the mail forwarded on horse back, Near Stone like impediments presented themselves, and the communication between Holyhead and Chester has been wholly suspended. Add to these, so thick was the fog and sleet last night, for twenty or thirty miles round the metropolis, that the coachmen and guards were obliged to alight and lead their horses.

8. The passengers who arrived at the general post-office by the Edinburgh mail this morning say, the

snow began falling about seven on Friday morning at Newcastle, and continued till six at night. No carriage could proceed farther than Northallerton; they attempted with a chaise and six, but in vain, and then with the guard took saddle horses at Easingwold, and chaise to York. They say they never saw snow fall so fast, and that it was six feet deep. The mail had not arrived at Newcastle from the north when they set out, though many hours beyond its time. The snow was so deep between Nottingham and Leeds, that no coach could travel on Friday night: the mail was sent by horse. The Liverpool stage-coaches and mails were dug out of the snow at Talk-on-the-Hill. The Whitby and Scarborough coaches were set fast on the Woulds. The snow was about six feet deep about a mile from Garstang. The Manchester and Liverpool stages and mail-coaches on their way to Carlisle were set, and left till the next day, the passengers walking to the inn. Between Leek and Macclesfield, on the Cheshire hills, the Manchester stages, that ought to have arrived on Friday night and Saturday morning, were stuck fast and did not reach London until Sunday.

Admiralty Office, April, 9. The gazette contains an account of the French brig privateer Resolu, of fourteen 6 and 8-pounder guns, and sixty-five men, by the Spitfire, capt. Seymour ; also, the French national lugger, La Sans Quartier, pierced for sixteen guns, but had thrown all her guns overboard in the chace, having on board fifty-six men, by the Diana, capt. Proby. Hamburgh, April, 5. According to the most recent accounts from the Austrian army, it appears, that, after the action of the 21st

ult. general Jourdan retreated in the night, between the 21st and 22d, to Stockach and Engen. He then occupied the line from Schaffhausen through Egen to Dutlingen; in the neighbourhood of which last place he assembled the principal part of his army. The archduke advanced towards him on the 25th, when general Jourdan attacked the Austrians. His left wing was at first successful; but, his centre and right having been defeated, he was obliged to retreat with his whole army in great disorder; his right wing towards Switzerland, and he himself, with the remainder of his army, towards Friburg and Offenburg, by the Black Forest. Whilst this was passing in Suabia, general Massena, in person, attacked, on the 23d, the position of Feldkirk, where general Jellachich commanded in the absence of general Hotzé. The French were repulsed with very great loss, and driven over the Rhine. General Hotzé is since returned to Feldkirk from Buckhorn, with the corps of 12,000 men, which he had marched to that place, the French having retreated from thence in consequence of the archduke's victory of the 21st. The loss on both sides in these different actions, which appear to have been hard fought, has been very considerable; but much greater on the part of the French than on that of the Austrians, who have, however, lost several officers of distinction. On the 21st the French are stated to have lost 4000 men, on the 23d 3000, and on the 25th their loss is stated to have been much more considerable than on either of the preceding days, On the 26th the archduke marched in pursuit of the enemy.

[This gazette also contains an account of the capture of the French (B 4) '

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