up to our middles in snow and water, we arrived at this place, where I had the satisfaction of finding Mr. Grenville, and every person in safety, except the persons named in the margin *, who were frozen to death on their passage hither: a few others had their legs and fingers frozen, but I am happy to inform you that they are in a fair way of doing well.-To all-bountiful Providence do I attribute this miraculous escape, nor can we ever sufficiently praise the Almighty for his care and deliverance of so many of us. From the time of our arrival here until the Tuesday night following, the storm lasted with out the leaft intermiffion. On Wednesday morning, the 6th, the scarcity of provisions, and the weather being more moderate, made it necessary to send part of the ship's company to Cuxhaven, some of the inhabitants having undertaken to go as guides. Mr. Grenville's great anxiety and zeal to get on urged the prosecution of this plan as soon as possible; therefore, at eight o'clock, the tide suiting, Lieutenant John Wright, my first lieutenant, and one half of the officers and men, with Mr. Grenville, Mr. Wynne, Mr. Fisher (Secretary of Embassy), the three messengers (Meffrs. Shaw, Detry, and Mason), with servants, guides, &c. set off, and providentially arrived at Cuxha ven, after a passage as dangerous and difficult to encounter with as that they experienced on their journey from the ship to here. The remainder of my ship's company I kept, in hopes of saving the ship's stores, fhould there be any possibility of doing so. On Friday the 8th, Mr. Anthony, the master, volunteered with a party of men to go on board the ship, to endeavour to bring on shore some bread, which article we were much in want of, as well as to ascertain exactly her situation; they effected with great difficulty their purpose, and on their return, Mr. Anthony made the following report, viz. that the ship had seven foot and a half of water in her, laying off on her beam ends; that she appeared to be broken asunder, the quarter deck separated from the gangway six feet, and apparently only kept toge ther by the vast quantity of ice about her. From this account it was agreed to have no more communication with her; but on Sunday morning the 10th, on enquiry, I found that the clearness of the day had induced Mr. Anthony to set off again for the ship; and that Mr. Kent, the surgeon; Mr. William Johnson Bowes, midshipman ; Mr. William Taitt, boatswain; William Fox and Andrew Augrain, seamen, had accompanied him: they got on board, and unfortunately neglected, until too late in the tide, to return, which left them no alternative but that of remaining on board until the next day. About Seamen-William Brown, Pedro Shander, Geo. Hedges, John Peter Walstrom, Richard Broughton, John Sinclair, Thomas Kelly, John Oddir (boy). Marines Charles Campbell, John Serjeant, Patrick Bunn, Arthur Wearing, one woman and her child. ten o'clock at night the wind came on at S. S. E. and blew a most violent storm; the tide, though at the neap, rose to an uncommon height; the ice got in motion, the velocity of which swept the deck to destruction, for in the morning not a vestige of her was to be seen, and with it, I am miserably afraid, went the above unfortunate officers and men; and if so, their loss will be a great one to the service, as in their different departments they were a great acquisition to it: the only hope I have is, that that Providence, which has so bountifully assisted us in our recent dangers and difficulties, may be extended to towards them, so as to preserve their lives, by means of the boat or otherwise; but I am sorry to say, that my hopes are not founded on the most distant degree of human probability. This melancholy accident happening so unexpectedly, added to my other misfortunes, has given so severe a shock to my health and spirits, as to prevent me hitherto undertaking the journey to Cuxhaven, where the surviving ship's company now are. I have the honour to be, Sir, &c. &c. &c. 4 P. S. It is with great pleasure I inform you, that on my arrival at Cuxhaven, with the remainder of my ship's company from Newark Island, I found that Mr. Anthony, the master, with the surgeon and boatswain, had arrived here the preceding night. The account Mr. Anthony gives (the packet being in a momentary expectation of sailing) will not afford me an opportunity of saying more, than that the ice which had adhered to the ship, and surrounded her in such a heavy body, after she had floated in the manner I have before described on the 11th instant, supported her without quitting her, it freezing very hard for some days, till at length the wreck was cast on shore on the Island of Baltrum, from which providentially they all made their escape; and I shall beg leave to refer you to Lieutenant Wright, the bearer of this, who is very able to give you any further informą. tion, whom I shall follow to England as soon as I have made the necessary arrangements here, which I hope will be by next Thursday. Gazette Letters. ADMIRALTY OFFICE, EE. 8, 1799. Copy of a Letter from the Right Hon. Lord Bridport, Admiral of the White, &c. to Evan Nepean, Esq. dated the ist instant. SIR, HEREWITH you will receive a copy of a letter from Captain Gore, of his Majesty's ship Triton, which I transmit to you for their Lordships' information. I have the honour to be, &c MY LORD, BRIDPORT. Triton, at Sea, Jan 29. I have the satisfaction to inform your Lordship, that after a chace of eight hours and an half, his Majesty's ship Triton captured the French brig L'Aimable Victoire, mounting 16 brass eight-pounders, two iron six-pounders, and 86 men; sailed from Cherbourg yesterday evening, and has not taken any thing. I have reason to feel satisfied at this capture, as she sails very fast, is of large dimensions, and being her first cruize might have injured the trade of this country. She is quite new, and I think fit for his Majesty's service. I have the honour to be, &c ADMIRALTY OFFICE, FEB. 12. JOHN GORE. Copy of a Letter from the Earl of St. Vincent, K. B. Admiral of the Blue, and Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the Mediterranean, to Evan Nepean, Esq. dated at Gibraltar, Jan. 7. SIR, HEREWITH I enclose a list of vessels captured by his Majesty's ships under the orders of Commodore Duckworth, at and near Minorca. I am, &c. ST. VINCENT. possession of by the Centaur at sea, Nov. 19. List of Vessels captured by the squadron under the orders of Commodore Duckworib. Spanish ship Francisco Vavier, alias Esperansa, laden with drugs and bale goods, bound to Cadiz, taken possession of by the Cormorant in the harbour, Nov. 10. French privateer Le Tartar, on a cruize, Spanish ship Misericordia, of Minorca, French ship Marie Rose, laden with Spanish ship San Antonio di Cadua, Spanish ship San Antonia, laden with ́ SIR, I have the satisfaction to advise you, for the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that at half past six A. M. I gave chace to a brig in the S. W. and at half past eleven came up with and captured her. She proves to be the Nostra Senora del Pont St. Buonaventa, mounting six carriage guns, two carronades, and carrying 55 men, 15 of whom, it appears, are on board two prizes she had taken from Newfoundland, which, from the information I have obtained, I am in hopes of retaking. I have further to advise you, for their I ordships' information, that I this day retook the John M'Donald from Newfoundland to Lifbon, with fish, having been captured on the 16th inst. by 11 Volario privateer, out of Vigo. I have sent the John M'Donald for Lifbon; but for the present I detain the Buonaventa, as it blows too fresh at present to make the necessary arrangements. SATURDAY, FEB. 16. I am, &c. J. S. HORTON. At the Court at St. James's, the 13th of February, 1799-Present the King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. WHEREAS the Island of Minorca has been furrendered to his Majesty's arms, and the territory and forts of the same are delivered up to his Majesty, and the said island is now in his Majesty's possession: His Majesty is thereupon pleased to order and declare, and it is hereby ordered and declared, that all his loving subjects may lawfully trade to and from the said island of Minorca, fubject nevertheless to the duties, rules, regulations, conditions, restriЯtions, pénalties, and forfeitures, required by law. And the Right Hon. the Lords Commis sioners of his Majesty s Treasury, and the Lords Commissioners of the Admi ralty, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain. W. FAWKENER. ADMIRALTY OFFICE, FEB. 16. Copy of a Letter from the Earl of St. Vincent, K. B. Commander in Chief of bis Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the Mediterranean, to Evan Nepean, Esq. dated at Gibraltar, Dec. 13, 1798. SIR, Enclosed you have Captain Downman's report of the capture of the San Leon Spanish corvette. MY LORD, I am, Sir, &c. &c. Santa Dorothea, off Alboran, Dee. 1, 1798. I have the honour to acquaint you with the capture of a Spanish man of war brig, on the evening of the 28th ultimo, mounting 16 six-pounders and 88 men, in company with the Strumboia, Perseus, and Bull Dog. I have the honour to be, &c. &c. &c.' Earl of St. Vincent, &c. Extract of another Letter from the Earl of St. Vincent, K. B. Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the Mediterranean, to Evan Nepean, Esq. dated at Gibraltar, Dec. 23, 1798. SIR, I enclose a list of prizes taken by his Majesty's ships Flora and Caroline. I am, &c. List of Vessels captured by his Majesty's Ships Flora and Caroline between the 5th of November and 4th December, 1798. Spanish ship El Bolante, four guns and nineteen men, laden with dry goods, bound from Corunna to Montevedo, taken Nov. 21, 1798, twenty-seven leagues west of Madeira.French ship La Garonne, ten guns and forty-seven men, laden with wine and dry goods, bound from Bourdeaux to Guadaloupė, taken November 23, 1798, fifteen leagues W. N. W. of Madeira, OF Naval Events. MARCH 1. BY accounts received from Philadelphia, we find that the stopping and search ing for British sailors off the Havannah, by Commodore Loring, has caused much sensation in America, and an order has been issued in consequence to all the commanders of American armed vessels to the following effect: AMERICA. CIRCULAR LETTER. To Commanders of Armed Vessels in the Service of the United States, given at the Navy Department, December 29, 1798. SIR, "It is the positive command of the President, that on no pretence whatever, you permit the public vessel of war under your command to be detained or searched; nor any of the officers or men belonging to her are to be taken from her by the ships or vessels of any foreign nation, so long as you are in a capacity to repel such outrage on the honour of the American flag. If force should be exerted to compel your submission, you are to resist that force to the utmost of your power, and when overpowered by superior force, you are to strike your flag, and thus yield your vessel as well as your men, but never your men without your vessel. "You will remember, however, that your demeanour be respectful and friendly to the vessels and people of all nations in amity with the United States; and that you avoid as carefully the commission of, as the submission to insult or injury. "I have the honour to be your obedient Servant, The Aurora, of the 1st ult. contains the following paragraph: "The Queen of 98, the Carnatic of 74, Thunderer of 74, Maidstone of 38, and Greyhound of 42 guns, British ships, are now cruising on the American coast in quest of French pirates." The President of the United States, after communicating to the Congress, on the 7th of January, an account of the naval transactions off the Havannah, thus closes his message :-" It is but justice to say, that this is the first instance of misbehaviour of any of the British officers towards our vessels of war that has come to my knowledge. According to all the representations I have seen, the flag of the United States, and the officers and men, have been treated by the civil and military authority of the British nation in Nova Scotia, the West-India Islands, and on the ocean, with uniform civility, politeness, and friendship. I have no doubt that this first instance of misconduct will be readily corrected." Arnaut, the member of the Council of Ancients, in the sitting of the 4th instant, made the following statement : "France," he says, "has taken from the enemy (from neutral and allied powers) since the 1st of February 1793, to September 16th, 1798, two thousand six hundred and thirty-eight prizes, whilst in the war at the end of the last century our sailors took from the English alone four thousand prizes. Yet the tonnage of England is five times greater than it was at the end of the last century; and her foreign commerce, which was then but two hundred millions, has lately been stated by Mr. Pitt at two thousand millions." Enormous bounties for seamen, for the Dutch service, have lately been offered at Bremen, Lubeck, Hamburgh, and other places; but measures have been taken to put a stop to those proceedings. ALGIERS, Jan. 18. Six corsairs sailed from hence on a cruise off the coast of France, to capture whatever French vessels they may fall in with, and to |