dollars, of which this country took 16,459,766, being more than a third part of her entire produce. Of her exports, generally, Britain and her colonies took 22,063,277 dollars; France and her colonies, 8,245,013; Holland and her colonies, 5,523,423; and Spain and her colonies, 4,533,539..

A secret expedition has sailed from New York, under Gen. Miranda, a native of Mexico. It consists of the Leander and two other vessels, the object of which is positively said to be the revolutionizing of South America; it seems to have been planned with some address. He kept the American Government in total ignorance of his designs, whilst several of their agents were employed in enlisting men to man his ships, under the belief that he was employed by the Government. A number of persons have been arrested, and are to be tried, as accomplices of Miranda.

Samuel Ogden, a merchant of New York, has been ordered to find bail before the Circuit Court of that State, to the amount of 20,000 dollars, and two sureties for 40,oco, to stand his trial for being concerned in this expedition.

Captain Roberts of one of the American frigates, in consequence of some dispute with Captain Gale, commanding the marines on board his ship, ran the latter through the body with his sword. He expired immediately. Capt. R. has been arrested. It is stated that some years ago he stabbed a seaman for looking pale, during an action with a French frigate.

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. CAPTURE OF ADMIRAL LINOIS. The career of this active, and hitherto fortunate Commander, has at length been arrested. His fourth rencontre with a British force has proved fatal to him chance has thrown the Marengo and her consort into the power of Sir J. B. Warren. This grateful intelligence was brought by the John Bull cutter, which arrived at Plymouth on the 2d of May. The Official dispatches were published in the Gazette of the 6th.

Admiralty-Office, May 6.
Copy of a Letter from Sir John Borlase
Warren, Bart. and K.B. Vice Ad-
miral of the Blue, &c. to Wm.
Marsden, Esq. dated on beard his

Majesty's Ship Foudroyant, at Sea, the 14th of March 1806. SIR-I request you will communicate to their Lordships, that, at half past three a. M. on the 13th of March, his Majesty's ship the London, which I had stationed to windward of the squadron, having wore, and made the signal for some strange sails, I directed the squadron to wear likewise upon the larboard tack, the wind being at W. S. W; and, as day-light appeared, made the signal for a general chace;-soon afterwards the London was observed in action with a large ship and a frigate, and continued supporting a running fire with those ships, which were endeavouring to escape, until half past seven, when the Amazon, being the advanced ship, pursued also, and engaged the frigate, which was attempting to bear away. The remainder of the squadron approaching fast upon the enemy (and the action having continued from before day-light until 43 minutes after nine A.M.), the line of battle ship, bearing the flag of a Rear-Admiral, struck; and at 53 minutes past the above hour, the frigate also followed her example, when an officer came on board the Foudroyant with Admiral Linois's sword, and informed me that the ships which had surrendered to his Majesty's colours were the Marengo, of So guns, 740 men, and the Belle Poule, of 40 guns, 18-pounders, and 320 men, returning to France from the East Indies; these ships being the remainder of the French squadron which had committed so much depredation upon the British commerce in the Eastern World.

I have much satisfaction in stating the meritorious and gallant conduct of Captains Sir Harry Neale and William Parker, supported by the zeal and bravery of the officers and crews of their respective ships, who claim my warm. est thanks and acknowledgements; and whose exertions, I hope, will recommend them to their Lordships' particular notice and favour.

I cannot, however, avoid regretting. that the force of the enemy did not af ford to the officers and men of the other ships of the squadron, who shewed the most earnest desire to have closed with the enemy, an opportunity of displaying that valour and attachment to their King and country, which, I am confi

dent,

some future and more favourable occasion.

I have inclosed a list of the killed and wounded on board his Majesty's ships, as well as their defects; and have like wise forwarded a particular statement of the ships captured, together with an account of the loss sustained by the enemy, being the most correct that could be ascertained from the role d'equipage. Rear-Admiral Linois is among the wounded, as well as several other officers. I have the honour to be, &c. JOHN BORLASE WARREN,

Killed on board the London, Mr Wm. Rooke, midshipman, and 9 seamen and marines. On board the Amazon, Mr Richard Seymour, First Lieutenant, Mr Edward Prior, second Lieut. of marines, one seaman and one marine.

Wounded on board the London, Mr W. Faddy, Lieutenant, Mr J. W. Watson, midshipman, and 18 seamen and marines.-On board the Amazon, Geo. Marcus, Quartermaster, and 5 seamen. Killed on board the Marengo and Belle Poule, 65-Wounded, 80. Admiral Linois, and several other officers were among the wounded.-Force of the Marengo, So guns and 740 men; of the Belle Poule, 40 guns and 320 men.

Thus far the Gazette. It appears by private letters that the action took place near the Cape de Verd islands. The French Admiral almost ran on board of the London in the night; he supposed our squadron to be an East India convoy, and did not perceive his mistake until the London was close alongside, otherwise he must have escaped from his superior sailing, as the Marengo is reckoned the finest sailing man of war in the world. Lieutenant Seymour, of the Amazon, received his fatal wound to.. wards the end of the action; he suffered the amputation of his left thigh with great fortitude, but died soon after. Lieut. Prior of the marines, was cut in two. Linois was wounded in the leg; his son, while holding his hand to his face, and crying for his father, had all his foreteeth carried away by a shot.-His first. Captain lost his right arm.

It is supposed, from the number of valuable prizes taken by Linois, that a great quantity of treasure is on board the Marengo, but there is reason to be

Sir John Warren arrived at Portsmouth on the 14th of May, with his squadron and prizes, the Marengo and Belle Poule. They encountered a most violent gale on the 23d April, in which the Marengo got totally dismasted, and the Ramilies lost her mizen and main top-masts. But for these disasters their cruize would have been longer. Nothing of value has been discovered on board the prizes. The Marengo is a beautiful ship, and very large. Admi ral Linois is recovering of his wound, as is his son, whose wound was of a singular kind;-a búllet entered the angle of his jaw, knocked out the row of teeth on one side, wounded his tongue, and came out at his mouth!

The Gazette of May 17. announces the capture of a French frigate, at the Cape of Good Hope, under circumstances which render the acquisition more valuable, as it throws some light on the movements of the enemy, in a quarter where it was feared that they might da some mischief, and warrants the expec tation of more important results. Sir Home Popham's letter, announcing the capture, is to the following effect:

"In the morning of the 6th of March, a ship was discovered coming from the southward under a press of sail, and soon after two more, which proved to be the Raisonable and Narcissus. At eleven the headmost ship hoisted French colours, and passed within hail of the Diadem. The latter instantly changed her Dutch colours for English, and desired the Frenchman to strike, which he very properly did immediately. She proved to be the Volontaire French frigate, of 1100 tons, carrying 46 guns and 360 men, and, we are happy to add, had on board detachments of the Queen's and 54th regiments, consisting of 217 men, who were taken in two transports in the Bay of Biscay."

The Volontaire parted with the French squadron off Teneriffe, and intended to put into one of the Cape de Verd islands; but discovering a strange sail, whose appearance she did not like, she steered for the Cape, where the Dutch colours having been kept flying, she ran in without any suspicion.

The

The Volontaire belonged to the squadron under Admiral Guillamet and Jerome Bonaparte, who are probably now on their return home; for had their object been to go direct to the Cape or the East Indies, they would not have loitered so long on the passage. They remained cruizing in the latitude of St Helena for six weeks. An American ship saw them about 150 leagues from that island on the 4th February; a cartel with Dutch prisoners saw them off the island on the 20th March. It should seem from this, as if their object had been to intercept some of the outward or homeward bound East India fleets.

It is however stated that this fleet has actually proceeded for India.-No apprehensions seem, however, to be enter-. tained respecting the safety of our Oriental possessions. Our naval force in that quarter is thus distibuted:

Sir E. Pellew is on the Malabar and Coromandel coasts, with the Culloden, Russell, Tremendous, Albion, each 74; Grampus and Cornwallis, 50; Diana 38; Pitt, Dedaigneuse, and Concorde, 36; Terpsichore, 32; and the Seaflower, Victor, Drake, and Rattlesnake sloops of war. Sir Thomas Trowbridge has the eastern station, with the Blenheim and Sceptre, 74; Lancaster, 64; Phaeton 38, Caroline 38, Sir Edward Hughes 38; St Fiorenzo 36, Wilhelmina 36; Fox 32, Greyhound 32; and the Dasher, Harrier, and Albatross sloops

of war.

learning at sea that a French squadron had appeared off the coast of Cuba, he returned to Jamaica, from whence, after being reinforced by three sail of the line, he sailed a second time for Cape Maize, where the enemy were said to have been seen; but finding the information to be incorrect, he steered his course for Europe, and joined Lord Collingwood off Cadiz. The rest of his squadron (the Canopus, Donegal, Spencer, with the Jupiter and Alexander, prizes) have arrived at Portsmouth and Plymouth. The Braave, of 74 guns, the third prize, foundered in a violent gale off Newfoundland, all the people saved.: The Agamemnon was left at Barbadoes.

The Superb of 74 guns, Admiral Sir J. T. Duckworth, from the West Indies, but last from the fleet off Cadiz, has arrived at Plymouth. She left the fleet all well. The Spaniards were refitting their ships in Cadiz very slowly, as they were in want of the necessary stores of every kind.

On the 17th of May, the following. ships arrived at St Helen's :-The Dreadnought, of 98 guns, Rear Admiral the Earl of Northesk, Captain Conn; and Britannia; 100 guns, Captain Bullen, in company with the San Ildefonso, 74 guns, Capt. Quillam; Bahama, 74 guns, Captain Stewart; and Swiftsure, 74 guns, Captain Digby; three of the prizes captured off Trafalgar; the other captured ship, the Berwick, 74 guns, remains at Gibraltar as Admiral Knight's flag ship.

A letter from Lord Cochrane, commanding the Pallas frigate, states, that having learned the situation of the cor. vettes in the river of Bourdeaux (the Garonne), on the evening of the 5th April, the Pallas was anchored close to the shoal of Cordovan, and a national corvette, which had the guard, was boarded and cut out by the boats, within two heavy batteries, in spite of all resistance. At day-light a general alarm was given; a sloop of war followed, but was soon obliged to sheer off, with considerable damage.

In the morning,

while waiting for the boats, three ships were observed bearing down towards the Pallas, which she chaced, and drove the whole ashore, where they were completely wrecked. Their masts went by the board, and they were involved in a sheet of spray. Of this flotilla, there fore, Lord Cochrane gives the following

satisfactory account:-La Tapageuse, of 14 guns, and 95 men, taken ;-wrecked three beautiful corvettes, one of 18, one of 22, and one of 24 guns. The Pallas did not lose a man, and had only three wounded. The Pallas has also taken three, and destroyed two French merchant vessels.

The London Gazette announces the following captures:

By the Virginie, the Vengador Spanish privateer, of 14 guns and 82 men. By the Hind revenue cutter, after a running fight of 3 hours, the Intrepid French privateer of 14 guns. Her Captain and two men were killed, and two dangerously wounded. The Hind had not a man hurt. The privateer had made four prizes, two of which have been retaken. In the West Indies, by the Grenada brig, after a close action of three hours, a French letter of marque, of two 42, one 9 pounder, with several swivels and blunderbusses, and 52 men. The enemy's guns were so mounted as to enable them to bear at the same time in any direction, and the action was prolonged by light winds, which made the Grenada fall astern several times. She had her master (Atkins) severely wounded, and a boy mortally. The enemy had 3 men killed and 7 wounded. By the Wolverine, a French privateer of guns and 50 men. By the Heureux, a French schooner privateer of 3 guns and 60 men, and the Bellone, French privateer, of 14 guns and 117 men, with 8000 dollars on board. --By the Loire frigate, the Princess of Peace, a very fine Spanish privateer pierced for 14 guns, but carrying only one large 24-pounder, and 63 men. By the Conflict, gun-brig, the Finisterre, French lugger, of 14 guns, and 51 men. By the Colpoys hired brig and Attack gun-brig, two chasse marees. They had run up the river Donillan, where they were covered by a battery of two 12 pounders. Our tars landed, carrried the battery, spiked the guns, brought the vessels down the river, and destroyed the signal-post of Donillan. By the Felicity privateer, the Josephine French privateer, of 3 guns and 37 men; his Majesty's late lugger, Experiment, mounting 4 guns, with 30 men. Two Spanish gun-boats, cach carrying one 24-pounder, one 36 pounder carronade, two swivels, and 45 men.

We are sorry to announce the loss of his Majesty's brig Seaforth, Lieut. Steele. She was upset in a squall, off Antigua, and only two of the crew were saved.

The number of Prussian vessels embargoed in our ports exceeds 400. Upwards of so vessels have been detained and sent into Yarmouth since the em. bargo.

The measures of the British Government in relation to Prussia are still marked with vigour and decision. Some modification of the general principle of the embargo has taken place.-Vessels under Papenburgh colours are allowed to clear out for any port in Holland or Sweden, upon security being given that they will return to Great Britain, and not violate the blockaded ports. Vessels under Kniphausen colours are allowed to clear out without any restriction.

But on the other hand, the embargo has been extended to the vessels of all ports under Prussian influence.

Orders have been issued for allowing Hamburgh, Bremen, and Oldenburgå ships to clear out for any port not-blockaded, in giving bail for the return of the vessels to a British port within three months. On the 11th April, an order was posted at Embden, "That no British vessel arriving at that port with a cargo should be permitted to stay longer than 24 hours, and then to sail without landing any of her merchandize."

It is a remarkable circumstance, that the three Commanders in Chief of the British, Spanish, and French Fleets at the glorious battle of Trafalgar, are all dead: viz. Lord Nelson, Admiral Gravina, and Admiral Villeneuve, who has committed suicide at Rennes.

At Maidstone assizes, Capt. Temple, of the Theseus, was tried for the alledged murder of a seaman belonging to that ship, on her passage from Jamaica, and honourably acquitted. Wm. Honeyman, alias Alex. Înnes, a very young man, of a handsome appearance, was found guilty of forging a bill of exchange for 80 1.

A person lately died in a village in Staffordshire, who is stated to have declared on his death-bed, that he was hired to set fire to the Boyne, of 98 guns, burnt some years since at Portsmouth. He has left some documents, which may serve to throw some light on this mysterious affair.

SCOT.

CIRCUIT INTELLIGENCE.

Jedburgh-April 25.
LORD CRAIG.

pear, was the only guilty person, he would pass from the charge against the other three, who were accordingly dismissed, and sentence of fugitation was pronounced

Dumfries-April 30.

LORD CRAIG.

William Wright, for theft, was fugitated.-James McDougall, and Alex. Brown, for horse stealing.-Brown was dismissed from the bar, and M'Dougall recommitted

on a new warrant.

Ayr-May 6.

LORD CRAIG.

Hugh Hannay weaver in Balmuttock, and John Mitchell weaver in Stewarton, both accused of murder or culpable homicide, and George Blair flesher in Irvine, for theft, were all fugitated for non-appearance. No other business.

[Lord Cullen, who should have accompanied Lord Craig upon the southern circuit, has been detained in London by severe indisposition for some weeks.]

Stirling-April 26.

LORD DUNSINNAN.

David Gardner, wright in Grangemouth, for shopbreaking, was, after a long trial, assoilzied and dismissed from the bar.

Glasgow-April 30.

LORDS DUNSINNAN AND ARMADALE. Robert Berrie and John Gordon, for theft, pleaded guilty, and received sentence of transportation, the first for seven, the latter for fourteen years.-George Stewart, for fraud and imposition, also pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to transportation for seven years.-Duncan Graham, labourer at the alkali works at Dalmuir-shore, for an assault upon the manager, also pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to imprisonment for nine months.-Alex. Stewart and Michael Jamieson, accused of murder or culpable homicide; the diet was deserted on account of the absence of some witnesses. John and William Letham, Richard Farrie, and Alexander Colquhoun, carters, accused of killing Thomas Laurie weaver, in a squabble at Gallowgate toll.-The Advo. cate depute stated, that as he had reason to believe that Colquhoun, who did not apMay 1806.

Ann Parker, alias Mrs Hepple, midwife in Glasgow, accused of exposing an infant female child, entrusted to her to be sent to nursing, in a common stair in Tronimminent danger of its life. The prisoner gate street, and deserting it there, to the was found guilty upon her own confession, and sentenced to three months imprison

ment.

Inverary-May 5.

LORD ARMADALE.

Margaret Brown, for child murder, and William Bromfield, late clerk to Mr Niel M'Gibbon, collector of the land tax for Argyleshire, for fraud in the collection of said tax, were fugitate for non appearance.

Andrew Purdie, Catherine Brown, Arch. Brown, and Duncan M'Murchy taylor, ac cused of stealing part of the cargo of a ship lately wrecked on the island of Sanday; the three first were assoilzied, and M'Murchy found guilty, and sentenced to be transported for seven years.

Aberdeen April 23.

LORD MEADOWBANK.

John Watson, late servant to Adam Gor don, Esq. of Cairnfield, was capitally tried, for breaking into a room in the house of Cairnfield, and stealing sundry small sums of money and papers. The Jury, by a plurality of voices, found the indictment not sufficiently proven; the pannel was thereupon dismissed from the bar. Wm. Duncan, late apprentice to the gardener at Cairnfield, who had been an associate with the pannel in the commission of the crime, was committed to prison, as guilty of perjury in giving his evidence on the trial.

Helen Jeans, indicted for stealing two horses, pleaded guilty, and the Advocate Depute having restricted the libel to an arbitrary punishment, she was sentenced to be transported for 14 years. This female horsestealer was disguised in man's apparel when she committed the crime, and had she not been detected in the very act of selling the stolen horses in a public fair, it would have been impossible afterwards to have identiked her person.

Janet