and other ports in the West Indies. The fleet stretched from Penlee Point W. to the Bolt Tail, E. under convoy of the Prince of Wales, 98 guns, Captain Renou, La Victorieuse, 12, Captain Dickson, valued at upwards of three millions sterling. Came in, the Elephant, 74 guns, Captain Foley, to refit.

24. Wind Variable. Fair. Sailed the Chapman, 24 guns, Captain Keen,

with a convoy.

25. Wind S. W. Fair. Sailed the Fanny, 12 guns, Lieutenant Frissell, with a convoy to the westward. Arrived the Ranger cutter, M. A. Frazer, with a fine smuggling lugger, having on board 800 ankers of spirits, captured after a long chace within the limits of the Dodman.

26. Wind S. E. Fair and Fine. Arrived from Portsmouth, the Hector, 74 guns, Captain Elphinstone. Letters from the Mars, 74 guns, (the advanced ship of the flying squadron) Rear Admiral Berkeley, state, that on the 23d inst. in sight of the Brest fleet, the crew of that ship actually painted her from stem to stern, and then gave three hearty cheers. Sailed the Barfleur, 98 guns, Rear Admiral Collingwood, to join the Channel fleet.

27. Wind S. E. Fair. Sailed the Hector, 74 guns, to join the fleet. The Unity, of Queenborough, from Guernsey, having on board 170 casks of spirits, besides tobacco, concealed in her hold, was seized by the officers of excise in Hamoaze. Came in the Joseph cutter, Lieutenant Cowan; he captured a sloop. in ballast, off the coast of France, and burnt her. Sailed the Unicorn, 32 guns, Captain Wilkinson, to join the fleet; also the Clyde, 36, and the Beaulieu, 36. 28. Wind S. E. Fair. Went into the Sound, from Hamoaze, the Immortalité, 44 guns, Captain Hotham; the Dryad, 36; and the Revolutionaire, 44. Sailed the Agememnon, 64 guns, to join the fleet.

29. Wind S. W. Cloudy. Letters from Fowey state the arrival there of the Lord Middleton, of and for London, from New Providence, richly laden with cocoa, indigo, coffee, sugar, and quicksilver, valued, per manifest, at 45,000l. taken by a French privateer, and retaken within two hours sail of Bourdeaux, by the Maria privateer, of this port, Captain Ruby.

30. Wind S. W. Fair and Sultry. Arrived in four days, with dispatches from Earl St. Vincent, off Brest, the Megæra fire ship; also, in forty-eight hours, the Temeraire, 98 guns, Rear Admiral Whitshed; Robust, 74, Captain Countess; and Magnificent, 78, Captain Bowater. Orders came down for the 23d, or Royal Welch Fuzileers, to embark on board the Elephant, 74 guns, and the Alcmene, 36, to join the troops on the Isles Hodie and Houat.

July 1. Wind S. W. Fair and Sultry. Letters from the fleet, dated the 29th ult. state, that a cutter had spoke the Ville de Paris, 110 guns, supposed with dispatches from Quiberon. The French fleet are almost manned, but are still in harbour. Fish is caught in great plenty, and served out to the seamen daily. A long order was issued to all the ships by Earl St. Vincent, that when men of war were at anchor at honie or abroad, the officers commanding the marines, is to parade every day a strong marine guard in as good style as on the best regulated parade on shore.

2. Wind S. W. Fair. Letters from the Canada, 74 guns, Honourable Captain De Courcy, state the extreme gallantry of the marines and seamen in the attack of the boats of Admiral Sir J. Warren's squadron, at Quimper Point, when the batteries were destroyed and blown up without any loss on our side. Arrived the Chapman, 24 guns, Captain Keen, with a convoy from Milford; also the Gipsey sloop, of Liverpool, from the West Indies, taken by La Brave French privateer, of 36 guns, Citizen Le Bee, and retaken by the Eoadicea, 38, Captain Keates; also a privateer taken on the coast of France.

3. Wind S. W. Cloudy.

4. Wind Variable. Cloudy. Arrived the Diamond, 36 guns, from off Quimper; she ran on some rocks, and knocked a hole in her bottom in the attack on the forts of Quimper, with the boats of the squadron: she direly ran up Hamoaze, and is to go into dock to repair. She brought the Captain and officers of a gun-brig, of 14 guns, which was run ashore, set on fire, and blown up. Came in from a cruise, the Telegraph, of 18 guns, Lieutenant Corsellis, and the Havick, 18, Captain Bartholomew.

5. Wind Variable. Fair. Arrived from the Channel fleet, the Superb, 74 guns, Captain Sutton, to refit, and the John lugger, Eliot. They were left all well on Wednesday last, at which period the British troops had embarked from Howat and Hedie, and were gone to the southward, through the Gut of Gibraltar, for Minorca. General Maitland finding the garrison of Palais Citadel, in Belleisle, 10,000 effective men, very prudently avoided risking a descent, with an inferior force, and re-embarked the British army without any loss, except two companies of the Royal Artillery, which are left encamped on the Isle of Howat, waiting for orders.

6. Wind W. Cloudy.

7. Wind S. W. Cloudy, with Showers.

8. Wind Variable. Arrived from Spithead, with troops, the Iphigenia, 32 guns; Experiment, 44; and the 'Thetis, 32, bound on a secret expedition, which put back by baffling winds. Also, from the Downs, the Prince of Wales, 98 guns, Captain Renou, to refit. She convoyed home the West India fleet.

9. Wind S. W. Cloudy. Arrived the Amazon, 36 guns, Captain Riou, from convoying the outward-bound West India fleet, April 26th, which she left all well June 1st. She brought in with her La Julie, pierced for 16 guns, French letter of marque, from Bourdeaux to Cayenne, captured by the Amazon, 44 guns, the 16th of June, in lat. 32. 30. long. 16. 30.; also the Amelia, late Donaldson, from Savannah to London, with rice and cotton, taken 28th ult. by La Minerve French privateer, of 20 guns, and retaken the 28th ult. by the Amazon. Captain Donaldson and the Boatswain of the Amelia was unfortunately drowned in shifting to the Minerve from the Amelia, by the boat swamping alongside. Last evening a most beautiful packet, called the Duke of Clarence, Captain Dennis, was launched at Devil's Point, built by Mr. T. Dunsterville, ship builder.

10. Wind Variable. Fair. Sailed the Robuste, 74 guns, Captain Countess, to join the fleet off Brest: she carried out a great supply of naval stores and provisions for those ships that may be in want of them. Sailed the Chapman, 24 guns, Captain Keen, with a convoy; Cambrian, 44 guns, Honourable Captain Legge; Magnificent, 74, Captain Bowater; Havick, 18, Captain Bartholomew, on a cruise. The Experiment, Thetis, Iphigenia, and Inconstant, also on a cruise. The Ranger cutter, Captain Frazer, and Busy cutter, Captain

Bowden.

Promotions and Appointments.

CAPTAIN James Wilson is appointed to the command of the Windsor Castle; Lieutenant Thomas Godfrey is appointed to the command of the Terror bomb; and Lieutenant Street to the command of the Star brig.

Captain Wright is appointed to the command of his Majesty's ship Wol

verene.

Captain Young, late of the Ethalion (lost on the Saints), is appointed to La Fique, of 44 guns (late Pallas).

Captain Campbell, of the Dart sloop, has got the rank of post, and is appointed, it is said, to the frigate he cut out of Dunkirk.

Captain John Broughton, late of the Strombolo, is appointed to the Florentia frigate, of 36 guns, now off Malta.

Mr. A. Thompson, lately First Lieutenant to Admiral Nelson, is appointed Captain and Commander of the Strombolo, now on the Mediterranean station. Captain Inman, of the Andromeda, is appointed to the command of La Desirée; Captain Mainwaring, of the Babet, to the Andromeda; Captain Campbell, promoted to the rank of Post Captain, and appointed to the Babet; and Captain Devonshire to the Dart.

Captain Inman, of the Andromeda frigate, and Captain Campbell, of the Dart sloop, engaged in the hazardous enterprise in cutting out the French frigate from Dunkirk, were introduced to his Majesty, and graciously received.