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enraged, as to indicate the greatest 
danger to any one who dared to 
. mount him. Being led round the 
boundary, Mahomet Aga made a 
spring, seized him by the reins, and 
in an instant vaulted on the back of 
the animal, which finding itself in- 
cumbered by a burden, that it had 
never before felt, and goaded by the 
tightness of the Egyptian saddle, 
gave loose to his passion, and, in 
the height of ferocity, plunged, but 
in vain, in every direction. The 
mameluke kept his seat during this 
proud distraétion of the horse, for 
more than twenty minutes, to the 
utter astonishment of the prince and 
every beholder; and the apparently 
ungovernable animal was, at last, 
reduced to so tame and accommo- 
dating a state, as to yield to the con- 
trol of the very able rider who had 
thus subdued him. The prince ex- 
pressed himself highly gratified ; 
greatly complimented the officer for 
his equestrian skill; and, after re- 
tiring to Carlton-house, ordered 
some refreshment, when Elfi Bey 
and his retinue departed, not a litte 
proud of the display of their easy 
victory. 
lith. A dreadful scene happened 
this night at Whitstable, near the 
oyster-ground. The boat of the 
gun-brig, called the Hackett, with 
ten men in it, was going to Fever- 
sham, but the weather being bad, 
they returned ; and going along-side 
of the ship, the sails of the boat 
backed, and, in a mement, she up- 
set. Seven out of the crew were 
drowned. One of the remaining 
three swam to the stern of the ship, 
and saved his life; the other two 
swam to the buoy, called the Cul- 
linbin buoy, and were taken off by 
another boat that belonged to the 
jolly-boat. Amongst the sufferers 
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were, the doétor and a midshipmar, 
two fine men. ‘The ship fired guns 
of distress, and hoisted a black 
flag. 
12th. The boat of the Hecate 
bomb upset in a gale, off Reculver, 
near Margate, by which lieut. Par 
sons, his surgeon, master, and four 
sailors, were all, unfortunately, 
drowned. 
This gazette contains a dispatch 
from admiral sir J. T. Duckworth, 
dated on board the Bellerophon, 
Aug. 13, and introducing the fol- 
lowing letter from capt. Loring. 
The admiral passes the highest en- 
comiums on the zeal and gallant con- 
duct of the captain. 
“¢ Bellercphon, off Cape Maize, 
July 26. 
“¢ Sir, 
‘¢ In pursuance of your orders, 
relative to the blockade of Cape 
Francois, with the squadron under 
my command, in the performance 
of which, I trust, my eudeavours 
may not be found deficient, I beg 
leave to inform you, that, on Sun- 
day, the 24th ult. at 6 P. M. being 
off that port, a heavy squall came 
on from the land, which induced 
the two line-of-battle ships to at- 
tempt an escape: the weather sdon 
moderating, they were immediately 
discovered, and the signal for a ge- 
neral chase was made. On their 
elearing the harbour they hauled to” 
the westward, to take advantage of 
the land-wind ; every effort possible 
was made to keep sight of them 
during the night, which was effected 
principally by the vigilance of cap- 
tains Evans and Perkins, of the 
AMolus and Tartar. At half past 
9 o’clock I was informed, by an 
officer from the Elephant, who had 
been on board the Tartar, that one 
of the ships had tacked ta the east. 
ward, 
