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Jong known to the Britith Admiral in thefe 
feas. Report ftates, that of thirteen veflels 
of different defcriptions, laying within the 
Mole of Cefenatifo, two were funk and 
eleven burnt, one of them deeply laden 
with copper-moncy, and bale goods ; the 
harbour was choaked by the wreck of four 
funk in the mouth of it, and both piers 
are entirely confumed. 
There appears reafon to fuppofe that 
the forces under conmand of fir Ralph 
Abercrombie and fir James Pulteney have 
at length received oraers for Egypt; and, 
the capture of Malta holds out a profpett 
too flattering to be refifted by Minifters of 
compelling Abdalla J. Menou, with the 
remnant of his army, to evacuate that 
country. 
The troops that embarked at Portf- 
mouth on board the Refource, Modefte, 
aitd Dido, a few days fince, have failed 
from thence, as it is faid, for the Medi- 
terranean. Another embarkation for the 
fame quarter 1s to take place in the courfe 
of a few days. ; 
Minifiers have had information that ad- 
miral Hyde Parker, late commander in 
chief at Jamaica, had taken, funk, or de- 
ftroyed the following armed veffels by his 
Majefty’s fhips on that ftation, from the 
20th day of May to the 3d of Apguft laf. 
Diligent, French national corvette, mount- 
ing 12 long 12-pounders, and 130 men; 
taken by the Crefcent. 
Spanifh Felucca Del Carmen, mounting 
two 4-pounders and 30 men deftroyed by 
the Bonetta. 
Spanifh gun-boat, mounting 2 guns; 
taken by the Rattler. 
Row-boat privateer, with fmall arms, 
and 19 men; taken by the Quebec, 
Spanifh Felucca privateer, mounting 
z gua and 35 men; taken by the Melam- 
us. 
_ Spanifh fhip of war, 18 guns, rz0 men, 
with a valuable cargo; taken by the 
Apollo. 
He has alfo fent a lift of ninety-feven 
merchants’ veflels captured, detained, or 
deftroyed, fince the 2oth of May 1800; 
and afterwards an account of the veffels 
taken by vice admiral lord Hugh Seymour 
jate commander in chief at the Leeward 
Hlands, between thez7th of March and the 
- 25th of July following; as alfo a lift of 
fixty-two captured fhips. 
The Parliament, by royal proclamation, 
is to mect for the difpatch of bufinefs on 
the 11th of November next. 
Yt is with infinite fatisfaCtion that we an- 
nounceshe return of tranquillity in our mee 
State of Public Affairs in Odfober, 18CO. 
[Nov. I, 
tropolis ; and, generally fpeaking, through. 
out the kingdom; the happy effect, let us 
hope, of returning reafon in the minds of 
the populace; the confequence, we are 
fure, of vigilance, wifdom, and moderation 
in our magiftrates, and particularly the 
prefent Lord Mayor of London. 
Since the publicaton of our laft num- 
ber, we have confidered it as our duty to 
make the ftri€teft enquiries, and from the 
moft unexceptionable authorities, concern- 
ing the prefent high price of the neecflaries 
of life, and the gloomy profpeét which we 
have before us. It is proper that the pub- 
lic fhould be acquainted with the real ftate 
of faéts, that their minds may be prepared 
to meet the emergency. rae 
We do rot hefitate thereforeto pronounce 
on the very beit authority, that the scar- 
CITY Is REAL, and ot artificial ; that there 
is 20 monopoly of the neceffiries of life, and 
of grain inparticular. Thereis indeed no 
ftock in any hands, except thofe of the 
farmers ; and in theirs, nothing like the 
ufual complement. 
The crops this year have in general been 
feanty, and of the corn which has been got 
in, the bulk of it has yielded very badly, 
fo that in fome cafes it is not worth threfh- 
ing out. In faét, the whole produce of the 
year is not equal to three quarter's con- 
fumption, and with this difference between 
the laft and the prefent year, that in the 
former cafe there was a quarter's con- 
fumption before hand, whereas in the pre- 
fent, the new corn has been brought to 
market unufually early. Of the crops a- 
broad we are not yet able to fpeak with 
eorrectnefs, only that we underitand they 
have not been abundant in the north of 
Europe. 
A heavy burthen will therefore reft upon 
our Parliament to provide the means of a 
fupply; and we truft that Minifters will 
not oa this occafion increafe the black ca- 
talogue of our penal ftatutes, by new laws 
to prevent infurretion. We hope they 
will rather ftudy to relieve the people than 
to coerce them, In Franee, at prefent, the 
neceflaries of life are cheap. We ftat&® 
it on the authority of a miniferial new!- 
paper, that in the beginning of the month 
(O&ober) the prices of provifions at Calais 
were, beef, 4d. pork, 34, per lb. ; eggs» 
feven a penny; a turkey, 2s. 3d. fowls, 
per couple, 2s. butter, 4¢, pr Ib, and po- 
tatoes, only 1s. 6d. pr cwt,. 
As thehumane and laudable policy there- 
fore of farving the French nation cannot be 
realized, perhaps it would be found policy 
to try to prevent. our own people from ftarv- 
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