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place, im which the Spanith Captain was 
Evled by .a@ mufquet-ball. Fhe Santa 
Gertruyda, a Spanifh: frigate of 36 guns, 
was.taken off Cape fee Vindour 3, by his 
Re: par s fhip Polyphemas, belonging to 
Sir John Ord’s {quadron. She is efieem- 
ed one of the richeft prizes ever brought 
mxto: this country. She kad on board 
B,300,000 dollars, and a very valuable 
eargoof gold and filver in bars, cocoa, 
indigo, &c. which are faid to be equiva- 
Kent to half a nmiiion ferling. This 
prize parted from the Polyphemus in a 
fevere gale, in about thirtcen degrees of 
ereft longitude 
Sired armed-fhio fell in with her, off the 
Eisard, at which time fhe had only one 
mati ailing) and was without a rudds ey 
the prize-matter having fteered her for 
more than two hundred leagues by the 
bekp of'eables and other expedient S 
Our fhips of war have fufered greatly 
By the late heavy fierms. The Texel, 
ef 74 ets, the Severn, the Nemefis, and 
the Bion ithe have been feverally franded ; 
but happily the crews were faved by : che 
fii}! and excitions of the officers and the 
good conduét of the men. 
Fhe Starling gun-brig went on fhore 
mear €alais, in a thick fog; and the 
Eieatenant who commanded her finding 
Hs efforts. vain to-get her off, blew her 
wp, bringing a!l the crew fafe away in the 
€utter and jolly-bost. 
A gallant aeLem ps was lately made by 
two boats of the Rattler floop and the 
Polkfiene cutter, to cut out a French 
privateer, Iving in the road of Dieppe, in 
which fhe two Lieutenants, who com- 
manded the boats were killed, and twenty- 
ose men were Kiled or dais, ard ten 
were miffing. The Folkftone is arrived 
with the body cf her commander, Lieute- 
want Moleailer. ¢ 
Previous to the meeting of Parliament, 
there were various reports retpecting 
ebanges in Admin-fration. Some changes 
bave been made, and other circumitances 
ecnnefted with them have occurred, thet 
are by no means trivial in their character. 
Mr, Addington has been formally recn- 
cied to Mr. Pitt (at the exprefs defire, it 
is (aid, of his Majet y)—is crea ed a peer 
{by the tite of Wie Sidmewh, «f 
Sidmouth, in the county of Devon) and 
has re'umed his feat in the Privy Council. 
The only confequent chang’s tnat are ane 
nounced are, that of Lord Mulgrave be- 
aed app. sinted Secretary. of Brat. fou: the 
Forcign Department, inftead of Lord Hare 
t} 
fis 
State er Public Affairs in “Fanuary, 1805. 
open on the 2 
Fortun ately the’ Walker - 
[Feb.iay 
rowby ; and che! Marguis Cornwallis 
Governor General of India, inftead of the 
Marquis Weliciley. 
On the roth December the fenior medi- 
cal officers at “Gibraltar reported, rhat the 
health of the ea and inhabiiants 1s 
much improved nl i laf month, and 
that there are few cafes of the epidemit 
fever among either. a intercourfe be- 
tween the towa and the fhipping would 
r& ult. 
In India, the principal officers of Ge- 
neral Wellefley’s diviion of the army 
have unanimoufly voted the General a 
Fie abane gold vale, “of the value of two 
thoufand gu 
inicription : 
‘ Battle of Affye, September 2, 1803. 
‘¢ Prefented to: degk General the Hon, 
Arthur Wellefley, by the Officers of the ‘Di- 
vifion of the Army who ferved under his 
immediate command in the Dekan, in come 
memoration of the © Campaign in £203,” 
SPAIN. 
A letter from. Madrid, dated the 19th 
of December, ftates, that the Miniftere af 
Marine are ufing inexanipied activuy.— 
Several Admirals, Vice Admirals, Chi-fs 
of Squadrons, and Maiine Officers cf alt 
pages have been fent up active fervice 
Admiral Gravina is conttaatly tanfacting 
bufinefS at the @fce of the Mivifter of 
Marine. The'Prince of Peace, as Cap- 
tain General of the forces by land and fea, 
will viiit the principal ports, and review 
the troops deflined for the camp of St. 
Roche. By order of the Government, 
there will be drawn from the regimen: s of 
Spanifh infantry, Compan es of grenadiers, 
to- be formed into battahers ¢f arenadie: s5 
which will be employed on expeditions of 
the moik perilous kind, Seve yal ef thee 
battalions will be formed in Madrid, and, 
immediately after «heir bil acne ys n, will 
he fent to the cam of St. Roche. Seve. 
ral reoiments of m:htis will be railed, ard 
afterwards fant to join the army of the 
line. 
Another letter, dated the 20th of De-. 
cember, gives amelancholy account of the 
ftate cf that unforiunste country. Tt 
fays, that the annual cenfus having lately 
been made cf the population of Spam, it 
has been found, that, during the lat 
twelve months, it has been diminifhed one 
miliion, which is attributed to ep.demic 
diforders, earthquakes, and famine. In 
the town of Malaga-alone, twenty-fix 
thoufand ‘perfons were buried in the courfe 
of four weeks. At cat the re- 
: tarns 
' 
ineas, bearing the following: 
