... _-l _ -1 The public will learn with great fatisfac- tion, that Lord Nelfon is about to be employ- ed in a fecret expedition, and will hoiut his flag in tile courle of a very few days. His irdlrufionr will not be opened till he arrives in a certain latitude. Government have fent out engineers to conflru~t, with all poffible expedition, two docks at Halifax, capable of receiving fliips of 74 ...

... l; ?? w. sSVP kE'fU 'PLYMOUTHJAN. Lo. Arrived the French Chn ff Maree La Marianne, iaden with 5&trdines, from yreil 6ound to Botrdeaux, caipttlred ten leagues fromn the latter fiarour o ?? iit. by the Canada, of 74 4 .CJt Hor;. M, De Courcey. Arriyed the ?? galliot Fortuna, Capt. Maller; laden vtiit p~,per, &c. boind to I,.iipn,frejm Morlaixtc detain'e-d by jhe i anrly hired armed 'lugger, b-t ...

... 7J7F.MOtTHi, JAN. i ?? Friday morning at day-brcak , as the Connli-htion hircd armed cutter was crpizing to the Ealfward, off Portland, which is her i'adion, fhc fell in with t-.o large lihcnch cutter priva- tcers, and ifrniediatcly n ade II1 ar thenm. TIhe Commander foon finding lhem to ble ceiemy's (hips, hoifled out his boat, and got ?? clear for action. For fome time thcy run him out to ...

... SHIIP ANE IVS. PLYMOUTHi, JAN. I 3.-Arrivcd the Prince George, 0f 98 guns, Captain S. Satton, from Torbay; and L'Aimbufcade, of 36 guns, Capt. Hon. J. Colville, from a cruize. PORTS:tIOJTN, JAN. 14.-Arrived at the Mothel- bantk and - itunderQuarantine, the following tranfports, with troops frcrr Gibraltar. They were a part of Ge- Meral Sir. James 1ulteney's army, viz. Lt:d dorod, - CAMP. WV ...

... SHIP YLES. lPORTSMOUTH, JAN. 15.-This day an embargo was laid on all Rufflan, Swedifli, and Daniili veffels at this Port, in confequence of which the followiing flips t- are detained here, viz. g SEfVtISH SHIPS. y ?? - - - Gavernius, Anna Carolina Walter, Frefe [S. Exrgurctta iportation - _ Fa tre n, ds !:i ja trae ?? _ selolot, LS Prudentia _ - Aoln, Frederick - - Unon ius, t- - Redleghiaten ...

... LOI9flo9 MAARk'rg6-. t aifie e cRN tEX CH A~NO S, ??4 CDA' , JAe ± 4 2.0 born The ?? of grain from.EiTex was rather fiorr ;from the Kent nearly the fame as ufual ; we had many buyers from im- difaietnr pa'tS of the country, ,which his occafioned a rife con- of fine fanmoles of nearly Ss. per quLrter. Cold coal fe c for famples have not advanced, on the cuntrary have a dull w to fale. Vcry fine ...

... ND : c i X ' ,j, , Is i n T (-LIOXO-Nt ARME2S CURRENT CON TAININOI T~ir PRICE OF THE PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF MERCHANDIZE. rR0I.DAY2 JANUIARY 9. A-LLO: p. ton I. S. I. S o. d. S. d. Bci~i/h 22 to13 0 R0otrSm5yro7JI zOtO0110 c lioactp C. 8I--. 0 oMA-rS p.h.Lio O- 0 o ALMONDS p. C16t. . .s Barbary latte, $ 0-T CIL~ pe ton o-io io ?? uncertain *J ?? ~ ~ ~Oli~eae~rba'Y none Asoss pc- c 2. I-6 ...

... 1? ?? I - , ? ?? , ? , - , - .? 7- ? ?? ,I ;i Ii.: . I ?? . ? F. , ;- - ? CORN EXCHANQ4, Li D On Monday theree had.ben a rife on .fne famples of Wheat oi s. perquarter. ;Cqarf famplks ?? advanced, on the co liry there wa, a dq ..fai&.-Vory ,tqe *fmnples of Barley are advanced; as are likewife Peafe and Qats.- [Iorfc, ard-i.'i Regns rcnain much ?? k. CURRENT FPRWES. Wheat -gs to 515$ Fine: .-s ...

... POOLE, Jan. ?? Ahip David, of this place, Captain Wilkinfon, arrived laft night from Newfound- land. 'The Captarn relates, thit file failed from St. John's the 20th, of December lafl, under conivoy of his ?? (hip Camilla, C,;itpin ILarkan, and that On tire Ift day of December, thC fleet being ly- i ug,-to, ill g. 28. 0 W. la t.d4 20 N. in a very leavy gale of wind fionm the W. N. AV. at three ...

... 8HIP NEWS. The HujTar, Lord Vifcount Garlies, is ap- pointed to convoy the outward-bound Eaft India (hips, and will fail immediately if the 0 wind will permit. - We are forry to hear that the (loop Nep- h1 tune, Willey Stephenfon, malter, was loft oi n Wednefday morning off Brighton, and every perfon perifled. 0 There are upwards of 400 veffels now in the river laden with grain. It is now ...

... STOCK EXCNffAAolp. Tle Prolyrk1tqsri(cf tile Stock Exchange (for it is 4t vatr property) on Saturday laft fluck up a notice to ;1'I frnqvcnters of the 1-oufc, informing tlhem that it o be finaily fhut, as a Stock Exchange, on Fri- I 27t!1 of February next, and opened again on !fcc fday tllc 3d of March, as a nii-w Subfir;iptioz R1om. _Thcy had prcvioufly communica ted their intentions to tile ...

... SIfl P A-L its. BasxHAIT, JAN. 17.-His Majefly'S hip M'egra the arrived here laff- night, about ten o'clock, from Sir Henry Harvcy, oft J3refl, withb difpatches tor the Earl of St. Vincent, and brings an account that the Com- bined Fleets are in comnplete rcadin-fl. fir fead, congfiH- rty ing of fity-twvo itil of the line, ten of which made an attempt on Thurilday laft to put to fia, btt' pUl' ...