The National Intelligencer And Washington Advertiser

New-York, March 15.

Capt. Hillard has favored the Editors of this Gazette with an important list of American vessels at Gibraltar--and adds, that about the 25th of Jan. the governor of Gibraltar had declined granting permissions for vessels, with colonial produce, bound up the Mediterranean to proceed on their voyages, although they may have stopped at Gibraltar in consequence of having been warned or even to grant permission to those vessels to return to America, without first going to England to pay duty on their cargoes. Frequent petitions had been made by the masters and supercargoes of the vessels then in Gibraltar, for clearances, without effect; and it was generally feared that he would not clear any vessels with colonial produce, for any other place except England, from whatever cause they might have touched at Gibraltar. Several were fortunate enough to get their clearances for America, previous to the governor's determination.

On the 23d of January, arrived in Gibraltar, twenty-four large transports, full of troops, being part of sixty-two sail that left England with troops on a private expedition. Accounts were received in Gibraltar, that some of the other ships sail had put back in distress; but it was much feared, that part of them had been captured by a French squadron of 4 sail of the line that had lately slipped out of Rochfort. It was supposed the object of this expedition was to take Ceuta.

Capt. Hillard further states, that from the 5th to the 27th of January, the Spanish gun-boats carried into Algeciras, 12 sail of American vessels, most of which were taken in under the late French and Spanish decrees. None had been condemned on the 28th, that were taken in on the new principle; but it was expected all would be, the batteries frequently firing salutes, on the arrival of prizes, which is seldom done, except they are sure of a good prize.