Monthly Chronicle.

' I inclose , for the information of Ihe Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty , Captain Martin's report ofthe chase and capture of two Spanish frigates , which , for the skilfulness shewn in roivding a dangerous .-ledge of rocks , called the Laja de Cape Rocha , a little to the northward of Conil , and the decision in making the attack after the frigates were anchored , displayed one of the most notable a .-tions that ever came un ^ er my observation . ' The particulars of this action are thus briefly related by Capt . Martin himself . SIR , Irresistible , off Cadiz , April

28-' 1 beg leave to acquaint you , that on the morning of the 26 th , at six A . MI gave t-hace , in his Majesty ' s ship under my command , \ o two ships in the S . E in company with the Emerald , and that at half past two P . M . we attacked them in Conil Bay , near Trasalgar , where thev had anchored ; that at four they struck to his Majesty ' s ships , and proved to be the Spanish frigates Elono jnd Ninfa , mounting j 6 guns and 320 men each , from the Havannah , bound to ' Cadiz . The former cu : her cab > after she had struck , and ran on shore ; and notwithstanding we got her olf , from the damage she received , we were

not able to keep her afloat . Part of the crews left the ships and got on shore . From every account I have been able to collect , the two frigates had 18 men killed and 30 woiipded . The Irresistible had one man killed and one wounded . ' Le Basque , French privateer , of ei ^ ht guns and 50 men . on the 30 th of April , hy Sir Edward Pellew ; the Aimable Mane'te , French brig privateer , of 14 gins and 6 9 men , by the Spitfire sloop , Capt . Seymour , off Nantes , on the 1 st of May ; La Dunkerqttoise , French privateer , of 1 S guns and too men , ¦ by the Cerberus , Capt . Drew , on the 1 nh of May ; the Jalouse , French corvette of 16 guns and 150 men , by the Vestal , Capt . White , on the 13 th of May , off

Elsineur . after a chase of nine hours , and running about eighty-four hours ; the Rebusiier , French privateer of 14 guns , by Capt . Digby Dent ; the Espiegle , a small French armed lugger , with jo men on hoard , by Sir Charles Hamilton ; the Ragee priva ' eer , of 16 guns , by t > ir Ed . ' . art ! Fellow ; La Justine Adelaide , French lugger privateer , of four guns and 20 men , off Beachy-head , by the Pilote brig , Capt . Compton , on the 23 d of May ; Le Terrible , French lugger privateer , of four guns and 25 men , by the Penguin sloop , Capt . Pulling , off the Lizardon the 24 th of May L'UnitieFrench lugger privateerof 14

, ; , , guns and - ; S men , by the St . Fiorenzo , Capt . Sir Harry Neale , on the 3 d of June , off"the Owers ; Le Pichegru , French brig privateer , of one six-pounder and 39 men , off the Start , by the Resolution brig , Lieut . Huggett , Commander , on the 3 d of June- ; La Trompeuse , French privateer , of six guns and 40 men , by the Spitfire shoop , Capt . Seymour , off Morlajx . Captured , on the West India Station .- —By his Majesty ' s ship Magicienne , Ls Fortune , of eight guns and 74 men ; Le Poisson Volant , of 12 guns and So men ;

Le Poisson Volant , of five guns and 50 men ; a Spanish cutter , of six guns , formerly called the Bawvaes—By the Diligence , La Fogouse , of six guns and 57 men ; and one privateer schooner destroyed by the Queen—By the Lapwing , the St . Christopher , Spanish privateer , mounting eight guns and 120 men , off Bermudas ; Le Hereuse Catherine ., French schooner privateer , of six guns and 50 men , off St . Christopher ' s , on the 7 th of March . —By the Bittern sloop , off " Barbadoes , La Casca , French privateer , of six guns and 50 m * n ; Le Chasseur , French privateer , of six guns and eighty men , by L'Amiable ,. Capt . Lobb , oft " Gaudaloupe—By the Swallow sloop , Capt . Fowkes , off Cape Nichola Mole , the Port au Paix , a small French privateer , of two swivels and seventeen men .

IRELAND . A general spirit of discontent has manifested itself throughout this kingdom , ever since the attempt of the French Invasion in December last . It would appear , indeed , that Government , from their warlike preparations , apprehended iin immediate insurrection . Troops are arriving from England and Scotland in great numbers . The Whig party are endeavouring to attach to its interest all the Catholics , tmder the professed view of attaining their emancipation . — - 'Under the wing of this immense body the discontented of every description are erecting .