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at* tho Chesapeak to repair, w she aotneit oa the Ws. " Great fears are entertained iov the safety of the flriiish West India Fleet, as it is eeatain they were in the gale. The Comber/and, one of the fleet, has been totally lost ; the Captain was arrived here, hot can give no inforptation retpeaing the safety of the rest." SIPT. le. GENERAL MIRANDA. Captain Brown, of the brig Ontario, who arrived yesterday in SO days from Cnracoa, informs us, that, after tatting Coro Port, Miranda was defeated in an engagement with the Spaniards, and compelled t 3 reinsbark• FRENCH SQI.TADRON. The French frigate Vderier, of 3S guns, now refuting at Marcus Hook, is one of the squadron known by the name of Jerome's squadron. This squadron sailed from Martinique, took three British ships at Montserrat, looked at the Tortola convoy • and Admiral Cochrane, off St. Thomas's ; and as Cochrane wanted a ship more to attack the French squadron, while he was waiting they moved to the westward. The French cruised several days off Charleston, in hopes of intercepting some of the Bri tish convoys from the %Vest Indies; when finding that they were still astern, stood to the eastward. About the 12th or 13th of August. their look out frigate La Iralrrres, discovered t h e British convoy of 40 sail, and three ships of war, acid immediately made sail to return to her squadron ; on the 14th she took the British sloop Heir. from Trinidad for Bermuda, sad after taking oat the people, and such articles as they chose, sunk the sloop, and brought the peo ple in. On the 17th of Ang. fell in with her squadron, but at this time the ship of Jerome was missing, and foe her they lay-to two days, but not being joined by her, they determined to pursue the convoy with out him, but soon after. on the 19th% a most tremen dous gale of wind came on, which in the night WPM rated them. and obliged each to seek a port of safety . ILe Vakretta pushed for Virginia, but when off the Chesapeak was i.bliged to bear away for the Deb. ware. She was forted to cut away her m:zen mart, eanied away both her main and fore top-masts, and received other damages. The squiton had taken le rites since they left \lartinico.—( Tree Amer). F.rtrad of a Letter from a Gentleman at Natcbes, dazed August S, 1606 On or ab at the 18th of July tilt. a detachment of Spanish troops, consisting of 308, under the command of Captain Viand. the Commandant of Nagadoches. and isepollor of the troops of His Ca. tholic Majesty in the Interior Provinces, arrived at the Caddo village, near Red River. above Natal'. races. demanded information relative to the ex. Outing party, under the dinglion of Major Free man, which had passed the Caddo village some days before, cut down, and carrie.toff a Rag of the United States, which the Caddoes had hoisted in their sown. informing them, that the flag of the United States had no istniuess there, and that that part of the country was within the dominion of Spain, and torisidding the Caddo Chief in future frost holding talks, trading, or having any intercourse whatever with the Amerieans--after which, the Spaniards took their disputer* in pursuit of the ex ploring party, aad informal the Caddo Chief, that they were going to take. kill, or drive them back. w We have likewise amounts from Bayau-Pierre, of the arrival at that place of Colonel Errata, late Governor of Mammy. with six companies of cavalry, said to contain sea hadidred each,with several pieces af cannon, and dot avowal companies of troops more are on their way from St. Antonio." sere. 13 111ITIRMANE. Eztrail of a Letter from Wilmington, North Ca rolina, dated August We have witnessed the most violent and sle struilive starm of wind and rain ever before known bore. On Thursday evening last, the gale com menced at N. E. and increased, by degrees, until Friday about ten a. m. it then became a hurricane, and blew with the utmost violence. On Saturdays at day-light, the wind began to veer, and about seven •. ra. settled at S .W. an d continued until twelve or one clock,when it seemed to abate, but did not subside until between five and six in the afternoon. The tide rose to a height heretofore unknown; the whafs are much damaged ; the loss in dry goods, salt, sugar, rice, lumber,. it:. is beyond conception, and cannot be ascznained. When the wind shlted to S.W. It seemed to threaten universal destruAion, the gable ends of three brick houses were washed or blown down; niers) , wooden buildings were considerably wrecked, and some unfinished ones entirely elenio• hared. Mr. Isaac 1/Caldwin was killed by the fall ing of an old burnt wall, and we hear that several oc groes have beers killed, and one drowned, on planta tions. in our vicinity. As far as we have been able to obtain information, the crops of corn, peas, rice, etc : are almost e;:tirely destroyed. The falling of trees, and breaking up of bridges, have suspended the communication between the town and country, and the sta i r hot having arrived, we are unable to give 24 sweet of eh* extensive * 3 cnstr4ss;4B, l " l "' ineeitehlitkoughout the efuniel, and, we feat, the whoa! *tea The following vetoes were driven Mons their anchorage and fasts, and have gone on shore : the 'Matilda, with the loss of her masts, which went by the board the instant she struck ; ship Cape Fear, Bernard; brig Matilda, Hunter; brig Pollp, owned by Mr. Howell, of Rhode I,land ; brig Susepinah, of Charleston ; brig Sally, of Troy ; schooner Regu lator, M.llbenny ; schooner Liberty, Randelet, of New• York ; and a schooner belonging to New River. The brig Efiram. Church, of Hallowcll, from Bet hke, with a cargo of sugar aad coffee, homeward bound, is ashore on the beach near Deep Inlet ; and the schooner Two of Nvw-river, he, on the beach near Barren Inlet. At Smithville, the damages were severe.--The ' wharves are completely destroyed, end chimnlas and fences blown down. The ship Coninoirt, of . New York ; brig Ranier; schooners Clariva and Eliza. of Norwi:h, with outward bogus' cargoes, are on shore. Iwo pettiAugers stove.; all the small craft and pleaspre boats are At a v.sst distance on the land. the revenue cutter, Gurt rner Wifliarns, of Newbern. eujptoyed on the survey of the coast, by cutting her mists and slinging her guns, and heaving them air, to a-sit her anchors, rode ogt the gale. No tiv s were I set. The gale comm need at Smithville, on Thursday, ' at N. E. and increased all Frulay ; between 10 and 12 o'clock on Fnday ~i4ht it sioVed 4uddenly to S.W. and hl .se a hur , i .ane until 10 o'clock, when it shifted to W. The vle was higher than was ever irsown since the year 1762 kriS, when New. Inle• br , ke; she sea was u. comaronly agitated. The brig Peil of 40 rays from Jamaica. in balast. with a pilot no board.WAS seen at anchor off the liar on Thursday, with topmasts down. Great apprehensions are entertained for safety. SEPT. 13. EatraB of a ktter from Norfolk, dated Sept. 1 ; " Yesterday morning the French frigate Cybele, mentioned in our last, came up into the harbour ; on passing fort Nelson she saluted with 21 guns, which were returned by an equal number of guns. " Recoefting this ship, we learn, that on the 19th ult. in compa..y wish the Revilers, of 84 gnus, and the Prestd.4 t 44. they were encountered by a violent hu,rica• eat 5.1.: to S which compelled them ! to scud test nearly five days, in which they lost their miz..n-mac.. main-top mast quarter pieces tore off, and the s'.ip generally injured. The last that was see. of the itysila; and fireside:lt, they were scudding before use g de. " From infrmation, in which we place confi dence, we can sty. that thi; squadron has never jainel the liAet, cmn Anal) , callfd Jerome Bona pane's. " On Friday last, a Ftench 74. gun ;big came into the Capes, and proceeded up the bay. She was seen on Saturday morning, gni, g under New Point Comfort, to anchor. This ship has lost all her top masts. aril appeared to be otherwise much injured. There has not been env person tr•n her, but we understand she is thell4inal,onc uf the R:et to which Jerome Bonaparte belongs. 44er accounts say she is the Regafar, which, from compa:i..g every ac count, we should think most probable r we shall probably know certainly in the course of the day. rQBEIGN INTELLIGENCE. FROM THE PARIS PAPERS. - _ OCT. 10. The detachments of the Imperial Guard which were at Milan, set out on the Ist of Oaciber to join their corps in Germany. These detachments are numerous, and remarkable for their excellent state, and the spirit by which they are animated. ocr.ll. On the sth, the Emperor was still at Wurtzhorg. He did not feel sty iil consequences from latiguct and enjoyed the best health. General Knobelsdoiff, whom several Journals had pretended to have quitted Paris only to ism His Imperial Majesty, passed on the Noel &rem. her, by Cleves, on his way to Berlin. OCT. 12. Oa the morning of the Odl e a courier of His 1 Majesty, the Emperor, passed through Brussels, an his way from the head varlets at Wurzburg, , proccding with all possible haste to Paris. Lord Lauderdale has left Paris upon his return to England.—( Gamete de braace). The state of the public mind at Paris is truly re. markable ; from day to day its inhabitants await, without anxiety, the intelligeree that hostilities have commenced, and yet reports of peace are stronger than those of war: every ore seems to be aware what are the *..: ae interests of Prussia. So late as yesterday, we ware assured that very recent letters from the Grand atmy, stated it as certain, that the troupe were in sight air ends other ; but that the King of finssia had ant one of his Off zers to the Ftertch iteakrinartos, w:th a Uttar addressed to the limpator. 4is aclfed, that this Prussian Officer soon afterwards. returned with all asswc. one endeavours to interpret ,this correspondence, but they are convineed. that, in the present circum stances, it must deci!: the question of peace or war. In the n'ght,betweeu the Bth snd 9th of 041ober, the English made a new attempt on the town and harbour of Boulogne, with their infernal machine* if they meant so mares; noise, they were success ful; all the letters front that place agree in describ ing the report as truly terrific ; they further agree in affirming, that not a lice was lost, nor any person wounded. 'rho damage is confined to two houses which were considerably injured, and some others Messrs. de Rohan, a Genera, in the Austrian ser vice, the Count de Miels, Chamberlain of the Em peror of Austria, the Countess of Wetternich Wit burgh, and family, and likewise a Courier from Vi enna, passed through Nancy, on the Bth instant, on their way to Paris. Several English vessels approached the harbour of Boulogne on the Bth of this month, with the de sign of setting fire to the flotilla ; and, with that view, they threw a great quantity of rockets and fire.works, which, fortunately, produced no effetl. The prisoners brought into Dieppe by an English flag of truce, are all infi.m or sick, and belong to the division of Captain Durnanoir. The sloop, after tilting on board some provisions, again set sail on, her return. The 'bee privateer, of B,lnlogne, has carried io to that port the English ship 77re Peace, laden with gin, &c. The troops which are at Paris have received or ders to set out immediately for the army. The whole reserve of the department of Eure set out on the 9th. 'I he elevation of the public funds still continues ; it disconcerts the speculators, and, pr yes the increas ing confidence which the gove;nment inspires. the places of rendezvous for the formation of the three Soiss regiments, the staff of which has just been appointed by the Emperor, are Avignon, 1,.i.1e, and Rennes. OCT. 13. The situation of the public mind at Paris is really remarkable. We expett every day, but without the slightest uneasiness. to hear of the commence ment of hostilities, and yet the reports of peace prevail over tbase of war. Yesterday it was said that letters from the Grand Army, of a very recent date, stated, that the hostile armies were in sight .f each other ; but that the King of Prussia had sent one of his officers with a letter to the French head. quarters, addressed to the Emperor. It is added, that the Prussian Office; was very soon sent off with an answer. wants, strrenzes We learn that the brigands, driven hoot Arpino by the column of General Forestier, have taken re fuge at Sora, in the Terra di Lars*, on the iron. tiers of the Campagna di Roma. Several corps of troops coming from Aquila, and the county of Mo ine, must now have surrounded all there brigands, under Fra Diavolo, in Sora. New alarms have been excited with respell to the situation of the two Abruzzos. It was feared that Michael Nara, who is a genuine Fra Diavolo, might pass the mountains, separating the lake of Celano from Sara, and join the banditti that infest some of the mountains of the Abruazos; but the latest intelligence froni Delano, informs us, that these banditti, being pursued by the cavalry, were obliged to retire from Aveazano and Celan° ; that twelve of them were killed, the others dispersed, and put to Bight; and that a detachment of cavalry having arrived at Avezztnii, tac restored tranquil lity, so that the communication with the Abruzzos is perfeltly free. Marshal Massena still has Iris headquarters at Monteleone. Previous to his arrival in that town, the inhabitants had replied a corps of banditti, who were afterward:, attacked and touted by Gene. rail R.gnier. CALAIS, OCT. 10. Yesterday, an English Courier debarked here, though the wind wou,d have carried him to Bou logne—he was probably prevented from going there by the Expedition direeted on the preceding n ight against that town by the English. In the space of one hour. they discharged 3 or $OO rockets against the town and 6:6Da. They obtained no. thing by this disloyal Expedition, bat the shame of having undertaken it. tames, OCT. 1. The English continue 'raising off our coasts. Oa the 26th uit. about three o'clock in the afternoon , three chasse-marees, laden with salt, for a neutral vessel, were taken, as soon as they had delivered their cargoes, b; Englishmen congealed in the ship, who told the crews they were prisoners. tock pos session of the three Chasse-marees, and kept the men in their icspeClive verse/:. One cf th f 512ree Ca;)- tains, With his twe sons, hating asset th eesee h es famiar with the English, who guarded them for two days, in the same position, resolved net to suffer themselves to be tarried to England, but to retake their easel. To accomplish this de , igt, they determined to integizate their keepers. by mix. ing brandy with their, wine I this eapediets succeed. ed so well. that one, merpowered tol the riqust era below to lie dour% and the Obit' GU ;sleep upon deck. The Captain's yeasgest son, then mid to his father : « Now's the Pirer. they are asleep; let's shut the hatches on kitiss who is below, and tie th e other who is upon deck... This they immedist ly did, and reached cheapest **ninon the Mh. The. two Englishmen being made prisoners in their turn, , 1 were lately brought to this place. Another choose maim ruched thf coast of St. Gilles. This vessel employed the same expedient as the other, and made two men prisoners, oh o were likewise brought to this place. On the 30th of September, a sloop taken by the English, gained the coast of St. Gilles The crew nl this sloop rose upon tire 10111111‘111s by whom 'h er were guarded, an#, 011111, Sables. ♦trae, Numbers of conscripts, from different depart. meats, all of whom have an air of gaiety and wig. faSion. have arrived here. Though the day's march from Rennes to Vitre, is ten leagues, yet, at night, they assemble in our public places, and dance to the sound of violins, which some of them catty with them. i~ Divisions of English prisoncrs, of about .10 men 1 each, have passed this way, within these two days, under moat of the Gems d Awes, on their road to Arras. They were takea by some French frigates, which landed, them at (.'Orient. saints, Mr ‘3. it was in consequence of the battle that took place between Nicastro and Montdeone, in which General Iteguier defeated a considerable body of banditti and throe Neapolitan regiments, that the remains Mete English and Sicilian army re-embarked at St. En. phetnia. The spirit of insurreaion was mum less prevalent in Farther than in Firtl.ier Calsbris ; the natives of the first are much mok - e addiaed to culture and commerce. The relics and the ringleaders of the band headed by Fra Diavulo. are daily brought into Naples. vitessuao, serr.24. We have this moment received from Bruhnrest, the intelligence equally important and unexpeatd. that a Itusikan army of 80,000 men, which was en the (metiers of Moldavia, has suddenly entered Wallachia. Fory thousand men of this army 411 rapidly advancing toward; Crajovra, about 20 miles north-east of Widdin. TIANILIPOItt, OCT. 6. Letters from Gotha, which assure us that the 81 of Ostober is to be the decisive day, add, that the Prussian head-quarters have been transferred to Weimar. According to the last accounts t.rm Stutgard, the Eling of Wirtemberg was on the ere of setting out for the heal-qu4rters of the Emi.erot Napoleon. THE BRITISH PRESS. • LOSIDON, SATURDAY, Octow SS. His M AJVITY came to town yesterday, and held a Council at the Queen's Palace, when he signed a Proclamation, dissolving the Parliament. The writs for the Commons are returnable on the 15th of December ; and the sixteen Peer. of Scotland are to be eleeed by the 4th. The new Parlia ment will, of curse, meet only a few days before Christmas, to swear in the Members. A considerable sensation was excited, yesterday , in the City, by the exhibition of a Dutch paper of the 17th instant, on 'Change, stating that hostiliod had at length commenced between the French an Prussians, and that battles had been fought in three successive days, in all of which the French arm had proved viCtorious. Thirty-two pieces of ca. nor and a great number of Prussians killed aud wound ed. are said to be the result of these different en gagements. %./Hon the authority of this letelligenc we are pot competent to decide. We only krco that it is nct official, and hope that it will prove tc tally false or greatly exaggerated. The French, it is added, have penetrated Leipsi;. We have received a series of the art also of several of the minor Paris Papery from tl Sth to the 14th instant. All the troops is F/TiS ceive4 orders on the 12th to set.out immealately j ,in the army 446er:stony. Theconscripts woe ts their march from all the department's fur the sa destication, aad the detachme‘lts of the lairGliard at Milan, ssljelt ate stated to Le cousid: Ash. ; I.ave al:o ict .r.• fur the Grand trtt.7. wk nil to not a lag po ili 111 V I' T fc Si il el ,