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Ths* boat ; were no {boner along fide
tha i w: attempted to board ; but a very
ftrong netting, traced up Co her lower yards,
baffled all our endeavours, and an inftan
taneous d'.fcharge of her guns and fmall
rrms, from about two hundred foldiers on
litrr gun wale< knocked my fell, Mr. Kirby,
the mafter of the Medufa, and ■ r. G.»re,
a midfhipman, with two thirds of the crew,
v >on our backs into the b >at, all either
kill "A or wounded defperttely, the barge
and cutter being- on the outf.de, (he-red off
with the tide, but the fiat boat in which I
was hung alottgfide, and as there was not
an officer or man left to govern her, rmift
have fallen into the hands of the enemy,
had not Mr. Cathcart taken her in tow,
and carried her off.
Mr. Williams led his fnbdivifion up to
the enemy with the moll intrepid gallantry,
tjok one lugger, and attacked a brig, while
his crews, I am concerned to fay,
equally with ourfelves ; nearly the whol* of
h.s boat's crew were killed or wounded—
Lieut. Pelly, who commanded the Medu
fa's launch, and the hon. Mr. Maitland,
midlhioman r were feverely wounded ; and
Mr. Wm. Briftow, matters mate, in the
Tv>.dufa's cutter, under lieut. Stewart, was
killed.
I noff feel it my duty to affur? your lord
lhip, that nothing could furpafs the zeal,
courage and readinefs of every d fcripti n
of officer and man under my command ; and
1 am lorry that my words fall flurt <>f 'heir
merits, though we could not acco t .npliih the
objeft we were ordered to.
1 have the honor to be, Sec.
(Signed)
EDWARD T. PARKER.
Lord Viscount j\ elsun, Vice-Admiral of the
Blue r commander in chief, C3V. isfc.
Ganet, August 16, 160 1.
My Lord,
On the night of the 15th inlt. the third
fjivifion of beats which I had the honor to
command, affembled on board his majrfty's
(hip Yo.k, agreeable to your Lord (hip's di
rect! >ns, and at eleven P. M. by lignal
from the Medufa, proceeded, without lofs
of time, to attack the enemy's flotilla off"
jr jl tgue, as directed by your Lordlhip;
surd as 1 thought it molt aavitV*ble to en
deavor to reduce the Urge ft v.ffel firft, 1
loft no time in making the attack; but in
confequence of my leading the divilion,
and the enemy opening a heavy fire from
fe eral batteries, thought it ad/ifeable to
give the enemy as little time as poffible,
cut the rope, and did not wait for the other
boats, lo that it was fome little time before j
the heavy boats could get up ; received fo
many fhots through the boat's bottom, that
1 foon found her in a finking ftate, and asj
it whs iinpolflble to flop fo many (h<»t
holes, w«o obliged with the men, to take
to another boat, and have the phafure to
itcquaint your lordlhip, that I received par
t.t ular fupport from the boats of his ma-,
jefty's (hip York, which loon came up with:
the reft of the divilion 1 had the honor to
command ; but finding ijo profpe£t of fuc
cefs, and the number of men killed and
wounded in the different boats, and th -
l oni'iauc fire from the fiiore, of grape and!
fmall arms, thought it for the good ©f hi
majfefty's ferviceto withdraw the boatj be-'
tween two and three in the morning, a- wej
i juld not board her, although every ctTort
\/as made.
I have the honor to be, See.
(Signed) ISAAC COTGRAVE»
The Right hon. Lord Vifcount
N jlfon, K. B. cotnmandcr in
thief) Sec. fee.
His majestys liii
Aug. 16, 1301.
M> Lord,
In conleijuence of directions received,
from your Lordlhip, I laft night, on the]
Ihmal being made on boaid the Medufa
left this fitip with the boats of the fourth j
chvi'ion, formed with two clofe lines, and
i n mediately j »ined the other di\ iiions un
der the flern of the Medufa, and fon
thence proceeded to put your Lordfhip'a,
order into execution, attacking the weiiern
noft part of/the enemy's flotilla : jiut not-i
withftanding every exertion made, owingj
t<) the rapidity of t!ie tide, we could not,
i:.til near day-light,, get to the weftward
of any part oi" the enemy's line; on ap
proaching tiie eaftern part or whicn, in or
der to adift the firft diviiion then engaged,
we met them returning. Under thefe ch
cu nftances, and the day breaking apace, 1
judged it prudent to diredt the officers
commanding tiie different boats to return
to th -ii reipeAive fhiips.
1 have the honor to h", See.
ROBERT JONES.
P. S. None killed or wounded on board
:«ny of the fourth diviiion.
Eight Hon. Lord VMcount Nstfon,
Nellon, K. B. co.r.u)ai;dcr in
thief, &.:• fee.
Discovery, off Bologne, I
r August 16, 18 JI. t
, My Lord, t
I beg leave to make my report to your
! Lordlhip of the four howitzer boats that I 1
i had the honor to command, in the attack -
, of the enemy laft night. 1
, Having led in to fupport capt. Parker's t
, divifion, keeping between his lines until the
i' enemy opened their fire on him, we keep- «
? ingon towards the pier, until I was a- 1
i ground in the headmolt boat, then opened
[ our fire, and threw about eight (hells into i
t it; but from the llrength of the tide com- c
I ing out of the harbour, was not able to i
. keep our ftation off the pier head, but con- -
, tinued our fire on the camp, until the ene- I
my's fire had totally flackened, and capt. i
> Parker's divifion had pal Ted without me. I <
, beg leave to mention to your Lordlhip, ;
• that I was ably fupported by the other c
'(boats. Capt. Broom and lieutenant Beam, (
t of the Royal Artillery, did every thing inil
. their po •er to annoy the enemy. The o-ii
- ther officers of artillery were detached in
, the other four howitzer boats. t
i I have the honor to be, Bcc. j
JOHN CONN. F
, lit. Hon. Lord Vifcount Nelfon, K. B. c
Admiralty Office, Aug. 18.
, Copy of a letter from William Moffit, t
i commander of the Eafl-India
1 fhipthe Piio2nix, to Evan Nepean, Efq. <
uated in Sanger Road, the 7th of Fe- t
: bi nary 180 1. jr
Sir, !t
I have the honor to enrlofe you, for the i
inf »rmation ot the Lords Cvimmiltioners of f
admiralty, an extract of my iect r to
the governor general in council, at Fort'<
; William, ref;>e£titig the capture of the ;
French privateer general Malartic, by the
honorable company's Hup Phoenix, under i
my command. i
i I have the honor to be, £tr. o
Wm. MOFFATT. |I
My Lord, 1
I beg leave to inform your Lordfhip,'
1 that the honorable company's (hip Phoenix,:
s under my command, captured the French '
r privateer General Malartic, of 14 guns, i
; two of them 42 pound caroindes, and 120 i
. men, commanded by citizen Duierte. |i
I have the honor to be, . ij
Wm. MOFFAT, j)
, The governor general, Fort William.
! EDINBURGH, Aug. 21.
, We underftand tnat a houfe in Leith has'i
■ already an otter ot a cargo of new wiieat J
'from Norfolk to be Ihipped immediately ;
J'l'his (hews the advanced Itate of the harveft i
Jin that country. The wheit is defcribed i
ijto be fupeiior in quality to any ever feen/
in tIK-fe parts. i]
Hai-veft has now become general in ma-,;
i ny places of Scotland. I,
We underftand that the committee of the i
. Town C ouncil are now felling the quarter <
i,!fuperfiiie loaf at Is. 2d.
-
LONDON, Auguft 22. \
i Yefterday morning a lieutenant of the 1
• Argo frigate of 44 gu.is arrived at the;j
ljAdmiralty in 22 days from Madeira, v/ithj
; oifftatobea trom Capta n Bowen, coinman-i
'aer ot that (hip, containing the agreeable,]
; account of the iurrender of that I (land to|<
i;.the Britilh forces under his command on'(
t!.e 26tii ult. j(
Lord Nelfon is (till in the Downs wait-,1
iug for men from the N.ire to replace thofe'i
he loft when it is e>.pe<fted he will endea-;<
vour to burn the Ftench fquadron. Some *
ofoui gun boats have beeii blocking up le
veral gua-biigs and fchooners at Dun-.I
kirk ; and judging that they would en-l
deavour to get along ciole in fhore to Ca-'l
lais, our velLls anchored a fliort gun Ihot' l
I from the ftands, to enable them to annoy i
; them if they attempted it. Both fquadrons 1
iiare now in light from the cliffs of Dover.{'
i |At pre lent the French gim-boats lie moor-' 1
i ed at ti.eir old polition—ours lie at anchor'
.:jlift without them to the weftward; andii
jleveral lliips are under fail citiifing iromj'
jjßiankuey with a briik gale at
.j 1 i.e Mercure Univerfel of the Bth, pub- 1
Jlilhes this article : " We have juft re«eiv
r ed the fo lowing letter, which we are au
, thoriled to irdcrt in our pap< j r :*■ I have the .
{ liunorto announce toyi u the certain news
» of Cairo hiving fallen into the hands ot
. the Englilh—the details upon this prof
f peel, as well as of the affairs th;<t preceded 1
. it, will reach you immediately."
[ We ftop the prels (Courier office, 3<
i P. M.J to announce that the Hamburgh
i ;nail has juft ar: rived. The following is
the intelligence brought by it.
Accounts from Conftautinopl" of the ,
18th of July fay—lt is now km wn of
[hf i-ally that the French army at Cairo
4tter an obftinate battle, in which they
loli about 2000 men killed .and wounded,
on th- 20tJ* of June, furrti<dci ed to the I
Superior force of the Turks and the Bri-I
tifh. The trench troops, before the bat
tie, conlifted of about 6000 men. ,
The day after the vittory, the Grand
Vizier made his formal entry into Cairo,
and gave orders for the greater part of '
his army, to the amount of 36,000 men, '
i to march againft Alexandria. 1
A difcovery has been made at Malta of I
a confpiracy to deliver that iiland to the
■ French.
I Lord Nelfon, at 6 o'clock on Saturday <
i morning, made the lignal for all comman
■ ders to come on board of the Medufa,
> where they received the following orders :
■ —That every veflel in the fleet was to
■ fend her large boats well armed with
. oikes, pele-axes, and cutluffes ; every offi
cer and failor to be drefT-'d in blue jacket
, and trowfers, with a white belt buckled
• over the jacket, for th* eutlafs ; each boat
, carryin.* a carcafc to burn the enemy's vef
ijiels, in cafe we could not fucceed in carry
ing them off after boarding.
Mr. Addington, it is fa id, has tranfmit
ted to the French government a plan of
pacification, containing thofe points of
primary importance to the interefts of this
country, from which he has ftated
his determination not to recede.
The annual million, appropriated fo r
the redudli nof the national deb : , has
4>aid 17 millions in 15 years. It is laid
one million and a half is to be added to ;
that purpofe every year ; the money to be
jrailed upon a grand plan by w;iy of lot- 1
itery, which, at the fame time, will prevent '
anypojiibility of infurance being carried on
■ among poor people. i
i Parliament, it is faid, is to be alTembled
; curly in the month ot October, to grant
: a vote of credit, and for no other purpofe.
: Perhaps alio it is the intention of Minis
- trrs to lay before Parliament the long and
jinyfteri ns correfpondence as a prelimina
ry to a n*gociati n with the French, go
jvernn enc, that has fo long engaged the
.public attention.
, Mr. it is faid, very lately re
i ceived orders to prefs the French govern
, ment to come, to a more clofe and defini
) t:ve underllanding and to declare its ad
;million or rejection of certain preliminary
'principles of their diftinft application to the
jbafis oi the treaty ■ under contemplation.
| J he difpatches of this minifter, which were
janxieufly expe&ed,did not arrive till Mon
day, and they have proved fo far fatisfac
> tory, that the negociation which muft huve
been inftantly broken off by the perfever
. arice of the Court of France in the prac.-
t tices complained of, will be continued, if
1 it be not a more proper expreflTi>n to f; y
i that it will commence. The whole that
[has palled has been but a negociation for
• a negociation—a treaty to treat. The
'public i.itercourfe will now, it is laid, af
; fume a more real, il not a more interfiling
r char after ; and it will he difficult for M.
Tail :yran:l, whatever m<y be. the ultimate
views of Ids cabinet, to avoid the difcuf
fion of thofe terms and conditions upon
;■which depends the coni'u ruination of
■peace.
ij Whatever thofe who are to be difcour
-jaged by every trifling failure may be d. '-
;,pofedto fay-of the gallant Lord Nelfon'ir
again 11 Boulogne, tiiat illuflri
i'ous hero has loft nothing of hi.; well earned
jglory and renown. U ider the direction of
..this enterprifing officer, our gallant tais,
;;ipurnnig at the empty gafconades of tlu
-•enemy, hurl the Britilh thunder on their
> coafts, and dare them to c .me forth.
The French, however, think it piudentto
-.keep their vcffels chained to the Ihore.
-I Ii the Frenc i flat-bottoiwd boats refrrn
-ible thofe now gone out wrch Lord Nelfon,
t which they are laid tp do, it is impofliblt
'they Ihould ever get"two leaugts from
; their own coaft, exc pt in the very fineft
.|weather, and in fuch a feai'on, the ports
- that Ihclter them are eonfkait'y watched,
r The Briiilh boats, when their carronade
1 'in amounted and a crew of 40 men .'mbark
red, do not draw ab« ve 17 inches water.
jit is obvious, that fuch vefl'ds could not
-[float if! any rough leas.
it inflated in the German papers, that
- the Chief Conful ha 3 crazed from the lift
: of C uitifello s of State, the name of Gin
5 the-mine. He had lent the Chief Con ful
i the minutes of a council of war held on the
- coaft of Africa, at the d'ltance of 120
1]• igue from Alexandria, in which it wa
ler <i. d th it it would be inexpedient to dif
? embark the troops, as the paffage acrofs th.
i iefart could not have been effefted with
s out very great 1 >ls. But Bonaparte had
lent the moft p fitive orders to uifembark,
: jot only at the diftrnce of 120 leagues
- from Alexandria, but from Egypt itf^lf.
GLASGOW, Aug. 22.
, Lord Nflfon's fecond attack upon Bon
. loerne, though not fo fuccefsful as we coulo
have wifhed, will be found to have been ar.
<al!antly conducted as any action that ha.)
preceded it. Our loi's was 44 killed and
128 wounded. We took poflellion of IV:
i veral brigs and flats, and cut their <::: ■>!< ,
u but many of them," fays Lord Neifon,
u being aground, and the moment of the
b it,tk*3ceatingon board them, the velfels were
' liiled with vollies upon vollies of imi/k try,
the enemy being perfectly r; garulcfs of
their own men, who nmft have furTcred e
cjually with us ; it was, therefore, »mpof
lible to remain on board even to bum
, them."
i MANHKIM. Auguft 12.
i Whilft the news from Conftantmople of
• the 9th July fpeaks of a battle on the
: 23d, June, near Cairo, the Prague Gazette
I of the 3d announces the pafTage of a cou
: rier from that c ity to London, with the news
-ot tlie city of Cairo having furrendcred to<
- the Jdnglifti on the 17th June.
An Auglburgh Gazette announces near
- ly tlv: fame news in letters from Vienna of
Fof the 2d Augiilt. It was Lord Minto
■' who had received ori the Ift the news from
; Conftantinople.
Another paper, the gazette of Kempten,
in announcing the arrival of this courier,
• fiya," That he iefc Con ft mtinople the 6th
;! Ju.y, and that his difpatches (luted that
Ijgenera) Hutchinfon hatl received, in a fort
i night, a reinforcement ot" 700 Englilh."
The Mtrcure Universe! of the Bth pub
lifhes an article in tlv following terms ;
; '• We have juft received the following let
i ter, which we are authorifed to publiih in
our paper :
I I have the honor to announce to you
; the certain news of Cairo l aving fallen iri
,to die hand? of the allies. The official de
tails upon this funjett, as well as of the af
[ fairs that preceded it, will reach you imme
. diately."
Note of the French Editor Yet pri
vate letters from Vienna, quoted by the
German papers, continue to affert, that on
the 30th July Lord Minto received dif
patchesfrom (Conftantinople, with the news
- ol the Grand Vizier's army having been
■ en'. irely defeated by general Bellinrd, and
- of his having fled to the Defart and Dauii
r etta ; that after that event, general Hutch
: infon and the captain Pacha had retreated
, toward Alexandria, where it was fuppofed,
» that the Knglifh corps of obfervation would
- be attacked by Menou, reinforced by the
• troops landed by Gantheaume. The con
; >- eflioa of the Frankfort Journal of the 10th
-that letters from Vienna and Conftantino
. pie give contrary accounts, is worthy of
f being remarked.
t FRANK ''ORT, Anguft 9.
r A nrivate letter from Conftantinople,
• dated Jn'y 9, fpeaks of a great battle near
- Cairo, between the French and the Turk-ili
r and 1-ngliih.
A letter from Vienna, of the 2d of this
■ month, announces the fame news. It was
. brought to Lord Minto by a courier from
i Constantinople* It was on the 23.1 Jane
tiiat this b :t'le took place ; it was warm and
bloody. With refpedt to the ifiue, as the
. two letters effer differ account , we /hull ab
. ftain from faying any thing on the fub
. je£U
SMYRNA, July 9.
1 Private advices from Egypt inform us,
I •'hat the troops which admiral Gantheaume
, lauded on the coaft of Africa, arrived on
>h? 30th June at Alexandria. There are
r among tbejfe troops GOO cavalry, and fe
, veral generals. The.fe troops immediately
5 joined the troops under gen. Menou. It
is aflefted, that when thefe advices were
- lent off, general Menou was making dit
, nolitions to proceed againft Alkam, where
there was a corps of Engliih troops. Gen.
i Friant is to command at Alexandria during
I the abfei.ee of the commander in chief.
; We may therefore expedl great events in
. thefe countries. It cannot be conceived
: here why the Englilh fquadrons could not
prevent the landing of the troops which
. admiral Gantheaume had on board his fleet.
\ DISTRICT OF POTOWMAC, To wit:
T> P. IT REMEMBERED, That
(L. S.) .1 i on the thirty lir!k day of Au*
I guft, iu the twenty fiy;h year of the
; of the United States of America,
, AUGUSTUS B WOODWARD, of the faid
Diftri<S, hath depofited in thi* offics the title of
a book, the whereoti.e chums <ts author, in
the words following, to /*it: " Confideratious
'•ti the Subllance of the Sun"; in conformity to
- he a<ft of the Corsgrcfs of the United .state-,
] entitled, " An afl: for the encouragement of
learning, ky fecuring the copies of maps, charto,
" and book#, to the author* and proprietors of
" /ucli copie» t duJug the times therein men
'• tioned." Wifnc(s GEORGE DKKE.iI.
'■'trk of the DISTRICT of POjOWMaC, the
Any, month, and ye'«r a fore faid.
GEO RGE D HXZA L£, clerk.
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