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Read the firft time, and ordered for the
second reading on Connaught M^d^y.
Sir Pertinax Platter presented his bill for
Shortening the duration of parliamentary
speeches, and limiting the exuberance of
irrelevancy in debate.
Read the firft time, and ordered for the
second reading on Wednesday.
^ Dr. Syntax moved for leave to bring in a
bill for the relief of those fuffering loyalists
who were constantly exposed to popular ob
loquy and rabbular insult, for their votes in
favor of an Union, and to expunge from
our language the words ingrate, apostate,
apd impostor.
Mr. Con O'Mara seconded the motion,
and leave was giyen.
L The House adjourned.
foreign articles
By the Galen, arrived at Boston.
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' I BATTLE OFF ALGESJRAS.
Letter from Rear-Admiral Linois, commanding o^
French Dlvifion, to the Minister of Marine.
ON the 9th of July, a Spanilh Division,
confining of fix fail of the line, and 3 fri
gates, arrived at Algefiras from Cadiz, tut
der the command of his Excellency Lieut.
Gen. Moreno, in order to raise the block
ade of four fail of the line and one frigate,
which were under my orders, and to favor
°their escape to^Cadiz. The Officer accord
ingly g ave me every assistance in his power,
in order to get my Chips in a condition to
put to sea, and to row them out, in order to
enable them to set fail. Opr labour was
continued day and night. Gen. Moreno
made his squadron anchor in a line N. E.
and S. W. On the 12th there was a toler
ably freth East wind, and I was determin
ed to set fail at one o'clock on account of
the tide. The signal being given at that
hour, the fleet set fail, the Spanish squadron
being to windward of ours. The^frigate
I'lndienne towed the Hannibal, which we
were sorry to perceive made very little way.
The calm which we experienced under Gib
raltar, necessarily deranged the regularity
of our order ; while the enemy having a
brilk gale at Eift, failed from Gibraltar
with five fail of the line, a frigate, a brig,
and a Portuguese frigate, and formed in or
der of battle. As soon as the English Ad
miral had passed Europa Point, he made a
signal, and immediately we saw to wind
ward fix fail, of which two had three masts.
I was then with M. de Moreno, on board
the Sabine frigate. At sun- set, the two last
Chips of our line with difficulty doubled
Cape Carnero. Three only remained with
the Hannibal, which was under jury-masts,
and which consequently could not carry
much fail. Night was coming on, and it
was neceflary to determine to return to our
anchorage, which might afford the enemy
an opportunity of attacking us before we
took a position. At all events, every delay
was dangerous, for the reinforcements
which the enemy expe&ed, might arrive
every moment. The breeze from the east
becoming stronger, we were assured of a
wind during the night. We determined to
fend the Hannibal back to Algefiras, and to
pass the Strait with the combined squadron.
We then manoeuvred so as to facilitate the
rallying of two of our vessels, which had
fallen into the rear in consequence of the
; calm. The three French vessels, which
failed better than could have been expected,
were in the van, and in that order it was
proposed to pass the Strait. At 8 oclock
the enemy (hewed a djfpofition to attack us.
At 9 we ! heard the reports of three cannon,
and at the fame time saw fires a considera
ble distance behind us. We presumed it
might be some of the enemy's vessels mak
ing Signals of their arrival. We congratb
lated ourselves upon feeing our squadrons so
well collected together, and failing so well,
which made us confident that the plan of
the enemy would not succeed. At half past
If the wind was considerably encreafed—
the night was very dark, we heard a smart
Cannonade in E. N. E. and soon after saw
3 conflagration, which made us apprehend
that some of our vessels, in firing their stern
guns, had taken fire, in consequence of the
Force of wind. We thought also that they
might be fire-Ships belonging to the enemy.
, We put tabout for a, moment, but the veflel
on fire approaching us, we continued on our
way, having constantly a light at our main
top-matt head, as a signal for rallying. It
could no longer be doubted but that the ene
\ my had paged the Strait, and had got into
our wake. The cannonade became pretty
general, but the wind was too Strong to con
tinue an adion. We received several (hot
on board the frigate, which killed one man,
and wounded five. Several balls passed
through the fails. We took down the sig
nal we had at our.matt head, for fear that
the enemy Ibauld fall upon us. It was af
terwards hoisted, in order to coiled our
Olios. We made fail, direding our course
to W. N. % not choosing to go more be
fore the wind, left the wind, which was
very Strong, Should carry away our masts.
We passed the flight in the greatest difquiet-|
tude, not knowing whether the vessels which
were in fight were not our enemies. At
length the day dissipated part of our fears,
and we found ourselves in the midst of our
fleet, with the exception of two (hips ot
three decks, viz. the Hermenegilda and the
Royal Charles, the Formidable and the St.
Antoine. The wind having, fallen, it be
came impossible to go in search of the vessels
which had separated. We were then fix
leagues weft of Cadiz. At half past four
o'clock the Defai. made a signal that the
had sprung a leak, and that the water had
gained upon her 30 inches' in an hour, and
demanded afljftance, which was granted.—
At 5 o'clock we heard An a&ion in the east,
and perceived a smoke. The wind being
then from the S. E. wernade the signal for
the line of battle to be formed as quick as
possible, without regard to place, in order to
' assist the vessel which was engaged. At half
past 6 the a&ion ceased and the mod per
fe& calm succeeded. At 11 the wind rising
again, we perceived four vessels at a consi
derable distance from each other. We flat
-1 tered ourselves at firft that they were our
(hips but we soon found by their manoeu
vres that they were enemies. We also dis
# tinguifhed the Formidable close under the
land, making the bed of her way to Cadiz.
We flood for that port, from which a fel
lucca brought me a letter from the Captain
of the Formidable,which had then anchored
in the Road of Cadiz, dating that he had in
the morning engaged two English ships of
the line and a frigate, and that one of the
English ships had been completely difmaft
ed, and had been towed away by the frigate.
We then anchored in Cadiz. I must ac
knowledge the confurnmate experience and
talents of Gen. Moreno, as well as the zeal
and care which he displayed for the success
of his mission. If separations have taker,
place, it must be attributed to the darkness
of the night, and to the necessity which
there was of getting away from the vessels
which were on fire. That officer upon hear
ing at Cadiz of the deft/udion of two ships
his squadron, the Hermebeglida & the Roy
al Charles, wasjwftly (truck with grief up
the occasion. He had, by his wife instruc
tions, provided against almost every possible
case. I have since been informed, that the
two.Spanifh vessels which were deuroyed,
cannonaded and ran f&il of one another,
each supposing the otter to be an enemy.
We are uncertain about the fate of St. An
toine. The violence of the wind made it
extremely dangerous to fire to windward.
Done at Cadiz Harbor, the \gth of fuly, on
board the Formidable.
(Signed) LINOIS, Rear-Adm.
Report from the Captain de Frigate Troude, ail
ing commander of the Formidable under Rear-
Admiral Linois.
Proud of the honorable office of defending your
flag, I have been molt scrupulously attentive to
the execution of your orders.
Observing that the enemy made fail at the fame
time as the combined squadron, and kept to
windward of us at about a league's distance, I
endeavored to follow your manoeuvre exactly ;
but the vessel Thad the honor to command hav
ing been completely disabled, arid having only
the dumps of hfhed malts Handing, and only the
courses set, could not make way so faft as he
should have wished. The darkness of the night
—a firong breeze which carried away the fore
top.gallant-maft, which I was obliged to use as a
tore top-mast— every thing contributed to to pre
vent me from following the combined squadron.
Towards midnight I received the fire of five
English ships of the line, which bore up at the
fame time with us. Ti^y fired red hot balls. I
made the bed of my way from their fire by hoist
ing the fame number of lights which they had.
At one in the morning, not being able to perceive
any signals, I fleered for Cadiz, stretching along
the coast of Spain to the north and north eafl.
This course increased the difiance between me
and 'the squadron, which kept a good offing to
the weft.
At day break, I observed close up with me four
fail of the enemy, confiding of three ships of the
line, and one frigate, which had followed my
course. They opened the fire upon me. Though
totall,difabled, anal though the crew was worn
out with fatigue, having had no rest for three
days, we courageously returned their fire. The
frigate firft attacked us. A few well directed
(hot from our stern chasers made her sheer off.„
The ship next to her then came up and commenc-'
ed a very briflc fire. We manoeuvred so as to
pass along fide and get into a more advantageous
position. I closed with her almost yard-arm and
yard-arm, pouring in a moll terrible and well
fupperted fire. After an engagement of an hour
and an half all her mails went overboard, and
Ale leaked in every part. The frigate which had
just placed herfelf on my flern immediately went
to her afliftance. The other two ships being com
pelled to give up the attack, after receiving a few
smart broad tides not without damage, joined the
frigate and* got out all their boats, in order to
save the remains ot the crew of the other fhip,.and
to tow her off. They then withdrew and left me
matter of the feene of aftion.
I shall not attempt to mention particular in
flances of bravery. The officers, both naval and
military, the crew and the soldiers on board, em
ulated each other in covering themselves with
glory ; for in addition to the brilliant action of
the 6th, this last proves that the valor which ani
mates the heroes whom i have the honor to com
mand, has been carried to a pitch which I cannot
adequately describe. The government will doubt
less hasten to reward so much courage, and so
warm a zeal to restore the glory ot the French
navy. It would be equally proper to compen
sate for the losses they have sustained, their effects
having been torn to pieces and totally deflroyed.
I In an action so severe as that of this morning,
[and with such unequal force, I am happy to have
to regret only 20 men killed and badly wounded.
$ >, frt _)
ACCOUNTS FROM EGYPT.
Daure, InfteHor of Reviews, to the Minister
at War.
LEGHORN, JULY 21.
I left Alexandria, Citizen Minister, on
the 21st of May. I was taken by the En
glish frigate La Pique off Alexandria, and
and was carried to Aboukir, where I arriv
ed on tfoe Bth of June, and from which I
set out on the 20th of June. At that peri
od Egypt was in the following situation : —
Gen. Mcnou was at Alexandria, master of
the lake Mareotis. He was encamped at
the heights without the walls of Alexandria
The English ' occupied the peninsula of A
boukir with a part of their army, having
not advanced one step since their landing.
These two bodies reconnoitered each other
without offering an attack. The crews of
the ships of War in the port of Alexandria
formed the garrison of that city and the
forts.
On the 9th of June, the Corvette Heli
opolis, which Gen. Gantheume had dis
patched, entered Alexandria : it was laden
with ammunition, and carried some troops.
It left Gen. Gantheume at anchor 25 leagues
from Alexandria.
Gen. Belliard commanded at Cairo, hav
ing under his command Generals Lagrange,
Robin, Donzelat, Bron, &c. The main
body of his army .was much stronger than
that at Alexandria. Chef de Brigade Du
pas commanded in the citadel of Cairo, and
the General,of Brigade Almeyras at Gizeh.
The English army under the command
of Gen. Hutchinson was at Terranee. The
Capt. Pacha, with the flotilla, was on the
Nile, op.pofite to Merranee, co-operating
with the English army.
The Grand Vizier was at Belbels : he
had advanced, to Cairo ; he had been com
pletely beaten by Gen. Belliard and repuls
ed as far as Salahich. Gen. Belliard had
been slightly wounded in this affair.
The English estimate their loss in the bat
tles of the Bth, 13th, and 21st of March at
5000 men killed. They are much afflicted
with fore eyes.
If Gen. Belliard beats the corps of Eng
lish at Terranee, the English army may find
itfelf in a difficult situation: Chef de Bri
gade Cavalier, who was escorting a convoy
of 600 camels, with 500 men, infantry,
cavalry and artillery, had the misfortune to
be surrounded and taken prisoner between
Alkam and Tarranee. The garrisons of
Damietta and Burlos, forming together 500
or 60% were also made prisoners.
Health and Refpe&.
(Signed) DAURE.
ATTACK ON BOULOGNE.
LONDON, AUG. 7.
Already have the public been apprized of the
failing of Lord Nelson on an expedition to the
coast of France, to att as circumitances /hall re
quire—Our letters from Deal and Dover acquaint
us that his Lord/hip reconnoitered the road of
Boulogne on the morning of the 3d instant in the
Nile armed Lugger. The next day he Bombard
ed the port, which continued during the day. One
vessel threw two hundred bombs. Having thus
convinced the enemy of his power of annoying
them, it was his lordihips intention to make an
,attack on the boats ; but the wind /hitting, the
attack became impracticable without the utmost
danger of getting aground ; and ouf whole fleet
was obliged to haul into deeper water. Lord
Nelson however intends another attack immedi
ately ; but yesterday our fleet flood off, and dis
persed to take in frefh ammunition. A squadron
is left off Boulogne. Several ships and boats were
funk by our (hells ; but little or no damage done
to the town of Boulogne. It was proposed to
bombard it ; but Lord Nelson said he would not
make war on women and children. One of the
pier-heads anti a steeple were a little damaged.
E*traa of a letter frtm an officer on board his.
majefly'sfhip ArethuJa, dated Spithead, August
2, 1801.
On our return from convoying the outward
bound Indiamen to the fonthward of the line, we
fell in with two neutral brigs, who told us that
they had been boarded the day before by a four
mailed French privateer, of 24 guns and 220 men,
and informed us the course (he had fleered. We
instantly made fail in search of a vessel so remark
ably fare of success. Next mornirig at 'lO o'clock,
two fail were seen from rhe mail head ; it being
my watch, I went with a glass to the top-gallant
maft-head, where I plainly saw a /hip to wind
ward in chafe of the before mentioned vessel.
We made the private signal, and found her to be
the Immortalite. At eight we were nearly with
in, gup foot of the chafe, when, finding herfelf so
completely bem'd in, (he struck her colours, and
proved to be the French privateer Invention, of
four malls, 24 guns and 210 men, launched only
fix weeks, and out of Bourdeaux ten days. She
is without exception, the handsomest vessel that
ever swam the sea, 149 feet upon deck, and 27
feet beam : her model is so complete, that Capt.
Wooley has sent drawings of her to the admiralty
She was invented by the captain and is the firfl
of the kind ever launched in France. 7
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LONDON, AUG. 5.
The Gazette of last night Contains an
account of another very gallant action fought
in the Mediterranean between the Speedy
of 14 guns and 54 men, Capt. Cochrane,
and a Spanish xebec frigate, mounting 32
guns, and having pt ) board three hundred
and nineteen men, which was captured by
boarding her.
By Last Evening's Mail.
NASHVILLE, ,UG. 12.
We underhand, that the fourth U. S. regiment
is on its march for this place, and that during the
fumme'r they are to be employed in opening a
road from Nashville, to the Natchez. What
could tend more to the welfare of the wellern
country than thus to conneft our infant wellern
Settlements, and promote our commercial inter
course ? With these marks of attachment to the
interell of the mod remote parts of the U. S. has
commenced the adminillration of Mr. Jefferfon,
and the great advantages which we may expert
front the American union, begin now to be mani
felted.
I “ Firm united let us be,
Rallying round our liberty.,
As a band of brothers join'd,.
Peace and fafety we jhall find."/
Baltimore, sept. io.
Yesterday the in-famous Chrillopher Williams,
was arretted by the Marlhall of this diflrift on a
charge of privateering under Britifo colours a
gainst the American commerce. After an exam
ination before judge Chace, he was ordered to
give bail for his appearance before the Circuit
court in the sum of 2000 dollars—not being able
to obtain securities, he was committed to jail.
BRITISH DEPREDATION.
Humbly submitted to the consideration of the
“ Band of Brothers."
[From a Norfolk paper of Sept. IQ
A British privateer is on the coast. She has
captured a schooner belonging to R,dlcy and Bird
in New-Castle, Delaware. The schooner was
from Cape Francois, and twd French passengers
on board, who had with them 4000 dollars. The
capture was made in eighteen fathoms water off
our Capes. The vessel, dollars, Captain and pas
sengers, were sent off for adjudication ; but the
mate and crew were put on board some vessel;
and landed here on funday last. They are now
gone to Baltimore.
Extract of a letter from a well informed gentle
man, dated London, fuly 3.
" The law refpefting prize courts in the Weft-
Indies and Halifax having passed no further diffi
culties now stand in the way oj the promised re
form, which will, I have reason to hope, be carri
ed into execution without delay."
NEW-YORK, SEPT. Ig.
Capt. Johnson, who arrived at this port yeher
day in the brig Fox, informs us, that he left St.
Maloes on the Bth August, at which time, above
too gun boats, two cutter brigs, and two 44 gun
frigates, completely manned and victualled, were
waiting at St. Maloes to be employed on the pro
jected expedition. It was reported there, that 4
Admiral Gautheume bad captured one English 74;
and a fleet of about so merchant vessels with (tores
defined for the British army in Egypt ; and that
he hadTucceeded in landing troops at a Ihort dis
tance from Alexandria.
Cbe BepubUcan Ledger.
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Portsmouth, September 22, 1801#'
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Many of the late office holders, speculators, &e
- inceffantiy railing against the present Secreta
ry of the Treasury. This conduct, in them, is
not unaccountable. It would be truely forpriz
ing to hear thieves and incendiaries applauding
the faithfulnefs and vigilance of centinels or
watchmen, who preserved from their depreda
tions, treafores to which they had once an easy
access.,
From the AURORA.
TO THE EDITOR.\
SIR,
The enclosed article was prepared for the Gazette
of the United States, in an ( wer to a challenge which
appeared in that paper on the 9th infl. refpectmg
public defaulters —/ waited at the office of that pa
per to deliver it—The anting Editor, informed me,
he did not feel himJelf fufifiable to publish it, with
out the consent of Mr. Wayne, who wss absent at
Washington, as " it contained fame heavy charges.™
The early insertion of it in the Aurora, will, Ipre
fume, serve the public and oblige yours,
\ A. CAMPBELL.
Friday, Sept. 11, ißot.
MR. WAYNE,
In your paper of yederday you call on Mr. Gal
latin, Mr. Israel, and Mr. Duane, to produce
proofs of the “ defalcations of certain public offi
cers." You affeCt to disbelieve* the truth of the
charges bro't against them, and of the flatements
bf their accounts, as published in the Aurora,
though they are not denied to be true extrafts
from the “ Treasury Books."—The books from >
which the accounts were taken, are not, nor eveft
were " in the hands of Monsieur Gallatin, the Ge
nevan," nor “ under the direction of Mr. fefer
fon, the Patriot, and Philofopber," they were
ConJumed byfire; and it appears by tte report of
the accounting officers of the Treasury of the U
nited States, that not a vestige of them remains.
—As one ot the principals concerned in exposing
the {defalcations, and maTappropriatirms of the
former public agents, which neither brills of
fered nor threats uttered could compel me to
conceal, I solemnly pledge myfelf to the people
of the United States, if permitted by Mr. Galla
tin, Secretary of the Treasury, to have access to
the office of Jefeph Novrje, Efqnire, Register of
the Treasury, to furnifo the most incontroverti
ble proofs of the defalcations in the accounts of
Timothy Pickering, late Secretary of State for the
United States—and of Jonathan Dayton, now a
Senator in Congress, end of many others in the
service of the late admiriillration, whose names
have not yet been made publicly known. In
such case, if I do not at the next meeting of Con
gress, furnifh them with complete evidences of +
the fatts—then 1 will consent to incur any pun
i/hment or shame that can possibly be inflicted.
With you, I agree, that it is time the culprits
were arraigned at the bar of public jnflice; but
it does not follow, as they are not yet brought to
account, that Mr. Gallatin and Mr. Jefferfon are
equally criminal. The well known lenient dis-
Dofitions of those gentlemen; , would prevent them
from pursuing steps of a rigorous nature, though
jullice demands it , but the persons uho gave the