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Iltutts, sustained by a rrigate and a cos►alts,
panted agaiust those of the enemy, swigs( to
in the number and the foticeot their ships.
-The action commenced ut nhiF `o'citick is the
teeruilig. The fire was contitiptill• and yely
vriug many hours. We had opting us, four Eng-
' frigares, two'brigs, nod 14 gtui-bouu. Au Eug.,
frigate has bees' much daunted; lout as a
tousiderable reiuforcement arrived, ours retui,
without having sutii•red any great loss, At
satire time, thirty of our guii-!ioats,. which

been statioued fur suave time at Gaeta, lied
teceifed ordeal to go to Naples, cud
'‘ogli the cawl which te ovate* the two islands

Prucida and Ischia. The dangers of this rkettge
tinpeareil extreme; they. triumphed o.er them with
ninite skill. Our flotilla passe.6 on the '26tli,
iii4ll the whole of that of the enemy, and &trivet!
Inc ,Mice of rendezvous, at the break of diryi 'The
94,..rs commenced at the monieut ; the Island of
,e to wila already in the hoods of the runny ;
iros mired upon by 111111, 011110ut
a lOms. This occident deprived ook flotilla
ate protection of the laid Liatterieo of
, the tire of which cremes that of the
.ter es of Meliscola, at Cope Mittena when
11111-klis.' forces, cure of not bens; attairked
kind, all united aguittat our fleet, wliich was no
iger protected, except by the small Lottery of
lascol‘. The action trnnnirnred at dirp.lirerek,

eclorki Under eon cu-

inituittes. has the Neapolitan Marine to fully
4tiitiheil the reputation which it has ewer held in
einua MO 011 of with,l nieo. The rtbultw, %Inch
eVIICIfiII the h nn,nr of the tuition, are thube of

courage with which it has fought; cecord-
_ to this report, .our gluey could tint be
greater ; 1411 English brig was hisr.it by the Itattery
of Nlelnicula, which was by the brave
Captain Orsini ; out of their tams-hosts web suck.
Itaile had only 0,.e ITIIIII killed, and a few
wounded) but our gun-boats route have
',evil sank alongside the enemy's ships, others have
been driven oa shore, but we hope to be able to get
them otf. Several have returned to port.
lit .sp.te of thts imposing spertscle •Of war; of
which all the town W 4.11 witness--sisi spite of the
fright of some timid people—sod in
.spite of the
secret hopes of some guilty wen, who aritimown-c.
copital vin never more tranquil thou it is at
this inouseal, iu shieb the enemy displays to Mir
view his menacing forces, iii order to disttrb the
peace wh;eli reigns aitrotigst te4. This internal
Peover which we enjoy, n uo mg pre n.ipally to do.
didence which the people *to the perous of
:r 'lhe corpis of volunteers, which are
nut ...lowly whin the enemy was distaut from
as, Incr. awed inciew upon Isis approach.
Intelligence-' front. the protimpts is equally pleasant ;
every *lone tiatiquillity reigns; end the incendiary
talk which the A Ugin•Srt.:lll4ll itly has
tbiown almost ores/ where 11 Our 1.111.11t5, scou
• tiie present to have no triAtecettect than teat of
lying roan.' the throne all the peupie of the
()it the Inth, the frigate and the corvette, which
:twinned, with so inctcli iilary, the attacks of the
enemy, listing retired, suer the bottle, nutlet the
petitectim, of the batterres of Postiouli add Baja,
serrounicil att all sides by the English 'crawls.
ey would have had inurir.ditficislty iu saving them-
iii that position. ills Itlitjesty, therefurei
gtve ordeal t these two vessels to elfectlheir re-
treat to 'Naples, the tirs: wind, at all

M. Baugan„ Captain of the frigate, and NI: Ca-
rafts, Captain of the corvette, had scarcely re-
ceived thus order, thou they took measures for
executing it ; they set sail, and by skiiful and
slariug maucettsres, deceived the vigilas:ce of the
eiteniy, passed thrott4l% the English sscpuidrott, and
made on, directing their course Co. Naples. The
corvette wlei.h was the beat sailer, preceded the
'ggatc, which followed more slowly. Quickly
these two ships were pursued and overtaken by
English frigate, a corvette, eighteen gun-boats
varrying st4-poottilers, two galhOts, mod a very
numerous Ileet of maall vessels. All this arms-
smut was direvti.sl against two vessels miry, which,
damages' nn the long combat they hurl sustained
two th before, manoeuvred with souse sliffi-
eulty. At four o'clock its the afternoon the
amino commeoced ott Point Pnsilipn, and in pre-
,nee of the whole town of Naples. The ens m%'s
vs maned from all parts with horrible fury a
vsslsmio 'lame,
hkr. frigate and corvette slowly pursued their
Ise towarrls Naples,/ lighting with skilfulness ;sad
This ti, ht, maintained in the sight °fan
gneissic people, interested the nominal feeling.
Thus circumstanced, the wisal all sit wire fasted.
English approached neater and imam, and
assailing us with a lively aritrendeuvotired Is, board
them, and force them to rotrunder. Neill efforts !
The Neapolitans fought precisely in the saute
place. where, ten yea's before, English perfidy in.
humatily sacrificed the brave Canieciolo.
They fought under the orders of -.nine of die
best of his *leery, and under the eyes of a iscople,
who, gathered together from all parts, seemed ity
their to
,redouble their force ased their cum-
rag's.. They, above all, fought tinder the Eyes of
beloved King, who, always the first in the middle
&lager, was already upon the batteries of the
Castle of Ocuf, awl ptepured to protert their re-