The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-12-10

YetterGay Court Of Common Council Was
held at Guildhall, for the pul pofe ot confder-
ing of an addreis to The king ons the late naval
viciory prefent, the Lord Mayor, eight Alder
men, and a great number Of Conmoncrs.
His lordihP, on the opening Of the Court,
called the attention Of the members 10 letter
he had received from the victorious admiral
Lord Mellon, and fword, which his lordhip
preitnted 10 the Court, and the letter was read.
As follows -
Yasgaard, Moutd sft1c Nix. 6gg. s.
"MY LORD,
" Having The honor of being Freeman of
The city Of London, | take the liberty Of Tending
to your lordihip the fword Of the commanding
French admiral (MonE Banquet who furvived
after the battle Of the nj, off the Nile and
rcqueR that the city of London VIII honor me
by the acceptance of il, as a remembrance thar
Britannia aili rules the waves which that fhe
may iorever do, is tie fervant prayer Of your
lordihips mott obedient iervanr,
HORATIO NELSON.''
TIE RiyJt Hon. tb.
Lsrd bGayoy # Lendoa.
The Court, previous 70 its breaking up, vo-
ted 5ooI. 10 tie lubfetiPtion 1t Lloyd's for the
vi1ows and orphans Of thofe who fell III the
battle of he Mic.
The fubfcriptions at Lloyd's for the benefit
Of the widows, and orphans Of the Brave men
who fell in the late glorious aaion, already a.
mount TO upwards IF I7,oool. Subscriptions
have aGo been opened in NOT Of the principal
towns in England, for the fame patriotic and
benevolent cbjed.
It's fid that the packet Intercepted ~ lord
Nellon's fi-et, With difPatches fromBnonapart-'s
army and he French fee, to France, amoRgR
Others contained letter from admiral Brusys
to the Mnaer OF Marine at Paris, in which he
defcribes The petition be had taken with his feet.
and the diipofitions be had made. tn the con-
conclufon Of his letter he fiys, "that he con-
Elders his ituaa2n 70 impregnable thar, IL the
whole navy Of England were TO come to the
attack, they could make no imPfelhon on his
line."
ItapPears, by private letters from ConAanti-
Hople, as well as other places ii the L=vant,
that BuouaParte is obliged TO intrsnch himfelf
in all the pots he occupies in Egypt that
when bis folders leave the camP,they are agsult-
cd and nlaGacred; and in different places Of the
Tui kilh empire, the mob has been with grear
difficulty prevented from aGailing the French
and taht, previous to meaiures Of prccaution
being taken, three or four Frenchmsa were
aaadinated q, CopltantiAoPle.
The manifelarion Of the public foy il co-f-.
quence Of ADMIRAL Ncllcn's glorious viaurv.
great and unbnunded as ID has been, 4, ina rr-
qu2te TO express the heartfelt emotions univer.
fsly occaioned BY rhsr brilliant eyent
The attack Of our feet was the rnoa maasrly
il Is polIible 70 conceive. The French lhpE
were drawn up i'll 4 clofe line of blte, Nth
chain Of batteries agaiuR our lhps-Th=y hid
moreover batteries on ihore, and quo boats
to protect their TANKS. Thus iormidably
pohed, il fsemed diclihlt TO force them and
there Is not 4 doubt but The advantage from
the petition would have deferred a Z az
any other nation from hazarjing an attack
but they knew net The cnisfpriiing ip;rrt of
The Brtih admital, or the und ,un.ed cour age
Of his officers ard mel. Mellon made the
fgnal for his feet, a. they LED ID, To get be-.
twesn the French line and the ihole was
in performing this fervice that the Caliodsn.
our van flip, grounded Notifying as his
eircumtsnce mutt have been to The ga1 anxr
captain Troubridge, At luch cfifs, The ab-
fence Of the flip was happily Of 10 material
disadvantage 70 the general reliit OF the ac-
ton, though had fac had her flare Of it,
commanded as The is, it is probable that every
one Of The French fhips would have been Ia
ken or burnt.
Of the duration Of the adion different
accounts have been received. Ii appears,
however, according 10 ihe moa corred Gate.
mens, that il LATED nineteen hours.
BY the mancuvre of getting between the
French ihiPs and the lhore, The Brtiih came
upon that tide on which The French were the
lear prepared for %aclioH, ard thus a very
material advantage was in tie isst inaance
gained.
Admiral Nelfsn's hsst had to pas The en-
emy's gun boats and battery Of guns and
rlortars on al i1and in The van, as'well as to
furl their fails before they fred fhct.