The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-11-19
REVIEW OF NEWS,
ABROAD.

THE. complete deitructlon OF Bus nd
naparte's armament, as contained M Vhn
official accounts, is placed beyond The Primo
appearance of doubt. The vaf i'm. 400
portance Of this event is obvious 10 sTol
every perlon Of common reflection IN
1t may be conhdered as fnihingl Gait
blow to the French naval force which nsn,
mutt expoGe, and finally defroy th.l 4 E
remaining commerce of the terrible re. I'd
public. American5 cannot too much N.
rejoice in an event Of fuch great con- \
lequence as the deltru6tion Of the only IN,
marine that molelS the g free charterl nsn
Of trade" and the world cannot too r,r
much admire and applaud thar PEREZ ,er
vering activity and enterprise Of the 4
Britiih naval commanders for their in. ~
terelting viaOries.-That Buonaparte -
and his hof are overwhelmed in the i
land Of Egypt, is conidered as certain; NJ
tho not officially corroborated. 1t ap- "a
pears, however, in a great mealure IN
confirmed by the following letter from
Mr., HARDWOOD, agent for the Britih
packet at Cuxhaven, TO one of the
Pol-ofhces, dated Sept..co: +" have Ef:c
the fatiSfa6ion to inform you, from the I'm
mott authentic information, that the ldo
army under General BuonaParte, haslth
been attacked by an immenfe body ofuc
Arabs, who have killed 5000 men, and lint
taken 1000 priloners. | have not the lde
good fortune to be able to give further lou
particulars of this important event, but ID
hope that the truth Of the whole VIII lEi
amply compenGate for it," Thus then IA
terminates this )tcret expedition, which 10
has 70 long excited the attention Of the lr
world. And here let us date the era nl
when It was relcued from the ravages IN
and pilIage Of horde Of fanguinary IN
t-throats.-HoRilitieS have nos vet III
recommended on the continent of Eu1l-
rope but it is probable The late im-s IL
portant events will decide them 10
The change in politics Of ne Turhh Il
Porte and their hottie dilpotit;ons to
the French, will lhut the door TO their Z
intrige in that quarter and the en-
Peror may prove an active enemy In
Spaniih politics are extremely tickle. !
1t is uncertain what policy he will a. :
dept. Whether to continue her pre-
fcnt connection or Join a new coalition
to oppole the prcgrefs Of iacobinifm,
is now the queltion.--The Portugueie
are iaid to be again treating with the
French Directory. Their weakness
renders them fubfervient TO the frong1 L
Ell party. Tulcany is bufy in prevent
ling the .lrodu6ion Of French habits
-Difurbances are apparent in Poland.
1t is poii5le The may make one more
attempt to gain her national fovereign-
ty.-The SwifS dilpiay symptoms Of
unoaGnels under French tyranny
The proceedings Of Buonaparte in
Egypt, have been communicated to the
council Of 500 in meiIage from the
executive directory which meGage
attempts ratification Of the under
taking, and details many fare grieVanceS
which the immaculate republic have ex-
perienced in that quarter. This curl
Gus paper is in modern democratic
ltile, and paints the Perurcd nation as
the ayenger Of grievances, and promo
ter Of virtue.-The lat London ac-
counts alert, that the Brett feet, cons
poled Of fhiPs Of the line, and frig-
ates, had flipt out Of Brett waters and
put to fea fupPofed to be defined for
Ireland the Britilh feet under adrni-
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