Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1799-08-12
BY THE LAST Mail.
NEwyoRK, AUG. s.
Commercially Important.

iliN Ocean. Capt. Parker, ON Rotterdam, be.
longing 10 Mefrs. Hiegenfon & PArfops, OF
Bottom alto brig of rs guns from the fame
part VIA oh had been taken by Ffeach priva-
zee, AID afterwards relealed. Thief. vehels
were claimed by tie American Minilter as NOT
benz involved in The conf queuces ola block
ade. having been in Rotterdam befo'e it took
place but tits APPLICATION was not likely to prove
luccefsul.
"Cpt Barrett, in hip belonging to Bof
ton. and many Others from different ports in
the United States, taken for violating the block
ade of the rex1l. were alto carried into Eng
hni, and, upon oms principles hateyy sgn5lgHsd,
, il is fuppofed will be condemned"
Monneror, the Ex-Direetor of the French
Bank, has been a Quilted of fraudulent bank
suptcy, by he criminal tribunal.
BOSTON, AUG. 7.
On the 4th inn. arrived at Bolton, the brig
Alert, IS guns, Capt Rich, 81 days from Glib
ralter-The verbal news by the Alert is That
the French fugitive feet had efeaped into T'ou
Ion, excepting the Cen(eur oc "a guns,
which we before learnt, had fuffered damage
and put into Cadz to repair and that Lord Sr.
vincents feet held them there, in durarce-
That his Lcrdfhp had been reinforced by
fquadron of Lord Bridport's feet, conhlsing OF
fourteen Gail of the line, commanded by Admiral
Sir Allan Gardner :-That the Spanilh arma-
msnt, under Don Ma0erado, lad gained
C1rthagena, after experiencing fearful triG hts,
dilmaines and damage, in gale of wind -
where at the la(f date twelve of them were
pronounced fea worthy-though it appears The
whole was not deemed attention worthy by the
Britilh as Gsrdner's fquadron pah-d the
Spanfh coat without de'gning TO look at them,
and proceeded direa FIR the Heres.
! Capt. Rich left Alcant 10th, and Gibralter
aoh June. In the ST. Fights, Opt. Ri.h iell
IN with two French P,ivateers, ore of Q guns,
and one of s. "A calm fucceeded, the rif tes,
had an opportunity, by The number of their
oars, Of efeeing that viii. hey could nor
have done with their fails--they approached
Capt Rch's brig. They had Moori1l colors
hoilted. On heir drawing near, Capt. Rish
ordered the Stars ard Stripes TO be exhibited,
and gun fired. The pirates Immediately
Aruck the counterfeit. colors, and fpread the
,riRriped badge of plurder, and the crimfon
infgna of murder. The engagement foon
after commenced ard lated from before 10
j
she Privsteers pafed over Capt. Rieh's veGel,
doing tide or TO damage; while on the other
hand, his big being well armed, and manred,
more elevated, and in a good cauie, it is pr oba-
Die that the Frenchmen fuaaia ed conGde able
iiury-tbsir retreat, in faa,is proof. The C ew
Of Capt. Rich's brig, behaved in brave and
very active name, IN the aaion and are high
ly appl4udei by him.
Capt Drummond, arrived on Tuefday,
ipoke, July zsth off Halifax, the Bottom and
Cleopatra Britfh frieates, who the night pre-
vious had left Halifax THE officers who
came on board the Polly, informed Capt. ID.
that the whole quad:on on the American
faiion, had been ordered our to intercept
French Friga,e from france, which it was faid
had Commit ners on board bound to the u.
States and that they were to cruize off the
capital ptr,s Of the United States in quet of
her. .,,e s ,t.,t.f-
sor' hca ca -. -- 1ts tis.a tre ~ 20
The Uailfd Sfafrs, Of A guns, Commodore
Barry, ha pnt into Norfolk, to lhip a new bow
,fpri,. Tie United States landed So artillerias
at Charlefon, to garrf Fort M ulirie. 81.
: The Norfolk and Pickering United States
'brigs, were expected on the Surrinam Hation,
where. the PortGuostb has cleared the coat of
French pcaroons. .f.ls
81 dsif~ y n.a"
's'T rhe Light Houfe, at Charlelton, s. G.. was
sdelroyed by fire, the zIa July -..s.
s.sf, ss3 80 so $3.50 = s7 ets
g The Englih have inithe Mediterranean un.
der the command Of Earl ST. Vncents, TWEEN
one ihips Of the line, under Lord Ne fon,' and
Sir S. Smith, fifteen, and -under Admiral
GidQer fourteen, Making in The aggregate
fifty hips of The line. Theie are. fufficient to
contend againa the lSulking .Navies of. France
and Spain, while The Pouusuefc, RufliaE and
/. Turk III Gets may be employed in. executing in
f,fety thofe expeditions which have been com
+ menced or contemplated -.
The Editor of the lying Aurora, has been ar