The monitor, or, Delaware Federalist. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1801-1802, 1801-11-16

j.
racket ne only article Of moment
announced by this convey ance; is that a
~ Brltiih hip OF the line, il is iad he War.
nor, is to be itationed at 0porto. This
arrangement confirms the statement that
ss1our commercial intercourfe with Portus
gal has not been interrupted bv the con-
ditions recently impofed on that Kingdom
by France and Spain.
Admiral Poles fquadron, competing
the st: George, Dreadnought, Families;
q Powerful, Jealous, and Vanguard, we're
sewell off L.iibon, on the 9th ult.
- The outward bound Mediterranean
Heet after having cleared the channel, has
been driven back to Torbay by ftrong
weferly wind.
Lord Mellon on Friday evening conti-
nued in the Downs. His lordihip has
during the laie week, been joined BY two
more bomb-velfels, and feyeral gun briggs,
which have been equipped in the Fled-
way for the purpofe with great difpatch.
Independent of the vefiels off Boulogne
and the Flemifh coat, his lordfhip. has
under his command in the Downs the
Amazon, Alkmaer, Leyden, York, lis,
and Anton; Eugene, Garnet, Diligence,
and Gier, Hoops, Zebra, Vefuyius, Vol
eano, Terror, and Difcovery, bombs;
Nancy, and Vietoire, neutrality-suspicious.
per, Bold, Defender, Mink, Fereter,
Eelipfe, Tygrefs, Bruiier, and Snipe,
gun-bfigs, with fome hired cutters.
The enemy have brought down and
mounted 200 pieces of cannon to protect
their anchorage at Boulogne, yet difident
in their fecurity in the event of another
attack; they have conlruaed floating
bombs to prevent the apgroach of our vef-
fels.
In the late attack, the principal lofts
by our people was from the ene-
my's muketry, they fired from the lhore
in platoons, at diltance in mott cafes
not exceeding forty yards. In fact our
brave tars got 70 clofe to the enemy that
amongf all the wounded landed at Deal
there was but one ball to extract the others
having gone through.---The torrents of
lhot that fell on this location almolt ex-
ceeded credibility. ---A midlhipman
killed in ope of cur boats, very fine
Young man, named Gore, had FIVE
balls through him, three of which paHed
through his head mott of the oars were
Cplintercd, and in capt. Parker's boat 27
put of 80 men were wounded. A man be-
longing to theLy den fucceeded in looGng
the foretopfail of brig, but in coming
down was killed, and became 70 entang-
led in the netting, that every attempt by
- rs~rl- % sut him out on their retreat
was Intellectual, with this exception, howe-
YER, they brought off their dead.
Amsngtt the wounded taken to the hoc-
pital at Deal, was man who LOFT the en-
tire Of his face from his eyebrows to his
lnder jaw, the ball or fplinter having car
led away his eyes, nofe and checks
lie however lived for four days in this con-
litien, in perfect pofIeffion Of his fenfes
IN entering the hofpital he took off his
hoes, walhed his hands, and tied his own
leck-cloth, and in writing on the fubieet
# his misfortune, he alone regretted that
lie ihould not live to fee the fueceis of the Z
Letters have been received from Smyrna by
n Opucnt Greek banking houfe at Vienna,
lating, that general Meneu had informed &c.
eral Hutehinlon that he would furrender the
slbor aud fortrefs of Alexandra to thssAn-
10 Turkih forces, if, in the cou,ie 81 FIX
weeks he received no luccous from France.
According to the reports Of fome d,lerters
rom Menou's diviGon, they were in extreme
7ant of water, and various necrGaries, bur par
icularly medicines for the 6ek. Meuou i, fad
o have received limited fupply of the arti.
les Of which he is moR dealiute of, until the
expiration Of that period. This propofd ge.
eral Hutchinlon rejeded, fgnifying to the
French commander, That he wsuld graft
no longer than ten days to fursnder A
-x audria, on the fame terms given to the
'rsuch at Cairo but that afterwards he mu&
urrender at aiicrstion
Should Meneu refufe to furreDder on the
rrms propofed to him, it 10 INTENDED to carry
Alexandria by form.