Jenks' Portland gazette. and Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1803, 1803-09-26
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LONDON. hTC- o.
Trcm Havre.d 6rsc., fsy letters, 10000 men
on board Pee, ccHtiiting o. Gun boa and other
S-asls OF v2ri Us denornio Iion, wiil fail in I'll
-sGi9a a. nearly a polible, for he S-aex co1a.
They are u land, If poIi * Gear Brighton
From Bonlogne. Gains, Donkitk, Oasnd and
Holland, The fsveral Il ulss are 10 proceed 70 The
oppcfre docs, without mskia8 any jondion dur
Ing lie p4iTsge nor sie Ihey - % X ary Al
temYt % sEia each oiher, ia f- Of Al attatk b.
fhe Birth fleet, but 90 pEooeed dire6ly for tie
TnEfh coat.
Ne srefo,e learn, BY tbcfe difpatches The rev
.rs 70 nts where Il IS ProPfei landing ihill
tai. acc, cad which lcem 10 DC confined % Sni-
lex, Ttni auJ Eaex such 0. the armies
fortrnIte enough 10 pet footing on tie Ea2hih
fo,es are u make jnndion With every po'Itb!e
dlparch, and Afterwards hght th-ir way e he Dri
iih metropolis.
l. is ikewila poitvely afertei. hat BonaParte
viii command the iuvadi0g armies 10 PeTion, and
that he hSrh not yet arranged his taft. uor ap-
po;oted tie Generals who are u aa under him.
IL Is, however, Believed, that General V4nj me
vi have diaingu,(hsI comm nj ia the enter~
prize, an1 Ill in the Fame digiG IN with The Pie
.ner Coarnl
"P S.--You may be ALFRED the whole If thefe
divifons vii f4il hen the evenings ineteaie in
length, and tie nights dark"
A letter from Boulogne, "a July z8, Ratss
We have heard Of your PraPArat oqs 10 Eagimd
10 sscsive u,--get on as fsa as poaiole, or you
yiil be ZOO lac. The sler,ues Of our people EN-
poysd il the fevsral yards, along The coat, never
bad parallel I reckon 1880 fhP-earpenters,
and their neceTtry afiGanrs, laboFe-s, &c. EN-
poyed here. and ct Calais, Dunkk and Offend,
befdes ,hoe az work on the boats preparing Al
Biuges, Ghent and Antwerp.
Al Baulogre, we have SO gun boats ready,
each carrying three heavy pieces OF ordnance, two
before ar5 one aft befdesG52 OF what we're called
s,t boitoraed boats, bat they are generally
rounded below am ksee1. In three weeks time
VIZ expcfr 10 have many more in ] tate Of Pc: fett
.eadinrrs.
"At Calais. f.veral cfthe floating batteries thar
cppos~5 Lord Ns.i7u, when he attacked Boniogne,
are now fitting Up, and about = boats, haI Will
cary 80 men each.
AT Dank'rk, aud the adjacent Canals there
are II Gun hoats ready, with remarkable heavy
ord nta {, and NOT lzfs than 40 boa's for carry
iue men. They coun, prcn beng able 70 feed
400 Of thee v.isls (greis and smaI p iea u les
than three weeks.
OsrEND The gun boats, q 'ating batteries,
anJ veGes for carrying diers, 'hat are now,
.od will be. compl,ted during the p,tent mon ,,
amount to 81.
"w g.-lhey work here DUNG the whole Of
the moon Il h nights.
- canhor at prcfent, exactly af:ettain what
1un1bef Of men are employed At Btu3es ard
Client but they ars extre 7ely nurnerous.-'0lch
Is ID. cafe a Antwerp Pc A4Ps, il > few days
ihaI be a5ie 10 inform yon with pfs11on as %
the number and quantity If the Veaeis already
coInoleteI. and 20 v bpilding, at r4efe places.
!. 10 Holland, 7 under.anG, they curle q (the
Nencbl e. I-cr-t, from their very fouls !; bur that
!. Of no corfeq leoce -T'hsY Inuit faP1ly us,with
veifes fafH.ent 10 tranfpnrt 10000 nlen TO Eng
lin5. ar they knew the contq1encc.
;, You vii &c invaded II four quarters ~
heard 10 hvs. Havs you fleet e meet The whole
al f.a? If nor, you mu1 Sight hard on hors' or
!, viii .SortIy be ali Up with Old EogIacd Look
- valr dollars four correfPondenr, we fuPPote,
r,.ant ouineas J. Certainly this is one Of the not
inn lsSns srss in the hiHo' Of man. How i will
terminate, Heaven alone can TELL
Alden, NY worthy friend, fer lh'll always
cali you n, aitho' you unfortunately an Eng
Iihman."
By tho late accounts. from France. j appears,
,here are now a. S. MAloes, and other porrs, 1000
laroe far botiomed boats. OF large diElenhons,
defined for The invafion Of this county They
,ow IS oars each, are very lighr, capable OF hold
;ng great number Of tfouPs, and Of az eaiy
;3raught OF wale.s.