Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-04-07

owing TO the peculiar facility which the enemy's
boats derive from their coniruaion TO run aihere,
and the protection OF 1000 mi tary, With ID e1s
field pieces, who were drawn up on the Isnd' oG
place. i. was inIpolliole to pnlh TIE advantage any
f4r,hSr, although iailors advanced 70 rrars
that one Of the en-my's thot lodged IN th- qa'trs
of the Arabs boat. This 4efion happened off ca
las. The gun boats in Houlogne haibor amount
to upwards of 600 They are uniformly dei,ra
! bed as o!noR ffat-botomed, and drawing 70 stis
water, thar they run slno 10 with the N re- shssc
the boats ct our navy can aot politely reach h:
! Bopaparte is ftated to have been fedui ouAy ems
ployed in endeavors to promote, through the inter-
ference Of Prufiz, cloie alliance w,h Autrias
and 10 unite thofe TWO powers with Z, ance IA hof-
Titles agair{i Great Brdaia, Ruff, aud Tukeys
The latter power be iac,aiei in the war, with =
view 20 pay AuariA for her concurrence ia t.
From the koowo and proved integrity OF Auara,
we are warranted in anticipating the failure Of tie
proiea
:, The French AmbaGadcr az Copenhagen, lately
made renewed demands of that Cabinet, refpeti-
ing the thn,singvof the SQUAD agx;na Birth vel.
(sls, accompanied by threat. that If tie DAnsA
government declined doing 70. Ffance would a.
fn:ne to ',e. sef The esecagisn OF the meaiure. A
;coc,ies was immediately diipatshs ITO Pete bargh,
land the Amo&hador was informed, that Ella Dan.
|ih NJ. jeay could not acceds
Nothing further Occurred vefrrdav on he f1b.
iees Of he reported fliiing of the Toulou feet
Letter, from PIyno:s,s, Ireak in confideo TENS
lot IT'S .ving eu led the vigilance Of Lord N-iJa,
and that ais Lorcihr. while in early ch re OF it,
had iaen home, communicating the eveat. We
|cannot however col!ete any certain information on
he iuhsss, and We sre told that government is
nearly n the fame predici'nsnt.
Yeaerday the Dublin mail of WednefJay reach
led town. Ger accounts from Ireland rep, ef.ns
shat country to be quies, and exprefs much hope
that it viii coatnue 70. We have too equenliy
|ezpreded oeioion OF the tenure BY whish tran-
qaiity is held, To render at prefent neeedary
than FAY, we heartily participate in the whes Of
our correspondents.
The fyaem of fortiEcat;on is extending very
generally IN Ireland. at Baotry, numerous works
nave been recently ordered, for the speclsr CON.
pietion of which, detachmens " sssn feas fren
zach Of the regiments ia that and The ue3hooring
iiasiets.
A letter from Fermoy, ID the county Of Cork,
mentions the arrea of one o.. the mvrdegers Of the
ate Lord Klwarten, who had been ie0t under .
proper eicort to Dubhn.
1t is fad, that 10 the late Sitting Of the French
Couneii Of State, 8onapatse, after announcing
that the Government would be as terrible agana
It's internal as external enemies, demanded that an
! extraordinary Committee fheuld be appointed IN
the befom Of the Council # State, for The pui poGe
OF deyiing new tneafnres againa the Concrpts
who had deferred, and aga'na rhsir relations, asi
the Commures who gave them an atylum. He
propofed slfa hat the Committee houid occupy
isieif with yitem Of general fuperinrendeass. ia
4 IL ltty
prefnt war. He minated al the Zane time that
it was intended to confer on bin who was 20 have
THE command in Paris during his abfence, ipecies
| of didasorial Authority, which wculi give more
Activity to military power, and place under the
coniroul Of the Commanded, ttof- administrative
and judiciary details which the Contribution had
annexed to the civil auth ,fities ARD tIibunils.-
This fpeech was received with the MOI profound
flence. The Councillors of State proceeded I'M.
mediasely to the appointment Of the Extraordinary
Committee.
| FEB. 70.
/ All the intelligence from France prove. The OK.
Itreme reluctance ihewn by the ccnicrp.s to engage
10 the war.--Oot Of IS conierpts, forming lie
6rf detachment Of the Department of Mc.elle, IA+
dc(erted and OF 400 of the fccond detachners
only 66 arrived at the depot.-AnorgG be def
potic means adopted to prevent fuch lefertlons
the relatives and children of the offenders are
dragged TO prfon, and fne is inpofcd upon the
family 10 the amount of geo Lives. 1t i further
afsrtsd that every con;cripts to be thot who hall
be found 10 the late infurgens dspart ments, or
| his way to them and they are 10 be condemned
on tumuary trial before a military commdior.
LONDON, PeB. I6
| A letter from Bremen, deed Feb. /, Gays g.
curious diplomatic or confuiar difpote has