Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-07-09
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IaptaLn fOnkinS ct the schOoner ftaTs
net, left Galadaloupe 2osh June. On the
,2ist he fell 10 with his Britannia maj esty's
sloop ofwar King6shcr, captains Crib, of
Is cams, who informed captain, 1omkins
that on the t7tlr he saw the combined,
French ard Spanisin fleets to she nofthwards
of all the islands, steering N. East anG,
that, onthe l9.h he saw Admiral. Nelson,:
with twelve sail Of the line in pursuit of
them. He also stated thar. the day after.
the combined aeetss passed sAntigaas Cat
which time they did not call they overlook
Is sail OF homswara bound nserchaatmea,
esndsr eoasoy of a frisa,e anda slaep OF
aar the whole of the trade was captured
aud ordetedsto Martinique, ,onders,he pro.;
section ofatrigase.
A few days afterwards ehey were disco
vered by the King6sherx and an English
frigate; upon which the commander of,
the French vessel set fire to all. the mer-
chant ships, and made his escape. caps.
Z. further informs, that, as the French
passed Gdadaroupe, they took on beard
about 500. troops under the command OF
gen. Otr; days afterwards friSates re-.
turned with the same troops, and landed
them on the, Nefthside Of the island, The
two ships of the line heretofore said so,have
arrived at Guadaloupe, were from; Roche
fort and not from Brest: they joined' the
Aecss which then consisted Of 20 sail of
the line, besides ftigates and corvettes-
Fhe French did not touch at Dominica as
heretofore stated. ~ ~.
/. The embargo in the British Islands had
been taken off Immediately on the arrival
.ofthe British feet, so,far asrespeeted rea-
trails. -.
= BY captain Hopkins, of the schooner Fa.
thar and Sons, we have received an Anti->
qua paper of the 18th ult. from which we
extract the following article, which places
the arrival of Nelson beyond doubt, and
confirms tbs above report BY capt, Fom-.
kinss
Saint Toins (Anhgua) June 8.
On Wednesday last we had the pleasure
Of seeing the feet under the command Of.
vice admiral lord Nelson, consisting Of IL
ships of the line, 4 frigates, 2 sloops of
war and brig anchor in the road of St.
John, from whence his lordship sailed the
next day about noon, in search of the
Frenchaeet.
We understand his lordship, in conse-
quence of information he received, sailed
from Barbados to Grenada, which, in all
probability, prevented his coming up with
the French feet before they passed this
island. His iordship did not come on
shore; declaring, as we are told, that he
.haduoe been out Of the. Victory for two
years. 60
Before bis lordship sailed, the. Nettly
schooner, under whose convoy the feet
from this island had sailed on Friday pre-
ccdiag, came in, with the very unpleasant
intelligence that all the vessels had been
taken, as wehad indeed but too much rea-
son TO apprehend from the time the French
feet passed by this island. The vessels
from this island were fouSteen 10 number,
viz. The ships kirbys Patriot, Mary,
Emerald, Nancy, and Prince, OF Wales,
for London; the ships Evan, Martha.
West Indian, and highlands, for Liver-
pool; the. ships Urania, and Singleton,
for Ireland; the brig Caroline, for Halifax,
and the schooner Argus, for New York
!. On bodrdthes vessels were S 400 hhds.
sugar, besides coffee and other meridian
discs, which, with the vessels, are COM
putd at the value of about 100000. ster-
ling.
The Northumberland, admiral Coch-
rane, did not sail with lord Nelson. And
the Curieux brig was dispatched for Eng
land.