Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-07-11
Ev tbe a5dfs.
NETWORK, JUNE 80.
LATE INTELLIGENCE.

1fdRA A-iiN S. III ~"P~ -
fpeke 1hip Euuice, Manly, "A days
rom Gibraltar, for Charleltou-
took OUT Of her A. Rogers, late maj
Ter Of the Chip Mary Els, and -
-Iaques, mater of the brig William
FELL, both Of New Y ork. Whole vef-
Fols bad been condemned. ! hefe
gentlemen inform ,hat it was the re-
port at Gibraltar, a few days previ-
Gus TO their falling, that there had
been an engagement between the u
nitod Toulon and Rochefort fquad-
rons, and the Eugliih feet, under
the command Of Lord Collingwood,
in which the latter had gained de-
GIVE victory. No ohcialintelligence
had yet arrived. but the known fitu-
ation of the French fleet, clof-ly
blockaded in rhe Hand of Minorca,
and all fupPlies cut of renderit prob
able, that being nearly or quite equal
in force, they were induced to give
the Englifh battle. And the reports
having come by the way Of spain
gave il additional credit.
One Of th1fe gentlemen further re-
ports, that fhortly before filling, he
had feen letter from the American
Conful at Algiers, TO the Conful at
Gibraltar, which ftates, that, not
withdrawing the late fet;lement IF
affairs between America and Alglcrs,
the latter power were fitting our
their crHizers with the utmoR expo
dition. their precile deitination was
not known, bat from circumltances,
he apPrehended they would act a.
gainit american commerce * iron ?
ly recommended any American veE-
fels ,ying IN the later port, who
ihould be then ready for fea, to wait
events. AS the Portugucfc had moth
ing ahoat, 1t could not b. fuppofcd
Tie armament could be intended a.
gainff them. The Conlul Of rhe u
nited States at rangiers Iikewifr gave
information, thar there was then an
hIgerine Polacre Of Is guns lying in
Tangier Bay bound on a cruize to
the weltward, and that at his VIII
ting, there were then more to the
weltward Of the Straits. At the
time Of the Eunice failing, there
were two Moorifh frigates in the
Mole of Gibraltar getting ready with
the utmof dIfpatch. he further
itstes there were large fuppIies of
ammunition & warl,ke flores Of every
fpecics fent to Morocco & the Bar
barry powers by fome foreign nation.
The emifaries Of France having
entered Morocco TO endeavour to in
Auence the Emperor, to ioin the
Great Napoleon againh the Englifh.
caufed great exsrtions 70 BE made by
Inc latter power to countera4 thefe
endeavours. The very cx,i1ence or
their fleets in that quarter, depended
foley on the friendfhiP of tho(e
Rates, as every fuPply Of frefh pro-
vihons came entirely from them.
There were no preparations made BY
the Spaniards, for the inycltitrrc Of
Gibraltar, although it was generally
believed they would attempt it very
foon. Il total change had taken
place in the politicks Of Spain, the
late king having been confined in
pri(on, and the French troops who
had pohenion Of the whole Of the
country, evacuating with the celebrity
70 ufual among them, when they
gain any advantage.
Portugal was lti.l grooming under
its burthen, the requiiltions having
been 70 many and 70 frequent, as (
exhauh all the fpecie Of the king
DON while horde of the taxgath
erers Of Bonaparte oyerawed the in
hab;tants.
l. was generally fupPofed, at Glib
rsltar, that an amicsble adjufmen
OF all, differences would take plac
between America and Great Britain
ana rcltirution made by the latte
po8es of all commerce CONDEMNED
there ) a large number of America
-vcacls w~Te IN thofc Geas, falling un
scr i;cence from q. B. TO & from th
port If Spain without interruption