Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-09-28
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20.
fTs Mr.. Custis's Address tomorrow.

Captain White of the schr. Hawk, in as
DAYS from AIissina, informs that about Ju.
ly II while he was at Messina the admiral
of the Sicilian gun boats undertook to dis
lodge the French from the castle Of Schella
which commanded the heights of Messina
and annoyed the passage he requested The
English commander to lie in reserve. He
attacked the French gun boats and took SO
Of them which he brought in, and took the
Castle. The conduct Of the Siclllans ex-
ceeded the expectation of the English and
every one On shore. The whois OF the en-
gagement being distinctly seen from the
town--zcoo OF the English troops had ia
ken possession of the islands OF lschia and
Cadri at the entrance of the harAor OF Ma
pies and having landed, they and the
French were considerable while in view
of each other ane each retired without tr-
ing gun shortly after orders came tlom
ADMIRAL Collingwood for the English to e.
vacnate the island and retire to Sicily, as
information had been received that the
French bad 800 transports and $4,000 nlen
at Toulon ready for sea and an attack was
expected from some quarter. The latest
accounts they had from Vienna from an
Austrian officer, was to the 18th OF July;
they were rather confused.--BaA ~. Aa'er.
New LONDON, Sept 20.
Arrived, brig Cleopatra, D. Deshon, 20
days from Dsmarara.
Brig Washington, Ma,her, 20 days from
An,isua. Game passenger, w, Lynde, iaie
master of the big Joseph OF Saybrook, who
states, ,ha, on the Goth of July, under the
lee OF Guadaloupe, between aud 10 Ia the
evening, j, being almost calm, WAS boarded
by an open French boat, manned with IS
men armed with muskets, pistols and cut
Iasses--~ho took possession OF his vessel
and conducted her into Basseterre, Qua
dajouPe, where she, on S1st July, toge-
Their with the schooner Philandcr, Clark,
OF New Haven, ant the brig Montpelier,
Wilson, of Salem. were totally condemn.
ed under the Milan Decree. 4 few days
after, the schr. Satoooga, Tucker, from
Ma,blehead was brought in and condemned;
and on ihe 18th Aug. large schr. from the
Eastward, with fish, provisioos and lum.
Der was brought ir--captain or vessels
name not rccollected. The French have
many armed boats G;ted out as r!vateers
.oMe optH nd some decked full OF Men
two from Point Peue mounting can
non, with SO or GO men. These boats
cruise as far southwark as Dominique, aud
as far north as Mountssrrag, and take
and cosdemn all American vessels bound
to OF from sany English port, or having
been spoken with cruizers, or having had
their papers endorsed. August LIST, came
on very heavy gale at Bassaterre, which
drove On shore II sail of vessels, among
which was the Joseph and the hlontpe'
lier, but fortunately 10 lives were lost; the
sch'r Philander rode out the gale, and was
purchased in at auction by captain Clarke,
in which vessel myself and captain Wilson
and crews left Guadaloupe on the 10th or
August for St. Bartholomew, and the same
evening was taken possession OF by the
British sloop of war Peter, and conducted
70 Antigua, where the next day the schr.
was cleared and proceeded to leeward.
PHILADELPHIA, September q.
We understand that Mr.. Ersksae, late Bri-
fish Minister to this country, leaves town
to morrow for the southwark. About the
1st Oct. he will have an audience OF leave
with tn; president of the u. S. who Is then
TO be at Washington. MIR. Erskine then
embarks on board the Africaiue frigate and
proceeds home.
Arrived, ship Superior, capt. Butler, 81
days from Liverpool. Capt. Butler sailed
the 10Th Aug. and brings nothing later than
already received. Spoke the ship Oliver
Ellsworth, from Liverpool for n. York.
which vessel sailed three days after the SUI