Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-01-15

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IS, an. 3 lditional accounts. letttr front
|. q = ,,rrtlaIn was received yestefas o. ts;s'
All. mention: ~, IN, general varsls sisAt = g
.araE ha,tle had been fouShtNf nate not
heard particulars. eshsr ls,ssrs rom =.
Holland menrion the intsliigener. nsis s'n ny
Is ( general way. AZ gsnti. man however s,t
arrived yssterslsy, who lslf Ro,.sr''am On
the iorh inst his statement IS more c'reurn'
s,an.ial he says-- !, !. 80 - 5 4
That few days previous % his ;dePpr..
s.,. from Holland he had been tax9Fsd
-;,h The perusal OF aletter :rem Cssl III
bou, Eve leasuns from Montpeiisr) wssstepr'
,by merchant there to another m .fottsrrs
dam. in which it was observed that ue
French fiest from Tou'on were pursued and
overtaLen by the Bri,ish-;, that two OF thr
French line of battle SLIPS had run on
shore, and were afterwards burnt by tae"
crews to avoid being taken that i've sh'ps
Of the line, three trigates, several praaa'nss
and very considerable number OF trans
ports. had, it was supposed been tskenb ny
cha, division of the British Zee. which <as
lief, in. pursuit Of them, when irgate,,
which had left the French Acct, Elected her
escape 70 Cs,ts."' Their account, was in the
l.,,.r alluded to, said to be derived from
the comn,andant Of that frigase.
All these statements give more and more
confidence to our belief that another bril-.
liant victory has been gained by our naval
arms. That the official accounts have MT
been received from lord Collingwood 10 TO
he accounted for from the prevalence Of
contrary winds ill within day or two. II
will be recollected how long We were before
we receives! the official intelligence OF the
battle of the Nile. g., 'lft 49, -. ~
IN the mean time It may uot be unac.
crp,abls 70 rscapitulats shortly the authors
ties on which lie action rests. The hrst
was the authority of a gentleman who Left
Rotterdam on the 7ih, and who said, that
two of the most respectable houses in that
CITY had received letters from their corres-
ponden,s at Paris, which nrution that
lord Coflinswood had intercepted a large
convoy of military stores and provisions
that was proceeding from Toulon to BARGE
Iona, the whole Of which he had captured.
Of tLs ships Ct W.: under whose protss.
ton it was, IN 80 and "a gun ship were
driven on shore, where they were burned
bv their crews TO prevent them from failing
into their hands. A triga.e was also dri-
ven on short, which to oil appearance must
be lost"
The second authority was that Of the
Rotterdam Courant, which published the
articles from Nisa,es--
"NIsME, October %.
|. "The day before yesterday, between ten
and eleven O'Clock az night, there vas fell.
in this place conclusion, followed by We.
ny loud and sharp report. This was heard
twice, with an interval Of about half an hour
between each report. The cause was at
first thought to be an earthquake; but as
the sound proceeded from the coast, (for
it was almost dead calm, and the lite
wind there was, came from the S, or S.W.)
and several French and English vessels had
been seen upon the coast. bet1ueen Cette and
A;guesmertes, some persons ascribed this
phenomenon to the explosion of great
quantity of gun powder. This conjecture
is this day confirmed by intelligence, that
two vessels had gons ashore near. Av. sqaie.
res, had been set on FIRE and blown up at
the tiae above mentioned. /, il remarka.
bic that the explosion should have been so
distinctly heard at Nsmes considering that
tits ten leagues from the coast. We are in
anxious expectation Of the particulars Of
this event." .>.. r. 49, .f }
On the same day on which the Rs,er.
dam Courant Of the 9th was received, let.
tiers arrived from Caen, mentioning the ac-
ton 10 general terms. It will be recolIect.
ed tina. two car.els which sailed from Nor.
laix, and returned on the lssh, were refus.
ed leave to come near the shore, or to lind
for refreshments Ismsy be that the enemy
did not wish Us to obtain information with
respect to the action. H., 4,
Arhe letter from Cst,e to house 10 Rot.
tsrdam, which we have alluded to in the
commencement Of our article, mentions q