Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-10-30
ryrRAeY OF ANo7HgR IE7TER.

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the French Admiral, and the rest OF MS hee,'
made towards the harbor OF iiouioshe, @hich
so enraged his Imperial Malesty, that ne OF
derea the guns of the batteries to DC turned Oh
the ;nvincibie fotilla, to drive them to sea a
oa;n. but il had no effect; Tor as the French
Commodore said, Their master sent them
out to fight men, but they found devils.
DEE. Sept. s2.-The prasm which was
8, anchor off Dover this morning, was one
of seven sail of do. and | sail OF briSs ana
schoopers. 81 in the whole, which were sent
on, 70 take the Naiad and SO confident were
they of success, that they brought pinot 70
CONVOY the frigate 10 Hayre dc Grace OF
Cberbourg. The engagement the nrst o'!
was At Ions. shots, but the second Gay these
vessels being selected were sent out, three
shots were fred from the French batteries
ii is said by Bonapare himself AT MS own VS. -
sells to make them engage ciossF' WIKI un
French Admiral, seconded by tie large P'4"'n
came very close but having lost htinbei
Of men, his ERE WAS silenced, and his coIo'S
hauled down, the Captain'oi the pfaa''i saA,n'
,~allantIy ran down between the Naiad ahd INC
French A fEiirai, and either by design OF a.
c;dent bearded the frigate, she beng hiieu
with soldiers picked men, under a most gan
inc fire of musketry. attem ted to carry INC
Naiad BY boarding (; bat being rePuised' sac
was boarded in her turn and TAKEN .N'
French Admiral who had commence h'i"5
again, was again silenced and struck out ON
inc to the praam being lashed last 10 Tue VI
AL. he effected his escape. She mas ~ io"a
brass guns f5s poanders) cast to thro" sNo'
~
Of 500 men. sailors and soldiers it Is 'eFE
long low vessel, draws but little Watsr' ah..
is ugly looking. The French own 10 h"'s
several killed and wounded; the Naiaa mas
killed and Is wounded--the loss o. the o'''cfs
is not vet ascertaiEed. The ffehCh hn'l
have suffered very severely and the upper
works of their Admiral were shot Clear away
and several others much damaged. Eotsa-
narte. who was On shore at first iii tie bate
ries. was afterwards rowing about In long
new boat, painted green. The firing was the
mos, tremendous which has been beard along
shore for some years past.
Five O'Clock a. M-The Naiad frgate
has lust arrived, and brought III ffehCH
praam of 90 guns. The particulars OF TIC
Frencl, hotilla of Boulogne has no, yet trans
pired, but from the account OF some OF the
men, there are said to be " OF the Aalads
crew wounded, and The First Lieutenant OF
the Castilian reported to be kh.ed' MS &c
counts for the heavy firing heard OH inc
French coast. It's confidently reported 'ha'
Ropaparte and Admiral De Winter were or
board Of the vessels when the attack w@s corr
menced; but they prudenty got on shore'
very brilliant a!fair HIS been achieved
hv the Thames frigate and Cephalus sioop,
having taken from ui.der the batteries near
the coast of Naples, II gun boats, arme6
felucca. ard l4merchslit vessels, without Tie
loss of Nan.
we received this morning Moniteurs and
o,her Paris papcvs til the isih INST. hey
contain an account OF the battle between Sout
and Blake's army, &c, -,
!. very General satisfaction was produced
IN Saf,rijay BY the report OF the capture ct
the American frigate President. Livery booy
reioiced that the buccaneer who had attacked
!. l;ttge sloop which he could not 'ake' had
himself been forced to strike 70 vessel OF III
ferior force. But, as We stated Oh SstaFs'g,
there IS every reason to belieTe the Fepo:- IN
f,.,ded :: for. II is known, that the President
MS ,, New-Yora so late as the 9th or TN OF
August: and the MelamPus was at that time
AZ HaIiEax, receiving the baggage OF SIR Geo
Provost. for Quebec The account how.
ever, as far as i, reiated to the insolence Of
Rodgers, was characteristic q The nan tho
i, IS hardly to be supposed - iriGate OF aHy
nation would have ventured TO attack q 80 gun
British frigate. III the London editor kne"
Commodore Rogers, instead OF the low abuse
which he so lavishIy deals out, ne would, II
candid. speak of him as man OF bravery and
&C. gentleman The idea Of A. not daring
10 attack BRITISH So, is completely ridicu-
iOus. eo..
Price OF stocks this ,-.y at one o'clock-5
s per cent. Consols 90 81 7-8 3-4-5 per
cent. N.vv e5-India Bonds Is IL PIX
cheoner Bills, SD par Is. dis--onniun'--
ConsoIs for OcE. g Is.
Csp,a;n Cartaret's account OF his action VIII
appear in this nights Gazette. TWAS most
IL, one and not the less welcome TO our