"v 1"
IS
There ia reason to believe that the Queen
v-nancfie w if lyat lar vai.oi peing.oieu
armed."! lie iaroiajles Ihbvr- liked in t
packets freftmnt Ibf -long acting. ' When? J
theY.gt wifjth, thejj tecoil so viqjentltf as to
breall Amfcriachirtfjackies, SjsVrmnd Meek-'
tirnh.u;.DQj)c)ii)y..ifel.,iorcpainug lUe ,
mrschiclTlIadiltepTulbVenarrhed with pro
pc"r gutMtshje' would, doubtless hare-been
preserved, andmihjt probablvhave .c-aptu,:
fed the enemy ..: ,. .
',1 . . - -SALEM. &pteiier.,23. j
' , Capt. Israel uVyilliAmv lwh arrived, .last
vtnipg fcow thu AUditerrwiean, has obliged
m Wjith spnae minutevof intelligence -which
be collectecL He left Gibraltar on the 33d of
August ,pi'evio tojLwhihjtoe.had nocei
' taia account .pf tavduHelson : the report,
hqwevetywas, that hY arrived ntFerrot two
days before Uw combined fleets arid not find
ing .them there hadgon Uacii- ta Newfound
lan4 ty 9? them. , Neither hud .they'' a-j
. ny particular account of ,Uie action between ,
adijn.,Caie,randthecaiTbined fleets. The
, fleets-, though' much, dispersed . had arrived
safe? part-at Vigo and past at Fcrrol.
Capt. W. informs, that a few days after the
ft ion, the combined- fketfornicd a junction,
at. Fcrrol, and with t'ae squadron in that port .
sVdedfor Cadys, where, they had arrived 30
in number, wo days beforc-.tha Friendship's
aftilixigUud. withfive ships in that port, form
ed a fleet oif 55 sail of the line. - This intelli
gence was receWedt Gibraltar tight hours
before Capt. W. sailed,, together with a fur
ther account, that the i Carthage na squadron
of 8 sail of the line (the same that was tohave
joined, the! Toulon, squadron,-, when tfound
do Kn the StreighM. but, was jipt ready) had
' arrived at Malaga, 2Q leagues from Gibraltar,
only. Just before, sunset, says capwW. an
easterly ,wid,sprang upwith which the Car
tna,geja squadron probably atarted,' at there
were in piain sight from the rock some time,
liefore'fjarit, ,8 sail of the line and many gun
' b'ialW this created a- most iserioqv alarm at
Gibraltar. AH was bustle. , The alarm guns
were constantly Bring, which were heard on
board !uhi till tjen o'clock that night, at
wnic,ii,uiueine wiwinaaincreaseaiio a very,
strong" Levanter, and the tiigbt being ;very
darlt, U must luve given them a fine chance'
to pass the gut. '
' At'tlie'tTine the alarm. was given, the squa--.
drdh under sir it. liickerton was. at anchor
in Gibraltar Bay, consisting of the Queen, of,
43 guns. Tonant, S4, Minotaur and lklle ro
plon74'itwo frigates and two gun:brigs. j
This squadron had been sonic lime wailing
at Gibraltar lor. rtinlorcemeni$ irom Lng
land, to go up and blockade the CVthagena
squadron above mentioned. .Immediately af
ter thealarm,, the sqiuron got. under weigh,
it was ; i J to r join, the squadrofyofT Cadiz,
uiilcr sir '.Roger Curtis, w ho, according to
dofiie accounts, had W sa'd, and accui ding to
oifiers,; 8 sail ql the line.1 . .'
Cipli. W. wa informed by the American
Consul, and other genilemeit at Gibraltar,
that' war bVtw'ccn Spain and America appear-.
ed inevitable.; and that 'tho Spaniards were.
iiS dally' expectation Of wur being declared a
gitinst tfieh) by the United Slates. Mr.
Pinckncy,.'whoe negocutron had tailed, was
expected at Tangier every moment : and
Mr, nowdoinhad thought it expedient not to
proceed to) Madrid, mtaiuime .the Spaniards
treat these thing u Rh contempt, and insult
and capture the American " flag .duily ; and
the common observation is' that bur govern
mmt cannot. much longer brook lu'ch hoitile
and inuTtini trealm'enu 4 .
Capt. Davis, from Hordeaux,1ftfbrms, that '
n the 1 &h liu. in lat.'47, ?0,1ong. 33, he
fjrw Cvc'suilof men of war, twoof which ap
peared tu be iilps of the line, standing to the
southward, wifl the wind at cast
il.' L.K 1... A... -
vtii mil gun-uuii a cij iiicij ii
cvraba whidi exiefidrd-kfelf fuccelfiyelytfl
tothe centrbf our line. -. A
me logwasMojiHcic, tnat in ipue, jar
the pfoximity of itie ci)emy,,we cpuld
boTy aT. iiniervali diftinguifli their veflcls.
vOor fttcyrti tonftafitl fupported at0
welj di.rffledtw.AyC
which had loft her mizenj and one of an
-Infisfior nzeVhiclviad roltncr main and
foremafls. v Tha : acioa continoed until
,ninet o'clock j.,sihe enemy tlw.njil0J:tjRd .
.ga,up the action ; wc were then ranged
a lwn. 4ioe4-4' h-.vllv '',
. . .The" aod. at Jay break- notvrithOanding,
"the fog, we discovered that we had two
ihips rnUfthgt)M-:FllraSi9njit4 "St.' Raphael.
We then faw the enemy going on the op
pofne tack ; wearing.immediately; wc rc
eltablilhed our Yiiie in giving them chafe :
e then faw that 'they had three (hips in
tow that were difmafted, and that the)r
line ot battle was com poled of thirteen,
(hips of the line, one of which had loft, her
tore-topmaft. We continued, the chafe
the whole day,' without any fuccefs. iht
enemy having conftantly manoeuvred in
a manner to prevent a fecond rencounter.
The 24th part in the fame manner ; we
faw the enemy far to leeward, carry in4 all
fail on the ftarbriard tack, the wind blow
Jog gently from the N. E. '.
' The 25th, the wind was f ery ftrong at
N. E. with a high fea, we then f w po
thing of the enemy ; during the day we
made Cape Flnifterre beating due eaft.
v In this fit uation the wind being againft
our proceeding to, Ferro), and many of
the French, yeffeli having .walgr- ilor no
rrlorc than fix. f ays, embarrallcd bciiles
with 1300 fick aud wounded, without any
rmans of fuccouring them, we determined .
to enter kc port of Vigo, that we miht
Qbtam the licet flaries We. ttood in need of.' !
A foon as -1 (hall 'have received the- (
particular details from each vclfel, I' wiK
hallen to send them to! your excellency.
Tie fix vcfleli under my orders, have
(ought on this occafion with as great
brtivcry as undet (landing, and 1 think that
the enemy .avoided a. fecond rencounter,
only tecaufe he did not.finJ the liifl very
fatiifactorj. The lorce was equal on each
fide, as to the qua'ity'of the veifels, as we
had r.ot one three deik:r on our fre, and
v)ad tuo fniall ones, ot 64 guns ach:
. The fame Admiral announces, that on
tie 8th of June, the (qiudron being near
. Ba:badoer twu triples difcovertd at to
o'clock in the morning,' a comvov of 16
fail and made a lignal lor a general chile ;
this was executed with guat fuccch,
tor at s ('clock in the evening bitten
tlltls of the laid convoy were capturcJ
by the two frigates and the Argonaut, on
board of which Adn.iral Giavina had iiis
fl'gi and whith by her fuptrior failing
foou joined the frigates. 1 his convoy
was iithty charged with Sug?r, Coffee,
Cotton, and other colonial produce; it had
left. Antigua the', preceding evening
destined for Europe. .
On the 3d of July, off Tercefa, the
fqiiadron recaptured the .Spanuh frigate
Minorca, coming from Lima, charged
wun 4(10,000 aouars in goia ana nivtr,
and a confu!crab!c quantity of the
(wecioui productions ot Peru and Chili.'
T his irigate had btcn taken a few days,
befure by an ingtllhCruizcr, wh'uh wai
alfo captured by our. fquadron. '
aure of the sea, and some of the cjothes
washing out of tlie sameAt's'A. M.'lostJ
our boat over th stern by the.vilt'nt of the;
sea; at 10 do. jqst the - haustf, Jtbeing tn-
vnugicu iui svnic 01 mc mmoergsing over- ,
board. Octobers, strong breete and high"4'
sea from the north ward, wivurrain,rwer-bli.
ged to keep the 'vessel before 'the wind, . she
atiUbeirfgfanbf water 8c; scudding under bare
poies-2 men;Aick.--Ocu 3, windat 14..W. &.;
'Tlftftrn( llllf titill aMlt1inrv nn.ti (inn. itAl.at'
wc iuuuu uiusv 01 ine weciges naa woraca out,,
ot the masts in the-gale ; , the rnarn hatches
had likewise risen a little, and the fore scut-
: tie gone, which we conceived to be occasion
ed by the'pressure of the. water in the hole.
At 12 P. M. John Williams departed ' this
-life, and'in the morning we committed his
body.to the deepone man still s?ck. ; OcVO.
ber 4, moderate breezes and (air weather,' the
yessel still before the wind, "all hands were
turned so pumping and bailing ; in the eve
ning found we had gained considerably bri her;
got some-shingles and wedpred the masts,
likewise secured the fore scuttle and main
hatch as, well as we could. October 5, fiesh
breezes from the northward with heavy sea,
we found the! water gained on us, the cabin
being nearly full, and all hands pumping and
bailing; at 6 l M. found we gained on her ;
at 7; A.M. the wind hauled S. . we then
thought poper to stand in for the continent,
for the preservation of the ' vessel and - bur
lives, having lost the Register and all other
papers. On the 8th got out ot the gulph and
on tle 9th at 4 A. M. got soundings in 2 5 'fa
thom watch .On the 10th we spoke the ship
Elba from Liverpool bound 'to Savannwh,
but shequld give us no relief, having lost
her boats and we not being able to ftoist out
our own, the passengers, howeyer,;used eve
vy exertioij to throw some biscuit on board,,
but finding the attempt fruitless, capt. Brown
, desireU liicm.to deaisl the captain of the ship
informed u that Cape Roman toreNrW7
by W. 6 or 7 leagues? we immediately hulw
ed our wind and at 5 P. M. saw. Cape Roman
bearing W. N.W. 4 or S leagues distant.
All handsstiil pumping, at 6 P. M. to our
. great joy, the pump sucked.' At 8 A. M. a
breeze sprung up lrom S. S. . and we sha
ped our course for Cape-Fear, and on the
1 1th we made the light house bearing E.N.F.
at ' l P. M. got a pilot, and at 4 came to an
chor at Fort-Johusion. 1
jyjtnesses.eardjn thjjfase,. axdecddlf
of opiniofTtbat tUxl&vjlliafk&ii vtiJjft
. i 1 . . J r ... 1. ...'J. V.I ... ..' w
cieu wub lortituo
. acted
lis sbf, ihe Unifcl Stilts friMe PAiladel-
phia,'.on (he31st of Octjpbtr, 18V3, and that
'rto degreebt censure should attach itself tq:.
him Iram-thal Kin4Jfai, inullrtmtr
v ' . BOSTONivScphjo.'
i.ye4Brig-5hipwrihij.4k Jfc?r
de.au x, 47 days. Aug. 16, at 4 A. M.cho.
; derate J clear-weaVlver.:wmd N. E. by .
dcfciied a fleet, bearinn S. S.' W. dif-
tant 4-:lcaddsUJider a
tmall (hip bearing Wi Nwi 01 Ita nt
2 ia leagues. A .frigate and.lineof battle
lhip gayc udhafe at 9 AVM. n if?42
long; "13tBj Well-wa boa'rdetf from the
utter, ar)d tpuna tnem; to" de, 1: rench.;
cont'd notleafn where ticy were (rorn, nr
their deftihation' tter xamjung(oir pa
pefs; llie ordered us .19 Kt'eir'.ljN i'.Y . all
day and n'ght -the 'floerwasifleeriug W.
b. vy. 1 hclmaU Hup proved tobe h-ng-Ii(h,
And from every appear wee a Lifbcux
Packet homeward bound t which theyUcwky
and' after, Hrippin.of.fajls jigging, '&c.
fct her on, feif. .Thel number :ot the flet
was, Thtrty-fouri&h, at a P Mi ihta
(hips to windward, five line of bat t lo
(hips and . frigate all Untie r EhgHfli colers)
bore ftp to join the Hetti At P- Tvl.
cluully, loft fight bf rrW flccti8ih; ,it
P. -M, was boardedii'om1, SrfafcWpVfC
vaterer, ircaica pouttny, " ano inionnctt-
above mentioned fleeT was 'from
Lord Nelson's flet vfas spoken, Aue. 11.
in lat. 41, long. 17, a short distance to the
southward and westward cf Vigo ; probably
bound for ttut place.-Norfolk papt'r, - -
The following article is copied from tlce '
Bahama Royal Gazette, of the l7iuSept.
Prxsidxmt Jr.rrxatoa. -The licen
tiousness, of the press is carried to such a
length in the United States of America, that,
tfen the sacred character of their chief rta
gutrait docs not shield him against the- shaft
of calumny and slander.
The editor of one cf the New-York pa
pers is to be ti led fur a libel upon the Presi
dent ol the United butts, for charging the
said President with hypocrisy, debauchery,
w.tli living in shameless and open commis-
I" sijii of sins, with Ot handing his benefactors
ot their property, with violating the marriage,
bed of his intimate fneud, and with various
other enormities, tending to bring into dis
grace the said President of the Unittd States.
and to injure and to bring into contempt the
dignity and character cf the United btatcs,
ai d the citizens thereof.
44 Wc hope if that editor cannot be able to.
justify his charges, that a jury of his country
men may, by their vtrUiit, Hi proof of ineir
abhorrence of his conduct, inflict on him such
pecuniary punishniiitt as so high a misde
meanor deserves."
Frtm Ihi Madrid Gazette, tf tht 'Cth .
, . Aujii .
AJmirat Cravini, hai wilttcn to Ml
Exj elltnc y the Prince of Peace, under' date
otthe-aSrrr lulv.-ai follows i ''
Leaving Cape Fiotllcrre 25 Icaguci". to "lj
; the Ipu'h calif on tbc,22d July, the com
bined Iqoadr on proceeded with the wind
aj VV. N, W. in the direct jon of E. to
.S. E. formed in thrre columm, then xo
s fcred with thick fog.
At noon,:thc chilit g veffcll made afig--nal
of feemg twenty-one fail to the E. N.'
. E. the greater part of which writ (hips of;
the line. We immediately formed the
line of battle wiihthe larboard tacks on'
board. Traced myfc'f at tiic hrad ol the
Sparlfli Squadron which cotnpofcd( the
advanced ard,. and the French Ad-,
rairal placed hiinCelf in the centre ol the
line. ...
The enemy appealing to have fixtren
fall of the Uih, ot whith ihrre were 3 dcek
ffi, ami two atii'eJ eii fluir, mauneuver.
ed on the t p pofne tack, appaientty with
a dcTin ot turni.'g our rear. To prevent
1 li, the A.hniial m -de the ftgeal to wear,
which wi ticcuitd in an mllant, with
out waiting lor the lad fignaltocommcrue
the evolution ' " ,
1 ne uii vetui 01 tite rear guard being
covrrc.l, tjhj .Argonaui on which I had
ty flig, vnnintnced a fire ou the van
guard of the Ltin'ilh, which cootiuuing
the moveniti it had comnimctd, pie
vented it from difcov eilng the one It had
executed. v. 1
, The enemy's fqoadsott faned StTclf
In circle at tle moment wi oecutei the
v fai marvoeuvre, then Uf an biwten our .
f ad anj the whole of tht f mmt'i lot,
1 .
WILMINGTON,
..TUESDAY, OCTOIIEU 15, 1803.
The brig Amazon, of Newbury Port, cant.
-Tlrown, sailed from this port on the rl instT
bound to uarbadoes, and on the I2tli return
ed, after having met with the most untoward
accident and pt evidential escape we ever re
member to have noticed. Captain Urown's
skijl and presence of mind during the whole
tl this try ing scene, of which the following is
an accurate statement, is highly deserving of
'praise. t
October I, at 7 A.M. w edited anchor at
'Fort-Johnston and went over the bar, with
the wiod at N. N. E. and blowing fresh ; at
' jU tlo. the wind hauled at N. E. aud still in
creating, we shortened sail as necessity re
' juircd the weather looking scry dirty, at 3
P. H. freed the pump and (bund the vessel
tight j at half past i wt reefed the foresail,
and at 6 hove to under the same, it thenUow-
mg a heavy gale and sea running high in the
gulph ; at half past 6 finding the us. I would
not lie to under reeled foresail, we handed it
and set the balance mainsait, and put two
hands to the pump tat near discovciing the
water over the cabin Hour, we iaimtdiauly
hauled down the mafnsailand got the Vcut
before the wind j iu a few minutes wc found
the water cask! and ercry thing a (Wat in the
cabin, which rendered it out cl our power lo
save the books, quadrants, provisions, clothes
or any thing else; the cabin belnjt full ol wa
ter all bands were employed in throwing o
ver the deck losd. N t scudded S. V. un
der brc plcs tilt 12 P. IU our candle be .
Ing then expended we wert oblgrd to keep
her before the wind and vca through the
night, the wird veering from N.L.19 S. W.
in h avy i'ualls attcnUd ith rain t at I we
pert t Its 1 one of our laxbasrddrad hghuhalf
way y, ttbkh vat occasioned b the prtl-
The American patriot will recur in times,
of danger to the instruments which inirtd
the fathrs of our country inthe glorious period
of the 'American Revolution. When Lord
lloac arrived cn the coast of Atnericai he
vrut: a Uiicr to Dr.' FranUin, dated SOtV
June, 1776. In the answer, dated 30th July,
1776, arc the following remarks which arrest
attention. Alter pointing out the conciliato
ry treasures of Great. Driiain, which would
rccotcr regard, and the greatest shaie of
our growing commerce, with all the advan
tage of that additional strength to be derived
from a friendship with us," be adds 1 MYct
1 know too well her abounding pride and defi
cient wisdom, to believe she wilt ever take
such salutary measures. . Ilrr fondness for
conquest, as a warlike nation her lust cf
dominion as an ambitious one t and her thirst
fur a gainful monopoly, as a commercial one,
(nor.ccfthcralcgMi.iatc causes of war) will
all join to hide from her eyes every view ol
her true interest." Afterwards, considering
that the above
i Cdronna'a'nd':.V.igo-.:an4 t?fmll''ftjp.
;! burnt was an E:jlith L.i(lon Packej',,bouu4
r.ume, wun mucn jpociQ.ji poa;at(
NEUTRAL CQMMEIr'cE.
Extract of a letter from a respect jblt'gcntleman
in London, to his correspond Boston dated
. -Jug". 10, 1305. ' .r ' ' t .
.On Monday next, (l2Ui inst.JaCbvnmittet
of the Araencanterch'apta, w ill'wait on the.
Ministers, rcspectingthedjetcntioupf so many
American vessels Mr. Monhok'Is tohave
au interview withLordMcLVAAyiconTuesday
M No orJcr has been given to,Uetaia as '
has deeh done, It is the decree in the case
of the Essex, Orne, which has accasioucd tho
captures. ( Heston f allodium.
From a 'London paper. , ' ,
THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER. .
'. The libera i y and gratitude oi:the pcOf
pie of England, mutt naturally) prompt
them to hear with plea fare, of any ; trait
ol charadter which tends to exalt the ge
Rcral cftimation of a Prince, who has Ion
. manilelled a particular frier.dfhlp for thil
country, and who isoW foi warmi'y inter.,
tits himfcll in favor of the opptefkd ftatcs
of Europe. In the Emperor of Rullia
Buonaparte will have tJ contend uith
lovcreign, who not only'maiciially diffcra .
Irom ali bis prtdectliois in tliaf country,
but who caiiHot fuffcr by comparifun with
any lovereigti to be found in Europe, not
moreciltinguiUicd tor. public magnar.tmity
than for private benevolence. From a
gentleman who hat recently arrived in this
country from Ruflia, and who is well ac-i
quaii.tcd with the character et Alexander
and his fubjeds, wc learn, that the'devo.
lion ol the people to that Prince, amounts
to a degree of almoft unparaildlcd cn
thuliafm. Ainone thofewhu har hrrrin.
lete been accuilomca only to contcmdatt
their fovcrcign with a mixed feeling o
wonder anddieaJ, and to approacn hia
trefeiice i ha irtmbling a wc, there now
j icvailr through the conduct ot Alexander
a conhJcnce 111 his jullice, a revcrcmc for
hit moials, and an affection for his per f on.
In their fovercign the people of Kuflia,
recognize their Iricnd ; and the firlt fccU
ing ol evcry-Ruflian heart; may be faid""
without exaggeration, to be gratitude to
wards their prince, ai the hilt Iciitimcnt
to be heard throughout Ruflia, it the pra'tlo
cf his charadter.
This univcrfal and ardent popularity'
has not been obtained by any Jl the art
ol the demagogue, or by that " tltidy to
plcafe," sshich is prefer ibed by French
politetxfs, but is the natural efteel of that'
couife of bet.cficcDce, which ffingsdu
recTiy fiom the heart. This excellent
Prince is entirely free from that ftipcr
cilioufucfs which many men roach Lien
or to princes in rank, ftem to think cllca
lial to dignity. The humbled fubjecV
may adJrcU hin without cmbarralment
the cause of the war, the great ground of. and will be heard with the moll patient
which, as described in his lordship's tetter,
was the necessity or preventing the Ameri
can trade from, passing into foreign chan
nel," be remarks t 44 To me it seems that
ntijher the obtaining or retaining any trade,
how valuable soever, is an object fur v !.ich(
men may justly spill each other's blood 1 that '
the true and sure means of extending ar.d se
en ring commerce, are the goodness and
cheapness of commodities J and that the pro
fits of no trade can never be equal to the ex
pence of compelling it, and holding it by
tteeta and armies. 'Saltn AVf.
We have mtlved the official aecot:M of
the troce;dingt cf the Court Of Enquiry in
the case of Cape Cainbndge, which shaJl sp-
1f at Urta la our re at paper. The kU
aw.ng Is thsrvsalt of the tnquirvi-M
."Toe Cn laslngdthbf rated ilke evt
d;Ue dtiu;c4 dtta lis UsUnoay cf the
MR .
attention. 10 obtain an audience ot Jura
it it not neccirary 'to Crouch to the arro
gance cj courtiers, or to purchafe the in-.
tcrceflion of fycoj hanti. lie is perfeflly
accifLb'e 10 every clafs of his fubjicli.
When at Pctcifburgh, he (s to be met In.
vtiictt directions quite alone. . lie fccla
no defire to be. fur rounded by guard', be
cause corifcious. cl ii iliclirg no injury, he
has ro reafon to sf prcliend the trie Us ot
reftntmeat, and to guards, or to any other
appendage of tMs rst k, for the mere, pur-
pofe of parade, he fccois pet left!; indiifcr-
cot. ...
The tfuat walk of AUtander il on the
banks cf the Neva, tipoo the If art fre-'
qucntid parti cf which he is olitn leers
cereri
(oAiCtimci 1
,1 l V WI1IVII II Vl'll 111
rally in t very contcmptathr', trd'
limci U i iDiiaikktl taii. I a rat
1