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Saia :.,.-.: L; O K DO H;'. 'Sfi.:i6. . .. . - "- j feinwinbt aff the; circumhars;to With arc frigHtful JB,tKecxtw'ri.hc;- perlifteu in keeping his ypnf:iv jnli,Ulf(M1 VonfiiiM In ttic annals of our htitory, a ivac A:... to be found than the one fought by oar French tteet ?Jtoft the weft mouth 'of- the I 1, Nile, the particulars .of which 'were V;;;x;ivcated to the public a's"'f6U ...j.;.- '. lo ws : 7';-;'v-T --v' , ; ! Admiralty OSce, Oclober '-Vttj&.-'-V" " ;: . ' The Honorable Capt; Capel; of his Ma-' 'W V'-jefty (loop Maine,:- arrived this; mbrn-c ' irig wtthdilpatches from Rear Admiral -"V SirioratiqNdfOii, K. B.; to Evan Ne. ; - - ( pi Avmtu ip.iwwiug are copies ! ''tflt-V ;: Herewith I havt? the honor to-trarifratt' Jt'Uoa'-i eppy of my letter to tli Ea'rl of Str i1i fyirtcent;:iogahcr witha line of battle of J bc BriciTb and French fuadronsjVlfo aliil; :;: A ;--:-f killed 'and;wbu'!idci' I have the pfeu - Vure to iniortnyoiUiitt 'S'.pf.tJur.Oiips lia ?r Already top gahanc yards 'acrofi, and ready; 'for any iervice V r ., with priies, gili foon t-eVc-.!'.! a la an event rf7this i:.r;;i s have, thought it ( Qaf;.with a cor)jr4 t j Joinmander "in ehiei),' whiIhopevtheir.lrdlhti a prefent of here-. We go by the Nil; : : : Adieu xrivear-mrLUave m if 7aWivsi-: - J, ana recall rocwen-to the metnory-pt.;.;;;--;,! all buffrfendf. 1 embrace yoU and all :'''iVA ffl'iiHfldmi. ,1-: - ' ,1 n nim. a, wiiS at s a K. FOUb 5? of ;Hifc1meiat;tt iiIti;5te fourth Hiot ttbk himm the. body, arid deckeroT ao gnns ahdBtr Vc "At the fame moment a ihib were thofedln llhe Lite' r:-:r , 1 r-:: ?.-'- ".jt!: .i f..-:-jA .A'Zul Vv-rJ;' C.Trr'r..lt:"Oi i 4?tr t W'itV WL'-i'. ' Vi-V. ouc inaf exiub on an me coait ? j' vtivcu vifc imp 911 ui cm iuui uiao- 1 a ji. w i iv im , uecember, . 2 z ror theTe eivh;days .part feveral 'atiult that the thip hat bloo Up about ' ; ; ; oU THE AvRo.aA.-:.Y': '-'.: j j as and frigates belouiiiw to the tnc- 1 6 o'clock at niy-ht lthey 'added that Jfes if W&iur.' reinJraHlAl lA; have df HirfVrwir tiniest beienV r7;-; ? ?jO;ir flefet' w as tor'allV; ciellrnved 5 ao'd I V Avi"i jrrlm"f' Km,Lyni" Wtlrat;we'have beenln n ir&wl;;r I IiT a yirec liiie frtn Abutkrr tooi tower where I fcund thinsS e9tire- tff-lL V1"1?' tb4t f . fr 5 Jtibncc.'aoo four Via at V-V rV-; halt ; Irom ihc height pf the v they wereeven lb iatt night,Vand this .V-kU.vS;: fetta, the oilb guesand a hj latter our fleet is perkctly leeu ain s tinguilhed l'he 14th of this month, . at half paft 5" o'clock it) the eveni'nff," e heard the hring pt cannon, f ' this was tiie coiOv -tworning-l have now to lay how rlicy- -;&ppeareT trbm tlii' caille of Abonker ; -tivnt to .of my k 'over I,. -t)(i the kft iVeeping of ihs h'orizou to j he rght"4 (hips were without mails. and u iider End lifh colours ; the 2d and hieucement of the battle; - VVe irti'.rie- . are mJ!ibbd itate, but cannot ddtm 1 is redoubling every nKotrto place the friT"" di iteiy got upon the terraces.the topscf uaiih tluir colours ; 4th has loll her I i5not l'a5 otjhe-country.lnaftaie'of ije- . 1'"" 1. '-ii-1 t ' i .i" .. . .1.! ji . .1 l.. I ui.iiuuuut uiij inormuz- me nomcu Lcfters from Naples, of the 3d, Sepi- tember -fajji our fitiiatlon here;iitriii alarming. All the tropps of the Re pub- ft ' lies la Italy; are on-their match againjK'uj j and we expeclto be'ahacked on all fides. 1 he court is 19 the greatell agitatij, and. jhe lughert houlcs," aa'd thtlitt'e e ;ti neiu.es trom wnicn we plainly ontiii guihicd Q lingliih ih.p U',t heJ'uie', 0 thers we could not lee. fficcrv-and fully able h gite" every r 7l l'. w B 7i formation and I beg lea?e to rtcond ed by the nightperce.ved i - him to their LorUmips' notice, o; ViirapFrOveraad leave torctcr tfem 4 was vc jic lVyjIlHtS4E1boUL ho Capt. Capel, who is a mo I excellent c Vi 1 1. '' . an ini to lis, . l.lie thuii- t-TAO ATT" MPT CXT r "dr nf rhp rannrtii iVas HnW hrvird With J;;:?: 1Tht ?flal I av siken poffeffi ! j redonbled fury , and the ;lhip bit fa e. iilb ex. tars, all the braft guns, and deihoyed the :riomit' which' Was' h?:ird otta inline lame -manner as xm; ex;iouu:i I am, &Ci -won oneJ- Vanguari. off the Mouth of the Nile, Auguit 3,i79, .: .,Mv Load, f Almighty God has blelTed his Majefty's arms in the late battle, by a great; victory -over the fleet of theenemy, whom I attacked at funfet on the ift'ofAuculVoflf the Mouth vf the Nile. Te enemy were moored in her fore top mail ft. y fail f and f et foipe 1 V- of her "fiil ; 7 tli is w it ti m VlopjgaU lant m 1 its ; 8 ill 1 is di rn; ailed ; , 9th 'is d imatted, with the 4 exception of . her' bowlprit : ;t'ie nth und 13th form a kind of groui.e Uavfeigon y levennalh' . J between theinVi Vthe 14th Kas,loi;her ; top mails ; the 1 y li has loll her fre. .f atiyi inixen top gallant maiU ; thT1.6th ib eirtirt ly (iifiiiatied j the 1 7th bit her . iiii7.cn 'tbuVallab.Lib fts ; tha: iSth. as only her fjjrciiutt Handing ; the 1 9th, bf- tha Gunelie was . hTa d at .Paris. - only tuur rn .lts b F WnFntWa&kient happened" the" ti.o.l --22U--is;d;imaited-an(ron fliore,-- with ' profound lileuce rook pi. ice f; r thelpace , lnglifii colours-Hying r .tiepeiple on that fome (hip wa.i on fire. -fence which may lelill invafionV ; A -p hit urobe'f of troops ha ve paflccFinto leil) 'r& The militia pf the two kingdoms is conuA Te'tdf prr iMiffstidrtt U pSjBtTtTx the plan of the government is, : in cafe of '-k an attack; to tnake as rlgdrpdsTeferlcclT as poffible,-a'flo:rcd of the fidelity and :eo 'h rage of the regulars and : militia and hV"; the event of their being overpwered to - & retreat nto Sicily, and there make a final itand protected by the fchglifti fleet."'' 1 . The Emncfnr nf RiiifTia lk", Mk:.i :LJ ...11 ri'jO -: Jv-t- in his dominions, all foreign gazettes, un- ',uu' y 1 left fi'it read by his Cenfor. : RuffiaA rrperAavitt- Souths are ferbiS to ftudy i. tcoUMV between tbem ; the verfilie j; altho. thcre Is but - - or about 5 miuute'j. -1' ro'ii-Uio tnov ment dt theexploGon till our hearin;,;Jt might take up about two m'nu.cs.' he mtnT connnencetl ;iTam." ami ccn board are trying to et her on float ai d raile her .mulU j", the --23d is in good, ltatc.nith Engliih colours flying,; th ,24t i ilui iu' good itate : i his is ail I . ftrong line of 'battle for defending the YinuedAithou.i terniirliaiuill oV-ak Xuu-.mutiguiUitfo)hich,riiults, ': entrance of the Biy, (of ftioals) flanked by- 'in the morning when it ceaf-d ulnnut oumerous gun boats,' lour Jngatcs, ana a battery ot guns and mortatujon atijiiand - v . V ' iA their van hut oothinjz could,withlta.nd ."TfJ fqiadrou your Lordlhip 'dit-t "me the VV honor to place, uallc'r my command. Iieir . (aighjftate of difcijiinc is well known to .. you,and with the judgment of the Ca"ptalni t .together wttrt thcirvalor, and that oUlie .j pincers and men of every delcnption, IS -v absolutely irrefidible.; : . 1 , Could any thing frb my pen add to the ' ;thara&ers uf the Captain.. X yould write j it'with gfeat pleafurc, but that is impof- v .. ! ihave to regTCt the lofs of Capt. . Weft, j cottofthe IVUjtftick, who- was killed r early . in the aftion, but the (hip ,was!con tinued to .be fo well fought by her firft ' lieutenant, Mr. Cothbcrt, that I have given him an order to command $xf till ; . your LordihipVplcafure js known . ; . ... (tipsbf the enemy, all but their ; two rear (hips, are all? nearly difmalled, "A .andthofc 7tw6rwith"tV6"frigatesT"Iranr 'iJotty to fay, ;madc their efcapc norwas ,, tt,-I aflWre ) ou, in toy power to prevent them. Capt,' Hood' itwlthandfoinely eh- c deavored to dbtj ;but 1 had no (hip in a i condition to fubport the Zealous and I was I lobligt d to Call her in. j The i juppyrj :.and jaOiftance.1 have receiv- tii.tt alt!o' , the ivnglifli have had the advent .g, they have been very rough--ly h' nt:icdv (i. ice they could not fo!iov -' the vcllvL ho went away on the 19th. .'For tiit c- tv oviays tiVeir Unp! have bvjen pCr&aiy aiiaet!vt,"and t feemmgly def- lis uicrmnz newi-tiaa entire) vvWitil when it tofuinc.ctd again vtthrinurhrvnLiciiraey 1 placed myil on a tower w ich is a bout a eannoi thorf rbm Rofetta, aid which is called AbourMaudoui, frvn thence. I cou d nlainlv leetbe. wlnle : uoyet. lacrumg news Jas ar battlcAt 8 oock 1 percve3 ailip' ' ' riHjrtt Ah-xairarta which confirm- - oar; ioiiis n car-Aom irai,'- utueu - is -""k l'e'u,;'iir.VKedmtral ''JSUtiguct. , D icnali-'-'ivy htps have ilrbck their ' co ouri.; i'lie Tonnaut" was .the- lall Hii . iu.actiofi-rPulct';ur, - .who coin-V niaivicM her; has loii his two lrgs by v a caiinoii inot." " i'he lhips el'capeJ. ire GVillianie"i)tll and GeuereuU with tiie , fr oife's L'JDiaiie atiu JL,'juilice '1 hey fi it was th Artiinda which blew up ycii-diiy-iuorung - ' Many tlii.igs relative to the battle.are ft d 1 to Iciarirrri hey- (t tie- - K . igi 1 in Ad iniud ii4e. iein a iia'ot truce to A- on fue', "and -in abou t h itf an hour Hie' blew, up iiniilar to that tuft night. A. nbther.lhip which till the uioiiient of of her txplofion (apparebtU' ditjupiU-d) -Vwas noit perceived on fire, blew: up uU - i ; fo. : During this time the cannon ading ' redoubled. A large lhip.entirtly dij malted was op ihore on thecbatt .nrr. cciving others ainong the ilect in tisii ; lar manner difmalted , hut. tiie two fquadrons fo nil n"ileftamonT c.t - I ther, that it wa , impoinble to Jifli.igu.fli , tide the -.-advantaee:asi' ' TheV ..firinz ' 1 r ' t '. A ,. continuea until about the ijjth one verv irt. different Univeriuy, that at Muibow. in the whole empire. ; In Lavonia and Couf- land, there are a few good fchoois, but not - -for the higher fciences.' ' All emigrarioi . from Rulha isreftrained and evenSwedilh -Merchais t j,' on their 'commercial t ra yels at.PeterfblaTgarc not pefmittedLtoire :X ' turn." . ' - A-.A A letter from Hamburgh of the 25th A Sept. ' contains the fcllowinspaffajre I I Icarn this moment that Ger-. Koiciulko ; . has been arretted here, at the rcijueft of a1 .foreign court."-.- ;. The Honorable Jeffe Franklin, Efti is e4&eda-iatdr - j ! States, in the room or the honorable AUpnder Martin, ; Elquipe, whof V time of leryice expires on the fbui th ojf. ; Wan h ne'xt.''V;;Vr'rivi;V ;f v, A A-Ar-It is supposed the Gerienl A(Tembljr: ' ; or was 11 ai wtn- aojourn witnout aday to-morroW.' , 1 AX.SU' ' : Ait ft$fcam Capt. Beby cannot be fufficienrry ' ' xxpreiled. I was wounded, in; the head, ; I . and obliged to be parried othe deckj but the ferrice fuffcred no lofs by that event. ; .'Capt.' Bern' was full fqual to the im. portant fervice.then going on, a;id to him " I mult beg leave to you tor every infor- mation relative to the ,vilbry . 1 He will ' , - prefent you with tfie fljgof the fecond ; in command, that of, the Commander jn. 7Tcliif Ikjing f burnt '"In weI?OncntrT nerewitji i trantmit you iuts.or tne kiu: with 'tuireiMtrnuA-vlvacuy les.nri - demanding t.ity fiou d receive rr intdd iy of and uw care of the vou;i(ieu, .which 2 o'clock after A: 'this hour we percwyed ,'nojni to 1 jpo 1 fail of the line and TrigatesTincfer: : led afldr'wonded"a'iid thellhcs of. battle; -of ourfelveb and the Freocli, v .. r I have the honor 'to be, Arc. . -V- . ,1 . HORATIO NELbON, 'FRENCH fACCOUNT or NEti ,fAA,. S0N': VICTOKY.- .xAA l'LlBFJnX!':V .EaUAUTYi Hoftttain Egpyt, 17 fherm'idorj f V 6th of the French Republic, or ' - 3d Aug. 'gA A . , ' From 1. Fouflielyue, Comptroller Ge rieral o the expencesof the Ealtern Army, and A dminiftra tor. General : . . pf the Finances.. " 7 Wc bare jult been -witneffes," tny - dear; frit'hd, to a naval combat, the' v oo(t blocly and. uidbrtunatc tbdt. for luaiiy -age liave taken place;v- As f yet ( preis or Utl, ,o;i a . wind, Handing to the eaftward. We perceiv ed the wliole were un er French coloai-s. ' No o- ; "ther vt Hit made any ' movement, and" the lirinceafed entirely. - Towards 6 o'clock in the evening I .returned to the tower of Aboul iViau- ducr to reconnoitre the pofition of the tv o fleets.., It , w."s the fame as at 2 6cbck ?:Thje.foui; fli'ps wereabrealt ' the mouth of the Kile . W c knew not what-td think brVcobjcftarc'lVwenfy. four hours pallert withottthsving ' any , perfon to. give us any detail, and in our . . . " .f t . 1 .. . jiiuaiipn it was iinpouiDje jor us io prw cure any by land, bh account of the Arabs who were affembled between Kofstta and Abouer and by fex on acco'unTofthg'diihcuirycf," getting r utj of the opening of the branch 0 ti e jile.- You inay judge of our. impati ence and ;perolexity y ndthing gootl could be acquired from this nlence j .however;", we were obliged to pafs the 'whole of this night in uncertainty at lull, on the niorninR of the 1 6th, : a boat which left Alexandria.in the nighty gave us fome detail," though little tend. " , ing to our tomfort.-r-They told us the ; officers of the; French fleet w ho hadlef- caped ina boat to Alexandria had re- poited, that in the commencement me iaiuc, uiinirai ufueys naa re. T hey v il f r.d us - r . 1 a 1 1 ourpt oirtrsr a? yet 1 amigi.jrantr what has oee.1 deter.:;. tied an.- You . w.ll receive ib Fr-nte the ciiicial ac cxunt of us and of the Engiiih. I " "lajblTnoth may rely ou what 1 have written, 0e cauleiti's what 1 have leen. "At Cotuhiunkate my letter to Citizen Coraiiaz ; hii fon, v ho our'nt u have " given hiui this account u by me. other- -v ile cccupied ; he has written lix IcU . .teri. .t -A;AA ' ' ' ' .AA' ' I haVey Jince my arrival here my portrait in prcfilc taken by an able ar- ' tHt, Citi'en Berry, it is laid to be very'- l.k'e ; but. rv c have fo many Eiigliih a-. bout U3,' thaTfor tear of its fallmjr in- v ip their haLds or-going to t: c bottom . r v'v. i" ' ' 1 '. j . r -'1 ''.- t ' ,01 me ica, - i-Oiire nor- ie:m it 7 1 1 'would Willi tor be the bearer of it .'my.-. I VI f. - Be affi ire d thit'as "fooh Tai i f 'canT obtahithapejrnmlion, whkhl lhallnot. cea.eto ibl.cit,-I '(hill take my-depar ture.: U'l hcVe ii nofortuiieiballdetaia nel Uikll be "contented with you, naked as my. hand. , ' '.- : V ;; As to what remains tobe faid, 1 ani in goid health." '1 0. morrow 1 take uiy departure for' Cairo, in a handlbinc boat, with the money and paymafler ",eneral;u7iVtr: cicorcbPtwO .arnied v , as with 50 men; and n ore'than 40 '. pafiengers Itiikejivbr me a;hner -: MAUL IN E 1 1 ST, . : -.', ' POR Tor NEWBE R'N; - , ; : I NT E a B D. . .. ; .'" -; Sloop Sally, Brown, New. York ", Sch'r. Betfy S'ayano,iV.iehnakMaryladLl4ii '-'V ' Pawy, Filhcr, doi .: u..AAAJj Sloop Mary Dear, Padclfoifd, N. York; .?7;'.. C L 2 A R s d. r: . '.A Sch'r. New-State, Porter, Plymouth t "Brig'Hope I it ryTj amaxca ; Miner var'llnnr, do. Schooner Betsy, Wilion, do. - PORT- orr WASHINGTON; B NT E & E 0. Brig Harmony Hall Hudgins, Jamaica ) Sch'r. Diura,. Chafe, Newport . ,! ' .- Fallow Deer, Brumfey, New-york: i CLEARED. rAA:- V ; ' Sch'r Hazard, Skiddy; St. Thomas ; y. . -Beauty, Joice, Bolton vr :': -Sloop Mary aon, Almy, Providence (R.I-.J ; ;:. ;, , t. , , . , :s. , . METEOROLOGICAL DIARY.. December, t7$&,'Z;,:A' D Mcrcury.I W inds. - M m. abjev. a., m.. p . m. 16 38 41 4C1 4 70 4 45 16 4' 4f 42 1941 44 4.2 20 45 47 44 2i"3 43 4C 22 40 45 44 :a,,AJA,.A I : 'AA -J n w-1 :irl AAl 1 ' N. N. F 'do.:: A A n; . .' "N; ; ; cuujj. -: A' I "A: ?:A 1 .' ...It '.. ....' ''' i r .) ; KA-: - ' N. ChrJr. -A- ' " ; - ms 11 .- w'T'' .- -1 . . .. firyi N the 6th Inftant, was committed U.) ; to Jail -in 'Jones County a negro '-A if. 0 felbw named MARCUS, faid to be thq property of William Dew of Edgcombi. County .-Thc owner is requefted to f ;.) prove hipropcrtyp'pay charges an4pr;s take tonVaway.-.- ;JOHN BROWN,j;aIcU;jv -(vM ' 1 -V-- - -"t
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