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... 1 . r J - IT r ly- ... -i- RALEIGH AD V E R T I S E Numb. 185 Vol, IV. . ; . . ...... ,,. .. t - , .. r. , .. ., , . . -- v - - -- .. , ";'-f-va"fT-iy,i -ffrfft -ri : f NEW-YORK, Oaober i i. t , ' Pofifcript to the D4h London Dates to September Four.' By fhcfhtpASwanrCaptain VVoodham arrived at the Watenic-PJaceJftightljLJ Vieii oWiffintflv fatored with London Newfpapers to SEPTEM BER TO U RTH, ft oni which the fol lowing important information is fcleded. I - ' . 'roNjppN;'Aft3ir . ! We at length have it in our power to relier; in fomc ' meaTuretht public anxiety' in regafdTo the armament on.hecoall of, Holland. " . This day at one o clock. Admiral Lord Duncan's ' patches from his Lordibip, containing the important ; trefs of Helder on the coatl of Holhnd, by ftorm. The eaemy in the confl;A are faid to have loft 1300 men , and we lament to fay, the lofs on our (i de is lla- 1 ted at 500 meu in killed and wopnded, chiefly belong- fng to the guards. Among the officers killed, whofe deaths it 13 afflift ing to record, aieCdlonel Smoilct, of the guards, and Maior Have ot the artilkrVr are among the wour-dtd. . The troop? bej;an to dvfwmhark on Tuefday morning Iaft at nvo" o'clock, and the adtion between the enemy and the Britiih forcea, l ifted till four in theaftcrnoon. EXPEDITION TO HOLLAND. The ohic?tl diipauhe-f Jm Lord Duncan, refpeft ing the -iatdiigence which we gavtf on auirddv, or' our brave troop having tffedted a landing in lidiand, and made ttenfelvrs maftrrs of the important poll of Hel dery commanding, the principal entrance of the Texel, were hiv 'tght hv;ne by lieutenant Clay, of the Kent itian of war. Thofe from Sir Ralph Ab rcrombic and. Admira! Mitchell, have not yet been published ; but our 'readers.-will fce by the following extrt from the cgnlTrmed '; ' , r " Admiralty Office, Augujl 31, ' Lieutenant Clay, of his nir.jcity'8 (hip Kent, arrived - this morning, with a dilpatch from Adniral Lord PunGan,r:L. B. to Mr. Nepean, Secretary of the Admiralty, of which the following is a copy : Kent, at anchor. of the Texe!, Augnjl 2$. Be pl'afod to acquaint "the Lords commifiloners of the Admiralty, that I fiVaJl go on from my letter of the 34th inltant, and fay it blew fo frch on Sunday that we could not appioach the land, but the weather becoming more moderate on Monday, the whb'e of the fleet with tranfports, were at anchor clofe in lhrc oVthat day. I (hall not enter into detail of, the land- ' inT the troops; or'harhappened onTucfday,' as their . LoVdftips will have that ftated by Vice-Admiral Mit cheU r fuffice it to fayj tht troops rowed toward the" (hore at day break; and landed, th&ugh immediately oppofed by numhe'is, and from lhat time till 'half paft foor P M. were continually in action.; However, the ffallantry of : liritifK ijtfoopi' furmounted all difficul ties, and drove; the enemy wherever they met- them.--Thc.:Rattizaif4JUn-: ft'Pg-' aflwc 00 'the-Soutb.' Haiklin coming to the anchorage, where ihe remained lomaime in great dangeV but by timejy affiftaace and "Irttffn of her aptain and officers, in getting out fome of the guns and lightening her, His was got off;, r indlaft night r eported to be again , fit Tor fer vice.- At five P. M. the Belliqneux, with her convoy from the Downs, anchored. This day it blows fttong from the weuVard Villi a great l'urf,: fo that I, frar little can be done ; but I am fure the Vice-admiral will avail him fclf ef every opportunity to carry on the ftrvice, as 1 nevef witneffed moif attention and pcrfe.Tcraueci in fpitc of molt unfavorable weather, to get the troops landed and nothing (hall be wanting on my part towards ur. niihing hitn jith every gMJjPyjpwer, ja -ottlefrtfr have not time tp' alter jny other lctterto you of this date, .1 beg to refer their Lordlliips to Lieut; Clay bf 111. mii.An'i t? nTtCnon. nn4 AaCmtArt tfm utcr, mr luririer pritcuiurt , (Signed) Eran Nepean, Efq. DUNCAN.., jSeptcmbcrjL This morning captain James Ofwald, comipander 6t hisTiiajeily's iliip Perfea, arrived at thradmiralty:with difpatches from admiral Lord Nelfon and Sir William Hamilton at Naples. Jl'hey contain the very plcafing intefligence that the expedition again (l Capua, 'and the ot her pofts ftill in-tlie pofleClon of the French and Nea politau republicans, -or, which captain Trowbridge and captain Hallowell had the- command, completely fuc cceded. The garrifon of Capua capitulated, and the terms granted thern were, that they fliould be fent back to France, upos condition that they mould not ferve duringjthc war again ft the allies, Caeta has alfo furren- uerea ; ana tnus tne wnoie or tne jNtapoutau iominr orTs are, delfred fro Captain Qf yaid is alfo faid to have brought official difpatches reccivtd fron Sir Sydney Smith, contain ing ai account of the defeat of Buonaparte by the rVrtf Hi forces, in co-operation with the Englifli com- ,manaer, ; Sffptember r. . Wc arrglad toimnonntre the fafe arrival "of the home from tie New-York Daily Gazcttet t un tK Kttfihefs to a hanpv termination. - r PI S. Eight Pju M. Thr weather is Udl bad, but a lugger iV juil returned with an anfwer to a letter I " -frtri. Vice-admiral Mitchell this morning, by which I find the Heldcr- Point was laft night evacuated, .and U-tjie gunfl in it Ipiked tip. The lieutenant of the liigf tkewifpahallthc ad not fent off their difpatches i and as t' thiok . itvof , he greateft cewfequence that government iqauia- nave the carlitft notice, t. detach a ciitler- with this inter Vftmg intelligence, although it vvas my original lHten 'L r have ftnt one awar "after the General and -Vice- .X'' ward bound leeward Ifl rnd fleet, upwards of 100 fail of which pafiVd Prtfmouth, ycfterday for the Downs,. Lord Bridporr, with 20 mips of the line left Tor bay on the 20th, to rcfume the blockade of-Brett, and to prevent, the Spani0i Ihips of war from joining the cambincd fleet. - . ' . STOCKS. Omninrn wa done at .an advance of about two pr cent, and confols were iirthe fame proportion. Prices this day at one o'clock; Three per ceriU conf. 68 1-2 69 68. Omnium 22 21 2Q: 1-4 2-5 1 2, . r ll' ' .. At a very late.hour yeUerday afternoon, when a con fidcrable part of pur .impfrijiion was worked off, we ftopped the prefs, .to;:anuoiu:e" the arrival oiT captain Hope, I ft captain tot adiT.iral lord Duncan, and capt, Oughton, 1 ft captain to vice admiral Mitchell. with difpatches for.the admiralty ; and of colonel Maitland of the guards, with difpatches from general' Abercrora bic to Mr. Dun,tlas, containing the official details of the fuceefs of our gallant troops iff Holland, with, the farther intelligence of the furender of part of the;X)utch fleet.- - r-:v. -. t - , 'f". " .turrenchrcjth: Whole Dutch' Fleet, f - Our readers wiU fee by loid Duncan's letter, that he had no doubt of the remainder of the Dutch fleet being at the time of writing in tke polTciSon of admiral Mit- chcll. . ; ', ;Vif, v ': ' As there i? a greater depth of water on that fide of the Mars Diep which is next to the Heldeir Point, than, on the tide clofe to the Txel iDand, our line of battle fliips were enabled 'tp. follow the, ''Dutch fleet into the Texel, when thofe already mentmned in the Gizette furrendered - Admiral Mitchell in his letter to Lord Duncan, ftates tlut be was determined to follow them even to the walls of Amftcrdam, and the gallant Ad miral Ijas tndeed kept his word, for this forenoon, an officer of the navy arrived at theAdmiralty with an ac count of his fuccefs. The Admiral after the 61ft fur render of part of the Dutch fleet, as ftated in the Ga zette, failed up the Text! with 8 fail of two deckers, and moored his (hips -along fide the jernainder, the whole of which, viz. ' - , , u . J : Eight Sail of the Line , and every other $hp in the Texel - have Jurrtndered ! ' The following7 i3 the ofljcial notice fent to tlic Lord Mayor, Llo j d's Coffee houfe, anld to the Members of Adminiftation v -r r:.;;---' ' r--7- ,-i ' ' Admiralty Officev Sept; 10, ..-.- i.' - ' ; . Ten minutes pajl oner SJ' rLieutf a ant Clo'l itt b a s j U ft arrived wi than accouit' oFthTfurrcnef M . . O ie of feyenty four guns", :. : '"T7-;"' ; ;'-' . Five of fixty-tigbt, -' - .t rt:' C Two of fifty four, V Two of forty. four; " . '.' ; One of thirtytwo and 1 - One of Giteen; - ' C3 After our paper was prepaied for prefs, laft e Teninff, we were informed of the arrival of Capt. Stew ard, in the remarkable fhort pafiage of 32 days from Ha mlHirgliffCKWc Timmediateiyproceedediibpardi wlirn through' thcpolitenefs of GaptrSteward,- and a -gtlem'atf of thti cltyr we were favored with a rcgul v "at Sle'oT'Haiiklilrg&aptrt to the ythTSeptcrnber, con taining a rich variety of very Important Newt,- The following are the primary articles, extracted for this .day's Gazette"";-.-; :-r.-.,rTl.. J" Taking of Holland V 'HAMBURGH, Sept. 5. We have this moment received the following parti culars refpe&ing the furrender of the Dutch fleet, the Hiuthf which we can warrant to onr readers although tney are not copica rrom any omciai aocumeats. - The firlt divifion of the Britiih armament having caft anchor off the Texel, on the 2 ad of Auguft, went to fca again on the 23d j on account of ycry heavy galea of wind, during, which one gun boat was loft, and a Ruffian man of wafdriven on fhore, but without re ceiving any damage Qn.Molnday the 261 h of Auguft, the fleet came to aachor again, off Ruikdown, and the troops were landed oh the 27th, at four o'clock in the morning, ' . : ' ' , ' ------ -- " Th cr D u t err made- a moft form ideb fe opjiofi t Jon ; " fo lnuHiT)7mnn were killed and wounded, among whrm were 30 offi cers; an ! we are forry to fay, that colone. Smuilet of the guards and colonel Hay, thief engineer, were kil led. General ir James Pultcueyj fecond in command and colonels Hope, Graham Macdonald, 8cc, arc wounded. The' Dutch loft about 1600 men, among whom was one colonel, the Dutch finding" that the Englifh were determined to carry their point at all hazards, aban doned the Heldcr, after fpiking their guns.". They had maintained their ground with great courage?, un- til ihe Englifh troops obtained poffeffion of the twa heights, which were the chief aim of their refolute at tack. - ' ' " ; ". The Englifh fleet entered into the Texel on the 29th ult. whea admiral Mitchell fer.t ihe folfawin f'nrB . to admiral Story : - ' On hvfd the IJtSt under failt in fine, ef battle, ' - . , ' Augujl 29 SlR, .' .J---.. , v;---;:---..----;:;A- I defire you will inftantly hoift the fljg of his Serene Highnefs, the Prince of Orange. If you do fo, you will im'njediately be confidered as the friend of the king of Great Britain, my moft gracious (overcign : other wife, you will be made anfwerable for the confequencei. Painfol will it be to me for the bloodfhed it may occa sion, but the guilt will fall on your own head. - T this fumtnonst the Dutch Admiral returned the follow- . : - ing Anwer.' " Admiral ! Your fuperiority in point of force, rtor your threats, that therefponfrbility for the (bedding of blood would fall upon me, could not have prevented me from fhow- j ing, till the laft momeut, what I mTght in -different circ'umftancesj have been enabled to do for my honor, and for my fveieign, which I acknowledge only in the . people of Batavia and their reprefentatives. , But the enfignj of tlie Prince of Orange have effected what they were intended to do ! "Th? traitors whom it has been my great misfortune to command, have reftifed to fight, and nothing is left to me and ray brave oto cers but a hopcUfs vexation-the dreadful fee t"n'g of our prefebt fituation. I furrender to you the fleet which I can no longer command, and from this mo ment you are under th .'bblfgjitiori' 'IcTtolhc fecu rity of me and a few brave who are on board the Bata vian fleet, for 1 confider myfelf and them as prifoners of war. ; i.S...:: ' ,'. ., Auguft 30. (Signed) STORY. .: AdmirarStory had under his command fail'of the line, 3 frigates, aBd a fldop ; and after, the takirig of ihc Heldcrxy l'nc an(J f fngatesraml feve- without fiririir a pun J 1 The Park and Tower guns were fired at two o'clock this afternoon, on the 1 happyOciafion i and thcAdmi; ralt y and all the public office's are preparing for a fplcn iUA illumination, which is.exDe&ed to be vert . crencral triToughouiL Londsn and Weftrhinftcj8, vy ral Indiamen armed enj?,' were taken in the Nicwe. 'ii'ipTT The naval arfenal s alfo in. the poffeflion of the Engliffi,1 it contains"many ftores,', with 95 pieces of. ordnance. ; . . ' ' .,-,,..';-... -' ,',... The fecond divifion of the, expedition landed the fe c'ond day after the taking of the Heldcr, arid part oft third divifion, confining" of cavalry were alfo arrived The" Ruffian armament was darfy expected. There are no Ffench trodp3 Tnow in Holland and the people pf the country are in general pctfcAly well ; diAjbfed...-r;-'v-. , The rumour of Amftcrdam being lakca is unfoand. ed. :::t: I ;V.,::.:-.-''-'-;.f''- -iy4--t. -A 1 1 I
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