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J T 1 HE r ! i 1 7 Vol. 10. pBLISHEDXwEEki BY WILLI Al BOYtAN raieigX (ntc.) mm ay, November i , 1805." No. -500. FOREIGN. BALTIMORE, Oct. 26. " Captain Manning, of the John and Tofeph, arrived laft evening, from Am fterdam, via Portfmourh, Eng. politely f avoured the editor with London papers 4o4hal6tyarthePoxtfu chefter Advertifer ol'the.qth September. The rumour of invafion had fubfided, and the troops encamped at Boulogne, had marched towards the interior. Ruf fia and Auftria continued making great warlike preparations, but nothing deci- five has been received as to the meafures they mean to adopt. The combined fleets were at Cadiz the 23d Auguft Admiral Calder, ifwaTexpected, would arrive off rhar port; by the 25th pr26th and join ad:inal Collingwood, 'and ef f eft a blockade of th- French and Spa nifh fleets fhould they not put to fea be fore that period. The London Jamaica; fleet had nearly all. arrived in the Downs. The following are the moft inteielfing articles we could le'eCtatthe lateriefs of the hour at which the' papers were received.- , Atuercn. London, Sept. 3. This morning the following notice was ?j i . a 1 Bicker ton's fquadron, by means of red hotjhot ;but in loading with red-hot fhot the fecond time, an otlicer and two by a few week's. His command, howe ver,, is bm temporay, as Lord Nelfon is to, take the command ofihat ftati'nn i r ' . - . - men were oiown to pieces on Doara tne -j in-the iviediterranean. If the chances suu..uuais, wiucn itrucK lucn a-panic aunu the enemy coming our. are con- into 1 tneirw-hole line that no perluahons i nderable at prelent, they will become ui iHeir oincers could induce tnem to try quite cfefpeiate,wheathev are aoDrized 11 i . -. . Mafter of Lloyd's. , ' 'Admiralty Office Sept. 3. ". friformation is received from Admi ral Cornwal lis, that on the morning of the 30th ultimo, his Majelly's frigate the Melampus, with the Walp loop, and a gun brig, cruizing off the Pencnarks, were chafed by a French fquadron, con fining of 10 fail of different defcriptions, which flood -S. S. E. and fuppofed for Rocheforr? A fquadron of four line of battle fhips, four frigates, and two brigs ; re ftated to have failed from Vigoron me iotn, ana appeals to De tneame as above." . September 4. It appears by the difpatxHes which have leached goveriiaieiiUrom Lilbon, bfo't to 'Fal tucj4ujiLSjate picker, that tlirCombined Fleet fell in,; on the 1 8th. nit. on their paffage to Ca vtrtne i flalcyoa brig, ot 16 guns, and a hWaTl convoy from Gibraltar, con li:!ing of three vefiels,.- 'f he Halcyon oped by ufing her 1 weeps, but the con voy were captured and jnftautly "burnt. L hey were venels of no great value, hav ing been employed as light tranfports, which. had delivered their cargoes, and were then proceeding to Lifbon. . Wc are happy to be able to announce tluu the Piince.of Wak-s packer, captur turcd pa the, 13th.uk. by the Prince nf Peace, Spahifh" privateer, belonging to Vigo, was re-captured two days alter TAvards by hismajefty's floop La Poulette,1 Capu Danbar, and has arrived fafc 'at Falmouth- ' "v"n.' . ,. Litters are received from .Gibraltar of the 2d of Auguft. At that timethe inhabitants and garrifofi, were in perfect . health. The SpaniOS'canip leemed to be .daily incfealed ; tMtems and marquees w ithin fight of ths gariifon amounted to about 700, and it was calculated that they contdined about 1 8,000 men. No fear, howeyer,-was entertained of any Jpeedy attack. Thefe letters were bro't by the Mediterranean fleet arrived at the Mothefbank, under convoy of the Pre voyante. ri'hc veffcls arrived are the iifurihdQading-hhm!-hot Thotl wnich was ihe caufe of their precipitate retreat. $ The fame accounts . add, that flnce their return to Algefira's, four men more have loft their lives in pra&ifing the firing with red-hot fhot, which has fo damped the fpirits.of the crews of the gun-boats, that it is very doubtful whe- ther they will ever attempt that iriode of attack again. . - The French corvette La Torche, is captured by the Goliath. She isfmce arrived at Plymouth. There were found oh board of her 66 of the gallant crew of the Blanche. The Goliath has joined the Channel fleet, having left the Rai fonable of 64 guns, in chace of La Fo paze frigate, another oHhe iquadron which captured the Blanche. September , We received jefterday the Paris pa pers to the 28thi and Dutch Journals. to the 3 1 It u!r. One ol the latter itates, that the troops weredifembarkingiruhe flr:l A1-. 1 l. 'll 1 '. . 1 s n.m dwu gauduuy j jiiQuici nave to cor- tvjiu, Milieu ux ucui luny evjDccu by the flubborn defence of his fjijp unt 1 me became a "perfeft wreck, and bis lub 'fequtnt honourable denoftrnentv Ow. ing to the lightiufs of .the wind, & La - 3rd bowvin which pofitioriwe 3d fulLfniiee quarters of an ho re- A tranfmitted fromJhfidmiraJEy-tothier rrom tne army upon tne coajr were jm mediately to be marcKeoVtowards the Rhine. r Bonapartermained at Bou logne!6h the 24th, and no time appears to have been theafixed for hi departure. From R ulna .and Auftria we find the military preparations are continued with great activity. 7 The troops of the for mer are marching in great numbers, 8c lhe fortifications of the latter are repair- Ling, and receiving in every directipy cOnliderable re inforcements or tioo-".. w 1,' vi z ii 1 1 1 cr. 1 1 1 . 1 i KfMi.a 1 1 1 i 1 1 11 11 i 1 11 1 'i rr.r in r - - ts.u-... i . . I " -iua -iu'-- wiiij iter- From Malta difp.itches wereyeflerday received, dateci the d July, ftating, that the expedition under Sir James Craig, had fafely arrived there on the 1 7th July. , The troops have the full en joyment of good health and fpirits ; and me voyage nas already inured them Jo the change of climate. It is to be hoped, 1 hit they will not long remain inactive ; but whether to. aid the Ruffians in Cor fu, or to make a landingfor thenrotec iion of Epypt, we fhalf not prefend to determine. . Governmemhave received intelli gence, on wjnch they can rely, that a great paTtof the troops which were en cam peqt Boulogne have been marched awyV- without queftion towards the Rhine. - ' ,. . ' . Ihii information wa.'obtained by. the capture of one of the enemies gun boats. It is, however, only what we had pre- ju. .uuic uiiif. juipeciea inar rue anem bling To large an army had, forits objeef , the overawing of thecontinenral powers more than any ferious intention to in vade this country. The following , If rter'on theJreaking up of the c.tmp at Boulogne iVfrom an officer of one of the veflels" in the Downs, dared the 4th inftanr : 'fWe this day came-in from Boulogne. A great chjinge Ims taken ilace there. Nor a vcffel is ro bc Ren outfide the Pier, nor could we fee any fokliers upon the Tulliha. Rooke: Mount RovaL Drewe : I lope. White ; Providence" brig, nd two "light tranTbort? Sit Richard Bick- lloii-.arri v edat G ir-a:k-r:the:-.i6thr4 the 25 th or s 6th, with''; eighteen Tail of the line. The enemy., however, had ftill of iulY, .witK fbuflhips of the line,lhis. Admiral; Calder would arrive on .-r . - -I.- .- , , ,-.- tt- i i .1 z".i :!:!.- i;i i o it Ihi p, t he viy een ; incl tided. 0 1 r k i-( - chard,-liein'j.'uiule'r the neceflity of leav ing his ftation off Carthagena, for wanf jo f water,-went to- O fan v bo t. was una4 Die- to get.ar.y tnec, m coniequence or ihe difturbed i! ate of the country. The Oarrfnsena fquadron, eight fail ftrpng, Tfwb'o syer flirred from their harbour io Jong' as S'V: Richard continued in Jthe. neiu'nbourhotKl, came out as foon'as he i iad.wiihdravnV ;On the 27th ultimo, at; gun-boa!t forraedln a line at fome dil tane'e from thegarrifon, threw tvo (hells and i few fhot among the fhipping, 1 which did ftd iriiury. and thn retired. ; -c'It afterwards appeared, that thcatfack A was conduced by the Spanifh Admiral l Don Bruno de Ezefa in perfon, in full 'jVtonp rf hpina aKti tr hum Sir Richard v-We have already ftated. that our ar- i heights aroujul. As we were reconnoit ranaements with Rnfliaand Sweden are erin round jhc. bay t hey fired fhot and rang completed, and we have no doubt of be ing fhortly able to announce tne accef Aon ofAuItriaand Denmark to the Con vention. A confederacy will -thus' be for iried jvyhichil roiiiJheJiberalnden lightened prmcipjesj.on which it is to be? eftablillied, will, we truft, have the kU' ry of reftoring the balance of Kufope, a glory fo much founded on julticc and humanity. Letters were yefterday received in town from Cork, which Rate, that up wards of ipo fail of merchantmen, fup pofed to be part of the Jamaica llet, were on that day leen oft trie coaif. The Amfterdam Courant of a very re cent date, which was revived yefterday morning, is faid to contain inteiligence rof the actual inarch of a I rencharmy in to the Empire. ; It is added, ;hat"the ar my of Hanover lias been joined by a con fiderable body of Prullians'. 1 ' '' " ' "septcmbsr 6. .' The difpatches by the Caineleon floop, to which we yefterday alluded, announ ced that the combined fleets of the enemy remained' in Cadiz on the 23d uk.-and the Carthagena fquadrorun that, port on the 15th of the lame month." The Cameleon left Gibraltar, on the 23d of Auguft, with difpatches from "Admiral Sir Richard Bickerfon. A few hours alter fhs failed fhe fell in with Ad miral' Collinswood's fquadron, w;ho had been Joined by Admiral Knight with four fail of the line, majng eight in the whole with his former force ; the fquadron'w3S then fleering for Oadiz. On the next day fhe . fell in with.Sir Robert Calder s Iquadron, about 2 c miles north vveft of: Cape bti Vmeeatrfteeringxlirect i at t;a- a day or two,' if they meant. to try an ei-f cape,vhich appears ftil probable they would do. They might intend to take the Carthagena fquadron with them to Toulon, the whole force of which rein tnfremerit it' would require to enable 'them to face Thc.25-- fail of the line tftat: would be in purfuit of thtinv Jr7 how ... . - . . . 1 . ... ft- ".': ever, thev orougnt out jne opannn mips from Cadiz, tjiey wou!d? with the Car tnagena fleet, eight fail, beaUeaft JxjrljL fail of th?e lhre." If they did not fail iho. mediately, they would b-effectually blockaded on Bir R. Calder's arrivaL svThe rfteeroff.Cadiz if ati)refennmer the command of Admiral Collingwood, who, though a captain of" the lamr year; with Sir Rooert Calder, is fenior to him, fiiei! at us in eveiy direclion, before we came within range. J his plainly fhews ihe wifhed to kwep us froni wafcliing their 'rnorions.. 'J he fact is, I have no jjAthtUkat -klpnitr tfiwlof-t-ke- my is marched away from BoulogQe." Three Hamburgh m?i! arrived liifl niht. i T he ccmplcxion of the inreiii gence' which they brii'.g, ..is fimilarto what weJiave been. receiving for a week or two pall from the continent. Eevery where the R-jiTian and-. Auilrian troops are 111 motuni, ind every movement indicates-approaching hoftilmes- 'i hey. donor, hov.cwr,' confirm t!ie. ilLttement brought by the Gotrenburg mail, of an achon having taken, place between the Ruffian and Pruflian troops.. It will be a litrle time ye; before the in tentions of the great -powers, will be de veloped completely by their; movements: Bur the period cannot be ctiflvnr. The Turkifh empire feems fo much convulfed in every part, that it -vvould be no way f.irpriitl g. iTioidd if not furvive ihe war in which the Continent is about to be engaged, 1 :-r Letters frorn Corfu ftate, that the Ruffian trobps there have been increaf ed by a year's recruiting throughout all the Ioman 1 Hands, to 36. or 3,000 hien, and will be ftill farther- augmented by the inhabitants who join them, many of Avhbm are volunteers. . .. - Admiralty Office, Sept. 7. Copy of a letter from Cpuin BakcLto Adniiril -Corowaliis (dated. lxaix at lea,-A.uguft 8 SirI cannot but exult in the honour bf imparting :ro you the extreme good fortune of. his Majefty-s fliip under my corrmiamiixuTTmTi oin mu.1a1.4A uck 16 mm. IN. lone- 12-dec. 14. mm., vv in; the capture of La Didon, a remarkable fine, anil rrencu navy, ut 44 K""8 jjiu ult" t ", 1 1 1 j! j r . 1 laiboa ujdjiicu luiiiniee quarters or an nour lUniect toa ?a hntr fire of mnfltrv h- ' t robbed me of fuch fuppcrt of officers & men,' as there could be no comnenfatlon Jot but in complete viclorV. With foT- row I tranfmit youa lift of the killed and , wounded ; and have the honour to be, &c.;. T, Baker. Killed and woundedPhcenix--T'2 killed, 23 wounded. La Didon 27 -killed, 44 wounded. v I he court of Vienna has received offi-. cial information of the conclufion of a new treaty otv alliance between Ruflia andth&Porte. ::., Theaccounts from Vienna pofitively ftate, that envoys from Switzerland had ' arrived there, to claim thp prottlicn of-, Auftria jagainft France - . - Trre French paperstontain an account' 1 of the late affair bet ween "Admiral Corh- walhs and the Breft fleet f and are bold xnntrgfrto claim t he Viclrjfy ! ' " ' ' ' ,' intelligence, nas peen receivea at tne , Admiralty, that the Rochefort (quadroh "C rhaied the Wafp and the Growler gun Liigs cn,tlie 3ctli andifti; ile biig$:j ef taped by throwing over their guns," and the Rocheforf Iquadron on the 31 ft . flood towards CirotLBiy.dniiraL ' Stirling was detaicheri to fcour the coaft ' on the 31ft, with five fail of the line.. t ' A nemial vefiel repcrrs, that bir R. Calder joined Admiral Collingwood fccf ihe ?5'h u!t. "- :fj It is ftfongly reported, that the has been captured by the Raifonable ofH 64 guns, and lent into Lifbon. . ; Paris Journals to the 1 ft inftanr, and J;, Dutch Gazettes toihe 4tb, ire.arrived in feme of which' it is Jfared jha'tthe. zel ), has' quitted Paris, and har thi tf French armv has crofiedthe RhineVahd which had failed but a few I days .from Corunna, and was upon aiecret cruize. The action commenced at"a quarter paft 9 in the morning (La Didorr hating waitedyapprpcrrto lefward,)and Jailed three: hoprirjieyexwithQiiit:ii(lQl fliot, during- which all our ropes were cut to pieces, our main topTail yard fhot away, and mbft of our mails and yards Jeverely. w6unded".The neceffity for our engaging to leard, in order to pre vent the poffibility of the enemy's efcape, expofed us to feyeral raking broadfides before it could be prudent to retuTrt the fife ; and the fuperibrity of La Didon's failings added to the adroit manoeuvres ofiGapt.1 Millins,' convinced me of the hoflilities have adtually commenced itx Suabia.. This intelligence, however,. , . -r efts on no very good iC,l 01 iiy. vlhef rronps at me neRicrymu :fvyriiiuj-, are certainly diferhbar,kcd j and 30,000 v xncn are ftated to' have marched from, 5ou!cKnc, to Mtnizss thefifft o'iyifton -meant-Vo re inforce the French troops i i n iRhine. -BnaVaite wasTiill af; Jkulcpneon the ibih. ; 'TJie Itvy 'of the 7 C( lifciiptioh icr:ne year 14 being jcr ceo, which are to beri'ifed 10 complete 1 the armyo its eftablifhment, d the : 30.ee q defrin'cd to icrnnin as a feff rvr, or to r ie t he am vyjja t he-war e fb.bli fh inert,- ;are. to a immediately- put iivo active fcivice, Auftria is adding anew " levy tofier troops, to the extent of 100,-i: oco men- Borne nn.anpt ir.ents ate faid 1 to have been propoitd by the .imperial mini ffci at IM ur.ich, for the occupaticn of 'part of Bavaria, whenever hofti i itic' " hall commence. M. Noyoilr'zcft ar rived at Peter fburgh on the 1 ft xiltin o. and had r.u audience of the Emperor,F which wrs followed ly a Grand 0)im cil of .W&r, ; '1 he Kuflian fot in; fea dinefs to march are ftated at 286. ceo men,' and the Rufiian fleet in the Baltic, at "c R. fail of the line jwitfi- a due propor tion ol f agates rnd a gfeat'r.umber df. tranfporrs. T he French funds have fal len to 50 f. 10 c.;; . -;.,, "T"If neeifsbyfomea that Bonnparte has projected a marriage f between young.rieunarnois k inepaugn ter of the LIector cf Bavaria. jA finall ITench fqua fon? confifting of i&o t n- uates, one corvette, ana two piigb,-nas out to fea from Genoa, under the com mond of erc.me Bonaparte." . Orders were on 1 uefday laft received ; "it- the-Head-Ouarters -in- Canterbury: froni the acrearLof that the feveral regiments, m the bouth-; ern Diftria, fhoufd hold themfelves in readinefs for immediate embarkation, on. foreign fervice. The number of cavalry urider briers, J-amqifnt, it is faid,. to. T 2,ooo( men - .f-. v 'f; - TraiJportsiv upwards of fixt j in num. bcT, afe already arrived in the Downs,"' for the purpore, it is faid, of receiving them. '"- -;''.'; '-v-ni7.. i-::'::':' v;-; 1 )
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