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V'tr fn English frigate on
ihtf flation. The answer
from the Amide was that
they had a pilot’ on board—
that noafTidance was want
ed ; that they should soon
float off. The frigate was
at this time in a molt dis.
tressing condition, the tide
ebbing, and leaving her
nearly high and dry. On
the return of the tide, how-,
ever, (having lighted her aa
nuir»k n© poooi ble) the Arnidfc
floated, and the Frenchmen
Ciicovered too late* the rus
cie guere. A firing com
menced immediately,’ but
without effect, and the A
n»ide purlued her voyage to
Plymouth Sound, where the
arrived on ThuiTday even
ing.
January 25.
Paris papeis have reached
town to the 20th inst.-
They bring down the ope
rations o, the remnant of the
French army in the (North
to the 4th. The principal!'
lads are, that on the 1 ft the J
king of Naples having made'
a demonllration to aC.t of-.
fenfively, to East of Kon-l
igfburg, deemed it prudent 1
to return to that city before 1
the dole of the day, and on
the third he finally aban
doned it, and withdrew to*
■Biffing, in rhe neighborhood 1
of Vtilula. On the 3d alfo,'
Macdonald reached Konigf-|
burg with a part of the i
corps d’armec under his (
ciders. «
The Viceroy of Italy ar- 1
rived at Merienwerder on
the 26th ult. and the Duke j
ot Bcllurto, (Vidor) the,
preceding evening. A n ar- ,
ticle from Dresden, inserted 1
in the Journal de l’Empire,<
mentions that 24,000 French
and Italian troops, which 1
were advancing to reinforce 1
the Grand ai my, were to en
ter the Saxon territory on
the Bth ot this month, and!
to proceed from Leiplic to
Berlin. In the fame paper
we have a paragraph from
Berlin of the sth of January,
relative to the formation of
2 j battalions of referee, but
not a lyliable is mentioned
of the holliiity of the in
habitants to the French,
manifefted in that city/ a
circumstance which is no
ticed in numerous letters,
dated the fir ft of the month;
conveyed by the daft Got
tenburg mail.
An article dated Vienna,
a )pears to have been out
forth for the purpole of a
iram reiterating the cordial
friendfiiipfubfiding betweer
Austria. and France, but ii
does not appear that the
court ot Vienna hasconlenr.
etl 10 place any additional
force m the difpof.il of Bo
. u-pv-Ttc. It nc.ely men-
! i
tioned that the Austrian
contingent is to be com
pleted to its original num
ber.
An attempt has been
made to destroy the king of
Wirtemburg, by the blow-]
ing up a small house in
w hich he had taken Eis Ra
tion for the purpose of
(hooting game. Happen
ing to quit the house just
ijbcfo-e the explosion took
'place, hislife was fived.
The papers contain a;
.great number of addrefies
from different cities and
towns in France, expressing
indignation at the condutft
of General D‘York, and of- !
tering to provide soldiers to
recruit the army ; and also
notices of the officers of the
several cohorts of the Na
tional Guard to march on
a&ivc lervicc. ■ 1
Advices from Rugenw'ald
mention, that the Coflacs
were daily expected in that
[neighborhood; and it was
supposed that the campaign
would be continued by the
Russians during the winter/
to take advantage of the
utter inefficiency of the
French force.
NAVY.
R azees, —The Culloden 0f 74
guns ai Plymouth, was taker.,
irno the Hem dock in that yard
y elterday fe’nnight, for the
purpose of briijp cut down, but,
rroi the lize ol a frigate, as in
the case of the Indefatigable;
(he is to have her quaner*dcck
and lorecaflle taken awav but
will iciain her uppei'deck|
which will be fl.jfh forc-and ah.
It is conlidered by the navy 1
boaul, that, even thus partially ,
cut down, (he will be no motei
ihan a match for the three hea
vy American frigates which by
carrying guns on their gang,
ways have in effect two com
plete decks. Indeed a74 gun
(hip even of ihe largelt clais,
would if cut down to a regular,
ly built frigae (tazee) be inle
rior (o a regularly built frigate
ot 38 guns- I
ine following short ftate
tneut will corroborate ihis:
A 64 gun (hip carries on oge
lideof her gun deck 13 gt/nsf
A 74 do. (tud clals J do. 14
guns.
Di'to (firft class) do. 15 guns.
A 38 gun frigate, of the clals
*>f the Macedonian, 15 guns.
> DlllO of the Acafta, 10 guns.
1 President, United States, and
.jConftitiition, 16 i*uns
*vr u II J
! Here it appears that a74 gun
Ihip, even of the Urgin'
wou d be numerically inferior
,in |>uns to ,a regular buift f
Ig«te of the 38 gun class, The
unly fuperiumjr a tazet has, is,
the being enabled to tarry h *v
ier metal than the frigate of 38
[guna; Dut she will carry one
,gun lels. The Indefatigable at
; ihis port [razee j was cut down
Jrom a 64, and carries three
guns lels on each fide than .he
Acbita, P.c(id,eiitj United Stater
l and Coniiituiion, and would
not be a match for either 01
■ them, Ihe boaid have, there
0
Fore, aßed properly in ordering
tb# Cullodcn 10 lofc only her
quarter-deck and fore castle;
'•nd it is said that the Triumph
of 74 guns, at P ymouth, is to
undergo a like change.
Kingston, (Jam.) February 6
i On the nth December, the
, American privateer Saratoga fell
-in with the Rachel, of Green
ock, bound to Laguira; purlu
ed her under Englilh colors,
umil within gun (hot, when A
merican ones were displayed :
ih<* Rachel then cut away the
l stern boat and gave the enemy
;a Item chafer; upon which the
[ privateer immediately hauled her
p wind as much as Ihe could, un-
her broadlide could bear on
;the brig, when a warm eonteH
'.took place, broadlide for broad- 1
‘fide lor one hour and r*emy.j
•eight minutes; the Saratoga
having her fore fop*.fail- ya n
cut away, and the Ihrouds of
ncr main rigging, Ihe /htered,
ofi to rehi her damage ; having;
accoinpiilhed it (he made io.j
ward the Rachel, hoilted a flag
of truce, proceeded dole along j
fide, and icqueftcd of the com-|
mending officer to pull down
the. colors, as lh< was confident
any refinance on their part 1
jwould fie ftu lefstnd only caule
d ulelels efiufionof blood ; that
if it was not obeyed, they might i
depend on the ccnlcquences.-
I he mate of the Roche replied,
that her colors were nailed to
rhe mart head, and Ihould not be
taken down uulefa he fell in
die coined ; and desired the
capt, ol the Saratoga to pull
down the union jack then fly-,
irig, which he complied with,
but the bloody flag was hoisted.
in its head. The engagement
then re*commenced, ana in the
Hitt bioadfide the mate of ihe
btig and (even men weie killed,
when the rest of the crew left
their quarters, leaving the co
lors flying, which the people o>
the Saratoga hauled do*n on
boaiding her—& the ertw was
lent alhore at Laguica with the
exception ol one mai wounded.
Ihe Saratoga alio captured,
on the 10 h the Briiilh lehr.
Marta, Hall, of Grenada, from
St- 1 homas for Laguiia, witV<
a cargo of dry goods. The
j Rachel was retaken and lent
into this iil'ind.
Savannah , April 12.
Arrived, this evening,
Capt. Holland ,
15 days from Bolton, with
Sundries to J. Battle, bro’t
up the mailer of the Spanish
lehr. Ranger, taken by the
liritilh Cutter Caledonia oft'
our bar two days fine :, and
two boys belonging to a pi
lot-boat of this port, that
were put on board a whale
boat to find their way ashore,
favv one fehooner and a
Hoop, ahd heard a cannon-
I adtng dillindtly for 3 hours
*' On 3 1 ft ah. in lat. 34 21
N. long. 75 VV. Capt. H.
1 was boarded by the Frigate
' Cb:Japeake , Capt. Evans , 103
days out, fupplie J him witn
, lome vegetables, was iu
-1 formed th t fl*e had captur
ed lev era l valuable uier
chatntmen, and burnt two,
had on board a considerable
quantity of dry goods, and
was waiting in hopes to fall
in with a British frigate.
Ext raff from the Leg-Book
of the United States febr.
Nonfuch 9 of 14 guns , Jas .
Morky commander .
On Friday the 19th int.
at 2 p. m. (landing to the
northward, made 4 fail ahead,
gave chafe; at 5 p. m. 2of
the veflels came up with us,
finding them to be enemies,
engaged them, (one a Cut
ler, the other a schooner)
when they made all fail they
could. After two broad
sides the Cutter druck her
colors—(he proved to be the
Caledonia , of 8 gunr, (with
eleven other guns in' the
,hold, the metal of which are
iafeertained to b# 7 fix poun-j
|ders, 2 three’s and 2 four’s)
and 40 men, commanded by
John IV. Hinfony from Naf.
lau, New-Providence. The
schooner got clear. We
were informed (he was the
May-Flower privateer of 2,
long guns 6c 40 men.—The
Caledonia has been out a
month, has taken the Mor-<
nirig Light, and 2 Spanilh 1
Schooner. The Caledonia
had 3 men killed and 5 1
wounded—The Nonluch, 2 *
7 1
wounded—Theengagement {
laded 7 minutes. The,
May Flower made all fail,,
and bore away before the l
Caledonia druck. I
New-Torky March 29
We underhand that Com. 1
Bcresford with his squadron
have left the Delaware with
out either Oxen or Vegeta
bles! deeming it, we fup
pufe, mod expedient to a
bandon his meditated attack
on Lewi flown.
Abase fabriertion: —On
the 30th ult. the Boston
mail bro’t to Ncw-York, a
letter (said to be written is
the mail was closing) ad
drefTed to the Editor of the
Advocate , purporting to be
1 from th* Editors of the Bof
-1 ton Chronicle, dating that a 1
British squadron, confiding
of three 74’$ and four fri-,
1 gates, had arrived there, and
that a flag of truce had been*
.lent, demanding fupplics of,
'provifions, 6cc. which, if
not complied with, thebom-
Ibardment of the town would
9 immediately follow; But
the Boflon papers received
next day, were silent in re
lation t<* any arrival of Bri
ti(h veflels, and difeovered
[ that the alarm had no foun
dation.
1 NEW-YORK, Arm 3.
. Rumour of the arrival ol the frigate EflVi
L nr k p>,lf#igtr» in tnc nolio
‘acag* 11atc, that joit before Icavin,
■ ih*y vtcru told that tfiv
• "+
ngate F*«ex h*J f i
‘uter harbour, and that a boa h*
lust reached the shore f ro ,., t *
She bro’t in t«r„ t , , £ *
Ship Tom Hazard, ha- a ifVf( j
4t New. York, fromCadz, ln y
*i\ys. Brings London f * pt . r , l#
, the February, bat no ciir 4C[ ,
are given.
We underfUnd, fays th- y
Y. Columbian, the Marshal of
this diftria has taken into culler
dy, a number of Britiih tub,
jests, for difregardmg the re*
■peated notices which have been
given, 8c remaining in the ciiv,
contrary to the orders ot g o ,'
vernment for their removal i oa
requdite diftancc from the ude
waters of the feacoall.
ENGLISH AGENTS.
The opperation of British in*
fluence in the United State*
may now he wel*. underffooti;
in Boston it appeals that neatly
one third of the perlons en*
gaged in the foieign import and
mercantile business are English
agents !
The proportionin New Yoik
istbout the fame number.
In Philadelphia the British a
gents and others regiflered a*
not citizens, in the regular office
amounts to fifteen hundred.—
Os which it is found laoobave
voted at our elefcfions, and have
thus completely ruled our local
affairs as if we were governed
by an English Parliament.
YVe Ice perlons walking our
ftfeets every day notorioufiy
Icmiffaries totheßcitifh govern
ment —we saw a man on Situr*
day, who avowed to the writer
of this article, that he had no
come to the United States to
becomt a citizen, and who
ketps a regular journal of every
man’s business, but has no bu
siness of his own, and who by
his habits and charafter, is pan
ticulatly well adapted to att the
pari of a spy-— Aurora.
v Charltfton, April.
Gallant Action.
Yesterday arrived at this port
from a cruize of iwo month* the
*ligam piivate armed •choemf
General Armstrong, Capt. O.
Chaplin, belonging to
York, and mounting 14 carriage
guns, and 1 long 42 pounder &
i SWivul—ln the course ot her
cruise she has been twice engng*
wiih B.iiibh vessels oi war, the re
sult ot which engagements will «
found in the follow mg extract
fn* m hir log book.
“ Sailed from
Feb. 8-March 6 discovered a
'.brig standing for us at 1 P. M- ba a
.'led oar wind to the N-and w. n«
hove about under oar lee and si°'
to the northward on a wmd» wC
Ihauled up our foresail and
j him a gun he showed no colours
we repeated it, he s#on returned «
'but the shot fell short of
>! manoeuvering aome time "
liiim, in the course of " inch
• got nearer to him he shev/ti
glish colours and kept up a
j which we as waimiy rcll ‘. j
Hwhen wc parted, Shew^'p
Uor 20 guns, and vre com luJe
to be the convoy for<th e ? u ' u
I aome ward bound sh.p«-^ rl “v
Kiver bearing a. W. distant 3 W
'“f«■«-'
sail beaimg s. s. *• * c j
lor way » at halt past b, - #|
, hree guns and bo.sttu b j(
olourn. At this time **• vre n ,<
diout 5 fathoms water, '
. -agues iroitt bundam n“cr. §