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NAVAL ACTION.
F It. A N C E.
l’r;r,i the M'.niteKr jc
Mejjuirr, l9.
Rear admiral Linois, with
three veffels, the Formidable and
* indomptablc of 80 guns, cap
tiir.s Lodindor, Calonde, and
Macoufuj the Deflaik of 74
guns, captain Paftiera; and the
frigate LaMcfTirori, of 18 guns,
t aptain Martining, after having
dialed the enemy’s crullers on
r.he coaft of Provence, prefented
themftlves before (Gibraltar at
fhe very moment a Britifh fqua
dron off ix ihips of the line ar
rived there.
On the 4th of J illy, the rear
admiral Linois anchored in the
bay of Algebras, expcdVmg an
attack next morning. During
the night he landed the general
of brigade Devaux, with a de
tachment of troops to line the
batteries in the Road. On the
sth, at 8 o’clock in the morning,
the cannonade commenced a
gainft fix Britifh fliips of the
line, which were not flow to moor
ihemfelves within the range of
mulket ihot along the French
ihips. The combat v/as foon
warmly entered into; the two
iquadrons appeared equally ani
mated with the refolution to
conquer. If the French fqua
drons had fome advantages by
its politico, the Britifh had dou
ble the force, and fome rebels
of 90 guns. The Britifn reTel
the Mannibal, of 74 guns fuc
cecded in placing hcrfclf be
tween die French fquadron and
the land. It was then halt pad
11 o’clock. This was the cleci
five moment. The Formidable
which bore admiral Linois’s Hag,
fought three Britifh Hups during
two hours. One of the Bri
rifh fhips which lay along fide
one of the French ftruck at
three quarters paft 1 i o’clock.
A moment after, the Hannibal,
expofed to the fire of three
French Ihips, which fired*from
both fides, alfo (truck colors.
At half pad 12 the Britifh fliips
cut their cables, and put to Tea.
The Hannibal was towed in by
the Formidable; out of 600
which was the crew, 700 were
killed.
The Britifh (hip which (truck
was got off by a great number
of gun boats and other vcffels
from Gibraltar.
This battle covers the French
navy with glory, and proves
what it can perform.
Rear admiral Linois was to
go to Cadiz with the Hannibal
to refit. m
BOSTON, Augnji 19.
STOP THE MURDERER.
• 500 Dollars Reward.
We learn, that Jafon Fair
banks, under lenience of death
for murder, and confined in
Dedham jail, was liberated there
from on Monday night laft, by
a banditti of the liberty pole
gentry of that part of country.
The daring and infamous ad,
we are told, was threatened be
fore and fmee the trial, in their
circles. Every good man in
the community is called upon to
raife a hue-and-cry. to deredl the
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fugitive criminal, that he may
i link: the jAmbhmert deno meed
IVv th<* law for one of the mof
attrooous crimes ever com
• mitred.
PIULADKI PHI A, Auguft 27.
Cbefier County , Auguji 24.
A melancholy affair happened
in the family of John Dungan,
of Fait Whiteland townfbip,
Chefter county, on the morning
of the 17th in ft. when his three
dutiful daughters, the eldefc
about t 1 years of age, went out
and gathered what they thought
mufti rooms. They brought
them to their mother, who un
fortunately drcjfed them in the
( beft manner (lie could, and die,
with half her little Hock, partook
cf the poifonous morftl. On
the 18th, about 10 o’clock, they
felt themieJves getting fick. At
three o’clock in the morning of
the the 1 9th, the youngeft died;
at one, the fame day, the 2d
died ; at three o’clock on the
afternoon of the 2Gfh the deleft
died; and at fix o’clock in the
evening of the 21ft the mother
died. The aid of two fkilful
phyficiansproved in vain. The
poor diftieflfed father, with his
three little boys, by the overrul
ing providence of God, were
not prelcnt at the deadly repaft.
NEW-YORK, Sept. 4.
“ Juft as this paper was going
toprefs, we were informed, that
Fairbanks, who efcapcd from the
jail of Dedham, was taken on
Sunday laft, at Fairhaven, in
Vermont, and is in fafe cur
tody.” Albany Regifier.
BALTIMORE, Auguji 25.
The trial of Alexander Ka
minjky, was on Monday brought
on in the criminal court in this
city, for forging and uttering
notes of hand to the number of
twenty-eight, amounting in the
whole to 18,300 dollars. The
attorney-general had filed againft
h im e igh t and t we n t y i nd i £1 m e n ts,
to each of which the prifoner
plead guilty to the court. And
yefterday morning Klein
schmdty a clerk and accomplice
of Kaminfky, was alfo arraigned
at the bar of the court upon
fimilar indidtmcms, to all of
which he likewife plead guilty,
and lubrnitted to the court.
The judge then fentenced the
offenders to fourteen years hard
labor upon the roads—a fentence
which it is to be hoped will an
nihilate the practice of counter
feiting and forging, which has
already arifen to an alarming
height in this country.
Auguji 29.
From unqueftionable autlio
rlty we are warranted in faying,
that peace between England and
France was firmly expedfed to
he declared in Paris at the grand
fete, on the 14th of July. The
intelligence from Egypt was
brought down to the beginning
of June, at that time nothing
decifive had occurred, although
fome hard fought adHons had
taken place. An English frigate
and feveral tranfports had been
loft, but whether in the Nile,
or the “ Red Sea,” our infor
mant could not recoiled!. Pro
digious preparations were in rea
dinefs all along the coaft of
France for a defeent on Fne-
O
1 End, provided a peace did not j
| take' place. On the other hand
| the Englifh cruizing veftels were
every where diligent to ward off
Id great a calamity.
Augujt 3 i ,
Vert.al Information.
Tuft as the Maryland left
Havre, forty five gun boats lad
ed for Dieppe, their appearance
was extremely intereftins and
beautiful, each carried a 24poun
der on the bow, and a 6 pounder
lon the Hern :—they have three
rnafes befides a threat number of
rowers on each fide, they are
decked forward, and aft, but in
the centre, are. open, with an
awning covering; below is 100 m
i for two horfes, and each carries
| ico foldiers, independent of the
j boats crew. The Englifh cruiz
j ing veftels cannot prevent thofe
; boats from failing clofe along
fhore, to the general rendezvous
1 o
at Dieppe, Bclongne, Calais, and
Gravelines, at which places near
ly 1000 gun boats were collect
ed or collecting; at fevcral
times five, fix, lomctimes ten
| boats, had failed from Havre
i together, and have arrived fafe
! at the ports above mentioned.
The intention of Buonaparte,
(as laid to be declared by him
klf) is to embark ico,coo men
in tliefe boats, which cannot in
a calm night be prevented from
crofting the Channel, and then
invading England - y whilft infe
rior bodies attempt to co-ope
rate from the harbor of Breft,
St. Malocs, &c. fuch were the
plans fpoken of by intelligent
people at Havre, when the Ma
ryland failed, in cafe the war
continued, and Inch were the
movements of the gun boats,
which in feme meafure corref
ponded with thefe declarations;
here we entertain (and with
juftice) fuch enlarged ideas of
Britifh naval ftrergth, that we
are taught to laugh at all views
of invading England, as merely
fpeculative; but to fuch a man
as Buonaparte, elevated by a
greater portion of fuccefs than
any other general the world has
yet feen, nothing appears im
poffible; he knows that the
diftance between the above ports
and England is flicrt. He ex
pels that his troops having land
ed, every thing will give way
before them; and he knows
that in a calm, the largeft Beet is
perfectly unable to prevent
their paftTng acrofs the Channel in
a few hours; It is faid that he
calculates upon the lofs of
sC,cco men in the attempt, but
that he fpeaks confidently of the
' final refult, being glorious to the
arms of France.
Yeflerdav returned to this
j port, the United States fhip of
| war Maryland, John Rogers,
i cfq. commander, in 39 days
! from Havre de Grace. This is
j the fhip in which the convention
( with the French republic was
j fent out. A file of the Jattft
Paris papers down to July,
brought by a particular friend of
the editor, were accidentally
left on board, of courfe lie is
unable to lay before the public
any rranflations this day.
The verbal information which
the Editor has been able to
obtain, from a convti fation with
a:i intelligent pafTciiger, lb *.
That on the arrival ot' the
Maryland at Havre, the repub
lic’s yatch was fent off to carry
Mr. Dawlbn and the captain on
fhore;
That Mr. Dawfon was receiv
ed and treated with every mark
of attention in Paris, and had
an interview with Buonaparte ;
That the convention was not
ratified ; but was in fuch a train
as to enfure its ratification in a
few days after the Maryland
failed. Mr. Dawfon remaining
in Paris until it was completed.
That the French republicans
difplayed the utmoft happinefs
at the fpeedy profpeft of an
amicable fettlement of our un
fortunate difpute with that coun
try.
That the utmoft confidence
of all clafles was placed in Bu
onaparte, to whom they looked
up as the political Mdfiah who
was to enfure peace, profperity,
tranquility and happinefs to the
people.
That provifions were extreme
ly plenty, and very cheap, the
average price of flour in France
being about feven dollars per
barrel.
In regard to affairs in Egypt,
nothing particular had tranfpired
flnee our laft accounts : thefe
affairs ftill remained “ in ftatu
quo,” both the French and the
Britiili claiming the vuftoryover,
and the profpedt of a permanent
poflHflon of that country.
That negociations for peace
were carrying on in Paris, be
tween Mr. Merry and the fir ft
conful i the refult of which was
not known ; but an American
gentleman of the fir ft refpefta
bility wrote his friend at Havre
on the Bth July, “It is faid a
peace has been concluded on
between the Britifh minifter and
the firft conful, but nothin"
official has tranfpired : It is faid
the proclamation will be read at
thcFetc on the 14th.”
( AmericanJ
LOUIS VILLI,
SATURDAY, Siptcmho \g, IPOI.
Juft ice to ourfelves, and an
attention due to the repeated
complaints of many refpeftable
Sublcribers, rendered it necef
fary to infert a note fome time
ago, in which we with truth
declared that our papers had
been regularly tranfmitted, and
that if Mr. Hobby, would not
deliver them we could not help
it ; as it was an abufe for which
we were forty that we had not
at the prefent any other correc
tive than an appeal to his feel
ings and fenfe of juftice and
propriety. After a profound
filence and lapfe of fome weeks
we find that this appeal has only
operated to awaken his long
dormant feelings of fhame
from which we conclude thac
his lenfc of juftice and propri -
ety, if not entirely extinct, is
buried in fuch a deep (lumber,
that nothing fliort of the found
(f the lafi Trumpet will aroule if*
The manifeft confufion apparent
in his matter-piece of Hander,
conveys to us the moft incon
trovertible evidence of a mind
