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mnade fjgnai to lland about, tack for tack, with the counter* march. The fog began to thicken. As soon as my signal had reached Admiral Gravina, he hastened to execute it with great refuta tion, and was iucceffively fol lowed by all the ships in the lquadron. As soon as he arri ved near the extreme flip, he commenced the engagement with lbme of the enemy’s (hips, which had already begun their movement with the wind ahead. But by this time the fog became so impenetrable, that it was im potable for me to perceive any thing more, and each (hip had scarcely any thing more than her second. The cannonade successively commenced along almost the whole liue. We fired by the light of the enemy’s fire, almost always without feting him. It was only towards the end of the engagement that in a fliort mo ment of clear weather, I was able to perceive to leeward of the line a (hip carrying Spamfh colours (landing to windward tinder her lower fails and llruck top-lails. Near her were two ships which I perceived to be of the enemy, one of which with all her malls carried away, and the other a three-decker difmaf ted of her fore-top mad and very much unrigged, both (leer ing with the wind abaft. The diimafted (hip appeared to be in great confufion and hardly to taftice to the working of all her pumps The thickest fog at this time covered all the van guard of the rear of the lquadron, aid depri ved me of the faculty of getting any movement executed, and, as far as I perceived, all the ad vantage of the battle was on our fide. There was no clear weather the rest of the evening. During j the night the two squadrons re- i roained in presence ofeach other, making their fig ials to keep in company. I thought, however, I perceived that the enemy with drew. As soon as day appeared we deferied him a great way to leeward of us. All the reports received from the French ftaps were fatisfa&ory. Thole of Admiral Gravina (Bowed thetn felves fully determined to pursue 1 and again attack the enemy, as since the weather had cleared up, we did not perceive two Spanish ships, the Firm and the Sc. Ra phael. I ordered all the (hi'ps to ral ly, and having formed the line of battle on the larboard tack, I bore down upon the enemy. The wind (lackened, the lea was h-gh, the enemy flood away to leeward, and it was impoffiblc for me all day to bring him to an engagement, as I wiihed. I occupied myfelf during the night to keep the fleet in order, so as to be ready to re-commence the engagement at the break of day. As soon as it appeared, I bore down upon the enemy, who had attained ag-eat distance, and was crowding fail for the pur pole of avoiding anew engagement. Finding it impofiible to force him to a battle, i thought it ad vilable not to withdraw any far ther from the place of my dclU- nation, and to dupe my eourle to effeCt my junction with the lquadron off Ferrol, conforma bly to my lnftruflions. [expe rienced contrary winds from n. e. to e. n. e. which yesterday blew with the greatest violence. The following are the only tidings I have had of the two fhip* miffing from lquadron. Cap ain Cofman, commander of his iinpe * i. 1 majr fly's ship the Pluto, gave me an account that from the beginning of the afhon, the Firm had loft her mizen and mainmails, that he had covered | and protected her as long as he i perceived her, by placing him- i felf between that (hip and che ! enemy ; but that afterwards he loft fight of her in the fog. With regard to the San Ra phael, it appears certain that (lie was not difmafted ; but be ing a bad sailor, making a great deal of lee way, mud have fal len to leeward, a> we loft fight of her the firft mght. The fog wa- so constant and thick- tha’ I was not able to dis tinguish the enemy’s force. I saw 14 (hips 3 of which were three-deckers, the greater num ber of which appeared to me to have fuftamed great damage; and if what the captain of la Di don assures me be true, .hat he counted 15 fail of enerhy’s ships before the aCtion, there ; s reason to believe chat one of them dis appeared in it. At all events, this contest has been an honorable one to the arms of the two powers, and but for the thick fog which conti nued to favor the motions and retreat of the enemy, he would not have escaped the efforts nor a decisive a&ion. lam as yet ignorant of the S number of killed and wounded, i who are, however, I believe, blit ; few. I have to regret the bfs ! of captain de Perrone, cf His nujdly’s ship LTntrcpide, who was killed. Captain Rolland of the Atlas was wounded. I shall have the honor to give you a more detailed accou t of this engagement very shortly. I intreat Your Excellency to accept my refpeCl. VILLENEUVE. From a London paper . An unparallclicd inflancc of the power of a horse, when as sisted by art, was shewn near Croydon on Wednelday last. The Surry Iron Railway being completed, and opened for the carriage of goods all che way from Wandsworth to M >rftham, a bet was made between two gentlemen, that a common horse could draw- thirty fix tons for fix miles along the road, and that he sh mid draw this weight from a dead pull, as well as turn it round the occasional windings of the road. Wednefdav last was fixed on for the trial ; and a number of gentlemen aflem bkd near Merftham to fee this extraordinary triumph of art.— Twelve waggons loaded with Hones, each waggon weighing above three tons, were chained together, and a horse taken pro mifcuotifl from the timber-cart of Mr. Harwood, was yoked int > the tt arn. He darted from near the Fox pubiic-houfe, and drew the irntnehfe chain of j gons with, apparent ea(e to near the turnpike at Croydon, adif tance of fix miies, in one hour and forty-one minutes, which is near at the rate of four miles an hour. In the eourle of this timr he flopped four times, to sh-. w that it was not by the impetotis of the delcent that the power was acquired—and afeer each stoppage he drew off che chain of waggons from a dead rest. Having gained his wager, Mr. Bankes the gentleman who laid the bet, directed four more wag gons to be added to the caval cade, with which the fame horse agaui set c (F with undiminiftied power ; and ftii further to shew the effeCl of the Railway rn faci litating motion, he directed the attending workmen, to eke num ber of about fifty, to mount on the waggons, and the horle pro ceeded without the lead diftrrfs, and in truth, there appeared to be scarcely any limitation to the power of his draug .t. After rhe trial the *v,igg s were taken to the weighing mac me. and i appeared -h a he whole weight was as follows : tens civ't. q. 1 2 Waggons fi ft 1 linked togerntr > 38 4 2 we gh and j 2 do. afterwards ) attached 5 2 0 Supposed we.gh; } of 56 Labourers 3 4 0 Tons 55 o o 0 — BOS TON, eptember 22. Bv the arrival, on Saturday evening last, of the ship Nep tune, capt. Scott, in 66 days from London, we have received papers one day and Loyd’s Lift three days later than those re ceived by the Sally, from Lb verpool. From tiiefe dates ve are able to add a few articles to our for mer flock, of European intelli gence. “ London, Aug. 10. cc Vv e have realun to believe tha: the intelligence lately recei ved by government is such as to create firm persuasion, chat the enemy will immediately make an attempt to invade this kingdom; their preparations are complete, and in the Texel the troops deibned for the ex pedition are actually embarked, 1 with all the artillery and stores, J ar) d we have no doubt are only waiting for a favorable oppor tunity co put to Sea. It was, indeed, yesterday poftcively da ted that the D itch fleet had fai led : but we have afeertained that the report was wholly un founded. Admiral Ruffe! failed on Thursday to resume his fta tio.n off the Texel. At so im portant a crisis, we arc happy to be enabled to (lace, that gov ernment have adopted every mealure which prudence could digged to defeat the daring de sign of the enemy. Os the re iuit of such an attempt v/e en tercamed a doubt; at the fame time we lhould be sorry if con fidence led to any relaxation in the necessary means of defence, it would be idle to deny that v\e 1 have the mod aCtive and pow ertul enemy to contend ag.-.inft ■"—-hat his means of attack arc gr.at beyond ah triple —and that his cnavty to this country is implacable. Our confidence is founded not upon any con ft mpt ol the enemy, but upon the knowledge of the fkiil, dis cipline ar.d courage of *nr fleers and armies, and upon the loyal ty, unanimity and bravery cf the people of these Kingdoms. The following circular letter was yesterday ordered to be lent to the Commanders of che dif ferent Volunteer Corps through out the kingdom : CIRCULAR. “ Sir —ln consequence of in telligence received by govern ment, cf the embarkation of large bodies of troops in Hol land, of a fleet or men of war be ing ready to Jail from thence, and of the increased preparati ons of the French at Boulogne* and its neighborhood. I nave received orders from his royal hsghnefs the commander in chief, to direCt tht general officers, and infpeChng field officers, attached to the volunteer corps, to give n rice to those corps, of the pof fioiiity ofiheir being speedily called upon for lervice: and al(o, to lulpend ail furloughs for working during the harvest till further orders* “ I have the honor to be your m< ft obedient and molt humble fervani. “ HARRINGTON, ‘ c General commanding the Lcn~ don dijtrill- El izabeth-Town, Sept. 24. Friday last, a: Newark, Har ry Lawrence, a man of colour, was arraigned on an indictmenc before the court of oyer and terminer, for the murder of his wife by pois >n j and after a pa tient hearing, in which every indulgence was granted him, he was convicted by a jury of his country of the foul crime, and received his sentence the next day, to be hung on Friday the 4th day of October next. This awrul cataftrophc, ought to be an admonition to druggffis, not to dispose of arsenic, the drug by which ,he accomplished his nefarious purpole, to servants or children. Anri, Yesterday, John Treat was conviCted of stealing a silver watch, and fence need to two years imprisonment at hard la bor in the date prison ; and Spencer, a negro man, convict ed of stealing an horse hide, was sentenced to receive on his bare back, thirty-nine stripes. ———— LEXING 1 ON, (K.) Sept. 6. We are informed, that two companies have been formed for the purpole of cutting a ca nal on each fide of the rapids of Ohio, so as to admit boats to pals and repafs with conveni ence. Such an object, if it could be accomplished, would give gener-J fausfaCtion. And whilst the friends cf the harmo ny and prosperity of the weltern country, would be willing to lee all parties accommodated, and the passage made as perfect and convenient as the hand of man could make it—prudence, perhaps, wouki forbid an at tempt, at this time, to cut two canals, L may, and it is feared