POST-OFFICE, Philadelphia, <)th Nov. 1798. The Poft-Office will be re fcoved to its ufiial place, No. 34, South Front-ftrect, ori Saturday the 10th inft. it 1 a o'clock noon, and on Monday Vndrnihg the letter carriers will begin to deliver, in their diftri&s, as formerly. JitJl Imported, A quantity of falt-pctre, refined Gun powder F and double fealcd battle Caniiou, 4 and 6 pounders London porter and Burcon Beer MultarJ squares, 4 ounces Heft Durham muflard Ginghams, fubjcA to drawback All of which WiH be WW on migrate terms by H&NRY DAViES,junr. • No. fouth Second ftreit.oppofite the city taVern. Nov. o mw&ftf ■t Dobbin & Roberts, TATLORS, RESPECTFULLY inform the.rCuQonieri, and tlieTubiic in gentr&l, that they have remo ved from No. 114, Ckefont Street, to No; 30, South Fourth Street; Where orders in their Hne will be thankfully re ceived ind diligently att*n<J£d to. n»-*f.r.hi'r T c mw&T.iw NOTICE. ALL Persons indebted to the Eflate of Docfor Francis Bow*« Sayre, deceased, are re oueftsd to make immediate payment —and thole hiving d-!rand<againft the faij Eftste, are delirdd to ptcduce the fame, duly authenticated, to Ann Sayre, ? Administratrix. Robert Heyfham, 5 Admiriiftrator. November 15 daw Smith & Rodman, No. 45, South Front ftrect, Havcjufl receivedper the William PenD, and Jauc,fr6m Loudon, Diana and Thomas from Liverpool, 2nd Kingston, from Hull, • A LARGE & GENERAL ASSORTMENT Of DRY GOODS, AMONG WHICH AK£ Plain, twill'd and striped Crapes Coatings |Plaiu& striped Wildbores Fine white and red Wetfb Worsted.Yarn & Cotton FUu>'cl» Hole Do. yellow and fcatlet do. Men and Boy. Woollen Superfine and low price. , .. n , . t, . , . ,i.T.k „f 7-8 bleach d Infh Dow- J-4, c-4, .7-4, clothsoi ' )af all colors 3.4 brown liifh Linen _ and Halfthiek. 3 | whuc snd blowo i r . -HF«eft and Hunter Cloths y i(h sheel ; Greetl and Red Drapery Flax( . n & T<lW 0 M»- Ba:ze burgh in balct Do. and 7-4, do Drog'atda ££ Irifti Silefias Red iSc green B jcking do. ~-8 and yard-wide Jr;(l» Swanfiowns & l'oilanett* Lioenj Role, Point Mid Duffil! Printed Callicocs&Chin- Blankets t*ei Superfine London Cafli- Printed Linen and bor-'j tnijresof the ucweft and dei'd Handkerchiefs I" ntoft fajhionable colors Cotton& '.allicoe Checks fj Low priced Yorkthire do. Thread «eW « Laces j mancoes Holland Tapes£# Bobbins I Joan Spinnings &Durants Thjclcfeu a £ Corduroy, KaUul.tt. & Shalloons HuWing and |ancy Col 4 s Norwich Camblets, 'or Vt | set , and Velvetteenj Cloaks Black and olive Cotton- Bombazetts and Black jdj, . Wiih a variety of other Articles cyi hand, for; sale oil the most reifonable term# for cash or the usual credit. Nov 6 t».th»fa,tf Samuel Potter, William Page and Thomas Price, , 1 No- 31 Chemiut street, Art now opening a very extensiVe ajfortment of DRT GOODS, Suitable to the prtfent fcafon, Which they have just received per Ships Faflor, Boyne, Otfego & Independence, (via New Tort) from LONDON, Alio, per (hips William Peon & Amiable from London,and Blips Sally aed Thomas from , Liverpool, IVhicb they will fell on very low ternu for eq/b or approved notrt, viz. Common autl fuperfine 7-8 fancy and chinz cal cloths licoet Plain & fancy coatings 7-8 common and chintz i'lain and tiripad caffi- furnitures mere» A very large quantity of . .Swasfdowns cLintza < Rose and dufißll blmnketaPurple and chintz fiiawli ; Red and ytllow flannels Linen and lawn pocket I ' fine Welch flannels 1 andkerchiefs Carpets and carpeting |CameU' hair lhawla Jeannetts & tabby cords a very large aflortraent of Velveteens & velveretts ribbonds Thilkfetts Britifcylain checked,ftri- C.allimancoes, duranta & pad and tambour'd muf jear g tins of all descriptions £ilk, cotton, and worsted volorud borderedfhawls, hose » g'" l *r'«ty Cotton, callico®, * tirifk:s-4 and 6-4 conjertrams checks and betulleea 5.4 and 7-B,d»wlafs lins D*ma(h tabic linen Lace» and edgings 4-4 and 6- 4. lh«ting» Black and patent lacc . Irilh liners Lace viils and figured Ginghams cloaks Bandannoei Pulongs and fattini A very large quantity of Persians and farfancfc Silk modes And a variety of other articles. Nov. 3 [i.jm Notice is hereby Given, TH A.T appHcition will be made it the Trea fory of the United States for the renewal of the following certificates of Si* per Cents, funded debt —Handing in the name of Robert tt'lljca of Calcutta in Bengal, Surgeon in the service of th« honorable United Company of merchants of England trading to the East-In die», which were loft from on board the Swal low-Packet, capt Kidd, from Falmouth to New York. Doll J. Ctl. No ic,444, Reg. office 14th Dec. 1793, one certificate for 173} 33 ' No Keg office 17th Dec. i7oi» one ceitificate for 19 59 50 Ellijfon ts* John Perot. no* 1.1 eod6w TO BE RENTED, ( And immediate pqfrjion given,) A LARGE thre. fto.-y JJRICK HOUSE, situate in Walnist-ftreef—-Tlie rooms are ft»mmod»ous,airy and private—from which.and its central pofitisn, it is thought to be an eligi- : He situation for a Public Office. For terms, en quire of BENJ. H r . MORRIS. < A\fo, A cotnmodfous Ware Houle, in Tay lor's Alley. 1 O&obcr >9. 3tawiw : " . ' '.V .• ALL PERSONS, • Having cijft.'o apainii the hSTATS OF SUSJNJ*Mff LOCKraR, dcceafed, are j ** requellen t present ihcir rcfpeisive accounts to . Nathan a. smith,! ' Aaing ;:j JOHN DORSET, 3 Execm^ r ' A LEASE OF THE HOUSE 0 ' Lately occupitrd hv Suf wnnb Lockver, together mfob THE STOCK OF GOODS, Are to l>c diJpof«d of Time will be given for • the Utter on un-excep'iionable feeurity. C> THE OFFICE ~ OF the Committee appointed to lu perintend the building of the Frigate, is again opened at No. 95, South Front Street, tirhifcre attendance will be given to receive tlic fubferiptions of those gen tleman who have notyet made payments. november 12 dtf %* The Public are informed that the j Alderman's Court of this City, will re j. new their fittings on Thursday neitt the 15th of November inft. at teri O'clock in the forenoon at the City-Hall as usual. nov 9 it f CT The OFFICE of the Board of Commissioners, under ,r the 6th Article of the Treaty of Amity, ■ e See. with Great Britain, is returned to d No. 129 Mulberry street. Nov. 12. Uriiverfity of Penn/ylvania, Nov. 13, 1798. The Medical LsAures, in the University, will aflually commence on Monday, the 26th of this month. The Insurance Office of SHOEMAKER & BERRETT, is again opened at no. 19 north Water street—At tendance will also be given at their room at the, Ceffec-houfy ? ■ ufaal, from t» 'till a o'clock 11 mo : d6t University of Penn/ylvania. s ■ Nov 8, 1798. 1 THE different Sckools will be opened on Thursday the 15th instant. By order, ' W_ m. ROGERS, Sec'y. ' The Custom House is re moved from Chester to the City, and ■ is again opened at the usual place. November $ § Horses to Winter. HOR c ES taken into Wiri'er at Peel Hall Farm, two miles fenm the City on the . Wiffahickon road.The terras may bo known at No ii, North Third-street. nov i» end lot .J wanted, , j A PAIR OF CARR'AGE HORSES, (BI,\CK wohW h« preferred.) Apply'at No. | I*4> Spruce street, between Third and Fourth 1 streets. 1 i -Bovmr.ber i» jt "j BALLAST. AQU NTITY to h** of, if applied for immediately, On hoard the Ship LouiU, lvi«g • t Mr.,-HUMPHREY'S Ship Yard. November 4 WANTED, A MIDDLE AGED WOMAN, [ WHO understands Cooking, and Housework generally. Fnqifire at No. 109, . Walnut street. November is eo6t r Mrs. SCOTT Informs her Friends in tlx City, and likeivife tbofe <u>bo JIUI remain in the Country, that Jhe bus returned home with her Family, to No. 1, Carter's Alley. Nov. 10 co^t. " TO RENT, : A convenient HOUSE, about twenty feet front with b?ck buildings—coruer of Third and Cherry ftraets. Enquire of J. HALLO WELL, no. so, Walnut-street. 10. «diw NOTICE, ALL Persons having claims upon the Estate of James Thorburn, Stonecutter, deceas ed, are desired to pfe/ient them for payment— ' 1 and those indebted to pay their refpeittive bil : lances to < Benjamin IV. Mo frit, admmiflrator. f nov T 4 33Wjw NOTICE. ~ SAMUEL fe.tCHAR.DET, informs the Gentle men Subfcribcrs, that tht EXCHANGE is opened for thf-ir vecep.ion ; and th- CITY • TAVERN, for' Gentlemen and Travelers Last Spring added an addition of twelve Bed s Chambers to the fide building, which makes it perfectly convenient. - november 6 taw I To Lety ' ' THE houle, No. 78, North Se cond street, with or without a (lore and liable— The house is large and convenient ; enquire of I John Litle, Ko. 40, North Gxth tlreet. Oflobjr 31. wfcfa tf Printing A^ork, Of Every Kind, EXECUTED AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE, I At the Office of the GAitTTE of the . UnitedStatks, 1 OA- 13- dtf. p Canal Lottery, No. 11. ■ Will re-commence drawing in the course of the present month. "I 'ICKETS to be had Eight Dollars each, at 1 WILLIAM BLACKBUKN's Lottery and Brokers office, No. 64 South Second-street, where check books ire kept for registering aid summation of TrtkeW in the above, City of Wafcington and Pattcrfon Lotteiies, ice. Statu Whiili / One prize of 10,000 dollars 10,000 S ve 4,Oct ao,ooo I w * 4,000 4. wo ».«««> a,OOO 1 , Ten JCO s , co „ Twcnty-leven to o J)400 . I With a full proportion of the one hundred . ?nd of the fifty dollar prizes—The Lottery is ' . more than two thirds drawn and above 13,000 ' dollars richer than at the commencement. Note, the business of a Broker duly 3t ] tended to in all iu branches. i nov 9 »»w i > <l^——i—■<——l—H—— F I Fr6:A 4kk Norfolk Heaazd. e ' ° ! ~ | McfT. Willett & O'Connor. r - j Gentlemen, AS many of your subscribers flill doubt of the arrival of Buonaparte at Alexandria, ■ r I think you cannot do better than publish the enclosed ex t raft from a late London pa -11 ' per, and also th>paragtaph from alatenum- I ber of the United States Gazette, for by - comparing them you will find that general i Serurrier was swallowed by a Crocodile, on - the 19th June, and that he was in the U -5 nited States on or about the 19th Oftobtr. . Your doing so will at oncfc convince the greated fctptSc of Buonaparte's arrival, and n farther (which is of great confeattenee to " tjie Virginia Philosopher) it determines th« fwiftnefs of the Crocodile, for r.o doubt the Frenchman put her to the greatest spied. How the citizen general fared upon the paf e sage I cannot conceive-—except by his so - long being in the French army of Italy, he e might have learned to lay the young under contribution—bat that he was on the banks of the Nile it certain, and that he is now '• here is as certain, if we can believe the newspapers. These Frenchmen are devils, MelT. Printers, and should it be a fa&. that r general Serrurier Las got to this country by such a strange conveyance, we may then ex ' pest by our nrxt arrivals from India, to 0 heart that Buonaparte's array (except the 1200 that did not embark, or rather were not swallowed by the Crocodile*) is fafe ar rived at Mangalore. And, pray gentle ' men, what i« the afe of a navy in a cafe of this kind ? Ws mud get a fleet of Allega » tors from the Southern States, or we are 1 ruined. CERTAIN. Buonaparte's Expedition. ExtraS of a letter from an English gentleman ' in tie army v.nder the commend of Gen Bu onaparte. Alixansim, jvnt M. " Hung be the Heavens with black, yield day to n'ght. , " Comets importing change of times and (tales, " Brandith yoor cryttal tresses in the (Vies , " And with them fcoorge'the bad revolting ftari " That have confeurd to the Hero's death " Hisry V« | " Alas !my dear friend, the Hero of It aly, the Piscijuator of Eurtpe, tie Conqueror of Lo i, the Terror of Emperors, Pope/ and ■Kings, the Founder of Republics, the man— Who wai railed the meteor of the world, 1 Hung in fix {kjcl, and blazing as be travelled." | the great Buonaparte is no more consign ed to the merciless jaws of a cruel Crocodile. " As well as my anguilh and tears will permit, I (hall briefly relate to yon this tragical event. Having taken peffeifion of the city of Alexandria, the general proceed -1 ed haitily to fortify the harbor. Some dif turbances arose, which were fomented by'a Turkish Pacha with three tails, all of which byway of punidimetir, the general ordered r to be cut off. The unfortunate man indeed r had a fourth which he earnestly entreated to have spared, but Buonaparte, who ne ver approved of half meafurcs, ordered that also to.be cleared away. " All necessary preparations being made, the army confiding of 18,000 men, took the dirtiliot) of Aleppo, marching in good or der along the banks of the Nile. General Serrurier, who fat out the day before, Was ' cotfiderably forward with the advanced guard when Buonaparte began his march, which was rapid, but exceedingly fatiguing from the exceflivc heat of tie weather. On the approach of night we found ourfelvta in a fine plain, on the banks ot the river Nile, but in some places rather fwaiapy. Here the army halted for the night, and Buona parte, as pious as iEneas himfelf, determi ned to omit no religious duties, ordered the j foldfers to sing the Marfelleis Hymn five timet in honor of the Direftory, and Ca Ira twice in honor of the two councils; after ' | which they danced the Carmagnole, and lay down to reft. " While the others were asleep, I pro ceeded to an adjoining eminence with my telcfcopes, in order to make some observa tions upon jSyrius. At firft I perceived that I the dog appeared to wear a surly afpeft, when on a sudden his countenance shewed a : wonderful degree of brightness, and " mira bilediaum!" he seemed to wag his tail. After gazing for some time with astonish | ment at this strange pheenomenon, I turned Bty eyes towards the river, and beheld issu ing from its banks, and marching direftly for the Republican camp, an army of at lealt 12,000 alligators. I would immediately have cried out, but— •• Obttupyi, (Uteruntque ; torn*, et vo« faucibus hxGt.'f " The devouring moofters ptpJued the'r march with regularity and silence, furroutid ed the lleeping camp, and immediately pro ceeded to fatisfy their abominably voracious appetites with the flefh and blood of true- Republicans. Judge, my dear friend, of my horror and delpair, when I saw a croco dile, at lea ft 40 feet in length, enter the tent of the Hf r«i of Italy, and how much stronger were my feelings when I perceived the mon ster come out with Buonaparte in his jaws, having already devoured the whole of his Aides de-camp. I knew the General by the boots in which he slept, and ray heart was tortured on hearing his cries, while the amphibious moriftcr;— " Vifceribus miferorum, gi linguine vefcitur atro." 1 " Mandertt, et icpido tremerent lub dentibus artus." " The gallant Berthier was seized by j another of these monsters, »r,d the fearlefs r Maflena plunging into his enormous throat | to relieve and bring out his friend, the vora cious crocodile swallowed them both down t like an oyjler. ( "Nt fueh wai the fate of. the valiant 1 general Victor j for while he was in the jwa.s ] of an aligator, which extended them at the t fame time to fwellow a chajfeur, the latter 1 ■ fixed his carbine iUiidjng between the two jaws, whjcli the monster being unable to Ihut, the General walked out without the ftnalleft injury, except that his fa(h was mod foully daubed with the gore of former vic tims. *? Peifufus fanic viitas, atxcquC vcieno.'* " At length, tfie remainder of the camp h being routed, a furious cannonade took place 1. upon the crocodi es, who at length took re i- fuge in the river, having already feafted on y the flower 0/ the army of the Nile. al " Reduced to the number of 1200, we n are now returned to Alexandria, and any r. mode of returning to Europe we fhou'd re r. ceive with tranfporls." ie ______—_ 0 FOREIGN ARTICLES. 11 BELFAST, September 11. f" It i» rumoured that a French armament , • 0 having 1200 troops oi» board, have been ta- | . ken, and carried into Galway. r Yeflerday afternoon an express arrived from Lsrne to the Hosorablp C- iikrfEng- v ton mentioning that four large (hips and five l e brigs were seen off that coast. In confe- j quence of the intelligence, the different re- f gimewts in town received orders to be in rta- j dinefs at a moment's warning. D DUBLIN, September 13. C Extraß of a letter from Granard, Sept, 12ih containing some further account of the a3i n iviilh took place there between the Yeoman £ ty and the Rebels on the sth in/lant. ♦« On the evening of tlie 4th instant, in- j e formation was received that the Rebels were collecting in this neighbourhood in great « force, and had committed dreadful depreda- ; tions en the property of the inhabitants in j this vicinity ; this was fooa authenticated [ by unfortunate families flying from all fides ' into, the town, aid taking refuge in the ( barracks. r " Tne Rebels at this time marched to Edgeworftown and ditarmed a party of the t Maftrim Cavalry, commanded by Captain r Bond. On the morning of the sth inlt. in- a f ormation being received that they were ad- c vancing towards this town, the garrison, t confiding of flie Granard and Bailymacue c Cavsjlry, detachments of the Cavan, Ballin- { temple, and' Kilmore Infantry, under the command of Capt. Cottingham, and the ( Ballymacue Infantry, under the command f of Capt. Palla*, marched out to meet them. n " They appeared within a mije of the j town iii great force 5 upwards of 4,000, " armed with mufquets and pikes, command v j ed by Alexander Defii don, Lieutenant in {, Captain Bond's corps of cavalry, Mr. Hans t 1 Deniflon, Mr. O'Connell, and Mr. Miles f O'Reilly, all of this neighborhood ; they ' were drawn out in line of battle, opposed t to our handful, and firft, as er a few vollies ■] 1 were exchanged, their flanks filed off, in- u tending to surround us ; at the fame time a the centre division marched forward, driv ing before them above 200 head of cattle. 1 This obliged us for a moment to re treat, which was effected in good order, until we reached the Moat, a high eminence com manding the town, when a hot and well ® directed fire was kept up, which soon ob- v : liged them to break and fly in all direftions ; Ij the cavalry then charged and completed their deftru&iou .} while the centre diviflon | 1 was attackingthe Moat, the flanks advanced to assail the barrack, but the fire from the 1 walls and temporary bastions that were late- a ly erefted, foo.n obliged them to retreat. 1 " The (laughter was immense—about 1 150 were left dead on the field, and the corpses of feveial others have been found : fiqce in the corn fields. O'Connel, one of their captains, was killed, as also Farrel, one of captain Bond's cavalry, who fell in his uniform. The garrison confided of 174 infantry, and 5© cavalry, without a ' regular soldier, or any cannon.'-' P r Extract of a letter from an ofjiecr of the Kerry " militia, to his friend in Dublin, dated at Balli .amuck camp, September 10, J798. g " Since I left you in Limerick my time n has been so totally engrofled, that I had , neither Leisure nor opportunity of fuffiiting 1 my promise 6f writing. Siuce our retreat from the county Mayo, we have never "been two nights in one place; and the wildest J parts of or coirnty afford tnoxe com • 0 fort than any part of Connaught where our operations have been in. Since we joined general Lake, on the 4th, at Ballyh&de- jv rerr, and got upon the line of road the T\ French retreated, we have purfutd them e , with a eonitancy perhaps not paralleled, d through-fonr counties, viz. Mayo, Sligo, c. Lritrim, Rofcommon, and into Longford f; —the enemy well mounted and light, and we carrying all our baggage. ] Our hard- h (hips mcreafed in the pwfuit, never having tl pitched a tent, but resting on our arms un- w der the canopy of Heavc-n, and trusting lo the casual and scanty supply that fields of „ such a wretched country could afford, our a] rations and commissary always in the rear. j r Previous t» our coming up with the enemy, «. we marched from beyond Ballingtogher, at w three o'clock on Friday morning, to Bal- : r linamuck, by ten on Saturday, and almost „ without reft. •' I could perceive the great body of the si rebtls waiting the event on a diftam hill out w of Ihot, though were killed in c brench unifojttis fighting in the ranks si i his body fled into a bog where our cavalry [, could not pursue them, and were at t"0 j great a didance for our infantry, already b jaded, to overtake them •, many were driven t j O iOid Cornwallis's army, and were taken t j pnfoners. V\ e expeft orders this Jav or to (, row to march iuto winter quarters « and this f, a ) WC art °^ r beloved general, ([ whom every soldier adores aud refpedts.— t | rardon my being diffufe—but 1 conOdcr n the Bth of September a proud day to c\ery ~ loyal Irifhrnao," 1 , *3 I gkw JForefc* i ™ r " a «,«. ' NEW.TORK, Noremb^. tn our Gazette yefferdnv ip count of an action between Sir # Zlr "" **• ce < he French Admiral Br uv .. • L e, f° n > W «- ranean. The prqiaU'L ' th . e Mediter. 3 " fi* en gthened by the follLlL £,„■ """" " Pans pipers. If ,/ Jere has tleß,on * from vc W ™Wd>iv e cannot doubt V "'X"&***, »y. great degree offagacity, to'J/T"" c- terminalej. & f s Jo<lu *t har TV CM d„ C,b;„« of '"'r; ssss?*® i * scent of the Freocb fn Ir*]* J 1! ? >" of Houdevflle at St. Dom 1 ,e inclu iingr the takino- nf M ' w,t hout e- un K \ aR,n g °* Malta, and we st a ll be able ,o decide whether she K , r rf ' raf °"» ofihr J. 3. tf te"" f 'J* my, while t)is own house is it, flam* -c hue vemes, et non R«^«arnpli„ t .» Th£ I far «>alt thou go and no farther. it « de " L °' X a [ tbe f3mr day f avß ! that t . h ' S event, which' n 1S blft '?° certa,n > wili make every hope of d P eace PP ear ?we have (bong reason.to , 3 e '" t ' T " ! le of the war." 1 tie following we'extrad from the Chro oiquel "'verfelle, as it appears to (late some new circumflances*: e . " Thou gh there is nothing to discredit the newe of the misfortune which the squad ™ * 3 ? nwe! Knives has fufFered, we are - assured that no dispatches have yet been re - ceived from Vice-Admiral ViH eßC uve , that ' th's officer himfelf is at Malta, with a (hip of the line and a frigate ; and that another lhip of the line put into Cerfou. ! . " a PP"rs that only part ofthe squadron c stared in the combat, and it may be easily supposed hoAv unfavourable such an engage. '• mera mud have been, especially in a road e head. '» " There is reason to hope that cur lofi '• will not be found so great as thefirft reporti II have (lated. We are at least certain, that s the Britilh squadron, though of fupertor s force, has not escaped without great damage. ■' ' RJver Thames was fcarceever known to be fuller of (hipping than at this time. 6 The Weft.lndiaaien and American (hips are " uncommonly numerous. The American* e are the only foreign (hips permitted to com# ' into the Pool. ' BELFAST, September it. The following persons have been difchar lj ged from the Poftlethwaite prison (hip, ha ving found security to transport themselves to America : Charles Develin, John Service, J Triftrim Moore, JohnCaldwell, Hugh Boyd n James Wallace, (Hollywood) John Qninn, i Samuel Boner. Alexander CUndlnnan, Wil e liam Lowry, James Hamilton William Shaw and David Shaw. t Admiralty-Office, September 22. e Copy of a letter from the Right Honorable j Admiral Earl of St. Vincent, K. B. to f Evan Nepean, E/q. dated'Ville de Paris, before Cadiz, 20th August, 1798. j gallant and obstinate aiftion, fought by his a Majesty s sloop L'Efpoir, of fourteen fu pounders, against a Liguarian Pirate of ve ry superior force, which refit&s such lustre upon his Majiifty'sarms that too much can. y not be said in priJfi of it. ' Ihe h.fs of Mr. SouUby. the Master, is greatly to be lamented, as he was a very pro e nailing young man. 1 His MajcHy'tJloopL'Efpoire, Gibraltar, ' lOlh rtugull, *7OB. t My Lord, 1 I must have the honor to acquaint your ' I.ordlliip, that having under my cha ge part ofthe Qran convoy, on the .iboyt J five P. M. I difoovered a large (hip seem ' fleering to cut off the convoy, or far " Malaga, Cape Wind > ill bearing .V. E. by : N. four or five leagues. If she proved an 1 ; enemy I saw the preservation of the convoy > depended uj'on my opposing her.j I ther«- > fsre hauled out from them, and made all. 1 fait tutmet her. A little before seven P, ' M. perceiving her to be a man ef war, and ■ hove to, 10 receive me. I hoiffed our colours, I that we might knew each other, being then within muflcet-fhot ; <he did not think 1 proper to display her's ; but when we came f upon her weather quarter, bailed, whiah I r answered. He then ordered me, in a very • 1 imperious manner, and in good English, to, > " go to leeward of him, and strike, or he t would fmk me," firing one lhot into u*, and • inllanlly after his whole broadside, which we rtti.rned, and continued a very heavy fire of great guns and small arms on both : fides, till about 3. quarters pad ten P. M. f whe/i we bad the fatisfaAion to hear him 1 call out for quarters, " begging us not Jo ■ fire any more ; he was a Genoese-" I told f him vie were a British man of war. and or -1 dered him to inwer all his fails and come on ' board ofme, but ha paid no further at ten -1 tion, and kept (hooting up to gain a (una -1 tion to rake us We brought our broad fide to bear, and, thinking his force too great - to be trifled with, gave it to liim witn its > full effr<ft, and he mtumed it ; but on our > (hooting a-head, and tacking to give hist ■ the other, he again cried out, " begging iw r not to fire again, that he was badly wound ed, but would obey my orders immediate-. iy," and pn his lowering Uis f ? i|, a n firing
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