Foreign Intelligence.
CONTINUED.
Expedition Againjt Ferrol.
liorrative of the attempt made by the Eng
lifll upon the Port of Ferrol, iu Spain,
given by the Commandant of French cor
vette which put into Ferrol
■State of the Place at the Moment of Debarkation
The jpirrifon was comoofed of part of a
battalion of the regiment of Africa, and of
another of Zamarx, 2oi soldiers of the tna-
rine, and a battalion oi the militia of Orenfe.
If wajoin to this.lmall number of trosps
those conipofing the flying ca'mp of atiria,
amounting to iooo men, and that of Acres,
compoled of a battalion of the regiment Im
memorial del Rey, and Another of Guadalax
ara (those twd camps are situated a league
and an -half from Ferrol,) we fliall fee that
the total of the troop* which could be col
lected amounted to 4006 or 4500 men. If
we take away what were necellary to guard
the forts and the town, th.-re will remain
about 1800 difpofeable men. The Engl ill)
landed at fix in the evening, and the natives
were buying paper to make cartridges, At
nint o'clock flints were fought for : the
place was iu want of these two articles, and
had not a cannon mounted. The forts had
not eveu all their artillery.
Eventt of the ijth, 16th, and »7th, of August.
On the 35th, in the morning, a squadron
was de (cried, and an enemy's conv»y" fleer
ing towards the port. At four in the even
ing, a fliip of the line and a frigate were al
ready anchored in the bay of Domnos, a
liout two leagues N. N. W. of Ferrol ; they
had a Fiench flag, which was hoisted also by
eight iitil of the line, fourteen frigates, two
brigs, thirteen cutters, two bombs, and lix
ty three transports, which had 15,000 troops
on board Ten thousand men effedled a
landing without the lead opposition, for the
fire fr6m tlie (hips forced the men to aban
don the small fort which defends the entrance
•f the buy. A» soon as this event was
known at Ferrol, the General of Marine,
Don Juan Moreno, proceeded to Monte,
Ventofo, to observe the movements of the
enemy ; he returned immediately, and
"went on board hi; squadron from which
•lie landed the reft of the soldiers of the
marine, and the regiment of Afhtrias, which
having been jdined" by 200 soldiers of the
marine,6|fto militia, part of the Ring's battal
ion, and-ofit battalion of Gu.idalaxara, for
med a corps of 1800"met! who marched im
mediately agsind"tlie enemy, alteady matter
of the heigh'.s. This handful of meu at
tacked th< Englilh, who were 10,000 in
•number, with the greatefl intrepidity. Af
ter « very *».irm coined, in which the
gound wa» disputed foot to foot for an
hour, the Spaniards Succeeded ill making
them beat a retreat, and took pod in their
place; an attion which will render the
names of those who took part in it eternal,
for it saved the place, by affording time to
make some preparations for defence. The
English asked some pnfoners whom they
took, whethtr there were not foine French
men among them. On the *6th, at day
break, the enemy finding the small force
they had to encounter, attacked with ardour,
but their aud.;city was checked by the brave
ry of the company of grenadiers of Afluria«,
and the Kind's who bore the terrible fire
of the Englilh, who had two howitzers ;
in the end, the Spaniards, overwhelmed with
fatigue, after the vigorous refinance, fell
back upon the town in good order. Not
meeting with any more opposition, the En
glilh took Grana, where the magazines for
provisions for the navy are ; they kept them
till two P.M. and did no injury to them br
caufe they rel'ed upon taking pofleflion oi
Ferrol. The arrival at Govas of the grena
diers and chasseurs of the flying camp of
Juia, who farming upon two heights, seemed
to be triple in number to real amount, made
the enemy alter their intention. They re
gained the height, and endeavoured to get
Fort St. Philip, which defends the en.
trance of Goutel ; thiice they attacked it
■with impetuosity, thrice they were driven
back by the Forts Palma and St. Martin,
iituatedon the oppefitebank, which, lecond
td by four gun-boats, kept up so warm
and 'welUdiref\ed a fire, that they forced the
enemy te retreat to their intrenched camp
of Biron. It was threa o'clock when fhey
began their re-e'mbarkation ; and on the
57th, at one in the morniug, it was en
tirely completed. The'lquadron, and the
convoy-, failed the fame day, at three in the
afternoon, and steered to the N. N* W.
Tbelofs of the Englilh iseftimated at 1200
men killed and wounded. Amoug the for
mer is a General. The Spaniards loft 240.
The Spaniards, both' officers and soldiers,
hare covered themlelves with glory, and
with Englilh ihame. Among the traits of
bravery which diftinguilh then) the following
is remarked :—Sixteen of the enemy's sol-
diers had taken post behind a rock, from
■whence the Spaniards, interior in number,
could not dislodge them soldier »f the re
giment of Afturia.s advanced alone, twenty
paces from the enemy, feieed his mulket with
both hands, an dufiug the but-end, forcrd
them to tjtiit their post. General Moreno
has made this adliren known to the King
who, withsut doubt, will recompence the
gallant soldier. If the King of Spain has
yet the department of Ferrol, he owes it to
the brave Generals Moreno and Donadieu,
as well as to the intrepidity of the loldieas
who fought under their orders. He owes
them bis gratitude, which they i
have well deserved*
(Signed)
PANART, Lieutenant
Conformable to the original.
CAFFARELLJ, Maritime Prci'efl of Brdft
By this Day's Mail
RALFIGH, Nov. 4.
The election of an elector of President
and Vice President of the United States,
was held in this county yesterday. Colo.
Taylor, the Anti-federal candidate, got
301 votes, and L. Henderfon, Etq. the
Federal candidate, 266 votes;.
BALTIMORE, Nbv. 10.
By a gentleman direct from the city of
Walhington, arrived last evening, we
have received the following information—
that on Saturday evening last, about-7
o'clock, P. M. a fire broke out in the
building occupied by the War-oAice, 1 up
pofed to have commenced in the ciianiber
of the secretary himfelf, and into which
fire was Icarcely ever admitted—A great
portion of the books and papers were de
stroyed ; those of the accomptant were
laved—the aforementioned building, be
longing to Mr. Joseph Hodgfon, with one
adjoining, belonging to Mr. Jonathan
Jackson, were consumed, notwithllanding
the exertions of the citizens.
In addition to the above, we have just
learnt, by a letter from Walhington, that
Mr. Dexter's apartment, in which the fire
originated, had been locked up for the last
two ivet/ts, the secretary having gone on a
journey to the northward for his family.
Mr. Wolcott, with one of the clerks who
firft discovered the fiuoke ilYuing from the
secretary's chamber, burfl open the door,
but they were instantly repelled almost l'uf
focated, and retreated with difficulty trom
the tl«mes, which instantly spread over
every quarter of the building.
Mr. Dexter himfelf arrived at the un
happy moment of conflagration, very much
injured by a fall from his carriage, which
overset in that city.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
Washington, 30tb October, 1800.
Si it,
; I 'NCLOSE a ;id of men, who allodge
they are American citicens, born in the (late
oi Maryland, and who are detained on board
as Britilh (hips of war, for want ot proof
of their being such. I requefl you there
fore to take Inch measures as you may deem
mod prafticable nnrf effectual to discover
their relations 01 friends ; and, in commu
nicating to them refpedtivHy, the c.iul'e of
the detenrion of the men, to acquaint them
thit this Department will receive the proofs
of their beingcitizem, and pursue the means
proper to produce their liberation. Proof
of citizen fliip should be in every cafe, ac
companied with a description of the man's
person to whom it relates.
I am, Sir,
Very Refpeflfully,
Your molt obedient servant.
(Sighed)
JOHN MARSHALL.
To the Colleftor
of the Customs
of Baltimore.
STATE OF MARYLAND.
Names Places of nativity.
John Davis, Baltimore, (F- P.)
William Floyd, Do.
Righard Walker, Da.
Andrew Craig, Do.
Archibald Hunt, Cscil county,
John Stafford, Baltimore, (O. T.)
William Moore, Eastern Shore,
James Smith, Baltimore,
William Ford, Unknown,
Henry Clay, Baltimore,
John Shields, Sussex county.
John #t>mers, Dorset county,
John Simmonds, Unknown,
Thomas Butters. Baltimore,
James Cooper, Do.*
Wiliiam Hull'on, Doj
Edward Carter, Do.
Benjamin Harris Do.
Barney Galey, Do.
HeAry Long, Do,
William Screvern, Queen Ann's county
John Herner, Unknown
George Ramfi-y, Do.
James M'Linnan, Do.
James M'Laring, Da.
Horatio Gates. Do.
William Stanford, Caroline county,
John M'Donald, Unknown.
Henry Clay, Harford county
Law Book Store,
No. 319,
HIGH-STREET.
GEORGE DAVIS hai jull imported per Ac
tive from London, an exceeding; valuable
aiTbrtuicnt of BOOK*, which, added to thofc re
ceived by sundry late arrivils, and to others daily
expefted Irom Dublin, will render his collection
t»« metl important of any offered for sale in this
country.
In a lew days he hopes to have his Books open
ed and arranged, of which notice (hall he given
and his annual Catalogues distributed.
Bovember 2 eo3t
Jint come to hand,
and to be sold
BY R. AITKIN,
No. i*. Market ftrcct,
Pit ICE 6 CENTI,
A Letter
General Hamilton,
Occasioned by His Lfttfcr to
Prejident Adams.
BY A V E1) E KALIS T.
novtmbir 9
Never aft eel here. i
New-Theatre.
ON WEDNESDAY EVENING,
November i 2,
Will be prtfentea, # celebrated New COMEDY,
called—the
Votary of Wealth.
Written by the author of Abroad and at Home,
and performed at Covent Garden Theatre
frith unbounded applause.
Old Viforly, wr Francis; Leon«rd Viforly, rar
Wood; Drooplfi mr Cooper ; mr
Bernard; Oakworth, mr.Warren ; Cleve
land, mr.Wignell; Harry Melville,
snr, Cain i Master Hotel, mr
i Prigmorc; Nab!), mi 15lif
, 5 - f«i;Himpfon,mrDu'>
ang; Waiter, mr
3aily.
Lady-Jemima. Viforly, mrs Salmon ; Caroline,
mils Weftray ; mrs Clevalanf", mrs Shaw ;
Julia Clavelaoid, miss E. WeClray ; Gan
gica, mrs Francis.
To ivbicb wilt be added,
Not aiftei thi,e fealon, a, Comic Opera,
CALLED
The Poor Soldier.
* # * On Fridays Spe&re, with
a new musical tntertainment, called ST.
DAVID'S DAY ; Or, The Honest WrlQi
man.
*|* A "tragedy, nrver »<f\ed in America,
i< in prt-paration ami will be speedily pro
duced.
Box, one Dollar. Pit, three qmrteri of a Dol
lar, an 4 Gallery, half a Dollar.
rhe Dnors nf the Theatre will open "at I 4 P
5, and the Curtain rift at 1-4 pad 6 o'clock.
Gentlemen and LaJic« are requeued to fend their
frrvants to keep places in the bsxcj at a quarter part
five o'clock.
" A Novel, a Poem, a Drama, which reprefcuis
Virtue io lively colours, models the reader o»
the various characters, who a& without his per
qieving it; they became intereftiug, and the au
thor inculcates morality without fomieg to
mention it." Li Much*.
JuJi Publijhedy
BY JOHN CONRAD CO.
(SuKelfors to the late R. Campbell)—No* 30,
Chefnut street,
The Beggar Girl,
And her BenefaElrefs ;
BY MRS. BF-NNET,
Author of the WeMh Heircfi, Jiivenile Indifcre
tioiM, Agnes de Coarci. and Ellen, Countess of
Castle Howell.
In j volumes—tbree dollars.
novrmber 7 diw
Wanted to charterfor Madeira,
A good Vessel,
Of 1000 or i,ao« barrel*
irri? to
WHARTON UT LEWIS. _
No. i »$, Soutb Front Street.
. november 10 $
Robert Smith & Co.
No. yB, South front Street,
HAVE RECEIVED,
By the late arrival, from London, Liverpool,
Hull and Glasgow,
A general assortment of
GOOD S,
Suitable for the fewfon—among which are
StIVBRFIHE and fecund cloths
Forest cloths and plaim
A variety of plain, ribb'd and emlofled caffi.
meres ol every
A variety ol fa(hi«nable fwanfdown
Kendal cottons
Colchefler baize of every color
74t0 11 4 rofc ulankets
1 i i and 3 do
Whit* fergei fuitaMe for fadUrs
Ribbed and plain calimapcoes
Rattinets and IhallooQs
Durants joan*. and bqipbazeens
Bombaietts, firiped a»d plain,
Wildbores
Velverets, thickf<tts and fancy cords
Check'd and ftfiped ginghams
7-8. 4-4, (1-8 cotton checks
Bed tick?, Scotch (hirting
Brown linens and cotton bagging
Plain and tambur'd ja,con«t and book nyjflins
and handkerchiefs
Coloured tambor'd ditto
Olive, lead and blue muslins
Cambricks and lawns
Lawn, and printed linen handkerchiefs
Bla.k and colored Barcelona ditto
Black love ditc*
Worflad, yarn and cotton hosiery
White and coloured threads
Tapes, quality and Ihoe binding
An aflortment of ribbons
Sewing Glk .mtl twj.t
Ivory and horn combs
Shirt wires and mi uld»
Plain and fancy battuns
Knives and forks, penknives, fciflors, needles,
pins, Ac.
They have also on hand,
on assortment of
CHINA & INDIA GOODS,
VIZ.
Cotaurer* and Hack Lutcftringi, Senchaws and
Sattim—Garraht, Cartas, 8an«», Baftas, Guztenas;
&c. , '
oSober 15 \ aim
Health-Offioe,
4th November 1800.
THK Pilots of the Kiver Delaware are
dc-lired to take «*tice that after the 14th
inft. all veffeh from foreign ports are permu
ted to proceed to die city without couvng
to.) at tlie LazaijPtto, to be ex»nined by tlje
Urlid.'iTt l'liyficihii.
WILLIAM ALLEN, Jtealtb-OJjicer.
Nov. 4
Gazette of the United States.
PHILADELPHIA,
W KDNESTXAY EVENING, NOV*>(BER, 13.
The Wafhingtoa Federalist, conduct
ed by Mr. Rind, has the air of being
the Government paper. It is corredt
and exact, temperate and uniform. At
present, it is mostly composed of politi
cal eflays ; and vacant of numerous ad
vertisements, affords its readers plenty
of matter for a very moderate price.—
We hope the Editor will profit by the
undertaking that he will enrich him
felf 'and inform and amuse the public.
Such is. the rage for chattering among
the French, that the " Supple Gaul''
will talk the veriest absurdity, rather
than lose tht chance of being incelTant
ly loquacious, or impertinently civil.
Once, when Dr. Johnson complained of
a violenf tocth-acbe, a Frenchman observ
ed, " Ah, Monsieur, inut etudiez trap."
Whatever Mr. A. may
have been guilty of, Tench Coxe
is not the man to reproach him. Since
we learn from himfelf that Mr. A. ho
nored him with his uniform and steady
friendfhip, which, ws also learn from
himfelf, he most infamoufly betrayed,
by attempting to clog, confufe and
thwart the operations of his government,
and by writing a series. of verbose and
most stupid*, though libellous attacks
upon his character and family.
N. B. While Coxe was writing un
der the Judean signature of " A Federa
list," against the character qf Mr. Adams,
and against his family, he went to Mr.
A. at his lodgings and exprefTed hie deiire
to promote his election.
Accounts from Lancaster received last
evening, fay, that the Bill for a joint
vote for the choice of Electors for Pre
sident and Vi.ce President, was pafled in
theHoufe of Representatives, 54 to 20,
and sent to the Senate.
New Jtrftj Ltgifiature.
A petition from Matthias Williamfon,
Esq. and others, praying leave to present
a bill for incorporating a company to
improve the Great Post Road between
Philadelphia and New York, by turn
pikes, was read and committed.
Thursday the .27 th day of November
instant, is appointed as a day of Thanks
giving throughout the State of Rhode-
Island.
Governor Tichnor of Vermont, has
appointed Thursday the 4th day of De
cember next, to be observed as a day of
Thanksgiving in that State ; —He calls
upen the people " To offer up joint sup
plications to the Great Parent of Mercies,
that he would continue to us his good
ness ; that he would check the progress
of Profanenefs, Profligacy and Infidelity,
and the decay of that Piety, Righteous
ness and Sobriety which adorned and
blefled our ancestors; that he would per
petuate our Civil and Religious privi
leges , continue to us the Gospel of
Jesus Christ, and give success to all the
means of Grace and Education : that
he would convince all orders of men,
that Religion and' Virtue are the in
dispensable supports of national prosperi
ty, and inseparably connected with all
private, social and public felicity : that
he would diredt the concerns and pros
per the affairs of this state ; preside over
the Councils of the United States, and
give success to the Measures and Ad
ministration of the General Govern
ment : that he would heal the divilions
in ( our land, and suppress all unreasonable
discontent and jealousy : that he would
preserve us from internal cotnmouiens,
and teach us to e(lnnate the bleflings
we enjoy : that he would lengthen out
our national tranquility, and avert from
this favored land, those evils and cala
mities with which other countries have
been desolated and overwhelmed : that
wars and the causes of wars may cease
from under Heaven, and the peaceful
Kingdom of the Redeemer be eftablilh
ed, universally, and the ivhele Earth be
filled with his Gi.ory."
Four Dollars Reward is offered in J
the Wafliington Federal* ft:, for a Steer,
that has strayed away from George.town
College !~r-A description of the anim. 1
is given, but nothing said about the pro
ficiency he has made in hisJlttdys.
Extract Rom the Ariftver of the Hovrfe
of Representatives, of the State of
Vermont, to the Governor, in reply
to his Speech.
" Fully persuaded, as vvc are, tkat no
principles other than those of morality
and religion, can be relied on to confine
the passions, views and pursuits of men,
within the bounds of reason, duty, inte
grity and good government, we wish to
fee them more and more supported, by
the laws of this state, and encouraged by
the examples of every character. .Every
age, every country, every state of hu
man things,' proclaims to us the import
ance of moral and chriliiari principles,
but none more audibly, than the late,
and prefeflt state of Europe, where the
licentiousness of the subject conspires,
with the ambition of the ruler, to pros
trate morality, degrade christianity, and
eradicate human feelings from the heart.
Although fad experience too clearly evin
ces that learning, if not fubje£ted to these
principles, is too apt to be made fubler
vient to the very worst of purposes, yet,
when under the direction of christian
principles, it is incalculably ornamental
and ufeful to man - In this wiew, we
feel the importance of cherilhing litera
ture, and the superior importance of cul
tivating those principles which alone can
give it a proper direftion
" Thankful to Heaven for the blessings
we have enjoyed under the administration
of a Washington and an Adams, we
devoutly implore the fame wisdom,
goodness, and power, to direct our elec-
tiuM anil our Govttitfiltitlt V '4afi (•
banish from us forever,- calumny, and
detraction. -, .
" Whether the pacific measures' of
our General Government towards France,
(hall, or {hall not be crowned with suc
cess, be aflured, Sir, we fliall Hill con
tinue at our posts, around the standard
of our country, and ardently hope that
(he uninfluenced by favour on one
or hatred on the other, will always ex
tend equal privileges to every nation on
earth."
A VERY TOLERABLE PUN.
It is said that the assassination of Ge
neral Kleber in Egypt, was effected by
the machinations of the Sub-General
Menou. After the promotion of Ge
neral Menou to the command of the
French Egyptian army, it was the subject
of conversation one day, at an entertain
ment of the officers, where the General
was present. In reply to some moral re
mark on the fate of great military cha
racters, and on the late change of com
manders, the fucceflor of Kleber hu
mourously observed, """The command
of the army of Egypt was at firft given
to the prel'ent First Cooful; it then de
volved upon the late General Kleber,
and at lalt it falls upon Me now.
( tyalpole Gazette.) .
In the French account of the taking of
Ferro.l, it is fUted that one Spaniard drove
sixteen British soldiers troqi a post thef
h*d c<iten brhindaroclj—this " Ouf-Herods
Herod"—but it will be swallowed by Frencli
and American jacobins.
[Of ibe early loves of Shakispiare it is re«
corded that Anne Httbeanuaj a Warwick-
Ihire be»uty, captivated the affefllons of the
(anguine bard, who felt perhaps as he strolled
witn his rustic miftrtls OA the banks of the
t Romantic Avon, that excels of tender pas
sion, whi, h ke aftorwawfc delineated in his
1 own Romeo, Ihe following be.utiiul play
upon the name at the iiitereiling Anne' 13
i from th« pen of JJibdin, who has_ described
the pencil ions of a pretty w'min, •« in
numbers, futh; as Sliakel'ptare's fclf might
ule."j
WOULD ye tfc taught, y: feather'd throng,
In lore* fwert notes 10 grace your song,
To (.harm the heart in thrilling lay,
Listen t > Ann Hath i way ;
She hath a way to fngfo clear,
Phoebus might wondering ftoop-'and hear.
To melt the M, makes blithe the gay,
And nature charm —Ann hath a way,
She hath a way,
Ann liuh a way,
TobgPfcthedelight, Ann Huth a way—
When ehvy's breath, at)d rancour's tooth,
Do foil ami bite fair worth a»d truth,
And merit to diftr-fs betray j
To sooth the f >ul. Ana Hath a way.—
She h?.th a way to chile despair.
To heal all grief, to cur® all care,
Turn foulelt night to fairift day
Thou fond heart, Ann Hath away,
She hath. &c.
Talk pot of gem?, th« orient lift,
The diamond, topaz, amcthyft
Ths emerald mild, the ruby gay
Talk of my gem, Ann Hath a way
She hath » way with her bright eye,
frcir' various lullies to defy,
Fhs jewel fijc and the loil thty,
So fw«et to look Ann Hath a way
She hath, &c.
But to my fancy werr it given
To rate her charms I'd call them Heaves ;
For, though a mortal rajde of clay—
Angels might lo*c Ann Hath a way
She hath ■' \vay» I'* controul,
To rapture the imprifon'd foul,
\nd love and truth so to 'lifplay,
That to be Heaven—Ann Hath a way.