Newbern Gazette

              the newbern gazette a e w b e r n {^ t orth.cail0li :) printed for j o h n c o s b o r n &■ co vol i s a t u r d a y march *, 799 numb 48 having a thing landing hue the chartered a.nains of the fore an;1 main malls and the bowfyrit her hull cut to pieces and the decks full or killed and wounded — ami perceiving ihe enemy who bad only lojkhts mlvieii topmatt approaching to pl^t himfelf athwart ourfternj in this deferrcdefi fltuatirfn 1 idkod capt ikrry it he thought we could do more ? he co inciding with me that further refinance was vamand imprafticable and indeed li ln t e it fuccefs having for fjme time '. aniihed 1 therefore now direcledan an iwcr to be given in the affirmative and the enrinv foon aticr took policflion of his raajefty's hip foreign ' ews london november 26 admiralty office november 24 copy of a letter from captain thoropfon late commander of his vtujftfty'g lhip lcandcr to rejr i.i-nira sir t-f,>r.i t io nclfun k b d;it a rridte the 1 3th ofodober it is with extre:n pain i hive to re late to you the capture of hi nvijeily's ihip late under my command by u french 74 gun hip after a elofe action of fix hours and an half on the 28th of au liftj being within tivenr fix miles ! 01 the welt end ofciozi ihmt the iflaiiil •! of caiidia we difct)vercd at day br ak a | laige fail on the b e quarter rupdjng divoctly toxcthjf jl^apdcr ; we were then becalmed but the ftrau'ger bringing up a fiiie breeze from the fouthv^ard we ' foon made him to be a large hip of the | line as the leander was in officers and 1 men upwards of so fhort of compliment and had on board a number which were ; wounded on the ill i did not confider myfelt jultiried in feeking an a'hion with : a fhip that appeared ofaich confide rable j fuperiority in point of iize ; i therefore took every means in my power to avoid it i however foon found tint our infe riority in failing made it inevitable and therefore with all fail fet fteetcd the leaoder a courfe which i judged would receive our adverfary to the belt advan tage bould he bring us to b.ittlc at 8 o'clock the ftrange ihip ililtcon i tinuing to have the good fortune of the wind had approached us within a long random hot and had neapolitan colors i hoirted which he now cha i«ed to i ur ! kilri ; but this cieception was of no av.iit as i plainly made him to be french at ; 9 he had ranged up within half gun mot j of our weather quarter i therefore haul ed the leander up fufficiently to bring the broadiide to bear and immediately commenced a vigorous cannonade on him which he inftantly returned the ships continued nearing each other until half pad io keeping up a conttant and hejvy firing at this time i perceived the e nemy intending to run us on board and the leander being very much cut up in rigging faiuand yards 1 was unable with the light air thnt blue to prevent it he»ran us on board on the larboard bow and continued alo.ig fide us for fame time : a mull fpiritscj and well di rected fire however from our fmall par ty of marines commanded by the fer jeant on the poop and fn>in the quartet deck prevented the enemy from taking advantage of his good fortune and he was repulled in a%l his efforts to make an impreiiion on u — the firing f ro m the great guns was all this tinfc kept up with the fame vigor and a light breeze giving tiie hips way i wis enabled to itier clear ot the enemy and foon afterwards h.ul the fatisfadion to luff under his item and puffing him within ten yards diitinft iv difcharged every gun from the lean tier into him i be enemy proved to be the gencrcux of 74 guns cumnvihded by m lejoille chic dc vifion who had efcaped from the action of the lint of auguft and being the roarinoft ot the french iine had re ceived little or no hi are of it tiaviog on board 900 men about 100 of whom we found had been killed in die prefent con tell and 1s8 wounded thomas thompson a return of ufficcrt and ken killed utid ivomded on buard bis mnjeily ijf/tp le ander on the th bf auguli 1798 orders killed — mr peter djwos mid fbipinan mr gibfon midlhipman of the caroline mr edward haddon midmipman 24 fra;nen kilted marines killed — serjeant d iir and fbven privates toial 3 officers 24 fcamen 1 ferjeant 7 marines killed officers wounded — captain thompfon badly lieutenant tay lor j lirurenant swiney ; mr lee niafkr ; mr ma thi boutavain badly ; mr lnclcy matter mate ; mr sailor midfhip man 41 f'-nmen y 111 irines 1 otal — 7 fficcrs — 4.1 framen — 9 marinen wounded ' a gang of about thirty five rebels who ctcaped trom the county ot v tk lowio the coll'eries of doonane in theoueen's courvy have taken re fugctii a coal pit from which they for the laft fortnight had been in vain foliated tocome forth ; they had previ cufly lupplxd thcnilelvcs with a lock ofprovirions : the yeomanry andclard military tnotint guard night and day at the mouth of the pit noveii ber 26 holt the r;i]>p:aee leader inftead of being lent as the guide of a military force to t lie county of wkklow aft ftatad in levcral of the morning papers b a tide pnfoncr in the caulc ot duty tin paris november 25 citizen suard commander of a french tramporr who failed from alaxandria the 1 ith of ottober and arrived at na pies the 7th of november inform that at that time the army in egypt was ill the be ii condition ; that it had provisi ons in abundance ; that the belt unuc-r ftanding exittcd between the french and the jijjyptians ; that both parties wertt infpired by he lame enthuiialm for buo daparte ; that the mamelukes were tat reduced that there w.is no more laid a bout them ; that from the 4th to the 9th 01 october three beys had joined buonaparte among whom was that of alexandrctta ana who had fumifhed him with a confiderab.e lun of money winch he had c;iitnbutcd to his troops and the kgypt.aiii captain l_ailo writes from ottante to a member ot the legiiuture under date of ilc bill 01 novembfi uk iojloves : " the iftand ot g zkj near malta has fui rendered to the britifh it waa by oniy 100 fnnchmen com iiianded by a eolore . i ney v ere befti g t\i in a caltie l>y men whidi tliey tieiended lor the fpuce oi 1 montjis with out the netcflary mea.is 01 deteike " the dlam 1 malta ii defended by a fyfficient tortc under tue coinnuuu of jen vaubois who does not item to have an inclination to fur render he has already been twice iutumoned to the lint h aiifwered : that without doubt it was i.ot known or conhui'red that ihofewho were fummoned were french men the fecund luminous was brought by a portuguele lht ot 7.j guns upon which gen vauliuis wrote to the portu guele • that he rdpeded in the ih>p which had been fent to lain the title ot a 11 ig ot truce , but lhould in tuture another be lent for that purpofe of the fame force he would tire upon her with red hot bails that in refpci't to the fummons lie would oniy reply that he had provifions pow der and balls in abundance and that i'upported by thefe no brave people fur lendercd thetnfelves from coriu our papers of the 2d inft contnin the ioilowing : '« our itiar.j is in the bell hate oidetence — the country ol suiji which is part ot turky has liien a^ainft the l\ic:ia of junina . the inhabitants have mounted the french cckade and citablifhcd a national gaaia 1 v.e government ol cor a have feiit them aims powder cannon and two calkbot p'.attick — muftapha pacha has eiu-ctcd this who gut to be a french geucral 1 he count 1 ol burtiiiiic has acted a fir.ii lar j>..rt !■ rom all tbefc quarters coriu en be iurnifhed iili provilion with hich it is already fupplied ior feveral years ah the fuperftuous cannon at an coi'.a have been lent to the heretofore venetian iilnnds in greece h.ve ixcn put in requifition to transport ordnance to the higheft mountains our illand alone turnilhcs 20,000 volun teers j he council of ancientu have agreed to the refolution of the council ot 500 for laying a tax on doors ftud windows italy november ta on the ! 4 a 1 niverl 1 \- oi the french republic buonaparte ifl'ucd a proclama tion to ti army at cairo in which lie recounts their exploits during the laft j years and tells them that thoie which 1 they have actually beguh to execute are more remarkable than all the preceding ones and that all nations now direct their eyes towards them " warriors !" fays he your destination is elevated — you will fall with renown like the heroes whofc name are engraven on this pyra mid : or you will return into your mo ther country covered with wreaths of laurels this d.iy 40 million of citizens think ol you k astadt nov«i;v->*,t 2 ?. the french numflers have already re turned an iiifwer to the laft geru«m note they have adopted the debis buf infill on the former demands and reinoriltrance refpeftiog rhrfrnbreitltein the illand of budericb and the toll at elsflcth o thcrwife it breathes the inoli pacific fen limcnts vif.n'na november 24 several jsriiiih frigates have appeared in the adriatic fea ior the purpofe of cutting otf the communication bi-tween ancona and the french venetian iflancvs the ruffian and turkifli fleets confifting oi 16 hips of war are before corfu and ! have already commenced to bombard the city of 1 utimto i he french luree on the liljnd is 300 men november 28 the lati-p advices from italy mention that a divilion of tke ruflian ai;d turkifh r'i ets appeared off corfu anil iummoned ihe garrifon to furri'inoer ; but this being uluied and opjxifition made they had taken po0lflion of tin harbor and tiie ftench hipping in it by force and land ed a confi er.ible body of troops who forced the french troops ro retire to their fortrefs at bailey mezzo which would be immediately bombarded the greek inhabitant received the invaders wiih o pen aiins another divifion of the above menti oned hv.'t blockades ancona andthebri tnh fleet civita vethiaand genoa hamburg december 4 the paris journals of the 23d novem ber contain a memorial which the confu late at koine ililird on the sth november 10 the coniiniilaries there which is view eci a lie iv.a.uk-uo of iho roman repub lie a^.ii:iu the king of naples constantinople nov 5 the porte has notified the miniilers of the allied courts the ana pacha govern vr oi janina thefliilia had taken three ex v'euetian polls in albania fropi the french and was about attacking the iojnh and only one in their pofl iiion 1 he has taken 150 prifoni'rs among whom are twogeiierals nd feveral other officers t:n.-re is now a french newipaper pubr.!lic at cairo entitled courier d sjp u < edited by citizen marc aure brussetsj november 23 general collaid with four coiumns of his troops has totally deieated the rebels at campine where they had collected to the number of 6000 although they finioht wnvely they were driven from village to village they have left 600 dejii on the fit-d of battle among the prifoners arc tw vf their chiefs one of whom wi'sa corporal i.i the au!tria;i re giment of ligne on the 25th they re aflcmblcd at campine and were a^ain beaten in this combat they lolt 800 mulkets a great quantity oi baggage ammunition and provifioirs tnere jircpricfts with each of rhe r-ibei co'u.iinti ua>ll november i r the king of spain has acknowledged the helvetic republic ami appointed the chevalier comano as his miniiter pleiri ! potentiary to ic who iwj his firft audi ence from pur dircilory at lucern on the 1 5 ill inllint i he enrollment of the young men and the taxes have occasioned disturbances in feveral parts of the canton of seme the liberty trees were cut down public officers expelled their offices c french troops arc now quartered in thofe places many young men enrolls themfelves a mong foreign troops or emigrate triest november 16 veftcls which arrived here from mef fina bring intelligence that admiral nelfon after his departure from naples had appeared off malta with four hips ot the lino and live frigates and having • met there fome tranfports v ith troops from gibraltar had ordered them on horc fupplied the maltefe with arms ammunition sec gave order for the fur ther blockade of valetta by fea and or batteries to be conitruded on liore ; after which he failed for the iftandofgozzo dublin nov 2o private letters the bc-.ilyof mr tone was yjfter day delivered to hs father who keeps a woollen-draper's ihoji in hi«h-flreet and has a place uqder ih i'.ivin 3o;ird neither military nor civil power interefered oh this occafion from newtown-barrjr we have the pleafure of hearing that on sunday la(l 30 rebels who had for come time palt held out in the wood of kiliough ran had furrendered themfelves un conditionally with fifty ftand of-ar-ms to brigadier-generi taylor who commands in that diftrift ] he incle ment weather and the utter want ot provi(io:is compelled thci'e wretches to furrendcr as from henceforward there was no thing but a continued fcries of heavy fir ing within piltol ihot without any wind and thefea frnooth as glafs 1 feel it un ncccfl'.iry to give you the dpiail of the effects of every ihot which mu.1 he ob vious from our iituation ; i ftiall there fore content myfelf with alluring you that a mod vigorous cannonade was kept up from the leander without the liiial left intermiifion until half paft three in the afternoon at iis time the enemy having pa fled our bows with a lii>ht breeze and brought himfelf on our ilar board tide we found that our guns on that lide were nearly all ilifabled by the wreck of our own pars that had fallen on this fule this produced a ceffation of fire and the enemy took this time to afk us if we hud furrendered ? 1 he l.e andcr was now totally ungovernable not