The New Hampshire Gazette

Sept. 4: Yesterday morning an officer belonging to one of the bomb-ketches in admiral Rodney's fleet before Havre-de Grace, arrived in town, and (we hear) brings the entrance of the harbour, and two large galleys that carry very heavy metal at their prows: that the Brilliant man of war went in pretty close, to try what she could do with those batteries, but had been obliged to sheer off, after receiving several shot which went quite through her, whilst her own guns could not reach them, or do execution to any purpose.--So that it is presumed Mr. Rodney must come back, or try what he can do against some other place.

A private letter from on board Admiral Rodney's squadron, dated the 29th of August, says, that they had brought off from Havre two or three flat-bottomed boats, which carried each four 18 pounders; but that, notwithstanding, it was apprehended nothing of consequence could be done there.