Gazette Of The United States, & Daily Advertiser

A Paris paper of May 15, contains the following account of the action between the U. S. Frigate, Constellation, of 36 guns and 250 men, and the French Frigate La Vengeance, of 54 guns, and 500 men,--the account is truly French.

HAVRE, May 6
A memorable action, highly glorious to the captain of the Vengeance has been fought near Guadaloupe; but we are sorry to add, that the blood of two friendly Nations has been spilt. The crime lays at the door of those who disturbed their tranquility.

The following are the details of this unfortunate rencontre, given by a passenger of the Frigate La Vengeance, who returned to Guadaloupe from Curacoa, where he found an opportunity to get to France.

"I embarked with sixty passengers on board the frigate "La Vengeance," of 42 twelve pounders and 320 men. We left Guadaloupe the 14th Pluviose last. The day after, we met the American frigate Constellation, of 54 eighteen pounders, who gave us chase. We determined to avoid an action, but he forced us to it. The action commenced at eight o'clock in the evening, and lasted five successive hours, during which we fired 1200 shot. The masts of both frigates fell overboard, causing in their fall a great number of accidents. All the rigging was cut to pieces and the sails torn to rags. Towards the end of the action we were within pistol shot. We had twenty men killed and forty wounded.--The Americans must have lost a great number more, since they first ceased to fire and left the "field of battle." We were too much disabled to pursue them. The passengers assisted the crew during the whole of the action. We were eight days in getting to Curacoa, completely destitute of masts and sails. We heard that the Constellation got into Jamaica."