The National Intelligencer And Washington Advertiser

From the Baltimore Telegraphe.

VERBAL INFORMATION.

Just as the Maryland left Havre forty five gun boats sailed for Dieppe, their appearance was extremely interesting and beautiful, each carried a 24 pounder on the bow, and a 6 pounder on the stern : they have three masts besides a great number of rowers on each side, they are decked forward, and aft, but in the centre, are open, with an awning covering—below is room for two horses, and each carries 100 soldiers, independent of the boat's crew.

The English cruising vessels cannot prevent those boats from sailing close along shore, to the general rendezvous at Dieppe, Boulogne, Calais and Gravelines, at which places nearly 1000 gun boats were collected or collecting ; at several times five, six, sometimes ten boats had sailed from Havre together, and had arrived safe at the ports above mentioned. The intention of Buonaparte (as said to be declared by himself) is to embark 100,000 men on these boats, which cannot in a calm night be prevented from crossing the Channel, and then invading England ; whilst inferior bodies attempt to co-operate from the harbour of Brest, St. Maloes, &c. such were the plans spoken of by intelligent people at Havre, when the Maryland sailed, in case war continued, and such were the movements of the gun boats, which in some measure corresponded with these declarations : here we entertain (and with justice) such enlarged ideas of British naval strength, that we are taught to laugh at all views of invading England, as merely speculative ; but to such a man as Bonaparte, elevated by a greater portion of success than any other general the world has yet seen ; nothing appears impossible ; he knows that the distance between the above ports and England is short. He expects that his troops having landed, every thing will give way before them ; and he knows that in a calm the largest fleet is perfectly unable to prevent their passing across the channel in a few hours : It is said that he calculates upon the loss of 50,000 men in the attempt, but that he speaks confidently of the final result, being glorious to the arms of France.