Gazette Of The United States

From the New York Argus, of yesterday.

NAVAL ACTIONS.

It might be useful to compare the dates of the several late naval actions, by which some conclusion could be drawn respecting the probability of the last action mentioned by Captain Decatur: Admiral Cornwallis's action took place June 6 off Belleisle—Admiral Bridport's action (see their letters) took place June 23 off the same place. The Danish brig arrived at Bordeaux, June 26, having been taken by a British fleet near Brest, but on what day is not mentioned, about 300 miles (36 hours sail with a fair wind) from Bordeaux—36 hours from the evening of June 26, would more than 200 miles from Brest waters, which distance round back to noon of the 25th—now Belleisle is not so small for Bridport's heavy fleet (or part of it even ships, &c.) to run from the 24th to 25th at noon, in sight, immediately divided her—after which the where they took the Danish, and after a short chase battle took place, as related by Decatur, which revenged the disaster of Belleisle by a ship on the debit side.—Further, in corroboration, Capt. Decatur says, there it appears Bridport prevented, and attacked the weaker part.

Thus we have endeavoured to demonstrate, that the account may be true of four English having fallen, to pay for the three French ships—and this we shall, at present believe to be fact.