Norfolk Gazette And Publick Ledger

Grumbling.--The friends of John Bull were no doubt pleased yesterday to read an authentick account of the capture of two Spanish ships by admiral Calder's squadron; but their satisfaction was far from complete. Proceeding upon the principle that one Briton is a match for three Spaniards, they think that in the place of taking two, the admiral should have taken ten of the enemy's ships, and to save the trouble of capture and convoy, we suppose, have sunk the rest. It is an easy matter for a man who has perhaps just risen from a hearty dinner, with his modicum of Madeira in his head, to say how and how the fleets should have manœuvred, and to call the commander a coward or blockhead who did not blow every vessel of the enemy into the air. But speculation and action are different things. The best concerted plans may be defeated, and the bravest hero at times seem timid. With the admiral's conduct we have no particular concern. But we did not like to hear him railed against by those who could have only a very imperfect idea of his conduct, and to whose hasty censure he could not possibly have an opportunity of replying.

N. Y. Da. Adv.