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I/)Nl)ON T , December 19.
Thedifpute between the (e
-n.itc of Hamburgh, and the Bri-
refident in that city, is faicl
in have been terminated by the
interference of the Hritifh rabi
net, who have Pent over inflrue
tions to their agent, not to infill
on chaining Mapper Tandy,
]Jla-kwcll, and the other Irilh
,Tl-n in the military fcrvicc of
France, 1 tely arrefted at that
place. Blackwell ii Paid to be
an officer of very high repute,
and has ferved in fcveral cam
paigns on the Rhine*
KINGSTON, (Jam.) Feb. 16.
His majeitv's (bio L* 1 W rc »
rapt. Quinton, and brig Pelican,
cant. Philpot, arrived at Port-
Royal on VVednefday evening,
from a cruife ; the latter con
ducing a fh polacre, from
H irce’ona, under Legunan co
lon s, her prize.
TV polacre 'eft Barcelona on
the 27th /December. She Ihortly
after fell in with Pome knglifti
men of war, and was examined
by them ; whence the captain
learnt that a fquadron had been
difnatchcd by lord St. Vincent |
againft the Canaries! toe after
wi v ds fell in with the find fqua
dron, confiding of four fail of,
the line and a (loop of war, full;
of men. The captain of the |
polacre inform*, that admiral j
Nelfon had (ailed from Naples)
for Leghorn, with a fleet of tranf
ports under his convoy, having
28.000 itan troops on
boa»d, which took poffcflion ol
the city, to repd an atui k which
it was fuppofed, the French me
ditated ; aKo, »h«t tV king of
Naples had poflelfcd hirnfeif of
Rome, with a large fo ce; and
chat the Gcnoefe had folicited
protection from the Hritifh ad
miral.
March 5.
We undeiftand that an Eng-,
lilh fun d 011 of three fail of the
line and five frigues has appear- I
cd before the llavanmh, and
taken a l uge 50 gun (hip laden
with camocachy wood—it i.« I
fuppofed the above fquadron is
from Halifax.
Wc are informed that the 1
Frcnchfiigate La Veflale,arrived
about 1 4 days ago at Cape-Fran
cois, from France, with dif
patches; (he is now at Porc-au-
Pnncc. It is mentioned, th it
bv her, information has been
received of three of the members
of Ihe diredory h iving been
put to death. Parras and Mer
lin, aic the two furviving.
N \SSAU, (n. p.) March 15. 1
E.vraft of a Utter j am Grand
Caicos, dated the 2 d niji
The French Republican
commiflioncr, lately airived at
St Domingo, has been called to
the Cape by general Touflaint,
and h is entered upon the duties
< f 111 s ofli-’c. Tins fame (uppofc
to be a po!i:icai manoeuvre gf
rouffaintV> to carry more fc- 1
curdy his views into effe£l. 1
*< \ French frigate, with two ’
millions of livrcs in fpecie on
hoard, after narrowly cfcaping
being captured the Aquilon
Hritifh frigate, is arrived at Cape
Francois.
« | hree Frenchmen arrived
at Turk’s Ifland the other day,
in an American (loop. They
were (hipped olf from Cape
Francois at a moment's notice,
by Toflaint's fon in law, being
, charged with holding corrcfpon
dencc with Santhonax. Colonel
Murray means to fend them off
as foon as polliblc. A number
of white perfons were arrefted
at the Cape, and thrown into
prifon, the evening before the
American (loop failed. They
wcic fufpedlcd of plotting the
ovcithrow of the prefent eftab
lifhed order of things, and fa
vouring the Republic,
« A French privateer of 6
guns and 45 men, captured of!
üba, by the Lord Hawfkefbury
Bermuda privateer, is arrived at
Tuik's Ifland."
BOSTON, February ij*
Capt. Nafll, ift the brig Ha
zard, of this port, armed with
8 carriage gun% on the 17th of
December, off Bilboa bar, hav.
ing a pilot on board, was attack-!
ed by two French privateers, one |
of 8 guns and 50 men, the other)
of 2 guns, and 30 men, which
he fought two hours and an
and (rnally beat off—but two
French luggers coming out of
St. Anthony’s harbour, of 10
guns each, capt. N. was obliged
to bear down to two Englifh
luggers, to whom he gave 500
dollars to convoy him to Bilboa
bar. Capt* N. had fix of his
carriage guns difrnounted, by
having block wheels. (J3r Wc
hope this circumftancc will epe
late aa a caution to thofc con
cerned to fee that their gun car
riages are mounted on diffident
wheels.
I . We learn, that the (hip Ac
cepted Malon, capt. Delano,
from Liverpool, bound to Bof
! ton, has been captured in lat.
47* long. 22. by a French pri
vateer, and ordered for France.
i This information we have from
one of the crew, who was cap
tured in the privateer, by a Bri
tifh fiigate, and put afhorc at
Lifboii.
NEW-YORK, March 6.
An attempt we underftand
was made Ia(l week to burn the
(hip Adams, of 32 guns, to be
commanded by capt. Val. Mor
ris, now building on Long Ifland,
but like him whofe illuftrious |
name it bears, it was found to
; be pi oof againlt the firebands
of fa&ion.
> March 9.
Yc-fterday evening we were
informed, that dilpatches had
been received in town from Lif
bm containing intelligence of
a very important nature, We
were aTiduous in fetching after
the fa£ls, but could learn nothing
upon which We could place re
liance, tho' the probability of
the events related, appear to
merit countenance. In this
form, and upon thefc general
grbuhds, we relate what has been
related to us:
“ That the Spanidi fleet from
Cadi*, had entered the port of
Toulon, amounting to 19 fail
of the line and 11 fiigat.es, with
feme fmall veffels.
“ That an army of the French
Republicans had entered the
Spanifh territory, on the route
for Poirugal.
41 1 hat a fevrre aftion had
taken place in the neighborhood
of Rome, between the armies of
the confederate republics, and
gen foubert, and the royal Nea
politan army, in which th? latter I
were defeated with the lofs of
15,000 men.
“ That two French columns
had palled from the department
of Mont Blanc, into the Sarde
nian dominions. .
w That gen. Championet,
with a Cifalpine army, and part
of the Polilh legion of Dom
broulky, had been ordered to
1 Tufeany, to i«fcuc that ft ite
from the Eftglifh, #
M Great alarms were manifell
ed at Lifbon, for the lately of
1 Goa, in the £all-Indies, as that
city is now the oniy depot for
the liches of the Portuguefe in
the Eaft, and the intrepor b:-
tween Macon and Lilbon 4 *
Aurora .
PHILADELPHI March 8.
An audacious attempt to rob
the general poft-of&ce, w s dif
covercd laft Thurfday nignr,
about 11 o'clock by Mr, Bui rail, j
albftant poft-mafter general, who
apprehended a woman in the aft
of taking money out of the.
drawer. She rums out to be the
wife of a porter to the depart
ment of (late, who lived in the
houfe. They were this morning
brought for examination before
the mayor ; and ftrong circum
(lances of fufpicion appearing
againft the husband, Francis
M*Donald, he was committed
along with his wife, to prifon.
have a family of five or fix
fmall children.
BALTIMORE. March n-.
On Monday night laft, two
attempts were made to fet fire
again to the borough of Norfolk.
The mayor and aldermen arc
ufi»g their bell endeavors to
j bring the incendiaries to punilh
ment, and have offered a reward
of 500 dollars for their appre
henfion.
1 CHARLESTON, March 21.
Extraft of a letter from capt, George
Burns, cj the letter of ?narque
Jchooner Amazon , belong ng to
this port, mounting eight guns,-
and carrying twelve men , da:ed
at Curracoa , Feb, 6.
•* I am ve.y forry to inform
you, on the 10th ot }»nu.ry,
being ten leagues to the r t
of Laguira, I unfortunately fell
in with the Ficnch privates?
Flower of the Sea, of eight gum
and feventy men. They eng*,
ged us, and we fought them five
glades; then they hoifted the
bloody flag, and the mod of my
people at this time were wound,
ed, Jefs or more ; and finding it
impolffble to keep them off' any
longer, was obliged to ftrike.
The privateer had (even men
killed, and nine wounded in the
engagement. They carried us
in here, landed the cargo, and
(tripped the vcficl of every
thing."
Extraft of a Utter from Philadel
phia, to a merchant in this cit y
dated the jth of March,
“ The enemies of America,
i and the friends of war, it is faid,
I afraid of a peace between France
and America, arc inventing every
(tratagem to prevent it. There
is a report here, that they are
forming, through hired or bribed
plots in all the neutral
places, which are to be fent to
America, and to appear as French
plots , to irritate the public mind
and prevent negociation. This
city is full of reports to that
efFefl; I ant told Tome publica
tion is to take place on this Tub*
jea."
Savannah, March 29,
Oft Sunday evening arrived
here bom Charlefton, Major
General’Pinckney and Brigadier
General Wafhington, accompa
nied by major Rutledge. They
were efrorted by capt. Gordon's
troop of hoife from Mulberry
Grove to a marque within fix
mi es of town, where they par
look of a repafl ; after which
j they proceeded, and at the roads
leading to Louifville and Au
guftv were received with mili
tary honors by the Chatham
Rangers, commanded by capt.
Young, who joined the efcort;
at Springhill, capt. Robertfon's
Artillery Company fired a fede
ral falute on their frrft appearing
in fight, and another after they
pafled. On cnteiing the city,
and palling along the Bav, there
was a general difeharge of can
non on boa;d the armed veflels
in the haibor; and when they
arrived at their lodgings the
tillcry again fainted them with
16 guns, and the Rangers with
three vollies of fmall arms.
On Wednefday eveningabail
was given at the filature, in
honor of Major General Pinck
ney & Brigadier General Walh
ington.
NOTICE.'
ALL thi.fe indebted to the Eftat* of
John Cxliioon, deccafed, ar* ff ‘
quelled 10 come forward and f«1 1 !U c ‘
A courts; eifo all tfiofe to whom the fa
Eftaic i« anywife indebted, are rrque *
to bring forward iheir Demands regular-;
attefted, to receive payment H
John Burton, adminifv&l^'
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