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PARIS, January 18.
The direftory has fent to thr
council of five hundred a mef
fage, on thefubjeaof the vex
ations and piracies which the
c roiling veffels commit on neu
tral veffels. and requeft them to
examine the laws relative to ma
ritime prizes to remove from
them whatever may appear ob
feure, and repeal fuch as are in
their application unjuft and con
trary to the interefts of the com
mercial nations,
DUBLIN, January 19.
A confpiracy among the (late
prisoners, which was generally
reported, and Hated in our daily
prints, is contradi&ed by Roger
O'Connor, cfq. corroborated by
major Sirr, in the following man
ner.
To the PUBLIC.
Without indignation or fur
prife I read a paragraph in the
Dublin Journal of yefterday, 1
wherein it is afferted, that in a
fearch at this prifon, where 1 am
confined, a great quantity of
arms and ammunition was found
in mv apartment. A very brief
ftatement of the faff is the bed
anfwer to the falfehood. On
Wcdncfday morning major Sirr
came to this prifon, mofl minute
ly fearched every part of the
room, but declined, (though
repeatedly preffed by me) to go
into a dofet where Mrs. O'Con
nor was in bed, and went away
perfcftly fatisfied. On the day
following he came, whilfl I was
in bed, and after apologizing for
a fccond vifir, told me that he
had it in command from govern
ment to fearch the clolct which
the day before he had not exam
ined ; whereupon Mrs. O’Con
nor role, and the plate and every
part of it was moft minutely
fearched, where nothing of any
fort or kind was found. Major
Sirr, however, took with him a
part of an hiflory of Ireland, in
manufeript, which I had been
employing myfelf in writing,
and which I meant to give one
day or other te my country as a
recompence for the waftc of my
time in a prifon—time which
whilfl at my liberty, I will be
bold to affirm, had been filled
up by labour of utility to Ire
land and my kind—for, “ nihil
humani a ma alicuum puto"
If this my ftatement of the
tranfa&ion be in a little errone
ous, call upon major Sirr to
coneft it.
As I am determined to have
the paragraph of the Dublin
Journal made a fubjcfl of judi
cial enquiry, jufticc commands
filence.
1 am, your faithful fervant,
Roger O'Connor.
Bridewell Prijon , Jan . 11, '99.
I Since the above was written,
the following note was received
from major Sirr :
“ I think it a duty I owe Mr.
Roger O’Connor, to contradift
'an advertisement dating that I
had found arms and ammunition
in the apartments of that gen
tleman—the fa£l being that I
never did find any there.
Henry C. Sir*."
From a friend arrived this day
from the county of Tipperary,
we learn, that the union has
promoted the pike manufa6lory
there in an aftoniftiing degree,
and that the fabrication of thefe
weapons are going on with the
moft a&ivc induftry in that part
of the kingdom: In the neigh
borhood of Cafhcl, dreadful to
relate, a man was piked to death,
fufpe&ed of having given fomc
information againft the popular
proceedings.
January 2 1 :
Though the corporation of
Cork have petitioned for an
union, yet the country and ma
jority of the city are decidedly
againft it; lord Longueville,
(Arthur O'Connoi's uncle) lord
Bantry, and another well known
charaftcr, have been inftrumen
tal in fetting on foot the pro
ceedings which have lately taken
! place in Cork.
When it was known that the
liberty rangers were to parade
to-morrow with a black flag, the
commander, fir William Wor
thington, was fent for by a cer
tain peiTon, who prevailed on
him to rclinquifh the defign.
However, they will parade with
ribbons anti-unionic on the oc
cafion, and the old knight that
commands is to prefent them
with new colors, bearing the
motto of “ the crown and con
ftitution of Ireland forever-—!”
Several of the Englifh militia
have bought fongs, ribbons, See.
againft the union. And feveral
of the fame body have been
heard to fay, “ we came here
to prote6l this country againft
the French, and nothing elfe,”
The 13th regiment is arrived
in Dublin from the Weft-Indies,
that is, if a few officers and pri
vates (thofc who have furvived
the yellow fever) can be called
a regiment*
It was intended that on to
morrow, all the (hops in Dublin
fhould have been clofed, black
flags held out, and “ no union"
written on the (hop (butters of
the different tradefman through
out town ; but threats have been
ufed to prevent this from taking
place. We are in a ftrange ftate.
God grant that the deliverers
of Europe may not deliver us
over to civil war and all its hor
rors !
SALEM, March 22.
Capt, Philips, in the ketch
John, arrived here yefterday,
from Li (bon, which place he left
on the 22d of February. Before
he failed, it was reported there
and generally believed, that the
French troops had made them
felves mafters of Naples, and
tiiat his Neapolitan majefty had
retired to the Iflaod of Sicily.
Capt. Philips informs that
cape. Freeman from Bofton,
bound to Alicant, was captured
by two French privateers, after
an obftinate engagement of three
hours, and carried into Malaga.
Capt. Barker, of this port, off
Bilboa bar, was attacked by three
French launches, which he beat
off. killing 17 of the crews, and
wounding 9 ; he had arrived
fafe at Bilboa»
BOSTON, March 13.
A letter from Mr. John Brew
er, poftmaftcr at Schoodick,
(Maine) of February 19, con
tains the following melancholy
account ;
Lad Tuefday aftcrtiootl a
boat with the mail for St. An
drew's fet out with five pafTen
gers; juft before they reached
the fhore the boat upfet by a
Hidden (quail, by wbich acci
dent the paftengers were all
drowned, and the mail loft. The
names of the unfortunate per
rons were, [ames Sprague, Cal
vin Kidder, James Trott, Sa
muel Trott, and John Hodge;
the three former have families
near this place/*
April t.
Yefterday arm ed from Ali
cant, and in 20 days from Gi
braltar, where (he touched, the
armed brig Alert, capt. Rich.
From him we have undetftood
that he brought difpatches from
the American conful at Gibral
tar, containing intercepted pa
pers found fecrcted on boaidthe
(hip Aftrea, Capt. Peasfc, which
failed from New-York feme time
Cnee. Thefe difpatches were
immediately transmitted to the
Prefidcnt of the United Stares,
at Quincy. Capt, Rich further
informs, that the captain of the
Aftrea, mate and paffenger, were
confined in order thatthey might
be fent by the firft armed vcftel
bound for the United States*
NEW-YORkT, April u
A gentleman paltenger in the
brig Venus; Shaw, from Anti
gua, informs, that he came out
with the Cork fleet, and that 25
fail of the London fleet, had
been captured by the Spaniards.
The prifoners were put onboard
a cartel. He further adds, that
general Desfourneaux had made
a declaration of war againft the
United States.
We underftand a letter has
been received in this city from
Barbadoes, which mentions that
the cartel with the prifoners from
the (hips captured by the Spa
niards out of the London fleet,
had met with a French 20 gun
(hip with two of the prizes,
which fuffered her to proceed :
after which he fell in with a Bri
nfh frigate, and informed them
the courfc the French veffel had
taken. It is added, that the
frigate took the Frenchman, and
retook the two Englifh vcffels.
The fhip Sarah, out 26 days
fronf this port, with a valuable
cargo, is taken by a French pri
vateer, & carried into Corunna,
j Captain WILLIAMS.
We date, from the bed au
thority, that the account under
the New-York head refpcfting
this gentleman, is totally un
founded.
BALTIMORE, March 2s.
Recent accounts from Ireland
mention frefh commotions in
that ill-fated ifland ; that the
town of New Rofs, capital of
the county of Rofs, had been
burnt* and upwards of 150 pro
teflants (hut up in a barn, burnt
to death, with many other out
rages (hocking to humanity.
WILMINGTON, (Delaware)
March 20.
Extraft of a letter Jrom Dr. Per*
kins, to a phyfician in this neigh*
horhood ,
#< Dear fir—l have the plea,
fure of informing you that my
Ton, B. D. Perkins, has obtain
ed a patent for the fale of the
Traftors under the royal Teal of
England; and is progieffing as
fad as can be expc&cd in a
country of (Irong prejudices
againft innovations. He alfo
informed me, that he had receiv
ed the mod flattering accounts
of the reputation of the Traftors
from Copenhagam
" 1 found the Tra&ors of
great ufc, in conjun&ion with
other remedies, in the cure of
the yellow fever or plague, of
lad autumn. lam (o far con
vinced of that fever being under
tht controul of fimple means,
that I am determined to rifk my
1 life in combatting it, if an op
portunity (hould offer."
\ CHARLESTON, April 11.
Capt. Darrell, from St. Kitt's,
has politely favored us with the
St. Chridopher's Gazette, of the
15th ult. from which the follow
ing article is extra&ed :
4 Bajfaterre , March 15.
Arrived this day, frdm aj
ciuife, the United States frigates
Condellation and Infurgente,
commanded by commodore
Truxton and lieutenant Rogers,
and brought a very valuable
French letter of marque fchoo
ner called L’Union, of 6 carriage
1 9 O
guns and 32 men; her cargo
confids of dry goods and Iri(h
provifions—(he was from St.
Thomas's ten days, and captu
red under the guns of Guada
loupe yederday morning. The
cargo of the fehooner is valued
at 30,000 dollars.
The Infurgente, we learn,
had 200 men on board, and was
recruiting very fad, numbers of
American Tailors volunteering
in the fervice.
The Condellation was getting
under way, when capt. Darrell
came out of Baflaterre roads,
(uppofed for another cruife.
Yederday morning, at a few
minutes pad 3 o'clock, a (hock
of an earthquake was felt in this
city by a confidcrable numbe
of the inhabitants ; it (hook the
houses fo Icnfibly as to make the