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Crcat-Briuin than hy all the!
odier powers of Eirope. With !
blockading ports and navigation
laws, p "manent and temporary
the conditions upon which our
fhips may unmojettcd
i’o multiplied, that if is hardly
poffible for the honcft merchant
to know where he may fend a
cargo without the rifque cf fei
2ure and condemnation. The 1
friends of government look with
impaliene/ for fome bold and j
inanlv efforts of adminiflration i
to refrur ouY commerce from its
degraded ftatc."
Latejl European Ecus.
Lower Elbe, Sept. n.
The French letters of the 2d,
contain an official account of
the French head quarters being
before the gates of Genoa, and
that every preparation was ma
king to evacuate the Ccnocfe
territory.
The French letters of the 3d,
Date the drccafe of Pins VI at
Valence, in the 82dyear of his
a^e.
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The miniflers of PrufTia and
Saxony have decidedly declared,
at the diet of Patisbon. that
their governments would fumifh
no contingents to the new army
of the empire, and that their
governments were refolved to
abide by the fyflem of neutral
ity. which in faft is a complete
feiffion of the Ge» manic confli
tution. It might almoft be
attced, what other bufinels thofe
miniflers can have any longer at
Ratishon except that of giving
a negative to the mod important
concern of thataugufl aflembly
—the adopting means for their
very exigence.
'1 he letters from Holland
feem to agree that the Dutch
and fiench foices are by no
means adequate to ihe Fnglifh
troops, which, by their own
eflimate, amounted already to
20,000 men.
Letters from Hague, of the
7th, announce die arrival of the
duke of \olkin Holland.
Vi en n a, Augu fl 21 .
Fieldmarfhal lieutenantcount
Belirgarde anived here yetter
dav, fiom Italy. He is to go
as amballador to Berlin. Gen.
Dictrichftem will depart for
Berlin to night, with extraordi
nary dtfpatches.
The emperor of R uffia is rai
ling a new army on the frontiers
of Poland, which is’to confrfl
of 120,000 men.
Plymouth, September 8.
Bv the Sylph, from the chan
nel fleet, we have advice, that
the Spin 1 ih fleet which were at
F orh c fort had failed fiom thence
widi a convoy of 16 ihips, laden
with naval flores, for Brett, to
refit the fleet theie; that they
attempted to pafs the pailage Du
Kaz. in order to avoid the Bri
tilh fleet, which the convoy cf
•fc/Td, hut that the men of war
(were obhged to anchor in a bay
to the r oulhwaid of the pattage.
Very fortunately, hoivevcr,
Keats, in his majetty's ttiip Bo
adicea, of 38 guns, fell in with
the convoy before they readied
Brett, and captured and dettroy
cd the whole of them, and in
(lantly difpatched a veflci to lord
i Bridport, to acquaint him of the
fituation of the Spanifh fhipvS,
who immediately ordered a de
-1 tachmcnt of the fleet, under the
command of admiral fir J. B
Warren, to proceed to the bay
where rhe Spaniards weie at an
chor, and to attempt their cap
ture or definition, which there
is great reafon to hope has been
by tills time effefted.
INSURRECTION.
Paris , 10 o’clock at night , Avg. 30.
A violent infurreftion lias
broken out at Chartres, and tfie
dire6lory has marched 800 men
with cannon towards that city.
It is (aid that the conttituted
authorities have all been matta
cred, hut v;e arc ignorant of the j
details, [y harties is an ancient
and confiderable town, 45 miks
s. vv. of Paris.]
For the thoufandth time we
are allured, that the empeior of!
Rudia has declared war againfl
the king of PrufTia, on his rc
lulal to join the coalition VVh t
(ceins to be a confirmation of
the above is. that the king of
Pi uffia has difmiflcd the Ruffian
amballador, and recalled his
own fiom Petersburgh. How
ever the tiuth will appear in a
few days.
BOSTON 1 , o&hrs\ .
Ft om the Eajl-Indies.
The Aurora, capt. Sprigg,
bound from Gib altar to Bain-j
more, fpokc in lat. 39, with the
Danifh Fall-India company
fliip, the Courier, fiom Calcut
ta, which place (be left the mid- j
die of May, when official ac
counts had arrived that a dcci
fivc aftion had taken place be
tween the armies of Tippoo
Sultan and the Britifh. in which
the latter had entirely defeated
i Tippoo, who loft his life in the
, a6lion—his country was futren
dered to the British, and peace
is again reflored to India, with
a gieat extent of territory and
revenue added to the Britifh
poffeffions.
i N f W-Y (.) R K November 4.
| On the arrival of the fliip
I Penelope fiom Gottenburg, wc
w r ere not able to lee the captain.
etterday however, we had the
pleafurc of an interview, and
were informed by capt. Felt that
’ the king of Sweden was making
i preparations to join the coah
-1 tion ; 20,000 troops
were ready to inarch, and that
7 fail of the line and 4 frigates
were getting ready to fail from
t Gotten burg.
Capt, Felt further into:ms,
that the Ruffian fleet had joined
that of the Knghfh.
The above news capt. Felt
had fiom the American and
Fnalifh conluls jufl befoie he
failed, which was on the 16th
September,
November 5;
Yeflctday morning arrived
here, the new armed (hip Dif
patch, captain Richard Ward,
From Sr. Sebaflian's, lafl from
Lifbon, where (lie put in in
diftrefs.
Capt. Ward is the bearer of
difpatches fiom the American
conful at Lisbon.
The brig Three Filends of
\ew-York, lying in the port of
Lisbon, with half of her cargo
on bo ~rd, caught fire about a
fortnight befoie the Difpatch
failed and was burnt down to
i the water's edge; 32 pipes of:
gin and about 200 pieces of
linen were f ived
Extract of a Idler from LiJbon t : 1
dated 1 Sept. 1799.
“ We have had the Infur
-1 gente frigate here for r few days:
the appearance of lb frne a ffcip
under the American flag, recal
ling the glorious heioifm by
which fhe was added to the Ame
rican navy, has greatly exalted
the Arneiican cha*ader, and
will no doubt render our go
vernment more rcfpedable and |
our navigation more fafe—All
nations will be difpofed to fhew j
more refpebf than they have hi
therto done, for a flag which
waves over fuch a fhip.
i “ Yefterday, Mr. Smith, (at
tended by Mr. Bulkelcy, the
conful of the Uni ed States) and
his fecietary, went on board
the Infurgente to breakfaft with
captain Murray ; the regulations
of the port not pcimitting a
falutc, every other m rk of ref
| pc6l was (hewn—on the minif
ter’s arrival the yards were man
ned, the ofhceis and marines
| were drawn up on deck, and
prefented their arms, while the
mufic played the prcfident’s
march. After breakfaft, Mr
Smith had vifited every part of
the fhip, the men were exerciled
at the great guns, and went thro’
a ! l their manoeuvres, amongft
others, thofc of the pike men
or boaiders, a l of which were
' performed with great fkill and
adivity—on the minifter's de
parture the yards were again
manned and the officers drawn
up on the poop gave three cheers,!
which were repeated by the
whole crew, and anlwcred by
j the minifler and the company
l in the boat, who returned to
l Lifbon highly gratified by the
excebcnt difciplme, good order
1 and fine appearance of the crew,
and the gentlemanly deportment
and judicious regulations of the
gallant captain and his brave
officers.
“ I introduced capt. Murray
to the Britifh captains of men
of war, and they have exchang
ed lignals.”
November 8-
1 He capture of the SpaniHi
Rochefort, tnuft
create frcfli embarraftments at
Brcft ; from whence we learn
that an inlurrc&ion had broker*
out in the Spanilh fleet, which
had been quelled b y the inter.
vention ot French force the
Spanifli leamcn confined and
their place fupplied by con-
Icripts. The next intelligence
will be of the capture of the
Spanilh fquadron from Roche
fort by rhnt dafhing commander
hr J. B. Warren,
November 9.
The envoys to France (ailed
from i\ewport in the f igate
United States on Sunday laft
It is laid they will firft land m
Spain.
November 12.
7 he following important in
telligence was. handed for pub
lication to the editor of the Mer
cantile Ad vernier, by a refpeft
ab!e commercial houfe in this
city, who received it yefierday
morning from their correfpon
dent at New Orleans:
“ New Orleans , Sept, 25, 99.
M We inform you with regret,
that the difpatches from Spain,
arrived heic fince eight days,
bringing an order from (he king
to flop the entry of all neutral
vcllels in the Miflifippi. This
I orde;r extends likewise (0 the
Americans, who will not be. per
mitted to difpofe of their cargoes
in the city, but will enjoy the
privilege of depofiting rhern,fo
be taken to their pofteflions up
the river, as is agreed by the
treaty between Spain and the
United States
“ Our intendant has already
put his cider in execution : but
the merchants and planters
knowing the evils which would
attend it, have joined to make
lepreientation to government,
in order that wc may be allowed
the fame privileges we have cn«
joyed heretofore ; and as we ate
almoft convinced they will favor
our requefl* However we btg
yru will not fliip any thing to
this city until you receive mote
poficive advice from us, fc that
you may not experience any
dilappointments in your opera
tions ; and reft allured wc ftal
always inform you exaftly on
j this lubjeth We remain with
fnencifhip, your obliged humble
fervants,
“ Little , Sarpy, Coljfun & So-
BALTIMORE, November p
James Winchefter, cfq.
are informed, is appointed < *
tri6l judge, for the diftdft tk
Maryland, vice judge Faca,
ceafcd,
November 5.
Tile fur render of J° nat 1
Robbins has given rile to
clamor in various parts of
United States. T he dil'u
has been condudled in ll,l11
places with too much part.'
andanimofity to aftord 1
did enquirer the in for rxia- *