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:. ,1 Ilk f.ifft.tJ confldrrsWy. On the
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noV time; the commander demanded fix
-, u r* for consideration —therefore C,ori
lece was bombarded anew yesterday, or
, s f»rendered. On the ioth, t.ie Imp*
ihft« deftrovtd about f.xty Swift vefleU
i,irh lav at Conftanic, by their (hot.
oioncl William* lay with hw flotilta at
ands, between M 'rfbury and Conftancc.
fnrral Hotze wa> yeflrrday yet in his
rmrr poll ion, between Feldkirk and
heinrek. On the sth instant, the Hel
tic directory demanded anew from the
lifhtive body, a declaration of war a*
infl A'-.ftria, but this proposal has been
iratedlv remitted by the grand council
.y answered, that no means ought to be
lifted to c. fend themfelve9 against the
acks of an enemy, but the Helvetian
pple would declare war Egainft nobody.
FRANKFORT, April 23.’.
ft is atterted here that the negociations
h the German empire, will be continu
al Caflcl, and the Prulfian court labors
ettantly Co procure a genera! peace, and
seven said that it has brought it so far
h the government of France, that they
e agreed to evacuate those countries
ich they have taken potteffion of since
firftof May, 1797. andlikewife to con
tto a general congress.
HAMBURG, April 12.
The reports of an invasion had lately
reen so repeated and credible, that our
enate becoming uneasy, applied to M. de
khiemburg, at Berlin, on the fubjeft, who
11s officially replied in the name of the
;ing of Pruffin, that the city of Hamburg
ins too important to the Germanic body
n general, and Prufiis in particular, not to
ngage his majeflv in the mod unequivo
cal manner to declare, That hr would
noner fee the subversion and definition
if his own dates, than the invasion of
lamburg.
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t CONSTANTINOPLE, April 3.
1 Very unfavorable accounts have been
iceived here by two tartars from Ghezar,
rcha of Acre, the Turkidi commander
chief ftnt against Buonaparte. The
cnch have not only taken Gaza, in Ju
a, but also Giafft, formerly Joppa, on
nine leagues from Jerusalem, and too
alian miles from St. John d’Acre. Their
ogrels has been particularly favored by
e mountaineers of Mount Lebanon, who
ive made an alliance with them and who
ive always been the avowed enemies of
e Turkilh government. Ghezar Pacha
j writes, that he is now between two ene
mies equally dangerous, and that he could
I rot leave his residence, being himfelf afraid
ot an attack. He had sent 30,000 of his
troops against the French general, but tliev
had also been miserably defeated.—He had
demanded 10,000 Europeans of the Porte,
but no more than tcoo had been sent him;
he therefore carnellly renews his demand
ot reinforcements, being afraid to be be
fteged himfelf in his own cnftle bv the
: r euch am' Libanefc. Great apprehenfi-
I ijnsare ent rtainrd at Confhntinople, left
f *J*' ,a fcus, lerufalem, and all Syria, will
“'fb the hands of the French.
VIENNA, April 20.
The Grand Duke of Tuscany arrived
S|th«• evening of tlie 17.
te 13th in the afternoon, field mar
ut executed the orders of
( uke Caarles, and took the city of
aulen.
said general adhered ft rial v to the
ions of his royal highness, to spare
as much is poflible, and for that
• proposed a convention with the
that they ftiould not make ufc of
ant bridge, which is really a matter
f architecture, b ut the enemv re
made opposition, and was forced to
they committed the cruelty to set
the bridge, which had been filled
•flv with combustibles, which was
>ed wuhtwohomesadjoinin, there.
'rdima'J* ,dt ’ ‘ hecity k&med
LONDOnTmiv 3.
believe the Brett fleet bound
" al « sported to have de
i thC Swif# !<, rritorv,
M °* cam,:) n.
n-Zty'r l4i 1 king of Pru ® a
coalmen, lie has in-
HPHRk lus
" 7 W ~ ~
I The Hamburg agent was ordered to
deoart from Russia ; but was futtered to
remain as agent for Lubec and Bremen.
Several veffeU have failed to pir lord
Brief port’s fleet.
A captain from Morlaix, fays, the Bren
Her failed April 24, consisting of 2; fail
of the line, and was avowedly bound to
Cadiz.
May 5.
We have news from Hamburg to the
30th ult. April 21, the imperial quar
ters were at Stockach. It is said, d body
of Austrian troops crofted the Rhine, April
18, between Zurich and Srhaffhaufen, in
purfuitof the French. In the Bregentz
country, on the 19th, general Hotze was
engaged with the French.—The result it is
not known. The French are about to a
bandon the environs of Manheim.
Infurrefiion in Belgium and Switzerland
becomes daily more important. The Hel
vetic iegiflaturerefufe todeclare waragainft
the emperor, which they have been com
manded to do.
The Austrian army in Italy receives
continual reinforcements. April tj, the
whole Imperial army was on Ctlftpine
ground.
The French are collecting their forces
at Milan, drawing them from Rome, Na
ples and Tufcani. The Neapolitan roy
alists are consequently in great spirits.
A Ruffian army is forming on the fron
tiers of Poland, consisting of 80,000 men.
General Suwarrow, with the firft divi
sion of his army, arrived at Verona, April
13. He is tocommencethefiegeof Man
tua, where the French have but 10,000
men ; and of l’afchiera, where they have
but 5000.
The Britifii government are to take into
their pay 25,000 Turks to be employed in
the Mediterranean.
The plague continues to rage in Egypt.
Admiral Kingfmill, on the lrifli fiction,
received early information of the failing
of the Bred fleet—and put to sea to join
lord Bridport—who had not fallen in with
that fleet when he wrote the letter which
was received on the 4th instant.
Prussia has an army of 80,000 men in
Silesia.
Several American vettels have been al
lowed to enter Cadiz, in consequence of
an agreement between theEnglifhand Spa
nilh governments.
BOSTON, June 19.
Governor Gilman, in bis speech deii
vc-v-l on the sth instant, at the meeting
of the Icgiflature of New Hampihire, is
more explicit on French intrigue, than fume
governors we could mention. This patri
otic* and federal chief magistrate lavs,
“ The French appear to have made great
er progrt-fs towards universal domination,
than has been known for a long period be
fore—their arts and intrigues have preced
ed their arms—they have fomented divisi
ons among the people, and under the spa
cious names of liberty and equality, tie
ftroyed their governments, dictated new
fy Items, and enforced enormous contribu
tions:—Shall we ncgleft to take warning
from their condufl towards other nations ?”
PROVIDENCE, (r. t.) June i 9.
On Wedntfday last arrived at Newport
the United States frigate George WiifUin--
ton, capt. Fletcher, last from St. Thomal,
in 17 days. This frigate, and the brig
Pickering, convoyed 64 fail of American,
ami 9 Britifii vettels, and parted from the
fleet in a gale in the Gulph Stream.
Saturday last arrived the fliip Ann and
Hope capt. Benjamin Page, in 126 days
from Canton.
. A few days previous to fading, a Spa
null squadron, consisting of a fliip 0 f 3c
guns, one of 74, and one of 40, with two
rrench frigates of 40, and a corvette of 16
guns, all from Manilla, came into the
Last pattige, while the British squadron
were‘ watering near one of the islands east
° f la . CM ' * heir unexpected appearance
obliged the Brttifli squadron to cut their
cables and put to sea. Night coming on,
the boll lie Iquadrons loft fight of each
other, the French and Spaiiift, haulm.,
dote to the wind. The Britifii wore to
hevvard and after clearing (hip, returned
to their former station. Intelligence hav
.nt; bce., sent to the British factory, feme
f the largest merchant lhips cleared their
gun decks, and proceeded 10 join theflups
of war. expeClmg to meet the French and
Spaniards 111 the Chincfe sea, but were dif
appomted. ‘
NE\\-\ORk, June 21.
Much inconvenience has been exneri
enced by our citizens from the very la
r-alor the Spring fliip* from Europe'!
It - one among the many difadvamaL
niut 1 olir n '*'lundeiftandinff whh Franc
produced. However
v! , , ’ n lil, Pf ch ed from this country
lrt Ruined until aiasoft the
whole iHfchafge^ffflP
freighted. After fach detention, the fwif
teft failers hav* to wait upon the flowed,
and thus loose all the benefit of priority of
arrival, and incur the greater expence for
having arrived at an early period in the
Britifii ports.
Convoys are not only prejudicial to
commerce, but are also disagreeable to our
politicians, if not sometimes injurious to
the date, from a want of early intelligence
of the situation of Europe. Formerly,
during the spring and fall months, weufed
to have vessels constantly arriving in 28
arid 30 days ; but we have had no quick
arrivals here for a long time. To the
eastward, indeed, the most early informa
tion has been brought for those two
months pad; but much inconvenience
arises here and in Philadelphia, from the
late papers being monopolifed in Boston
by some of the moft-bigotted and defign
"ing Royalists in the United States.
The schooner Bird, captain Bain, arriv
ed yesterday in 14 days from St. Bartho
lomews.
On the 20th May a smart a<sion com
menced betwixt an English schooner of 10
guns and a French schooner of ia. In
two hours the latter got under the protec
tion of the fort of St. Bartholomew’s—
and after several (hot from the fort, the En
glish schooner gave up the chafe, and the
French schooner came to anchor at St.
Bartholomews with three feet water in her
hole, several of her crew wounded, and
three killed.
May 28, an English schooner called the
Sturdy Beggar, mounting 10 guns, was
captured at anchor by a French schooner
of 12 guns, without a (hot being fired on
either fide.
“ I am sorry to add (fays captain Bain)
that St. Bartholomews is a rendezvous for
trench pirates. It often happens that a
boat with a few muskets will go out under
the guns of the fort, and take our vtfTels
that are bound into St. Bartholomews,
bring them in, get them condemned, and
fell them there.”
Mr. Barret, mate of the schooner Indus
try, of Boston, bound to Martinique, tak
en on the 26th April, and carried into
Guadaloupe, vefTel and cargo condemned
—captain and hands in prison; the allow
ance 6 ounces of fifh, and 3.41 b of bad
bread. Left 50 at Baffetierre (Quad.)
came in a cartel to St. Kitts, with 30 maf
tersof vefTels; the American consul gave
each of them 8 dollars.
June 23.
Yesterday arrived here the captain and
supercargo of the brigPhilanthropift, from
Alexandria bound to Daguira, with a ve
ry valuable cargo, captured on the 30th
May by the French privateer l’Hippolite,
Capt. Driellard, of 14 guns and 70 men,
belonging to Nantz, last from Cayenne.—
Immediately on capture, they took the
captain out, and left the supercargo on
board, pillaging the veflll of all the cargo,
which it took them three days to get on
board the privateer.
The captain of the privateer (hewed
them orders from the commandant at
Cayenne to seize, take and destroy, all ves
sels carrying the American flag, and treat
the crew as common enemies. The Brig
after being plundered, was ordered for Te!
neriffe, and the captain supercargo and
crew (two men excepted) were ordered on
board a schooner belonging to New-Lon
don, where they arrived fafe on the 21st
inltant.
PHILADELPHIA, June 15.
Extraa of a letter from captain Wiliam Pen
roje, ma/ler of the schooner Shjoldebrand ,
(one of the Algerine fleet) to his friend in
t/as aty, received by the brig Rover, capt.
Stubbs, m 63 days from Li/bon.
Algiers, Feb. 17,
1 have met with an opportunity of
informing you of my arrival at this port,
bv a Swedish frigate, which put in here
lait night. I had a very good passage from
the Delaware, though a very wet one, be
ing perfect'y under water' all the time.
We made the run in 30 days, which, was
ten days less than capt. Maley, five days
leis than capt. Smith, and fix days lefsthan
capt. Geddefs; and was fortunate enough
to fail m with no cruisers that we were a
fraid cf. In the Streights of Gibraltar,
hx large gun boats rowed off to us in a
calm under French and Spanish colors,
but after firing a few shot thev thou°ht it
prudent to mite. They then wenfa.td
attacked two large (hips and a schooner, a
bour ax miles from us ; we were then lav
ing becalmed: one of the (hips and the
lcnooner they took, but the other ft,ip *ot
clear, which proved to be the Five Broth
ers, captain Philips, of and from Boston,
bound to Leghorn, carrying 12 fix pound
ers and 40 men. Captain Philips inform
ed me that t..e (hip which had (truck was
non Boston aito, bound to Leghorn
mounting i6guns, but could not learn the ‘
[?P la,n * na ™ e - The schooner which
I y the E*p eri ment, capt.
‘ ti P b°it anJ £? m Philadelphia bound
t 0 Glbra!ur * The Algerine fleet which
eci, except the Ihip
son.”
JuWE 21. ? i ,1
Arrived at the fort, Brig MoliyV Tur
pin Kilby, commander, ;6 day! f rorn
Nuvetis.
A few days before the Molly fabled, a
Frenchcutter, mounting 12 ninepouinders
2 eighteen pounders and one 24 poiLnder
with 120 meC, and a schooner mounting
14 guns and 80 men, off - Nuvetis fell in
with a Providence privateer brig mounting
16 guns, and 60 men, together with an
American (hip her prize ; they layed the
brig along fide, and in a few minutes fa
crificed every foul except five—the captain
was not killed but hove overboard a p<i
drowned: they took the prize also, and
brought her into Guabana, where they jay
waiting with a full determination to take
the Molly as file came out, which if they
had accomplished, it is probable file might
have lhared the fame fate.
We learn that Collot, the French gene
ral, who has so long resided in this city, ( to
the scandal of all faithful Americans, 1 is
about to take his departure at last in a flLg (
of truce for Cape Francois. We hate
not learnt whether he retires home “ uptln
compunctions,” or of his own free will
and accord.
Extraft of a letter from a very refpeftabh*
gentleman in Hamburg, dated April C 4 a Jf
1799, to a mercantile house in this city~.~r . *
“ The continual depredations of the/
French make insurance still very difficult’
to be procured, and our underwriters very’ rms
extravagant in their demands. The pre->. ’
sent premiums are 20 a 25 per cent, on A- ’
merican, and 12 a 15 per cent, on neutral’
vefTels, on their coming north about—or
is there any probability of their becoming
more moderate, so long as the present po
litical relations between France and Ame- *
rica may exist.”
June 24.
FIRE.
This morning between 2 and 3 o’clock,
a fire broke out (by accident, we under
ftar.d) in a liable, situated in Callowhill
street, between Front and Second ilreets,
which, notwithstanding the activity of the
citizens, rapidly communicated to the ad
jacent buildings. The flames extended
in an easterly dire&ion down Callowhj l !
street, and in two hours entirely deftrc'yecl
seventeen buildings, three of which were \
handsome three story brick houses, lately
finifned. A llore house containing fe *e
ral hundred barrels of tar, pitch and tur
pentine, added greatly to the fury of tfi 1
devouring element. We are happy to add, B
that notwithstanding the numerous dan- *** 1
gers to which many individuals were
posed, no lives were loft. The damage cd
of property is estimated at about 25.00a B
dollars. M
Several valuable horses and a cow vvert B
involved in the flames. fl
June 27. 3 fl
Yeflerday arrived in this port the b B
Amelia, capt. Stofbury, from Liverpo 8
from whence she failed the 6th Mayp B
Captain S. informs that the account B
lord Bridport’s having fallen in with t ilf
French fleet and loft them in a log, was f
ceived at Liverpool the 2d May ; thatfc B
the official advices were obtained % |3j
his having come up with them, and a N
engagement was generally believed to hai I
taken palace.—Captain S. unfortunate
brought no news papers. If
The French diredory have declare. F
them r elves permanent during the war. j
General Suwarrow has ifiued a ManU i
fefto, wherein he declares, that he mean. 3
not to give, and willies not to receivt J
quarters.
The Cifalpine republic have revolted' y
as have also the whole of the Swiss can- h
tons.
The black flag was flying at Paris, a sig
nal of bad news. ' °
The above information is contained in
letters from Portugal, to the 10th May.
The various accounts which have been
received of the reiteration of the money 4 r
captured in thelhipPigou, are totally falfe:
1 he crew or that Ihip with the exception > *
of the surgeon and second mate, art con
fined m goal and treated with the utrroft ..
barbarity.
BALTIMORE, June 26.
A r AVAL AC TIO K i
The Marflilliburg, arrived at New. York
wasfpoke in the Britilh channel, on thl j
4 f h ilay, by an Englilh schooner, a 1
informed that lord Bridport had fallen in I
with the Brest fleet, when a desperate en- 1
gagement ensued, the particulars of which I
he had not learnt.
This account is corroborated by ano-I
ther arrival at Philadelphia, and ftiould it \k
De true,we lliall fliortly hear more about it. 13
ALEXANDRIA, Tune 22.
The fiiip Pomona, captain Waters ar- i W
nved on 1 hurfday from Oporto, after jtp
pafTagcof 5 a days. Sailed i„ coro4o3® *
»-uh the brig Brandywioe Miller, csLrrrfl
K ' a s> boun.l for New York |1