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1L , r auci and £>• ure the return cargoes to the p further cou.itrjr. . . . C . But so far from producing the happy rM onfccutaccs which were contemplated ' W {,y hts majelty’s edict, experience has * proved beyond a doubt the impoflibilty of complying with all the conditions requir *cd'-The Spaniards themselves have mil ■ pr ;t j rhe tavor granted them, and ever) M ®tiin f has been converted into a general f jetriment to the nation, in particular our *L pbjefts of America and Spain; encreafing § a the fame time, the industry ayd trade ot -jis majelty’s enemies, who are therewith provided with the means of prosecuting rhe war which has proved so ruinous to Europe. Taking these circumllances in to consideration, the king cannot delay a moment to apply a proper remedy to evils of such magnitude; revoking, as he has been plcafe to revoke, the said royal edict I of the j Bth November, 1797; and also every other permillion, general or parti cular which may have been granted either by his majelty’s or his viceroys, govern ors, intendants and others in office; thi .Jaws of Amerua^^T atTsjsywJ&Ul!' 1 s of fr> in theTrTuTPfW Sfe nre bound, under their plrfonal rcfponfibi'.Uy, to take such fieps as they lliall think molt proper not only to ensure a punctual execution of these laws, but to repair any injury prac tifed under cover o! the said ediit, without admitting any excuse-i or pretences what f fotver, which may lead to thwart the exe ; cution of this order. These mean?, his majesty hopes, will encourage the merchants cf Spain and America, to use their endeavors to enjoi the benefit held out to them from recipro cal commercial transactions, adopting the usual methods (armament*) and others point ed out by neceflin ; but fliotild tlic 'flift ance of government be required, the com mercial tribunalsof this country and Amc rica, may apply to his majesty, represent ing whatever their duty shall direit, with a full confidence that 1 due attention will be paid to the'fame, piovidtd they confine themselves to poin r 01 t the means of flip porting our trade ai d nduftry, putting a lide every tin -g r at tvs onpofrd it hither to, to the gre-t lufs of ,n r fubjefts, and the benefit of our enemies. All which 1 corn mi nic fetoyou in com pliance with the king’s orders; and you will pay the greateff attention to its execu tion, as far fts concerns you, advifingthe reception thereof, and of what fieps you fital! take for the imereft of his majesty’s '^rrrrrfment. Aranjuea, April 1799. .. 1 *. PHILADELPHIA, July it. From Aj.ciers and Gibraltar. 7i> Captain Sm-:h y cf the United States, Po laert, the Dry, arrived yeferday at the fort. frem Algiers and Gibraltar , zee are indebted,for the following information: The following is the information I re ceived at Gibraltar on my arrival there from Algiers. It may be relied on as com ing from the bell authority. On the 2ad May arrived at Gibraltar: was there vifiied by a boat belonging to a guard ihip. They informed me 1 had to perform a quarantine. I hoilled a flag at the usual place for the | 'ou:c metier. who in a Ihort time came al mg fide.—From him and others I afterwards 1 ceived the following information : Thu: a few da vs previous to mv arrival theie, rapt. Smith, of und from Baltimore, had a fevei >* ailion with several French gun-boats, and was taken: that h - was feverelv wounded, hav ing received ! weral mulket (hot in several parts of his b Jv, and that he was then on board the flop at the port of Algeziras, lind was allow ed no surgeon to attend him. Ah nt the fame time, captain Adams, of and from New-York, in a fliip belonging to Mr. Murray of New-York, was taken and carried into the l3me port, bv his ban ditti. Os f hfir treatment of others who were so unfortunate as to bt captured bv them, l nad no information. I was like ■Wilc informedf that a brig, of and from Baltimore was upset in the Mediterranean, otf the lll.aid of Alboran. This island is about jo leagues above Gibraltar. The crevv was saved. She was pilot boat built. 1 was like wHr is formed, that on the sth M y, part of the Spanish fleet failed from from Bred; and that lord St. V ncent hau l en driven from his llation bv continual t !es of wind from the well ward ; but on the 7th, feeing the fleet to windward, he made every exertion to gain them, but to n>tt?e£l, the whole of his fleet being on a I. t flu re in ofiiihoms water. Tlic French ?.»ui Spaniards, taking advantage of his fleered to Ihe southward, in or Ipcer to avoid falling in with his lordlbip.— aVfoon « >the weather moderated, helteer e.i ro thefoofli vnrd in pursuit of them Af ter y days research,: ud noappearance of the e.ntnv, he bore away for the Mediterrane an, which the former had entered on the *S'N fkeir fleet confuting of jevemcen fail i , cf the line. On the morning'of the 17th his lor.ilhip pal Ted Gibraltar, with his fleet, , amounting to fifteen Jail of the line, with some lighter velleis. There have since . pafled Gibraltar fix seventy fours* to rem ; | or ce his lordfliip. These I saw on the 20th about 20 leagues above Gibraltar. May 25th, failed from Gibraltar in com pany with four fail of Americans, who were wailing an opportunity to get down ihe gut. —They were the following, viz. fliip Eliza, of Boston, from Legnano, bound to London —a brig of Salem, cap tain Horn, bound to Salem; brig Katy, of Newburvport, Wm.Cottle,mailer, bound to Newburyport, and a fehoonee, belong ing to Kingtton in the bay. Ihe captain informed me, that he had been three months in Gibraltar waiting an[opportuni ty to get out of the gut. We took her under our convoy. There is no poflibiii tv of any veflel palling the gut but those which are well manned and armed ; or by availing themselves of the failing of an English convoy, which is not very fre quent ; as mod of their private ships that visit this quarter, are themselves well e quipped with men and guns. On the night of the 23d, two velleis failed from Gibraltar, under cover of the dark : they had fcarceiv made fail, when one of them was fired at by three French privateers, and taken into Algefiras. In three hours from their leaving the port, tney were both cap tured in fight of the flapping lying in the road, and within fliot of the Eoghfli gun boats. One of them was a Swede, the other a brig under English colors.—The lame night pafled through the gut, a fleet of Spantfh merchantmen, from Malaga, under convoy of 21 fail of Spanish gun boats. On the morning following the gun-boats were all handing for Algefiras, and were anchored there in the course of I the day. Theie are from 50 to 60 fail of those French privateers, or rather pirates under French colors, that intercept the trade between CapeSpartal and Bute Point. But only three of them are of any consid erable force, viz. one brig mounting 18 long twelves, and 90 men—one schooner of 8 nines and twelves, and 90 men, and a lugger of 8 nines and Axes. The others principally consist of one or two guns in the bow, with some swivels and muskets. T heir practice is to attempt to board, and if they are repulsed, row away to windwad, out ofgun-fhot, in a fliort time ; so that, tinlefs you have a breeze, you can do noth ing with them; but during a breeze, they are sure never to attack you if you are of ur.y force , The afternoon of mv departury fro.*T Gibraltar, it was reported the French and Spanish fleets were in Carthagenn; and that fix f il of the Spaniards having failed on a cruift . met with a heavy gale of wine, and were dilmafled. On the night of the 26th, parted com pany with the before mentioned American veflcls, they being in all fafe outside of the gut, Cape Sparto bearing E. by N. diftarit about 20 leagues. Done on board the United Spates po lacre Dey, lying at Gibraltar from May 22'1 to 25th. July 13. PLEASING INTELLIGENCE. Extra A of a letter from the super cargo of the flip Fortitude , Kernay , of this port , dat'd of the mouth of the Ganges , March 5, ’99 “ I have the fatisfa&ion of informing vou, that the French frigate La Forte, has been taken by his majesty’s (hip Sybel.'e, of 44 guns, after a severe engagement of 2 hours and 45 minutes, during which the captain, firll lieutenant, and 60 men were killed on board the former. The Sybele has received but trifling injury. The La- Forte is a 74 cut down, and now mounts 54 guns, well manned and fails remarka bly fail. She had a few days previous to her capture, taken the Oflcrly, English East Indiaman, in ballast. It is not known the exa«fl damage which the La Forte has done in thole seas, but it is supposed to be very great.” July 15. Yefterdav morning the Delaware (loop of War, which has been la\ ing some time in this port, repairing, weighed anchor and dropped down the river. A letter from Captain Tingey , of which the following is an extraQ , was received on Saturday morning at the office of the Sicre taiy of the Navy. Ganges, of St. Bartholomews, 26th June, 1799. S 1 R, Agreeably to the tenor of rov correspon dence, by the Baltimore, Capt. Barron, of 'he nth inttant, I proceeded with the Ganges to the coast of St. Bartholomews, where I met as heretofore, only fruitief. chaces, till the morning of the 16111, af •e-being joined by captain Bainbridge with ; he Norfolk, when father before dav, a tail was difeovered under our lee—chace was immediately given to the N. W. the • Thb i.< the % niton invjcr the ttnmaad of admiral WUtUh.d. I • cou'fe the veiTel took: our fituaiion being about N. E. by N. from St. Bartholomews 16 or 18 leagues. As the day opened we knew' or believed her to be a French privateer (loop cf io ouns, w hich we had seen a few days ago fn the harbor of that island, and Hie was scarce more than three or four gun fhct distance. She led us however, with eve ry fail in the ship fetr, till three in the af ternoon, having run near 90 mhes, anti discharged upwards of 40 gunsat her, some of the la ft of which were loaded with can nister fliot, which went round him like hail without doing him any material da mage, and fortunately for him none of his numerous crew were hurt. During the chace he had caff overboard (in order to lighten his vessel, and facili tate his failing) his boat, some of his pro visions, all his guns except two, and much other heavy materials, but to no effeff— After or about 1 P. M. finding we ap proached him, and that he muff fall, he hoisted French colors, and fired a gun to windward, to give him an opportunity of striking in form ; which at length he did, but so near that a broadside from the ship would probably have totally destroyed him. It proved to be the privateer (loop Vain quere, of Guadaloupe, of 8 guns and 85 men. She was Bermudian built, copper ed up to the bends, was most completely fitted, and from her rate of failing (being by their account, the fwifteft privateer out of Guadaloupe except one) and the num ber of her men, file would have proved extremely mischievous to our trade. She had been 14 days from Guadaloupe, and had taken nothing. Extract cf a letter from on board the Ganges , dated St. Kill's June 28. “ This morning upwards of 100 Ame rican merchantmen got under way to join the Bririfh convoy, that is now lying in the Offing, dcftined for Europe. There being no other public ships here, we tho’t it improper to leave the station defencelefs, or we fliould have taken them under our Although we dog the priva teers so that they are afraid to come out of fight of land, yet by skulking under the shore they make a number of captures, many within an hours fail of the harbor. I allude to the forts and harbors of St. Bar tholomews, which I fulpeft are much too partial to be considered as neutrals. “ On Sunday last we spoke the Monte zuma, Capt. Malony; off St. Bartholo mews, on her way to Jamaica, all well. July 16. There were seven interments in the dif ferent grounds of this city, during the 24 hours, ending at 12 o’clock this day.— Two of this number children. Arrived at the Fort the French sloop Vinqueure, Duboife, prize to the Ganges, sloop of war, Captain Tingey, with dis patches for the Secretary of the Navy. Li F K A L D. AUGUSTA, WEDNESDAY, July 31, 1799. Lalejl EUROPEAN INTELLI GENCE. New-York, July 18. Yefierday , (late in the afternoon) arrived in this port , ihe Snow Dublin packet, Capt. Greene , in 47 days from Dublin , By this arrival ice have been fitrnijhed, by an oblig ing friend, with the Hibernian Journal, c/ May 29, containing London News to the 25 th of the Jame month, which is later by 13 days, than any News received from the fame quarter in the United States. The following very important extracts are made therefrom: LONDON, May 22. This morning a meflenger arrived from Sir M. Eden, at Vienna, bringing Dis patches dated on the 7 th, which If ate, that an a£tion had taken place previous to the taking of Milan in which general Suwar row, after crofling the Adda, had com pletely defeated the French, and had killed 6000, and taken 5000 prisoners, and 80 pieces of cannon. Gen. Sarier, and his whole corps laid down their arms after be ing surrounded by the Auitrians and Ruf fians. The French had retreated into Switzer land, where there were several insurrec tions ngainfl them among the Swiss. [The fame paper, contains the official difj atch, from Sir Morton Eden, to Lord Grenville, in fubffance as the above, only more particular.] May 23. The commander of Philipfburg, on the Rhine has published an account of the blockade of that fortrefs. In his official report to the Archduke Charles, he states that < has arretted three Frenchmen, who had, entered the piace for the purpose of seducing the officers of the garrison. f They had appointed a meeting with one of the officers who informed the Govern or of if. They declared they would givg 2G0.0C0 livres, if neceflary. The account of the death of the French tr. Snifters, flgned by all the deputies at Raf tadr, and transmitted to their refpedlive courts, was drawn up by the Pruflian En voy. It is expelled at Statefburg, that theDi rtflory will fend two new Plenipotentiaries to that place, and that the negociation will be continued there with the ieveral states of the Empire. One of the ministers of the Ele&or of Bavaria and an envoy of Hefte Dannftadr, are at present there and have had conferences with Jean Debry. May 25. Postcript Extraordinary, SUN-OFFICE, 1 o’clock, p m. Dispatches have this day been received from Vienna of the 12th, by which it ap pears that Pefchiera had surrendered to the Austrians and Ruffians. Novera was also in their pofleffion, and Farara was block aded. The inhabitants had risen in seve ral places, joined the Austrians, attacked the French with great fury, and made great (laughter in ftveral fkirmiffies. The boo ty taken from the French in the different a£lions has been immense. General Stiwarrovv’s head quarters were at Pavia. Mantua was clofelv blockaded, and Pizzinghitone had not surrendered, but it was expected to fall very shortly. The greatest part of the French army had retreated to the gerrifons of Tortona, Coni and Alexandria, and in the neigh* borhood of those places. The Hamburg mail due on Wednesday last arrived this morning. In addition to what we (Sun) yesterday stated rt'fpeding the French fleet, there re mains little to be added. Bv the packet tiifpatched by Gen. £%ler and Mr. Wal pole, a few private letters were brought, from one of which the following is an extra#, upon the authority of which we can rely. Exlratt of a letter from Liflon , dated May 1 1, nine o’tlock at night. “ Various expresses announce the im portant intelligence that a large enemy’s squadron is at lea, and it is said they have been seen oft Porto. Report goes so far as to fay, 19 fail of the line, 19 of which left Brest on the 28th ult. and three Spa nish from Feriol joined the iff: inst. Les ters by yesterday’s post from Madrid men tion that the Ferrol lquadron was at anchor ?nd had 4000 troops on board, a great deal of camp equipage, and three months pro vjfions. A frigate has gone to Gibraltar, to apprize Earl St. Vincent 91 *!! this, and we are anxiously waiting the relult of so interesting an expedition.” / BUONAPARTE DEFEATED, Turkey, April 14. [F, om the Vienna Court Gazette. ] According to a letter from Constantino ple, of the 19th of April, the advices from Syria give a very different to thefuc cefs of General Buonaparte’s expedition against that province. He certainly advanced, some time ago, with 8000 Frenchmen, and as many Arabs and Cops, whom he had brought from Egypt, into Palefatine. The badly de fended posts of Gaza, and Jaffa could not stop his progtefs. He came down the coast, to St. John d'Acre, the ancient Pro iemais and detached a small column against the pafles about Nabloufe (Sichem) to warch the movements of Dfchezar Oglu. Governor of Jerusalem who could have fallen upon his rear. St. John d’Acre is so weak a place, that no resistance was ex pelled. But how great was the aftomfh ment of the French to hear their summons answered by the play of a well diredled ar tillery, and still greater mu ft have been their consternation, when they were in formed it was their own ordinance; for thirteen transports of theirs, that were to bring the heavy artillery military stores, and troops from Demietta to Palcftine, were partly captured, partly funk, and partly dispersed, by the fleer of Commadore Sir Sidney Smith, and this naval commander had reached St. John d’Acre just in good time. Here the French fuffered no incon fiberable loss, and were forced to retreat. Meanwhile Dfchezar Oglu had a#ualiy occupied the pafles in their rear, and gain ed some advantage near Nabloufe. This deprived them of the hope of capturing the Caravello, going from Damalcus to Mecca, and they had to struggle with a variety of embarrafments, refpe#ing their own Situation. Seventeen Turkifli fail are now going with troops and many military ftores,to reinforce Dfchezar Pacha. Two English fliips of war guard the mouth of the Arabian gulp'i. General Buonaparte is in the moil critical situation with his army. The Grand Vizier, Juffuf Pacha, is prepared with all the forces of the Tur kic empire, which will join him on his march from Constantinople to Asia, to fruftrate completely Buonaparte’s enter prizes by a decisive blow, unless it be struck even before his arrival. *