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-}. LONDON', Scptwherj*. f : S||lIS MAJESTY’S SPEECH. rare THIS day his Majesty went in state to [ Ijffc house of peers, and being ft-atcd on the Jflfhronc, delivered the following most gra (ljrlous Speech to both houses of parlia* if If |Hnt: “ My hnrds and Gentlemen , jjftf « I have called you together at this un- JWf fn-il season, in order to recommend it to mjliott to confider of the propriety of ena- M|ii ( ig me, without delay, to availjnyfelf,’ V-fT'o a further extent, of t,he Voluntary fer jjyiiice of the militia, at a moment when an A|4ncreafc of our active force abroad may be rjirnduAive of the mod important and be i'netkia! consequences. . , JjF “We have leen the happy effects qftt)e UjCliteafure which you adopted on this sub- LrjeX in the laftfeflion : and the forces which gj-'l j <v.is thereby enabled to employ, have al- HNready displayed, in the face of the enemy, |j|a courage, difoipliue and steadiness worthy jjMof the charter of Britifli loldiers. In the Ipf short interval since the dole of the last ieftion, our situation and profpeXs have, I|l under the bleflimrs of Providence, improv j|jf ed hevond the most sanguine expeXation. “ The abilities and valour of the com* J: mandersand troops of the combined im perial armies, have continued to be emit)* jjfijj ently displayed. The deliverance of Italy Mjf ynay now he considered as secured by the w'l refit It of a campaign equal in splendor and H| success to any the most brilliant recorded ! ‘ in hiftory ; and I have had the heartfelt Mik fati|faXion of feeing the valour of my [ fleets and armies fuccefsfully employed to : the alii dance of my Allies, to the support || of our just cause, and to the advancement “ of the most important interests of the Bri- I tift) Empire “ The Kingdom of Naples has been ref- I Cued from the French Yoke, and restored I to the I) jminion of its lawful Sovereign ; and my former connexions with that if* power have renewed. “ The French expedition to Egypt has t continued to be produXive of calamity : and disgrace to our enemies ; while its ul timate views agajnft our eastern pofteffions have been utterly confounded. “ The desperate attempt which they have lately made to extricate themselves [ from their difficulties, has been defeated [; bv the conrige of the Turkish forces, di reXed hv the Ikill, and animated by the 1 h.-roifm of a Britifli officer with a small portion of my naval force under his com mand ; and the overthrow of that reltlefs and perfidious, power, who, instigated by i tlk* Artifices, and deluded bv the promiles of the French, had entered into tiieir am bitious and deftruXive projeXs in India, fl4s placed the Britifli interests in that quarter of the Globe in a state of solid and permanent security. The vigilance, de cHion, and wisdom of the governor gene ral in council, on this great and important occDiiur, and the tried abilities and valour of the commanders, ofticers, and troops employed under his direXion, are entitled to fny highest praise. “ There is I trust, every reason, to ex pCX that the effort which I am making for the deliverence of the United Provinces, will prove fuccefsful. “ The Britifli Arms have refeued from the pofklfion of the enemy the principal port and naval arfenalofthe Dutch Repub tr licau : and although we have to regret the loss of any brave men in a subsequent at tack a gain ft the enemy, whole pofttion enabled litem to obftruX our progress, I have the strongest ground to expert that the (kill of my Generals, and the determi ned resolution and intrepidity of my troops will loon surmount every obstacle, and . y. that the lleet which, under the Usurped Dominions of France, was dtftined to co operate in the invasion of these Elands may speedily, I trust, under the ancient ftandaru, partake in the glory of restoring the Religion, Liberty and Independence to these Provinces, so long in intimate k Union and Alliance with this country. “ While you rejoice with me in these events, which add so much Inftre to the Britifli charaXcr, you will, I am pcrluad ed qs cordially join in the sentiments so iotfiy due to the conduX of my good and faithful ally the Emperor of Ruftia. To b's magnanimity and wisdom, direXing to so many quarters of Europe the force of his extend ve and powerful Empire, we are in a greet degree indebted lor ti.s success of our own efforts, as well as for the rapid r id tavofhbk clrrngr in the general litua •* affairs. I have d reXed copies to • laid before % von, of those Engagement which have confotidated and cemented a oonaeXioh so coufonant to the perroi ninyititertfts of my Empire, arid so im portant at the prefen; moment,* to every ] art oft tie civdited world. “ GeniletneK <f the }vn>fe of Comment^ “ Phtaih’’e lupfnti which you have granted to me in the yourfe of the l ift fef tiou, w ill, I trust, so nearly provide for the cogences of t’le pubftc icrvice, evtn on »be extenftve fcafe which our present ope • atioos require, as to enable me without further a.d,> tocer.unuc th ife to tlie close of the present year; but in order to afford you the convenience of a longer recess, I recommend it to you to confider of providing for the expence which will he neceftarv in the early part of the ensu ing year, and with this view, I have or dered the proper estimates to be laid be fore you. “ My Loi ds and Gentlemen , “ In pursuance of your recommenda tion* I judged it proper to communicate to my two Pi#utes of Parliament in Ireland, at the close of their last fefiion, the senti ments which you had exprefled tome ref peXing an incorporated Union with that kingdom. “ The experience of every day confirms me in the persuasion, that signal bent fit will be derived to both countries from that important measure ; and 1 trust that the disposition of my parliament there, will be found to correspond with that which you have manifefted for the accomplishment of a work which tends so much to add to the security and happiness of all my Irifli fubjeX, and to consolidate the strength and prolperity of the Empire.” October i. HOUSE of COMMONS, r September 30 Colonel Gafcoigne brought up a peti tion from the merchants in Liverpool, praying relief of the Weft-India mer chants ; the objeX of a mere temporary loan to meet the present exigency, arising from the great quantity of Weft-India pro duce on hand. Half a million was the sum asked for, and two millions and a half of produce was now lying dead in the Angle port of Liverpool. There were now 190,000 hogftieads of sugar on hand, and yet a trithing demand. He concluded with moving leave to lay said petition on the table. To a question from the Speaker, Col. Gafcoigne said, the merchants would give ample security, that no eventual loss fliould fall on the public. Mr. Pitt thought the difficulty a serious ofie, and the case one of those few in which the House ought to grant relief. The bill to enable his Majesty to avail himfelf on the farther service of the Mili tia, went through a committee. On the question for going into the above com mittee, Mr. Jones conceived it would be a species of swindling to keep the Dutch fleet if we did not succeed in restoring the Stadtholder Mr. Tierney thought also, that the get ting the fleet, as we did, bound us to pur foe the plan for the restoration of the Stadtholder, notwithstanding what diffi culties fliould arile. Mr. Pitt said there was no fiich engage, ment, though, in honor, we were bound to use every exertion for that effeX. At the fame time he took that opportunity of declaring, that nothing had happened to teflon our aflurance of success for that, since the fliort time this fubjeX was last difenffed, advice has been received from our fleets, that they 4 had been received in more than one or two towns, as deliver ers, and that the standard of the ancient government was ereXed. The report of the Militia bill was then brought up, and ordered to be received to morrow. On the motion of Mr. Pitt, the House then rcfolved itfelf into a committee of Supply, on which the 1 following resolu tions were moved and agreed to. That 120,000 seamen, including 22,699 marines, be granted to his majesty for the lervice of two lunar months, commencing the firft of January ISOO A sum of 444,0001. for wages for the fame, at the rate of 1). 17s. per man, for the above pe riod—A futfl 0/436,0001. for maintenance at the rate of xl. 81. per man A sum ot 720,000!. for wear and tear of (hips, at the rate of 31. a mm per. month—A sum of 6o y oool for orakiance, at the rate of 3s. per month—That a sum 0/ 3,000,0001. be granted to his Majesty to pay off the Exchequer bills issued, in consequence of the Exchequer loan bill oflaft felfion, and payable on the firft day of the felfion. The report was then brought up and or dered to be received to-morrow, and the committee of supply deferred till VVednef dav. Adjourned. Mr. Pitt, in addition to what he had alreadv said relative to the intelligence from Holland, mentioned, that the advice from our fleets stated that at every place where the people of the country' could (hew their real disposition, they u-ere lan- 1 guine in favor of the Stadtholder, and ma nifefted the greatest joy and exultation. NEW-YORK, November 23. The London Print from iv hich we copy the late Foreign Intelligence, is “The Sun,” a paper profefledly devoted to the miniftrv —We think it neceftarv to mention this • circumstance, as it may have coniiderable 1 inflnem eon the speculations of our poli ticians,to which ever party may be attach t el. > The Editor of “The Sun,” fpcaking ! c f the official letter of the Duke of York, j fays, that were he to judge from his own i ignorance of military affairs, notwithftan din? the encouragement held out by his Royal Highness, he should conclude that the Anglo Ruffian army had received so severe a check as to give a death blow to the object of the expedition, especially as the Batavians are infpited by success, and are considerably reinforced, and thele cir cumstances have thrown many obje£ls in the way of the besiegers. By the ship Sally, capt. Farrel, in 50 days from Lucar, we learn that the ship Fortitude, captain P. Kearney, bound from Calcutta to Philadelphia, was loft on the Iftand of Afceffion on the sth July last: that the do£tor, chief mate, captain’s clerk and eleven men, took (by lot) the jolly boat, and landed on the island, and that the captain, second mate, and leventeen men staid on board the fliip then having ten feet water in the hold, and her rudder gone. The above persons who took the boat remained* on the iftand for sixty-two days, living upon fifh and fowls, without bread, during the above period, until they were relieved by the British frigate Ell - fir Thomas Williams, comman der. The doftor, clerk, and two of the crew, came passengers in the Sally, capt. Farrell. The above gentlemen inform us, that no account has been had of those who re mained on board the wreck, and suppose they must have perished. Captain Farrel further informs, that by the last advices from Egypt, Buonaparte had fallen a viSlim to the treachery of the natives, and his whole remaining troops pat to the Jword . —So then, this fiery Son of Mars, that once threatened like another Alexander to overrun the world, is at length laid low—How are the cunning caught in their own devices! How are the mighty fallen ! From a St. ChriftophePs paper , received by the Ship Anna. Bassaterre, o<£t. 8. On Friday the United States frigate Ganges, brought in a French letter of marque schooner, called L’Efperante (for merly the Laurel, of this port) from Point Petre, bound to Bourdeaux, with a valua ble cargo of sugar, coffee, cotton, See. PHILADELPHIA, November 27. Arrived last evening, the schooner Sea Flower, capt. Mann, from Porto Cavallo, capt. Mann, informs, that on the 25th of Oftober, in the morning, on his passage from La Guira to Porto Cavallo, he was brought to by the British frigate Surprise, captain Hamilton. The Surprise had then in her possession the Spanish frigate Her mione, (formerly a British frigate com manded by Pigott, in the murder of whom the famous Danbury Irishman Thomas Najh , alias Jonathan Robbins , was concerned.) The Surprise had the night before lent fix boats, manned with eighty men, and boarded the Hermione then lying in Porto Cavallo. The Englishman knocked down the centinels upon deck and dispatched the Spaniards as faft as they attempted to come up, until the ship was surrendered. In this gallant enterprize, capt. Hamilton in formed captain M. that he had loft but three men.' Sixty of the Spaniards were killed. The Hermione was completely fitted, provision for fix months, and manned with 350 men. The whole of the crew were flowed on board the schooner Sea Flower, by which they were carried back to Porto Cavallo. BALTIMORE, November 29. Extrafl of a letter from St. Domingo , dated OBober 11, to a gentleman in Baltimore. “ French sloop of war Deligence, com manded by citizen du Bois, on her way from Rochfort to the city of Santo Do mingo, with dispatches from the Execu tive Dire&ory to the agent and comman der in chief of this island, captured thfc ship America,* of Hamburg, captain Jacob Frederick Enjelbrecht, on the6th Septem ber, 1799 —’ n * at * o0 > N. long. 35, 00, W. from London ; on her return home from Bengal, with a very rich cargo be longing to Mr. Jacob I. Chapperouje, of Hamburg. N. B. The sloop of War arrived here the 26th September—but the prize (which was ordered for this port) has not been heard of since. * Formerly the Camilla of Philadelphia. | Extraft cf a Utter from a gentleman in Nevis’ to his friend in this city , dated ±th Novem ber, 1799. | “ This day I had the pleasure to fee an American sloop of war, supposed to be the Baltimore, carry an elegant French brig of about 16 guns with her topmast carried a ■ way, into St. Kitts as a prize, the natio*il under the American colors. ; By tfte schooner Cabot , Capt. Compton , from Embden. STUTGARD, September 20. An Imperial officer puffed this day ; through this city, to bring the account of the capture of the fortrefs or Torton the archduke. The garrison confifti n “’ to f 1044 men, left it on the nth, agreeabk the convention of August 24th U T'° Austrians found about Joo cannon i n citadd. The terms of capitulation are'*' 6 ’ yet unknown. The garrison flattered i? ielf to be relieved by the armies '' reau and Chafnpionet, but the pofltion °'f the Austrians made this impossible. ° According to letters from Schaffha u f en of September 18, nothing has taken p! a l in Switzerland. r * September 23. According to advices from Switzerland the Austrians exchanged their pofition’ with the Ruffians. The former now oc* cupy Zurich and its vicinity, and the | at " ter the environs of the Linth. The re fon of this change certainly is to makea junction of the Ruffians in Switzerland with those expected from Italy more con. venient. It is affected, that Gen. Suwar row will arrive in Switzerland to-morrow to aflume the supreme command of the forces there, and to combine his operations with those of the archduke. CONSTANTINOPLE, July 26. Muftapha Pacha anchored with his forces in the Bag of Abonkir on the nth of July, and lanffed his troops the 16th without any opposition—when they at tacked the castle and redoubts, and after a heavy cannonade offive hours, thegarrifon consisting of 400 men, surrendered. Commodore fir Sidney Smith arrived sev en days after this took place, just in time to re-establish the order of the troops, which by the following event, had been interrupted; Muftapha being encamped on the plains of Aboukir, waiting for some artillery and other military stores, which he wanted for the siege of Alexandria, in opinion that the garrison was weak and intimidated by the great superiority of his forces, thought himfelf perfectly lafe— but this fafety was attended with ill confe quences—for during the night, a corps of French cafalry came in confufion. Muf tapha Pacha while in the a6t of mounting his horse, was killed by a pistol ball, and a great part of his troops made prisoners. SAVANNAH, December 13. We are happy to hear that capt. Col ver has succeeded in removing the three WRECKS, that so much obftru&ed the navigation of this river, near Five Fathom Hole, to the place appointed by the com missioners of pilotage. Capt. Isaac Marfli, of the schooner Re publican, from New-Providence, arrived here last evening in 6 days, inform* ibssS on the 19th ult. on his paflage to New- Providence, in lat 32, 50, long. 75, 00, he was boarded by two brigs under French colors, (after four hours chace) and plun dered of the following articles four bar rels beef, a quantity of poultry, cheese, cabbage, onions, &c. to the amount of 150 dollars. On Wednesday, arrived the Brig Dean, capt. Akerly, from New-York, having on board a detachment of about 60 Artillcrifb and Engineers. [OFFICIAL.] IN PRIVY COUNCIL. Jamaica , Oftober 5, 1 799* His honor the lieutenant-governor, laid before the Board a Circular Letter from his grace the Duke of Portland, one of his Majesty’s principal secretaries of state, stating, that in consequence of opening the ports in his Majesty’s Weft-India ill ands to foreign veflels for the importation of provisions, Mufcovado lugar has been permitted in several of the islands, to be exported in American bottoms, in return for the provisions brought in those veflels, which is not only contrary to the lawsot navigation but very detrimental to the commerce, navigation and revenue of Great-Britain, especially as sugar now pays no duty on such exportation ; and sub mitted to the board, the propriety of a* mending their resolution of 28th Auguft* 1798, in regard to such return cargoes. The board having taken the fame into their nsoft serious confederation : Rejolvtd , That his honor the lieutenant governor be advised to recommend to the ' several officers of his majesty’s customs, at the several ports of this island, to permit the free importation of sheep, hogs, poul try, small live stock of all kinds, and ad forts of fruit, salted and other provisions and lumber of every defeription, as well m British as in all other veflels belonging to neutral and other states in amity wi l * l Great-Britain, from the day of the date hereof until the firft day of March next* and until fix months notice should be g* v ‘ en to the contrary ; upon the like terms, charges and conditions, and fubjedi to the fame rules, regulations, visitations an learches, as are observed with refptA veflels importing provisions to this iflam_ Refolded, That from and after the si s day of January next, all neutral veflels im porting the foregoing articles, under *>■- authority of the above resolution, be p e ‘ milted to export, from any port or por-**