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LONDON, January 1(5.
Yv’chave examined the proclamation of the
king of Prussia to his army. Admitting it to
be an authentic document, and it receives a
cc i't.in confirmation from the state paper of
Oct. i. 1306, it leaves a melancholy impression
ujxjii us. \t e discern there are other causes
cooperating in the fall of that kingdom as
powerful as the arms of Bonaparte—corruption,
the want of military honour, aud the absence of
every thing which can be called a national spi
rit in the Prussian troops.
Here tve arc informed, that the capitulation
es Magdeburg contained secret articles “for
the benefit of the governor and some of his
officers;” that to the surrender of the city of
Xrfurth, those of the forts of Petersburg and
Cirimiberg were added without necessity ;
and from the terms of the proclamation it must
he inferred, that other strong places have capit
ulated after slight attacks, made only to afford
their respective governors a colourable en
case for giving them up ; or under false pre
tences of the want of necessaries to support
a siege. _ .
The crime of the officers after the defeat,
who had been employed in the field, seems to
be of anew kind. Those who could have got
ten out of the reach of the eneinv, repaired to
their posts, surrendered themselves prisoners,
and received passports to return home. This
must evidently have been under a condition
to serve no more during the war. At home
their expectation evidently was to receive as
honourable support from the king, ifhe should
retrieve his affairs during its continuance, and
to abandon his defence, and that of their coun
try. Some fiung themselves into garrisons, to
be included in their capitulations ; others, as at
Anciam, having effected a retreat, after the
to wn was occupied by the enemy, returned to
surrender to him.
Such having been the conduct of that great
part of the army which escaped from the fatal
battles of Jena .-ml Auetstaclt, wc cannot but
look with something o! diminished confidence
on that part of it which its unfortunate sove
reign retains with him. Still the fine retreat
of Biucher and his faithful corps holds out to
-us tolerable expectation from it in proportion
to its strength. In this paper also wc sec on
the part of the sovereign, a mind firm, erect,
with all its strength gathered round it, to struir
g!e against the storms of adversity, mixed
with the ardent severity of indignation, the
causes of which we hope will be hereafter
found to be less just than they now strongly
appear.
The character exhibited by these officers,
as it appears in the proclamation, holds out an
av/ful lesson to the new-made-potentates. A
groat part of the Prussian dominions is made
v.p of provinces recently taken from other
states and princes ; and that king had not yet
come to be regarded as their native heredita
ry sovereign.—lt was in vain that, at the hour
of attack, he looked to them for the loval fidel
ity of ancient subjects. We respect the forti
tude which he exhibits ; but could he, from his
Hanoverian troops and officers, the Poles in
ffiis army, and perhaps the Silesians, expect the
same devotion to bis interest and that of his
bouse, as from its old provinces, which he has
bartered away ? In tins the new acquirers of
•dominions may see a fate which may one day
be their own ; and many tragedies will proba
bly be acted in those countries, before” Europe
becomes reconsolidated.
The emperor of Austria, at the urgent re
<jue it of France, is said to have renounced eve
ry plan of raising new fortresses.
There is a rumour that several hundreds of
Hutch cavalry, in the neighbourhood of Stral
sund, are gone over to the Swedes.
The oath taken by the constituted authorities
of Berlin and Magdehurgh being only ad inte
rim, they have great hopes of coming again
under the sceptre of their lawful sovereign.
Expedition against Hu: Mauritius and Isle of
Bourbon.
• The damage done by the French to the
commercial interests of our East India com
pany has b;*en greater in the present than du
ring -any former war. We are far, however,
from ascribing these injuries to the want of vi
gilance in our Naval Department; they have,
in fact, been produced in consequence of the
increased activity on the part of France, in tur
ning to the iiest advantage the few resources
still left her for annoying us by means of her
colonial acquis-dons.
.a. The preservation of the Mauritius and
Bourbon Islands has been always a favourite
■object with the present rulers ol France ; and
by these means they have been enabled to
build and equip a navy in the Indiaii seas,
which, to say the least of it, has produced an
increase to the treasure of Fiance, more than
compensating, in pecuniary value, for the total
ruin of her navy, in Europe.
Situated in the middle of the passage between
the Cape -ol Good Hope and India, the harbors
*f Mauritius ar.d Bourbon arc the nests which
Kaye hatched those swarms of privateers that
over-run the Indian seas,while the commercial
intercourse of these islands, with the mother
country, has been successfully carried on by
tire medium of neutrals, an l France has been
amply supplied with colonial produce during
the present war ; thus enjoying a double ad
vantage of immense importance. To those
who can estimate the mischiefs these dange
rous settlements have done to the interests of
Great Britain, it must give pleasure to learn,
that the expedition of general Crawford is des
tined, in the first instance, for the conquest of
these islands. They are the last remaining
colonial possessions of any value to France,
and the gazette which announces their surren
’ dor to the British arms will give a death-blow
me commerce of our enemy.
LIVERPOOL, January 14.
The treaty lately signed with America, it is
said, recognises the right assumed by the Uni
ted States, of earn ing to France and Spain the
P jduce of their colonics, on its undergoing the
forms of entry in America. Wc trust the
statement is fallacious; but shall refrain from
comment till more fully informed on the subject.
A letter was yesterday received by a mer
chant in this town, from his correspondent in
Leith, which states, that an express had just
been received by the port admiral Vashon of
a large French frigate having been wrecked
on the Orkneys, supposed in the gale of Christ
mas day.—About 600 of the men had been
landed, and two vessels had been sent from
Leith roads to secure them.
January 21.
No intelligence has yet been received of
the fate of the expedition fitted out against the
Frenchmen who had landed and fortified them
selves in the small Orkney island of Flotta. A
letter from Thurso, dated the 3d inst. receiv
ed in Edinburgh, states, that the people there
were beginning to be alarmed for the safely of
the brave volunteers who sailed against the
Frenchmen, “ not having heard either of, or
from them, since they sailed.”
On Saturday afternoon, an American gen
tleman arrived in London, from Cherbourg,
which he left on the 10th instant, charged by
Mr. Armstrong, the American minister at Pa
ris, with dispatches for Messrs. Monroe and
Pinckney, the American plenipotentiaries at
this court. Mr. Armstrong has received offi
cial assurances from the French government,
that American vessels coming direct from A
merica, or returning from England to the U
nited States, will not be molested by the French
cruizers ; and that the privateers fitted out
from St. Maloes, Cherbourg, &c. had orders
to govern themselves accordingly. It is sta
ted that similar advices have been received
from Paris via Holland. The intelligence ex
cited great sensations amongst the commer
cial part of the community. The gentleman
in question did not hear of the reported action
on the Vistula, until his arrival in London.
Notwithstanding the blockade of the British
Islands, ordered by Bonaparte, 430 sail of Brit
ish merchantmen, independent of running
ships, have ventured to sea, during the first
fortnight of the present year, viz.—Prince
George, 98 guns, from Portsmouth to the
West-Indies, with 100 sail—Ramifies, 74 guns,
from Cork for the West-Indies, with 120 sail
—Blonde frigate, from Falmouth for the West-
Indies, with 20 sail—Gannet sloop, from Ports
mouth for Portugal, with 40 sail—Moselle
sloop, from Falmouth for Portugal, with 15 sail
—and Meteor bomb, from Portsmouth for the
Mediterranean, with 40 sail.
Government, it is said, have it in contempla
tion, to establish passports between England,
Scotland and Ireland, the same as during, and
1 some time after, the rebellion of irtjcf, as ma
ny dangerous persons have lately gone over
to the last mentioned part of the United King
dom.
The Dublin papers to the 9th, all concur
iii stating, that the reports of meetings, for
treasonsblc purposes, in the counties of Cork,
Carlow, See. are wholly destitute of founda
tion.
During the storm on Christmas day, three
boats belonging to the village of Stotfield, in
the neighbourhood of Elgin, (Scotland) were
wrecked upon that coast, and every person on
board perished. The crews consisted of 18
men and 3 boys. By this calamitous event, 18
widows and about 50 children arc left destitute.
One of the widows, who had lost her husband
and two sons, died of grief a few days after the
disaster.
The amount of the subscription entered into
by tbe friends of Mr. Paul to support him in
the petition presented against the return of Mr.
Sheridan, already exceeds 12,0001.
Her Prussian majesty, we fear, has fallen a
victim to numerous calamities which have lately
been accumulated upon her house. She was
attacked by a nervous fever, the consequence
of excessive anxiety and fatigue, against which
unfortunately, the delicate form of that high
spirited woman was not proof.
Public Baths.
T ! HE fubferiber returns his refpe&fu! thanks
to his friends and the inhabitants of Sa
vannah, for the generous encouragement they
have granted him, in the two eflabhfhments he
has formed in this city He has the honot to
inform the public, that by the firft of April,
the BATHS will be open in the fame place
they were kept last season.
The improvements be has thought indispen
sable to make by rendering the rooms larger,
and by giving them a degree of air necessary in
the warm season of this country, leads him to
hope for the continuation of encouragement and
kind patronage of his cwftomers.
The pnee of fubfeription for the season, fix
months, ten dollars—fix dollars for 3 months—-
and 25 cents fur each Batfi.
L. GEEISES.
March 14. B—o 22;
GEORGIA, o By Stephen M‘Coy, elerk of the
[I. S.] C court of Ordinary, for Bullochcoun-
S. M‘C'or. ) iy, in the state aforelaid.
WHEREAS Eli Kennedy has applied for letters of
adm niftration on -he ellate and effedls ofl'rancis
Kennedy, deceased; thete are therefore to cite and
admonilh all and iingular the kindred and creditoA of
the de-eafed, to be and appear before the next Court of
Ordinary, to be held o.i the firft Monday in April
next, to ftiew cause (if any they have) wh) fetters of
auminiftration fiiould not be granteJ.
‘Given under my hand and fcal, this second day of
March, 1807, and in the 31st year of American Inde
> Faience. $ j
k _ BALTIMORE, February
esterday about 011 c o’clock, an application
was made to judge Nicholson for an Habeas
Corpus on behalf of general John Adair and
Mr. Peter \ . Ogden, who were announced to
the public yesterday as having arrived at fort
MHienry from New-Orleans, under the mili
tary orders of general Wilkinson. The Judge,
with that promptitude and dispatch which
ought ever tube the, characteristic of a judge,
in releasing the citizens of his country from
lawless oppression andtyrunnv, instantly issued
a Habeas Corpus, directed to lieutenants Pinck
ney and Euckett, returnable at 4 o’clock of the
same day, at Evans’ tavern.
Ihe sheriff ol the county immediately pro
ceeded to fort MTlcnry, where lie gained ac
cess to the above mentioned officers before
they were aware of his character ; before the
wl it being shewn to them they felt some little
hesitation whether they were obliged to obey
the command ol their superior officer, in seiz
ing and detaining the private citizens of our
country under military guard ; but tins doubt,
of momentary duration, yielded to the obliga
tions, which as good citizens, they felt them
selves bound to pay to the civil laws and offi
cers of their country. They accordingly ap
peared before the judge with their prisoners at
the hour appointed in the writ, and returned in
answer to the writ, that they held their prison
ers in custody under the military orders of ge
neral James Wilkinson, as appeared bv a co
py ol the orders thereunto annexed—these or
ders contained no charge, or imputation of any
crime whatever, against either of the prison
crs-—I he judge, however, examined the offi
cer on oath, il he had any knowledge whatever,
oi any act done by either of the prisoners in
violation of the laws of the United States, or of
any particular state ; to which the officer an
swered, he had no knowledge ofany fact what
ever, ol that nature, except what he had un
derstood from get*, ral report and newspaper
publication.
The judge then instantly discharged the pri
soners.
Brom our Correspondent at Washington, Febru
ary 20.
Amongst the numerous reports respecting
Burr’s conspiracy, it is now said, that Purr has
denounced \\ ilkinson, and lias pledged hint
sclt to prove that Wilkinson is in Spanish ftau —
1 hat he never wrote any letters in cyphers to
W. &c— Balt. Fed. Gaz.
Savannah,
SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 1807.
Two Northern mails were due at Charleston on
Saturday night last, and five are now due here : The
J Augusta mail, due on Thursday has not arrived. These
failures have evidently been the result of the late heavy
. and continued fails of rain. Jt is said, the bridges,
I mills, &c. in the neighborhood of Augusta, and other
| places in the up country, have sustained confiderabl*
j injury ; and that the roads are almost impaffaWe.
| A Charleston paper fays—“ A gentleman who left
.jj hereabout eight days, to proceed to the northward in
( the mail-stage, returned to this city on Saturday even
j; iug. After going two hundred miles, he found that all
ij the bridges on the dreams were carried away, and that
p the whole face of the country was under water, so as to
make it exceeding dangerous to travel. It is his opinion,
a that the mails will he prevented from arriving here for
fome time to come.”
Capt. Burrows, arrived the day be fore yester
day from Curracoa, informs, that from the tri
lling opposition made to the British, in taking
possession of that island, it was generally
thought that the place had been given up de
signedly. The chain which had nightly been
extended across the mouth of the harbor, was
neglected on the 31st of December, most of
the garrison having gone into the town to spend
the last of the year convivially. Next morn
ing, between daylight and sun-rise, four British
frigates entered, and Commenced the attack;
which was of short duration, not more than for
ty or fifty shot being exchanged before the
place was surrendered. The governor left it
very soon afterwards for Jamaica. The com
mandant and several of his men were killed in
the action. Nine sail of American vessels, and
about as many Danes, in the harbour at the
time, were ordered to Kingston, (Jam.) for
trial. Capt. B. arrived a day or two after the
•affair—His cargo was taken from him, and
sold at auction. The property of many of the
inhabitants, and other persons there, shared a
similar fate. By means of these sales, and
plunder of one kind or other, the British, it
was asserted, had collected and sent away eight
millions oi dollars. A lew days before captain
Burrows’ departure, (Feb. 26) two British fri
gates, with 500 troops on board, arrived at Cur
racoa. Flour was selling at 1 5 dollars per barrel,
and corn at 4 dollars per bushel.
Price of Stocks , J.ondon, January 19.
Consols, 59 1-B—Reduced, 59 5-3 3-L
Omnium, 2 1-4.
!. Extract oj a letter from Antiaerfi , December 19.
“ We cannot sulTiciendy caution shipper*
• and owners of vessels *o be particular that the
French consul’s certificate correspond with the
manifest. In sending vessels here or elsewhere,
they expose the property and vessel lo seizure
for rthe smallest omission. The French
laws are hen in very strict, and require the ut
most exactness.” ■
Three American vessels are said to have
been captured and carried into Alicant, in con-,
| sequence of the French bloc hading decree.
r A letter was received at New-Orlmin from
tlu- branch pilots stationed at the Balize, dated
2<>th January, stating, that five of the best De
puty Bilots perished after carrying out the brig
Euphcmia, captain Toney, of this port. it
blew very It rd irom the northward, and was
intensely cold, when they attempted to return.
The next morning they w ere discovered off the
N. F. Bass. The boat was full of water; three of
the pilots in her were dead, the other two could
not he found. —Charleston /taper.
The Legislature of the Territory of Orleans,
in answer to the Governor’s Speech, say, that
“ although his excellency diil not think proper
to reveal to them the reasons which led t,o the
extraordinary measures w hich have taken place
in that territory, yet tlu v consider it a sacred
duty to investigate thaie measures, and the
motives whirh led to them, and to represent
the same to Congress.”— Hid.
Port of Savannah.
B .V T j: k e and.
Trig Sea-Island, Burnham, Xew York.
Fair Trader,Burrows, Cunncoa,
Nancy, Berry, Barbadoes.
Brow Dubby, Macinfolb, Antigua,
iich’r.Tillman,, Forbes Charleston.
C I E A R R D.
Slop Wells, Lampson, Copenhagen.
Keziali, Elliot, New-York.
Brig Cal ista, St niton, Martinique,
Sch’r William, Otis, Barbadoes.
Sloop Liberty, Boies. Philadelphia.
The baijr Mary, of Boston, and fcliorners Rally, of
New-York, and Mary-Ann, ol Baltimore, were le'c
at C urracoa on the L’fith ult by capt. Burrows, to lai!
in two days alter for this port.
CfTAHLRsroK, March 10.
Four fqnarc*! igged vessels were in the offnm yes
trrday—one of th an ‘uppofid to bo the MifiKli pi,
Monies, from Liverpool.
Ship Pocahontas, irom l.ilbon ; and Ship Wafliing
t°n, oi New-York, liom Wilmington, N. C .in diftreb,
were coming in last evening.
1 he ihip Middleton, which went alhore on the South
Breaker, has heat over and drifted upon Folly island.
A ccnfidrrabte partoi her cargo of brandy, will now
probably lie hived.
the Britifii brig Antelope, which went ulhore lalt
week on Dewees’ lil.md, was got off with little da
mage, on Sunday morning, by the exertions o! Mr. John
T. Delieffeline, and iai ovv laying at anchor at his land,
ing.
Capt. Clarke, on the 24th January, off Tuflcer Rock,
in the chaipiel, spoke imp Al, J, Barker, i't! days fii.ni
this port for Liverpool, Feb 4, nlar.4l.:l‘2.long ‘-0. si,
spoke (hip Atlas. SI days from New-York for Belfaft.
Capt C. failed from Liverpool in company with 2.J
fail for tlu; United States, among which was the Sally,
Rowe, for this port —Left, Ceres, Webber, ready for
sea ; thips Mill fiippi, Monies, and Hamilton Moore,
M’Cobb, to sail in 3 days for this port.
A Liverpool paper oi the 21st ol January mentions,
that the Britilh Ihip Kate, M’Levsin, from this port,
was alhore, behind the rock.
E'.tssAtr, March 3.
The fchr. Polly, Rellew, from Jamaica to Wil
rningten, N. C. was call away on Florida Reef. Cieiv,
materials, and cargo, consisting of 22 puncheons rum,
laved and brought to this port bjr the Hoop Searcher,
raid lchooner Little Tom.
> 7* The MAYOR gives notice, that or
MONDAY, the 16th inti, a Clerk of the Council will
he defied in the room of Job T. Holies, Esq, resigned.
Candidates wilt lodge their applications in writing, aB
the Mayor’s Office. March 12.
200 bales Cotton are
wanted on freight, to fill tip the brig SrECU*
lator, capt. Little, for Liverpool.
MEIN, MACKAY & Cos.
March 14. 22.
Knox and Pope,
Halt*jufl receiv’d, and for f !e,
30 hhds. high 4th proof Jamaica mm,
30 bids*’ \ pr ' m ’ St ’ Cmi * SLGARS ‘
50 barrels and half harrels flour,
50 Itegs choice retailing tobacco,
50 boxes soap, and 20 boxes candles,
50 ditto window glafv, 10 by 12,
20 chests hyfon, hyfon-Ikin Sc fouefiong teas,
OIJ tun, Cogtiiac Brandy and toliand Gin,
in hhds. pipes, qr. calks, aud by the de
ni jon or gallon.
March 14. • 22.
A. SCRIBNER & Cos.
Have just rcceivyi by the cleofuihy,f‘tjt.i IScvm
York,
A LARGK SUPPLY OP
Ladies Kid ik Morocco Slippers,
which, in addition t *!■ former supplies oP”
Bools and Shoes ,
make their assortment very extensive, whirl*
they offer at reduced prices, at their store 014
the Bay, nearly opposite the Exchange.
March 14. 22.
For New-YorlP,
■ The regular packefbrig
w&rilprfu ‘ V A A I,V Id' 1 D ’
qrijLjTL Jons Burnham, mjter—to (ail ir
days. For height or passage, apply
to the mailer on hoard, at Sturgen, Burroughs, u.ij
Butler’a wharf, or to
BENJAMIN W. STRONG.
For faiv, landing from said brig,
100 half barrels Virginia Flour,
100 reams Printing Paper,
Ii feogtheads prime St. Croix Sugars,
25 calii'. Ch'.fi'.iii hrvfe, ,M, 14...22.-.M-JI