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d,mbtless be grievously of! ndcd, e Jit,
that we were not ready for you—in- hive
15,000 men in the camp of St. Roche, and an
equal number here. General Solano is on his
way to us with his division, and the French gen
eral Dupont, enters Seville with 30,000 men.”
Meanwhile the English arc always intriguing
with the Moors; hut the emperor lias demanu
ed a positive answer from the king of Morocco,
and that prince will not he imprudent enough
to draw upon himself the united enmity of
France and Spain. He will long regret the first
gun he tires against Ceuta.
Royal Isle or Leon, June 10.
At a quarter past three in the evening of the
9th inst. the batteries on the channel del Troca
dero opened upon the French squadron, con
sisting of three ships of the line and cue fii
gate. Those of the arsenal of the Carraca, of
the stove houses, magazines situated at the
point of the Camera, followed immediately;
and were supported by the flotilla stati'*ned in
the said arsenal, and by that on the Cadiz sta
tion, which anchored opposite Fort Louis, while
the French ships themselves lay in the canal
of the arsenal, in such a position that they were
out of the reach of the camion of the castles,
as well as of our own squadron. The French
ship of the line Algeziras, finding herself great
ly annoyed bv the morta; battery of the Can
tera, directed the whole of her fire against it,
atid succeeded in dismounting its ordnance,
but without killing any of the men. The gun
boat No. 17, commanded by ensign (of frigate)
Valdes, and Escalcra’s Mistico were sunk, but
no lives lost, as during the whole of the en
gagement, we had but three or four killed and
as many wounded. With respect to the ene
my, we are unacquainted with the extent of
their loss. Their ships have suffered in their
hulls, but not in their masts, the Algeziras
alone having lost her tore-lop-mast, and the
cross-jack-yard. A few shot from the enemy’s
frigate fell into the arsenal, one of which kill
ed one 6f the slaves. Three reached the
stores, but did no harm ; 186 reached tlib ma
gazines which were empty ; and others, vari
ous other places. < >ne of the enemy’s gun
boats blew up, and three boats were lowered
from the stern of one of their line of battle
ships, but whether with people in them, is not
known- The tiring on both sides ceased at 8
o’clock ; our batteries continued to throw a few
shells and the French did the same, so that it
did not appear to be an action, but rather min
ute guns tired upon the death of a general of
ficer, until nine this morning, when the en
gagement was renewed with greater activity on
bo h sides, to three o’clock in the afternoon, at
which time the Hero, Rosilly’s flag ship, hoist
ed a Spanish flag on the foremast. Upon this
the l’incc, one of our ships of the line, hoisted
a flag of trucF, fired one gun and sent off the
barge. She was an hour and a quarter upon
this mission, and on tier return to the Prince,
she was observed going to Cadiz. Our gen
eral was afterwards summoned to that city, and
is no; yet come back, (half past nine) so that
the result is not known. The firing, ot course,
bad discontinued ever since the said hour of
hrtc.
This evening they are erecting a battery of
8 twenty-four pounders, close to the bridge of
the new town, which, in case matters should
not be adjusted, will lip ready to-morrow morn
ing, and, from its advantageous situation, may
annoy the enemy very much.
The Argonauta (a ship of the line formerly
belonging to the French, who exchanged her
for one of our’s) also went rut of the Carraca,
this evening* - for the purpose of taking a fa
vorable posh ion to lire upon them together
with a large merchantman, wihin half a cannon
shot. ‘l i e latter is a little below Puntuies, and
provided with artillery ; and it is said, that
there are, in both, furnaces for heating tec! hot
balls.
The French kept up a very heavy fire dur
ing the afternoon, particularly the head ship
and the frigate.
Cadiz, June 14.
Last night it was notified to the French squad
ron, that anew battery ot thirty thirty-six pound
ers, and eight twenty-four pounders, was ready
to open upon it within half a cannon shot, in case
it should -not surrender. This morning at 7, no
answer having been returned, the signal for
general action was made on board the Prince;
upon which the French surtendered at 8, The
officers wanted to fight to the last; but the
crews revolted against them and compelled
i! cm to strike. The general of our squadron
j (l ately repaired, in his barge, on board
the i itch admiral’s ship, and returned to his
own with the French general Ihe many ves
sels which were in readiness, e flier to give as
sis'aricc in case of shipwreck, or to remove the
crews, in case they surrendered, went along
side of the ships of the line, and in the course
of the day, the latter were manned by our sail
ors, ;il the Fiti.th bating previously been re
moved. The seamen have been conducted to
the four towers in the Cuiraca, the mam es to
p,,i,tales, and the offit ers on board a ship in the
I!,v. wlvch has been fitted out for that purpose,
and is called Ponton.
Official Xj'c of tb” French Admiral to the Cap
tain-General of Cadiz, at the time of surrender.
op —J am compelled, by the offensive means
which you have combined against me, to sur
render the ships, without making any further
resistance, because I see it is the common in
terest of both nations, that they should not be
destroyed.
Ahhuugh your excellency has not promis
ed n;e security for bath the persons and pro
perties of my crews, I place too much reli
ance upon Spanish honor, and upon your ex
cellency's generosity, to be in the least unea
sy upon that head.
I wish your excellency may, at first, send
but few people to remove the crews, ship after
ship, in succession, to prevent the confusion
w hich ofien takes place upon such occasions.
According to the custom of war, I beg you
will enable rue, or cause me to be enabled, to
dispatch an officer to his majesty the etnpe
rot, for the purpose of informing him s>{ these
occurrences.
I am, sir, with flic highest consideration,
your excellency’s most humble servant,
Rossily.
On board the Hero, admiral’s ship, in
the bay of Cadiz, June 14, 1803.
Mora, (Portugal) June 10.
Positive intelligence has been received from
Lisbon, that almost all the Fl ench troops are
moving to different points, and that the re
mainder, with general Junot, are fortifying
themselves in St. George’s Castle, where
they have collected provisions and ammuni
tion. Whatever was in the arsenals they have
removed to the forts ; and it is even added,
that they intend to enter into articles of capitu
lation with the nation. The few troops which
were in Evora, filed off towards Beyra, and
were very near being attacked by the people in
consequence of the threats of the French com
mander, who was under the necessity of de
parting without the subsidies which he had
demanded. We are informed, that in Beja,
< all the inhabitants are up in arms, only wait
ing for the signal to attack, and for somebody
j to head them.
Madrid June 10
The nomination of king Joseph to fill the
Spanish throne has been announced to the pub
lic, in the following preliminary article:—
| “ His imperial and royal majesty having com
l plied with the desire expressed by the junta of
j the government, the council of'Oastile, the city
) of Madrid, and various civiland millitary bodies
j in the state, that he would choose his illustri
j ous brother Joseph Napleon, the king ofNaples,
to be king of Spain; information has been given
for the requisite orders concerning the journey
of our monarch into the capital. We have rea
son to believe that.wc shall soon enjoy the pre
sence of his majesty.
New-Yohk, August 20.
Mr. Young, consul general at Madrid, who
left that place about the sth of May, with dis
patches from Mr. Irving, for the American go
vernment, was stopt at a small post town, a
short distance from Madrid, in consequence of
an order from the supreme council of Seville,
. directing all persons with dispatches, to be
j sent to Seville. Mr. Young was conse
. quently sent to Seville, where be was lodged
j in prison, and all his papers, baggage, Bcc. tak
’en from him. This was done in consequence
of finding among his dispatches, some from the
duke of Berg, to the French consul at Philadel
phia, under blank cover to the secretary of state ;
in which were others destined for South Ame
rica : After he was detained in prison fifteen
days, a passport was granted him from the
council to leave Spain, and to proceed to any
port to embark for America. With this he left
Seville, and arrived at Gibraltar.
Directly after his arrival at this place, a let
ter was receieed from lord Collingwood, or
dering Mr. Y. to be detained, or to be taken
out of any vessel in which he might be found.
This order was given by the request of the
council of Seville. Sir H Dalrvmple, the go
vernor of Gibraltar, did not, however, conceive
himself authorised to enforce the order ; but
permitted Mr. Y to proceed where lie pleased.
Mr. Y. was given however to understand, that
lie would probably be taken out of any vessel in
which he should take passage for America, by
| a Spanish gun-boat. In consequence of this
5 information, Mr. Y. gave .’p the idea of going
to America with his dispatches although he
■ had previously chartered the Ocean, for that
, purpose, and immediately took his passage for
■ England on board the Provision store ship,
; which sailed on the same day with the Ocean.
It is to he regretted, that in our country par
tialities should exist for any foreign power in
preference to another. ‘1 o prove that such
partialities do exist, wc need go no farther back
than tjie Boston memorial, the proposers of
which have thrown off the mask, and declared
i their desire to he to assist the English and the
; disaffected in Spain against the French. For
J what are we to unite with either? The king of
, Spain has, with a weakness characteristic of
i monarchy, ceded his whole territories to the
| French emperor, whose officers are in quiet
; possession of three fourths of the kingdom.—
* \V r e are told that we must unite with England
’ and those Spaniards whom she has bribed or
persuaded to deluge their country in blood, bc
, cause it is against Bonaparte, the enemy of
j mankind.
i Admitting these premises or deductions to
be (what they by no means are) correct, it
would then become a question, previous to tak
, ing sides with either, who has injured us the
most, France or Great Britain ? To this ques
tion let facts the most positive answer; and let
our readets mark the
CONTRAST.
THE CONDUCT OF FRANCE.
“ Extract of a kite” from, the natter of an Ame
rican vessel at Morlaix , to his fiend in Balti
more, dated 29 1 h Afiril.
We are informed to day that none of those
American ships detained will be brought to
judgment—and therefore hope they will be giv
en up and damages paid.”— B. Even. Post.
CONDUCT Os GREAT BRITAIN.
Captain Picket, who came passenger in the
Oriental, arrived at Marblehead, informs, that
upwards of one hundred American vessels which
had been condemned by the prize courts, were
lying in the docks at Plymouth.— Boston
Chronicle.
Lc’ it not be supposed that by this compa
rison wc wish to impress our readers with a
preference for either; but we do wish to display
in glaring colors the absurdity of public meet
ings and delaralions in favoi of one, when fact
proves the other io be *cn rimes the aggressor.
- -Actional. I ifc'jsrn;cr.
SAVANNAH,
Tuesday Evening, Sept. 6, 1803.
A letter from Washington of the 25th ult
received in Charleston, mentions, that a letter
had been rcc ived the a from L nidon, by a gen
tlentau ot high respectability, stating, (it was
said on good authority) that the British orders in
council would be rescinded, or so far modified,
as, in the language of the letter, “ to render the
American embargo no longer necessary.”
This intelligence is of very übtful com
plexion. I'he National Intelligencer of the
24th makes no mention of the kind, nor do the
last accounts from London hint at such a thing
being in agitation. The following letter, thought
tube entitled to equal credit, indicates a spirit
very different from an amelioration of the or
ders of council, and there is no possibility of
judging whether the British cabinet has since
changed its determination, no date being given
to the letter above alluded to.
Extract of a letter to a public officer in the
United States, dated London, June 3.
“ Sir—l have it from respectable authority,
that orders have been given bv this government
to the different collectors attached to it, to re
ceive, without difficulty, and to give, in fact,
every facility to vessels of the United States
that may arrive during the continuance of the
embargo, without having regular papers. It is
my duty also to state, that plans are now form
ing, to endeavor to have vessels loaded with
flour, 3cc. &c. at various ports, and especially at
New York.”
This is supposed to be intended as an order
supplemental to that of the 11th of April, (see
our paper of the 9th June last) which instructs
British cruisers to suffer neutral vessels found
at sea, without regular papers, to pass unmo
lested, if bound to English ports. The French
government, too, according to a late letter from
Falmouth, (which follows,) is about to follow the
example of Britain, and, it is expected, will is
sue a decree for admitting toentry all vessels that
may steal out of our ports during the embargo.
What an example do these governments set
their restless subjects, by inviting our citizens
to violate the laws ot their country ; mid it is
lamentable indeed that there are many in our
country abandoned enough to watch every op
portunity of profitting of suen imitations.
A letter from Bordeaux, dated the 6th o
May (received by the Stephen from Falmouth,)
says—A decree is expected tube issued, to per
mit all American vessels that have cleared alter
the embargo to enter the pons ol France. The
writer also adds that there was no tloubi but
that all vessels cleared out by the American
government would be permitted to entry.- —
A civ-York / taper.
The influence of the Essex junto over the
people of Massachusetts does not seem to ex
tend very far. Their recommendation to peti
tion the President against the embargo, has
met with another spirited rebuff from the se
lectmen of Marblehead. We sliail give then
reply in our next.
Clem. Harrison,the person mentioned in our
last, as having been delneied to a guard from
Columbia, had his trial in the Superior Court
of that county on Thursday last, and was found
guilty of the murder of Mr. Critchei—the tes
timony, vve learn, was pointed and conclusive,
and proved that the prisoner with a gun in his
hand rode up to the gate of the deceased and
asked for a drink of water—Mr. Critcher who
was at dinner rose from table, took a mug and
went to hand the water to him—the witness
heard the gun cock, and as Mr. Critcher offer
ed the mug of water, saw the prisoner shoot
him—the whole load entered his neck and kill
ed him instantly—'.he offender in conformity to
bis sentence, was to be executed yesterday.
It is painful to record such events, though it
is a duty to the public to make them known.—
Augusta Herald. ,
A PEEP INTO FUTURITY.
As far as I am read in the book of Fate, the
following Disappointments will take place tins
year.
Great Britain expects us to raise ouriembar
og before she rescinds her order in council—in
this she will be disapopinted.
The British ministry expect to influence
our approaching elections so much by their
emissaries and their gold, that their friends will
lie generally brought into power, and measures
favorable to them be pursued—in all this they
will be disappointed.
Federalists have made a hobby horse of the
embargo, and expect to ride into office upon it
this fall—they will be disappointed.
Many federalists who have no more to spare,
deceived by the plausible talcs of their runners,
will expect to win large sums by betting upon
the election—they will lie disappointed.
Many Republicans, who will bet and win
considerable on the election, will expect to get
their winnings and will be disappointed
All these and many more similar disappoint
ments will take placejthis year, or I shall be
greatly disappointed.— Trenton True Amer.
Died, lately in Washington county, Miss
Ann Irwin, daughter of Jared Irwin, esq. go
vernor of this state.
In the death of this interesting and amiable
female, thus arrested in ‘.lie bloom of life, socie
ty is deprived of a most valuable member, and
her friends of a much esteemed, respected and
ieloved companion. The mildness of her man
ners, and the benevolence of her disposition,
had justly endeared her to an extensive circle
I acquaintance, to whom her society was at
ail times pleasing.
Thus youth and beauty prostrate lie—
All mould’ring back to native clay :
But higher than the azure sky
Exults her soul, in blissful day.
-And soon shall death ungrasp the prize,
The boasting grave its charge resign,
Bright as the sun her body rise,
In glory clad and all divine.
Philo is received, and under consideration.
PORT OF SAVANNAH.
ARRIVED,
Schooner Hannah, Bratton, Jllcxandria
Sloc/i Republican, Hr. -.rn, Charleston
Squamscot, Snath, Beaufort
CDEARFD,
Brig Lucy, Davis, Boston
Mary, Ilall, Me re- York
Charlotte, Millington, Philadelphia
Schooner Two-Brother, Leslie, Chariest
Five-Sisters, Houston, JYorfolk W Balti
more.
S/oofi Sc/a, Hurt, Brunswick
j a ■■■ ‘• ■ “.
AllOli Oil.
To-Morrow, Wednesday, 7th inst-
J l 111 be sold before my store,
25 barrels Sugar
300 bushels Alum Salt
20 barrels Flour
10 do. Pilot Bread
20 do. Midling do.
20 kegs Augusta manufactured Tobacco
5 bags Coffee
5 do. Pepper
3 chests Tea
1 box Port Wine *
Jewellery, India Floor Mats, and sundry
small articles as usual. Cash on delivery.
Sale to commence at 10 o'clock ,
D. \\ illiford,
.Auctioneer.
September 6 —lOS
Bills on New-York,
For sale at thirty days sight, by
William Gaston.
September 6—106
Bills oil New-York,
For sale by
James William Magee.
September 6—m—lo6
Copartnership Dissolved.
The hrm of PEMBERTON 8c POPE is this
duv dissolved by mutual consent. All persons
having demands against them, will please ren
der in their accounts, and those indebted will
make payment to A. Pi'mijuuton, who is du
ly authorised to settle the accounts of the said
firm.
A. Pemberton.
C. Pope.
September I —lo 6
Rags.
Cash, and the highest price, will be given
for clean Linen Rags, at the Chatham Poor
llousc in Yamacraw.
Families will render areal benefit by send
ing their surplus rags as above, as they are in
v ery great demand, and much inconvenience
felt by the want of them.
September 6—|m —lo6
Five dollars reward
For apprehending Betty.
R in-A way about the 25th ult. a negro WO
MAN called llf.tty Sue has very stout limbs ;
much pitied with the small pox ; complexion,
very black; very thick lips, shews her under
teeth when she speaks, is very talkative and
plausible: ; about the common size ; a native of
Maryland. She may attempt to get to Augus
ta, as she has a husband employed on board of
one of the Augusta boats.
The above reward will be given for appre
hending Betty and delivering her to me, nr sev
curing her iu any goal, so that I may get her.
Thomas Flint.
September C—J t—lo 6
Five dollars reward.
Left the subscriber’s plantation, about four
weeks past, a sh irt, stout well made negro
GIRL, named Sdrm a, about eighteen years
old, thick lips ; the upper one turns up ; laughs
when spoken to ; formerly a house servant,
j and well known in and about Savannah. It. is
; said she is harbored about the lanes near
Spring Ilill, and at times lias been seen near
the line ol houses fronting the South Common.
The above reward will be paid on her being
’ lodged iu gaol.
Peter Dcvcaux.
‘ September 6 —m —lo6
Sheriffs Sales, continued.
Ott the first TUESDAY in October next,
Will he sold at the Court-House, in Savannah,
between the hours of 10 and 3 o’clock,
| The following fifteen Negroes, viz.
Cxt.ar, Charlotte, Isaac, Peggy, Sally, Cate,
Jim, Louisa, John, Hannah, William, Tom, Ja
j coh, Dunbar and Linton. Levied on and to b o
1 sold as the property of John Drysdale, under
mortgage from the said John Drvsdalo to Forbes;,
S surviving copartner of Forbes Munro
SJohn Kppingcr, 3. c. c.
. August 2—+—lo6 *
FOR PIIJ j/aD EI PI 11 A,
I The fast sailing brie
CH A KLo ' ] ’ 1 %
r-v&Ln Captain Millin';to:: ;
M ill sail in five or six days. For , .3,—,
(or freight of a few square bales in the <;b ■ ;
apply to the muster on board, at Anciau;:
wharf, or to
C. 11. Fisher
August 20—99
TAKF. NirrlcK.
f I ‘HAT r i b made to the honorable
X?. • rt of Cl itham r unt ,in nine
months fro** ;.. “, ‘..'-leave to ,’v 11 I IV£
Sixth:: of a I that THAC'I ‘ARCEL of LAND,
lying in Ad (iiCrbt, 1 . ‘:.-,uty, known l>v ■
n me of dOOD-ttotC; by the Oru : ,i
grant, four hundred a■: .. -v. acres—be 1••
the property of she liitate ol 1 . ‘ Anami, ! 1
the bene!;: cf the bens at and c 1 dr’ r
June AduinH, tidin',v.