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CONSTANTINOPLE, Teh. fi.
The Wechabis arc far from being de
stroyed ; thrt is not even a hope that
they may he so, for they hud partisans
eve.y wheie. Letters from Aleppo, of
the 9th of January announce, that after
th- battle which the Pacha of Bagdat
had with them upon the Tigris, thryre
aflembled on the frontiers of and
Oman, on which the Pacha of Bag<lat
and the Iman of Nlafcut went to Baffora
to conceit a p’an of operation againfl
the banditti. The Wechabia obtained a
knowledge of this conference, uud attack
ed the I man, at fea', upon his return, and
hutch red him, Sc fifty of his suite. His
loss is so mu- lithe more to be regretted,as
bu f-ci I fibt has always been a f.-cr-t parti
san of the Wcchabis. A part of their
difpeifed a. ray has again foun I meat,* to
reaffemblein Romania where they had
burned the city of Hei aclee, and a vills-;-
in theenvirorns. The Grand Seignior
was adviled of it, ard immediately sent
au order to the Grand Pacha of Adiia
nooie, to march agaiuft the brigands
wall all his forces } and the Grand Vi.
*icr, to a dto the flrength of the Pa
cha, has h nt a confi leraide body of ca
srahy, with a park ot artillery, who have
0.-Jcrs to join him by forced marches.
GENOA, F b. 14.
On* of our newfgap ra mentions the
following important piece of intelligence S
•< according to letter* fr ,n Madrid, ne
<r< iations are actually Hill going forward
between Spain k England ; & it was ho
ptd in that eiiy that a general peace
w old take place in the oou.fc of the
current year-”
MIL N, F b it.
The French G&rrif n in Mantua will be
reinforced with fix battallions of infantry
at and a ftjuadron of cavalry { and the rr<a
giftriey of that city have received orders
to prepare quarters for 240 officers.
Vienna, Feb, 27.
Acc""di"gto account* from Naples,
the king of the two Sicilies, at ttiere
queftof the French tmperor, has granted
M. Dames, the general in chuf cf all the
Neapolitan troops, his Uifmiffi >n from
f rvice, and has dilarutcd the Neapolitan
m.iitia.
FR ANKFORT, March, 6
The la;l let'.etsfront Turtle lpe..k of
tune Ruffian transports whjch have late
ly arrived with troops at Lorlu,aud which
frrtn to he the fame that pul in,o a Pur
kifli po-t to be repaired Anew con
v >y of Ruffian troops which were to foil
from Scbaltiponl, is cxpefrtrd at Coifu.
These letursadd.it is hoped that peace will
will not be interrupted in Italy. It is
cmifidered ascertain that the Kmg of Na
j’cs will be able to maintain his neutrality.
HANOVER, March iS.
Tire Dyke <f ‘he Elbe has burll in five pla.
aes, inthe bailiwicks of Demienberg and
Atiuacfier. Ninety villages have bevn under
water. The ruins of deitmyed hrafes and
drowned beaks may be seen every whert.
The diftreffe* of the poor inhabitant* are in
describable. The ice, which the Elbe has
carried towards Lenzen, Whitienberg, Na
velbcrg, I’angermunde, Magdebourgh, vleis
fen. Dicsdea, kc-has done confiderab'.e da.
Stage.
COPENHAGEN, Match 2.
Theie are now fiat* lUutihlhips 1- irg in
the bn bar of Cadiz, which aie reduced to
g r .. , t dilTu ul’ its by the bl< ckade of that port.
*fhe Damth consul has applied to the com
jnauderot ilr Euglilh fquauron cruizing lie
c me haib'ur, to know whether thole
fliipl which were provide l with proper cer
tificates and were on v laden itli billalt or
fd ” would be permitted to fail 1 bur no in
fwe* hadbssn returned on the „iU cl lull
month.
March •
2nir*3 <4* private litter frtm Paris Ji'rJ Ware*
‘J
• < pio s at'd arrests are once more the sub.
1e& of conversation. the M. M. P ligttar
iave been transferred fr mtheirprif n ro the
temu e, and leveral other pet funs It ive man
air*tied. S’ me fay that n.- w branch?-. of h
la'e conspiracy have be* 1 dil'c ver< and O hers
are end hat it is the fur.e jl lermon | ihe
I)uke < f Anghien, unit ed at Lmd m, and
*r vateh circulated in Fra ce.th... h is c:uif
cdthefe arreits. — I'll* police have hitheito
sough in vain toleizeall thee pe , a id to
dtfc >ver th? perlons who have cuculu ed the
articles.”
HAMBUHGH. M >rch s.
We are assured that he Prullian ambvffiu'ar
at Paris has delivered lately to the Fee nth
ITiiniUir ot f .reign ailaiii, a note c ntatui ■■ g
an nul'wer to the pr p ‘U s m id* oy the court
of Berlin t* that of Peters >urgh, in regard to
the difference* which e.viit hr ween RufSa
and France They speak here alf >rf a let
ttr written by the Emp*tor of the Fiench
With his own hand, to the Emper >ri f Ptutia,
at the time when overture* vvCiC made by
Crauctf to England.
March a.
Sver*l Siffiotioitttd bi.ais and a dtvifiort
es marine.', let out o the lyin from the
ajiagu*, for Dunkirk.
MADHID, February !•
It is believed that after th* arrival of tit*
new French ambadador. general Ju.tot. at
L (bon,the court of Portugal will declare
more exprefdy again!! England.
February ro.
Ab'tUt eight thousand troops are atread ’
eo UeleJ in the camp of t Hoch.
To provide as much as pnflihle for the ex
it aerdiaar) which will be incurred
’ b. the tilting out es our navy, rectmrfe liaa
been had to the Commercial dal's. Cad z and
Madrid hav** each contributed a mi'lion of
pi a tiers, and an equal lum is exit'd from
the v.hercommercigl cute*. By means of
tbcie and other conttitn*ttons, *• dmll be
able to titoot twenty thips of the line. 1 here
is however, a want of tailor* ; as within the
lail two or three years since, more than
’ IO.OO* “f them, to avoid f.l tug v Aim* to
and famine, have been obi.gcd to
in ter int* foreign ferviee. _
Ihe neg ciatiens now carrying on by the
v ,... .. , ; .•uvifttr at Aranjuex, are very ao
, ve anu w< ar* titfurei m*/ be caueeltd to
k ~i vit. tv ...t*o tor lime.
The Duke ie F!eery,late firft ehamWV-’ t-
Louis XVI. and who has hitherto refifa'd a
he cour- of the Count de Lille, is
He ha 1 , as is well known, (*nt h s fnhtr. u f
to Paris, and received penrtiffinn to return.
LONDON , M-ch 23.
The article from Frankfort, which .
we gave yt fterday from the foreign !
Journal*, relative to the determination |
of the king of Sweden not to he diefa-j
ted to by Pruffia.or intimidated by any ,
threat (he may think proper to hold out j
in rtfpeft to the treaty which his Swe- j
difhnajefty ha* judged it neeeffary to ;
enter into with this country, we are well I
assured, is pv r f'& ! y authentic.—We I
have now the fatisfaAi** further to (fate 1
that the court of Petersburg}; has tx
preffed its hip heft approbation of the spi
rited determination of the virtuous young j
Monarch o f Swcdm, and assured him
that in so just a cause, he may rely upon
the moll prompt and efTdlual support.
This magnanimous proceeding of the
Emperor Alexander, so coufonant with
the ur iform equity and wTdom of his
council?, has already, we believe, produ ■
cad the molt fa'utary off ft to the com
mon caufe—for we understand the Prtifiia
in corf quence of it, has completelv re
ceded from her imprudent detetmination
and expressed a resolution to remain per
feftly neutral in the present contrft.—
Wc are happy to add, that the Swedish
nation it unaninr.oufly disposed to support
the cause of its spirited young Monarch;
and Europe w;!l k 1 >w.s that the
Swedes are a brave people !
The raiaifter produced last night, hi”
f.ipp'emtutary budget, of taxes, to make
the defict occafoned in the ways and
means f the year, by the r<j ftionof the
propofu) tax on horses employed in hus
bandry. The new taxes it will he seen
by our parliamentary report, are to be
laid cn glaf”, brick, and tiles, coffee, oy
e'er, and perry, vinegar, gold and silver
wire, auctions, slate and Hone, iron, ba
rilla, turpentine, and other article* im
ported. The him proposed to be raift-d
by the whole of these additional imposts
is 411,000!. which is in lieu of the 32,
cool- intended to have been raised by the
hurfe duty, and the dtminition in the
produce of the fait tax, by abandoning
the duty on exportation, estimated at
8,0001.
It is rumoured that Holland will foonbe
evacuated by the French troops, but we
attach very little credit to this rcpoit ; &
ft.ll less to another rumour from the fame
quarter, that a negociation is about to
he opened between England and France.
The trifling rife in ourfuuds yesterday was
aferibed to the latter r-port.
The Dutch force in the Trxeb now
preparing for fa, confilL of five fail of
the line, four frigate* and brigs, and a
bout a hundred and thirty tranfport*.
The Archduke Chari sos Air*Ha is
shortly expefted to set out fortluVenitian
territories to infpeft the different for
trefles and review the troop*. His high
nef* ha* resigned the office of prrfiJent of
the council of war in which he is suc
ceeded by his brother the Archduke
John.
The French papers report, that the
Austrian garrison at Neviee has of late
been reinforced, in cotifeqiience of fome
disturbance having taken place there.
A conspiracy has been difeovered ia
the eleftorate of Wirtemburg. The
number of perfont arrested is confider
ab!e,
Bari as, the for.nef keeper of the tm
prefs Josephine, is said to have died sud
denly at Bruffitls. He applied, it is said
a few days before his death, to the little
nan, whom he put into commission, for
an appointment as lord to the bed cham
ber.
March 25.
Another Hamburgh Mail arrived on
Saturday. The private letters received
bv thii conv vsnee are of fame impor
tance, and leave no doubt of the Ruffian
forces being, etc long, actively empl ‘yed
in the com not cnul’e. An article from
V t una Hates, that a general movement
ot the troops in Poddichas already ta
k n place ; a column of i j 0)0 men is
now proceeding down the LPheiftcr, and
will embark at Chx.k.'w for the Medi
terrancan ; another divition if (hortly to
take the fame route ; and the whole
of the regiments in the Ukraine are un
der orde-s to march at the (hortetl no
tice. The imperial armies in almost e
very direction have of late been conlithr
ably reinforced j and 3 camp of I*o,ooo
men will Ihordy be formed o the bord
es of Galina. The number of troops
dtflained to take the field, tarly in the
ptefent spring is immense, and a few
w cks, we doubt not, will prove the
accuracy of our former ftatemerms, rela.
tive to the determination of Russia, to
take an aCtive and decided part in the
war againit France, lu Italy, the
tlran and French troop* continue in moti
on, and the gar ifons on the Venetian ft
Tyrollean frontiers in, particular, have
been confidersbly reinforced The Nea
politan fortreffes have also of late receiv
ed a great addition to their ftrengih;
and mil the efforts of the enemy to inauce
his Sicilian Majefiy to declare againit
England, have proved The
oppressive conduct of the French ha% in
confluence, beepfae more severe than e
and the king has been iuduced to
remove to Caferta, whithci the *pieen is
immediately to follow him, Tue Tur
k:ih amb uTmior at Paris is said to have
been recalled. The city of Lubec con
tinues to refute compliance with the un
just demands of France { but there is no
confirmation of the account of the enemy
having actually entered that place—
Private advices from Holland state, that
the French general has caused five lhips,
with fintiih property on board to be con
■rested. T ANARUS! ur cergo?* v*lueA at
2c;.c00 florins, v.nich lum is to be paid
hro the French mi'it ary chest. The
German paper? rontain r.o intelligence re
lative to the Touloq or Rochefort fqna
drons. The troops on the latter
are commanded by General Regnier, wb
formerly served in Egyp*.
The p azttie of Saturday contain* a
proclamation, dated the Jift, ordering,
‘that the quarantine on ships from South
I Carolina, Georgia, and Lniifiana, fhoulc
icrafe ; in canfrqucnce of information be
ling received of these places being in a
I healthy flare.
A private letter from Hamburgh
j Hates, that the obj- ft of the late confpi
1 raev at Stutgard was to carry eff the elec
) tress, Priticef* jloyal of England, and a
| number of other perf< ntn high credit
| with the court. A fptciai ccmir fli. nis
< -"pointed to examine the prifont.-s.—
| Mull of them have beep confined in the
: c; a lei.
We are concerned to find that the
P ince of Peace has triumphed ov r the
party of Fparnlh Noblefle, which had
hern formed to refeue their country from
the defttuftive influence of Ftei.ch poii.
tks ; many of them had been obliged to
retire to their country feats, and othtis,
including the Duke de lnfantado, have
been baniflied the capital.
March 19*
Private advices date, that the Empe
ror of Austria has fully fanftioited the
arrangement* relative to the new Sove
reignty of Bonaparte in Italy.
The late Gottenbourgh Mails brought
advice that the French troops continued
to occupy all the vihlages in the neigh
bourhood of Lubec; and that for the
supposed purpose ot Hopping Engbfn
commodities, not a waggon or cart was
permitted to come unmoleftcd out of the
town. Against these violent and unprin
cipled proceeding*, the king of Pru
flia is said to have ordered his minister at
Paris to remonstrate, feeing, as he does,
that the fafety and independence of his
i own territories mlift become equally ten
dangered,it he does not in time interpose.
March 28.
The language made use of on the oc
c;fion of Bonaparte’s assuming the throne
of Italy, is •onfidered as having banilh
ed every hope of negociation. The
modern Richard and Duke of Buckin
ham tell us, that w- mult not only ava
cuate Malta, but R iffi-i must abandjr,
Corfu ; by which means Bonaparte
would have the greater part of the Me
diterranean to himfelf They fay that
it will be inconfillent with the fafety oi
the kingdom of Ia y tdr Bonaparte ti
dived himfelf of rhe Italian Crown, ft
long as we poflkfs Malta, arid Ruffi
Cotu.
It will be of little and ff.rence. we he
lieve, whether one Bonaparte pofftff
Fiance aid Italy, or two Bonapatlei-
Italy will be equally tinder the controu
atd command of France. The menac
therefore, of keeping this double crown
upon his own head, till we g ve up Mai
ta, so far from inducing us to relfi q nlh
the possession of it, will rot only mak
us cling more closely to it, but will ain
encourage a desire to exten t cur power
and puffrff .ns, and tn nfftfl R’/ffii in exten
ding her power andpffffons in the Me.
diterranean.
The troops destined for the Mediter
ranean began their embarkation on Tue*.
day at Plymouth and Portsmouth. Two
companies of the Royal Artillery, and
the 81 ft Regiment embarked on Tues
day oil board nine tianfport* at Hamo
aze —On Tuesday and yesterday, a
large body of troops embaiked from the
Gosport and Portsmouth shore, and
more will embark to day and to-morrow.
Sir James Craig and futt go in the Dra
goon of 74 guns.—The fleet is expeft
ed to fail on Sunday.
There is fome talk of an expedition to
Egypt —lndeed we ought long ago to
have occupied Alexandria. Now it b -
com s more ncceffary than ever as a ba
lance to the maronvres of Bonaparte.
The French w raid give much at any
time to induce us to abandon it.
March J 9.
The report of frefh disasters in India,
gains ground. It rests on private ac
counts that have reached town, and we
doubt not is well k iown at the India
H iufe, though end avoured to be kept
secret. The division of our army which
fuffered, is that under the orders of colo
nel Sheppard, which was sent by general
Lake to clear the vicinity of Agra, where
Holkar’s cavalry is Hated to be in great
force. In this service be was unfortu
nately unfuccefsful, and report fay*, that
his loft was eonlidtrable. Hoikar has
proved himfelf a more formidable enemy
than could have bee 1 apprehended at the
commencement of the war, a id private
letter* represent his troops as combining
courage and difciplinc with avast supe
riority of numbers. The plan of the
campaign, on our part, by which our
troops have been so widely separated, is,
by fome of our bell
cfiicemAs bavin; given great advantage
to thffgfltrpriznig.foc with whom we bare
to ceNfeid ; while the policy of the war it
felf*nflcli mold con
versant db India affairs. For our own
part, we are not without serious apprehen
that cuGdentions of permanent
national interest, and of generous en
lightened policy, have, in fome refoeft,
been merged in the allurements of present
partial advantage, and the fpiendor ot
iucceffive conq ;efts. In diredt departur.
from the wife iyitems adopted by Lon,
Cornwallis, to preserve rather than ac
quire, we regret tofiid that the f.von:
has been too readily appealed to on ai
recent occalunsT It is true, that in fome
.uiUcc::, lcrnaos provocation* cave been.
g‘ven ; but it :6 it* cerhi’n*. tin? V
others, the ofterfioie grounds ot dispute
have keen such as might eafilv have been
f justed by a conciliatory policy.—The
vident wa t of this policy of iate, has
■•endered it necessary for the prudent and
amiable Cornwallis, notwithflanding
•he very advanced age of that oiftin-
veteran, to return to the govern,
ment of India ; and it will be seen by the
oroceedinps of the House of commons
last night, that there ;a every likelihood
.if his being under rhe necefii'y of plac
ing hin.felf at the head oi the army o u his
arrival in India.
April i.
On iVednefdaY, about dre hundred
3nd fifty of the ecemy’s gun boats and
large praams, came into the outer road
of Boulogne, and ptactifei f, veral ma
roeuvres— \n offio r who lately landed
at Deal, ; ffirtns, th.t the whole number
of vefftis aflkmbled at the above port,
amounts to upwards of 2000.
A cuttsr arrived on Saturday at Ply*
mouth, from off Bftft, with ti t intelli
gence that during the abftru,e cf cur
fleet, the Brtft fl.it, corfifting of 2J fail
of the line, bTidea frigates, Lad got out
of Brtft, and proceeded to the roads
of Camcret Bry, where it anchored,
and where it now lies as cl rfe as poflible
10 the ftlore, which is prstefted by
batteries. Our Sect, arm ttiiting to a
bout 23 fail of the line, is now off Breil ;
but ihou and it be forced to quit it 8 Ration
by a ltrong easterly wind, the enemy, w*.-
fuppole, will immediately lake advantage
of its absence, and put to fca.
April 2,
No further official advici s have, we
understand, been rectivrd at the admi
ralty, from off Bi'ell , but we ihali not
be lurprized to fi :d that the French
have taken advantage of a favourable
east wind and put to sea, and that our
fleet under Sir Charles Cotton is in pur
suit of them ; for the Speedwell brig,
which arrived yesterday at Portsmouth,
from Ldbon, passed Ulhant on Saturday
(a day after the cutter was dop ate tied
with the account of the French having
moved into Camerct Bay) but did not
fte cim fl;er. It may be laid, however,
that if the weather was hazy, fbc would
not be able to dilcern our ih ps, tno’
they might be on their station.
The intelligence of the Bred fleet
having at iepgth made a movement, indi
cating is intention to put to sea, produ
red “ a pleasant alacrity” and eftivity
in Portsmouth and Plymouth. Lord
Gardner, who has hwiled his flag on
board the superb Hibernia, ot 110 guns,
would have failed on Sunday, had the
wind been fair. In conLq uuceof a fig
ial from the Telegraph, the Queen of
98 guns, the PL.ntageret and Dragon, ot
74, and the Di idem, ot 64, Lilcd at an
our’s notice from Spithcad, to reinforce
-ur fquadroo iff Brett. A Hoop was,
lowever, aftetwarels difpatchtd to recall
he and the Dragon.
li e Expedition did not fail yesterday
on account of the intelligence received
t’roin off Brest ; the Dragon- which was
to have convoyed the Expedition, having
been ordered to reinforce the Channel
fleet ; she has been however fi.tce recal
led—All the troops are embarked anti
ready to fail at an bou-'s nouoe
The transports which failed fiom
Plymouth on Saturday, were forced by a
gale of wind to put back on Sunday;
but tiny were ixpeCted to fail again in
the evening.—Tile wind to-day is very
favourable for the Expedition to put to
sea.
NASS AU, May 7.
IMPOR TAN T.— THE FLEETS.
By the Windsor Castle Packet, capt. Sut
ton, via Jamaica and Crooked Island, we have
received the important intelligence'< f the
arrival of a Britiln force in -he TV’eft-Indies,
fufficient to rive a good accouat 01 the enemy,
fhruld the;, fail in with them. \\ e fear they
will have taken {belter in tlie Havama, pro
tp&ed by the Moro, before Rear Admiral
Cochrane has au opportunity of nri.iging them
to aftion.
Extraft of a letter from Crooked Island, dated
May 1.
The packet fifteen days from Jamaica un
der convoy of a frigate has j nit ar ived
They have with them a French schooner
priva’eer, which they had taken two days 3 70
at Heneaga s the is a very flue veflcl, andc .r
----ned 9c men, Alphas tak ‘ti and sent into Gut
daloupr several prize?. A British ffct enn
fiftmg f fix (hip- oftheiine and fame frigate--,
un.'.er the command < f Admira C- chrav v,
was in fight, off Jamaica, when the packet
left tthere. Ten *•? kefo e he p ket elt
Jamaca, the Fke cu fleet had been
Ren in the Mona p us: g:, and are laid to be
bound forth* Havznna.
KINGSTON, An il tj.
CAPTURE OF THE HJ.Z IRD.
Tbs Diana an.l Biachs fr gates, Captains
Moling and * fudge, La S'lfficrame s-'dißa'i
can brigs, Cip .us Lar. cite and ir'’-al
arrived on Saturday at Port-Royal, from a
cruise, withtheFreuehprivateer lchooner L ’•
Hazard, captured by tue Biache after a chafe
of twenty-fix hours.
LMlazard privateer wa? engaging the Al
fred merchantman, fr rr. London bound ti
•he N rth fide, when the Blache hove mfigh”
and captured her. The Alfred afterward;
pioceeded to her port of tied .nation.
[Tin lehr Hai ti * he • men ione i. i? f\u
iole lto be the Haza-d of this port, conman
ded by W. Wilson,which our reader? mult rec I
ft w .sea mircdafter a .ery obliiuatedefenct
in Jan. :B'4, by a French ve hiv :.g c;
bowl upwaras of 300 men, g part of :
force a: lime deitined to a..*.„ thi
pkCv . J
Th* Hazard’s crew confined of 67 me”
I j the action the Captain -..d 17 ntei. .. e.
Kids i amt 3’ wof ded. ‘! • e kfs ft!e S: -
from and ’uuied account* am.anted to- 1 1
\lui.‘vi kSU* iVi’iulCu,
Sirxet-.it p-r: FT fi’r hrsbee- eruift <
having eeer. rented by ‘he F t icn *n a net
ral p*r-"i the lfiaiui --f Cu.it, a.K: has err
•luted van a- a piiih'i as -r ?■ i.ii'n as
American v r.nau.e —c ;uq n me r
cap-u.e c :hr vcffV . parti;ut. y
fore* andc'.rft Avrn. is a f ‘tmM*-
ftauej.
On retO’-ni'i.: to the pavricnl-r* r.i 1”
afl l n, and eov(id*.-ing the g'-ea? .':lp-.rjt, ■ f
numbers it appears lie Hazard was not sur
prized and boarded, in the manner as hated
in public diipatches from this
The Smrk floep of war, Cspt. Geyt, aiTtved
on ThursdaV.
The Du .h fchnoner Antelope, nvir to
‘.hs Stork lliop cf ar, cut cut of Hockfand
Bov, and the Danifti schooner Flung Fifli,
detained by the Snake fl op of war, anrivfi
,he fame day. Bv tu* Antelope we learn
that the French fqutdron were on the ift ir>ft.
it a. idiig to the N. \V while ihe la>at anehor
in rhe Mena Paffuge.
L.formation receivedhr the Stork floep rs
war Hater, that tnev ipke au American ves
fat, in th Mona pafTage, from which tuey
learnt that the French hrd archcred at Poto.
Rico, and) in confequer ce cf reiiltaiiCe f ora
the inhabitaivshad landed 8 o troops, who
had ravaged the to a u and eomrauted many
ether exceiies
The tiired fchdtmsr Ceres, Capt. Dennis,
arrived on Saturday af-ernoon, in eight days
from BarNld< es, with diljpatches for his hx-
Ctiih'.cy tht Commander in Chief, enaulled
; to tile charge of Lie U-. Roy, of the ad VVeil.-**
I India Regiment. They were forwarded to *
, that island by a fchnoner from hrgland, and
1 of inch importance were they soniidered
1 that the Ceres failed at an hour’s notice, ana
| or. ho account wha-ever could further time be
| allowed her for obtaining proviii ns, water,
I and other neeetfary articles cf which ihe ws
in >v4m. By the f ‘flowing official letter from
j Fart Camden to Lieu er.dnt Geutial Nugent,
i wilt i>e much gratified to learn,
| tliata u ,der ‘be order of Jtear-Ad
• mirat Cecil ai, aid fufficient to copa with
- French ft ice in the e fees, has bca
de ached from the Channel fleet ior our pro*
teifii^n.
[OJicia/J “ Downing Street, Feb. 14.
“ .*,IR —Intelligence 1 avtug been leceived
that fix ail of French tine of battle ships had
en apedfr m Rochefort 4id hai been Cnee
seen off Ca e St. Vnicenv, his r> ajcity’s Mi*
mil.,rs have judged it expedient to death
Rear Admi a Cochta e, wi 1 h a Iquadrcn un
der his c.'mn ad, f r the prcteflion of his
Maiefly's coi.nies in the VVen.lndies This
sq- eiror will int rend Zvout at Ear’-ad es,
ii*>m whence ->ir \V n, a u Myers fas orders
toforwaidto yvu this ie-'er, together with
any in-elhgence he may have reccved.
“ I 1 ave the honor lobe, Sir, ycur mo 4
obedient farva.it,
“ CAMce:?*
“ L ieut. Gen. Nugent, (Je “
May 10,
The Ff.ncb Fleet since our aft, the fait
failing ovig’ iw o Brothers, capt Vaughan,
lias arrived liei*. -To the attention of our
correfpondant at Antigua, ana fome M*rcan*
til* h ,use? here, we are indebted for the files
of the Grzette and J ur- al to the 2id u!t.-
In one of the lateil dates we find the fallowing
ttatement:
St. Josn’s, ( Antigua) April 23,
A gentleman just am ed from St. Barths*
lomews hat. favored us with the following ac*
count“ that captain Forfyth, cf the fchoo*
ner Virginia, had arrived at that island from -
Norfolk, and gave ini’, rotation-—that he (poke
the French fleet on the £th infl.. in lat 24,
long 66; that they were then fleering
N£l by E. The flees had been at S \ Do
mingo, and landed there, 6c• Troops, with
prcviSons—alfo font m- ner on fliore to tho
commandant. Captam Forfjnhtook onboard
a French pilot t om the fleet, which they had
taken off’ Porto Rico; they made no stay at sb
Domingo, not even coming to an.anchor. ’*
From the ccurfe which these Marau ‘er#
were fleering, with various circurofiances uj.
! heir proceedings, we ear ’tre long to an*
nour.ee, (to our regret)*—The fox is corns,
and has nude its prey—but with trembling
fear, has l eaked with it out of the Fowler’s
way.
Fir Samuel Hood, we understand, has just
arrived at English Harbor, jn his
flrip Amfferdam.
PHIL *DELPHI A, May 9.
Extraft cf a letter ficm Paris, datc4>
February 8 h 1805.
“ The lust, efs here of the American
claims is not tern inaled-, it though upvsardt
of three months, tjpeiialiyjinee the arrival
of General Armstrong, -we have been all a
long J{ ttiertd with hopes of his drawing
bill on t e t’eajuty cf th e Untied States ,
for the p j me’t 0 these claims, it is very
u certain when it will the place. It ferns
that the reef on and <e examination cf all
the Claims ly ir n-in'Jltr, and by As, Mars
hois, is nearly a on end. Bui fill diJfcteU
ti. s may oicu be ore the jfiS'ttg of hi is cn
account of many claims admit.ed by she
French council genera! of liquidation, which
had been j 3rd y the A meric m comm if
fr n. Thi Fn.ruh rrtnf.r ppears to try
every expedient to curtail end throw cut alt
claims not fit port and in the juhtf manner
in order t at ihe mos of the jh'uid not
exceed he 20 n.ilhcnt ; but the claimants
whofc demeru s nre lih"y to be thrown out
entirc’y , o cut tai id only, arc vfng all their
endeavors to prevent fuels lof ; for fbouhd
the amount if cl ms he patby the Uni
ted Slates exceed the to millions, then a 1
reparation or cor tn'utisn mus be made in
cauf a dt ficit to be Juptortel prepesrUonm
ally by each ’ef drive claim.
“ By t e interpret, tiort which Franc!
gives to the convention, they will icfjl that
J.sou ‘.d the 20 millions cpprepriated for the
payment of the dmericetn 1 turns cn emp'/i
----ted by the convention,-not be fffeient, :bt
United ‘otates arc to make up to ihe creditors
tue dfcterxy . But at l believe that cur
government eon dr net it in a different
manner, hhcu’J a difcujfon of this fuljtS
i>e officially br.ong'tt about between ttc two
’•■infers, I apprehend that the whole bo hi nef
u ilt he suspended till gen Armstrong gelS
frejls irftr udirns from cur exemive on this
vet y delicate fu'jed, end that in such case
>e will not draw a finglebik, Befidts aft
-r the whole bufitisf is fettled between the
wo ministers, and every difficulty is got over
‘cn tie Em-etor must ratify all th.-ir
vot hr : unhappily it is gtneraiy believe J,
ha*before two or three W'ehs his imperial
ajjly c ti! ft offfor It By, e: part of his
rtufoold mar fed thither a incath Jinte.”
1/ J
May 10.
v '-a“ es a fetter from the- Mediterra
nenn,
“kVe tujderftanci that th’ U. S'.att*
•rir Argus, capt. Hu!!, ha? sett orrLr.
To E .ypt, wnt e fn. is cxcifted t.o
ak? or; beard the tz Lafbuw of ’Ar-’v-'j,
■ XJ ttudtr its g'Jicac.ce a i