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A few , h re letters were received in
town y'-f;- I ,y f.-jm Hui land, to the 6th
infUnt inclulive.
Advices received there from various
quarter., from to induce the writers to
believe, that a negoclation for a general
peace will (hcrtly beset on foot, A
merchant cxprellcs himfelf on this fubjcX
in the following terms -.
“ We have, for a length of time, been
perplexed with reports of peace, no pur
pose ; but if the accounts which daily
arrive here from different parts are to be
depended upon, that happy event is not
far did ant. Since the cftabliibment of
cm—r'• P etition, o:ir Grand I’enfi
©cary • a-molt in the only j-ccii t tis d;-
p-nti .r. froo Fiance, anil he fp ah: with
the great''! certainty of a urgociation
h'.:! aon the e sos commencement ;bu
as focus ‘ending is pr-ec, he fays, that
\ ill print ‘"gidiy depi nd upon Englind.—
While Come of our merchants were in
cor.verunion with him the other day, te,
fpedfing the new code of laws, to prohi
l.t ali commerce between this country
and England, (now patted into a decree
and officially pronounced) he expressed
■a fmcere hope that there would not
be long on ?• y ore fieri to enforce th-r ,
as the emperor of Rofiii and h Prufll ‘
m&jetty liad taken fume pains to fit on
loot a negotiation for a general peace,
and woe likfiv to fuccerrl v.ith Ute con
currence of England. He fruited their
food intentions would not be fruftratrd
Ly the obfiinacy of that power, Should,
however, that prove the case, the Em
peror of Russia has intimated that he will
break eff all connexions with the British
cabinet, which he would be furry to do
wlulft it aXed confidently.
“ It is coiifii .rud to us, in various ways,
that his 11. penal mtj.tly has, (through
the interference of the IVjtti.iii) granted
pattports for M. Novofiltznif to proceed
to Paris, which he has ‘otic ere this
This circumllance has caufi-d an unufiial
fiir, a id in!uied a more general joy licit
than has be n felt for louse time.”
Upon tin fe letter.*, and of the rile in
Exchange Al’ey to winch they have gi
ven occali ;n, w Hull permit ourfclves a
very few ri ficXions. It is extremely ta
fy for Stoi k, jobbers in this country to
entile fu. h 1. tiers to be ft nt hither from
abroad, and it is extremely rafy for the
Fr inch Government to caufc such reports
to be circulated abroad, for political pur
pofli is hnpolfible for any pcrlba of
common obfervatiou, and common intd
leX, to give credit to them; and, after
all, what do they amount to, but that
the French usurp r may p ttibiy intend
to attempt to deceive or diilraX us, and
any Contineiuial Powtrs disposed to co
operate with us, by frefh overtures of
pretended pacification ?—“ If England
be not obllinatc ?” that is, in plain words,
if England be prepared to accept the
yoke of Bonaparte ; if the will fubrnit to
his laws, he will gracioufl/ grant hrr j
them ; and if Ills will not, Ruffin will a j
bandon her. If it is potti'ole for any one |
to become the dupe of l’uih a political
fo.-gery as this is, it is impossible to pity, i
and abfuul to reason with them.
Yesterday being the Jay fixed for the
motion for an impeachment agaitift Lord
Viscount Melville, a great crowd assem
bled, at an early hour, in the avenues of
the Houle of Commons. At twelve the
doors wag opened, and a ftvere prcfTure
ensued. The gallery, of course, was
filled in afi w minutes. In the early part
of the day an opinion prevailed, that Mr.
Whitbread would open the debate : but
•about three o’clo. k it was said, that
Lord Viscount Melville would be previ
ously heard in his defence. This excit
ed a great degree of expectation, and a
great number of persons crowded into
tiie lowed, lobby, and also lined the Hairs
l the galleiy of the hotife, which com
ma ids a view of tile lobby, through
which Lord Viscount Melville was to
pais . about half pall four h s Lord
(hip entered the lobby, and palled into
the iccri’ary’s room, outhe left hand 1 —
The house was at this time engaged
in private bufintfs. Shortly after
five, the ipeaker read a letter from
L->rd Viscount Melville, requesting
to be admitted into the body of the
house, to be heard in his defence. The
honourable Robert Dundas Saunders,
hit Lordlhip's son, then moved, that his
Lorufiiip be called in ; which agreed to,
the fpeakvr defiled Mr. Column, the
Lrjcant at orm--, to take the macc, and
conduit Lot si Vo count Melville into the
home. In the mean time, Mr. Bellamy,
tie principal methn-er, brought in a
sq a e arm cluir, and placed it within
the- body of the house, within the bar,
o.i the left hand fide. The fcj-ant at
ams then to. k the mace. and hiving
waved it three times, went out ot the
house, and t<” k lug (latino on file, in
the lobby, lii front of the dour of’.he,
house, a.,J a'.io op polite the doji t of trie,
tr- afnry loom. Mr- Heard, otic of the
nr.rllciijjerj, h.tJ previously thrown open
the folding doors of the latter apartment,)
ami Lou] Viscount Mehrilb, being iator-,
nt'd by him, that th- h'u'e r q .cited his
sit. ndunce, hi* I.erJfhq) came out, and ‘
W:TkcJ uncovered into the ho usr t uttrn-’
lcu by the lc j cant :ud ink e. liis i
1 •rdfliip n . . .;I\oi.i b’ick, and wore j
ad. ie buck ed wig powduvr. He haw- <
cd th -e t. ne* ss he approache'd, and, ou j
conWji wii .in the bar, the lpcaker, who ;
wore his hat oil a’t the time, auJrciliag i
kira, said, “ My .Lord Melville, there is
a chair fur your Lordship.” Hu Lo~d
fhip theti fat down, suu put ou hi. hat
There “as a loud murmur iu the houfc
rn In* coming in. A* soon a* it u sub
fi led, which wa* in lets thau two miontca,
hit Lordfh.p arolc, and uk> ig rffnii
hat, he bud it upon the uat of site Uuir,
and upon tl e'liat fiveral payers. H:
Lordship then Handing at the back of
the chair, con me need his speech, in the i
course of whicl, he frequently refrefhed j
his memory from the papers before him.
His Lordship fp ke for two hours and a
quarter. His manner was firm and im
preflive ; and he did rot, even in the part
of it where he appealed to the feelings
appear the leaf! fhuken. The moment
he had concluded, he took up his papers
deliberately, one by one, and having put
his hat under hie arm, made a bow to the
fpeaker ar.d withdrew, attended by tbs
fe-jeant, who during the whole of the
fpe'.ch, refraining Handing on the right
hand hdc of his Lordship, but at the di
ttsnce of a few ya. dr, with, the mace re
tting upon the ground, and his hand upon
jit. Thehoufe was uncommonly crow
(dcd. Not fewer than live hundred mem
bers woe pitleut.
Lord Viscount Melville’s speech will
he read with inter tt. Upoii the fubjtft
of the l o,cool. ad other furr.s of the
public money re’ ived by him, not ap
j plied to naval purpofea, his Lordship po
i ftively declaim 1 , that “ private honor,
• Scperfonal COnverd nee” mutt prevent him
j from ever giving any account of them.
Accounts from Paris to the 31st lilt,
arc received. The Moniteur afTerts
I that fi'.r James Cr •A’s expedition wa:
i compelled to quit the Tagus, in conic
■quence of the French and Spanitti am*
! baffidors threatening to leave Lfbon, if
I t!ic ;v;.::merit was full red to remain —-
|it is certain that such rcmonftrances
j wer.: made, ar.d ihere 1* little doubt that
the I’ortui ntlc g .verrunent urged Sir
J. nies to baftrn iii departure ; but it is
riot likely that ary menaces were used,
ass!; red in the Mtiiiitf ur. The French
ok. ...1 Journal bkewife Rates that the
Cait.hayena fleet had conveyed troops,
; &:j’ to Miner •. This may be true tIV j
j the whole aiticlr derives an air of rid l tile
from the absurd ftitement, that the Car*]
thagena fl ct of b ful had chafed Eord j
Nt'ton of 11.
The Nile higher rrconnoitered the
(Tarante, on th 27:11 tilt and found in 1
Rochefort, out ship of three decks, five
two deckers, three frigates, two brigs and
fevtial gunboats.
In F rrol the enemy has twelve (hips
of the line, b; li rs frigates, which are
watched by Sir R .Leit Calder, with fix
Ships of the line eruy.
Our (hips at ]>re | i are in daily exptX
atiou o ! ’ their cc:mnn out, as ‘hey have
27 ood troops tail. Hiked, and their Clips
of the line appear full of men.
Jit e 13.
Extract of a private letter from an of
ficer on board one of his majesty’s (hips
iu the downs, dated June 20 —We have
13 fj'l of ill; line here now, the North
fta lpuadron being ordered round ; and
wetxpeft five fail more from the weft,
ward . I believe it is exp.-died that the
combined fleet is coming north abour.—
Bj every evuizer that comes in I L-arn,
that he Frem h appear in all their port3
ready for a path out, and moft of the
officers are of opiniou they certainly will
do it lb irtly, as their preparations with
their fhippi-g are different from what
they hsv - been before.
We yesterday received a letter from
an officer on board one of the transports
in the Cove of Cos k, in the expedition
under Sir Eyre L'oote. It fay , “ this
morning June 5-.11, the troops were briga
ded as follows:—The lit. or Highland
brigade, confuting of the 7 1 ft, 7 21, 93d,
and Bulla, under tlie tomtnand of Gene.
ralMTurl me The fecund of the Bth,
24th, and 83d, with artillery, under gen.
Balfour. The third brigade, of the 32J,
28ih and 61 1, under this command ot ‘ge
neral Montrcfor, The 89.11 regiment is
to form a detached coips, under the
command ot lieutenant col. Lord BLney.
I bare not yet learned who is to com
mand the art tile; y, or fluff corps. Gene
ral Drummond is Lcond iu command un
der Sir Evre Coote. The troo-os are in
good W :xUii, and arc landed every day to
keep them so. Our dellinetion is not
yet known ; but it is supposed we are
going upon some remote a-. and desperate
expedition, ad not to the VVcit Indies;
t >r ill the married olii.ers are ordered
to fend their wive* 011 lhoic immediately,
and the tr i..por;s are to he iuruilhed
with p vifiopAror fix. muirhs.”
The Momteiir contains the following
article : Since the Enghlh cll die late ope
atioii’ ol car tq ia . .1 in tue Weft In
diet plunder, it ,s but just they ffiotild
know (hat this phi ml . r tv ill not be over
10 form as they think. vVe slitter our.
telves that ere a week has palled over
ourheads, intelligence lroia every part of
the w ‘rid wii announce to the English
commerce ot 1 ei events of tlic like nature.
We (nail tacn punt, perhaps, a little
work computed under the eyes of Mr.
P it, am! put ‘.’tiled by his orde-s, a (lvnt
time I'ctore the finl hotlilities, in order
to trieSlitli the pi ’pviety, the advantages
:.r.d the necefifiy oi the perpetuity of
the war vg ‘.iiut France. Tins perpetual
war then appi ard (unable,
ous, and cecc.'.iry to Bruilli rapacity,
and to that pride which was even liieu
tnifplaced, aid now nothing his than ri
■ diculeus. T.‘.■; proud, the powerful, the
I circumfpcd Etigtilh, hear the departure
l of the french Fleet fpoktn yf when it
has taken Do.nu.ioa ; of the uipariure at
1 the Teuton frpi.ndi ) when it has palled
the Straights ; they wilt hear of it no
more for lome mu. tin.
“ l.s Uv, they have not heard of the
fecund Rochet-rt ‘lq indron, failed a
long tiurc li.iee, and which the Engiifli
fi .gates cam; to ws.ch c.i 1 obl'erve n t
more thin tight dys. We flnu Uy qj
|th:ug couctming (cveral targe fr.gate.
which have been fiat out of our -i .rts
to which the Eng.tlh m-y attach little
importance, bat wl .. will ft;ike t’,;>
;3 blow ob those cor.it: they think hardl
i known to our seamen. They have beer.
|dreaming that tht't is no longer any
| wood in our forefts and arienals, that
1 there exists no longer a maritime popu
i lation on our coatt ; let them learn, how
ever, that there are no iefs than 30 men
of war on our flocks, all of which will
be ready for sea in 18 months.
“ Were all the fquadron9 which the
Emperor hat sent forth, to periffi, after
having laid watte the English commerce,
great fleets are preparing, and numerous
.young rr.cn are ready to man them ; It
j would be easier for the king of England
; to be crowned king of France, in Paris
I itfelf, thantodifinhe-.it the great nation
from the commerce of the world. It
jis not that we entertain the haughty idea
of preventing England from being a
great and powerful nation, but we \ ifn to
(hare with he- the cemmerce of Indie and
An.eriea; and vve will not fritter the
1 English to have ar.y poffissions in the
Mediterranean, Gibraltar txcepted.”
The million of M. Novcfiitzoff occu
, pies much of the attention of the Paris
1 Journal-ills,and anartidefrom Hamburgh,
, J in one of them, fay :, that a Coogrefs for
! a general peace is to be held at B ufTels :
I that Novofiltzoff arid the Prufii. n Mini-
| her are to mediate for Great Britain, anil
j ,hat the port of ORcad into be opened
Jto carry-on the Diplomatic Corrcfpoi.d-
I ence with England.
Jure I A*
According to fome communications
received yetterday from Lisbon, the A
| inerican minister has left Madrid, in con
: lequer.ee of the abrupt tcraiiration of the
j ncgociations which have been so long
! pending between iiis Catholic majtfty and
| the United States. Through the inter
| ference of France, hewever it is thought
! that all diflerences between those two
| powers will soon be efftXually adjulled.
1 The process now to be infli: uttd a
i gain ft Lord Melville will be as follows :
i A motion will be made in the commons
j for an addrifs to his majefly, praying
| “ that he will direst his attorney general
|to prosecute, criminally, Henry Lord
; Viscount Melville, fora mifdcmeanor, on
a charge which the commons will, as in
duty hound, prefer again 11 him.” This
motion, and the order thereon, will pa fa
as matters of course ; and in confequeßce,
the attorney general will direX to file an
information, ex offico. A tule of the
court ofi king’s bench will then be ftrvcd
upon the noble lord to fiicw caufc, which
may be urged the ensuing term ; and if
such rule be made absolute, the cause
will probably be tried by a Special Jury
■the next fitting.
By a passenger arrived at Portsmouth
in an American (hip from the cepe of
Good Hope, in eleven weeks, informa
tion is received that all the Dutch
troops were encamped without the
town, and barracks were fitting up for a
large French force, which was soon ex
pected there.
According to fome communications
received yesterday from Lisbon, the A
mcriean minister has left Madrid, in con
frq icnce of the abrupt termination of
tiie negociations which have been so
long pending between his catholic ma
jetty and the United States. Through
the interference of France however, it is
thought, that all differences between
those two powers will soon be effectually
adjusted.
The process now to he inflituted a
1 gainft Lord Melville will be as follows ;
A motion will be made in the commons
for an additfs to his majeffy, praying
“ that he will direA his attorney
“ ral to prosecute, criminally, Henry
“ Lord Viscount Melville, for a mifde
” meanour, or a charge which the Com
“ mons w.ll, as in duty bound, prefer
“ against him.” This motion, and the
order thereon, will pass as matters of
course ; and in confcquence the attor
ney general will be directed to file an in
| formation ex officio. A rule of the court
Jof king’s bencfi will then be served up
on the noble lord to show cause, which
0137 he argued the ensuing term .- and
it such rule be made ahfolute, the cause
1 will probably be tried by a special Jury
! the next fittings.
A Danish flop, the Holstein, arrived
j off Plymouth the day before yesterday, in
! four months from Madras, and landed a
1 paflenger with dispatches for the East
! India company. This Star, whaler, from
J St. Helena, arrived at Plymouth oh
j Wedneiday evening. The dispatches are
I fa.d to be of great importance. Lord
| Lake is reported to have pursued Holkar,
j alter the dispersion of his cavalry, to one
!of his farts, into which he threw himfelf
) with the remnant of his army, and it was
j expected would be forced to surrender.
j Our Id's is (luted to have been great, but
1 mat of Holkar to have been immer.fe.
Letters from Gibraltar reach down to
the 24’h ult. incluiive ; at which time
j the expedition under the command of ge*
i p.eral Craig remained there. It was flip-
Ip'led, that it was waiting to be joined
1 either by the transports from Ireland, un-
Jer the command of sir Eyre Coote, or
j for the orders of government. On the
| 2 2d, the Surinam r.-rrived at Gibraltar, in’
jleveudays from Plymouth, with difpat
[ches to be forwarded to Lord Mellon.
By a arrived at Portsmouth
in au American ship, from the Cape of
Good-Hope, in eleven weeks, inhu mation
I is received, that all the Dutch troops were
I encamped without tUe town, and barracks
were fi.ting up for a large French force,
which was toon expected there.
June 17
Another Mail from Hamburgh ‘arri
O •
veJ on Saturday atteraodD. A private
letter (ays, that the court of B*rlin hac
.101 yet form-ily acknowledged Bonapsr
*2 ■ of A>, •- • ’ ‘-r car.te:# c !
.nir.fct with a coo! acknow! dgemenjof
the r: -t :pt the letter, announcing Ja
poleor.’j aT rnption of that title.
A coniid.-rable degree of alarm waion
Sa'wrday excited atnongft the mere anile
interefl in the city, in consequence ofthe
receipt of intelligence that two Ar*ri
can drips, bound from New-Orleani to
Liverpool, had been captured by Spai'fh
privateers, and carried into the iflar.i of
Cuba. It is confidently reported, -hat
orders have been issued by the court of
Madrid, to capture all American vdfils
freighted with goods from British p -rts,
upon the principle that the merchandize
being iilued here, the Ids will fall uyon
this country. This unqurilionably is a
principl -as angular as any vrt hazarded
by the moll extravagant innovator of the
age-
a letter from Vienna, of the zSth nit.
fays that a considerable alarm prevails
there, in consequence of the determinati
on of the court to increase tilt military
peace ellablifiiment, and the State Paper
h.;s experienced a coiif: lerablc deprecia
tion iioni the alarm of war.
The statement of M. Novoz ’zcff hav
ing received passports to proceed -from
Petercburgh to Paris, or Bruifels, con
tinue to be repeated in ternls of the
moil confident and positive. Upon the
fubjtX of the dclufive overture which
has been made, we have derived the
following information from a quarter the
moll authentic and rcfpeXable Bona
parte’s fi; it prefitien to the Britifn go
vernment, we are allured, was made with
‘.he (ole view of frußracing it s endeavor*
so form a continental aliiar.ee against
Francs. The reference to the emperor
cf Ruifia disappointed fir a time his tx
peXation, though, by the delay, which
nectflarily occuneJ, lie so far iucceedcd
as to prevent ai.y cor.crrt of hoftiie pre
parations for the present year. He has
now renewed b;3 over'vre to the court of
Peterfburgh, through the medium of
those of Vienna and Berlin, and his ex
planation of the letter lately addrclTed
by him to the king cf G cat Britain has
at length been heard. His prof.(lions
are fpetious, but he Hill confines himfelf
to general terms. In the mec* time,
a ccnditi'jnal treaty between the courts @f
London and Peteilhurgh has been coiu
eluded, by which Russia binds herfelf to
take up arms againtt France in the event
only of Bonaparte’3 refitting to accept
of equitable terms of peace. Os the na
ture of this treaty he has been fully in
| form :d by the court of Berlin, but his
; replies have hitherto been avafive and
| unfatisfuXory. The representations of
the British government upon the fuljeX
! are of the moll dignified defeription, and
Rufiia has called upon Fiance, through
the medium of Prussia, for a final and
pacific declaration. Thus situated he
can no longer avade the question, and of
lus difpcfition, no poflitile doubt can be
entertained from the furious language
which has lately appeared in the A-oni
trur, and the explicit and unequivocal
declaration that nothing but the treaty
of Amiens will be accepted by France
Whether this demand will be cocfidered
jail or equitable by the court of Peters
burgh, aveiy (hurt time vvili determine.
We.iiope, notwithllanding the pflertion
of the enemy, it will nt. If it (hould,
all hopes of continental aid on cur part
will, of course, be disappointed ; and
our only allies, in that tale, will be our
own courage, cur parriotifin and unani
niity ; nor do we overrate their value,
by deeming Ihem, in the hour of danger,
luperior to any force however numerous
and difeipliuej, which might be allured
by ourfubfidies from the regions cf the
north.
We repeat that the Cgning cf ano
ther treaty of Amiens would be the feel
ing of the disgrace, if not the ultimate
deilruXion of Great Britain ; and no
Englishman, we are well persuaded, is
prepared to prottrate hi* country at the
feet of France.
A letter from Vienna repeats the state
ment that Bonaparte had fignified his
wifli to occupy Dolrr.aria and the Ve
netian territory during the war. it is
added, that he had oh;red to give the
Island of Sardinia to the king of Naples,
m exchange far his continental domi
nions. We do not pledge ourfelvcs for
the truth of this intelligence, but if it be
true, the emperor of Germany wdl have
no alternative but that of war, or abjetft
lubmiflion to the corfican Usurper.
A considerable degree of alarm was
on Saturday exciteh among the mercan
tile interest in this city, in copfcquence
of the receipt of intelligence that two
American (hips, bound from xew-Orlcans
to Liverpool, had been captured by Spa
niih privateers and carried into the Is
land of Cuba. It is confidently reported
that orders have been issued by the court
of Madrid, to capture ali American ves
sels freighted with goods from Britifti
ports, upon the principle that the mer
chandize being Tfifured here, the lefts
will fall upon this countrytl 7 tiis un
queftionabiy is a principle as Angular ac
any yet hazarded by the mod extravagant
innovator of the age.
a letter from Madrid, of the* 12th
May, fays, “ Mr. Tun.a, who pre
viously to 1 lie war, resided here as consul
general, is appointed L. tnh agent for the
exchange 01 prisoners ot war, and has
j been recognized ia that capacity by our
1 government.' ’
j a letter from V.cr.nr., of the 28th
ult. fays, that a couiidcrable alarm pre
-1 vails there, in coi.feqnence of the ceter
ininatioia of the court to iricre-ie the mi-
L.tAry citabliihxr-ut, and the liate
I paper Las experienced a c.;
Iprccutiou from the alarm of war.
| iio.aj.arCc ...a ;d at . fj Ult
25 tli*- !il• 1 * Uk.is ** ” * * -5 *
coronr.uo-3, Ci-.it'uuic to be g--.--.it
daily in that city.
June: 7 - _
We received this morning the Pai *
papers to the q:h, andDuich to the 12M.
Some of the former hint at a plot to have:
been executed at Milan, which as ulur.l is
attributed to the English government.—
It is thus mentioned in the Bulletin ds
L’ Europe
“ Pcrfoiis wih he very much aft ‘n.ih-d
in Iraly if they hear reported there tlie
absurd (lories which indolence or m;d--
vo'snee lave been or fome days circula
ting in Paris, upon 4 prctenCic,. coi.fpira
cy u’hicd v. is to bui'll lon h at f.ULu,
and wo fe oy. X would have been to
change into a day of mounting, a day oi
’the livtliell and pure 11 joy.
** If England h; 3 lent fome spies to
Milan, they ha/c pro<;u'-.-d as little effcX
in the cap ‘ >1 of riiat kingdom, as in the
capital of tiie Freuch empire. Discredi-f
ted, dishonored, t'a-y have not been able
to succeed m entering into a correfpond
tnce with any t.lais of citizens. i'he
moment of thrir arrival, the nature of
their ir.liruXions v/as known before hand;
their arreil was conduXed with as littlo
eclat as s hat of the vilett adventurers.”
The Paris papers to the i> h (late, that
the archrr, aforer fit ok for Milan the day
bcfoie, picc.dcd by the finance miualer.
“ The departure of thefi two grand func
tionaries affords us room to believe that
Paris wiil be much longer deprived of the
presence ofilo sovereign, than
fed. It is lirlieved tliat the affairs of Ge
non will keep his much longer in
Italy ; is is proved befijes, that he is ex
peXcd at the camp of Cailighone, where
he will remain a fortnight, and that he
is afterwards to rclide for fome time
Bologna.”
PORTSMOUTH, July 20.
Er trail sf a letter from Thomas E. OH*
ver, late mate of the American brig MU
nerva, to his friend in this place , dated
17 th sane, on board the Diana frigate?
then by the Isle of R fe, on a cruize*
li You will 02 ctftb&ed at my misfor*
tune when l tell you my filiation on
board th;3 vrffi! $ and the difttcfli.ig
means which placed me here. On the
zSth of May I was taken, and irnpreff 1
on board the Britilh frigate Diana, com
manded by Thomas James Melling £
who. has on board his vessel forty other
Americans, who have had the misfortune
to be placed here by the fame violent
means, which were made use of r©
constrain me ; besides the interruptiou
from our bufinefo, the painful detention
from our families and friends ; the want
almost every comfort of life, which w&
(hould, under the in oft favorable ch cum
ttatice3, in such s Stuation, neceffirily
ftiffer. The usage we here meet wi.h ia
particuliarly diitreffikig. V/eie we pri—
fonetß to the lialhaw of Tripoli, we could
hardly receive more savage treatment.
Four or five of my countrymen have
been taken to the gangway, and have
fuffered corporal ftoi/ki, cut ; two dozen
lalhes have been ii,Aided at a time ; Ict
us do what we may to excite kind treat
ment, wt are sure to be treated worfc
than doge; we are continually kicked
or stabbed. I have mys. If been (tab
bed three times with a cittiafs twice in
my left fide, and once in my fbouider ja
Should we arrive in any port, 1 will en
deavor to make my escape, let the ha
zard be what it may, for I would rather
prefer to die than to cxift in such a (fili
ation,”
N. B. Mr Oliver was proceeding t®
give a lift of the names of the Americans
imprtffed on board, and was prevented
after mentioning , IVilliam Lawrence, of
Salem, and John Barnes.
NEW-YORK, July 17.
CO MMERCIA LLY IMPORTANT
Regulations of the Intendant General
of the island of Cuba, (tranfiated for the
New-York Gazette.)
“ Seignior Don Rafael Roubaud , in—
tendant general of the Island, deter
mined, in a decree of the 28th June
that the regulations pointed out in the
manifeft or ordinance, of the 81 h Februa
ry, anterior for the general ad.nirrift.a-i
-----on of the revenues of the marine for the
commerce of Neutrals, receive the fol
lowing addition.
£>
The confuis or vice consuls of the
neutral ports from whence expeditious
are mad-; (and ia case of their bring no
con fills refideiit therein, the perfoni au
thorifed by the minister plenipotentiary
of his maj :ityJflnlL certify to th* ac
counts or invoices, with the expression of
the particular port of the island to which
they are directed ; with an individual
relation of the number, v.-eighe, meafurv,
quality and value of the kinds of cffefls
comp;.’heeded in the cargo ; under the
intelligence or knowledge that whatsoe
ver (hall be difeovered that was not in
cluded iu the invoice, will be confiscated
without any iudulgeace.”
tlavar.na, July 3, 1805.
Ccnfulate of the United States of America,
island of Cuba,
Havanna, June 11, 1805.
F- r the information of the merchants
and others in the United States, the uti
derfigqed coftfal thinks it his duty to
make known, tnat by an official act of
’he cdUt<un genera! and intend,• i-1 of ti. s
island ur.Lr date o; the 29th uh. a re
duction !-. tt.i duties on in.ports iu iu
reigu vcff;l3 took place of about 7 p.r
eeut.cn s.i duties in.ulc : fter t’.,e 26. h
a... -j; ’.a. .be a.tsilcfltits ni'i
on such i-apertj in thitiffcad are übout
2 v 1-2 ttr cc.it. ea the va.u. acre.