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Vol. 1. Yy the Schooner Nymph , Capt. liill, arrived at Char left on, from New-Tork , in f days. NEW-YORK, Oftober 17 * Ey captain Conkling, of the ship lames, in 2 9 da y s from London > we y, a ve accounts from thence to the 13th ■ f September, (17 days later than our from which we have given fome of the moft important articles in this day’s advertiser. LETTER FROM Mr. KING. fj )e following-it frt> m the London Tele graphy of the 1 yh September : A letter, of which the following is a copy, containing commercial informa tion of much importance, was on Satur day transmitted by the American am bafiador, Mr. King, to the American consul, Mr, J ohnfon. “ 18, Baker-Street, Sept. 10. “ Dear Sir, “ I have just received a letter from Mr. Monroe, dated Paris, August 28, jn which he informs me, that in conse quence of the publication in the gazettes, of the letter from the minister of foreign affairs to M. Barthelemi, the ambalia uor at Balls, he had applied for informa tion, whether orders were iliued for the seizure of neutral veflels, and had been informed that no such order was iliued ; and further, that none such would be iliued, in case the Britilh government did not authorize the seizure of our veflels. “ Suppofmg that this information might be ufeful to thole concerned in cur commerce, I have not delayed com municating it to you, and with you to he so obliging as to let it be known to such of our countrymen concerned in commerce as you may meet with. I am, &c. ” RUFUS KING, jclhua J ohnfon, cfq. consul to the U. S. A.” Extract of a letter from J. M. Tznardi Consul of the United States at Cadiz , i 0 the Secretary of State, dated Aug. 25. ” consequence of orders from court, all the JEnglifh velfcls in this harocr have been embargoed ; the rud uers taken off and conveyed up to Pun tales, the inward port or the bay. Si milar orders have of courle been sent to ah the otuer sea port towns in Spain. ‘1 his unexpected event has greatly dam ped the spirits of the people ; all nas rceti coniulion. Not a tingle negocia tion has been made in this great com mercial city, and government notes, which on the 20th were at 11 per cent, kfs, have risen up to 18 pier cent, loss.” By a letter from London, dated Au gust 27, 1796,it appears that the Com missioners on the fubjeCt of spoliations on the commerce cf the United States, not agreeing in the choice of the fifth Pommifiioner, the fame was decided bv lot • when the name of John Trumbull, Pfq. of Connecticut, was drawn as the fifth Commissioner. Mr. Trumbull vtas in London, and accepted the ap pointment. On the 26th, all the Com missioners were sworn before the Lord Mayor. Seizure of Spanilh veflels. A gen tlemen who came paflenger in the James, fawat Deal, a London paper of the 17 th September, (but which he could not procure to bring with him) which fated tr.at an order has been iliued by govern ment, for leizing the Spanilh veflels in England ; and also convcrfed with a cultom-houfe officer, who mentioned that f l la d been actually engaged in the bu siness. A peace with the Emperor, so fre ♦juently spoken of, is again placed at a distance. The English papers speak of thc . Gazette account of an action, in ‘VntchGen. Jourdan, after fevcral pre- J ll ) Ui partial actions with Gen. Warten ‘;e -en, had been defeated by thecombin ri°^ eS ’ undcr the Archduke Charles r ‘d Gen. Wartenfteben, with the loss 7 rt y pieces of cannon, and seven ‘°u.and men. Os the previous aCtions r°Ren of we have the details, in which l en ‘ Jourdan was in general fuccefsful: t. .J!® 1 * he P a P er which contains the W 8 • Gazette account of his defeat. J give his own letter of the 24th Aug. bv; eVer * m - whicl b though he mentions fl ar r ? ceived this ebeck, he docs not Gppofedto this loss arc the J** 0 * ° Cn ’ Mcreau Hauffman, lair P j nCIn S an important victory ob j.’ ov f r the Austrians on the 23d, j. e r i Ve r Lech, in which they took pieces ofartillery and 2000 men pri fs, From the late renewed actions^ xr.i the accounts trom Vienna, it np pcars that the emperor is determined to defend himfelf to the last extremity. L tween Spain and England, war ap pears at length inevitable. The treaty offeniive and aefenfive between the form er and the Repbulic of France, the En glish papers state, as having at last ap peared, and been agreed to by the Coun cil of Five Hundred. The 18th arti cle imports, that it is particularly against the English the united forces of the con trading parties are to ad. This un doubtedly amounts to a declaration of war ; and appears to have been so con fidcred by the Lnglilh. Ihe Spanilh minister had obtained his Pafloort for quitting England. ‘1 he Invasion of Portugal being a greed to in the French councils/ the torces and their commanders to act u gainft them announced, opens anew field for the dettrudive ravages of war. r l his is wc presume, only one of thc ob jects contemplated in the new alliance, and for which the Spaniards have preten tended juftificatory reaions traced to ancient and musty records,no doubt care fully preserved for fome fit occalion of aggreflion. The invasion of England appears to be looked to both in France and Eng land ; preparations making in both for the attack and defence. Throughout the latter, particularly on the sea coast, every exertion is made. The caille and works at Driver are undergoing great additions and repairs; and in the coun ty of Eflex alone a body of eleven thous and men is stationed. Large drafts from the regular forces are made, to be cm barked for Ireland j and thc internal preparations in that kingdom are no less vigilant. The fort refs of London derry, in the north, is alone to be mount ed with 100 pieces of cannon—other places in proportion. A ncgociation for peace, amidst these hostile preparations, is Hated to be de termined on the part of England, with thc intention of dispatching Air. Jack foil to Paris at the minister tor that purpose, with inftruttions for, among other matters, acknowledging the French republic. This resolution is mentioned to have taken place on the account re ceived of the check experienced by gen eral Jourdan, and orher circumllances, which appeared to afford a favorable opportunity for the purpose. Should this have been attually the case, the new obie&s contemplated by France, we fltould suppose, would at that time have created cbdaeles to pacific overtures. A licet from Brcft harbour it was as certained had got out, and it was sup posed to join a Spanilh fleet. Admiral Gardner’s squadron then cruising off ] ranee was in consequence to be rein forced by fevcral ftiips from England. Richery's squadron it was imagined had gone to the Weft-Indies ; an u it is not improbable is the one which is re ported to have appeared off Halifax. The Ruffian fleet was adually leaving England. r I he cause of their departure is nor stated and does not appear to ex cite furprize. The Britifli parliament was not to meet till the 27th September. PARIS, Sept. 6. General Scherer, has been appointed to the command of the army which is to enter Portugal, and to reunite the Eng lish kingdom with the Spanilh territo ry. ‘J his army is to consist of 25,000 men, and has already received its orders of departure. Thus Spain is about to resume her ancient limits. The queen of Portugal will partake ol the late of the pretender, or, it lhe is wife, accept ol a handsome pension, and a lodging in the Efcurtal. LONDON, Septembers. We received this morning from our regular correspondent at Portsmouth the following letter : Portsmouth , September 7. “ Arrived last evening, the Aurora, of New-York, from Dieppe* Bv this vcflel we learn, that the French paper,, which arrived on the 3d intf. at Diep pe, contained an account of the demands made by the French,as the conditions of peace, viz. the ceflion of Gibraltar and Jamaica to the Spaniards, and feverai fail of the line to them, and to reduce the Navy and army immediately to thc peace eftablilhment.” A report was in circulation at Ply mouth the day before yesterday, that ‘the Spanilh and French fleets, to the number of 34 fail of the line, were in the Bay, and that Mr. J. B. Warren’s squadron has chafed a frigate in fight of the said fleet. Two of the morning papers diferedit the intelligence in yelterday’s Courier, refpefting the application of thc Span- Columbian iHttfeum, &c. Bh . ambassador for a pallport. We again aftert that such an application has actually been made, and that an embar go has been ordered to be laid upon Span ilh (hips in our ports. S,pt ember 12. Letters of intelligence were read on Saturday, at the office of the secretary ot the admiralty, Whitehall, from vice admiral Macbride, then on the coast of Holland: from whence he is expected to come to Yarmouth roads very Ihortly with part of the squadron. A letter has been received in town from Admiral Gardner’s fleet, of so late a date as the ill init. dated from on board the Royal Cieorge, at sea, b> which we learn that accounts had been received of a French convoy having es caped irom Brelt, bound to the Y\ est- Indies : the force which goes with this joined to the iuppofed fleet of Richery, and a third squadron from I, ’Orient, is ellimated at 21 fail of the line ; admiral Gardner s fleet on the ill was 11 fail of thc line, four frigates and a lire ship, expecting reinforcements. A cut ter had brought dispatches, and it was imagined that the admiral had orders to go in pursuit of tie enemy. The letter writer, however, does not pretend to speak with confidence cither as to the strength of the enemy, or of thc exact deflination or the Britilh fleet. A report prevailed on Saturday, that fome French flaps of war from (/Ori ent and Brelt, had put to sea, and found means to join citizen Richery s fleet, u long blockaded at Cadiz, which nov* make a very formidable armament. I.’Eclair ol August 20 contains vari ous official accounts. Moreau, on 26'. Thermidor, August 12, at Amiens, writes, that he repulled the enemy at Nereiheim, August 8 ; that on the loti, he attacked and repulied the advanced guaro, beat them and took 450 priton ers; a terrible tempest prevented fol lowing them up : that on the 11 th prince Charles, having received ail his rein forcements from Galiicia and interior of Austria, attacked the whole line : the I tench right flankers were repulled, and the enemy came quite to Heydcnheim, where the gen. officers were who had returned iiom Kenilbron, so that the enemy were 4 leagues in his rear, but it did not (iifconcert his arm/. His ad vanced guard was alio repulsed, but the reserve coming up re-eftabiilhed them. 1 he greatest effort of the prince was on tne rignt, but St. Cp’r defended it with bravery, ihe right ol the left wing was aiio attacked, but Defaix rcpuilcd it, and took 200 prisoners. The reserve cavalry prevented their prelfing between the tw'o wings of thc French army. The two armies, after 17 hours obstinate battle, relied on their arms (bivouaguej upon the field ol battle, and that day break the enemy effected a retreat. Moreau would have attacked again on the 13th, but the enemy had retired be hind Nemitz, and are about puffing the Danube, tiicy are already it Norlingen : the army will follow. The Austrians count their loss at 7000 killed and ta ken. IIIILA DELPHI A, October 12. Upon counting the votes lafteveing, tncre appeared a majority for John Swamvick, as member of Congress. NEW- Y OK, October 1 1 Extract oj a letter from a commercial house vi London to their correspondent in this City , dated izih Augifl. “ Ihe I rench Directory has issued an order to capture all neutral veflels bound to or irom this country, which has rai led the premium of American property out Irom hence from 2} guineas, to 4 guineas per cent. They are so intoxi cated with success, that they confider the property ot the whole world as their prey ; and though this measure is probably levelled at the neutral pow erv in thc .Mediterranean, it may ex tend to American vellels, and ’till this is understood, theie will be confiaera ble alaun,” irom ihefame, on the 10th A'l^njl. “ Mr. Ai unroe, has p rote fled against the order lor thc capture ot neutral ves sels, and has received an unfalisfa&ory answer ; and thc order, it is understood, will be eniorced.” Ext ratios a letter from a Mcrthant in Halifax, to bis friend m this city. An express has just arrived from St. John's (Newfoundland) which fays, that dee fail ol the line and four frigates have arrived at Bull’s Bay, next one to St. I John s, and have deft t oyed and burnt 7 that let dement. God knows where they are bound next—l hope not for us. T he Britilh ministry have given or ders lor the equipment of every ship in the navy, that is fit for service. ‘Phi order is doubtless in consequence of the present alarming crilis generally ; but elpecially in consequence of thc orders cl the French lor the seizure of neutral veflels. As the French proceed in their ca reer oi uiccels, John Bull’s alarms arc excited, and thc old story of a French invasion is revived. October 15. Last Evening, the ship Diana, Capt. Rofleter, 40 days Irom Bourdeaux ar rived at this port. Capt. R. informs, that 70,000 nvert were embodied at Brelt, supposed to go against Portugal; that a French frigate had been driven on (hor#, on the coast of France, by a Britilh squadron ; that no naval action had taken place ; that no declaration of a Spanilh war had trans pired. It js reported by afehooner from Gree nock, tflat lhe spoke a ihip that ef elcaped from Newfoundland, bound to London, who informed that the French had taken the torts at i\e.vt jundland by Bonn, anti put the F.ughlh to uic iword, and had got jioliciliun ol ail the Engliih in the harbour. SAVANNA! I, October 25. Married in Chaiiefton, last Tuefdav, J Y b- I*. Ga'iaher, minister of thc Catholic Church, Mr. Job i Lap fie Coupy, merchant 01 this City, to Mils Marguerite, lately from France. A letter Irom an eminent mercantile K Ule m Bqfton, dated OHober 2, 10 a gentleman in Philadelphia fays — u Wc I ha ve just learned that the squadron un >r the command of Richery, b:n lan ded a body of troop -and destroyed the English town of St. John’s, in’ New foundland. From the S u N, a London Paper. On Sunday morning a duel wag fought in Hyde Park/ between Mr VCilliam Carpenter and Mr. John Pride both Americans. The meeting took place in consequence of the alfoirs of America becoming thc fubjett of con versation, at the Virginia coffee-houfe on f riday last. Mr. Carpenter gave it as his opinion, that Mr. Giles, i mem ber of thc Congrels of the Looted States w r as not so able a man as many luppjjled him to be, and tiiat he did not confider him as politically honest. At this o’b fervation Mr. Pride took fire and gave Mr. Carpenter the lie—A challenge emued, the parties met on Sunday morn ing at half palt five, in Hyde Park, i he Seconds used every means in their power to bring the affair to an amicable adjuftrnent, but in vain. The diitance being mealurecl, they fired exactly at the lame instant, when Mr. Carpenter re ceived his antage.fill's ball in the fide, which penetrated nearly through hisjboi dy; it was immedi atelyextraUeu, he breathed his last ye f* terday at twelve o’clock, at Richard son’s Covent Garden. No animolity whatever had previously subsisted between them. Mr Carpenter was about twenty-one years old and was brought up tn Essex Country, i n the State ol Virginia his father was a Gen tleman ol Dcvonlhire, in England. Mr. Pride is a rativC of Amelia Country ini Virginia, twenty-five years of age. ’ Measures have been taken a t the pub lic offices to apprehend the other princi pal and his leeond, but hitherto with* out effecT. The Coroner’s Inquest were to fit on the body this day . Marine Kegttfer. entered inward. Oftober 19, to 25. Days schooner Putty, Fume, reported for Charlefton* Petit Guavc. 21 savannah Packet, Keen, Charlcfton, i- Fortitude, stubbi, repolted for Charlefton> Acquin, 3a 1 Hitty, Mason, Philadelphia, 4- Brig Boston Packet, Prentis, Demarara, 25’ Mary, Coffin, Boston, g. Amazon, Rhoes, New-York, 4. CLEARED OUT. Brig Bellona, Crooker, New-York Schooner Industry, Ross, Charleston. Fair Play, Quigin, Wilmington, N. C. sloop Rebecca, Muntoe, sunbury. Bachelor Packet, Bemifs, st. Mary. Harriot, Taylor, Jo Betsy, Morrison, Well-Indies. Iff I TAKE the liberty of mentioning tony FA’ on) Citizens, that lama Candidate as one of the Electors to vote in this State, for Prelidcnt Ant,’ Vice-Prelident oj the United States— i • Glascock. October j, 1796. c ?3t .* THE creditors of thc late JAMES GREtNHOW, rre requrfted to at tne Merchants and Planters Coffer’ Hoide, on Thudday the 2 7 tij inilant. 281