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BREMEN, June 6.
A declaration from the oflicer for so.
reign affairs has been made known to all
the foreign ambafl'adors now a,t Paris, fig
nifying that although the French govern
lbr.nl have found it neceflary tobccupy the
elcttonteot flanover, and there to assume
the authority which was ei.crcifcd by the
''icing of Great Britain the French troops
have, however, ftrifl orders not to pass
beyond the limits of that electorate, and
to remain only on one fide of the Elbe;
June 29.
The yiee-prefidenr of the Italian repub
lie has Blued orders that goods and debts,
• the property of English merchants, arc to
he detained fora fund out of which goods
and debts, ♦ I\e property of Italian mer
chants, and detained by the English go
vernment, may be duly compensated.
The Fench troops have entered the
ppal territories, and a strong detachment
ib to proceed to the Neapolitan.
LONDON, June 13.
The king of Etruria is dead, and the
queen declared regent. It is probable
-.’"is kingdom will not fubfill long in its
piefent form, or under its new dynasty.
There is a report that a convention
b > been concluded between France and
Turk lib pVo vince of W gua
ranteed to the latter. The frequent alarm
excited on the Aullrlan frontiers by the
fVeha of Widdcn, See* is dated as the
pretext for this meafurc.
June 20.
A private letter from Paris , dated June
1 j, Jlutes as follows.
“Os 36 gun-boats fubferibed sos here,
four are already built, ten building, and
rv»o, maimed with Paiiiian sailors, have
defeended the Seine as far as St. Cloud,
for the infpeiition and approbation of the
bird Consul. Thefc boats are to carry
heavy metal, and are conltruftcd after the
model of the S vedifh gun-boats or gallics,
in ipe Gulph of Finland.
June 24.
Some private letters were yederday re
ceived, from the Hague and Brussels, the
contents of which aic of confideruble im
portance, An army of Reserve, to
which has been gitenrhe name of the Ar.
rn\ of England, is nofoimiug at Davcn
ter, under the command of general De.
folles; and the number of troops already
afl'emhied between that place and Flulh
ing, is eilimated at little ihort of 80,000
men. An encampment is immediately
to be formed upon the Downs, near Dun
kirk, and Several regiments are ftutioned
between Calais and Boulonge. More
troops arc under orders for the fame quar
ter, and there is very little doubt of the
whole being destined lor the immediate
attack of this country. According to a
letter from Boifle-Duc, forty battalions
were fhor'.ly expected to pass through that
place, to join the “Armies of England
and Hanover.”
June riy.
By a consular decree dated the 20th
ink, all merchandize, manufactures, or
produce coming directly or indirectly from
Great-Britain or its colonies, even in neu
tral alw i'«uUUiited aticr the a
f)Ove date, from entering the ports of the
republic. To tlv inllruraeni is subjoin
ed a declaration, that all communication
between England and France is at an end,
Julj 2.
A Sea Fenciblc dlabUlhment, upon a
very extenftve scale, for the protection of
the coalt of Great-Britain, is immediate
ly to be adopted. It is to comprise all
fi hermen, and other persons occupied in
the ports, mud upon the coalt, but who
are now, from the very nature of their
occupations, protected from the impress.
J u b' 4*
The great objcCd of Bonaparte’s tour to
the coast is to afeertain not only the state
of the military force and the naval equip,
inenrs, but the fentunems of the people
with refpeft to an in.vafion of this coun
try. It was his original intention to
have vifued only the Bdgic departments,
but as fooa as war was declared agatnll
England, he altered his plan, and deter
rained to visit Tv Flench, Dutch and
Flcmith ports lirlt. file fpecches ot pricks
prefects arc fall of threats a gain If
■iiigland. The inferiptions on triumphal
■niches and public bdildings in the towns
which Bonaparte palTes, invite
;m invasion of England. On the facade
of the gate of Amiens, which opeif into
the road to Calais, the following words
were inferibed, “ i he Road to England.”
One of the decorations of the htfufe pre
pared fer the reception of M*krae Bo- |
. naparle, at Aniens, < kms a small ftoo '
with a mail hearing the tii-colored
with this infeription-.-** A fair wind and
thirty‘fix hours.” The fub-prefed of
Abhevijle, in his fpcech to Bonaparte, \
reported in the Monitcur, tells him that
“itis at London that his aftonifliing ge- I
nius will proclaim peace to the uniyerfe*.” i
I* rom all wc have been able to cpiled,
vre are of opinion that Bonaparte will at
tempt an invasion of this country. His
rage againftjus approaches to insanity, and
what enterprise is too defperjte for.fuchi*;
map to attempt ? fa
Extra?, of a letter from an officer on hoanbr
one oj his Majeffl s flips under the
command of ad/mrai C ornwalltSy dated ‘
ojf Brrji , the I sth June,
“ I have the mortification to acquaint
you, that owing to the thick logs, which
have prevailed here, to as great a degree
as in the month of November, four ol the
enemy’s line of battle Chips from St. Do
mingo have got into the port of Brest, )
and one into Rochefort.”
f Guineas are lo scare in Dublin, that a
premium of five per cent, is offered, by
public advertisement, for any quantity.
The Arabian rebel, Abdul Wechab,
after taking and plundering Mecca, was
in full march for Medina.
It is fakl that General Andrecffi has
retired to his own ellate. He is in dis
grace v>ith the Chief Consul, for being
what he calls too favorable to the Englith.
cd States, in room of Mr. King, wc ay.
nounced iome time since, is now on Us
way from Baris, and is expeded in Lon
don this week.
The intelligence fiom Holland has an
nounced officially, that the Batavian re
public, as the ally of France, is obliged
to take part in the {prefent war. Need
we remark that Spain is the ally of
France, and bound by treaty to furnifh
Chips and men to that power in case of war
with any Hate whatever; and that as
soon as it (hall suit the convenience of the
Chief Consul, it will also be obliged to
declare its intention openly in the fame
manner as Holland has done.
MEW.YORK, Aug. 22.
By the Blip Atlantic, capt. Chew, we
have received London papers tp the sth
July, inclusive, from which the moil i:«
tcrefting articles are given in this day I’
paper. It appears tnat the Englilh aiV
apprehensive that Bonaparte will adutilly
make an attempt to invade their country,
and in consequence they are making defen
five preparations with the greatest activi
ty, all along the channel coast.
The military force of G. Britain the
beginning of July, comprized 63 batta
lions of the line, and 18 regiments of
cavalry, independent cf the troops in Ire
land. The militia of the empire amount
ed to 97,000 men, and 50,000 more
were to be added to the ranks in a few
weeks. Thcfe, with the volunteer and
supplementary forces, will constitute an
army of nearly 300,000 men--. 2 3,000
volunteers were actually embodied in
Scotland.
The number of French prisoners in
England, the last of June, exceeded 3,
000. —On the sth July it was more than
5000.
Infcriptlons on the triumphal arches
and public buildings In the towns through
which Bonaparte passes, invite an inva
sion of England ; on the gate leading from
Calais to the harbour is writ ted, ** Lhe
t oad to London,”-. -Bonaparte left Calais
for Dunkirk and Oft end on the 3d July,
to infpeft the harbours, &c.
By a letter from Leghorn, of 30th
May, it appears that the whole of the
British marchanfs resident in that city,
were made prisoners of war.
Communication —A gentleman just ar
rived from Cork, now in this city, in.
forms us, that previous to his departure
from thence, the military was called
out, and ordered to surround the city,
for the purpose of hemming in the inhabi- ,
tants, while the press gangs ruffied into
the streets, and kidknapped such of the i
people as they thought suitable for the
service; w hom they carried on board of
the ihips of war in the harbour; leaviug
their forlorn families in agonies of grief,
and dread of Itarvation. Similar out
rages had been carried on in the different
villages adjacent! Our readers may re
colled a recent account of the like neta.
rious pradice having obtained in Erg- (
land, where the inhabitants of a village I
in the vicinity of Plymouth, refilled the 1
outrage, by an attempt to refeue their
fellow villagers from the fangs of the
cut throat harpies of the government, and '
were fired upon by order of the captain
of the gang; by whichfeverailive?were
loft.
, t*H!L ADEL^I-1 A, Auguf .
The (hip Three Siftefs pafl'oi the (htp> .
i Active and Prudence, from Philadelphia
| near Qravefeiid, 2: It June. .
July 15* latitude 50, long. $6, be
; tween 11 and 12 o’clock, P. M. saw a
I comet bearing nearly due east, and aoout
four degrees above the horizon. In lize
it appeared about half as large as the,moon
at. full, and produced a brilliant light ;
the horizon being cloudy* IIS r, h n S WaS
obfeured from us. It was in view about
a (piarK-t of a ,} hour, and was then again
obfeured by clouds. From its direftiop,
supposed it to be the fame which appeared
in 1661 P.nd was expeded to appear again
in 1789. From the beginning of J uly to
the comet’s appearance, there was a con-
Itant fucceflion of thick and rainey wca
ther, with heavy winds, more like No
vember weather than mldfummer. On
the day fueceeding the comet’s appear
ance, an entire change took place with a
i clear atmofpherc and mild weather.
July 17, lat. 47, 38, long. 43, (poke
(hip Diana, ot Baltimore, bound to Cent.
July 20, lat. 43 23, long. 61, spoke
drip John Jones, Allen, from Wilming
ton, N. C, cut 10 days, bound to Li
verpool.
WASHINGTON CITY, Aug. 19.
.KENTUCKY ELECTIONS,
The elections for Representatives in
Congtefs have taken place in Kentucky.
John FowU» girdled without op-
John Boyle is also eleded without op.
portion.
In the fourth diftrid, four counties
give Mr. Sanford 1,609 v °tes; Mr,
Johnson 374, Mr. Henry 370, and Mr.
Daveifs 168.
Mr. Sanford is probably defied.
General Walton and Major Bcdinger
are probably defied by two other di
ftridls-
The Frankfort Palladium fays (t Our
republican friends at a distance may rest
afl’urcd, that Kentucky will fend to the
eighth Congrcfs an unanimous republican
representation
Thus it appears, notwithstanding all
the measures of violence or intrigue, pur
sued by the opponents of the present ad.
miniitration, to alienate the atfedlicns of
the Weftern people, they remain Bed fa ft
in the faith of their fathers, and bid fair
to leave it as their heft legacy to their
children. We have been told, from
high authorities, that Kentucky had
changed her politics. We doubted, and
demanded proofs. Our enemies were ii
lent. We now give them demonstration
that they have not changed , but that they
remain as firm republicans as they ever
were.
We believe these fentimeots in that re
gion of America will be immutable—
Why ? —Becaufe there a spirit, truly
American, prevails ; there, there are no
(hackles of prejudice for either France or
England; and there the leading imereft
is agriculture, which will long continue
to be predominant.
We learn that the convention between
thf United States and France ceding to
us Louisiana, was ratified on the part
of France by the firft consul on the zed of
May ; and that Mr, Jay is on his way to
tins country with the ratification,
Augufi 24.
On the r 2th inst. the United States* |
frigate, Conftitutipn, commodore Preble,
failed from Bolton for the Mediterranean,
In her went palfenger' Tobias Lear , Esq ,
consul general to the Barbary powers, to
reside at Algiers,
Exfrail of a letter from Liverpool, dat
ed July 2, to a refpeQahls commercial
house in this city,
“ Times look extremely dull, the prices
of articles quoted in cur price currents,
are merely nominal, for every thing is
extremely dull of sale. Public credit
has received a great thock, and money
has not been so scarce since 1793.
We learn from the firft authority, that
i a letter was yesterday received from our
j minister at Paris, mentioning that East
j Florida was to be included in the Louili
-1 ana ceflicn.
A private letter from Paris, fays, that
Bonaparte takes with him fix millions of
livres to Braffels, which fam, it is added
has been furnithed by the Spanish govern,
ment.
By a recent decree of the F rcnch go
vermnent, the service of the batteries
( along the northern frontier and the mari-
I timecoaft of France, and the French ifl
i ands in Europe,- is committed to 100 '
companies of artillerymen, under the ti
tle ofcannoniers guardes .de cotes.
The letter of lord Hawke (bury to Ba
ron Jacobi, announcing the blockade of
the Elbe, his produced a very ferio.is
ejTcd on the ftace of cur markets. |
1 * “
A Mr. Douglas has lately made four
machines, from the use of which the great,
elbimprovements are expedted to a rife to
the woollen manufactures of France. T he
fir it is a machine which 'Opens 70 lb. of 4
Spa min wool in the hour, by a force c.
qual to that of two men, wich a hoy to*
feed the machine with wool. The leccnd
is a machine for mixing wools « f dift'cr
ent colors. It mixes, and at the fame
time Opens 501 b. cf Spaniflv wool in
hour, with the application of the force of
only one man, and with a boy to supply
the wool. The third of these machines
enables a man and a boy to prepare a piece
of fuperhne cloth of the largell hieadth in
the space of one hour. It requires only
the force of one ordinary horic to work tt.
The fourth is a complete loom, wich a
fly (buttle, which may be wrought by a
finole pet Ton placed in the middle of it.
° WARREN TON, N . c. Aug, 29.
CONGRESS.
Reprefi.nia.han of the State complete*
Sixth diilritt, Nathaniel Macon.
Second do.W Alfton.
Firll do. Thomas Wynns.
Fourth do. William Black ledge.
Eighth do. Richard Stanford,
Eleventh do. James Holland.
Tenth do. Nathaniel Alexander.
Twelfth do. Joseph Winston,
Ninth do. Mannaduke Williams.
Third do. William Kennedy*
tiun no. jv>«. oc Gillefpie*
All Republicans,
Seventh dtftrict, Samuel L. Purviance*
the only Federal ji — ln this djlrtli tine
was a confide cable majority of the votes
dividedamengji three Republican candi
dates.
The late election for Members of Con
gress has elevated this date to its deserv
ed rank on the fide of Rcpublicanifm.—■
In (lead of four ftderalifis to fix republi
cans, (lie w ill, according to the official
returns, now received, have only one
federalifl to'elcved it publicans In the na
tional reprefentation*
We rejoice at this circumflancc, net
bccaufe we feel the pride of victory in a
contest of parties; but because we behold
the fair fabrick of our country’s freedom
more firmly guarded by a unicn of kr.«
tirnent in the national council.
CHARLESTON, Sc.pt, \
Captain Fuller of the brig Hound, from
Curracoa, informs us, that vvhilft ht lay
there the brigs Mary cf London, and
Caroline of Dubiin, were carried in by i
French privateer of four guns. The/
were part of a fleet of 17 fail from Trini
dad, homeward bound, nine of which
had been captured by the fame privateer.
September 3,
The committee of Health of New-
York, report 36 cases and 16 deaths, of
the prevailing fever, for the 48 hours
preceding 5 o’clock, on the evening of
the exit August. Four of the deaths at.
Believen.
Died, in London, William Blake, efq.-
of South-Carolina.
From the Salem Re? 'fier'.
Ruinous as were the confequenccs of the
difiention of the federal chiefs , to the
lederalifls, they have however abandoned
the stern old American, Adams, and ral
lied round the unfortunate Wcf-India
I Gentleman. Alexander Hamilton is now
the acknowledgedjhead of the, federal par
ty, aided by Morris, Ross, and orber
• fub-leadcrs. Os these, fomc among us,
though they have been complimented by
Hamilton as the wife ipfn of the ecji , are
yet fee rc fly despised Ky him for their sor
didness, narrow dnews and want of ta
lents, . But is it not a fatirc upon the un
derstandings of the whole phalanx of thefer
would he great men , to fuhmit so tamely
to Hamilton ? For although it be acknow
ledged that he has great talents, it is »1-
so well known that he is under the influ
ence of ungovernable passions; and to the
fublemence of his mind to his passions,
we owe the dcvelopement of many deep
laid plans. We with confidcnc refer to a
well known inflatice of petulant zeal, a
midst a number of cases, not so well
known, cf prominent figure, where the
ebullition of his paflions, betrayed, thank
heaven, the intcrefts of his party ; and
(hewed at once, that principles of revenge
predominated in his mind over principles
of magnanimity, and the true policy of*
his party ; and that his own schemes of
aggrandizement were too diflaut to he
felt, wh.en any thing immediately felfilh
’ was present. We refer to his angry and
impolite letter to John Adams, efq, ac
that time preSclent of the United Stares-
Had Hamilton been gratified by (he Pre
fident*with the title 01 Idea tenant-Gene*.
Yal in the arnv on the death of Wtdhing
tori, probably that important and highly
k»- w.
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