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Advices have been received at the Admiralty from Sir
John B. Warren of the French meditating adefeent upon
tiie coast of Cornwall.
Overtures have been made from the Court of Spain to
this country for a renewal of amity, with a view to the re
commencement of hoftiiities with France! The Sing of
Pruflia is collecting a large army, and will soon be lubfi
dized by England with the fame vie w.
Tlie last difpatcbes from Admiral Earl St. Vincent Rate,
■'that the Spaniards vvq-e laying up all their fliips at Cadiz
for the winter. Urn cirtumßance induced his Lordfl.ip to
return to the Tagus, having left a squadron to watch the
enemy.
Lord St. Vincent has difeovered that the Tagus is na
vigable for veflels of 300 tons at leaß 12 leagues higher
than it has ever been imagined by the Portugueie that even
a small boat could venture. It was the watering party of
the fleet that made this difeovery; they found, where the
natives thought the navigation impracticable, four fathoms
of water and good anchorage.
Accounts’ received yefforday from the coaß of France
contradict tbofe on the authority of which it was feme
fince Rated, that the fleet at Brest was dismantling;
on the contrary, it is now said great exertions are making
to fit cut a Rrong squadron for iea ; the general idea pre
vailing is, that during tlie winter months anew attempt
will be made againß Ireland, which country, in France, is
confide red in a Rate of actual rebellion*
November 15. ►lt is certain that the laR letters from
Li lb on declare in the moft decided terms that the Spanish
Court hive fig lifted to the PortugueL (government that it
would not fuffer French troops to march through Spain to •
attack Portugal. It is e r en intimate linlo ne letters that
the Court of Madrid was about to make a leparate peace
with this country.
Nautical Intelligence.
Very far from tlie Republic of France having given up
tlie idea of any future efforts by sea, we are enabled to
Rate from undoubted authority, that it lias 24 Riips of the
line at present- building, 9 cf them firß rates; and the ex
ertions ufld to complete them are unequalled in the history
of that or any other nation. Every person who can use
the ax or adze, and can be pro ured, though altogether
unacquainted with Riip building, is employed in the Inte
rior, under proper directors, in cutting out, boiling, and
lhaping the rimber, and the whole is conveyed to the dock
yards entirely ready for the various uses leqnired. As the
timlrer made life ofy however, is by no means properly
seasoned, t! e duration of their fliips muR be ftioit, and it
appears improbable that they can man them ; but that they
aie determined either to try their strength again on the
ccejn, or to attempt femb expedition of the greateß con
sequence, is ail and übi.
I’he Admiralty have received certain advice that the
Toulon fleet is arrive lat Breß. We have pot learnt the
irumber-of ships- t-,at Hale round and evaded the vigilance
of our fleets; but the rumor is that they are fi : ships of
the line.’ This mu ft be that part of their fleet therefore
which was left at Toulon when the expedition was made
to the Adriatic Sea ; and the filin'; of that squadron are not
included in the fleet tint his come round to Brtß. This
measure fi'-ms- to indicate a ferions design of anew arma
ment at Bo.R. Accordingly, if we rrfiy give credit to
rumor, the ships which had gone into the inner road have
come again into the outer, where they are now lying at
anchor, 17 foil in number.
In adli don to the above intelligence relative to the naval
preparations making by the French we Rate, from the beR
authority, tint the Spaniards have 33 or 34 fliips of the
line at Cadiz, equipped and ready for foa, betides 3 ships
of the line equally equipped lying in Algefiris Bay, near
Gibraltar, ani a pretty Rrong fleet fitted at Carthagena.
A bill is to be brought into the House for the protection
6f the Underwriters, to oblige a’l trading vessels to fail
•with convoy, anl not to leave it for the fake of gaining
tlie firß of a market. This is to he done by making it ioi
pofiiblc for them to break bulk after they arrive in the port
rs their dtftination until the convoy with which tliey failed
shall ?!{’<> arrive.
November 20. -Letters from Madrid, received by the
Lifbcn mail of Saturday, appear to confirm the statement,
that the Court of Spain refules to admit of tlie French
troops marching across that country to attack the frontier
of Portugal. 1 here are no longer any warlike preparations
making in the Spanish ports; the troops are moreover
withdrawing from the Portuguese frontier and the camp of
St. Roche, i lie Spanish Minißry has undergone a confi
derahle change, of which tlie Prince of Peace is no longer
a member. Ihe exchange of couriers between the two
Courts of Madrid and Lisbon, during tlie laR month, has
been more frequent than at any perioi during tne war.
Ail the accounts, both public and private, Rate, that
the utmoß harmony continues between the allied Courts
of Spain and Portugal*
Edinburgh, November 2. Yesterday the Magistrates
and Council ordered the freedom of the city to be prelented
to Lord Vifoount Djncan in a gold box, value iccguineas.
The Town Os Dundee has voted a piece of plate, value
100 guineas, to Admiral Lord Duncan, as a grand tefti
inony of t’ e sense they entertain of bis Lordibip’s highly
important services.
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B'j'STON, December 20.
TiIE sth battalion of tire Irish ‘Brigade, consisting of
between 80c ani 10to men, failed from Ireland for
FI diFix about the jR of November.
r I he BritJh outward bound Newfoundland and Quebec
fleets were ddperled in a gale of wind, October 19, in lat*
40. 16. lon. 32. 1 x.
jvlany of Jt - towns are following the example of Alex
andria in pu'oiiihmg accounts of fpoiiations by the belliger
ent powers. A letter from Caßine, in the Diftricl of
Maine, infirm >, that the losses of the merchants there have
been 30.000 dollars by the French, and 3000 by the
FnyTifn ; but ‘none of the latter fine* the treaty.
Njv.. York, December 26. Advices from Rome Rate
thtrt'. ‘ b:oi!trr of Buonaparte has Wen. 1* r- ithere with
uncommon rclpect and splendor. The fityen Apoßolic
uat.chambers were filled with guards and Noble fie to do
~ noi ‘ so .the RepaHm lathe of the French Ration. ’The
Papal Minified when he received hirn, had in his hand a
kxjk containing a ratification of the treaty of Tofentinq.
Ihe Pope received him with great good will; he is lodged
th< palace Salviati. His Flolincis has putiented him fix
fine horses, the Secretary of State two, and Prince Chigi
four. He, with his wife and RRer, are loaded with honors.
An article from Bade n 20tions that the Prince of Conde ’
had received the laR remittance which he is to receive from
England, amounting to 80,000 florins; his army lias pro
ceeded to Ruflia.
i he Dire (Rory of France have iflued an arret prohibiting
the wearing of any religious habits in the Belgic Depart
ments*
A Bourdeaux paper of October 24 mentions an epidemic
malady then prevailing among the cats in’ that city* An
officer of health had opened the body of one to find the
cause, and difeovered a knot of worms. We have not been
informed whether any person in this country hits invefti
• gated the cause of the malady among the cats. The extent
ol the pe Rile nee among them is a cunous phenomenon.
Norfolk , January 4. By accounts received we leam,
that the vefie.s mentioned in our paper of Thursday laR to
be alhore on Hog 1 11 and are, tlie Hunter ftitifh (loop of
w ar, three days from New \ oik, and a Danish ship, which
.it is said the Hoop was in chafe of. Seven ol [the Hunter’s
crew were drowned. Both vessels are effe&ually loR.
Letters received here from London mention it as a ctir
r ;nt report there, that the French had refufed to treat with
the American Gommiffioners, unless they would, as a pre
liminary, annul their treaty with that country; and that
the Gommiffioners, having no such powers, had in conits
quence been ordered to quit Paris.
Cbarlejlon , January 13. At 9 o'clock laR night a fire
broke out in the House ‘of Mr. England, in Union Rreet,
near the corner of Broad Rreet, which consumed that build
ing, his house in front of it, two adjoining buildings, and
several kitchens,. before it was got under. Fortunately for
the neighborhood there was Very otherwiie
much greater damage would have, been done. Owing to
the adlivity of tlie tire Maßerrapd the citizens who at
tended tiie engines the flames were prevented Staffing to
the houses on the eaR fide of Union' Rreet ; had they taken
a considerable part of the Bay multjiave been deft -’oyed.
January 15. Yeftcrday arrived the galiot Theresa,
Rpifon, Southampton, (England) 75 d^ys.
January 18. Yesterday arrived the brig Mercury,
Doane, Cape Nichola Mole, 12 days. _
Capt. Doane informs, that two British frigates, the Ma
gicitnne, and anotner whole nanie he did not learn, re
turned while he lay at the Mole from an expert tion to
Porto Rico, where they had cuWut ten fail of veflels,
chiefly American, the cargoes of which were landed. It
was their intention to land, but they met with so warm a
reception that they declined it. The Magicienne had, two
01 her top mails foot away, and her lower mails ren
dered uiiferviceahlet and fix of h^r-crew..were,.kdleji....
Qapt. Doane left the Mole under convoy of two armed
Englilh brigs bound for Norfolk.
In the case of tlie fliip Pallas, Capt. Hunter, of this
port, which was taken possession of by a French privateer
on the 18th of Ocßober laR, off Charleston bar, and after
wards cut out of the harbor of Monti Chrijlo by the British
frigate Thames, ft has been decided, at Gape Nichola
Mole, that the British captors are entitled to one half, and
the owners the other. - R
January 19. Capt. Allen, of the ship Flora, from
Turks- Iliand, brought in the Captain and ere of the fchoo
nor Alice of Richmond, (V.) Daniel Bale, Mailer, who
were caR away on a reef off'Turks liland on tlie 24th De
cember last, on their paifkge from Martinique to’ Turks
Island; the vessel entirely loR, but all hands laved.
Capt. Sprague, from Sc. Martin’s, informs, that the
French exerciie their fraternal adds of piracy on the Ame
ricans with increa 1 ‘pint; they fuller no vessel to escape,
even when bound to tiie pom of our allies, and rob and
plunder all without diferinrination*
The ship Eagle of New London, from an Engliffi port,
bound home, tad been carried into St. .Mai tin’sq velTel and
cargo condemned.
The lchooner Aurora, Appleton, of Boston, from’ Bos
ton, bound to Curacoa, was alio carried in, and after a
tedious and expensive trial was liberated, without any fa
tisfadlion for detention, damages, &c.
The sloop Alexander of Baltimore, from Barbados, put
into St. Martin’s, with a view of taking hra cargo of fait;
tiie velfel was taken poflefiion of immediately on entering
the joort, a guard put on board, and the Captain and his
wife turned on fliore, without allowing them any thing for
their support.
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SAVANNAH, January 26.
JOHN Glen and I’. P. Carnes, Efqrs. are elected
Judges of the Superior Court, in the room of William -
Stephens and Benjamin Taliaferro, Efqrs. resigned.
Maßßich. On Thursday the 18th instant, in
county, Mr. Moultrie Maxwell, son of William Maxwell,
Esq. to Miss Peggy Steve; a; daughter of John Stevens,
Esq. deceaßd. In Savannah, on Saturday laR, Mr.
Norman Msclcod, to Mrs. Elizabeth Pyper, widow of
Dr. John Pyper, late cf South Carolina.
MARI N E LIS T.
Entered Inward.
Sloop Maria, Smith, New York
Vermont, Cheney, * Charlcftcn
Schooner Clariffa,-Tlopkins, ___ Ditto
Sloop Betsey, Hoadley, Ditto
Mary, Tatten, W St. Croix
Schooner Conception, Burnell, Norfolk
Gincord, Darnell, Cape Nichola Mole
Cornelia,. Sammi% St. Thomas
Hope, Deverex, - New Providence
liuntrefs, Fitch, New York
Cleared Out.
Sloop Planvich Packet, Steinl’on, Flavana
Schooner Betsey, Affray, Charlefl.m
Cornelia, Aiiten, New York
Fame, Groves, Charleßon
Brig Europa, Newfigglng, “ - —, — Grenada
Delight, Greene, Suiinam
NOTICE.
T N ccnfequcncc cf a Writ cf Ele&ion from his Excel
lency the Gove’ nor, dirtaßed to tlic-Jttftki'*uni‘-tk. In
ferior Court of the County ci’Chatham, NOTICE is hereby ’
an e G.ion will Ik 1 , held, on Monday tlie sth
ot i ■ehtuary next, at the Goui thoufe, for a Representative
of this County in the General Afiembly, vice the I|on*
Janies Jackson, eleHed Governor.
JOSEPH CLAYv,
WILLIAM GIBBONS fen.
JAMES B. YOUNG.
Savannah , January 26, 1798*
TREATY OF DEFINITIVE PEACE,
Concluded between the and the Em
peror, King cf Hungary and Bohemia*
HIS Mujeßy the Emperor of tlie Romans, King of
Hungary and Bohemia, and the French Republic,
wishing to consolidate the pSace, the bales of which were
laid down by the prelimintries ffgned at the Castle of Eck
enwald, near Leoben, in Scyria, on the x3th of April,
1797, have named for their Plenipotentiaries, to wit:
His Majeßy the Emperor and King, the Marquis di
Gallo, Count de Cobenzel, Count de Merleidt, and Baron
de Degelraann; and the French Republic, Buonaparte,
Commander in chief of the French army in Italy; who,
after exchanging their full and reipe&ive powers, have a
greed to the following articles:
Article 1* There shall be for the future, and for ever,
a solid and-inviolable peace between his Majesty the Em
peror of tiie Romans, and King of Hurgiry and Bohemia,
his heirs and fuccelTors, and the French Republic. The
contracting parties Hall engage their utmost attention to
maintain between them and their poss ifions a jxirfect good
understanding, without permitting henceforth, on either
lirle; that any act of hoftiiity be committed, by land or
sea, through any cause, or under any pretext whatever,
and every thing shall be carefully avoided that might im
pair for the futu'-e the union happily eßabliflied between
them. No alfillance or protection shall be given, direftlv
or indirectly, to tliofe who might desire to do any preju
dice to either of the cent rafting parties*-
2. Immediately after the exc! range of the ‘.ratifications
of the present treaty the contracting parties shall cause all
the sequestrations which have been placed on the property,
rights, and revenues, of the individuals refuting m the rt
fpeftive territories’ which’ are united to then!, as well as of
tlie public eftarblilhments which are situated in tliofe terri
tories, to be taken off* They bind themselves to difeharge
all they may owe, which has been lent to them as funds
by the said individuals or public ellablilhmcnts, and to pay
or reimburse ail engagements entered into for their advant
age by each of them.
[The preient article is declared common to the Cifalpliu*
Republic.]
3. His Majeßy the Emperor, Klhg of Hungary and
Bohemia, relinqfiiiflies on bin own part, and on that of Ms
fuccelTors, in favor cf the French Republic, all- his lights
and titles on the ci clevant Belgic Provinces, known bv tlie
name of the Außrian Low Countries. The French Republic
-shall pofiels these countries forever, in foil sovereignty and
property, and. with all the territorial polleffions which de
pend on them.
4. All the mortgages entered into before the war ort
the lafld of the countries expressed in the preceding articles,
and the contrails of which shall be drawn up wich the usual
formalities, shall become the charge of the French-Repub
lic. The Plenipotentiaries of his Majesty the Emperor shall
furnifll an account of them, in as fpeecly a manner as pof
lible, to the Plenipotentiaries of the French'Republic, and
that before the exchange of the ratifications, thatj when
the exchange takes place, the Plenipotentiaries of both
powers may be enabled to agree with refpcil to all the ar*
tides explanatory of, and'additional to, the present article,
and lign them. _ri
„ 5. His, Majesty the-.Empcror, King cf Hungary and
Bohemia, contents that the French Republic shall possess
in full sovereignty the former Venetian Islands of the-Le
vant, to v it, Corfu, Cephalonia, Santa Maura,
Carigo, and other iflan Is depending on them, as well al
Eutrinto, I.arta, VonifTa, and in general all the former
Venetian establishments in Albania which are situated lower
than the Gulf of Lodrino.
6. The French Republic consults that his Majesty the
Emperor, King of Hungary and Bohemia, lhall possess in
fuff sovereignty and property the couni ries hereafter e-xprtf
fed, to wit, Iftria, Dalmatia, the former Venetian Islands
of the Adriatic, foe Mouths of the Cattoro, the city of
Venice, the canals and the countries comprehended be
tween the hereditary Rates of his Majesty the Emperor apd
King, tlie Adriatic Sea, aqd a line which shall be drawn
Mm the dounty of Tyrol lhall follow the torrent forward
to Gardola, rand cross- the lake of Garda as far as Lacifa }
from thence arimlitary line as far as Sangiacoirm, holding
out an equal advantage to both parties, which shall be
traced by engineers named on each fide previous to foe
exchange of the ratifications of the present treat)'. The
line to afeertain the limits shall cross the Adige at Sangia
come, follow the left bank of that river as far as the
mouth of the White Canal, comprehending that part of
Porto Legnago which is on the right bank of the Adige,
with a circle drawn cf 300 fathoms. The line ft,all be
carried on by the left bank of tire White Canal, the left
bank of the Tartaro, the left bark of the Canal called the
Polifella, until it difeharges itfeJf into the Po, and the left
bank of the Great Po, as far as the foa.
7. His Majesty the Emperor, King of Hungary and
Bolremia, relinqu.ifbes for ever, for himfelf and his fuccel
fors, in favor of the Cifal}kne*itepuhlic, all the lights and
titles arising out of tliofe rights which his said Majesty might
pretend to have on the countries which he pofleffed before
the war, and which how constitute a part of the Gifalpine
Republic, which (ball pffTefs them in full sovereignty and
property, with all the territorial pofleflions that depend 00
them. —V
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