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BERLIN", January 9. THE King has named the Hereditary Prince of Orange, Lieutenant General of infantry. Prince Henry, tfie brotjier of his Majesty, has been placed in tlie regiment of body guard*. Brujfels, January 2s. Letters from Wefel assure us, that on the preffuig felicitations of the Englilh Ambaffa dorat the Court of Berlin, to know what part Pruflu will take in case a French army fltould oafs tlie line of neu trality, the King has answered, that if such an event fliould take place he Could not oppose it. The fatne letters add, that as soon as this aqfWer was known at Hanover the moft precious effe&s which were in Hanover were sent away. Raris, January 6. The Englilh fleet which left Lis bon the ift of November For Gibraltar, laden withprovifi onsand,every kind of warlike fares, convoyed by the fri gates Andromache and Alcmcne, arrived in the bay of Gibraltar, wliere it wai attacked by 13 Spaniih gun boats from Algefiras* Tfc Prince William transport, com manded by Capt. Smith, and the Tartarus of London, were taken, after a long and obflinatc battle, in which Capt. Smith loft bis life* ; Xhis accident Was owing to a sudden calm. The rest of the English fleet, confiding of more than ao yeflcls, got. fafi: into port. January t(u *f\x Executive Direftory received yes terday, officiallyi tlie. jpcWs of ’thfe dekth of Citizen Aubert Duboyet, their Atifoaflador to the Ottoman Porte. We are certainihat Gen. Berthifer has received orders to march’ against Rdftnfc, WWfce poifeffion ofit; we ex pe<ft to hear every moment thjit he has entered it# It is certain that many Roman Princes and Cardinals have already taken flight/ arid are (cektng an asylum in Nfrlra. It kppeaft decided that a Republican state, independent and separate from the Cifalpine Republic, will be organized fin the Ecclesiastical States; thus it Is that the Roman lit? public is tp spring up. The Ambassador of the Batavian Republic near the French Republic has received news of a very important event, which took place at the Hague on the 2ad January; fix Members of tlie Batavian Commiflion, and 22 other Keprefentatives, have been put in a state of arrest. The Affcmbiy has eonftituted itfelf a Legiflatrve Alterably, re presenting the Batavian People; a commiflion is charged to prepare a plan of provifionary government. London, December f2. Vefterday two elegant fiyords were brought to the Admiralty, for tlie infpeCVion of the I<oids Commissioners, inteiideti as a prelent from his Ma jesty to the Ruflian Admit als Mackaroff and HennikofF, for their lervices while commanding the Ruflian fleet in the North Seas in cooperation with Admiral Duncan. The fituatjon of the Dutch is at present dreadful; their property is plundered by coritintied exattions, and life on ly, without its comforts, is all that tlieir French deliverers 4ve left tliem. No fotiety 6r iritercourfe on a confidential footjng is kept up; they tire afraid to communicate their sentiments freely in company. Many of thole who were formerly averfie to the Stadtholder’s influence now regret the part they afted in assisting the French to get footing tn the country; and among t!he common people there exists so implacable an animosity against the French foldiei y that they are obliged to be cautions how they venture out on Xn evening to any diftanctf from their comrades; \vith every family of diftinftion in the capital towns not less than ten officers are quartered, who are to be found in board, wine, &c. ‘ . ; Lr- 1 December 22. A letter from Pcterfburgh of the 25 th ult. acquaints us with the arrival of the Prince of Grade in that city, and states that the Duke de Broglio, who has been appointed Field Marftial General in the Ruflian ser vice, is likeitife fhordy eitpcifted tliere. December 28. Letters from Brest of the 26th instant fay: “ The ci devant Venetian fquudron has just tailed for the purpose of relieving tlie Spaniih fleet now blocked up at Cadiz, and to accompany it to this port.” A morning paper fays: 4 ‘ The following is handed about as the plan which the enemy have adopted for the purpose of invading this country: Monge superintends its executi on, and is understood to'be the author of the tremendous expedient; 30 rafts are to be built; they are to be com posed of enormous quantities of timber, connefted in tlie strongest manner; they are to be nrovided with parapets of timber and hides, cannon proof, with artillery, and fur naces to heat redhot balls; they are to be navigated with fails, oars, and rudders; each is to bring over 10,000 tnen, making in the whole 300,000, with a due proportion, of field artillery; they arc to proceed from dif ferent fxirts of France, and to attempt a landing in different parts of this island; tlieir redhot balls are to serve to repel the attack of a fleet of fined’ battle (hips, while their own iinnierfion trill remitr theiri incombustible; their final! draft of water will enable them to approach the flatted coast; their enormous built covering a great number of waves will prevt ht their being much agitated by the motion of the sea; and, by means of’drawbridges affixed to them, •ath raft w ill difghrgc its myriad 011 the Englilh Ihore#” * January 1, ‘By;letter from Yarmouth, which we received this morrtmg,'imd wfach we now lay before our readers, it fhmdilTte.ni that the French Government is about to put in execution Mange's plan. 44 Yarmouth, December 31. “ An English Tailor left Brest on Christmas day, in a Danilh vessel that landed him at Orfbrdnefs fie reports tliat aftuniftimg preparations are going on at that port; 16 fail of men of warare‘victualling with extraordi nary difratch; 3or 400 gtin boats are fitted out; and au iinmenfe multitude ot hands are now employed upon the c<*iftoiCfion of one of tbolc inunenfe rafts projected by Moivg^; it is to be 700 yards by 550, and to be worked by machines, windmills, horse mills, £rc. a grand citadel to be built in the centre.; already was the ground floor laid ot tlie thickness of 6< r 7 balks; even the Englilh prisoners are at work; lie had himfelf been employed 5 or <> We# •:*; no feerrey is used, any one may infreA tlieir woi ks. He deferibes the refolittion and alacrity of the freoiU lbldkrs tobe* the htghrft futhnfiafin; W time I wtII not permit me to enlarge on this man’s story; accord ing to my reporter he is worthy of credit as an eyewitnefc ot these great dt/fign=.** January n. From Raftadt we learn that tlie King of ftulfia had communicated to the Northern Circle of the Empire an assurance which lie had received from the French that they would attempt no expedition against the northern part of Germany. The French Envoys had likewise re peated to the Deputies of several states of the Empire tliat thev would undertake no expedition against Hanover. The Countess of Litchiitanx is detained at Potsdam with all her- suite. Tiiey have found in the house oi tliis favorite to tlie amount of 800,000 florins in bank bills -nf Holland; 300,000 rixdollars in Englilh bills; 66,000 rix dollars in Dutdi money ; 30,000 rixdollars in jew eTs*; upon her person, the famous diamond of Frederick the Great, which lias been valued at 198,000 rixdollars; the port* feuille of the King.; the letters of Mr. Pitt, of Bengut, and of Bedeborolka ; 17 chests which belonged to her were ieized on the frontiers of saxony. . January 13. Tliere is to be a grand faft throughout Great Britain next month, to implore the Divine protedion and success on his Majesty’s arms. Mr. Pitt expeds to raise by his new and efficient system of taxes 8 or 9 millions sterling. u It is remarkable,” lays one of our joumalifts, “ that when Buonaparte fat down to table at the banquet of the Mufcum he caused the dilhes, plates, and glades, to be immediately changed.” January 15. Admiral Thompson and Sir Roger Cur tis have received directions to . hold tliemfelves in readinels to (ail at a moment’s warning, in cojifequence of informa tion received by Government of thedeligns of the enemy. January 19. -The book of fubferiptions opened at the Bank for the defence of tlie country received yesterday, for the firft offering, 1 0001. sterling, given by Admiral Colpoys; the offering of the King is looked for. Yesterday dispatches were received at the office of Lord Grenville from his Majesty’s Miniftef at Lilbon. The Ad miralty also received dispatches from Lord St. Vincent, date.t 29th Hpembtr; this Admiral'has ordered a cruise, to intercept convoy coming from South America. Letters received yesterday from Plymouth affine, that Lord St. Vincent had declared to the Court of Portugal, that in case of a refufal of provilionfhnd water for the Eng lilh fleet he would lay Lisbon in allies# It is confirmed that two of the fleets destined for the East Indies have been taken by the French. The three per cent, confols are this day at 47 1-4 a 7-8. ; Lord Bridport has arrived liere from Bath; he has had a long conference with Lofd Spencer, Sir Alan Gardner, and Sir Edward Nagh, on the means of defence to oppose to the hostile deffgns of the French. Lord Bridport will depart in a few days for Plymouth, to resume his cruise in the channel. - The Irresistible, of 74 guns, from Lilbon, entered Portf moutli harbor yesterday with a convoy of 15 veilels. She brings accounts of Admiral Jervis having left the Tagus with the whole of hi., fleet, (except the Ville de Paris, which remains at Lilbon) in hopes of meeting and fighting the Spaniih fleet, which it was laid had left Cadiz to cruise for a Targe convoy coining from South America, two vcffefs of which had already arrived at Cadiz, having elcaped tlie vigilance of the English. The Royal woik ftiops of Woolwich Warren are in the greatest activity ; never fjnee the commencement of the war were there so many workmen afl’embied; they are occupied constantly in calling canuon and mortal's, and putting the old ones in a state fit for service. Government has publiihed a proclamation, which forbids workmen and artists of all ranks to quit England# This mcafure appears to have been provoked by. an address of 7000 coachirtakers, in which they declare, that if tlie new taxes are levied they will be forced to expatriate thcmfelves, andfearch m other countries for eftablilhments. A Register is preparing at the Bank, for tlie opening a fubfci iption, to be applied in defence of the country against the invasion of the French# The King will i'ubfcribe 200,0001. sterling, (4,800,000 livres.) Every rich pro prietor is invited to follow his example. The Minister of war lias ordered all the officers on fur lough, belonging to the infantry and cavalry, whole regi unents are in Ireland, or the llles of Jersey and Guernsey, to rejoin their corps immediately; the fame order is given to all the yiilitia officers. ‘ The effective force of Great Britain and Ireland iscom pofixt of 347,450 men, not reckoning -M-7companies of artillery, 74 companies of invalids, and 90,000 piilitia of Ireland. Nevertheless it is but right to add, that more than 3->ths of this number are formed of tlie fupplqmentary militia of England and Scotland, and the regiments called Fencibles, which are a kind of troops liunewhat more re-, gular than militia, but not much better trained. A cordon of gun boats is Rationed round our coasts, and all our lea ports receive daily convoys of artillery and am munition. Orders are lent to Portihiouth to luve a squadron ready to fail on the firft lignal# A LETTER from Bourdeaux obferyevthat hpflilitv will not follow the departure of our Envoys from Paris unlels provoked by reprilals oil our par|; yet, lays the letter, this wutM will depend on the political tituation with neighboring nations. Anotlier article from that place fiujs, 4 JMJoney grows scarcer and l'turccr-—tl'.e Amcricaxs, whom large lums are due, strip us of moll of it!’ March 10. The fiiow Pallas, from hence to Jamaica, is carried into Porta Paix, cargo condemned, vessel cleared. Tlie (hip New Jftriey, from Canton to Philadelphia, is taken and lent to Porto Rico. March 12. Yesterday arrived here his Britannic Ma jesty’s packet Halifax, Capt. Rowe, in 44 days from Fal mouth. \j Verbal accounts by her state that Buonaparte had resign ed, and that the apprelienlions of tlie iuvaiion of England were iubliding. March 15. Letters from Amftcrdam lav that fome banking hollies of that city have received information from Peterlburgli, that a large fleet, well eqtript, and full of Rufli.tn troops, will soon be ready at Croiiftadt to l'ail for England, in order to aflift that power in tlie etn b;:rralling situation in which it is about to be placed. Tlie fame letters freak ot’ a triple alliance in the North, offen five and defwniive, between Sweden, Rullia, and Prussia. A gentleman palTtngtr in the packet, who left London on 16th January, infonns, that Mr. Pinckney had wrote bis friepds requesting thetff Ta procure lodgings for him ia London, as he intended to leave Paris (hortly. Oh! it is pemnl gjfcotuiJe who has fuccceded Buona. parte!! This confricuous hero now commands ‘ tlie Army of England!!!’ *’ ’ • Tlie proclamation of the CommilTary of the Direftory to the people of the Pa?de C|lais contains, among fome local ordinances, one passage, which is to be taken in its literal fenfc, and not as a rhetorical fioitrijhoi the Wri. ter; it seems nearly to fix the term when the invasion of England is to be attempted by the enemy: “ Before the firjl leaves jball appear on the trees the tricoloreid standard,” fays lie, tt flwll float on the territory of England; and in. achieving a general peace we lhall at the fame time contribute to the liappinefs of a people who deserve to be free!’ Two ladies in Holland have fubferibed 30,0001. each towards the eftablilhment of the Dutch marine. Philadelphia, March 8. Naval Appointments. *. For the Frigate United States. David Ross, Pennlylvania, rft lieutenant. John Mullowney, of dos 2d do. James Barron, of Virginia, 3d do. Charles Stewart of Pennsylvania, 4th do. William Macrae, of Virginia, tft- lieutenant of marines. George Gillafpie, of . New YoVkvffrrgfton. John Bull us, of Pennsylvania, ift fui'geon’s mate. For the Frigate Conjugation. Benjamin Lee, of Maffacliufetts, Ift lieutenant. Richard C. Beale, of do. 3d do. - Baac Hull, of do. 4th do. Lemuel Clark, of do. lieutenant of marines. William Read, of do. fuigeon. Charles Blake, of do. ift surgeon’s mate. For the Frigate Conjldlation. John Rogers, of Maryland, 2d lieutenant. William Cooper, of Virginia, 3d do. Philip Edwards, of Maryland, lieutenant of ma. rinis. George Balfour, of Virginia, surgeon. Isaac Henry, of Pennsylvania, surgeon’s mate. Baltimore, March 15. Yesterday arrived the fliip The resa, Capt. Boyle, 36 days from Bourdeaux. Capt. Boyle left Bourdeaux the qd of February, and brings Paris papers to the 20th January, and from Bour deaux to January 27th. He fays that two of the American Commiffioilers, MeffVs. Pinckney and Gerry, would leave Paris, one of whom would take passage in the Pomona of Alexandria; which would fail in two weeks. Mr. Marlhall was to remain until circumfhnces ordered otherwise. The decree refpecling neutral vessels with Britilh manufactures on board had been ratified a few days previous to Capt. Boyle’s failing. No military operation of importance had taken place, but the greatest exertions continued to be made for the invasion of England. Charlejlon , March 28. Passed by Gravefend, January 8, the Ihip Carolina, Inglis, from Giarlefton. March 29* ■ Yesterday arrived the Ihip America, Capt*. Baxter, 49 days from L’Orient, which (he left the 7th of February. T -~; ’ ‘■ ■ Mr. Booth and Capt. Hutchinson of this city came pas. fengers in tlie America, from L’Orient, having been taken tlie 28th of December, off Scilly, in the ihip South Carolina, Capt. Robertson, of and for tins port from London, by * French privateer called the Patriot, mounting 14 guns, carried into L’Orient, and the vessel and cargo tliere coa. deemed for tlie want of the rolle d'equipage, which thf pirates destroyed after they took her. There were 17 fail of American vessels prizes in the port of L’Orient, and 30 in Nantz, besides a number of other neutral vessels. Several attempts were made on Tuesday night to set fire to the city in different parts. The brig Paddy, O’DrifcoU, failed with the South Ca rolina ; they were parted in a gale of wind in the channel, and it was thought that the Paddy had put back into Eng land. The America has brought dispatches for the Federal Go vernment. March 30. Letters from Gen. Pinckney were received by the America, of the dates of 25th and 29th of January. In one of the 25th, to a gentleman in this city, he fays, that, 44 there is not the leaf! hope of an accommodation with this Government; we apply in vain to be heard; we lhall therefore very flioi'tly depart. We are ready to more in 48 hours, if ordered; if not, probably in a few days af terward?, if the fame indignant conduct is observed towards us.” A letter of the 29th holds the fame language, and adv’ries the Americans to be ware of eciiffaries, to attend w the guarding their coasts, and freaks of a war with France as an event very, very probable. BETWIXT Meins and Mackay’s wbaff and the Twelve Mile Stone on the Augusta road, last Tuesday, A Red Cornelian Seal set in Gold; device, a coat of arms; motto, “ Pro Patria Th* finder returning it to the Printers will receive Five Dollars reward. . : ~ 1 ” / • • - January ah, ■ N U 1 i C E. THAT, in pursuance of the a£l of the Legislature in such case made and provided, application will be made by us to the Judges of tlie Inferior Court for Chat ham county, after tlie expiration of nine months from thjfl date hereof, for permission tu fell and (T'Aivey a certain DweHinghoufe and I.ot of Ground, litukte in Franklin! ward, known as No. 15 in the plan of the city of SavauJ nah, part of the Estate of Thomas Garnett, deceased, f°4 the benefit of the heirs and creditors of laid Estate. 1 Dated January' l Rathel Pobteb, Admrx- 9 23, 1708. ) William Porter. • ■ r ft l AKEN UP at tlie liiolciiber’s plantation, j!cre*eJ JL count}', on the main roqd leading ft opi Savanna® to Augusta, abcut the 17th May last, A BAY about 8 or 9 years old, one hind white foot, blaze branded on tlie mounting lhouider 26, and on the naa® buttock IN, trots and canters, about 14. hands high. I Jug if 29, 1797. STEPHEN PEARCE, X X X x hxhhk.| SAVANNAH: Feinted ar N. JOHNSTON