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4V .he Lords of the Admiralty -have made Lieut. Price a
v (icsDtain, and Lieut. Bourne a Matter and Commander,
f r tlieir verv gallant defence of the island of St. Marcou.
c uc , braverv well deserves a due reward.
u Lieut. Butterfield, who commanded the Mars after the
of Cijit. Hood, in the artion with I’Hcrcule, is pro
ju-tt(! by their Lord [hips to tire rank of Matter and Com-
Cr ’ PROCLAMATION.
Peterjburg, May 5, 1798*
BE it hereby. known to whom it may concern, to all
Europe, and the whole world, that his Imperial Ruffian
Ha jetty Paul 1. has ordered Ue following Proclamation
be i'flued by me, Prince A’exandcr Bciborcdko, Firtt Mi
nitter and Chancellor of his Imperial Majesty. %
In consequence of the notification of the .Executive Di
rertory of the French Republic of the 23d cl Nivofe, in
the 6th year, importing, “ that if any Jhip befnffered
\tipafs through the Sound with Engltjh commodities, of
•••.thatever nation it may be, it Jhall be conjidered as a
formal declaration of war against the French nation, ”
Bus Imperial Majesty Paul I. has been gracioffily pleased to
Lrdcr 2 a (hips of the line and 250 gailies, under the com
mand of Admiral Kruse and M. de Litta, Knight of Malta,
to proceed to the Sound, to prated trade in general against
the manifeft oppression of the Diredory, as. iuch a proceeds
ing is evidently contrary to the rights of all nations* His
Ruffian Majesty gives his Imperial word to proted the free
fom of trade with all his power, both by La and land,
phich lie hereby requires the Diplomatic Corps to make
mown and proclaim.
June 5. The Hamburgh mail due on Sunday arrived
his morning. It brings a rumor that the King of Pruiiia
dll not accede to the demands of the French} that
irench refiling at Vienna have been ordered .0 quit that
apical; and that a pai t of the French army has been order
d to march from'the coast towards the Rhine, to liaften by
heii preftnee the negotiations at Rattaat, the invaiion of
tngiand having been abandoned for the prd’ent. The
i ;:ek provinces are stated. to be in a iUte of inlurredion,
no the Turkifti troops to have been defeated in two battle?
y the rebel Bailiaw.
It is stated in 10-rie of the morning papers, but Sve know
ot on what authority, that the i'oulon fleet putted the
t.eights of Gibraltar on ti.e 26th ,uit. Gen. Buonaparte
on hoard the fleet.
Private advices received by the Dublin mefienger state,
lat on Saturday another engagement took place between
is Majesty’s forces and the rebels, in which near 509 of
latter w’ere killed.
When the letters Jefc Dublin on Saturday evening a
efh engagement was expertel toenfue next day, (Sunday.)
June 6. It is now confirmed that the insurgents in
Fexford have gained fome advantage over the troops sent
j.tintt them; ana that a corps under the command of Gen.
awcet, after being defeated, had retreated to the fort of
tincannon. A powerful body of troops is marching u
untt the rebeL in that quarter, and we hope tney will
011 be reduced. They ate i'tii to ‘de in very great force.
In tae North the inhabitants dilcover a warm spirit of
i/afty; and in tine neighborhood of Cork, Limerick, &c.
Jery thing is quiet,
I The number of insurgents killed in Garlqw and the vici
t} is confideruble. Ihe return from peri’ons in office in
iat town states that 630 have fallen, exciuiive of thole that
ive been kdied in various parts of the country. The
hole number we are informed is not less than 2000.
j ane 7. “An exprel's was yesterday received at the Duke
’ fork’s office, brought by a servant of Col. Campbell of
ie guards, who was taken p; doner at Oftend. The ex
tols stated that the above ollicer had died of his wounds;
at Gem Coote was rapidly mending; and that our captive
pops were well treated by the enemy.
I e announced yesterday the arrival of Gapt. Brown, of
b Majesty’s lhip the Defiance, at the Admiralty, with
rtt q-'-’es from Earl St. Vincent. He came passenger in
r George .picket, Capt. Bell, to Falmouth, and
J let off lor London in a poll chaise and four*
jWbfi! Gapt. Brown left the fleet about 14 days ago Earl
■* )’ mcent was off Cadiz with 18 fail of the line; Admiral
with 2-iail of the line, was on a crui-e* and 4
■icr flaps ol the line were gone up the Straits. The only
H't °1 c ' lle fleet at Liibon were the-Blanch and Andromache
t:ie Ltter was to tail for Oporto as convoy to the
■ct bound for that place, which was to be ready by the
C? , J unc * Ihe whole fleet were in excellent order and
■Ki (pints.
aTAuluin, May 29. I-ord Edward Fitzgerald, and 40
garrs confined foFffiigh treason, had -notice Jerved upon
km on Saturday to prepare for trial on the nth of next
Bint h.
■ ‘Fne Judges spoken of to preside at the Commission for
lru ‘ arc ’J? a an r °n George, the Hon. Robert Day, and
. Solicitor General.
■ Lord Edward Fitzgerald lies dangerously ill in the new
cn, ndomuch that lurgeons deem it not fafe to attempt
the ball and ilugs which are in his arm. He signed
on Saturday Matt. ‘ b
June 2. Yesterday evening 30 priffiners who were taken
* c neignooihood ol Ncrragh were brought in here by
“ v, , k cavalr y? and from lienee sent to the guard lhip.
10!1 2 t ‘ lem we a few of refpertabfo appearance,
i v ’-'- jm ' vc tmderftand was au eftablilhed clergyman,
‘Vivopnefts. ’
r x:r j3s from different private letters *
1 1 ‘ ot-.-ng material has liappcned iince I wrote
; Lvcr .V hour new prisoners are • T and many
L tiy L j" nailr -‘ T j Ol P s ar,J no ’ ,v m custody; 2 more were
[7 i :i> ’ and 3 are to be executed to mo. row; lam
Lk. r d p oine m y acquaintance ure among the
I L I Qiall not die with grief*
liv *’ °’ c Gc * i m t l le momine. This citv is per
y'\ Ihe ccunrry will fhordy be l'o. In many
5',.., are d ai >erlcd . Only the counties of Wex-
I ICklo *’ vcr y mountainous, are yet in
’ - S rcat * orc e is gone against them. ‘Credit
? tl bills ar e venr Well paid.
b “ ,iac^ ll(!re Hill, iK-ar Bleilington, the le
i Crawford, of Lilburn, from the
. G ‘ = on H-aday, diicovered 6 pieces of cannon,
Hg ‘ Vis VJ flogged tor guupowder. Cork
is quiet. The O.artgdmcn in the North have altered rd,cdd
men. Mr. La Touciie’s superb >man{ion in the county of
. Kildare, Mr. Cranmer’s house, and several otliers,” liave
been completely gutted. The insurgents have cut off the
head of Mr. Spence, the Duke of JLeinfter’s Agent, and
nailed his body to his own gate* Dr. Efmond is Hill aiive,
but it is exported that he will be executed.
Extrail of a an officer in Carlos, dated
ThurfdayrLfl.
u A-GotirtMaitial has been fitting here theffi two days;
numbers have been hanged and (hot, among whom are
many yeomen; Sir Edward Crolbie is laid to be deeply im
plicated; he is now in custody, but not yet tried.’’
Lieut. Giinch, of the Rathcoole yeomanry, was yester
day clearly Convirted of a conspiracy wit! w the rebels to cle
fti’oy the corps w.iich he commanded, and surrender the
town of Rathcoole to the rebels.
From Carlow we learn that Sir Edward Crolbie, Bart,
having been acculed, tried, and convirted of an intimate
and criminal connexion with the rebel army, has iulTeretl
the punifliment of death under martial law.
Every day brings to our knowledge new arts of atrocity
committed by the rebels. In the county of Wexford, a
mong many instances of maltacre, the following excites
particular detestation and horror: The Rev. Mr. Hayden,
a Erotcftant clergyman, much esteemed, having had ibire
of his neighbors to fpcr.d the evening with him) a Miss
Gliftord, reliding in his house, whole beauty and virtues
made her the admiration of the country, was requested
to ling “ Croppie’s lie down;” Ihe did so, little thinking
that her compliance would have been the cause of Ivr death.
I'iie next ntorning the houle was attacked by a party of
insurgents, and the whole family mafiaered with circum
stances of the raoft horrible cruelty. Fhe servant who at
tended the family at fnpper the preceding night (batched a
pike from one of his brother demons and plunged it into the
beautiful bosom of Miss Glitford, exclaiming at the fame
time, “ There, you d-*—d w—, that for your Croppy fie
down I” Four infants were not 1 pared, but tolled in heUifli
sport on the points of the pikes!
NASSAU , ("New Providence) July 17.
YESTERDAY arrived liere, fcliooner Corporal Trim,
Brodie, under American colors, from New Orleans
for Havana, with naval stores, captured by the William
and Mary; and a Spar.iffi brig, alio from New Orleans for
Havana*, laden with lumbef, &c. captured by the George
and Ophelia.
July 19. The brig Sarah, Norvalh from Savannah fer
this port, with lumber, &c. is loft on Egg Iflani Reef.
July 20. On Weunefday afternoon the brig Polly,
M‘Bride, from London, arrived here. She leu Porumouth
on the Bth of iaftmonth with the East India and Weft India
- fleets. -
July 24. The trials of the five persons apprehended at
Margate for high treason, held at Muiditone in Kent under
a fpccial commission, doled, on the 21st cf May.
I’he jury, after a conlideration of 40 minutes, gave in
their verdirt, finding James O’Goigley guilty; and Arthur
O’Connor, Joint Binns, John Allen, and-Jeremiah Leary,
not guilty.
July 27. An American schooner, she Olive, Alcott,
of Brookhaven, from New York for Havana, was taken
on the 27th lilt, by the Pblin, Ivin, a French privateer
from St. Augustine. A few days after the Olive was re
taken by the Britilh armed Hoop Seaflower, McLeod, and
carried into Wilmington. A salvage of one eighth was al
lowed to the recaptors, and on the Btlf inst. t!-e Oii\e again
proceeded for Havana. On. the •3d inst. fne was loft on
Abaco* The people, arid part of the cargo, confuting of
dry goods, were Caved*
Yesterday put in here in want of prot *Cions and water,
the American brig Betsey, Gillies, of Norfolk, from Africa
for Savannah, with a cargo of llaves.
August 3* On Tuefiay the brig New Adventure, Sheer
man, of Boston, from Goree for Flavana, with a cargo est
Haves, arrived here, being font in by the Balakoo privateer.
The brig Nancy, Swyer, arrived on WednelUay from
London. She left Seithyad-with the Weft India convoy on
the 13th of June, and parted from it at Madeira on the yd
of last month.
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PORTSMOUTH , ft New Hampshire) July 28*
MR. Dorr has favored us with the following arrette of
the French Dirertorv, which was handed’ to him
by the Confulj who received it dirertly iron- Talleyrand,
the Minister of foreign affairs, the day previous to tixfir
failing.
New Arrettc of the Dirtciory.
The Minister of foreign a flairs to tlieC-unld General of
the United States oFAmeriea.
Paris, a<-jth Fiorcal , 6 tb year, ipti cf May, 1798.
Git caen,
I have the honor of informing you that, in consequence
of an arretto of the Directory, dated 25 th inst. it is strictly
forbidden that any veffei failing under American colors
lhall, on%iny pretext whatsoever, enter into either of the
following warlike ports, viz. Brest, l’Orknt, loulon,
Demtrifque, or Rochfort. I hasten to communicate this
intelligence to you, in order that you may take the nccef
fary Heps of making it known to all American navigators.
Salute h? Fr at emit: ,
(Signed) Ch. M* Talleyrand.
Newbury port, July 27. This morning the United
States brig Pickering, commanded by Capt. Jonathan
Chapman, failed from this port for Boston, to take in her
guns and complement ■of men. She failed down under a
small breeze of wind and against the tide, but went through
the water like a fine fail boat; She mounts 14 guns and
carries 70 u-tn, is copper bottomed, and will doubtiefs,
under the command ot Capt. Chapman, a gentleman of un
doubted courage, *mature judgment, and real patriotism,
with a crew which his urbanity and amiable chararter will
give him the choice among our best seamen, do honor to our
American uavy. Messrs. Merrills, the builders, have ac
quired much credit by the masterly and punctual manner in
which the work was executed*
Boston, July 28. On Thursday evening the United
States and Delaware ftiips of war failed from this harbor on
a cruiie.
July 30. Saturday evening last tame to town from
T’orrfhsciUh, x,tcrc the” landed the day before fc-cm tk*
fl.ip Tan erlanc, (iapt. Worfley, 60 clays Horn Eonruuuix,
Messrs. James Prince, Edward Barnfield, and Jnfcph Dorr;
They brought dispatches to the Piefidcnt from Mr. Gerry,
our rafting Envoy .at Paris, which were forwarded from
Portsmouth. Ti e United States brig Sophia had arrived
at Havre about a week before their departure, and they saw
an official letter from Mr. Humphreys to Mr. Fenwick)
direrting him to supply all our captured seamen hi hts con
sulate with 30 dollars, and obtain them a passage home*
They all’o saw an official letter from Talleyrand to Mr.
Fenwick, acquainting him that no American vcffels *vmild
in future be -allowed to enter the ports of Toulon, l'Orientj
Rochfort, Brest, or Dunkirk, on any pretence whatever*
That the Abbe SSeyes has gone Envoy Extraordinary to
Prulfia. I’hat Mr. Gerry was about quitting France; and
Air. Humphreys had; after a fhoit tarry with Mr. Gerry,
set oft’ for Montpelier to Mr. Pinckney. That the Com
mission for the Army of England has been diffolred, and
that army marched towards the Rhine. That the appear
ances of a plentiful crop were never greater than at tl>e
present moment.
GharlcJion, August 20. Hie following, melancholy
affair happened in our harbor yesterday: The Englilh schoo
ner Saucy George, Capt. Burns, bound fer Murtiuico, as
(he patted Fort Johnlbn, attempted to.fire afaiute; on firing
the third gun the fire communicated to the magazine and
Ihe blew up. Capt. Burns, Mr. John Robinson, the pijotj
and 3 men who were in the .cabin, were never. Cqeipaftcf
tiie cxplcfirn. Four young inch at’ this city, who were on.
board, were picked up immediately after by fome boat?
which were near; they w ere brought up, i!ef t .cratcly wound*
cd; their names are Henderson, Patterson, M'Kellar, and
Hunter; it was doubtful last evening whether either of them
would survive. Ihe remainder of the crew, tonfifting of 7
or 8, were burnt, but not dangerously. ‘Fhe whole of the
after part of the vett’el was deftroved, and a great part of
her cargo floated out of her. It is said tliat tlie accident
was owing to firing a gun to windward when die powder
room was uncovered.
A Negro man was drowned in assisting to save part of
the cargo of the Saucy George.
August 21. Yesterday arrived the trig Providence, Otto,
Cowes, 70 days.
John Swamvick, Esq. died in Philadelphia early in Aft*
gust.
August 22. The Britifti lhip Bellona cattle up to town
yesterday from the Road. From infoimation received front
her it appears that the veffei which spoke the brig Pro vi
ce, nee, Capt. Otto, on Friday last, was die Britilh frigate
Pievovante: a few hours after Ihe spoke the Providence Ihe
fell in with the Bellona, and fome of the-officers mentioned
that they had that day boarded a Bremen brig, bound to
Charlettom .
The Bellona is a private veffei of war, belonging to
Greenock* 011 the 17th inst. a fiafn of lightning (truck her
manmiaft-.md injured itconliderabiy; the Captain and several
of tiie men were knocked down, but none were killed.
A man convicted at Hamburgh, on the 27th of March)
of having iftiied a forged note on the Brandi Bank of New
York, his been fenteticed to 13 years intprifonment.
Died, yesterday, at noon, Mr* John Patterson, one of
the voting men that were on board t e oaucy George when
Ihe blew up 01 Sunday.
The bods of Air. Lowry; one of those who were killed
by the explolion, was picked up yesterday.
August 24* Died yesterday morning, Mr. Thomas
Hunter, a native of Dundee, in Scotland, one of the un
fortunate fufferers on board the Saucy George; a young
man much refperted in this city in the circle of his acquaint
ance.
” ‘NOTIFICAFION.
THE Members of the Grand Lodge of Georgia, a*#
the reibective Lodges by their properßeprefentatives,
are defined to attend at the Long Room in the Filature, ia
die City cf Savannah, on Saturday the lit day of Septem
ber next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, being a Grand
Quarterly. Communication*
By Order of the Right Worffiipful Grand Mailer,
William Belcher, Grand Secretary*
Savannah, August #2, 5798*
i* o i< b A L E,
‘ , . AI OT and TWO STOR?
| | Xl DWELLING!!OUSEin
I I town of St. Mary, with a well
pj J built kitchen and a large and small
gfß Ji gjy oven, a good garden, a well of
Jf~—Fn excellent water, with other con-
JArif \ J leniencies, the whole forrounded
with a g , .and icnce, near the river, and suitable either for.
a ftoie or tavern.
Conditions of sale may be made known on application
to CAIG and CO.
Savannah, lift August, 1798.
ASSIZtThOR AUGUST, 1798.
THE Price of Superfine Flour being 9 dollars pel*
barrel, and of Fine 8 dollars per barrel, of 196 lbs.
nett, the weight of Bread for this month must be as fcl*
lows, viz* -**-*
-12 *-2 cents loaf. 6 1-4 cents lea
lbs. oz. ‘ lbs. oz.
Os fuperfine or ill quality, 25 121-2
Os fine or 2d quality, 2 7 13 1-2
JOHN GIBBONS, City Treafureta
July 31, i79 ? *
IVantrd immediately t
AN OVERSEER to take charge of a Rice Plantar?*
on, for whom generous wages will be given. Nona
need apply unless well recommended. Apply to
JAMES SMITH.
New Land , Liberty County,
9tb July, 1798.
FOR-SALE, OR TO BE RENTED ,
A House and Half Lot, situate in
Ewenfburgh, at present occupied by the fffifenber, to
whom apply * MaBT