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LONDOII, (Maker k*
WE are concerned to state that there are seven ves
sels of the last fleet from Jamaica, under convoy
<jf the Queen man of war, now milling, viz.
St. James’s Planter, Robertson, and Caledonia, for
London.
Clyde and Mentor for Liverpool.
True Briton and Hope for Clyde.
The Rebecca, Corran, arrived from Virginia, was
boarded by a French privateer of 36 guns, on the 23d
September, in lat. 48. 44. long. 15. who had a large ftdp
from Jamaica for London'in company with her, and was
then going in chafe of two others of the convoy.
The whole of the fleet from the Leeward 1 Hands, under
Convoy of the Lapwing frigate, are arrived, except the
Lively, Creed, from Demarara for London, which is sup
posed to be drove on fliore near Gravelines.
October 10. The progress of a dreadful fire in Wap
ping, High street, was flopped on Monday evening by
pulling down fome buildings. It began on the premises
of melfrs. J. Tiddy and S. Barbe, ship chandlers.
The avenues to the spot where the Gre was venting its
fury were so extremely narrow that the engines, when
they arrived, had scarce room to play, and every attempt
to get the flames under were unavailing.
Things wove so alarming an a fix; ft in the early part of
the day that tire greater number of the inhabitants of the
neighborhood moved their goods, Sec. to Wappmg church
yard for fafety.
The churchyard on this occasion was a very convenient
receptacle for those who had time and means to convey
their efFefts there, which were vigilantly protected by the
Wapping corps under the command of cant. Batfon, and
the Union corps, capt. William Meliilh, who remained
under arms from 7 o’clock in the morning till 1 at night.
The damages produced by this conflagration are valued at
200.0001.
Dublin , OSlobcr 4. The Inch dry of Boflon was on
the 24th ult. driven on the North Bull, owing to the se
verity of the storm. The situation of the crew was highly
Calamitous; fcveral feet of water in the hold, and no pro
fpecl of laving the vessel. Tlie weather was so 1-arlh it
was thought impoffibfo to fend relief; at length the Lovely
Marv wherry of Clontarf put out, and reached the lide cc
the American with great difficulty; the tn after of the
wherry, who is as good a pilot as he is a man, perceived
it was impossible to five the veflel, but performed the duty
of a brave and humane ieatnan by bringing the crew to
Iliore. The name of the pilot is William Archbold.
Madrid, September 28. The affair of the capture ol
the two frigates at Barcelona lias been taken up ve ry feri
oully by our government. Every one is indignant here
at the event, and we know not how to charadterile the
spirit which influenced the Englilh on this occasion.
Our state of warfare not permitting the king’s ministers
to address complaints direCtly to the court oi London,
they have confined themselves to denouncing the fact by a
circular letter to the ambaftaclors of all the foreign powers
who relide at Madrid, and to inform them of it, more
particularly the minister of his Swedifli niajefly, whom
that event concerns more than any oth: r, exhorting him
to require from the British government a fcttsfattory re
paration for the outrage done to his flag, and the punifli
ment of the officers concerned. The following are the
papers mentioned above:
Circular letter to the ambassadors and foreign mlnif
ers to the court of Spain.
Sir, I have the honor to communicate to you a copy
of the memorial which the king my matter has ordered me
to fend to his minister at Stockholm, in order to be trans
mitted to the minillrv of his Swedilh majesty.
The principles which are eftahlifhed in it, and the event
which has given rife to it, are of a nature to in t ere ft all
the commercial nations of Europe, particularly the neutral
powers.
His majesty is persuaded that your government will fee
the affair in the fame point of view, and he flatters himfelf
that it will concur in effacing as much as possible from the
annals of this war an attack so deltniCtive oi the confid
ence and hospitality which neutral and friendly flags enjoy.
I repeat the assurances of my coniideration and esteem,
and I am, lir, &c.
(Signed) Chevalier DUrquijo.
St. Ildcpbonfo, September 17, 1800.
Letter of the minifer cf tbe foreign of airs cf the king
of Sweden.
Si a, —The king my niaftcr has seen with the grenteft
indignation, by a report which the conftil of his Swedilh
majesty at Barcelona has tranfinitted to the captain gene
ra! of Catalonia, containing the declaration of capt. Rnd
bardt, of the Swedifli galliot tiie Hoflhung, that, on tjic .
4 th of September last, in the afternoon, two Englilh flups
of the line and a frigate forced the laid captain, after hav
ing examined and found his papers according to rule, to
take on board Englilh officers and a considerable number
of sailors, and to fuffer liimlelf to be towed, at nightfall,
by several Englilh dial ops, to the harbor of Barcelona,
and under tlie cannon of its batteries.
That the Englilh, having reduced the find captain and
his crew to ttlence, by holding a piftcl at his breast, got
po Hellion of the helm,” and made, at 9 v. w. by means of
the galliot, and the chalops surrounding it, an attack upon
two’ frigates under the Spanilh flag, who were there at
anchor,"who, not fufpefting that this friendly and neutral
ship concealed enemies cn board, and could ’ne made life
of for the matt attack, were taken alnioft by fur
■ prise and forced to furrtnder.
I refer vou for the other particulars, and for the vio
lence committed by the Englilh on the Swedilh flop, to
the declaration af the captain hereunto annexed.
The king my matter could not coufider that event but
res in t ere fling the rights and wounding the interests of all
the cowers of Europe, without excepting England; and,
above all, as the hoavieft inlb.lt to the flag of his Swedifli
majesty.
’ In fa ill it is evident that the belligerent powers, bv ad
mittiv.g neutral flops into their harbors and ports, w lilted
to sis A the scourge of war, and to preServe those com
mercial rV lat ions between the people ol different nations
..vWiitfi tin*” public a&v require.
Everv tiling therefore that tends to render the naviga
tion &{pe£tcd and dangerous’ injures in an equal degree .
the rights and interests of all nations.
But in the p relent case tlie. rights and. honor of the
Swedifli flag have’been violated m so outrageous a manner
that few examples of fueli a violation can be found in the
naval history of Europe. ’
The attack, if it were to remain unjnmiihed, would
tend to embroil two friendly powers, annihilate com
mercial relations, and caule tlie flag which tiioitld fuffer it
to he conlidered as the ferret auxiliary ol the enemy’s
power, and would thus force Spain to take such mealures
as the iiitereft of his vcffels and the l’ecurity ot his ports
fhotild command.
Yet tlie king my matter willies Hill to believe that the
Swedilh captain has not been guilty of the leaf! connivance
with the Englilh, and that he yielded only to their force
and their great number.
Under this fluppofition the king has ordered me to
before liis Swedillrmajeftv this grievous i-Uuit committed
again!! his flag; and, not doubting the reieotment which lie
will feel at a procedure equally low and disloyal on the
part of fome officers of the Britiih navy, lie 1 expects that
the court of Stockholm will make to the Englilh mimitry
the moil feiious representations, in order that the Olivers 1
who have rendered themselves culpable upon tins occasion
be pur.iflied fovercly, and that the two Spamih frigates
futprifed and carried off from the harbor of Barcelona, by
a liratagerri equally contrary to the rights cl nations and
the rules of war, be immediately lettered, with their car
goes, as having been illegally furprifecL by means cf a
neutral ft;in, which fervtd us an inftniment to the aliail*
ants.
liis Catholic majesty thinks himfelf 1 o much the more
entitled to consider the i'uccefs of tins reclamation as cer
tain, as the Englilh government even cannot dfuemllc
that fits enemies, by following a 1 nr.ilur example, might
themselves also make use of neutral veffeisto iufef: its har
bors, and do iu its ports all pollible damage.
But if, contrary to ail expectation, the liens of Ins ttvvc
difh majesty, at the court of London, to obtain reparation
for the injury done to his flag, as well as the reftitutioii
of the two Span if!) frigates, fhoulcl not have the dented
fitccefs before the end of this year, his majesty will be ob
liged, though with much regret, to'"adopt towards else
Swedifli flag measures of precaution which ihrdl in future
flicker his harbors and ports from an abide as dangerous
and revolting as that which the Englilh have just com
mitted.
I have the honor to be, &c
(Signed) Chevalier D’Uequijo.
St. Ildcpbonfo, September 19, 1800.
Note. The declaration of the Swedilh captain gives an
historical recital of the tr mllfi-lion.
OJlend , September 10. A dreaufuljevcnt has plunged
this tow'll into defclation and mourning. A barge, tra
velling the canal vest rdxy evening, at the riling of the
tide, wish more than 200 pevfons of every age arid f;,
was funk in the mid channel, and out of the whole only
20 were Hived, ail the rest periihed. The day had been
fair, and a ft tc vr:v. held at Slackens, a league and an half
fr-.an Oijentl, to which snore ffian 4000 of tlie inhabitants
had rtjviii'ed. The boat had i’ear'i ly quitted the bank
when the damage was perceived, but in ft ad of returning
whilst it was yet prudicalle, the conductors, as if infatu
ated, would purluc their way. The water entering at
every part, several men threw themselves overboard, but
were drowned in the whirlpool. Arrived at mid channel,
the cries’of the people were dreadful; the boat fcon after
flunk, and nothing was to be seen but the bodies of the
women and children, rolling amidst tlie waves, and fink
ing never to reappear. Some few were refeued and
brought to life, but when the boats arrived they could
only bring up 100 corpses. Santjionax, the commandant
of artillery, loft there four of his children. The supervi
sor of artillery perilhed, with liis wife and son; the wife,
son, and niece, of a captain of artillery, also perilhed;
the latter threw himfelf into the ft re an! and laved three
persons, but could not find those who were mod dear to
him. Ali Ollend is in tears; almost every person has loft
a relation or a friend. One circuu.ltiince deserves to be
recited: A woman was this morning taken lifelefs out of
the water; it. was perceived, however, on undressing her,
that there was a palpitation in her womb; a surgeon was
called in, who performed the Cefareun operation, and
drew forth an infant, which, according to every appear
ance, is still likely to live.
BOSTON, November 3.
WF. hourly expect intelligence of the arrival of the
Portsmouth frigate, capt. McNeil, with the com
milfioners from France.
From Bilboa wc have a confirmation of the intelligence
n (peeling the French treaty, and that our envoys were
to embark for America about the Bth October. They
dinetl with Bonaparte the 2d October.
This intelligence is corroborated by capt. Young, ar
rived here yelterday from L'lbon.
Capj. Young further advises that intelligence had been
received at Liibon of commissioners having gone from
England for France.
New York, November 11.
Headquarters, Leogane, 30 Fruftidor, 8 year.
Ton faint L’.Ouverture, major general of the army of
St. Domingo, to Alexander Murray , efq. commander
cf the fatten at Si. Domingo.
1 have received, worthy commander, your favor of tlie
28th of August ult. and am imprefled with a grateful
sense of the marks of kindness and civility you have bfeen
pleased to fliew me. It gives me pleasure to be informed
of your laudable inllructions for preserving a good under
standing between the refpedtive officers of this illand and
the United States, it being the means of rendering both
countries'happy.-
I cherillied the hope that, in the number of priforrers
taken by the Trumbull, certain persons might have been
sent to me from whom I might receive feme tifeful in
formation. Those I allude tol.infinuated to dr. Stevens
at the interview we had at Port Republican, requesting
| that thii favor might be foliated of the United States.
Tbev-are the leal! culpable; the rtf! null! abide by the fj
•'confeouences.
I \e-iili you health and prosperity, and have thejionoi- 11
to be your humble fervent, \. ■ - .ri
Toussaint I.’Oitvkrture.
November 12. From an authentic source we learn ] v
convention concluded n ith I jantc by our envoys 1
does not adjnft the pal! differences and claims, of the two 1
countries, but postpones that bufinefi till peace in Europe.
It however puts an end to exiiiing hostilities, and provides I
for an amicable intefecurfe during the wav, as also a mode
of determining cauffes that may occur relative to prizes. _ |
Such a convention may be li e more eligible at this B
time, as it precludes the probability of any uneasiness on 1
the part of Great Britain, or the other powers at war.
Copy c 4 'a. letter to a merchant in this city, dated Cu - 1
race a, Cchber 18, ISOO.
II Cjp. I have before informed you of an armament I
having arrived here tr&ni Guadiloupt 1 , Vi.o demanded the j
pofielfion of tiie fortifications for tlie p.oteGion of the ill- |
rmd, vvhieli was refilled by the government, when affairs ||
bore a gloomy aljiec!; however, in confequcnce of the fri-
La Vengeance, then lying heir, not taking the ac
tive p&rt that was expetfted, they appeared (bmeyhat fa.
tisfird with the refufid of the governor in not giving over
the command of the forts, and requeued the alliftance of
the government to enable t*.tin to depart, vviiieh was
granted. They were funiilhed with five or fix vefiyls,
put i:i complete order for flea, and. every other alliftance
they required, which amounted to a very large sum, and
which they proimfed to ceimburle by making Ihipmtnts of
produce from fruadaiciipe. .When they vere to
depart their failing was peftponed from uay to day, on
frivolous pretexts, until several armed vcllels full o! men
appeared off from Guadaloupe; on which the fleet, 13 in
number, laded out of the harbor and joined, them, to the
great istisflic’ion of tlie inhabitants, who were dunnfted
jtftcr being seven weeks on ft cere duty. Gi the day fol
lowing jov was turned to melancholy, there arriving a
report from tiie leeward that the French troops had landed
and taken pofleflion of the fort at St. Michael’s. After
feme Ikirniilhes, in which the Latch troops benaved in a
moft daftardlv manner, the enemy gained pofTeflion of the
town on the leeward fide of the barker, where they did
ernfider ible damage bv plunder and mu.’xet Diet. I here
was a continual fire kept up ciav and night from all the
fort*. While in this situation a frigate appeared in chaie
of two privateers that were placed at. the cal! end of the
bland to intercept anv ve’Tels bound so re. A dispatch
boat was lent off to the Ihip, which proved to be the Ne
reid, F. Watkins, efq. • commander, to whom the ifiand
i capitulated on term? as copy enclofod. The frigate gculd
! not render the necessary afliftanco, being ftiort manned,
having taken several prizes; flic landed 20 marines, and
remained cruiftng off the harbor.
“ Bv this time the French had opened anew battery of
j’ iS pound cannon 0.1 the town, at the lapse time demanding
! a furrendor in 24 hours. At this critic:.’ moment two A
t meriean flnops of war (the Patapfeo and Merrimack) ap
pca.a and off, one of whom came into the harbor, which very
much dilheartened the invaders, and I believe prevented a
nilsch longer liege. The night following (fay 22d Sep
tember) they privately went to flea with their plunder to a
great amount. On tlie day following the F.nglifti frigate
came into port, fir.ee which fcveral have arrived. There
is a great number of privateers cruising about the i fiend,
who have sent in a number of American vcffels, which
have been ordered to Jamaica for trial. There have been
propofais made by the Britiih to encourage trade to the
Spanifli main, which have received no encouragement.
‘1 he Spaniards appear exalperated at the manner in which
they are deprived of all their property at this place. A
frigate has now gone cn the fame business. It appears
doubtful whether a trade here will be worth puil’uing.”
Articles cf capitulation agreed on between Fre : derick
Watkins, efq. captain of his Britannic ma)e fly's fiip
Nereid, now lying off the harbor of Curacoa, and
John Rudolph Lauffer, governor ad interim of [aid
if a nd.
1. The ifiand of Curacoa and its dependencies (ball be
placed under the protection of his Britannic rnajeftv, and
(ball peaceably submit to the government of his laid nia
jeily.
An Aver. Agreed to.
2. The inhabitants of this ifiand and its dependencies
fliall enjoy perfedt flecurity in their persons and property,
and in the full exercise of their religion; excepting such
as lhr.ll appear to belong to the fubjecls now adhially at
war with Great Britain, Inch property only excepted as
was on board the vcffels in the harbor on the 10th inst.
Answer. Agreed to.
3. Ad flaps and vcffels of war in the harbor, and all
artillery, warlike (lores, ammunition. Sec. that may be
found in the forts and public magazines, and all property
ot whatever nature belonging to the Batavian republic,
fliall be uehvercd up to his Britannic majesty in the fame
ftrte in which they new are; and officers fliall be appoint
ed by each power to take inventories thereof.
ArffwCr. Agreed to.
4. All debts due by the government of this ifiand to
be punctually paid out of the revenues of the laid ifiand.
Answer. Agreed to.
5* , N .° alterations fliall lie made in the established laws
of tnis ifiand, excepting such alteration should in future
be found necessary for mutual benefit and fafety; in which
t ale it lhall be regulated by the concurrence of both par
ties.
A fv/cr. Agreed to. ,
6. During the time this ifiand lhall remain under tlie
protection ol his Britannic majesty, or in case the ifiand
and its dependencies should at the conclusion of the war
remam in ppffeffion of Great Britain, the inhabitants of
the laid illand and its dependencies lhall enjoy the fame
rights and privileges as his majefty’* subjects in tlie Welt
Indies.
Answer. Agreed to.
7. The laws heretofore observed refpeAino- property
lhall remain 111 lull force. c 1 x j
Answer. Agreed to.
Private article. As it is impossible for the inhabitants
ot this )liana and us dependencies to fubiift without a free