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r; TV • '• T MT7 v T t a * * v j ± * xs <*.-«• v *1) # BERLIN, April to. The k-htg ii.is received a Jet rer from the Hrnpfff or Alexan der, in which his Imperial ma jcity tcftifies a dell re to main tain chc northern confederacy againft the pretcnfions of Eng land—nc the lame time the young Emperor in fids that rhe German princes Ihould be fully .ndcmnified, and recommends many in particular to his majef r\ —alluring him that he will ilwjnd it with all his power. KOKJNGSEURGH, April 3. At this moment the Ruffian fleets deftined to aft againft the JEir.glifti are entirely equipped and re ady for Tea. One of thtfc fleets will take on board a great number of troops, whofe defti nation is unknown ; another will join the Danilh or Swediffi : madrons. PARIS, yip 11 2 2» A Gazette of die 18th Gn iTjinal printed at Aldan, confirms the news diat we publiffied yef terday of the defeat and re-em barkation of general Ahcrcrcm bic. PaTvvan Oglu has been fud denly attacked and defeated by three Pachas ; his Lift ref mrce h in Widdin, where i: is pro- I* ed to befiege him. Under the "date of Paris, 6 Florcal (261 ft arc die following articles: " It is faid that lord Whit worth is coming here in quality of negotiator, and that the Firft Conlul had required that the negotiations be carried on in London, but that the JEnglifli government have preferred treat ing at Paris/ * S W E DEN. -The news of the death of Paul I. has occafioned an extra ordinary fenfation here. They pretend to know with certainty, that the Emperor Alexander, immediately on his elevation to the throne, ordered the Baron de Stedingd before him, and de clared to him folcmnly, that the fricncUhip and relations with Sweden (particularly what ref peded the armed neutrality of die North) ihould iubftft In full faith. Bcfides the Ruffian fleet of 13 fail of the line, which has al ready left Revel, there are two others, the one at Crcnftadr, and the other at Swenkfund, ready for fea.— The Lift is composed of frigates and gallics. GUERNSEY, April 25. I have ieen an Engliffi, cap tain that lately Etc Breft in a cartel, who allures me, that, by infoimanon he can depend upon there me three great armies a long the enemy’s coaft, amount ing in all to 150,000 men; that thefc will loon be augmented to at leapt 100,000 more, and that their grand objed was the invasion of England and Ireland, attempting at all hazards, dements in a variety of places; U> as to e n lure the effeds of the fame. Arrangements were muk -1 Breft, on the 20 tii tilt, for die accommodation of 50,000 iOv.ii on their march thither, v, heft the Mi. ’ co.iU'i \cAly expeded to review ti\rm, m.- vious to fonve grand expediion. T ill embarkation, they wil be encamped in the mHh!ixn hood. SALEM, June c. . SHIP NEWS. Capt. John 3a» ton latelv from Jamaica, where his vt/kei and cargo were condemned in roto, has furniu.ai us with a lift of American veftei.., carried in thf re ft nee the firft of April Lf, a mounting to uurty lad—j of which were totally condemned, 5 cleared and appealed i .t b / die captors, and twch e noc waiting trial. As * rs and concerned lia\c very pro bably learnt the late of their property, it will be uanecciTary to pubiifh the lift—lt is to be oblcrved, that thole vefteis winch aie acquitted by the Hon. Judge, are in every inftance ap pealed for by the captors. The cargoes are generally fold be fore the trial, by order of tire court. 1 lie colls of court arc always thrown upon rhe claim ants, when acquitted— and if condemned, the claimants pay always their own cofts, amount ing to 1500 or 2coo dollars. Hie property, when appealed for by the captors, remain in iome merchant’s hands, fo that the owner will not realke his property for 18 months or two years, if the fcntence Ihould not be revei fed. It would be advi fable for merchants who » 1 adc to the Hands of Cuba, Hifpamo la, and to the Spanifti Main, to eftablifli an agent or coraTp' ,1- dont at Kingftr.n, Jamaica, <o that their captains or fuperear goes may not find it difficult to procure Emetics for trial, when carried in there, i he court of vice-admiralty fits but once in thirty days, and then they try but 7 or 8 cafes, and veffids ly ing over the firft court after bringing in are generally eat up with worms. Black I Infernal black ! mu ft be the book in which fuch fen tences are recorded. What a pity it is that old mo ther Britain cannot camroul her children. A little more Britijh Friendship. The fchooner Felicity of Balt more, on a legal voyage from hence to the Havannah, was taken by his majefty’s gal ley. Prince of \\ ales, and pri vate pirating fchooner Ranger, capt. Eulford, of Hole in the \\ all, was lent into New-Provi dence, and there condemned, under the pretence that ffie was to have been offered for lale at the Havannah. After condem nation ffie was bought in by Spearman, owner of the Ran ger, who afterwards fold her to a Spaniard, and procured for him a licence to proted him on his voyage to the Havannah, where ffie arrived in fafety, and was left there by my informant, with a broom at the mail Had for fale. 1 his fad is but a reiteration of thole ads of v illainy ia the Britiffi privateer owners, which the American d|ily expefes. 1 let j oft ice no lo« igcr re pole—. if sve a:ea free, a .powerful and an independent nation, lee us ciiipiay our pawt r and a it err our independence, by defending our commerce again ft the Bri tiHi, our jealous, our natural enemy.* —The tune has been, that a French privateer, cocking her prow towards an American Hup, rilled every newfpaper, and almoft every mouth, with im precations of vengeance, and loaded the decks cl almoft our ferry-boats with the terrible in ftrumtnts of war. But at this moment, while cvciy vefiel pur firing a 1 nvfuJ trade, that falls m the way of a Britifh privateer, is taken and condemned, Bock and Hute, contrary to treaty, the inftdr, the robbery, is borne with a truly quakerilli ftoicifm, and the means of defence taken from our enterpriftng, but un fortunate feameji. Tiiey order ed ilicfe things be tier againll F j aiiCt. LOUISVIL L r, SAiVRDAT) 'July i’, jBci. wwn, DIED.] A few days ago, at the houle of Mr. Roger Law ion, of this place, Mifs Many M'Murry. We underftand that John Langdon, Efq. J.as been pre vailed upon to take upon him the charge of the naval depart ment under the executive autho rity of the United States. The appointment augurs well—a man who from the hr ft dawn of the revolution, has been in conftant activity in the public fervice, who had the moft important trufts during the revolution, in t quipping and building the na val force of the revolutionary government; who has in every llation of Icgiflator and gover nor of liis native ftate, and as lenator of the United States, under all the changes of party and foreign intrigues maintained an uniform and unffiaken attach ment to the principles of the revolution and the equal rights of mankind ; whofe hands have never been foiled by fpeculation on the misfortunes of the war worn fokiier, nor the erection of an iniquitous fyftem of govern mental itockjobbing, and whofe private virtues are as much to be admired as his public con dud!:. When fuch men are ap pointed to office, the country is in a fair-way to accompjllh what ccl. Humphreys lately Ifighified it flood in need of, the “ retrie val of the national character." Mr. James Lloyd, a memo rable Senator in Congrcfs from the Hate of Maryland, entered into a contradl to furnilh Haves for the ufc of the navy. Mr. Lloyd received an advance of feveral thoufand dollars, and has not, nor cannot furnlHi a fingle Have. In fadl, he has forfeited his contract, and the Editor of i the Examiner is affured, that vve i have no better profped for get- I ting money than ftaves, from 1 this friend of cider. And now my fellow citizens, let me introduce this gentleman to you as the father ct the Sc cmicn i «V'.'! • « VM*j 11 aI 7 if* an cculd p ( ihb./ I'uid more >u need of . PruTcs, than one whole V .'v were Jo ci'llionnrabie ? '] j lO < (4 who rob, are right to Hifi e ev. dencc ; and certainly thefc trlends of older have manifcfiui ir.uch acidicfs in transfer]iro jail which they have fo j famed, to their hone i\ accufer But the fed id on law died wild the party that made the advance to Mr. Lloyd, and we aie Jcftar liberty to tell his honor, that we have no evidence of his politic; 1 integrity, and Ids than no evi dence of his hone fly. REGULAR GOVERNMENT, Among the fums voted by the Britifh Houle of Commons, oa the 24th April, for Secret Ser vices, we find. For expcnces of the ccmmiflioners on the 7th article of the American treaty, &c. _ /-do" 00 o o ror tlie relief of the fufFering cler gy and laity of France, and Ame rican Tories, 208,272 o 0 1 o American claims, jj 2 y 6 Their votes mufl be very confiding to thofe royal ids, who like the late Mr. Shoemaker, never fwerved fro m their alle giance to their king. Thefs lums beingfecret appropriations, no doubt a part of the firft item will find its way to the members of the late Anchor Club; that for the relief of the clergy and loyalifts may repay the la bours of a form on or a political pamphlet; w hat kind of claims are to be made good by the laft item is difficult to determine; it certainly cannot be for the ihips captured. Fbe late voce of the Britifh parliament for an imprefs hum m addition to a former immenfe iam, for fecret fervice money, is an admirable tefiimony of the virtuous principles meant to be purified by the new miniflry of England—it is alfo a proof of the great reliance which is plac ed on Bntilh valour !! ! By the lafl accounts from Europe, it does not appear that the hopes which Britain cherifh ed from the death of the Em peror Faul, w ill ever be realized. His iucceffor Alexander is faitl to have dignified to the northern powers, on various occasions, that he wall ftridbly adhere to the engagements which his father made with them. Denmark, notwithftandirgthe mighty difafiers which England lays Ihe lias fuflaincd, (fill pre ferves her faith to the other powers; Pruffia retains quiet poll'd]]on of Hanover: the Ruffian fleet has failed down the Baltic from Revel; and Sweden difplays an attitude of'defiance- It will be feen that the Britifh fleet under admiral Parker has gone up the Baltic, in order to fulfil the inflrudticns of the Bri tifh government. It can icarce ly avoid a meeting with the Ruffian fleet, if if be true that ic has failed — which will probabw determine the fate, of the non *