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•'Foreign Intelligence. VI EN NA, May 21. According to private letters from Naples, Cacia will be attempted bv dorm in a few days. This rightly called ‘f The little Gibraltar,” holds out and is like y to hold out a contider able lime.’ In corifequence of the answer ’which the Prince of I Idle returned to the lad iiiinmoiis, the French have eftahldhed five new redoubts, three agaitrll the forlrefs, and ’ two again 11 the gun boats, ’ which have annoyed them con lidcrably. The place has re ceived very little injury from the French (hells. For want of men, the garrison can make hut few forties, as its v'uule fotce does not con (iff of more than eight hundred troops of; the line, one thousand levy en mafic* and two companies of drtil ery. The latter have lately been reinforced by about four hundred artillery men, a proof that King Ferdinand withes ’ the place to he defended. Ihe “Tiiburh, which has proven an obflacle to the Governor's activity ha 1 -’ been lavclled with -the ground. 11 is marine, as it is called, in the harbor, confifh of eight launches, a frigate and tW( IveTilhing veflels, each of them carrying a four pounder; besides fofne other veflels, one of t cm a French privateer of -welve guns. The Prince is upon the hat r terics the whole day, and sleeps there the gteater part 0/ the night. These batteries, elevated upon heaps of Hones, are so very high, that it will be very difficult to enter them with Yc a Lin <j ladder* OFthc batteries e: • • it> i, bi (ides a lotia .atioi; called iega. ()<her batteries cover the iia kx of 1 the place; ad, cxclufrVe of I those out work-, the whole j cu the ground is mined ; fo’that j the entrance of the place, even by ffoim, mult be attended j with very gieat lols. As to if arving it, that will be extreme lv improbable, as the prelent stock of nfo vihon's isconfide'a ble s and can always he increaf’ed as long as the lea remains open ; bolides, the Piince can effect his tetreat by the fame channel whenever he may find il convenient. After the example of Gaeta, another little foitrefs in Abruz | zo, Viz. Civitella del Fronio. | coVdinue* to defend itfelf. !t is lituate upon the lummit of a rock, and is defen fed by about fifty men, under an liifh major, who was formerly in the service of the King of the Two iicilics. LEGHORN, May 11. An event has occurred here which may be of leiious con feqnencc to the neutrality of this port. A small vdfel from Coriica having been taken by an Engl llh frigate, the drew, conlilfttrg of time men. weie put on board a Poop, for tht purpose of lending them on shore ; but these pnfoners re 's, ting againfl the £ngl:fh,one oi >ht latter wis killed, tin rcl* in .de prisoners, aud bro’t into this port by the conquer r 1 his dav a leconci Ihrop. di i pate bed from the frigate, entered as a fl gos truce, am detnanded their wflelatsd the r countrymen. l*he iflue of this affair is expetflrd with an equal tlcgiee of aiutm and eunolny. i LONDON, Jrtiree- A cartel arrived fre.m Frrtirre on Wednesday in which tile cm is • f Flsrin and Yarmouth, oapfam rower, of ‘he navy, two sons of •he late Sir V. nlph Abercrombie, and siui e other persons of'con side-ration, came ever on r^' r parole, having e.Mainedporrruumn to that effect from this French roverrinert, tn (> tfie exrenfion of similar in cl u gpnrn to some of fHe k rtnch pi i sorers of war in this country. A report prevailed, that the french government had availed itself of this opportunity to transmit fre-h overtimes for a pacific r.cgoci*- tion, 0 conjecture net entitled, in oor opi< ion to the smallest degree of credit. Indi* —Bv a letter in the Inst par ket from India, we h-arn that a French privateer, railed L’Em pereur, latelv'fittecT out from the Kit? of France had taken and carried into that port! the country slur Z’ matin Shadt, from Bengal to the Malabar const, having on board a valuable cargo. i lie latter is said to have made a spoiled resistance, and was at last earri'd bv boarding, in which the principal part of her crew were killed The Seaflower sloop [ of war, belonging to Sir Edward Pellew’s -qua iron on the Coro mandel Coast, had chased a large French privateer, supposed to he the Caroline, which had done a great deal of damage in the Bay of Bengal, and which escaped bv di 1 t of superior sailing, five armed vessels, fitted out bv the king of Pond intta, fell in with a squadron <>f ten pirates on the coast of Borneo, most of which | were destroyed. A letter from Calcutta, d-.'ed 10th November, savs, “Adfciral Har. stinck is detained at Batevia, in consequence of a sickhess v Inch had broken out in the ship*.’’ An expedition was at the above prr'otl, in (ontempiatiou, lo be fitted out against Manilla. June 7. The journey of Tloni’p'irfe to Brussels is deferred Tint sr ve reigntv of Holland We have reason to believe, was formally conferred on his brother Louis, rind ac cepted by him on Sundae let a* Paris. The Emperor was to hold n levee of unusual splendour on that dav, for the purpose of rt reiviug the Batavian Deputation, the members of which were after wards to have an audience with Prince I,onis. We tnuv be assui ed that the Dutch deputies’ would neither have been admitted to this levee or audience, if all the diffi cullies which stood in the way ‘of the tiew constitution had not been ren'toytnl. The (L'gr e of weakness to which his Majesty’s eves are sub ject, is happih verv slight. Mis Mujestv on Sundav las*. came down the steep fight of steps, winch 1. ad from his apartments in Windsor Castle 10 the Let race, without the as-istance of any per son, anu without having any one walking beside hint. He notv seldom wtars any shade, over his eyes. His Majesty’s sight has much improved within the last few dav c a proof of the misconception of those who pronounced the dis order a cataract, June 10. An order was received at the Giisrotn house, in Harwich, on Thursday, to take oiit the crews ol the Prussian ships detained there, the captains anti masters excepted, and to send them to Not inwncross as prisoners oi war. Seventeen Prussian vessels have heen sent to Yarmouth, dining tlie last week. Lord Henry Dcttv, last night proposed an additional rate cf ten per cent on the amount of the present assessment, under the as sessed taxes and a .substitute for the intended tax on private brew ing. 1 o this no stfioUs objections were (mmictnd, that it was bis intention, in a committee this day, tn propose under the assessed 1 axes, a deduction ol 41. for evety hi Id, lr cans where the ttssess ini r t should bt nftder 401. T his outlaid, mouid gj ply toiucon.es up to 1 cool, n re.irahd sotncthlnff more. T his was intended for tL>*■ benefit of persons haying smcol incomes and larce families, and was allowed instead nfexempttons under the property tax. The report which has for the last two days been pr valrnf, that Lord Howick had been prevailed. upon to accept the governor generalship of India, was this dav mme confident!’ circulated. ’I he t a |eiit3 of the noble lord, the gene ral estimation in which lie in held, and the independence of the situation, in j joint ol property, render him not or.lv eligible for such an important situation, hut amply qualify him to discharge it with iiodor to himself and his country- J.ord Lauderjlale, it was last night stated', has agreed to surren der his appointment as governor general of Bengal. Lieutenant-general earl Har rtng’on will immediately embark for Ireland, to take the conmi aid of the forces. A heavy firing'was heard cn SundaV forenoon at Dover, i’t the direction of Boulogne, which begun between ten and eleven o’ clock, aud lasted for about an hour, supposed to have bten oc casioned by one or more ol our croiztra having drifted near he butteries. We have continued in this day’s Courier, our extracts from the American papers. I hcv are ex tremely interesting and vvilii n< ole our readers to form a tolerable act m a t- id’ a of ihe state oi the public m’nd in the United h ates. The elections are going on, and party spirit r&n* extremely h;go. The death of Pierce, the Vtneri can seaihan, tias been made use of bv the’ Itvi. i idists, who are inlinitflv'more intemperate than ihe t>publicans end who attempt, b> all possible means to goad and irritate the peopl against tliis counlrv. Unfortunate tviil it be for the Americans if the federalists succeed ill driving ihe p.vcrn ment mt< war with Great-Britain; ihty wciuld then indeed have reason to complain of the “’spo liations on ilieir trade. Ihe Aiiß-Hctm hag would soon m. longer be seen 011 the sea. THE FA r ’ 10 r. S'JVA Xh'. !IL /iipiist 7, 1806. Al.Lpcrldns inde'ot cd v to the fuhfcriber,’ are ear j nellly t q idled to nu ke im mediate pax ment, as he is un able to give longer indulgence- J. Id ELY. The federalis s-rt NeYo-k, | on the occasion of Pierce’s death, j so over a> ted tiu ir part., that the.it eld Iriends tin British, diti not know them. ‘l’lie British pa j perscxiol the moderation ot the j republican party, whilst at the j same time they reprobate the Vt ; olence of the “federal faction” j as they more properly term them, j whose return to power is depre cated as the most unfortunate circumstance which could befai both nations ! ! !—Murder tvill out. Aurora. i he following useful informa j hon we on Saturday received ( from our correspondent at Lon* j don, in a letter dated die last of ’ Mrtjr; Njw-Tori Gc.x. t! W hen a vessel is brought to into this island on suspicion from the United States, her lat tors are forwarded by the cap tors to Doctor’s Commons, wheie they are indiscriminately opened ihose necessary or of import ante to the trial are preserved, while others are submitted to the view of any visitor. Thus family secrets arc exposed, par ticular sentiments betrayed, and * tWe,s Sl, k‘ly for the eve to iu t i. mate friendship, are’ jubject to lhc ndicm'e of the unfeeling. Ma n>’ ate iuUrttlu! bj- iyie lunosiiy, rthor s bv base motives, to U eir pr rural, and ibis custom aves ttgr of and ant barbarity, ro m inriotis to our country and sc disgraceful to this, is constantly practised and allowed. 1 wish vrti to acquaint our countrymen with bis circumstance and ad, vise- them ‘o consider, when writ, ing to Holland, if they wi-h or would consent that their commu nications to their friends how ever confidential, should be this pub licly made at London. Our correspondent adds • “ I have sent yon the notes on , Rardo’ph’s -peech, by the author 1 „f * tv.ir in Disguise,’ I have heard front an higlt authority, that out difficulties ‘with Great- Britain are in a train of amicable adjustment. How milch this e builition of Mr. 11. may retard or impede the negociation, I kno w not, but he is considered here as a man of talents, and great in fluence in his country. The John Morgan and Oliver Els worth at Liverpool, bring ac counts of congressional proceed ings which a-tonish Englishmen (who did not believe there was so. much virtue in the nation) and mortify Americans [of die eld U>- r> school) it is generally expect ed lord Melville will be clear ed. An apothecary near Fowcv, has it written on his door-—“ all sorts oi and; ing si, If -old here.” London paper Port of Philadelphia. Sc hr, Gov. .VP Xchri, Patterson, ‘ from -St. I noma - nft there J id. 6, “hip Harriot, pow-I's of I’iii laddpt ia, fi rSt Domingo ; Brig Hunter, Childs, 10 sail next dav for leeward. A sdir. with Philadelphia on l.er s'.ein, went in as the GovM‘K an cam,, t ut, f rig Sophia, S|,ai| ,ol and for Wilmington, (IL \.J sailed Jn co. cast, Miller, and Mr lax lor, c! I hiladolphia on board. Soon after leaving St Tin 11 a ’s, rapt. P. vvas boaice j hem a Frem h •hptt H guns, five oth r ships j ot the line and a (rifcue A, co. j vvho soon alser went down Sail j Itock pas age, and in sighi to ! wm v aid wtie lour British shins 1 and three frigates. One of the j British Hups had lost her b ,w- ! sprit and main card. The las t ! capt. P. sa.v id the squadrons, ‘ they were within two milts of each ether laying mo. The En- j ghsii did not go tnro’ the Sail K rck passaaf, i);it were lying xvith the ir neinis to tne’soutTtwarrl. U;q>t. P. pa-sed between the h < is, and stppost’s that when the gale was over it was p'roba hie uiat tliey would com.- to ac tio;-,. ( a P I Skinner, of the slii,,Fran cis Uc iriett , [-vho Lately airivw edlrom New-York at Attmer (dam on hi , out warn bound pa S . sage, the 2H.ii Marcii, in lAt. 42, ‘ ijo, lung. 31, le-ll with the biig! Sah) , Caswell,ot Boston', out 51 days from New Orleans 10 Liver pool, in gnat etisiiess, having lo*th“t masts, s.-iL, rigging, t v c . wHu which, a 1 let gome provision capt. hi. Supplied her. She liud been <J.3masted ihe dux beiote m a violent gale ot wind which 1 had no; abated when cap. S, tdi ’ iu with her. tie put oiu h.j boa-, and sent onboard the ti.ig si x men with the necessary articles • hut on their tefutti to the sh p, the boat was stove, and vile hvc s ol the people xvete preserved with difficulty. Iwo days niter leav ing die brig, an caste Ily storm set 111, whicil blexv squally lor se veral days successivi iy. The brig was odned by c,p;.‘ Pratt ot Boston. V\’e have not beaid that site has sinec atiivcd at 1, vet poot or any other port, AUGUST A, ( h.ass. ) July 11. Hon id Murdu ! At an tally hour r,n M’ednes dax nmrniog last, the inhabitants 01 this rown wefe alarmed with ! Uc dreadlul ih*ormat;ou, thai t,pt. Jag. 1 urihten ol this place, in ? ol b!hCtf,murdered iris wife vhiidrt 11 and hitostlf. idi, oldest •■Vo, wild a Slight- Wound ev. ant'd •'•’ti Ins tteferi ti ; ;ughier, v, hs found desperately wonndt 1 .1 pjobably supposed dead bv M father. Bei ween the hour ■ md three, a near ticiqh; J Mr. Dean Wyman, wasa-tij A bv the lad who escaped, .1 no incoherent account of r id scene from xvhiclt he ba-gB fled ; l>c with a Mr. Ba’UrdjM; noiher neighbour, instantly ■ paired to the fatal spot, am! after having lighted a ear-fiß scene was represented tit u ■ gars all description. In A.B ter 100 m lay prostrate on h: [fl and weltering in jiis gore. peipretaior of the tire a .i u > tl (H 1:1s tliroat cut in t F>e nios* - ■ ing u anner, and the blccxtyß /or i x nig on the table bv hi MI S In another apartment was i.„.8 the two oldest, and the yotw H daughter, the first aagw!jH dreadluUy butchen and ; the xtixH desperately wounded, '■<.it'.J htr head on the body of tuedfl infant, 18 months old, in a- B of horror arid almost total nis- ,■ biiity. In the room witit t'.r- : U ther, lav in bed, with their tfro-B cut, the two youngest sop-;. J eight, the other six x ears , I A::d in ar.athci room was on the hearth, most dreadful* mangled, the second son twelve ; e had iailen h’fl trousers under Ins arm, ■ which he attempted to esrj On tile bteaa work over the place, was a distinct impre.J of a bloody hand, where thaifl happy victim prohublv sup-ot® Itmtscll before he hii The rol house seemed covend witlil J and near the body of the mm ( n r lay the deadly r xe. Fron, sui vivieg daughter w e have account ol this rran.-acion ; | dangtrous situafictt prevents, c'linimunieation, anti but htint, pi ctattons arc niteitaiued ol i i t co’/ery. Fu rr. the son, t \l. xvv. iearn the loilewiim ; ’j; he’was awakenedTjy the pienj cries of his mother, and invo'i t.iriiy shrieking himself, lt c | ( j item ins be id and ran towanki door of lus apartment ; he > met by hi . fatiu r xvnh an axe his hand, (the moon shone brig who struck him, bin being -om each outer, the axe passed 0 bis shoulder, arid 011 c cornet neutered fits baik, makiw slight wound ; Ins father t struck at liitt! once or twice, this moment his youngest hrotii who slept in the same bed ; him. jvuiiped from is and attemi cd to get out ol the doAi*';tO pi vent th'is die father attacked lii: which gave the eldest an eppo tuniiy to escape. Ijurmg 1 dreadful conflict, not a xvort! uttered. From the appearan oi the “'minds gent rally , it sec; to have been the design of P ir ton to dissever the heads lio the b dies, excepting the l youngest', w liose throats, it supposed were cut with a r.i? Lie oldest daughter ami ■ conri son nad several wound*,t: probable consequence of tn: resistance. VV<. have noevid.t to lead us satisfactorily to motives tor this barbarous ;• unnatural deed. Captain Par ton was 4g v< a('s of age, and ii lattl\- removed liomli mdt inliai to mis town ; an independent t j nicr, ith a handsoiito estate : steady, correct, aid tmlustiii habits, and ot a good chara; and lair reputation, and sum. attabhed to hi- faritiiy. lit been heard latelv to say, that felt much distiess'ti at the in'f ntising appearance of his i. iJ that he suoulii be desiitine bread for bis iatiii v, and hay l his cattle, uuci uicaded the ci Sequences. The... London T ravelle’ cf* 10th June, contains the toltr#’ article:—“ American paper* the l-jth nit. have reached usd intelligence contained in them of great consequence. The : happy affair whuff happerM Sandy-Hook has, we r gtei t;:. : j iead to /treasures of a very t j cibive and harsh character uj | he part of the executive gar; ‘■rnent. ‘J he I’resident ci 1 United States has publish*- 1 |>rocfamntion, •* commantluv die citizens cf tit United t.o arrest capiaiu W hilby, ci