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’ LOKDON,’ Mav iB. A letter from Glasgow fays, Trade has bun very brifi: tor the lad month, hands are vr*ry frarce, and wages have got vp; the rnanu failures of this place and Pa'liey have been ex ported to a great extent, parti cularly to America and the W. Indies. Since Louisiana came into the pcfTeflion of the United States of America, ourdemands for that country have increased rapidly ; and with the importa tion of raw .materials for our CnanaEaclures, such as cotton, alhes, indigo, Sec. Great quan tities of gold and silver fpecit have been imported both here and at Liverpool, London, Sec. from America, within the kit twelve months,, to rhe amount it is feppofed of three or four millions of dollars.*’ M- Beaumont, a prisoner in the cattle of Friedrichfliafcn, at Copenhagen, has made five dif ferent kinds of paper from ilruw, four of which are white, and the other yellow. From the tiials made of this paper, it ap pears to be equally fit for print ing, with that in common use. I ne lame man like wife produc ed a specimen for bank notes. The particular property of this invention confhts in a colored inlciiption, in the paper, and colored ornament round the border. Btfides this, there is a damp made in the paper, ai.d a great number of other embel lilhments, which referable the imprdfions of engravings, and appear alike on both Tides. The remains of Fenelon have been tiifeoveredin a vault, which efcapcd injury during the dorm of the revolution- A fubferip don has been entered into for e rtfting a monument worthy of the author of Tdemachus. May 21. The latest accounts from Pa ris, flare, that bets for large sums ate offered in that city, and va rious other places in Franee, that a general peace will take place in fefs than twelve months. It was, however, rumoured st Pa ris, that orders were on the point of being issued from the War Office for collecting a numerous army at Bayonne. “ According to the latefl ad vices from Cadiz, Gen. Moreau embarked there, on the 2c th ult. in a French corvette for America. Jerome Bonaparte has left Madrid, under the a {Tu rned name of Mr. Albert, Mer chant of New-York, on his way to France. Orders, however, have been given to the Prefects of Bayonne and Perpignan to detain him lhould he enter ei ther of those towns, until they shall receive further informa tion from the French govern ment. The Spaniih troops in the intrenchment of St. Roch now amount to :S,cco. An attack upon Gibraltar is Hill coofidemly talked of at Cadiz. DEAL, May 25. The ship ’Erin, of Baltimore, arrived at Dover the 19th May. Madame Bonaparte was on board, kft from Amsterdam, where was co: fu.Taed ro cn w on liiore ; fit if. tttcr.de4 by her brother. Madame Bona parte is in the hi! ftnge of preg nancy ; her brother did not think it late to proceed to Bal timore. The Erin was in the Tcxel awetk, and was placed between a 64 and a frigate, a guard boat kept about the ship at night. Extra A of a letter from Do ver, May 21. <f This day, at half pall two o’clock, the beautiful Madame Jerome Bonaparte received the visits cf the mod conspicuous pericn-j both ladies 3nd gentle men ot this place. Her style and behaviour on this occasion displayed an unafte&ed elegance and dignified composure, which , entirely confirmed the favorable impre.Tion, which on her firft landing, v/as immediately made. She was drefifed with g r eac fim pllctty and medefty ; on her , head ike wore no ornament but her h.ur, fee mi rig to tnftl com pletely to that nature, which had to her, been-To bountiful. The company remained a comidera ble time, each appearing to vie in the offer of attentions. A rnong many diffinguifhed per- - sons, lady Forbes, the hon. i gen. Hope, Mr. Skeffington, 61c. &c. were particularly no ticed.” May 23. <f Madame Bonaparte has this day experienced a continu ation of attention from the ch ; ef inhabitants, the military, &c.— The time of her residence here 1 is not yet determined.” Boston, July 3,1805. BRITISH INSOLENCE. The brig Francis, from Bor deaux, which arrived at this port last week was boarded from the boat of the armed Brkifh brig Veteran, commanded by the lieutenant, John Crooks ; the crew of which informed that they were cruifmg to press Tea men. Five Americans had just been forced on boatd the Bntifh vessel j the name of one of these unfortunate men is JOHN BI SHOP, who fays he is a native of Salem, and has a wife md five children, in that town, who de pend on his industry for fulte nance. Democrat. Jyiy 4- The following letter, by the Preiident of the United States, defer ves to be read at least once every year, wliilft the memory of Independence shall be grate ful to Americans. Phil a del PHt a, July 5, 1776. “ Yellcrday the greatest quT ticn was decided, which was ever debated in America j and a greater perhaps, never was, or will be, decided among Men.— A resolution was palled, without one difienting colon I', 1 ', ** TH AT THESE UNITED COLO NIES ARE AND OF RIGHT OUGHT TO BE FREE & INDEPE N D ENT S ‘FAT ESP “ The day is pat!—the fourth day of July 1776, will be a me norable epoch z m the history of America. lam apt to believe ‘it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniver fay fejiiva!. It ought to be com m era . rat ed> as the day of deliver- I ance by folernn ails cf d.votioa j to Almighty God. It ought io befclemnized with pomp, Ihows, games, sports, guns, bells, bon fires and illuminations, from one end cf this continent to the other, from this time forward forever. You will think me tr,imported with enchufiafm ; but lam not. lam well aware of the toil and blood, and trea sure, that it will coil us to main tain this declaration, and support and defend these Rates; yet through all the gloom, I can fee the rays of light and glory —I can fee that the end is more than worth all the means; and that posterity will triumph although you and I may rue, which I hope wc shall not. I am, &c. JOHN ADAMS. To Mr. —— NEW-ORLEANS, May ax. A meflenger arrived in this city yeiterday, from Washing ton J^cicy,j dispatched by Poitmafter general, to arrange the carnage of the mull from the feat of government, through Virginia, the two Curoiinas, Georgia and part of Weft Flo rida, to this place.—The whole distance, as the road will now run, is 1,206 miles, and the mail will be carried in 17 days. No newfpapeis can be carried under the present arrangement — it will be reserved for letters on ly. e. * l - Wilmington, (n. c.) July 2. The schooner Orange, capr. Pratt arrived here on Sunday last, leven days from St. Tho mas. Our cor re Undent at that Iffami observes, under date of June 28— f< You have no doubt heard of the fleets in the Weft- ; Indies, both French and Eng lilh. “ Although the English have yet done nothing, the French have captured the whole of the Antigua, and St. Kite’s or Suri nam fleets of valuable merchant men, and their convoys, (four frigates and four Coops of W2r) and lent them to Gaudaloupe, whither they have ail fcfely ar rived. There are now at Gau daloupe thirty-two fail of thole prizes not yet fold.” I ■* 1 I I ■ Charleston, July i 9 . Extrait of a letter from a gentle man at Darien to his friend in this city , dated (jib June , iSoe. J “ A Britifti fiigite, fuppoted to be the Camb.ian, after a chafe of 36 hours, captured off St. Simon's, the French schoo ner privateer that has been so troublesome off your bar; she mounts 18 guns, and was, the day after, manned with ftxry men from the frigate and sent up to St. Mary’s, where flie had a (harp conti-ft with the Spanish privateer and her prizes, which laid on the Spanish fide of the river. The firing ceased at twi light, when the lchooner was - teen lying v/ith her bows under the ship’s stern, which argue?, that the ship which the priva teersmen had armed with the guns from the privateer, had furrend* red. No farther par ticulars have r ez rrachH this.” X*-** <—>■ •- . -a- KJ PE TERSE U R G. Thursday, Aug. 1, 1 805. - 1 On Monday night last, du ring the tremendous gift! we ex - perienced here, the lightening struck the hnufe of John Wile. Edgefield District. Four per sons were 1> ing on the floor, three of them were struck witii the fire from Heaven—two have recovered, but unfortunately, one Simeon Ctiffiman j’r. of laid diftriil loft his life—He has Icf: his old and rcfpedable parents to deplore his fate. I'ne houie took fire, but by exertions, wa; loon got under, without doing any considerable injur ir. An gift a C ’ hr on: ole.. Within our remembrance harvests have never been f. plentiful as they promise to be this season. Wheat, Rye, Oats, Flax, Gr r'h, krer are ail very unufualU productive. And wha: i should iacreafe the ffntitude o which every heart muff feel Hr this abundance, the weather has been, and continues, remarkably favorable for lecuring it—so that we shall not only have plen ty, but good. Corn, though a wet spring kept it back, appears of a verv fine colour, and may yet pro duce a good crop. Trent. True Amer. communication. HARVEST, P << --Think oh grateful think / << Hozv good the GOD of Harveji is to you ; €t V/bo pours abundance o'er your flowing fields.” Thomson’s Seasons. From almost every part of the country we learn the glad tidings of an “ abundant harvefi” and lor feme time past the wea ther has been such as to enable the husbandman to gather this rich product of his labor, in un usual perfection. Unto Him, therefore, “ w ho alone giveth the increafed’ at whofc supreme dif polal are held all the bisjfiags* let the just tribute of grati tude, aieend ! Am. D. Adv. One of the meft interesting difculhons of a parliamentary kind which has been lately re ported in England, is that upon the Iriffi Catholic Petition. It received all the defence and support which the friends of ci vil and religious liberty could give it, but in vain—the church was against it i and ludicrous fay, the Protestant church gov ernment in 1803 refute the liber ty which they themselves claim ed in the i6ch century. The majority in the house of lords against the meaiure which lord Grenville had the honor to pro potewas 129 —of 178 who vo ted, 49 only efpoufng the co,ute of human nature, and ftdving to return to their fellow men the rights of which they have been difpofleffed. In the houte of commons the debate continued two days.—- ‘"ox and Grattan, (being h : s Widen ibeech in the Britiih j