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errs-- . . WEST INDIES. KINGSTON, APRIL :v. Information having been received here that the American blip Indoflan, of 24 guns. and fully man tied, tr tding to St. Domingo from the, United Sines. had lately been fallen in with, and engaged by,. the Squirrel frigate, of g 24 guns, which the fueceeded in beating off ; the Elk brig, of tit 'guns, Captain Coglrlan, failed on Tuefday, we underftand, for the tinrpofe of endeavouring to inteteept her, and saiter wards to proceed to New Provides* Letters recr.ntly received from Cuba Rate that a number of American veffels have lately been detained and fent into the different ports of that inand, by French and Spann privateers, in confequence of Bo• naparte's blockading decree. On the ill inftant, off the Weft end of Tottnas, the brig Eliza, from Philadelphia, was boarded by the French privateer fchooner Exchange, of ona . gun and too men, of and from the city of Santo Domin.• go, which, after plundering her of feveral articles, fent on board the mate and nine fearmn, belonging to the fchooner Variable, originally from New York, bound to St. Thomas's, but had been compelled, from firers of weather, to bear away for this iftand, when the above privateer fell• in with her, and fent her for Samana, allowing only the Captain and two , men to remain on board. At the time the Variable I was captured, another French privateer fchooner, of one gun and 55 men, belonging to St. Jago de Cuba, was in company. Off Cape Nicholas Mole, the American fhip So canna was boarded by a French privateer fchooner, of one gun, and full of merr, faid to be the Lady Er notif. The crew plundered the brig of every article they could carry with them. The Commander of the privateer told Captain Bingley, that if he coat. dered his veinl to be worth 4000 dollars, he would, in confequence of the late blockading decree, have made prize of her, On Sunday morning fall, off the Eaft end, Captain Bingley fpoke the Ferret blig,and informed the Honourable Captain Cadogan of hi. having been boarded by the above, privateer, when he immediately crowded faitand went in fearch of her. APRIL 18.—We regret to Rate, that the Pikefchoo ner, of four guns, Lieutenant Oatley, on her way from Port Royal to the ifland of Cur acoa, was cap tured a few days fince by a French privateer (chock , ner, of two guns and feventy men. "the enemy car ried the Pike by boarding, with the affiftance of Come boats from Santo Domingo, manned principally with the officers who belonged to the (hips of the fquadron of Rear Admiral Leffeigues, which were dcltroyed by Sir John Thomas Duckworth. We underftand that Brigadier General Carmi chael, who failed for Europe Tome time ago in his Majefly', fhip le Brave, for the recovery of hts health, after a long fervice in this climate, has been cr,nti. nued on the flaff of this Mind, and is gone to Mon , tego Bay, to take the command, in place of Brigadier General Montrefor, who has his Majefty's pernaiffion to return to Europe. APRIL 25.—La Pique frigate, of 36 guns, Captain Rofs, from a cruize, and the Spanifh fchooner Atre vidara, from St. Jar de Cuba, bound to Carthagena wi:h bees wax, &c. captured by the Anfon frigate,of 40 guns, on the 16th Whitt, about too miles to windward of this Wand, arrived an Saturday. The enemy had one gun, which The threw overboard dur ing the chace. On Monday came on, in the Surrey ARize Court, the trial of George Dixon, a free brown man, for the wilful murder of John Dwyer, an American feaman on the r4th day of March lA, of which the Jury, af ter a patient inveftigation of the circumßances,found him guilty. He was brought to the bar yellerday forenoon at ten o'cluek, when he received fen:ence of death. La Diligente brig, of t 6 guns, Capt. Hall, failed on thurfday morning for the purpofe of collelling the h , steward bound fleet. The Bkride frigate, of 38 guns, Capt. Ballard, returned to Port Royal the fame day, with the Swe.l clifh fhip Margaret, Tufts, from St. Bartholometv'a,' bound to Jachmel with provifions, detained off St. Domingo on Monday ha by the Blonde, while pro fecutng her voyage to Barbadoes. The brig William, Grant, which failed from this port early in February tail for Holland, as a flag of truce, with the prifoners taken at Curacoa, was ob liged to put into the Havannah to repair a leak fhe bad fprung, and, we are lorry to Rate, has been de tained there by the Spanifh Governor, who has fent her crew to prifon, liberated the prifoners that were on beard, and only permitted Capt. Grant, an officer of the 2d Wefi India regiment, who went in her, to take their paffage to America. They have arrived in the Ichooner Hunter, at Charleflon. A citric of a very interelling and novel nature was tried on the 13th inftant. It was an action inflitated fur an excels of jurifdidion, by Mr. Charles Lake againtt Mr. Robert Hamilton, as Prefident of a Court Martial which fat on a trial of Mr. Lake, in Jantt a: on charges exhit.ited againß him by Colonel Mallon, of the Port Royal Regiment, for neglect of duty and difobedience cf orders. It apaeared by the evidence, that the Court Martial had exceeded the powers veiled in them, and pronounced judgment a~aii it Mr. Lake, contrary to evidence, by which I I,e had been comr ;lied to pay a fine of 501. a warrant having been iffue'd againti hilt for that- fun), and he was to !land ci trimmed until that fine was paid.— 1 The Jury gave a verdict of 2501. damages, with colt., againft the defendant. ST. ANN'S BAY. - APRIL .4. On Thurfdav laa a very lamentable accident hap• per.cd at this place, by the pnifon of fils. Five Si 2. !liable negroe.,,bel.'ngurg to Robert Newby, Efq. had P•me tm.rll fish in their pittt of Coup tar flipper; about half an hour after eating them, they were fei zed with excs uciaiing pain in the ttomach, which excited the molt deplorable yells, to which fucceed • ed vomiting and par al) frs, and in lefs that half an hour after Ling taken, two of them expired in seat ago ny; by the aid of medicine the other three were laved. I t appeased on examining into this matter, that three of the negroes had eaten of the boiled fifh ; one of ibide three expired as above related, another had only drank the foup in which the fifk were boiled; he was c.,nfiderably affeCted by st ; bur, from the me dicine given, was pretry well the next day. One of the untertuniste negroes whin fuffered bad not eaten of the bt.iied flub ; or taken any of the Coup" but it was fc. , and that he bad broiled two of the fame fort of fills, and eaten them about the fame time. and be expired in ten minutes after being feized. The fame kind of fifh were produced and examined, and the oldeft fithermen need, that it is commonly called the bookfrib I take it to be a fpecies of Cie /ophsu. or toactifb the length is generally from three to five fiChit ; it has four fins, and is fpeckla like a toad on the back and fides ; the belly is of ehitifh yellow ; it has no fcalcs ; the head is large, the eyes prominent, and the body round; it is capable of inflating 'itfelf like a toad, from whence it.perhapi ita'same. This Mb inhabits all the !hallow tea, %pies of this Wand; and, from its deleterious qualittoit may be ufeful to the inhabitants to make it gdgfrally known. 0 n .... AMERICA. BOSTON, MAY 7. ' Wyss reported at Baltimore; on the 111 infiant, Abkt Chriltoptes the Negro Plipatot of Hayti, had armedMAW outer birbouc of . that place. TheMtep (loop of war failed kom Wiffiington, for England, the 24th ult. Mr. Puhiance, late Se creiaky to the American Cornmiffioners in London, len paffenger. NEWYORK. ELECTION. 'The Election in New-York, for State Of f icers, has clofed. The refult, throughout the Common-wealth, has not been as yet afcertained ; though it is certain that a more vigorous exercife of all the force and tAlents of all the parties therein, was never mere fully difplayed on any fimilar occafion. In the city of New-York, the whole number of votes was 9:92. The majority for Governor Lewis and Lieutenant. Governor Storm, (on the federal ticket) was about 134, the average majority for Affemblymen, 414, in favour of the democratic, or Clintonian ticket. The whole.nurnber of votes fall year, was 7159 ; federal increafe this year 1139—Jacobin, 994. MAY I.—The New side, off Cape Hatteras, fpoke the Commerce, from the Spanilh Main, who, a few days previoofly had fallen in with the Elephant, a Briar 74, by whom they were informed that Buenos Ayres had been retaken by the Englilh. Colonel Burr is now at Philadelphia.—ln palling through (event towns in Virginia, he was noticed with tome diflinguithed marks of populli favour.— A party of gentlemen, at Alexandria, gave him a public dinner. The Honourable Mr. Etlkine, his Britannic Ma jelly's Mininer to the United States, is alfo on a vifit to Philadelphia. FOREIGN MTN LLIGENcL Tormouss, MAY 24.—The following Letter was addrelTed to the Pfeil* of this Department on the 25th of April Taft, by the &Unifier of the Interior : Paris, rich Apr% tBO7. SlR—The Emperor has condefeendod to anno.toce to me, that all Englith merchandize having been prohibited in the Ottoman Empire, the Grand Seignior has made known to him a with to have French cloth, and particularly woollen Ruffs called 'balloons. Thus the enemies of Franoe have by their violence re eitablifbed one of the molt important markets for her manufadures, a market of which they were deprived fifteen years fume. You will feel bow important it is to feize this opportunity to make this known to the manufacturers of your department, and call upon them to profit by it. Tell thtnt that the cloth of Wrench nianufadure having been unfortunately difeountenanced in the Levant during the Revolution, in confequence of the badncfs.of its manufadure, their firft obJedt ought to be to re-edablint their reputation, by fending cloth, the quality of which may alwaystmfure an advan tageous fate.. Inform them alto, that they may fend their cloths Oy Triefte and the neutral towns. In order to inftrud them in the manufadure of (balloons, and with refpcdt to the qualities which fuit the Levantins, I will endeavour to fend to you Tome patterns of thole which the Englith have hitherto earn*. I recommend this objed to your care, and renew the affurance of my entire confuicradon. CHAMPAQNY. INTERCEPTED CORRESPONDENCE. The following are the Articles alluded to In the STA', of yelterday, and which appear in the Manitearr of the 31ft ult. We need hardly add, that they are of fuch of l dates as to furniffi 01, recent intelligence. They may alto be fairly confidcred as garbled, and interpolate) by the enemy : LETTER I —Mr. W. BUY ND L to Colonel PATERSON. dated Madras, June i, !Soo —ln this letter, the Treaty of Peace con cluded with the Mainattas, in the beginning of the year ilk& it ftrongly cetifured, and. it is raid, that Lord Lake and 4ir George Bralow had had a feriousdifputc on that fubjed. It is Rated to be the general opinion that the Peace cannot laft, and that Holkar and Scindia were adively recruiting their armies, cnfteding their artillery and ammunition, and making every exertion to reftore their force to the fituation in which it was before the preceding campaigns. It is reported that Lord Lake w" to fail for England with the SepteMber Beet, and that Sir John Craddock was to pro. ceed to Bengal as Commander in Chief. Afteritating that CoL Gillefpie is appointed Commandant of Arcot, it is obferved— " Yon would fcarcely k now Arcot, it is fo much embellifbed by the new Barracks for the cavalry and by a magnificent Equeftrian Hall, which colt the Company more than eight pagodas. LETTER IL—From Mr. Jas. Coasectis to Lieutenant Col. Scuaw, dated Cambay, Feb. to "—The writer alio whether it is likely that General Welleftey will be appointed Governor of Bout. hay—ehat appointment, it is obferved, would be a great benefit to the country, and is anxiouity defired by every one at Boesky. LETTER lll.—From Mr. Geo. Coasatus to J. BAWIITIM Efq. dated Cambay, Augult 6 —Contains a report that Oosterno:, l Duncan was to fail for England, sod would be fucceedui by Sir Charles Warn. Mallet, formerly a 'trident for feven years at Cambay. In this letter it is alto hated, that the peace with Hot. tar, it Is thought. cannot be of long duration, and thlittl!e Mah rattas ate recruiting their armies, and gave great eneourarierit to European defames, particularly artillerymen. • LET PER IV.—m. C. jowon to his father, 00tWORTST JOWAW, Elq. dated March 27.--Tbia hitter contains the foUowisfi account of the circumftances which immediately preteded the conclulioo.of • the Peace .vith Holkar.-." On the toth of March, the army of Holkar ereaniped five leagues from Anwitftr, and he., himfftlf entered that city on the fame evening, in order to deinand the protedion of Ramjet Sing. In his interview with that Chief; Holkar declared that his defign was to embrace the law of. the &Ohs, if his demand was liftened to. He Rothe fame time Informed the affembled Chiefs, that their refute would force biM to embrace the Mahometan Faith, and to fah protediod from the King of the Afghans. The Alterably heard this extraordinary declaration with ihrprife and joy, and immediately contented to rapport his caufe. , In confcquet.ce of this Meeting, which appeared to indicate a June. tion of the Seiks with Holkar, Lord Lake fent Raja Bhag Sing de Jhud to apprifebis nephew of the effeds of filch a Couture of policy. The finadeilln of the Priefts of Anwitfir, whci rzio.Cy defired to mate a profelyte of a man fo difiinguiffied at Holkar, oppofed great otilincles to the fuccefs of his million. But Bing Slog was not difcouraged, and perfilling in his defign, at the end of three days, be Mind means to convince Rensjet Siog of the impoliey of bieeonduel. At this moment the Vakecls of kalkarwere fent back by Rajah Sanfar Chand in confequince of a milion from Lord• Lake to that Chief, who, in his turn, Cent his Mioifter, lo I order to ftrengthen his relations with the &Mill Onvernment.--. Holkar being thus difappointed of all the advantages which he had promifed hinifeif by entering the Panjab, determined to de mand a peace. and for that purpofe fent two of his agents to the camp of Lord l.ake. where they arrived on the loth of December. and the treaty was figned on the 23d. Having given the proofs of our geneeofity, by reftoring to him his ceffions.Holkai teemed to entertain an opinion, that we mould be as indulgent to him with regard to other articles Itipulated in this treaty. ; and he therefore continued to pillage In the jalintha, without any difpofition to re turn to his own tcrritorie:;, and he has thus prevented V/ from putting our troops in cantonmars:' • LONDON. THURSDAY, JUNE sr. ST. BAINAlAto•••NO basset's bone at tlw Stock Exchange. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock 1134 Imp. 3 per Cect. tirif 3 per Cent. R. An. 631 frith S per C 034 3 per C. Conf. Sat Excheq. Bills, par a as. pt. 4 per Cent. SO- 0 ronlum t prem. Long Ann. i7l 15-16tbS ConfLottery Ticaeckets 191 t India Booth, s. pr. Lo tter y for .bat The Thefeus and Spencer, Commodore SroP TOIL% whkh went as convoy with the Expedition under General Caawroao, have arrived at Portfmouth. They went with the Expedition to.St.lielena, where the tranfports were put under Oe.convoy of Admiral MURRAY, to carry them to their deftination. We are concerned to (late that, as thefe (hips have brought no intelligence refpeaing the E.t.strititii man of war, fome apprehenfions. are entertained for the fafety of that fhip. • .- 'J. • -1 ,•ire-~'it The Hercules, Rottlati''ii tMived - it' Liverpool' from Tortola z—file failtd TdniAenet on the egi4 l April with a fleet, cont (lint ofiliot4 49404 tAties convoy of his Majeny's -Ships Vsstri• stirifiJotiso, and pitted from thern:thi fame ntyr,... - v3O •• . •‘. • 5., v The Townlhend,paAt * ito . bei.gn ~.zto bon. is arrived at ; .the 10 oft. The letters will Ise doliveredmismliow, • In the preceding column* we byre given eate!atts from American and Jamaica-Fapers, reteiited day. From the former, it woeld appear there has been ancther Revolution in St. Domingo ; but we think this could hardly have happened without being known at Jamaica. A GOTTENBURGH MAIL Arrived this mornin, by which we received Ham, burgh and other papers to the 4th inft. There feems to have been a very general expe&ation prevailing, that an engageMent would take place between die French and Ruffians on tilt x4th ult. but nothing is Rated of the refult. An Englillt frigate, which arrived on the 3d of April at Medina, landed there a millipn of hetes, intended for the payment of the troops. A letter from Milan of the 13th ult. Rates, that accounts had reached that place from Leghorn, and that a (hip had arrived from Corfica, both of which agreed in Rating, that the Toulon fleet has put to fea—that there are many troops on board—and that it has taken an Englifh frigate and a brig, that were Rationed there to obferre the port of Toulon. =MA MAY 5. The band of friendthip which has fo long fubfilled between the Porte and France is more firmly ens blithed than ever. The Grand Signior went in Rate to the Grand Mofque of Conflantinople, and (wore upon the Alcoran, in pretence of all the bliniliers and Officers of his Court, that he would rather die than forfeit the friendfhip of the Emperor Napoleon. The Pachas of Smyrna and Salonichi have inti mated to the Porte, that, in confequence of the orders to confifcate all the Englith property, they have feized upon goods to the value of 8o millions—(livres we ft:vote )--From ihe Berlin Telegraph. SEMLIN, MAY Litters from Servia contain the certain intelligence that the Turks have taken the fortrefs of Ufchitza by afrault, on the Alarawa. ' HAGUE, MAY 30. A report prevails here, that our King intends to vifit a cli.liatit bathing place. NUREMBERG, MAY 24. The following advices have been received from the Auftrian States. We learn from Olen the Mag= nats have fignified to the Stztes of Hungary that they faw themfelves compelled to demand of the Emperor of Auflria their King, a new Conflitution more adapted to times and circumftances, which, the per fantry and citizens have long folicited. The report Rill continues that our Court labours with fixed, for the re•eflablilhment of peace. The exchange of Couriers between the French and Auffian headquarters, is extremely frequent. BERLIN, MAY 33. The Deputies lent by his Majefty the King of Holland, to his Majefty the •Emperor and King:Arse accompli(hed their mithon. They were lAA grad• oufly received by his Imperial Malefty at the Hes& Q2arters, in Finkenftein ; and both Mr. Goldberg, Counfellor of State, and Mr. Van -Stnsgenei were prefented by him with his portfait, richly fet in dia. monds. .. `.~ Mr. Reinhard, late Imperial French Weiner, ar rived at Carlfbad with his family, in the courfe of laa month. COPENHAGEN; MAY 30. To-morrow our Court is to go into mourning for the late Princefs Catherine of BrunfwiekWolfenbuttel, and for the Emprefs of Auftria, lately deceafed. Y elterday the Imperial French Minifter Diddot, had his firft audience of his Royal Majeay. Letters from Berlin (late that the report of an in tended journey of the Hereditary Prince and Princes of Saxe-Weimar to Rufrsa, is unfounded. STETTIN, MAY 26. The Night before lift hiarfbal Brune arrived, and al:shill:lied his head quarters at th's place, as Com mander of the Army of Obfeivation, which is aftemb- L o g in our ay/iron* General Thome% is oppoitged Commandant or the place. Yelterday at noon, IL , Members of the Regency and the Magittracy their compliments to the Marthal. • LUBECK. JUNE z. Two Swediih (hips, which on the 23d and zsob o f laft month were detained off the He of Rngen, by l Swedith frigate, arrived yefierday in Trarentund r , through fir& of weather, together with the Synch (cameo who were put on board. We underhand that Roftock and WeiMU (Mp g have been detained in the famessanner 11413 mm no previous notice had bees gives, on the put o f t h e Swedifis Court, of the intended deteetiesaf ma* no nneafincfs is entertained on that (Otte. ALTONA, JUXE r. By a fingnlar fatality. the awns employed tote. lieve Dantzic, have become the oteafiem of its carlie furrender. General Kalkreuth could have held Mt Ifiate time longer, but to fan the Ruffians Phut upic Weichfelmunde from printing for hunger, he was . • obliged to capitulate. The garrifon of so,coo, a. .cluding the Ruffian:, are prifoners of war. The tam& immediately took poffafion of the city. O n the .4th the cavalry of the befieging army departed to the grand army. The late( accounts from th e French head quarters come down to the 24th, at which time motions were remarked which gave reafon to expett an approaching battle. It remains to h e 'teen which fide will attack. By Imes from the theatre of war, the guffiansivere expeaed to mak e im attack or) the 24th of May on the whole French line. . . An EDO& frigate is arrived at Stralfund with ant. unitioq and fire arms.. A corps of Pruffians, the ftrength of which is vat-km(ly ftated, is laelcd in -Swan Poratrania, - PRIVATE LETTER, 1:0WEI1 ELBE, JUNE s. Since the :sth of May, the Swedilh alp of war in the Baltic have received orders to ftop 41 odds belonging to Lubeck, and have already fent &met° Yfiadt. Accounts are come An firm have been captured, but two have been brought by the cress back-to Travemunde, and fontteen Swedes who wel t on board , them,, made prifonera by the Dutch. A deputation is gone From Lubeck to the Ki ng of S we . den t on account of this order which is fo prejudicial to. their trade. lastucrr, King's Melfenger, arrived this MOtilitl from Lord Husor Irma, *ill the Qfficial Aceocz of the Surrender of Drunzic.—Mosacre and Ka Awl left Town (King's Meffengers) yellerday ntornini MOM ROl 4 for the IttaiTran Army, and Ictaar,,, A Vienna. Yeflexclay, about twelve o'clock. his Kum arrived at the Queer's Palace, from Windfor. Iluke of KENT was in attendance to receive iw MA J ESTY. At two o'clock his Ma/xsvx held a private Lestet4 which was attended by The first Lora of the Treafury, the, Cord, Privy Seal, the So ovaries of State, the Chaneeffear of the Exchequer. the Fire Lorl of the Adadraky, the Judge Adroilite r the Lard Chamberhln, dr buke of Mootrofe, Earls of Harrington and Uxbridge, tort) Heathfield and Wensworth, and Sir it B. Neale. Lord HARRING rott was prefented to his 14114ssri, upon his return from Ireland.. His bfljarry gave audiences to 41.3 e Duke of PORTLAND, Lord HAY/XIS/WRY, Earl of Mr. CAHN two, and Mr. BOND, who laid livfOrehis MAJESTY the proceedings of feveral CourtirMartia/ A little before fix o'clock his MAJISTY let of of his return to Windfor. "x• Yefletday, Mr. PaRCEVAL, gave his 6rfrelitTher tot the Cabinet Minitlers, at his hottfe, in Lincoln's Ins Fields. Sir H. V. TEMPErr, reported to be dead in all the newfpapers, is recovering from his late indifpofition. The duel between the Hortourable Mr.Hawat and Mr. Matti:is was a pretty determined one, a s may be colldted from the following dialogue, on their taking the gronnd t-- Mr. M.....Talee care of yourfclf, Hawke, for by I flull bit you. Mr. will, my lad! and let me reconmencl you to take care of your owneannitter ! - - - Thi feconds, on hearing this, 2grced that they thould not take aim, but fire by fignal, which was done ; when Mr. Matt-Ism miffed, and Mr. HAWKE'S alOt took effect, by paifini round the rim of his op: ponent's belly, and then (battering the bone ofhis left arm; on which Mr. Metttist exclaimed." aunty you have winged me 1 lend me your neckcloth to tie np the broken pillion!" which was immediately co& plied with and the arm being bound Up, they both returned in the fame chaife, as good friends as ever! The Walker, CLARE, from London for New York, which had been captured by a French privateer, is feciptered by CILOCOM Li Hoop of war, and feat for HOVEL The hiatury, Mtccea, for London, is 101 l at js• maica, in coming to join convoy. Where every thing tends to mach to pink, to amide, delight, and gratify, as the prefent perform *rice's at theAnyal Amphitheatre,Weaminfter bridge, are known to-do every evening, little wonder can be esched by the a'ppeerance of crowded and fa ilionlbh hoofer. It might, indeed, be a matter of wonder if loch was not the cafe. • CORN EXCHANGE, MAILIC•LAIIII I jUlfit ti. The CU PP I T of Wheat 011 -dal is rather Ikon, and this trade is fully at !aft prices—Barley in very short fupply, and is as. and 35: per quarter dearer—Rye and Malt likewife—Tick Beans have better Pale—Although the (applies of Oats are' large, having a great demand, they are very ready fale; at an advance of full as. per quarter—Thera are farther arrivals.of American Flout, and many more expelled, fine 3 84 to 433. per barrel. assissait essaaser Al Er NOtl. Wheal, sos 6u its pair: Grey Peafe 401 445 , t Fine Ditto( Beane, (old) 421 49 1 od Rye, 4 01 44 8 " Tick Ditto, 38. 43 1 od Barley, 33s :Ism od Oats, 245 181311 Malt, 641 y. od Poland (ditto 33e 3es 6d Whits Peas, (Wier') 761322 Rape Seed 27130!. rap Float hoe elp.swords sss to 605. I $ 4 111 • t si vi I 4 I ti a 11 1 I 1 • I