The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-10-15 00:00:00, page 3

the French engage to obtain refti
reteot the Crimea toihe Grand
-Seig or.— > . ^^:
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/ LONDONQ^
. ^Admir alty Office, July 26.
A letter of which the following is a
cop,, has been tran/mitted b, Ad.
miral Lord St Pincer, Comma,
der in Chief of bis Majfo's
ship and itftls off Cad^z to
Evan Nepean Est. Secretary of
the Admiralty. <
Sea Herfe. June 27. '9B, l/le of
ICT W.N.W. 42 leag.
MR LORD,^
After a chace of twelve hours,
and a close Mion of eight min
ute, his Majefly'# (hip under my
command, this morning at four
o'clock, captured the Sensible a
French 36gun frigate, 12 poun
deft, and three hundred men,
commanded bv Monsieur Borde,
Capimne de Vaiffeau; was new
coppered, copper fattened, and
h^d a thorough repair at Toulon
two months ago. A General of
Division, Baraguay d'Hillieri,
with hit (git, wai on board, going
to Toulon with an account of the
c^piure cf Malta —The Sea-
Horfe'i Officers and men conduc
ted (hemfelvei much to my fatis
faftion, and I received that affif
fence from Mr. Wilmot, the firft
Lituunant, which 1 might natur
al, expe& from an Officer who
h'ad been in nioe aaioot, & receiv
ed eight .wound#.' Two Matter,
Mates, and nine Sen belonging to
the Culloden, evinced the fame
ffeady courage as the crew of that,
ship have dooeon eve,y pccifion.
(Signed) EDW. JAS. FOOTE.
The Right-on. Earl St Vinca©
Admiral of the Blue, &c. &c.
Lord St. Vincent lately captured
a vessel from South America,
which amongst articles of grta
value, contained a statute of the
King of Spain in gold, defigoed as
a present to his Majesty. The
gallant Admiral is hid to haft
forwarded thefatute to Cadiz,
ind, in a mirier which, m
greatly enhance the value of the
gift, has so iciced his Majefty's^
ceptanceot it.
AUG. 16.
The Emperor of Russia, it ap
pears, has intimated by a Procla
mation, " that in conlequeoce of
the French having seized even fa
neutral harbors all ships laden with
Ruffian goods, he has given or
ders that all French goods in Ruf
fian ports Should be put under
. fequeftrition, without regard to
whatever power the mips in which
Xthe, may be found belong, or
whoever mayfefo
Our readers, will fee from the
:paper of inftruAiods lent 10 the
American Miniflers on the dffclo
fore of the money Ootrigue, that
the Government pursue with firm
nefs the Simple and honest line of
f condo# flhe, origtaall, adop^d,
„d declare chat they will not bay
a peace even from individuals ft
fe State. We hope this plain
and Ready deportment wiii iecute
co them ib#.bteffi%.c
certainly adequate to the defence
of the American Commerce a
gainft the crippled remains of the
Maritime Free of France. <
''/-'&---==
^FRANCE '
^ PARTS, AUG 4.
The Batavian Directory has
caused all the popular societies
which declared against the late
Revolution effeded in that coun
try to be (hut.
s%^ —— # -
The gresteft aaivicy it employ
ed in forwarding the armaments
at Brest. Fourteen vessels of
which two are three decker,, and
the remainder 28%, will soon go
to increase the number of those
already io the road. One divifiao,
computed of the ship of the line
Le Hoche, and fix frigates, is rea
dy to receive on board a great
number of troops. Twenty-two
fail of English vessels are Bill crui
zing off Ufhant.
The Emperor is said to have re
nounced all indemnities within the
Empire. But it is asserted that he
requires the country of the Glifoni,
some of the Swifi provinces fixa
ted on the Rhine, and the restora
tion of Mantua, with its dep^den
cie'# ' * %
The Director Rewbell, has left
Paris, with the leave of the two
Councils.
NORtHCAROLINrt
WILMINGTON, SEPT.2I.
^Extrad of a letter from a gentleman at
Snow-Hill, to the Editor of this paper,
I dated Sept. >3. ,
" TOHN Raitcliffe, Esq. dele-
J gate to our State assembly,
I was fhoc last Saturday nightoith
'large shot, which entered his fide,
fame out at the fame fide, and
has almost killed his horse, Mr.
K. died of the wound, Nodi'
cover, of the murder yet madea—
Murder is at all times Shocking ;
, but cool deliberate murder has no
name to express its deformity.
Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, SEPT. 18.
The officers of the Ichooner,
prize to the United States, are
permitted on parole, being com
missioned by the Directory ; but
those of the (loop in the county
jail as their authority for plunder
ing, is fanaioned only by a Weft-
India agency § #
Came up this morning the Del
aware (loop of war, Capt. Deca
ture, with the prize schooner Sam
'Pareil. ^^^^^'^
fr ^^^^oowra^
V^EwroßK.
I^^ OCT. I.
Louis XVIII, who is ftiU ft
Miuau, has been lately visited by
the Prince of Conde, accomoanied
by the Ruffian General Sorrow.
A greet,number of French Priests
are on their way to Russia, where
they have been offered an asylum.
The Court of Peteriburgh has or
dered th, to be foppfed with
money to defray the expeofe of
^^s, h .^
the addition of feversHhips of the
ha# ordered at the fame time that
§ rpn t n
Li Fayetre, it is bid, negotiates
Tth success his re,orb to France.
The contempt ofa Government is
very often mistaken for kiedoefs.-
^4 # _^„ree—
RHODEISLAND.
^ PROVIDENCE, SEPT. 20.
Lift Thursday the Herald (loop
of war, of no guos, commanded
b^Capt. Sever, and rhe armed
brig Picketing, of 14 guns, Capt.
Chapman, returned here from a
short cruise, to receive frelh in
ftrunions from government. They
will both Tail again immediately
for the protection of the Ameri
can coafti.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Boston, oct. 6.
By an arrival yesterday, we re
ceived the " Madrid Royal Ga
zette," to the tyth July. In the
latest the expedition of Buonaparte
is (peken of as having the Englifo
pofftffioo of India, as its prime
obje&. The debarkation of the
French troops at Alexandria gives
uneafioefs to the Grand Seignor ;
but the advancement of the ftaff
of the army to the Persian Gulph,
from whence they are to proceed
by water to the Malabar coast, is
corfidered as within the reach of
the General's enterprize. Admi
ral Nelson wan in the wake of Bu
onaparte before he reached the
African coast ; and will render a
good account of the French Dip
ping, whatever may become of
the army. ——
The embargo on American ves
sels in Fraoch, is enforced with
great severity $ and our sailors
are imprifooed. Retaliation on
Frenchmen in the United States,
ought immediately to be adopted.
Accounts from the Weft-Todies,
still continue confirmatory of the
assertion, that in case of a declara
tion ,cf war between France and
the United States, the French ill
andi will declare themfelvei inde
pendent of the mother country.
The appointment of Gen.
Wafhiogtoo, as Commander in
Chief of the American armies,
was known in France, before Mr.
Gerry failed. It made the French
"Jbrug the /boulder.”
Mr. Hurophrey, Messenger of
the United States, tp the late En
voys to France, set out yesterday
for Trenton.^
The voluntary fubferiptioo in
Bubadoes, for carrying on the
war against Frtoce, amounted to
^fyß%ti °CT 9 #
From St. Ptttrjlufg & Co„nbagt,.
Capt. Burgess, in the ship Here, arrived
here yesterday. from St. Petersburg and
Copenhagen. He failed from Cronftadt
witba large stet under convoy, whithl
^^^ ^f^^ Norway. Off
the Naze he fpokea Danish frigate and
brig, cruizing for the proteaion of neo
tral property. Was informed from the
frigate, that they would not foffar any
taato^m D^%""rt:% ::^ s I
^^^x^
there ; and the curent of conrerfation at 1
If ° £ S1
"rhabfiß ^rrntintifArrmhnrifp fhnfp At 1
1 ^^^BMffia^^^t^rercrasfot
c
E#ra& ,/ a let:er from an Office 0 * ford
:b: fa, Caaflitutim fog ig H^m^n
% Roads, <ff NQli, Virg. dated ty.45.
We arrived here on Thursday hit.
in company with a ship of 24 guns,which
we captured in lab 34, 10, long. 75,
pretending to be a French Royalrtt, un
der EnglUh colours. Her officers are all
French, and h^r crew a mixture of
French, Italians, Spanish & Portoguefe;
No one doubts but (he will be condemn
ed as good prize ; and there are strong
fofpicions of her being a Pirate, She
fays (he was from Port St. Antonio,
bound to Philadelphia, on a trading
voyage ; but the bears few maths of that,
being every way calculated for a desper
ate marauder. It is said the has large
sums of money in bags and cbefts, which
have not been opened, probably the
plunder of detencelefs Americans—and
has commissions from,hree powers, the
English, French and Spanish, doublets
all falfe. Should (he be a prize, she is
certainly a rich one ; at any rate, we
have done our duty—what remains is in
the hands of the Civil Authority. You
may suppose we were in good spirits after
the capture, and a long jplies taken in the
mata brace, having been cruising so long
arid so cfen, called to quarters unfuc.
cefsfuily, that we were almost difeourag
ed. She at fi^ft made a shew of refin
ance, and after we had obliged her to
clew up all her fails, dropped under our
counter and attempted raking us foe
and aft ; but threatening to blow him
cut of water Should he fire a gun, bro't
poor Monsieur to bis bearings. Hadthey'
the courage to have fired, they would
certainly done us considerable 1° jury, we
not having wind fuffitient to wear in time
to prevent it.
" A Cotter has arrived to day with
dispatches which have not been opened.,
Our cruise has been from the Capes of
Vitginia, as far fouth as St. Mary's.—
Ja these latitudes, where there are squalls
arising every day, it would be imprudent
to crowd fail— but we run leisurely 11;
knots close haul'd upon a wind. W.c
have upwards of it>o old man of war's
men on board, who all agree they never
knew a ship tail so well -I have en
joyed an unusual degree of health since
we left Newport, which has, been the
case with all the flip's company,—ft is
now sickly in Norfolk, but we keep c'ear
of them."
Mr. Gerty, in his answer to Talley,
rand, fays ithat he believes the French
Diredory are as much disposed to peace
with America—as they ever were !He
might with equal Sincerity have fairl,
that the Droil loves bol, water as much
as he rutr did f!!
True Ameiicanifm.
Os the 65,006 defers fu bferibed at Sa
lem, fer building affigate to be offered
to government, Elias H. Derby, & Wm.
Gray, Efq'is. gave each 10,000 dollars ; <
besides this, Mr. Derby has built a zo,
gun ship, which is nearly ready, and an
other to carry the lame force, now on the
flocks; and Mr. Gray is preparing a fine
ship, to mount 20 guns.
fl the FEFER.
Philadelphia]—Altho'the popu
lation of Philadelphia has been reduced
to less than 5,000 fouls, the returns of
the destroying angel, have daily increased
irtnumber.Oo the 27th of Sept, there
were 86 vi&ims. 08.1. Burials for the
48 hours ending last evening at 8 o'clock,
115, 67 new case in the last 24 hours.
Deaths Oa. 2, 71. New cases 39, OQ.
3, Deaths 49— New cases 41.
Wilmington]— Deaths from the
24th to the 30th of Sept. 49..
newyork, oct. I. Number of deaths
in this city, far 24 hours, ending Satur
day at noon, 49—43 of the fever. Sun
day, 39—33 of the tever.
Newlondon]— Tuefday OH. 3—at
noon, 36 sick, 5 of whom are dangerous.
4 new cases the last 24 hours.
boston, oct. 8. Since the return
on the (th inst have recovered 13—have ,
died 3—newcafes B—whole number now A
I sick iEI-off whora are on the recovery
and those who have left the town, ma,
now return with fafety.] & ;:.
.With forfeit jo, , Announce, that
the Fever at Portsmouth noow no more.
The whole number died of the fever, is
155I 55—41 taken and recovered,
kDIED]-^ Mdt theist ifyt ;
Enfield, m (N. thetyWrffef Me Ed-