The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-06-26 00:00:00, page 3

Capt. Quinton of the brig Pru
dent, from St. John's, N. B. was
, taken and hii vessel burnt, in the
, afternoon of the 7th inst. about 10
► leagues co the S. S. E. of the
Hook. The Captain of the French
;privateer informed Capr. Quinton
that hit orders were, in case any
[ American armed vessel made the
[ leaff refiftaace, to give them no
quarter.
L . BOSTON, JUNE 16.
I From France.
I Y-fterday arrived here, the brig
[ Silly, Capt. Havens, from Mor-
L ^ laix, in France. From the passed.
■ gera, &c. we learn ;—
■ That a letter was received at
Morlaix, from an American gen
-1 ' tieman at Paris, dated the |6l A
i ' pril, affuriogjhnt Meffrt. Pinck
< ne, and Mas (hill had obtained
piffporti, and weie that day to
■ ' ,let off from Am to embark at
I Bourdeaux for the United States ;
■ and that Mr, Gerry was to remain
I at Paris:
That it wai reported at Mor
■ laix, that the French ambxffador
[ 4#Emperor of Germany, had
, left Vienna, in conference of some
■ ill Wage he had received from the
Faffed to be cngroffed. Yeas
69 —Nays 19.
The Bill, entitled, " An A&
to authorize the defence of the
merchant vessels of the United
States against French depre
'dation, one entitled, " An
a& providing a naval arma
ment," and the" A& author
izing the President of the U.
1 States to cause to be purchas
ed or built, a number of small
vessels to be equipped as gal
lies or otherwise," passed
without a division.
The House agreed to the #-
meodmeats made by the Senate
to the Bill, entitled, " do aft lap
)pkmentar, to, and to amend the aR
tflablijbing an uniform fjflem of
, naturalization,”
.A meffige was received from
the President of the United States,
informing the Heufe, that he had
approved and figoed the following
Bills, viz. " An aft refpefting loan
? office Ind final (ettlemeot certify,
j cates, indents of interest and the
unfunded or unregistered debts ac
credited in the books of the Trea
/ fury ;"—alfo, "An ad making
appropriations for the military ef
tablifhmcnt for the year 1798
and " An ad to fafpend the com
mercial intercourse between the U.
States and France, and the de
r pendencies thereof."
ing of 'wo important Bills,
viz. the Bill for making a val
uation of lands and houses,
and an enumeration of slaves,
preparatory to laying a direa
tax, and the bill authorizing
the defence of the merchant
vessels of the United States,
against French depredations.
The House being called
over, 87 Members appeared ;
five were abfent,one of whom
is deceased, and one sick, 14
have leave of absence.
THE VALUATION BILL
JUNE 13.
CALL OF THE HOUSE.
Newark, June ri.
No Quarters.
people ; and that the Kmperorl
had writen to the Directory onl
the (object :—
That the invasion of England 1
wat still the flanking hbtfe ; but itl
was the opinion of many, that it
would never be attempted, and
that the assembly of the troops on
the occasion, is merely to have
them at hand in case the Direaory
Ihould choose to conjure up to
other conspiracy :—
That a Spanish frigate had ob
tained the leave of Admiral Par
ker to proceed from Cadiz to En
gland, on what errand is un
known:— And,
On Saturday^mormngi7[ vY^ow|
Hannah Virgin, aged £9.
—— ;— =
O Wednesday laft,tbe Hon.
General Court fai/bed their |
fefon at Hopkinton, and ad.
journed to the third Wednef- .
da, in November next, then to 1
meet in this town. & Jketcb |
of the principal part of the I
business done at tbisfbort fef- I
,on, bas already 6eekgroe„.—l
Tbe Limitation ^l, which was I
to take place in Sept. ttffi is |
postponed twelve months from I
that date.■
ANSWER OF THE SENATE I
TOtill &
v GOVERNOR', ff^k^ra
M^it flti „ar Gdlra,, |
ATajonaufefo critical as the present, I
when the Liberties and Independency of |
That a French 74 gun (hip,
coming round from (Orient to
Best, hid been captured by the
Engufh.