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PARIS, AUG. %
We are this moment assured that Duroc has
fct out again for Vienna, accompanied by the
Senator Barthelemy. We cannot fay that
this report isauthentic, though it has been re
peated to us by a number of persons who are in
the way of being well informed. The only
inTerence we can draw from it is, that as ytt
nothing is decided refpedting the great object
that now inrerefts all Europe, and that this ru
mour gives rife to some additional conjectures
in favour cf Peace." Qunal d e Soir.)
Buonaparte, the First Consul of the Republic
entered into his ,xd year on the 16th inst. The
Gcnealogify of Italy fay, that his ancestors cf
tabliihcd themselves about 400 years ago in
Corsica, being obliged to leave their native
.country. Sarzane, on account of the war between
the Guelfs and Gibclins, in which they have
taken a part in defence of the National Indepen
dence. • -^ —
" Dundee, August 26.
" Last night arrived here, the Hope
of this port, Robert Anderson, matter,
from Riga, who reports, that he left
Elfineur on Tharfday the 21st inst. un
der convoy of the Martin sloop of war ;
that in a ffiort time after Lord Whit
worth's arrival, the Danes moored four
74's across the Sound, so as to block up
the parage ; that on Tuefday the 19th,
admiral Dickson, with seven fail of the
line, and a number of fire ships, gun
boats, &c. arrived, and came to anchor
about three miles below the Castle, up
on which the Danish Commodore sent
his boat on board the British fleet ; that
early next morning admiral Dickson
got under weigh in line of battle, with
his men at their quarters, and brought
up within pißol shot of the Daniffi
squadron ; that the Romney, of 50
guns, with acutter, were dispatched
up above Copenhagen, for fear our
merchantmen might meet with deten
tion there. Next day Capt. Ander
sen failed and left matters in the above
situation.
The following letters were in cir
culation yesterday ; we do not attach
much consequence or credit to them,
but on a fubje& so important every
thing has interest.
" Yarmouth, Friday Evening.
" The Martin sloop arrived here,
left Elfineur on the aid.—Admiral
Dickson had a mod boisterous passage
thither ; his force consists of seven
ships of the line, one 50, two frigates,
one sloop, four bomb-veffcls, and five
gun-vcffels ; but it does not appear, by
the accounts I have seen, that the trans
ports had accompanied him into the
Sound. Our 74's are placed along
fide the Danish ships of the line ; our
frigates against their's; and the bombs,
&c. are Rationed close to the Castle of
Cronenburg waiting in anxious fuf
pence, the result of Lord Whitworth's
negociations. Every (hip was prepar
ed for a&ion."
The late dispatches from lord Whit
worth, we have reason to believe, were
less fatisfadory than government had
expe&ed. The Danish minister, we
are told, affiimed a lofty tone, declar
ing that although his Danish majeily
Should be unaided by Russia or Swe
den, he would nevertheless assert the
rights of nations, and oppose, to the
extent of his powers, the growing ty
ranny of the British flag.-— The subse
quent intercourse between the minivers
is Rated to have been more moderate,
but nothing less decided. We are not
of opinion, that the interference of ad
miral Dickson in the negociation will
be necessary but we are Satisfied, that
the presence of his force will powerfully
tend to its adjustment.
The flag of truce which failed from
Dover on Tuefday, for Calais, return
ed on Thursday and was again sent off
for France on Friday She was
changed with dispatches, dated to be
from the Transport Office, but which
were not directed to Capt. Cotes, our
Agent for Prisoners, in France, or to
Citizen Forfait, the Republican Minis
ter of Marine, as the ordinary commu
nications of that Board are wont to be
addressed ; but from this nothing fatis
fadory can be collected.
We can however with decision fay,
that the Court of Vienna on fignirg the
Treaty with this Country on the 12th
indant, iiTued a declaration to all the
Courts of Europe, announcing the de
termination of his Imperial majesty
not to treat with France, except on
conjunction with England and his o
ther allies. This indrament is dated
the 12th of August ; we have seen an
abdract of it ; the Hamburgh mail due
this day will mod probably put us in
poffedion of the detail.
LateLoreign News.
^co'k^u b, the arrrt.d^ Portia* i ofc the JLip Cor-
A^J, Cap+. ?. :oce,io 3, day. fion Liverpool.
LONDON, AUG. 31.
<"^ OVERNMENT vefterdcy receiV
\JT cd accounts of increased exer
tions toprepare the Brest Fleet for sea ;
that considerable bodies of troops had
been ordered thither from the interior,
and'that Buonaparte was about to re
pair to Bred to accelerate and animate
the meditated enterprize.
Lord St. Vincent has moored his
veflels in such a manner, that whilst
the season will admit of his retaining
his Situation, it is impoflible that a ves
sel of any description can either leave
or enter Bred—Our tars were in high
spirits at the profpeft of more active
service.
IMPORTANT, IF TRUE I
DANES AND ENGLISH.
The Consuls gave, on the zojh, according to
cuflom, audience to the Ambaffadors,and it was
: remarked that M. de Dreyer, Minister of Den-
Imark, lately returned from Barcelona, was a
mong the number.
I By alerter from the Hague of the 20th of,
August, we learn that Admiral De Winter will
be the Charge des Affaires from the Batavian
I Government to Paris, during therabfence of the
I Minifter Schimmelpeninck, who is gone to Hol-
Iland, with leave on private business.
Gen. Brune is named General in Chief of the
Army of Italy.
Gen. Macdonald is appointed General in Chief
of the Army of Reserve.
Gen. Jourdan arrived at Turin the 13th inst.
HAGUE, AUG. IQ.
, The day before yesterday news was received
here from Flufbing, that 5 English line of battle
flips,federal frigates, and a number of transports,
bad appeared in fight of that port. On the pre
ceding dayrhey had speared off the Heights of
Cadfand, South-weft of Flushing.
Yesterday morning early, a strong cannonade
.was heard from the fide of the Mouth of the
Matfe. hi the evening, we learnt that the
Fnglifh had attempted a fading at the break of
day on Zealand, near the Briel. They had ac
-Itually landed a few troops on the nioft conveni
lent ^art of the Coa*, but no confrquetice ferms
DANISH official account of the en
gagement with the English frigate.
COPENHAGEN, AUG. 1,.
ThofrUram^ is tbe offcial report of Capt. Krabbe,
relative to the engagement nuitb an Engtiftfrigate
on the 2stb of fuly.
Capt. Krabbe, who commands the frigate Fre
ya,has informed the Board of Admiralty,by two
reports, dated from the Downs the 26th and
28th uk. that on the 2.5th of the said month, at
2 o'clock in the afternoon, he fell in at the mouth
of the Channel with four English frigates, a brig,
and a lugger—at 4 o'clock, the forcmoft English
frigate, whose arrival he waited, came up with
him. Having taken herfflation a!ongfidc of hi,
ship, she sent an Officer on board, who, after the
usual questions refpcdling the deftinatiou of the
Danish : frigate, and the number of ships she had
under convoy, left the former and returned on
board the English frigate, which kept rather a
stern of the left. She returned, however, vety
foon,and sent an officer on board the Freya, who
desired to fearchthe cohvdy. Capt. Krabbe re
plied,that without anting contrary to his inflec
tions,he could not allow the convoy to be search
ed, but offered to lay all the ships papers before
the commander of the British ships. But the
English officer persisted, in the name of the
commodore, in his demand of searching the
convoy, which was peremptorily refufed. The
English officer left the Danish frigate, and the
English frigate flood for the convoy, which re
ceived the signal from the Freya to elofe up as
well as they could. Tn the mean while, another
English frigate made up to the Freya, and fired
with ball on a ship of the convoy. This shot,
was returned, but in such a direction that the
ball went over the English frigate.
About 8 o'clock in the evening the Commo
dore of the English fquaron laid his ship along
fide of the Freya, and repeated his demand that
the convoy should be fearchud without opposi
tion ; and he was going to execute this nica
fure, and to fend boats for that purpose on board
the merchantmen, But Capt. Krabbe allured
him, as he did before, that this proceeding was
diametrically opposite to his inftrudions, and
th^t the boats would be fired at.
The English Commodore, persisting in his
demand, ordered his boat to proceed to the ship
of the convoy which lay nearest. Capt. Krabbe
ordered accordingly the boat to be fired at, but
the gun flashed, and the shot had no effect.
The English Commodore, whose ship lay
nearly a-breast of the Freya, at the distance of
about the fourth part of a cable's length, gave
her a full broadfidt, which was inftantaneotifly
returned ; three of the other English frigates
lay at the time rather a-head of the Freya, on
her larboard quarter, about two cables' length
distant, and one was a-stern of the Danish fri
gate, which was now engaged with them all. —
Capt. Krabbe, having sustained the unequal
combat for an hour, and being deprived of all
hopes of coming off victorious on account of the
decided superiority of his opponents, flruck his
colors. The English Commodore made there
upon for the Dooms, with the frigate as well as
the convoy ; but Capt. Krabbe was brought on
board the English Commodore's (hip, where he
remained until the 26th, when' by orddr of the
English Admiral who commands in the Downs,
he was sent back on board the Freya, to draw
up the reports of what had happened.
The Freya had 2 men killed and 5 wounded,
and 30 shots in the hold.
The English frigates are said to have 5 men
killed and several wounded.
The Emperor has resolved to remit the col
lection of the revenues for one season, in the
provinces that have fuffered most materially,
and has adopted every measure that policy and
humanity could suggest for the relief of the fuf
ferers.
The voluntary contribution of the inhabitants
of Bengal, in aid of the war, &c. amounted on
the 19th December last to 139,332/. ty 2d.
The last accounts from Bufforah date very
serious commotions to have taken place in the
neighborhood of Mecca, occasioned by the new
religious dodrines instituted by a descendant of
Abdool Wahaub, of which we have before made
mention. This fe&ary does not deny Mahom
et's miffion,but coufiders him merely as a mes
senger from God, and possessing in himfeff, no
title to the homage and adoration of mankind ;
it rapidly gains profel, tes in Syria, Arabia, and
Egypt, and propagates its tenets by fire and
sword. —
The late overland dispatch brought recent ac
counts from Canton, stating, that an uncommon
succession of rain had laid entire diftridts in Chi
na under water. The great river Hoambo had
been fwoln to filch excels, as totally to walh
from its banks many of the villages which adorn
ed them, and inundate all the adjacent country.
Such of the inhabitants as cfcaptd this awful
visitation, had fled with the remains of their
property to the hills.
The beautiful and level plains, which lately
exhibited all the rich variety of cultivation,
were, at the late of these accounts, covered
with boats employed in collecting the wreck of
the country floating on the waters.
The overflowing of the Tay had occasioned
like calamity in the province of Qnecheu,where
several magazines of grain had been swept a
way, and irf many nlaces the inhabitants, with
their herds had (bated the fame fate.
The rice alone remained decure, unless conti
nued rains should prolong the inundation be
yond the time of collecting it, in which even
the consequences mull he dreadful; for altho'
even the mountains in China are under culture,
yet these, to which the people are retiring, can
not long afford subsistence to lb great a multi
tude ; neither from their limited intercourse
with other nations, can they expert fufficient
affi fiance from abroad.
INUNDATION IN CHINA.
PARIS, AUG. 24.
By a gentleman firm Hudson we,
are informed, that in the course of the
month of October, the Columbia Turn
pike, which extends from the city of
Hudfem to the Massachusetts line, on
the rout to Hartford, will be complet
ed in the most excellent manner and
the gates ere&ed-
Extras of a letter from Corflantinople "July 28.
“ A few days ago frefh intelligence reached
US from Egypt
“ General Kleber has been murdered, and
General Menou has succeeded him in his com
n,nrid. It is reported that a Janiflary, under
the pretence of delivering a petition to Kleber,
slabbed him. General Menou in a letter which
he wrote to Sir Sidney Smith, fays, that'thc af
fartu had been purposely sent from Gaza to
commit the murder. But there are fufficient
reasons to believe to the contrary ; and Me
nou himfelf is accused of having hired the mur
derer, an Egyptian in difgujfe, who was cut in
pieces immediately after the assassination.
" Other reports fay, that the murderer was
probably actuated by private revenge, as the
French had committed unheard of cruelties,
especially at Boulac b a suburb of Cairo, where
they spared neither women nor children.
“ What occasions the suspicions against Gen
eral Menou are his Jacobinical principles and
his having been at the head of that French par
ty in Egypt, which was always against the e
vacuation of that country.
“ General Kleber, who was as much beloved
by the other party as they hate his successor, is
generally regretted here ; and his death is the
more unwelcome to the Porte as he was bn the
eve of adopting the capitulation of El-Arifch for
the evacuation of Egypt. Menou immediate
ly broke off these negociations, declaring that he
firft required the consent of his Government.
* The Porte will new take up arms again,
and Grand Vizer and captain Pacha are con
jointly to decide the fate of Egypt by the sword.
The former is said to have completed his army,
and will have a reinforcement of 45,000 frefh
troops, under the Pacha of Maden. The Capt.
Pacha has likewise a strong corps of Albauefe
on board his fleet, and the attack will be made
in variobs points. When the left letters left
Gaza, the captain Pacha had failed from thence
with his fleet.
NEW-tORK, SEPT. 19.
Lift Thursday evening between the
hours of 9 & io o'clock, as a young gen
tleman was returning from N. York to
his country retreat, he was flopped at
the cross road near Byard's Lane, by a
foot pad, armed with a club and pistol,
who made a demand of his money, and
on being refufed, immediately took
from under his coat a pistol, and said
" Do you fee this.:"—Upon which this
gentleman (knowing from experience
that villains are cowards) drew from
his pocket, a. carpenter's rule, and pre
sented at the cowardly assassin, exclaim
ed “ do you fee this "; " which from
the vehemence of his voice and taking
the rule sot a piftol,To frightened the
culprit that he instantly took to his heels
and was soon out of fight. He was a
middle sized man, dressed in a short
blue Jacket and trowfers.
The project of the enemy are no longer
•doubtful. They with to eftablilh themselves in
Zealand, of which they wish to take poffeffiou
in the name of the Stadtholder. He has tbere
a great dumber of Partizans. —Maflers of Zeal
and, they could uuceafingly harrafs the other
parts of the Batavian Republic, as well as the
low countries and would oblige the French and
Batavians to keep coullamly in them a great
number of troops.
Gen. Alexander Berthicr passed our walls on
the day before yesterday, travelling post in a
Bertin with fix horses, on his road co Spain.—-
He flopped no longer than was necessary for
him to change his hories, and appears to be very
anxious to get to Madrid, where it is said, he
has a mission of importance to fulfil.
Nothing positive is known of the answer car
ried by Duroc. It is said that it is very pacific,
and that Anftria eagerly wishes for peace.—
Some preliminary points, it is added, are agreed
on. “ Tomorrow," fays a letter from Vienna
of the 7th," the Answer of our court to the last
Proportions of Buonaparte, will be sent off. A
happy issue is hoped for from it. Some people
fay, that the Preliminaries are almost fettled.—
The presence of Gen. Moreau in this place gives
the greatest pleasure. This General has acquir
ed great honor by his Campaigns, as well with
regard to his military genius and his bravery,
as his zeal His arrival here would seem to con
firm the hopes of Peace."
The French have taken from the Arsenal of
Munich, 11.192 fufils, 51,000 fibres, 114 gun
carriages, 3,200 bombs, 1,662 grenades, 126,000
balls, 3,163 bayonets, 2,666 piftols,.2,fmail sil
ver cannons, statutes, and cymbals of filvcr.—
They estimate the whole at 1,690,000 florins,
more than .3,000,000 of French money.
" Tichelebi Effendi, late Paymafler of the
Army of Egypt, has been appointed Minifies for
Foreign Affairs. He is a man of great talents
& influence, and highly eftcemed by the Grand
Signior."
• v — ' -- -~ • -
The Army of Gen. Melas has, within this
fiionth past, been reinforced with 27,000 men.
The Gazette of this place gives the prelimi
naries of Peace, which, according to it, are a
greed upon between France hod Au&ria. Ifit
can be believed, this treaty, which has been con
cluded at Paris, contains thirty one articles.—
According to this treaty, the Austrian posses
sions in Italy are to be extended as far as the
Oglio. There ate to be three Republics eftab
lilhed in Italy, the Cifalpite, the Cifpadinc, and
the Piedmontefc, which nay in the sequel, if it
is thought ex pedient, be united into one, and
will then have the rank of a Power of the firft
class. The French republic will occupy the ter
ritory of these three republics fore yctr, but
mail hot leave in them after that time more
than 20,006 troops.
to have resulted from it. The Engiifi have al
so failed in their attempt to cut out a Batavian
Chip of the litre. As fooß as this landing was
known, General Charier marched with feme
Batavian troops to the spot, and obligedthe
English to te-embark. They loft 5 men. Our
loss conEfts in 2 men killed and 3 wounded.—
Every precaution is taken to plate our Coafl in
the tfloft formidable state of defence, and Gen.
Charier is left in the command of the Mouth of
the Macfe.
STRASBURGH, AUGUSt $6.
BOURDEAUX, AUGUST 20.
AUGSBURGH, AUG. If.
BAMBERG, AUG. It.
VENICE AUG. 8.
AUCUtt 20.
TWO THOUSAND Dollars Regard.
A reward of 2000 dollars is offered
by the Bank of N. York, for appre
hending Nathaniel Olcott, broker, charg
ed with fraudulently taking money from
said bank. It is said he carried off with
him 2c0,000 dollars; and that he had
overdrawn on the bank 68,000 dollars.
A Nro-rorL, papers fays.
Few events have excited greater con
sternation among the mercantile part
of our citizens, than the late elopement
of Nathaniel Olcott. This young man,
by habits of assiduity and finefle, had
addref> enough to procure a credit of
between two and three hundred thou-
Ifand Dollars, with which he has final
ly absconded.
We trace his conduft in its various
consequences and probable results, we
can with difficulty believe that such in
famy could exist in the bread of a hu
man being. Had he preyed only on
I the property of those who could not
:have been materially affefted by it, the
public sympathy would have been less
exquisite and extentive. But, he has
dpne more—he has betrayed the con
fidence of his warmest friends, and re
duced to misery those previously dis
tressed. The event, however, which
excites the greatest horror, and fills the
measure of his crimes, is the untimely
end of the amiable and unfortunate Mr.
R ! Although it is impossible to
suppress our indignation for Olcott, and
his deeds, it is with extreme reludance
we do it, when we refled on the wound
ed feelings of the truly refpedable fa
mily with which he is connected. Noth
ing but a sense of public jullice could
, induce the measure.
IA reward of 2000 dollars is offered
for the Swindler by the bank of New-
York, and we have reason to exped
tbit he will be apprehended and secur
ed, as many have gone in pursuit of
him—some for the fake of the reward,
but more from nobler views—those of
favipg their families from threatened
ruin.
; longing to Capt. Atkins lashed them
selves to the deck and tire next morn
i ihg could difeover none of the crew.
The next day tell in with the pas
senger Mr. Gibson, who was float
ing on a part of the wreck, and who
I joined them immediately—Seven days
and seven nights, did these unfortunate
people continue in this dreadful situa
tion, a prey to starvation and misery,
By the last Mails.
—- =—^^^cz^zanK^ErannnmttomtmQc—^Q
Melancholy account of the Loss of the
brig JOHN, Capt. ATKINS.
PHILADELPHIA, OCT. ~
Capt. Atkins of the brig John, failed
from Lisbon the loth Aug. bound for
Philadelphia. On the 15th August,
fell in with the flip Orion, Bunker of
and for New-York from St. Übes hav
ing on board Mr. Gibson, wife and two
children as paflengers and the veffell
laden with salt—Capt. Bunker informed;
Capt. Atkins that his,veffel had ftart-'
ed a butt and the leak increased very
fid—Shortly after captain B. and all|
hands left the Orion and went part on
board capt. Atkins vessel and part on
board of a brig bound for Newbury-;
port. —
Nothing material occurred till the
15th September when laying to under
a double reefed main fail and single
reefed main stay fail, the wind blowing
very hard from S. S. W. with a heavy
sea running, a most tremendous sea
llruck the John, and immediately se
parated her; after recovering himfelf
Capt. Atkins found he was on part of
the main deck having about 20 fathoms ;
rope fattened thereto, the greater part|
of the crew were seen on various parts 1
of the wreck floating about at the mer
cy of the wind and waves. Captain
Bunker and one boy, and two boys be-
filling on nothing, save their own urine!
Hope now cheered them and almost
exhausted, they were taken tip by a
schooner from Portland to Berbice, and
two days subsequent, fell in with the
Blip George, Rice, of and for Philadel
phia from Hull, who kindly took them
on board, all except one boy, who went
to Berbice in the fchr.—Four days be
fore captain Rice made the Capes, capt.
Bunker and Mr. Gibson paflenger went
on board the (hip America, bound for
New-York from Liverpool—among
the unhappy fufferers,moll fear is enter
tained for the fafety of Mrs. Gibson
and two children, and the mate of the
brig"—° ut °f'" fouls on board, only
the above fix have yet been heard of.
NEW-YORK, OCT. t.
LOSS OF THE BRIG ABIGAIL.
On the 18th of last August, the American brig
Abigail, Capt Grove, laden with wines, bound
lastly from Altona to Providence, foundered off
the coast of Ireland in a tremendous storm,
which raged with unabated violence during
24 hours. Os the crew and passengers, who
amounted in the whole to 36 men, fix were
fortunately saved ; one passenger and 5 sailors—
As soon as these lad found that the veffcl was
no longer able to support herfelf above watef,
after confining themselves fall with ropes to a
spare mast, they committed themfelvcs to the
mercy of the winds and waves; and were for
fixteep hours exposed to the fury of these bois
terous elements. At length, however, their
signals were difeovered by a vessel at the dist
ance of about three leagues, which bore down
to their relief, took them on board, and landed
them fafely in Halifax, from whence, Mr. Mun
ford a young gentleman of Virginia, who was
an a&or in that melancholy scene, arrived in
the city yesterday.
to the chances of the ocean, and sub-
It is ujX time that the fatal b's^
should be given to the spirit of fraudu
lent {peculation, which has, in many
instances, been crowned with such suc
cess amongst us, th^t Europeans have
imagined we have reduced it to a fei
ence.—-In order to accomplish this de
sirable end, our laws relative to bank
ruptcy and Swindling Ihould undergo
further revision and correction" ; that
we may the better diftinguilh the un
happy debtor from the designing fyecuto
tor. —And those who reflex on the du
ties to society, and who are zealous For
national respectability, should rather
facrifice their lives, than place in the
Legislative councils, characters of bias
ed reputation, however eminent their
talents may be for political intrigue.
Various accounts have been circu
lated, of dispatches having been receiv
ed from our Commissioners in France.
They have as yet proved illufory.—lt
is now said, that a veiTel in 57 days
from London, which has arrived at
Norfolk, has brought some. If this is
true, they cannot be of later date than
the ill of August.
We believe government has not re
ceived any recent accounts from our
Envoys —The Ministers and Agents
of the United States, in Europe, are
continually corresponding with the Se
cretary of State, who, doubtless is also
furniflied with papers, &c. from France.
Every packet of these is conjectured to
be dispatches ; and after palling two
or three hands are affirmed tn be such.
—We shall however know further of
the business, the third week in Novem
ber. —
The Mr. Dickinson, of HoUifan,agrcea,
tty to the appointment of tbe Mendon Affiliation,fas
out laji veek, as a Millenary to preach the Goft^i
to tie people inhabiting the wilds of Cbfcib HW,
boston, oct. 16.
Front COPEA HAGEN.
Capt. Webber, who arrived here
yetterday fi^m Copenhagen, which
place he left about the ift of Sept, in
forms, that Lord Whitworth, was still
at Copenhagen, but was expe^ed to
return to England in a short time,
without effecting an accommodation
with the Danilh Courts. That the Danes
were highly incensed at the recent con
dud of England, and were making
preparations for defence, both by sea
and by land; that an English fleet of
6 fail of the line and some frigates were
lying in Ellineur roads, waiting the
ilfae of Lord Whitworth's mission.
OF CURRACOA.
Captain Wela, arrived yesterday
from Tortola, hit from St. Thomas's
which place he left about the 20th
Sept, informs ns, that accounts had
juit reached St. Thomas's, that Curracoa
had actually been taken by the French
from Guadeloupe ; and that it was ef
feded by a stratagem, in the following
manner—Several French privateers,
with troops on board, arrived off the
place, and demanded liberty to land ;
but were refufed ; soon after they Tot
under way, and left the place for two
or three days, when they returned, and
informed the Governor that a large
fleet of English Ihips of war and trans
ports had been seen off the coast, dif
tined for the reduction of that place,
and that they now demanded protec
tion from him, as an ally to the French
Republic, with permiflion to land and
afhit in the defenfe of the town. This
Huede succeeded, and the troops were
Suffered to be landed ; they, immedi
ately entered the principal forts, and
after disarming the soldiers, and arrest
ing the Governor ; proclaimed them
selves makers of Curracoa.
The President of the United States,
fat out on Mpnday, for the city of
Washington.—-Congress is to hold its
firft femon there, the third Monday of
next month.
The following members of the present Congreft
Lave declined being considered as Candidates for the
next :—Hon. John Lawrence, Theodore Sedg
wick, Samuel Lyman, John Read, Harrison G.
Otis, Bailey Bartlett, Roheit Goodloc Harper,
Thomas Pinckney, John W. Kittera, William
Gordon, James H. Imlay, Jonathan Freeman,
Christopher G. Champlin, Jonathan Brace,
Chauncey Goodrich,and Thomas Hartley,Efqrs.
The Aurora has asserted, that the expenses of
Gov. Jay's mission to England, was 52,721 do Is.
and 34 . cents. Gov. Jay, in a letter dated the
iff inst. has convicted the falfhood, and demon
strated that his expenditures amounted to no
more than 12000 dollars, and 36 cents—not a
quarter part of the Aurora LIE.
Perhaps more severe & deftrudive gales have
never been witnessed, than those which have ta
ken place in the course of the lall month, Al
most numberless accounts have reached us on
the fubjea—fame of which state the total loss
of valuable vessels and cargoes; others of their
having been difmafted, and reaching port in
dittrefs, some with the loss of their deck load,
people, &c.—lt was experienced on the 9th at
Bermuda, so severely that an English frigate in
the harbour was obliged to cut away her masts
to save herfelf; and an English merchantmen
foundered.
We underhand, that Mr. Thomas Geyer,
merchant of Boston, took passage in the Ma
ry, which failed from Eaft-Haddam, for Dema
rara, and whose loss is mention in an article of
ship news under tie Philadelphia head, in this
day's paper. In announcing this unhappy cir
cumstance, we fympathife with the relation and
friends in the death of this unfortunate but efti
triable young man.
The Herald, Ch rles Ruffcll, efq. comman
der, will return to this port from her cruise in
all this month; flie has been out upwards of
11 months, and has loft but one man; the crew
being complete, confining of 115 men and boys,
all in go dd health.
BOSTON. OCT. T^,
THE ENVOYS SUBJECT.