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First— What Ims been the policy of tie Federal
Government, vrlricb RderrEfls hevc heretofore fa
zealotfly ft,ported and approved.
The old confederation, having proved totally
inadequate to great national objects, both as a
bond <f Internal Union, and as a defence against
External dangers ; and prostration of Public
credit—want of privateconfidence — commercial
and agricultural distress—producing their inev
itable effeda, intestine convulsions and national
degradation, the Federal Cenfutution was after
many Rrugglcs adopted, to maintain union, and
fccore internal peace, and external tranquillity.
All the diforganizers in society, and many
V~ queer, fbffmen like Mr. Gerry, who did not
litre the Constitution because they were not al
lowed to mould and mar it, oppefed its adop
tion, and when adopted, continued their oppo
sition to its administration. Hence our Gov
ernment began its carter, witha formidable fac
tion, and its hiflory has been one continued,
unvaried icene, of" attack and deface. That
this fadion should have increased, urftil it fhculd
have strength to overpower its adversaries, is
not furprizing to those, who have contemplat
ed the nature of man, or Who have watched the
ravages of unchecked democracy jn every coun
try in which the experiment has been tried. It
is my pr^fent objt& to exhibit its melancholly
hiflory in that country, wber pure liberty has
had its fair# experiment. Farion having thus
grown out of the formation of the Government
itfelf, the friends of Gevernment were com
pelled to assume a name of diftindion, aqd in
relation to the nature of their cflablifhments,
they rook that of "Federalist."
The object of the Fcderalifts, being to se
cure the bleffmgs and advantages, for which
they had adopted the Cenflitution they favor
ed, promoted ' and advocated /every measure
which had a tendency to secure its liability and
to ext'endiis ufefulncfs. I fhail for the fake of
ficrfpicuity arrange these efforts under diftind
leads, that they may be more eafdy controlled
with the principles contended for by the oppo
sition.
Ift. Experience, the hiftnry of all nations,
but more especially the fad experience of cur
own confederation had shewn the dangers, the
• weaknesses and &fcasofa numerous, or control
cd Executive —Jndecrfien, want of f-crrcy and
jifpatch,—proflration of national dignity and
univer/ul debility had always marked the char
acter of those Govcibments,. where the execu
tive power wascither confided to many bands,
or controled by other bodies. The Federal
Constitution had wifely avoided thi evil, but it
remained for the Federalists in Congress to give
life and efficacy to a finglc Executive, or to
fnwother and destroy tLisvital principle by their
subsequent ads.—ln all questions, therefore,
which occurred, they Grove to maintain the iu
rtspendence and dignity of the Executive Mag-
F,om the CENTINEL.
The Consistent FEDERALIST,
An ACT to annex the town of Burton in the
county of Grafton, to the countyTf Strafford.
WHEREAS the inhalants of the tonun of Burton,
in the county of Grafton in ibis State,save prefer
red a petition to the General Court,felting forth
that nature Las so formed a Jain of mountains as
to cut them offfrom al! convenient communication
reith said county of Grafton, that tUPbavc to
travel a large distance through the county of Straf
ford to go to any Court that is or ever ivill be
bolden in said county of Grafton, with other in
conveniencies, praying that the said toaon of Bur
ton, with the inhabitants thereof, be annexed to the
county of Strafford; the prayer übereof appear
ing reasonable : —Therefore,
BE it enabled by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives in General Court convened, That
the said town of Burton with the inhabitants'
thereof, be, and they are hereby annexed to the
said county of Strafford, and shall hereafter be
deemed to belong to, and confidtred as part and
parcel of the said county of Strafford, to all in
tents and purposes, any law ufagc or custom
to the contrary nocwithftanding.
Provided, That nothing in said aft contained
shall preclude or prevent the said town of Bur
ton and the inhabitants thereof, from being li
ableto pay all dues, and assessments imposed
on them by law, and payable to the said county
of Grafton previous to # this ad.
App %*ed Nov. 27, 1800.
MR. RUSSELL,
IN order to point cut the line of condud,
v hich the good sense and found principles of
the Federates, will induce them to pursue, under
the late ddalirous change, I have propoku to
consider :—
r
fying the electors of their appointment : For
remedy whereof,
BE it enacted by the Senate and Huufe of Repre
sentatives in General Coart convened, That his
Excellency the Governor of this State be, and
he hereby is requested to cause the several gen
tlemen who may be chosen as electors to be
seasonably notified of their appointment,and re
quest their attendance at Concord, on Tuefday
the second day of December next, at ten of the
dock in the forenoon,
Political Miscellany
And he it further enabled, That the eledors
chosen as aforefaid, ffiall meet at Concord on
the second day of December aforefaid, and by
twelve of the clock at noon of said day, give no
tice t'o the Lcgillatdre of the number of elec
tors present, who accept of laid trust—and if
from fiich notice it shall appear that the fix e
le&ors are not all then prefect,and accept of laid
appointment, the two houses of the Lcgiffiture
jhall then immediately meet in convention and
by joint ballot ekd the number wanting to
compleat said board. And if any person chosen
as elector onsfaid fecund day of December, Iha!I
not then attend and accept of said trust, said
convention shall then immediately proceed as
afc refaid, and choose others to supply such Va
cancy. And the electors who may be chosen
on said fecund day of December, Ihdil have like
power and authority to exercise and perform
the duties of electors as those firft chosen.
Laws of B. Hampshire.
Ana be it further enabled, That the following
paragraph in the aft aferefaid, namely," and in
Case the electors Ihould not be chosen by a ma
jority of votes, the two persons balloted for hav
ing the higher number of votes mail be candi
dates, out of whom one shall be efe&ed by bal
lot as aforefaid ; and in this mode the appoint
ment cf the fix electors shall be complected,"
be ar.3 hereby is repealed.
Approved Nov. 25, 1800.
An ACT in addition to the a& directing the
mode of appointing electors of this State for
the eleaion of a Pri fident and Vice Prefi-
ABTS fcfo at afcfan of the Honorable Gen
eral Court, convex.J at Concord, Dec. I3CO.
dent of the United States.
WHEREA j no pruvijion is made in and By said
aft to supply an, vacancy that may happen by
reason of the death, rtfgnation, or non attendance
of the electors aforefaid, or either of them, and
whereas no mode is in fail all prescribed for noti-
No. 11.
Review of the present Rate of France,
Publifted I, older of the Firs Corful.
PARIS, NOV. 22.
r“T 'HIS interesting paper fits forth in' forcible
l language/he weakness of the Government,
previous to the Bth year of the Republic, the
W^ftern departments, it fays, were ddblated by
kte&ne broils, there was no energy in the state,
the police w as without power, the tribunals were
without activity,the public coffers in the utmost
difordcr ; the citizen was taxed beyond measure,
and Gill the income of the nation did not answer
the demands made upon it ; the armies from the
Alps & the Appennines threatened Liguira and
France; the neutral flag was baniibed from the
seas, through the terror of the then exiting
laws ; America, who owed her independence
to France, was taking up arms nguinft lier ; it
was under these circumstances that the eighth
year commenced. Peace was .the firft object,
the moll cherished wiih of the nation ; two let
ters written by the First C^ful to the Emper
or of Germany, and to the King of England,
explained to them (without weakness and with
out duplicity) the defirc of the French people
and the wish of Humanity.
This with (continues the State Paper) was re
jt&ed by the Minifttrs of Austria and of Great-
Britain ; thb Cabinet of Vienna blended feme
hopes with its rcfufal ; the Cabinet of London
full mingled ill nature and reproaches with its
correfyondence, and soon after its public difeuf
fions, in consequence 'of the proposals made by
France, became illiberal and abusive.
The Britilh Ministry (this paper Ages) gained
nothing by the acrimony of its language ; the
French people saw that their First Magiflratc
was fwcerc in his profeffaws to obtain peace, and
their indignation wasroured against the enemy
that refufed to accede to his honest propofala ; in
fine, they felt that they had nothing to expert,
but from their efforts and their courage; hence
our splendid fuccels ; hence our important victo
ries ; hence, perhaps in the hearts of English
man, a sentiment of justice for a people who, af
ter so many exploits, such a harvest of glory",
breathed only for peace, and in the hearts of
other nations, a return of good wishes for the in
dependence of France, and for her liberty.
The paper before us then proceeds to state the
fituatton of the departments,the capture of Mal
ta, the measures which government is adopting,
for the establishment of hospitals & almshouses,
for the perfection of manufactures, die encour
agement of the arts and sciences, &c. If con
cludes as follows:
A Convention, founded upon common interests
and the most berfea reciprocity, will renew the
idly. The 'Judiciary is the mod Important
branch of the government, in relation to its ef
fe&s on the habits and feelings of the people
Where there is no military force to awe the
disorderly into quiet, and the rebellious into
submission, the Judiciary alone is capable of
making the people feel the authority and pow
er of government. If free governments can
ever be maintained without a funding army, it
can only be effected by a firm, independent, and
extenfi&e Judiciary, which shall bring the au
thority of the laws home, to the firc-fiae of ev
ery individual. Indeed, what are your Legisla
tors? What are the fan&ions of your laws ?
What the weight of your Executive, unarmed
with military force ? They arc but effigies §—
but the Shadows of government without the
Judiciary. Impressed with these opinions it has
been the couftant endeavor of the Federalists,
to extend the protecting poxver of the Judiciary
to every parr of the Union, and to every case
provided in the Constitution. Unhappily a
mittaken timidity, and a drfpofition too preva
lent, curing the Gift years of the exigence of
our government, to conciliate the opposition,
induced the firft Congress not to invest the Fe
deral Judiciary with the powers which the con
stitution authorized them to bellow. The er
ror has been deeply felt and sincerely lamented.
The Judiciary, the most impeding authoritative,
and generally the most popular branch, has been
Scarcely felt. ft only appears now ahd then as
a phenomenon, which the people gaze at, but
which they confider as a foreign intruder rather
'' than the venerable image of their country's hon
or." The principle of FedcraEfm has ever been,
and yet is, to extend the force and influence of
the Judiciary to all the cases, which are enume
rated in the Conflitution, and a Bill is now in
agitation before Congress to promote this valua
ble object,
gdly. The relaxed state of the Government
under the confederation, rendered the collection
of revenues impracticable. Public credit was
then foreprinct —The promises of the Govern-,
ment were held in contempt, and the nation
might be deemed to be in a Rate of desperate
bankruptcy. Still however the new government
was but! a successor, and an orderly and legal
representative to the.old one.—lt was like an
heir, who inherited the rich domains and exten
sive real estate of his ancestor. The duty and
obligation to pay the debts, defeended with the
estate. The Federalists therefore faw,not only
a moral obligation, which to them was a law,
but they deemed it policy, to support the Na
tional credit. They knew that other nations,
would not fee tl# diflifflion between ' the old
and new Governments, and would deem it per
fidious and dishonest to refufe to perform their
promifrs.— They saw two in the Vlth article of
the Federal Conilitution,an explicit engagement,
that the debts cuntra&ed under the old confe
deration, Ihould be obligatory on them. With
these solemn impressions, the Federulifts, held
the support of public credit an inviolable duty.
Judice, policy, 'law, and their oaths to support
the Conflitution, all compelled them to recog
nize and refped this sacred principle. With
these ideas they eftablimed the funding system,
and they pledged meft ^erectly the resources. of
the Unucd States to fulfil its stipulations. No,
dangers —-no diftre ffeshave ever induced, or ev
er could induce these virtuous Patriots to divert
rhe public revenues from the objects to which
they were io properly and so solemnly appro
priated. LEONIDAS.
ffiiate— Congress migut bait m-f narrowed bis
power of appointment ; —or, the contrary they 1
preserved it in full force. T^.y might have re- !
fufed to give him the power cf rmova! from \
inferior offices :—They have i^veftedhim with
that power.—They might have limited his right;
to appoint foreign nnmfters, by reffog to pay
them:—They spurned at so derogatory an use
of their power —lt was proposed, that they
Ihould nullify /the treaty-making power by re
fufing tQperform its ftipulatiens : —But a ma- 1
jority of Congress refufed to ad tfo perfidious a.
part. They were solicited to compel the Pre- 1
fideut to surrender his dignity and independence
by yielding to them his communications with foreign
nations — Washington nobly refilled this en
croachment, and received the reward of Fede-'!
ral gratitude and ,pbufc, The antifederalifts :
would have farmed their President into humili- :
ation and dependence, or have driven models 1
merit from the chair, that it might be filled by ;
up'ftart folly, which would serve for nothing ;
but Federal virtue refilled the attempt and pre-1
served the offices from indigence ahd difgraee.
By an arrftal at N York,m 35 daysfrom England.
Important NEWS,
1 ties by which the Stales of America were bound
I to France. These tic&frall last forever, bee3ufe
!there is no unequal condition to alter their force
I and purity. The French nation does not define
any exclusive privih-ge, not partial favor. She
I merely demands from the fritions in- friendship
I with her, the rights of equality ; that no nation
ibe more favored than herfelf, and that the her
-Ifelf, be not favored more than any other nation.
Such are the pretensions and interest of all States
(which ma, contrast engagements with her.
, All nations who are feasible of their rights will
{ rally around those principles, The North will
[make off the tyranny which oppresses her com
merce and its seas. It will feel that our interests
are the interests of the human race. Russia, in
!particular, will remember what is due to her
:dignity and the ancient relations by which She
I +as united with Fiance. She knows that France
, is a neceffiry counterpoise in the maritime bal-
; ance of the world.
The government had offered peace before the
I opeMhg of the campaign. It made that offer on
]the held of battle, and in the bosom of victory.
It offered a peace worthy of the grandeur, ahd
■ also worthy ofthe moderation of rhcFrtnch peo
:ple, and in conditions which Ihould have guaran
teed to us both its acceptance and its liability.
On the flighted hope of drawing near to so con-
I fiderable an epoch, it suspended those successes
I which ensured the position of our armies and*
I the ardor of our warriors.
I If we do not enjoy it, we have to accuse only
; that power, which, unaffected by the disasters of
:the continent, is anxious only to cement, with
j the blood of nations, its empire over tlie seas, &
I its monopoly in every part of the world.
To concede, an Austrian negaciator is now
at Lunevi'le ; a man who merits the esteem of
Europe. If he possesses the perfect confidence of
the Sovereign who has sent him, he will display
that franknefs which the French Government
has a right to expea from its own franWnefs,and
which is promised by his pet fonal character.
Austria will cease to facrifice the repose and
interest of the Continent to the ambition of the
despots cf the seas.
A corps of Neapolitans, under Gen. Dramas,
is to co-operate with the army of Italy.
They talk too of 12,000 Britiffi troops; but
this is merely conjecture.
The fifth army or the reserve, whose Chief it
the Archduke Palatine, is composed of national
levies from Hungary and Austria, and of from
7 to.Booo veteran troops; nothing certain,how
ever, can be said, relative to the effective firength
of this army of reserve.
Tile expedition of the French and Cifalpines
advances rapidly. On the 22d a division of the
eleventh regiment of French Cavalry, entered
Fort St. Leo, in the Ecdefiaftical States. Other
French corps have marched against Citta di
Cafttllo and Perugia, and have taken possession
of both those towns. A Journal publilhed here
fays, Commissioners are expe&ed to organife
anew the department of Montre Ftltrao.
The Austrians again occupy the line of Fans
Foffambroni and Cagli, and their commander at
Foffambroni has flopped all communication be
tween the mark of Anconia and the Duchy of
Urbino. o
BANKS or THE NECKER, NOV. 14.
The French garrison in the Heilbron, received
order s in the night between the, it and 13th to
break up anil march towards Franconia. Gen.
Collaud, who after a long absence, has within
these few daystrived here from Nancy, yester
day took the fame road. The troops of the
Polish legion lately in the vicinity of Heidelberg,
have also marched for Franconia by the way of
Heilbron. The French garrison of Stutgard
ha, broke up for Bavaria.
LUNEVILLE, NOV. 2',.
Yesterday at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the
French minister plenipotentiary dispatched a
courier to Paris.
The condu& of the Government has Ihewn,
that it has not carried to too great ^ height tbs
pretentions of the Republic ; nor fact diced to the
madness of ambition the interests of humanity,,
The crime of the war will all fall upon those
who arc the real authors of them ; upon those
governments which are so weak and so blinded
as to become subservient to the mercantile de
signs of a finglc nation, and to fell for its gold
and its intrigues, the blood and the industry of
the nations who obey them, aud the freedom of
the seas, which is the property of the whole hu
man race. - Nov. 24.
The First Consul will probably leave Paris the
instant negociations may be broken off.
Agreeable to a plan of the Aulic Council of
War, functioned by his Imperial and Royal Ma
jcQy, the forces of the Austrian Monarchy, all
under the command of the Archduke Charles,
are thus to be divided into five armies, the army
in Germany to be commanded by the Archduke
John, it is considered, including the contingent
troops, to be 100,coo strong.
An army is organizing in Bohemia, under the
auspices of Prince Charles ; it will consist of from
15 to 20,00 c men, including new levies.
The army of Italy, which is to be under the
orders of the Archduke Ferdinand, is now
160,000.
VIENNA, NOV. 12.
On the 9th, an extraordinary courier arrived
here from Count Cobentzel, at. Paris, with dis
patches dated the 31st of October. Two other
couriers have likcwife arrived from Strafburg,
one with dispatches for our court. And the
other with advices for the Spanish Ambassador.
The conduct of the French as well in Italy as
with rcfpe& to the fortreffes of the Empire ceded
to them, as a guarantee of the Armistice, has
greatly diminished our hopes of peace ; in con
fcquence of which, every measure is taken to be
prepared for war. The dispatches that have
been feat to Count Cobentzel at Paris, contain,
among other things, strong remouftrances against
the invasion of Tuscany, and the dismantling of
the fortreffes of Phillipfbarg, Ulm, and Ingol
ftadt, to which, ffiould the French government
refufe to give attention, it is not probable that
Count Cobentzel will continue long in France.
In the mean time our government wait further
advices from him, cfrcciulFy with rcfpc& to the
protection made to France to enter into con
joint ncgociations with England.
The Austrian army in Italy, in consequence of
orders it had received, has advanced on several
points, namely, between Mmntau, Vicenza, and
Ferrara ; and provilional directions have been
sent to General Sommariva, relative to assem
bling the troops and tne militia.
We are assured that the Emperor of Russia has
demanded of the liing of Prussia a passage for
hi, armies ; but neither their _force nor destina
tion is mentioned. It is only said in some circles,
th:t Paul I. is determined to reflore the politi
cal balance of Europe, and the general tranquil
lity, by every mean in his power.
Yet, in the prefect uncertainty, prudence pre-,
scribes to France, not to permit herfdf to be a
mused by an empty ffiew of negociation. She
will support her propofitious with all the force
of her arms.
It is said, that the French Government has
required of Austria, that the Ruffians shall not
penetrate into Gallicia, and that the 4000 troops
of that nation, who were to land at Naples, shall
not proceed beyond the frontiers of that king
dom. & ( Clef du Cabinet )
,bologNa, oct. 23.
brig Amity, detained by the Captain, of
guns, Capt. Sorachan , •by this vessel we hanr
received the unfortunate intelligence of the loss
of bis Majesty's ship Marlborough, of ,4 gons,
Capt. Sotheby, wrecked on the coast of France,
near Bclleifle, on the 4th inst. in a heavy gale
of wind ; but it is with peculiar fatisfadion
we are authorized to fay that her crew were
saved by his Majesty's ship Captain, It ap
pears that she struck on a reef of rocks near
Bellcifle, on tlw 3d inflant, when every exer
tion was made to get her off, by throwing her
guns and every moveable article over-board to
lighten her, but ttys proved ineffectual; and
the sea walked her from the rocks into 3 cove
At nine this morning arrived an Auffrian offi
cer, said to be the bearer of dispatches of a na
ture extremely urgent. He came from the head
quarters of the Archduke John. He went im
mediately to fee Count CobentzeL He was
accompanied by an adjutant of the garrison of
Strafburg, o—l—
— LEGHORN, OCT. 24.
The property which the En^lifh carried away
from Leghorn,before the entrance of the Frerfeb,
has been conveyed to Palermo?.
Generis! Dupont has published a proclamation,
in which he fays, ttade must be free : those who
disturb the public tranquillity shall be pht to
death.
•LONDON, DEC. 1.
Os tie Capture of CUXHAVEN.
Very late on Thutfda, night, an express
reached town from Cuxhaven, with advice of
his Prussian majesty having marched troops in
to that place, of which he has taken possession,
under the pretence of its neutrality having been
violated by the capture of the Prussian vcffcl
which had been carried into that pert. His
majeffy is said to disclaim all hostile intentions
towards this country, and appears to fcppofe
that the tranfadlion was wholly unauthorized
by our government. —The king of Prussia ob
serves, however, that what has happened onc^,
may occur a second time ; and it is to guard
against similar mistakes, that he has sent troops
to occupy the place. Whether his majesty may
choose to fend troops into Hamburg also. is
what we have yet to learn. He has as fair a
pretext to do the one as the other.
Dec. 2. After the entry of the Prussian
troops into Cuxhaven, the British Packets were
allowed to depart as usual.
Bonaparte, (fays a private letter from Paris,)
previous to the arrival of the Prussian envoy
Lucchefini, at that capital, received an intima
tion from the Cabinet of Berlin, " that Prussia
having witnessed the numerous revolutions
which had fucccffively convulsed the French Re
public, and the Bill more numerous changes in
the government of that country, deemed it ne
ceffiry, before the conclusion of any continental
peace, to fee such a government eflablilhed in
France, as might afford fufficient security to Eu
rope ; that they admitted the government of
Bonaparte to afford such security ; but that as
the permanence of it depended entirely upon his
life, it was thought necessary, before any nego
ciations were entered upon, that he Ihould nom
inate, as his successor, such a man as the French
nation could look up to with confidence, and the
Jacobins regard with dread."
This intimation, is seems, was so far from in
curring the approbation of the First Consul, that
Lucchtfmi was fuffered to remain ten days at
Paris, before he could obtain his firft audience.
What passed at that audience is of course not ful
ly known ; but it was followed by the difmiffion
of Carnot from the ministry, because, fays the
letter to which we allude, he had been looked
up to by a numerous party as the only man who
was fit by his abilities to succeed to the consu
late; and Bonaparte is affirmed to have deter
mined, that if the mediating powers ihould in
fill on such a meafnre, Moreau Ihould be nomi
nated as his successor. This curious intelligence
is indire&ly corroborated by an article in the lad
Sptflateur du Nord, in which it is infiuuated that
Moreau is co succeed Bonaparte.
The Prague Gazette, of Nov. 7, contains a
long article relative to the views of the Imperial
Cabinet. The substance of it is:—" That his
Majesty the Emperor is not aveife to concur in
giving peace to the Empire, even Ihould he not
succeed in concluding peace for his own posses
sions, that negotiations have already commenced
on the part of several Princes of the Empire,
who had been subsidized by England for the
purpose of effeaing a pacific arrangemenQunder
the immediate mediation of the King of Prussia ;
that the object of their negotiations is to deliver
Germany from the pressure of contributions and
requisitions; that those Sovereigns who have
possession on the left bank of the Rhine will ob
tain a neutrality for their States on the right
bank, until a definitive peace shall decide w heth
er these possessions are to be restored to Germa
ny, o r remain united to France. Asfoon as this
arrangement fliall be completed, the troops of
the Empire will cease to a& with the Austrians.
Letters from the fleet in the Mediterranean
state that Sir Ralph Abercrombie, with all the
regiments whose service is not limited, will pro
ceed to Egypt. The whole number will amount
to about . 16,000 men. The troops with which
Sir James Pultcney has gone to Lisbon, are
chit fly thole who arc reftritted to serve in Europe.
Another expedition to rhe coast of HoHand is
said to be in great forwardnefs : but we believe,
it will be principally confined to the Dutch na
val and military force now in Sis kingdom,
which from the Revolutionary spirit now de
clared in favor of the Stallholder, is deemed fuf
ficient for the enterprize. The Dutch ships of
the line, and frigates at the Nore & the Downs ;
are all completely equipped and victualled, for
this intended expedition.
One of the hft Journals, the Gazette de France
of the 21st, fays that the expedition prepared at
Brest, had put to sea, and that it had a number
of troops on board. It is there asserted, that
the squadron is destined for the island of St. Do
mingo. -
time in fight of- her distress, but could not af
ford her the least affirtance ; the next day the
gale abated, and the boats from the Captain
were able to approach near enough to take out
her whole crew; at this time the Water was as
high within her as the hollup deck, and she must
have foundered soon after; the heavy gales of
wind which have since taken place,are suppos
ed to have beat her to pieces, and to have pre
vented the enemy from making any attempt
to get her from the fibration (he was left in.
The hurricane of the 9th did extensive mif
chief. Nearly all the houses of the Hague,
were damaged. The water overflowed the
dams, and did much injury in the town.—
More than 2000 trees were torn up in the sor
est of Loigoes.
The English Commodore, Sir Sidney Smith,
is form to return to England, and another offi
cer having been appointed to succeed him in the
command of the English squadron, cruizing on
the coast nf Egypt.
nearer the ffiore, where her marts were all cut
away, and foe providentially rodeout the storm
until theTxt day. The Captain was all this
Loss of th MARLBOROUGH, 74.
Yesterday afternoon arrived here the Danish
CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. If.
PLYMOUTH, NOV. 1,.
LONboN, Nov, 27.
A gentleman Tube arrived here rtferday in t&
flip Borneo ,of Btfon, capt. Smitu,foara Sumatra
and the Cape, informs, that an Engi^hfiuadron, un
der the command of caramodoh Hotbam,mere, on the
20th of ORober, ctofly blockading the d£e of France ;
and that this squadron had taken ten jail of French
and Spanfb merchantmen in attempting topafs them.
A Hamburgh Jhip, tuhicb bad passed this fyaadron,
was purfeed and cut cut by the English beats ; the
captain of mid,b bad bis arm got oQ in defending bis
Jhip. 'The Borneo, is 213 tons, 10 guns, and 22
men, nvitb a cargo corfying °f P e PP{f piece goods ;
jbealfo brings accounts ofthe private ts, sen the Jjk of
France, baling captured in the course of ten days, near
ly 30 vegels. Tberq are nine privateers out, belong
ing to the Mauritius, mhicb fail ver, faf, and are
said to Lave been very fuccefsjul. About three meets
before the Borneo arrived at Sumatra, a SnoruJ non
Bengal bad touched there to trade tuilL tie natives,
nebo fcrprifel the crew and inhumanly cut off the
bands and ject f every foul eftboard/
DOMES 11C.
PHILADELPHIA, JAN. 13.
FRENCH TREATY.
A letter from Walhinflßn of the 9th inst.
dates chat on the preceding day, the Senate of
the U. States, rejected the ad and 3d articles of
the French treaty. The question on agreeing
to the 2d article,(in which the fubjedl of indem
nity for spoliations is Waved,] was decided yeas
12, nays 16. On the 3d article [which Uipulates
the mutual sur render of vcffels of date taken by
cither party] the yeas were 13, nays 15.
A letter from Washington, received on Thurs
day lad, dates, on the authority of the Secretary
of the navy, that the frigate lufurgeut, and the
Pickering have been loft. Particulars are not
mentioned.
The lofcrgent and Pickering, we believe,
were ordered off Cayenne.
I'niLADELPRi A, JAN. 9.
Mr Burr declared in two or three tonverfa
tions held lately in this city, that "it he was
defied President by Congress, he ihould fed
it incumbent upon him to accept the office."
We hear that Mr. Jay has declined the ac
ceptance of the office of Chief Justice.
NEW-VORK, JAN. 12.
The plague is committing dreadful ravages.
Tn Andalusia ti,ccc have died. In Seville
21,000. In Acres from x6o to 200 drt per day.
The utmost condernation prevails. It is ap
proaching the borders of Portugal, and is firn,
poftd to sweep off one firth of the popular ion of
the places through which it passes But a small
proportion of women die. This disorder begins
with violent pains in the limbs and head ache,a
droug fevet, and reaches its paroxitm by the 4th
day. Many die with the black vomit and their
bodies turn yellow.
The French Consul general at Cadiz, with
those attached to his office, arc among the vic
tims co the epidemic prevailing in Spain.
NEW-YORK, JAN. 16. 1
Mr. Daniel Tillotson, of Boston, has
publilhed the profpedlus of a new work entided
the TOILET, which is to be dedicated in total
to the fair sex. it will be published every Sat
urday morning, and contain 8 pages demi ®&3-
vo. The price is only 4^d or 6 cents and Jper
number. The 52 numbers will coraprift ;<
pages. It is to be hoped that the Ladies off
New-Hampshire will liberally patrorizee. w ^fc
of this ufeful and elegant natur .uhere di "<
is mafeuline will be totally excluded, an, . titl
ing gain admiffioh, but what Minetvqif
might approve. Mr. Tillot son has :. ^
on the support of the New-Eni laud foirjoelte
ha, certainly extolled their vur.ic^ an b ^m r
plifhments to the very skies. They at ^e
fefledly perfection, beauty, and gratin 4 ft#
fineft forms. If they fuffer Mr. T. to I#p@+
in obfeurity, they muff b e more erne. amr
heaven's last, best gifts commonly is. Ye cap
but anticipate a fubfeription, unequalled fmmfc
fpcaability and numbers. I the Glee of
Massachusetts permit the work .0 die, d. ^r
fcx ol'Ncw Hampshire are abi of theiti ' %
to stamp it with the features of i.m ortafi.
^Saberi, tiomjre received at this
FIR £]- On Saturday ufte, noon a new boufe iff
Sandy Fane, tie property of Mr. Ndtlon Merrill,
took fire, and with a part ujtie Lowfcbold goods was
entirely conferred. Witb thefairings of federal years
unrernitttd indufox, Mr. Merril budjof got a boufe
fufiriently finifad to accommodate bis fa,nil,, when
their pro,pills of com; 01 1 ' mere sodden ly billed, and
they thrown upon the clarity of their friend,. IVe
bc,e the benevolent and humane will liberally extend
their aid in alleviating their ditirefec.
At Scituate, the ioufe of Mr, Zebedee Strove —
occasioned by a defective chimney. Reader ! take warn
ing, amid infeed your own chimneys, and be careful
where you de,ft year ajhes—in such an Lour as you
think not this dfrußivs element may overwhelm you.
q™HE brethren of the Grand-
I L n tge of New H^inpfnirr, are here
by nonfird, that a quarterly communica
tion will be held in the Lodge-room, on
Wedneftlav next, at 6 o'clock P. M. A
general attendance is reqnrfrd. By or
der of the mod W rflripful Grand Mat
ter. EDWARD J. LONG,
so" 2% ;&oi G Secretin.
Tuinpike Road.
TFIE Proprietors of the New-
I Himpfhirc Turnpike Road, are
hereby notified, that there annual meet
ing for the choice of officers will be held
in the edit chamber of the State-boule io
this town, on TuekLv the loth day rs
February nex', at ; o'clock P. M. By
order of the D-rest rs.
The Ladies Toilet.
FOR SALE
By Jacob Walden,
30 qr. Calks Malaga WINE.
30 bbls, fuperfine FLOUR.
12 do. New-York APPLES.
Po>tfmouth, fan. 24, 1801.
Which are now ready for file at his fliop
in Fore-ftrw #
Clock & Watch Making busi
ness as usual. Por/fmcutl %„. 24.
Clock and Watch-Maker,
HAS just received by the latest
arrivals from London, a handforce
Affornpent of Warranted
ISAAC WALDRON, jr. Cert
Portfm^th, %n 23.180 t.
WATCHES.
JOHN GAINS,
IMPORTANT.
NEWBURYPORT, JAN. 20.