United States oracle and Portsmouth advertiser — Portsmouth, N.H., 1802-05-01 00:00:00, page 2

, From the /Inti-Democrat.!
TEMPORA MUTANTUR. ,
Whatever the democrats thought
wrong under the former adminifixation,
they appear to think right under the
present. . .
It was then wrong to give the secre
tary of the treasury 5000 dollars per
annum, and tire members of Congress
fix dollars per diem, high as living then
was in Philadelphia; it was then wrong
to give the attorney -general 3000 dol
lars per.annum, though his bufmefs was
then 5 times as much as it now is : it
is now right to give the secretary of the
, treasury and the other secretaries 5000
dollars : it is now right to give the
members fix dollars a day ; it is. now
right to give the attorney-general gobo
dollars, because he has almost nothing
to do, and because a good democratic
officer ought to be well paid for travel
ling home from: the feat of government,
and spending half his time in futilely,
attempting to. corrupt the opinions of
his townsmen and others. ;
It was right for the house of repre
sentatives to call for papers relating to
the making of a treaty in which the
house had no conftitutipnal concern ;
but it.is wrong to call on the president
for an account of the manner in which
he has wantonly expended 32,000 dol
lars, without any appropriation by law.
It was rightto call on all executive
officers for their accounts of the expen
diture of the public money, nothing
ought to be hid from the people ; it is
wrong to call the president to account
for wafting public money, least his mo
tives fhouid be difeovered, and those
motives fhouid be found inconsistent
with propriety ; left it fhouid be difeov
ered that he had made a present of what
is equal to a large sum of money, to
the French—to give the mouth of labor
the bread it has earned.
It was wrong to increase executive
influence, executive patronage, &c. it is
right to take from the judges the pow
er of appointing commiffioriers under
the bankrupt aft, and to give that pow
er to the president, to prevent the depen
dence of too many officers on him.
dent to require any illustration.
'An embargo Has'exifted for some
time pad on all American vessels in
^ this harbout^heeaufe-of Which we can
mot: arceimt for; ^ourrapprehenfions,
-however, have been not a little excited
ti on, that you will be te able to arrange
• the business to the rfatisfadion of all
parties, by obtaining for us what we
talk, and which we trust from the jus
tice of our claims, and the usages ofall
nations, will be fp&dily granted.'
We ask —
ift. That we be permitted to Iknd
cur cargoes exempt from any requifi
trons to fell any part to government.
Id. That we be immediately paid for
the supplies already furnifhed, agreea
ble to contrast.
by the partial manner in which it has
. been failed.. T^n vei.tels.only are fuf
fered to proceed,while all the others are
detained. This new and unprecedented
conduct requires explanation.
when it is pioSable most of them will
be loft, when good prices might be had
-if We had liberty to fell. The cruelty
of this species of grievance is,too eyi-
The lodes of the Americans in this
country are already too great, and the
hardships under which we labor, from
the recent burning of this place,
there being 'at that time a futa of
200,000 dollars due to us, Which; in
consequence of that unhappy event, it
is probable we4hall not speedily receive,
while we, as men of honour, are deter
mined to comply with all our contrasts .
—.We hope a similar treatment will be
manifefted towards us on the part of
the government.
From the foregoing statement of
fa&s, all which we are ready to prove,
you will easily perceive, under these
circumstances, the impossibility of car
rying on a trade tolhis country. We
trust, however, fir, by/proper reprefenta-
eafl -12 or 15 per cent. Whereas many
of the other articles above Specified o
,verrun gbe established contents, arid
nothing is allbwed for-the surplus. By
this ^Unfair mode, vre are always fttb
jed to an absolute loss on certain arti
cles, and deprived of the small gain
that might arise from others. ,: ,
Since the departure of ihe ^gendral
in chief, many articles have' arrived
which are wanted by the government ;
but for which no officerhere is authbr
ifed to offer a price—Those articles,
moil of them p,cx ilhabje, we are oblig
ed to retain On boArd until his arrival,
3d. That in the process of oyr busi
ness through the cuftom'-houfe, and
through other offices attached to it, we
are to meet «ith no unnecefiry obsta
cles ordetentidn, but to be served with
the fame expedition & dispatch as vef
ftlß of their own nation; conforming
on our part With all their rules and
regulations.
4th. That the embargo be raised
generally, and not partially, on all bur
veflels.
sth. That our vessels beexempt from
requisition.
Miicellany.
Extraß from & new publication, 'entitled, "Memoirs
dfa Campaign with tbe Ottoman army in Egypt,
- from Feb. to Z/y,ißoo. By Mr. I. P. Morier.
A '.'After reducing El-Arilh, the French
advanced into Syria, took Gaza with
out refinance, and then proceeded to
Jaffa. The garrison was summoned,
but refufing to Surrender, the town was
carried by storm; arid given over to,i/-
lage and murder for 12 hours ; yet the
cruelties committed on this occasion
were furpafled by what soon followed:
four thoufond five hundred of the garrison
'were made prisoners of war ; in this
number were included one thousand of
those who. had capitulated at El-Afifh.
They were reminded of having broken
their engagements ,y being taken in
arms; the other 3,560 were implicated
with the guilty. They wereall marched
to fomefand hilh near Jaffa, wher<they
were drawn up in a line ; an equal line
of French Soldiers, with their bayonets
fixed, were drawn up before them-:—
The order was given to charge, and in
an instant 4,500 then mere murdered. To
this day, their Skeletons, and the sands
steeped with gore, attest the barbarous
aft!
Tt was wrong to lay a direst tax that
should operate on the poor: ibis right
to tax brown sugar, bohea tea, salt, &c.
left the purse of the ric h should be did'
ir.ini&ed, or the purse of him who loves
whiskey;
It was wrong to have ambassadors a
broad , it is right to have ambassadors,
provided they.fere democrats : it was
wrong&o fend.ambaffadors in.a public
‘veffel ; ibis right $ fend an ambaffa- :
dor, beau D*wfot, at the expence off
thirty or forty thousand dollars, in 2,
- :public weffel, merely to do an errand, 4
because he is a democrat and wished to•
fee France gratis.
It was ^wroz/g to have any sinecures,
Or persons in public pay, who did not
perform adequate Services : it is r^t
to have such officers, because Mr. Giles
fays there is danger of going from one
extreme ' to another, and becoming too ;
parsimonious of the public money.
We might proceed in this manner
all day. In ffiort, the democrats change
their, principles as, may best fcit their
purposes,, and are confident only in
their enmity to the former admimftra
lions, and their ftrjfe for the gratifica
tion of their own views, at the expence
of honor and justice: and however
they chan % their;Gther principles, tol
this they nave uniformly held, that the 1
^circulation, of truth is their most dan-1
gerous foe, and to prevent this circula
tiofy h,o means can be wrong.
LONDON, MARCH 4.
THE debate in the House of Com
mons last night was very interest
ing ; yet, upon the situation, progress,
or refalt of the negotiation, no light
was thrown. An allusion was made to
former negotiations for definitive trea
ties, in order to (hew that the prefect
delay was not unusual or extraordinary.
Between the signing of the prelimina
ries at the last peace, and the definitive
treaty, upwards of nine months elapsed.
Vet though the delay is not unprece
dented, and though, certainly the points
in discussion now are of an importance
unequalled, perhaps, in any foreign ne
gociation, there seems to be some degree:
of gloom in the public mind, particu
larly among- commercial men. It is
probable th^t the buttle at our ports,
has, in a great measure, occasioned this
gloom." .
Marcb J. The First Consul begins to
exercise that despotism over the freedom
of conversation in private circles which
he has so long assumed over the free
dom of the press. Two ladies of dif
tin&ion,.bner of whom is the wife of the
Chevalier Charles Damas; have been
sent but of the territory of the Republic
in cuftodyofamilitary guard. They are
accused of having carried on a corres
pondence with" the enemies of the state $
but their real offence is, we are assured
in private letters from undoubted au
thority, the entertaining at their respec
tive houses, large parties of Royalists.
There can now be little doubt that
either the Stadtholder will bt amply in
demnified, or that he will be reinstated
in Holland. The Moniteur observes,
that the Hereditary Prince has received
from the First Consul, in person, assur
ances of the interest which he takes in
the affairs of the Houfe'of Orange, and
of his hopes of being Shortly enabled to
give solid proofs of his feelings on that
fubjed.
,The London review of this publica
tion, observes, “ From the situation of
the writer of this memcrir, we may rely
on the fidelity of the information here
given to the public."
Out pious Democrats will doubtless
find some pretext to juftify their friends
in this trifiihg excels of severe discipline.
Foreign Articles.
B, tbe Warrington, Delano, arrived at fiefon,from
Liverpool, and tbe Mary, Bum, arrived at New*
'Yortfrem Codecs.
“ It is a fa&, as well^ftabJJffied in 67-
ria, that When the siege of Acre was
raised, and the French army began its
march for Egypt, all their wounded
and sick were poisoned by order of their
General !'';.
FRENCH INHUMANITY 1
^omfsMoert (ENG.) jan.'t,.
, .EXECUTION
JThis m^/nina the je^otyfaty, the usual fanale
, £° r , P UR i/'bment; were boifted On board tbe Temeraire,
'Formidable; and Maf/fe, and. tbefollowing priftoere
:c6nviaod;6, a Court :Mqrtial, of mutiny, andffe e
fenced to ,dic, gbcre brought - out to foffer death—
Cbeftermdn, Collms^ Hillier, and Fitzgerald, on
board tie Temeraire; Warti; on board the Majef%_
tic; and Muffold; on board:t2(c Formidable. Then,
a 2,. e 1%J At & platform ereßed atAbe boxes of the
rtfpe&i^efips, departing tbemfelves with that appa
rent contrition and rtfgnationmbicb became them at
a moment so awful.. Their conduct, during the whole
,period of their confinement, bad evinced the most per-[
j feft reJignation to their fate,, and confeioufnefs that ;
tbeir offi.ee'badmertfed it.' They availed tbemflvu
of tbe affiance tf&i Rev. Mr. %nes, Chaplain of
tbe Temer&re,
Ilfben they cape uponithegftform^a paper toae ;
prefe^ted by one ofthem, in tbe name of bimfelf, and
. bid unhappy comrades, which was read aloud ^ tbe *
fbip'sfampjy. It was & follows.•,'\
" Remember your duty to. God, andfor bis fade to[
your Kinfydtyd Country. ?'ou neufl be sensible what 1
Was tbe Grief cause tbA brought cn the fatal conf
luences which now endfe unhappily for us, and with
so much remorse to you, 'if you rightly consider bow
muebyou have contributed, by your fe,port and coun
- tenance,to bring as to this untimely end.
" We "refufedto put that truf and confidence in the
•wisdom of our Rulers, debieb is due to them from all
;°d fdbjeßs ; they watch for tbe welfare of us all;
and bow dared toegen prefer our own fefyh plea
*fares and itterfo so itobdt tb^faw necessary for tbe
public good ! 'Haw could wefind in cur hearts to ,
forfeit all'thc p+^fes and tbe honours which pur !
' country had so gr&fully browed upon her naval
I heroes, who have f bravely fought for her !
1 " Hoxv could wefo fcolijbly luffer our impatience :
'to get tbe better of us, as,for tbe fake of a few months
longer service, to facrif.ee all tbe blings of Peace j
We.bad been toiling for these nine long years.
* Ob ! that we bad made theje rtfeaiori fooncr 1
curfelves ; But our lot is call—cur barh in this '
world is f.nijbed. Make good fife of what remains f
i rfyuurs. It cannot be bong before we mus all meet
; again before tbe judgment feat of that God whom we }
have offended; but who, we trust, has fecn and ac- j
* copied our unfeigned repentance, and will forgive us, ]
es we do truly and freely forgive all these who have ;
any wife offended or injured as.-Prepare yourselves
also, dear countrymen, for this forgiitncfs, that
when we meet in tbe World to come, we may not
taeftin everlaliog misery.
'.' Pray for us—we heartily pray for you.
>'Amen.'l
Lancaster, (Penn.) APRIL 14.
On the 3.oth. uh. the feaate of this
state adopted the following:
Refolded, That the senate will pro
ceed, on the fecondTuefday in Decem
ber next, to the trial of Alexander Mddi-
Jon, President of the courts, within the
fifth diftria of Pennsylvania, .on the
articles /of impeachment exhibited 'a:
gainft him,:by the house of representa
tives, inlheir name, and in the natne
of the people of Pennsylvania ; and
that the Speaker be dire^ed to issue pro
WASHINGTON, APRIL !,.
AM Go/!.
BILL making certain provifionsin relit^o
to the public debt, was read a third time on
Thursday. The bill was entitled, “an a&
making provision far the payment of the whole
of the public debt. This title, no ways answer
able to the provisions of .the bill, was doubtlcfs
intended to impress the people with an idea,
that Congress were about to pay off the whole
public debt at once. —Whereas the bill, went to
authorize a rc-joan, for the purpose of paying
off a part of tWdebt—Mr. T. Morris for the
purpose of expfeffing the obje^s of the Till,
moved to amend the title in the following
Words: " A Bill making certain ^provifions it:
relation to the public debt,' 1 to which. Mr.
Dennis, by the confait of Mr, T. Morris, added
"and authbrifihg'a re-loin of a part thereof."
These amendments though jufHy dnd clearly
expressing the m.tentft;n.tif the hill, which the
title did .nor, were pot however adopted^ At
any future ^le&ian, if the fubjed of the public
debt Should be brought into view; it will be
very easy co take this title of the Taw, and fay —-
“ See here how much we have done already, the
very firft session oftQpgr€fs; we have made
.provision forpaygtymhhe whole of the public
debt.. Beware g&^Rßbple, you have been
gulled long enough by names and profeffions;
you cannot yet be led to„belicve,.'that borrowing
money to pay our debts? frees us from any
further burthen. , ..
" All persons interested in the pto-
Visions of the' seventh article of the
Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Na
vigation, between his Britannic Majesty
and the United States of America, are
Yequefted to take notice, that the Com-
TOiffioners apppinted in purfupnee of
said article, are ready, to proceed in the
execution of tbe trust assigned them at
their office in Gray's-Inn-Square,
Gray's-Inn.
At a meeting on Monday the I,th
day of February, one thousand eight
hundred and two, of the comruiffioners
binder : the .7th article of the Treaty of
Amity, Commerce and Navigation,
between his Britannic Majtfty, and the
United States ) it was ordered ; that the
following notice be published in filch
American papers as the Government
of the United States shall direct. —
After continuing aftort time in prayer, a gun
was fired as the fatal signal of death,and tbe wretch
ed men were launched into eternity,
" - : < d APRIL 19.
Extract of a letter from Rufus Km^, Esq, to the
Secretary of State, dated February 18, I SO2.
"The commiflioners under the sev
enth article of the treaty of 1794, have
re-assembled and are proceeding to
business.
“ The Prefe& yesterday gave orders
to the Custom house, that no-American
vessel ffiould be .admitted' to an entry
until the captain ffiould have exhibited
his papers to me, and received a certi
ficate from my, office, that his : vessel is
American .property—and that none
should depart without my passport.
textrad fa , letter from Tobias Lear, Lfq. to tbe
Secretary of State, dated Cape Francois, March
2916, 1802.
United States.
BY AUTHORITY,
, NEW.YORK, APRIL 20.
LATE FROM HAVA.NfIAH.
Capt. Hutchinson, who arrived yes
terday in 7 days from Havannah, in
forms, on his arrival at that port he was
ordered to leave it immediately, toge
ther with every-othar American vessel
there. Several of them obeyed the Qr
derj but were obliged to return the next
day. The masters of all of them, not
only of those which remained in port,
but also those who returned, were taken
and confined in jail, i^being the deter
mination of the Governor to keep the
port fhtit against every American vessel.
On the release of the captains they
were threatened with a farther impri
sonment and fine, if they,.did not leave
the harbor before three o'clock of the
fame day.
ProvifioQs cf every kind were very
high. Rice at 12 dollars cwt. and flour
.30 do. per bbl : indeed fa much were
they in want ofprovifitns, the plan
ters and merchants presented a joint
petition, praying the Governor to per
mit the sale of the cargoes, then in port,
but he indignantly refufed.
=o— 6
Extra& of a letter from Darnel LuiftoWfr ^.
Nay, Agent at New-York, to the Secretary of
tbe Navy.
" The br.ig Richmond fold for 6,250 dollars,
and in my opinion more than ffie was worth
with her inventory. The ship as delivered to
me do^f ho credit co the Captain or any officer
that was^n board--<n difeharging the ballast,
qolbs. powder, some lead, '&c' ; has been found
secreted: her fails, and in faort, every thing re
lating to her, (hewsa great want of common
'attention, had me been in a Situation that 1
Should foppofe a vessel belonging foGovernment
ought to have been, some thousand 'dollars
would have been added to her Tale.
•Ne^w-Tork, ^pril if, ^Bo'2,
SIR,.
From the 'utijuft ihd illiberal dfperfiori,
thrown on my character, in your letter to the
Secretary of the Navy, refpedling the brig
Richmond, as Rated in the Evening Post, hf the
loth ultimo, it becomes heceffafy for me to Rate
to you, the reaibna Why fatd-brig was in rio
better condition : after which I (ball expedl you
will do justice to, my character, by doing away
the unfavorable impressions cn 'the public mirtd,
by the publication of : yo&r letter.
You are to know, that I was appointed to,
and took command of the Richmond, in De
cember, 1790, foe then being in this port, fitted
for a four months cruise only, ty capt. Silas•
Talbot. I immediately recruited the men,
and. proceeded to sea on the 26th of January,
I^oo from which time we were continually
"cruifing.on the Weft-India Ration, never going
into port, except to fill our water, and get the
,necessary fapply of provisions, until the 26th
of Feb. 1801.. Her arrival in this porl being
13 months, without ever having been at one
farthing's expence to government, either as to
her hell or fails, and very' trifling in the article •
of rigging, in fa& only a bare Sufficiency to fap
ply what was absolutely worn out. The ca
bles were old when I took charge, as were a
great part of her fails, One of the cable's was
parted before 1 left this pprt by a cake of ice as
she lay m the Rream. She having been one of
the firft Tmkll vessels in Service, and notwith-
Handing your utfdvourable opinion pftbe Officers
generally, some of the principal had been in the
brig from her firft being purcbafed in Service,
'and had so far merited the good opinion of the
different commanders of the said brig,ax to have
been promoted, and are now continued in Ser
vice. A Tall statement of the fituatioftof the
vtffel,and wants, had been made known to the
Secretary on my arrival, and the necefiity of a
thorough repair before file could proceed to fca.
These are all facts, which 1 can prove, and of
which 1 flatter niyfelf,you was entirely unac
quainted when you wrote the fetter. ..
I have just arrived from London in tin ill
Rate of health, which prevents my having the
honor of perfdnal conference on the Subject, ml
which, I presume, will be a Sufficient apology
for troubling sou in this way. My addtefs is
at Messrs. Bedient and Hubbell's, No. 194,
Water direct.
With due consideration, I am Sir,
Your's, &c. R. LAW,fan.
D. Dudlow,Efq.
Capt. R. LAW,
April \6tb,t%o%.
Slß—Tour favour of the 15th inst. I receiv
ed this day. My duty as Navy Agent com
pelled me to report the condition of every (hip ;
in the Service of the United States delivered up
to me for the purpose of file.
The remarks I made to the Secretary refpe&- ;
ing tbe brig Richmond, I thought then juft.|
The rcafons you .assign for her not being in the j
order expelled, I was, at that time, totally un
acquainted with ; and ar they appear to me a
fumcient apology, I (hould not, had I have
known them, expressed myfelf as I did.
My information was intended for tbe Secre
tary only, and not to be exposed to the public
eye, having no intention to woundyourfeelings;
and certainly (hould not have given the oppor
tunity had I been in possession of tbe reasons you
have assigned. I am, Sir, your humble Servant,
-''D/LUDLOW.
.. New-TorL, April ijth, iBoX,
Sir— Yours oF this day I have just received ;
your duty as Navy Agent might have authoriz
ed you to give the Secretary a foil Ratement
of the Richmond's filiation; and,had you have
flopped there, you would have been juftified.
But, fir, you thought proper in your letter to
impeach my character, and that in a very mali
cious and unwarrantable manner, which has
been made public. I therefore demand that
y?u'do jufticc to m, >chara&fe ^ ^ public a
manner ; or give me the Satisfaction every gen
tleman, injured in a Similar vfty, has a right to.
expea: for which my friend Mr. Robertson is
authorized to make aby arrangements. * j
, Yourt - R. LAW, Jun.•
Daniel Ludlow, Esq. Naty Agent, &w<Tork. : 1
As th&frietid otßieford Law, Efg. htc tom-|
}.}.>-.-.. .mfr 4 '<.,„...,•
cefs, requiring him, the fai'd Alexander'
Addison, to attend on the day-daft a
forefaid, to answer to the Articles of
impeachment aforefaid; and that the
said process be fervedbn liim,'and a
copy of the said Articles ofimp&chtßent
be delivered to the said Alexander Ad
d-on,forty days before the day appoint
ed for his trial; and, ordered, ThaCan
extras of ffie foregoing be tranfinitted
to the house of Reprefentatives;'
l “Portsmouth, March 2. An order has
been received here to fit out f feveral ships of
war, with all possible expedition; each Yhip is
to take a number of troops t'n board, and. co be
victualled for four months/'
, The Paul Siemit! anived titßaltim ore, from
Liverpool, left there the Rth March ; Reports
were then in circulation kt'UVerpool that a fleet
of 30 fail of the line were ordered to be put in
readiness for- sea, arid the general expedition
was, that a renewals Fortuities would fpeedil,
take place. ~
Capt. Man Ton, on his patage from Lisbon, to
the westward of the Weftern !flc§ fell in with 1
British fiquadrob of feyert fail of the line, which
' varied its course to bvoid being spoken with.
Capt. Deland whpf arrived here yefterda,
from Liverpool wffich he left the Bth March,
does not bring any ofthofe strong symptoms of
.war received at Baltimore—he, however, in
forms, that, it ' was generally expelled at Liver
pool, that the negotiation would be broken off
and the war -recommence. Papers to the <th
March only.
The Britilh Packet has arrived at New-York.'
from Falmouth, which flic left the Bth March.
Though the definitive treat, had norbeeh signed
—there are no accounts by het of a renewal, or
expected renewal of hostilities.
The New-York Gazette of Saturday, con-'
tains a roundabout account of the arrival of 4000
troops at Martinique—and of a packet, with
dispatches from England, bringing news of the
recommencement of fertilities between Great-
Britain and France, We have had this ac
count before. —o—
If the dates by the Lisbon 'arrivals are correct,
the London news received there must be the
latest we have heard of, by several days. We
do not, however believe that tire .negotiation
;had been broken off, ootwithftanding the naval
;preparations and expeditions . The Ffuch have
I sent numerous reinforcements to the Weft-ln
,dies —the English, of course, would keep up a
: balance of force in that quarter.
, '- -0
lUnequivocal accounts from a corre& Euro
pean source—the conduct of the French forces
in the Wert-Indies towards American persons
;and property —the mcafures taken by France to'
'colonize Louisiana, all yonfpire to demonstrate
that the pacific relations between, the United
States - and France, can continue but a fcw
month's longer.
—o—
— letter from London,dated early in March,
from a source of unqueflionable correfrefs
states, that considerable changes in the minif
tny were in contemplation ; -Mr. Erikite was
certainly to futceed to the honors and emolu
.nients of Lord Kenyon, who wifoed to .'retire
from his feat in the King's Bench—and as con
siderable doubts were entertained in the best
informed circles of the success of the negocia<
timwat Amiens, Mr. Pitt and Mr. Fox, were,
in the event of an unfuccefsful frue, to become
the leading characters in the new minitiry.—
These arrangements meet with the cordial ap
probation of both parties, asthe opposition dis
gusted with the ambitious views of the French
cabinet, and at length convinced that every mea
lure which a regard for the fafety and interest
,W the country could dilate, had been pursued
''by the late and present toiniftry, were ,deter-'
F mined to unite heart and hand m th&proftcu
• tion of the war, mould an appeal to arm's again
fc.be inevitable. „ Ad Gb,
. KEWnORM, APRIL 23.
A gentlemen wholr/es about Similes
up the North- River, and wfo belongs
to the A^i-Fe&reApig.ty, has just called
kt the office to inform us, thiit neither
the New-York Herald nor the Spedatrr
have.reached-their places of donation
for two weeks patt,« he candidlymhkd
he believedthat they had been fupprefed
with a view to influence the ensuing elec
tion. Thus we already fee some of.the
blessed effeßs of %r new Poft-Mafler's
•displacing fyffem. The complaints.are
growing general. [&% Post.
' - -? BOSTON, 'APRIL 28.
'CT Rumour: of Rsieved'Wars!
Since our lift we have had twb Arrivals from
Lisbon ; which Sailed from theifeefhe zid of
March. .Accounts by them indicate renewed
hoftilitics between Cfcat-'Britafn arid France.
They state the arrival of a British Packet -at
Liston in four days from Falmouth ; bringing
intelligence and papers to the f^hh March., By
them, it appeared, That the Wtfa government
had required a termination of thenegotiation at
Amiens within R Specified tirtit}' kt tihe expira
tion & which it would he 'compelled to recom
mence hoftititiea;-,Tha; as a Measure of pre
cactron, the naval force of the kingdom wax
ordered to be held in a state of preparation;
land Squadrons were ordered to various Nations -
That on the 7th March, the Chßfcel Fleet, said
to be of 30 fail of the line, failed for %-CQaft of
France:.And that the British Officers at Ltf.
bon were in high Spirits, confident of freffi'bu
fineG in their vocations. -~.*:-
• 0
,' Corroboratory.
A London paper of March sth, received at
New-York, contains the following article
" Tobay, March 3.—On Mdndtiy .3 King's
messenger arrived here to Admiral Co^nwal-
Xl3—and about an hour and an half after his
arrival, bis Majesty's flips Belere,hen, Robust,
Magnificent, Excellent, Audadioux and Edgar,
all of 7&gum, got under way, gndproceeded to
sea."
Having written to the Secretary of the Navy,
. on the 13th May laft,^certain letter, which im
plicates in a high degree the character of Rich
ard Law, efq. late commander of the brig Rich
mond. Having then pcifonaE, no knowledge of
Captain Law, and possessing no information of
the nature or extent of the cruise, on which that
vessel had beenfmpfoyed ; but acting totirely
from the impn ffion Writing from the appearance
of that vtffel; and conceiving it my duty to
make such report, were the reasons that influ
enced me. But being now perfectly Satisfied,
that I have in a manner exceptionable, and
without due grounds impeached the character
of Captain Law, as refpeds his conduct in the
command of that ve£l ; and being desirous to
afford every Satisfaction, which not only his feel
ings require, but may be effenrial to do away
the unfavorable impression made on the public
mind by my letter— °
, I make this declaration with a view that it
may receive all the publicity which may be
deemed eflentia 1. D. LUDOW.
April 18, 189a. ) ;
.pander of the,brig Richmond, I waited on Dan
iel Ludlow, Esq. Navy Agent, and delivered
the4ettcr°of the ?,th inst, which produced the
following acknowledgement.
Jas. Robertson,
Nm-Tork, t%tb April, 1802.
TO THE PUBLIC.