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Capt. Barron, has written to Government
from Gibraltar, that he had sent a letter to the
Spanish commander at Algeziras, complaining
of the capture of American vessels bound to Gib
raltar. The Judge of the Admiralty replied,
and said no vessels had been condemned but
what had goods consigned to Gibralter, that
rtofe on trial should be treated impartially, and
that Capt. B's letter should be laid before the
' -King.
The Tripolitan vcffel captured by the fch'r
Enterprize, was disarmed and abandoned, and
afterwards got into Tripoli, where the Captain
reared a flogging for his misfortune.
WE learn, that the frigate Eflex,
Capt. Bainbridge, attempting to get in
to a small port in Spain, and finding it
neceffxry to procure a pilot, dispatched
a boat with an officer for the purpose.
The boat was fired on by the Spanish
forts and compelled to return. Soon
after, the Essex came to anchor and
Capt. B. demanded fatisfa&ion for the
insult offered to the flag of the United
States, which was refufed him. Three
of his lieutenants were walking on shore
and were grossly insulted by a number
of Spanish officers, an equal number
received a note requeuing fatisfadion,
which they in a dastardly manner, re
fufed.
The attempt made by Sir J. B. War
ren to relieve the gallant defenders of
Porto Ferrajo has no doubt been at
tended with considerable loss ; but it
appears from the official details, both
"of General Watrin, the General of the
besieging troops, and General Murat,
Commander in Chief of the Army of
Italy, that our squadron succeeded in
throwing supplies into the garrison.
The above was politely communi
cated by a gentleman of great respec
tability and may be relied on. The
information is said to be contained in a
letter from Capt. Bainbridge to the
Secretary of the Navy,but from delica
cy or other motives, it is feared the cir
cpmftance will be suppressed, at least
for the present. The gentleman from
whom we derive our information,fays,
he received it from a person who had
seen the letter alluded to, and that it is
con firmed by a lady who has received
a letter to the fame effe& from one of
the American officers in the Mediterra
nean. Considering that Spain is in al
liance with France, it is very possible
that Capt Bainbridge will be recalled,
and ordered to be tried by a Court Martial.
WASHINGTON, OCT. 4.
Appointment by the PreJident. —OFFICIAL.
GIDEON GRANGER, PoJbnafer- General
in the place of Joseph Habersham, re
signed.
“ The Americans now here are
waiting for further intelligence from
the Commodore of the American squad
ron, before they proceed up the Medi
terranean. We have advice here, that the
Bafharo) has already dejired Capt. Dale
to meet him in Tripoli, to negociate terms
of peace. Dale very wifely, however,
declined trusting himfelf in the hands
offo treacherous an enemy, and repli
ed that he would receive proposals on
board his own ship, but would not land.
They had not taken an American the
I§th of lad month, which are the latest
accounts from the Commodore."
0
BOSTON, SEPT. R.
Mr Blakely, the American Consul
at St.jago de Cuba, has been arretted
and imprisoned by order of the Govern
or, and his property seized? This mea
sure is supposed to have been in conse
quence of some representation of his be
ing concerned in illicit trade. It is said
the American vessels at the port were
detained.
Extraß of a letter from a gentlemen at Gibraltar,
to a friend in Providence, dated Sept. 14.
Letters from the frontiers of Russia,
of the i<) r h ult. Hate, that Lord St.
Helens is bill engaged in important ne
gociations with the Ruffian Cabinet,
and that he his frequent interviews
with the Emperor himfelf. He has
given his Lordihip an invitation to as
sist at the Coronation at Moscow,
whither his M^jefty will be accompa
nied by all the foreign ambassadors, ex
cept citizen Duroc, —Alexander inter
ests himfelf greatly in the promotion
of a general pacification, and has, it is
said, offered his best offices of media
tion to Great-Britain.
was so crowded toread the communica
tion from Government that it was
scarcely possible to move.
The funds of course experienced a
great and rapid rife. As soon as the
market opened, Confols rose to 66; &
Omnium to 18.—The prices fluctuated
a little afterwards, and the former fell
to 66, and the latter to 16. When this
paper was put to press, Confols were at
651, and Omnium at i6ft [Cwier.^
It is singular that neither in the
London Gazette, or the letter to the
I>ord Mayor, is any mentor, made of a
reflation of hostilities ; but that, we
juppofe is nnd^rftood, though the
words, “ Prebrnmaries of Peace," do
not imply th much.
Tord Nelion has been informed by
an express of the signing of prelimina
ries of peace.
United States.
PHILAT). NOV. 10.
On Thursday last was brought into
this town from Madbury a SQUASH
which measured three feet and one
inch in length.
A PEACH grew in a garden in
New-York, the last season, that weigh
ed thirteen ounces.
g, It may be ufeful to remind those of our
readers who interest themselves in transatlan
tic events, that in the negociations at Lille, in
1797, Mr. Treilhard declared, that the ultima
tum of France was, “ That Great- Britain
should deliver up to the French Republic, and
her allies, all the places (he had taken ;" —And
that Lord Malmfbury th^n offered to relinquish
all excepting Ceylon, Martimco, and the Cape
of Good Hope. Our readers will also recol
le&, that the British ministerial papers have as
serted for some months back, that the reten
tion of these would be the basis of the peace.—
And, however, ready those may be who are
constantly endeavoring to magnify French glo
ry, and belittle that of her enemies, yet it should
be remembered, that the French government,
in an official Note, published the 12th June last,
on the fubjedt of the pacific negociacion fays,
" The English have the pledges of peace with
" them.—They have only to rriinquifh the con
“ quells they have made ; and which can be of
" but small importance to them in the extended'
" fixation of their commerce and colonies. In
" adding thus the English Ministry will obtain
" tbe bigbeji glory ; —that of pacifying the world,
" and drying up the tears of so many thousand
" es families."
{, Reliance may be placed on thia fa& —
That PRELIMINARIES of PEACE be
tween Great-Britain and France, were signed
at London, the rd October. Os the terms, both
the Courier and Morning Poll, confefs them
selves ignorant ; but give numerous “ it is
said," “ we are told" and " it seems" on the
fubjed. The conjeaures are palpably contra
didory in some parts, and evidently distorted
in others. As they are the only medium thro'
which any opinion has been conveyed of the
terms, and have been circulated with avidity
here, we (hall cursorily examine them. In one
part, the Morning Poll fays, " to the aftonilh
ment of all, Bonaparte elofed with the propos
als of the British Government" on the 30th
September ; and on the next day the Prelimi
nary Treaty was completely signed and publiih
ed. In another part, it declares, that Bonaparte
had given peace to England on his own terms !
This jargon needs no farther comment. With
refpea to the terms, as the Morning Pod evi
dently knows but little, it takes care to give dif
totted Probabilities. It insinuates that France
gains by this treaty “ all Holland, the Nether
lands, a large part of Germany, Switzerland,
and two thirds of Italy !" With refped to " a
large P art °f Germany" the affection is a palpa
ble untruth ; And to us the meaning of the
assertion as it refpeds Holland, Switzerland,
and Italy, is unintelligible ; knowing as we do
that the French government has solemnly ac
knowledged the independence of the Batavian,
Helvetic and Cifalpine Republics; and declar
ed that it does not interfere in their concerns.
We know France has a despotic influence in
these countries ; but this cannot warrant the
assertion ; nor has that influence been augment
ed, nor could it have been lefTened, by any trea
ty with England. It exists in the nature of
things, and the power which France has gained
by treaties in which England has not been a
party. As the assertion refpeds the Nether
lands it is a mifrepfentation ; for their fate was
decided by the treaty of Udina and Luneville ; '
and though they have become a part of the
French Republic, yet the Emperor has received
as an offset, Iftra, Dalmatia and the ci-devant
rich Republic of Venice. These English Jac
obins would also insinuate that England has
fuffered great loss by the treaty ; But this fadt
is undeniable, that Great Britain does not re
linquish one inch of the territory she held at the
beginning of the war; that even they allow
she is to hold the islands of Ceylon in the East,
and Trinidad in the Weft-Indies; at also the
Cape of Good Hope, which, though to be made
a free port —will nevertbelefs be garrisoned by
—and be under the authority of the.Britilh
laws. They, however, forget to mention, that ,
England is to retain the numerous (hips of war
she has captured ; and which have been sur
rendered to her, by France, Spain, and
Holland ; that she is to hold the vast acquifi
cions she has made in India ; which are farther
to be fccured to her by the guarantee of Egypt
to the Ottoman-Porte.
f, By the next arrivals from Europe the
official details of the treaty will doubtless be re
ceived ; when it will assume a quite different
afpe<ft from that it now wears.
*, Another political overturn has been
made in Holland—The Dutch Directory—
like Cromwell and Bonaparte—" feeling power
but forgetting right"—has annihilated the Ba
tavian Legislature and proclaimed a new Con
stitution for the acceptance of the people.
g. Several circumstances render it highly
probable, that before the preliminary treaty was
signed at London, intelligence had been receiv
ed of the surrender of Alexandria.
From & CENTINEL.
INTELLIGENCE from EUROPE
O' Os the highest interest to our coun
try has arrived since our last. It has been re
cieved in the Harriot and Jane, Capt. Young,
from London ! and was sent express to Deal
to be put on board that vessel. The papers
from which it is extracted, are the Courier, and
Morning Post, of the 2d and 3d October —
two papers violently opposed to the British ad
ministration.
The French Government has officially expres
sed all astonishment at the aelay on the part of
the Germanic Diet to execute the gth article of
the treaty of Luneville—and infills on some con
clusion rcfpe&ing the indemnities.
It is understood that the King of Naples has
surrendered the whole of his great navy to France
viz. two Ihips of the line, and two frigates.
The King of Etruria has been acknowledged
by the Courts of Vienna and Berlin.
WE understand that Col. Hacket, mailer
(hip-builder, and Samuel Gerrith, Clerk of the
Navy-Yard, have received polite letters from
the Secretary of the Navy, informing them,
that their services will be dispensed with for the
present. But hopes the, will not be withheld
—should the public service at some future day,
call for the exercise of their talents.
The King of Sardinia, and the Emperor of
Russia, do not appear to have recognized His
Etrurian Majesty.
The Duke of Gloucester, one of His Majesty's
sons, is seriously indisposed.
PORTSMOUTH,
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER n, xßot.
——o ——
LETTER !.
July xoth, 1789.
Eeloved Zada,
IN sojourning through this vale of
tears numberless misfortunes are the lot
of man. Thy friend had fondly hoped
I to escape the one of which he now com-
Iplains, but fare has yielded me up an
unfortunate vi&im to the charms of
Zada. When thy friend firft beheld
thee, methought I recognized a “second
'felf," and seemed to wish to “mingle
fouls." But, alas ! Can the chain be
;broken? Can the knot be looted that
Ibinds1 binds Hamar to the society of Breth-
I ren ? How difficult soever it may be
Ito suppress any affection that God and
iNature has implanted in the human
' heart, my social duty calls aloud for
the exertion. Love is at war with prin
ciple; Victory is uncertain.—The is
sue of the contest plunges me into the
depths of misery. Should love prevail,
and our “ kindred souls" unite in the
fond endearments of conjugal bliss, at
the fame moment all communication'
ceases with this society. An event
which of all others (except a disunion
with Zada) I most dread. Is this a
[Kiels the Knife-grinder, overturn, bis nvbeel,
and exit in a transport of republican enthufofm and
universal philanthropy.]
vengeance —
Sordid, unfeeling, reprobate, degraded,
spiritless outcast!
0 — /
MESSRS. TREADWELLS,
BY the consent of a friend T offer
you for publication a levies of let
ters written by a Shaking Quaker,
whom, for the fake of diftinßion, I shall
name Hamar, together with Zada's
answers. These letters were written in
the year —B9, and carefully preserved
by the authors. In consequence of a
promise that their real names shall not
be known, I have obtained them with
liberty of publilhing their contents.
Constables came, to put me in Custody ;
They took me before Oldmixon the Justice,
And he in a rage, fix'd me in the Parifh
ftocks for a vagrant.
I should be glad to drink your honor's health in
A pot of beer, if you will give me fix-pence;
But for my part, I never love to meddle,
Sir with Politics.
FRTF.ND oe HUMA NITV.
I GIVE thee sixpence! I will fee thee damn'd
firft—
Wretch ! whom no sense of wrongs,can rouse to
consideration to be regarded, or brought
in competition even with a smile from
her whom of all earthly objects I mod
Story ! God bless you! I have none to tell,
Sir,
Only last night, a-drinking at the Chequers,
This poor old hat, and breeches, as you fee,
were
adore ? I hesitate not to declare, that it
is more transient upon my mind than
the space of time in which the thought
is conceived. The conclusion is then
made, and Hamar is devoted to thee.
He renounces all, even his once happy
condition in the embrace of chriftian
meekness and piety. He abandons a
fociety,in which the temptations of the
world were few, and its allurements to
pleasure almost unknown. He with
draws from thole feenes were pleasure
was enjoyed, only in the paths of inno
cence, strewed with the delights of sim
plicity. He absents himfelf from the
children of nature, whose “ leading
firings" are virtue, and sacred to the
touch of unhallowed hands.—Say, Za
da, are these facrifices of no avail with
thee ? Will they not persuade thee that
the quietude of my life is forever de
stroyed without thy compassionate re
gard ? If thine ear is open to ply, let
the rehearsal of my fufferings, under
the torture of love, bend thine ear to
commiserate the lot of HAMAR.
$ (To be continued.)
"DIED) In ibis town, a Child of Mr. Samuel
Austin.—Also a Child of Mr. Joseph Jackson.
At Fort Independence, fin Boflon harbor) Hane,
Willard, aged o,o,fan of Humphry Willard, of Nor
wich, County of HampJbire. He was a mafen, at
work on the fortification of the Fort;
Was it the 'Squire, for killing of his game ? Or
Covetous Parson, for his tythes diftraining ?
Or roguish Lawyer, made you lose your little
All in a law suit ?
Say, have you never read Tom Paine's Rights
of man ?
Drops of compaflion tumble on my eye-lids
Ready to fall, as soon as you have told your
Pitiful story.
Tell me Knife-grinder, how you came to grind
knives ?
Did some rich man tyrannically use you ?
Was it the 'Squire ? Or Parson of the Parish ?
Or the Attorney ?
Weary Knife-grinder! little think the proud
ones,
Who in their coaches, roll along the turnpike,
How hard's the work to cry “ Sciffars, Knives,
to grind
O," all the day long !
INEEDY Knife-Grinder ! whither are
you going ?
Rough is the road, your wheel is out of order,
Bleak blows the blast ; your hat has got a hole
in't,
COMMUNICATED.
SAPPHICS.
The Friend of Humanity and the Knife
Grinder. In imitation of southey.
FRIEND of HUMA NITY.
So have your breeches !
Torn in a feuffle.
A. B.
the ordaining prayer. The Rev. Mr. Buckminfter
of this town gave the charge. The Rev. Mr.
Stearns, of Bedford gave the right band of fellow
flip. The Rev. Mr. Kendall of Plymouth, made
the concluding prayer.
STAMPS..
BLANKBiIIs of Exchange print
ed, and stamped ; Blank bills us Lading
printed, and stamped. ALSO,
Stamped notes of 4, 10, 20,25,
30, go and „ Cents each. ALSO,
Ledgers, Journal, Waste, Let
ter, Cyphering and Writing Books, and
a capital adorunent of Bibles, and Telia,
ments, just received, and for hie at
Pierce's Bookflore.
Portsmouth. Nov. 2t.
English Goods,
which will be fold very cheap for ca(b,
or short approved credit.
N. B. CaAi & the high< ft price given for
At his Store on Spring-Hill, as follows viz.
40 Hhds. 2, 3,4, proof St. Vin
cents & Tobago RUM.
A quantity of SUGAR.
COFFEE and COTTON.
GIN and BRANDY.
Iron hollow WARE. IRON.
Hajback & German STEEL.
GRINDSTONES— a few
Shipping Furs.
Account Books
10 Be. SOLD
at Public Kendue,
on Tuefday, 24th November,
at 12 o'clock on Portsmouth-Pier.
brig Gocd
" Intent, and Appur
tenances, as die camefrom
fea—burthen go Tons,
three years old, newly sheathed, tails very
sass, and may be fitted for sea with little
expence. Nov. 2 r.
ALL Perlons indebted to, or
that have any demands on the estate
of Mr. NOAH JENNESS,
late of Rye, Farmer, deccafi d,are requeu
ed to call on the fubferiber immediately
for a lettlement of their accounts as they
would with to avoid having their ac
counts sued. ELIZABETH JENNESS,
Adminiftratt ix.
Rye, Nou, r7, tßot.
Wanted a BOY about
14 or I„ears old at an affiant in a Store,
f^ Inquire ts the Printer, Nov. 14.
Samuel Hill,
On Wednesday the Rev. Jonathan French,junr.
•was set apart to the pajioral office in North-Lampton.
The solemnities mere introduced mitb prayer by the
Rev. Mr. Holt, of Epping. The Rev. Mr. French
of Andover, father of the ordained, preached from
2 Cor. ii. 15 and 16 fr.es. For we
are unto God a sweet lavor of Chrift,in
them who are saved, and in them who
perils To the one we are the favor
of death unto death ; and to the other,
the favor of life unto life ; and who is
fufficient for these things.
The Rev . Profeffor Tappan, of Cambrige made
Tuefday arrived here from Liverpool, the
(hip Matilda, Cap:. Wilkie. The Matilda left
Liverpool the 18th of August, and nothing ma
terial occurred till Wednesday the 23d Sept,
when they were in lat. 46. 0. N. long. 45. 15.
W. At 9 A.M. they encountered a sudden squall
from N. accompanied with rain and hail, which
obliged them to fleer before the wind all night,
under a c lose reefed main-top-fail. The 24th,
at 7 A.M. a heavy sea broke in, over the stern,
which stove in the quarter deck, from the taff
rel to the mizen-malt, and carried away the jol
ly boat, hen-coop, binnacle, quarter boards,
broke the tiller and moll of the ftaunchions on
the (larboard fide. Three men were washed
overboard from the helm, one of which got on
board again. The lea which llove iu the
quarter deck, filled the Ihip between decks with
water, so as to unftow the water calks in the for
caftle. Supposing the Ihip to be linking, Capt.
Wilkie's fir! object was to clear the long-boat.
Both pumps were then rigged, and after work
ing them 14 hours, they began to fuck. The
starboard guns were thrown overboard,and find
ing the Ihip to heal much co tlarboard, a num
ber of hands were employed for several hours
in heaving the fait overboard. The sea which
stove the quarter deck, broke down all the
state-rooms, closet cabins, chests, trunks, chairs,
table, &c. All the (hip's provisions were de
stroyed, except beef, pork, two baskets of pota
toes, and some cheese. This obliged them to
go to an allowance of three potatoes a man per
day. After 24 hours, the extreme violence of
the gale abated, and on the 27th, Capt.Wilkie
repaired a compass so as to fleer by it. The ift
of October, spoke the schooner Success, Capt.
Joseph Dinfmore, of Marblehead, who hu
manely supplied them with bread, flour, tea,
sugar, rum and firewood.—This supply render
ed their situation comfortable, till their arrival
here on the 6th inttant.
fy.fy.^hfy.fy.fo^ fy.^(feqfcqfe^
Arrived here brig Anna, Capt. Tredick,
39 days from Bonavifta ; October 30th in
lat. 22, 4.9, long. 59, 30, jpoke tie doop
Naraffa, Capt. Filler,from New-London
bound to St. Kitts, out 21 days. Nov.
10, in lat. 3f, 20, spoke (hip Gatfon,Capt,
Leaves, from St. Petersburg bound to
Charleston, S. C. Nov. IQ,fpoke febr.
Chance, 36 bouts from Nev-Haven,bound
to Martinico, two hours before we spoke
the Chance foe fu,plied the (loop America
with water and provifon,fhe was from
Jacquemel, bound to Bfton out 50 days.
HALIFAX, OCT. 8.
10 EE 3OLL)by
ORDINATION.
MARINE-
AND
excellent quality,
for approved notes at 6o days.—Ao,ly to
JAMES RUNDLET.
Port/mouth, Nov. 2t, :Boi.
THE Copartnership between
NEIL and HILL being this day
dissolved- Alt persons having demands
on them are requeued to call for payment
—and those indebted to them are desired
to call and fettle with the fubferiber.
A Man wants to go out
to live as a Man Servant—Acquire of the
Printers. Nov. 21,1801-
A CONVENIENT SHOP
in Market-street, Suitable
tor an English or Weft India Goods ftorc.
For particulars enquire <f<hc Printers.
0 .
(^Gentlemen who may with for any
publications that are not to be procured
at the Book-Stores in this town, may be
supplied with them if they are to be pur
chased io Borton, New- York, or Philadel
phia and at the prices they are fold at
those places, b, applying as the Ponfmouth
Book-Store. Nov.il.
STONE-CUTTER, —From Qoincey.
INFORMS his friends and the public
in general, that he carries on the
Stone-Cutting bufioefs in all its branches
at the fliop occupied by Capt. John Bodge,
lower end of Duncl-ftreet, where all
orders will be executed with neatnels
and dispatch. Nov. 21, 1801.
at the Portjmouth Book-Store, oppofte the
east end of the Court-house, Pot foots th—
— received for their Fall and Winter
Sales —a complete afrtment of
Six Chests Bohea TEA, of an
Confiding of
Writing Papers of all sizes, qual
ities and prices; Account Books of all
sizes, being Ledgers, Wades, Letter
Books, Blotters, Journals, Cassi Books,
and Memorandum Books; Gentlemen
& Youth's Morocco Pocket Books ; do.
do. do. common black Sheep-skin do.
Ladies fine do, a few very elegant ; —
English Letter Papers, wove, gilt, and
plain edges ; common old fafh;on'd do.
gilt and plain; American Letter Paper
of a very nice quality and extra, large
size, do. do. common sized do. t^Thefe
papers came much cheaper than the English —
Quills of all kinds; Ink-powder; Pafte
boird, Playing-Cards ; do. best American
do, • a few Morocco boxes for do. ;
Slates ; Writing and Cyphering Books ;
Baegammon Boards.
ALSO —an excellent affirtmeut of
Chosen in London by a judicious person,
and will come cheap—Seamen's books
of all kinds; Log-books; Scales; Divi
ders; Journals, &c.
A few bbls, of SOAP, for cash,
or exchange for SCALE FISH.
With lundry other articles which will be
fold cheap.
Portsmouth, Nov. 21. iSot.
FARMER'S,)
SEWALL's, by the Groce,
WEATHERWISE's, dezm, or
& BICKERSTAFF'S J fagle.
With a vei l general assortment of
Books,
which will be fold as cheap as at any
Store in America.
W.Treadwell & Co
in Portsmouth, —No t, a lot 32 feet on
Crols-S'reet to land of Albert Denny's,
drceafed, anl on laid Denny land 44. fee',
where the lot is 36 feet wide, thence run
ning 44 feet to the firft bounds, —the
other lot joins the one above and runs on
said Denny's land 32 feet, to a lane 10
feet, and on said lane 33 feet, and from
thence joins the firft lot 32 feet— with a
hottie on the fame which may be made
convenient at a small expence, those lots
will be fold together or Separate as mav
best accommodate the purchasers, if not
fold before Wednesday the 2§n> inst.
will on that day be fold to the highest
bidder ; ten per cent, to be paid down
on the Spot, and the remaining part in ten
days from the file, when a Warrantee
Deed will be given,—fale on the prem
iies at 12 o'clock.
Blankets ; Baizes; India Cot
tons.
FOR SALE,
Two lots of Land
JOHN B. HILL.
Portfanuth, Nov. 3, ISOI.
N. B. Said Ewen has just come to
hand, a feu bales of
Broad Cloths ;
ALEXANDER EWEN, 4uaionee r .
John Marble
Bohea Tea.
TAKE NOTICE.
Almanacks.
Stationary,
Charts,
TO LET.
FOR SALE