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Situation of a dry shoal off the North Weft
Coast of Ne^Hol|and b Lat. 12. 29. S. long.
123. 55.45. E. by the timekeeper ; and corrob
orated by lunar obfcrvations. And in lat. 13.
58. S. Long. 122. 20. 45. E.is a rock with 5
: fathoms water on each fide of it, on which the
Cartier capt. Nash bound to London, arrived at
St. Helena the Sth of June, struck in the
bight. She bad'fmooth water during a run of
two miles before (he Struck, and foppofes it to
,arise from rocks or (boals to windward, rhe
commander supposes it to be the Rocks or Dan
gers of Dampier, although the ficuation is con
& fHerably different.
“ Our Correspondents may no doubt
be mistaken in point of authenticity,but
the following is an authority which
may make an impression upon certain
minds ; the Journal des Hommes Lib
res. We particularly call the atten
tion of our readers to it.—" Aik these
gentlemen what part they are to take,
if Austria wishes to continue the war
and rejeds the terms promoted by the
firft Consul ? They will no doubt re
ply that something mull be done to ap
pease Austria, and this having been
done, if Austria be not contented, is it
not natural to suppose that their advice
will be, that after having made so many
facrifices for this desirable objed,peace,
there are dill fomewhich we must make,
and soon, until at length we shall have
got that regular Government which has
lately been proposed to the thief Consul al
mof officially. In the midst of all this
there is one cohfolation for Republi
cans, that Buonaparte having probably
proposed all that he could do with
? honour ; if the peace which is offered be
I not accepted, it is evident that the firft
Magifraze of the Great Nation has refuf
ed to defend from the dignity which it has
conferred upon him." —The paper from
which this is extracted is under the di
reaion of the.Minifter of Police, Fou
cbede Nantes.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
" These details reached us too late
on Friday lad to be inserted in our pa
per. Several English papers have at
tacked the pollfcript in which we an
nounced them. We declare in the firft
place that whether Peace or War ta^e
place, we buoy ourselves up u'ith no
hopes. In the present arrangements,
France and Europe appear to us equal
ly ruined. We have no doubt that a
Revolution will soon be made in
France ; but we can foretell that the
Revolution will be similar to those
which have preceded it ; that it will re
solve no difficulty, and that the public
and private calamities will only be aug
mented by it.
Important and Extraordinary.
IIPT. ~
Extraß of a letter from Paris, dated Aug. 26.
" I have learned through a certain
channel that, in the conferences which
Duroc has had with General Kray, the
latter has formally declared, that until
a Monarchy be established in France,
neither Europe nor France can calcu
late on Peace. Buonaparte has two
lines of conduct to pursue, either to
make a King, or to become one him
felf. The army of Italy appears to be
in these intentions. Immediately af
ter the battle of Marengo, it was in
agitation to declare Buonaparte King.
The army of Germany, it is said, is in
clined towards a Prince of the House
of Bourbon. Moreau has had very
frequent communications, not only with
General Kray, but even with the Court
of Vienna. This Court has proposed
simply to re-eftablilh Louis XVIII.—-
Moreau has transmitted this proportion
to Buonaparte. I cannot fay what the
Chief Consul may have in his head,
but it is certain that he plans frefh
changes. Before long you may exped
a new and a great Revolution."
On this letter the Editor of the Cou
rier de Londres makes the following re
marks :
foreign News.
LONDON, SEPT. 9.
'Government have declared that the state
ment contained in letters brought by the'Haffi
ourg Mail, of the conditions of the convention
between this country and Denmark, is errone
ous in almost every refpe&. No part of the
Convention with that Power ftipular.es that
the damages sustained by the Danifti frigates
fhal! be repaired at the cxpcnce of Great Bri
tain ,• nor is there any feferve stipulated by
Denmark for its convoys in the Mediterranean.
Tne only point which was in dispute between
this country and Denmark, the pradice of at
tempting, by fending convoyt, to exempt Danish
vessels from search, has been adjusted entirely to
the fatisfaftion of His Majesty's Government.
[The Danfo frigate bar gene into an Englijb Dock
to be repaired. ]
France and Portugal.
A Lisbon Mail arrived this morning
brought by the Prince Adolphus pack
et in twelve days. The private letters
inform us, that all hopes of peace be
tween France and Portugal are at an
end.—The latter have rejected the
Chief Consul's offers. An invasion is
expeded. General Berthier, and his
suit are arrived at Madrid ,• a passport
was applied for by the General to pro
ceed to Lisbon, in order to have a con
ference with the Prince Regent. The
request however was refufed, becaiife it
was fufpe&ed that Berthier's real object
was to reconnoitre the state of the coun
try. The communications between the
Courts of Lisbon and Madrid are fre
quent. General Abercrombie, is ex
peded at Lisbon with 10,000 men—-
The situation of Portugal is represent
ed in the letters by the mail to be de
plorable. Provisions are scarce, and
the vintage and harvest have entirely
failed. =
Left at Cronftadt, Sept. loth—Brig
Thetis, Nantz, of and for Baltimore
to rail in about 14 days, and ship Mi
nerva, Page, of Providence, waiting to
get a freight—the only Americans in
port. Ship Olive Branch, Knap, of
Salem from London for St. Petersburg
puffed the found about the 15th Sept.
GEO. JENKINS.
Sept. 22d—I :. rived at Elfineur—
every thing there was quiet : two fleets
of merchant ships had arrived from En
land and gone up he Baltick; but upon
knowing of the measures the Ruffians
had taken against them, ri flobp of war
had been dispatched two days before,
to order those back to Elfineur roads,
that were bound to Russia.
TR^E OF GRF.IT-BRIQ/N.
The value of goods imported into Great-Bri
tain from all parts —
In the year 1786, was £ 15,786,072 7 5
In the year 1792, - 19,659,358 6 7
In the year 17,8, s. 27.857,889 8 8
The value of Braith produce hod manufac
tu res exported from Great- Britain - -
In the year 1786, was ~830,372 18 it
In the year 1792, - 18,336,851 611
And in the year 1799, 24,084,088 15 10
The value of foreign merchandize exported
from Great-Britain was—
In the year 1786, - 4,475,493 9 9
In the year 1792, • 6,568,346 16 6
And in the year 1799, 11,901,608 3 II
The above are only the accounts of what is
called the official value. But as the convoy aft
puffed in the 38th of the King, obliges all ex
porters to declare the real value of the goods ex
ported which are liable xp pay a duty ; and as
the Infpedor General has calculated the real val
ue of thdfe exports which pay no duty, and of
which the value is not required to be declared;
he has estimated the value of the whole of the
British manufactures exported from Great- Bri
tain to hav^ amounted to —
In the year 1798, 33,148,682 0 6
And in the year 1799, 33,942,493 0 0
The number of veffcls built in the fcveral
ports of the British Empire, in the year 1789,
was 32-7 ; whose tonnage amounted to 71,090.
In the year 17,9 —852 ; whose tonnage was
9)^25.
The number of v ff.ls belonging to the feve
fal ports of the British Empire in 1787, was
14,310. The number of men and boys em
ployed in navigating the fame, 108,962. The
number of veffcls in the year ±798 —17,295. —
Number of men and b^s, 129546.
The number of Britlth ships which entered
ihwards in the year 1789 was 11,907. The
number outwards 13,508. The number of for
eign ships which entered inwards in the fame
year—1542. The number outwards 891.
The number of British ships entered inwards
in 1799 —10557. The number outwards—
-12,085. The number of foreign entered in
wards in the fame year, 3,012, Number of ditto
outwards—2,392.
The total amounts of the wealth of England
Ind Wales, consisting of land, houses, (hipping,
cattle, gold and silver coin, wares; merchandize,
plate, furniture, &t. according to fir Wm. Petty,
in the year 1664 was computed to amount to
two hundred and fifty millions." The total a
mount of the articles above enumerated ate
calculated by a late ingenious writer on political
arithmetic, to amount to one thousand two hun
dred and ninety-eight million fix hundred and
seven thousand. From this statement it appears,
that since the year 1664, the national wealth
of Great Britain has received an increase of the
immense sum of one thousand and forty-eight
millions fix hundred and seven thousand pounds!
^ Sept. 9.—The English sailors
were taken on shore, leaving the Cap
tains, Mates, and boys on board to take
care <f the ships.—All the English
merchants at Cronftadt, were put on
their parole—all the other merchants
in St. Petersburg, were ordered to give
in that day a flatement of all their debts
to the English, and all that was due
from the English to them—lt was mo
mently expected that a general Embar
go would take place till the fleet had fail
ed and WAR WAS DECLARED !
(^ The foregoing fare measures it
was said were taken in coufequence cf
the dispute betwen the Danes and Eng
glifh, and at Petersburg it was reported
that the English bad taken Elfineur &
levelled the castle, and that they were
bombarding the city of Copenhagen.—
Upon finding those reports falfe, and
that the Danes had accommodated
matters with the English, will not cause
a flop to those measures, is not for me
to fay. But the long variance between
the two coufts is well known.
0- Sept. 6.—This day several Eng
lish ships having failed from Cronftadt
early in the morning, but being becalm
ed in fight of the guard ship, were sent
after and brought back, and an embar
go laid on all Ehglifh ships <vhich were
hauled by themselves the weftern fide
of the Mole.
O All English property was arrest
ed both in St. Petersburg and Cron
ftadt, with wliich was included all pro
perty bought or ffiipped by Engliffi
men, it being immeterial for whole ac
count, and all goods bought of Engliffi
men, if (hipped by them. The, are
forbid to pay or to receive money, but
to give in a statement of all they owed
and to whom, and of all that was due
from others to them.
Arrived here Ship Essex, Capt. yenbins, Jr days
from Elfineur. Capt. feitLins has obligingly
communicated the following very late,
^ Twenty-five fail of the Line and
ten Frigates are ordered to be ready
for sea immediately from Cronffadt
beside those from Revel and Archan
gel. No English officers were to go
out in those ships. Although the ships
of war were all hauled into the Mole
and dismantled, they worked on them
day and night, and by the icth when I
left there great part of them had their
fails bent and appeared neatly ready
for sea.
NEWBURYPORT, OCTOBER 28.
FROM RUSSIA.
Highly Important !
NEWS !
PUK.L^ND OCT 13
At the Supreme Judicial Court held
at Pownalborough, in the county of
Lincoln, on the lad Tuefday of Sep
tember lad, David' Hildreth ' Was tried
upon an indictment against him, for ri
otously assaulting, in company with
divers other peffons not yet difeovered,
the dwelling house of a Mr. Purring
ton, in Lewifton, on Androfcoggin Ri
ver—breaking and entering the said
house, and assaulting with intent to
murder Col. Josiah Little, of Newbu
ry, who was a traveller, and for that
night a guest of Mr. Purrington. The
facts were clearly fiibdantiated by the
testimony of Mr Purrington and Col.
Little, and they both swore positively
that Hildreth Was one of the gang who
perpetrated the villany. The jury re
turned their verdid that he was guilty;
and he was sentenced to fit one hour
upon a gallows, in some public place
with a rope round his neck, and one,
end thereof cast over the gallows—to
be imprisoned twelve months, and to
pay cods of prosecution.
As this outrageous attack upon the
dwelling house of one peaceable citizen,
and upon the person of another, in the
filedt watches of the night, was unques
tionably committed by persons irritat
ed against Col. Little, on account, of
his claims to land on which the perpe
trators were fettled ; it may be consi
dered as connected with the many dar
ing violences lately tfanfa&ed by fee
ders in other parts' of Maine. It is
hoped the ignominious pdnilhment to
be inflicted upon one of their brethren,
will operate as" a check upon filth dif
graceful cohdud in future, more espe
cially as it was observed by the Court ;
and no doubt the observation is well
founded in law, that had the bill been
found for a capital offence, the fame
evidence would have convided, the of
fender, and his fate would then have
been dreadful indeed.
oct. 25. By the cartel ship Ben
jamin Franklin, arrived at Philadelphia
from Bourdeaux, dispatches are said to
be received froth the American Com
millioners. Private letters fforn Paris
Rate; “ that the negociations, which
had been suspended through no niifun
derftanding, but merely the circum
stance of the government's being en
gaged solely in pursuits which requir
ed an united and concentrated direction
of its energies, had been reriewed, and
a liberal spirit appeared to actuate both
parties.—From the nature of the dis
cussions, which have been volumnious,
it was expeded that the whole business
of the million could not possibly be con
cluded during the present winter. Over
tures were made, therefore, for such in
termediate arrangements as should put.
an end to the present injurious Rate of
things between the two countries, to
renew the commercial intercourses, and
to put a flop to every thing tending to
warfare." It is added, that " the A
mericans in France, are treated on the
old footing of friendfhip and partiality ;
and it appears to be a sentiment adopt
ed by the French Government, that no
step ought to be taken at the present
season that might fubjed the Ameri
can Republic to the hostile jealousy or
depredations of any other power, under
pretence of the ftinnlation of a treaty."
In this attack the French plundered the ware
houses, hud pillaged and destroyed American
and Dutch property to a considerable amount.
Cap:. Hampton, of the Sally, belonging to
this port, was at Curracoa, and had watched an
opportunity td flip out in a small boat andhave
communication with the Britilh frigate Niriad,
cruising off there, of the commander of which he
requested assistance in the flame of the Gover
nor. The Niriad furnifhed him with all the
marines (he cobld spare, with whom Capt.
Hampton returned. The Governor of Curri
coa had also sent to Jamaica for succors ; and
on the 20th Sept, three frigates with 700 troops
left Kington for this purpose. The French
who were in possession of the town and adjacent
country, amounted to about 1400 men. The
fort which commands the harbor, was defended
by the Americans and Dutch. Gen. Rigaud
was at Curracoa at this time.
The gentlcmin from whom we received the
above information, assures us that Mr Phillips,
the American conftil had cfcaped th'e mafficre
and was fafe in the fort. The Pickering Hoop
of war, had not been at Curracda.
SEdr-foßk, oct. 24.
A letter from the late American
Consul at Bourdeaux, Aug. 30, fays,
" The Envoys continue at Paris (till.
The negociltion, I believe, is pttrfuing
with more celerity than heretofore, and
authorises, the expectation of a fpeeciy
and favourable reftflt."
The British frigates it was thought would ar
rive at Curracoa in time to relieve the besieged,
as Capt. Hampton assured our informant, that
the for: was in a condition to hold out a month;
From the Neto-York Gaz. of <s<o. 24*
This day is published, “ A letter from A'-
lexander Hamilton, concerning the pub
lic conduct and character of JOHN
ADAMS, Esq. Prudent of tbe United States.''
To be fold by the Editor of the New-York
Gazette, and by George F. Hopkins, Washing
ton's Head; N° 13% Pearl ftteet. The copy
right of this pamphlet is secured agreeably to an
adl of torgrefs.
&HILADELPNIA, o'cT. 13.
A Gentleman from Kingston, (Jam.) which
place he left tfic aid Sept, arrived in
town yesterday morning, and has furnifhed us
with the following information refpe&ing Cur
racoa. On the „h of Sept, the French made
an attack on that pllce, in which they massa
cred about 80 Americans, together with a
number of the Dutch inhabitants. The rest of
the Americans and Dutch had fled into the fort
tor fafuty, where they were fortifying them
felVes.
By the last Mails.
bm & Charlton Gazetteif 0e&, &
TREMENDOUS STORM!
"On Saturday night, from 11 to 12 o'clock, as
tremendous and deftrudtive a florm was experi
enced in this city and harbor, as has happened
for nearly 20 years. .
For several days past the wind has been ct
ceffi vely violent from the N. E. On Friday last,
about noon, ic fbifted to the N. without any a
batement. On Saturday it returned to N. E.
and blew a very heavy gale until noon, accom
panied with rain—lt then drifted to 3. E. and
continued from that Quarter until after 12 o'clock
at night, when it suddenly chopped round to S.
W. which, with the ebb tide, relieved us from
the profpe&s of devaflations, which before were
; excessive and distressing. At 12 o'clock at night
the tide w„ above 2 feet high on the wharves ;
several vessels were driven from their anchors,
And a large number of final! craft were stove
to pieces and funk in the docks ; and nearly all
the wharves from Gibbs' on South Bay, to Gen.
Gadsden's, fuffered more or less, by having their
foundations fapped,and their upper works brok
en to pieces and drifted away. Nearly the
whole of East Bay street, which was nearly com
pleted, and cost an imntenfe sum of money, is
destroyed. A great part of South Bay; is in an
; equally difaftcous fitu.tion. Mr. Roper's, Mr.
Geyer's, Mr. Beale's, Mr. Champney's, & Mr.
Nichol's wharves, were injured to a considerable
amount. Trees were, torn up by the roots,
hopfes unroofed and blown down, and fences
levelled, in the city and its vicinity. The two-
Ilory house of Mr. Cratzburgh,in butcher town,
was levelled to the ground, And a large part of
it carried by the wind nearly 100 yards. The
mod distressing event, is the melancholy fate of
Mrs. Cratzburgh, who was crushed to death in
I the ruins. Mr. C. his children and all who
were in the house, fuffered considerable injury
by bruises. The house ofthe late deceased, Mr.
Thorney,wis uriroofed totally, and the chimneys
blown down, the chimnies of the Charleston
Theatre were also blown down, and a large por
-Ition of the Dating pf Mr. Ravened'snew house,
the upper end of Broad-street, torn off.
The inhabitants of Sullivan's Island, who
within a few summers have increased aftoniffi
ingly, occasioned their fellow citizens of the city
great uneartriefi rind anxiety as to their fate —
iSeveral boats went down yesterday, and one or
Itwo retarded ; from such information as I could
I obtain, the damage done there was not so great
I as our fears led us to expert. It is said no lives
I were loft, and that only 4 or 3 houses were
I blown down ; but the whole Island was over
-1 flowed.
“ Thef rd florae of the Schuylkill permanent Bridge
teas laid October 18, 1800, by Join Lewis, Ma
son."
The sch. Lydia, Capt. Weyman, loaded with
a valuable cargo of dry goods, from George-
Town, said to be valued from 16 to 10,000 dols.
was driven from her anchors, in the river agzii ft
the new street, bilged and funk; a trifling part
of her cargo has been saved, hut all damaged.
For fevcral days, strong easterly winds have
prevailed, attended with heavy and alnioft in
cessant rains. Owing to these two causes the
waters of the Schuylkill and Delaware have
risen to a great heighth,—All the bridges in
the Schuylkill have been carried away by the
frefh, and the tide in the Deleware, extended
up to the doors of the flore houses. tefterday
morning, the wind Shifted to the North Weft,
anp began to blow with great violence. It
blew with such force as 'o create a perfect tor
nado, tearing up trees by the roots in every
direction, and in almost every street especially
where the Lombardy poplars were situated.—-
One large three dory brick house, in Chefnut
street, between eighth and ninth streets, owned
by Mr. John Brown, was almost d^moliihed
by the fury of this tornado. The walls were
just finished and some few rafters of the roof
were up. —The gable end of the house which
was exposed to the weft wind was blown in en
tirely, and in its fall forced out the wall oppo
site, carrying with it all the joices and interme
diate walls. Nothing now remains of this
once large and elegant building but the front
and back walls. Four very large lombardy
poplars at the corner of oth and Chefnut streets
were also torn up by the root. We have not
learnt that any material damage was done to
the shipping along shore.
We have been informed by a gentleman lately
arrived from the n outh of the Ohio that the
Indians from the MiiTouri country reported in
April and May lad, that their mountains had
not been covered with snow all lad winter ; and
as a proof of the truth of their repost the, pre
dicted there would be no rife in the waters of the
Miffifippi this year. We insert this paragraph
with hope that feme persons from New-Orleans
will tell us whether the fi efhets on the Mifftlp
pi at that place have this summer been lets than
ufOaL
This continent may be corfidcred a large field
on which the elements combat, or coalefee, un
der the eye and obfefvation of its inhabitants,
who are benefited or injured by these opera
tions. There was very little of any snow the
last winter on the Missouri mountains; on the
Allegany mountains it lay from 3 to 6 feet deep.
There has been no Lake Fever this summer in
the weftern parts of this Bate, nor Yellow Fe
vers in the cities of New-York and Philadelphia,
but the Dyfenrary has spread very executively
and been very fatal.
Capt. Nichols, arrived here from Gibraltar,
informs, that the (hip Louisa, Capt. Haggard, of
Philadelphia, bound up the Straits, came in
there on the 20th Aug. after having been attack
ed the fame day by two French privateers of
very superior force, which he engaged for five
hours, and finally beat off. During the engage
ment, the privateers attempted to board him 3
times, but were prevented by the address, and
undaunted bravery of Capt. Haggard, and his
gallant crew. Capt. H. was fcvercly wounded
in the shoulder, and his chip's rigging, fails and
fpar o Mattered and torn in such a manner, that
every thing above deck was Condemned ; four
men were killed on board the privateers, and 16
wounded, 12 of which had diedft Algefirus.—
Every assistance, that could be deflated by a re
gard for the unfortunate situation of Capt. H.
and by a high and exalted admiration of his
bravery and good conduct, was rendered him at
Gibraltcr, and we have the pleasure of assuring
bis friends that his wound, tho' deep, was not in
curable, and that he was recovering fad wh^n
Capt. Nichols left there#
On Saturday last, at 4 o'clock in the after
noon, the corner done of the permanent Bridge
on Schuylkill was laid with the usual formali
ties, in the presence of the President and Di
readrs of the Bridge Company —the Mayor,
Aldermen, and Members of the Select & Com
mon Councils of the City of Philadelphia, and
a number of other Citizens; after which the
company partook of a cold collation which had
been prepared for the occasion. On the foun
dation stone the initials of the following words
are inferibed.
Boston, oct, 28.
GALLANT ACTION.
Philadelphia, oct. 20.
BOSTON, OCT. 3d.
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
[The Evelina, Capt. Jones, arrived fore fyerJay
from Hamburg. Through & politraefs ofa ger
tieman who tameprffinger we were farefadtug
P^ 7 ' es that city to the 13th of Sept, from ,
which we have obtained the annexed traft
fob;— HAMBURG, SEPT. 1%.
This day arrived several dispatches from Vi
enna, with intelligence, that the recent propo
sals of peace, made by the French to the Ger
man empire, were not accepted, and that hoftili
tics would immediately recommence.
Sth. Germany to adopt a new and intire Con
fitution.
6th. The ralfofaalfates to be reformed.
These proposals were rejected by the houfe^
Austria; and hopes es peace have disappeared.
VERONA, AUG. 27.
The Austrians work with the greatest assidu
ity jn fortifying Mantua, the Garrison is to
be supplied with provisions for several years, and
every means employed to render it unconquer
able. The fame is to be done with the citidal
of Ferrara. berne, sept. 2.
By virtue of an order from the Directory,
one man, from every hundred native citizens, is
to be levied, completely equipped, at their ex
pense; and ready for the field at the end of
Odober. helsinguer, sept. 9.
The day before yesterday, Adm. Dexon, with
a fleet of merchantmen, departed from henbe.
He saluted Cronenburg with 17 guns. It is
said he is to proceed on another expedition, in
conjunction with a fleet, which had been seen in
the found.
V'° The Emperor is to keep what war granted
him by the peace of Campo Formio ; Mantua, how*
ever to be dismantled.
2d. Salizburgb, BerebtolfgaJen and Poffau
foould be given up to the Emporer.
3d. The Emperor fbould net interfere in the af
fairs of Sardinia, Rome and Naples.
4th. The countries from the right band of the
Danube, and the left of the filer, up to the Source, of
the Danube, to make part of the Halvctic republic',
in future.
On FASHION—To & Ladies !
How abfard must it appear to Bri
tain, to observe a cargo of Straw-hats
and other trumpery, equally as fuper
fluous, (hipped to the United States,
for a cargo of tobacco, rice, naval seres,
&e. We must appear to them some
what similar to the natives of the North-
Well coast, who exchange their articles
of real value, for some trifling trinkets
which may be picked up in a toy-shop;
The ridiculous Fashions of England,
to be followed by the American ladies;
is a reflection cn their own ingenuity. In-
Read at imitating their follies, and be
coming the dupes of their extrava
gance, it is in the power of the Ameri
cans to woaveftraw or flk, into as many
alluring forms, as can be produced iri
Europe. A Country Girl or even a City
Lady, would appear to more advantage
in her own manufacture, than array
ed in the gaudy attire of a foreigner—ri
Country Girl to turn her cotton cloth in
to aftraw-bat or a pair of red bedfboes;
is an exchange which neither adds to
the ornament : of her person, or gives an
evidence of her economical calculation. —
There is a national pride, which should
ever charaderize the Woman of Ame
rica ; the gentility of their manner and
their perfopal accomplishments, can ne
ver receive an additional luftre, by imi
tating the fripperies of Europe.
Every exertion is made to reinforce bur ar
mies in Italy and Germany, and in case of nc .
cecity; the Hungarians are to rife in mart.
Letters from Conftahtinople of Aug. 10, date
that Menou, the fucceffar of Kleber, had also
been assassinated ; he was not beloved by the
troops, being opposed to the evacuation of Egypt;
AMSTERDAM, SEPT. 9.
The conclusion of a Peace is very dubious, on
account of the proposals made by the French to
the Imperial Court, which we think cannot be
accepted, viz.
A Philadelphia paper of the lift Oft. fays,
A curious as well as a laughable
circumstance occurred on Market street
wharf yesterday afternoon. A coun
tryman, from Morris' River, contrast
ed with an Oyfterman, to pay him 50
cents, if he would open as many oyfter<
for him as he could eat—The oyfter
man had opened nearly one hundred
oyflers, which the cbuntryrhan devour
ed, when he wifheL the countryman
to give up the bargain ; but the coun
tryman perilled until he had eaten up
wards of three hundred, to the great
aftoniihment of the bye danders, and the
mortification of the poor Oyfterman,
who fincercly repented of his bargain ;
The oyfterman then begged him to de
sist, but the countryman perfilled, fay
ing he had not enough ; and he would
most probably have eaten the whole in
the barrow, nearly 400 oysters, but by
the solicitations of the bye-danders, he
let the oyderman off, and paid him the
50 cents. During this voracious meal,
the countryman drank seven large glas
ses of brandy and water and eat twelve
large bifeuit^^
VIENNA, SE,r 6.
The continuance of war is certain ; the prp
pofals of the French, for peace, being as extra
vagant, as humiliating to our Court. The
Emperor will himfclf depart for the army this
day and likewise the Arch-Duke Charks, from
Pray to join the army es which he will be in
veiled with the command of the troops, and
who is adored by them.
Gen. Bcllegarde will take the command of
the army in Italy, in lieu of Melas. England
has undertaken to assist in the most forcible
manner in the war.
John Biddoes, Elq. of Milford,
(Penn.) has inverted a Machine, to
work by water, for the reducing of old
silks, worsteds, and woolens, to their
primitive ate, in order to be re-manu
fadured.—A single engi e, attended
by a man and boy, cati work up 100
wt. of materials in a day, to a profit of
io dollars, one water wheel will move
two engines with less water than Paper
and Grid Mills require. The better
kinds of stock anfw<rfor spinning and
hatting. The coarfer,'f or faddlers and'
upholders. A paper iaill may be call
ly altered for this h!0 uefs.