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at 2 P M hired a boat and four negroes and
' boarded the ft gate about 5 leagues from land.
They informed the captain of the frigate that
the Governor had given them permission to fe 1
and unlade. The captain replied that the Gov
ernor was nothing to him, and that he should
do with us as he pleased, and immediately be
gan to abuse the Governor and Prefect as well
as the Americans. At 3, William Micks and
David Boyle came on board the schooner, at 7
P M the captain of the frigate sent his long
boat along fide of the schooner with two French
officers and about 20 other ruffians, the mbft
referable objects ever seen, some half naked,
some half starved, and some half dead with the
fever. The French officers came down in the
cabin and plundered the schooner of her papers,
and sealed up every communication into the
hold—and taking one other seaman belonging
To the schooner, returned to the frigate leaving
, Frenchman, 2 of them were some kind of of
ficers, 3 of them sick with the fever, ope of the
officers had some kind of inflrument of writing
which he said was orders to carry us to Mar
tinico.
Wednesday, Decmber 8, the Frenchmen began
to burn the haves and ibingles and to ransack
the schooner, by taking the provifiorr belonging
to the schooner and abating the fupereargo—
drawing their swords and knives and drove him
down in the 'cabin, and would not fuffer him to
come on deck in this situation they beat the
schooner about, and still falling to leeward with
the current, not one of them knowing how to
fleer, nor how to flay the schooner until
Saturday, December XI, they concluded they
would go to leeward of Grenada At 9P M
come to anchor in Grenada Bay
Sunday, December 12, one of the French offi
cers went dfhore, and brought off two calks of
water, some candles, and some paper, &c—At
2 P M got under way bound to Martinico—
beat about in the sea still failing to leeward
until
IWe:1 fiinfet and dark, returned to the
A>op, and preffei and took on board the
Ihip David Kitchell, against which
' the faidjuhn Hand, the m-ftcr, remons
trated, and told the officer that he was a
.native citizen of the United States of A
merica, which he would immediately
prove, but the officer declared that he had
a right tjpef him,as he had no protection,
which the said John Hand laid was true,
butthat never having heard that any at
tempt was made to press teamen from
coasting vefrels, he tad not provided this
voyage, nor never did any other voyage,
prote&ons for his men—And all the de
ponents fay, the said David Kitchell was
not returned tn the said sloop, nor have
they since he was so pressed and taken as
aforefaid, seen him.
John Hand,
John Albright,
Joseph Hughes.
Whereupon the laid notary public, at
'the request of the said John Hand, have
protested and do hereby solemnly protest,
&c. &c. in the usual form.
Alexandria, Augufl „, 1803.
Monday, December 13, at half paft3 P M one
of the sick French soldiers died —the others
laughing at him while dying The wind blow
ing hard from the northward, and fomc heavy
squalls, the Frenchmen carrying all fail, until
they tore the fails out of the bolt-ropes and
parted the sheets and ties, and finally wrecked
the fchooner—ln this situation we lay driving
before, the wind -and fta from Monday 13th
P M until , ,
Tuefday, December T 4, at 6 A M the French
found they could do nothing with the schooner,
they begged we would take charge of the
schooner, and try if we could gain some port,
informing us that they would give up all claim
to the schooner both at sea and on shore, and
that we might take her to any port we saw pro
per, and that they would give from under their
hands, that they had no further claim on the
fchocner and wrote an instrument of writing in
French',which they said was an abandonment
in toto of the schooner and cargo—At 10 A M
we set 0 Work, and at 12 meridian, made some
fail on the schooner and got fteeragc way on
her—th nio lat 13, 25, and by calculation in
long 62, 5, weft
•We Ihaped our course for St Croat,
Wednesday, December 15,, t 7, PM the other
soldier died, and was buried in the sea—Stood
in from thence without any thing -material
until
Friday, December 17,^t 2P M core to na
„r hor 'in the harbour of Chriftianftadt, in the
From the Baltimore American.
Extras from the Log book of the fcbooner Maria,
front Norfolk (Virginia) on a voyage to the I
find of Tobago to the Weft-Indies,
Wednesday November 3. —Sailed from Norfolk
laden with 36,300 hogshead ftaves and heading
and 29 thousand Cypres thingies—with seven
fouls on board with provisions and water fuffi
cicnt to perform said voyage.
Sunday November 7 —Experienced a very hea
vy gale of wind, in lat. 36, long. 75 which
lifted until
Monday November B—At 10 A. M. the gale
moderated ; flood on without any thing mate
rial until
Monday December 6 —At II A. M. came to
Anchor in Great Courtland Bay, in the inland
of Tobago; at IP. M, went on shore with
the register and other papers in order to enter
the schooner in the custom house ; at 2 P. M,
a boat with one French officer and four Teamen
belonging to a French National ffiip (which
then lay at Anchor in Caftarrea Bay) came a
long fide and took possession of the fchr Maria ;
at half pad 2 p. m the French officer went on
shore ; at 3 P. M. the commander of the Island
lent off three French soldiers, to fee that noth
ing was fmuggPd affiorc;at 6 P.M. the officer
came off from the fhoie, sent the soldiers back ;
also forced one of the seamen belonging tn rhe
schooner with him, and got the schooner under
way and flood to sea, leaving on shore William
Micks, navigator of the schooner, and David
"Boyle, fupertargo of the schooner, and one sea
man; plied off and on until morning.
Tuefday, December 7 —Stood up the iffand to
Caflarrea Bay,Lt II A. M. come up with the
frigate and found her to be the French frigate
La Bedane, commanded by captain Deneporte ;
at 12 meridian, got the frigate under way and
flood to sea with the frigate and schooner,
William Micks and David Boyle, who had been
informed that the frigate had taken and ordered
her for Martinico, went to the Governor of the
Aland and informed him what the captain of the
frigate had done: at which information tie
Governor seemed highly amazed, and said that
if the captain had tak p n the schooner away, he
would write on to the Captain General of Marti
nico, co fend the schooner back William Micks
and David Bayle immediately went to the cos-
tom-house and took the fchobner's papers, and
Tburfday, January 27th, at 5, P M arrived at
St Croix, informed the French prize matter on
board the schooner Maria, that I had a letter
from the Cape of the frigate Le Bedane, which
I would deliver <0 him in the presence of gen
eral WaterflefT, (commander of the island of
St. Croix.) he went with me before the gen
eral, and 1 gave him the letter, which he open
ed and read ; he then gave it to general Water
ftaff, who after feeing the contents, handed it to
us. I took the letter to the Notary Public of
the island, and had a true copy taken. The letter,
so far as relates to us, requests the officer to give
up the schooner Maria, and loose seals with
which he was entrusted, to confider them as
void and permit the schooner to proceed to any
port we might thinle proper ; as for indemni
ties, which we claimed, he was to refer us to
the administration of Tobago
Friday, 28^ January at 1% meridian the
schooner was given up in a (battered condition
—at 2 went to the judge of St Cr®ix and rc
quefted a survey on the schooner as (he lay.
Tuefday February I, at I. PM seven men came
on board the schooner Maria in order to assess
the damages, which was dene and we began to
difeharge our cargo and refit the sebr:
IVedncfday, Diarchy ia, co torih- island
of Tohavoi" ord-< r( vi,, ?o^ ^>f
* / French merchant at St Croix,
Friday, January 7, iSoj, at 4 P M orders
name through the dolor's boat, that the Amer
icans were permitted to come on shore and re
main on shore only fix hours for to arrange
their business with the American consul, and the
French were permitted to go on shore when
they pleased, and fta,as long as they pleased.
Thus situated we had no alternative but to hire
a vtffcl to take us up to Martinico to fee what
the French hid against us ; for we had not as
yet been able to learn what they had seized us
for. We agreed for a small Danish schooner for
which David Boyle, supercargo, and myfelf a
greed to pay 16 joes, for the paff3. of our
fel"es and one of the French officers
Tuefday, July 11, at 6 P M failed for Mar
tinrco in company with David Boyle, supercar
go, Peter Giles and Addlafs the French prize
mas: er, leaving the schooner Maria at St. Croix,
in the care 01 the American cenful, one French
officer and 3 French soldiers, when on without
any material thing until
Sunday January 6 at 5 P. M. we arrived at
St. Pierre, in Martinico, Capt. Deneporte in
frigate La Bedane rode guard ship at St!
Pierre, when we came to anchor the French
prize master went on board the frigate and in
formed the captain that David Boyle and my
felf w re on board the Danish schooner , be im
media cly sent eff his boat and ordered us to
. comeon board the frigate, which we Compli
ed with The hid question he asked us was,
how we came to compel the Frenchmen to sign
that abandonment ? I informed him that we
had done no such thing, that the Frenchmen
had written u themfeives in French and signed
it and that we knew not what it contained.
He then allied, whywe had not assisted the French
men in work,ng the schooner ?we informed him
that w had worked the vt ffcl and navigated
her to St. Croix, after the Frenchmen had en
tirly given her up. He then said that I should
take the schooner where she lay and forced the
register and other papers on me. I then asked
the captain so a line to go on shore, to procure
a passport to go to St Croix— this he refufed ;
I informed him that I could rot obtain a pass
age uniefs I was permitted to go on shore ; he
ftdl refufed— I returned on board the Danish
fchoonet an' staid all night.
Monday January 17. at 6 A. M. Went On
board the togate, to prevail on the taptain for
permission to go ashore ; the lieutenant inform
ed me that I might, but that the captain would
not give me a line, and that I must not flay on
shore a whole night, or I should be taken up,
having 00 line from the captain At toAM
went on shore, and proceeded to Fort Royal and
petitioned the captain general of Martinico for
damages fitting forth in my petition what I had
fuffered He informed me that he knew the
whole affair as well as I did, but that Tobago
was not under bis jurifdidlion, and that he
could not do any thing with it ; he then wrote
a small ticket and sent me with the ticket and
petition on board the Admiral ffiip, which then
lay in Fort Royal bay. The Admiral asked
many questions refpeding the situation of the
schooner, and how the Frenchmen behaved &c.
I informed him the schooner was then lying at
St Croix in a wreched condition, He then wrote
a letter to the captain of the frigate La Bedane,
and requeued me to take the letter to capt
Deneporte, which 1 did When the captain saw
I had applied for damages he pourd out a
shower of abuse on us and requeued me to call
the next day.
Thursday, January 11, at 9 A M Went on
board the frigate La Bedane —received a letter
addreffedl to Jan Baptist Marie, the French
prize master, on board the schooner Maria, at
St Croix.<
Friday, January 21, at 10 A M. took passage
to St Croix Nothing material happened until'
we arrived at St Croix.
fodef St Croix—At 3F M was visited b,
the voicing doctor of the island and found one
French sick soldier, and understood that two
others had died on the passage, he forbade us
launching our boat and informed us that if we
fuff:red any boat to come along fide till further
orders, we ihotid be fired on from the forts,
the da&or went and informed general Water
ftaff of our situation, he immediately gave or
ders to the captain of the port to take a boat
and hands, and watp usto the outer part of the
harbour that evening, and the next morning to
warp ns out to sea and set us adrift. We im
mediately wrote to the ailing American con
sul, informing him of our situation, that our
schooner was shattered to pieces, and chat our
provisions and water was out, and claimed his
interference with the government in our be
half.
Saturday, December 18, at 9 AM the consul
font off two calks of water, 1 barrel rotten beef,
and 3 barrels of worm eaten bread, and a letter
informing us that we must go to sea at alle
vents—On the Receipt of which we wrote back
to the consul that if we were forced to sea, we
fliould abandon the schooner altogether and
take to our boars—The consul (hewed our let
ter to the general, who then said we might lay
where we were until further orders ; but forbid
all communication with us only through the
doctor's boats—ln this situation we lay, not fuf
fcred to write to the consul without it was by
the doctor and at times we could have no op
portunity offpeaking to him for 8 or 9 days to
gether, thus we were kept in a Rate of flarvatidn
until
Tburfdey, December 23, We wrote a letter to
the consul, informing him that we wanted fonre
liquor—-he bought 2 bottles of gin, 2 bottles of
rum and 2 bottles of vinegar, and sent them
down to Dr 1 S. Adams (for so he signs his
name and fays he was an American) Dr. A
dams countermanded the orders and sent a tick
et with the liquor and said that Mr. Saliel* had
sent 6 bottles of liquor to the Frenchmen on
board the schooner. in this situation we lay
until
ThisEmigrehefawatParisflnd there he
did not deny but he obtained his recal,
from the report and description he hid
given to the French Government of
our harbours &c.—His recommenda
tion to the Farmers, &c. is to put their
fowling-pieces in order, to run balls to
lay in a Rock of powder, and to prac
tice daily firing at marks, and 'hold
themselves in readiness to rp'eet the foe.
The Isle ofElba will, we truft,be again
in our possession— Lord Nelson was left
concentre ting his fliips and making
preparations for an attack, as was sup
posed, upon the Isle.
Government has noticed, that the
intercourse with France by the way of
Dover and Calais, is at an end.
General Maflena is appointed Mem
ber of the Legislative Body, as a pre
liminary step to being appointed to the
poll of Grand Matter of the Legion of
Honor.
that ncmimflratidn agreeably ' so captain
Denepoet's letter. We arrived on the
loth and on the 20th laid my papers to
gether with a petition before the gover
nor, who said that my claim was jutt, that
he wonid put his seal to it, and that I
ought to hive double that amount of
damages. He had no funds to pay it out
of ; he further laid, that il I would go on
to France he would put my accounts id
such a liquation that I should meet wiin
no difficulties of getting the money.
Saturday, April 2. made fail for Nor
folk, and arrived on Saturday 30th April.
Titus ends the voyage of the lehr. Maria
from Norfolk, which bus taken up almott
hr .months. I have fuffered every possible
insult from a lawless banditti ; been vil
lainously seized, by a French cutthroat
and robber ; my schooner raufacked and
torn to pieces ; have been obliged to fur
nifti provilions for them to eat.and destroy
at their ple^fure, have been obliged to pay
the Doctor for attending their tick which
occasion d me to perform twenty two
days quarantine in St. Croix and pay the
puffage of one of their officers from St.
Croix to Martinico and as yet have no re
dress. They would not pay off our sea
men when I arrived at Norfolk. Such is
the abuse and insults I have met with to
which I lubferibe inv name,
WILLIAM LEWIS, majier
and half owner of the schooner Maria,
The //ro^for.-Major-General Money
has published an Adrefs to the Deputy
Lieutenants and Magistrates, and also
to the Farmers, &c. of the County of
Norfolk, in azhich his great object is to
impress them with a due sense of cur
perilous situation, and of the necefftty
of immediately associating, fubferibing
and arming, for the defence of that
County, which, he is of opinion, is in
more danger of being invaded than a
ny other part of England. He has
not the least doubts of the intentions of
the French, who, he observes, know all
the coasts as well as we do.—To his
knowledge, a plan of Yarmouth and all
the environs, was sent to France, by
Mons. Semonville, who was 7 or 8
years there : his description of Yar
mouth was worth to him a recal from
Hamburg, where he then was when
he sent it and he not only recovered
his property, after an absence of 8 or
9 years but was made a Member of the
Institute, &c.
The Earl of Moira, has met with a
serious accident.—ln returning from a
country meeting, at which he presided
his foot flipped, and he fell down a
flight of flairs. It was at frrft appehen
ded that his back was broke, and it is
still feared that one of his limbs is frac
tured.
Prices of Stock,Aug. 9th—3 pr cent
Consuls 52 1 fdo. reduced 52 § Om
nium , 1 disc.
Ninety guineas to one have been of
fered at Lloyd's, that a ceitain great
Perforate would not be in exigence
more than one month after the invasion
of this CTWtry.
Further Foreign Articles.
LONDON, AUG 10.
The last accounts from Spain, are
less pacific towards this country than
any of the preceding advices, since the
commencement of the v. ar. Every one,
we should think, must have been pre
pared for such accounts. This coun
try has been placed in an awkward pre
dicament with refped to Spain. Not
having given us any cause of offence,
we could not commence hostilities a
gainst her—yet we could not be ignor
ant of the motives that induced France
not to press the Court of Madrid im
mediately into the war. She wished
her 10 get home all the money which,
durfog the last war she had been accu
muiatinginSouth-America. The great
er part, if not the whole, has reached
Spain, and now we are informed, that
things begin to aflame a warlike afpe<ft
towards this country: that the mer
chants, who owe a considerable sum to
England, have received orders to sus
pend the payment they were about to
make.—The Spaniards are likewise
augmenting their land forces, and the
pretext is said to be to prevent the
French entering their territories—Such
a pretext will not, impose upon the
creddous— not, perhaps, that Spain is
really hostile to this country.—Her in
terest is to remain at peace with us.
She knows that she can gain nothing
by joining France—but she is not strong
enough to resist the Consular power ;
and Bonaparte is, no doubt, eager to
press into the war the wealth and re
sources of the pofTeffors of the mines of
Mexico and Peru.
^ James Ci atymd. —This gentle^n,
who is note in ^reflation at Valenciennes,
is luppofed to be in a slate of considera
ble danger. Duringthe late war Sir James
redded ar Hamburgh, in the capacity of
Charge d'Affatres from our Court, and
held that situation when the celebrated
Naper Tandy and his associates arrived
after having made an unfuccefsful ex
pedition to the coast of Ireland Sir
James preremtbrily demanded of the
Senate to deliver tbefe men into his enf
tody, that he might fend them to an
swer the offended laws of their country
The Senate remonftrated,on the ground
Hamburgh being a neutral state ; al
ledging, at the fame time, that Tandy
and his companions were in the French
service, and had produced their com
millions. These remonftrandes, how
ever, could not divert the Envoy from
his purpofe,and he at length fuceeeded.
—Tandy and his associates were sent to
England, and Bonaparte menaced the
Hamburghers for their pufillanity
and attachment to the British Govern
ment.
It is to be lamented that Sir James
after having been so recently engaged
in a business of this kind, should think
of taking a passage from Calais to En
gland ; but such unfortunately was the
case. He arrived a fewdays before the
English wire placed in a state of arref
tation, and had a vessel been ready at
the time, might have escaped the gene
ral calamity. His baggage, however,
was at length ffiipped, and he applied
to the Commissary Geri. Mengaud for
a pafTport. The answer he received
was delivered in a manner that evinced
a determined hbftility. "Sir James,"
said Mengaud, "I did not expeft to fee
you in Calais ; but since you are here,
I cannot part with you so soon. My
actions are generally directed by great
examples ;you are therefore, % prisoner."
KINGSTON, JULY 30.
Yeflerday arrived at Port. Royal, .his
Majefh's fllip Vanguard, of 74 guns,
Capt. Walker, with her prize Le Duque
fne, of 74. guns captured off St. Domin
go, the 25th infl. after a chafe of 24 hours
and a short action; in which one seaman
was killed and one wounded on board the
Vanguard. A Lieutenant, a promising
young man, was unfortunately drowned,
in hoifling out the boats to take possession
Le Duquefne failed from Cape. Francois,
in company with the Duguay Trouin, of
74 guns, came out of Cape-Francois, in
a heavy squall in hopes of escaping to
France; but when the weather cleared
up they were difeovered by ourfquadron;
and when the Vanguard le ft the fleet, the
Elephant of 74 was engaged with the bu
guay Trouin.
The French naval force, at Cape-Fran
cois, the i§th, was composed of the fol
lowing fliips:
SHIPS. GUNS. COMMANDERS.
Le Duguay Trouin, 74, Ad. Latouch Trevitte.
Le Duquefne, (taken) 74, Com. Karangul.
La Survillante 50, Com. Barre.
La Guerriere, 46, Capt. Bedouins,
La Clorinde, 42, Capt. Bozee.
La Viflus, 40, Capt, Matalon.
Le Dautour 16, Capt. Bayet.
Le Cerf, 14, Capt, Babron,
Four schooners of 14 arid 16 guns, &
two guard.fliips of 20 guns each.
A flag of truce arrived yesterday at
Port-Royal in the French schooner Deux
Amis, from Port-au-Prince. A deputa
tion from the principal Planters and mer
chants of that place arrived in here,for the
purpose of waiting on his honour the
Lientenant Governor, to represent their
miserable situation to trim and to reqwtft
that he would either take measures to pos
sess himfelf of that place, or permit the
wretched inhabitants to leek an asylum
here, being in a state of ablo ute starva
tion. and kemiogly abandoned to their
fate by their mother country.
Jacquemel, Aux Caves, and Port-au-Prince
appear to have been deferred-
0
NASSAU, AUG. 16.
The present season has been as remarkable
for its healthiness, as from the quantity of rain
that has fallen. We have had occasion to re
mark, in the fall of former years, that a rainy
season generally proved a healthy one, This
is a confirmation, if it were needed,of Dr. Rufo's
Theory of the Weft.lndia fever.
That the billious,remittant fever of this coun
try, is of the inflammatory class is proved to a
certainty by this fad—that a dry and dusty in
flammatory date of the atmosphere, produces
it—and, that a humid date,attended, with great
heat, and every circumftahce that is fitted to
create putridity, banishes it from the country.
Mr. Huges, and one or two other fatal cases
of fever occured, just at the commencement of
the rains, but the feeds had been engendered
in the 6or 7 months previous dry weather.
We repeat again, that we do not remember so
rainy, or so healthy a season as the present,,
face our residence in Naflau.
BALTIMORE, SEPT. 12.
hi the Maria, from Cape-Francois, Col. Tou
ford, late commandant of the militra nt the Cape
and Lieutenants Londais and Sabeffe came pas
sengers. The British closely blockaded the
Cape, and would allow no Americans to enter.
There had been no arrival there from the Uni
ted States, since July 14th.
PETERSBURG, Sept- I 3.
We are informed, there was a dread
ful Rorm oft the coast of North Carolina
a few days ago in which several velfels
and many lives were loft, and other
considerable damages done.
Extras of a letter ft om Plymouth, N. C.
to a gentleman in Peterfourg, dated
September 7.
" In the late storm there has been
BY MAIL.
five reffels cast away in Edenton Sound,
and none of the crews saved. There
has been fix dead bodies taken up, that
floated to the beach, and force calks of
wine, the latter belonged to Robert
Armiftead, of this place, and was flip
ped at Norfolk ; but knew nothing of
the vessels, than that the hulls are seen
floating about. There are feme wo
men's as well as men's cloaths found
floating. We have not heard from the
bar yet, but it is thought there are a
great many vessels cast away there."
Philadelphia, Sept. 15.
The Alexandria Expositor of the 9th
instant, announces the arrival at that
port of two vessels loaded with furniture
for his excellency Anthony Merry, Esq.
minitier plenipotentiary from his Bri
tannic majesty to the United States, and
adds, that the freight alone cf his splen
did collection of furniture, cost three
hundred guineas.
BOSTON, SEPT. 17.
From EUROPE
t, Since our last we have received
by various arrivals, Irifhpapers to the
4th, Dutch papers to the 6th, and Lon
don papers to the 7th Auguft..Extracts,
therefrom will be L.und under our for-
eign heads.
At our last dates, the late infurredion
in Dublin was wholly quelled; and no
symptoms of rebellion or difiovalty ap
peared in any part of Leland. "We have
seen no accounts of the execution or tri
al of any of the rebels.
The " invasion of Eng Aid" still contin
ued to be the burden of every song in
France. Vast bodies of troops were actu
ally forming on the coast opposite to Eng
land ; and great numbers of gun and flat
bottomed boats were said to be in rtadi
nefs to transport them across the Chan
nel. Bonaparte was to leave Paris early
in September to lead the invaders. He
is to take up his head, quarters at St. O
triers which is to be the feat of govern
ment during the winter. The admirals
tn command the flotillas had been named ;
and immense magazines were forming
for the fubfiftenee of the legions.
In England, Ireland and Scotland, all
was loyalty spirit and patriotism. A wen.
derful unanimity prevailed. Every mea
sure of every kind to oppose and chastise
their threatening invaders were prosecu
ting with vigour and cordiality. Warlike
Preparation had taken place of Business
& Pleafure;and the chief care appeared to
be for the country. We could fill col
umns with particulars.
The seizure of Hanover, by the French
had apparently altered the face of affairs
in the North of Europe ; and it appeared
not improbable that Russia will step in to
the aid of England. Assistance also was
confidently expe&ed from Austria. It
is alcertoined that Russia has remonstra
ted against the seizure of Hanover ; and
that a Ruffian fleet had failed from Cron
ftadt for the North Sea.
Capt. Barnard informs, that when he
left Rotterdam a general Embargo thro'-
out Holland was expected.
The Papers refpeaing the proportion
made by Bonaparte to LOUIS XVIII,
are authentic and interesting.
SEPT. 21.
^BY the Frances Henrietta, Capt,
Goodrich, arrived at New. York, we have
received London papers to the 12th Au
gust ; fivedays 1 iter than before has reach
ed us.—Although they do net furnifa
any further news of particular conse
quence; we have fehded such articles as
appear to us most important, & calculated
to interest our readers.
Capt. G. informs that the day previ
ous to his departure from Liverpool, ( 13th
Aug.) a report was in circulation that
Buonaparte meditated a defetnt upon E
gypt, and that the forces colkaed for the
avowed purpose of invading England,
would be employed in the expedition. Ad
miral Truguet is appointed to the com
mand of the French fleet at Brest, and
Admiral Bruix to the flotilla at Bologna.
The report was revived, that a general
Congress is to be held, for the purpose of
adjuring the differences between Great-
Britain and France; but many politicians
were of opinionthat it would be absurd
to entertain the slightest hope of an amica
ble settlement from any measure of that
description.
A report had been in circulation, fat
ing that Mereau had raised a party at
Paris and declared against Bonaparte:—
^ut we do nor find any article tending
to illustrate or confirm it.
Le Berceau French corvette, so cofy
and thoroughly repaired by the United
States,ncw makes part of the British navy,
having recently been captured by the En
glish near Surinam.
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— Sevier, efq. is re-cteaed Governor
of Tenefa.
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In the Foxwell, arrived here from Am
flerdam, came passenger J. G. Van Pol
anem,Efq. formly the Batavian Minister
near the United States.
Capt. Lee, from Havre, informs that
about 60 boats, for the declared pur
pose of being used in the expedition
against England, were building at that
place. The British cruizers frequently
appeared off Havre, and complimented
the Frenchmen with a few shot and
shells.