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Next to the decision of the Court of Vienna
on the question of Peace or War, the thoughts
of the political world are at present engaged up
on the Armed Neutrality forming in the North
of Europe. The exigence of such a project
has not hitherto gained much credit; but un
fortunately it is too true that an affiliation is
forming, the avowed object of which is to check
the ambition of England and Austria, and con
ftquently to favour France. —This measure is
promoted by the Emperor Paul above all o
thers ; Denmark and Sweden have fuffered e
nough from the English upon the feus to ensure
their concurrence ; and the conduct of Prussia,
Saxony, and other German Princes, has been
for a long time so exactly on this plan, that no
doubt can be entertained of their becoming
parties. The Porte, too, is loured at our refus
al to acquiefee in the convention for the evacua
tion of Egypt, and may join the League. Thus
will Austria and England have all Europe eith
er openly or hostile, or in a menacing portion,
with the exception of the Italian States, at the
mercy of the French, and our important ally
of Portugal. Austria will probably make peace,
and the Armed Neutrality can then have only
France and England in view. The friendfhip
of Prussia towards France, and the change, the
cxdfperation of the Court of St. Petersburg a
gainst England, prove that this country will be
the real objedl of the league. Indeed it would
be idle to diffembie that this country is its chief
object. The monopoly of commerce aud the
arrogance with which our naval dominion hat
been maintained have excited the envy and the
hatred of fcvc%! other States. From an Arm
ed Neutrality to a rupture the progress may be
snort, and we may find all Europe leagued, not
ugainft France for the restoration of the throne,
but against England for the partition of com
merce: and the very Ruffian fleet, which Min
isters have so w ifcly inllrudled in our naval tall
ies at Sheerness and on the coast of Holland,
may unite with Danes, Swedes and Dutch, and
give us considerable uncafiuefo Fortunately
our navy is fuperior.ro all the other naval force
in the world united ; but there are dangers and
chances in an host of enemies, which cannot be
despised. We have no advice of the league be
ing yet formed, but it is in a date of consider
able foi wardncfo, and it giv<s Miniftm much
vneafinefs. Under thefc citcumflances, we look
with anxiety for the opinion of the Lord Chan
cellor on the interruption given by Commodore
Lawfcrd to the Swedish convoy ; as this quef
tioh, which has been so ably argued by Doctor
Lawrence, Mr. Markingtofh the Lecturer on
the law of Nations, and the other C'ounfcl in the
cause before the Privy Council, involves the
principal obj<& an Armed Neutrality would
have in view. I'he attendance of almost all
the Cabinet Ministers and great Law Officers,
when the cause was heard by the Privy Coun
cil, fufficiently fliews how deeply they feel the
important intetefts which are at ftakc.
LONDON, JULY 16.
The plague rages at Smyrna, which place
has been partly consumed by fire.
Provisions are very high at Gibralter.
JULY 29. Parliament is prorogued to the
7th of O&.
In China, a considerable degree of difeontent
stated to exist, in consequence of the new
Emperor having dismissed some oghis popular
Ministers, and nwfl of the principle officers and
confidential servants of his Predecessor.
Buonaparte has had an interview with Neck
ar and converted reflag the finals, of
itence. Neckar said that the views of Buona.
ft on this f u bj e a were cfohenfive and
P r ft r , , r , ffes of piedmont are to be ahblifr
t'meverd.
Late Foreign News
YZLI, ~ULY <.
COVERNMENTOF PIEDMONT.
^'JONAPARTIi, Firfl Confuted the French I
4 > Republic,considering the n^ceffiry of provid-.
by an admin;.! ation for Piedmont, until the
definitive uigauizatiou of its Government, dc-
Crees :
Art. I. '7% Government of Piedmont fall be
fcoctf orally co ereifed by a Committee offeven Mem
hern wbojhull unite in t'semfrives all the potters, ex
eft the Legfostive and Judicial.
it Tide Committee Jhdl propefe to the Confulte,
fWdijh.fi by the decree of this da,fucb laws and
regulations as flail appear to it neefary.
111. It fall be empowered to continue in the tribu
nals the prefnt Judges, or to replace them at pleafare.
IV. It,sail ,abl, in each diflriH a Commifo
ry, tube /ball be charged with all the details of the
Ildminiftration.
V. Each Commifory fball have under bis com
mand the Municipal Agents, and all the Public
Furdlionaties of his di%i&. He ,all correJpund
dir<al, with the Committee cf Goves nment.
VI The present imp, Jball be maintained, as
,b/i/hed,for tide year 1800, The Committee ,all
afterwards have liberty to ccate new ones with the
formal consent of the Confulte.
VII. All tie functionaries are bound to remain at
their p, and to continue then fee vice, under the au
thority of the provisional government, until orders to
the contrary.
Buonaparte, First Consul of the French Re
public, desirous to give to the Piedmontefe na
tion a new proof of the affection of the French
people, decrees:
Art. I. Ibere, all be eftablijbed at Turin a Con
falte charged to prepare the organization of the Pi
edmontefe Government, and the laws and regulations
relative to the different branches of the public admin
fretion.
11. The Confulte foall cons, of thirty members,
and ,all have for its Pre,dent the Mini, er extra
ordinary of the French Government.
. 111. The Confulte fall be at liberty to divide it
felf into ,Bions ; but the measures proposed by the
Sections foall be examined and approved by the Gen
era! Afrmbly, who foall not be convened but by the
' Prfdent.
IV. Every aR of Government is denied to the
Confulte It,all only give its advice ufon the pro
jchls fulmitted by the Provisional Committee.
Buonaparte, First Consul of the French Re
public, decrees :
Art I. There ,all be e,abli,ed a Minifler Ex
traordinary of the French Government at Turin.
IL This Mini, er ,all be charged with all the
relations with the Piedmont, Government, and ,all
be Prefdent of the Confulte.
111. He Jhall be specially charged to watch over
the interests of the Republic, and to tube care that the
sums as,ng from extraordinary contributions, or be
longing to it in any other right.fall be paid into the
treasury, to be employed for the use of the army.
IV. The funds, once paid into the treasury ch,,
fall not be thence issued, but by order of the Minis
ter Extraordinary, and for the wants of the army.
V. The Min, er extraordinary fall alone be
. able to convene the General Assembly of the Confulte.
He,all be Prfdent of this Affimbly when present;
and, in case of abfence,,all appoint u Deputy from
among the Members,for the fitting only.
Signed. BUONAPARTE.
A true copy.
Couufcilor of State detached to the First Con
sul. , Signed, PETIET.
ARMED NEUTRALITY.
Victorious by Land, the chief Consul, for
getting no doubt the battle of Aboukir, appears
willing to try his forturg also by Sea. He has
addressed a Public Letter to the Minister of
Marine, in which he exhorts him to exert the
greatest possible activity in the operations of his
Department, and in which he fays that the
French People are determined to have a Navy.
In order to give more efficacy to his word, he
announces that he intends in a month or two
to visit Brest. The publicity of this letter,
joined to observations given in the official jour
nal, refpeding the means of remedying the in
feriority of the French Navy, and what is
more ftrious, the prohibition recently made
of admitting in the Pert of France any of the
produce of our Colonies, appears to indicate that
the Chief Consul either thinks of trying his
strength against us on our own element, or flat
ters hmdclf that he shall obtain by those pre
parations, Conditions of Peace more advanta
geous than the relative state of France and of
England give him a right to cxpe&. In ei
ther calc however his views will be frufirated.
His impotence is too great to allow him to con
tend with us, and it is too notorious to alarm
us. He has no Navy of Reserve, or even if he
had, it would cease to be his.
July 24. It is said the Elector of Bavaria
engages to pay 8 millions on condition that no
more contributions shall be attempted in his ter
ritory.
A letter from Augfburgh, dated July 10,
states, "The Comnyander in Chief has de
manded fix millions of contributions from the
circle of Suabia. This is only the half of what
was alked in the year 4 The proportion of
this sum is to be fixed by the States affcmbled
here ; by which all partial and oppreflive requi
sitions will be avoided.—The Margrave of Ba
den, who has continued attached to the French,
now enjoys the advantages of his prudent con
du&."
The English before they left the Gulph of
Spezzia, blew up the fortifications, and partly
destroyed the fine and vast building called the
Lazeretto.
COLOGNE, JULY 18.
Our Journal contains the following letter
from Bruffcls, dated July 14 : —
" According to accounts received from Calais,
there is now very frequent correspondence
between the French and English Governments,
the fubje& of which is supposed to be proposi
tions of peace made by England. It is expelled
that a place will be immediately appointed,
where conferences for a general peace may be
opened between Envoys from Austria, England
and France. This place, it is expected, will
be either Lisle or Brussels.
It isfaid the King of Prussia has sent Couri
ers to all the Courts of Europe ; announcing an
intention of interposing for a general peace.
Lucca (in Italy) has been taken by the French,
and a contribution of a million of livres imposed.
The French appear to be preparing an expe
dition at Cherbourg and Havre.
A letter from the Cape of Good Hope, dated
Jan. 14, fays, four or five seamen have been
hanged on board the Lancaster man of war for
mutiny. Gen Dundas is 600 miles up the
country making war against some of the Afri
can Princes. An English officer and a party of
dragoons were cut to pieces in a late engage
ment in the interior.
The French Official Gazette contains a long
disquisition upon the causes of the inferiority of
the French Navy to the British in battle. The
writer attribute. ;it entirely to the practice of
, H. Iff Fr. Army, Rofi,, July ~.
THE Andrians attacked us yesterday on all
our line. The battle lulled ail day, and was
very bloody. Finally we defeated them, and
took 200 prifofters and two pieces of cannon.
We had zoo wounded, and as many killed or
made prifouers. The Polilh lolukrs, among
die French gave no quarters.
Yesterday an action took place near Landfhut,
in which the Archduke Ferdinand was obliged
to retreat. In the night he received a reinforce
ment of cavalry and infantry from General Kle
nau, and marched towards Straubing.
The French continue to derive the Austrians
—the former are now within a league of this
city. An armistice alone can preserve us from
the enemy.
Manheim, JULY u.
Before the armistice between the Armies of
Generals Kray and Moreau could be made
known, the following telegraphic dispatch was
forwarded from Basie, on the 16th, from Straf
burg to Paris :
“ The right wing of the French Army has
taken Feldkirch, Coire, Lucienfteig, and the
whole of the Grifons."
Since the 14th, the French have been masters
of Feldkirch, Coire, and the whole of the Gri
fons. General Lecourbe had rcpulfed the Au
strians near Reuti and Immenftadt, and took
the bold resolution to march a body of troops
through the wood of Bregentz, which no Gen
eral had before attempted, in order to cut off the
retreat of the Austrians to the Tyrol, by the
mountains of Montalun, and to attack them
from Switzerland. This compelled the 6000
Austrians who were in the Grifons to retire
haflily to the Tyrol. The armistice has, how
ever, now put an end to the effusion of blood
in that quarter.
A cartel from Dunkirk, which arrived at Do
ver, on Sunday, brought a telegraphic confirma
tion of the Armistice in Germany.
Paris Papers to the 26th inst. are received.
They contain a copy of the Convention for
the Armistice. By this Convention, it appears,
the French are to keep possession of all Suabia
part of Franconia, and Bavaria. The Austrians
however are to retain possession of Ulm and In
golftadt. They are also to occupy the Upper
and Lower Engadine. The French are to re
main masters of Coire and the territory between
the line of Coire and the Engadine is to be
neuter. Twelve days notice is to be given
of the resumption of hoftilitics. The Austrian
Gen. Count St. Julien is arrived at Paris from
Vienna. The Moniteur states that his million
is to regulate the conditions of a general armis
tice, and to establish a good understanding rc
fpeding different circumstances which relate
co the Convention of Alerfandria. It is proba
ble, however, that his mission is of much great
er importance,and that it relates to negotiations
for Peace between France arid the Emperor.
He has had frequent conferences with the Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs. - Courier
Before the conclusion of the armistice, divi
fionsofthe French likewise advanced on the 14th
to Weinfberg, Heilbron and Other places on the
Neckar. The Courier who lately passed thre/
Strafburg to Paris, has, it is said, given out, that
the Court of Vienna was willing to enter into
negotiations for Peace with France.
Scene of Wat in GERMANES
LONDON, JULY 29.
FRENCH MARINE.
OFFICIAL.
AUGSBOURd, JULY I,
RATISBoS, JULY 15.
LONDON, JULY 29.
PARIS, JULY 20.
the French in firing at our mails and rigging,
while we always pour our fire upon their hulls.
We are not able to decide his doubts ; but w„
know their practice has saved many of their
(hips, after they have been defeated, and we have
been often tempted to recommend that a certain
part of our artillery at least should be directed
against their malls and rigging, iu order to pic
vent their escape after the action.
aug. 4. The sum of 200,000!. it is said, has
been fixed as the compensation to be give to
the Officers and Men of Admiral Mitchell's
squadron for the Dutch [hips taken by them at
the Helder.
A new academy for the inftrudlion of youth,
or rather an old one revived, has been opened
in Paris, the avowed object of which is to cor
redtthe vices and reform the morals which have
been the consequence of the revolutionary edu
cation.—An attack like this upon the Jacobin
system could not escape notice, and accordingly
we find it has excited the bitterest invectives of
the Journal already mentioned.—Every inflam
matory topic is touched upon to alarm the na
tion against: the conduct of the Government, in
which Buonaparte is never implicated further
than as a milled Magistrate. The insecurity of
the Proprietors of National Domains is hinted
at; the word people is repeated in a manner,
calculated to rouse the resentment of the lower
classes, and an alarm is particularly attempted
to be taifed agaiuft the return of the Pfiefts and
Emigrants, and the toleration of the Catholic
Worship. The uneasiness of the Jacobins at the
indulgence Government fllews to the persecut
ed tlaffes is great, and threatens to produce a
popular commotion, which the genius of the
Chief Consul will no doubt prevent. It is re
markable that the Jacobins of Paris Ihould cen
sure their Government for reviving the ancient
institutions, and that the English Cabinet should
make war upon that Government, though our
Ministers profefs to have the refloration of these
institutions chiefly in view.
The summer, it has been observed, generally
produces commotions in Paris ; and it has been
humouroufly said, that nothing preserves pub
lic tranquility so well as rainy weather, which
keeps people at home. The present fair icafon
is not without the usual symptoms.
No national credentials, or diploma
tic seals are requested. The waters are
too deep to be fathomed by a common
line ; and the strength of the wheel too
mighty to be arrested by a common
hand. Full trihl of the strength of hu
man policy, and of executive power
hath been had. Leaning on the arm of
the Lord, and obeying the dilates of
his blessed will, the thing shall be done.
Your Memorialift, at lead hopes, that
so much notice of this application may
be taken, that in case of doubt in the
minds of any as to the propriety of the
measure, he may be set at thebar of
the house to answer any interrogatories
that any of the members of the house
may think proper to put to him on the
fubjed. DAVID AUSTIN, jun.
Men-Haven, Sept. 9- 1800.
To cure tie 1)1 SENTERT.
Take any quantity of good vinegar, and add
as much clean table fait as it will dissolve ; to
three fpoonfuls of the brine add fix fpoonfuls of
boiling water ; —let the patient take two table
fpoonfuls as hot as it can be lupped Irom a spoon
once in two hours.
N. B. The above is for an adult; the strength
and quantity must be varied for children accord
ing to their age and constitution.
The following recipFhas been found very ef
ficacious in the distressing diftafe called the
Hooping Cough:
“ Take a small handful of garlic, and throw
into a quantity of melted lard, perhaps half a
pint, and after boiling it till the strength of the
garlick is got out, rub the soles of the child's
feet every few hours. The effe&s have feme
times been a&orjfhing."
Com. Trowbridge in the Culloden has arriv
ed from Minorca. Sailed June 24, when the
troops for a secret expedition had all embarked.
QQftQOttA - T-A ^~^ F .teo^f 4 tQ&CTEW&Q
At a period when the strength of the
Statesman, of the Philosopher, and of
the Divine is employed in an investiga
tion of the ultimate illite of the present
mylterious providences, you will not be
disposed to pronounce the communica
tion out of time, that is now presented
to you. Those, of every chfs, who
have travelled together in investigation
agree in their report, that the times are
singular ; and that the womb of Pro
vidence is big with some llupendous
event.
The molt new and interesting parts relate to
the internal politics of France. Some time ago
by an extract from The Decade Philofopbique, we
shewed that the party of the philosophical Re
publicans are jealous of the party of Concord, of
chafe who, in their desire of unanimity, facrifice
every Republican principle, every revolutionary
intlitution—who, under pretence of crufhiog
all factions, affuiuc a sovereign, a despotic au
thority.
From a Lite Hartford, Connecticut, Paper.
The present paper states that such
report is true; that the objed fought,
and ju,ftly expected is the pacific empire
of the Prince of Peace; that it is the
princely adminiflration of the mighty Re
deemer, that is to give peace to the na
tions of the Earth ; and to make known
to the sons of men the subsequent dc
fighs of the Moll High.
Your Memorialist is bound to Rate,
that he is, by revelation from God, pos
sessed of the knowledge of the means
ordained to arrest the temped of the
present national convulsions, and to
bring them to a Rate of permanent
peace and national felicity.
Nothing is demanded but a compe
tent support upon the Theatre of Euro
pean conflids, whilst the operation is
performing. The exploit can be ac
complished without endangering the
fafety of any nation, or the life of any
man.
AN AMERICAN PROPHET
Memorial to be prevented to the General uffembly of
The State of Conne&icnt, at tbeir sessions at New-
Haven, in OR&ber, 1800.
gentleman,
INTERIOR OF FRANCE.
On Saturday we received the Paris Journals
to the 16th instant.
MISCELLANY.
PLYMOUTH, JULY 2Q.
CHARLESTON, AUG. 25.
ON IPcdqefday the 23th infant, a Boat built in
this place for the use of the canal between
Santee and Cooper rivers, drawing three feet wa
ter, and loaded with 20 tons of country produce,
returned to Char leflen,from Granby.
She puffed through the canal both in going
and returning.
A most difirefling event took place on rhe
morning of the 15th inst. in the Forks of Ca
peon, Hampshire country. Philip Porter and
Moses Largen (brothers in law) took their ri
fles, and went in search of deer : they did not
travel far together before they agreed to take
separate routs. Dargen approached a lick, and
took his stand in a convenient place to watch
for game.—Not much time had elapsed before
he discovered a rustling, in 3 thicket, at no great
dillancc,but could, not difeover the object that
occasioned it—supposing it—however, to be a
deer,he fired—the shot took place—he eagerly
approached the spot—but oh / the shock, the
heart rendering pangs which a fight of the un
fortunate victim who had fallen occasioned, can
more easily be imagined than described—it was
Porter ! his relative ! his friend/ his filler's
husband lay weltering in his gore ! and the
cold hand of death soon placed a seal upon his
eyes. To add to the melancholy catastrophe,
Mrs Porter is bereaved of a fond and indulgent
husband, and eight children of a tender and af
fe&ionate parent.
From the information of her patroon, a simi
lar voyage, both out and home may be com
pleted in 17 days, white boats using the mouth
of the river, cannot accomplish the fame in kfi
titan fix weeks, and that with great rifque, and
only in seasons when there is a high river. The
produce of our interior country may now be
conveyed to market, with more certainty and
much less rifque, expence, and time, than here
tofore ; and in like manner, our fellow-citizens
in the country may be fuppiied with what they
want form Charleflon, on much better terms
than formerly.
We cordially congratulate the public, that
this great and immensely ufeful work is carried
through from river to river, and is so far com
pleated as to be immediately ufeful, and is
found by actual experiment, to answer the end
proposed.
Three persons charged with altering Bank
Bills have been arretted and committed to pris
on, viz. Rofewell Bingham alias Robert Beer
ham, Levy Stephens and Ephraim Fitch. The
plates, apparatus and an immense number of al
tered bills of the Manhattan, Boston Branch,
and other Banks, were found on them. Origi
nal bills of I doll, were altered to too; those of
5t030 or 50. They extracted with a liquid
the original sum and inserted a larger. The
liquid is now in possession of the Mayor.—
Ephraim Fitch has become Rate's evidence. He
was only a journeyman, and worked for 25
dolls, per month without other emolument.
We yesterday mentioned the arrest of Robert
Bearman, Levy Stevens, and Ephraim Fitch,
for altering sundry Bank Bills from small to
large amounts. Among the papers found upon
Levi Stevens, was the following curious com
mission now in the hands of the Mayor. It is
thought to be the certificate by which the fra
ternity, concerned in this nefarious business, re
cognizoeach other. We understand, that ano
ther of the members was yesterday obliged to
101 l upon the High Constable as far as the May
or's office ;and it is to be hoped the whole will
soon be difcovercd and prevented by our faluta
ly laws from ever again ''purfoing the works of
idienefs."
United States of America. (L. S.)
By his High and Mighty Laziness
EPHRAIM EAGER,
Captain general and commander in chief of the
Idle Society of the United States of America,
To Levi Stevens,gentleman, Greeting,
You being appointed colonel of the Idle Society
in the city of New-York, county of York, by
virtue of the power veiled in me, I do by thefc
presents (confiding in your everlufling idleness and
laziness) commission you accordingly. You are
constantly to refrain from all necelLry labour,
never to life before the fun ; nor take off your
boots when going to bed ; never to Band with
out leaning, nor walk without some person to
101 l upon ; never to run in the mod extreme and
urgent cases, such as fire, for a doXor, nor when
powerfully agitated by a dose of jalap, that you
be constant in doing nothing, unwearied in
drowsiness, and ever pursuing the works of idle
ness ; that you observe such fgns and gestures as
shall from time to time escape from your supe
rior officers.
Capt. ISAAC WILLIAMS, who was con
vided in the Circuit Court of the United States
at their session in this town, in September last,
of accepting a commission under the French
Republic (he being a citizen of the United
States) and privateering against his Britannic
Majesty's fubjedls, with whom the U. States
were at Peace, in violation of our treaty with
them, and sentenced to 8 months imprisonment
and 2,000 Dollars fine, —having three months
since fcrved out the term of imprisonment, con
tained in his Sentence, and being unable to pay
the fine, petitioned the PrefideH of the United
States that it might be remitted him—Who on
the representation, has seen fit to grant the full
remission of the fine, and has direded that he
shall be set at liberty on his paying coils of
suit, &c.
Domeltic NEWS.
Letters from the fifth diftrid of Maryland,
mention the triumph of Federalism as undoubt
ed. The Jacobins there have completely failed
in attempting to dupe the people.
The fifth diftria comprehends Anne Arun
del County (including the city of Baltimore.)
Jeremiah T. Chafe,' brother of the Judge, is the
Federal candidate ; Gabriel Duval, the Jacobin.
The latter has published nearly one hundred co
lumns of the Baltimore paper called the Federal
Gazette, in praise of himfelf & of Mr. Jefferfon !
PHILADELPHIA, SEPT. 8.
Seizure of a BRI'I ISH P ACKET.
THE British Packet Earl of Leicester, Cap
tain Sharp, has been seized at New-York, in
consequence of information being lodged that a
person had been observed smuggling some arti
cles from on board her. The package was trac
ed to the merchant's store in which it had been
depoficed, and taken possession of by a Cuftom
houle officer. The Captain has declared him
ftlf ignorant of the affair. The ship has been
given up on the British Consul's furnifhing bail
for the value of her, to abide the issue of trial.
Given under my hand, and the seal of the so
ciety, at Philadelphia, the eleventh day of
June, third year of the Idle Society.
By His High and Mighty Laziness.
EPHRAIM EAGER.
Oliver Von, Secretary.
DISTRESSING INDEED!
WINCHESTER, [N. C.] AUGUST 2%.
PHILADELPHIA, AUG. 28.
FORGERS DETECTED.
HARTFORD, AUG. 28.
august 30.
SEPT. 9.
an excellent quaky.
2 Tons of whipping BUTTER,
inimail Kegs.
100 Quintals Pollock FISH,
Frclh Phila. fuperfine FLOUR.
Rum, Brandy, Gin, Molasses,
East and WeftTndia SUGAR,
with othci Goods as usual, Apply to
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FROM INDIA.'"
When the Belisarius left Madras, it was ex
pe&ed that war would immediately commence
between the English and the Mahrattas. For
this purpofc large bodies of troops were march
ing to the interior, and reinforcements of Eu
ropeans were expeded from the Cape of Good
Hope. The Mahrattas are said to have front
three to four hundred thousand Cavalry. —they are
all soldiers, and were thought to be more dan
gerous enemies than Tippoo had been.
The people at Madras, even Europeans, gave
no reafone for the war.
The English also arc watching with a jealous
eye the King as Av a and Pegu, and have, it is
expelled, serious thoughts of waging war in
that quarter. The country abounds in Teak
Wood, which the English are in want of for Ship
Building,and cannot easily procure elfcwhere.
A RICH PRIZE.
The Mahrattas may prove a formidable ene
my to the English. In order to conquer Tip
poo Saib, they had imprudently affitled their
natural enemies, and not until it was too late,
did they fee their error—tho' che impolicy of
their condud was repeatedly represented to
them by Tippoo. The English now appear
determined to reduce them in their turn —their
former friends and allies !—Pretences are never
wanting, for they can easily be created, and the
Governor General, Lord Morringtou, by the
last accounts, was determined on hoflile nm
fures. The issue, however may be uncertain —
the Mahrattas are not a despicable enemy—:hev
have the belt Cavalry in all India, and they are
a brave and hardy people, not like the AGatics
in general.
A fma!l Privateer wa a lately fitted out from
the Cape, to intercept a Spanish ship bound to
Mozambique, with 50,000 dollars to purchase
slaves. Iu cruizing She fell in with and captur
ed the Danish ship Holger Dundee. of 1000 tons,
from Batavia for Norway, with a Dutch Com
pany's cargo on board, invoiced at 384,000 ri<
dollars. The crew surrendered her to the Brit
ifh'privateer,declaring the property to be Dutch
and the vcffel Danish. The latter has been ac
quitted. She had on board 125 pieces of large
cannon from„the arsenal at Batavia, said to be
intended for Amflcrd@m.
Boston, sept. 16.
Extract of a letter from Salem, written and re
ceived yesterday.
" This day arrived ship Recovery, Phillips,
Calcutta, 124 days. Sailed in co. with the U
lyffcs, capt. Muxford, of this port, and a ship
belonging to Gloucester, 60 days Since, I'poke
ship Charles from Bombay for Boflon, off the
Cape of Good Hope. Shortly after a Severe wes
terly gale came oh. Brig Washington of Salem,
was to fail in 6 or 7 days after capt. Phillips.
The ship Elizabeth, Canada, of this port, has
been loft in the river Hoogly. She was ladened
with bale goods. A part of her cargo will be
Seventy men, engaged to cut and prepare
timber for the 74-guri ships, which a law of
Congress directs to be built, have taken pillage
from this port for Georgia.
A Letter from Mr. Charles Finley, on board
the Industry, dated Lisbon, July 23d, has been
published, Rating the particulars of an engage
ment (he bad with four French privateers, off
the Gut of Gibralter, on the joth of the fame
month ; in which, after a contest of three hours,
Capt Bradford, of the Industry, was unfortu
nately wounded in the thigh. The Action con
tinued two hours and a half after capt. B. met
with this misfortune; when by the determined
bravery of the officers and crew, the privateers
were obliged to sheer off. The Industry then
proceeded for Lisbon—while on her paflage Iha
spoke with the British ship of war Swiftfure,
capt Hallowell, who politely sent his surgeon's
mate to accompany capt. B. to Lisbon ; and
gave an order for his being admitted into the
British hospital at that place. They arrived at
Lisbon in ten days, when capt. Bradford imme
diately underwent an amputation of his thigh,
and was likely to do well, g, We under
stand that the Industry, mounted 12 fix-poun
ders and had 25 men . • that one of the French
privateers mounted 10 guns, the bow guns be
ing eighteen-pounders, another mounted 6 guns,
and the other two had guns in their bows only.
THE PIGOU,
Acquitted by the new Admiralty tribunal
eftablilhed at Paris, called the Conncil of Prizes,
was armed, though not commissioned, and was
destitute of a roll of equipage. It was said, that
“ defence is a natural right, and every means of
defence is lawful at sea as in every other danger
ous situation in life ;" and that the want of, or
incompleteness of one paper, should not cause
the condemnation, when other fuflicieut evi
dence could be produced of the neutrality of the
property. The arguments were honest, and
ingenious, and we hope the example will be
followed.
Wm. Lang, & Co.
HAVING removed their establish
ment from Portsmouth, N. H.
are now opening for falc in BOSTON,
An AJortment of
Which they will dispose of on low
terms, for Cash or approved Credit.
Boston, Sept. 18, 1800.
Fall's Winter GOODS.
At Rich'd Evans's
INDIA GOODS,
European, Staple & Fancy Goods,
Perfumery. Hair Powder, Pom
atoms, fenced Soaps, &c. &c. afford an
excellent Choice. September 20.
Store in Market freet, a great variety of
Seasonable GOODS
Are now opening, and for Sale at reduc
ed prices, which confining of an
Afibrtment of txc< llent
^^Rhodeifland Cheese.
At No. 7, Portsmouth-Pie Y .
3 Tons Rhodeifl
and CHEESE, of
English GOODS,