The New Hampshire gazette — Portsmouth [N.H.], 1797-12-27 00:00:00, page 2

~ The next papers were the evidence of
John Phillips, Ripley and Thomas Odion,
who were brought forward by the Chevalier
de Yrujo. '
J. P. Ripley slates, that he is_a citizen
of N. H. that he was educated with Capt.
Eaton at Yale College ; that Capt. Eaton
had told him, that fevera! letters'were found
10 the possession "of Dr. Romayne, ‘which
proved the-Britith Minister to be concern
ed in the enterprize contemplated by Gov,
: Blount ; that Ichc* letters offered rewards
to any” who -would, engage in service, and
+ that they were discovered under some rub
" bifh’; that many of Dr. Romayne’s papers
were destroyed ; that Capt. Eaton had told
“Inm, that Col. Pickering had reprimanded
~bim for having mentioned any thing re
- {pefling these letters; and had said that Great
Britain was now the only. friend we had ;
that he {faw, a letter which Capt, Eaton had
written to Col. Pickering on the fubjett.
On examination by the committee, Ripley
affertéd ‘that he bélieved that Great Britain
"was at the bottom of the conlpiracy.
% Thomas Odion deposed, that he was al
so at College with Captain Eaton, and that
circumf{tances which J. P. Ripley deposes
-to have heard from him. ~He also fays, he
saw the letter which the Captain had writ
ten to Col. Pickering,’ as an ‘apology ' for
having mentioned any thing refpe&ting the
Jetters found in poffeflion of Dr. Romayne.
Next follows the evidence of William
. Eaton, taken at Springfield -before Judge
“Lyman. He states that Phillips Ripley
was his cotemporary at_college, and that
he had since been acquainted with him at
» Philadelphia ; but that he does not know
. much about OQdion. Some uime after his
return from New-York, he recolle@s to
have told:Ripley that four. or five, originsl
“letiers of W, Blount were. in, Dr. Ro
mayne’s poffeflioy, at the: discovery of one
of ‘which he seemed a good deal embarrafl
ed. The deponent al{o told the said Rip
ley that My, Pickering was displeased with
. Imm for menticning any thing about .thele
Teiters, unul the matter was laid before the
-committeé ; but thé deponent denies that
7he éever'told Ripley, of that Mr. Pickering
-ever said to him, ‘ahiat Great Britain was
.. pow the only friend we had.” . The depo
. nent believes he mi;gxt have given'it as his
“opinion, that the Britith Minister would
“bhave encouraged the plan, if it had been
~ féafonble ; thathe haddelivered every article:
relpefling the conspiracy of Mr. Blount
which had come ito his hands to the:com
mittee of enquiry. *-Captain: Eaton also
{poke of a French engineer having been
“into 21l the {ga ports of the United States,
1 in order to make plans of, and oblervations
refpoflingelieny; -2 L 2 v ARt
& N 3 o 3 il LR
The next paper was a ‘communication
from the Chevalier de Y rujo, c"onﬁ,ﬂinf og
an origibal letter from General Clark of
Georgia to ———— Murphy, Esq. Consul
- of his:Catholic Majeity theré, inanfwer to
en application made 0 him on the fubje&t
olf}he conspiracy, in which he slates, ““that
the- culiar nature, of the propolition made
to fﬁm’ by the B;ig{h, ptl::v;ms him
from giving that fatisfaltioa which is requi
_red ; ‘;’-; plication, he: fays; had beeh made
“t 0 hinf &z:gh a chaftéfg wtc‘l;fondbm
toﬁluge ‘;' € was al L ‘'whether lﬁ_i. :
but e:;;; he rejefled 't be ,_f;n:;bmmn:'rs
600 copics ordered to be printed. .
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House oF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tuespay, Dcc. .
THE Commitice of Ways and Means
were direfled to confider of alterations in
the Stamp A&, as to the period for the
commencement of its operation. ©
Blount’s Conspiracy.
Orther docum=nts were this day read, viz.
The Deposition of James Grant, com
monly called Major Grant ; his evidence
oconfifted principally of conversation which
had passed betwixt him and W. Blount ;
be slated that he metwith him in Wathing
ton County, Virginia, on the ¢Bth @pril;
that they (poke on the fubjeft of running
the line between the United States and the
Indians, and he seemed to wish to avoid
any reiponfibility with relpe&t to the Indian
Treaty ; that W. Blount mentioned his
pecuniary embarrafllments, but that he said
he had a plan on. foot which he expeéted
would cifcftually relieve him: he said
Chifholme and the Indian Chiefs had been
with the Britith Miaifter at Phitadelph:a,
and that Chitholme had a plan in the hand
writing of the British Minister, which if it
succeeded W. Blount said he should have
it in his power to serve all his friends ; that
he seemed to place great reliance upon Rog
ers and Carcy, and upon their influence
with the Indians ; he mentioned that an
armament was to be sent from England,
which was to be co-operated with on the
land f{ide, by him at the hecad of the Indians.
The deponent aifo {peaks of having receiv
ed letters from Col. King, about the 15th
of June, from W. Blount, for Carey, which
he delivered, and mentions the :converfa
tions pafled betwixt them, s ,
-~ A’paper handed -to the Committee by
_the Spanith, Minister, in the French lan
guage. * -
Ir was the communication of a Citizen
Mitchell, who slates, that there had been
earolled by-a Britith Agent,in the Western
couniry, 1600 peifons, for the purpose of
attacking certain Spanish pofls, and togo a
éainﬂ Louilana and the two Floridas ; that
Shitholme had a lift of 1500 tories who
were engagéd to take up arms in favor of
England ; that there were formed on the
Lakes 500 regular troops, 70c Canadian
Militia, and oo savages, to 'attack Fort
Louis ; that Chifholme had provided-fix
pieces ot cannon, the fame which was pro
cured for citizen Genet, . that the rendez.
vous was to be at Knoxville the firft of Ju
ly ; and that after Chifholme had reported
the bufinels to the Britith Minifler, he
would set out for England, to lay the pro
je&t before the Briilh Government, and
command money and veflels for carrying it
into cffe€t. The Chevalier also gave to
the committee a letter which Mitchell had
received from Chifholme. It wasa request
- that Mitchell and Craig would be in Te
“ nefleein July ; with an assurance that they
. ?ﬁght rely upon every thing which he had
aid.
| House of Representatives,
Tuespvay, Dec. 19—3 o’clock, P. M,
A BILL direfting the mode of levying
executions against town corporations,
and. certain other proceedings, having had
~ three [everal readings pafled to be enafted.
~ Upon reading and considering of a peti
tion from Edward Sargent and others, pray
ing for liberty to build a bridge over Saga
more’s creek from Portsmouth to Rye,
- @oted that the prayer thercof be granted,
and that they have leave to bring in a bill.
Voted that John Goddard, Joleph Cilley.
and William Plummer, Esquires, be a com
. mittee to fettle the accounts ' between this
State and the Treasurer thereof in the re
~cels of the General Court, and reportat the
- next feflion their proceedings, together with
_the slate of the Treaflury. | ¥
The committee to report what compen
sation shall be made the Reverend gentle
~men of the clergy for their officiating as
chaplains the present session, reported _that,
sthe Rev, gentlemen of the clergy, receive
out of the trealury fix dollars each for their |
_dmtvices, which report was accepted, and
-resolved that orders issue accordingly. .
- . Voted a committee to confider of a bill
“ for maKing paflable the road leading from
~ Barlow’s mills ({o:called) in Stratford, to
~the great road in Shelburne, to report such.
_3lterations and amendments as they should
- judge neceflary. § e : :
A bill in addition to the laws of this
~ State' refpc&i’ng paupers, having had three
“fevetal readings pafled to be enafted.
=+ The vote rcfte&ingthe General Court
~meeting at Hopkimon in June next, ‘came
~down trom the Hon. Senate for the follow
ing amendment, that -the word Hopkinton"
“be erased, and the word Concord .inserted,
‘which amendment was read, and motion
-made to concur With theamendment, which
motion did not prevail, and theé House ad
hered to their former vote, which vote was
e eet
the Hon. S;%%ﬁm«} R e
. Lue followmng Resolve came down from
“o . In'Sepate Dec. 19, 1797.
e Rﬁbd that hit?B'ﬁee)ﬁugr the Gover- .
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
- of New-Hamp/bire.
- sln the proceedings of the House of Re
presentatives Dec. 8, published in our last,
through the hurry of business, and owing to
the flort time we had to make extralls from
the Journal, several errors cfcaped in the
extralt we made from His Excellency the
Governor’s objeétions sent down to the House
Jor his not approving an aél giving Jofiak
Sanbern a new trial in a certainatiion, &¢.
we therefore embrace this opportunity to pub-
Gfk an exall copy from the Journal, whick
Jolbows, viz, s
The objections was in the following words.
The bill is predicated on the principle
that the record of the verdi&t of the jury
was altered—ls this was the cale, the Go
vernor would presume, until he had evi
dence of the contrary, that the Court had
{uffictent legal reasons therefor ; but hav
ing no other view of the case but what is
contained in the petition and proposed bill
.==he cannot approve the bill,
which slates the hardihips the petitioner
had experienced ; that'during his long ab
sence trom family and home, his property
had been made way with, his wife had been
obliged Yo go out to {ervice, his children
had been difperted, his own hc_ahh;wa's lm
paired, and that he was now obliged to sub
sist upon charity ! He prays fori some aid
which afay foathe the dc"clipg,p‘%is life.—= -
Referred to the committee ‘of commerce
and manufaltares. =~ 7
Mr. W. C. CrairßoßNE preflented
the petition of James Grant, of anxville,
stating, that.in pursuance of a proceisiflued
‘by a commirtee of that house, he and his
papers were seized on the 28th of July last ;
that he was in cuflody 65 days, at the expi
ration of whichy:he was diicharged, at -the
distance of 700 miles from his own hon}c‘,
from whence he had been dragged by mili
tary force, to the great negleét of his busi
ness. He prays to be placed at least, in as
good a situation as he was found.—He
reckons 20 days for his return home, which
added to 65, make 85, and hopes he Thall
be allowed five dollars a day ; for, as he
trusts he has been guilty of no oftence, he
hopes he shall go unpunifhed.—Referred
to the committee of claims.
The Commissioners on the finking fund,
made a report, which was read, and order
ed to be prir«ed.
DEFERRED DEBT.
A motion on the f{ubje& of the debt
which will become due in 1801, was read,
and ordered to lie on the table.
Several petitions of individuals, and re
ports thercon occupied the residue of the
day. ;
WebpxnEspay, Dec. 6.
A pettion was presented from Simeon
Dunbar, slating that he was debarred by the
statute of limitation from the payment of a
certificate of which he was in pofleffion.
A desultory conversation arose refpeéting
the reference of this petition to the com
mittee of claims.
Mr. T. Claiborne saw no reaflon in re
ferring petitions to that committee. It
would save time to negative them at once.
Mr. Lyon doubted the right of Céngrefs
to pals a flatute of limitation, and thus.
shutting a door to their own creditors.
Such a law, he complained, operated most
heavily upon the poorest classes and those
most retaote from the feat of govermment,
who had but little opportunity of becoming
acquainted with its existence until too late,
No provilion, he stated, was made for pro
mulgating the laws of the Union in Ver
‘mont, as in some other states; there espe
cially, such a law was oppreflive.
- The petition was referred to the com
~mittee of claims. '
The boufe went into committee of the
whole, Mr. Dent in the chair, on Mr.
Harper’s resolutions fettling the mode of
colletting evidence in cases of contelted e
le&ions. ; o
After some time spent in debate the com
mittee role without determining any princi
ple n the bufinels, reported progress and
were refuled leave to’fit again, :
. The houle referred the fubjedt generally
with the ‘relolutions, to a felet committee,
of five, PR B N
Lift of Acts pafled the present
{eflion, viz.
An at to incorporate the proprictors of a
social Library in Temple. ;
do for do 1n Bofcawen,
do for do 1n Nottingham-Wett.
do for do in Pelham,
do for do in Fitzwilliam.
do for do in Newington,
do for * do in Cornish.
do' for do 1n parish of Meriden.
do for do in Deering.
do for do . in Canterbury.
do for do in Hillfborough.
-do for do in Packersfield.
do for do in Sanborntown.
do for do in Daublin,
do for do : in Lime.
do for do - in Gilfum,
do for do in Wathington.,
do to incorporate Centre-Harbour,
do altering the time of holding the town
meeting in Nottingham. ;
do to authorize Abigail Johnson to fell
certain real estate.
do . to regulate mills.
do to restore Stephen Evans to his law
in cerrain aftions,
do to incorporate congregational socie
ty in Londonderry.
do to call town meeting in Dalton,
'do : for a toll-bridge over Pemigawallet
. river,
do ' to empower Molly Packer to convey
.. certain real eflate. ‘
do giving a fur-name to Josiah, son of
i Elizabeth M’Gloothin.
do 1n addition to an a&t regulating bail
in civil cases. . 45
do in addition to an aft for establishing
courts of law, &c. "
do regulating pounds.
do = for raising a tax of 26,666 dollars
and 67 cents.
do = for incorporating Cockburne.’
do in addition to an a&t regulating towns
and the choice of town officers, &c.
do . restoring Josiah Sanborn to bis law
10 a certain altion.
do for atoll-bridge over Merrimac river
at Hill’s ferry.
do restoring Thomas Miller to his law
1n a certain ation. ‘
do regulating steelyards, fcale:beams,
weights and measures.
do incorporating the proprietors of
: Portf’:nou'th aqueduct: ¢ :
do in additien to an aét for atoll:bridge
_over Conneéticut river, at Haverhill,
do incorporating baptist focicty in Me
. mndith, - P
do for conveyance of real estate in cer
: MRy, K L e R
do foralcertainingthe boundary between
Kingfion and Eaft-Kingflon.. -
do to empower Daniel Humphreys to
fell certain real estate. ok
~ do " inaddition grantingtheadminiftrators
.0 of the efate of Richard Jennels a
o mew trial in.a ceftain ation. ‘
-do empowering Jobn Innes Clark to.
' - convey certain real estate. o
- do in addition, for making a road from
Barlow’s mills, i Stratford, to the
" great road ifßhelburne, 5
do to Evc a new trial to Josiah Sanborn
" "ina cerfain aftion. S
do to prevent difiruétion of {almon, shad
~ and alewives in Merrimac river.
~do direfling the mode of levyingexecn
_ tions againfl town corporations, &c.-
. do in addition, regulating paupers.
-do for a bridge over Sagamore’s creek.
Aéts and votes passed b}r._jt,h.e
House and non-concurred by the Senate,
. A vote granting the prayer of the peti
tion of the baptist society in Salems
.- A bill, intitled, ‘*an agl providing a more
ealy and simple method than is now used
barring cﬂag{c tail in land, &c¢.”
A vote for a committee to” confider the
account of George Hart, - “
nor be, & he herebyis authorizéd & requels
ted Y 6 procure and tran{mit to each State of
the Union, at the expense of this State, one
volume of the laws of the State of New-
Hampshire, and request of them an ex
change of laws, which resolve was read and
concurred. * L Faod s
~ The committee appointed to take under
consideration the propriety of appointing a
committee to, procure two hundred printed
copies of Turnbull’s description of the Phi
ladelpbia prison, &¢. reported in favor of
appointing a committee for the purpose,
which report was accepted.
DeceMBER go.
The following vote came down from the
Hon. Senate for concurrence.
In Sengte Dec. 19, 1997.
Voted that the Rev. Mr. Gray-of Dover,
be, and he hereby is appointed and requeit
ed to preach an Ele&tion sermon before the
General Court in June next, which vote
was read, considered and accepted,
Voted a committee to take into considera
tion the propriety of sundry locations being
clafled with Conway and Bartlett for repre
sentation, and the cooftitutionality of the
inhabitants of (aid locations being legal vo.
ters forthe choice of a Representative.
A bill granting liberty to certain persons
to build a bridge over Sagamore’s creck ;
having had three several readings pafled to
be enatted. : :
The committee to take into consideration
the propriety of {undry locations being class
ed with Conway ‘and Ba?tt for reprefen
t2tion, and the conflitutioriality of the in
habitants ot said locations being legal voters
for the choice of a Representative, Report
ed, that they hyve examined the conflitution
as it relates to the fubje& mentioned, and
give it as their opinion that the inhabitants
of the locations clafled with Conway and
Bartlett, have a clear conflitutional right of
voting for a Representative to the General-
Court, which report was accepted.
Vot-d a committee to report in what man.
ner the laws palled at the present feflion,
and thole pafled at future feflions shall be
distributed ; who reported that the laws be
distributed by way of the poft-offices, which
report was accepted,
THUrRsDAY, DEc. 21.
A meflage came down by the Secretary,
informing, that His Excellency the Gover
nor, with advice of Council had thought fit
to adjourn the General Court to the fourth
Wednelday in May next, then to meet at
Hopkinton. '
' CHARLESTON, Nov. 27
£ GOOD NEWS—if true.
Capt. Suiith, of the [ch’r Diana,awhich
l arriyed yeflerday from Porte Rice, in
* forms, that the French Consul at Port
Rico, bad in consequence of a late decree
} received from France, taken away the
" commiiffions a?/‘ a nunber of Irench bar-.
$ : : £ .
! ges and small privateers, which avere in
, there : This decree was [aid to limit the
| giving comniffions to vessels carrying less
| than 16 guns, and likewise to prohibiz
. the future captures of American and o
. ther meutral vessels ; from British or
. any other ports, excepting those avhich
. were formerly Frenchy, and have been
} termed Rebel Ports by the decree of the
| French Direttory. Some American vef
i fels from British ports, captured and car
\ ried into Porto Rico, had been cleared in
\ consequence of late orders.
2 BOSTON, Dec. o-.
Extralt of a letter from Bourdeaux, dated
Oclober 17, 1797.
“By this day’s Courier ‘'we learny that
our Envoys Extra to the French Republic
have lrad an audience, from which nothing
has tran{pired portending good or evil—
with regard to Peace or War, the latter is
pretty well decided upon, although the
French Commiflioners are to reman at Lisle
until the esth Vendimaire, in attendant de
retour, of the Britith Plenipo. which it is
presumed will not take place. Every thing
rematns tranquil with the government.”
Extrall of a letter from the North of Ire
land, dated August 23, 1797.
Lord Blaney, at the head of 1000 troops,
has pitched his camprat Fintona ; ‘he burns
from ten to twenty. houles every day, and so
| bent on the rotal deftruétion of the poor un
‘ fortunate people who may have incurred
his displeasure, that he does not even fuffer
' them to rescue their property from the de
vouring flames. The manner in which he
! proceeds in taking prisoners is by {couring
the country with his dogs of war, for four
’ or five miles round, driving the miserable
people before him to any plain which his
i lordihip thinks proper : he then takes owt
his hist of informations, and f{wears every
man to his name, such whose names he has
on his lift he lodges in the goal of Armagh.
In short, there is nothing expefted by the
people here but'that he will lay the whole
country waste. In my next I shall give
you a more particular account of the f{uffer
ings of the people in this partof the country.
" Value of Exports from the diftri& and
port of Baltimore, commencing the Ift of
O&ober, 1796, and ending the goth of Sep
tember, 1797 (to foreign ~countries) is
9,378,446 dollars.
Several daring robberies have lately been
committed in the environs of Philadelphia ;
and a Mr. Scott wounded, fuppoled mortally.
| FROM EUROQPE.
There bhas been an arrival at Marble
headfrom France,afteramoderatepafage,
but no papers have been received thereby.
Verbal accownts mention, that the prof
pectof peace remains obscured! * No in
telligence of the actmal recommencement of
boftilities bad been received. The oppo-
Jing armies between lialy and Germany,
are very equal in number, and are fla
tioned in cordons, extending from the Mi
lancfe, to the circle of Austria. The
French troops are about 70,000 in num
ber. At Udina and its vicinity about
16,000, are flationed under the com
mand of Generals Bernadotte and Fic
tor.—dt Trevifo, 9000 under Serru
rier—At Padua, 15000 under Maffe
na—At Verona gooo under Angereaun
—At Belluio_and Baffaro, 8000 under
Dalmas ¢ and at Venice 10,000 under
d’ Hilliers. ~ This powerful force is to
be augmented by 20,000 men from the
Cifalpine Republic. Situated as the ar
mies are, they cannot lang remain inac
tive after the termination of the negocia
tion.—T hose, therefore, awho delight in
the details of awar, awill very likely soon
be gratified.- |
Thursday last, Capt. Dolliver, in a Jch'r
Jailed from Marblehead wiih a fufficiency
of provisions and men in Zu(/é of the
Grand Turk ; but nothing, that we . can
learn, has yet been heard Jrom either.
We have received a Halifax paper of the
25th ult. containing the fellowing corrobo
rative account : e L
b . ‘‘Halifax, Nov. 25.
¢ Glorious News !
¢ Thutfday morning last, arrived here
the thip Mary, Parker, Capt. Dean, in go
days passage from Ireland : We have becn
favored with’ a'Hand-Bill containing the
following most pleasing and important in
formation :—By Express to Major-General
‘Loftas, received at a quarter past 4, A. M.
at %L ¢ Cork, O&. 18.
“t Dublin-Cajtle, Oft. 17,°97, 3 o’clock, 4. M.
¢ Dispatches are“jult‘xecéivedr-ai,thc. Ad
‘miralty with the following intelligence :
_**An officer is jult artived from Admiral
Duncan, with an account of bis hgving
fallen in ‘with the Dutch fleet off the coaf
of Holland, on the 11th'inft. and gained a
most complete vitory. -
¢¢ The altion was a close and severe one,
and lasted from forty minutes past twelve, ‘
to three P, M. . When the officer came
away the-Dutch Admiral and Vice-Admi- '
ral’s Thips had struck, besides fix or seven
two-deckers and one frigate, and Admiral
‘Duncan was in pursuit of the remainder, {
who were flying in all direGtions.
A bill in addition to the aits now in torce
for regulating (chools, " :
Acts passed by the Senate and
not concurred by the House of Repre
: fentatives, o
An aft'in addition to the military laws. -
An act in addinon to tl‘:‘cabfcong;ng atls,
ﬂ‘ 4 gentieman who came patenger ia
the Mary Parker, reports, that several Lon
don papers had arrived ar Cork previous to
his leaving that city, fully confirming th.
above intelligence—and detailing the parui.-
~culars of that important event :—N ot much
attention was pais to the fitft report ; bur,
: on the arrival of the subsequent advices, the
whele city was brilliantly illumioated, and
every -Indicative of the greatest joy was dis-
P!aYCdo,’ .
Muffs and Fur Trimmings
Conflantly kept ror sare’
By Nathaniel White,
At the Sign of'the Golden Eagle,
Market-Street ; :
who has’ {juﬁ: received an as
- {ortment of
Men’s worsted Hole,
{ome of which are fine.
Mm
ey TO BEASOLD, .
A HOUSE in Newmarket,.
S_ITUATE at Newfield (so called)
two stories high, with 2 stacks of
Chimnies, 4 rooms on a floor ; witha
barn and out houses, is well situated
for a traderortradefman ; will be fold
on good terms, for further particulars
inquireof ~HENRY WIGGIN,
Avrso—An Oil Press and stones
for grinding Flax-Seed, suitable for
any person that wishes to carry on the
Linseed-Oil business. - 053 '
THE subscriber being cmpowcr'éd by law
. tq call the firlt meeting of the proprie
tors of the Portsmouth Aquedutt ; hereby
notifics and requells the proprietors of the
Portsmouth Aqdedu&®, to meet at the Bell
Tavernin Portsmouth, on Thurf{day the 11th
day of January next; at 6 o'clock in the
afternoon, for the following purposes: =
Ift.. To choofé a clerk and fuc{:o.mhﬂ offi
cers for said propriety as may be deemed
DEOERRNYS (oo TR AN e e
~2d. To determine ona method of calling
memjn%g of fa‘@,‘gﬁp_ﬁémr\t in future.
3d. Toeltablifh such regulations and by
laws as shall be thought necessary 1o effeét
the design of the incorporation.. '
- Jonx SAM’L SHERBURNE.
Portlmouth, Dec. 26, 1797. =
THE WEST-INDIES
Are likely soon to become the theatre of
allive military operations. Capt. Saunders
arrived at Norfelk from Martinique, in 19
days, brings information of the arrival there
of a packet, announcing, that a Brtith fleet
of fix fail of the line, and 8000 troops, com
‘manded by Sir J. Orde, were immediately
to fail from Great-Britain for the Weit-In
dies : And the Halifax paper of the 3oth
ult. on the authority of a veflel from the
islands, mentions the arrival at Barbadoes of
5000 troops. We attach fonie doubts to
the last pare of the above.—However,
Vice-Admiral Sir John Orde, took the
command of the Weft-India reinforcements
Odélober gd, at Port{mouth.
The Tifth Battalion of the Irith Brigade,
consisting of between 800 and 1000 wen,
failed for Halifax, two days previous to the
Mary Parker.
The Medea French frigate has been cap
tured in the Wefl-Indies by the Scourge
sloop of war. . - : ‘
The British outward bound Newfound
land and Quebec fleets were dispersed in a
gale of wind, O&tober 19, in lat. 46, 16,
long. 32, 1. . :
Admiral Duncan’s fleet entered Yarmouth
roads the Ift O&ober.
Many of the towns are following the ex
ample of Alexandria,in publishing accounts
of {poliations by the beligerent powers. A
letter frem Caftine, in the Diltni& of Maine,
informs, that the losses of the merchants
there have been 30,000 dollars by, the,
French, and 3000 by the English, but noße,
of the latter since the treaty. A
LOSS of BRITISH FRIGATE
\ LA TRIBUNE.
~ HALIFAX, NOV.e4.
As a melancholly contrall 1o the inielli--
gence from Europe, we are impetled, with
the utmost distress, to slate the dreadful
fate of his Majcfly’s thip Tribune, of 44
guns, commanded by Capt Baiker. This
ship, coming into the barbor on Thursday
laft,ftruck on the shoals off Fhrumcap. The
tide being somewhat ebbed, every exertion
to relieve her proved ineffcQual, and {he
remained there until near eleven the {ame
pight, previous to which time it blew a vio
lent heavy gale nearly E. S. E. The
guns, except one for signals, and every o
ther weighty article, being thrown over
board, the ship ihus relieved, fleeted a litle
before high water, when the gale blew
firongeft ; her rudder having been knocked
off—the {hip leaking excessively, and every
thing in the greatest confufion, all attempis
to gain the harbor were fourd impraética
ble—at this dreadful moment, Lieutenants
Campbell 2ad Nosth of the Fuliliers, who
had been on board to cffer their afliffance,
quitted the thip, intending to lay under her
lee and wait the event ; bur the {ea ran too
bigh 1o admit of it. The ship drified di--
reflly before the wind until within a fmalt
distance of the craggy shore just below Her
ring-Cove, where {he foundered—and ter
rible to relate (except eleven seamen and
marines, and one petty officer) every foul
on board have perithed.
The number of men belonging to the
ship 1s slated to have been upwards of 240 ;
exclusive of which, about 16 non-commif.
fioned officers and privates of the R. N. S,
reg.—Mr. Rackum of the Navy Yard—
and, (we mention with peculiar regrer)
Lieut. James of the N.S. regiment, an a
miable and deserving young officer, who
had gone on board from motves of huma
nity, met the {ame fate.
Le Tribune came out with the Quebec
convoy—ihe 1s said to have been a moit
beautiful frigate, and was lately captured by
the Unicorn, Capt. Williams, June 7, *gb.