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join Admiral Hotham without delay,
whose squadron was then cruifiog fl
bout Cape Corfe. The reason urged
for this order was, that the French
fleet had scarcely returned to Toulon,
when they were ordered to fail again,
and attack the Eoglifh.
HAGUE, APRIL 2.
" We are assured to day, that the re
quest of an alliance of the province of
Holland, with the French Republic,
has been denied to our Ministers at
, Paris ; which news has caused great
tonfternation amongst all those who
are attached to the present system.
The States General has taken sev
eral resolutions, which (hew how little
they approve of the measures of the
French admioiftration in this country.
They have, among others, resolved
to assist with all their power, the re te
monstrance of the Charge ©Affairs, of
the Eledor Palatine, concerning the
Marquifate of Bergen-op Zoom 1 also
against the frequent requificions under
which they put this country, as the
; general one of the 27th Jan. should
have prevented any particular requi
fitioft.V}
The Committeeof Marine has put
in commission the following men of
7 war— The Liberty, of 74 guns, com
manded by MR Winter, at present a
French General of division , the Ha
ter-General, 74 guns, commanded by;
Mr. Hory ; the Revolution, formerly
Prince Frederick, of 64 guns, com
manded by Mr. Blois de Treftong ;
the Equality, of 64, commanded by
1,
merchantmen, their convoy ; on the
25th, they were joined by the Dido
and Cyclope, of 28 guns, and the
Meleager, of 32 guns. All these vef
feli, with the Neapolitan frigates, the
Minerva and Pallas received orders to
HAMBURGH, APRIL I.
There have been letters received,
which state, that war is on the point
of breaking out between the Turks
and the Prussians. The invasion of
Poland is the cause. Several of the
German papers state also, that the
Ruffian and Prussian Ambassadors at
Constantinople have been arrested,
and sent to the cattle of the seven
towers ; a measure that generally pre
cedes a declaration of war.
All accounts concur in stating, that
the French are determined to carry
their arms to the banks of the Elbe.
frJ&.tbat tbey will dirert theft whole atten
tion to renew and frengtbraour ancient connec
tions, and to eftabli/h upon tbe btfsof a reciprocal
utility, all theft advantages which mufrtfult
from them for the mutual prof parity of the tta.
nations.
& for you ptrfondUy, 13aron de Start de Hol
ftcin, it is with pleafur, the National Convention
feet you charged to that with at upon our mutual
toere^e ; poftaded that no pn,n can he hotter
acquainted tbanyourjdf with the candour andfin
cerit, fearfenttow, there can tyftil, be
no Mfonfrom whom to have reason to expert a
tore ,erf<a return.
Cotas and receive the Republican embrace, and
let it became the pledge of the fraternal attachment,
which will unite the French Republic and the
King of Sweden.
The President gave the fraternal embrace to the
Ambafodor , from the King of Sweden, amid# the
mofl lively and reiterated applatfo.
LEGHORN, MARCH 29.
The following (hips of war arrived
here to reinforce the English squad
ron —Blenheim, of 90 guns ; Bom
bay-Castle, 74; Tartar, 28 ; Arioo,
24 ;—all from St. Florenzo, with 12
13, the arrrvalof the Carteret packet, at Hali
fax, from Fehnoutb, London paper, are deceived
to April 29 ; from which the following excrartj
are collated :
SCARCITY.—Not witbranding the commit
tee of jubjifencet, have taken the mos efficient
meafuret to protea the tranfportim of prroifan,,
the pillage, in the the departments arc many, par
ticularly at Saint Erie, a la Chapelle, &c.
Lateftfrom Europe.
30,000 men, upon condition they
Ihould be paid by England.
Government are in daily expefta
tion of farther important advices from
the commander of the British fleet in
the Mediterranean. Reports were
yesterday io circulation, that a capture
had been made, since the action of
the 14th of March, of a considerable
fleet of transports of the enemy.
Lord Hood is expeded to fail, in
the course of a week, with a reinforce
ment of four or five (hips of the line,
to take the command of the Medi
terranean fleet ; and Admiral Hotham,
it is said, is to return to England, on
the arrival of his Lord (hip on that
station.
ExiraEl of a letter from Hamburgh,
April 19.
" This morning early several efta
fetts arrived here from Bafle, with :n
account that peace was signed there,
on the faith instant, at four in the
morning, between the Prussian and
the French Ministers, part of Germa
ny is included in this peace.
" We learn from Berlin, that a
courier arrived there when the post
departed, upon which it. was rumored
that peace was Dually concluded be
tween Prussia and France, and that
the whole of the Empire was includ
ed"
___foQtc- CT.
''DOMESTIC.
HALIFAX (N. $.) JUNE 9.
Six hundred ounces of Gold were
taken on board the French privateer
Republican, by his Majesty's (hip
Huffaf.
FRENCH DEFEATED.
Yesterday noon arrived the brig
Prince Edward, Caph Fullerton, in 7
weeks from Lisbon. Capt. Fullerton
has favored us with a particular ac
country ) expressive of the with of the
French Convention to bring about a
general peace, and to meet our minis
ters half way on the fubjea. To this
It now appears that the obje& of
the Hessian General Ovekeufen's late
journey to London, was to make an
offer from the Landgrave to raise
Mr. Remien ; the Dordrecht, of 64
guns, Capt. Lucas; the Fraternity,
of 64, Capt. Gervis ; the Delft, of
50 guns, Captain Reinhyede ; and
eight frigates.
The value of the gold and silver
plate, which, in purfoance of thefete
proclamation issued by the States te
neral, is to be delivered up to Govern
ment, is to be deduced from the
owner's hare of the great general con
tribution that is Toon to be imposed
on all the inhabitants of the United
Provinces ; and the furplui is to be
paid to them in hard cash. From
this measure are excepted (acred vef
fell, spoons, knives, forks, fnuff
boxes, &c. &c. Whoever (half be
convided of having concealed or kept
back gold or silver plate, contrary'to
the said proclamation, is to pay a fine
equal to four times its value.
The (hip news from Amsterdam
now only coofifts in the information,
that no ships had arrived in the Ter
el, Vlie, and other ports. Commerce
is wholly annihilated.
is added, that there is a French officer
now in London, charged by the Con
vention to inform himfelf of the real
inclination of the British cabinet, with
refpea to the question of war or
peaces
A rumor is, that a gentleman late
ly returned from Paris, has brought a
paper, given to him by one of the
members of the Convention (with the
view of having it circulated in this
LONDON, APRIL 2,.
count of Admiral Hotham's engage
ment with the French fret, on the
tyh of March, exadly similar to
Admiral Hotham's letter on that
pleating event ; —but in addition to
this, he has given us the following
still more interefling intelligence :
NAVAL BATTLE.
Another Action on the Mediterranean.
\ LISBON, APRIL 10.
This day the pleasing news arrives,
from the ftraitt, (and may be depend
ed on) that Admiral Hotham, had
since the adion of the 14th ult. funk
4 French ships of the line, and taken
fix. The Sans Cullotte, of 110 guns,
the French Admiral's ffiip, put into
Genoa, after the firft engagement,
and the Blenheim and Bombay castle,
were feat in to demand her being
given up, for firing red hot (hot in
the action, Contrary to the rules of
war; and there was no doubt but the
Genoefe would comply with Admiral
Hothom's demand. A French (hip
of 74 guns, the only one remaining of
this fleet, pot into Villa Franca, and
it is generally supposed the English
have got her likewise.—This intelli
gence was brought by a vessel from
Genoa to Barcelona, who saw the
Sans Cullotte therg, Every foul, it is
said, periled on board the four (hips
that were funk. Admiral Hotham
was seen at anchor, in the Gulph of
Spezzia, about the 24th ult. with 11
British (hips of the line, and his prizes.
Admiral Hotham wished to land at
Genoa 500 of his French prisoners,
but was refuted.
In addition to the above, Captain
Fullerton informs, that the French ar
my in Catalonia were very sickly ;
and that the Spaniards, recovering
from that ftopor which has so long
checked every spirited operation, had
at length exerted themselves so fuc
cefifully against the French, as effec
tually to give a check to their pro
ceedings in that province, and to (how
that they had not altogether degener
ated from the spirit of their ancestors.
This morning arrived the (now
Camilla, Capt. Rowe, from Lisbon.
The Camilla left Lisbon 4 days after
the Prince Edward. Captain Rowe
confirms the intelligence brought by
Capt. Fullerton—fays it was univer
sally believed at Lisbon, and that the
British Consul informed him just be
fore his departure, that he had no
doubt of its authenticity.
Cb^hta, (Soothe.) May 23.
Yesterday arrived here the (loop De
fiance, Capt. Roberts, in 14 days from
Gonaives. Capt. Roberts informs,
that the French armament, which
went against St. Marks, the begin
ning of April, had been defeated with
very considerable loft ; the part of
the army that had escaped, had re
turned to Gonaives on the 12th of
April.
ENGLISH LOSS.
From Capt. Mandeville, also arrived
yesterday, we learn, that a Captain
Talbot, in a (hip of 22 guns, had ta
ken fix mips of the outward bound
English fleet, two of which he scut
tled ; the others had arrived in St.
Martin's. Captain Mandeville left
Grenada on the 13th of April ; he
had been embargoed &re for up
wards of twenty days. ' Thirteen,
hundred of the troops lately arrived
from England, were sent from Mar
tinico to Grenada :—there were not
eight hundred of them alive when
Capt. Mandeville left it; the remain
der had died of fickoefs, or been kil
led in different actions with the French
—the Eoglifh had been very unfuc
ceftful in their attacks; they were de.
feared twice at a place called Pilot
FRENCH BEATEN.
Mr. Nathaniel Gouldfmith, Brick
layer,was engaged in arching a chim
ney, and being anxious to complete
the work soon, knocked away the
centre-boards, prematurely, while the
work was green, by reason of which,
the bricks ffli doWh all around him ;
and either from surprise, or to avoid
being injured, he started back, and his
hindmost foot went over the ftage,|
which brought him on his back ; and
in his fall struck his neck against the
eaves of the hoofe, which was suppos
ed to be the fatal blow ; and in hisl
fall turned twice before he came to 1
the ground, to the astonishment and
terror of the beholders. , ™J
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Domeflic MiJcellan,. I
ToMiRROR-PriOT„, Davis—Russell-—
Felfa %n,cur,Qr make great hflk:-
Veritas and THi^kER-FRSi, I
dad Narttftid Pkilo^L—p— D-== ;
And eh the Soldhrs— —Oft 'wfri,
'' Let every one parfa bit trade." (Then)
fi#VsßiTAi remind his Sermon,^
Let PniUxfagb, and tap bit farm an;
Let Free Thinkb ßb/jhead grroftanger, ,
Ja/ Soldiers iraoj/gw „ longer.
sme tbink quite free es Scri,nre—reefers
In argument prolixly teatu n— — U
ITbat pit, that jour wuH, pages
(IVbicb ought to teem leitb tbongbtt of Sqee/
Should be thusJiird— But at tapHito, >'
Tell him to go to jcbool long <wbile, Ob!
^tt^r^Q. %
sW da, ;tb eretb,„or tftbe rarld „9fr 1
Hill. The Frerch force wes said io
consist of 9000 men ; they were in
possession of nearly the whole iflind:
the town of St. George's, and other
(mail towns, were the only peffeffions
the British retained. It was given
out that Gen. Lindsay had killed him
felf ;, but it was generally believed he
was killed in one of the anions ; 22
American vessels were embargoed
with Capt. Mandeville at Grenada,
many of their seamen died of the ep
idemic fever that has raged there for
a considerable time. The Beaulieu
frigate had captured a French priva
teer schooner called the Genet, which
had captured two English (hips be
fore she was taken ; one was retaken ;
the other had arrived at St. Martin's.
The whole of the iflind of St. Vin
cent's, except the town of Kiogftoo,
was in peftffion of the French. 4
frigates and two (loops of war left
Guadeloupe on the rich instant: it
was reported they were destined tor
Grenada.
Baltimore, June 4. On Monday
lift, the firft inst. was laid at the na
vy yard, the keel of the United States
frigate, ordered by government to be
built here ; the extreme length of
the flick is 148 feet.
From the superior excellence of the
timber and materials, which have been
collected with great care and pains,
we anticipate an excellent Chip will
be produced.
from the invisible, and ruthless hand
of accident, has lately happened, at
the head of Niantic river. A child,
aged five years and nine months, son
of Mr. Clement Fofdick, fell head
long into a well, 28 feet to the fur
face of the water, and plunged 9 feet
farther to the bottom. He then
turned, and climbing up the fide of
the well, held himfelf on the top of
the water, until relieved. Providen
tially he received no injury.
A Correspondent informs us of a
most awful and (hocking accident,
which cook place in Marblehead, the
last week.
BOSTON, JUNE 18.
A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE,
UNHAPPY ACCIDENT.