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Foreign Intelligence.
ALEPPO, JUNE $.
We have but lately come to know much of the
sea of Whaabys. That fed has been formed about
50 years amongst the Arabs who inhabit the great
defart between Aleppo and the Perian Gulph.
Thei< religion is nearly that of nature, which
Angularity at firft attracted the attention of travell
ers. Their force and numbers increase daily by
new profelites, whom they gain over by the novel
ty of their doarinc, and the force of arms. They
are no longer afraid of (hewing rcGftancc to the Porte
It is fifteen days since we received positive intelli
gence of their having taken Mecca.
On approaching that city, Schoud, Ton of Ad
dallaze their chief, lent advice of his arrival to Ab
dalla Pacha, chief of the caravan of Mecca. He
announced that he was come to take the city, but he
would neither hurt him nor his followers whom he
advised to depart.
Abdalla Pacha then Ditto him Adam Effendi,
Cadi of Jerusalem, who had arrived from Jerusalem
to confer with him on hisreligion. The Cadi fas
detained, not being able toeffe& a conversion, and
the Chief of the Caravan departed f rom Mecca,
leaving however, a great part of the merchandizes.
The Whaabys, to the number of 50,000, attack,
ed and took the city without refinance. All the
houses were pillaged and even the tombof Mahom.
et was plundered. These Eastern people speak
with great eathufiafm of the riches of that tomb,
but 'their exaggerations must be received with fate*
degree of miffruft.
The Scheriffof Mecca, and a Pacha laved them
selves by flight and went to Djedda ; but it is laid
they afterwards embarked and failed for Mafcatia.
Soon after their departure, the Whaaby, leaving a
garrison at Mecca, went and laid liege to Dj?dda,
which it is supposed willToon fall.
Such is the intelligence received, to which be
lief is given ; but it is not certain what was the fate
of the inhabitants of Mecca ; only it is believed
that all the Mahometans were put to death, who
would not be converted ; but the Chrifhaus and
Jews were (pared.
It appears that the Whaaby is very mild with
thole of his religion ; there are no vexations nor
oppreflions ; and the only tax is one tenth of the
revenue of each person, for the edimation of which
a firnple declaration is fuffictent.
Those who are timid imagine the Whaabys al
ready at the gates of Aleppo & Darrafcus, the pillage
of which they assign as security for the payment of
their debts, and tiiey conlidet that as good security•
The Engiilh agent at Buffora wrote to the
Whaaby, not to molest his countrymen who puffed
the Defart, and the Whaaby answered, without
thanking him for the prefects he received, limply
laying, that so long as he was at peace with Buffura,
his messengers might pass freely.
MALTA, JULY 27.
*" The John, transport returned to this place on the
loth July, from Egypt, with all convalescents who
had remained behind ; except one man who had not
.^ overed of the plague, and whom Mr. Hod
.n, an hpftital mate, was left to take care of. by
we learn that Egypt has undergone dread
fib: ,s tince its evacuation by the Euglifh. An.
ocr lot f the revolution there mult have reached
you e this time. It originated with the'Ar
r: uor Albanians. They frequently complained
io rf c Viceroy of not being paid ; and their de
.panels not being attended to, they tallied forth,
headed by bem bafliy, their chief, attacked tie
citadel and took it. After this they razed :h' Vice-,
roy's palace to the ground, and plundered fevera
houses at Cairo. The Viceroy fled withhis Turkish
soldiers, and arrived at the village Minf^nra,
where he impaled 300 Albanians that v\ ere Rationed
there ; thence he went to Damietta, and fem his
Haram by sea to Alexandria. The Albanians, in
the mean time, were joiced by the Mamelukes, who
have created bem bafhy,the Albanian chief, a bey.,
The Albanians are at prefeat in complete fubjedio:,
to the Mamelukes. Damietta, Rofetra, and Alex
andria, arethe only places in poffeffida of the Turks;
and it was reported at the latter place, th^t the
Viceroy offered to join the Mamelukes.
Berlin, oct. 21.
Since Count Haugwitz's return from his estates
in Silesia, hardly a clay has palled when lie has not
been elofeted federal hours with our sovereign; &
the friends of this Gallic Prussian Minister fay,that
he has during his /brec^ retreat voluntarily conceived
a plan which will attoaifli all the world, and pafci
fy Europe fur a long time ; that be is certain of the
approbation of Russia, Austria 2nd France : and
that he has little doubt but it will be accepted byi
England. Whatever may be the fad with regard
to this plan, we have never before seen lo many
couriers arrive, pass and repafs, as within these last
four weeks ; nor hive the foreign ambaffidors
here oftener conferred with war ministers : nor the
king himfelf Beep occupied more 'in his cabinet
with his confidential counfellors. Notwithstanding
the report about negdeiation—and the hope for a
peace has been Succeeded by warlike rumours—ma
ny well informed perlons fretend that before next
(tying every thing will be fettled between the bel
ligerent powers, in a manner that a future peace will
c<afeto be only an aymiftice.
Since Bonaparte heard of the private correspon
dence between our King and the Emperor of Russia,.
he has written private letters, with his own hand,to
both these sovereigns. Our king has condescended ;
to answer, although he hardly could read tie bad'
Jelled Italian French of the Firfl Consul; but it is
, laid here, that rhe Emperor of Russia has declined,
ftomw^af tf°ti% to meddle with traufa&ions which
nfually are the business of ambassadors and miniflers
and not of sovereigns. - r ,}
Another correspondence has been begun betweenj
our Queer)and the Empress of Ruffia,accompanied|
by reciprocal presents. ^s politics go for nothing
in 'thefe friendly communications between two
young, beautiful and amiable princesses, tome per-!
loos have bedh favored frith hearing their contents
and (peak highly of the neatness and elegance of
their composition. ,
A new deputation from Hanover is arrived here ;
Should the French continue in that country 12 1
months,it is ruined for a century. The Republi
cans are now buGly employed in cutting down all|
the forefts which have so long been the pride &
ornament of Hanover ; from the great caretakenof
them by its govern mens.--As emigrations from that
wretched EloGrat&ve lately been verygreat,French }
gens d'irmes are placed upon its frontiers, who arrest
every person who leaves it without a pass from the
French General, of which the price is a louis d'or.
Frenchmen make money even of wretchedness.
ofomroQ •— b
TONBON, NOV. 7.
Private accounts received from Dublin of the
31st ult. and Ift inftaat communicate some very se
rious articles of intelligence with refpe& to the dis
; covery ofa frefb conspiracy at Wexford. Ooe of
these accounts fays, " I have seen this day a letter
from the town of Wexford, dating the difeovery of
a most attrocius plot, and the arrest of the principal
conspirators. Their intention appears to have been
to murder all the loyalists of the town at a given fig
hal, and to have revived all the atrocities of Scul
labouge, &c. in the year 1798. Twenty-four per.
Tons fitting in committee, of whom ten were privates
l in a militia regiment, werk seized with their
papers, by which it appears that the mu/der of the
principal loyalists of the county, with Mr. Archi
bald Jacob, a diflinguifhed Magistrate, at their head
was determined on. The difeovery is said t® have
been made by Quigley, lately indißed for hightrea
fon in th's city, and to whom Counsel has been
^ffigned. u.'
" Two of''- cnrrfpir^t ?H4±n) have given
irormatior: 0! the view 50! :je Committee; and
this day a: 4 o'clock % - w^ publicly taught
up 10 ^ castle as an approve This hig
, 7 ^ Rtety
th t ;^:ti a^ - nuu $ produce me most
litport mt difeoveries." '
tl r meantime Governor t negtefy ne meins
which can contribute to the security of the country
and prevent the breaking out of any new infufrec
tionary plots. A letter of the 31st obferves—
"Mr. James Tandy was arrefled on Saturday,&
committed to the care of Mr. Dawes, a King's
messenger. This day he was brought up to the
Caftlc and, after undergoing a short examination was
remanded. Mr. Tandy is a wine merchant,' and
fob to the celebrated Gen. Napper Tandy, who
lately died at Bordeaux."
"Mr. Lawless a refpe^able brewer, of War
ren Mount, in the Earl of Meath's Liberty,, was
also arrested ; but being in a state of health! not
ft to be removed, was buffered to remain in his
own house in a state of arrest. Mr. Lawless is
brother to Surgeon Lawless, who fled from this
country in th^ year 1795."
" It is generally understood here that all per
sons having friends or connections in Francdwill
be immediately put into a state of arrest.
" Six persons have been brought into town
from Naas, in the county Kildare charged with
treason or treasonable practices. Warrants have
been issued for the apprelienfion of not less than
101 persons in that neighbourhood. ' After sev
eral applications on the part of Mr. P. Long,
merchant, of this city, his friends have, it is said,
this day received a final answer from Mr. Sec
retary Wickham, “ that he is to remain in con
finement during the „ar." Mr. Long is
a near relative of Mr. Rock, of this city, one of
the most refpedablc mercantile Roman Catholic,
families in Ireland. --o—
A Hamburgh mail arrived, this morning with
papers and letters from HollanQ^nd the north
of Germany, to the 29th last month. The Paris
news does not extend beyond the 25th, at wtyh
time First Consul was Hill in tlffit city; He was
expected however, to set out in a few days for
rputainbleau, .there to remain for some time.
This modern Czfar is ppon the bank of the Ru.
bicon, but mucb'as he tt tuts to his fortune, heev
ideotiy hesitates and fears the hazard of the die.
His official journal is frvage against Sweden, on
account of the commercial treaty that power has
made with England. Its ^age does not surprise
u's. The treaty is a death blow to all the plots
and intrigues of France, to revive the armed
neutrality, and embroil us with the Northern
powers.
_ The French General in Hanover, has made to the dates
. a frtih requifitien es 3600 horses, threatening that if they
are not furnifhed within a given period, they will be taken
by force from the inhabitants, at the expence of the coun
try; The States have sent urgent representations to the
French government on the fubjedl. One month's pay on
ly, and that with coofiderable deductions, Las at length
been made to parr of the Hanoverian army ; the majority
are, however, left deftittite, with a view to compel them
by want to enter the Legion in the French service. A
> lace merchant at Hanover, named Muller narrowly esca
ped being hanged, for seeking to dissuade some of his coun
trymen from entering that corps. The French General
declared, that all future offences of that nature (hall be
puniihed with death.
1 Letters from Conftantineple effert, that the- Bevs had
made assurances to the Porte, that they would continue to
acknowledge the fovreignty of the Grand Siguier in Egypt,
provided that he did not in any degree encourage or admit
a French force being sent ^o that country. This commu
nication is Bated so have contributed to the renewed dec
laration of its rigid neutrality, which the Porte has made
to the French minister, Gen, Brune,which he received with
high displeasure, and fa correspondent terms communicat
, ed to his government.
Extras of a letter from St. Omen, dated Oft. If.
" We exped the First Consul here to-morrow,
to take his arrangement. Vandamme, who de
nounced his uncle, and also his benefactor, who
lent him to America, is lohave the cemtnanrf of
the advanced guard, Vah Boig the centre and
Andreoffi of the rear. Petitions come daily to
- the Consular ear, beseeching him not to rilk his
sacred person. Six hundred flat- bottomed boa^
are now ready, the men 60 each,appointedand in
training ; 1400 mere are in great forwardnefs,
which will complete the requisite number 2000.
We have about us 160,090 men. From Spain
to the Baltic, 400,000 are to be alloted for the
purpose, of which 200,000 are considered as fa
crificed ; but with the remainder the deed is to
be done. It is now understood from the highest
authority, that however confined in point of
time, there will be three diftin& invasions of
England, Scotland, and Ireland. The First
Consul is by nogneans popular here. Jaffa and
Rosette are both talked of, and poor Kleber often
lamented. A notion prevails here that the in
vasion will be attempted after some strong eas
terly wind (hall have blown off your ships from
our coast, where the wind has generally been ob
served to veer round toward the fouth, as after
a weftero gale it does to the north. Our boats
are 25 feet long, and will carry 50 men, besides
the requite sailors ; but the,foldiers are to help to
?"' x'"^ '"' ^ en arrive in great number
from Marseilles and Toulon, and some sailors
also ;but the latter are very scarce. The Bred
fleet,is very defective in these although otherwise
more formidable than you imagine. I fawyef
terday 70 mortars of a new confitudion byGuil
don feat away for Boulogne and the coast.
They are to carry farther than the old ones, and
with much surer effed.”
.' NOVEMBER 10.
By a letter from Hamburgh, dated the ift instant,
we were informed, that the 28th ult. the French
generals Berther apd Drouet arrived in that city ;
and that the former the next day, in a conference
with the senate, demanded a loin of two millions
of marks, (about 160,000!) for the refpea and at
tention fhewa its neutrality. The demand was re
fufed, though reduced to one Million, because the
IHamburghtagent. had lately assured the Senate, that
I the Fivft Consul had taken the imperial city under
= his particular favour and bienvillance, since his
!occupation of Hanover, and the consequential
:blockade of the Elbe, and ruined its trade, and re
duced its citizens to beggary.
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LONnofc, OCTOBER TO.
Auf7 Alexander, eight
:^million of ru L< -rtbe r,v ndered by the
fqßuffiao itto', in , • a .v, curing the last war.
L &. cTerent inftakneirt.
~ itTE, OCT. 24.
Ge • bos'. Ne.: fre Hufoing, bag arrived at
Du 11... Many 01<>ur Doatsare to join the
,French equipment in their harbours.
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PARIS, OCT. 21.
;A personal contribution has been levied on the
linhabitants of Paris.
Twenty thousand men are already encamped in
;the environs of Boulogne.
i e ^
ISwitzerland.—The French Government have
proposed to the Swiss Diet to form a defenfive
I treaty, and a convention for 4000 troops. His
;Catholic Majesty has demanded that the four Swils
I regiments in Spain should be allowed to recruit
through Switzerland, The Diet has complied with
the French propositions.
By the latest Mails.
SAVANNAH, DEC. 24.
Magnytot, the French Colonial Prefe& of St.
Domingo, has arrived here from Cape-Francois.
Ilie arbitrary and vindictive conduct of Gen.
Rochambeau has obliged, him to quit the colony
and Rochambeau has appointed one of his crea
tures to exercise the authority which the laws sol
ely confided to the Prefect ,This new Ordon
nateur has drawn bills on the public treasury of
France, which he has no authority for ; & which
it behoves Americans to be on their guard against
receiving. ——_
NEW-YORK, DEg. 26.
By the Independence, Captain Fleming, from
Londonderry in 37 days, we have received accounts
from Ireland,much later toan those of former arri
vals. Capt. Fleming, was in Londonderry the 16th
of November,at which time nothing had been heard
of the Breit beer, luppofed to have been defined tor*
Ireland. No events of importance had occurred
latterly ; the country was in a state of tranquility,
and the inhabitants expressed a firm determination
to oppose to the utmoftany attempt at invasion.
We present our readers with extract's from Ififh
papers of the Bth Nov. the only papers brought by
Captain Fleming.
Belfaff, Nov.
Government, it is again said, has received infor
mation, that the present intoution of the enemy is
to make their principal attack upon Ireland, where
Buonaparte means to attempt landing 50,000 men.
He has-been heard lately to fay, that to accomplish
this object, he does not mind sacrificing 100,000
men , that he experts half the boats containing that
inumber will be destroyed by the sea without an
ehemy meeting them, chat he depends on an ead
iwind driving our ships off the French coast; and
that with the ships fitted out at Brest, he will
ihazard a battle with our channel fleet, t 6 give
a better chance to the transports fond gun ves
sels to reach Ireland. -These accounts state also,
that the enemy are, every day exercising their troops
with the boats; that the camp at Boulogne coufiUs
of 26,000 men, and is increasing in number daily ;
and that at Dieppe they havetwenty fix beats com
pletely ready for sea. '
It appears, however, that some of the oldeftErench;
officers entertain a very different opinion from the 1
First Consul, refpeCting the probable issue of the in
vasion. Rear Admiral Miffrefy, who lately wrote)
' alerter, in which he condemned th? plan of
attempting an invasion of England, has obtained
leave to resign ! He is one of the few admirals es
the eld fyltem, whom the repolutien lias hitherto
(pared,
Chancellor Livingston our present ambassador at Paris,.
proposes returning home in May, the state of his health is
not filch as to render absence from home dcfirable.
It is reported that Mr. Munroe is about to proceed to
Madrid, for the purpose of urging the termination of cer
tain arrangements concerning the Louisiana boundaries,
and other fabje&s of negociation with the Spanilh court.
It is understood, however, that he returns again to London.
It is also said that Mr. Charter Pinckney our mfcifter at
Madrid has intimated to some of his private friends, a djf
pofition,to return home in the course of the next year.
— *Aurora."
The following paragraph is contained in a late
Louden paper. If faith in its flatement renders us
more respectable abroad, it is hoped before its er
rors are difeovered, our Navy will be as important
, as represented.
The Americans are getting a Navy very fall ; they
have now upwards of 50 fail, one of go gnus, four
of 74,, the rest from 50 guns te 16. At Washington
is the grand dock ; but there are building ships es
war in every port that has depth of water from
Washington to Boffon.
BOSTON, DEC. 14.}
Masonic Information.|
On Monday lad, the Grand Lodge of this State, 1
met in this town. Upwards of forty lodges were |
represented. The meeting, as ufnal, was opened'
with prayer, by the Grand Chaplain. After the
commutations, the cuoiceof Officers for the enfu
inr year' was made as follows, M.W. Isaiah Tho
mas, Grand Matter ; R. W. Simon Elliot, Deputy
Grand Matter ; R. W. Timothy Biglow Senior do.
R. W. John Soley, Junior G. Warden; R. W. Alien
Crocker, G. Trgafiirer : Br. John Praftor, G. Sec
retary ; Rev. Br. Thaddeus M. Harris,Correfoond
ing G. Secretary ;R. W. Benjamin Ruffe!,C. Mar-,
fhal ; R. W. Shubael Bell, Senior G. Deacon ; R,W.'
Henry Fowle, junior G. Beacon ; Br. Francis J,
Oliver, firft G. Steward $ Br. John B. Hammett
Second Grand Steward; Br, Edward Goodwin, C„
Sword-bearer ; Brothers Joseph W. Revere, and
John May, jun, G. Parfaivants ; Br. John Green,
G. Toiler.
January, g.
From St. Pierres (Mar^) Nov 27.
“ laformation of every kind is no doubt weL
, come to you ; and some friends of mitre may reap
benefit from it at the fame time. The fquadroa
which blockades this Island consists of one 74, oil
frigate, one Roop of war and a brig, with the two
tender fchrs. one of which is the privateer Harmony
lately cut out of this port. The 74, flaop es war
and brig, with the two tenders 1 saw 30 leagues
to windward of this island, landing to tte north
ward and eastward. The frigate they fay is elf
this porl, tho' I have not seen her. The market
here is very low in general—Flour, is 8 dols—
beef about 15 to 18—Pork, 18 to 20 —batoi about
1/6 to 2/— —beans, peas and codfiffi are io demand —
soap and candles will answer—Togas of the firft
quality is nine dollars with about one dollar duty—-
and coffee not to be had. I was also under Guad
aloupe, bur saw no men of war though declared in
a state of blockade. lam greatly of,opinion that
these veffcls I saw were bound to Barbadoes, as they
had been a good while on this ftatlon, the fri^r
had been into Duminico about a wefTlJnrc,
There is a sloop privateer now cruL ~^
port and round the Island,
“ There is only onearmed sch ^- :, r^ ^a<t
"and they rave chained her for sea ^ cut ouf,;
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A letter from an officer on b< Au^ri
can squadron, at Gibralter, after meatim^g the
conclusion of peace with Morocco, fays, “we
shall now proceed against the Tripolines—our
rendezvous will be Malta. We expe& to be rein,
forced in the spring by the Congress and Essex
frigates." ——
. NORTHAMPTON, DEG. 27.
FIRE.—On Thursday evening last, about 3
o'clock, the house occupied by Mr. Ebenezer Pratt,
of Amberft, was confummed,with three children in
it, ( a bay S, one girl §, and another years old,)
! with every article of furniture it contained. Mr.
j Pratt was about two miles from home, and his
I wife at a neighbour's on an evening's vifir, when
I the fire was difeoveted ; tut it had made fuel )pro
igrefs, that it was impeffible to fave' the lives of the
! children. It is probable, by appearances, that the
;boy had attempted to lave himfelf—the other chil-
Idren were in bed. Thsif remains were taken
! from the ruins—the two eldest retained cor&erable
;of the human form, the yonogeft very little. It is
• not in the power of language to describe the agonies
:of the Parents during this dreadful feene—
; The remains of the children were collected, put, in
-Ito one Coffin, and the day after depefited. The
house belonged to Gen Mattoon.
O
SALEM, jAN. ID.
On Sunday night we had a snow llerm,(With the
wind blowing violently from the eastward, which
threw a heavy sea into our harbour : yesterday it
was succeeded with rain. Early in the morning the'
schooner Powderpoint, loaded with flour for Mala
ga, dragged her anchors and went aiivre Stage-
Point, blit without much d:rr>pe.. ;s the
fame vessel which, about two years ago 0 m d to
Marblehead from a foreign p ; ; : ,'» the
breakers off one of our iilanfy g^typ
f deferred by her crew, but befbt - \&fed
oft by ths tide, and piloted her i into near
Marblehead Neck which ws, <0 f sr. ! ve
admitted her any other way than iU^. - fie ; ?-
molt, and bedded herfelf, with her fails landing m
a place of fafety at the head es it.
The Oracle.
TUESDAY: NUARY 17.
From LONDON.
1 he brig Susan and Pahy, Capt. Hoar, arrived
at Norfolk on the 29th uh from London. The
papers by her were to Nov. U, inclusive. No
attempt had been made by the French to execute
their threats of inyafion —They were still engag
ed in preparatory ' arrangements—One of their
gun-boats had been captured and carried to
England—lt was a contemptible ikiff, and the
rteach soldiers taken in her, apologized for
being found on board, by faying, that troops
were occasionally embarked in such boats, in br
,der to make short excursions to reconcile them
? to the sea -Great pains are taken in France to
j allay the apprehensions of the soldiery relative
to the British Navy—The official return of the:
,volunteer force in Grgt-Britain, fates it te con
sist of 335,209 men ; the regulars and militia
furnish about 200,000 more. %
A proclamation was expected to be issued de
claring, that until the English in France, detain
ed at the commencement of the war, should be
released, no ptifoners taken by the British should
be permitted to be exchanged. The Englilh
prisoners lately at Valenciennes, have been fens
to Luxemburgh, under a strong guard, because
four had escaped from the former place. Most
of the Irish in France, it it said, are permitted
to go at large, having a certificate from some
Ambaffadar, generally the American. The A
, mericans are charged with lending their flag to
the French Merchants. Some American vessels
employed by the French wih their crews, are
Bated to have been seized by Bonaparte, as be
^ngiag to France—lt is insinuated that die most
perfectly honorable flag is thatof Sweden.
With infinite regret we Communicate to the public an
event, the most diAreffiag in its nature, and fatal in fa
consequences of any within the compass of our recolle&ioa-
On Monday last Mr Wiliam tbi and Mr. Frfo
Convoy, metin confluence ofa previous mifunderHanding
in the neighbourhood of this town, and sorry are we to
announce that the event proved fatal to both parties, fa
the fame hour on Tuefday last, they both departed thia
life. By their untimely fate two weeping mothers are left
to deplore the loss of two dutiful sons, their'children two
affedhenate brothers, and focicty two most promising cit
izens—The Surviving relations are in a fixation cafier im
agined than described. We sincerely regret the frequency
of a custom so prevalent in our country, and hope the me
lancholy cataGrephe here related, will prevent others from
endangering their own lives, or embittering the days of
their fatvising relations. [Fredcrhhhrg, Pi,g„
§
The following is# figment of the births, marriages
and deaths, iu the town of Portland, (Maine) during &
year 1803— friths 250, Marriages, 115, Death# IOC.'
O; the tO, ter ts deaths, 12 were (hangers.: