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certainly Ihould'hav@, apprehended 3 defignl
Was then had of putting Mr. Waddington's 1
scheme into execution. The British consul
and Mr.'Main having at length entered, the
confulintroduced himfelf by faying, that the
advertisement he inferred ,in Lang's paper,
had a reference to a gentleman who was de
.firou^of havingjm infortfration used against
t Mr. Cheetham, but at the fametime inform
cd me, he was perfectly wl| acquainted
with theTociety to Which Mr. James Chee
- ^ tham and I belonged ; that be bad a secret
ft, in whom weput most confidence, who ac
- quanted him regularly with all oar meetings
and proceedings. Upon my doubting his in
telligence, he said his information was un
questionable, not only with refpea to that
fecrecv, but there was not a afingle political
L ualkfahicb Mr. Cheetham and 1 took, but of
which be was informed, and added if Ive per„
fevered in our proceedings, he would and
fhonld confider it his dirty to accomplish Our
ruin and defration. He then interrogated
me whether I considered myfelf a British
fubjed or not ; upon my answering in the
affirmative (understanding by the term Bri
tish fubjed a person who is a natiye of Bri
tain or her colonies) the British Consul in a I
violent rage said, that were I not in the
> house of his Britannic Majesty's Consul, he
would knock me down ; that Great Britain
regarded the power of the United States no
more than be did that of a fly, and muck less
did be regard the society to which Cheetham &
I belonged. We then parted. All which
afortfaid fads, 1 do hereby certify to be
true. JOHN WOOD.
Attest—T. Wortman,
New-York, futy 11, 1801.
.lies is the only revenge ^hich he will con
descend to take for their jnfolent inve&ives.
Serene in the midst of clamors, he exhibits
the arguments of his Opponents in theii
genuine colors ; he diverts them of the tin
sel of declamation and the cobwebs of so
phiftry ; he deteas the) molt plausible er
rors; he expofcs the nmoft latent abfurdi,
ties: he holds the 'mirror up' to folly, and
teafans upon every fubj^a with the readi
^efs of intution, and thte certainty of de
monstration. Elevated tyove the intrigues
of parties and the weakness of the patrons,
, he is never transported info excefles by the
zeal of his friends, or tlfe virulenceof his
enemies. His objed is the happiness of the
people—his means economy, liberty, and
peace—his guide the constitution. The
Empathies which fafcirfate the heart and
mislead the undemanding have never allur
ed him from the arduous pursuit of truth,
through her most intricate mazes. Never
Animated by the impetuous and turbulent
feelings which agitate popular assemblies,
he preserves in the midffi of contending fac
tions, that coolness of tamper and that ac
curacy of thought, which philosophy has
hitherto claimed as the peculiar attribute of
her closest meditations, tHe unites to the
energy of eloquence, the hreafures of expe
rience. His opponents pander him and ad
mire him ; they allail him with; ignorant
impertinences, and pitiless malice—and yet
they feel That he is the darling of philoso
phy, the apostle of truth, /the favorite vota
ry of liberty. Their hatred, like the re
bellion of Satan, proceeds from the impa
tience of any superiority, There is a daily
beauty in his life which! makes them ugly.
Instead of imitating his excellence they at
tempt to conceal it by amass of obloquy ;
instead of reveringbis u/hparalFeled wisdom
and virtue, they sharped, the .dagger of false
hood and prepare the poisoned arrows of
envy. The men who ire supported by a
foreign faction have the effrontry to vilify 1
him because he is a fo^igrier. Virtue and
genius are not peculiar ho America—they
have flourished ip every country and every
age. The merits of m&n are riot to be as
certained by geographical boundaries. The
piind has no country but the universe. Pa
triotism is not a narrow and illiberal preju
dice in favor of the foil upon which we
happened to be born) fit is a rational and
noble attachment to the Country which gives
us proteaim an&which secures opr happi
nefo ; it fe not incompatible with uriiverfal
philanthrophy—on the contrary, it is a
modification of benevolence, foftened by so
ciety, and Strengthened by gratitude. Mr.
Gallatin is attached to the constitution be
eaufe it is free, to the people because they
tyre generous and amiable and to the coun
try because he has found in it an asylum
from oppression and mifew Are not those
BIOGRAPHICAL. .
Character of Mb. Gallatin, Secretary of the
1 rea/ury of the United States—written while
he was a Representative in Congrefj.
MR. GALLATIN has been persecuted
with all the detestable rancor of envy and
malice.—The accuracy of his information,
the extent of his knowledge, the perspicuity
of his (lyle, the moderation of his temper,
and the irtefiftible energy of his reasoning
powers, render him the ablest advocate that
ever appeared in the cans of truth and lib
erty. Patient and persevering, temperate
and firm, no error escapes his vigilance, no
calumny provokes his passions. To expose
the bluaders and abfurdit^es of his adverfa-
The loss of the enemy, according to the nume
rous reports w hich have been collected, certainly
exceeds five thobfand men, and a great propor
tion of officers: Four Generals are known to have
been killed. Every encouragement seems to have
been given and held out to the French army to
ensure their utmost exertions. Ahiopg other
things, they were taught to expert no quarter
from the British. The prisoners agree that in no
part of this war had such hard fighting, or such
determined bravery ever been seen, as they have
met with from our army in Egypt,,
I presume that Sir Ralph Abercromby's absence
from the camp, in consequence of his wounds, on
the 2i.it of March, had created a momentary fufi
pension of our operations; and the irreparable
loss occasioned by his death mull also neceffarih
have checked the prosecution of plans, in the for
mation and execution of which he had always
borne so leading a part. The Captain Pallia did ,
not arrive in time to fee Sir Ralph Abercromb, ;
but it appears that Gen. Hutchiafou followed his
Excellency's intention relative to the troops on
board the Turkish fleet, by employing them a
gainlt Rosetta, and accordingly directed Colonel
Spencer, having under him a corps of about eight
hundred Britilh, to proceed with the Turks to
that expedition, The town, was evacuated with
out refinance. Some guns were then brought to N
hear upon the Fort St. Jul'ien, which commands
the entrance of the river. The garrison of three
hundred and iixty-eight men furreudered op the
19th ult.,
Rhamanich was still ip the hands of the Trench.
They ' had fortified it both in a view to feture
their communications from the upper part of the
Delta and Upper Egypt, whence they received
their provisions. r
Under these circumstances, Gen. Hutchinson
has very much ftrengthehed his position between
Aboukir and Alexandria, not only by a range of
works in front, but particularly by opening the
sluices which kept in the waters in the lake on
their left ; and if, as supposed, this inundation
shall extend over the whole pf the .plain to the
Eatt of the Lake Marcot's, tie communication
between Alexandria and Rhamanich, which is
the enemy's nearest point, will be eight or nine
days journey without whater. -^=
Having taken these measures, Gen. Hutchinson
was to transfer his head quarter, to Rosetta on the
23d ult. to which place he had thready sent for
ward a strong detachment, amounting to above
4000 British, including Col. Spencer's corps, and
he was immediately to proceed from thence,
with nearly an equal number of the Captain
Palha's troops, against Rhamanich, where the
French were underflood to have assembled 3000
men. " : 1 '
ties at halt as binding is- the Shackles of
prejudice and habit ? ^ut the condu& of
Mr. Gallatin is the belt vindicator. He
has defended the constitution from the at
tacks of native Americans, and has difpfay
ed a noble ardor in the defence of~his adopt
ed country-—whilst many of her sons repose
in inglorious apathy, and while others assail
her with detectable treachery, and unnatural
hatred. ~
Late foreign Intelligence.
- via HALIEAX. f
CH «+^«g+^^»+> > ►> —-
Official Intelligence from Egypt.
LONDON GAZETTE—June 3.
Capture of Rosetta.
Copy °f a letter from Licut. He tchlnsqn, to the
Secretary of State.
Camp before Alexandria, April so, tßot.
SIR,
IT is with great pleasure that I am to inform
you of the success of a corps of Turks.and British
under the command of Col. Spencer. They were
ordered from hence about ten days ago, tor the
purpose of forming the enemy from the town and
cattle of Rosetta, which commands the navigation
of the Nile. "I he operation has perfectly succeed
ed.—We are now matters of the weflern branch
of that river, and of couffe have opened 1 tom
munication with the Delta,'from which we inall
derive all necessary supplies, as the French have
Scarcely any troops there and none capable of mak
ing a ferjous refinance.
The enemy had about 800 men at Rosetta
when they were attacked. They made but a fee
ble effort to futlain themselves, and retired to the
tight bank of the Nile, leaving a few men killed
and prisoners. They left a gatrifon in the fort,
againll which our batteries opened on the 16th
inst. and it surrendered on the 19th inlh The
conditions are the fame as were granted to the
castle of Aboukir.<
I have many obligations to Col. Spencer, for
the zeal, activity, and military talents, which he
has displayed in the conduct of this important ser
vice : and I beg leave to recommend him as a de
ferring and most excellent officer.
I have the honor to be, &c.'
J. H. HUTCHINSON, Major General.
Copy °f a letter from Lord Elgin to* Lora Hawkf
bury, dated
Constantinople, - ilia, ~ 1801,
MY LORD,
Mr. Morier having returned from Egypt, 1 have
the fatisfattion of being able to lay before your
Lordihip a far more particular account of the
affairs and proceedings in that country than it has
hitherto been in my power to communicate, He
leit the camp before Alexandria on the aid ult.
At that time the enemy remained in theirifrong
position upon she heights near the eattern walls
of Alexandria, their numbers about fix thousand
men. They were still in anxious expectation of
receiving reinforcements, particularly that which
had been announced to them as coming ifom Ad.
Gantheaume.
Gen. Hutchinson has further received a favora
ble letter from Murad Bev, flying he is ready to
join him when we come into his neighbourhood.
I am happy to add that our arrtiy arefn/fcheJ
highest health and spirits. The climated ^ eith
er had hitherto teen most propitious. Thema
tlves tiad acquired the gre^telt degfee ^f¥nfr ;
dence from the proclamation iffiied bV @nr gftiiy,
and were.contißuing to bring in horses atidptyvi
fions in great plenty. Nearly 1000 of obr 'caval
ry are now well mounted there,; and we tare
dill above 11000 infantry in the field'. 'Tte'ut ..
most degree of unanimity prevails'b&weeh the
, British and Turkish troops. ^ ';
1 have the honor to'&e, &t.
, EtiGlN.r'<
Right Hon. Lord Hawybury,^, &c.<^ * ^
0 Private Articles.,
LONDON, JUNE 4.
Ad,ices have been received that the Grand Vi
zier, reinforced with 5000 troops by DjeZzar Pa
cha, hadjadvanced to belbeis. on his way to Cairo,
without oppolition. A detachment had taken
possession of Damietta, trough the fort L'Elbe,
Itill remained in the hands of the French. Much
opposition is not expected at Cairo ; but Gen
Hutchinson has maue arrangements to afford
affiance to the Vizier if it should be wanted.
Some reports of the surrender of Alexandria, a
bout the .lit of, May, havfe been received by the
Balt India Company.
We have accounts that Gantheaume's squadron,
tha' they appeared before Leghorn, made no itay.
It confined of 7 fail of the. line and 8 frigates.
. Every Frenchman of information has a con
temptible opinion of the abilities of Menou.—
When Tallien was in Loudon, it was observed to
him, that our officers were much inferior to those
of France, —Ah! said Tallieo, but Abercrombie
will beat, Menou. So confeious was Buonaparte
of Menou'sincapacity, that he sent out Gen. Def
fourneaux to fuperfeede him ; but he was. taken
in the Africaine frigate.
He fays that Alexandria was in a very refpeft
able date of defence, both with refpett to ammu
nition, provisions and w ater, and ^as defended by
brave troops, who could very well maintain it
against the Whole Englilh Jrthy.
He reports, that he left in the Bay of Aboukir
about ten (hips of war, several frigates, and a num
ber of Englilh transports, from which the crews
had been withdrawn to join the army on Ihore.
That on the 29th of March, arrived 6 Turkish
ihips of the line including one of three decks,
four frigates and two corvettes, with 20 trans
ports, having on board from 6 to 7000 troops,
commanded by Capt. Pacha in person, of which
one French demi brigade, at moll, would give a
good account : That the fort of Aboukir, after a
siege of three days, had furreudered to the Eng
lilh before the arrival of the Turks.
He adds, that the feeble refinance made by this
fort produced a great JenJation in the army : He
further fays, that the people of the country were
on very good terms with the French: that they
loved Gen. Menou very much ; that he had heard
inflated as a positive fatt, that the Englilh, the
Grand Vizier and the captain Pacha, having tak
en fieps to draw Murad Bey to their tide, the
latter had sent to General Menou all the letters
which had been aridreffed to him, unopened, pro
tellingiat-the fame time, his inviolable attach
ment, and offering him his Mamelukes. The
communications between Alexandria and the in
terior continued open. The Mamelukes of Ibra
him Bey deferred in-great numbers from the ar
my of the Grand Vizier, to join Murad Bey. He
adds, that there was nothing to fear on the fide
of Syria ; that from 5 to 6000 Cophs, Syrians, or
Greeks; as well horse as toot, commanded by
French Officers, were defined principally to
guard the polls of the interior, and that their fi
delity may be depended upon because they
are extremely afraid of falling into the hands of
the Turks or their allies. He relates, that after
having been separated from the frigate which ef
cprted them and two 61her flags of truce, they
met two.Englilh frigates weft of Candia, cruizing
and were (poken to by one of their boats ; that
the officer told them that they every moment ex
pected Ad. Warren to replace Ld. Keith, and
, that he brings with him a diviliod of eight (hips
of war. He arrived the 23d of April at Malta,
before the English frigate the Flora, which bro’t
from Aboukir the remains of General Abercrom
by, which were buried there with great pomp;
that during his day at ^al.ta twenty transports
arrived there, under c twoy of a frigate,'having
oh board provisions, and that on the 28th of A
pril twolhips of 64 vuns failed from Malta, es
corting a convoy of 12 transports, laden with mi
litary (tores and provisions, and having on board
a^out 1000 troops to reinforce the Englilh array
at Aboukir ; that several mer hantmeri had also
filled from Malta for England, Sunder convoy of
a frigate, He left Malta the 30th of April and
from that time so his arrival at the port of Pro
megne, met nothing at sea. This being read by
the deponent, tie-acknowledged the contents were
true. ;: ' <'T"'
P, S, He declares farther,.that, in the aftion of
the 2ilt of March the 2d light infantry and the
32d of the line, the 3d, 14th, and 29th regiments
dragoons were thole principally engaged. They
Citizen John M. Boyer has received in the Laz,
aret the deposition of Citizen Henry Villement
of Charlaville, in the department of the Arden
nes, Chief of squadron in the 14th regiment of
dragoons, paflenger by the Apollo flag of truce,
number 158, commanded by N. J. Blackdon,an
Englishman, with a crew of 19 performs in all,who
has said upon oath, that he leit the Bay of Abou"
ku on the gift of March in company with two 0-
ther Englith flags of truce, already arrived under
the escort of an English frigate, which vessel had
on board 149 French, alf prisoners of war, of
whom 12 are officers, and the remainder soldiers,
embarked by order of Adm. Keith.
He reports, that the health of the troops was
good, and that he had no knowledge of any conta
gious disorder in the environs ot Alexandria ; but
that at Cairo there had been Jome accident, from
the plague, which, however, had produced no
considerable consequences.
The deponent declares, that he was made pri
soner by the English, on the 21st of March in air
affair which took place within a league of Alex
andria, upon the road of Aboukir, where there
re mained upon the field of battle, a great many
killed and wounded on both tides, among whoin
were Generals Lanuffe and Roize, Gens. Aber
cromby, Sir Sydney Smith, and two other gene-
He fays, that in this affair Gen. Menou com
manded : That the army engaged confined of a
bout 7000 men, including 600 cavalry ; and that
the Englilh army, which occupied the ancient
lines of the camp of the Romans, wa, composed
of about 13,000 men ; their right supported by
the lea, a,id their left by the dyke of lake Madnie;
that after this affair, both armies preferred their
positions ; and that the remainder of the French
army were expeding the Grand Vizier at the
outlet of the defart..-
Marseilles, May 15.
Extract from the Regifler of Secret Depositions, of
the Office of Public Health, at Marfoilles, Allay
18th, 9th year of the French Republic.
From the Paris Moniteur, the official paper of the
Consul.
French account refpe&ing Egypt.
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,PARIS, MAY 24.
The First Consul returned from Malmaifon yes
terday, and gave audience to the ambassadors.
The envoy of the United States, empowered to
transmit the ratification of the Treaty of Peace
with France, was presented. 1 ™-
One of our Journals announces that the arsenal
at Cadiz has been burnt.
Several of the Danilh Courtembarked on board
the British fleet defined against Russia and Swe
den.t
LONDON, MAY 30.
The Batavian Conflitution is to undergo ano
ther revision.
The French funds have lately fallen.
According to private accounts the Andrian ar
my is ordered to be ineceafed to 3000,000 men.'
Most of the British property has been removed
from Lilbon. Should they get there, the French
will be much disappointed relative to the value of
the booty.
A Spanish frigate with two millions of dollars,
has been ibft with her cargo on the Peruvian coast.
50 of the crew perished.
LONDON, JUNE 4.
“ .Seeds of War."
One of the greater objects, proposed by the
treaty of Luneville, the plan of indemnities and
jecukrizations, appears to experience no ipcbnfi
derable obstacles. # The jealonfy of.Pruffia is rcu
fed by the new division and appropriation of ter
ritory which they are defigued to effea, and the
Emperor Alexander views with concern the dis
memberment of the ancient system and order of
things in Germany. The former has loft much of
her zeal and friendfhip for the French Republic,
and the latter has gone so far as to submit to the
Cabinet of the Thuilleries a new plan of territo
rial ditiribution, which, if adopted, muff annul
the treaty of Luneville with refpeft, to its opera
tion on the secular and eccleliaflical Princes pf
Ite Empire. With these jealousies and canfesfor
mutual didrufl and alarm among the Continental
Powers, this country has at present no particul^
concern, and. our attention mull be chiefly dir.ec;
t^d to aecomplifh the restoration of our former,
connection and good underrianding with the ma
ritime dates.
Rreft Fleet. .
Admiral Villaret Joyeufe, who was defeated
by Earl Howe on the tft of-June, has arrived at
tyelt, and taken theehjef command of the French
f&t, which according lo dispatches received .yefi
tertey morning at the Admiralty, Was lying ' rea
dy Kr sea in the outeifroad. It confits of twefr f
ty-fik fail of the line, but although more numb
rous, Utyuot so powerful,at that under the cum-
BERLIN, MAY t,.
All our troops, ordered to the coalls of Pruffla
and Poinefanin, to prevent a landing of the En
glilh, have now received orders to return. Ne
gociations have been begun between Mr. Hnlte
utan, on the part ot the Batavian Republic, t,(f
General Stamford and Counfellor Arnold, on the
part of the Prince of Orange, is ordered to fix on
the indemnification of that Prince. It had been
in contemplation at firtt, to rellore to the House
of Orange the dignity of Stadtholdcr, but this
fubjeft, meeting with some obstacles, has been laid
aside tor the present.
defeated the whole centre ofthe enemy, with the
loss to the Rughm of more than 2,000 in killed
wounded and prifoners.,'
By the Secretary Archilifl,
(Signed) RAyNA.no.
fifTises .'.g
The Northern Confederacy.
s OFFICIAL.
Removal of the Ruffian Embargo on British roeffels.
Adnuialty Office, June 3, 1801.
“ My Lorb,
" I have great fatisfaftion in acquainting your
Lord/hip, that by dispatches just received from
Viscount Lord'Nelfon, commander in chief of
the Baltic fleet, dated the 27th of May, it appears
that the embargo uhich had been laid on British
(hips in the ports of Russia has been taken off.
I have the honor to be, &c.
(Signed) ■ « ST. VINCENT.-
7'o the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor.
' Evacuation of Hamburg
The Prince ot Hefle, after a proclamation ex
pressive of his intention, evacuated Hamburgh on
the morning of the 23d ult. and the Danish troops
at Lubeck withdrew from that town about the
fame time. There is no doubt that D< nmark, in
contenting to the meifure, has aßed independent
ly of the Court of Berlin, and that the notifica
tion made by the Prince of Hefle to the Senate of
Hamburgh of his intention to withdraw the force
under his command, has been the result of the
conferences held between Lord St. Helens and
Count Bernliorff, the Danish Miniiler.
Dispatches have been received from Berlin,
which are said to announce, that the Prussians
have not yet agreed to evacuate Hanover.
Lord Nelson, on account of ill-health, has ob
taiued leave to retign the command of the Baltic
fleer. Vice-Admiral Pole is appointed to suc
ceed him.
It is reported Ad. Parker will be created a
Peer, and noinquiry into his conduct take plate.
LONDON, JUNE 4.
The recal of the en^bargo on British vekels ia
Russia, is expefted to be followed by the release
of all the vessel, belonging to the powers of the
northern confederacy in Great Britain—and the
speedy renewal ot commercial intercourie it is
presumed will soon succeed. Ld. St. Helens has
arrived at Petersburg, It is still said the Empe
ror of Russia adheres to the neutral confederacy ;
but very properly withes for an ( amicable difeuf
fion; which will doubtless reftofe harmony by
mutual concessions.
On the 28th of May the Baltic fleet was distri
buted at Rolloch Roads, before Carlfcroha, and
at Dantzi<;k.
GENOA. MAT if.
Porto Ferrajo, has not yet surrendered to the
French. It is defended with obllinacy. The
trench 60th demi-brigade have mutinied : at Leg+
horn (teduced by British agents as the (Citizens
fay.) Two battalions were disarmed, ano sent to
the citadel of Turin. [Porto Ferrajo, is on the
north fide of the island of Elba, an island in the
vicinity of Leghorn.]