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c iccli ultimatum, or
ilirtmlelvcs for an immediate
On the 28th of June our,directory
iflaed letters of Marrpie and Reprifals
againft Englifh fhips, in which it is Itat
ed that tbe Britifh government having
recalled Its minifler at the Hague, who
bad departed without taking leave ; and
the fame government having caul
be captured forty; richly laden fhips be- |
longing to the republic, without any de
claration and ilTued commiftions
tfi privateers to take. Batavian lhips, tiie
directory is under the nectluiy ufautho
riliog repiifals on iiiTgllfh Ihiiis.
-;!i~
AMSTERDAM, July 2.
Three Dutch £aft India-fjups -aal 11 ;
brigs have been t.'kea by aa T'.-.glilh
dron, which is cruizing near Gjicc.
July 16.
Private letters from Hamburgh con-'
■ in a great meafure, whatwasftat
en in the GermaSi papers onthe lubj
; hue wii dition, th?.t
?t new convention h faid to have been
fed betwee-ri general Mortier and
Hanoverian commander in chief.
The foldiera are to be d-.ibr.aied without
being lent prifoneis to France ; but to
..- not to ferve againft thac country
during the war. l'lve officers ;ne to
keep their equipage, iweads and honoW
rary i is; tne arms and
ho.its to be delivered up to the French. ,
Great probability exifta that tbe bmpofi- ,
tion will be acceded to as no fuci
Tci-fl mcc could be made by the Electoral !
troops.
From the London Morning Chronicle. ■
The fubject of invafion h?.s been fo ;
much prelTqd v mention o
public hy the late diteiiffiums in p.ala
hient, that it muft new be familiar to !
every perfon in tbe country. The chief ,
g r which fuch an enterprifj carried '
with it is removed, if We can np longer i
be taken by furpnl'e. In the relative '
circumftancts of England and of France, I
Ci they' now ft-tnd, it would bay.
the groffeft folly, <>r tb • moft infamous J
.he y, to trui-t our defenci to our j
navy, however brave, or our militia, ;
however a - An accident may ■
enable the enemy to reach our (bores, j
but if we. have dd'cipli'ied troops to!
meet the disciplined troops ef the enemy, !
to give ti i ■ Co trtai lhal all the levies, and I
embody the fpirit of the Country, there
Cannot, in all human probability, be any
doubt of our final triumph over the in
der.
There f. ems every reafon to believe
the enemy may attempt to inva
ihe feeling with which we fhould a. -
. -r oui lelvcs to contemplate fuch an J
even*- is confidence foiiadeu Upon active, J
complete, ai.d well comm red means of
defei.ee. Ie it the buCaafs ot the go- (
vintn-i'.t, m the hi ft inftance, to
thofe means. The fpirit of the |
vill thea animate the body, hue ;
if It'fs fur us and prop r •
tacles are provided, the fpirit of the j
country is but a metaphyfical i
It is the nature of man! id to magni- |
fy tbe prefent • as far as i
that f.Xrr.
prudr preparation, the t'em
ih hiii-la'- nilful. Bu., m rV al-
Iswanceior tfee
tbe fkdl, i
We fee no decline the
Con'ti It, or' to ; he dange
ivarit* ■
iag to tbe Country and the count
to it fell* Great it is, md..
experience ; great in its
treniendou - t,t. But
every reafonable prccatrtion of defence
which tbe pnyfical refotirces ol the Coun
try abundantly fu; .
WC ni.ty await the ie.uk, not only with-;
1 i but v. ith llent affu* J
curtty. M Ie would
»d to diV -ver an ex- I
v.t i-aia!)<l for our pi t f at fituation in ■
a -\y epoch of our liilio*y- But we. may '
£« u lexamples of greater tl-;
w j ,y, expecfrd v
I by j
yb
j ' " under a fi
';,}[,; »ifutfality,
on ay in
tl,cwm:.l. i t ;ic , Vd whe 
„or übj-a > d ; cioi; ,a Where-!
iortb whereot wa.i the ye...or
of Europe." Jnkedifwecon.' 1 * I
En fland war. then inferior in n i
er to her antagonift ; that fhe was «•»'«
tened on every lide, by Spain and .« »r-.
<o V A, as well as thofe of .France a
low countries, by a fleet the navt
...table ever known, to t. v.lpa-t the.
t.oopr, and captains in Europe, we
•fhtUluve but little reafjn to «
our danger beyond all example. Ihe
-nation that overcame the Armada need j
not tremble at tbe preparations of a few
dredfchuyti in the ports of Hoi-
[hops of n
lican popery thi athcma-s againft |
us; what th v irte parade ids j
nd animate his prepara- I
I tion on the (hores o. i, the one j
will be m unavailing as the unlade which j
Pope Sexrus V. publilhcd againft queen i
Elizabeth ; and Bonaparte, ai ihe head j
of bis invinctbles, nay like tbe duke of
Farina, witnefs the ruins of his prepara** |
tioia-. or fhrink from the Certain deftruc
tion of his legions.
The conduct of t'aat admirable Prin
. aideed, was well calculated to af
ford that •* excellent aflurarice fetid ad
viftd feCUrity," which fhe tiien difplay
! cd. Belides the militia trained in every
country, there were 20,000 troops d'il-j
'■ in the counties, an army of 23,
000 encamped at Tilbury under Leicef
' ter (whole appointment was the onlyer- !
i or in her conduct on this occa'fion.) and t
another under L >rd ILkli'm of 36|000 '
men. Thus file had it. England an ar- ;
my of 20,000 regular •' cheate, well dif- j
men-/" as they are. ftyled by i
hiftorisns, a prodigious-number for that 1
pc i, rl, when it was not the cuftom to
bring fuch large armies into tbe iield, |
said whet) regular armies did not form !
fog-eat and indifpennble a part of the ;
fyftem of giivernment, as tiiey have done j
i minifters have provided a ;
" choice difcipliued j
troops" for tin* defence of tbe count; y, j
or whether they have diftnbuted what I
they have properly, we (hall not at pre- \
difcu'fs'. This matter however, !
itul into, when it may be j
done with pleafiire to the public <
!II it be no into, ie is of bale
j confequence wnether we have a. j •
j ment or not.
But there <: ciftrq 1 in the days of tjueen
! Eii/abeth a grottnd of *' exe.elleat af-
I fecurity," which we
| Willi moft earneftly to find now ; and ie
- ferventpatriofifm, the active "-al,
: the difinterefted fef-Tice, tiie unlimited
firirifices which all ranks and bardies of
unn were ready to contribute for the
'cc of their country and their iv
' comparable fovereign. Private jretute
! men and public bodifs vied in their ex
| ertions. On Tuefday laft the city of
j London voted 800
j men at this time of day '. Thee.
; don, when the Armada tlae ate'ied this
. country wssdefued tofmnifii
i and 15 fhips. 'i ivy granted ti
j men and 30 flap-. E/--iy where the!
:of the Country anticipated and
; OUtftrippod tlie demands of govern
But in the prefer . degenerate times the j
city of London otters 80() a..n | Even
this milerahle effort of pntriotil'm a; al
m ..ft folitary. What town, what Coun
ty, what corporation has contributed
; even a barren refutation to
' fervibc at this important crilis ? What
; nobleman or g*en,tleman has given a ge
■ of his zeal, we had altnoft j
• his drift duty, for a baron was at
in railing men or fhips for ;
efeiK.e of the nation J Hut no
| Thefe arc not Virtues of 'this age. We
I quietly to be /horn by the tax-ga
■ timer, and there our pntriotil'm ends.
enroot, July 13.
er,(the Amen- {
| can Uofciu*) hi
art icular tequelt of i aapd '
i, to ftay in Liverpool t>
; üblic will a aye
•..lity of agrin witm* fling the
aftoni .rs of this great -actor in
lit aad arduous chin
;of Rtc'n-rd the third. The main;.
■ Which be n'ou trayed this cl in Sa
-1 ttirdaytalt—la ..crimina
ting tr:. ; ts ai Hi..h ad's difpo'lition—his
fudden tiaidiiiot's and change of voice
(ut pre fen- te'ft and moft power
ful on tbe Bntilh ftage) operated on the
audience in every part of the houfe with
j elect. . We conf Is our ma•
-• bibty to do juftice to the diftinctive ex
r cellence Which charatterilVd M>. (1 o
performance, for indeed we think it
j traricends all praifc. Tp attempt to
i point outany partirul.f i'cene in which ;
I we might tuppofe Mr (1. fuperior, is Su
perfluous* where the wh le formed an j
enfemble of inimitable perfection, and
j as the play will be repeated this evening. !
Wou'ti unt the managers do well with!
Cooper, to perform Macbeth?
LATE LONDON ARTICLE*.
AildrcflVs to the Chief Conful c.oii
• tii.ue to pour in from every quarter, all
j breathing fvotifnents of the utmoft re
venge againft Great Britain. The fol
io re i the Moniteur.
'* Cttztn Firft Conful, and Frcfi
: dent—".war ! and it is that de-
I rouring pecjplewho excite, who coin-'
mandit. The plundered empire of India
j is not fufiir.ient tor their ambition— f !iey
lhall be ,'eft.oyed. Tie firft man in the
| world, tkegreateft in all hiflory, will a
venge Europe, and, las glory will era!'.-*
| from the number of the Chiefs of na-
I tions that aitroci us government the ap
probraim of the human race. Such,
C'tizen Conful, are the wiflies of the f'ub- |
,-?, the mayor, adjuncts, and mem- !
hers of the municipal council of the j
•■own of Dax. As tbe organs of their !
you the facri
lice of their lives, and their fortunes,
for the fupport and glory of the French
I aitne. * (,
f.y-,
j Englifh will nave v?ar : they fliall have
War ! R-f re that genius to whom the
i Alps lowered themselves, the ocean will
. become solid ! And even in tiie centre of
land, cur wanioie, under your direc- j
i tion, will find and fignalize a plain of
j']\laiengo.
Moniteur.
WASHINGTONCIT?.
Monday, peptbmbe<i s.
• C'rir.t'its and well wtfiVrs of I
Wafhthgtntij will be pleafed ti> learn
| that Mr. L'.iw, now iri England, is en- ;
j gaped with great prpfpect of fu« 'h > ">. in .
i railing money for completing the Clmal !
tted to Utiite the 1* toroic and ,
| Eaftcrn Branch.
j» In ■<■ le iter, dated May DO, lie f.ys
1"I em flaying to raii'e '(\O t ocn) rl
I for the Canal, which I am coi.fi lent 1
j fliall obtain —1 did not like to
fobfcriptioiv* upon my own infe diifit—
{ 1 am n ;W getting the fetitiment of d;(i:i- .
j terell. , and lbpporred thereby, i
j C3U eafify rajfe tbe money."
rii a uit-rfequetlletterhe ftat«stnat the
' profped of fuccefs brightens, and tb*t \
t a nun»be«*of monied men are fully im- j
1 pTtYed With the certainty of ample ie- j
I aaaieration for tbe inveititure of their I
; money. I
Congress: Representation of NoRTx
CA no LIN a corr.pl etc,
Nathaniel Macon, Willis Allton, ;
Thom?B Wyiins, William Blackh
Richard Stanford, James Hoi! .nd, Xi- i
tbaniel Al xander, ] ifeph Wit.Hon, j
| Marmadake Williams, William K'nne- \
j dy, James Gilielpi-,-—ll Republicans, i
San ue.l D. Pea-viance.— Federal.
Dr-. JOMNCONDIT has been ap
pointed lenitor of the United States, by ;
the Vn e-Preftdent of New-Jtafey, to
ly the vacant y6cca r ».ined hy theex
j piration of the time for which Aaron j
-i .vase!..
■ a London papei of the 16th July
the Frca h (Government are fiid to be in
fncbdritrels fart- ;iey, that t'aey have of-
IVred the houfe- of Hoip* Sif'o. at Ara- I
im, 12 per cent.'to advance t.he 85 ;
onsof liVres which the United S
have agreed to pay for Louifiana, ? but
it has b-en declined under 13, and tome
fay 15 per cent.
Ash War. —Cipt Ward, arri
at i', .it.,:', mentions fhat at ' ; :
r.umber o> p*i- ,
vatecs", which had been fo.- fometim'e
ready for I . ied Waiting to have
their. >ns enlarged fo as to beau- I
thor;- Sp; n.fh, as well as ,
Duti nch viffelo. Letters of -
It Snuialh vef.
fels were momently expecVd to be grant
ed ; as th -in! weald not con
fent to h-r irentr.itty, but bad dcmj
the equipment of her Beet, which
of coiafe, commet-rced. The Britifh bad
arrangement (or the blockade of I
rrolj and
em the Mediterranean j
! under X, ;
Seven thousand dollars plundered !
The fchoaner I.you, Cant Ancaule,
from i-l.can for Philadel
was i' Gape. Henry a few ■
ago by the B ache,
and Was plundered of 7,000 dollars in !
■ to Merchants iv Phi- |
ititt. Tire l|,erie was accompanied j
With the regular bills of lading, not- i
with Handing which, tbe Britilh Captain
feiaed the whole, as good p.-it.. 1 . We ;
dire call this a flagrant violation of the I
American flag—and if tbe money is not i
j reftoted, we fee no reafon wltj trier- j
j getic meafures (hould not bepurfuedby
'. to Compel a reftituTian* (
!At any rate, lhould the Britilh frigate |
j Andr..unach put into our ports, we hope j
| lac will be refuted all fupplies, and be '•
ifpmediUtcly ordered to dep •. t rive couu- '
try ; and it tbe Capt. and officers come I
oil f]\ore, we fhould advil'e the owners j
roftheftiden property to fecure their-i
is and lodge them lately in Jail, :
i Ci- common thieves.
Salem Register.
lugits! 3l«
Captaisi Chriflift, of the fela. Hector,
from Jamaica, informs us that the two j
Frencu 74 gun fliipa, from theCip©
bound to Fr.ima, have been captured by
the Bitifli and had arrived at Kingllon. j
He alfo flakes that he law a letter from |
. St. Ana's, juft before he tailed, which j
that a plot of the negroes in j
that Purilh, to raife on the whites, had j
been ditcovert'd: a i..umber of arms and '<
] a large ciuantity of ammunition was '
found concealed in their dwellings, and j
feveral of them ln>d been arrefied in con- I
lequencc. c
Philadelphia, September 2.
Laft: evening arrivedcaptsin Collet oi'
the flup Prgeui, (which he left at the La
ii l
tbe. S2d of July, but havi
; pers on boaid, we a.nil p
until tb-morro*W. Tbe capt tin in
forms that nothing new y ec
; curried, except the < ■•
chant flaps, and the organ
ing tke militia of the k •
reception of B i
For the Nati<
I
ON THE 1)1'. A Til OF
D /.>. D A R WI N.
PHEARP you that knell, which Irermuloufiv ,
.le ?
\ ydu f r when, tiis mefTenger of woe
otut its deep note? throughout thedaii
glade ?
t\b\ one, Wbofe l : fe r
Of eai'e and idlcntf* the uapiel prey,
nii'el at glory Mid iniaiorU) i'aae,
Auel vegetating *aa.'Vd the luhefs day.*
I
Darw n's no more ! *he tributary do
'1 o death once p-\id, flh foul has fjjed Wit
S| urrv'd the ..eufe ether, refth'tej the View,
Of heavenly regions and sternal light.
: Gladly hi- dawning penius'feiene- haii'ef,
..■".nd hade • .ilo'ophy h.s rabid engtre ;
Reluctant mture faw her fhriiie unvedd J
i And fcar'd hit knowledge, though fhe lov'd
I the fage.
To turn the pallid tyr.-nt." fate.l dart,
Otbe the pang of iijoiiii.injr vain.
To he.l rhe fomiwa of « bleeding heart,
; And lead Hygeia to her feat again.
; Such wr« hi* talk, inlidlbus to w«nrid,
His fha'ts in vain the grifly monarch ;\iia"d, 1
"THI one fad melancholy ino-.aeat lound.
\ liis rival long, hue now his victim ciahii'd. !
I
To'melt the liftaing fpsl t"b liim 'twns given, j
|'I he milfe*. favr ,ite, the friend of iveti -
) r .agerhe the partial boon ofheavefi, j
And wafe'd to melody, his courfe began.
! The gnomes and fylphs who with a poet's
h n(e the theme of his me llif nous lays, I
When v.i*h a matters land he lwe-.pt tW
lyre, -
i And gain'd Britannia's ever lading prai'fe.
On sifypinions foon lhall hafler here,
His lov'u remains ffVni ir.j.uy to lave,
i .. pitying *
. Anu deck wu.li li werj wreaths t.'veir j.eietf'
■ye.
! The for>.s of tbe |r>te Da&m- Guilen of
1 Edenburgb were diftinguilhed by very
extr; hi w.
j ever, hy the moft rxe.. r*tr ■ turns of mind,
and wbimf
we are not fare win ay not be
'the prefent Lord of .VIS; ma war, when,
a fundi 'a ,M. v, and at ,
the 1. fed, thr.t the
or could g iod of him. If
j the >' m, he wo
tiie Doctor ia return. Oaeil v
; fome very I
the Doctor refolved tb punifh. A frier'a
who war, pretent Ln'terpoied and
" Do D-Ctor forgive him this rim*
my faith , rver little fell
t, (re-echoed the boy archly) lam
indeed father a clever little fellow.'"
j v Aye, Aye, faid tlie Doftor, ri:>-a I'H
: fee if I cannot take away a tittle
I that clevernefs from you*-" So he ordered
j him up in a garret room to be coi
jon b-ead and wate-. By fome chaiire
| B cat was locked up in the room with
him, fo what does he do hut he •
the Iheets into ftrirrgs, makes a long Cord
of it, and having faftened tbe cat to the i
end ot it, ftood with tbe window open j
prepared for what might happen. At!
\ bis ufu?.l hour the Doctor returned from i
j viftung his patient?, got out of his fe- |
j dan chair, his bat according to cuftom •
i under his arm, and bis enormous white
; powdered wig, which would have rover- ,
ed a large, bee-hive. Young Guilen im- I
j mediately let down the cat, which cat: h
j ing hold of the Didtor's wig with his
j claws, held it faft. The D ftot great
|ly alarmed, looked up, and to bis infinite
, chagrin and amazement, beheld wig and .
I cat afcending intP the air, and hi* ton j
j looking cut laughing. Ah, yob rafcal, '
; exclaimed the Doctor, 's this your do- ;
! iug ? Ye?, roared out the arch youugfter, j
'■ (while tbe paffera by Itopued in I'rtiuriiV) j
J yes, father, you threatened to deprive me i
jof my eleVerncfs, t,nd I'll be hanged if '
: I have not deprived you of all yours.
SPANISH LVI KiIATURE.
The Spanifh capiuh) Madrid, docs j
not poffefs that literary tr-ade, noi
! ftrd thofe adi*?;nages for
j lication, nor prefeut ia eve,\ fariii
. civfcle, th
- .ition, or that eager eufipfHy l
m, Which diftinguiili L riaioii, Paris,)
J and Leipfie. Yet they arc a
j ru-iber of bcoki'eilers who a<A to a cer
| as publil im,
! port from time to lime a client
Ipublications from abraiu*.
;I" fome very valuable pi
I wit* 1 there are, perhaps, to be
paniftl dominions, men ol
fervid, and of learning -,<a profound, as
any other parts of Europe can l>o
The libtury of th- i tills
two long t'pai tments, wuii two eiufet* on
I
■ town, ia
tt.d 11
j lie f.
i C •■
--! tholic
ta
pro j
s on the
.
1 ' tl c eu-
The
■
: thefe, is a i
i ture.
", i.r.d A' ta." '•
vh.,t more than the othei
nrite the a arts'*
' Of a fimiP.r eh
' j >v n tl of Pill
j n-id tlv Li.'tary ir.mriei .■'
j the Commerci d Con
, Ittdi s, two in
week. a is to ct;
fte-w
iiiipiovement of ct ."•
the art.'-.
i rty hi
j Je-urn
idrid ami
twice a week. The. Mi"
j ry and Pol
j A Literary v
lis published twice a Week at Gerrim* i-\
! Cata'oai-. A Coint Cab
j Almanac,
! the beft annual publ
sr at Madrid'-. The pub
j for the advancement ol fcuotv I i
: --silt its Ma ;1, v
j ofecono'mj
patrh , 10rt l
• Mr. Her-geo, v \
trious G'-' ~s at
tyone focietfes iafl , the irrr
provemcut of the arts ,-!l ty ,
and the ar;"
works ol Liv ■
( d Writing!
; cal publications
whole, or ta part, into r.be 3,
•
C-ccro, h;
Spanifil t;*-f -Pstor.-. K'a win's Tn
em M -t. Statin i
of the em i na, attd 1
ot Fielding irdfon', :„•
fame honour.
I:rafe of j >hn Tarher an mfolv
mths:
•r the: ireda.Tr. ti bl .
exhibit
I•- be publii
101 l 1
HENRY ' \N,
[tee.
T e a. UR'
Sen'
; IS hereby given that the fob
■ Mber ivillatt,. : t/ owo : n
Mary's county 0,1 Tu-f.lay ths fourth Havoc
1 r n.xt, fir the pnrpofe of n
I '* py*
ti**\ enwrll late of faid colli
perfooa having claim* muft erhlbitt'
ly authentic wife they will not h«
ir propertioDilile pair
of fueh claims ,
■ ibMtiNl) R. GREENWEIX, udm,
Aueuft 5. ep . v
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H.ve juft received the i
N h. W 800 V
j THI? life of Lorenzo Do' MccHri,
te in
1 ountry, 7 vol.
■I a ; or T>;eaoa
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eh th* fvoi Hii
—theprice will beenhance*j
. -r cotem
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