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llation, and carried them ofT to the Alms houfe.
Perfons of a fuperior clafs entered into the fen
timents of the lower orders ; and it was re
folved by the corporation ofNew-York to give
Pearce a public funeral, for the fake of (till far
therr< ufing the indignation of the populace.
The mayor immediately tranfmitted an account
of the tranfadlion to the prefident, and at vari
ous meetings violent refolutions were adopted.
To crown all^a bill of ir.didtment for murder
was found by the grand jury againft captain
IVhitby by name.
The detention of feveral American vedels,
by the Britifii Ihips on that flatton, happening
at this rime, has increafed the difeontent.
This affair is of lb delicate a nature, and fo
much involves the character of a meritorious
officer, that we ought to he cautious of prejudg
ing it upon the materials before us. There can
be no doubt, however, that the fbots from the
Lcander were fired to make the Richard bring
to. There even appears evidence from Pearce's
Own depofition, that he did not mean to obey.
He favs, indeed, that after the two firft (hots he
ro:tt:eieJ to his ve/p-l, he neverthelefs made his
cfcape, and»t will turn out that he never meant
to come to, or made any (hew of intending it. j
Another queftion is, how far Britilh (hipsof
war could be entitled forcibly to bring to any
American vcffel, within a quarter of a mile of
her own (hore, but, perhaps, here alfo the ile
pofition of capt. Pearce ought to be received
with allowance.
The American papers comp’ain loudly, asif
the port ofNew-York were actually blockaded ;
a mifreprefentation owing, we fuppofe, to the
accidental prefence of the Leander and Cambri
an, bccaufe there cannot be the fmalleft right
claimed, or pretence urged for blockading that
port in any thing like a technical fenfr of the
word. A number of vcfl'els are faid to have
been ftopned and examined, and feveral detain
ed and fent to Halifax ; a proof that it is not
without reafon that fuch afts are committed ;
bccaufe no one can fuppofe that Biitifti officers
commanding (hips of war, would do fo with
out inftrudtions, and without good right, feeing
they muft know the refponlibility upon which
they adt, and the certain punifhment that would
overtake them if they compromifed the charac
ter of their country by wanton vexation# and
UlldUli.V' IICU rigglCllll’iiB. I, (.minul, ~.Z
ment, be fuppofed, therefore, tha,. any thing
which has been done, ha# taken piace without
due confideration, and the moft unqneftinnsble
title. The matter muft he invert ip.ated, and no
doubt the captains of the Britiffi (hip# of war
will then appear fii'ly juftified. The lateft 1< t
tere from New-York, mention that the Lcander
and Cambrian had quitted that coaft.
It is fortunate the above difagreeahle incident
did not occur durit g the fitting of rongrefs,
when it would have proved foufeful to the our
pofes of the violent partv. The popular effer
vefeence will foon fuhfide, and the affair being
coolly anil difpaflionately examined by the two
governments, will not he (offered to influence
the other objedts ot difcuflion between them.
I he proclamation or the Preudent of the u.
S. has been v.uioufly commented upon in the
American papers, according to the different
parties which they fiipport. One narfv in
veifiis agninft the Prefident for confining him
felf to a proclamation which cannot but be un
availing, and which reminds us of a ftorv of a
verv little man in the theatre, who finding hina
felf unfortunately placed directly behind a tall
grenadier whofe high and broad ftiouldrrs oh
ftru<5ted bis view, the little hero, after pettiflilv
requefting him to move out of bis way, at laft
threatened the erenadier, if he did not ftnnd ;l
little on one fida, he would cut off his queue.
The tall feftow only looked over his (boulder
conttmptuoufly on the little man and told him
he might if he could reach it.
The ferment which had been excited in New
York. and other town6, on the death of the A
mcrican feaman, was beyond any thing our rea
ders can conetive. Tt was fcarcelv exceed 'd
by the popular fury of Marat’s alTociates in Pa
ris, when the revolutionary frenzy was at its
beighth there. No Englifhman could appear in
the ftreets, but at the hazard of his life ; parties
paraded with the American colors hoifted over
tbofc of England. Meetmgs were held to ori
ginate refoltitions in which England was exe
crated, and their own government treated with
the grofleft contempt, for its tardinels in de
claring w lr agninft England. The walls were
covered with inflammatory hand bills, the wri
ters of which, with the newfpaper* attached to
the party, ftuck at nothing that could fan the
popular fury.
The unfortunate event produced a great fen
fation at Wafbington ; it was fnppofed that 5
frigates would be ordered immediately for N.
Y. and that everv veil'd that could carry a gun
would be got ready. Congrefs had adjourned
to December, but it was fnppofed that it would
be fummoned to meet again the middle of this
month.
June 10.—VVe have continued in this dny’3
Courier our extrafls from the American P ipers.
They are extremely in'terefting and will enable
our readers to form a tolerable accurate idea of
the ftate of the public mind in t* e U. S. The
cloftions are going on, and party fpirit runs ex
tremely high indeed. The death of Pierce,
the American feamen, has been made ufe of by
tlie federalifts, who are infinitely more intem
perate than the republicans, and who attempt,
by all pollible means to goad and irritate the
people againft this country. Unfortunately
will it lie for the American if the federalifts fuc
ceed »n driving the Government into a war with
O. Britain ; they would then indeed have rea
fon to romplain of the “ fpoliations on the
trade.” The American Jlng would J'oon be no
longer feen on any Jen.
ExtraSl o f a letter from a pentleman in London,
to his friend in Philadelphia, dated May 20,
1800.
“ A principal Inducement to my now writing,
is. to congratulate the friends of humanity, on
(he pairing of the hill through both houfes for
aholifliing fo much rtf the Have trade, as ref
pe<*tg the fupply of for*i;n poflVflions with
Haves. It was carded in the TIoufe of Com
mons by a large majority ; and our fears for its
ilTiie in theHmife of Lords, were happily re
moved by a divifion of upwards of .’0 againft
18, after an earneft debate on the loth infl.near
midnight ; and not with Hindi ny a ftrenuous op
pnfition, fupporteU by ftvcr.tl of tlie Royal
Dukes.
" In the other ra'd:, the Duke of fJloiiceHer
(the King’s Nephew) did bimfelf honour ; i
hope thisdecifion may he (afely .confidcred a* a
prelude to the more general abolition of the
wicked traffic, a= (non as it may be deemed pru
dent to revive the’.qurftion. I believr fucrefs
maybe relied on, if by any means the friends of
the mrafure in Parliament, ran be fatish'd of
the probability of the concurrence of the II
niterl Statesof America, at the period which
will permit their leg dative interference with
the fubjetf, as a conviction of that kind would
certainly confiderably inercafe the «majoritics in
bo'h branches of the Lcgiflature.
“ I know that Lord Grenville and Charles
Fox, (whefe conduct hai been equally inanly
and confident on the ohcafion) are anxious for
better information from America than has yet
been received : And I think the refnlt of the
further enquiries propofed by the Committee
in Philadelphia, feafonahly communicated to
our’s in Loudon, may eflcntially promote this
objedh
“ The refidence of your Amhaflador, James
Monroe in my neighborhood (s mile# diftant)
has introduced an acquaintance with him and
his family ; when we laft fpent the day toge
ther, about to davs ago, although I could not
properly alk for any information repeating his
pending negotiation with our minifters, I could
not collect any thing unfavorable to the hopes,
generally prevalent here, that an amicable ac
commodation will be effected : And 1 have the
fatisfadfion of knowing, that he believes, that
the abolition of the Slave Trade, by the United
States, will immediately fucceed the foederal
powers to legiflate on the fubjedt.
“ Thomas Clarkfon’s work, entitled “The
Portraiture of Qunkerifm,” is juft puhliflted ; it
is certainly a very interefting work, and thus
far, T have not heard any objections formidable
to the judgment or reputation of the writer,
who I believe has been fincerelv anxious to ex
hibit a true account of our religious Society, fo
far as it appeared to him.
“ The approbation which the Reports of
your Committees of Philadelphia and Balti
more, refpedting Indian Civilization, (lately re
publilhed here together) has met with from
Lord Teignmouth, Wilberforce, and others of
that defi.ription, has induced them to form a So
ciety here, in order to extend fimilar benefits to
the Aborigines, within the Britifb boundary in
the Canadas, obferving in their printed propo
fal,that “ an example has been fet by the So
ciety of Friends, called Quakers, in the United
States, which offers at once, the ftrongeft mo
tive, and furnifhes the pureft model for fuch an
undertaking.” The Rifhop of London, in par
ticular, has exprefled his high approbation of
it :
Ohfeure, as certainly are, the grounds where
on we can expedt a termination of exifting hof
tility in Europe, it is pleafant to ob’erve in fame
well informed men, a hope of that kind cherifh
ed.
With refpeCt to the policy of Prudia, the
erenen government nave lately puhntncd ionic
curious notes upon his Britannic maiefty’s de
claration with refpeCt to Hanover.—They date
“ that the court of Berlin declared pofitivelv,
in the fird indance, apaind M. Novofilzew’s
propofition, and rejected all participation in
plans formed ngaind France ; that count Haug
witz was fent to Brunn to mediate a peace ;
that he arrived there before the battle of Au
derlitz, and demanded, as a preliminary fiep to
all negociation, that a fufpenfion of arms fitould
be agreed upon. Bonaparte confented—the em
peror Alexander refnfed. Mefirs. Stadion and
Gnilay, who arrived at Brunn before the battle,
refnfed an armidice alfo. Thus Haugwitz’s
million was at an end. After the battle, what
was the duty of Prudia? To offer her mediation
in confluence of the treaty of Potfdam ? but
het mediation has been difovvned, and Audria
j had begun to negociate without her. Take
part againft France ! lhe had not entered into
fo fenfdefs an engagemeut. Under thefe cir
cumdances, her language was worthy of a great
; power.
“ Do you wifli, (lie faid to France, the de
ftruCtion of Audria ? if fo, the continent is {ha
ken. Will you place that power upon a folid
b ilis, and not exa<5t all that viidory permits vou
u» do ? if fo, the treaty of Potfdam is fulfilled.
The king of Pruffiadid more, the Fnglifh troops
had arrived in Hanover ; 80,000 French in Hol
land under prince Louis, were ready to march
againd them; not a man would have cfcaped,
ano 11 was io he feared ioai France wuuiu noi
refili the temptation of taking 15 or 16,000 En
glilh in a net. The king of Prudia granted
them his fpecia' protection ; entered into diffe
rent conventions with them to protect their de- !
parture ; defired them io re-embark, and they
did re-embark.”
Thenotes proceed to “ aflc for the produc
tion of the co ivendi >n of Potfdam.” It will |
there he feen that Prudia always refnfed with!
difdain fuhfidies from England.
Bv occupying the electorate, “ Prudia,” it is
added, “ enluresthe tranquility of her frontiers
and the repofe of her people, and does what he
| comes a good prince. Whereas, inftead of be
ginning by regular and prudent proceedings,
and demanding explanations, England, upon a
verbal note, and animated by that piratical fpi
rit which never quits her, begins by a deelara
tion of war, anil does to Prudia what (lie did to
Holland, Spain and France. Vcflels are to he
| taken ; a flourifh'ng commerce to he pillaged ;
every thing muft: yield to fuch confederations;
it is by war they muft begin.”
The celebrated colonel Srbrt/Hani is the am
bafiador ot France at Conftantinople.
[ Aurora.
CONSTANTINOPLE, April l.
On the JOthoflaft month Ifmael Bey with a
body of to or 12,000 men advanced to Rodof
to, and demanded under pain of death, all the
fire arms belonging to the Greek and Armenian
inhabitants ; it was expected that a fimilar or
der would be expedited to all the towns of Uo
me'ia.
The famous Brigand chief Kadri Aga, lately
pardoned by the Porte, and whom it had ele
vated to the rank of Argan de Burges, has not
only infolently refufed to appear before Ifmael
Bey "it Rodoflo, but has commenced prepara
tions at Burgas for a vigorous defence in cafe of
an attack.
In confequence of tlie laft fuccefsful move
ments made by the Servians, the Porte fent on
the25d March by the Btkir Bey, Kapigdi Baf
chi, Argan of Morea, an order to the Bey of
Romelia, Ibrahim Pacha ofScutaria to adiirre
immediately the command in chief of the grand
camp in the plains of Sophia. Aliy Eflcridi
formerly envoy to Paris, and the prefent minif
ter of marine, has been appointed intendant ge
neral of the provilions of this army, with an
order to repair forthwith to his pod. The
Porte has made very ferious representations to
Mr. Ifalirdki on the fubjefl of the levying re
cruits by the Ruffians (ocr upying Corfu) in the
feven United Ifl^s and in the neighbouring Eu
ropean provinces.
The army dedined to nppofe the infurgents is
at length compleated. Tufuf Pacha, formerly
grand vifier, would immediately review the dif
ferent corps who compofc it. The campaign
will then he opened. Vad quantities of provi
fton, artillery and ammunition are eollcfling.
The grand vifier intends training the Ottoman
troops, agreeably to the plan of European tac
tics. French officers are expefled to put the
finifhing hand to this erear work, which will af
fimilate the Tnrkilb military to the troops of
other European nations.
Mtihib FfTcndi, lately appointed ambaflador
from the fid lime porte to the emperor of
France and king of Italy, is preparing for his
departure for Paris. He carries with him very
rich prefents fur the emperor and emprefs.
They con fill principally of rare pearls and dia
monds, rich pelifles and Ar.-iK5.in horfesof the
(treated beauty.-—This million and the military
preparations making have given rife to all kinds
of conjectures. The poite has however de
clared on this fubjelt that it had no intention to
go to war, but on the contrary was firmly re
folvcd to perfevere in its neutrality.
April 9.
The French agent Rnmieux, who was fent
from hence about the. end of lad dimmer, we
now learn, had a million to Patali Scham, the
King of Perfia : but upon his return he had the
misfortune to he attacked and murdered not far
from the Turkilh frontier. The perpetrators
are unknown.
M. JAUBERT.
Constantinoplf, Aoril 15.—M. Jauhert,
Secretary and Interpreter to his Majedv the
Emperor of the French, well known Kerefrotn
thefevera! millions in which he has been em
ployed to the Sultan, had been fent by his So
vereign to the king of Perfia. We had heard
nothing of him for upwards of a year ; and no
doubt was any longer entertained of his death :
at length, however, we have been informed of
his fttuation. His letter to M. Ruffin, the
French Charge d’Affairs, will convey fome idea
t)t the fufferings of this intereliing young man.
When the Sublime Porte was informed of his
million to Perfia, thev gave him a firman to
protell his pillage. He arrived at the Court of
the Perfian Schah. who had difpatched a con
fiderable efcort to meet hitn.
Letters from M. Jauhert to M. Ruffin.
" From tlie Camp of the Vizrr Jufuf, 60 leagues
fouth-weft of Frtz Rr.nm, March 14, 1806.
“ Sir—Divine Providence, that watches over
the dedinies of Franre, has permitted me fo
furvivethe event which I have the honour to
relate, and for the publication of which I am
rather anxious. At the fame time I reqneftyou
will tranfmit it to his Majedy’s government.
“ I left F.rtz Rouni on the night of July l,
and continued my journey to the north-ead of
that place, without meeting with anv danger,
bur from two corps of Kurdifh cavalry, from
whom I efcaped bv the fwiftnefs of my horfes,
and the obfeurity of the night. The Ruffians
being in the neighbourhood, have occnfioncd
thefe hordes to over-run the whole country
touthot ttie Araxus. I tra vert'd this nver on |
the -4th, and on the following day I arrived at j
the principal fourceof the Euphrates, .about 54 I
leagues from F.rt7 Room.
“ On the evening of the 5th, I was obliged ,
to dop at Arzab, an Armenian village, two '
leagues from Baja/.cd, a city where Mahmoud !
Pacha re!ide3. This governor, hearing of me
at the village, exnrefied his wilh to fee me, and '
fent fome horfemcn with orders to conduit me
to his relidence: Mahmoud Pacha is about
S2 years of age, and is famous in this country
tor his tyranny, his vexatious fpirit, and his
riches. He received me with great coolnefs in
his fird interview, and, having feparated me
from my people, qweftioned them concerning
me ; and while he affelted a great deal of po
litencfs on my account, he altually, as I was af
terward* informed, put my guide to the torture,
from whom, having extorted i’ome equivocal
acknowledgements, he afterwards had the man
frcretly alTaffinated. At the fame time he form
ed the hife projelt of robbing me, as much to
Ihtisfy his avarice, as to make himfclf agreeable
to the Ruffians.
“ You may go,” faid he to me, “ to Erwan,
which i3 but five leagues from hence, but fail
not upon your return to pafs through my pro
vince.
1 lhail entrutt you with fome hufinefs at
Conftsntinoplr, and with Jufuf Pacha : you
fhall he efcorted by my moft faithful fervants.
When they arrive upon the frontier, they will
ticuvcr io you a imiijjuii* i uiii vvili ic
join you this evening.”
“ I fufpeded his treachery, but it was not in
my power to avoid it. I left Bajazed with a
confiderable effort, and under the protedion of
a Vizier of the fublime port : I had a right,
therefore, to confider myfelf in full fecurity ;
but you will perceive how my confidence was
rewarded.
“ There is a ftream at the foot of Mount
Ararat, that runs into the Cafpian fea ; this
ftream is a boundary between the territory of
the Sublime Porte and that of Perfia. I parted
it, and finding myfelf upon the Perfian territo
ry, my guides invited me to alight from mv
liorfe ; but, while I was thanking Ileiven for
having reached the Perfian territory, at fuch a
diftanre from my own country, I was furround
ed, ciifarmed, and thrown with my face to the
ground. At this moment, ITeavtn is my wit
nefs, no unworthy thought once entered my
mind :—my laft wilhes were for the profnerity
of my fovereigns arms. I did not forget that I
carried the Imperial Eagle, around which is en
graved thefe words—Honour our country ; the
firft my only guide, and the latter the objed of
all my aftedions.
“ Thus furprifed and arrefled upon the Per
fian territory, I was dragged away by thofe per
form whofe dutv it was to defend me from my
enemies. In this fituation I was left till the
evening, night coming on, I was conduced
over frightful precipices, quite out of the bea
ten road ; and, after a march of three hours,
f arrived at a lonely houfe at fome diftance from
Bajazed, where the Pacha, in difguife, waited
my arrival. I complained bitterly of this want
of good faith, and my firmnefr on this occalion
faved my life, as well as the lives of thofe who
accompanied me. This traitor fearing the con
fequeners of his attempt, faid, with fome em
barrallment, that he fliould write to Conftanti
nople. He then caofed me to be ftripped nak
ed, and I was dragged to the caftle, where there
is a fnbterr ineous dungeon, an invention worthy
of fuch a wretch.
“ About midnight, I wa9 obliged to delcend
into this cavern by a rope, the Pacha giving or
ders to the Commandant of the Caftle to keep
me upon a fmall quantity of bread and water ;
to keep my confinement a profound fecret ;
and not to allow me to have any light, for fear
people fhould fufpeft the fa ft of fome perfon
being imprifoned there.
“ f languifticd in this fituation, and in the
mean while the plague raged in the city. The
heat of the weather was intolerable: I was
without clothes, and without hopes of life;
ftill f was in pretty good health, a9 were alfo
the three perfons who belonged to me. About
the firft of Vendemaire, of the year 14, thePa
cha was affefted with the plague, and in one of
the intervals of his malady, he gave orders to
have me afTafTitiated ; this the commandant of
the Caftle reftifed to execute ; and this was not
the only fervicedonc me by this venerable Muf
felman during the eight months I was in con
finement. To him 1 owe my life and liberty.
** The Pacha died ; the city was then divid
od into parties, refpefting the choice of a fuc
celTor. Achmet Bey, his fon, at length carried
the caufe. To me he feemed more dangerous
than his father. One of my horfes happened
to be recognized, and he ordered it to be killed,
lie alfo removed my friend, the Commandant
| of the Caftle, and feemed inclined to deprive me
I of the wretched exiftence which his father had
fpared, juft at the time when he was feized by
I the plague, and, like his father earned ofT. I.
I
Vienna, May lo.—A part of the French
trnons, to whom a paffige has been granted in
to Dalmatia, are already on their way. Six
teen thnnfand head of oxen have hern purchaf
ed in Hungary for the French army in Dalma
tia.
Weser, May j 3.—We are allured, that
I Auftrian Iftria will not hr incorporated with the
Kingdom of Italy; Bavaria wilMofe a part of
its territory, which it is pronofed to ereft into
a fovereign principality for Marfhal Bernadorte,
Iher-in-law of Prince Jofeph, now King
Berlin, May 17.—The Ruffian Baron Kru
denor has arrived here from Drefden ; he is to
remain here during the ahfence of Baron Alo- |
, pens, and to execute the function* of the Rufli
' an Envoy.
1 The garrifon of Charlottenburg is gone into
1 f'arnp. Hi" Mijefty will exercife them in feve
: ral new manoeuvres. Gen. Kalkreuth is in *
date of convalrfcence.
The garrifon of this city has this moment re
ccved orders to hold itfelf in readinefs to march
at an hour s notice ; its field pieces arc already
colleifted.
Griefswald, May 17.—Yefterdav,his Swe*
diffi Majefty was pleafed to difpatch his 1 ft*
Adjutant, M dor Chapman, with a flag of truce
to Berlin, and a letter to his Pruffian Maiclty.
Pruffia has excepted the ports of Emhden
and Lu heck from thofe that’arc fluit again ft
the Englifh, and free entrance and departure is
to be permitted at thefe two ports to all Englifh
veflels.
Naples, May 19.—The following decrees
were ported up to-day ;
Jofeph Napoleon King of Niples and Sicily,
have decreed and do decree what follows :
Art. 1. Are appointed Counfellors of ftate,
the Prince of Bifagnano, our Minifter of Finan
ces ; the Duke di Campo-Chiero, our Minifter
of theTreafury ; the Prince of Carofa, Member
of the Confervative Tribunal of the Nobility ;
Mr. Cinns-T.atrc. Arrhhifhor, of Timihim •
the Duke ofCaffano, our Minifter of Ecclefiaf
tical Affairs ; Mr. Michel Angelo Cianciulli, our
Minifter of Juftice ; the Chevalier Nicolas Co
dronchi ; General Mathieu Demas, our Minif
ter of War ; Mr. Paul Ferri Pifani, our Cabinet
Secretary ; Mr. Dominique Martucci, Prefident
of the Tribunal of Commerce; Mr. Andre
Francois Mint, our Minifter of the Interior ;
Baron Antoine Nolli; Nicolas C.arignan, Duke ;
of Nivoii, Member of the Senate ; Mr. Jofeph
Garifi ; the Commander Pignatelli, our Minif
ter of the Marine; Count Gerard of Palicaftro ;
the Advocate Francois Ricciardi ; Chriftophe
Salicetti, our Minifter of General Pwlice ; the
Prince Dentice ;
II. The Profelfor Tito Manzi is appointed
Secretary General of the Council of St ate.
Ilf. The Advocate Jofeph Gelanti is appoint
ed librarian of the Council of State.
Signed, Joseph Napoleon.
Jofeph Napoleon, King of Naples and Sici
ly. have decreed and do decree what follows ;
Art. I. The duke of Saint Theodore is ap
pointed Orand-Mafter of the Ceremonies.
II. Are appointed our Chamberlains ; the
Prince d’Angri ; fhe Prince of Calabreto ; the
Duke C mzano ; the Prince of Caramanico ; the
Prince of Gerace ; the Duke of Malvizzi ; the
Duke of Manteleone ; the Prince of Monte
Mileto ; the Duke ofNaja CarafTa ; the Prince
I Pignatelli; the Duke of Riario Sforza ; and
Count de la Rocca.
Signed, Joseph Napoleon.
Leghorn, May 14.—An event has fuft hap
pened here which may be attended with ferious
confequences, for the neutrality of our port
the fecurity of our commerce. A fmall veftcl
which had failed from Corfica, having been cap
tured byan Englifh frigate, the crew, confining
of nine men, were put on board a boat and fent
afhore. On their way, the nine prifoners re
volted. A fmart fight between them and their
conduftor*, terminated in the death of one of
the Englifhmvn ; the others were made prifon
ers and brought hither by the crew of the Cor
fica n veflel. To-day a fccond boat, difpatched
by the frigate, entered our port as a flag of truce,
and claimed the former boat with the men on
hoard her. We are ignorant of the sITiie which
this affair will have ; it, however, excites no left
uneafinefs than curiofity.
Boston, July 21.
Prom England.—The Blip George Wathing
ton, capt. Daniels, has arrived at Salem, from
Falmouth, (Eng.) he left that place on the I Ith
June, (the fame day the Packet which has arriv
ed at New-York failed) and Bates, that all Pruf
fian fubjefls, then in England, were imprifon
ed ; that bread, of every kind, was becoming
fcarce and dear; that a BoBon veffirl, with
flour, which had been detained, was clcartd,
and the cargo fold at 16 dolls, per barrel. Capt.
D. alfo informs, that a great many American
velTels were carried in ; but mod of them clear
ed immediately. Nothing had tranfpired ref
pelting the negociation going on between the
BritiBi government and Mr. Munroe.
A letter from Walliington, received at Balti
more, dated the 19th infl. fays: “ Bonaparte
ha* partitioned Switzerland into 3 parts. The
Pope has retired to a convent ; his temporal
powers have devolved on Bonaparte ; his fpiri
hrahim T> *y fti'l furvived, and feem-d more fa
vonrahly inclined tlnn his predecefTors ; (till he
filtered me to remain a captive : he did nothing
more than order mv pi ice of confinement to he
lifted, after the expiration of 3 ! days. During
this interval, I fmmd an oppnrt •••*:ty of writing
a few lines, and fending tb-m itdo Perfia, I
have lince received two anfwers, copies of which
1 have Thclofed, and <e»t to my Government.
“ The Vizier Jufuf Hcv having heen informed
of my hiftorv, gave order? for me to attend him.
A prrfian o‘F( e*- arrived at the fame time from
Taurus, to ci aim mein the name of his Snver
J cign. The R.-v can fed me to hecondutfed here,
and I cannot fufficiently pr.iife the reception T
have met with. It is (till my intention to deli
ver the letter (merely a friendly one) of which
I am the .hearer, to the King of Perfia. The
Sublime Porte will fed, I prefume, that it can
not confiftentlv deny me a pafTagc. It Is the
intereft mfthe Porte, and, above a!!, it is that of
jufticc, not to abufe its power on mv account,
or to take an advantage of my weaknefs. I
fpeak ir. the name of a Sovereign whofe name is
reveled through the univerfe. Tf the Sublime
Porte wi flies to pref, rve his friendfhip, let it
give him this proof of its own amitv. I requeft
vou will fend a copy of this to the Minifhr for
Foreign Affair?, to whom I have not written,
having almoft forgotten mv native language;
excufe, therefore, the ftyle of this letter. Tell
him that he may adore the Emperor, I will not
return without fulfilling my million. Eight
months, pitted without my feeing the light of
the fun, have not abated mv zeal. I lhall not
fee Paris till I return from Ifpahau with the an
i'wer of the Perfion Schah.
“ P. Amadez Jaubert.”
Mai on a divine whofr title I do not recoiled
(Cardinal I«rfch.) 1 hings looked well at Paris,
on the 1 ft of June.” (The above letter we have
the beft reafon to deem correct. The divifiou
of Switzerland is between Bun iparte. Raden &
Wirtemburg.) A lit. Ihil. Gaz.
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CHARLESTON, July 15.
By a gentleman who arrived on Sunday !aft
from Cayenne, we are informed, that Jerome
j Bonaparte, who fails under the orders of a
j hrench admiral, was originally hound to the
G°od*Hope, probably on his way to
the Eaft-Indies ; but fpeaking a tranfport car
rying fome of the Dutch troops to Europe, he
learned the fate of that colony, and of one of
his frigates ; which had entered it, not knowing
of its capture. He then intended to have pro
ceeded to 67. Helena, but after cruizing about
for eight days they could not hit the ifland.
Heal S P;?b,b,y.ha1d *un^» °r the great nau
t« U*! ,°:1? tr,ed experience in navigati
ir °m! princ*e> bld certainly found
fintThCfV ,U,'V0Vrr '*» that they coni rl not
felve. Lod th<T tol<l this circumftance them
lelve« at C-» venue.
There were great rejoicings in that colony on
the arrival of a prince of the blood royal of
Frine^. The inhabitants had fuffered fo much
under the defeftahlr tyranny of Victor
Hughes, that rv.ey immediately applied to the
prince for fome amelioration in their fimatioh •
but a as; lie went offwit bout doing any tiring,
and the old governor, irritated at their ii.rolm-,
exercife I more coertio i than before, banilliing
lome to uninh ibited and defo ate parts of the
continent.
Jerome Bosaparte declared it to be his
intention, as tic had been p evented in the Eaft
Indies to ftrike fome blow, before he returned
to France, that fliould immortalize his name.
J hen favs he, when the Emperor rtiall applaud
my conduct and fay, “ Jerome, what Hnl! I
P-veym. to reward you for your bravery ?” I
thaU anfwer, “Jire, give me my file i, i!<e
greateft gift you can beftow upon me, and if
you give inehrr, you will make me happy.”—
n;n lfhe wil,not g've me mv wife, but
... Pcrlift in refilling to acknowledge her. I
never think more of Teaving her. J
Ifthrfe he really his intentions, they do him
honor ; they prove him to polTefs a heart ca
pable of feelmg as a man ; they prove him to he
convinced that the affettions of an amiable and
virtuous wife, are of higher value than the gew
gaws and tinfel of ufurped nobility. The fami
ly of his wife are among the moft refpeftable
in the country in which they live, and ftiould
the mock-emperor fend his brother Jerome a
dnft in the world, without a livre to buy him
fhoes, the relations of his wife can render him
independent,and her virtues will make him hap
py. F
1 he French privateer fehooner I,a Determiner
captain Laniarte, of 20 guns and 280 men, failed
from Cayenne the fame day with capt. Taylor. [This
is the privateer which captured the Britifh brig FannV
ofx this port, fome time fmce.] ' *
On I hurfday laft in the Oulph Stream, captain
Taylor was boarded by the Spanilh privateer Bueno
Onion—(he had captured the fch'r Commerce, from
Havanna bound to N. Y. and fent her into St. Auguf
tme, under pretence of fmiiggling. fhe having more
fugar on board than had been cleared at the Cvftom
Houre, hefides feveral boxes of fegars.
7b*- Britifh fhip I.ord Nelfon, explain Martin, of
Liverpool, with 320 flaves, was captured on the
20th of April laft, by the Spanilh privateer El Prin
cipe de la Pan, formerly the Chefapeake Hoop of
war, and fent into Cayenne.
Accounts from St. Bartholomews as late as the
20th of [une flare, that an attack from rb» Fv-p-h
was momently expeiSlcd at that ifiand.
NAVAL ENGAGEMENT EXPECTED.
Ex/raS of a letter from a Gentleman at St.
Thomas, to bis friend in this city, dated Yu/r
6, 1806. J J
There are parting, at prefent, fix fail of French
line of battle fhips, and two frigates, fleering N
y* They were feen by the fchr. Margate!,
Pmge of Philadelphia, which was boarded by a
Britifh frigate laft evening.
P. S. rile Dritifh fird are now in fight, and
in cbace of the French.
NORFOLK-, July 2S.
We have been favoured with the following
copy of an extraft of a letter from Admiral
Cochrane, dated July 12th, on bond of Ids Rri
tanmc Majefty’s rtiin Northumberland, off Tor
tola, to Col. Hamilton, Britifh Conful at Nor
folk, received by the brig St. Brides, captain
Smith, arrived at this port on Saturday.
“ F have juft a moment to tell you, that we
followed the French fleet to the Weft end of
the 7 ortola pairage, they going off before the
wind. Their force is 2 eighty-fours, and 4 fe
venty-fours, my force 3 feventy-fours and 1
(ixty-four. Had they kept their courfe, ( meant
to have paid them a vifit after dark, but they
made fail to the northward, and I fivv three
more fhips join them. J then returned to Tor
tola, which ifiand, with the convoy, was to have
been deftroyed the day I appeared. 1 hope to
hr reinforced, and yet to fee them to good pur
port?.
SDomrftic Jmclltgnicc.
CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
NEIV-TORK DISTRICT.
UNITED STATES vs. Wm. S. IlMITH.
NINTH DAT.
The Court met at 10 o’clock, purfuant to
adjournment’.
Prefcm Judge Talmad®f..
The jury and witnetfes being called over, the
following witncfies were fworn and examined,
vir..
Henry Mack, Godfrey Crombeck, Thomas
Ere, James Owen, Richard Platt, jun. and Mr.
Gelflon was farther examined. The diftrift at
torney here clofed the examination of witnedes
on the part of the profecution.
There being no witnefies to examine on the
part of the defendant, the defence was opened
by Mr. Coiden, who was followed by MefTrs.
Hoffman and Emmet on the fame fide. It was
paft five o’clock when the Court adjourned until
lo o’clock this morning.
TPNTH DAT.
The Court met at 10 o’clock, purfuant to ad
journment.
Prefent Judge Taimador.
Mr. Harrifon addreffed the jury for about two
hours, which clofrd the defence.
The attorney general rofc about 12 o’cloek, in
behalf of the profecution, he was followed by
Mr. Edwards on the fame fide.
Judge I almadpe then fummed up the evi
dence; the jury retired near Her o’clock, and
returned about half part 7, witn a verdict of
NOT GUILTY.