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RICH M O N D
FRIDAY, JULY 1, isos.
L is alnmst impossible (lint aify hian
whose mind is capable of considering our
foreign relations, to refuse his approbation
of the Embargo, unless he is the dupe of
party calculations, or animated with a spi
rit of opposition wliir.’i would revel iti dis
union, and gladly offer the horrors of civil
commotion as incense «t the shrine of de
parted federalism. This class of citizens
have always affected to support their op
position, by pretending that their object
was the s.*n>e, thr.t public happiness was
the cynosure of their wishes, to the attain
ment of which every thing should be sub
servient. The school ot *98, however, was
too impicssive in its lectures to sufTcr hy
po':- y. to pass for sentiment, professions
for truth, and British politics f r patriot
ism. Upon tn* occasion where plausible
com plaints nr “air drawn*' dangers could
he conceived has federalism been mute or
inactive. Their bud minded, hopes were
even cherished with delight at the idea of
disorder in the admin;srraiion; in one mo.
moment they breath’d denunciation against
their opponents, particularly those engaged
in the Government, and in the next they
were re. Jy to deify the same individuals
in the farm of a Minority. These ear
marks can never be mistaken.
The same relentless temper of hateful
opposition, we recognize in their declam i
t < ii against the embargo, and their anx
i ms sol c’itude to excite distrust and exa
f :rate the picture of distress For a long
time they were allowed to possess the me
rit of consistency in adhering firmly to their
* "'ii party and their own principles, but e
ven this last virtue has fallen into the vor
* 1-.1M VM cl .u v HJlrtJl on
p >r,;;:cn. From n- n of this description,
lellow citizens, you will set down v'neir cen
sure of public measures, to the account of
private ha red, and we hope that you will
never be diluTdby false d imers and tory
exertions. Are vre not justified in these
remarks when wa recollect that th y have
said that the embargo wis dictated by the
wishes and fears of Bonaparte ? When we
hear them attempting to gloss over the sys- i
tem of treachery,false-Iritndship and un
der, which has been pursued by th dtran
g d m nistryof Great Britain—-when they
affect to deny that there is a war party in
that country determined to annoy and op.. 1
press ns—“ who,” even in the language of
Lord Holland, “speculate upon the hope of
destroying the American Government,” 1
la vain are ; ou told in the face of these
facts, that your commerce is w mtcnly i
strangled, and your cr« ps doom’d to peri-h !
on your hands, merely to indulge Briti-h j
animosity an I French predilection. Let
nie .tsk, fellow citizens, what would have
lucerne of our commerce and produce, if j
the embargo had not- been laid? Accord- i
ing to the most faithful and accurate cal- ,
dilations upon this subject, America has !
lost by British captures, more than eight \
millions o* dollars. Thus we should have
supplied our enemies, without having fur- !
nisiteil ourselve®, and instead of sixty se- j
vrn vessels being los’, the numlier would
hove been ten-fold. This receives con fir- i
motion trom a laic speech rf the Earl of
Lauderdale, who, in speaking of the cm- j
bargo, observes, “that lie could not consi- j
der tbi t measure in any other light, hut as
a wise one of Amorim. If she had not
d» i t i . th : Oi d irs of Council would
have carried all her ships engaged in fo
r.-’pn trade, into the ports of tlrscountry ;
if they were only carried in and detained, j
it ..*ou!d bring on negociation, and if it fail- [
ed, wir would be tiie consequence—Aim ;
\v!,at would follow ? the whole of their ship- j
pit’ff would lie sent into the prize court and '
condemned ” After pursuing a system of !
temperance and moderation, which was
calculated to ensure peace and. friendly ac .
coiniiioda’ion, but which has been treated
\"vith contempt, is it rot time for us to be
lieve, ti;at s!.e intends to play the same
part which she h:-s acted towards other
nations! Great Britain has sufficiently c
vii.ced her singuiu.iry temper, her Car
thagenian f.»ith, and her enmity to ncu- ,
tra's.
It wr-tild seem indeed, that she had de
fitl (tower crtlJorgrt righIn order to
command “the sw iy of every salt flood. !
an 1 e:sch ebbing stream.” In va n has
France propped pence, it has til way sheen
avoided up* n the pretext of consulting her
allies, when at the same time, she has se
cretly ti ■ouaded them. Thj fashionable
opinion has been that Bonaparte was averse
to pacification, but that opinion is refitted
by die fac , that he propped to ti ake the
, trea’y of Amiens, and other important con
cessions, the ground-work of pence: This
treaty h id indeed progressed so far as to
rt .cive the as.oo: of both parties, and
would have been cor firmed by her ally the
Km per or of Russia, but for secret opposi
tion. This belief acquires additional vi.
gar, wh'mi we recollect that in the treaty
of Tilsit, the Emperor of Russia, evinces
exety disposition for peace, In an article
which he incorporated to t flier bis media
tion for that pur pose. It is not to be sup
posed, that the Emperor of Russia when
he Was about to conclude a treaty with Bo
naparte, and to be considered as an enemy
by G Britain, that he should feel at much
anxi iy fi r peace, as when an ally of G.
Rr.tain, and when there M as every induce
ment for him to ratify the treaty. The
supposition th.’n is far from being wild and
untenable, that the treaty which was sent
. ‘ to IVersbu g would have received the con
firmation .,f Russia, but for the intrigue,
and sinister advice of the xvar party in
Beif-tift. If this were the case, how justly
did the (•< (I of Battle, preside at Auster
litz and Kricdland. But it appears that
none of these disasters, c:*n bege; a little
of the “ m'lk of human kindness*’ in the
c iSinet of Britain Their subset; tent and
unparalleled attack upon Denmark, proved
inor'j ’han a mere disregard*and contempt
for ney ral powers. Notwithstanding the
h ss of her allies Russia. Prussia, Austria,
f:~r»v r,v, H >“and, Turkey, Denmark and
tsarditUM, and many other incentives to
pescr, she sliV appear* anxious \o spread
the hov.c and de flation of war. With a
ntdion of tliis IjlcraUtliirsty and Jesuitical
character, which sacrl?lcea every prin'ri..
pie of virtue and honor to the attainment
of her schemes, it is imperiously our duty
to act with the most unremitting caution
and unbending energy.
It this cursory sketch, oT that “ precious
stone set in the stiver sea,” shall appear
unpolished in the eves of British adhe
rents, if these remarks shall be ascribed to
to > much British hatred, or as the feder
alists say, to French idolatory, they do ns
injustice, and we refer them to the debates
or Parliament, which teem with invective
against the ministry and their measures,
and to the tumult w*i*ch they have excited
in their '•Ti kingdom. Is it not astonish*
ing to every American in heart ar.d stini
meat, that whilst the best orators and the
ablest pens of Britain, are exerting their
influence to produce a reform, that we
should meet wjtit men in our own country,
acr.ursing the Embargo and traducing the
administration. Wc believe that the great
body of vise people, in whose bosoms the
stream of patriotism is pure and unruffled,
will never become the dupes of enterpri
sing parciz ms and fiothy decl .inx rs : wc
trust that the n- xt presidential election,
which involves in its issue the happiness of
our country, will prove ‘heir attachment
to the present administration and it~ men.
sures Already some of the northern ,prin‘.3
appear to urge a disaffection to the Em
bargo, as a paramount claim to a northern
president They are however involved in
a dilemma, from which it will be difficult
o extricate themsi Ives, in const que.nce of
Ihe silence of their candid tc, or rather,
his oracular response, wli ■ 1 admits of a
variety cf constructions. His opinion h .*>
never beeii expressed upon tins measure,
according to Ins champo- ivlr. Cl.ectliavn,
in any o her than this cquivoc il way, that
be w »s not a friend to a rmunent c;.:
b ai go.
Are v/c to understand from this, that if
fl. Britain should remain obstinate, and
will not accede to a lr endiv and honora.
ble adjustment, that the Embargo sh uld
be witndrawh? That it was merely inten
ded as a trick in terrorevi, to trv herlirm
ness ? If this is the energy npd d p lom t_
tic skill, which entitle Mr. Clinton to the
Presidency—Go.l heip us.—
Tf the Embargo was right and politic ah
initio, and the same causes and circum
stances winch enacted t, sh .11 com: :e to
e". st. Mr Clinton w. ubl give \v. y to Bri
tish .ns dcnce a:. I injustice, because he is
not a friend to a fier/nanent embargo.
This styic of equivoque, was, no doubt,
calculated fo gratify the wishes of all par
ties, for whilst he avoids incurring the cen
sure of those opp isnd to the Embargo, he
is anxious to conciliate the aff.ctior.s of
those in its favot. The old gentle n n will
not get cat of his difficulty, with as much
grace as tin- celebrated critic Varro, who,
when Pcmpey wan c«l to <nscr.br his being
Consul t. r the third ime, on his temple,
Wts at a 1 oss whether it should he Co-mil
tcriium or Consul tertio—M Rome difT- r .
ed—and Varro w..s commanded to decide,
who 'v oted to pi?:,-? evety b >uv, which
he very mgcoiouilv did by proposing Con
sul tert : We wish no kiddles and enig
mas for the people, Mr. Chcetl tin, hut a
plain, hones , unambiguous cour-e, like
that of the present alniinGtr ition. Your
vociferations are lost, and your calumny a,
b inst Mad son despised To him that
dares arm his profane tongue with c >n
temptuous words against the sun clad pow
er ot chastity, fain would 1 something say,
but to what en 1 ?”
A piece appeared in the last Wdch
Tower, signed jJlgemon Sydney, brentUmg
idolatrous incense in favor of Cbnton, suit!
terming with the most unmeasuied abuse
against M.adison. ft wondbc impolitic, in
the language of Junius, to call this author
traitor, lyar cr tory. but with sill im *gim:„
ble politeness we wi 1 prove it. And what
proof can be less offensive and move con
das've to < very h nest min 1, ih n the words
from his own month, '•■that AJadtson in the
mere organ or mouth-piece f ./, fj'evaon—
that the d'fihinatir papers bearing the sig
nature -.f J.r.nen A lad: non, are an true ft,
nay more, the f: duct ion of Mr. da /-en —
that he vine* them ax the diciuti n <-/’ Mr
d and in rely c-f /xd hi/ his r lef cl*rk.
•/am''.7 • i(iuuir>Tiy t.uT'j r.t <y second or third
rote talents
I Were is a degree of ingenuity, and even
modesty required :n calumny, to rend* r it
successful, and without these, it i< ra own
hi s; ant dote. It wl! prove like tit • jiurutn
fuinirawis and will atnuzs fools with the re
port, hut to common sense it will h- a sub
j.-ct of laughter. You are the first pvrso*-,
we believe, Mr Sydney, w ho h.is so faesuf
:Vrrd the spirit of a party to » veremte the
i’ist-ce of n man. Partiality ;u»y j.ttarh
von to MClinton, hut prithee do not suf
fer enmity to hurry you into such w;ld
ext.aragancies Ti", according to your in
tellectti.il thermometer, Mr, M..dison is of
hut second or th*rd degree, hmv stands the
mefrurv in regard to Mr. Clinton? We
• re willing to allow him, and it would ho
ungrateful tint todoso.all the honors which
the revolutionary field c .n afibt 1 ; hut liow
many are entitled to similar honors, and
alike him unfit for the first office in the world.
Xr tutor ultra crrfiirlam You Over-rearh
yourselves, gentlemen, In comparing the
mind of Clinton, with that of Madison,
and you make bad worse in trying to save
him from the infirmity of indecision in
regard to the embargo. You had better
Chime in with the federalists at once, and
contend that the disaffection of M- C. to
the embargo, is but additional evidence n*
his patriotism and talents ; this will also
extend your sphere of declamation against
Mr. M. as a friend of that measure.
That it should come to this ?
But five months gone ! Nay, not so much,
not five,
So true a patriot that is, to that
Jeffersonian to a Cheatham, so loving of
Wis country,
I hat lie would not let e’en the breath of
Britain
Visit her face too roughly.
%* For a continuation of-Seeretary Gal
latin'* Report, sue fourth page of this day’s
paper.
AT a meeting hold at the cflpitol cn flu'
2$th of June, for the purpose of making ar- <
rangements to celebrate the approaching
4th of July—l)r. William Foushee in tht
chair, and William F. Braxton, secretary
Upon the motion of Mr. Th. Ritchie, the
tallowing resolutions were presented and a
dopted :
1. Resolved, That a committee of ar
rangements be appelated, consisting of the
following gentlemen, whose duty it shall be
to make the necessary arrangements for a
public dinner on the 4th of July.
David Bullock, Wm. Munford, Dr. Fou
shee. M.’i Ambler, Christopher Tompkinr.
Samuel Greenhow, Thomas Underwood,
Benjamin Ts*te and Robert Mitchell.
2. Resolved, That no liquor but the pro
duce of our country be drank r.t this festi
val.
3. Iiesolx’rel, That a committee to pre
pare toasts be appointed, consisting of the
following gentlemen :
William Wirt, Peyton Randolph, W.W.
Hening, Dr. John Ii. Foushee and Thomas
Ritchie.
Oh the motion of Mr. Cabell, Mr. Rit
chie was added to the list.
4. Resolved, That William Munford.
Rsq. be appointed to read the Declaration
of A trier. >.:t Ii:.U pcrtdonce, in the Hull of
the House of Delegates at 2 o’clock.
j\’cso Hamfishirc has taken a firm attitude
in support of ’lie national government and a
ipiinst lie efforts of the dc^cvMcfedvru!
faction.
(Potion Chron )
W." *.11
F.xtxaci of a letter freni Concord, (JV. II )
June 14. 1 OS.
We this day took the Yeas and on the
Address to the president of die U. Slates.
In this Address the embargo w.*.s clenrlv
appvovctl, It vv :s opposed l*y Messrs Up
ham of C.aremont, and Thonv.json, of S •
h ,btii v, a:;d advocated by Mr Evans o:
Porsmouth, aid others. In the House.
v- ** < -9 . — H.iys 63. Iq the Senate, Yeas
[S—Nays 2. Wc have passed a law for
ci ms ng t.ii* 1. tec tor 3 i;i our usual mode bv
?. geiiurftl ticket; we have made our ar
rangement. lor carrying it into effect, so
•••s to ensure the choice oF Republicans
anyou may rc;y on it, that New Hampshire
\< • not be caught by Federal tricks, nor in
timidated by federal bullying.”
ib.
r;: ?: tii" mbbcantilr atjveutise?.
It happens frequen ly in spring and cum
01 r,af.er rainy weather, that (aside feed,
i. g on green clover swell to an amazing
s z■*. and die >n u short time. That dis
ease is occasioned by a dilation in their
s M.iacls < : iht* ;scid and mepliit cal g^z
j contained in th; clover. The cure is a 1
:i ra! z ;i. n of that jr?z, arsd is effeCb d
1 y the means «,f alkali ; which i3 un ver.
Isilly used in V nice, ai follows.*—D ..
!:><i!vc an ounce nfpo'a h in a quart of wa
de •; t.ike one tu • b-r full of that dissr.'u.
|'.ion, mix it with a point of water, and
•*;.ve it t.» the ex or cow at two d fferent
. i tinf;**, one ha.fat a time ; it will cure them
in one hour.
One quart of strong: l«-.y given tn an ox
w M cu'e him in three or four hours.
1 w-rivc* nr Rf esn drops of a.k ■’ volatil
1 ur, mixed in a glass of wa er, are also
a sure rtm- dy.
N*. U 1/ ic half of the above doses h
> Ricscut fir hcep.
I he print-’s in the U. S.are invited to
publish the above.
SALEM, June 21.
Mr Peter Lander, of this town, who came
passenger in t'.ie sc’.ir. Hannah, which sail
'd from Gibraltar the 20th of May, and ar
rive ! at A! r.rhlehead on Sunday last, has f.i
v<‘red us with the following minute, which 1
he received 'mm C:.pt. Joseph Young, nfj
'he -hip N tive, which had arrived at Gi-j
bi altar from Malaga :
“ l he Cl rand D ike of Berg —ns to be ap-J
poi' cd Regent of Sr a n, m thp ;i ire nee rf
t ie !’ .yal lani.ly at i’ayor.ne, when u grand
; c .oricil was to be held on the sunjcct of the
cooked-ration of the Rhine. S x or seven
bundi .1 1 rcuchmen had been killed on the
suburbs of Madrid. About 100 t00 Spani
ards under arms in V alencia—the same in
j Uatcilonia—arm cl at their own expense;
ami there was r. spirit of universal revolt
|rom the French domination. Every sub
ject ot Spain appears resolutely determi ned
ro oppose the French with tneir lives and
fortunes.”
If this account is founded in truth, we
shall shortly hear more of it. It certainly
is not a » ery unlikely event, that a people
, should revolt against the ir < onquerers and
oppressors: and that the Spaniards can
hardly regard the French in any other
light.
NEW*YORK, June 24.
LATE and IMPORTANT.
I lie ship IF ntonia, captain Dosan, arri
ved at this post l ist evening in 36 days
from Cork. She left there on the 17th of
M iv, and brings papers to the 14th, con
taining London dates to the 9th, twelve
days later than any European intelligence
heretofore received—They give us the op
portunity of announcing to the readers of
the Mercantile Advertiser the arrival in
England of the ship Osage with the Arne
•'■can messengers (Messrs. Nourse ar.d
Lewis) on hoard. As on the tenor of the
dispatches they may bring from the French
government the tranquility of the United
citatea will perhaps in a great measure de
pend, and as this interesting subject occu
pies a considerable portion of the papers
Wiiich have come into our hands, we have
Confined our present selections principally
to whatever has reference to it, whether
in the shape of fact or of opinion.
Mr. Lyman, the American consul at
London, has natitied the merchants, that
the English Government hud established
the most rigorous blockade of the port of
Copenhagen, and nil other i>orts in the i
sland of Zealand.
A fleet of four sail of the line had sailed
. from 'he Downs, supposed to blockade
l some port on the Dutch coast*
The Swede? were Sustaining important1
lefeats—Our latest ac - nts represent
hem R3 b.vir.g cntabln.i-d tht r head
pi iters at a small town almost a* the ex
uehiitv of the Gulph of Bothnia. The
Russians, with the exception of Sweaborg.
lave over-run Finland, along the coast oi
.lie Gulph of U. tktiia, almost to the fron
tiers of Swedish Lapland, the most impor
iant places in Finland Being .situated on
the Gulph.
Vhe island of G chi and, from Its com
manding situation usually called the liye
i>f the Baltic, is reported to have been ta
ken possession of hy a detachment of ten
thousand French and Russians.
A Russian ukase is said to have been
issued prohibiting all intercourse between
Russia and all countries not in her alli
ance.
Tile American ships Hannah, Ann, Ran
ger, Reward, Neptune, and Mayflower,*
Itavr been seized by a French privateer in
the port of Alicant.
From Curl: Pafirrs to the 14th M(v,\ re
ceive i at the office oj the Mercantile Ail
vevtieer by the JJuntotiia.
Lon bon, Ma;/ -i. j
The American ship, the Osag wh ch j
has been so anxiously expected in litis
country, is at length arrived. She left
L’Orient cn the 23d ult. and t cached
Fulnionth cn Saturday last, after exp ri
encirg bhfllng winds and calm weather, hy !
which her passage was considerably pro..
traded. She contained only turee passer*
iters, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Mordam, and Mr. [
Nourse. The last mentioned gentleman j
;s now stated to have come to this country
simply on mercantile uffars, and Mr. t
Lewis is reported to be the bearer of the
uisp.itches from Gen. Armstrong to Mr.;
thnckiey.—These, it is obvious, are of the’
last importance, and are likewise, wc have !
reason to suppose, of such a nature, as
must either lead to direct hostilities be
tween France and Amei ica, or io the unqua
lified submission and vassalage of the lat
ter country.—Bonaparte, it is said, declar
ed prior to the sailing of the Orage tioin
New-York, on the 27th of February, that
tne only c>iKlttions on which he would c<» -:
t nut at peace with the United States
were, that they should shut all their ports j
against British shippirg of every dencrip-j
Lion, and suspend all intercourse with E’i- j
gland; for that, in fart, he would have no
neutrals. To procure a relaxation o', j
these terms, appears to have been the
purpose for which the Osage, was dis
patched to France. But in the. various
conferences held at Paris on this subject,
between Gcneu.l Armstrong and the
French Government we are ascur il that
the M nistero* lir n. parte unifot mis dclcar- ]
ed 1ms Mastev’s determination to i>e, in noj
w»se to secede from the u’tir.mtum which
he had already transmitted to the Ameri
can President, whic h ultimatum was such
as we have jut l mentioned.
We are this day cnab ee to lay before
our readers Rome further particulars res
pecting the reception of Mr. Nuu.se in
France. It was with the utmost difneui
ty tha. he could obtain permission, after a
week’s delay, to land in Fiance; but he
was not allowed vo proceed to P.-.ris : and
while he was on snore, though lie was not
actually treated as a prisoner,yet he was
watched with the utmost suspicion. Mr.
Lewis who was the bearer of the dis
patches from the Amer can government
to General Armstrong, was at lit t refu
sed leave to proceed to Paris ; but it wrts
at length after repeated solicit...ions, gran
ted him. There can be very little doubt
that the object of ibis mission to France
was to induce Bonaparte to relax from i
his determination to force America to take ]
a decided part in the war between Great!
Britain and France—a determination j
which he notified to liie American go.
vernment several months ago ; and ft. ap
pears equally clear, that that object lias
completely failed- Bonaparte hasdistinc -
ly decl ted that lie will allow ff no i:tu-|
trals, and tb it America, therefore , must [
shut her ports aga ast Hr '.isn vessels, and!
put an end to all intercourse with this
country, or to go to w r with France.
This mandate Mr. Jeffers n must now;
communicate to the Legislature and to -he*
people of America, and they will have a]
very plain and simple question to decide j
upon, viz. whe.’ier or not they will enter.
into a war with this country, without any!
:u*t cruse, lint merely in « i>cd • nee to the I
orders pi uoiicparic. nowcvtT wm uis.. j
posed Mr. J Person may be towards France,'
we think he will find some difficulty in :
persuading the people of America info a!
war \>itli this country. IT when the chair j
of the Cheasnpcakc happened, when there
was n kind of momentary frenzy against
this country, in America, which was most
artfully excited and kep‘ up, if Mr. Jeffer
son then with all his inclination to comply
with the wishes of Bonaporte, would not
venture to plunge into a w*. r with this
country, it appears very unlikely that he
*ill attempt st now, when that frenzy has
subsided, and when the people of America
seem to consult their reason rathet* than their
passions, upon so interesting a subject, i
Mr. Jefferson we have no d< not l oped thr: I
Bonaparte v/ould permit him to temporize 1
a little longer ; but in this he has been dis
appointed, and he must now, however re_
luctantly, communicate to the peoole of
America the insults and menaces e has
received from • iih Imperial ally. When
Bonaparte's determination not to allow
any neutrals, was communicated to Mr.
JefierK'-n several m ntlis ago, he did not
complain of it in a special message to the
legislature, hut as he could not comply al
together with the orders of Bonaparte, In
had recourse to the measure oithaembar
go, by which the interests of Ameiica
were sacrificed, to the will of a foreign u
surper. This sacrifice, however it ap
pears, is not sufficient for the french ruler ;
he will admit of no compromise, and Ame
rica must either consent to range herself
among the vassal states of France, or vigo
rously assert her independence in concert
with this country.
So strietty are Bonaparte’s decrc-s ex
ecuted in France, that the captain of the
l>sngc was informed, before he left I/O* 1
rient, that if he attempted to return to 1
France after being in an fcnglish port, ins
ressel would be seized. 1
When the osage came away, General I
(Vrmstrorg had not demanded his pass
r^rts ; he had appliedir vain Fcr passports
tor several Americans who were ai.iitous,
under the present circumstances, to leave
F ranee.
AItty i.
A letter was re'eived yesttsrdev by a
•rcntlcman of the first respectability, from
Heligoland, which vr/es, that accounts
had reached that island from Paris of an
action having taken place in the Mediter
ranean, between the British and French
fleets, in which the latter was so complete
ly defeated, that not a single ship escaped.
It would afford us the most smeere satis
faction to be able to confirm this intelli
gence, but we fear it is unfounded. The
last accounts from the Paris stated, that
the Rochefort and Toulon squadrons had
returned to Toulon, and this circumstance
is mentioned from so many qua ter s. that
we have little doubt of the fact.—Our rea
ders will find in the Hamburg p. tiers let
ters from Venice end r’;. ;!* •>. which give
«*s.t 1st r a vacue orccurt o.1 the c .train: s
of the combined sqinidroiiv. Hut ihe fV»c.,
we have no doubt, will >,rn ran ;n f)Pj t|lUt
tiie united squadrons did go into the Adria
tic certainly for some more important pur
pose than raising the blockade at Corfu;
hut receiving intelligence :hu? the British
fleet was in pursuit of them, ihi\ •thought
it most prurient to make t^e beat of their
way back to Toulon.
Accounts were y; te-day received (ram
Bayonne, which, if true, must remove all
doubt as to the intentions of Bonaparte to
wards America ; they suite that the French
Ruler issued -i decree at Boynne on the
5th ult. ordering the seizure and condem
nation of all American vessels. Thii
statement does not appear by any mean?
improbable, though we cannot vouch for
the truth of it.
The accounts from Denmark are of \
curious and interesting n uure : lionapar e,
Ii-is, it appears, a'ready begun to manifest
some symptom: of displeasure against his
zealous ally the King of Denmark. C.c
ncvnl Bernadette has bar! fr« quent confer -
cnc.es with bis Danish majesty, in which
y u nv tiic
military force was imt oniy in a condi
tion to undertake the invasion of Sweden,
but that it was not pveo in a s'nte to defend
Zealand from the English and Swedes; and
indeed so convinced was General Ile-na
d->H;- r.f iltit» f.iCt, that he made (as we
stated some tin.e ago) a most precipitate
u tre..t from Zealand, upon the first ap.
pea ranee of a British fore'*. That Ge
neral, it is stated, lately represented in
the strongest terms to Bonaparte the im
prrrtirfb lity of invat’.i Sweden from
Zealand ; but his Corsican master replied,
that he desired to have tie mo»e dispatch
es from Inm upon that subject, unless they •
were, dated tram Stockholm. The King
of Denmark lias already received a *ptci
inen of the treatment he is to expect from
his imperial ally. The Spanish troopv
which we:e lately quartered in Hamburg,
received orders to match to AUonn, ar.d
quarter themselvest there. Thiscrder.it
appears, was g ven without any previous,
n<-t fication to the D mish government, for
the Commandant at Altona declared that
he. had received no directions up m the
subject. The Spanish troops, however,
entered Altona by f>rce and billetted them
a>Kv.cs up n the inhabitants.
Mr. Nc.uise yesterday {visited Lloyd's
CofUe-hou ‘ —We have no doubt this gen
tleman will, cn his return to America, be
able to bear testimony at least to the mere
courteous hcspitalitv of our Island, than
that be experienced in France. When ct
L’Onvnt, a guard was stationed before
Ids dwelling,' and it was not without diffi..
culty that he sue eedd in prevcnting tlie
riding and inspection of his papers. It is
not true., as was asserted in some of the
pt.peis <f yesterday, that General Arm
strong had demanded pasports for himself.
May 8.
The Braz’d and Hart India fl°ets .sailed
from Portsmouth yesterday: the latter
wii! not touch at the Cape. Lord Strang
?Mrd, Sir James Gambit-r, ar.l several of.
ficers, sailed in the llrizil fleet.
1 be expedition wb ch . itely sailed from
t.u Downes, will rendezvous at Yarmouth.
'I he Mars, Admiral K ats, and the A11
c’acious, with s vc;al transports, arrived
there ye:tcrelay.
An ()rd r of Council wi.l shortly appear,
for the restoration of all Portuguese pr»»«
;i m cuimry) ;is uciongs
u> PorU'giiffe subjects now within^ this
realm, or who me with their lawful So
vc’-!,i,-n in the Brazils.
Tbr enemy arc making preparations in
the diffment ports of the Baltic, and the
corps of Ney us well as of Soult and Yic
or, it is now said, arc to reinforce the
army of Ponte Corvo.
A Swedish ship which made her escape
from El Mu nos in Spain Is arrived at Ply
mouth.—She states that the Prince of
Peace remain'd in n dunr-on at M.-drid,
but thr.t it was supposed he would soon be
brought to an ignominious punishment.
Mr. Johnson, a king’s messen;./*r, nryl
ved on Thursday at lliMwIiipb, bv express,
•nd immediately proctedrd o.i hoii-d tba
lir -.ufoy packet, captain Norris, for Gut.
tenhnrgh, which immediately prepared to
set sail, without waiiirg to take a mail on
board, tt is said that Mr. Johnson is the
bearer ot despatches ol the greatest.impor
tance.
A letter was yesterday received by a
respectable house in the Russian trade,
Which implies the complete acquiescence
of the Russian courts in the views of Bo
naparte. This letter, which is dated St.
Peicrsburgh, lfith April (N. 8.) states,
that the Einperor has issued an ukase,
fnbiddir.g any intercourse whatever be
tween his territories and any neutral pow„
»r until the conclusion of a general pi ace.
By the terms of this ukase, none but ships
belonging to those powers which are m
actual alhat.ee with Russia urc permitted
to enter Russian ports.
Admiral Lord Ganibicr left town thivday,
to take the command of the Channel fleet.
Yosterd iy morning at twoo’clock, an An
drian messenger landed at Harwich, with,
lispfttches for our government. lie came
jy w »y of Holland, and was put on board a
vessel which suited from Yarmouth tomo
lays since with passengers, none ot whom,
mvvcver, with toe exception of 3 women,
were allowed to land.