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*00,000 men from the militia, for imme
diate service.
Constantinople, March 23.
A part ol the British iieet appear to
have gone up the Mediterranean—they
have, however, lelt 9 or lO ships before
fenedos. The Turkish fleet have re
turned to Constantinople to disembark
part ol the land forces, and to proceed
from thence to the Black sea. The Bri
tish licet have taken possession of the is
land ol Cyprus. The blockade ol the
Dardanelles ha* caused a great scarcity
>1 provisions here.
IV II E E L IN Gy
Tuvusd.vy, 9th July, 180r.
Trial oj Burr.
Wc have received an account cf the
proceedings of the Court as late asTues
day the 23d ult. On the evening of that
day, the grand jury brought in bills of
indictment, against both Burr and Blcn
nerhasset: one lor i reason, and one for
a misdemeanor against each. A sharp
discussion ensued, on the propriety of
to naming Burr to the custody of the
Marshal. lie was committed lor that
r.iglit, and the question left open for n
iwl determination the next dav.
The Court were engaged from the 16th
f.o the 23d, in attending to motions re
specting testimony, and other incidental
matters. On the 23d they were engaged
in hearing testimony, on a motion made
Lv Burr, lor an attachment against Wil
kins >r, for taking unwarrantable steps
to procure the attendance of witnesses
against him. James Knox, Lieu. Gaines
and Mr Graham were examined. We
cannot at present attempt to give even
a sketch of their testimony.
BritishOutrage—A most wanton
md insolent outrage has been commit
ted on the United States Chesapeake,
Commodore Barron, by the British ship
Leopard, off the Capes of Virginia. At
the time the Chesapeake left Norfolk for
♦.he Mediterranean, lour British vessels
were lying at Hampton. On the ap
pearance of the Chesapeake,the Leopard
put off arid went to sea before her. As
*. ion r.s the Chesapeake got to sea, the
Leopard bore down upon lu r, and sent
i boat on board with a letter from the
mptain, covering instructions from Ad
mit al Berkley to take from the Chesa
peake three men, allcdgcd to be desert
ers from the Mel am pus. Commodore
Barron replied hy later, that no.cuch
I
iricn wetc on board, and that his crew
could not be examined except by his
own officers. Upon the receipt of this
answer, a broadside was fired from the
Leopard into the Chesapeake, whose
crew were not at quarters, nor in any re
spects prepared lor an action. No at
tempt was made to fight by the Chesa
peake, except the discharge of a few
straggling guns. After receiving three
or lour broadsides, by which she was
much injured both in her hull and rig
ging, and had three men killed and 18
wounded, she struck her colours. A boat
with an officer from the Leopard then
came on board, ancl demanded the men.
commodore natron saul he considered
die Chesapeake a prize to the Leopard:
the officer said no; his only business was
to take the men, w hich having executed
he had nothing further to do with her.
1 lie Chesapeake then returned to Nor
folk, without colours.
1 lie men who were said to be desert
ers, and the reclaiming of whom, is the
pretext, lor commiting this outrage, it is
understood w < re Americans pressed into
the British service, who had availed
themselves ofiln vicinity of their native
country and made their escape.
lien information of this transaction
reach d the seat of Government, a cabi
net council was immediately called. We
understand that Cap. Decatur, has been
ordered to repair to, and take command
oftiic Chesapeake. It is rumored that
Congress will be immediately convened.
As soon as the conduct of the Leo
pard was known at Hampton,the citizens
collected together and destroyed about
pOO hogsheads filled w ith water, which
oeionged to the Melampus, and were on
board a schooner at the wharf.
It appears that in the late abortive
negotiation with the Grand Seignior,the
English insisted, as the onlv terms on
which they would conclude a peace,
that tlre Dardanelles should he given up
to them; that fifteen ships of war should
he taken to Malta; that the Porte should
declare war against France ; and that
Russia should retain Moldavia and Wal
lachia, and lie- put in possession of the
fortresses on the Danube.
A lettt r from Admiral Duckworth to
Admiral Collingwood, dated th<- 6th of
March, states, that after passing the
Dardanelles the Knglish squadron an*
( bored eight mil ■, ft >:n Constantinople,
the rapidity of the current and the state
ol the wind rendering a nearer approach
impracticable. On the 21st February,
a minister ol the Porte came off, and ne
gotiations were carried on till the 2~th.
1 rom the moment the fleet anchored,
until it weighed on the 1st of March, it
as not in the Admiral’s power to oc
cupy a position from which he could ef
fect any thing against Constantinople.
He concludes his statement as follows:
“ I now come to the point of explain
ing to your lordship the motives which
fixed me to decide in re passing the chan
I neIs ol the Dardanelles, and relinquish -
ing every idea ol attacking the capital,
and I feel confident it will require no ar
gument to convince your lordship of the
uttei impracticability ol our lorce having
made any impression, as at this time the
whole line ol the coast presented a chain
ol batteries; that twelve Turkish line of
battle ships, two ol them 3 deckers, with
nine frigates, were with their sails bent,
and apparently in readiness, filled with .
tt oops ; add to this, near two hundred
thousand were said to be in Constanti
nople, to march against the Russians ;
besides there were an innumerable quan
tity of small craft, with boats ; and fire
vessels bad been prepared to act against
bs« ^ ith the batteries alone we might
have coped, or with the ships, could we
have got them out of their strong hold ;
but'your lordship will be aware, that after
combating the opposition which the re
sources of an empire had been many
weeks employed in preparing,we should
not have been in a state to have defend
ed ourselves against them as designed,
and then repass the Dardanelles.
u I trasmit your lordship an account
of the damages sustained by the respec
tive ships ; as also their loss in killed
and wounded, which your lordship will
perceive is far from trifling. The main
mast of the Windsor Castle being more
than three quarters cut through by a gra* -
bite shot ol tight hundred weight, we
have found great difficulty in saving it.
“ 1 he total lo3s m this affair is G9 kill
ed, 215 wounded, and 4 missing.
In passing up the Dardanelles, killed, 12
wounded, 66
In the attack of Prota, killed, 8
wounded, 1G
In rcpassing the Dardanelles, killed,49
wounded, 137.”
On Thursday morning, about 9 o’clock,
a powder mill, situated about 9 mileu
from Brunswick, was blown up with a
terrible explosion. Five men, who were
at work in the different apartments, lost