Jenks's Portland gazette (Portland [Me.]), 1799-09-30 00:00:00

JENKS' PORTLAND GAZETTE.
PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS, BY ELEZER ALLEY JENKS, PRINTER OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE.
[NUMBER 75.]
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1799.
[VOLUME II.]
THE subscribers having been duly appointed Commissioners to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to the Estate of Daniel Epes, Esq. late of Portland, deceased, represented insolvent, hereby give notice that six months from the second day of July last, was allowed by the judge of Probate, for the completion of the business, and that they will attend for that purpose at the Insurance Office in Portland, the last Mondays of this and the four following months, from three to six o'clock, P. M. EBENEZER MAYO, DANIEL TUCKER.
Portland, Sept. 19, 1799.
THE subscribers appointed commissioners by the Hon. Jonathan Bowman, Esq. Judge of Probate for the county of Lincoln, to receive and examine the claims to the Estate of William Lackey, late of Thomaston, mariner, deceased, represented insolvent, hereby give notice that the term of six months is allowed the creditors to bring in their claims—and that they will attend the business of their appointment at the house of Isaac Reed Esq. in said Thomaston on the first Mondays of the five ensuing months, from two to six o'clock in the afternoon. DAVID FALES, jun. SAMUEL M. MARTIN.
Thomaston, August 23, 1799.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has been duly appointed administrator of the Estate of Benjamin Noyes, late of New Portland, in the county of Kennebec, gentleman, deceased, and hath undertaken that trust by giving bond as the law directs. All persons, therefore, having demands against the estate of said deceased are desired to exhibit the same for settlement; and all indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to the subscriber, or to JAMES HILL of Poland, attorney to administratrix. PHEBE NOYES, Administratrix. New Portland, Sept. 4, 1799.
PUBLIC Notice is hereby given, That a further time of six months is allowed by the Hon. Jonathan Bowman, Esq. Judge of Probate for the county of Lincoln, to the Commissioners by him appointed to examine and allow the claims against the Estate of David Silvester, late of Pownalborough, in said county, Esq. deceased— Said Commissioners will attend said business for the purpose aforesaid at the house of Capt. Ebenezer Whittier, innholder in said Pownalborough on the first Thursday in the six following months, from six to nine of the clock in the evening. JOSEPH TINKHAM, } Commissioners. JOSEPH CHRISTOPHERS, } finuers. Pownalborough, Sept. 7, 1799.
JUST PUBLISHED, By EDMUND M. BLUNT, THE  New Practical Navigator; Being an EPIOME of NAVIGATION. CONTAINING THE different methods of working the lunar Observations, and all the requisite tables used with the Nautical Almanac, in determining the Latitude and Longitude, and keeping a complete reckoning at sea; illustrated by proper rules and examples: The whole exemplified in a Journal, kept from England to the island of Teneriffe. Also—The substance of information every Candidate for the American Navy ought to be acquainted with previous to his being appointed. This, with the sea Terms, is particularly recommended to the attention of all young Gentlemen designed for, or belonging to, the Sea. The first American, from the tenth English edition of JOHN HAMILTON MOORE. Improved by the introduction of several new Tables, and by large additions to the former Tables, and revised and corrected by a skillful Mathematician and Navigator. Illustrated with copperplates. To which is added Some General instructions and Information to Merchants, Masters of vessels and others concerned in Navigation, relative to the Mercantile and Maritime Laws and customs.
Orders for the above work punctually answered. It may be had of all the AMERICAN Booksellers, in Boston, and others throughout the United States.
EXTRACT FROM THE PREFACE. Among the many valuable originals and amendments which the purchaser will find in this new edition, is given an exact method (instead of Mr. Moore's erroneous one) of finding the Latitude by a single altitude of the sun, having also the true time of observation. The tables of declination are also corrected; as Mr. Moore, by reckoning the year 1800 as a leap year, has caused an error at times of 23' in the declination. A new method of working a lunar observation is likewise inserted, which has not that variety of cases incident to other methods. A very useful addition of two columns is also made to table 25, which greatly facilitates the calculation to find the time for an observed altitude of any of the heavenly bodies. Table 22, is published for every 10 seconds of time, instead of 30 seconds. This alteration was deemed requisite to render it sufficiently convenient for use. Various other improvements of great utility have been made in many parts of the work. It will however suffice to observe, that about 300 errors (besides those noted in the errata annexed) have been corrected in the last, and most accurate edition of JOHN HAMILTON MOORE.
Newburyport, Sept. 1799.
The above valuable Book is just received, and for sale, in Portland, At JENKS'S Book-store.
War Department. Trenton, September 2, 1799. ALL Officers of the first regiment of Artillery & Engineers, and of the first, second, third and fourth regiments of Infantry in the service of the United States, who are, from whatever cause, absent from their commands, are required with all possible expedition to report themselves by letter to Major General ALEXANDER HAMILTON. The officers thus called upon, will be held amenable for any avoidable delay in reporting themselves, and those who do not report in four months from the date of this notification, will be presumed to have resigned their commissions. JAMES M C HENRY.
District of Maine, ss. BY virtue of a writ of venditioni exponas, directed to the subscriber from the District Court of Maine—will be sold at Public Auction, on Tuesday the first day of October next, the fast sailing and well built ship, called the MAC, of about 165 tons burthen, now lying at Bath, on Kennebec River—together with her tackle, apparel and furniture.—Said ship is remarkably well found; was built by an approved workman on Merrimack River—is well sheathed, and said to be a prime sailing vessel. The sale will be held at Bath, at twelve o'clock on the day aforesaid; and the conditions of sale then made known.—An inventory will be ready for inspection in a few days, at the subscribers office, in Portland. ISAAC PARKER, Marshal. Portland, 9th September, 1799.
CROCKERY STORE, WHOLESALE & RETAIL, in Fife-Street.
Robert Cross, Received by the brigantine PORTLAND, from Liverpool, and offers for Sale, a Complete Assortment of PENCIL, ENAMELLED, CHINA GLAZE } Crockery Wares. and COMMON, } Also—A handsome assortment of Glass, China & Japan Wares. A few Crates of assorted, and cups & Saucers. N. B. Crates of assorted Ware packed at the shortest notice. Portland, Sept. 16.
FOR SALE, By Newhall & Watson, No. 3, LONG-WHARF, Russia Sheetings, Russia and Ravens Duck, Cordage and Bolt Rope, Iron—Bat and square, Steel plate Shovels; Nail Plates, Nail Rods; Iron Hoops, Old Anchor, Sheathing and Drawing Nails, Tar; Sheathing Paper, Twine; Ginger, Powder per barrel; Muskets, India Cottons, Loaf & Brown Sugar, Teas, Coffee, and Chocolate, W. I. Rum; Gin, Brandy, Wines, Codlines; deep sea and log lines, Brushes, &c. &c. Sept. 9.
THE Selectmen having observed that the street leading out of town by Bramhall's Hill, so called, has been much injured by the digging up and carrying away of sand therefrom—hereby forbid all persons from digging up or carrying away Sand or Earth from said street, or any other of the streets of said town—as in such case they will be prosecuted therefor. SAMUEL FREEMAN, Chairman.
Jacob Howe, INFORMS the public that he has undertaken to carry the Newspapers from Portland through Windham, Raymond, Bridgton, Waterville, and Oxford, to Bethel. He will leave Portland every Monday evening, and arrive at Bethel on Thursday evening;—and returning through Newpennycook and Norway, and to arrive at Paris on Friday evening, and thence to proceed through Hebron and so on to Portland. The postage to Saccarappa & Windham will be 50 cents a year—to Raymondtown, Bridgton, Waterville, Oxford and Bethel, three cents for each paper—and to the town on the return, one dollar a year.
The advantages of a post riding through the above towns are so obvious, that it is hoped a liberal encouragement will be offered to support the undertaking. The subscribers to Newspapers, and others, who may please to favour him with their commands, may depend on the strictest fidelity, punctuality and dispatch. Flintston, July 15.
E. A. JENKS, RESPECTFULLY informs the public, that he has opened, at his BOOK-STORE, A New Circulating Library, consisting of nearly four hundred volumes—among which are the latest Novels, Magazines, Reviews, &c. Additions will constantly be made of the latest Publications, catalogues of which, with the conditions, will be furnished.
Constantly kept for Sale at said Book-Store, AN ASSORTMENT OF Books, Stationary & Blanks.
Writing Paper, of different sizes and quality—Wove, Gilt and plain post paper—Quills—Red and black ink Powder—Slates—Pencils—Morocco Pocket Books—Glazed & common Wafers—Black Sand—A variety of Ink Stands—Desk Knives—Playing Cards, &c.
Music and Drawing Paper—Paint Boxes. Conversation Cards or the Art of reading the Ladies' Hearts, and the Thoughts of Men.
Children's Books, of various sizes. Geographies, Grammars, and School Books—Writing and Cyphering Books.
Webster's Spelling Books, per dozen or single. Bibles, Testaments and Psalm Books.
Maps of Massachusetts and Maine. An assortment of Account Books—Blank Books of any dimensions, not on hand, shall be made at the shortest notice.
** Orders from persons in the country shall receive immediate and prompt attention.
A Farm for Sale, IN Bridgton, containing about 250 acres, situated on the Post road—80 acres of which are under improvement; with a one story house thereon, together with a barn 32 by 48 feet, filled with Hay. Said FARM is well stocked with cattle. West-Indi. Goods will be taken in payment—or the Farm exchanged for a place in Portland.—Inquire of William Hudson. Portland, Sept. 18, 1799.
FOR SALE, ABOUT 50 acres of excellent LAND, lying in the town of Windham about one mile from the meeting house, mostly under improvement—producing twenty tons Hay, and will pasture 8 or 9 cows. A house and barn are situated thereon, convenient for a small family. Any person wishing to purchase the same, will please to apply soon to LEMUEL JONES. Windham, Sept. 10, 1799.
ONE CENT REWARD. RAN away from the subscriber, on the 5th inst. an indentured apprentice Boy, by the name of Daniel Cole, about 20 years of age—five feet nine inches high, light complexion and light hair—had on when he went away, a short fustian waistcoat and a pair of blue trowsers. Whoever will apprehend said boy, and bring him to the subscriber, shall receive the above reward, and no charges paid. STEPHEN TUCKER. Waltham, Sept. 13, '99.
THE nonresident Proprietors of the following Lots and undivided Tracts of unimproved Land, situated in the town of Buckstown in the county of Hancock, are hereby notified, that the same are taxed in the State, County, and Town tax-bills, committed to the Subscriber to collect for the year of our Lord 1798, in the respective sums set against them, viz.
   First Survey. Second Survey. Second Survey. Second Survey.   Lot No. Ch. M. Lots.    52 20 4 39  58 20 4 43  60 20 4 45  61 20 4 47  63 20 4 49  64 20 4 51  65 20 4 53  6 12 8 54  7 10 6 59  10 8 4 60  11 8 4 61  14 8 4 68  16 12 8 73  20 16 8 75  21 16 8 78  24 16 8 81  25 20 4 82  31 12 8 85  35 9 8 86  36 8 4 90  37 8 4 91  38 8 4 93  
If no person shall appear to discharge said Taxes and all intervening charges, on or before Monday the twenty-seventh day of October next, at nine of the clock in the forenoon, so much of said Land as will discharge the same, will then be sold at Public Auction to the highest bidder, at the dwelling house of JAMES ELDREDGE, in Buckstown aforesaid, according to law. Richard Eldredge, Collector for the town of Buckstown, for the year 1798. Buckstown, 19th July, 1799.
Miscellaneous Articles, OF NEWS, &c.
BOSTON, Sept. 24. FROM GUADALOUPE.
On Saturday evening last arrived in town, Mr. Joseph Clark, in 27 days from Guadalupe, where his vessel had been condemned. He has made the subsequent communications to us:
Americans, who are captured and carried into Guadalupe, on their arrival on shore, are received by a guard of eight black soldiers, who conduct them to what they call the Government house—and there, orders are given for their commitment to prison.—There is no distinction between officers and seamen, good and bad. Those who have ability to pay 14 dolls. per week for board, are the only exempts. Such may obtain security for their parole, and then are permitted to promenade the town. Americans are treated very contemptuously. If any one speaks in favor of the Government, he is pronounced a damned Englishman, John Adams's slave, &c. &c. They court opportunities of abusing the President; and they hug themselves when they conceive they have fired a good shot at him. At a dinner table, recently, one Pierre, a Frenchman, gave this toast, "John Adams and Slavery—Tom Jefferson and Liberty." Many Americans were present, at this insult, and resented it in the only way in their power, that of instantly withdrawing.
Capt. Davis, of Norfolk, was imprisoned four months at Basse Terre, for informing Commodore Barry's flag officer, that there were 22 Americans there more than the French accounted for, which was the fact. He was finally released on the spirited remonstrance of Mr. Clarkson, U. S. Consul at St. Kitts. Aug. 23, twenty-eight Americans left Basse Terre, for St. Kitts, in a Cartel sent by Mr. Clarkson, for the purpose. The vicinity of Guadalupe is a fine field for American cruisers.
A Captain of a brig from Washington, North Carolina, loaded with shingles, captured and carried into Basse Terre, Guadalupe, was very violently abused by the agent of the captors, on account of his shingles being too short. He said that it reduced the price 50 per cent. The Captain was pardoned on promising never to be guilty of the like again.
The duty on Flour, alluded to in Mr. Yznard's letter, published last week, laid by the New Intendant at Havana, is eight dollars per barrel—besides the former duty of twenty one and an half per cent.
Maj. Gen. Wilkinson, of the Western army, is now at Quincy, on public business with the Executive.
FROM DEMARARA—Aug. 20. "The 18th the English fleet was off Surinam bar, consisting of 14 vessels of war and 7 transports. Capt. M c Niel and Mariner were at their old station. It was believed at Demarara, that Surinam had fallen into the hands of the English."
From New-London, Sept. 18. Isaac Williams, who commanded a French privateer from Guadalupe, came passenger in the schooner Chloe, from Turk's Island. He had hardly touched shore, before he was arrested.—After a few interrogatories by the civil authority, he was sent to prison. It is supposed he will be immediately summoned before the District court now sitting at Hartford.
SUWARROW AND SERRURIER.
The following anecdote, transmitted to us from the Imperial head-quarters, may be depended upon as authentic: The French general Serrurier, two days after he had surrendered with his corps to general Vukassovich, dined with the Austro-Galississimo. The cloth being taken away, the veteran of Rimniskoi asked the Gallic Chief, where he intended to retire to? "To Paris," answered Serrurier.—"I am glad of that," said Suwarrow, "and hope to see you there soon." Serrurier neatly replied, "This is what I always hoped myself." [London Paper.]
HISTORY.
We are assured that a new publication on the history of North Carolina is in great forwardness, and will be put in press in the course of the ensuing winter. The author is Hugh Williamson, M. D. and L. L. D. long a resident of that State, and for many years employed in its public concerns. We have reason to believe this performance will be a valuable addition to the stock of American literature.

Latest Foreign News.
BY THE PACKET, CAPT. TROTT.
IN INDIA.
WAR has commenced between the English and Tippoo; and we have very credible accounts of a victory gained by a small army of the former over an army of the latter, between Sidapoor and Perlapatam, on the 6th of March. The English force (it is said) consisting of 1400; that of Tippoo of 12,000. The bodies of 400 of the latter were found on the field of battle. The commanding officer of his army was mortally wounded and taken prisoner—the 2d officer was also wounded and taken. The loss on the part of the English, was 143 killed, wounded and missing.
OF BUONAPARTE.
A letter from Sir W. S. Smith, dated at Jaffa, May 30, confirms our previous news of the complete defeat of this wonderful General. His loss was very great; and his retreat rapid. It was supposed he expected to meet reinforcements from Cairo; but Sir Sidney has provided sufficient exercise for the troops in Egypt. It was conjectured he would make an attempt against Suez; and Sir Sidney's letter is written to the English Admiral in the Red Sea, that he may be prepared to give him a suitable reception should he march that way.
GENOA, July 5.
General Macdonald embarked from Spezzia for this place, and arrived in a few hours. Thus he in person, has joined Moreau. [It is said the ordnance of his army, put on board several vessels, has been taken by the English. It appears that Lord Nelson commands the squadron cruising off Genoa. He probably had no employ farther up the Mediterranean.]
VIENNA, July 17.
Gen. Kray has taken the strong Tower of Cercla, near Mantua, to facilitate the siege of that place.
Gen. Melas, close by, besieges the Castle of Alessandria.
The FRENCH REPUBLIC.
CLUB OF THE MANEGE.
July 18. Batu, after engaging his Brethren to swear by the manes of the Patriots massacred at Grenelles, never to disunite, proposed an Address to the Legislative Body, in the following Articles:
1. The punishment of the guilty, and of the bloodsuckers of the people. 2. The reduction of all great Salaries until the conclusion of Peace, to be assimilated to the indemnity of the Deputies. 3. An invitation to the Legislative Body not to let the Taxes incurred by the War fall heavy on any but on 200,000 rich persons. 4. The perpetual extinction of Mendicity; the suppression of Places of Prostitution, of Games of Hazard, and of Anti-Republican performances. 5. The opening of the Work shops for Arms; the organization of Houses of Industry, and a Requisition of all Idlers, without means, to work in them. 6. The purifying of the Ministerial Offices. The Speech and Address were ordered to be printed.
July 19. A Citizen in a written speech which he read, contended, that the spirit of devastation which had influenced the measures of the Ex-Directors, still existed in the regenerated Directory. He added, that the question of establishing a Constitutional King, was then agitating in Paris. He pronounced the Public Ministers to be Tyrants, without genius, or knowledge, and whose financial blunders had done more mischief than the march of Suvarrow . He proceeded, "We are all threatened with death, should the Legislative body be deficient in energy—The arms of the assassins are prepared—their poignards are sharpened—and their poison ready—their mercenary journalists are sounding the tocsin of your last hour! Will you then perish in a cowardly manner? [Here all the Members rose and cried "No! No! To arms! To arms!"]—The Orator then moved an Address to the Legislature, desiring a Law for re-arming the National Guard—and disarming all Royalists. Unanimously agreed to.
A member moved the denunciation of many persons employed in the War-Office, as Royalists. Unanimously agreed to.
JULY 22.
Quatremere Dijouval, Adj. of the Batavian troops, read a letter from Holland, accusing Talleyrand of attempting to restore the Stadtholder. He complained of the misuse of the word anarchist . He concluded by denouncing the ambassador at Paris—as an agent of the Stadtholder and a spy of England.
July 23.—A citizen complained of the delay in punishing the Ex-Directors, &c. "If the Legislature (he said) delays any longer to bring them to trial, it will prove clearly that it
is unwilling to make their cause common with that of the people." [This sentence was ordered. He proposed the confiscation of their property, and he ended with denouncing all ambassadors as the greatest enemies of the Republic. [Loud applause.]
Piquenard said this was an attack on the Legislature. Others said it was a mere exercise of the right of opinion. Violent tumults ensued. Piquenard was hissed. The order of the day was at length attended to.
Ricard observed "that Moderation in a Republic was the same as Cowardice in an Army. "
It being mentioned that it was wished by the Council of Elders that the Club would retire from its present state of sitting—it was resolved that they would only retire when they should be legally compelled.
Council of Elders.
July 26.—Cornet in the name of the Committee of inspection, proposed that no political society should sit within the external inclosure of the Council.
Courtois complained of the Club of the Manege. Robespierre (said he) and his sanguinary agents are already rising from their ashes.—He proceeded, "It is now fully known that there exists a Committee of Instruction, composed of thirty-nine brethren, a Commission of eleven members chosen from the thirty-nine, and a secret Directory, which is the repository of the hopes of the Children of Israel. It is only after very particular interrogations that persons are admitted among the number of the elect. They are asked, "Have you been the friend of such and such a martyr of liberty?"—The object of this holy brotherhood, the pretended government which they are desirous to establish, is that of blood, of tears, and of scaffolds, which they wish to propagate. They talk of the constitution of the 3d year, but they sincerely deprecate every kind of Constitution. They cannot endure submission to any government. I openly state, that the regenerated Directory is offensive to them, and that they have already devoted two of its members to death. With respect to the other three, they will be content with displacing them. They next intend to concentrate all power in the Councils, with the ultimate view of disposing them also of it. Their party is already formidable. They will shortly procure arms and ammunition, and their lists of proscription are made out.—Do not then permit another body of men to form a government within a government, and let us unite into an impetrable phalanx round the constitution of the 3d year."
Courtois' speech was ordered to be printed.
Dufont and Garat moved for a General Committee, that Courtois might state the facts on which he grounded his charges.
NOTE.—It is confidently stated, that in the General Committee a great many members communicated discoveries of the highest importance. Courtois demanded that the Deputy who had dined on the 24th with Le Clerc ( des Vosges ) might come forward; and everyone remaining silent, he declared that at that dinner it had been under consideration to assassinate two members of the Directory, revive the System of Terror, establish a Convention, and afterwards proclaim Royalty. The Council of Elders charged the Inspectors to collect all the facts and documents, which prove the existence of the conspiracy, and to make their report without delay.
July 26. Many petitions for the punishment of the Ex-Directors were read. The act of accusation was read again according to the Constitution.
PARIS, JULY 26.
Madame Roberjot denies that ever she charged Debry or the French government with the murder of her husband.
JULY 28.
The Hall of the Manege is shut up, and the entrance guarded. The Society has opened at the Convent of the Jacobins.
2,000 well-equipped Chouans appeared a few days since in the environs of Aille, and remained there two days.
Rheinhard, Minister of the French Republic to the Helvetic Republic, is appointed successor to Talleyrand, as Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Directory have declared themselves satisfied with Talleyrand's conduct.
JULY 29.
A paper states, that the King of Prussia, secretly signed his accession to the coalition on the 6th of March. [The recent conduct of Frederick, has certainly given more satisfaction to the Allies than his former measures. He has suffered Russian troops to pass through his territory, destined to combat the French.]
The junction of Macdonald and Moreau is officially announced. [The two Generals then are together; but where are their armies?]
ACT OF ACCUSATION
Against the Ex-Directors, proposed by a special commission of the Council of Five Hundred.
For having made to be sold, or for having themselves sold, our ammunition, our arms, our provisions, our effects of every species, and for having left our fortified places without warlike stores.
For having remained in the most cruel inaction, whilst every thing announced war, whilst our enemies made the most formidable preparations, and whilst the North was vomiting forth soldiers in immense numbers.
For having sent our brave legions without arms, without ammunition, without provisions, to be destroyed upon the banks of the Danube and of the Adige, by an enemy three times more numerous than they.
For having preserved in the interior, an army of more than a hundred thousand men, at the very moment at which war was declared.
For having sent away by their own authority above forty thousand men to perish in the deserts of Arabia.
For having discouraged and exasperated the army of Italy, by dismissing General Championet, who had dethroned a King, and by the nomination of Scherer to the command of that army.
For never having punished the agents and commissaries of the Directory accused of harassing and plundering the allied republicans.
For having destroyed by a military force the constitution of the Cisalpine, and for having mutilated its authorities.
For having interrupted the correspondence between the diplomatic agents and the minister, and for having appropriated to themselves this correspondence.
For having made an attack on the national sovereignty, by violating the liberty of elections.
For having sent Commissaries to influence the Electors on the side of the Directory, and by threatening the arrestation of those who would not conform to the will of what they called the Government.
For sending confidential letters to the Central Commissaries, in which were developed the means of corrupting opinion.
For suffering to remain unpunished the Central Commissary of La Sarthe, which is attested even by the Messages of the Directory.
For the means of Terror which these Central and Special Commissaries employed to remove the Patriots from the Political Assemblies.
For the arbitrary and innumerable detentions of Republican Functionaries before the Elections, under the pretence of Anarchy, in order to deprive them of the suffrages of the people, a conduct which benumbed all public spirit.
For having rendered themselves culpable by arrests and arbitrary imprisonments.
For having suffered the War in La Vendee, and of the Chouans, to be reorganized, which ought to have been prevented by wise precautions, or combated by forces sent from the interior.
For having encouraged by the re-action, and multiplied by impunity, murders and assassinations, directed principally against the Republicans and the Functionaries; in fine, for having hazarded the Republic by the vices of their administration.
LONDON, JULY 31.
A counter revolution has broken out in Tuscany. The French have evacuated some places and been driven from others, till that territory is almost freed from them. A deputation from the subjects of the Grand Duke have invited his return.
AUG. 1.
A change has taken place in the government of Portugal. The Prince of Brazil has assumed the Regency on account of the insanity of his mother. The Spanish Minister is preparing to depart from Lisbon, and a war with Spain is expected by some.
It is said the Emperor of Morocco is fitting out a fleet to carry troops.
A Jacobin club is established at Brussels.
AUG. 10.
This mail has brought us the particulars of the evacuation of Leghorn by the French.—The French Minister who fled by sea in an American vessel, was taken by one of our cruisers.
Capture of Three French Frigates.
Centaur, June 19, 1799.
MY LORD,
I have the Honor to inform you, that, pursuant to your Signal of yesterday for a general chase to the N. E. I came up with and captured three frigates on the evening of this day.
The Bellona and Santa Teresa frigate being nearest when the two sternmost struck, I made their Signal to take possession of them, whilst I pursued the third, which struck also in an hour afterwards. The Emerald in the mean time took the Salamine Brig, and Captain, the Alert.
This squadron was commanded by Rear Admiral Perre, thirty-three days from Jaffa, bound to Toulon; for their names and force I beg leave to refer you to the list.
I have the Honor to be, &c. &c.
J. MARKHAM.
Vice Admiral Lord Keith,
HAGUE, JULY 16. The Municipality of Amsterdam has declared itself permanent on account of the prevailing ferment. The expectation of an external attack increases. The French Gen. Brune commands the Batavian troops. Anonymous letters denounce the Director Ermereus, as corresponding with England.
Capture of Surinam.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 19.
By the arrival of the schooner Moncrieff, captain E. Pearce, in 22 days from Surinam, we are politely favored by captain Pearce with the following intelligence. On the 12th of August an English fleet, under the command of lord Seymour, vice admiral of the blue, consisting of five line of battle ships, of 98 guns (the admiral's) and one of 74, with six frigates, and as many transports, (the land forces under the command of lieutenant general Trigge,) made their appearance off the mouth of Surinam river, and sent a flag of truce to the governor, demanding possession of Surinam and its dependencies in 24 hours, on the following terms, as near as capt. Pearce recollects:
The colony and all its dependencies, forts, on the river, &c. to be delivered to the English.
The Dutch and Spanish soldiers to march out from the forts with the honors of war.
That no alteration would be made in the government, and that all Dutch property should remain in the situation it was then in.
That no American property should be molested afloat or on shore, and the Americans should be privileged to trade there, but only allowed to take in return produce to the amount of one third of their cargo, except molasses.
The governor demanded 48 hours to consider of it; (and laid an embargo on all vessels in port, at which time several were ready for sea) the term of 48 hours was allowed, and at the expiration of which time the governor sent a flag of truce down to the admiral, which concluded the capitulation.
On the 21st, the admiral landed at Paramaribo, and took possession of the fort there, being the last one. On the 22d, captain Pearce went on board the frigate Amphitrite, in which the admiral came up, in order to get permission to proceed to sea. The admiral informed him he should not be detained but a day or so, as he was informed some French vessels that were in port, had, within a few days, hoisted American colors, he would send an officer on board all the vessels in port first, to examine their papers, and those that were clear should be allowed immediately to proceed to sea.—The admiral behaved with the greatest politeness, as well as all the officers. On the 24th captain Pearce called on the admiral, who gave him his passport; and on the same day gave several other Americans their passports who were detained as well as captain Pearce, from the time the English first made their appearance off the river.
Commodore M'Neil.
Capt. Pearce also informs, that the United States ship of war Portsmouth, commodore M'Neil, and the brigantine Scammel, capt. —, were then in port. The Portsmouth had been stationed off the river Surinam for several weeks, in order to keep in port a French ship of 20 guns, called the Hussar, capt. Pelatier—about the time the English appeared off the river, capt. Pelatier of the Hussar, gave the ship up to Commodore M'Neil, who put on board his first lieutenant, and upwards of 100 men, and took the Frenchmen out as prisoners, and put them on board the Portsmouth and Scammel. When the English came in port, commodore M'Neil, (dressed in his uniform) went in his boat to go along side the Hussar, in order to give his lieutenant some orders, when a captain of one of the frigates ordered him twice at his peril not to go along side of the French ship, of which commodore M'Neil took no notice. The third time the captain of the British frigate ordered one of his men to fire a musket at commodore M'Neil, which M'Neil took no further notice of, further than turning his head round, told the British captain to fire again, which he did twice, but neither ball did any injury. Commodore M'Neil proceeded to the ship Hussar, gave his lieutenant some orders, and immediately went on shore at New Port, to see the admiral. While Com. M'Neil was on shore, the same British captain was coming to the Hussar, when the lieutenant ordered him on his peril three times not to come any nearer than he was. The British capt. took no notice of the order. The lieutenant ordered one of his men to fire on the British captain, which he did. The boat immediately put back.
By what captain Pearce could learn, the admiral was much displeased at his captain's proceedings. Some agreement was entered into by lord Seymour, the admiral, and commodore M'Neil on account of which commodore M'Neil gave the ship Hussar up, with all the prisoners.

Portland,
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1799.
For continuation of the Laws of the United States , see half sheet accompanying this day's Gazette .
Several local matters are unattended to this day, in order to present the Late Interesting News .
THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
Detailed this day, was received at Boston on Wednesday last, by the ship Packet , Capt. Trott, 40 days from Liverpool, bringing London papers to the 12th Aug.—By them it appears, That the Combined FLEETS were seen on the 1st Aug. at the entrance of the Bay of Biscay; and that the English Fleet under Lord Keith, was still augmenting and pursuing them.—A decisive victory has been gained over Tippoo in India.—Official confirmation has been received of Buonaparte's flight from before Acre, which place he attacked eleven times, and in the last effort was badly wounded.—Lord Nelson's fleet with 12,000 men on board was off Genoa.—Naples in possession of the royal troops.—Mantua and Alexandria closely besieged with such immense bodies of troops as to promise the capitulation of both places in a short period.—Genoa on the point of being besieged.—The Austrians in Switzerland waiting for reinforcements to pursue Massena.—In France, the Directory, the Elders, the Council of 500, and the Club at the Menagerie, assume alternately the right of dictating public opinion, each is afraid of the other, they all deceive and are deceived.—The secret expedition from England was on the eve of its commencement, an embargo was laid on all the vessels in the channel on the 7th Aug. to continue till the sailing of the armament, which will consist, besides the 35,000 English troops, of 45,000 Russians, and 12,000 Germans; the British officers are Field Marshal Duke of York, Generals Knox, Moore, Cooley, Doyley, Lord Paget, and Duke of Somerset.—Mr. Adams, the American minister, has left Berlin and proceeded to Dresden.
The affairs of Europe, at the present time, present to us new proofs, that the great principles which govern the revolutions of the world, remain unchanged, and that what happened two thousand years ago, must, under like circumstances, happen again in this and every future period.—We see in history, how the great empires of Assyria, Persia, Macedonia and Rome fell to pieces by their own weight, the principles of corruption or the force of reason. The efforts of France, founded on different pretexts and seconded by the strongest passions of the populace, exhibited a prospect of extending conquests and empire over a great portion of the globe and of giving them a duration unknown to the great empires of antiquity. It has been a current opinion that the French conquests would be durable, and change the face of Europe; and there is reason to believe that at all events, the political state of Europe, and more especially the civil and domestic state of its inhabitants will undergo a considerable change. It is probable that the ecclesiastical system of domination will never be re-established in its full force; and that many of the feudal services will be abolished, mitigated or exchanged for fixed rents, or compensations. But that the French could overrun the world and remain long masters of it, was a chimerical idea. Nothing is more certain than that, beyond a certain extent, an empire is weakened by conquests and acquisitions of territory. Had the French limited their ambition by the Rhine and the Alps, it is probable they might have held their dominions. But when they pushed their armies into Italy, the interior of Germany, and especially into Egypt and Syria, there was no difficulty in pronouncing on the certainty that at some future time, not distant, defeat and disaster were to be their fate. [ Speculator .]
Restoration of the Jesuits.
A plan for restoring that celebrated order, under the new name of the Society of Faith , is now handed about on the Continent, and is said to be the work of the Abbe Broglio, and an Italian Count. Several of the Catholic powers are said to be disposed to put it in execution. The present Emperor of Russia has restored the order of Jesuits at Mohilow, and may not his power and influence re-establish them in other countries?
From the Salem paper of Tuesday last.
FROM GONAIVES.
Capt. Ropes, of the brig Betty , left Gonaives the 1st of September, and arrived here on Tuesday last. The day after sailing he fell in with the George Washington frigate, conveying nine sail of Americans from Port-au-Prince to the United States. The Lieut. of the frigate informed Capt. Ropes, that Toussaint had got possession of the forts at the mouth of the harbour of Cape Nicholas Mole; that he had a large body of troops back of the town, which was then in possession of Rigaud's troops; that two armed vessels lying off and on the harbour belonged to him; and that it was hourly expected the town would fall into his hands.—Shortly after, a grand salute was fired from the forts, and the armed vessels bore up into the harbour; from which Capt. Ropes concluded that Toussaint's troops had got possession of the town.
FIRE!
On Friday night last, two new dwelling houses, nearly finished, situated a few rods from Back Cove Bridge, on Falmouth side, were entirely consumed by fire. From every circumstance there is reason to conclude they were intentionally set on fire. If so, it is hoped the vigilance of our citizens will soon discover the incendiary.
A Paris paper of July 19th, says, "Merlin the Ex Director, has blown his own brains out."
The territory of Rome is nearly evacuated by the French.
A letter from Savannah, Sept. 5, says—"News is just received of the capture of Amelia Island, Spanish, by the English."
[Amelia Isle, on the coast of E. Florida, lies about 9 leagues N. of St. Augustine, and very near Talbot Island on the S. at the mouth of St. John's river. It is 13 miles long and 2 broad, is very fertile, and has an excellent harbour. Its N. end lies opposite Cumberland Island, between which and Amelia Isle is the entry into St. Mary's river, in N. lat. 30. 52. W. long. 81. 23.] [ Norfolk Am. Ga. ]
From LANSINGBURGH (New York) Sept. 17. IMPROVEMENT.
It is with pleasure we are enabled to state, that on Saturday last the works which have been for upwards of two months prosecuted with unexampled industry, for improving the navigation between this village and Troy, by removing the rocks in the bed of the river constituting the Lower Rift, were completed.—In the short space of nine weeks, a channel has been cut thro' the solid rock, 30 feet wide, 55 rods in length, and more than one third of the distance four feet deep—making a depth of more than five feet water at the lowest tides; by which the navigation is rendered equally practicable as it is at present, or probably ever will be, between Troy and Albany.—When it is considered that it was necessary to inclose several acres of the river with a dam, construct machines to throw out the water, and keep it dry, we presume it will be acknowledged, that no work of a similar nature, and equal magnitude, was ever completed by the same number of hands in a shorter period.
DIED —In this town, Mrs. Hepsibath Shedd, aged 47, wife of Mr. Thomas Shedd. In England, the Rt. Hon. Earl Howe, Admiral of the Fleet and General of the Marines. Sir P. Parker succeeds him.
Marine Articles.
Port of Portland.
The ships Cumberland , Scott , and Two Sisters , Knights of this port, were at Liverpool Aug. 14th.
The Hulda , Dolphin , Favorite , Jonah , Betty , and Sally & Mary , of this port, and the Experiment and Succes of Kennebec, were at Port Republican, Aug. 30.
Snow Margaret , McLellan, from Trinidad for this port, was spoke on the 12th inst.
The Thomas , Wilson from Liverpool to Wilmington, put into Newyork in consequence of having lost his foretopmast, and being very leaky.
The ship Grand Turk is cast away on her passage from the Bay of Honduras to Newyork.
The Lucy , Capt. Brightman, has been sent into Guadalupe by a French privateer.
BOSTON, SEPT. 23. Arrived schooner Little John , capt. James Hall, from Bremen, sailed July 19. July 22, on the Dogger Bank, was captured by a French lugger Privateer, and ordered for Holland, a prizemaster and seven seamen put on board—on being captured the captain received very abusive treatment, was beaten in a savage manner peculiar to the French. The letters were broken open, and also many packages of goods. July 26, 10 leagues N. E. of the Elbe, was re taken by the armed ship Camilla , Capt. Seward, of Boston, from Amsterdam homeward—who took the Frenchmen out and ordered the Little John for Boston. July 27, the Camilla put the prisoners on board a Greenland fisherman bound to Hamburg. July 30, lat. 55, 25, long. 4, the Little John spung her bowsprit; and put into Hittero, in Norway, Aug. 3, in company with the Camilla . Before putting into Norway on the 2d of Aug. the Camilla , in the night fired at the British frigate Dromedary , the next day was boarded from her, but treated politely.
Savannah, Aug. 23. On the 21st inst. arrived brig Brothers , Capt. Parsons, from Martinique, which place he left on the 4th.—He informs of a French privateer which had been successful in her depredations on our commerce, in which calling she had accumulated 50,000 dollars, taken out of the different vessels which she had fallen in with. With this sum, the privateer returned to Guadalupe, having 8 American prisoners on board. The Frenchmen (leaving 5 of their number) went on shore to recreate themselves; this was too good an opportunity for American penetration to lose sight of, they accordingly politely desired the Sans Culottes would walk overboard, which they did: The Americans then took possession of the privateer, and proceeded to St. Thomas's, where they arrived safe.
Norfolk, Sept. 10. The sloop Friendship , Ramsay, of this port, was captured on the 9th of August, on her passage to the Havana, by two Providence privateers, who put a prize master and four hands on board, and ordered her for New Providence; but capt. Ramsay found means to retake his vessel, and got safe into the Havana, with only the loss of his papers.
LANDS for SALE.
TO BE SOLD , the following lots of LAND situated in the town of Falmouth, in the county of Cumberland, drawn by Thomas Flucker, Esq. in the right of his wife Hannah Flucker, in the partition of the estate of Brigadier Samuel Waldo, made between his heirs in the year 1765—viz.
60 acres purchased by said Waldo of Phineas Jones, laid out on the right of John Powell, and lies at Piscataqua.
The residue of 138 acres granted by proprietors committee to said Waldo, being the southerly half of 276 acres to said Waldo on his own right lying at Piscataqua. The other part of said 138 acres being lately sold to A. McVitt.
57 acres purchased by said Waldo of Phineas Jones, being the southerly half of 114 acres laid out on the right of Jehiel Jordan and Richard Dymond, lying in Piscataqua.
111 acres bought by said Waldo of Phineas Jones, being part of John Powell's 67 acres, and Samuel Jordan's 44 acres, and lies on the N. East side of Presumpscot river.
100 acres granted by proprietor's Committee to said Waldo, in lieu of 100 acres laid out in Cooper's claim, which were laid out on the right of Moses Pearson, and lies on N. East side of Presumpscot river.
23 acres and 120 rods bought by said Waldo of John Tys, being part of 104 acres laid out on the right of Jehiel Jordan, lying on the S. West side of Stroudwater river.
60 acres bought by said Waldo of Phineas Jones, laid out on the right of Thomas Moson, and lies on the S. West side of Stroudwater river.
192 acres granted by proprietors Committee, being James Dymond's 30 acres, and part of 186 acres to said Waldo laid out on his right, lying at Saccarappa.
100 acres bought by said Waldo of John Tys, laid out on right of said Tys, and lies at Saccarappa.
22 acres bought by said Waldo of John Fobins, being part of his 60 acres, laid out on the said Fobins, lying South side of Presumpscot river.
For terms, apply to General KNOX, at Thomaston, or the subscriber, at Portland. DANIEL DAVIS. Portland, Sept. 20, 1799.
FOUND—two Notes of
Hand; one of ten dollars, subscribed by Joseph Thompson—the other, five dollars, subscribed by Elipha Cummings—The owner may have them, by paying for this advertisement, and applying to C. BRADLEY. Falmouth, Sept. 25, 1799.
NOTICE is hereby given that the subscriber has been duly appointed administrator on the
Estate of Samuel Beckford , late of Portland, baker, deceased, and has taken upon herself that trust by giving bonds as the law directs.—All persons having any demands upon said estate are desired to exhibit the same; and all persons indebted thereto, are requested to make payment immediately to JANE BECKFORD, Administratrix. Portland, Sept. 26, 1799.
THE nonresident Proprietors
of the following Lots and undivided Tract of unimproved Land, situated in the town of Buckstown, in the county of Hancock, are hereby notified, that the same are taxed in the State, County, and Town tax-bills, committed to the Subscriber to collect for the year of our Lord 1797, in the respective sums set against them, viz.
   Lot No. Cts. M. Lot. Cts. M. Lot. Cts. M.     58 21 6 61 21 8 65 21 6   59 21 6 62 21 6   60 21 6 63 21 6  
SECOND SURVEY.
   6 16 5 49 21 5 94 21 5   7 13 3 50 13 9 96 21 0   8 13 3 51 13 9 101 21 0   9 13 3 52 13 9 106 16 5   10 11 0 54 21 0 108 16 5   11 11 0 59 12 4 109 16 5   14 11 0 60 12 4 110 16 5   16 16 5 64 16 5 111 16 5   20 21 0 68 16 5 112 16 5   21 21 0 71 21 0 116 16 5   24 21 0 75 16 5 119 13 3   31 16 5 78 16 5 121 16 5   35 12 4 81 16 5 122 16 5   36 11 0 86 18 3 123 16 5   37 11 0 89 18 3 124 16 5   39 11 0 90 18 3 125 16 5   43 21 5 91 13 9 127 16 5   45 21 5 92 13 9 128 12 4   47 21 5 93 13 9  
COMMON AND UNDIVIDED LAND.
   Acre. Dols. Cts. M.     3800 7 13 6  
If no person shall appear to discharge said Taxes and all intervening charges, on or before Monday the twenty-eighth day of October next, at nine of the clock in the forenoon, so much of said Land as will discharge the same, will then be sold at Public Auction, to the highest bidder, at the store of Mr. Benjamin Buck, in Buckstown aforesaid, according to law.
William Homer, Collector for the town of Buckstown for the year 1797. Buckstown, Sept. 7th, 1799.
Trunks for sale.
A few handsome TRUNKS of different sizes, for sale at Jeni's Book-Store.
WHEREAS MARY , wife of me the subscriber, has left my bed and board, and behaved herself in a very unbecoming manner;—this therefore is to forbid all persons harbouring or trusting her on my account, as I will not pay any debt of her contracting.
Mark Hutchins. Porcannaborough, Sept. 20, 1799.
For Sale, THE Sloop RANGER , of Freeport, Sixty-three tons burthen, two years old, is well found, and fails very fast. The terms of payment will be made easy—For further particulars apply to WEEKS & TUCKER. Portland, Sept. 30, 1799.
To the Honorable the Senate, and the Honorable House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled—
THE Petition of the town of WALDOBOROUGH , in the county of Lincoln, HUMELY SHEPHERD,
That there is in said town a small fresh water river, in which many years past some few of the fish called Alewives were caught, but for a number of years past (although the Dams were opened according to law) few or none of the fish aforesaid were discovered to be in said stream—But your petitioners being informed that a late act of this Commonwealth takes in the stream aforesaid, beg leave to state to your Honors their circumstances in the premises—Firstly, That the fish that could in all probability be ever caught in said stream, would be of no consequence whatever to the inhabitants—And secondly, That in the town of Waldoborough a great majority of the inhabitants have to buy their corn, as it comes into the town in vessels, from the westward, in small quantities from time to time during the summer season, and if the grist mill dams are opened in said stream, they will be obliged to carry their corn and grain to be ground out of the town, ten or twelve miles at least to the same ground into meal—And as the poorer sort of inhabitants aforesaid, are not possessed of horses, the very horse hire itself would amount, exclusive of their own time, to as much as the real value of the meal if ground at their own mills—They therefore pray your Honors to take their circumstances in that respect into your consideration, and exempt the town of Waldoborough in the fish act—And as in duty bound will ever pray.
Signed by order of the Town, THOMAS MCGUYER, JABOB LUDWIG, } Selectmen of GEORGE DEMUTH. } Waldoborough.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
In the House of Representatives, June 10th, 1799.
ON the Petition of the Selectmen of Waldoborough, praying for an alteration of the act for the preservation of the fish called Salmon, Shad and Alewives, in the rivers, streams and waters within the county of Lincoln and Cumberland—
ORDERED, That the petitioners notify all concerned by publishing an attested copy of their petition, with this order thereon in JENKINS'S GAZETTE, printed at Portland, three weeks successively, the last publication to be made thirty days at least before the second Wednesday of the next session of the General Court, in order that the parties interested may then appear and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said petition should not be granted.
Sent up for concurrence. EDWARD H. ROBBINS, Speaker.
In SENATE—June 10th, 1799.
Read and concurred. JOHN C. JONES, President pro tem. True Copy—Attest, EDWARD McLANE, Clerk of the Senate.
Lands by Auction, TO-MORROW, OCTOBER 1st.
WHEREAS the following Lots of LAND were advertised to be sold on the 1st day of September next, which happens on Sunday and the sale thereof on that account, cannot be legally made, THEREFORE,
By Virtue of an Order of the Supreme Judicial Court for the Sale of the Estate of the late THOMAS FLUCKER, Esq. deceased, Will to be sold at the House of Mr. Thomas Motley, Innkeeper at Portland,
On the first day of October next, at 11 o'clock, A. M. to the highest bidder,
PART of the following Tracts of LAND, lying in the township of Falmouth, and County of Cumberland, and which are in common and undivided with certain heirs of the late Brigadier Gen. SAMUEL WALDO, and which was part of the Estate of the said THOMAS FLUCKER, Esq. confiscated to the use of the Commonwealth after the just debts and legal charges thereon should be paid—to wit.
One third part of two hundred and fifty six acres granted by the Proprietor's Committee of Falmouth, to Brig. SAMUEL WALDO, and laid out near the Duck Ponds.
One third part of five hundred and eleven acres, and eighty-two rods, being the remainder of the eight hundred acres, laid out to Brig. SAMUEL WALDO, by the Proprietors' Committee at Stroudwater.
One half part of six hundred and ninety acres, allowed and granted by the Proprietor's Committee of Falmouth, to the heirs of Brig. Gen. WALDO, out of their pitch of nine hundred and sixty two acres, lying near the Duck Ponds.
Conditions of Sale to be made known at the above time and place.
H. KNOX, Agent and Administrator. August 20th, 1799.
BARTER.
WANTED , in exchange for Land, at Waterford, forty six miles from this town, materials for a House, &c.—and labour to finish the same—The bricks to be delivered in Portland the ensuing fall—frame, boards, shingles &c. in the course of the winter months, and the joinery, and masonry, completed in all July next—In said land there is a choice of lots; some suitable for making farms, others abounding with timber, mill privileges, &c. &c. Inquire at the Store of NATHANIEL CHAMBERLAIN, Middle-Street. Portland, 5th Aug. 1799.
TO LET, PART of the House formerly occupied by Mrs. EMmons; which is calculated for a STORE, and very convenient for a small Trader—Conditions may be made known, by applying to NATHANIEL FREEMAN, living on the premises. Sept. 2.

Poetry.
THE SUN AND THE WIND—A FABLE.
I'VE heard both French and Phrygian Aëop say, That Boreas bold, and Phœbus bright As jogging on their way, Disputing which could shew most might. Th' impatient Wind, with wrangling not content, Propos'd a wager, knock'd down argument, To end the matter, let us try our skill, Bright Emp'r of the skies, I'll lay you what you will, Old bluff'ring Boreas cries; Yon mortal wrapt within his cloak, Shall in less time than I have spoke, Behold his mantle without much ado In spite of all his efforts hurl'd, With hood and cowl to backside of the world."
A NEW MODE OF SAVING YOUR MONEY FROM ROBBERS.
Or, The Irish way of giving ALL to save the REMAINDER!
By TOMMY PINDAR, PET. PIND. NEROS.
ONCE on a time, 'tis said, that Hounslow Heath Was by a gang of Robbers fore infested, Who with the sword of Justice boldly jested, Till Master KIRBY'S Necklace stopp'd their breath. Three doughty Officers of Volunteers, Knights of the Thimble (fame reports) and Sheers, Stopping at Hounslow in a Chaise and pair, Ask'd fiercely, if the Heath was safe from Thieves: Yes, Sir, replied the Ostler, I believe; Besides, what needs such warlike Gemmen care? The Ostler had a FRIEND that lurk'd at hand, A Tribute-gatherer upon the road—no worse; Who viewing slyly this redoubled hand, Swore each should pay the fore'd loan of his purse, Or put (to speak more like a politician) Their money in a state of requisition. Away then rode he on, to wait his prey; The Heroes paid their score—and off went they; But ere they half the Heath had cross'd, They found the Chevalier upon his post; He stopp'd the Chaise—"Gemmen (says he) I hear This road is curiously by Rogues beset; And, though such valiant men despise all fear, Perhaps you'll be in danger if you're met." At this their powder'd locks began to bristle; "What shall we do?" they cry'd, "oh, tell us what!" "Why, Gemmen," says the Rogue, and show'd a pistol— "Best leave your cash with me—I'll tell you that." "What! all our Money? Nay, for goodness hold." "Yes all—Quick, quick!" replied the rogue, "your gold! Make haste!—Your Watches too must be unbobb'd; Or, d—n my body, Sirs, but you'll be robb'd!"
Written by a Wit, who disliked the GERMAN FLUTE.
ORPHEUS, 'tis said, by music charm'd the Devil, And made even ranting Proserpina civil; But had the Grecian been so dull a brute, As to have dar'd attempt it with a Flute, The sequel, doubtless, would have taught him well, That such vile whistling had no power in hell!
MISCELLANY.
DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY OF MOROCCO.
WESTWARD, and at the foot of Atlas, is a plain of considerable extent; the fertility of which is increased by numerous streams, falling from the neighbouring mountain. It was formerly divided into gardens and plantations, few of which have survived the devastation of tyranny and faction.
In the midst of this plain is situated the city of Morocco; the metropolis of a kingdom which vies with France in extent, and exceeds it in fertility; but, in consequence of misgovernment, is little better than a desert.
The walls, which are nearly entire, comprise a space not inferior to Paris, but which exhibit little more than heaps of ruins. Indeed, of half a million of inhabitants, which it probably contained in the flourishing period of the Arabians, twenty or thirty thousand are the most that can now be found in it. In the absence of the prince, the number is even less than this.
The foundations of houses, and the vestiges of streets are every where visible. The quarters that have been rebuilt are distant from each other, and composed of houses awkwardly constructed, tottering, dark, inconvenient and filthy.
The houses of private persons, in their size and proportions, have no resemblance to each other. They are not built in the same line. The breadth of the street is therefore perpetually varying. They all agree in presenting a square front, of mud, half converted into bricks, irregular in surface, and with no aperture but a door.
The Jews reside in a separate quarter, enclosed by a craggy wall. The ruins of synagogues and habitations show this quarter to have once been populous.—It is said to have contained twenty thousand persons, who have now dwindled to two hundred families. The rest have been dispersed by violence, or have taken refuge, from a sanguinary and tyrannical government, in the bosom of the neighbouring hills.
The public buildings are mosques, kaiseria, or market-places, and the buildings of the great. The mosques, some of which are spacious, are built in a similar, but some-what worse style than structurs of the same kind in Natolia and Greece. The kaiseria are mean in their structure, and make but a beggarly display of merchandise.—They are much inferior to the bezestees in Turkey, places appropriate to the same purpose.
A large space, enclosed by walls, containing gardens of orange trees and odoriferous flowers, and interspersed by gay pavilions, is the abode of the monarch, his kinsmen, and his grandees. These differ in extent and splendor in proportion to the rank and wealth of the possessor: that of the prince is of course the most magnificent.
The last is an edifice of some grandeur. It fronts the snowy and stupendous ridge of Atlas, which, though many leagues distant, seems to overhang the city. The walls, through which you are led by gates of hewn stone, adorned with Gothic arches and Arabian ornaments, enclose various courts and gardens. These were laid out by captives or hirelings from Naples and France, and forcibly reminded me of my native country. In this instance, for some reason which I am unable to assign, this people seem to have dismissed their usual antipathy to whatever is christian.
In the centre of each garden is a pyramidal edifice, covered with varnished tiles of various colours. In each is a large hall, lighted and aired by four doors. The walls are embellished with gilding, and painting, and inscriptions from the Koran. The floor is covered with carpets. The rest of the furniture consists in tables, clocks, fire-arms, all of European manufacture, china and flower-pots.
The temperature of this city is in an high degree salubrious and delightful. The snowy summits of Atlas screen it from the burning winds of the desert. To the same cause, however, it is owing that the winter is extremely cold.
Morocco is the capital of the southern, as Mequinez is of the northern provinces. The latter is in a less ruinous condition than the former; but the above description is, with a few exceptions, adapted to all the Mahometan cities.
Account of an ICE PALACE, built in Russia in 1740, by order of the Empress Anna, on the banks of the Neva.
The Palace was constructed of large quadrats of ice hewn in the manner of free-stone. The edifice was 52 feet in length, 16 in breadth and 20 in height. The walls were 3 feet thick. In the several apartments, were tables, chairs, beds, and all kinds of household furniture of ice. In front of the palace, besides pyramids and statues, stood six cannon, carrying balls of six pound weight, and two mortars, of ice. From one of the former, as a trial, an iron ball, with only a quarter of a pound of powder, was fired off. The ball went through a two inch board at 60 paces from the mouth of the cannon; and the piece of ice artillery, with its lavette, remained uninjured by the explosion. The illumination of the ice palace at night had an astonishingly grand effect.
IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.
EXTRACTS.—ABBE DE ST. PIERRE.
"I HAVE read with pleasure, says this benevolent politician in the public papers, that on the 4th of April 1724, the parliament of England passed a bill, by which any prisoner for debt, who does not owe to the same person above one hundred pounds, shall be discharged from prison, if he makes over to his creditors, all the estate, goods and chattels he is worth: that in consequence of this merciful act of parliament upwards of one hundred thousand persons were set at liberty; and that in the last years, by an act of parliament making the sum necessary for their liberation, only fifty pounds, twelve thousand debtors were discharged from prison.
"By the same regulation adopted in France, says the Abbe, that country possessing a third more inhabitants than England, eighteen thousand debtors, would be liberated, and as we may put nearly a shilling English a day to the profit a man would make of his talents, what an immense addition of wealth would accrue to the public, as well as what means of comfort to individuals?"
"It is remarked in honor of the Portuguese civil jurisprudence "no man can be imprisoned for debt; his property to the last penny must be given up to his creditors, but his person is free, together with the cloathes he wore at the time of his being apprehended to answer to the interrogatories of his judge."
"In Turkey and Egypt, no person is imprisoned for debt; there are no prisons to be found for that purpose; and the disciples of the Prophet cast it as a reflection upon modern Europe, and as a refinement of theirs, to imprison man for debt."
From the Hibernian Magazine.
On welding Cast Steel.—By Sir Thomas Frankland, Bart. F. R. S.
It has been generally supposed impossible to weld cast steel, or bar steel refined by fusion, either to common steel or iron; and the reason is, that in a welding heat it runs away under the hammer like sand:—but, tho' cast steel in a welding heat is too soft to bear being hammered, Sir T. Frankland has found, by repeated experiments, that cast steel in a white heat, and iron in a welding heat, unite completely. When that process is intended, the steel and iron must be heated separately, and the union of the parts proposed to be joined must be effected at a single heat.
FACE PAINTING.
LADY COVENTRY, the celebrated beauty, killed herself with painting. She bedaubed herself with white so as to stop the perspiration. Lady Montague was more prudent—she went often into the hot bath, to scrape off the paint, which was almost as thick as plaster on a wall.
KING George I. prior to his accession to the throne of England, had an amorous connexion with a German Countess. This flame not being cooled by time, he brought the lady to England, and she was created Duchess of Kendal. She was considered the favorite of the monarch, though not much respected by the people. About the time this Brunswick Lais was expected in England, Mrs. Mapp, a noted bone setter, and mountebank, of whom many laughable particulars may be read in the Tatlers, Spectators, Grubstreet Journal, &c. coming to town, as the anecdote is related by Putteney, with a coach and six, was met by a rabble, who seeing her oddity and tawdrily dressed, took her for a foreigner, and concluded she was the King's mistress, above described. Upon this, they followed the coach, bawling out, no Hanover whore, no Hanover whore. The lady within the coach was much offended, let down the glass and screamed louder than any of them, She was no Hanover whore, she was an English one. Upon which, the mob, with true English complaisance, cried out, God bless your ladyship, and wish'd her a good journey.
A FASHION.
AMONG the variety of amusing articles in the London papers, it is said a Belle of fashion at a late Opera, at the Royal Theatre, Drury Lane, made a very attractive appearance, in the eleventh box on the king's side: She was dressed in a vest of virgin white, with sky blue gloves, sporting raven colored locks, thro' which ran a slight bead of silver edging. Tho' we are not connoisseurs enough to determine, whether this be already the true English Ton, we think however it must be charming!
AS women, when they think themselves secure of admiration, commit a thousand negligencies, which shew themselves so much at disadvantage, and off their guard, as to lose the little real love they had before—so when men imagine others entertain some esteem for their abilities, they often expose all their imperfections, and foolish works, to the disparagement of the little wits they were that masters of.
THE French, with their Monarchy, have lost all title to Gallantry. In the Nunneries which they lately destroyed, they had the ferocious brutality to kill many of the unoffending Nuns with the but-ends of their muskets! Yet we have amongst us a set of Jacobin creatures, who highly extol the FEATS of the Great Gallic Nation!
BONNEMAIN, a Parisian, has invented a new process for expediting the vegetation of plants. It is water placed in a conductor, heated by a stove, and flows in pipes which circulate round the bed of earth. An experiment has been made of this process in a garden of plants. Roots of asparagus, very old & very dry, have been planted in a bed of earth heated in this manner. In about three days the asparagus shot up above the ground, & in eight days were fit for eating. They proved very wholesome, very tender, fine flavored, and like in every respect to those produced in the natural season.
Two very honest gentlemen, who dealt in brooms, meeting one day in the street, one asked the other, How the devil he could afford to undersell him every where as he did, when he stole the stuff, and made the brooms himself? Why you silly dog, answered the other, I steal them ready made.