Herald of the United States (Warren, R.I.), 1805-06-08 00:00:00

There is not a doubt, Linois was dis- patched to the East Indies even before the commencement of the war, but in expectation of it. Upon the same principles the Rochfort squadron di- rected its course to the West. Bona- parte has no expectation of making any conquests there which he can re- tain; enough is done if he can distress our commerce, and arm the Blacks a- gainst us. In pursuance of the same policy he will probably send a rein- forcement to the East Indies; he will endeavour to land a force in Egypt; he will then make an attempt, or at least a diversion in Ireland; and when we are wearied out with this varied and active warfare, the country drained of its regular troops, and deprived, perhaps, in part of its protecting fleets, then the Boulogne flotilla (which has never been diminished or dismantled, but is increasing every day) will seize a favorable opportunity of putting to sea, and the grand attempt will be made. Such appear to us to be the present system and projects of our in- veterate enemy. In the mean time, we trust, that the Nation, and the Vol- unteer force in particular, will not re- lax in their diligence and activity. It is possible, that our last principal de- pendence for the defence of the coun- try may be on the Volunteers. We trust they will remember the magni- tude and importance of the cause they have undertaken, and embrace the op- portunity which a favorable season will afford, of becoming as perfect mas- ters as possible, of that discipline on which their own safety and that of the country, will depend.
FRENCH NAVY.
PRESENT STATE AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE NAVAL FORCE OF FRANCE.
   AT BREST.   Guns. Guns.     L'Imperial, 120 L'Ulysse, 74   Le Republicain, 110 Le Tourville, 74   L'Invincible, 110 L'Role, 74   L'Alexandre, 80 La Revolution, 74   Le Foudroyant, 80 Le Dix Aout, 74   L'Impeueux, 74 La Constitution, 74   Le Brutus, 74 L'Alliance, 74   Le Castor, 74 Le Batave, 74   Le Vengeur, 74 Le Patriote, 74   Le Pelage, 74 Le Salicorne, 74   ON THE STOCKS.   Le Borne, 74 A frigate,   Le Phaon, 74   AT L'ORIENT.   L'Algeziras, 74   ON THE STOCKS.   Le Regulus, 74 L'Alcide, 74   Le Courageux, 74 A frigate,   AT ROCHEFORT.   [Before the Squadron failed to the West-Indies.]   Le Majestueux, 120 Le Jampe, 74   Le Magasin, 80 L'Indefatigable, 74   Le Suffrein, 74 L'Armide, 18   Le Lion, 74 La Gloire, 18   ON THE STOCKS.   La Ville de Paris, 120 L'Ajax, 74   L'Achille, 74   AT NANTZ.   La Prefide, 18   AT CADIZ.   L'Aigle, 74   AT FERROL.   Le Heron, 74 Le Serpent, 74   Le Duguay Trouin, 74 L'Argus, 74   Le Redoutable, 74 Le Guerrier, 42   IN THE EAST-INDIES.   Le Marengo, 84 La Semillante, 36   Le Belle Poule, 36   IN AMERICA.   La Gabarrelle, La Milanaise,  
According to this list the French naval force consists at present of fifty- three ships of the line. The number of frigates and corvettes here specified, amounts to twenty, exclusive of the numerous gun-boats, and other small vessels.
SECRET EXPEDITION.
There is no truth in the report of the expedition so long preparing at Portsmouth having been countermand- ed. On the contrary, there seems to be an intention of enlarging the scale on which it was at first to be conduct- ed.
All the armed defence ships, lately stationed in the Downs, have gone round to Portsmouth, having been pre- viously fitted up as transports, and having taken on board a number of flat-bottomed boats.
It is reported by those who pre- tend to be in the confidence of Minis- ters, that the dispatches which were re- ceived from St. Petersburg, last Mon- day, contain the most satisfactory assur- ances of the complete failure of the various artifices employed by the French government to detach the Em- peror Alexander from the interests of this country. The principal articles of a treaty of alliance between his Ma- jesty and that Sovereign are said to be already agreed upon; and on the same authority we are assured, that only a few points of detail remain to be ad- justed previous to a formal communi- cation being made on this important subject to both Houses of Parliament. After the repeated disappointments which have been experienced relative to the co-operation of Russia, the pub- lic cannot place much confidence in the promises made to them upon this occasion.
APRIL 19.
The friends of Lord Melville and Mr. Trotter have set up as their defence, that the public has been defrauded of nothing by all their speculations with the property which was (not) entrusted to their care. But the public is at this moment defrauded of every shuence of the profits they have made by this illegal traffic; and that it may conjecture what may have been the amount of them upon 134,000,000. sterling, which have il- legally passed through their hands, let it be remembered that Navy Bills have been at a discount of 15 per cent. that they bought Navy Bills with these mil- lions; and if they could have employed them all in this speculation alone, the profits might have amounted to 150,000. per million, or 20,100,000. sterling.
Lord Hawkesbury, we understand, has been appointed first Lord of the Ad- miralty, and is expected to be succeeded in the Home Department by Lord Har- rowby.
APRIL 20.
The Expedition sailed yesterday from Portsmouth, under convoy of the Queen and Dragon.
A Russian General is said to have arrived with dispatches from Petersburg of great importance. They have not transpired, but are believed to be ex- tremely favourable.
Dispatches were yesterday received from Admiral Lord Gardner, off Brest, which state, that the enemy had made some movements that indicated an inten- tion of venturing to sea the first favour- able opportunity.
At Ferrol, a similar disposition ap- pears to be manifested by the French and Spanish Squadrons. The following in- telligence is contained in a letter from an officer on board his Majesty's ship In- defatigable, dated off Ferrol, April 2.
"Every opportunity that occurs, we make it our business to sail in and off the harbour's mouth of Ferrol, to recon- noitre the French and Spanish Squadrons lying there. They consist of six sail of the line, two frigates, two sloops, and one brig, Spanish. At Corunna, there is one French frigate, making altogether 14 sail of the line, two frigates, two sloops, and one brig."
"The French are already manned, and have a great number of troops on board, and are expected to sail hourly. The Spaniards are not sufficiently man- ned as yet. Yesterday we boarded an A- merican ship, that had just come out from Ferrol, and the captain assured us that the French would in the course of a few days put to sea, and that they were sup- posed to be destined for the West-Indies."
Domestic Occurrences.
OHIO. MARIETTA, MAY 9.
A gentleman by the name of Ben- nett, and a companion, a short time since travelled from Zaneville (in Ohio) to Wheeling (in Virginia) on Zane's road, so called. They had with them a little horse, on which they carried about one thousand dollars in silver. It appears that two men had followed them for some time, but never
got an opportunity of putting their de- signs in execution, until they had got within ten miles of Newellstown. It seems that the travellers were warned of the threatened danger.— The robbers by accident got past the travellers, and came to a tavern enquir- ing very particularly after some person answering in description to the travellers, inasmuch that the landlord strong- ly suspected them. The robbers had not been gone two hours before the travellers came along. The landlord expressed his fear and suspicion; ad- vised Bennett and his companion to arm themselves, and suggested the propriety of some person accompany- ing them to Newellstown; but they did not apprehend any danger. They provided themselves with hickory clubs, and proceeded on their journey: they had not proceeded far, before they were attacked by two men, with blackened faces, and ordered to surrender their money. One of these men had a gun which he levelled at the breast of Ben- nett, the other had a tomahawk; some words passed, but Bennett discovering that the villain was resolute and deter- mined, and that his life was in danger, reached out the bridle to the robber, who held the gun, hoping that he would take hold of it, by which action, the direction of the gun would have been altered; in which case he intended to spring in upon him, and wrest the gun from his hands; but the robber was on his guard—he commanded Bennett to lead the horse into a certain deep hollow, which lay off the road, threat- ening to shoot him if he did not; Ben- nett conjecturing that the robber meant to murder him when he got him there, threw the bridle from him with vio- lence, saying, "I'll be d—d if I go there," and took to his heels.— The horse, being accustomed to follow his master through the woods, took af- ter him full speed: the robber with the gun took after the horse; and the rob- ber with the tomahawk, who had tak- en the other traveller, and was keep- ing him in custody, seeing the horse and money flying off, deserted his charge and took after the rest.—Ben- nett and the horse won the race: they came to a house in about a mile, at the sight of which the robbers retreated; and what was remarkable, the saddle- bags which contained the money, and which hung loose over the saddle, did not fall off, although the horse courseted it over very bad race-ground thickly covered with trees, logs, brush, &c. and ran rapidly considering the weight he carried.
The next day one of the robbers was apprehended and committed to jail, where, in consequence of a sen- tence of court, he is to have the plea- sure of tarrying two years free of ex- pence.
PENNSYLVANIA.
PHILADELPHIA, MAY 22.
Extract of a letter from an officer of the American Squadron, to his friend in Peterburg, dated on board the Essex, Syracuse harbor, Nov. 9, 1804.
"William Eaton (our former consul at Tunis) has sailed in the brig Argus for Egypt; he is to co-operate with the brother of the bashaw—the dethroned bashaw is to raise an army against his brother, who usurped his government."
"Report says the Dey of Algiers has threatened to burn our squadron— We are vigilant—we keep a boat row- ing about the mouth of the harbor, night and day, to give notice to all vessels coming in."
STATE OF NEW-YORK.
NEW-YORK, MAY 21.
Letters from Spain state, that ap- prehensions were entertained of a de- scent by the British on Ferrol—and that troops were arriving from the in- terior at that place.
MAY 27.
Capt. Lilly, from Jamaica, informs us, that the whole coast round the lee- ward islands swarms with French pri- vateers, but not at Cuba. Without commencing and manned with despera- does from every quarter of the globe, they indiscriminately capture every vessel which affords them a probability
of plunder. The Governor of Cuba winks at these outrages, and permits them to persevere in their piratical con- duct, without the smallest molestation. Capt. L. on his outward bound passage, was boarded by one of these pirates; but he being loaded with lumber, they con- tented themselves with carrying off all his sea-stores, with what other valuables they could lay their hands on.
The brig Panther, Brown, arrived at quarantine from Kingston, was from Aux-Cayes, and on her passage was ta- ken by the French, and re-captured by the British, and carried into Jamaica. Capt. B. informs that a packet had ar- rived from England with dispatches, said to contain instructions to the Gov- ernor, empowering him to open the ports for the admission of American vessels as formerly, if he thought proper; the As- sembly were to commence their session the day Capt. B. sailed, to discuss the ques- tion, and there was no doubt but the ports would be open to Americans as usual.— A few days before Capt. B. sailed, Ad- miral Doyen, with six sail of the line, had proceeded in quest of the French squadron.
George Hammeken, Esq. and broth- er, who, we are informed, is appointed by the King of Denmark Consul for the eastern states, came passenger in the ship Lydia, Capt. Tredwell, from Tonning- en. We are also informed that Mr. J. F. Eckhart, formerly Vice-Consul at Philadelphia, is appointed by his Danish Majesty Consul for the Middle States.
Don Josef de Cabrera, lately im- prisoned in Philadelphia, for forging a check on the bank of Pennsylvania, has been given up by his Catholic Majesty to the laws of Pennsylvania.
The brig Sally, Capt. Chase, of Somerset, was captured on the 25th of April, by a French privateer, in going round from Falmouth (Jam.) to Mon- tego-Bay to clear for Wilmington. Capt. Chase came passenger in the brig Argo.
Mr. Hugh Gaine, whose death has been prematurely announced in almost every state in the union, was yesterday elected one of the governors of the New- York Hospital.
JUNE 4.
FROM FRANCE.
By a passenger in the brig Alli- ance, from Nantz, the editors of the New-York Gazette, have received the following interesting information:
"His Majesty the Emperor of France and King of Italy left Paris the 28th March for Milan, there to be crowned King: the 25th of May was appointed for the Coronation. Previ- ous to his leaving Paris he was pleased to order the long pending American claims to be closed, reserving three millions of livres to be applied to any unsubstantiated claims that remained behind—the American Minister had given notice to the several American claimants, that he was ready to draw on the American Government for the amounts of their respective awards, in such sums as they should chuse, and in francs."
"Mr. Livingston, our late Min- ister to the French Court, had return- ed to Paris from Italy, and with his family was expected at Nantz, in or- der to embark for New-York in the ship Mississippi, Capt. H. Skidmore, to sail the 10th or 15th of May."
"The Pope left Paris the 3d of April."
"Gen. Murat has been created a Prince, and appointed Grand Admi- ral of France."
"The Toulon fleet had been out 19 days, when the Alliance failed."
"Business was extremely dull at Nantz, there was a total stagnation: Colonial Produce pouring in from all parts of America and Lisbon; Coffee was as sold Cotton dull."
"Some warm notes had passed between Mr. Armstrong the American minister, and Mr. Talleyrand, respect- ing the conduct of the American Gov- ernment towards Spain. Dispatches respecting which are brought by the Alliance to the Secretary of State. Im- perial Napoleon has sold Mr. Arm- strong, that the Spanish Government cannot nor shall pay the demands of America at present."
"It was reported that Lucien Bonaparte was arrested in Italy, by