Jenks's Portland gazette (Portland [Me.]), 1799-12-09 00:00:00

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Details from the English papers, bro't by Capt. Prince
STATE PAPERS.
Provisional Treaty between his majesty the king of Great Britain, and his majesty the emperor of all the Russias. Done at St. Petersburg, the 29th (18th) of December, 1798.
In the name of the most Holy and Indivisible Trinity! HIS Majesty the King of Great Britain, and his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, in consequence of the alliance and friendship subsisting between them, being desirous to enter into a concert of measures such as may contribute to the most efficacious manner to oppose the successes of the French arms and the extension of the principles of anarchy, and to bring about a solid peace, together with the re-establishment of the balance of Europe, have judged it worthy their most serious consideration and earnest solicitude to endeavor, if possible, to reduce France within its former limits, as they subsisted before the revolution. They have, in consequence, agreed to conclude a Provisional Treaty; and for this purpose they have named as their Plenipotentiaries, namely, his majesty the king of Great Britain, Sir Charles Whitworth, K. B. his envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at the imperial court of Russia; and his majesty the emperor of all the Russias, the Chancellor Prince Besborodko, a director general of the posts, senator and knight of the orders of St. Andrew, of St. Alexander Newsky, of St. Anne, and grand cross of those of St. John of Jerusalem, and of St. Vladimir, of the first class; the Sieur Kotschoubey, vice chancellor, privy councillor and chamberlain, knight of the order of St. Alexander Newsky, and grand cross of that of St. Vladimir, of the second class; the Sieur Rostopfin, a privy councillor, member of the college for foreign affairs, knight of the order of St. Alexander Newsky, and of that of St. Anne, of the first class; who, after having reciprocally communicated their full powers, have concluded and agreed upon the following articles:
Article 1. The two contracting powers in the intention of inducing the king of Prussia to take an active part in the war against the common enemy, propose to employ all their endeavors to obtain that end. Immediately on his Prussian majesty's consenting to this measure, his imperial majesty of all the Russias is ready to afford him a succour of land forces, and he declines for that purpose 45,000 men, infantry and cavalry, with the necessary artillery, upon the following conditions:
II. The body of troops shall be put in motion as soon as the high contracting parties shall be assured of the determination of his Prussian majesty being conformable to what has been before stated. With regard to the further movements of this corps, and its combined operations with the Prussian troops, his majesty the emperor of all the Russias will arrange them with his majesty the king of Prussia, and communication shall also be made of them to his Britannic majesty, in order that by such a concert between the High Allies, the military operations against the enemy may be made with greater success, and that the object which is proposed may be more easily obtained.
III. In order to facilitate to his majesty the Emperor of all the Russias the means to take such an active part in the present war against the French, his Britannic majesty engages to furnish the pecuniary succours hereinafter specified; his imperial majesty of all the Russias nevertheless reserving to himself the right to recal the aforesaid body of troops into his own territories, if by any unforeseen event, the whole of this pecuniary succour should not be furnished him.
IV. The amount and the nature of these pecuniary succours have been fixed and regulated upon the following footing: - 1st. In order to enable his imperial majesty of all the Russias to expedite, as soon as possible, and in the most convenient manner, the troops destined to be employed in favour of the good cause, his majesty the king of Great Britain engages, as soon as he shall receive advice that the Russian troops, in consequence of the determination of his majesty the king of Prussia, are to march in order to co-operate with those of his said majesty, to pay for the first and the most urgent expenses, 225,000. sterling, dividing the payments in such manner as that 75,000. sterling should be paid as soon as those troops shall have passed the Russian frontiers; that the second payment, amounting to the same sum, should be made on the expiration of the first three months, and on the commencement of the fourth; and that one third payment, completing the sum total, should be made in like manner, after three months, and on the beginning of the seventh. 2d. His majesty the king of Great Britain engages also to furnish to his majesty the emperor of all the Russias a subsidy of 75,000. sterling per month, to be computed from the day on which the corps of troops above mentioned shall pass the Russian frontiers. This subsidy shall be paid at the commencement of each month; and being destined for the appointments and maintenance of the troops, it shall be continued during the space of twelve months, unless peace should be made sooner. 3d. The two high contracting parties, besides, shall come to an understanding before the expiration of the term of a year above specified, whether, in case the war should not be terminated, the subsidy, above mentioned shall be continued.
V. The two high contracting parties engage not to make either peace or armistice without including each other, and without concerting each other; but if, through any unforeseen events, his Britannic majesty should be under the necessity of terminating the war, and thereby of discontinuing the payment of the subsidy, before the expiration of the twelve months above stipulated, he engages in that case, to pay three months advance of the subsidy agreed upon of 75,000. sterling, reckoning from the day on which the information shall be received by the general commanding the Russian troops.
VI. In like manner, if any aggression on Russia should take place, by which his majesty the emperor should be obliged to recal his army into his own dominions, the abovementioned subsidy shall, in such case only, be paid up to the day on which the army shall re-enter the Russian frontiers.
VII. His majesty the emperor of all the Russias shall come to an understanding with his ally his majesty the king of Prussia, respecting all the other expenses which this corps of troops & its operations may require. His Britannic majesty shall take no further share in those expenses than the sum of 37,500. sterling per month, during all the time that the abovementioned troops shall be employed, by virtue of this treaty, for the common cause. That sum shall be advanced by his majesty the emperor of all the Russias; but his Britannic majesty acknowledges it as a debt due by Great Britain to Russia, which he will discharge after the conclusion of a peace made by mutual agreement. The mode and dates of the payment shall then be settled by mutual consent, according to the reciprocal convenience of the two allied powers.
VIII. The abovementioned subsidies shall in this manner be considered as a sufficient succour for all expenses including those which may be necessary for the return of the Russian army.
IX. This treaty shall be considered as provisional; and its execution, as it has been stated above, shall not take place until his majesty the king of Prussia shall be determined to turn his forces against the common enemy; but in case he should not do so, the two high contracting parties reserve to themselves the right and the power to take, for the good of their affairs, and the success of the salutary end they may have in view, other measures analogous to the times and circumstances, and to agree then upon those which in such a case they shall judge to be most necessary, adopting always as a basis (inasmuch as it shall be compatible) the stipulations of the present treaty. His imperial majesty of all the Russias, in order nevertheless to give a still further proof of his sincere dispositions, and of his desire to be as much as possible useful to his allies, promises to put, during the course of his negotiation with his Prussian majesty, and even previous to its termination, the abovementioned corps of 45,000 men upon such a footing, that they may immediately be employed wherever, according to a previous concert amongst the allies, the utility of the common cause shall require.
X. The present provisional treaty shall be ratified by his Britannic majesty, and his imperial majesty of all the Russias; and the ratifications shall be exchanged here in the space of two months, to be computed from the day of the signature, or sooner, if it can be done.
In witness whereof, we, the undersigned, furnished with the full powers of his majesty the king of Great Britain and the emperor of all the Russias, have, in their names, signed the present treaty, and have affixed the seals of our arms thereto.
Done at St. Petersburg, the 29th (18th) of December, 1798. (L. S.) A. P. de BEZBORODKO. (L. S.) KOTSCHOUBEY. (L. S.) ROSTOPFIN. (L. S.) CHARLES WHITWORTH.
DECLARATION.
By the provisional treaty concluded between his majesty the king of Great Britain, and his majesty the emperor of all the Russias, the 29th (18th) Dec. 1798, it is stipulated, that a body of 45,000 men, furnished by his said imperial majesty for the support of the common cause, should be employed in co-operating with the troops of his Prussian majesty, if that sovereign should be induced to join his forces to those of their majesties; but the endeavours which their royal and imperial majesties have employed for this purpose having been unsuccessful, and that Prince persisting in his adherence to his system of neutrality; the two high contracting parties, in order to neglect nothing on their part which may contribute to the success of the good cause, have resolved that the said body of 45,000 men, originally destined to second the hostile demonstrations of Prussia against France, shall be equally employed against the common enemy in whatever other quarter their majesties may judge it to be most advantageous to their common operations. For this purpose the plenipotentiaries of their said royal and imperial majesties have signed the present declaration, which is to be considered as forming a part of the provisional treaty above mentioned, concluded between the two courts the 29th (18th) of December, 1798. Done at St. Petersburg this 29th (18) June, 1799. (L. S.) Le Compte de KOTSCHOUBEY. (L. S.) Le Compte de ROSTOPFIN. (L. S.) CHARLES WHITWORTH.
THE CONVENTION,
Between his Britannic majesty and his majesty the Emperor of all the Russias. Signed at St. Petersburg the 22d (11th) of June, 1799. In the name of the most Holy and Indivisible Trinity.
His majesty the king of Great Britain and his majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, in consequence of the friendship and the ties of intimate alliance which exist between them, and of their common and sincere co-operation in the present war against the French, having constantly in their view to use every means in their power most effectually to distress the enemy; have judged, that the expulsion of the French from the Seven United Provinces, and the deliverance of the latter from the yoke under which they have so long groaned, were objects worthy of their particular consideration, and wishing at the same time to give effect, as far as possible, to a design of that importance, their said majesties have resolved to conclude with each other a convention, relative to this plan, and to the most proper means of carrying it into the most speedy execution. For this purpose they have named as their Plenipotentiaries, to wit, his majesty the king of Great Britain, Sir Charles Whitworth, his envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the imperial court of Russia, knight of the order of the Bath; and his majesty the emperor of all the Russias, the count of Kotschoubey, his vice chancellor, actual privy councillor, actual chamberlain, knight of the order of St. Alexander Newsky, commander of that of St. John of Jerusalem, and grand cross of the order of St. Vladimir of the second class; and the count of Rostopfin, his actual privy councillor, member of the College of foreign affairs, director general of the posts, knight of the order of St. Alexander Newsky, and of St. Anne, of the first class, great chancellor and great cross of that of St. John of Jerusalem; who, after having reciprocally communicated to each other their full powers, have agreed upon the following articles:
Art. I. His majesty the king of Great Britain, thinking that the object above announced cannot be better attained than by the aid of a body of Russian troops, his imperial majesty, notwithstanding the efforts which he has already made, and the difficulties of his employing an additional body of forces to act at a distance from his dominions has nevertheless, in consequence of his constant solicitude in favor of the good cause, consented to furnish seventeen battalions of infantry, two companies of artillery, one company of pioneers, and one squadron of hussars, making in all 17,593 men, to be destined to the said expedition to Holland. But as that number of troops, according to the plan proposed by his Britannic majesty, is not sufficient, and as it has been judged that 30,000 men would be necessary for that purpose, his said majesty will, on his side, furnish 13,000 men of English troops, or at least 8,000, if that smaller number should be deemed sufficient, & among whom there shall be a proportion of cavalry sufficient for the services of such an army.
II. This corps of troops of 17,593 men, together with the necessary artillery, shall assemble at Revel, in order that they may be from thence conveyed to their destination, either in English or other vessels freighted by his Britannic majesty.
III. In order to enable his majesty the emperor of all the Russias to afford to the common cause this additional and efficacious succour, his majesty the king of Great Britain engages to furnish the undermentioned subsidies, upon the condition that his imperial majesty of all the Russias, shall have a right to recal into his dominions the abovementioned corps of troops, if, thro' any unforeseen event, such subsidies should not be regularly furnished to him.
IV. The amount and nature of those pecuniary succours have been settled and regulated in the following manner: - 1st. In order to enable his imperial majesty to assemble and expedite this corps as soon and as well equipped as possible, his majesty the king of Great Britain engages, as soon as he shall receive advice that the abovementioned troops have reached the place of their rendezvous, that is to say, at Revel, and that it shall be declared that they are ready to embark (whether the transports are arrived or not) to pay for the first and most urgent expenses, the sum of 88,000. sterling, dividing the payments into two parts, to wit, that 44,000. sterling be paid immediately after it shall have been declared, either by the commander in chief of that corps to the English commissary, or by the minister of his imperial majesty to the minister of his Britannic majesty resident at St. Petersburg, that the said corps is ready; and that the second payment, completing the sum total of 88,000. sterling, shall take place three months afterwards and at the commencement of the fourth. 2ndly, his majesty the king of Great Britain engages, in like manner, to furnish to his majesty the emperor of all the Russias, a subsidy of 44,000. sterling per month, to be computed from the day on which the abovementioned corps of troops shall be ready. This subsidy shall be paid at the commencement of each month, and destined for the appointment and the entertainments of the troops. It shall be continued until they shall return into Russian ports, in English or other vessels, freighted by his Britannic majesty.
V. If this corps of Russian troops should meet with difficulties in procuring, during the expedition to which it is destined, or in case of its wintering, as shall be hereafter mentioned, in England, or during the voyages it shall have to make, its necessary subsistence, by means of the measures which the Russian commanders or commissaries may take for that purpose, his Britannic majesty, upon the requisition of the minister of his majesty the emperor of all the Russias, residing at his court, shall furnish whatever may be necessary to the Russian troops; and an exact account shall be kept of all the provisions & other articles so delivered, in order that their value may be afterwards deducted from the subsidy, such provisions and other articles being valued at the price paid for them by his majesty for his own troops.
VI. As the transport of the horses necessary for the officers, the artillery, and the baggage, would require a great many vessels, and as that arrangement would lead to many other inconveniences, and more particularly to that of a delay, prejudicial to the abovementioned expedition, his Britannic majesty engages to furnish, at his own expense, the necessary number of horses, according to the statement which shall be delivered, and to have them conveyed to the place where the Russian troops are to act; his said majesty will, in like manner, maintain them at his own expense during the whole time these troops shall be employed, and until they shall be re-embarked, in order to return to the ports of Russia. His Britannic majesty will then dispose of them in such manner as he shall judge proper.
VII. In case that the Russian troops after having terminated in Holland the projected expedition, or in consequence of its being deferred thro' any unforeseen circumstances, should not be able to return into the ports of his imperial majesty, during the favourable season, his
majesty the king of Great Britain engages to receive them into his dominions, to provide them there with good quarters, and all other advantages, until the troops shall be able to return on the opening of the navigation, or shall be employed upon some other destination, which shall be previously settled between their royal and imperial majesties.
VIII. As the principal object of the employment of this corps of troops is a sudden attack to be made on Holland, by means of which his Britannic majesty hopes to produce there a favourable change; as, besides, no fixed term for the continuance of the subsidies is stipulated, whilst on the other hand the said troops, after their return to Russia, must be re-conducted to their ordinary quarters, mostly at a great distance; and as the marches which they will have to make will require considerable expenses, his majesty the king of Great Britain hereby engages to make good this charge by a payment of subsidies for two months, to be computed from the day of the arrival of these troops in Russian ports. In like manner his majesty the emperor of all the Russias, without fixing any term, reserves to himself the right of causing the said corps of troops to return into his dominions in the spring of the next year, 1800; or if any hostile aggression upon Russia, or any other important event should render it necessary: in these two cases, the abovementioned engagement of his Britannic majesty, concerning the payment of two months subsidy, shall equally take place.
IX. As it is understood that the expedition to Holland, which has given rise to the present convention, is to be effected in common by Russian and English troops, each party shall follow, relative to the employment and to the command of the troops, literally the treaty of defensive alliance concluded between the two high contracting parties, the 7th (18th) of February, in the year 1795. In like manner, if any difficulties should arise either between the commanders of the respective forces or otherwise, which may regard the above-mentioned troops of his majesty the emperor of all the Russias, the solution of such difficulties shall be looked for in the stipulations of the said treaty of the year 1795, or likewise in that concluded with the court of Vienna the 3d (14th) of July, 1792.
X. The present convention shall be ratified by his majesty the King of Great Britain, and by his majesty the emperor of all the Russias; and the ratifications shall be exchanged here in the space of two months, to be computed from the day of its signature, or sooner, if it can be done.
In witness whereof, we, the undersigned, furnished with full powers by his majesty the king of Great Britain, and by his majesty the emperor of all the Russias, have, in their names, signed the present convention, and have affixed thereto the seal of our arms.
Done at St. Petersburg, the 22d (11th) of June 1799. (L. S.) Le Comte de KOTSCHOUBEY. (L. S.) Le Comte de ROSTOPFIN. (L. S.) CHARLES WHITWORTH.
SEPARATE ARTICLES.
I. Although it be stated in article II. of the Convention concluded this day, that the corps of Russian troops, forming 17,593 men, destined for the expedition to Holland, shall be conveyed to its destination in English, or other vessels freighted by his majesty the king of Great Britain; nevertheless in order to facilitate this important enterprise, his majesty the emperor of all the Russias, consents to furnish six ships, five frigates, and two transport vessels, which, being armed en flute, will receive on board, as many troops as they shall be able to contain, whilst the remainder of the said corps shall be embarked on board of English or other transport vessels, freighted by his Britannic majesty.
II. His majesty the emperor of all the Russias will lend these ships and frigates upon the following conditions: - 1st. There shall be paid by England, upon their quitting the port of Cronstadt, in order to go to the place of rendezvous, which is Revel, the sum of 58,927. 10s. sterling, as a subsidy for the expenses of equipment, &c. for three months, to be computed from the day, as above stated, of their departure from Cronstadt. 2dly. After the expiration of these three months, his Britannic majesty shall continue the same subsidies, that is to say, of 19,642. 10s. sterling a month, which shall be paid at the commencement of each month. 3dly. Independently of this pecuniary succour, his Britannic majesty shall provide for subsistence of the crews; and the officers and sailors shall be treated on the same footing as are the English officers and sailors in time of war, and as are the Russian officers and sailors, who are at present in the squadron of his imperial majesty, which is united to the English squadron. 4thly, all these stipulations shall have full and entire effect until the return of the above mentioned ships and frigates into Russian ports.
III. If it should happen, contrary to all expectation, that these six ships, five frigates, and two transport vessels, should not be able, through some unforeseen event, to return to Russia before the close of the present campaign, his Britannic majesty engages to admit to in into the ports of England, where it shall be as

receive every possible assistance, both for the necessary repairs, and for the accommodation of the crews and officers.
IV. As the six ships, five frigates, and two transports, above mentioned, having been originally intended for another destination, were furnished with provisions for three months, his Britannic majesty, instead of furnishing them in kind, as is stated in the second article, engages to pay, according to an estimate which shall be made the value of these provisions. With regard to the officers, his majesty, the king of Great Britain will adopt the same principle as has been followed until the present time, respecting the officers of the Russian squadron which is joined to the naval forces of England. That shall serve as a rule for indemnifying them for the preparations which they may have made for the campaign, such as it had been originally intended to take place.
This separate article shall be considered as forming part of the convention above mentioned, as being inserted therein word for word; & it shall be ratified, and the ratification exchanged in the same manner.
In witness whereof, we, the undersigned, furnished with the full powers of his majesty the king of Great Britain, and of his majesty the emperor of all the Russias, have, in their name, signed the present separate article, and have affixed thereunto, the seal of our arms.
Done at St. Petersburg, this 22d (11th) of June, 1799. (L.S.) Le compte de Kotshoubey. (L.S.) Charles Whitworth.
Succes of the Allies in Holland.
OFFICIAL ACCOUNT.
LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. Downing-Street, October 7. 1799.
A dispatch, of which the following is a copy, was received late this evening from Field marshal his Royal Highness the Duke of York, by the Right Honorable Henry Dundas, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.
Head-quarters, Zoypker Zuyts, Oct. 4. 1799.
"Sir—The inclemency of the weather which prevailed at the time of writing my last dispatch, and which, as I therein explained, alone prevented me from putting the army in motion, having in some measure subsided, and the necessary previous arrangements having been made, the attack was commenced on the whole of the enemy's line on the morning of the 2d; and I have now the happiness to inform you, that after a severe and obstinate action, which lasted from six in the morning until the same hour at night, the distinguished valor of his Majesty's and the Russian troops prevailed throughout; and the enemy, being entirely defeated, retired in the night from the positions which he occupied on the Lange Dyke, the Koe Dyke at Bergen, and upon the extensive range of Sand Hills between the latter place and Egmont-op-Zee. The points where this well fought battle was principally contested, were from the sea shore in front of Egmont, extending along the sandy desert or hills to the heights above Bergen, and it was sustained by the British columns under the command of those highly distinguished officers, General Sir Ralph Abercromby and Lieutenant General Dundas, whose exertions, as well as the gallantry of the brave troops they led, cannot have been surpassed by any former instance of British valor.
"On the night of this memorable day, the army lay upon their arms; and yesterday moved forward and occupied the positions of the Lange Dyke, Alkmaar, Bergen, Egmont-op-Zee, and Egmont-op-Zee.
"The enemy's force, according to the best information I have been able to obtain, consisted of between twenty five and thirty thousand men, of whom a very small proportion only were Dutch. General Daendels, who commanded the latter, is wounded. The French troops, who have been continually reinforcing themselves, and whose loss has been very great, were commanded by Generals Brune, Vandamme, and Boutet.
"From the continuance of the action, and the obstinacy with which it was contested, the victory has not been gained without serious loss. At present I am not in possession of particular returns, but I have the satisfaction to say that no officer of rank has fallen. The British army has to regret major-general Moore's being wounded in two places; and the Russian army, major-general Emme's being also wounded; but I am happy to say that their wounds are not of a nature to lead me to apprehend that I shall long be deprived of the assistance of their abilities and gallantry. It is impossible for me at this moment to do justice to the merits of the other generals and officers of the allied army who distinguished themselves, as I must defer until tomorrow paying my tribute of praise to them and to the troops generally, as well as giving the details of the battle of the 2d instant. My attention is seriously engaged in making the arrangements which are necessary for occupying a forward position in front of Beverwyck and Wyck-op-Zee, to which line the enemy has retreated. I entertain no doubt that the extent of country which will now be under the protection of the allied army, and rescued from French tyranny, will afford an opportunity to its loyal inhabitants of declaring themselves. The town of Alkmaar, which is the seat of the States of North Holland, has opened its gates to our troops, and a considerable number of the Dutch troops have come over to the prince of Orange's standard.
"In order that you may be in possession of
such information as want of time will not at present allow me to detail, I charge my aid-de-camp, captain Fitzgerald, with this dispatch. He is entirely in my confidence, and I request leave to recommend him to his Majesty as an officer of superior merit and intelligence.
I am, Sir, your's, "FREDERICK." (Signed) "The Right Hon. Henry Dundas, &c. &c."
Dutch Account of the above success.
From General DAENDELS, to the Councils. Head-Quarters, Beverwyk.
"I have been constantly with the advanced posts and had not time to write sooner. Our posts were attacked on the 2d early in the morning—the right wing maintained its position, but the centre & left wing suffered severely, and have retreated, which obliged my right wing to fall back also, for fear of being cut off. The conflict was desperate, and the French have lost a great number of men. The train and our baggage are here—the reinforcements of the French advance—I hope for the best. I have been on the batteries for a considerable time, when a cloud of balls whistled around me, one of which pierced my hat, without any further hurt. I am not able to communicate further particulars. Keep up your spirits—We shall conquer or die."
Disasters of the Allies in the North of Switzerland.
[The death of Gen. Hotze was mentioned in Massena's letter, published in the last Gazette. An article from Lindau of Sept 30, says the French have sent the body of Gen. Hotze to the Austrian out posts on the Rhine. It was interred with the honors of war at Bregenz, on the twenty third]
FRENCH OFFICIAL ARTICLE.
Result of the operations of the army of Helvetia, on the 25th and 26th of September.
The 24th of September, the third division of Lelorge passed the Limat—the camp of the enemy was carried. The same day the enemy were repulsed under the walls of Zurich—1000 killed—3000 prisoners.
The division of General Mortier, and the reserve commanded by general Klein, attacked Zurich in front, beat the enemy, and took some prisoners.
The 26th September, the division of general Lelorge penetrated the enemy in all points, and entered Zurich—4000 killed—2000 prisoners, among whom are three Russian generals—3000 wounded. The third division of general Soult passed the Linth between the Lakes of Zurich and Wallenstadt. It attacked the enemy that and the following day, and completely beat them—3000 killed, among whom were general Hotze and the chief of his staff.
Total killed, 8,200—prisoners, 5,000—wounded, 6,500. The whole 19,700. We have besides taken from the enemy six standards, and 150 pieces of cannon.
Copy of a letter from general Massena to the Executive Directory. Head-quarters at Zurich, Sept. 26.
The army entered Zurich combatting, the third division passed the Linth between the lake of Zurich, and that of Wallenstadt. The enemy are in full retreat, and I am pursuing them. (Signed) MASSENA.
[The following article, translated from a Hamburg paper, leads to an expectation that the disasters of the Allies were not so serious as the French represented them.]
SWABIA, OCT. 3.
It is believed, that for some days the united imperial armies have advanced and regained their former position in Switzerland. The head quarters of Marshal Petrasch, who commands the division of Hotze, was still on the 29th at St. Gall. A body of troops have passed the Lake of Constance, and the Rhine. Gen. Korsakow's (Russian) head quarters are at Eglisau, upon the right bank of the Rhine. Some bodies of French troops advanced between the separated armies, and progressed to the suburbs of Schaffhausen, Winterthur, Frauenfeld, and some even to Constance; but they are not numerous.
It is believed Marshal Suwarow will take immediately the chief command at Eglisau.
FRENCH UNOFFICIAL ARTICLES.
ARAU, SEPT. 29.
It is reported that General Lecourbe has experienced a slight check: Massena had set out for Lucerne. He is sensible of the necessity of opposing the progress of the Russians in that quarter. We are assured that general Suwarow, is already near Schwitz. We expect an engagement which may be attended with great results. Towards the East, however, our success has been complete. Three thousand Austro-Russian prisoners arrived here yesterday, and thirteen hundred to-day. The military chest of this army has really fallen into our hands. There was found in it a million and a half of florins.
BASLE, SEPT. 30.
Yesterday we saw pass through this city the advance guard of a strong Russian column made prisoners of war in the battle of Zurich, of the 2d and 3d of this month: they were about eight hundred in number. It must be allowed that they have a very bad appearance. They were ill clothed and very dirty. The greater part march barefooted, and without caps or hats; their heads are entirely bare. It appears that they fought well, for almost all of them had wounds in the face. The whole town went to meet them. They were escorted as far as
Huninguen by the Gendarmes, and by detachments of light infantry and chasseurs. The Russian officers marched first, among them was the son of the commander in chief. They were followed by white hussars, men of large stature, grenadiers very slender and short, and the rest of the infantry. The Cossacs marched in the rear. Their long beards, and horrid appearances attracted great notice. Their horses were seized by the French.
General Lecourbe has concentrated his division in the environs of Altdorff, to oppose Suwarow, who is on his march from the Italian bailliwicks to Switzerland. Massena is carrying in person to Lecourbe a reinforcement of twelve thousand.
STRASBURG, OCT. 2.
It is said that general Laroche is accused before a council of war, as well as gen. Legrande, who it is said, has evacuated Mannheim, and the tete de pont on the right side of Kehl, which is now in the possession of the Austrians, who are erecting batteries against the left bank of the Rhine. As soon as Prince Charles received intelligence of the signal victories gained by our troops over the Austro Russians in Switzerland, he gave orders to the greater part of his army to ascend the Rhine. He has been marching these two days to advance into Upper Suabia. Prince Charles himself has set out from Schetzingen, and will proceed with all diligence to the frontiers of Switzerland. He slept on the night between the 7th and 8th at Offembourg and yesterday continued his route for Fribourg. He put in requisition in the environs of Offembourg and the Brisgau, an enormous number of carriages, to transport with more expedition a part of his troops to the environs of Schaffhausen.
We wait here with the utmost impatience for the result of the operations of general Massena against Suwarow. Massena in his letters states that he had detached two divisions to form a junction with general Lecourbe, opposed to Suwarow, who had arrived with 24,000 Russians at Coire, in the country of the Grisons. Massena set out himself for Zurich on the 6th of this month, to put himself at the head of his troops. Generals Lorge, Klin, Mortier, and Heudelet are pursuing the remains of the Austro Russian army, which seems to be retiring, part by Schaffhausen, and part by Constance. Our troops passed the Thur on the 5th and 6th of this month. They have taken possession of Winterthur, Saint Gall, and the country of Toggenbourg.
PARIS, OCT. 6.
We are informed from the frontiers of Galacia, that the army of sixty thousand men assembled there, have begun their march under the command of general Lacey, in order to repair to Switzerland, to which General Suwarow is proceeding with the Russian army from Italy.
DISPATCH FROM BUONAPARTE.
Buonaparte, member of the institute, commander in chief, to the Executive Directory. Head-quarters at Alexandria, 10 Thermidor, July 28, 7th year of the Republic.
I announced to you by my dispatches of the 21st Floreal last, May 20, that the time appointed for the disembarkation had determined me to quit Syria. The disembarkation took place indeed on the 23d Messidor, July 11. A hundred sail, a great part of which were ships of war, appeared before Alexandria. The enemy landed on the 24th at Aboukir, with their artillery, and took possession with great intrepidity of the fort of Aboukir. They covered the right of their army by the sea, and their left by the Lake of Mahie. I departed from my camp near the Pyramids on the 27th, arrived on the 19th of July at Romanie, and marched against Bereath. On the 7th, at six in the morning, I was in sight of the enemy. General Murat commanded the advanced-guard. I caused the right to be attacked by Gen. Lasne, who commanded the left. Gen. Lasne, supported the advanced-guard. The two hostile columns were separated by a beautiful plain, and our cavalry found means to cut them off entirely from each other. The right column had no other way of safety than by throwing themselves into the sea, in order to get to their boats, which were lying at the distance of three quarters of a league from the shore. All those who composed it were drowned. It was the most horrid spectacle I ever beheld. I then attacked the second column, which was protected by a village, a redoubt, and strong intrenchments, and flanked by nearly 30 gun-boats. Gen. Murat forced the village. Gen. Lasne and Feuciers attacked the redoubts, and the cavalry completed their defeat. We made a dreadful slaughter of the enemy. The chief of the 6th demi-brigade, and Bernard, Captain of grenadiers, have covered themselves with glory. Those who were not mowed down by the sword, threw themselves into the water and were all drowned. I then caused the Fort of Aboukir to be invested, where the reserve was, and in which the most active of the fugitives had taken shelter. To spare the effusion of blood, I caused six mortars to be brought in order to bombard the fort.
The shore, which the preceding year was covered with the bodies of the French and English who perished at Aboukir, was strewed with more than 6000 of the enemy. Not a man of this army shall escape when I have taken the Fort, which will soon be the case.
Two hundred standards, all the baggage, forty field-pieces Essis , the Pacha of Natolia, commander in chief of this army, and the cousin of the Turkish Ambassador at Paris, and all his officers, are in our hands. We had one hundred
men killed, and five hundred wounded. Among the former are Adjutants Gen. Lecourbe, Duvier, Cretin, and my Aid de camp Gubert. The two former were excellent officers of cavalry, the third was the best officer of engineers, a body who contribute so much to the success of battles, and where the least fault may be attended with the most fatal consequences. I beg great friendship for the fourth. General Murat, Feuciers, and Moranje, have been wounded.
The success of this battle, which will have much influence on the destiny of the republic, was principally owing to the general of brigade Murat. I beg you will confer on him the rank of general of division. General Beyssiere, at the head of the guides, maintained the reputation of his corps.
General Junot had his clothes bored fifteen with balls. I shall send you a list of soldiers who have distinguished themselves in this battle. I have presented General Berthier in your name, with a poignard of a new manufacture, on account of the services which he is continually performing for the republic. (signed) BUONAPARTE.
FURTHER ACCOUNTS.
[By an arrival at Boston, from Hamburg, on Monday last, with papers of that city to Oct. 12th, the following accounts have been received of the Successes of the Allies in Italy, and in the south of Switzerland.]
FELDKIRCH, (on the Rhine) Sept. 26. On the 23d, Fieldmarshal Suwarow commenced his operations against Switzerland, from the side of Italy, by taking Airolo. On the 24th he carried Mount St. Gothard. Generals Jellachich, Rosenberg and Aussenberg, are advancing in three columns against various parts of the Cantons. Rosenberg has reached the Grisons country, and taken 500 prisoners. Aussenberg has taken the important post of Kreuzberg; and Jellachich has made himself master of Mollis, and beaten the enemy near Mellehorn.
TRANSLATIONS.
LINDAU, (on Lake Constance) Sept. 29, 8 o'clock, P. M. The bridge over the Rhine, which was taken up yesterday morning, will be thrown over to night, and the corps of Gen. Petrasch, whose head-quarters have been at Bregenz, is to advance in haste, as he has been apprized that Generals Jellachich and Aussenberg, have united with Marshal Suwarow, who was advancing into the heart of Switzerland. He already occupies Lucerne.
SWABIA, Oct. 3. The news respecting Fieldmarshal Suwarow, are contradictory. By that from Feldkirch, it would seem, that he had joined the corps of Gen. Petrasch, after having beaten a division of French troops, and killed and made prisoners of 2000, who was actually advancing in Switzerland, on the other side. The other account is from Augsburg, dated Oct. 1, as follows—
"We have this day received by an extraordinary messenger, the important news, that marshal Suwarow, on the 28th Sept. entered Lucerne (the canton we suppose is intended) with his army, and that he was preparing to march against Berne. The inhabitants of the inner cantons all join him. Orders have been sent to the Grisons, at Rhinthal, and Schaffhausen, for the troops to advance. Gen. Korsakow, on the 28th Sept. had a conference at Schaffhausen, with generals Nauendorff and Lienmaier. On the 29th, a heavy cannonade was heard near Ravensburg."
LINDAU, SEPT. 30.
The retreat which the imperial troops made on the 29th and 26th from Utznach, by the Toggenbourg, and the canton of Appenzel, was very fatiguing. After the good news which has arrived of the progress of marshal Suwarow in the south of Switzerland, generals Petrasch and Gruber are preparing to advance by the Rhinthal.
The French appeared the 29th before Constance, but were driven therefrom the same day. It is not marshal Suwarow who has arrived at Feldkirch, as reported; but it is general Jellachich. The French have been in the environs of St. Gall, but in much smaller numbers, as early to be dispersed.
DONAUESCHINGEN (SWABIA) OCT. 1.
The Austrians are advancing from Feldkirch. The Austrian colonel Lauer, has attacked the French in Glaris, beaten them, and taken 1500 prisoners, and two standards. The Austrian generals are to march against the left wing of the French, while Suwarow takes them in the rear by St. Gothard.
HAMBURG, OCT. 10. As far as can be learned from the favorable and unfavorable accounts of the late events in Switzerland, it appears that both armies attacked on the same day, at different points, according to different plans, and with various but mutual success. The consequences will alone decide the victory: We wish, however, grant all possible success to Massena, and let him safely pursue his victories near Zurich and Zurich towards the Rhine, and the lake of Constance—Four renowned Generals are at his heels, who may in all probability bring his army between two fires:—But supposing the worst of chances to befall the Austro-Russian, and the most favorable for the French, we cannot find any advantage for him in his victory, which tended only to weaken, in a considerable degree, his exhausted forces.

Miscellaneous Extracts,
From the papers bro't by Cpt. PRINCE.
RELATIVE TO PRUSSIA.
LONDON, OCT. 10.
It is reported with great confidence in the political circles, that a negotiation was actually on foot at Berlin for the re-establishment of the Elector, and that the king of Prussia interested himself with great zeal to bring it about. The French were not greatly inclined to the measure, and required only that a guarantee should be given them that they should not be disturbed in Belgium. On this footing thecession of Holland on the one side, and of their conquests in Italy on the other, would have been the basis of a general peace.
This, however, was not acceptable to the courts of London and St. Petersburg. They would not accept by compromise what they had resolved to accomplish by force, and in the confidence of success in their intended descent, they compelled the king of Prussia to relinquish his mediation, and to adhere to his neutrality. The fact is not improbable, when we consider the success that has attended the operations of the allies through the whole of the campaign, and the belief that was generally entertained, that the Dutch people would be almost unanimous in declaring for the Elector as soon as a landing should be effected.—In the case of negotiation, we would have been without possession of the Dutch fleet, which by some fresh rupture and unforeseen contingencies, might afterwards have come to be at the disposal of the French Republic.
From Brussels, Oct. 4. "Letters from the frontiers of Westphalia announce, that since the war of seven years, no one remembers to have seen such formidable preparations for war. The commissaries are making enormous purchases of provisions of all kinds. The principal magazines are established at Minden, Ham, and Rees: Troops are continually arriving not only from the banks of the Weser, but from the interior of Prussia. The Prussian army of observation will be composed of four divisions, each of ten thousand. All the regiments forming this army will be put on the full war establishment. It is still pretended that the Prussian troops will immediately occupy the states of his Prussian majesty, situated on the left bank of the Rhine, which the French troops will evacuate."
BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
House of Peers, Oct. 8.—The royal assent was given by commission to the bill "to enable his majesty to raise an additional number of recruits from the militia regiments, under certain restrictions."
HOLLAND.
It seems to be the determination of ministers to persist in the plan of attack upon Holland, and therefore more troops must be immediately sent to keep up the ranks of our army, and improve the advantages we have gained.
In the engagement of Alkmaar, the British artillery being left at one time of the action exposed to a great part of the enemy, were taken prisoners; but two troops of English cavalry attacked the assailants with such spirit, that they put every one of them to the sword, and regained the artillery with very trifling loss.
The inhabitants of Alkmaar (says a letter from Holland) actually refused permission to the retreating and defeated army to pass thro' their town, and shut their gates against them, which were gladly opened to the Duke of York on the 3d Oct.
It is stated that the British and Russian forces made 4000 prisoners.
IRELAND.
The accounts in the London prints of the disturbances in Ireland, and copied from the papers of that country, greatly exaggerate the ills under which it labors. Respecting the positive statement that two regiments of Irish militia in Cork had planned the seizure of the arsenal, and the destruction of all persons hostile to their views, we are assured, that a gentleman just arrived from that city, that it was a gross fabrication. We hope and doubt not that the same will, in a principal degree, be found to be the case with respect to other places. We have with concern repeatedly stated the general spirit of disaffection; but the Loyalists are too numerous, and the Government too strong, for any serious disturbance, or attempt, unaided by the French.
BREST FLEET.
LONDON, OCT. 6. A letter from on board the Boadicia, of 38 guns, dated off Brest, on Monday last, the 2d instant, relates that Capt. Keats had just run into Brest water, to nearly within gunshot of the batteries, by which means he was enabled to count forty-seven sail of the line, and fifteen frigates, with sails bent, and to all appearance in every respect ready for sea. Other vessels were in a state of preparation, and one ship seemed ready except her foremast, which had been taken out, but which could be replaced and rigged in a few hours.
The appearance of the combined fleet by no means accords with the recent accounts of mutiny and extensive desertion; though to these causes alone can we rationally attribute their long continuance in port, when the necessity of their resuming their trade and territory open to their desperate and vindictive enterprise. We congratulate the country upon their inactivity, whatever was the cause; and have now only to wish that they will give our fleet the meeting.
SPAIN.
Paris Oct. 3. The court of Spain has just given orders for a great number of troops, and particularly cavalry, to file off towards Estramadura, as it is supposed that the English and Portuguese are meditating an attack in that quarter.
FRENCH CHOUANS.
Paris Oct. 4. Yesterday morning 450 troops of the line discovered a column of Chouans at the distance of two leagues from Segge, and immediately attacked them, and after a brisk fire of musketry repulsed them.
LONDON, OCTOBER 10.
The Bank of England, on Thursday last, resolved to lend to the merchants a million and a half.
Mr. H. Jackson, one of the Irish state prisoners, with two unmarried daughters, his second son, and property the amount of 50,000l. on the 30th ult. embarked at Dublin for America. His eldest son remains, and conducts the foundry and iron business.
Two severe shocks of an earthquake were felt at Lisbon on the 14th ult. when the inhabitants in their beds experienced a sensation similar to that of being rocked in a cradle; happily no injury was sustained.
It appears by the papers found in the palace of Tippoo, &c. submitted to Parliament, that the Sultan entered into a treaty, offensive and defensive, with France, the object of which was to dispossess and divide between them all the British territory in India; for which purpose Tippoo was "to commence his operations in the heart of the Carnatic, in concert with a French army to be landed at Porto Novo;" but that waiting their arrival, he was to attack as soon as he heard they (the French) were in motion. It was likewise agreed by treaty, dated the 20th July, 1798, and signed by Tippoo, that the Portuguese dominions in India were to be also divided between the contracting parties.
The English cruisers off Malta have captured a number of vessels from Tripoli, in Syria, that have been in the habit of conveying provisions, &c. to the French garrison in that island.
His Sicilian Majesty, in consequence of the services of Admiral Lord Nelson, has created him Duke of Bronty, and ceded to him a territory worth 3000. sterling per annum.
Portland,
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, '99.
The Foreign Intelligence by Capt. Prince, communicated this day, and in the last Gazette, are highly interesting; and the peculiar situation of the different armies at the last dates, promise events of magnitude. By the treaties between England and Russia, it will be seen that those powers are fully determined on the restoration of Holland; and notwithstanding they have met some powerful impediments, the late accounts seem to flatter the object. On this head the last Centinel contains the following—"From the details which are given in the Hamburg papers it is certain, the English and Russian armies, on the 2d and 3d of October, gained a splendid victory over the French and Dutch forces.—These last have been driven from their strong position in front of Alkmaar; and have been obliged to retreat from that place, and even from Beverwyk.—At the last dates, the Dutch head quarters were at Haarlem, less than 25 miles N. W. and the French at Purmerend, within 20 N. of Amsterdam,—at which time the flotillas of Admiral Mitchell were affording a powerful co-operation both on the German Ocean, and the Zuyderzee;—and nearly the whole coasts of Friesland Groningen, and Guelders were in possession of the English navy, and has displayed the Orange standard.—In Guelders the town of Harderwick had been summoned. On the other hand, it is certain, very numerous reinforcements were marching from the interior of France into Holland."
The details in the preceding columns, illustrate the situation of affairs in Switzerland and Italy.
The last papers contain the declaration of war by Spain against Russia.
The Philadelphia papers contain an official list of the vessels captured and recaptured by the Colombian Navy, since its establishment.—Of the first class are, frigate L'Insurgent, brig Les Amis, 6 guns, 18 men, fchs. Le Croyable, 14—54; Sans Pareil 16—87; Jaloux 14—70; L'Amour de la Patrie 6—60; Syren, 4—36; Tartuffe 8—60; Marfuin, 11—70; Union 6—32; Vainqueur 8—85; Magicienne 14—63; Bon Pere; Buonaparte; Diligent; and two small schooners. The recaptures are, 8 ships; 4 brigs; 3 schooners and one sloop; 7 of these were English; the remainder American.
In consequence of the application of the American Minister at the Spanish Court, orders have been issued, countermanding former directions, and allowing the cargoes of American vessels to pass through their custom houses, although not furnished with consular's certificates, from whence they proceed.
Many enterprising merchants and others, in this town and vicinity have directed their attention to the establishment of a Marine and Fire Insurance Company .
Thursday last being appointed a day of public Thanksgiving in the state of Vermont, the same was observed by Lt. Leonard's corps of Vermont troops, stationed at the Fort in this town. Many persons having mistaken the object of the firing on that day, it is thought proper to mention it.—The soldiers furnished themselves with ammunition by subscription.
The intelligence respecting the frigate Washington's late convoy, was not communicated by Capt. Jones, but by a gentleman who was passenger with him. It appears by others of the convoy that the intelligence respecting an impediment of seamen, was erroneous.
CARD.
HAVING read with satisfaction the mild and sufficient answer of the Editors of the Eastern Herald to my observations on the extracts "from the Aurora," I have no reply to make; as it is the most distant of all my wishes to exasperate or even to contend. I am willing that what they say should be received as full apology for the sedition extracts. And I am even content that the "disappointment of executive expectations" in "Monroe" should be as much of an argument as it possibly can against the constitutional exercise of executive wisdom.
CANDOR.
MARRIED—At Hallowell, Mr. Joshua Wingate, jun of that place, to Miss Julia Dearborn, of Pittston, daughter of the Hon. Henry Dearborn, esq. Mr. Shield Lord, to Miss Nabby Nye. Thomas Bowman, esq. to Miss Sally Howard.
DIED—(suddenly) last Saturday, at the house of Enoch Freeman, Sacarappa, on his way home from Portland, Mr. Daniel Hunt, of Cornish.
Marine Articles.
Port of Portland.
Capt. Benjamin Prince, who arrived here on Monday last, furnishes the following marine news.
Sailed from Liverpool, Oct. 11, ships Caladonia, Mallabea, for New York; Polly and Harriet, Johnson, Boston; Jefferson, Freeman, Boston; Commerce, Agry, Baltimore; brig Orlando, Atkins, Penobscot.—Oct. 12, sailed, brig Argus, Macdonald, Portland—Oct. 13, ship Joseph, Maclellan, do.
Arrived at Liverpool, Oct. 13, ships, Polly, Drummond, from Boston; Ruby, Stafford, from Charleston, S. C. and brig Coragus, Choate, from Baltimore.
Oct. 17th, spoke brig Orlando, Atkins, off Tory Island, all well.
Nov. 29, 25 leagues, S. E. Cape Elizabeth, spoke schooner Currier, from Kennebec, bound to the Havana, out two days, very leaky.
The Essex frigate, of 32 guns, capt. Preble, is ordered to rendezvous at Newport, to sail with a convoy to the East Indies. She is nearly equipped for sea.
The U.S. sloop of war Delaware, capt. Baker, has captured and carried into St. Kitts, Nov. 30, the Ocean French privateer, pierced for 18 guns, but had only 10 long nines, sixes and fours, and 135 men. The privateer had captured sloop New York Packet, brig Little Benjamin, sch. Dan. Dyer of Portland, and schooner Hiram. There were 30 American prisoners on board the privateer when captured—some of whom have arrived at New York.
The Pickering, Lt. Hiltier, has recaptured a brig from Charleston, taken by the French, and has sent her into Nevis.
The Baltimore sloop of war, has sent into St. Barts. a French privateer, with 74 men.
JOHN ADAMS,
President of the United States of America, To all to whom these presents shall come: Greeting.
JOHN WALLACE, Esq. having produced to me his Commission as Vice Consul of his Britannic Majesty, for the State of Georgia, I do hereby recognize him as such, and do declare him free to exercise such functions, powers, and privileges, as are allowed to Consuls of his said majesty by the laws and treaties in that case provided.
In testimony whereof, I have made these letters patent and caused the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand at the city of Philadelphia, this fourth day of October, A. D. 1799. and in the twenty-fourth of the Independence of said States.
JOHN ADAMS.
By the President, TIMOTHY PICKERING, Secretary of State.
Portland, December 6, 1799.
THE Selectmen appoint the following persons as Measurers of Wood and Bark, viz. William M'Lellan, Moses Noyes, Henry Wheeler, John Thrasher, Moses Lunt, David Noyes, Asa Plummer, William Waterhouse, and state their fees as follows, viz. Five Cents a Load, for what is brought in town by land.
For what is brought in by water and piled or co ded on a wharf or on the land in Ranges, at the rate of three cents a cord for any quantity of five cords or more—For any quantity under five cords and more than one cord, at the rate of four cents a cord—and for any quantity of one cord or under, four cents.
Attest, SAMUEL FREEMAN, Chairman.
Samuel Swett,
INFORMS his friends and customers, that he has just received from Boston, and has for sale at his store in Poland, a large assortment of European, West-India, & Hard-ware GOODS,
which he is determined to sell as low, for ready cash, as can be purchased in Portland. Poland, Nov. 12.
TAKEN up adrift, on Friday last, Two Buoys,
with CHAINS upwards of forty feet long.—Those who are authorized to receive them may have the same by paying cost and charges—Apply to
Benjamin Jordan, and Charles Staples.
Cape-Elizabeth, Nov. 29.
TO BE SOLD, BY NATHAN BOND,
NEAR THE BANK, ON REASONABLE TERMS, BY WHOLESALE.
NEW FLOUR, Salt Pork, War-fasted Cider and Vinegar—ALSO, A few casks of Fresh RAISINS.
Dec. 9.
THE subscribers, having been duly appointed as Commissioners to receive and examine the claims of the several Creditors to the Estate of SAMUEL WALDO,
late of Portland in the county of Cumberland, Merchant, deceased—hereby give notice to said creditors, that they will attend them for that purpose, at the dwelling house of Samuel Freeman, Esq. in said Portland, on the third Mondays of this and the five following months.
Dated the 7th day of December, A. D. 1799.
Samuel Freeman, Woodbury Storer, Ebenezer Mayo.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has been duly appointed Administrator de bonis non upon the Estate of ELIJAH WEARE,
late of Northarmouth in the county of Cumberland, Mariner, deceased, and given bond as the law directs: All persons concerned are hereby notified to exhibit their claims, or make immediate payment to Enoch Anderson, Admin.
Freeport, December 3d. 1799.
Cincinnati.
THE Standing Committee of the Society of Cincinnati, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, agreeably to the Votes of the Society—Hereby give public Notice, to such of their brethren as are reduced to necessitous circumstances—the Widow and Orphans of others, who may be in like circumstances, that all applications for relief or assistance, may be made on or before the third Wednesday in January next, to any individual of the said Committee, who will communicate the same, and their respective circumstances will be duly considered. The names of the Committee are as follows, viz.
General Lincoln, Captain Fowle, Doctor Bullis, Captain Green, Thomas Edwards, Robert Williams, General Jackson, Major Alden, General Winslow, Doctor Hart, Colonel Tudor, Major Frothingham, Doctor Townsend, John Callendar, Colonel Perkins, Colonel Lee, and Captain Johnson, Samuel Armstrong, Recorder. Boston, Nov. 30, 1799.
Almanacks for 1800.
JUST PUBLISHED, and for sale at JENKS' BOOK-STORE,
THE Farmers', Merchants' & Mechanics' ALMANACK, OR, Register of Maine. For the Year 1800.
This Almanack contains a larger quantity and greater variety of useful, entertaining and curious matters, than any Almanack ever before published in Maine. Country traders, and others supplied on reasonable terms.
ALSO FOR SALE AS ABOVE,
Wholesale and Retail—13/6 per Gross
A New Astronomical Diary; OR, AN ALMANACK; For 1800. ADAPTED TO MAINE.
TO BE SOLD, By Nathan Bond,
Middle-Street, near the Bank,
The following articles of the first quality, and upon reasonable terms for Cash—
MADEIRA, Port, Sherry, Lisbon, and Malaga WINES, Coniac Brandy, Gin, N. E. W. I. and Cherry RUM, Porter, Vinegar, Cider, Molasses, Loaf, Brown, & Powder'd SUGARS, Coffee, Chocolate, Hyson, Souchong & Bohea TEA, Almonds, Raisins, Currants, Mace, Cinnamon, Citron, Cloves, Allspice, Ginger, Starch, Hair Powder, Cotton and Wool Cards Bar and Shaving Soap, Spermaceti, mould, & dip Candles, Fresh jar and cask Raisins, Grain and milk Biscuit, Butter, Cheese, Salt Pork, per bbl. Fig, pigtail, & smoking Tobacco, Segars, Basker Salt, Double refined Salt Petre, Shells, New Fine and Superfine Flour per bbl. Oatmeal, Bitters in papers, Pipes, Pomegranum, Blackball, Wafers, Snuff, Whole & ground Pepper Rice, Ground ditto, Indigo, Mustard, Spermaceti & Sweet t Oil, Wine Glasses, &c. &c.
An assortment of Confectionary. Nov. 20, 1799.
An Apprentice,
Is wanted at the Hair-Dressing business. One will find good encouragement by applying to
MOSES ADAMS.
Dec. 9, 1799.
FOR SALE.
A Convenient House-Lot, in Temple Street, containing three rods from ing fair street and four rear.—Inquire of the Printer. Dec. 2.

New Store.
John Prichard,
Wishes to inform the public, that he has just opened a Store under the New Exhibit Hall , at the entrance of Vine Street and Middle-Street ,
WHERE HE HAS FOR SALE, A general assortment of English and West-India Goods, and Groceries,
which will be sold at the lowest prices for Cash—Inholders, and others, who are particular in the purchase of their Liquors, may depend on having those of the first quality, by applying as above.
Constant attendance will be given, and the smallest favors acknowledged. Portland, Nov. 25.
FOR SALE,
By Newhall & Watson,
No. 3, LONG WHARF , THE CARGO of the snow Clother , consisting of Russia Sheeting, Ravens Duck, Cordage, & Iron, Entitled to Drawback. Portland, Nov. 25.
New Goods.
FRYE POOR,
Has just received, at his Store in Middle-Street ,
SUPERFINE , navy blue, and black Broadcloths; black, white and mixed Cassimers; Rattens, Lambkins, Coatings, Plains, Duffs, Serges, striped and figured Swansdown, spotted Swanskins, white, yellow, green, and black Flannels, red, white, green, and yellow Baizes, rose Blankets, Shalloon, Moreans, Durants, Tamies, Wildbores, Camblets, Bed ticking, cotton and worsted Hosiery, red and green worsted Caps, brown Hollands, Linens, 3 3/4 and 4-4 wide Calicoes, Gingham, Copperplate furniture, Chintz, book, jacquet, and tamboered Mullins, black Mullins, book and jacquet muslin Handkerchiefs, Dimities, Cambricks, silk Shawls and Handkerchiefs, chintz and purple Shawls, cotton and linen Handkerchiefs, silk velvet Caps, black Gauze, black and coloured Lustrings, black silk Laces, white thread Edgings, Ladies' and gentlemen's black and white silk Gloves, kid and beaver do. fancy kid, morocco, and cloth Slippers, men's fashionable Hats.
W. I. Rum, Brandy, Gin, Madeira, Sherry, Lisbon, & Malaga Wines, young Hyslop , Hyslop -skin, Souchong and Bohea Teas , Coffee, loaf & brown Sugar, Currants, preserved Prunes, Nutmegs, Mace, Canna, Allspice, Ginger, black Pepper, Cayenne do. Mustard, table Salt in baskets, Whiting, Caltic Soap, Coke do. Almonds.
4d. 6d. 8. 10d. 20d. and sheathing Nails, 2d. 3d. 4d. and 5d. Brads, Frying Pans, Coffee Mills, Bed Screws, flock Locks, ring and knob Locks, cupboard do. brass Nails, few pair brass Chasing Vises, brass Candlesticks, Knives and Forks, pen and jack Knives, elastic Knitting Pins, Shovels and Tongs, cotton and wool Cards, floor Brushes, chaise and horse Whips.
Hollow Ware, blue & white Ware, Tea Trays, Pewter. A few bottles & boxes of Essence of Pearl, and the Pearl Dentifrice for Teeth and Gums, Teeth Brushes, Smelling Bottles, liquid True Blue, Hair Powder, &c.
Fresh RAISINS.
Also, at the above Store, THE FARMER'S ALMANACK, by Robert B Thomas, and the Almanack by Isaiah Thomas. Portland, Nov. 21.
TO the honorable Justices of the Court of Common Pleas next to be holden at Portland, in and for the County of Cumberland, on the third Tuesday of October, Anno Domini, 1799.
THE petition of ISAAC SMALL of Freeport in said County humbly shews: That sometime in the month of November, A. D. 1794, your petitioner received of Reuben Sawyer , late of Freeport aforesaid, Mariner, deceased, an obligation for a debt of the one half of a certain lot of land, lying in said Freeport , on range D, number nine, which obligation was given upon condition, that on your petitioner's paying to the said Reuben Sawyer , the sum of twenty five pounds, seventeen shillings (equal to eighty six dollars and seventeen cents) he, the said Sawyer , would give your petitioner a good warranty deed of the above mentioned lot; but has been prevented from so doing, by death—And your petitioner says, said sum of eighty six dollars and seventeen cents, has been paid to the Administrator to the estate of the said Reuben Sawyer since his decease, as will appear by a receipt herewith presented, agreeable to the condition of said bond—Your petitioner therefore prays that the Administrator, upon the estate of the said deceased, after due notice, may be authorized to give your petitioner a deed of the one half part of said lot No. 9, on range D, according to the true intent and meaning of the above mentioned obligation; And your petitioner, as in duty bound, shall ever pray—by SALMON CHASE, his Attorney.
AT a Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Cumberland, begun and holden at Portland, in said county, on the third Tuesday of October, A. D. 1799:—
ON the petition of ISAAC SMALL, whereof the foregoing is a true copy—
ORDERED, That the petitioner give notice to all concerned by causing the same and this Order thereon to be published in one of the Portland Newspapers three several weeks—the last publication to be fourteen days at least, before the first Tuesday of January next, that if they see fit, they may appear at the Court of Common Pleas, which is then to be holden at New Gloucester , within and for the said County of Cumberland and show cause if any they have why the prayer of said petition should not be granted.
Attest, SAMUEL FREEMAN, Clerk.
FOR SALE (for cash only)
A PEW, in the broad aisle of the Rev Mr. Kellogg's Meeting House—Inquire of the Printer. Nov. 25.
William Haskell,
Respectfully informs his friends and the public that he has removed from the Shop where he formerly worked to one in Union-Street , just below Mr. How's brick store, where he continues to carry on the
Cabinet Making Business
in its various branches—He returns his hearty thanks for their past favors, and solicits the continuance of them. Punctual attention will be given and all favors acknowledged. Portland, Nov. 25.
Moses Adams,
HAIR-DRESSER,
INFORMS his friends and customers, that he has taken a Shop in Fifth-street , next door to Robert Cross , where the greatest attention will be paid to all who please to favor him with their custom. Portland, Nov. 25.
FOR SALE—BY
Newhall & Watson,
No. 3, Long-Wharf , Russia Sheeting,
Russia and Raven's Duck, Cordage and Bolt Rope, Iron—flat 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 and Brown Sugar, Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate, West India Rum; Gin, Brandy, Wines, Codlines; deep sea, and log lines, Cables; Brushes, &c. &c. (ctf—72)
FOR SALE,
By Isabella Child,
At her Shop next door to the BANK, An assortment of seasonable FANCY GOODS AND MILLINERY, Received by the last ships from LONDON, Among which are,
LADIES' beaver and silk hats—Fashionable Swansdown bonnets and turbans, full and half dress. Elegant plumes, feathers and artificial flowers, of various description. Swansdown laurels and bouquets. Bracelets, ear-rings and neck-laces. Bugles and bugle trimmings, silver and gimp do. Ladies' extra long silk and kid gloves—beaver habit do. Ladies' and mules' dark slate-colored gloves for mourning. Kid slippers—English black morocco do. Elegant sashes, cords and tassels. Silk cord of different colors. Flos netting silk—colored cottons for netting. Ribbons of all widths, and colors, plain and variegated. An assortment of very delicate thread laces and edgings. Plain, sprigged, lappet and lace mullins. Camels hair shawls. Printed mullins and chintzes. Glass, steel, and pearl buttons, fashionable for ornamenting dresses. White, black, and color'd Italian crapes. Do. tiffanies. Black, cypress, netting, check'd and plain gauzes. Bonnet and cloak attins all colors. Modes and sarisets. Thread fringes. Black velvet ribbons. Also—Mullins. Black and white Cottons. Ladies' and mules' cotton hose. Calamancees and durants. Linens. Cambricks. Superfine and other white flannels—yellow do. Lambkin and baize. Fur trimmings. Muffs. Emigrant flocks, &c.
Gentlemen's black and white silk hose, of a good quality. Cotton do. Extra superfine black and white worsted do. Silk and beaver gloves Do. fur lined and lamb's wool. Toiletts, Merfallees and Swansdown waistoating. Black satin. Hair ribbon. Shoe strings, &c.
Wash-balls, smelling-bottles, tooth-picks and cases. Silver pencil cases. Small steel scissors of an excellent quality. Dressing combs, needles, pins tapes and bobbins.
Every article of Millinery made in the latest fashion. Portland Nov. 18th, '99.
RAN-Away from the Subscriber last night, an indentured apprentice, named GILMAN MASH , about 19 years old—had on when he went away a blue great coat, a light snug coat, and olive-colored overalls.—Whoever will take up said apprentice and return him to the subscriber, shall have six cents reward, and no charges paid. All masters of vessels and others, are forbidden employing or harboring him on any account whatever, as they will have to answer for their conduct as the law directs. JEREMIAH CHANDLER.  Monmouth, October 29, 1799.
Ten dollars reward.
DESERTED from the rendezvous in Hallowell , on the 30th of October last, CALEB BOYINGTON , a soldier in the 5th regiment of the United States' Infantry; born in the town Pownalborough , in the county of Lincoln , state of Massachusetts ; by trade a joiner; he is twenty-one years of age, five feet and five inches in height, has blue eyes, brown hair, and light complexion.—Whoever will take up said deserter and secure him in any goal, or deliver him to any officer in the service of the United States, shall be entitled to the above reward, with all the incidental charges. WM. HEYWOOD, Capt.
NOTICE is hereby given, That the subscribers have been duly appointed executors on the
Estate of William Owen,
late of Bethlehem , in the county of Cumberland , deceased; and have taken upon themselves that trust, by giving bonds as the law directs.—All persons having demands on said estate are requested to exhibit the same; and all persons indebted are requested to make immediate payment to
DAVID OWEN, JOHN OWEN, Executors. Brunswick, Nov. 5, 1799.
THREE or four gentlemen may be accommodated with eligible boarding, in a private family, upon reasonable terms. Portland, Nov. 25, '99. (1/) Inquire of the Printer.
NOTICE is hereby given to the nonresident proprietors and owners of the following lots of Land, lying in the town of Bethel , county of York , that their lots of Land are taxed in a State, County and Town, School-house and Road tax, in the bills committed to me the Subscriber, Collector of said town, for the year 1798—to collect in the following respective sums, viz:
   No. Lots. State Tax. County and School-house tax. Road tax.   D. C. D. C. D. C. D. C.    29 3 0 1 0 11  2 2 1 6 11  30 1 1 6 22  23 2 1 6 22  13 4 1 6 22  13 8 1 6 22  32 5 1 6 22  17 1 1 6 22  6 4 1 6 22  27 9 1 6 22  13 3 1 6 22  13 9 1 6 22  4 2 1 6 22  30 2 1 6 22  27 2 1 6 22  23 10 1 6 22  17 6 1 6 22  3 2 1 6 22  24 1 1 6 22  5 1 1 6 22  25 2 1 6 22  15 7 1 6 22  23 1 1 6 22  33 3 1 6 22  21 8 1 6 22  30 4 1 6 22  14 10 1 6 22  30 8 1 6 22  8 4 1 6 22  28 8 1 6 22  16 1 1 6 22  10 9 1 6 22  33 1 1 6 22  1 8 1 6 22  20 4 1 6 22  15 6 1 6 22  3 5 1 6 22  10 2 1 6 22  2 1 1 6 22  13 5 1 6 22  3 6 1 6 22  18 8 1 6 22  23 6 1 6 22  16 9 1 6 22  11 6 1 6 22  14 3 1 6 22  24 4 1 6 22  24 2 1 6 22  7 4 1 6 22  14 3 1 6 22  29 9 1 6 22  29 1 1 6 22  32 3 1 6 22  10 5 1 6 22  12 3 1 6 22  8 7 1 6 22  27 6 1 6 22  4 1 1 6 22  1 6 1 6 22  30 3 1 6 22  30 5 1 6 22  14 9 1 6 22  11 5 1 6 22  17 6 1 6 22  12 3 1 6 22  21 6 1 6 22  28 9 1 6 22  25 1 1 6 22  25 1 1 6 22  
And unless said taxes and cost of advertising, are paid to me on or before the fifteenth day of January next, so much of said land will be sold at Public Vendue, as will be sufficient to pay the same with all intervening charges, at the dwelling-house of the subscriber, in Bethel aforesaid.—The sale to begin at ten o'clock in the forenoon on said day. Aaron Barten, Collector.  Bethel, November 1799. Glt.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the Subscriber has been duly appointed Administrator of the Estate of John Reed , late of Topsham in the county of Lincoln , yeoman, deceased, unadministered on by Susanna Reed , late of said Topsham , widow, deceased, who was formerly executrix of the last will and testament of the said John Reed , deceased, and has undertaken that trust by giving bond as the law directs. All persons, therefore, having demands against the estate of the said deceased, are desired to exhibit the same for settlement—and all indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to Samuel Wilson, Administrator.  October 29th, 1799.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the Subscriber has been duly appointed Administrator of the estate of Susanna Reed , late of Topsham , in the county of Lincoln , widow, deceased, and has undertaken that trust by giving bond as the law directs. All persons, therefore, having demands against the estate of the said deceased, are desired to exhibit the same for settlement—and all indebted to said estate, are requested to make immediate payment to Samuel Wilson, Administrator.  October, 29th, 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 of the several creditors to the Estate of
PAUL REED,
late of Boothbay , Gentleman, deceased; and six months being allowed for that purpose, hereby give notice, that they will attend the business of their appointment, at the dwelling house of William M'Cobb , Esq. in Boothbay , on the last Friday of this and the five following months, from 3 to 5 o'clock, P. M.
WILLIAM M'COBB, JOHN LEISHMAN.
THE Subscribers, appointed Commissioners by the Hon. Jonathan Bowman , Esq. Judge of Probate, for the county of Lincoln , to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to the estate of
PADSHALL KNIGHTS,
late of Boothbay , mariner, deceased, and six months being allowed for that purpose, hereby give notice that they will attend the business of their appointment at the dwelling house of William M'Cobb , Esq. in Boothbay , on the last Friday of this and the five following months, from 3 to 5 o'clock, P. M.
William M'Cobb, John Leishman.  Boothbay, Nov. 12th, 1799.
FRESH GOODS.
DANIEL JOHNSON,
Has just received, and now offers for sale at his Store in Fore-street , a very general assortment of fresh Fancy and Staple Goods.
CONSISTING OF
BROAD CLOTHS from 6/ to 32/ per yard—Navy Blue, Common do. Black, London Brown, Fashionable mixt, Claret, and Bottle Green, Ratten, Lambkins, Best Devonshire Kerseys, Forest Cloths, Blue plains, Elastics, Serges, Calmers—Black, Blue, Mixt and Brown, Twill'd Thicksets, Rose and Duffel Blankets, Mens' Black Satins, Swansdown Waistoating, Merfallees do. Irish Linens, Brown Hollands, India Cottons, Cambricks, Muslin and Silk Shawls, Common Cotton do. Mullins, Mullinees, and Dimities, Lustrings, Modes & Satins, Ladies' Muslin Handkerchiefs, Gentlemen's do. do. Sarisets and Gauzes, Gingham, Calicoes, Wildbores—striped and plain, Mens' Camblets, Calamancees, Moreen's, Russells, Durants, Tamies, Baizes—red, green, and yellow, Planels—fine & superfine, twill'd & plain, Variety of worsted, silk, & cotton Hosiery, Worsted & Leather Gloves Oil Cloths, Quality & Shoe Bindings, ALSO, Russia Duck and Sheetings, Ravens, do. Which being a consignment, will be sold on the lowest terms. Portland, Nov. 18.
FOR SALE.
A Convenient House-Lot, in Temple Street , containing three rods fronting said street, and four rear.—Inquire of the Printer. Dec. 2.
TAKEN UP in the inclosure of Mrs. CONTENT GRAY on the Potomac in North-yarmouth , a last spring COLT , grey color, with a white stripe in his face—trotts and paces both.—The owner may have it by proving property, paying charges, and applying to LOT LORING.  North-yarmouth, Nov. 20, 1799.
PUBLIC Notice is hereby given, that the Subscriber, through mistake, have circulated a report which is injurious to the character of Mr. JOHN BURNHAM , concerning his taking my Chaise without consent—and whereas I am now convinced that I let the same to him the day before, and forgot the agreement, I now declare him in my opinion to be an honest man. JOHN VEAZIE.  Portland, Nov. 9th, 1799.
JUST RECEIVED FOR SALE,
By John O. Watts,
At his Store in Fifth-street , SUPERFINE and low priced Broadcloths; Plains; plain and stripe Cassimere; a good assortment of fashionable Vest shapes; Thicksets and Velvets; drab and blue Fearnought; Baizes and Flannels; Calicoes from 2/3 to 6/ per yard; Copperplates; Mullinees and Dimities; superfine and common Pocket Handkerchiefs; an assortment of very fine Shawls; Linens; Tambores; needle worked, plain and black Mullins; book do. book Handkerchiefs; Gentlemen's tambores Neck-cloths; Cottons; Cambricks some very fine; colored Threads per pound; colored Ribbons; Edgings; Bedticking; Countertops; Men's Gloves; habit and long do. Stockings, &c. &c. HARDWARE.
Augurs, H. & H. Hinges, Coffee Mills, Buttons and Tea and Table Spoons, Blue Jack and Pen Knives, Brads, Snuff and Tobacco Boxes, Steel-yards, Shovels and Tongs, Tea-pots, Pewter of all kinds, Razors and Scissors, Flat-Irons, Frying-Pans, Chest and Gun Locks, Whips, Japan Candlesticks, Chapel Needles, Pocket Books, &c. &c.
West-India Goods, as usual.
FOR SALE AS ABOVE.
50 pieces No. 4 Hair Ribbon, 100 lb. double reined Salt Petre, a few lbs. 3d. proof W. I. Rum, which will be sold cheap for Cash. Portland, Nov. 4.
Elizabeth Berry,
INFORMS her friends and customers that she continues to make, and has for Sale, Muffs, Tippets & Cloak Trimmings.
Also, a large assortment of RUSSIA FURS, and a new and great variety of TOYS, for children.—Belt POLAND STARCH , and ELLIOT'S SNUFF —an assortment of CHINA .
Sable and Fox Skins dressed in the best manner, at her Shop corner of Federal and Temple Streets, Portland.  Nov. 4.
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