The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1806-05-13 00:00:00

Richmond Prices Current.
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IN AN INJUNCTION.
Chesterfield County March Court, 1806. Plaintiff vs Defendant. The defendant not having entered his appearance...
FOR SALE.
Land, containing 540 acres, extending a mile on James River, nearly opposite the mouth of the creek...
FOR SALE.
Three valuable PLANTATIONS, situated in the County of King & Queen, within five miles of the mouth of the river...
FOR SALE.
Land, containing 1000 acres in Essex, within ten miles of the Potomac, in a very wealthy neighbourhood...
FOR SALE.
Land, containing 1000 acres in Essex, within ten miles of the Potomac, in a very wealthy neighbourhood...
FOR SALE.
Land, containing 1000 acres in Essex, within ten miles of the Potomac, in a very wealthy neighbourhood...
FOR RENTED.
Land, containing 1000 acres in Essex, within ten miles of the Potomac, in a very wealthy neighbourhood...
FOR SALE.
Land, containing 1000 acres in Essex, within ten miles of the Potomac, in a very wealthy neighbourhood...
THE subscriber has extended his practice to the Superior Court of Chancery, for the Williamsburg district.
PATRICK HENDREN, Attorney at Law. Shirley, Charles City, March 7. (law 3m.)
ALL persons having claims against the estate of John Hoomes, dec'd. of the Bowling Green, are requested to make them known...
NOTICE.
THAT the late concern of NIVEN KEARNES & Co was dissolved on the 24th day of April last, by the death of JAMES DUNLOP...
SPRING GOODS.
THE Subscribers have just received by the ship Proteus from London, a part of their Spring Goods...
NOTICE.
THE Copartnership of LUDLOW, NIMROD and JAMES BRAMHAM, having this day dissolved by mutual consent...
WANTED.
A GREAT QUANTITY OF ROSE; liberal price will be given—apply to Alexander Plaistow, Main-Street Richmond.
TO THE PUBLIC.
I INTEND, on the 22nd day of this month, to commence and prosecute with all the force and attention...
IRISH LINEN.
JOHN HENRY has just received, by the ship Monticello from Liverpool—7-8ths and 4-4ths wide IRISH LINEN...
LONDON PARTICULAR MADERA WINE.
JOHN & HUBNER Have just received from Bremen, a General Assortment of GERMAN LINENS...
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE, a very good WOODEN HOUSE, in good repair, with a well of water, and all necessary out-houses...
STOP THE SWINDLER!
ON the 26th inst. (April) a certain WILLIAM HILL, by trade a Hatter, and professes to know something of the Silver-smiths business...
LAND FOR SALE.
THE subscriber is authorised to dispose of between two & three thousand acres of LAND, situate in the county of Prince George...
NOTICE.
Mrs. ELIZABETH M'CANDLISH Having lately removed from Dumfries to Walkerton, begs leave to inform the public...
WANTED.
A GREAT QUANTITY OF ROSE; liberal price will be given—apply to Alexander Plaistow, Main-Street Richmond.
TO THE PUBLIC.
I INTEND, on the 22nd day of this month, to commence and prosecute with all the force and attention...
IRISH LINEN.
JOHN HENRY has just received, by the ship Monticello from Liverpool—7-8ths and 4-4ths wide IRISH LINEN...
LONDON PARTICULAR MADERA WINE.
JOHN & HUBNER Have just received from Bremen, a General Assortment of GERMAN LINENS...
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE, a very good WOODEN HOUSE, in good repair, with a well of water, and all necessary out-houses...
GERMAN Y. STOKES.
Hungry Town, May 6. (outw. 1p)
LAND FOR SALE.
THE subscriber is authorised to dispose of between two & three thousand acres of LAND, situate in the county of Prince George...
NOTICE.
Mrs. ELIZABETH M'CANDLISH Having lately removed from Dumfries to Walkerton, begs leave to inform the public...
WANTED.
A GREAT QUANTITY OF ROSE; liberal price will be given—apply to Alexander Plaistow, Main-Street Richmond.
TO THE PUBLIC.
I INTEND, on the 22nd day of this month, to commence and prosecute with all the force and attention...
IRISH LINEN.
JOHN HENRY has just received, by the ship Monticello from Liverpool—7-8ths and 4-4ths wide IRISH LINEN...
LONDON PARTICULAR MADERA WINE.
JOHN & HUBNER Have just received from Bremen, a General Assortment of GERMAN LINENS...
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE, a very good WOODEN HOUSE, in good repair, with a well of water, and all necessary out-houses...
but that others could be met by force alone.
That message, it will be allowed on all hands, called loudly for some efficient measures on the part of the government...
Resolved, That such number of troops not exceeding...
President of the U. S. shall deem sufficient to protect the southern frontiers of the U. S. from Spanish invasion...
These are the reasons that induced me to vote for the resolution.
I was opposed to the measure adopted by the House on many grounds. It appeared by the report of the secretary of the treasury...
Seat of Government.
MONDAY, April 7. SPANISH AFFAIRS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MONDAY, April 7. SPANISH AFFAIRS.
Debate on the motion of Mr. J. Randolph to publish the President's message.
(Continued.) MR. KELLY. I did not expect to offer any arguments either in favor of or in opposition to the decision lately made...
MR. KELLY.
I did not expect to offer any arguments either in favor of or in opposition to the decision lately made, from which there has been an appeal...
MR. EPPES.
I rejoices that the gentleman at length arrived, when our public business was to be submitted to the people. We have done in our representative capacity...

...has bestowed on me. (Debate to be continued.)
Foreign Intelligence.
VIA PHILADELPHIA. LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY.
Downing-Street, Feb. 28.
Dispatches, of which the following are a copy and extract, addressed to Lord Viscount Castlereagh, were received yesterday evening, at the office of the Right Hon. William Windham, one of his majesty's principal secretaries of state, from major-general Sir David Baird:
Cape Town, Jan. 12, 1806.
MY LORD,—I have the honour to announce to your Lordship the capitulation of the Cape of Good Hope to his Majesty's arms. In my dispatches of the 24th November last, from St. Salvador, I had the honour to apprize your Lordship of the measures adopted to repress the force under my command; and having with much difficulty, procured about sixty or seventy horses for the cavalry, and the sick being recruited, the expedition failed on the 26th of that month; and we had the good fortune to reach Table Bay on the 4th inst.
It had been intended to disembark the army immediately, and with a view of covering our design, before entering the Bay, the 24th regiment, commanded by the Hon. Lieut. Col. McDonald, was detached, under charge of the Leda frigate, to make a demonstration of landing in Campo Bay, but the wind having failed, the fleet did not arrive at its anchorage until the day was too far advanced to attempt a landing.
On the morning of the 5th the first brigade, under the orders of Brigadier-General Beresford, was embarked in boats, and proceeded towards the only accessible part of the shore, in a small Bay, 16 miles to the northward of Cape Town, where it appeared practicable to effect a disembarkation, but the surf had increased so considerably, that, combined with the local difficulties of the spot, it was found necessary to abandon the attempt.
The rest of the day was devoted to a careful examination of the whole shore, from Lospard's Bay to within gun shot of the batteries at Cape Town, but which produced only the distressing conclusion that the chance of effecting a landing depended upon contingencies, very unlikely to be realized but in a perfect calm.
In consequence of this inference, in order to obviate the disadvantages of delay, in the adoption of a resolution which I apprehended would at last be necessarily imposed on me, I directed Brigadier-General Beresford to proceed with the 28th regiment, and the 20th light dragoons, escorted by his majesty's ship Diomede, to Saldanha Bay, where the disembarkation could be accomplished with facility, and a prospect was afforded us of procuring horses and cattle; and I purposed following with the main body of the army in the event of the beach being impracticable the ensuing morning.
The surf along the shore of Lospard's Bay having considerably abated the ensuing morning, I determined, with the concurrence of Commodore Sir Home Popham, to make an effort to get the troops on shore, and accordingly the Highland brigade, composed of the 71st, 72d, 93d regiments effected that object, under the command of Brigadier Gen. Fergusson.
The shore had been previously very closely inspected by the Brigadier, and by his spirited exertions and example, our efforts were crowned with success; although a confined and intricate channel to the shore, which had been accurately pointed out by beacons laid down by the diligence and activity of the boats of his majesty's ship Diadem, and a tremendous surf, opposed the passage of the troops.
The enemy had scattered a party of sharpshooters over the contiguous heights, and commanded the landing, but the casualties of this service arose principally from natural difficulties, and it is with the deepest concern I have the honor to inform your Lordship that we lost thirty-five rank and file of the 93d regiment, by the oversetting of one of the boats, notwithstanding every possible effort to rescue those unfortunate men.
The remainder of the troops could only be brought on shore on the succeeding day, when the extraordinary obstacles to all intercourse with the fleet, which nothing but the courage and perseverance of British seamen could surmount, barely enabled us to obtain the indispensable supplies of water and provisions for immediate subsistence.
On the morning of the 8th, the army, consisting of the 24th, 50th, 71st, 72d, 83d, and 93d regiments, about four thousand strong, was formed into two brigades, with two howitzers, and six light field pieces, and moved off towards the road which leads to Cape Town; and, having ascended the summit of the Blau Berg, or Blue Mountains, and dislodged the enemy's light troops, I discovered their main body drawn up in two lines, prepared to receive us, and even in motion to anticipate our approach.
The enemy's force apparently consisted of about five thousand men, the greater proportion of which was cavalry, and 23 pieces of cannon, yoked to horses, the disposition of which, and the nature of the ground occupied by the enemy's troops, made it evident that they intended to refuse their right wing, and with their left attempt to turn our right flank; but, to frustrate their design, I formed the army into two columns, the second brigade under Brigadier-General Fergusson keeping the road, whilst the first struck to the right, and took the defile of the mountains. Having accomplished my purpose, our line was formed with equal celerity and order; and the left wing, composed of the Highland brigade, was thrown forward, and advanced with the steadiest step, under a very heavy fire of round shot, grape and musketry. Nothing could surpass or resist the determined bravery of the troops, headed by their gallant leader, Brigadier-General Fergusson, and the number of the enemy, who swarmed the plain, served only to augment their ardour, and confirm their discipline. The enemy received our fire and maintained his position obstinately, but in the moment of charging, the valour of British troops bore down all opposition, and forced him to a precipitate retreat.
The first brigade, composed of the 24th, 50th, and 83d regiments, and commanded in the absence of Brigadier-General Beresford, by Lieutenant-Colonel Baird, was unavoidably precluded, by their situation, from any considerable participation in the triumph of the British arms, though the flank companies of the 24th had however an opportunity of distinguishing themselves in dislodging a number of horse and rifle-men from the heights on our right flank. This brilliant achievement, however, was clouded by the loss of Captain Fother, of the grenadiers, a gallant officer, and the universal regret
...the name of the count... heavy & arid land, covered with shrubs, & pervious to light bodies of infantry; we all, the total privation of water under the effects of a burning sun, had nearly exhausted our gallant fellows in the moment of victory, and with the utmost difficulty were we able to reach the Reit Valley, where we took our position for the night's rest. A considerable portion of the provisions and necessaries with which we started, had been lost during the action, and we occupied our ground under an apprehension that even the great exertions of Sir Home Popham and the navy could not relieve us from starvation.
My Lord, on every occasion where it has been found necessary to call for the co-operation of British seamen in land enterprises, their valour has been conspicuous, and their spirit of labour and perseverance so inconquerable, that no tribute of my applause can add a lustre to their character; but I discharge a most agreeable portion of my duty in assuring your Lordship, that on the recent employment of their services, they have maintained their reputation; and in this place it behoves me to inform your Lordship, that the uniform good conduct of those gallant fellows, and the zeal of Captain George Byng who commanded them, together with that of every subordinate officer, have merited my fullest approbation.
The loss of the enemy in this engagement is reputed to exceed seven hundred killed and wounded; and it is with the most sensible gratification that I contrast it with the enclosed return of our casualties. Your Lordship will perceive the name of Lieutenant Colonel Grant among the wounded; but the heroic spirit of this officer was not subdued by his misfortune, and he continued to lead his men to glory, as an enemy was opposed to his Majesty's 72d regiment. I have the cordial satisfaction to add, that his wound, though very severe, is not pronounced dangerous; and I indulge the hope and expectation of his early recovery and resumption of command.
On the morning of the 9th, recruited by such supplies as the unwearied diligence and efforts of the Navy could throw on shore, the 50th regiment, however, being almost completely destitute of food, we prosecuted our march towards Cape Town, and took up a position south of Salt river, which we trusted might preserve a free communication with the squadron; for our battering train, as well as every other necessary, except water, was to pass to us from his Majesty's ships. In this situation a flag of truce was sent to me by the commandant of the garrison of Cape Town, (the Governor-General Jansems, having retired after the action of the 8th, into the country, moving by Hottentots Holland Kloof,) requesting a suspension of hostilities for 48 hours, in order to negotiate a capitulation. In answer to this overture, I dispatched Brigadier-General Fergusson, accompanied by Lieut. Colonel Browning, to stipulate, as the condition of acquiescence, the surrender of the outworks of the town within 6 hours, allowing 36 hours for arranging the Articles of Capitulation.
My proposition being assented to, the 50th regiment marched in Port Knokke; and the next day, in conjunction with Sir Home Popham, the terms were agreed upon, and his Majesty's forces were put in possession of the several defences of the town. Of the modified Capitulation, as ratified by us, I have the honor to enclose a copy.
The cordial, able and zealous co-operation of Commodore Sir Home Popham, emulated by all the officers under his command, merits my warmest acknowledgements and commendation; and I have the satisfaction to add, that no united service was ever performed with more true harmony, than has uniformly been manifested by both branches of his majesty's ships as could be spared from the service of Lospard's Bay, constantly coasted the enemy's shore, throwing shot among his troops and people, & contributing to keep him ignorant of the actual place of our disembarkation; and a very spirited effort was made by the marines of the fleet, and a party of seamen from the Diadem, under the commodore's immediate command, to occupy a position in Reit Valley, and co-operate with the army.
The Marines and the Hon. Company's recruits, as well as their cadets, headed by Lieut. Col. Willet, of the Bengal establishment, have been usefully employed in different branches of the service; but I have to regret the deprivation of the services of the 20th Dragoons, and the 38th regiment under a conviction that they could not have failed to discharge their duty in the same exemplary manner, as the rest of his majesty's troops engaged in the action.
Public, as well as personal considerations, induce me to lament the absence of Brigadier-General Beresford from whose talents and experience I should have derived the most essential assistance in our disputed and difficult progress from Lospard's Bay.
The duties of the Quarter-Master General department were very ably and judiciously discharged by Lieut. Col. Browning; and altho' the army had the greatest cause to lament the absence from severe illness, of Major Tucker, Deputy Adjutant-General, yet the zeal and activity manifested by Major Trotter, of the 83d regiment, and the Assistant-Adjutant General, Capt. Munro, happily precluded all deficiency in that department. The absence of Captain Smith of the Royal Engineers, with the Saldanha Detachment, was also a matter of great regret to me, for his knowledge of the country would have relieved me from much embarrassment.
To the several officers commanding corps I am under considerable obligations, for their gallant, spirited, zealous, and judicious conduct & example, in leading their men up to the enemy. British troops headed by such men, must, ever, under providence, command success; and every man in this army has, I trust it will be considered, preferred the character of the British soldier, and faithfully discharged his duty to his King and country.
This dispatch will be delivered to your Lordship by Lieut. Colonel Baird, and to whom I beg leave to refer for any additional information your Lordship may wish to obtain, respecting our proceedings; and I beg leave to recommend this zealous officer to your Lordship's protection.
I take the liberty of mentioning to your Lordship, that not having been joined by the Narcissus frigate prior to our disembarkation, and subsequent operations in the field, I was unfortunately deprived of the services of Capt. Sorrell, Assistant Adjutant-General, who was charged with my dispatches from Madeira to Governor Patton, and with the execution of my wishes to procure intelligence relative to the strength and condition of this colony; and from whose extensive local knowledge and professional talents, I expected to derive great assistance.
Herewith I have the honor to enclose for your Lordship's information, a return of the return of the ordnance found in the citadel and other defences of the settlement, but it is perhaps...
From India Gazette.
CALCUTTA, Dec. 15.
PROCLAMATION.
By the Honourable the Vice President in Council.
FORT WILLIAM, Dec. 10, 1805.
The Vice President in Council is pleased to prohibit, until further orders, the departure of all ships and vessels of every description, from the river Hooghly and from the anchorage at Sangoor.
By order of the Vice President in Council.
THOS. BROWN, Act. Chief Sec. to the Gov.
The two Militia men, who were found guilty on Thursday last of the murder of Captain James Johnson, were executed in the Loll Bazar on Saturday, pursuant to their sentence; and their bodies now hang in chains at a place called Melancholy Point, below Garden Reach. Of the particulars of the horrid murder of which these wretched men were most clearly convicted, the following appeared in evidence on their trial.
The ship Perseverance failed from Penang for Pegu in the month of April last; nothing worthy of remark happened, until the third night after they left Penang, when between twelve and one o'clock of that night the witnesses (who were an Armenian passenger, the butler, captain's cook, and a klashy) were alarmed with an unusual noise upon deck, where they instantly proceeded, and found that the chief mate had been killed or severely wounded, and was then lying near the forecastle; they directly saw the captain coming out of the cuddy door with a drawn sword, when he addressed the gunner, and said—"for God's sake, don't take my life, and I'll deliver up the ship to you." He was then between the wheel and the cuddy door, when the seacunny, who suffered on Saturday, instantly plunged a crease into his heart; he was then heard to exclaim "O Lord," and it seems instantly died;—he had wounded one of the seacunnies, but being pent up under the poop, he had not sufficient room to wield his sword in his defence. Having accomplished their infernal design so far, they ordered the captain's cook, who had hid himself in the long boat, to take the wheel under the pain of death if he refused; the Armenian passenger was then called; the gunner told him they had killed the captain, and said, "we will now kill you." He begged hard to spare his life, and they did so: they then ordered the serang to lower down the pinnace, and put into her a cask of water, some bags of biscuit, &c. and ordered the butler to give them some gin, and chest of wine; they then took all the dollars and articles of plate they could find, put them into a dirty cloth's bag, and sent them into a boat with three seacunnies, a woman and a boy, the serang and four Lascars, the Armenian butler, and cook. The gunner and three seacunnies remained on board for some time, during which they were employed in driving the Lascars into the hold, battering down the hatches, which being accomplished they set fire to the ship, by putting oakum, tar and gun-powder upon the tarpaulins over the hatches, they continued on board until the rigging had all been on fire and beginning to tumble down; they then went into the boat & pushed off, leaving no less than 42 or 43 Lascars to perish in the flames; they now proceeded towards the land and kept a strict watch over the serang and his Lascars, who were obliged to pull the boat three days and nights until they reached an uninhabited Island, supposed to have been one of the Arrows, where they landed. The butler, cook, serang and two or three Lascars, being permitted to go to a spring of water, to wash themselves, found means of making their escape into the jungles, where they continued wandering for some days, until at length they saw a Malay prow, who took them on board and carried them to another Island, the chief of whom sent them to Pinang. We have not heard how the Armenian made his escape. It is supposed that they murdered the woman, and also the other four associates; and we are led to believe that the witnesses, who so fortunately and providentially made their escape, would have shared the same fate. A passenger of the name of Palmer is said to have been also killed on board the ship.
TRANSLATIONS.
From Amsterdam papers received by the ship Young Elias, from Amsterdam, arrived at Philadelphia.
Genoa, January 30.—In the beginning of the next month, 5 or 6000 Spaniards are expected here, for whom the line of march is laid out and quarters are prepared.
On the 21st of last month 850 Dalmatians arrived in Mantua, who are gone over from the Austrian service into that of Italy. The remainder of the 4 Battalions which formed these corps are returned to their homes.—These new troops will make a part of the garrison there.
Venice, January 31.—His Imperial highness the Vice-Roy of Italy together with the Princess his Spouse, are expected next day after tomorrow in this city; and great preparations have been made these several days past to receive them in the most magnificent manner.
The loan of two millions of francs, which the French government has opened here is already full; the principal is redeemable in 6 years, with 5 per cent. interest.
Paris, February 25.—It is said that the number of Neapolitan troops, who surrendered themselves prisoners of war by the convention of the 13th inst. amount to 25 or 30,000 men; in Gaeta only were almost 10,000 men.
Frankfort, Feb. 16.—The division of general Dupont is already in our neighbourhood on the Maine; and it is said for certain that more troops from the corps under command of Marshal Barnadotte are coming hither; so that the troops under Marshal Augereau will amount in a short time to fifty thousand men, who are to remain on the right bank of the Rhine till every thing is settled. All the other French corps march towards Strasburg, with the exception of a few thousand men who remain in the country of Eichstadt, but for how long is not known.
The Batavian troops continued their march on the 11th instant, to their own country.
From the Lower Elbe, Feb. 25.—Within these few days past many alarming reports have been spread, but they do not seem to be confirmed. It is not even known for certain yet, whether Cuxhaven will be occupied by the Prussians. It is said that on the 22d instant, 2700 men have marched into Bremen, which is not to interfere nevertheless, with the independence of said city.
Berlin, Feb. 25.—General Von Knobelsdorff, formerly his Royal Prussian majesty's Ambassador in Constantinople, goes, as it is reported, in the same quality to Paris. Emperor Napoleon, who knows him, and esteems him, will...
...over... ...v. viz. that while this country is at the expense of... ...Lalt night Mr. Prinsep brought before the Ho... ...Commons a most important fact long overlo... ...viz. that while this country is at the expense of... ...querying and defending India—nay, while the nat... ...al finances probably may be burthened by the co... ...exceeding that of the company, is carried on by... ...trals, either by treaty or connivance, while Br... ...capital and British subjects are excluded from... ...vantage of the trade, which it is notorious the... ...pany cannot carry on. This question requir... ...thing more than attention on the part of the p... ...to make the proper impression.
AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
VIA BOSTON.
LONDON, March 15.
The motion of Mr. Prinsep, which was a call for certain Documents, drew forth considerable conversation; in the course of which Mr. Fox argued forcibly against the production of any neutral document upon this important question, lest it should lead to form premature imperfect judgments. It would be improper to hold out an imperfect view of a question of this nature—such it appeared was the opinion of the Directors of the East India company; and I could not help thinking, that that house, and the country at large, were fully willing to give to the judgment of that Board, all the confidence to which it was entitled; but independent of their opinion, the honorable mover himself, had not stated any ground of necessity for the production of the document. He said, or that he meant to take any proceeding on it. He had indeed stated the contrary.
There was another point connected with this motion, which the hon. mover had perhaps in contemplation, when he brought it forward—he meant the trading trade of America. That this subject was now under consideration elsewhere, was tolerably notorious. It was not, he believed, unknown to any one, who heard him, that a representation respecting it had been made to his majesty's government, on the part of the United States. This representation was under discussion and every necessary information would be sought for. But not, however, from any paper to be laid on the table of that house—not from any document of the nature of that moved for from any gentleman; but by application to all those most intimately acquainted with the subject, Ministers would look for knowledge to aid them through the proper channels. Mr. Fox, after a few words of explanation, withdrew.
The circumstance of two Americans, with colonial produce, which had been seized at Plymouth having been liberated during the war, and allowed to sail for Bordeaux and Rouen, gave rise to a report that all detained vessels have been restored, and that the liberty asserted by America of covering by her flag the merchandise of the enemy, had been conceded to her. We have the pleasure to inform that the justice to which the American sent to a principle which in its turn protects this country of every advantage from her naval superiority, all produce are now sold in France, in the period of peace; nay, the Bordeaux month's glutted with sugars and other produce from Martinique, St. Domingo, &c. bottoms. It is in her commerce alone that she is vulnerable to us; if this is secured to her, she will be naturalized in our ports, and will be naturalized without being obnoxious to loss; while we are subject to great risk and immense expense, with any countervailing advantage.
NEW-YORK, May 5.
The ship Hard were arrived at this port on the 3d from Liverpool; and captain Maltbie, who favoured the editor of the Mercantile Advertiser with London papers to the 19th inst. inclusive, six days later than had been before, and Lloyd's Lists to the 14th. From it he has extracted every valuable article of political and commercial information.
The arrival of a flag of truce from France, informs the principal item of intelligence in this period, has probably no other object than to secure the release of the American prisoners, or a mitigation of their lot, though the hopes of the English nation have failed it to a proposition for peace.
We learn verbally, from captain Maltbie, that measures adopted by the American government have considerably agitated the administration of Great Britain; and that Lord Shelburne has been appointed ambassador extraordinary to the United States. The result of his mission, it is said, would come out in the ship which was to sail from London for this port about the 10th of March.
The habeas corpus suspension act of the 21st of March, and many of the state prisoners, have in consequence been liberated.
LONDON, March 19.
The French troops that were in Suabia, on the return home, have suddenly moved to the Rhine. The various troops have received orders to be in readiness to march. The bosom friend of Bonaparte, Marshal Berthier, made his appearance at Vienna, charged with a mission of great importance.
Four new Electors, it is said, are to be created by Bonaparte. The Archduke Ferdinand is created Elector of Cleves; the Duke of Teck, Elector of Westphalia; and the Landgrave, Elector of Sauerland and Paderborn. Fulda is also mentioned.
We are sorry to say the Duke of Portland is over by the faculty.
Price of Stocks this day at
3 per Ct. Cons. 60 60 1-2 for n
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COURIER OFFICE
We stop the press to communicate a letter, which we have just received from Dover:
"Dover, Half past Eight, A.M. This morning, about six o'clock, appeared in sight, as a flag of truce, a French frigate coming round the Downs, and a French Naval Officer on board, who was received on board the ship by the Admiral in the Downs. He bears of a pacific proposal."
Two Hamburg Mail arrived here on Sunday last, and this day intelligence of very great importance is contradictory; the German papers would have it that War is arranged between the two powers, and that War is...