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Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1799-05-13
Arfic!es from London papers of FEB. AZ

The sobos AauuS Ireme Of Gre1f Britain having been
lately Rated by Mr. Pitt Readers perhaps will per-
Tue, with Tome interen the following eomparfon of il
with that OF Francs by the celebrated Mons Lavoier
-" The Income Of Great Britain, including that part
OF 1t not to be taxed which lefs than DOL per
ated by Mr. Pitt, IS. COG. oool.-that of France
Iia,5oocoo. If the Britih Income could be conceiv-
ed to be divided in equal fares between every foul in
Graf Britain, each would have per I5l-If the
fame diviion were to take place in France, each nd-
vIdual would have only al 6s 8d-fo that the compar
alive wealth of Great britain is about triple that IF
France. reckoning the population of the former to be
100000 FOULS of France, az 900, ooo"
II Cure fer TIE Cont Thoie who chufe TO try the cr-
pertinent, and afflicted with the govt the cxrrem-
ties, Capt simmons, commanding the Foreign Depot
Eaa Cowes, offers mon fimpe, yet certain remedy,
Uncovered Tome years ago by German SERGEANT when
encamped and, it may re fuppofed the Offspring
of neceiity II floating United from deg, baiy Of s long
Piggy hn3-applied to the part when fri eized with
pam, will 70 efefually relieve it, by little prickling
irritation, and afterwards perfpraon. to leave the
patient in twentyfour hours Tree from every dsgreea-
bic fympsom. -
n CHrr for tie Aeus One fpoonfu of harris horn,
large ipoonful OF vinegar, the fame of brandy mix
them and take 1t when you find the cold fit coming
Many people have been cured with the above the fri
time OF takingi Afterwards a teafpooniul of bark
powdered may be taken two three times dil for
Tome time in any liquor-but il in glais of portwins
the better.
A Letter from Brechn. OF Tuefday's date fays " on
Friday and Saturday there the greatef fall of fnow
in this place. that has been remembered Ivy the oldeit
perion. Ii was from ieven nine feet deep in the reet
MIR James Sttaeban merchant, at the South Port, and
about thirty perfons, 10 the upper tenements ION
the top Of the fnow) and directed the we'll dpoied
people TO dig the families of two houes from their pri-
ons by the directions they received from thole in the
nhde. up the chimney, where Mr.. S,rachan placed
bmielf; by this time il five o'clock, and thee peo
pie had nor iceh the light of that day. BY the e1er
Gons ued they all relieved rou, their difagreeape
Gtuaiions"
On the Cd of Febuary Mr.. John Mufkett, of spir-
worth, in Norfolk, lon two ihtep. which the 9Th
following were found in drift OF fuow alive and to APP
pearsnce but Tightly injured by their long imprfon-
ment A 6miar eireumlance occurred in Coventry
Park where lheep rhirteen days under drill of
fnow, without 10 d. and is alive.
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BOSTON, MAY s.

FROM EUROPE.
BY the Unio" arrived yeneraay we received Dnbln
papers to the an Marchlnleigence from the feat of
war, not, therefore, 70 late as before received
letter dated the aad March, lays every thing remains
quit" ...s
French feet in the port of Alexandra infinitely eIamn.
ed, and in concquence of The reported pratfcaby of
its derueton, has dpatched iome ips to ftrcngihen
Capt Trowbridge, the better enable him to perform
that fervice
The Ruilian General Suwarrow is TO have the chief
command in Germany again the French, the Aut ians
being to ad under his order.
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Mess and Clear MiddIing Pork.
AJ6 for Iale, A few bundles Nankeen.
May IrI7y9.
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~ See Supplement, for Buonaparte's
Letters, News, sc.
THIS DAY.

The inhabitants of this TO afembe for the
choice OF Representatives to'the Legislature of Malta
chufetts for the enfuing year. Several nomination ts
have been received, but late for inierton. The
candidates mentioned are--Mellieurs WOODBURY.
STORER, WILLIAM SYMMES, and MAT THEW
COBB
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COMMUNICATED.

correspondent fuQges the citizens of Portland,
the neoeity of tending TIRES Representatives
the General Court the en.uns year-several import
ant auctions demand the attention of the Legislature at
the TWO next ieifons The feparaon from Maflacbu-
ietts--the Judiciary fynem-the Bank in Portland,
and Others OF equal importance Without commenting
on the ptoprety or improperly of either he thinks it
adviieabe TO be as flJy reprefented as po6ble-We
have had experience of the oppoht'on OF the eaflern
members when any queltion has been agitaed which
respected the Diifrict OF Maine have known their
iuPeriority OF numbers and we have known it our
great injury Let us then unite in improving
ititusiona privileges let US guard ntere by full
representation Thus fhall be prepared to fcek a
remedy for the mifchefs of which we uily comp ain
-
Fate Teens to have decreed, that pelent jaco5ins
are to be honored with ieats in the legislature. We
are informed tina; large majority of this Description
OF men will reprefent the county of Kennebcc in
the enfuing General Court. Notifying j, the rclec.
ton, that the two respectable and thriving towns of
Hallowell and Auguita, have ehofen THOMAS FILE.
BROWN and NATHAN WEssoS, of French cookade and
hberty.pcls memory, in oppohtion TO Meilrs Drummer
and Cony. Theie political fcoundres have fwam for
years in troubled waterthey gained their election by
circulating the Chronicle among the peope-by repre-.
enting the federal tax as arbitrary and eruetive
meaiure and 10 doubt whiehis mott confpie uous
their viany or ignorance 1t reported that they
exciting the people in the back towns armed op.
pohion to the If this be true the ooner they put
their fchemes in operation the better The punfmenl
OF Traitors cannot be inflicted too oon-as this alone
will manifei the ufiee and energy of the laws When
fools and fcoundrels reign, the land mourns.
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No. IY.---T2 ANSLATION.
On board .he I.'orient, July

On board The I.orient. July II.
'amiral B,aeu commanding tbs navsi fo,cts Of
lJe republic IN he Meaiteyranea1 10 TIE majger ef
marine, and Of The c9louies.
CITIZEN MINISTER,
I wrote to you from Malta on the f4h June.
q that letter | gave you an account of the ar
gal of the feet at Malta, and oil the capture of
eat inand. The Hips of the line and the
imports were all under fail on the 10Th, and
2 the 1t July We were off the old port of A.
andria.
4 had previou1y dispatched the Juno to bring
confnl on board. Citizen Magallon 1.-THE
phew) arrived Oh the It, and informed us
Al an Euglih iquadron had appeared in line
battle off the port of Alexandra, on the zSth
June, and they had detached a brig TO the
W, and ihat on its return they had made Fill
-ttss north eaa. The fqusdron was iuppofsd
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No region is exempt from the Internal fpiru which
the French revolution has let loofr upon the world AS
loon as the news of the arrival of Buonspate Egypt
arrived IN India the French emilarie Therein were in
infant acfivity and had actually provided flores for,
and had embodied force of 10000 men in the interior
Bur owing to the dsmpy which the nteIlgc of the
Aboukr deftrutton threw on the enterorife and the
activity Of the tom
conpracy detected. the principal actors mprfon
cd, and the collected Cores fecured. (CmtJ
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Miscellaneous Articles.

W6dm comes often learnt too late. It is fuppofed
there is no les than 10000 active male aTen, in the
United S;ates oppoed the government thereof in
Guiding emgrants from France Ireland and the Weit-
Indies We have an dien Ls4u, but dad TO ipei3iss
10 ysTah dad" BRuTus, why 1eepefl thou p
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A Kentucky paper, Of the I4th ult. mentions that
the Governor of that State has received letter from
Afa'sr0 Lyaa in which Lyon informs the Governor of
bis intention to move into Kentucky, in company with
one fbogS families from Vermont. Afy they be lie unto
1obee'-r'higg and rolling. and find No M s ds Jar
dSa"
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100 Dol2a,s Reward.

T Asst Night efcaped from the Goal
IL in Portland, in the County Of Cumberland, aud
Commonwealth Of MafTachuietts,
HENRY w. HUNT,
aged twenty-four years-fvc feet inches bishgrey
eyes--pale comprehension made.
Whoever apprebends iaid HUNT,
and feeures him in any of tie Goals within the United
States of America 70 that be may be returned to the
Goal in Portland aforefad, 1ial receive the above
Reward.
WILLIAM CALDWELL.
Pyysn Keeper.
Portland, g5 My, 1879.
r1r Printer Of nsqglaqpers in The /scsrai. Sfate,,
se regu. I'd ygs tie eas Of yais i,fi.g tbs sisUs n
'6eir ri eefos papo'
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MARRIED-Lsf svfni.g, BY fbe Rv Mr. Kellogg
Mr. DANIEL LOWELL 10 Mf Polly ROGERS.
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FROM THE EASTERN WORLD.

We learn from the Cape-of- Good-Hope, that
petition commenced about the 10Th of March, from that
lation, sganf the lies of France and Bourbon. The
Britfh force competed Of line of battle hips
and three igstes with tranports and troops. Ii
not expected at the Cape thar he French would make
much oppoh,on. The intire inhabitants of the ilands
oppofed to the French creed of Liberty and Equality
and it is expected will receive with cordiaity the
champion, Of their faith
large quantity of munitions of war, and hores
have been deroyed by accidental fie, the Cape.
of-Good-dope. The damage is eliimated at 5000 oook
aerIing.
IVES T-INDfES.
-Four Spanifh frgstes, with GOO German troops, go
Of whom died sitter their arrva the fervice of Spain,
faid to have arrived Surrinam, from Cadiz and
that quadron Of three Dutch lrgaes had failed on
unknown detinaton.
The Sally, Lackyer, arrived at Newyork, from Lon
brought 70 pieces of cannon, A. g. II, 49, IA and
81 Founders ard large anchors, for the U. S. Navy.
ALLOWANCE TO FISHING VESSELS.
Macy perons niereled in the Fifhery in this and the
ghbourng towns have thought thar the law granting
allowance vefIe employed in that brSnefs, ex.
pred with the la Se0ion of Congress. / his is not,
however the cafe The law does not expire ill the end
of the next Seion of Congress and the Allowance will
be payable this year, the fame time and on the fame
conditions formerly fSahm Gsasffe
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MOTIFS.
explo6on of the Potent, and cannot therefore
have much to fear from the friends of Buona.
parte, or from the government. Had il been
otherwife, we confeis we ihould not have been
withheld from FULFILLING his letter by any con-
liberation of the dangers to which he might be
expoled by it. We feel little folcitude for
the fate OF a man, however able, who appears
to be villain upon principe, and to aalt, in
pure gaity of heart, in the Internal work of
revolution, though he fees, and clearly points
our the train of human woes that mutt follow
its accomplishment.
lie Dubois and lie Counee, of O. guns
each, and or frgatss.
+ Never was there more glorious tenimony
TO the intrepidty and fkill ofthe Britfh fslmen,
than this letter IL .nihes The French admiral,
man of no common abilities it, his protection,
and anxious. above all things, to fecure bis feet
from being headed by an enemy, places his van
thip as near the ihoal as polIible lie fins pyss
pedyt are his own words and repoies in The
mot perfea confidence. taat nothing can mo-
laif him in that quarter; and yet il was between
this very fhoal and lhip, and through this very
paGaee, which, after an examination of twenty
four days (from The 7th to The s,it OF July,
The French admiral conceived to be impraaca.
bic, that the gallant NJon led his Britsns, The
men whom the Morning Chronicle pronoGneed
to be "without courage AID ready 70 reign
their fwords to every puny whiptet' 70 .iets-
ny and everlaaiag Esme
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The general has decided it otherwile.5 The
good fortune which attends all his operations
will not fail to follow this for the ref-we
are under the gale of fa,aliim, and its breath
flakes my principles little.
How deficient in foreGght are we all in the
wiihes which we form l had half an inclina
lion to remain commiTary for fome time at
Malta but when faw that, for the frt year
at lealt, that port could neither receive from
France nor from Egypt fuch iupplies as would
render refidence there tolerable, and that a
numerous population would fufer, at Leaf, for
time, the agonies of pafing from an organi-
cation, imperfect without doubt, but long eltab-
iilhed, to one differing from it in every refpea /:
when faw all this, l faid to myfelf, s.let
80 fomebody elfe be a witnefs to thefe diIlreles,
g and let me try my fortune at Alexandria
There had every thing to do, and every thing
to lnffsr, both from the climate audthe troops
aud chung more cloiely than ever to the fleet,
determined to follow its delliny. | have often
turned my eyes towards France, towards my
friends, but have never regretted the faerifees
made in quitting Malta.
Adieu, my dear Bruix, be happy, and realize
your wifhes for the ea blilhment ofthe marine
Accept the afurauces of my afcaionate and
unceaiing attachment. JAUBERT.
Allow me to prersnt my refpctaful frvices TO
Madame Bulk, aud Mademoifslle Thereia. !.
FAY nothing to you Of the capture of Aleran.
dria. Iihail requef Foreaierto read bis letter
to you.
AS have been rather too open in this letter.
you will oblige me by throwing il into the fire as
foon as you have read it,
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NOTES 4
Both offthefe afertions,arc falfe, and the lar
ter OF them is infamouly 70. We have a letter
of Buonaparte's written more than a fortnight
before the time he mentions, and 10 this be es.
prelsly fays, that g on account of part 0. the
channel which has no more than five fsthon,s OF
water, the feyenty tours cannot enter the port"
g / them" continues he I've NUT premife
that we take our tranflaiion from the Courier, .
party paper. bu, of iuficient authority in the
preient cafe y" then" THAT is on the z7th)
s. wrote to him again, that he nuR not loie an
hour, but either enter the port of Alexandra,
or return to Corfu" This TOO is falihood !;
for we have the very letter flee No. VIII.) and
it does not fay fyllable Of either; it mentions,
as our readers will Zee, the generals hores that
Brueys was then in the port bat il mentions
alto, that be was to take no 9ep (much las TO
fail for Corfu) without further orders.
On the roth he wrote 10 me that he had
found padage for entering the port of Alexan.
dria." This he cannot contradict of coufie, but
we have every reaf6n tor believing is as Unbound.
ed as the reR, and merely inlerted to execute his
detention of the feet.
"It ieemed to me that admiral Brueys was
unwilling to return to Corfu before be had
afcertained the praeicability of entering Alex
andra." How little null the Hero Of Italy"
have looked in his own eyes when he .pennsd
this ientence i! 1t appears not only from Jau-
berts letter, but from ,houfand coneurring
circumf anees, that the lole with Of Biueys was,
and had been from the moment the debarka.
ton was eifeaed, to return to Corfu that he
had been long convinced that the port of Alex
andria could not receive him, though he con-
tinned bis examination ofits entrance . and that
he was detained againli his will off the COAT of
Egypt, by the exprels and politive command
Of the general himfelf.
On the other hand it appears, that Buona.
parte was 70 tar from ordering the feet TO Cor
fu, that he had actually written for the three
Venetian fhips which remained at Ancona lin
thu neigtborhood, as it were, of Corfu) to come
and JOIN admiral Brueys at Aboukisr. This
fact we have in his letter of the Oh July
"Paurois beloin one vous hat is the Direao
ry TO whom he wries) m'envoya1iez lie plutot
poflible, les trois vaiileaux Venitiens qui ion a
Toulon j'enveltai cher cher les trois q ii font
Anconc. 49,. If 10 this calamtous event be qoas
10 Rms," -hame ihame =" he has expiated
bis faults by glorious death p
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the gracious Duncan
Was pitied of Maebeth--marry, be rea, dead.


The remainder of the letter we fhall not no.
tice, nor indeed, is it worth it. Such as it is,
however, it has furnilhed his .Taeohia admirers
in this country with frefh proofs of bis veraci.
ty, wddom, and we know not what, at the ex
pence Of the unfortunate Brueys.
s IF (which is far from being The cafe) we
had any refpe6t for the moral character OF Gen.
Buonaparte, we fhould feel comfortable de-
gree of uneaGnefs at this panage-one of the
moft important ia the whole CORRESPONDENCE.
II proves him to be a bafe, and eowardly, and
faithlefs calumniator of brave man, Whole
only crime was too itri6 an obedience TO his own
orders But to the proofs.
In the generals official letter to the Direeto-
ny, of which they have fome how or other OBJ
tanned duplicaie-(for the original i. in our
pofIeflion) he fays, "that to the 24h of July
he believed that the admiral had either failed
for Corfu, or entered the port of Alexandra"
i It is probable that JAubcrs Periihed in the
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ponaparte S Letters.
Continued Jionr tbe tse Gazsae.1
No I'LL TRANSLATION.

at aret0r eff A50ukir, 1uJ 9.
g-arral SRUIY, miajqer ef,be Marine, &c.
my letter of this days date, my dear
!, you will find my official accounts. In
fhal venture TO lay aide my commiaari-
ption, and fpeak to you nnrefefvcdly on
IA iifustion in this country. There will
zconneaion in my letter fri becauie |
NY attention called off every moment by
psated applications which, you we'll know,
Yer fparingly made by feet at anchor !;
fondiy, becaule the velel which carries
patches Is under weigh.
8erally ipeaking, the land and fea officers
&her leaves of each other N a very cold
y. The way in which they were all
fd together for want of room, and the
s allowance to which they were confined,
p fer il naturally enough. +
4 orders Of any confequenee were at fri
out by the commander in chief latterly
I1nifal has received them from B.rtheir,
ead. Of the aaift That for our landing
Eta was ifined on the fery day Of our
Ration. Two days only were allowed at
ndria. TIE immene difference between
hi fsa operations can be no fecfet to you !.
gh IS The generals way of doing things .
~
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II III co l leak out, Wllhout hazardlng
ate to Cayenne.
sEe have before us an official letter from
Vito Bruix, dated on b ard The L'O.isnt,
~, of July. The lstter in general is nor
bntly interef'ng to be laid before the pub
rt-fhe concluding paragraph throws fone
n this paHage.
2enx cents quatre sinet trsize batinen,s
/ 9Ioient les convois de Toulon, Mnieille,
4 Ajiccio, ct Civita Vechia lis e,oient
hf d'epvron 4,5oo hommes, ct porto ent
aaf'arti'leric deitinee pour parmee de terre,
rP hommes ct I,2oo cheveaux."
The rrsnports from Toulon, Marfeilles,
y, Ajacci o, aad Civita Vecchia, announced
70 zo3 fell !; they were named with
IA eco men, and had on board, befdes
Aftiliesy. $4,000 land forces, and 1900
\
Nv ii appears from variety of documents
he numser embarked fiom France and
Twas abour 10000 (not picked regiments
:RTpanies, but) picked men. II we now
35bco for the gaifiion Of Malta, and for
les on the voyage, We ihall End the
kr Of troops distributed on board the fhips
3, 10 be fomething above iI,ooo-If to
I'VE add the Raf OF the whole army, we
be able, as Jaubert fays, to account natu.
Enough for the eoldnsls between the land
"a officers, who had teen thus packed to.
s. for near three months.
appears from Boyer's lin NOV 2a) which
pw TO be perfectly correct, that the ihips of
Pnhlted of IS fail OF the lice, Ia frgates
veral corvetles, and fmaler vciIels. 1t
s Dot be improper in this place to mention
fare.-Of the15 fail of the line, IL were
land defroyed by Lord Mellon, Two made
&fcape 10 Corfou and Malta, and TWO arc
y the old port Of Alexandria. OF the IA
rs, two were dcaroyed il the great en-
inert, one taken by the Turks, another
/ enfble by our cruizers, eight arc at this
A3pt in the port OF Alexandria, and one is
,founted for,--moa probably it is laopped
be of the Turkiih ports--Of the fmaller
fome have been dearoyed, ard fome ia.
Is pleaGng cireua,aance, however, to
aer,. that of all this vait armament, the
fit, as Boyer fays, that ever appeared in
Fediterranean Zee his letter No. zz.) net
ySl IedCHcd LIdIlCc dno VIC lnAll De
= miaaken indeed if one err doe, TIE
,c'' may amufe them!elses if they p'eale, s.
lacoo'ns OF this country may follow them,
,scniatng TO what fortunate empire he feet
oext convoy the bleaings OF Liberty - The
mes we know to be i.nmenfe but--the
vii never leave Alexandria
MS issms to fhew sAkind of contempt for
sys' H'w II originated we know, not, b,,
pronaoly in the ignorance AID prefu mn.
OF buonapafte, who, accuIomed 70 b,r.
sc n'mands carried into iniian, e,.e,,;on
!. not always brock t,ie ds,ays ocssSonea
re nature d 'he Tea ier,;ce. and w which b' lie
P r in ths1e matters MIGHT f@me,imes les
& in the admiral, N.'' u N"'"
e influence q Bnopaparte in F,anee is
" m"r-ed in this paragraph, Iaubert
thinks him wrong, and vet in
9dentill letter written to the miniiter ofma.
he friend and patron OF Biueys, he lcarce.
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ut anehor off A5oukir, 1aly {
The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1799-01-07
M fteH1Heo45 A,Ieif5.

By an at Of Congref, raded July 8, 1898,
+ declared, that ali claims a5anf the United
S,at@s for tranf4dions during the late war,
which are not preiented before the FRI day Of
Mach next, either by the proper creditors, or
heir legal representatives, hhi be forever bar
red and P-eCluded from lettlement Or allow
ance.
fourteen fail Of Rritiih men Of war, left England a.
bout he middle Of C6t. Ten bound TO the ElHtndies
and four reinforce Lord St. Einceuts feet OF C4dlz