Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1802-05-03
Lafs forigo Neq0,.
NJ AsaivaLs Ar NLwsoRk.


LONDON, MARcH J..
On Monday lan Fix Tai Of The line lied on
s. .udden from Tortay upon a fecret expedition,
and y Rerday an ordtr was received at Portf
mouth, TO get ready for fea with all PofIibe ex-
pc lion, all The men Of war fit for fervice
at has port TIE lrea Ell a6f witty of courfe
prevails a the different Offices a. Portfmouth,
so vr6iual and equip the fhips OF the motives
for this meafnre and OF the deHination Of the
Sect We arc totally ignorant.-The order has
excited comfortable degree Of aHonilhment,
and has given RE to variety Of conj Cures.
MARCH s.
The Fra Confnl begins to exsrcle that def
potifm ever he freedom Of conversation in pr,
waite circles which he his 70 long aFumed over
The freedom of the pSefs. Two ladies of diff.
rinaion one of whom i the wife Of The Cheva.
lier Charles Damas, have been fent out OF The
ferriury of the R public in culody of a mill
Sary guLrd They ere accuied Of havi 2 car.
-ied on correspondence with the enemies Of
the fate but their real offence is, we are af
fure d in private letters from rndoubted author.
ity, the entertaining at their respective houles
of large parties of Royali6s.
mARcH 8.
Il is the general opinion in Loason, that
niuiiers have iuG'aed upon bria cling the nego-
Ration TO a determination one way or he other
with ihort limited period, and the maA &C
tive Preparations are goIrg o., neceaAry, 70
fupport The determination.
mARcH 10.
In the Houfe of Commons this day one
hun lred and thi ty thouiand feannen were vot-
Cd for the f-rvice Of two months, from the z h
March to the a5rh My.
Belide, the fqu4dron, defined to renf,'ce
our fleets or foreign cations, a channs A Ct Of
thirty Gail of the line, nclndin{ fifteen three
d.ckers win, ia the ecu ie Of few days puJ
TO a, under the commanI Of Admiral Csrn
wallis and the Moth Sea heet, nnder III. OF.
ders If admiral Dickfon, which is now Re civ
ing (upplies Of Seamen from SheerneIs, is ar
expected to fail before the end of the Pre( Mt
week An ffici4l order has been (eut 10 WOOL.
wch, for ieveril thouland hamnocks 10 be
feot off dre9ly, for the eqnipp Mt Of th lc
hips which had been laid up in nrdia2ry to be
Te6rted and the ben bower cables, viii
fince the Ggung Of the Preliminary Treay
have been diff ontinue1 in many 81 our men Of
war. are, BY orde # the Adm rally, to be
b oaght az ain int immediate geletA NE.
licles were yeaer ay opened ia this city,
on the ground Ii, NJ treaty weud bc oonciu
ded asI lwenty gu e's we're taken 70 ply
one hundred if the expectations at A"tens
broke off. Though things are joub lefs for1e
what critical, we are Gil inclined II think inst
there viii be treaty, a1d probably the aePs
which have been taken wil acce crate is con
Cluh n.
MARCH IT.
A ve6el which arrived At Dover from BouJ
logns, 5tough, over report, which S t4ted 10
have D evai ed at a nlens, thai unl-f the de
6nItive treaty ihonld Be Il lned on Friday mex,
at the I-aa Marquis Cornwall, woui fe.urn
10 ENGLAND. MARCH ~.
II is fAid that Lord Mellon is to have h
chief command Of or feet in the Wet Indies
The erioca tate Of the deportation all con
tinues to occupy the attention Of every ONE
No,hng further, however, has traofpited on be
fubea. No doubt is entertained that miniters
have authorized Marquis CORVALLIS to bring
the matter TO ipeedy lfue, 70 that peace or
war will very foon be announced In The mean
time the ACTIVITY of preparation il all our ports
is unremitted Although na reFs are thu, fuf-
pended, there feen~ in general 20 Sc eonfider
able confidence thaG ade6nit-e Treaty will be
concluded.