Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1803-05-20

DAVIS from London, went up the bay on
Tuesday, accounts are said to be brought
by this vessel as late as the FIRST OF April,
Mr.. Banks, ! Hampton. pilot, has been
on board, and was told BY the captain
that he was in possession ola copy OF the
declaration of War 6etzVeen France and
England" u
fhe Baltimore Gazette Of May = also
states that J, 4sss -. :.
{" Capt. Walker, Of the Norfolk pack
ct, who arrived this morning, says the
captain of the Belyidere, from London,
landed NJ Norfolk just before he sailed,
and informed the merchants there that
Var .pas actually declared" .s :.
But the Baltimore, True american OF
the next day, in some measure varies the
above account. We transcribe the pas
sage g. Z -. : !. - -
passenger with Capt. Walker, in the
Norfolk packet, contradicts, 10 part, the
paragraph intthe Gazette Of las, evening,
which states, that " the capt. Of The Bel
videre, from London, had landed at
Norfolk." He says he heard nothing
there about the arrival Of any officer be-
longing to that ship--but adds, that at the
time ahey left Norfolk, boat arrived,
and the persons on board gave informati-
ca that they had passed the Belsidere--
and hi speaking her, they learnt she had
onboardcertain accounts that War had
been declared." .. -.
In the Philadelphia Gazette Of Friday
evening last, we find the following infor-
nation: i. z
" Mr.. Edward Tilghman, who went
out in the ship Alcknomac from hence to
Spain, and put into Norfolk in distress,
returned by this morning mail stage from
Baltimore. He verbally reports, that in
coming up to Baltimore from Norfolk,
they spoke aship bound in, from Liver
pool, so days passage, the captain of
which informed that mar tpas declared be.
tween England and France. - - r..
s. Mr.. Tilghman, while At Norfolk,
was informed BY merchant, that pilot
had just arrived, who had boarded ship
from Liverpool, bound to Baltimore, the
capt. Of which informed him, that hosti-
lities had commenced between ENGLAND
and France and further, that he had an
official cgbye IF the proclamation Of sOar,
which the pilot read while on board.
The first part of this paragraph may
possibly 60 in confirmation Of the Belyi-
dere news, though it il not much TO be
Teliedupon, because tho ship which Mr..
IHghman mentionsy Is stated ID have
been from Liverpool, whereas the Bel
yidere Is said TO be from London: the
passages ofthe two vessels. indeed, cor
respond. The last part Of the article evil
IDENTIFY refers to the Venus, capt. Desh-
els, and il IL NOT impossible chat this was
the very vessel which Mr.. Tilghman
spoke. Upon the whole, there is nothing
yet conclusive, Is 70 peace or war-a few
days, however, must remove all doubts
and anxieties on this interesting subject.
n ~ : May 10. 5~/s< @
The ship Franklin, Townsend Of sa.
lem, arrived At Martha's Vireyard from
Calcutta on the Sd instant. She left the
Cape Of Good Hope ON the 9Th March,
and brings the following important infor.
=. nation: = =
4" The Cape Of Good Hope was given
upto the Dutch on the 21st February, a,
which time the troops of the Batavian
Republic took possession, to the great Joy
Of the inhabitants. The English Go.
tvernment, II appears, had sent out new
orders after the former ones to retain il
but the frigate hd a long passage, So tina,
the British troops had held possession
from the FIRST of January 10 the aist Fe.
bruary. They had mostly embarked for
India before the Franklin sailed ]; not
wi,hstanding which, the British Com.
manders, atthe time they left the Cape,
said they expected a new war IN Europe,
and wished they had retained possession =
IL. -. Nay IS.
Capt. Gould, who arrived at Salem ON
Sunday, in the brig Catharine, in as days
from Bourdeanx, informs. that when Il