Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-07-09


ring -, ~ -. 800 - s.,
Iyhee, the Bidding was made, coniols were
at 50 7-saud the reduced at S. ga.
The bidder was to be in the ,coniols. The
flock exchange Iift, Me1rs. Sprct ard Co. and
the bankers bid Sal. iss. confols,; but the bid
ding of Goidfinids and Barring was to take 8 IT.
conlols. They Of, courie. had the .oan. !.
The terms are.. Cor every IoooL fterling-
TOOL Reduced at IS SIS 9 0
BAL. Coniols at So IS 10
Diicount OIL prompt paynsen: 3 8
Lio4 o
As toon as i was known that Mcars. Gold
fnids and Barring had got the lean. it was at a
premium OF Ia per cent. but itocks fell after-
wards one per cent, and the loan to Ia pre-
MUM. he price of tick at noon was Con-
lois IS ga 7-9 Lon. pap.
:. 81 NORFOLK, JUNE 8.
By the Hannah. from Trinidad, we learn,
thar information had been received there by a
government veael, that French Acct ofiiiiteen
fail, OF which four were of the line, and all full
ct troops, had been feen of that iifanL. Lcr The
i7a"nab had "a days fsjogs 70 Norfolk. FROM
ne time sa8sd Ga4s k5eimeigene< rr1s ssraatd at
Trinidad, sOe are Of qnoa, had 70 large a. )qrsd-
70" a, isdsfyibed, basv yailrd from Europe, ne
l5sa'a 6"Se 6ea,d sf Hj'am o"s'bsy qua,tsy.l
srw-roRr, JUNE az.
From: he Of Franee-Capt. Davis has arrived
hero in 81 days from the lie Of France. - He
informs, that Admiral Lihois's fquadron arri-
we'd there, AprI !, from the Strains o6 Sunda /;
and that on their pailage they had fallen in with
the 81itih homeward bound China feet. under
convoy of fix line Of battle .hips-TLf 1bis qrs
thin. ns. sseggrGfir THE .cbae Brtyb force in The
Eat ladier and on the pssse at t5at time, .las
y fix EaI Of fbe line, sUitb jn,aAe, Aipsl The
French have ient into ,he iland, three outward
bound Englifh India ihips.
We underftand, the Martial returned ye1er-
day from the Cambrian frigate, were he had
been for the pnrpcf- Of arrsAing the Lieutenant
for breach Of the laws, in preventing the rev.
enue cutter from boarding The Pin. at the time
that the Lieutenant was mpretling the crsw.-
The Lieutenant was abfent on a Witt to the Bof-
ton frigatc; but it is expected he will furrender
himtelf to have the queeion tried.
If the perfons mpreifed on board the PIT
were Britith fu5je0s, yet the Cambrian had
no right to, increafe her crew in neutral port.
On this fubjed all parties are united; and we
wait with Impotence TO learn the notice which
Mr.. Jef1erfon will direct Mr.. Maddlon, tot axe
oft. Something fpiritcd is expected.
| Capt. Taylor, Of the brig Favorire, from Bour-
deaux, informs that, about the 2oth. of
May on the coat of Spain, he 1poke vcAel
from the Straits, which reported that a number
of the Brisifh men ofwar had been driven afhore
and wrecked in the Mediterranean, in a gale of
wind.
BOSTON, JULY ..
From Sminam Captain Selby, arrived at
New-York. from Surinam, informs, that permit
| fon is granted to import into thar colony all
kinds Of american produce, for which payment
| is to be madein the produce Of the county,
A duty Of four per cent is to be levied on the
invoice Of the goods imported, and per cent.
on thofe articles which are received in exchange;
to commence from the 2otho of May. and con-
inue in operation during tour. months thereaf-
ter.
The following refolye was p iIed blythe houfe
OF representatives at the lat FELTON,. The fen
ate referred the confederation of it.
ReSlved, That practice lately adopted by in
idividuals, of ifTuing promtory notes and checks
for fnall fums. in the Gnilitude of bank bills.
or in any other form, with an intsnt thar the
fame thould ferve as fubitituse for fpeces or
bank bills, is highly injurious to the community,
S a tendency to promote fraud, to banilh the
inferior denomn tons of coin from crcula ron,
and to injure the credit of the Incorporated
banks and that it will be the duty Of the lesif-
lature to beitow AN early attention on the
means of fagpreHing this dangerous and increai-
ing esil.