Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1808-03-11

Letters from London so late as Jau.
18th have been received by the Packet.
These letters, from most intelligent
sources, soneur in the opinion, that !
negotiation for peace is certainly about
to commence between England and
France.
A letter from Detroit, Of the 18Th
Feb. states, that Colonel Close, a
British officer, has arrived At Maiden IAN
English fortress about 10 miles from
Detroit) and u large council of Indians il
shortly to be held. They are arriving
daily ; and l presume there are not less
than fifteen hundred men, women and
children already collected at that place."
From the Londe" Morning Post, Of
A ship from Philadelphia called the
America, commanded by capt. Proctor,
bound to a port in Holland, is put into
Portsmouth leaky. Capt. Proctor wa
Yesterday on Change, and informed ~,
that on the 18th Of Dec. off Sicily, he
fell in with a French Privateer Of 6 guns,
who boared him, demanded a sight of
his papers, and ghigen,ly examined his
Crew on the subject Of the real destinati.
on Of rse ship, and fading thar HE voy-t
age was 10 be concluded in Holland, suE-
tered him 70 proceed ; FIRST. taking from
him two barrels sugar, aud all the stock
he had upon deck. The capt. of the
privateef informed capt. Proctor that
duringhis cruise he had capturedH Eng.
lish ships and 4 Americans all Of which
he had sent into Passage in Sp+in.-His
instructions were to bring in all Ameri-
can vessels bound to English ports, and
those he had captured, arc bound for Ii
Yverpool, one OF which was from Bal6-
more, one from New.YorE, aud two
from Charleston. The nnmber of prizes
he had sent in, had 50 shortened his
hands that he feared the English captains
whom he had on board would attempt to
rise on the crew Of the ~private,r. and he
therefore put six Of them, (the seventh
died soon after he was taken,) on board
the America presenting capt. Proctor,
with two bottles of Brandy to sustain
them until he should be enabled 20 get
rid of them. a.
(htertshing extract fran the Lsadss
Times efthe 2iss Dec.) =
Among the many circumstance that
attended the fight ofthe Portuguese go
! vernment, il o which IS fraughe with
instruction, by aiFording a warning, to
al other states. The late prime minis
ter of Portugal Antonio d'Aranjo, IL is
said, has been discovered to have carried
on for a series of years system of urea
cherry in sGbservieney to the views of
Bonaparte. i
He had been disgraeed since tho 18th
ult. but the full extent Of his perfdy was
not at 6rst ascertained; he was carried
on board the Prince Royal, the Portu-
guese admirals ship, but not in irons, a.
has been stated.
The detection Of his villainy was &C.
conpanied by a coasolAtory eircum-
stance; a recognition of the Innocence
and merits of general Nosion, Who had
been dismissed from the command Of
the police guard Of Lisboa ,hroogh court
intrigue. The prince regent has done
justice to his injured honor, and he &C.
companies his sovereign to the Brazila.
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Extract efa letter. rom s.. Ps,ersbwRh.
received. at Meuo-7 Tori, 1ated l7tk
Oct. 1907. - ! =
The number Of American vessels ar
! rived this season amounts %. Of which
il aPPears that only sis have taken car.
goes homs.>
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