Xftc ffasette, ■ 'll
PHILADELPHIA, -s
MONDAY EVENING, Maicb 19.
1 , •_ *• y
folii%uing is a mirt accurate account oj- j
the experts of the Uniui States, than that c
p.MJhed in a former number of thit Oa- {
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STATEMENT, ' „
Of the value of Goods, IVares and Mir-
ciondine exported from theUniTED States f
CuFokeign CsuNTtiis ; commencing ift ■]
October 1796, and ending 30th September t(
1J97.
Ewropi. Dolls. n
Ruflia, - - - 3>45°
Sweden, - *
Denmark and Norway, - '4°>97 2 t
United Netherlands, - 7,062,457 a
England, Man and Berwick, 4,43^' 2, 7 p
Scotland, • - 526,991
Ireland, . h
Gibraltar, - • ' !
Gueiafey, Jersey, Sark, ht. f
Imperial Ports, &c. - c
Hair.burgh, See. - . 9-5 8 9> 8 5 8 c
France, - - - 3'534» ,6 5 t
Spain, - - - 1,625,500 {
Portugal, - 221,979 f
Italian Ports, - - 76?>°64 t
Europe generally, - - 207,077 (
1 —— v
29' 1 94>3*9 {
Africa. t
Capdiof Good Hope - j
Morocco and Barbary States, 15,000 ■
Bourbon and Mauritius, - 5 8 '79 2 |
Africa, generally,. - - 2 3°» 8 73 (
Madeira, - • - t 188,694 .
Teueriffe, - - : 4 6 ' 6 3 I
Fayal, - • S>s & *
Cape de Verd Islands. - 47» 12 9
1■ * ■
592,627
Asia.
Britilh E>l Indies, - 21 >3 2 5
China and East Indies, generally. 387,31®
408,635
America.
Britilh American Colonies, 360,367
Newfoundland Sc Britilh Filheries, 44*529
Britilh Well Indies, 2,101,720
Honduras, ... 129,700
Swedish Weft Indies, - 898,315
Dani(h do. - - 2,392,252
Dutch do. - - 1,783,029
French do. - •- 8,071,134
Spanish do. - - 2,879,170
Weft-Indies, generally • 1,508,044
Florida and Louiliana, - -' 9*5> 2 5 2
North Weft Coast of Africa. is>fc>7
c 21,099,119
Total aico.int of exports, 51,294,710
V
MX. FENNO,
_A.tl,c^a of Jacobins.
precepts of their brethren in France, I re
commend to their atcention, and to the at
tention of the Federalists too, the following
extrai3s from the late dashing address of the
eommiffary of the executive diredtory a»
Calais. C.
V* Remember that there is no longe%,any
room to temporize, and that you mutt frank
ly (hew yourselves to be what you are. If
there arc any among you, who are not de
toted to the cause of liberty, remember,
that of all kinds of baseness it is the gceat
eft to receive pay and maintenance, and to
hold a place under a government which you
deleft, and the deftrudtion of which you are
desirous to bring about ; -and quit your fix
ations before you are driven from them, and
lay alida a mafit, which focner or later will
be torn from you. f -
" Zealous officers the rspublic, it is
on you that the republrc particularly relies,
and on your example and your influence, to
give vigour to the public mind« Employ
?n your offices none but the partisans of li-,
berty, and discard those who have fignsliz
ed themselves by contrary opinioas."
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FRIDAY MARCH t6.
Mr. Brooks presented a petition on be
half of James Perry, for compenfarion for
property taken from him during the war,
for the use of the army, which, after a num
ber of objections 011 the ground of its being
a claim ef the fame nature with many others
which were daily rejected, was referred to
the committee of claims;
Mr. Macon, from the committee of revi
fal and unfinifhed business, made a farther
report, {taring that a part of the law ref
peftiug poft-offises and post-roads, would
expire fajfore the next feflion of Congress.
—Thistepdrt was reftrred to the commit
tee on the fubjedt of poft-offices and post
roads, t« report by bill or otherwise.
Mr. D. Foster, from the committee of
claims, made a leport on the petition of
Jane Hardin, praying for compensation for
the maintenance of two Shawanefe Indian
girls, on accouut of the United States.
The report dates, that if the fads were as
mentioned, there is no need of legislative in
terference, as an application to the Secreta
ry of War, will be effectual. Of courfc no
decifioa of the house was necessary on the
Feport.
On motion of Mr. Sewall, the house
went into a committee of the whole, on the
bill making an additional appropriation to
provide and fuppcrt a naval armament, Mr.
Dent in the chair, when, the bill having
been read,
Mr. "3cwall moved to fill . the *P* [f
prrtpriating money for the pay an " .
ci«. for the term of one of he of. rel
fleers and crews, with 2 I 6,679 u " "'
Some objection. had beep made t. the f>n« «
at which the tat ion. had been fixcd ' v '. P
the fubjrft wa« formerly before the H • P
He had, inconfeq,ence.madeenqu,,K on ed
the fub«a, and had been informed that 28 fc
center ration was the Weft price at wh.ch th
thev could be obtained. _
Mr. Gallatin a(ked, whether the gentle- C
'man', enquiry had extended to th* _ price
paid for rations to the troops ftat!o,ied in the
forts, other, than those on fn » n, ' e '*' .
The contrafl for these would be the belt da- er
ta for the price to be allowed in th^ a[e - .
Mr. St wall did not think it neftffary to .n
make thil esquiry.
The qu'eftion was put and ca"ied.
Mr. Sewall then moved to fill the blank
to defray ihe wear, losses, expenditures o. m
ammunition, and other contingent ex- t
pences, with 63,7®0 dollars. r.
Mr. Gallatin said, the estimate before fe
him fer contingent expences was6o,ooodol- w
lars. There were 3,700 dollars for othbr tl
fpecifie purposes, vil. for the salaries of g,
clerks, and for the rent of the naval yards at a:
different places. He thought it would be v.
best to distinguish betwixt contingent ex- I
pences and salaries, and also whether the a
clerka were authorized by law, or whether ti
they were established by this bill. If the c
efiicers were already eftablilhed, the salary o
would be provided by law ;if not, th* l* w c
(hould be palled to eitablifli the office. t
Mr. St wall said, that whilst there re
mained en hand materials which had been t
pnrchafed for the use of the frigates at New- c
York, Portsmouth and Norfolk, it would \
be necessary to have persons there to tajce v
care of them, H« supposed the clerks were t
authorised by law. . 1
Mr. Gallatin said, if the clerks were c
authorized by law, their falafies would be I
included in the ordinary appropriations; he
therefore movftl to fill the blank with I
§o,coo dollars, as the items which were I
mentioned separately, could not properly be f
included under the head of repairs and con
tingent expeiices of the naval armament, as 1
this related to the three frigates only, and
not to the taking care of any materials on
band. '
Mr. J. Parker hoped this motion would
be agreed to, and the* other withdrawn.
The clerks employed at the places which
had been raightat present be ne
cessary; but he thought fomeprovifionought
to be made with refpedt to the disposal of
these materials, in order to do away the ne
cessity ofemploying persons tp take care of
them.
Mr. Sewall withdrew his motion, a«d
' that far filling the blank with 6c,0i0 was
carried.
Mr, Gallatin then moved to add the fol
io wing, words, " alfo,that a fuui not exceed
ing 2,200 dollars, ta pay the salary of per
' sons having charge of the «a,val yards at N.
" York, Portsmouth arid Norfolk, and the
5 rents of the fame," which motion was car
ried*
Mr. Varnam moved to strike out the
words "far sea, with all convenient speed."
* Hg ito&l'lrfcffl'tfie Tugatettolea, at
" any rate, with all convenient speed, though
" the occasion for doing this might flepeld
> upo« some future consideration.
Mr. Isaac Parker laid, the only natural
' eonftrudtion of these words was, as to the
manner in which the vessels were to be e
' quiped. It did not follow, that when they
" were equipped, they would be sent to sea,
except there was a necessity for it.
Mr. J. Williams thought the words im
> material; if they would produce any effedt
' in accelerating the business, he thought
3 they ought to be retained, as all allewed it
J had heretofore been fuflciently tardy.
e Mr. Gallatin said, the law of la(l ftffion
" went *0 farther than to diredt the vessels to
'' "be " manned and employed wh«rea3 this
" bill, though only makiag an additional ap
propriation to enable the PreGdent to carry
* the formeV law iato effedt, feemcd to go far
' ther. It appeared to diredt, that they
0 (hould "be equipped for sea with all conve
r aient speed," whilst the former law left it to
the diferetion of the President to employ 1
them as he pleafcd. 1 If it were widled that
the business ftiould be left oa its former foot
ing, these words might with propriety be
ftruak owt; because, after the money was
appropriated, the President might use what
v speed he pleased in equipping. tUe vessels.
Mr. Harper said, it would seem that the '
gentleman fro» Pennsylvania did not know
- the difference bet wees preparing the vessels
r for sea, and employing them after they are
, prepared. He was persuaded, however, he
- did know the difference. Though that
% house had not the power to diredt how the
s vessels fhpuld be employed, yet they could
J diredt them to be prepared with all conve
nient speed. It was the business of that
'- house to prepare, and <»f the PreGdent to
r employ 5 but the object of this motion went
*- to (hew that they were both the fame thing,
d Much complaint had been made, aid justly,
i. at the great delay which had taken place in
:- this business, and he could now fee no ob
ft jedtion, therefore, to directing them to be
equipped with all convenient speed. When
if they were equipped, the PreGdent would
f use them in fucb a way as the state of the
ir country (hall require. If the legislature
11 ohofe to put the eountry in a state of war,
J. the vessels would be employed accordingly ;
is or if it remained in peace their employment
1- would acgord with such a state. He hop
-- ed therefore, the words would be retained,
o Mr. Sewall said, the fame words were
e contained in the refolutien upon which the
bill was founded, and in the aft of 1796, a
fc similar cxpreffion was used. He thought
e the gentleman from Pennsylvania had not
o fufficiently attended to the diftinft appro
iv priations contained in the bill.
S Mr. Day ten (the Speaker) said the law
of last feCorv *ent farther than it was con
.
, 0Tp 1,.« bytoMUtogo. «
•« equip far lea with all Tpeed,
related' Oily to the manner in which the
vessels were to be equipped, as it was well
known that equipping for sea, and eqmp
ping for guard (hips (which was the fo.e
purpof* for which some gentlemen had with- m
ed them to be employed) was wholly <Jit- b<
fcrent The law of last fefion went to iay p(
they (honldbe manned and employed, which t ;
he believed, with the gentleman from S. c ]
Carolina, was an unnecefTary and improper „
dirtotion, as the President of the United t(
States, being the commander in chief, was t:
the the only proper judge of' the manner of ],
employing them.
Mr. Thatcher did not thiak that direft
ing t/he velTels to be equipped with all conve- v
nient speed, indicated any great haste, but
the contrary. b
Mr" Varntim 1 said, gentlmen ha<3, on for- p
mer occalions been very tenacious of giving 5
the President diretlion; ho-v he (hould adl, f,
He was unwilling to do it on the tne pre- v
sent occ.tfioo ; and he thought if these words ;
were ft ruck out, no one would understand t
that the frigates were ta be fitted out as ]
guarJ-Jh'ips. But if the bill was agreed to
as it now flood, he was of opinion that it a
would appeav to their constituents, that the t
Legislature believed the crisis was arrived ,
at which it was necessary to sent out frigates
to sea against a foreign nation. If this peri- t
cd was arrived, he wished it to be declared J
openly, and not in any fideway. Such a
claufts way veiy unusual in an appropriation (
bin. . 1
Mr. Gallatin believed it was pcrfeotly
true, as stated by the gentleman from Maffa- .
chufetts, that woids of this kind were ne
ver inserted when an appropriation was onl)
wan ed. In the law of 1796, he admitted J
that similar words were tifed, and, there they
were proper, because that was a law for the
conftruftion and equipment of the frigates ,
but in all the subsequent laws, which were
merely appropriation laws, no such words
had been used. This was not intended to
fay that the moneyJheald it granted with all
convenient speed. 'He believad, iincc they
were t6 be equipped, the fooncr they were
done'the better ; but he did not think it pro
per to insert such a clause in an appropria
-1 tiou bill.
Mr. Bayard thonght the gentleman from
I Pennsylvania made a nice diftin&ion with
■ out a difference. He admitted that if the j
bill was for conftru&ing the frigates, such
■ words might be proper, but that in an ap
: propriation bill they were improper- He
f saw no difference between the two cases ;
- and if it was the of the Hoafe to have ;
F the frigates equipped speedily, it was cer- 1
tainly not improper to fay so, and in hi»
1 opinicfn the situation of the country requir
s ed that every exertion should be made in
the business. i
The question was then taken on striking
• out tfye words, " with all convenient speed"
• (the mover having agreed to exclude the
• words " for sea" from his motion) and was
e negatived 47 to 38.
The committee then rose, the house a
greed to the amendment, and the bill was
6 ordered to be engrossed for a third reading
" to-day were mentioned for the
I firfl: taken on thT'mofl eiiltant" iday, and ne-1
h gatived 43 to 42. It was accordingly order
d ed to be read a third time this day, Before
the heufe rose, it received its third reading
and passed, therebeing $7 votes in its favour
e Mr. J. Parker proposed a resolution to
" dire&ing the committee which
Y had been appointed to enquire into the ex- :
'• penditureof the money heretof#re appropri
ated for a Naval Armament, and into the
l " causes of delay which had taken place, to
enquire and report what materials remain j
II on hand which will not be wanted for the j
' three fiigates now nearly finifted, designa
ting what the articles are, an<f where they
a . are ; and also what materials have been
0 disposed of, which was agreed to.
18 On motion of Mr. N. Smith, the house
>_ went into a committee of the whole on the
y bill fupplemeatary to, and in alteration of
r * the aft for the relief of persons imprifwied
y for debt, when the bill having been read,
Mr. J. Williams moved to ftrijee out the
0 firft feftion of the bill. He was persuaded
Y that if this bill passed, it would be very in
lC jurious to the revenue, and in the end pre
judicial to the fair trader, for if such a law
,c had been in bting the last year, government
lS would have 101 l half a million of money, and
11 if such losses were sustained, it would lead
to the pafiiug of laws which woulrlbe inju
le rious to commerce. It became the house
J* to ba cautious, therefore, in making altera
ls tions which might so matei ially affeft the
re revenues of the union ; especially as the de
le bentures given by the Custom house must
" be allowed, whether the duties are ipaid or
18 not.
This motion was negatived without a
s " division.
After the bill had undergone several a
niendments, one of which was to provide
U that the benefits of this law shall not ex
?' tend to persons imprisoned for debts due
for money by them received for, or on ac
count of the United States, the . committee
3 rose, and had leave to fit again.
Mr. Clopton, from the committee of En
■" rolment, reported as duly enrolled, the bill
to amend the a£ laying a duty on stamped
lc vellim, parchment and paper, and the bill
re for relief of Sylvanus Crowell.
r ' Adjourned till Monday.
p 1 For Sale,
d. By Elliston tsf John Perot,
re -M 4 1 1 Nartb IV Her Stmt,
|j e London particular Madeira Wine, ia pipti *nd
quart r cafics, 4 yiart old led fit for immediate oft.
Inferior do.
ht A few bales AllibiJ ColTes
ot Bandanna Handkerchiefs
O- Sail Canvass, No. ],to9
A few bags of Juniper Berries
A parcel oi Soal Leather, a.id
A few bax.t of China.
n " march 3 tu&f4w
CONTINUATION OF
Latest Foreign News. tl
LONDON, December 26. , 1 , 1
Letters from Stutgard, by the last man
mentioned, that th« Princess of Wirtem-
bet g proceeded in her pregnancy in the roo:i
perfett healthand spirits, much to the fa-
tisfawion of the reigoing Duke ar.d Dut
chefs, as well as that of the royal Conforf,
who now look forward in hopes of an heir
to the Ducal D-oiwnions, both the Heredi
tary Prince's chydren, by his late Contort,
being £
January 6.
If the example of FJanders and H'jHand 1
will not deter the Swiss from embracing the
definitive fraternity of France, they must
be left to tbw fate, as a people too dull to
profit by the |eftoM of experience. As tie
Swiss, however, are a simple and aa unof
fending race, the World/ cannot <-«t look c
with 1 egret on the misery that feenns impend- '
their heads, and which the ambi
tion and rapacity of prance arc but too like- f
ly to let fall.
Letters from the Hague inform us, that
all the (hips fit for fervicc arc again alftm- r
bli«g in the Texel to form a squadron to J
consist of fix ships of the line, two of fifty
guns, and eight frigates, mounting from 44
to 26 guns —three pjeked men are to be ta- c
ken from every company of Isfautry of the r
Dutch National Regiments, to be embarked
on board this flotilla. We art allured that
this expedition is intended for India.
M. de Liaocourt, lately in America, now '
at Hamburg, has refuted several charges a- '
gainst him, made by an historian of Louis
the last. .
Buonapartt's letter to the Direftory, an
nouncing the liberation of 18 Frenchmen
from slavery by the Bey of Tunis, is a fe- ,
vere satire upon his ewn infamous conduit
j a Jelling the Austrian soldiers whom he cap- J
tured in Italy to the government of Spain,
to,perpetual slavery in the mines ia Ameri
ca. Such- is the love of liberty, and fueh
the coniaftency of the Gallic Champion ®f
Frtldpm,
London Gazette—January 9.
The Mermaid frigate has captured the
L'Aventure of L'Orieat, mounting 12
1 guns, and carrying 190 men.
The Latona, has taken the French priva
: ) trer L'Aigle of 14 guns and 63 men, and
1 L'lntripidite of 18 guns and 83 men.
; LONDON, January 16.
; Copy of a letter from captain Reynolds, of bis ma
• : fcflj*fhip La Pomane, to Evan Nrpean EJq.
Plymouth Sound, Jan. 14.
I beer ta acquaint you, tor the information of
1 my lords commiffiontrs of the ad-niralty, thar
" in the nighrof the 16th ult. I loft Company with
1 the Phoebe, in a very heavy gale of wind at VV.
i S. W. which came on the lith, anfl continued
j blowing strong without intermiffien until the.
» 14th, and, though the violence of the gale then
e abated, still it blew from the weft: that with
every polfible exertion we were unible to ger
* farther to the weftwird than 19 degrees of lon
{ gitude before the jiftiilt. :he<«ay on which my
'• limitedtime for cruising on the ground prcferib
>l ed fc their lordlhips expired,
jr On the jft inftait I edged a -vay to tbe' east
. ward, and on the jth, at it o'clock in the night,
r _ 1 u—» ■ll i'*" " *"
'ea aTTrge (hip, standing under easy fail td the
!N. W. rinftantly give chace, and foou got
" ; elafe alongside of her ; for it being thLk hazy
C weather, (be was deceived in our ttrength, and
g (hrtink not from the action, but had the temeri
ir ty to exchange several hroadiidts withus before
0 Ihe ealled out for quarter ; in which we ha t
one mau killed and four wounded. Having
i fh fied the prisoners, and our carpenter plugged
up eight thdt-holei Ihe had received between
'* j wind and water, we were about to take her in
e low (for her mizen-mait was foot away, and
0 Ihe was utterly disabled to carry auy failjt wheß
[1 : the officer on bfard bailed us, and said {he wad
e I finking. I sent all out 1 boats to her assistance
( immediately, and Ending ao efforts ceuld five
her, had but J"uft time to draw our men and their
V wounded from her, when she funk ali-ng-fiic of
n us. She proved to be the Cheri, from Nantz,
carrying long twelve, eighteen, and twenty
e four pounders (mixed) upon her main deck,
c and 230 men, commanded by Mortf. Cluffin ;
jf had been out fourteen day», and taken nothing :
j She k»d n men killed and ia wounded ; among
ths latter was the captain,whs, with two others,
died of their wounds the nextdav.
le On Tuesday evening, the Ediyflone bearing
d N. E. )i leagues, [ captured a little privateer,
i- from Rofco, called the Emprunt Forcee; had
e only two Haill carriage guns, fix swivels, and
*5 men on board. She had been out but one
)t day, and had taken nothing.
■ Our reair! mast and fereinaft being wounded,
and both ef them -fiihed, and much of tht stand
" ing rigging so it is necessary ts re
-- place it, I thought it would be expediting the
c service to steer for this port, instead of
Falmouth ; and I hope my having done f« will
ie meet their Lordship's approbation.
of a letter from tbe Hon. Capt St off or J, of
ft ■ bu MajeJlj sfhip Phxton, to Admiral Lard
Bridpor*.
At Sea, December 31.
My Lorb—On the ag:h instant, his majef
-1 ty|j ship under my command captured a French
brig privateer of 14 fix-pounders, called the
l- Hazard, and a!fo a SpaaiQi merchant vessel, from
le Nantes, bound ta St. sei»aftian, laden with
fun try articles of mefehandize.
The former (by whom I fend this letter) fail
ed from La Rochelle twenty-four hours beiore
her captui e, and was proceeding 011 a ciuizeto
:e the foivhwxrd ; the Utter being small, and of
.little value, I destroyed.
1. 1 he Aufon parted company the fame night,-
H in chace of a faip that had the appearance of a
:d ColT ette, and I have not seen her fir.ee.
ill _ January 17.
Le Republicain Paris paper of the Bth
inftar.t Rates, that the greatest precautions
hid been taken by the government to pre
vent the secret of the measure relative to
. Englifi merchandize from transpiring be
> fore its execution.
The law enafts, that every contravener
(hall be arrefled and pursued before the tri
bunal of corredlional police. Bciides th«
connfcation of the goods seized, the delin
quent is to be condemned to a fine as triple
the value of the objefls seized, and to im
prisonment, which cannot be left than five
days,- nor more than five months. The
coHfifcstiun it ta be for ths benefit o£ the
fiizers, and all .We who w aiding in ft. •
•The English merchandize ?.t
Paris during th« late fea'rcii i*efti mated at
three mi!W*. Although it is indisputable
that one of the molt powerful means cf re
dwcing our tenacious enemy is tc prevent the
circulation of their merchfndixe, v.-e can
not help wishing that the measures purfuH
for the attainment pi this obje(?t were such
as may tend mort to prevent the intfoduj*
tion of the merchandize in question, than
to seize them when they are introduced,
Bcfides the inconvenience of ipquifiteriai
visit» which the latter mode occasion*, it is
clear that it does more injury to our fellow
citizens than our enemy, whiWiave received
the price of tlie goods arretted.— Thus far
Le RepuUirnin.
Letters from Hamburgh, received by
the last mail advise, that though similar or
ders bad not then been given by the magis
trates of that city, they were daily expedt
ed ; and it is generally believed, that the
tcirorilt, Leonard Bourdon, who has been
lent to that city and to all the fita port ; '
towns on thje Baltic to caufc the recent pro
scription against the British trade to be car
ried into efteit, ii charged to deliver this
rr.aidate to the senate ; and probably also
to demand the expulsion of British (hips
from the port of Hamburgh. The pro
fsription of emigrants has already been ex
efcuted throughout Switzeiland with great
rigor.
A gentleman who is jtift arrived from
Cuxhaven states, that the inhabitants of
that place were coDcealiag their property,
and taking other precautionary measures,
expelling the French troop* to pofliefs
themselves of it in the course of a few days.
Some Dutch papers to a reeent date have
reached town, which concur i"i nfierting
that the king of Pruflia, who, it i« under
load, expeds ultimately to be put in pof
feflion of Hamburgh, is determined not to
oppose the system of fpoilation which Las
bren agrteJ upon between the Emperor and
' the French republic, the former of whom
has already posted a num?fou9 body of
r troops in the eleftorate of Bavaria.
The admiralty and the French dire&ory< jSf|
have agreed, that the Englilh prisoners in
, France fliall in future be attended by Eng.
li(h surgeons, and French prisoners by their
own lurgeoas in this country. We are gU4
. to find this arrangement has induced the ad
j miralty to fill up the appointment* to France
(consisting of fix surgeons) from the nary
lift : and farther as an encouragement t«
surgeons and mates to come into the navy,
. all appointments to the fiek and wounded
board, dock-yards, hospitals, phyficiaas to
fleets, hospitals, &c. are, without excep
f tion, to be filled up in future from the lift
of navy surgeons,. which, in addition to the
r arrangements now under the'eonfideratioa of
d the lords of the admiralty, and the sick and
c wounded board, will no doubt isduae many
n young men to turn their thoughts to the ni
h vy, who before fought the army, India,
' T and even merchant service, in preference ta
the navy—The intention of the admiralry
is to reeemraend, as far as the natire of the
services will admit, to put the surgeons of
t_ the navy on a footing with the army, a
t, measure that no doubt will be confiuired
All young men who. are qualified,afterfix
1 months servitude as surgeons' mates, are to
he made surgeons in the navy ; a regulation
that will prevent the navy being so diftreiT
re ed as has lately been the cafe, and reflefts
i t the highest credit on lord Spencer and his
ig colleagues.
It is generally believed, that there will
: n be a competition for the enfuiyg loaa.
id Three parties are mentioned, viz. the faane
gentlemen who have fubferibed for the last
aa four loans, a general lift of bankers and a
re lift under the conduct of the bank dire&ors
' e —But no time is yet appointed for fixing
u . the loan, nor is it rxpeded to take place
1,1 till the latter end of next month,
z.
January 18.
; Lieutenant Hollingfrvorth, whofc (hip
was cnt out of the Downs by two French
>£ row-boats, and carried into Boulogne, died
'*> of his wounds soon after he was landed.
He and his crew were taken by surprise,
'* the French boats having muffled their oars
l( j as they approached the fliip, fa as not to be
id heard. They fought manfully, but were
ie at length obliged to submit to numbers, af
ter an obstinate resistance.
d.
BASLE, December 2.
Yesterday evening three deputies from ths
0 f people of the Grifons pafled through this
ill city, in great haste, ou their way to Raftad:
to general Buonaparte. From tlfera, as well
of as from private letters that have been rcceiv
-d ed, it appears that a great change has taken
place in that country. All the-communes
of the Grifons have afiembled and chofea
150 deputies; the firft aft of whom has
" ' been to fupercede the ola government, and
confute the members of the Extraordinary
th Council of State to their houses. Sallis
Duchfreio, the head of the Arillocratic
f party has been banished.
re The objeft of the million of the Deputie*
from the people of the Grifons to General
0 Buonaparte, is, to procure the Valteline to . <
be united to the country of the Grifons and .
a offer the general any fatisfaftion.
DUBLIN, December 15.
th betters received in town on Thurf&J
ns from the couuty vt Cork state, that betr
e- ween one and two hundred (land of arms :
to (of French ssaniJfa&ure) with slarge quan
le- tity of ball cartridge, had been discovered
and taken by the military-in the neighbour
icr hood of Imokily ; the arms are supposed to -
ri- have been brought to the Southern coaftby
he a neutral velT;I which lately arrived 'hercy
in- and wai at the time suspected of claade&ne
>le intercourse with facae of the inhabitants,
m- The fame letters add, that thirteen per
ive sons l>ad been taken into custody in that p«rt
he of the country, and committed to prifoi
he charges High Treafan - —-o ne f>r