tins soap's Posts ct ipt. IMPORTANT ! »EW-YORK, January 17. After our paper had gone to press at a late hour lad evening, a gentleman of this citv, to whom we feel highly indebted, put into our hands LONDON PAPERS to the ijth of NOVEMBER, received by the fliip Two friends, captain Gardner, from London. In hade, and without method, we proceed to lay before our readers, in this extra sheet, the moll prominent articles. As the news is of the moftpleafing nature, we very cordially congratulate our fellow cititens on its reception; and who does jiot ? Our time, at present, will not admit of cepious details ; but in onr paper of to-mor row we fliall lengthen the chain of pleasing intelligence ; for we oblgrve in the papers nbw before us enough about poor Buonaparte to induce his belt friends to wilh he had never vHi ted ' the land of promise,' LONDON, November 11. Price of Stocks tb:s morning. This being a Holiday little hutinefs was done, excepting Colli, bargain:; in the 3 per cents, at 56 1-2. It was said that the flag of truce from Calais which brought clifpatches to M. Niou, had announced the design of the Direftory to fend commilfioners to Englaad to treat for peace, and that they actually inclosed a letter to lord Grenville, applying for pafY ports. PLYMOUTH, Novelnber 13. This day's post has brought letters from the Heche, of 80 guns ; they are dated Lough Swilly, by which it appears that ship together with Robust, are fafe in that bay. Great apprehensions were entertainedfor their fatety. PORTSMOUTH, November 13. About 12 O'clock, his majedy's (hip To paze, from Halifax, was seen coming thro' the Needles, with the dandard hoilted at the main-top mail head, (liewing that his royal i highness prince Edward was on board. At one (he came to an anchor at Spithead, after having received a royal salute from the Royal William, the commander in chief's ship, which was followed by every other ship at that anchorage. Admiral Sir Peter Parker, tht commander in chief, attended by captains Pickmore, Sutton, Aylnier, lieutenants Bird, of the navy, as aid-dc-camp, and ge neral Murray, commandant of thegarrifon, in his barge very hantffsmely dfefled and de corated, went on board to compliment the prince «& his. fafe arrival. They were fol lowed by the commilfioner fir Charles Sax ton,'in the comptroller of the navy's boat. After being on board upwards of an hour, they all if turned, the weather being two rough for his royal liighnrffs to land. LONDON, November 6. Three Mails from Dublin and three from Waterford arrived this morning. The- following, are ex trades of some of the letters we have received by thele Mails ; '* Private Letter. '•■ Dublin, Nov. 2. " The reported Union is now the general topic of converfatiou ; the idea of fiich a change certainly creates very different sensa tions from those which would have been produced by it a few years ago. On this fubjeft the Hibernian Journal fpeaki as fol lows. " The report of an intended Union of this k ngdom with Great Britain, although we cannot think such a measure is really in tended, dill maintains its ground, and seems to have gathered drength from a declaration lately made-from the highest authority, that our Parliament wi'l meet for the dispatch of bufincfs the 20th of November. " I can give you on further information about the French (hips which appeared In Killala Bay The general opinion in, that, hearing of the difafler which befel the other squadron, they are returacd to their own ports. " I am now going to relate an anecdote which I can affute you is founded in faft, and which, perhaps, you will not think unin teresting, as it serves to illuflrate the con du& and charaftcr of Marquis Cornwal lis. " On the appointment of Dr. Young to the Seeof Clonfert, asitis cultomary, he waited on the Lord Lieutenant. His Ex cellency approached him by the hand, "Dr. young (said he) I had or dered Lord Cattlereagh to make me out a lilt of the mod learned, and the most wor thy, that I might chufe the mod deserving to fill the vacant Bishopric. IfawtheDame of Young amongst tilt reft ; I knew there was a Gentleman of that name who was mar ried to the daughter of my old friend and fellow f.Jdter, Capt Cuthberfon ; I felt a gitated ; I hoped it might be you ; how happy am 1 then to find that it is so, and tliat my duty has so coincided with my in clination." *■ I fliall now give you a little history of a different nature : You will recollect, tlat by the ilipufations enterted into between (lie Government and the State Priforers,it agreed that the lattei, on giving (joint ly with some friends) security Rot to return lo any part of the Briti&i Domiomons, should be allowed to transport themselves to what 1 rutrll country they might think proper ; yoir will, however, be furpnzed to hear that apevian in power went lo Kilmainham, and told the Prifotrers that they were row to take th;ir choice either to go to America (to which place a vefftl was then at Cork carry therr) or to remain in Prift*, All the Prifumr* ma- ifefted ninch aftonilh- > ment at this ; and Arthur O'Connor, it is said, reproached Mr. C. (the person) who Communicated this determination of the Go vernment) with a breach of faith. He ac knowledged that it might b<: called so, but said, that the date of affairs, the attempt at Invasion, &c. &c, juftified the Government iu their prefetit proceedings. " In the Englilh I observe doubts are expressed whether the American Go ve-nment will permit them to land ia the United States " I have just haaid the Hoche is fafe ar rived in Lough Swilly, and that T. Wolfe Tone, and other Irishmen, are <?n board. Such is the account which arrived at the moment I was making up my letter, but so many falfe rumours have been already cir culated about this captured ship,'' that peo ple begin to be some what less credulous than they were 011 the SnbjeS. This re port, however, is credited by well informed peifons." " Waterford, November 2. " Yesterday we had a man flogged on the Bridge, purfua.t to his sentence at a Courr- Martial held here a few days since ; fie was an inhabitant of Rofs, where he kept a pub lic-house, and was in toletable circumltaneeß Some deiertcrs and eleven United Iriflimen, it seems, had held a meeting in his house, to which he was privy.—His name is Malone. How much farther he was criminal, I have not yet heard. He was tried before he re ceived punishment, which perhaps would not have been the cafe some time ago. Ano ther of the confp raters was fait to Rofs to receive his share of punishment." THE HAMBURGH MAIL. . Vienna, October 13. Accounts have beer received here, that the French transports in the harbour of A lexandria have been dedroyed, and that Bu onaparte, after a severe battle bad been o bligedto retreat from Cairo to Rofetta. The following are the prrticulars. The day oefore yefterdaythe Turkish am bassador here received, by a courier, difpat ches from the ©overnmentof Constantinople which were to be forwarded to London and Paris. The dispatches to the firft of those capitals, he delivered to the English muif ter, and the Dispatches to Paris he sent to his colleague, Aali Cpendi, the Turkill) en voy there. TneTtirkifh ambassador with his Dragoman, or Interpreter then went to our Miniftcr for Foreign Affairs, Baron Thugul, with whom he had a long confe rence. After the arrival of the Turkish courier, the foltowiug accounts were made known : The English have made aa attack on the harbour of Alexandria, to destroy the tran sports. In despite of the batteries which the French had erefted, the English bomb ketches, employed according to the directi ons left by admiral Nelson, succeeded in their attempt to set fire to the French trans ports, which lay before the entrance of the harbour, and as so great a number of fhipg could not be far from each other, the fire communicated from ship to ship, till they were almost all deftroj ed- According to these accounts, tSe greater part of the crews saved themselves, and only a few loft their lives. Several Venetian, Eagufan, and e ven Turkish merchant (hips were destroyed. The cap'ains of these ships had for a long time solicited permifiton to depart, but the French had condantly refnfed it. The operations of the Englilh were made in conjunction with the Maraalukes, who attacked the garrison of Alexandria while the English manoeuvred te destroy the tran fporrt. The two ships of the line which the French had brought from Venice, and which were in the harbour of Alexandria, likewise became a prey to the flames. The second important article of intelli gence which has been received from the Turkish Ambassador, 13 the following : The Beys of Egypt collected a drong force near Cairo, and under the direction of some Englilh officers, on the gth of September a severe battle took place with Buonaparte.— The Beys found, as they expected, an obsti nate opposition, but were so fuccefsful as to drive the French from Cairo r and obliged then: to retreat to Rofetto. The battle lad ed almost the whole day, and a great num ber were killed on the part of the Arabs, as well as that of the French. The Egyptians were highly incensed that the French should stile themselves Muffelmen, when it was known that they neither honored the prophet Mahomet, nor read and observed the Koran. The Minidry at Conflantinople were in dai ly expectation of acc unts that the French had capitulated, as they could neither go backwards nor forwards, nor were certain of afupply of provisions. NAPLES, September 24. On the 18th and 20th arrived three Eng lifti ships of the line, and two frigates having on board several French officers who were made prisoners in the battle near Aboukir, and among others, Rear Admiral Villeneuve, who had his nofl shot off in that engagement. They have all been set at liberty on their pa role, not to serve againd England, till ex changed, and have been delivered to the French Charge d'Affaires here. LEGHORN, Oft. 6. War between France- and Naples is now considered as certain. We are assured that Citizen Laconibe St. Michael, who on the 25th ult. went from Rome to Naples, as French envoy, immediately returned from the Neapolitan frontiers to Rome. Accord ing to the report of a Neapolitan captain who has arrived here, an embargo has been laid at Toulon and Marfci'les 011 all Neapo litan flijps. Naples has concluded an alliance with England. LONDON, November 1. Just ?.« tills, was going to press, ar rived the Ilar riuW'n mail, which became d»ie yederdiy. We kufkn to give a brief ;«bfuraft of iti contents, which an? extreme ly important. The account received last werk of the de firuition of the French transports in the har bor of Alexandria, is confirmed. This grand work was effected by bomb-'.'effels, which, fettmg fire to funic of the ships -that were closely mo'ir'-ii, the conflag ration soon com municated to the refl, and became so formi dable, as to defy every attempt to extin guilh All this could be done and that with difficulty, was to lave the lives of the crews. .The whole number of transports deftrov ed was 266 ; as alio two Venetian fliips of ■ war, and several Turkiih and R?.<*ufan vef _ lels, which had been detained bv the enemy. While this attack w;;s made from sea, a bady of Mamelukes aud Arabs created a powerful diversion on the land fide by a brisk cannonade of the forts of Alexandria, but it is not laid with what luccsfs. One letter fays, that the French aflifted to hasten the dcflruftion of tjie flotilla, appre lienfive that the (hips might otherwile all fall into the hands of the Euglifli. 6 n HULL, Nov. 3—The Sirias frigate, of 36, guns, capt. King, arrived in the Hum ber with the Furv, Dutch frigate, of 3(4, guns, in tow. Cnpt. King fell in with this frigate, and another of 26 gUns, off the Texel : t*ne latter he took without exchang. ing a lhot, and immediately felit her for Yarmouth Roads: he then followed the Fu ry, and after a lon ; chace, and running fight of 40 minutes, obliged" her to flrike to the superior gallantry of Jiritifli sea men. She had 500 men on board, including soldiers, a lanje quantity of store"., loldier's' arms, baggage, &c. It is reported the Sirius had one man killed, and one wounded ; the Dutch frigate; ten killed, and several woun ded ; the officers Mid troops are all* French men, and are intended to be landed here. A pilot is appointed by the Trinity-house to take the above prize into Yarmouth Roads. NEW-YORK, January 16. By the Pinckney, from Cadiz, we ha»e obtained the following IMPORTANT LE i'TER fr»m our consul at Algiers, to Joseph Yzuardi, Efq 1 . (CIRCULAR.) Algiers, 9th OiX. 1798. Sir,' j I have the honor to inform you that on the sth inft. wai sent into this port by an Algerine corfairof 16 guns, the brig Ma ry of Philadelphia, with a valuable carge of wines. Said brig had an American sea letter and register, but no Mediteranean passport. The treaty concluded on sth Sept.'l796,'between the United States and the Dey and Regency of Algiers, the lat ter part of the 41 h article of said treaty runs thus : " That 1 8 months (hall be al lowed for furnishing the veffds of tbe Uni. ted States with passports." This vessel having no M. Passport, by the Algerine marine laws, and the cvftom of this government with all nations they are at peace with, is that it is by the Medi teranean paffport,and real American colours, that said vessel is known to be by the Bar barry State a vessel they are at peace with. The fatal consequence of having nt* M. passport is. that the miller and crew are liable to be made slaves, the vessel and car go declared a legal prize—But the Dey and Ministry, by the greatell efforts on my part, and !>y the influence of our friends, finally this day liberated the crew, passengers, ves sel and cargo, declaring that if ever any o ther American vessel should be brought in to their ports haviijg tio M. passport, that they wi'l be condemned as legal prize. If there is a deficiency in the passport, the 1 part which each of the Algerine cor fairs ; have not agreeing with the cut of the pass j which the merchant vessel of the United States has, the cargo will be condemned— this is the cuflom of this government with all nations they are at peace with, and of which circumstance I have known many instances during my captivity of 10 years and 41 day^r—The Bth article of the Treaty of the United States with Algiers is as follows: " That any citizen of the United States having bought any prize cendemntd by the Algerines, (hall not be recaptared by the corfiirs of the Regency then at sea, al though they have no M. passport, a cer tificate from the American couful rtfident, being deemed fufficient, until such passports can be procured." By this it is fully clear, that any vessel purchased in Europe by the citizens of the United States, is liable to be made a prize, said vessel having no American passport. In consequence, I forwarn all citizens of the United States of the danger they run in risking their liberty, vcffels and proper ty, for the want of a good M. paffpoit. lam exceedingly sorry to observe, that our M. passports, does not agree with the tops with that exaftnefs, which is necessary to insure fafety, and should be some other plan, 011 better parchment adopted—and it is also requisite that all citizens of the United States, to at is mariners and as pas sengers on brard American or any other vessels, fheuld have a certificate of their citizenship with them, and the Seal of th# United States or some similar seal thereto, for these people to know thereby that are Americans— those button seals to a certifi cate have not the desired effeft in the coun try. Given from under my hand and the confu'ar leal of the Unit (Seal) ed States of America in Al giers, this 9th day of Oftober, 1798. (Signed) RICHARD O'BRIEN. P. S. Said brig failed from San Lucar 20th Sept. captured by the corsair 26 Oft. lat 35, 40 long. 10,30. Weft' Seven of the crew still remain on board the corsair. %ije ®a PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18. To tbe Legis i a run i: ps PzNNsri.riniJ. WHEN any man or set of men attempt to delude the representatives of a free people by the pteulible arguments of fophidical rea -1 foiling covered with the garb of public good as a motive, it behoves every member of so ciety to offer his mite of information to de left the deceit andexpofe the masked batte ry of private interest opposed to public wel f-UV. Sometimes I go to the coffee-lioufe il to hear the news," and listen to the now grown prolperous voyages of our merchants whose enterprising spirits k'-ep ample pace with the protection, the wii'dom and firmnefs of the nation, has bellowed on i' : I make my, little bargains, iffuch are to be done, return to my store, attend my customers and bless my happy lot, unenvious of thole in more ex or important pursuits. In the even ing I take tip the newspaper and divert my (i"lf with the debates of congrci';, informa tion from abroad, and examination of what is doing at home Several late ;iuV,JLic;rtious having uppeiired about Gulls ar.<. Gonfe-traps they luve called mv attention id ti.e cause, audi now take the liberty of udd re fling the legislature an tfce fubjett of a controversy witii which the conunerce ot our common country is closely connected, 1 mean that of a hew insurance company. The principal objections to the fuggefled establishment, leems to be " to prevent, spec ulation." Now it is clear as light that tbe only way in present it is by granting the char ter to- '-lie fubferibing petitioners, who, I am informed, are really all men of business, able and n•tiling to hold the llJtk, and to whom such property naturally appertains, because they will be the guardiarns of it themfelyeg : whereas if an act of incorpora tion unir which a broker could become a pro prietor in bis own r.uine, and that of twenty others, would immediately inspire the spirit of (peculation as we know in every instance hitherto has been the cafe. At present our imports and -xports are saddled with whatever premiums the few un derwriters and offices here think fit to de mand. The insurance brokers have 5 per cent or. ti>e amount of every premium, and the incorporated companies derive {till more exorbitant benefits—fo that 111611 like m)- ft-'lf, uot being an underwriter or proprietor, must fay this 5 per cent at least on the pre mium more than necessary on every little adventure as long as the bulinefs isengroired or carried on as it is now ! This is unrea sonable, and requires the liberal views of the legiflat 11 re to correft, by granting the aft prayed for, and alio to every other set of of tenlible and fit charafters that may associate for a like purpose. A writer under the signature of " Perfe vero" offers " axioms" (as he calls them) to prove a negative, that per cent on 100 risks would fscure tlie average losses thereon. What is eltablifhed by admitting the asser tion ? Nothing more than if 100 dollars were insured on each the premiums received would be 2500 dollars, and that he does not think the losses would amount to that sum ; ignorantly (or rather I believe interestedly and wifliing in his soft way to deceive) fays 99 per cent will not cover a lingle policy— He forgot to udd if it lhould prove a total loft, and not daring to assert that ten such risks would not p''V the probable losses there on ! How is a premium fixed ? By an etli niate ot the Ivjard. It is calculated on an average to pay the losses and leave a surplus —how cnoitecKi* that has heen and still con tinues to Dt, my little experience too well lias ascertained, 1 This terfevelo (fit signature for lottery ! delay) goes on to lay there was once "a good char.ce of obtaining a thousand rifles at a i time, he." that is to fay, once be bad hopes of getting ell the premiums, and of course at as high a rate aS he (hole to demand ! This modest man had better draw the Washington Lottery and pay the prizes, which will leave him more liberty to chop logic and demon flrate proportions uniike the axioms" of his now disturbed imagination. His remark " that he has no doubt, See." is followed by an afiertion -abundantly contradifted by ex perience and your observation. His conclusion intimates that he himfelf held different sentiments in another country, when he fays, " attempts have been made to encreafe tbe number of insurance companies in London, £tc." It is fair to suppose " Per fevero" was warm in the schemes, and brought from thence many of his Goofe traps, with all the undigested mass of alpha bets and figures he has turnifhed us with. No Proprietor. P. S. My brother in law the " Gonftitu ent," (hall be replied to in a day or two. January 13. The President of the United States this day, by message, communicated to both hou ses of congress, the documents ref-iredtoin his Speech at the opening of the session, re lative to our concerns with France. Married, last evening, by the right Rev. Bilhop White, Major Swken Warner, to Mr . Mary Hawkins, oftbft city. DIED]—On Thursday evening, the 17th inft. at his house in Chei'uut-ftreet, John Laurence, Esq. an ancient and veiy res pectable inhabitant of this city. *«* A ftafcl meeting of the American Ph i ■ op'teal Society will hold at their Hall, at 6 c'clock this evening, N. B. New mrirbtrs to be tb£i«d. January 18. \ ■ The following note was,.handed ir.c L-« Dr. William Bathe, on Wednelitay jnoriii:-«_: SIR, .... . I HAVE feeri your paper of the rSth. nit.—ln what is there termed A list ofU. r.itcd Irishmen,(to the laws) recoprfc was had to the pitiful artrfire of printing uiy ftmanac with a blank prefixed. Still I mult consider myfclfas not inertly alluded to, but as. designated.- In the fame paper.it was afTerted, that the fubverlion of. the conltitution of the .United States, murder, rapine, and pillage, were the «l)jects of my exiled pountrymen. ■ I, Sir, feel it no iniult to be called an U nited Irirtiniau. I glory-in tlie illuflrious epithet: but the above cahTtnnic.- on me,.in common with the reft of that body, gave me the right to demand the fatisfadiion due for any personal iniult. My forbearance, however, has not pin - duced theeffeG I hoped. Anotherftrong: al lusion has been made to me iu your pajjer of tliis evening—l am the only Irish Phyficfan here—the charge is nefarious as it is false. My friend who bears this is in pofTeffion of my further fertiments. JAMES REYNOLDS. Philadelphia,' Jan. 15, 1799. I told the messenger that I was resolved to hold bo terras with such a man as his friend. On .which he replied thai he then mull have recourie to personal fatisfafhon. To which 1 rejoined', that 1 was prepared to meet bin: on any ground. He laid he would bear this my antwer to hi'-friend. I have not line* heard from him. lam informed, that he stole into the Colf.-e-houfe last evening, and attempted to poll up a hand -1 bill, containing a number of opprobioiis epi thets. Tins piece, conveying the falfc im plication, that be had challenged me, proves him to be a Liar. The pitiful tfick he has pradtifed, shews him to be a most filthy cow ard: To elucidate his character further on thisfcore,hehas been publicly horfe-w hipped. He is, moreover, a traitor and an outlaw. The Gallows, it thus appears, is at iffiie with him : to place one's lelf in a situation to take his lisp, would theiefore be partaking his crime in cheating that vengeful W.nifter of what ought to be its nndifputed claim. I thank my God, that tht tongue of a per jured villain, a proven coward, a traitor and an outlaw, flit as it is by the undeviating hand of public justice, can make no impref lion to mv prejudice. JOHN WARD FENNO. Philadelphia, Jan. 18. The Bill, brauglu into the House of Ri»- prefentatives of the United States, pursu ant to the rcfolution of Mr. Grifwold passed yesterday, ayes 58 —nays 36. The amendment to the Conftitutfon of the United States, proposed by the Legis lature of Massachusetts, on Tuesday laSt, was rrje&ed by the Legislature of the date of Nevr.York—ayes 40 —nays 63. SHERRY WINE, AT AUCTION, ON MONDAY MORNING, aid indant.at one o'clock, at Shannon andPaulk's Aadlion Store, will )>e fold for calh, Forty qr. ca/ks of Sherry Wine, UNTITLED TO DRAWBACK. SHANNON POALK, Auctioneers. j.in. 18. 2t NOTICE. THE co partnerlhip of JOHN GREEN {s* Co. is this day diflolved by mutual consent All persons indebted to the said Firm are requeued to make immediate payment, and those having any demand* t® present them tor settlement to any one of the Subscribers— each being duly autkorized to adjuil tke fame. JOHN GREEN. EDMUND DARCH. SAMUEL DARCH. N. B —They have the remainder of their f.ock of Goods—confiding of Ironmongery, Hardware, &c. At No. 16, North Second Street, which they are felling oh very low terms to close the business. Jan. 18 tavvjw A Farm for Sale. WILL be fold, in pursuance of an order of Orphans Court of Delaware county, on Monday the »jth February next, at the house ot VV. Andeifon, in the borough of Chefttr, atone o'clock, P. M. THE PLANTATION, Late the property of Raper Hefkins, deceased, ntuatc in the laid Borough, containing about 220 acres, of which between 43 and 50 acres arc excellent upland and marsh meadow ; about 40 acres of woodland ; the remainder is arable land, o: a good quality—'l he whole has been nled ior many years as a grazing farm and if un der an almost new cedar fence ; there are on the farm a good two story stone dwelling house and kitchen in good repair j the dwelling house haa four rooms on a floor, with a convenient ei try ; t l er> is a good kitchen garden, tw» good apple orchards, one containing about fix acres young ar.d heat'« y ; a good tenant's house, barn, Sables and chair house. The banks are in good repair, and walled in front with stone Alia at tlie fame time and place will be foM Ij a. res of marlh meadow, in the neighbour hood ol tli? farm, under good bank, and in high lultivation. Any person defirows of view ing the premises, will te ,\wn llittn by ap plying in Ckefter to ELEANOR HOSKINS, A.'.m n'x. January 18, 1799. Who desires all those indebted to the Wte R . Hofkins, to make immediate payment, ai d those who have demands aga nft his eflate, to present them to her for settlement. f 3awtdf 'January 14 tb, 1799. AT a meeting of the President and Ma nagers of the Philadelphia and Lar.cafter Turnpike Road Company, a dividend of fve dollars per ftiare is declared for the last fix months, which will be appropriated agreea ble to a resolution cf the Stockholders 12th of June, 1797. E>.tra& from the minutes, WILLIAM GOVETT, Sec'ry.
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