* wgm Hate jfomgn&rticles NEW-YORK, APRIL 19. By the brig" A, B, C, arrived yefterdayin 4o d»v& fvom Guernsey, (Eng.) we have re (dud a file of London papers to the'aift of February, twelve days later than those by the racket ami Fair American.—Details follow. In our next we (hall lay before our readers the debates of the Irish parliament on thepro pofed" uni»n between that kingdom and En gland. FRANCE, PARIS, January 26. Letters from Constantinople of the 15th December, received at Berlin by way cf Bel grade, state,' that the Pacha of Syria had come to a close aftion with Buonaparte, which had been bloody but not deciiive.— The French found themselves wholly hem incd in. The Porte expected a more decisive success when the troopsfrom Syria had reach ed their detonation. ,\n article from Ratilbon, of the 15th -January, fpea'" as the foliation of the em pire as rrwre critical than ever. The difl'o lutioitof the ancient l'yftem was never more imminent. The mo ft powerful of its mem bers, Austria excepted, the kinj of Prulha has fqr.irated itfelf from it by a diplomatic aft. in one of the notes of the Pruflian le 'atipn at Haftadt, the ministers i'peak of pof- Vffions of the honfe ol' Brandenboilrg in Wcftphalirf, as independent of the empire. It is ft' ll believed, however, that peace will be concluded between the empire and Fiance ; hut this is not mentioned with move certain ty than hitherto. Tf:e Ruffian troops are in full march to Moravia. By letters from Florence of the 9th of Jan. it is Hated, that the French and Neapo litan armies were Hill in presence of one ano ther, under the walls of Capua, on the, 7th of that mouth, An engagement was ex pcfled, and the ifl'ue was not considered as doubtful. The French were regarded as matters of Napiei. According t.> all reports that cjty was' in'the greatest agitation. The Lnglifh had spiked all the cannon which they could notcarrv on board their (hips. Lord Nelson had embarked in his own (hip, the king and j all his family and suite, of whom A£to:i for- ; med apart. Letters from Leghorn, of January nth ' slate, that by advices from Palermo, received there in four days from the latter place, the king and queen of Naples and all their suite had reached Palermo on the 25th December, after a very dreadful storm. The Vanguard had only her lower marts (landing upon reach ing the harbor. One of the king's children of fix or seven years of age, is said to have died on the palTage. Prince Piguatelli re mains at Naples, to hold the reins abandoned by the government. The famous paflage of the fall <">f the Biche which the grand duke of Tufcany had caus ed to be fortified at a great expence, has been by his order given up to the French troops. Napper Tandy and Blackwell are still in custody at Hamburgh. An aid de camp from general Mack had arrived at Vienna, di(%uifed as a couri.r— H» was the bearer of di(patches which he de livered to the emperor in person. General Koehler, arrived at Berlin, on the r4th ult. LONDON, February 15. Yesterday were received fonre Dutch papers (The Rotterdam Courai-t) to the Bth inft. They unfortunately confirm the report al ready spread, of the continued fucccffes of the French in the kingdom of Naples, and the surrender of the fortrefs of F.hrenbreift heiu. They contain intelligence from Germany, and particularly from Raftaat. later by several days than that which the !aft Paris journals brought us. This intelligence is not unimportant— the two notes prefcrrited by the French ple nipotentiaries to those of the empire, and to the minister of the emperor on the fubjeft of the march of the Ruffian troops, have ren dered the objeil of the negociations more se rious and clireft. The application made to the emperor by the empire on the fubjeft of these two notes, has produced on the part of that prince, an answer, which, however eva sive and dilatory, permits us still to cherifli hopes on the future conduft of the court of Vienna. These are strengthened by the en try of the Ruffian troops into Austria ; and uniting this circumstance with tire alterna tive to which the declaration of the French ministers reduces the emperor on this point, it appeart not improbable that the war be tween the emperor and France will be re newed. COUNCIL of FIVE HUNDRED. Sitting of tbe iqtb Pluvotsc (February The following message, addrefled to the Council by the executive direftory, was read by one of the secretaries : " The army of Rome, now the army of Naples, was attacked the 2d Pluvoife, by an innumerable multitude, composed of the r&mains of the Neapolitan army, the Lazva , roni and peasants, all well armed, well con duced, and enflained by the torch of the most delirious fanatacifm. The soldiers of liberty, furrounder. on *ll fides, routed the afiailants in every point; and after three days, signalized by prodigies of •\alou.-, which the preceding victories of the r< publicans alone rcndercredible, all the. ob fhcles were surmounted, and the army efta- hlifhed itfelf in Naples. The energy of the Neapolitan patriots, so long retrained, was - reanimated with vigor: their voice was heard, and united with the clemency of the con queror, it converted into a holy euthufiafm for liberty, the fanitaciiin with which the hearts of' a deluded multitude had been in flamed. The Neapolitan republic was pro claimed, and a prcvifional government orga nized." The teaiiw# of this IjictTage was followed by the wanr.tft acclamations, and the hall re sounded with (liouts of " Long live the Re public !" Several patvi< tic airs were played by tfee council's band ot imific, and similar Ihouts were attain reiterated. Lefage Scnault— " The unexampled fucctfs of our armies are every day more and more entitled to the gratitude of the nation. I move that the courxil do declare that the army of Rome, at present the army of Na ple°, continue to deserve w ell of its coun try " The motion was agreed to, and the mes sage ordered to be printed. Duriquer.—" I do not address you for the purpofc of adding to the admiration which has been exci'ed in you by the rea ding of :he dire&ory's meflatre. I will not difticnour this afltmbly, by representing to you the fliamc of a kiug who ha! nit the courage to die, nor that of his swaggering general, who after ft. many fcoalts ha« been indebted faiTn's fafety to the gtnerofity of the vi&orious gfntral. I (hall content my felf with stating to you, that notwithstan ding the difference of numbers, that city, which contain!) a population of 400,000 fouls, was taken by Boco Frenchmen. " At lergth the rights of man are pro cla'imcd upon the fin-ft foil wijieh the fun enlightens, and «ve behold one tyrant, less, and one republic more. " And thou infamous and perfidioug go vcrnm nt of England, the republican thun derbolt (hall f 'on reach thee, and thou (halt be proftran d a ti&im to the weight of thy crimes ! Thrru Ihalt also learn, that the French are men of all elements, as they are of alj climates. " I demand that you refer to the com• miflion of republican institutions the confi deration cis the question, '• Whtther the creation of a republican feftival be not neces sary to celebrate the eftablifliment of each new republic ?, This demand was not followed up by any refoluti<in, and Duriquet s fpecch was orde red to be printed. FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. Bulletin of Rajladl, 13th Pluvio/e. (Feb. I) Yesterday half an hour after the delivery of the note to the deputation of the empire, another was given in particulrr to the Count Lehrbach, minister of the king of Hungary and Bohemia, and Archduke of Auflria, in wh'ch the French miniders declare, tfiat if within 15 days fromthe dateofyefterday,the emperordoes not make the Ruffian troopseva cuate Audria, and his other dates which form a pa t of the Germanic empire, hofti lities (hall re-commence between him and France. After the recsipt of this note, Count Lehrbach had yede-tday a secret conferttnce of two hours with Count Metternich He was afterwards engaged in bufmefs, for the famt space of time with his private fecretarv, and a courier was dispatched to Vienna du ring the right. The dfputation met this day on the fub je& < f the latl Fr.*nch note, and determi ned it (hould be sent to the diet of Ratilbon, arid communicated te the refpeftivc «nvoys, that they may acquaint their conftitueats, and that the latter may be enabled to give indrudtions on it to their miniders at the diet. In the fitting of yesterday the tninffler of Mentz expieffed hirafelf in strong language agaitift the fall of Ehrenbreitfiein. He ob. served, as it had .been previously remarked by the envoy of Cologne, that middle state between war and peace, was worse for the people than open war, and that the elec tor, his m after, with a view ef fulfilling (its duty in, the capacity of a chancellor of the empire, had given direction* to his minister at the diet of Ratifbnn, to make the most pressing remonstrances to the emperor and the empire, to procure a termination to fush a state of uncertainty. The minds of the envoys of all rank 9 in the congress, differ much with refpeft to the conduit to be pursued in this critical coftjunAure. We may in the conrfe of a few days be able to glance through the cloud which still obfeures the political horizon, and discover the signs of war, or of the coEtinnance of negociatioßS. In th«- meantime a great number of deputies have, as it were, put themselves untftr the prote&ion of the French. Wants Employment, A MIDDLE aged Man, l>n;d to the Mercan tile business; speaks and writes the F.nglifh, German and French language, and has been em ployed as book-keep" in this city for several years pad; pn whose cipacity, induftryand hones ty may be rslied. Pleafj to apply at No 6», north Fifth street, above Arch street. Philadelphia, april 18,1799. FOR SALE, AI out 2 years old, Iheathed a-id coppered about 18 months ago, after having maae one voyage meafurcs 359 tons, fuppefed will carry 5000 bar rels flour, mounted with 16 long double 6 pound ers and two 18 pound carronades, with ammuni tion and small arms complete, h in every refpefi fitted for a voyage to Indian, will rrquire nothing but an additional supply of provisions It is ex pefted <he will be ilifcbarged and ready for deliv ery in all iiext week ; a liberal credit will be given, for terms, apply tok April 11. Just Landing, From oil hoard the fchoom-r ALBIRT, Joseph Paul, matter, from St. Croix, A Cargo of excellent St. Croix RUM, for sale, Enquire of April it SDap's By the arrival of the Favorite, Backhouse, 22 days from Jamaica, wt have, a confirma tion of the horrid, uparralleled condudV of the French towards captain Kemp and his crew. Capt. B. received the account from captain Decatur, which was brought to the Havannah by a Spaniard, who arrived there from a port 25 leagues to windward of the Havannah, where the French privateers gen erally rendezvous. Capt. B. fprther informs, that there are several very urong privateers in the Gulph Stream, among'thera is a cutter from France, of sixteen 12 puunders. A gentleman arrived at Kingflon, (Jam.) the 20th ult. in eight days from the Havan nah, informs, that all the Spanish ships of war on that station .are quietly at anchor in port, and the Britifli squadron blockading it ; the Spanish men of war are all dismasted, some frigates excepted. From a Jamaica paper of March 27, received by the Favorite. Extract of a letter from Lucea, dated 2cib " This morning arrived here the French brig Les Amis, laden with Maiiognijy and other wood, prize to the United States' iloo'p of war MoiJtezuma, Alexander Murray, eiq. commander, captured 011 the 6th inft off St. Croix, and lent down here, under the com mand of Mr. Carroll, one of the officers of said (hip. " The Montezuma may be expefted at this Iflandin the couri'e of a week, and will take under her convoy, all American veflels bound home. The brig A. B. C. capt. French, from Guernsey, failed on ihe 7th March. We have uonverfed with a gentleman on board, who inferms U6 that a convoy with the American and Newfondland trade, was appointed to fail from Portsmouth on the 10th of March. The latest London accounts by this arri val, ftaete, that a French army was adtually marching through Spain for Lifbon,the cap ita] of Portugal. That the Convention at Raftadt had broken up, and it was daily ex pe&td, from the military preparations, that a renewal of hoitilities would take place. That the king of Pruflia had'a&ually taken up arms against the French. That the pro posed Union between England and Ireland had fallen to the ground. That Napper Tandy was still held by the German govern ment, but had been released from prison on ba I, and was only confined to his 'room. That several packets had passed to and from Hamburg to London,with dispatches on tbe fubjeft of the legality of Tandy's confine ment—and that considerable disturbances had arisen at Hamburg, in confequetice of. a misunderstanding between the Britifli and French ministers. After diligent enquiry, we can obtain no other papers brought by the George, from Cowes, than those of the ift and id March. The reft, and there were none but the cap tain's, were forwarded to Philadelphia. It appears by the Staunton paper of the 10th inllant, that on the 28th March last, the resolutions palled by the aflembly of Vir ginia, in their late session, together with the address of the majority of the house, were' presented to afull court of Greenbriar coun ty, for diftlibution. The court without any deliberation, tore them to pieces, and tram pled them under foot. ALL jjcrfons indebted to the estate of John O'Conorof WarwicVtownfbip, Bucks courg ty, lately deceased, arc rtquefted to pay the fame to the subscriber, and those who may have any demands against said estate, are defireel to bring Jn their accounts legally proved for to J " STEPHEN MOYLaN, Executor. d2W JACOB PERKINS, HAVING invented an (fTeihial cheek for dr tedding counterfeit Bank Paper, which has received thf fandlion of one Bank, and the approbation of the utiderfigr.ed eminent artilts, and having obtained a patent, securing to him, and to his afiigns, the exclnfive right of the in vention, hereby offers to hts fellow citizens the privilege of using it upon terms, to be agreed on between him and any person disposed to avail hemfelves of a guard against counterfeits. THE'underlined having examined Jacob Ptrkin's new invented method to detefl coun terfeit Bank paper, do approve of the plan, it being inpolfible to engrave or fink two plates perfn<lly alike, without the original die or hub, the counterfeiter woald find it impoflible to make an imprefiion which would perfefily gage with the check from the original die. ROB'T SCOT, Engrave* & Die linker JAMF.S SMITHER, Engraver. JAMES ft KIN. Engraver. The terms may bs Ijnown by applying to No ii, Sou;li 3d street. PETER BLIGHT. diot JOSEPH SIMS. di vv NEW-YORK, April 20. SHOCKING CONFIRM.iI lON. March, 1799- BALTIMORE, April t 9 . April a» March 13 N ANKEENS, Hyson, v Hyson Skin, and > Souchong J JUST LANDING, From on board the (hip Wooddrop Sim* from Canton, and tor sale by James C. Fisber, No. 13, Arch-street. eodtf April 11 Philadelphia, April ig, 1799. c 3" The Fennfylvania Claim ants to Lands in the fcventeen Townfhipsin Luzerne county, previous to the Decree at Trenton, are deiired te meet st Ogden's Tavern in Chefnut-ftre et, on Monday the 2 lit, at feyen o'clock in the evening. The 44 gnu frigate, building by Govern ment at Corlear's Hook (New-York) under the direftion of ciirt. lalbot, is progreiling with rapidity. Col. Wi'liam Duer, so well known by his extensive speculations, during the Scrip ma nia, died lately in prison, at New-York. The ffate of Georgia, having occasion for a new state seal, have advertised a reward ot 30 dolfars for a device after the given description. Their advertisement is thus prefaced in the newspaper : " Premium for genius : Artists of alt Nations, attend !" 'Tis a queer world, my matters. The great Republic, having brought forth another addition to her nuniorous progeny, fUll continues j-reef as ever. In this par ticular, she is prolific as the Crocodile. But in the moral as in the natural world, the source will become exhausted in the multipli city of its offspring ; and thus the common alma mater of all the. horrible, revolutions, and all the pefliferous villians, which the a;. e has produced,muft descend the irremeable a byss iii the very exercise of her per.iicious fretaticm. She caffs her bread upon the wa ters, never to gather it again. Yesterday morning early, (the twenty-fust day of Apii!, inft.) there was a flight cf Si.o\v ! The irritable valetudinarian, fa tigued beyond the narrow limits of his for titude, at-beholding the boillerous breath of November, blighting the young feyons of Spring, is ready to exclaim with the poet— Jam satis terris rtivis atque dirje Grandinis railit Pater. The natural world seems aftually to be holding pace in retvogreffian, with .the mo ,ral. The present state ot the season is so bickward, as to threaten to throw the Cufto marycourfe of firming more than a month in arrear. The Democrats charge tbefi evils upon " our rebellious disposition towards the French republic." The bair merchants fir ft introduced ladies wigs, in order to dispose of their over laden market, from the heads of the dead fcldiery, during the war. Read tftis. fair country women, and (hudder ! A gentleman arrived in town yesterday af ternoon, who left the camp at Reading, on Saturday at two o'clock. He informs that the route of the troops from Allentown \tfas to Greenmeyer's, from thence to Kara'cker's town, and from that to Reading, where the troops arrived at one o'clock on Saturday. Writs had been ilfued for apprehending 16 persons in-Greenmtyer township, but when the troops arrived there > 14 of them sur rendered themselves ; a detachment of ho'rfe was sent after the other two, but they were not to be found.—A report was in circula tion that a large meeting of armed insurgents was to be held at a blacksmith's {hop about 14 miles beyond Karacher's, 011 Monday last, but on examination it proved unfounded. From our information we may ejqx£t the cavalry of this city to arrive in town to morrow or nejet day. The captain and crcit of the (hip Alert, of and from' Jamaica, lately wrecked on the Joe flogger, arrived in town an Saturday. No hopes are entertained of recovering any part of her cargo. The triul of the prisoners charged with treasonable practices, we are informed, will come on in the course of this week, befort she diftrift court of the United States, now fitting in this city. All accounts from Europe agree in repre fehting the extraordinary leventy of the lad winter. Numerous clii'aikrs haw in conse quence occurred in the northern f-as. A letter received in this chy, mentions, that " several vessels had been tak<?n up, witlttmt havinga living foul on board. '* The inclemency of the jfeafon (fays a Lon don paper of the 9th Feb..) is not confined to this country, but is proportionably lev ere through Germany, Holland, France, and all northeast countries of Europe. On the sth Nivofe, in the morning,' at Berlin, Reaumur's Thermometer was at 17 degrees and a half. On the fame day at Hamburgh, it was at 18. On the 6th Ni vofe at Mauheim, it was 19 2-3, and at Augfburgh, 10. It never was before known to be at that degree fmce observations have been made. • Since the froft, the markets not only in the metropolis, but in every part ,of the kingdom, have been abundantly fupplieii with butcher's meat, the farmers and grazisrs being induced to fend dur than, nfual quan tities of cattle for sale, on account of the scarcity of fodder. lawlf 111 severe winters in Germany, it is by no means uncommon for the peasants to be dri ven to the necessity of unthatching their houses for the purpose of maintaining tbe'r cattle, tlie roads being so encumbered with snow, as to render it impossible to obtain fod der from the adjacent towns. TEAS, A' letter from Ramfgate of 19th January, mentions the arrival thereof the brig Grace, Edwards, from hence, bound to Hamburg, and that the ftiip Voltaire, Bowen, from hence"to Hamburgh was aftore at the mouth of the Elbe. Married, at New-York, on Thursday the 18th inft. by the Rev. Dr. Ireland, Samuel Murgatbovd, F.feJ. of this city, to Miss Governkbb, daughter of Ifaic Geverneur 2t fr & m %f)t uasette. PHIL A DELPtfIA, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL n POMPOSITY. Esquire. (15a$£tte Ratine 2,ut. Port of Philadelphia., Sloop N;rbby, Cox, of this pott, has ar lived at New-York, from Runtmda. Brig- Adventure, of and frpnvhence, lias put into Burmuda'in diftrefti ' rh'fee Pilot boats have come up with part of {lie carpS from'tlie wreck of tile Abrt.' United S'ates brfjr Norfolk, capt. Iltni btige : (hip. America, Sims, and several other vefieis narr eB-nnknown Wenl tofea on Thurs day last ; (hip Fame, Jones, for Havanria, went to Tea on WfdflelJay la ft. His Britavnic Majetty's Hoop of war Camilla, capt. Larkirs. arid ship Townfead Sherer, lay atNew Castle yefter.day. (£s* The letter Bag ef the ship Dou>rlaa t Capt. Walker, for London, will be taken from the C. ffee-Houfe on Wednesday Evening next the 24th instant. Nem Tori, April 10. ARRIVED. Days Brig A. B. C. French. Guerufcy 40 '■ ' , , P' rtfmoui'i, N. H. Sloop Abgail, Cox, Bermuda Schr. Rebecca, from Autiguahas arrived at Halifax, in 27 days. The brig Friends, from Barbadoes to loft half of her flock. Schr. Nancy, Moody, arrived zt Phila delphia from La Vera Cruz. Yefliyday arrived the bligA. B. C. capt. Fiench 40 days from Giier* sty. Left thertt the brig Bttfey of New-Votk laden with tobacco. SI e was bound to St. Stbaftians, had been taken by a privateer, and retaken by & Gucrnfey and put iii there. Also a fchooncr bound to the Weft Indies, and another laid up, both Atucricai..s. Same day, sloop Abigail, 11 days from Bermuda, in lat, 34. 00. 66, spoke brig ( la riffa, from Philadelphia boui d to St. Croix. Lat. 38. 00. long. 72, 30, spoke brig Ma. ria, Woodward, from La Guira to Phila delphia. The fchdoncr Mafy Ann, and c3rgo, of New-York, is conden tied at Bermuda. Bermuda, Feb. 23. Wednesday arrived hismajefty's /hip Lynx captain Hall, from a cruize; (he in compa ny with the Pheasant sloop of war, ha's ta ken two valuable prize brigs and sett them into New Providence. Arrived (hip Lord Hawkefbury, captain Nafh, from a cruize, during which she has captured the French privateer La Vifo, capt. Vital Blandiner, from Curracoa, with 44 rr.en; the French privateer, Leangollufe, Peter Lafette, maffer, with 59 men and the brig Alexander, from Cadiz, bound for La Guira, laden with wine, brandy, dry goods, See. —This brig had previously been taken by the Leangollufe, as she cleared out for Charleston. The brig had a number of Spa nish officers on board aspafftngers. March 9. Monday arrived a schooner from Laguira, bound to Curracoa, prize to the Fame pii vateer. On Saturdry last (he spoke his Ma jefly's brig Swan,- a little to the Westward of the land, (two line of battle (hips and frigate of Admiral Vandepets squadron be ing in company.) As wc had heavy gales for three days fiuce, they are gone off to the Southward : they were fcen on Monday e»euing on the South fide. Yesterday arrived his Majesty's fliip Hind capt. Larcom, from Hampton Roads in 60 hours. She has brought a few m®re troops for the 47th regiment. Admiral Vandeput, with a part of his squadron, faied from the above Roads some time fine and mutt be the fame which pal fed those islands last Monday week. t Arrived the btig dv< neire, N.fbir, from Philadelphia or .Sl.'g ~ in Ireland, very leaky : (he must u:iload to repair Imarch 30. Tnefiay arrived his mayfly's ftu'p A Alli ance Capt- Hardy, from Hampton Roads. She left no Britilh men of war in the Roads, all being out cruising. ijhe failed again to the southward. Pa fled by the 22 ii.ft the (hip A&ive John Garde, matter, from for Baltimore—Paflenger Lapt.' J. .1 loiy. Notwithftandißg the great exertions of the new Governor of tiuadal< ; c to t?ie President of Gongrefs, he has ad! wtd ei.-- ry American vessel carried in since to be and fiuke. jfteteXfjcatre. Mr. Fox s Benejit. THIS EVENING, April 22, WILL BE PRESENTED, (Not aifted this fcafon) A m'lib ad nirei COMEDY, called He Would be a Soldier. [Written. By Pi I on.y End ot the Play A Difiertation on Hobby Horses. Bf Mr. Bernard; After wbicb (by desire) Dibdin's much ad mired Ballad of TOM TACKLE. Will be Sung by Mr. Fox. To which will lie added, (not afled thi.Seafon) a COMIC OPERA, called ' THE PADLOCK. Ticket! may be had of Mr. Fox, and at the usual placet. Letters for the Tmps under tbe of Gekeral lUcthersou, if left, at tbe War-Offce t luill be forwarded. April 5, j 799. 9 March 16.
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