i. Insurance Company of the State ef Pennsylvania. August i, 1799. THE Direflors have this day declared a di vidend of THIRTY DOLLARS on each Share of the Stock of this Company for the last half year, which will be paid to the Stock holders or their legal representatives after the 10th instant. JAMES S. COX, President. August 1. dtt. AT a court of common pleas hsld at Union town for the county of Fayttre, the fourth Monday of June, in the y«ar of our Lord one thousand feren hundred and ninety nine, before the Judges of the fame court- On the petition of JOHN WILSON, praying that (he aft of Afismbly providing that the per son of a debtor (hall not be liable to imprif»n ment after deliveriug up his eflate for the use of his creditor, may be extended to him ; the coart appoint the fir it day of next term to hear the peti tioner and hi« creditors, and order that be give his ersditors public notice hereof in Fenno's Philadel phia paper and in Y unt and Brown's Baltimore paper, for one week, fending at least foijr weeks before the day of hearing, and that he also give to John Gillefpie and Jacob Airkart perso nal notice in writing to be served at least fifteen day» previous to the hearing. By the court, RPHRAIM DOUGLASS, Proth'y augnft a d6t AT a fpeeial meeting of the Board of pro perty in Lancaster, June 24, 1799. Present* Daniel Brodbead, Sec. tbe Land John Hall Secretary V 7 #ce . Francis Johnston, Reg.Gen. J M The petition of Thomas Stewardfor. on behalf of himfrlf and tie other trustees for the estate of Samuel Caldwell) surviving partner of James Meefe, bearing date Philadelphia, sth Month 17th 1799, slated as follows, viz. That a certain John Collins had in #onfequence of fraudulent deeds pcil, obtained patents for two certain trails of land, one situate in the county of Northumberland, surveyed to Samuel Caldwell in pursuance otf a warrant dated in 1774, and tha other situate n»w in Luzerne county, sur veyed to said Caldwell by a warrant also dated in 1774 —and requested that patents might be granted, for the laid trails, to William Cram tnond, Edward Tilghman, John Afhley, and Thopias Stewardfon, trustees of the estate of Samuel Caldwell, surviving partner of Jamea Meefe, as the said two trails were part of the estate of Mctfe and Caldwell. Whereupon (he Board having considered the fame, ordered that at least sixty days notice be given in or.e of the Philadelphia newspapers, and in the Lancaster Journal to the said Collins or his afiigns, to appear before the Board on the firft Monday in Oflober next, to ftiew caule if any he or they have, why patents Ihould not iflue for the said two trails to the said trustees agreeably to the prayer of the said petition. For JOHN HALL, Esq. Sec'ry of Land Office. N. LUFBOROUGH. dim July X. JUST RECEIVED, And' for sale by the subscribers, ,30 Tons LOGWOOD, SPICK W LEWIS BQLLMAN, No. 113, South Third Street. a»OTlft A few Hogiheads of WHITING, F«k Sjie sr E. SAVAGE, No. jo, south Fourth street. ft 5 _ 3t To be Let, in Germantoivn, To a small family, Handsome Lodgings, In fart, furnijhed, CONSISTING of a parlor and tw» cham bers, with the wfe of a kitchen and cellar. En quire at Mr. Chafles Engles, in Germantown. august; diw TO BE LET, A Number of New Houses, On Walnut-street, betiveenSixtb and Seventh Streets, facing the Public Square. THE advantageous fitHation ef those buildings is obvious, oombining a vicinity io the tra ding parts of the city, with a pure air, and an open profpeft interspersed with ttees and herbage, refenibling a Country Retreat. They need only to be viewed to recommend them as dcSreable dwellings for refpe<9able families; to such the ptoprietcr means to let them cheap.—For terms apply at the office, No. 96, Arch Greet,or t>n the Augnft I Twenty Dollars Reward. DESERTED froih the Rendezvous at Eaf ton, JOHN FRANTOM, a soldier in the 9th U. States regiment, 5 feet 8 inches high, b'.Be eyes, complexion and brown hair, ■which he wears long and queued ; b« stoops much in walking, and has a eonfiderable impediment in bis fpeeeh. At the ft me time SOLOMON KINNI kIONT, a foMier in the fame regiment j he s a handsome young roan, 19 years old, 5 feet o and i quarter inches high, black eyes, short irown hair, fair complexion. They were enticed to dtfert by two men whofiid they bad served as marin«s on board :he Baltimore sloop-os-war, and went off with in intenton to enlill in that service ; both were in full uniform, though they will probably change their dress. The above reward will be given for deliver ing the two, or ten dollars for either ot them, to ariV officer of the ninth regiment; by M. TILGHMAN, ill Lieutenant 9th U. S. Regiment. Eafttos (M.) Aug. 1. (j) d3«r One Hundred Dollars Reward For the Thief, and Ten Dollars for the Horse, S'l RaYED or Rolen on the night of the 31ft ult. out of the Paftuf c of the subscriber near Frankford, a Light Bay H<>rfe, about 15 hands high, fix years old, a natural? Trotter, black mane and Tall, and small fßip, good carriage, thin bresfted and apt to cutj any person who will prosecute the Thief to convi«9ion (hall re ceive the above reward or Ten Dollars to re tutn the horfs ISAAC W. MORRIS. Who has for sale a genteel Coaches with blinds, august t JOHN CRBAN. d it- fdft. Late and Important- NEW-YORK, August 5. Arrived on Saturday last, Ihip B»yne. captain Refd, in 47 days from London. By this vessel we have received London pa pers to the 10th of June, inclusive, which is three days later than any European in formation heretofore had from that quar ter. Conceiving the great anxiety of our Fellow- Citizens to peruse the latest information from the scene of hostilities, we hasten to lay the following extra£ts before them : LONDON, June 8. It was last night reported, and understood to be confirmed in the House of Commons, that by intelligence from Lord St. Vincent, the Brest fleet was blocked up in Toulon. We cannot withhold our congratulations on the happy and prosperous ft ate of public affairs. In the seventh year of the war ; a war unexampled in the biftory of mankind, Mr. Pitt comes forward to provide for Thir ty Millions of expenditure for the current year, without oppressing the poor, or check ing the spirit and enterprize of trade or com merce. The following are the new modi fications or taxes ; and, we request our rea ders to turn their particular attention to the account of the proceeding? last' night in the House of Commons, which is uncommonly interesting. TAXES. British rugaiykfl for home confump-£ tion, 1,700,000 cwt, at Bd. 56,000 Clayed sugar, from British plantations, in addition to other 1 duties, 200,000 cwt. eflimated at 3s. per cwt. 40,000 British plantation sugar exported, with held 2/6 per cwt. of the drawback, in addition to 3s. now detained on 358, t 000 swt. 62,000 East India sugar exported, 76,000 cwt. at 6/5. Foreign plantation sugar exported, at ijh per cwt. on 111,000 cwt. Refined sugar exported, 4s. per cwt. of the bounty now payable to be with held on 190,000 cwt. 30,000 Coffee exported in 1798, exclusive of Ireland, 317,000 cwt. at 4s. 65,000 750,000 Notes annually, at id. each, would be 62,0001. but in a matter of so much be uncertainty, suppose only *■ 3 1 6,000 It is supposed there are notes wider 40s. circulating in the Northern countries to the amount of" 400,000]. chiefly of 20s each. In Scotland it is difficult to form a probable conjedhjre of the number, but the amount can hardly be less than i,000,0001. (perhaps twice as much) estimated the whole in Great Britain at 1,500,000). and the notes to be issued on6e in two years, is probably mode rate. June 9. The Hamburgh mail of the 31ft arrived in town last night by exprt fs,and has brought the important intelligence of the TOTAL DEFEAT of the FRENCH ARMIES in Italy, the junction of the Imperial armies in Switzerland, &c. After a battle which lasted 14 hours, Mo reau, severely wounded, with three of his generals and 6,000 men have been made pri soners by the Ruffians, who left 800© of the enemy dead on the field of battle. The fol lowing is the official account of the a&ion, published at Milan, by General Suwarow, on the 14th ult. " On the 13th, at 5 o'clock in the morn ing, the French were attccked by the Auftro Ruffian army in their strong position-between Turin and Coni. The battle w« molt bloody, and lasted till night. It will be one of the moll memorable ir history, and was ultimately terminated in our favor. " The French haee loft 8oo» men killed on the field. Six thousand prisoners are al ready in our ■pofleflion. We have 3000 men killed, aud wounded. The French have loft almost all their artillery. One hundred and fifty pieces of cannon, and 200 ammunition waggons are now in our pofleflion. Four ot the enemy's generals are taken prisoners, including the General in Chief, M»reau." A letter from Milan, of the 15 th, states this account to have decided the fate of Ita ly. The Ruffians on the 14th took Valenza by aflault. Alleffandria, as well as Turia is now in pofleflion. The Piedmontefe pea sants have occupied Mount Cenis, and there by cut off the remnant of Moreau's army from France. Defeat of MacdonaWs army. A letter from Berlin, of the 28th ult. states that a mefienger had that day arrived from Italy, with advice that the corps of general Macdonald, which had advanced through Tufcany, for the purpose of joining the army of Moreau, had been attacked by the Auftro-Ruffian army, near Lucca, and totally defeated, and their commander made prisoner. Pajfage of the Rhine hy the Auf- trtans. On the the whola of the Imperial troops stationed at theßregentz country cross ed the Rhino between Bregentz and Feild kirch, in three columns, and, after some in effedlual opposition from the French between Wenterthur and Zurich, penetrated into the canton of Uri, where they were joined by several armed peasants—thus forming an un interrupted communication between the ar mies of the Archduke and General Suwar- TOW. The corps of General NauendorfF crofted the Rhine at five o'clock on the morning of the lift, and immediately advanced his bead quarters to Singen. The enemy had prcvi oufly abandoned Constance, and the entire of the Southern bank of the Rhine, and re tired with precipitation towards Zurich. On the morning of the 23d the Archduke, with the remainder of his army, was to cross the Rhine at Stein and Schaffhaufcn, gnd im mediately to purfne the enemy. The whole of the Cantons, of Schaffhau fen, Uri, and Schiwltz, are now in pofleffion of the Aultrians. Ihe position of Maffena at Zurich, it, therefore, not te nable, and his retreat is opposed by the mod formidable difficulties. The next mail will, we trust, bring advice of his having (hared the fate of Serrurier and Moreau. The capture of Genoa by the English, Turks and Ruffians, has been officially an nounced by Colonel Baron d'Afpeifs, com mander of the Imperial advanced posts at Reggio, to the Regency of Modena. Ihe report of general Angerau, being madepri foiier with his corps, in endeavoring to suc cour the place, is not confirmed. June 10. Our Plymouth letter! by yesterday's post state, that on the 24th ult. two (hips of the line failed from Brest ; that on the 31ft two fail of the li«« lay in the Oti'er Road, and that another (hip of the fame description was towed out by numerous boati te join them, as was alledged, to proceed to Ireland.— This intelligence wa» brought to Plymouth by two Fifbermen, who, as pilots went on beard one of the French frigates, which appeared in Bahtryßay, in December 1796, supposing her to be English, smd who hav ing been considered as prisoners of war, were lately exchanged, and brought to Eng land, on Friday last, in a cartel from Mor laixi Ex pre fTcs were yefttr'ay sent off from the Admiralty to all the principal sea ports for what purpose we have nut been able to ascertain. Conje&ure fays, that an embargo is the obje&, either to prevent the outward bound merchantmen from falling in with the French squadron, which is stated to have lately failed from Brefti or to guard again ft any intelligence, refpe&ing the secret expedition about to take place, reaching the No advices from the Mediterranean have yet been received by Government; the re ports of Lord St. Vincents having blocked up the enemy's fleet in Toulon, are there fore totally vuid of official foundation. A letter from Plymouth, dated the 7th inft. fay 1 " a Hoop a cartel from Morlaix, which (he left yeftcrday morning, bring* ad vice that the public mind 11 in the greatest polEble (late of agitation ; multitude! cry ing out against the government, and their partizana only able to avert the threatened convulsion by entreatiei to wait the operati ons of the fleet, which appears the lad flake of the Executive Direapry. The recent C«nfcription is mod rigorously enforced, and feafaring men are daily marched, hand cuffed and thumb locked, to the port*. 40,000 From iht Hamburg Mail. Mi LIN, May 14. The following letter of Field Marshal SUWAROW has been published here : " On the 13th inft. at J o'clock in the morning, the French were attacked by the Imperial and Ruffian army in their strong position between Turin and Coni. The tattle was one of the bloodiefl, aad laded till night. It will be one of the most re markable jn History, and terminated at last in our favour. The French have left 8000 men slain on the field ; 6000 prisoners are already in our power. We had 3000 men killed or woundad. The French have loft almost all their artillery: 150 pieces of con. non and 200 ammunition waggons are alrea dy in our pofleffion ; feur of the enemy's General's are taken prisoners, among whom is the commaader in Chief, Moreau." By this battle the fate of Italy it decided, and the allies are fUtioned 00 the frontiers of France. VERONA, May ig. The following intelligence has appeared in print at Modena: " The Regency make it a duty, and feel the greatest joy in publiftiing the letter just written by Baron d'Afpri, Colonel, commanding the army of his Imperial and Apostolic Majesty: "To the Regency of the City of Modena. !' Gentlemen, please to pnblifh immedi ately, that the English, Ruffian, and Otto man Fleet, have made a descent at Genoa, and seized both that city and its harbor. That the French have evacuated Aleflan dria and Turin,,and that Pefchiera has been taken. lam eager to communicate this to you for the fatiifaftion of all honest Jfeople, who interest thttnfelves in the welfare of humanity. Signed, Baron D'ASPRES." Reggi'o, May 9, 1799. LINDAU, May 21 Yesterday morning, at one o'clock, the French left the whole valley of the Rhine, and retreated behind St. Gallen. To-mor row the bridge* will begot ready, and the whole corps between Bregeni and Feld kirch will pass the Rhine, in thre* columns in order to jein Gen Hotze, who has pene. trated far into the difirift of Toggenburg. Cist el Nuovo (U Serivia, May 13. Several couriers bave arrived here, with the pleasing information that a Turko-£us<si an is" English fleet has landed troops at Nice. On the \tth a violent cannonade bad taken place between the French and Austrians. Yes terday's battle wasfcygbt between Valenza, Bussignano, and Allessandria, and was ex tremeiy bloody and murderous. The French were forced to yield—-The Russians carried Valenza by storm. Tbe remainder of the May 14. French army, which is/aid to consist of on ly 8000 men, bas retreated ; all tbe rest baye been killed, wounded, or taken. He Allies have lost a considerable number of mm. Tbe battle lasted Jourteen hours. LODI, May 16. The battle near Alessandria was very vi olent 1 the Russians suffered in it, but much more the French ; for Gen. Moreau left the field with scarce 8000 men. VIENNA, May 22. The garrison of Mantua is now said to have oflcrld to capitulate, stipulating among other terms, p.rmission to march out free y with all their arm. and to take a certain num ber of covered waggons with them. B'.'tGen- Kray is said to have found many oj tie $e con ditions inadmissible. Tbis montent intelligence bas arrived here of a great battle tvbicb Pi'eld Marshal Su waroiv bas won over general Moreau. This battle bas decided tbe fate of Italy. BERLIN, May 28. Intelligence bas been received here, that general Macdonald's corps, which intended to effect a junction with the army under general Moreau, bas been attacked by tbe Austro-Russian army near Lucca, and TO TALLY DEFEATED- His Prussian Majesty has made a present to citizen Steyes, now Direttor, of bis por trait, set in brilliants. Talleyrand Peri gord or Perrocbel will, it is said, replace Sieyes in the embassy. I.INDAU, May 18. The AuflrianS have already entered the canton of Uri, by Mount St. Goddard and united themselves with the ihhaßitants. This day tolonel Williams failed from hence with his whole flotilla, carrying si h limber of troops to Bregentz. The bilrgh of Ra gats has been burnt by the French, on their retreat from the Grifon country, so that only two house's are left Handing— CONSTANTINOPLE, May 4. Our Government has resolved to make a loan for the expence of the war, which is to be paid in ten years, with interest. The Greek Nation mult contribute 1,500,000, the Armenians 1,000,0000, the Jews 800,000, and the Banker* 18,000,600 of piastres. As the Grand Vizier is on the eve of his depar ture, and the troops want many things, or ders have been given for the Greeks to keep their (heps open on holidays, and the Jews on the sabbath. But the latter got off this reflraint on paying 24,000 piastres. The accounts from Syria (till seem to be of a seri ous nature to the Porte. BREST, May 14. According to* letter frem the Polilh fron tiers thsfollawing are said to be the milita ry forces of Ruflii, which are now afting, or are yet to adt again ft France s By the fleet of gallics Marching through Bosnia Marching through Hungary 11,000 Adtually arrived thro'Auftria in Italy 26,000 Marching through Moravia 45,0130 Marching thro' Pruflia, by Warsaw 80,000 LONDON, June 9. The King of Sweden, in quality of Duke of Fomerania, has, by his Minister, Baron delivered to the Congress of Batibon a Note, informing the Co-estates, that he has joined the Coalition against France, and will furnifh his contingent of men in natu ra. He exorts the members of the empire to follow his example, in rendering every pofiible succour to the emperor as the only means of preserving the Germanic constitu tion.—A great naval armament is preparing at Carlfcrone. The garrison of Mantua is stated to have made proposals of capitulation to general Kray, who had refufed to accede to some ar ticles refpefting covered waggons. The fortrefs ofUrbano, in the Bolonefe, surrendered on the 10th ; and on the iath, the Auftrians entered Bologna, where they made 1200 prisoners. General VuckaiTovich has taken in Pied mont upwards of 250 pieces of cannon. Mofcati, Buonaparte's physician, and one of the Cisalpine Direftors, have been fcnt pri soners to Milan. The Spanish Minister to the Cisalpine Re public has been ordered to leave Milan. Letters from the Hague, of the 2 jth tilt, nate, that id the course of the present month half of the new mi fed National Guards, con fitting of 25,006 men, would be organized| when the troops of the line would be em* ployed in the French service. The French have wholly evacuated Rome, in the neighbourhood of which a formidable infurreftion had broken out. The treasures plundered from Rome, Na ples, and 1 ufcany, by the French, are Ra ted to have fallen into the hands of the Aul°- trians at Parma. The Landgrave of Hefle is forming a corps of BcOo men on his frontiers. An article from Bombay, March a t in serted in the Paris Papers, states the proba bility of an immediate war between the Bri tish and 1 ippoo; who, they fay, has ieo,ooo well disciplined troops, and does not give feimfelf the trouble to conceal his designs. He lately observed, in answer to i'onie new remonstrances made to him by the Company, that he knew what was due to his dignity and army. Every thing annouces an ap proachiug rupture,—The Paris Papers speak as if the Brest fleet wer»going to relieve Bu onaparte, and enable him to proceed to In dia. From the morning Herald of JUNE 10. The fate of Italy, if the ac~oußts brought by the Hamburg M»il of yesterday be cor red, may be confidercd at finally decided j Men. ■£o,ooa : 60,000 Total 272,000 but there are some cor.fiderations which in duee us 10 entertain considerable doubt* of the intelligerce, ncttoithftanding it iffuroei an official (hape, from Milan, under the date 14th of May. A general aftion is said to have commenced at five o'clock io the morning of the 13th ult. by an attack upon Moreau's position between Tuiin and Coni, and 10 have continued with the utmost fnty till night, when vi&ory at length declared in favor of the Combined arms, the enemy having loft 14,000 men, Boeo of whom were killed on the field of battle, and the remainder (including Moreau, who wa« wounded, and three other French generali) laken prisoners, 150 pieces of cannon, and 200 ammunition waggons,ire dated to have fallen into the hands of the allies. Our reasons for fufpefling the accuracy of this account are these the advices publifiied by Government, in the Gazette of Tuesday last, mentioned the head quarters of Suwar row to be at Tortona on the 13th, the day on which the vi&ory is said to be atchieved; a circumstance which renders the latter state ment improbable in one point of view, and impossible in another. In the fir ft place, the reported scene of adion is near seventy miles distant from Tortona, where Suwar row had his head quarters at the precise time the battle is stated to have been fought, and as even his outposts were noj so far ad vanced on that day, it is highly improbable that a force fufficient to dislodge Moreau from his strong position between Coni and Turin, could, then hnve been colleftrd at a diftanee so considerable from the main body of the Tmperialifts ; —and in the nest place, it is utterly irhpoflible that Suwarow could have his grand army between Coni and Tu« rin on the tnofning of the 13th, as the Ga zette Hates, his head quarters were on that vei-y day at Tortona. But, at the fame time that thef# confide ations lead us to question, the accuracy of the seemingly official account, we have no doubt that a very important victory has been obtained by the Auftrio Ruffian army in Piedmont, and f om which the absve exaggerated state ment had its origin. The a&ion to which we allude, was fought on the 13th (the day already mentioned) between Valenzi (aboot ten miles fron Tortona,) which the Ruffians carried by storm. This battle lasted 14 hours, and the division of the enemy which efcaprd is mentioned as confiding only of 8,000 ; but it is to be observed, that it was not the' main body of the French which was here engaged, Moreau being then sta tioned between Coni and Turin with aq ar my of 17,000 men—ln this manner we think we may venture to account for the magnifiifd statements from Piedmont, which however, may be coofidered as a national anticipation of what has probably by thit time taken place. A private letter from Milan states, that Alexandria and Turin are in the pofleffion of the combined force, by means of the latter of which they will be able to flank Mefeiku on the North fide, and ultimately to dislodge him troin his present advantageous pofitioii. —Thus will the deliverance of Italy be ren* dered complete, and the milerable remains of the Republican army be forced to fly for re fuge within the antient boundaries of France ■—With refpedt to the forces under the or ders of General Macdonald, they are report ed to have been totally defeated, and their Commander taken p'-iloner, near Lucca, on their way to join the army of Morcau, in Piedmont; but this account more probable, wants confirmatiou.—The capture of Genoaj bythe combined English, Turks, and Ruf fians, has been officially announced by Ba ron D'Afpres to the Regency of Modena and every thing continues to wear the molt chea ring and prosperous afpeft in all dire&ions. The rapid fueccfles of the Allied armiea in Italy have induced the Archduke Charles to resume operations in Germany. Seve ral divisions of his army have already crofled the Rhine at diiTerent places, and his high ness was himfelf to pass that river on the 23d, at Stein, and Schaffhaufen, for th« purpose of pursuing the enemy. The po< fition of Maflena at Zurich is supposed not to be tenable, and his retreat it oppefed by very formidable difficulties. The most im portant advices may therefore be daily ex pc&ed from that quarte.'. —The Imperial troops hare effe&ed a jun&ion on the lake ofCooo, and thus formed an uninterrupted chain of pofis from the Mediterranean to the Rhine. By a private letter from St. Pctcriburgh we learn, the free exportation of cota from Ruflia is again permitted. ' Paris journal) to the 4th inft. arrived y«f terday—A letter from Toulon, inserted in one of these papers, Hates, that the Spaotlh fleet, confiding of eighteen fail of the line, entered that harbour on the 20th uh. from Cadiz, after having had an engagement with the English fleet, in which the Spa niards claimed the vi&ory.—This ftale raent, however, is not only contradifted in some of the other journals, but it is even denied that the Spanish squadron had arri ved at Toulon so late as the 17th. the Ex ecutive Direftory not having recei»ed any advice to that effeft. An Extraordinary Gazette, containing accounts from the Combined Armies in Italy and Germany, is expefted to be pub. 1 idled this morning. Mr. Bafiet and Mr. Slater were under •rders an Saturday to leave England far the continent, with government dispatches ; but the arrival of th« Hamburgh Mail has caufcd them to be delayed far a day or two. Tht restoration of the House of Orange will be attempted, and no doubt effeded, under the British armament equipping for that purpose : transports for an army of not less than 20,000 mtn, with the neoeflarf train of artillery, 3cc. are now preparing with all poiCble dispatch. The Prioce Stadtholder will accompany this formidable armament it> person.
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