1. JlrttcUigence. jfjorei 3V, February \z. By a private letter from an officer at Serin ' gap^ jul, > I'ectMvni by the last (hips, we learn tfcjt a distribution of prize money ftad been in the following proportion,, viz. Pago. fas. L. The commander in chief, 3,000,000 120,000 ajor-General, second in command, General Officers, each Colonels, each LWut.Colenels, each JSajoTi, each Captains, each Subaltern*, each The fee pad iiftribmion ■wasfhcrtly.expefl eito be made, and the third and last abotit. NavetJibe'. HOUSE OF LORDS, February ij. >Ii3S*GE FROM T.-.E KIN'O. » Hs trajefty acquainted the House, that fee is uo'v employed in concerting such mea liires and engagements with the Emperor of Germany, the Eleflor of Bavaria, and other princes of the empire, as may best tend to strengthen their joint efforts, and material ly Conduce to the advantages of the com: jnon cause. That his majefiy will, when those treaties are completed, order them to be laid before the house ; but in order to in sure the benefit of this co-operation, his ma jetty is desirous of authoring his minifler to make advances as may be necefTary for the pyruofe. His majffty therefore reeom rcends it to the House to concur in enabling bim to carry the fame into effeft." ' This me&age met t!>e «jfc>rebation of the. H«ufe» HOUSE OF COMMONS, 'February 24, the Chancellor of the Exchequer difchar g*d his unpleasant duty of delivering, for the approbation of the Hotife, his fcbenie for the Budget or Taxes of the year. The disagreeable nature of this taflc has been niueh foftened by the encreafing trade and profyerity of the country, as well ashy thofs diredt andefficient contributions which couid alone have enabled the kingdom to meet the expenditure of the prefertt war 5 and it will Wrike fime aflonifhment into the unwilling bosom of our enemies, that in the eighth year of the crurl and extended hollilities they feave imposed upon us, the ftcvrrnment ftiouli have to impose tixes to no greater amount th-sn the funv of 3jo,<siol.' f his sum, in the ptefent state of our wealth, luxury and resources, we can {carce* ly state as a charge upon the people. What is imposed upon rum and brandies, and par t'ttolarly upon Britilh diftflUfy, is a mea sure Of regulation as well as of finance, and « tfa(Oa«l of the heiltll UiJ ni.ml. *}r€ people. We cannot but hope that tbefs du ties will check the confurftption of these un wholesome liquors, nor doubt but the reve nue will recei*; more from the tax than it is taken at—2}o,oool. are raised Upon these deftruflive commodities. The next tax, and, what is farprifing, the only one that remains, is laid upon the high priced tea?, and confequt nt'ly the poor apd the economical are exempted from its operatic ns* This burthen will not be felt upon the IJioulders where it fills, and is no Biore than five percent upon the breakfafts of the rich ; not as they are procuredat the -growers, but ar the sales of the East India Company, before the duties attach to them. We have already adverted to those dire<3 and efficient taxes which have rendered the •new iropofitions f« fight and imperceptible. The income tax, and the convoy bill, pro duce eight mi(lidr,j and a quarter. The bank charter dirainilhes the sum to fcm provided for to the amount of three mil lions, but the surplus of the consolidated fuiid, which is the result of general prosper ity, diminilhes the debtor account in no left than five millions and a half. Thef<* fujns added to a loan of eighteen millions and a half, procured at a rate of interefl infinitely"! beneath the le£a! tarif, leave only 350,000!. to be provided for in the manner we have fpecified, and the -whole arrangement and prov'.'ion lor the expenditure of the year, has the rare fortune of imposing no new hardfiiips or privations upon the people, and of (hewing o»r refourtes to our allies and our enemies, without burthening our commerce or interfering with private en- ' joyment. CITY 09 X. ON DON »ETIIIOK The Lord Mayor presented z petition from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, See. and Livery of London, in Common Hall alern. bled, praying that the House might take the speediest means of concluding a peace. Lord Hawkeftury baring alked how ma ny names were signed to the petition, it appeared that the number was veiy small. The Lord Mayor said, be was not aware that any objections would be made on the gronnd of a small number of signatures, and then moved that the petition do lie on the table. Sir John Andtrfon said, he had no ob jeflions to Jet the petition lie on the table, but he thought it his duty tb state, that the contents of that petition was not the idea of the city of London, but of a faction, confiding, he was very glad to fay of irery few persons, » might be perceived by the few signatures it contained. At the time the quellion for fending this petition, had firft been put in the Common Hall, be con ceived it to have been carried in the nega tive, but tV Chief Magistrate thought dif ferently, and said it was carried in the af firmative. A great coufufien then took place ; tSser4 was a load cry fordi'ifion which however the Lord Mayor would not grant, but fail} he woold put the question a fecund tisne. Meanwhile the beadle* a d other officers who (loud at xHe doors, con ceiving the bnlinefs to be over left the pla ces where they bad been ftatianed, and by that means gave an opportunity to numbers of persons to entcrthe hall who had no.right ro co:ne there. The question being then put was carried in the affirmative, A re quiGtion being thert made for a poll, the Lord Mayor refuted it, ar,d said, he had followed the opinion of persons who were near him. A counter-petition was imme diately after signed by seven hundred per sons, which flioull be prefettted to ihat house in a few days : the petition then pre sented contained no more than Efty-feven Jfigaaturet- 37>Ott3 14,03! V if,ova ' 16,800 10.000 4,000 7,303 4>2S« -a,iSo T,oßo 1 *i7-W «6o 43® I.sid Grenville on Friday paid a V.fit in fjim to the ci-devant Duke of ©titans, at his house in Sickville street, Piccadilly. The Duke of Orleans had arrived in town three days before j and his firft visit was made to Monsieur, at whom he had requtfl ed an audience. On Thurfdiy the Duke waited 011 bis Royal Highness, and being introduced into his clofct,i he adjreffed him by faying, '< that he had come to afl£ forgive ' ness for all his faults,' which he hoped Would b - forgotten They were the effect cf error, and were chiefly to be attributed to the evil councils of an intriguing wwian, ( Afjdem de Genlis) who bean entryfted with the -care of his education." He :;dd?d—" that he was ready to Hied the lad drop of his blood fur the reparation c>f his errors, and, in defence of the rights of his lawful Sove reign. My brothers (continued lie) whoffl I hay# left-.indifgofed at Clifton, participate in my sentiments, and will hallen to offer | to your Royal Highness the fame pro'tefta ■ tions of their repentance. Monsieur then embraced the Duke, and r-plied, " he had -no doubt .nf-t'ie. lincerity of the profeffions ' he. had just beard. He received tliem with pleasure ; but he recom mended to the Duke to repeat them to the King bimfeli', and he fhouid have great fatis-. fadlion in forwarding his tetters to Mitlau." As soon as this conversation had end*d, Monsieur and the Duif went into ing room, where wercaffeiijbled leveral emi grants of thfii4t difbiitVion, before whom the Cuke of Orleans begged leave alio to make a recantation of' his «error». H; then expressed his wifli to fee his uncle the Duke lie Bourbon 1 the intended vifn was soon af ter trade, and a reconciliation took place in the fame raWner as ,w>Yu Monsieur. On Friday, the L)ukc of 0 -leans again waited on Monsieur with the letter to Louis the XVIJIih, at Mittau, which was forward .ed 011.the fame evening. Monsieur recom mended tVit anotoer lhould lie written, sign ed by each of the three brothers, and in (till stronger. terms, which the duke promised to fee exeouted, immediately On their coming to town On Saturday the Duke de Monpsnsieur and the Count De Bccmjiloix, the younger brother, of the Duke as Oi-.'cjhs, arrived at their refidefrce in SackiiHe-ftYeet, from Clif ton, near. Briflo!, where one. of them bad been confined several days by illneis. February 9. 3 be prefetvation of an empire which for ages awed the world, has recently been at chieved by the (kill and valour of an ineon fiderable detachment of Britain*. - Gigantic diftord, the foe of liberty in the fi;arb of Re publicanism—the iron hand of French fra ternity, received its molt fatal blow under the walls of Acre ; nor have the galUvnt spirits, whole glory, refirfted upon each in dividual of their country, has hitherto been tlwir only reward, relaxed nt the service of civilization. The following- letter, to whicb we attach entire credit, relates a viftory whi<jh, if we do not greatly err, will be, or has been,-the prelude to the fubnuffion 'of the French in Egypt. ' ■ Constar.'tAople, half past $ o'clock ct nigbt, " I ha\[s recalled my letter, and allowed ten minutes to add to it, that an expr?fs ar rived here an hour finte, that Sir Sidney Smith, on the ifl of November, made a feint in Damietta, when, drawing the attention of the trench to that point, he attacked tVem with irrifitUble valour where they were vulnerable, commanding in person, and car rying all before him- The loft »f the enemy confided of two thou (and French, killed, wounded, and prifonert. In rowing to ,th: attack, the ftroakfman of Sir Sidney's barge was elofe to him. Icannot give you par ticulars, but you may depend what. J have, related is a T ApT.' 1 Extract of another letter, Dec. it. The prrfent cha rider of the Porte is ex emplified ill the length c£ time, a compara tively iiiconfiderable bind of marauders irave been permitted to devaluate some of the richest provinces of the empire, and to para ge with terror Wje whole of it; whilst even the anjeiety natural to fucb a state ha: not incited to the eftablilhment of a means of re gular communication. Lord Elgin, how ever, Tends in a few days to the Grand Vi zier, his secretary, Mr. Morier, a gentleman particular qualified to transmit a ditail of the Turkifli operations. Gen. Koehler and the Britilh officers .go from hence for the fame deftinatibn. is dnes "Dr. H. McLean, I who attended the Embaily from England, to analyse the nature of the plagiie, and for similar researches, and who, it is said, is ap pointed Physician General to the army. I have already poffrflsd you of the high favour in which the Enslift are held, and which is manifefted upon aH pofiible ocea fions. The government gave to them tight rich pelices on the late presentation, a dr cumflance never known before, the number seldom exceeding one or two ; and this laO gallant aCtion of Sir Sidney Smith, who was Wednesday., Dec. 1 i, 1799 before looked Englift amongst The violence of the debates in the Inl ■Joufe of Commons, and of the resolution if private faftinns in Dublin, is general; md jultlv coiiudered as the rxplofirn o iefpair. Op ofition is near its end, if v< It will be seen by our private correfpon denee, that thcfe persons who have oppofec country, ihal incorporation which they have fruittfa'.y combated. As {con as the principle, tbc-efore, of Union, has been agreed to, it is exp«<3ed, t> at none but p-ofefied Scp-iratjjlt will oppose the govern- COURT O*- KINC's BENCH, February is The King) v. Tandy and Morres. The prifonera being agoin brought lip, the counsel for the prisoners moved to poll pone the-proceedings till next term, upen a suggestion chat they had not tiaie to con fer tha cafe of their clients. The Court declared thai there ws*bo ground te post. pone the proceedings on this account. The prifopert then offered Wy the coun sel a plea in bar of award of execution, and offered an aSiavit made- by the prisoners, stating thai several tfitpeffes material for their defence wereabfeot,at Hamburg, and that the attendance of those wjtneffea could not be protured before next term. The At. Geo. declared hit readintfs to accede to eny rtafonable propefel by which the priConeri couid ii*T« of making their defence; rot with (lauding the utter inefficiency of the affidavit, wish ing to (hew to the country that the pro cee lings wer( candudted with equity »nd deliberation, he consented to tbc adjourn ment desired. • The prifonera counsel gave great credit to ftie can ionr of tbe Attorney General. The procetdir.gj being adjourned to next term, the prifontri vtic remanded, FALMOUTH, Feb. i 7, Arrived this diy the (hip Mercury, of 16 sjuds, 40 men, captain Richards, from Leghorn, at'trr a pillage of 36 days, laden with lilkf. ffc.ns, bri'mftone, Sec. Oa the a6th ult. (he recaptured the Jufttna (l>anifli. bark) from Leffhorn, with a valuable ciifgo on board,, which (h? ordered for St.ing*te Cr»ck. On the 30th rh* fell in with Le Pegale French privateer of 16 guns and 70 men, which after a ffiort action (he captursd and fret for Dartmouth.—pn "thi 4th tftft, while the captain and mwe were below, two foreigners 'belonging to ihe Mercury knock ed down th; ce4tipej,.ai>ireleafrdthe Fteinh prjibnerj, who took peflsffion of the Ihip.- Qn. the 6th, tke Doris frigate, with a sloop ft '*'"■> bore inftgbt; the Frenchmen being tnuch' alarned, and getting-off their £u»rd, Richards and.Maw, watching ttfcir opportunity, again. secured the" Frenchmen, and took pc&effion of the flnp, and brvOgftt her in..bere. . •„ . ... . - FUOM THE LONDON GA2ETTE, ' .February -tS. . (Mmiralty Office, frt tB, ißco. Copy qf a leucnfram tlaptain Joshua Sidrttj Ifortm, coir.vtendtr cf bis Majesty's sleep ftlirj, to Evan Jfojbcan, Esq. Plymouth Sound, Feb. ■). Sir, Finding bis Majefiy's Oiip La Loire has not ardvtd stthis port with the Pallas Na-. tional frigate, having lent a duplicate of my .proceeding's lijt. captain Newman, 1 1 conceive it my. duty to forward yea another for the information »fmy Lords Commissioners of the Admiiakyj-ivith the additional fttisf&c tion of informing you, that the Pallas was captured-elufe in with the Seven Iflandi, by L#„ Loire, Railleur, Harpy, Banae, and Fairy, Having bsen joined in the eight of tlie 6th, at nine o'clock, by La Loire, I de; fifted giving further particulars, concluding ctpt. Newman would state the further pro ceeding of the Fairy and Harpy. The bsd trefs of the weather obliged roe to put ia here, my (landing riggimj, &c. beirrg much Cut. lam attxidus to I'aVe the post. I have the honor to be, See. J. S. HORTON. Hit.Mxjefiy'* iloop Fairy, jth Feb. t2oo, Sir, In compliant* with your ordeF of the 3d mfl. his Majesty's sloop Harpy in company* having weighed from St. Aubin's Bay at 6 A. M. I proceeded to reconnoitre St. Ma lots, and at half past 11, Cape Frehci bear-. S. E. 5 or 6 miles, I difcovcred.a ljirge (hip running down.clcfe along: (hare to'the welt ward, which I very fooii made out to be a large frigate, and as flic did net answer the private fignalj I concluded (he was afltliefflv, but being so close in fliore I fa* there was no chance of bringing her to I there fore judged it neceftary to tack, with the hopes of decoying her out from the land, which fully answered ray wilhej, as (he im mediately gave chace to us. At I o'clock the H.irpy having foredclofe under my stern, the enemy arrived within p'iftol {hot, wlven a dole a&ion commenced, and continued tin til a quarter before 3, whep the enemy Oiade all fail from us. .Aafoon as the' datnpges the Fairy and Harpv had fuftaijied in their rigging and fails (which were y«ry caniiderable) were repaired, wt made all fail in purfuifof har ; at 4 o'ciotic three ftrange-Ciils were-difcovmd from the mart-head 1e the 50'tthwstrJi *liich I jucijed to be a (n of frigates, to whom I made * figrial for an enemy, »t 9 were join ed by his Majesty's ships L» Loire, Danae, and Railleur, in the chace. I muff now beg leave to acknowledge the' very ?ble affiflance and support I received from Capt. Buzely in the Harpy, whofpeaks in the highest terms of his officers and Ihip's company, and t cannot conclude without ex pressing, ir. the iriofl particular manner, the exertions aiid good conduct of the officers and Ihip's company under my command,.and wivhoumny drfpj}rageKlent<tQ the reft of the officeiF, I trust I niy be allowed t" men tion Mr. smith> (firft Ueutensfrt of the fairy) as a very aftive gond officer. Annexed is a retnrn of- the killed and woindci I have the honor to be> &c. J. S. HORTON. Capt. D'Auvergne, (Prince of Biiillion] Senior Officer at Jerfejr. Fairv—Four Seamen killed. Capji fiorton.. (lightly wounded. Mr. Hughes,' Piir'Per, broken arm.. Six Seaman, foyr ["batlly ; and one reported fittce 14(1 evening;. [ HaVpv.—One feamati kilV-d-. Three fearoen woOlnded. P. S. 1 hjive the fatisfa&ien to inform ;.sou, tliat his Majesty's ship Danae, four or |ve m,iles to N. W. captured one of the ene my's cutters this morning (Feb &.) Copy of a letter from Capt. Tames Nfwmap, CnmmanJer of His Majefty'iShip L a Loire, to Evan Nepean, Esq. Sir, I .have the honor to acquaint their T.ord fftipspf the capture of the French National Frigate La Pallas, Citizen Jaque Epion, Commander, by His Majesty's {hip under my command, after a close aftion of two hours and ten minutes, close in shore under Seven Islands, when! flic was supported by a bat tery. I was molt gallantly and ably fecond td by Capt. Turquand, of his Majesty's stoop Railleur ; and to the Captains of his Majesty's (hip Fhnae, and Fairy and Haipy Hoops, I feel indebted for their every exer tion to come up with the chace. I cannot too much applaud the tondu&of the officers and crew under 'my command, as well as Lieutenant Krinitziri of the Ruffian Navy ; and though I with not to particnlarife, I cannot let this opportunely escape of recom mending my Firfl Lieutenant (Mr. Ray»or) to their Lordftiip's notice, as an officer whose services I hive witnefled on other trying cccafions. j The Pallas is a n <w frigate, neVes atfea ! before, mounting 42 gutu, eighteen; ftine* and thirty-fix pounders, wa» bound to Bred, vi&ualled lor five months, and had 3 men ,on board. I inctafe a lift of killed and l\ wounded, and am, Sir. &c. JAMES NEWMAN NEWMAN. Lift of lilhd and IVoun Jed on board hit Maje- Jly'sJhip La Loire in aSion tuith La Pallas. Two Seamen killed. Three Midfliipmen, 16 Seamen (one of whom is since dead of his wounds,) and one Marine wounded. Ntimes of the Mid/hipmen IVwnded. Watkins Oliver Pell, Francis William Eves, John Allen Medway. (Signed) JAMES NEWMAN NEWMAN. A List of Ulled and W outided on board his Majesty's sloop liailleur, ttSider my com mand, in action mtb the French Frigate La Dallas, on tbe 6tb Feb. ] 800, Kiiled>—Tfir. William Prothers, Mid fiv.pmtn ; Alexander Fergufoi:, Gunner's Mate. Wourtded—Robert Priftg, Yeoman of the Shee:s ; William Wilde, Private Marine ; John M'Mullin, tiy, Benj. Grtfoa, Or dinary Seaman. (Siyned) W. TURQUAND. Capt, ■Just Arrived, tot. sale bt tn iilicnuiii. th£ cargo Of the Ship Caktok, Richsrd Dale, Commander, from Canton, eoKStSTJNO OF Bobea Souchong Hjrfon Skin » Young Hyfoa and.. Hyson. . [nankeens. Sugar of ill quality China Ware. TEAS. Caffi'a, Fans. An affortmcot of SiU:.*. WILU.NGS b- FJIAN'CIS, No. 21, Penn Street. ••• . . d. April 14, F«r Sale, The Cargo of the ship M<tlly\Copt din Swain, Jrom GONSISTIiI-'IS OP SUGAR in v. hole and half cancifter*, Geribon Coffee, - . •> ~~ BlaU Pepper, Sapan Dye Wooa, Ebony, and Thirty two bales of "Cftttor. Yarn. ALSO» Tl?£ SAIB n JTTfsv smip MOLLY, BURTHEN feur thtufand three barrels ot Fiour, aaouat 6 ; iZ nine pounders, with fli#t and small arme com pleat and is newly coppered to the beuds with pateut copper. Apply to NICKLIN (IT GRIFFITH. tu.thScfa.tf March 15. gCT" LETTERS for the Amiable, Til-, iinghaft, far Liverpool, wi'l be received at the Bar of the Coffee House until to-inarrow morning (Saturday.) Wanted to Charter, £gsr A VESSEL, ; .Of tha burthen of 180 to aoo tons, to load for Hamburg. JACOB SPERRY to* CO. Who bane for sale a variety of German Linens—Alio Tapes, Oil Cloths, Decanters, Tumblers, Window Glaft, 8 by 10, Coffee Mills, &c. Ajiril ij d6t FOR BRISTOL, THE SHl> MANCHESTER, INTENDED to rerurn an early Fall Ihip—will take freight if applied for im mediaKly Thomas Mvirgatroyd Iff Sous. 3i, Dock StrME. spril 17 LANDING At lValnut Street Wharf, THE CARGO Of th#> Daniih brig Fricndfhip, Capt. P. Owncs Former, from Archangel, Coojj/likg of 140 ton? clear h<Stnp 45 tons bar itoA—aflorted, flat and fqmire jO bales Rufljaduck 10 do. Ravens do For Sale by THOMAS KETLAND. AI.SO,' For Freight or Charter to Hamburg» SAI» UKIG gjSL FRIENDSHIP. * !i * n com P' ctc ° rtlcr ' aocl car ry about a,400 barrels. April ai. IMPORTED, In tbt ship Jean, Daniel As Pbersor. master* from Canton, an Assortment of CHINA SILKS, Cenfifting of Black and coloured Lutestrings Black Sattins BI»ck Scncha'ws Black and coloared Sewing Silki Nankeens, Fans, &c. Also on band. INDIA MUSLINS, Guzzecnas Gurrahs Cotras t Bjfu!s, &c and India Bandannas. For Sale by " ROBERT SMITH W Co. No. jB, South Frent Street. . April j, IMPORTED //» the Harmohy, capt. KoUocl from Calcutta, AND FOR SALE, Bj John Miller, Junr. No. 80, Dock- street, Coffaes Bafcas Emerties Guzeenabs Mamoorirs Fine Handkerchiefs Doreas Black PeiTians Hyson Teas "J • Heavy Pepper >of excellent quality. Sugar J Block Tin of the best kind. dlto, by the ship Pennfyhania,from Batavis, JAVA COFFE & SUGAR. April 17. , INDIA GOODS. ALEXANDER J. MILLER, No, 106 South Front street, opposite tb* Custom House, HAS J»ST KECKJVED, » Per the ship Harmony, captain Koliock, from Calcutta, Garralis Superior, Garrahs Berboom, Do. Catwa, Gazzunahs, Baftas, CofTacs, Manioodies, Fine plain Mullmu'ls and Hand'fi. ALSO, Per the ship Jean, captain M-Pherstn, from Canton, Whfte Nankeens, Yellow Do. Lutelirings Mid Shenfliaws, Sewing Silks, Hyson, Young Hyson and Hyson Skin Teas of an excellent quality. April 22. dtf NOTICE. "■pHE Creditors of the late house of Irivin k Rryfon, of Lexington, Kentucky, are 'hereby informed, that a dividend of such mo mcsot that firm, as have lieen received hy As fubfcriWer, will be made on the twentieth daj' ot May next, among those creditors who (hail tiave before that time furnilhed their accounts properly ittelied to WILSON HUNT. April at the partnership of ISAAC Iff EDWARD PENINGTON, SUGAR REFINERS, Expired the ill instant. The BuGxeft it now conduced by Edward Pennington who is authorized to fettle all ac counts relative to the said partner^fip. ISAAC PENINGTON, EDWARD PENINGTON *d:a »pril if. 4iw Afliag afiipne;. dtsobC
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