FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, [Bji the brig Tryjl, arrived at jVe-W- Turh J'-om Liverpool* LONDON, May <5- . I A letter tram Palermo, u itcrd April 8, in utions the arrival there t 'o£ the WilliaJTi Tell, French thip, lately captures by the En jjfljth in the road of Malta. She hud on board (ix millions of fpecir, with a quantity ot other valuable effect?, which the l'rencn found in that iiland. , The coi,fl:_;l was des perate, and ccntinned 4 hours. '1 he number of killed and wounded on hoard the French {hip amounted to about 4 00 5 on our part is go men". There were, .about 1600 men 011 board the William lell, chief ly ot' those belonging to the gariiton, ficlc, and Malta patriots. ' A powerful expedition is certainly prepi ' r%>',to fall ; it is to confilt of i 2-000 men, under the command of Sir Ralph Abercrom bie. The old regiments of Gibraltar and Minorca, are, it is reported, to form apart of this force, and being replaced by militia corps, will be embarked for Genoa, trom whence a combined army of Brttifh and Im perial troops is to be riiarched into the south of Fiance. It seems likely frojn every appearance, that a new expedition is now upon the ta pis. Several revenue cutters have jull been put under admiralty orders at Portsmouth J atfd a number of flat-bottomud boats are about to be put on hoard some men of war st D al, where the 31ft regiment is expeft ed to embark in the courle ot the present week. The Court of Petersburg aflumed mourn ing during a fortnight 011 account ot the death of the French princess Adeliadej aunt to the unfortunate Louis XVI. Admiralty-Office, May 10. Copy of a letter from vice-admiral lord Ksith, commarider of his majtfty's fliips and vef fcls, iivthe Mediterranean,d.ted onboard the Mipotaur, off Genoa, April 18. " I have, the fatisfaftion of acquainting yoa, for the information of their Lordships, that the Guillavtme Tell having atterifpted to efcap>i from Malta on the evening of the 29th ult. was intercepted and captured the following morning by his raajefty's fliips Lion, F -udroyant, and Penelope , but, as J have not yet rrceivi-d captain Dixon's ac count < f the particulars of the aftion, or of the loss which has been fuJhined, ' mufl take anothrr opportunity of communicating' tliem. I understand, however,, that the en emy was completely difnialied before flis (truck, and that the Lion ar.d Foudroyant have had kil'td and wounded about 4.0 men each." The date of the weather for some weeks, and at nrelent, is favorable beyond all prece dent, for vegetation promises to alleviate the diftreCTewiif the great body of society, and to ultimately compenf«te the enormous price of every article cffjdd. [The following is a part of the Intelli gence .<*■ j „_ji_mornJt,? jn aa Extrg frnm »l». Offi«.c of the Gazette oftlie Uni ted States and omitted last evening for want of room —lt is now re-pubiifhed for the information of our distant fubfcribcrs.] Ap.il 2;. On Moiid ty hit, 3 i-cord Supplemen Extraordinary was publilbed, velitive t( the operations of . the army in Italy, whicl it at follows: " In the Uft Supplementj the pofitioi Wis mentioned which General Mi-las had ta ken. after tt:e advantages gained by him ii the Riviera, and the efledling the blockadi of the citadel of Savons. But not to givi time to tlie enemy's principal force afiemblet I'Cir G-:i *1» "■ *iin a,:v over an; detached divilions of our troops, the Genera refnlved, for that parp.ife, as well as so eftablifliing as speedy a jun&ion as pofltbh \v:th F. M. Lieutenants Ott and Hohen z-'ilt-r", to nnri'.h with -.lie greater part o the a-nj'-, on the evening of the gth, ant to t ike his position from Veirara along St luli:na d. Stella to Veggio, the Knglifl sv 1 1:ir j! having promised to cover his riglv wing hy * vrral lliips, Meanwhile, the ne Cv'T ry me: l'n.-c8 were taken, as (0011 as the }••■ i n ■ r-i'. velT-ls (hould have arrived f quitted Finale, thus leaving to F. M. I.ieutenant ElMtz a lliorter poli from Sette Pani, along St. Pantalone, to Ciji'-a Zop-.a, hut General Metis intends t tak poffcilion of it only as the further 1 -.jgrr-fs of Ins operations lhall require. In tin' batteries on the coatt between Vado and l'inalc, liven pieces of artillery off differ cs liuer, ahd ahoii'. fcur hundred pounds of gun powder were found. Genera! Me'/as further trports, from the bead quarters at Cclleon the 10th instant, that he altered his plan of marching to Varraggio, on the evening of the gth, on account of his having received positive in telligence that the enemy had shortly be st re reinforced the poll of Varraggio with 3000 men. Under these circumjtarice6 the General thouglrt it neceflary to avoid march ing at night, and did not set out before 6 o'clock in the morning of the 1 th. He ordered the division commanded by Gene ra'. Count PaifFy to attack the enemy, at 3 p> i its. at Stella dijCofla, while the two Gen-1 Sir, trals Francis Count St. Jnlien and Count I " I received his royal highness the Bcllegarde took their (lat'ons on and near .commander in thief's directions to inform the Veirera. The engagement was very y°"> that in consequence of the reprefenta liot and the enemy'# r. ftrtancemore than t'°n made to the king, of the frequent iri obtlinate i but they were forced to give fiances which occur of officers being guilty way to the bravery and pcrfcverance of our : °f neglect ot duty, by being absent without troops, who with all the courage imagina- 1 leave, and not joining their refnetlire regi- tie ir.s.J of glory tomes - for the last time. Let the soldiers, magistrates, citi zens, redoubt* their cfFirts. To ftiraulate the zeal of all, I t your departments, your cities, and your fields, ring with ihtle words, which (hou'd move all hearts —" Peace is about t« be re conquered !" Signed " LUCIEN BUONAPARTE. Suworow is said to have been on the 14th of April invcHed with the order of St llubertus by the eleDor of Bavaria ; a circumstance which pretty well eftablilhes the fallacy of th« report of his having ditd on the lid of the present month. LONDON, May 8- Some of the morning papers report that a squadron of five Dutch (hips of the line, is now at sea. Our letters from Yarmouth received this morning do not slate them to have failed, hut mention that number being ready to fail ; and that our north sea fleet are under failing orders, to be in readiness (liould they venture out. GENERAL ORDERS. War Office, April 26. Copies of the following circular letter from tne Adjutant General, to the Secre tary at War, relative to the Officers being abftnt from their regiments without leave, See. hive been tranlmitted to the different army Agents, for the ptirpofe of being cir culated throughout the Regiments of their refpedtive Agency. Horse Guards, April 19, 1800. ments; it is his mi}efty'i pleafuri, Uvm ~| future Uie of all officer?) wtu' are _ a -~ j sent without leave, or who 'uaviiig obtvltv-d abfedce, overlays the period ot itoi .'lioin I have received fts royal highlit Is s command to'ftuke fom time tt time fpecia! retilnrs to thevyar office fhallbe fto; pcd in the hands of their age- tp, nor {hall it in any in stance be afterwards paid to itfch officers, except upon a very ftron£ a!, d full ie,.refu tation from the commanding officer, stating some unavoidable cause for this apparent breich cf duty, in which parti: ular cases his Majeiiys further pleasure will be notified through the commander in chief, to the war Office. '« His Royal Highness the commander in chief will fe 1 it incumbent ou bim to submit the na;re of any Officer who coo tinurs absent without leave, and whose ab sence is not'accounted for, to his Majefly, for the purpose of his being fufpetided. I have th eth e honour to be. with much respect, your moll obedient humble servant, ' HARKY CALVERT, Adjut. Gen Right Hon. William winduam, Secretary at war, ic. May 13. A PiifTport is made out for the Tuikifh atn:)affador and his suit to leave England for the Ottoman porte soon as his lucc.ssor arrivts, A letter from the Hague, dated the 3d inft. received of the Hamburgh mail, con tains the fallowing information :—" yeller day " the firft Chamher and to day the second Chamber decreed, that leave should be given to the importation, fr.im England for every raw material, which is not the di rect produce ps that country ; also every ar ticle not the ma; ufacture of Great Britain. The fame priviledge has been granted to the Brabanters." The fame letter adds—" That no milita ry man, er irmed Burgher is fuffered to go without the gates of Amsterdam; Some Burgers, not liking this restriction, tempted on Suurday to pass the gates to the number of fifty. The guard at the gates refufed their passing, in which a fcuffle en futd, and one Burgher was (hot dead. The i*elt took flight. We have great fjiisfaftion in being ena bled to hold out to the Public the profpeft of a considerable reduftion in .the prices of all Forts of grain, in conference of the ve ry large importations during the last nine days. The following is ail sacount of the entries inwards, in the port -of London, of foreign corn, from the ift to the Bth of May, 1800, iacliifive . ' Wheat 45.7.57 Quarters Oats 36,138 Rye • 3.4J9 Birley 2 234 . Peale 1,538 Beans, 800 Together BS;a j26Qiiarters May 18. The king on Thursday was prcfent in Hyde Park, at a fie'd Jay of it"" orrnailiw L "' L *" un which wiT.t through their evolutions in v m inner rnuch tft their credit, and the fa tlsfaiilion of his majesty. In firing by com panics from the caitteto'fli&k, Mr- Ongley of the navy officers, who flood a few yards. from the king, received a mulket ball, which entered the groin and came oat at the back part of his hip. Vari- journals dated the i Ith* give ample de tails of the previous battles, and of a new one on the 9th iu which th; French were again fuccefsful Mornu is rtprefen red to aflert that he hat taken in all 10,00 c pri( irri vnd 4 pieces cf cannon, and that the Aulliiam ar- rctraatiug to ulm. May 11' Faris papers tho the a Bch indufive, reached ut this morning; These papers contain a Tele graphic Dispatch from Iluningen, dated the a6th in It Dating the capt»re of Memmiogen by the right wing of the French army. The Paris Journals Hate, that the battles of th« 4th and 5 th. were mod bloody. The loss of the Auftrians is estimated at 10000 killed and li,cco woum'ed; the Freich 5000 killed, and 7coo wounded. On the 7th, the Aulriansare said to have gained some advantages, but were soon com pelled to retreat. Ihe right wing of the French on the 9th, it it said, entered Lindau, and another was preparing to attack Brtgentz after puffing the Rhine a; Rhcineck. The French army seems to be advancing to Auglburg. DEAL, May 19 ■The Superb, Trail, from Charleften, ii arrived off Weymouth. On the 15 th initant, in long, is, lat. 41, tha was boarded by a privateer of ia guns, who had captured the Prinocfr Amelia Packet, from the Weft In dies ; and two brigs for Newfoundland ; one of them from Dartmouth and the other from Jersey. NAP PER TANDY. This day Mr. Tandy and Harvey Mor res were brought up to the King's Bench, under a ftrongefcort of cavalry and infan try. Lord Kilwtrden, Ciiief Jufljce, ordered the Clerk of the Crown to alk the pril'o ner& if they had any thing to fay to the Court ? Mr. M'Nd'.y, as Counsel for the pri&ners, said it was their wish that their trial should be postponed, as requeued on a former day on their part by Mr. Curr«n j that there was an affidavit l'worn, by which it appeared Sir James' Crawford, His Maje sty's Mmifter at Hamburgh, intended com ing to this City as a witness on their befealf. The Attorney General confenttd to pod pone the trial, when the Court ordered that the prifi.ners be brought up ajain this day week in order to be tried# if Sir James Crawford Ihould then appear in Court. The prisoners were remanded. The con course of people in sr.d around the Court wasiffimei.lt, and thepriloners appeared in gocd health and spirits. From the frequent mention that JtJTer fon was the author of ihe Declaration of In dependence—ignorant people might be led to doubt whether others, who were efteern ed patriots, approvid of the measure. If ! Merlon-penned the Declaration, it proba bly was an aceidcntstf"honor in the arrange ment of Committees, and every other mem-,; ber of Congress would have been proud of the task—The following letter from the per son who is now the Prelident of the United States was written the day after that De claration was made. The fervour of f-nti ment and language, would authorize a flrong presumption of the conflant fidelity of the writer to his principles. " Pliladelphia, July 5. 1776. f YESTERDA V the gre .tell queftios was decided, which was ever debated in A mtrica ; and a greater perhaps, never was, or will be, decided among men. A resolu tion was pafled without one difTcnting co lony, «• THAT THESE UNITED CO LONIES ARE. AND OF RIGHT OUGHT TO BE FREE AND INDE PENDENT STATES." " The day is paffird—The Fourth day of July, 17/6, will be a memorablt epoch a in the hiftery of Amrica. lam apt to believe it will le celebratedby succeeding generations as the great anr.ive fary fejlivat. It ought to b* commemcra ed as the day of deliverance by solemn a&s of devotion to Almighty God; It ought to be solemnized with pojnp, (hows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever. You will think me transported with enthusiasm } but I am not. lam well aware of the toil and bl >od and treasure, that it will cost us to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these Hates ; yet through all the gloom, I can fee the rays of light and glory;—l can fee that the end is more than worth all the means; artd that posterity will triumph, al though you and I may rue, which I hope we Ihall not. I am, &c. The Roxbury Troop of Horse met the President at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon at Dedbam, and had the honor to escort him from thence to Quincy, where he. arrived lad evening. The Marshal of the DiftriA attended at Milton. The President ap peared fatigued, having left Providence yesterday morning. The road the President took in returning to Quiscy, deprived the citizens of Boston of the opportunity of teftifying to him that their affeftion is unabated, by alTembling to form a refpedtful escort cavalcade. CHARLESTON, June 19. Senator Charles Pinckney, the author of the writing* on the cafe of Na(h, the mur derer and pirate, arrived 00 Tuesday last, from Philadelphia, in the schooner Minerva Laws of the United States. Sixth Corigrefs of the United States At the First Sbffioß, begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Mon day, the second of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine. To establish the District of Kennebunk, and to annex Lyme to Nciv-London, and to alter the District of Bermuda-Hundred and City Point, and thereby to amend an act intituled "An act to regulate the Duties on Imposts and Tonnage," BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the thirtieth day of June next, the towns of Wei's and Arundel, in the State of Massachusetts, and all the ftiores and waters thereof, (hall be a dillrift, to be sailed the diflrift of Kennebunk, of which the port of Kennebunk {hall be the sole port of entry, and the ports of Wells and Cape Porpois (hall be ports of delivery only, and a cclleftor for the didridt fliall be appointed to reGde at Kennebunk. Dualdi, Mayj. Sec. 2. And he it further enacted, That fliips or veflels owned in whole or in part, in the towns of Edgcqmb and Newcastle in the diflriA of Maine, having entered in due form of laws at the port of Wifcaflet, and taken on board an officer, fliall be permitted to unlade in the ports of the said towns which adjoin Sheepfcut river. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and after the thirtieth day of June next, the town of Lyme, in the State of Connecticut, and the ftiores and waters thereof, (hall be annexed as a tort of deli very only to the port of New London, and all vefFels bound to or from the said port ol Lyme, fliall firft come to enter anil clear at the said port of New London. Provided however, that the surveyor appointed to re side at Saybrook, iuall be authorized to vifi and infpeft ftiips or vefTels arriving at said port of Lyme, and generally to perform the Juties of a surveyor, as niay be requifitt within said poi tl~ THIS DAY'S BY BOSTON, July 4. JOHN ADAMS." AN ACT, Se&ien I. 3r. k , 4. /n.l uit jkrthc. 3 .{> -That .from and after the thfttietii day of ],;iie ne*t, the -dillrift of BjSntudu IliT.dred am] City Point, as at prifent r.Ni'titutid in UK State of V irginia, !hu!! be calltd tits diftritt of Peterlbitrgh, to coinprehind Pfterjbur. (i, City Point, and all the wstevs, (hires, bays, harbours and 'inlets of River, from IIo"ds and the juncVion ( ,f diiticknnhotTtinf to the ipr.iilon oi the James and Anoarsu tox rivv, and from thence-t> the high fefl tide w.iter of App -.mrutox, and also tie Chiiv-hvrning to its hirfhefl ;ldc watir mark'. And the port for the said dlftrli (hall extend. i'r..tn PcteiibnrgU to Cjy Joint. As.d anotVr dilf.ift (hall be f I'tnej to be called the |sFncl of I'.ichr.ion.', t\ comprehend Richmond,and Manehefter, and Bermuda Hundred, and all the watt is, (hores, bays, harbors and inlets of J.mti river, from Bermuda Hundred, itvcludiru the harbor thereof to the hightft tide watt of J .mes liver, and the port Ihi'.l extci* 1 from Richmond and Nla'nchcfter to Bermuda nundred« The office of the colleftor foi | the dilirict of Peterfbiirg lhall be krpt in the ■ town of Petersburg, and a collector shall be appointed for the Richmond diltrift, whose office {halite kept in the city of Richmond, and the supervisor's within these two dit trifts, (hall continue to reside at the places at prelent nftabli(bed by law. Sec. 5. And be it furtber encftti, Thai the r after of any ihip or veflel bound tc any' district of James River above Sewal's Point, lhall, before he pass by the said Point and immediately after his arrival either at the fame, or at Hsmptcn Road, deposit with the collector of the port ot Norfolk and Portsmouth, or of a trus manifeft of the cargo on board such (hip or veflel ; and the said colleftor (hall afte-- re gistering the manifefl, ttar/mit the sams duly certified to have been so depofitcd, to the officer with whom the entries are to te made : And the said coljeftor may whene ver he fliall judge it to be ucceffary for the security of the revenue, put an infpeftor of the cufloms on board any such fliip or Ves sel, to ncconapany the lame until her arrival at the firft port of entry or delivery in the diftrift to which such (hip or veflel may be deflined : And if the mailer or comm-nder of any such (hip or veflel, fhali neglect or omit to deposit a main fed in manner as afore faid, or shall refufe to receive an infpeftor of the cufloms on board, as the cale (hall require, he (hall forfeit and pay five hun dred dollars, to be recovered with costs of ■ juit, one half for the use of the officer with whom such manifeft ought to have been de posited, and the other half to the use of the colleftor of the diftrift to which the fa.d fliip or veflel m: y be bound* Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That such part and so much of the aft intituled " Ail aft to regulate the colleftion of du ties on imposts and tor.nage," as comes within the purview cf this aft, being con trary hereto, (hall be and hereby is re pealed. THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker of tbe House of Representatives, THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice-President of tbe United States, and President of the Senate. Approved, May ie, A.D. 1800. JOHN Adams, President of tbe United States. Sunday Schools. A Stated Meeting of the First Day or Sunday Sctoo! Society, will be held, at the ul'u'.il place, This Evening,- the 9th instant, '' at half piifl 7 o'clock. Panftual attendance is rc quefied. July 8 FOR CHARLESTON',' (S, C.) THE SHIP Mary A.nn, »> Francis Stewart, Mnjl r ; Will f-il on ?un4ay next. Commiflioners Johannes Van Etten, J Attest, E. Kellocg, Clk. July 9,1800 d,9ot A PARTNERSHIP. A PERSON polTcfiing feme capital, a coF.fi derible (hare of ir.duflry, and desirous of engaging as a partner in a lucrative bufincls, may hear of a fituatiwi. All prnpofa't oh thii fuhjftfl to be in writing, fesled and direiflcd to W. R. J Nc-w York, tnd lf r. : v. i V. \ l! j y 4 v: .'-1