M F Tea and land forces are afieroTrfnrg
with the intention; no jdoubr, of alarming
U$-J and of providing for Tome time longer,
employments for the troops that have been
drwn from Germany fince the peace. JWe
do poYbelievc that Buonaparte has it! fern
outfy in contemplation to make even an at
tempt of fuch a nature ; our government
however, is only vigilant and active, and, if
our countrymen be but true to themfelves,
thil fea girt ! iflej; giarded:by her Wooden
walls,1 may defy the machinations of the
rrcat Republic of France. i .
The Exeter paper of Wednefday fays.
We have s the happinefs to announce , thatk
in confequence of the recent importation of
foreign grain and ihe immenfe ;y additional
'oiiantitv of wheat fhor tfy cxpe&ed 1 from
; Ruffia and other Northern ports, that "ar
ticle fc'I in pricelaft Saturday at SouthmbU
tony from 7 to 8s. per bufhel : .jat that time
upwards of idqi bags found their way to
marker' and onlyiabout 8 bags ''of 'it were
fold. The farmers, in confequence made
application to the Lord Mayor defiring to
tie informed what: they were to do with their
flock on hand ?jto which the Magiftrate
vcryjuftly and judicioufly replied : that as
thej importation- of grain from abroad orfgi
riatdCfrom their own 'raifreprercntatibn.of 2
fcarcity at home, i they have to thank them-
. feIvesfor the confequence of fuch deception.
.. : 'May H-. ;;. ' :. -J
The Park and Tower guns wer5 yelterf
t3ay evening fired, in confequence of the
i difpatches received from Egypt. ; ! '
The attack in Egypt on the iift of Mafchv
is faid to ha ve been commenced by the Trf
viricibte Legtott . a regimen r of 1300 picked
grenadiers, to whom the Directory prefeiit
ed ia Standard cabled, ' The Invmciole
Standard,1' -who. made the attack in a ftate
of intoxication ; the flints having been taken
but of their guns that they might rely only
On the bzyonct. It commenced upon the
42d jrcgimerit; of Highland ioor, who, xrorh
their drefs, were mi ft a ken for Turkr. They
penetrated the lines, and being nobly oppo
fed, fought ecjiial to 'any but Bfidffi troops,
and lefuling to furrendef, Were every man
f killed and buriedwithin the Englifh lines'-
not lone furyivedjtb tell .the dreadful itae i
Yjefterday.lin the .! HoulV of Coinmons
Mr. Addington.iafter a verv eloduent en-
! logujrn onShe bravery and discipline of ih
I 1JJH a 1 V V I 1 1 - I I I II I I r t H 1 t m II Ik
- J J y - 7 - - - - - r j w
to, give dircV'tipps for the erection of a
Monument in:St;i PauTs. to the memory f
the . ever-lamented Lieutenant General
Sir Ralph Abercrorhby, . who having, by
his cpafummate fkill knd bravery, effected a
' landlno- on the cmfl
-S 3- w w mj n f itJ VF
a powerrui and well I prepared enemy, did,
5-tie2ift of March, r8oi,'reM an ob
' ftinaMnd defperate attack made upon" his
" linesjby a chofen ;and I veteran army vben
he received a mortal i wound, hut flirl nnr
"'withdravv from the field of battle until the
forces underu his kommand, had gained a
glorious and'immOTtall victory, and to a ffure
his Majefty that this! houfe will make gbod
the xpence incurred in erecting the fame.
-Agreed nttn. con. j , .
Thanks were, aifo voted Admiral Lord'
Keith', Sir Richard BUkerto'n, ard the Of
. ficeri arid Seamen of the fleet off' the coaft'
f,Egypti;- : .........
Ihe , ball which truck Sir Ralph, enter
ed his thigh and ! rofe upwards, lei that it
;vras jfrapoiriblej to extract it,
. .The remains of' Sir" Ralph Ahsrcromby
"were brought' hbme' inthe Flora frigate,
which, it is expeaed,' will be depofited un-
4der thfc Monument to be creeled to hU mtf.
. Buonaparte's L'vihclbie" Standard' i w's
'yellerday brought to the ofBce of the Secre
tary; of State for India .affairs', i
' jLbrd Hobarti in the Houfe ! of LoVJs,
1 prefented a? Meffage from the King,' ftating
.that he had granted the dignity of a Barbnefs
(to Lady Abercromby, which was todefcend
to the male' heirs' of Sir Ralph', with a' pea.
iflOn of 2QOOlr a VPar anH AC .U .
1 . . . . 4. ' . ' j . weir
Ldrdfhtps to enable him to fc cure the lat
ter part of the grant. -
On the J4th iofl. Lord HawkcJbury bro't
frito the Houfe I of Commons, a Jvlcffage
from his Majefty, recommending to the con
fideration of the houfe, to grant him the
means of affording fuch fuppor t, 1. by wry
of fubfidy,; to her Majefty the Queen of
Portugal, asinay beft enable her Majefty to
take loch mealures fot the defence of her
fengdom as the exigencies of affairs maj require.-
He then gave notice, that he fhonld,
on a future day, propofe to grant to his Ma.
jelly a fum not exceeding 300,000!. forjthis
purpofe, - . d ; 1- :'.; t:.u - j J
The guards whb.ihavd.-; been drafted For
Hgypt, marcnea rnis rr.urnang ror rorti
mouth whne they ire tb Embark with the
24th and 6th 'regiments and fail immtdi!-
ateiy under convoy or 10& i,una ana Aq;ve
frigates
regiment,
The two battalions of the loth
ftatipned at Minorca 6 regimenti
cavalry including! the York Huflars, and
corps of artilleryJ are alio junder order$
for the fame dellination. j L. 4
tJ' Thetraiifports wllibc : convoyed by three
fhtps of t be 1 ire, with f rigates, i) nder the
command of Rear Admiral ;PoIe, and as
many troops will befput on board I the mei
of wsar as they! can jconvenieiitlyj take
?rcre OuantitV of militarv ft ore. &c. is
t A draft of three hundred men ah d 6 pffij
vaincnne me orear, ,t or tne encocrs.. -
of commerce and indtftry, land corfirmin
ihe city Charter. Third, An'aQ indcm
ty. Fourth, . Aboliftihg the Chancery Z
Inquifitipn. . Fifth, Repealing the prohihi '
tion of eaportatioB of commodauon at a ,
pruYiui.jg iiiuciuxiiucaucns lorsmoie uhbhaii'
lunerea oy ir.i 1
A'
alio
cers from thefecond
guards are ordered
arid third tegimems jot1
to proceed from 14on
don on Thurfday morning for Portfmputh,
to embark jfbr Agyr i 't; .j.;r..;'.'V'.-J r4,':'.
J The Citoycp Frabcois of thej 1 5th mffi
nas ihierted a 'Jetter dated Havfej the 6th
which ffates that i . letters from! Toulon
announce that the fuadron commanded by
Admiral Gantheaunie failed on thegth lp
real, (April 25) with 4000 troops for!
gypfv' -,U .: v'r"; : ' v
We underftand that Minifters,when thev
Hf ft heard of Sir Ralph Aercromby's death,
- 1 ci.. . r. 1 ., ii:
hi TO 1UC
1ZT ' -
i.v.tchinfon
ceed
was
him,
too
wiih the command
fearing that General
young to ! be entrufled
but they are now fo much fatisrled with his
conduct and the ability dif played in his Wif.
patches, that they have recalled General
Floyd,, and confirmed General Jiutchinlfonl
The laf ferjis knewn 10 be a very good officer;
and he ias rfimh beloved by the army)
t Juft before his deai Sir Ralph Abercrtom.
by received a difpate h frmIndia, rcnctincT
ing as it is reportedi the impoffibility; of feed
ing aii a rfiiy ! Foin ijtmbay : 1 This; hes is
faid to have been forvardtd 0 Ebptand in
r ri ! J -; y J . ,. .. t
tne r Jora. -., , k - " 1 .
CONSTANTINOPLE, April1 .
In the attack which Gen. Menou made
on the 'Enghih, 21ft of March, after a
Council of 1 War,' was held at "Alexandria, the
greater part of the ccrps which he brodght
up from airo, conhlted of Copts, Gieeks
and African recruits. -U i !.
'Another, and decifive battle is ex peeled in
gypt, when General. Regnier fhall cime
up, who, is op his march with a frefbcprps
of z 2,060 French and African troops... Ivlu
rad Bey likevife has procjifed the Frcncfif
alliltance. 4
' : From Ftte jfy Galroiinl j?ownafc " ;?
To Citizens if tit fiatl tf Aonh-Carblina.
THE expediency of; making fome improve
rneti.t in our form . of government t&
labJifhedj by the Convention of Beceniher
i775:t. re.h fupp'ojrted' by the opihjoo of :
the moft enlightened men in i ihe (Ute for
fevt'aI .rsiPaft anf the puUic fentiment.
har of late Ioudl.,calfcd fer Jhc mcalure, i
tneP!6n: of the cWflitution of thej
iUf ited States made a;newr,riftribution of "
;the Toyefeiri pbwe r. f and placed us in a fi-
uatibh:vhich.had. belen fied by rip experi?
of nations, it
wai patiently
ence tecbrded in the
was ccrtiiriiy Wood nohrvito
time to obferve Us etfeat
r?e de v elope men t 'ofj? i t s "rir mcipies, a nd to
make a fair trial of thetr loint ,onrattUn;
vThi$-6bcia has been 1 c6mplete!y::obtained by
u p?Mncnc.or:qean inireeo. years, , Ma-
.for their .pa:
underftanding.
ny men,
triotifm,
deemed
refpjlable
nee j and v
he prefent an inaufoicidus mommr.
to actenapt the , amendment , of a conftitutionij
OWincr tO the nrrvalpn" rtf ,hr. , ;il .
dangtobi;:opi ,hich the FrencSr
r revolbtiori had k ven !a coficJcrabie decrree
6f vogue and celebrity in thefoutherri ftatesl
.8- uMgcr, ijuweycx;; no, ionger ex!ts 7
thele fantaftic and fan'guijpiyj theories ..iiavc.
been exploded, on a full experiment, in the
country twhich gave tfim birth. T Their no
velty early extra cled ; general attention . :
tneir prpgrcls was anxiouUy. marked by fur
rounding nation and their refuits have ex
cited only tne fen time m$ of horror and difW'
gufh.v Jtherff fesutious of j innovation, and
deeply .imprefled with the higli importarjee
of the meafure.) have vyiflied f it pbftpbned
uftder the expectation that th mals of our
pofitical information would in a few'years be
oofjdeiab)y iricrefedf affpriditjg; a raiionsl .
jiope that'l the Convcntiop migjht be prccurt
p or mcniiu more capably, of jn;dgi3g . .cor
retlly cf the faults of lour . cpnftitmionand
ameJioriitinJts prbyifipns ; alleding- at the
fame iimei that the Drorreffive wifdom of
km
ree
re-
HaMBUKG, j May -4'
, - j . . ; s - 1 t ...f . . ; - j.. ; I
, The navigation of, the Elbe has been
:fince the iftinftVl The buoys are alfo
placed. "r .
, Uti the night of the 2d. I two couriers oaf-
fed through tHis place,! one frop London to
Berlin and the other fro ni Peterfburgh! to
Copenhagen,; ,.'.,';. I , .
. Some of the Oerrrian papers, .declare tKat
the Emperor of Ruffia, has written with
his own hand, a;, very, friendly letter .to
Louis XVI 1 1, and ihe ipenfiori of 266.066
rubles is continued to htm' which tie is now
ciijuying at mittau;
PETERSBUR0H, tfpril 20I
On the i3ih in(t: ifie. Senate was tionour
ed wiih' the prefenc ot Imperial majelly.
Several Ukafes have been DublifheH . Flirff
eonfirming the rights of the nobility, fee-
w"ui c-cuaDiiinjng the regulations of
the General Aflembly. would counter. balance
fufficiently its defeclsi and "comoenfate the
cominuniry for the immenfe annual expence
incurred in p'ts fupport.., 1 iwilf not permit
mylelf;to believe that there is hnot good enfe
fnough; in the ftate to make 1 the-neccfiary
improvements ;iand however ifjatterifg oiui ?
profpecs may be of increafihglour .lock; of
in formation i t, i s Ve r r ai n ly hot neceflary to
defer.rtf-J meafure riowi almoft iindifperifable ,
for, the pricertajr r;arriva1 of this apolitical ; diL
penfatjQn.-jAsior the expejclation of finding
lonie equivalent in .the, prOgreffive' wifdom,
of, our LegiflatuTe, I peg leave, to efer . the
citizen who repoes ori this J, vjfjonary hope,
to thevaclsand journal of cur 1 Aflembly for
five years 0aft,; and while, remarks therivo
lfjus objects opob Wh,ch jhejf have employed -r
their attentiori .and wafted ihe f'piiblic time
and treafure, and" the entire, wJnt of fyftem -
and, policy, in their afls arici proceedings,
while he feels hrmielf cornp?l(ed to graduate
the decline, -inftead oflthe prtSgreflionof the .
Legiflati v; hody.i n political wildom; ; he rnuft
not attribute thefe hiortifying refiilrs ,to the
general flate of moral or pblitical; fciene ia
North-Carolina, but to thejj true caufe 7
certain f'adicarerrdrsJnthforkhof'OMr.b''.'
vernment. wfioferdpffrtii7i I riffriiflioh has
sgiven this .-unavoidable direction to its adnii -
.JJiCj principal objefiions topur prefent1
constitution may Be comprehended under the
following heads : j 1 ' ,
r iftr The nurhber of riTemWrs in the Gen
eral Afiemblv heinor nor nn lv nfrlefs hut "in
Jomemeafure. incompatible with, the difpatch l
relation to our population, c'r the fe w. abi.- -
fimple interefts now reprefented in a ftate ,
1 t - - -' r J
uiiurc, ana incurring an j immemz
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