nei Wre last rugbi teccirei at the. admi-v
alty. They corttain'thtelljcnce of the re
' newal of the bombardment of that town
and partem Friday last.The houses wdHhip.
ping are stated to be considerably damaged.
Paring the bombardment m the course of
which a great n umber tf sheHs were thrown,
'a VlivistenoT the efleftyVgUnboats ventured
out, for the purpose of -annoying' our -sqtra-r
dron ; but they were very nearly cut off by
the skilful manceuvres of our vessels, and re
" gained with much difficclty, the harbour.,
" The particulars of the attack will, it is ex
pected, appear in the Gazette' of this eve
: ning." m - - ;
'Arrival of the China Fleet.
Notice tvas received yenterday at Lloyd's,
-of,the safe arrival of. the Leeward-Island
'fleet, as-well.as that of the Lisbon fleet, and,
' thus in a very great degree were the fears of j
the merchants dissipated far the safety di the
' homeward bound trade. .At no period in the
- history f . Grcat-BrUairi were so. many, so.
valuable, and so ill protected fleets expected
to arrive at one time asduring the present
week. . i he China fleet, the Newfoundland
. Ibet, the LeCward-lsland fleet, the Jamaica
fleet, the Lisbon licet,; and tfce.UalUC tteet,
' were all hourly expected ; while an alarm
' wm fiven of a Frtrtiehciuadran havtner eki
ded the vijrilatnce'of our blockade -al"rest-.
!The lowest estltnate-ofthevaltieof the home-,
-Ward bound", irde, was between ; 1 6 and' 1 f
inillioria j th.erhire ckties to government wa i
above1 four millions. -It was of bourse to1 ths j
--"" nil underwriter ' frfnt rritiral
moment ; . and . rmfanguage can express the. I
satisfaction whichjWns felt m consequence of,
thin ChinnLeevrar.d-island trade,- but also
-of the Frerttksqudroii being safely scooped i
up a CanuretBay.. It spread universal joy
'through the city, . No apprehension is now
' entertained for the Jamaica fleet,' as by the
very favourable wind Nvhich. has blown
for so.ne days, they may be expected in a '.
-day or two. ' ' ,
SRI-TIS SltjL!.' AMO'HT.AVFTlt. S ,
vAugut 9.- An official account of the en
"gagement, 'between adimral Linois' squadron
and the Chfaafleetff merchantmen, is this '
"tnorhing published from' the, EasMndia
Home. It is contained iu a letter from the
commander of the -Ompany's-ship .Earl .
CamdciV, of which the following is an extract:
Kn ths l-f.h of'Hebraary, at day break, we
saw Pulo Auro bearing VV. S. V. and 8 -a. m.
signal Aa made from one of the fleet, for
seeing four sail in the S. W. Fuur vessels
"were immediately sent lo examine, and very
soon reported by sial. that they Were an e-'
nemy'f squadron, consisting "of a linecf bat
tle ship t:rce frigates, k one brig. At 4 P. m.
the lookout ships were recalled, and a line "
of battle formed in rlose order. As soon as
the enem could fetch in our wake, they put
About ; we kept on our crnirse under an ea
sy s Til ; a", near snu-set they were close up
our rear.and'I wis in "mrnenUry expec
tation of an attack there, : : prepired to
siYpport them ; knit at the clo .e of day we
perceived - them fwul to windward. W-
'lay to in line of battle all night, our men
at their quarters ; at'd jy break on rhe V3ih,
,e taw our enemy auotit three miles to wipd
ward, lying te. We twisted our colours, 6f
farirrg himbittty li he'those to come down.
The en'cmy'a four hips hciistctl French - co
Ioarn, the line pT ba:Uc . ship carrying; a rear--idmirari
fla ; . the brig was under Hatavian
colours At9A.w. tidingthcy would not
come down, we farmed the order of sailing,
and steered our ourse under m easy tail the
enf my litvj ClWtl theirssl and edged towards
Vs. A'.l t. n. Ending they prnposedlo at
tack r nJ cndwavourio cptofT our rear. I made
the signal lo. tack and bear down upon him;
and engage in succe-ition ; the Royal George
brin.the leading ship, Ur Gauges next, and
then the Earl Camden. This manruvic ws
T ccily pcrforrted, St wet.ood towards him
t:ider aprtsf sail ; the enemy then formed
m a very cl'isc line, and np-njrd their Rrc in
the heitil ri.Mt ship, which ws not rcum-d
by u tid.weapprorhrd him nearer. The
koyal Jeogvlrt tb WwiU f-tl -ctU,ir
ar.d gt,.iM near the tneir.y s he mil p-r-mithUn;
the Ganges an,d jlarl Csmdcn o
Jntlhcir 5re atuoii a the gunscotld hove
erf.-a; hut before.&ny.orhcr hips could get
ntfi jction, the encmv hailed their wind awd
st.vij aw4V to-thc i-astward under all the tail
(licy could sck Atf made the signal
far cn.-ral thce, nd pursnefi them till
4 p. m. whtn fcsr,fU? a loh'tr prsnit wmild
carry ns too tit from the mouth of the
StrtKht. and cnM Icring the inimefticpro
pmv at snkf, 1 tm'de the signal to tack, and
5 r. e arkchori) in a situation to proceed
I M-tlie tn'TaiKc of,Ue Strcihtainthc morn,
int. ; Aa fnr'vwr ralJ liti'nrnih lh t
iemy we ftrceivedhim a'eningloihe east 1
ird under a press of tiil.' Tle VoyJ
George liaA tie tnn YUA and airothtf
ouixl(d. manf shot in her hull, and mnfe
in hr stiU j h n few ht touc'.icd eithertha
(' If o or the CiB jes, and the f.re nf the
r n-my seemed to he (fl-dirccted, his nA it
IhrrUllmg short or aingoverus.
August II.
The rest nf le Jamaica fleet parsed I'orts
mnth yeerdi?t and 'lhui Imve all our
krtmewjrd hound 4l1 arrived wl'houl the
I'm of a rcs1!Hdn4inj lo 'any of ihcm
InRnite praise Uln?t Vp fipfalni if all
llt ship by which the fleets hare been ton
toyed. ....
I'rom Major Jciv:i'a paper ofUit ef.
ran.wccopv ai ke which aiCor.c 3)',
tiwlin n'l if i '.,uiU$f ircs:ittt as object
of piculiar furiosi (7--wheQT at riMtea to
J the Spanish ?.linisterr to ;the 1 Major1! Wp
sailirtt the attention " of "Mur readers to :' the
subject awd to the following facts ;
On the 20th ef 'August test, , there Bpear4-4r forced1 to adopt a "profession jliffercat 'frpm
tMajpp Jackson's paper, a-most tnalevolen. 11 "what you have heretofore pursued ; feut it is
I trail an explanation ofthemotivewil exctrte
Vne. I'tonardSer'yia, air as'a gentleman, a
man of letters, and a man of honor. ' ;
" By a poHrtcal ihjoleranre ycfuhmbeen
in
attack, "upon the govetnmeritj Sri "which the
Vilest epithets 'Srirere ewiploye'd ; "but 'we jc-.
P'.V)hsh it aecond,rimej it is as follows .'JIL.t.
'VVe have statLon infarmatiehwhichViH
not be cw.tradicted, that Spam: has" refused t6
ratify the cbnventien, heretoforejsgreedoor
which convetition among otherstipailatioiis,
allowed to the citizens of the -tlaited States
an indemnity for the - spoliations committed
on their' property -by the government sind
subjects of Spain. 'Hie reason assigneJ1)y.
Gevallos for this refusal was expressed as fol
lows: " The accession of Louisiana has sovari
td the relation's 'bcttceen ; Spain arid ihc' UuUeil
S!atesr tkdt ive cannbi and xvill net ratify ;ie
coavention." '
Herice it appears that the hasted actirsi
?tion of Lottisiiita,: Which has been;so 'much
trumpeted and c'lcbrated by our teading
string adniimst ra':on, and lor which we have
jpaid fifteen Millions of nioli.5-Rs, tir,
nearly one "fifth part of the whole ambivnt ; of
our national (lubt, may cost "Ffty .millions
more to quiet tlie possession. This boasting''
bargain turns out to be, ncifher -no mire &or
less than a purinht'ff individual injury and ne-,
'tional dishonsr "Of-INDIVLDCAL IKjURV, be-'i
ing the cause of an Absolute refusal to ratify,
an act of just retribution to our citizenif'--of
KATtrW!. iJlS'KOJCR. iitnmn ti -aij 'theVefu-
sal is made by a government, which (a pro
per exertion ot -cur power c6uld have .;i
compelled to the performance of its, -'en-''
gagemtnts, end even shaken to the base of its
autho'ity.
R;T( tlie emtrgies of our country 'are-para-.1,
lysed,and ber resources wasted in the tretrib- '
ling hands to whid. they have been ronfldcd.
The daimsof our citizens are disregarded,
and tli; "cfiamcte'r of the nation, when brought '
into ompctition with the ease and Conven- i
iencef our rulers, is an object of no impor-
tanct- , .. .
. The'frown ..of war tniglit shorten their stay
in bffKe-peace must, " therefore, be main,
tainedat any sacrifice." . ' .
The papers 6f the continent in opposition
to the. administration teemed with produc-
tiof.s cla sinriraYkmd, and m from the same
s)urc$,
In the sMtie paper of the Vh of September
appeared the famous (or infamous) 'Jetter
f.'om Madrid cotitaininrj'the three propoii
jions vhich have since appeared underlie
-aignaUre Of Graviora Manent. .
Anirntt! verting, upon this production.- in
No. II. Vf Spanish aggressions, we said
" the Wole 'article is easily understood' the
" source- from whence it comes cannot be
M mistiken aod Ynajftr Jacksin la.'rhade
" the instrumer.fof diplomatic kill r His
" malice towards the cxfctirhe has cnused
him to be Csed -and the object is to ob
4 tain is far as practicable a diversion "of
pKrty in favor ofthc measures' which" the
Hpanish t'ourt may have 'directed her agents
to, e mjilay V." J .
It vs in theurtra oflhe-frih of'Sep
temher'rf.t we published the-above article
from major Jackson's paper--a reference
to tlie dale off he miijor's al-idavit will shew.
thv.t tlrrx 4r mid rot discover In the auda
cious publications themselves, an 'indignity
to the A.tieiican govtrninnt of whicii he
was so long an'tft'.cerjnhat the hint wati pot
' thrown away.
"" ' -raox in nrciMtn..
fn ths discharge of an important, fcnd t
myself ar indispensibie, duty, the stibjyincd
statement was communicated, in the first in
stance, to the government. In a rer:"tful
solicitude fr the riht and intirest'of our
country the deposition and letters arc now
made pt.hiic.
Sept. 39th. Y. JACKSON.
On Thursday, September 6th, 1 804, about
nowt, a note, of which the following is a
transcript, waa left at my olUce, as my clerk
-iafarmsd.me, by , person. jy hp live ith
Mr. Francis Breuil, merchant in Phta3cf"
phii;: : :::;r
Ths msrquisde Can Yrujo preserva his
" com;diments to tnai ir Jckott and arould
" lc very happy to know from him when
an I where he could have the pleasure' to
aeehiin in the corae of this dy."''
Thurilv, l." J.
Never havin before received anf f-om-
I munication from Mr. Yruio-m:vcr having
i even elchif.gcd, one Wra of Con ve nation.
with him in my life-! was unit a little sur
prised arrtceising this intvaje, which I an
.swered hy a note lothe follnwini purport .
" "Major Jack son prtiema hrf compliments
" to the Marqnis de Caaa Yruio in 'rcpif
tohU note nt this raorping, just now' re.
teived, ' lajnr' Jackson will be at h't.cflke'
' until 3 o'clor k--od at his lmse In Chca
' nut street, next t!) Gen. Dickinvni,:tintil
" 4 o'clixk. at eit'ier of which placta he
will see the Marquis ae Casa niio or,
M if mora convenient, he will wait on Hm.M
" ThvnJjr, Srfl.l.'
Thii note was senl bv Mr. Johnson, ttiv
tlerk, and left at ifovernor M'Kean'a, Mr,
Hreiiil called on me soon after, and Jd, that
the mtrriisde Cirta Yriijo wwild be glad to
a s me at the tr armiU'hmise at 3 orl'ck. '
t akcd Mr Ilreuil if he knew on what bit
alnrss Mr. Ynjo wanted to are me he laid
he rid not Know. .
I went at eVIork to Mr. Yrujo'a !our,
nfw on cnirrm ; the loom, ws accosted by
liiuiin nearly 'he following words i
Ywi will he surprised major Jaikson at
the Itbert I hae taken in Mndirjj lo jTtni,bct
one in which you repialified to be very use
'fail.' I obserre by certain opinions expressed
: in your papertliftt: you Consider the present .
administration (for I will .not call them go
'verhment") as diMnclintd to go to vvat with
Spain, hmveverr4.cju are mistaken--the'Te-fVerse
ts rtie facu-and they "only ' w-ish -the
Vederil. papers to iitter'tfiose opiniohs that
they may have an argument, f that sort for;
'indulging ,their 'wish 'to go to war with
Vny country,, whjchwould.. certainly 'be very
inj uridu's to'yolr's-for if the Icing, "my mas-'-ter,
was to oi'der three ships of the line and;
six frigates' to the Iississippi--'--lhre ships of
'the 1 'Tie and six frigates To the "Chesapeake-,
aricT three ships Ofthe lirie" and 'six frigate' to
'Satdy Hook what VOnld' you -do? But you
have it in your power, to do niudh good, by
' esptousing the part of pecce, 'which is neces
av to both nat&fls-a-and'ifycHrwi! consent
to taVe elucidations on the subject' IVom me,
1 will furnish them"-aud I in.Vake you any
ackno vledgemeHts.1" Perceiving,fct this fo
ment, .his infamous purpose, I with'difhculty
stifled n'e emotions whichlit excited,, and re-
atrainet mv indignation. -rle Vetuon to ex
amine it i daUil the several points in dis-MUe
between. Spain and the United States and,
as i wish'tvl to' learn his opiinor.s 'respecting
them. T miNert-J him to wmVeed. A'hiong .
other ihingsv He said that iTMn riitekneyiad
acted bv inst-'uclions from the administra
tion, or if his ojnduct should be rpjirbved by
them war was'-; inevitable. Ikit he 'vacl no
doii'ot war Was tSe wish ol our aii ministration
--for he had'rec ived a. letter lrtm Nev-Or
leans dated on tha 25thof ApvrJ. last, which
stated that (here wns a letter ut that plare-in
Mr. Jeierson's hand writing, dated in March,
last, which declared tk.lifthc settlers between
the Mississippi and the Rio Perdido, would
raise the AtnericatvcolorB they should be sup-.
pofied. . i
He con'tinwe'dhis observatiMis, and pressed
'me to give him "an answer asfaring me that
this was no Hiplomatic mirr.Afjemcnt, but arv
epanchetnent unbosoming) of . himself 'tb '
me as a'man of honor and he trusted I wortl'd
so consider it. I then qVitted the ' ror.rn ; he "
went with meto the street floor, and gahjk
ed fne'whcn'I' would give him an answfer.-
With difficult I supprwsed the fndiBation
of my feelings and left the house.
Sworn the7th Sept. 1304. That the
contents of the within statement
are jr.st and true.
ETDWD.SHllEN, chief Justice of the
Supreme court of Pennsylvania.
"SiaT Philadelphic, Sept. 7, 1804.
Considerationparamount to all others, the
lovetf my'cbuatry, and a erse of personal
honor, which im'change of fortune dr circum
stance can ever cfl'are or diminish, have de
cided me, on the present occasion to address
yor ' " "
The accompanying document refers to the
most interesting objects that c: n engage my
attention, and for the moment, those objecla
banish every other rcmrn.biunre.
Mr. Yrwjo's ofiicial character, precludes
the only reparation I would consent to receive
for this aKernpt against my honor It is
for you sir, to determinate .what satisfaction
is due toour country and its governn.ent.
I shall ait the time necessary to learn
.your decision before I gic further puWitr
ty to the transactiott.
I am sir,
Your most obrtl'u-nt servant
V. JACKhON.
Thomas Jefferson, esquire, president
of the United Stales:
SlK, MonlieeVo Sept. U, 1804.
I have receired your IctttVs of the 7k!i and
9th instant, and thuH use the!- ci ntf nt in
due time and 'place for the benefit of out
country, as you aecm sufficiently appriied
tSat the person of rtie"Mai(niii Yrujo is un
ckr the aafegdard of ihe tiatlon, and arcurcd
by It's honor againxl U violation ! need add
nothing on thai head, on another however 1
may he permuted to add that if the informa
tion respecting a htter said to have been writ
ten by me waa meant a) a sample rf thw
communications proposed lo be given to you,
their loss will not be great, no such Utter wai
ver written by me, by my authority, or with
my privity, with my acknowlrgemetita fot
the communications' I tmdtr you my aaluta
t'rons. '
Tt JEFFERSON. .
Majr.WiHiam Jatliun. ' '
Duplicate. '
' mrxxim'
PHILADELPHIA Sept. inber, 14.
The folbwingExtractiof Litura from one
olour unfortunate countrymen la Tripoli, arc
very distressing and earnestly dcmvnd the
attention of the government
" 'rijtoli, JJrll,
Since my last, nolhiiif worthy of recital
has occurcd, except tha death of one of tur
crew. I fear this will Ulhi purport of all
future Ic'tcrat aa the summer is fast ap
proaching, and Ihe heal will naturally hare
a fatal effect upon your unfortunate touniry
ntcn, who are daily ykcd lu a largegton
which ihej are obliged to drag into the coun
try, where it is luaded with heavy timber lor
their return,'
M AtfiX 7.
AJew day ago, a amall craft, under
Enelish colors waictotured bv the Svren.
Jl on thiat'jaiiort in cncctce of which lie
'Bashaw 8eT)tTorthe41i'ritjafi Consul" to Xritt ,
Whether a United 8ttea feneJ dart take nuy
articlei' out of a vetsft Undet ihe protection
-tf-his Lkjesty re !;i M. M'Donoogfi
'Answered' in the amative;, idso gave tu
Bashaw a wriUeflrtificate . passport.
he.'VgaM;' was wricdiately ladened with
a very valuable i cart, belongi ng Ho the Dash
aw's subjects, and iet sail for ' Malta.; but
Unfonnately'for ais Majcbty Cdiihut, ah
was captured almost tinder the forts. Capt.
Stewart; ''ordered -Jer' for Syracuse, ih .
&ashaw sent for Mr. M'Donough, and after
giving ' him -t.Ml5cie.nt abuse, ordered
kim to quit -is dominions in 13. hours. ""
"The next day he sel sail for Malta in a - small
raft ; but was captured eft" the harbour, by
'the Syren andent to Syracuse, His excel-
'lency is very Touch enraged, at the conduct
of the British Consul, and is determined not
to receive hirn''agin,"let the consequence be
what it may, ve sre in hopes that this ufl'air
will brifig-Lofd Nelson, oft" this atationi . . .
,Five months hive already expired of oiw
vcaptivity, aid yet no hopes of our country a
redesming usl Howevttr, 1 trust, tliey will
recollect m w1ok hands and at whose .mercy
we are.' Adteii.''' ,
On Saturday evening last, William Barry,'
a mariner from Novfolk, aged nineteen, mas
"stopped hr the street by se veral Spanish sai
lors; and without any provocation on his part
stabbed in ifour'plicea. He was taken to the
Pnsylvania Hospital, where he now lah
guishvs undeHiii deep woiuids. This ou4-
Tagc vlvuving irfceusedvt,he Atnericnn Rilops
"several scenes of. riot hd -vkdence . occuritd
in feiae course of yesterday ; and last nig,h't,
wtrare. in formed, a bodjv.'Oiflicse iiicoiisiderate
ncn, armed with clwbs 'kc. proceeded, to
a'liouse inhabited by 4lte crtw of a Spauish
vrssel ndw'.in port, aiwl ctHnmcnced a most
.olent assault. -The building was alauost
entirely demolished, and we are informed Sve
or six Spanish sailors khcr killed on Ihe
spot,'ov.o severely wounded, as to render
. their livrfprecariwi. . Several of theni'have
been tal: jti to-the itospit&l, and the ring-leaders
f the riot committed lo gaol.
-IMPORTANT DECISION.
"' TaW schooner Sarah, if Norfolk, wbS cap
tvrred by a French privateer on' her passage
from St." Domingo home, in the moh'h of -April'dast,
having on boafd a tarjo of 5of
ee to the value of about 50,000 dollars.
The vesd was. tarried into a port in the
island ofCnba where th; captora disposed
o'f vessel and cargo, the latter was shipped
in another, vessel and sent to Charleston.
A variety u circumstances satisfied the su
percargo of the Sarah that there was no cvn
demn&tion of Vessctortargo : in consequenct
of which-, iweasures were taken to arrest the
cargo uxm tx arrival in Charleston; and a.
suit waa .fRstitutcdhitrjeOBurt of the United
States for 'the district of South Carolina.
On the tsft of this month the cause tame on,
and after a Very learned and long argument,,' .
the court pronounced in favor of the plaintiff,'
the former owners on account of the proptrtj
not Jiaving ittn UHkiemntd, before sale to ihe
defendant, the present owner and ordered.
restitution of the toffee. or payment at an ap-
priced value,aud costs . ' '
IPlL M JNG TO N, N. C.
TULSUAY VClUWtiU 9, 1804. .
We ete aW.norized to aay, that SAMfia
Askei lisq. sen. wilt serve, if elected, aa ) .
lector of President and Vict-Piciidclit of the
Unitcxl States for ihil Drstrict.
Hy the fas wTTf.g ship Sally, Capt. Web
tors of the Chrtnifrce have htcu favored with
English papm to iSe tiiirtkikih oi av
vst.
The atfalfs oT Great.Briaih wear a very
OisastrCus tOfnplexion. The it.trlcnt Ptci
mier ta gotn all lengths to eatablish himself.
In powrer," tut nbtwiUistahding all the tner--fcicvx
tt govemmen,tand he is the father.
f thai aanguinary lykUin. which it baa been
Tash tunable with our Kojml 'foction to tall en
f gy) there Is an evident aentimentoT horror,
among the people, toward hira and his mea
sures. He cohttived, by his aecrc InBocnce
with ihe elder bfancet ol the royal familyjlo
eject poor Addington from office, whose on
ly criminality, In. the, cyta or the nation, waa
hia obvepjiousnetf to Pitt-Irt the change
there -is but little alteration rA governing folly,
nr that ihe preseni Mrniuerii ihe more ti
V)knt of the t wo i It is he b kl auccceJcd
by imc Stoi 1)0w it wifl terminate, lu
actretthainHamati aarachy can discover
It appears, b; lelten from Vlymoath, tkat
Cantheanm hai tKaWrd from the outward!
raad of Brest, with four tail of the Une and
! fire frigatea. Mce-Adrhiral Gravca had In
telliptnce of ihe event, a few houra after-
j wards, and lailed In pursuit of ihem, with alx
sail nf the line hd Iwo frigates. The desti
nation tf C.antheanme is noi Inown th9
pftJbilit)r Ia that he is going to Ferrol est
the Struts, or to make a daati tipon the Bri
tish Easfrlndia fleet. .
Thi i eUctioo for a mtmWr of Parliament
f'r M'ddlcaca, his terminated In the most
ahimcful manner. The candidates were bir
FrantU BorJttt, and Mr. Mainwirinj i the
former had a considerable majority, yet (he
Sheriffs made a morn In favor of Mr. Maui
warin 2 No act of government wai evci
upposed lo be mora atrtcloua In principle
than this tut It is U it, and that it aay
Jng enough pon the lubject
lrslapd itMl flatf frijltfol itypj'ctcJf