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LONDON, March 24. t V From Egypt. 7 7 ; ' The particulars of the capt ure of the lthportant port of ELAiifoh, in Syria, by the Turks aFe thus given ou official authority V , . The Turks were led by Britifh officers, and mud have fought bravely, having loft ja men, in ftorm inp this fortrefs, which. Buonaparte himfclf coafidei cd as the key of Egypt. This folly accounts for the ob ...Jlinatejciiita only; I co men have been faved, being: made prifemers, from a garrifon of 20 men. Immediately after this defeat, ' the French General Kleber ofFered to the Grand Vi zier to capitulate merely defiring the free'd-parfure of the reft of the French army. The Grand Vizier thinking this to be the fafeft way, and not wiming fatthcr to rifle his glory, r'coiifeQted to. that propofaL as -it would fully anfwer the views of the Porter to which -the taking f- the--remaining -or Seoo-lf rench troops- woula prove ot httle krvice, and might besides be trie caufc of much blofidfhed.-- Vebelieve the particulars this important tutelli jtjcfi. JEcJro ug hi to jG o vern mr nt on Saturday by Mr. Melritz, who left Conftantinople fo late as the 21ft of February. - - "Not a fyllable appears in any of the lejteri brought byThefr mails, refpe&ing the reported indifpofition of the Emperor of Germany," neither is the King oT Denmark dead, as aiTerte'd in the Ficuch Papers which arrived the week before laft. . ' RUSSIANS. . , -' All the accounts agree that the RuflTuns are aJvane iiig to a very ftr'tiiidablc force towards the fhores of the' Baltic, wh.re as foon' ns the weather breaks, an corps of 20,060rnifn, and feco-ded by the Infurgenti of Font an n abuotia. The campaitrh has not vt commenced on the Rhine. The Ruffian troops, under the command of general Lafcy, have quitted their cantonments in Wolthynia, and are on their march to Riga, where they are to be embarked. : i : : r , ; " ; - The Court of Vienna has rejected Buonaparte's pro pofition for a feparate peace. . , '.' Bttana:parte Jbai timgacd. the tittjngs. of .the Tri bunate and Legiflative body of France. , ' . Tuefday's gazette contains accounts of the capture of five large privateers lal-iy will embark for Britain A treaty has been concluded between the Emperor Pa'-l and the king of-SiVeden, which tends evidently to draw ..the latter in the war again!. France In which cafe it will be iinndili'jie for Denmark any lon ger to, remain neuter. ' :i ; -.- r M a rch - 2 5 - 1.113 lUlillflld ICl-ltU IdllS IJS.'CI 3 IU IDC we -fi4 a?Ajtrtc-tizY latcTauntrofoh tuiday. A proclamation of the Firtt Cor ful was dcli-xa:ed.ta4heX6gillativ-Bod yr by- whtcb the lmiags of that body were prorogued from the 2id March "to the 1 ft April. We have great fatisfacHtfon in informing our readers thit our private letters fi oin Germany, as well as the public!, accounts, all agree in reprefcutiiig the anwe r given by ,'thc court of Vienna,-to the overtures made by Buj:.u..icitf eurrftnTri-ffi-t which was returned by our miniilcrs. It appears that fti the fame day on which a feparate peace was prppo fedto the king of Great Britain, a feparate peace was propofed to the Emperor of "GtrmaryT" BothThave objected $0 a feparate peace, and both have Itated, in anfw er to the communication, that the difpofition of the Chief Cohful, and his power to al up to that difpofition whatever it might be mul be judged of, VQt by ptofeffions, but by experience. Rumour, however, Hates, that frefh overtures have been made to the Court of Vienna by Buonaparte, and we are cvjn told, that the Britiih Government is, in cxpc&ation of another com itr from Paris. - . The combined French and Spanilh fleets rcrfialned vfnug in Bieft harbour 011 T-Uidday Uft t 7 The firil remittance of the fubjidy to the Emperor was made bv the Hamburg mail of laft -night, The arrangements between the courts of London and Vi enna are compleitdr- Sir Alen"Gardrterwlth feven (hips bfthe line and ; ;t wo l frigate's, part of the channel fleet,' hal put into A letter from Leghorn of February 3, fays"11 that from the 24th to the ?oth or anuary cc niercliant vefllls have arrived here, among which there are three Genoefe polcres,,captuied by the Mutiue Britimbrig, one laden4u ith Wine, tobacco and lead ; the other two with wine, and corn. The American fhip Boflon, capt. Freeman, with fujjjar, coffee and dvers wood. . 1 ne fimtiic.an-uiip vfiru.ja, v-apc. tuimes, rrom Boflon, with fug a r, cdifct, pepper, campeachy and ' ebony - wood. -' --The .-.Betiiiia ,(ia ptajjaVJikff-frorri --Philadelphia, with fug.ar, cocoa, and (lock fiflii The Minerva, Captain Natale Brafili, from Tunis, with corn, buckwheat, barley and wax ; this fhip has been taken by a French privatcy,and retaken bythe Bri tiH faio of war Thunderer. The great commercial houfe of Boyd, Benfield and co. has at length-been declared Bankrupts ia theGa' - . an extent againft all the property that could be found. The amount of its debt is i6o,cool of wluth icd,oool 13 f -r monies which it hal advanced for a remittance , which the houfe ifSTayd and co. was to have fent to the Cape pf Good Hope-, and 50,000!.' which was ad .tA 'Vf. CiC.M'. krivL rur. tj?. t, ct'ji.' . jT.ja. tj? ' mi t 1 1 ' c . jicnnciu s cuccis in inuia wm uc cuai 10 aniwci tnia . GLASGOW, March 29. , Paris papert till the 20th .inft. were received on WcJnefday It would appear from a poflfcript to a Gcnoefc gazette of the ift March, that hoftilities hava erriffitlc artiple trom Leghorn uatcs, that - ivienau was aivanc ing rapidly againft Genoa, followed by general Otts BOSTONrMay 17 Since our laft. the fhip Galen, Caot. Steward, has arrived here from London. Our files of London pa pcrs are 10 the 23d Match; " - . v On the 22a Marchf-fi ve of -the delayed mails from xlambtujr, arrived at London- Their contents are not very important ; but they bear indications of i JicgociajionfgrpeaMieLwe ana tnc- prime conlul ot , f ranee. I bete jauications appear in the continual interchange of couriers, and communications between the two cabinets in the propofuion which Buonaparte has made to withdraw allhf8 tioops from "Italy, and make3he Rhine the tri tn A 1 c r.c i-i H.niiUi in . r . . a r o r. . r . . u'vutiuai i.o ui in, ituuiiL , iu iuc iUdtiitiLy, ur iijci c parade of warlike preparation, which prevails in both armies ; and it is adddd, in the precarious fituation in vhich Aullria finds itfelf from the rapidly" declining health of, the emperor, and from the neceffity it will be under tolrequire the affiftance of Trance iirprevcnt riig, in cafcVf the death of "the Emperor, the king of Pruffia being e'efted king of the Romans ; and confe queatly the imperial diadem from being transferred to thi houfe of Brandenbourg. It is a fad, that one of Buonaparte's principai Generals rcjrnained at the Auf trian head qua'rteis feveral days, perfe&ly at liberty ; and that French officers cf rank are frequently palling tnrouga thole neau quarters from Paris to Vienna, and back. Either Prince ChatJesdces n pe&a rfnevr- hof JhotWfitte"8 nb riakedparts which he fears fhould be expoftd. The Britifh government wi i- tersradmitthcHpo this negoeiatioa to be well-founded ; and aver they can fee nothing in it alarming to Great Britain : as -flic will be able to command a better peace when (land- ing aioae, ttia.11 when comptlled to lacnttcc it conquclts to the ihtertfts of others. . The Auftrian army is in great force, exceeding T5076'ootf bopsTrpT weTT paid . The' health of the Atchduke has made it nectflaiy for" him to repair to Tophtz. General Kray commands in chief in his abfcnCe. ; J j T'-t.,777 7777 In Italy, it is fa id, the French garrffon of Genoa has made propofitin.s to General Ott, to svacuate the place. . The Auftrians are in force in the neighbour hood of Gnoa, arid have opened their trenches before Gayi. " - The Ruffian troops have pofitively returned home : and the Emperor of Ruffia has officially notified the courts of Berliii and Drefden thereof. It is, however, (till rnintaincd that 45,000 of thefe iron cafed veter ans will be employed by Great Britain, in enterprizes aiid;'expcdiiioii3r Several accounts Mention a negociatiori between the Gtand Vizier and Gen. Klebcr in Egypt, for the eva cuation of.that country by the French. -' A.i expedition, in which 17 battalions of Englim troops were to be employed, befides Ruffians, was'in rcalinefrto fail dien: the Galen left England. - It is commanded by Gen. Stuart. -Its deftination is fuppo fed to be I Ii'ta, and when reinforced, Egypt. We do not larn any particulars of the progref3 of the negociation at Pari. Our Envoys .wf find, at tended the Funeral Eulogy pronounced at the Panthe- on, in nonor ot vy uiinngton. clined to place much confidence . - . . ' ' 7: " You may fafely ftate, and I darefay yoa will ftatc t with furrow that Timothy Pickering, whofc firm nefs has withftood the ftoirn which threatened fdr the laft Few years, to lay wafte the fair inheritance of his countrvrhen : Timothv Pick'erincr. whofe enerpiea have - - 9 - cj----; - - q - diflfufed thrmflvea1 thrcu?hcut the vein of hia trymerji, and infpired them with a manly confidence in heirf inment TihJPick fpi- rit and induftry have given a ftrengtE and cement to the federalilt3, and who. kas prevented this country, from the rapacity and intrigues of a foreign govern mciitt Utftplaced or diftnified from the cffice'of fecrc tary of ftate, an! Genera) ? John Marihallr of Virgiui, is nominaled to fucceed him." - May 17. --- -- RETURNS of the ELECTION for MEMBERS of-ASSEMBLY-throughout-York. . Fedr'l Repub'n Richrnond Quee6 Sutfolk New-York Wellcheder Dutchcfs Rockland Orange Delaware Ulfter Columbia -Gieen Albany RcnlTtlatr Fedr'l Repub r o 0 O O I o o ' o 2 3 6 2- 6 4 4 3 4 10 1 5 o 1 o o 6 b C!inton& Effex o Saratoga 7- Wafhington Montgomery Schohaire Ontario Herkemc r Oifego Ontida Chenango ; X" 6 o 1 1 1 Qiiondaafo 2 2 I 47 1 4 o 6 o j0 2 3 o i l 61 Republican majority 14 SENATORS. Federal Southern Diftrid. Middle Diftrift EaiternJDijiriiL YVcitern Diftrift Republican 2 11 11 26 Total Republican Majority in th Legiflature 14 5 PHILADELPHIA; May 20. We have the pleafuie to inform the public, that the boundaries between the Uniud States and Spain, ty, and that Andrew Eiiicott, commiffioner oathc part 6f the United States, has depofited in the office of the Secretary of State cf the United States", the original Plat and Journal of the proceedings, ligned and rati fied by the commiffi'jners of the two paities. Tor fume nights pafl the moll horrid cruelty has been pradVifed in this city upon the pcrfons of unproteded . females, by fomc unknown villain who has attacked and jtlabbcd them. The weapon ufed Ins beea a fhoema kei's Awl, one having been extruded from the back of a Lady. The attacks are confined to no particular qu aitcr it has bes-n ucaitrin feveral ftreets and at various, lumrs after dark it is hoped the villain will not lung efeape jyftice. t 7 ' TROM THE f W I L A I) E L P HI A GAZETTE,. - VINDICATION o Mr. JEFFERSON. Nj. I. Tr. JcfFerfon is frequently atcufed by the federal ifts with having1 no attehtnenteitherg rthe naval --or: commercial interells of his countrv. Mow far thefc charges aie founded, may be feen by In Ireland, ltroiig iymptoms; or rebtilion have re appeared in feveral counties'; a new Rebellion Bill" has pafled the lTiih parliament ; and large bodies of troops wtre embarking in England forIrcland. The bufinefsof the union is generally fettled but the bill .hasJLaieecivctheJ dated NEW-YORK, May 15. ExtraS of a letttr from a gentleman in Philadelphia May 13.- ' I mentioned to you jefttrday, that Mr. Pickering had rrignedhii office of fecietary L-f ftate, I have now the difagreeable talk of informing youJLhat MrtJ)ick er'ing haslbeerTmJTfom office by tfie rrefident !; Ot the circumltances which attended this extraordina ry, procedure, I can relate fubh as have tranfpiicd : That on Friday, Mr. Picketing received a note from the Prefident, informing Iwmjthat it would be a'gree ble if he would r'clSgn- hi office. Mr. Pickering, in VfweryTdid,-that it had been his wiflt fomc time ago tb rcfipn. but at this important ciifia, he had confidtr ed it a duty irrcurnbent on him, to remain in his of fice and added that he could not new rejigri, and that the Prefideut might th" as he thought proper. Mr. Adams theninformed Mr. Pickering, laconical ly, " That he was no longer fecretary pf ftate and next morning nominated Mr. Mai (hall to fucceed him. ;' Of this Vextrao'idinarY'Andunexbeclied ctrctim?. TInce7aWcl"i; new arrangements lu the Executive, which rendered it ncctllary, we have a thoufand idle, conjectures, but nothing in which l am at prefect in- his notes oh Viri'inia. for the former, and for ihe lal- 1 - C3 -- - .r,-. ... 1..... tcr, the reader 13 referred to the folfbwinextTaA from .his report tocongrefs on the fubjed of the carrying trade, of Feb. uV-1791 :r- ; 7 :T " " Admitting their right 'the right 'of foreigners' of keeping their markets to themfelves, ours cannot be denied of keeping our carrying. Ltade lo ourfelvcs. And if there beany thing "unfriendly in" thi j; ir'wai in the firft example. . ' m Th e lofso f earn en TurTfl oltco?7oTndB"efllo wed by other lodes in a long train.'lf we have, rio feamen ' pur Ihips will be ufelefs, consequently ouryfliip timber, iron and hemp ; our fuipbuildiog.. will be at an end, ffiip carpenters go over to other nations, our young miii nave no call to thcleit our produce carried in ro reign bottoms, be faddled with war, freight and infu .jraacjflimjat h.eHafl5: hundred years, fhews that the nation who is our car rier has three years of war for every four years of peace. We Iofe, duiing the fame periods, the carriage for belligerent powers, which the neutrality of our tag; would render an incalculable fourcetff pyfit ; we lofe at this moment the carriage of bur own produce to the annual amount f twomiUion8Wo41aw,-h4ehV4r-the poffible progrefs of the eBcroachment, may extend ta five or jix millions, the worth of the whole, with an increafe in the proportion-of the increalc of our hu.03i bers. It is eaGcr as well as better, to flop this traju, at its enfrancc," than when" it Ihall have ruined or bat nilhed wlolejcla 'ffittfitf; Wii:ouktlefs be ihoughr expcdieni.tharlK c' not to endanger the lofs of-produce for the want of tranfpottation, the whole plan "fliould be deKloped and made known at oncC that the iodividuali who may
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