The Wilmington Gazette

              wilmington gazette published weekly by at.lm.wn hm.i t tnmtt dom.abs a yf\r,1 tuesday septembers i80 - vol 7 ne j f.unopean intf.lltcexce | landing the weither was extrfftne'r boiilenma on his reaching do j ver a perlori wa ' nmediate'y cent i to deal to forward trc intelligence to io*sti hv the telegrapbe — the i courier proceeded to london in a , pott crroife and tour his arrival nconfion<s*l a great boille at iho se crerary of date's orsc«i and thedif patches were irh n ■■■ li wely forw.ir i cl to lord ha\vki try at coomb f ct ter s were alto m oat cited to the 1 oibelr mcrnhoff'of govemrhent who hanperied td l»c out of town ! nothing has ttattfpired respecting : the nature ot thefe difpatches it \ is bflkved by some that they being a propofltlon to commence a new negotiation for peace — i n the mean i tint every attention hn been de ' fifed to be hewn t<j the french con i rier and an apartment is afiigncd ; lor him in the houic of mr ruffe the meflenger until his return to i france the hague ; and he hers fince given orders that letters of marque and general reprifa.'s fhniim be itftjed a ain(l the batavian repuiflica'nd jts fubjefts his majctly has sr m time rni nifetted the dearelt and molt lively interetl tor the prosperity aridinde penitence of the united prrcvinces lie has recourleto thefj protecdlngl with tne molt ftneer regret ; but the condtldl of the french govern ment has left him no alternative j i at.d in adopting theft meadirei he j is actuated by a fcnfei.d w',,3t is due i 10 his own dignity and 10 the c curity and eflontia ijterofts ot his dominiohv cj r alter the meua/fb was read an addrcfl of thanks tor the comriutu camot pallid r.em con june t8 nothing is more certain than that mini iters are acting up to the ' full extent of thj pledge given by lord hawk?thnry in the hnufo of commons on mr fox's motion vr fist they would not accept the j mediation at ruiiii but repre"fent their caul'e to that pow<-r i*ith a 1 view nf engaging t g oj o feces as | a mediator mr rcd'.s the mef fencer no doubt fraught import i aoc a iviees on ahis be •; a few days ; go from st peter burg acbttn fcr part i.f them in fubtfance sv.is probably fent of at the lame time i to the rnlfian tr>)nirer at paris i this occafioned • he ennthg over ot a mell'flnger to the rulilan ambaffa j dor io london on whofe drfpati h es ms communicated to lord if ! by count worot r.ow a cabinet 1 c ii-i il'/'it yf herday ; st which 1 niol : ii tfte cabinet mint/lent a mong others 4 , firl st vincenf were pref'enf . the-refijlt war feft't off to the rving at wiodfor it u no ordinary melfngrr that 1 hss brougbi tl^e df fpatches f/orn ' v paris bu ; t '('■" larif.miy a'riii-;.ii ! cp'tikt it is itih he came with a ' diflindt propoli ion from . it i'e i feffburg to paris w|ticf after hav ' ina been acceded to by tni chief 1 confiil was lo'rwarderl to this coon . try the nature ot t'us propofition '• we fltall not attempt t ( > ticfs a | few days will probably throw 1 foo.r light on the bufincfss atpre fent all is mere conjecture 1 | a french paper printed in lotv i don contains a paris letter dated the r h inftant in which istnefol ipwipg filly article ; " it is now laid that buonaparte is about to be proclaimed projector of continental europe and lite chief of a coal/tioo the object ol which is to obtain the liberty of the i as it was yeflerday reported that 20 thoofand britifh ttoops are to be fent to portugal with all poffiblc expedition for the defence ot that kingdom ftgainfi any attack of the ffencn june 20 on saturday a menage from the king was prefented to both houfes of parliament intimating ihencccf fity of raifing a large additional force the nature of the plan by which this force is to be railed will be flated this day tt is repotted hat the number of men to he railed in the firll inlfsncc is upwards of 4.0,000 and that it will he ifterted by the t-.fual means pttbapi each county will be called upon 10 for.11 ifh a certain number of men in pro portion to its population it isr.ii that every feventh man is to be cat j led into niflual fervice or at lead a confiderable proportion of males fit for fervice from it tome fay ji to we have no doubt that the rneafurc will be fltong one rea on why government did not coun ' tenanccvolijiiteer corps at this hr ticular monsetit probably was that it would have furnilhed excufes to freat numbers sublh'tutes mull e allowed even during the rc quifnion in france fnbditntf were with fome limitation permitted the men reqttircd ill be for the army the na^r wll be recruited every day by '' it adopted at home ai!h *% lllivals of lhij from abroad . m attati li apprehended upon ii ih ip ids of guernf.-y \ jerfey l or at leajl upon the latter in coo i omenta f whuh five frigate failed | yelterdtv from portfmo.nh for that i it ition an fetersi more hips of j war are under orders when we recollect that sir james stumarea ! commands by tea and that general | diirdou is lieut governor and hinder in ehi-f ot t fie troops in wvonteriaiii.no apnrchen r the fa'ety of that land the mmiteur of the 17th gives the london news from the sun of the 13 !\ and to th • article listing the king unexpectedly coming to own on tint day is a note which i informs nt fit the nimre of the trf patch which the french fncflertger brpugjnt whnteachftd london on the j sunday evening mo brought over 1 the capituhtlon of tfanbver conclu ded by geo nfortier tor hi m.a jeffy's ratification the chief coni i'iii waiting lor the rio ratifica i tion before he rati lied it himtelfl j urie ao j buonaparte fet out on his journey i on friday lad ; he was to hi e j reached amiens trie ne t].iy — he i pent thurfday at montfoutaino jofeph buonaparte's fear and v : b?g»n his j.mrn c y in the evening of ; text day 1 he r'rrr»;'h troops have entered j the papal territories and a itrong j detaehrfieotli to proceed jo j ha ne i apolit'a'h the court of naples is 1 in a fituation of extreme embafraf f j fjienty prance willies ti be permit i i d to c.-ctipj part of naples and j , sicily a wifft iron her is to fit i . a power as naples equivalent to a i •' r u«nd but the neapolitan go ' vernment is anxious to l>c excufed ! . frii.h receiving pich vifijnr.s and , 1 have applied to the court ot v iciina j | which has prefemed a note 011 tin <■ 1 object to the french government j gen murtier has iinpofed very ! heavy contributions pn the unjortu ' nate people of man river ; and has ordered the arms of the king of 1 englahjl to be taken down through out '!•- cleftorate . 1 ne laiell accounts from 5pa l ln ftate that no ftep has yet been taken in that country towards entering in to a war with us a hamburg paper of the 17 inlf dys that the french government htt't declare that the french \ troops have orders pot to match he t yond the limits of that eleaisraie j and to remajti only ot pne tide of 1 the elbe but the tor-page of the ■ trade between hamburg r.nd eng land has done alinolt as much inju ry to the former as if thu eiciieh liad-arrnally take poftefflon < f it the forte has declared its inten tion ot maintaining a flii neutra li'y ; and has tent a irong fleet to archipelago and the mediterranean i the captain pacha commanded it by a confitlar decree dated the ' l6lh inll all merchandiz mantf | failures or produce coming diiect j • ly or indirectly from great-britain ' j or its colonies eyen in neutral hot ! : foros are prohibited after the a i bov c datev from entering the ports : of the republic to this inltru j ment is fub.joir.ed a declaration that i all communication betwern fog land and france is at an end the american confolate at lon don in cohfequence of the above ' decree has pubtithed ihe folfowtost j notice : | " j ii trie an cnfufatr " london j<nr 2 j 1 jjo . " by anarretteot the french go vernment of mellidor lit lo june no atttehcan veird is permitted to carry merchandise of any kind it • redtly or i ud i reel i y from this coun try to any port of the republic and all britilh manuractures or britifh colonial produce fo carried iil be rubjee to cpoufcaiioa 1 ' hull j t ne ?-. an extract of a letter from meft thomas lee and co h mburg to mellrs goodwin and lee hull dated june 14 fay $ _« every thing now fecms to be placed on a furc barti for the hanfe towns as the hamburg senate have received the alfurance ol the ruffian and pr.,|fi 4n courts that they are determined i to enforce the fl rifted neutrality towards the tights of thofe places liverpool inly a , in confeijucncc of the blockade of thj elbe the demand for fugar toffee and other export produce it nearly fufpendcd ; andunlefs a vent is loon opened in fntria.,ports oh v that continent to carf^jm he pro duce which is now accumulating we fear that the damnation whicn will be put to this branch of our trade added to the confiqucnt fcaf city ot money will operate'unfa vourably on the prices ; but if wa find other convenient market tor the fale of etport produce it fa likely the prefent quotations will he maintained immediately nf'cr the i commencement r-t hwlilitirs grain and fl.mr advunced in price ; but as it is generally believed thai there is a larger dock of grain in the coun try than there has been for fotne years at the lame feafon and the growing corn being confiderable in viamitv and thin far promifing in appearance moll articles of provi • li us have declined in price the fufpcnfion of export trade to the continent of europe materially af fect cotton and the fales lor fomii time pall hive h'-cn very limited uplau i georgia may be quoted at la a i l/l p-r lb fine qualities may be confidered rather more valuab'e but theie are few fine uplands in his mniket the late importations being generally inferior leghorn has been declared in a flatc of liet-o by ruder of gen mu ft and all il e engflfh thrre d - e clared prisoners ot war upon thei.r parole two e tglifh'vellels in the port richly ladeo are flated tp hue fallen into the hands ot the french . paris june to ci»p>tujation t»hauover edward mtriler luutrn*nt.c,rnc j rtl qrnminrttr ht chief to the m'nt/ttrmi iv ar " l--id.^jarfers at niewburgrf june 4 " citir.cn miniltcr . *' i h»d the honour to inform you 1 by inv letter of the 2 h it it of the j march pf the french army towards i hano-'rr aftfr a march exceffivc i ly fatiguing acrofi arid fandj and j marlhy heaths i took a pofitionon he 3 1 it before vvechte , i was.af ! fun j that .,|, c enemy guarded that lin of the hunt gen hammcr lem commanding the • advanced fcturd of the king of england oc t copied dicphottr with\hc fecund and fi«th regiments of infantry t*6 regimens of cavalry and a divlfion ot artillery i made mv pofitinn 10 dislodge him on the following morning the fecorjddivifionconv ; manded by general schiner that of ( cavalry under the orders of general nanfouty received orders to polk i hem elves on joldeufledt to force , the p 1 time of the h unre and to df \ rcetthemfelvesupon suhlingen that they might cut off every thing that ! they might find between that place and diephokt which the divifion of general moatriclurd had orders brllkly to attack the enemy lee ng by this movement he was turn ed on his right retired during the uight to burden " on the ift inftant the a»lyanceri guard commanded by gen prouct had a warm fkirmifh before bauveni with the rear guards ot the enemy " on the fecond the army united before suhlingen ; the advanced i;uard moved towards bcrflen ; it bere ttll in with the enemy ami notwithstanding the fuprriotity of number ard the extreme tat!g*c of the troops who had that day marched twelve leagues general drouet gave the order to attack i he enemy kept up a warm ian nonade some quadronsot the fe cond regiment of hollars charged with valor the light drogoons of the ninth regiment 1 hey broke thr line of that corps who flfcd and we took feyeral prifoners i was informed by my fpies that the head of the bridge of niew bourg was repaired and that the enemy had collected all his artillery on the right b ink ot the wefer i • london june ii last ni^ht in the house of com mons 40,000 seamen and mai inei were voted being 100,000 in all in cluding 50,000 for the peace estab lishment and 10,000 voted when the armaments began from the mi nister account 70,000 are new in scnice ; and wc understand that 30,000 was the number required for all the ships already put in commis sion jimc l letters from berlin repeat the nr roiuu that the king is determined to observe the strictest neutrality no tliinp farther is said of the cordon tor ihc protection of the north the equipment of the russian fleet in the baltic is said to b(j merely for ma noeuvre's we fear the trench will c suffered to praufy themselves by excluding us from hamburgh at least there is iv>t any sufficient secu rity for their refraining from such nets of violence new loan — this day the dif i ferent competitors for the loan gave in their hi idjrrgs on being open ed they were found to be as follow : | fvteir efdale 6 cl long aim robarti 8 4.1 baring 8s 4 i i bankers 11 3 i j stock exchange 1 -"■'•• 3<k i the loan of c.ourle j s kf dale's june 14 , j vyieyefterd'ay ftoppe ! the prefs f'o announce that hi majefly had come i to town in co'tfeqnence ol having been fpeciauy fent rhr by mr a i : dington an lord hawkefbury i f was fnppofed his majefly was thus i lent fbr in confequeitce of the arri ' j val of the french meflenggr on sun 1 day night no council was held ! . but mr addjngton & ld hawke bury hail audiences of his rrtfjelty tor a confiderable time as hid likf i wif c he duke of cumberuno arid i tlie hanoverian miniflcr i'he're [ lean be little doubt but hat the dif ll ! patch brought by fhe french mcf ] lenger related to'thr taking of han over by the french at 5 yefterday ' afternoon the french mcllenger re ceived a difpatch at lord hawkes • bury's office with vh!.:hhe fet orf to dover ! gen stewart is ordered with 3000 men from malta to sicily to pro j teta that ifland againft the attacks ! of the french he will take rife pod in the vicinity of medina in , i order to defend the narrow pals & a britifh fquadron is kept cruifing ! in the traits of medina and on the northern coafts of tase ifla.-.d letters from conuanttnople men don that after a'folemn contultati ' on th divas have refolved to oh ferve the it rifle ft neutrality in the ' prefent w;r gcij brune it is fa ted had propofed that the porte . houll admit french troops on the coaltsof.the levant but the de mand was refnfc . the kinr of etruria is dead and the queen declared regent it is proba ble this kingdom will not subsist long in its present form or under its new dj iasty from deal june in " a french fishing-boat is drove into the downs which was intended for dover with a person from france he has dispatches and ordered to communicate them'4o the collector ot the customs here i vnderstand he brings anac-.ouul of buonaparte being assassinated on the 7t!i june the first consvl sent a circular to all the cardinals bisjiops 8tc enumerating the pionn nature f the war in which he wits engaged and requesting their prayers for hie success to these letters he received from the associated clergy a devout and accommodating reply paris accounts of the 10th june state that the number of english who hove been arrested in france the italian republic and the cenntrics occutmcd hy fre'.'.eh troops amounts already to 7.500 amons whom arc several generals many colonels and a greit number of officers of different ranks suk rfce jure 15 we ftop the prefs to itate that ir.smajelty was fent for from wind for this morning by exprefs he arrived in town at it o'clock and a council sva immediately held it was rumoured that t'e french rrtef fenger had brought ov.t propofitj ons for peace t!:e bufinefs mud certainly oe of importance that would bring lire king to town 0 fiddcnly hanover capitulated to the french n the 4'h nr — by this conventi on it appears that all the effefxs be longing t«t the king of england are placed at the difpofal of the french army and ever engiifh foldier or a^enf is to be tent to france the elector to provi(ie the pay food cc clothing of the french army and the french general to levy fuch contributions as lie may deem ne ceiruy a london article ofvhe 15th dates that ruffia and p'rudia nad conjointly delivered a note to the french governments dating that hey would not oppofe the occupa tion of hanover by french troops out it was their intention to prefervc the neutrality 6f bremen him 1 ' and lubeck i h bu iget which will be brought forward this day will neceffarilj ' rcfi nt taxes heavier than any which have ever been imp'ofed in one year upon the people ot this country we have already dated he leading articles to be an income rluty of five 1 r cent and very high ' utiei upon malt firgar tea v inej p'rits and an increafe of ail-il'cd axes june 16 the following circular letter was iflued by the britilh vice-eo.nfnl at hamburgh on the id i'nftant " gentlemen you are required to leave the prtrr with your diips and to make ail in an hour in order that yo>i may take advantage ot the tide of cuxhaven e n i choi a j nre 17 war with holland lord hawkeibury at the bar of the houfe prefented the following mod gracious nieltage from his ma jedy : ' george r h.s majedy thinks it right to in form tltc houfc of commons that from an anxious di fire to prevent the calamities ot war being extend led to the bstavian republic he communicated to that government j his difpofition to refpecr their neu | trality provided that a fimilar dif j pofition was manifeded on the part i ot the french government & that i the french forces were forthwith ; withdrawn from the territories of the batavian republic this p'o [ pofition not having been admitted j by the government of prance and • meafuns having been recently taken ' by them in direct violation of the . independence of the batavian re [ pudlic his majedy judged it expe ii d '*?.'. 10 direct bis tainilter to leave l n samrd.iv a greundlcfs rumour || fas circulated i.hat the firfl con ! [«»] had been affitjrnatcd which has j een completely f.v fified by the nr j ' v l of m carmont a french neflenger whou.it parison friday ! ; -, '• 1 1 lad withdifpatches for lord awkeflnjry i he fpeedy clivcry of thefc dif jtches was deemed of in h impor /" ce > that when he reached calaia i f 7 jetterday morning he would '" vv ait rot the failing of a packet it took an open boat notwitk .