The Wilmington Gazette

              * . wilmington azetoe » i ■ a ' i '■ | i " ' ii - ' ' — *—* — ft-~~^f*——**t published weekly by aluhub hall at thrlk botiams a yeas tuesday october 18 i«0j tve t,vto>m4 ii mn i i ■ i . i ii nr . i .--'—... ' —- l .- v-'jji jj-l j "■-■■■■■ '" ■!'. - lal'i'l g latest foreign intelligence from london papers to the 31st of aug inclusive received at charles ton per the ship isabella captain green 28 days from london hamburg aug 10 the stagnation of our commerce encreases every day our port which formerly displayed a forest of masts now resembles a desert , no vessel can enter the elbe nor will the eng ; lish suffer one to go out this state of things may last ft a long time - the french are determined not to quit the left bank of the elbe and the english on the other hand not to raise the blockade the negociation which was opened on this subject with the court of london does not appear to have produced any effect itis ; certain that the russians will preserve \ their neutrality in the baltic and that the coast of elsineur and other points , lihnll not be occupied by foreign j troops official dispatches were re ceived yesterday from petersburgh to this effect the maratime conven tion of june 37 1 801 is to be main tained in all its strictness august 16 | the number of carpenters who have been decoyed by the french from this place to hanover for the purpose of building flat bottomed boats on the elbe amounts to full 200 individuals the distresses of this city are daily accumulating the failure tf some capital houses is hourly expected it is impossible that the present state of things can last much longer the amsterdam letters of this eve ning contain a counter-project said to have been made by the british ia bi.tet to serve as a basis of peace un der the russian meditation the purport of this project is reported to be ofthe following tenor : 1 the batavian republic is to form an entirely independent state 2 the helvetic republic s'liah ett joy the same independence 3 the f.l»o*'ai*it saf xi»n*^e aliall tie restored to its legitimate sovereign in statu quo before the invasio 4 the french shall evacuate eve ry state of italy except piedmont ' s the king of sardinia shall be fully indemnified for the loss of that country mortier la served at the electorate . palace of hanover by the same per i sons who were menial servants jto his [ royal highness the duke of cam bridge his highness at his departure having generously paid them their wages for several months in advance the french general has thought pro . per to put tbem in requisition to serve him all that time gratis as iirs a.,tt 0 after the arrival of the russian nrt prussian courier yesterday morning the russian ambassador and the rus sian charge d'affairs went to st cloud and had conferences with the first consul and at their return ex pedited couriers to their respective courts the report is since current that france has consented to ■ with draw its troops from the borders of the elbe add weser which arc to be occupied by prussian troops and that general blucher the prussian com mander in westphalia has sent or ders to several regiments to hold themselves in readiness to match for that destination " it is said at the same time that ex cept a column of 10,000 french i troops all the others are immediate ly to evactiate'hanover ; but as long as france keeps any troops in that country it certainly governs it and prevents the passage of english pro ductions to the interior of germany j many therefore doubt that england accepts of this arrangement advanta geously to prussia whose merchants and m anu facturcrs have not capital enough to endure without their win the present stagnation of trade foi a twelve month . you may judge of the french in fluent at constantinople from le bum being able to persuade the seignior to propose to austria spain and naples and other ower in the mediterranean and adriatic sea to form an armed neutral for the south similar to that headed by russia in the north of europe last w*r that such a proposal has been niade i know^-on good autho-iiy , as well as that it has been declined on board the turkish fleet destined to e gvpt there arc no teas than six french osicers of the navy eight engineers and eighteen of iht artillery with fifty french cannoneers an aid-dc-camp 1 ' of general brun who came berttlast monday with dispatches mentioned this in my presence at the circle of csmbecer'es and that the grand vi zier desires particularly to get some frenchmen of the horse artillery to instritot the turks . it is said be sides that last month four french ge inerals accompanied by four mame lukes as servants passed incognito through vi 1 *"-*. b constantinople they were recognized by general hedouvillc . august 1 . the existing circumstances h*ve compelled the government to redou ble its igilanee on our coasts and audi measures have been adopted that no spy no fometiter of troubles can land frbrh england on 0*t shore without bis being almost inevitably arrested in conseejuence of : this strict precaution j harvie christiev an englishman was arrested as a spy and tried before the military tri bunal of the 15th division but ba viiig justified himself from the charge ht was acquitted by an unanimous suffrage . . •',. ,. .- | , the privateer of bourdeaux the reprelaile has taken by boarding af ter an action of ah hour the english packet the king georg arried with twelve pounders and carried her into ( | a spanish port she has on board a box containing i woo caspus of rough diamonds and 5 1,3 1 piastres the english it is rumoured re preparing an expedition at malta a gainst egypt which it is stid to be their intention to keep as a depot in their hands in lieu of haikiver ad-1 tniral nelson directs the prepara tions london auga-6 the arrival of paris journals ceases to be interesting such is the tyrnn i ny exercised over the press in france that wc can look to them tor no ipfor-t matiori this is not aft we not on ly have an absence ofintelligence but fs-he greatest impositions to supply the deficiency lctt-i ar fulricnt j in paris tinder the da'te of alt the ci ties on the continent and an appear ance is made as if every coufttr.y e very community were rtdvocsites in the french cause fiorn vienna it is said in the paris journals which we received yesterday that austria wishes for peace and reposes on rus sia ; that russia svill insist on resto ring peace and will succeed lifeless england be determined to sacrifice all *• her ambition thie-may be the language of tlie french spies otid commercial agen'ts at vienna ; otitis any man so weak to believes these cave the seiitirtients ofthe austlan coiiri again we are in/irj'rmed from berlin that russia and pi-ussia have riiade uiii r.r**<.^'.ti.-rtki afpv *•«■. to england 4s she cannot refuse • bnt thai if ha does refuse the powers of the conti nent will form a league to.fto.tect germany artel commerce hcie is anoihci menace against england founded on false grounds if france had not invaded germany & interrup ted commerce england would not have interfered with either ' the first object of such a league therefore would be to expel france from hanover ; and as soon as that were done any interrup tion england gives to commerce would cease upon these fabricated letters it would be trifling with our readers to offer any further comment than this that the french journals by assuming thus to speak the sehti mentii ef every state in europe re present their own cause to the best ad vantage fair argument in the de fence of the consular tyrant fails and now his journalists have recourse to fabricated evidence ( from the mercore a paper half of ficial we have translated a very curi ous article which seems to throw more real light on the state of affairs than the pretended letters from vienna and berlin . it is there said that rus sia and prussia are clothed with pow ers to mediate this vcr knew be fore lord hawkesbury stated n par liament he would solicit such a me 1 illation and buonaparte uniformly desired it wifi it be successful j very ti e hopes ot success are enr tertained in this country . but we arc pleased to see by the article from the mercure that after all the rant and declamation by the french govern ment against thia country it now finds it necessary to defend itself a gminstthe representations of britain we perceive our cause is understood and felt on the continent and that france is convinced of the necessity of justifying herself she net f.njr " " ' *'• *- . • lan*d is putirpon her defence she feels the evils and consequent irrita tion ofthe continent which her block ade of the'rt^rtri of europe occasions and she endeavors to reconcile the snffering states to her conduct a year ago england had ho connection with the continent but tha treaty of amiens ; now she if invited to be come a party to the common pact . a thong civilized nations france de nies the design of extending her'.em pire unless indeed security should re quire it security we are told made her seize switzerland holland c and would make her seise england if she could if we allow her to tuke whatevex country she pleases for se curity sake — we fear the chief consul would not stop at the walls of china but the defence made in the etrticle shews france feels the necessity of appologizint for her conduct ; and hence we may entertain some hopes that she will reform it buonaparte threatens us with the mob of copen hagen-house undoubtedly the mob is at all times dangerous but there is hpt now the hundredth part of the danger of such a mob that there was seven years ngo credit is then claim ed to buonaparte for having crushed such fnolrs frtr having extinguished jacobinism on this score certainly some thanks ts due to him : but why j has he crushed it ? only that he tie bette*r enabled to nuke fort*l(-n con quests • his secfirity unfortunately makes it necessary he should take holland ■ switzerland italy kc now this security is more dangerous to us than jticovmistrt and wewoiildj rather see roberpierre tyranizing in paris than buonaparte in berne md attisterdaui if he would but allow us to take security as svcll as himself then rndee-e he would deserve our itc-j ikno'v lcdrftnenls j ) the stile of this article from the amevcure shews how hostile are the pretended letters from berlin and vi etma if we may take it as exrsy.e sing the sentiments of the french go ivennnent then we must rejoice to find that nftrmsoarte ; scnr-!>i!tvh w continent ciiaavprtives of bis coneluct the stile ofthe paper altogether is very rooderhte hihi shewn a strong desire to cojule us into a treaty e*f jpeace perhaps the chief consul is also a little alarmed at the dinger of a jroyal insuriection the monitenr says circumstances hpve rendered u necessary l't redouble the vigilance 6a the coastsi and that no spy can now land wlty this new vigilance ? why ! was nofc the danger of r pies as great borne month's vmce ? : the royalistn | are the parties dreaded and the chief | consul has perhaps aulii's moment m«rre reason to tremble for his throne jthan wc have for the tttifety of ire iland . the whofq tone of the french riaccording to tbas^-.ipj-.v of yesterday is much lowerird - * - »'■;' , ..! jl • letters frp^ti brun mention jhat all the merchants wnp trade witji ; turjiey are in q.state of consternation a carravan from germany after pas ; sing semlin has seen pillaged near ( cohstantineplc when it was thought to be in pcrftct safety anothcr-on its route for germany with turkish ati'd greek mei*chandize has also been jpillaged hear orsowo on the pointof enttring the austrian territory the pleaders ef the janisatfes at belgrade are reinforcing the number of hcir partizans instead of from fifty to sixty each of them has riow more than two hundred followers they collect provisions in pro-portion ' j these measures t-re attributed a a : report that the son of the pachs whom theyassassinatedr has married a sul tana at constantinople that belgrade | has been assigned her in dowry sc he is consequently preparing to take pos session of it the city is a prey to e v-ty alarm , j our deal.cbrrespondent has sefit tisi the following particulars relaiivo tb 1 the attaefc upon boulogne , • on tuesday last the 2sd inst his ' majesty's frigate immortalitc capt ' owen -, the perseus bomb capt mel ' lish ; and terror bofnb r-fpv har jjding stood into boulogne bay and commenced a heavy fire of shot d jshells which teas returned from be shore and we understa-rd that consi iderable damage has been done to the , lower town nnd mblea bylnftrrrha ' tion from calais we are infeemed that a numbcr.of lives were lost—it israaid ! that sixteen persons were destroyee i'm one house and that gresyt ala.rin j'prevails on tlie whole cit*st forfe«irol ja similar yieit , on..moriaday nighi the boats of the imiiiurlttjtte f.igaie . ausd the perseus r.t\4 ivtrtsr borhois i " •■,.•' ■: • .. ' : ■ . - under tha command of cipl mollish of the perseus were seui to destroy some new works constructed for the defence of the entrance of the bar but being discovered they were obli ged to return as the tjamwftegvne rai e-,the fpllowing night thursday the immbruhte r c perao-js atnd ter ror's boats rene.wed ihe c*ttenrnti went on shore and completely de stroyed every thing the french shod ' . er-xted,.s3id'returned withft the ices of a man notwithstanding a heavy fire ef shot and bells - august 88 '■• '..,- " ' general dumourier at present ne sides in cutges-strcet l'icoeadijly this man is doomed toalifc of vii,issi tiulcs he is now cordially received in this country an<l but a few yeai ; ago was obliged to leave it with the utmost rapidity another failure has taken placein . the city * on friday mr a black '! well-hall factor stopped for the re , ported sum of four hundred thousand ■• pounds large speculations in<i*ed i audit failure of remittances are as j signed as thei'cautte " $ . '. .» the irish mail can friday broilght some very iipleassnt accounts res pectrbtg the siruatiota of tha country nigtwly assemblages of the disaffect ed it is well ascertained takes place in various tarts of tlie provinces for the purpof e of being iftatructed in tlie use ofthe masket and the * pike ill t he metropolis additional measure's of i precaution have been adopted ror\he preservation of tranquility ,, the re igular and yeomanry corps are con stantly on the alert and the police , has increased its activity i'ji'.a most ex tensive degree j ve deeply hrroent the necessity of the tneaattvea which government have been forced to a dopt birt nothing short of , the most rigorous precaution can ncit be expec ted to frustrate the objects of the in sim-ents or afford to the peaceable in hauirantj even a momentary protect tion trom their shocking and barba j rcms excesses ' i ' [/ it i stated that turkey intetidia to put lieraett t the heat of k neutral confederacy in the euxine mid archipelago eu russia - has done iu the baltic the movements ff turkey are of little importance trr state of that country appears by ac counts from vlermaito be watched beyond all description ■■ caravans are plundered and the inhabitants inassa creed with impunity almost within sight of constantinople belgrade 1 has been seized by the rebels • i ' { the accothi from - ilamboglvln the french journals state decidedly that k nasi a has by official dispatches expressed her reseviutroti to • remain neutral \ ijthatlhe french haye decla red their resolution tocovi'tlnue to bt tcttpymhe bankaof the elbe ; sr.d-tftlrt the english are as obltiifatrly deter ! auinod'to preserve in the blockade of tbuvrivtr jtjo foreign troops are to approach elsinciir it appears that very considerable discontent prevails in the iteiliun re public on nescount of the levy of con 1 scripts • in consequence of these symptoms the government hna ap pointed two councils of war to judge summarily of these offenecm the proclamation by the . vice-president trfhtes that in consequence ofthe re ort of new coalitions on the continent and of approaching war a number of conscripts have left their homes and others by open force have.rcsisted the requisition " i expedition against france j tt has for the jest ten days been propagated by most of our cotempo rat-y journalists that an expedition baa . been resolved upon by government iin conjunction with the frenth prill against tlie despot who now ab sorbs in bis own person the rights land liberties of tbtfniulnn which he ; has the effrontery to tall free bee haps in no iqstsn.ee bas speculahon been carried to so cltravagsntao e*fc cess the public has been assured that this expedition after having been matured in its plans by exaopcil in the house oi bourbon was to be csr r'red into effect by a brit ish ; torsi . of , 4o,qo0men whose v o'pera|ioris wcie to bt directed by gencralt pichegiu and dumourier . . we ; hatie row the satisfaction of asaiiritig ogr readers that «***•*• statement of this kind is e»ropl*r*ely untbuuckd r . that gojatrn ment appreciate to highly mrm riotismandgallaitry of s>cs liery tpa*a*»d themon an ex{'a»d4•'on so icj^atwl quixotic can it fcr a mom-jitbe supposed that his majet ie's ministers would devote so great i a number of troops o esaetttiallr ri cesssry at the present criais for th defence pf our own sjt***tes fo an en , terpria the inn offlnch must bo ntit-j-m*d by every man acquainted with the military ss*me ofthe repeblicr hhas . not , exp*rie*aves . demonstrated notordf to iii cooslry but to all europe,.ibe futility tjtany attempt frr kttui r-***orttion of i ? h*i»a jf bour bon ? itattheewromeneeitaeiateif tl i revolution a force of m.ooo prussians f coiiamarr-jed by the ableu j-eneral of thai time * was unable to make th ; alightcsrt imprtsslsmi on the frag j menu of th*.*$d military eatablish vent but foossjy.ooesii«-ked with the raw and disorga»i;««d voludteer leviti can we reasonably hope that an army ofi»p,ooo men will cope with any chance of success with the most nu merous and best military establish ment tti tn'e 4 world consisting upon th lowest computation of 400 000 men who in addition tb their warlike hawts wft feel one common senti ment in optposingone corntttaot foe ? , if ewan tu maj^st^nj.ter were absurd enough to tonntenaace a mad an undertaking upon *»• fair epat chance e.f success we should ques tion much the policy of entrusting the command of ts expedition tbranf ■ frenchman much leas too artr.n who like dumorier has wavered with *- very caprice of fort-roe {" been the tool ef every part without dossesiirtg tha confidence of any ; anil who in bis ex ile has cniriesconded to every vil art to ingratiate himself with th corsicsn such a man abqpld be trea ted its one froqa whom much useful information may ba gained but whose advanpement to authority and commaiid wejobl prove tt degredathm to the 1 government ttiatt employed him the character of ptcbcgrti is free freitn the atagifm ' which attaches 1 itself to that of puirorier bukvw consider nil foreign assistance with respect te ; the emptpymdnt of officers i in rmp-iripr shttfrttoj as insult to'tli hohciur and ihe'talent't'of tu|couiitry kavjng stated so miooh from un doubted uuthoritf , wis can al assure our readers th.it our cabinet has de termined lc empluy every means to ennoyv sml diffuse terror along th coast of france f taon-fateht wdth our naval means of aggression there in scarcely a vulnerable point long that coajjt which wim not in its turn be p|ytho object attack ; ibnd buo n**i*fcc will eel tn»t,j while he thr.-ut efts us with invision his authority and reputation must decline from the activity of offensive exenioiis „ suchieitterprisesalone are crmsi*jt tnt with the nature of a**or situation and that of the eneriiy ' by keeping the troops.ofllie first consul continu ally on tit alerts and by spreariing terror and airing anion the inhabi tants along the oas we shull dimi nish tho confidence which they puce in their ruler and convince the-m that while ttaejtm-onfirte the.nsetves tu menanes w prisucsa the real power nd facilities of invasion b"t to land ahy co.nsidentblobody of men in france would be nothing less thm a revival erf those rash and ill-advised m»ssures jrhtck ruined the grand cn tdition against t'he.rtfaubliv mid in its issue wttuldctrobahfy givean adclitionr al eclat to tie military glory of th tyrant • ''•*'• augus*i*|p *- ■ some bustle was occasioned on sa turtlay y intelligence from captain hot'ham ofthe raisonable statioucd off the texel that he hid just ledtut from ihe dutch commodore that ge neral moreau had declared himself a gainst buonaparte and that he had been joined in his det^rtrtioir by the principal part of the french army capt hotharq inst*a^fy dispatched lhe above account by • bis majesty's gun brig jackall thrvatcment add hat in coqsequriico of the revolution rdera had teem given in the texel to suspend bulldlji.-f^the rat-botibmeel boats and e-a)oi**wrig two mil of tht lioe and spverojrfegtmettjiir the e*tpe . aiition agrinst'englan-ftv i ». this inuuigence comes fro nyle i ry questionable antj dtapicjou qnat i ter fojleed it roust uovi.ucn recti vod dlreetie from 1 i-ahce had itbteiv true t tj.-.'l . we ar*r<brry to atata that the m mou oaf the loss ofthe calypso ajr-eip of waa i confirmed she was nu foi^**afta}f one of the ships to wluc'i b**iua convoy on the 30th ult and irom-wieiavir t-.nt down — we deeply r****r*m to add that every soul pftiahed iipitrpt d'a*v*rgne ) prince of houil j tan w.ria is tu have a priiicipal cntn ; niaiid iii « stecret cxpctliiion is ap