n o r t h-c arolina'iazette vol xi saturday may 14 1796 no 539.3 london march 5 yesrferoay a french gentleman ar rived at lord grenville's office laft from colonel crawford at franckfort but who had originally come from paris with dif patches from thence to mr wickham ilic e 1 hlh minifter at baile i lie arrival of the above gentleman ocra ftoned much peculation in the politic aj world we underitand that he left paris on the 1 jllii or 1 th of ull month and rook the route to bade v here he law mr barthelemy as well asv'r wickham our svlmiller there with whomhehad a conference and afterwards proceeded on his journey hithev with mr wlckharn's pafiport on palling through frankfort he like wife had an interview with col crawford when he came :^ nime gnen he changed ins drefs ai d put on the auitrian habit in which he came to lon don a.i'oon as he arrived here he was introduced tothe two uncer etretaries for t.,e foreign department and aiicrwarcu went to air pitt the line and two frigates under the\*ft of sir john jervis malacca was taken by major browney.«dn being fummoned to furrender without any lofs cochin on the malabar coaft was taken on the 28th of october with the lofs of only one or two meiij by a detachment of the bombay forces jaihiapalain df the ifland of ceylon was taken by admiral rlainier an i colonel stuarti thedate ofdifpatches from bombay arc 9th of november in the new naval inflitution there i to he no board general iscnthaniw ois al the head of it is to have the oilice of infpeotor general of the navy with i secretary and l'everal fcientic men attached to if in fmuti ons lubordinaic ro him the 3 1 it regiment in barracks at pooje have received orders to hiitd themfclve in readinefs for foreign fervice admiril hamiikoif commander in chief of the ruffian fleet as man of giyat prufef l.o.ial ability as well as fuavity of manners is indefatigable in his exertions to get his iiiips ready for fea the following is the note publifhed by the king of sweden on che fubjecl of the emprefs of ruiuvs refufal to receive the ambaflador appointed to communicate his intended marriage to her imperial majefty : " the iving of sweden thought his duty on theoccahon of his lately a reed on u::ir riage to pive a princels the emprefs ot luniia who is his near relation and ally the fame pf oof of his attention us he readily liiewed towards their d.uiilh and prullian majefties to whom he is likewiie attached by ihe ties of friendfliip and good neighbour hood — it was therefore with the ininoll aftonilhment that his majefty faw this at tention by no means returned by the em prefs of kufiia ihe king has accordingly refolved for the future not to receive from the ruflian court any of thei'e particul.tr millions wii'ilii concern family events and which liavc ever before been in u between the two refpective ccmrt but which the king has now abolilhed fore ver here is c rtainly a wide fi?ld for conjec ture as matter of obfervation v e 1 recall the attention qf our readers to mr pitt'j lats fpeech on mr grey's motion for peace in which mr pitt itated — " fhat meafures had been taken and were now in train to afcer tain the real ditpolition of the french go vernment in reipeel to pt^ce ; and it the e iicuiy were li cere they iniift lead u nego tiation ; but whether that would be fuccels ful or p.ot ; he toiiid nut take upon him tu mr wickham both from his local lr.ua tion as minifter atballe as well as from his talents and private connections with perfons acquainted v.ith the leading men in france is of all others the perfon mole likely to learn what thi i!;li oiitioii it ui:d to puve i lie way for nego^uuon in ihe irifli houfc of commons on friday lait the right hon mr pelhain delivered the null e from the lord lieutenant,com mu licating his miijcfty's dedre " that his f-tit i ui commons of ireland would m;ikc a provifion of i2sol perannurn for the earl of athlone who had loft his property on the continent by the invaiion ofl lolland the meffage was received with every mark of re fpect and approbation aiul 1 coitiinittee i pointed to lit on the morrow to take the fame into conuderation many of the fignnls o a the telegraph are nude to figtiify whole words fuch as admiral captain squadron fleet con voy ships of different defcriptions ruffian dutch the points of the compafs c by which means the trouble of orthography is hi ved and rneffages arc more expeditioufly con veyed there are fome iimple figns allb which fignify the names of different ports a id the terms fog word ended and mef 1 c 1 k?v (.!. i cor i to private letters from vienna written by well-informed peribns field marfhal-clirfayt afferted in very tfrong terms in a council of state that for the purpofe dfproieciiting the war with fuccefs it would be neceftary to inveft one genera vyitli the - hief command of all the troops dd rinetl to act on the rhine in order that all tin ir inoyements might accord and be con fhuitly ii reeled to one dedfive point he added hat lor his part finding his power unequal iu the execution of fo arduous a taflc that luprane command ihould be offered him he mult beg leave to decline it ; and thai if his imperial majefty did not think proper to adopt this meafure it would be belt to t.ike advantage of the late fucceftes for i he purpofe of making peace with france which he knew the french were difpofed to conclude on terms honorable to the honied aim u the fields marihal finding that his opinion v as not approved of by his imperial jviajeity loiicited and obtained his difmise lion the auftriaris are making great prepara tions to occupy the important pals ofbochettai in italy u here ioo men are fuffident to pre vent a powerful army from marching through o on the return of the daedalus from port jack ion a ihort time ago ihe called at ota heite one of the bouth sea iflands tlu re to the no mall furprife of the captain and crew they found nine of their countrymen married fettled and living m t]ie pm , tell eale and comfort who being aiked how they came there informed them that they lailed from england in a south-whaler be longing to meif calvert and co called the amel'.a w hich had the misfortune to buloe up on a rock finding it impoiiible to iave the u»i 4 j or any part ofherftores they got into the boat committed themlelves to the mer cy oi the waves and w ere fafely wafted to me ihores of otaheite the natives not unactultoinedtothe colour of their lkin nor the iouad ot their language received them s it li every token of affection and joy ; aflign cd them lands and fervants to cultivate tiiem adopted them into the order of nobility and as a proui of the inlignia of their elevation tat to ihcm from tip to bottom at the general court held at the india houieon wednefday thechairman annaun ced th;u the commiirioners for india affairs had acceded to the directors vote of 4000i per annum to mr haftings and his hcirsfor 28 years and a half payable frem the 24th ot june 1795 on this occalion mr lulnington returned mr hallings's thanks to the 1-ruprietors for their exertions in his favour by i letter from vienna we learn that on the 4th 01 february femeilce was pro nnunced upon thole concerned in the aifair of prince lichentileil's duel i he murder er count deweicks canon of jfnubriu'k was condemned o ei/.h years confine nent in the fortrels of spielberg in mdtavia af ter which he is forefcr bauiihed the heredi fry stutl's count flofeinberg in whofe chamber the duel was fought is degraded for ever from hi nobility deprived of the title count and his key of chauiberl.tin to be confined two years in another fortref and then baniilted from the capital — prince wenceftas declared by chelate prince tobe compleatly innocent ha been honourably actjuitted : however the co5lrt fur one rcafon has for a while baiii^led him the l;n pcrial prcfence this day accounts have arrived hi town of th failing of re ir admii il ha vcy 1 hi el from spithead yelte day confuting oi the following hips : ships guns cojr.ni adders prince of wales yc rcar adm harvey 5 caj '. '• ' ■ irvey prince c;o c;.pt j hamilton atlas <;>> capt doild namur yt cap . v . h rlhctl formidable 98 capt berkley pompee 80 capr \ .;.., in minotaur «. 74 capt louis mars 74 capt catton lion capt cruwley trident t>4 capt • i .. a adamant 50 capt 1 crby floren 0 40 capt meale a french refugee artificer fro 11 the yard of foulon i to li.i c the im lediate con rtruftion of five new ihips of ihe hue and two frigates ; he is introduced under the patronage oi the new ihip ■ hoard who • re 1 aid his models b fort .. .•; spencer which ' ilordfhip ha ipprovcd of the marsand minotaur of - \ un k ',., admiral cornwall s beiore he failed for the weil-indies fo that the forte under his command confiftcdol live fail of die line ; '_ a 40 guu frigate m illlli 7 i . i lilh mediterranean fle t : rrived i horn before i!il i nh ult from ! t ':■■■'•• !• ■•• i ... lips of m r il y the moft important luwsffoin parisis that the executive director has granted a wry mild fentence to the uul.c de chnilel the baron de montmorency and other emi grants who were unfortunately wrecked ibinetime fmceon the french coaft i he fent nee k — in"i 1 feront deportes — or ino ther words that they fliall be lci.t out of the territories of the republic this row i . private and noi n ep.tioued in any of the pari y : irnal , yci i ■ i cived such is the wonch 1 ui rapiditywith vhich ■ nteih conveyed by the i • '- - r . ,.> ; . thi i b v en the l.iii word ofnmefl'agi y fent ■.>■. de;;l ard the lirft word cf the anl'v t r r i ivo'j .< rhr adiniralt \ n inn rval of thri i . "..' an ii elaj but hers meat is now deafeimn dublin than iu london letters of friday ftate the pri ces as follow veaiis perlb beetle and mutton hd french sc h (> () l monsieur reverghon informs t'e citizens of newbefn and its vicini ty that he intends by permiiiipn opening a school at the palace on monday the jd of may next for the pur°poie of inftructing young gentlemen and ladies in the principles oi theltench language his terms may be known by application te himielf or mr thomas i in injj