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The National Intelligences
Vol. I. WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY ! HARRISON SMITH, NEW-JERSEY. AVENUE, NEAR THE CAPITOL. JvVi XX,.
Five Dolls, per
KLNMEL's CAVE,
IN GLAJtfOaGAHSHIRE.
(From the Rev. Mr. Warner's second walk)
" Half way down hangi one who gathers Cmi
],hire."
"Though the cliff do not prefent tot.
eve fo formidable a dsfceut as the I
one ac Dover, in the animated
of our great dramatic bird, yet it is fulii
ciently deep to excite our wonder at I
zardous practice which is very common
ainjngftthe inhabitants of the neig]
ing villages, at the proper feafon i
yeae. I mean th : practice of gathering
the crith nam m irUimum. or rock c.-nnphire,
whi' h grows hi great plenty along the led
ges, and down the | Si fides of
the clitf. Stukefp are, you may recoiled,
alludes to this mod: of livelihood, and calls
it as he well might) "a dreadful -
for fc\V avocations a - d with fo
much danger. The m :tho lis limply this :
the caivphir: ;ather r takes with him a flout
rope, and an iron crow b lr, and pn
to the cliff. Fixing the. 1 after ftrmly into
irth at t'i ■ bro.v of the rock, and fat
tening the former with equal hsourity to
the bar, he takes th- rope in his hand, and
boldly drops over the liea ! of the rock, low
ering hmifelf gradually till he reaches the
Crevices in ill .niphire is found.
1 Lie he loads bis bafket or bag with the
v.'Suable, and,tlien afcends again to th
too c,{ the cliff, b>.
Careleffnefs orcafiwlty, in a calling fo pe
rlous as r'n s, will I'o.n 'tinr s produ
ribie acci-len's. One was related to us
which, thou -h not terminal
wis fo full of horror, that to ui'e a vu! r ■■
but very cxprciiive plu ■
hi io.l run cold.
i'- A f".\
v..n'ui-'.-rs m to tlu fpot we are
fpc.ik'.iig of, to follnv his aecuftomed trade.
1 the corn
to it, and deV.-n led .1 ' rock-
In the courfe of a few m mites he n
al-1."',-', which retiring irtwardtj
{food fome Let within nrr;iendi nlir, ana
over which the brow of tke cliff beetled
c.(>nl''ip.i"iitly in ; Bu'v
ii ga hiring campb r , and attcnSve. only
to the object of -profit, the rope fuddcnl;
cb-o->pcd from his hand, and after afo
of: illations, but all withouthis reach, be
c me (tatimar at the of four or
five feet from him. N ith
exceed the horror of his (ituation ; aboyi
was a rock of Sixty or '
whofe projecting brow would
attempt of h'sto afceiul it. "tit <•
v rv effort of others to render him affi
B low was a perpendicular defcent of an
hundred feet, terminated by era
over wh eh the (urge was breaking with
dreadful violence.—Before him was th
rope, his only hone of faf.ty, his only
m ami of return ; but hanging at fuch a
tantalizing diftance, as baffl -d all e
ti-ni of bis reaching it. Our adventure
was fortunately young, active, re I
he therefor,' quickly determined what plan
to i loot : coll. .-tin t all his powers into on>
effort, and fprirt-nng boldly from the led e s j
he threw bimlelf into the dreadful vacuum
and dafhed at the fufpended r< pe.
dejperate exertion was fuccefsfiil ; he
caught the cord, and in a fiiort time was
once more at the top of the roc'
FO REIGN IN TE LI.IG ENCR,
LONDON^ Oct. 18.
ORE A T BRITAIN AND DENMARK
[From the Paris papers."]
Having before alluded to the ofKcia1
o Count Bernfb>rfT, b)
Mr. Merry, the En d'th charge d'afFairer
in Denmark, relative to the Danifh frigat'
I ed bythe Englifh in -his rd
Gibraltar, w: now find that tb« Danifh
W \SHINGTON "ADVERTISER,
minlfter made no delay in fignifi
'wer. Count B^rnftorff re-affcrts the fa&s
which had been inaccurately reprinted,
m 1 oyertume, by the triumphant arms of
reafon, and of the imprefcriptihle right of
us. the ftrangp do&rine which En
is now anxious to fupport, without being
icftu ited by any other motive than her own
o lveniencc, and a groundlefs hope and con
.dence in her own ftrcngth and refoUrces.
I'he following are the leading points of the
Danilh reply:
B »th cuftoni and treaties have no doubt
conferred on the belligerent powers the]
right of Searching neutral vetTels, not un
der convoy of their (hips of war, Sec. but
is this right is not a natural one, but mere-
In il, its effects cannot b,
nded bey,,iul what is agreed to
d, wthout violence and injuf
lone of the maritime and inde
wcrs of Europe, as far as th.
has obferv d, have ever ac
the rightof neutral (hips to he
hen efcorted hy one. or feveral
■; and it is evident they could
ithotit e.xpoftng tli-ir tiag to de«
md without forfeiting a certain1
portion of their own ri
acquieftng hi thefe pretentions.
Sent are no longer acknmvl eh -
thofe powers have been ofopi
this qtlfeftion has been ftlrred.
a dr. to jiol 1 out an ent
ail Sieir c
lit, nature, in conformity with a
ticluded between the
cs of Europe, which
I the propriety of adh-riiv
d to be efta
(hips with and wit&ouj Co
• equally jufl anil natural—for
ni the.
a li'n1 r r.
eh inf'ln d upon by the ,
tit powers, with
mtral bott -ns not it
is fttttn led on the right ol <e
g th.ir II v;-, and of examining
The only que.ftion is to af
r partiality and the regularity
r..rt on-'. When the papers of
ire found in Uriel order, no fur?
gaily enf
mfccpiently the authority of the
% in wh'Se name theS- docu
he-.n ilriwr-. up and ilTued
r the belligerent power the re
nt y.
utral government, byefcortin
(hips of the ftate, the ccm
is of the fub|c*L thereby alon.
> the belligerent power?; i mon
;md politive pledge than thr
rnifhed by the documents with
. fhips are furnilhed. Nor can
government, without incur in.
id difgra.ee, admit, in this re(
call doubt or fufpic'um, which
jurious to th.v. governim n
be uniull on Sne part of thofi
eutert.iin or manifeft them.
i, ifit were to be admitted as a prim
■Sple, that, the convoys granted by a fow
- :ign i cure (hips of bis fubjcrft*.
from being vifrted by '^^- ftate (hips or pri«
. it would follow that
the mod I' fquadron Ibould not
the rightof relieving from lea re h the
bins entrufted to V.; proteclicm, if tha
was exacted by the mod pi Si ill priva
But it cannot reafunably be funpofed tha
tlie Englifh government, which ha
f-irmly, and on the moft jmft ground.;-, (hew;
id a marked jealouly for the honor of its
in the maritime wars, i
which it has t; ken no part, has neverthel Is!
afiertfd Wit!
would ever confent, ftlould fuch circ.um
dances; occur, to an humiliating T<:;tatiori
fthat nature; and the i
epofes too much confidence in the ecptiti
md loyalty f bis SrSanmc maji fty, ;
Sir a fufpicion that it is his intention tc
\:}-c' h. R.i ler fimil ir eti -
rant to an/ othe
tjdent nower.
It feeim; fumVent to apply to the fa'
in queftinn, the natural remit of thefe oh
ibrration?, in order to make it evident that]
SDAY, DECEMBER 17th, 1800.
the captain of the king's frigate, by reptilf
ing a violence which he had no right
peel, has done no more than hisduti
that it was on the part of the Engl
gites, that the violation of the rights of i
neutral fovereigh, and of a friendly power
to his Britannic majefty, has been commit
ted:
The king has hefitated to fignify any for
mal complaint on the head, as long as Ik
'■dit as a mifco.nception which mighi
have been done away by amicable explana
tions between the refpettive command
the naval force which the two governments
kept up in the Mediteraneun: but feeing
himl'elf, much to his regret, disappointed
in that, hone, he has only to iniift on the
reparation that is due to him, and which the
jultice and the friendlhip of his Britannic
majefty feem juftly to be called upon to fe
c.ure to him.
(Signed) C. IM'.RNSTORFF.
Hamburgh, Sep. 26.
The is the reply of Lord '
ville to the note of the count de
Jarlfbourg, bis Danilh majeity's mi
refpecting the capture of the Ereya IS
" The underligned, principal '.
ftate foreign affaires to his majefty, ha;
had the hcinor of laying- before bis lmiji iiy
the note which was received yefterdaj
luntI unt de VecLl JaSfb urg, en,
mary and minilb-r pLnipotciit. .
tig of Denmark,
with the greater! furprife and
-il that his majefty received the full
gence of the affair to width, that note
5. Sincerely deiirous ot maintaining
DOS of tViencllhip and ;;!
h s fo 1 »ng fublifted between '
n and Denmark, bis majefty has dur
iffe of his reign? given r.
i'that difpoiition, and v.!
Ely hoped to have feeii reciprocally cn
'itd by ids Danifh majefty ; and, nct
andingthe expreiuoiii contained in tin
to the count \S'del Jariftieurg, hi?
ty cannot but flatter h.iulilf, that it
!!y by the orders of the V
lark, that this ftate of harmon
klenly interrupted, or that a D -
could have acted conformably to
iotlS, in thus commencing liolti
talb and unprovoked attack up
\)up of war, carrying the tia.
aid navigating the Britifh
kt The impreffions which fuch an event
have neceirardy - his majefty, have
leriveS greater force by reading of a note,
in which Satisfaction and reparation is de
manded, as due to the , from tbof
who have fiiltained the illfult and the inju
ry. Llis majefty, duly C mfidoring the dif
ficult fituatton in which neutral nations are
olaced, by the un conduct and fin
ailar character of bis enemy, has, upon
many occasions during the prejent war, re
d from exercifing his rights, and fron
.1 timing, on the part of his Majefty, the
Sal performance of thofe unties of
i-'titrility, which he profefiSd himfeif dil
lofedto maintain. But the premeditated
tnd open aggretfion which he has jufi fuf
tained, cannot be paffed over in the fam«
nanner. The lives of his brave ia'dors havii
.been facrificed. the honor of his flag ha
been infulted ilmoft within fight of his own
lafts, and this procedure has been main
lined by contellin gthe indifputable rights
founded upon the moil evident principle.'
■f the rights of nations, from which his ms-
S-ftv can never depart, and the moderati
xercife of which i; indifpenfably nee- fury
for the maintenance of the deareft ifiterefti
->f hi. empire.
" The underfigne.d. in all the reports
which he has laid before his majefl
- p-ft.ce to the v-erlSnal dilpefi
Sons which tlie count de YcrJcl has evinc
ed in order to prevent all caufe of mif
imder.ftand.jng between the two con
: avoid preflirig him to re
in its tru<
colours, to efface thefe fall >ns,b)
neans of which alone, a conduct IS injuri
es to his majefty could have been
(if even it ever was.), and to <
h? inVrcft of the two ecu
•iallvof Denmark, by beat
the difpofition with which hisiaajefh
Paid Is Advance.
vernmei.it is animated, and by recommfchd
.ng to his court, in that ferious maimer
which the importance of the affair juftifics
and requires, the neceflity of making in
this critical Conjuncture, a feiiable return,
fo that a prompt and iV.ti.sfac.tory reply may
be given to the demand which bis majeftjp
d'ed to be made at Copenhagen, both
for reparation for that which has pafled,
md for fet .. Sy againft the repetition of
uch injurious violence.
11 In order to give effcfl to the reprefeU
tations of his majefty, upon this iubjectf
and to fiirnilh the means cl fuch explana
tions as may prevent the nectfiity of vcl
forting to extremities, which his majefty
looks forward to with the greateft regret,
he has charged lord Whitworth with a fpe
cial million to the court of Denmark, «nd
a minifter will immediately fet fail upon his
That court can only fee in
that determination anew pre of of thi de
fire with which the king is animated to re
concile the maintenance of peace with the
prefervation of the fundamental rights and
-fts of hisempire..'
(Signed) "GRENVILLE."
" Paris, 15 Kr.demarie, Qtk Oct.
" While the firft Conful was. at Mor
fontaine, ;tt the entertainment given by
lofeih Buonaparte to the American Fle
nipou ntiaries, Citizen Caivbry, Pre fet of
the department of Cife, prefented him fc
i medal;, v.hich had.been late*
|y found by country \ cople in his depart
ment. They were concealed in an ear
then veflel, large enough to contain 600,
000 livres worth—v vie pcrft ifily well pie
f. rved, and of various epothsj fi c
them dated fnm an early pcritd cf the
irj Empire, others during the time
of the republic.
" The Pit fet obferved to the CciTr.i
that it was difficult to procure thefe me
dals, becaufe the j;ecple who found them,
were fearful left they might he tf.ken fn rr.
them, as according- to the ancient laws cf
hi;.nee, all ticafmcs found in this way
' belonged by right to the gwerr lv.ent-—At
pre lent, replied the fill Conful Buohapar-i
te, government will rot i
fortune cf a citizen.—Brfidcs, it is necef
fary to ufervciy precaution, to prevent
.'l'ciiais bei down into bul
lion by the country people—buy up
as many of them as you cai —.probably
added he, after : 's fib nee, it will
he eafy for you to procure mere—l hope
it will general anfwered the pre fet. On
this r<ply the Fill Conful advanctd towards'
Mr. Davie, < ite of tl
and laid to him. v> ''■ ra*a Medtk
Sir, lave juft bun found in I
rept and carry them with yon to AmeSca,
fo that the monuments ot the Roman Re
public mat become pledges of amity and
union between the republics of France and,
he United States"*
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 30.
The Ruffian fleet had entered tie L.i
danelles upon the.r return from tlie tyk'di
teranean into the Black Sea.
BOLOGNA, f-ept. 16.
We have now in the Tyrol, 55,CK
diier; 85 Companies of Rangers, and the
people under military difcipline.
LLGRLNCE, Septi 23.
The prices in Painting, Architecture and
Sculpture were diftSSv.tid with pomp.
In Sculpture the exhibitions were much
. rpplauded.
ROME. Sept. 20.
The Lee trade in Cr.'.in, which by an
bus been grante 1 has had the moft
1 and h-jppy died. The arrival of
nt veiTeb at Civitavecchia, at Fiu
■uicino, and Rida Grande has fupplicd our
wvnts and wetruft has de.iSr.ycd the isvete*
odinate and iil judged commercial
BOSRDJNG AND LODGING.
MY be had for Three or hour pr nth-men
dririiis> rht- fclTi^n of Congri is by applying
to Mr. Claxtoii, rr at the Three liuilding*. *
floori Eaft of the Navy office, to
Wm. G'NF.AL-
City of Waihir.gton Dec. 8, ißeo.