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being contraband, being : Vessel calculated
sor fighting, but notwnhstandmg she was
cleasdd: but appealed for by the captors,
she Propercy remams here no\_v in pofieflion
ofshe agents unnl further mal.
The next was the brig T artar, of Phi
;zdelphia, from C. Francois to jamaica—
she was sent in here-by his majesty's ship
Susprize, and libelled on suspicion and ac
quitted, but appealed for by the captors.
The property remains in the same way
that "the Hannah's does. '
The Nestor, of your port, was sent in
here by. his excellency F. VVatkins, of his
majesty's ship Neriede, off C urracoa , where
she was libelled for having light duck on
board; what is called white rolls in Ame- _
ries, but given up, each paying their own
costs.
1 he AnnactMaria, of your port, was sent
"in here by a prissvateer belonging to this _
lace, having Russla sheeting on board and
libelled for light duck. Immediately afte:
she arrived here the captain and peolzle
were turned out, and the vesse1 suffered to .
sink. along-side the wharf. She was cried
here last court and condemned because the
mare had charge of her when she was cap
tured, the capaaiu having died on the pus.
sage.
sl'he Elcanor, of your port, was takex
bound to Curracoa, and sent in there b}
one of his majesisiy's ship's renders,— om
hundred barrels of flour taken out then.
and sent down here for adjudication, ?
great part of her cargo embezzled, fl'z
was ]ibelled here for having light ducL
on board, what is called brown oznaburg—
in America. She was tried here last court
and ten bales of the oznaburgs condemn
ed; the- vessel and the best of the carge
acquitted, the claimants paying all costs.
4 'Brig Sukey, -0f.Salem, was taken bound
to Laguira and sent imo-Curracoa, where ct
they gave her up and ox'dered . the caprain.
to sea, but consideang & little longer a
bout the business sent him down here,
where he was ]siibclled on suspicion, she
was tricd here last court and the cargt'
condemned, because the captain hzct-d thc
consignment of a valuable cargo, there
fore condemned as being enemies' proper
ty covered. . -
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'I he Dolphin, of Baltimore, was sent
in'here bound to St. Thomas, laden wit]
szour and libelled, and cried here last court
hot acquitted, the ciaimaints paying all
cofls. _ -
The Rubjct', ctos Phila—deiph'xa, was taken
by his majelty's ship Tisiphone, John Da
vie, esquirc, commander, bound to Port
Republic, laden with provisions, &c. Cap
tain and all the people taken out except
the mate; during the time she was in pos
sesszon of the man of war they experienced
a heavy gale ofwind, and let three feet Qua
(er get in the hold, which damaged two
tie: of her flour; immediately after her at.
sfval here the cargo was libclled and sold,
cing perishahLe property. She was cried
here last court, and condemnedw'essel and
Cargo for not having a sea letter, though
esea letter was in the court house the
me time and filed among the other pa
[si'm- Some business having called the
Jfldfiimmediately aster paffing sentence,
32 !! as he returned the attorney begged
X! honor would alter his sentence, as the
ea letter was {mon the rest of the pa
Ffls and he had ma e & miiiake; his an
swer wan he had passed his sentence and
that was the only reason for condemning
?.Id Antetican vessel falling into their
I
C'Pfflin Davie labors under a great dis
'advantage, as he cruiscs for nothing but
* Americans, he takes but 5 men; the first
fone he captutes he mans with his own
. people, and sends her down here, the next
i one he takes he iends the first Americans.
;he took down with her. So he always
,has an American crew ready to put on
The Hiram, of Mount Pleasant, has
bound to Charleston, South-Carolina, with
loaded. Ship Carolina, os Baltimore, was
sent in here the other day for adjudication
by the admiral, the captain turned out of
her; she is waiting for her trial. Thx -si
ship Cleopatra,, of New-York, fro;:
New-Orleans bound to New-York, sin
Ln here for adjudication—having, as I an
informed, about zosiooo dollars in specie
on board.
sent in hete also, from New-Orlcans.-—
Schooner Tirzah, of Bosron, capt. Clark,
fell in with & British srigare, who prefled
fvery one ofhis men out of him and allow
ed him to proceed on his voyage, asterbe- :
zng five days in a distressed situation, onl}
himself and mate on board, concluded 1
siut into the nearest port, but fell in wizf
another British cruizer, who tent him l'si
siiais port for adjudication.
The schooner Jerusha, of New Hamp
hire, sent in here because the captaix
.vould not pav salvage at Curmcna
been sent in here from Port Republican, :
cossee, where she waits for triai, being un- 1
Iboard any American vessels he may take ; ss
he takes Americans and puts an American ss
prizmmaster and crew on board of them to }
take them to ,]amaica. *
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The sischocner I—IarrZ-ot, of New-York, ]
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In all cases they mZke it a point to dis ss
ss-harge the vessels immediately, and get a:
>rder from the honorable judges to sell th
aerishabie part osthe ca rgo, which amonm
very often to the whole; especially if'th .
goods should be in demand here or on th 1
":,panish main, where they carry on a gresi-t ]
sradc, which, I believe, is the only reasox 1
they have for sending in American vesst-Iss ;
simund there. They have three causes her.
br libclling ; one for light duck on board- ",
'he other sulþicion of being enemies' pro. —
perty ; and the other for being enemies'
property. As for light duck they havsi- ,"
two or three gentlemen here who W'il'sii
swear that any lincn ,stouter than Irifl
!hirting is light duck! and for enemies"
proPerty, they have found a man at Curra . ct
'tssroa that will swear to any person's birth ;. —
, as was the case in the Sukey ; they got zsi.
*nan to swear that the captain of her was '
'iorn in Teneriffi: and brought up in sht' <
T-lavanna, though he never saw either of
the places in his life! As for suspicion of 1
:nemies' property, that is left to his ho- ]
' nor the judge. So in fact they can do just
as they please to the condemned, or let it
alone.
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After your vessel is discharged, she is ct
hauled off and moored. Sometimes they '
allow the captain and peop!e to stay on ,
board, iftctheydo not they put a new negro
on board to mind her, who never misses
" (leasing every thing ,he can lay his hands
on : If your vessel is given up, your rig- -
ging, light fails, provisiom, &c. .are all _
stolen. The bottom of the vessel eaten
up by the worms ; for they have but one
court : month, and they as often keep a
vessel two Courts as one, so that whatsoever
falls in their hands might as well fall in the
hand: of any other nation. If they .don't
lunder Amerieans of their cloathing, I
elieve it is because they do not happen
to sit. 1 expect they thl- appeal for all
Amcricans acquitted this court.
His excellency F . Watkins, governor .of
' Curracoa, Amba, uair, Avea and Roco,
and the dependencies of Curracoa, cut
s uch : dash while he was there alone, that
the admiral, as soon as he arrived at Cur
racoa, ordered him to sea immediately, ?n
consequence of which he resigned his com
misiion—ctas captain of his majesty 's Nercidc,
and is gone home in the pucket.
Two American Guiucamen sent iuhcrc,
one of them given up, the other condemn
ed ; and a great numbc-r of Danes, Bre.
meneres, Hamburghcrs, &c. are coming in
daily. .
By publishing the above in ' you uscful
paper you will oblige ( besidsses your cor
respondent) a number of
. - AMERTCANS. ss
F.. "S. It is thought here us soon as the}
treaty between France and Amezsiica is rati- ct
rtied, they will send in every Amc-rican ves-ct
sel they come athwart at sea. ?
The schrf Little ]ohn, of 'Ba'sitimorc, ss
was upset a few days before I left King
Ztsson, off the east end of jamaica—she.
jristed to St. Ann's Bay. Part of her
cargo and all the people except the cook, '
saved. ss
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'SAMUEL COLD.
—*——-*——
LUNUUN, Novem'oer 16. \
The emperor Paul, fully appz'ized of the
'mportance of Malta (the compiete key ot'
"He Levant) and anxious for its attainmessnt,
\s the most essential means to create :: (tom
*;1'crce, and to augment that naval greatsi
ct-ss-ifs which ought c—o have long since awak- '
-ncd the jealousy of Britain ; appointed
he prince Wolkou'shy, governor of that'
!land, and by the fleet of'admiral Ouseha- '
ss iOffS, dispatched him with a strong and
ss hosen body of grenasidiers, which was to
ss zrm its garrison. 'l'his fleet came to an
si sinchor in the Bosphorus, at Boyook-Dereh, '
where it was joined by the division from
ne Baltic, commanded by viceadmira:
larzofs, for what particular purpose thur
;ugmented, is not stated ; but the account
t' the surrender of Malta to the English
'eached them the 28th Scptem'ncr, whenss
: was stated they were about to returnsssi
ss .mmediately do Sebailogol.
The Hamburgh mail received on Fri- -
\ !ay, brought the Vienna Court Gazette.
\ \t 23d ult. which mentions the appointsiss
nent by the Emperor, of count de Lehr- ss
siach, to be minister of state.
The court of Sweden, on the zzd Oct.,
'etumed an answer to the Spanish rescript
)f Sept. ! 7, in which complaint was madc
ct-s the capture by the Engiish ostwo Spa- _
wish srigates, in the harbour os Bareelo
.a, by putting a number of men on board
.1Swedish vessel. In this answer, the Spa
nish government. is informed that his Swe
:iish majesty will rcmonstrate to the court
:)isiLoudon, to which he is equally induc
ed by his friendly connections with the '
Spanish court, and the violation of the neu
trality of his flag. But that in doing so,
he shallconceive himself the principal par.
ty. " justice requires, that what has
been obtained in an unjustitiablc manner,—
shall be restored. His majesty will de
mand, but without answering for the con
sequences of this measure." The paper,
after instancing the cases in which Swe
dish ships had been taken or phmdered by
English and by French vessels in the ports
of dpain, says " His majesty would have
been happy to have seen the court of Spain
manifcft in his iavor the same enctgy with
which it now makes complaint. -
I N D 1 A.
( B} ofverland Dffpatcb. )
All apprehcnsions of & rupturc with the
Wahrztmo has subsided ; they have acce
'ded to the 'ari'hn " _
Company, and: __ si ct
andttrengthen thegsssictss sizs', - siss . .
pily existing betweehctthe'o si-si'We'
before stated, and althoughthe Mahrattas
sustained no doubt of the expence or haza'td.
of thejatsie war, yet, to give them an in.
, tercst in the new Sectlcmeht, it was deten
mined to aller to them a portion o'sthe
conquests :——the Peshwa required an equal
division with the Nizam, embracing I
a strong line of sortressee on our fromtiers;
, this was declined by the Supremc Covern
! ent, and the Court of Puonah withheld
'- its consent to the partition and the corn.
mercial conditions attached to it; bu t
probably- intimidated by the decided ar
rangcments_ making .by sithe Company,
they, immediately previous to the depar
þture of the dispatch, xatified the treaty,
'-& ascribed the delay to the changes which
had taken place in their Cabinet.
A vessel arrived in the HOOgley from
Queda, reports, that the hosiile pre ara
tions at Siam _ were wholly suspend , in
consequence of the following circumt ance, '
which "had involved the whole em te in
constemation and alarm.
" - .;s-w '
The great royal Elephant wfficlss is sup
posed by the credulous people to . be im
mortal, is here held in estate osictdoiatry,
.and on occasions of importance, is lead in
proceffion with extreordinary parade and
ceremony. In order to excite p0pulari-ty
to the war against Ava, and ctdirect the
shperstitious prejudices of the nitives to its
active ,prosecutiosin, the great Elephant was
led forth; but in the midst of the rites,
and within the greedy obFervance of thou
sands the animal fell down and instantly
expired—sear and amazcment prevailed
every bosom they regarded the event as
the. persage of some dire calamity and as
an unequivocal condemnation of the war,
which notwithstanding all the persuafion
of the Priestssi, and the influence of the
court, they considered impious. Should
the king 0f*Ava take advantage of this
event, the conquest os Siam must he the
consequence.
M-WW1WM
Alexandria Advertzser.
FRlDAYTj-anuary 23.
By : gentleman who passcsisid through
this town yesterday, from the City of
Washington, on his way to Norristown, in
Montgomcry county, we are informed,
that he is the bearcr Os ; general pardon,
granted by the P-residcnt of the Unitcd
.ssjzates, to all the remaining unfortunate
Germans, who were sentefnced to fine and
Zmprisonmcnts, for misdemeanors in the:
Northampton inshrrection.
Lancaster ] nttl .
Accnr'ding to the officia] account of the
siege of Malta, provisions-had riflm to the
following enormous price before the capi
culation took place :-—-- si
A fowl, '60 {ranks ; apair ofpidgcons,
24. sranks ; a hare., 12 (ranks ; an egg,
16 sous; a letcuce, 18 sous ; a pound of
horse flesh, : franks ; a- sat, : stank: ; a
pound of fish 2 franks.
I'ORT OF ALEXANDRM.
ARRlVED, 'ss
Sbip Hannah, Stevens, ]amaica.
Schooner Thetis, White, Norsolk.
Pssrzntz'ng in all zsits vanety
executed with neatng/sis and
.dfflzatc/z.
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