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AJaiVihv, th; Lards of th meet Wan. They accordingly met, and Arch- MASSACHUSETTS. IjOSTCX, ttlay 1 9. THE AN ERE R. anJ the Lord War-tci of the Cinque Ports, er fell, receiving a ball through the boJy.

The hUMMAKV. Private letters by dire herein, as are to nv quarrel was entirely between Smith fVorm-ley, and Archer had no concern with it. Since the American Revolution, I believe more officers of the army and navy have fallen by duels than any other way. The growing frequency the Hampden allure us, that there was no: the utmoft diftant profpeft of peace in Kurope tint the views of the adminiil ration, governed and directed as they appeared to be by recent intelligence from the continent, were directly oppofed to any overtures for an accommodation. of this and other evils may lead us to exclaim, 0 tempora, 0 meres May 7.

The PrefiJent of the United States yefter-day left the city for Monticcllo. It is with great pleafure we are enabled to ftate, that advices received from Mr. Munroe, of as late a date as March 1 1, are of a more to them may rdpjctiveiy appertain. Smni. CO TIIELL.

EXPRESS FROM HOLLAND. Englifbnun-Offce, 2 A. M. We llop the prefs to announce the arrival of an ex prefs with intelligence of thehigheft importance from Holland. By this conveyance we learn that Hamburgh, Lubeck, Bremen, Embden, have been all ihut againlt the trade of Great Britain.

Letters received by feveral refpecTable perfons in the City concur in this ftate-iment. We have been favored with Capt. Pratt, informs us, that at favorable complexion relative to the amicable acquitment ot our differences with U. tfntain, than any previously received. a nerufal cf fomefrom Holland of I We underftand that the SpaniQi agents at Mobile have agreed that that city thall a jj place of pepofit for goods brought in vefi'elsof citizens of the United States arriving there and that goods having been fodepofitcd may jj be carried either up the river or outwards.

Jj We further learn that in confcqucnce of the Not TOO not FEARrUL IV uim to te JUST." RANDOLPH: Monday, May 26, 1806. Good News. The laft Bofton Gazette From the intelligence, now afccrtined, of the election of Representatives to the next General Court, there is every reafon to believe, that the majority cf the Houfe of Reprefcnta-tives will be decidedly democratic." An officer cf the Conftitution frigate, lately arrived at Baltimore from Malta, contradicts the account of an altercation having taken place between Commodore Roger, and Capt. Gale. We are in firmed, that the celebrated Mung9 Park bad reached Fayal wit a one hundred armed men, who were to accompany him in his attempt tj explore the interior of Africa.

A late account hal ajfurtd us that ht had penetrated towards the fount of the Niger. Salem Rrg. Accounts from St. Domingo ftate, that his Imperial Majcfty Deflating, was making prep-antions to rtpel an expected invafion of his do. minions He is, however, laid to have pur-chafed an eftate in Pennfylvania, in cafe he fhould be compelled to renounce the imperU al purple, and become a private citizen.

Bfron paper. Late and Important. Capt Cuiter, arrived at Portland, from Martinico, (which he ltfc abut the 20th informs, that he faw Trinidad papers, received there the day before he failed, which fays, that Miranda had taken Margaretta, Cumana, Barcelona and Carrac-cas that immediately after landing, he was joined by 16,000 Colcmians that the current report was, the United States were at war with Spain, and that the expedition was fitted out by the time of his failing from Am-fterdam, (nth April), it was reported and believed, that Prufiia, had declared war againlr England. Ia commenting on the language of Mr. Fox, the EngHfti writers a-gree, that' there is no hope of an early negotiation of peace with France; but on the contrary, that war mull continue, while the ambition of Bonaparte remained unfa tiated.

They further ftate, that fears are now entertained, of a con-fpiracy between France and Pruf-fia, for the dethronement of the King of Sweden, and that it is probable the order for embargoing all fo recent a date as iait nnnuay. They aiTert that the King of Pruf-fia has marched 20,000 men into Hamburgh, and had flmt its port agaiml England the fame msaf-ures had been purfued with ref-pect to Bremen and Embden. Thefe letters alfo ftate that a Pruf-fnn army has been marched thro' liclikin, for the purpole of (hutting up the Sound againil our trade. difturbed ftate of the frontier, a large portion of our army, amounting to about cne thoufand men, have been directed to Itatioa themfelves at Fort Adams. COPY.

The Secretary of the Navy to the reft lent. Navy Department) ill April, 1806, Sis, HAVING obtained a fkht of the bill now before the Senate, entitled An aft in addition to an ait, infilled, An act fuppleinentary to the act providing for a naval ptace eftabiilh- nifnt and fir ntl'r nnrivifcc Inf" nr trr in Pruman yefltls, was grounded on the certain knowledge of this con- DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. VIRGINIA. nexion. The French have withdrawn their troops from Hanover and the whole country taken poiTeffion of by Pruflh.

From the line of conduct which Pruflja has purfued, in all her late t- 1.1 4 txtrati of a letter from JSciv-Urteans, dated nt fUch an ad of congrefs, the Chefapeake, as HAVE written this in great hafte, and 1 have ft time to fay, we yefterdy heard from Natchitoches The Spaniards have a- gain croacd the Sabine, and have dared our contemplated by you, cannot be lent to the Mediterranean. The propofed aft, among other regulations, contains this provilb, viz. that the whole number of able feamen, ordinary feamen, and boys, ihail not exceed 925." As we have at this time in aftual fervicc, 1 299 able feamen, ordinary feamen, and boys, if this bill fhould be palled into a law, we cannot confidently with its put in cotTimiffion another frigate. Inftead of increasing the number of men in fervice, we (hall be under the neceffity of reducing the number to 925. If congrefs will, agreeably to the recommen dation contained your milage cf the 14th of April, 1806, revive the Mediterranean fund meafures, there remains no quef- 1 tion, but The was called upon by Bonaparte to make her ekcYion, either to declare for Ruifia and England or againfl them.

The million of the Duke of Brunf-wick to "Peterfburg is faid to have failed. The object of it was believed to have been to reconcile the Emperor Alexander to the conduit of -the Pruffian cabinet, and to prevail on him to withdraw his troops from Poland. The Duke has returned to Berlin. Tt is very evident that Prulfiais completely under the control of France; and that her alliance will end in her furtigation by that power. The Budget brought forward in Parliament by Mr.

Fox, contemplates a new and addition- troops, to drive them duck. from Major Porter's orders, he muft attempt it, although with a very inferior force." Extracl cf a letter from a gentleman in Pinch- nepiik, dated April 3, 1 806, ta his friend in this city. A few months fince, I was compelled by the governor of Weft-Florida, to abandon an cftabliihment I had in that territory which I do allure yon has very fenfibly injured me. An officer at Fort Adams, yefterday received a letter from another at Nachiroches, ftating, that Capt. Johnfon, with fixty-flve men, had gone towards the Sabine river to meet a party of four hundred Spaniih cavalry, who were, coming to take polkilicn of find to re-cecupy a pbft near Natchitoches, from which they have been recently driven by an officer and, party of American troops, on thf principle of its bein? within the American limits.

It is coniidently believed a fight will enlue, and be alTured that no cne wilhes it mors than I do." the United States government. Barcelona and Cumana furrendered without refntauce. llbid. From ofljciaj documents, it appears that the coft of our Naval Eftablfhment has been as follows 1 798, were expanded half a million of dollars. In 1799, nearly 3 millions.

In 1800, aoove 3 millions. In 1801, above two millions. In 1802, lei's than one. Ia 1803, more than one. In 1804, a million and above oae fifth, and in 1805, a million and above one third.

Accompanying this ftatement is another, giving the coft of each ihip. The Confte'lation coft above 300,000 dollars. The EfTex, nearly 140,000 dollars. The eheapeft vdlcls in the navy were the Gun-Boats built at Washington, the cheapeft of which was at 10,000 andl the Gailies, which wer from 3 to 5000 dolls. The navy yard at Walhington coft that at New-York, about hat" that fum.

The navy yard at Bofton, that at Portf-mouth 33,000. One at Philadelphia coft 41,000, and one at Norfolk, 52,000. The report reflecting the fortifications begms at the Eaftern States, and with a defcripnon of the works, gives us ts amount of the expenles. At Portland, 8f thoufand At Porif-mouth, about 14. At Salem, 2 r.

At M.ir-blehead, 13 At Bofton, "At New. London, 14,000. At New-York, iqo.ooo. The reports which have been made of tne tx-penfe of adequate have not bem accepted, as the plan of defence is nor yet fettled. and appropriate a part thereof to.

the purpoics of the navy, and will moreover augment number of feamen that may be employed to 1,591, the frigate, th Chef-alce, miy be put in commiffion and nt to the under the amhority of tew we otherwife fhail not be able to fend out this frigate until the return of thtveffcls ordered hoaic by my letter of the 1 sth October, 1805." The Mediterranean fund has been revived but Congrefs did not Ueem it expedient to appropriate any part of it to the purpofes of the navy neither did they perceive the ne-ceility of authoriling the Pr? ii-Jnr io ifapio'y more than 925 The Oufapeake of courfe cannot be manned until 665 iiitn.cf the Mediterranean fquadron iha'd re'urn to the U. States. It is to be lamented that a greater latitude of power had not been entrulced to the Prelldent, fo as to have enabled him to fend out not only the Chefapeake ic the Mediterranean, but a competent force to protect our harbors from the humiliating agg refiions to which they are at preferit expofed. tax on Policies of 1 Insurance, on Wine, on the Property Tax, and on Broad Cloth. Hofiilnies have been again broken out in India.

The intelligence fiates, that Scinda Ri- iah had rejected in tsto all the overtures prof fered by Sir G. Barlow in conlequence ot I In 1S01, a report of nearly 4 miiiions of dol COLUMBIA. Washington, April 24. On the morning of the 17th we had in the city, or at leaft between two men from the who went over to the Virginian fhore, a farnple of that gothie barbarity, which is a difgrace to our country, I mean a duel, between a Dr. Smith and a Dr.

Archer, the one of the army and the other of the navy of the United States, in which Dr. Archer fell, being fuppof-ed to be killed on the fpot but I underftand he was a'jve yefterday morning, tho there were little or no hopes of his recovery fhould he lofe his life, it may, in the moft extenfivc fenfe of the word, be faid that he died as a fool dieth. -The particulars fo far as I hare been able to which the whole of the European forces, and ail other perfons capable cf bearing arms, had been marched to fubdue the enemy. The principal part of the kingdom of Naples has been fubdued by the French; the Gnlabreje have yielded the prtrefs of Gada alone remains un-fnbdued. An attempt is contemplated againfl Si' cih, defended as it is by Britijh troops, and guarded by a Britifh fauadron.

The King and Queen of Naples, the R)ysl Family, iviih an immenfe quantity of property, fpe-'cie, plate, diamonds, CjV. have arrived in perfeft fafetf, at Palermo. The Ottoman Porte has now officially recogniz-'ed the Emperor Napoleon. The French troops fill in Germany are ef 'mated at 200,000 men. The Ruffian troops in Poland, fo far from evacuating that place, are on the contrary daily augmenting their numbers and accounts fate that throughout the Ruffian frontiers, the roads are cov coltecl them, were as follow Some time before, how long I know not, there was a ball at Col lars was made, and in iSoj, of 2 millions, to ebmpleat the works.

Tne belt defence ofs New-York, according to the report, is yet to be confidered. The expenfes near Philadelphia are given at 64 thoufand. At Baltimore, at 95,000. At Alexandria, at 2009. At Norfolk, at 20,000.

At Cape Fear, in N. C. at 27,000. At Charlefton, At Savannah, above 1000. At St.

Mary's Georgia, above 6000. The report gives the. ports and harbors, tiie names of the forts, and fums expended, with probable expenfi-s in repairs and improvements, with a general defcriptionofthe works. The whole fum expended for fortifications, from March, 1794, tit the end of the year 1805, was 943,619 dollars." In the London Times, of March 1, the following is given as the genuine Will of the late William Pitt. I owe SirWalter Farquhar one thoufand guineas, from October, 1805, as a profefiional debt.

W. Pitt." with intereft, from Oct. 1801, to Mr. Long, Mr. Steele, Lord Currington, Biili- Wharton's, the commanding officer of the PENNSYLVANIA.

Philad. May 10. About eight o'clock yefterday evening, the wind blowing violently from the weft and north weft, a Fire bqrft from a wooden building, ftt-uate back of dock-itreet, between the Bank of the United States and Bank'of Pennfylvania, and in fhort time the whole range of buildings, on both fides cf Relief alley, from Dock-ftrcet to Carter's alley, was enveloped inflames. Every cxertiou that could prompt the zeal and activity of our citizens, was ufed on this occafipn and coniidtring the violence of the wind, the narrownefs of the alleys, and the marine corps, Lieut. Wormley, of the marines, sfked young Mifs Danielfon, ftep daughter to General Laton, dance (lie declined, faying flie had already danced confiderably and felt too much fatigued Wormley confidered it as an ahront, and threw out fome indecent obfervations with regard to the young lady Eaton was not prefent, and Dr.

Smith obferv ered with artillery, ammunition waggons and troops that an immenfe army was collected on the many combuftible materials, (being chiefly tarpemers' fhops) it is foooe confolation ed to Wormley that he thought it indecent frontiers and that the recruiting in the interior and ungcntlemanlikc to treat the young lady fo, efpecially as (he had no perlon to protect her, and faid he would tell General Eaton, country, was going on without interruption. Poftkript. A Flag of truce, arrived at Dover on the th from Boulogne. A paper of the yth contains the following extracls. The Gazette contains a note latin? that the re- op of Lincoln, Lord Camden, Mr.

Jofcph 'Smith; and I earneftly requcft their accept-' ance of it. I wifh, if means can be found for which he accordingly did. This brought on fomething like a fracas between Eaton and Wormley, which was flopped by the interpo- fition of fome officers prefent. Wormley af it, paying double the wages to all my(fervants who were with me at my deceafe. W.

Pitt." "I wifh my brother, with the bifhop of terwards attempted to make an attack upon Lincoln, to look over my papers, and fettle Smith, in order to whip him for the informa tion he gave to EatonSmith proved the ftout er man and whipped Wormley fcverely. qiiifte communication has been made to the Foreign Mini'lers at. this court, by Mr. Fox, apprifing I them that the Ems, the Elbe, the Wefer and Trave hivfbeen put in a fate of. blockade.

lhe trade of Hamburgh, of Embden, Lubec, and Bremtn, and of thefe places carried on through them from principal channels, is thus cut off. I the whole block was not entirely deftroyed. On Third-Street, feven three ftory brick buildings were deftroyed and on Dock-ftrcet, in the alleys at joining, as far as we could af-certain, about nine it was paft twelve o'clock before the fire got under. It is remarkable that the very night 15 years ago the fame diflricl of the city was laid in afhes by the moft deftruftive fire which Philadelphia has ever experienced, and this is the third conflagration which has happened in the fame fpot in the month of May. RHODE-ISLAND.

Newport, May 8, Yefterday the annual Election of this State was holden, agreeaby to Charter, in this town'. On counting the votes, it, appeared that there was no choice of Governor. The Hon. Ifaac Wi'bour is elected Lieutenant Governor, by a htndfome majority. my affairs.

I owe more than I can leave behind me. W. Pitt." afterwards fent Smith a challenge by the hand Stray 'Mare. of Archer. Smith replied that Wormley was fl AME into the endofure of the fubferiber.

a fcoundrel and a poltroon, and could lay no Much peculation continues to be excited by the claim to the character of a gentleman, and he icornedto meet him, or words to that purpole arrival of the lad Flag of Truce. But no more about the firft of May, a dark bay Mare, is known of the matter than the fad of the arrival fuppofed to be about ten years old, low ia fiefh, of difpatches. Tome galled with the faddle and collar. The Capt. Bartlettfrom Bayone, informs that Louis owner is defired to call and pay for this adver Archer was rather offended at this treatment of his friend, and Smith told him that if he felt difpofed to efpoufc Wormley'g quarrel, as Bonaparte, has been declared Sovereign of Ihlland tifement, and take her away.

muT mrTYTJTvrorkr he confidered him as a gentleman, would by a decree of the governments Eraintree, May 21,.