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Foreign Intelligence.
15- The ships of the line , the Redoubtable , the Nestor , the Fou ' geux , iht Tourville , and the frigates the Romaine , the Serine , the Fidelle , and the Cocarde , left Bantry Bay the 5 th of January , and entered our roads on the 13 'h . In their course they met no enemy . The Admiral and General , in the Fraternite , kept the sea for twenty-nine days , almost always in the midst of storms , and sometimes in the midst of the English squadrons . The details of the expedition -will prove , that if was neither the English nor the winds that prevented our
landing ; but a mistaken signal which divided and delayed the fleet . 20 . The frigate the Fraternite , on board of which was the Admiral Morard de Galles and General Hoche , had moored in the road of Rochefort , on the 14 th of January , accompanied by the ship of the line the Revolution . 27 . Great preparations are making for a second important expedition , in which all the resources of Republican France will be called forth . Of the last fleet , fifteen sail out of seventeen are come into port . The following summary statement of the fate of the whole is given in the . Eclair of the 25 th . Ships which have entered port - 33 Lost - - - 5 Missing - - - 2 — - 1 Taken ¦; - - 4 . Total 44
AMERICA . New Tori , Dec . 23 . Three dreadful confiagaiions have lately taken place in this country . In this city , on Dec . 9 th , from sixty to seventy . buildings were burnt down . At . Savannah , on November 26 th , 229 houses , being more than half the compact part of the city were consumed ; and at Baltimore , on December 4 th , the Methodists' meeting , their academy , seven houses , and a number of backbuildingswere in a blaze . 'I hese fires were at first attributed to Frenbh
incen-, diaries , but this has since been denied by the American papers . It has been discovered that they were occasioned , by some wicked incendiaries who were urged to it by the hope of pillage and plunder . i'hiladelpbia , Dec . 24 . The Election for a President , and Vice President of the "United States ended this day , when the numbers stood as follow : For Mr . Adams , r - - - 71 Mr . Butler , - - - - 2 3 Mr . Pinckney , r - - - 65 Mr . Adams , - - - - 1 5 Jefferson
Mr . - r - - 57 Mr . Jay and Mr . Elsworth had 5 votes each ; Mr . Clinton 3 ; Mr . Henry , Mr . Washington , and Mr . Johnson , 2 each . Mr , Adams and Mr . Pinckney are therefore elected President and Vice-President of the United States , an official notification of which is to be made on the 10 th of next month by the President of the Senate to both houses of Congress . Both those gentlemen are considered as well disposed towards Great Britain . Mr . Jefferson , one of the unsuccessful candidates , is supposed to be friendly to
the interests of France . The States of Kentucky and Tennessee , although attached to the Union , were not , from some informality , allowed to send Electors ; and the returns from the-State of Georgia did not arrive in Ihe time limited by Act of Congress .
DOMESTIC NEWS . ' Londcn . Teh . 1 . As the watchman belonging to Westminster-Abbey was go- ; ing his nine-o ' clock round , he observed , close under the West-gate of the Abbey , a man lying on the ground , who , on closer examination , proved to be Colonel Frederick , son of the late Theodore , King of Corsica , with his brains , and even one side of liis face literally blown to atoms , appearing altogether a most mangled and shocking spectacle .
Various conjectures were assigned for the cause of this lamentable act ; but from the most minute enquiry , there is much reason to fear it was his own deed . The body was immediately conveyed to the workhouse adjoining for , the Coroner ' s Inquest , which sat on Friday morning ; and after an investigation of four hours , returned averdict of lunacy . On examining his pockets , 2 s . only were found , and a copy of a letter directed ' to a Nobleman high in office , supplicating , a small sum to prevent an'arrest , which had driven him from his lodgings , - . *• •¦
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Foreign Intelligence.
15- The ships of the line , the Redoubtable , the Nestor , the Fou ' geux , iht Tourville , and the frigates the Romaine , the Serine , the Fidelle , and the Cocarde , left Bantry Bay the 5 th of January , and entered our roads on the 13 'h . In their course they met no enemy . The Admiral and General , in the Fraternite , kept the sea for twenty-nine days , almost always in the midst of storms , and sometimes in the midst of the English squadrons . The details of the expedition -will prove , that if was neither the English nor the winds that prevented our
landing ; but a mistaken signal which divided and delayed the fleet . 20 . The frigate the Fraternite , on board of which was the Admiral Morard de Galles and General Hoche , had moored in the road of Rochefort , on the 14 th of January , accompanied by the ship of the line the Revolution . 27 . Great preparations are making for a second important expedition , in which all the resources of Republican France will be called forth . Of the last fleet , fifteen sail out of seventeen are come into port . The following summary statement of the fate of the whole is given in the . Eclair of the 25 th . Ships which have entered port - 33 Lost - - - 5 Missing - - - 2 — - 1 Taken ¦; - - 4 . Total 44
AMERICA . New Tori , Dec . 23 . Three dreadful confiagaiions have lately taken place in this country . In this city , on Dec . 9 th , from sixty to seventy . buildings were burnt down . At . Savannah , on November 26 th , 229 houses , being more than half the compact part of the city were consumed ; and at Baltimore , on December 4 th , the Methodists' meeting , their academy , seven houses , and a number of backbuildingswere in a blaze . 'I hese fires were at first attributed to Frenbh
incen-, diaries , but this has since been denied by the American papers . It has been discovered that they were occasioned , by some wicked incendiaries who were urged to it by the hope of pillage and plunder . i'hiladelpbia , Dec . 24 . The Election for a President , and Vice President of the "United States ended this day , when the numbers stood as follow : For Mr . Adams , r - - - 71 Mr . Butler , - - - - 2 3 Mr . Pinckney , r - - - 65 Mr . Adams , - - - - 1 5 Jefferson
Mr . - r - - 57 Mr . Jay and Mr . Elsworth had 5 votes each ; Mr . Clinton 3 ; Mr . Henry , Mr . Washington , and Mr . Johnson , 2 each . Mr , Adams and Mr . Pinckney are therefore elected President and Vice-President of the United States , an official notification of which is to be made on the 10 th of next month by the President of the Senate to both houses of Congress . Both those gentlemen are considered as well disposed towards Great Britain . Mr . Jefferson , one of the unsuccessful candidates , is supposed to be friendly to
the interests of France . The States of Kentucky and Tennessee , although attached to the Union , were not , from some informality , allowed to send Electors ; and the returns from the-State of Georgia did not arrive in Ihe time limited by Act of Congress .
DOMESTIC NEWS . ' Londcn . Teh . 1 . As the watchman belonging to Westminster-Abbey was go- ; ing his nine-o ' clock round , he observed , close under the West-gate of the Abbey , a man lying on the ground , who , on closer examination , proved to be Colonel Frederick , son of the late Theodore , King of Corsica , with his brains , and even one side of liis face literally blown to atoms , appearing altogether a most mangled and shocking spectacle .
Various conjectures were assigned for the cause of this lamentable act ; but from the most minute enquiry , there is much reason to fear it was his own deed . The body was immediately conveyed to the workhouse adjoining for , the Coroner ' s Inquest , which sat on Friday morning ; and after an investigation of four hours , returned averdict of lunacy . On examining his pockets , 2 s . only were found , and a copy of a letter directed ' to a Nobleman high in office , supplicating , a small sum to prevent an'arrest , which had driven him from his lodgings , - . *• •¦