Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

From a London Paper of Aug 5.

"There is one object which all the American ambassadors in Europe have been instructed to pursue with all possible ardour, and that is, to propose and bring to a happy conclusion, a treaty of confederation of all the maritime powers against the Algerine, Tunisian, and other piratical states, which infest the Mediterranean, and interrupt the commerce of Europe and America. Two plans have been proposed on this head. One--that each contracting party shall agree to equip. and in turn keep stationed in the Mediterranean, a naval squadron, sufficient for the protection of all ships carrying the flags of Christian powers. This squadron to be relieved every six weeks, and to be bound to protect, not only the trade of the nation to which the squadron belongs, but also of every other nation which shall become a party in the treaty. The Spaniards to fit out the first squadron; to be relieved by another furnished at the joint expence of the Italian states. This to be relieved by the French; these again by the English; and so on by the Dutch, Danes, Swedes, Russians and Americans. The other plan is, that the Order of Malta shall be invited to undertake the protection of all ships belonging to the contracting parties, sailing up the Levant, or in the Mediterranean; and that the contracting parties shall each furnish a quota in money, to be paid annually into the treasury of the Order of Malta, to enable the Order to keep constantly at sea a force sufficient to secure the freedom of navigation, within the latitudes to be specified. In both plans a preliminary is, that the tributes or presents paid to the Barbary states shall cease and determine; and that the necessity of ships sailing thro' the Mediterranean being furnished with passes shall of course no longer exist. The court of Spain, we are assured, has lent a favourable ear to the proposal, and has expressed its readiness to accede to a treaty, founded on either of the two plans, whenever the other maritime powers shall signify their approbation of the system. The court of Naples warmly espouses the proposition. France and England have not yet given an answer on the subject."