Gazette of the United States & evening advertiser. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1794-03-11 00:00:00, page 3

A letter from St. Croix, dated 20th
February, 1794, contains the following
particulars. That one hundred fail of
Am -ican Veflels have been captured by
file jLngiiih Cruisers; vVho all a& under
Further particulars of the recapture of TOULON.
Ont!ie \§'h. oj December f»tn deserters Jromthe
French campinvyiing I o-lnn, entered that place, and
gave information that i general afjtu/t was Jhortly
intend'd on all the out pofls. The Ojieged maae pre
par at ions to receive thew On the • ight of the 16th.
at half pafl 11 o'clock, the attack commenced-, but wis
principally direFted again fl the Gia d Camp, or fort
which, commands the harbour• After very great car
ttage on to:k fidn, the afj" Hants became mafic- s oj it
next ■ nor ing about 8 o'c 'ock, taking some »■rfunerj .
On this d fajler a capital was edited, who concluded
to evacuate the place,and to carry away at many of
the Rc\a!ij!s as the. poffib'y could. Theft deter mi
na;ton\ firing taken, the arfeiat was burnt down.
On the 18th, the etnbark mo* commenced ; but Jo
gr.at was then precipitation, that tho' the Briufh
ftvei their ejfe I *, exceptJomepieces oj cannon, the
alli/t lojt tt.e whole-
The troops were soon 01 hoard lYhileTHc emhar
kn'on wis go-n\rn ) a cotifiJeruble boi\ of the Citi
zens, attached to the cause oj the Rep üblic, afjembled
arnt cried out Vive la Kepubiique, an J uould nave at
tached t e troops, but Lord Hood had some time be
fore d'faru.eel them, a'd rendered their intentions a
bcrtiv ! Ano'deruaf. however, given b\ the Bri
tish to difperfc the croud ; they were acroraingly fired
on, nnU anfiderab'e numbers killed. JnttiisConjn
Jioand under the mojl dreadful apptehcnficns of
indijcrimma'.efluvghtcr from their fuccefful coun
trymen, rr.a' uUae3 flocked down tothepiaceof em
barkation. and implored the Allies to receive them.
A', mhers went in boats with their ejfeTs and teach,
ed the veflels ; and very greit numbers in defpur
threw thcmfelves into the water, aid were drowned /
TheJight was fhockmg beyond conception ! On the
m the mo> ning, the fleets got under way, the
brtuffi proceed dto the iJUn { ts 0/ Hies, where they
remained. The Spanijh Jlcet filedfor i'arthagena,
*nd arrived there on the ijl of January.
On the evacuatron, immediate p(J'fJ/'or> was taken
bv the befiegtrs, uho ordered the inhabitants to col
led in tie Great Square—fepar at'dt*ie Republicans
from thoft u ho had traiteroufly fur rendered the p 'ace,
and put t!)e whole of the latter to the Sword — Ihe
Jormerwr ah the women were spared Ater exe
cuting v 1 istive jnflice in thi>Jummary manner, or
der u'tff i( it, ud.
These ivcnts, which took p'ace subsequent tj the
departure nj the fleets, were related by three Tou
lor efe who cfeped in a boat.
/' hen the Allies failed, they taok with them two
•fi'be French line of battle 3 frigates 9 hav-
Wty) it if Jail, previovjly burnt the rem nnder.
It is reported that w en Lord Hood fhnufd receiv
the expected reinforcement from EPg aid, he meant
o fail on an expedition againji the >flmd of Lorfica.
The Captain further informs, that
there is no conlul eitabliflied at Carthage
na by Congress ; notwithllanding which
they did nut want for a (ulcere friend,
whom they found in Mr. Henry Hawfon,
merchant of Carthagena—he tranfatted
all tlieir business in the b(I manner; made
out their memorial and forwarded it to
Court, took the utmoli pains to obtain
information concerning the Algerine cor
iairs; and, in Cnort, conferred on them
every civility in his power. The four
Captains who were there at that time, de
c'are they never experienced so much
friend Vp from aiy mm, and without the
prefect of interest or hope of reward.
We hope that Congress and the reft of
our countrymen, will take this into con
sideration ; as meeting with so valuable a
friend in such a critical time, rr.uft be a
fv rneient recommendation to Congress to
appoint him consul there, fnouldour com
mjree extend that way. We can allure
them, that it would be much to the inte
rest of those who go there, he being a
man universally refpe&ed, and able to
tranfadl bufiHefs in the best manner, which
is frequently found to be a difficulty in
this county.
brig Morning Stjr, Jam 's Neil.
The (hip Mary, of Philadelphia, Cap
tain Henry Stevens, brig Marvann, of
New-York, Cnptain Ebenezer Rofleter;
Clip Friendlhip, of Baltimore, Captain
Smith r - the two former expected to fail
tinder convoy of a Portuguele frigate that
at Cartl'.a going down to Gibral
tar, and were all ready for sea ; waiting
only for the motion of the frigate : The
latter had two-thirdsof her cargo on board,
*>t being difeharged, having performed a
quarantine of 20 days; but expedled to
be ready for sea by the latter end of Ja
nuary j and if there was no profpeft of
getting a convoy, the Captain was- deter
mined to run it dawn the linl gale of Eas
terly wind.
Amsnc.vi bfi at Ctir:ha;ena, by the
thes Mifitiippi would mak: Spain do much
iathis quarter.
PHILADELPHIA,
Stevens, Nil!, 1 r, , ■
R'jjfeter, Smith, j C, P laini
James Simpfon, Efq,
MARCH 11.
Your obedient servant,
O'BRIEN.
The above bill was accordingly taken
int.) consideration by the committee of
the whole—amended—and finally passed
to be engrailed for a third reading".
A motion was this dav made in the
House of Representatives to take up Mi.
Madison's rcTolutions—but on its bcinf
observed that the bill for placing the ports
and harbors in a defenlive state was of
more immediate importance, the motion
was withdrawn.
The Observer has hinted to you before,
it is of importance that you adt upon thjs
occasion, without fear; you will be sup
ported. One word to the players ; com
mit your parts to memory, and have them
perfe&ly at command, and you can ad
well; lpeak well, gesticulate well, in short,
you cannot a & at all without ; this the
Observer mentions not as a new idea :—
but as such an important one ; that vou
will at lcaft commit itperfedly to memory.
The songs which fell to Mr. Mafftrall'i
part, are of the elegant and refined, and
were by him exhibited, in that itile ; but,
(Mr. Marshall will pardon a hint from the
Observer,) he spoke too fa ft, and did not
emphasize fufficiently intwoorthree fceiies,
it will be easy for him to mend in this par
ticular, as in the lcene of difqovery between
him and Angelina, he used cmphafis with
much propriety.
The performers are not aware, how
much they injure their own pretentions to
applause, by speaking too quick ; it is
true, a meaiured, monotonous manner, is
bad ; but flow enough to be diflinctly
heard at a distance, with proper cmphafis
and cadence, is absolutely required by an
audience, who attend the Theatre to be
pleased, and not always with proper al
lowance for venial faults—A hint to the
managers, is it not among poflibles to keep
better order in your gallery ? The stone
thrown last night from the gallery, is less
than you may hereafter calculate, unless
you take spirited measures.
LAST evening, was performed at the
New Theatre, the Comic Opera, Robin
Hood ; Mr. Darley, in the chara&er of
Robin Hood, Mrs. Warrell and Mils
Broadhui ft in the chara&ers of Clorinda
and Angelina, performed their parts so
well, that it would be injuftfee not to name
them, especially in the Son^s. —Mrs. War
rell and Mtis Broadhurft pofTefs voices of
the firft impreiiion for excellence; and
altho' different in many rel'pe&s, the audi
ence is ftrcngly impelled, to give the pre
ference to each, while iinging : if either
of them had a decided preference last even
ing, it was Mrs. Warrell in the air to
" the trump of fame, £i7<r," in the words
" o conquer with my oh, ho, bo /". She
discovers furprizfrig*power* in an accurate
division and transition of voice and found.
The bounds the Observer has set to tfcefe
occasional fetches, ; would be exceeded,'if
he indulged his feelings, in a detail of the
beauties of this performance : The two
leading motives to attend the Theatre,
are, to hear and fe y the firit was gratified
by a play, and music, both vocal and iii
ftiumental, of the firit rate ; the last was
more emphatically gratified last evening,
than u ual, by Scenery and dresses, both
fuptrb and elegant.—The Observer solicits
a repetition of this play, cfpecially as Mrs.
Marshall's indisposition during the per
formance, rendered it a little incomplete ;
and altho' fully sensible that the managers
arc the best judges, yet he thinks a repe
tition will excule the more a&ive duties
of the prompter.
the late instructions of the Britiili Govern
ment of the 6th November : that ' the
above veffcls are sent into St. Kitts, Ne
vis, Montferat and Dominico, that there
are 40 lail at the la!t place—that fifteen
thousand troops under the command of
Sir C. Jervis, have landed at there differ
ent parts of Martinique, on the wind
ward fide of the Island: That General
Roehambeau is at Port-Royal, where lie
is strongly polled, and determined to de
fend himfelf to the last extremity : That
the Enghfh expedt to conquer the Island,
and after that proceed to St. Domingo.
'there is a report in circulation, that'
Gen. Roehambeau has burnt St. Pierre's,
Martinique—that the British have taken
poiTeflioo of the port and harbor and all
the ihipping therein, American as well as
French,
Mr. Fenno,
OBSERVER No. IX,
THEsITRE.
Ships—The Royal Dolphin of 118
gun 3 ; Tonante, 80; Crown, 80 ; Lan
guedoc,Bo ; Triumphant, 74 ; Hero, 74;
fortunate, 74 ; Deftin, 74 ; Sufficient,
74; Commerce of Bourdcaux, 74; Three
Colors, 74 ; Centaur, 74; Generaux,74 ;
Dengaitrois, 74; Themiftocles,74} Dic
tator, 74; Censor, 74; Wanior, 74;
Sovereign, 74; Mercury, 74; Conquer
or, 74 j and one ready to launch, 74.
Frigate—Arethufa, 40 18 pounders ,
—, 34 12founders; Iris, ditto; Ipheginia
" At half pad seven in the evening,
Riquelme came back with a great num
ber of combultibles, entered the arsenal
with a fire ship of the English, passing be
fore many {hips which he boarded, and
put 10 (hirts in each, setting them all on
fire.
" At half past nine, the whole arsenal
was in flames."
Account of the French men of war and
otherveffels which were burnt in the
port of Toulon, the 18th December,
1 793-
" Theobjeft was, to augment the num
bers of the tarred shirts. and to introduce
to the arsenal our sire-ship St. Louis Gou
laga. To give account of the dispositions
which were made, and of the iire of the
bombs of the enemy, which incommoded
the arsenal, the Adjutant Riquelme re
turned back again to the squadron ; and
in the mean time Coriella and Smith, his
officers, and Truxillo, extended barrels
of pitch and tar thro' the {tores of the ar
senal and the Pillau—fetting two English
boats to defend the galleys, ffiouid they
be attacked.
" I am anxious to give your Excellency
notice of the setting on fire of the arsenal
and the French (hips of Toulon, on the
18th of tki present month (December)
1 793, according to the account given by
the Lieutenant of the (liip DOll Pedro
Cotiella and Don Fianciico Riquelme,
whom I have commiifioned for this' objedt.-
" At 9 o'clock in the morning, Capt.
Sydney Smith, of an English (hip, inform-'
ed me, that Admiral Flood had commis
sioned him for the fitting on fire the arse
nal and the French (hips, and that he came
to join the officers whom I fiiould elect on
my part, to proceed, without delay, to
this operation, and (hat he had two boats,
with guns, tp place in the entry of the
arsenal, and ours were deltined at
Maibofquer. I disposed, that the Adju
tapt Don Francis Riquelme, fhcrld carry
those which he fnould find necessary ; in
the mean time 1 sent the- Lieutenant Don
Cotiella, with Smith and Riquelme, to
put tarred shirts on hoard the (hips of the
line ; the lirll going to the arsenal, and a
little afterwards the second where they
thought bell, to give orders to the com
mandants of the boats of the Spanish forts,
that they should put themselves in fafety
with diligence; they fixed two of the
Englifli and the gun boat commanded by
the Lieutenant of a frigate, Don F>an
ciico Truxillo, in the mouth of the arfe
n.il, to defend the entry from the enemy ;
then polted a strong army by the door of.
the arsenal, reinforced with a violent gun,
to pi event the coming of the common peo
ple, who were already in infurre&ion.
yeftcrdjiy morning,that at a meeting of Mer
chants and Traders on Saturday Lift, the me
morial of their committee was negatived by
a considerable majority »
Eeing present at the meeting, I feel myfelf
hurt at a nufreprefentatiou, which I believe,
has originated with a view to create miichief
and diiorder in the community—The truth
Thequefiicn would probably have been put
if the room had not been over crouded w th
persons who were unknown, ether as Mer
chants or Traders ; the clapping and hiflmg
from persons, who appeared to be collected
for the purpose of cohfufmg the bufinefs.,ren
dered the usual mode improper, in the gene
ral. opinion; and in confluence, that of a
general signature was adopted to prevent a
poflibility of mistake.
NEW-YORK, March 10.
Bxtrail from the Madrid Gazette, of Ja-
A letter frcm (lis Excellency Don John
de Langara, Commandant General of
tile Spanish King's Squadron in the
Mfcditerranean, to his Excellency Bay
lio Don Automa tic Bakles, on the iub
je£t of burning the Arsenal and the
Tliipa at Totilon.
is, no queflion was taken on the Report
Far the Gazette of the UnitfdStates.
By this Day's Mail.
IT is aflerted In tie General Advert ifer of
>-*r. FfnscJ,
nuary 7.
To which will be addtdy
A COMIC OPERA, (bvthe AuthoroFthe
Poor Soldier) in two a£s, ciiled
'The Farmer.
Colonel Dormant, Mr. Green.
Valentine, Mr. Marthal!.
Fairly, Mrs. Warrell.
C'ounf. Flummery, Mr. ElilTctt.
Farmer Blackberry, Mr. Darlcy.
Jemmy Jumps, Mr. Bates."
Rundy, Mis. Francis.
Farmer Stubble,
Mr. Morris.
I.onifa, , Mrs. Warivll.
Betty Blackberry, Mrs. Rowforr. •
Molly May-bufli, Mi fa. Biuadhurft,
Landlady, Mrs. Bates. -
(C> Bonks of the Scrrt to le hid at tit
Theatre.
A Journeyman Bookbinder
WANs ED,
Who can be for his induliry
and lobriety—He may hear of employ by
applying to Mr.HEKKY Kamkerer, No. 2 4,
North Third-street. ■ 1
March i,
Ships—Harmony, Crumby ; Pacific,
Kennedy ; Minerva, Payne; Federalist,
Pratt; Heneiicus 4th, Efkell; NarcifTus,
Seaman ; Hero, Blunt. Barque Hope,
Banbridge. Brigs—Romulus, Wallace ;
Mary*, Kerr ; Tortola,Shroudy ; Miner
va* Randall; Mary, Motion.
mre jo/lows a ( : e> era/ Order andJotoe rnnarhs
f bchit was not bofjihleJor «« t t-<rJl trti in fea
theje Wc jiiid, that Toulon ttaj et.iiitl) de-
Jt'oycd.]
" I fliall lail for London (with a freight
of rice) in a few days, and shall make,
£ 1400 Sterling, freight/'
The veffc] Capt. Blunt commands, i»
about 250 tons burthen.
The following is a fift of veflTels which,
failed from Charlelton, (S.C.) 011 the 1 oth
111 ft. under convoy of the British Kufiar,
of 28 guns, Captain George, bound for
Europe, viz.
Extras or a letter from Montftrrkt, dated
Jan. 6, to a gentleman in BoftOn.
M A Danish (loop, belonging to M Art*
Miller and Mufpkey, of St. Tli>m2s, fa den
with sugar at Guadalcnipe, and bound to' St.
i homas, has been taken by a privateer, and
sent in here—and the Hoop &. cargo are con
demned."
Bcf.cn, Mdrch 3.
A letter from Captain -Blunt, dated
Charleftcn, (S. C.) Jan. 26, 1794, has.
the following paragraph :
Jfreuif \of the Comma/i (fa t t r apd, 8 ( cngta/ foci,
hfated the embarkation, in a vtr\/// *t rif>< r ? 0 t ,;, cco
11 nop/, 'co fit h. and a'gir >/ »nH le>' Aoya/iAj : a /J
tin fight of .the enemy who evert net lej- than
f !r **g) according to the dec/a? dfiom of th< a f cr .
ten. Ju' tnotu'ted 6>cco. the not, , r j,/
pijf'ffion ; for the French who ho•/ rrv- n r ed in /onion
declared them/ehei patriots, whio'i ejfifr the orde* ( ,/
Genera/ Vaidd to emhatir. had Uj Iced, and zchich
uas expe fled by his a f rot/, obf ,vjt or, and the cou
rage n ith it huh it was executed.
T)o\\ I'aldes i cinnnuriduvt gentrai of the
Xpantfh trcopi, with /, ij adj.,tun!, ur,u tht la rr of
the Hret !'<"• Ignttci,' O/tm, prote'Jed lie Hoefivn
their embatki g. the Stiaviard* rprere.i the adtar ■ e
gnmnd. dt.i avoided, b\ this weans till //«
' 'A* n ■ heinj afjurtu of It-pi t'lf'tn i,,ie 0/ f„, ~Ut
th- iiiyt £?&lijh*tilfj vt.uri in ' I'd. «...
prompt that tl'tad' ott,ii"ed wififfi't thoje trrbo.rr [>-
ttre' t) i' hii li ntt jlit hni t taken i lite I 'itg T e»tc/t e
t'll u h:ch nas expertcmU, nai, that tin-. rati rc ,1 >.
Brigaptincs*—"Preparer, Little Sans Cu
lottes, Little Boftoii ; Society of Ayeau,
Vigilance, and the Liberty.
•Seveiulfmftll viflela, Juhn Var, ,
and fcvcril boats in the haifcor.
ON WEDNESDAY EVENING,
Armed Tranf ports—Caroline, Augufl,
Sine, re, Rain, Lriitiprv, Mofel, Forward.
Lord Randolph, Mr. Green,
Glenalvon, Mr. Fennel!,
Old Norval, Mr. Whitlock.
Young Norval,(JirJlj'me) Mr. Moreton.
Lady Randolph, M;s. Whitlock.
Anna, Mrs. Cleveland.
ditto; Sertn, ditto; Aleirftis,ditto; Sul
tan, ditto ; and the Montreal, ditto.
lor us 10'- other conveniences jtirlheJhc.'c < \ but i- >
NEW THEATRE.
DOUGLAS.
Moop of war—Sardinie.
March IP.,
Will be pel farmed,
A TRAGEDY,
Ships,
Frigates,
Sloops of \tar,
Armed Tranlports,
Brigantines,
Latine vefl'els,
Boats,
SHIP NEWS.
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