The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1794-11-04 00:00:00, page 3

BOSTON, OCT. 29.
Important Intelligence
Via New-York.
; From LONDON.
OfficiaF^ccounts have been te
ceived frotti-Mr. Jay, the Ameri
can Envoy; at the Court of Lon
don; who after dating the depre
dations committed on Out Com
merce, and the impfadibility of
obtaining redress in any other way,
than by the interpofiiion of His
Majesty, concludes, with a reliance
on the justice and benevolence of
H s Majesty, that fatjsfa^lion will
he made for every i jury, and com
ple;e restitution given for every
j by Lord
Grenville, in which he affurcs Mr.
Jay, ‘lit. is his Majesty’s wifL,
that che mJ? complete Mid impartial
justice fbould be done to all the
Citizens of America, who in fa&,
have been injured, ’* by any of the;
proceedings complained of. The
whole of Lord Grenville’s ahfwer
to Mr. Jay, evinces a desire to
? preserve peace between the two
Countties: So chat, counting on
the pacific appearance of these
communications, and a continu
ance of the success of dur Allies
on the Continent; we may confi
^dendy allure ourftlves, that the
fifteen liars: of Columbia, may
once more, undisturbed, craverfe
their wonted orbits, and peaceful
ly twinkle their reflected rays thro’
- every quarter of the Commercial
world I ' v- ■
Capture of Sluyi. fT
. h gentleman^©/ veracity, froth New
* York, fincc the mail, informs of the arriv.
^al-there of^K^ Champlin, from Ham
burg, which he left the loth September—
who acquaints, that Slays had surrendered
to the French,—That Rotterdam [the sec
ond city in Holland] was besieged by the
French ; and that the fleet of gon boats
which was lately lent by England: under
the command of the celebra’ted Sir Sydney
Smith had been burnt. The detail of this
intelligence' has not been received. We?
iiped it by the mail thia day.
• V'”* . -
. NSW-YORK, OCTOBER 22.. A
Cap?. Cbqmplin, in 41 days from Ham
burgh io lor ms that intelligence waa re
ceived there of the furrendred of Vaknatn
net and rhe capture of Breda by the French.
Ail communication bet ween Rotterdam and
Hamburgh was interrupted, as a proof of
which he mentions, that two or three Ham
burg. mails had fetorned. Merchants in
r Holland have advifnd their correfpondent*
in this city, that all bills drawn on cargoes
Unlold wifi be noted foinon payments
. , THE STORM,
Which began on Saturday, and conStw
e’d until Monday, it was feared would have
* proved injufiouS to the (hipping on’ the
coast ; but from various quarters we have
learnt,. that those fears have not beenraak
feed; We of but One vessel being
affiore, and' that on Plumb-1 fl and, vessel,
earpo, and one man lost—she belonged to
Mefirs. Smith and Pettingill, of Newbury-
Port.
AiBA<Y, OCT. 16.
Left Week arrived Tn
twity in the ShawmHc country,Jacob Wal
dron aadhis wife.—They made then efCape
, , from the Indians .in March left, and C me
into Detroit ; from thence, by Niagara and
Geo efee to this place, on their Way to the
White-Plain!, where fomeof th¥ir rchtions
.and friends Iwe. They were fnrnifhed with
money by the Albany Hamane Society to
enable them to' prosecute their journey.—
Mr. Waldron fays, he was a soldier in Gen.
Wayne’s irMy, hbd taken prisoner, near
fdrt Jrfferion, left November—His wire
(wbff he married since they Reaped from
sWlrtditrns) wo taken at OMn» Brier,Jn
Fennfylvam^ about 5 years ago, at which
' ‘ \ Jj ■ V '.’A • ‘f- '• .• _ ■ ' */ l>~
The Hieff European Intelligence,
Is by the arrival at New-York, from
Hamburg. A vrftel arrived here from
Limington, brings papers to the firft Sep
temper. They contain but little news.
But by an account froth Brugdi| it is pro
bable Sloys is taken. , ;
I A HE undersigned envoy of the United
t States of America, has the honor of z
reprefentiog to the right hon. Lord Gren
ville, his Britannic mijciiy’s Secretary of
Hate, for.the department of ioreign affairs.
That; * very considerable number of A
merican veffeb have been irregularly cap.
lured, and as improperly condemned, by
certain of his msjetty’s officers and judges. .
'That, in various inHances, fhefe captures
and condemnations W4je so coriduded, and ■
the captured placed under filch unfavoura
ble circumflances, as that, for want of thd
7 fecuritier required, and Otherobttacles, no
appeals were , made in fame tiles, nor axiy
clgtms in others. > - .
The undersigned prehs tries that these
fa^i will appear from the documents" which
> he has had the honor of lubmitdng to his
lordship’s consideration i and that it will
not be deemed neceffaryat present to par
ticularfee these cases, and their merit*, or
detail the circumflancCs,which dilcrimifiate
some from other*. , ,
The hft accounts from Europe
ftdted; chat the Prussians under
the command of their King, had
laid fitge to Warsaw ; that the ci' '
ty, from ! different circuififta^cps,
could not be fubjeded to a com
plete blockade ; but that the Pruf
iians had begun to bombard it.-^
One of the reaforis why it was not
cloftlv invested, may have been,
that Kofciulko, at the head of fif
ty thousand Poles, was entrenched
under the walls. This was the
common report, and the substance
of it was undoubtedly genuine.
Captain Benner, of the jhip La
dy Walterftroff, has just now ar
rived here from Hamburg, which
place he left on the Au
gust. He gives a report, as we
hear, which he affirms to be au
thentic, that there has bfeen a gen
eral engagement between the two
armies ; chat the Poles have been
vidorious; and that Frederick
William has been taken prisoner
and burnt alive !
That great and eXtenfive injuries hiving
thu«, ; under colour of his majetty’^
ty, and comtniffions, been done to i num**
eroua class of American merchants,' the U-
Mted States can for reparation Bate recourse
only to the juftke, authority and inUrpo- ?I
fition of bin majeffy; ■ This the icffcls and
property taken and condemned have been
chiefly fold, and the wocecds diwded’a
^ong a great number of perlons, of whom
fame are dead.fome unable to make retribu
tion, and others, from freqne& removals,
and their particular ci«umUSaces,not prfa
Jy reached by aril proccfs. ' . v .
r That ai for thcfcl^^
equate compenfatioh by means of judicial
. proceedings,’hat become impr ailic*ble, and
‘ considering the canfes which combined to
■ produce them, the IF, Stares confide in his .
' majefty’t justice, and maeeanimuyy to caus 7
- fach CompenfaiiOd to 5c made to thefein* t
nocent Iti Beiers, as may be confident with '
equity 4 add the underfrgned .flatters him. <
kif, that ifuch principles may without d&z/
ficuhy be adopted, fs will Ferre as rules,-
Whereby to afee/tain the cases and the ••
monn tof com pen la tioo . 7 ? :
So greiVous are the essences and delays
attending litigated fahs, to perfans whole
’ faxWMs have been fa faWitll^ aff^cd,
•J ■ ’*«<••-/»?^?f*^**** ’*■ ■
time her then hufbind wis killsd.— They
relate nothing, of material importance ;
their story is howevercorrdborativeof wh-t
we have neretoforc heaft front others who
hart been in captivity.
From What they learned and could ob
serve at Detroit, there id a great inveteracy
reigning thereagainft thc ; people of rhe.tl
n^ted Statea-—Theyfsy.Goy. Simcoe,with
200 at the Queen’s rangers, set oft far the ::
Miami.-—That it was 1 net general belief,
the troops would not return without Gen.
Wayne’s scalp, as the Gov. Was greatly ex
afpewed at him-—Two-ot the captains of
the Detroit militia were killedin the late
engagement with our army—ooeof them
was a refugee tram Montgomery county in
this state. 1 *
[tvrany articles of intelligence, &c. pre
pared for this day’sHa aal d, are neceifa
rily omitted to give room for the follow
ing] * t
TVESDAr t NOPPMRER 28, 1794.
. Official State Papers >
PHIL aOXLPHI A, OCT. 21.
€;eter.
and fa great is the distance of (jreat Britain
tram America, that the undersigned chinks
he ought to express his anxiety/hat a mpde
of proceeding as summary and little eipen
fiyc may be deviled, as circumdanees and
the peculiar hardship of these cases may
appear to pennit and require, ~ ,
Andas (at least in fame of.theft cases)
it may be expedient and necessary, ad well
ar just that the leniences of the courts of
vice admiralty Ihould be reviled & corrected
by the court of 'appeals here; the under-
Ognedbopes it will appear, reafonabie to
hit majesty, to order that the captured in
question, (who have not already io done,)
be there admitted to enter both their ap
peals and their claims.
T|ie undersigned also finds it to be his
duty to represent that the irregularities be
fore' mentioned extended not only to the
- capture and'condemnation of American
vefßb and property, and to onufoal perfon
al,ftye/iiics, but even to.the impre&ncnt
of American cit&emj to serve on. board of
armed veHels^ He. forbears to dwell on
the- injuries ddmr tu theft unfortunate in
br On the-emotions which they
naturaly exetfti either in the
ol.the nation to whom, they belong, o< or
the just aid humane of every country. His
reliance on the justice and benevolence of
his Majesty, leads him to indulge a pleas.
ing exportation, that orders will be given,
that Americans, so cftcumftanced be im
mediately liberated,.and that persons hon
oured with bis Majefty^ commiflions do
in future abstain from Gmilar violences.
It is with cordial fatisfa&idn that the
tinder Ggncd. rest ids on the imprefiions
which luch equitable ahd ' conciliatory
fixatures Would niake da the mind of the
(Jukes States, and how naturally they
would inspire and cherish thufe sentiments
and difpcfi ions which s pevey fail to pre
serve as well as to produce, refped, esteem
and friendlhip.T ; ' ,
V (fiigned) JOHN JAY.
.O London 30th, July, 1794.
The unde Cgned Secretary of State has
had the honour to lay Before the kil.g the
'mintfterial note which he has received from
Mr. Jay, envoy extraordinary and Minifltr
Plenipotentiary from the United States of
America, refpe&ing the all.edged irregulari
ty of the capture and condemnation of iev
erU American veflels, and alfo/refpeding
the circumstances of persona! levcrity, by
which those proceedings are Hated to have
seen accompinicd iu fotne particular ia -
JHnces. z ■f'
f. The undersigned is authorised to allure
'Mr. Jay, that it is his Majefly’s wilh. chat
the most complete and impartial J aft ice
Ihould be done to all the citizens of Amer-
Jcaj who may in sass have been injured by.
any of the proceedings above mentioned,
^.»..*.A11 experience shews that a naval war,
lex tending over the four qtisriers of the
; globe, must unavoidably be prodoftive of
fbme inconveniences to the Commerce of
neutral nations, and that no care Can pre*.
? vent some irregularities iff the Course .of
those proceedings, which are universally re
cognifed; as resulting f/om the just rights '
incident to all belligerent powers. But the
King will always be desirous that these in
conveniences, and irregularities, ffiould be
much limited, a* the nature of the case
will admit and th it the' fulleft oppbftjnity
ffiould be given to all to prefer theif com
plaints, and to obtain rjedrefsand compcn
fatipn,: where they are due.
Mr. note/ mention is made of
fpyeral cases, where the parties have hither
to omitted to prefer their claims; and of oth
' irs, where no appeals have been made from
the sentences of ccndemnation pronounced
ibt the firff instance. ..
4s to the cases of the firft defeription,
jyord prenville apprehends that the regular
’ CbUrft bf taw is full Open to the claimants^
lihffthat by preftrrißg appeals to the com
^|^era bl prize caofu^ h^ again# the
Sentence bf the courts below, the whole
' merits of tfio/e c«fes may be brought for
? ^ard, and the most complete justice obtain -
‘ W' ' V. ■
In the cases of the second description,
, the.proceeding mght, in some instances, be
^imjre difficult, from the lapse of the timb
iifoally alotted tor preferring appeals,—
; But his Majesty being anxious that no
t^^ottry of local circumstances, such as
thtffd to which Mr. Jay, refers in his note,
Should impede the course of fubflantial jaf
tice, has been pleased to refer it to the
proper officers to confider of a mode of en
larging thd time for receiving the appeals^
; in thole cases, in order to dd mit the ejaf*
many to .bring their complaints before the
>~reglßr court appointed" for that, pur
; pose. - ■,/ ■■-j,-”*'; 1 '
J The' undersigned has no doubt that in
i thl| manner,avcry confiderablepart ofthe
injuries aledged to have been buffered by
the Americans, may, if rhe complaint! are
well toanded, be redwfled in the oTuat
• ~ < t " r 3 ?
if/’' u *' ”
Dtpartment of Siate\ 03. 20,1794,
> t hereby eerily that the foregoing repre^
fentation by Mr. Jay to Lord Grenville,
of the 30th July, and Lord Grenville’s an
swer ot ihciftAugufl, are truly copied
from the originals on file in thff Office of
the D * part meat of State.
GEO. TAYLOR, Jun. Chief Clerk.
.. • • • f c:
course of judicial proceeding,, at; a very
imall expeace ip rhe parties, and Without
any other interpofiiion of his m»jcGy’s gov
ernment than is above Itated.until iha
result tad elFeft of theft proceedings ihail
be kndwn, nd definitive judgment can be
formed rclpetliag the nature and extent of
thole cases, (if any fdeh fhaO ultimately be
fouod iq Cxitt,) where it (halt not have
been practicable to ebtajh iubfiantial re
dress ip thia tbod|.—But he does nor hefi
late to fay before hand, that, i| case! fhJI 1
then be found td eXiIL to iuch an extent aC
properly to call fgr the interpofiiibh of gov-'
ernnSent, where Without the fault of the
parties complaining, they ihall be unabie
from whatever ciicnmftaoces, to procure
such redress, in the ordinary ccrUrft of the
law as the juftice.of their cases may entnic
them to exprift, his majesty w$ beanxiuud
that juftiep should st all evmis be done,
and ^ill readily enter iota the dikulG^n or
the mc^lures to be adopted, and the prin
ciples to be eftabldhed for that purpule.
* With refpeftto all afts nf per fond ft
verity and violent as the King must en
tirely dilapprovc every such tranfadioe, so
his msjefty’s courty are always open for
the p mtfhment of offences of this nature^
sr. ’ ’ giving redress to the fafrerers in
every Cale where the fa# cab be eftabldhed
by fadstadory proof f nor docs it appeal
that any case of that nature can exiß> whe c
there would be the fmallcft difficulty of
obtaining, ft thlt Aiode, fubilanual and
exemplary jqftice. ,
On the ftbjeift of the impfefs, Lord
Grentille has only to aflure M\ Jay, that
if ft any instance, American seamen have
been impressed into the king’* Ter vice it
has been contrary to the king’s desire; tho’
luch cases may have qccafiocally arisen front
the difficulty of diferiminating between!
Britilh and American seamen, especially,
wbere^ there I^hHb exilic an intcrelt and
indention to Whenever any re<
presentation ha^Hte^ide to Lord Gren
ville, on the fub||K|^ as never failed to
receive his majefty^Hmands for putting
it in a proper courfeTtWthe fafis might
be enquired in o, and afeertained ; and tql
the intent that the perfans in question might
be rcleafed, if the f.ds appealed to be fot
isfadonly established. ;
Wi’.h refpe& to the desire expressed tft
Mr. jay, that new orders might be given
wi h a view to preveat. as far as it is pof
fibie the giving sny just ground of com*
plainton this head. Lord Grenville has no
reason tp doobt that his majesty’s in
tentions refpeding this point are already
Efficiently understood by fits tn felly’s offi
cers employed on that fer^W; txt he had
peverthclefa obtained his majefty’a per
mission toafloreMr. Jay, that, iaftru(fticns
to the effett de fired, will be renewed in
conftquence of his application..
The undersigned avails himfelf with
pleafureof this opportunity to renew to Mr.
Jay his aflurahcea of his sincere cftccm and
confidcration.'
Take Notite. .
THIS day, by mutual confenr^
the C&partr erlhip Ot
STEARNS t? WINSLOW,
is diflblved.। num । All persons indebt**
ed to, ot having demands on tbd
said company,; arc ^equefled to
fettle the fame with said St-e ar ns.
SAMUEL WINSLOW,
. ? WILLIAM STEARNS.
‘ Exeter, OA. 19, 1794.
THE difloiving of the a-i
boy^mentioned copirtner (hip yen'*
ders it oeceffary, that all persons
indebted for NeWfpaperfl (more
than three rponths,) for Advcr
ti ling, or pt her wife, fbould make
fp^edy paymentid the fubfartbef
who continues; to tafry on the
Printing bufip^ the ft and late*
ly occupied by Stearns & Wins-
LOWf—where Ke has for laic a small
aftortment of BOOKS & STA
'TIONARY, as cheap as can be
purchased in Jofto.% for w
‘ country product . . i /
William Stearns.
Mr. Jay tray be txpeQed in America
thefnluing winter. So fay hit private letters.
. (Signed) GRENVILLE.
Downing Street, ift August I^4.