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flank of England notes for three «n<* t«o guineas,
it is laid, Will be ifsutd ; and if any period preiems
a note, or a draft, or a check for payment, no part
nl it will be paid in cafh more than two pounds.
ROYAL MESSAGE.
]V5r, Pitt delivered from the bar a molt gracton's
jnfcisage from bis mjefty, and likewile a copy of
the minutes of council, dated the J*.6th inftant.
The metsage acquaints parliament that his majef
ty, with the advice of his privy council, has thought
}< necefs.try to recommend to ihe bank of England
i,V)t to ifsue calh in payment, until the opinion ot
virliament has been taken upon the fubject.
iVlr. Pitt obferved, that lie did hot contider it
uccefsary, at this rime, to propole any fpecific mea
i.ire. He fi.ould content himitii merely will) mov.
jr g, that his m j> l’ty*s mefsage be taken imo confi
deration to morrow. He conceived it, however,
his duty to ft ate, that, in addition to the motion
for an addrels oh the royal communication, it would
be nece‘.S3ry to proceed to the appointment of a
committee, to examine the general hate ot the af
fairs <.? the bank of England. He ivaS confident
that it would appear, from a very ihort eTt .minati
on of the ftate ot the Bank, that not a doubt could
be entertained, of its folidity and refponlinility be
ing equal to that of any former period, that, not
ox)iy was the Bank equal to antwer the utdioIc extent
of the demands againft it, but that rhe.e was an
abundance far beyond any demand that could be
m .rie ; yet he was laiisfhd that every gentleman in
if.- home would agree with him, that under the
prefent circundlances, i; would be expedient to de
clare by law, that the lutjianding engagement* of the
Bank of England'Jhould he co/jidertet as jt cured by the na
h'jiiulfaith oj the county $ aj,h that »r» act iiiuulci oe
]>;-scc1, declaring chat to be the lan.u which already
was tbf- pra&ice v,. that their notes j/.ould be received in
er.:ery branch of pub!>c payment ! f his attain.c, lie was
la i'fi: d, would, in anniiioi) to the proof which an
investigation of the :ff»irs of the B-.uk Would give
of the Ibluijty of their refjurres, uyi’vl.sandy o,>
f..teas a cutilii m-dtion of their, ability to anfw«:-eve
ry demand. He did fun think it his dn‘v to xp*
t’- . re farther at preiv.it. it was enough that he had
apprijed the Sioufe of his intention to pvopofe thole
m. if pres which leepied to him to require themoit
i), genv asuunou. He trufied rhs houle world he
induced to enforce; by a law, the reftfiction which
yobibited tHer Bnnk from making payment in caih,
except in Inch c ues as might be thought nccpt.5c.rv to
permit. H iving explained the nature end tenden
cy of the moahirps, he concluded by moving, that
the mefsage be taken into confideraiion to-mor
INVASION OF ENGLAND.
Whitehall Feb.25.
A Ltter, of which following is a copy, hns
been 'his day received from rht* right honourable
lord Cawdor, by his gr-?ce the mike of Portland, Ins
m*?iefry's principal fecretary ol Irate for the horde
department.
I'fhguard. Friday, F.b. 24.
My Lore), • ;;
r Ik conftqu nee of h~ivlng received information on Wrf
tie/it ay , igbt a; 1 1 o clock, that tin large ftps and a lug
gtr had anchor, d ;n a Jmall Koacjl d upon the cocji in the
v*igi:bou>hoodoj this town, 1 pre ended immediately •with a
detachment of the Cardigan militia, and all the provincial
Jorc J 'could colli ft, to the place. ’ I forigdinrd poftlive in
telligence thut thy haddiferr.iarkedab>ut 1 200 nun but no
cannon, , Upon the nights fitting in, a French 'fit'r,
•whom !pound to be tbcjec:.*d in command came in 'With a
letter, a copy of--which l have the honor to endofe to your
jXrfl(e together with my a if we r ; fa corihqut nCe of ’which,
they determined tdjurnhdcr themftlyesprif oners of near, and
accordingly laid down their arms phis day at 2 o'cl ck
I cannot at this moment infirm your greet the exc. fl
number of prifotters, but 1 hr lienee it to be their whole force :
It is my intintion to mr.rcf. them this night to Ha c, rford
wt/l, where 1 Jhall make the bejl diftrihutmi in c y pi wer.
H he ft gates, corvette and lugger got under weigh y fierday
evening and were entirely out offght
1 he fatigtie We have experienced Will l !ruft exenf me
to your grace for not giving a more particular detail; but my
anxiety to do juft ice ta the officers and men I had the honour
to command, will induce me to attend your grace vgifh as
little delay as pfjibl ■, to fate their mir its, and at the feme
time, to give you every information ypon thisJuhjeft.
*The fpirit of loyalty which hasprr-c adedall ranks through
cut this country, is i/finite ly beyond what / can exprtfs.
CAWDOR.
Cardigan Fay y fh of Vtntofe, §th year of the Republic.
J' 1 K,
THE circumftances under which the body of the
French troops under my command were landed at
this place rendered it unnecefsary to attempt any
military operations, as they would tend only, to
bloodfnecl and pillage. 1 he officers of the whole
corps have therefore intimated their drflre of enter
ing into a negociation, upon principles of humani
ty, fora furrender. If you are influenced by fimi
Lr confederations, you rniy fignify th* fame by
bearer, and in the mean time hostilities Iball ceaie.
fealuie and refpect.
TATE, chiefde brigade.
the 'fleer commanding his
h ntannic may t tty s troops.
^ Fifhguard, February 23, *91 ’
1 priority Avf the force under my com
mand. which is hourly increafing, mult prevent my
treating upon any terms iliort of your furrendering
vnur whole force prifoners of war. 1 enter fully
mto your wilh of preventing an uiinecefsary tfTufion
.of blood, Which yon- fpeedy furrender ran alene
prevent, and which will entitle y«u to that cpnfi
deration it is ever the wiih of Briti'h troops to fhew
an enemy, whole number are inferior.
My major will deliver yotl this letter, and ? ihall
expect your determination by io o'clock, by your
officer, whom I have turnilhed with an elcort, that
will conduct him to me without moleltation.
CAWDOR.
To the officer coqimanding the
French troops. ,
BOSTON, April 3
information being yekerduy received of an arri
val at Salem, iln a fiiort palsage from Pranee, we
hc-fftated not a moment to repair thither, in hopes
of being able to lay before our readers lome impor
tant commuoiciitiotis from a quarter that attracts
much of the public attention.
,Our esprefs .returned to town laft evening and
brought the following, which we haftily comp’rets
in a luminary. .
Capt. Maion, arrived at S»*$ni on Saturday af
ternoon, in 56 days from Boordcaux, informs, that
Mr Pinckney .was not acknowl-ged ihe 1 it Feb. nary,
nor had any thing official tran'fpired refpcctirg him.
Ho brought letters from a very r< (pliable Arne
rican gentleman at that place, whicn .itate, that no.,
fear of a rupture bet wefj, France and America were
ente.rtaiii.ed_, although iV". . Pinckney was nut receiv
ed, nor were the American relideurs feaiful in the
leafe of jhe Jecurity- of their property.
Extract cf a letter (fated A'. Mrs. January 16.
“ Peace is concluded witti tile United ata^and
Algiers and Tripolit but not with Tunis, the Bey.
demanding double the lijb-idy he did four months
ago, in confluence of which the Dry. of Aigters
has declared war ag^iijfi him. His army matched
lb days ago, with order' to pukto death eve ry one
taken in arrrts again it hitri. Between two and three
hundred pritbneir- are.taken and put to death ; their
bts and beards are lent.in to the Dcy as trophies.*
Alexandria, April iX.
On Sun lay i.ii'c the Ihip Good Friend", Cnpt.
Smith, luiled from Philadelphia for Amltcruam.
On board this ihip embarked William Vans Mur
ray, Rfq. Miniicer R. fident of the United butts to
ihr Bucavian Republic.
It appears, h\ a Philadelphia Paper, that Mr.
Dindridgs, who was private fecretury of the late
P.elident, accompanies the above gentleman, as his
ftcretary, on this pmbnfsv.
b U M MAR Y.
The Fecutive Directory have ordered all the c/fl
eers, &c. of the Republic, who wereab em on leave,
to join the different armies, whole polition was
molt convenient to the place of their irelpejciive rtfi
dcnce without delay.
They .have alio infirccrdd the niinifrerjbt war, to
call upon the remainder of the lira requifnion to
tiie field, and to trrat the delinquents with the ut
moli feverity of the law.
No decilion had yet been had on the fate of the
coni’pirotora and agents of Louis XVJJf.
Paris was, under this date, in a ftate of tnnquili
ty ; bre?tl cofr only fo fols (the 12th part of a
French crown) the 4 lbs.
I • The Queen of Naples has prefen'ed to General
Buonaparte her Miniature let in gold withdiarilonds,
which coft 10.000 Duckets, with the following in
feription ; ,
%( To friendship and gratitude.**
The molt active preparations were making for
war in the PruSian territories, A letter from Ber
lin, dated the mb of January, has this remark ,!>le
ientence. “ Hie Emperor mull be grofly miftaken,
it. he does not conhdei us among his molt dangerous
enemies. ’*
Accounts from Stockholm of the 6th of January,
mentions, that Koftiuiko is expected in ere, 011 Ins
way to America.
4- ~+~ -+- ——4— ~4— 4- 4- 4- l Mt -+■ ——f- 4- -4- -+■ 4- -J- 4- 4.
M ART IN SR URG, April 20.
r . . --
£<?/? Sunday evening, about 4 0 clock the dandling• loufe
belonging to Georg-- Hite, tjq. of Cbarlejiown, was
entitely conjutned by fire. A iitgro boy belonging to Mr.
Hite .being Jiongly JuJpeded f wilfully commuting thii hor
rid deed, has been committed to jail.
Extract ol a ictttr irom i\tw-York to Philadelphia,
dated April ?T.
“ Referring to the papers'-of this day for particular
European information, we have only to remark,
«hat the account respecting the ftoppage of the Bank
ol England may ftrictly be depended on ; and we
find it difficult ro conjecture what will be the refult :
we are, however, under (erious apprehenfions that
innumerable bankruptcies in Europe, and a general
fulpenfion of confidence there, will take place. The
American funds, it is fupofed, will rife in England.
“ The meafures taken by the parliament on the
bufinefs of the bank will be highly interefting, and
will be received probably in a few days. ri he in
furanees from London ro America after the 15 I1
Feb. will be twelve guineas per cent. The ihip
Hare from London to this port with a valuable
cargo is taken and carried into France, and cargo
will no doubt be condemned, on account of the in
furance being made inLondon. vve communicate this
as iuterefeing information to dry good merchants.”
A C A R D
M — r M--LL having done himftlf the pleafure
of certifying ro the public, “ Thai lie had feen a
v hand-bill, without date,” l$c. and ** further declares,**
1 that he “ did borrow, and on his Way home loit one
I
(et of journals obtain'd f-j p*rufal u Jborrly sfrer'1
Inch auj.iuch a gcutlrmanU . >n.al, &.c. (being the
75th of Decemucr ) It ia i.\ably rtqtiel.cd in. 1 M—r
1V1—11: would pit ole to npsat bit. favours lo h.r a#
to “Jurther declare ' whet per be thinks or thinks
that any otberw.il think >f c puoJic will be .39 freely
dilpos’a tu lubftitute th'ijejournals lolt (irrecoverably
as it would feem) about he 5'h ol J .nu«»y i«»r
theie complained of as be&g nich’d away ii pm under
the eye oVibe People about iht 14th of March ; be
has Mewn him .elf oifpolri , il not 10 play the ant he r
of the day in miniature, at l.-Si the "volunteering partisan
with me view (luppofing any determined vuw can
be laid ro have bten.bad) to confound the one
with the otbtr *
.$ tould, ho* * ver, the favour he withheld, after
tf Q interfwgly defcriplVve. ..:.o du’/iie/y vxiulpaioiy
l|ec.min«: indulg'd wch., M—r iv:-—»l fhall, upon
every fuirabh* ocvaf.ou, anti with tl r trroolt chear
fulnefs,. have the honour Roue him of acknowledg
ing., It is t?oc conceived a iingle doubt can ever pof
fibly be entertained* that (nowever the efs.iy rnighp
in an overi’tr.un'd ,:eal). the dii Appointment wdl
have originated either in jfupipeiiels, or incapacity,
when it is cotj^idered, the difficulty of charing up
the trifling inC'j'ffancy would j»o more cojt the cxer
cife 01 4 lOtnui thought, 01 pa nf or talents than the
disjointitjo a Green Goo/e Aouiu 10 an expert
CARVER.
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WILLIS,
BEING informed hv my friendc, that I rm fop
paled by fon-i to 0%. il»f author of ..nonymous
pu.-iicaiions i:t your p*p«-r, »»n ibe icbjeci of theen
fuing election, l lake mi* method ol fa!r::.uiy dev
elating, (Lut I never have been, through the whol^
couiie o'* my life, the author of hu) anonymous
publication whatever, and 1 jtuit that I never Hull.
iJKiL. PENDLii 1 OtNI.
April 13, *o1. ■
1U HIE PC bL4C. .
MY Kote of the 6ih mil. i had hoped, would
tiive proven fully faiitf ictory : But uuder
icunuing ihe faith (.1 forte lull wavers j once for all \
beg lc?ive to trouble me Public vvirh the alsurance
that, ui;'eligibility, as founded on jree bold, is fuliy
eftablilhed, not only i*x ntctuh •en^i.eo.-ut the tak
ing my fear in the H uie on the ’.Isue of my election
— which yet is ail the law can be laid to exact—■
but mere tlur: fix mom nt previous to Lite period of
election i Tha, it is hoped, w»JI r-move ihe fcTu
ples raifed in the minds of feme of my friends by the
electioueering adaref ami active agency of many of my
opponents, as w ll as all ground for pr dump* io»\,
of luccels on this {core in my impotent enemuys. With
due reiptec i await the publi .■» dwiinon on Monday
eufuing, both in their and my behalf.
JOHN DIXON.
i?<jr Jute, i/y -th'e i>ubja ibetn,
MADKikA, Sher.ry, Port, Liio-m, M«iaga, and
Teoeriffe Wines, jn pipes* hogiligads, quar
ter c..tks and bottles. to pipes i hon.-plon's old
Madeira. Claret in Ho£ih< ads and.in calls.of one
dozen. Kuo doz^n Pa I us and Haut Margot Medoc
ditto, in cafes of 1 and 4 dozen, very old* 25 pipe**
Cogniac and fioideaux'Brandy. Holland Gin in
pipes, jugs and cafe**. Jamaica and Weli-lndia.
Rum. Whifkey in hogfhiails and barrels. A few
hogiheads MolalstS. Kibbcrt's London bottled
Porter and Broxvn.Si out in eulks of t> dozen. Bohea,
louchoog, hyfon-lkin, by Ion, young hyfon, ;■ nci im
perial Teas.of the fir ft quality, Philadelphia loaf
bugar in barrels. Mulcoyadp Sugars. * Coffee and
Cotton. Cadiz and AncpiiUa It. Cho~. late in
boxes. R:ce. bigbJue. Saltpetre. Bt imfrone.
Allum, Coppera ;. Madder. Glue. R bn.
Race and ground Ginger, Leiper’* Snuff in bottlei
and bladders. Havanm-h Srgars. Milliard in hot
tl*s. Anchovies. Cat urn** and black Pepper.
Ailfpice. . Nutmegs. Mace. Cloves. (Jaffa*
Railini in kegs and boxes. Soft fii* iled Almonds,
Spermaceti Candles. Mould and dip'd ditto. White
and brown Soap. Philadelphia Soal Leather, occ.
Alio, four boxes and one bale Iriih Linens, well
alsorted, which will be fold verv low.
M ANDKV1LLE and JAMESTON.
Alexandria, April jg. *•
r_l''HE firlt day of March la.U, we.,; eway Jion\
A the Cublcriber, an appsentue boy named,
V illiam Blue,- about zo years old ; lie Bad on ^
home made lliirt, corduroy . breeches, 2 pair Lock
ings, ihoes, woo! hat, a jacket.and Ioug tailed bluet
broad cloth coat ; h^M* about c feet 10 inches high,
well m*de, and good looking. Any perfon that;
will take up ihe laid apprentice, and deliver him to
me, lhall have one cent reward, and no thanks.
JAMES WHI l ELOCK.
April fq ’q7. —
L .. u.i. mis 1 luiaiii'og in the Poll Uffi.citt ah* p
herd's-Town, on the firft day of April, ’97, which
if not taken up before the fit day o4 July next,
will be lent to the General Pofi-OflLe as dead
letters.
B. Dr. Ezekiel Bull, John Bloodgood.
D. Dn id Dutton, care of Andrew M Cormick.
G. John Griggs.
H. Thomas Herherington. Conftance Hart.,
Charleftown. William Harris, Chailefiown.
M. John Myers. Charleftown.
N. Gabriel Nourfe, Charleftown.
P. Robert Pallet.
S. Frederick Slippv.
W. Elizabeth Wyms, care of Widow Arm-*
ftrong. Henry Wife.
HFNRY BF. DINGER, P. M.
Shepherd’s Town, April ».