Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1797-02-06 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser.
NUMBER 1377.]
MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1797.
[VOLUME XI.]
50 Dollars Reward.
LOST, last evening, between eight and nine o'clock, as the subscriber was going to his house at the Falls of Schuylkill...
A black POCKET-BOOK,
Containing 1190 Dollars, in Bank-Notes
From 100 to 1000 Dollars each. One of which was of the Branch-Bank of New-York...
JAMES HAFFY
INSURANCE COMPANY of the State of Pennsylvania.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the directors have declared a dividend of TWENTY DOLLARS per share...
SAM. W. FISHER, Sec'y.
Philadelphia, Feb. 2d, 1797.
FOR SALE,
THE SHIP MARY, SAMUEL PARKER, MASTER, Two hundred tons burthen.
If the MARY is not sold in a few days, she will take freight for Hamburg.
For Sale, or Charter,
The Ship DIANA, SAMUEL PILE, Master; Burthen 205 47-95 tons register...
Philip Nicklin & Co.
We have for sale on board said vessel, 27 casks of fine yellow paint.
And on hand,
Imperial, Hylen, and, Sucheng TEAS. 40,000 pieces Nankeens of the best quality.
FOR SALE,
The Schooner ORION, SHE is between eighteen months and two years old; her frame is of the best of W. Oak...
The terms of sale may be known by applying to Samuel Smith, ship broker, No. 26, South Front Street.
PRINTERS
Who have inserted Advertisements at the request of the Editor of this Paper, are desired to forward their accounts January 30
Washington Canal Lottery, No. 1.
WHEREAS the State of Maryland has authorised the underwritten, to raise twenty-six thousand, two hundred, and fifty dollars...
Table with 3 columns: Prize, Amount, Tickets. Includes prizes like 1 Prize of 20,000 dollars, 10,000 dollars, 5,000 dollars, etc.
17500 Tickets, at Ten Dollars, - 175,000
The Commissioners have taken the Securities required by the aforesaid act for the punctual payment of the prizes.
The drawing of this Lottery will commence, without delay, as soon as the Tickets are sold...
Such prizes as are not demanded in six months after the drawing is finished, shall be considered as relinquished for the benefit of the Canal...
(Signed) NOTLEY YOUNG, DANIEL CARROLL, of D LEWIS DEBLOIS, GEORGE WALKER, WM. M. DUNCANSON, THOMAS LAW, JAMES BARRY.
Cit of Washington, Feb. 11.
In order to comply with contracts, I will sell, for approved bonds, on 3 equal annual payments, A Square of LOTS.
At the upper end of Frederickburg, beginning opposite to the lower corner of Doctor Wellford's, on Caroline-street...
Belt-Air, Dec. 8, 1796. HENRY FITZHUGH.
Red Clover Seed.
Fresh red Clover Seed of the best quality, in bags of 5 bushels each. Madeira wine in pipes, fit for immediate use.
JOHN CRAIG.
Fresh Garden, Grass and Flower-seeds, Roots, &c. &c.
This day landing from the Ship Eagle, captain Foflick, from London.
AND FOR SALE BY GOLDTHWAIT & MOORE,
Corner of Walnut and Second-streets, A most capital and extensive Assortment of GARDEN, GRASS AND FLOWER-SEEDS, ROOTS, &c. &c.
Table with 3 columns: Kinds, Amount, Price. Includes items like Five kinds, Four, Twenty-five, Six, Eleven, Twenty-five, Six, Three, Five, Ten.
Printed catalogues may be had by applying as above. Dec. 17
Women's Cloaks.
GEORGE DOBSON, No. 23, South Third-street, Has just received, per Eagle, Capt. Foflick, via London, an assortment of Cloaks...
NOTICE
THE Sales of LANDS of the United States, in the North-Western Territory, heretofore advertised in the several public papers, will commence this evening...
January 4
Treasury Department,
September 28, 1796. NOTICE is hereby given, that proposals will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Treasury until the expiration of the first day of March next...
The rations to be supplied are to consist of the following articles, viz. One pound two ounces of bread or flour. One pound two ounces of beef, or fourteen ounces of pork or bacon.
One quart and half a pint of salt. Two quarts of Vinegar, Two pounds of Soap, One pound of Candles.
The rations are to be furnished in such quantities, as that there shall at all times during the said term, be sufficient for the consumption of the troops at Michilimackinac, Detroit, Niagara, and Oswego...
OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the Treasury.
PROPOSALS,
For carrying the Mails of the UNITED STATES, On the following Post Roads, will be received until the first day of March next inclusive:
1. From Charleston, S. C. by Jacksborough and Coosahatchee to Savannah, twice a week. Receive the Mail at Charleston every Tuesday and Friday by 6, P. M. and deliver at Savannah the next Friday and Monday, by 8 A. M.
2. From Coosahatchee to Beaufort once a week. Receive the Mail at Coosahatchee every Thursday by 6, P. M. and deliver it at Beaufort by noon on Friday.
3. From Beaufort to Savannah every Friday by 3, P. M. and arrive at Coosahatchee on Saturday by 8, A. M.
4. Proposals for carrying the mail on this route will be received by the post-master at Beaufort.
Note 1. The Post-master General may alter the times for the arrival and departure of the mails at any time during the continuance of the contracts...
Note 2. For every hour's delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in arriving after the times prescribed by contract, the contractor shall forfeit one dollar, and if the delay continue until the departure of any depending mail an additional forfeiture of five dollars shall be incurred.
Note 3. Should any person making proposals desire an alteration of the times of arrival and departure above specified, he must state the alteration desired and the price he will carry the mail for with and without such alteration.
Note 4. The contracts are to be in operation on the first day of April next and to continue until the 30th of September in the year 1800.
JOSEPH HABERSTAM, Post Master General.
General Post Office, Philadelphia, Jan. 13, 1797.
Mrs. GRATTAN
Respectfully informs her friends, and the public in general, that on Tuesday the 10th day of January, the proposals opening, at No. 39, North Sixth-street.
A Linen and Mullin Warehouse.
Book Mullins, from 6/3 to 12/11 per yard. Jaconet ditto, from 8/8 to 9/8 per yard. Striped ditto, from 7/10 to 10/10 per yard. Fine Coffees. Tambour'd Book Mullins, from 13/9 to 21/ per yard. India Mullin, from 11/3 to 15/ per yard. Sheetling Mullin. Jaconet mullin Handkerchiefs, from 4/3 to 6/ per hdkf. Book mullin Handkerchiefs, from 5/3 to 10/6 per hdkf. Mullin color'd and border'd Handkerchiefs. Dacca Handkerchiefs. Tambour'd Cravats from 10/3 to 11/11. Pocket Handkerchiefs. Cambric, from 11/3 to 16/3 per yard. Table Cloths. Hackcloth Towelling. Women's Cotton Hdkf. from 6/3 to 13/ per pair. Dimity from 5/10 to 6/.
Meals with Hdkf. Tambour'd mullin Handkerchiefs from 11/11 to 12/3. Irish linens for Gentlemen's shirts, from 5/5 to 9/7. And a variety of other articles. N. B. Orders received for all kinds of ready made Linen, Gentlemen's Shirts, ruffled or plain, Gravats, Pocket Handkerchiefs, &c. &c. Household Linen, &c. &c.
A plain shirt, made and mark'd, 3 1-2 dollars. A full ruffled ditto, 4 dollars. A plain shirt, made and mark'd, 5 dollars. A full ruffled ditto, 6 dollars. A plain shirt, made and marked, 5 1-2 dollars. A full ruffled ditto, 7 dollars. A plain shirt, made and mark'd, 6 dollars. A full ruffled ditto, 7 1-2. A plain shirt, made and mark'd, 6 1-2 dollars. A very fine ruffled ditto, 8 dollars. Linen included. January 13.
Cheap French China.
THE subscribers finding it impossible to supply their store with any more China from France, the prices being too immoderate in the manufactures, give notice that they will sell at prime cost the remaining stock on hand, consisting of
DeSSERT Sets, Tea-Table Sets, Separate Cups and Saucers, Groups and Figures, Alabaster Vases, Looking Glasses, in gilt frames, Besides India Japan'd Toilet Desks, Chairs, Tables and Quadrille Boxes. PASQUIER & Co. No. 91, South Second-street. December 5th.
The Elephant,
Now exhibited, was bought for Ten Thousand Dollars. He is 3 years old, 6 feet high, growing to 18 feet. He eats 150 weight a-day, and drinks a barrel of water; he has drunk some days forty bottles of porter, drawing the corks with his trunk.
He is perfectly inoffensive; travels loose, at the rate of five miles an hour, and is the greatest curiosity ever brought to this Continent. He is to be seen 'till the 13th of January, in Market-street between Third and Fourth-streets, at a quarter of a dollar, that every one may see him—after which time the former price of half a dollar will be returned.
He will leave Philadelphia as soon as the weather will permit. December 31
Brokers Office, and COMMISSION STORE.
No. 63 South Third Street, opposite the national new Bank. SAMUEL M. FRAUNCES and JOHN VAN REED, have entered into co-partnership, under the firm of FRAUNCES & VAN REED, in the business of Brokers, Convoyancers and Commission merchants. They buy and sell on commission every species of stock, notes of hand, bills of exchange, houses and lands, &c.
Money procured on deposits, &c. &c. all kinds of writings in the conveyancing line, done with neatness and dispatch; accounts adjusted, and books settled, in the most correct manner. Constant attendance will be given. They solicit a share of the public favor; they are determined to endeavour to deserve it. N. B. The utmost secrecy observed. SAMUEL M. FRAUNCES, JOHN VAN REED. Philad. August 27, 1796.
FOR SALE AT WILLIAM PRIESTMAN'S
No. 15 South Fifth-street, Between Market and Chestnut Streets, A Quantity of Plain Gold Watches; Gold enamel'd & ornamented with pearls; Silver and metal ditto, by the first makers in London and Paris; a Time-Piece by Arnold; plain gold by Mudge & Dutton; several diamond and diamond to pearl lockets, rings, ear-rings, &c.; about 60 lb. of search thread; double-barrel'd guns, in case, by Manton; quantity of plated table, tea, and night plated candlesticks, branches, &c. 26 volumes of Law-Books, in one lot, mostly reports, folio, folio and valuable books; books of Prints; amongst which are Martyn on Shells, Statue da Rossi, Calmet's Dictionary de Bible, Johnson's Poets, 75 vols. Baker's Additio. 4 vols. Biographia Britannica, Oeuvre de Machiavelli, Ruins of Balbec, Blair's Chronology, Plinii Historica Naturalis, Montfaucon's Antiquities, State Trials, Evelyn's Silva, Poteux's Dictionary, Ritratti di uomini illustri Toscani, Queres de Bayle, Caracci. January 31
A CARD.
If Monsieur G. H. SIBLE, Who left Bordeaux the 20th June last, and arrived at Boston about the middle of August, in the Schooner Jane, is in Philadelphia, he is requested to call on Joseph Anthony & Co. No. 5, Chestnut-street, who will give him some information of importance. December 24, 1796.
New Theatre.
By PARTICULAR DESIRE, ON MONDAY EVENING, February 6, Will be presented, the Historical Play of Columbus;
Or, A WORLD DISCOVERED. WITH NEW SCENERY, MACHINERY, DRESSES AND DECORATIONS.
The music composed by Mr. Reinagle. The processions and Pageant by Mr. Byrne.
In this Play, the manners and customs of Mexico and Peru characterize the first discovered nations of America. Such deviation from Historical truth was deemed necessary for dramatic effect, and has enabled the author to introduce the pathetic Tale of GORA and ALONZO, from Marmontel's Inca.
The PROLOGUE will be spoken by Mr. WIGNELL. SPANISH PARTY.
Table with 2 columns: Character, Actor. Includes Columbus, Alonzo, Harry Herbert, Doctor Dolores, Brilon, Roldan, Valverde, Molledo, Captain, 1st Spaniard, 2d Spaniard, Orozimbo, Smalco, Catalpo, Cuto, Cora, Nelti, Priests of the Sun, Indian Women.
A PROCESSION OF INDIANS, and the first Landing of Columbus. In act 3. REPRESENTATION OF A STORM AND EARTHQUAKE; With a Grand Eruption from a Volcano. In act 4. A MARCH OF SACRIFICE, and Procession to the Execution of GORA.
The whole to conclude with A GRAND PAGEANT. The scene of the Volcano designed by J. Richards, Esq. R. A. principal Scene Painter to Covent Garden Theatre.
The rest of the Scenery designed by Mr. Milbourne, and the whole executed by him and under his direction.
Machinist, Mr. Lenthall. The dresses designed by Mr. Gibbons.
A FARCE, called
Barnaby Brittle;
Or, A WIFE AT HER WIT'S END. (As often performed at Covent Garden, with general applause.)
Table with 2 columns: Character, Actor. Includes Barnaby Brittle, Clodpole, Jeremy, Sir Peter Pride, Lovemere, Jeffery, Mrs. Brittle, Lady Pride, Damaris, Mr. Bates, Mr. Blisset, Mr. Francis, Mr. Morgan, Mr. Fox, Mr. Warrall, jun., Mrs. Francis, Mrs. Metcalf, Mrs. Harvey.
Box, One Dollar twenty-five cents. Pit Seven Eighths of a Dollar, and Gallery, half a Dollar. Tickets to be had at H. & P. Rice's Book-Store, No. 50 High-street, and at the Office adjoining the Theatre.
Ladies and Gentlemen are requested to send their servants to keep places a quarter before 5 o'clock, and to order them, as soon as the company are seated, to withdraw, as they cannot on any account be permitted to remain.
The Doors of the Theatre will open at 5, and the Curtain rise precisely at 6 o'clock.
Places for the Boxes to be taken at the Office in the front of the theatre, from 10 till 2 o'clock, and from 10 till 4 on the days of performance. VIVAT REPUBBLICA!
Pennsylvania Population Company.
NOTICE is hereby given, to such Share-holders as have not paid their assessments on their shares—to pay the same immediately to the Secretary of the Company, at the Company's Office, No. 53 north Fourth street, Philadelphia. They are further informed, that in default of paying the same within thirty days from the 4th of February, instant, the several forfeitures will be finally exacted in conformity to the 21st article of association. By order of the Board, SOL. MARACHE, Secretary. Feb. 2.
This Day Published,
AND FOR SALE BY THE EDITOR, Price three eighths of a Dollar. THE Letter of the Secretary of State, to Mr. Pinckney, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States, to the French Republic. February 4.

Philadelphia, February 6.
By this day's Mails.
NEW-YORK, February 4.
By the British Packet Carteret, arrived here from Falmouth, we have received our regular files of papers to the 25th November:—Papers have been also received to the 1st of December, from which we shall, in addition to our extracts this day, give further details on Monday.
RATISBON, October 18.
ADDRESS presented to the Emperor by the Diet of Ratisbon.
The Diet rejoice with every good German, in seeing so great a part of the Empire delivered from the enemy, by the rapid and multiplied victories of the Austrian armies; and of being themselves freed from that imminent danger with which the approach of the French threatened the place of their sitting. They hasten in their first meeting after the vacation, to testify decidedly the lively interest which they take in the happy events and enterprises executed with such brilliant success under the skilful direction of his Royal Highness the Archduke Charles, a Prince already rendered illustrious by his heroic valour and his enlarged views, as well as by the eminent services which he has performed to the German Nation.
Perfectly convinced of the important advantages which have resulted from the operations of the Austrian armies—operations which alone formed the constitutional preservation of the German Empire, the Diet feel it their duty to address their most grateful acknowledgments to his Imperial Majesty as their generous and magnanimous defender, for the extraordinary efforts that he has made for the general good, and humbly recommend the Empire to his gracious protection.
While the Diet make this sincere declaration of their warmest gratitude, they join to it their most earnest wishes, that Providence may bestow on the undertakings which the august chief of the Empire shall hereafter form, all that aid and those benedictions which his beneficent and indefatigable cares merit—which are due to his paternal endeavors, for the preservation of the Empire in general, as well as for the obtaining a just and permanent peace.
FRANCE.
PARIS, November 16.
Note from Lord Malmesbury in Reply to the Letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, dated the 23rd Brumaire, Nov. 13.
The undersigned will not fail to transmit to his Court the Note which he has just received from the Minister for Foreign Affairs. He also declares, that he shall be in the situation of expediting Couriers to his court every time that the official communications which shall be made to him shall require special instructions.
MALMESBURY.
Paris, Nov. 14, 1796.
M. Ellis, who has been added to Lord Malmesbury's embassy, set out yesterday for London.—It is said he is soon to return to Paris with fresh instructions from his Cabinet. The negotiation will of course, be at a stand still till his return. There has not been, as far as appears, any note presented on either side, except what have been made public, unless the answer of the Plenipotentiary, to the demand made by Charles Delacroix, to know if he should send a new courier to his cabinet upon every communication. We are assured that Lord Malmesbury has answered he should do it, when the importance of the difficulties to answer appeared to him to demand it. That Charles Delacroix ought not to be surprised at it, since he himself always takes the orders of the Directory, and never gives an answer without conferring with them.
We send to the House of Austria the advances which England has made to us. It is now certain that the Courier, who departed from the army of Italy to Vienna, was charged with proposals to the Emperor for a separate peace, and particularly to demand a passport for a negotiator. This passport appears to have been granted—for a minister Plenipotentiary has been named to go to Vienna. He is an Irishman, by the name of Clark, little known as a general, and never employed in any diplomatic character, but who has been a long time conversant in the affairs of the committee of public safety. Can there not be found among Frenchmen a man capable of showing the republic that we are not obliged to entrust so important a mission to a foreigner and an Irishman.
November 17.
A revolution has taken place in the port of Brest: vice-admiral Villaret Joyeuse is superseded, and is succeeded by Morad Legall, who preceded him. What can have occasioned such a change? For the rest, the expedition preparing at Brest is not given up; thirty six transports with troops, ten sail of the line, and several frigates, are ordered to be ready to sail. We do not know the destination of the armament, nor can we conceive the purport of it, while we know the English have much more powerful forces at sea.
The port of Brest is in respect of money affairs in a very distressed state; the different bureaux have been shut for this month, and there is neither money nor mandates for the officers who are obliged to stay at Brest, and yet have not wherewith to live. The order for the payment of their salaries upon the same footing as the land forces, namely, a quarter in specie, is not executed for want of money.
Some officers who were starving, and had sold all they had to procure daily bread, went to the intendant of the police to solicit payment of what had been so long due to them; they desired, if they were not paid they might have the refusal given to them in writing. The officers accordingly very innocently signed their petition, and all who signed it were immediately put in a state of arrest.—Perlet.
No official news has been published for some time, either from the Sambre and Meuse or Rhine and Moselle armies.
Vice admiral Martin has quitted the command of the Toulon squadron, and is succeeded by citizen Boucq, a general officer of distinguished ability.
November 19.
A letter from Constantinople of the 24th of September, announces, that the Porte is decided to send an ambassador, who is to make a permanent stay at Paris. Ali Effendi is appointed to hold that mission.
On the 8th instant, Don Juan de Lasaga, commander in chief of the Spanish fleet, entered the road of Toulon with fifteen ships of the line and eight frigates, which, including the four Spanish ships and three frigates which arrived there before, makes the whole Spanish force in that harbour amount to nineteen ships of the line and eleven frigates.
The administration of Ferrara has suppressed the inquisition, otherwise called the holy office.
An official letter from Cayenne, dated March 20, confirms the death of Collet d'Herbais in that island. He left all his effects to Billaud Varennes, who lived in a small town eight leagues from Cayenne, chiefly occupied in rearing parrots.
A letter from Mantua of the 29th ult. corroborates the intelligence, that Mantua is reduced to the last extremity.
From Strasbourg we learn, under the 10th inst. that the army near the Rhine remains quite inactive. The advanced guards, which face each other, had not for several days past fired a single shot; this revives the hopes of a speedy armistice.
LONDON, November 18.
The dispatches received by government, from Lord Malmesbury on Wednesday last, although they are not of such a nature as to present to us the cheering prospect of an immediate peace, are nevertheless calculated to keep the object within the limits of our view, and to preserve to all parties the means of attaining the great end, provided their deliberations are dictated by sincerity, and their deliberations governed by wisdom and prudence.
The note of his lordship to the executive directory, on receiving his fresh instructions, and the answer to it, (a correct translation of which appeared in our last, p. 479,) are entitled to the utmost attention. It will appear obvious, from a perusal of them both, that the delay which has hitherto occurred in the business of the negotiation is to be ascribed, not to any reluctance on the part of the British cabinet to meet the question in a fair and candid manner, or to their want of respect to the new order of things in France, but to the formal spirit of the directory, who, at the same time that they display an evident disposition to protract the negotiation, and manifest an obvious inattention to the urgent desire of the British plenipotentiary to enter immediately upon the subject of his mission, demand to have pointed out to them the object of reciprocal compensation which his lordship has to propose. This proceeding amounts to nothing less than a refusal on their part to afford any explanation whatever as to their views and intentions, although they call upon his lordship, before they consent to treat with him, to express himself fully upon every point.
The manner in which Lord Malmesbury's note treats the insinuations contained in the answer of the directory to his first memorial is worthy of the honor and character of the British government. His majesty thinks it beneath his dignity to allow any reply whatever to be returned to these insinuations, contenting himself with making the wise and impressive observation, "that it is neither by reproaches, as disgusting as they are without foundation, nor by reciprocal insults, that a sincere wish to accomplish the grand work of peace can be conceived." The negotiation, we understand, is again suspended until the arrival of further instructions to Lord Malmesbury; and it is probable that the issue of this important business will depend, in a great measure, upon the nature of the next dispatches from our cabinet, which are expected to be immediately forwarded to his lordship.
Extract of a letter from Bremen, Nov. 11.
The affair of the 24th ult. has proved equally glorious to the imperial Charles as the actions of the 19th, 20, and 21st. The archduke attacked the enemy in their formidable entrenched position on the heights of Schliengen. The noble army of Conde were the first engaged on, that they acted nobly there can be no doubt: the battle continued nine successive hours. The archduke was every where; his presence gave new vigor to the heroes he commands. The French, in fine, after various proofs of obstinate ferocity, were forced from their strong hold, and fell back in disorder, during the night, towards Caltenerberg, near which place they took a position.
The 25th, the archduke attempted to bring the enemy to battle, but the republicans retreated before the conqueror with the utmost precipitation. The forest of Marek on the banks of the Rhine then became their resource. That day his royal highness had his head quarters at Mappach.
The 26th every preparation was made to drive the enemy out of the wood. Terrified, they made the best of their way to the Tete-de-Pont near Hunningen, which they again abandoned.
A considerable dislocation is taking place in the Austrian army; some corps are ascending, some descending the Rhine. General Hotze's division has re-crossed the river at Mannheim; the bridge of boats in the environs of Philippsburg has been carried away, when it was learnt that gen. Bourdonville was marching part of his army towards the Upper Rhine; in effect, the environs of Kaiserlautern, Worms, Spines, and Germersheim, were on the 1st inst. infected by the French.
The fort of Kehl is now the grand object of the archduke's attention; it is worthy of his valour, and no doubt is entertained of its being speedily in his hands; the bombardment is begun. The enemy's entrenched camp is equal in strength to that from whence they were driven before Mentz, rendered much better of his wound, and is still at Carlsruhe.
In a partial affair on the 27th, the French, superior in number, forced the Austrians, and possessed themselves of Bingen, which is within five leagues of Mentz; Ober and Nieder Ingelheim, of course, are in their hands. In that quarter the imperial out posts extend from Alzey, by Sprendlingen and Algesheim, as far as Gallsheim, and within a league of Bingen.
No news from Mantua, except that three gates of the fortress are free; from which it may naturally be inferred, that the French have been lately worked. The 21st ult. general Warmsler was at Goitta: it is said that the Austrians were that day at Verona.
Extract of a letter from the Cove of Cork, Nov. 12.
This moment advice has been received, that the Cerberus, Capt. Drew, is now off the harbor with 3 prizes, viz. a French privateer of 12 guns, a large Jamaica ship of 600 tons burthen, and a large ship from the Cape of Good Hope, both bound to London, taken by the French and retaken by the Cerberus—the chased another brig privateer into Sir John Warren's squadron—which we learn was taken by them and sent into Falmouth.
Admiral Kingmill's cruizers being constantly at sea, meet the success they are so justly entitled to. No farther particulars are yet known; the Cerberus failed from thence the 29th ult. in company with the squadron under command of captain Falkner of the Diana.
November 29.
Extract of a letter from Exeter, Nov. 13. A general meeting of the merchants and manufacturers of Exeter was held here on the 10th inst. and the state of trade having been taken into consideration, it was unanimously resolved, That from the beginning of the war the trade of this city has labored under great and unprecedented disadvantages and that lately, by the shutting of almost every port in Europe, to which the manufactures of this country were formerly exported, there appears reason to apprehend the most serious consequences, the laboring poor in these parts being generally deprived of employment by the total stagnation of commerce.
The following memorial to the privy council was also drawn up and agreed to, and ordered to be transmitted to all the manufacturing towns of England:
To the lords of his majesty's most honorable Privy Council.
The memorial of the merchants and manufacturers of Exeter and its vicinity, assembled at a general meeting of their chamber of commerce, for taking into consideration the state of their trade.
The measures of relief which your lordships were pleased to suggest in reply to our memorial of the 25th of July last, having been all defeated by subsequent events, and the state of our trade becoming every day more critical, we presume to solicit your lordships attention to our increased distresses.
In the north of Italy our property is confiscated; to the south we have no longer access; recent occurrences have rendered the navigation of the mediterranean so perilous, that we cannot be covered by any premium of insurance which our trade will bear. The vessels dispatched from this port for the fair of Salerno, by the July convoy, to the amount of 100,000l. appear by the last advices to be still at Gibraltar, waiting for further convoy. The Queen of Naples, another of our vessels worth above 40,000l. is now under an embargo at Genoa.
To Spain and Portugal we look with extreme anxiety. The ports of the former country (a chief market of our manufactures) are not only shut against us, at a moment when our warehouses and vessels are filled with goods preparing for the winter consumption; but reports of an actual sequestration of British property, and a prohibition to discharge bills of exchange, measures which, if carried into effect, must be attended with fatal consequences. In these ports also, many of our vessels are embargoed with cargoes to a very great amount.
In Germany, the operations of war render credit precarious and property insecure. The markets of Flanders and Holland are no longer open. With the other parts of Europe and of the globe we have little intercourse.
To this confiscation of our property, detention of our funds, and annihilation of our trade, is added an extraordinary embarrassment arising from a failure of the usual facilities of credit.
Your lordships need not be informed that the trade of this port consists in the exportation of woollen goods, manufactured in this city and throughout the county of Devon; a suspension, therefore, of our exports, especially under the circumstances, we have enumerated, puts an entire stop to the industry of these parts; and the distresses of our labourers, already very great, must soon become extreme.
Under the pressure of these evils we conceive we are discharging a duty in presenting this memorial, that your lordships may be aware of our situation.
(Signed) EDMUND GRANGER, Chairman. Exeter, Nov. 10, 1796
Accounts from Lisbon by the last mail say, that the council of war has issued several decrees ordering the filling up of each regiment of artillery and marines to 1200 men. Every regiment of infantry is likewise augmenting to 833 men, and the cavalry to 903. A new legion of light troops is also raising; and the auxiliary thirds are in future to be looked upon as regiments of militia for their respective provinces, and their captains to rank as colonel. Don Rodrigo Condrisko, late Plenipotentiary at Turin, is appointed Minister of Marine.
The French general Garenier has written to Buonaparte, informing him that the Barbets, or Piedmontese robbers are totally defeated and dispersed; that Freron, their chief, is killed; and that no day passes without the shooting of ten or twelve of them.
Count Nassau Corroy, a friend of Vander Noot, is arrested; he was a member of the estates of Brabant, and President of the war department in the revolution of 1790. He is said to have corresponded with several other persons, in various parts of the Low countries, to effect a counter-revolution; some of them have been apprehended at Antwerp.
The hereditary Prince of Württemberg, the intended consort of our Princess Royal, was at Vienna on the 1st of the present month, where it was expected that the business of which his serene highness was the negotiator with the imperial cabinet, would occupy three or four weeks at least.
Admiral Sir James Wallace, governor and naval commander in chief of Newfoundland, is returned from that station, where he left all safe on the beginning of last month, when the weather began to be very cold, and portended a rigorous season. It
now appears that reports had very greatly exaggerated the damage done by the French squadron under Richery.
Yesterday a council of the cabinet ministers was held at Lord Grenville's office, at which some further instructions for Lord Malmesbury were made out. Mr. Hunter, sen. is the bearer of them to his lordship: he set out on his journey this morning.
Extract of a letter from Plymouth, Nov. 16.
Arrived this morning the ship Friendship, Capt. Black, with a cargo of wheat from the Cape of Good Hope, from whence she brought passengers and dispatches. She was captured on the 25th ult. by la Voiture, French privateer, of 14 guns and 100 men, after an action of 40 minutes, in which lieut. Fitzgerald, of the 95th regiment, was unfortunately killed by a musket ball, which passed through his head; and retaken on the 4th inst. by the Cerberus frigate, captain Drew, belonging to admiral Kingmill's squadron.
The Friendship left the Cape on the 2d of August. The dispatches were thrown overboard during the action, and sunk.
Capt. Black reports, that another Cape ship, with wheat and rice, had beat off the privateer which captured the Friendship.
Arrived a small French cutter privateer, called le Hirondelle, of four guns, prize to the Cerberus frigate, which ship was left in chase of another privateer when the above left her.
This morning a very hard gale of wind came on at south west, and continued with great violence until noon. The Vengeur French privateer, (late the King George packet,) prize to the Santa Margaretta frigate, which arrived here yesterday from Cork, parted her cables in Cat-water, and was driven on shore in Deadman's bay, where her masts were cut away, and great part of her stores taken out. The weather became more moderate this afternoon, and she is got off without having received any material damage in her hull.
A large loaded brig is also on shore in Firestone bay, and a fishing smack under Teat's Hill. The Santa Margaretta and Crane in the Sound, rode out the gale very well.
Arrived the Florette Commerce, under American colors, laden with brandy and wine, from Bourdeaux, supposed to be bound to Hamburgh. Soon after she arrived, three of her crew quitted her, and gave information to the lieutenant of the Santa Margaretta commanding the Buonaparte French privateer, prize to that ship, that her cargo was wholly French property; on which he boarded, and took possession of her as a prize.
The remains of the Amphion are hauled to the Yard, below the Hibernia of 110 guns, building, where she is to be broke up.
Extract of a letter from Portsmouth, Nov. 17.
This afternoon arrived the squadron under the command or Rear Admiral Sir Roger Curtis, with a French merchant brig, prize to the said squadron.
Last night, in a heavy gale of wind, the Corvette prize to the Melampus, was driven on shore on the Spit, and had her rudder beat off. She this morning was got off, and is come into the harbour.
This day the Koeback cutter brought into Portsmouth, and lodged in the custom-house, about 200 casks of spirits, which were taken last night in a cutter off the Isle of Wight.
Extract of a letter from Weymouth, Nov. 17. This day arrived in Portland Road, from the West Indies, his Majesty's frigate Beaulieu, Captain Skinner, bearing the flag of Rear Admiral Sir H. C. Christian K. B. The Beaulieu sailed from Martinique the 3d of Oct. at which time the islands were in a tranquil state, and the following ships and vessels or war at anchor in Port Royal Bay:
  Queen 93 Admiral Sir H. Parker   Prince of Wales 98 Capt. M. Dobson   Vengeance 74 Rear Ad. H. Harvey   Ruffell 74 Capt. J. Harvey   Thunderer 74 T. M. Ruffell   Carnatic 64 E. Harvey   Expedition cutter J. Bowen   Jenkins   Lieut. R. Lillburne 
Rear Ad. Bligh in the Brunswick arrived at Port Royal on the 22d of September, and failed again on the 28th with the trade for St. Domingo.
Admiral Christian landed here, and set off immediately for London.
Extract of a letter from Yarmouth, Nov. 16.
Information having been received on Tuesday that a French privateer had given chase to two London traders belonging to this port, and fired at one, but that a collier in company giving her a gun, she thought proper to sheer off; his majesty's hired armed cutter, captain Henry Pascall, immediately proceeded in quest of her, and yesterday we had the pleasure to see her brought into these roads. She proves to be the Bold Beggar of Dunkirk (half on her stern the Polly of Weymouth), and carries two carriage guns, 24 muskets, besides cutlasses, and 28 men.
His majesty's ship Trusty of 50 guns, captain Osborne, now at Sheerness, is under orders to sail for the Cape of Good Hope, with Lord Macartney and his suite. His lordship has completed every necessary arrangement for his departure.
Thursday the powder-mills at Hounslow were again blown up. There were two explosions, the first took place about 12 o'clock, and the second directly afterwards in consequence of one of the coming houses having taken fire. The shocks were severely felt within a mile or two round the neighborhood, and six unfortunate men lost their lives.
November 22.
On Saturday evening Mr. Ellis, who accompanied Lord Malmesbury to Paris as his confidential friend, arrived in town with dispatches from his lordship. He came from Boulogne in the Union Packet, by which are also received the Paris gazettes to the 5th inst. inclusive.
These papers contain the sequel of Lord Malmesbury's correspondence with the minister for foreign affairs. Mr. Ellis is come to London for further instructions, and yesterday went to Mr. Pitt's at Holwood, where he passed the day. He will return immediately to Paris.
OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Note addressed by Lord Malmesbury to the minister for the department of foreign affairs.
The undersigned does not hesitate a moment to answer the two questions which you are charged to propose to him on the part of the Executive Directory.
The memorial presented this morning by the undersigned proposes, in express terms on the part of his majesty the king of Great-Britain, to compensate by

proportionate restitutions, the arrangements which France will have to agree to in order to satisfy the just claims of the allies of the king, and to preserve the political balance of Europe.
Before this principle is formally approved of, or another proposed on the part of the Executive Directory, which may equally serve as a basis of the negotiation for a general peace, the undersigned cannot be authorized to point out the objects of reciprocal restitution.
As to the proof of the pacific dispositions which his majesty the emperor and king testified towards the French government at the opening of the campaign, the undersigned contents himself to repeat the following passage from the note of Baron D'Espelemann, of the 4th of last June—
The warlike operations shall by no means prevent his Imperial majesty from being constantly disposed to concur, according to any form of negotiation which may be adopted by the belligerent powers, in the discussion of such means as may be proper to put a period to the further effusion of human blood.
This note was presented after the armistice had been broken off.
“Paris, 12th Nov. 1796.”
Answer of the minister of the department of foreign affairs to the preceding note.
The undersigned is charged by the Executive Directory to declare to you, in answer to your second note of yesterday, that he has nothing to add to the answer which has been addressed to you. He is further charged to ask of you, whether, on every official communication between you and him, it will be necessary for you to dispatch a courier for the purpose of receiving special instructions.
“CH. LACROIX.”
Letter addressed to the minister for the department of foreign affairs by Lord Malmesbury, envoy of the British cabinet.
The minister plenipotentiary of his Britannic majesty requests the minister for the department of foreign affairs to inform him, whether he ought to consider the official note which he received from him last night as the answer to that which Lord Malmesbury delivered yesterday morning by order of his court, to the minister of the department of foreign affairs. He desires this explanation, that he may not retard the departure of his courier to no purpose.
“Paris, 13th November, 1796.”
Answer of the minister for the department of foreign affairs, to the preceding letter from Lord Malmesbury.
The undersigned minister for the department of foreign affairs declares to Lord Malmesbury, plenipotentiary of his Britannic majesty, that he is to consider the official note presented to him yesterday, as the answer to that which Lord Malmesbury delivered to him on the same day.
“CH. LACROIX.”
“Paris, 23rd Brumaire, 5 year (17th Nov.)”
Second letter from Lord Malmesbury to the minister for the department of foreign affairs.
Lord Malmesbury has just received the answer of the minister for the department of foreign affairs, wherein he declares that the official note transmitted to him yesterday is to be considered as the answer to that which Lord Malmesbury delivered to him on the morning of the same day.
“Paris, 13th Nov. 1796.”
On the above correspondence, Perlet's journal makes the following observations—
There is full, as may be seen, the same refusal on the part of our ministry to answer the first question of the English plenipotentiary, “Is the principle of compensation to be adopted, or rejected? and, in case of rejection, what is to be substituted for it?”
We cannot conceive the motives of so strange a policy. It seems to us, however, that, until a formal explanation has been given upon this general principle, there cannot exist a right to demand of Lord Malmesbury an exact designation of the objects of reciprocal compensation. We are sorry to agree, on this subject, with the English note; but this agreement is not a motive for concealing truth.
Do not the plainest good sense and the most natural reasoning point out, in fact, this conduct? Why do not the Directory make known the motive which induced them to deviate from it since it is certain they have some motives? After having exclaimed so much against the antient etiquette, and what is called the diplomatic routine, shall we, for an affair of form and useless reserve, risk, at every moment the breaking off the negotiation, and the extinction of the hope of peace?
What a fine thing, in a negotiation of this sort, is the conceited trifling of a man, who, because he is justly reproached with having uttered nonsense, appears resolved to speak us more! How can the Directory avoid seeing, that in spite, and in spite of them, we are tending to that point at which nothing will remain for him but to order the departure of the English agent from France; and that, if the Court of London, as is very possible, is sincere, it can desire nothing more ardently than thus to place on its own side all the appearances of pacific intentions, in order to conciliate the opinion of Europe, to make the war popular, and to raise the public spirit in England? How can they be ignorant that, by such harsh and insignificant answers as they permit to be given in their name by their Minister, they put all the advantage of the negotiation on the side of Lord Malmesbury; and that, notwithstanding the low flatteries of the Redacteur, the public begin to believe, that, although England may not be very eager to conclude a peace, the Directory are more evidently careless about it, notwithstanding the sad situation of our finances, and the distress of our marine. Why do they not lay, that the skill of Lord Malmesbury, and the ignorance of our negotiator, may equally concur to obtain credit for this dangerous opinion?
“It is with regret we are obliged to publish these reflections, the disclosure of which is, perhaps, not without some inconvenience. But all pusillanimous considerations ought to vanish before the grand interest of the country; and since the Directory persist in giving their confidence to a Minister unvigorously decided, since they are scarcely surer by any other than revolutionary brawlers, who flatter them in order to govern in their name, who deceive them, and who remove with the greatest care, all those who long experience, important services, talents, and wise and reasonable patriotism might be so useful to them, and spare them many faults and regrets, it is necessary to convey to them through the Journals the formidable cry of the public opinion and the truth which their flatterers so industriously conceal from them, at the risk of bringing on their ruin, if to them should one day be imputed the continuance of the war, and all its necessary miseries.”—Journal de Perlet.
By the above correspondence it will be seen that
our Ministers have acted with the utmost firmness and candor, only requiring that the enemy should agree to some settled principle of negotiation, while the Directory have constantly equivocated, and obstinately forbore either to accede to the principle suggested by our Court, or to propose any principle of their own, as a substitute.
Lord Malmesbury's mission may now be considered as drawing to a speedy termination. It appears, by the official notes which have passed between his Lordship and M. de Lacroix, subsequent to those published in our last, that the Executive Directory persist in their determination neither to recognize the just principle of negotiation proposed by his Majesty, nor to offer any other in its stead, which may serve as a basis on which to negotiate a general peace; that is, they refuse to answer this reasonable and necessary question of the “English Plenipotentiary, ‘Is the principle of reciprocal compensation to be adopted as a basis, or rejected? and in case of rejection, what is to be substituted for it?’” After such a refusal, we can no longer hope for Peace from the present negotiation. The Directory, by their conduct on this occasion, have shown that their temper is as intractable as their professions are insincere; and the world must be convinced from what has passed, that the solicitude of the British Government for the restoration of peace has been pushed to a degree that borders on humiliation. The people of France will not fail to see the anxiety of Great Britain to terminate the effusion of human blood, and to discontinue the sanguinary and remorseless spirit of their own rulers.
Lord Malmesbury has fully answered the question of M. de Lacroix, respecting the dispositions manifested by the Emperor at the commencement of the present campaign.
The State Paper delivered by Baron D'Espelemann to the Emperor's Minister at Paris, to M. Barthélémi, the French Plenipotentiary there, on the 4th of June last, appears from the above official correspondence, entirely to have escaped the recollection of the Executive Directory. This we believe to be the fact, and the advantage which the delivery of that paper at Paris, and the manner in which it has been lately introduced have given to the British negotiator, (independent of the sincerity, candour and spirit of the British Ministry) seems to have irritated and inflamed the minds of the Directory in a very great degree. The publicity now given to the delivery of that paper on the part of the Emperor, has made a very strong impression upon the minds of the people of France, and their eager desire for peace, almost upon any terms, is now mingled with distrust and dissatisfaction towards their own Ministers, as being, from authentic proofs the only persons who impede the speedy restoration of that blessing.
That the disposition of the people of France for peace is ardent and sincere, every thing tends to prove, and they by no means possess that inveterate hostility to the English which the ephemeral rulers of succeeding factions have, for their own purposes, been eager to represent. The French people, worn out by foreign war and domestic despotism, sigh for the return of peace, of which they speak as the only relief from their miseries, and anguish, from the personal views of the present rulers in France, the exciting negotiation fail in producing peace, we shall not be surprised to see the return of Lord Malmesbury the immediate source of a formidable insurrection, not only in Paris, but in many of the adjoining departments.
November 23.
Admiralty Office, November 11.
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Copy of a letter from Captain Bowen, of his Majesty's ship the Terpsichore, to Evan Nepean, Esq. dated at Gibraltar the 23rd of October, 1796.
Judging it to be proper that my lords commissioners of the admiralty should be acquainted as soon as possible with the capture of a Spanish frigate by his Majesty's ship under my command, I herewith inclose you a copy of my letter to the commander in chief, giving an account of the action; and I request you will be pleased to lay the same before their lordships.
Extract of a letter from Capt. Bowen, of his majesty's ship Terpsichore, to admiral Sir John Jarvis, K. B. commander in chief of his majesty's ships and vessels in the Mediterranean, dated at Gibraltar the 23rd of October, 1796.
On the morning of the 13th inst. at day-light, we discovered a frigate to windward, standing towards us: about eight I could perceive her making every preparation for battle, and was then apparently in chase of us. Our situation altogether was such as to prevent my being over-delirious of engaging her. Out of our small complement of men, we had 30 at the hospital, and we had more than that number still on board in our sick convalescent lists, all of whom were dangerously ill or extremely weak. We were scarcely out of sight of the spot where we knew the Spanish fleet to have been cruising only two days before; and, in fact, we had stood on to look for them, with a view of ascertaining their movements. A small Spanish vessel, which we conjectured to be a fort of tender, was passing us, steering towards Carthagena, so that I could hardly flatter myself with being able to bring the frigate off in the event of a victory, or of even escaping myself, if disabled. On the other hand, it evidently appeared that nothing but a slight and superior sailing could enable me to avoid an action; and to do that from a frigate apparently not so much superior to us, except in point of bulk, would have been committing the character of one of his Majesty's ships more than I could bring myself to resolve on. I therefore continued standing without any alteration of course.
Having, with infinite satisfaction and comfort to myself, commanded the Terpsichore's crew for two years and a half, through a pretty considerable variety of services, I well knew the veteran stuff which I had still left in health to depend upon for upholding the character of British seamen, and I felt my mind at ease as to the termination of any action with the frigate in fight only.
At half past nine the came within hail, and hauled her wind on our weather beam; and as I conceived she only waited to place herself to advantage, and to point her guns with exactness,
and being myself unwilling to lose the position we were then in, I ordered one gun to be fired, as a trial of her intention. It was so instantaneously returned, and followed up by her whole broadside, that I am confident they must have done it at the fight of our flag. The action of course went on, and we soon discovered that her people would not, or could not, resist our fire. At the end of about an hour and forty minutes, during which time we had twice wore, and employed about twenty of the last minutes in chase, she surrendered. At this period she appeared most entirely disabled, and we had drawn up close alongside, with every gun well charged and well pointed. It was nevertheless, with considerable difficulty that I prevailed on the Spanish Commander to decline the receiving of such a broadside by submitting; and from every thing which I have since learned, the personal courage, conduct, and zeal of that officer, whose name is Don Thomas Ayala, was such during the action, notwithstanding the event of it, as reflects on him the greatest honour, and irresistibly impresses on my mind the highest admiration of his character. After (from the effects of our fire) all his booms had tumbled down, and rendered his waste guns unserviceable, all the standing rigging of his lower masts shot away, and I believe nearly every running rope cut through, and a great number of his people killed and wounded, he still persevered (though he could rally but few of his men) he defended his ship, almost longer than defence was justifiable. Had there been the smallest motion in the sea every mast must inevitably have gone by the board.
Our loss (which will appear by the inclosed list) has been less than could have been expected; but our masts, sails, and rigging were found to be pretty much cut up.
The spirited exertions of every officer, man and boy, belonging to the ship I command, as well in the action as in the securing two disabled ships, and bringing them instantly off from a critical situation by taking the prize in tow, and by their incessant labour ever since, will, I trust, when their small number is considered, place them in a light superior to any praise which I could bestow. I am even unwilling to speak of the particular conduct of any of the officers, but the talents displayed by the First Lieutenant (Devonshire) who was but just out of our sick list, during the action, added to his uncommon fatigue in taking care of the prize, and the very able manner in which he conducted and prepared to defend her, entitles him to this distinction, and proves him highly deserving of the recommendation you gave him, with his appointment in the West-Indies. And although I had rather any other person should observe the conduct of a brother of mine in action, and speak of it afterwards, yet I feel it my duty, as Captain of the ship, to state, that I thought Mr. Bowen's (the Second Lieutenant) conduct was particularly animating to the ship's company, and useful, from the great number of guns which he saw well pointed in the course of the action; added to which, from the absence of the first lieutenant on board the prize, the labouring oar of this ship has fallen on him; and, in my mind, the task we have had since the action has been minutely more arduous than that of the action itself.
The name of the prize is the Mahonesa, carrying on the main deck 26 Spanish twelves, (weighing eighteen ounces more than our's) eight Spanish sixes on the quarter-deck, and a number of brass cohors, swivels, &c.; had on board 275 men, besides six pilots, qualified for the Mediterranean as high as Legion, and to be put on board admiral Langara's fleet, which she had been sent from Carthagena to look for. She was built in 1789 at Mahon, is of very large dimensions, measuring 113 tons and a half Spanish, was before the action in complete good condition, and is considered by the Spanish officers the fastest sailer, and one of the best constructed, and, what they attach considerable importance to, the handsomest frigate in their navy.
Both the frigates have this moment anchored in safety. I am, &c. R. BOWEN. An account of the killed and wounded in the action between his Majesty's ship Terpsichore, and the Spanish frigate Mahonesa, on the 13th of Oct. 1796.
Terpsichore mounts 32 twelve and six pounders; complement of men 215.
Killed.—None. Wounded.—Mr. Richard Hobbs (acting Boatswain) slightly in the foot; John Roberts (Quarter Master) lost his left thigh, and two seamen.
Mahonesa, by the best accounts I have been able to collect, had about 30 killed or died of their wounds the day of the action, and about the same number wounded, several of whom are since dead.
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Fall of Man
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PHILADELPHIA,
MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1797.
A late Charleston paper states Rice to be dull at 11 3/4.
NEW THEATRE.
Otway's excellent tragedy, Venice Preserv'd, was on Friday evening presented to a fashionable (and we are sorry we cannot add crowded) audience; and a more excellent treat than this night's performance, was perhaps never before offered to the lovers of the drama. The tears which were so abundantly shed, afford the most unequivocal proof of the intrinsic merit of this admirable drama, and of the justice done it by the performers.
We understand that the President of the United States will honor the Theatre with his presence this evening.
The mournful tale of the dreadful catastrophe which lately overwhelmed the family of Mr. Brown, the printer of the Philadelphia Gazette, was heightened by the death of Mr. Brown himself, who expired on Saturday morning.
This shocking extinction of a whole family, furnishes matter for serious reflection to the moralist, and which the giddy and dissipated ought to improve to their reformation. We trust it will also operate as a cautionary lesson in respect to that restless element which has occasioned this direful calamity. The remains of Mr. Brown were interred near those of his family, in St. Paul's grave-yard.
Dr. Magaw, yesterday afternoon, delivered, in St. Paul's Church, a most affecting discourse, to a very crowded audience, in reference to this most distressing event, from Job, ch. 3. v. 7.
Lo, let that night be solitary; let no joyful voice come therein.
Extract of a Letter from New York, February 3.
The Packet is arrived which failed the 7th of December; as yet, no other news has transpired but that Negotiations for Peace had ceased.
Extract of a letter from Robert Fox Esq. Consul of the United States, dated Falmouth (England) Nov. 26, 1796.
A vessel arrived to-day from Lisbon, and the master reports that at Madrid, the populace would not permit Lord Bathurst to depart; and that the Spanish and French Ministers at Madrid had been insulted. I have no other authority than the master of the ship; who says further, that the house of the Spanish Minister was burnt; but I can hardly think it true.
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MARINE LIST.
FROM LLOYD'S LIST, from Nov. 1 to 25.
   Sailed from Gravesend.     10, Friends, Calvert, Virginia   16, Hope, Dexter, Boston   17, General Pinckney, White, Charleston   20, Fame, Jones, Philadelphia   23, Boston Packet, Tenant, Charleston   Arrived at Gravesend   Rebecca, Newel, from Virginia   Charles, Blount, do.   Risden, Shore, do.   Mary, Titcombe, do.   Belvidere, Weeks, New York   Ganges, Miller, do.   North Carolina, Edgire, do.   Rebecca, Thompson, do.   Pato, Lawrence, do.   Hope, Long, Charleston   Federalist, Pratt, do.   Hamilton, Farrell, of Maryland.   Potomac Chief, —, Rotterdam   Manchester, Shewell, At Cowes.   Aurora, Suter, Philadelphia   Factor, Kemp, At Portsmouth.   Eliza, Besom, Philadelphia   Hopewell, Clark, New-York   Mary, Earle, } bound to Ham. At Falmouth.   Active, Elair, } burg At Dover.   Peggy, Gorver, Philadelphia   Lavinia, Brown, Maryland   Montpelier, Dunce, At Cork.   Eliza, Hamblin, New-York   Bowen, Dixon, do.   Lexington, McKenzie, At Rotterdam.   Catharine, Ferrady, Virginia   Andromache, Kingston, do.   Alexander, Bayne, Philadelphia   Antonella, Hendrickson, At Cadiz.   Hercules, Breger, Philadelphia   Five Friends, Jacobs, Virginia   Commerce, Coffin, Philadelphia   John and Mary, —, At Naples.   Julius, Lewis, Boston   Mary, Percival, At Gibraltar.   The brig Deborah of Hartford, in America, is New-York   lost at Sea At Belfast.   The Diana, (American) Ingraham, from Liverpool to Georgia, is taken by a cutter privateer At Hamburg.   and sent for France. So far Lloyd's list. New-York   The ship Hannibal, Cloufer, of this port, from At Lisbon.   Amsterdam to Lisbon, was lost on the 29th Sept. Boston   last, near Calais on the French coast; captain and The brig Deborah of Hartford, in America, is   crew saved. lost at Sea   The snow Polly, Hayman, is arrived at Cape The Diana, (American) Ingraham, from Liverpool to Georgia, is taken by a cutter privateer   Nichola Mole, in 14 days from this port. and sent for France. So far Lloyd's list.   The ship Hannibal, Cloufer, of this port, from   Amsterdam to Lisbon, was lost on the 29th Sept.   last, near Calais on the French coast; captain and   crew saved.   The snow Polly, Hayman, is arrived at Cape   Nichola Mole, in 14 days from this port.  
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Lancaster, Harrisburg, Carlisle, Ship- pensburg and Sunbury STAGES.
The public are requested to take notice, that the partnership which has for some time subsisted between Mathias Slough of Lancaster, and William Geer, is now dissolved; but, not as M. Slough intimates to the public without just cause; as will more fully appear by a letter on the subject from M. Slough to W. Geer, dated the 29th December last. A recital of which is not now deemed necessary. Any gentleman who wishes to be more circumstantially informed of the merits of this business, by applying to W. Geer may have the perusal of M. Slough's letter, and then can be at full liberty to determine whether or not W. Geer is not perfectly justifiable in attaching himself to any other person in the prosecution of the Stage conveyances from Philadelphia to Shippensburg, or any other place.
Now from the liberal and generous support the public were pleased to confer on the first effort in this business, William Geer, in conjunction with Messrs. Reily, Weed and Witmer, is determined to prosecute and carry it on, with every care, attention and dispatch that a zeal to oblige the public can possibly exert.
The above company, who are amply provided with carriages, horses, and every appurtenance to render the passage safe and commodious, inform those who wish to patronize and encourage the undertaking, that they can take their seats at George Weed's, the sign of the White Horse, Market Street, Philadelphia, on every Monday and Friday, to proceed to Lancaster, Harrisburg, Carlisle and Shippensburg. The fare as hitherto established.
For the further accommodation of the public, a Stage will start every Wednesday from the house of Samuel Elder, in Harrisburg, arrive at Sunbury in Northumberland county, every Thursday, and return from thence and arrive at Harrisburg every Saturday, so that passengers destined for Lancaster or Philadelphia, may proceed on Mondays.
WILLIAM GEER.
Lancaster, Jan. 27, 1797. N. B. This Line of Stages starts from the house of William Ferree, in Lancaster, on every Tuesday and Saturday morning at 6 o'clock, proceeding to the westward; and from the house of Mr. Samuel Elder in Harrisburg every Wednesday morning on the same evening arrives at Patrick Cochrane's in Shippensburg, and returns from thence on every Thursday; performing the same routine daily as in its tour from Philadelphia. Feb. 2. eotf.
SWANN'S Riding School, Horse Academy & Infirmary, Adjoining the Public Square, Market Street.
T. SWANN
RETURNS his sincere thanks to those gentlemen by whom he has been employed, during his residence in this City, and flatters himself that the success of his efforts, in the numerous, obstinate and dangerous diseases in Horses, in which he has been consulted, together with his moderate charges, will secure their future favors and recommendation.
He now begs leave to inform them and the public at large that his spacious and commodious premises, erected for the purposes above described are open for the reception of pupils of either sex, who wish to be instructed in the Art of Riding, and the right method of governing their horses, so as to ride them with ease, elegance, and safety—their horses will be carefully and expeditiously broke, for every purpose, and made obedient to the will of the riders; the natural powers which are shut up in them, will be unfolded by art, calling forth uniformity of motion, and giving to that noble animal all those beauties of action which Providence has so bountifully bestowed on them.
Also, at his hospital, every disorder to which the horse is liable will be treated according to the rules of art, confirmed by long and repeated experience. The utility of the above institution has never been questioned, that it has long been wanted in this city, every gentleman's stud will manifest, and T. SWANN as the first establisher of the veterinary art, solicits and relies upon the support of that public (which he is ever anxious in serving) to enable him to bring it to perfection. The idea of a subscription for that purpose has been hinted by several gentlemen, who wish to promote the institution—the amount of each subscription to be returned by services in any of the departments he professes, agreeable to the rate of charges stated in his hand bill. Such subscription is now open, and the signatures of many respectable gentlemen already obtained. He therefore informs his friends and such Ladies and gentlemen to whom he has not the honor of being known, that he shall in a few days take the liberty of waiting upon them and soliciting their support and protection. N. B. Horses are properly prepared for those Ladies and Gentlemen who wish to be instructed. Nov. 5. tth&c.
James M'Alpin, Taylor, No. 3, South Fourth Street.
RETURNS his grateful acknowledgments to his Friends and the Public for their liberal encouragement, and begs leave to solicit a continuance of their favors.
He has on hand an extensive assortment of the Most Fashionable GOODS,
And of the best quality, suitable for the season. At this shop Gentlemen can be furnished with the best materials, and have them made up in the neatest and most Fashionable manner, and on the shortest notice. He will thankfully receive any orders, and pay a prompt and punctual attention to them. November 10. w8
Bank of Pennsylvania,
January 4, 1797.
At a meeting of the Directors this day, a dividend of sixteen dollars on each share was declared for the last 6 months, which will be paid to the Stockholders after the 14th inst.
JONATHAN SMITH, Cashier.
Jan. 3. dtf.
SAMUEL RICHARDET
RESPECTFULLY informs the Gentlemen Merchants, that he has this day opened the CITY TAVERN and MERCHANTS COFFEE HOUSE in the city of Philadelphia.
The Subscription Room will be furnished with all the daily papers published in Philadelphia, New-York, Boston, Baltimore, together with those of the principal commercial cities of Europe—They will be regularly filed and none permitted to be taken away on any account.
Tea, Coffee, Soups, Jellies, Ice Creams, and a variety of French Liquors, together with the usual refreshments, will at all times be procured at the bar.
Gentlemen may depend on being accommodated with the choicest of Wines, Spirituous Liquors, and the most approved Malt Liquors from London and other breweries. The Larder will be supplied with the prime and earliest productions of the Season.
Large and small Parties, or single Gentlemen, may be accommodated with Breakfasts, Dinners, or Suppers, at hours most convenient to themselves—a cold Collation is regularly kept for convenience, the Bill of Fare to be had at the bar.
The Lodging Rooms will be completely furnished, and the utmost attention paid to cleanliness, and every other requisite.
SAMUEL RICHARDET will be happy to receive, and execute the commands of his Friends, and the Public at large; and with gratitude for their favours, he pledges himself that nothing on his part shall be wanting to prefer that patronage with which he has been so distinguishedly honored. Philadelphia, April 19. mwi
A Quantity of Brandy,
FIRST & 2d proof, Gin, of 4th proof, in pipes Jamaica Spirits, 4th proof, in Hhds Old Hock, in cases of 40 dozen each Glass Tumblers, in pints and half-pints Window Glass, in boxes, of different sizes Hazelnuts, in facks Whiting Coppers White Lead Spanish Brown
For Sale by PETER BLIGHT. January 4
Second Ball.
New Cotillions, Scotch Reels, Centre Dances and a new Quadrille.
MESSRS. FRANCIS & BYRNE beg leave to inform their scholars, friends and the public in general, that their second Ball for this season will be on Tuesday the 7th of February, at O'Ellers's Assembly-Room, and in addition to their new Cotillions and Reels, will be introduced an entire new QUADRILLE, composed by Mr. Byrne.
Messrs. Francis and Byrne propose to give gratuitous attendance at their School-Room, for the instruction of those ladies and gentlemen in their new dances, who mean to honor the ball-room with their presence,—attendance for this purpose after their school hours, on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Tickets to be had of Messrs. Francis and Byrne, No. 70 north Eighth-Street or at O'Ellers's Hotel. Ladies are requested to apply to their female friends, scholars of Messrs. F. & B. or as above, at their residence.
N. B. The new dances will not infringe upon the usual routine of the evening.
The days of teaching, for their young pupils, are Thursdays and Saturdays, from three o'clock in the afternoon, till six—and on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from six till nine, for those of a more advanced age.
* Private Tuition as usual. January 28 saw
FOR SALE
By private contract, a very valuable Estate, known by the name of
CHATHAM,
MOST delightfully situated on the north bank of Rappahannock river, opposite the town of Fredericksburg, in the state of Virginia, consisting of eleven or fifteen hundred acres, as may best suit the purchaser. There is on this estate, a large and well built brick house, containing nine commodious rooms, exclusive of a spacious hall or entry, 22 feet square, two pair of stairs, suitable and convenient passages, and excellent dry cellars. It is placed on a fine healthy eminence, commanding beautiful views in every direction over the towns of Fredericksburg and Falmouth, and an extensive cultivated country. The grounds adjoining the house are neatly laid out in pleasure and kitchen gardens interspersed with a variety of scarce trees, a choice collection of flowers and flowering shrubs, and enriched by various sorts of the following fruits, viz. apples, pears, walnuts, chestnuts, cherries, peaches, plums, nectarines, apricots, grapes, figs, raspberries, gooseberries, strawberries, and currants; the whole admirably varied by turfed slopes which have been formed by great labour and expense. Bordering upon these improvements, are several lots, in a high state of cultivation, and well set with red clever and orchard grass, from which three heavy crops of hay are taken every year. Adjacent thereto are two large and flourishing orchards; one of well chosen peach trees, the other of apple and pear trees, selected from the best nurseries in the state. Properly detached from the mansion house are extensive roomy offices of every denomination, viz. a Kitchen and Larder, house-keeper's room and Laundry, with a cellar underneath for a variety of purposes, a store-house and smoke house all of brick, a dairy and spring house of stone. Stables for thirty horses, and coach houses for four carriages. Also a large and well planned farm yard, with barn and granary, a cow house, with separate stalls for thirty-six grown cattle; apartments for fattening veals, muttons and lambs; extensive sheds for sheep, and other arrangements for stock of every description, with a large and convenient receptacle for provender, from which they can be furnished without being exposed to the inclemency of the weather. An overfeet's house, blacksmith's shop, and quarters sufficient to accommodate in the best manner more than fifty labourers.
The arable lands are so advantageously divided as to afford an opportunity of making a large quantity of Indian corn annually, without bringing the field into similar culture other than once in four years; consequently the lands may be improved by keeping up the inclosures during the intermediate years, or may be beneficially farmed for wheat and other grain at the option of the proprietor.
On the premises there is also a merchant mill with one pair of bell French burr stones, and one pair of Cologne; furnished with modern machinery, and now leased for the unexpired term of four years, at 150 per annum, and all grain for the use of the farm, hopper free, which is nearly 1000 more. The mill and miller's house are built of free stone, within a very small distance of navigation, near to which are two or more valuable fisheries, and a well accustomed ferry over the Rappahannock to the town of Fredericksburg. The land contains inexhaustible quarries of free stone near to the river, is plentifully supplied with remarkable fine water and possesses a due proportion of meadow, which by having the command of water may be considerably increased. The roads are good, and the neighbourhood genteel and forcible. In fact, exclusive of an improvable and well conditioned farm, the value and emolument inseparably connected with a mill, fisheries, fisheries and quarries chiefly situated; the profits arising from an ice-house inferior to none in the state, and a garden of four acres so abundantly stocked with vegetables of all sorts as to be fully equal to the demand in market, there might be detailed many other advantages, appertaining to the fertility of these lands, which the subscriber conceives it unnecessary to mention, being fully convinced that when examined, it will be found to be a complete, pleasant and healthy residence, possessing beauties and conveniences sufficient to attract the attention of any person desirous of becoming a purchaser.
The motive which induces the subscriber to offer for sale an estate so singularly beautiful and advantageous, is a desire to become an inhabitant of Alexandria, where he can with more ease attend to his interests in the neighbourhood of that city.
The purchaser may be accommodated with a few slaves in families, either for plantation or domestic use. A part of the purchase money will be required and the balance made easy, the debt being properly secured.
WILLIAM FITZHUGH. Chatham, (Virg.) Dec. 19, 1796. tth—2awtm.
SALT PETRE.
A large quantity of Double-Refined Salt Petre for sale at No. 25, South Third-Street. November 5. f
CAREY & MARKLAND,
RESPECTFULLY inform the Public, that in compliance with the wishes of their friends, they have determined to publish the first number of THE DAILY ADVERTISER, On Tuesday next, the 7th of February inst.
Subscriptions and advertisements are received at No. 33, North Second-Street, and No. 91, South Front-Street. February 4, 1797.
For Sale, By George Deschamps, No. 91, NORTH SIXTH STREET, Nova-Scotia Prime Salmon, in barrels and half barrels Ditto Herring and Mackerel. Smoked Herring in barrels and kegs Ditto Salmon, by the dozen or single one Dry Codfish, from one to fifty kegs Fine and coarse Salt Nova-Scotia and French Plaster of Paris, in the stone and ground, for manure and stucco-work December 1
Elegant Brussels & Turkey Carpeting, For sale by George Dobson, No. 25, South Third-Street. December 15. dtf
CAMILLA, Or A Picture of Youth.
By the authoresses of Evelina and Cecilia, to be comprised in five volumes, at half a dollar each, payable on delivery—Printed at New-York, by Mr. John Bull.
CONDITIONS.
I. Handsome, neat type, perfectly new, is employed. II. A volume, stitched in blue paper, is intended to be published every 2 weeks, till the five are completed; the first and second are come to hand, and the third is hourly expected. Subscriptions are received, and Books may be had of J. ORMROND, No. 41, Chestnut-Street.
Mrs. D'Arblay (late Miss Burney) the celebrated authoresses of this inimitable work, needs no eulogy to add to the laurels she has already acquired in the literary world. The strength of imagination and elegance of style, displayed in Evelina and Cecilia, will sufficiently recommend to every reader of taste and judgment, the perusal of CAMILLA.
It may not be improper to add, that the Queen of England, after having perused this interesting publication, presented Mrs. D'Arblay with a thousand pounds sterling, as a testimony of her approbation of the work. January 25 eotf
House and Lots for sale,
By the Subscriber, in the town of West-Chester, Chester county, 25 miles from Philadelphia, on the great state-road, leading Westward. Viz. No. 1. A two-story Stone House, the corner of High and Gay streets, 40 feet front by 34 feet deep, including a very convenient floor-house: the House contains ten well finished rooms, a kitchen and entry: the Lot is 144 feet front on Gay-street, equal to any stand in West-Chester. No. 2. A two-story Stone house adjoining, 27 feet front, containing eleven well-finished rooms, both being sealed in the garrets, house and lot same depth as the other, a kitchen, &c.—cellars under both houses, with good stables on the lots. These Houses are almost new, done by good workmen, in a masterly manner. No. 3. A Lot 42 feet front. No. 4, 34 feet. No. 5, 44 feet. No. 6, 129 feet, all of them ten rods deep. On two of the above are erected three log and frame houses, two stories high, cellars under the whole, and a small stable to each.
The above Lots are situated near the Court-House. The whole will be exposed to PUBLIC SALE, on the 21st and 22nd days of February next, at two o'clock, when the conditions will be made known. Possession may be had the first of April next. The Title is indisputable. JOHN KINNARD. January 28 2aw3w
By Authority,
Schuylkill Bridge Lottery.
Sold by WILLIAM BLACKBURN, No. 64, South Second-Street.
SCHEME of a LOTTERY,
For raising Sixty Thousand Dollars, agreeably to an Act of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, passed during the last session, for building a Stone Bridge over the River Schuylkill, at the Borough of Reading, in the County of Berks.
Dollars. 1 Prize of 20,000 Dollars 20,000 1 do. of 10,000 do. 10,000 3 do. of 5,000 do. 15,000 20 do. of 2,000 do. 8,000 20 do. of 1,000 do. 20,000 30 do. of 500 do. 19,500 30 do. of 200 do. 16,000 100 do. of 100 do. 20,000 500 do. of 50 do. 15,000 1 do. of 500 do. to be paid the possessor for the first drawn no. 500 5 do. of 3,000 do. to be paid possessors of the five last drawn nos 15,000 9,420 do. of 15 do. 141,000 10,054 Prizes 300,000 19,946 Blanks 30,000 Tickets at Ten Dollars 300,000
All Prizes shall be paid fifteen days after the drawing is finished, upon the demand of a possessor of a fortunate ticket, subject to a deduction of twenty per cent. The Drawing will commence as soon as the Tickets are disposed of, or perhaps sooner, of which public notice will be given.
Philip Miller, Peter Kerkner, William Witman, Joseph Hisset, James Diemer, Thomas Dundas, James May, John Otto, John Keim, Daniel Graeff, Sebastian Miller, COMMISSIONERS. Reading, May the 9th, 1796.
Tickets in the Canal Lottery, No. 2, to be had at the above office, where the earliest information of the drawing of the Washington No. 2, and Pattenon Lottery's, are received, and check books for examination and registering are kept.
Tickets in the above Lottery to be had at Mr. Sheridan's Race-Street, John Hay, North Third-Street and Henry Swayer's, German Town. January 26 2awtf
Lottery and Broker's Office, No. 64, South Second Street.
TICKETS in the Canal Lottery, No. 2, for sale—a Check Book for examination—and prizes paid in the late Lottery. Check Books kept for examination and registering, for the City of Washington, No. 2, and Pattenon Lotteries, both of which are now drawing—information where tickets are to be had, and prizes exchanged for undrawn tickets. A complete list of all the prizes in the late New-Port Long-Wharf, Hotel and Public School Lottery, for examination.
The subscriber solicits the application of the public and his friends, who wish to purchase or sell Bank Stock, Certificates, Bills of Exchange or Notes, Houses, Lands, &c. or to obtain money on deposit of property.
Also Tickets in the Schuylkill Bridge Lottery for sale at Ten Dollars each, which will be drawn early in the Spring. Wm. Blackburn. Philadelphia, January 26, 1797. mth
This Day is Published, By BIOREN and MADAN, And to be Sold at their Printing-Office, in Dock-Street; by M. Carey, No. 118, Market-Street; Thomas Bradford, No. 8, South Front-Street, and George Douglass, No. 2, South Third-Street, ( Price, nearly bound, two dollars ) AN ENQUIRY Concerning Political Justice, And its Influence on Morals and Happiness, By WILLIAM GODWIN.
THE reputation of this work is already well established in Europe—It is hardly necessary for an American editor to lay more than barely to mention, that the Enquiry concerning Political Justice has ever since its publication been a favorite performance with the friends of republican government. The stile is pure, nervous, and classical; the ideas are strongly marked by an original vein of thinking; and amongst a multitude of other just and striking passages, the author's delineation of the peculiar infelicities inseparable from the condition of a King, may be pointed out as a most masterly specimen of philosophical disquisition. The latest London edition of this work sells in this city at four dollars and an half. January 24 d3taw2w
Clocks and Watches. LESLIE and PRICE,
No. 79, MARKET-STREET, PHILADELPHIA, HAVE IMPORTED, by the late arrivals from London, a large assortment of WARRANTED WATCHES, consisting of horizontal, capp'd and jewell'd Gold Watches, with seconds, of superior workmanship and elegance; also capp'd and jewell'd and plain Gold Watches; capp'd & jewell'd, capp'd, seconds, day of the month, and plain Silver Watches; eight day & chamber Clocks; elegant French Clocks with marble frames; eight day and thirty hour, brass works, &c. December 22, 1796. dam
A Manufactory FOR SALE.
A valuable SOAP and CANDLE Manufactory, situate in a convenient part of the city; the works almost new, on an entirely original construction, and built of the best materials, and may be set to work immediately. Persons who wish to purchase, are requested to apply at No. 273, South Second Street. September 13. ttf u
Porcupine's Gazette.
Proposals by WILLIAM COBBETT, opposite Christ Church, Philadelphia, for publishing a news-paper, to be entitled
Porcupine's Gazette, & Daily Advertiser.
Methodists I hear the reader exclaim; "What! have we not Gazettes enough already?" Yes, and far too many; but those that we have, are, in general, conducted in such a manner that their great number, instead of rendering mine unnecessary, is the only cause that calls for its establishment.
The gazettes in this country have done it more real injury than all its open enemies ever did or can do. They mislead the people at home, and misrepresent them abroad. It was these vehicles of sedition and discord that encouraged the colonies in the West to rebel; it was they that gave rise to the depredations of Britain, by exciting the people to such acts of violence against that nation, as left no room to doubt that we were determined on war; and it was they, when an accommodation had been happily effected, that stirred up an opposition to it such as has seldom been witnessed, and which was overcome by mere chance. These gazettes it was, that, by misrepresenting the dispositions of the people, encouraged the French to proceed from one degree of insolence to another, 'till at last their Minister braves the President in his chair, and a bullying commander comes and tells us that his only business is to seize our vessels, in violation of a treaty, in virtue of which alone he claims a right to enter our ports: and it is these gazettes that now have the impudence to defend what their falsehood and malice have produced.
I shall be told that the people are to blame; that they are not obliged to read these abominable publications. But they do read them; and thousands who read them, read nothing else. To suppress them is impossible; they will vomit forth their poison; it is a privilege of their natures, that no law can abridge; and therefore the only mode left is, to counteract its effects. This must be done, too, in their own way. Books, or periodical publications in the form of books, may be of some service, but are by no means a match for their flying felios. A falsehood that remains uncontradicted for a month, begins to be looked upon as a truth, and when the detection at last makes its appearance, it is often as useless as that of the doctor who finds his patient expired. The only method of opposition, then, is to meet them on their own ground; to set foot to foot; dispute every inch and every hair's breadth; fight them at their own weapons, and return them two blows for one.
A gazette of this stamp is what I have long wished to see, but I have wished and expected it in vain. Indignation at the supineness of others has at last got the better of all diffidence in my own capacity, and has determined me to encounter the task. People have heard one side long enough; they shall now hear the other.
CONDITIONS.
1. Porcupine's Gazette shall be of the usual size, and the subscription Eight Dollars a year, to be paid at the expiration of each half year. 2. Advertisements will be inserted at half the usual price, which will always be required in ready money. 3. The Censor, containing those pieces from the gazette that may appear worth preserving in a more portable form, with such amplifications and amendments as time may give rise to, shall be published monthly, and each subscriber shall be entitled to a copy, delivered with his paper at the end of the month. 4. If a sufficient number of subscribers be obtained the first number of the Gazette shall appear on, or before the 5th of March.
N. B. A subscription book is now open at my shop, opposite Christ-church, whither gentlemen in the country, who wish to subscribe, are requested to send their names.
Subscriptions are taken at Boston by Mr. James White, bookseller; at Salem, by Mr. Debney, post-master; at New-Haven by Mr. Beers, bookseller; at Newburyport, by Mr. E. Blunt, bookseller; at New-York, by Mr. S. Campbell, bookseller; at Baltimore, by Mr. G. Hill, bookseller; at Chester-town, Maryland, by Mr. James Arthur, post-master; at Baton, do. by Mr. Greenbury Neal; at Frederick-town, do. by Messrs. Isaac and John Meitz; at Richmond, Virg. by Messrs. Pritchard and Davidson; at Norfolk, by Messrs. Rainbow and Hannah; and at Charleston, by Mr. Young, bookseller. Jan. 28. eotf.
PRINTED BY JOHN FENNO
—No. 119—
CHESTNUT-STREET.
(Price Eight Dollars per Annum.)