Thursday the 27th of Fsbnuary on ac count of the War we are engaged in with France. On Wednesday she King in Council figued an Order for. the transportation ot Messrs. Muir and Palmer to Botany Bay, for the term sentenced by the high court of judiciary of Scotland. Dispatches are now hourly expe&ed from Lord Hood, relpecling the evacua tion of Toulon. A warrant has just pasTed the treasury board, for iduing the sum of 300,0001. for the service of thtj ordnance depart ment. The duties of the cultom-houle, not withftantjing the war, are only 48,0001. Jess than the year preceding : and as the Eall India.company in the year 1792 paid in an arrear of 150,0001, in fact the actu al Receipts exceed the former year by 1C2,0001. UNITED STATES. CHARLESTON, Feb. »8. As the Editors of a Free Prels, we are in duced to give publicity to the following lawyer's letter, jult received, in order that an impartial public may judge, whether the un warrantable lirides made by a foreign agent to Uionreii this palladium of liberty, is con genial with olfr free and happy corjlitntion. " February 24, 1794. " Sir, "THE French coAful, citizen M. A. B. Maugourit, has deiired me to commence an a£Hon'»gainft you, as printer, tor the publi cation ol a piece in your Gazette of tnejth December, containing fume slanderous defa r:uttory expressions. This a<stion may be a ■soided by giving up the author of the piece. Ii you Ihould not he disposed to do so, I will thank you to let me know to what gentleman cf the law I shall fewl the writ, to appear for fan. " I am fir, " Your obedient, " Humble fervarit, " THOMAS LEE. " Major T. B. Bo wen." BALTIMORE, March 25. Upwards of jo French and American Tcffels Jailed from this port yesterday after noon, to join the convoy now waiting at Annapolis and Norfolk, under whose pro tection they are shortly to fail for different ports in France. Yesterday arrived here in 35 days from Gibraltar, the Brig Swallow, Capt. M'- Clarklmd—he brings no later accounts than those already received from Europe, per arrivals at New-York, and Philadel phia-—when he lailed from Gibraltar iix (Lips of the line an<2 14 frigates lay there, being part of the Toulon fleet, which were bro't away on the evacuation of that place, tm the ifi:h and 19th of Dec. last the remainder of the fleet under Lord Hood had gone into Leghorn. Captain M'Clarkland adds that 19 American vef ich hadbeert carried into Algiers. A ship with American colours flying, a on the (hore on the man of war flioals near the entrance of Patapfaco river. PHILADELPHIA APRIL I. C-isi,i. A certain Great House after spending two £iys to determine whether two black beans w ill make one white one, not being able to igree, have postponed a consideration of the important question—Those who maintained the negative of the proportion were urgent tor an immediate opinion—while those who advocated the affirmative, fearing that a ma joiity would be found who would vote that cue and or.e make two—attaching to them felve* those that were fulpended on the "horns of a dilemma" formed a majority in favor of hanging up the bufmefs. Extrai3 of a letter from an eminent charac ter in South-Carolina, dated 3d March. " I am glad Madison's proportions will mot go down ; I think they will only tend ta produce other regulations on the part of Great Britain, and fall far fliort of the effedts ctended ; they seem to me to be half mea fares." Extradl of a letter from Boflon, March 24. j " We are eveiy day alarmed with rumors ' 1 wars, of spoils, &c. and our fpouters lpout ®oft vehemently— However they all rely on tongrefs—and from the lpirited measures »nbpted by that body, they will grow more JIUMS in their notes, 1 hope in a few days. We are not deeply engaged m election, but there wijl be a little pulling and hawling, 'here wffl not, it is probable be any choice of Governor by the people—Mr. Adams will receive the old f U pport_ but not so ror Otrvernor as for Lieutenant Governor- he grows, old—and the Commonwealth has'ex perienced the djfadvantage of imbecility too recently to be forgotten—Judge Cufliingu-ill be the next candidate —He will be ably sup ported in tfeyeal counties —Mr. Phillips Pre lident of the Senate, will have Elle:;, &c. in his favor —Mr. Gerry will have many votes. Extratf of a letter from Boflon, March 24. " We have nothing new here eacept that the civic feaft proposed by our Jacobin club, has turned out Ikeieton fare. The public opinion was agaiftft thenj ; the Club as was moll natural|y fuppoled, would have sub scribed the pittance of one dollar to gain a rallying point, after their late town meeting defeat, but alas ! not 200 names could be found to grace the fiibfcription paper. " The Lieut. Governor had given orders for the parade of artillery on to-morrow: but the firft of April being near, and rt be ing hinted, that the step would be conltruid into a breach by government, of the procla mation of neutrality; he gave it a death blow by countermanding orders; and the go vernmental party, the true friends of their country's peace and happiness, permitted the brat to die in the womb as easy a» pofiible.— If faces maybe considered as indexes of feel ings, we may consider this as in point of qua lity, mortification, primus—tho feciindus In point of time." THEATRE. OBSERVBR Nb.'Xn. Mr. Fenno, The Observer withes to make a remark to the managers of the New Theatre. Mr. Wiguell in his introductory addrels to the audience, the fail evening the Theatre was opened, made the following promise: " Great by your favor grown, the rising age, Shall blel's the efforts of a moral stage ; The stage in purity,—the stage refined, Clear'd of its dross, may charm, initnnft mankind. Virtue may here its brightest leflon learn, And scouted vice, its ugliness discern."— How far this promifehas been fulfilled, in the Dramatic pieces exhibited, the Observer leaves the managers to judge; hazarding an opinion that in the moll of the performances, he believes, they have done Will hi the selec tion j but cannot fay as much for all. In filling the parts with proper chara6lers, the Observer is sensible many difficulties oc cur ; let the managers be cautious however, eipecially in the Grecian Daughter, an excel lent play—Mr. Fennel, Mr. Whitlock, and Mrs. Whitlock, have their proper parts, in the alignment ; but is it true, that, three or four of the gentlemen characters are properly caftThe Observer means only to hint ] if the play is repeated, he bsgs an experi ment, of alteration; surely it will no: be worse, and he conjectures it will be better. Critical as the assignation of parts is, the Observer will make some remarks upon the fevera! exhibitions in that refpeft, when op portunity will admit. He requests the managers to give some new pieces, if they have any, as the old ones, i'eem not to gain by repetition ; at any rate they do not gain audience, which is one im portant objecS for the managers.—Every one will approve of a repetition of the Grecian Daughter; but for your own fakes, give something new the next performance. April ill, 1794. By this Day's Mail. NEW-YO RK, March 31. Extra& of a letter from Xjondon, dated January 8. " Government are about removing forr.e jrefTures that have borne hard upon the lavigation of your dates. The commit ee of American merchants having made trong remonstrances on the delays of the Admiralty Courts, and detention of pro as refpe&s your (hipping will move better than they have done—a&ual p'roperty will be better refpefted. It is the plun dering privateers, against whom, and with justice, the heaviest complaints lie. The late order of Council will be revoked, and frefli inftruiUons will appear in the next Gazette. We understand applicati on has been made to the French Conventi on, also refpefting the American (hipping detained in their ports, by theMinifterof the Hates and other American Citizens, now at Paris : we hope they will be spee dily liberated. loth January—"The Belvedere has been detained by requelt of the commit tee, and will convey the order of Council alluded to above, which if it be as extensive as promised, mull conciliate and make America perfectly content with refpeft to her navigation." His excellency the Governor, arrived in this city yesterday, from Albany. The Legislature adjourned on Thurs day lalt, to meet at Poughkeepfie. Yeflerdjy airiyed here ia it, days from Jamaica,. theifoop New-Ofork and phia I'uket, Jparjt. Fitz Patrick. By tne above veflel, we learn that Marti nique was Itill in pofTeffipii of the French, and tiiat there was but little probability of their lofir.g it. Pravifions of all kinds fell very high in. molt of the Ulands—flour, in particular, fold for 16 dollars a barrel- —that many of the inhabitants had already com mtnci d the use of yams, &c. inflead jjf bread. Thi Brig"Mary, Captain James Codwife, who failed from Guadaloupe on the sth of February was taken on the 6th and carried into Duminique. Letters in town frpm him &his brother in St. Croix, mention,that-the Judge of said place laid he could not con demn any American vefiels until further or ders, mid expected all would be liberated. KINGSTON, [Jam.] "Feb. Ij. Capture of a French Man of War. From the Dublin Journal of Dec. 31. Cork, Dec. 29 " I am this moment returned from Kin fale, and have the pleasure to inform you, that Admiral Kingfmill, in the Swiftfure of 74 guns, is off the Old Head, with a French 64 gun /hip he captured on hTs pafTage from Port {mouth, after an action of 45 minutes, in which he had 25 men wounded. The French man of war is a valuable prize, and was bound to the Weft Indies with a large sum of money and clothing for their army there. The Ad miral was boarded by fevcral boats, and did intend then, if the wind would per mit, to return to England with the prize —and this will perhape therefore be the firft account you receive of it, which you may depend on as authentic. Two or three. Spanifti privateers, or ra ther picaroons, are said to be cruizing be tween St. Marc and Cape Nichola Mole, and pillage every vefiel of inferior force, which fall in with, let them belono to whom they may. A Spanish privateer lately fell with and plundered a schooner bound to Philadel phia. The Captain was robbed of morr than fix hundred dollars. T 7 */ r — ™ 'I Several vefiels on their way from Jamai :a to St. Marc's, and other ports, in our >oflelfion, have like wife been plundered by liefe piratical people. * — r" i i r Two American fliips and throe brigs vere lent in on Sunday. Four of them prizes to his Majeftv's (hip Hermione, and me to the Magitienne. They are load ed, with sugar, coffee, cotton and provi iians. " The Spaniards have assembled a fiderable force V Petite Riviere. Their expedition against the incendiaries of Ar ibonite has destroyed or difperfcd them, ind the runaways are returning to thi plantations of theft owners- : " " Within these ten days several Ameri :ans have quitted Port-au-Prince, and been taken by our piivateers, and carried to L'Archaye. These veifels were full of pafiengers, of whom the men purchased the permission to quit the place, by the payment of 25 half-joes, and' the women 15, but nevertheless were only allowed to embark on board Americans, whafix their own price, and for carrying a perfoa from Port-au-Prince to L'Archaye, (9 leagues) they charge 8 half-joes. Thufe who at tempt to get away without paying, and without having a receipt for the 25 half joes, are instantly {hot." -»■« March i. It was uriderflood in England, previous to the failing of the Packet, that govern ment had it in contemplation to throw open all the ports in the Well India ifiands to American bottoms, and tu> permit the free importation of every lpecies of provi sions, lumber, &c. Vinegar, _ Rite liile, Mr. Hsrwooc Orator Mum, Mr. Blifieti Landlord, Mr. Warreli John, Mr. Darley, jun Sigr.ior Arionelli, (the Italian Opera Singer) [Mr. Marshall Cecelia, Mrs. Warreli A P P T v 17 n Dolce, Miss Wmemi A K R I V E D. As inconveniences to the public have >chooner Federal, Lewis, Norfolk from the Box book being open On the Mary Little Edenton, (N. C.) day 6cf performance only, in future attend 51oop Hope, White, Perth Am boy ance wi " be S iven at the office ln tlle Theatre Harmony, M'Cormick, Savanna ev . er >' da >' from ' eQ ' tifl on . e ' and 6n j h , e d ¥ T"\ ,I - P lr „ T ,.„ ot performance trom ten til! three o clOck in Dolphm Franklin, Snow Hill the P afteVnoon . Applications for Boxes, it is Judith, Stephens, Cuarlefton refpe<stfully requested, may be addressed, td Luciana, Church, St. Mary's ; *Mr. Franklin, at the Box Office. Places in the Boxes to be taken at the Box- T'ne Captain of a river Craft, which' Office of the Theatre, at any hour fromnine, left Reedy-Island this morning, informs, in the morning till three o'clock in the afixr that he saw a (hip and a brig there, in- noon >' " the da >' of performance. Tickets ward bound-at New-Castle, 5 or 6 fail, *be ' Md at ' hc ■ - *yr , tt t \ c . the corner or Sixth-itr£et,and at Lanr &Co s at Marcus-HpoL, about the fame number, Mufical Kepofitory, No. 122, Market-street and rort Mifflin, I sloop—the molt part Boxone dollar —Pitt, three quarters of the above number is supposed to be of a dollar—and Gallery, half a dollar, veflels returned. LwJies and Gentlemen are requested to The fliip William Penn, Capt. Dale, is fend their serVants to keep places, at half an arrived at Lpndon. hour P ast " ® doclc > an<! t0 » rder tl > em v n , ' 1 p . -withdra-w, as soon as the company are leated, \ efterday evening arrived at Fort Mis- as they on any £ & permitted flin, the (loop Sally, Capt. v\ cu, in tt to remain in the boxes, nor any places kept days hsm Bermuda. after the firlt ad. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. | • Also arrived at Fort MiflUn, the brig Florida, Capt. Ferraday, which was ftopt in the Delaware, by the French Frigate. Daft Saturday morning, the French fngate, the Ville de L'Orient, and a French Snow, Captain Armial, proceed ed to spa, in order to join the French fleet at Norfolk, having taken possession of the.Spaniftj ihow, Baroi) de Carondelet, & the brig, , a prize to the Cerf sloop of war. The Frence snow La Camilla was detained at New-Caille, in consequence of the Embargo. , Yesterday evening arrived here the Schooner Frederickfturgh Packet, Capt. Andenon, from Cape Nichola Mole, and lad from. New-Providence—.he informs, that he left at Nichola Mple the following vefifels : Ship Asia, Coffin, Nantucket—condemn - • ' ned, not fit to go to sea. Brig Pomona, King, Philadelphia Schooner John, Dewij, Marblehead Two Sillers, Silbell, Philadelphia Sloop Driver, , Norfolk This day the two Houses of the Legifla turecf this Common wealth -being afiembled in Convention, proceeded to the choice of a Senator to represent this State in Congreft, when James Ross, of Washington, was elefled. Ks*. The address " to Ejlrina" fiail appear to-morrow. „ i tp* No newspapers were received by the Southern mail this day. Samuel Coates, At hit Store, No. 82, south Front Jireet, HATH TOR SALE, 94 Barrels New England Beef, V 9 barrels liver oil, N i>arr?ts Cjxicr / 92 boxes qF Candles, 1 *50° pair of mfft'j leather (hoes 642 bufhcls of Barley A quantity-os Tow Linen D'tto, of New-England Soal leather 40 ba*»s oi excellent Cotton 4 boxe? of Qhocolate 3000 wt. oi i\lfpice . 100 casts of the best Holland gin. April 1. , *eod2 vr NEW THEATRE. TO-MORROW evening, April i. Will be .performed, A TRAGEDY, called the Grecian Daughter. Evander, Mr. Whitlock Philotas, Mr. Moreton Melanthon, Mr. Green I'hocion, Mr. Cleveland Dionyfyis, Mr. Fehnel Galippus, Mr. Warretf Areas, Mr. Francis Greek Herald, Mr. H^rwood Euphrafia, Mrs. Whitlock Erixene,, Mrs. Cleveland With new Scenes designed and executed by Mr. Milho trne. To which will be added, A COMIC OPERA, in two aits, never performed here, called the Son in Law. Written by the author of the Poor Soldier. Cranky, Mr. Finch Bowkitt, . % Mr. Francis Bouquet, Mr. Moretor - Mr " ' .> 'I ?•
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