f
board of neutral vessels, were nevertheless
contrary to what we contended to be the
iuft principles of the modern laws of na
tions ; that indeed I had some doubt ol
the fir ft article, being altogether support
ed by their own principle ; but fuppoiing
that article as well as the reft, to be con
sonant to their former usage, I wiihed to
know whether their present re-pubUcation,
imported afly thing more than was before
praftifed. Lord Grenville answered that
the only reason for renewing them was,
left the present instruction being a revoca
tion of that of the 6th of November,
mio-ht also be deemed to revoke these arti
cles which were connected with it. His,
lord-hip then explained the motives which
bad induced this government to lihie : the
prelent inttruftion. The hrft, he laid,
was the fineere desire of admi.uftration, to
maintain the best undemanding and har
mony with the United States; the second
was, what he could not mention to me of
ficially, but what he still thought it right
I (hould be apprised of, that no miscon
ception of, their motives might be enter
tained, that he was aware of the delicacy
ef speaking to a foreign minister concern
ing the internal ftatc of his country, nei
ther could he expect an answer from me
on the fubjeft, but that their fecontFrea
fon was by their conduct, to take away
*very pretext from evil disposed persons
among us, \Vho, according to the intelli
gence he had received, Were endeavoring
to irritate our people against Gieat Bri
tain, as well as to oppose the measures of
*oifr own government, and in short, to re
duce us to the present situation of France,
a misfortune which they deprecated as well
for our fakes as for the common welfare
and tranquility of mankind. He further
rook occafron to observe with refpeft to
the conduct of our government in main
taining our neutrality, that although there
were some matters with which this go
vernment was not perfectly fatisfied (and
to w'hich for the fame reason they refrained
torn giving that opposition they thought
rhey would be jufliiied in doing) yet from
the general tenor of the conduct of our
government, they were convinced it was
their desire to maintain a fair neutrality,
which was an additional motive for their
present conduct.
I of Course said nothing of our inter
03d.affairs -nor of tfioic of Fiance.' i as
sured him however that our government
had been perfectly fine ere in every mea
fijre relating to our neutrality ; that they
adopted it from a conviction that it was
both just and politic and had pursued it
according to what s they conceived to be
ju!t principles, knowing that such conduct
could entitle 11s to the benefits to be deri
ved from a neutral situation. I concluded
by a/king what explanation could be given
to what was passed in this business ; and
of the effect of the inftruttionof tba 6th
of May upon such vessels as might
during the two months it had been in
force have fallen into the hands of their
enemies ? Lord Grenville answered, that
the order of the 6th of Nov. was intend
ed to be temporary and calculated to an
swer two purpefes, one was to prevent
the abuses which might take place in con
sequence of the whole of the St. Domin
go fl.et having gone to the United States;
the other was on account of the attack
defrgned npon the French Weft India
Islands by the armament under Sir John
jervis and Sir Charles Grey ; but that it
was now no longer neceftary to continue
that regulation for those purposes. He
added, that the inftru&ion of the 6th
Nov. only authorized the vessels to be
brought in for legal adjudication, and up
on being told that notwithstanding such
were the terms made use of yet that the
officers who would have" to act under it,
mull conceive it to extend to condemna
tion because otherwise the order was un
fteceffary, as without it they had been au
thorized to bring tp adjudication all such
veilels as they previously deemed liable to
condemnation : He replied that the cafe
of every vessel must be decided by its own
merits, but that he conceived no vessel
would be condemned under that inftruc
tionwhieh wouldnot have been previously
liable to the iame sentence. I informed
Lord Grenville, that I should communi
cate this instrument to you by the packet:
He said he should likewise forward it by
the fame conveyance, and at the fame
time would fend an answer to my memo
rial on the King's inftrudtion of the Bth
ef June to be commuuicated to ycu by
Mr. Hammond.
I remain with sincere refpefl, dear fir,
joitr faithful and obedient servant,
Thomas Pinckney.
The Pod-Office bill was brought in
engrafted, read the third time—the blanks
therein filled—a.id patted to be cna&ed.
UNITED STATES.
SALEM, March 25.
Last week Mr. Samuel Cabot, of Be
verly, arrived from Bourdeaux, by way of
Tobago. He failed, by permiifion, on
the 28th Dec. The embargo was then
continued ; and the National commiflion
ers could give no encouragement of- its
being speedily taken off. It is supposed
that Bourdeaux, would long since have
been given up like Toulon, had the mha
: bitants had the fame opportunity. Their
dipofition being well known, they are
watched by the National Comiuiffioners'
with the utmost Itrichiefs ; and the decrees
of the Convention are executed with un
exampled rigor. All "foreigners at that
place,(except of neutral nations)and many
French, have been confined in prison.
Numbers have been condemned to the
guillotine, by the Revolutionary Tribunal;
and the executions take place immediately
on sentence being palled, whether by day
orfcy night. Vad property isconfifcated.
The rich are obje&s of suspicion. All
plate and specie is demanded in exchange
for affignats, which were at par in that
place. Bread was scarce : and the inha
bitants, rich or poor, on an equal allowance
of half a pound a day. Ihe churches weie
deltroyed, or converted to other and
the bells cad into cannon. Reason and
truth were worlhipped, in the 1 emple of
Liberty. The Sans Culottes were in
high spirits. The men who were between
18 & 25 years of age had been called fois,
and marched sometime ill November, it
was fnid that several thousand Prussians
had deserted to the French, in one body.
Mr. Cabot faw-a company of 69 of tlrem,
which were sent to Bourdeaux. Ameri
cans were treated with much re/pest in
France, and the French "have no desire
that we should be engaged in the war.
PHILADELPHIA,
APRIL 5.
A London paper of January the 6th fays,
There is no truth i* the report of Adthiral
Kingfmill having taken a French ihip, as
stated in our paper of Saturday Evening, in
consequence of erroneous information receiv
ed from Ireland by the Mail of that morn
ing. This report probably originated from
the Argonaut, one of the ships taken from
the French by Admiral Rodney, on the i?,th
of April, and then called the Jason, being
now part of admiral Kingfmill's squadron.
Extract of a letter from the Captain of an
American vefft-1, lately carried into Do
minica.
" We are in very great didrefs, occa
fiorjed by our detention, and the perishing
condition of our cargoes from the heat of
this climate—but above all a violent sick
ness rages in our little fleet, „ id Jo frequent
are the deaths, that our mourning flags
are constantly hoisted* and as all the mo
ney found on board when captured, is tak
en away, we are thereby rendered incapa
ble of procuring that medical and other
aflidance for our sick brethren, which hu
manity didlates they (hould have. We
yellerday handed in a petition to the. go
vernor, setting forth the deplorable fttua
: tion we are in with regard to the sick :
He has given us his word that he will in
-1 terfere in the business, and this we expect*
: he will do, conlidering that the health of
the inhabitants very much depends upon
t it."
J ' Proposals are ifllied by Mr. John Buel,
printer, and Mr. E. Tifdale, engraver, (of
the city of New-York,) for printing by
fubfeription, a new and elegant edition of
M'FINGAL, an Epic Poem, in Four Cantos,
1 by, J. Trumbull, Esq. illustrated with
> additional notes and explanations and orna
mented with nine copper plates.—The work
! will comprise 140 octavo pages—To be de
| livered to fubferibers in four separate num
bers, each confiding of one Canto, (ditched
' in-blue) and two plates, with the addition of
a handiome IJrontifpiece to the firft number
I —The price to fubferibers One Quarter of
a Dollar each number, payable on delivery.
By this Day's Mail.
NEW-YORK, April 4.
SHIP NEWS.
Arrivals at this Port.
Brig Aurora, France*- Liverpool, 10? days
1
>
Brig Mary, Hopper, • > Wilmington
Iph%enia, Rutger, Cuirocoa
Sloop Ranger, Dunn, Philadelphia
Capt. Brifcoe France, of the brig Aurora,
on the nth of January, spoke the (hip Jane,
of Philadelphia,abound to Hamburgh, out
15 days, all well, lat. 47, long. 31.
On the 14th February, spoke a brig from
Havre-dfc-Grace, bound to Rhode-liland,'lat.
36i long. si.
Oir the 16th March, spoke the Mares, of
London, from Jamaica, bound to London,
George King, matter, lat. 39, long. 61. who
hoisted out his boat and brought us a calk of
wa'er, and fomc other necefiaries.
The Indian Trader, Edwards, from -Que
bec to Loildon, arrived at Deal, Dec. 17.
The Ann and Susan, arrived at Grenock,
in 32 days from Virginia.
The brig Prosper, Tylee, failed on the
fame day with Capt. Rutger, for Bonaire ;
an embargo was to take place next day. The
brig Friend (hip, HafF, had failed two days
before.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
ARRIVED.
Brig Charlotte, Hughes, St. Thomas's
Sloop Willing Lais, Bell, Virginia
Richmond, Bloch, Richmond
Schooner Alice, Weymouth, Virginia
Pidgeon, Milner, do.
Ann, Jackson, do.
Polly, Mahon, Norfolk
Harriot, Roberts, Virginia"
Sloop Betsey, Hopkins, do.
Richm 'nd Packet, Petters, Richmond
Polly, Greeves, Virginia
CLEARED.
Schooner Experiment, Carter, Charleston
Delight Cutler, Bolton
Sloop Abigail, Smith, New-York
John, Mary, do.
Eagle, Gilman, New-York
Fly, Collins, Baltimore
Captain Hughes of the Brig Char
lotte in [5 days from Saint Thomas,
info;rtis, that he left there about 12 fail of
American vefltls, amongfl: which are the
Schooners Harden, New-York, and
Pierfon, Boston. Brigs. Lind
fay, Wells, and Eunice, Sollelter, New-
Yurk. The remainder of the names un
known.
■Capt. Sollefter failed from Jamaica 3
weeks before Capt. Hwgh-es left St. Tho
mas's, as also Capt. Pierfon of Boston.
Capt. Hughes further informs that pre
vious to his failing from St. Thomas's, ac
counts were received there from St. Croix,
which mentioned* that about 40 fail of
American veflels were there, all preparing
to fail for their respective ports.
Extracft from Loyd s Lift, of Jan'. 10.
Arrived at Gravefcnd. Major Pinckney,
from Charleston ; Helen, Patterfun,
Virginia ; Betsey, Chace, Baltimore ; Peggy,
Lunt, Maryland.
'At Falmouth. Chefterfield, Pac, New-
York ; Mary, Tekombe, Virginia; John,
Homans, Savannah ; Mary, Prrfel, Virginia;
Mary, Haley, New-York ; Portland Packet,
, Halifax.
At Portsmouth. Minerva, Scott, Boston j
Debby, Lovel, America.
At Deal. Rainbow, Hollidav, Charleston;
Hearts of Oak, Holliday, do. Betsey, Chace,
Maryland.
At Liverpool. Fame, Davis. Virginia.
At Plymouth. Sally, lluckey, Portsmouth;
Virginia, Buts, Virginia; Industry, Budd,do.
At Clyde. John and Jean, Skuki'ord, New-
York j Ann and Susan, Duplefe, Virginia.
At Dover. Lydia, Tobey, Charleston;
Mary, Cunningham, Boston.
At Whitehaven. Union, Reynold, New-
York.
At Bristol. Serrin, Farley, New-York.
At Gibraltar. Sally, Chapman, Boston.
At Dublin. Eliza, Barr, Virginia ; Sally,
Nichols, Boston.
At Cork. Mary, Gardner, Virginia ; Mol
ly, Clark, ditto ; Hope, Howland, Boston ;
Winsfried, , North-Carolina.
At Elfineure. , Warner, New-York.
At Galway. Union, Snow, Virginia.
At Limerick. Lucretia, Afelby, Virginia.
At Cropk Haven. Mary, Groves Virginia.
At Cadiz. Lavinia, C 'dman, Virginia;
. Aurora, Smith, ditto. William, Foster, ditto.
Hope, Tielas. do. Hull Packet, Lawrence,
New-York.
At Amsterdam. Portland, Robinson, N.
York ; Four Brothers,Jon?s, Charleston.
At Rotterdam. President, Smith, Mary
i land ; Sally, Clark, do.
At Oftend. General Wafh'mgton, Beg
land, Charleston.
At Oporto. Amelia, Spencer, N. York ;
Catharine, Goodhue, Virginia-.
At Leghorn. Nordenfalk, Kihohn, New-
York.
At Bombay. China. America, , New-
York ; Wafnington, , do. Friends, Pare!,
Virginia.
The Amsterdam Packet, Waddel, from
to Havre-de-Grace, is taken and
carried intg Liverpool, by the Princess Eli
zabeth privateer.
The Harriot, M'Leod, from Bristol to
New-York, is 101 l oif Newfoundland—the
people saved.
The Patfey, Huntington, from Liverpool,
to New-fork, is returned to Liverpool after
being out fix weeks.
The Orono, Ihinbar, from Liverpqol to
Virginia, foundered at lea.
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SHELLED ALMONDS and a few kegs of*
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Particular TEN£RIFFH WINES,in pipes
hlids. and qu irrer calk , imported in the ihip
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NEW THEATRE.
THIS EVENING,
April 5.
Will be performed,
A COMIC OPERA, once performed
here, called the
Highland Reel.
(IVritten by the Author of the Poor
Soldier.)
To conclude with a New REEL, (Compo
fedby Mr. Francis,) by the Characters.
To which will be added,
A CcAifdy, in three Ails, called
Catherine &Petruchio,
OR THE
Taming of the Shrew.
Ladies and Gentlemen are requested to
fend their servants to keep places, at half an
hour pall 4 o'clock, and to order them to
withdraw, as soon as the company are seated,
as they cannot on any account be permitted
to reiriaip in the boxes, nor any places kept
after the firft id.