t=— ' -= UNITED STATES. NEW-YORK, April j. CHAMBER of COMMERCE. New-York, April I ft, 17.94. THZ Committee appointed by thits chamber at their lalt monthly meeting, u to report their opinion 011 the general Hate of oiir commerce and of the mea sures which are proper lor thu corporation to pursue," beg leave to coin nunicate the fallowing statement as the rei'alt of its en quiries founded on the m„ft authentic ob tainable evidence. TTlat the Algerine Corsairs have almost totally interrupted our trade with Spain and Portugal, and the various diftritbs within the Mediterranean : Those coin tries having generally afforded good mar kets for jur produce, our future commerce with them must be carried on through die. medium of foreign bottoms, unlets w can either make peace with those barbari ans, or furnifh a naval force fufficiently powerful to defend our trade *-lain It tiicir depredations. An appreheniion of dan ger from these corsairs has had a tendency to advance seamen's wages, and to raise freight and insurance on our vc: els to the more northern parts of Europe. Ameri can Slips, entirely loaded with the proper ty of our own citizens, hive been afceiv h'v commissioned by the B 'i nation, and condemned as lawful pr;:,-s, although known at the time of cond.m nation to be bona fide American propeay. UaneceflVy walte appears in many • s to have been made, and articles of value have been forcibly arretted oil the high seas From vefTels which were afterwards permitted to proceed on their voyages. A general interruption is now experienced, by the interposition of Britilh armed ves sels, in ourcommerce not only with France and her colonies, but, in many instances, where our ve.Tels have been ck-(lined to neutral ports, and in some cases when they liave been bound to Britilh ports direct from America or from one Britilh Illand to another. American vefiels have ajfo been taken by French ships of War and some cargoes litve been condemned as the property of tu-thrfren-l). An Km bargo on many of our merchantmen has for several months been laid in ports be longing to the Republic of France. Pro visions have been taken at stated prices and paid for in depreciated paper. The ex portation from France of molt of its pro duce and manufactures has been interdict ed and'thai of specie prohibited. In some cases the cargoes of our vefTels have been exchanged by those in authority in the French colonies for bills on the minifler of the Fiench Republic in the United States, many of which bills have not been paid nor has any provifiqn been made for their discharge; and the cruizing (hips of France have orders to take all neutral vef f;ls loaded with provisions and bound to the potts of any of the powers at war W'th her. Tln'i general interruption of our com merce has in molt instances been contrary to juftite, and we have fultained many los ses which it was hoped our neutrality would have exempted us from. The constitution of the United States having veiled in Congress the power 1 of re gulating trade, it is our duty to look up to that body, as the representative of the nation, for indemnification for palt, and protedtion againlt future lodes. Your committee therefore recommend that the following resolutions be adopted as the sense of this corparation, viz " Refijlved, That it be eameltly re commended to all pirfons, citizens of the United States of America, who may have full,lined any loss in their property on the friph seas, or in foreign ports, by privateers; or other armed velfels belonging to, or cojnmiflioned by either of the pre sent European belligerent powers, that they make report of such cases, with well authenticated evidence of the truth of facts, to the committee appointed by this Chamber, in order that the fame may be transmitted to the fecretarv of state, for the purpose expiefied in his letter of 27th August last, addressed to this corporation." " Refojved, That this Chamber enter tain the h if rheft sense of the integrity and wisdom ot the Congress of the United States, and are fa;i.sfied that every exer tion will bo made to support the honorand true dignity thereof against any and every £ower whatsoever; and they are perfa, d ' . ... L t • ' . , . • ed that proper attention and care will he exercised by the executive to prevent any iivfradtion of our rights as a independent nation." (Signed) x Comfort Chairman. The foregoing report and refoluik),is having been read and approved, the Clam ber t:iat they ihould be printed • as the'opinion" aild fcitflmsnts of the Cor poration. By order of the Chamber of Com merce of the City of New-Yo John Broome, Prelident. A true extract from the Minutes. IVm. Laight, Secretary. PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 8. Letters irom New York, by this day's mail fay, thaa Reports are received, by Vet •» l'7"n the Indies, tint a French • fleet is L.-rived there. We nave Price l.arnt from the best autho r.y. tliat the ajove f.!couiit is true, and ti»at in a.v fc vcil ia.r.of the line. Xiie cciiiideraiioa of Mr. Dayron's mo- j tion f. r, : : jquelltation of Britilh property . was fur,her p tins day, Mr. Murray, th.s day, in the House of Representatives df the United S:at :s, moved ior. a committee to bring in a bill to fortify trie city of Aimapplis—He stated the impor tance „of a fmkll Fort at tnat place, -as its protc&ion related to the Cifety of the Re cords and ftnte papers, of the Hate Treasury —oi the wealth * tjig cityj and qf the na vigation of tire Bay of Chtfapealt—after a fcort debate the motion was carried, and a committee appointed. M-. Sedgwick, yesterday in the House of Representatives reported, from the commit tee to whom certain resolutions had been re ferred lo render" more efficient the force of the United States, a • !1 to detach Bo,coo men from the militia ; a bill to raise a corps of ar tillerists and engineers, and a bill to augm'ent the military force of the United States, by raising 25,000 rank and file additional troop 3 Th fe bills were twice read: ordered to be printed and committed for Thuriuay next. This morning between three and four .. a. nit.-htok'? oi'.'-i-Llhe-Br.wcry,. iii Brewer's alley, near Vine-Street,which, nat-.vithltanding every exertion was made to extinguish it, entirely cOT fumed the in side of the bui'.iing, vv.th the contents. Extract of a letter from a merchant of emi nence in Uoiton, to iiis correlpondtnt in this city, dated March 31. " The embargo Lid on at this moment, has checked the feelings of those, who much depended upon the latt new; from England: But I liope Congress will soon have .ne plea sure of repealing that act ; having full rea son to believe that the court of Great Britain will in fu.ure observe a fair and impartial neutrality towards us." Anotherletter to the fame gentleman, fays, " the embargo toQk place yeitertiay, and put a itop to several vcflela which were ready ior sea ; this measure no doubt was expected to produce good, and wq are fatisfied with it, tho' there don't now appear any ne.elfuy for , the continuance of it.' Another to the fame fays, " the embargo took place the 29th at nine o'clock in the e vening, and the merchants appeared perfect ly fatisfied that it is a judicious mealure; we presume there will not Ik occasion to conti nue it long, and that it is not to operate to the obftru£tion of the coasting tjade." Congress of the United States. Hcuje of Rcprefentaiives April 3. The committee appointed on the 7th of Februaiy last, whether any and what alterations are neceffarv, in the acts " fur xegdtering and recording flnps or vefTels" —" for enrolling and licensing Ihips and veflels" and " for the collection of the dnties imposed by law on goods, wares and merchandize, and on the tonnage of ships or vellelb," were diredted to report a bill or bills. A melTage from the Prelident of the United States, notified his approbation and signature of the a6t " transferring for a limited time the jurisdiction of the circuit to the diltritt court of New-Hamp (hire, and afiigning certain duties in ref pedt; to invalid penlioners, to the attorney of the said diftnft. In committee of the whole, on the bill to encourage the recruiting service; a mendsicnts were reported and agreed to. ■ i \*t J! it; .. .. i ... and tl»e bill Was ordered to be engroffcd. A niefege from the Senate iu termed the that' the.President didthis dav approve and act wKich originated Hi the 'Senate, entitled, " an ast to. a,neo nate the Pi"efident of the United Starts in certain cafee. to alter the place of holyiiag a fcffiofl 6{ Oongrels." j-ii committee of the whole on the mo tion of the 27th of February last, provid ing for the .payment of mierett on the ha lluces credited certain states, in the bocL> of the treasury, and also for the payment, by annual inltalmcnts of the balances due from sundry ilates," on a final settlement of accounts between the United States and individual Hates. Progrcfs reported. , . • ■ ■. . . By this Day's Mail. BALTIMORE, April 5. We are informed that a Barbadoes par per has been seen, containing an order of : his B. majelly's, under date of 20th Ja- I nuary, that all monies ariiing from the sale j of American prizes should be reserved in j the hands ot the agents of the {hips of | war by which they we re captured, until it fhcuid be known what part the United States of America wiii take in the present war. " v Ycfterdy Mr. John Spear aarived at this port, 14 days from St. Martins. Ha affaires us that the neiu intrusions from the Court of St. James's have produced tro kind of effect in the Weft India I slands. The Briufh cruisers continue t-o capture every American vejfel without dif crmi'-nation, and carry them into port for lawful adjudication. And from this "out rage on common honetty," no" Vessel is exempt, whether destined lo a French, a Dutch, or even a Britifb port. Mr. Spear's own vt'flel and 1 cargo were con demned, altho' the Judge admitted tiiat Mr. Spear was a native of America, and that both the vessel and cargo were evi dently his property. BASSETTERRE, (St. ChriflopUers,) February 27. The fh;p , Captain Richards, arrived at Antigua, in thirty-three days - frotot London, and brings an account that Admiral Macbride with a iquadron of men of war had failed for the coast of America., The cabinet of St. James's has directed | that all American vessels carrying French ; produce to any foreign port, shall be made i p. izes of. Twenty-five of the French prisoners that were sent, with ft vera! other French de-; mocrats from this iilaad to fca on tiie 30th of January, have arrived at Point Petre from St. Croix, in a flag of t.uc.e ; they complained bitterly, of ill treatment they fay they had received from the French gentlemen here in guarding them,' &c. a.id praised the conduct of the English to wards them. In consequence of which complaint, a great number of democrats armed, and having two pieces of cannon, beset the governor's house,' and infilled that all the aristocrats in the different pri sons (hould be put to death : The govern or, was however, firm and refuied their bloody demands, and had the good luck, at last to dissuade them from their diaboli cal intentions. ' NEW-YORK, April 7. Extradl of a letter from a gentleman in New-Port, to a merchant in this city, dated the 29th March, 1794. " Incloled you have a copy of the Bri ufh king's, new iatlruttions to his ships of war, &c. which came ro hand by a schoon er from Dominico in 17 days, bringing 10 American captains whose vellels and car goes were condemned after those new in ltru&ions had arrived there, with 17 more ii o/ie day." We are authorised to add, that the new inftru&ions were (hewn in court before the condemnation had taken place. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. ARRIVED. Snow Camilla, Martin, returned Brig Katy, Luinbard, returned In diPu'efs Schooner Dolphin, Watson, New-York Sicop- Nancy & Betsy, Virginia Sally, Bartlet, Cl.arlefion Swa'low, Hughes, do* Miranda, Mitchel, Norfolk Mar /, Webb, New-York Salem, Elkins, do. Coflinger, Freeman, Rhode-Island CLEARED. I Brig Activ;, Welsh, Charleftori i- « • • • - 1 , V. Little Sally, Earl, Norfolk Schoon-f Miry, Sffwell, Nt\v Be.Ji.rfi ■Kaney, Macomb, t ( 0 , S- op lndep-nicnce, Young, JWm.tja' i.etfy, Hi- k in, Folly Landing liaicavoi, ditto." ■ Elizabeth, Bwtmi, Siiow-HiU i.'rknclhip, Cu.tiS, do. Betly,, - ditto. ' do. Delaware, Bin], i\ew-Y<„^ AUgaii, Mpore, ] ortlbiouth The fc,Sooner Capt. Wi'foti, of Philadelphia, m 13 days from St. Eisliatia, arrived at Fa*t Milhm. 1 heAij>s23df, Capt. Hyhbie, of Phila delphia, horn Oporto, is arrivecr at SoKioay Hook. The re-capture of Toulon, was cele brated at Pans on the 30th Decemjx-'r, by a grand civic fcltival, at which the Nation al Convention, the Jacobin Socicty, the' Municipality, the club of cordeliers, the national guard of Paris, with an imtnenfe number of the inhabitants of Paris \rcre present. ■. David, the celebrated painter, whoar. ranged the proeeflion of Lepellitier's and Marat's funerals, arranged alio the order of this civic feftiyal. The discharge of Cannon was the signal of its commencement. The following was the order of the proces sion: A grand band of mutic. Fourteen chariots, with emblemati caily representing the fourteen armies of Franee. The figure of a Ihip to reprcfent the mvy of France. The members of the National Convention. The members of the Jacobin Society. The munisdpality of laris. The members of the Cordeliers. The National Guard. C>nze»s. When the procession had siriyed at' the Champ.de Mais, a hymn was sung: The persons prefant then partook of a Republican repast. *** In the extract of 3 letter from Ches ter county,, in yellcrday's paper, for u thir tcemh'* i«ad thirtieth. i L.l . - Pufl-OJfice, Aprils, 179|. '1/ ■ CZ/" Letters to vo by the opportunity * expedted for Halif.x, ip the couri'e of. next week, in order to be conveyed fcy s the Britilh Packet,' from th] iar; we • '. ; ferir a I'ds *: j «r by an unknown ha d, 10 rh * Po'tmafter :.t Baltimore, who trnnfuittedA t e lame to tiie ( G. neral poll Office. '1" e fill", feiersbv tnat obberyarr defi ed to fta e tbi amount of th j ir loHes reflect v:!y, ai d r:> 11T mif t ie faftis.*, with 1 he-njFtginal letters o l "their CJirr• pondenn ftrhere recover?ft) or o er ev r*e ce to the,. General Pcfft Office, bslore the firfl day of June next, immediate ly ai ci; \vU«cli a divipe..d ivul be liach am ,u£ the claimant;. TIMOTHY PICKERING, ,PoJi Majkr Gen riL Gen Poll Officp, April 4, 1794 ia 6v NEW THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, Apr il 9. Will be performed, A COMEDY, called the RIVALS. Sir Anthony Abfclute, Mr. Morris Captain Absolute, MrXHaluiers Falkland, Mu. Fennel Acres, Mr. Bates Sir Lucius O'Trigger, Mr. Whit 'ock Tag, Mr. Ivlarfliail Davids Mr. Francis Coachman, Mr. Warrell Boy, Matter J. Warretl Mrs. Malaprop, Mrs. Shaw Lydia Languilh, Mrs. Marshall Julia, Mrs. Francis Lucy, Mro. Row foil To which will be added, A COMIC OPERA, in two ads,_ daH.ed the Agreeable Surprize. (Written by the author of the Poor Soldier.) Sir Felix Friendly, Mr, Finch • Compton, Mr. Dark y Eugene, - Mr. Marfha'il Chicane, - Mr. Warrtll John, Mr. Francis Thomas, Mr. Gee .11 Farmer Stump, Mr. Ha'rv'or d Cudden, Mr. BlitT tt. Lingo, Mr , fiat, s Laura, Mrs. Marlhall Mrs. Chelhire, Mrs. Shaw Cowslip, Miss Broadhurft Fringe, Mrs. Rowfon IVANTED, A PRESSMAN, Apply at this Office.