been plundered by the guards who had been on board. Captain Crocker was in formed, that two packets had arrived, «ne with Prince Edward on board, the o ther from England ; but the news brought by her had not transpired. The Island was in pofleffion of the English, except the two (trong forts, which commanded the town, and part of Port-Roy- a). —These forts it was expeacd would make a good defence,, as they were, as he .ieard, irarrifoned by 3000 men, and well fupph ed with provisions. Capt C. furthennfo. Ms that our officers were treated with insolence whenever they made any demand of the Britifli. If the above is not a true (late ment, Captain C. is requested to corrett it. NEW-YORK, April 9. Captain TVmlinfon arrived m l 3 oays from St. Eultatia, fays he was boarded by a privateer,- who informed him, that no dividend of prize money had yet been made, and that it all remained in the otti ces. That ail the Captains of privateers were about to resign their commissions, & it was cxpefted that all privateering would The Frenchman who poisoned himfelf on Sunday night lad was Joseph Nicholas Imbertj late an inhabitant of Toulon, who left that city at the time of its recap ture by the patriots. He has left a con siderable sum in money and afiignats. The following letter was f.iund in his room. , To mv landlord, New-York. New-York, 2d April, 1794* CITIIEN, I SINCERELY aflt your pardon, for the trouble I am at the eve to give you, to commit suicide ifi your house ; it is an ih return for the favors you have conlered on me ever since I have been acquainted with yon; but deign to forgive me on ac count of my misfortunes, which ar> great; life is a burthen that I can bear no longer ; 1 mull die. P. efent my compli ments of excuse-to your worthy wife, to whom the scene will give much trouble. I sincerely beg her pardon ; mention the fjimc excuse to my comrade ; he would not have received me with so much kind ness, had he fufpe&ed what I meditated. 1 would have avoided all tms on my arri val, had some poison which I swallowed had the deftred effect : but I was deceived, ' and this pretended poison only some physical herbs, whic'h i always carried a bout me finee the revolution, for to u%e it had the French aristocrats been fuccefsful; on the contraiy, I use it after the patri ots are triumphant. God, how terrible are revolutions. (Signed) IMBERT. 4 ■ AUGUSTA, March 1. On Wednesday night last or Thursday morning, the goal of th.s town was broken, and Beverly Allen, who had been committed for the murder of the late Robert Forfvth, Esq. Federal Marihal for this state, was taken from theftce,arid made his efeape, to the ut ter mortification of that class of the mhabi taa; s of Augusta, who to remedy the infuf ficießfy of the prison, had undertaken to guard the fame, anticipating l'uch an event as had taken place. March 13. His Excellency the Gbvemor has iflued a Proclamation, dated the 17th ult. offering a reward of 751. for Beverly Allen, one half to be paid on his being committed to the common goal of Richmond county, and the other on his being convicted of the murder of Robert Forfyth, Ef.' A number of the citizens of Augusta, in addition to the above reward, have also of fered 300 dollars for the apprehenlion and cotr.tULtnent of the before mentioned mur derer. CHARLESTON, March 24. Dispatches from the Secretary at War to the Governor of this State have been receiv ed, direding that the Spartifh brig Saint Jo seph, brought into this port some time since be delivered up to its original owners, the capture of said veflel hiving been considered as rotlufive. What has the Governor to do with this bulinefs. PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 11. TrefSlsy last the trial of the Impeachment «tf John Nicholson, Esq. Comptroller- Generaf of this Commonwealth ,wa& finiihed fcy the Striate —it terminated in the acquittal or Mr. son from the charges contain- I cd in the Impeachment YtfUrfayperpoJl, the printers of this city received ai nfual y the newspapers of New- York, which contained the Speech of the ' Kin jof Great Britain to his parliament, re- Stk - pUMlfted from the St. Eufullus Gazette-- trom the Nnu York papers, it has been re publifted by all the praters ot Daily papees in this city —'except the printer ot the Pmu dclp'nia Gazette, 9930, 23636, 25359, 28015, 31360, 40152, 473 a 9> 48585. 23899. Prizes 0/500 Dollars 2906, 3776, 4530, 12216, 12928, 14708, 22289, 22330, 21819, 24308, 25611, 25203, 25817, 32090, 35386, 40172, 48334, 49182. 24397» 44538. Prizes of 100 Dollars. 17, 163, 497, 1351,1702, 2055, 2168, 2647, 2'141, 2831, 2995, 3331, 3596, 4122> 49*°> 4974, 5650, 6487, 6934, 7316, 7658, 7659, 814S, 8.357, 8966, 9677, 11218, 12484, 13078, 1375!) 14099, 15030, 16268, 16389, 16463, 16666, 17064, 17953,18389, 18862, 19712, 19998, 20014, 21676, 22257, 23249, 23546, 23740, 23872, 23927, 23047, 25279, 25577, 25942, 26855, 26870, 28394, 28489, 28861, 29473, 29772, 29800, 31165, 31402', 32708, 34509, 34895, 35064, 35801, 36421, #555, 36864, 38054, 38156, 38521, 38612, 38790, 39293, 39823, 40696, 40773, 41337, 42398, 43251, 44495, 44561,44614, 45662, 46067, 46777, 47808, 48285,48485, 48828, 49146, 49176, 49342, 49413, 49540, 49677. By this Day's Mail. NEW-YORK, April 10. Letter from the master of an American ves sel in Martinique, to his owner in this city. St. Pierre, Martinique, March 20. Sir, " I HAVE but a moments time to inform you, that the brig and cargo, was taken poS- Session of by the Brit'lh men of war, when this town was taken ; That we were all tak en out, and while the vefiel was left without a hand to take care of her, ihe was broke open, and my chest containing upwards of two hundred joes in dollar;, was robbed. I was held a prisoner two days and then sent on shore, and have not been allowed to go on board since. ' " Their firft pretext For making"prize» ' of Americans, was the proclamation of the 6th of November, after the arrival of the proclamation of the Bth of Jan. thsy Said, that as the town was taken by aJTauk, all r the property became the property of the aS sailants ; but lately they have pretended, that ; tile port was blockaded when we entered: - it appears to have been a strange blockade, "t J 1 for I never saw a fail of any kind after I came into the latitude of the Illands, till I was in. St. Pierre road. However, I find they are j dererrmn 'd to have them condemned, \vhe- ( tner r ght or wrong. " I am informed, there is a court of ad miralty formed, and toy present dete; mix tion is to stay and lay in a claim for the pro perty. They have stopped every neuLral vclTei that has arrived since the town was takfcn, I 'under the fame pretext, that the port is still blockaded, altho' they have had full poffelfion of the port and town, and in part of the whole island except Fprt Royal and Foijt Bourbon ever since the 17th of Febru ary." "I am &c." By a person who came paflenger in the veflei by which the above letter was received, we are informed that a large ihip is provided at St. Pierre for the reception of American seamen j where they are fupp'ied with rati ons : that fisty of their number have been taken from the ftiips and diflributed in the fleet: and that a number of American ves sels have beeu cut from their cables by the Britiih, and fuffered to drift to lea without aman on board. Yeiterday in the forenoon arrived here from Boston, General Belgarde, and his suite—and in the afternoon, crossed the Elizabeth-Town Ferry, on their way to Philadelphia. It appears by the Speech of the Britiih King to the Parliament, that much stress is laid on the successes of the allied powers, ■end-very little said about their late disas ters. It seems the determination of the . British Court to continue the war, as long as they can amuse the people. Indeed the threatened invasion of England by the French, will unite the nation in opinion, and give vigor to their arms. The Frensh injure themselves more than the aims of their enemies injure them ; for while they defeat their external foes, and every where triumph in the glorious cause of defending their own Country from invaiion, they tar nidi their glory By the barbarous and san guinary puuifhments inflicted on their own cjtizens who differ in opinion from the vi olent Jacobins. The accounts of the ex ecutions in that country wound the Feel ings of humanity, and fill the reader with horror. [Minerva.] We learn that the Commissioners for fortifying this port, have finilhed their plan, and that the great work of fortifying will be commenced in a few days. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. ARRIVED. Brig Pomona, Kin e *, Cape Nich. Mole Sloop Betsey, Brueton, St. Croix Schr. Patty, Lumbard, Virginia Betsey, Mans, Baltimore CLEARED. Ship Alexander, Strong, Charleston Schr. Polly & Sally, Skinner, Norfolk Nancy & Betsey, Coates, Folly Landing Pidgeon, Milner, Virginia Sloop Willing Lass, Bell, do. Swaliow, Hieze, New Haven Fox, Lavland, Egg Harbour Capt. King, of the iJh'g Pomona in 17 days from Cape Nichola Mole, informs, that on the 9th February, on his padage from this port to St. Marks, he was cap tured by the Britiih frigate Hermonine, and sent into the Mole, where he was de tained several weeks, and then liberated.— He left at the Mole about eleven fail of American vefiels, among which was the sloop Driver, Capt. Doyle of Philadelphia —to fail in 10 days after, for this port. A Schooner belonging to Philadelphia, name unknown, together with 3 others be longing to the Northern States, were to be sent down to Jamaica on suspicion. The (hip Bacchus Vannemau of Phila delphia, failed for Jamaica about 7 days before Capt. King left that place. Also, the Ihip Diana, Capt. Cain of this port, failed for St. Marks 5 days be fore Capt. King left the Mole. Captain Brueton informs that on tha 23d March, in lat. 23, 50, long. 69, he was -boarded by a Bermudian privateer, which detained him about 2 hours, and after ft rift examination, he was permitted to proceed- He left at St. Croix, the snow Boston, Stites, to fail the fame day for Cape Nico cho Mole. He also left there the brig Newton, Capt. De Cofte, to fail in two weeks for this port. Arrived at St. Croix, the brig Molly, Captain Wills, from Philadelphia, and the sloop Betsey, Well, New-York. __ WANTED, A PRESSMAN, Apply at this Office. A Gent'ermn lately froth Ringftori, ji mrtica, informs, that he there saw Capt. Barney —.*vho,though under binds walked the ltreets daily—that he had converted with him, artd that Captain Barney had txpreffed himfelf in very f>o irited terms of diiapprobation, when ipeaking of the conduit of many American Captains, wtiofe vessels had been captured—that their language and deportment had beerl very unjuftifiable on many occalions, and had been attended with disadvantageous confcquences, to themfefves and the pro perty committed to their was well known at Kingston, this gentleman fays, that much fraud and plunder had ta ken place on tlje part of some, who were entrusted with the property 6f American Merchants—and though the fpoilationspf our commerce, committed by many un principled free-booters, acting under Bri- «. tifh Commissions, had undoubtedly been great, yet time would disclose many dif graceful tranfaftions on the part of Cap tains, who have bellowed the loudest a bout insults and losses. The paragraph in the General Advertises of this morning, refpe&ing our mercantile Representative in Congreis, carries with it too much malevolence against that gentle man, and is too entirely devoid of truth to be pafied by unnoticed. The Brig alluded to, was principally load ed by a House in this Town, in conference of an order —They were directed to rtiake ■ the shipment whether the embargo t66k place or not —and when her loading was completed, which was on Thursday the 20th ult. neither the owner or lhipper expected an Embargo to take place. She failed oil the Sunday following, from this port, and rcach : ed Bombay-Hook, where {he was very im properly, and illegally detained, by the Com mander of a French armed (hip, for mqre ; than 20 hours —the wind blowing then urv« j favorably, (he came up the Bay as far as Reedy-Island, where (he lay until the for flopping the outward bound vessels arri ved—when (he returned with several other veflels. Mr. Clark's motion was again under consideration in committee of the whole i this day—a lengthy debate took place.—- Mr. Boudinot, Mr. J. Wadfworth, Mr. Coit, Mr. Hillhoufe, Mr. Dexter, Mi'. Tracy, and Mr. Ames, spoke against it: r Mr. Clark, Mr. Nicholas, Mr. Dayton, r and Mr. Page, in its support. The com rr mittee at length rose and reported pro- I grefs, and the house adjourned till Mon day. Pofl-OJJiee, April 8, 1794. (C)" Letters to go by the opportunity expetted for Halifax, in the courfc of next week, in order to be conveyed by the British Packet, from that place to Englarid, will be received at this Office, until Saturday at 12 o'Clock noon. N. B. The inland portage to New-York rtiuft be paid. t t-- • ; * All the letters that ivtre intended to go bv the brig Nancy, Capt. G'jj'in, for Fah mcuth, arefent to the Pojl-Office > in order that they may be forwarde by the opportuni ty going to Halifax) to go by the Britijh Pac ket from thence ; it