determination to reiift oar attempt to come on board. The scene of conflagra tion around them, heightened by the late trem'-udous explosion, had however a v/akened their fears for their lives. Think ing this to be the cafe, I addre'fed cxpreffing my readiness to land tnem in a place of°fafety, if they would submit ; and they thankfully accepted the otter, {hewing themselveS to be completely inti midated, and very grateful for our humane intentions towards them, in rtof attempt ing to burn them with the llv.p. It was necefTary to proceed with precaution, as thsv were more numerous than onrfelves. We at lenp-th completed their disem barkation, and then set her on fire. On this occasion I had nearly loft myvaluable friend asd affitlant, Lieutenant Miller of the Windsor Castle, who had staid so long on board to insure the fire taking, that it gained on him suddenly, and it was not without being very much fcorrhed, and the rifle of being fuffbeated, that we could approach the '.hip to take him in. Ihe loft to the service would have been very "-.-eat, had we not fncceeded in our en deavours to 'save him. Mr. Knight, Midlhipman of tlie Windsor v_aflle, who was ir, the boat with me, Chewed much adlivity and address on this occalion, as well as firmnefe throughout the day. The explofioii of a fecoiid powder vef fei, equally unexpected, and with a (hock everi greater than the firit, again put us in the mod imminent dangei of perilhing; andwhcn.it is considered that we were within thefphere of the falling timber,it is next to miraculous that no one piece, of the n»>iy which made the water' foam r iund us, happened to touch either the Swallow or the three boats with me. Having now set fire to every thing within our reach, exhausted our combulti ble preparations and our strength to such a degree that the men absolutely chopped on the oari, we directed our course to join the fleet, running the gauntlet under a few ill-directed fflot from the forts of Balaguier and Aigiiillctte, now occupied by the enemy ; but foitunately without loss of'any kind, we proceeded to the place appointed for the embarkation of - the troops, and took off as many as we could carry. It would be injustice to those whom [ have omitted to name,' for their J lirft having been fj immediately under my eye, if 1 did not acknowledge myfelf in debted to them all for their extraordinary exertions in the execution of this great national objedt. The quickness with wnich the inflamation" took effect, on my fignnl, its extent and duration, are the belt evidences that every officer and mau was ready at his poll, and fin'n under most perilous citcumltances—l therefore sub join a lilt of the whole who were employ ed on this service. We can alcertain that the fire extended to at least ten fail of the line, how much further we-carinot fay. The loss of the general magazine, and of the quantity of pitch, tar, rolin, hemp, timber, cordage and gunpowder, muftconfiderably impede the equipment of the few ships that re main. lam sorry to have been obliged to leave any, bnt I hope your Lord/hip will be fatislied that we did as much as our cir cumscribed means enabled us to do, in a limited time, pressed as we were by a force f<> much superior to us. i have the honor to be, &c. W. SYDNEY SMITH. ' Rt. Hon. Lord Hood. DUBLIN, January 8. No fubjcft can pofiibly furnift more just matter for ridicule, than the A', ftrian re presentation of affairs on the Rhine. By their account, out of 40,000 who attack ed the Puke of Brunfwick, near Landau, ou the 25th of November, 15,000 of the French were cut to pieces—on the id De cember, 10,00 a were surrounded in a wood, and fWed the fame fate—on the 19th and 20th of the fame month, 12,000 expiated, to hfe their own phrase, their unexampled atrocities—Yet, strange to tell, armies, ft ill moie numerous, rife from their ashes, which continue similar opera tions with fimibir success. The most terrible scene perhaps tha :ver was presented to human eyes, mi>{ lave hern the embarkation at Toulon, a midst volumes of fire, the {hrieks of wo men, the violence of the profligate, and the confn!; >n of all—How many fouls have pe*ifiled it is impoflible for conjecture to estimate. How many ili 11 more unfor tunate are abandoned to the French, we fhail soon ascertain from the records of 'their fatal tribunal. LONDON, Jr-aary 9 There will be three dating pai ties the ap proaching kill on in jfttfiament. The Stirk ltes or Alarariites, who will perlifi in puriu ing the war on the Continent, lor the pur pose of extirpating the Sans Culottes and Carmignols; the Pittites, who will recom mend the withdrawing our troops from, the Frontiers,and aflift in an expedition against the East and Weft Indies ; and the oppositi on, who will recommend peace, as the bell security to the happiness and well being of the nation. The republicans at Toulon,even in the exultation of victory,have condescended to ekeout the jlion'sjkin with the fox's tail. They -have kept the Britifli and Spanifli flags flying op the town and forts, as a decoy to such veflels as may arrive with men, stores or proviiions, intended for the allies. The flratagem, if we may believe their own accounts, has been but too fuc cefsful. PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 16, This forenoon the Pi-efident of the United States in a meflage to the Senate, nominated John Jay, Envoy extraordinary to the Court of Great Britain. At an early hour this morning, the Gal leries of the Hcufe of Representatives were closed, in consequence of a motion which after some opposition was carried in the af firmative, to take into confideraticn the con fidential communication from the President -of the United States received yesterday. le doors continued fftut, tili the adjourn- ment. Copy of a letter from Capt. John Cochran. Kingjion, March 4, 1794. Mr. Stephen Girarcl, " I am lorry to inform you, that having failed from Aux Cayeson the 25 th of Febru ary, with the nett proceeds of both cargoes, in t'ugar,, cpffee,' bar iron, &c. amounting in value t« ,£.5645,16,5.1 was taken that day by the lchr. Hawke, and frigate Success, Capt. Roberts, and lent down to this port. 1 W33 fcrft boarded by the Hawke, which ves sel belongs to Mr. Kingston, here. They Cook pofieilion of my vellel withqut even the formality of looking over my papers, and mull have been convinced that tliere was no property on board belonging to citizens of France. Upon my arrival I underwent an examination, and swore to my velfel and car _n'. wl'li i);,■ -nit" mrs, nn.i 1 piuple.-— But notwithstanding this, I apprehend the brig and cargo will be libelled, and at it will then be out of our power to take any Heps for liberating the vessel, I fear the whole will be condemned. " A brig belonging to Mr. Pennock, of Norfolk, and bound to this port, was bro't in as' a prize the day I arrived ; the captain informs me that his orders from the owner were, in cafe of being topped here, to pro tect against the proceedings, and return home without attempting to lay claim,which would occalion a fruitlefs expence." The f J,'owing interefling detail is filrnijtei by a gentle/nan who came pajfenger in the Jhp Sampson, from Carton. IN palling the Straits 6f Banco, we were informed a large fleet of Malay prows, 150 fail, had been lying for foine time at the is land of Lucepara, at the entrance of the Straits ; but had a few days previous tooui arrival there gone to the eastward in search of another fleet of those pirates of similar strength, with whom they were at war. Great danger is to be apprehended from those peo ple, uniefs the vellel has the appearance of being well armed. An American (hip, cal led the Fair American, commanded by Capt. Lee, palfed through the Straits of Banco previous to the Sampson, and was chafed by them, but got oft' under cover of the night. The Prows are all provided with arms, mod of them having- a four pounder in the bow, and small arms in abundance, they had taken a Dutch guarde de coafti, having previously purchased from them all their ammunition and small arms. The Ladrones of Cochin-China had been in great numbers on the coaltof China, and taken a Portuguese lhip by surprise, having boarded h*r in the night—they also captured a number of Junks and small boats belong ing to the Chinese. Lord Macartney, the Britilh Ambassador to the Emperor of China, was expected at Canton in a few days after the failing of the Sampson, being then on hts return by land | Iroin Pekin. His embafly, it was reported and I .lelicved, had not fuece;ded in the very im } portairt objects wished for by the Britilh Go vernment, the chief of which was the privi lege of their veflels to trade at some port more northerly than Canton, to the exclusi on of all other nations ; tfiey were also in hopes of getting many very oppressive im positions abolished, such as the Cumfhaw or i resent to the Hoppoos, See. The-e it was believed they would in part succeed, which would be of advantage to all nations trading to Canton. Ihe Britilh company benefited m a small degree, it was fuppoied, by the embafiy on their leaving Macao—(which i place they retire to when the season for bufi ness is pitted lid return to Canton on tie ar rival of tliL-ir Ihips the er.fuing feafoß.) 1 hey made an offer of the cullomary cum.'haw to the Mandarins, provided they Would give receipts for the fame, intimating at the fame time, that it would be forwarded on to lerd Macartney, who was then on his way to Pekin, which t ie Mandarins refu fed and permitted them to pass without pay ing. 1 It was reported also, that the presents taken by Lord Macartney for the emperor were refufed.* On his arrival in the yellow sea, he was received with great splendor by Man darins sent for that purpose by the? Empe ror, and conducted to Pekin ; fo'me difficulty occurred there by reason of his lordships re fufing to comply with the usual salutation before the Emperor, which' is to bow the head to the ground. But on his being in formed no audience would be granted him imlefs this previous ceremony was complied with,he Submitted. At the departure of the Sampson his lordfiiip was on his way from Pekin over land to Canton. Great prepara tions were made at the places he ftoped at on his journey, he was treated with great po liteneCs and every mark of refpeil Ihewn him: The Lyon man of war of 60 guns, Erasmus Gore, commander, and the IndoftaYi Tndia rnan, Capt. Mc'lntolh, had arrived previous to the failing of the Sampson, after landing Lord Macartney and his suite. The Lyon was laying at the entrance of the Bocca Ti ger with a French brig from the north weft coast of America with .tins, which they had fnade a prize of. The Britilh Indiaman Princess Royal had been captured in the Straits of Sunda by three French privateers, after a warm action, which continued tor an hour with great bra very on both fides. A number of French privateers were in the Straits of Malacca, and had almost entirely doftroyed the ilntch and English coasting trade in that quarter, having taken i*ear sixty fail of veflels large and small, and it was supposed few home ward bound ships from Canton to Bengal and Bombay would escape. * Another ccconnt fays they were accepted. CONGRESS. House of Reprejentatives. April ij. A meflage was received from the Presi dent, communicating a letter from the Bvitifli minister here, in which the inftrnc tions of the Bth of June are endeavored to be shewn consonant to the law of nations ; also sundry communications from the south wrftrm territory, ami a letter from our ambsflador at Madrid, communicated con fidentially. The non-importation resolution was tak en up in the House: Mr. Smith (S. C.) presented a modification of the original motion, which was declared to be a sub stitute, by the chair, and therefore out of order. >rder. Mr. Giles moved to strike out of the •efolution the Jine qua non condition, of eftitution for negroes carried off. Mr. Smith (S. C.) obje&ed to the notion.—He feared it would appear like in abandonment of the claim. After some further debate on this a mendment, Mr. Filzfimons suggested a iubftitute for the resolution to avoid the jmbarrafTment of a fpecification. Mr. Giles withdrew his amendment. Mr. Smith (S.C.) moved to ltrike out the fpecification and insert a clause more general. After further conversation, Mr. Tracy exprelfed a wish for the previous question, under the imprefilon, that this is not a pro per time for a final decision on the busi ness. Mr. Smith (S. C.) consented to with draw his amendment until the previous question be put. After some debate the yeas and nays were called on this question, viz. Shall the main question be now taken ? AYES. NOES Armflrong, Ames, Bailey, Boudinot, Baldwin, S. Bourne, Beatty, B. Bourn, Blount, Cadwallader, Carnes, Cobb, Christie, Coffin, Claibourne, Coit, Clark, Dearborn, Coles, Dexter, Kent, Fitzfimonsi Findley, Fotreft, Giles, Foster, Gilman, . • Gilbert, Greenup, Glen, Gregg, Goodhue, Griffin, Gordon, Grove, Hartley, Hancock, Heifter, Hillhoufe, Hi'ndman, Holten, Harrifon, Heath, Hunter/ Irvine, Lockc, Lyman, v Macon, Madison, M'Dowell, Mebane, Montgomery, Moore, Mahlenberer, Nevil, New* Nicholas, Orrj Page, Parker, Pickens, Preston, Rutherford, Scott, Smilie, I. Smith, S. Smithy S P ri gg> T readwell, V. Cortlandt, Venule, Walker, Williams, Winn. Witifton,— The House then adjourned. By this Day's Mail. NEW-YdRK, April 15. ARRIVED. Schr. Needman, Williams, Edenton Sloop Fanny, Hoit, . St. Eufiatia Lively, Reed, Baltimore Capt. Hoit had his vefiel captured and con demned at Dominico. The agents purchas ed the Vefiel and gave her to the captain,with this vefiel came 4 American matters of ves sels, who had their vefiels and cargoes taken. They report that the privateers continue to take and plunder all vessels they meet, but that 'tis reported, that condemnations will be discontinued till further inftruflions arrive from England, by which time they expeil prudently to be able to form a judgment which fide the Americans mean to take. Reports are, that Fort Bourbon was in pofieflion ps the French the 20th March.— At St. Euftatia, several reports were propa- the fort was taken, but as often contracii&cd ; fc> that wc have reason to con clude that the French are yet in poflefiion of it. The English made an attempt to take a frigate near the Fort, but were driven off with the loss of many lives, having had their gun boats funk. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. CLEARED. Ship Chnrlefton, Garman, Charkfton Aurora, Seward, Poitfmouth Schooner Alice, Weymouth, Bermuda Friendship, M'Namara, Virginia Mary, Hufley, ' Boston Sloop Polly, Graves, Richmond Those persons who unde'takc to cut limber or wood of any kind whatver. from any lands of the real fftate of the late Rrchard Stockton £fq. deceased, in the wide*n prccinft of the County of Somerset in the ftate.of Newjeifey, under a pretence of a i ight to cut on lands adjacent, are itquefttd to desist from so doing, or thry wi|l bt; proceed ed agaihft in such manner as may prove trou blesome and expensive to themselves. Ap il 16. w&s2w NEW THEAT THIS EVENING, April 16. Will be performed, A COMEDY, written by Mrs. Cowley, called the Belle s Stratagem. Doricourt, Mr. Chalmers Hardy, Mr. Morris Sir George Touchwood, Mr. Whitlock Flutter, Mr. Marshall Saviile, Mr. Green Saville's fervt.- Mr. Darley jun. Villers, Mr. Cleveland Courtall, Mr. Moreton Gentleman, Mr. Harwood Gibfon, Mr. Warrell Dick, Mr. Francis Letitia Hardy, Mrs. Morris Mrs. Racket, Mrs. Shaw Lady Frances Touchwood, firft time Mils Oldfield. Mils. Ogle, Mrs. Francis Kitty Willis, Mrs. Kowfon In a