"» fSy, ini Natural HI {lory, in the Caroline College of Brurifwick. LxtraA from tlie M'nutes, R. Patterson, Secretary. April 21. Capt. Erwin, of the brig Hope, in 23 days from Grenada, informs that he left there about 12 fail of American veflels. He further informs that the.y have giv en up every idea of committing any furth er depredations on the American com merce, and it was generally believed that restitution would be made The Courier Francois of this morning contains an account said to be conveyed by a letter, dated, under fail, in fight of Cape Henry, 17th inft. That an Ame ican ves sel from Gibraltar, brings a report and affirmation, that the Spaniards have de manded a suspension oi arms —that they have declared in favor of France againit England, and have already made prepara tions to btliege Gibraltar. Accounts, printed and verbal, receiv ed by the fiii'p William Finn are, That in France immense exertions weie making to prosecute the war agamit the combined powers—that innumerable multitudes were marching from all quarteis to reinforce their armies on the f.ontiers—that Valen eiewieß was-befieged by the French, and that it had'been lummoned to surrender, in peremptory terms —that general tran quility prevailed in France, except in La Veirdee, where the iufurgents were again in motion—that the agriculture of the country was in a fiojurifhing state—that in England, and on the Continent the great est preparations were made to prosecute the war against France —that the duke of York had from England, and had arrived at Courtray, where he had fixed his Head-Quarters —that the ensuing cam paign was expected to be the mod vigor ous on all udes fmcy the commencement of the war. The British ministerial inftrudtions of the 6th November were universally repro bated in Great Britain—Accounts of the depredations on the American commerce bad reached England, and excited the greatefl alarm among the Merchants. It wis very generally said, that com pensation would be made by the British government for the lofTes the United States had so unjustly fufbiined by the plunder v f the British cruisers. Aftimtg other re ports it is said, that the King of Eng land has relapsed into a state of infailit) —what 'gave rife to this conjecture is his being frequently canitil to the Thea tre of iate. By this Day's Mail. NEW-YORK, April 26. The following is tranjlated from a French paper of the 17 th February, for the Ne<w- Tni k Daily Gazette. Proclamation of the Citizen Piehegru, General, Commander in Chief of the Army of the North, to his Fellow- Soldiers. Comrades ! IN accepting the command of the Ar my I iely lets on my own talents than on your courage and the fpuit of Liberty which presides over our arms. We have purged the fun of republicanism of thole spots with which its fuvface was polluted 1 by the united bands of titled villains.— Our brave republicans have seen their ene mies fly, before them, and . there remains but a f.natl portion 0} our territory taint ed by their machinations, but by the ex ertion of our united efforts we must loon accomplish their total ruin. We fight for freedom, and I flatter myfelf we will not fight in vain. - Yet a mutual confidence is necessary to infuieour success—a volunta ry union of talents and inclination. E very man must redouble his efforts to aug ment our means. You, brave veterans who have been lignalized in battle, give to our young foldieis all necessary inltruc tion, that they may soon follow you to the field of glory ! Let the recital of your anions inftiil in their minds to an ea ger delirc toimitateyourcondufl. Ailume no superiority but that to which dangers have entitled you, and which dangers tney are willing to divide. And you, young citizens, who aie cal led upon to defend your country, show youilelves zealous of laudable inftru£b*on, that you may be enabled to fulfil your glorious task. Be all friends of order and necessary subordination, without which 'tis impofiible to succeed. What talents 1 possess shall be devoted to your service ; but I am a frank Republican, if you do not proceed well I will tell you iof and recall you to order. If I should happen to devidie from the line 1 eaineftly invite you to copy my example. I (hall always regard your councils as teftirfionieff of friendfhip, and you will discover the pu rity of my intentions by my ctonftant afii duity. Let us all pursue the fame path and we must lucceed.—Five la Repubhque. PICHEGRU. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. GHENT, February 18. There are various reports relative to our plan of cperations, but that " which carries with it tnoft probability is, that the Britilh, Dutch, and Hanoverians, with 12 or 14,000 Auftrians, under the command of the Duke of York, will, guard the frontiers of W-ft Flanders; while the Imperial army, under Prince Cobourg, will recommence its opera tions against Bouchain, where it is under llood the principal army of the enemy is polted. PARIS, February 16. The Revolutionary Tribunal has condem ned to transportation for life, seven Nuns, for having concealed in their houses some non-juring Priests, and refufed themselves to take the oath to liberty. The French have entirely evacuated the Duchy of Deux Fonts, and have dtfifted roni eroding batteries at Pirmafens: they it every point indicate a disposition to retreat. By the Corunna mails, two of which have arrived together, Intelligence is said to have been brought, that diredtly contradicts a late itatem-nt published in France, of a victory having been obtained by the Conventional troops 011 ;he fide of the Pyreilnees ; we do not, however, learn, that Perpigr.an i 3 takeu by the Spaniards, as lately reported in the Italian prints. A great number of Very promising young officers, have lacely fold out of the army— This bespeaks an approaching campaign of danger! In the course of the present war, from February I, 1793, till February 1, 1794, a writer, who we believe is accurate, stales the captures from the French by the Britilh, ac cording to Lloyd's books, to be 253 j of which feventy-five were private ?rs, four fri gates, and three Hoop?. To these mult be added fifty-two more taken under pretended neutral colourc, having French property on board i and forty-five superior Ihips »f war taken or destroyed at Toulon, totai 319, of which one hundred and twcnty-il-ven were fhiys of war ; and 202 trailing vessels. On the other fide, the captures by the French from the Britilh have amounted to -5^2. — Of these, ten were privateers, a.id two tri gates; so that the balance of ips of war, amounts to the vait number of 115 n favor of Great Britain. That the balance of mer chant Ihips taken should be against us to the number of 118, ought not "to lurprize us, when we consider the great and universal extent of the commerce of Great Britain, compared with that of France, according to which proportion only can a fair estimate be made. A letter from Leghorn, dated January 30, fays, ' On the 15th inft. a desperate action took place off the height of Porto Vecchio, between three Sardinian vessels and two Bar bary zebecks. The Sardinians grappled and took one of 18 guns and 100 men, and also grappled and boarded the other of 12 guns and 96 men ; but some of the crew, rather than yield, set fire to her, and she blew up, but happily not before the Sardinian vessels had disengaged th 'mfelves, and picked up the people who had been blown up, among whom were some Sardinians. The crews of the Sardin an vessels were so enraged, that they dispatched all the Turks and Algerines whom they had taken, consisting of 92. ] The loss of the Sardinians was seven men killed, 75 wounded.' PLYMOUTH-DOCK, Feb. 27. Admiral Macbride and his squadron are ft ill in Torbay. Lad night arrived in Cawfatvd-bay, his Majejty's (hip Adamant ofso guns, Capt. Lentinck, who has been cruiiing these fix weeks in the Bay, but has not taken any thing. | 1 For the Gazette of the United States. MH- Fknno, It is a long time lince there has been any Norfolk news, the fine fancies that have amused the public for several months seem to have grown dull of late. The roads are very good, and surely a man might be sent on to tell the gaping world, that there is news, which will follow him in a few days, which indeed is on the way, but he oat travell d it.—lt is no less strange than true that the messenger flies further than the news, generally the intelligence has been so pat, so nicely timed, that it could not have done better if it had been be fpr.iie and made for a customer : and yet LONDON, February 24. it is ten to one, that it is news made for sale.—Fort Bourbon might be recovered back again, with a dafli of the pen) a fleet might be taken with an hundred mil lions of hard dollars; there lies the Deda lus, a paragraph would make prize of her, ten victories on the Rhine, would not colt ten lines. The town could be cannona- - dedby a B'ritilh {hip, without any noise. 1 starve in short for news. I hunger and thirst /or meat and drink, to recruit my patriotic rage. Congress already lowers its tone; so that-without some new {timulus it will re turn into a cursed cold reasonable tem per that already makes me lose my own. Let Norfolk provide the treat. One Printer jn this City will serve it up. CHAMELEON. For the Gazette of tht United States. MR. Fennos Six Dollars for about Three boars attend ance per day, is good wages, even in Phila delphia ; and the worst of it is, that high salaries fometlmes protradt business. Query, whether a certain great body that (hall be nameless, is not going to follow the example of a foreign connexion : that is, to make war,and wait to fee that it is properly conduced. It is expe&ed however, that in that cafe the patriots would find themselves. Things at a distance are often appreciated to their full value, and imported- faihions are beioitching. For the Gazette of the United States. Addrefledto Miss ofthe New- Theatre. Let other Bards attune their lays And sing whom they efteetn, A W claims my Muse's praise, A W is my theme. Assist ye Nine, whilil I disclose The beauties of her face,' Where blends the Lily with the Rose To heighten every grace. Her coral lips her azure eye, Ten thousand charms impart, And while they draw from each a %h, They ileal from each a heart, But let the Nymph whose beauties may Uflnum'ber d prailes gain, Remember when it fades away, Her virtues will remairt. A meflage from the Senate by Mr. Otis their Secretary, was this day received by the Koufe of Kepi efiatatives, which informed the Hotrfe that the Senate had had under consideration the bill entitled an Ast to sus pend the importation of certain goods, wares, and merchandize, and have resolved that the said bill do not pass. Sirtce writing the above <we have been fa vored with the following : The Senate have this day negatived the billfufpending commercial intercourse with preat Britain, which parted the House of Representatives lad week. On the queltion to agree to the firft paragraph, which contains the Prohibi tion, the yeas and nays were— Yeas—Meflrs. Brown, Burr, Butler, Edwards, Gunn, Hawkins, Langdon, Martin, Monroe, Robinson and Tay lor—ii. Nays—Meflrs. Bradford, Cabot, Ellf wgrth, Foster, Frelinghuyfen, Henry, Izard, King, Morris, Potts, Rofs, Rti therfurd, Strong and Vining— 14. Meflrs. Jackson, Bradley, Livermore, and Mitchell, were not present when the vote was taken. The other fe&ions of the bill fell of course ; on the queflion whether the bill thus disagreed to, should pass to a third reading—the Senate being equally divided it pasTed in the negative by the voice of thfc Vice President. The Port-Office bill was palled this day. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. ARRIVED. Ship Peter Holker, Dodge, Turk's Island Dispatch, Hathaway, Amsterdam William Penn, Dale, London Snow Conception, Silva, Lilbon Harmony, Ellfworth, Bilboa Brig Hcpe, Erwin, Grenada Aflive, Welsh, Chailefton Hiram, Childs, do. Superbe, Munn, Cape Nic. Mole Schr. Fatigue, Arnold, Providence Linnet,' Cronin, Savannah Swallow, Connell, Charleston Guftavus, M'Connell, N. Carolina D iiry-Maid, Hammell, Havannah William, Fully, North Carolina Sloop Sally,, Tracy, Nantucket Nancy, Fortune, N. London I Sarah Ann, Gladding, R. Iflard ' Ranger, Dunn, . N. York .The Revenue Schooner, Capt. Mont gomery, returned from Charleften yester day morning. Capt. Connell from Charleston informs that a French privateer of li Guns, had sent into that place, a Spanilh privateer of 14 Guns, and a Bermudian of 8 tl-uns. Capt. iHathaway failed in company from Amsterdam with the (hip Cleopatra, Smith, of Philadelphia he left at' Amster dam about 15 fail of veflels. Capt. Dale left London, the firft of March, and Falmouth the 20th. The ship George Barclay was to fail the 7th and the Pigou the 21ft March. In the William Penn came 31 cabbin and about 2o ftierage paflengers. Captain Welsh of the Brig A<ftive, in 7 dfys from Charleston", informs, that on Wed rtelday last, in lat. 36, Off Cape Hatteras, he saw a.ship at a distance, which he supposed to be the Charleston, Capt. Garman. To Correspondents. . *** There are several objeilions to » A Bystander." The piece.signed " An UnMckJed Ame rican" requires feme explanation—an inter view with the writer is requested. Nankeens of Superior Quality, TOR SALE AT No. 40, north Fifth Street. •April 2i. mw&ftf A FARMER. NEW THEATRE. Will be performed, A TRAGEDY, called HA M L E % PRINCE of DENMARK; Camlet, Mr. Fennell Mr. Green G "rt> Mr. Whitlock Horatio, Mr. Maflhall Laertes, Mr. Moreton Polonius, Mr. Morris Rofencrausj Mr. Francis Guildenftern, Mr. Cleveland Player King, Mr. De Moulin i Francisco, Mr. Darley juril , Marcellus, Mr. Haywood I Bernardo, Mrr'WarreO . Oftric, Mr. Finch Officer. Mr. Bliflet , Grave-diggers, Mr. Bates & Mr. Wignell Queen, Mrs. Shaw Ophelia, Mrs. Marfliall Player Queen, Mrs. Rowfon To which will l;e added, : A New serious Pantomime, once perform i ed heTe, called f La Foret Noire, t OR THE NATURAL SON. With New Music by Mr. Re : nagle, and , New Scenery by Mr.Milburn. , The Panto mime under the direQion of Mr* Francis. Geronte, father of Lucille Mr. Greeh Lanzedan, Lucille's lover Mr. Moreton Adolphe, the natural son, Mailer T.Warrell Pince, a finical Abbe, Mr. Francis Lubin, apeafant, Mr. Warrell Fronte & Pafquin, ferva*ts to Geronte',Mef frs. Warrell & Darley jun. Lucille,(Daughter to Geronte) Madame Gardie, from the Theatre at Paris being her firft appearance on this stage. Marton,Lucille's maid, Miss Rowfon BANDITTI. Le Terreuir, captain of the banditti, Mr. Marfliall Sans Quartier, the lieutenant Mr. Cleveland Robbers, Meflrs. Bliflet, De Mou lin, Lee, Bason, &c. Books, descriptive of the Pantomime, to be had at the Theatre. *** As incon\ eniences to the public have vifen from the Box uook u. njg r.pen cn the days of performance onlv, n future . t end ance will be given at the office 1 n the Th t a re every day from ten 'tiii one, and on the days of performance from ten till three o'clock izr the afternoon. Applications for Boxes, it it refpe&fully requested, may be addreflcd, to Mr. Franklin, at the Box-Office. Ladies and Gentlemen are reqirefied t<r fend their servants to keep places, at half an hour past 4 o'clock, and to order them t<y withdraw, as soon as the company are seated as-they cannot on any account be permitted to remain in the boxes, nor any places kept after the firft act. , ' * Places in the Boxes to be taken at the Box- Office of the Theatre,at any hour from nine, in the morning till three o'clock in the ast r-"' noon, rjl the day of perform Mice. Tickets. to be had at the office near the Theatre, ae j the corner of Sixth-ftreet,and.at Carr & Co's * Muficalßepofitory, No. «.»,• Market-street NANKEENS. THIS EVENING, April 28. - • -•'%c
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