W'uuiuiihj.l *J *mm w f teen BY THIS DAY'S MAILS. C ™J prob; NEW YORK, August 10. of V Yesterday morning, at about a quarter after nine, t y ? -a fire broke out in Fair-street, in a bake house be- an j n longing to a Mr. Woods, Th« tirmly exertions of cont< our experienced and dextrous fire men, prevented f ma ]] Its fpteading,. notwithstanding its being a frame c f £ building, ard surrounded by a number of small t b at dwellings of a similar fabrication. The house in cor p< which the fire broke out, with a store-room, were t ; er3 nearly eonfumed, with a quantity of dock on hand. f U pp Mr. Woods has undoubtedly finlained a very great jjfp C damage. _ » , . requ The frequent fires which have lately happened in •£ bake-houses, we think, mud evince the expediency r y re of a law, prohibiting them being built in future in f rom the centre of the city, unless conftvu&ed entirely raßtt of brick, and covered with tile. If t Ship Penelope, capt. Bunker, from Dublin, was f or[J boarded off Cape Clear, by an English frigate which t b e i, treated him with great politeness—but on this g ain coast was boarded by the Cleopatra frigate, capt. p eo j Penroze, who prefled two of his hands; the lieu- f, on tenant who boarded him behaved with great inso lence, infilled on capt. Bunker's paying the men's me;l wages, which was resolutely refufed wea — tim< Li/l of vejels at Havrc-de-Grace when the Belvtdere w j,;, failed. is fc Ship Mary, Powers, Boston, flour. tee Louisa, Morgan, Yoik, Vir. do. ant j America, Swain, New-Bedford, do. f o ] u Polly and Nancy, Smith, Alexandria, V. fait ta^, for Liverpool. a fc New Jersey, Hefs, Philadelphia,' flour and f ror (iiuff, for Liverpool. thei Republican, Simpfon, Baltimore, flour and ; sa ] rice, for London* itfie Factor, Kemp, New-York, flour, for Rotter- vac j dam and London. off Argus, Finning, do. oiL arid flour for New- er . York. _ an Commerce, Banker, New-York flour, Liver- t h e pool and New-York. ~ John Jennings, Boston, naval stores. Tryall, Berry, do. fait. or^ Union, Pitcher, New Ijiedford, flour. Charleftowu, Clark, Baltimore, flour and Cos- a . c fee for London. Thetis, Lee, New-York. ° Jane, Corvy, London, flour. , Britannia, Young, N. Yarmouth, do. Eliza, Phipps, New-York, flour, butter and °1" candles, for Rotterdam and New-Ydrk. Apollo, Beales, Boston,. flour. tr .J Elizabeth, Bray, Philadelphia, do. i r Minerva, Rathburn, Ncw-Yo-k, do. Brig Sail, Mitchell, Wilmington, flour, for Phi- 1 ladelphia. Rosamond, Hart, Portfmouih, N. H. do. " Tuno, Atkins, Boston, do. for Bred and Isle ° •t May. wa Dean, Hughes, New-York, flour. ' Active, Dorman, Boston, do. Argo, Franckfoit, Philadelphia, do. Bred. Nelly, Shields, Baltimore, do. j Ruby, Stafford, Boston do. , Hannah, Hodgkins, do. ballad. Thomas Chalkk-y, Razor, Philadelphia, flour. ™ Mod of these vcflels were lying at Havre-de- ° Grace when the Belvidere failed, with their car- 7 goes on board, besides twenty fail with their car- P i gocsof flour, chiefly, for different ports in France I and Holland, to try the markets. C 1 Flour at 5 Crowns in Havre—and money scarce. le The brig Sally, Arnold, of this port, arrived at " Bartholemews, on the Bth July lad. ARRIVED AT THIS PORT. Ship Comnjeree, Graham, ' Briilol 84 cl Stad, Altona, Copenhagen f« Brig Mary, , Batavia 137 o Schooner Elizabeth, Godwin, Norfolk, n - » {1 [Wc lately gave a tranflatioh (fee Daily Advertif- r ei of ?9th Jufy) of the letters which pafled be- r tween Mr. Barthslemi, the French Ambassador, aud the Magistrates of the Canton of Basil, f . Switzerland, on the 9th and nth of May last. The following is the letter which Mr. Barthele- t mi had previously tranfmttted to the Executive J Directory, and which occasioned the latter cor- ; refpondence. The fame good fesfe and inde- | pendent spirit pervades this communication. J From the Courier bu Corps Legislatif. 7*ranjlatcd for the Daily Advertise*. PARIS, May 1. We have spoken of a letter from the Directory to the Magistrates of Basil, relative to niiftruft which I they entenaincd of a profpeft in favor of the prince of Conde and the nnigrants : The following is the answer which the magistrates addreifed to our am baflador Bart nelemi, and which we have taken Jrom the Courier of Strafburg. Letter of the Magistrates of Basil, to Citizen Bar theienrli, Ambassador of the Fiench Republic to the Swiss C<-jjitons. Your Excellency has addressed to us with your letter of the sth of April, a writing from the Ex ecutive Directory, which appears to be a rcfolution copied from their records. We pass without any observations cxn the form of it which is so unusual, becgufe weought-tofuppofe that it has been through' mistake that it has been sent to us in that manner ; and because wa ought to believe that the govern ment wili ever leave the concerns of llrangers to their own deliberations exclusively. But if the form of that writing has appeared ftrangc to us, its tenf guarawtee, ] which, in our opinion, avails more than that which ; is founded on our military strength. But guaian- j tee is founded on the faith of the powers at war, ; and in their intered. It is founded in that firm re- , solution which the Swiss Cantons have unanimously , taken of nevei - departing from those principles of a scrupulous neutrality which they lit inherited from their ancefters, and in the knowledge which their neighbours have of this determination. It is also founded in the difficulties which their country itfelf opposes tn the pafTage of troops since the in vading party would have its retreat inevitably cut off by the arrival of the contingents of our confe derates, ready to avenge, with the greatefl ardor, an insult offered to that neutrality which they themselves religiously observe. We now come to the chaige which the Direct ory have made againd the magistrates of Batii, and againd some burghers of this and other Cantons— a charge vag'ne and without example. The opi nion and will of the foyereignty in a Republic, is to be known by their resolutions folqmnly taken and not f rem the private opinion of individuals. But however widely individuals among us may differ in, I opinion, they, Beverthelefs, all unite in one com mon point, and that point is a love for their coun try, and a conviction that the jlriftejl rftulrd/ity is the foundation of our political exijlence. By inte grity our good-will and our friendfhip are gaiiied. Our hearts are changed by vague reproaches and demonstrations of mistrust. What would it be if ' that midrud had for its foundation the mere tales e of men, wl«o, of guilty views, inf#:red by venge ance, hatred or ambition, would exaggerate what was in itfelf inflgnificant ; would paint in the mod glowing colours what was indifferent ; and wosld conceal that which would explain the true fpitjt of our views and of our political ftepsj ThFDireflory, in fee, maTces us responsible for the operations of war. We know that every govern ment is answerable for the faults which through forgetfulnefs of its duties and its oaths it knowing ly commits. But calm and tranquil in dur princi r pies, proud of that sentiment of freedom and 1111- changeablenefs which i 3 the sole guide of our nego ciations, we are ready to take upon ourselves that responsibility : we are all but as one man, and we can count not only upon the inhabitants ofourown canton, but upon all the members! of the confede ration. Your excellency during the course of your diffi cult million was impressed by us with very different sentiments,- and the dire&oty have lately expretfeci on that fubjefl their highed fatisfadlion. We dc k. not at all doubt but_that, prefent«l by you, the an {wer we fend you will, after a deliberation with th< if- reprefsntatives of the Helvetic Body, be favorablj >e- received. >r, We pray God to take you in his holy and power fil> ful keeping, iIL Basil, 9th April, 1769. Signed by the Burgc le- matters and Counsellor, of the City and Canton o ive Basil. _ GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES PHIL ADELPHIA-. THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST IJ. ?ry The (hip Joseph, Capt. Stone, arrived here 70 da; ich from Liverpool. Spoke the following vefiels on h nce paflagc. June 15, lit. 46, the brig Columbia, Lou i 1 from Milford for Boston, out 8 days, nd lat. 42, 5! Ic a Danish ship (hip from Bourdeaux for New-York, o im " 21 days with a number of paflengers. July 9> lat. 4 om 26, long. 48, the brig Adventure, Barr, from Ne London, far London, out 12 days. 31ft lat. 67,3 Ship Ceres from New-London to Liverpool out 3 da) Sat- Augnft 3, ship American Eagle, Pearfon, from B»fb blic for Virginia. our The following /fmcrican-vejfels are aducrt'tfed te J. tr x _! in liillingt'i Liverpool, Advert fer of the, 30th May ldn Ship Gen. Washington, Perry, for Philadelphia. an 7 Wilmington, —-, do. ua '» Hamburgh Paoket, Clay, do. ugh' Huldah, Warner, do. to fail May 30. - er ; Commerce, Pelano, New-York, Jane n. ;rn- Jav, Dyer, do. May 30.* t0 Olive Branch, Provooft do. the Warren, Landers, do. June 5. Indeptndence, Stocking, do. firft vreek in Ju: us ' Commerce, Smith, Baltimore. » 38 Jane, Rogefs, do. :r * Brig Eli/a, Benfon, do. the Siiip Reliance, Webber, Cronftadt and St. Peterfbur] 1 in- Ma >' 2B ome Hannah, Springer, Boston, May 30. ; Deiight, Wilson, do. Alknomack, Tucker, do. , »' s A Bo ok-Keeper, " I ' l ' /~\K Ckrk's pfacc wanted by a pc-rfon properly qn ■ arr y )Ud , m d whose ehnrafler will be found unexcepti have j bio. Apply to the Printer, have Aug. 11 1 By ■the Jbip Jefcph, Stone, from Liverpool we Mar! oitwt receivedßillinjjc'a Liverpool Advertifrt - to (tance, tht AO lb Mciy :—the fallowing articles arc copied before thePHro*. I, ' m to the irte LIVERPOOL. May 30. "'Jj™ Ships arrived Jiace onr lap. noftilic Hamburgh Packet, Clay, Philadelphia* ° Molly, j. French, Virginia. fti Sailed May 21. Columbia, j MafTachufetts. , ' , 22. Friendship, Froftj Philadelphia. cfagt The Sound Lift# give a catalogue of nolefsthan fifty-fcvftn vefiVT* for this country laden with grain, on( j ( , the cargoes of forty-two of which are entirely wheat. e j, Yetlerday the fubferibers to the new loan Oi '» 7,5C0,0001. made good theii firtl payment oi 151. percent, at the Bank. be C Vul LONDON, May 28. FRATRICIDE. whatfi Lad night, as lord F. Townfhend, and his bro- , n ther lord Charles, were returning in a post-chaise from Yarmouth, whither they had keen on ele£t on- j eering bulinefs,*a dispute took place which termi- t j mes nated in the death of thelaster who was (hot thro' arr ; ve ' the head by his brother in the carriage! At Mile- reet End the polt-boy heard the report of a pistol, but imagined it was at fomediftance ; and drove on 'till j s j £)IW he entered town, when he (lopped and atked lord w j )ert Frederick where he would be driven to, who wildly t j )e c | replied to the devil if yJu will." The boy con- ceiving hislordfhip indifferent as to the place, did e( j a jj not {top until he reached when, op- f ening the chaise door, lord F. attempted to jump j. !iCC , out, but the boy then feeing the body of the de- t |, E ceased weltering in blood, secured him. yeop WF.STMINSTER ELECTION. Mid I Yesterday, about ele'ven o'clock, the tht re Can- 7 • didates, Chsrks James Fox, Esq. admiral fir Al- ; rcu > lan Gardener,- and John Home Tooke, Etq. arriv- rflore ' ed on the Hustings. After the deputy of the High-Bailiff had read the Precept and the feyeral atts of Pailiament, Mr. Fox was nominated by Mr. | T. Scott, and seconded hy Mr. Harry House.. He j ® then addrefled the electors in a very (hort speech, in | _ which he reminded them how often they had vhofen j j him for their reprefemative ; and ventured to feel Ij. [, pretty confident, if his pall conduct had met with 1 g t their appiobation, as he trusted *it had, that they I l( would hjjain commit their interells to his charge. j y.,.. !_ Sir Thomas Turton then nominated Admiral fir Al- J . lan Gardner, in a very animated speech, in which he j enumerated (he various and important services perform- | * ,acl !S ed by the gallant Admiral, which could not fail to feuure j join to him the admiration, protection and gratitude of e- I beti I. very true Englishman. He dwelt on his brilliant exer- j d tions on the glorious nth of April, and the no less glo- I 3n( j if lious ift of June, now fre(h in every mm's memory, I , s for which he had received the approbation of his So- I " , vereign, and the unanimous thanks of both Houses of j 1 c Parliament. He had on many occasions, rifqi.ed his I mOl life for his countrymen, every individual of whom he J Ch 1 had laid under obligations, by his services : those they I the Id had now an opportunity to-repay. Sir Thomas spoke j ; n g of V ith modelly of his coming forward on this occasion, I ( which he declared ht* did as an independent man, zea- I * r loiifly Sffacied to the' coriTlitution of his country. — I The motion wrs seconded by Admiral Ommaney. n " Sir A. Gardner then addrefled the election with all I w a ?'• the pkin, snanly eloquence peculiar to British Seamen, j wi! f ■ He said, that he came forward to •fier himfelf to their j dit _i- notice, in consequence of the ftrongrft solicitations of j ,} ll m- many most refprAable eleflors. He lpoke with modes- j j* U( c . ty of his pretentions to their favour, they were merely I, . founded on his having dtvoted forty years of his life I to the service of his King and his Country* His hav- I ' " e iivg been thus employed, it could not be expelled that Jth " pn he should be qualified to expreft himlelf with any elo- I ofl ie- quence, This he m«ft therefore leave to others. He I L declared h i vat nicnt the be ft of Kings, and fixed j ffi. determination to exert himlelf on all occasions, in de- j m ent fence of our glorious Constitution, against its enemies, 1 r 1 whether domestic or foreign. He was not much in the J j habits of making profeffions. Should theelei!lor4 think I "° him worthy of thehonorable fituationto which he pre- 1 N an " fumed to aspire, it (hould bethepride of his lifeto (hew Jtc ihe his gratitude, by discharging the duties of the impor bly tant trust eommitted to his care, with honor & fidelity. The Admiral's speech, delivered throughout with Urt- c( k . er . common feeling, was received with loud, acclamations of Gardner and Victory 1 Mr. Tooke was then propoftd by Mr. Felix Vaug- a han, and seconded by Mr. Sharpe. He only laid, that o °' he did npt think itjneceffary to trouble the electors, as the Hbn. Baronet had made a Speech long enough f< for the three Candidates. v 7C The returning officer Ithen declared the (hew of y hands to be in favor of Mr. Fox and Mr. Alan Gard ner ; on which Mr. Tooke demanded a Poll, which commenced at 12 o'clock, and closed at seven. At eight o'clock, the numbers were declared to be, for Mr. r Fo;c, 232, Sir Alan Gardner, I*9, Mr.Toftke, 132. r 1 her DEATH OF LORD CHARLES TOWNSHEND. r iweil POLICE OFFICE, MARLBOROUGH STREfjf. r 58, I We yefttrday (liortly hinted at one of tne mod ] ' out ' melancholy tranfa£ions it has ever fallen to our lot , , 43 ' 'to record. The following are some further parti- [ ! culars of that unfortunate accident, which have | jays' come regularly before the public: Lord Charles ; »fton Townfhend, and his brother Lord Fiedertck , Townfhend, sons to the Marquis Townfhend, had been at Great Yarmouth, for which place Lord | 'fail Charles had been just chosen Representative : they | fay. arrived in town yesterday mprning'about fix o'clock, ] and when they reached Oxford-flreet, near the Pan theon, the poll-boys (lopped to enquire where the Bifhopof Norwich, to whole house they had been ordered to dr.ve, lived ; when Lord Frederick - jumped out-of the chaise, and (truck one of the boys, which gave rife to an altercation, that drew together several persons who were passing by. He infilled upoffit, that the boy knew wh.re the J une- (hop lived ; and on the man's protesting that be did not, his Lordship abused him with grear violence, and with the molt deplorable marks of lnfanity, he urgh, threw off hiscoat, waistcoat, and (hirt, challenged 28. hi!• to fight. Unable to provoke the man to a «on itelt, he walked leisurely away towards Hanover fquarc, when some person who had ueen attentive to the whole scene, looked into the carriage, and saw a lifelefs on the feat, which proved to be the corpse of Lord Charles. L V d Frederick was T"'" immediately pursued, and being taken near the end :pt '° n " of 3wallow-(treet> wis conduced to a ne.ghboyr tf ing watch-house. As soon us tlae Magiftvatfi M 4-e QUice, in Mirlboro'jgh-ltreerv wen apprized of thecitcoGi* Itance, they ordered Lord Frtdrrickto be brought before them, together with the podilions who drove him to town. His Lordihip when interrogated oa the melancholy fitbjeft, bettayed the raoft unetjuivo cal fymptoras ot'-a mental derahgertiear, ar.d it be came neceflary far the Magistrates to apply to the poftiliolis sot the informal ion they wanted. The sr(t person examined was Chi illopher Airy, a postilion, who depofedthat he lived at the Angel Inn, at flltord ; that he was called out of bed at > four o'clock this morning {Friday) by the arrival of a gentleman's chariot. He affiled to ptlt four fiefh liOrfes to it, and with another drivel- set off to London. The glasses Vere up. and he was order ed to Hanover- Square, by a geirtleman in the car' i» age, dreffee in black. ( Lord Frederick Townfliend); he saw no other gentleman in the cattiage ; and was pbfitive that there was no other on the feat, because, it t/here had been, he must have seen him. The gentleman i,n black paid the Stratford turn pike. They then drove on, and he heard rio noifd whatfoevcr until they came near the Globe at town-end, when he heard the report of a pistol in the carriage, and turning about, saw Lord Frede risk wave iiie h»t, aftd heard him hollow several times, and make a great deal of noise.-*—When they arrived at the corner of Argyle-llreet, in Oxfoid ftreet, he alighted to alk the gentleman where he was to drive )tim to ? who said, to the Bishop of Noiwich's ; but upon faying that he did not know •where th« Bifliop lived, the gentleman eathe out of the chariot, and struck him over the face, and swore he would knock him down. Lord Fredrick walk* ed about without attempting to make off, and (hip ped off his ceat, waistcoat and (birt ; opened the knees of his, breeches, and talked cf fighting. He* the degonent, then went to the doof of the and saw a dead man lying oil the culliion. The yreople then came up, furrotinded Lord Frederick, and tc.»k liim to the watch-house. John March,.the other driver, corroborated every ' circumstance ("worn to by Airy ; he did not fee itiore than one gentleman in the chariot. He far \ ther added, that Lord Frederick, before they set out, gave him two guineas, which he desired hitn ' J to give to any poor ptrfon, and said, '• perhaps yott C I may fee some widow v(ho has adiftreffed family." " j He also offered him more money ; but the oftlir defued him to put his money in his pocket, h« I said, " Aye, I believe 1 had better." Sir Edmund Laton said, that Tie went down y with Lords Charles and Frederick Towhfhend to Yarmouth ; he never saw a stronger affection than there always had been between the brothers, tior v had they any difference while at Yarmouth. They re joined in the fellivity at the Election too much., and e- betrayed both of them, but particularly Lord r " Charles, the mod 1. dubitable fymptorfia of insanity, and chiefly after dinner and supper. They fre y' quently went alone about Yarmouth, cryuig, that °f their enemies were their belt friend*, dispensing their ,is money lavishly, and without diflinftion j and Lord he Chavles went into one of the horlfes belonging to ey the opposite Candidate,, and narrowly efeaped be ing thrown out of the window by the opposite par ty.' The day before the Elcftion, his friends ob served him to be so much deranged, that they were afraid he fouW not fland the Poll ; however, there all was no opposition. After the eledtion he talked en. wildly after dinner ; and, that night, the family was eir disturbed by his continually opening and (hutting the window shutters; the next morning he was in lci ' such a (late, that his friertd locked the door upon Jjk him. Sir Edmund said, that the friends of av t Lord Charles and Lord Fiederick wished to get hat them out of Yarmouth fli soon as poflßhle ; #ud he slo- offered to accompany th?m in their chariot, but He Lord Charles declined taking him as a companion, xed faying, that his servant was too ill to drive, and he ? e " must take him in the Carriage with him. He. (Sir " t "e Edfcinnd), however, followed them to towo in the Mail Coach, with an intention of informing the pre- Marquis of their fitimtiou, He could not speak as hew to any other particulars. per- James Vaughan afiifted in conveying the dead hty. body into the house of Mr. Barnham, Chemist, the . u * l " corner of Argyle-ftreet. It appeared to him, that lons the pilloLwas put into the mouth of the deceased, aug . and the bullet came out at the back pait «f the top that of his ; the teeth were not hurt. Vor», Laurent Parnell, who has been Lotd Frederick's lugh s er vant fix years, said he went down to Yarmouth with him, and that James May, Lord Charles' fer * vant, also accompanied them. He corroborated hich k cen refpefting the insane conduit of At Lord Charles, at Yarmouth, and added, that hil Mr. matter Lord Frederick, had been confined far infa (2. nity about two years ago, when he had a ttrait-Vvaift coat on, and was attended by a man from Dr. Mon* ND. ro's. He also said, that from his conduit at Yar* mouth, he fufpeded another fit was coming on. m °ft He and the other servant returned from Yiymouth ir lot w ; t {, their mailer, whom they accompanied oa >arti- horseback as far as Woodbridge, but their being z have f carc i,y of horses, they were obliged to stop there, latlcs an( j f o llow their matters from thence, they had ar erick r ; vc j i n London about two honrs after them. , had had not heard a word on the road of a pistol Lord having been fired, nor did he know or hear of there they bfcing any dispute between Lord Frederick and hia lock, brother. Whilst he accompanied them, he obferv. Pan- t< i |-,J g matter to be more deranged than while he e the was at Yarmouth ? particularly when they passed been through Ipswich, where was an ele£lion mob ; he lerick thought it was a oiob from Yarmouth following hi» f the C a rr iac>e. At dinner yesterday they had not (he drew finifhed one bottle of wine ; and coilld not, He therefore, be intoxicated. As the gentleman came e Bi- nearer London, Lord Frederick left his watch with! le did a p 0 jt boy, as a tt>k:n to his servant to pay the lence, drivers of onecoaeh, one guinea each. ty,he FORTSsILE, ' The Cargo of the ship Potomack Chief, confiding of mover 450 Hhds. Tobacco, entive c hicfly from the tippet warelioufes on Si.uth Potomac, ani r s and of a good quality. to be This fliip Ss char ered to procsei to Falmouth anH one .1 , a port in Europe without the Strfjghts and Baltick a 65C. £ w ' ftcrling Freight and 5 per ceat. primage, and will be clear ie end to kjj [,y t he 15th inft. from Alextndria. KboUr- p or terms apply .0 EMANUEL WALKER. Aug. Jp