lo the sfrtfltei and intenaon of the generous La Pay
ttte, Jeduced our fifhcrmea to go and fettle in Dun
kirk, by offering them a bounty of ten dollars a
ion on their veffcls, besides other advantages. In
page to, he tells us, that soon after this plan of
iiedudtion, France (hut her ports to all foreign fi(h
oils—an exeluGon which falfied our Jifhery ; thai
they afterwards opened their ports to the produce
of our whale fiftierie,, continuing however their en
deavours to recover a (hare id this fifhery themselves,
by the aid of our JiJhermen, having then one hundred
and fifty American, on board the seventeen Frcnch
vessels employed in both fiftwries.
There is one furthet remark which prefentsitfelf
•n examining this report.—ln dating the disadvan
tages which would attend our loss of the fifheries,
the secretary mentions, the injury to our naviga
iion, and the confeqtient dependence on the car
riage of other nations: "We (hould lose," fays he,
" during an European war, the cairiage for belli
gerent powers, which the neutrality of onr flag
would render an incalculable fourcc of profitand
yet, in this very report, he advises hostile measures
—yet, in his commercial report, he repeats this
advice with greater zeal, and in his general politi
cal conduct, he has been always promoting mea
sures, the unequivocal objeA of which was, to en
lifi us on the fide of France during the present war,
and thus compel us to relinquish the neutrality of
oar flag, this incalculable source of profit to the Uni
ted State,. PHOCION.
Philadelphia,
SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19,1796.
Died, at Burlington, Vermont, of a lingering
eomplaint, Mr. Democratic Sociitv aged three
years.
*/ "The Federalist," No. VII. omitted this
day for want of room, (hall appear on Monday. 1
Extra# of a letter from Meflrs. John Sulkeley & Son
I of Lisbon, dated 14th September, 1796, to a mer- !
chant in this city.
" Refpeftirg politics, the late apprehensions of a
war between England and Spain are diminiOied, the
latter having taken off the embargo on the British
packett, and these are to continue to fail in turns as
tifual, our court is continuing to arrange matters with ;
the French Republic, and a general Peace is thought to (
be negociating—Flour 8 Mille per barrel.
Extradl of a letter from a refpe&able house in Lon- '
don, dated Bth Gdlober, 1796, to a merchant in |
this city. ' ,
19 The Directory of France bave granted a passport (
t® enable our government t<- treat for peare—it is high ,
time a (top (hould be put to the effufion of blood. It 1
is the general opinion that there will be a war between
Spain asd this country ; both kingdoms have laid
embargoes upon the veffcls of each other in their ports. '
One of our frigates, the Sea Horse, has captured two c
rich Spanifli (hips and brought them into Cork; we a
have a letter to day mentioning that 150,000!. in f
specie has been taken out of one of tbem, and that it
>« imagined the other has eonfiderably more, exclu- r
five of the value of their cargoes.
•' English Wheat 55 to 6cs. per quarter of 8 bu(hels '
—last wock it was 3s. dearer." si
P
BY THIS DAY's MAILS. «
NEW-YORK, November 18.
[The following is from the Argus.] ''
By Capt. Harris we received our regular file of at
the Morning Port, to the 10th October incluftre <r;
from which we hasten to abffraft the following im- im
portant articles— •
Army of the Sambre and Mtuft.
) That in their retreat, they did not lofc more than fa
6,000 men, in killed, wounded, priloncis, sick, tl^
and desertions, had a reinforcement of 16 to 18,000 ol
men, made a (land at Neuwied, and Sieg, after' ctj
crossing it. That from the i6ih to the 23d Sep- m
tember, there were continual fightings, with al- hi
ternate success.
That the French re-crofled the Sire, and ad- b<
▼anced on the 23d.
That on the 26th general Kleber attacked and bl
beat the Auftnans on the Sieg, aod the whole ar. j 0
my was advancing That on the 24th general Bour- h
nonvrlle an«l general Jourdan were at Ifenberg
General Bournonville eommands the centre from „«
Neuw.ed to Dierdorf; the advanced guard by ge- d ;
neral Caftelveld at Romnefdotf. h
Rhine and Moselle. '
That Moreaw had caused 25,000 men to retreat
towards Nuremberg and the Rhine, to divert p,i„< c R
Cha.les from Jourdan. That Moreau had also «
"l ;T: w *s»« m
Jrrny "/ ttaly. 1)
1 hat K""" 1 Buonapa.ft con.int.ed viSorious— ,|,
many bloody battle, had been fought, in on. of du
Jfch g e,, eral Wurmfer saved himfelf and small "
,1! by ' nto Mantua . they and &
JO,OOO more are (hut up.
Much pains was and is taken to deceive the pub
1C on the fubjedt of the continental atmies. m
peace. mc
That the overtures on the part of Enoland t«
the French republic have all fallen through Pi?'
but off R P; rdnerd , id n ° l g" Newfoundland, de ,
but off Rochfort, in search of Richery, and not "
finding him, returned to hi, Ration off Brett.
The late oour at which we received the London \
papers not admit of enlarging—to morrow co '
pious extracts will fee given. morrow co- po |
Captain Bunker, three other cabin, and steerage Zl
paflengers, came in the Fame. g d "
~ , CONFLAGRATION.
in nn« otl f l X °/ t,c f cklaft even '"g a fire broke out Z'i
n ° in ß , n OUfcS °[. the ran & e of wooden build- (ld
J! Barle 7-ft r eet, diredly in front of the new •
alms-house, and communicated tr> »L. v • • &
-tr | »-
Pay- firemen, in entering the eaflernmod house but one,
)un- which was in flames, with their hoses, this tremen
rs a dous element was (topped in its fierce career, and
In those two houses saved. It is said, that the fire
in of caught by the (havings being left in a carclcfs tuan
-1 fi(h ner, while the workmen supped.
thai We learn, that the buildings were the property ]
duce of Mr. Henry Kip and brother, Mr. Robert Snow,
r en- Mr. Wulkins, the compaction raanufafturer, a
Ives, Mr. Smith and others—that five of them were fi
dred nifhed—— that the two which were saved were te
tnch nanted, and that the tenants happily saved their
furniture. J
itfc'f How many more fad cataftrcphcs do our rich (
van- fellow-citizens require to convince them, that brick
ries, and (lone are cheapelt in the end—How long be
'iga- fore carpenters will be more careful of their fires *in I
car- new buildings. ;
she, Captain Harris brought difpatcbes for thePrefident • f
iclli- of the UnitrJ States, which were immediately lodged ' (
fl a g in the Pod-Office.
and —
lirrJ L From the Daily Advertifer.~\
this . I' a ft evening arrived the (hip Fame, Capt. Harris, 1
iUtj. in 34 days from London and 30 from the Land's End, '
bringing papers to the nth Oflober, from which we
have extracted tip following.— 1
LONDON, October 5. '
o p It was underwood on'change, that his majesty's ! '
Jni. sp eec h, as finally prepared in the cabinet yesterday, I
is extremely guarded, and holds out neither peace • °
nor war, the consequence of which waa a fall of C
stocks. It was expected that the speech would at 1 c
lea ft hold out such a narrative of the at.cmptsj'
made by his majesty to commence a negociation as i 3
5. would have inspired confidence in the difpofitiors '
r j n „ 'he court towards peace. If we may draw any '
argument fiom the isipreffion made in the alley l»y J
the reports brought down yesterday afternoon, this
is by no means the cafe : the speech is to be smooth V
this and moffcnfive—exadtly such a speech as Mr. Wil- V
berforae would make to the manufacturers of Leeds
—fufficiently consoling to flifie their petition for
ner" P cace » l " u not promising enough to set their looms
to work. ?
>f a From the London Morning Chronicle. ,
the Monday, October jo.
itiih We yesterday received the Paris papers up to C
>as Friday last. the 7th inlt. incluiive. These papers '
are extrer. »> barren in point of intelligence from .
the aimies, which, however, our readers will find
detailed at length. The diredtory has publilhed an "
on- f'ffie' 3 ! declaration, that the difaltrnus retreat of
: in general Jourdan, not withstanding all the reports
that have been made by their enemies, has not coll °
>°rt the republic 6,000 men, comprehending killed, 1
■g» wounded, deserters, prisoners and sick, and that
een h,s arm y.' lvhich has been reinforced from 16 to
laid '^i OOO }re, h troops is to resume an attitude which V '
irtt . (hall prove, that though the French may experi- R '
:wo eocea check, they can never be vanquilhed. The
we article adds, that the rumours which have been
m spread of a new requisition of men of a certain
ju- ? BC ' , t ' 11 " not, "ng can give the (lighted \
foundat,on to such a report, that on the contrary, r
lel , their successes, the losses of their enemies, the de- ,
feat of Wurmfer in Italy, the treaties of 1
peace already made this year, as well as those which ,
they have tl e well founded expectation yet to make 7
would render an y recruit of the armies not only 7
useless but hurtful. ' lu
Such is the account which the direftnry has I-''
thought it expedient to give to the republic. Our
readers will fubjeft it to the test »f probability, f
of ana comparing [t with the report of the German ,
e gazettes, and with the well known fact of the re- *7
*1- treat of the army of the Sambre and Meufe for so !
irnmcnfe a diltance, and of the nunnl er of battles f
they had to sustain, will judge of the truth or „
an falfhood of the ftatemrnt. In the mean time, all
t, that the Paris papers state of the adtual operations
;0 of thu army ferms to be taken from the Bruffcls a "
er gazette, by which it appears that some flight fkir-
P- milhrs have taken place, in which the French hn e r
a- had the advantage, and thst general Bournonville r 1
is occupied in restoring discipline to the dittoed r
a- body. icr
Prom the army of Moreau we have not been a- "r
3d ble to trace a single artielc in any of the French
journals, nor are there any farther accounts from C °,
!r- Italy. _ rel
The only important article which the French pa- fq '
m pers contain, is the official notice published by the
e- directory on the measure of the application from
the English court for a passport.
October 11. ! ' c
« Business in the House of Commons this day. blt
Z R T« °I thC V ° te ° f I,IC Committee of Supply.
it , dl ® y morning inived the firft of the three
ce Hamburgh mails which were due. The accounts C -°'
brought by .t from the armies on the Rhine and tm
l)anube, reach down to the 21 ft ult. and contain
- the:pan.cu ars of the vidtory obtained by the arch
a duke on the .6th ult. near Limburgh, in confe-
>" qsence of which the French were obliged to recrofs th ',
j tB al>an J°n their position near Wetzlar, W
and fall baek to the lower Rhine.
»- On the 21 ft ult. the Imperialists carried the fa- f°'
mous tete-de pont before Neuwied OI
With refpeft to general Moreau's army, it ap- K '°
pear, by several letters received by the mail, that
the report of th lß general having detached a confi. P ' R
» detable corpsl nto Franconia, to turn the archduke,
is unfounded ; and that about the middle of last , '
month the army of the Rhine and Moselle was di- V
mll 't oße of wh ich had taken *
a She " enber gh near Donawerth, another
near Aufburgl, and the third near Fueffen. I„or
der ta drive them from these positions, genera],
Nauendoi f and Latour were approaching from Ba
varia, and fie d-marfhal Petrafch through Suabia ;
and tn general the Auftrians, a flift ed by very con!
iderable number of armed peasants. were endeavour <51 •
;»«.. poitf. [ht Sl "i
i n, ° # « bic •?'bntaaMom.';
• ST' 7r y Tr ,he ,Bthinft - ,( * bombard Bri«
ICeh , and Teem to be sanguine i n their hopes of a '
- speedy redudtion of that fortrefs
■ As to the state of affair, in Italy, it WQu]d
pear by an article mferted ,n the Vienna co„rt rra- Sch,
"•rftal Wu "7th ult. that'the on'y cbjedt of
I m«r(hal Wurmfer , expedition towards Vicrnza
I Verona and Mantua, w« once more to relieve the
one, If Iter foifrefi, in which we knorr, by Buonaparte's '
r.cn- iaft reports, he has fully succeeded, although with
and the lof3 of a great number of men.
fire A Stockholm, of the 20th ult. ad-
Ban- vises, that Mr. Morcns, Spanifh> charge d'affairs at
the Swedish court, is expected shortly to leave that ]
erty place.
low, ——
'» a THE KING'S SPEECH.
te . HOUSE a OF LORDS, Thurfdny, Oflcler 7.
heir The King being seated on the Throne in the u
sual (late and the Commons attending, his Majcfty
rich delivered the following most gracious speech :
rick " My Lords, *nd Gentlemen,
be- "Itis a peculiar fatisfatftion to me, in the pre- *
•s in sent conjur.dturc of affairs, to recur to your advice, '
after the recent opportunity which ha? been given
dent > for collecting the fenle of my people, engaged in a '
lg £ d difficult and arduous contest, for t• e plwervation «f 1
all that is most dear to us. 11
" [ have omitted no endeavours for setting
on foot negociations of peace to Europe, and to a
, secure for the futute the general tranquility—the
~ steps which I have taken for this pnrpofe have at
length opened the way to an immediate and direct
negociation, the ifTiie of which must either produce
, , the desirable end of a just, honourable and solid
,' j peace for us, ar.d for our allies, or must prove, bey
m'' j ond dispute, to what cause alone the prolongation
"| jof the calamities of war must be ascribed.
A i " 1 shall immediately fend a person to Paris with
; full powers to treat for this objedt, and it is my
j anxious wi(h that this measure may lead to the res-
; ors toration of general peace ; but you must be sensible
a that nothing can so much contribute to give effect
to this desire, as your manifefting that we poflefs j
this k ol * l determination and the referees to oppose, a
j with increased activity She further effoits t ]
with which we have to contend. j-,
■eds " U W> '' ee ' P ccn,ii,r, y ne ceflary at a mo-
for ment W^en l ' ,e enern y has openly manifefted the in- w
■>ms ,e " tlon s,,em P t ' n g a defcest upon these king- r j
doms. It cannot be doubted what would he the
iflue of fach an enterpvize ; but it befits your wis
dom to neglect no precautions that may either pre
to c ' u^e t ' ,e attempt, or secure the speediest means of
turning it te the eonfufion and ruin of the enemy >'
Kr ' "In reviewing the events of the year, you will
i°nd 3VC °bf erved l^at by lhe exertions of my
navy, our extenfiveaad encreafing commerce has been
<i( - protested to a degree almofl beyond example, and
irrs " rCtS t ' lC Ct>emy 3Ve r t^lc S P art
U of the year been blocked up in their own ports.
" The operations in the East and Welt Indies
have been highly honourable to the .British arms, *■
and produ&ive of great national advantage ; and the p
ich Va '° r and E °° d condaa of m y both by sea
and land have been eminently conspicuous.
h " fortune of war on the continent has been
•en m ? rl: " ar ' cus » and l ' ,e progress of the French ar
ain rn ' e ' , ' irKatened » at on & period, the utmost danger .'
eft to , a " Euro P s ' but f'om the honourable and dig- 11
; nified perseverance of my ally the Emperor, and
y ' from the intrepidity, discipline, and invincible spirit *
of the Austrian forces, under the auspicious con- '
of the Archdukc fucli a turn hdslatc* .
ly been given to the course of the war, as may in
' fpive a well grounded copfiJence. that the final re-
- lult of the campaign will prove more disastrous to '
the enemy than its commencement a»d progress E
ur tor a time w:re favourable to their hopes.
The apparently hottiie dispositions and condufl "J
y' of the Court of Madrid have led to difcufiions of
! e . wh, . ch *am not jet enabled to acquaint you with
s B '^ e ' r > llt lam confident that whwiever may c .°
es itavc given to Europe a
or further proof of my moderation arid forbearance; '''
arid I can have no doubt of your determination to =
defend, against every apfgreffion, the dignity, right.
and interests of the British Empire.
r . " Gentlemen of the House of Condons, w i
e " } rely on your zeal and public spirit for such Sa
Ik Supplies as you may think neceflary for the service
:d r ' eai ' .' s a S rcat fatisfaftion to me to ob
serve tt;at, notwithstanding the temporary embar-
raisments which have been experienced, the (late
of the commerce, manufaiftures and revenue of the
m country, proves the real extent and solidity of our mi
resources, and furniHies you such means as must be an<
equal t9 any exertions which the present crisis may hk
, • require. 1 acr
" My Lords and Gentlemen, ! ,el
" The diftrefTes which were in the last year expe- '" f
rienced from the scarcity of corn, are now, by the of
blelnng of God, happily removed, and van abund- nc
ant harveil affords the pleasing profpeft of relief in or
that important article to <he labouring fflafTesof the me
' community. Our internal tranquility has also con. t'
ld ,mued The general attachment of T h
in "7 P eo P ,c to the British constitution,' has appear. Mi
v ,on f* c, y oc «f»o", and the endeavours of those th:i
e. anarchy and eonfufion into
"To defeat the designs of our enemies—to re- tfce
f° re m y P eo P le the blessings of a secure and beil
Honorable peace—to maintain inviolate their reli- Knl
F 10 "'. I * w, « and liberty—and to deliver down, un.
[t -mpaired, to the la,eft posterity, the glory and hap- 4?
i. piße ' s of ,hefc kingdoms, is the constant wish of Bar
my heart, and the uniform end of all my anions. lar £
» In every measure that ean conduce to these obiefts ku(l
" ,a ™ COnhdf f m of receiving the firm, ze.lous, and
ate support ot my parliament." f";
r ' 100 l
- of the VN ,r,n mar.ne list . |or
; PHIL AD E L pTU November , 9 . £
! ARRIVED. Day.
- Ship Aduasa, Clapp, Rotterdam c . goo<
Fanny, Waite ? Out
In . J° r an " a » B ogg f , Lisbon °;
Btig Weft.lndian, (Iharlton, Jamaica {
Rambler, Johns, on Jeremic \ S Q f or ,
Oincmnatus, Semple, Halifax fe the 1
Columbia, Pratt, Charleston
Schooner Fanny, Venn, St. Thoma. tl ° a '
Sally Church, St. ICi.ts J p^,
Dolphin, Tice, Kingston -<
Harmony, Spooner, B«fton r y
J
Philadelphia, November 19.
a <3- 111
We have rereived I-ondon papers to the rith OJlo- _
l " at her—copious cxtra&s from which fhali be given on
Monday.
IVe have been favored with thefollowing for publication.
7. PmtADFLPiiiM, 19 th November, 1796.
SIR >
n A number of the merchants of this city, toge
ther with the directors of the insurance companies
of North-America and Pennfylrania, imprelfed
_ rc . with a high sense of yoeir humane and generous
ICC conduct, in refctiing the paffengersand crew of the
iven "*'P Aurora, from inevitable death, as well a? for
in a y°» r disinterested behaviour after having landed
n [■ them, have requeued us to present you, in their
names, with a piece of plate, of the value of four
• hundred dollars—We hope you will accept of it,
to as a mark of the refped and approbatiorf of your
fellow-citizens.
, at We are, with edeem,
eft Sir '
uce Your mod obedient fervant3,
iHd THOMAS FITZSIMONS,
, fV CONYNGHAM, NESBITT & CO.
io 7 n WILLIAM CRAMOND.
Captain Jo as Hodgb, of 1
r j t jj the Jbip Sedglkt. j
m J Philadelphia, 19th Nor. 1795.
r * Gentlemen,
. * lam honored with your letter of this day, pre
™ feming to me on behalf of the Merchants and In.
8 furance offices of Philadelphia, a piece of plate, as
5c ' a mark of theii approbation of my conduct toward
" ts the paffengets and crew of the ftiip Aurora—i felt
. fufficient fatisfadlion, in the reflection of having
T ?°" been mftrumental in saving the lives of fellow-men,
ln " who would otherwise haveperifhed; but as public no»
rice has in Earope, been taken of my conduct on
e that occafidn, it is particularly grateful to my feel
" ings, that my own country has considered it defer
ire. ving of remembrance, and even a reward, *rhich I
0 accept with every fesfation that such didinguilhed
honor naturally excites.
V 1 I ara with the highed refpedi,
Gentlemen, J.
Y our mod obliged, and
Mod obedient Servant,
art JOHN HODGE,
Mader of the Ship Sedgley.
Its To Messieurs Thos. Fitzfimons, Conyngbam,
ns ' Nefbitt and Co. and William Cramond, Merchants,
k® Philadelphia.
, fl) - COMMUNICATION.
ar We learn from good authority, that the governor
rcr hath this day determined not to iflue his proclama
| tion, relative to the ele&ion of eleflors, until Wed
ntl nefday—not wit lift anding his honor had previously
ri( assured different gentlemen, at different" limey, that
n he would certainly promulge it in Brown's paper
te . this afternoon. We underitand, that the reason of
; n . this change of promise, arises from the opinions of
re . :h,? Shippen, Yeates, Smith and Biddle of
to this morning, " That the governor may by the laws
;fj delay it unto- that day." To enfurc the good will
of both parties, his honor declaied in the fulled
manner, his determination not to publish the pro
of clamation even then, if the express now fending off
th fort . hc ,e S al 'fturns of Northumberland and Ly.
av coming, should not be received by that day in or
a der, to use his honpr's own expredion, " that fair
play may be done on both fides."
C f -
to " II
It. Sugar in hhds. & bbls.
And 2000 bufliels of COARSE SALT
will be landed on Monday next, from the schooner
.h Sally, at Stampers wharf—and for sale by
ce LEVI HGLLINGSWQIITH &SON
b- November 19 *ir '
r - 1' OH SAL E y
A valuable Plantation,
IN Frederick Cousty, Virginia, bounding nearly three
miles on the river Shenandoah, between Alhbv's
36 S ''' ck "' s 566 mil « from Alexandria, Ld the
,y like distance from the Federal City. It contains 1376
acre» 600 of which are cleared, the refldue finely tim.
bered ; the whole Limestone or River Bottom ; aboundin ff
in fine streams and fprmgs; above 83 acres on the bank
' °f^ eri «r «a T be watered ,t pleasure. It is capable
ie 0 f being divided into Lot. of 100 acres, with water in
j. »ach which renders it peculiarly convenient for erazimr
or culture. Its situation for Health or elegant improve
le ment is not to be surpassed in any inland country, and if
deemed too large for one Farm, may be divided into two
or three Imaller ones, uniting in common advantage
I h n e " " 0W ere f ed on the filiate a good Merchant-
Mill, with two pair of stones (on a large limestone fprWl
fe 'b* l re " ts for 466 dolU " P cr " nn - and en another never
0 faihng-fpring a good Saw Mill, with a flutter wheel •
there is plenty of pine timber in the neighboring mou „ *
tain, and a stream fufficient for another Mill with
pair of are adjacent to or imm.diately on
■- ' te lanks of , the river > the navigation whereof is a L,ir
d bein S °P e "ed ■"'<> the Potomak and for more than 7™
j. imleiabove the mills. The other imnrovemenu 0 „ t° h °
Mate are a new commodious Barn, the loft of which ia
capable of containing 15.0 bulhel,; the threfinn 2 -iloor !
'I feet square well planked: another (double) Lo'
►f Barn, with sheds all around: a Difiillcrv with tb
, hrge Stub and a Granary above that /oo
IUJl U J 5T W 'u aud a rtr " m of wa!
.1 eondnfied by troughs, running thro' it; at ar™ 11
dlftaa « » » 1-ge Cow-House a„d°Stab! e , with ftallffd '
" C °7 S 'PP aved with in the European manner wish •
room for above 40 waggon loads of hay: a little lurtl
is a strong stone-walled Spring-House, completely
for a Dairy. The whole of these Mill, and BuHd nl
are at a proper distance from each other and £
S"" s ' " k ; tk K "■■<•«'- •'
Build.ngs, with the necessary conveniencies. A wellTn
closed Garden of the fined foil, with a stream J
s running thro' it ; two large Apple Orchard. J>
1 S ood Quarries for building and lime (lone • a } J
Out-Houfes for Manager,fsiackf n lt h, Coiper „d [o'df
mgs f.r Men as Colour add g.-eatlv to th» ' g "
> cie, and value of this Estate. § Y
; The Purchaser, on paying one half the price atrrrM
3 for may be accommodated with a considerable credft for
J Farm^^UtMni», n an^ l^ur^iture*^''a^eafonaye l vf] > " S '
- mad =
Philadelphia, or Matthus Slough, Lancaftcr.
! I iSth Oflober, i 7 K^ a^4