pro»ortienatc rtftifutiene, the arrangements which A France will have to agree t© »n order to fatufy the jaft claims of tie allies of the king, and to preserve the po litical balinee of Europe. « Before this priatiple i« formally approve* ot, or another proposed on the part of the Executive Direc tory, which raiy equally ferveasa basis ot the nego ciation for,a general peace, the nnderGgned cannot be authorized to paint out the objetfls of reciprocal reftitu- As to the proof of the pacific dispositions which hi! majeftv the emperor and kingteftified towards the French government at the opening of the caayjaigii, tie «*deriigned contents himfelf to repeat the follow ing paffagt from the r.ote of Baron Degelmann, of the 4th of lad June — ' The warlike operations ftali by no means prevent « his Imperial majesty from being constantly liifpoferf « to coneur, according to any form ot negociation « which may be adopted by the belligerent powers, in " < the L':fcnffioo of such means as may be property put • a period to the further effufion of human blood.' " This note was presented after the arraiftice hati heeri broken off. " MALMESBUKT. " Pari«, lath 1796." Answer of the minister of the department of foreign affairs to the preceding noft>. " The snderfigned is charged by tfce Executive Di rectory to declare to you, iff answer to your second note of -yesterday, that he has nothing to add to the answer wlncly has bee»/ddrefled to you. He is further charg ed to ask of. vou, whether, on every official communi cation between yon ami him, it will be necessary for you to difqatch a courier for the|purpofe of receiving lpccial inttruitions. '• CH. LACROIX." Letter addrefled to the minister for the department of foreign affairs by Lord Malmejbnry, envoy of the x British cabinet. " The minister plenipotentiary of his Britannic majesty rcquefts the minister for the department of foreign affairs to inform him, whether he ought to consider the official note which he reeeived from him lafr sight as the answer to that which Lord Malmef bury delivered yesterday morning by order of his court, to the minister of the department of foreign affairs. He Hefires this explanation, tint he may not retard the departure ot his *ourter'To no purpole (Signed) " MALMESSVRT. " Paris, 13th November, 1796." Answer of the minister for the department of so * reign affairs, to the preceding letter from Lord Malmejbury " The underfigncd minister for the department of foreign affairs declares to Lord Malmejbury plenipo tentiary of his Britannic maje/ly, that he is to con fider the official note presented to him yesterday, as the answer to that which Lord Malmejbury deliver ed to him en the fame day. « CH. LACROIX. " The 23d Brumaire, 5 ye-r (17th Nov.") Second letter from Lord Malmejbury to the minister for the department of foreign affairs. 11 Lord Malmefbury has just received the answer of the minister for the department ot foreign affairs, wherein he declares that the official note tranfmu cd to bins' yesterday is to be considered as the answer to that which Lord Malmefbu ry delivered to him on the tnoming of the fame day. _ii Lord Malmefbury will this day transmit it to his coil ru "• Paris, 13th Nov. <706,™ On the above correfpoWence, Perlet's journal makes the following oblervations— 1 " There ftiil, at may be Ten, the fame refufal on the part of our mintftry to answer the firft queftirm of the En gbfh plenipotentiary, '' Is the priaciplr of coinpealation to be adopted, or rej. ited ? and, in ctle of rejeclioa, what is to be fubltituted tor it ? ' ' We conceit roncffiv<: *>£ f f ■ policy. It icema to m, however, that, until a fotmal explanation has been given upon-this gene ral piinciple, there cannot exilt a right to demand «f Lord Malraefbury an exact delignaiion of the ob jcils of reciprocal compeufation. We are furry to agree, on this jtibjetft, with the English note bat 'this agreement is nut a motive for coacealing ttuth. j Do not the plained good sense and the molt natu 'ral realWiiing point out, in fait, this condnft ? Why do not the Directory m.ike'known the mo tive which induced theui to deviate from it since it is certain they have fame Motives i After having exclaimed so much against the antient eti quette, and what is called the diplomatic routine, -fl v i 11 we, fo{ an affair of form and useless refetve, ride, at every moment the breaking off the negocia tion, and the extinction of' the hope of peace? What a fire thing, in a negeciatian of this fort, is the conceited trifling of a man, who, because he is juitly reproached with having uttered iiyfenfe, appears refolvcd to fpe3lt uo more ! How'can tt(e Dirc&ory avoid feeing, ihat insensibly, and in spite ©f them, we are tending to that point at which no thing will re-nain for him but to order the depart ure of the Erglifh ajrent from Frrfnce ; and that, if the Court of London, as is very poiiible, isinlm cere, it can-desire nothing more ardently than thus to place on its own fide all the appearances of paci fic intentions, in order to conciliate the opinion of Europe, to make the war popular, and u> raise the public fpfntin England ? How can they be ignorant t hat j by such haifh nnd infignificant an swer* as they permit to be given in their name b\ their Minister they put all the advantage of tiie ne gociation on the lide of Lord fctiry : and that, notwithllanding the low flatteries of the Re- Ja(fteur,_tbe public l»egin to believe, that, although England may not be very eager to conclude a peace, the Direftary are more evidently careless aboat it, notwithstanding the fad lituation of our finances, and the distress of our marine. Why do they not fay, that the skill of Lord Malmefbury, and the ignorance of our,nr£jociator, may equally concur to obtain credit for this dangerous opinion ? " It is with regret we are obiged to pufelifli these relcdlions, the difcloftsre of which is, perhaps, without some inconvenience. But all pufillani mons confideratioas ■ ought to vanifli before iUt grand interest of the country ; and fi»ce the Direc toryp -rlill in giving their confidenee to a Miniftjer Univ rlally decried, since they are laarcely furrrnin V>y any other than revolutionary brawlers, who flat ter them in order to govern in their name, who de ceive them, and who remove with the greatest care, thole who long experience, important ftvices, tilenti, and wife and reasonable patriotism might <>e so ufefel to thenp, and spare them many faults •md regrets, it is necessary to convey to them through the Journals the formidable cry of tha public opinion and the truth which their flat terers *0 industriously conceal from them, at the risk of bringing on their ruin, if to them should one day be imputed the continuance of the war, and all its .leeeSary miferies."—Journel de Ptrlcl. the corrfifpwidcnce it will be fcen that •ur Miaifters hare a&etf with the utmost firranefs and candor, only, requiring that the enemy (houl i agree to some fettled print fple of negociation, while the Directory have constantly equivocated, and ob stinately forborne either to accede to the pn H Qjpl c fuggelted ky oitr Court, or to propose any princi ple of their own, as a fubft'tute. Lord Malmefbury's mission may now be con lidertd as drawing to a speedy termination. It ap pears, by the officii notes winch have " passed be tween his Lordthip and M. de Lacroix, {irbfeqnent ly to t!)ofe publilhed in our last, that the Execu tive DireiSory persist in their determination neither to recognizethe jail principle of negoeiation pro posed by his Majefly, nor to offer any other in its stead, which may serve as a basis on which to nego tiate a general peace; that is, they refufe to an fwer this reasonable and necefftiry queftinn at "the " English Plenipotentiary, " Is the principle of re " procal cosnpenfitions to be adopted as a basis, or " rrjefted ? and in cafe of rejeflion, what is to be " fubftitu,tet« for it ?" After such a refufal, we can no longer hope for Peace from the present negoeia tion. The Dire&ory, by their couduft oh this occasion, have shewn that their temper it as intrac table as their profeflions are inlincere ; and the world raufl be convinced from what has passed, that the Solicitude ps the British Qovernment for the restoration ps peace has been pushed to a degree th'at borders on humiliation. The people of France will not fail to fee the anxiety of Great Britain to teiminate the effufion of human, blood, and to dif cever the fangntnary and remoifelefs spirit of their owa rulers. Lord has fully answered theqoeftion of M. de Lacroix, refpefling the dispositions man- I felled by the Emperor at the commencement of the present campaign. Thr State Paper delivered by Baron the Emprfci's Minister at Basil, to M. Barthele mi, the French Plenipotentiary there, on the 4th of June lsfl, appears from the above official corres pondence, entirely to have escaped the 1 ecolltdtion of Executive DireAory. This we believe ri> he the %(S, and the advantage which the tlelivery of that paper at Basil, and the manner in which it has been lately introduced hafe given to the British negotiator, (independent of the sincerity, candour and spirit ot the British Ministry) seems to Jiiave irritated and inflamed the minds of the Dire&ory in a very great degree. The publicity now given to the delivery ot that paper on the part of the Emperor, has made a very llrong imprefG«n upon the minds of the people of France, and their eager desire for peace, almost upon any terms, is now mingled with diflruft aad difaffeftion towards their own Ministers, as being, fiom authentic proofs the only perfun6 who impede the speedy restoration of that blessing- That the disposition of $he people of Fiance for peace is ardefot and sincere, every thing tends te prove, and they by no means poflefs that inveterate hostility to the English which the ephemeral ruler* df succeeding faftioni have, for their own purposes, been eager to represent. The Frendi people, worn out by foreign war and Homeilic despotism, sigh for the return of peace, of which thry.fpeak a 6 the rs,-'tuift HiSs; fr.-n, the peifonal,views of the present rslersin France, the exilting negociation fail in producing peace, we shall not be surprised to fee the return of lord Malmelhtny the immediate source of a foimidabh infuireiftion, not only in Paris, but in many of the adjoining departments. November 23. Admiralty Office, November it. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE.- Copy of a letter from Captain Bowen, of his Majesty's ship the Terpftchore, to Evan Ne pean, Esq. dated at Gibraltar the of Oc tober, 1796. Judging it to be proper that my lords com miflioners of the admiralty should be acquainted as loon as possible with the capture of a Spaniih frigate by his Majesty's ship under my command, I herewith.inclose you a copy of my letter to the commander in chief, giving an account of the action ; and 1 request >ou will be pleased to lay the fame before their lordships. of a letter from Capt. Bowen, of his ma jesty's ship Terpsichore, t» admiral Sir John ! Jarvis, K. B. commander in chief of his majes ty's ships and veflels in the Mediterranean, da ted at Gibraltar the 23d of October, 1796. On the morning of the 13th inft, at day-light, we discovered a frigate to windward, standing towards us: about eight I could perceive her making every preparation for battle, and was then apparently in tkafe of us. Our situation al together was iuch as to prevent my being over deiirous of engaging her. Out of our fmali com plement of men, we had 30 at the hospital, and we had more than that number still op board in our sick convalescent lifts, all of whom were dan geroully ill or extremely weak. We were scarcely out of fight of the spot where we knew the Spa nish fleet to have been cruifmg only two days be fore ; and, in fa<3, we had flood-on to look for them, with a view of ascertaining their move ments. A frtiall Spanifli which we con jeftured to be a fort of tender, was palling us, fleering towars so that I could hardly flatter myfelf with being able to bring the frigate : off in the event of a victory, or of even escaping myfelf, if disabled. t)n the other hand, it evi dently appeared that nothing byt a flight and su perior failing could enabte me to avoid an ftftion; and to do tiiat- from a frigate apparently not so much superior to us, except in point of bulk, would have been committing the character of one of his Majesty's ships more than I could bring myfelf to resolve on. I therefore continued stand ing without any alteration of course. Having, wish infinite fatisfaftion and comfort to myfelf„ commanded the Terpsichore's crew for two ygars and a half, through a pretty confidera bie vatiety of services, 1 welj knew the veteran fluff which I had still left in health to depend up on for upholding the character of Britifh 1 seamen, and I felt my mind at e.tfe.as to the termination of any action with the frigate in fight only. At half past nine she came within hail, and hauled her wind on our'weather beam ; and as I conceived she only Waited to place herfelf to ad vantage, and to point her guns with ex«ttous, . and being myfelf unwilling to lose tie portion We were then rn. I ordered one gun to be fired, as a trier of her intention. It was lb inflantane oully returned, and followed up by her whdle broadside, that I am confident they mtftt havfe done it at the fight of our ftalh. The adtion of courle"V ent on, and we soon discovered that her people woul'd not, or could not, refill our fire. At the end of about an hour and forty minutes, | during « hich time we had twice wore, and em j ployed about twenty of the last minutes in chafe, ! lhe surrendered. At this period lhe appeared mod entirely disabled, and we bad drawn up close alongside, with every gun well charged and well pointed. It was nevertheless,- with consi derable difficulty that I prevailed on the Spanilh ' Commander to decline the receiving of such a broadside by submitting ; aijd from every thing which I have since learned, the perfonaJ courage, tonduft, and zeal of that officer, whose name is Don 1 hamas Ayald, was such during the action, notwithstanding the eventof it, asrefle&s on him the greatft honour, and irrefillibly imj-reiTes on my mind the highell admiration of his character. After (from the effefls of our fire} all his booms had tumbled down, and rende ed his waite guns unserviceable, all the {landing rigging of his low er mails Ihot away, and I believe nearly every , running rope cut thraugh, and a great numbfr i of his'people kilted and wounded, he llill vered (though tie could rally but few ofhis men) he defended his (hip, altnoft lajiger tiiart defence was jultifiable. Had there been the fnialleft mo tion in the sea every mail must inevitably have gone by the board. Our loss (which will appear by the inclosed lift) has been less than cauld have been expected; but our mails, fails, and rigging were found to be pretty niuch cut up. Ihe fpinted exertions of every officer, mail and boy, belonging to the {hip 1 command, as well in the adtion as in the securing two disabled {hips, and bringing'them instantly off from a cri tical fixation by taking the prwe in tow, and by their incessant labour ever lince, will, 1 trust, wlien their small number is considered, place them in a light superior to any praise which I could bestow. I am even unwilling to speak of the particular conduct of any of the officers, but the talents dilplayed by the .First Lieutenant (Devonlhirej who was but just out of our lick lift, during the action, added* to his uncommon fatigue in taking care of the prize, and the very able manner in whicn he conducted and prepared to defend her, entitles him to this diftinftion, and proves him highly deserving of the recommen dation you gave him, with his appointment in the Well-Indies. And although I nad rather any other person (hould observe the conduct of a brother ot mine in action, and speak of it after wards, yet I feel it my dutv, as Captain of the Ihip, to (late, that I thought Mr. Bowen's (the. Second Leiutenant) conduct was particularly animating to the {hip's company, and ufeful, from the number of guns which he saw well pointed in the course of the action ; added to which, from the absence of the firft lieutenant on board the prize, the labouring oar of this lfcip has fallen on him ; and, in my mind, the talk we liaTe lwkvl the actiou has been infinitely more arduous than that of the action it'felf. I he name of the prize is the Mahonefa, carry ing on the main deck 26 Spanilh tvvelves, (weigh ing eighteen ounres more than our's) eight uiih l:xes on the quarter-deck, and a number of brass cohoi V ns, fwivelj, &c.; had on board 275 men, besides fix pilots, qualified for the Mediter ranean as high as Leghorn, and to be put on board admiral Langara's fleet, which lhe had been' tent from Carthagena to lop i f»r. She was built in 1789 at Mahon, is of very large -dimensions, mealuring 1 ri3 tons and a half Spanilh, was be fore the action in complete good condition, and is considered by the Spanilh officers the fafteft lailor, and one of the bell conllructed, and, what th€y attach considerable importance to, the hand somest frigate in their navy. Both the frigates have this moment anchored infafety. lam, fcc. R. BOWEN. An account of the killed and wounded in the ac tion between his Majesty's {hip Terpsichore, and the Spanilh frigate Mahonefa, on the 13th of Oft, 1796. • Terpsichore mounts 32 twelve and fix poun ders ; complement of men 21c. Killed.—None. Wounded.—Mr. Pilchard Hobbs (aftlng Boat swain) {lightly in-the foot; John Roberts (-Quar ter Master) loft his left thigh, and two seamen. Mahonefa, by the best accounts 1 have been ! able to collect, had about 30 killed or died of i their wounds the day of the action, and about the , fame number wounded, leveral of whom are since dead. College-Hall. Readings and Recitations, M»ral, Critical, and Entertaining. On TUESDAY, February, jth, ■At 7 o'clock, willVe delivered The EFFECTS of AMBITION ahd OUILT, Exemplified In .the character of Satan, As displayed by Milt«n, With Recitation! of the most ftrikinf of his. speeches 1 and soliloquies, and moraland critical observations an the charat&er and the author. , Ob Thurfday^ The above fu' jest continued, and exemplified ia the Fall of Man Tickets to be had of Mr. Poulfon, jim. at the Library ; at mr. M'Elwee's lookiiig-glrfs-ftore, fio. 70, S. Fourih llreet; a«d at Mr. Carey's, BookXeiler, Market-llreet— Half a dollar each. Will he pnli'Jhed, an Wedntfday next, BY Melf Dobfon, Carey, Campbell, Rice, and the other Bookfe.lers, price One Dollar an cxcil lent treat thin ihis aigUt's pcrtorn' ince, was pe'h-ips ne ver before (ffrred to the lovers of t'rama.- The tears Which f» abundantly filed, aiTiirJ the mod unequivo cal proof of the intrinsic merit of this admirable drama, i and of the juftiee done it hy tit performers. We anderfland that the lir fideflt of the United itates 'wiUhonor the 'I'heatte with hisprefence this evening. The moijrnfulnefs of th&dtradful csttallrophe which lately overwhelmed the family of Mr. BKO'.vN,>he printer of the Philadelphia Gazertr, was heightened by the death of Mr. Brown himfelf, expired oh Saturday morning. This Ihockingexiioftion ol a whole familv, fumilhes mat tenfor ferrous reflection to the mo alift. and which.the giddy and diflip ted ought to improve to their reformation We trust it will aifo operate as a cautionary lefTon in relpeft to that refilUefs element which has occasioned this direful cala mity. The rerasias of Mr Brown were iaterred near those ot his familv, in St Paui's grave-yard. Dr. Magaw, yafterday afternoon, delivered, in St, Paui's Churcti, a most affefliug difenurfe, to a very crowded audi ence, in reference to this mod diftrefliag event, from J<>*, ch. 3 v. 7. " Lo, let that night he solitary ; let no joyful voice come therein. Extract of a Letter from New York, February 3. " The Packet is arrived which (ailed the 7th of D cem ber : as yet, no other news has tranlpired but that Ncmacia tions lor Peace hadceafed,"' Extract of a letter from Robert Fox Esq. Consul of the Uni ted States, daied Falmouth {tugland/Nov. iS. 1796. » A vcffel arrived to-dav from l.ifbont and the miller re ports that at Madrid, the populace would not permit Lord Bute to depirt ; andih« tlia Spanifii and French Mmillers at Madrid had been ml'ulted. I have no other autnoi iiv than the master of ihe Ship ; who fays further, that the house of the Spanilh Minider was burnt ; but I can hardly think its true." GAZETTE of Titr. UNITED STATES MARINE LIST. FRO,M LLOYD'S LIST, fr#m Nov. i to 25. • _ Sailed from GiavefenJ. 10, Friends, Calvert, Vitgirii* 16, Dexter, Boftoa 17, General Piuckney, White, Charlefttsn 20, Fame, Jones, Philadelphia 23, Bolton Packet, Tenant, CharleHon Arrived at Giavcfend Rebecca, Newel, frem Virginia Chatles, Blount, Rilfen, Shore, Mary, Titcombe, ,j 0i Belvidere, VVeekl, New Yferk Ganges, Miller, North Caroliaa, Edgire, Jo. Rebecca, Thompson, ,j 0- PAtto, Lawrence, ,j 0 _ Hope, L»ng, Charlelien Fcderali(l r Pratt, g 0 Hamilton, Farrell, 1 ,f Maryland, Potomac Chief, j" - Rotterdam At Cov.es. Manchefler, Shewell, Philadelphi» At Portsmouth. Aurora, Sater, Philadelphia Factor, Kemp, New-York ' At Falmouth. Eltza, Besom, Virginia Hopewell, Clark, At Dover. Mary, Earle, 7 bound to Ham ( A£iive, niatr, j burg i Philadelphia Peggy. Gorvsr, Maryland . . At Cork. Lavinia, Brewn, New-York Mo nt pen ere, Dunce, lSliia, Hamblin, ( j o '_ ' At Bstterda rn. > Bowen, Dtxon Virginia .Lexington, M'Kenzie, Catharine, Ferrady, Philadelphia «-• At' Cadiz. Andromache, Kmgfton, Philadelphia Alexander, Bayne, Vitgitiia Antosella, Hendrickfon. New York Hercules, Breger, do V V ■ J T u At N »P ,el - Five Friends, Jacobi, Boston At Gibraltar. Commerce, CosEs, New-York. ~ ,w At Belfaft. John and Mary, , Virginia N At Hambiirgh. Juftinr, Lewis, New-York ' _ . , At .Lilboß. Mary, P*oival, Boston Ihe bng Deborah of Hartford, in America it loft at Sea- ' lhe Diana, (American) lngraham, from Li verpool to Georgia, is taken by a cutter privateer and sent for France. "So faT Lloyd's lift. The ftiip Hfinnibal, Cloufer, of this port, from Amsterdam te Lifcoa, was loft on the 291]! Sept last, near Calais on the French coast ; eaptaia and ertw saved. The snow Polly, H flyman, is arrived at Cape Nichola Mole, 1814 days from this p®rt. : DVNtIMG TAUGMTBY MRS. B r R N, Of the New Theatre,' To L.dus THINKING it a great advantage for them''to have a Fa «° U Tul,r '» that,art, pledges herfelf t» their par eats and friend, to take all poffiblc care in their infti ufiion. Inaddu»n to the Dances taujht in Philadelphia, » eiUM to teach the Minuet, Minuet de la Cour, Allemmd, Ga vot, Quadrilles, itrathfpeys, and all Scotch Dances : and above rll to pay partienlar attention to that very necessary part Pot.u Addrtfs. For particalars enquire of Mr,. Byrn, No- 70 north Eighth-street. Fckmry6 mwftf LANDING, A T Wakut-ftreet wharf, from on board the lhip Pee- JTY gv, captain Elliott, from Boardeaux, VIN DE or White Claret, in Hhds aad Qs. Calks NC: " RED CLARET, in Hhds Bitto in cases of 14 and 30 bottles each Gr«?n and Souchong TEAS, in quarter chests For f :le by Rundle b* Leech, _ , . Nn. 9 Walnat.ftreet. F * bru "r 6 mwfcf