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
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Will he pnli'Jhed, an Wedntfday next,
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A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF
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exhibiting in Tallies, the promineat features of caeh Con
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Uaited States. Dedicated to the Peopla of the United
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N. B. A few Copies printed on an inferior paper, at
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Philadelphia, f *
MONDAY EVENING.- FiBRUARY 6, 1797- -
A late Charlellon paper states Rice to be dull at II i
'(■ I if.
t N E. \V THEATRE.
0 rWAt's excflfunt tragedy, Venice PrcCerv'd, was on
Friday evening prefentedto a fafhionable (and we are for
ty we cannot ;dd crowded) au.fience; aad a mor> 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
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