If we wers ia th.*:r situation ZvrJjicK tlian!i j God we are not at present whatever Wc may ' la) v*e cojld not hclp'complying. Mr. M'Dowhli. spoke ih : favour of the \ preyiou3 cjueltion, aad was replied to by Mr. j Oti>. Mr, B*knt decbcfd Lis int«ition "of vo- in favour of the previous quittibn, tho' he h?d expreifed hit intention yesterday of vutfng differently.; but, truce hearing the acgnpientsof the gentleman from PennfyU < rania,. and having himfelf seriously consider ed tqe fabjjeft, lie was determined to vote cgakft. now putting the main queftioa. Mr. KITTEt.I faidheliadlctpt his feat with : difficulty when he heard gentlemen speak of this as an offenfiv* proposition to France ; he thought to cberfi a doubt that they would do justice, would be more likely to insult thai nation. Many prefefuens he said had been made with refpeft to wishing the peace of the country to be preferred.* Immedi ately reprefentmg people who enjoyed peace übovp every thing else, it would bt/ difficult t«KP?ke them believe he was not as sincere in his profeffions for peace as any man— He Ueheved his proposition did not tend to war but to peace. He thought the main question ought now to be put, as the pro position, carried without the amendment, would carry a Itrongttnplication that this go vernment was about to abandon the claims ef her citizens. r Mr. R. Williams should make no apo logy for troublingthe house as was common, as he conceived he had a rig'jt to expr'efs his thoughts on this and every other question presented to him. It was said that if the ] present motion was not adopted, it would be abandoning the rights of our fellow citizens, this argument he supposed was used to frighten members into a vote which they did i "not v/ifii to give. He considered the nation < as bound to protest its citizens in the legal ] exercise of their business on the Ocean ; but i if any other nation injured them, they were j to look to their own government rr>r redress i and not to the foreign nation. It was true, ■ the government had a right to look for fa ti.tfadion for the wrongs. He did not there- i fore consider this vote as in any degree inju-. ] ring hi; fellow citizens. They did not at present know the amount of the spoliations. It v7ould be an after consideration, if they i fnould not be paid, whether we will pay , them ourselves or go to war. Mr. W. took i not 'ee of several argnments which had been i used against putting the previous question ; i he particularly observed upon the ftngular'tty \ of what fell from Mr. Otis, that he believ- ; ed the principle wrong, and that such en- , croachments upon the Executive would lead i him to fortify himfelf by corruption or force ; ; yet he would vote for it. Mr. Potter hoped the previous questi on would not prevail. He trusted the Re presentatives of the American people were not prepared to give up the claims of their fellow citizens without even alking for a fa tisfaftion of them. The previous queftjon was put in this form " {hall the main question now be put."— Nays—-J i—Ayes—^4B. Wednesday, June 7. Mr. Otii presented a petition fropi sundry mer chants of Boftoa and Charltftown trading to Chi na and Incia, praying for a fufpenfton tor a limit ed time of certain duties imposed la(t fciion upon tea and white cotton goods, intended to take pJace from the firft of July aext, on the ground that it was the intention of ihe Lcgiflaturc to exempt frcra the duty the cargoes of all vefTels then on tlicir voyages, \llsdging that their vessels required a loiigei time to make their voyages thin vessels from ionic. other ports of the Union-. Preferred to a Select Committee of three.meaibcri. Mr. W. Smith ;n«ved that the House go into a Committee of the whole on the Bill for prohibit ing for a limited time, the exportation of arm. and ammunition ; which it accordingly did, and after receiving sundry verbal amendments, fugged- I edbyivlr. Bayard, the committee role and the house agreed to them. The kill was ordered to be re-engrofled. Theh<>ufe then refoJved itfelf into a Committee ef the whoie on the State of the Union ; when the third resolution, relating to the purchaJe of ditional armed vessels, having been cead, Mr. Sewall fabmitted it to the gentleman who brought forward thafe resolutions, whether it would net be bitter to poftporie a determination upon the third and fourth resolutions, until the fifth was difpoicd ©f; feeeaufe if it were agreed to, it might have'an effeA upon the vote of gentle men upon the ether two, 2« they might be of o pinion that if the merchant* vessels were armed, there would be no necemty for a convoy. Mr. W. Smith had np obje&ion to postpone the coniideration of the third aMd fourth resoluti ons for the present, in order to take up the fifth. Mr. Nicholas supposed this could not be done except the gentleman chose to withdraw the third and lourth resolutions. Mr. W. Smith said it might be done by gene val coiifent. Mr. Giles could not confentto depart frorrt the plan of difcuflion laid down by the g»ntlenian S-Carolina. his part he ftiould voti a gaiull the whoie of the resolutions, and trusted a maturity of the committee would do io : and he did itot wifo the decision to be delayed He wifh td the ccuutry at large to know the sense oi the committee ijpon them as soon aspoiEble. Mr. Ofis could not fee how it was materrfl to gentlemen who intended to vote against the Whole ift what order refolutions were difeuffed; to thrfc'whd were not decided it might be matirial jt&Was of opinuTn with hi* colleague that it would Uc b<ft to tafce them up in the way he proposed, | au-i he ihougfct it would be unclndid to objeA to the poftponcment. The Senate had already passed a law on the 3d and 4th, and thofc might as. well ie coirfideied in fheir bill., Mr. W Smith said he (houlJ adopt a mode, which wculd net retire the confent«f gentlemen. He withdicw.for the preknt, the third and fourth refolut»»n«. * The sth which was in the following words, huving "been 1 ad R.jol'MtL, That provision be made by law, for re- the arming of che merchart vessels of the United States- Mr.JSwANW.cK enquired with what view these were to be provided ; againll whom th<y were :obk employed, and in what cases they weie go defeud !heft\fcives. The rn'ormation which he might receive on these enquiries, he Uli, would have considerable weight in iniiueoceing his vote. Mr. Harps* /aid the detail wouid be brovght forward in the bill j the principle waV now only to be determ.ncG. He h-d not thought of ait the modifications which might ie given to it; the ugh he had thought of many ; but it would be belt diP ruffed in tiuf general form. 1 hrgrntteihan if he '.htlgbt yrorer, might introduce into the refold tion» ir.ypri ;;inle irb;;h he might with, to Laye inferred:'. t» Mr. Williams fau!. it was well known tliat a { number of cm merchantmen were arming in differ- j ept ports■<s» he nniezt, a id it waj./thtrefjre, 11c ccSforf co-'regui ttct!iisbuli'i£f3 to prevent ihifdiief done.—»Gentlemen might differ in their o- 1 pin o'i wUh rcfpeil so the tnlr'.ne law or laws of 1 nations on thisiubjeA ; but all w*mM vi since j vsffels >ere arming, that tiwy Ihould be put under 1 fnme retlraint. Whenhevorcd £jt ma.ining the he did it writh a view oi luv.ng them em ployed fertile defence of our coults, and not as n ! convoy. Our situation laid was truly critical, j #ind he was undetermined how far it wouLd be pro- | per toyfii the mcfchzp.- vessels of the Umtei , States'; but to prevent mifehiet, he wi&cd the re- j solution be agreed to, referviug to lt»u".felf the right of voting ultimately for or 'ag.iinft ic. * It might afterwards undergo luch ni<j®ifu»tioi!s as < should be found ncctffary. > ; Mr. Livingston said the gentleman from 1 Pennsylvania liad very properly enquired i what was the scope of the present refolutiQn, 1 and he expected some answer would have < been given. The gentleman frcm S. Caro- ] lina had said, they mult vote for the princi- 1 pie, and the detail would come of course. 1 So that without knowing its object, wheth er it was defenfive or offenfive, they were i called upon to agree to the principle. This 1 deficiency had been supplied in some degree, 1 by the gentleman from New York. He 1 fays the merchants have undertaken to arm ] their veflels. He wiflied to know whence 1 he derived his information i The only in- ' formation before them was the President's I speech, where he fays he has forbidden ■ such armament, except in the East India i trade. He therefore supposed the fa£t not 1 founded. What, he aiked, was intended to be done with these armed vessels ? He 1 said they mull argue hypothetically. He supposed they were intended to protect our 1 trade. He did not believe they were meant ' to operate offtnlively. But he would a(k, 1 if this were the cafe, if it would not lead ' diredtly to war ; since individuals would be ' left to determine the law of nations, and of ' course the peace of the countiy would be ' placed at their disposal, and all precautions, ' on the part of government, tvould be in 1 vain,fince individuals,who might have an op- ] pofite interest to that of government, ■ might be continually committing atts of ' holtility. Who, said Mr. L. are our merchants ? 1 Were they all men in whom implicit confi- 1 dence could be placed T~Were they all Amt- 1 ricans ? He believed the generality of them 1 might be welldifpofed towards the intereits j 1 of this country : but if there were one man j 1 of a contrary spirit, the peace of the coun- j ( try would be at his disposal; for what would j 1 avail all the inftru&ious which were gives, if ' one foreigner had the power to commit a£ts 1 of hostility on a power with whom we are ' at peace ; and if government were to difa- ; vow violations of this fort, yet a repetition 1 of them would certainly involve the country in a war. And when it was considered what a number of Englijb and French we had a- : mongft us, who would wish to fee this coun- 1 try take part in the present war, it would not be extraordinary, if they should seize such an opportunity of provoking hostilities with one or the other, power. For his own part, be looked upon the meafurfe in so seri ous a light, that he should not hesitate to fay, he should prefer a Declaration of IVar, to such a step, because it would be a derelic tion of principle, thus to commit into the hands of they knew not whom, that most sacred trust, the preservation of the peace of the country ; whereas, if war were to be declared, we.should put onrfelves into a state of defence accordingly. A measure of this kind taken under the rnalk of peace, would be plunging a dagger into the vitals of the country, from which it would be a long time in recovering. Mr. L. concluded, by remarking upon the extraordinary manner in which this business was condufted, and at tributed the withdrawing of the 3d and 4th resolutions to a persuasion that they would have been negatived, if persisted in. Mr. S. Smith acknowledged that the present was a very delicate fubjett; but had not the President forbidden the arming of merchant vefTels, he should have been of o pinion that the merchants vessels of a neutral power had always a right to arm for their own defence. But he believed it was neces sary that something should be done. Mer chants would arm their vessels from the right given to them by the law of nations, and, if not restrained, might go on to do a£ts which could not be juflified. Though he believed merchants poffefTed the right of arming their velTels ; yet, rather than do any thing which would involve the country in war, he believ ed they would desist from the pra£tice, and bear the lofTes which they might, for the want of arms, fuffer. , He moved to flrike out the word regulating," and to insert in the place of it " reflricting in certain ca ses." Mr. Swan wiCK believed it would be very difficult to devise any plan by which to reg ulate a power of this kind, since private in terest was set to work to evade the law. There had always been great difficidty to pfeventprivateersfrom being fitted out in-our ports, and it was known that many of the vessels employed against our trade in the W. Indie 3, notwithstanding the precaution, had I been fitted out in our ports, and whenever pcrmiflion was given to merchants to arm , their vessels, that pcrmiflion would be a cover • for a variety of abuses. Besides, the arm ' ing of vefTels, Mr. S. said, would be atten ed with an expense which no regular trade could support. If it were not for this, na • tiou&at w? . might carry on trade, as well as neutral nations. He looked upon the advan tages which the \Jnited States had derived , from their trade to be owing to their having • carried it on without the necessity of arming j • this provision, therefore, could have no oth ' er effect, than to involve us in war. What, Jie asked, had been the conduit of other neu- I tral nations .' He did not believe Denmark, : Sweden, or Venice had carried guns on > board their merchant veflels, though they had had very considerable commerce. He believed that the only proper protection for . the trade of a nation wa* the armed fottf 'of the government, which would always be un- ier tide regulations. Fct tliefe reafor.s, lft : hould be o)»pofcd to the present measure. Mr. Gallatin said, it feemcd as if the notion of the gentleman from Carolina ■vr.s. fufc-ptibl; cf any fhaps, since the 3- nendmenf now incorporated into :t, seemed ;■> hvft a different view, from the original; At p-fent, he would state hi* c'tjeCiionn to ' :h-! principle of the refohtfioa itfelf. The firft enquiry was, whether the law of n=i- 1 :ions permitted the merchant veiTck of a neu- 1 :ral nation to arm. If they had not a right 1 to permit it, whether they are not bound 1 :o prohibit it. He had examined the law >f nations on this subjeCt, and,found no such 1 mthority, nor did the practice of modern 1 :imes juflify the praCtice. He took a view 1 >f the different stages of society to shew, :hat whenever regular governments were :ftablifli<d, the public defence wa. always 1 placed in them, and it was their duty to pro- j : :e£t individuals, since they did not give them 1 leave to proteCt themselves. Mr. G. said he knew of no exception, but • :n cases of letters of marque and reprisal, and ' ie did not know a single instance within the aft century, where these had been granted, ' Dut war had been the consequence, so re- 1 pugnant were they to the present state of 1 ociety.—lt was true nations might be ih 1 uth a state, to find it necessary to grant ' uch a power ; as when a nation with which :t has to do is unable to support the common ' -elations of intercourse. Two inftancesof 1 -his kind presented themselves, viz.—the 1 East-India trade, and the Mediterranean ! -rade. In carrying on our trade with the 1 East-Indies, our vessels were met by those 1 sf a number of uncivilized powers, wpon ; ■vhom no restraint could be had, so that no ' emedy was left to us, but immediate re- i iftance. - Nearly of the fame nature was the ' ituation of the Barbary powers in the Me- 1 iiterranean ; and although we enter into a 1 :reaty with them, we have not a perfeCt re- ' iance upon their obfervihg their engage- j ' nents, our merchants vessels are, therefore, 1 ) emitted to trade to those parts armed- ' tie knew it might be said, that at present, 1 he Weft-Indies were in a similar situation. ' tie believed in some respeCts they were; and ' his could be the only plea for adopting a neafure like the present. If it were to be J inderftood that there was to be an end of ' ;he negociating with France, or that the ' privilege of arming would not be abandoned, ' t might be proper to authorise the arming l >f merchants vessels ; but he believed, if it ' vere considered that such a permission would ' je almost certain to involve us in a war, it would appear to be much more wife to await ' :he event of the negociation with France by : 1 measure of this kind, but he was-afraid of ' involving our country iu a war. ' Mr. G. observed, that when he said it svasour jiuty to prohibit the fitting out of 1 irmed merchant vessels, he thought we ow- 1 :d it to our own security to do so ; and as the President had told them that he had ! prohibited the fitting out of any such vessels until the will of Congress was known upon the subjeCt, he saw no danger that could arise from vessels still remaining unarmed. And if-there were any merchants vessels ar ming, he believed it would be best for go vernment to remain silent on the subjeCt ; for then, if merchants proceeded to aCts of hos tility, government might disclaim the aft, and they alone would have to answer for them. Mr. G. concluded by faying, that this being a new subjeCt, he (houid be glad to hear what, could be said in flftor of it, or of any historical faCt which could throw light upon it. Mr. Coit complained of the proposition, when .firft introduced, and now amended, being very indefinite. He thought the pro vision fliould be made, but he wished the ob je£t to be defined: He could not fay that he could-fo modify the resolution, that he could himfelf vote for it ; he had not made up his mind npon the subjeCt as to what ca ses restriCtions should be'made ; but, in or der to take the sense of the committee, he would move an amendment, in order to bring the subjeCt before them. It was to strike out " c#rtain cases," and to insert at the end of the resolution " bound to the Eajl Indies and to the Mediterranean." .Mr. Harper proposed to amend the a mendmen, by adding the word " Weft," after " East," so as to read " East and Weft Indies." Mr. W. SjniTH did not think it material whether Weft-Indies was inserted, or the a mendment was rejeCted altogether. It was his wish that the committee should firft have decided upon the abstraCt principle. Pre suming it to be the existing law of this coun try that merchants have a right to arm their vessels, he wished to know whether it was their wish to interfere in regulating and re striCting that right. He believed the modi fication of the business might very well have been done in the bill. He would have risen before to have given his reason for this, had he not been prevented from doing so by gen tlemen who had complained that he had not done it. He was in favor of the amend ment to the,amendment ; but, if it was not carried, he would be againlt the amendment. It would be in vain to take into confedera tion the East India and Mediterranean trade, when spoliations were principally committed in the Weft Indies, when, indeed, the ob jeCWof the present meeting of Congress, was principally to take into consideration the protection of the Weft India and European trade : he presumed, therefore, if they meant to do any thing effectual, they ffy>uld take into Weft India trade.—r- Gentlemen were very ready, he said, to ob jeCt to every plan brought forward, but they themselves proposed nothing. All they (}id was to hold out alarms of war, though eve ry one expressed a desire for peace. The gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Swanwiek) had objeCted to the arming of merchant vessels, because of the expence.— He believed the merchants of the United States in general thought differently, tho' there might.be some merchants in this city who would be averse to the measure. As to the expence, he believed, the expence of fitting out the vessels, would Le mcfe tKati ■ Caved in the insurance. But there was z fur- 1 ther confederation—bj T 'his means the vcf fels and fe?,men would be prcferved to the United States ; wherias, "if -it wereput. a,4 dopted, we not only 'lo£e out - reflets- anil ! men, but they go to fcreng'.hen I of a nation which may us» them a<rau»it us. J A.nd unless France knows that this Govern- I ment will afford proteftico to its vest's, ws : anight expect that the weald lake aSfctt> > rage of our rcmiffuefs, by spinning out the" ] negociation, and plundering our property,.. . Something had been said about the con 2uCt of other neutral nations. He believ ed they had armed their merchantmen, — though he did not pledge himfe-lf to prove it; but if this were not the cafe, they had fleets to convoy their trade. We, on the :ontrary, had no fleet, nor did gentlemen !eem disposed that we should have any,— mce they have exprelfed faeir willies that the frigates now building were burnt. He iflced what was to become of the commerce jf this country, if we refufed to proteCt it ? If we were to resort to an embargo, what .you'd be the consequences ? You would lot, said he, fuffer your vessels to lay up for :ver. After a time, they would be sent jut again. In cafe of an embargo, what, ie asked, would become of our seamen ? rhey would vender about the country, dif :ontented, and peri thing for want. What would become of our produce ? It would ■ot upon our wharves. The gentleman from Pennfylva.iia (Mr. Gallatin) had not said neutral nations had lot a right to arm their merchant's ycffels, md he had no doubt, if he could have done the would. Was it, then, right for us to It still and fee the property of our mer :hant» spoliated, Was it not our duty to sroteCt our commerce, our merchants, our -evenue ? If we were to fuffer these to be aid waste, when th«tt state of things arriv :d which he believed was not for distant, in vhat a situation should we bt;.! Nay, he jelieved that the conduct of gentlemen on i :hat floor would have the effeCt to increase 1 he demands of France upon us, by con- j rafting her means and our weakness. The gentleman from Pennsylvania had uftified our right to arm merchant; vessels :o the East Indies and the Mediterranean, )ut had introduced some nice distinCtions to hew that,the fame reason did not exist for, trming our Weft India vessels ;.but lie could ec no reason for it in one cafe, which did lot also exist in the other. j But he was furprifedt'nat the gentleman hould have treated so cavalierly our good I illy the Dey of Algiers, who had behaved o very politely and generously to us. • He :hought much more respeCt was due to the Dey than to Viftor Hugues, though that jentleman did not seem to speak of him with equal respeCt, The Dey of Algiers had lent 40,000 dollars to our agent for the purpose of making a treaty with Tunis.— Victor Hugues, on the contrary, took all he could get from us. Unless some means of protecting our vessels was determined upon, our coasting trade would be loft, since the Picaroons had been off the Capes of the Delaware. And if they were to know, that Congress had adjourned, without doing any thing for our protection against them, our coast would fwarni with them. But gentlemen were afraid, if our vessels went to the Weft Indies armed, war would be the consequence. ■ He did not think so. He believed France conlidered all that part of the country as outlawed, and that it had little connexion with the Government of the country, Indeed, he knew it as a faft, that the French Minister had allured our Government, before he left Philadelphia, that the spoliations committed in the Weft ■ Indies were unauthorized ; and, therefore, if no means of defence were taken against j them, we could have 110 ground upon which to expeCt redress from France. But gentlemen said, why take these mea sures at present, since they may be looked upon as hostile, while our negociation is pending ? He believed, that after the pre sent dispute should be adjusted with France, ic would be necessary to arm our vessels tra ding to the Weft Indies, as he believed, for some years to come, these buccaneers of va rious colours, would continue to infeft those seas. And if this were the Cafe, why ought they not to go into arming our vessels at present, when they were met fo'r the purpose of taking effectual measures for the defence of our country. Mr. S. Smith conceived that Congress were called together to adopt such meafurcc as were best calculated to preserve the peace of the country, by means of negociation, and to fix upon fush means of defence as would not be injurious to the was his-opinion that the Prefideut was not authorised by law to prevent the vessels of merchants being armed ; but the merchants of the United States would readily submit to any loss rather 1 than go to war. He knew that this was the opinion of the Philadel phia merchants; he had seen many of them. Nor had he met with one native American who wished to go into this arming plan ; it would infringe our neutrality, and throw us into a war. When he came here, his mind was scarcely made up on the subjeCt ; he did not like t* give up his right to defend his property ; but he had found this to be the general opinion, and therefore he brought forward the amendment, which had been well amended by the gentleman from Connefticut. The gentleman from South Carolina had since added Wejl Indies, and this brought them to issue ; jor it was •war, ox not -war. ■ ("We are obliged, for want of room, to defer the conclusion of this day's proceed ings, 'till to-morrow. No vote was taken on the question] - - ■ Ha Y . A Qn amity of ercfllent Old and New Hay to be nad at Peel Hall Farm en the WiCahickon Road, anout 2 milei from thCity. *lfn, A QUANTITY OF BUILDING STONE. June 8 s*t I Pout of PuiiAD&LfßiAi AX RIV ID. OASL Sh'.p Motint VcfntJn, Menibetij Portorico 15- JirigFly, Hub bar 1, Jetdhiic Sc Mole 14 IMIy, Wroth, Port au Prince l 4 •Commerce, Key I do. 14 Mary, Kx>oti ii'fs, , . Acquin ne; C.n lmtri Kavannah, 17 Fffcr. Aifopc, Rice, Mole 17 The FIJ !':ft the Mole uti jcr Convby of all! 8 gun • f|f by the mailers of the I C ' l ' t |t Lh \ y c ® c^s 10 convoy thana through the Keys. foi tS»isfK>rf ; among them were the GMriof* of Plenty, Churrlide; Sally, Dawfon; ' ihc Muuilt \ arrived yeftef.lay,confirmo tfce aiccourltof -lie luddenr trctit of &e Britilhar j a uncut from Porto Rico, with the lofsof their heavy artillery, temtf, &c <Bc. Arrived a: pßlttteore, ihip AbigiU,P€tti»,i4 days from Havaijinb, A gentleman who carfi® pafTengef in the Abigail contrudf&s the information* contained in the letter •roni Kavannah. t!ie governor evinces no iMpoficiontofee neutral vcfieUin'that portrefped cci, and men ions frvsral that katfe been captured urtder the of the M°r©> and carried back, ai ter leaving chat port; and in fiances the the Ann of Nantucket a ship of About 350 tori* from Hon duras Bay, which had been explored by a SpanifU lrigate and earned into the Havannah, but was delivered up to* the captain—for this vcfcl several French Privateer J we: oil the look-crut, and in tended taking as soon as (he lelt the port. The Abigail was hoarded by one of Cbem., lhe captain of Which said he took her for the Atfn, and wished to know the time of he? failing, ashc was Waiting "for her. Lailson's Circus, j, South Fifth-Street The Ptib'lic are re'ucotlully inforiiied that The Ps 1 at the NEW CIRCUS. THIS EVENING, June 8, Will begin by a Giat.d Parade of Equeflrian Pei formers of both sexes. A grand display of Horfeaianfhip, By Meffr*. Lang Icy, Herir?n, C. V*ndrve!cc, Nicholas Corie, Suily, (the Clown and Lailfor.. Mr. §ully, in the c'iara&er of Clown, will perform a variety of Comic Feats. Mr. Lai i.son will perform several cr ious and ef tonifhing exereifes, which he will not undertake to enumerate, in order to furprii • the fpeftator; he aim being to plcafe : —and nothing (hall be neglc&eti to render thetxcrcifes worthy ihe attention of the mateuriof this-new-art' Ihe PcdejlaZ> By the beautiful Princefs—(which has never b'ecn ex - ecuted in America) After which will be printed (for the fecoird time) t)ie favorite French comic opefa, called Le Tableau Parlant; Or, The. Speaking P;Surc. With elegjntnrw fcerery, executed by Mr. Perouany. The ewning.Si jrnteruinment will conclude by j second ruprefciitation of the pantomime, called Harlequin; Mariner; Or, THE DISTRESSED TAR. With alterations, additions, lisw scenery, decora tions, &c. WANTED, ABOUT 2cotons of freight, for afly port in Spain, or the Mediterranean in a neu tral bottom. Enquire of JAMES YARD June 7. ;t r HE SUBSCRIBER hiving been appointed by the Envoy Extraordinary and Minitter Pleiu* poteotiary of hi* Britannic Majesty, General Agent ioraflifting British creditors, and such particular a gents as they may tpecially authorise, in profecutiof their claims bviore the c«mminioner« for carrying in to effeft tke sixth article of the Treaty cf Amity, Cm mcrce and Navigation between his Britannic Majtjty : the United States if America, hereby gives notice that he has opened his office at his houfc the south ea<fc corner of Chefnut and fifth Greets, Philadelphia, where he to receive all claims or inrtruftions for claims with the vouchers and documents thereof, for the purpose of bringing forward the fame agree ably so the rules and orders which the boaia may tnink proper to prescribe. And as it will be ior the infereft of all concerned, that the several claims may be so stated, and fupport cd, as to prevent the delay which would arifc from tiic neceflity of obtaining furtiicr information, or ad ditional materials,fiom persons residing at a di'tance, the general ag*nt thiiikt it his duty to add, (for the ducttiori chiefly, of t'nofe, who, not-having employ ed pariicular agents, rftay leave thq prosecution of their claims to hii charge and managcnca') that all | such claims ou«jht in particular to fee forth— lft. The pioper defCrip-.ion and fit nation of the ! creditor or claimant, end original debtor, refpett ! ively. id. The date or nature of the original contract or 1 debt. j 3d. When, in what manner, and to what extent, the creditor 01 claimant w,s prevented or impeded, I by ihe provilioH, operation or defeat of law, the decisions and pradtice of courts, or restraint of exr cutioa. from recovering payment e*f the debt ia question. 4'h The loss and damage incufred or sustained, in confcquence ot fuel impediments, wheihcr the fame may have arilen from the infolveiiey, change of fituafion, or death of the debtor, the loss of legal remedy from lapse of time, or ethercaufes impairiag the value and fccurityof the debt, which would not have-so operated if such impediments had notexiftei. And,s'h The pajticular grounds an d reasons on which the claimant maintains, in the terms of the treaty, that ' by the ordinary course of judicial proceed " ings the creditor cannot now obtain and aQually have " and receive Jul' aud cdzquste c.mpc*Jatio%" fur the lofTes and damages so Inflamed. The general agen> ihinks it his duty further to ftig geft ihst the f vera! claims ought lo be accompanied, and (upported by the affidavits of the claimants duly sworn and regularly atteiied, both as to the exUlence of the debts claimed, and such other cHcumfhncts as may be within their own knowledge rftlpe&ively. And wherever the claimants in Hating the. naiurc o£ their evidence (which inuft in every inftfence be the best ot which tne cafe is capable) have o< cafion to • to the (eftimoriy of witcelTes, it will be proper to appiifeibc fAt ral agertt or the nsmes and places of refidencc ot iuch witnefTesand thefa&sto be elia blifhed by their teflimony, Wm. Moore Smith. Philadelphia, June 8 h, 1797. dim This Day is Published, >* Aud fold by H. & /. Ka mm erf. p., jvn. No. 24, North Third-Jlreet, also, by Mr. Hen jtr Sweitz£R, No. Bj, Race-ftrert, (Price tuit a Dollar ne.lly bound) The Man of real Sensibility j Or, Tm HISTORY Of SIR G. L ' Founded on Fail. •(pi* Tlie elegant Edition of the Elements of 'Moral ity, in tw<» v iiil illo lrar'd with twenty copj er- may aKo be bad as anave, prurej full bound 1 anti gilc, two dollars and ftftf ednts i H <k I. K iunra. have on hand a-quanty of No. l and 2 Witting Pa'per. ! Juuc 8. <WJP - >.■ For Sale, ; A G T TV % the 10th Inft. at tjie Coffee- House, at 7 (.'elrei, P. M, as she cime Iron) sea; (hr ii Vnown tobca fall sailer. Arty particular in foVma.ion ihay be had on application to Capt. B ng» 3 ham on boaid said b*ig, at Mcff. Jefle and Robert 1 \Valn*» Wht. f, to Jonn Piankinhom, or Thomas Siewait. Inventoiy to be seen and terms of pajr mentto he known at ths time of sale. June 8. , * tf
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