%i)t tfasettc. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY E FEN INC, JUNE to. C-iptain Merrihew, of the (liip Mount Ver non, has favored tts with the followirig account of the different spoliations com mitted on the trade of the United Spates . by French privateers, which came imme diately within his own knowledge during _ (lay at the port of St. John's, Porto Rico, and which can be attciled also, by a number of other citizens of America, who had the misfortune to be carried in there. Merck. Adv. Captured by the privateer Vengeance; the fchr. , Loring Tabcr, master, belong ing to Bolton ? bound to Jamaica, and fertt to St. Domingo. The mate and several of the crew of (aid fchr. were put on shore at 3t. John's, destitute of every neeeiTary, be ing plundered even ot their wearing apparel, the mate toek sick a few days after and di ed, the expences of his interment, See. was defrayed by the different American cap* tains. The ftiip Hope of Bolton, John Seivard, Jr.ifter, was captured by the pilot boat De mocrat, in a few hours 'after leaving the isl and of St. Thomas's. This vessel was load ed with doffee and cotton at Surinam, and bound so Boston, since condemned.—Capt. Seward was kept a prisoner on hoard the privatter Democrat, for fix days after her arrival, and was it not for the very spirited exertions used by some American captains and others, he would not even then have ob tained his' liberty. Captured and brought into port, and since condemned, the- fchr. Delight, of Penob fcott, Mark Hatch, matter, bound from Barbadoes to fomeport in the United States, the captain and crew turned on shore at St. John's, destitute of both money and cjoathes, being pillaged. Captured and brought into port, and con- ■ demned, by the privateer Vengeance, the Brig Two Sifters of Baltimore, capt. Hub bard, bound from Montferrat to the island of Thoma3, the captain plundered of his wearing apparel, and every other necessary belonging to himfelf and crew. Captured and bro't into port, the barque Susan of Biddeford, Smith, master, bound from St. Vincents to North Carolina. Capt. Smith and his crew turned on shore (though they solicited much, without eff°£l, to be left in the barque) where they remain ed at the town of St* John's, at a very hea vy expence to wait the iflue of the barque's tryal at Guadaloupe, which finally arrived about the middle of May. Verdidt of the Trench tribunal, cargo condemned, vefTel cleared, but the barque's register, sea letter, and all her other papers, destroyed, or made away with, by the captors, and the vefTel so much pillaged by them, as not to be in a state to return to the continent. Capt. Smith applied to Mr. Paris the French marine agent at Porto Rico, to afTril him to put the barque in such a condition as would enable him to return in her to Bidde ford, but without any redress or effect ; capt. Smith was therefore neceflitated to purchase the American schooner Delight, which was condemned, in the purchase of which he was joined by capt. Strong, and five or fix different captured American masters and mates, being the only alternative they had left to return to America. Brought into the port of St. John's by a French privateer, the mate and crew of a schooner belonging to Boston, whom they turned on shore without a second shirt or jacket, or a single dollar in his pockets. This schooner, name forgotten, was owned at Boston, and commanded by captain Dtin- Itendorff, loaded at Tobago, and bound to Boston—cleared. Brought into port, by the privateer Tri umphant, the brig , of Baltimore, John Fry, master, bound from Baltimore to St. Bartholomews. After several days deten tion, and loaded with innumerable expen ces, he was with difficulty cleared, but on a ftipuhted condition of entering into a Written obligation, to acquit the owner and captain of the privateer from all costs and damages. Capt. Williams, of the fchr. , be longing to Norfolk, and his people, were brought to St." John's by the privateer Ven geance, and turned on shore without a dol . lar in their pockets. They sent the schooner for trial to St. Domitfgo, where she was soon condemned, under a pretext of her not having either register or sea letter, which the captain of the privateer was base enough to del-toy ot conceal. Takon by the privateer brig Vengeance, and since condemned, the Ihip William, of Portland, RfcbrrtStrong master, boond from St.K:ttsto Portland. In a few nights after theeap'ureol faitl ship, the mate of her, and one Tailor and the cabin bey, whom the privateer permitted t* remain onboard, took an opportunity, whil< the French prize master and eight Frenchmen ere napping, or off their guard, to rife mi them and retake thelhip. *ln theconflifl, whit k lifted a considerable time, the French prize mafUr and two of the Frenchmen were killed and three ethers badly woonded, but unfortu nately, the next 'day the (hip William was me near Porto Rico ard retaken by the French pn vateer Eagle, both from the crew and owntrj ofyrivatecif, the brave and intrepid America; Mate and Mariner experienced.every dearer o cruel, unmanly and favape difgraiefu to be related of Frenchmen, —those two beli and brave fellows were sent in a few days afie to fland their trial before a French tribunal, t. St. Domingo, in an open boat, double ironei on both Tegs and hands, and if report said « spoke truth, with orders to thrftw tliem bot e»eiboard, if the bnat was rbafrd by an liiig lifh t tuifcr j the American riptairs and oilier preVented a spirited ami humane memorial t the Spatiifb governor of Porto Uico. Don Ra\ riiundo de Caflrn,—rrprrfrnting thofe'men; American Aibjefls anJ praying that thtV m : gl be tried by ?par.i(h laws, but to which! never deigned to return an anf-vcr. " Bfought in by the privat.er Vthgeirte, tb fit*,a n»r « - ■, Oapt. Jenes'ofßono:!; who it fold Irflca.-ga at Guadal and porchtftd a v return c'aigo there, Dound for BaJloa, Captain j Jones wai met by an cruif.r and car*- ried into St. Kitts, where after trill, he was ' aeqvvtted and p rmlttedto proceed on his voy age 'O Boston, but was tuet ia a few days altt; - by the above privateer Vengeance, and mettly t under the pretext of Capt. Jones fating at a ifri- ( tifh island he was again c;p'.t)ie*!» from whole • clutches he was glad to get clear as erJevcrai ( dayi detention, paying lie..vy port thirjes and otl>er txpenies, andiiting plundered oi all his Hock and fmail stores. Brought in by the L'l fpeigle ptiViteer, and i since condemned, the brig Nabby of Hartford, , bound from Antigua to Mew-York loaded with rum, sugar and coffee. Alio the (loop Hannah of Milford, since cm demncd, bound to Ne«-York loaded uitli lu- andmolaft'ts from Martinieo. Brought in by the privateer Triumphant, the brig Ceres of N'ewbern, James Moore matter, loaded with lumber for Trinidad, so little re gard had the owner or captain of tlii» privateer to laws, cuflom or usage, that they (tripped the brig Cries entirely of her Ihrowds and part of her running rigging and spars, with which tl*ey again fitted out the privateer, though ihe brig Ceres's condemnation had not arrived when the ship Mount Vernon left Porto Rico. Drought in by a Row Boat and eight men, andonefwivel gun ; the Snow Harmony, ot Kennebunk, Burnham master, bound from Barbadoes home, with rum ; the owner of ih:s (privateer, Mons. M. Mallert fold the cargo in* I a few days after, and the vessel iu about four weeks after her arrival, though no condemna tion for her had yet come to hand. Captured and brought in by the l'£ipcig!e privateer, the ftlip Kitty; belonging to Mr. Coppinger of Philadelphia, bound from the Isle of France to laid port, loaded with coffee, sugar, cotton, indigo and bale goods. Captain M'Fherfon and Mr. Cox, the super cargo of the above ship were eonfined on board without even having permission to converse or fee a single individual diredlly or indiredlly, or to corrcfpond with the Ihore by letter ; they at length found means by the aid of Mr. Bayly an interpreter to have a ltrong or urgent remon strance l'ating their grievances, drawn up, and presented to the Govtrnor don Kaytnundo de Castro, but to which his excellency never re turned an answer, and finally when the island was beliegcd by the Britilh, they were taken from on Board the Ihip, with the crew and I clcfely confined in prison, where they yet lan guifli without any profpedl of being liberated, S uulefs by the interference of the executive of ! their country. Five seamen of the above ship 1 Kitty, all citizens of America and with protec tions in their pockets, were put on board the Spanish frigate Juno, to be sent to the Havan nah, and treated as linglifh prisoners of war ; this extraordinary circumstance happened on the morning of the day, on which the ship Mount Vernon was to fail, therefore no time was to be lolt to rescue those poor fellows from such a dreadful situation; a strong and urgent representation was made in their favour by some American captains and others, that they might be put on board rhe Ihip Mount Vernon, which was at length granted, but not until the very inltant that the Ihip Mount Vernon was ' weighing anchor, vdien the poor fellows arri ved from on board a guard boat troin the Span ish frigate J jno. . . Some days previous to the ship Mount Ver non leaving Porto Rico, there were thirteen American tailors brought to the town of St. i John's, under a guard of soldiers. from the l weft end of the island, and put into close prison where there were no less than 50 negroes con , fined. Those men wiere all American citizens and had each of them a proteaion, being part of the crews belonging to the brig Induftiy of 1 Boston, Joseph Ryder master, bound from De marara to Boston, and ot the schooner Betiey, ; W. Sturges from Trinidad, and the ship In , duftry, Robert Oram mailer, of Portsmouth (Newhampfhire,) all taken by a privateer and f- carried into Cape Rook. IFire American captains being made acquainted with the dreadful iituation that ihefe poor fel > • lows were in, dofely confined in afmall cell, and the weather then extremely sultry, presented a remonstrance to the governor for their liberation, which was granted, after their being eonfined in a loathsome prison nine days, but on condition that 1 they would pay the goal fees and that they Ihould take them on board their different veiicls off the • Island. . These thirteen mariners all agree in their differ ent accounts of what Captain IVierrihew heard re ported before, at the town of St* Johns, that the French privateers had % taken within a ihort time } several other American vessels and brought them into the different ports of the south and weft part of the Island of Porto Rico. -Some of the captains to the number of five or fix as well as the crews of those vessels took their passage in a Danilh barque ' bound to St. Croix from Capeßooke, it being the " best opportunity that presented for them to - return home after losing their vessels. 1 Captain Merrihew cannot conclude his recital without mentioning a matter that has> happened to 1 him and the other American vessels at the port of 1 St. Jehr.s, during the early part of the ficge of that town, by the Britilh, on which he .will not pre ' tend to comment, but leave it to an impartial pub lic t®draw what inference they think proper irom e so extraordinary a circumstance. On the fourth or [fifth day of the liege the Eri " tilh brought leveral mortars to bear on,the town, " and on the (hipping in the harbour, which of con r • fcquence induced the (hipping for tteir prefervati ,B I on to remove to a greater difttnee round a point • of land, in performing which as is always cuftoma -1 ry, five or fix American vessels then ia port hoilted their colours, to prevent the Briuib firing or annoy* " ing them while they were thus aiixiowllj employed in removing their vessels to a place of lafcty. ihe d neceflity ofhoifting their American colours was e- l f vident as the French prize master of the American o (hip Kitty of Philapdphia was nearly inflrumental >f in the lofsof the Ihip ; (he being tired at and ftrutk d by a (hell, which went through the quarter deck, d but fortußately happened to lodge in a barrel ol [ e rice, which choaked the Fuse for the moment, un n til the people extinguished it without furthei n damage t« the (hip—rbut in about an hour after k ! the captain of the port, Don Hurtado came oo board the Mount Vernon, and every other Amen- J" can vessel and demanded in the most haujhty tont ' of language, their vessels colours, which were nol 1 ' returned them until after the Britilh abandonee Pl the 0 pe. 1- in Sufjlance of Mr. Harper's Speech on thi of quejiion of permitting Merchants Jhips tt ul arm for defence in the IVfl-India trade, M Mr. Harper observed, that it did no' er seem to him necessary for members to pre r * face their otfervations in that House witl VT ' accounts of themselves, or declarations abou ►h ! their motives—much less could it be necef g- ; fary to talk about the motives of othe rs 1 people. He believed that gentlemen vver *° j for the moll part, far better known to other v " | than to themselves, and as for their motives they would bell be judged of by the natur • * land tendency of^heiraclions. He woidi i therefore, as he had alwßy before endeavour cd to do, avoid the example of gentlemen i 4 this refpeft, ;:;id fhouJd content lumfelf 1 ffi with dating his own ar.d endeavour- j to ing to controvert those of gentlemen who- as opposed him, without faying any thing about ef his motives or theirs. * t' l He could have wished that other gentle- in tnen had acted thus. They had however & chosen to pursue a very different course. 1 They had constantly and loudly attributed th to him and other gentlemen who thought aj with him, the very worst of motives, a de sire to bring their country into war, and this 0 l I:i contradiftion to their express and repeat- h; ed disavowal of such intentions. When he ei and gentlemen with whom he agreed, had made-the most solemn afleveraticms, that it hi was their whole desire to preserve the peace tc of this country, in every manner confident w with itstfue interests, and that they advised fc certain'meafures, because they, iathe best of w their judgment, thought them best calcula- ir ted to produce this eneft ; they had been P repeatedly told, though not always with the di fame rudentfs, that they were not believed, c; The accusation of intending to draw the it country into war, had been extended to all who differed in sentiment with certain gen- a: tlemen, and every measure which they did k not like, was imputed to this intention.— o The charge had been extended to the Exe- n cutive ; and it had been said both on that h floor and eifewhere, that proofs of this hof- n tile intention were to be found even in the ti pacific measures which he had resolved to p pursue. d On this head Mr. H. said, he did not o know how gentlemen were to be cured of ti their incredulity ; how did he know whe- a ther it was desirable that they should be cu- tl red : He certainly should take no further t pains to do so. Of one thing, however, he 0 could assure gentlemen—that the fear of t their cenfur* on his motives, or the desire v of averting it, should never induce him, in t any degree, to alter his conduft: It was v the public good he fought, and the public t a»':eem, in addition to his own, was the re- e ward he de fired. As to the good opinion of certain gentlemen, if it came in his way he c should not rejeft it ; but he could not fay d that he would go out of his way to obtain 1 t it. If, therefore, it was an effeft on him j a they meant to produce, they might spare 1 c themselves the trouble in future. If it was ■ a an effeft on the public ; still their labours e would not effeft him ; for he was very wil- : a ling to let his motives be laid before the pub- i c lie, on his own sincerity, weighed against a the accusations of those gentlemen. j c He had been led into these remarks, not only by the course conftaqfcly pursued by 1 1 gentlemen in general, but by the aflertion I <■ of the gentleman last np—from Maryland , 1 (Mr. Smith). That this motion for ex- j cepting the Weft India trade from the pro- '< hibition to arm for defence, was a motion for j 1 peace or war. In this opinion he could not J agree. He was persuaded, and he should f endeavour to shew that the right of arming \ \ merchants (hips for defence in the Weft In- 1 dia trade, might be so regulated and re- < ftrifted, as to become in no degree dange . rous to the peace "of this country. ' i He said the right of arming for defence ; 1 for he took this to be a right inherent by ; the law of nations, in every neutral State. He had not, he confefled, made researches ' into the law of riations on this point, but the ! general course of his reading had led to this 1 conclusion. It was also confirmed by histo ry and the praftice of neutral States, whose 1 merchants (hips did very frequently fail j armed in time of war. It was a natural j right to carry arms for defcece, as much on , the water as on the land. The offence, lay 1 in either cafe, hot in the arming, but in the c improper use of the arms. If on a ' journey should carry arms for his defence against robbers, this would he proper ; but . should he use them to rob himfelf, be be - comes punishable as a felon—So it is at sea. c The arms may be carried, and may be e used properly. If used improperly, pun t ifhment ensues. This he had moreover un s derftood to be the result of the best legal >f opinions in this country ; and indeed it had e not been denied. ~ It must, however, be admitted, that the abuse of this right was far more easy, and il far more dangerous, at sea, than ou land : It 3 was therefore proper to lay it under much 1 stronger reftriftions ; and some nations had 1 thought fit to reftrift it altogether. Whe ther we should do so in the present circum ii fiances, was the question. This question he would repeat, was riot about the giving of a right, but about the reftrifting or tak ing away entirely of one which already ex i_ ifted. it When this proposition was firft brought 1- forward by his colleague, it was presented in the most general and abftraft form- It 'J was "to regulate the arming of mercahnts lc (hips for defence." Afterwards by the con sent of the mover it had been exp#.Ted dis h ferently : "To reftrift the arming of mer chants (hips for defence, to particular cases." A gentleman from Connefticut (Mr. Coit) J had moved to amend it so as to read '? to re 1. ftrift the arming of merchants (li:p% &c. r to the trade to the East Indies and the Me " diterranean." It had then been moved to insert before the word." Indies" the words :)t stand "to reftrift the arming of merchants :d fliips, &c. to the trade of the East and Weft Indies, and the Mediterranean." That was the motion then under difcufTan. The question was whether merchants ships enga lo ged in the Weft India trade should be pre vented entirely- from arming for defence ? ft And this the gentleman from Maryland had c- .declared to be a question of peace or war. th But how, he would a fie, was it a question ut of peace or war ? Was it not prafticable to :f- leave the merchants possessed of this right, er but under such regulations and reftriftions as re would take away the danger of abuse ?—Or ■rs if abuses should happen, would save the ■% nation from refponflbility ; would take away re cause of offence from other nations ; He lid believed it was prafticable, ar.d he should ir- n6w'endeavour to shew it. The question] in had indeed been brought forward in its ab-' ffrjft form i in this form it was proper full i c; to difcufsit. The modifications would come 1 a* dfitruardf, when it should affame the form I a ef a bill. Gentlemen- had complained of jfa this mode, and called for the modifications in the firft instance; but tlicy had them- at selves proved, that this mod.; was proper.-: j c.< They had not only proved by the tenor o£ 119 their opposition that they meant to vote Ibi against the measure under any poffiblc modi- I o fication ; but liacf expressly declared it.— J ai One gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Giles) I tc had even declared that he would vote againfl | j' every proposition on the table. Why then Iti spend time in modifying a measure, which a! however modified, gentlemen were resolved I ci to oppose. ? The • proper way was, to fee J it whether it could be carried in iLs general h form, and let the modification Cornc after- II wards. Though, however, he thought it n; improper to propose any modification at c; present, he would tell gentlemen, and en- ai deavour to (hew the Committee, how, In his I opinion, it might be modified so as to strip a it of all its dangers. b There were, he (aid, three kinds cf trade as between us and France. There was one c kind prohibited either by treaties or the law t of nations, one kind in dispute, and one kind I tl neither prohibited nor in dispute. To this j v last kind the right might be, and in his opi- I ti nion ought to be, reftrifted. These reftric- I o tions (hould be exprefled in the law, and in | i precise inftruftions, and heavy penalties, un- I F der good security, should be exacted for the I j' observance of these inftruftions. Thus as I 0 the inftruftions would be confined wholly to I g a trade, neither prohibited nor in dispute, I t they could not be complained of; and if J v they were infringed, it would not be the aft j how it might be modified so as to remove j ' every objeftion. j 111 the firft place Britain exercifcd the'right I ' of taking the goods of her enemies if found 1 on board of our (hips. This France ailed- j ged was aright given to the Engliilibyour I treaty with them, and that (he also. tad I ; become intitled to it. She therefore decla- I : red that (he would take the goods of her e- I nemies whenever (he could find them in our j . (hips. Tnispoint we do not concede ; but • neither do we mean to resist the right by j [ force. We intend to ttegociate, and per [ haps to yield it if found expedient. It j [ would therefore be improper, and contrary | - to the spirit of this negociation to permit 1 : our vefTels to arm in this trade ; and confe- I 1 quently every veflel whichftiall take onboard j : goods the prope'rty of the enemies of France : must be prevented from arming. Every vef . fel before (lie arms must give fufficient proof j , that (lie has no such goods on board, and ; fufficient security not to take them. So also asto contraband aboutwhich there . is a point in dispute between us and Franc; I 1 which we mean to fettle by negociation.— I 1 The French treaty limits the contraband j lift. In the British it is more extended, and I ; the French declare that they will extend it I 1 in the fame manner. Here is a dispute which t like the former, we mean to fettle if possible I j by negociation. We must not therefore 1 i permit oif citizens to contest it by arms ; - and accordingly no veflel (hould be permit- I . ted to armwithout proving that (he had none j 1 of those articles on board, and giving fecu- I t rity to take noue. If (he did so, it would I - be contrary to her inftruftions Scat her own I - ri(k. The bonds would be forfeited, the aft I disapproved, and the. nation saved from all I t refponflbility. i The fame observations, he said, would I t apply to the cafe of a place blockaded or be- I s sieged. By the Laws of Nations provisions I - could not be carried to a blockaded or be- I fiegedplace. What wouldconftituteafiegecr I •- blockadewasaqueftionoftheLawofNations; " but the ejeiftence of thefiegeor blockade must ) in the firft jnftance be notified to neutrals by :- the party forming it. It could be known :. in no other manner : for the neutrals must be well acquainted with the circUmstances, o and the besieged party would not teftify a [s gainst themselves- Indeed acefs could not n be had to them, and of course their opinion :s could not he known. The besiegers must ft therefore make the declaration in the firft is instance, and neutrals must believe it. Whe le ther falfe or true becomes afterwards a quef l- tion in the Courts of Admiralty which the e- French authority there has declared to be ' ? in this state. The truth of this declaration id will be a matter of controversy when any of ourveflelsfliallbe taken in the attempt to enter n those ports peaceably: but in the mean time to they must not be allowed to attempt to en t, ter by force. They must be prohibited in as the fame manner as if the place were decla )r red by the commander of a squadron to be le in a state of blocade. At least, Mr. har ly per said, this appeared to him to be pro le per according to this present view of the Id point. He might hereafter think otherwise >n for his mind was not fully made up. But b-' proper cr not, which was watter of future cyifideAtibn," it was certaiafy pra&icable, and if done would Cave the government from any responsibility : a'nd that waS fufficicnt for the present purpose. These modilications, Mr. Harper said, and as many more as might be thought nc ceffary, it wftuld be practicable to introduce iijto a The provifione of this bill would be digested into'aTett o'f Tnft'ru&ion- find" owners of veffeb applying for permission to arnvdefeniivety, would be obliged to conform |to the-law, and to give large bonds with fuf ficient security for conforming to the inflec tions. Resolves by way of indictment, might also be added for matters of veflels who ftrould contravene the inftru&ions.# If they flifculd dill be contravened, the government would have notlting ta do but disavow the act, (hew the inftruftlons, and lay to -tie other nation, puiiilh thefi persons if catch them, they havc.djfobeycd our orders, and if they -.come here we will punish fliem, In the mean time wc-wittforfeit.LK;'r bonds:'' and thus all jnftifiable cause of offence would be taken away. He said " juftifiable cause of offence" be- ' caafe it was and always would be impossible to take away pretexts of war from a natfen » that has resolved on it. Such pretexts it was well known from the history of "all na tions and ages, had never been wanting when one power was resolved to attack another. All that could be done by a state deSrous of peace was to avoid real cause of offence, juftifiable cause of quarrel. This mtift be our conduft. We mull avoid juftifiable ground of complaint andoffence : this would be done by,the measures recommended ; and we could do no more. If France were so determined on a quarrel as to attack us un- der so flirnzy a pretence, (he wo aid. .find "b- * thers were we to deprive her of this. War' we' (hould have, if.war was her desire ; and the; only possible chance of avoiding it, W6flld_ be by letting her fee that it was not her in- . tereft. Mr. Harper was not afraid to fro-' nounce the word war. He was neither afraid 1 of the thing, nor alarmed at the found ; and he could conceive eaftly of circuraftancea -in >vhich all the intereftsofthiscountry would Call for war. Those circun-ftacces he did not believe now to exist. He believed they might be averted ; and that to adopt this measure would strongly tendto produce that effe&. Much had been, said about a clamor, of war which had on former occasions been raised. If such a clamour had been raised the justice would be done him to acknow ledge that he had never assisted it. He had never resorted to the alarm of war. It was an event which he had never apprehended, nor did he now apprehend it. It was an e vent always possible, and for which every country ought to be prepared ; and this con stant ftateof preparation was thebeft means of averting it ; which was not to be done by temporizing measures- A country which acts justly towards others, and (hews a desire of peace, and at the fame time a refolutio'n to defend itfelf, will always be the most fafe fiom injury and aggression. GAZETTE MARINE LIST. Port of Philadelphia. ARRIVED, DAYS* Ship Goddess ef Plcnt y',Cl,ur:iGde, Port Brig, J aHy, Doffon, • Cape JSichoh Mole 16 Isabella & Ann, Hampt*n, Aux C*y,es 3* Eliza, Arnold, Cbarld'on 10 I'uraaa, Morris, N. Carolina % Adamant!, Wklrling. Windfer, N. S, if Schr. Susannah. Carson, Barbadoes 24 Samuel, Carson,' Barbadoes 14, , Yateman, Crane. Cape Nichola Mole 23 Andrew, Caffin, Ditto 16 Miile'rva, Dill, • Baltimore: 8 Hancock Horton, Providence J Sloop Driver, Brent, Cape Nichola Mole 16 Betfejr, King, Alexandri4 5 CLEARED. . Ship Bacchus,XSeorge, I.ocdon Farey, Ehrenftroom, Ilavannah Brig Enteijirizc, Laugdon, Kingston, Jamaica Adelaide, Minns, Baltimore George, Waire, N, Carolina Schr. RichmoHd, Thomas, Norfolk . Folly Hall, ChaniUtr, V afliington N.i (*. lifhju, iDrunimoad, Ncrfoli 1 Sloop Morning Star, Wtiden, Foley [ Captain Hampton was boarded by French ami Britifii Cruisers, who ' after examination iUfmiiTef ports. :r The Schooner IVillicm of Baltimore, cept. le Francis'Smilhwici, on hfr fnffagt home frc;n 1- Jacquemet, was captured on the &th May, by ii ihe Hir.iTletter df Marqne, andpnt into Jere i- mie, the captain detained as a prifuner, and the >e • Jfhmn'er sent doton with two others to Jamaica r- under convoy. Captain Smith wilt -writes that > a convoy with.nine American prime had failed if afew day before for Jamaifa, and that report fe \faid orders were-given to fend thither cdl Amer it | ican "reffcls bound or from French ports as re g'odpriztu