©j> getteiDap's ©ait BALTIMORE, March 9. OFFICIAL. A gentleman bearing dispatches from captain Truxton to the Secretary of the Navy, arrived this morning in a pilot boat. We have been politely favoured with the fol lowing letter received by the fame con veyance. United States Frigate ConfMUtion Baffetrrre Roads. St. Chriflophcr's, 16th February, 1799 My Dear Sir, lenciofe you a newspaper that gives a ve ry accurate account of my capture of the In furgerite, French frigate, with this differ ence only, you mud read 409 men as at foot, being her Compliment instead of 360. I have not time to add : I wish you health and happiness, and am, with sincere efleem your obedient humble servant, THOMAS' TRUXTON. P. S. The Infurgente, of 40 guns, viz. 24 cannon of 12 poundeis. 4 do. of 36 do. brass. 2 do. of 24 do. 2 do. of 18 do. 3 do. of 6 do. 40 guns wit'i 8 brass fwivek. Number of Men, viz. j i officers lent to Guadaloupe t4tlr in ft. 180 men in prison (hip in Bafl'aterre roads seven of whom (lightly wounded. ie>o put in goal at Bafieterre. 34 wounded in hospital, 29 killed in aftion. 14 detained on board Constellation. 409 total on board when the action torn me need, Jeremiah Yellott, esq. We have been favored by an obliging friend with the following letter from captain Truxton, dated United States, ship Constellation, Basse saterre Road, St. Christopher's, 17tb February, 1798. " Before this can reach you, the capture of the Infurgente, French national frigate, of 40 guns and 409 men, taken by the arms of the United State* (in fight of this island) on board the above (hip, after an action of one hour and a quarter, will, no doubt, be known to you in Baltimore. " In this, the firft sea battle fought this war, between a government veflel of ours, and one of the enemy, I have a pleaiure in faying, that my officers and men all behaved so well, that I cannot name to you one offi cer without doing an injustice to the reft. We had only one man killed and three wounded. The enemy had 29 men killed and 46 wounded. Both (hips were much /hattered in their masts, spars, rigging, &c. but the Constellation not near so much as the Infurgente. " The captain of the Infurgente declared that my taking of him would be considered a declaration of war against France.* I told him if the captureof a national veflel was to be considered as a declaration of war, his taking of the Retaliation, which belonged to the United States, was certainly a declarati on of war against us, 011 the part of France. However, be it war or be it peace, I told him I would certainly take every French frigate, and other French armed veflel I met with, if not overpowered, and of this determination 1 requested he would inform general Desfor neaux. " I have sent up a cartel to Guadaloupe, in hopes of exchanging the prisoners. If I can get men, I will have the Infurgente cruising with ine by the ift of March. • That this fellow (hould affeift surprise at being beaten aud made prisoner, by an Ame rican, is notflrange. He is, no doubt, like woft of his countrymen, a piece of a philo sopher, and having imbibed a belief that such a mongrel race could never assume refolirtion to take up arms, he {till affefts, with the true nonchalance of a Frenchman, even after he has keen bravely fought, beaten, and taken, to wonder at such conduit, and to warn a gainst the consequences. It was well ob f(»rved by the great Pariglofs, as he spat his last tooth out, in the hospital, " It does not become a Philosopher to change his opini ons." By the gentleman who brought caotain Truxton's dispatches, we learn that the com mander of Guadaloupe and his satellites, are violently enraged at the impudence ofthe A mericans in capturing one of their frigates and the finking a privateer ; and were rea dy to tear the Americans to pieces who con veyed the Constellation's prifomjrs to that island. A few more such fraternal squeezes after their own example, may probably put them in a better humor. The Infurgente is the frigate capt. Barney formerly had command of, and which made her escape off our capes from a strong British squadron (he is a fine new frigate, and reckoned the fwifttft sailer in the Frepch navy. Capt. Rogers, firft lieutenant of the Constellation, we understand, is appointed by capt. Truxton to command her ; and there is no doubt but that (he is by this time at sea under American colors, as men from the American fleet at St. Kitts offered their services with the greatest alacrity and enthn fiafm, tecruiie against the enemies of their euantry. A letter from on board the Montezuma, dated lat. 30, long. 63, February 20, '99, states that " Captain Barry, of the frigate United States, has been lo fortunate as to reach a French privateer with his heavy me tal, and fink her ; and had jufl time enough to run along fide and save 60 men, which he attempted to fend aftiore at Basseterre, Guadaloupe, by hoisting a flag of truce, but it being fired on, the benevolent dciign was giten up." Mr. Veifer, who biooght the difpatchej from commodore Truntnn, informs ut that he left t!'e American fleet from St. Kitts on the 18th ulinvi, confining of 40 fail, under conv >y of tlie (loco of war M<-rrimac, capt. Brown, of T0 guns ; among the fleet w;-re the brig Dispatch, and brig , captain Smith, for Baltimore The fleet were to pafa St. Croix and St, Thomas's, for others to j >in. This city wa? lad night alarmed with the cry of fire, which, however, proved to be a chimney in Ca'v rt street. Too much praise cannot be bestowed on the citizens, who appear to be ever ready, on the least appearance of t v ts df ftruftivf enemy of so ciety, to afiift in its extinguiflament. %%t <®a?ett£. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 16. -'.'r «»!$■ 1 PRICES GF STOCKS. Philadelphia, February 26 Six Per Cent. iSf Three Per Cent. 9/6 to 8 Deferred 6 Per Cent. I4j" BANK United c tates, 10 percent. Pennfylvania, 20 itto. ■ North America, 46 ditto Infuran«e comp N. \ fliares 30 —— Pennfvlviria, (hares. 3? COURSE OF EXCHANGE On Himhtirgh jj i-J cents per Murk Banco. Lorr!on,» at 30 days 56 1-1 ——— at 60 days £4 at 90 days 51 t-i Amfterdam,6o days, pr. guild. 36 to 37 l-l cents The following Important Letter has just come to band. From a thorough knowledge of the cha ra&er of the gentleman who writes this let ter, of his caution in communicating politi cal intelligence, and his practice of noticing no report in his letters, which has not been perfectly well authenticated, as well as from a review of the uniform corre&nefs of all former information from the lam-: source ; —1 am enabled to aflerr, that the following may be relied on as minutely true. Extract of a letter from Lisbon to a respect able Mercantile House in this City, dated stb January last. " THE French have lately met a severe check in Italy—The King of Naples, at the head of his army, has taken poffeflion of the Pope's dominions, and every where beat the French array mod severely. On the Neapo litans entering the city of Rome, General Mack, the commander in chief, summoned the castle of St. Angelo, which was still in poffeflion of the French, to surrender, which they refufed—He then sent them a meflage declaring that if they fired on the city that for every gun, he would deliver a French man to the populace—This did not intimi date the French—they fired several guns ; and general Mack, as good as his worA, delivered as many Frenchmen to the mob, who murdered them in the molt cruel manner—he then sent them another mefiage relating what he had done, and what had hap pened to the poor Frenchmen,who hadfallen viftims to their folly, on which they ceafcd firing, and delivered up the castle. A few days after that, a severe engagement took place between 25,000 French, and about 35,000 Neapolitans, in which the latter were victorious—they took about 4000 pri soners, and killed in battle about 5000. The loss of the Neapolitans Was veiy tri vial compared with that of the French. The son of the king of Naples was arrived with a division of the army of Civita Vecchia and had takenpoflcflion of that city and port. The Romans were every where flocking in great nunbers to enter into the Neapolitan army. I have no doubt but the Frfrnch will lie more rapidly driven out of Italy than they entered it. Buonaparte, all accounts agree, was fliot at axcuncil of war, by an Egyptian foldler, and his whole army by this time deftroyed— fo irmch f&r that Expedition. " Malta is aifo taken, and the Neapolitan flag hoisted on the fortifications. Minorca ;saho takeo by the English, which is of great consequence to their Mediterranean fleet, as Port Mahon is very convenient and commo- dious for repairing their men of war and cruizers in those seas. 1 his year will, in my opinion, be a year of the greatest events that have ever happened in Europe ; and if the talked-of co alition takes place, which no doubt must for its own internal defence of the combined nations, I should not be surprised to lee a king on the throne of France again, or Eu rope become one barbarous banditti. I he PRESIDENT of the United States left town yesterday, for his feat in Mafla chufctts. One of the lieutenants of the Constella tion, killed a fellow at his gun, for cow ardice : It appears, by his name, that be was not ax American. Bv further private accounts fiom i"?orth aniptoii, we learn that the InfuiTeftiojv. gathers head there. The Marfljal, with a few fol lowers, fat off again on Monday for the scene of Itifuneiflion, with ft viewr of artvfting some of the leading Rebels. Several outrages have hern recently com mitted upon the pcH'ons of the molt rel'pcfta ble characters, by the Northampton rebels. The rebellion, hv all accounts, has nearly got to a l'ufficitnt height, to authorize the fending of Commissioners to treat tvitb the rebels. As it is to be hoped, that govern ment will never difgnice itfelf by compound ing with treason, that good old man,fotif.iier Tinvr/fe, our Governor, in reversion, presents himfelf as a fit character for a second wif fion of this nature ; as no man can suppose that he would ever conclude atreatyby which the rebels mult be compelled to lay down their arms. It appears, through various mediums, that the government of Great Britain, Jias ref'ol ved, in no event to make peace with France, ■while remaining under her present forms. Indeed, this determination is necessarily iu volved by the aftual slate of that ciiferal'le country. In her present imperfe& organi zation, (lie is utterly incapable of fuftiining peace, Look at every power with which she has concluded treaties, and not one of them will'be fou'.id at peace from her piracies or her intrigues. When Col! it d'Kerbois was firft employ-' ed by the managers of the Theatre, it was in tl-je character of tandle-fruiffcr, frene fliifter, .and playbill monger.-*—lf the report of the day be true that Vie has become ma nager for the purpose of fuppreflihj our na tional songs and patriotic opinions, how jjricvoufly has the scene been shifted! We aif informed that the price for-which Collot d'Hsrbois went into court, and at tefledhis own mother's infidelity, wis about double in amount the number of pieces re. ccived by Judas, for betraying dur Saviour. City Guard-bouse, March 12, 1799. MR. Fenno, AS an extra ft of a letter from the Ha- , . - vanr.a, dated January ill, has appeared in j To holders of unseated LANDS in your paper of this evening', you will oblige ! LycOTtllTlP COVTtty. ™ C " closed "rt'ficate, ' TT7HERE A s diver, persons, in tending to enter which I trust will (hew, that no credit ought * * their Landi with us, theeommiflioncr. of to be given to a letter from a Frenchman in said « ount y. according to Law, have transmitted the Havanna, to John B. Guinot, one of his 10 us im P erfe,a ftatenient« of their I ands, wherehy countrymen, now in this city, wherein it is ' W f "ft j° dlft, "g Ulo > on the general mentioned « that notwithstanding there was an American sloop of war (the Delaware I aforefaid, who are desirous of entering their lands believe) off our island, several American wi,h u * according to Law, thatthey transmit to veflels have been taken by two French pri- usa statement, (hewing the names of the wafran. vateers that are cruizing between this and -"V* numb s sand dat " of the warrants, thequal .KM,*™, arrived here, and the veflels are fentto Gua- warded, to thepoft office atthstown of Norchum daloupe, or in small ports round the island," herland, poll paid, will be duly attended to Ly'us, JAMES M'KNIGHT. j tfVh uxT"" fl>eedi ' y furD,fhed with an Pk- rur -U ~ , . ' Tllo f e P"fon» who do not enter thoir Land, a, me lublcribefg, commanders or venrlt aforelaiJ, and pay their taxes, within three months lately arrived from the Ha»anna do certify rrom this notification, an intercft of" 1 } 3 t HEZEKIAH HARDING, master of „ c " e .? f eommitfioner,is brie- Georre I e,ty - whe " w fll remain until the i6rh S 'S • ! Auyperfon wifhingto enter their Lands ma# application him at W'm. Elliot's, Crels Keys, North F«uith ltrcct. Havanna Feb, \ath, 1799. We the under/igiud do thus publicly thank Captain Stephkn Decatw* of the Delaware Sloop of War for his unremitted attention to us while under his Convoy from the Capes of Delaware to this port, having all arrived fafe, owing to the protection af forded us by him. James Baxter, Supercargo of Ship Jofrphua.. H. S KENNEDY, Matter of Ship Jofrphus. CALEB KARL, of (hip CJood Friend*. STEPHEN SHEWELL, of Ship Roe buck. EDWARD JONES, of ship Fame. M"* ITH lAS FORD, of Schooner lohri. WILLIAM BROWN,of Senooiier Ma ria. From a London Paper. OLD BAILEY. Friday Edw. Atkinfon, John Turk, Nath. Lynam, Luke Ball, and John, War wick, the Printers couvifted, in July last, of a conspiracy to rai!c* their wages, were brought up for judgment. The recorder made a variety of Comments on the arguments adduced ia favour of the defendants; after which he passed sentence, that they (hould be imprisoned twoyeari, to be computed from the time of their commit ment. Ihe frffi m were th/tn adjourned to the sth of December. Samuel Miles, jun'r, . c '*y/ Philadelphia, merchant, hay ing afiigned over all bis tfTcflt, real, persona' and mixed, to the fubferiber., for the benefit ot lueh of his creditors as may fubferiee , 0 the laid alignment on or before the firft 0 f Aut-ull next. b Notice is hereby given, To all peifons indebted to the said efhte, tha they arc rccttiefttd to make immediate payment •o«ther of the or to the fj Samuel Mile«, who is authorifitd to receive the fame : in failure whereof legal step. will b« taken for GEORGE ASTON, -j foZ^iS MEGYS >|«^ - "H* Vf APPOINTMENTS In the Ns.rr of tic United Stages. Richard Derby-—CAPTAIN. LIEUTENANTS. Richard Marncr, Robert Pdmer, Thomas Laing, William Flag, I fane B. Hickbourn, John Smith, Samuel Phillips, Jeremiah Fenner William Smith, John Ruch. MinSHlPMti!. Rhode-Island. ditto ditto ditto ditto ditto George W. '1 nv, Thomas Ellis, William Rhodes, Simeon Martin, jun. Joseph Boss, tertius, Lewis John DugarJ Christopher Gardner, jun. Soutb-Ccirolina John T. F.llfworth, ditto Henry Morrifon, ditto Jol'eph Maxwell, ditto PeteT Bounetheau, ditto Maurice Simons, ditto William Buntws Atkinfon, ditto Thomas Deveaux, ditto Joseph Pritchard, ditt J r,l>er Wlll fe " « I«t the above - dwdl,B g houf «. which ke new IHCUpiCva march 4 NOTICE T ° tht Creditors of William Richards, Deceased. j real estate of William Rj c h ardi . hav ; l bc«n recently fold, the c . editors ef said fflite are teqaefted to furnilh the.r accounts im- SdaClfM ldtnd . Wil ' be ftrusko " trrwanf Y P a ' d » any time af terwards, or. applicstion to PV,-I siv WILLIAM BELL. Phi.adc.phia.ajth Feb. 1799. m.th.ttMay notice. A number of Deeds, Bonds and Z Whichhitl Hc«» under th« c»« of the late Mm : o Mr Bernard. Mr Bliffet. °a* n Mil's Hardinge Augurta Mctvduh, Mr. M„rfl,a» Mils Winifred Price, Mrs Francis. Charlotte Belmont, Mrs L'Eflranffe. Mam, Mrs Me . Ihe Prologue will be spoken by Mr. Wignell. the Epilogue by Mr. Bernard. To which will ie addid, a Qouic Or era called. Lock and Key. Box; en* Dollar—Pit, three quarters of a Dollar—Gallery, half a Dollar. Doors the Theatre will open at a quarter pa ft 5 , a „4 the Curtain rife at* quarter pail 6 o'clsck prccifely. atW „ CeS !fi t, '!£ BqXcs to bc taken of Mr. \ v ells at the office cf the Theatre, from ten till one, and cn the days of performance, from ten till four. TO LET, A 1 hiee Story Bnck House, be,wtcn Sec <">- e <"> Ihir. -ilrcm s±tzzr 3«. ■'*r& T' fcj-.' JOHN ADAMS.