crfetobc fuw is without ttDttfy. If they j
chufe fools,' they wilj have foolifii ' laws. Tf j
they chill'-; kftaws they will have knavlfh ,
ones. But this can never be the cafe until j
they arc generally tools or knaves themselves, j
whirh r thank God, is not likely -ever to be- j
cqjtw* the rharitfter of the American people, j
Having said what I thought material as
to the alien la'we, upon the fubjeft of the ;
particular objeftian.i to them, I now proceed
'odifcufs the oljcftions which have been
made to what is called the sedition aft, one
' of which equally applies to the alien laws as
well at to this. But I think it proper pre- (
vioufly to read the law itfelf.
The objeftious (so far as I have heard;
them) to this aft are as follow :
1 (And this applies to the alien law also)
That there is no fpecific pewer given to pass
aft of this description, though in the
particular fpecific powers -riven, there is au
thority conveyed a 4 to other offences speci
ally named.
2 That this law is not warranted by a
chufe in the canftitution, conveying legisla
tive authority, which after designating par
ticular objefts adds:
" And to make all laws which Shall be
necefiary and proper for carrying into exe
cuiioi the foregoing powers, and all other
powers velltd bv this constitution in the
jraveiHinent ef the United States, or in any
department or officer thereof"—Becaufe ic
is not neccffavy and proper to pass any such
law in ordtjr to carry into execution any
of thole powers.
That admitting the former positions
are not maintainable, yet the exercise of this
authority is incompatible with the following
amendment to the constitution, viz.
« Congress (hall make no law refpetling
an eftabliihment of religion, or prohibiting
the full exercise thereof; or abridging the
freedom 'of speech, or of the press, or the
right of the people peaceably to aflemble,
and to petition the government for a redress
of grievances "
With regard to the firfl: objeftion, I rea
di'y acknowledge, that soon after the con
stitution was proposed, and when I had ta
ken a much more fuperficial view of it than
I was sensible of at the time, I did think j
congress could not provide for the punifli-j
rcent of any crimes but such as are fpecifi
cally defignattd in the particular powers
enumerated. I delivered that opinion in the 1
convention of North Carolina, in the year
1788, with a jftrfedt convidtion, at the time
that it was well founded. But I have since
been convinced it was an erroneous opinion,
and my reafojis for changing it, I shall state
to you. at clearly as I am able.
It is in vain to make any law unless some
fan&ion be annexed to it, to prevent or pu
niih its violation. A law without it might
be equivalent to a good moral sermon, but
bad members cf society would be as little
influenced by one as the other. It it, there
fore, necessary and proper, for instance, un
der the constitution of the United States,
to secure the effeft of all laws which inpofe
a duty on some particular persons, by pro
viding some penalty or punifnment if they
disobey. The authority to provide such is
conveyed by the following general words in
the constitution, at the end of the objeAs
of legislation particularly fpeeified:"To
make all laws which {hall be ncceflary and
proper for carrying into execution the fore
going powers, and all other powers veiled by
this conflitu!ion in the government of .the
United States, or in any department or of
ficer thereof." A penalty alone would not
in every cafe be fufficient, for the offender
might he rich and disregard-it, or poor,
though a wilful offender, arid unable to pay
it. A fine, therefore will not always an
swer the purpose, but imprifohment mud be
in many cases added, though a wife and hu
mane legislature will always dispense with
■this, where the importap.ee of the cafe does
not *eqmre it. But if it does, from the ve
ry nature of the punishment, it becomes a
criminal, and not a civil offence ; the grand
jury mull indidl, before the offender can be
convicted.
1 his general position may be illullrated
by a variety of instances under the penal
code of the United Statss, which hate, I
bcueve, never been objected to as uncondi
tional, though therehave never been want
ing penetrating and difeerning members who
were ready enough to take exceptions where
tnJ unc ' an y ptaufible ground for them.
I (nail enumerate a few.
In the a£l cntiteled, an aft for the punish
ment of certain crimes against the United
States (vol. 1. Swift's edition, p. 100 )
among other crimes fpecified, are the fol
lowing.
Murder or larceny in a fort belonging to
the United States, Mifprifibn of felony com
muted in any place under the sole and ex
clusive jurifdidlion of the United States.
Stealing or falfifying a record of any court
°f the United Sates, Peijury in any court
°f the United States, Bribing a judge of
the United States. Obftrufting the exc
cutfon of any kind of procefß ifTuing from a
court of the United States.
In the collection act, 1 vol. p. 237, it is
provided* 1 hat in all cases where an oath is
hy that act required from a mailer or o
r person having command of a ship dx
veiTel, or from an owner or assignee of goods,
wares and merchandise, his or her factor or
jjgent, if the person so swearing shall swear
alfely, luch person shall, or. indictment and
conviction thertof be punilhed by fine or im
prifonment or byth, in the discretion of the
court, before whom such conviction shall be
had. so as the fine shall not exceed one thou
sand dollars, and the term of imprisonment
shall not exceed twelve months.
In the act laying duties on distilled fpi-
f ,l f• (vol 1. p. 324) in the 39th section
't is provided as follows :
" If any supervisor, or other officer of
wfoection, in any criminal prosecution a
g?inft them, {hail he convicted of oppression
1 xtortioil in the execution of his
jhaUbe fined not exceeding five hundred dol
lars,'oriinpriforec' not exceeding fix months,
or both, at the discretion of the court ; and
mall also forfeit his office."
Thefc inftaqefa dt'ferve great considerati
on ; because I believe no candid man will
deny that these provifiouis were constitution
al exercises of authority, within the scope
of the general authority conveyed, tho' not
specially named as objects which it Should be
competent for Congress to provide for.
And they certainly derive weight from the
consideration, thac the principle < f them
(which I believe was tlje cafe) was never
objected to, fho' the expediency of £ome of
provifioos may have been.
(To be continued.)
t!)is 2>a?>'s £oail.
BOSTON, May 13.
Yesterday the schooner Nancy, Capt. Hux
ford, arrived from Halifax, and brought
paperi to the id instant, from which we
have c x'racted the following articles.
HALIFAX, MAY, 2.
Sunday morning arrived the Ship Rebecca,
capt. Marihall, in jS days from Liverpool.
She has brought London papers to the 27th
of March. We have extr; fted from them
the most material articles, from which it ap
pears that hostilities lia& re-commenced be
tween the emperor and the' French and thki
in all probability, a few days from the date
of our preient would bring- ac
counts of the defimftiVei meeting of the hoS
tifc armies—Astonishing preparations have
been made on both fides, and the enfuiug, it
is probable will be owe of the most bloody
campaigns that V.ave tra ken place.
YeSlerday arrived from Bermuda, liis
Majesty's Ship ASliSlance, capt. Hardy.
The Alfiftance has captured a valuable fliip
frem B;itavia. [This fliip was eomiuandai
by capt. Baker, and owned by Mr. Lyman
of Boston.] *
lokdOk, march 27.
'l'lie Gazette of lad night contains a noti
fication that " the King has been pleased to
eaufe it to be fignified by the Right Hon.
Lord Grenville, his Majefly's principal secre
tary of State for Foreign Affairs, to tlw
MinillerS of neutral Powers residing at this
Court, that the nectflary meafurei having
been taken, by his Majesty's command, for
the blockaded' the ports of the United Pro
vinces, the said Ports are declared to be in
a slate of blockade, and that al! veffcls which
may attempt to enter any of them after this
notice, will be dealt with according to the
principles of. the Law of Nations, and to
the Imputations of such Treaties fublifKng
between his Majesty and Foreign Powers, as
may contain provifiorre applicable to the cases
of Towns, Places, or Ports in a slate of
blockade.
The above notification proves that the ru
mour of the Dutch fleet having- put to sea
was unfounded ; but affaidsat the fame time
an equally strong proof that it is about ready
for failing, evidently destined to co-operate
with the Brest fleet, as we stated some days
ago. Betides the ships they have repaired,
the lAatch have nine' ships of the line almost
ready for launching, but their arsenals being
exhaufled, they want supplies of every kind,
and this the blockade will prevent them from
receiving, except at a ruinous expence.
A Cartel arrived at Dover from Gravelines
has brought over sixty one mailers and mates
of merchants vefFcis, but no journals were
allowed to be taken on board. It is iaid,
however,; that Ministers have received some
few papers up to the 2id in 11. which speak
in a flight-manner of the advanced guard of
MafTena's army haying received a check, but
they considered it as of little consequence,
Slid the next day he again advanced. The
paflengers concur in faying that there was 110
news at Gravelines. It was understood to
b? the plan of Jourdan to press lay hasty
marches towards the lake to
support MafTena's army.
NEW-YORK, May 17.
The state of Georgia some time lince ad
vertiled a premium of thirty dollars forade
vife for a state seal, agreeably to a fpecific
description—and in a laudable spirit of lib
eral patronage, prefaced their advertifernent
with " Premium for Genius. Artists of
ali, nations, attend."
The pithy Editor of the Farmer's Mufeutn
offers, gratuitously, an emblem of a mail in
the aft of fignitv;. with one hand, » fcioll
of paper, begining with " Know all men
by these presents," and with the other point
ing to large trails of land in the moon.
Captain Richards, from Curracoa, informs
us, there are several French privateers from
Curracoa, cruising off the island .if Gonaives;
and that a Fresch privatserof iogiins, fail
ed 10 days before him, the captain of which
informed captain R. that "he intended to
cruifc on this coafl.
Capt. Richards further informs, that the
Governor of Ctirracoa, had iffuc-d a procla
mation, the purport of which isj that all A
merican veflels taken within three leagues
of the island, (hall be given up to the own
ers, and the captors conaemned to pay da
mages : which has been done in several in
fiances.
Yelterelay's southern breeze enriched our
port with number of valuably laden {hips.
[Vide marine department]
The arrival of the (hip Ocean, Capt Kemp,
wis of tbe hearts of hundreds
leapt for joy,'toil the salutation from this vtf
fel, whole crew, but very lately, was believed
to have been maffacredby French pirates.
A gentleman palTenger on board the Nan
cy informs us, Ciat Lord Mormngton, Go
vernor General of the Britifti pofTefiions in
liad gone from Bengal to Madras,
where he had arrived, ill order to fettle dif
putt s with Tippo Saib ;and it was laid his
embassy had terminated favorabfy, as lie found
Tippo pacifically disposed towards the Eng
-1 i fl>—lt was expected Tippo would allow the
Engl!II) to hold the garrison of Bangalore,
which commanded the only sea he had
on the Malabar coafl.
COMMUNICATION,
STATE OF-MANHATTAN, ss.
■lnterrogatories to be administered tj. tie
I.ord High Cbanctlhr of the State of
Manhattan. >
1 ft. Did you or did you not fubferifee
One Hundred Thousand DpPiars to the Man
hattan Company ?
2d. Can you or can you nc* raise that
flnn and appropriate it to the purpose of the
Company ?
3d. If you cannot yourfelf invert One
Hundred Thousand Dollars in Stock for a
distant profit, then mufl you not tell a pa;t
of your (hares ? Did you not know at this
time of fubloribing that you mull fell them,
and did you not buy them on speculation ?
4th. Was your fubfeription or was it not
ftrittly a stotk-jobbing operation ? If not,
and- if you Tubfcribed merely to encou.ajce
the bringing of water, then wherefore did
you reserve the of abandoning your
(hares till the 6th May, when the flats o£
the (hares in the market would be known ?
sth. Do you or do you not know that
the Court of Chancery has alwoU exclusive
jurifdiilion over all large Company opera
tions ? Does not the breaking up of almost
all ftcck-jobbing plans and (peculating bub
bles, end in the Court of Chancery r
6th. Is it proper that the only jndgf of
.the Court of Chancery (hould be the person
most largely interested in facti a (peculation ?
7th. Does not your intcrcft in that Com
pany in effcA deprive the other citizens of
the benefit of your Court, and discourage
them from applying to it for relief? Do you
not klio\v that in fitch relief
wi'l be wanted before ;he burlfing of the bub
ble, but efoeciaily afterwards :
Bth. Did not you or your friends culuni
niate Mr.- Hsmiltpn while he was Secretary
of the Tveafu'vy, under pretence that he was
interested in .the public funds ? Did you not
know at that time that the accusation was as
false as it xas malicious, and that Mr. Ha
milton had too much integrity to be con
cerned in a property on which his official du
ty might lead him to give opinions or decisi
ons ? Do you not- now do the fame thing 1 of
which your friends then falfely accused Mr.
Hamilton ?
gth. Do you believe that while any re
membrance of the Manhattan Company re
main, either yourfelf or Mr. Burr will be
couriered as proper persons for Governors
of the state of Manhattan ?
i oth. Do you other matter or
thing touching the premises tending to ex
culpate you from the imputations under
which you now lie ?
SAVANNAH, April 26.
On Friday last, the 19th of this .month,
Samuel Fowler, who had bean convicted durj
ing the fitting of the Superior Court in this
county, for the rriufder of his wife, was sen
tenced for execution to-morrow.
Pratt S^Kintzing,
No. 95, North Water-ftrect)
HAVE TOR SALE,
70 TONS HEMP,
3000 bulhels low-priced fait
14 pipes choice old port wine .
Ico boxes claret
30 tons roll brimstone
40 kegi yellow ochre
ao do. p«arl barlsy
A few barrels lentilles
110 boxes Havauna fugarl
loco demy-John
-100 boxes window g)af»
A few chests liquor cases
4 caflcs hog's bristles
1 lihd. blocking "J fWifJE
2do fail J
A few bundles German Heel
Several packages flatcs and pencils
3 hogfheadsglue
4 packages men? flipp«rs .
1 do. bunting for colour*
t do. quills
A few barrels naval itores, &c. &c.
And as usual, a great variety of
Ticklenburghs, hempen linens, oz
nabrigt, htHans, brown rolls, patterbornes, checks,
flripes, &c. &c. which they will Jell on realonable
terms.
may 18,
NOTICE.
THE public are rtquefted not to receive any
drafts in favor of Abijah Hunt, diawn by
Captain Isaac Guionon the Secretary at War—
Daniel Harapan on William Bell, or Francis
Jones on John Wiikins.
Those on whom they are drawn Jfre desired
to fulpend acceptance until reference be had to
the fubferiber.
Twenty five thousand dol!arsof the above
defenbed bills have been taken from the Carrier
raouth of Te»n«flee river by a party of
Jndhns. SAMUEL MEEKER,
may 18 ( tu th &f tf
A BAYONET,
WRESTED from the mufquet of a fellow
in unifo«n, at thefront of the Aurora by
ene of the Officers ot' the United States, on the
night of the 16th inft. as the time they were as-
I'aulied in passing the llreet, by the mob there
aflembled, may be had, by proving poperty,
at the Marine barracks.
may 18.
C.HARifrSermokioUl be prta(bed
at St. Mary's Cburcb on Sunday morning
next, for the benefit of the Frte School of
said Cburcb.
May 14, 1799.
Delaware 53* Schuylkill Canal Office,
Philadelphia, May 9, 1799.
JN pursuance of a resolution of the president
and managers of" thfc Delaware and Schuyl
kill Canal Company, the Stock-holders ai'e here
by notified and required to pay, on each of their
relpe<3ive shares, to the Treasurer of the Com.
piny, at the Company's Office in this city, '
15 dollari on the 15th June next,
ao dollars on the 15th July next, and
»o dollars on the,lsth Aaguft next.
Wm. GOVETT, Treasurer.
iji &tU4 w (dfi .1 1s A )
Miy 13
Yeftefday morning, in the Circuit Court,
Mr. Lewis relumed his pleadings in behalf
of a new trial for John Fries ; which being
concluded, jifter taking some time for confe
deration, Judge Iredell delivered his opinion
on the several reasons which-had been assign
ed by the Counsel of the prilbner, as a ground
for their motion. He believed that though
the Juror, Mr. Rhoad, .might have made
the declarations .which had been ascribed to
him by the several witnesses who had been
examined, refpefting the punishment which
the prifoiier at the bar and others defe-rve.d,
without any bad iivention, yet he consider
ed them (uch as would have been deemed fuf
ficient, had they been made known before the
trial, to have difqualified him as a Juror,
((ince they were evincive of his having made
up a decided opinion on the criminality of
the person whom he was called upon to try)
and, therefore, that his having nude thsm,
afforded a fuflicient re a foil for granting a new
trial. The examined all the other ad
ditional reasons which had been brought for
ward in support of the motion for a new tri
al,. which, without the firft, he fhou-li have
considered as unavailing.
Judge Peters declared himfelf to be of the
fame opinion with Judge Iredell, with refpeft
to all the real'ons which had been s/ligned
for a new trial, except the firft ; but, in rela
tion to that, hit differed with him. Though
lie could not doubt Mr. Rhoad had made uie
of the expreilions with which he was 'char
ged, yet, in forming an opinion upon so pub
lic a topic, he had done no more than most
other men had done, and in doing which he
did not think it appeared that he had evinced
any malice againlt the priloiVr, and there
fore that the opinion could have had no, in
fluence iir his (kxifion upon this trial. Indeed
it was his opinion that the trial had been
perfectly fair, and that a new trial ought not
to be granted ; but knowing the consequence
of a divilion of opinion in the Court, would
be to defeat the motion under consideration ;
knowing alio that the punishment which
{hall be infiifted upon the prisoner at thehar
will have the better eflfett as a public exam
ple, when it (hall appear that ev< - y object
ion to the fairnefs of his trial fha'i have beei}
obviated,4k yielded to the opinion of Juc > ;
Iredell, and consented to a new trial being
had.
This new trial cannot, ef course, take
place till the next Circuit Court, which will
be held in Odtober next.
SOCRATES.
The persons convi&ed of conspiracy, res
cue and obftruftion of process, will receiv
their sentence this morning. After white-,
it is expe&ed the Court will adjourn, s
Judge Iredell is obliged to leave town mi
Monday morning to attend his duty ill Vir
ginia. \Am- jD. sid.
To complete the chara&er of the vagrant
who calumniated the great and good Walh
ington, under the signature of JafperDwight,
he has avowed himfelf an United Irilhman.
The jail-bird of the Aurora, declares that
in all coiuitries where he may be, he is re
solved to tie vote himfelf to furthering the in
dependence of Ireland. It is plain from this,
that he calculates on being one day compell
ed to change his abode ; and herein, after a
busing so long our country and its citizens,
does he, in one refpett at lea'ft, think better
of us than we have vet deferred.
Not having enquired into the legal rights
and immunities of the citizens of America, I
would wish to aflc whether an United Irifh
ma'n bound by his feccet oath to serve the
French Direftoiy whenever called on, can
nevirtheld's enjoy the privileges of a citizen
of the United States.
The Northampton Insurgents, lately con
victed of Cmifpiracy, Rescue and Obftruftion
of Process ■were this day brought up to Court,
toreceive/entence. Imprifonrtieiit of four and
eight months, in proportion to the nature of
the oftl-ncc, is the punishment awarded.
tuth3w
The memory of singular worth, and emi
nent services is often loft by the number
and rapidity of events which succeed them..
Toi mar y of th«fe present citizens of Phila
dclphia, the name of the late Sharp Dela
ny, Esq. conveys no other idea, than that of
an upright, and respectable officer of the go
vernment of the United States 5 but tliofe
persons who knew him during the arducus
struggle which gave libertyandindependcnce
to Aine-ica.cannot permit him to descend to
his grave, without an attempl to revive the
knowledge of his merit in that eventful
period. In 1774, he took.an active part in
the controversy with Great Britain,upon the
ftibject of the claims of his country. In
1776 he bor« a colunel'a commifiion in the
militia of Pennsylvania, and (hared in the
dangers and honors of the memorable cam
paign of the winter of that year on the banks
of the Deltware. From a conviction that
libetty could not exlft without law, he was
indefatigable in his exertions to obtain thofc
forms of government which are bed calcula
ted to secure it, and under tne impreflion
of this principle, he contributed very much
by his influence to the formotion of the pre
sent conliiiutions of Pennsylvania, and of the
United States. Tothistiibutetp hispatriot
ifm, it is but just to add, that in private life
he was as amiable, as he was ufeful in pub
liic, he was ufeful in public. A numerous
family will long retain a grateful, and atfac
tioniite remembrance of his domeflic virtues.
Stra' girs from everypartof the ui:ion who
have occasionally visited our capital, will
long recollect with pleasure his hospitable
and friendly table, while the poor (to whom
his heart, and hand were alway open) will
mourn in secret that his kindness and boun
ty to them, will be no more.
%\k dSajette.
PHILADELPHIA,
I. V '
.SATUROAY EVENING, MAT 18
MR. FENNO,
IMPORTANT.
Extract of a letter from Anatto flay,
matca, dated Sunday evening, 22u A:>ril,
received pet. ship Charles.
Sujce writing the foregoing, an express
has arrived at this bay from Kingftor, brings
a proclamation by (lie king, declaring St.
Bomingo 11 Independent, and permitting
Britifli vefTels to trade there from Jamaica,
See.''
Died, yeftvrday, Mrs. Sally Gott
shalksoh. wife of Mr. Solomon Cott*
fhalkfon, merchant, of tLia ci y Her lofa
will be fineercly regielted by all that knew
her amiable chara&er and her memory will
always be kept in that refpeft which none
caa refufe to so .niich virtue and real good*
ness of heart as file was jjofieffed of.
May 17.'
(£sa3ette #arin* %\fk.
Ship Louisa, Reillej, and brig Eliza, Pe
terfon, have arrived at Leghorn.
Ship Dependance, Carron, arrived ye fie r
dry from La Guira, is ordered down to the
Fort, by command of the Board of Health,
for not waiting the cuflomary vtfit from the
Examining Phylkian.
Brig American, Venn, from hence, ar
rived at Leghorn the 3d February.
The Algerine fchooiier, from hence, has
arrived at Algiers, after a I eve re aft ion with
4 French privateers, off Tanj/iers, which flie
beat off.
Ship Nancy, Salinckrs, ;o6 days from
Calcutta, has arrived at NeW-York. 7
Schooner I'fther and Eliza, Lindfley, of
•and for this port. jiiikd from Calcutta li e
tftinll.
By an arrival at New-York, from New
Orleans, it -appears, that the Ihip Star,
George, trom hence ti< New-Orleans, was
afliore at the mouth of the Mifliffippi, and it
is feared will W loft. She lay in smooth wa
ter, and lighters had been lent for from N.
Orleans, to take out the cargo.
• New-York, May 17,
ARRIVED, day*.
Shjji Apollo, Moncrcif, tiverpaol 64
iy Ocean, Kemp, Vera Crt'i 26
Nancy, Saunders, Bengal iol
The Nancy Gtiled uom Calcutta the 221
Jaiitjarv, and lac pilot left on the 28th.
-, JSe 'hip Pacific, of N. from Ma.
%ffes, Ofue, had alio arrived Cal
caita—-it .#<■• i» ild get -the
p, iffcipal pn t of her cargo itt'faltpetre.
. -On the 4th May, Gapt Saunders ipoke th«
ivlartiiii
i'hc : 3 froin
:e—all
; well.
The {hip Wcntworth, of 3a runs, had ar
rived at Madeira in 19 days from London,
and loading for the- Weft Indies.
The ftiip Jamaica was alio at Madeira.
Capt. Taylor, April 17, spoke the schoo
ner Dispatch from Boston to Demerara.
Ship Mary Ann, arrivrd at Swrrinam, 47
days paflage.
Schr. Betsey, Pelton, mafler arrived at
New-Providence, with her Stock.
BrigLnion, is arrived at New-Orleans in
17 days.
£>hip Haiinch, £rpin Alexandria? i» arrived.
Ship Union, New-London, Ditto.
Baltimore, Map 16.
Arrived yesterday, schooner Hannah, cxp*
tain Child, from Havanna, last fVom CBar
lefton. ' ,
Schooner Redress, captain Ogden, days
from Jamaica.
Schooner Eleanor,captain Groom, 16 dayg
from. Curracoa.
Ship Elizabeth, cdptain Luflier, 45 day*
from Leghorn, lall from Gibraltar.
i he Elizabeth iuiled in company with the
brig David Stewart, of Baltimore, brijj
Phoenix, of Salem, schooner , Taylor,
of Boston, and schooner Nancy, of Char-
Itfton.
List of American vessels in Leghorn, on tb•
aJd February, 1 7 99 :
Ship lndnftry, Goodwin
Minerva, West
Aurora, Spriggs,
Martha, Prince,
.Eliza, Ballet,
Holland, Goodwin
Herald, Daiby
Brig Eliza, Paterfon
America, Pe'nn
Porfeupine, Butler
Eliza, Campbell New-York
Prudence, Brant? Baltimore
Scli'r America, Vibert do.
Sailed from Gibraltar, on the istb March t
Jor Alicajtt ;
Brig Greyhound, Pluminer
Byfield, Kinsman
Governor Carver, Spooner.
Left in Gibraltar,
Ship Mohawk, Steel, New-York
Polly, Wilder, Bolton
Mitchel, Philadelphia
Schr. Active, Rogers, Boftcn
The following is taken From the 100- bo< k
of the Elizabeth
March igtli, saw the English fleet failing
down the Gut of Gibraltar, cape Spartel be -
ring south ; 011 the 30th was brought to by
the Northumberland, a 74 gun {hip, treated
politely, and after examination di'fmif&i.
The fleet was driven into Tituac Bay A
Spanilh -fleet taking the advantage of the ab
fente of the Britifli fleet from Cadiz, failed
for the Weft Indies. April 26th, brought to
a floopfrom Connedicut ()ound to Martini
co, out 24 days. April 30th, spoke- , f
Portfnwuth, capt. Richafd P ar foj ls ,
Wilmington bound to Martinico, out 1,
days. May sth, spoke the pilot boat Rebec
c;a, 12 clays out ironi Nortolk, biu.id to Si
Thomas'? ; 11 well.
The fh.p Aftrea, of New-York, cant
Pierce, From New-York bound to Corun!
n;., was taken by his uvjtfty's frigate J - n ,
l.a. ca.ricdiDio Gihnkcr, and ckdcmntd
on lulpicjoH.
Bofloa
Salem
Baltimore
Salem
Boston
New-York
Salem
Philadelphia
do.