»to»«cs.i ■» ©j> tips Dap's *s9ail. BOSTON June 18. IMPORTANT NEWS. Capt, Foster, 34 days from Lilbon, heard it reported before he failed, that the French Brest fleet had got to sea. After failing, May 27, lat. 37, long, 33, spoke the fch. A^hcs,Bacon,bound to Philadelphia,—which had been boarded from a British Cutter, and the Captain informed that the French fleet was not only at sea, but had entered the Srreights, and consisted of 27 veflels. Capt. Foster brought with him a Iketch of intelligence prepared by Mr. Bulkley.— It follows : " It is reported, and credited here (Lif-' ' bon) that a French or Spanish fleet is at sea. MefTengers from Lagos fay, French—tfiofe . from Oporto fay Spanish. The Success fri gate has been chafed by them, and is gone to • -Oibraher t0 g ,ve the information to F.arl St.. Vincents. " The French have been worsted in Italy, and obliged to retire towards Milan. Sonic .letters aiTert .tJieir .head quarters to lie at Lo di, {which is 10 miles S. E. (if the city of Milan.) Molt reports agree that the Auflri lirs have taken Ferrar*, (capital of the Duchy of that name, in the late Territory of the Pope.) The fii'ft Coips of Ruffian Troops are f.'.?d to have arrived before Mantua. Tiif French, troops hn\*e evacuated Naples for fVar of being cut off. The affair 3of the I'rcfCh were never lo bad in Italy, as at the pn-ffht moment; and it is not likely there will be a Frenchman in Italy in three months tiirs from the pp.Tcr.t day. We obtain the moss circuniftantiaa) intel ligence c£ the French fleet at sea, from.a Halifax paper cf June 8, i;i which it is given on indisputable authority, with an addition, that furrifhes reasonable grounds to expert the Britilh fleet has fallen in with tSieiu. The Britilh Admirals, as was antici pated,received early information ot' the French fleet being at f;a—numerous cutters soon conveyed the agrecble intelligence ; and the befl mer.fures for meeting them have been a dopted. Halifax, June 8. Extract-os a letter from Lieutenant Court ney, of His Majesty's Ship Topaze, to a Gentleman in tbis Town. " It is with great pleasure lean fafeljr fay you will be able to celebrate a great. victory over the French in a short time. -On the i.ft of May the Black Joke, Lugger, was dif. patched by Lord Bridport to Ireland, and on her way, in long. 8 17. W. Cape Clear bea ring N. half V/. distant 47 leagues, very for tunately fell in with us and gave us the plea sing intelligence ofhis Lordthip being then ] in chafe of the Republicans to the number of 15 fail of the line and 10 frigates. On the 19th of Aprilj he fell in with them, and un fortunately a J fog came on ; however at the time the Lugger left him he was not more than twelv# leagues from them, bearing N. N. E. of him fuppofedto be then fleering in that quarter ; and I a flu re you a very narrow 1 elcape we had ; for when the Lugger fir ft | discovered us she made no dosbt our convoy I had then been captured, as the enemy's fleet, cculd not.be more than fix leagues to wind er dos us: We were then fleering W. N. W. and Capt. Church judged Lord Bridport to be S. W. of us, thought it necessary to to join him: However we misTed ; him, but fortunately saved (I verily believe) the convoy by it. If the Lugger had not j been seen, we must inevitably have run di- ! reftly into their mouths. We suppose ' they were deflined for Ireland ; but meeting ! two days after with Capt. Durham, in the Anfon, with the Naiud, who were then recon noitering, from some intelligence Capt. Dur ham had received, he was of opinion they were endeavouring to form a jundlion with the Spanidi and Toulor? fleet; but I think there is very little doubt of their going to Ireland. lafltireyou our expectations are wonderfully raised, conceiving to a certainty, Lord Bridport must fa'l in with them, and as otir fleet, is the mofl powerful for the num ber that has failed this war, will give a very fuista&ory account of them. The following are the names of the (hips of the Line, which I give you as.accurate as poflible. Royal George too Impetueux 74 Prii>ce 98 Form idable 98 Neptune 98 Triumph 74 St. George 98 Dragon 74 Glory 98 Saturn 74 Atlas 93 Defiance 74 Ajax 74 Robust 74 Casfar 80 Ramilles 74 Achilles 74 Venerable 74 Pompee 80 Terrible 74 Ssrpent 78 RECRUITING. Capt. Langdon, of the Army of the TJqited States, has nearly raised his Compa" ny, am»ng the spirited youth of Troy (N. *'.) and its vicinity.— Coh Hunnewell's Regiment, it is said, will be colle&ed in the Diftrift of Maine ; and with ease. The Re eruiting Bufinefsin and near Boston, exhib its a promising appearanc. The ease and refpe bound to Martinique, t-iken on the 26th A pril, and carried into GuS.laloupe veflel and cargo condemned—Captain and hands in prison, they allowed 6 ounces of flfh, and 3 4 lb. of very bad bread. Left 50 at BifTaterre (Gaud ) came in a cartel to St. Kitts, wdh 30 mailers of veflels ; the American Consul gave each of them 8 dol lars. The (hip Hero, Robinson, 43 days from Jamaica arrived ytftrrday in diftreis. rhe above viiffel failed from Philadelphia in December last, for Algiers, with naval llorcs, See. for government; a"d 2 days after sprung a leak, and put into Jamaica: after repairing there, failed witli the May fleet, for Algiers, and 29 days after sprung a fre(h' leak and bore away for New York. By arrivals yesterday. The schooner Argus, l'owler, failed From St Bartholomews June 6—cargo, fuga'r and coffee—A. King—failed in company, with the schooner Bird, for this port, under con voy of the juno and Olive Branch, two Bri tifli Letters ot Marque of 20 guns for Liver pool. Capt. Fowler informs, that since the Uni ted States (loop of wai George Washington and brig Pickering failed from the Weft-In dies with, the last convoy, numerous captures of American vessels have taken place—He recollects the following : The (hip Aftive of Nantucket, from the South Seas, with a valuable cargo, was immediately condemned and fold to an Italian, for 25,000 dollars, which is about half priced The fchr. Alliance, of N. Yarmouth, brig Matilda, of Saybrook, both taken under cover of the guns—Sloop President, of Wafhington— fchooner Farmer, of N. Yarmouth—all car ried into St. Bartholomews—and many others carried into St. Martins, the names of which he could not recoiled*. Capt. Fowler mentions, that one priva teer schooner of 14 guns, Had, within a few days, captured thirteen American vessels. ■ The (hip Eagle, Barry, failed .with, the conroy from Cork—cargo, dry goods See. cor.fig'ned to J. Cramond. PafTengers— Mr. John.Murray,and Son, Miss M'Clenaghan and Miss Vernon. In a fpeecb delivered by a delegation of the Western Indians, to the President of the. United States, in December last, is the fol lowing.paragraph : " Your enemies have but a short time part, sent us a strange three coloured Flag, with a War Belt, inviting us to hoflile afts again ft you, but we wiped our kettles with their flag, anil returned their hatches with out an edge. We are determined to be ftjll brothers of the fame family, relying on an equal distribution of Justice, and that you our Brother, will aid us in obtaining a ful filment of pad promires, and a liberal con ftru£Hon of the treaty of Grenville.,' Another Fire in Baltimore. BALTIMORE, June 29. Another tremendous scene of deftrii&ion prefentcd itfelf to the harrafled citizens of this devoted place this morning. About I o'clock a frame (hop occupied by a Mr. Guy, dier, in F'fli street, near the Ger man Lutheran Ckur. h, was, from some caule or other, not yet afcertainable, dis covered all on fire, and before the least a larm was given, was so completely buried }n flames, that a young fe low by the name of Morton, who fieft n it, had scarcely time to make his escape in his shirt j and a horse in an adjoining stable: which was con sumed, was bnrnt.to death. No exertions less than divine could save thofc houses; and a two (lory bri k honfe in Fish street, occupied by Mr. John Barry, a three lory do. occupied as a ftere by the fame gentle man at the corner'uf Eifh and Gay streets, an(| a three story do. in Gay llreet, occupi ed' ■ a store and dwelling by Mr. Melfer fmith, were soon reached by the element, but might' in some |meafure have deen pre served, had not the only engine then under way been unfortunately choaked with mud, thrown in with the water taken from a lhal low part of the falls. Mr- Mefl'erfmith's house having a high south gable wall, the morning at that time calm, and the exer tions of the people very great, the further progress of the element was arretted ; out had the wind arisen as high as it d d two hours afterwards, every house on that fide of Gay street, to the falls, ir.uft inevitably have been burnt. The queftinn here naturally fnggefts it fe|f—Why, after having been so fortu nate during a long and inclement winter, is our city almost nightly ravaged with fire now ! Neglig nee is, no donbt, the cause in some inftatices, and perhaps in this ; but villainous incendiaries, it is to be feared, add to the calami(y. A remedy against both, it is the province of cur police to find out and apply ; and we feel confident, that if the objetts be attainable, their zeal and wisdom will be adequate to the ta/k. %$z ttu. PH IL ADE L P HIA , FATUfILDA V EVENING, JUNE it. COHFIjIGBATJON. Tile r»oft deftruftive Fire, that has occur red in this- city for feventl -y v:is, broke out last night, in a House neaf the corner of Cal lowhill and The ravages of the flames were, not subdued until twelve dwelling-houses had been entirely coTifumed. Mr. Hare's Brewery, {itua.ted in the vicin ity, was in imminent danger, artd caught fire several times. A number of {tables other out-buildings also fell a prey to the flames. Mr. Jac-ob Kurtz,, we ltiini, is the principal fuSirer. New-York, June 21, 1799. - " The brig Maria, capt. Brown, men tioned to have been taken" by the Jay, arri ved this morning from Cape. Francois, after a pa (luge of 20 days ; &nd K brings iiitcllfgence that 1 on-ffaint and Rigaud are at war, and have had several engagements. The far mer is said to have 50,000.. m°n under his command,and the latter nearly the fame force. Capt. Brown is of opinion ibat thousands have been killed in the different engagements. 1 lie Spaniards fide with Touflaint in support infupportof the independence of the island. There was a Biitifh frigate from Jamaica, lying three or four leagues to leeward of Cape Francois from England with the Gov ernor of Jamaica and the American commif- Goners on board, whose intent was to en deavor to compromise the difpnte between the two Generals. " Touflaint resides at the Cape, Rigaud, at Aux Cayes, but is generally with his army." [The Liberty, in 14 days from Cape- Francois, with difpatchca to Government aa late as the 7th in ft. brings no account of these tranfaftions.] Philadelphiai lid June, '99. MR. *ENNO, WITH surprise and regret I oiferved in your paper oflaft evening a piece No', i.ad dre (Ted to the managers of the AlmsJHoufe and Houle of Employ, Containing ftridtures and observations, merely Jhe result, in my opinion, of some malichjuSsfcribbler, "who is willing to intrude himfelf into potice by at tacking public inftrtucions..founded for the molt benevolent purpofes—ithe operations ot which he is as ignorant of as his condutt on this occasion is void of decency. It has ever been my decided opinion, no notice ought to be taken of the obferv.ations of anony mous writers ; but'let tfifcm amuse them selves with their own folly till they are tired, or convinced that unnoticed. I fiiould have on this occasion supported my general opinion—but as there may be some good and well meaning people, who, for want of proper information, may be in some degree influenced by fuel) trash., I {hall of fer a few general obfetvation?, not by any means with a v&w to er.Lghren or l':tisfy the impertinence of such writers, but merely to confute the uojuft charges again ft the ma nagers. He appears to have discovered an error in the amount transferred from one account to that of another, which may be right; but upon what grounds does he,lug the mayor and justices into a (hare of the blame. It is their duty to examine the receipts and ex penditure* of the institution to fee that the taxes laid are applied according to law. What in God's namt have they to do with the vnanrfafturing account ?—lf this writer will read the poor laws he will find that he is mistaken in his opinion 011 this head : and if he will examine the books at the Alms House " he will find the scrutinizing eye of the Mayor, two Aldermen and three Jufti c.-s" have not fufFered any thing within the line of their duty to escape their notice. The writer (I wilh he had given hlmft-lf a name).it seems has found oiftby the account No. 3, that the paupers in .the House are 605, of wham 153 are children. Poor in fants, the inhuman wretch " throws them all out queflion because they do tot •work :""and no doubt would throw thero all into the street for the fxinecaufy : of course the result is (as he states the caie) that there remains 226 men and 227 'women : and that their earnings average a/per ann. each, a lumping affair indeed: yet it is doubtful whether his earnings amount to half the sum. lam sure if his only employment was writing pieces to the managers, it would not produce a farthing. Joking aside : let us examine his proposition. 605 paupers, of which there are, he fays, 153 children, which being deduced, leaT-'s 45* persons, of which, be says, ,two hundred andtwenty lix are men, and two hundred ai.d twenty feven are women. Now, Mr. Scribbler, bluOi—and candidly tell us in your No. 2, if 226 men 227 Ivomen make only 45; peri'ons. It is really fhamefull for you to undertake, and execute lo lamely : you -will make indeed a poor hand when ycrn come to the manager's accounts of receipts and ex penditures, where yon may have ocealion to add, fubtiafi, multiply and divide tens of thousands, when your arithmetical knowl edge does not admit of ccrrfdtncfs in the ad diti®n of paths. llawever, adiait your 22S and 257 —Let us try to find employment for them, ajid employment for th?m too that (hall not produce one cent per aim. 111 the firft place, remember that there jvre 1 chil dren—which require at leall from sixty to seventy women to nurse and take care of them : fay » . 60 For .wafhmgj - - jo For cleaning the house, - 10 Old aud ir.firrii, stationary, - 56 Sick of various.pomplaints,, who, ?s soon as they are cured, are di ft barged, and Others received, Cripple's and Lunatics, - 14 Persons employed in lpintiing flax, fee. 27 Y 227 Thus, of 227 women, upon an average, there are nevermore than twenty-seven employed in the manufacturing departments, and,but a small profit can be expefted when tliere is no advance of price 011 the articles consumed itl the House. Having thus placed to the view of every disinterested, boned enquirer, the situation of the infiitution with regard to the women's appartment, though, perhaps, not minutely ccrreft, yet so as to enable a candid mind to form a correal idea of the fubjett. I (hall reserve the class of the raen for another occasion, and offer some gener "al remarks on this head, the writer " cannot resolve it to bis own satisfaction x that 45 3 grown pepple, who are all provided at the public expence with iefard, &c. sliotifd not earn 4s. each year, when an individual can earn twice as much in ere day." This is enough to raifc a laughter in the mid 11-ri ous and sedate. Certainly 'this wiseacre miiK lisve lately paid a viiitit to the va grant's apartment iii tlie common prifoii of the city, and there beer made to use his fin gers in picking oakum—He never certainly vifit'd the Alms House, or if he poffeifes one grain of common understanding, he ne ver would have found any difficulty in resolv ing his own query. As the cafe now (lands, I mult resolve it for him. He is willing, it seems (goodnatured foul) to make very large allowances ; yet as good natured as he is, I cannot discover that he lias made any —but all his allowances amount to a want of knowledge by his own confeffion. Every law which has been enafted in relation to the Alms House may be read from firft to last, and no power will be found lodged in the hands of the managers to keep for one moment any person who is able'to maintain themselves and by the fame laws they are re -strained to relieving poor ifnd needy, sick and delfitute persons only—of course a rea sonable and benevolent mind with a small (hare of confidence would not Tiefitate to fay tbat out of the whole number above stated, of both men and women, there is never to be found one peifon able to do a week's work upon an average, in the year. How there fore, a man in his sober lenses, could for a moment be at a l'ols to ascertain the cause of so little work being done by the paupers, is one of those aftoni thing cafe 3 which the mo dern ilhminqti alone cai) determine. I ihati close my obfe.ryat.jons ,for xhe pre sent, leaving what I have hastily written to the candor and benevolence of the humane citizens of Philadelphia, pledging myfclf to continue such observations and remarks from time to time as my avocations will permit, for the information of my fellow citizens : and I allure you, Mr. Scribbler, I am under many obligations to you forfeiting this bu siness on foot. I hope you will not give out, but continue your kindness, by promiiigat- ing yaur ignorance. Yesterday morning failed for Charleston, S. C. tlrder the command of Lieut. D. S. Wynfcoop, thirty five riferires r for the U. S Frigate John Adams.. dfajette Soarint %ift. Port of Philadelphia, ARRIVED. Ship Adrian na, Charlton, London, failed with Convoy Brig Polly HensL-rfon, Havanna, from the Fort CLEARED, Ship Benjamin Franklin, Senkey Bourdeaux a'd Hamburgh Brig Ruth and Mary, Arnold, Havaflnali Sloop Fox, Bunker, N. Bedford Arrived at the Fort ' Ship Galen, Nichols, St. Sel?aflian via New Schr. Agnefs, Bacon, Lisbon Liberty. Grouzard, C. Francois a flag: with dispatches for Government. A (hiplaid to be from New York, belong ing to B£fton, name unknowtr,' is below. A ship, inward bound, name unknown, was at N. Castle yesterday. An Inward bound brig and two fcho'oners names unknown are below. A /chr. fappofed to be the Agnefs, Ba con, 38 days from Lifbon,anchored at Gluu tefter Point last night. June 2 2. Ship Harmony, Snell, from London, for this port, loaded with dry goods, failed -with the Cork fleet —About 5 -weeksJince parted convoy and -was soon afterwards captured by a French privateer—the captain and all hands taken out except the mate, cook and flcward, and 2 men and of the country, through whicE itpailV e», with sundry other advantages* which render it f.i Car prtltfia'ble to tire OM lioad tßfmigh Brifrol, Brm.iVii k, &c. tong ago fiiggeftcd the propriety oh its ticcoming the Gi*>Ki'Tho rough Fare from t'hibiitipliu tir di.ewi York. During the prel'snt year, a minute farviy ofit has bem taken, and its Superiority ovfcr (he Old Road, both in y inter and fumroer, has b.-en clearly afcertaincd.— Tj.tie are gdoJ bridges overall the 'other water* but the DHaware, and here the croffipg Is fierfcrmed with "£'reat fafetyand in lels t'han half tl e k time required at the Trenton Ferry. The road it Je,%-eml'miles Jborter than the old road, but this is a:notu;!t the It.aft of its advantages, because daily f3tpf— ■ ience ptoves to us, that as eil com fort in travelling print ipally depend on the goodness of the road and . the le«et»efs of the country, and, in these re:'pe<£!s, the New Road is, beyond all companion, the belt. It prefects none of thoi'e rocky hills, which render the Old Road so fatiguing between the Delaware and Ncwaik. The foil, too, for the greater part, is such as to produce but little mud in winter, and very litile Vuft ir. summer, which cireumftmce, added to ths beauty ot the country, and a con lider'abte proportion of (hade, irult-always ren der travelling in the latter fc&fon a greeable. The Swift Sure starts from PHILADEL PHIA, at 6 o'clock every mormog (Sundays excepted) from the G'RBEN TRUE, oppofitc the Lutheran Church, North Fourth street. It goes through Tr.mkford to Bnftleton, where it flops to Breakfatt ; from BwftletOwri "it goes through Newtown to Penoy-town to.dinner; from Penny-town through Hopewell, Millflonei Bound-brook, Quibbletown and Plainfield to Scotch Plains to lodge. The next morning it flops at .Springfield to breakfali,.f(Oin whence it,goes through Newark aud aWiveVat New- York at noon. From NEW-YORK it starts at 3 o'clock in the afternoon (from Paulus Hook) and arrives at Philadelphia the next evening. For leats at New-York, application may be made to Ed ward Barditi, Old Coffee house, to A. Mathieu, corner of Naflau and John streets, to B. Many, no. 48, Courtlandt, corner of Gieenwich street, and to Michael Little, at his hotel, no. 41, Broad street. Fare for passengers. Five Dollars. Way passengers 6 Cents per Mile. W. Each paflenger is allowed to take on of baggage carriage free; 'bat all other-baggage, uk*n on by a paflenger, will be charged at 4 cents per pound weight. With refpefl to packages lent on without passengers, the proprietors prefuine they have adopted a regulation, which, thojgh unkr.swn to other lines of llagit, they thit.k muli meet with general approbation, They pledge them selves to make good every package on the fol lowing conditions. The person •«!io delivers tkc package at the office (hull fee it entered in the stage-bock, fur wTiicTi.entry lie shall pay 6 cents ; be will then ft>te the value of the pack age, and p«y (exdufive of the carriage) ane per cent, on the vjlue, as iftfurinc-, and for which lie will receive a .receipt. Thus, for instance, if he eflimates his package at one he will pay one cent, and if at one hundred < olhrs, he will pay one dollar insurance, and in like pro portion for packages of any'other vaiue. Vefy few perloßS it s preftimed, will diflke this regulation ; it'will how ever, be with every one to avail himl'tif of t. is lecuriiy or not. But the proprietors think it.rijjht.to date very expliaitly, that they will heiefpon flble for the fafe delivery of no package, u hith is not regularly entered, and f r which an inlur anc« receipt cannot he produced. In the distribution of the route, the greatest care has bren ta.ke,n to fix on such placesand ta verns as always afford a good accommodation and entertainment for the paiH-Hgersat the most reafouable ratee , The.flagej are well equipped furnilhed with fleet an.i steady horfcs, and mitted to the care of intelligent.'oper and olHi-- ging drivers. The proprietors them/elves, li.ve at the different towns and villages where the stages will -Hop, so that-thi conduct of the per sons th y impl yi« coatinHallj 'an 'ot>j'-Newtown* 1 JACOB KESLtR, 3 ' JO? iS All. REHEAD, Prnryioivrt. 7. KILLM AN, nrar Mi'JJlon. LL AS LCMBES M:: nrfP>rcck, R. SANS} UKV, i'cetch Plains. ISAAC RAIVLE, } c . ROBERT PEARSON, > s ? r,n ?f*" i - Phtlad• Junk »» ' toi 4W to tf.