Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1796-1800, August 14, 1799, Image 2
(i&ascttc. . ' PHI LA B K h P ni A , VEDilEsbAi EVENING, AUGUST »4 , I tjm Clavpoo'.Ss Aherican Daily Advertiser of January istb 1794* " The fitliation of our country appears r.t this moment to be very delicate ; perhaps the only mode to avoid a war, id for 1 R< - public to refii'tevery claim lliat is not found ed in juftire and equity, and to prevent every the fmalkft usurpation, as there is true dig nity in this, so in the end, the history of all rations teaches 11s there is true policy. War is the gr fate ft of all evils, but whe ther lubmiflior. and pusillanimity will not tend to bring it on a country, more than a firm tone, a decided and manly refiftante to tie ni fl approaches of insult or injury, in my mind is not at all questionable —thegreat er tbe submission, the greater will be tbt imposition until nothing is left us. The infdlence of Britain is intolerable, her ilcTire of revenge, and the difpoGtion of a wounded pride Aid viniiftive spirit, appears in all her traufaftions towards us, prohibi. tiop of their trade, a conjiscation if tbeir debts would be a fair experiment, the latter is nearly as honorable as privafeering. I could not restrain uttering the feeling of my mind to you on this Uibjeft, ata diftancelrom in formation in the country we may be mistak en, but those appear to be the prevailing si i-t'frents t)f the people. A ft"ft union vvitb the Republic of France oiv, intcrcftandour honor requirt; the conduft c,f Genet has nothing to do with the cause of the 1 iti 'iv." The above was publiflied at a time when Britain, and not France, was the aggreffc, what is the language of such waiters now, (they who at that time felt so much for pur vrongs. otir insults, and >vl\o were so tena cious of national honor that they wished by a {ingle Cative aft to defrcvd innocent men of thi 1 phopeuty,) lotfk it) the Au T rrra, t!ie Argus, and papers of the fame v stamp, you will find that those very charac ters, from the Virginia Mammoth down to Callander the vagrant, the very men who' cry up non refinance to the Grand Repub lique, they can now fee no national degrada tion in fubmit'ting to France ; they are now Me tie fawning spaniel, that licks the hand that ftcikes him ; nay, they are base enough to juftifv theiiilulw to our government, the piracv on our commerce and the hellish mur der cf Americans. ii <' ■ .• -V-' ii ■■ \ j" •'V*' *,'■ i s c ■' X- v : •> r tctraS of a letter frdm taptain John Frank ford, rf the (hip Be'.-videre, to fftfirh. Alei lin and Griffith, dated Fort Mifflin, Atl gujl u, 1799. cn the 4UI Tell in with two French xebecki in the gut of Gibraltar, one of which en bore a'A ay for the shore before the othei came up. We continued our course anc arrived at Gibraltar the f me evening. " On the 13th, left Gibraltar f r Ali cunt, and at 10 oclock the fame day, of Malaga, th eefail hove in fight, which gavi chcee '.O us, and proved to be a French pri vateer brig and twoxebecks, the brig be and the engagement continued till dark when they all b< re away for the Sp'.nift fhnre, and we continued our coiirfe aud ar rived at Alicant the 19th April. " I failed from Alicant on the 28th May and on the 2d of June, off Malaga, fell if •with a French xebeck, and engaged hei two hours in a calm. She rowed twen'j fwee; s, but as soon as a breeze fpn>«g up that we could haedle the (hip, (he made fai « In ali the above a&ions there is mucl officers and men under my«command. " Leaving Gibraltar, the id of July, ir company w\th the Alert of Boston, and <h< -Anieri' a, of Phi ailelphia, at 4 o'clock P. M. saw ien fail of French cruisers getting under way from Algefira6 ; upon which wt flood back for the bay of Gibraltar anc •anchored : at 10 in the night, got undei way in company, and run through the gut, " You have here an account of the dif Ferent fleets in the Streights. The French fleet passed Alicapt, on the loth May, ol 24 fail 1 f the line, 4 frigates a d 2 bri 6 Lord St. Vi cent pasTed with hie fleet, Of i.h.j 1 jth of May, confiding of 17 fad ol the line, and fume smaller vessels. Th< S;nni(h fleet, confiding of 24 fail rf th< lne, put into Canhagena, on tfee 23d o; May—7 faii dismasted Admiral Gardner passed Gibra'ter on the 11th of June, with fcvei teen lail of the line, one 40, and a frig^'e. I also annex an account of the Amer ican vessels in Algefiras : " The (hip General Wathington, of Bos ton, captain John Roberts, captured by the vipanifh gun boats, and detained by the Captain General of 3t- R' que. •' The (hip Hope, of Philadelphia, capt. Qeorge Hardie, captured by the French a:'d ransomed. ■ «• The brig Sally, of Philadelphia, capt. William B-11, captured by the French ard unfon.ed. " The brig Ceres, of Philadelphia, cap . vln Thomas Norris, arrived without cap- nire. " The Ardent, of Baltimore, capt. Alexander Snith, captured by the French ; iVfc captain was killed by some powder tak ing fire i n hit deck : the fiiip ransomed. The ftlip Mary Ann, of NJew-York, i ipt. Adam?, captured by the I'reqcli, and !.,-,d one man killed and fe»cn wounded ; the snip is ranfomei and failed far Earceb- « tia ; " Left at Gibraltar, the (hip AGiious, of Philadelphia", capt. Bray, waiting for convoy. " On the 4th of June, spoke the Uniced States brig bophia, captain GedcPes, baund to Lifoon, with a Britifli convoy. " On the 26th of July, in lat. 36, 29, N. long- 59, 30, W. spoke the Uniteo States biijj Scammel, capt. Mark Furnel, 8 days out from the Delaware, bound to Sur nam. " On the 2d of Anguft, in lat- 35, 42. N. long. 61. W. fp ke the United State 6 frigate Constitution, capt out from Boftou, bound to Korfolk, all well. •• I have, this moment arrived, aud put under quarantine." From Mr. TaTsm, Sup erccrgo of tbe Wil liam Penn, fro m batevw. There was but one merchantman at Bata via, a (hip called the Copenhagen, Captai. Mullens, to fail in a few days foi; Copenha gen. There was but one vessel paflea through the Straits of r Sunda, that I know of, a (hip from Canton, bound to America Or. the 31ft July was boarded by tile- Britll. : (hips Supply, capt. Pittigrew, of 24 guns the Kitty, capt Farmer, of 18 £iins, thi Harriot, capt. Lace, of 18 gups, all of Li j verp>o', fronrßarbadoes, bound to Liverpool. I in lat. 23, long. 62, cut fix days. 4, was boarded by the brig Rebecca, Ho ward, of and from N. York, out 12 days, r bound to Cape Fi'ancois. We touched no 5 where, nor have I any news of Tippoo Sail). = There were two French {hips about Java. one of 44 guns, the other of 28. They hat. e captured nothing lately, as I had heard. A few days before my departure, the gene ral in chief of the military forces in Java 1 was arrested by the regency. It appeared, > that his intention to have arrested the go ' vernor general, direftor general and such at r the council as were bppofed to him in fenti * ment ; what form of government he intend- ed to eftablifli, or how afterwards to aft, 1 does not appear. He was, however, closely " confined to his own house, by a guard of 50 c soldiers, all his papers seized, and thegovern " ment tnkingevery precaution that would b likely to prevent disturbance. The French 0 Admiral Sercy lias removed -from the Isle oi '* France to Java, and it was generally believed that the government had made some agree j ment with him not to capture neutral ves sels bound to Batavia, with specie 011 boai;d. '' The pirates of Bar.ca alTembled about the e 10th of April in the Streights of Sunda to the number of 50 or 60 well armed prows, but were dispersed without doing any da mage, by a 20 gun (hip, and'a brig of 16 guns, sent from Batatia. 5- There was a (light report at Batavia, by 5- the way of Mallacca, that 3000 of Buona -- pane's army had arrived in India. It was not generally credited, and I believe wanted d confirmation. Yesterday arrived,at New: York, the Nor r folk (loop of war Capt. Bninbridge, from j St. Thomas, with a large fleet under con voy. Extract from Captain Jour nal. " Sunday, 4th Aug. 1799, lat. *5, 40, N. long. 67, j5, VV. part of the fleet beund to the southward and (ome of the faft (tiling vtffels bound to the northward, left us last evening. At meridian, counted 84 fail, at 1 P. M. discovered a strange fail—bearing north, we immediately gave chaf« and pre pared for a£\io:», at half past 1 saw (he was a large (hip (landing on wind for the fleet, at 2 made the British private signal of the day, it was notanfwered, I then fired a gun to leeward and (hewefl my colours, but fired 110 gun—Tacked and gave chafe to us under full fail. At half past 2 I made the American pri vate signal, also repeated the Eng!i(h Ggnals, neither of which was antwered, by this time we could diftingui(h her hull, and saw that (lie was a large frigate, with a poop, failed very fsft and gained on us confidently. At 3P. M. the breezes being very light, and gained on us considerably, (lie hove her boat—with fails, and sent her in chafe of the sleet—whilst (he continued chafing us, from this as well as other circumstances, lsft no doubt in my mind or that ef my officers— but what Ihe was a French 44 gun frigate at least thought it highly necefiary to disperse the fleet. At half part 3 made the signal to tack with an intention of federating mylelf from the fleet—with a view if (he continued h,er chace of the Norfolk, it might prove the means of saving the fleet—and if (he chafed the fleet the Norfolk would get clear, and her being captured would have assisted in cap turing a number of the fleet, and as I could not render the protedlion againfl a frigate. I conceived it prudent to aft in this man- of th« fleet obeyed'the private sig nal itnd part continued their course to the northward—at 4P. M. made the signal for the fleet to disperse, set all our canvas—yet (till she gained on us— At 6 P. M. being so near as to diftin guilh her ports repeated both the American and English private signal s to which she paid no refpecl, but continued her chafe, at 7 P. M. they fad got Inch a diflance from fcer boat, that the chafe after us up, toot: in her light fails and hauled her wind, her boat being a considerable diflance from her and fquallv night coming on. lam in duced to believe that the greater part of the fleet escaped, at five A. M. saw feverai fail astern, hove too and made a signal to close —at eight a. m. had got forty eight fail to gether, the Retaliation was amongst those that tacked to the southward, being well to windward every doubt remains of her being taken. It appears from the advice of the ceinmand- ■> v' • . - v- ? ;•: .£. er of the Retaliation, tnat thoft v.ffels that tacki-d to t:;e fout iward l.a got c!ear a if. there w rcaibii to ft:>pe fcw wtrf taken, it a ny. WILLIAM BAIN?RIDGE. La ft Saturday morning Captain Robiufon, who I'uperintends the frigate which the mer chants are building in this city, and i-.r. Richard Dennifon, of New-Brunfwick, hau m meeting on, the Jeiiey ftiore, in coi.k-- quence, we hear, cf ionx reports unfavoura ble to the honour and courage of captain H. which Mr. Dennlfon had propagated. The nentlemeu, in exchanging the full ihot, were both wounded in the head. O.pt. R. re ceived a hall a little above the left eve, and is dantcercufly ill. Mr. P. was (1 jhtly wounded. [N.I -pa- flatejfbmsii Articles Fattier UxtAMexs,o9»: jLakoox Papers, / 'v*? th» Beyn«- ,» . DUBLIN, Msy 31. Wiih pleasure we have it •in our power to declare, that internal peactr, order and fub million to the laws, is so far rejfflablillied among us, that permanent duty will on this, day, by order of government, cease with the yeomanry corps th*oughout the kingdom. Letters from Cork advifr, that orders have been sent to Lord Er dport to fail from the Ir'llh Coast uti othtr lrrvice. It is the reneral opinion thr.t the greatest part of Lorii Bridport's fi.-et have failed for the StreigKtl, to reinforce the fleets under I,oil's Si. V" cent arid Nkllon, Iravin? strong fquadroa tofcrtir the Bay fcf Biscay, (and we hope pick tip the Ferrol (hips in the A'x rcrui) afterwards tale a ftiuoii cff Ufiiant, to prose& the Britilk channel from the deprad.itsry crus'-rs of the trench pr;- vsteevs. It is said, that the Childers flaop sent from Lord Brio,port's fleet to Lord St. \ iu cent's, iff Ctdiz, with an account of the fail ing of the Brelt fleet, was ajfo to proceed to ward bound tra.de from the Eall Indies of the new si. A rumour has prevailed for fomc days, upon what authority we cannot tell, that Lord Malmlbury was about to rcfume a pacific million to France. '1 his report has risen probably more from this dreadful and pr®tra£\ed war, which is depopulating and i rppoveri(hing Europe, than irom the willies ol those who are the fufferers from any foun dation in faft—it were, however, molt de voutly to be wilhed, that at a moment when France may be supposed gladly to accept pe&ce, and England to ofi'cr it with dignity, that pacific efforts were made by some party to terminate the niiferies of Europe, and (hew its population th<t tliey were deGgned tor Other purposes by the Almighty Creator, 14 who gave them this fair world to dwell in," than that of destroying each other like ths fabled Creation of Cadmus. Gracious God ! why is it that man alone, of all other animals, isinafhteof conftar.t and dead warfare ? Man, who lays exclusive claim to reason ! Wlio a flumes a portion of divinity, and peculiar proteftion of Heaven !—'Tis strange, but there is nothing nnuftrous in creation, in the phyficul or moral worlds, that man may, not claim as his own, or match in the extent of its deformity its folly, or its vice. Sir, IthavingTjeen rcprefentedto the lord lieuten ant that several persons have been convey ed in packet boats and other *elTels from this kingdom to Margate, Holyhead, Liverpool, and other ports in Great Britain, without be ing provided with the necellary passports, his Excellency defircs you will notice in the ,roost public manner in the several ports in your diftrhftfthat if the commanders of such packets or other vt Is lhall permit any per son to take their p.ifiage on board their ref pe£live ships, without being provided with the nectflsry pafTports, such commanders and serfons so offending will be sent back to this kingdom, *hd tried fcy a court martial for a breach of the order of the Lord Lieutanant and council made in this behalf, bearing date the 26th day of May, 1798. 1 have the ho nour :o be, Sir, your moll obedient, bumble servant. LONDON, June 8. BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Housk of Commons, Vrijay June 7. Mr. PITT, m a committee of ftipply, mentioned, that although he had alre?.dy presented a statement of the finances of the country, yet, that it was his duty to reca pitulate his former efliniates, in order that the committee might be enabled to form an accurate judgment. Ke observed, that if he hadformerly occafionto congratulate the public on the prftfperous fkte of affairs, ana the retrenchment which would faiely be made in various departments, he now came forward with a new c/aufe of public congrat ulation, on account of the large but wife increase and expenditure, rendered ncceTa ry by the vigorous and fucccfsful' operations o£ our allies. Every one. anxious for the peace and happiness of fock-ty, would icjoice with him on the favorable change, and. ge neral -state of affairs, on the Continent of Europe. It was this favorable change Which he hoped would be attended % DUEL. June 5. [CIRCULAR,] Dublin Castle, i()lb Afdy. [Signed] CASTLEREAGH THE BUDGET. ''-My** v'lth the h ppieft efu-.fi, that In'J'JCea s> n nicftv's miniftcrs to jrtopofe tiw vcU " ll Which thry had just no.rap't~d. ■ THE SUITLV. In recapitulating the "various climates, gentlemen would recollttt the leadingl^' 11 ' 1 of tliofc mentioned i;i Uw v.onvi. oi D-cui-- ber lafl: The total for the navy stated ;it >31600,53 but :l '~ tor deducing the diminu tion rit'the navy debts, and the savings cxpeftecl i» 1799, amounting to i,4-°3 000, the remainder tot <1 fir that service would not exceed - ■> Th>' army fdimates, on tie mod accurate calculation that could be made, amoun ted to - £.8,840,000 To which was to be added, firfl, the vote of credit for 1798, amounting to And the extraordinaries of the army for 17991 - 2,500, cc0 Among other ftatemcnts, there was tlie | inten.fl of the money due to the bank the discount of the Irian and lottery ot the pre ceding year;—ai d the interest alio of tlic texchequer bills—all of which oup'lit to be clafied in the deficiencies ct the year. 1 lie favingof the lad article for the ]«ft year was nearly 00,0001. which, notwithfianding the general 4-ffciencies, dcfervt-d notice. The voluutary contributions, (o highly honorable to the country, amounted at lcaft exclusive of the sums from the East Indies ; and our ojher Colonial t n 2,000- 0001. " When I contemplate the b' u>>iy of individuals on this great tmrrgcncv, it is im possible sos me (said Mr. Pitt) —it is imp< C fible for the house. to pass over the gefereuV adt, w thoijt exprefiion o the hightfl gr ti tude. It isalfo a fatisfaftion, for me to (late, that no distance of place, no' dift3nce of titne no length of abftnce, h-.s so alienated the ?.ff:£li»'nß of the Natives of Great Britain as to make them forget the interest and hap-' pinefs of the mo;her country. Officers and privat-s ccmc forward with the utmost Mi citude and affeition.—From India itfclf I as been received a voluntarily contribution — amount!' g to no less a sum tkan 300 0001. Such a handfomc pecuniary aid deserved the particular notice of the committee and of the Honfe it camt from a description of perfone whom Rumor had falfely as regard.ess of the interest or Glory of the mother country, while doomed to exert themlelves in the accumulation of fortune and aggrandisement. But in this quarter of the world, the bounty of our fubjedts did not reft. It extended itfelf to the Well Indies and our other settlements, *vh»re similar affc&ions actuated the conduft of Englilhmes." The next Article which Ihould attraft thtir attention, was that of the Ordnance. A variety of savings had been made in this department'. The Ordinance, how e»er, exclusive of Sea Service, he would tHimateat ... £. 1,570,000 The Article which followed was that of the Miscella neous Services, to the a mount nearly of The Subsidy to the Emper- or of Ruilia, about which there could Dot be the smallest difference of opin ion, having eTery recum mendation in its frvour, amounted as already men tioned in the preceding part, to Another sum yet remained —that of the National Debt, amounting cp While he noticed a Vote of Credit for 1799 to the a mount of 3,000,000!. and recapitulated various De ficiencies* recurring to the different sums now stated, be concluded by {Alma ting the vfbole Supply THE WAYS AND MEANS, To meet these necessary demand* were arranged thus The Land and Malt • *,750,000 The Lottery ' . . - 200, A variety of observation* then followed upon certain quarterages due in OAobei, which would ter d to the diminution of tbe public expenditure. Mr. Pitt then preced ed to fpecity the happy effeAs of the Con folidaied Fund, on which considerable funis towards defraying the Public Exingcaciei might be calculated, vi?.— Surolus of consolidating Funds in. January and April, 1799 - £.521,c00 Glowing Produce of Ditto - 3,229,000 In theft sums, there was an intreafe ari sing from several the amount of i,7oo,oool» He next advanced to that part of his cal culation, on which he reckoned by a modifi cation on Exports aod Imports, the sum of 1,500,0001. The Article which followed demanded the particwlcr Attention of the Coirimitteei It was that of 10 per cent, on Income. Al though its real extent had not yet been ful ly ascertained, yet he had no in faying, that on this fubjeft they had in feme degree been disappointed, the Tax being cons iderably short of what he had estimated. The Commercial Income was far, very far, under his expeftation. He had stated it at 4,000,0051. but from what he could learn, it would not produce quite the one half of that sum. On this particular head, {o very intercfting- to the Public Service, much al lowance ought to be made for the deficiency, as firm several remote parts of the country the Returns had not yet been made. This temporary disappointment ought not to make us coaclude, that the original eflimate will not this foil>w:_nV j*it%t fully adequate t0 his expectations. , But be thut as it may it iHitaiw tor the prtfent time tt*tak.- Crtdit iofcVjorvfp Sum. He would therefore fay 7,500,0001. After many ohfervations about the vari 011s inflalments of the Income Tax, he npv t advanced some remarks on the Loan, an3it s mode of fcttlement, which he pruned was highly advantageous to the public : heftated 'hat he bad not made a provii'loll for the Loan ■>y the irregular 1 (Tiling of Exchequer Bills All fnch temporary resources he had carefully avoided ; neither had he added to :he accumulation of Navy Bills. These lie had very conftderably diminished ; for with in the course of the year there would not be iefs than ten millions if there was a neceflitv—-there was ample room for the circulation of Two Millions of Exchequer Bills, to answer, the exigencies of the moment. While on the Loan, lie could net difmif» the fubjeft without bellowing the highest encomiums 011 the gentlemen with whomhs had concluded the bargain. H e tad al. way# entertained an opinion, that the best mode of receivirg offers was by public com. petition. On this ocepfion, he had, how. ever, the fatisfaftioti to l'ate, that the con tell was not as formerly, which should l.ave the least quantity . f lor.g annuities, but, by the junftion of the three great Monicd In • len Us in. London, the whole was happily fet tied without anv Long Annuities, a mode highly honourab'e to the parties, and for which there ought at least to be this in | flared of public gratitude—lt was also • grtat fatisfaftion so him to learn, that these grntlemen entertained similar fenti mints wuh h'm on ih* application cf the I'um of 825,0001. for the deliverance of Europe. INCOME TAX. The following co refpondtnee has t place in the execution of the Income Tax Aft : To John Hcrnt Tccle. Esq. Office of the Commiffioneri for cany. x ing into execution the aft for taxing Income. Sir, . f; Wanfworth, Miy j, . j The Commiflioners having under their I consideration your declaration of income, dated th« 26th of February lad, have di. ; rested mc to acq aint you that they have ! reason to apprehend your income exceed ! sixty pounds a year—they therefore drfire , ! that yoa will reconfiderthe said declaration, ' and favour me with your answer on or he. ! tore Wednesday the Bth iiift. I am, Sir, • r -; Your obedient servant. W. B. LUTTLY, Cle.k. TO MR. W. B. LUTTLY. SIR, I ha"C much more reason than tk 1 Commiflioners can have to be diffaufitd with the fmallnefs of my income. I have never yet in my life diiavowtd, or ha.' r.c-' cafion to reconsider any declaration which I have signed with my name. But the Aft of Parliament has removed 311 the decencies which used to prevail between gentlemen ; and has givtn the Commiflioners ((hrouded under the lignature of their Clerk) a right by law to tell me that they have reason to believe that— / am a Liar! They have also a right to demand from me, upon rath, the particular circnmftarces of my private situa tion. In obedience to the law, lam ready to attend them upon thisdegiading occasion so novel to Engli(hm<*n ; and to give them ' every explanation and fatisfaflion which tbey may be pleased to require. ■ I am, Sir, ' Your bumble Servant, JOHNHORNETOOKE. Philadelphia, August t2»'</9> OFFICE OF Schuylkill Sufquehanna, AND Delaware £s*Schuylkill Car.al Companies. LL person« h avinß claims sg.nnft those C cmpanics arc requeued to exhibit thci accounts at this office within thirty day* from t - d&tc hereof. GEO. WORRALL, .*«*> aoguft 11 HORSE MARKET. To he Sold at Public /fuffijn, on Sn/urhj morning next, prcc'ifel fit ll o'clock, at the Horse Marlet, A TRAM OF Four valuable Cartada I lorles, Cart and Geers complete. Also—Two ilraft Mares & one breeding Mure & Colt. Um. Davidson, Auctr. ■ £ v ii.4 s »,ioc. I,SCO,coo 3,864,300 b,353, 000 2 00,000 30,946,000 align C! T J —— *— —- —""""ifi 3 c caiks of 6d. aruji Bd. NAil^j and- 4, 4I I and f inch SPIKES, drawback, for fa!e by . - ■ ' PETER BABOR* Vp* «*, No. 149. 8 mo. a w A NTS A PL/CF, AS WET NURSE, A YOUNG WOMAN with a good r « n ■ " Milk, who rnn be well re«onu»end«ii, tf quire at No. 104, Chefnut-ftrect. •i'g. 10 . CAUTION, WHKREASmy Wifi BETS fit left niv brd and board, all persons ar ' bid ttuS:i'g her of my acronrt, as I will p»f debfs of h' r cor.iriftirg alter this date. HENRY X D'PFE. mark. ruguft • O ■ms