as tlie warrant was then made out, was it no( served upon him, either in the town where he then was, or or afterwards on board the (hip ? and iaftly—Why was he not pursu ed, when it was evident a pursuit mult have been iuccefsful —i liefe are queitions, it is proper /hould be anlWred. Whoever does it, clear ly find fatisfa«. f torily, lhall receive my sincere thanks. Speaking truth, he shall be iupported j and judging with candor, he will be applauded. Thait there has been foine mifcon duc!i, is evident ; but a public ex planation only can determiue, upon whom the blame ought to relt. i PUiJLiCOLA. B O S T O N, front Lynn, July 29. At a meeting of n refpet'table num ber ot the citizens of the town of Lynn: convened by notification, in conffrquense of a circular Letter from the citizens ot Boftun, the following rdoluiiQns paiied unanimous Jy, viz. Refolvea, I.—That the late Pro clamation of the Supreme Executive of the United States, enjoining Neutrality on all the citizens thereof, towards the Belligerent powers in Europe, is highly impor tant to the interest and bappiuefs of our conntry, and that we will" to the uimoft of our abilities, prefer»e it inviolate. Refolded, ll—That we conceive the late fpiriied refoiutions of our brethren of the metropolis, " adapt ed to promote the public good j'f that we will give them our hearty concurrence by our utmost exerti ons to btingtocondign punishment, every individual, who (hall be guil ty of a breach of Neutrality. Vo'ed.—That the above refoluti oirs be pointed in the Columbian Centinel. JAMES ROBINSON, Sec'ry. NEW LONDON, August 8. Tuesday last arrived here the schooner Seaflower, Capt. j. Hurl but, 16 dajs from Point-Petre, Gau daloiipe, who relates the following occurrence, which took place at the Point on the 10th ult.—A dispute, in cocft quence of a game at cards, arising be'ween foine Ariltocrats, who v ere in prison, the ceutinel at the door commanded them to be q'tiet, ii being his orders to prevent any dilt urban re among them ; but instead of judiciously complying wj h this reafbnable demand, one of theni ftized the mulket and for ced it from the ceutinel, and gave him abusive language ; one more moderate, however, immediately returned the gun. The centinel after heing relieved informed so me fiilors of whathad taken place, and » large number soon colle ■ who will jjfver dehafe themselves so moth as to . flatter triumphant vice : It is, J fay, itj beholding the true friends of liberty that 1 iorget the persecutions I now fufFer urideri is in partaking of ra 'j°>» that 1 now pronounce ;the oath which is deeply engraven on my republican heart, •. « ! I swear, that I will be faithful to the republic, that I will inaintalin liberty and ;equaftty, and if ever the republic again employs me, that I will die rather than abandon my pest- GALBAUD. August 2- August 13 MeflVs. Printers, , . . Certain late publications render it proper for us to authorise you to inform the Public, that a report having reached "this city from Philadelphia, that Mr. Genet, the French Minister, said lie would appeal to the people from < ertain deeifions of .the. President; we were aiked, 011 our retu/n from thut place, whether be had made fflch a declaration, we answered, that he had, and we also men tinned it to others, authorifmg them to faj 1 that we had so informed them. _ , , BALTIMORE, August 9. We have ju(! learnt, that the in habitants of Cam bridge on the East ern (hore, have forwarded to the ! committee of.correfpondence a very liberal fuofcription through the, hands of Mr. Murray, representative to Congrefi, towards the relief of the fufferers from Cape-Francois ; and what adds greatly to the vajue : of the donation, is the manner in which it was conveyed :■ ■" W-e would have been better pleased, (they observe through Mr. Murray) were the funi larger which we fettd —accept it, small as it is, a&. fonsf testimony from the citizens in and about Cambridge of their fym paihy ' and good wishes in a business so tru ly diftrefsful to the French, and so very oppressive to our fellow-citizens of Baltimore." Such sympathy for distress, while it does honor to the human character, refledis lustre oh he state of Maryland -— Philadelphia, Aug. 14. By the brig Molly, Capt. Morris, arrived here from Madeira, which /he left the Bth ps July, we learn, that on the Jd of that month a frigate arrived at Madeira in nine days from Falmouth, which brought"Eiiglilh newspapers to about. the 2.} f b of June. These papers contained an account of a very bloody battle having been fought near Lisle between the combined armies and the French forces, which terminated to the advantage of tb* French ; and it is added that 17,000 men fell in the combat. Capt. Morris fays that this account was believed at Madeira, and that he had con verted with several persons who had leen the papers containing tbe above intelligence. We have seen a letter from Madeira of the 4th July, froai Mr. Pintard, our Consul there, which fays that there was nothing new in that place. The Engliflt Brig Nancy, Capt. Btrrf, from Jamaica to (his port, was c2f «n Monday lafl by the Democrat and Canmaf note and sent into New-York i the Britifll floap Hope, Itidiardftli/froni Antigua, prizt to the citizen Genet, and a (mall Spanish stoop from New-Orleans,prize to the Democrat, are arrived here. There is an account in town of the a ri val of a SpaniJh fquadmn at Moote Chrifti, frotn Europe. The French Islands in the Weft-Indies con tinue to exhibit itenes of mu'derv, huLULfig? and afluflinatioos. At Aux-Cayes affairs are alm»ft as bad a* at the Cape ; Come reports lay they are equally as bad at Ma r tiiiiqne ; anil from Guadaloupe the details are Stocking. By late accounts from the Weftwardit ap. pears, that some preliminary interviews with part of the Indian; and oar Cammiffiouers have taken place, which terminated favora bly and amicably—and on the loth Juiy the Coram flioners proceeded on their voyage to Sandufkv, where the Council is to be LiltJ. A veflel was fitting out at Newborn K. C. fufpefted as a privateer—but oa a motion made by direction of the Governor to pr evert her departure—She was immediately ftripfed of her warlike apparatus. This fcUies pri vateering buiiueis in that quarter. 507 J4, 1/9^- sty e vcflW i.iriv'ta here yrflcrday (rrttii F»O'd.-aux, accounts dre received us lace as the • sad of Jtir.e ;— (cfiLions brtd revolted, were united and+iad actually declared thernfelvcs lor a. 11 m 1 1\ d monarchy —40 Mcinbcr* ot the Con vention(BtiUWt.s party) weie in pnfori ; at M«r- Omllcj ihey were palling theii own decree®, an. Hulling all thole ps the Convention. The 6pau la,<*« Were in great force near Bayonne ; Mr. j j agenrle'man recommended to me by , nil uncle, arrived n this viflYl, who brings the above accounts. was at the head ofc 4 Dtimerous army." A veifel arrived at Boston last week, spoke a <(Tiip fragb Nantes, bound to Philadelphia, \ with a deck load of palfengers. TJie idea of the citizens- of the United ! Stare-, he ng dire&ly or indirectly concerned i»i privateering, appears to be scouted from New Hampfhireto Georgia. The Fr3tf£h frigate la Concorde is arrived a< Boftdn. | hundred pounds sterling had be n collected ifn- Cliarlelion, S C. (or the relief'of the French emigrants, ihe da eof our lall ac counts. At a meeting of the merchants of the city of Philadelphia* John Nixon, E' q. in Hie chair, ■ a numheHof refbliitiorfs being offered to the , meeting, were read and adopted, lis follow*: Resolved,, That,a committee be appointed to collect information refpe&ing the capture or detention of veflels belonging to the citi zens of the United States by the cryjfers of the nations at war, and to lay the fame be fore the President of the United State*, with such representations as they may think ne cessary. Resolved, that they be further authftrifed to pro)i»fe from time to time (to a meeting ' of the,merchants, to be called for the pnrpofe) ftnjh measures as they (hall agree upon for the ,-pi'elervation or improvement of the com merce of the state. * vftfl. That to enable our fa id com mittee to carry into effect tbefe neceflary measures, we and each of us do promise to communicate from time tq time such infoi mation refpciSing the matter to tliem com mitted, as shall come to our knowledge. JOHN JAY, RUFCS KING. Resolved, That the powers and anthori' ties of this committee continue ro the 31ft December next, and that the merchants be then convened for the parpofes of choosing 'the fame or any other committee, if they (hall think proper. Resolved, That the committee consist of •thirteen persons, who ihall be reimburled any expence that they may. be at in the prosecu tion of the foregoing business. The following gentlemen were accordingly appointed, viz. John Nixon, Thomas Fitzfimons, John John Swanwick, John M. Nefoittj 4 James Crawford, Joseph Ball, Francis Gurney, James Vanuxem, Magnns Miller, Robert Wain, Walter Stewart, Robert Ralfton. .PubliJbcd by order of the Meeting, R. RALSTON, Secretary. The citizens of Burlington, New-Jerfcy, kave paflVd several spirited resolutions re ' fpeftmg the proclamation, approving the fame—and reprobating in strong terms " any interference in the internal adminiftratian of ourgovernment by any foreign power or ini nifter, as an infringement of the sovereignty "of the people, tending to destroy public confi dence,leading to anarchy,and meriting the fe vered: reprehension of all independent Ame ricans." j If" the enlightened friend of humanity would exhibit, to mankind, a fyltein exemplifying the serene majefly of republicanism, he need not recall, from the grave, the age, when Arhe/is (hook beneath the fulminating sftion of Dcmofthenes, or when Rome huug on the mellifluent tongue of Tully. For the pur pole of ajcerraitiing tht uri oj repul/iicamfm, in lf£al, and point the world to its unrivalled o:der, and arrangement ! While the luminous edifice commands the admiring eye of Vhilofophy, and presents a model of the grand proportions that become the RESPLENDENT TEM PLE OF UNIVERSAL LIBERTY. [From tiie original topv.J To NICHOLAS CRUGER, EsQuint, Chairman of a r private; and it indicates a -want ol true republican maganimity ot I pint to wreak the popular diMeafore on an hapless individual, lor any fupp ,f c cl mifdemea »or. L't us citjr remeoiber, th.t where law ends, tyranny begins. COMMUNICATIONS. A correspondent oblrrves that, it is probable, th-c way wiJJ not Se r clear for our citi zens to cnu r on board French cruisers or. priva teers, notwitbftanding the acquital of Mcnfield* by the late 41 virtuous and independent jury".— T hat the people arc t« t<»vor ot peace and neu trality— thai tbty are opposed to ihedeteftable and diaholicai hufinefs of oac description of citizens at mirtg, to rob and plunder jjnpthf r, is. not so monstrous, abominable and absurd, as lome fupetlative ftickleri, for anirqky nave hid. ■■ . - One hundred million* one htiridr*d thousand men ; (Hps, dotes, &c. without numbei or calculation'—were pended by Great-Britain, in her at';mpt s o I'ub jngate the free cittieiu of this count';-, —She is now iuvolved in the war again!) France, which, whether fuccefsful urj not, mult be attended with an immense expence, and an enereafe of lie' public buuhiT'.v Bui, if iWccfstui, wc are told, with all the offutVlrrd gravity of conviction, that, in - conjunction with rhc other powrta of Europe, (he will turn her arms aga'rnft the United States—Thgt is—Grcat-Bufaitr will plunge ticr felf into an irretrievable abyss, to obtain, what the already tnjoys airport without a rival—The benefiia refslting from a commercial c innict on with this country ! !—But wc are toid the pre sent wji in Europe, it a war against piiticiplei— Will > contpjcftover principle-, lecd the ,many millions of her manufdituiers and ariizans will it freight her (hips—or Wafi b r produc tions to every quarter of the gl»t»e f It appears that certain persons, in some of their late calculations have "reckoned without their holt."—There is an inveteiate propensity in the people of ihe United States, to fee, think, and*i7for thenifelvca— r'n be goveined by tie tjiflatrs of fobei'realot l , and calm to trust.to thfrevideivee of their own senses, ami to exprrfs the honcft unaaiuteiated feelings of tlSeir own hearts. The rcvilera of public met* and public measures, appear to hi ve been un •pprirrd that thcle CQnfitluCJi£CJ .arc n .ru rally to fce ex pefled as the iclult of their ini quitous attempts to (our, disturb and inifli-ad the public judgmen'. ft is not easy to account for their bold ami impudent attempts to impo'f# their falfehoods on the people on any other fup pofitioo. Among the numerous unifiers pra£lif<«d by the enemies of the American revolution during the late war, that of publishing fabiicated letters was ooe,—;tr)d it i$ but jufticeuto acknowledge that their eflf«jys in this Ime were much superior to iheir imitator* of the present day. They dif covcied some degree of ingenuity in ihcir spe cimens of political craft—there was, frequently an air of pLufibility in their extia&s which had an impofin# effedl for a time on the reader — But the pitiful atnmpwof modchi connt rfeit ers a,e so flimfey i hat there 11 no n< cefliry i& re move the cobweb covering so the cheat. —The National Gazette is frequently lupplied with these prefty samples of antifedera! candor —-these honest effufions of domelike manufac ture, which are palmed on the public as-the spontaneous fentimem's of per funs a distance;- Fortunately the remarks arr so outre, and the flcftions (ogrcj* that it is Jmp*>tiible they ftiduld not defeat tne design of the writer,as no one can ' believe that any person in their ft nfes would deliberately set down and write fucti absurdi ties. $3" The proceedings oj the Citizens of Burling* ton and other places y in relation to the Pr* r »'