m:ifquet (hot- He was the single per-
C>ll wounded, either of the army or na
vy. At day break of the 12th the
Fort of La Fleur d'Epee was carricd
by afTaiilt, and the greatest part of the
garrison were put to the sword : a few
brave seamen were dangerously wounded
in the gallant action. Fort St. Louis,
the town of Pointe a Petre,and 1 he new
battery upon Illet a Ci/uclion, were
soon afterwards abandoned, and many
»,f the inhabitants eicaped in boats to
Basseterre, before the Ceres and two i
gun-boats could get into the Caienage
to prevent them, notwithflanding the
alertness and precision with which Capt.
Incledou executed the orders I sent him
by Captain Grey.
The ardour of the officer, foldief
and seaman, surmounts every difficult)'.
The Mikill mrmber ot troops the Ge
neral ~Sir Charies Grey was undei the
necessity of leaving to garrison Marti
nique, induced me to order commodore
Ttiompfon to remain there, - vith the
Vengeance, to co-operate with lieute
nant-general Prefeott in eftablilhing or
der and good government in the Island,
for the prefei vation of the conquelt, and
to execute many other duties essential for
the weal of his Majetty's service.
J. JerviS;
, An account of the kilted and wounded be
longing to the Jhips of the squadron un
dtr my command, on the I 2th of April
at the Jlorming of Fort La Fleur
d? Epee.
Boyrif. Mr. George Roe Port, Mid
shipman, and 9 teanlen, wounded. 1
Blanche. Mr. Robert Colquhoun, and
2 leameii, wounded. Total 13.
PHILADELPHIA,
JULY 18.
" f
The "Courier Francois" of this
morning does not contain any details of
the late naval engagement 011 the last of
May and beginning of June, as pro
mised in that paper of ye'fterday—lt
seems to be as difH<ru!l;to extract French \
news from one quarter as English* from 1
Another.
Speech of Mr. SkEriDan in the British
House of Commons, May 16th, on the
motion of the Minijlcr " for leave to
bring in a bill to empower his Majefly
to secure and detain such persons as
his Majefly shall fufpetl are conspiring , j
ttgainjl his person and government. j £
Mr. SHERIDAN laid, he could 1
not content with silent
Vote 10 a queltion of fuel* impo, tan«j- p
whieh in his mind involved in it the ex
ilterce of the liberty of every man in c
the country; no man could be fate, '
when an uncontrolled power was placed 0
in the hands of Minilters, of depriving F
on g'oundlefs and unfounded suspicions, c
of freedom, any person who might be t
obnoxious to them. He thought it the v
tnolt impudent and daring measure
.which had ever been attempted at any 0
period, or by any Minister; he was as-
tonifhed at the silence which was ob
fcrved by Sll those Gentlemen who com- v
jjofed the Committee, and made the re- 3
port : he did not think that any one of P
them would venture to (land up in his
place and assert, that he really appre- t;
hended any danger which could warrant
the adoption of such a measure. He a
hoped it was not the intention of the 0
Minister to pvefs the Bill through the
House that night: that someTime would
at least be given for fair consideration : ''
if he did do such a thing, and recom F
mended the palling of. the bill in that 1
hasty way* upon such flight grounds, 1
he would not hesitate to fay, that he de- r
served to lose his" head. There were c
many imprudencies he admitted in the e
writings and resolutions of those Socie
ties, but why, he would aflc, had they
not been prosecuted at the time they *•
appeared ? But there was nothing that 11
could warrant lo violent a proceeding
as the present. He had himfelf been a
once a delegate for the purpose of ob- '
taining a Parliamentary Reform. He
did not recollect whether the right hon.
gentleman himfelf was one at the fame n
time ; the Duke of Richmond certain- c
ly was: but fp far from its being con- P
lidered an Ait of Infurrettion or Re-
bellion, they were accommodated with
the Guildhall to hold their Meeting,
and attended by the Officers of that
Court. Ile condemned, in severe terms, P
the conduit of certain public prints, P
said to be under the immediate diredti- ei
«n of Government ; he cared but little,
for his own part, what was said con
cerning him in any public paper, and
1 > great was his regard and esteem for
the Liberty of the Press, that he (hould
"ever attempt a prosecution for any
thing which might be said of him ; but
at the fame time he thought it infamous
to encourage such villainous aspersions
:r- on any member of the House ; and h
a- thought that the rage for profecutin;
le Libels was so great, that it fcould we]
:d become the Attorney General to proie
le cute those papers for Libels on the in
iv dividual Members of that house, efpe
"J cially when they were carried so far a;
s, to implicate them in a charge of Higt
w Treason. If the Minift -rs could ftooj
re to encourage such fi;.nd ,'r, he (houlc
y j hold them to be the molt infamous anc
:o ! balelt of mankind—he thought it im
■«>' possible—is any man had any thing tc
;e alledge against him, iet nim itand for
le ward, and he will find him ready to re
t. pel the charge and to vindicate hischa
ii racter and his honor. He reprobated
the whole of the Minister's conduct on
:f the present occafipn, which was ca! ~ ;.i
---% ted to. destroy the peace and hariijsjg.
which fubfifted-ais.—g ». «.».—-C
c could not surely be any real ground of
i- appreheniion, from s let ot men with
c out fortune or connexion in the coun
e try ; and who were, comparatively,
few in number. But why riot confine
the operation of this Bill to those Soci
1, eties ? Why should the Liberties of
d every British Snbjeft be surrendered to
,r the Crown, for the fault of a few ? He
would much rather he Would make it
treason or felony, for any Society to
meet for the purpose of obtaining a
Parliamentary Reform, though he be
■[ longed to such a -Society, and would ra
ther forfeit his life than abandon the
cause.
Mr. Pitt and Mr. Sheridan explain
ed.
j Mr. Burke entered into a long de
fence of the suspension of the Habeas
Corpus A£t, and the necefiity of the
measure on the present occasion. In
support of this, he read an extract of
torn ~corrcfpcrrdenct: b't'.veen the Revo
lutionary Society, and some Societies
in France, which pafledintheyear I 791.
1 He contended that theie Societies were
a continuation of the fame system, which
then appeared as puilulcs, but had since
ulcerated and become dangerous fores.
Sir John Scott defended his conduct
as Public Profecutoir and fupportcd the
bill.
The House then divided, Ayes 201.
Noes 39.
The following Articles are copied from
the Getjeral Advertifcr of this morn
, Ms-
The French papers received by Capt.
! Green, contain, an 'address from a popu
lar society eftablifkcd in the town of Pui
ceida, taken from the Spaniards, to
the Convention. We are promised the
loan of some of thefejjapers this day.
Z-ZZ. * : -r-r-r-- +• -
The Paris paper of the 37th May,
contains an account of the fate of Clair
fait's army in the affair of the 17th May
011 the fubje£t of which the English pa
pers are quite fi'ent. Clairfait, our rea
ders will recollect, was to have eroded
the Lys, and by forming a junction
with the five columns which proceeded
from the environs of Tournay, have cut
off the communication between the
French at Courtray and Lille. In this
Clairfait was unfuccefsful and loft up
wards of one bundled pieces of cannon,
300 horses and had 1500 men made
prisoners, the number of killed or woun
ded is not mentioned. The artillery was
taken by the Sans Culottes General who
drove the English from before Dunkirk
and there took a confiderabie quantity
of cannon, &c.
The arrival at Breltof some officers
sent by the minister of the Fiench Re
public here, with information of the
time the Chefapeak convoy w<is to fail,
that arrangements might be made for its
reception, has given rife to the report
of American commissaries having arriv
ed in that port.
Two instances of the amazing activi
ty with which the French carry on then
naval operations are related by Captain
Green. A frigate was launched at Brett
and four days after was perfectly ready
to proceed to sea ; and Captain Green's
brig, was at the public expence, in a
few hours coppered, in order that she
might bring the intelligence of the fuc
cctsof the French in Flanders and dis
patches to the minister with more expe
dition.
From an undoubted source we find,
that A. H. Rowan has cwnptctcly esca
ped the inquisitorial refearclies of his
persecutors in Ireland, and fafely arriv
ed in an American velfel in France.
By this Day's Mail*
BOSTON, July 14.
GOOD NEWS—
D'treS fr»m FRANCE.
On Thursday last a schooner arrived
e herefrom Br.eft, whici (he left the 24th
j May.
1 j The-Captain, a gentleman of veraci
- j ty and refpettabiln y, informs—that a
• bout the 18th of the grand fleet)
■ from Bred, ccnfiltinj of thirty-two
> (hips of the line, and 1 number of fri
-1 gates, failed from that port, in expec
-1 tation of joining another fleet from
I Rochefort & Havre. Tlat on the 29th
! of the fame month, he'parted this fleet,
■ which then confilled .of fifty fail, off!
Cape-Clear, stretching for Cape-Fines.
teire.
The captain also informs, that during
his flay at Bred, (abc"> 1 weeks)
upwards of one hundred rt'id uv -n-y
prizes .vere brought in 40 o. ;
1 which vvere ojiyvsr" - Tamaica [
"live !!k ■ o ~)u. t, pfi feve;al
English South-Sea men.
The captain further reports, that the
day before he failed, a Corvftte arrived
from the Chefapeak fleet, vvh'ch he left
four days before; that the Eiglifh fleet
was not out, arid in all jsrob?bility fa id
fleet arrived shortly after ie failed. ,
Provisions were very plenh- at Brett.
The important account of .'re total de
feat of the Duke of York, iad been .
received at Brest, but as thecajtain saw
no official account, he is notalle to re
late the particulars j but it vas repre
sented to be a complete vitUiy on the (
part of our republican allies.
Bojlzti Cnmicle, .
From France Dlrea.
On Thursday, a fchoorer arrived j t
here from Bred, which (lie let the 24th
May. The Captain in fen >i, that a
bout the 18th May, the i .*ft grand
fleet put to fuaj ronliHirj y (all of '
the line, and a number e/' frigates ; i
which it was expe£ted wtiidd be rein- 1
forced by a number of (hips fv m Roche- '
fort and Havre. That 1 a the 29th 1
May, he palled this fleet, which then j'
contained about 50 fail,off Cape Clear, j
arrd that they were ftrrtshing fiom.<
that Cape to Cape Finiflerre ; —That ' t
during'the ft ay of the fchooncr at Brelt, ' I
which was about 6 weeks, abort 120
prizes were brought in, 411 i odd of
which were Jamaica men outward bound,
that one was a very valuable Ditch ship,
and several English louth-feamcn : That
provisions were not scarce Tier dear at
Brest ; and that the account- of the '
defeat of the Duke of York's irmy had .;
been received; but as the Captain '
could not procure any paper*, he was '
unacquainted with the ~:ca!ars : 1
■ That the Chesapeake fleet h? 1 : »r
---rived ; but was expe&< 8- - pro- ;
the fleet putting to lez.
It is facl, that the Eiiglifh fleet was
at sea at the time the French was. . (
Both fleets are in force, and twit be in j
the vicinity of each other.
Columbian C-ntineh 1
<
HARTFORD, July 14. j
It is with great pleasure we remirk, _
that the 4th of July has been rruch
more cxtenfively celebrated this ]ear,
than usual. And it is with equal plea
sure we observe the fpii it of federilifm,
peace, and moderation, which bivathes .
through the multitude of tuafts drank ,
on this anniversary. Saving t fewtoalts, (
of a few party clubs, and fccieries, the (
above remark is almost univerially
Wliat a happy profpeft has this coun
try, when amidst the conrulfions of (
Europe, the errors of weak and mifta- )
"Ken, or the racks of duserate and "j
wicked politicians in her owf bosom, a j
general opposition to war, bloodshed, (
and anarchy, pervades her tnlightened
citizens. The rational joy, which ani- ,
mates our inhabitants on eveiy return of
the day of Independence, provjs their t
strong attachment to rial liberty; j
while their moderate and peaceul fenti- ,
ments, evince their thorough acquain- j
•tance with their own bed iiterefts—— j
Peace and good government. a
ALBANY,' July 14 [
It is with the keened fympithy and t
grief we record the followingdifader : 1
On Saturday morning lad, about 2 r
o'clock, this city was again akrmed by r
the of fire, which proved ilod un- v
fortunately to be Caldwell's ruble sac- r
tory of Tobacco, Snuff, Chocolate, Muf- v
tard, &c. &c. situated about one mile t
north of this city, near t! e feat of Ste- t
phfctr Va* ftcnfielae' j ' • citi- d
zens muttered with *he jiacri- p
ty ; but before any affed il :,id could o
arrive, this extensive and ■ iluabie pile h
of buildings (eight in number) was e
wrap'd in flames—the enornous height
of which, added to the awful dillnefs 1<
of the night—thelowring ifpedfof the t!
Iky—the peculiarity of situation, being ri
a deep vale, covered by bfty hills and si
thick woods—and the iitcrrupted re- n
flection of light upon th; tops of the ti
trees—altogether formed a fceoe, the
ti horror and sublimity of which is almost
beyond the reach of imagination.
- Finding every hope of extinguishing it
- blasted, we were forced to the difagree
t able necefiity of Handing ufeiefs fpecia
j tors of the deftrudtion, it is said, of the
- mod curous as well as molt extensive
- works of the kind perhaps in the world,
i in which strangers, who have visited this
1 city since their edablifhment, generally
, j agree. The loss to a worthy and enter
r i prizing individual is computed at Fif
teen Jthoufand Pounds, 011 a moderate
calculation—and it may aito be confi
; dered as a heavy public lots, from the
; number of people it employed, and the
j keeping of large sums of money within
the fphcTC ps our own circulation.
|
-? gOR tc. |.|iy IT.
Yft; l»arn that three vefleli Delonging
tothefleet were chafed into Sandy Hook
by a Biitifll 64 and a frigate, which
now lie at the Hook, to obftruft the
entrance of any returning vessels. We
have not been able to learn the fate of
the remaining vessels, nor what is be
come of the Concorde*
The Britith frigate Thetis, arrived
yesterday afternoon, and anchored op
posite the Fort in the North River.
Capt, Talbot left the fleet on Mon
day at 11 o'clock. He saw the ship
Atlas taken j at which time the Con
corde andPeidrix were, in his opinion,
at least ten miles to the windward, deer
ing off on the wind.—Ht thinks there
are but few of the fleet taken, as they
separated in every direction, on feeing
the Britilh frigates.
A melancholy accident happened on
Friday last, in the Sound. As Capt.
OuodtTKin from MuirUctown, wo* com
ing to this City with a load of produce,
he was overtaken by a violent ltorm of
wind, hail and rain ) his vessel sprung a
leak, and soon after went down, by
[ which accident his wife and wife's filter
perished. The men saved their lives by
. clinging to the boat till morning, when
• they were relieved by persons from the
' (liore.
LONDON, May 16.
//. ROWAN. .
It was currently reported in town
. yesterday, that the wherry, in which
Hamilton Rowan failed, had arrived,
: and had brought a letter to Mrs. Row
an, assuring he: of his having arrived
in a place of pei fedt fafety.
The circumstances given along with
; the above rumour, were that Mr. Row
an took Drojjhejtaj and
1 iroin iCuih, as TormeTly icpreient
! Ed ; that they failed through tlie Downs
without meeting the fmalled interrup
: tion, and on Monday morning last got
fafe into Dunkirk, where, after under
going a flight examination, the port
officers fuffered them to land Mr. Row
an, and immediately to depart without
hindrance or molestation.
ExtraS of a letter from on hoard Lard
Hood's fleet j April 17,
" The brave Lieutenant Tupper,
who diftiuguiftied himfelf so highly du
ring his command of Fort Pomet, at
Toulon, was the officer whom Lord
Hood sent on the joth of April to the
Governor of Baftia, with a summons
to surrender the place to the British
arms.
" Lieutenant Tupper having men
tioned to the commander of a row gal
ley of the eaeroj!V-that.iKas
Mole, the purport of the flag of truce,
he was directed to wait whilit informa
tion was given to the Governor ; after
which he was directed into the Mole,
and there continued about half an hour,
when the Mole Heads were lined with
troops; the Governor, Monsieur Le
Michelle, came through them, under
a strong escort. Mr. Tupper being
landed, and having informed him that
he came from Vice-AdmiralHood, with
a letter for the Governor, he answer
ed, that no such person exided ; but as
a Republican, he was th» Commander;
that he could not receive any letter, or
have any correspondence with the ene
my whilst he lemained on the territo
ries of the Republic ; that his troops
were brave and ready; that his batte
ries and forges were prepared, and they
would meet our troops on the point of
their bayonets, being determined ei
ther to conquer or die. He sUh -"3-
ded, -Ha; !.£ was sensible the English
pofleffed humanity ; and fhoiild the fate
of war cause him to lose two thirds of I
his men, the survivors might be indebt
ed to them for the exercise of it. •
" On his perfiding not to receive the
letter, Mr. Tuppef returned on board
the victory, and immediately the batte
ries were opened and the fire begnn
from (ix 24 pounders and thiee inch
mortars, on the north part of tlie
town.
" On the 15th of April the firing
from our batteries continued v>
; bated vigor ; ani the day be
Rpmney arrived at Baftia f it,
norn, with four mortars a '.' . le" y o*
(hells.
" A new battery of u«; verity
four pounders was to open that iy
it is • near the enemy's north bat >.
much is expected from its fire. Ou,
loss was not then very great. The d; r
j before, Capt. Clark, of the 69th reg■ - •
ment, loft his right arm, and was other.
wife badly woundfcd in thr fide ; th :.. y
with two or three men killed, isaii;r
loss that we have fnfFcred.
" The enemy mult fuffer mseh, r
our (Jiot and- flu-lls fall among tb o
Pi'ovifions were scarce in t le tow.,
.
CLEARED.
Ship Camilla, Boys, 'Jporto
Gen. Washington, Kerney, Ferret
Peter Holfton, Dodds, Cadiz*
Hope, Bainbridge, Bilbo;
Thomas Chalkely, Corum i
Brig Susannah, Towers,
Sally, Cochran, St. Thomas*
Polly, Smith, Jerei*
Schr. Polly, McLane, Montane*"
Sloojj Sally, M'Cutchon, St. cZ r
Aurora, Delany, Non'bik
Arrivals at Bojion. ■ jjj|
Ships John, Homans, Liverpool
Thorn, Wilson, Havre Marat; Bri,
North Star, Infulander. Übes ;
Snow Pallas, Wilder,Boun Sch'rs
Olive, Harding, St. Domi j
txy, Knowles, Liverpool Industry,
Bowden,, Halifax ; Retrirve h :kibn,
Leogane.
Arrivals at Baltimore:
Ship Euphrafia, Sanger, Amfterc;, a
Venus, Frankford. diiro
1 George Law, White, Liverpool
Brig Equality, White, Oil , a
Atalanta, Hawley, Opoito
Eunice, Bar, Sakm
Slior , Cracker, ditto
Hannah, Cox, C. N. Mole
Arrived at New-York.
Ship Tryal, Cannon, ( Falmcjih
Frigate Thetis, Cochran, ditto
Sloop Liberty, Corree, Windl'or N C
Carolina, Hofmer, Ntw-P>
d;-„e
Brig Dolly, Tol tfon, Barque P:ar
riot and tlliza, Skwinan, a;id ■ '~-j
Poliy, Lillibridge, part of the cci
escaped.
A stated meeting of the Arr.erj
• P-fcilcfbphiiKsl r L
their Halt, this evening a ; -locfei
N. B. New members to Se eie&«£i|S
R. PATTERSON Sec'ry.
July 18.
.
-
NEW THEATRE^ 1
Pojiti-vely the Lajl A' *hn
In Aid of a I ad, 1
About to be established for the Relief
and Support of thofe,who from Aire
or Infirmities, may be obliged to re
tire from the Stage.
This Evening, ,
July 18.
Will be Performed, a COMEDY,
Every one has hi=> Fault
Lord Norland, M ■. Wliitlock
Sirliobert Ramble, 4r. Chalmers &
Mr; Solus, Mr. Motri* !
Mr. Harmony; Mr. lutes
Captain Irwin, Mr. Feimeii '
Mr. Placid, Mr. Moreton
Hammond, Mr. Green
Porter, Mi Warreil
Edward, Mrs. Fra:vjis
Lady Eleanor Irwin, Mrs. Whitlock
Mrs. Plicid, Mrs. bhaw
Miss Spiniter, lira. iJ.tcs
Miss Wooburn, M >• Morris
End of the Play, an 6ccafional ADDHE i
To Which will }>e added, a NEW PA > -<
TOMIME, called
The Birth of Harlec urn
Or, The FRIENDLY WITfCHES.
Harlequin, Mr. I*■<. t J
Pantaloon, Mr. I> g>:»
Mil'er, Ms. iJljileL
Clown, , MfwW.l'journe
Principal .Witches, Medri. Dar.-- a::J T
Wrty Oldmmxon, anc 'vljf*
Broadhur.t.
Workmen, MelTrs. Lee,St, Warreil, u,.
Coluinb.ne, V Madaine GafcUe
To conclude with
A grand Chorus and Bower it. the
Temple of Liberty.
The Vocal Parts by
Messrs. Darlev, Marlhall, Lee, Rcbinr
Mrs. Warreil, Miss Broadliurft, M
Miss Willems, &c.&c.
The Scenery entirely New—Deilguc .1 :tL
executed by Mr. Milbourne.
Machinist—Mr. Cox.
(The Dasec composed by Air. Ftiucit.