; . cr . w'ih Ihe nici* ' Wl*'
ancs. But. and Moo•
3Uv tin 9uu'i>ge» thty ';ad *-•' '
4 hii .unlives , a>-. " ■
Itnr.i'iit fcl tjfc
Whst raot've ft*.*
«th it# cw! Li-dfcr-.. *>itt> j
pr.,ple whom it ougfci. re' ste,
u» cllgh'fc «UHI cotififaid :
fttki be osM M-t ro•••'•• •••/«" 'I
burn ivr»4*«yM' >|-^"J
th-it * 1; iAiiu |
A2ISJ, or wt>6 thc.j; .
vident, iil-jrdged and 'boln'h peaee, and
that opportunities ou>ht to be fought &
leize.: on for recovcmg what was then
furrendcrcd, it at least be ac
counted for, though not in our ptefeni
circumltances juftihed ; but the Minis
tcis who had »dted in this ft range wa\
towards Amrrica, were some of then
persons who had a (lifted in making th
peace ; »b» were well acquainted with,
and who entirely approved of the mo
tives on which every part of the condi
tions of the peace were founded, am
therefore their motives were to him in
fcrusaWe.
Their measures tended to destroy al
harmony, all confidence between this
cmntrrand America ; had they chang
ed then opinions with refpeft to Ameri
«a? He was not an enemy to men'
ckaiging their opinions upon great po
iitwal qneftions, as men might fee gooi
»<ii fufficient reason for so doing, bui
sficcafes they ought with candor ti.
fa'<- the grounds upon which they fiat:
*© changed. Did they meafi to fa;
"tha-they were young men when the
wsce with America was msHc—that
t' y *<-"C not experienced in hufinefs—
V s ? s»ii ! t they had been deceived by £
m;.. in whom they placed indiscreet
Confidence, but that now they saw rea
!on for changing their opinion on the
fi:bjc£t ? Undoubtedly they might rea
son in this manner, but no such language
had ever been used. They had never
given a hint even that they now thought
othenvife of the American peace, than
they did at the time. What argument;- j
there were againlt the rellitution of thi
posts, stipulated to be given up by the
Treaty, he knew not, nor would he in
quire into the previous circumflances of c
contention, between the two countries,
which could not be recurred to without *
exciting horror in the breail of every t
. feeling and honorable man. He wished
v>t even to glance at tholecirctimfiances.
He vviihed that the tranfaftion with Al
giers should be totally (tilled, for no one :
part i>f our conduct would I'edound ei
ther to ministerial or national crcdit. It 1
was not his wish to widen but to heal -
the differences between the two coun-1
tries, and his motive for agitating the 1
buTneis was, to give to Ministers the !
opportunity of clearing themselves from t
imputations, which if falfe, might pro- i
duce mod dreadful confequences—lf 1
they were true, it was fit to bring them 1
forward that the wisdom of the Legif-1
lature might correct the rashness of the 1
government. He had no hostility to
Ministers in the affair. In private life,
if a person was vilified, an honorable
and candid man would fairly tell him
what has been imputed to him, that he
juftify himfelf if right, or prove
his innocence if afparfed. He should
be happy to hear that this was not ;
genuine paper—that Lord Dorcheftt r
had had no such communication with
the Indians—and that it was a men
Newspaper (lory, unfounded in fadt
If this (hould come out, his agitatioi
of the matter would do good, as ii
would serve only to tranquilize the
minds of men, and open the way for
peifedt conciliation, which he most de
voutedly wished.
He concluded with moving, " That
an address be prcfented to the King,
praying that his Majesty would give di
tedtions, that there be laid before thi;
house copies of such inftrudtions as hav;
been given or sent to Lord Dorchefler.
relative to all differences subsisting be
tween thiscountry and the United State:
of America, as well as such communica
tions as lie may have made of conferences
with the Indian Tribes relative thereto."
[Lord Grenville, replied to the Mar
quis—He was prolix—a few extradt
from his speech however follow.]
The next point was the* cafe of Ai
giers: and he could not refiain fron
faying, that, if there were in this cour
try any enemies to it and to Ameiic;
delirous of propagating unfounded rt.
posts, for the purpose of alienating Ame
rica 110 m this country, he hoped the
would miss their object. He could hav
withed that, when charges of a feriou
kind were brought againlt Government,
they had been firft examined and alcer
tained before they were brought for
ward as a matter of debate. It was no
a light matter to make charges in tha
House, a,,d to itate that certain report*
had gained credit : But he hoped and
u!e<l they would make no mon im-a
hiori than they ougl tto male.— I
e wished to itute briefly and plainly r
l ic cale upon th.s lubject, and then }
ordlhips v.ould lee wticther it boie the i
•lour which the lpeech of the Moblel
i riarquis wag calculated to impress The I
>ndu£t of the Executive Goveriment «>
ron this, as upon other occasion:, had it
:en directed with a view to repfl
>bin arms and Jacobin principles; andy
there was guilt in it, he begged leaver,
) plead guilty.—The truth wat, that f
ie Court of Lisbon desired us :o in-h
ercede our good offices with the Sar-d
iary powers, and that for the purpofeh
■f enabling the Court of Lisbon to con-q
inue their assistance as our ally againlt
he common enemy to order and go-t
eminent—f* ranee. He was ready t«v!f
onfeis that he law no room for delibe-|r
ati,)H upon that fubjeel; it was agreedjt
'pop at once.—The Miniller on that's
iccafjon had not been able to negoci
ite a peace—he had procured only a '
uce; but he had condudted himfelfl
u a manner that did him houur. t
i lie Noble Marquis then proceeded '
a the order of our Government in
Council, and we mult confefs that his 1
ibfervations on this part of the fubjedl '
verC extraordinary—extraordinary in- I
'eed to come from an Englishman, and 1
i man who had been an Englifb Mini-1
'cr. He confefled he did not expedt to
lear that it was a crime on the part of
his country to l'eize, not for condem
lation, but merely to detain, afterwards '
.o value, and then pay for the cargo of
hips laden with corn, that Were on their
voyage for the purpole of supplying our
:.nemy. He thought that nothing war
plainer in the principle of the law of
, .ations than that we had a right to de
tain (hips laden \vith provisions for the
'enemy, if we paid for them sfterwardf
their full value. Indeed he thought
when we ordered these (hips not to be
condemned, but to be purchased ; Wc
did not infill fully on the law of nations,
in our favour, but relaxed even from
the spirit of that law. Upoh this fub
jedl we had granted to America advan
:ages that had not been allowed to
Sweden end to Denmark, they would
lave been jollified by precedent in pro- 1
:eeding very differently again ft America f
ipon this fubjeel, but all poffihle caret
-as taken to afford them all poffibie«
avor and advantage. t
As to the paper io which the Noble
Marquis had alluded, and which he had'
attributed to a Noble Lord of high rank ]
and character, (Lord Dorcheflsr) his'
infwer , should be very Ihort—he had <
i'een no such paper. It might be true' l
md authentic, or it might be falfe ; but!
he thought that a New-York newspaper'
was very indifferent authority for their
Lordships in their high and grave au
thority to proceed upon. If it was true
it would be authentically transmitted to
Government by the Noble Lord whose
name it "bore, and it would then be time
enough to proceed upon it, but it was
not proper in refpedt to the character
of that Noble Lord, not proper in ref
pedt to their own characters, for their
Lordships to proceed upon it without
some better authority. He knew this
paper only from the New-York News
paper, and he confeffed he had no incli
nation to discuss before their Lord- (
(hips, the contents of a New-York news- j
paper. Upon the whole he mud fay,
that the speech of the Noble Marquis
ivas not consonant with his motion, nor
iid it go to the extent of establishing
:he propriety of agreeing to this moti
on. He did not believe that either,;
whatever might be the intention of their
Author, would have the efFect of pro
ducing any advantage to this country.
He believed that they would produce
some disadvantage, and he believed their
Lordships would increase that difadvan
•age by afTenting to this motion.
Earl Stanhope said that the Noble
Secretary of State had in this firft speech
nade use of an exprefiion which he had
aken down at that time, and which lit
ould not retradl.—Speaking of the pa
per which had been read, he had said—
■' it may be true—it may be falfe
:hen, said the noble Earl, we are ti
-olledt from the noble Secretary, tha.
it is pofiible inflrudtions may have gom
out to set on the Indians, [the Lords
.■ery generally called out order] Th
c jnclufion was obvious, t rould not be
Lie nnlefs orders had gone out, and
ie noble Lord had said it might be
.rue.
The House then divided.
Contents 9
Not Contents 69
MOUSE of commons:
May 26.
Embargo laid on Foreign Ships by th:
Amrkjcan States.
I
Mr. Sherridan said, there was a pa-'
per which has created a general alarm,
ancj on account of wl"cl the States of
America l.;id laid in En bargo on so- <
reign (hips. The paper he alluded to, :
purported to be an answer given by
Lord Dorchester to the Indians 01 c
Lower Canada. In that paper his ,
Lordship animadverted on the condud
•if the American States, and (aid, that
it was likely we (hould be at war witl
America before the end of the prefen. v
rear, See. He thought it was of confe !
quence that this paper (hould be laid bt
ft>re the houfc, as it was supposed ti
have been written in consequence of u>
ders from this country, and theretot •
he moved an address llmilar to the Ma 1
quis Laudfdown's.
Mr. Secretary Dutidas said, that wa:
the fnft moment he had ever heard 01
'jfuch a paper, and he was certain tha
<r t> orders had been sent from this coun
jtry to Lord Dorchester to write fuel;
!a letter.
Mr. Fox said, if' the letter was (
forgery, that cireumftance could not (
be communicated too soon to the coun
try. It had been considered as an au* >
thenti'c letter in America, where it had
already produced some tnifchief. He ■
iyas extremely happy to hear from the c
King's mii.ifters, that it was all a fa : t
1 rication. It had been said, no orders *
were sent to Lord Dorchester to write 1
such a letter, but he wiihed to know
whether any orders were sent to his
Lotd(hip that would authorize him ti
write such a letter ! He knew that no
1 hie Lord was not a person who woul<
'write such a letter without authority.
Mr. Secretary Dilndas ..(irmly believ
-ed Lord Dorchelter incapable of wri
' any paper that had the'leall t'en
f :iency to involve this country in a wai
. with America. He declared upon hi.
jvtmr ns' a gimerrftm, that he had never
eard before of such a letter, and that
t had not been, written in conjequence
■f any orders from this country. St
ttle dcfirotis were .we of engaging with
, America in any species of lioftilities,
; hat the utmost endeavors of this conn
. ry had been used for the purpole of
uppi-efiirjg hoflilities between the Iwdi
-I.l:lsand (he American States. 1
Sir Francis Baring said, that whe
tliev that let ter was or was not a for
gery, it had been afied upon, and w:js<
one ctrcumliaiice, on account ofwhicii'
an embargo had been laid on (hips on f
it lie 26th March. <
Mr, Wilbevtorce said, that fiVice that ]
htter was a forgery, inflead of being'
. produ&ivc ot any rupture between this
[Country and America, it would have a'
[contrary efi'ett, and produce between ;
'the two nations a itronger tuiiori.
j A question that the motion be with
drawn, was put and carried. i
1
Whitehall, May 28.
A dispatch, of which the following'
,is a copy dated Tournay, the 26th of!
• May, was this day received from his j
: royal highness the Duke of York, by 1
1 the Right Honorable Henry Dundas,'
•his Majefly's principal Secretary of'
.State for the Home Department.
Taurnay, May 28.
S!R, _ |
' 1 have the pleafureto inform you that
his Imperial Majesty has received, this
morning, intelligence from General
'Count Kaunitz, that, on the 24th iiift.
he attacked the French army which had (
1 pafled the Sambre, and had taken a
'pofltion, its left to Rouveray,& its right j
to Fontaine l'Fveque ; and that he had
> completely defeated them and obliged)
" them to retreat in great confufion over
>| t be river, which he intended to pal
r with his army to-day in pursuit of them.
The enemy has loft near fifty pieces
" of cannon, and above 5000 men, 300 c
'of whom are prisoners. The loss of
r the Auftrians has been very inconfider
ible, as they in a manner surprized
, them.
Accounts were likewise received to-
J day, that the enemy has made an in
oad into the Duchy of Luxemburg,
with an army of 40,000 men, and has
taken possession of Arlon, which has
. obliged General Beaulieu (who hat
moved forward with the troops undei
his command, and had taken tht
town of Bouillon by storm) to re
tire, and to fall back on Marche, in 01
der to cover Namur.
I am,
(Signed) FREDERICK.
Right Hon. Henry Dundas, &c. &c.
Camp near Tournay, May 23"
The combined armies wer. yeflerdar
morning attacked by the whole force thai
the enemy could bring agiir.it them. Tin
action commenced at 6 in the morning, t
linifhed about half an hour pad nine a
. night. This has been by far the feverci
;<£tion that has as yet taken place ; but i
.jives me pleasure to add, the enemy wen
• cpulled with a very ferions loi's. The;
commenced their attack as usual, and
V. ?*r
f very htavy fire from (heir artillery forcc.il«
.our ports at Pick, '1 emplcuve, &c. ardjtf
drove the Auftriars and Hanoverians, witi t ,
'an immense icls, back upon Tom-nay.— I
They were indeed at one time 111 tlie village!
of Froinnes, about half a league diitant, "- e
and were very plainly perceived from tin ''
amparts of the town. te
The time they were in the village a x
iove spoken oft they kept up the hea- ii
vicfl fire of mufqueti y ever remembered t
But our batteries tin the Scheldt am h
ight artillery, on the ChaufTee, keep
tig up a very heavy fire.on them, ;h™ be
•cund it impossible to advance ; but (till tic
.liey maiut; ined their ground with mucl h
)bltinacy, 'notwithstanding the very fe- i
/ere lots they fufleicd, tin til about fivi ;ri
>'clock, when they retreated to Rameg
ues, where they made a determine Jt
land; their object being to keep opei 't
1 communication with the Scheldt. Ou It
. 'iuliriaii and Hanoverian artillery at n
bis time were advancing on the Chattf if
. lie, having a line plain for the cavali) h
I (Hanoverian and Dutch) who coveret. a
I.em. On the approach to the villagt «
.of Ramegnies, the enemy kept up ; i'
■ icavy fire with grjipe and mufquetry ;
: which obliged them to retreat ill fom w
_ confufion ; but fortunately for us, a: •«
this period Gen. Fox arrived with tht it
b remains of his biigade of infantry of tin a
e line. Seeing the confulion that was 1(
i taking place, he irtflantly formed then >'
s within 300 yards of the village, am- 1
v under cover of the fire of his only tw<
, ie'd pieces lemaining, advanced ant ''
c took it by florin. The Carmagnoh »
etreated in the tuinofl confufion, boti '•
r irom the village, and from a poll when
i. they had established themselves on tht j<
.. bn ks of the Scheldt. Their loss hert E
II is hardly credible, and our's was a!fo lc '
h vere > much so, that this brigade is ■>
a not now above two thirds the flrengti
it of a (ingle regiment.
:e After t?.king this village, the enen,- -
< were pursued (having now begun ti -
h'retreat in all directions] to the left to 1
s,'wards Templeuve, and along the Chaui
I. fee towards Pick ; which pursuit vva
f continued until some time after dr.rk,
[. when the troops were ordered to rel I
011 their arms. Our loss on this occalior
. I have not as yet been able to learn. I
. The enemy's is computed at 6000 j tha
c, of the Auftriang at rooo—the Ham
i vetians about 500 ; but, it is to be oL
9 ferved, that only the brigade of the lint -
of the latter were engaged with two field
t pieces, which loft more than half the? 1
y men in killed and wounded.
a As a telliinony of the gallantry ihewi
a by our troops in the aition of the aid, tlu
Duke of York next day ifl'ued the follow
" ing
GENERAL ORDERS.—May 23.
" Ilis Royal HigHness the commati- *"
der 111 chief, desires td e'xprefs his most par
ticular thanks to Maj. Gen, Fox, to the L
14th, 37th, and 53d regiments, and the
T detachment of artillery, for that great dif
-5 play of intrepidity and good cone.udt,
1 liichreflects tbegreateft honorupon thein- L
s (clves, at the lame timethat it was so high-5!
yly inrti-umental in deciding the important P
victory of the as. His Royal Highness »!
f much laments the loss they sustained, '•
but flatters himfelf tliey feel it in some v
measure compeufated by the credit they
have gained."
t BRUSSELS, May 20. V
Is A Meflenger has brought an account F
J thai General Baron de Beauliea, having F
marched into the Duchy of Bouillon on ■
j the 18th inft, deieated a considerable body P
of French, who covered that Canton ; and f'
a having killed 1100, taking between 2 am'
prisoners, iix pieces of cannon, ant
d'i'everal CJailTons, he took polieißon of tli<
djtown of Bouillon, and summoned the citr
, r del to surrender which was refufed.
I The inhabitants having fired upon thej a
vuttrians, the town was giving up to be
pillaged. *" ,
J
LONDON, May 29.
It was vefterday reported, on the au- •
thority of the matter of a foreign vcfiel ar
ivedfrom India, that the settlement of
iencooien had fallen into the hands of the
3. French.
j. A Letter of which the following is an
, extract, was this day received by Mr. Se
retary Dundas from Vice-Admiral Lord
lood, dated Viflory, olTßaftia, April 25,
'' '734-
' " Baftia still holds out, although 0111
;i latteries have had a powerful effect. A
it iurgeon, who came out of the town, re
c >orts, the enemy to have loft a great num
lerofmen, and that there were then ii
he hospital near 300. Our loss has beei
nconfiderable.
There is a report in circulation, that
v ' ;he Combined Powers have defeated th
£ French army of the Mozelle—ln con
Iradiftion to this, it is {aid, that letter
re in town, f'om Gen. Jourdon, i
he field 24th May, when he fays, " h
a; tave beaten the Allied Army.''
lai -
V IT IS, AND IT 13 NOT.
a.
'he foUeiv'mg paragraphs are from thi
1 General Advcrt 'ijer of this morning.
e . The intelligence from the fleets vi;<
i I Jie Weft-Indieg when firft received,
if was very generally believed as a;ithc»
"tic :' But- mod persons after a careful
peiufal are now of opinion, that the
whole is a fabrication, probably to serve
certain purposes in the Weft-Indies,
hat Lord Howe could never have writ
ten lo inconvft and unintelligible a let
-er, and that the Eiitifh ministry, if he
lad written it would not have fuffered
t to be publiftied in so difgraceful a
hape.
Upon the whole, however, there can
be but little reason to doubt the authen
ticity of Lord Howe's letter, and that
he French were severely handled, hut
is communication is certainly not free
dom error.
The news of the capture of a confi
lerable portion of the Chefapeak con
/oy does not left upon as good grounds,
[t wears a more ivfpieious form, it
null have been the interell of the Eng
;(h to spread luch accounts through
he Weft-Indies, at a time when theif
aufe theie .is falling -T, by the recap
ure of Guadaloupe, dan inftirrec
ion of the blacks in Martinique.
The accounts, however, are mod pro
>a,bly foun <'e !; tho' it is difficult to <on.
■eive that Rear Admii; 1 Neilly could
iot have met the convoy before Admi
al Montague fell in with them. If
lowever this was the cafe and that hi
ail fell into his hands as it does not ap
ear that they had arrived fafe at the
late of the last English accounts, thev
nay yet be met by Neilly before their
;rrival, Vvhd being fupeiior in force to
Vlontague may save forrte of the number.
Another remark occurs on the fub
jeft of the inaiii fleets. Even taking the
English account, we yet find, that while
lie grand fleets are refitting the French
s will he much superior to the English in
he channel after this difafler ; having
ight ships of the line in iirelt manned,
even under Neilly, and three with the
Jhefapeak convoy, in all eighteen, not
n the engagement and therefore ready
'>r sea, to which the English, have fix
nder Rear Admiral Montague to op*
jofej
This in plain english understood,
NJear.s nothing more tl.an this,
The mote you take from out the scale,
The heavier far it is.
(£/" Cms is under Consideration.
Cujlom House, Philadelphia
dugujl 9, 1794.
FOR SALE,
At the Custom House STORES
lJn Friday next, the
15th instant,
The following Goods;
: Dcpofitedfor the payment of Duties, and
IV . ich have remained in the Jiores be
yond the time limited bj law.
- LAT Two boxes Toys
■SS One cafe plated CarriageTurniture
: FK. Two boxe~» Wine
» Qu e box I ookn g G'aiies
One box hair powder
. VIM Three bales novels in fliects
One cafe eather hats and (hoes
&HP One do Woolen hats
i'P One cask nails
\V Fifty boxes glass 8 bv to
One basket of' iron wares
t F One box plaving Cards
"P One hhd Coffee
j ,A One do. do.
p. Five bbls. do.
I [ M One fmal! box knives and forks &
p : ted ware
'M One box of e (fences
IABC One bale containing 33 pieces chintz,
4 pie es linen towel ing
Thirty hree oafkets ofannifeed, cor.
dial
e jAR One calk different; kinds do.
-I One box Med'circs
AC A cafe Red Bark
VTF Two calks Na Is for K'ncJs.
Six do. different kitjds
One anvil* one bejlows
Five calks at d t>ne keg, conta : /un£
j machine y-ar>d iifenfi!> for afugar
plantation and sugar * orks
1 wo cases containing do. do.
tight large Iron Hoops
n Iwo bundles final I do.
Three large mill cylinders
c; A number ol lage square iron bars
, One bale cotton
One copper caboufe and boiler
1 Four Muikets
I Four hi*ds. Juniper Berries
The above noods may be viewed '>n the
and Thursday preceding the
j '^ e » l) y applying at the Cultom House.
, Aug 11 dts
t JAMAICA RUM,
' LANDING at Hamilton's wharf, ahove
• he Drawbridge, out of the fhij» Bacchus
• ept. VaNNEMA.v, from JAMAICA,
; FOR SALE BY
PETER BLIGHT.
May 16. d
Carolina Rice and Indigo,
BAY MAHOGANY and IRENCH
iB UR R STONES,
FOR SALE BY
•i* Gurney and Smith.
dj May 14. «
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