„ £ fa«:e id tovr, one of ottr difmalMmi
•Cfj «- J®" ,
*• U endeavoring tn my memoran- fo|
£ m Wi to take a view of this glon-
u2 , commencing on the
, jfc May a> ld concluding the litot _g
t ! Ti my mind Is so tilled with admira-
Ud joy, that 1 hitve not been able
to mcthodHe my narrative: but what L
Vf . .. c are fids which may be depended^
•« On tbe 29 tlie Cxfar ran through' co
tfsc French fleet in a vety gallant man-cfc
, eceiwing the. fire of several of their vc
g,,The Queen Charlotte broke thejvi
a line iu a very ijjirited style. w
({ f was io much activity (hewn
btatd a to repair the damages. '
tu , ted as this day and it was a mo- v :
f £ . j. of pride and heart felt joy to hear ft
.mi tailsni Ca^jtviii, gv -n -tltotc whose v<
Buw had molt ftiffered, return sos an
cr, when atked if they were ready to
rnewthe adiun, that they wore all rea y
i!y. ' c '
*• It is allowed on all fides that there ii
ji... was a moie hard fought adtion on .11
the : .aaV Thole who were 111
F *f' Vs fay that the latter bears no ti
j*. rifow. Allho' I he, French faugh iil
i ratdy, lam convinced they did o:
b>:sd fttch close fighting as on this .1
day. £
" . <jrd Howe broke the French lin
h, ?. ioble man er, after engaging fe .
teiai >f their fl) ps as he palled them ;
lie pi hed for tae French Admiral's.
whofeiecond feeing his intention,
(ail to dole in with Lord How.
Ti Queen Charlotte fleered between j
the o thips, the boom of the second
F'~ i Admiral palling over the stern
bf : Queen Charlotte, who poured
« brc-d tide into both and lay by them 1
sot ii if an licfir. The French Admiral's "
Slip, the Montague, finding the fin '
foevo ii»g too hot, bore awav, aftei
ha»ir< ; a number of men killed. Tin
fear Admiral had his mainmast carri- i
ed b- the board. It was then that vie
1 , i reined our own. The Frertch lint
•is! tiken irt thrife places, and three of
-iicir hips had bore away, fix were dii '
ri4 ! and One funk. The Frencl
frxin ave «ay in every quit ter*. The
, rem ling part of the ill ihjtarit was '
ccv yed in taking pofleffiori of the
en 't captured (hips, and taking the
h -i. ers out of them. Tne Nlarlbp 1
ro i was for some time jammed in be
twees) two of the enemy's (hips, one oi
Vrhom she completely dilmalfed and oblig
ed tiieother to fheu off" Tiießrqiifwick,
Ciptain HarvejU-ei'gagetl fiveHiips a
one time, when the Captain of tlie Ra
tailies pushed forward to his assistance i
Riid relieved, him. Every thing was;
performed on this dnv that human abi- f
iitief could effect. No Words can do
jufiice to Lord Howe, who (hewed the
greatest abilities, cotirage, coolness, and?
everj heroic virtue. a
" A few daysptior to this a£tion, we 1
fell iti with 14 fail of Engliflt merchant- 1
men, whose hitlory is curious; They .
f. ;le<. for Newfoundland, were taken by
the French, re taken by Admiral Mon- <
ta; t's squadron, again taken by the«
15i j- 1 and La Sine, and laitly re-captur
ed h Lord Howe's fleet, which from 1
OU critical situation, was obliged to
bu: them. We also burnt, prior toji
our meeting the French fleet,one French
Coop of war, one ditto biig, two cut 1
ters, and about twenty fail of otherJ
thips." .
UNITED STATES.
BOSTON, Augtift 13. ,
Died in this town, Samuel May, Esq.'
after a life of 71 years, of private and fe
cial virtue that is uncommon, flieffedi
with a remarkable sweetness, and accomo-!
daticnof temper' —with plain good sense,'
a I inflexible integrity, " by constant in-j
duftry, without any effate, or any gainful
eir.pfoyment" he brought up a large and
aifevSionate family, reputably—on whom
he enforced his excellent precepts, by the
puieil examples. He has left a Widow
(more than 40 years his wife) eight chil
dn Ind twenty four grand children, to
moi -n the lot's of their benei'adW and,
<ii- d.
'HILADELPHIA,
AUGUST 19.
Extrafl of a letter from Falmouth, Eng.
June 26.
" The war between the Portuguese anc
the Algerines was renewed on the 18th
'• a":h, and the former expert to con.fin
the latter within the Straits in future ;
?h it is said their force is much great
er ; an heretofore.
'' We hope (he arrival of your refpec
' ambafl'ador will he the means of fet
tling all uifputes between your country &
to mutual fatisfartio'n. We belie vet
"ond 'rt of our privateers in the Weitj
r. "s by n3 means approved of by our 1 '
S ir nment, who disclaim any views ini |
mica! to you'in the Tate treaty between mt
Portugal and Algiers, having intfcri'erei ; ()
as far as they, did, at the request of thi 1)e
former, to enable them to give more rea
dy aid to their allies."
Ex trad of a letter from Falmouth, , a
to a merchant in this city, dated : fw... o
■ 37> 1 794- . ' w
" I fmcerely hope that Mr. Jay s tic
['gociation with our Ministry will tend to t
ithe preservation of peace, and the re-ell. _
,'bliihmeiit of harmony between the t v l ,
'countries^ —as yet, nothing has tran.'pirei 01
■ oil the iubjecf, but if its termination is fa '1
r vorable, your vefiels will he enabled to na 10
.■ vigate to the different European market, ce
_ with fafety, as the Portuguese keep a u
j ltrong fquadroft ifi the Straits to confin. , a
the Algerines at home." ' t
b P. S. Since writing the foregoing, ao
' vice has.been received from London, tha'
•' MrTjay's mifTion is likely to terminal e
e very favorably." 'e' l
-it
i) By gentlemau who arrived in towv -a
1 yesterday from the welhvard, we lean
that the iuiurgents have burnt the ban:
e ind other olit houses of Dr, M'Dowel, as
ii ind plundered his dwelling-heufe. A
( General Gibfon has Arrived at Carlifl
□ from Pittfburg; as he was coining ovei '
1 the Allegany mountain he met a pari) de
it of the infurgen'S, who were conducting
is inder a guardj the excile ofllcer o
Bedford coutity.
The above intelligence, we are fovn
;o fay, too f Irongly indicates that
/information of a contrary complexion,
1 publilhed last evening appears to want
'' bottom. 0 ,
. N
n ExtraS of a letter from Lok&on, datea £ j
ld June 16.
" The_coining of Mr. Jay has ai.
m illonifhing effeti here—it announces ti ~
~ all the iliand the cause of complaint, .n
n and every thing is as it weie on a I'canc ; t
e and universal conllernation strikes tin lV
nind of every sober man, of what eve 1 0(
. a rty —-1 at firft thought that the fend- as
ng an Envoy extraordinary was unne- | e
ieceifary, but I was mistaken, it was n
( ;aebe(t measure that could have been C |
l taken—l was 011 a vilit in the country tl
.1 > a gentleman who was a confidevable tl
mantUSSurer, since the news of wai ,
a3 irrived-—While I was there, he dil
Tiiffed one thousand poor women fron ,
ie employment—and I believe there art t
3 100 such inllances now in the iflane ,
t iken place within a few weeks."
Abjlraft of European IhtclUgenti.
•1
Of Poland. j
5 The King bf PruHia is arrived at
Pozen in South Pn.flia, and was to take
as ihe field on the 2Stjh May—All editi !i
ii- from him threatens all with death who v.
10 la not return home.
le The Ruflian General lCrouzezow has \
id an army of 11,000 men, which are ii>
a fair way of being cultured by Gen.
re Kofciufko and Grofehowiflci. The '
it- number of persons arrciled at Warsaw
;y are 151.
jy The King of Poland it appears has
n- emharked in the Revolution, and blend
:ie ed his fate with that of Kofiufto —Count
ir Potocki is appointed Minister of Fo- ,
m reign Affaiis to the new administration
to —the Revolution appears to be extend
tojing all over the kingdom j and Ruflian
:h and Pruflian armies are in motion enter
it ,ing the country to rellcre things to their
er former state.
Of England.
The late naval victory by Lord
Howe, has greatly elated the people :
illuminations and public rejoicings have]
jtaken place all over the kingdom, either ,
fq. ( voluntarily, or per force ; of the latter,.
fo-.great complaints appear in some London
Several brutal mobs they ft at c,
jparaded the flreets, and committed the
outrages on the houses of persons,
full whom they were plealed to denominate
n d English Jacobins.
jm Both Houses of the Britilh Parlia
llc ment have voted thanks to Lord Howe
and the officers and men on board his'j
to fleet in the late engagement. x
id, Of France. ;
As to the internal situation of France,
our accounts are so dilco .lefted that no!
competent idea can be formed. In Pa-'
ris, judging from some late orders o
the Communes, it appears that diflur- :
bances are excited there, but what give
rife to them is not particularly fpecifirii ,
—the military is frequently called oui j
o suppress them : the guillotine is in a
t i late of conllant requisition. The de-1
n partmpnt of La Vert dee has been lately| ;
; ; mentioned ; hut thd royal ills, thoUgli l
it- dill extant therej do not appear to be I
in efteft of the late naval
c_ combat on the public mind in France,'
is not yet known.
Jj'y Capt. Eggar in the schooner Mari<
llr >anrived at the Fort, left St. Marc the
11 iz7th juiy, confirms the acconnt of thei
naffacre at Fort Dauphin, and men-ftr<
ions further, thar a few days before fori
le failed from that place the Brigands
lad attacked the English fort, with Sir
errible rmpetuofity, and had been en-wa
• aged for three days constantly. The fidi
ommander of the British troops had the
wo horses killed under him, and every tun
tran in the place was doing military du- '
.y, there being but about 100 regulareac
mops, and the Brigands upwards ofthe
5 000 strong. Tire collector at St. fan
.fare told Capt. Eggar, that he did Ilea
lot think the British would be able toinh
ceep that, or any other post on the lf-'fiej
ind, and that in a few days an embar
go would be laid tipon all the vessels in [F
>ort, to carry off the inhabitants who
.ere preparing to leave the place, fi
ery thing in the Cufto'tn house wits
•eady packed np. Many of the
rican vessels were returning with their e
jargoes finding it impoflible to fell. j, c|
Departed this Life on Saturday
after a short indifpolition, Mr Benja-jJ c
viin Cochran, Son of Mr. Thomasy L
Jochran, of Lower-Merion, a young
ientleman, whofc amiable qualities en-j,; s
deared him to all his acquaintance. q c
_____
By this Day's Mail. tk
— eq
BALTIMORE August 16. jp*
Extract of a letter ffom Fort L'itt. j" 1 -
" We are all in confufion at prefentjy
owing to the late eonteft with UenepalU-'
Neville i The wild liilh have affirmed . 0
tire reigns, and ha*'C threatened to Ihoot
.•very man who may not chooie to o t -
jjofe the old, in hopes to eltahliih a new ; t
■ oveniraertt'. BrackenVidge, Gafiatin, p
ind Smilie .ire spoken of tor chiefs, ana
it is reported that general Simeoe is to
itipply arms and ammunition. I have
oeen ordered to depart within 24 hours,
.is being a fill petted person. Hie Vio- cc
lent aits which have marked the begin
uing of these troubles will loon end the -j
eonteit) provided government oblige Jr
these people to embody iii defence of t |
their ringleaders. They are afraid of
.»ur moderation, as they cannot keej
. igether long for want of relburces ;
nd it is truly Angular to remark, that j;
t is now actually J)ropofed by the in-
urgents to lay a duty of one dollar a[,
,allon on whiskey, in order to raise a
ontributron to defend themselveS againfl
the moderate excise ellablifhcd by go
-ernment. I (hall be with ybu iri a few
days if pofTible."
The President of the ttrrited States n
: haS appointed Robert Purviahce, Esq. f
> Jollectoi for the Uiilrict of Maryland, '
in the rooth of General Otho Hollanc
j Williams, deceased;
1 NEW-YORK, August 18. *
" The following concise, (though very in
' terefling) extra sis, are copied from a t
London paper of the 2 7th 'June, re j
Cci-ved by the arrival of the ship Peggy,
Captain Herjhaiu, in 47 days from j,
' Hull.
[By the Peggy we have a confirmation
ot the fate arrival of the Chefapeak
fleet into France. There are many
other important particulars, which, c
on account of the matter previously t
prepared for this day, we are ncceffi-:a
ated to orr.it till to-morfow.j 1
'— a
3 LONDON, June 27.
• The accounts from Barcelona* given t
e by us yeflerday, are confidertd by ma-1
' ny as the prelude to a negociation on the ;
> part of Spain for a separate peace. Nay, l
n some assert that Government are actual-1
' ly in possession of the intentions of that
e Court to withdraw itfelf from what 1
''they emphatically term an unprofitable 1
c and deftru&ive war. <
Yeflerday a' general impress took place i
on the river, by which all the ships were!
e | ftripped of their hands ; a number of t
s leamen by this are procured for the i
men of war, under orders for immedi-1
ate failing 1
The report of the approach of five
~'French now turns out to have originat
ed in a millake arifmg from the fo'low
-1 ng circumflances.—About twenty c
■_ the inhabitants of Ypres, -now in th
rands of the enemy, having obtaiue
(1 iermiffioir to retite from the place, .
il patrole of (he French were conducting
item 10 our lines. These persons fe
port that the ganifon held out till their
yiammunitiotr was nearly expended, and
h then Hirreridcred on capitulation. They
c have bee • ferrt as priforrers of war, the
il Major part to Douay, some to Dunkirk
r, ind St. Omers, and the commandant
General Salis to Lisle.
The principal atta.-ks of the Car
a magnols were from the .mal: height of
e i>t. Sans Capehe, on the n < rh fide of
e the town; where they had c.Ubli.licd a
strong battery and br"a(l-work since the'
fourth day of the siege.
After obtaining possession of the
Sliiys at Boefin;>!ie, they drew off the
water which inundated the town 011 the
fide of Mellines, and thereby facilited
their attack on that fide, which unfor
tunately was the weakest.
Three batteries of ten or twelve guns
each were placed on the Chan flee out of
the Porte-de Bailleul, and played inces
santly 011 the town, which is almult a
heap of ruins, upwards of 150 of the ,
inhabitants having fallen during the
liege.
[From a London Paper of the 28th
June.]
The transports with lord Moira's ar
my was in light, of Ollertd on Wednes
day. His Lordship's orders, however,
are riot to land, if Ypres should be ta
ken.
Reports were circulated at Oftend on
Wednetday of the capture of Oudenar
de. If this be true, the Duke of
York's poiition is extremely critical.
The whole amoitnt of the force nnder
his Royal Highness and tire Prince of
Cobourgh, does not exceed 40,000
men-
On the banks of the Sumbrtr, the gen
tleman slates, that the French have been
equally fuccefsful; They have taken
Charleroi, and were on Monday even
ing within fix miles of Bruflels.
j The emigrants in the garrison of
(Ypres, .were surrendered to the French.
Their number, however, did hot amount
to more than 50.
Accounts as late as the 17 Jur.'e,
llate, that the French are retiring fro'm
Italy, except in the neighbourhood of
1 Turin, which city, it was expected,
' would fall into their hands.
BRUGES, June 23.
> Three days ago we received an ac
" count of tire capture of Ypres. Some
' doubted, others entirely disbelieved it.'
The report was next day
tnd we permitted ourselves to hope, that
f the brave garrison would be able to
' hold out till lufficient luccours should
be thrown into the town.
' This morning our doubts have been
1 Jifpelled, & intelligence, which it would
" be folly to disbelieve, has been received,
aby which we are informed, that Ypres
® is certainly in the pofftffion of the French.
GHENT; June 22.
Vi t .
A general corrfternation dill prevails
here, and all our rifch people hav'e taken
„ refuse ilr Holland.
9 o > •i
It is reported that the French have
fohctd some of the polls belonging to
the Allies on the. Sambre ; that they
are actually bri their march towards
Bruflels ; and that every btie who can
afford it, has already emigrated from
that capital: but on ,the other hand,
' some travellers from Bruflels afllire us,
a that General La Tour has beaten the
" Fretich and forced them to fall back
beyond Goffelies. The Prince de Co
bourg has set off, in order to drive them
once more beyond the Sambre.
>n
k BRUSSELS, June 22.
y Yeflerday the French carried several
i, of the Aultrian and Dutch posts; pai
y ticularly those of Chappejle Herlaimont,
i-;above Binch, and Fointaine L'Eveque.
The latter was of the utmoil import
ance, as it covered Nivelles and Bruflels.
In consequence of its being forced,
:n the Allied Troops are obliged to fall
a-backonthe Fore ft of Soignics, within
re 2 leagues of this capital. This, ofcourfe,
y,has occasioned the utmost consternation
rl- here.
at The Commander in Chief has order
at ep the Emigrants to fly to arms, and
ile march againfl the enemy,—but every
one is buficd about his own per fori;ll
cefafety.
re! All the Civil Officers belonging to
of the government, are occupied in pack
ie ing up their efferSs; the boats in the
li-river are loaded with baggage; and the
fquarcs are ctowded with waggons.
t- PORTSMOUTH, June Ij.
The folUtving is a lifl of the Englfh and
French ships which ivere in the late
action :
English Ships. Guns.
ig Queen Charlotte 110
e- Royal George 110
•ir Royal Sovereign lio
id Impregnable 98
:y Queen 98
be BarfleCtr 98
rk- Glory ijS
nt Cxfar t>o
| Gibraltar 80
ir- Belltrophon 74
of Brutifwick 74
of Ruffe! .74
I a Leviathan 74
Culloden 74
Defence " 74
Marlborough 74
Tremendous 74-
Alfred 74
Montague 74
Majeltic 74
Ramillies 74
Thunderer 74
Invincible 74
Audacious 74
Latona ' 38
, V.iliant 74
Orion 74
Phstoil 38
Venus 32
Niger 32
Southampton 3-
Aquilou 3 2
Pc-gafus 28
Charoct 44
Comet 14
Ratler 14
French Ship's;. Guns
120
La-Republican 120
Rcvolutionaire *20
Le Terrible 120
L'lndumptible 84
LeTourville 84
Le Pellet ier
Le Juste 84
Le Convention 84
Le Mont Blanc 84
Le Jemappe 84
Le Neptune 84
Le Sans Pareil 84
Le Gafpaiin 84
L'America 74
L'lmpetueufe 74
L'Achille 74
Northumberland 74
L'Fole _ 74
Le Tyrannicide 74
Le Scipion 74
L't Montaguaird 74
Le Temeralre 74
Le Tregan 74
Le Patriote 74
L'Audacieufe 74
Le Brutus 5°
j Le Brave 5°
L'Atalante 4°
| Le Gentille 4°
I Le Se : ne 4°
Le Proserpine 4°
LeTatrife 3 a
Le Jean Bart
Le Dilligent 16
La Bellona
The Valiant, Thunderer, Majeltic,
Latona, and Niger, arrived yesterday at
' St. Helens, and came up this day to
1 Spitheadi
This iriorning the conquering fleet, with
> their prizes, appeared in the offing.
■ Crowds of people were seen collected on'
the ramparts, and when the Queen Char-'
lotte dropped anchor at Spitliead, the guns
'on the batteries were fired. About thirty
1 minutes past twelve, Earl Howe landed at
> the ; new Sally. Port, when a second dif
, charge of artillery took place, His Lord
: (hip was received with the reiterated Ihouts
r of the people, collected together in asto
nishing numbers : a Captain's guard of the
Gloucelltr militia was drawn up on the
lower end of the grand parade, with the
band of the regiment playing, till his Lord
ihip came up to .them, The conquering
hero comes ! The ftveets, tops of houses,
1 balconies, windows, grand parade, apd
. the ramparts from the Queen's battery to
the main guard were entirely crowded be
' yond all example, aiid their shouts rent the
' air.
As his Lordship pasTed through the Go
vernor's house, when he could be heard,
'> he repeatedly thanked the people for the
" great refpefl shewn h.m, obftrving that the
n brave Bi iiifh seamen did the bufmefs !
:, As foori a 9 his Lordship entered the Go
n vernment-houfe, the marines and Glou
cester bands on each fide of the entrance,
struck up Rule Britannia, Britons Jlrikt
~ home, Godfa-ve the King', &c.
This day Earl and lady Howe, with a:
■ great party, dined at Admiral Sir Pel;er
Parker's, our very popular And Worthy
Port Admiral, who entprlaihed his dif
o tinguifhed guests in the molt fumptuouj
stile, and such as evinces his tifual hos
e p< table and elegant taste.
e P. S. Admiral Pafley is jiift landed at
Cofport, and carried up Simidft the accla
mations and huzzas of an immense num
ber of people, to Mr. Goddard's, in Gold
Harbour. We are happy in announcing,
d that the Admiri Ipo&s milch better than
e mght be eipefled, and this Noble Hero
waved his hand to the crowd as they cheer
ed him.
An ancient Grecian Philosopher be
ing afked'How he liked Democracy ?—
answered—" Try it in your own Family''
F or Sale or Charter,
Wafliington,
ilif.harging at MalTey's
vvharf- She is a prime laile*,
1 unci, and burthen about three thou
faod barrels. For terms apply to
JOSEPH ANTHONY & SON.
Aug. 19 diot