tjjc lif ad quarter* are at Burgot, and
advancing.
" There is every reason to believe
hat the French will be dislodged from
Sr. Scbaftian's before they are rein
'orcrd. On the frontier of Catalonia a
livifion of the Spaniih army of 1 yooo,
jnder r..e command of Lieut. General
Ccurten, obtained fomc considerable ad
»3nUge6 on the 15th 16th and I'Jth
current, driving the French, after the
moll bloody atucks, from San Lorenzo
la Mugo, [jrhere there Is a foundery j
Bud from the Junquera, a strong barrier
not far from Rosas. The Spaniards
have had near 2000 killed, many woiind
ed, and a few prrfoner*. But (iliey have
tak<» baiteriei, cannon, and prisoners,
from the French, and a great quantity
of (lores See. The information came
by an extraordinary dispatch, from
the Spani(h camp, dated the 18th of
August."
By this Day's Mail.
BOSTON, Ofl. 14.
Thi following ii a fhetch of "what took
place in the French Convention, the day
before the great exfle/lon :
Wednesday, July 25.
The Jacobins addressed the Conveu
tion to denounce some strangers, whom
Robespierre wilhed to drive from Paris.
Referred to the Committee of Safety.
Thursday, July 26.
Tlie fitting was tumultuous.
Robespierre ascended the tribune.—
He said, that finee he proclaimed a Su
preme Being, the inveteracy of the suc
cessors of Hehert and Danfon, had in
creased. He then endeavored to fliew
the falfchood of a report of his propof
rng - to have 30 memberß arrested—The
Committee of Safety and Surety, said
he, are the only pillars of liberty. The
fyltem of Dumourier, continues in Bel
gium ; there they are re-plantiog the
trees of Liberty, they wifii to produce
a change in the Republic's (ituation.—
It is incumbent on the Convention to
assume the dignity which belongs to its
charaftei-.
Bourdon demanded that this speech
rtiould be infpedted by the Committees,
and then publilhed.
Barreie seconded. Couthori, said it
would degrade the Convention to have
Ipeeches tnfpefted by committees be
fore printed—he moved that it be print
ed and sent to the Communes.
Vadier complained Robespierre had
attacked in his, speech, a report on
Cath. TheOß. Robespierre said he had
uofuch intention.
Cambon. Robespierre has brought '
a charge again ft the present fyltem of ,
finance, by which, he -firys, I increase
the number of difaffe&ed persons. Ro
bespierre replied, that he . spoke of the
system only, by which he repeated, ma
ny were ruined.
The debate grew warm.
Freron demanded the rescinding of
the decrees which allowed the appre
hension of member? of the Convention.
Where is the man, laid he, that can
speak with freedom, when he dreads an
arrcft ?
Varennes said if this was granted, it
would degrade the Convention ; sot that
was an unworthy member, who feared
to speak.
Permis maintained the existence of
Liberty depended on its adoption.
This dispute was got the better of by
the order of the day—Robefpierrc's
speech was decreed to be printed, and
distributed.
BERLIN, August 9.
The Revolution in Poland.
We are here in continual expe&ation
of the nevtrj refpedling the result of the
fjege of Warsaw, which has a&ually
commenced. This siege cannot be car*
ried on in form, because it is well known
that the place has not any regular forti
fication : however, as that part which is
moll exposed to the Pruilian army is co
wed by Kofciuiko's intrenched camp,
it has been (found indispensably neceflary
to pofiefs that firft, in order to force the
capitulation of the city. The attack
was made accordingly oil the 31ft of
July, by means of a heavy cannonade,
during which several hundred bombs
were thrown into the place. According
to letters from the environs o£ Warsaw,
on the 3d many houses were burned in
thefuburbs; but since that time, the
formal bombardment has been fufpend
«d.
t General Kofciuiko, it is said, has
40,000 men armed, and is determined
to defend himfelf to the uttnoft.
The army of the Ruffian General
Prince Repnin it still in Samogitic.
LONDON, August 12.
The Corunna mail, arrived yeftcrday
brought the Spaniih official account of
the battle with the French, on the 26th
of Jtine, at Puycerda.
The Madrid Gazette of the 22d ult.
Hates the loss of the Spaniards an the
above occasion as follows: Sixty-Gx kil
led—forty-four wbutided—two hundred
and eight prifooers or milling—Regi
ments. Reyna, $3 miffing 5 Priacel
l.i, 11 killed, 11 wounded, and 21 mif
fing ; Cerona, 73 miffing ; Rutiim, 54
killed, 23 wounded, and 61 milling;
Sagunto, 1 killed, 3 wounded ; Paifa
nos, 7 wounded. Captain Efteban Leal,
Sub-Lieutenat ; D. Joseph Lanza, of
Princeffa's regiment; and Capt. Joseph
Laerragar.of Sagunto's, mortally wound
ed. Brigadier Benito Pardo de Figu
eroa, Colonel of Princefla's regiment, a
Captain, and four Snbalters, wounded ;
and a Captain of their grenadier compa
ny taken prisoner by the French.
The loss to the different fire-offices
by the late dreadful conflagration at
Rat cliff, is not so great as might be
imagined. It is computed that 250,0001.
will cover the whole property insured.
The greatest part of this falls to the
lot of the Phoenix and the Sun.
COMMOTIONS*
Tuesday a Court of Lieutenancy be
ing held at Guildhall, by appointment*
to hear appeals from the inhabitants of
this city on the new Militia Aft, the
hall was entirely filled with complain
ants, who became very turbulent ; the
person of the Lord-Mayor was insulted,
as was also Sir Watkin Lewes, and se
veral other gentlemen : In a word, it
was found neceftary to adjourn the Court
without coming to any determination.
Wednesday, about I o'clock, a mob
colle&ed opposite a Recruiting-house in
Shoe lane, and, after exprefling every
mark of indignation against the persons
employed in that service, broke upcn
.the door, which had been locked and
bolted on their firft appearance, and
destroyed the windows and part of the
furniture, the City Marshals and some
Conflablcs soon came to the spot : but
the principal object being accomplifhcd,
the mob desisted, though they did not
disperse for some hours after.
A house of the fame description in
Bride-lane was the next obje& of their
resentment, which they attacked so fu
rioufly, that in a very fliort time they
left little else but the ikeleton remaining.
The furniture was demolished. A par
ty of the Temple Volunteer Horse ar
rayed themselves on the occasion, and
were stationed in different parts of the
neighborhood, for the preservation of
its peace, the remainder of the day.
At night an immense body of the
mob made their appearance in Holborn,
and beset a Recruiting House opposite
Fetter lane with such violence, that,
had not a party of Guards arrived to
ita prote&ion it would have been lord
led to the ground. •
In the parish of Clerkenwell, a simi
lar difpoiition to riot maitifefted itfclf in
the course of the day ; but no injury
was fuitained.
A mob on Wednesday night broke
all the windows of the Raven, in Gol
den lane, and the Swan,in Moorfields,
and very much damaged the Rum
Puncheon, in Old street, and a private
house in Long lane They were all
Recruiting houses. At the Coach and
Horses, in Mutton lane, Clerkenwell,
they were peifuaded to defilt by the
landlady.
Lord Hood has obtained leave, since
the blockade of Genoa is raised, to let
as many British men of war enter that
harbour as the law of that Country will
allow. The French Refideni Tilly, 4id
everything to prevent this, but in vain.
The Committee of Public Welfare have
fincc defireJ Tilly to give an account of
the expenditure of the 5,000,000 of
specie which this agent was ordered to
distribute among the poor Partricians
of-Genoa.
August 23.
If we recoiled right, Robespierre the
younger, who took his last fraternal
embrace a short time since on the fcaf
fold, was the gentle swain who, soon
after the evacuation of Toulon, ex
prefied his longings for a piece of pie,
made of King's flefh—himfelf, now food
for it/trms.
August 25.
An admiralty meflenger was dispatch
ed early this morning with failing or
ders to Lord Howe. The different di
visions of the grand fleet will be com
manded by the following valuable offi
cers under his Lord (hip : Admirals Lord
Bridport, (late Sir A. Hood, Bart.)
Sir A. H. Gardner, B. Caldwell, Sir
S. K. Elphinftone, the Hon. W. Corn
wallis, and Sir T. Pafley, Bart.
A division of the Bred fleet, we are
now afliired, are cruising in the Chan
nel, but of what strength we are not
able to state.
It is estimated that the number of
emigrants capable of bearing arms in
this countt y, and on the continent, a
mount to 200,000.
Important State Papers.
We hatx teen fawtd with the fafttvt-
Mg Official Documents
for Publication.
The undersigned Envoy of the Uni
ted States' of America has the honor of
representing to the Right Honorable
Lord Grenville, his Britannic Majesty's
Secretaty of State for the Department
of foreign affairs.
That a very cdnfiderable number of
American veflels have been irregularly
captured, and as improperly condemned
by certain of his Majelty's officers and
Judges.
That in various instances these cap
tures and condemnations were so con
ducted, and the captured placed under
such unfavotable circumflances, as that,
for want of the securities requited, and
other obstacles, no appeals were made
in some cases, nor any claims in others.
The undersigned presumes that these
fa£ts will appear from the documents
which he ha» had the honor of submit
ting to his Lordship's consideration ;
and that it will not be deetried necessary
at present, to particularize these cases
and their merits, or detail the circum
llances which discriminate fottie from
others.
That great and extenfivc injuries
having thus, Under colour of his Ma
jesty's authority and commifiions, been
done to a numerous class of American
merchants, the United Statea can for
reparation have recourse only to the
j'.i(tice authority and interpolation of
his Majesty,
That the vefTels and property taken
and condemned, have been chiefly fold,
and the proceeds divided among a great
number of persons, of whom some are
dead ; some unable to make restitution,
and others frotn frequent removals and
their particular circumstances, not easi
ly reached by civil process.
That as, for these lofles and inju
ries, adequate compensation by means
of judical proceedings, has become im
practicable, and considering the causes
which combined to produce them, the
United States confide in his Majesty's
justice and magnanimity to cause fueh
compensation to be made to these inno
cent fufFereisas may be confident with
equity } and the undersigned flatters
himltlf, that fnch principles may with
out difficulty be adopted, as will serve
as rule* wheieby to ascertain the cases
and the amount of compensation*
So grievous are the exp«nfes and de
lays attending litigated suits, to persons
whose fortunes hav« been so materially
affe£ted, and so great is the diltance of
Great Britain from America, that the
undersigned thinks he ought to express
his anxiety, that a mode of proceeding
as summary & little expensive may be de
vised, as circumstances and the peculiar
hardlhip of these cases may appear to
permit and require.
And as (at least in some of thtfe cases)
it may be expedient and neceflary as well as
just, that the sentences of the Courts of
Vice Admiralty (hould be revised and cor
re<£ted by the Court of Appeals here j—
the undersigned hopes it will appear reas
onable to his majesty to order that the
captured in queltion ( who have not alrea
dy so done J be there admitted to enter both
their appeals ahd their claims.
The undersigned also finds it to be his
duty to represent, that the irregularities
before mentioned, extended not only to
capture and condemnation of American
veflels and to unusual personal
severities, but even to the imprifonraent
of American Citizens to Terve on board of
armed veflels. He forbears todwell on the
injuries, done to these unfortunate indivi
duals, or on the emotions which they mull
naturally excite,either in the breafls of the
natiort to whom they belong, or of the
just and humane of every country. His
reliance on the justice and bnevolence of
his majesty, leads him to indulge a pleas
ing expedlation that orders will be given,
that Americans so circumitanced be im
mediately liberated, and that persons hon
ored with his majesty's commifiions do in
future abitain from similar violences. It is
with cordial fatisfa&ion that the under
signed reflects on the impressions which
such equitable and conciliatory measures
would make on the minds of the United
States, and how naturally they would in
spire and cherith those sentiments and dis
positions which never fail to preserve as
well as to produce refpefl, esteem k friend
fflup.
(Signed)
* JOHN JAY.
London, 30th July 1794.
COPY.
The undersigned Secretary of State,
has had the honorto lay before the King,
the ministerial note which he has re
ceived from Mr. Jay, Envoy Extraor
diny and Minister Plenipotentiary from
the United States of America, refpeft
ingthe alledged irregularity of the cap
ture and condemnation cf several Arr.e-
ricao vefiets, an J alio relpe&ing the cir
camflances of perianal firventr, by which
those proceedings ar« stated tQ hive
been accompanied ia fom« particular i«-
itance«.
The undersigned is authorised to af
fiire Mr. Jay, that it is his Majesty's
with that tbe molt Cjtnbhie and impartial
jujtice should be done to all the citizens of
America, who may in fait have been in
jured by any of the proceedings above
mentioned ; ——all experience (hew* that
a naval war, extending aver the fair
i quarters of the globe, m«ft unavoidably
be prodn£tive of some inconvenience* to
the commerce of neutral nations, and
that no care can prevent some irregula
rities in the course of those proceedings,
which are uhiverfolly recognized as re
futting from the just rights incident to
all belligerent powers.
But the King will always be desirous
that theft inconveniences and irregula
rities should be as tnuch limited, as the
nature of the cafe will admit, and that
the fulled opportunity should be given
to all to prefer their complaints and to
obtain redress and compensation where
they are due.
In Mr. Jay's note, mention is made
of several cases where the parties "have
hitherto omitted to prefer their claims,
and of others where no appeals have
been made from the sentences of con
demnation pronounced in the firft in-
llance.
As to the cases of the JirJl descrip
tion, .Lord Grenville apprehends that
the regular course of law is (till open to
the claimants ; and that by preferring
appeals to the <fofnmifiioners of prize
causes here, against the fentense of.tbe
courts below, the tohole merits of those
cases may be brought forward and the
mod complete justice obtained.
In the cases of the second description
the proceeding might in tome inltances
be more difficult, from the lapse of the
time usually allotted for preferring ap
peals—But hit Majesty being anxioiiS
that no temporary or local circumstan
ces, such as those to which Mr. Jay
refers in his note, (hould impede the
course of substantial justice, has been
pleased to refer it to the proper officers
to consider of a mode of enlarging the
time for receiving the appeals in those
cases, in order to admit the claimants
to bring their complaints before the re
gular Court appointed for that purpose.
The undersigned has no doubt that
in this manner, a very cmfiderahle part
of the injuries alledged to have been
fuffered by the Americans may, if the
complaints are well founded, be redrefled
in the usual course of judicial proceed
ing at a very small expence to the par
ties, and without any other intcrpofi
tion of his Majesty's Government than
is above Hated untill the result and
effedt of these proceedings (hall be
known, no definitive judgment can be
formed refpedting the nature and ex
tent of those cases (if any such (hall
ultimately Be found to exist,) where it
(hall not have been practicable to ob
tain substantial redress in this mode.
But he dors not hesitate to fay before
hand, that if cases ftiall then be found
to exist to such an extent as properly to
call for the interposition of Government,
where, without the fault of the parties
complaining, they (hall be unable from
>,whatever circumjianccs, to procure such
redress in the ordinary course of law, as
the justice of their cases may entitle
them to expedt, his Majesty will be an
xious that jujlice (hould at all eventt be
done, and will readily enter into the
difcufiion of the meafuret to be adopted,
and the principles to be established for
that purpofc.
With refpeft to all ads of pet Tonal
severity and violence, as the King must
entirely disapprove every such tranfa&i
on, so his Majesty's courts are alwrys
open for the punishment of offences of
this nature and for giving address to the
fufferers in every cafe, where the fa£t
can be established by fatisfaCtory proof;
nor does it appear that any cafe of that
nature can cxift, where there would be
the fmalbft difficulty of obtaining in
that mode, substantial and exemplary
justice.
On the fubjcA of the imprest, Lord
Grenville has only to assure Mr. Jay,
that, if in any instance, American sea
men havo been impressed into his King's
service, it has been contrary to the
Ktng's defite ; though fdeh cases may
have occasionally aril'en from the diffi
culty of discriminating between British
and American seamen, efpccially where
there so often exists an interest and in
tenf ion to deceive. Whenever any re
presentation has been made to Lord
Grenville on* their fubjeft he has never
failed to receive his Majeftys commands
for putting it in a proper ccurfr, i:i order
that the fads might be inquired into
and ascertained, and to the intent that
the persons in question might be released
if the fads appeared to be fatisfa&orily
eft»bliflied.
With respect to the defirt e*prefled
by Mr. Jay that new orders might be
given with a view to prevent as far as it
is poflible, the giving any just ground
of complaint on this head, Lord Gren
villehas no reason to doubt that his Ma
jesty's intentions refpefting this point
ire already ftifl}ciently understood by his
Majffty's officers employed on that ser
vice; but he has nevcrthelefs obtained hii
Majesty'S permiflioo to a fibre Mr. Jay,
that inltrudlions to the effect delired.
. will be renewed in confcqucnce ot hii
application.
The underlined atailt himfelf, with
pleasure, of this opportunity, to renew
to Mr. Jay his afl'urances of hi& sincere
elteem and consideration. *
G RENVILLE.
Dovuning-Streety
iji Stugi'J, 1794.
Department of State, QSober 20, 1794.
I hereby certify that the foregoing
representation of 30 July from Mr. Jny
to Lord Grenvilk and Lord Grenville'a
answer of 1 August, are true copies of
the originals on file, in the office of the
Department of State.
GEO. TAYLOR, jun. C. Clerk.
Tha returns of votes from the army are
not complete—but from those already le
ceived, it appears aimoft beyond doubt,
that tHere i« a majority for Mr. Sxvan
ivick.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
ARRIVED.
Days
Ship D ifpitch, —, Madeira 41
Two Friends, Williams, Corunna 5 a
Pennfylvsnia,Harding,Liverpool 53
Hannah, Swift, St. Peter (burgh 74
Sampson, Roffeter, Cork 56
Diipatcli, Hathway, Madeira 4a
Brig Pomona, King, Ferroi 43
Clarifla, Monteith, Madeira 58
Schr. Thomas, Shatton, Viraginia 7
Good Intent, Franklin, Snowhill 4
Illinois, Houflon, Trinidad 33
Favorite, Folger, Virginia 8
Industry, Cullen, Alexandria 4
Sloop Ranger, £)unn, New York 4
Friend/hip, Sherer, Do. 8
Lilly, Nejus, Rhode Island 10
Silvia, Mafly, Nantucket 10
Nonparil, Guthrie, Alexandria 7
Capt. Williams informs that the Ihip
John Bulkeley was to fail from Corunna
the d»y after him.
Capt. King left at Ferol the lhip Wafti
ington and brig Susannah both of Phila
delphia.
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THIS EVENING,
oSober 20.
Will be Presented,
Tliat Celebrated Musical Satire, never
afled here, called the
Beggar s Opera,
Altered, Rcvifed, arid Corretled.
In a<ft 3, a hornpipe by Mr. Durang, after
the favourite font; of the Old Woman
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7o <wh')ch ivill he added,
The elegant COMEDY, iu two a<sl», ne-
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BOX, one Dollar—PlTT, three quar
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ty sustained. that might tend to make the
<)U American Company, worthy a (hare of
their patronage, during the Ihort stay the
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