foreign intelligence. L' NDON. June 27. 1 rial of j. i mils had field. - - £ Continued J , —» THE other cafe, which probably the jury anticipated, was the cafe of Lord Ferrer*. He waa vilited with, occfifioiiil infinity i Cf that fadt there could be no doubt. He h urdercd a ptrfoh deliberate* ly in his own house, of thfc name of John son. The radfcs were clearly proved, ai d it was alledged in defence, hat the confc-* murder did not follow, because he laboured under a (late of mind which rendered him incapable ,of knowing what He did and therefore not capable of judg ng the conf.que ce of hig a&ioftS* AH O— - , the authorities iel;Uivc«to that point - wtrt introdu< ed'by the then Solicitor General ; and as ,every afiiHauce was then had what faffed upon the trial mttft be co-.fidered the law of the fubjeft. !he Judges fat as as sistants to the house, heard such tlatcd to be the law, and adopted it. The Lort's, with one voice, found Loid Ferrers guilty, judging from the capacity he had at the moment he committed the aft and not from , any former periud. In this cafe whatever the (late of the prisoner's mind might beat former, periods of ime, yet, at that pre eife moment, he posse ed understanding enough to know the natu e and consequences of the aftion he was ab> ut to commi:. and a competent degree of recolleftion, to war rant the infercnr of guilty, acc< rding to the law as laid down by L*ord Hale. It was true that he had been difihsrred from the nonary, and for the cauf of in anity ; but that degree ff u d mind, which was necessary, .fur the difcharding of a regular duty, was very different frow that degree only receffary to distinguish tie boundaries ofgdod anil evil* j There are different de grrei bf infanlty which operate ac or ing to the nature of the aft performed. If a contrast was to be concluded, it was ne- ( ctfiary that the party fhouW be able to weigh hII the c- fequenres r. fuh ng from it. If a dilpofitiVn by testament was the quefh'on, it w s icceffaty that the party should have fcfficiciit sanity of mind to un derstand ( ,e nature of the aft : but it had been r.t ,-atedly hehl. (hat person with a ctgrei of furic js r.( ity, y'ere much harder t.q be erased from the wind, and rrmaii ed as long 'is* the mil d t ey heard the evidence they would find , the prifoi.er afting as other men did on such occa'ons ; procuring piitols ; leaving •orie for a reason whieh he assigned, purcha sing gunpowder, ffating his intention of going to the piay, cho* *li"g a place Seft fit- , ted t*r his purpose, waiting patiently for the proper moment until he discharged the pistol at the R yal Person. Tht rc was thought, mind, and contrivance in what he cid. ft? lie w s Jinrried over, the arche ftra, they would find that by his confeffian he knew what he had done, and what were she cnnfequences, that his life was the for- j fe;l ror the deed. There coiih) be no doubt < bur vh t the eider ce would convince them that he had adied a j dgment, which ena' led him toibrm ihe plnn and to know 1 the nature arid cons quences « f the he ! was about to commit, and had committed Whatever the (late of his mini w?s at other , times, the law said he was ref r onfible for those a<3s which he had uftderilanding fuf 1 ficient to know the nature of This was the evidence, and such was tht-law as he un i derllood it. We must all rejoice that the i deed was not - | denfrially the life of his inaj sty wa& pre- J served, it was important f. r the purj ofe of | general lafety and the fecuity of ju It ice,' that it (houid be kn >wn periods who had under ov cafional ififtnhy were not e*- - nfeqtience of such crimes ! as they r ight commit having (ufficient | ec<*ilan 'i to ju -ge of their evil tendency ; ' so-thought th- Jury, and so thought the' C un in the cafe which he had alluded to, j a n d !<•» thought t; ' hit l heft. Court 'n lie ' kingdom, when they condemned Lord Fer* j rers to die. He trusted, that he had not J over ilated the mi (taken the law. The jurj would correal him lfihc had c) ne the firft ; a d, with all ; Jebtniffion, he submitted the laiter to the I j [The evidence on the part cf the profe cutir n being cloted Mr Erifkine rose and addrefled the Jury. His fpesch will occu py four columns at le ft : We are compelled to omit it.'v's day for want of room.] For Baltirpore, _ t—THI BKIC dispatch, Jam's Vahsek, Master. T > ffil on Saturday or Fuefdiy '. . ill take in irrigbt fin ri.> :»rat« to mr next .Application to beimde to the captain on board * at Jefle and Hubert Wain's wharf, cr to Levi Hillings-north S:n. Wiro HA»K FOR SAI.E, 84,000 ib. Gonaives Coffee, and eight tors of Logivpod imported in said brig, the Coffre entitled to duwback on exportation.' August 20. dst. j BV THIS'DAY'S MAIL. NEW-YORK, August 25. ThijPhy.ficinn ot" New-York in a letter to liis frjjjt'pa. ni PhilitcLrlpj'ifl- upon the- Fevers in vhis crty, is miftiken refp>-acer? fouud on hinl r were two letters : tlif mir Bo ft on June (or January) 7th '799) signed HmzenFulTer.'aini direiVu to John V\ uHThagen., merchaut, Hamburg. I his letter was in Hie h Dutch, and purpHt ting to be a recommendation and introdtlfr ion at the Hiram Lowenfteln —the other was in Engliffo, signed Eliphalet Birtheley, and Jiretfted to Hiram Leburfline, Elq at Ni-w-London, at Capt. Dunton's. The l.ift letter wasfo much injured by the water as to be nearly illegible—the b?>dy appeared to have been a considerable time in the water. T'.t- coroner's jury brought in a which venlift, accidental death by drowning. BALTIMORE. August 22. Reports, without the leatt foundation, were (pre d to day immediately on the ar livalof the packet from Norfolk, that the American Envoys had arrived there. By* paffonger we have been politely favoured with the Herald of the 79th and lift inft. from the following articles are copied. Norfolk, Augujl 19. ExtraQ of a letter from 011 board the Uni'ed States (hip Baltimore, cap(. Cow per, to the editor* dated 7th August, 1800, io lat. 27, N, long. 69, W. " I enclose you a lift of veflels, under our Convoy from Martinique, Antigui, Si. Kitts and St. Thomas, convoyed to this la titude. '• Exclufiveof this convoy, the-Baltimore has convoyed 130 fels to the. fame latitude ; (he, has captared the French privateer Brilliart Youth of 8 guns and 65 men ; the bri.; L'Efperance, loaded with sugar ; the polacre fltip L'Ema nurl, loaded with fu>:ar and dye woods ; re captured the American fcljooners Jolly Ro bin and Sea Flower, both laden wi ti pro visions and dry goods." [ v lifl of the v dels convoyed by the Bal timore, amounting to upwards ot 100 fail, (hall appear in our next J Tfce only paragraph worth nothing by dif ferent arrivals from the Weft-ludies, is the following : BASSETERRE, (.St. K'tta) July 4. This morning the United States schoon er Enterprize John Shaw, efq commander, brought in the French privateer fcliooner Flambeanx of Guadaloupe.. She engaged the Enterprize three quarters of an hour, ai.d h; d 37 men killed and wounded ; the Enterprize hsd only two slightly wounded. She had been on a cruise 70 days, and had taken only two p niards 011 the Main, load ed with dry goods, which /he taok out of t em. he mounted 10 four pounders and j 13 men. • We I ad a refreftiing Fall of rain about 1 o'cleck this afternoon, with cne or two (hocks of thunder, in one of which tlie new lofty house in North Gjy-lltee:, belonging to John O'Donnell, esquire. was ("truck by the ligl. ning, and futtuincd conitderabie da- COFFEE. A QJJANTITY of remarkable Jine Green Coffee, In Hogsheads, Barrels and Bags, FOR SALE BY ! JAMES YARD, august 23 diot The Subscriber, M ASTER of Himhurg Sh'p A urn, for wirui til Prtfum from uuftiiig or harbour ing *nv of rhc :rrw sffiii it he wilinotptp U.J dafti soatr*&cd bj ileal. ■ .. '• ■ fAN JUROBNS. . JUguft U V . .iiOt' & Young Man, PERFECTLY vetfed m Mere nttlc accounts, and brought up in one of the firft coantiog hrtv.fes in this »ity, wjfncs employment as Cjcrk. He i» at present *bfent Irom Philadelphia, bat a lira left at :he Office of the Oiz-tte j f the Uni ted Sta'ct he will receive, arid it Hja ! he Imme diately actc:.ded to. Salary a feccndaty 01-jed- Etnpibyment hi* metivc. augnfl: It dtf Bank of the United States, August 23d, 1800. WANTED, AP P noKED Bills on Amsterdam, fit sixtv dpjs sight; 1 OK WfTTCH Cafli will be paid, At the rate oi' Forty Cents per Guilder. d 7 t Gazette of the United States- P tjfL dDELPHIA, -Tuesday rvknivg august 26. TO READEHS AND CORII IiSBt»N DKN TS. ' 4l TrilUatn" isTha'li&ed for Ac repetitiqi '1 his favours. The Apologue of " Tin ving and Ins Bs-i.ri" is well f.inr.ied, and has ' pre tty moral. . To the fair- redufe of Mew Jerky we are ndebted for many papers. Our of ice offeledliug nerutii'ul poetry h-.s bee -me ;«>oi! taiie to 'lie ; athetic, and the brilliant, rlc-r seclude.! I'.uii'tion is mofi propitious to uch (huhes. In the vales on the banks of he Arno, and among the val/ies of EfUa nadura, '.he mules have m ide many a delec able haunt, and carolled some of the moll larmoi.ious of their longs. The £(Tay, li.ried "A Student," is too :rude and pedintie for Luf-rtion. The an lior Jias evidently read many books, but di alled none. He belongs to that tribe ihara&erized by Charles Churchill, " Pale ftudjr by the tapir's lijjht, Wearing away the watch of right, Sate reading—hnt with o'er tbar-'J lead Remember'd nothing that he read." " Gayville," from the levity of his flyli it the toilet than to teach, as an author rir i'eeirs designed " To caper nimbly in ivy In '.y\ chamber To ihc Llcivlou- pUaiing of her Into. »Vr think he had better mingle among giddy oquettcs, than among solemn fcliolars, for " Hi can dec ive the hour? With chat or butterflies and flowers, Can tu:k ol patches, powd«r, paint, - - - With the fame zeal, as of a faint, And females aye th« charming man V/hilft their hearts flutter with their fan." The Trial of the Americar) fliip Pigou in •"rar.ee, ar.d the remainder of the Attor ley-Gercr.il's pleadings in the cafe of Had- ; ield, will be found in this day's Gazette. J [OFFICIAL.] Lxtraft of a letter to the Secretary of the ' Navy, from captain MuHowney of the United States Ihip Ganges, dated on board the Gauges, July 30th, 1 joo. :it on the morning of the 281(1 inllant. ' \t 3 P. M. lie was descried from the tnafl icad, when I gave chacc to him • at fever, n the evening of the lame day I was about 1 'lf a mile from him, I fired some (hit (not ntending to effeit) he still endeavoured to ' -lope, I was under tlr necflitv of firing into him, which did some damage trt the; veflVl and wounded tlnee men, after which i lie hauled hi; wind and run alhore, where ' all the ciew Ipft her. I have the l'chooner with me, her name is the La Fortuna of fx 6 ounders, and 70 men. lam happy to tl ink the co.ill is clear once again—'I kn w of no privateers here at present ; this fel low was going off Cape Antonia. I hope :o serve every one like him in the fame man- L 1 { N. B. The prize had no damage done her while on Ihore." , Two frtot-pads flopped Mr. J. Hitfe!!, ofiNew-York, three miles from that city, on Friday evening lad about 10 o'clock. Mr. H. knocked one down, and he in his turn was knocked, dewn by the other ; af fiilance came, the villains fled—one was caught, anJ again made his escape.—He fud'ho belonged to the frigate. Adams. A New Theatre, called the " United States T. tatre" was opened on Friday evening last at the City of Wafhitlgtirt ; an Occa fmnal Profogue wasfpe/ken by Mr. Wignc;ll. The performances cf the evening were " Venice Preft-rvcd, or a Plot Discovered," and the " Spoiled Child." The Company Is composed of the Performers of the new Philadelphia Theatre. from the 17th to the 24th infant, thfcre were 44 death* in the city of New-York. For the lnfl 24 hours preceding Saturday morning' at fun-rife, there were 17 deaths in Baltimore and its vicinity. congratulate the firm, loyal, and con fhnt friends to government ort the probable eleftion of Mr. N. Read to the feat in Congress, lately filled by Judge Scivall. Mr. R. is ffrenuoiifly and deservedly recommend ed in the Salem Gazette, and we know from other finrces ttiat he is an intelligent, con fident, and welt principled cha rafter. The Editr-r of the Baltimore Fcd-ral Ga zette fays, >n the 1 ship Defiance, capt. Smith, 39 day? from Cadiz, arrived here, came paf tc-ger MV. Iznardi, American consul for, the port be accurate.] A Cir. cumlknce which- induces him to think tlje nejjqcia-tion was favorably propfreffintf, was that about a week before failing, he'applied to the French consul for a palTport; but was refuffd unless he, fhonld take patTage on '>'iard an unarmed veflel—oll these terms it was A few days afterwards apalT po;t cklivtrtd- ty him by tlie corifol, with permiflion to embark on board an ar med due ; ar\d lie obfeived at the fame time, that he haped the two nations would fliort ly 'oe friends again. Mr. Iznartli left Cadiz on the 14th n't. at which time the blockade of that port was continued by a squadron tffidtrthe command of Lord Keith, who, it appears, had left Genoa ; and fcveral American, Danilli and SwedHh vrffels, bound to and from it, had been captured by them. Ex'raft of a letter from a gentleman lately from New-York, to his friend there dated at Ha ifax, l%th j ly " The vcffcl sent in here by the St. ; Albansjuft before file came last to New York, ; was not as r ported an American— (he was ; originally "an American taken by the French , and at Gaudaloupe, where (he was fold to an American, who proceeded | with her to St- Thomas's and 1 there got J Danith papers liom whence (he went to f Philadelphia and loaded there as a Dane for Amsterdam. The owner of her was an ■ half pay Britilh officer, unnaturalized in America, who ssed as fupcrcargo in Philadelphia. Whert (he was taken the captain could not, nor would not (how any clearance, but when the trial came on, he produced it. and the; owner who before pretendei here to be only a paflenger and owning some part of the cargo then claimed the (hip. The (hip is condemned, the cargo | will be tried this week I fird the com- manders of the British fliips arc more cau tious of fending in our vefitls than I ex pedted, suspicion at lead mull be very strong indeed, before they vrviture to carry them in." Extract of a Utter from Curracea, dated zd 4uguft, 1800. On Wsdnefday the 23d ult. an armed forte arrived herefrom Guadaloupe, coufift ing of 2 and 3 fthooners bringing with them abeut 1500 f Idiem, sailors, &c. which together with the Vengence's crew, make ab*ut 2®oo men. To this moment I cannot learn that they have made any other demand than the government to be given over to them, which the governor has refufed, and has taken measures to repel force, if that ffiould be attemptedT~'l%c burghers are under arm< day and nitjht. It is said (and it appears probable to me) that their view is to raise money, but to what amount Ido not know* They have landed the troops on the opposite fide of the har bor to the fort some diys igo ; but I do not learn that they have dope anfy thing towards fortifying tl'emfelves. Thpy are yet very quiet, and excellent discipline is obfervcd by the officers. '' The Vengeance is ready for sea." Extraft of a letter from Port Republican. Perl Republican, Jmy 30, 1800. " We havejuft received information, that bears every flamp of authenticity, that the inhabitants of the Southern parts feting the neceflity of making terms with the com mander in chief, have opened the gates of Aux Cayes to receive his army. " It is further addrd, that Rjgaud find iri£ himfelf abandoned, embarked with all his ilaff on board a small pilot boat fckoo ner from Let Irois, but where destined is unkn/iwn. " I have jult had an l'ntervieW with the commandant of this town, who afiurcs me, that though he has not received the official details, the news comes in such a manner as to merit belief." Tinmr r«tTnnr»\tm PRICE CURRENT AT PORT REPUBLICAN, July 13, 1800. Sugar 6 to 6 1-2 dollars per hundred toffee 24 to 26 sous per pound Cotton 22 t 2 to 23 1-2 per hundred ( ampeche (wood) 5 to 6 dol». per thoufard Cordage 26 to 23 dollars per hundred MolaflVa 2-. to >3 livres per hundred , Rum 28 to 3« dols. per hhd. of 50 to >52 gallons 1 Tar 8 to 9 dollars a barrel Nails 16 to 18 dollars per hundred Flour 13 to 14 dollar? per barrgl Rice 4 dollars per hundred American barrel 9 (o 10 dollars Pork 18 to 19 dollars per barrel Cod Fish 6 to 7 dollars per hundred Salmon-t 1 to 12 dollars per barrel Herrings 7 to 8 dollars per barrel Butter per pound 22 ro 25 sous Hogs Lard do do Gammons do do American CHeese 45 feiu per pound Claret per hogshead 45 to 48 dollars Do. by the cafe 6to 7 dollars dozen Porter per hogshead 30 to 32 dollars Sweet Oil 16 to 11 dollars baflcet of 12 bot its Fish oil 4 livres per gallon Calttel Soap 10 dollars per box American Soap s8 dollars per hundred Fnglifli do. 21 to 22 dollars do Wax Candles 5 livres per pound Spermaceti do do Candles 42 sous 6 denisrs to 45 sous per p und Tallow 2 livres 10 sous per pound' Madrafs. Handkerchitfs 16 10 18 dollars per piece Db. DcGree 10 to ladolhra. Lord Hugh Seymour arrived at Kingflon the 26th July to take the command on that Ration, vice Sir Hyde Parker, going home in the Trent frigate The U. S. frigate Insurgent, c ptain Fletcher was spoke with the 10th cf Aug. in lat. 39, leng. 69. INTERESTING. DECISION of the COUNCIL of PRIZES Between John Green, commander of the ship Pigou, of Philadelphia, aftin; by Henry L. Waddel, fupcrcargo and Co proprietor of laid Jhip, of the one p ar .t ■ the Commissioner r.f the Government at the Did Council, ading in his capa-iiy for the Captakis.and crews of frigates of the French Republic the Bravaur and the Cocardt- of the other part, after havi„ , read, &c. (the papers produced on both fides.) After having read the' opinion of t !i e GommiHioners >'f th ( e Government, left in Writing on the sable, which is as follows, It appeafs that a judgment of the Tribu nal'of Commerce at L'Orient, had granted captain Green the replevy of his velTcl and part of the goods and specie whiph composed the cargo; and that on the appeal entered by the Comptroller of Marine at I'Orient' against that judgment,, tire Tribunal of the Department of Morbihan declared the ve f. fel and cargo a good prize. I Tbegtoundson which relied the deciHon of tf • Tribunal of Morbihan. were that the vessel was irmed for War Without any com. million or authorization from the American government ; and that tliere wis on hoard ; no role dVquipage attested by the public of ficers of the port of his departure. The captured, claim the null ty of the prize, and that die velTel be neirdated in the lituation she was in when captured, and that (lie be delivered up as well as her cargo, and the dollars which were on board, and alio the papers, with damages and interest ade quate to the U-ffes they had fuflained. To be able to determine on the refpei&ive demands, we raufl firft fix upon the validity or invalidity of the prize, excepting the cafe when a prize is evidently and atually enemy's property, all questions about the validity or invalidity of prizes, come to the ex mir.ation of a fad of neutrality. ' In this cafe was the Tribunal of Morbi han authorized to determine that the ship Pigou was in such circumhances as to be prevented from being acknowledged and refpe&ed as Neutral. I It is said tbe vefTel was armed for war, 1 and without any authorization from h?r government : that 3ie mounted lo guns of differtiM rates, and that mnJkets and war-, like (lores have been found in her. The captured reply that the veflel being bound to India, was armed for her own de fence, and that the warlike ammunition, the mulkets and guns, did not cxcerd what is usual to have on board ft r ! 'tig, voyages j for mypart I think it is not for having arms on board only tr.at a re/Tel can be said to be armed for\var. The warlike arma ment is m rely of an offenfive nature ; it it deemed so when there is no other end than attacking, or at least when every thing (hows that a:Lack is the main poiitf of the armament ; then a veflel is reputed inimi cal or pirate if (he has no coirtm fli n r pa pers which may remove'ihe fulp cion. But defence is of.i natural rig ireans ol defence are lawful in »oyages at sea as in every other dangerous occurrence,of lire. A velfcl. confuting but ot a I'mall c.,ew, and whole cargo in is amnui-t/td t n a confiHerable luni, was evidently intended foe trade and not tor var. 1 lie yrmsf-junti 011 board wars not to commit plunder and hosti lity, but to avoid thern—not for attack but tor deence.— Ihe pretence i.f ifmaroept for war in my opinion cannot be founded. I am bow to discuss the second argument against the captors on the want cf a Role d' Equipage, audited by the public officers of the plafC of! er departure, I'o support the validity of the prize, they alledge the regulation of the 210 October 1774 of the. ;6of July 1778, and the decree of the DirefWjr f the liil.'Ven tofe, jth year, which require a Role d'Equi page. 1 he captured on their part claim the exe cution of the Treaty of Commerce between France and the Unitrd States of America of the 6th Feb. 1778; they .contend that general re ulations Ci uld not derogate to a special 1 reaty, and that the Diredlorv could not infringe the treaty by an arbitrary- Decree. It is a faft that the regulations of 1794. and 1778, and the decree ef the direftory, require a role d'equipage affertfd by the pub lie officers ol the place ot the departure. It is alio as.i&, that the role d*equipape is not mentioned in the treaty of the 6th. February papers requilite to eftahlifh neutra lity, but I believe T am not under the ne cessity of diffulfinjj whether the treaty is fuperi or to the regulations, or whether the regulations :-re fnperior to the treaty. I will begin with . the principle that all quellions about neutrality, are what are cal led in law questions bona fide, in which due regard is to be had to fa£ts, arid weigh them properly without keeping to trifling appear ances. > Neutrality is to be provd—for this rea. fori, the regulation of marine of 1681, art. 6, on prizes fta es ; that be confidced as good prizes the vefTels with their cargoes which shall not have on board charter par ties, bills ef lading, nor invsices. From the fame motives the regulations of 1744 and 177 1 » P l " 'he commanders of neutral vefTels under obligation of proving at sea their pr. perty being neutral, by paft poits, bills of lading, invoices and vessels papers. The regulation of 1774, whose ena&iug parts have be n renewed by th - Dire&ory, literally expresses among the papers reqr.i fi e to prove neutral property, there mud be a role d'equipage in due form. But it would bc'agrofs eriW in believing that the want of, or the least irregularity in one of these papers coulj oper. te so far a?