of each other at the diilance of piftolfhot, when a smart engagement ensued," which last| ed absut ten minutes, during wli ch timel the Norfolk fired at lead fifteen rounds of all different' kinds of shot that are us d in a vefiels of war.besides about 300 muique's and I have no doubt that the Frenchman loft 50 men or upwards. He got away at lalt by hauling upon a wind : we all how- chafed him 3 or 4 hours, and the brig Louisa got o near as to fire (hot over him. His mjintopfail sheets and jib halliards, were shot away but he soon replaced them." The Lout' a was expe&ed to fail for this port late iii August From the Silent Gazette. To a people highly virtuous, the privilege of eiefting their own rulers is a bleiTuig a bove dll estimation for it will fe uie w.f and virtuous men in the adminiflration of the public 'iffairs. Such a people will never regard with ind.flcrtnce this, sacred right, nor neglect their dutv of exercising i». bi> neftly and confeientioufly, at the Rated pe n Pafliort will i ot be iuffered to inter fere in so important i tran!a£io;i, in which a single vote may aficd tlje h-ppin-Is of mil lions • and their votes will be the result of a serious and deliberate conlideration of the efTt-a they may prodyce Of a' candidate of. fe red for th ir fuffrages tliey wilt folictonfly inquire—ls he a m.in whole talents and in formation will enable him to the duties of the office to which he is nominated and whofc virttife will ensure tlv application of thorn to the public good ? Hat lie on aIT occafioni supported and defended the Gov- ertiment, inflitutcd by the pi-nple. against the calumny of its enemies ; and e..coura yed thnfe around him to quiet and peace able lives und-r it ? And fiich a charafter they wi'l adopt into their service. But if they leek in vain for these qualification*—if, inflead of general and extei.-five information, they find a mind eontraQed, by an ardent puvfuit of private gain, to a l'pace too nar- row tn give play to the idea, of a flatrfman —if his gloomy vifio:i ij b"unded l-y the imperfeftions atta-hed to all hui-wn things • if on all occasions, with affe&ed candour, he is heard to doubt the policy of the mea fores, and question the upright intentions of government ; if he ik obfervtd to culti vate a close connexion with,thole turbulent spirits. who are eternally railing ac;a but be would not pfrmit him." I Aa the last paragraph is so notorious a falfehood (as I concern J only to depreciate the rharafter of a Brililh Offi cer in the eyes of the ignorant ana uninfor med ; a« 1 can hrdly believe any others would give credit to it, as the wbol; world mull have learnt that th British Navy will do its duty on all rccsfions ; I request you will take the earliest oppurtunhy to ccntra honour, they were all fubje&s of the United States, and carrying no property belonging t<3 the enemies of Great Britain ; that he wis well acquainted with the own ers and others concerned in every one of them. After such an afftirance from Cap. tain Talbot, who apprared t« aft in the mod honourable manner, I could have »o cause to doubt his wo d noi wish to delay him one moment longer by claiming the right nf powers at war. of examining all neutral veflels according to the pra&ice and lawi of all nati'oll3, more especially coining from an enemy's port. I have already wrote to Captain Talbot ; and beg yon will take the earliest opportunity, and moftpuh- ' lie, to attend to ftiy request ; and should it have appeared in other newfpapcrs, that the Editors of such may also contradift it. I am, -fir, yours, See. ROBERT LAURIE. Capt&nrofhis Britannic Majefty'i /hip the Andromache. • CThe paiagraph to which the officer ps i •: "is Britannic Majcfty. allude originated a I Charltil , a'd was copied into the Mcr can tile Advcrdfer, tn>rn a paper in that.' i city of the -tb Augu'J - It was cwfnefe' tfuh fame other inforrrwio i r f an impor { , tant nature to Ibjp'owners and underwriters, g i and we (h u d have con dered ourfe!ve- * highly culpable had any part of it been sup prefTcd. We allure Captain Laarie ihst 1 we felt much less pleasure in recording the 1 circumftarrce which honoured uj his 1 comfpnndence. tlia,i; w-- do at' having an < oppo-tir;llv> on his authority, of it \ thispofitive and uticqui»oc I contradiOion.] ] T* M. Adv. i t Gazette Marine Lift, PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. ARRIVED, days Sloop Norton from Philadelphia hhs arrived at New Bedford, (Massachu setts.) Brig Pollys Palme l ", Gonaives C > 'ee—vSumme 1 & Brown Franklin, Morris, H.ivannah Sngars—G Plumfted Polly, Guile. Bnllon F:fh, &c. to captain Pamela, Gilbert, Porto Rico D)'e Wood M Corcier Wr/glsy, Francois ochr. Induflry, Jinow, B (ton Bark—to captain Jenny, Darby, B.iftnn, 8 Favourite Qiiandrille Gonaives CLEARED. Br g T*o Brothers, Sto Jdcrt, Liverpool Sch. Regulator. Smith, " Demarara Slo. p Ann, Bouche<), Richmond Ship Betty, Dlhwoed, froni St. Srl )a . ftiar.s, arrived at New-Yak on Friday 1.-, ft. An inward bound brig below, name un known. An inward hound fchr. name unknown has arrived at the fort. Brig Roebuck, Benzi'on, and , Sdlly, M'Pherl n have arrived at Hnm urgh. Ship Criterion, Weeks at Deal, and Diana, Hefs Cowes—and both proceeded for Hamburg, Brig Sally, Lpgan, from hence, has ar rived at Cadiz. Schooner f.hrce Friends, Darling, from Paflamaquody to Wilmington, (Dehiwarc) is totally loft ; crew saved. Brig Ann, Gildea, from hence, has ar rived at inlterdam. Brig Sally, Dupon, from Basavia to this port it conderune 1 at Halifax C ptain Era 8, ar ived at Salem from ; Cadiz, infin ms, that the (hip Columbia, I PS ken, from fcJew York, bou d to Lrg h r-,-is taken by a French priv teer ar.d sent to Algezlras. Swanfb rough, Vre denburg, of Phil delph a, bound up the Stra ts captured by a French and Spanifli privateer, in fight of Gibralter, and sent to Cadiz. Ship J off ph us, Loollcp, of Charlef aon, bound from Lisbon to Lrghorn. c.ptr red by two French privateers iii the Gut of Gibralter, one of 14 twelve pounders and 1 ;o men, the other 2 eight pounders ?nd 60 inen, 3 men killed and 8 wounded on board the Jofephus ; the captain and 20 men put on board the schooner privateer, treat ed very badly by the captain, officers, and :rew of the privateer, and on the 20th (two days after the capture) arrived at Ca diz where the Americans were sent on lliore. SALEVT, September 8. Arrived fh"p Thorn, Richardlon, Aavan na. Arrived ft homier , Pauchard, Caroli na, spoke tiie l'chr. Union trom Kinglfun, Jamaica. She was captured with a cargo of filh and lumber, from Portland for Spa ni'h port, condemned there and bought for jco dollars, one 4th part o c her-value, by Capt Shirley, who informed that 18 sr 2: American vefTels were at Jamaica; part con demned, and the reft waiting for the fame lite. C.:pt. S. was informed that the Eng hill .i.td otders to capture all American ve dels b( Hind to enemies ports. Yesterday arrived at Marble head, the fclir. Hannah, Hooper, 42 days from B:lboa. Left no Americans there. Alto Cole, 22 days fiom the Cape. Capt. C. came out under ronvoy. 1 lie fiiip B:utuv, Brown, belonging to TvlrfTrs, Growninfhieldl oi thf* ijoi t, was in the Gift of Gibraltar the 12 of July, bound "P* Es ft ward of the Wellern I/lands was boarded by a French privateer, treated very politely, informed that trench have no or- Jevsto take American vefTels, and adyifrd to put tlis guns below. i'his confirms (.lie old adage, that" killing, goes by favour." Captain Brown was also boarded by an English lrig.iK- and cautioned agailift enter ing Cadi,;, it beir. ; a blockaded port. lln brig Colombia, from Cbkrlefton for the Havanna, iud aJairge topfjil Ichooner iuppofed to be from the Havannn, have been taken by the British frigate Cjl umbia, off Cape Look-Out. The schooner John, Ingerfoll, arrivod at Beverly 011 Friday last, 30 days from Trini dadv, with fugsr a;id v cocoa. The British capture American veflels, laden with lugur or cocoa if from Surrinam or the .Spaniih colonies ; three have have sent into St. Kitts and one into Tqrtoli, from Trinidada. The Galen, Alhb", of this port, is in that predicament Surrinam and Trinidada being in the hands of the English, the veflels are regular!)* cleared from them by English Officers ; notwith standing which, they arc afterwards sent in for adjudications. i— r\ BOSTON Sept. 9 . AirivcH ship V'ijdrlia, Dublin 44 Hays Aug. 22, St. J lins bro'r too v a 'Jr'tifh frigate of 36 g«n*. Sept «8, spoke ■j LLoWier, from lierice for the Banks, 4 1 days out. No political news- The Ve ■ J nelia lias prrformed her voyage to and from Dublin in 90 days. ' Sam-' day. Snip Lucia, Cooke, St. Uhes, j6 days— ailed in co wiih (hip Cato, Parker for Portsmouth. Aug. 16, ha 40 I°°S 47 i' 2 fpoka brig P lly . Downs, n days from Kennebunk, for Martiuico all well. Sept 2 Cape Ssie bearing V Eby E. 30 leagues (kftfnt, spoke fliips Guati. ma?in, and Atahualpa, from Bollun,/or the North-Well coali —all well. There arc fix or seven fail of Spahifh ships of the line, and two frigates lying at the Havanaah. Flie Butifh Admiral sent information into Cadi/ that ail the neikrals might de p rj in btHaft. Capt. E. brought f;:lt for ballad. Ihe Danifli fchr. Phoenix, laden with sugar atid coffee, from Guadeloupe, for Al- | tuna ; was captured going into Bourdeaux, and feut to England. | ! All American Letter of Marque laden with ; 800 calks of sugar, nankeens, and other co- 1 iouial produce, has been captured by La : ; Mouche privateer of Bourdeaux, after an < adion of four hours and an. half ; She was ' [ bound from Lisbon to Bengal, and had been ; > tripled in an action with a French (hip be- i fore she fought the Mouche. t NEW-YORK, September 13. < Cleared, / 1 Ship Liberty, Wnodlum, Liverpool ; Schrs. t Eliza, Fairchild, Cuba; Raven, ' Jennincr, do. Nmicj Stevens, Jamaica ; Sen Horfc, v L«mbert, Honduras, " e Mirerv i, 3ell, Curracoa. Ship Huioir, has arrived at Greenack, from this p rt. Brig Duett, Noble, has arrived at H,imburcr. The Thip Tanner, i* condemned at New.Providence. The brig; Bilev from Bolton to Artifter dan-., is frnt into Halifax. CHALESTON, August 27. ■'rrivtd, J days ; h '.P S'fterj, St kes, London 39 Snip Cleopatra, Robinson, Portsmouth 37 Ship Argns, Clodiws, . Bremen 3J ■'■ rig \urora, Bowers, Barcelona 68 "rig Barentine, Gralm, St Sebaftia 'ti. 8 Market-ftroei. diw Angultjj. • , federal meeting. ."f " I a "*«i» of lbc lrthab-,tai, w of the U)^,, y yi G-Joitceiter, a. the- Court-Houie U purliiant to Public Notice B'ven tor that purpoil, on the nth day of September, ,Bco : _The felJW&vi i u(ly a dopted. Whereupon Resolved, 1 hit in the opinon cf this meeting, it is the real intersfi 1 and they take it to he the duty of all good nv.-n in the c imity of Glouccller, to come forward and ive llvir aid and support to tfce foregoirf icket, as bewi ; the one bed calculated t . preserve unto us the ineftim ible bleflingg of I -ace, order, and good g'overiln.cut, and a ( jntinuance ot our present excellci.t Federal Cooftituiion. Resolved, That we do abfoktely disavow tiie principles 'contained in certain public a t.""sot James Sloan and Jeremiah Wood, wherein they dec!..re—Hat a cben e of g ; - eminent, a change of Mfn, and a change The Triinils of the Federal rnsr,: are rtqutiled to meet at Djnwoody's " ' avern. < n Thursday Evening, the 18th. P? September milant.'at seven o'clock— on ' bufJncis of irnportanqcl :j s< p'- "i th d 4 t. Imported, and to be sold by CHARLES WHARTON,\ At his Huufe, No. 136, iouth Second ftreet, Lisbon Wine, 01 a good quality, in pipes, hog/heads and quarter calks. Bottling Corks, in bales, Women's Shoes, in trunks, &c. Septtii ber if. fl mfw just Received* IpNew To' ky And for Sale by WILLIAM FRENCH, No. 48. Sor.ih From Street, Vkhy Low, By the Package only, About thirty Baks or If eel ens a; fj. Blue Bmaths . "2 Bri.arffjbths afiorted ."5 C»ffiniera a(T-Tfed a•* 1 Plans & sorest Clnths £ l'inc Coilipjis snil Njps ro & , Low juiced Conines £ jj Loneinn ft;pcrfi e lJroaddoths « F, (hi i.iable Swanfd.»wris. . J p Septeipbcr i 5 d Simon, Walker HAS IIKTuOVfD HIS COUNTING HOUSE, To No. 79, Fourth Strkf.t, Corner of Union Street— -vh re he has for sale JUST RECEIVED, EARTHEN WARE, , ; A.To-tcd fax fifuwuiio* or nufat, Qlafi Wart-dditAlr fliiat, ia FjtCi Cl »d . Nutiuegt »nts Mm; 1 . J u| r *4 - NtrrtcE. * THE pi tbe.Cooriy j uctplni, arc rltjurftfd cq mecc.ft tVeMkjofil'i •? of Mr. JoJtph Hjrli, iij Thirf)-ft(i«Viif»f"' .. Vinc-ltrrct, on Wrdncfdtrf ike tjiMiifl;*"' at 4 o'clock in the. Afterttoa,. oo bttttncfa, of importance.;- " , /M 1 * Srpt. 13. For Sale, BY PUBLIC AUCTION—IN THE' city or Washington. THE following property belonging tothcTruf teesof the Agg egate Fund, provided for the . payment of certain creditors of Edwari Fox and James Gre^nleaf. Cn Monday the 6tb October inst. "IT) ART of the property of said fund, in the City jl of Wafiiiwgton, that now is rendered deal of every incumbrance, will be exposed at Public Au&ion at Tani>iclifi Tavern, among; (1 which are the following valuable fituatioii, viz. ir Lots in ' P|uare No. 973, 1 lots in iquire 974. 15 lots in I iquaro N». 995, 2 lots in fquarefcuth of fquart . I 1019, 19 lotsin square ioao.i lot in fquarc,io«e in square 1044, 3 lots in square TC4J, 3 log in •qpare 1046, 9 lot* in square 104 7, ij lots in square 1048, with funAy others, advantagcoufly j fitu.ited in varioii#[yirts of the city. Also the % :|ory frane hou(e now occupied by Mr. Deblois, ! beaatifully situated (with an extenllve view of fev- ' j eral mile; down the Potomac) on thefoHth east ' corner of square 973, fronti: 54s feet on 11 (Ireet taft, and 41 fectonfouth G ftrcet: a commodious 1 1 Kitchen with an oven, &c. adjoining the south j front. A large frame liable, carriage house and j hay loft'so (est by 15, and a pump of excellent water near the back door of the kitchen, the lot ! extending 91 feet on tj street, and 139 feet 1 inch in Gftret", comprizing lot;. Nos, 1, a, 3, andpart | cf 21, in the regillered division of the square. I he faleswill commence at the said tavern at tea o'clock in the forenoon. The tcrmsone fourth talh, oce fourth in fix ' months, when a deed will be given, the remain ing moiety in two years, payment to be secured by bond and mortgage. But the crejitors in the above fun d, may in lieu of mortgage iecitre pay ment, of-their ivnute by depoft of certificates c.f" " the truflefs at the rate of fivelhilfirgy in the pound, to the amount fecurr-d and (liruld a dividend take phce before the cxpiratiou »f the tw..-years, it will be set off againll the bond, and the certifi cates returned in the fame proportion. Henry Pratt "J Thomas W. Francis j John Miller, jua. Trufieet. John Afh'ey Jacob Baker. " J THOMAS TINGEY, Agent. August 4. jtaw ta WANTED, APPRO VED Bills on Amsterdam, At sixty days sight ; / FOR which Cafli will be paid, At the rate of Forty Cents per Guilder. d?t , Landing, Frorft the Brig Betsey, Captain Andrews, at the firft wharf below South Mahogany and Logwood, F r sale by PHILIPS, CRAMOND fcf Co. September 1 d-t * ' ' * ' >•.• J t - ' ■: ' < > *>• tu.thfa.tf.