i Wiis; - co jn'Try patent C a n v a s, No I t" S, Eorsaleby Ebenezer Large, ALSO 2oq boxes fliort pipes . tav>blc for the Spinifh Market 9 ny 13' th. »8»o «|mw*jjrw Charles Marfliall .. AND SON, No. 46, Cbesnut Street, HAVE RECEIVED, Per brig Liberty, capt Henderf n from Anuler d.im, and other arrivals, A quantity of the Following article", which they fell for calh, or the usual credit— Antimon crui OI Anifi Arsenic alb Juniper Sac faturni .Succini Vitriol alb Rhn Hi B'-rax Camphor Opium Occitinclla Aunetto Gum Benzoin Merc Rule —— .'.rabie Pracip rub Myrrh Corroa sub 1 Kirto ALS© ON HAND, Sal G'auber ("Manna flak R%fl eeetian | I Com Flo Sulphur (3 1 Liquorice ball Sweet oil r O "S Cort'Peru slav Sem aniG 155 ®^ u ' > Rlieubarb J — L And a quantity of Shop furniture, furgeom instrument% patent medicines, flee.—Medicine chcfts, and or,«rs froir the courtry, put up on moderate terms. frptrrnVr 13 Marflial's Sales. United states > P nnsylvania District, £ PURSUANT to a writ to me direfled from th« honorable Richard Peters, Esq. Judge of the Diftriil Court of the United States for the Pennsylvania Dirtriil, will be exposed to public sale, at t fie-Merchants' Coffee House, in the city of Philadelphia, on Wedne'day the 14th of September, inltant, at ii o'clock at soon, 3Tjfc*l _ L'AIGLE, r,Z£ t0 t ' le United States schooner Ectc-rprize, lieutenant Shaw, commander—With ■fl and lingular her apparel, gun» and appurtenan ces. The farae hiving been condemned in the said court, at sor f eited &e. JOHN HALL, Marfbal. MarJhaVs Office. I September 13, 1800 J 3tawtS. United States ") _ Pennsylvania District, $ BY virtue of a writ to me direfled from the Honorable Richard Peters, Esq. Judge of the Dillridl Court of the UniteJ Swes lor the Pennsylvania DiftriS, will be exposed to Pub lic Sale, at the Merchants' C me Himfe, in the city of Philadelphia, on Wednesday the 34th of September irift.at i» o'clock at noon, £""ln The armed French vessel cal'ed CHOUCHOU, Prize to t e Uiiittd States armed flvp Philadelphia, Stephen D-catur, commander, witn all and singular her appartl, g ns and appui Usances —the fame having ''•en lately condem ned in the laid rom.r a ft rfeited, &c. JOHN H iLL, Marjlal. Mnrjhal's-Office, ) Sept. 13, 1800. 5 3awtS BY ADJOURNMENT. UNITED STATES, ? , Pennsylvania District. BY virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias to me di redled, ifloedcutof the Diftrifl Court of th< Dnitsd States in and for the Pennsylvania Dif tiidl, will he fold at Public Vendue at the Mer chant's Coffee House, on Tuesday th 16th day ot September inft at 7 o'clock, in the evening, t»»o third parts of he Jk A i BKIG, CALLED THE VENUS, WI T H the lame proportion nf htr tji k!e, apparel and appur enincei, &c. Seir.-d and take. into execution and to be fold as the property of R.ihert l 1 Bail, drceafed JOHN HALL, Marshal. M 'shot's Ofrce, 1 September 13, 1800. J PROPOSALS FOR PUBLISHING BT SUBSCRIPTION, « ' The Works • OF thki Hon. James Wilson, Efq- L. L. .D[ Late one of the Associate Just ces of the Snrtmc C"urt of the Unied Stales and Professdr at laiv in tie College and Academy of Philadelphia. From the original manuscript, in the pofiVfiion of Bird Wilson, Esq. CONDITIONS. There worfcs fliall be e'efantly printed in two volumes oflavo, md delivered 'o fubkrib«r« at five dollart. They fliall be put to press as foen as the subscrip tions will juftity the tupence of publication, Subscriptions will f>e received by ASBURY DICKINS, The puhlHher, opp<fite Chrifl Church, Phila delphia ; and hj the principal bookfellcrs thruogl« out the United States. • • A Prufpeilus of the work may be feeti at the place of fcpuinber 13 Late FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, Augu.fl i. HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY. Held at the Cock-Pit, Whitehall., the day of May. Present, the following mflfl noble and right iionourrble lords commissions of appeals in prize caufcs. Lord Chancellor, Lord Eldon, Duke of Portland, Chief Baron M'D. Earl Spencer, Sir Gnty Cooper, Earl of Liverpool, Sir R; Pepper Arden Earl of Weftmoreland, Sir W. W. Wynne, Lord Henley, Sylvester Douglas, Lord Macartney, R H.W.Windham Claes Grill. Esq. consul-general of his tnajefty the king of Sweden, Appellant. John Lawford, Esq. cwmmander of a squadron of his majesty's ships, Respon dent. On this day came on the appeal cause be tween the abive parties, refpcfcting the cap ture of the Maria, one of the Swedish con vov taken on the 30th of June 1798. by commtdore Lawford, and carried into Mar gate Roads The convoy confiding of several (hips under the prote&ion of a Swedish frigate, vvere bound for several ports in the Medi terranean, and laden with pitth, tar, iron, deals, &c. of these only one was going avowedly to an enemies port, Ferrol ; seve ral were destined for Portugal, and the Maria for Genoa. After a (hort detention, the frigate and (hips foi Portugal were dif chaiged, and the reft detai ed ; and on the 13th off Oftober following, the present suit was instituted in the adm rahy court, the even of which mull be decisive of the right to the whole capture The cause came on to be heard 01.o 1 . the 20th of Dec before Sir Witliam Scott, who direfted further proof; and in compliance with this order, on the part of the captors, amoDK other attestations was produced a copy of the inftru&ions which w re given to the commander of the Froye Swedish frigate, which paper it in the French language, and is thus translated : ' In cafe the lieutenant colonel should meet with any fhipt of war of other nations, one or more ot any fleet whatever, then the lieutenant eolrnel is to treat him with all possible friendfhip, and nut give any oc casion of enmity : But if you meet wirh a foreign armed veffl, which. »n (peaking, should bedefirous of having (till further as furance that your frigate belongs to the kitiir of Sweden, then the lieutenant-colo nel is hy the Swetlifh flag ar.d salute, to make known that it is so ; or if they would make any search among the merchant ships which are under your convoy, which ought to be e de voured to be prevented ac much a» poflible, then the lieutenant co louel is in cafe such thing should be i fitt ed upon, and that remonftranccs could not be amicably made, and that notwithstand ing your amicable comportment, the mer chant fh ps should nevtrthelefs be violently attacked, then violence mult be opposed aga 11ft violenct." On the iflof Mav, the cause came on for futher hearing when Sir William Scott rejedled the claim for the ship and cargo, and condemned the fame as a good and law ful pr ae, as belonging, at the time of the capture thereof tn the enemies of Great Britain, and as such liable to fcizure and confifcation. To this dec ee an appeal was lodged, which now came on to be heard before the above Lords Commissioners when the King's Advocate and the Solicitor General were heard for the respondent, and Dr. Lawrence tor the appellants. The Court then postponed the further hearing untill that day week when it wa re'umed hy a most able argument, by Mr M'lntofh, on the fame fide with Dr. Law rence. Thij clof d the argument and the cafe now stands for judgement, which is daily expi&ed by the public with great solicitude. From the magnitude of the print in iffi'-a, and the copiousness of the argument, embracing the whale poition of the law of rations refpefling the rights of Neutral Powers • y sea, it would be impofiible to compress the merits of the whole cafe with in the limits of a dai'y paper, without excluding other important matter. We therefore mean to detail it in the following order. We now submit the cafe ;on some future day, we shall give th: argument of r Counsel. and then close our repott, with a foil (tatement of the judgement the day after it shall be delivered. Case as stated by the Appellant. Immediately that the Sweedifh convoy tame in fight, on the 27th of June. 1798, the Briti ! ships hoisted their colours and the ships of the convoy fiiewed theirs ; but it is rot suggested by the English Commo dore that tlie Swedish frigate then fh-wed any indication whatsoever of hostility or forcible r filtance. The Romcey. notwithstanding, beat to quarters, and call off the lower deck guns, and ran them out, and upon the Romney ard the Swedish frigate getting within hail, Comodore Lawford begged leave to fend an officer on board, which was answered (as he himfeif admi sj very politely and a Lieu ! tenant was thereupon sent on board the Swe ' di'fh frigate to know the deftinatioa of the vefTcl under convoy, with their lading. '1 he answer given without hesitation that they were ' wedes, from Marftrand, bound to different ports in nhe Mediter;a nean, laden with hemp, iron, pitch and tar. w fa l s 1 conrmuKD. No demand !i asserted to have been made of the paper 3 of the Swedish (hips ; but as the detaining of thtm by force was in the opinion of tht- Commodore Lawfsrd, a cir cumltance which required some considera tion, iince it might involve the two nations in war, he called a council of-the captjuos of the squadron, and then sent a lieut. to England, with dtfpatches to the Lords Com miffioners of the Admiralty, for their iti it ructions. In the mean time, the squadron contin ued in company with the hweJilb frigate and the convoy ; and, on the 3°'h of June, the Lieutenant, who had been sent with the dispatches of Commodore Lawford, return ed with dispatches from the Lords of the Admiralty. The claimant he* takes the liberty of noticing, that, although ihe captors have ex hibited, in the manner before dated the in (tru&ions which h s Swedish Majcfty gave to his own Officer, they h;:ve not thought proper to bring forward (a» it is presumed that they easily might have done, with con sent of His Majetly's Government) their own reprefentstion, coming Irom all t eir Commanders, in public Council, to their own superiors, nor the inllruftions which they received in answer from those superi ors ; documents which are the moll materi al to (hew the instant and genuine impression made by the demeanour of the Swedifb fri gate and coavoy po all the BricifU Comman ders. and the grounds on which alone the Lords of the Admiralty authorised the fei «are and dttention. Having received that authority (on what ever motives, and 111 whatever terms, it may have been given to him,) Commodore Law ford lent two of the Captains of the fqwadron on b>.ard the Swedish frigate, to inform the Commander, that he h.id orders to detain his convoy, and carry them into the nearest English Port. It does not appear that upon this, any more than on former occ. fions, the Swedish Commander refuf-d the infpedYion of the papers of the ships under his convoy, nor in deed that even at this period any luch in fpeflion was demanded. The Swedilh Commander, however, upon the intimation given by the two Captains, laid, that he was sorry any difference fliould arise between' the two nations ; and at the fame time, (hewed his inflrudtion (a copy of which he gave,) which were to repel any at tempt that might be made to board his con voy by force, although he was firfl to make ule of conciliatory measures, and endeavor to prevent it amicably if possible. This was communicated to Commodore Lawford, who returned for answer, that he Ihould immediately proceed to take p-'ffef fion of the convoy, and the Ployer, Wolve rene, and Pitatte, part of the squadron, were ordered to hoard the Swedish vefTels, Com modore Lawford, at the fame time, making the lignal to prepare for battle. The fliips appointed to board the convoy began fulfil ling their intrusions ; and Doth guns and mulkets were a&ually fired at the ships which did not bring to upon being ordered. At the fire of each, Commodore Lawford, as he slates, expected that the Swedish Com mand r would make tlte proinifed refiftmce, but nothing Was offered ; only it is Lid, that the Commander of the Swedish fiigato ap|iearcd un?afy, by the frequent wearing of his (hip during the .%jght, the Romney being, at the fame time, close under her lee, with lower deck guns run out, and every man at his quarters. By day-light, 011 the 31ft of June, the greatest part of the convoy were iecured ; but it being observed by Commodore Law ford, that two larfre (hips, which appeared to be havering round the frigate, had not been boarded, he ordered the Plover and Pi lotte to hoard them, judging, as he also ft.ites, lhat this lad measure would decide how far the Swedish Commander meant to dispute the point. A boat from the Plover was thereupon sent on board one of the fai<i large Ihips, when the Swedish frigate bore, and stood for the Plover with an intention, as expeding by Commodore Lawtord, of open ing her fire. The Uomney bore also, and made the lignal for the Da'phane to tack to support the Plover j but (till no firing took place. The petty officer put on board the large Swedish veflel by the Plover was taken out by *n armed boat from the Swedish frigate; This, as Commodore Lawford was after wards convinced, and has fairly admitted, was only done by the Swedish Commander in the way of retaliation, on account, as it (lieuld seem, of some of the Swedish crew, whom it was Capt. duty to pro te&, haying been taken out of their own veflel ty the Plaver, and the English petty officer was immediately after returned, as Commodore Lawford has also admitted. At the moment, however, of the tranf af\ion, the English Commodore being, as lt« avows, exmtnely exasperated, direfted the boat to be fired at; but aa that instant the Daphne came ill a line with the boat, and prevented the (hot being fired at the boat, as ordered. A Swedilh was fhen Tent on board, the Romney, with the complaints of the Swedish commander, and wilb an intimation that' be would go into an pott tuitb the convey; and an agreement thereupon tsok place, that the Swedilh Commander (honld direst the convoy into such port as Commodore Lawford (hould point put, and that cotiimodore Lawtoril would withdraw the Englifli feamenand leturn all the Swedes. This was done, accordingly ; and commodore j Lawford made the signal fi<r all captains, J and acquainted them with the termination of the business, and of his intention to go in to Margate Roads. Ihe whole of the {hips were fhostly after brought to anchor juf{ without Marjjf.te Roads, when an officer was lent oc board the Swcdifli frigate to reqtitft that the commander would give com modore Lawtord a lift of his'ccnvoy, with an account of their lading ; from What port thry came ; and whither were dellined, and with this, as with every other amicable requell JMfct to him during the whole tranf edlion, rffreadily complied. The papers of the "fliips under convoy were not takcMnto poficfiinn, nor even de manded for infp-dtion, so far as appears by the c .ptors, until upwards of six ivccks af ter tht capture, and in the interval an offer was made to the (hips bound to Portugal, that they might proceed on their voyage ; one {hip (the snow St. Johanr.es, Cilftrom, mallei) received, by order of the Lords of the Admiralty, a written discharge, dited on the 20th of September ; (lie was, how ever, soon after ordered, by the guard-lhip at the Nore, to proceed up the river, where (he remained nearly three weeks, without any proceedings being had against her, or the pa pers having ever been infpefted or demanded by the captors, or any per (on 011 their be half, till the mailer himfelf, being desirous, and thinking it his duty to obtain compen sation for this long detention, voluntarily carried his papers to the Kioj's Proftor, who in consequence, brought them before the Court on the 13th of Oflober, and then, ana not before, commenced proceeding a gainfl that veffcl and car^o. The Judge of the Admiralty, under the fpecinl fads of that cafe, restored the St. Jo hannes, together with the cargo ; and, as the claimant submits, the diftin&ion which the captors and his majesty's government made, with regard to that ve(Tcl(a diflir&i on declared at the time, to be underlined as extending to all the lliips bound to Portu gal), evinces in the cleared and moll incon trovertible manner, that, down to the 13th of o<£lober, neither His Majesty's Govern ment nor the captors, confid red the Swe dish convoy, generally, to have made any such resistance as would raise thfj present quetlions ; but, from thf 27th of June down to that time, a period of nearly four months, were proceeding again!! particular fliips only, on the ground of their avowed or fufpedted defoliations to hostile ports, with cargoes <,f naval (lores. REASONS assigned by APPELLANT. 1. Bcaufe the velLl and cargo being the undoubted property of Swedes, as claimed, the cargo conlilling wholly of Swedilh pro duce, and both documented accordingly to treaty, were engaged in a fair, open, and le gal trade. 2. Becanfe, whatever may he the legal confrquence, if forcible refinance be made by a merchant fliip to prevent visitation, no such refinance was made, 01 attempted to be made, by the velTel in queoi6n. 3. Brcaufe the right of visitation was not carried or attempted to be carried tioH, by the cap r , in a manner confident either with the lqtter orfpirit of the treaties between Great-Britain and Sweden, or the duties ot that right itfelt. 4. Because the fliip's papers were immedi- I ately delivered on the firft den and, which,' however, not take place until the fix weeks after the capture. 5. Because the principles and authorities which fubjedt private merchant fliips to search, do not, by any just analogy in law, apply to the situation of a fleet under convoy of a (hip ot war, specially .appointed by the fovercign, and pledging the public faith of the (lute to which they belong. 6. Because, although there are many in stances of veflels failing under convoy, forne even of an enemy, and others which have been taken after con&Jerable reliflance, and a formal engagement with the convoying (hips, yet no precedent has been adduced, or can be adduced, of any veflel having been condemned on that account : and many hive been afhially restored. 6 Because, from the date of the trea ty of 1656, down to the present time, Swe den has been in the occasional praftice of fending convoys, when (he had been at peace and Great Britain at war, and nei ther has any qaeftion in ceofequence be«n ever raised in any Britiffi court of jnftice, nor any remonstrance, so far as appears, been ever made by the British government; on the other hand, when Sweden hubeenat war and Great Britain at peace, public in ftru&ions have been iffu«d to the Swedish cruizers to refpeft the words of every Bri tish officer, having the merchant (hips of this country under his convoy. I 8- Because, in this instance, the convoy j ' n £ f r, g at e was not appointed with any ori ginal purpose adverse to Great Britain, and did not make any aflual refiftanee, though the commander seems to have been reyeat edly provoked so to do. 9. Because, by the agreement of the British and Swedilh commanders, the ques tion whatever it was, between the two coun tries, was referred entirely to the two courts. I 10. Because the captors, and his majef ! ty's government, by their conduft towards the Swedish frigate, and the veffeli under his convoy, bound to Portugal, have clear ly admitted that the Swedish fleet was not seized and detained on account of any forci ble refiftanee. of any refufal to fabmit to vifitatien and search but solely on grounds arising out of the nature of the cargoes and destination. which grounds have been aban doned in fa£t,andcaunotbe maintained inlaw. PARIS July 29. ACTS OF GOVERNMENT. Decree of the 24th of July. The Consuls oftbe Ref.vb ic to the Minister of Murir.i The Consuls have no: seen without pain Citizen Minister, that several Chips of the Brest squadron have been disarmed, and that ata moment,\\h;n it was more elfential than ever to complete the organization ot our squadron, it fliould be iuffcred to be difcou raged .by the fir ft difficulties which present themf-lves. It is at the moment when the Continental war absorbs the principal re fouices of the nation, and the principal at tentionof Government, thit thr Mmifterof Marine, the Admiral?, the Directors, flioold redouble their courage and {iirintfunt all ob llacles. Gaufe inquiry to be made into the conduft of the D.redors or Officers who have ordertd the difaiming of four (hips, which have left the road and entered into the port, and of those who have authorized leave of absence to the' sailors. These ope* rations could not be jultifiable without a special order of Goyernmeut, Take mea« fares that there may be at once a raiting of all people on the coast ; and that our (lnps be provided with every thing. neceffaey for their failing. The French wish fora marine they willi it much. They will make ,ti! t.ie ncceflary facnfices to accoinpljlh their wish, Krep an inipaitial but ftritt eye upon your Officers and the different branches of the Adminiflration. It is tihie there should be an end to dilapidations. Send bach those individuals who have been a lon£ time but too much marked ky public opinions as par ticipators in fraudulent meafure#; As rhc law cannot reach them, let them at le<-ft be put in a state of impotence to injure more. In the courle of Aupufl, should circum* (lances permit, the First Consul will go to visit th- Brest fleet. See that he shall havfc nothing then to bellow but eulogies upon the Mmifler, and the prinfipal Agents ot Government. The Consuls will make, known to the French people the officers and Aduiniflrators who (hall have ,served with zeal, and will point ont to public opinion those who hive (li<*wn themfclves unworthy of it by a culpable apaihy. Reward will be bellowed upon the (hip which (lull be v in the bed Rate, and the crew, of which (hill be heft disciplined. Order the Commander in chief of the squadron of Brefl, as also the Generals and Captains of (hips, to remain constantly on board, to lay on bo«rd, at night, and to ex rcife the crew? with new aftivity. Eftab'idi by a regulation premiums for the young sailors, who (hall fliew the attivity ; and for the gunners, whb (hall difliugmlh themfeves by their precision ir» firincr. A single day mufl not pall without each fliip exercising with ball, firing alter nately at marks placed on the coast ; and others placed iu the road. (Signed) * BUONAPARTE. (True copy.) H. B. MARET, Sec'ry. PARIS- July 19. The firft Tclurne of the documents ref pe&ing the Englilh committee is printing bv order of Government. The Police has mad* a difcovi ry of new agents and new intrigue?. The documents were buried fix feet under ground in the garden of the farm of Crenelle. ARMY OF ITALY, Materia, General in chief, to the inhabitants of Piedmont. : Head qff>rt«r», MjJlft, Jaly |£' I am informed that in fume provinces of Piedmont there is a mmiteftation of infur re&ional moveme its ; that there even ex ists some armed collective bodi-s. What can be the objeft of such moyements ? they threaten the pubic tra quility and '.he fafety of the army Is this the price which the French government ought to receive for the generous ondutt which it has observ ed towards Piedmont ? And (hall agitata tors deceive themselves with refp & to the moderate nfe which it m kes of its strength and ita vi&ories ! Piedmontefe people, ani mated with the fame spirit of peace and juftic* that a&uates my government I wi(h only for your happiness and tranquility, but not treat as an illusion the baneful con sequences of the rebellion to which these proceedings lead. You will bring down death upon your heads desolation among your families, and the devaftatiou of your properties. It is then, in the name of your existence, of that of your wives, of your children, and in the names of your dearefl intercfts, that I summon you to return to order. Do not shut your ears to my voice when it speaks to you the words of peace ! Do not compel me to make preparation of force. The moment when you (hall oblige me to march the French columns agiinlt you, will be that of exemplary punilbment. : Enjoy, inhabitants of the town and coun try, enjoy the bosom of your families, the powerful proteftion of the French army as. fures yon, and fear to turn against you the army made for your defence, and to pro voke the heroes who bring fiiendlhip to the people of all nations, but who have never been insulted or assassinated without figi»al vengeni.ce. This proclamation (hall be ad dressed to the provisional government of I Piedmont, and to the general commandii g there, that they may each in their proper place give it the greatest publicity. It (hall be pHnted in the two languages, pub lished, and potted throughout all Piedmont, (Signed) MASSENA. HAGUE, July 8. We learn that the army which Gen. Angcreau is to command on the Rhine will , confix of 50,000 men, pa tly French and Batavians, and will join the corps of Gencrali Sc. ; uiinriaeand Cartaux. Gen. An ereau ■8 cxpeded here from the Camp of Frnd howen. VIENNA, July i. After a lo: g cnnference, at which the principal Muiiftcr affilted, i t was resolved not in accept the Convention concluded in italv with Bor.aparte. In consequence of 'his determination, recruiting has been Commen- <( *
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