§y this Day's Mail. NEW-YORK, Oftober 8. COMMUNICATION'. Mr. Lang, Enclol'td is a Document, tahen from the " 1 rue Briton," a London daily nc\vyfpaper, of the gth of July, an.d fenV to you for pub lication, in hopes that it may h*v£ some ten dency to check the prevalence of DUELLING.and promote the indispensable neccliity ps Naval and Military subordina tion in all countries. I am your constant reader, MILES. Major-General Coote. The following- is a copy of a letter sddrelTed to M.ijor-Getteral Goote, on tlte occafi n of his bringing- the Challenge ef Major Arniiirong' Urfore a Court of [,;uv : Horst-Gvards, July 25, iSocv 1 " I Have received his Royal Highness the Commander in Chiefs directions to fignify to you his Majesty's mod gracious approba tion of your conduit in refpett to Mr. Arm flrong, late Major in the i ith regiment of Foot. His M*jefty considers the conduft of Mr. Armttrong, in having endeavoured to groand a perfenal quarrel on the evidence which you g;ive in conformity to your duty Ou your oath, before a General Court-Mar tia!, as militating not less against the priix ciples ef public justice than againrt the difci plinc of the army. And his Majesty hat been pleafcd to diredi. that it should be fignified to you i:i the jlrongeft terms, that by having had tecourfe to the laws of the country, en this occasion, you have displayed a spirit t uly commendable in a soldier, and peculi arly becoming the (lation you hold in his Mijelly's service, to which you have render ed a material benefit, by furnilhing an exam ple which his Majesty has ordered to be point ed out as worth the imitation of every of ficer u .;der similar circumltanees. " ]t> order that his Mxjefty's fentinients on this head may be generally known, f have received his royal commands to transmit a copy of this letter circular, to commanding oarers, with diiedlions to cause it to be in- Jlrted in the Books of Orders in their ref pedtive regiments. " I have the honor to be, si,-, With much regard, Your very obedient faithful ferv't, H. CALVERT, Adjuta< t-Gencral.. J' To Major-General Coote, stc._" College ofNew-Jerfey. The public e immencement for sonfer ring degrees in this College was held on the 24th of September The exercises of the day were in the following order: 1 ft. Prayer by the President. id. Latin Salutatory by Philemon Hunt of New-Jersey. 3d. Englifli Salutatory by James Carna han of Petmfylvania. 4th. Pcilcs l.ettres oration by George Mifflin ot Pennsylvania. sth. Mathematical oration by William Gregory of Virginia. 6th. A duebffion of the following quest ion : I* tie immortality of the foul discovera ble by re son unaided by revelation ? Richard D. Bayicy, Virginia, who maintained the negative ; Jacob Lind ly, of Pennsylvania opponent ; Aneas W. Skelton of New Jersey, replicator. 7th Oration on tbe Policy of etlablifh ing a permanent Navy by the United States, by Charles Fenton Mercer of Virginia for the degree of matter of arts. Bth. Oration on the inhumanity of the Slave trade, by James Crawford of Penn sylvania. 9th. A difcuflion of the following qurft ion : Among the duties of a free (late to its citizens, ought public inftrudtion to be in eluded ; —Robert F. Smith, of Virginia, Respondent who maintained the affirmative, John Bayles of N. Jersey Opponent, Phile mon Hunt, of ditto Replicator. 10th. Oration 00 the immigration of fo reigners into the Uuited Sates of America, by B nj.min Palmer of S. Carolina for the degree of matter of arts, 11 th Oration on the Nec ffity of Re ligion for the prcferva ion of CivilXDrder hy Frederic Beafley of N. Carolina for the degree of mailer of arts. t?th. 'Phe conferring of degrees—when the degree of Batchelor of arts was confer red on John Bayles, Richard J3. Bayly, James Cevnahan, Arth.ur v 'R. Fitzhugh, William A. Gregory Philtmon 'Hunt. I Lindly, Benjamin M, Palmer, iEfleas W. Sketton, Robert F- smith ; ;nd certificates of honourable improvement in the Science were also conferred on James Crawford, Joseph Granier, and George Mifflin, men>- bera of the Pme class. The degree of matter ot rts, was conferred on David Barclay, Frederick. Beifl y, Richacd L. Beatty, Aaron Coe, Thomas Edgar Hughes Peter Le Conte, Charles l enton Mercer. Edmund. Mor ford, Jao bS. Otto, Matthew Ferine, Jchn Peyton, Lawrence lUven, Dennis de Ferr Reed, Richard Rufli, John Brown Siemens, Samuel A. Stuart, John Stoops, John Vanclsve and John Watson Alumrii of this Collej'e- Ths Rev. Asa inafttr of arts in the College of Yale where admitted#;/ tandem in this College Phe ,d; 3 ee of DoSor in Divinity was conferred on the Rev. Levi Hart and on the Rev. J,hn Smally both of the ftote of ConnedU icut. 13th Vaeldietory Oration was the pro nqur v'fd by Arthur R.Fitzhugh of Virgin >»• JtICPI!£OND, ► (Virg.) o£lab"r z'. Heirii Mu: :',er'! A n?oft crii 'l and i nli uiTia t ci order was .011 Sittiruy evening- faft, coininittr.l or, Mr, VV ilham A]r:ictcVj a v . :nv i of c«>un:y, as lie wis returning't > his Other's from the court'-houfc vylwr? lie.lv,d beep that d.y on foins bafitiel'i: Perhaps the barbarity exercised in This (liocki'n< deed has bet 11 feMcim equalled—— for the blootj thnOy •tff.irtin, more Tiip.ti'-ius than the car nivorous beast of prey, • could not leave the victim of Ivs wrath and vengeance', until lie ha-< cut the thi->it from ear to ear ! after Jfradluring the scull in Inch a manner as to Snfure death. Ihe rootniflg following, the hor!- belonging to this rfntorhifia-te young nun, with fiddle, bridf" and (addle-bags on hi«H» was dil'covered (finding in the road bc l:de the bloody corpse of (lis nuft-r. A large loaded horse-whip was found near the bodv, supposed to be the weapon mads use of in the commencement of this adt, which probably may lead to the difcove'-y of the perpetrator, whole name will hereafter fh >clc the ear of humanity. Mr. Aluxander, for many years had a&ed as drpirty clerk under his father, and from his extrrmy capability, all the du ties attached to his father's office, as clei kof the county, devoKed upon him. ALEXANDRIA, Ofteber 4. General Gabiiel, lias arrived fafe at Rich mond, and it is thought he will be exalted to a Ration Come what higher than the one he has hitherto he'd ; bat this unambitious pa triot Teems rather anxious to wave the mat ter, if polfible. After an involuntary, ai,d we rather suspect difagrerable interview with the Governor, his Excellency was efenrted to the Penitentiary, where he is to wait for farther ord-n. Notwithflanding the great anxiety exhibited for his safety, the General is laid to have manifefled the utmoll Qompo fiire ; and with the true spirit ofheroifni seems willing to resign his bi»th office and even his life, rather than gratify the officious enquiries of the Governor, which may en danger the neck of his dark fatsllities. NORFOLK, October z. The guard ahicli carried Gabriel to Rich mond, returned yeftcrday. Hr was com mitted to the Penitentiary House, and we understand is to be tried to-morrow, on which day ten of his aecomplces are to be executed. An American of 36 guns has been seen off tke Capes of Delaware, difuiaflcd. Accounts are in town from Suffolk, men tioning that an infurreftion had beeu medi tated at that plate. It is fnid the cjrcum flance was difcovercd by two white women that lived with iim« negrues. A patrole on Manday appie nei.ded the women, and they were undergoing an examination Men the llage left there. We are requeued by frvrral subscribers to observe that the firing' of iky rockets is both dangerous ai:d improper. To tho|'e who havi resided in St. Domingo it is well known that the negroes at the Cape kept up their communications with the plantations by me. ns of (ky rocke's—we th refrire hope 'he practice will be discontinued. An alarm of fire Was caused the other evening by the (tick of a rocket filling up,>n the roof of a house near Catlierine-ftreet. New-Theatre. FRIDAY EVENING, Octobm io. Will be presented a Comedy,called The Road to Ruin, Harry Dornton, Mr. C ioper,—Sophia, Mil's E.WrJt y -Go dfinch, Mr. Bernard—Widow War ren, Mrs. Shaw. To '.vbirb will be added, a mticb admired ffirand Dram.Tr Romance, CALIKB •i . Blue Beard 'OR, FEW Ail C V R'IQS I l'X ; ffi»> - ' EeUrd/Mil* e i-ii, .Tit'threa qairteri of a Aod Uilleryt-fcilf a doffir. " 1 ' sy" The door» of the Theatre will open at half pa It five and the curtain rif« at half past fix o'clock/ £5" Gentlemen and I.adies ere requeued to few.l their fervant-s to keep places in the boxes at a quarter past fiveo'clock. Places in the boxes to he taken at the office in the front of the Theatre, from to till I o'clock, and from 10 till 4 ®n the days of performance Tickets to behad at H. andP. Rice's book {lore, No. 16, South Stcond Street, and at the oflice ad joining the Theatre. |(ZP" Oit M nday, The ORPHAN ; or, The Uniatpy Marriage, in which a Young Gentleman will make hisJirst appearance on tbis, and second on any S:.i o 'e ; with the SPANISH BARBER. Landing At Wain's wharf, The Cargo of the brigEnterprize, CONSISTING OF Surinam MolaiTes, Of an ex.sliest quality, in hogfreads, tierces and barreis, And ab,.,ut 40 quarter casks LISBON WINE, Fox S.itF. nr Whartony Lewis, No I Js,!oulhFront (Irect of.sber 9 tu ih (a tf Gazette of she United States PHIL A D Rl. P 'A J/i TT.vnr.p*y. ► oc"VO<».tH 9 THE GRIND QJJES t'iON STATED. At the present I'T.\tmi and momentous epoch, '.'lie only ltpsgJuon to be afk-d by ev ery American, lav «g bis h.ipd nn his heart, is, 14 (hall I c.mtioue in aii.'i'i-mce t», GOD—AND A RELIGIOUS PR.ItSIDES t'; Or i'.npi>ufiy declare for , JEFFERSON—AND NO GOD !! ! To Rf.nnF.Rs ash Cotursftami.KifYs Various P,raj;raplis,- from an intelligent file lid, will soon be cheerfully admitted. Th' conclusive aiidenergetic article, head ed '• vV;ir between the i United jS'tatet and France," will appea, soon. " Plutahcu':" political Pari-ellel is not unworthy of his name like. It appears this day. " Jacsbikism Illu«thatbd," a poe tical «i«g the town with'a ftira stu/t, out of which his own inm e will be hewn by an eminent artist, and IfucJc 11 ■ lyofVtpontally over the roof, as a tucjtberc Count; fySUjitiji Tv I. n ; who, doing* a.lknmiJh or-tween two finail par-i tir*s, in the ui tke houfc i wHm'c (n- lefidrd, dTi.i; (i'y il.ot her to I ..i t i« r y .in o.c] i. nil ag r t !irr huiband. | The murderer is now u\ 0 1 , hut, the | perfoti to whom br rontVlTi"-! his guilt, fhor:- , y be fare his death, y--c lives. j Is Stephen Say re, Bloom field's Se cretary,) tbe fame en, that, exhibi ted a demand against uve United States, for a large Aim ot moneys as a compenfjU tioii for monies aJvanc**d «i)d services re fl at red, (or aliedged, so to be) by him in~Eu rope, with no other voucher, than his vwn word and honor? We believe that demand was refuted ; was i: not Stephen ? A letter received this morning by tlt( Editor, from ?i geiitlemaii of iftformation i> efforts of J'CobimTin will be lruflritetl.— Our accounts Irorn every part of tlic Stat are encouraging. lam o) opinion tlut oui will be more feJaal tban U( year. —l.ms Dzo. <;£f The attention of our rtadsrs to the in last eveniv. paper, eatraft ed from the New York Gaz«tte, ill which the pointy of'the p„-nJiijg negpeiatian be tween the United States and France, are ably dii'culTed, and the deceptive arts of French negociators expdlgd. It IhouVl have appeared at a mucf) earlier d-y, but in ex- having an original inveuicja rion, I'm) id a gentle man, wkofe ability, and p'urt'utts«.qualified him for tlie '"Riffc, we de clined for a period. The solicitation of our friend*., and the merit of the piece itfelf,' in duced Us it la ft evening. TENCH C.OXE Continues his whining, canting and hy pocritical letters. Jn one puMidird in the Aurora ct this morning, he t ilksaf hisn hm- NKSS [what a bore] and bt'KFKuiNS [_biirt for an ligbcr 'Jftce ; o [,e fe I olds does not compensate bim fir bis S'.'FFERiUGsy and fays they f*e in the ifiait the fort? jj'edifc of hii future e.ertion. [ln the pah Jnd "j '«-£Seni we fee a sure pledge ol his 'mini; in fm,»us condufl.] But the heft of all is, lie denies having a fled «u # or conducted \ or ESCOIITED the Bntifij arm;. TtKci-.-, tliij ii too large to lie Avail.>wed «-ven bvvoui Irifffjfl?, rrnny of u h :m sattf and in —• >-ou when you etc rtrd 011 ivrfrback, the J},- ••//> /Srmv into fhiS city. Deny bavin;.', join ed the British and you pivt; the lie to v ur Father. As to y and criminal falfelloo'l an»r 'Negroes to Santa Cruz, and felling them for Slaves, while you were" Secreta'y of tie Abo'.iti.m Society. This fa ft alone ought to damn yiiu with every virtuous man. For the Gazette of the United States. n BLOOM FIELD & SAY RE. . perhaps there are no two men living •■"lis (liquid be more anxious to live entirely forgotten arfd unknown than Joseph Bloom field and Stephen Sayre. The fir It cannot move without betraying the extreme defic:- g ency of his undemanding ; nor the latter i, without difcoyering the depravity of his > principles and wickedness of his heart. But r as they have thought proper to put thern t (elves in conspicuous lituations ; to addict's t the people'on their political concerns, and to n guide the public mind by fallhood, folly and fnifreprifenutions, to thafc who do not know ■, tliem, a (li.irt (ketch of their characters mav s be amusing. e BLOOMFIELD v was formally years an attorney of the lowed e grade in the (tate ot Mew-Jersey ; a down h right prove 11) for weaknejs and dullitefe of i . intellect. ; a (finding fubjef* of rid cule and j jell. Being at length ;)bf. lutely and literal ly laughed from the bir, he set up for a po litician, and has been trying in vain to be something ev< r fmce. As ih; county in e which he resides is a Federal County, he was therefore a Federalifl; and when, lately, he ,■ was a Cand date for Cingrefs, suspicions be . ing entertained of thefound.irfs of his prin ciples, be published a certificate to prcne hit federalism. Among the fcderalills, h w f ever, it \y»s impofJiMe- for a man of his ea j pacitv to find preferment. He has therefore . in hopes of better success, now suddenly d. - - clared himlelf the leader of the Jacobins in . Burlington county. Ash: is extravagantly fond of parade, it is believed he was'dilau . pointed in receiving no command in the late military eftablilhment. SAYRE j is an open, avowed, and profane blasphemer of the Christian Res vioil 'and of all religion ; a vulgar and devoted d:["cip!e of Tom Paine, with corrr ponding moral principles. He ' not long fmce averred in a public Hage that he had no more- foul than the hotfrs before it, and endeavoured, with great ingenuity and kindness, to persuade the other paffen _ | gers they were no batter. H-- has been heard to fay, he woirtd rattef be caught with a (lolen (lieep on his back, than goin£ to a ■ chinch or place of worlhip, a lioufe of fraud and defection. In fh>*rt, it is in vain to ' .repeat the instances of his exprelllng I'enti j ! me:m of this kind, ; as they form his common 5 and 4> ly c >uverf.iuon, in >ll companies and '! at all times. For the further account of _ : this t How, and" die manner in which he was j amusing himfelf during our revolution, the i reader is referred to a Book, entitled " j moirs of Mrs. Beddeiy," where they will j find him in the honourable flation of a kept ■ [ gentleman, and then running off and de- j I (Vauding Sis keeper, who was the {aid Mrs. . Beudely. PLUTARCH. Gazette Marine Lift, PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. ARRIVED, Days Brig Fame, Nii'.holion, New-York io j [Ballall ; C. F. Rouffet j CLEARED, Brig Morning Star, Skelley, Port Re- i [publican Litrle Maria, Thompson, Martinique < Hope, Anderfoo, da. Venus, Reynold*, Cape Francois Ruby, Wrigley, Port Republican S<;h'oolieV Sally, RamLo, from hence to Havinnah, is wrecked on'the Little B .Una mas ; part of the cargo is faved-fcy a New- Pro.'ider.te wrecker. Ship Roebuojc, Frazier, 22 days from Phi ladelphia to London, ws Ipokiii Aug. 26th in lat 47, 59. long 27, 4. The floip Little Sam, of PhiJadephia w„s spoke Sept. 13 in lat 35, 51, long 66 dis masted and del'erted ; on the intide of the canipanion was wrat, the crew had been taken 1 olTby the (hip favourite, Taylqr t -of 'Nat-j tucket. BOSTON, Oflober 2 j Arr\v;d, days J Ship John and Phehe, Dyer, Liverpool 37 On the fame day, Schr. ryftr-a,' Bahfon, Copenhagen 50 Schr. Rosamond, G1 fier, do. 63 Arrived the 3d of Oil. Schr. Conclusion, Sair.nt, Lifhon 43 - Schr. George, Burroughs, Bi;b«u 37 Left thae, brigs Favourite, Rttft tor Salem; Nancy, Baikcr, do with fevcral other Americans. Sa led in co. Captain Sam son, for Plymouth. .Sr|>f* 5, latitude 39" 3°> longitude zi, 3 3 fp ."lie Ic'hooner Hope, twenty live day» from Boflon Captain T Brown ia e of the fchoaner Aurora, of Portland, came pifVnj;er in the Swedift brig William, Cjptai- Motley, ar- nvedat qaarar.tiue from St. BarU. a The following lift ft {7, viz. Sloop Lydra and Betsey, of t- TMa.-y'- id L "'t of Philadelphia Ship Independence, of New York chr, General Green, of Providence ' chr. Aurora, Brown, of Portland Brij; Betsey, of Boston Captain Rollins, in a brig of Portsmouth, taken but not arrived, besides fevcral En- vifTels. There are twelve privateers, frcm 22 to 4 guns, continually cruising from Cayeni:e, where the Americans -aiv confidertd as prisoners, or entitled to an en change ; and for the preservation of their health and good order in town, are kept on board a prison (hip, with a few loldiers over th em. to aft in :hrl eble capacity of guards, physicians and sextons !—Captain Motley failed under convoy of the in eo. with the Mercury, Tieadwell, for Portf moutb, and ftveral other vcfTels... Septem ber 17, latitude 29, 44,-longittrde 68, 39, was Drought too by a French privateer, and ten American prisoners put on board, par!; of the crews of a New Haven brig and a Baltimore ffhoouer., September 18, lati tude 30 10, longitude 69, 13, discovered a wrecked (loop of about 70 tons, supposed to be the Franklin, of Rhode Island, from that word being painted on one of the dead lights. PLYMOUTH, September 29. A'rrived, brig- Aurora, Bartlett, forty fix days from Bilboa ; (lie sustained fame damage in the ga'es of the Bth and 18th instant, had on beard 49,000 dollars. Al so arrived, schooner Hero, Carver, St. Übes, met with a f.vere gale on the Bth instant, with the loss of her deck lead, main and fore-top masts and bowsprit, and on the 18th was upset by another gale, but after Ihifting her cargo (lie righted. Cap tain B. left at Biiboa, Capts. Barker, of Salem; -R ufT*ll and Stacy, of Marblehead, 'to fail in fix days. August 30, spoke the Polly, Myrick. from Baltimore, for St. Se taftians, thirty-eight days out. On -the 31ft, spoke brig Friendship, sixteen days from New York, for St. Sebastians. Oftober 2.. Several of our fifhemeti have arrived, much wrecked in the late gales ; one loft two ttien waflied overbatid, and another one. The following, among othe-tt failed under coniioy of the Marylandfloop of war, from St Themas Sept 10, viz Schr. Success, Davis. bound to Gloilcefter Ship Jrfferfon, Cutter, of Portsmouth [bound to New York Schr Hannah, Hooper, of Marblehead. Schr. Foriund, Strong, of Portland NEW-YO.it K. Oftober 855 Ship Perseverance, Cotterel, Liverpool F. terpriz.e, Tate, Hamburg Schr. Fanr New. Provi* dence. Schr MafTacliufctts, to Havaana, taken and carried into famepiace, Schr Fair American, to N. Orleans, taken and earned into fame plac.-, part of the car go taken out, the remainder and the vessel cleared, and proc eded to New Orleans. Slxp Nonpariel, Rofßtte, from Brif ta! to this port, was spoke 10 days ago in long 65, all well. Anived here yesterday—the ship Com merce, Coffin 45 days Bristol. Left the (hip Hope, Philips to (ail in i' 2 days fat j New-Yo k. Sept 12 in 44 by 6by 33 j spoke si« Sifters, Mnrra, 25 days from Bal timore for Bremen. 27th in lat 42 long 63 spoke (hip Venelia, 12 days from Newport for Liverpool -next day, spoke the (hip P-rfeveranoe, 50 days from Liverpool for N. York parted from her the id Oft. in : lat 40 30 long 67. j PijfletiKers Mr.. Thomas Holmes of ! B itiol, Mr I'homA* Stevens and family, of j Berkshire, Mr Wm. Jones and wife, of i Bath Capt George G. Hufley. The brig Ptfley. Capt Johnson, of New fyern, N. C. failed from Monte o Bay the 9th u't The (hip Lord Duncan was to fail in a day or two for this port. On.Friday was boarded by the St Albans, (lie had ta ken the fchr Unity, from this port for the Hav.inna, and sent her for Halifax. On Saturday spoke the (loop Viftory,. Fuller, 8 days from Savannah for this port—some of htr people lick. Monday spoke the brig Susannah, 45 days from London for Phila de'phia, had loft the head of her foremaft. Same day, the fchr. Jane* from Newbern, N. C. Oft. ift fff the Capes of V rgiflia,, saw a small fchr. m poffefiion of the St Al j bane, aud was informed by a Virginia Pilot ' boat that lier narre was the Sparrow, from i N. York to Havar.na. Same day the Englilh brig Potty: ! 14 days New Providence, Sailed in co the (loop Elizabeth Stevens, for this port. A | brig belonging to this port, boa-id to Ha vanna, was lent In there 011 the sth ?nd c ear. edon the 10th ult. The fr.hr Fair Ameri can. of this port, was cleared, and failed the day before the Polly,-for Havana. A Boston brig wa- cleared on ihe i6rh ult. The fchr Peggy, of i : hi.L e'pl iSr, was (lill under tri.l. The E.aft India (hi;) A of B jUi>"< r: was cleared, and tie cargo sj llill under trial--The lirijC Do.e'ot' iti.a port, i'ailecf for the Tflc of Thera 0:1 1 he. from theme to fail for this port. Odlober t, in la: 3J ling 73 spoke the (hips Nnrthtrn Liberties a.td S-..utU C»roliv», U> Chailcfton from tfiis potti ,•/,!