'fctr f--rm -r atchieiiements, and obferued the Jpirii mi
nified by all on board, when she pajfei me.
Joined to the aSivity and zealfbewcd by Lord Cran-
Jlitm during the whole cruize, Tan also much indebted
to ca H. Whitby, for hit aftiv'ty and unremitted diligence
on board the Royal Sovreigu. The frigates /hewed the
greatest attention and alertness. I kept the Pallas near
me to repeat wh'ch capt. C'.irfon performed ve
ry much t* my /atisfaHion ; inded I /hall ever feel the
i ritire/fions -;vb'ch the good eonduft of the captains, offi
cers, seamen marines and soldiers in thf fqtiadron has
mailt on my m'md ; end it was the greatefi pie fare le
f *." rffm" /to f-e the spirit manifefled by the men, w ! *>
«\v?W of Mng call down at feeing 30 fail of the ene
iv is 'hips attacking our little squadron, -were in the
hjih-'H (pifits i.napnatle—l do nor mean the Royal So
vereign atone, the fume spirit was /heiun in all the ships
as they came n.arme, and although, circumllunced as
we were, w had no vreat reafnn to complain cf the con
duit of th' enemy, ytour men could not help repeatedly
erprefKng their Contempt of them :—could common pru
d'nee have allowed me to let hofs.their valour, I hard
ly { now what might not have been accomplijhed by Juch
men.
Little damages have been received by the o>ips in ge
neral, e-eeept the Jlerns 'having been very much [bodied
by firing ihi guns ; the Mars reports 11 men. woun.led,
but none killed—the ma'.nmajl, fore and fore top-fail
yard wounded, and the ringing and fails cut a %ooii deal.
'The 'Triumph has Jhiftcd and repaired fame of her fails,
L it any damage the, has received is so trifiing, at leajl in
the captain's eyes, that fir Erasmus tiox'er hat not
thought it worth reporting : indeed the cool and firm
conduct of that Jbip was such, that it appeared to me
the enemy's Jbips dared not to come near her. I til be an
opportunity of fending this by th* Photon, ft ft upon
hearing that the French fl-et are nt sea their lordajips
may be under for the fafety of their Jhips.
June 28
From the London Gazette Extraordinary.
Admiralty Office, June 27.
The following dispatch was this morning received
from Lord Bridport, Iv. B.
Royal George, at Oi-a, June 24, I 79 J.
Sir,
It is with fisicere fatisfaftion I acquaint you, for
the information of the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty, that i w msjeltv's lhips under my com
mind attacked ths enemy's fleet, 'con lifting of 12
(hips of the line, attended with eleven frigates and
some frrtalk-r cmifers, on the 23d inft. close in with
port L'Orient : thr ('hips which (truck are the A
lemnder, L- Formidable and Le Tvgre, which
were with difficulty retained. If the enemy had
not been protedted and sheltered by the land, I have
every teafon to believe that a greater number, if
rot all the line of battle Slips, would have been ta
ken or dell roved.
In detailing the particulars of tills service, 1 am
to state, that at rhe dawn of day 011 the 23d inll.
the Nymph and Aftrea being the look-out frigates
a head, mi le the signal for the enemy's j3-et. I
f »on perceived tint theie was no intention to meet
ra; in battle ; eonfequently, I made the signal for
fdur df the bell failing (hips, the Sans Pareil, OH
on, RtiTel and C olofTtis, and fion afterwards for
the whole fleet, to chafe, which continued ail that
day and during the night with very li tie wind.
Early in the morning7m the 2"3d infh the head
molt (hips, the Irrefiitible, Orion, Queen Char
lotte, RufTel, ColoQus and Sans Pareil, were pret
ty well up wirb the enemy, and a little before fix
o'clock the action began and continued till near 9,
when the ships firuck : the British fquadi*on were
near to some batteries, and in the face of a ilrong
naval port ; which will manifeft ta the public, the
zeal, intrepidity and skill of the admirals, captains,
snd all other officers and foldierg employed upon
this service ; and tiiey are fully entitled to my
warmed acknowledgment?. I beg alto to he allow
ed to mark my approbation, in a par tcitlsr manner,
of captain Domett's conduct, serving uifder my flag;
for his ma :ly spirit, an 1 for the affiliance 1 receiv
ed from his a£tive and attentive mind. I feel like
wise great fatisfa£tion in doing jultiee to the meri
torious conduct of all the officers of every class, as
\vell as the bravery of thefeamen andfoldiersin-the
Royal George npon this event, and upon former
occalions.
1 judged it neceflary ilpon the information I had
received of the force of the enemy, to put the Ro
bu(l, Thunderer and Standard, into my line of bat
tle ; but theii dittance froul the squadron, ;»id un
der the circumltances of little wind, they could not
joi.i me till after the action was oyer. I (hall pro
ceed upon my (tation at soon ns I have ordered a dif
tributim of the prifontrs, and made other neceflaiy
arrangements for the squadron. It is mr intention
to keep at sea, in order to fulfil every part of my
inllruitions, I have judged it neceflary l> fend cap
tain Domett with my dispatches, wh> will give
their Lordship* such further informal > in as (hall
have occurred to him on the r viftory we I';.ve gained.
You will herewith receive a lift of the killed and
wounded, with the (hips they belonged tj, and the
commanders names.
N. B. I am happy to find by the report made
to me, that Capt. Giindall's wounds ai; not dan-
gerons.
Note. Cipt. D.nnett reports, that the remain-'
dc-r of the enemy's fk'et made their efcapj into L'-
Orient,
I am, &c. BRIDPORT.
14. Officers a>id 105 men wounded.
29 Men kilitd.
Hit Majelty's mo!t gracious SPEECH to both
Hoilfes of Parliament, on Saturday, June 27,
*795-
My Lords and Gentlemen,
THE zealous and uniform regard which you
liave (hewn to the general interells of my people,
and particularly the prudent, firm, ar.d fpiritcd sup
port which you have continued to afford me in the
prosecution of the great contefl in which we are
itill unavoidably engag;d, demand my warmed ac
knowledgments, ,
'The encouragement which my allies mud derive
from the knowledge of your sentiments, and the
extraordinary exertions which you have enabled me
to make in lupporting and augmenting my naval
and military forces, nffoid the means molt likely to
conduce to these restoration o( peace to thekingdo i s
and to the re«e.tabli(hment of general tranquillity,
on a iecure, honourable. and lasting foundation.
Geril/emen of tke Ifonft of Commons.
i have to return you my hearty thanks for the
liberal andamp'c foppiies which the r{fouve:s of the
country have enabled you to provide, beyond all
former example for the various exigences of the
public fervicc.
I have also to acknowledge, with perjiliar fenft
bility, the recent proofs wiiich you have given me
of your attachment to my person and family. In
the provision which you have made for fettling the
establishment of the Prinse and Princess of Wales,
and for extricating the Prince from the e.icumbran
,:ee, in which he was involved.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
It is impoflible to contemplate the internal fix
ation of the enemy, with whom we are contending,
without indulging a hope that the prefpnt circum
stances of France may, in their effeftj, hatle". the
return of such a state of order and regular srovern
. . O
ment as may be capable of maintaining the accuf
toraed relations of amity and peace with Other pow-
er?. The iflfue, however; of these extraordinary
tranfaftioiTg is oilt of the reach of human forefight.
Till that desirable period arrives, when my fuhjefts
can be reltored to the secUre enjoyment of the bleflf
ings of peace, I stall not fail to make the mofl ef
feilual ufeof Ihe force which you have put into my
handr,.
It i« with the utniofl fatisfa&ion that I have re
cently received the advices of an important and bril
liant fuecefs obtaiiicd over the enemy, by a detach
ment of my fieet under the able condu:t of Lord
KriJport
1 have every reason to rely on the continuance of
the diftinguilheJ bravery and conduit of my fleet
and armies, as well as of the zeal, spirit and perse
verance of my people, which have been uniformly
manifeited through the whole course of this just and
neeelfarv war,
Then the Lord Chancellor, ly his Muyjlft com-
n fj'td—•
My Gentlemen,
It is h s Majesty's royal will and pleafbre, that
this Parliament be prorogued to Wednesday the
sth day nf Augult next, to be then here holden ;
and thi; parliament is accordingly prorogued to
Wadnefday, the sth day of Augull next.
June 30,
Accounts hive reached this conntrv of the Emi
grants under Sir J. B. Warren having ellefted a
1 nding in Quiberopn Bay, with the ntmolt regu
larity. The Royalifls are in that quarter in very
greaf force ; andJas considerable supplies of arms and
ammunition have been sent them, theie can be no
doubt of their force very rapidly increafmg. Lord
Bridport's station, to which he alludes in his late
letter, is probably off that part of the coalt where
the Emigrants have landed, to prevent any interrup
tion to Sir J. B. Warrens operations from any (hips
the French might have sent out for that purpole.
We underltand that an army of the Chouans,[and
Ijkewife a Republican army, were witnesses, from
their different positions ill vicinity of L'Orient,
of theglorious victory obtained by Lord Bridport-,
over the French Fleet, under the walls of that placc.
This circnmltance mull give additional energy to
tfee Chotians ; for while it shews them that nothing
can refilt Britifii valor, it mult hcreafe their de*ef
tation and contempt for the Republicans, againlt
whole cause theyliave so perfeveringly combated.
We have no doubt, likewise, but that when the
intelligence of this vittory on the part of the Bri-
tifh becomes circulated in France, it will operate ve
ry powerfully iji favor of the Emigrants landed un-
der the protection of Sir J. B. Warren's fqnadron-
The Royalills certain that this countty is undispu
ted mistress of the sea, will lie inspired with a renew
ed confidence, which may incite them to fiefii en
terprize, and probably lead them to attempts which
may contribute to the falvatiou and ultimate peace
of their diftrafted coHntry.
The three French line of battle (hips captured by
our fleet, were so severely mauled, that it has been
neceflary to fend them home in tow, tinder a con
voy. The re(l of the French fleet also fuftered very
much ; andfo disabled was the Admiral's Flag Ship,
Le Peuple, as to have had a very narrow escape by
running under the batteries of the Island de Croix,
tvhichcoverstheCntrance to Port Louiiand L'Orient.
Lord Bridport finding he could not take her, gave
het a complete broadside at parting from his own
(hip. Three of the French (hips ran a-ground, but
it is fiipp»fed they wounld get off. So near was this
engagement to the land, that it is extreme y doubt
ful whether Lord Bridport would have been able to
have iaptured any other (hip than the Alexander,
if the other two prizess, theTigreand the Formi
dable, had not been ordered to (lacken fail and wait
for her ; the French seeming to make it a point to
favethis (hip if pofiible.
The Letters, both of Lord Br'dport and Vice
Admiral Gornwallis, do infinite honor to their heads
and hearts. They are charatterized by the true
modefly of merit, while thev expiefs that glow of
foul which the true valor of their Officers and Men
isfo well calculated to iufpire.
Our navy 13 now equal to cope with the united
force of Europe, were it opposed to us ; a judicious
disposal of our fleets mutt therefore inevitably crush
the matitime power of France ; and we feel a pride
in recounting, that that is already much much more
than half accomplished. It 13 not more, however,
in the fucctfles of our fleets that we rejoice than in
the circumllances under which these are obtained
that we glory. In every instance, in whichth* Re
publican flag has fuffered disgrace and defeat, there
has fortunately been an opportunity for the (kill and
courage of our officers and men to blaze with height
ened lufl/e. The Mediterranean and the Atlantic
are eqdally propitious to Britilh Fame ; and the
diltinguifhed victories of a Hotham and a Bridport,
will be rivalled in Fame by the astonishing retreat of
a Corn Wall is.
On Sunday came into Yarmouth Roads Hit Ma
jesty's sloop l'Efpiegle, Capt. Roberts, with the
Johanna Eleanora, the Carlfcrona, and.the l'Oberen
Swedifll ships, laden with wheat, bound to France.
By the new conftitntion proposed fat France,
there are to be three Eftßtes.—The firft is to be the
Executive, eompofed of five members—the second
theantients, or Patricians, or the Senate, eompo
fed of five hundred—and the third, consisting like
wise of five hundred, is to propose laws, which the
Senate is to examine and to pass. This form seems
chiefly taken from some of the American States,
whose form of government is built upon the model
of the Britiffi ConlKtution. The chieF i i
this new Constitution piopoled for France feerrn t >
be, that the Executive puwer is to be ch'ofeii by tlu'
Li'iriflttive. Tli-.* anfuiM.it y and inconvenience of
this will soon appear, and thus will they revert to
an hereditary Executive Power, or, in other words
a King.
What will the friends of Eqita'ity in this country
fay to their favo ite system being exploded, even by
their ftiends the French, as an absurd chimera!—
They surely will now be convinced of the folly of 3
tyllem which they have taken up upon the ipfedixit
>f those very men who now scout it ?.s impraftic?-
>le, after having it a very ample experiment.
■ PORTSMOUTH, June 24
Tiiorryij Edwards, Esq. who v.-as fir it Licntenan;
of tlie Boston frigate, when cspt. Co'irtncy was
killed, this Jay was promoted to thr rank oF Matter
arid Commander.
PAtllS, Jane ir.
The pric? of Loiiis-d'ors have rifcn flo-sin
mod 1000 livres in aflignaJS. The rife is ascribed
to tlie intelligcn -e received, Luther true or f tfr,
of the death of Gen Picfie'gru, and a check whi h
it is find, one troops have experienced on the
of the Rhine.
NATION \ L COMVENTIO N.
6 Meji'lor—'J-tr' 2\.
111 ptirfnance of the Ift article of the Defrce pnf
fed yellerday, I,anjuinais monntfed the T*rlbii" r <l»
in order to read the plan of llie organic laws of "hi
Conftitufion.— I'he articles tif the plan are ni:tne
toiis. They relate to the mud • of t'leftion, the
choice of the general agents !>y the dire<3i>ry. Thry
contain regulations with refpeft to the primary
schools for tlie national education. Thry appoint
learned travellers for the purpose of making iifeful
difcoverics, and inflitute teftivals to old to li
berty, to virtue on the 9th Thermidor, &c. This
Plan is-to he printed*
Extract of a letter from the Rev, Mr. Lawrence,
Ch?plaiu of his Mrjelty'i (hip Blenheiit, dated
off Minorca, May 24.
" Oil Monday he i3th, about. three leagues;
fiom tlie land, the -Trsther htryi the Cpurageux
and Cyclops, which h?d parted company on thr
rith in a gale of wind (ihe former having made
fignais of dillrefs, and bore away for Corsica) re
joined u«. This day likewise the Dido from Leg
horn, and the Fox cutter, from Gibraltar, joined
the fi<et. 1 lie latter brought the intelligence of
the capture of the Cape of Good Hope.
, "On Wednefdaythe 20th, the liiconflant, Ter
t?r, and Ariaine, joinfli us; {a that we have now,
with frigate* and line of battle (hips, twenty-seven
fail. A mn» escaped fiom Toulon, brings intelli
gence of fix fail having gone from thence to Tunii,
to protest a convoy. He fays, the French are in
capable of fitting put their fleet, which altogether
consists of twenty fail, including the fix that failed :
f<» that at present we find ourselves equal to any
force they can fend out, We (hall cruize off Minor
ca till joined by thefquadron from England.
The success of Vice-Admitai Corrt<valls's squa
dron is a!fo particularized under the appropriate
head
Shortly after the capture of the provision (hips
off the French Coast, by the Vice-Admiral Corn
wall is, several boats fall of jeople came out from
Belle-Isle, and begged of him for bread, solemnly
declaring they were starving.
NEW-YORK, August 17
HEALTH COMMITTEE.
THE Committee appointed to prevent the introduc
tion and spreading of infectious diseases in this city, Re
port, That they have not ceased to mate the molt di
ligent inquiries reflecting the epidemic whirh has of
late appeared in this rity ; that a few cases of a suspici
ous nature do ftll occur,but that none which have come
to their knowledge (and they poflefs the best means of
information) afford any reason to conclude this disease
to be more contagious than fevers at this season of the
year frequently arc, in their Utter stages—That nurses,
servants, friends and attendants very generally escape
with impunity, and that after the mod attentive en
quiry, they can hear of no more than fourteen deaths
in this Urge and populous city, since their report of the
Bth inft. which-can be attributed to this complaint.
By order of the Committee,
JOHN BROOM, Chairman.
August 15
Arrivals at Neu-Tork.
Ship Hfrctile-, Cleghorn, London
Lucy, Robert Ton, Halifax
Brig Diadem, S;w, Hamburg
Schr. Friendship, St, Johns, N. B.
The American fliips, the Eietfy, of Philadelphia,
and St. John, of Salem, both of them laden with
bread and flour, bound to Nantes, have been sent
into Plymouth by Admiral Cornwall's fqusdron.
The Susan and Polly. Capt. Abeel, which left
this port the 20th May, arrived at Dover, in
days paflage. The Olii#, and Ellice, had not ar
rived the 27th June.
Extract of a letter from London, dated the iGtb June.
" We have procured a decree for the release of the
(hip Neptune, Caj t. Jeffries, with an order for the pay
ment of freight, demurrage and charges. But no time
is yet fixed for the payment ; two months is fuppof-d
to be fpecified : For what reason we know not the cargo
is reserved for adjudication to some other day. Wc
hare had an intervnw with the feerttary of state relative
to the ftitp and cargo, and we indulge a hope that pay
ment will be be liberally made, and as soon as the forms
of office will 4dm it—but on this head no determination
has been made for any of the recent captures."
The Sulfcriiers have far Sale, the following
GOODS, viz.
Crtarfe Esft-India Muflms, ) b the Bile .
Very fine do. } *
A bile of Muslin Shirts,
- Bamlatmoe Handkerchiefs, j b heTnmk-
Taßettes, ) '
A package e>f Silesia Table Cloths,
Ditto, of German, Linens,
700 bags Benares Sugar,
Bourdeaui Bratfdy, in pipes,
Old red Port Wine,
Malaga Wine, in quarter casts,
Good Hyson Tea,
Souchong do.
PHILIPS, CRAMMOND & CO;
August 18
Philadelphia, Jugttjl iB.
Says'a Corrcfpondent.
If the ; writer in Pcirce's " Oracle of the 'day" .who
ligns himfclf" A FnVnd to Truth" f. els fore
for she error He commited in voting on Gunn's re
faction, he h;is since committed an error equally
Pitiful; a departure fr'm Truih. General Frel
inghuyfotf and Mr. John Henry,two of the senators
that voted .far the trea y, were abferit and did not
vote on the aHove mention d refutation. Mr. Mar
(h ill on'e of the twenty voted in the negative, a id
Mr. Fi.il it oire of the ten voted fn the affirmative.
One vote more was n'ec«fi*ary to carry the qitelHo!?'.
Iljs fair to oorijeifiure that it was no: the intention
of the mover of the refolation to fetter thetieaty
and :t is fa in »he pruvil'o, whiVh, it is
fVefurned, gave tjfenee to' the " Friend to Truth."
The .foll&ujing Tntellig ncc, CU£S cri(lat:\4 frtm Petrij
Piit>ersf r reccil>ed by the Jhip-*lsiel r Caj>tain Decatur,
4 i days from B >urdentix. • '
'CONSTANTINOPLE, April 3 b,
The firft ve/Tels. Arrived from if x;ui(ii in, with car
goes of jrrain, have been followed by many 'others,
which have cawfed abundance in thit, capital, and'with
i f popular tranquility. That which troubles the g<»-
vernra nt at prefcr.t, are the difturb'mees which td
rrioft daily take place between the JanifTir'ies and the
troops which have been ftifed. Some days part, there
has been a long and bloody contest between the fob It
ers and the militia, in the place caiie I the Field of
Death j many were left' dead upon tha spot, and many
are waun - The Grand Signior has giveli feve~c
orders r.gainit the authors of this revolt, and his taken,
meaiiires fjr preventing similar difordert in future.
We arc occupied, without ceasing, to augment the
forces of the Ottoman e npire both bv sea and land ;
but the Giand Sigroor seems occupied with a particiw
lar rate, *-ith the means of civilizing his people, and
in eftabli,\in? political and commercial regulations
with inofi of the Courts of Europe, to which he is
about to fend mimfters.
Citizen \ crninac, the French ml«.irter, arrived
iafl week; he has already received tHc vilits'
from the Grand Senior, and from the ■ nhHiftefs'of
neutral powers j bvU he has not yet had any ifblenpri
a (Si of acknowledgment in quality of AmbafTador of
the trench Republic. citizen Defcorches appears dis
posed to return to France, aHo citizen Hvftin ;'but it
is fupp»»itd that there is some secret motive for retard
ing the departure of rhem both. ,
From the Borders of the Ma-yrre, (Germany)
6th, 1795.
Vv e transported, the 28th of lift month, from Ua
damar to MaytjiceJ twelve pieces of canncn and 18000
lbs. of ball. The dragoon regiment, Imperial de la
1 our, received orders alio to iurrender in this fortrefs.
All the which were found in the Rftmcgau
were fenr in the night of the 29th tilt. to Hadderfhcirn.
A!] the Jailors wcfc forbidden to remove more than a
league from home. vVe had mitle every preparation
for a battle, when a courier arrived, which fs believed,
brings news of the conclusion of an armifhee.
The letters which have been received here from the
left borders of the Rhine; arc all deplorab'e: they
speak only of extreme want, and of the rigour \iith
which the French exafl'the pavment 6f contributions,
notv ithftanding the pi<fture of miftry vthich they
have under their eyes. They write alio, that a mul
titude of persons have a great desire t.; return to their
own firefidrt.
They write from Ofnabruck, that M. de Mcycrfogk
arrived ftom Holland on the aid, and departed on the
ajd for Munfter. We are afliirtd that the Prussian
magazines which are there will be augmented. The
Pmflian grarrifon as the general quarters, have received
orders to remain yet in that city, in which the llano*
verian General, Count Walmoden, isextvifl<H
Just Arrived per the Sno*u Bojon, James Kirkpatritk,
Majler, from Liverpool, ■
113 Crates well-afiorted Qneen'j Ware,
4000 btilhe!; best floved fine Salt,
& to be fold at No. I, Piiie-ftreet, by
Jaws Campbell.
Also, a few boxes well afTorted Irish Linens.
Said Snow for Freight cr Char
r.nqairc as abovr.
U S"J
TO BE
THE Time .fa likely, healrby, NEGRO LAO,
years of age, who has three .years and an
half to fervr ; ii an excellent waiter, and acquainted
with all kinds of house work.—Apply at No. iox, ?ine
ftreet near Founh-llrcet.
August i 3. dtf
FOR SALE,
Imparted in the Jhip Ar:tbufa t from Calcutta and
Madrnfs, a variety ps
BENGAL GOODS;
Gnara^s,
Ra^tas,
Co/Ties,
Humhurns,
Handkerchiefs,
Periians,
Calicoes
To be Sold by thf Package, for approved notes at
three and four months, by
WfLLIAM MACLURE Sc Co.
Augufl ig
New Hosiery.
BARTHOLOMEW CONOLLT,
/It hh HOS/ERY STORK, No. 4 * C':e fn >t ft,ret,
RESPECTFULLY informs his Friends apd the Public in,
genera!, that hehasjult received by the ftiip Liberty
from Liverpool, a further supply of
Men's & Women's Silk
Hosiery.
Atttonc which are a very ex.enfive afTbrtrr.ent of Cer.tle
men's plain white, fancy, and-patent Silk fuperSn ; fancy
plai.ed silk and cotton, fine whit", plam, and ribb'd cot
toif —a very large afi'ortment of fancy Patent and line ran
dom fancy cotton, &c. which he will fell upon the molt
raaftxiable terms by the dozen or finglc pair.
ALSO,
A general Afortment of every other article of LKT
GOODS, newly imported.
Those gentlemen who plcafe to faverß. C. with their
commands, will meet with, at his store, a mod eltgant,
extrnfive, and well efiofen assortment of every defcriptiou
«f Hosiery* Also. s great Variety cf
v Gentlemen's Outjixis..
.June
SOLD,
No, 42 Dock Street, rr
John Miller, fun.
.fciit
and Cotton
15*.