-011 '.he general (late of public credit, which being contiileaflal, it would be extiemely indelieate even to hint at. We can therefore only lay generally, that Mr. Pitt gave the committee the molt cordial rceeptlOn, that he conducted himfelf with the great elt frar.kiiefs, and prymifed to give the matter the molt early eonfideratioa. Whether the proportion, such as it has been made, will be acceded to, is to be determined by the minister ; but we have no doubt the efforts of the committee will be attended with benefit to the public either in the manner proposed, or in some other. It is high time there should be some pub lic interference to accommodate the trading part of the r.ati.on ; for at present the eommcrce of the country is greatly diltrelfed. The bajik has lately so narrowed its difco.unts, that in many inltancesit has only difcourited in the proportion of 5 per cent on ihe bills sent it), though their feeurity has been undeniable. On Monday night, the charges preferred by the Board of Admiralty against Admiral Cornwallis, were lent off by a mefi'enger to Portsmouth, and yelierday morning the members of the court mar tial met on board the, Orion man of war, and pio ceeded on their enquiry into the condudt of the Noble Admiral. Lord Howe presides. The enquiry ie not expected to take up a great length of time ; but we are apt to believe, that the outward bound fleets will be delayed ftom failing, ' until it is concluded. — Yelterday we reeeived the lad of the Hamburgh Mails due, which scarcely brings an article of intel ligence worth reporting. In tlvis mail, as in many that havh preceded it, there are numerous reports refpedting peate and war, which, in our opinion, deserve little or no credit. And as from this (late of uncertainty and speculation, it is probable that such rumours will continue to be afloat, until either a negotiation is adtaally set 011 foot, or the campaign is opened, we \ think it may not be Ujiimporjant to make an abfer vation on this head. From tlie knowledge we hare of the state of a£. fairs in this sountry, we have every reason to be lieve, that our miniilers have no expc&ation at pre ffntof a peaee. This does not arise from any !n ---difpufition of theirs to treat for peace, but from the high language which the Executive Directory is j (till supposed to hold in regard to the terms of it. I But, as t!ie obftrudtion lies with the French govern- \ meut, and not with us, so it is impoflible to de pend, almost from day to day whether the latter inay pot think fit to abandon their lofty pretenfion6 befote another fatal blow is (track. > Henee, then, it will be perceived, that let men be ever so well informed of the state of affairs at home, they may perhaps be the very worst informed in refpedt to the event. The Executive Diredtory may unexpectedly alter their tone, and incline to peace ; and, if we may ju(Jge from the latelt Paris Gazettes, this would appear to be the cafe at pre sent. At the fame time, it ij neceflary to remark, that these journali are not altogether to bedepend *>l upon ; and that it is on fads only that have oc curred, ftia* public ought to place a full reli ance. ITiiaa-l Yesterday the Lord Mayor ordered a further re duftton in the price of bread of three halfpence in the quartern loaf, which will take place to-morrow, wheu its price will be one (hilling and a halfpenny. April 4. #0n Saturday Monsieur Charetier landed at Do ver from Calais, accompanied by his secretary. He came in a French bye boat, which had 110 other' passengers on board ; and from tl)at, and some o t)ier circumltances, there is reason to suppose he is come in a public capacity Official information has just been received byMr. Vander Hortt, the American Confu! at Bnftol.that the present polture of affairs between the United States ol America and the Dey and Regency of Algiers renders it very hazardous for the ve.Telj of , that country to venture into those leas which are frequented bp the Algerine cruifcrs ; and that this danger will continue until it (hall be duly notified V>y the government of the United States, that peace is fully cttablifhed between the two countries. The unfortunate capture ol part of our Medi terranean fleet has been a source of g«rat conten tion ; and our merchants are not the only persons likely to become lofere by it. We have already (titled the sale of the cargoes of those (hips hy the Republican admnal Richety, to a company of merchants at Cadiz. While this Iran faction was going on, the French government was employed in felling the vfiry fame cargoes to another Spanifti company, which had actually dis patched agents to Paris to conclude the bargain.' The tcms being agreed on, citizen Magnon de Baltic, banker to the government, advanced feve »al millions in specie to the Executive Diredtary, winch were to be repaidhim on the sale of the car goes. When his agents, in pursuance of the agree nKnt, went to Cadiz, to take poTeffiou of the mer chandize, they were not a little forprifed to find that te company which had already completed its pur c afe from Richerv, had by a new sale, disposed of ' ie principal part of the goods to English and other merchants. The bnrgain made with the French 1 government confeqiiently beeame void ; and the 1 merchants, whose agents had been at Paris, conlid- 1 ered ihemfclves exempt fiom any refponflbilit j for \ ,t ie tums which Magnon da la BalueJiad advanced- I ihe banker having applied to be reimburfeti on 1 H>e part of government, was made a tender of pa pei only ; as the money had been employed in the 1 exigency of the republic. The result has been, r ' at Richevy, by th* help of the value of the car 1 llai "Carried a rich Spanish lady at Cadi/. ; ( * " e Magnon de la Bailie has been involved in the mot luinous Itate of bankruptcy ; and the French 2 cf war, with their piizes are now rotting at \ Liidiz. BUHL, March 21. An order has this inliaiit arrived here for Conde's t trmy to march on tlie 25th initant for Endfngen, I about 4 leagues from Frilburg, where it will Jake f J pofliffion of the cantonments In Which the divlPon n or -he x rince of Lorrain is n< ,/ ftaticied. , corps o. liable) cavalry 'will rem,is in m<- Black Fo il unt:i frefh ordeis. - It is thought that this (hiftirig ha, been occasioned by the immediately exnefted arri val o| 12,000 infantry and a regirtie,,; of cavalry, n winch aie to au S ment Marefchnl Count Warm- T fersarmy. The Prince of Qnride i s to fix his head t quarters in the environs of OiTenbuurg e HAGUE, March 29. 1,1 ,lie fitting of the Convention of last Friday, f Citizens Leltevenon, Hal.n, Bikker, Van Sitter, e Kempenaar, and Van Leeuw, were elected mem y bers of the committee For foreign afiairs ; and this t day »to come oiuh. eL-ftion of the Milufter for the t lame Department. The candidates for tbis place 3 are Cll zen Guarles, ci-devant Greffier to the slates Ueneral ; Van. Leyde-.i, late President of the Pro vipcial Council of Holland ; and Schimmelpenuink, e a Counlellor at Amfterdaru, j Ac ' corc,,n g official accounts received from 1 Hamburgh, we had reasons to suppose that our fleet had put into Norway ; but it now appears, by ■ the intelligence brought by the Courier Cutter, c *h lC h was detached by Admiral Braak, and arrived lalt Fuda*-, that the said flfcet has fafely reached t the Wetland lflands, and made several prizes among s which are two Britilh whalers. CONSTANTINOPCE, Feb. 15. In fie ad of the expedied intelligence of an engage -1 ment between the Bvitifhand French fqtiadrons'in - the Archipelago, we have received information, that the former has thought proper to collect the Bri , tifli traders for the purpose of conducting them fafe ) into the Mediterranean, and the latter to make the j belt of its way to Toulon, leaving however behind 1 | in the Dardanelles, and Smyrna two frigates, unable 1 j to keep the sea. i ] The waiiike preparations are retained with great : vigour, but 111 all probability for no oilier purpose ■ than to reduce some overgrown Bashaws who have revolted again it the Grand Seignior". A letter from Wefel of the 25th ult. (fates, that . although a detachmentof French troops has actually • arrived at Meurs, to enforce the payment, of the : j Forced Loan, yet intelligence had oec'n received i j there, that the Pruflian Provitices flil! occupied by , the French troops, will not only be exempted from . that loan, but also be evacuated by the Republi • cans within the next three weeks. Accounts rrom Holland date, that the French 1 Minister, Noel, has sent to the National Conven tion two reprefentat ions, in which he pretTes the r Convention to eftablirfi immediately the fiee naviga tton of the Scheldt, ar.d to order the departure of I the t tench emigrants out of the United Provinces. 1 he emigrants have been accordingly ordered to i leave the Provinces within a limited time. GLEANINGS. 1 (From late JLonJcn papers-) Copy of the proceedings of a meeting of the Bri tilh Inhabitants of Caleutt3\heidat ihe Theatre, "OTTI uc 49th September, 1795. At a meeting of the Britifti Inhabitants of Cal cutta,held 111 pursuance of a public notice from the 1 ftieriff, published on the 15th inlt. after a (hort . foeech from the (heriff, intimating the pufpofe of the meeting, Col. Morgan was called to the chair, and proposed a congratulatory addeffsto Mr, Ha stings, on his late acquittal by the Holife of Lords, on the charges preferred against him by the Com mons of Great Britain.- The motion was seconded by Mr. Hay, and u nanitnoufly agreed to* The following gentlemen were then appointed a committef, to draw up an address : Colonel Morgan, Edward Hay, Esq. Colonel Deare, John Belli, Efq, The Rev-Mr. Blanchard, j. H. Ha rrington, Esq. I W. A. Brooke, Esq. J. Flemming, Esq. Charles Chapman, Esq. F. Bclfour, Esq. The committee having accordingly retired, after a few minutes returned with the following address, which, being read and uhanimoufly appioved, was ordered to be copied fair in duplicate for signature. x WARREN HASTINGS, Esq. Sir., The inhabitants of this settlement, on your de- I parture for Europe, having in the (trongeft terms, expressed their sense both of your public adminif tratlon and private conduit, during the long peii od in which you prefidedin India ; wc feel it no less incumbent on us, now, to oiler to you our war med congratulations on your acquittal of all the charges that were preferred againlt you in England. 1 Wc cannot but admire, Sir, the patience, fortitude and resignation with which you have borne a 1 trial unexampled in iu length, and a icrutiny into j character, motives, and actions, the molt ltridt and I minute that*ever was, inftinned. But, upheld by < confcioos innocence, you have given an example of your reliance 011 the justice of your cause, which we doubt not will carry conviction to the woild & pof- j terity, equal to the verdict of the illustrious tribu- I naJ before which you have appeared. An acquittal under such circumltances we mufl t confideras honorable in the highest degree to your- I fclf,as well asdniionllwtive of the impartial juflice of our country. Jt is also peculiarly gratifying to us, as it confirms, and, if it were possible, it would Itrengthen those fentimuiU which wc never ceafcd ] to entertain ofyou. ! Permit us to add, Sir, our cordial wilhts that 1 your remaining years may he many, and accompa- r nied dy a felicity that may compensate for the loss t of those benefits and comforU of which you have i been so long deprived. We have the honor to be, with the greatest esteem i and icfpect, fir, your obedient and molt humble for- r vant. t Calcutta, Sept. 1795. t Among the great undertakings to be renowned for 1 the (kill of their conception, and ihe probable pub- t lie good in their execution, is the navigation now 1 forming, to cofliied the River Severn and the Ri- >et Dt» T:.c i-ourff must through a cottn- C ry Y . dr!; '-'r 15 . u ' r exquisite motiurtfncuo in*- - qwaht.fs,#! I)tnfu>h(hir e und Shtopftiire Anjo.ia >M' y over one of the deepest dc®, in p» 1( p s tllc s .aviation whjch will be the boldcil effort of the whole* it it to conned and convey the watci , rntnwe mountainous point to another, across a - holloWi rtwafurmu.m t l, e perpendicular, rather more than 90 feet, the !eng(b between 300 and 400 feet I s P" rt °f 'lie canal it to be a trough of call iron. v A number of eoal heaiers, to the number of 2c, , 10 the fei vice of Mr.' Sant, coal-merchant, were for , tonateen Ugh to pofTefs one half of a ticket, which came up a pnzeof 20,000!. in the piefent English s State Lottery. One of the member, had fold his e (hare p»evious to its being drawn, the purchaser af c terwatda made him a present of 20 guineas, and s the remaining members conjointly mide it up 1001. "c 2 r r€e Cooknles ® et at ll >c Lord Mavor's : the 1 hid said, he Jell asleep the moment he laid hit head on the pillar ; the lecond said he had 110 uLar of n it ; and the third declared both ought to be thrown r out of the -windor for their bad Englilh. Y 1 here will be a tria! at the next Summer Assizes , for Ihe coumy of York by the Grand Affile,<on a J writ of right concerning eilates in Cleveland, and j tne Speci.il Jury mult be of four Knights and their ; twelve 'Squires, who, according to their a cient cuftt>m ot the law, will be fuinmoned to come giit with swords. The memory of the oldest man duth not turnilh art inltance of such trial in any country, • | except ouce in Middlesex. 1 - .. t BOSTON, May 25. Capture of Demaraha. Capt. Gage arrived here yelierday, informs, that about seven days iwee, he spoke and went on board Capt. Low, t>f Providence, in 15 day* from De marara, wiio acquainted him, that an Englilh ar ! mamtnt of 12 fail, had arrived before Demarara, \ and fumrr oned the place to surrender, only conditi | oiling thgt officers fliouid swear allegiance to ' 1 the Stadtliolder, and that property (hould remain I as it was, which was complied with ; and when capt. Low parted the fqusdron, they indorsed his regilter ' as trom a place belonging to the Sladtholder. I T NEW-YORK. May 28. We lately gave an article fro to a London Paper ( of the 3d of April, which Hated the probability of j a re-commencement of hostilities by the Algsrines I again 11 the United States. We observed, that the i ' allertton was unaccompanied by "Sny mention of fads, on which this appear to be , 1 gruU'ided. Yellerday, we were favored with the | perusal of a letter written by Capt. O'Btiei*, to a r| citizen of this place, dated at Lilbon, the 2d ol April, and received by the way of Philadelphia, t which gives some corroboration to the above.ac count ; although it, also, leaves us it) the dark, as to the ciicumitances which could occasion this sud den departure from the treaty. The following we have extra'led from the letter : "I am employed in the service of the United States. 1 expect (hottly to proceed for Algiers ; from ihenec I hope to return to Philadelphia, and it is likely I lliallli ave the pleasure of .feeing you I and many others of my ellecmeiil friends. " Our affairs, with Algiers is not so favorable at pnfnt, as is generally imagined." Tite violation of a treaiy so recently entered into would, indeed only add one more to the many breaches ofthis nature,committed in the old woild ; and would particularly appiy to us the olfcrvati ons, on this hibjedt, us 4 lire writer on the hiltory of Poland, who fays, " But treaties and guaran tees are ingeneial only adher'd to until they can be broken with fafety. The only effe£tual method for any ftafe to secure :ts dominions, is to make itfelf refpedtable by its firengih and unanimity, and to be prepared againlt a ny attacks." [AT. Tort D. Adv. The troops at Weft Point have been notified in general orders, to hold themselves in Teadiuef9 to march at a moment's warning. Private letters it is»faid, mention, that a battalion of troops are eom ing from the southward, that they will join rfiofe now at the Point, and from thence that two bat talions will be ordered to the Western frontiers. BY THIS DAY'S MAIL. NEW LONDON, May 23. p1»OI.'8 MARINE LIST. Arrived, Brig Arrive, J. Whittlefey, 16 day* from Fort Dauphin. Left there, brig Dolphin, of Bollon, to fail in 10 days ; sloop , Dennis, of Rhode Island, to fail in 6 days; brig , Hughes, of New York, to fail in 3 or 4 weeks. Capt. Whittlefey was boarded the day he camc out, by the British ship Sampson, and seven French gentlemen were taken out. One white woman and fix women of dolor were permitted to pass, and their property left unmolelted. It was said at Fort ; Dauphin, that Rou me, member of the Colonial Directory, had arrived at St. Domingo, in a fri gate, which preceded a French and Spariifh fleet, ' having on board, Rochambeau, Santhonax, Raymonb, Lkblanc, Df.sounrsau, See. Ci tizen Pcrroud, and two others, had been deputed from the Cape, to Citizt u Roume. , NEW-YORK, May 30. j On Saturday there were two anivols from St. t Bartholomews, viz, the Mary, in 24 days, and the ] Mermaid in 20 days. The accounts they give do c not prefeftly conefpond ; as, however, the Mer- ; maid is 4 days later than the Mary, there is a polji a bility of the truth of hec account. We inlcrt them t as follows: 1 By the brig Mary, Girnzer, arrived on Saturday, in 24 days from St. Bartholomews, intelligesce it, received, that the British had taken and were in the aßua! pojfejion of 81. Louie ; and fimher, that | they intended an immediate attack on Guadaloi'p?. In cnnfequence of which delermiiiatiott, 1 I teiTels loaded withfoldiers had arrived at Mauii;ico, while tlie Mary was at that Island. The condiKft of the ISiitifh, towards American leamen, was intoleisble oaid no reyard to Their lan. ■ "iiage was, « w on j mm ■ bav, for bit MtrjeHj't Jerxr-e." < On the l 2th in<i. Ut. 24, 40, long. 67, 20, : Capt. Grozer, at the brig Mary, in « heavy Tquail, ; canied away her main top and main top gallant 1 malt, arid her foremaft below her deck. ° ' May 7, long. 69, 00, lat, 23, 40,fpoke a f^hoo : nsr from Baltimore, bound r» Fort Daulphin, His. t pariola, out five days, ail wcil. t Saturday arrived the Inow Mermaid, Capt, Hiwley, in 20 days fioin St. Bartholomews. By , tnfr arrival of the Mermaid, we hsve infunrntio-i that the Briljjb made an attack on Si. Lucie, 4 1 Few days previous t„ Capt. H.wlcy's departure i from St. Bartholomews, ami I hot they ivere com• s plctc'.y difeat.d in thir attempt. The loin of. dw " t/orn Olir infuriftiUioj), wa iminfujely greut. 1 Three tranfpurts with wounded on board, had gone . to Martinique, and a reinforcement was lent for, ; in order to renew the attack. The general opiui. 1 on, however, at. St. Bartholomews was, that their f ieheme would prove abortive, as the French were ! well fortified. Yrflerday the (hip Jerfpy, Capt. B>arpes, arrived a at this port in 4} Jays from Havre de Grace, by , whom we have a reiteration of the account of 1 PEACE W| th Auiiria, but i.ot with aj - the Report of the day at Havrfc. Farttur to-mor: t row. z6 paflergers came in the Jersey, Extra&s t from I' rfcuch papers to-morrow. 1 By a letter from a gentleman at Gibral tar, :o a ( Merchant in this city, jated April 4, we are in formed, that-Mr. Humphreys had advised maltem of veffcls bound up the Straights, not to proceed, as there were grounds :o npprcher.d they would be taken by the Algeriiics, the lime for the arrival of the Ranfum Money from iht United States having ;1 ® x P'' e£ i> and no ca!h yet come to hand. The capture of Demaiara, by the English, in behalf of the Stadtholder of Holland, is given by" , v 'de Borton head. This capture, id ' this fame mode, is confirmed by Capt. Lathi-op, ar. rived yellcrJay in the ship Sally, in 32 dayp frotti Demaiara, who has broyght withhiina Dutch co py of the Capitulation. He had an English copy, r but 8 Bave8 ave ■' t°an Englilh cruiser who spoke him. it will appear to-morrow. I he Amlterdam Packet, Hendeifon, ariived on Saturday from GlafTow, brought Scotch papers to April 5, but they do not eo.itain any ihin<{ yetv in« r . teielling. ; 6 7 From a Correfpandent. In the Amllerdrm Pa. ket. from Greenock, came paflenger, Mr. DAVID DOWNIE, add family, from Edinburgh, . who was sentenced to »fuffer with Watt for High Treafc-n. We con gratula'.e him on his fafe arrival, and wi(h him all manner of happiness in tins Laud of Peace and Freedom. , j rgut . Arrived at this port. Ship Sally, Lathrop. Demerara 3J Jcifey, Barnes, Havre-de Grace 42 Artifterdam Packet, Hendeifon, 49 Eliza, Piigh, Cadiz 4^ Joleph, , Pommouth. . Lydia, Goodrich, Liverpool. Snow Mermaid, , St. Bmholeroewa Brig Joseph, Chafe', Jnmaica 19 Fox, Cook, Jt-remie 2 1 Charlotte, Flowers, Port au Prir.ce zi Hunter, Bunker, ditto. 1 ; Juno, Baftran, New Providence Mabel, r, Jamaica Maiy, Grozart, St. Bar.hokmew? 24 Nabby, Arnold, Turk's Iflan.l Pallas, Brown, Jamaica 16 Schr. Kobinion Crufoe, Chnrth, Jamaica zl Goliah. Hathaway. St. Thomas's 20 Sloi»p Sally, Tingly, jo, 2i CLEARED. Ship Commetce, Chadayne, Bourdeatts Schooner Lucy, Bradbuiy, New-Providence. Ship Prelident, Riley r from Guadaloupe to iit- Bartnolemews, waß taken April2g, by *hc Brin.'H sloop of war Patriot, and carried into St. Ivitt's. Several veflels from New York we aie informed lay at St. Lucie, at the time the Englilh arrived there, among which was the Ship Victor. Capt. Hawley, in lat. 35, 25. long 73, spoke the sloop Hiram, Capt. M'Donald, from New- York, 5 days out, ail wvell. Capt. Hendeifon,of the Amlterdam Paciet, it* lat. 40, 00, long. 49, 30, fpeke the (hip Expe riment from this port bound to Bordeaux, out 21 days, all w«ll. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA Arrived. Brig Neptune, Rhodes, Boston 18 days. Harriet, Peirre, Bermuda S Sch'r Abigail, Wocdbury, Chailefton 7 Succcfs, Richardson, Port de Paix 21 Cleared. Ship Liberty, Ramage, Hamburgh Atlantic, Langford, L»ndoa Intiia, Alhmead, C;I utta Mount Vet-non, Dominick, Hambuigh Sloop Jefferfon, York, St. Croiit Sally, Potter, Norfolk Merrimack, Carlton, Baltimore. The following Memorandum was sent on board tha schooner Polly & Sally, (at sea) from TenerifFe, bound to Philadelphia : The brifj Beifev. of Tynmosth, failed from Ff guera the lttof Match, with a cargo of Salt, for St. John's, Newfoundland —On the I3th'of May, was capturcd, in lat. 43 40 N. tang. 2 I 45 \V. the Frcneh privateer Le ChaflTeur. The captain, Mark Whiteway, was left on board ; and row re quells capt. Dchc to mention thefo £ircumftance» iu the American papers, on his artival, with this addition : that his veflll has since been retaken by th* Aflillance man of wai, of 50 guns, capt. John Mowat, who has ordered us to Bermuda. The Political Censor; Or, MONTHLY REVIEW Of POLITICAL OCCURRENCES, For M, T, By PETER PORCUPINE, Is this day published at BENJAMIN DAVIES's Be ok 3.ore, No. 62, High Street Miv « »
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