j
fTlow citizens of this
i description, all our well meant endeavours afe
i Tain! ' '' "'"; . ' .,"1- ' '
!. ' .'J1 1,! Rules respecting clams ''-";?'
AH claims of all prizes shall be sent in wn
Si ting v and when rea d, the society suauueici
. mine which of the claims, retativo to each
prize, shall be seized lor-their definitive
v: judgment, on a; future 'comparison. . This
iiifUmont la IA Uo trn. "at hf Stated mCet-
' ing on . the second " haeSday m February. :I
- it happen, la any cat e, that there b no com.
Detition. for a nriie. but only alnele claim,
the society will r.nnsiider such claim 1 nd if
, the claim orelalmsb e supported, answerably
i B to theViews and just expectation of the s0-:
; ciety, the prize proposed .shall be decreed.
' Premi ums amlyri-. V jiUy dam to per-
sons residing in any? of the United States ac
cording to the merit of their respective ex
hibitions. !' i -' -:.; ;
v : RICHARD PETERS, President
. JAMLS WW iASfc M. LJ. tec,", .rv
; LON DdN. lulv U.
iJU'...
Yefterday PirVimehjt was prorogued by
i for, fx aid pecotiary reward W assist m ex
pensive or difficult experiments. Our funds
are far below oux peal-But the former are
rot of so much moment, as energies excited
by emulation, among those who baye strong
propensities to benefit their. countryVwhjle
ther aje labouring for tbemSelves. Without
cOmtniffion.VTis event was announced
S by thefpUowingiiddrcfsto both houfes : i
" "My Lord fanfr Gentlemen? 5 , , .
V., J His fMajefiy' has commanded us to
' ;1 acquaint, 'you 'that the Mate of the pubb'ic.
i- :S bufioefs enablel'i his Majefty . to tlofe this
. feffiori of Parli ament. ". , r :: f - .
v We are, at jtrie fame nie'dtrecied :
: to ctprefs tq.'you the great " faVisfaction
which hi J majelty" has derived from. " your
u unremitting weal and diligence,tand from ,
, V f hat attention to the moll important Inter.
efts ,oi his Empire, which has beea focon-'
l fpiciifvjs in all your proceedings. '
i , .... - . m '
1 tie : meaiures wcrch have wen adopi
ted for the permanent improvement ot the
. ?v various branches p( our tmlttaryt fyflcrn,
,' ments with the great object of public ecu-.
5 ' . . - I it. I - . 1 I I
nomy, anunc reguiauoas wmcn you nave
eftablifijcd for the fpecdy and. effectual
Audit of the Public Accounts, call for"
his Majeflyi particular acltnowlcdg-
ments. ' . :. .""
" Gentlemen tf the JUufe of Cojnminty 'S'
' . We have it in command from h'S Ma
, -jefty to thnk you for the prbwifipn which
ynu have made for the various exigences
of the public fcrvicc, particularly byrai
fing, within the year, f very large a pro
. portion of the nccclfary fupplies ;;a mca
' n fure in , itfclf . .'highly advantageoui j and
which mud, create, both at home aiwia-
broad. the moft favorably itnorelTion of
our national resources, ana ot the inirit
. which animates the Briti(h people. You
may be a (Hired that the utmoft attention
fh all be paid to the frugal adminiftraiion
of. thole lupphei which ycu have To libs
rally cranted. ,
His .Majcfty is particularly fcnfiblc
ot the trcia proof he has received ol your
iQaionat8 attachment to him, in the
provihon which you hive made for etia
Ming the , younger branches of his Rya
Family to men the ncccflary expenses c
their dilution." . . . 4 .
Aft LtrJt nd Gentlemen.
His Maiclty bcin'aUays anxious for
the icfloration of peace on juft anJ honor,
able terms, is enigcd in difcudiofis with
a view to the accnatpbihrncnt f tins moll
dcllrablc md. Their (ucctfs mud depend
. on a corrrfpouJing difpufnion on the part.'
cflhe trnctnyfand in, every evenr'his
Majcrty looks with tc Julkft conBdfn.e to
Ihc lositintianctf of ihat union anJ public
T ... f,Mrit a3ua allranksofhis people, which
' alone can give energy to war and tceuri.y
to peace.", t
t Thenr a pofitlon for proroguing the-Tai
Ustnent was rea., Alter' which fhc' Lord
Chancellor faiJi'. V
Aif LcrJt anJ GentUmf, '
Uy virtue of hit Majcay'iwmminun
tndn his great feaJ, tq us aoj 19 other
Lorli dlrcde l, and now read,, we do, in
his Mijeuyi name, nJ inobeilicncc to
h commandi, prorogue this Parliament
liThurfJay the 26;hdiy of Acft i.ei;
.mbe then holJcui and this Parliimrm
Is sccofdhly prorogued to TbuifJay the
8'b day Auriift ncit.
UALIF W, At.g4f3.
" Cipt. Whiihy ihe Lrtndor, wu
fnictne (ince fuprrced. d id the command
cfibat fhipbyrjpt, Htimr.fCy, fto-n Kng.
Ijd4. The Leather IYm for KngiinJ be
tw3en th-s ard 2li ir ft. CA. W.
;c p'Tcrrr in btt, ar.l a flf k enquiry
ii i l- mi lo into the unf jrttin 410 cccir
rtm.co2 No?.) oik. II? it r;crmineJ to
-take heme f i'. oni,ffi4Kc may ihitikue.
- ceilny tfhtir.(j lArward hhttdifn,f,
" 1'illfl Majcrt)'. iMttuilion. icUigl
Oilkeri, C-ptam, kc. txc, da eJ unthr
M lw i bad the fuijlngp'
A . a 4 . V
Ke,rcf:
nljtldn hiir2 Icon .mi!r.
.that Kmift! are trtquniity dV.
uiucd ui utt itivotaui ;roundi( yuu re
o- '
hereby further rcqy'ttul and 'direfteJ not ,
to interrupt any fhlps iindcr peutraV Sags J
engaged )n traoe ,1101 pronioiica oy iw
except upon , proof, or ftrong ground of
prefumption, that the fhip or the goods
belongto His Majc(lys enemies and you
'areVarncula'rry to bear in mind,' tbat neu
. tral veflel?, -conveying cargoes between
this country England and the ports of
the enemyV tarry with them a flrong pre
fumption that the; property is either on
IBrttifli or nCutifal account, mnd engaged in
a leea! traded5 II is Majelty having, in con-
fideratlon of the prcfent ftate of commerce, V
beco peafed to' allow that trade t becar-
i ried on by Rritilh and 'neutral fubjecls
it is therefore proper ( tbat lufh ' trade
" fhould fuffcr as little- interrtf pttori as'pof.
- -Signed, ; :" H,'NEAL, "
';-"-,t-:i?r.Hi' RUSSELL," :: 1 y : "
: r tffis':- KEN31NGTON;
11 B J Cmntand tf their Lirclhips. ' ;
, B. Tucker"
; ' The above luftruftions from the Lords
ydf the Adrhirahr, were received on , this-
fiation by HJs Majefty's fhip Leopard--
ana 1 nave,, juriner unoeruooo, 11 i uic
wiih of the. Admiral here, that no neutral
vveflfels thouldbe detain! on light or irjU
Tolous grounds." ' -
:::i::tfti:::::
PH IL AD ELPIli A, Sept; 1 5.
..We are informed that the Marquis Yrujo
set off in his earriaee veiterdav momintr for
Baltimore, as supposed, for; the purpose of
presenting himself vlth his n'e w trcdentWi
to; our'government. "This'Tait may lead to
some 'snitable comment upon the following
spirited paragraph which appeared m t&e Bal
timore American of Thursday. ''We shall
soon see yhetlier our Executive will' have the
courage to pursue the dignified coiirse-wHich
has been marked out for them by their friend
tte American. , , vv, '
,' From the Baltimore AmrirAn. .
Aslong since as four or fire days we heard
m. 1 -1 . 1 mM' jl -mr
u rumored, toai me .viarqurs iiujo naa re
ceived orders fi ord his tnaiter to insist on hav
ing his ministerial functions again recognized
by our government and, if not accredited to
demand -passports and abandon fhe country.
At the time wc did not believe there could be
any foundation for such report, but it now looks
inore probable -for what was thus slightly
whispered in Baltimore, at the period stated.
Is now declared as fact in a Philadelphia paper
of the Sth inst. However, if after the repre
hensible and insolent conduct of Yrnjn, and
. the ' man rver it was noticed and resentedhe
should offer such insult to our government b"y
aufhority from his own,' we firmly calculate,
that a spirited and dignified tone will be ma
nifested by the Executive, which wil' not only
continue to reject Yrujo, but hurl defiance in
to 'his tucih and those of his ma.te- and his
Yixster's master too," if the latter shoiid be lea-Kued-in
a measure so hostile to the lonorand
independence of our country:' Tor mrely all
who feel as Americans fchould, woild freely
risk encountering the most jjloomy , rather
than tamely submit to such dcgradaion and
indignity. . '
Extract of a Utter from our correrfanxnt, dated .
Lazaretto, Sept. II.
" This morning, arrived theJLngUsh hrig Cora,
ftom Jjiujica, bound to LonJjn.She ty.;r ta
ken uj at sea, cfttr the crexo left her, vith sjett
voter in htr hold, bt r)f(jin , of the brig
Cyrus, 0 and for' Xcw.York, frcn Jlavanr.j,
r.'u put'iit male and two men on Hoar J the ing.
She is loaded Suith toJceiletwetn 3 'and 400 hhds,
'besides tarrtU," ,
' Scfttyltr 13.
"Extrcct of atctterfrmenrtorrttiyiul.nl dated
Latattttd, Sept. 11. ,'., ...
" Ififl night arrind the brig Jttsoltdion,taft
' 7W.r, 0 dart from Lcguira. Captain Tut
ner informs jhat MtrunJa hid landed, at Coro,
whert ht fC)s joined bp itlvten ISOO end 1 500
of the.iiihMMtsi end that an crmi of 2(QQ
t9ops had matched from Laguira lo oppose
BALTlMORlwSeptemberlR'
Hf yeitertliy mail rcctited from oov
rciUrandit.entive cort'etond-titat Niittli
cx, afle cf Natchca papers up to the I2tli
ulufrojn which it appears that the Spaniards
are sjain becomirrg tnnabJeomc in that juir
tcr. The subjoined extract corroborates (he
assertion! ,
, UOSTJLT. APPFMRA.TX.
I.lract ef a letter from a gentleman it fCtr.h-
ca to the Witor, dted August 2, ICOC."
. On or about the I ltd of Julv ult. a de.
tnchmcnt'of Spanish troops, consisting of
304 j under the command of cant. Viand
i.ie comroanuant ot NiKtdotr.es, at4 mpcc
tor of tin tnpi of. bit Catholic Majesty n
the interior Provinces, arrived at the Caddo
tilbje, near Hcd Her iUve NatchltKhcs,
demanded lnfornutUii rcUivelothe explor
ing party under the direction or Minor Fret
man, which had ped lIVs Caddu vilhge
some days bcToit, cut down and carmdawuy
a n-g ftfthe United States, which the fad
dots bad hoisted in their town, irtfor min them
that theflaj: of the United States had M
bu?iki there, and that that rrt of the coun."
try wis within the dominion of Spain, and
CafWddmg the Caddqjihltf fuUirc fr,(il
hldm talks, triuhng or ,hatiti any Jnier
ture whaltvtr with the Aaicncans .r
kith te Spaniards tw.k thtlr depanora i
r.,tf the eiplonpgparty.it.d ir,n.rMtd
!! l a bia chief that they ctc lo ue
lull or dnvet htm back.
Wt lc likewiftc accour.fs from Ilatrm.
r.crre, U the arrlral t ihatfUf tf Col.
Xlrrafai late GcTertior'tiC Matrcr, with six
companies of cavalry -said-to contain one
'
hundred each, with several pieces of cannon,
and that several companies of troops more
are on their way from" St. Antonio.
. . r September 15.
- Another ship'of Jerome Buonaparte's fleet ,
L'Eole, of 84 guns', Le Croix, commander,
Was spoken coming up the Bay and it is sup-:
posed by this time is off Annapolis. She ;
parted. from the fleet' jn, jibe ate gale, and is.
totally dismisted and mnch shattered in the
.hulf,. which gaW tbe m little hopes of ever be-
ing able tb get her into port--as a precavftTOIi '
in case she should sink, ,they detained five A- !
-tnerican vessels they, met with on their Wav.
and kept them close'along side, so as to'be
certain pf" preserving the.crew. She passed
': by part of Sir Stracha'n'a fleet qr Thursday
-night, but it being very (jark Vas not discof;
iveredfill Friday morning, when LEoletas
within thb; jurisdictional limits of the . 'United"
.Slatcs&.'j. '' , : P . ' " '" ' VI t
".L-'."-'''1'''' .v. . """ September 16.
We understand that at the time of the gale
which proved so disastrous to the French fleet,
. Adm. Jerome Buonaparte was in the Veteran,
which vessel has not since been beard of. The
. Foudroyant, Adm. Willaumez's flag ship was
seen on the 23d ult. totally dismasted, in lat.
2S deg. 19 min. long. 66 deg. 39 min. with
her head to the westward. It is supposed, if
no mistake has been made in reckoning, that
she drifted after the gale a great way to the
southward; and being to the south of Bermu
da and not far east of Bahamas nothing but
the greatest luck will save her from being cap-
' tured by Some of the numerous British cruiz-
in these.waters. Capt. 1 ripp, arrived at
Boston feives the folhwing .'.account ol this
vessel: X
f On the 2 1 st August, laU6 1 Oblong. 66 .
3?,Beeing a ship dismasted, with shears up
to set a,topmast, with English colors hoisted
half mast, he bore down for her, while ano
ther schooner to leeward hsuled'V.p for her :"
she proved to Le arrench 84, having loit her
rudder, masts and bowsprit, and having 700
men on board. The Frenchman ordered capt.
T. to send his boat ori board, which he did ;
and was aurpvised soon after to see it return
full of armed nu n, who brought a tow line on
board, Jc made it fast to his mainmast. Capt.
T. told them it would tear liis vessel to pieces
but he was not heeded: The other vessel,
which was commanded by capt.' Grasier, of
Boston, then came up, having two officer's and
five Frenchmen on board. They stood W.S.
V. and came very nigh getting foul of the
man-of-war, and would, bad not capt. T. cut
the hawser. Capt. Tripp's sails were torn in
pieces, and the Frenchmen, consisting of a
lieut. & m dhipman and si men, took com
mand of the vessel; and mistrusting he in
tended jr.akmg a push, hove about for the
Snip. 1 he cBptains 01 the schooners went. on
board the ship to find out where they intended
going; but could obtain no intelligence; only
they wanted to keep the ship's, head to the .
west. They had about sixty fathoms cable
stuck out cf the ward-room, astern, but no
body tended it, to steer the ship ; they haJ
ol up a main and fore spar mast, but two
thiuls of the men were lying between decks;
One of the crew who could sp( uk English,
told captain T. tbey were going to make sail,
and taka him in tow, band Ids sails and steer
by him ; and1 that if tiny could not do any
tiling with the ship they were coming all on
bonrdthe two testcls, which could not hold
them with swept holds. Capt. T. then re
turned to his vcstel,'Mnuscd the lieutenant,
and made preparations for tctaVlng his vessel
& pursuing hi voyage. 'Four of the Frtnch
rncri wrre put down the bold, and captain T.
taking command of the rjuartcV deck drove
the oflicer, below. In the contest captain T's
matj was pulled nearly half way dovvn the
hold by the Frenchmen; but his men hauled
him back fastened the hatches don, "hooted
out the long boat, drove them into it singly,
Kt tht-m for the ship, and then made sail
' to fcctoutof gunlii.H
The above ship was Adm. Willsumet flag
ship, 'Le l'&udroyint. . . .. t
V -' "September IS.
VF.UY STHAXCiK.
Tlie Marqui Yrnjo, who came as far as
thisciiy on Sunday last, and who Intended to
proceed to the' scat of frovernment the next
morning, cmttlnurdherc till yesteiday niorn-
inj, when he t ttjtntd Q Fhiladtlpliia in the
IVeuch Tow n l'atkct.
COMMF.HCI.M
Ftem inbraliar, July IT, 170t.
The Corcrnorof (Vihralur has refused the
landing at that port, of Tobacco from Ame
rica, and pasted an order, that no tobaro
hall be landed except, from England, and
that (o be accompanied with a certificate of
clearance from one of the custom heme. '
RICHMOND, SrtmWr 11. .K .
Yesterday, Mr, Wirt in an eloquent and
Jngcniom'Ipcer.W, addressed tha Judges cf
the District Cnrt cn irrest of JudgmentIn.
the case of Swinney, who hattrtn convictrd
durin; this teno on two InOictmrnts fur 1 cr
rrira on tlc Virginia Bank. The Judges
FrtrsUs and Tyler, admitted the eacejton,
If t cferriiig theni ta tle heal (icticral Court.
'. NORFOLK, Septrmler 13.
Yesterday arrive d in 1 lampton React 1, hU
Jlritannie majevy sloop of war Moselle,
Captain Gordon, tn J I days from Darbadoft.
day Itaiort tbe.sjpop f rar sailtd, a
-!iel arrived f -ont I Jvtrpol,bring'ina: Lcn
don sdriusu tfie 7 cwfr fourth tf fiutm
At that di the re was 1.0 prate, Mr. Vox
was very ill. be had bee n tapped. iiht4u
ffeducin; any Rood tit, tt ldtrd ttry faint
j bopts wtrecntcttained of hit rttotery. The
" gentleman frcnV w bom
iveti ttii intor
Vitiation . says, tha t n
f importance
t I
m
1
w r
I bad occurred since th
of our Jail ad
vices.
eptembcr 13
In a Part of the last edit: of our paper
we gave a basty account ot the destruction of
the French line of battle ship E'lmpetuux of
fi gunSt, commanded by Mons. Leyeycr Be
laix,; member of the legion cf honor. Since'
then wejiave conversed with some (-f the ofii
rn nT tUt Vn-nrh hir. vm s:tv tliat in a vi-
Oleni gale on the 19th. August, in lat." 26, she f
wa totally dismi ed,; lie'r rudder broke, wa-l
tcr casks stove,1; and all Ui powder wet andl
idestroyed; they were obliged to throw all their
guns overboard except tb lo wer tier, to keep
;he;!'' al
state for ?3 days, short of provisions and not a
drop of fresh water, early 011 Sunday morning
last they descried two British men-of-war, a
" frigate and an armed. brig, being then about ;
miles off short! to the southward of Cape
Henry; that sooner than be takehat sea they
Uromediatelv made for ihcitdwref on which
tbey run the ship" before the British got within,
shot,"having with their colors aVigoul rf dis
tress also hoisted. They state that the "fri
tnitc commenced firing upn them when thef -
were aground and within a mile of the land,
and continued the fire .until the colors St sails
were loweredduring this time the two line
ot battle ships were at ancnor witnin long-
snot mat tne crew 01 menm do.i wnicn,
came onboard from the frigate behaved with
much civility, but' when 'the marines came
they conducted themselves with ritdciie.ssr-f-That
the captain of the French ship expostu--late'
with them, staling that they . were, on
neutral ground, but to no effect, for after tak
ing out what of the crew that did not jump
overboard, they set fire to her and effectually
destroyed her. The L'Impctueux had near
700 men"; those taken on board the frigate
have been sent up from Hampton-Roads, and
are now comfortably lodged in the hospital at
rerry Point.
The Impetueux ivas one of Willoumet'a
squadron, and of which.Jerome was second in
command in the Veteran, which ship parted
from the squadron in the latitude'of N. York,
20 or SO'days befijre the gble, and bus never
since been litard of strongly, suspected slie
has foundered. They fell in with the Fuu
droyant (the"admiral'a ship) three days after
the gale, totally dismasted, rudder gone, and .
nearly a wreck suppose she has got into the
Havana. The Casard and Vclcreuse frigates
belonging to this squadron, ?? iio mining.
Admiral Sir Richard Straclisn, in the C.
aar of 84 guns, arrived off the coast we under
stand, on Monday last, having lot.t hiu main
mast. Latest Foreign News.
Jrofi a pay received at the cffict cf the Puiliit
Ledger, lj the ship MvUj, Jrom London.
London, August I4 '
We are enabled lo assure our rtadt ri, from
the most repeculle authority, that Lord
Laudeidide will set off in the course of this
day for Paris. I lis lordahip was exptctt d to
leave town soon after enc o'clock. Mr. (iod-
dard who arrived yesterday from Paris, w;n
the bearer of dispatches from Lord Yarmnutb,
tyhich in conserpience of Mr. Fox's illnea,
were taken to Lord GrrnviUe's. Mr. (l.ar
rived about 7 and at 9 a cabinet rr.uiic il was
held, lord Iauderdate is to be octompanied
by Mr.Uoddard, wki will act as his lrdhip'a '
private secretary during the negotiation. Our .
readers will do us the justice to recollect that
we stated a few days ago, that the tit-goa.
lion would speedily tuke h dtcitite turn. Sub
sequent evtnts have justified that opinion; k
we cars now vecture to state, that in a ft tr
days the ques'tyn of Peace or War will be
decided;' for his majesty's n.inisttrs are, we
believe,, unanimously rcsr'.rdnot to lulTcr
a tirctractcdnegocialion.
We received last Bight Paris papers to thl
S5th and Dutch to the 30th u!t. They con
firm hat we exclusively stated Vednesdayr
nil. that a Treaij cf Ptatt betvten France ar.I
Jtassia rvas tinned r the 10, h ulr. which scma
of our conpetilbn doubted, and otliers confi.
denlly denied., M. D'Oubril wat.u courto
the plenipotentiary for Hussii, and C.er.eral
Clarke acted in the same capacity fur France
'A circular letter to the different ports, from
the minister of the Franch marine, announce)
this imottant fact to the public. .Thisfvcu
seemed to bare raised the spirits of the peo
ple in Parit, and has propcrtionably operated
upon the French funds. CanX stock tad on
the Still risen to 1 1 57. SO, and at .tin saro?
period the 3 per cents were st (.7. iO. Hence,
ni doubt It inferred In the French cipi'al ibtt
this separate treaty between France and I'm.
sia is the harbinger of general pari!'ca',cnj
with this country and the several pow?ref
ntirop. la consequent e too, of this svtpt
clous event, the Monitmr hat announce J tbat
the Rrand triumphal Ftlf l are to take place
in Stptmnberi tha last U doya of which wU
le wholly devoted to nationaj feitivitici.
' t CHARLKSTO.V, Rcj. 2?.
4 VZ tmderttand that a Uhtr h tetn r.
ceived In this city, frr.tn the Mississippi Tars,
ritory, by Saturday's MsiJ. statinf, that tl
Spaniards have atnt about 400 sncn tip tt
Red Fixer in lnisiana, laort'tr lo inUrct pt
the party which was sent tip that River by
derofour'gnvernrrient. The American p-js.
ty was cVathed bt Ckdontl Freeman. awJ
does not r omiit t.f inorc than $0 mm. Tbee
dvltes further state, that o rapid wis tt
march ol theHpuriards, that "at tbelatV o
Cwtrla, ISejr wtre nlin three days raxh
e.f the American detacl tmrt t fcnJ at IU
Caidt vilUgf, (whrrrthry U'ted) thty'ttt
doao lit
AniciKaniug, wtcn.5 they
. t
1 1
s,l