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= I PARIS, January 18. The direftory has fent to thr council of five hundred a mef fage, on thefubjeaof the vex ations and piracies which the c roiling veffels commit on neu tral veffels. and requeft them to examine the laws relative to ma ritime prizes to remove from them whatever may appear ob feure, and repeal fuch as are in their application unjuft and con trary to the interefts of the com mercial nations, DUBLIN, January 19. A confpiracy among the (late prisoners, which was generally reported, and Hated in our daily prints, is contradi&ed by Roger O'Connor, cfq. corroborated by major Sirr, in the following man ner. To the PUBLIC. Without indignation or fur prife I read a paragraph in the Dublin Journal of yefterday, 1 wherein it is afferted, that in a fearch at this prifon, where 1 am confined, a great quantity of arms and ammunition was found in mv apartment. A very brief ftatement of the faff is the bed anfwer to the falfehood. On Wcdncfday morning major Sirr came to this prifon, mofl minute ly fearched every part of the room, but declined, (though repeatedly preffed by me) to go into a dofet where Mrs. O'Con nor was in bed, and went away perfcftly fatisfied. On the day following he came, whilfl I was in bed, and after apologizing for a fccond vifir, told me that he had it in command from govern ment to fearch the clolct which the day before he had not exam ined ; whereupon Mrs. O’Con nor role, and the plate and every part of it was moft minutely fearched, where nothing of any fort or kind was found. Major Sirr, however, took with him a part of an hiflory of Ireland, in manufeript, which I had been employing myfelf in writing, and which I meant to give one day or other te my country as a recompence for the waftc of my time in a prifon—time which whilfl at my liberty, I will be bold to affirm, had been filled up by labour of utility to Ire land and my kind—for, “ nihil humani a ma alicuum puto" If this my ftatement of the tranfa&ion be in a little errone ous, call upon major Sirr to coneft it. As I am determined to have the paragraph of the Dublin Journal made a fubjcfl of judi cial enquiry, jufticc commands filence. 1 am, your faithful fervant, Roger O'Connor. Bridewell Prijon , Jan . 11, '99. I Since the above was written, the following note was received from major Sirr : “ I think it a duty I owe Mr. Roger O’Connor, to contradift 'an advertisement dating that I had found arms and ammunition in the apartments of that gen tleman—the fa£l being that I never did find any there. Henry C. Sir*." From a friend arrived this day from the county of Tipperary, we learn, that the union has promoted the pike manufa6lory there in an aftoniftiing degree, and that the fabrication of thefe weapons are going on with the moft a&ivc induftry in that part of the kingdom: In the neigh borhood of Cafhcl, dreadful to relate, a man was piked to death, fufpe&ed of having given fomc information againft the popular proceedings. January 2 1 : Though the corporation of Cork have petitioned for an union, yet the country and ma jority of the city are decidedly againft it; lord Longueville, (Arthur O'Connoi's uncle) lord Bantry, and another well known charaftcr, have been inftrumen tal in fetting on foot the pro ceedings which have lately taken ! place in Cork. When it was known that the liberty rangers were to parade to-morrow with a black flag, the commander, fir William Wor thington, was fent for by a cer tain peiTon, who prevailed on him to rclinquifh the defign. However, they will parade with ribbons anti-unionic on the oc cafion, and the old knight that commands is to prefent them with new colors, bearing the motto of “ the crown and con ftitution of Ireland forever-—!” Several of the Englifh militia have bought fongs, ribbons, See. againft the union. And feveral of the fame body have been heard to fay, “ we came here to prote6l this country againft the French, and nothing elfe,” The 13th regiment is arrived in Dublin from the Weft-Indies, that is, if a few officers and pri vates (thofc who have furvived the yellow fever) can be called a regiment* It was intended that on to morrow, all the (hops in Dublin fhould have been clofed, black flags held out, and “ no union" written on the (hop (butters of the different tradefman through out town ; but threats have been ufed to prevent this from taking place. We are in a ftrange ftate. God grant that the deliverers of Europe may not deliver us over to civil war and all its hor rors ! SALEM, March 22. Capt, Philips, in the ketch John, arrived here yefterday, from Li (bon, which place he left on the 22d of February. Before he failed, it was reported there and generally believed, that the French troops had made them felves mafters of Naples, and tiiat his Neapolitan majefty had retired to the Iflaod of Sicily. Capt. Philips informs that cape. Freeman from Bofton, bound to Alicant, was captured by two French privateers, after an obftinate engagement of three hours, and carried into Malaga. Capt. Barker, of this port, off Bilboa bar, was attacked by three French launches, which he beat off. killing 17 of the crews, and wounding 9 ; he had arrived fafe at Bilboa» BOSTON, March 13. A letter from Mr. John Brew er, poftmaftcr at Schoodick, (Maine) of February 19, con tains the following melancholy account ; Lad Tuefday aftcrtiootl a boat with the mail for St. An drew's fet out with five pafTen gers; juft before they reached the fhore the boat upfet by a Hidden (quail, by wbich acci dent the paftengers were all drowned, and the mail loft. The names of the unfortunate per rons were, [ames Sprague, Cal vin Kidder, James Trott, Sa muel Trott, and John Hodge; the three former have families near this place/* April t. Yefterday arm ed from Ali cant, and in 20 days from Gi braltar, where (he touched, the armed brig Alert, capt. Rich. From him we have undetftood that he brought difpatches from the American conful at Gibral tar, containing intercepted pa pers found fecrcted on boaidthe (hip Aftrea, Capt. Peasfc, which failed from New-York feme time Cnee. Thefe difpatches were immediately transmitted to the Prefidcnt of the United Stares, at Quincy. Capt, Rich further informs, that the captain of the Aftrea, mate and paffenger, were confined in order thatthey might be fent by the firft armed vcftel bound for the United States* NEW-YORkT, April u A gentleman paltenger in the brig Venus; Shaw, from Anti gua, informs, that he came out with the Cork fleet, and that 25 fail of the London fleet, had been captured by the Spaniards. The prifoners were put onboard a cartel. He further adds, that general Desfourneaux had made a declaration of war againft the United States. We underftand a letter has been received in this city from Barbadoes, which mentions that the cartel with the prifoners from the (hips captured by the Spa niards out of the London fleet, had met with a French 20 gun (hip with two of the prizes, which fuffered her to proceed : after which he fell in with a Bri nfh frigate, and informed them the courfc the French veffel had taken. It is added, that the frigate took the Frenchman, and retook the two Englifh vcffels. The fhip Sarah, out 26 days fronf this port, with a valuable cargo, is taken by a French pri vateer, & carried into Corunna, j Captain WILLIAMS. We date, from the bed au thority, that the account under the New-York head refpcfting this gentleman, is totally un founded. BALTIMORE, March 2s. Recent accounts from Ireland mention frefh commotions in that ill-fated ifland ; that the town of New Rofs, capital of the county of Rofs, had been burnt* and upwards of 150 pro teflants (hut up in a barn, burnt to death, with many other out rages (hocking to humanity. WILMINGTON, (Delaware) March 20. Extraft of a letter Jrom Dr. Per* kins, to a phyfician in this neigh* horhood , #< Dear fir—l have the plea, fure of informing you that my Ton, B. D. Perkins, has obtain ed a patent for the fale of the Traftors under the royal Teal of England; and is progieffing as fad as can be expc&cd in a country of (Irong prejudices againft innovations. He alfo informed me, that he had receiv ed the mod flattering accounts of the reputation of the Traftors from Copenhagam " 1 found the Tra&ors of great ufc, in conjun&ion with other remedies, in the cure of the yellow fever or plague, of lad autumn. lam (o far con vinced of that fever being under tht controul of fimple means, that I am determined to rifk my 1 life in combatting it, if an op portunity (hould offer." \ CHARLESTON, April 11. Capt. Darrell, from St. Kitt's, has politely favored us with the St. Chridopher's Gazette, of the 15th ult. from which the follow ing article is extra&ed : 4 Bajfaterre , March 15. Arrived this day, frdm aj ciuife, the United States frigates Condellation and Infurgente, commanded by commodore Truxton and lieutenant Rogers, and brought a very valuable French letter of marque fchoo ner called L’Union, of 6 carriage 1 9 O guns and 32 men; her cargo confids of dry goods and Iri(h provifions—(he was from St. Thomas's ten days, and captu red under the guns of Guada loupe yederday morning. The cargo of the fehooner is valued at 30,000 dollars. The Infurgente, we learn, had 200 men on board, and was recruiting very fad, numbers of American Tailors volunteering in the fervice. The Condellation was getting under way, when capt. Darrell came out of Baflaterre roads, (uppofed for another cruife. Yederday morning, at a few minutes pad 3 o'clock, a (hock of an earthquake was felt in this city by a confidcrable numbe of the inhabitants ; it (hook the houses fo Icnfibly as to make the