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ration of other circamflance# the court acquitted
him oj any disobedience in his Conduct on that occa
sion.
“ With rcfpeft to the third charge, of his hav
ing, after his return, difobcyed the orders of the
board of admiralty, in not going out to the Weft-
Indies in the Aftrea frigate, the court were of opi
nion that that charge was not proved; and therefore
acquitted admiral Cornwallis upon that charge.”
Admiral Cornwallis, who, during the trial,
conduced him/elfwith great firmnefs and compo
sure, heard the sentence read without any emotion ;
and then making a flight bow to the court, retired
along with Mr. Erskine and some other friends.
The court conducted itfely with that grave and
. suitable decorum which has ever charaderifed the
naval courts-martial of Great-Britain. '
The court was remarkably crowded.
So may flag-officers never fat on any court-mar
tial before. ,
As soon as the sentence was communicated to
the people on board the Royal Sovereign, which
lay at a short diltance from the Orion, they all
got upon deck and gave three cheers.
N E W - Y O R K, May 30.
On Saturday there were two arrivals from St,
Bartholomews, viz. the Mars, in 24. days, and
the Mermaid in 20 days. The accounts they gave
do not perfeftly correfjiond; as, however, the
Mermaid is 4 days later than the Maty, there is a
possibility of the truth of her account. We iufert
them as follow.
By the brig Mary, Grozer, arrived on Satur
day, in 24 days from St. Bartholomews, intelli
gence is received, that the Britijh had taken and
were in the attual pofjejfon of St. Lucia; and fur
ther, that they intended an immediate attack on
Guadaloupe. In consequence of which determi
nation, 1 1 veflels loaded with soldiers had arrived
at Martinico, while the Mary was at the iiland.
The conduft of the British, towards American fea
inen, was intolerable. They paid no regard to
proteftions. Their language was, 4t men we want,
and men ue mill have, for his Majcftx's service
On Saturday arrived the snow Mermaid, cap-,
tain Hawley, in 20 days from St. Bartholomews.
By the arrival of the Mermaid, we have informa
tion that the Britijh made an attack on St. Lucia,
a few days previous to captain Hawley's departure
irom St. Bartholomews, and that they were com
pleatly defeated in their attempt . The loss of the
British, from our information, was immenjely great,
Three tranjports with wounded on board, had gone
to Martinique, and a reinforcement was sent for,
in order to renew the attack. The general opini
on however, at St. Bartholomews was, that their
scheme would prove abortive, as the French were
well fortified.
By a letter from a gentleman at Gibralter, to
a Merchant-in this city, dated April 4, we are in
formed, that Mr. Humphreys had advised matters
of veflels bound up the flraights, not to proceed,
as there were grounds to apprehend they would be
taken by the Algerines, rthe time for the at rival
of the ransom money from the United States hav
ing expired, and no cash yet come to hand.
June 1.
IMPOR T A N T.
By letters received in this city we are informed
that captain Harris arrived at Rofton from the
Cape ot Good Hope brings intelligence of that
place being taken by the FRENCH.
AUTHENTIC INTELLIGENCE.
By the French frigate L’lnfurgente arrived the
day before yesterday at this, port we are informed
that (he belongs to a division of eight men of war,
failed from Brest in April last,. and arrived at cape
Francois on the tenth of May. ' That this division
is corapofed of one frigate of 44 guns, three do. of
40, and four (hips of the line cut down.
On the nth of May arrived at the cape a second
division of three (hips, two of which are of 74 guns,
and the third a frigate of 44 guns. A third squa
dron was announced, and expe&ed in every mo
ment. This last division is compiled of eight
Ihips of the line, and ten frigates or (loops of war.
It is the very fame which the last fall intercepted
and took 40 English veflels, valued at 40 millions
of livers, together with a 74, one of the convoy
ing (hips.
On board the Wattigny, a 74, ore of the second
division, were citizens Sonthonax, Le B’ance,
Raimond and Giraud, commiflaries of the execu
tive dire&ory of France, and its envoy to the
windward islands. Theircolleague citizen Roume,
had arrived some time before them in the Spanish
port of St. Domingo, which is.immediately to be
.delivered up to the French.
It is difficult to designate the general enthusiasm,
the lively expressions of joy, with which the com
jniffaries have been received on their landing.
Citizens of all colours joired without diftindfion to
compliment them, and to rejoice at the consoling
profpedl offered at last to their view. The mo
mentary abandon, in which l the French .'Republic,
s urged on all (ides, had been obliged to leave her
colonies,, was-the. main, caofe, or at lead the pre- v
•text, of the didurbances which have troubled them
until now. Difaffedled and designing people dif
femiuated and entertaiwfd carefully dangerous
on the intention of the metropolis. But
France being now difembarraffed of a part rfher
enemies on the continent, is resolved to dirrft to
wards her colonies, her cares and tfforts. An in. ‘
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variable system has been adopted; they are declared
to be an indivisible part of -the republic, and a •
general liberty is sanctioned. The very men had
been Tent to govern them, had already pro
claimed and elfablifhed there the .rights of man,
and those men have the management of a-refipett
able force. Every thing therefore induces us to
think, that the government will acquire, in that
, precious part of the French empire, an afpeft ea
table, by its liability and firmnefs, of counteract
ing in future, factions and treasons.
Already the happy effects of the grand measures
adopted by the French Republic, are felt in the
Cape. That city had been lately agitated bv some
internal diffeniions; several parties were formed,
and openly declarad they were determied to defend
their pretentions by hostile .means. The arrival
of the commissaries has diflipated the ferment.
They do now think of nothing else but to march
against the common enemy, wage with him an
eternal war. The commissaries have brought with
them a considerable quantity of warlike, (lores,
arms of all kinds, and a considerable artillery.
The land forces are almcft wholly composed cf
cannoneers and miners feleCied among men the
most used to war and the climate. The commis
saries have likewise brought with them a consider
able number of mechanics; that valuable class of
citizens is precious to them and they are disposed
to receive kindly, and to favour with all their
power, the ufeful men who will come and join
them. ‘ They proferibe pride and idleness only.
The collonial production was very abundant in
cape Francois when the frigate failed, and the next
crop was very pramifling. The best articles for
market were,.flour, cloth, linen fit to cloth the
troops, (hoes, hats, and wine.
The news brought from France by the Infur
gente is as late as the 17th Germinal (7th April)
when the directory was making every preparation
to carry on the war vigorously, both by sea and
land. • General Jourdan, after having concerted
his plans with the government, had repaired to
his army on the Rhine, and the campaign was on
the point of opening. The collection of the forced
'loan was continuing, and almost finilhed.
Articles of necessity were abundant in the re
public; but the circulation of them was (till a lit
tle obllruCted, owing to the diferedit of the paper '
money, and the manoeuvres .of flock jobbers;
otherwise fpecic was already circulating freely in
most of the departmens, and a great proportion of
taxes was paid in hard money.
Vendee was no more;—the Chouans had fifft
loft two of their chiefs, Stcftlet and Charrette,
whom general Hoche had found means to take.
r l he above intelligence, being authentic, will
set aside all’doubt which before clouded the Well-
India accounis refpeding the arrival of a French
• reinforcement in that quarter.
In addition to the above account we have been
favoured with the ; proclamation of citizen
SONTHONAX, as President of the commiflion
from the executive dire&ory of France, who arriv
ed in the fleet from Brest, Cape Francois 25 Flo
real, May 15.
Citizen BOURNONVILLE,' has set off pnft
haste for Philadelphia, from where we m3y expcCl
important news soon.
From a London Paper.
NATIONAL PER FORMANCES.
At the Britijh Theatre, The Road to Ruin, arid
The Devil to Pay.—’At the French Theatre, a
New Way to Pay Old Debts:—Sprigs of Laurel
has had a great run, but it has of late been difeon
'tinued; At the ..Prufpan Theatre, Trick upon
Trick, and. the Farce of the Subsidy. At the
Ruffian T heatre a Polish Tragedy called The Sur
render of Wariaw, and the Double Dealer.—At
th tSpaniJk Theatre, Howto Make Peace.—N. B.
The Family compact will, it is thought, be shortly
received here.—At the Dutch T heatre, a new
Play called To Be or Not to Be; and the Farce
of Independence.—At the German Theatre, 5 British
Gold, and the Farce of the March to'Paris.—At
the American Theatre, How to be Happy, and
Good Wishes to all Mankind.—At the Sardinian
Theatre, The.Progrefs of infurredtion.—At the
Swedijh and Danish Theatres, The Advantages of
Neutrality: At the Papal Theatre, No Penny no
Pater Nofter.
A L E X A N D R I A, June -7.
The stock jobbing gentry in London are play
ing the dangerous game, so often pradiifed in this
country, of running up the funds—the consequence
of which will be, like running up Georgia lauds,
the running down of many a private fortune.
Was to fail from Boston the 25th-alt. for Lon
don, the Minerva,, captain Turner. In her will
go passengers, Christopher Gore, Esq. commif
tijner from the United State to fettle the Ameri
can claims for British fpoliations.—Mrs.' Gore,
his lady, William Tudor, Esq. Messrs. Thomas
Brewer, Levi Pearce, Edward Blake, William
Skinner and James Carter.
A paragraph under the Boston head of May 27,
fays, captain Barney is appoioted to the command
of a' French 64 gun (hip.
Extra 3 of a letter from an American gentleman in
France, dated Paris, isth March, 1796, to his
friend in Philadelphia .
“ 1 yet remain without the pleasure cf a line
from you, and now have only time to fay to you
not to fend any property here, as the prices arc
much fallen, and no profpefl of a sale at prefenf.
“ Yesterday a decree palled for the iflbing Man
dates, to be received in all cases as specie, which
is forbidden to be bought, fold, or dealt in, in any
way. You are only to buy or fell in Mandates,
under the penalty of four years imprisonment in
chains, and a heavy fine—an equal punilhment oa
him who refufes to receive when tendered. The
debts due I expedl will now soon be paid, as the
paper will iflue in a few days.”
LEXINGTON, May 3,
An extrafl of a letter from an officer now at Fort
Hamilton to the Editor, dated April 18, fays,
“ are making the utmost exertions to get for
ward the ordnance and supplies for the army, to
take pofceflion of the Weftern Polls; fix boats ye
sterday, and five this day, have proceeded to the
head of the navigation, and seven more are expect
ed.to proceed to-morrow.”
A report prevails here, that general Wayne wa» •
houily expe&edat Fort Walhington, and that pre
parations were making by the commanding officer
of the garrison to salute him on his arrival.
In our last we mentioned, that a gentleman just
from Nalhville had given information of a family,
supposed from the neighbourhood of Peterfburgh,
being killed going up the Milfifippi, Yesterday an
express arrived at this place on his way from Fort
Maffack to head quarters, who confirms the above
report, and asserts they were killed by the Creek
Indians, about the time mentioned in our former
account.
C. HARLESTO 'N, June i£.
Again has this city been visited with the dread
ful calamity of fire. On Monday lafl, at 3 o'clock
in the afternoon, a. room in Lodge-alley was dis
covered to be on fire, which in a few minutes com
municated .to the neighbouring buildings; The
citizens soon assembled; but their exertions could
not Hop the devouring flames 'till 3 o’clock on
1 uefday morning, nor until a very considerable
pat tof the city was destroyed. At this moment,
owing to the confufion occasioned by the disaster,
it is not in out power to give an exaCt account of
the loss, or of the number of buildings destroyed 5
but those acquainted with. the city will conceive
the damage done, on being told.that every house
in Queen-street to the Bay to the corner of Church
ftreet; all.Lnion-ftreet continued; two thirds of
Union-street; Church-street, from Broad-street to
St. Phillip’s church, with only two exceptions;
Chalmers.and Bercsford’s alleys; Kinloch’s court;
and the f.orth fide of Broad-street, from the State
house to Mr. Jack’s, four doors below Chutch
ttreet; and five houses on the Bay, from the corn
er of Qneen-ftreet, were burnt to the ground.
The public buildings destroyed are, the French
Church, and the upper or Beef Market. St. Phi
lip’s Church, was on fire several times, and ulti
mately must have been destroyed, if a spirited ne
gro had not afeended to the top of the cupola,
next to the vane, and tore off the (hingles.
The private buildings destroyed, and the pro
perty they contained, are ofimmenfe amount.
Five hundred chimneys, it is said, have been
counted, from which the buildings are burnt; and
150,0001. sterling, is supposed to be a sum far
short ot the value of those buildings. The goods
and furniture destroyed, are probably nearly equal
to this sum.
Early in the fire, a white man, whose name we
have not learnt, was killed by a pipe of wine fal
ling on him ; and 3 or 4 negroes were killed at
other periods.
Mr. Charles-Banks, had his leg very much hurt,
Mr. Laurence Campbell, Mr. Henry Lancheft
er, and Mr. Joseph Verre, were considerably
hurt, while exerting thcmfelves to blow up a house
in Broad-street. We axe happy to add, their
wounds are not thought dangerous.
These are all the accidents we have yet heard of,
and we have no reason to believe that there are
others which will be attended with any fatal ef
fects.
1 he distressed situation to which upwards of two
hundred families are reduced, by this disaster, is
easier to be conceived than deferibed; or how
numbets of them will be able to obtain places
Ihelter themfelvcs from the vicissitudes of the sea
sons, is hard to fay. Still it is to bt hoped that
the citizens, whose houses have escaped the flames,
will exert themselves, as they have heretofore done,
when like calamities have visited the city, in pro
viding tor them such accommodations as may be in
their power to afford.
Whether this misfortune is the effe&of design or
accident, is not yet, and perhaps never will be
known; from the examination made on the spot,
where it was said to have firft began, by the In
tendant, there is reason to suppose it was the work
of some incendiary, but no proof is yet offered that
will fix the crime on any person.
[Extrafts from other accounts.]
On v Monday afternoon about 3 o'clock, a fire
broke out in Lodge Alley in the liable loft of Mr,
Duprie.
There was about of hay in the loft an i
the manner in which the fire was communicated to
it cannot be accounted for, in any way but from
design.
The wind was from the N. E. and firefti.
The fire’s firft attack was near a bodv,of wooden
buildings and its paiiage through them so rapid and