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BOSTON, April 6. ARRIVED, 'fliip Minerva, Barber, London. Sailed from the Downs March 4. March 26, lat. 46. 40. long. 47. at 6 a. M. fell in with a Held of ice, ex tending s. w. and N. e. as fa as the eye could reach. The wind being s. s. \v. we vtr obliged to attempt our way through it. It confined cf broken cakes, fome. of which were very large. The brca Ith of the field we fuppTed to be about a quarter of a mile. We were surprised to find many more fields equally large, and in every dire&ion. Our onl y alternative for fafety was to wear the fliip imme diately, repafs the firft field, and {land to the E. and his was accordingly done. ■ April 5, lat* 42. loilg. 66* 46* at loa. M. the main deck blew up on both tides. Ihe force of the explosion extended aft through the steerage, raised the quarter deck, carried away the state rooms on both lidts, together with the bread room, flore rooms, &c. coming through the cabin, and burfling out the cabii) windows. Many of the crew were lleeping in their ham mocks, near where the explosion took place, others in the steerage; fome of the passengers were in their state rooms, and others upon deck; and many of the people were in divers parts of the (hip; but providentially no perlbn was killed; several were much bruised, but, with two excep tions, none materially injured; two boys, John Lapping ton and Henry Vole, were the only perlons materially hurt, the former was much burnt. The Blip was then ort fire in several places between decks, the smoke Hiding out in every direction. Ihe firft meafare taken was to throw overboard a quantity of powder in the run, together with the aquafortis, oil of vitriol, &c. upon deck, fome pack ages of which were broken by the explosion. At this time a fliip and brig were in fight, no afliftance could be obtained from them. Happily, by the exertions of the crew and passengers, the fire was extinguilhed in a short time. On investigating the caui'e of this unfortunate affair it was found that it originated from there being part of a paffengtr’s b .ggage between decks in which was a quantity, of powder; one of the boys, being in pursuit of fome ar ticle for the ship’s use, went with a candle, w ic'n acci dentally communicated to the afore mentioned package. New Turk, April 20, We are forrv to state, that the ihip Suffolk, capt. John Millar, from Bengal, with 6000 bags of rice and 45 bales of piece goods, was on Thurfda) morning, in a hard gale of wind at north, driven on Ihore in St. lve’s Bay, and is full of water. Two of the men unfortunately perillicd by being sick below. The captain and tne remainder of the crew were laved. The weather being moderate on Friday afternoon fome part of the cargo was landed, and) should it continue, it is ex pended that both Ibip and cargo will be saved. On Monday evening the loap and candle manufactory of Hitchcock and Hop!"on, in Vandewattr ffreet, was con sumed by fire. By the activity of the firemen the flames were happily arrested without doing any other damage than consuming the building in which it commenced, with the property encloftd, amounting, it is laid, to 10,000 dol lars. April 12. A letter from Cape Francois mentions, that “ the French generals speak in the fouled manner of our country and its government. They talk of fending an army to New Orleans; ‘ then,’ as one of them was heard to lay, 4 we’ll give laws to the United States.’ Mr. Lear, our confui there, was treated with much difre fpedt.” Colony of St. Domingo. Copy of a letter of the general in chief, Lcclerc, to gen. Dugua, chief of the fiJjf. You will find hereunto annexed, citizen general, a Copy of a letter written by gen. Rigaud to gen. Laplume. When I brought gen. Rigaud to St. Domingo my inten tion was not again to raise up his party by crushing down vthat of Touffaint. The parties which had existed so long fin St. Domingo have been the cattles of all the misfortunes sos this colony. I had laid to gen. Rigaud, that, if he fuftered much injury in this country, he ought not to for get that himlelf had done a great deal to others. I had forbidden him to carry on any correspondence in the fouih, where I knew that his name could do but little good, and much harm. He has despised my orders; he lias written to gen. Laplume the annexed It tier, in which lie seems to regret that this brave gentral furrenderecl, and Strays a deli e of revenge; lie has lent emissaries into the foutl/ to flop cultivation, and inl'pire peaceable citizens with terror. With inch principles gen. Rigaud cannot contribute to the re-eftablilhment of the colony of St. Domingo. 1 order you to have him embarked, with his family, on bosu'il of the firft vessel going to France. You will autlio -1,;.-- to appoint here ibmebody with letters of attorney to take cart of his concerns. You will gild” the minifler of the navy an account of vlie motives that me to lend back to France gen. Rig uJ. You wvJ oaul'e his letter to gen. Laplume 10 be printed next to the orefent order, and give it the utmost publicity. (Signed) Leclerc. Copy cf gen. Rigaud’s letter to gt’v- Laplume, com manding the southern dcpartrtc'it. Port Repubiicain, 20th Ventol'e, Vv ar lo * Persecuted t lie lb ten years, driven away from iT?V pro perty for the last two years, taken by theEnglifh and tK Americans, at that time allies of my enemies, I have per levered in the fame principles 1 had before. The French government, doing justice to my conduvft and fidelity, gave me an employment in the French army, and my firft Heps are bent towards the incendiary and murdering rebels of the northern part, whole example yoy were wife enough ■not to imitate. You are not ignorant of the deep wounds made on humanity, the destruction of n)y unhappy coun. try men; 1 can only moan on their lot—.the evil is irre mediable; but, for the fake of thole who are vet living, for me who could uot fink under the weight of misfor tune, would you not think it conformable to justice, and even your duty, to give orders, without having fecourfe to l'uperior authority, that every article that has been taken away, or exists yet in the department, lliould he given back to us. 1 confine myfelf in this moment to in vite you to caui’e ray filter, or mr. Dcronfary, my attor ney, to be put again into the poffellion of my cattle, and that of my brothers, our lairds and houi’es, ayd their pro duce From the time we have been deprived of it. If w<* have been enemies to an unjust pairty we were true friends 0 Fiance, that can now cause its authority to be refpec.- ed> and do justice to whomfoeVel* it is due. I request you to fend meanlwer* and write what I have to hope for from your return to good principles. I fiiall not take any other step till I have received your anfvVer. When the banditries are onCe deftroved in the northern part I will bend my course towards the Couth, where I was born, where I have lived and com nan led with glory; 1 hope to find there none but brothers and friends* at leaf! good Frenchmen. In the mean while my wife and child ren are going among their relations, and I will not tarry long'in following them. (Signed) .. A. Rigaud. Port Repubiicain, Germinal 7, year 1 o. The general of dhnfion and chief of the Jlajf to the ge neral in chief, Leclerc. Yotir order bas been executed; gen. Rigaud is on board the frigate Gomel ie, with the expreis command of going to France. I have invited, from you, gen. Joyeule to con ;ucl him there. I have addressed to the minifler of the navy copies of your letter, and of that which this officer wrote to gen. Laplume. Salute and refpedh (Signed) Dugua. Philadelphia, April 19. Extract of a letter from London , dated March 1. “ The following is a paragraph of a letter which I have this moment received from a friend in Paris, under date of 22d February. It is important, and lliould be known in America: “ It is determined that a colony shall be fettled in LOUISIANA and FLORIDA. Gen. Bernadotte is to have the command; its departure will perhaps depend on the accounts expe&ed from St- Domingo; preparations are now making for this expedition. I understand the Indian nations adjoining Florida have agents now here, for the purpofo of making treaties with this country, to unite therni’elves with the troops or settlers that may be lent from hence. .The eftablill.ment of this colony is said to be a darling object, and it will be pursued with ardor, un lei’s the difficulties that may ariie at St. Domingo should derange the prei’ent plan.” Wajhington, March 14. On Saturday last James M‘Girk w; s brought to the bar of the circuit court, fitting in Wafliington county, to receive fenteme of death, for the murder of his wife. The chief judge appeared much affecffed in the fulfilling this awful and necessary part of his duty. Alter a Iking the priloner if he had any thing to allege in his defence, he proceeded to Hate tl at the pri soner had been found guilt), after an impartial trial by his country, and that the offence was much aggravated, by the dtceafed having been his wife, who ought rather to have received protection at his hand than such barbarous treatment as to occalion her death. Sentence ;ff death was then pronounced in the u filial form. The pri loner re mained equally unmoved at the ohfervations of the judge and the awful lentence, receiving the whole with uncom mon hardihood. After the lentence was pronounced the priloner requested time to prepare himfelf, which it was anl’wered would be granted him. The circumstances dil’clofed at the tri and relative to the treatment ti e decealed received from the priloner were flunking to humanity; it was not one ad\ of violence alone, but the effect of repeated severe beatings, in a state of health too that lavages vvoul \ have respected, that mrs. M‘Girk received her death; ffie was delivered not long be fore her death of twins, both of whom were either born dead, or died loon after their birth, and generally luppol’ed from the witnesses cn the trial to have been occafioued by the cruelty exercised towards the mother. Ckarlefion, May 1. Francis, duke of Bedford* died at his feat at Woburn, March 2d, aEt. 87. Fie was the riche ft peer in England. It is also laid that he was the richest fiubji Ct in Europe. He was the leader of the Whig interest in the kingdom of Great Britain, and is succeeded in his titles and effates by his brother lord John Russell. On Thursday the 11th March the remains of the duke of Bedford were interred in the family vault at Cheynies. 1 he procession had let out from Woburn Abbey on Wed nesday night by torch light, and arrived at the church at lon the day following. The attendants were in three mourning coaches. His grace’s chariot followed, and se veral horsemen; above 5000 persons had assembled in the village to meet ir. The coffin was covered with crimson velvet, and contained 3000 silver nails. As it was going into the church fome confulion was created by a man Heal ing one of the escutcheons. A gang of pickpockets, who attended from London on the occalion, served to increase the disorder. One man was much trampled on by a horse, and large turns of money loft from the pockets of many of the crowd. Ihe windows of the church were broken by the populace, who endeavored to get in that way. 111 London the mod marked testimonies of refpecl were paid to his memory. Ihe theatre of Drurv-lane, of which he was the landlord, was flint, as were many of the shops on his extenlive effates; the mournful palling knell was found ed for several hours at the pariffi churches of St. George, Bloomftniry, and St. Paul, Cos vent-garden. The following are said to be the willies of his grace of JSedfoid, contained in a letter to lord John Russell: fojpool. to mr. Fox, as a testimony of rcfpefl and esteem for his great powers and patriotism. 60001. so ford Preston, son of the earl of Ludlow. 60001. to Robert Adair, efq. his cousin. 20001. per annum to lady Maynard. 30,0001. to lord William Russell, to exonerate him from any embarrassments he may have incurred, which, together with the estate at Streariham, will make his in come 4001. per annum. May 6. Yefftrday arrived, brig Maria, Corry, Ca diz, 39 days. May 7. The vice president of the United States ar rived in this city yefttrday. May 10. Ihe I’enSte of the United States have re jt-dfod the bill for abolifiling the Mint. *CP BLANK LAND CONVEYANCES for fide at tlie rnittuig Office in Broughton (Wt, sr. jago mLA rtGA, Frh . ! : During i.e night b TC e,> tb,( t.al day last it biew a very strong north wj® i occasioned a greater degree of cold in this tow,’ fit recoiledfod by the oldest inhabitant.''; the th- Ut: w early on Wednelchy morning, was as low as Q:-•"‘wl; fome of the mountains in this, pariffi it f un j. Vi; the lame morning, to 54. ‘ Kingpin, March 6. Extrhßl cf a letter from Anne:to B, • ‘ ‘‘ The Ihips Lancaftor and Carlton ail? cn U„. two Americans; several of the other flaps are V,,.’ ■ injured, particularly the Ibip Mary Ann. flic has loft her rudder, and makes a good deal of fi The two lliips which are on Ihore were the favtufi their loading, and little dmncc of any cf the iW at fi laved.” “'m Montego Bay , February 27. LaftTuofday tWJ a dreadful fwcll of th.e ft a, which killed with greatj ■y ! the whole of the day. At 5 o’clock in the mom?B | wind was from the weft ward, with rain; about 6it I*l ! to the northwest, and blew a beaw gale, with a tn ■ j ol,s t!e fame quarter, wfticb threauntd ftnidlion of every thing affoat in the outer harbor, fj ( ing of 20 fail of square rigged vessels, btfuits fmaVfi ‘ Os the former, two lliips, a snow. and a brig, were J i tunately drove afliore on the beach adjoining C,tl M Hall, viz. the lliips Thomas, Stout, of New BninfiJ and Mary, Reid, of Glasgow; snow Lucy, Rust, rs J ton* and brig Perfoverance* Grantham, of KinrS nearly loaded for London. The lliip Mary, it isexfi ed, will be got off; the Thomas and Lucy, it is will be condemned; and the Pcrfeverance is a total \v3 All the rum that was aboard the Perleveratice is ( av fi except 19 puncheons. In the Close Harbor there were 17 fail of vefTels, y j 1 fliip, 4 brigs* 2 schooners, 2 Hoops, and the craft, which rode very easy, and foftained no dama M but we have to lament that the pies has received very tenal injury. About 6 o clock tlie wind veered round'jß the northeast, and the weather became moderate.’ ■ Falmouth , March 3. On Tuefclay the 23dult.J on a very heavy gale of wind from the northwest, wliifi continued with great violence the whole of that day part of the night, but without doing any injury to t'ttl .ft lipping lying in this port. At Pfo Bueno the ships }M pjter, Plank; I'relawnv Planters, M*Donald; and Gracefi Co’ ke; London; w.t'i the American fchoonerCan.l quet of Norfolk; were drove on ftiore in the fame gale,l About 5 o’clock on V\ ednefdav morning the Jupiter, hav.l ing temper lime on board, took, fire, and burnt down tol the water’s ede; not an article was laved; so rap'd were tin I flames that the captain and crew could not save their clothes. Ihe ft relawny Planters and Grace also took lire from the Jupiter, but, from the great exertions of their captains and feaincn, it was rnoft fortunately’ got under. 1 liofe Ihips, with the fciiooner, are now K ing 011 the beach; the Grace, it is feared, will be condemned, the beraj bilged; the frelawny Planters makes no water, and, be ing a loaded Ihip, affords flattering hopes that, upon be ing lightened, me will be got off. The lliips Nero, Greig, of London, and E!!is, v Reynolds, of Liverpool, rode out the gale. NASSAU* fNew Providence) April 7. ON Monday last arrived a I'm all wrecking (loop be longing to Harbour Island, having brought up three of the p-dr r>gers who failed in the brig St. Simon’s, Green, which left this port about eight weeks ago, by which we learn, that the laid brig was unfortunately cart away on the Grand Bahama three days after her departure from this port. The pafiengers, crew, and all tire cargo but the fait, have been laved, but the veflel totally loft. 1 lie remainder of the people remain still on the illand waiting to get on board fome veflVl bound diredk to America. Arrived, the fl ip Martha, capt. Henfhall, from Africa, with a cargo of 249 prime Haves, eonfigned to Jaroei Mol's, cfq. SAVANNAH, May 13. M A R 1 N E LIS T. Entered Inward. Sloop Plover, Price, New Providence Brig Betsey and Peggy, Allen, * Baltimore Venus, Crooker, New “Wk Schooner Lovely Lass, Cook, Nassau Ship Comet, Brinton, Baltimore Schooner Mary, Woodworth, St. Mary s Brig Mary, Burr, St. Croix Sloop Ruth, Phipps, St. Mary s Cleared Out* Schooner Hero, Filden, Boston Ship Elizabeth, Dver, Liverpool Schooner Ann Rebecca, Walker, Frederickfburg Eagle, Morris, , New Yorjp Brig New York, Pelnr, JjF l ° Schooner Planter’s Adventure, Johnston, Cfajjprlefton Sloop Patty, Chalker, N#v York Schooner Mary, Woodworth, GW.iarlefc^ Sloop Plover, Ellis, M Brig Eliza, Bunker, jjWie w^or ’ CUSTOMHOUSE, 25th MarcM, 1802. Office hours from 8 o’clock a. m. to M* V NOTICE. The Commiflioner* of the White Bluff arc rf quelled to take a look at that part leading towards MBr' v and Montgomery; the bridge across Hanner’s CreJkcaj 5 loudly for their alliftance If the fubferiber is not MroVl informed, someone person, living at one of tbel a °'® ipentioned places, was to have repaired said bridge, J’\ c °y feqtiqnce of not doing bis tour of duty on the ra(.s lt two year; - raft. i ; ‘ A tbavelileb-