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rhofe who have fold, are L'JE. money, i. hn there will be an inclmat and when there will be an inclination to French have I lor inc rime. Lke reftuution ia very uncertain, firms Mikt to our late proceed 'rLl Brit; and do not. fcruple to f.y vrry iheiijrrr RtfuMU.

PORTLAND, May SO rcu ST lt'Ct A. II VI B.Ww Lucie, except Muroe Fortune, odirged for about ten dayi kwurly expected. with I hard Capt. R. DAVUtroin St.

Lucia, arrived here the wftaut, alter a palfage of days. captain that the Enghu, with a fleet hundred l4 of frigaiei and tranlpurii, had laid JL othe ifland and two dayi before he came away, landed boati, and a my fcvere engagement cn AUA Ku ikr reoub Katil i i Cmm hum he lldrWenbackto thetr boaU, leav.ng nonorca ih mm. in me cinnuiiuuK wuv Engliftt tite wit OOtnatteo anaanoincr capt. Dvta failed, the cannonading wa re xwed with the utmoft vigour on boih Bdea. He lay "uhinfour milei of'the Icene ofaaioo andcouldfte iiliudly, the inceflant flauSings of the guna.

jThe msber of. befiegera wa reported to. be twelve thou kd. NP.IV.YORK. 7n7.

On the ith May, he lad (cffinn of tho fi. ft provincial parliament of CANADA wl prorogued until June 15. Dupng the the three lollowing winch are bierrfttng to the United Statei, were palled, vl An for allowing the importation of trelh or failed beef and port, and hogt laid, tor a limited time, lumthe United Statei of America. An aa lor making a temporary provifion lor the rfjuiation of trade between thil province and the Unit td State of America, by land or inland nav.gauon. An att tor rrgul't'g p001 who hlre or cu8a8e lo pei.iorrn voyageito the Indian couutry, or to wtn tci thrrei" RICHMOND, May 28.

An American captaio latelv being called to the bar i i the ifland of Bermuda, to fwear concerning the property on board hit veflel dcfired judge Green to let biro fWear on a particular text. He then laid hu hand upon the full vcrfe of the 4id Pf.lm Judge roe oh God, ind plead my caufe againft the ungodly nation deliver me from an ungodly and unjufl man." The confcientioua Judge, ftriefcen with the pemnenry of ike point, relealcd hi veffrl. BALTIMORE, June 4. Laft night arrived at the fort the brig Peggy, captain Willift. in 16 davifrom St.

ChriftoDhcn. May 4, lat. 5, 30, long. 66, fpoke the fthoooer Catharine, from Philadelphia, 14 dayt out bound to the Bahama, all well. Mayiy.long.

70, fpoke a Danifh (hip, from Bordeaux, bouod to Charlcfton, out fix" weeki. Left at Biffeierre Ship Prlident, Riley, of New York, and the fchoouer Betley, King ot Gofport, both carried in aa prizes to hit majdly'a fhip Perdnx, cap tain Fahie. Captain Wallace, and a gentleman who came paflen fT, both lay, that the Bntilh were poucuwn 01 That had been clofely and ill funender, wai Juw y. Bytwo gentlemen who came pafTcngeri in the fhip lark, cipt. Menerou, arrived at Nortolk on tbe 30th ult.

from Suriinam, which they left on the oth May, we have received tit. following important infoinwtion 5 That 9 4av after leavine oort they fell in with a brig ktlonging to New York, dayi out ftom Barbadoei, bound 10 Demarara that the; matter (unknown to them, but an acquaintance of their capiaio'i) afked them if lot Dutch Beet hd not arrived Sucrinam, wai loiwered in the negative 5 but told, that 5 fail, con Glhng of 3 an brig and trnfport, had juft arrived at Cayenne upon which he tbem be wculd give them much better newa, and requelted they would inform hi owneri, which wai, That juft ptevi 001 to hu leaving Brbadoei, frigate belonging to ad mnal Chriflun'a convov Jiad ariivcd there in a very lhatteted em.oition, and infurroed tht a Dutch fl et of II lail of the line has fallen in with theiri, near Madeira, eompofed of (hip of the line, a frigatei and 180 tnnfporti, ind that it wai more than probable, he would be the only one able to elledan etc ape. red On the of April laft. Gngular debate occur ihe Brti.fh rWe of Commimi. wa ocia fioned by a proprfal for fe'itr dgh on a pennon to wu etlea from the county ol Leieelter.

ai me un too orotic for reouhlicjtioii. we fhall eive a fumma ty fome of ihe principal f.a which transited in he fourfe of it. Britain it eftimatedto contain twa millitns of dogi. They roy annually jfj tkaufud Ibcep Tour hun flred have been killed bv a fingle dog. A larje leward offvred for iti appiehenTion, aod two hunired men dogi went in purfuit of it.

A dog ii (uppoled to onfume npn iweitge one penny worth of whole fame viduali per day. Thil, for two millioni of dogi mount! to eight thoufand three hundred and thirty three poundi fix fhillmgi and eight pence fteiling per y. upward of three million! per annum. Great iantitiei of grain and meat are Hhi for thrle animals. One gentleman enntraaed vhhii meatman at eiitht hundred pounds ftcrling a T'ito feed hi.

doei. A pack of fox houndi ufually lt a thoufand a year, and fometimei the whole bread I country town ii boutht no from the bakeri lo fup P'y them. Canine madnrfi, that uttnofr ftate of hnman mifery a become frequent. Thirty three petfini bitten by H. aod leired with the hydrophobia, were dur laft yeir brought into the inSrmary Mmchefter i Ptt hat propofed a tax ol three fhillmgi 'per head btbate fas 1 that it ii common lo fee lao dogicar nej tVTj ut 10 the Iteldt by valet 1 fix feet high 10 give ailing, and ai tfitti' tj J.mtr.

nv tCwiubM 3td tki, Ww) etfti THREE. WUKS AFU MARIAG i if rue U7)A wtk Ctmtdi. iJltd Tkt SPOJL CHlLD tkt Btit if Xrtr aai MJiSte Mr. Bliifit, Un. JitJriu mi Mn.

it in Mtdnefity af a letter frtm ot March, at I two ftranee armed veffcli weie difcovered from th.a place, and about an hour too lotty (hip appeared to the fouib ward two tr.6atea and two cutter ongl imrorow.j went out in puifuit, and about we hrard a very fha cannonading, which continued lilt 8, but ai neither of the (hipi have retuiiH we arc ignoiaut of the event. On the 4th inllant cnch fqoadron of feveninenol uka. lhatt war and two frigitei came out 01 v.a., paffed the winter The lame oay.Aamirai un wuh6lcveniy four and jlngatei, having hi flagon board the Windfor Caltle, ot 08 gum Laft Sunday, about 9 P. M. we heard a heavy tiring, which continued L.au'ii hfif till I A.

M. but me conirquniw The Moorifh cruifera have i ought in feveral Danifh, Swedifh and Portuguele prne, and we are appjeben live of the AlgenneiDetng again ai war wi. Etira3tf' Utter from gentian i HilTg to his cerreiptndcnt this city, iilti lid April, 179b. The Inuation or turope 11 um ceedingly critical a war iaon the eve of breaking out bbtween the Emprel of Ruffia and the Sweede, valt preparation! are making by both powen Rui fuiu arc on the oordets of SwerdrtTf and all the troopi the latter are in motion. The King of PrufTu faid to have an army of 40,00 men ready to join the petty trinciialitici, then to march 'into Holland, and once more rellore the StadLholder, in conlcquence, ai he al ledg', of the Trench having violated ihe treaty.

On the other hand, in conlcquence of thia republic having relufcd to acknowledge the rench mmifter, rbry have, laid an erobaigo upon all inethipi ot tnunag in mcir porta, in conicqiirnce ot which, numberiof fhipathat were ready lo proceed to the different fouthern porta havo been detained. England and France feeiu lo maintain the war with unabated adiviiy fo that, in Ihort, fiora prefent appearance, it icatonable to conjecture the fcmmer will hd all Europe in a blaie." Tuefday arrived the brig Solihia, Capt. Crandon, I if in the fcrvice ot the Uniiea onici, 4 u.yi uw.h bon. In the Sophia came paflei.gcr Cantaio RICHARD O'BRIEN, who waa ti yeira in Captivity at Al "Vuefday evening arrived here the fhip America, Captain Ewing 43 dayi from Hamburgh, which place ih ot Aoril the lame arrived in the Elbe, the (hip jane, Captain M'Pnerfan, of PhiUdel lune. iu lat.

38, 37, he wai boarded by a Britifh cruizer ot 11 guna, which preffed ot hu men, her name he could not learn. lo tne America came feveial pafTcngen. The fhip America, captain Ewing, arrived here from Hamburgh, alter a paflage ot 4 day. When captain Ewing failed, it wairepoiteo inai nriauoni were dill continued between France and Auilru, and that he tilitiei had not commenced between thetr rel peive arroiei but it appeared almoft certain tht a. nn ih noim of breaking out between Ruffi nd Sweden.

1 On Monday laft arrived the brig Nancy, Capt. Ncwhall, 61 dapifromCadix, who inform, that Admiral Richery'i licet lay there on the 4th of that, mutiny hid takeo place fome lime before aroongft the crew, ot fome uh he fleet, which wai fuppreffed, and the ringleader! committed to prifon, and that afterward! all wu tranquil on board. Ai to the account! in the London papen refpethng the Adm.ral'a conduct captain Ncwhall fayi, that nothing of thal nature had coine to hii knowledge. Lcttcu in town from Cadiz late in March mention the diftuibance ou board Ricmi.v'i Mcetai ot little importance, and that it waV loon apveaiea. iney ..10 mention.

expeaation of Jii. filling fpcedilv yet 11 appeari that on the 4th of April he wai yet in poit, and the Bntilh ttm cruinng Accounufrom Hamburgh, by the fhip America, (late a number of failure! there We were yefterd.y favored with a 1 ftof 15 houlei, two of which broke for upwardi of fterling each. mufor tunei irole'chiefly fromenormoui fpeculatiom in grain but it appear! that none of ihem are corned with thia evening arrived the brig Role, Capt. M'any, after the remaikable moil pauage 01 00 o.y. Ifle of Fiance, putting into the Cape of Good Hope but 43 dayi ago.

The fhip Indoftan, and brig Columbia, of l.e kit at the Ifte of France. Bnt fi momhi and 19 dayi h.e elapfed fioce the Rofe failed from thu port for the Ilk of F'n Wednefday fchr. Amv, Captain Vood man 16 dayi from St. Bartholomew! who that he lay at St. Lucia when the Bntilh invad'd that but morily made the bcftol hu wiy, leaving be hind the chief part of the net pioceedi bu cargo to a confiderable amount.

On the 6.h of Afiil, about 8o f.il or Bru.lh fome men of nAnniinnm.arrivrd S0 Lu in diHarnt engagement! wuh the Republican! It rhv loft in killed and wounded aoout icw mm wai fuppofed they would be obliged Eiijlifh it Dem'' id evacuate rn.4 rfifeale wai making ihe irform; 1 brouht cert Jin accouota of the arrival there of a Dutch ll et of fw t. ........1 ni iwr more, wnivu that upon the ai rival r. hr made on the A the ten. who had there a fixty four and ihe works whenLapt intelligence. Capt.

AntAull. of the fchoonrr Minerva of thil Port au Prince which Ke he lef. the niu ibat the ol the wo h.tt French divif.on. wa. know re and r.j an amoni the French anl wifked 10 Uav Pou au rnnce o.K' and 10 come to me vin tfull of them, and that wou.d i No Enslifh force.

ld a.r.ved at P.i, ihe. had all remained. 1 Lap where they were (aid 10 arr.ount to 3 did not appear d.fpofed tp rr" rr men By tbe AnifBCe, C.pU Wood, arrived yefterday from do article, i rrtH third W. Urn tba.w giw i ytherday'. na material ot whkh art the Capture fcrdoey Smiih, of the Brit A fripte DiamooU.

toe takift of federal Freocb flett war oy h(k Tbote anidet fotaw. LONDOSt April ta. A letter wa received at the Admiralty on rdne day night from the hi a Lieutenant of the Diamood fn gate, otf thecoaftof France, containing an Kcoant of tbe capture of that gallant Officer, Sir Sydney Sumn. c.j Mondl laft. wtot iu ba boat to cnt out a French lugger in the port of Havre.

Tiiiahe ccomplifbed, aHet tome rrfiftance, by which one Frenchman waa killed; but deterred from imme diately faiimg, the rapidity of the current, he cad anchor. During tbe night, however, the Oupdro.e fiom her anchor the cable it ia faid having been cut by one of the prifonen od wu earned by ihe current above the town. In thia htuation he wai attacked 00 ihe morning ol ,11 un boataand other velleia which the enemy could mufterj and after gallant, and rren defperate refittance againli force lo infinitely foperiot to hi. own, he found himfelf at length obliged to fur render We are happy however, 10 nn ceived no injury in theconfl.a There were five other offkera with hitn io the number, were Mcllil. w.

Moore, R. Kenyon, and R. Barrow. We are happy to add. that only four Brturh men were killed, and one officer and fit feamen flight ly woundeo.

The feamen were immediately thrown into pri fonon their landing; and Sir Sydney underwent, long examination before tbe Fiench Commandant, alter which he waa oidered to be conveyed under a ttronj efcort to Pari." April 13. rril of tke Areo. of 44 ne ol Edward PeUew'a fquadron, at Plymouth, intelligence ia brought of the capture of Le Unite French frigate, of 40guni, by the Concorde of 36goo, Captain Hunt, l.kewifeone of Sir Edwa.aVa Iquadron, atier al.vere atioo in which the enemy bad 36 men killed and wounded but happily from fupeitor (kill and management, not a fmgle man waa either killed or wounded en board the Bntilh fhip. txtradtef a Utt.r frtm hoard tkt Ppmtne, ttta, Afrit 4796. 1 take the hbenyot aga.o acquainting yon with our fucceli, having capiuied dofe otf Caroeu: Bay, the entrance ot Breft.

wiin ihe boadof the fquadroo, One brig, Le Marie of St. Maloei, 15a lorn wheat name unknown, 100 ditto flour 1 ditto, duio, jio duto wheat one IWp dmo, yodnto wheat, which are lent into Falmouth. All'oone bug, name unknowo, 19 tons, being leaky, Icuttled and luok her loaded wiin wine and wood The eoemy muft teel the want of the corn and flour very much, we given to uoderftand tbe allowance lor the navy and army haa been confiderably the reduced, in coolequence of the icarcity 01 gram at pre tent in France. We detained alfo (hip Ihewing American loun, from the Mauritiui, loaded wiih co lon, coffee, fugar, indigo and pepper, nd feveral Fiench paffen gerion board, and wai fleering for L'Orient Gave ui a long chale and ufed every method by trimming fhip logefaway. wetruitine wmm wnmnr, wis property muft be French.

She failed from France UOiiemi laft year with a cargo of wine and biandy, tor the Municipality a' the wa teturning with produce ol that ifland. The aforementioned veffrli make 16 in nomber taken from the Fiench Republic by ihii fquadron, within one month a proof of vigilance and good for tune." Off Ufllani, April 16, 1791. Since writing the above, we have captured loadfd wUb fait; Le Robufte National Cor. vette fh of aa gum, and 145 men, alter ioPg chife, the fhip failing renmkably well." The following particular are extraaed from, private letter received frnm an officer on boaid the imond Irigave, which Sir, S. Smith commanded, which ia arrived offBnghion.

On the i8h mft, in the Sir S. amiih ordered five boat! belong ng toil tiipi ol hi. fquadron to be manned, and hehimfelt embarked on board ooeofthem, to reconnoiture the harbour of Havre de Grace, and to obtain certain information which he wanted to procure. In thin fcrvice, after fmart en eaeement, he captured a French lugger of 8 go. on boaid ol which Sir S.Smith went.

It falling calm 1. ir.e 1 evvcu te rri au 1 ed tbe hol Mav. foon after and a flood tide, Sir 5idney could not gn out to lea, and accordingly dropped anchor Havre took ttoada. After daik, onrol the liencn an opportuniiy to cut the cable of the lugger, 00 uo the harbor into the mouth of the Sum. 1 aji Tke rve.

received Cpt. OBttl of tbe United SwtC TlTlL out art not vet removed. THeTrraty.tfell beiej put foiecpardy by jl.Uy., tke Mjf of American Uela enterini the Meditert.newhn becbe eeely preca.io. k.M that noueatyhuer yet been made between JL nited Sutea the gover.men.. of r.ou .4 p.

MeKb.otl.nJo.b.Ci...en. elthe United Si.lr bepce fee hoard to whick they wall rxp their propeity and ihe l.bevtyof their ellow cteiit, by r.i. lh prefeoi late of lhi.ga, in fmrneud wttbin the ftr.it. of PlckERlNG, tf Stitr, J.M 8, 1796. irhich Seine.

On the morning of the ig h.the French brigof Mgun. which ihe Governor had fent nut. ana nc Aft engagement of 40 minuteienfued, when Sir Sidney Smith wai obliged thin fupcrior force. Himfelf, hiiorncen and men, to tbe number cf 31, were fent on fhore at Havre. The omcru on board the Diamond frigate, on he.nng of ihe capture ot Sidney Smith, fent a flag, of trnee into Havre to enqn te whether he wa wounded; won he itvatrt kindly.

Tothi the Go vernor of Havre, reiorned for anfwer that Sir Sidney waa well, and would be treated with humanity. of Inftruan n. work 00 the prtiervatioo o. enny. which prcU.ibes.

other tnwgs, iw mothers mule their own children innoculaiiotfot and the cold bath daily, to Degin me nay the child's birth. Tlie author of this book, ol JO pages only, is adjudged prue ol aa. oiivrei. mm H4IR PDWDtR. I In the Council of Elden, in debate on the Nation al Education, we hnd recommendea as proper This sr icle brio equally dear in Pari! at in London, fame adulterat on haa taken place infteadof (Urch ihere ba been uled in iIk inanufaaure the rVr re a Jefui.

This Itone, when csleioed, prod need a powder refcmbling that from which the Pla.ftfrof Paris is made. The committee of police ordered, that enable cbem.ft flwvuld analyxe tbit powder aod ptcouoceon its etleas. report wss That Ih.s calcined pewder, being exceed.ngly 1 dry, eatrsa. the mo.ftu.e liom toe nair, reduces it diy. Whenever ihii drvnrf.

reaches to the roots, the Ktrmofl dropoff very fpeedily. This powder will aa he fkin beneath the ban, whete it will form a h.l.d body, and by clo the pores, will produ. tvks. .11 'he oihLt mkladies which arife from perlpi.ati Thu repe rt has beta wtffly nubltO.td in Paru, b) the counciia ct beaith. StittUrj 4tf TbeKCOont ol tbe Cape of Cood Hop Vt( taken by the French ia nnfounded.

AUer received New. York from dated May td, memiona the capture of St. LucK. lt information fully eonttadiaed by the article, undet (he St. John'.

he.d in thia day. paper from which it appear! that on the 1 5th of May. Morne Foitnrvr, lh principal foitrefa in St. Locie, had. not fcrtendered nor doci it thet fuch an mnt w.i likely to UM Djivib Ilow.Ll, of Rhode Ifland ia nominated CommillioneT to fettle the Eaftern Boundanea of lb United States, intheroomolH.ua Knox retigneo.

The celebrated Aeronant, Bianchad, hat opened a fubfeription in New York to enable h.m to eflea tJtTty Jixtk afcenfyoo. He it to have fellow Ura whote name hu not yet tranlpirrd. The car in they are to be borne ia 10 be octagonal, repiefentmg ilrt wA I A KaP tntAirv ftrOftl. General Moieau, w.ito leave Panaon the t6th of April, to lake the command of the army of the Rhine, in place of General Picbeghl. Viaor Huguea, we undei ftnd If om captain Squirf of the brig JulmiCefar, in 14 dayi from Mootleirat, that Viftor Hugueabad difptched ol 3 fngaten and 61 fchoonerafrom Guad.loupe their drftmatica unknown but it wai conjectured that Martinique WU their object.

The foow Camillia, Captain Rover, belonging to Meffn.Cachranaof H.lifal, wu taken off the eaft tnd ol Jamaica, by a French Privateer called th Triumphant, ro6uniing two four pouodrri forty five jnen, it i. fuppofed they have carried her into St. Jago Da Cuba. A Kingftoo, (Jm4tu) paper of May 6, tp, Yellerday afiemoon the long expeaed Uodon and Cork fleet! apoeared in fight, but having very light windi none of the veflel. got into port.

Irrtu in tkt Ul numkr rlnf ftt Lttttr 2nd. tud t.TTia 3f. rit. Dots tkii mtuftmnt itmftrt with tkt mdt Htvtrnmtut tt tkt Rtfukltt tffrttt ttr. Mr.

Mtmt fir Uttrit rra4Monaoa. Ftr Afrd i84 1706 nU Afril ittk 1793. tkttk lit tftULJlpttiH rtU wiiaf tnfit which. WANTS A NURSE CHILD, In a fmill Family Woman of nneacrptiooahle cha racter fitfli bre.ft of milk. Enquire in Coatea Lane, at the corner ot Brook.

I wiey, ww and Third Ladies1 School. 4 J. A. SEAL, RESPECTrUtLY informs the Public, that he fontU nei the INSTRUCTION ol Yov Laoii. In the various Br.achei of LITLRATURE, at kia School room WO.

wntnj And returm hii moft uoleigned for the very liberal encouragement he hai experienced. Havinf rnrated gentleman to afTift in Tiacmiho, flatten himlell by uniteo enorti, 10 on of the public favour. (T VOCAL MUSlCis SO UKTlMCAltTTABCBT 7 A MORNING SCHOOL for Young Ladie. 1. like wife opened.

May 30. New Hat Hofiery Store, 'j WHOLESALE RETAIL. By WILLIAM M'DOVCALL No. 131, MarkttStrrtt, Door from the nrr of fourth, South fide. MEN'S BlKk American tud Eoglifls of vtr's ouiquslitiei and pncei Do.

Drabs and Greeoooder. Ladies do. black i And Urge meat of fancy do. Colored Beaver. Wire great v.rtety of elegant and f.ftnonable tnmiogl Youth'i black and colored do.

i Children's fancy do. All kiodi ol Oik, filk and cotton, eotton, It tbiad Hol Knit colored Panuloooa VT Do. Drawer! Do.Breoche. Pattera. SilkCkm.

routed colored do. eotton A quantity ol mendi.g cotton, forted colors N. B. The bau fcoilbed in lb otweft lathlon. Jane 4.

wdcf John Paul Jones. aaBaaannajaax INFORMATION i hereby giveo. bnt tke late John Paul Jonei wa. a pfoprietor ol Sve (hare, amooat. tog to abont 5867 Acrci) in a tra ol tA the Ohio Company, in tbe territory of the toiled State, of America, Nortn WtRot the liver Ohio aod that bitbeiri, or legal reprefrotative, omppUcwton to the direcron of faid company, atMaitta in the terri.

toiy will receive a deed oltheUid Tbe applu MicHi be in.de peifooally or ly agent, but piopcr documents moil be pioducfd to prove she claimant or cUountsthe legal hem or reptetetii. I 1 live 01 inciaia juiki. n't N. At it l.kwninwuaitou.Mryihrfc' or peifons inie.rftrd tetd it wilibe an art ol brnevo Wnce in every Prn.iet in Ameneaa.d lurope. wiw (ball mlerl thia wlvenilemcnt in hu pspef.

MarietU, May VJ.