National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-09-14 00:00:00, page 4

FRANCE.
LThe following is the real interrogatory
of PHILIP JOSEPH EGALITE,
at the criminal tribunal of Marseilles,
and his answers, as they were publi/hed
by \ oidel- his counsel; together with
the examination of his son, and the
ci-devant Prince of Conti.—the quef
trons of the President of the tribunal,
and their answers, may serve to throw
great light on several interelling circum
ltancea of the French Revolution*]]
F A R I S, June 23.
TRIAL of PHILIP EGALITE, (late
I)uke of Orleans) before the Criminal
Tribunal of Marseilles,
THE Prefitlent of the tribunal began
lis interrogatory as follows :
What is your name, citizen ?—A.
Louis Phi/ip jfofrph Egalite.
How old are you ?—A. lam forty
fix years of age.
Where were you born ?—A. At St.
Cloud ; my residence is at Paris.
yon know for what cause you
We arretted ?,—A. No, citizen-— Ihe
deciee of the Convention states the caviie
of being arretted as a measure of general
fafety : I know no more.
Qj_ What was your opinion concerning
the General States of 1789, who took the
name of National Assembly ?—A I tho't
they ought to be a National Aflembly.
In that firft Alfembly did you not
endeavour by your intrigues to prevent
the deftruftion of the clergy, 'the parlia
ments and the nobility ?-—A. No, citizen:
I did not then, nor ever did intrigue, I
w33 one of the fit ft of the order of nobi
Ifty who joined that which was then-called
the Order of the third Estate.
Q. In Odlober 1789, when the people
went to Vcrfa*illes to force Capet and his
family to go to Paris, had you not a partv
corn!lifted by 1 f:raih.iu to feat you on the
throne ?- A No, citizen ; I never bad a
party ot any kind. I ever had an aversion
for the throne: I never afpi.ed to it, noi
had any particular connexion with Mira
lea a.
At what period, hbwever, was it that
Mirabeau fa id to you, Mount your horse and
you ar kin ft ! —A Ido not recoiled that;
he never h;ld such language to me. I
fliould not have listened to it coolly.
It was then aflerted that you caused
excel live sums to be diftrifented to ascend
the throne, and that you made use of the
influence of Mirabeau to gain popularity •
—A I never caused any sums to be dis
tributed ; I never cherilhed nor desired
any thing but liberty.
Were you not present at private
meetings held by Bouille, La Fayette, Mi
rabeau, and others whose object was to en-
Ilave us!—A- No, citizen ; I never had any
knowledge of those meetings, and was never
present at private meetings of any kind.
•r (^-} Vere y ° U " ot thc '"nft'gator of the
visit of the people to the Thuilleries 0,1
the 20th of June, 1792, in the hopes that
they would murder Capet and his son,
and that you would succeed them to the
throne?—A. No, citizen; I never had
such a theught. I was not at Paris at the
time.
Ql flattered yourfelf, however, on
the 10 th of August, that Capets ad his
son being killed, you would be made kinc
A. No. b
Q. Was not the object of your journies
to England to engage the court of St.
James's to assist you In ascending the
throne of France ?—A. No, citizen ;my
firft journies to England were made with
no other view than to enjoy that liberty
of which we were then deprived. I un
dertook the last in 1789, with a commission
from government, and the approbation of
the National Assembly.
Did not you employ artifices to ob
tain the nomination of Representative to
the people ?—A. No, citizen ; I desired
it, but employed no artifice.
Ql What was your opinion at the mo
ment of the abolition of royalty and on
the eftab!i(hment of one indivisible Repub
lie ?—A. My wish was for one indivisible
Republic.
But you then conceived the project
of being Di&ator or Pro:e&or ? t\, N oj
citizen ; I never had that desire.
Q__ What was your project in fending
your two sons to the army ? A. They
had entered into the military career; the
one was Colonel and the other Lieutenant
in the fame regiment, and they followed
that career.
Q. Wei*e ysu not closely connected
with Dumrurisr i—A. No ; I knew him
very little.
he not take y6ur two sons with
him to the army to draw on them the af
fections of the soldiers, and mjtke them
inltrumental to his infamous treachery ?—
A. They were in the army before Du
>nourier took the command of it ; for they
served at the time when it was commanded
by Marshall Rochambcau.
You undoubtedly saw Dumourier,
when he cr.me to Paris, and he communi
cated to you, the sinister projects he had
; hen formed ?—A. I never saw Dumourier
Jut once, and for about fifty minutes :
tie communicated no such proje&s to me,
ind if he had I should not have kept them
ecret. It was by accident that I met
lim.
Did he not tell you that he would
nake your eldelt son Duke of Brabant
ind Holland, while he, Dumourier, would
>e Captain Genera! ?—A. No, citizen ;
le did not talk of that to me : He only
old me that he had much cfteem for my
on, who was a good officer.
mull necessarily have had some
project since you sent your daughter to a
rontier place near Dumourier, with the
armly of SMery ?—A. My daughter had
)een in England for her health, and to
ifrfeft herfelf in the Englifa language,
she had been entrusted from her infancy
since two years of age to the care of the
wife of citizen SiUery. When the Englilli
smbalfador in France was recalled, I wrote
politively to the wife of Sihery to bring
3ack my daughter to France, not being
willing rhat ftie should pass for an emi
grant. Ihe wife of Sil/ery put off her re
turn on different pretexts of ill health,
and she did not arrive till after the decree
concerning the emigrants had been passed :
As that law ordered all persons who had
been travelling, and who had explanations
to make concerning the motive of their
travels, to quit France, in the mean while,
I made her set off for Tourmy, and she
made the declaration of her departure to
the municipality of Paris : but from that
moment I withdrew from the wife of Sil-
Ury the powers I had given her, and the
authority Ihe had over my daughter. I
charged some persons in the Belgic pro
vinces to look out lor a woman who could
take care of her, as I could not at that
time fend one from Paris, who would have
been considered as au emigrant on leaving
Paris.
Your eldefl son in his eorrefpond.
ence with you mult undoubtedly have in
formed you of the counter-revolutionary
plots of Dumourier ?—A. No, citizen—
the judgment of Louis Capet our
correspondence was becom much cooler
his opinion being different from mine. He
made krfroton no project to me.
Q, :t i» fmpoffible that your eldest son
fnculd haVe been ignorant of the plots of
that i;;famoii3 general since he fled with
him: \ou mud consequently have been
informed of them yourfelf—l call upon
you to speak the truth ?—A. It is with
the greatest truth I declare, that I had no
knowledge of them whatever If I had
had the slightest suspicion I (hould no*
have kept them secret.
. as ' l not t0 mask your real inten
tions that you seated yourfelf among the
Mountain in the Convention, and voted
for the death of the tyrant, without any
appeal, while your partizans and friends
were among thole who voted for the appeal
to the departments?—A I never had any
party ; 1 never did any thing to mafic my
intentions ; I followed only the dictates of
my conscience.
Did you not after the death of the
tyrant fend emissaries to the Department
Df the North, to found the public opinion
ind to try whether it was not repugnant to
your being made king ?_No, citizen,none.
Qw Some of your domeftica have, how
ever, been recognized overrunning the de
partments, and holding nearly that lan
guage?—A. That cannot be.*
What connexion had you with Bi
ron ?—A. A conneaion of friend/hip of
thirty years (landing ; we are of the fame
age, and we were born the Tame day.
Was it he who requelled that your
youngest son should serve in his army ? Or
was it the miniiler who sent him to the
army in Italy ?—A. It was my youngest
son who requelled it of the miniiler, after
having obtained the coufent of Biron.
Was it not part of your plan that
one of your two sons should acquire po
pularity in the aimy of the North, and the
other in that of the South, in order to fe-
conJ the infamous projefti of BumOurler
for the deftrudtion of liberty ?—A. No>
citizen, I declare once more that I had
no knowledge whatever of the infamous
projects of Dumourier. It was my son who
desired to go to the atmy of the South, I
only complied with his wiffces, in obtain
ing the consent of Biron.
Who were the members of the Con
vention you mod commonly alfociated with
—I alfociated commonly with none ; I wa:
intimately connedled with none. Thofi
with whom I most communicated, in th(
Convention, were those who seated them
selves on the fide commonly called th<
Mountain, our opinions being similar.
(The remainder in our next.)
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.
September 1793.
D. H Banm. Tber. I IKnd. Weatha
luejdcrf, 3. 6 30. O 60 I N.W. Fair.
3 | N. dtp
IVedneJday, 4. 6 30. j 5 55 jW. Fair.
_ 3 3°- '5 75 ! W. do-.
Tburjday, 5.6 30.nl 62 S.E. jFat?.
.3 3°- ' 80 j S. ICloudy.
Friday, 6. 6 39.97 y 0 iw.s.w Fair.
9 ' Cloudy.
Saturday, 7. 6 30. 0 iw.K.w Vsr.
3 3"« c 77 N.W. J o _
Sunday, 3. 0 30. ) 64 calm Chuay.
3 3°- ' 70 do. ,j u .
Monday, 9. 6 50. c 66 S.E. R um .
3 3=» J 80 N.W. Fair.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE:
I ;HE RE BY certify that I have received
official communication of a Decree of
the National Convention of France, where
of the following is a tranflaticn
Decree of the National Convention of
the 23d of May, which declares that the
veflels of the United Scates are not com
prehended in the pnrvieu of the decree of
the 9th of May.
The National Convention after hav
ing heard the report of it's committee
of public ftfety wishing to maintain
the union eftablilhed between the French
Republic and the United States of A
merica, decrees that the vessels of the
United States are not comprehended in
lies dijpofitions'] the purvieu of the decree
, I ? t , h °f M ?y. conformably to the
1 a .' t ' c ' e °* 'he treaty executed the z stl*
Of February, 1778.
A true copy. Le B R U N.
Civen under 1117 hand this otli day of*
September, 1793.
Th : JEFFERSON.
To be Sold or Let,
T(Ani of this immediate tWJfio* givtx.}
HA I handsome, well-built three story new
house, situate on the call fide of foutk
•ourth-ftreet, near the Indian Queen, Philadel
'hia. This situation Is valuable, being in ■
:enlral part of the city, and convenient to the
Janlcs and public offices. The house is 2e feet
n front, and, with its offices, extends nearly io»
eet backwards. It has the privilege of an alley
b feet wise' The offices are three stories high,
ind, together With the house, are built of brick :
hefecontain five apartments, besides a walh house,
; htm havc fl,e P'aces. In the dwell
ng house itfelf, there are nine rooms and eighc
ire places : fix of the rooms are spacious, and all
alhionably finifbed. The garrets are ceiled: the
ia"--cafe IS elegant. There is a good cellar under
he whole, and in the yard a pump.
And to be Soldi
230 Acres ofunimproved land,lß milesffrom the
hnving town of Harrifburg, Pennsylvania. This
ral lies in a valley, and is said to be verv gool
arming land. There are one or more mills near
ne premises. The river Juniata is about five
lilies dillant ; wnence it Is ooatable into the Suf
;uehanna, and thence to Harrifburg. Also
A defirabu retreat, or farm, in Newtown, they
own of Bu <*s, Pennsylvania ; contain
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id«"hv M y lc '» surrounded on all
ides by public streets or roads ; and with
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wo stories in height, having four rooms on a
ioor, a spacious entry or paflage throughout, and
' cellar extending under the whole house. It is
accommodated with out houses. About threo
teres are occupied b, an orchard of the bed graft
id Newtown pippinsr distant from Philadelphia
i 5 miles ; from Trenton 9 ; from Bristol 11 ; an,l
s within five miles of the river Delaware. Tho
ituation is extremely healthy ; the profpefls a<e
harmingly pifturefque, and the neighbourhood
Htords a genteel focierv.
Befidei the above t
Two corner lots in .he town, of one acre each,
are otfereo for sale, together with about 16 acres*
>t excellent land, half a mile from the town,
jnder the best culture and improvement. Twa
or three of these acres are In timber.
Liketvi/e :$ be Sold,
An tfiimailt farm of 53® aC res, in the county*
>f cheller, 39 miles from Philadelphia : ,0® acre,
e I C , a / C ° the r ' cbell bottom - The
" tm *, land en J°)'« » kind, ftrongand fertile foil,
S we.l watered, and admiiably adapted to tha
fifing of gram and all kinds of stock j at prefenc
here are nearly 30 acres of made-meadow, ani
o or 30 more of witered meadow mav be mads
t pleature : atc.t 200 are luxuriantly covered
vith a variety of valuable timber. Upon tbo
■ rem.fes, there are a farm house, barn, &c. «
lever-tai/mg ftrcam of good water, and a molt
.roduflive apple-orchard covering about fix acres :
■he fruit or a good and lading quality : the pur
•haler may be accommodated with all or any part
>f the stock or farming utensils upon th. place.
'f ° f th| is important, lying 0 ,«
)oth fides of the main road, and bounded fouth
■'ly by the road to Philadelphia through Down
ng-town {-whence it is dirtant 12 or 13 miles t
Jn the noith it abounded by the road to Warwick
urnace, situate but a few miles distant. At this
Joint, the premiles enjoy a capital stand both foe
' " ore sad Uvern < :,nd »lfo »n eligible situation
or a village, which would here have foms
-ommanJicg advantages, and might be an object
; 0 any gentlemen wishing to found an extensive
ind profitable lettlement. On the one fide, it
lias a direct communication with Downine's
town j and With the rich and populous fettlemeae
Ot coneltogo valley on the other, both lying with
a.<ho" r,dc of th <= Fiict. There is already *
■narket here lor produce at the Philadelphia prices
--the neighbouring iron-works creating a conftanc
emand. Plenty of good limestone mav be had
withm 5 miles 01 the premises,. and a t»
make use ot it will be conveyed by the proprie
or ,f required. In /hort this farm delerves the
ttentlon of any person or persons inclined to
poffefles ° advanta S cs such as those i;
hi Ihc T'.V 0 thc fevcral premises are indifputa
, ; an l. hc ptopt'eiur will warrant to defend
them. The terms of sale, for all or any of th.
ands, will be maoe accommodating to the purch.-
ers farther particulars, apply lo the fub
criber, at No. o, south Fourth-street, or at hi.
Philadelphia; rnCf °' Ma ' k " " d Thifd " a -'..
Aug. 10 ROBERT SMQCK
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