National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-02-16 00:00:00, page 1

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
LONDON, Dec. 13,
This being the firft day of the meeting of
Parliament, his Majesty went to the House
of Lords, and being seated on the throne
delivered the following molt gracious
fpeecli.
My Lords cud Gentlemen,
Tl A VING, judged it necessary to embody
Ja part of the militia of this kingdom.
I have in pursuance of the proViftons of
the law, called you together within the
time limited for that piirpofe, and it is.
on every account, a great fatisfa&ion to
xnc to meet you in Parliament at tiiis :on
junftnre.
I (hould have been happy if I could have
announced t'.i you the secure and undif
turbi-d coiitiriuiTice of ail the Meffir.gi,
which my fubje£ts have derived from <i
state of tranquility ; but events have re
cently occurred which require our united
vigilance and exertion in order to pre
serve the advantages which we have
hitherto enjoyed.
The seditious praJlices wh'ch had been
in a great me ifure checked by your firm
and explicit declaration in the lalt fcllion.
and by the general concurrence of my peo
ple in the lame sentiments, have of late
been more openly renewed, and with in
creased activity. A spirit of tumult and
disorder (the natural confluences of
such practice ) has Ihewn itfelf in acts of
riot and infurreflion, which required the
interpolation of the military force i'l fnp
portofthe civil magiltrate. The indus
try employed to excite discontent on va
rious pretexts and in diiferent parts of
the kingdom, has appeared to proceed
from a aelig i to attempt the definition
of our happy conltitution, and the fubver
lion of all order and government; and
tilts deflgn .<a» evidently beflfl jMufued in
conne&ion and concert with persons in
foreign countries.
I have carefully observed a ftritt neutra
lity in the present war on the continent,
and have uniformly abstained from any
interference with refpeit to the internal
affairs of France : But it is impollible for
Ine to fee, without the most ierious un
eafmefs, the strong and increasing indica
tions which have appeared there of an in
tention to excite disturbances in other
countries, to disregard the rights of neu
tral nations, and to pursue views of con
quest and aggrandizement, as well as to
adopt toward my allies the States General
(who have observed the fame neutrality
with myfelf) measures which are rieicher
conformable to the law of nations, nor
to the politive stipulations of existing trea
ties. Under all these circumltances. I
have felt it my indifpenfible duty to have
recourse to those means of prevention and
internal defence with which I am entrust
ed by law ; and I have also thought it
right to take steps for making some aug
mentation of my naval and military
force, being persuaded that these exer
tions are neceifary in the present (late of
affairs, and are best calculated both to main
tain internal tranquility, and to render a
firm and temperate conduit effe&ual for
preserving the blessings of peace.
Nothing will be negle£ted on my part
that can contribute to that important ob
ject, conliftently with the security of my
kingdom, and with the faithful perform
ance of engagements which we are bound
equally by interelt and honor to fulfil.
Gentlemen of the House of Commons.
I have ordered the estimates for the en
fuingyear to be laid before you ; and I have
no doubt that you will be ready to make
a due provilion for the several branches
of the public service.
You will certainly join with me in la
tnenting any necefiity for extraordinary
i txpcnces, which may for a time prevent
the application of additional funis, be
yond those which are already annually
appropriated to the redu£tion of the pub
lic debt, or retard the relief which my
fubjech might have derived front a further
diminution of taxes : but lam confident
you will feel that those great ends will
ultimately be best promoted by such ex
ertions as are necefiary for our present
and future fafety and tranquility ; and it
is a great consolation to me to refiett,
that you will find ample resources for
effe£hi<illy defraying the expence of vigo
rous preparations, from the excess of
the afttml revenue beyond the ordinary
expenditure.
Nums. 3 2 of Vol. IL]
"By P. F R E N F. AU : Publijkcd Wednesdays and Saturdays, at Three Dollars per annum.
Aly Lords and Gentlemen,
I have great pleasure in acquainting
you, that the brilliant fucccifes of the
Britilh arms in India, under the able con
duce of the Marquis Cornwallis, have led
to the termination of the war, by anadvan
geous and honorable peace, the terms of
which are peculiarly fatisfaflory to me,
from their tendency to secure the fu'ure
tranquility of the Britilh dominions in that
part of the world.
Your attention will now naturally be
dire&ed to such measures for the fnturego
vernmerr of those valuable poffeflions, as
(hall appear, from experience and full con
lidera ion, Rioft likely to provide for their
internal prosperity, and to secure the im
portant advantages which may be derived
from thp ice to the commerce and reve
nue of this country.
I am persuaded it will be the object of
your immediate consideration, to adopt
"•ich measures as may be necessary under
Jie prefect, csrc,emlianees, for saiun'r
jbedience to the laws, and for reprefiing
.-■very at attempt to disturb the peace and
tranquility of thefekingdoms.
You will befenfible how much depends
in the result of your deliberations, and
S'our uniiorm coudnft is the best pledge
that nothing will be wanting on your part
which can contribute to the present secu
rity and permanent advantage of the
country
I retain a deep and unalterable sense of
the repeated proofs which I have received
Df your cordial and affectionate attach
ment to me; and I place an entire reliance
3ii the continuance of those sentiments,
is well as on your firm determination to
Jefend and maintain that constitution
which has so long protested the liberties
and promoted the happiness of every class
>f my subjects,
In endeavouring to preserve and trans
mit to poilerhy the inestimable blellirtg.
which, under the favor of providence,
you hive.y»urfelves experienced, you may
be affiireo of my zealous "ind cordi tl to
operation; and our joint efforts v> ill, I
Joubt not, be rendered tompleatly ef
fefhial, by the decided support of a free
ind loyal people.
The French National Convention on the
17th November, received accounts that
Gen. Montefquiou had made his efcspe on
tiorfeback from head quarters, on lie 13tl
111 the morning, and refuge in Ge
neva. -The syndics of that city, upon the
requilition of the French resident, made
search for him, but it was found he hac
quitted the city and embarked on thf
lake. Orders were ilfued to arrest: hin
wherever found.
M- de Pufy, one of the eight compani
ons of the Marquis de la Fayette, died ii
confinement in Wtfel prison. He is faic
to have died merely from the tedium o
his confinement, and his favov.ritc aniufe
ment of the pencil being denied him
M. de la Fayette is treated wth tin
greatest severity, and it is not improbable
will conclude his life in a similar manner
Despots know no meriy, and as " natur<
knows not them, neither do they know
nature."
The French Convention have pafied the
following important decree.
" The national convention declare, ir
the name of the French nation, that the)
will grant fraternity and assistance to al
those people who wish to procure liberty,
and they charge the executive power t<
fend orders to the generals to give afiifl
ance to such people, and to defend citi
zens who have fuffered or are now fuf
fering in the canfe of liberty.
We hear from Vienna that a body of
Turkish ir.furgents have taken the citadel
of Belgrade by florm.
All the exalted characters, members
of the Whig Club of England, will this
day attend the meeting at the London
Tavern, and thereby give the lie to the
reports, so industriously circulated, that
they are discordant and disunited.
The following report made tothe Com
mune, of a conversation which passed on
the nth of December between the pri
soners in the temple, the Royal family of
France, and a municipal officer, is parti
cularly interesting under the present cir
cumstances.
" Lcuis rose at seven in the morning ;
he had a long beard and did not dress.
At eight he heard the drum beat, and
asked what it was for ?
" The municipal officer answered, that
lie did not know.
" Louis—l am not accuftoincd to hear
SATURDAY, February 16, 1793.
it at thb hour ; it is not the Generale
they are.ibeating ; I hear the trampling of
korfes in the court.
" I aufwered, that I d'.d not know
Ythat it»meant.
" The family breakfafted together ; the
noise which continued, alarmed them.
Troops entered the firft court; Louis,
preserved his composure ; instead of giv
ing a lafi'on of Geography to his son, they
played together at Siam. The number of
lixteen .occurring in the course ol' the
gprne, the son said, This number mnft be
very unlucky then! Louis anfwered,lt
has evrt" been unlucky for me, my son.
" The game being finifhed, and the noise
increali ig, I approached and told him he
was to receive the visit of the
mayor,—Louis. Ah ! so much the better—
I rauft teil you before hand that he will
not fpe.ik to you in the presence of your
son, who will retire into his mother's
< hamhor. — Louis. Come my son, em
»s;o. e nbrace your mother well
lor inc. (These l.rft words were Uttered
in a liw voi<e.)
" The order being given to Clery
(the Valrt de Chambre) to retire, he
conducted the child to his mother.
" Louis. So I am going to fee the
Major! Is he big, tall, young, old.
how is he ? I said that I had a very im
perfect knowledge of him, but that I
;new he was a middle-aged man, lean,
and rather tall.—He then walked up and
[town the room about a quarter of an
hour. Louis. Do you know what he
[las to fay to me? He will inform you
nf that hiiufelf —He remained about a
quarter of an hou in his arm chair, and
was so thoughtful, that I p:iffed before
[li 111 without his perceiving me.—Louis.
This mayor makes one wait a long while
for him. The mayor arrived and spoke
lo him with dignity.
" In eroding the garden, he cart: a
ook up at the Tower ; his eye-lid seem
.'d tif be wet with a tear, or with a drop
of #.iin. When he came to the outer
court, the new cavalry of the Kcole
Militaire ft ruck him. I then went up into
the apartment of Antoinette; hie was
ineafy, as was also her liiter-in-law. Her
"on had told them that his papa had fcen
:he Mayor. V our husband is gone to the
Convention, be easy. If you had told us
that sooner, said flie, you would have
eased us, we were afflicted.
41 When Louis returned to the temple,
as soon as the Mayor was gone, he said,
do you think I fliall have Cour.fel ?—
If the Convention grants it—l mult look
at the constitution—He read—The law
grants it ine. May I fee my family? I
am going to consult the counsel.—Louis.
—Let some breakfaft be brought, I am
almost starving.—Shall I communicate
with my family ? No Sir, the Convention
will give their decilion. — Louis—not even
with my son ? I inform, you that you
will not communicate with your family,
of which your son is a part.
" Louis—Ah, my son—he is only seven
years old ! I (hall not be allowed then
to go to him, nor he to come tome!"
" He dined and supped at the fame
time. He eat (ix small cutlets and a bit
of fowl ;, he drank two glades of white
wine, and a small glass of Alicante wine,
and "went to bed.
" The Ladies were very unenfv ; they
aflced if Louis was returned—Antoinette
wanted to fee her hufband—(lie infilled
on herfon's feeing his father."
House of Commons, December 15.
A motion was brought forward by the
Mayor of London, seconded by Mr. Wal
lace, for an address to his Majesty, in
answer to hie speech. This motion
brought onadebate onthecaufes of the
alarming preparations, prevalent in the
kingdom, and of the unexpe&ed convo
cation of Parliament. On the part of
administration, the guarantee given by
Great Britain forthe preservation of the
privileges of the Dutch, which were in
fringed by the French opening theScheld
was given as the reason for the naval
preparations; and thedifcontent.and achial
attempts at insurrections in different part
of the kingdom ns the cause for calling out
the militia. Administration accused the
French of being concerned in producit g
these excefies by direct means, emifiaric
and seditious pamphlets, in order to sub
vert the constitution. Oppolition did
not conceive that the tumults at Dundee
Sheffield or Manchester were fufficiently
serious to call for putting the militia in
motion, or thst the causes of some of
those difiurbances were anywise of" a
political nature. They called for proofs
of these infurrettions, they could fee
nothing but loyalty and profperitr. The
guarantee of Great Britain to recure to
the Dutch the right of (lopping the nal
- cf the Sclield was ronfidered
as a breach of the law of nations, which
fhoirld by no means be supported by
force of arms.
Mr. Fox moved an amendment to the
address. \\ hich only secured 50 voters:
290 fnembers voted for the address.
On the 15th Mr. Fox the follow
ing motion, —" That an humble address
be prefentcd to his Majeily, that his
majefly will be graciojifly pleased to
!. r ive directions, that a minister may be
Pent to Paris to treat with those persons
who exercise provisionally the ftinftions
of executive government in Trance,
touching fiich points as may be in dif
cuflion between his majefly and his
apd the French nation." After much
iebnte on this motion, it was loft with
out a divilion.
By every account, the carnage, at thij
:fikinjj of Mons, was dreadful. Fve wit
lefl'es fay, that whole ranks cf them fell,
ike piles of cards. Many of the battalions
oft one half their number. The 104 th re
giment of the French, in particular, was
ilinoft ruined ; being mistaken in the fmokc
"or Audrians by a body of the National
•olunteers, they fired upon its rear, at the
arae time that it underwent a very heavy
ire from Aufirians in front, and was
harged bythe Huiiarsand dragoons on each
lank. The dead bodies on both fides a
nounted to about ten thousand.
On the i6tli of November, some French
hips of war entered the imperial port of
Dftend. The inhabitants displayed the ut
110ft joy on their arrival, and sent on board
leputations f>om the magistrates, &c. to
ifFer every afliftance in their power. Thus
lid this important city surrender to the
irmsofthe French without firing a gun,
:xcept by way offalute. Ofrend stands in
1 perteQ marsh. and was not much ti.ken
totice of till 1601, when it was defended
against all the power of Spain by the
I nclifh and Dutch ; the Spaniards losing
:0,000 men before the place. On this oc
:alion Isabella Eugenia, governante of the!
Netherlands, made a vow that (he would
not change her smock before Oftend sur
rendered; but before this happened, her
highnefles' fhift had quite loft its colour,
or rather changed to a faffron hue : howe
ver, the ladies of the court to keep her 111
rountenance, had theirs dyed, to be like
that of their mistress.
Mr. Frkneak,
Yoti are to republifh the in
clo ed piece ligue«l A Farmer, which
Will o lige several ol your fubferibers.
CUNDRY observations. which have ap
' peered in Mr. Fenno's paper, deserve
notice, as they tend to otir southern
brethren with an idea, that fa&ion and
party hive transfufed themselves from 'in
dividuals, into the northern Ihitej them
selves.
The southern members of Congress are
rallied,as having inftitutcd an enquiry into
the state of the public fluids for the pur
pose of exhibiting an afl'nmed integrity o
ver those of the north, who have not been,
as nlav be inferred from the paragraph?,
active in, or indeed approving of the mea
sure.
And the agricultural ir.tereft have their
attention very seriously called, to the
favour shewn them, "in not being called
on by the collector for the frtiits of their
labour."
In the firft paragraph, raillery isreforted.
to. for the pnrpofe of ftippreifing or dif
countenancuig an enquiry, made funda
mental by the constitution in the folIow : ng
clause : "No money shall be drawn from
the treasury, but in consequence of appro
priations made by law : and a regular (tate
ment and account of the receipts and ex
penditures of all public money, fliall be
published from time to time "
And in the second, a gross fraud is incul
cated for a truth. Both are calculated td
nurture faition and party.
It would be well for the landed and la
bouring people of America, to conlkler
what this party Is, ard what it ought to be.
With refpeit to what it is :
A monletl interest, amazed at the exteuß
and brilliancy of its acquisitions, so won
derful as toexcite appreheufions as to their
fafety. are governed by the following prin
ciples :
[Total No. 136.]