National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-02-13 00:00:00, page 3

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
Oil Thursday evening last-) arrived at New-
York, the EnglHh Packet,Toriland, in
45 days from Falmouth.—By this vcflVl
we have London accounts to the 20th of
December, from which we have extract
ed the following iatereffing Heads of
Intelligence.
L a N D O N, Dec. 4—;o.
The French army oil the Rhi:ie is to be
raised to -0,000 men, 53 thousand of which
are to be ftationedin thcenvirons of Mentz.
The Prnflian army at Coblence is 25,00 c
men, and magazines forming at Wartz
bnrg, for an army of 0,000 Außrians,now
on their march'from Bohemia, where great
tumults have tuSfn place in cpnfequence
of a demand, fro\n the government, of a
gift of provifmnslfrom the people—The
government of Hanover and the Elector ol
Saxony have put their troops 011 a wai e-
Jlablifhment. and drawn a line on theit
frontier. Cuftine'sarmy isre-inforced vvitl
3000 men, with 1 10 ammunition waggons,
75 of which are laden with gup powder.
Two French frigates arc fjliedfor Civita
Vecchia, with a plenipotentiary oa board
of one of them to the Pope ; who lias givei
orders to receive him with the greatest at
tention.
Letters from Genoa" fay -that the whol<
Frenchfleet is row in ttfeiinlph of Spec
cia, viz. 20 (hips of war Si different fiz.es:
and 21 others hourly expccied from Tou
lon, with 16,000 troops.
The avowed determination of the Frencl:
to open the navigation of the Scheld, :
measure which would go materially to in
jure the commercial interests of the Unitec
Provinces, and with it ultimately that ol
this country, justly alarms the English Go
vernment, closely leagued as it is with Hol
land and Prussia, by the rtioft natural bond
of alliance.—ln consequence, we are in
formed, that imlefs -France immediately
explains fatisfaftorily to the court, a fleet
will be Instantly ordered of twelve (liipr, o!
the line, in addition to t,lie ten frigates
(four »ere added i:i confcqftence of a court
of Admiralty held on Saturday) already
put into commission, which fleet will-be
followed up by a more formidable force ;
and contracts are already eatesred into with
government to supply this equipment w th
all the neceflaries required in actual fervicje.
On the 26th of November, General La
Bourdonnaye proclaimed at Antwerp, that
the national convention meant to pass a
decree for the opening the Scheld —Oil th'e
28th, the citadel of Antwerp was taken by
the Frrtu'u, ',iu one vr-. k er . sur
render of the city—the cidadel of Nainut
was also taken,by ftorin,three or four days
after the surrender of the city.—A misun
derstanding has taken place between Du
mourier and La Bourdourytye ; the latter
has resigned, and Gen. KeHfrmann ha:
gone to take command of the Alpine ar
my.
Extract of a letter from Paris, Dec. 11.
' 1 The commifTaries of the Temple have
rendered to the council general an account
of their execution of the decree i (filed for
taking from the persons of their royal pri
soners all edged inflruments and offenlive
weapons. It appears from their report,
that the king on this occasion behaved
with the mod perfect complacency. Hi;
valet de chambre gave into the hands ol
the commissioners all the instruments of
that description that were in the room :
and his majesty delivered all those which
were in his pocket, observing atthe time,
that they had no reason to be afraid ol
him; lie wiOied only to retain a trifling
article ; but the commifTaries (ternly in
lifted on the literal execution of the de
cree, he immediately gave it to them.—
They afterwards repaired to the apart
ments of the queen, who, dcfpiling the in
dignity too much to appear to feel it.
calmly enquired,if the decree extended to
deprive them of their needles also. Her
Majesty was apparently inclined to hAe
added something more, but, 011 a (ign from
madam Elizabeth (he desisted.
" At fix o'clock yesterday evening the
charges exhibited against Louis XVI.
were read in the Convention.—The prin
cipal articles are as follow :
1. The interruption of the proceedings
ofthe National Constituent Afiembly on
$e 10th of June 1789.
2. The calling in of foreign tronps.
3- TheinlurreGion ofjales.
4- The maflacre at Nancy.
J. The corruption of the members of
the Legiflatnre.
6. The flight of Louis to Varennes.
7. His protest to the foreign courts a
gainst the reftri&ions on the sovereignty.
8. His paying, correfpondiug with, and
encouraging the Emigrants.
9- The mafTacre in the Champ de Mars.
10. The orders given at the Thuilleries
on the loth of August to fire upon the peo
ple.
"The guards at all the ports have been
quadrupled and all the inhabitants are in
vited to repair to their refpeftive feftions.
" The unfortunate Monarch is to be
brought to the bar at 11 o'clock tcr-mor
row morning.
' Thirty members of the council gene
. a f e tH surround the carriage in which
tne ci-d?vaat king is to repair to the Con
vention.
File mayo;' ic to fit by his fide, and the
P-'ocureiir and fe<;retary of the commune
aro he pi. iced opposite him.
" Nin: v >'i p uroles are to parade the
city mall pj!]Hile directions.
" General Anfelm's ran guard ha- £ lin
cd i vicl ); y over the troop? of the king of
Sardinia, and takep pofTefiictn of their camp
Theprifoners amsuut to no more than
thirty.
"M. Egalite (M- d'Orleans), pnhlifhed
nil Monday lafl a proclamation, declaring,
that he forever renounced all claim to
Royalty."
Extract of a Letter from Corke, Nov. 25.
" .Within this week very alarming
and desperate riots have happened in thi -
rty and its viciniti'e:. Tlie dearnefs of
provifio is, and the larg? quantities of
jraii*exported, have caused various mobs
to ailemble, for the purpose efp.-e* ,'nting
the further exportation of wheat and flour .
" At Bandon, a body of ;oco people
met, and committed cpnfklerablc depre
dations on the farmers, whom they suspect
ed of monopoly. The mills of Sampson
Stawile, F.fq are razed to the ground.
1 liefe ig:ior nit people destroyed this im
mense building, under the pretence of die
proprietor being in exporter of flour.
" They next proceeded to Castle Ber
nard, in the fame neighbourhood!, and
threatened to blow i.p the Cattle, which
they declared tl>ey would have done, ex
cept in compliment to the lut'e Mr. Ber
nard. Young Mr. B. sent a flag of truce
to the mob and offered, if they would de
part, to diflritiute one thonfar.d guineas
among them. Thi they dec lined, observ
ing they were reformers, and not public
plunderers, like their rulers.
J' From thence they paraded to the town
oi Bandon, where they were received bv
the P. ovoit and a troop of dragoons. The
magistrate declared.that the military fliould
Sre if they did not inflantly dilperfe ; but
'he reply was that the firft (hot fired fliould
>e the signal for the 1110b to cut off the
Provofl's head ! Order is at lengtii reffored
iU the neighbourhood of Bandon.
"In Corke we are extremely alarmed;
the mobs here have dethoyed the mills
of Mr. Burke, and have emptied all the
jranaries of the corn and flour laid up for
exportation. They vow vengeance also
igainft the mills of Mr. Penrofe, at Gian
ni ire, and seem to despise the military
power. In these riots, the bellowing of
the multitude evinced that they have tlirn
:d t<> politics, rfnd that Ireland
IS nut destitute of a vail number of repub
lican spirits even among the rabble. The
Union, the Boyne, and the True Blue Vo
lunteers, are day and night under arms."
The whole duchy of Savoy is new, at
the requefl of its inhabitants, andfev a e'en
equent decree' of the National Conven
tion, annexed to the republic of France, as
»n 84th department, under the name of the
department of Mount Bfanc—The Liegois
are also about to the Convention
to be united to France as an Bjth depart
ment—A large body of Dumourier'a armv
is before Maeftricht, and a body of French
troops has arrived at Aix la Chapeile—
the Empress of Russia has demanded recbo
troops and 6 (hips of the line, of th<=
Swedes,to act in the spring as auxiliaries—
the request was refufed, unless Ruflia is fir ft
attacked by a foreign power—On the 2d
of December the Heflians and Pruflianr.
took Frankfort, and some French troops
therein, amounting it is said to 1500.—0n
the Bth, four French frigates and as many
cutters entered the port of Antwerp— -The
Dutch have avowedly given up all idea of
contending either by arms or nepociaticn,
for the exclusive right to the navigation of
tne Scheld. fa new confederation is on
foot at Warsaw, in Poland, for re-eiiab
lifhing the constitution of iMay ;d. i-qj.
They rely on the French for afliftance —
Accounts are received that the queen of
Portugal died on the 3d of December]
When the French frigates, &c. entered
the Scheld, to convoy stores to Antwerp,
the Dutch took protefls againfl their pas
sage, but did not attempt to oppose them
by force. There are also three English
frigates in the Scheld.
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
W'ednesdav, Feb. 6.
After reading and referringfeveral peti
tions, including one from the officers of the
Rhode-Iflar.d line of the army, which was
laid on the table—the following bills were
read a third time, and parted, viz. a bill for
fettling the accounts of T. Wifhart, late a
lieutenant in the army— a bill for adjusting
a claim of Joseph Henderfon against the
United States—a bill exempting the inha
bitants ofPofl St. Vincennes from expen
ces of a refnrvey—and a bill to reimburse
H. E. Lutterlohfor his expences in com
ing to America to join the army. The
House then, in committee of the whole,
took up Mr. Greenup's resolution for pla
cing on thepenfion lift, such militia officers
and prtv a f CS as ma y woll nde<! in the pub
lic lervice, and are not otherwise provided
l or —ifter Come debate, the resolu
tion was ljiodified byjcaving blanks for the
day and year from Wnicli the disability of
Inch officer; or soldiers may be dated —the
queltion was then put and agreed to, with
an additional resolution, ascertaining the
nature and degree of the disability, and the
annual allowance to be granted for the
fame. The committee rose and reportec
the two resolutions, which were adopted
and a committee appointed to report a bill
A bill was then reported from the commit
tee appointed, for compensating the Presi
dent and Vice Prelident of the Unitet
States. Read twice and committed foi
to-morrow—.twobills were reported, en
rolled ;:iid signed by the Speaker; the firft
'or regulating the value of foreign coins
the oßher. the foreign intercourse bill—
report of the Secretary of War was reac
on the petition of Simeon Thayer, late :
major in the army, and disabled by a wounc
received in the battle of Monmouth—th<
following resolution on this fubjeft wa
agreed to ; tiiat upon returning his com
mutation of half pay, with the interelt tha
has accrued, he (hall be allowed the hal:
pay of a major roni the firft of January
i "Si—a committee was appointed to brim
11 a bill accordingly. The report on the
petition of Elijah Boftwick, was ngreec
10, and a bill orderedto be brought in—Or
the question for palling the bill to compen
sate John Tucker, it was determined in
the negative.
ThursdAy, Feb. f.
.4 ItifflTage was received from the Senate,
that they concur in the resolution lor a
ioint committee to count the ballots from
lie. executives of the Several ftatesfor Pre
ident and Vice-President of the United
itates—and have appointed a committee
of threefor that purpose reading
wo petitions lor compensations for
military fervicesrendered (tvhich were re
vrred to the Secretary at War) a refolu
ion was laid on the table by Mr. Clark,
.hat a committee be appointed to bring in
i bill for regulating tees in the Treasury
jffice Mr transferring public fecurlties.—A
eport v .is then read from a committee on
he petitions of several persons concerned
n the manufacture of cordage, lines,
wines, and pack-thread—The report was
avourajjle to the petitioners, and referred
:o a coihmittee of the whole, to-morrow.
The House, in committee of the whole
lifcufleti the bill for compensating the Pi e-
Ident apd Vice-President of the United
States.—Several small amendments were
made yhe blank for the President's annu-
I fa!: .vallied tip V.irtl 25,660 dollars ;
Mr. Kitchell moved, the insertion of
lollarsper day to the Vice-Prelident, dur
ing his attendance in the Senate, instead of
dollars per annum : this motion was
afterwards withdrawn, and the last blank
illed up \vithsooo dollars.—The bill was
:fieu r< ported with amendments, and
igreed to by the House—Mr. Mercer re
lewed his motion for limiting the bill to
'our years from the third of March one
:l otifaud seven hundred and ninety-three
—after a long debate on this motion, the
peas and nays being called, it was deter
ninedinthc negative—Yeas, 27 ; Nays 33-
Several bills were read twice and commit
rc,d for to-morrow—a report was read,
avourable to the petition of Robert Hea
:on. r o • Jemnify him for duties on cattle
and (lock imported from England ; and a
:ommittee was appointed to report a bill.
A report was also read, favourable to cer
tain petitioners in Newark New-Jersey,
praying compensation for an academy de
flroypd bv lire, during the war—on a mo
tion that the committee Ihonld agree to the
report, the question being put, it paCcd in
tha negative.
Friday, Feb. 8.
Rill for relieving Elijah Boftwick, read
twice and committed for next Monday—
the bill for compensating the Prelident and
Vice-President of the United States, read
a third time and pafl'ed—A memorial from
the officers 01 the lateSouth-Carolina line,
for further compensation, &c. was read
and laid 011 the table.
The House, in committee of the whole,
then took up the bill for granting half pay,
lor a certain term of years to the widows
and orphans of the officers who have been
killed since the day of or fliail be
hereafter killed in.thefervice of the United
-States—The term of years was limited to
five, and the latter blank filled up with
March 4, 1 784 —7"he bill was then report
ed with a few additional amendments—
T he motion for appointing a committee to
bring in a bill for elrablifliing fees for the
transfer of flock, in the Treasury office,
was agreed to and a committee appointed.
A petition was read, from the town of
1 xorfofkin Virginia, praying provision to
be made for lick and infirm seamen—and
referred to a committee of the whole
Mr. Smith notified the House that on next
Monday lie should renew the motion for
providing for the redemption of the pub
lic debt.—A mefTage was received from
the Senate, not:fyiijg their concurrence in
the bill for fettling claims not heretofore
barred by any r.a of limitation, with one
amendment.—The bill relative to fugi
tives froni jnltice, and abftonding servants,
was reported duly enrolled.—The bill for
relieving W. and J. Simms from payment
of duties on a cargo loft in coming round
from New-York to this place, was taken
up in committee of the whole, but on the
question of being engrossed, was loft—
A meifjge from the Senate, fignifving their
concurrence in the coaftiiig bill, with
amendments, and non-concurrence in the
North Carolina boundary bill.
PHILADELPHIA.
February 13.
The accounts from England, brought by
the last packet, seem to leave us in doubt
whether a war is seriously meditated a
gainst the revolution of France and the
progress of liberty on the continent, or
whether their preparations and proceed
ings are secretly meant to ftrfle the rifmff
spirit of their ewn people, and over-awl
the remonstrants of Scotland and T f-land
Whichever may be their purp< an d
particularly if it fnould bethel-, er the
government ought not to be lurpnzcd' if a
new ftimttlns lhould be given to the public
uneafinef:, and to the demand of reforms
in every department where abuses have e
qually excited fobcr animadversion and pc
ptilar clamour. In one particular the in
formation is fingnlarly remarkable. The
only mobs we are told of are on the fide of
government, and are warring an-ainft their
own rights and those principles of political
equality which constitute the best, and of
ten the only property of a large part of the
society.
from this, as well as other circumftancesrf
we may expect that liberty v. 'll find r l0 rc?
obstacles to a complete Triumph in fritain
than any where else He, partial enjoy
ment of it, and the pride inspired by com
parative prosperity. willhave a ftrone ten
dency to keep her stationary at her prefcilt
point °f mediocrity ; and it will not be
wonderful if the nation, which has hither* '
Co beenthe ireeftin 1-urope, should ere
long, be the last to yield to the spirit rf re
generation now pervading Eunjpe and
perhaps the globe, and be belov. 4ery o
her nation in the scale of liberty prefpe
rity, andtrne greatnefa. Her chairs be
ing lighter (he is the less anxious to eft
them off, or perhaps because they ;>re -ilt
over, she may even hug and be vain"of
snein. The Clnnefe, who have lona bee:'
naif civilized, is the nation, more than all
others, opposed to illumination aid im
provement.
« Our p.ibJio affairs (fay letter W
England) are in a very critical filiation ;
government is greatly alarmed, and has
mmmoned suddenly the parliament : great
facrifices must be made before the ferment,
is allayed, pensions and salaries reduced,
sinecures abolinied, parliament reformed
by a far moie equal reprefer.tation \
church preferment more equalized, and a
variety of objects to be embraced, highly
proper to have bee effefled half a centu
ry back—we are all alarme;—all anxiety ;
all Europe is occupied with the affairs of
I'ranee, and much of it is ready to fol
low her in her career to Liberty—funds
arefalJen here prodigiously from the ex
ertions our government is making in war
like A double number of
soldiers areftationed at the bank, the mi
litia are held in readiness, the touer is
strongly guarded, the cannon iix d on the
old walls, besides new tv-i'ls built to
strengthen it—orders are continually fend
ing for equipping squadrons and fliips of
war at the sea ports, and a very confidcr
able number are already in commission
mobs have risen in fcveral parts of
land, Scotland, and Ireland ; in
mollly on the fide of government anc ,rt
Scotland and Ireland on the iide of the
people."
Thomas pjine, member of the French
Convention, has had his trial for a libel a
gainil the government of Great-Britain,
of which the jury found himguilty without
leaving the court.
On Monday the 4th in ft ant the Senat?
of the United States re-agitated the ques
tion of opening the doors of the Senate
chamber—when the yeas and nays were a®
fcilow :—[and not as infeited erroneous
ly in our last)
Tear.—Messrs. Brown, Burr, Gunn,
Hawkins, King, Butler, Edwards, Mon
roe, Potts and Taylor— 10,
Nays- Messrs. Bafl'ett, Bradley, Cabot,
Dickinfon, Elfworth, Fcfter, Henry,
Johnfton, Izard, Langdon, Morris, Read,
Robinson, Rutherford, Sherman, Stanton,
Strong, and Wingate—lß.
So it was again loll—and the PEO
PLE are to remain ignorant of the pro
ceedings of their Senators, for a season
longer!
*** articles of intel
ligence are deferred to our next.