Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1797-11-17 00:00:00, page 2

||Hl 1 i ii wmmiihh i—mmmm society, 1)3
' XiiC t3aVctfe7 S*'hVi«
—•— have fonn
•p HI LA DELP HI A, inerica ; l
run - y vf.-.t ■«, *W* ' 7 " • c f. T?
' added, th:
' f n .:> tb s COLUUt-lAN CtisTixr.l. ly oppose
that motl
To t?jg R'*hl Reverend Father in GOD, Anieiica
'cumt. t, B fiop of Norwich, i:> the ling- t ; on . T
dotn \f Grcat~Briiain. have boei
my lord, , heard th<
la your ftrmon, preached at the church ta g es f ro
Sain' M'iry 1' BoW, in London, en the Shoul
1 7 th of February, lift, befoie the society for t ' p( - preft
vrona-ratinff the gospel in foreign parts, yo'i c f Ainer
c ,id an elceatit tribute of reipeA to tb«cha- ; n aebted
r i&er of the iiltiftrious WASHINGTON. Should
Thisi is highly pleasing to every American wr ; tten -
reads your discourse. Perhaps there Americ.
was never more truth expressed,- with to an ]
Jnu-'h elegance in the fame number of words. ] y hiveft
As you ire speaking of the Americans, you n f a // t h
fiv, » One of whom, the western world t hc wor
vvill boast, so long as her ftoryMhall te told, art 3 ;, 3V
and virtue rtfpeCled- The extent o[ his a3 ma ny
talents, the Itrnpiicity of his manners, the found 1
•purity of his morals, his well regulated am- Who i
iition, his approved paTrioufm, have ranked Who ,
him with the firft charaders of the age." clouds i
Hid you, rr.y Lord, been an eye witness now in
to his conduct, under the mo ft trying exi- ucat ion
, er.cios of human life, of the unequalled The
firmnefs of his mind, in the mod hazardous countr;
<i:u itions, of rtfc integrity and patnotilm ot In( j ian .
his heart, in the greatcft possible temptations, ; n ; t .
' you night, with great propriety, have vrh.ch
fa ; d that his chara&er is unexampled in hit- equal
torv and unequalled in the age in which he Here 1
l : ves result "
'As your sermon was in the usual occa- r if e , w
tonal style, and calculated to increase dona- 0 f the.
Votis, a« wfll as'Tn fatisfy f<»rmer benefaftors withoi
with the expenditures of their money, we ftitut?.
r-av iuftly conclude, that you supposed an are t h,
elegant tribute of praise to our lllurtrious j inf^
American, would have » beneficial influence rope
with that part of your audience who delight C onqu
■{■ a the b'appinefs of mankind. by so
As we ought to believe that every one his re
who enters the sacred desk, does it under , n f a i,
tbe ftrongc-ft impreflions .of sincerity and a l C ap
• -truth, withdttt fraitd, deception or disguise, deleg
■we are obliged to attribute some of the len- f e l vea
timefita of your fevmon, to that ignorance, them
which has been so often detested in sermons are f
• preached before that society. duce
Youfavofthe Americans, We found si
tbcr.i in the lowest state of society, in the an ac
darkest stage of ignorance." Had you not t h e c
bv f-.bfequent words, exposed your own cf ff a
meaning, we might have fairly concluded, ~y ,
that you \v<re here speaking of, and def- ft ea( ]
cribing the aboriginal inhabitants, the native
Indians. When tbe date of your society a nd
for propagating the gospel is seen, and the ,h< ,
fitustlon of the Anglo Americans, or white peofi
people of tfiis .continent, at that period is .
underltdoTtTiTo 01 >- can fu PP° fc T 0 " l ? mean tlon
them But when referring to W (hington, 1 py>
« One of whom, &c." we then are convinced you
that you cannot mean the native Indians ;
' unlef' you could have Walh.ngton
descended them. You go on to fay,
We have left them an enlightened peop.e, 1
•«rvflVfTincr in every walk of life, many emi- ! p
ch.u,« r . : Were of i
we to take the whole ofyour fenttmenUon £
this fubjeft together, we should be compelled
to fuppofc you to be speaking of an enlight- (ra]
er.ed people, who have proceeded from the Wii
favaees of the American continent, and to lf h,
have been led by your society, iro* the M
Hal' of barbarity, from the darkejtfa- I
zation, and rental improvements.
There can be nothing Biore extraordina- j gtJ
ry than that a European Bishop should have 1 t i l(
fo'fmall a (hare of information refpefting a pr ,
country, which has so forcibly excited the V.
attention of the whole world.
Should you fay, that it u not the fcvag-
e5 whom you intended to defenbe as hav- fi|
in- been in the darkejljla S e cf tgnoraice, we , a
have to a(k you, when it was, that the An
jrlo- Americans were in such a Itate . in
6 In the early date of this country, Great- fc
Britain produced a Locke, a.Newton, a
.Pope and others of great reputation in the
liteiary world, but there never was a day 1
from the firft emigration to this country h
from Europe, that the body of the people I n
on -our idand, possessed more light and in- m
formation, in proportion to their numbers
than were in the poffeflion of the cwilued
people of these states colleftively.
The firft settlers of our country were men £
of learning and pbilofophy, and were urged N
by a noble spirit of enterprize, to effeft i
r«reat and marvellous deeds. They were the ,
S e ft and most enlightened men of Europe.
It is true tbat their learning was rather fcho
•laftic ; and it is equally true, that there (
xrii no other kind of learning at that time ...
your illand. If you attend to the writings
of the fixtceuth and fever.teenth centuries,
YOU will find, that from those of tl,epedants
1, the throne, down to the beggarly author
in the turfed cot, there was nothing but lcho
laftic ftuff, arranged arid improved, to the
fapport of bigotry and fuperftit.on, in strong
derogation of philosophy and found reafon
'aSin or about the year 1720, a laudable
liberality prevailed iuyaur country, and fiom
that tinr- you may be conf.dered as having
been a liberal and enlightened people. |
The firft emigrants from England who
fettled in America, founded univeiTitles,
eftablifbcd colleges, and planted public
fthoels, and other modes of public educa
tion. In the Northern colonics the lands
iv-rc "-ranted 011 condition of fettling pub
lic teachers of religion in each town and of
providing for the support cf public fchoo.s.
Lch town was obliged by law to maintain
a fehoolmaftcr learned in the languages, to
- whom all the children were to be sent for
, t : ori From inrfe infiitutions advan
tiWirefuite'd equally to all thc people, and
1 arnir.2 was' more univerfaily, and mow
beneficially dominated ever was m
Creat-lhitaio- The advautagCß from vour
society, (save be-i to those,« tr.e fe..Sl!et ,
fpa.k to the light of the tun, or as a crop I
of the bucket to the ocean.- In faft the) j t jj n;s i t ; ie .
have formed r.o part of the education of v A- p r ,i[jeriy ;
merira ; they have never been realized, and (r anfmtlted
can never be acknowledged. It might be in. the St.t.
added, that your tniftionaries were general- t °' r J_ u ' 11 J
ly crppofed to that kind of education, and
that mode of thinking, which have railea 1( _ n was
Anieiica to be a great and independent 11a- g, n t [, e p r
tion. Their teacliing, as mere divines, may p ro perhan
have been salutary to the few who have in.'Utution,
heard them, but there were 110 other advan- ; Gtn. A]
r . ltnettaie«t
tages irom it. •. ■ d
Should you compare the prodigious of , ;
tlje prfrfent age in your country, with thoie .j t j,;
of America, you will find that we are not j n j|,. 10 n
■ indebted to* you for all that we po!Tefs. g ra f p n, f9
• Should you examine the three volumes abfejee
-1 written by Adams in defence of the nor and p
; American Conllitutions, where Vill Y uU
' find an Englilh writer, who has so compleat- ,- lK . h
•ly inveftigatcd all the forms and principles j A , )tn . s |
J of all the governments which have been (.• C andu<flit
the world ! Do you not know, that the 1 vo „ r t o c
■> arts have been encouraged in America, and , parent .1
3 as many extraordinary examples of genius ,on to fnn
e found here as in any part of the earth ?
>- Who invented the mariner's quadrant . , Vermon
d Who dire&td the lightening fioin t.ie an(J he (
clouds ? Where did the principal painters t j lt ;j ej
fs now in England, receive their birth and ed- which v
; • j I z<-al anil
*- ucation { w
■d The firft civilized inhabitants of this
13 country, purchased tke toil of the nat ' ve j ]fir j (1
of Indians ; they planted the tree_ of liberty A][
l8 > in it. They founded those institutions, nn( j
v e which have rendered good government and ; Mien's
if- equal laws the treasures of the nation. ; r eer in
he Here heroes are produced without a danger , have no
resulting from ambition ; here statesmen a-1 Pflre *_■
:a " rife, who have no views but the happiness ■ )tc|
'a- of the.people ; here justice is adminiltered
without a suspicion of br\bcr*jf. The Con
we ftitutions of government in this country,
au are the ftrongefl witnesses of the ability and j
>" 3 j infurmation of the people. Whilst Eu
icc ro p. is buried in systems, resulting from
jht conquests, or resting on privileges extetfed
by force from the claims of a conqueror, or P ■
"e his representative, the people of America, r
der i n fair open debate, in their civic, mdividu
and a l capacity, have voluntarily and peaceably
ife, delegated powers to be exercised over them
fen- selves , and under such checks as secure
ice, them against every effort of tyranny. 1 hete
« n » are founded in light, and naturally pro-
duce light, information, and fafety. ■
und Should you, niy Lord, be again called to »
the an accofional sermon, wherein a glance at . B
not t he charafter of America (hall become ne-
own efffary to your progress in duty, you may
ded, i a y a side every species of arrogance, and 111-
def- st ea d of faying, that you have left us an
itive enlightened people, you may, with truth
sicty and candour, inform your audience. That
1 the th* Americans, having ever ban 411 enlightened
irhite people, hctve by that means become so great, us to
>d is l enve YOU, notwithstanding all your exer
mean t j onß a goinft it ; and to exifl as a free, hap-
jton, I py, independent nation, in opp»fition to ah
Kr'™' AN AMERICAN. ~
iffton } -K/r^.
) fay, j Fr»tr the WESTERN STAR.
1 "T, , not
:op!e, 1 Democratic B.ogrephy. n
emi- Few individuals have been more theJ u *) e<a
Were of general cofcvei fation f. r sometime pift, thin 1,.
ntson I Uen. Ika Allen, of Vermont.—By hu late the
,n i I letter to his friend in Ftirbaven, it appear*, e d.
P. e , C I that the principal .oflicert in this,nation liavc
"8 tranfniitted fnch vouchers and in r ormati«n, at p r(
ra w.'il save that g*ntleman from the capital pnn-
nd to I ifhment which was expeited about the time that
Tl the I M'Lean was executed in Canada.
ell la- I Gen. Allen was born in S»liftury, in tonnec- wit
■V-ivii; I ticut, and removed not long before the late war no
I into Vermont, where he had a large flu<e in et- bu
I fe<£line the independence of that State trom the
,rdma ' Stste of New York His lot was to become thj
d have | t i, c ,hies agent in tlie lanil-offiee, he ihtrcliy
[ling a I procured Urge patents and grants to himlelf.
Ed the Vermoi.t regleded t. make reUitutlon to those De
I who were deprived of their honed cla'm' under th
r„„,„ Llie New-York title, and the people of Vermont Fi
g " obtained a quitclaim of all further title and ju- w ]
3 V ' ritdiaion, for thirty thousand dollars. Ihe
we laiifts and public money thus engroficd and ex
ie An- I ~e n ded, left Gen. Allen with the largelt ellate
J in Vermont, and some said the largcfl in New
t'b 1 attemptto build furnaces and mills, and te
!n thl make improvements on hi. estates, he became U ,
j involved in diht, firft in Queheck, and then in „
1 a da Y 1 New-York. He wa» pufbed in both p!ace» by
:ountry J , lis rre aitorj, and made inar.v efTart* to rescue
people I nimfelf by mortgaging his property. Laiuts he
and in- [ would not fell heeaufe they were ritiHg in value; q
umbers, 1 taxes were U vied upon them, but he found expe- K
:i; 7 -J dients not to alienate any. d
1 In this diftrels he embarked for Eoflano, have
I inz previously sent out a nephew, to negociate a {
ere men CI ® d , r . He procured a fm»H quantity ot goodi, j.
e urged I w hi c h arrived with his nephew at BoP.on j biu
to effeft j the young nTan tock them to bis own uie in
svere the reward for hT» fa-vices to his '.nele.—A iecond C
E ur one quantity a-ef-e/hipped to New-Voik, but want- ,t
itr fcho '"8 mci)eT 10 P ay tlic '
itr kno in Gen. Aliens behalf; \
lat there t y ie f e t'.le public debenture, and then at- (
t time ill ~L i .ed the merchandize for the debts due to
writings theml'elves. In this dilemma he retreated to
■enturies, ihe French Direelory—his party in Vermont
ie pedants wei-e ready for war with Canada, and wanted
r author arms ; these Gen„ Allen procured, with art l.e
---u "cT ry, tents, camp kettle., &c.&c. Ihe miUa.y
but fcho- £ tithfrß wt . re (hipped inio Botlon.by Mr. John
!, to the Ai Q rohlim Jhe General andoiie of the /lids
in strong c i e camp of Gov. Chittenden were in Lond-n
d reason- together. The latter wrote and printed upon
vellum piper, a:i Hillory of Vermort, in a ie
laudable ries of letterj to the Earl of Mon.r«is, a brane
and from of the G " him ii 11 '
, • attempts are made tif exculpate Gen. Alhn
as having from Tvca f ona ble defigrfs the government
p' e - of Greaißiitais. Mr. Graham also mentioned
and who Q cn . Allen as the brother of the la e Gen-A
liverfuies, than JlUn, whose proA tls and w ere
fd public id well known in the Sulci, Canada and hn
educa- gland, Gen. Ira Allen was fended wih th, k
.1 ill ii;furn ation of Mr. Graham, being well aw ue
the tanas N>ol ,ia du him nogord.
ling pub- ~( >m t|ine rcviou , ro the departure of ...et».
vn, and of Allen,he presented a petition to the Legiilature
ic schools. 0 f Vermont, fer certain lands rrferved tor pro
> maiotain 1 pjgjiing the gospel, for the utc ot a co.
mages, to whiih he was patron z.ng'n Bnrhngron, near
;£' fci> own dwelling, in thenvighhorntwdol Lake
' f , Cha.nvh.in. i J e was defeated in his w.^s,
'-9 S f in °: but hi movements en.Vd in a o! the
icoplc, and Id j t . : . btiorg ; nf , t |.e Kpncupal Church be
;,nd morj moer-cy. C .tnet's fpi-s anil agents had ipitad
rer was in I French p dities, infidelity and avarice co ...r .it
from your )IN clainis oi <Jij;ioii or juflice .0 e J1
Pari -fth- iv. to-if- .of animat
iv in L-.m .oil", who »'>t 4 ' ,U,U!V '- 1 the other ]
Gon. A 'e,v an.l Mr. G .l"-pvd to nave ob- tfr> The
tainrd the
1 'pi 1 Zlsitl" revolution
vT. ! .nf.nute,l: 1 the Br tiib mm Iter 1
in.the?i.te», wUich put th -f: concerned upon I the tenor
their | acknowlc
Great uiilrefs bad been riven to those who I changing
had icll'e l l in c-c-itain tov. n'hips in which Geo 1 p ru< J cn t '
Allen was inlerelted, Uecaufe lie neglefltd to re- I
the projifrty deviled to religious nles, into I e j.y |
proper hands, that religious nnd other important 1 ,
iiii'litutioiib rnijrht be obtained asearly as poflibie. I e
Gen, Allen ihns tngr..ff,-d large grants trom I polture O
i the slate* to hiaifelf, and the lands ot the church |> Ilv pre
but in ad to this he had in his p' fi-llion j quotiphis
! the property of the heirs oftwo of his br«thers. I to
1 ,MI this 'iuirn.-nle property i< ti < v involved I (( -p ranc
in al ooi't iMcxtricable diffu iilties, by h a great I ,
a Turn s, hy hii <Ufai>poi'>tmc»U3, and ">y his I t
able ce' Mils dJsn.'flM from all of ho- I phical.
r nor ar,.l proii:, and his property is j and the
t into other hands. I look for
Sure is ihi- short history of a Bi-mocr.at— I p ora t e it
and f'K-h > 'he bihory of nlary others, S,n. ( t h a t cc
' j Allen's leadire trait'is low cunning, a lecrct I
! o> hi- business, and an anful endea- .
i 1 votir to dr.! v othtrs'into his measures by ail ap- I capdc )
1 ' parent indifTersnce js to the issue, «r Jdilpol'.tl- I rianaer
s ! on to fnrtbtr the wtfti of hi- neighbour. J Spain,
> ' lie introduced himfelf to the late-ToCiop eletf of 1 t h e prti
j Vermont, who i" in L ondon. The College in I orf lers (
Vermont was a darling objetl with Gen. Alien, I jjjgpjj c
e and he therefore flattered Ui(hf>p Peters with I 'T'he
3 the idea of making lim Picfideriv—a meaiurr I
1- , which was not praiilicjble, ai that gvntlerna# s I
I 2eal and opinions were u"t a -ceptable Calvi- I then av
| 8 nifts Reifts or Derr.orr;»- J and arc
/e 1 The folicitcus public are now waiting to I w J t h tl
bfar further mrelii,'enc e from the p cne "|" I the abf
.. All humane reen shudder at the id-a of nal- I or j ers
5 ' ter, nnd many koneft m:n «'H r»i' ice i. Gen I •.
Allen's liberation puts an end to Ins rc '}' e 'j' ca " I .® r i
n. [ reer in Should theT'i'ench DireiHory j
er i have no opportunity to rec! irn their property, I were n
a . purchasers in Fr.glasd, or the merchants in I that al
p I Queberk, may obtain '.he arms, artillery, teats I
" e( j and kcitles. "• j The si
7 I
in " From an Engltjh J>aj>er. I j-gn-
TITR f' E M£MORT JLS O N | ceiv
■ u . FRErfC'H AFFAIRS. j
By the late Mr. Bu*r.f. I " I
Thefs; papers, which are this day given to I
C r public view, »re brought forward under the I J onlj
° r aufpicts of Drs. King and Lawrence, who 1 turn ,
jy' have raanifefled in the manner of their intro- j gettin
y" duftion, a most zealous refpeft to the maues j en abli
of their deceafcd friend. I cafey
' j The memorials are prefaced by a paper li n fm
"f C I entitled " Hints for a memorial to be de-1 ; n g t ]
livered by lord Gewer to M. Montmorin." I c harg
Sr °" In this paper, which was written m I 79'> Ihe fh;
j to Mr. Burke recommends molt strongly that j O ppo
at l ' u E° °^ lcc ' B our court I throv
3 terpof*d between Louis XVI. and hi* fedi-1 k„avi
" e tious fubjefts. This he conceited to be lf o K
m - a ,J r our duty under the general law of nations, J little
aud the spirit of our positive treatie*. I ford
1 i The firft memorial, written in'the end of I ged I
T A a , the fame year, has for its Undency to dif- I little
iene'd tingnifh the features and charafter of the I
French revolution from others of ancient I
xtr( . or moderri times. It marks tht track which J FC
haD- new P''' nf 'P^ s werf lo pursue in I
0 all l^e ' r combats the sup-position I
that tht revolution would fall by its own I
w weakness, by internal force, or by tlie dif- gon
1 ' credit ofits papqr money. This paper, as I dep.
Mr. Bu ke conceived at the time, "did jthe
not meet the ideas of ministers." I aBC |
The second memorial was written in arici
"than 1792, after the invasion of France, led bj JP 1
Is late the duke ofTirunfwick, had completely fail-1
peart, e d. Mr. Btlrke then saw a radical error mloi t
1 hivc not giving confidence and importance to the j '
" French -nobles; His convidion, as there feni
1 stated, was, that neither the infurre£lions 6f 1 ciei
16 ' the royaliftl within, nor a foreign force from I
onnec- without, could separately avail. There was api
te war no found kope in his judgment offuccelsj a\
:in ef- hut from a well combintH and cordial co- J
i,m the operation of both. He recommended on I ,
' e;o ? e this occkfion, that England should interpose
limfeir. a « protedrefs of the balance of power. But <lo;
0 those before this paper had been communicated to l oc
s under those for whose use it was intended, the 0 f
ermont French convention had pafled those decrees 180
andjvt- w hich were regarded a« ftriklng equally J a
■ ,' lhe against this country and Holland, our old
ally. The unofficial negociation which sol- Ai
n New- loved, ended, as is but too well known, gc
in declared hoftihties, and the British minu- I
ills, and ters, the editors of these papers fay, were ; s
became Under the necefiity of joinii>; the powers al
then in rea( jy ; n arm 3 •« on their own conditions."
lacea by third memorial, which was written
Hdshe in the year 1793. was composed in confe- a ,
n value- quence of an intimation from some of the fl
nd expe- king's misters that they proposed to issue a
declaration of the motives, objefts, and the T
nd.hav- e nd of the war. This was immediately as- c
ociate a ter tbe juke of York's retreat from Dun- 0
,t good>, k;rk Mn Burke objefls very ftrenuoufiy
ZL in to the time of ifliiing this declaration, as p
A second being that of calamity and defeat.—" No
,uv waut-<ithing,"he observed, " can contribute more 3
,t intn.ft- effe&ually to lower any sovereign in the pub- i
behalf; i; c e (limation, and to turn his defeats into I
then l( * disgraces, than to threaten in a moment of
t5 ff u !" impatience !—the second usual matter of ,
Vermont raanifeftoes is composed of promises to those ,
\ wanted who co-operate with our tk-figns. A time
th art Ue- of disaster on the part of the promifer, ieems ,
e military „' o t to add much to the dignity
r fl l- y° h " son or to the eftcft of his offers. One would
ft ! ,e '\ ldi hardly wifli to seduce any unhappy persons
" " to rive the last provecation to a merciless
Yfe- tyranny without very effeftual means of pro
, a branch testing them." ,
lat volume The wretched situation of France, under
en. Allen t he r eign of Hobefpicrre, Mr. Burke ad
avernment ro ; ts ,hat he/had not forefeen. He could
,!:e " tiort i not anticipate, such an idea as that of ar
'e'Swefe ™es impelled f ,nd adminiftnitions con iuded
a and 1-n- by the effe£>s of fear alone. In the conclu
wiih this fion of this memorial he emphatically pro
well aw ue u n s againlt that which he always considered
as 'the great fruitful source of every mifcar
ircnt f ," cn ' riao-e, the R reat leading miltake— that of
Sfc condufti.g the war-by precedent, as a com
a Ole e 'mon war against a common cn f .rqr the
,cton, near usual objefts" of ordinary to arm ? ,
..dofLake ai; d searching hiitory for precedents to be
bis wiOii-s, dtvlrfd f rom former revolutions, which
o! ' ' he ret. mhle this portent of cur tta-.es m not.i.ng
} Jr \ l ■ *"1 but the name !" , 1i • .■ 1
U Of these memorials, the lr.fl m pnrt.cular
'Uc Wnh Ik.- iduck cf Ike .ftllc *>>< l V'* t>f lhat tone
of animated dcciiion, winch di&mguifue.s, .
the other prodn&ions of this illuunous wri- mn)ti ovl i
t f r. ' They are in ftrift confiltency with his which are
other writings on the fubjeft of the French fides thofc,
revolution, however they may depart from troop^cmr
the tenor of his preceding publications. He ra * |0|
acknowledges hirafelf that he writes' m a
or<ier» for
changing fcenc, when a measure very [ an k 0 f
prudent"to-d?.y may be very improper to- he aW
, morrow." Of course hut a very small pan
I of the effufions even of this great mind pour- fircumft;ll
ed forth in 1793, has any application to the thcmj aIU
posture of affairs in 1797- , , tbeyarcg
In proof of this jiffert ion, we need only Uttor wlu
quotffhis description of France as it appear- »rchdu «
led to his view in the latter end of 1793 ef shine {
I " France (fays he) is out 01 ltielr : the e ; rcum ft K
I moral France is separated from the geogra- pclce .
phical. The matter of the bouse is expelled
1 and the tobbcrs are in possession. If we
I look for the corporate perfple eftifting as cor- <
I porate in the eye and intention of public law 6qc
J (that corporate people I mean, who are tree Corfu, \>
I to deliberate and decide, and who have a [hip* of
capacity to treat and conclude) they are in |h « 30c
- Flanders and Germany, in Switzerland j S<-™£
■ Spain, Italy, and England. There are all onc
f I the princes of the blood—there are all the j w ; t hhin
' J orders of the ftatc— there are all the parlia- ration. »
' I ments of the kingdom.
The ministers who took refuge under the
s doftrinesof Mr. Burke i" ?79*. who I
I then availed themselves of his kindlid zeal thc tit)e
I and ardent elpquenee, have Cnce negociated i eE ifl al ;,
0 I with the existing government of France, in u
J- the abfe'.ice of the princes of the blood, the j
" orders and the Parliament ; and had the P;^
I negociations proved fuccefsful* would |
■V th« firft to smile at the suggestion, that they tiiu-d <
jr, j were in the fraallcft degree invalidated by n.dCh.
in I that absence.
The following letter, written at Paris by
the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, has been I f eatl w
I communicated by the-gentleman who re- 1 mcßt i,
ctived it : . o
| « April 22, 1784. h lcro< »
« I fend you herewith a bill for 10 louis . m ß to 1
to d'ors. Ido not pretend to give such a sum.
he J j on ly lend it to you. When you flwl re- lft ,
I>° turn to your country, you cannot fail of I„ e <v
f°- 1 jrettin? into some business that will in time j cempli
«« enable yon to pay all your debts In that k*s»
cafe when you meet with another honelt man
per I in similar distress, you must pay me by lend
de - ing this sum to him, enjoining him to dis
charge the debt by a like operation, when 1
91. he (hall be able, and (hall meet with another J
hat 1 opportunity, and I hope it may tkus go I
■n-1 through many hands before it meets with a j
edi-1 knave to flop its progress. This is a trick I The
be of mine for doing a deal of good with a j c 0
3ns, little money. I am not rich enough to as-
ford much in goud,works, and so am obli- |
dos I g e d to be cunningand make the molt 01 a I
dif- little." P'
'the|^—. 1 ■ « —' IT
hici foreign intelligence. I
ition PARISH Septemberl4.
own There are on« hundred and fifty deputies
dif- cone in consequence of the eleftions of 41
-, as departments being declared null ic6 of arn
' did I the council of fiv« hundred, and 44 <>f the due
ancients—3o of the young and 10 of the 1
n in I ancients are condemned to banijnment. the
dbv I This makes 190 members less in the legifia- in t
r fail- j live btidy, 136 of the five hundred, and 54 pel
■or in of the asicienta. . had
0 the At present we remark 255 deputies pre- gov
there fcnt of the iiv* hundred, and 138 of the an- 1 pro
>ns 6f I cients —Total 393. . 1 "? l
from There are then 167 deputies who do not pin
•e was appear at the sessions, doubtless because they to
•ccefs -have leave of absence, or ar« wdifpofed. ' al .
LONDON, September 8.
r,\ The following capital /hips of tlieU-ie art now
Wp „ buildine in the several dock yard, of this king- wa
• ® ut dom; Hibernia, no; Caledonia, 11a; Europe.
ted to ocean, Boyne, Dreadnought, 1 errera.re, each
1, the 0 f ng puns ; Princess Amelia 1 , 8o ; Foudroyant, P
lecreas I go; Augulla. 74; af, d Courageux, 74> I,e c I
■auallv I 4 " at king's yards.
UT old The following are at private dock yards •- l al
I r Snp<rb, Ajax, Milford, Northumberland, K.nt fl ,
ch tol- I Al j )| i| es> Conqueror, Renown, Spencer, Dra
inown, a(1 of ,- 4 puns
minif- j Temeraire, of 98 guns, in Chatham yai d
, were isjuft ready tolaunch. I
,ers al- A letter from the Ha S ue, dated Anguft i». tj
tions "
• " Paris, had a lone.conFcrencc with our commij- |ft
wrltt ? n tce for foreign affairs. The minillers of 1-ranse tc
1 conle * and Spain assisted at it- To guard ngiir.ft every
of surprise, our fleet now lies it anchor under the b
> issue a bitteries in the Gstt. When the late President
and the Tocv rei'gned his Presidency, he assured the
telv as- convention that the crews and the tro.ps «P w
n Dub board the fleet in the Texel were in excellent I
,(lv condition, and that there were few sick. among „
n . UOU - them- We expert, however, that the prrater {
tion, as if i,nt all the troops will fobn be di.em-
No- | u .ked, and sent into gariifon. ll '» f
ite more affirmed that admiral Winter has receded Ins
the pub- dirmiffior.whidif it is said, has'.been oceAfiored
•ats into by certain relolutions of the committee of ma- 1
ment of n <nrtcnJjn ] ate i y arrived in town, from ,
natter ol p hil^c , phia , who affirms, that zolhips of w»r ■
to tliofe f rom co to 28 gucs, arc bui'r'.ing for public f.r- (
A time v ist in. American ports ;' which 1- the very nrn
tr, seems £ (Tort of 'hat Republic iu a naval , j '
ne would ' a<lmira ' Wr H " Nc,r ". n •'*
f write with his left hand :itis a en, us fart,
r perfoni f e for fomc time pMl nifed with
mercileis , iartli ln cafe any Jc cident hap
isofpro- n to his right. .
' The Dutch admiral runs a great rilk of be:ng
ce, under denounced in the Hativian c«n,vet;tion.
urke ad- enemies who charge h. n w.th fading asleep in
j U tfceTexvl. fufpea that.be has an uf'erflandmg
** Tit with his Serene Highr.e's the P. ince of Orange,
tat 01 ar- _
on dueled POR.TSMOU 1 H, S pt. 6. "
if conclu- Yeficrday a court hiartial w»» he» on board 'he
cally pro- Resource. of -8 guns, on Darnel Keef-, a
:onfidercd .Mc'r.jinV to fc«»majtfiy'slhip B-.dJord, ot 745" •
If?*} that h: threw' an
that ot .j potmdWat, a»d-ftJ6ck hentelsant Biwcanor a
as a com- v :,. )e „ t tlow in the back part of the head, he w»,
J £y.r the ihertfcre found guilty, aud f.nte-.ced to be hang <
to arms l\ by the.neck ...til he was dead, and on board
ents to be the lords of the admiralty should think
."which tit to appoint-
in nothing BRUSSELS, Aug, jt.
The AuP.riin army of the Lower Rhine, com
particular manlir.d by general Mo c'-, U almotc «.n
---f hat tone I rt th.s moment. The whole O. this army
is put or. the most perfeft footirg c.f vr.r ; tori ca
valry and inuntry are indeed above their ccmple- » !
mait, owing to the great quantity of recruit* ,|.
which are perpetually incorporated with i'.. Be- f
fides those, there arrive frequently from th&Meme,
troop? coming from all the armies in Bohemia and
Aullria. Whatever may be the objefi of thef#
rr«pr rat ions, Gen, Hucht, on his part, has givtn
I order, for the formation of a camp on the right
l ank of the Rhine, and several days afterwards
he added to this order, th« following article
" Although the negotiations for peace are not yet
broken off the army ought not to lose fight of tl is
circumftancc,' that a numerous enemy n before
them, and that it is their duty to punilh them if
they are guilty of a breach of faith." The fame
letter which brings thffc particulars, adds, that the
archduke Charles, and general Bellgardi, are to
review and exercise the Imperial army of the Low
er » hine for a fortnight or three weeks. All these
circumstances do not augur well for,the friends ot
peace. '■
MILAN, Aug. I*.
The French squadron, which failed frem Too
lon, under the comma-d of rear admiral Brueys,
with 6000 men an board,is arrived at the island of >*
' I C.irlu, where it hasbeen joined by fix Venetian
I (hips of the line, and fix frigates, which likewise
1 hve 3000 land forces 011 board.
Several Fr nch engitieeri and officers of artillery
! arc on board this fleet. Buonaparte has likewifa
' sent one of his adjutants, who, It is faiij, carries <
; with him irflrufiions relative to an important ope
- ration, which is to be undertaken by this fleet.
e x PARIS, Sept. 2. I
j Thismo.nii-g an inalyfis of Baillcul's pamphlet
1 has been publilhed in the form of a placard, with
' the title, It Corfu leg'jtjlif bori la Conjlitution,The
lejjiilative body iut of the conlUtution. T hey
n aflju-c us that lie is now writing a sequel to that
e pat n ] hli't, and th«t a Corficm d'.-puty ii now pre
e paring another work of the fame nature. Both '
are expected to appear very shortly.
'® Two numbers have appeared of the journal en-
Y titled" Tie Cor.tirvator, by citiacn Garat, Diunou,
y and Clicnier. |
from th* Amii dti I*oif.
Goversment has (eized all the cff:As horses,
' carriages, &c. of Mcflvs. Lanelurs, whose high
:n feats we h*v< published. It appears that govern- 1
*- mtm i> now flowing the Kkicc we gave for the j
easy payment of tiii millions claiirt**J by these gen
tlemen ; that is to fay, that they we rcwoufiy go
|jß ing to make them gi»e their accounts.
Frtfv til Etlair.
*" Letter" from N «plcs announce, that the people
of ire cvcelfively difcontoited. They murmur and
Tie complain agttinft th* queen aod ber ministers. h<;
iat king is no langcr received with applause as formcr
an ly, and the revol¥ti«n appears very near.
,d- ■H'" 11 - J ■ ■■ ■■ I 1
l j£ By this clay's Mail.
go BOSTON, November 9. v
ti a
ick The (hip Martha, Adam Babcock, esq. >
1 * . commander, arrived here last night
yj from London, in 35 days paiTage->
f a to the politeness of capt. B. the
public are indebted for the early com
— munication of the followiug IMPOR-
P TANT and INTERESTING AD
VICES.
\
ities LONDON, September 25.
41 * ThU day about half after twelve at tooon,
5 of arrived the three Hamburgh mails that were
' the due.
th? Letters from Cologne and Frankfort of
t.— the 10th and nth of September, state, that
rifla- in the towns of Cologne, Bonn, Aix-la-Cha
ds4 pellt, Treves, &c. the revolutionary party
had obtained the ascendancy, seized th»
pre- I government, the treasury, and the archives,
e an- proclaimed the Cifthinane republic, and re-
I nounced their union with the German em
> not j pire. They had sent couriers to Pari?, and
they j to gen. Hoche, requesting that a provifion
d. ' jal dire&ory might be appointed for the new
I republic. '
Stocks rose on Saturday. Sosie. Bar
t now gains in tl* 3 per cents, were done at up.
kin S' wards of 50. The circumstance has been
urope ,' endeavoured to be accounted for by the pro
ov"n' P osed P lan for thc sale of the laad Ux ; but
, these a measure of that nature cannot be execut
ed speedily ; it would be impoflible for tb«
dslandholder* to find money fufficisnt to fini(h
■ K,nt such a purchase in a (h«rt period.
. t>r»* We believt the rife was occasioned by a
~ different cause. Ministers have resolved to
™ yl ' C make one effort more to prevent the neceffi
ufl 17. ty of another campaign. For this purpof#
yfrom I it has been determined that a meflenger
imiiiif • I (hould be dispatched to Paris, with an offer
Fran*e J renew the negociation on some new
] CV "J grounds, fpecified in the letter of which ha
tfidem was to be the bearer.
Ed the Accordingly, Mr. Vick, the messenger,
•ps oil was dispatched on Saturday, and failed from
tceHent I Dover yesterday morning at one o'clock,
amorist I; n t he prince at Wales paeket, capt. Sut-
P" ater ton, for Calais. " .
•I, T 1 Sucll a measure may raise the fpints of
ltd his some men ' but h does not °F« rate in our
Mfiored minds as bringing the hour of peace one
of ma- I moment nearer.
I It was reported in the city on Saturday,
n, from j . an embargo had been laid on in the
' j w "" j French ports. The rumour, however, wa*
,hl ' C fir* ' unfounded; for, by a Danirti packet which
sry nrn at Dover f rom Calais this morning
ion') at three o'clock with passengers, we leam,
y able to that not the smallest difficulty has occurred.
1 us fa&, the passage.
ing with jjy t his conveyance we have received the
mid hap- p ar i s journals up to Saturday last, the 13d
nf he'ni? inft. inciufive. . ' .
on Hid As none have been receivedfor some time,
asleep i't it is iinpoffible tolay the whole of their con}
rftandmg tents btfort our readers. The following ex
t Orange, trathcontainfc-hateverismoftinterefting.'The
proclamation the direflory 10 the French
nat'on, in particular, deserves lingular atten
hoardrke Jt {n anoounces a recommence
ment of hostilities between the republic and
' * the Emperor, as at no great diftsnce ; and,
threw an is singular, it appears from some of the
3uccanor a : ourna i ß ' t hat orders were sent to Buonaparte
to be in readiness to aft, at the fame tim.
don boafd that intimation was orde. Ed to be inade to
iruld think Lord Malmelbury to withdraw himielf.
There does not appear the fma'.leli hope
' of a new riiptur* between France and Aus
tria being avoided, unlets the Inlter fhaß i»-
fcrs: Santiy comply with the terms, proposed by
,l this'armv | fortacr for Andudieg the uegcciationt,
I