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^tet us place Kings in (he
Hate that*we are in-—let us suppose
them to have been favored by
victorthe Uhiverfe,
would those despots have thought
toTiave ever (bed blood enough to
afiua^'e^KeTr rage.? No!—Mines,'
death, fnaflacre, fire' covering all
- - the Ke*
public deliroyed*!—Let us trem
. ble at .those images. No—no
. truce wjth -the tyrants of nations.
Let 100.^00. Sans Culottes go "o
ver arid deal: their blows in Eng
land. Yes ’ London must become
a Carthage for • us—and let tri
umphanc Liberty inferibe in her
records the united names of Eng-
Religion in France,
* T TAS. it iv said, been abulifiied-i-ln’d
Atheism, denominated Reason, in
troouced in its Head, if (uch an event has
taken place, it: has been cffe&ed by the
people,* without any fnterpofition bf go
vernment—as the following parage e) an
/Jdrefs gF the Hadanal Convention, re
-3 ported by Robb k tsp j£RX, in answer o
the manifeflp of coalesced Powers,. Vvill
demonstrate. It is no*t Grange, that a
People to long duped by the abiurd fortes
>rtd nonfenficalrites of privileged Briefly
hood,. should on their return io rational
juwwledge, deleft the machines and ma
' Icniftefy which kept'them in ignorance,
and in the vibration from delulian, ap
; p oach the border of error—and that when
-thus at the extreme they should deem—
" Religion . a politic lasw, deftgn'd by the
knaves oft be /chools , ‘
To keep the dull rabble in awey and to
humble illiterAte^oolj.d* ...
But when they shall. f^ the,.mid
way, they will be convinced that the in->
flitaiion of the worfhip^f Almighty God,
*in the assembly of the peopfejis a duty ;
nnd will be accompanied with the beft,ter
, rettrial^w (iy nought of the celestial Wel
lings. Let uii heair the Add refs :
“THEY accuse os of irreiigiou 5 they
give out, that We have declared war against
GOD himfelf.. How edifying is the piety
of tyrants! and how pleasing to Heaven
must be those Virtues, Which ihine in their
* courts and the goodnels which flows ‘front
them ! Who is the GOD they- are talking
of f Do. they hnow .any but pride, de
bauchery, iod aIL forts of vices ? They call
themftfves images of OOD, perhaps in
order'to eaufe all the wbfld cd dele it bls .
. r ealty rs -r-They .iflert their: authority is Mid
work; No 1 GOD has^created tygers ;
and Kings are the mailers of human de
pravity. They inWke heaven in order ttr
• usurp the world. • They folk GOD,to
put theihlelves in his place } they refer tq
him the prayers of the poor, and the.groanU
.of the wretched; they themfefy^ aid the
gods of the rich, of the oppfefforS, and the
affaflihs of the people. To revere GOD
and punilh kings is the fame things What
people ever . offered to pure a wojfhjp to
thff Supreme Being as we do i Under his.
hufpices, we haVeZ proclaimed the princi
p’-s of all human society. The laws of eter.
naliuu’^ were byway of contempt called. -
the dreams -of hoaeft people.; we have
given ihtm a re'sl and beneficial txiftehcey
Morals were confined so the writings- of
Philosophers, we have by; them ennobled
the government of nations*' We have sign
ed the death warrant of tyrjmts^. for gotten
in the enervated and timorous minds of
men —-The world was the exdufive prop
erty of two or three races of tyrants, as the
delajt of Aiatca are the dqminiOns;*of
gers and-serpents. We have tailored ij to
humankind. - f
«* Nations! Your maftcM till you, that
. the French nation has-proicribed alt kinds,
of religion ; and replaced the adoration ,
of GOD by that of fume individuals. Th^y.
represent os to you is i mid and idolatrous
' natioDi They lie. Thr French people
..andiheiK representatives refpeQ hU-fom
.. of religious >©rfhip» apd dp not , proicnbe
any.--They revere the virtue of the
; martyrs ot iiumanTty Vvifhodt infhtnatibij
• or idbhtry. They abhor idtollerance and
perfeeu&m, Whatever cloak they rtay >l
- <iiey equally condemn the wild
extravagancies of philofopLfm, the follies
ofluperfliUQn, of the crimes of ianatP .
land and France.”
, tired to another quarter of the town. -
Tl^s^apies werq affijie^. By # frefiK g|lel
; of wind froih the fdath east, and about half
past eight the spire Was Burnt down, ^tl
ten o’clock, the whole body of thiv im-;
menfe building was ia a blaze, which at
once exhibited a very grand,; but, awful
feene. In fhprt# the' tyhohß: palace off
Chriflianburg was reduced to the Bare,,
walls, in the courfei pf fig hours. Bothf
-the wings werealfo em,fire, aftd the
ope refine*^ ^^*l^** exertions j
dTihh burghers, the fouth Wing, although
Bsmt down, Was prevented’ from comma-?
nicatingt to tiw chancery Wd
Had the fire caught either tbb on« .-^hej
other, it would have been impofiblc to.
have faked th^ bank dr magazines. ?. 1
The houses bn the flrand were also mutM ;
endangeted; as the wind blew diretUyupod
them and large pieces es burning wood
were about thq ttreets. The ? conßa4
grafiva must ha’i’e been seen 'all over'th^ 1
iftand. 1 foppofe (beb a ftene was n<^
. Jeenin the worlds fdgreatu pile of build^
ing deftfoyedin faflxojt ; «^4^d//«M<» It
is faid,* that many of the people h®ve been
burnt, but A yet there are no particulaL
’ Kiounts of the numbers. Very little of
the furniture The
AT the last assembly of the States of ■
the circles of Suable at Ulm, which
took place about the latter end of last
month, to take into oonfideratiOn the de
mand of the cqort Os Berlin, to supply (he
Pxuffian army bn the Rbide with* provtfi
ons, the miqoriiy of luffrages was wholly r
unfavourable ro the claims of the Pruflian
cabinet i and it Was even thought useless
to consult the other ckdes on this fubjed.
It has been resolved on’ the contrary*, to
fend an Eftafeite to the Emperor, to folrcit
his pr^etbon, and to induce him that ihe :
above mentioned demand be withdrawn..
Meanwhile the triple contigcnt is refold
ed on,.and.»hey are already preparing to.
pick out cf the mass of the inhabitants, a
militia of 40,000 men, yrho will be divi
ded into regiment?, well armed, and pro-,
vrded with regimentals. . .
The courts of Wertemberg and Biden,
have already cajtiedthis meaiure into exe
cution.„. ,
With regard to the circles of Franconia
and Bavaria, intelligence has been receiv
>td, that they have pofitivriy refufed the
demands of Prussia J and the elector of pla
tine of Bavaria, who seems to be. the least
disposed to approve ofths plan of Prussia,
has made a formal protest against the con
vention of the fix circles at Frankfort, writ
ten and issued by the Ele&ot of M^ntz.
The refoiution which may be taken by
the circle of the Upper Rhine is not yet
known. The Pruflian Mihifter, Count
Hardenberg, has been sent to the landgrave
of Hesse Caffel, to induce that Prince by
negociation, w give his vote in th* assem
bly of the States, ih favour of thb requisi
tions efthe cabinet of Berlin.
His Profilin Majesty, fnding that hir
plan of (applying his army has been re
jeded by lome. of the circles, and that of
the court of Vienna, recommending the
raifihg in a ihafs, Kas gained the preference,
has nuniieflfd.bls ddapprebation of a gin
.eral armament of the inhabitants of the em-
M pire. .
The French Commifliohers dine almofl
daily with General Kalkreuth. Thdrme
gpciytiOhs go on but slowly < arid at appears
that they hive hot brought with . them a ;
fufficient (dm of tnoney to pay offtheaffig
nets issued as Mentz during*the liege ~-
They hfve been pbliged to demand frefli
remittances of the committee of public |
welfare at Paris. f
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C OPE N H A GEN, Marib F'
. , - DREADFUL FIRE.
i About four o’clock |aft Wednesday e- s
vening, an alarm of fixe was giyeffftom the .
palace, irfirft appeared in chk upper flory ;
of thefouth corner of the Iron? fide, which '
Vko'thc weflvvard ; and although -every J
endeavour was uffid to cXtinguifh the
flames, they soon began to spread to the
northward. About half past fix the Roy-,
al family were told thit iiftU or no hopes
of favipg the palace vyere left: ifiey re-’
Foreign Intelligence.
By Friday s Maik
GERMdFt
«- -v v f ' - ' — " •• • * •
F R A N K FOR T, March. I.
King’s private library was destroyed, as
were moil of the papers and books in the
High Court. The damage will ainouht to
many millions..
mpnehs. Let us all impose oa ourlelves
; some civic privations ! Let us (upprefs all
delicacies calculated for . voidptuoufnefs
and not for Republicans/’
- Legendre—“ If the Convention con
fines itfelf to an invitation of a momentary
rest raining from meat, it will not obtiin
itsobjeif. The poor will conform, and
the rich will purchase it at a high price.
Decree then a political Lehr br I affirm to
you, it will beimpoflible to provide for your
armies, The rebels of Lavendee have de-
fary. .
Let the rich give up their fuperfluities
or their sumptuous tibles, where luxury
and vanity alone are fed. Let them cease
to coqfume in one day the food of many
“ We are not becoming political Capu
chids to order a religious fall ; but we all
knowthat thele is in nature a period when
lh? animals which serve for our food must
b*e diftribured with caution ; it'is (efficient
fp-point out to patriots a measure which
the providing for X 4 armies renders necef-
and drew a dagger. One Welffi, received
.three, wounds in his head. One by the
.name of Duncan was ftuhk byjhe dagger
in the belly, though the pjtyficians think
he may recover, as his intefiines (eeip not
to be injured. . The citizens aflembled, ‘
Teiied and conduced them to the gu^rd
jhoule. -One or two Frenchmen were i
, wounded .with theweaponsnaxUrehaspro
. vided for. out defence. t
In the afternoon, • the French Consul i
y-aited upon rhe Captain on board. He
being put the Consul defired.he . might be |
acquainted, that he wa? sorry. for the.acqi- ;
dent ; that he dif^vowed their condud.as
fuhjeda of the Republic, and that he should
be a.mqug the firft to profeedte the Villains
fb. conyi(ftion. x i j
Abou; five o’clock, we are informedj a-;
hqtfier laflor was. wauled in the face j
. wirh a cut lai?, in Meetingftreet, by a com- I
pany of five Frenchmen. - > ?
Capt Rolando, 0/ the brig Cygnet, from
Nqw Pjovjdence, informs, that befpre he
'jW^ds,tl^e (qhoouerLi
-irom New York arriyqd there, who had
laired for'.thh -port^^nd^ccording to Ms j
account; was blown off the coast, and o
v bliged ;to put into.Jhat iflapd in diftyefs ;
where he communicated the' resolution of
l/qpgtefs. for laying «p»em^wgo on the veL
inftfie United L consequence
.of Which the GoVerndur of the Bahamas
immediately dffpaiched a packe; to En
gland, to give information thereof to the
court of Great^tH 1 ^
P H It A L P H I A, May 14.
E M B A R G O.
The refdlutfon of Mr. W. Smith for.
cohtinuing the embargo, wes taken up on
Monday in the Houle of Reprefentari^ss.
A Idttdr was laid on the taMe, by Mr. ’
Hunter ffom South Carolina, and read by:
the clerk. It was daud 1 {th of April last,
PROVISIONS.
’ ** You have difebheerted,’* laid Barrere,
t( all the intrigues which have taken place
to prevent the fabrication of . arms and
faitpetres yon must further fruftrate their
efforts refpeding vidualling of Our ar
mies. i
firoyed all the cattle which cathe from
those parts, and you cannot obtain them
from foreign countries. -I.
Barrere replied, that there was no oc
casion to decree that there fhotfld be a civic
faft, is it would be fqfficient to adopt the
plans which the committee had already
prepared but which he did not wish to
.present till after he had obtained the opin
ion of the public on the fubjedl.
(hortly after returned^ with a number of
Frenchmen drefl*i.qut with cockades, arid
Who displayed thg flags of both the nations.
They went on board for an explanation.
To make up matters they infilled that one
of the tailors (liQuld kiss the cockade, which
he would not.fubnut ta.;
High words and. blows ehfued. v The
Frenchmen almdft inSmediately engaged,
AN affray took place yeflerday on
board the Apollo; Capt. Keowan,
of Philadelphia. A French lad had been
bn the wharves tq borrow a colour of one
of the American (hips. Thef^Ubrs of the
Apollo pa fled some jokes uponhim, and he,
not thoroughly underftanping. them, tho’t
himfelf affronted. He (est thb (hipi. and
CHARLESTON, (S. C.) April 30.
Am.erlean Intelligence.
and fubferibed by a number of merchants
in Charleston. They date their losses, in
consequence of the Bricifh depredations,
■nd request, xTjuftice cannot be had in any
other way, letters of marque and reprisals
may be granted to them, that they may do
just ice to themjelves.
some debate od the question for
the continuance cf the.embargo, the yeas
and nays were called for and are as fol
lows*:— For the continuance of the embar
go 13 — Agailoft it 73- , r _
The Houle of Representatives of the U
nited states have been principally engaged
the last fortnight in dilcufling the report of
the committee of fifteen, on the ways and
means—the business was largely debated
in committee of the whole; and sundry. A
mendmenis were agreed to. The prepof*
ed duties on carriage)/lamps, fdlet at auc
lion, manufactured tobacco and jnu/f, loaf and
lump fu^ar, were fever ally objected to, and
morions made for striking them out, bus
were all negatived, and in general, bv
larger majorities than ufuaf. The direct
tax on lands frpfti which 750,006 dollars
were proposed to be railed, was expunged
by vote of a great majority In difdufling •
the duty on itamps an amendment was
.agreed to, by providing a tax oh every *
transfer of funded and bank flock of the
amount of too dollars and upwards, fve
cents for every 100. Sundry other taxes
were propoled, as an excise on tiyder', beer;
and porter, &c. which were severally dil
agreed to. A motion For an additional
impo|l of ten per cent, on nll.goods vsares^
and merchandize, the manufacture of Great
Britain and Ireland, was brought forward,
but meeting with a ftreniious opposition,
was withdrawn—The committee Os the
whole having gone thro’ with the difeuf
fion—report was made to tHe'Houfe—and
the amendment agreed to, with some trif
ling alterations. The buflnefs has been
before the House for several days-7-Some
new propofilions have been made, the.coo
ftitutiohality of some of the taxts has been
controverted, but no motion for ftr-king
out on that principle, has prevailed. The
Houle adjourned yesterday wi,hout finifh
ing the btifinefs—-and met again thii
day; /' ? / -• " .
PRO V 4 D..<E NC &, May 22.
Extradiof a Letter from the American
Jul at L'Jbon, to a mercantile House in this
7oven, dated March iB, received by Capt.
'Rtbry^ ■ • ' '
- ri 1 have the pleasure to inform you; thit
;here is every Reafoffto believe tLtJ^
ulities will soon fie renewed between. Por
tugal and Algiers, and that foe Algerines
will of Course be' ffiut up in their Forts «-
gain; and our Navigation/be once more
free from those Piraies, tbc.ugh
some others much more injurious^ to cur
genera! Commerce. This Court has lent
a Frigate to Algiers, to inform, the Def
that they .will not rdtffy the Truce, and
will never pay them any thing for a Peace,
being able and determined to protect their
own Trade and Cosft. But at foe fame
.Time I hope the United itatta will lend
them some Aid; it being at least ■* much
for onr Advantage as for chat of Pauugal
that the Algerines should be confined.”
' -
FROM PHILADELPHtA r MAX 10.
The House of Reprefentitives of tbe^U
mted States; this day, completed the difo
A cbrrefpohdent was much furpri(ed to
hear it admitted in the Hbufe of Repre
fentaaVes; that our vessels would be as
much in danger of capture in the Weft-
Indies as ever, if the edibargd should be
discontinued, and yet asserted at the fame
rime that it ought to be difeontinved, be-
Cause it was inconvenient to France. Thia
might be a good reason if we were colonies
of France, or if yve Were under the govern
ment of com mi Hi oh era from the National
Convention { but it may be doubted whe
ther such a preference to the in'terefts of a
foreign country over our own i* either hon
orable to ourlelves or recontileable with
tht duty qfc-foofe who are not reprefentaa
lives of- the French but of the American
nation^ " ' '— ' - - ■ ■
Extraii of a letter from Bri/iot, (England)
dated March ^th, . . . .
ri Says, there is little talk of any thing but
War and deftrofUon—One neighbour is for
a King, the other for a Republic— jpeoplC
are much derided in rheir sentiments,
much as in the American war—-God only
knows how ft will bnd, for my pari, I
think ffie times will be very, bad, we afo
so oppressed, that L thirk Jt, will, not hold
long —and am afraid it will be bcre as ia
France.”
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