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Ki. Vining's motion was with
drawn.
Mr, Maddison proposed the fal
lowing reflation, viz.
Refolded— That when this House
do^ adjourn on the day of Sep
tember next, they will adjourn to the
firft Monday in December next.
Mr.ScorT objected to this: He said
it rvis tojihort a period, it would not
ad nit of the members who lived at
the extreme pares of the Union going
hone and returning again by the time
mentioned.
Mr. Livermore also objeAed to
it, and proposed to adjourn on the
firft day of September,
Mr.' Goodhue said, that he be
lieved, that gentlemen who talked of
adjourning the firft of September, did
not wilh for any adjournment at all :
He contended for a ihort adjournment
as proposed by the resolution : Some
relaxation from buuneL is necertary.
It is also expedient to consult our con
ftltuents : Some alterations may be ne r
ceffary in the laws we have enabled ,
We can judge better of that necedity
from observation in our refpeaive.
States.'
Mr. Ames fapported the motion
and proposed to fill the blank with 22d
which was carried in the affirmative.
Mr. Sumpter objected to the
shortness of the time of adjournment .
The business now before us cannot be
completed,faid he, if we mayjudge by
what has already taken place ; The re
cess will be so (hort,that none of the ad^
vantages to be derived from consulting
our constituents can be realized by
those from a remote didance. Short
recedes are attended with great ex
pence, and we cannot give a faitable
account of our conduct in adjourning
for so short a time and leaving lo
much business unfinished : Gentlemen
talk >f their private concerns —,1 be
lieve no member has made a greater
, proportionable facrifice than I have ;
but the public good is to be chiefly
regarded ; our own affairs ought not
to influence us: I hope some plan
of accommodation will take place. #
Mr. Ames introduced the foregoing
refutation in the following form, viz.
That the President of the Senate and
Speaker of the Hoafe of Representa
tives, do adjourn the refpedive Houf
es of CangreG on the zad of Septem
ber next, to meet on the firft Monday
in December next. x
° Mr. Jackson observed, that the
time was toolhort , it will not admit
of the members who come from a dis
tance, consulting their constituents,
and so far the advantage of an ad
journment will be loft : Let us view
the matter in another point of light.
Alarms have gone forth receding the
compensations, this will increase ihofe
alarms, for a verv great exp^nce, it
# will be said, is nee^efsly ^cu,e 1 •
If we tit two months lx, I '', n:i
so far complete the publics '^l.
as to fapercede the necefivy oNmeet.
ing in December: I think the z^
journment ought to be to the firft
Monday in March, and the Condita
tion will warrant this : Mutual con
cedions for the accommodation of all,
ought to be made: At the time pro
posed the cold season will be advan
ced—=e and snow will prevent gen
tlemen at the eastward from attending
to their private business—hence that
season will be adapted to their conve.
nience; but let us look to the mem
bers from the southward, it ought to
be considered that their relaxed con
stitutions will be greatly exposed by
the severe cold of this northern cli
mates betides it will then be tneir bu
sy season for planting, &c. Some
conceflions ought to be made : The
Southern members would sooner for
feit their feats in this House, than be
obliged to come here in the winter :
This will operate to deprive the re,/
mote parts of the Union of their re
presentation : I move therefore that
the time be extended to the firft of
March.
, Mr. Gerry was opposed to so
short an adjournment :§ He dated the
expencte that would attend it, and
made it 20000 dollar#, a sum that
would pay Congress for fifty days at
tendance : This he observed, render'd
it demonstrable that it is most prudent
for Congress to continue the session,
and finith the business. If it is abso
lutely necessary for any particular
gentleman to go home, leave may be
granted. I trust, said he, that there
is no one that thinks himfelf of so
much coafeqaence, that the govern
ment cannot proceed without him, or
that Congress thinks so, if they should,
when fach a member departs, the
public business must stand still ; Re
ference has been had to out door con
versation, and we are cautioned to
beware of exciting public clamour ;
but, fir, I trull that ideas of this kind
are not to influence in the deliberati
on of this assembly, or deter us from
deciding what we think is just and
bell. •
Interesting Intelligence.
France.
PARIS,JUNE 21."
[Omitted last ^eek for <want of room..
ANOTHER motion followed
from thte Count De Mirabeau, o
the following! efted, and nearly in
these words ; The National Assembly
feehn, the *ecemty of securing the perfon
u/ hi^ty, the\ freedom of opinion, and
the right of eatyh Deputy of rhe States
™&frgLt<^into and censure ad
,d obftaclet to the ^ bite
welfare and l\ ^ty, do resolve, That the
perlon feach [ ^uty it inviolable :.tbat
any individual publick or private, of
what quality ever, any corporate body
of men, an, in banal, court of jfoe, or
vufa\ tfoever, who fauld dare,
during the mb session, to projecute, or
cause to be prod %d, arref, or ca,fe to
be arrefled,de&i" ^ cause to be detained,
the person of Ine or mere Deputies, for
an, proportion, advice, optnon, or Jpeech
made by them A < ^e Stated-General, or
in any of its a fellies, or Committees,
foall be deemed i venous and aTrattor to
hie country, and ; hat in Sfabcafe .r
cases the Nation. ^ Assembly will purfae
every poffsble mea " and measures to bring)
the authors, injh^tors, or executors of
fueb arbitrary pro feedings to condign pu
nifoment.” This refoluuon was earn,
cd, 483 agafni 3 +•• . 4
Every thing wt $ now in the molt
violent fermentati )n # both at an.
and Versailles.
On the night of t his memorable daj
(Tuefday) an imm e "' e
perfon# of all ranks assembled at n
Mr. Jackson said, that he was sur
prised to hear a gentleman caution
ing theHoafe against being influenced
by popular clamour, and the opinion
of people without doors, especially as
that gentleman has within a fortnight
past, raised more bugbears from that
source than all the House besides.
Mr. Gerry made some reply to
Mr. Jackson, which was not heard
dittindly.
Mr. Boudinot said, that he sup
posed that the time between this and
the adjournment will be Sufficient to
complete the organization of the judi
ciary and executive departments. The
adjournment will in the common
douri{ of events allow the members
from Georgia three or four weeks at
home). A Ihort recess is absolutely
necessary : A long one will be highly
injurious.
Mr. Vining recapitulated a num
ber of Articles, now penning before
Congress, upon whih it is presumed,
said he,! that it is not necessary to
consult qur constituents : We already
know their Sentiments : This business
mult absolutely be attended.to and
completed previous to a recess : lam
opposed tq the motion for adjourning
till Marchi; but on a conciliatory plan
will move for the firft of January.
o'clock, and being informed that Mr.
Necker was about to depart for Swit
zerland, forced their Way into the in
ner court of the Palace at Versailles,
and with loud and menacing cries,
demanded that Mr. Necker Should
continue Minister: Accompanied with
the most violent execrations against
the Archbilhop of Paris, and many
other still higher personages. Thea
larm was inexpre flibie in the Palace;
the Princes, the Comte d'Artois par
ticularly, called tp arms ; the troops
got together from all parts ; but when,
ordered to fire, refufed to draw a trig
ger on their countrymen, though before
the very windows of the Palace.
The King fentto Mr. Necker, who
at firft retufed to come ; a fecoud mes
sage brought him amidst the acclama
tions of thousands, who made him pro
mise not to quit the kingdom. Here
presented to the King the danger to
which the measures he was putfuing
exposed his perlon and tne nation.—
The King said to him, 66 Necker, 1
believe you are an honed man ; you
never yet deceived me, but alas! I
have been deceived." Adding, " 1
"have some papers at Marli 1 mult ihew
you. I will go immediately tor them,"
Monsieur off red to execute his com
mission : '' No," fays the King, "no
man mull fee them but myfeli," and
he let out.'
Next day (Wednesday the 24th)
Mr. Neckar appeared in his Ration as
usual with the King, and it 'ufappojed
that all thQvidleni measures adopted
on Tuefday will be annulled,..
The commons continued their dell
beraiions, and sent a deputation 10
compliment Mr^Necker, w ho texted
a most affeaionaxe but-guarded anther
giving the ancient title cd,^, urcLr to
the Commons. Ihe report iQ^hatthc
Archbishop of Paris i> exilec, ^s well
as the whole house of Polignac ;^ut
this is Rill a momentous cribs. The
King is easily milled ; audit is no ex
aggeration to fay that a single spark
woqld infallibly light up a civil war.
The clergy have again taken courage
and resumed their feats as a body in
the National Assembly, to the num
ber of 152 headed by two Archbifhopi
and feverai Bishops. The Aarchbi
ihop of Paris has had two narrow es
capes for his life.
The Duke of Orleans, at the
head of more than forty of the Princi^
pal Nobles, and two hundred ofth<
Clergy, joined the 1 hird Estate, fub^
scribed the oath they had previouflj
taken ; and gave their unanimous as
lent to the feverai resolutions whicl
they had come to.
The whole inhabitants of Verfaille
together with thousands from Paris
paraded the streets of &hit towi
with torches the whole of 1 ueida;
night* r
A chi al likewise has been fought ii
consequence of these disputes becweei
the Prince de Poix, Captain of th
King's private guard, who is notwith
ftandinga determined friend of th
People in the House of Nobies, ani
the Marquis de Lambett, one of th
Paris Deputies for the Nobles, where
in the latter received a wound fuppo
fed to be mortal, and the former re
ceived another in his hand.
The National Assembly continu
their Ruingsfome times until three 0
four in the morning.
Paris is full of alarms, j°y, misery
and rejoicings.
We are assured from refpe&able au
thority, that the controverted question
in France has received its final deter
mination. The two fuperiour orders
have yielded to the Commons in con,
feqence of a letter from the King. On
Saturday last, the three orders met,
and formed one House ; none of the
Clergy dissenting, and of the Nobles,
only 45 ; so that every thing is peace
and concord without doors.
LONDON, JULY 2.
England.
Extras of a letter from Abo, (Siotden)
May 29.
'' Last night a courier passed thro'
this place on his way to Stockholm,
from the frontiers, with the news of
an action having taken place between
the Ruffians and Swedes, in which
the former had 500 men killed on the
fpjt, the Swedes loft only 19. A .
baggage magazine belonging to the
Ruuians was burnt."
A Ruffian man of war hovering on
the cpad of Sweden, has been burnt
by her crew to prevent falling into
the hands of (the Swedes.
The States of Holland have grant
ed pensions to all the Officers who
were dismissed by the Counsellors
Deputies during the late troubles.|
The Ruffians are not likely to keep
the Venus frigate lately taken fromJ
ne Swedes, as Mr. Elliot and the
Swedish Ambaffadour are both said to
have urged their claims to her at Co-
Ipenhagen, the having b^i taken ~
srihin the limits of the Dauilh terri
tories'.
ISix fail of ships, deeply laden with
American wheat, are now lying in the
I Yarmouth Roads, but the British '
1 Ports being unexpedcdly fnut, they
Ime now reconsigned tc different ports
I in Fiance.'•
I The King of Sweden will certainly
I less his troops to faction against the
llmperialifts in Finland.
I The boall of Col. Lenox, it is laid,
I is, that he fought a Soldier, a Biffiop,
a Prince, and a Sovereign in oneday,
I that he had like to kill them Hi, and
IHeaped himfeU unhurt.
[An honest Hibernian having hiked,
I the oilier daytf-what was the meaning
I of the Prince's motto, " Ich Dien !"
IA iriend told him, " I Irrve,"—
I *'Dvi I a better," said Paddy, " lor
he seres every one in power, God I
I biffs him !"
Early on Monday evening left, by
some unfortunate accident, the fo^p
and candle manufaaory, belonging to
Messrs. Kerbys, caught fire, Ihe
whole town was presently alarmed ;
the inhabitants thronged from every
part ; the different fire engines were
drawn up and manned in a few min
utes, and every possible exertion was
used to extinguish it: But the intense
leat of the flames, aggravated by the
very considerable quantity of com.
buftible matter with which the floret
were filled, and a frefh weflern breezei
rendered the talk doubly difficult.— }
The Court House was soon entirely
confirmed, and many of the adjacent
buildings were beginning to blaze— A
when, most happily, the wind lulied4l
nearly to a dead calm, and the vio.
lence of the heat consequently abatea?
The persons who plied the engines
taking advantage of this fortunate
event, redoubled their efforts, and
providentially prevented this dread
fulcalamity from extending itfelf in
the manner which, at firft, it was fear- f
edit inevitably would.
BOSTON, SEPTEMBER 16. 1
Extraa of a letter from a Gentleman in 1
Providence, dated Sept. 11, 1789.
" Our assembly is specially call
ed, to meet at Newport, on Tuefday
next. A majority of the new mem
bers (to meet in Odober) are said to
be honed men, and friends to or
der and good government. It is pro
bable that, the present House, in order'
if possible, to save their Reputation,
may order a Convention called ; but
if not, afford your friends that the
measure will certainly take place at
Odober session ; soon after which we
hope to be relieved from a situation
Il American Advices.
HALIFAX, AUGUST I,
Massachusetts.
Novafcotia.