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On us. He has struck his tents and de
parted ! In future be assured, nothing
wtill more effectually disconcert the de
signs and plots of the malicious, than
aa equitable and moderate adminitra
xticn of the affairs of the kingdom."
[The obove animated ipeech was de
livered in the National Assembly, on
the 14th of January,by M.de Mirabeau;
and was afterwards Ryled the Manifesto
of the Alterably against the Clergy.]
Te^RCARY 2§.
'' The celebrated M. de Mirabeau,
ha been chosen one of the Administrators
cf the department of Paris. The Bishop
of Autun (both a patriotick and philo
sophical character) is alto chosen to the
fame rank, and has consequently quitted
his dignity of Bishop. We fhoald not
be farprized to fee him chosen Archbi
ffiop, of Paris, since it is now certain
that M. de Juigne, the former Arch
bishop, will not appear again in that
Station ; having retired to Cham'oerry,
in disgust, and there< published a pailoral
letter, which has (bared the fate of other
compositions of that kind, negleft. "I
am persuaded (fays he to the clergy of
Lis diocese) that you will not prove re
bels to the cries of cbnfcience, and chat
you will extort praise even from your
enemies, in prefering honest poverty to
the scandal of apoftacy."
The Americans have at length finally
ratified their treaty with the Court of
Portugal —which as it is a separate one
^ith that Power, only bids fair for be
ing of confid^rable utility to the United
States, though it mail militate Wrongly
against the interests of fone of the
European Courts. ,
Pbi'addfebia, 291 b 4,ril, 1791.
SIR,
IN consequence of orders which T have
received fron his Majetty, 1 have
tne honor herewith to tranf^ii to you
the law which fives the. difoofition of the
colours in the different kinds of Hags, or
other cuftonary marks of diftinaiou
among (hips of war and commercial ves
sels of the French nation. I request the
favor of you to make this law known in
;he ports of the United States And
have the honor to be,
With a refpeaful attachment.
Sir,
Ycur most humble and
Obedient servant,
O T T O.
Publifoed BY AUTtIORITr.
M, Jefferson,
Secretary of State of the United States.
A LA W,
Fixing the Difooftion of the Colours in the
,different hinds of Flags, or other caf
tomary marks of diftindion among fibs
of war, and commercial vessels.
Done at Paris the 3 if October, 1793.
LOUTS, by the Grace of God, and- by the
constitutional Law of the State, King
of the French.
To all whom it may concern,
Greeting.,
„e National Afembl? has decreed, and we
Decree of the National Assembly
of 24th October, 1790.
THE national Assembly having en
acted, by their Decree of the 21st
of Odober, that the French Flag Ihould
bear the National Colours, and willing
in consequence to fix the disposition of
there Colours in the different kinds of
Flags, warlike and commercial vessels,
iris decreed:
. Art. I. The Jack shall be compo
sed of three equal stripes, and placed
vertically: The one ne}reft to the flarf,
shall be red, the center one white, and
third blue.
Art. 11. The English shall bear
in its upper quarter the fame as trie Jack
above described ; that part of the Flag
shall be exadly one fourth of its full size,
and encircled with a narrow stripe, one
half the length of which (hall be red,and
the other whi°e; the remainder of the
flag (hall also be white. This Flag shall
be borne by ships of war and commer
cial veflels.
Art. HL The Pendant of the ships
of war, and other veflels, belonging to
the State, (hall bear in its broaden part
ordain the following :
TRANSLATION.
The law of the 31st day of October,
having determined the form of the
French Flag, and fixed the disposition
of the National Colours in the different
kinds of Flags and other ^llonary
marks of diftiodion among the ships of
War and commercial vessels, and the sth
Article of the said law directing " that
the King shall be intreated to order to
be taken as well in the French as in
Foreign Ports, the necessary measures
for its prompt arid certain execution,
and to fix the time when all the com
mercial vessels may without inconveni.
ence carry the new Flag."
His Majesty has ordained in conse
quence, that all Flags, Pendants, Flags
of commandants and other marks ofdif-.
tindion which (hall henceforward be
hoisted by (hips and other vessels of war,
shall carry the national Colours agreea
ble to the dispositions announced in the
law of the 31st day of Oftober, and limi
;lar to §he models which shall be sent to
the different ports. Commercial veiTels
shall hoist, without delay, the said : Flag
in the ports of France: His Majesty
! having fixed on ,the firft day of April
jnext; as the, time when the said com
§mercial veflels may without inconveni
ence hoist at sea and in foreign ports the
new National Flag, provided the foreign
maritime powers shall then have been
informed of the change in the Flag, and
have given information, in their refpec
-tive ports to the commandants of their
ships of war and privateers—His Majel
/ty ordains that computing from the said
PROCLAMATION OF THE KING.
IN execution of the law of gift day of
October, fixing the disposition of the
Colours in the different kinds of Flags
or other cuftoinary marks ofdiftinftion
among Chips of war and commercial
vessels—
IN Testimony whereof, we have sign
ed, and caafed to be countersigned
the said prefects, and the Seal of
State to be hereto affixed—at P>.Ri's
the 31st Day of O tober, iu the
Year of our Lord 1790, and of our
Reign the Seventeenth.
(Signed) LOUIS.
And lower down. (Signed)
L'ARCriEVE^E ^ BORDEAUX.
And sealed with the Seal of State.
Certified to agree with the Original,
(Signed)
L'ARCHEVEQJE de BORDEAUX.
Sent by th: Departments of Marine,
(Signed) MONMORIN.
Art. IV. The Flags of Command
ants flhall have in theirupper quarter
three vertical stripes, red, white and
blue; the National Affembiy not con
ceiving any change necessary in'the dis
positions, whose objeßis to distinguish
in a naval army, the three sq ia irons of
which it is composed—the rest of the
Flag may be as hitherto,red, white, and
blue.
Art. V. The Flags and pendants of
the National Colours cannot be made of
any other than those Staffs which are
manufactured in France., They (hall be
carried without delay by the warlike
ve.Tels, agreeable to orders given by the
King.• -. @
Art. VL The King (hall be intreat
ed to fandion this Decree, and to order
to be taken both in the French and fo
reign ports, the necessary steps for its
prompt and certain execution, and to fix
the time when the commercial vessels
may without inconvenience bear the
new Flag. • t'
We have fandioned, and, by these pre
sents, which we have signed with oar
hand do fanftion the present Decree;
We command and order all our Tri
bunals, Administrative Bodies and Mu
nicipalities, to have these presents trans
cribed in their Regiffiers, read, pub
lished, and polled up in their refpeclive
diftrids and Departments, hnd to exe
cute it afa Law of the Kingdom. We
likewise command and order our Com
mandants of Ports and Arfenah; Com
mandants of Squadrons, Ships, and other
VeiTels of War, Governors of Colonies,
Intendants and Ordonnateurs of Marine,
and of the Colonies, and all others to
whom it (hall; appertain, to conform
thereto and to aid in the execution,
each agreeable to the duty of his Ra
tion. : .
three vertical ftripes,red, white and blue
—the remainder white. The Vane
fliill bear in a striking manner the Na
tional Colours.,
rington.•
On Tuefday and Wednesday last; the
ift and 2d instant, many of the firft
ladies and gentlemen, of that town, and
its vicinity, were on those two days
greatly alarmed and surprised in, view
ing Dr.Katterfelto's new invented Solar
Microscope exhibition ; being two very
clear funihiny days, the Doctor exhibit
ed his new invented Solar Microscope
above all defcriptiorf. He (hewed more
than 700,000 live infers in a drop of
vinegar the size of a pin's head, and as
large as eels ; and also above ^O,OOO
live infers in a drop of water; many of
the n appeared as large as rats and mice,
and above 90,000 live infers in a drop
of milk ; likewise 50,000 infers in
Marchelle powder: the mites in cheese
were feeri on the above days, as large as
his favourite black cat ; with tea thou
sand other uncommon and wonderful
objeds which are by all accounts beyond
all defcriotion. Many learned ladies
and gentlemen fail, if they had paid a
guinea for admittance, it was no more
than the above 1c flare is worthy of, and
if they were to go 30, or even 50 miles,
on purpose to fee it again, they would
not repeat their time or distance.
By the above new improved solar Mi
croscope, we find the above celebrated
divine and moral philosopher, Dr. Kat
terfelto, did diicover seven fears ago in
L ondon, the real cause of the Influenza,
and did cure at that time many of the
very firft nobility in that metropolis, of
that violent disorder, which was the
cause, the Doflor at that time became
a great fivourite of their majesties, and
the whole royal family, &c.
time, (iff day of April next) there (hall
not be borne on board of any French
C) nnercial vefch, either in port, or at
sea, any other than the National Flag
according to the difoofitions announced
in the 2d Art. of the law of the 31st day
of DAober, hereby prohibiting the use
of every other Fag, and of all those par
ticularly designated under the names of
City Flags, Port Flags, Flags of the
late Provinces, and others which may
have been used; and in case any com
mercial vessel nov at fei and not in
formed of the arrange nent made by this
Proclamation, (hoald not enter into the
Ports of the Kingdom till after the epoch
of the Ift day of April next above fixed
on, they (hall not be permitted to go
out of the said ports, or again to put to
sea, till after having hoisted the new
National Flag,
His Majety commands and orders the
Commandants of Ports, Arsenals, Com
manders of Squadrons, Ship's and other
VeiTels of War, Governors cf Colonies,
Intendants and Ordannatears of Marine,
and of the Colonies, 2nd all others to
whom it shall appertain, to govern thein
felves agreeable to this Proclamation,
and to' aid in the execution of it.
THERE are some calamities in their
nature so peculiarly distressing, as
not only to involve individuals and par
ticular families in the deepest affliction,
bat to extend their baleful influence
through the various classes of a whole
community. -Among these, the un
timely fate of the much-lamented Mr.
DAVID STERETT, of this town, mer
chant, may be justly numbered—who.
impelled by the ardor of youth, and a
falfe, alas ! too fatal, sense of honor, on
Friday morning last, in consequence of
a dispute the preceding dav, met Mr.
THOMAS HADIFIELD,' in a Duel.
Scarce had the refpeCtive seconds mea
sured the distance, when the winged
messenger of Death flew fwift to execu
tion, and by the firft fire of his antago
nist, Mr. STERETT fell a lifelefs corfe
upon the sanguinary field, aged 26 years.
In one instant, that heart, which folate
ly glowed with filial piety, fraternal af
fe&ion, and heaven-born philanthropy,
ceased to vibrate,and every vital funft on
was entind.
fixtraff from various letters from War-
DONE at Paris the gift Day of Oc
tober, 1790.
(Signed) LOUIS;
And lower down,
MONTMORIN.
Colombian Intelligence.
MARYLAND.
BALTIMORE, MAY 3.
MARCH 11.
Could the adraaatei fydjelßrfbnt
witaefs the heart-rending feene attend
ant on thfe fad catastrophe—could they
behold the bitter drops of anguilh whch
bedew the venerable cheeks of his ten
der and refpeaable parents, in being
this suddenly bereaved of an amiable
and promising Son, " -who never gave
them pain, but when be died," —could
they conceive (what no languagecan ex
preis) the agonizing pangs that wring
the bosom of fraternal affection, and the
fym,athizing sadness which pervades
every feeling heart, on this melancholy
occaion, they would so ever difeard an
opinion so erroneous, and reprobate a
practice fj deftraclive to the peace and
happiuefs of mankind. By an adherence
to this mi (taken idea, the community is
now deprived of one of its brightest or
naments, Mr. Sterett being a young
gentle nan from whole abilities his
friends and countrymen drew the molt
nattering prefaces of future eminence.
Ih)'born in 3 fluence, he forgot not the
children of adversity, and endeared him-
Iclt to all by the gentleness of his man
ners, and the engaging sweetness of his
difpohtio,—but the artless tribute of un
afrefted encomium paid to his memory
by every class of his fellow-citizens,
forms the truest criterion to judge of his
merit, and is the bed eulogium on his
virtues.
On Saturday his remains were cori
figned to the fleet tomb, attended by
an uncommonly n merous rain of weep
ing relatives and sympathizing friends,
when an exhortation, elegantly pathetic,
Wasdriivered by the Rev. Dr. Allison.
The next day a sermon, adapted to the
mournful occasion, was preached by the
fine gentleman, at the Presbyterian
Church, to an attentive, audience, com
piled of citizens of all denominations,
from the following words:
'' My Soul is weary of my life : I will
leave »ty Cemptaint upon mtflf; I will
/peek in the Bitterness of my Soul."
Job, Ch. x. V. 1.
Hartford, may 9.
In this paper of the c;th ult was
pubbihed under the Middletown head,
an account of the murder of an infant
child, by Solomon Foster and his wife,
of Guilford. The following particulars
of thrt affair are copied from the New-
Haven Gazette of Wednesday last :
'' It appears by the informaion ofz
gentlemen present at the courc of en
quiry, pursuant to a compla'nt of the
gyaad jury, that Feder's wife was de
livered of a female child on the 6th or
7ih month of her pregnancy—that the
child was born alive, but appeared
unl kely to live—Mrs. Foftcr's mother,
supposing the child to be dead (as
die fays) sometime in the evening put
it into a rat trap, and conveyed it
into the garret, with a view to prevent
the children in the neighbourhood from
feeing it. Inquiry being made, for the
child, by persons who came in, the,
were told it was dead, and put out of
the way ; but search being made, it
was found alive in the garret, with lit
tle or no clothes on it, in the old trap
—the child was then carried down apd
some care taken of it, though very un
likely to live. The old lady then went
home & some time in the night the child
was burried in the fame trap, by the
father, (being as he fays, dead.) Both
the father and grandmother are turned
over by the authority :of Guilford, and
are in jail in this city."
At Hopewell not long since, a man in
falling a tree of two feet diameter, being
more curious than prudent, flood gazing
at the tree when falling, the tree took
and knocked him down, the lower part
of the trunk lodged upon his legs, where
be lay in that situation till another pre
sent cut off the trunk and rolled it from
him, when his legs were so pressed into
the ground, that they could not be got
out till pried up with a handspike ; by
this time we may suppose the poor man's
legs entirely mashed, but fortunately he
was little hurt; in a very few days he
was again employed in falling trees in
the woods—however incredible the ac
count may appear, it is a fad which
may be depended on.
NEW-BRUMSWICK, MAY 3.
CONNECTICUT.
NEW-JERSEY.