The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1794-10-07 00:00:00, page 2

Whereas I have known hJks at sixty, to
w^ra all the polite part of the court and
town paid their addrcff:l,without any far
ther view than that of enjoying the pleaf
#re of their conversion.
I am ignorant of any eno quality that
is amiable in a man, which is not equally
so in a woman : I do not except even mo
desty & gentleness of nature. Nor do I
know one vice er folly, which is not equals
1, detcftable in both. There is indeed
one infirmity, which seems tube general
ly allowed you, I mean that of cowardice :
Yet there should seem to be fome.hiug ve
ry eapricious, that when women prefefs
their admiration for a Colonel or a C^pt.
Oil account of his valour, they Arnold fan
cy it a very graceful becoming quality in
themselves, to be afraid of their own fh.d
ows ; to fercam in a barge when the wea
ther i, the calmed, or in a c:ach at the
ring ; to run from a cow at a hundred
yards distance; to fall into fits at the
fight of a spider, au earwig, or a frog.—
At lead, if cowardice be a sign of cruelty,
(as it is generally granted) 1 cm hardly
think it an aecsapiihment so desirable, as
B be thought worth improving by afteda
tien.
ENGLAN D.
LONDON, July ar
B* r l Spencer, the nev Lord Privy Seal,
ft out yesterday mornin,, for Vienna —
He goer directly to the Emperor of G^r
mauy, n bufaeO of the fog importance,
And as the fame virtues equally become
both sexes, so the e is no quality whereby
womtaendeavour to dißirguilh ihcmfelves
from men, for which they are net je* so
much the worse, except that only of reser
vedness ; which however, as you generally
manage it, is nothing else but afc&3tior,
or hypacrify. For as you cannot tco much
discountenance those of cur lex, who pie
fume to take uahecomirg liberty before
you ; so you ought to be wholly oncon
foained in the company or deferring men,
when you have had fanciest experience cl
their diferrtion.
There is never wanting in this town a
tribe of bold, swaggering rattling ladier,
whole talents pals among coxcombs fcr
wit and humour ; th^ir excellency lies in
jude chequing expressions, and what they
call running & mandolin. Isa gentleman
in their company happens to have an
biemifh on his birth or person, if any mis
fortune hath befallen his family or him
felf for which he is sflumed, they will be
fare to give him broad hints of it without
ary provocation. 1 would recommend
you to the acquaintance of a common prof
litute, ruthei than to that of such term#-
gants as theft. I hue often thought that
no man is obliged to fuppole lech crea axs
to oe women , but to treat them like ini -
lent rafcab disguised in female habits, who
ought to 0:* ftript a*d kickc down flairs.
1 will add one thing, although it be a
little out of place ; which is to define, tha
you will learn to value and esteem your
hulband for those good qualities which hr
really poffeffeth, and notto fancy cth-rs
in him which he certainly hath not. Fo
although this latter is genera!!, underflood
to be a mark of love, yet it is indeed no
thing but affectation or ill judgment —
It is true, he wants f; very few acccmplifh
meats, that you are in no great danger of
erring oo this fife ; but my caution isoc
cefioned by a lady of your acquaintance,
married to a very valuable perlon, whom
yet &e is so unfortunate as to be always
commending for those perfections, to which
he can least pretend.
I can give you no advice upon the arti
cle of %/rce. only I think you ought to
be well informed how much your halbard's
revenue amounts to, end be so good a
computer as to keep within it, in that part
of the management which falls to your
share ; and not to put yourfalf in the num
ber of those politick ladies, who think 'he'
gain a great point, when they have thazed
their hufbandsto buy them a new equipage,
a laced head, or a fine petticoat,' without
once considering wh<t long (cores remain
unpaid to the butcher.
1 desire you will keep this letter in your
cabinet, and often examine impartially
your whole conduct by it ; And so GOD
bfefs you, and make you a fair example to
r ur tex, and a perpetual comfort to voar
hufbaod and parents. I am with great
truth and ass afro,
MADAM,
Your mast faithful friend,
And humble ferfyant.
^otvi^z y?iiel/t^©7icA.
ed it.
The Earl of Moira has applied far his
recall from the continent, and has obtain-
Private letters from AmAerdam assert,
that the French have taken Namur. It
was alfe reported at Amsterdam, on the
15th inst. that they had taken Liege.
Immediately after the return of the Em
peror wV A enna,the Ruffian ambassador was
admitted to an audience ; and I am able
now to acquaint you, with certainty, of
the object of that interview.
Her Imperial Majefly. in concert with
her ally the King Puffia, has made to
cur aoguft Sovereign proposal?, which, i'
acceded to, cannot fail to produce a very
in.crewing change in the afpeCt of Europe
an politics.
Tie prepefitioni were,
1. That the Emperor Ihould forthwith,
withdraw ail his troop from the low Coan
triet, and give up those refractory Provin
ces, from which he could draw neither
men nor money, to the destiny they defer
red.
M4N3tg Meffidor, Jul, 1.
" Cistern* Colleagues, half an hou p
Gnce we entered Mans. A division of Ge
neral Ferrand, commanded b, him, and
by General Favereau, took pnffeflion of the
place. This important acq^ifition has
not even cost us a man. We were re
ceived by an immeufe multitude with the
most lively acclamations. Every where
resounded the cries live la natier., Five la
Rcpubliquc ! The slaves fly, and we ma,
prefnme that some part of them will fall
into the handa of the eolumns who have
advanced towards Mont Pamfel. To-mor
row, I will enter into further details.
(&Q “ LEURENT."
" 1 arrived just at the moment my Col
league had finished his letter, with the di
vitions under the command of the brave
General Klibert. The enemy art
completely driven from the environs of
Mons. While we compelled them to
abandon that formidable petition, the ad
tranced guard of the army of the Mafelle,
commanded by the intrepid Lesebvre,
attacked the camp of Reax, and experien
ced an equal deg-ee of luccefs.
&W “ GILLET."
“ At present Landrec, is invested by
the division of General Jacob. I fob
join the latter whteh he has written me
upon the occafim."
From the Head-quarters before Landrecy,
13 Mesidor, July 1.
" At present I have completely inrefted
Landrecy : I occupy a part of the sorest of
Mormale ; it must quickly fall into my
hands, if Superior forces from the quarter
of Q^rfnoy or Valenciennes do not compel
me co r^ife the blockade. .1 have, howev
er, so taken my measures at lea& te pre
vent the danger of any furprize.
(Sia JACOB."
2. that his armies fliould be employed
in maintaining a strong cordon, on ths
Rhine, so as to protest Germany, from an
invafi in of the French.
, That the Emperor would be indem
nihed by the re union of Bavaria to hi#
dominions, which they undertook to guar
antee to him , as alfi by a fl ceof Illand,
cf which they were now refolded to make
a partition.
It was added, that this wit not a Ample
invitation cn the part of the Allied Pow
ers; but they acquired a categorical an
fwer, oh co if not fititfidoty, they were
determined to abandon him.
It was followed by declarations imme
diately prefented' to our minhl@ s; and
we are all anxiety to know what refelo
tion onr Geurt will take, in tcrfcquence
of an Extraordinary Council of the Cabi
net, at which the Emperor presided, to
deliberate on ibis lubj ^t.
DOVER, July 21. A large fleet of
Da ch homeward bound Welt Indh men,
raffed by this morning with a fair wind for
Holland, under convoy of two frigate
The men of war and several of the mer
hin.men lay too, and made a signal for
plots, who went on beard.
FRANCE.
NATIONAL TOMENTION.
15 MESSIDOR JULX„.
Barrera, 10 the n#m^ of <be Com
mittee of Public Safety—Citizens, viam,
cntinues to be fai hfol to liberty. Well
Flanders and Belgium are (till the theatre
4 our triumphs, and the department of
Jemappe is restored to the Republic. H*
then proceeded to read the foliating let
era :
FROM VIENNA, JULY X.
16th Meridor, Joly 5.
Barrera announced the evacuation of Os.
tend & Tournay, by the allied troops ; &
concluded with proposing a decree, whica
was adopted to the following effect:
" The National Convention decrees,
that all the troops of the goalefced tyrants
shut up injihe places oftheFrenebterritories
invaded by the enemy on the Northern
frontier, and who do not surrender at
diferetion, within twenty-four hours after
they are Summoned by the Generals of the
army of the republic shall nut be admitted
to capitulation, but Shall be put to the
sword."
Wednesday afternoon, about two o'
clock, a moftdreadful fire broke out at
a barge builder's, Mr. Cleve's Stone
stairs, occasioned by the bailing ever of a
pitch kettle, that flood under a ware
house, which was consumed in a very
thort time. It then communicated to a
barge, it being low water, lying adjoin
ing the premises, laden with fait petre
and other Stores. This occasioned the
tonflagrarion to forced widely in a very
thirt time. Several other veffela and
final! craft, lying near the barge, soon af
ter took fire, without any possibility of
getting them off The blowing up of the
fait petre from the barge, occasioned large
ft Act of fire to fall on the wafrehoufes be
longing to the East- India company, fron ?
whence the fat petre was removed to the
Tower (20 tors of which had been furtu
;nately taken ru' the preceding day )
When the fire communicated with the
Eift-India ware house, the fesmen 4ifcom
inurd heir exertions, and prudently with
drew from the threatening Scene, as did
alb, by their a: vice, the nearest neigh
bors.— Soon after, the comboßible matter
contained in the building, blew up with
20 expiofion that could only be likened 10
the bursting of a volcano, rnl which had
the tfed upon the Surrounding houses,
tefar a# Lime house. Tower bill, and
Mile end, of th= Shock of an earthquake :
I'hofe immediacy adjoining were un
o>fed.
The conflagration now spread in ever l
direction, and was greatly increased b
he wid, which towards evening, blew
very freft, and all that fallowed war
" confute worse confounded," by the
mpoteut efforts that were made to oppose
what had so complete', obtained the mat
ter, ; till at length, it must be fairly Lie,
thr fie ceafd for want of materials t
curiume, having reached an open fpact
of ground, wire the connection of per
ithdble fubftauces was broken.
It yas at th> farther CTtremitv o'
Mr Shakefpeare', Ropewalk that it Hen
r^*
It is not yet p+ffible to afrertam th
eraber of hoofes demalifhed ; the who!
extent of ground from above ftene flair
to Ratcliff cross, and from the water fide
to Stepney caofe^ay, is covered wi 9 h or
confufd msfsof frosking ruins. Where
the d ff rent ftreetsran, cannot be traced
Some accounts suppose so many as a thru
fend buildings of different defcripriom
destroyed ; there cannot be so few as five
hundred , among the principal of theU
were the above India company's fait pe
tre warehouse, a large sugar house, a
glass manufactory, a lighter builders, arc
/1 the warehouses which extended along
Ihore. A Ship destroyed, on account of.
c er being aground at low water, was a
Birh?does vessel.
The dawn of day presented a fecne meft
distressing to the feeling mind; all thr
forronnding fields were covered with
boufelofs pom families, that had nib dif
ficuriy f?ved fufficient to cover them ; de
crepid old men and women, unprotected
wives, and famHhwd infants ! Whata fub
jefl for the exrrife of that charity so char
a&eriftic of Britems !
The loss fuft^ned, in consequence of
the above dreadful catastrophe, cannot at
present be even guessed at; it mut tex
ceed a million fterlingl
That forne idea may be formed, the
warehouses, of Mr. Whiting contained fu
gars to the amount of upwards of 40,0001.
which were entirely destroyed.
A survey was yesterday afternoon taken
by the warden# and other officers of the
Hamlet, whose report was. that out of
1200 houses, of which the Hamlet consis
ted, no more than 570 were preferred
PARLIAMENTARY.
Mr. Sheridan in his speech in
the House of Commons on the
loth July, declares in his opin-
LON DON, JULY 2§.
FIRE AT RATCLIFF.
ion, that the present war with
France, is " wholly impractica
ble and chimerical"—that the
ministers had not held out one
expectation which was not fol
lowed by an alraoft immediate
disappointment ; that diJgrace,
defeat and difafler bad been ex
perienced more than in any oth
er war—He lays, " I wish to
know what authority was given
Lord Dorcheller for making
such a speech, and whether any
Steps have been taken by Gov
ernment in confcqneuce of it —
If in answer, I am told, that Ne
gociation with Mr. Jay (the A
merican Minister) is in such a
train that it would be danger
ous to reveal any secrets, I Shall
certainly prels the Subject no
farther.
After debating on the absurd
ity of proroguing Parliament, he
lays, " We fee that we are the
dupes of Europe, and that none
of our allies are to be depended
upon, and yet we infill upon ha
ving from the French Govern
ment Security for the future.— 1
What has the meanest of our al
lies, the king of Sardinia done f
Nothing but receive his money.
What has Spain done ? Has flic
co-operated with us in the Med
iterranean ? Has She kept twen
ty fail of the line in Cadiz har
bor, as She was bound to keep ^
Or did She fend out any force to
intercept the great American
fleet, of whole failing flie recei
ved such timely notice ? —No.
Is then the Spagilh government
to be depended upon ? What
have the Dutch done, who have
been Styled a maritime power,&
have not furnished one Ship? Is
the Empress of Russia to be de
pended upon ? Has She furnifhed
a man or a ruble ? Has Aullria
brought half the number of men
which the promised ? Is the king
of Prussia to be depended upon?
Has he not only deluded but de
frauded us ? When we look in
to the State of our nation, is the
;Britilh government to be depen
ded upon ? What was our con
duft at Loulon ? and how have
we fulfilled our promises to
the goyalifts ? Can there be a
ny argument then more prepos
terous and absurd, than that we
ought not to make peace, with
out having Security for the fu
ture ? Os all the powers in Eu
rope, France is the only one that
has proved She is to be depend
ed upon, and yet we treat her r
as if her inhabitants were only
an undisciplined rabble, & mere
banditti. She has not fulfilled
her promises to her allies be
cause She has no allies ; but She
has been terribly punctual in her
threats ; flic said # hat She would,
Single handed, fight all the des
pots in Europe, and She kept her
word —(he declared She would
drive us from Toulon, and Ore
kept her word—flie affirmed that
She would chace the Prussians to
the other fide of the Rhine, and
flie kept her word —She aflerted
that She would beat the allies out
of Flanders, she kept her word.
He concludes by faying, that
the sentiments which compose
this grand alliance would be fa
tal to England,