I (hall, if required, afford every afliflince against such ! . is I'iall rcfufe to make good payment. XI. F..m the period appointed for the payment i.r the contribution, that is to fay, from this present .W, every thing that (hall or may be fufnifhed far the French army, (except free-quarters) shall be de •dtifled from the contribution*. C Margraviate* of Anfpach and Bare"ith, j JielongW to hi* Pruflian majesty, and the principa j] Ity of Schmafkalden, belonging to his serene high- ,| ;• tfs the Landgrave ofiaHefle Caflel, according to the flatus quo in which tfjfY were before the wax, shall ; s % exempted from tfilir share of the contribution. t ] XIII. In cafe another republican army, exclu- „ .five of that of the Sambre and Meufe, (hould enter ei Ihe territories of the circle of Franconia, it (hall j u tnoft ftrietly observe the present convention, which property speaking, concluded with the French j »ovei nment. e . XIV. The convention of the circle Franconia It-etve for themselves t*'determine farther by fepa- tile articles every thing relative to the diflributing o| and levying of the contribution. (Signed) Ernouf, general of division. Oberkamp, Rhodiu*, C Swanziger, Harfdorfc INVASION OF ENGLAND. " The French papers in general, of a recent daft, teem *■ •wist inveflives against the British Ministry, « Cons upon means for effefling an invasion of this country, w One of them asserts that the period is approaching when to the strength of a population of 31 millions is to be tried E against eight, tubjetfed to a king, and led in trammels by a minister, the abhorrence of the human race. is Citizen Kerguelin, vice admiral under the ancient go- w vernment, alter tracing the causes «f the defiru&ion of the French Navy, in a work lately publiflied, finilhes with a proposal which he fays, under the present circumflances, outht to be received by every good Frenchman who feels himfeif insulted by the outrageous conduct of England be fore and after the Revolution. —A descent upon England, 10 be affirms, ought to engross th« whole attention of the 4" government. —■" I can," observes Kerguelin, « d«m»n- '» (irate to the Direiftory the poflibility and the facility of this descent, even with the maritime means yet remaining in our power.—lf they will deign to consult me, I (hall seize the opportunity of delivering up my plans and views upon this fubjeit, which possess a degree of infaliibiiity, being formed upon the enemy's territory, and fi-.ch as can not be obflruAed in their execution by all the p»wer of England." * v ... j,i WEYMOUTH, Augufl >3. His Mejefty, the Prince, the Duke of York, and Lord TJibridge, ice. lsreakfafted at tne camp previous to the Grand Review. The Review was a very grand military fpeftacle. Asufual, onfuchoccafion? there were two op posite armies drawn up. Ths Prince of Wales com- j. manded the one army, and the Dake of York the other. It afforded the highest gratification to the fpe&ators, the c; various manoeuvres that were difphyed, and the whole scene did cqnal credit to both Prißces. PLYMOUTH, August *4. b ! The Penelope cutter which came in yesterday afternoon V 1 is skill mnder quarantine, confcqucntly flie has no commu nication with the (hore, nor can we get any authentic par- t>; ticulars ef the news flie has kronght, though there is no ai doubt but her dispatches are of importance which were 'hi eonveyedtfrom hence to London by Lieutenai* Birdwood rc of the Penelope, and a lieutenant from the fleet under the command of Admiral Jervis; the cutter failed from Cor tea 3» flays fine#, and on h«r voyage spoke idmiraljer- , vitoffToulo*, with seventeen fail of the line, in fine con- 1 dition, and their crewt healthy, and injhigh fpiritt; and it is confidently reported, that a few days after, she fell in , with the Spanish fleet from Cadiz, accompanied by the fqutdron tinder Richery, confiding together of lC fail of P 1 the line, fleering up the ftreigkts. a< ) rs PARIS, August 19. ol There have been new diflurbances at Geneva. The two ] u parties ihere have been contending so long that there was e \ery reason to dread the effufion of blood. An infurreftion n wasdevifed, of which these parties reciprocally accused each o other. Nine of the agents of Ariftoeracy are, however in p euftody on (peciHe charges. The alarm bell being founded, _ both parties diew up under arrni, but as neither offered to , attack, tranquility was soon reflored. It is feared that the trial of the aciufed parties may bring back new troubles. The momentary reverses which we have experienced in Itaiy have been nfeful in one they have displayed the cunning and falfehood of those who at one time appealed to cur generofuy, but who would certainly have betrayed us, if the fuccefsof Wur refer could have given them a durable im punity, Te Deumi were ordered at Vienna. Thepifture of Bu onaparte was torn 10 pieces at Turin, and the National cockade was trampled under foot The king of Naples was about to join his forces to those of the Emperor ; and even the Republic of Venice had an understanding with the Aus trian General- Bill, thanks to victory, the companion of Buonaparte, these fetes and Tc Deums are laid aside. The Princes of Italy; no w btfiege only the anti-chambtr of the General, to avert if poflible, the contributions, wßlcn are to be iaifed in proportion 10 their perfidy. « PROCLAMATION, Of the General in Chief of the Army of ITALY. Head-guarters of Caftiglione, iqth Thermidor . , Fourth Year. Soldi e as, You have conquered Italy a fccond time ! in five days you lave gained two pitched battles, and five inferior iftions, t you have taken fifteen thnufand prisoners, three generals, tirtty pieces of cannoj, two hundred wagguns, and 6 fland 6f colours. Thole fierce Hungarians, triumphant last year c on the Rhine, are now in your chaios, or fly before you — a You have eruthed i«'an inflant the principal enemy of the re- n public. Sa many high exploits ought not to make you preud, but to inspire >ou with confidence ; they ought to teach you e never to count your sncmies, however numerous they be. The conquerors of Lodi. of Lonado, of Caftiglione, ought to attack and deftfoy them. You renyv the boafled exam plcsot Marathon and Platca: likethe brave Greek Pha lanxes, the brigades of the army of Italy (hall be immortal; Receive then, folniera, the mail of the fatisfaftion of your general j it only precedes that of the whole country, and of rising piflerny. Brave foldters, be always impetuous in combats, and vi- F gilant on your polls, Death Ihrinks trembling frum the a- t gilc and resolutely brave: how often have you marched to meet it, how often hive you seen it Q v before you, and en t< i the liotlilc ranks ? It often overtakes the oaftard, but ' tiever flrikes the brave till his hour is come t (Signed) BUONAPARTE. j - For Sale, ' 50.00© Wt. Black Pepper, and a quan tity of Mace, Nutmegs and Cloves, i Imported in the brig Mary, from Batavia, and entitled 1 to the drawback. Apply to , John Wilcocks, t South Wharves, adjoining Ton Alley. '1 Who has to Lrt, Th:r fpa.ioiis and convenient, three-story, Brick HOUSE, I "os. 59 ami 61 South Water-street, lately occupied by liaac Hfllthurft, Esq. and admirably cal cubted so;' the acccmnioiUtion of a dry good mer chant in an exleniive line. excellent Wsrehctfes adjoining. oa. jj. . d 6 » V Philadelphia, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 15, 179 6 ' » Mr. Fenno, THE paper wliith has been pubhthed in the Gazettes, purporting to be an official note from the French minister lor foreign affairs, to M. Bar thelemy, seems to excited much alarm among the merchanu concerned in trade with the British dominion). Whether note is authentic or not, 19 as yet unknown : but one thing ia certain, that there exists no such older of the British govern- ment, as the note represents to have been just giv- en, and which is dated aj the immediate cause and juliifieation of the resolution of the directory K te- Ipifling neutral vessels. Oiftober 15, 1796. The Letter fiom Cadiz, in last evfiiing's Ga- e zette, ought to have been dated tjth August instead e of the Jth. t( John Wilkes Kittera, Esq. is re-c!eAcd member of j. Congress. It has been induftriotifly circulated in the Country Is among the Farmers, that the extradls of letters from tl Europe, and other accounts, dating the very great w fall ia the price of grain, are mere fabrications, the t| ■work of speculators and monopolizers. This idea is j totally Bnfounded—The prices of groin are dawn in Europe—We have fecn several letters stating the fail. S The letter from which the following extratfl h '< is left with the Edit«r, and may be seen by any person fl who has any doubt on the fubjetSl. si Extra 3 of a /(tier from London, August 15. ri " In consequence of the uncommonly abundant 1« harvest, the fall in the price of wheat isjgreat beyond all example; good wheat from the Baltic is felling as low as 355. per quarter, the finc-ft Dantzig at 40a. to 41s. American wheat 30 to ;,6s. per quarter, and flour, is unfsleable even at 15s. per barrel frefh." / BY THIS DAY's MAIL. t NEW-\ORK, OAober 14. There were several European arrivals yesterday; but none of them can bring us any ntwi except the brig Bollon, Capt. Curlis, from Hamburg in 41 and Falmouth 24 days, and the fehooner Abeona, Captain f Ropes, in 36 days from Cadiz. ' |j By the Boflon we hope to get Hamburg papers this v morning. Her verbal aceounts and letters corroborate 'our Dutch accounts in yefterday'j Argus, that Jourdan c had defeated the Imperialists between Neurenberg and Regenlburg, 'as we had it yesterday ; [We find on d examination, that Regenfburg is the German for Ra- c tifbon.] r Verbal accounts by the Abeona, from Cadiz, state, thatrhe British sailors had been permitted to return on board their vefTels again, on,the day (he left that port, ' viz. the 4th September. ' We hear the managers of the theatre have received 8 by Capt. Adamf®n,*an addition to their corps—Mr. d and Mrs. Seymour, The Lady's vocal talents sye p 'highly spoken of. She makes her firft entre to-mor- q row even ; ng. Several arrival* at Boflon mention the taking of NewfoHndlond by'the French The news is ere- dited. ' F There is a brillia»cy in military atchievsmentt that dar.zlea the eye, and blinds it to other prof- c pedis- Thus, while we are astonished at the heroic 1 aftiens of the Freqch, we are apt to overlook the 1' real efftfts of their principles on therofelvcrand on other nations. We arc apt to Overlook the diffo- t lute (late of morals, the total conuption as man- a ners that pervade all their large cities; their neglect c of arts ?nd science ; their violation of rights and c property ; their internal fa&ions, which, in some 1 parts, are constantly (hedding blood ; their mur 1 ders and affaffinationi; their robbing and plunder- ' ing shipwrecked seamen—and especially their viola- 1 lion ®f the neutral rights of peaceable nations, and ' their dictatorial iiifolenee to Holland, Geneva, and ' other independent Rates. What fife could be expc&ed ?—Thefe are the 1 inevitable confequenees of the atheistical tenets 1 I which arc imbibed even by the common citizens. ' i An intelligent gentlemen, who cannot be fufpec- ' 1 ted of enmity to France, and who has lately return- ' • cd from a tour through that country, informs, that > > atheism has made a progress in that country, efpe- 1 f cially among the young people, that astonished ' } him—— 1 hat two passions, a love of ivmv and love of * 1 y the government of the province of Holland, y an akeiation is ordered in the publication of July . 30_'h, for paying money to the government, where lt in it is to be feeti that all inhabitants are obliged to pay fix per cent, of their propeity te the country, j viz. one quarter to Ifi September, 1796, one JO * •' 1 b quarter to id October, one quarter to i£tb No- r< vember, one quarter to 3 1 ft. December. Three sailors were a few days since (hot on board a ship of w?r in the harbour of the Texel, for eon fpiring with othen, to seize upon their officers, and s -, to confine such of the mpn as might prove refrac tory, with an avowed intent of running the ship s} over to England. . A-great numbet of the regular clergy in the Se- veu provinces, who have refufed to take the oath of allegiance to the present government, have been S! difmifled. Fourteen out of twenty-eight, ia this il city last week, shaved the fate of many of their bre- thren. They propofrd some modification, in the oath, with reference to the Orange family ; hiving no objection ,to ftibmit to the present ruling power Jo during its continuance, but seem fully determined not to exclude themselves by oath from fervlng un der the Piince, should fortune ever again restore him to his former dignity. A very popular preaeh '■ er in Rotterdam, u*med Sharp, adored by his hear- th d ers, has also been discarded, since which he has en- si , tend into ;rade. The Freneh minister Noel, has requeßed of the Dutch convention, a sum exceeding 5000 gUeldres, for repairing the damages which the French fleet y lately sustained in the engagement ofF Goree, with n the Efrglifh man of war ;on pretence that the fleet SI 11 was destined to protest the coast of Holland. Tbeir e true object, however, was to cruise for a fleet of 18 Englifti merchantmen ; and several members fug t' gefted, that those ships have been in the firft in- A fiance badly equipped, for that in so unequal a con- Sc n flift, it was impofiible to receive damages to focon- SI fiderable an amount. The request, however, was referred to the marine committee, and will doubt it less be complied with. 2( d —<— ar « PROCLAMATION. B 8 — 8 T j Liberty. Equality. P — R FRENCH REPUBLIC! Andrew Rigaud, geneial of brigade, commander in chief of the south, aad the diftri&s thereto annexed. j, ; Cayes, »2 2 Fru&idor, u e 4th year of the republic. w d Divers captains of corsairs have presented me pe- f c n titions, praying that I would pronounce on the va- e( lidityof the prizes they have made of American 01 e vessels, going into the ports of St. Domingo, oc- G1 B cupiedby the Englilh, and by the French rebels. ,j d The Americans, on their part, request to be n decided on and dismissed, since great part of tl.cir 1- cargoes confiflin£ of perifbable articles, will be t j ruined, which will oecafion a great loss. Confiderii.g that 1 have not the power of decifl- e , " ing on the validity of prizes j that the new law on 0 ' this point is not known to mc ; that lam ignorant jj d also whether the coromiffion of government inten- 0 -. ded the corsairs Aiould take americaiis, bound to j e ports occupied by our enemies, and that of conse quence I »-annot decide definitively on the applica tions made to Hie on this fubjeft. ' Confidcring also that it is just to render a provi fofy sentence, on account of the didance of the powtn cooipetcut to decide on this head. X 1 To do iultice to the repeated solicitations of the 4 f. captains and owners ot privateers, and of the (me- 5 c tican liipercaigocs ;it is ordered provitorily as sol- g lC lows :— n The captains aad owners of privateers (corsairs) _ the captains and supercargoes of american vessels, Ir j. are authorized, if they can agree among thcmfelves, ~ to land all or part of the cargoes of the vessels feiz- ~ d ed, proceeding, in prefencc of persons appointed by ie the administration voluntarily or judicially, to the x sale of their said cargoes ; the proceeds of sale shall r . be depofitcd in the public treasury, to be remitted | j. to those to whom they (hall be foupd to belong, as J d fooH as dehaitive sentence fliall be pronounced on $ id the seizure of the yeffels. Those american captains who shall have papers , e under the regulations of the government of the tg United States, and (hall have nothing against them except being leisced going to ports in the power of e . the enemy, (hall have permiflian on giving security te the amount of vefiel and cargo, to load and make a t a voyage to the continent without loss of time, e . without bring exposed to heavy expends, on ac ;d count of the delay that will attend a deaifion on t f the aforefaid seizures. e, The officers of administration in the different I a l ports, where there (hall be vefTels seized, are char, j :ft g e d with the execution of this order, as are the military commanders. They are directed to flop re further ptocefs, each under penalty of personal res- ' re ponfibility. The ordonnator is requeued to notify this order cc to all his subordinate officeis in the department of es the South and diftrt3s annexed, and require them ry to enforce it. cr (Signed) A, RIGAUD. True copy from the register, L. POUTU, Sec'y. GEORGE-TOWN, Oflober it. 1 A second time the alarming fpediacle of a rag ing and deftru&ive fire has been presented in this C( j town. It was discovered about eleven o'clock :( j on Sunday morning, in the dwelling hotife of Mr. J. Laird, who was then absent. A large number ir _ of citizens were speedily afTembled ; but their ex m ertions did not save the building where the fire com- a menced—it was entirely consumed } but the pro- R pcrty within was princfpally preserved, aad the far e ther progref6 of the ft epi evented. We are informed, that Messrs. William Craik, Ivichard Sprigg, George Dent, George Baer, and 'a- S a,nu d Smith, are eltfted representatives in Con if. g re f s for their several diftri&s. 3b GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE LIST. n- ' « PHILADELPHIA, oaober 15. The {hips Glasgow from Dublin, Union, from London i«. derry 59 days W!-h rio paffengeri, and brig' Molly from t ily Port-au-Prince nre below. 1 re- • efterday came up to the Point, aa price t0 to a French privateer of 14 guns. The prize is one of the homeward bound Jamaica fleet, two more o,f which," ta -7> ken by the fame priviteer, art bsiow, or.e of them a large 1 ne tranfp»rt fliip.btUnjjiiig t» Wtjcby, (fcngiap.i,) aad wfts I * vS - returning lemt in hallaft; the omers have enrgoos.—• v They cannot, agreeably to the laws of the United Statst, , be permitted to unload here ; but it is supposed will re 4 main until the captors find it convenient to fail for a French " port. The brig that has arrived was dilmafted in the late 1 gale. . ARRIVED. Djys. , Ship George, Rict, Hull 54 Bacchus, George, Hamburgh til Experiment, Palmer, Bordeaux 53 Go den Age, Earl, Klngilon a 8 t Roba & Betsey, Nimo, Bristol 53 1 Ship Cencord, Thompson, *• 4mfterdara 4; , BrigSufannah returned in distress Schr. I)ich, Brown, Trinidad 23 Schr. Betsey Holland, Sheckley, Kingston ao : PhiUdelphia, Hammond, Port-au-Prince r» ; Arrived at the Fort. Ship) Philadelphia, Hlifs, Bridol, r John Henderfon, prize to the French, o*e of the Jamaica j flett, taken a month ago. Sloop Mary, Geyer, Demarsra 14 Sally, Fasten, Guadaloupe 39 : I.ibeity, Lincoln, New England j The following are the pritei carried into Cayenne bf . the French cruizcrt. Ship Indian Trader, from Lendon for Bengal. Geoige, from Csrk for Ja naiea Thetis, from London for Martinico. : Kaffau, froth Greenock for New-Providence. , Mary, from Fayal for Port-au-Prince, t New-York, O&obcr 13. 1 y ARRIVED." : Ship General Lincoln, Lawrence, Hamburg — Mohawk, Moore, J.sndon <5j p Grace, Armour, \ Amsterdam — Commerce, Atwodd, Liverpool 6} Brig Boston, Curlis, Hamburg 4* Ceres, Moore, ' Cadiz at • Scftr. Abeona, Ropes, Cadiz J6 Slcop Trio, Hubbell, Guadatovpe aj. s BAtTtMORE, Oft. 13. Ycfterday arrived schooner Eliaa, Capt. Rogers* 20 days from Jeremie. Left at Jetemie, ship Di ana, Defhon, Baltimore, to fail next day ; schooner Betsy, Lloyd, do. to fail in two days ; schooner Betsy, Capt. Boyd, do. biig Minerva, Moody, Philadelphia ; brig Molly, do. schooner p Rice, do. floup Liberty, of New-York. Left Jereffiie September 22} next day, about r 14 leagues from Cape-Nichola-Mole, was bearded ' by a boat with fix armed men, which we found to belong to two French privateers, then abrcaft of us, about two leagues off. We were in company * with the fchooncr Nelly, Capt. Brown, of Nor« folk, who failed with us from Jeremie j they board* " ed her firft, then us; they very politely examined 1 our letters and papers, and permitted us to proceed on eur voyage. One of the privateers was 'called the Sonthonax, Capt. Rolland ; the other L'iron " delie, both belonging to Capt. Rolland. r Mr. Coon, fupfercargo of the Eliii, inform, : that the Bite of L«ogane is still insetted with a great number of piratical row-boats, who carry in every American that falls in their way—Upwards 1 of 100 have been taken into different ports ia the I Bite ; among them two belonging to Baltimore, one of which Mary, owned hy Mr. Carrere* 5 Flour at Jeremie was retailing from 12 to 14 dol» " lars, very dull—Coffee 30 sols, and very fearce. S T 0 C K S> e ?ix per Cent. - - .... «. Three per Ce«t. ------ - 10/s f int. e 44 per Cent. - 14/ ( e(T. . per Cent. - -- -- . . • ifaj Deferred Six per Cent. - - - - BANK United States, - - - • Ijtowprct. —— Punnfylvania, - - - - 16 to 17 ) -- North \meiica, - - - - 45 to 46 , Insurance Comp. North-America, J7 i-»per seat, adv, lt Pennfyjvania, psr to 3 per cent, adv y For Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, II 7*if Scktoiur LUCT, , . Prowfe, matter; will fail in i the course of a week, and take freight ' i °ii moderate terms, for at Q apply on board, or to joseph Anthony, Cff Co. s OAober 15. dx C-■ - ■ n n f THE PANTHEON, j Jitd Ricxstts's Amphitheatre, c For Equestrian aßd Stage Corner of Chefnut and Sixth-streets. > THIS EVENING, Saturday Oflober t S , D Will be presented, it A variety of pleafingEntertainments, r " Equestrian Exercises"-by Mr. Ricketti, Mr- F. Ricketti, e Ma(lerHutchins,and Mrs. Spinacuta. * p Clows to the horfemanlhip—Mr. Sully. f. After which will We presented, for the firft tin»e this Season, A PANTOMIMIC BALLET DANCE, f called J The Diftrcfled Sailor, and the BENEVOLENT CREW, Poor Jack with a bvapipe—Mr. Durang. Ned HawVyard—Nr. Coflje. Sailors by the reft of the Company. Mrs. Cafey, the Wapping Landlady—Mrs Tompkins. Sailors Lalfes, '* Mrs. Spinacuta, Miss Robinson, Mrs. Tompkins, is 1 and Orange Girl, Mrs. Durang. k HORSEMANSHIP—by Mr. Ritketts. r. TICHT ROPE DANCING—by Mr. Spinacuta, EQUESTRIAN EXERCISES. £- And (for the last time this fe»fon) The whole to conclude with a COMIC PANTOMIME, called, r The Death and Renovation of Harlequin. Harlequin—Mr. Sully. Old Man—Mr. Dfiraag. £ > Lover—Mr.TompkißS. id Clown—Mr. Spinacuta. Ariel—Mifj Robinson. And Columbine—Mrs Spinaoata. by the reft of the Company. The Pantomime to conclude with a DANCE. £*T The doors will open at 6 o'clock—Performance commences at 7—-Boxes 7s. 6d.—Pit 3s. gd. Tickets to be had of Mr. Ford, at (he ticket office in Chefnut-Hreet, from ten to three o'clock each day. 1- Silver Tickets, to admit for the ftafon, to be had m by applying to Mr. P icketts at the Pantheon, or at o*l - Hotel. 'e REMOVED. a- The Compting-Houfe of HENRY PHILIPS, No. fe ttß, Spruce-street, to th« Corner of South Fourth anj as Prune-Greets. Oflober 13. *3