finnnefs of a severe regimen, without which the
payment of the public debt and the re-eltabliih
meiit of the Finances would prove but imagi
nary."
" The National Aflembly decreed " ipfi fafio,
the three following articles."
ift. The Prefidentfliall be requeued to denounce
to his Majesty the Arret concerted between Rlcfl.
Perriers and the directors of the water company,
in order that the interettsof the nation, and of
the public Treasury may not be the fufferers
" 2d. The King lhall be entreated to order,
that all sums belonging to the said company ftiall
be returned, without delay, to the public Trea
furv."
" 3d. The National Aflembly reserve to theiii
felves the power to prosecute the authors, abet
tors, and adherents of all the manoeurves by
which have been extracted from the public Trea
sury the sums mentioned in the report of the
committee of liquidation."
December 31
On Thursday fe'night, during the storm, the
lightning was attracted by ar. iron-bar, which
was fixed as a supporter to the chimney of the
house of Sir James Marriott, judge of the admi
ralty, in Doctors-Commons ; the chimney was
thrown down, and broke through the roof into
the attic story ; which much alarmed the family
as Sir. James lay in a room immediately under
neath ; but fortunately no person was hurt.
January, 3.
INTELLIGENCE FROM FRANCE.
By advices from Paris, of so late a date as the
27th ult. we have the following interesting intel
ligence :
M, de Rochambeau, who, on the alarm spread
of the expecfted invasion of Franqe, from the
north, had been dispatched by the National As
sembly to command the patriotic army, and watch
the motions of the lmperialifts, has issued the fol
lowing inftrurtions to the general officers serving
under him.
" Let the tnoft sacred refped: be paid to all the
decrees fancflioned by the King. As every mili
tary man owes ablolute submission to the Law,
and the King, do not allow the smallest aspersion
to be thrown on their injun<ftions ; re-establish
discipline throughout the whole army ; wait
with refpeftful silence for the military constitu
tion. Every officer who does not think it his du
ty to art in conformity to these inftrudlions, is
liereby at liberty to retire."
The officers of the garrison of Lisle, have at
the playhouse, and other places of public resort,
publicly avowed their contempt for the National
Aflembly, and have gone fofar as to ridicule their
operations ; which seems to indicate, that M. de
Rochambeau will have much employment on his
Lands, as the danger to the revolutioniflrs offuch
a formidable fortrefs being in the interest of the
nobility, &c. is very obvious.
What the Aflembly may have to apprehend
from the discordant and threatning commotions
which prevail to the south of France, may be col
lected from the following articles of intelligence.
A letter froin Aries, in Provence, brings the
dreadful news of thie murder of twenty two per
sons by the mob of that city, and what renders
the crime still more heinous, the rabble were by
no means provoked to it ; whereas at Perpignan
and Aix the aristocratic party went to extreme
lengths, and, in a manner, invited the enraged
multitude to lay violent hands on them.
The magistrates of Lyons are busy in examin
ing the circumstances that attended the conspira
cy lately discovered in that city; every day con
firms its existence, and unveils the molt atroci
ous intentions.
M. Voidel, in the name of the committee of
enquiry, read, on the 23d. in the National Afleni
bly, a letter from the Administrators of the de
partment of the Var ; by which it appears that
some young men conspiring againlt the revoluti
on have allembLed, at Nice ; that they are buy
ing hoi'fes and military furniture ; and that can
non and other warlike Itores arrive daily from
Italy. The letter adds, that the views of the
enemy seem directed against Antibes and Entra
vaux ; and that some of their parties had advan
ced within fight of Antibes ; but finding it well
supplied with artillery, and defended by three
hundred national guards, they had not dared to
hazard an attack. Greater fears are entertained
for Entravaux, where the enemies of the revolu
tion have many partizans. It was decreed, that
the King should be supplicated tofend afudicient
garrison thither.
On the 10th, at Geneva, the people were so
certain of a counter-revolution being attempted,
that fifty louis d'ors were laid to four, that the
king would not be in Paris on the 13th, and in
Savoy it was looked on as a physical certainty.
FRANCE,
VARIOUS circumstances give us reason to be
lieve that a counter-revolution lias been
in agitation, and even planned by the friends
of defpotifin in that kingdom, affiited by such
of the arillocraiic party as were obliged to
fly from the vengeance of their injured country,
and to seek an ignominious Ihelter in foreign
courts. M. de Calonne's publication, On the pre
sent and future flatc of France, evidently announ
ces the existence of such a scheme ; and the au
thor urges the neceflity, and enforces the execu
tion of it, in the ftrongeftand mod preifing man
ner. Count d'Artois, who, for fonie time palt,
has been a voluntary exile at the court of Turin,
is looked up to as the head of this project ; and
great hopes have been entertained that the dif
trefles of the people in France, the natural con
sequence of the changes which have taken place,
would have irritated their minds against their
new rulers, and disposed them to receive favor
ably any proposal made for re-eftabliftiing the an
cient form of the constitution. A sense, how
ever, of their former wretched condition, when
under the despotic sway of petty tyrants, who
abusing the confidence of a good monarch, op
posed his fubjecfls to gratify their private ambi
tion, or to enable them to indulge in ihameful
pleasures ; a thorough convi&ion of the scan
dalous abuses committed, for many years past,
in every department of the State, and a remem
brance of the cruelties exercised against those
whaventured to complain, or to expose the fla
grant villainies of unprincipled minifl/ers ; ltrike
too forcibly on their minds not to make them
tenapious of the liberty they have acquired, >and
which must be permanent, as long as they con
tinue unanimous and firm in that federation which
they have solemnly sworn to maintain. The
miseries of the lower clafles of the people in
France, which have been painted in such gloomy
colours by some, and exaggerated by others,
seem to be in a great degree ideal, and are un
doubtedly not half so bad as they have been re
presented. The ready circulation of the affignats,
which is about to take place, will remedy the
deficiency of specie, *occasioned by the imm'enfe
funis that have been carried from the country by
aristocratic fugitives; commerce will consequent
ly revive, and agriculture be promoted ; while
all ranks, enlivened by the pleasing profpedt of
peace, harmony a«td concord, being restored,
will unite their utmost efforts to preserve these
invaluable blessings. When we fee the eager
ness with which the church property (b'tens na
tionaux) is purchaled, some of it being fold at
more than double its valuation, we mult be con
vinced that true patriotism is too deeply rooted
in the bosoms of the French to be easily extin
gui/hed ; and they consider 110 facrifice too great,
provided they can extricate their country from
the deplorable fituatipn into which it has been
plunged for ages, and transmit freedom and hap
piness to their posterity. The liberty
in France is, therefore, likely to be established
on a solid and lasting foundation, which neither
court intrigues nor despotic' fury, aided by dis
appointed ambition, c!m destroy. But the li
berty, or rather licentioufnefsof the brabant
ers has vanished, " like the baseless fabric of a
vision,". and scarcely "lefta trace behind." De
luded by infatuated demagogues, who had nei
ther abilities nor courage fufficient to carry on an
enterprise which required constancy, persever
ance, coolness and resolution ; and inftigated'to
rebellion by the inflammatory harangues of fa
natical priefls, ever ready to sow sedition, and
who, to encourage their weak followers, walk
ed before them with their religious ir.fignia, as
if inufty relics could have performed miracles,
they have lhared the fate of the frog in the fa
ble, which perished by endeavoring to swell her
pigmy figure to the gigantic size of the ox.
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
SONNET II
•, with a. Song.
BLEST is the /W/if his songs can raifc
Some kindred genius th?t will catch the fire,
Sent to Mrs
With answering notes awake the trembling lyre,
And give to far poiterity his praise.
Yet double p eafure fills his aged days,
If chance, responsive to his fond desire,
While from the lips of youth the notes aspire,
In the warm bread the flame ot virtue blaze.
And (till a greater pleasure, Ihould he spy
That while from Virtue's brealt the mafic flows,
Caught by the song, the voice, the speaking eye,
In every heart the llluftrious purp'ofe glows.
Even he, the Poet, nobler worth should warm
By virtue, greatlv rous'd, in 's form
Philadelphia,
Further European Intelligence may be colleftedfrom
the following abjlrafl.
THE late Emperor Joseph, made sundry inno
vations in the government of the Dutchy of Mi
lan : Leopold has restored things to their for
mer situation.
Tranquility having been restored to the States
of Brabant, the Plenipotentiaries who ratified the
Convention of Riechenbach, which had, for one
principal object, the establishment of peace and
good order in the Belgic Provinces, have agreed
on certain articles, to regulate in the process of
finally adj tilting and fettling all fubjeifts ofcon
troverfy heretofore existing : These articles pro
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ELLA.
March 19.
vide for the refloration ofpublic affairs nearly to
their former situation, particularly those relatino
to the clergy—but no ltanding armies or taxes
are to be raised in future except by the confenc
of the States.
The King of Sweden, by his envoy, has stated
to the Porte, the reasons, which induced him to
make a separate peace with Ruflia—and after fay
ing that " prefled by irrefiftable misfortunes he
had been compelled" to this measure—he solemn
ly allures the Sublime Porte, that no one fiiall be
more faithful than hinifef to his engagements ;
and that he will conflantly maintain his alliance
with that power.
The new government in France are carrying
their system into effecft in some fucli manner as
Henry the VHlth of England carried on there
formation, only on a more extensive plan, hav
ing opened the doors of the convents, they are
now opening those of their churches, and liber
ating the long confined mafles of gold and silver,
in the forms of Doves, Ladies, Angels, Sheep, &c.
These transformed into coin, will perform great
er miracles than legendary tales record ! The
bells are also to be melted down for the fame pur
pose.
The Pope it is said, has given permission to the
French Clergy to take theCiyic Oath; but many
of them did not wait for his Holiness' dispensa
tion.
The Ruffians have recently gained several vic
tories overthe Turks ; on the i 4th Nov. they took
the fortrefs of Iflatzi, the general (lore house of
the whole Turkish army ; and the Turkish fleet"
stationed before Tulcza, consisting of 17 fail,
were all captured and burnt.
An amballador was expected at Paris from the
Emperor Leopold, to demand, in form, the Queen
of France : It was not thought the claim would
be acceded to—and that the Emperor would con
ftrne the refufal into a just cause of war.
Great commotions are said to have broken out
in Spain—the port; offices are watched with the
greatell vigilance. In the province of Biscay the
people have commenced their operations in fa
vor of liberty, by hanging several of the King's
Governors.
Notwithstanding all that has been said to the con
trary, the Leyden Gazette, which is considered as
the most authentic vehicle of European Intelligence,
poptively ajferts, THAT NOT ONLY PARIS-—
BUT THE WHOLE FRENCH KINGDOM EN
JOY TRANQUILITY. The Affignats freely cir
culate in trade—and on the <)th Dec. were 10J per
cent, above par—ln Nov. the receipts at the public
treasury exceeded the expences of government by three
millions—and on the 4th Dec. there were in the pub
lic treasury, 29 millions, 684 thousand livris— 12,
millions of which were in specie.
JO™ Public Securities as in our lafl.
Just published, and to be fold by the Editor,
A TOUR in HOLLAND.
By an AMERICAN
SEVERAL Gentlemen of literary talents have perufcd the ma
nufcriptof this work—among others, the justly celebrated author
of M'Fincal ; who, after reading it, made the following obser
vations, in a letter to the author, viz. " I cannot return your Jour
nal, without exprefling ipy obligations to you for the plcafure I
fyave received in its perusal, nor without hinting my wilhes that
you would confenttoits publication. We have in English, no
good account of the customs, manners, &c, of the United Provin
ces. Travellers have exhausted themselves in descriptions of France
and Italy ; but the tour to those countries only has been faihion
able. Notwithstanding onr connexion with Holland, the people
of this country know little more of it than of Otaheite. Thiscir
cumftance will rendei your Journal both novel and ufeful.
A CO-PARTNERSHIP having commenced between Joseph
Anthony, and his Son, Thomas P. Anthony, under the
Joseph Anthony and Son,
firm of
They have for Sale, at their Stores, (lately improved by Hewes
and Anthony,) North fide Chefnut-Street Wharf,
NEW-ENGLAND Rum, Hyson,) TCAC f , c A
MolafTrs, Souchong T£A , S > of the firft
Muscovado Sugars, & Bohea ) ua 1
Jamaica & Martinique Coffee, Boston Sail Duck,
Pimento, No r i, 2, 3, 4, and 7,
Caflia, 6 by 8 Window Glass,
Old Batavia Arrack, Boston Prime Beef,
Spermaceti & Wax Candles, A quantity of choice Caryot
Spermaceti, Right Whale, Tobacco*
and Tanner's Oil, N. England Tow Linen.
Best pick'd Mackarcl, Philadel. March 18. [e.p-3w.]
MACHINERY FOR SPINNING FLAX, HEMP AND
COMBED WOOL.
THE Subscriber he*ebv gives public notice, that he has obtain
ed a patent for a fltvering wheel and table, a movementfor wet
ting the threadby conical doth coated thrumblers, and anotherfor the fame
purpoje, by a cloth coated 1 oiler y a leathern belt moved by rollers, for the
pwpofe oj the pieparatory drawing oj the (livers, and another leathern,
belt moved in like manner, by rollers,for the purpose of drawing the rov
ed flax, hemp and wool, being improvements upon the mill or ma
chinery ofKendrew and Porthoufe of the town of Darlington in
Great Britain.
This machinery, with the original mechanism on which it is
grafted,being of the utmost value to the United States, the subscri
ber hereby offers to make and erect a complete mill or mills, in
cluding both the original works, and his above improvements
thereon, for any individual or company, on terms to be by them
agreed on ; and to conduct the Manufa£tory either for a fhaieof
the profits, or stipulated wages. GEORGE PARKINSON,
Philad. No. 65, Chejnut-Street, March 17, 1791. [93 6f.]*
In 1784,