PARIS, May «•, . ,
Aecardiag to an account of the population 01
Paris for the year 1790 presented to the King 011
the 1 sth in it. we find, that the chriliem ngs a
mounted to 20,005, viz. 10,153 boys, and 9 »72
girls ; and the deaths to 19,445. viz. 10, c ;.
males, and 9373 females. In this account is in
cluded religious pei sons and strangers.
The number ot marriages was 5866, and that
of foundlings 5842, viz. 2967 boys, and 20 75
girls.
The result of the comparison of this account
with that of the year s, that there were in
in 1790, T23 foundlings, 622 chriltenings, an<
1085 marriages more, and 944 deaths less, than
in 1 789
June 16.
To morrow, the 17th of June, at one o'clock,
tliey will burn at the Hotel of (he extraordinary
hank, aflignars to the amount of thirteen mil
lions, which, joined to the 147 already burnt,
will make 160 millions.
Jnne 29. Mr. Giroy Dupre moved, yelrerday
evening, at the club of the friends of the conui-
tutJon,
" That Louis de Bourbon Ihould be provihon
ally deprived of all royal functions, until his
trial before a high jury lhall be finifhed, and that
this jury do afl'emble, at '.he latcll, 011 the 30th
of Aiigult next."
Another member moved, That the King's wife
Ihould no longer be called Queen ; because, by
the const itution, there is no such person as Queen
He w as also for a council of regency, but to have
no regent.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, June 17.
PUNISHMFNT FOR VEtJUTY.
After some debate it was decreed, " That for
the future, every legillator who ihall dispose of
liis opinion for money fliall be punished with
death."
LONDON, June 30
The Marquis de Bouille has not been appre
hended. It is said, that he escaped by changing
his uniform with a private dragoon ; and that
this man being taken for the Marquis gave rife
to the report of his apprehension.
M. Calonne is said to have taken abroad with
him a Sw'ifs gentleman, whom he had leletled
out for very 1 are ability.—This gentleman had
the address to reach the French King—to carry
on and plan all that scheme, which, so unfortu
nately for the King, has been defeated—lie ar
ranged everv means for hisefcape—procured the
relay of horses, along the road, and concerted
every step neceflary for the escape of the Royal
Family.
That gentleman is now fafe !
He made a noble effort to rescue the King—
whose person made it (till more dilficult to faye
him.
Fortune has defeated that event !— It will re
main with a generous people not to make an ill is
sue of what accident lias put into their power.
Greatness of mind never appealed to such ad
vantage, or flione with more brilliancy, in the
Royal House of Brurifvvick, than in the conduct
of our present foveteign towards the Duchess of
Albany. When we reflect on the misfortunes of
that unhappy family, and with what an eye of
enmity they have been beheld here, the recepti
on of the Duchess at this Court proves that his
Majesty is poflefled of every milder virtue.
Under our present form of government, this
country has arrived to a (late of wealth, power
and national happiness, that no other kingdom
or (late upon the face of the earth enjoys iii the
fame degree of perfection. Ought not the man
or men, therefore, who wilh to alter that system
of government, he gibbeted in the most conspi
cuous manner, as a common enemy and traitor
to the Constitution ?
At no time fi-.ice the discovery of America,lias
a trade of equal extent been carried 011 between
this country and that continent, as exills at this
moment, and which trade, fortunately for En
gland, is every day rapidly increasing.
It is greatly to the credit of adniiniftration,
that they are endeavouring by every prudent
means toincveafe the trade of Amei ica, and to
render them and us united as it is our mutual in
terest to be. The corn art of the last session will
be extremely gratifying to the Americans, and
■will mod certainly be considered by them as a
favor from this country.
Mr. Minchin's promised bill for the encourage
ment of the culture of hemp, which will be
brought forward early in the next feflion, will
likewise be advantageous to America, as we are
given to underftnnd thar it is the intention of
the promoters of that bill to introduce a clanfe
for allowing a bounty on the importation of hemp,
the growth of America.
The orders from America for woolen ponds
have much inereafed ; the quantity about to be
exported from Leeds, and its neighbourhood on
ly, amounts to nearly 600,0001.
There can be no doubt of the poflibility of ren
dering America as serviceable to this country, in
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the production of raw materials, asthemoft ft te
nuous advocates against a Ruffian War contend
that Russia is ; and it is prefumcd that every
Entrlifhman, from the funilarity ot manners the
fame language, and the fame habits with his bre
thren of America, would prefer a trade wit 1
them to any other people under tlie fun. No
thing is more certain than that the Americans
prefer a connexion with England to any o> .iet
nation, and that they are daily becoming mote
attached to this country than they ever wet e.
Mr. Dundas is the firft secretary of Hate that
ever represented the city of Edinburgh in parli
ament; and the third Scotchman (nice the union,
at has had the honor ofthe new appointment
The Earl of Bute and Lord Viscount Stormont
were the others alluded to.
Mrs. Fitzhei bert, whose age has of late been
the invidious subject of female difcuflion, is nei
ther more nor less than thirty-five the 26.h of
next July, having beeil born on that day 111 the
year 1756. ... 1
The constitUtion of the pedestrian ladies and
gentlemen at the weft end of the town, mud be
very warm indeed, when it is a known fadt, that
one shop in the course ofone day, last week,fold
upwards of Five Hundred Glades of ice ci earns.
From Jersey we learn, that the inhabitants have
obliged the French emigrants to quit that island ;
heir numbers from Brittany, and the adjacent
-a-ts, have raised the price of provision to a de
cree before unknown.
The fire which broke out during the night of
the of May, at Brefl.iu,appears to have been
more deftruftive than from the fir It accounts it
was imagined. Seventy honfes, two bridges,
h.ee churches, a convent, and several mills tull
of corn, fell a facrifice to the flames.
M. de Calonne has drawn a very large portion
of his fortune from'this country in aid of the
counter-revolution in France. The Polignacs,
ind some other rich dillinguifhed persons, who
are likewise of the Royal Party, have also con
tributed very largely.
CAPTAIN GROSE
The literary quacks of the day elbow them
selves so much into public notice, that they
scarcely leave a niche for real genius ; hence we
hardly hear a word to the memory of the late
Captain Grofe, except the paragraph of his death,
and the advertifenient for the sale of his books
and drawings.
i he late F. Grofe was lefc a very independent
fortune by his father, at an early age ; but like
many men of a sprightly turn and good parrs,
lie did not reckon right for the evening of life
fie engrafted carelefsuefs on a love of pleasure,
and what was (till vvorfe, mixed the former in
his business ; insomuch that when he was Adju
tant and Paymaster in the Surrey Militia, his
only two books of accounts (as he used pleasant
ly to tell) were his right and left hand pockets
—In the one he received, and from the other
paid, and'this too with a want of circumfpecfti
on which may be readily supposed from such a
mode of book-keeping.
His lotTes, however, on this occasion, roused
his latent talents. With a good claftical educa-
ion, he united a fine taste for drawing, and en
couraged by his friends, as well as prompted by
his situation, he undertook a work that will long
remain a monument of his genius—" The anti-
quities of England and Wales " —This was fol
lowed by " The antiqnities of Scotland " A
Treatise on antient armour & weapons of war
—" Gambado on Horfemanftiip —" Military
antiquities and History of the English Army
— A number of private views—humorous books,
prints, sketches, &c. &c. His last work, which
is unfinifhed, is "On the antiquities of Ireland;"
—To which place he went in the course of last
winter, and where he died suddenly at the table
of a friend in the 54th year of his age.
This is a sketch of the literary hillory of the
late F. Grofe, Esq. which, as it is,
was exceeded by his good humour, conviviality,
and friendlhip. Living much abroad, and in
the best company at home, such as the Earl of
Bute, Sir Joseph Banks, Sir Joftiuaßeynolds.and
the feleifl members of the literary societies, lie
had the easiest habits of adapting himfelf to all
tempers and, being a man of general know
ledge, he always drew out some conversation
that was either nfeful to himfelf, or agreeable to
the party ; he could observe upon most things
with precision and judgment, but his natural
tendency was to humour, in which lie excelled,
both by the feletftion of anecdotes, and his man
ner of telling them, it may be said, too. that his
figure rather ailifted him, which was in faift the
very title page of a joke.
He had neither the pride nor malignity of au
thorship— he felt the independency of his own
talents, and was fatisfied with them, without de
grading others. His friendfhips were of the fame
cast, con (fan t and sincere, overlooking little faults
and reeking our greater virtues. In fiiorr, he
had a good heart, and, abating those little indis
cretions natural to most men, could do no \vron<*.
The address of the National AlTeaibly to t'„ e
people of France, in reply to the king'? prodT
mation, is such as might be from the
enlighiened representatives of the French, a i U
tio:i united among tliemfelves, and breathing a
spirit of liberty, and internal union and harnio
ny, they smile with contempt at the niachinati"
oils of despotism, and even defy tile worlj
arms ; and they express tliemfelves in that bo| j
laconic, and sublime manner which highpalHous
and views are naturally calculated to produ cc
To ftibjugate the French empire, the iiitiv",
mull be annihilated. Let despotism form, i 1
dares, such an enterprize, and i: will be forced
to submit, or at (lie end of its triumphs find u u .
thing but a heap of ruins." Here they seem ti,
have an eye to the heroifui, and the fate of Nu
mantis and Seguntum.
A capital French house in the city, has within
the course of a few weeks, received remittance*
from Paris, to the amount of several hundred
thoul'.ind pounds on account of the loyalilh;
It appe irs til it ihe warlike preparations are
Hill carried on in the pons of Ru3ii, wi;h much
alacrity. 0n rile tqili of May, Admiral Krufe
had taken tile command of the fqtiadi on at Crou
ftadt ; but Admiral Tfchiafchagoff, who is to
command the squadron at Revel, was ltill at Pe-
terfbtirgh.
The Mayor of Menehould pledging his head
to the King and CVieen of France, that 110 harm
ftiould happen to their Majesties in their way to
Paris, puts us in mind of the Lord Mayor of Lon
don, who declared, that if the Spaniards did ef
fect their purpose of invading England with the
Armada, they fliould be di Tap pointed in one thing,
for the devil a bottle of ale would he leave in
he Mansion house
Persons from this country have made some pur
chases of the church lands of France. Oi.e gen-
tleman bought half a Bijboprick, two nunneries,
and some wine cellars!
A prosecution was lately commenced in the
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland,
against a Dr. M'Gill, for heresy ; but the A lie in
bly difmifled the cause by a majority of 63 to 7—
a proof of liberality, which llrongly maiks the
difference between the present and former times.
A society of gentlemen, of whom Mr. Thorn
ton, Mr. Sharpe, and other friends to the aboli
tion of the Slave Trade, are the principals, have
undertaken an emerprize of lingular benevo
lence. The difappointmenr in the loss of the
question on the Slave Bill has excited them to
pursue the fame object by different, and it is hop
ed more fuccefsful means. They are about to
form a settlement 011 the native coast of the ne
groes in Africa, for the purpose of exhibitingthe
advantages of cultivating their own foil, inltead
of employing their lives in making each other
(laves to foreigners. From what we can colled
of the plan, it is proposed to invite, by the moll
kind and generous offei s, the natives of the coun
try to fend their children to this new feulemenf,
to be educated in religious principles, and to
learn the different methods used in the planting
of cotton, coffee, rice, and such vegetables as suit
the foil and climate, and to initiate therifingge-
lieration to such habits ot life as may give thein
some elevaiion in the fcaleof rational exiltence.
We remember that this idea, which is one of
those extraordinary stretches of lininanity that
diltingiiifh the present age, was darted many
years ago by the venerable Dean of Gloucelter,
as the only effectual means to be employed for
the removal of that grievance, the Slave Trade.
The Royal Aflent has been given to an A».t of
Parliament for the support of this truly philan
thropic projedi.
Our modern physicians have so many infalli
ble cures that it is wonderful any one ihould he
afflidted with any disorder—and yet the Bills of
Mortality continue much the fame, or rather up
on the encreafe. How can these things be ac
counted for ? Many of them aflert, that they can
cure the gout ; —let the afflicted beware of phy
sicians, for we read in the fir it book of Kings, that
Asa was the firit man who had the gout, and we
read also, the consequence of his resorting to me
dical assistance. " Now, Asa, the King was Hif
eafed in his feet, and he applied to the Physici
ans instead of applying to the Lord, therefore
the Lord flew him."
NEW-YORK, August: 29
Capt. Smith, lately arrived at New-Londo*
from St. Euftatia, fays a vessel had arrived t ' l * re
from the coast of Guinea, and brought advice
that an Englifli Fatftovy, on the coast, had '' ee ™
recently cut off, by the negroes, who facrince
the whole, except one, who happened to e|' a P e
—among the killed is said to be Capt. Wilha m
Wignal, of New-London. By this effort of tie
negroes, 700 of them emancipated themsel ves ""
So much jor the Guinea trad: !
A Boston paper of :he 24th infl. fays that Sciip|
had, within a few days, vibra-ted between ij
and 190 dollars.
A CAUTION