BIRMINGHAM, July 19. An inflammatory bill in Doctor Prieltley's hand writing was found among his papers, and has been transmitted to the Secretary of State— the Doctor is at Kidderininfter, to which place it is (aid the populace mean to follow him. His doctrines, they avow, were meant to subvert the Conllitution. When all the Difienters are extirpated from Birmingham, the people fay riot fliall cease. The realon why there is 110 military quartered at Birmingham is, that it is not a market town, and that quartering soldiers upon manufacturers would be considered as a grievance, where pro visions of courle would be extremely dear. The highelt Civil Officer i?i the town is a Constable. JVlr. Caerlefs and Mr. Spencer, are the two near est Magistrates, Mr. Caerlefs attended and did all in his power to flop the fury of the enraged multitude. The mob wear blue ribbons, and are particu larly observant in guarding the Churchmen's houses. In the beginning of the riot, about 300 people of the town, attempted to oppose the mob, but were repelled and extremely ill treated. About 60 of the mob have been killed, besides a number of people on both fides much wounded. The Diflenters have all of them fled from the town in the utmost confirmation, and mod of them are gone to Wolverhampton and Kidder miniler. NEW-HAVE N, September T4. On Monday the 12th instant the drawing of the New-Haven Wharf Lottery commenced in this City.—No Prizes higher than 50 Dollars are yet drawn out—a large proportion of Blanks are drawn—of course the Lottery is considerably richer than it was when the drawing began. BOSTON, September 10. The orders issued for a review of the Salem Regiment, the Inde pendent Coaps of Cadets, and Artillery Campany, at Salem, on Tuesday last, were countermanded, in confequcnce of the weather being un favorable— N 7 everthclefs the officers of the several corps, with the Judge and other officers of the Didrift Court, the clergy, and a number of other refpe&able citizens, and strangers, moved from Col. Bbbot's in procellion, attended bv the music, to the Court- Houfe —where an elegant dinner was previously provided, at which they partook. After dinner, among other patriotic toasts, was the following—" The per fevering and ftccefful Negotiator for the FISHERIES of our country —/so Vice-President of the United States J ' —which was received with great applause. Two fifhing.veficls, which arrived at Beverly, on Monday last, brought in above ftven hundred quintals of filh.—The largest fare ever remembered. Since the last publication of Donations,the American Academy of Arts has received, The fir ft part of the third Volume of a Botanical Arrangement of British plants, by William Withering, M. D. F. R. S. and Jo nathan Stokes, M. D.—presented by Dr. Stokes, and communi cated bv the Rev. Dr. Culler. The fifth Volume of the Bath Agricultural Society's Papers, and four copies of ihe rules, orders, and premia of said Society, for the year 1790. Several copies of a Profpe&us of an intended new periodical work, to be called the Bee, or Universal Literary Intelligcncer. The Library of the late President of the Academy, confiding of more than 1200 Volumes, alfb loel L. M. 1 wo Catalogues of the Library of Harvard University, presented by the Corporation. rwo Volumes of the MaJJachufetts Magazine, presented by the Editors > Several Copies of the Sermon preached hv the Rev. Perer Tha chfr, on the late President of the Academy—-presented by Mrs. Eowdoin. The firft Volume of the Gazette of the United States—presented by the Ed nor. 14 Les Arts, et lis Metiers" in 32 Vols. Folio—bequeathed to the Academy, by Dr. Franklin. The Byzantine hlifiory, in 28 Vols, and Muraton's CoHeflion, in 29 Vols.—prefented by the President of the Academy. Mathematical Tables, containing Common, Hyperbolic, and Lo gistic Logarithms, &c. Elements of Conic Sections," a Treatise on Mensuration, and an authentic Narrative of the DifTentions and Debates in the Royal Society—presented by Charles Hutton, L. L. D F. R. S. A young Alligator, and a very curious Pipe, from the Emperour of Morocco's dominions—given by Mr. Cneckley, of Savannah ( Georgia.) Petrified Worms, with the wood which they had penetrated, and a petrified Lemon, and some curious Shells—presented by Thomas Beautii>_au, of Point-Petre, communicated by the Pre sident. ' Diogenes Laertius—prefented by Dr. Mitchel, of Long-Ijland, communicated by the Prefidenr. N E W- L O N D O \ T , Sept. 15. INSURRECTION OF NEGROES. Last Tuesday evening arrived here the Brig Three-Brothers, Cape. Edger'ton, in 20 days from Cape-Francois. In this vessel came MclT. Ruftan and Fauras, who are deputed from the AflVm b!y at the Cap , to folifit alTiftance from the United States. They inform, that on the 23d ult. a general infurre&ion of the Negroes took place in that quarter of the Cape—that they had deftr yed all the plantations by fire—that they maflacred without diilin&ion every white man in their power—and that the morning this vessel failed, the village of three miles of the Cape, •wa* deftroved—that the negroes are in immenfebodies—that they have cut off all communication with any part of the country— have entirely surrounded the Cape, and are within two miles of it on every quarter —that a general embargo had taken place, and all the failoi s were on shore doing military duty—that all the flipping were crowdetj with women and children, and effects of the inhabitants. ExpreflTes have been sent to Jamaica and the Havanna, to procure afliftance. N E W - Y O R K, September 19 Extract of a letter fro.u agentleman at Cape- Francois, to his friend in this city, dated duguft. 26, I 791. " Tlie day after my ]alt (Aug. 22) an infur recflion broke out amongst the Negroes and Mu lattoes, and they are now destroying every per son and thingthey come across. Thereare now eleven plantations on fire in fight, and where it ;wU] .end.God^'only-knows. The inhabitants ar£ in the greatest Fear the town will be burnt, and every American here mounts guard nightly. The inhabitants will not fufFer any vessel to depart, fearing they will be under the necessity of em barking." SALE M, September 13. Mr. Ebenezer Gillies, of Marblehead, a few days ago,, fell in with a large fhell-fifli, about 15 leagues from Cape-Ann, which he took and bro't in with him. It differed in many refpecSs from the turtle—in the form of its head and fippers-— and the lines of partition 011 the upper shell were raised into ridges, the several parts folding over each other; which makes it, ac cording to Dr. Lifter, of the multlvalvia kind. It weighed 7121b. ERUM THE BEE. THERE is a strange propenfny in perlons of genius, to obtrude forgeries on the public, and a ftilj stranger propenfuy in the public, to admit them as genuine, without anv examination at all. Let me give a few instances in proof of this; they are the firft that occur to my memory. " The memoirs of a Cavalier" was twenty years ago an esteemed book of authentic history: that it was a lorgery, some unknown writer demonstrated, in an Edin burgh magazine ; nevertheless it would have maintained its repu tation, had not a sudden zeal for the glory of Daniel Derte lately announced him as the ingenious former. There are many who Bill bjieve Hardicanutc to be an ancient ballad, though the language, manners, every thing, shew it to be a modern composition, and though the author be perfe&ly well known. " The travels of Mr. Marshall" had their reign, though (hort, over popular credulity. Genel/i and Kolbcn still keep their ground.' " The letteis of Pope Gangantlli" were read with much admi ration, even by protestants: but Voltaire deteded the imposture, and justly ; for he owed that to the public. It is but the other day that " the letters of the Duchess of Or leans" came out with a new aflortment of chara&ers and anec dotes. The impoftuie haidly lived to fee a translation from the French. Philadelphia, September 21. The firft clause of the Bill which was sent to the Senate from the House of Representatives, giving Justices of the Peace Cogni zance of Debts amounting to 201. was negatived in the Senate on Satuidav last:—in consequence of which the bill is loft. The sum of 20,000!. was voted by the Senate to be inserted in the Federal Building Bill, to defray the cxpences incurred by the Corporation for the accommodation of Congress, See. and to ere£} a House for the President of the United States. The Corporation are to be confined in their choice of a lot for this purpose, to High-Street, between Ninth-Street and the Schuylkill. The General Aflembly of the State of Delaware have refojved, that a Convention shall be chosen by the people of that state, for the purpose of revising and amending their Constitution, which is to tneet in the'town of Dover on Tuesday the 29th of November next. The Convention is to con flit of thirty pcrfons. The three counties, viz. Newcaflflc, Kent, and Sussex, to chafe ten each. Wednesday the 12th inft. the anniversary Commencement of Rhode-Island College was celebrated at the Meeting-house of the late President, Dr. Manninc. The Hon. David Howell, Esq. was appointed President for the day, and did himfelf honor by the judicious manner in which he executed the important trust. The young Gentlfefoen acquitted themfelvcs to the univcrfal ap plause oF cr'ouded audiences in both parts of the day. The exercises being finifhed, the Degree of Bachelor in Arts was conferred on sixteen candidates, and that of Mailer of Arts on thirteen. No eledion of President took place, but efFe&ual meafuresare taken to secure the inftru&ion and dilcipline of the College for the enfuiitg year. Proposals for eftablifliing a Bank in the State of Rhode-Island are publilhed in the Providence Gazette of the 10th inft. It is to consist of 400 shares, at 400 dollars each. The fubferip tion to be opened at the Court-house in Providence on the firft Monday of October next. The stock to be one half specie, the other half in 6'per cents, and three per cents fecuiities of the United States. Payments to be made in four equal parts of secu rities and specie—the firft payment the firft Monday in O&ober, the fecoud in January, the third in April, and the fourth in July next. Those who prefer paying their whole fubfeription in gold and f»lver, are to allow 21s. for 2Cs. of the 6 per cents, and 12s. for the 3 per cents. By the {hip Atlantic, arrived at thir port from Liverpool, fur ther accounts are received of the laje riots at Birmingham the papers arc-to the 28th July, and contain among other articles an acidrcfs to the people, from Dr. Piicflley ; which ihall appear in our next, COMMUNICATIONS. The ted of patriotifin in almost every country where rhe government has long been eltablifhed, has been considered as confiding in an opposition to the exiding adminidration. On this princi ple, what a fucceflion n f patriotic charatfters have rilen, and floated for a time on the sea of British politics—When the triumphs of a Marlborough had eclipsed in glory, all his cotemporaries, and had thrown the exploits of ancient heroes into the and high-churchmtn, unable to be hold the splendor of his actions, formed a coali tion, and became the patriots of the day—nor could the nation have red, till ihofe patriots suc ceeded to the appointments enjoyed by the ob jects of their enmity and malignity.—ln Wal pole't time, the patriots rung an inceflant peale in the ears of the people, till, having effected the removal of that odious minider, their zeal was cooled by the breath of royal favor. Stars and garters succeeded—and the patriotifin of a Pulteney was hid in the blaze of a coronet. In the reign of George the Third, what a series of patriotic names in rapid succession havepafled away !—till the present prime ininiiter, Mr .Pitt, became fixed, changes wer* perpetually taking place—Many and powerful were the exertions tnade to effedt hit removal ; they have hitherto proved ineffe 'tnal; and conrary to former times, 167 thefwnJs of the government flow begin to as sume with its oppofirs the honourable appellati i on of patriots. rr ® ut , j £ he P e ople of England are justly to be ap plauded for their attachment to an adminiftrati son which has done more in seven years • to re trieve their affairs, than had been effected in the Jf 1 , \ U !.y Preceding .years, yet, that this spirit ftould dilcover itfelf in the revival of prejudices, which to the honor of human nature are ahnofl: extinrt in every other country, is greatly to be lamented—" Church?nen and ' -Diffe/itets," —What grating founds for the 18th century ! Religiour bigotry and intolerance, are yniverlally repro bated by the enlightened part*of mankind ; and it is no longer afubjecft of conjecture, but of ac tual experiment, that the human mind may be left in perfetft freedom, as to religious and moral truths, and the mode of performing religious worihip ; while at the fame time, all the pur-- poses for which government ought to beinftitut ed, are fully obtained and realized—Of this trufh the, United States, under the present form of go vernment, exhibit inconteftible, and irrrefraga-' ble evidence. ___ It has been said that " there is a system of opinions peculiar to every age"—the experience of the present day fully confirms this sentiment; one opinion of the present system is that liberty ought 10 bs universal; happy would it be for the human race were mankind united, in the means of eftetfting this noble idea ; but as in our pur suit of happiness the route is as various, and as opposite, as the tastes and propensities of our species, so in refpetft to the methods to be adopt ed for the attainment of universal Freedom, Jll - paflion, ignorance and prejudice hi therto presented infuhnountable barriers to the efforts of the friends of humanity. In the Uni ted States, Liberty found a foil congenial to her nature ; the way was prepared for the compleat triumph of her charms ; we freely admitted her influence into our hearts, and prepared an im mortal dome for her refidencein a just equal and energetic government. In Europe she has to encounter corruption in every form, gigantic prejudices, and the darkness of ignorance among the great mass of the pee-"- ple : The rays of reason have however glorious ly broke in upon their minds, the night is far spent, and the day is at hand," and we doubt not that the time is not far distant when with one voice the worid shall proclaim, that tyranny ' shall be no longer ! Tentanda via tjl. ' \ The commercial enterprizesof the Americans have been crown ed with a fuccels unequalled, but by the unexampled boldnefsand originality which charafterifed their formation. Every thing, therefore, which affymes the least countenance of practicability, may very properly be unfolded to speculation. It is a known fa6t, that the populous city of Constantinople derives its subsistence by the way of the Archipelago : this, during a war with a mari. time power, renders a supply precarious and contingent. A eminent writer, thoroughly conversant in the polity of the Turks, relates, that during the whole of a former war, " neutral velfcls br.ly were employed in carrying corn on the Grand Seignior's ac count; and the Porte'gave the French a preference'very profitable to their merchants. I mult not omit (fays he) to mention in this note a speculation of commerce, capable of enlightning the policy of nationsAn Englilb veflel, loaded with rice, from Carolina, failed dire£Hy for Constantinople, induced by accounts publilhed in newspapers; (he was conGgoed to no one, but fold her cargo ' in the harbour." Gen. Adv. Married, on Tuesday the 13th inft. at Friends' Meeting, Mr. Joseph James, Printer, to.Mil's Hopkins, daughter ot Mr. Sa muel Hopkins, all of this City. , At Newport, Rhode-Island, John Cofpin Jones, Esq. to the amiable Miss Eliza daughter of Chriftophcr Champlin, Esq. of that place. From PELOSI's MARINE LIST. ARRIVALS at the PORT of PHILADELPHIA. Ship Success, Pitt, Lisbon Apollo, Billings, Oporto Atlantic Swaine, Liverpool Brig Planter, Poole, St. Croix Mary, Moil, Barbadoea Prince of Wales, Dawfon, Newfoundland Schooner Two Brothers, Baker, Havanna PRICE CURRENT.—PUBLIC.SECURITIES. FUNDED DEBT. , 6 pr. Cen(» ao/(5 sofy pr. £ . io3jpr. cent. 3 pr. Crnt» 11/9 57 } do. Dcfered 6 pr. Cents lif go do. UNFUNDED DEBT. Final Settl. and other Certificates 19/ ig/6 Indents \\.f& N. and S. Carolina debts, Bank Subscriptions, 135 Forty Dollars Reward. LAST night wa» broke open the Storeot the subscriber, at Bor- , dentown, and (lolen from the fame the following articles, viz.' One hair trunk, containing woroeci' wearing aft>arel; i fmali box, containing four clocks and one down leftamenU; 1 ditto containing one boitle green cloth coat, one striped veil and breeches, two rtiirts and a small bag with 36 dollars a«d 201. to* 30s. |e.ley coppers; 1 keg containing a large bible," with other small books ; 1 box containing 447 real ostrich feathers, some of ihcm large and elegant, and of different colours; 2 barrels rye meal, branded Stout and Imlay; 1 barrel pork, 1 ream paper, and 1 dozen pafte-boaidj. Stolen at the fame time, a large Batteau. with black fides. A reward ol Twenty Dollars will be given for the security of the pbove property, so that the owners may have the articles or in proportion for part thereof ; also a further reward of Twenty Dollars will be given for the security of the perpetrator or perpe trators, so that they may be brought to justice, by JOHN VAN EMB' RCH Bordentown, New.Jersey, Sept. 1, 1791. f<P"l 97i s"i do ' Dollars,
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