A journeyman cabinet-maker of Chelter, in the employment of Mr. Gardener, has displayed an ailonifb ing effort of mechanical ingenuity, in the completion of a wooden automa ton, in the human form, nearly five feet higli, which walks about a room, at the fame time playing upon a harp. Among the literary prodigies of the prelent day, may be reckoned Miss Benger, author of " The Fe male Geniad," which flie wrote at the of thirteen. ARRIL J Th Lord Chancellor on Wednesday came to a final decision upon the lo,ng depending love-caule, Lord Carberry plaintiff, Miss VVatfon the unwilling defendant; Hymen counsel for the former, Caution for the latter. The arguments of the plaintiff's counsel were victorious. A Dr. Obier has pnblifhed tables of mortality for Geneva from 1560 to 1760, by which it appears, that the probability of life was greater for merly than now, amongst old people ; amongst children and young people, less. Mr. Boulton, of Birmingham, has fncceeded in his application of the iteam-engine to coining. The diffi culty of its conftrutftion, and i;s ex penlivenefs, render it impoflible that it fliould ever be employed by those who counterfeit coin. Its advantages, over the common machines are vari ous. It works mnch more quickly : it cuts out the blanks : It (lamps the milling* the face, and the reverse of "the piece, at once: the ground re ceives a fine polifli from its preflure alone : all the pieces are exatfUy of the fame diameter : its force may be regulated in an iuftant, and conti nues invariably the fame : it may be worked by boys, and its use requires little practice. The three superior Sultanas of a certain theatre, now afiuine the dig nified titles of their refpetftive high connexions—and even the call boy dare not fummou either of them from the green room to thettage, but with Your Roy—■! High—fs ! if you please"—or ' Your ladyship you please,' &c. &c. IRELAND The following nervous and beau tiful paflage, an at this time particularly anxious to ex emplify my regard for rhe minutest forms of the contliiunon, when opi nions have in other countries, but too facpefsfully prevailed—not only de flruttive of all form, but fubvet five of all eftabliftjment. —That such opi nions have had but Jinle weight or currency in this kingdom, we owe, as well to our admirable and alinoti perfect conftitu ion, as to the tempe rate yet anxious: ciicumfpeCtion of fcis Majetty's Miniflers.— But there are in all countries, and particularly in thole where fpecnlative learning has sown its benefits and scattered its roifchiefs—men, vain, visionary and misguided—men, needy, turbulent and defperare, to whom peace is pef iilcnce, ai)d the beautiful order offo ciety, deformity.—lf there fliould be a few obfeure and contemptible indi viduals of that description in this kingdom, no observation of mine fliall drag them from that obfeurity and »hat contempt, in which it is their nature to grovel.—One fecurity,how ever, we lhall always have, that if e ver their filly and mischievous specu lations should ferment into sedition, ihey will raise against them the strong arm of the law, and b£ crushed." Philadelphia, June 6. Bytwo French Oilps a. , ived at Norfolk, Virginia, in forty-five days from France, we learn—That as (oon as Count Florida iilancha was riifmiffed from the Court of Madrid, the Count d'Ararida, who ai;c epled of the place of Minffer. went to tile pub lic jail of that city, and oui ot fifty-two State-pi i foners detained um)< r t fie ill-groin,ded fufoicions of Count Florida Btancha, or by the tribunal ot policy, fifty were let at liberty without paying costs. 1 hat the fameliad been praffiled at other places where the State inquisition fiad been inrro duced .---"l hat the JuinaSuorema of Si ate, is anni hi.ated, arid the ConlejoSupiemo of State is rcin tegiatcd.—That the King himfelf is to be President, and » lie Cou.it d'Arauda Vice-Piefidcnt.—That the Tribunal of policy created by the ix-Mtnifier, 15 also abolifberi, and another formed for the in leror policy of Madrid and the Court. That theie is no doubt hut that Spain will returntotfiofe pr'in ciples from which Ifie ought never tohavedtviated, i. e. to look upon Fiance as a natural ally, whole friendftiip cannot be departed froin without cx poling herlell to the fame calamities Ore underwent befoic the treaty of Utrecht, and the introduction ol a King of the Bourbon family.—That the Count d'Cifuciites (who was President of Caflillc, and a Iriend to Florida Blancha) having died suddenly, the Kir.g appoint-d Don Juan d'Anzedorico (an upright inagiftrate) as Governor oi that Council, to i he general fatisfa£tion of the people of Madrid. That fincc the dismission of Couut Florida Blan cha (who is now retired near the town of Murica, in a convent of FYancifcan Fryars) the Chevalier de Burgoin, and M. d'Durtuby, the French Envoys, have fettled at Court, and that Count d'Aranda has piomil'ed that every fatisfadlion Iball be given to the grievances of the French nation, and of indi viduals.—That such a sudden change in Spain, and the death ot Leopold have cut off the head and arms of the artftocratic party in France. — The captain, of the above ihips further inform, that the aflignats had taken a rife, and for a dis count of 16 or 18 per cent, hard money may be had-—Thai the King, the Queen and the Prince Royal of France, were the only persons allowed to ! wear mourning for the death ol the Emperor, who [had, by his artful and holtile measures, incuried 'the hatred of the French nation—the Prielts, the Fanatics, and nobles excepted. When we take into consideration the many im provements which have bet n made in mechanical and other arts within the United Stales lince the eftablifliment of their independence, and the en couragement afforded by cur government to the ingenious mechanic and industrious citizen, we cannot but fee! a pleaiure in the puifpcft of the riling reputation of our counti y, and the rapid pro grefsof Aincncato equal il not exceed any coun try in the woild in valuable and ufeful produc tions. The circumllances which have led to these re flections, have originated from the performance of a curious Fire Engine, conftrufted by Mr. Richard Mason, of this city, for the Diligence Fire Com pany ; and however astonishing it may appear, yet it is a fact that may be relied on, that on Saturday last, when the Diligence Fire Engine was played horizontally, the water was thrown to the dtftance of one eighty feet, arid when moved to Christ Church yard, and played in a perpendi cular direction (although with an unfavorable w inu} the water was then thrown to the perpendi - cuiar height of one hundied and sixty-six feet, and within three feet of the four windows at the upper extremity of the ficrple. As the performance of this Engine so considerably exceeds anv. others in Amcrica in dilcharging such a body of water with so much force and to such a distance, would it not be advifeable for the different fire companies to prt fer such fire engines as the Diligence and'Hi hernia, so the finaller ones which have been in ge neral use in Philadelphia ? Fed. Gaz. M. dp Gardnqui, who succeeds M. de Lerena, as Miniller of Finance al the Court oi Madrid, has appropriated to the use oi the poor his Ihare of leizures and confifcations, amounting on an aver ager to 100,000 fortes piastres a year. During the few days of hot weather we have ex peiicnced, two persons were near being ihe vic tims of their imprudence, by the too plentiful use of cold water and'ice—Let this serve as a caution toothers. We hear from South-Carolina, that the extra ordinary swell of the rivers in that state, in the month of April, has destroyed immense quanti ties of Indian corn that were stored at the dif ferent landing places.for market. This, it is said, will occasion a demand for corn from the northern states till their next crop comes in. The General Afiembly of the Prefbyteiian Church at their last meeting, have appointed the Rev. John M'Donnald, of Albany, the Re;v. David Austin, of Elizabeth-Town, and Mr. Greir, a candidate, under the care of the Pres bytery of Carliile, on a mission for four months, to preach the Gospel, among the frontier settle ment? orv the northern partof the State of New- York, and on the western parts of the States of New-York and Pennsylvania The two full gentlemen commence their million from Alba ny about the middle of June, the last gentleman from Sunbury on the Sufquehannah, at the fame time. " Such is the temper of the people of France at this time, that both republicans and aristo crats feein alike regard'efs of the dreadful con sequences of civil commotions. The rhotto of both is—" Success attend our cause, and no matter for the reft." The republican thermo meter, however, seems not so high as that of the sticklers for the old government. These are every where fomenting internal troubles, principally by means of the priests, who are al ways, on such occasions, the instruments of po pular deception ; and upon these deftriiftive agents, the counter-revolutionists reft their' principal hopes cf success." Leyden Cat. On the 21 ft of March last, was offered atGold fmiths-Hall, to receive the standard or touch marks, an exquisite piece of workmanfliip, to be presented by the Roman Catholic-; to 7 M?tton,Efq. Member of Parliament, for his laudable and humane exertions to do away the Per al Statutes. I This piece of workman (hip is a silver gilt cup, of twelve quarts, mounted on a circular base, richly adorned with chafed work; riiing from th:> is a triangular pilar, again ft which are three Jjeautiful figures with their attributes (Faith, ) Hope, and Charity) in alto relievo ; on the cap ot the pillar is the body of the cup, on which there is an oval medallion, representing puie p aith at her altar, trampling on the in strument of persecution, while the book of Pe nal Statutes is consuming iu flames in the per spective. The handles are four serpents involved ; op polite to the medallion is the infeription. AbovVtTis thfc cover, of tie fame gusto sur mounted With a Fame, in the attitude of pro claiming good a&ions. It is particularly worthy of notice? (fays a correspondent) that no denial has ever appear ed of the direct and multiplied aflertions, that tie members of the general government have carried on job fa and fpcculatiuns in tlieir own meafures,even uiki/Jl tfwfe measures were depending. If these charges be true, can any thing be more difgraceful to the councils of a free country, or more loudly call for the indignation of a virtu ous people ? If they are not true, why are they not denied, and, as far as the cafe will admit, disproved by appealing to circumstances which can be investigated ? Instead of being denied, however, the public has been insulted with at tempts to slur the matter over by mysterious and unmeaning paragraphs, the low virulence 'of personal abuse, or, what is worse, by sugges tions that thole who warn the people against Peculating andilock-jobbing corruptions in the government, are enemies to the government and to the people themselves. Nat. Gaz. Nothing can equal the malignant effrontery ((ays a correspondent) of certain paragraph writers in certain newspapers. They deal out general, in difcrirninate insinuations againfl members of the government, without ipecifying either persons or tacts, and they then rail at all concerned in it, be cause no body comes forward to deny or disprove. Is any individual to suppose himfelf particularly aimed at, when a general charge is made against a number, and to single himfelf out in a newspaper as t,he vindicator of his innocence? If any man were weak enough to do it, he would inftantlv be tola, and rightly, that if he had not been confeious of guilty he would not have supposed himfelf fuf pefled. Frpm what too is a man to vindicate him felf, when no fpecific chaige is made, no fpecific fa£t alledgcd ? Speculation and jobbing, charged in the lump, are as vague as witchcraft and heresy. Any man who expe£ls to put another upon his de fence before the tribunal of the public, ought to come forward and ailedge that A. or B. has done this or that ill thing—he should lay his finger on the fact ; else he can neither mean nor expe£l to be anfweied. He makes his chargcs to alarm the community with ill-grounded fears, and he affects lo complain that '.hey are not anfweied ,to ftrcngthen aJufpiiion v-hich he knows to have no foundation. To fu«;h ge r nejal aspersions it is fufficientto anlweri generally, that there are many members of vernmcnt, and among them ihofe who have had a chtej agenc) in the measures mod bitterly cenfuied by the Faction, w>.o can conscientiously and boldly give a flat denial to every imputation of in terefied or sinister motives—who are absolutely fiee from every thing that is called speculation and jobbing. Who dare compare the whole tenor of their lives and conduct on the score of difinterefh ednefs and exa£l probity, with any of the mollj canting pretendeisto superior purity among their opponents, and who mufl ever feel themselves humbled by a comparison on those points with moft*of those who are loudest in their harangues on the love of liberty, and the love of virtue. Some persons are very wife in regard to the dciigns of others. They chatter about the par tisans of* Kingly power, and affe