Gazette of the United States & evening advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1793-1794, January 27, 1794, Image 2

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banks, officersor other persons. %
Sixth. Similar and fepavate ftatemetits
for the years 1791 and 1792 respectively,
and so far as the fame is rtow prafticahk
for the year 1793, fpecifying separately,
in each ih.tement, under each branch of
the revenue, the monies received oil ac
count of the revenue of that year and
those received on account of tilt-revenue
of each preceding year, and dating so
fir as the fame is now pra&ifcable, the
amount of all monies,; bonds or securities
on hand, on the firlt day of Jan. 1794,
with the times of payment of such bonds
or securities.
The Senate adjourned to i I o'clock to
morrow morning.
Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON, November i
DECLARATION
6f the Grand Master of the Sovereign
Order of Malta, to the court of Na
. pies, dated Sept. 38, 1793.
/ THE Court of Naples having caused
to be notified to the Grand Master of the
Sovereign Otder of Milta, that not will
ing to have any thing further to do with
those who at present govern France,it sent
away all the agents of that country, who
had hitherto relided at Naples, or at the
parts of his Sicilian Majeily, his Eminent
faighnefs took the earliest opportunity of
fyHowing' that example, and of ordering
the ports of Malta to be {hut agninft all
kinds of French (hips of war or privateers
as long as the present war (hall continue.
• The Grand Mailer wishes to make
known at the fame time, that (5 nee the no
tification which the late king mr.de to him
erf the acceptance of the constitution of
1791, the government of Malta has had
no relation with France. The dreadful
troubles which have broke out in that
kingdom, and which have deprived it of #
Sovereign universally regretted, and the
violation of the rights of nations, which
have been permitted there under every
point of view, in regard to the Sovereign
Order of Malta, have induced many per
sons", not acquainted with the fundamen
tal laws of this order, to think that re
prisals ought to have Seen made ; but
these laws even prescribe neutrality in all
those quarrels which arise between the dif
ferent Chriuian nations. The .Grand
Master, however, fully determined not to
acknowledge the pretended French R. in
the person of an agent which it might
fend to Malta, ordered, on the 15th of
March lad, the Chevalier de Sevtrcs de
Caurnont, in his quality of member of the
order and of its delegate, who had resid
ed long in this island as charge d' Affaires
of the King of France, to retain the title
which he held from his Majesty Louis
XVI. of glorious memory, and to keep
the arms of the king over his fate, which
he has hitherto done, under protection
of the government of Malta. •
But (he Grand Master learning through
an indirect channel, that a person named
Aymar has been appointed to fuceeed the
Chevalier de Caumont, and that he is now
on his way to Malta,' formally declares at
present that he will neither receive nor ad
mit the said personage, norany other who
may be fer.t to ref;de at Malta, as agent
in any refpeft, of the said pretended Re
public, which his Eminent Highness
ought not, cannot, and will not acknow
ledge,
A gentleman lately arrived from Pan's,
and who had been several times in compa
ny with' "f. Paine the Outlaw, declares
that he is in daily expectation of termina
ting his Career by the guillotine, to which
he has made up his mind. His voting to
fend Lpuis XVI. to America, is the cause
assigned, which renders him a fufpiciou:
charaftir there.
When the verdiA was pronounced up
on, BrifTot and the Deputies, they requeu
ed leave to. speak themselves, or to be heard
by their defenders. As it was believed,
that this requefl was made with a view of
delaying the sentence, and as the accused
had already been heard, the Tribunal re
fufed to accede to it.
Sillery was the firft who fuffered by the
fatal engine. Several, addieifed the peo
ple, particularly Briffot.
The execution, of each of the Deputies
was announced by a discharge of eight
pieces,of cannon placed on the road to
Chr.illon.
BrifTot was the last of the Deputies who
were executed.
"the French are breaking up the graves
in all the churches, in order to make even
the'dead contribute to tlfe expencee of the
war. The lead coffins are converted into
1 bullets, and the copper ones lent to the
mint.
When our letters came away from I
Frankfort, there was a report of a pitched
battle having been fought, near Stras
bourg, between the Auftrians under Ge
neral Wurmfer and the French Army.
This report adds, that the French wot
defeated with immense (laughter, and se
veral thousands of them taken prisoners.
S:ia(bourg is said to have opened its
gates to the Allies immediately after this
defeat, we (hould be glad to hear those
reports however probable they are, offici
. ally confirmed. ,
A detachment from Lord Hootrs
ffeet at Toulon, has we ur.derftand, betn
sent to Tunis, to take poiTeffion of the
{hipsof war and merchant vefiels belonging
to the French in that port.
November 14.
To the Sitting of the 29th. the Jaco
bins of Paris presented a petition to the
Convention, requesting that Trials be ter
minated whenever the Jury (hould declare
themselves fatisfied with any part of the
evidence brought forward. The Conven
tion granted this requcft, which was also
backed by the President of the Revolu
tionary Tribunal. The Jacobins solicited
this Decree, from an left
Briffot and his Accomplices (hould enter
into too long a defence, and, by the pow
er of their eloquence, mak« an impression
upon the Judges.'
In the Sitting of the 31ft, the Con*
vention learned from their Coinmiffionefs,
that 500 men were employed in razing
the fortifications of Lyons.
In the fame Sitting it was decreed, that
the women (hould no longer be permitted
to aflemble in Clubs.
The Prince of Saxe Cobourg is one of
the most extraordinary, as well as one of
the greatef! characters of the age. To
great profundity of thought, he unites
the ntmoft cheerfulnefs and hilarity of
manners. Being middle-age, (hort, and.
inclined to corpulency, he has a jolly ap
pearance, heightened by a "Habit of laugh
ter, which he indulges inceflantly. He
is remarkably fond of drawing : but does
not confine himfelf to plans of sieges of
battle. On the morning of his firft en-,
gagement with Dumourier, Clairfayt ha
ving paid this General a visit, is said.to
have found him diverting himfelf with
(ketching a caricature, of which Clairfayt
himfelf was the fubjeft. To have (elect
ed such a time for such an employment 1
roust have appeared strange ; but the
Prince had previously arranged the neces
sary dispositions for ensuring his success.
LAST MOMENTS of the LATE
QUEEN of FRANCE.
When (he heard her fenter.ee read, (he
did not (hew the smallest alteration in her
countenance, and left the Hall without
fayiilg a (Ingle word to the judges or to
the people. It was then half past four in
the morning, Oft. 16. The Queen was
conducted to the condemned hold in the
prison of the Conciergerie.
At 5 o'clock the Generale wa9 beat.—
At 7, the whole armed force was on foot;
cannon were planted on the squares, and
at the extremities of the bridges, from
the Palace to the Square de la Revolution
—At ten o'clock numerous patroles passed
thro' the streets.
At half pad 11 in the morning, Marie
Antoinette was brought out of the prison,
dressed in a white dishabille. Like other
malcfaftor6,(he was conducted upon a com
mon cart to the place of execution.
Her beautiful hair from behind was en
tirely cut off, and her hands were tied be
hind her back. Besides her di(habille,(he
wore a very small white cap. Her back
was turned to the horse's tail.
During her trial flie wore a dress of a
white and black mixture.
On her right, upon the cart, was fcnt
ed the executioner ; upon the left a con
stitutional priest belonging to the Metro
politan Church of Notre Dame, drefled
in a grey coat, and wearing what is com
monly called a bob wig. The cart was
escorted by numerous detachments of horse
and foot. Henriot, Rouflin, and Bou
langer, generals of the Revolutionary ar
my, preceded by the reft of the ftaff offi
cers, rode before the cart.
An immense mob, especially women,
crowded the streets, insulting th,C Queen,
and vociferating " Long live the Repub
lic!" She seldom cast her eyes upon the
populace, and babeld with a cold iudiffe
rence the great armed force of 39,000
men, which lined the streets iri double
ranks., ,
, The fufferings which (he sustained dur
ing hdr captivity had much altered her ap
peal ance, and the hiir on her forehead ap
peared as white as snow.
The Queen, without anguiih or bigo
try, was ipeaking to the Prielt seated by
her fide. . Her spirits were neither eleva
ted nor depreffed;—(he fcemed quite i
sensible to the fliouts of " Vive la Repub
lique !" She even (hewed a kind of fatis
fa&ion in looking for the moment which
might rid her of her miserable existence;.
When she passed through the street
called Rue St. Honore, (he sometimes at
tentively looked at che iufcriptions of the
wi>rds LIBERTY and EQUALITY,
affiled to theoutiide of the houses.
She ascended the fcaffold with seeming
haste and impatience, and then turned her
eyes with great emotion towards the gar
den of the Thuilleries, the former abode
of her greatness.
At half past twelve o'clock the guillo
tine fevered her head from her body. She
died in the 38th year of her age.
The executioner lifted and (hewed the
blood-streaming head from the fouv differ
ent corners of the fcaffold, which is (hewn
only from one fide in all other common ex
ecutions. The mob instantly vociferated,
" Long live the Republic I''
A young man who dipped his pocket
handkerchief in the Queen's blood, and
pressed it with veneration to his breast,
was instantly apprehended. Upon him
were found the portraits of Louis XVI.'
and Marie Antoinette.
The corpse of the ill-fated Queen was
immediately after buried in a grave filled
with quick lime, in the cliurch-yatd cai'led
de la Madelaine, where Louis XVI. was
buried in the fame manner.
November 17.
We are sorry to hear that the Coura
geaux of 74 guns, one of the British vcf
lels engaged in the ast ion before St. Flo
rentz, inCorfica, then received so nvch
injury that she funk before (he could reach
a port to. refit ; the crew, with roost of
the ammunition, &c. was however previ
ously removed. The Courageaux \vm a»
oldvefftl, having been taken from the
French in the war before the left.
Letter written by Monsieur to M. le Mar
chal de Broglio; dated Ham, Nov. i,
desiring him to fend a popv of it to all
towns, in which emigrants reside.
" Gentlemen,
" 1 have this instant deceived the news
of the horrid outrage which has'terminat
ed the days of the Queen, my fiftcr-in
law. The grief and indignation which
if excites in me, can be allayed only by the
concern you take in it. True Frenchmen
and faithful fubjefts, we ought in a two
fold degree to feel the horror of thjs crime
It is by redoubling our zeal-for the ser
vice of our young and unfortunate King,
that we can one day render fucli losses less
grievous, and efface the (lain which mon
gers would imprint on the French name.
Such 1 am well convinced, are the senti
ments which animate you. Such are these
which my brother and I will prtferve till
|we breathe our last sigh, and such is the
end to which all our efforts tend.
" Accept Gentlemen, the afTurance of
my fentimcnt* towards you.
(Signed)
Lcui. t Stanislaus Xav'itr
A very large French frigate of 42 guns
is taken by a Spanish 50 trim (hip off Cape
Ortugal, and lent into Cadiz. Both (hips
fuffered much in the adlifin. The French
man is named Rcuiliilone or Rollignolej
FRAN C E.
SITTINGS OF the JACOBINS.
O&ober ji. t
"Dubois Cranee asserted, that a force of
such magnitude as 60,000 men was not
wanted to reduce Toulon. Twenty thou
sand men, vvith a large train of artillery,
would be fufficient to produce this effect.
One hundred and thirty pieces of artil
lery were on their way from Lyons to the
army before Toulon. " With 20,000
jnen, and this fitpply of cannon," exclaim
ed Dubois Crance, " I will answer for
the reduction of Toulon."
November I.
A letter from Perpignan was read. Ey
this it appeared, that 30,000 men, eager
to fight the Spaniards, were encamped
under the walls of Pcrpignan ; that the
National Deputies, ailed with great pru
dence, and combatted in common with
the foldiera-the enemies of the Republic 5
that, the* Spaniards were entrenched chin
deep at Boulon, but that the Republican
troops. were neveithelefs resolved to Itorm
then- entrenchments.
Tlie Representatives of the People in
the army of the Eastern Pyreunees, aflur
ed the Society that the troops would soon
enter Spain. The'pofitiort of the Repub
lican arir.y was in front of Bellegarde.
Frefllnet, in a letter from the army of
Italy, informed the Society, that the ma
gazines received large and daily supplies of
Ito.res. He also acquainted the S>>ciety,
that a sortie had been made from-Toulon
by 6000 men, who advanced to the vil
lage of Lagard. After a vigorous contest,
the English, he said, were defeated, with
the loss of the Eoglilh General killed, and
hi» nephew made pvifoner.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 13.
By letters received here, we have ad
vice that Earl Howe's fleet are cruizing
off the Lizard ; some of the (hips have
received damage, which will cause their re
turn to port very soon.
EDINBURGH, Nov. 7,
Yesterday was (hipped on board the
OfnabuVgh cutter for Oftend, 5000 flan
nel vests and 2000 pair of foot socks for
the use of the British at my in Flanders ;
and from the profpeft of the lubfcT!ption
still going *on, a very considerable addi
tion is expecled. The vsfisi fails tc-mor-
row.
LEGHORN, October 20.
Hitherto we had seen only single {hips
belonging to the Englift squadron in the
Mediterranean enter our harbour. Three
Engliih (hips of tjve line, mounting 74
guns and 650 men each, turo f igat-.s ef
32 guns and 220 tnen together with a
French frigate of $3 gu:is 3n:! 300 men,
commanded by M. Van Kempen, are at
length aft-rived here.
These ftips brought several copies of
the Proclamation addressed c.i the 27th
ult. to the people of France by Vice Ad
miral Don Juan De Langara, Conrpand
er of the naval forces of his Catbciie Ma
jesty at Toidan.
AMEBIC A.
KINGSTON, (jam.) Nov. 30.
Information is receivedby the Felicity,
from St. Thomas's, that in confluence of
intelligence from France, the ruling'pow
ers at Martinique and Guadakiupe hating'
seized and condemned all veiTeh belonging
to Denmark and Sweden, lying at these
ports.
The Spaniifi flifpi of war at Potto Ca
vrJ!o have 6000 troop* on board.
The operation of the Spanish force in
tended to ast agafnft the French part of
St. Domingo, is retarded by the sickness
of the'troops, rrtare than 1500 of whom
ar; reported totally Unfit for duty.
Last nifcht arrived heir the Penelope,
Captain Rowley, from a cruize. In thfc
Bite tsf Leogane Cap*. Rowley y fell in
with, and engaged L'lnconftant, a French
frigate of thirty fix guns, which, after a
few broadsides, struck to tire Penelope,
and may be expected at Port Royal thi»
day. The Penelope had one man killed,
ope inidfh'pman and lht men Wotmded.—
L' Inconstant loft the ftcoud Captain, two
Lieutenants, and twelve men killed, and
had 12 men wounded. Tbe wounded
midshipman of the Penelope has loft his
arm.
CHARLESTON, J.in.t.
Ext raft of a letter from a gentleman iu
Cforgin, to hi? friend in this c'i'-.
" TVc people, h_re have jot recruhinjr
mad, for the French service to go sigat,:ft
Weft-Florida, Atrgu'h'ne,- and Ntw»CTr
leans. Cel. K ,is to command a le
gion ; Col. P , a battalion : Meflrs.
O. C. Slc. are Captains t« Co!. P's bat
talion. They httVe ciiliftcrl upwards of
thirty of ttie militia troop of Ijorft, no\r
in ft nice, in Gieer. comity.
NEW-YORK, January 32.
• We hear with plerf-rre t'ut try? tntr*
faftiire of glass in is now earned
on with-great faefcefs. Th;
produced there, in tleamcfs'and.
tranfparcnev, an* of tS«. inr/onid glsA,"
and some of the most elc.-ant huikSir.ga t
refted rn that town it; lafl
glazed with it,