PHILADELPHIA, FEBRUARY 19. From the Gtr.cral ddvcrPfar of this Mor rung. Last evening, an extra mail brought the papers of the December Packet. From a lially perusal of some of the latest we have received, whicUuirc to the 6th of December, \Ve abftra& the follow ing beads of intelligence. The Morning Chronicle is our source of information. On the 27th of November, in the Na tional Convention, Robcrfpierre made a report on the political situation of Eu rope, as it reflects Fiance, oil which the following decree was passed: The National Convention declares i: to be their constant resolution, to ihe» thenifelvcs terrible to thei. cneitiies', ge nerons to their allies, and just to all pco The treaties now subsisting with the United .States of America, and with the Swiss, (hall Icrupulouffy executed. With regard to the modifications which have taken place, in confcquence of the French Revolution, or the revolutionary meafurcs taken for the maintenance of Liberty, the Convention relies on the can dor of the Republic and its allies. • The Coiivcnta.il enjoins its civil and military agents, to make the territory of France, refpecfted'by their allies, and es pecially the Swiss CautOHS. The Committee of Public Safety, is charged to draw i-lofer the ties of linion and good undemanding fubfi(ting between the Republic and its and to fee that the neutral powers- enjoy all the rights fti£ufcited in. treaties. This report fliall be printed in all lan guages, and sent by extraordinary co-u ---i'ieiß, into Can* •ntons. On the iSth Amar in the name of the committee of i>;entrfil fafety announced a plot formed by Pitt, and the coaJefced kings to corrupt the leading rcprefenta tivesof the people. Bazire and Cnabot had received, and brought to the commit tee ioc,eeo ltvres, to put thefhfelves at the head of a conspiracy to dissolve the Convention. Thcfe have denounced j lien and Launay who accepted the offers of the coalition. They were all fourdite£led to be arretted, In litis fitting, a letter was received from the ei-devvarit I)uchcfs of OVkans offering her fortune, At vtn ml Republic The comnvttee of fafety made a re port on the means of giving government nectffary energy. On the 1 ith' of November the gold and filvev colle&ed from various parts of the Republic, in Paris, amour.ted to no less than forty-one millions fterliug. The Morning Chronicle of the 2d of December fays, that it is now a well known fa&, that the King of Pruflia has withdrawn himferf from the war, under the convv&ion that the new dodtiines of the Jacobins cannot be overcome by force. The Scotch Convention of Delegates for obtaining a Parliamentary Reform, met in Edinburgh on the ?6th of No- vemoer. Danton on his re-appearance in the Con tention was received with luch applause as fully proves that neither his popu larity norhis influence arc on the decline. M. C. Dec. 3. The French have gained' conliderable ground in the carter of Deux Pouts.— The people in. the Netherlands are called upon by government for voluntary contri butions to support the wai. Both Amliiaus and Piuflians about the end of November were making re trograde motions from all their polls. Strcfbourg has been attempted by the all. : er > in the only mode which has proved to them fuccef&ful liuce the commence ment of the war; —briberv :—But there, even those mean., failed. NATIONAL CONVENTION November, 24. Some Citizens of the United States of America came to congratulate the Con tention on the free and candid decla ration tlicry tad made in the name of the French People, lo'lheir allies and neutral powers. They requeued the eitablifh reent of a comm'ffon, charged under the infpedlion of the Committee of Public Safety, to determine on commercial dif ferences which might arise between the Citizens of the two Republics, and swore inviolable friendship to the French, who Kad afllftcd them to gain Liberty. Re ferred to the « mmittce of Public Safety. On the 21 it November, Wui nfer was attacked by 25,oob'FrenthT ; t'.i Ldes fought with fury from -morning till four was covered with B,coo 1!..?n. At fi-x the French (fay Bru.il is account) were forced to yield and retired, to their en trenched camp, in the afternoon, Tlse French are in poffcfllon of Blief caftle, Kombourg, and Deux-Ponts, in Germany. The Morning Chroni I- of December 4th, contains an account of the issue of Lord Howe's manoeuvres to take the French squadron with which he fell in on the 18th November. By Utters from the fleet to the 27th 'it appears that the French got ess under cover of a fog and the night. The Blonde French frigate was taken by four of the frigates ot Lord Ho\re's fleet ; but Hie does not appear to have belonged to the French squadron. V I E N N A, Nov. 15. The States ofltaly, it i~ fa id, mean to take 20,000 Swift into their service and pay. The Imperial troop-, who are marching from Galllcia, wif! be replaced by some K<rifian troops. Thsy are buftly employed in the ar senal in making ten thousand fufils, which will be feiit to Toulon by-Trie (lie. It is af ftrted, that before the end of March next, the army irv the Low Countries will be rein forced with sixty thousand men. The grand duke of Tufcartv having joined the coalition agamft France, the city of Leg horn will be the arfcnal and general maga- zine of the njaratime power*? hi the Mideter ranean. The Republic of Genoa, which has also declared againff France, will obtain, as an indemnification,- the island of Coi'fica, formerly belonged to it. The Hungarians have given a frefh proof of their devotion to their sovereign by a free fift of 3,000,003, a raffing three new re giments of from «-o 5030 men each. M A N H E l M, Nov. j6. A desperate engagement, it is laid, has token pk-.ee near Straftmrgh, in which the Republicans have been completely defeated by general Wurmfer.. We wait for further account; refpefling this action. The account of the a&ion between the French and general Wurmfer is confirmed. The latter attacked the French in tliree co lumn';, dislodged them from all the adva»ta p.ious polls which they occupied near Straf fcurgb, zvd took polfefTion of them himfelf; the loss of the Republicans is very con fide r able. We learn that on Monday last* the Praffians made & smart attack on the fortrefs of Bitche and penetrated as far a» the' drawbridge, which they battered down; but the Republi cans then made lb brisk a on the riffailants tliat the latter, nptwithftanding the 11 utmost efforts, were obliged to retire with confide r able Iff is. Prince Louis of PrufEa, it is faid y was wounded in the attack. Uionty to the General Wurmfer's head-quarters are still at Brumpt, and the grand magazine for the Pruluan army before I-andau is at Bracken thai, two leagues from hence. The bom bardment of Landau will, it seems, recom mence in a few days. They are now repair ing the entrenc.hment S) which the bad wea ther had damaged. The subsequent accounts of the aftiorv near Strafburgh agree that it was a very desperate one. The Austrian huflars took the enemy in the rear, and made a great slaughter among them, and thus decided the vi&orv. They took a great number of can non on the occasion- Worms, November 21. The account from Deux Ponts are not! the mod favora ble. After the fraitlefs attempt of the Prus sians on Bitche, the French advanced as far Blielcaftel, in the environs of Deux* Points, where the inhabitants fled on all lides, to avoid the fury of the Republi cans. It is supposed that a decisive aflion will take place to-day or to-murrow, as the dirFerent corps of Pruflia had united to at tack the enemy, and oppose their further progress. naM'y Nov. 22. His Royal highness Mor.lieur, the Regent of France, set off on he Bth instant, with the two lons of the Count d'Artois, for Cadiz. Those two young princes, it is supposed, will remain at the court of Spain, and Monsieur wit] go to Toulin. The Count d'Artois will Ihort ly quit Ham, and join the Rovalifts in Brita nv. There will without doubt be an aflerii blage of Emigrants, who will form a nume rous army, and reinforce-that which is en tering into France. Cobletrtz, Nov. 23. We are in daily ex pectation of the arrival of 16,000 Pruilians. According to letters from Lorraine, the Frcnch have drawn a body of troops from the garri I'ons from Mezieres to Metz, to form an army of 40,000 men, which has a train of from 50 to 60 pieces of artillery. This army will march to the Rhine, and support the levy iir a mass of men, women and children. The women have 40 sous a day, and the children 15; They are going to publilh the third requisition througout France. Ollio'tlfs, Nov. 8. We received reinforce ments from the neighbouring departments, but most of them are without arms. Those whom we expert from Lyons begin to arrive but we (till are not strong enough to do any good agair.fl Toulon, formerly ccnlidcred as November 16. November 21 November 28. impugnable. Our advanced posts t(tc fre quently unguarded,. but this will be regulat ed better. The new redoubt ii aimnftfani li ed,'but we nnifr Juive a confide rahhi rcn fo cement before wo can undertake any tiling. 0 Monies, K'ov. *2. The patriots are dis pleased at,the tardiness of the operations be fore Toulon. Three months arc now elapsed fmce the commencement of the liege, awd nothing has been done; not one fort is in our power, or even a redoubt, except two or three which the Engliih would not take pof fellion of; th£ enemy, instead of abandoning any of their poftr., work with redoubled ardor in ere&lng new batteries, and fortifying themfelvcs on all iides. We have aimoit tiniihed our new redoubt which will fc<? mounted wit* pieces of cannon * but that will not do: we nruft get pQueftion of Cape Cepe, to prevent the ene my from receiving any succours ; and the are so conscious of the importance of that post, that they have fixed their camp there, which is protected by a re- doubt of 40 pieces of cannon. Turin, Nov. 2. General de Vins, we learn, is advancing with io y oOC men into Provence, towards the lea r from vhich he is only two leagues diftancc, General St. Andre still remains on the defenfive at Ber ga, where the enemy harrafs him perpetu ally. Our loss in the affairs of the 18 19th of october has been exaggerated, as it only amounted to I2men killed and taken; a mongffc the latter is Prince Marficonovo, son to tlie Neapolitan Ambafiador sit our court. Leghorn, Nov. 8. Yesterday the Forti tude and Lcviathin, two Engli.'h 74 gun ships ; the sincere, 04*24 guns ; and a Royal French frigate, of 40, failed for Toulon. They are under the command of Capt* Young, and have 1640 men onboard. They also a«. 4 as a convoy to some vefTels, and, amongst others, the Grand Duchess of Tuf cany, which is going to the Eatt Indies. Letters from Genoa inform us, that last week a number of barrels of gunpowder were found concealed at Porta Fanco, from which it was conjectured thrt some ill disposed per foil s had designs against the great magazines which are in that place. In consequence of this difcovary an Extraor dinary Council was held, the result of which was, that all strangers without exception, were ordered to quit the city and port of' Genoa, and a number of feluccas arrived here this morning with patfengcrs from that place. jßrujfehy Nov. 29. The city of Antwerp ' has followed the example of the other towns who have adhered to the requests of his Ma jesty. His Excellency the Miniller Pleni potentiary received the agreeable intelli gence last night. PARIS, Nov. 7, The Jews of Avignon, to put their money out of the reach of all requisition, had filled several coffins with it, which they daily went to bury in their burial ground. The people iiruck with the weight of one these convoys, entertained jfofpicions, and opened the coffin, which was found to be full of fpccie. In conse quence a narrow search was made in the burial ground, which produced a great quantity of gold and silver. November 22, A letter from Salicetti, representative of the people at Toulon, states, that the army is iricreafmg, and artillery and am munition arriving daily, and that they will soon be able to press Toulon with vi gour. November 26. The council of the commons of Paris have on the motion of Chaumette, resol ved, that to prevent fanaticifm, all the churehes and temples in Paris of every description shall be (hut; that the priests of all religions shall be responsible for any troubles that may be excited in Paris under the veil of religion ; and that whoever requests the opening of a church {hall be arretted as a fufpefttd person.— The convention furthermore was requeu ed to prohibit priests from exercinug any public function. We hear that a squadron of French fliips of war, are arrived in the Chefapeak after a (hort pafiage from Brest. It con fills of two of 74, 3 frigates of 44, and 18 guns. It is said that an officer from the Admiral, with dispatches for themi nifterof France, has arrived in town from Baltimore. We hear that Mr. De La Forest is arrived with the above fleet, and is come out as consul generalfor the United States —also that this armament is designed as convoy to the French merehant (hips des tined for France—We further learn that a commifiioner or commissioners are also arrived as above. The post from New-York which arri ved this day, brought no newspapers— this omission was occasioned by the large number of letters with which the port manteau was crouded. CONGRESS House of Reprrftrtalivei. February 18. The Pod-Office law was under difcuffi -611 this day in committee of the whole— an amendment propoling the redudion of the postage on newspapers, viz. on tholV carried to any dillance under an hundred mile», to half a cent, and those carried more than an hundred to one cent each— occasioned considerable debate—and was finally negatived, 44 to 40 —a motion for further reilrifting the privilege of franking was also negatived—the committee at lengrti rose and reported progreis- February 19. Sundrv reports and petitions were read and referred—among others a repot t from a feleft committee on a message from the President of the United States relative to the South Western Frontier—this report lecommends putting that quarter of the United States into a defeniive situation, and that the President of the United States be inverted with powers requisite for that purpose. A message from the President of the U nited States communicated a representati on from the chief juflice and the affociatc judges of the supreme court, relative ta defects in the judiciary system of the Unit ed States. Another meflfage from the President announced, that the a& for the relief of Thomas Jenkins and fon6, has received his approbation and signature. The report from the leleft committee, on the memorial of A. G. Frauncis, was taken up and agreed to by the House. The difcufiion of the report on the Poft-Office law, was finilhed in committee of the whole—agreed to by ths House— and a committee appointed to bring in a bill. The discussion of a report on the Ju diciary laws of the United States, engag ed the attention of the committee of the whole, till the time of adjournnrent. The fubjeft of the contested election of Mr. Gallatin, was further poflponed in the Senate of the United States, till to-morrow. SHIP NEWS. Yesterday arrived at Marcus Hook, tlie brig Betty, Capt. Pease from St. Thoma&'s. The schooner Neptune, Capr. Currie fioin St. Mark's—and the flooja Salem, Elkim, from New-York. The lhip Edward, Capt. Crandon, of Phila delphia, is arrived at Reedy-Island, from Pe terlbix gh and Elfincur. Arrivals—Sloop Nancy, Deaike, N. York Hetty, Wallace do. Farmer, Arno'd, do. CO Crito is unavoidably pojlponed till to-morrow. *** Gracchus, is received, andfkalf appear to -morrow if pojible. (£j* This Gazette Jhall be enlarged, as it receives encouragement—The Stibfcripiion encreafes daily—Advertising Favors arc folicited —These conjlitute an ejfential Item in dimini/hing the Debit fide of the Account. Philosophical Le£tures r By J. M. RAY. F H O M Edinburgh, lately from Paris, teacher of Hebrew, & c . languages, au thor of Comprehensive View of Philosophical, Political, and Theological Systems, from the creation of the world rothe present time, Sec. He Will begin this second course of Lectures Icbru ry 27th, at 6 o'clock in the evening, in the Friends' grammar school room, 4tk ftreer and will finilh it in a month.-*-The idea of it was fiig|»erted by some Ladies for the improve ment of the sex—but it is calculated for both sexes (of any age above childhood) whereby they will discover a new world in nature, concealed from others as a fine country i* from travellers in the night, and as the light, and the appearance of natute is from tlxr blind ; this will be a new fceneof enjoyment and delight, as that of feeing is to one born blind, and will teach them to acquire the pro per use of their faculties, as a child does thar of his limbs by learning to walk :-*-this will elevate them to a Philosophical region of sub- I me enjoyments and rational pieafnres, as much superior to the pleasures and amuse ments of others as a man is to n child in ftn. ture, and which will endure the (hock of ad vei fity, and notforfake them like others, is* -ffliftion arc! old age ; as the use and end of all real knowledge is practice and happiness, this course will tend to promote perfonul haj pinefs,.and fit lor the duties of fcrcu.fy, one part of it will be on the preservation ofhoalj;h of body and serenity of mind, without which riches can afford noenjoyment : those whoob fervi d the author's regimen,efcaped the Pcfti lential disease in the houf? were others died of it. To begin with an introdu&ory Lco* ture on the great benefits of Pl.ilotophy tw human life. Frb. ,9-
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