/
,mawJ ad naay gens as wa in his pow
er, though when the difpatcbes were
made op, all the returns of cannon
brought away had not been received, ami
therefore he was obliged to take a loole
e&mate of the commanding officer of
the artillery of what had been left be
hind, namely, 32, when in fact it after
wards appeared that 40 was the real num
ber.
Mr, Grey observed, that there wai no
imputation at all again!! Sir J. Murray,
but that nothing had been Hated which
took away the propriety of carre&ing
publicly an erroneous return which had
publicly been made. It was the firil I
time, he said, that Similar accounts had
been refilled. In former wars communi
cations of this kind were much more free
end abundant. He declared that he had
jio ways altered his opinion concerning
the motions he made for printing the
returns already obtained, and extracts
from the Gazettes. On those subjects,
and on the present, he thought th: fub
je(fl had a right to expe£t full and expli
cit information.
Major Maitland said a few words in re
ply, and expressed much fatisfaftion, that
Sir J. Murray had not adopted Mr. Pitt's
hint of {ilence. Should the motion be
negatived, the country, he /aid, was then
tounderftand.thatno.reliance could be pla
ced on any source of intelligence how au
thentic soever it might profefs to be.
The motion was then Dut and nega
tived.
I'HE ISLAND OF MARTINIQUE,
According to the best information receiv
ed ycfleruny in town, surrendered to the
British Troops without much reliftance. Thit
agreeable intelligence was indubitably con
firmed by the arrival of the Qneen Charlotte
Packet, at Falmouth, from the Leeward Is
lands, after a pallaire of thirty days.
The Queen Charlotte has dispatches da
ted the -ioth of February, about ten days
later than what we yesterday communicated
to the public.
April 4.
Lady Wallace has long since informed us,
on the authority of Dumourier, that the
King of Prullia never entered with sincerity
into the league agaiplt France, but solely
with a view of ruining the House of Auflria,
which, if efferted, would plaee him at the
head of the German Empire. The public
not seem to have plarwl much'.reliance
1 jn her Ladyfiiip's aflertion. But the event
is likely to prove that her information was
authentic.
The late King of Prufiia, after he had
conquered Silesia, secured it to himfelf by a
treaty with Maria Theresa, Queen of Hun
gary, and left his ally Louis XV. to prosecute
the war as he thought proper. « I have be
gun (laid he) a course of physic fqr mvfelf",
and I advile my quondam friends co do the
fame."
Whether the present King intends to diet
himfelf, after so much loss "of blood, we do
fortunately the solid and fubiftantlal motives
of confoiation, which relieved Frederic 11.
on his sick bed.
As some Literati of Paris, who were af
fcmbled at the bouse of a lady, frequently
mentioned the word « Pbibfopby," Jhe a/ked
them what fcrvke Philosophy had conferred
on the world.. « Madam,'* said the «le-
F ate , ? D AK '"" 1 . btrt ! hatfvt down the
I'otrjt of Prcju. ices.
Put What has fucceededlto that pretend
►ft A K"" d,c " ? Gaudy and the rank
tweeds, which now cover the hapny foil
M France. The extraordinary and calami
tous events which have marked the close of
the eighteenth century will demonstrate to
tne latest poftenty, that too much philoso
phy is no less hurtful than too little. France
knows it now to her own cost, and we Ihould
,1 V , n °T?- , . t . , °°' had k"* been for the
tunely and spirited exertions of Government.
dread with which the Despots
... Asia mfpire their fubjefls, or rather flares,
that .1 Grandee of the Court of Tfmahel
Siphia, lung of Persia, said, that he never
withdrew from his presence, without feeling
with both hands whether his head was lliTl
upon his fhonldtrs!
' Wliert we calculate the average number
of the persons now imprisoned, eithf on
fufpicicn or for criminal attempts, in the
Department of Paris alone, we may fa rly
estimate that number at 12,000. If-the other
Departments have their proportion, there
Ihould be in France about 800,000 prisoners,
whose property has been confifcated by the
late Decree refpetf ing persons apprehended
on suspicion of not being the partizans of the
Revolutionary Government. Now, when
■when we calculate the number of their heirs
the modertte ratio of two to one, we (hall
find that the Convention, by one dalh of the
pen, has devoted 1,600,000 persons to abso
lute ruin.
MAJOR RENNELL.
This gentleman, unquestionably the best
.** eographer of his time, is at the present pe
riod busily employed in preparing a map of
. I Syria, in which labour he has been afiiifcd
; j by the reneiaMe Niebuhr. There is no good
: j map of Syria. T%at of D'Anviile is cer
j tainlv theoeft; but is acknowledged by tile
1 j nsoft competent judge® to -be exceedingly in-
J accurate.
Mr. PALMER.
j A life of this unfortunate gentleman, with
| observation« on his various writings, is laid
] to be preparing by Mr. Wakefield. Mr.
I Palmer is poUefled of considerable abilities
{ and learning, and is remarkable for his ciiti
| cal acuteueis ill matters relating to philolo-
J ST
PHILADELPHIA;
I MAY 31.
I Yesterday a man and horse were browned
j at the lower Ferry—there were two men and
j three horses attempting to pass at the fame
j time—and it was with great difficulty that
I one of the men and two of the horses were
I saved.
We hear that in consequence of some of
j the late western intelligence, a draft of mili- !
j tia was ordered out by the Governor, to '
j reinforce the State Troops—but, it appears '
j that in consequence of a communication be
tween the President of the United States and
J the Governor, the orders for the draft have
I been revoked by the latter.
The tide on Thursday was higher in
onr river by three inches'than it has been
known to be by the oldest inhabitant*!.
have been filled with it, and
I goods to a considerable amount damaged,
j ffie wind also, on the night of Wednes
day, did some injury along the wharves.
I Doctor Priestley failed in the (hip
j Sanfom, Capt. Smith, for New-York,
in company with the Pigou, from LOll
- don.
J From Correspondents.
J It has been published, that Spain has
I acknowledged the Independence of Fiance ;
j this amounts to nothing—for it may be
j truly affirmed, that the French have been
j an independent people for ages—and at
J the present moment, are indubitably the
j mojl independent nation on earth. The
j recognition of the Republic is the delide-
J ratum.
I Although the feceflion of the ICfng of
j Prufiia, from the League against France,
i is positively aflerted in many paragraphs in
i I the London Papers, and it is an event,
■ I perhaps highly probable, yet it is to be
: I noticed, thit no official ttateicent of the
I bufmefs has appeared.
J Some particulars re/petting HEBERT who
was lately beheaded at Paris.
I His fate filrniihes the world with ano-
I ther instance of human viciflitude. Of ob
scure birth—little can be said that would
mtered our readers of thatrpart of bis life
previous to the Revolution. Nor indeed, j
till the appearance of a small periodical !
paper entitled le Pere du Cher.c. Though
I he was avowedly the author among his owu
friends, he was politic to remain unknown
I to the world, pending the violent struggles
I of the aristocrats and their opponents
J but after the king's flight to Varennes, it
I was then no longer prudence to remain in
j secret. The inflammatory purport of this
paper tended much to aggravate the ha
tred of the people of Paris against that
I unfortunate monarch, whose iotereft now
I among his best friends began visibly to de
-1 cline. Its language was calculated for that
description of society yclept la canaille—
replete with low ribaldry, obfeenity and
I what is vulgarly termed Jiang. Judge of
such expreflions as " Le Pere de Chene
bougrement en colere."—" Lesjean f. .-
tres des Gardes du Roi."—" A bas ma
dame Vetoet le cochon."—" Jc dis, que
les vrais Sans-Cu!ottes font le peuple de
Paris, f. . tre," &c. See. At this time he
was fvbjlitutc of the commune, a place of no
inconliderable consequence, ajnd had the
the reputation of being a patriot as enrage
as any in the republic; notwithstanding
which, he was either envied or fufpe&ed,
and was imprisoned. Chaumette procu
reur de la commune was his friend ; he
harangued the people who had airembled
round the prison, and declared that he
would forfeit his head if Hebert was not
the founded republican in Paris: he was
soon after liberated, and was led to the
people, who in these cases are sometimes
judges. Chaumette embraced him with
tears of joy trickling down his cheeks,
j which was followed by ]oud acclamations,
■1 and the innocence of the Pere du Chene
was proclaimed throughout Paris.
Who can believe that the rMn, who had
so much inflamed the minds of tlit people
against t heir Sovereign, wlio was one wliofe
occupation was to discover fufpe&ed or
■ guilty persons, who was supposed to be
I one who winked at the maffacrcs, and who
was publicly declared the founded repub
licau in Paris, lhotild at last be convicted
of conspi racy against (he republic, and fuf
fer un<Jer the fatal axe of the guillotine!
A TRAVELLER.
3 lft May, 1794.
Ffom the London Morning Chronicle of
April 4.
General Santcrre is arretted and fait to
the Gonciergcrie.
An elegant silver inkstand, with the
following inscription, was presented on
Wedn/ffday last' to Do&or Prieftky, by
three young gentlemen of the Universi
ty of Cambridge:
| "To JOSEPH PRIEST LET, D.
I D. (J:, on his Departure into Exile, from
! a few Members of the Univerfoy of Cam
bridge, tvho rgret that this exprejton of
ii'vir ejieem should be occqfoned Ly the In
gratitude of their Country."
THEATRE.
OBSERVER No. XIX.
Mr. Fen no, k
1
EAST evening we had Shakefpcar's ce
• lebrated Comedy, called, As ycu l-.ke it. Mr.
Crtaliners 111 .he character of Jaquts, ex
hibited tbe inimitable beauty, elegance and
strength of the author's ideas, in a more
, maiterly and finking manner, than even Mr.
Chalmers himfelf, has ever done before.
Mr. Marlhall in his Comic difleftation on
Hobby Horses, acquitted himfelf wkh great
propriety, and received a very just tribute of
applaiile.
it would be needless to mention Mis. Mar
ihaj and Mr, Bates, who nave defervtdiy
gained the moll unlimited confidence of a
decerning public, were it not, that their per
formances of last evening, exceeded, tlife moll
sanguine expectation.
Miss Willems and Mr. Cleveland, are
desired to commit their parts to memory; an
indulgent cannot always keep in
dulgence in exercise, when repeated negledts
occur, and when the prompter's lungs and
their own ears are in danger, from the ne
ceJ.ary bellowing of sentences to help out
theft Jctors, who might obtain applaiile, in-
Itead of eenfure, by greater diligence in get
ting up their parts.
1 he Obi'erver is bound in juflice to men
tion Mr. Moreton ; he has prodigioully" im
proved since the commencement of the pre
l'ent season ; in the two characters of Orlando
and Peregrine Forrejhr, lift evening, too
much cannot be laid in his favor, and ae
a general performer, this gentleman bids
fair, for a reputation equal, if not luperior
to any in America; if he cannot equal the;
•Tragic dignity and strength of a Fennel, or
the fcnifted commanding air and exprellion
of a Chalmers, or yet the infinite humor
of a Hates : lie certau.ly partakes lb hapi>; v
in a composition of all, and this, managed
with flic it tromkg modesty and grace, that
truth fauft rank Him in the moll meritorious
clafe of Theatric performers.—lt is imcere
ly wished, he may have a benefit night, at
which he wiil unquestionably receive proofs,
of the approbation and attachment of a dis
cerning and generous public.
May 31.
Congress of the United States.
House of Representatives.
.. Ma y 30.
Mr. Murray, moved for a committee to
report a bill for the collection of a duty of
one cent per ton on all veflels entering' the
diftritfl or Baltimore, for the support of a
Health Office. He read an ail past by the
Legiilatiire of Maryland, at their lait l'effion,
and explained the general objeil of their ar
rangements on this fubjedf—A committee
was appointed, viz. Mr. Murray, Mr. Arm
firongand Mr. Hunter.
Saturday, May 31.
Mr. Murray, reported a bill for the col
lection of a duty on velfels from foreign
voyages, .entering the diftriit of Baltiinoi e,
for tJie purpoie of supporting a Health Of
fice, agreeably to an udt of the Letfillature
of Maryland.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
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Schr. Experiment, Barton, Savannah
Sloop Virginia, Seguine, Norfolk
A PLAIN COOK.
WAN I Ei) a middle aged /lugie Woman,
unde' Hand, p Cooking; to lucli a ontf
the bejl <ivag:s w.li be given.
■ Apiiy t the* Printer.
31 lot
> * * <?nfWn naaib doeyeft<?r<fay unci
- to day, are not arrived —The loutliem mail
is in, but brought #o Newlpaper*.
I „
J jo C■orrefpvndcnls.
flints, or Materials Jkc. n -—contain, what
appear to be perfbnal aliufioris of an objecti
onable cast Weiubmit it tooiir rorrefpond
ent whether the cui bcno will not apply
with too modi force to some of his remarks
to jaftify their publication.
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Ac. 117 i north SecondJirect.
M *y dtf
Guthrie's Geography improved.
THE subscription lor this work nn the ori
ginal ti mis, of i welve Hollars and tlie bind
ing, will be cioifd this day—and on Monday
rlie <uh r cnj*ion will open at fourteen dollars,
exc!ufive of the price of binding.
T!ie new maps added to this" edition are
twenty one ; among « hicli are those of New-
Hanpfhire, Maffacbufetts, Conneaicut,
Rliode-Uland, Vermont, New York, New
Jerfeyy Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia, Kentucky, -North Carolina, the
Teneilt-c Govetnineut, South Caiolii ?, and
Georgia. Thele maps have never been givin
in any former fjrftem of Geography, and, it
is hoped, would alone be fufficient to entitle
i his work to a preference to any other edition
of Guthrie.
N. ij. The map of the United Sates,
wh cii is Compiling by Mr. S imuel Lewis,from
the refpeilive state maps, wi.J be far nlo r e
complere than any one yet publifiicd, and be
printed on two large (heets of paper, nearly
the tizc of the late Mr, Murray's map.
May 31 ' A
A Journeyman Printer,
Enquire ac No. U, north Fifth street.
May Jt j t
NEW THEATRE.
Airs. Worrell's Nichf.
On MONDAY EVENING,
June 2.
Will be presented,
A COMIC OPERA, called
Lionel and ClarilTa;
OR,
The School for Fathers.
Sir John Flowerdale, Mr. Whidock
Col. Oldboy, Mr . Bates
Jeuamy, Mr. Moreton
, r lon<1 » Mr. MarihaU
Harman, Mr. Cleveland
3 Jenkins, Mr- X) atk
f Servants, Meflrs. Darlty, jun. Blii
s sett, and J. Warrell
r Lady Oldboy, Mrs. Shaw
£■ ClarilTa,(with additional songs) Mrs.
r ° Warrell
1 Diana, Mrs. Oldmixon
r Jenny, Mils Willems
Eiidol 2d a&, a HORNPIPE,, by Malttjf
i T. Warrell.
t End of the Opera, a new Comic Pastoral
s Ballet, coiUjpofed by Mr. Francis, called
- L'Amour trouve les Moyens ;
Or the ,
; FRUITLESS PRECAUTION.
By Mon». Belona, Mr. Bliffett. Mr. Dar'ey
jun. Matter T. Warrell, Mr. I'rancis»Mrs.
De Marque, anu Madame Cardie.
To which will beidded,
A FARCE, never performed here, written
by John O'Keefe, Esq. author of the
Poor Soldier, Agreeable Surprize, &c.
called
Modern Antiques ;
O R,
The Merry Mourners.
Cockletop, Mr. Frahcig
F rar >k, Mr. Green
W». Mr. Bates
ISa P k,n > Mr. Buffet
Heaitv, Mr. De Moulin
Thomas, Mr. Wat reU
Mrs Cockletop, Mrs. Shaw
Mrs. Camomile, Mrs. Rowfon
Belinda, Mrs. Cleveland
£^ an ' Mrs. Francis
F lounce » Mrs. Bates
®s"y- Mils Rowfon
Tickets to be had of Mrs. Warrell, No.
31, north Seventh iireet. At the usual
places, and of Mr. Franklin at the Theatre,
where places may be taken.
Alio at the Library.
,° n ,Sfl' t i , : ,rj F' ! y of ROMEO
and JLLIET, with the ROMP, for the
benefit of Mrs. MARSHALL
Mr. Darley's Night will be on Friday.
Places m the Boxes to betaken at tl,e Box-
Office of the Theatre, at any hour from nine
in the morning till three o'clock in the after-- .
noon, cn the day of performance. Tickets
to be lud at the office near the Theatre at/
V' e s°™" of «*th-ftreet,and at Carr & Co'*.'
MuUcal kepofitory, No. iaj,
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