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rEtt dUANTITV-DOLLARS XT 100 y
Dolls. Cts. a i
" AtJCHOnS, pr.B,. » ,3 «
-— A,: Z*txK:i. 11 - v "- rr f'f" rlh ' 2 n
r n,til> OH, Unfed, per gall- 1 3> W
4rrr.cl, * r ratio*,. -—ditto, per caje," 9 (
2Kk«, Shtvlitr.tr.-a. 10 Swel, b'ft, ■» t
, Ftittkes, 13 »'PPr' r lax K 10
common, X 60 ditto bajkets, II
-Comae, »>*s bttles, 7 '
Hmfcih.'ferttH, 80 Spermaciiiprgall I 06 f
Uriels, fur M. 7 Train,per bbl. IS y
Br ar, Jbip, per cwi. 6 Whale ,jer gal. 40 a
Sit/o, pilot 9SO P cri < r P" '"J l ' 7 • 3P 1
' Ditto, fmatt' -water .London, IjO •
<Vr keg, 9° ——American do. bott. I
B/er, American, in lot- ,nc " 1 • V
tie,, per dozen, lot- Pitch-, per HI. 4 u
ties included, I 60 Port, Burlington, per
Ditto, per barrel, 6 . barrel, 19 *» »°
Boards,CedarjerMfctt 30 19
3° * Carolina, 16 C
Mw England.jfiJa- Peas; Albany,, pr buffs. 93 t
- -mil, 26 Pepper, pert!,. 3« r
' Merchantablepine, 28 Pinrento,' 14
i/o. l 8 Raiftns, bess per leg XI
Mahogany,pr foot Ditto per jar, 6
The above are th /ha/lop Ditto per box 8 !:
prices, for the yard Rice, per c-wt. 5 V
price pr-ec, add idol- Rofm )>er barrel J S° fl
tar, $3 cents, pr M. Rum, Jamaica, pr £al. I 67
trim/lone in rolls, per Antigua I 54 *
cru t, 1 iS I iViudward I 40
Beef, Bofion, per ill.Il"al6 Barbados I *7 li
Country, ditto f- 4 Country, N. E. 97 e
Frejh'cwt. J" 8 Saltpetre, per c-wt. $0 g
Butler per lb. l 8 a JO Saffafras, per ton
in kegs 14 Sio '» 60
, Candles Sperm, per tb. 56 Steel, German, per lb. 14 v
—Englijh, lliji.pr c-wt. 1Z 24 j f,
■ Myrtle Wax iO —American, per ton 1,33 33 2
i Afou/i /a/W 18 to 19 —Cro-wleysipr faggot f
, Dipped IS finale root, per lb. 35
Cheefc, Englijb, per lb. 1% Soap, brown per lh. 12
Cbocotatf*" * V il
CmMWM 66 S< «" A ■ , 14 t
Cloves X 50 Snuff,pr doz bottles JO n
Cocoa, Per cwt. 18 Spermaceti refined pr li.
■ Coffee, per lb. »J '» I? Sfli/ e/o ' A . #»•
Coal, per bujbel, 30 54° 1, per yard, 33 b
topper as, per cut. 3 80t10n,N0.1,d0., 3°' t
Cordage, American, per _____ N0.1,d0. t
cwt. 16 a 18 Sigtar, lump, per li. 15
Cott™, per U. 33 I' 4° Loaf, Jingle "f 2 7
Currants 10 Siito double ditto
Dud, Russia, per piece, 15318 Havannah, -white 20 f
Jai/CTj II 50 Ditto brown 16 t
Dutch Sail Dud 14 —Mufcovadop.fiwt.ixiti 67 f
Feathers, per lb. 66 /»</«, /r.
//a*, ditto XX c-wt. 14 66
Flaxfccd, per bujlel X Sp. Turpentine pr gall. 66 E
Flour, Sup. per U. 10 50 i 11 a//«CT, />r 66
950 aIO —Liverpool 56 c
middlings, bell, 8 IO —C.;Ji* 60
——i- , 7»A'an 433 *66 t—LiJhn 63 .
A'tto 4 S3 i 66 Si// builfing IP, 0.
f-ufft'l- 3 J O4 4 frames per ton 11 67 i
Fujlic per ton, 15 D!tto Llvc 0ai > * 6 1
<?/«, Holland per cafe, '7 50 Do. Red Cedar prfoot -
D». I 93 Shingles 18 inches,pr
Glue, per lb. xi M. 4
Ginger,-whilerace,perevitl% Ditto 1 feet 9 14
jC',7/0, ccmmon 16 X>i'«o 3/«< 16 1
Ditto, ground 14 Staves, pipe pr 1000, 60 J
Ginseng, per li. 30 -white-oaihogshead 45 33 (
Gutpo-wder, cannon,per ——^Red-oak ditto 28
? r. 23 iftjfan 26 33
Ditto, fine glazed, 28 Barrd 30
Grain,Wb'atprbujhl.SCal Heading 44 , 1
Ry, 1 v Skins Otter, beHpr piece 3 33 i
__ Oats, 60 —Mints 26 1
—Indian Corn, 90 1 93 -—ft*, grey to <0 5 4
Barley, I 10 —Ditto red X 20
bejijbclleipr.lt. —Martini 50
1, 1 Bucl-wheat per —Fitcrs 5 7
75 3
Rams, pr.lb. *3 —Racoons 6e
Himt, imported, per 37
1 3®o —Beaver, per lb. 162
American, per lb. 10 —Deer, in hair 25 i 33
Herrings, per bbl. 6 Tar, N. f ess. H gall.
Hides, raw pr. lb. Sto 9 per bit.
Hops, 10 —Carolina, $lgal!. IJO
Hog/head hoops per M. Turpentine, per bbl. 320
Indigo, French per lb. 167 Tobacco, J. River beji
— Carolina, X ICO/tS. "J a %
Irons, fad pet ton 133 33 ~-P;tcrfhurg ba6 JO
Iron, castings per cwt. 4 3a 5
—Pennfylv.bar f caret Georgia 6a 7
120 4116 67 Carolina 4 a 5
Russia per ion 97 Tea Hyson, per li. Xto %
./>;£ 32 —Jim, '83
—Sheer, 224 33 —Svuekong, , I*ll3
iVaiV rods, 133 33 —Congo, .JO
Junk per c-wt. $ —Bohea, 35
Lard, bogs per lb'. 14 Tallow, refined, per lb. 14
Lead in pig!, per cut. J33 Tin, per box 16 50
m Mfj, Manilla, per lb. 10 a 24
awhile, 13 33 Verdigreafc, do. X
9 Vermillion, 1 50
Leather, foal per lh. 11 Varnish, per gallen,
Lignum viti£ per ton, 24 IVax, Bess, per lb. '33
Log-wood, 40 Wbale~bznc,long,pr lb. 12
Mace, per lb. 12 limine, Madeira pr p. 226
ATackarcl, beji per bbl li ——Lifoon, la 6
—feco'id quality 8 . ——' —Tcneriffe ,prgal. 80
Madder, beji per lb. IO Fay at, 67
Marble wrought pr foot 60 Port per pipe 150
Mast /"pars ditto 60 —■ —Do. in bott.pr doz
Molajjes,pp r gall. 56362 —Claret,perenji 4o/050
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——flour, in bottles doz. X 20 ——Malaga, 84
pel dozen, I 20.
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Public schools. ur
' No. VII. . , {a [
TT has been insinuated in the papers (hit the dm
•j K,,r sihfurd as i' is, there are lomc peiions
1 who'really do,' or pretend to believe in its exiilence. tnl
They fay these schools will be transformed into po- t.Ol
SS., i" which dodlrines w,llbe: .ncu ca- tab
tedon U,c vouvhful mind entirely subversive of all
those principles cn which the peace and J ° opt
civil society in the Un.ted States depend. That, ftrc
in the remote lettlements of th. state efpec.ally, eve
5 persons will probably Se employed as inftruftois eve
who are unfriendly to the government of «he umon pie
' and of the of thetv.ld theones of fra
3 levelifm and infubordinattar, who from an excess; of fan
zeal common to peliticalinnovators and enthu.iads, noi
. will exert themselves to maice proselytes to their a j
ophiions, and thus lay a foundation for infurrec- ler
tions and anarchy. Sc far am 1 f.om accecmg to fpi
the juffnefs of these th:>t the conie- ouj
quences to be expe&ed appear to me to'be diredtly to
5 the r.veife. Consult the hiltory of all partial infur- the
! reflions, and it will be found that the mass of peo- •
1 pie concerned in them, have been uninformed and tat
illiterate, and consequently proper machines in the tic
hands of a few crafty uuprinctpfcd demogogues to ,th<
vyoi k mifchief. Credulous, suspicious and ignorant, on :
5 flattery, llanders,and fallhood inflate their vanity, toi
, gratify their spleen and dupe their judgments, hai
5 This is the fiKeefsful routine of djforganizers, who Ai
' litft deceive and then- betray thof;, who for want of mc
education are always ready to relit the laws when- ou
ever their numbers inspire 'them with confidence of rat
fucctfs. It is general ignorance that renders go- jut
[ verr.ment precarious, life, liberty and property in- I -
1 fecurc. Public schools Ihould not be political the
! academies. The design is to place within reach of ap]
every citizen, even the poorefi. in the common- .en
, wealth, such an education for his children as may
; JxJjxza equal participate
'■ in the advantages of a advan- ann
[ tages cannot be Justly 0T duly appreciated by an ig- mi
> norant people, and consequently will never be priz- cei
ed or aflerted tby them. There is an impaflable fp
5 barrier between ignorance and knowledge wherever
3 \ they I —while an enlightened community voltin- ed
tarily supports the laws-—the obedience of the ig- ga
' norant is the work of compulsion. to
iti the commencement of the business of public to
3 schools a few simple objefts'will be'found fufficieut hi
to engage the whole attention of tke children— hi
' reading, writing and arithmetie wil! form a series
j of avocations that will allow of no spare time for K;
5 political lectures.
f> These will be the primary objedls in the infancy n{
® of the inftitation—and it is not hazarding much to
0 fay that if the plan" of public schools Ihould be
3 formed embracs a more complex system, thofc ; n
7 schools will never be eftablilhed, the whole business ] 0
will be airefted at the threshold, and be rendered jjj
abortive.
Altho'it is'my opinion public schools ought not w
j to be conSituted political, seminaries, yet in a Re- t ;
public i' would be the grofleft absurdity to sow the j,.
.feeds jof djfafiisAloa gov lit!- -
3 country in the minds of the rising generation. To ( j e
prevent so fatal an abtife of the wifeCt inftitation
3 ever projeded by the human unde/ltanding for the
preservation of freedom, cate must be taken that the t(
3 in(lru£lors (liall be in principle and conduct, friends c ;
to the constitution of the TJ. S. attached to this w
£ country in prefeiencc to all others. t )
E
7 ■' 0
e CONTINUATION OF ci
7 • • n
2 Foreign Intelligence.
FRANCE. I
° — h
0 COUNCIL OF FIVE HUNDRED. 0
h
O 2 1 FttAIRIAL, JUNE g. n
The death of Ltfage of the Eure and Loire e
Was annouiTced. This melancholy intelligence was
3 received with much regret. ■ \h
3 Froger, Fhilippe Dslleville, and Dumolard, all it
Members of the Council, complained of having tl
: 4 been atrefted in the night by some officers of the h
;o police, who, notwithllauding their characters of S
National Representatives, carried them before the n
Central Committee, under a pretext that they were e
>0 Ex-Conventionalists, and fubjeft to the law of the i'
. ? 21 It Floreal. v p
[2 Montmayou said, that there exifte'd a Mandat a
d'amener (order to appear) againlt him ; that ths' v
measure was something more than mere contempt, si
6y it was a maafure of malevolence, and therefore he 1
jo moved, that the leals (hould be immediately put .
upon the regitteri of the central bureau. r
Dumolard moved, that the constitution (hould »
not be'departed from, and that information (hoold I
be obtained from the directory, of the measures that f
->• had been taken to repress the attack, and to prose r
cute the anthors. J
Taliien decbred, that for a month there had
a been mouchards ffpies) attached to the deputies,
oft a . tiiey penetrated into the mod private par- t
e ft ties of the deputies. He denounced as Roya'iiits i
and correspondents of the Princes, several principal 1
• chiefs of the police. He- added, «I f« w i th c
grie'i 'hat for the last ihree months a reaction has ]
>te been operating."
Ih" 1 W = tnuftnot brf surprised at this, since at the !
he r , P ohceisa Baron de Batz, and by the] t
tide oi that man, one DefTouville the agent of A- f
° f mar, who, under the reign of Terror, proscribed I
the Patriots. Since such men have pHfll-ffed.au- i
ng thorny, the energetic Republicans have been pro ;
b.. scribed. Every where, I fay, the reaSion is pre- i
"y paring, and— r -
I allien was here interrupted by the mod violent 1
agitation 1B the Council. A croud of membeu ]
lexpref.cd by loud cnei and geltures, the indignati
on which they felt at Taliien, and at, his accufati- I
onsagaicA the go vera meet, « a time wh.n muck t
VT,-nri Tjiin.Jtfrtfi Doulcet, .ar
fermentraion exn,.v. t . - • , ■ n
Cadroy,TisusTj&vnd L:v.baudeau, to the tn 1
bune and def.re «o be heard. Sever, p.her members D
surround Tallien, reproach hi*. with .us pa.t con- w
dua, and his eternal contradictions : in. lucuffive
attachments to all partus, and his raily .ng pom .
which he is endeavoring now to prefcnt to those
' whose leaders are under the hand of the law.
Tallien all this time remained tranquil in the
tribune, in the midit of alnlolt d.fapproba
tion and general tumult. At .ength filcnce was e -
tab!i(bed by the Prudent. r , , W
I Tallien in continuation—" 1 have declared my
• opinion ; 1 move myfelf that men who ™J o df
, ftroy the constitution be prosecuted. Tor the reft,
, every man has a right to date what he thinks of the
; events that are passing. If my advice docs not
i please, I ihall.be refuted ; with refpeft to myfelf, I th
t stall speak what I think in this tribune with the in
" fame courage that I have evinced "> circumftanc-j
, not'lefs perilous for the public weal. I know that
• a public man ought to despise calumny, and pre- £
. serve silence upon it ; but When he fees the puo it fh
» spirit enfeebled, and national liberty m danger,..he
■ ougflt to make an appeal to all patriots, and to lay an
• to them " Rally round those who have founded ov
- the Rjpublic;" ' ' A
- • It is at this moment in which an attack is rncdi-
I tated againlt the National Representation, and par
i ticularly againll the peifons of those who have had
) ,the pourage to brave-the dorms of the Revoluti
, on, of those who spoke when others held theii
, tongues ;of those men whose undisturbed courage
has braved and surmounted the united forces of
) Aridocracy, Royallfm and litis in this
f moment that opinions ought to be disclosed with- 1
- out being exposed to the charge of being a confpi
f rator, as was done by those who furrouoded me
• jtift r.pw. I leave the Tribune :o those men, and a
• I hope that in the midst of the reproaches which
1 they mij call upon me.—(Violent murmurs of dif
f approbation, prevented Tallien from finifhing his cc
• sentence.) _ "
He concluded in the following manner :
: " 1 support the motion of Dumolard, because I
am convinced that if the threads of the attack, com
- mitled upon the persons of our Colleagues, be tra- P
• ced out, we {hall discover a more dangerous con- P
: fpiracythan that from which we have juftefcaped.'' 1
r (Tallien,, fays the Eclair, feetned, as he deliver- !
- ed the foregoing speech, to be no longer the ele- J r
- gant husband of thc.handfome Cabarras. He came
to the Council on foot, contrary tq his ufugl cuf- c
c torn ; his dress was negligeut, his hair unpowdered,
t his air disturbed, his visage pale ; every thing about
- him concentrated the attention of the Council.) c
s Some voices tailed out for the,printing of'Tal- c
r Hen's speech. (Violent murmurs.)
Thibadeau.—" It belongs not to us .to pro
y nounce upon the intentions of the central Bureau— c
° whethet it was'guilty of simple contempt, or whe
|. e ther its conduit was the consequence of intrigue, c
,c imports us little to know at this moment. It be- j.
k longs to the Tribunal to examine and decide.—l.. ,
therefore fnppoit Dumolard's motion.
«' But the dignity of the Council requires that
)l we should not leave unanfvvered thofe'truly wvalo.
tionary declamations, wliich, I know not for what, t
' e have found a place in *? .oatufST The
time is j>a(t in whicli an audaeious falfhood repref
° 1 fed a timid truth. , £
n " What does Tallien pretend to by those abun- <
lc - daut reproaches and fabl£s which he has presented t
!e to you ? He' speaks of a re adtion, when the good
: ' 3 citizens have fcareely loft fight of those daggers
ls with which the Brigands threatened tbem ; when,
the plots oi the aecomplices of Robtfpierre and
Babceuf, every <day deltroyed, are every day te- 1
- oewed ; when they ate making every effort so save )
their Chiefs, wlio have been arrelted in their Com- ,
mittees of Revolt, and. with all their papers that t
attclt theii dreadful plot, and its imme-nfe ramifica
tions. The agents of these wretches are every
where ; every where are are they active; every
where do. they conspire to obtain the authority that
has been wrested from them, and yet we hear talk i
of a re-adtion. People think they fee it (n the :
hopea of the good citizens.—Their joy is even
made matter of accusation, and the intentions of <
the victims are calumniated by theeagernefs difplay
re ed to juftify Ae executioners.
as " Yes, we mult reveal it to all France; there
1 ihas been a re-adtion, it has been long and terrible •
ill it Hill lads, it menaces us with new llavery. It is
lg the work of that execrable fadtion, which, after
be having bathed itfelf in the torrents of the, blood of
of September, ib again found wherever a crime re
he mains tobe committed it is the fame faction that
re eredted its empire upon the dead bodies in the pri
he lons ; it is to retain that empire, that from that
> period it has never ecaied\ to precipitate all the
at movements of the revolution ; to have recorufe one
ha- while to inttigue, another while to maffiicre ; te
,t, flatter or oppress the people, to caress Or fucceffive
he ly to aKafiinate the different parties, ever indiffer
ut ent to the inilruments it makes use of, and the
means which it employs, provided that it preserves
ild its power; it js that fadtion which, on the 31ft of
'Id May, served to decimate ihe Convention. En
,at flnve us, No, No, the fadtion of September shall
f c . never euflave us." (A great number of Members,
No, No.)
ad The motion of Dumolard was adopted,
es, Rouyer.—■' lam charged by your commission
ar- to acquaint you, that this night the conspirators
il.s intended to ea.rry into execution the plots that you
pal had leen organized for several days past. Thev' had
rth circulated a report that the' two Councils and the
las Directory were about to quit P_r{, . an d t hey even
mentioned the day of their departure, and the ilace
:he of their retreat (Fontainbleau); but lam happy
•he, to fay that meafuresate taken to unmallc their dc
a Their place os-rallying was in. the Vert.
>Ed street ; it was from thence they were to disperse
ju- I into the diffeient fedtions. The signal was, "To
ro arms ! To arms! let ms (Ig\j the roguesVtnean
re- ing the Direaory and the Legislative Body.) ~20
or 25 persons, dressed in the habits of Reprefenta
cnt tives, were to animate the difaffeded, and to im
eit pose on the people.
iti- «« Their place of rallying i t now io the Faux-
S«. Antoine. There they expert the fee
,c of oraviUiera, FjifiHerre, and others, who
. m
ire to force other citizen's to march with *1 , *
The Committee, afiures you of the wifdorn uf'flT
Dire&ory, and the good disposition of jhe ' " '
who will soon restore tranquillity."
Ah ! ah ! exclaimed several members.
Philadelphia,
SATURDAY EVENING, August J 7 .
married] On Thursday last, by the R e . n:*
White, Mr. Richard Bavley to Mlfs Has/,, 0 ? "
Whitesides, both of this city. "
IMAGINATION.
If the following article (hould appear in a Fren h
nswfpapcr, and Aould chancc to escape the contempt of
the Eurepean public, it would be difficult to excuiv.
from the ridicule of the world :
..
* Paris, Augufl jo.
» Yesterday arrived at Havre the ithip Columbia, Cant
Cornplanter, from Philadelphia—ln her came paffeiio cr \
Citizen Paschal; from whom we are very happy t0 lear '
that the United States are by no means offefidcd ■
'having made treaties with the despots of Prussia, Spa n
and' Sardinia; aftd that our fears of their interference in
our projeded treaty ef amity and commerce with Algiers
is unfounded; for (jlitizen Ptfcha: allures us, that"the
American government do not confidcr the French repub. "
lie as. a colony of the United States." [Cel. Cwtirul.] '
COMMUNICATIONS. '
the tyrants of France, with Robefpierrt
at their head, were exercifipg their revolutionary
vengeance <>n the people «f that country, the •
fiiendsof Liberty and Humanity, not only in En.
rope but in America, united in execrating the mon*
fters who perpetrated those cruelties; and at the
fame time disapproved of that Cor.ftitution under
which such sanguinary scenes could be faniftioned.
A\ that time there were not warning those in this
country Who juflified under the pl?a of " imperi.
ous necessity," those infernal tranfa&ions, and rfiout
ed to the flcies what the 'real oMrjiti rif France ?
term the sanguinary code, the ConflTtution of '93.
Since the overthrow of the Jacobin faction, the 4.
proceedings of the Frcnch government have been
over almost without a single compliment on
1 the part of their former eulogists ; nay, so far from
this, the fall of Robespierre has been more than
indire&ly lamented, and the present Conftitutioa
has heen damned by the " firft praise" of our "ex.
clufive patriots."
The lats nefarious cotifpiracy against the Frcnch
' CdnftitutioTV, is reprefentcd as a bulinefe of vcrvin
confiderable importance, and the principal perfcni
concerned in it (though mem rs of the litoCou.
vention, eledled by tfte people) are reviled as men
of no influence or abilities. Si
How far this representation agrees with the ac
" counts published by the government of France, it
* is unneceflary to fay. Had the confpiratwS [tie
• ceeded, it is fairly iff be presumed that they would
have had a different character; our " tfxckifive pi.
triots" d 11bbed theni thefaviors of their
country.
' The present Conditution of Fianccis wttie Ja
-111. .tort. V, wfrfrt -tftc- fem»(i4*ivUoii of
> the United States is to oui's—their averfioa.
e • _
The Executive Directory of France-have tetra.
Ed the late conspiracy " a terrible plot." The
" " exclusive patriots" of the United States deny
this.
i
1
n s HEW A S—
j I don't care a cent what he was—l wish to knovr
what he is. T?eople like the Americans, who sfl'efi to
despise ancestry, ought not to use the past tepfe con
c c.ei ning charailer. What fignifies it, if Miss
'• was married to common sense ten years ago, I know
t that nvui the poor girl is a widow.
I_ [Ainner t Weekly Afufcum^
y - ii
y
it The drought in some parts of the Eastern (Utfi
k is so severe, that the pasturage is totally deftroved;
e and farmers are feeding their cattlc un hay. The
n firli crops were abundant, but the maize will be
if cut (hurt by the draught. ¥
r- [New Tori Paper..]
— —■ —
•e Publi/hed by T. STEPHENS, No. 60, South Secod
; r A'eet. J •, I
" The Group;
;r , Or, An ELEGANT REPRESENTATION
ILLUSTRATED.
Embeiliftied with a beautiful head of
at S. VERGES, C. 5".
i~ r publiiher thinks it a mark of refped, due to a
a t X liberal and enlightened public, to inform them that
K this is the Poem for the publjihing of which he hasbeco
»twice dragged from his house, and is nferyr laboring under
lc a vexatious prosecution. He is conscious that the piece
tc contains nothing cither criminal or offeufive, nnlefs on*
C- ginal wit, decorated in elegant language, ba criminal or
r . dlfgufting to the prevalent tafle ; and, a's he trufU that
neither of these is the cafe, he submits the work to
public with a full aifurance of its meeting with a favora
ts ble reception.
He would beg his prosecutors to call to mind (if they
n- have ever read it) the following apologue to a wfll k:i >wn
all romance—" A young painter, indulging a vein of plea
santry, Iketched a kind of Converfeiion Piect> refpe&ing a
3 bear, an owl, a monkey, and an ass; and to render ic '
more striking, humourous, and moral, distinguished eve
ry figure by some emblem of human life. Bruin was
exhibited in the garb and attitude of an ofd, Joothlefsy j
drunken soldier; the owl perched upon the handle ot a
,i! cofiee-pot, with Xpc«slacles on his nose, seemed to contem
pi: %£ a newspaper; and the ass ornamented with a huge
ad tye-wig (which, however, could not conceal his lor.g -
he ears) fat Jo r his pidlure to the monkey, who appeal td
cn with the implements of painting. Tfeis -
afforded some mirth, and met witii general approbation,
1 until some mischievous wag hinted tncV.hcle was a >am
? 7 poon upon an old officer, a phyftcitn, and a mernber o
Parliament *, an inlinuation which was no foomr circulat
rt- ed, than these pctpie began to be uiirmed, and cyfen to
r f c fancy themselves fignified by the several fy;;ures in
n piece. Ihe furious group it 11 ujscn the | ainter, ,viio ac
° clared that he had no deHgn to give offencf, or to c* a
n" r a eft erne particular persons. They affirmed, ibt refcmo.antt
20 mas to? palpable to be overlooitdj—-and taeir clanwu. s eirg
Ca- overheard by the public, the Capfain a-bear, tne
jjj. Dodlor an ?fs, and the Senator an owl, to their oyiiig
day." If a limilar fate Ihould attend the persons who
will, insist upon being the members tbi- group, tv? >
,x " public will do the the juftic -0 rcmcinber *
it is no fauk of bi»» , ,
ho Aujruft sti