From a lateEnglifh paper. ' BISHOP IVAT SON AND tHOMAS PAINE. Parallel between Deism aitd Chrijlidnity. " Unbelievers tn general with to conceal their 'Jehtiments : they bave a decent rtfpefi for public opinion ; are cautious of affronting the religion of their country ; fearful of undermining the foun dation of civil Some few have been more daring, but less judicious ; and have without dis guise profeffed their unbelief. But you are tiie JirJl that ever fivorc that he was an infidel, conclud ing your deiltical creed with—So help me God! I pray that God may help you ; that he'may, thro' the influence of his holy spirit, bring you to a right mind, convert you to the religion of his son, whom, out of abundant love -to mankind', he sent into the world, that " all who believe in him {hould not perish, but have everlalting life." You fivear that you think the Chriftiau'religion is not true. 1 give full credit to vour oath ; it is an oath of confirmation—of what ? Of an opinion. \ It proves the finderity of your declarationsf youi opinion ; but the opinion notwithstanding the oath, < may be either true or falfe. Permit me to pl-oduce to you an oit%, not confirming an opinion, but a l fad • it is the oath of St. Paul, when he swears i to the Galatians, that in what he told them of hit I miraculous convevfion, he did not tell a lie-: " Now < the things which 'I write unto you, behold, be- t fore God, I lie not."—Do but give that credit to : Puul which I give to ycu— ei firufiion of thy fatter, and forfake not the law of j c tliy mother. If your heart has been ever touched with parental feeßngs, you .will fee no 'jejl in this* c Once more—" My son, if finncra intice thee, con- l ' sent thou not !' 5 These are the three firft pjavcrbs l ' in Solomon's " JeJl Book." If you read it U rcayTW-muJrrju -merry v Hi of.: it wTII make you -u;/:—U.at it will teach y«u, at leait, the brgmnin rf it'ifdtm—the fear of that Lord whom Scionwn b feared. ir I-rcm the Columbian Herald. Mejj'rs. Pkinteks, la By publiihmg what fullowa helow Lere, in your paper, you'll <£lige ms i A SON OFJAIST PATRICK^ Ety'jh AN ImsKuju, j fellow, who wHI tie r , and * roand-a-bout (Wry, with a ' ( m a little blarney in : it ; I mean toattack tbe fbrt wit'«.nit firing a.gun, l"o hei.e goes You mutt firft all know, that I walked aft the way here from Georgetown, dear city, a foot, with tpy-ftoes in my hand ; asd by my ihoul, as you may believe, 1 was heartily |ick of the jaunt, and had 1 not ir walked on the fwate land of liberty, I verily think lie I ihould have died by the way—no matter for that of —Hear my story—l' was taken hould of by I his n- fame thing called " favei," which makes fr/many re stout hearty-fellows " flip their wind''—Aod as If- you may well suppose, I was soon obliged to cry le "oh 1 be afey ! : ' but devil a bit would he quit d- his hould, in fpita of St. Patrick and the reiV of I the clever ones, my dear boy?. o' My fvvatc little crater, or in plain termi, my a wife, called in a man flayer, by Comets the learned n, ones termed Softor, a countryman by my trdth, »t and another dear son of St. Patrick, Welfingi ofi'. m his old gray head, for lie was an honor to the coun try of paraters. d All that I remember of theb(iftnefs (for I was a is little out of my head or so) 1 will here lay down i. for the benefit of all the dear race, as was after- i ti wards told me, by lookers on, that I was vomited < i, enough, by my fhoul, both upwards and down- i :e wards, and to my hearts content,'by the dear dots- i a tor my countryman—do tnatttr for that ; he sot ] -s me on my legs again in weight or ten day.i i is less the rndder of ipy uadtrftanding has been, (hat- < ,v tered by the villanous saver) and I had the fsu'sfac- . :- tion of again ateing a plentiful male of paraters c 0 and bafc. I request you will favo/ me with pub- t r - lifliing the abpve, as as possible, as I hate no r II money to pay him, and would wish to (how I that lam not ungrateful, and the more so, as 1 waj f it cured without losing a drop of my dear Ifilh blood, p -, which 1 prise as much js Ido the dear land of Hi- / a bernia, and country of paraters ; far lam no grate a il friend to that said thing, which people are rusning g t crazy about called Fleebotany. Indeed it appears 1 "- (trange to me, that people aie so fond of losing a a their blood now a days, as if it was given /hem .to ti - throw away fa redicuoufly.. n t You ladiet any gin'lcmcn of ihtt jear city, In p ii the goodness of your/hearts, deign -J far gyre a d e ohiiu hostel Infhmaa, for pulhing his handy work r< 1 into yoar faces, without asking your lave, far your w - amulement A as ii null afford fj»ort to fee a poor v! - Irithman betray his ignorance in the public papers; - but his being a philanthropist excites him to do it, until the next time, which may be at the day of his hi ' death, when you do you have lave to call him a dif- pi . grace to his native country, lwate Ireland. (h ; The public's obadient Sarvant, ve : To command after death, m , MURROUGHO'DOUffiHARTYE. qi 1 — j NEWPORT, (R. I.J September 20. ' We felicitate the public or> the completion o f t {, c b r - bridge which connedts this island with Jft a i», at pa : Rowland's rSTiy;" plan tipon "which i, ; 8 |j a now cbnftrudted seems to secure it against tfie din- he gers of both wind and tide. The fi»unjatiou is fui . secured by a large quantity oif Stone, the piles htv- (C j ing been firft driven several feefhclow. bu For this Public objedt being carried into execu- bo . tion, we are indebted to the indefatigable zeal of tu 1 Col. John Cooke, of Tiverton, who, from his .situ- in j ation and connexions was* able to £olledt the ma- pu y terials necessary to complete the arduous Work th „ vCol. Cooke entrusted the Architedture to Major in I Alexander Thomas, of this island, and the wcrking ga . the machinery for'driving the piles, to Mr. Lu ha r tne r Lincoln, of Connecticut, who have executed Cs . the business, it is said with t; fupei>ior on , to what it was beforehand tftat the hfiuty and .to j (Irengthof the bridge do credit to abilities. Fr 1? We fineerely hope the proprietors may be repaid to , from (he toll, and the public may long enjoy the ad , vantages resulting from this laudable undertaking, wl I*■ • I WINCHESTER, (Virg.J September t*. Fr ( Last Friday, Will, a black boy of about r$ l¥( _ years of age, was executed on a gallows eredted for !0 thepurpofc near this town, pursuant fentenjii for wilfully fitting fire to the hbufe of his maiteri Rawleigh Colfton, Esq. by which diabolical adtj j t the building, which was new and-eiegantly bnifhed, s O , was reduced to ashes. " -J___ ■ .. mj . CO NT IN UA TIO N OF • ac , i FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE i • ' ou . By the ship FANNY, Captain Braine, arrived at by i New-York, in 49 days ftom Greenock, and the • 3m ELIZA, Captain Wilson, from London tat - 'S , HAGUE, July 19. Mi , Many of tbe officers and patriots of 1782, have lot ( demanded penfio'ns of the conirntion ; but their pri requests have been decisively opptfed, because the perifions wich the officersnot upon Service now enjoy , already exceed 300,000 florins. Itwas even urged! pa< I that by adopting such a measure, M; shown, that it would be maintaining more- secret cei of the state, and even fu:h men as haJ nifl p joined the Orange troops at Dillenbtrg. Sp; I Our provinces (till continue to objift to pay their sea 1 contingents in money. Dutcli Brakant declareii refi the day before yeiterday, to the conNVnuon, t [ iat > 'he sum of 100,000 florins, which it is to contri- Ve K bl ' t s as Us l!ia,c , t0 tiie IQ3 .millions of gorir,;, : which a-.e to be paid to France, was ready at Bois . le Due : but that it was doubtful whether it (hould , a^'c to discharge in the fame manner its future In inilallmenta. m Ihe exportat ion of corn and potatoes from Fries. tb land has agayi been pei oirtted. h L9NDON, July 22. J No pen, however rapid—no mind, however ar, ,f a dent, can keep pa<:e with the atchievemems of the tu 1 rench republid! by every cour.-ei, and frorn cvc. d 0 ry quarter where their armies are engaged, we hasw thi accounts of sidtaries i# as tp mSc the T ' i:- /*' f ort records of ail history iofigaifieant or rhV compak- . iuU ion. No mas, however in his heart he may be ad- ! -r> \u eto their caiife, can refufs to this "intrepidity the oca inbutc-of his'admiratioD. Every thing'that the ' ■ve, pipit fangiiine prophecy foretoid of the energies of not eii,t!i ifiafm, rendered desperate by attack, 13 not ink merely surpassed, but the (peculation of thoi'e llatef bat men and writers, who were fcoreed as indulging" his in reveries inconfiflent with the « gwdtWi'lf of my the age," are now proved only to have beg*, * as feiflive by their moderation. Wonder cea, v s t6 ex-: .ry ill, for olie exploits which used to g;vg gave them no time fa refpitw and reinforcement, dii r» Ihe Archduke had lordly joined the army before T] ig another battle was fofeHf, aad a ,i»lher ridory ob- on :o tailed. The details ire not! glv^n 1 , but it is an- an , nounced as being Eighteen hundred co n prtfoosF? were taken by,the erenchi and the Arcii- th a duke, after great perianal AfcitigjJ, ko k retreat, and the tirft cAifequenscs>of thtLaion fed !r 17k 6 CaPtUrC ° f Ett '" ge "' Dou,la c and Karl- ne: ; Gf" 1 Jourdan was equally alert. He [e&fon , hn fl ln h,s letter to 11* diredory, a con- an ' C '[ C ft" I"? fuct " ;isful movements, by niu , wjiich he has recrafcd th< Rhine,.and made good bee 3 j ° his whole army is now iffu pfflted between t?W ' river and -the Mein. If he (hall fuccciid m.living therrtuitrians from thafn- VCf #r Jv lal rctlrc to Danube ; Mayancc mult and t [, e object of the campaign in this • It is only in: .England that L'EcUiffnAe fabricated > for mercenary purpcfei.' ' c ! ; Whst rrfult TBf thfs atlonifhiag and r 1 ** unvaried career of conquest i The princes of G»r- rUt many are all funpiiants for pace. The emperor °"' accufesthe Enghdi njinifter QP'tiaving drawn,him ? VCr ( into his present difaftrouscondition, and it is obvi-. ' S Vc ous, that' he mud buy the po/fcffion of his diadem, by the furreadcr of every thing at'which French . ambition chooses t.j grasp.—The republic will die tate their own terms to every power upon earth, ex- f or -i ceptthe English, who ft|l feel an ampte indemnity, holii for the past, and for the future, in having fi.y Mr. Pitt as their prirre minifler, and Mr. Dundas, C onc : loid Grenville, and the duke of Portland, as their §t. t ■ principal fecretaii-*s d'f ffate ! k n(( : July 23. , Government received by the last Corunna mail a , packet with difpiteljes from the British miniver, the f I Marquis of Bute, who is said to continue to »c- £J jha j ceive adurancc"; of the pacific of the Spa r, en n 'fli Court. >It is, however, acknowledged, that f or!r Spain was in making preparations by p^ n sea and land toi>ut her navy aud armies on the mMt rc ft 1 troo 1 , Jhe squadron so long equipping at Havn; p U |,j - \e Grace, is said to have failed to the EaiU«n'd, > "SobabSji fiffJfTrrf, 4o golfed more force, and s to j'oirt 1 the Dutch in Zealand. J \lie wliftle cl t'iic British naval force in the Weft- T e liiats, is' (aid to amount to upwards of 70 fail of Buck menW vvar, of which there are 23 from 98 (one their to 56 guns, 18 large frigates; \/6 J take ftnall.Vnd za sloops, brigs, and cutters. Thi/is were /aid Ta njy foperior to the enemy. Theie is .«« "eryteVon to hope it is so. But howjong it,mto, ' '4° is a queftinn not so ofrly solved. i» the friend of the French can hardh be ' f ef • dottbttd. Si.ould they at length l\'.\ ag&Mt and [ « J , r\- >'# '■ '-4\ .J^ -p£"' . Xfoiniften'AJouritdl (tin; Timsfc) in a late Hurts; ' :e aa*t| ber, idrr.ittei^ lhe .hue ol Germany dcpe !l( ' J rythe . «pailthe the which ifcuH,, , ; t the *v Rafladt. 'fie iiavem. j ies ot feiithe which this I«(t effort-was ats#ro. > not ed, md the fi'uatiun of the Auihiai.s seem tp cdflN iatefg firyrthe above,obfervation. The cause of the epT : pii|r applara defparate, and the vldlqries/<,; y of ihf rejiijjligana must now reduce thehoiit'e of /fcuf i tmiohe neceffily of- 0 speedy peace, to lWure . ■ f a- ports Advice had bceifrcc?;?c . nnly at Genoa, fijpi St.Plorenzo, in Corfic«*th - ad miral fir John fervis was only waiting lory In if 1 :ic r°m tionstrom England toiid'mbard every j t pers that (hall excluot Butidi'fliips, or admit'V Frenc.Y ' ay's garrison, OU3 , MONSIEUR, •- . Fhe y,efterdajr t!e Count de Montr* jrt ari4Ved ; ,in and towh, being charged with difpatchts friflu, jtfdi&ayr ude or, |s he ii'csjtd by some, Louis' the Ihe Coufht d'Aftoii at Edinburgh. ': \ iant Count de.Rfyntmort brings advice, tha&d Wed. aojt nefsay the Igtj of July, at.en o'cloek at night, at ra.. AiOafieti'* was liokiflg out of a window at an iun, tied at a v.wa beJorging to the Elector of 1 eves, ciit reir l t e been fired from a ftqrfe pis. ns, to], on the opposite of the itreet, wfiieh was ' he about 25 yards '.vide. The ball tool4?n : oblique) *•' rit. , direction, and matle a wotoid of three inches lijagi ->re f here was no Surgeon immediately at hapd, M?t sb- one of the gentlemen ot lift fuile cut off'lire hair, an- and applied a Gandige to ft»p the ' T!*~ ed eohfulion wa? very 'great in eonfaflG^kby .yhuch :|i- the assassin hidTuSe t% efcVpc * to ,-it [ft a Surgeonof the town ar*i*e has 3d been no fever ; and there are great ho&s that th >w iffae will be favourable. J,* . U fee (Signed) « COIVX, Surgeon to.the Kr,.g."- - ce 21ft was published the following ' r " 3 PVLLEtIH or health. rf * ;V The rati °n » begun, ant! , he K ; n „ lV fatigued by a. " COLON." - w %f- J; 4 bil ,' W . a3 f °" od after wards flattened by ha- " . c iv.% struck the wall. Monficu, thr. tky/JZ putted hi. jottrnsy towards Sn«ony, ,h*.„h the " ' place of h«defWtdn was not knowS. _ 1 August 4. m 1 Yeftcr^ a J'"t »oon. a council wa» held at the fe> S : mid s I prefen-t. d At the breaking up of the cotmcil, Mr. H-m ---• ssjTS?: " ***" u 1 ''"""e sl » Of m mill vain. >r which wc carry.6n with any of the European povierg. By the celebrated treaty of j r Q o 01^ ... 4 ■d" l .° m . e ca " K J be MetWtf tre% v on account'of its vVaving been framed by Mr. Mctiiuen, Portugal en • -gages to take our wootens, and we engage to^dmit flian the ! Wines which we receive fro,/her'' buTpcr'' ' tug. , having lytic internal commerce of ovrt _ pu chafe,, a very considerable quantity ef o7hcr a tides of Bntifh mamifadurr T„v,;st Ti NBn go«. The greyer Dart r'f T p3yS US for frditl Portugal. Mr Barren!" " a^ rted d cd ; that !h! I But this in Mr. Adam Smith, % ' (r for, confide.-s as 1, k certain .ho " »^ y '» ITALY " ' ROME, J:, y ,, ' St. Angelo. The "acrid *11 contlib utio:.s in ' fented. Colle S e con. •; p.rt marched mtp the £ccle/ la fticai h'c f frhe reft to Breir;;. There remains but troops at. Veiona. We j , rench , S P u blicans intend to njfft fej, -r £ 'fv <> thence .so Tricftc 5¥' ,s 5 an " d ' *"-. y INSPRUCK, (Tyrol) July. e their' fnirit t'. 2 t ,t' r s ' . has i»ueh altc'ed 5 take the fr>l'l ' • WC,C " ' maK ' d ' al e!j£ roibe to following oath, to winch ' alio invited. f ' ? f^e Aln, '« h, y' we W and r • vKa. fidelity to God and tcS the S T! and our cicar country. t0 £ I jnJ L. with o w bodiea»Jiv^-r> r < H , t ; n Y/ ' ■•> .«lh, tße.ng.us of e pnncelwPcirrt cf T--. fi >