Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1796-1800, October 14, 1796, Image 2

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    V. illE PAN THEON,
Rz&yrrs'i Amphitheatre,
i r JBqucftxsan zz\d performances-, Corner of
, Clit'lnut apd SiXth-streets
- v.'-xviOivßOW LVENING, Sklurday O&ober
. *Wiil be printed,
V variety ofpreafitigEntertainmehts.
ouciuiun Lxercifes—by Mr. Rickctts, Mr, F. RicketU,
Hutchins, and Mrs Spinacuta.
- . Clown to the horfcmanfliip— Mr. Snllv.
. : er which will be prefen ed, for the firft time thi*
Season,
A PANTOMIMIC BALLET DANCE,
called
The Diftrefled Sailor,
3nd the
BENEVOLEN T CREW,
Poor Jack with a hornpipe—Mr. Dunne.
Ned Hawlyard—Nr. Cofiae.
' _ Sailors by the reft of the Company.
-aiey, the Wapping Landlady—Mrs Tompkins. -
LafTes,
Mrs. Spinacuta, MifjJldKijfoh, 'Mrs. Ttittipkins.
and Orange Girl, Mrs. Durang.
HORSEMANSHIP—by Mr. Rickets,
i !GH : ROPE DANCING—by Mr. Spinacuta.
EQUESTRIAN EXJRCISES. •]
Ariel (for the last time this season)
. he wrtole to conHude with a COMIC PANTOMIME
called,
l»e Death and Renovation of Harlequin.
Harlequm— Mr. Sully. ' f
Old Man—Mr Durang.
Lover—Mr. T ompkins.
Clown—Mr. Spinteuta. ' ' r
I Ariel*—Miss Robicfon.
And Columbine— Mrs Spinacuta. '
Stipernumaries "by the reft of the' Company.
1 he Pantomime to conclude with a t)ANCE.
doors will at 6 o'clock—Performance
iOir.menees at 7 —Boxes, 75.. fid.—Pit 3s. 9 d.
Tickets to be had of Mr. I^ord 1 , zr the ticket office in
.-hr.t-.ut-ftreet, from thrte o'clock each day.
■ C-X' Silver f ickets, to admit for the,feafon,- to be had
b 'pn.ying to Mr. P icket-ts at the Pantheon, or at Oci- h
. h Hotel. ' r ,
FOR SALE, FKEIGriT or CHARTER, I
The Brig ZEPHYR, «
Capt. HINCHMAN. 1
Th: - S v<rffcl is about 3 years. old, ihunch,
' and well found, has two decks, and is
. burihencd about taco barrels: lying at firft wharf below. £
Cbefnut.ftreet. If not. fold or chartered on or before the
. iothinftant, (be wilt take freight so« Norfolk. For terms
apply te the captain on board, or tp
SAMUEL ERECK, jun.
No. 89. fbuth Third-street..
22 hhd-s. New-England RUM, «
May be Gad on board said *£flel. t(
Philad. Oflober 14, 1794. d6t
The Members of the Society of the Sons of St., George, h
' eilablifhed at Philadelphia, for the advice and aflifi.nce of
« Ingliilimeti m distress, ate requested to attend a quarterly
getting of the said 'Society on Monday the 24th inft. at
one o clock, P. M. at the City Tavern.—The members are
fequefted to be punfltal in thtlir attendance, as the rules
' and regulations of the Society are to be eonfidered.'
A. Humphreys, Sec'ry.
OA. 14, 1756. • *
7 - 1- L-^_—' *' V
Madeira Wine.
" '"■ tO
A few pipes of Madeira Wine, lauding from oil 01
hoard the fchooncr Lucy, Capt. Prows, at Chefnut-* K !
• ftr«et wfikif, »nd forfale by the ftibfcriber. V 1
Robert Andrews, J ,"
0&. 14. nlwf No. £6, So. Wharves, ct
— '/ ' .■ ■ • ' — - • 1 fa
Printed Calicoes.
o
JOHN MILLER, jun. & CO.
Have received per the William Penn,'in addition to
their own affor fcient,
A consignment of twenty trunks df Calicoes, e'e
fant London patterns ; also a few cases of handfoine
Buttons—Which will be fold at a lliort credit, or. very .f e ,
reasonable terms, the package only. w j
•OA' . , dtf ho
On Tuesday' next nb'til he pull'.{hid,
By William Cobbett, opposite Chr.ift-Churth,
An Answer to Paine's Rights of 24
By R- Makenzie, Esq. cf Edinburgh. ro<
To 'which is added) . an '
A Letter to Citizen Swanwick,
Bv Pc*lt Porcupine. .
The -n-f ole is dedicated to Doctor Joseph e d
Fellow ef the Royal Society of London, Citiien of an.
America, and Deputy Eleeft te the National Coiiven- ani
<ion of France. llr.
Otft. 15. tw
Benjamin and Jacob Johnson, .v
No. 147', Market-street, hoi
Hive received ty the iafl arrivals front Lirerpool anß roc
'KiiU, fro
A uefy general jljjortmcnt of DRY GOODS, lKn
Well suited to the approaching season, which they will aPL
"fell on the by tho.piece or package. 2^c
OiSsber 14. * taw4w rcn
: . , 1 Uia
JuR Landing,
At SGiith*Jlrect-wharf, from en board the fhtp Sedg S be i
ley, Captain Hodge, fiutm St. Pcterjturg, 10 1
The following Gx>ods :
Rr.fiia Sail D'wck, firft qualit)'. inc}
'<J6. 'Ihi
Do. Diaper. •, per
*:)o. K tick aback. the
: 130. Craih.
•Do* K'ouK! CaiicHts, and "6, tt> the'lb. of the C
Kr.ghfh size. —
I f. ' :u- Ca-rdle Talhrvv.
White soc.p in fnTall boie3. _ ; '
. Cot-vt f.-.u. fitn, ng
i-hvens DusU , Pm
l£ii;giafi, ift and and foil. ——
H. He Hair uncurled.
Rv.fiia Bar Iron'. AT
' . I Irop I:c,iS.
Do. Nan , ■
-c Toi.'o Oakum 2Tid fmslL ' Y
r : v :. rctci fhurg cinp. -
for Sale Ey T f vi
Philips, Crasnond;, k Ci>. "o
0 a oher rz.
Wafliingtoh Lottery. o
Ihe tv. enty-e.'ghth and twenty-ninth days drswiiit br<?u
• isrr ; ycd*i tile ofHec Ne. i//f, Chefaut-ftre* a tin
I v i itcs-in the a; ove Lctt,ery arc eicharged for tidtets A. ii
:vtrfar.tc(": v.L-dmv n. w be al
o<it.}A* ftn&.w3 J O
% 1 '
JTor one Night only.
\
r 0 f THIS EVENING, Friday, Oflober 14,
ibe /iJfembly-Rooiri, Oeiltr s** IJul\y
V. ill be I'refented, by way of an Evening Lounge>
* A IVaimfical Medley Entertainment, in three parts,
CALLED,
its. The World as it Goes ;
«u, .Or, A Touch at the Times.
BY Mr. BATES and MISS BROAD HURST. 1
this . —» 1
'PART TWg FIRST,
'SKETCHES of CHARACTERS,
n which be introduced Remarks and ;
tions, Satirical, Whimficil apd LaugTiable, or the
• different characters, profeffiofis iflnij pafflopj of man- ,
knid, (a« altered and modernised from G. A..
Stevens's celebrated LeSure on Hiidi) with the 1
following Portraits: • .
Alexander the Great, witij ahfervatioirs on the iirad 1
cins. ambition of Kings, - .
A Cherokee Chief.
s . A celebrated DofloV, with his Coat of Arms
"A CornUfo, Who pockets his diigrace. .
A Lawyer, with the intefeftifig ciutc of Bullum
versus Boatum. c
Song—" Orte kind Kif» befote we part,' * —-IVlifs {
Broadburft.
mrtr A London Buck, going to keep it up. t
A Courtezan.
A Married Buck, ret»rnin<£ frora a" frolic.
The smooth face of Courtlhip, contrafled with the
four afpecX •of Matrimony, and 'Jjohnioves jane, 1
and Jane loves John," by Mr. Bates. 3
" Keep your Diftanee," a comic ballad— by Miss 1"
Broadhurft. '
— 1
TART THt SECOND, a
COLLINS'S EVENING BRIISMi -4
Or, a Peep Behind the Curtain. r
ein '' ,fl ftritflures on Adling—Stage Quixotes, and '
Quacksalvers —song of " Harkaway to the Bruth"— 0
had Sponteis 3c Spouting Clubs Tay- t
ior's introduaion to Mr. Garrick—:A blind Aflor t<
Reading his part—A fcfanli-veKe B&tiSicr ctittßig up
~ King Lear—The Duke in Venice Preferv'd—4 Ruin
K, Duke—Bajazet and Tamerlane, Crt Tragedy Bell- ,
weather and a Bantam Cock, &c.
With a humorous Vocat Parody on Shakefpear'j 0
ich, Seven Ages.
iij "Blithe as the hours of May," from the liege of P
low Belgrade, by Miss Broadhurft. I
rm! ] ll
PART THE THlßD—fek'(Sed from it
DIBDIN'S WHIMS AND ODDITiFS. t(
tne Laughing and Crying Philosophers, with °
" Neigbour Sly, or, Lofd hOvf this World iS eivtn
t6 Lying," by Mr. Bates. ' ' t n
The Monk's conversion 8f the Jew, a comic wle. R
— Song, "A. Sailor lovM a Lass," by Miss Broad- li'
:gc, hurst.
" ° f A Treatise on Provincial Dialers, with r
ir 'y A IVeJI Country Collier's Firji Trip to Cburih.
■ , The Comic- Song of "Four and Twenty Fiddlers,"
>re by Mr. Bates. ai
" e » • _ ' a.
The doors tcr be opened'at fix,' artd the performance w
-to.i-utgm precifei- at.seven o'clock. m ~|
__ O" Tickets to be had at the Bar of the IfotelV p ,
The Subscriber requefl-s every Man h,
to whom he fUr.ds indebted, to meet at the "Citv Tavern
ort on Thurfdny afternoon, at four cf'ci.octc, riitcissiy,
\jt- uj ho-would wifii, in the courfc of the evening, to con*
vinc£ every impartial man he means to do him {lri<ft
justice. He will personally attend and bring hi, books lo
with him, and be prepared to Jnake such propiili to his rg
e«. creditors, as will, he hopes and flatters hijKfclf, be fatif'-
factory. ■ GEORGE MBADE. '
Foorth-itreet. Philad. 14th QJteher. 17 qfi. ri
On Sa urday, the u»d instant, at 6 o'clock Sn the /„!
-evening, will be fold by PrJjlic Vendue, at the City /
i„. ' Tavern, (if Hot before disposed of at private falc ) ~
An Elegant House, No. 78, J' o
In H'alnut Jlreet; - W(
WHICH is twenty-five feet front by one hundred and H
T -seventy-one feet deep, with a lot adjoining, to r-i'feet
wide by 72 feet 8 inches deep—(Thi:. h>t is back of "the KC
house occupied by George .Willing, tfq.) Th«Jioufe is
completely fimfhed in every refpeft. It is fifty ha
has two large psiloors, the front one a 4 feet, the back lta
one at feet by 18 1-2 f<et; a handfoine drawino-.room , lr
24 i:*'feet by 24 feet. The rooms below, the dAwinc
room and chambers adjoining, have mahogany deon,
and these, as well as the rooms above rfiem, hj?ve aeon- t'i
mthicatian With cich other. The heighth in the irC: and ' tin
second stories is twelvefse t, and have llaco corn-.- » aud Ina
nine rooms up-fiairs beside. the gairets, which a- 1 ' A
Vj ed into three rooms: a good kitchen,^-waft-home Wl li ,
01 and bathuig-houfes, a large ice-houfc, a jump in the yard co '
n- and a three feet thfee inch alley that leads into Foir h-'-'
llreet. The cellars are laid with .lime, and flowed with in'U
_ two inch plank, and plastered. llie yard is well paved no
and the house is clear of ground-rent. Two brick ftablcs
in Wainnt-flreet, ivith two coach-houses one of them wiU , V
hold two carriages the other one. The'fmalleil stable has
,8 room-for three, the l.irg ;l » or four horses. It is 21 feet - nt<
front on Wjlnut-ftreet, by .30 feet 3 i,iches 'deep. They fiat
have eVcellent lofts over them. , T!ie bnildiiv is arched J '
ill W I»{d with lime and two inch plank; and will hold ! M
about oHa hundred pipes of wi«e ; is clear" of ground- 1 , ,
rent, and has the privilege of an 11 and 1-1 feet a"ev 'J"r
that leads iftto Fifth-ftreet. I ]
Alio a large. Brick Store, fy feet ftont-bti Fourth- j the
ttreet, by 50 feet deep, wbich might, ati fina&expenee, ! do
p. be turned into a haSdfome dwelling house, havintj been ,-c
10 contrived m the building, it has a yard] jS "feet 6* !'■
inches deep, by 24 feet wide ; has a rain wsAjwpump hls
and other c.nveHiences, and the cellar is laid with two'
inch plank, and is now rented at 4b do!l.-r> per month bet
1 his budding irfukjeet to a gronnd-rmt si 1, 3,4 dollars of
per annum. Purchaftrs before the sale may ts w
the fUUcrfcr, GEORGE ME AD Hi
Or R FOOTMAN, & Co. Au«i«hce rs . otlc
e Odobef 14. * • a ll j
REMOVE D. ~
Th« Compting-tfoufe of «£NRY PHILIPS, No
118, Spruce-ilrtet, to the Comcp'of South fourth and
Prune-'tn-ets. Qitober 13. t 1a,,)
Lolt, lalt Evening, *')[•
• AT RICKETTS'S AMPHITHEATRE, the
A new, red Moro«co Pocket-Book, i the,
With fiindry Papers of no value except to" he owner— nv 1
Also, about Fifty Dollars' in Bank Notes. Whoever will . j
leave the fame at this Ofiice shall receive the Money for *
their trouble, and no qe'efiions asked. •> ,n '
1 Ofio'oer 13. To
•A Young Woman
OF tr.ertccptio-.iable ciaiaitcr, and who has been 1
j. brought tip genteely, \lollld be willing to cngjgc in ,
a dccent familv aschambcrr.iaid, andaffilt in sewing, &c. ° U
t A. "ne left at the Priatcre hereofdireflcd to A. B will 01
be attended to. ' the ,
j t2, . * tfcu. or si
* '»
FCjC-Ttffc GA'ZtTVE OK 1 HE UJJITBD STATfci.
1 ''
No. t
s, A writer under the signature of Hampden, in
•irts R-'clii.itbnd papei'of the ill inft. after aiTerti'iJ*
the excluiive fight of Virginia to fill itie office of
PreGdent, call*the attention of thecitfzens of that
state to the itlufVrious Thofcas Jefferfon, as the fit
tVft charaftei 1 :!! the*onion to till the Ptelidenl* chair
and proceeds to enumerate the various pretenfioiis ]
of that gentleman. Tliey are, . J
lit. His merits as a. phiiojlpber.
2d. As a republican.
■jd. As a friend to the civil and rdigiou* rights '
of mankind. '
i|.tb. As a citfsen, who was in favor of the pre- '
sent federal government, but wiihed for amende '
nfents. ' 1
J s»h, As an er.thuflaflii: admiier of the French '
trad revolqtion, wiihisty however iurTendering the inde- 1
pendency and felf government of America.
Ctji. As a citizen, who had » proper feti'fe of '
ms the perfidious conduct of Britain towards ur, which 1
um would have counteracted by pacific mealures, and '
mealures more advantageous than those which have' 1
dif, taken place. J
7th, As 8 eiti4en ( 'wbefe diplomatic talehts, awj'
political fagficity are not .inferior to his republicanifoi 7
and unalterable attachment to libers j.
the ® t ' l ' poiTefJinjj a no less LndcJ>encle«t 1
ne than his principles, and with a disposition, cotitinu
ally impelling Ins fertile genius to eftfeoreries and '
'lifs improvements in the arts and l'cie.nces. '
I shall.no* stop to consider the excluiive claim of d
Virginia to the prefideney, but {hall proceed ro<?;ta- P
mine the pretcohons of Thomas Jcfferfun, as above -
We may justly prefuine that his panegy- c
rift has brought forward every title which this P
ind candidate pai:efl;» to. public favor on this oteafi-
' — on > and we may therefore fafely ptd-iounce, that "
ay. those and thofe'alohe are the titles oir'wfiich his pre* ! "
*or tensions reft. I (hall examine, t'
"P .ill. The merit of T. Jefferlbn, as a philosopher. t!
™ Whether a moral or a natural philosopher, or "
both, is not /iated by HaYnpden. The charit£ler ! "
tr >, a g ood Moral philosopher is certainly a very res- tc
pedlable ofie, and it Mr. JefFerfon's panegyi ifts c2fi
produce any evidence of his merits in that,relation, *
I ftiall be happy to fee them. If it ean be (hewn
tlfat he has: difapprttyed of the cruelties which have
stained the French revolution, that he has reproba
ted mftead of countenancing the impious doHrir.es Y
jjj] Fhomas Pairie, that he has been an advocate for
ctn P !ace > order and fubmrffiott tc the laws, that he has
never recommended in a public chaiatfter, a prriffi
gate violation of public faith, in that cafe, his qua
id- lilies as a good moral philosopher, would be velua
ble ingredients in the charafterof Fiefident of the
United States. «e
Whether «5r not, he has vindicated the horrors
and cruel. ies perpetrated in France, has beetl the
sdvocatc of Thomas Paine and the patron" of his
*e werki, has dJTentions in the adtniniflnition lh
of rtii federal government, has connived at the op-
Jt ? to the law«, has recommended meafufes d'e- ji
T* jiructive of the public credit and reputau'Slf, will T
licreafl-r appear (ry rrrorew as ?118 coTraufl, l,y
■™ a rcfeience'to public fafls"and documents. »«
>a- .rf o.vly intended to exhibit him in the' 9
ia cliaratter of a great natural philojspbcr, lamat a to
,k s to *to dif«rn what refpefts hia mcrrits as » natu- Wl
t} 8 ral philo.njiher, can ncommend him to th<- preliaeii- °' r
■ ' cjr. It should seem that the aai.ve, anxious and at
rs.poshble ttahon of president would illy suit the
~ calm, retired and exploring views of a natural phi P r
' l fv er >\ l " s entitle him to the proses. hl "
V io.lu.p ot a college, but they would be asincompa- to
> the duties of the p.efidency as.with she is
commas of the Welfcrn ardy. As well mUt fai
wc have brought forward the eminent talents"of f e !
Kittenhouftf, had he been living, or .the wonderful ln
he - cnius or Cox, the great bridge builder : indeed "
i 9 thelneiiis of the famous tqurjlrian Ricketts would "
•P, have been at least as likely to recommend l.itn to a
.k llatuaa, which may occaSonally require g rcat m ;U.
m tary talents. of
X f Hjrf Hampden juaiy appreciated th-e talents, of
1H f thts grenrt natural.philosopher, he would have con- P n
id ttnued himl'm his philosophical retirement, 'mploy '"8
ti 7 ° ln djfcoverics and improvements in Gt
, k , u J\m arts, nng '4iii(r butterflies and infects, and ! tbt
i ! chairs, for'the bcnejlt of bis fit- !
u , !ou> citizens and mankind in general While in the '
h snuocent enjoynient of such harmless occupations, I dci
s "°,r fa; fr ' l '" d to his P" te a; ' d 1 epofe, and to the* 10
II ; mai,kl!,d > draw this calm phi t0
is ktfopher from thffe ufeful purfuiis, to plu,.,c him
, t into fliul aang«rous vorltx of a.n arduous md
y . nation. mo
d | To be fei'iotiSi let u, examine the claim which * •
u , ntb pantgyriffs kit, up for-him to the title of philo- has
y j fopher. - . fee
! _ For the prcu;f of his afferiwn, he refers us to
i- j the Aetes on P ir S ima. As a moral philosopher, I tlai
■, |do not recollea any part of that Wojfc, which iuf- wh :
6 - tifies the but as a natural philosopher, ]
), ' I,s clalm 1E P &anded on bis ingenious dif- fau
5 lertation refpefln.g the primary caui'es of difference P'°
i. between t* whites and the blacks. It is worthy ynd
I ! a'ld *ill ftirnifh an accurate idea of mcl
his phtlofophicsl fagactty. This philosopher had Ah
once formed the extravagant projea of emancipate
alt the Jlayet of Virginia, and the more extravagant Mc
one of anerw.rds Jbipphtg tbtm cf \o fomc other
country , ;i , pap. 2^2 u s |,j 3 N , les ou Vr
, 6 >,S '"r" ? Wl>! Probably be ificed, why npt re,
tain and mcoVporate the blacks in this slate iHe <
- anlwers, deep rooted prejudices entertained by the the
wh.tes, ten thousand recollections by the blacks of we.,
' t:?rZ th J? HiV y f " fUi^d > provocations, ma.i
; thecal dtjltnSions -wbtel nature has mtuL*, and w 3 .
■Ny other circuhUtances, w.ll divide iaw pauiei
. and produce coc .Uions, which vri!t re.er end but l/d
Jw th l f f X, " rr ; m |! iwl * 'Ae one or the other r.tce. '■
I o tuclc cojcdione, whicii are political, may' be ed c
aoJed Others, which thecal v,:d moral. The t J
hrft difference which ftrikc. us is that of colou, ; A ,
whether the bhek of the negro resides in the reti- prev
eular membraner between the fltin ihefcarf(ki„,
th r; e ' CS f' ■[ K "L! ifelf ' whethtr !! P'ocevds from firb.
the colour of the blood, or the colour of the bile, nor
or from that of fomc other focrcticn, tic <$?„,«: r^ h
i .
' 1
T is fixed w nature y and 23 3P nal *t if iti feat ai.,l
uaufe weic better known to us. And it this differ,
ence of no importance rit is »-hc foundation of a
greater sir a feU lhare of beauty in the tivo ratti '
in Are not the line mixmrei of red and white, the
expreffio.s of every pjfitou by greater or less fuff u .
.„f fioni of coiour in the one, preferable to that eter
j, at nal 'm»i»oto»y which reignj in the countenances
g t _ that immoveable veil ot black which coders all the
■ lS j r emotions of the other race ? Add to theft-, flowing
ong hair, a mofcekgaru fywirnf try of form w thcir own
judgment in lavor of the whites, declared by their
preference of tlkrn as uniformly as is the preference
■of the oran outang far the bljd: women over tbrfe of
his bii own fptcies. Besides thofc of colour, figure
and hair, i.here are other phjical difliii&ionj proii*
jre- "tng a difference of race; hair on the
nt i- face and body, thry 'fcircle iefs by the kidnies and
more by the glands of the. Jim, which giver (htm a
ich very Jirong and, tiilvut. T hey are mors
(j e . .tolerant of h«at, and less so of ( cold, than the
whites, perhaps owing to a difference of fin.Hurt in
0 f the pulmdnary apparatus ; they are more ardent as
icli ' tf tkir fm*lt\thcii g<te:s arc trtfufiettt j in general -
in( j their Aciftetice appear* to paitkipate more of y:,/a.
eyt _. tion than t'efkftion. TlieV ait in reafoii much in.
ferior to the whites. It is not again U expeti
suppose thifl different fptcies of the fame genus, or
■[ m varieties tf the fami fpecics, riiay possess different
salifications. Will do: a lover of natural hiji.ry,
;| j then, one ,who views, the gradations in all the rdcet
IU . of animals, with the tye of philosophy, ejcufeancf.
ln j fot.t to keep those iti the cfepaiimcnt of man as dijt
tiq& as nature has formed them ; this U..fortutfa\e
0 f dfffirence of colour, aijd perhaps of faculty, is a
[a _ powerful obflacte to the emancipation of theft peopU.
Many of their advocates.while they with to vindi*
r y. cutt the liberty of human nature are anxious alfj to
his prtfetveilj dignity and beauty. Some of theft, em*
ft. barraflfed by the queitioti, what further is to be done
iat with them, join tfiemfelve6 in opposition.with these
rc 4 who are actuated by fordid avarice only. Among
'the Rtwfeans, emancipation 'required but «nc effort i
tr the (lave when made free might mix hfiitfioHf/rittt
or ing the bloudtf 'his majlcr, but \vith Us, a feiond it
er necessary, unknown to hijlory ; -when freed, he it
; f_ to bi removed beyond Ihe reach of mixture."
an - PHOCION.
in, '■' ' '""" ' ■» ' "
"" :Philadelphia, October 14.
a - r
l(f Yefterdny afternoon arrived the Franklin, captain
or Walker, in 4$ days from London, by whom
? j 'we have received London papers to the 27th
Ji- °f Augult, of which the following arc the mod
- material contents. TAm. D. A.l
a . PAIJIS, A'lguft 22.
It is said, that the has reFttfed toTC-\
«eiv<s Mr. Hatamotid, mini Jet from tlie cabine{ of |
rs London .—Brfave. x J
w In spite of the pacific afFtirancesfrom most pang
lis IlWfope, We fee to make us believe that 1
m the war is yet diawingjjigh to an end. In spite of
a _ Hie armilhVeof the king of Naples, we perceiwhfc I
e . is IHII making the mult urgent preparations for war,
jj] The emperor, on'his fide, has ordered very ex l .ia»,
■ - ordinary levies of men and hoiftt, uu! al!-t«rr«m»
' as as corporations, ate desired to fend in their
(e ! quotas of plate, jewels and other valuable effrds,
a towards defraying the extraordinary expences i;f the
j_ war, according to their fe*eral abilities. The king
of Pruflia is jwaihng hitjifelf of the calamitous.fitu
j au'on of the empire, to as>grapdrze his power in
le Germany. Already, under pretext of filming a
• pretended conveiaion in thevitj of Nuremberg,
f. his tuajefty has sent troops to take p.-jfilffion o'f that
I. town. It alio, that the city ol Frankfort
tc is on the eve of pafling irno other hands ; i«
|t said, the king of I'Vufiia is to be matter <jf i , 'Che
jf senate of thai cityhas juit publilhad a prockfpaluja,
,[ in which it announces, " I'hat it has to combat.#
d " J"f great misfortune, and aslfea ioimal rha gc
" in tt3 political constitution." "
a It appeals alio, that there is forming a pvlittcal
[_ balance, the objeiVof which is to the houCc
ot Auitria, and to deitroy its in-flueucc in the ;if
if irs of Europe. Already do the cxt/aoidi.-ftiy
pretensions of the diie£lory mark its defigfi of ia/.-
~ '"g on bis majefiy's most valuable
rj wcrmany ; and to*tender his liumihation
i the dire'ftor j are determiradtoTuatcilfiom iuro hi'» ;
• j f jffeffions 111 Italy. The pretext for all these pro- ,
e j je£t6 6t mvafion is, to make Lombaidy an indepen* |
, j d«nt republic, which, owing its poll":ic»l exiflencW
-t to !• ranee, will bccorce a faithful and pov\erful ally/
to her. _ /
1 . i ? le c,re ' cs °f Franco 11 is have obtained an ar *J,
s miftice, and agreed to pay the republic 8 millions r.i !
money, and to find 20CC >;rfes, »
j • A report ii this moment current, that Msntua /
. has capitulated, and the army of the Khlnehas cfN"
fefted a-juntlion in Tyrol with that ot Italy.
> . Thc " ife of a member of the Batavian conven- j
[ tion has been brought to bed ot five boys, all of
whom are living.
Letters from Italy mention, that the French
found 7c * bales of liik-at Milan, whiclt, as rK. «l i
piobably belonged to the Engiifh, have been fbJj, 1
<ind- it is iaid they have been bought by some ijvrih
merchants.
! ARMT OF THE RHINE AND MOS.ELLE.
OFrtCUL DtTAILS.
■o/oxmu, commander 111 chief to "xhe executive
dire&Qty. '• "• jpi-|
" Head Quartets at Atr.iens, 26th
Thmmi.'or, Aug 11 ft 13.
'• On the S i(t iiirt-.mt, (Augn-l 8) we attacked
the enemy m their positions at Nerefteim.. They
weie repulsed ivaii the lufs of 450 men, who were
made prifoncrs.
, On ti.e zzi, we teco: noitred In order to Gnd
C '', po / mo " f0 ' l, ' C wlsi = h was extreme
ly dicieult iroin the nature ot the country.
" ;hc ijd, we attaciced the enemy j advane.
Ed guatd wttfch we defeated. The*. Lf s was be.
500 ln ; li I whi;V W£ Uck p. ifoners.
A dregful fl o r ro and the darkness of tK night,
from profiting of our furcek.
j On the 74th, Prince Chaije,, hr.ing received
fttong teir,i,„,er. l e i i:s fi-om Gal, eta, and the inte
! n°r *.f -rtuflna, attacks our whole line. Our
■ aat.k was repulsed, and the caetny proceeded