%i>c&alette. A Z . ■ I ■■ cut PHILADELPHIA, , ? lc , IB* THUIWiDAV eVEMWO, Meffn. TbOma» Mdrris.of Qntaria conn- fin ty, be Seth Phelps of OnSndajp county, and : ;th< Michael Myers of Herkamer county, arc gl; tlefted Senators to Reprint, the WelLeru it- Uiltridl in the State of New York. The di above gentlemen are Federal th We can assure our Traders from good an- St thority, that, although the Democratic tic- id ket was fuccefsfulin the GityT-f New York, si the State generally, has made a judicious ti election ; and that,. probably the majority of Federalists will be as two to one. SATS A-COR kESPONpENT. dr The elcftioi) of Mr. Parker of Mafia- w Chufetts, a member of the House cf Rep- re fefentatives of ths United States, in the place of Mr. Dearborn, is anuth Br tri-. I'MfH OF FEDERALISM. • FROM A CORRESPONDENT. . w -*■■ -6 tn Bac'ne's Aurora of lafk Saturday, I e 1 : offeree, under the Frederick-Town head, y an extract of a iett'er from a member of Con- <* grefs, which asserts, that " a vessel jutl arri- ei Ved an account that the business of « the Commissioners for fettling spoliations is t< certainly j said to be in cOnfe- © qn'ence of certain principles being fettled ti which the British Commifficners did not like ; on which account thfy withdrew It tliemfelve» from the board ; and that the ti British Mjniftry will not fuffer the remaining li three to go on with the buiinefs." b The \fhole 0 f this intelligence is so noto- v rioufly falfe, as to render it almofl beneath c contradiftion. The late decision* of that v board which have appeared in various news- n papers are however the bell refutation of it. si A. B. i MX. TENVb, 1 ' _» .d COMPLAINTS have been frequent p during the present Session of Congress, re- g lative to'the reporting of their debates, but c I believe no speech has been worse, if any, c so badly reported', as that of Mr. Dennjs. h The sense is not only in many important, c particulars greatly perverted, but it is in fe- i veral parts rendered perfeftly nonsensical f and unintelligible. One example will fuf- I sice. Mr. Dennis said that a gentleman < from Pennfylvar.ia had said, : that it was not i to be expected that the different parts of the t Government, like a Clock, would operate f in perfect unison, but that one part was in- t tended to differ from, and controul another, i As reported, it stands thus—" according < to an observation mad*, the Government is i like a Clock, that if one part does not do 1 its duty, the other parts, will compel it—" T.he speech has evidently been reported by ' an unfliilful hand, aud.can only be accoun- i "ted for in this way, th?t as it was delivered i ■mme'diately after the Houf&jvas called, the bell reporters had not probably taken their places. . . ' ' The following may serve to elucidate the opinion entertained by the. Government of France itfelf, as to the solidity and duration of ■ i Republican Governments in France : Extract from the Meflttge of the Directory to the , Councils,, concerning the oath recommended to be idminiflered to the Ele&ors, dated in March lift. " Such is the present situation of the Republic as to: leave' no doubt that b'oth the partisans of royalty and anarchy equally rely on- the approaching elections for the fuc cefs'of their criminal designs. Each party is striving to get their accomplices elefted. Tliis plan is developed in the papers found on the late conspirators. On the other hand, liberticide-writers preach up openly, ROYAL ism, invite resistance to the laws, and heap obloquy, calumny, and on every thing connefted with the Government. They publish and disseminate apologies for the Emigrants ; in short, the retue tic may be faidto become a problem, and to judge from the audacity of its enemies, we MAY BE ALMOST PERMITTED TO DOUBT OF ITS EXISTENCE." COMMUNICATION. IN the debate in the House of Reprefea tatives on the answer to the President's Speech, and in the course of discussing the defenfivc measures proposed by Mr. Smith of south Carolina, it was said by the French party that France hat nothing to fear from the Untied States. France, it may be seen, has to far, iftly. The deprivation of those supplies of various kinds which she has heretofore received by American veflels, and through j the medium of American merchants, and ; which are ejintial to the prosecution of the j war. I 2dly. The clamours of her allies, Spain j and the United States, from the injuries ; they must experience, should she oblige them to adopt similar measures to those she is pursuing. 3dly. The critical situation to which she will reduce Spain in particular, should she drag her into the war, considering that the fate of the Fl*ridas and Lguifianq depenti up on her retaining the frioidfliip of the Uni ted States. _ / •; 4thly. The certain loss of the Weft In dia i(lands from a want of our provisions, and intercepting their supplies, which mult inevitably throw them into the hands of Great Britain. What, on the other hand, have the United States to fear from France ? It is not pos sible, that, in the present situation of th* French Marine, there can be, ffJred from it 1 detachment -ad.quat: to m -ike a i>p'iinpref- i " fioH or.~tfce United' States, feould the mea- j tures of defence .reeorwnended by the Exe- ; cutive be adopted-. It is well known that j (he ■ennnot furnifh a fleet to protefl hsr Weft ' India islands ; can she then fend a fleet that ' h could materially distress the Uni.ri State; ? i Admitting htAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY. YOUR address to the Legislature gives " .great fatisfadtion tothe RepresentativeS, and e'xeites the molt pleasing expeftations from t,o , your adminiilration. With pleafurp do we & offer you our congratulations on being elett- J?, ed the First Magistrate of this Common : wealth. An appointment equally honorable t0 ; to you, and our conflituents, as it has pro- oi . ceeded from a just estimation of your cha.- G I t after,. It is the Angular felicity and high privi- el lege of the people of the United States, w : to live under conftitution9 of government de- v. j liberately frapned, and solemnly eftablilhed c: g by themselves ; which are administered like- . wife by men of their own choice. The fe- (. i curity, the freedom, and the happiness t which ihefe conftitutionshave afforded, can . not fail of having produced an nniverfal affd . strong attachment to them. The unrivalled profperky which our country has enjoled, for several years pad, is undoubtedly much „ to be ascribed to the eftablifliment of the set deral government, and to the wisdom, and c t purity of its tdminiftration : While we re- * - gret that the beloved and distinguished fellow , t citizen who presided over that adininiflrati- t , on has retired to private life, where we trust t . he will continue to enjoy the blessings of his c t. countrymen :* We are happy to recognize - in his successor, citizen of Massachusetts, j I so eminently confpicuoua for his talents and ; - his virtues.. His long ekperience in_ politi- i i cal life ; his approved integrity and patriot- 1 t ism ; and his great abilities justly entitle him 1 e to the highest esteem and confidence of his ( e fellow-citizens'. Our relation to foreign na- , - tions appears critical and important. The i . unjuftifiable depredations which have been 1 $ committed on our commerce by the Bellige- , s rent Powers, and particularly those which o have recently proceeded " from a great na- , '' tion whose friendfhip we highly value, and y whose happiness we have not ceased to wish i- for," cannot be'cortfidered without the mod d serious concern. On this interesting occa e fion the President of the United States has ir funimo'ned the National Council, and point- ; ed out so them for their consideration the . rm'funderftanding which unhappily exists bet e ween the Goverriftietlt of France and that of if this" country ; " ami has fignified his intenti f on to institute further negociation, in brder if possible to effeft an accommodation upon honorable terms. 'To those of your excel ',e lency we unite dur fervent wishes, and we II cannot refrain from addingour confident ex n peftation that theft overtures may be cro'wn ed with That in the magnanimity. Ie of the F re nch nation, and in return for ni just and liberal policy on the part of our own | y government, we may find indemnity for the c _ losses we have sustained, and a restoration of the haimony and good will which formerly subsisted between the two republics. To_ 1( j the wisdom of our national government the er people have afligned the consideration and decision of this, with their other important 1( j national concerns, and we are confident we 3JJ speak the language ofour conflituents, when we fay, they consider, in anjt reverse of for- 0 * tune, a firm support of their Federal Gov 1C ernment as the sure, the only means of eo to joying and securing their national happinefs ,E In any event they will never be separated T from the government of their choice. The rights and liberties, the freedom and inde pendence of America, have been dearly pur chased, and will never be surrendered to a ny power on earth. tj. A cheerful fubmifiion to the laws, and a t' s readiness to support the civil magistrate in he the constitutional and legal discharge of his 0 j duty, is indispensably incumbent on every citizen, and is the only method by" which ! lc we can receive the full benefit of our free and happy political institutions. The esta blishment- and encouragement of such inftitu ies tions as -tend to diffufe ufeful knowledge ; ire t° promote industry, religion and virtne is gh of the firft importance and we doubt not of nd | your ready co-operation in every measure he ' that may subserve these valuable purposes. 1 The" enjoyment of a free government effenti lin i ally depends on the enlightened morality of ies • its citizens; While exercising our thoughts ge ; and everting our best abilities to establish the Hie peacS and promote the prosperity of our country, we trust, we shall never be unmind fhe fulofjour dependence on the Supreme go vernor of tlie Umverfo,- no;- of his signal in thc j terpofitionsi in behalf of the United States, up. but ever acknowledge them with heart-felt ni- ! gratitude, and look up to him for wisdom jto direst us in all. our measures. Your Ex- Ia- : cel'tncy will permit us to add, that enter ins, | tafningan X'gh sense of your fitmnefs and uft ! impartiality, we repofe'fuch implicit confi of i dence in your assurance, that in your civil | and military appointments, so important to ited the prosperity of the Commonwealth, you >of- ' will invariably consider virtue, attachment the ! to the conflitution of our counti-y, and the n it , love oforder as aaiong the firft qualifications. ri — mi itnMi an lince time will biinjj alithings to a toncjufion, and extirguiih tlx* most inveterate - rcfentmcnts. « The Executive Dire&ofy of the French republic i- communicated to his-lmptrial niajefty thejr inclina d ! tiou to terminate a conflict which desolates the two Wl [_-i countries. Their pacific overtures-were-4efcated b< by the intervention of the Britiih cabmet r Is there u £ no hope, then, of accommodation ? Is it eiTuritial to the interefls, or gratifying tp th.: passions, of a nation far removed fioni the theatre »f war, that we lhould continue to murder each other ? Are not gi you, who are so nearly a'liid to the Throne, and p( w.ho are above all the despicable paflions which ga- nerally infiuencefMinifters and Governments, *m- bitious to merit the appellations of 4 * the Benefac -11. tgr q!" the Human Race", and" tKc Saviour of the r e German Empire" ?Do not imagine, my dear Ge- fr neral, that i wish to indnirte that you cannot pof ilbly save your country by "?jTcc of arms ; but on ar J the supposition that the chances of war were even to become favorable, Germany wiU not fwffer less . >- on that account. With refped to mylelf, gallant 111 j- General, if. the overture which I have now the ho- rc nor to make to you, could be the means of (paring the life of a (ingle man,l fhtuld think mylelf proud l" er of the Civic Crown to which .my interference s > would entitle me, than of the melancholy glory c- which could result from the moll brilliant military " :d exploits. F e- * y Oll to believe me to be, Gcne'ral in Chief, with ientimcnts of the moil profound re fpedl and eileem, &c. V. fs (Signed) BuonapartF. f n- FROM THE COURT GAZETTE. « VIENNA, APRIL f. ll The present war, of which the unavoidable con- p j fcquence has bepn the deftrudion of so rr aiiy lives 1 , q • has given the greauft unealinefs to his Imperial -h majelhy, from the time of his accession to the e- throne* Penetrated with a fefrfe of his.duty, and J compaiHon for his fubjti jj n . nifters, will be, it is supposed, more r.nme- Uc , roufly attended than any limilar meeting on former occasions. Both parties mufier high dom ral, k» fortilr.e, and refpeftability ; the op j7x. posers add to their lift the marquis of Win ner. chefter, the earls of Portsmouth, Garnarvon, anj Temple, and Northslk ; k vifcounts Middle on.-_ ton, Hood, and Symington ; lords Stawel, c ; v ;| Potchefter, .and Rofihill; hon. G* Pitt, llt t0 hon. J. T. Town (head, and near 150 other y OU noblemen and gentlemen, all determined tt> ment S' ve m ' n '^- er their decided support. 1 the Lately was married Mr. Goodwin, author ions, of a pamphlet againlt the inftituuen ©f Ma trimony, to the famous anthoiela Miv».,Wol ftoiiecAft, who wrote in support of,the Rights of Wojnen. A beautiful passage of TaiTo's Jeixifalem tui appears extremely appropriate to the present P 1 Itetc of Italy.. It is thus tranflatei by the L elegant Mr. Hoole ' P r '• Sh;ill tlien a lavage race, whose b irbarom mind No rcafon govf-ms, oU 1 no law. can liind ? Shall thtfe, tdf-niate fljll "f wealth and blood, . lay oh our willn g th- l.rVile load ! C< S»th are theJufferings and th' icCultiug ftorn, Q Which seven long years our j.affivc tra.r, borne: That diflanr Rome may fclufU to hear our ih«me, And future time/- reproa. h the Italian name. April 26- King't Fijhtr, Tag as, th March 30,1797. 111 sir, P' I beg leave to accju&int you, that ye Iter day morning, Oporto bearing E. N. E. dif- at tant sixteen leagues, we discovered a brig to the weft ward, Handing towards us. At nine t A.. M. we perceived (he had tacked, on 01 which I made fail in chae'e, and at a quarter w before four P. M.' came up with her ; when, after exchanging two or three broadiides, a. (he struck, and proved to be Le General Privateer, of Bourdtaux, pierced for 18 guns, but mounting 14* four and three pounders, and manned with 114 men, one of whom was killed, and three wounded.— 1( We had not a man hurt. She had been out fifteen days, and had taken an English brig, P from Faro, bound to Falmouth. Le General is exceedingly well equipped, and is said to be a faft failing vessel, but had loft her fore top-gallant mail and bowsprit in the late gales, and was fleering to Vigo to repair her damages. I have the honor to be, &c. (Signed) JOHN BLIGH. A mail from Lisbon arrived yesterday, having- been brought to Falmouth by the 0 Prince Adolphus packet, in twelve days. ( " Lisbon, April 3. " The Alexander man of war arrived c here fafe with the convoy on Friday last, and e failed this morning to join admiral Jecvis's fleet, which failed on Friday. It is re- { ported that the Spanish fleet was to leave j Cadiz on Saturday last " 5 THE NEW DEPUTIES IN FRANCE. As the manner in which the Legislative 1 Body of France is compofcd, must naturally have a powerful, influence on the conclusion of a general peace, and" as in this '.point of . . view it appears to us-important to Know the f. charafter tkroew eledted deputies, we in ' tttid t'6 lay b(!fpe? our readers a tries notice I I - of; the principles and-paft condudl of these 1 | depu ties, 'tfcat thty may be able-to .calculate f the change in tlie>.£pirit and system of; the : French" government, which the. renewal, of j ■ the legislature is likelj* to produce. Several ; inaccurate accounts of the" new elefted- de- : s puties of Paws h?ymg appeared in the.pub? s lie prints, we. his conduct prudence, firmnefs, and mode e rate principles. Debonnirres, eledled member of the coun cil of five hundred, was formerly .one of the e aioft virtuous, honest, and able advocates of d the ci-devant parliament of Paris, and was y ilniverfally refpefted. ■ . d Emmery, son of a Jew at Metz', and coun r- f e llor in fhat town, was at firft one of the most Violent members of the left fide of the d constituent assembly., But tin his feeing that- V assembly degenerate into a fadlious body,"his, revolutionary zeal .began to slacken, and he j- \v-js afterwards considered as one.of the most moderate deputies of the left fide, and he has ever since belonged to the-clafs of citi zens who wiih for the return of peace and ie order. 1 is Gfuatremere de Quincy is known by the c " part he afted about 18 months ago, at' >' e ] iea d of one of the fe&iorts of Paris in the ie a ff a j r of Vend'emaire. His good conduit ie C aused him to be condemned to death by the f-1 sanguinary tribunal which the direftory j ere tied on that occasion. But he was after wards honorably acquitted by the lawful and constitutional tribunal, which the public a opinion forced the direftory to charge with a- the revision of his trial. He is the author 1 > of several well-written letters against the re -31. moval of the mafttr-piecCs of the arts out of fts Italy, a man of chaca&er, and amateur of 3n the fine arts. 5° As to Boijfy d'Anglas, likewise elefted deputy to the council of fi\e hundred, both at his zeal for the return of good order and the moderation o"f his principles, are too wed known from his past conduct in the le " tive body, to need any comment. on The choice of these deputies clearly IheWr. (jh the citizens of Paris, tired of the revo ;p- lution, have ele&ed such men as they think in- mo st proper to reft ore peace and order. >n, LONDON, April 24. It- Mr. Pitt's crim. con. has npt been confi el, ne d to Threadnee#eftreet only, his intrigues 11, have lately ruined the reputation of anctbtr ier Old Lady at Vienna, to discovery is at length hiadeof the mean ing of an expreflion of Mr. Burke's, whicii lor has long been hid « from the wife and pru la- dent." It is now discovered, that fafcr rtrwiry.isthe " cheap defend »t nation* J" A CJwoct Council wa« held at Lord GrennUe't Downing ftrcct, on Sa turdoy, at which {lie Lord Chancellor, Mr. Pitt, Duke of Portland, Earl Spencer, I, ar d Grtnvillc, Mr. Du.ndas, &c. were prefcnt, which fct upwards of three hours, on account of the urgency of the business, wlucii was the convention on board tHe fleet. 1 After the deliberations of the. Cabinet Council were over on Saturday, at Lord Grenville's office, Earl Spencer? accompani ed by the Lord Chancellor, left town for Windsor, at whiijh.place the reiVof the Ca : uinet Mini Hers arrived atfeveno'clock, where they met the king. A Privy Council was immediately held, which was not over till ■ past nine o'clock, when ah order of Council was parted under his Majesty's Sign Manual, . and to which the Great Seal of England . 1 was affixed, granting an indemnification to I the Delegates who signed the Sailor's Petiti } on, and ,71 affurahce thnt their demands I would be recommended to the two houses of I Parliament by a Royal meffagc. As'footi as the Meeting broke up, Mr. Powell, the 1 MefTenger, left Windsor, with difpatcfies I containing t,he pleasing intelligenbe to Lord I Bridport at Portsmouth. I The Privy Council consisted of the ftl* I lowing members : The King's Moll Excellent Majefly in I person. I The Lord President, The Lord Chancellor, I Earl Spencer, \ Duke of Portland, . I Lord Granville, I Lord Walfingham, Sir Stephen Cottrell.Clerkof the Council, POUT SMOOTH, April ip. I Several persons 011 board the fleet have been I puniQied to-fky for various-offences. A/aiLor los the Koyal William was flagged by crew •' J for theft, and fcvenl Others were ducked. I A council was held of all the admirals and captain of the fleet, on (hore, this day, prcfid- I ed by Lord Spencer, and, it it reported, that thff I petition is to be complied with, by granting an ; addition to their pay, and allowing them the t I fuU werght of 16 ounces, inltead of >2, to the : 1 pound. To the Right Hon. and the Honorable Knglts, Citrzens, and Burgesses in, Parliament atfan \ bled, THE HUMBLE PETITION • » Of the Seamen and Mariners oftboifd his Ma " I jelly's (hips, in behalf of themselves, [•• humbly SfiIWETH) 1 [ That your petitioners,, relying onthe candor * J amd juflice of your honorable house, make bold e I to Uy jheir grievances before you, hoping, that -f when you' rcfiedt on thetn, you will please to' e give redraft, as far a> your wisdom (hall deera . I r.eeeflary. ..We beg leave to retpind your august afliynbly C 1 tb»t the ait of. parliament passed iijtbe reign of e . I King 'ChafleS U*. wherein the wages of; all sea s j jiien ferring on board his spajeliy, s.fleet Was ■■ il I Tut lei,. palled at a- time the'necelfaries tfc . •- I life andfl9psof every denorauiation were at least . I 30 per ceni cheapen .than at the preYenc'time.; which enabled l'eimen and mariners, ttrprcivide I better for their families, than wegan now do , . 1 with oiifr half advance. ' <■ l " I We therefore request your hori,hpufe will hi'" 4 I so kind as to revise the ail before mentioned, - 1- I a«W make ftich lamehdmrnts therein, as will tu-' _ e I able your petitioner* and their famtfitfs to live inj J I tn« tame comfortable manner aj stamen arid t £ | ißirifiers did ai that time. , I Your petitioners, with *ll humility, laid their " I grievances before the hon. earl HoWe, and fiat n I tere'd- ourl'elves with the hopes that his lortifhip s I w#uld have been,an.advo«ate for,us,"af We have :- I been repeatedly under Kin coiiiou&d, atd madi n I the British flag ride triumphantly over that of I our enemies. But, to our great Jurprife, we „ I lind ourfclves unprotested by him, who h.'.s ,c I fet-n so many inftarfce» of our intrepidity, iu | carrying the BritiQi flag hito every part us the " I leas with viflory and fuccefa. r, I We profefs ourlVlves as loyaltoourfovereign, 1- I and zealoui in defence of our ec untry, as the n I army or militia can be', and efltem ouclilves e- I qually entitled to his m-jefiy'* munificence, I tbereiore, with jealousy we behold their pay \ I augmented,-and-their outpeniioiis at Cheilca. * s I ci4tcge- encfeafedi to thittem pounds per an n 1 num, while we remain negledted, and the out -- I penfiimers of Greenwich have only It ten pounds I per annum. ii-| We,_your petitioners, therefore husibly im le' I p.lore that you will take these miners lot# confi- VJ deration, ai d with your aecudjjmed ggodnefs 3 I and" libtrality' tompiy ith theprayer of this as I petition—and yourpctitieners,a£in duty bound, I «nlf evtf pay, &c. . . rl " I We, the",delegates of the fleet, hereunto Cyn le I" " ot;» names for the (hips'company, ie-l RopJ-George, Valentine Joyce—John Morris at-1 -<%iaen. GharJotte,. Patrick Giyr.ii—Johs Udlefrm lis 1 KoyqlScverfigi,-]oitfit Greeu'-Jphnßici.ardlou le I London, Alexander Harding—William Kuly >lll >atr i l 'k I^ugan—JoJm Betheir ' I t)uke, Mirhaal Adams—William Anierfon . I Mart, Thomas Alien —James Blithi' tI " ] Marlborough, -John Vaflia —Willyra Senator id I Ramities, Charles.Berry —George Clear J Rolrujf, David Wilfon —John Scrivener he L'lmjctui ux, John Witna-, William Porter S e Defence, George Galway —James Uarerick |! Terrible, Mark Turner —George Sajked c l.aP»mpee, William Potts —jaines Melvin Minotaur, Dennis Law.hr —George Crolland " e Defiance, John-Sauuderb —John lit,{hand, ry ' :r- To the Right Hcnorabh the Lord. Commnnffion nd ers'of the Admiralty. j- e MV LORD, , We, the fcamen of his majesty's ravy, take . 1 the liberty •( addrtfling ycui 'Urfdfhipi, in nn 101 huhrble petiticn—fhewing tlit infny hardfliipt rc- and oppreflions v.c h(;ve tabored under for ma* of ny years, and which we l.c'pe your lord(bip» of will rcdrefs, as soon" as poflihjt.- we flatter our fclves that your lordihipc, togethei with the ;ec j nation in general, will atknow ledge our -worth ' , and good fcrvices, both 111 the America* war as 'r 1 well as the piehnt ; for which good I'ervice ■he y out Jordfhip't prtitieners d 3 unani>/tobfiy agree 'ed in Opinion that their worth to the nation ai d !a ---- bvicnsipdUiCy in dtfescev-f theip country, de serve some better-encouragement than we meet s with at present ;or from any we have t( ,_ ced. W*, your petitioners, do not hoait of our , good for any other purpefe than thzt n/v of putting you antl t,lie natioh in mind of the reipeft due to ui, nor do we ever inter J to dc - viateirom our former character, *.-r far from lsi- ar>y thing of that kind, or that an Er.gli/hnun ues itmcn Ihould turn their coils, we likewise a -I,er gree 'hl opinion, that we (hould fuffer double the hardfl jps we have experienced be fore we would fuffer the crown of England to ar j' be in the .leali imj ofed upon by that of anyoth ch er power in the world; wc therefore heg leave ru- to inform your lordlhips of the gr'tvancet which . per we at prelrn: labor under.