Mr. L AILS ON,
"\VTTI4 iifi inientiori to render forvice, and unde
ceive those Performers, ivhd duHsfghUaSien.ee Mr.
Jiyrnotid has theuyjKt pi*dper to engage, thinks it
wowld k V/rOfT£ In tiot try fnfctm those that
to;ed; thstf: it is vvitnoil his approbation, and
\hathcwil'l not be,in any anfwerabie-for Mr
Jay msnd s 4 ettgageni en w
PHILIPS LAILSON.
AUZiktriA, "Sept. 15, 1797. | 6t.
Thomas Armat ahd Son,
of Philadelphia,
Inform a rir cuiloni-rs and the public, they
have refnoved a past of their merchandize toi
Vfi'sniAgton : Alio, they hive their (lore open in
the city. At either place their friends can b: fup-l
plie I, aild tlu*ir orders carefully attended to
By the Cumberland, from Hull, they have re.
teived a handsome alTnrtment .of at tides, fuicable
to the approaching season ; and expeit to add to rt
by ether fall (M;>s.
Should the ficfenefs prevail in the central part bf
the city, that branch of their business will be re
moved to Gertnantown.
;£r The communication by pod is open and re
gular as iifual. t
Stspt. 18. thtf
~~ FOR \
BRETAGNES In cases
German Checksin do.
Cambrick *
Plattil'a*
Oznabrigi
Gold and silver Watches
Window Glass 10 by 3
Glass Tumblers in cases
t*i feed Oil in cnlks, &c. See.
George Pennock,
103, High-Street.
Jjgjr S> , 3* w
Rofs & Sim fort,
H AVE FOR SALS
T Hogsheads,
txcellcnt Coffee in < Tierces, and
C Barrels.
A imal! parcel of nice cocoa in bags
A few puncheons Jamaica spirits, fourth proof
Superior Teneriffee wine, old an J in Madeira pipes
Ap invoice of jewellery and hosiery te be fold by
the package
a few hampers best EnglHh cheese.
July 17. dtf.
Imported in the latest arrivals from
Amllcrdarn anil Hamburg, and torfale by
B. & J. Bohlen,
A large assortment of fine French Cambrics,
Platillas kuflia jndOutch lailcloth
li r ittanniai Writing, post, and print-
Ro' lanes jpg paper
Brown Holland Dutch calf lkins
Checks and (tripes Prime madder
Tickienbtirgs ShellM Barley
Oznahu-gs Looking glafTes
White sheetings Hollow glass wire
I>iaper Slates
Brown rolls Coffee mills
Umbrellas Brass \ettles
Hair ribbons Scythes >nd straw knives
Black and white laces Tovs aflorted in boxes
Bed Holland Gin in pipes
London particular Madeira Wine
July 14. might f
Injurance Company of North America.
/
Stockholders in this company are here
by informed, that, pursuant to the fifth
clause of their Charter, and at the requcft of a
" Number of Stockholders, who, together, are
proprietors of Six Thousand Shares, and up
wares," a general meeting of the Stockholders
will be held at the Company's Office, on Mon
day the 15th day of September next, at 11
o'cloc kSf*. M. for the porpol'e of filling up a
vacancy in their Direction ; and taking into
consideration such Regulations or Bye Laws as
may beprefented in conformity with.the Char
ter of Incorporation.
EBEN. HAZARD, Sefrj. "
July 10. w&ftSaj
Mrs* G RATTAN
INFORMS her friends,and the public in general,
that h-r house, No 192, Market-llreet, will con
tinue open during the fieknefi.
Board and Lodging' in a fcparate room, ten
dollars, in a double room, sight collars.
For the convenience of those gentlemen who
have not thoir 'amilies in town, Mrs. Grattan
will receive gentlemen to dine at half a dollar
a day. Angvjt 6t
Biggins' Specific
FOR TUB
PREVENTION AND CURE OF THE
Xbllow fir EX.
EVER (ince this diftafe jnade such ravag««in this
1 city and New-York, the author has turned his
attention to its causes and cure.—The result of his
enquiries has convinced him that the reason why so
few persons recover from its attacks, are fr«m its
not being well understood, and the confcquent
Wrong method taken to cure it. He is pe.rfuadcd
-that the excefl&ve bleedigps and roercuricl reatment
of the Faculty is highly injurious, and that the on
ly rational mode of treatment is by theufe of proper
acids. Convinced of this he offers his Sjkcific as a
certain remedy, if used according to the dire<stions.
To be had in bottles, at one dollar each, of the
Inventor Gto. Higgin, Cherry street, two doors a
bove Ninth street, (late manager of Jackson ami
Co s Medicine Warehouse, London); by J. Lt
Hate, No. 2'6 ; Jf. Griffith, No. 177, T. Am, N*
It, South Third street, T. Stiff, No. 55, New street,
near Vine street, and J. Gaits, No. ji, Race street.
Aug. is. tuths it
ASTHMAS, and
CONSUMPTIONS.
Just received, by Wm. Griffiths,No.l77,South
Second-street, a frefh (upply of
Genuine Baljam of Honey,
A Medicine invented by the late Sir John Hill
(who knowledge as a Botanist procured him
the appellation of the Linnaeus of Britain) and is
aonfidffcd in England a: a certain cure for the abovi?
complaints; it is also of singular efficacy in tht.
Hooping Cough,
lt may also be had retail of W. A. Stoicfs, No.
South Second-street, and T. Stiff, jj, New
ftreet, in bottles at 75 cents each.
Wm. Griffiths having obfetved the hnppy ef
fect of the medicine, (several cases of cures hav
ing eome within his own knowledge) and the great
demand for it has induced him to order a large
fupp'y, a part of which he has just received.
Attgii/f 3* iawj'%
Chocolate and Mustard
Manufaflured us usual,
Ginger and Fcpper ground
Shelled or Pearl Barley
BhiladelphiS Porter," Beer, Ale and Cyder
London Porter
Taunton and Burton Ale
Red Port and other Wines, eitht botlled,
•r by the pipe,, quarter cast or gallon—suitable
Ibr exportation or home confumption—
for Sale by
'John Haivcrth.
•No. 9S i'outh Front ft rest
"Xjjf'® a?et£e.
PHILADELPHIA,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, Sfptemefr 20.
COMMUNICATIONS.
I If the reign of blood is to continue, we
fliall soon fee our Butchers and Farritrs as
piring to feats in the College of Phylicians;
and it will be on all hands allowed, that
their patients, to use the expreflion of our
modern Sangrado, will die eajy.
The epithet used by Sangradin, when
speaking of blood-letting, will lose him the
pra&ice of our Sans Culottes ; they will ne
ver consent to die nobly.
Gil Bias was vif'ted with a troubled conscience
at having Tent out of the world fomany untorhl
nate mortals by bleeding them to death in pursu
ance of the preceptscf his matter, Sangrado.
If our modern Sangrado, or his he^d of Gil Bias,
were not above the reach of our fufrieions, on a
Gmilar score. the funereal rtfult of their pra&ice
would furnifli a much more extensive field for re
morse and bitteinefsof foul, than p-obabty did
Gil Bias or bis master Skngrado. ,
For the Gazette of the United States.
MR. FENNO,
I (hall soon take the liberty of submitting
to the public, Propofalt for Jlriiing offfome
engraved copies of abainting which is now
nearly compleated. The original i 9 8 by 5
feet. The engraving, I prop'ofe, (hall be 3
by two feet, and (hall be confided to the
execution of the best artists. I cannot give
a better account of the performance, than
by relating to you the remarks made on it
by two gentlemen who came to view it.—
These remarks I overheard unobserved, im
mediately committed them to writing as well
as I could recolleft them, aud now beg the
favof of their, insertion In your ufeful paper.
NICIAS.
Stranger.—Upon my word here are a great
many figures. It cannot be said of the
painter of this piece, that he was a lazy fel
low ; altho' I believe that it is generally the
caie that painters introduce into their per
formances as few objefts as poflible. I have
heard of a Flemish painter who was three
weeks industriously engaged in painting a
hickory broom. He mud have been very
particular and exaft indeed. This artiftdoes,
not appear to have taken quite so much
trouble. His (ketches have been quickly
made ; but they are striking, and the tout
ensemble is admirable. You will,be fogood
as to explain to me some of the figures. I
do not know them all. In the mod con
fpieuous groupe I fee some fine, chearful,
open countenances ; and recognize many of
the true patriots of America, Wa(hington,
Adams, Jay, Hamilton, Pickering, Knox,
and others. Op a de(k I fee the Proclama
tion of Neutrality. These men have indeed
left nothing undone to preserve the neutrali
ty of the United States. Those insignia de
note that they have been as indefatigable in
perpetuating the peace, and promoting the
true interest, as they formerly were in effeft
iwg the independence of their country.—
With the persons who compose that larger
colleftion, I am not so well acquainted.
The painter seems not to have flattered .them.
Citizen.—Alas ! Sir, for the honour of
our country, the painter has but copied
nature. These people call themselves ex
clusive patriots, and were we to attend to
their profefllons only, without paying any
regard to their a&ions, we might suppose'
that they monopolized all the virtue of
America. Many of them are disappointed,
faftious, envious men, who cannot bear to
fee others in the quiet poflellion of that
confidence, affeftion and esteem of their
fellow citizens, which fhey themselves never
could acquire. Mod of them are of des
perate fortunes, having nothing to lose,
and much to acquire in times of confufion.
Not a few of them are deeply indebted to
Engli(h merchants, and consider a war with
Great Britain as a sponge that will wipe
off their debts. Thiy were men of this
damp who set up the hue and cry agairrft
tfec British government for retaining the
western pods, and for seizing our vessels.
Precisely the fame men spared no trick, or
artifice, to render that very treaty obnoxious
to the people, _ which provided for the deli
very of these forts, and for indemnification
for these seizures. Do you note that flick,
cunning, (harp looking Frenchman ? You
observe that he holds in his hand " Injlrut
ttons for drawing the Americans into a war
with the British, by hook or by crool ?" You
have heard of Genet ? This is intended to
represent him. He is pointing t<3 the guil
lotine, (hews those around him some bags
of gold, and a large parcel of blank com
miflions. Look what a lid of profcriptioni
is nailed to the guillotine, and how greedily,
and with how much savage pleafnre, those
wretches are reading over the names. You
fee him offering to a fat man with white
hair, a fcrowl, entitled " A plan for organ
izing a number of Democratic Societies, which,
by the so• ce of their united influence, will, vn
quejlionably effeSihe defiredpurpofes." This
person, whose grey hairs ought to have
brought with them.more moderation, once
threw a treaty, after it had been approved
of by the senate of the United States, a
mong a number of the citizens of Phila
delphia, and with the voice of a fury told
them " to kick the G—d d d treaty
to h—lltaking the citizens for d-v-ls I
suppose.
Stranger.—He ought, if he thought
them d-v-ls, and one is authorized by his
language and conduft to imagine that he
had the impudence to regard them as such,
to have told them to tale, it to h—ll. But
what means that paper, which some mif- 1
chievous fellow has pinned to his back,
with the large words " The great Prrvaleer
and Swindler ; what is got over the devil's
back is spent under his belly."
Citizen.—This, I suppose, is in allusion
to the privateering which he was fuccefs
i fully engaged in lad war, aod to some fa
mily settlements macie to defraud honest
creditors:
Stranger .That'long faced, larithorn jaw,
half starved Italian, is intended to personate
the hungry wheels»of-government-clogging
Patriot. Pray who are those who stand be
side him, and are so attentively perufisg the
contents ot the paper which he holds in his
hand ? That paper he seems to have received
from Genet.
Citizen The one on his right hand is
F . ,-ly ; the one on his left hand is Mc.
L n. That person, who is'reading the
fame paper with so much fatisfaftion, is
Sm -ly. You have heard of all these
names at the time of the wefteni infurrettion
iu Penpfylvania. You may judge of the
purport of the paper which commands such
eager attention, by its title, " A plan for
weakening tht f 4 g Iby Jlirring up
an appqfitioiK to the ex. ein the w n
c— l —s of P a."—You observe a num
ber of figures apparently very much bent
upon something. The person to whom they
are so attentive is Fauchet, the late French
miniver. He wears a collar round his neck
upon which the words " Lord mayor of the
flour merchants," are engraved. He seems
to be dubbing one of his associates : that
person, around whose neck he is placing a
similar collar, is E d R h, of fa
mous memory. The inferiptien on his col
lar varies from that of Fauchet's ; for he is
yclipp'd " The renowned knight of the diflin
guifhed order of flour merchants." Take no
tice how heavy his pockets seem to be. See
those others hattily pressing forward for the
/ame favors. Note those two persons ad
vancing arm and arm. They seem calcula
ted for each other's support. Neither of:
these men could walk alone. The painter I
has taken some pains to express this idea, by •
making them link so close together. They '
are both foing to enter into the order of
flour mercnants Both of them are Jaco
bins. The one is an Amer/ean; and many
high offices of government have been prosti
tuted to him. Do you want to know how
virtuous, how ehafle, how sober, and how
hoitejl this man is, enquire in the environs of
Philadelphia, on the banks of the Schuyl
kill, and at the b—k of P a. The
tallest of the two is not an American ; but
I cannot tell you to what country hebelongs;
for as much pains have been taken by peo
ple of different countries to disown him, as
was formerly taken by the different Grecian
cities to obtain the honor of being believed
to haye given birth to Homer. You can
not exasperate an Englifhmtn more than to
fay D s was born in England. Tell a
\ Scotsman that this person and himfelf are j
fellow-countrymen, you will work him into ,
the utmost rage imaginable. You could not I
affront a man of any country more than to j
insinuate that this G r's humble ser
vant and himfelf, were born under the fame
sky. You might as well pull a Mussulman's
beard, or invite a descendant of Abraham to
dine with you on bacon. Look at that lit
tle'fellow who is striving so hard to get fore
moft. He is a celebrated musician, whose
voice has been much improved by a certain
cruel operation. Some twenty or thirty
years hence, perhaps a circumstance of this
kind may be a recommendation to a candi
date for office, and We may then fee over
the doors of certain artists in our city,—
Qui f cajlrano maravigliofimente iputi.
This little fellow has had the vanity to
believe himfelf qualified to take a diltin
guifhed part in the politics of our country.
Reared from the lowest and most dependent
• situation in life, by the patronage of an
eminent and wealthy merchant, he seized
with greediness the opportunity whieh the
misfortunes of his benefaftor afforded him,
to repay the many obligations he owed him
with the deepest ingratitude. Such' having
been the private life of this man, who is a
disgrace to the name, we are not to be fur.
prised by finding him firft in every Jacobi
nical measure adopted against the country
and government.
That is said to be a very striking likeness
of Mr. B— r t, who has been recently expel
led from a certain distinguished body, He
is a Jacobin, high in the confidence and fa
vor of his political associates. Very fortu
nate forthe Peace and welfare of the United
States, this man without intending it, has
proved like Fauchet, the marplot of his par
ty. Neither of these gentlemen thought
it worth their while to write their confiden
tial letters in cyphers. Their own"letters
have betrayed them. In all these treache
rous tranfadions you discern none but de
mocrats and exclusive patriots concerned.
Never yet has there been any plot against the
government, oh the people dete&ed, but
some of these jacobips have been exposed.
Yonder the painter has taken the licence
of a poet. That in the back ground is in
tended to represent a palace in Paris, lately
occupied by a nobleman whose fortunes were
prostrated by the French revolution. The
person descending the steps so heavily is our
late M—r M—e. - He holds in his hands
dispatches from America ordering him to re
turn *0 the United States. He casts a wifh
ful eye every now and then to the splendid
palace which he is most relu&antly compel
led to quit. H« however, consoles himfelf
with swearing " that he will return to his na
tive country and be revenged upon those who
have so cruelly awakened him from his fafci
nating dream of splendor and wealth." It is
said that the French government expressed
the utmost conccvn at parting with this Gal
lican, Anti-American M—e. Was it not
very strange the R—of this country should
have received such distinguished marks of af
fe&ion and etteem from those very men who
set their piratical eruizers loose upon our
defencelefs commerce, and ordered their
R—e to insult and vilify the firft officer of
the United States ? The figure yonder
which appears to be so carclefsly Sketched
off, and yet is not more unfinifhed than the
orignal, is a French printer, who has received
the most unbounded encouragement from
the French government. What think you
; of a printer being fuffered to publish a paper,
j paid for and supported by a foreign govern
ment, for the exprcfs purpose of rcvilifig an J
abusing those to whom the people have
thought proper to entru!Hheir gsyermen- j
tal affairs? The painter has drawn on his |
back the outlines of an American frigate ; ;
and from fhuulder to shoulder you fee two
or three broad stripes : Miis is the way that
he has taken to inform us that this man is
the lirft. who ever had' the honor to receive '
the punishment of the whip on board the '
American navy. He is however well paid
for being maltreated in this way, for that
great bundle of rtewfpapers which he is car
rying on his back" are for the French minis
ter, who is said to be a fubferiber for 700 of .
his papers. You fee a little boy pointing
to him and calling out, " that is the son of the 1
•would be Pofl-Mafler-General I" I ought |
to explain to you what is meant by this.—
When the press belonging to this printer
was established, it was truly an American,
federal press, and if it ever erred, it. was iu
being too sanguine and warm on the fide- of
governmerft. The very meafyres which
have lince been reviled by this printer and
his correspondents, were then warmly advo
cated by his paper. His father expe&ed, i
the Lord knows how, to be appointed the '
Poll-Matter-General of the United States. '
He was disappointed ; the President think- J
ing, I suppose, that a man might be a jolly, j
jovial foul, sing a good song, and engage ,
with relish in parties of pleasure, without -
being qualified to discharge the irksome du- j
ties of Pott-Matter-General of the United
States. From this moment it was known :
that a different kind of man had been folic- '
itcd to fill this office, from that instant did j
this press (heer about, and it has ever finc£ j
been the receptacle for the most infamous a- j
bufe of the firft and bed chancier* in the •
United States. It is impossible to note and 1
explain all the various figures introduced in
to this pietje. I will only detain vou to
look at that figure. Mark him we!l. This
man is a violent jacsbin, and for the honor
of my country, I am hapnfy to fay he is not
an American. Do you fee how h=r4 he is
trying to rub something off of his hands ;
and do you note what that something is ? ,
Look at the brgathlefs infant at his feet.
Do you wifii to know the name of this
modern copyist of England' 3 cruel Richard,
enquire for it in the town of Richmond ?
Do you want a conveyancer, apply to this
■man, for his deeds are written with an ink
that never fades.
WALPOLE, (N. H.) Aug. 31.
We are sorry to hear" that the yellow fe
ver has again began its ravages in the city
of Philadelphia. That city has so repeat
edly fuffered from this dreadful contagion,
that we do not wonder its citizens are alarm
ed ; and it is not extraordinary that their
fears (hould increase the report of the cala
mity beyond the truth. Philadelphia boatts
an excellent police, and physicians of the
acute (I {kill. Their exertions, under Pro
vidence, we trust. will arrest this deadly
epidemic in its baneful progress.
The presses of the United States teeru
with native and original publications. Dr.
Morse lias announced an American Gazet
teer, and Mr. Joseph Scott, author of the
United States Gazetteer, has iffued*propo- i
sals for printing a new work, entitled the
Am?ricar> Universal Cazetteer. Dr. Morse !
charges Mr. Scott with having purloined
the materials for his Gazetteer from his
Universal Geography. Mr. Scott, in a
letter addressed to the public, denies the
charge, and severely We
grieve to fee these petty squabbles between
gentlemen of science. Let politicians and
patriots, fools and French philosophers,
" Knit mody brow, and fcornfulfiiigt r point "
We wish that men of science, if they mutt
wage " wordy war," would catch a lefTon
from that Chefterfield of controversy, Bi
(hop Watson; or rather, that learning
would adopt the language of inspiration,
and fay unto her followers, by this shall men
know that ye are my disciples, because ye love
one another.
A quarto edition of the history of France,
from the earliest times to the present day,
by a citizen of'the United States, is now
in the press at Baltimore. , This is a work
much wanted in the United States. Our
knowledge of France has been an acquaint
ance with maffacrc and misery, philosophy
and-impiety, vi&ory and horror. The true
lovers of that erst gallant, loyal nation,
announce with pleasure the publication of
an American work, which will display to
their fellow citizens, the gallantry, braver)',
loyalty,, glory, piety and humanity of our
good allies, under their ancient monarchs ;
and the price and fruits of the French re
volution may convince some of our well
meaning, weak-brained citizens, that when
they have been seduced to seek for a change
in our excellent constitution, and to cry
reform and mean ruin, they knew not what
they asked, for inttead of bread, they might,
with-the French, receive a stone and a ser
pent.
CHARLESTON, Aug. 26.
Extraß of a letter shorn State/burg, Augufi 23.
" The ttafl quati :nty of ruin with fella few
weeks ago, and which has been succeeded by a
spell of dry sultry weather, has rendered the
country uuufudlly sickly, particularly among
those families that live near the swamps and low
grounds ; but few deaths, however, have hap
pened.
" The ancient euflom of boxing is, by a cer
tain class of people, fiillpradfed in this part of
the country. Two young men, of the names of
Swctman and Dunn, having been some time at
variance, at length agreed no fettle their differ
ence at fijlicujfs. They me at a mufler-field on
B.lack river, about the middle of lajl month, in
the preftnee of many fpeßators, and after afevere
contejl of ten minutes the vidory terminated in
favor % of Swetman. The champion, however,
did n\t live long to triumph in his viSory " far
in less than an hour he laid down and expired.
Dunn has firue hem committed to prison."
BHUI Ifc 111 Wiljl.iZapß'Wß4 T-<•'/ C : Y>" ta, -■--. ■*
13y this day's Ma;].
NEWV-ORK, September 19.
C/* Yesterday arrived here the
ship FAN&Y, Capt. Braine,
in 36 clays from Greenock—
on board of which came 33
paflengers, all in perfed health. -
By this arrival we are furni{hed
with London Papers to the
Bth, and Glasgow papers to
the 10th of August—which
enables us again to publish
THE LATIST ADVICES—
and which we eftee*i IM
PORIANI ! N. Y. Gaz.
LONDON, August 7. ,
A ftrongreport prevailed on Saturday an.4
yesterday, that the Dutch fleet had failed
from the Texel in the ahfence of Admiral
Duncan, driven from his station by a .gale
of wind. The Circe frigate arrived from
Yarmouth, brought filch intelligence. It
is said, however, that last night Govern
ment received an affiirance to the contrary.
There had been, it appears, some blowing
weather, that had obliged the Dutch to run
higher up the harbour, and on which ac
count also, the Britilh admiral flood for a
short space of time to sea, as hi* fliips, o
tberwife v during the storm, would have had
to encounter all the inconveniences of a dan
gerous lee shore, at rather an unliable an
chorage.
Our readers wijj find in our paper of this,
day, further details from the Paris papers
which we received on Saturday.
The debates of die Council, and the con
duel of the DireAorv t>f France, give eo-
Jour to the fyjipofitjon that /jaipe Y-ioknt ex
plosion will ultimately ensue. The Coun
l cil of Five Hundred continue to reproach
the D're&ory with an intent to influence
their decisions, and to over-awe their delibe
rations, by the presence of an armed force ;
they declare the explanations which they
have received from the Government to be e
•afive, unfatisfa&ory and falfe ; and the
fafts they adduce in support of their r.ffirm
otions, not ouly demonstrate thejr jafticc,
but prove, in our apprehension, that the
objeft of the Dire£tory, was, and perhaps
stiLl is", to re-tftab!i(h the fiyftem of terror. *
The Council pursue their inquiries on this
interesting fubjed : and the r w mini :
war is employed in afcertainwp from whom
proceeded those orders which aurhorifed tue
troops to pass the limits preferred by law :
for ft range as it 'must appear, after all tl e
communications that have taken place bet
ween the administration and the Legislative
Body, and after the close investigation of a
fpet'al committee, this eflential point still re
mains unexplained.
The Executive Direftory have not been
idle during these tranfadions, they have evi
dently exerted all their influence with the
troops, who have, as we eXpe&eiJ", given
I them afTurance of implicit obedience to their
• commands. An address to the Directory '
from the division under the orders of Gen.
■ MafTena, has not only been- received, but
' published, altho' it is on} of the rr.oft at
trocious and inflammatory papers that ha*
appeared since the revolution. It contains
a gross libel on th#: Legislative Body, whom
it accufesof having violated the contention,
degraded the government, afforded prctt&i*
on to emigrants and priests, rebels to the
laws, and fan&ioned the murder of upright
republicans. It holds out the roost direst
and positive menaces, and threatens the op
ponents of the DireSory with deftruciion.
This paper is nothing less, thin an open
rebellion; and the"condu&of the directory
in fan£lioning its publication, renders them
participators in the crime. It is their duty
to maintain the constitution, and that oon
(litution exprsfsly forbids the army to deli
berate; —the constitution also expressly de
prives all the members of the republic of the
privilege of colleftivelv petitioning or ad
drefling the direftory or the councils; and
yet the dire&ory have in this nftance, not
only fuffered, but encouraged the army
who are doubly restrained by law as citi
zens and as soldiers—to address thvfti<—
They have therefore violated the constituti
on which they had sworn to defend. In
deed, every thing feema to indicate a dispo
sition, on their part, to eftablifli a military
despotism ; troops are in motion in all quar
ters of the republic, though'they have not
yet ventured to approach the metropolis,
the councils have declared themselves to be *
surrounded by them—th~t a days march,
will fuffiee to bring them to Paris, and to an
nihilate the legislative bodies. In this criti
cal posture of affaires, tranquility can scarce
ly be. expe&ed to be long rfiaintamed.
Our Weymouth letter, received yesterday
mention's a report which prevailed there of
an engagement having taken place between
Sir John Borlafe Warren's squadron and a
French 74 gun &ip, in which that gallant
officer is dated to have loft his life, but thai
the enemy's (hip was captured. We state
this entirely upon the authority of the Wey
mouth letter, and which merely records the
report there of the day. .The .account has
received no confirmation this morning.
August 8.
Yesterday eveniag, a Ifttle before fovea
o'clock, lord Grenville Levifon, a«compa»
nied by Mr. Major, one of hir majesty's
meflengers, landed at Dover from Calais,
and immediately proceeded for town, where
he arrived early this morning. Hia lordlhip
is supposed to have, brought over some very
important communications from lord Mal
mefbury.
We are enabled to state, upon the best
authority, that the Dutch fleet have never
quitted, the Texel, nor admiral Duccan his
station. The captain of the Circe, who
brought the account, wasdeccivedby teak-