poffefTes the right to put the troops in mo tlon, and to determine the mode in whicl they shall be employed. But does it follow that their muft never occup] your attention, especially when it is tracec to a point which the troops cannot pas: without your authority ? The conftitutioi gives the legislative body the right to re quire information from the dire&ory. Tliii information is intended to enlighten you' committees entrnfted with the preparatior of the laws. Upon what objeft more im portant could you require information, thai upon the march of the troops, and upor the extraordinary events which have foi some time taken place ? Nay more, the di rkfkory had fharcd your fblicitude, and hac solemnly promised to examine into the au thor of the order, the name of whom you had demanded. So far then there is a(per feft agreement between the two powers. Both united to investigate the cause of the extraordinary movement which occasioned general anxiety. How then does it happen that to day a reprcfentative of the people ventures to afTert, that you have violated the constitution ? Doubtless you had vio lated the constitution, if you had not view ed with the mod serious attention the move ments organized around you. No—by this conduft you did not trench upon the power /of the diredtory ; and thirf opinion, in which you all agreed, naturally me to point out the fyftctri which ha 3 been assiduously pursued to counttraft the legislative power, by extending uniformly, a.,d under uirery pretext, the limits of the executive autho. rJtjr. You are now accused of encroaching upon its privileges. In the fame manner were you told, that you had not the right to /hut up the popular societies, to publish a proclamation in order to demonstrate" to the French people the parity of your inten tions : to seek information now becomes ne- Ceflary ; to hear reports; to require that positive answers (hould be fubdituted to communications completely evasive. To trust the partisans of such a system, the le gislative body would soon be reduced to the impotence of only enacting laws. f Some members laughed ; several voices, " Jt jbould be so.") Allow me to finifh. Two efien tial attributes characterize your pow -; you enatt laws, but you retain the right of su perintending their execution. In order to exereife this Superintendence, you must in vestigate ; you must hear reports, upon the result of which you form your opinions and prepare the laws, which it is your bu ' fmefs to introduce. Neither was I less astonished to hear it said that this tribune had refoundsd with accusations againftfome of our generals. I call upon the whole council to bear witness to the truth of what lam about to aflert. Never has any speaker omitted an opportunity of bestowing, with in these walls, a just tribute of praise upon our generous defenders, and upon their glo rious chiefs. Recoiled that memorable day, whert the preliminaries of peace were an nounced. With what feufibility did he who preSided on that occasion, declare that the French armies, crowned with vjftory and with peace, had deserved well of hu manity. Tears Streamed from your eyes. The delicate touches of the orator went to your hearts ; it is true, my colleagues— (a.general cry, " Yes, yes.")— Who has rot pronounced with sentiments of affeftion the illuftrioui name of the pacificator of La Vendee ? Has that of the hero of I'.aly ever been mentioned without exciting en thusiasm ? Never within these walls did we omit to pay homage to his great qualities ; his humanity, even his moderation obtained just apologists. Was it not here that the firft tribute of thanks for his generous con duct towards the ministers of religion exiled from France, was Voted ? I know that abuses which had crept into the account of certain funds, which appear, to have been diverted, were mentioned. But can it be imagined that it ever enttred into our minds to accuse our generals of these dila pidations, to require from the man who levelled the Austrian power, and discon certed their military plans, a mechanical at tention to the drynefs of financial calcula tions ? No. We never conceived such an idea. But what could be thought of us if the delapidations of secondary agents,a thou farid times denounced by the generals them selves, did not engage our attention ? Be cause dilapidations are committed in the armies, must we Shut our eyes ? tiuft we o vertKrow the constitutional system of ac counts, and substitute an arbitrary diltribu tion in the room of the regular administra tion of the trcafury ? We have heard here of some Strange power or other given to your committee of infpedtors. Believe me, representatives, in this refpeft you have done no more than your duty. If no conspira cies exilt, so much the better, my most ar dent wiShes are accomplished. If they do,_ you have my GnceVe thanks ; you have cheeked their progress, you have disconcert ed their effeas by your wisdom and by your firm moderation. Is it really neccfTary then seriously to refute those who have no other mode of blaming your conduit than by tel ling you, " Impeach the direttory ?" Ate those who employ this language ignorant that such a system which they pretend is constitutional, would be fubverfire of the principles of bur representative government. Opposition in our eyes, then must be uncon stitutional. Look at our neighbours the English, look at th« Americans : are you ig norant that in their parliament and in their senate, the ministerial power, and the royal authority are attacked, are cenTured, and that the censures of these authorities would be their most Sirm fijpports, if instead of cen sure it was meant to overthrow ? It may be neceflary to censure what it would' be crim inal to subvert. We have heard a great deal also of the industry which calumny ex erts to villify the republican institutions and authorities. No authority, lam perfuad td, is more the objeft of calumny at this ' moment than our own. But let a few wild j demagogues, let a few Stupid anarchists mis- ; represent tbefe opinions and accuse our in- ' - teiitioris—Of flrhat importance is it- ? Tj utl 1 is immoveable : It too is a power. Byth; t light of its torch will the people of Franc< r analyze your proceedin s, and judge ofyoui I j conduit. It is fmd that the priests return ? : But the just and salutary law by which the\ i are recalled, was palled unanimously by the - two councils. Can you then accuse your > selves ? The emigrants returned I hear, 1 r confefs I can hardly restrain indignation, I l cannot conceive how the dire&ory speak; - of those returned, their language, their i audacity. Do not the laws exilt ?Is it pof l fible to imagine a power more extensive, r more absolute, more monstrous than thai - of the direftory with regard to emigrant'! i I What ! We have betrayed our duty. We ■ have violated the constitution in giving the i directory the right of life and death over a ■ Frenchman alledged to be an emigrant Itj ; a word, it may corifign him to the Scaffold .. , • You Shudder with horror, citizens, when I [ remind you of a legislation so barbarous, i Gracious providence 1 Is it not fufficient • for the directory to be invested with an au- I thority so monstrous, "an authority which ought to rouze the indignations of every foul of freedom ? And does the council im ■ | pedc the execuecution of the law ? Does i the council arrest the powers of the directo ry ? Has the council fufpend'ed this attro . cicms licer.fe, no ; it has not, but it may ; | withdraw nn authority which no government fhotild poflefs ; it may annihilate a legifla j tion which no free government can fanftion, which no humanity can endure ... (a num ber of voces, yes, yes, to the vote .. . The mod lively agitation prevails in the council ) ' ! The purchasers of national property, it is | f;i;ei, areinfulted, menaced, affafiinated. 1 lie: last speaker and the mefTage seem here to combine to accuse you of not giving to these purchasers fuffieieut guaranty and pro tection. .1 will not remind you, that the guaranty is constitutional, that they are en titled to protection from the government, but I will tell you what you do here every day. Do riot you fell the national domains ? Do you not supply the treasury with their i produce ? Would you fell what remains, if you intended todefpoiljheoriginalpurchafers? Such imputationsdo not requireto beconfot ed. You way let demagogues in their 'frenzy pollute with these foul accusations their empoisoned productions ; your con duCt is fufßcient answer to them all I am far from reproaching the last speaker with tl.fcinfinuations contained in his speech, j which are nothing less than an impeachment of your condudt." Lamarque—" I disavow them, they are foreign to my heart." Vaublanc—l know it, Citizen—T am most per ! feSly convinced of it. I firmly believe too, that I you will be the firft to oppose the printing of a j speech, which contains an indirect impeachment of the conduil of the two councils. I oppose tli ; printing therefore. Our colleague Bailljr. hn mo ved, That *tfe meffige te refcrrrd to a committer —1 support the ropofition. We ought to tave report upon the Legifla'ive views fugg.lled tn th mcflage of theDire&ory. For example, with rt gi-d to purchasers of national property, priests a/ emigrants, we mull know when, where and hav. a purchalcr ha* been affaflioated, a priest has dif p! ye ! feHition and rebellion, or a- emigrant has palled with i.»punity ? I cannot conclude, Reprer fentatives, without reminding you oi what the Dated retyping th addreflesfrcm one of the armies of the Republic. The qreateft part of these breathe the purest and senti ments worthy of rhc-intrepid defenders of l iberty and the Conil.'iation. i'h«fe I allude to are ad dressed to the Directory, and th*ir contents, hy ing afidc, perhaps, the irregularity of the er ation of which they are the result, ,are such an I have defcnn*d. '1 here are two, however, which 1 muil confefs,have provoked my in ire sent frcm oce anayto another, they are dired , ticularly the Five Hundrei.-—; But Jiere I (lop -In this address I djfeover nei ' ther the fault of the soldiers uor thuL* 4 of the cffic j ers, hut the fault-of fonfl persons by whom thcf have Ween Senate that a finale fault fhoulJ bp put in the bal . nice with the heroic labors, the innumerable frrvi ces, from whofc u fufpiciou> gencrofitr it has been I support the of my col- ! f Bailly." Ibe Council palTcd to the order of the day, on the rpotion for printing La Maique's speech, and adopted the, proposition of Bailly. The m lTage of the Dire&ory was referred to a committer of fevn m'mbers, and com muncated tb the Council cf Elders. NORFOLK, September 28. By a gentleman pafitngrr in the Da»i/h (hip, Chritlians Haven> Capt. Patrick Corran, arrived yesterday in 43 days from Tene riffe, we have received the following : Defeat of the British at Tenerijfe. On the morning of the 22d of July, the town of Santa Cruz was alarmed at the ap-- pearance of 7 English Ihips lying off,' and 36 armed boats that ranged across the liar- ' bour. It feemefi evidently their witenrior to have landed in town before day, but fc.il ing in that attempt they returned to the (hip ping. At 10 o'clock, about laoo men were landed, and polled thentfelves upon th< summit of a fecoud ridge of mountains jon the N. E. while the Spaniards were Ration ed on the firft ridge, which commanded the entrance into the town by a narrow passage. /Some trifling firing ensued without loss on either fide. At night the English re-em barked, and the ships ftood"!>ff and on until the evening of the 24th, when all came to anchor. A bomb ketch commenced a par tial fire on a distant fort, by way of attract ing the attention of the Spaniard*, which was warmly returned. Between one and two o'clock the town was alarmed by the approach of boats, and the forts iuftantly commenced . a heavy and incefiant fire on them. The darkness of the night favored the views of the English, and between 8 and 900 landed in two parties on each fide of the castle. One small party of 50 men com manded by adn #.l Nellon, and capt. Bow en landed on the Mole ; the firft loft his right arm, and immediately returned on board. Capt. Bowen with most of his little party was killed advancing to the charge. The other party penetrated into the. town, aflaulted the castle, were repulsed and at last took refuge in a convent. Thither they were pursued by the Spaniards, who by this time had placed cannon in the ftreetsand a venucs that led to it. The English finding themselves ftirronnded on tvery fide, offi-;\;d terras to at he general, in Which they propo sed to march out, without cloing injury to the town, upon condition of being delivered the money in the pu v Uc treasury, and the cargo of a Manilla (hip in the harbour, which they erroneously supposed worth lo or k millions. ' The Spanish general was fired wfth indig nation at the proposal, and was about giv ing the signal for massacre, when they sur rendered upon condition of marching out with their arms, alid not fcrving in any ex pedition again# the Canary illands for 12 months. The loss of the Eiij'iiih was a botn 100 killed and wounded on fhpj-j?, and the officers supposed between Iyd and 200 drowned in a cutter that and from theii boats in larfding. The: Spaniards un der arms were 18-killed a.nd 30 wounded, 1 together with some private persons who: were imprudently iiithe streets, among whom was Mr. C. Roonev, an Irish gentleman,; i known for his humanity to the diflreffed,' and generous affiflanee and attention to fo reigners who visit the island. . The capitulation being signed and the prisoners collefted on the Mole. The Spa- 1 nifh general caused bread w ine so be givi en t*> Ofcry man, ordered every afisftance to the wounded, and humanelv offered twiake those under his care, who fhoiild.be thought too ill to be carried on boa'd, : —He receiv ed a very handsome letter from admiral Nel-. son, in which was expressed unbounded gratitude for his humanity, adding that he would take thefirft opporfunity'of commu- 1 nicating it to his sovereign. The Bvrtith officers very honorably de clared that their 'intention was not to have' kept pofTeffion of the island.had they taken It, as they supposed that peace was at that time concluded ; but only to require the money in the tre alary, and the cargo of the Manilla ihip. It was n«t unw.fonable in their enemies to presume that as that requi sition would not have amounted' to one-tenth of the sum they expected, ft wtfiild have been raised from their private property, The persons who composed the expedi tion were sailors, the crews of the different vefTels. The following are the (hips engaged in* this expedition : rr,, r f Vice A. Nelson, Thefeu. 74 | Capt . Mffler.- Culloden 74 Capt. Trowbridge. Zealous 74 Hood. Leander 50 Thompson. Emerald 36 Waller. Sea-Horie 3 t5 Freemantle. Terpsichore 32 Bowen. Fox, cutter 4 Lieut. Gibfon, with 10 pieces of artillery, funk by the fort, and upwards of 100 men on board perished. Yeflerday arrived the schooner Margaret - ta, captain S. Barron. From a gentleman i pafTenger we have received the following : Extraft ps a letter from St. Bartholomews, datuthcran i o v ptif>?s o I 1 O Potter's Fi Id 1 2 t City Hospital* 9 o KenfTgconl 3 j 2 \ ' .20 7 ~ 11 * * Six of theft from the city. f One from Camptoxun. D —, a The nvmler of lar 'tah on the 4th of Ofto -1 l' r > 1 793> •was fifty eight. i Deaths at Baltimore, O&ober 1, 8. 1 , Mr. Fei^no, , Afterprefrntingmygrateful acknowledg ments to my fellow citizens for past instan ces of confidence, be pleased to inform them that on account of ill health, lam obliged -j to decline the nomination to serve in Cidih ■> mon Council the ensuing year. 1 Edward Pennington. j Oft- 4- Norther ft Liberties, Cjfl* $, I 795. Citizens Members of the Northern Liberty \ Fire Company, No. 1, having removed dur ing the present epidemic, will be good e nough to give ordtrs- to such persons who may have charge of their houses, to fend the Buckets, and Basket of each absent j Member to the house of the Prefldent of the Company, who will be responsible therefor. Recent alarms of fire render this requisition abfjolutely necessary. - . SAMUEL GAR RIGUS, President. A charity sermon will be preached on Snnday next, at 3 o'clock, at St. Tho ' nras's African Church, in the city of Phila delphia, for the relief of the poor and dif'- trefled citizens, by the rev. Absalom Jonei. od V»r. l : enr.o, this appears certain ; and I have long j - mafvemd at the llupor which seems to pervade a!<. | all ranks, under a fituat ; on of the most critical and j luc-enie. We fectn to be sleeping over g the embers cf a volcano, wlvofe eruption app-arsj f, certain, and of wlucl\" the corft quences ure meal- | t eulabie. v.iy we nr.* b'Cgul too hte, to take pre- < - cautions ?Vaiiiil its Con'equei ces- If peiid.rig-conteil between arbitrary ;ow- { er i-lid the ,«v France, (hofild not eventuate j \ r- ! > thc.*S.vbliflißi3nt of frme regular form of fov cfnmenf, it isr>ear'y certain that thJ« country will ~n liave to nerve her aim jgainft.friternization an 1 fanfcHlottifm. Thert it will he to he regr. tt«d that America had not the vvifdom to take warn p >■ by other*' harms. / k ° At a meeting of a number of the citizens of Philadelphia, held atf the Union School Hcufe in Germantown, on Saturday, the 30th day of September, 1797 : It \vas agreed unanimously, to recom mend the following gentlemen as suitable characters to fill the offices which precede their refpeftive names : Member of the Senate of the slate of Pertn fy'vanta, for the di/friß coinpofed of the city and county of Philadelphia and county lo- of Delaware : Benjamin R~. Morgan. Members of the Hoyfe of lieprefentatives for tht City of Philadelphia. George Latimer Robert Wain Jacob Hiltzheimer Lawrence Seckel t. J°feph Ball Francis Gurney. Members of the Seled Coimiil of the City of m Philadelphia : ■d Godfrey H:iga Henry Pratt James R -ad Francis Gumey. Members of the Common Council of the City of Philadelphia.: Matthias Saddler Michael Keppele James Todd Walter Frtmklin i iiomas Parker, Thomas Allibone y George Pennock James S. Cox I Ed Ward Pennington, Henry Drinker, Juri. Henry Wharton, Caspar W. Morris 0 j Ju'eph Hopkinlon Thomas P. Cope e j I iiomas Greeves Levi Holh'ngfwortli t I Conrad Gerhard Lawrence Herbert e Gideon H. Wells George Fox. Publilbed by order of the Meeting, u KEN R'- PRATT, Chairman, JOHN HALLOWELL, Sec'ry * #*■ The Subl/riber having been, against j his inclination, forced forward into public notice, by a current of events, over which be ; hid no controul ; thinks fit to inform the Slibfcribers to the Gazette of the United States, that the Editor (his father) has been unavoidably absent for fix weeks past. He feels himfelf induced to mention this cir > cumftance as an apology for any deficiency j which may have appeared in any department , of the paper. fiefet with every species of unforefeen dif frefs and embarrassment, (arising out of the afflifting calamity which has defolatcd the city) during almost the whole interval, he ( can only affurethofe to whom any thing may | have appeared to be wanting, that his best endeavors, directed by a constant solicitude to render the paper of continued utility to the public, have, on no occasion, been wanting. The return of his father is momently ex- 1 . pe&ed ; when he will again refutae his Edi torial functions. JcJhn Ward Fenno. Oftober c. J 1 The Philadelphia, Atfion, and Tuckerton MAIL STAG E. RLE proprietors beg leave to inform the public, that tbey have ejiablifved a Stage bet-ween Philadel tibia, Atfion, Batjlo, Hampton, Speed-well, and Afar to a Fur nace, Wading River flitting mill and thctoivn of Tuck" in Nev^Jerfey, to go once a weeJt, and are provi ded with good herfrs, a corvfar table carriage, and a care ful driver, for tbe conveyance of the mail,paffengers, and goods. Tie Stage will Jlart every Thursday, at io o'cock* A. M from Mr. Daniel Ferry. and * iQdge that night at Joel Bodine's* at Longacoming ; and 6* on Friday 6 o'clock, P. M.. arrive at Caleb E } v ins's, inkceper, in Tuckerton, dijlant from the city * n:'t'es K (from the Atlantic 6, and from the Eafl Groufmg 1 Plains f miles) where are good accommodation! for tra xcllftty and where are commodious and fafe paffuge boats provided to "convey paffetgers to Capt. William IVar rirtgtons hovje, on Tucker's Island, adjoinining the At- LuU'iCy where arc good aceommoaationr, and a convenient pUce to Lathe ; the ffortfmjn zufco ivijhes to regale bimfelf •urtNf fowling andffbing, may at this place be highly gra tified, there being at alrnofl every tfeajm of the y7ar fowl a -id in abundance. — Tbe Stage on i.s re.urn, fl«rts frtffii the a for efaid C Evans* sin Tuckerton, eveiy Tuef uckty at 6 o'Jccl-, A. M.brcskfafls at John Bodine's, at l%*vding Jlivfr lodge that night At Longacoming, and at S o*clock, P. on IVcdnfday, arrive at the obre/aid C§pcr\' Ferry. It is preferred thai no route of an equal dfiance will be Irfs expenftve, or furnifo the tra veller with a greater vnrieiy of amusement, as be 11 ill not only have aif leaf ant fail to atiant.c from Tutter ■' ton, but hjve thf cari'fty of f eing on the road thither a number of capital f rnaccs aid forges y and- one flittv.g :nilly in complete > and at work ; gentlemen, too, who are owners, or fa&ors, of any of the aforef aid iron works, are fMcited to encourage and support this sage (by wheh they can befo well a c cam modeled) the continuant eof which will much depend on their aid. The rates of passengers and baggage are as fllows : For a passenger from tbe eforrfiid Da.tXjvoper's Ferry to Tuckerton, including per txilej Ftur Cents—ls6 lb. of b 'ggefge * qual to aprtf - fencer. Pottage of letteri, ncufpapers, ijfe. will be agreeably to laiv. •V. B. "7he mail crosses from the Old Ferry. THOMAS IVARDI E Ist Co. T. The Citizens of Philadelphia and the Suburbs, RESIDING in or near Germantown, are eameftly' requested to meet at the Ger man School Houfc, in the fchpol hcufe lahe, on Saturday next, at three o'clock in the afternoon; to take into cofi'deration "the present fuffering ilate of the' Poor of the City and Suburbs, and adopt such measures j as humanity may point out. Germantown, 03. 3. ; MHI)IC rNE S. OF evfry kind nacfDry for rbc sick aifo, Sa j jro, Barley, and Oatrr.el, for diet drink, will fee J. del weir it gta ti s, during the prcf?nt cortngioii, to \ tk-fe who are ur.uble to pay for it, at Hunter's , No. 114. South Second Street. ' MKDILINE S. \ THE Po"r w!'.o may find it inconvcniert, from dift;.i>R", to make ufecf Mr. Hunter's truly mc-' . ritorious offer, w;li.be supplied with racjiicine— fa»o, barley, oatmeal, &c. hy tp lyinc at the iubferibqr'.s Acre, No, 36, Market-ft ret t. ROBERT S. STAFFORD. Public Notice is hereby given, THAT tby Comrr>iflu>i:i:rs for the Oiftrlil oh Scu*)iwark have removed their hall to the houfc / formerly occupied "by Sanrfeel OofF, in Chrifliviti at the comer of Bafth Ureet. OR. 2. THE iVi Ai U y.'S OF LieE * If tri'T, r»R TUB PRESENT, AT TK3 CITY HALL.