X£e ©ajettc.
PHILADELPHIA,
FRIDAY EVENING, NOVKteBZR »J.
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Thursday, November 13.
Mr. Thomas Pinckaey, from South Carolina
(in the place of Mr. W.Smith, appo ::»■'! miniftrr
to Portugal) and Mr. Claiborne, rom Tenueffee
(a newly elected member) appeared, and took the
constitutional oath and their feats.
i'fee hour of twelve being near at hand, the
fncaker announced it, »nd * message was sent to
the senate, to inform them they were met arid
ready to receive the communications of the Preii
aent ot the United Stales, agreeably to his appoint
ment.
The members of the senate attended according
ly, and about a quarter after twelve th t PrefideDt
of the United States (after visiting the senate cham
ber) entered the house, accompanied tyhis ferre
tsry and the hea4» of departments, and af:er being
feated,rofe and delivered the following SPEECH,
wl ich fee yesterday & Gazette.]
Having concluded his speech, and delivered co
pies of it to the prelidert protem. of thef«nate,
and to the fpeakef of the house of reprentatives,
the prefldent retired, the speaker resumed his chair,
and the house being come to order, he, as usual,
read the speech from the chair. This being done,
on motion, it was referred to a committee of the
■B'-'ole house, and made the order for to-m«brow.
Ordered also to he printed.
Vir. WH.LIAMS ohfervsd it was not usual to at
tend to much on the (day the speech was
delivered ; but h,; Ih'ould wi(h that they might
take up the refelu'ion of the senate refpeaing the
appointment of chaplains.
The motion was agreed to, and the resolve of
the ftnate baving been read,
Mr. Macon cbjefted to the form ofit. Ifthey
were to agree to a resolution of this kind, he hop
ed it would he in the usual form. Ihe senate,
without their concurrence to the resolution, had
proceeded to eleil a'chaplain, which was tontrary
to former practice. They ought firft, he said, to
have known that this house would agree to have ■
chaplains, before they had proceeded to an elec
tion. He called for the reading of the resolution.
Mr. Williams did not think the variation ma
terial.
Mr. Venable wished to have the quethoa <li
vided, as ihe resolution and eleftion were tw« dis
tinct things He therefere moved to strike out
-he latter part
Mr. Dwiout Foster favvno nccemcy for [trik
iag out any part of the resolution, It might be
Wry well divided. He therefore moved that the
sense of the house might b: firA taken on the for
mer cart.
Mr Venable consented, andthefirft part was
agreed to.
Mr Willi am s then moved that the house pro
ceed to the eleSioi of a chaplain.—Agreed.
The Speaker informing the house that a previ
ous nomination wa6 neceff iry,
Mr. Williams nominated Dr. Green.
Tlie fergcant at arm was directed to collet
the liaJ!ot«, and Meftn. Grifwold and N. Smith
v ('re appointed tellers.
I"he votes being examined, Mr. Grifwold re
ported the result to be,
54 votes for 11 r G.tci
6 for Dr. Prieilly
3 for Dr. Blair
1 for General Williams
I for Mr. Uftiik.
Dr. Creen was of eourfe declared duly elected.
After reading a few private petitions, whieh
were referred to the committer of claims, she house
adjourned.
ExtraS of a letter from a gentleman in Marti
niaue, dated Augujl 26, to a merchant in
Norfofh.
"We have been in much confufion for a
few-flays past, in coulequcnce or a very large
amount in bad coin, been imported
into this colony by Ogden, Charrierand Co.
they are closely coftfin'3 in jail; at least the
latter. Ogden reGdad in New-York. A
total confifcation-of their property will take
jlace."
ExtraS of a letter from n gentleman in Mar
tinique, dated Augujl 26 to the fame,
" I am sorry to tell you that -the house of
Charrierand Co. of Martinique, is broken:
their property confifcated. —Andrew de
camped, and John in jail; owing to their
ha' ing imported alarge quantity of bad coin
fereral house* have had their property
confifcated at Martinique for having a con
cern in this nefarious bufwefs. Joes gilt,
70,0001. worth of them were imported by
Charrier and Co. alone, and all good coin
Jiad disappeared."
FRENCH NOBILITY
By Mr. Burke's ftatcment, the French
nobility, before the revolution, were so re
educed in numbers, that they did not much
exceed 20,000, at least of full grown men ;
and he adds, that as they have been very
cruelly formed into entire corps of foldiera,
it is estimated, that by the sword and distem
pers in the field, they have not loft less than
5,000 men ; and if this courfc is pursued,
it is to be supposed that the whole body of
the French nobility may be extinguilhed.
/Several hundreds have also periftied by fam
ine and various accidents. N. Y. Pap.
The terrible tribunal of the InctyisiTioN
has been furprefled in Spain, and the event
lately announced in the Madrid Gazette.
This wife mcafure may probably eacreafe
the number of Malcontents in that country.
Those who have loft the situations which
have hel4 under that tribunal, may become
the mod a&ive revolutionists. The step
from depotifm to anarchy is but a (hort one.
c \_Lond. Pa}.]
Anecdote of tie present Queen of Portugal.
The present queen of Portugal, in com
mon with her countryman, entertained a
strong predileftion sos the Ebglifh nation.
The protection they received from England
lin the last war with Spain, and the gener*
ous assistance of the Eritilh parliament at the
time of the great earthquake, were held in
grateful remembrance by every Portuguese
Previous to the queen's aecefTion to the
throne, (lie had evinced a tendency to that
religious frenzy and dcfpoVidency with which
(he r. now so heavily afili&ed ; and as soon
as fte hid podtfled herftlf of the reins of go
vernment/ to (hew her afFeiftion for thp
Engiilh nation, " flife iiTued an ordinance,
that' every Englilliman who wonld embrace
the d £lrines of the chufch -of Rome [fcould
receiv. a reward, amounting in currency to |
about four pounds, and a new fait of
cloth :s ; her suCcess more than equalled her
expectations, not a British vcfTcl entered
the Tagus but the men were one and all
converted to as good catholics as money
and clothes could make them, and as for
the crews of the packets, they received the ;
queen's bounty money (as they termed it)
five or fix times over, as they constantly
complained on every return from Falmouth, ■
of the strong assaults their relatives and
friends had made upon their newly adopted
tenets : the queen at length discovered that
the pious work (he had begun could not be
accomplidied, even if the whole riches of
the Brazils had been put in requisition, aad
the ordinance was revoked, to the great
diflatisfaftion and chagrin of the British
tars Morn. Chron.
At the trial of the Nore mutineers, one
Vankerand was sentenced to receive 8ola(h
---es ; while the sentence was reading, he
roared out—" Only 80 lashes ! I thought I
ivas to be hanged. I wi/h you would give me
them now, and let me be done with it.*'
NEW-YORK, November 22.
At a late hour last evening we received
our London advices by the way of Green
ock, which furni(h many details of informa
tion not handed te usbefure—We (hall take
them up to-morrow.
A London paper of the 27th Sept. ftatea,
that gen. La Fayette and his companions
in fuffcring are at length delivered from their
long and painful captivity. They were re
leafedupon the 27th of Augult.
The British parliament was to meet about
the middle of this month.
From the Glasgow Courier®/OSober 5, re
ceived by the Amjlerdam Packet.
Refleftions, suggested by the recent condutt
of the French government at Lille.
A crisis more awful, more important, or
more inftruftive than tbe present, is not to
be found in the annals of any nation that e
ver existed on the earth. For eight yean
past have we been contemplating events as
extraordinary as ever happened, and aftions
as monftrou? as ever disgraced the unfortu
nate nature of our species. Mock trials,
deriding justice, regicide, indiferiminate pro
fcriptiont, rivers of blood, and boasted impi
ety, have insulted intellect, and tortured
sensation. Some strong minds ( I will not
at present fay whether mistaken «r not) have
looked upon these horrors without (hrinking
in the hope of ultimate advantage to man
kind ; and, while the feeling heart has quiv
ered under the impreflion, have been bold e
nough to cry out, " It is to be endured, it
ought to be endured, for the good of the
world, for the fake of poftcrity."
But the iorcfight of others (a forefight
now juftified) led them not only to denounce
the diabolical means, but to deny the boast
ed end of meliorating the lot of man. Men
of reading and of refleftion have looked i»-
to the page of history, have compared past
with the present times, and have seen the
fame Utopian chimeras formerly giving birth
to Ctmvulfion; and revolution*, ■■fciali they
have obfe ved constantly ending in tyranny
and opprellion. Thence they have depre
cated the issue of the present chimeras in
France, and, though of different parties in
domestic politics, have set themselves to op
pose their influence with heart and hand,
with fortune and with life. These are the
real philosophers of the age ; and whether
they be ftatefmati or individuals, seamen,
soldiers, or citizens, they are the truefriends
to genuine and attainable happiness, and
their philosophy is the wisdom of ages.
If the nature of man were uncorrupt, if
he were a perfeftly virtuous and pious crea
ture, there would fce little occaiion to dis
pute the superiority of forms of government;
justice and benevolence would govern all his
aftions, and ascertain all his rights. We
know that the end of government is to crush
vice, and to cultivate virtue, whieh includes
every right of man ; but whether monar
.chy or republicanism contributes most to
this genuine end, has been a constant debate
both among the antients and the modems.
It is not my intention to take up time in a
renewal of this fubje£t,-on which I fiiall on
ly fay, that experience evinces that the feeds
of tyranny and oppreflion are at least as pro
fufely scattered in the latter as in the form-'
cr mode of government. Was there ever a
republic, however pure it set out in princi
ple, that did not Coon verge to abfolutt
power, and terminate in the despotism of
one or many rulers.
Revolutions, after blood had ceafcd to
flow, and the tumult of events to aftonilh,
are found to be little more than changes of
adminittration. When the vices of wardif
continue, the vices of peace succeed ; and
when it is too late, the people at length be
gin to perceive that the change has been
wrought chiefly for the gratification of in
triguing men, whofa education inspired them
with an ambition which their existing rank
in society did not favour. Is not the histo
ry of France itfelf, since the year 1789, an
unequivocal testimony of the jaftnefs of these
aflfertions. The firtt conftitutiou seemed to
promise the nation happiness ; but, after
the triumph of tha firft ambitious dema
gogues, what a rapid fuccefiion of tyrants
seized upon the government ! The convul
-11 on (hook the country to its foundation ;
the firmnefs of the land was loft ; the peo
ple knew not their way, but waded thro'
the quag that had been produced, from
which ifined wills-o'-the-wifp to mislead
themselves and other nations ; and (till are
they wading after these meteors.
Without renewing an investigation of the
propriety or impropriety of the war, we
feel that the burden has b:en great. In
deed it has been so much felt, that even the
firranefs of a very resolute admir.iftration
gave way to it. Twice have we feeu this
admir.iftration, agai'nit * their better judg
rhent, blive to the pfieflurc ofthe time aJ
| yififighis inajcftyto thecoudefcenfion of fend
i rag ambassadors to France. It has been said
that his miniilers were not firicerc in a de
sire of pease. They could "have but one
motive to induce sincerity, and that was the
burd;n of the war. The whole of lord
Malmeftwry's firft emliaffy is a piitnre of
the' struggles between confeientious con 5(1-
ency, attached to the lading interelts of this
; country and the melancholy deljre of ;em
porary fffpite.
But the sincerity or insincerity of the
British ministers was little to the purpose,
if there were not Xiftceritv on the fide of
Fraice. Were her rulers fineere ; The fine
at Paris, and dill more, the recent
infilts at Llfle, are decisive proofs of their
jjiliiceiity. Is there a Briton that would
have yielded; dcfpotic terms proposed
in the) French Metropolis? Is there one of us
blood dpes not boil with indignation
at what has nqw driven the ambaflador
home? Peace is not to be obtained. How
ever desirable for ns, however desirable for
the fake of humanity, it i 3 inconsistent with
the interest of the ruling fadtion at Paris,
who are intent upon eredting military des
potism and whom, therefore it behoves to
maintain the military, as they cannot other
wif* fafely defpofc of them.
Is there a man in this country whose eyes
are not now open to the designs of those who
are the present dirtdtors of French politics,
and to the motive? of their condudt ? Do
we not plainly fee the itfe they have made of
power ? and are we not aware of their dread
ofdifbanding their armies ? Yes, my country
men ! more blood is to be shed, more bur
dens are to be bome. From our position
and relative politic*, we are necessarily im
plicated in the derangements of France,
as in a street on fire, we pull down one house
voluntarily to favc the remainder, so is it
become the wisdom of the jundture to facri
fice some part of our pecuniary resources in
order to secure the reft. As we cannot ob
tainpeaceonany terms poffiWly to becompli
ed with by a great nation, in fadt on no
terms, we irt called upon by the principle, of felf
rrdtration, at -well as of honour, to produce and
to combine our means as well pecuniary as person
al, ir. order to aflert the dignity of our country,
and repel the arrogance of our enemies.
The rtitinrce* of Britaia are not to be easily ex
hau.led, is/he to bo driven irt» fubrr.iffion: the ii,
indeed, again driven td the sword, and will yet
conquer, if her sons be but unanimous. It is not
some unfucctfslul attempts of invading France that
can make us despair. Jnvafion is ever difficult ;
but the glorious and unparrelleled fuccefles of our
naVy, aud the aflual pofltion of its fleets, give us
earnest thattbe day may arrive when our foes (hall
file for peace. They flatter themfrlvea we ihall
be crushed by domellic difcentenwarifing from the
neceflary burdens by which the means ofoppofing
them are to be obtained ; t-u', happily their con
duct, their perfidious conduct, is calculated to unite
the bear's ofthe nation, to draw forth with cheer
fulnefs those very means, to difappaint her malice,
aDdto puniQilier insolence.
I The following is stated tobe the number and dif
pofitionof the French troops in the. teintoriesof
Friuli and Vcoici :
Men.
General B'rtiadvtte's division at Udna 9;ooo
General Vidor's division, polled at Oemo
-11.1, Ofops, and St. Daniel's 8,003
General Serruricr's division at Trevifo 6,000
Geniral Maflena's division at Padua lj,ooo
General Ai.k' -c.-JiiVdiSm-"" at Verona 9,000
deHeralDclmas'.iisifmiiatFulluno & BafTana 8,000
General Baraguay Hilliers* division at Ve»i»« k>,ooc
Total, 67,000
PROVIDENCE, Norember 6.
" Thehon. Ray tJteene, Esq. a Senator
from this state in the Congrefsof the United
, States, set out for the Seat of Government
on Monday last. He was escorted with mi
litary henours from the venerable feat of his
forefathers in Warwick, on his way, by that
veteran corps, under the Orders of col. Whit
marfli, the Kentish Guards, to which he
belongs, and who boast of a gen. Greene
and a gen. Varnum, heretofore of their num
ber."
NEW-BRUNSWICK, Nov. 21.
MR. BLAUTELT,
I furnifh you with the following anecdote
for your publication, as thinking it too
good to be confined ii) a small circle.
At the civic feaft lately in this town, a
gentleman observed to a citizen, that it was
a pity he had not been born in the King of
Prufiia's dominions, as his size would have
been noticed at court. Replyed, that he
then would have been a slave, and that he
had rather be thought the meanest man in
the American republic, than the ftcond in
any defpoticmonarchy on earth. The Pre
sibent of the United States nobly rejoin
ed, and I, theJirJt.
ADJUTANT GENERAL'I OFFICE.
The adjutant general having reported
the dates of brigadier general Doughty's
commiflion and brigadier general Giles's
commiflion,it appearsthey aie asearly as any
in the state, and from the convenience which
will result from their relative situations, they
are diredted to take command as brigadiers
of the detachment of militia ordered for du
ty, -and to be prepared accordingly, after
which they will receive their ordeis from
major general Frelinghuyfen, who com
mands the detachment. It is expefted that
all the returns directed by general orders,
will be immediately completed and forward
ed, that the report of the .state of the third
detachment may be made to the secretary of
war, and no excuse for omission will be re
ceived. It is with pleasure the commander
in chief received from the adjutant general
a report of the military maimer in which the
officers and dragoons performed the honor
able service, of receiving sad condudting the
President of the United States through the
state to the feat of government. Nothing
less eould be expedted from cavalry so well
disciplined j but the alacrity and adtivity
displayed on the occasion, did honor to the
fcveral troops, and claims the just tribute of
appkufe. Besides the cavalry, the diffe
rent companies of artillery and infantry, who
have also been reported by the adjutant gen-
eral Jls attending on this occasion, dtferve
and receive the approbation and thanks of
the commander in chief, for their exertions
and propriety of conduit.
By order of the commander in chief,
ANT. W. WHITE,
Adjutant General.
November 14, 1797.
HARRISBURGH, Nov. 15.
On Monday last agreeable to notice giv
en, the company of the Light Infantry,
commanded by Capt. Matthew Henry,par
aded at this place,—their co fnandcr in a
very animated address, informed them the
occasion of their meeting, when the young
gentlemen unanimously offered their services
as part of the quota of this state—to "hold
themselves in readiness to march when called
upon.
BALTIMORE, November 21.
Captain Wilson, of the brig Marcus,
writes from St. Thomas to his owner here,
that three days after lea'ving this port, his
cook, James Thompson, was taken sick and
died, and that a few days afterwards three
of his crew, Cole, Charles and James, mu
tinied and denied to do their duty. ThSy
had provided themselves piftols, and
swore together in Baltimore, to take the
vessel and carry her into some French port,
and get her condemned. They even told
the captain, they did not come out with an
intention of returning home, but that they
intended to go on board a French priva
teer at Tortola.—The mutiny continued
four hours, but forunately falling in with
the Amiable British igate, iXfr piU those
three desperadoes on board her.
He alfa writes that the French have left
off taking American vessel?.
This day arrived, ship Mount Vernon,
from Liverpool, which (he left the 12th
September, iu her came several paffenger6.—
Nothing new.
" Rotterdam, September 24.
" Mr. Gerry has at last arrived, and your
negociators are on their way to Paris. Wt
hopt they will be fuccefsful, and are not with
out hope they will.
The above is received in a letter per the
Adelaide, by a refpeftable gentleman in this
city.
Married, on Turfday evening last, Mr.
Charles Lewis, of Conne<Skicutt, to the
amiable Miss Margaret Barron, of this
city.
From the WEEKLY ADVERTISER.
READING, Nov. iSth 1797
Last-Saturday morning, Sentence of Death
was pronounced on Bt nj amis' Bails v.
Sentence p"Jfed by Judge Rush,
on Benjamin Bailey, forthe murder of
yOST FOLHABER.
YOU have had a fair and impartial Trial—
the Witneflei were examined in your presence,
you felefled your »wn Jury, and have been ably
and zealoully defended by your Council. When
we fee a man sent out of the world in the Ad
ministration of justice, undercircumftances
these, it mult be Guilt alone that bears him
down. The Evidence on your Trial, made so
strong an Impreflion, as to combine in one Sen
timent against you, the Court, the Jury, and
the Byfianders.
As you have but a fbort Time to live in this
World, and as there is no hope of Pardon from
any earthly Hand, let me urge you to seek a
Pardan from above.
It is the Consolation of the Wretched and the
Guilty, that GOD it infinitely merciful: —but it
should be remembered, that he is merciful, not
to him who continues in the Pradlice of Sin, but
to him only who repents, and utterly forfakes it.
Be aflured, the Qutftion is not, whether you
mull repent of your Sins—that is certain, sooner
or later.—But the Question is, whether it is not
better to repent in this World, where your
Uepeatance may be attended with the. happiefl
Effefts—than to repent hereafter, when it will
answer n<* other End, but to your
Torment.
Yea have been guilty of Murder in its mo}
horrid Form—deliberate, cruel, and remorse
less—You have imbrued your Hands in inno
cent Blood, forthe Sake of a little Money ; and
though the Water of the Mountain, hath wash
ed the Stain from your Garments, and your
Hands ; yet Oceans of Water can never wash a
way the Stain of Guilt from your Conscience.
Nothing but the efficacious and all cleanflng
Blood of a Saviour, can poffibty do this -
To this Blood you mult apply, as the only Re
medy for a Soul pellutod with Sin.
Be advised therefore immediately—auxioufly
and solicitously, to set about the great Duty of
Repentance, and working out your falvition
with Fearand Trembling.
You have not a Moment to lofe; —Exert
vourfelf—and it you have never prayed before,
itrive to pray now for the firft Time ; for
Prayer is the very Breath of Heaven — a nd with
out it, there is no Religion, 110 Repentance—
no Pardon on Earth.
Weep over your Sins—and if you cannot so
much as look up to offended Heaven, perhaps
you may with Eyes towards the Earth, smite
your Breast, and both feel, and express the fer
vent Wish of the Publican.
Weep (I fay) over the Blood of Folhaber;
for if you go out of the World with his Blood
on your Conscience, it will torment and wring
your Saul with unceasing Agonies and tiorror.
You die an early Vidtim to public Justice,
and aiecut off in the Morning of your Days—
But to him who is pardoned byhis God, it is
of no importance at whatever Period, or in
whatever Manner lie is cut off. Nor is any
Life fuflisiently long, though it be extended to
a thoufasd Years, which is devoted to scenes of
Guilt and Folly, and at a Close of which the
unhappy Man isf'ound unreconciled to his Gob.
To ccnelude—let me advile you to fend for
some pious Clergyman, to converse freely with
you, on your present diftrafled Condition, and
more alarming Profpefls—And who knows but
your polluted Spirit may yet become white and
pure, And hereafter ihiue in the heavealv World,
in full pofleftion of inestimable Glory and Feli
city.
The Sentence which the Law pr?fcrihes, and
this Court awards is this; —You {hall be
from hence to the Place from whence you catne
—and from thtnee to the Place of Execution,
ajid there be hanged by the Ntc'v until you aie
dei\d.
ttwfc JWHI ■iiiiiiataßWSHagaMMaMwlttaft v -.
FOREIGN INTELLIGEN CE
LONDON, September 22.
Yesterday advice was received at Lloyd's
of the capture of the rich homeward-bound
Port uguefe fleet* from the Brazils, by the
French. The cargoes are extremely valua
ble.
The following are, We understand, the
circumstances which led to lord Malmefbu
ry's quitting Lille. On the arrival there of
the two new French commissioners, 1 Treil
hard, and Bonniere, they waited on lord
Malmefbury, and delivered to him the ulti
matum of the directory, which contained all
the prepgfterous demands of the French go
vernment, which were originally made thro
M. Lctourneur.—Thefe were—that Great-
Britain should restore all the conquests she
had made during the war ; and France and
her allies be moreover indemnified to a very
larg- amount. This was to be the basis of
the negociation ; but Trielhard observed,
that there were also many other points to be
discussed after these preliminaries were a
greed on. He then asked, in a very peremp
tory tone of lord Malmefbury, whether he
was prepared to accept this baiis : to whick
his lordftiip replied—that his inftruftions
did not allow him to do so, but that if this
wa6 the ultimatum of the dire&ory, he
would transmit it to his court. Treilhard
then said, that his lordship had better go
back himfelf to procu frefh powers ; and
when he had received them, he should be
happy to meet him again.- at LiQe. Here
the matter ended ; and next day lord
Malmefbury left the place.
On his way home, the people every where
exprefled the mod fincerc regret at the ne
gociation being broken off; but the system
of terror lately revived in France, prevented
many of those which would
have been shewn, had the public opinion
been left to its own bias. ii
A declarationfrom thecourtof St. James's
to the different courts of Europe, founded
on the refufal of the new government of
France to make peace, has been drawn up,
and will very shortly be publiftied.
Yesterday a council was held at lord.
Grenville's office, at which were prefenc
♦he earl of Chatham, earl of Liverpool, earl
Spencer, duke of Portland, lord Grenville,
Mr. Pitt, and Mr. Dundas. Lord Malmef
bury attended the meetinjj, which commen
ced at twelve o'clock, and was not over tift .
three, when the result was sent to his ma
jesty at Windsor.
Mr. Windham is expe&ed in town this
day from Birmingham ; aR cxpreft havin-r
been sent him of the arrival of lord Malmef".
bury from Lisle.
An express has been also sent after the:
marquis Cornwallis, requesting his attend
ance: in town.
Government dispatches are to be sent oft'*
this day to his majesty's ministers at the;
couits of Vienna and Peterfburgh.
Yesterday a foreign courier set off for"
Portugal from the ambafTador's house io
south Audley-ftrert^
We understand from mod: refpeftable au
thority, that parliament will nofbe conven
ed till the month of November next, at
soonest ; nor will the public service require
any more money to be wanted till the be
ginning of January, besides what has beeif
voted by parliament.
Notwithtending the sudden interruption
to the iiegdciation, the public confidence
seems to be rapid'y recovering after an alarm
of only a few hours. The purchase« of reo,-
dy money (lock were yesterday very great;,
and the funds rose near one per cent, on the
general price of the preceding day.
It is very generally fufpeded that the firft
large speculation made in our funds for a
rife, was in a great measure nominal be
tween the persons concerned in it ; and that
the funds were run up only with a view of
taking advantage of the high price to felj.
1 here is 110 doubt but the speculation wiis
fefc on foot at Paris by those who were in
the secret of lord Malmefbury's difmiflal ;
and it is hardly necefTary to ajld, that a gang
of more profligate knaves is not in exig
ence.
The following tragi-comic anecdote of
what palß-d between Rewbell and Talley
rand Perigord a few days previous to tbe
late arbitrary proceedings of the diredlory,
Furnifhcs a just idea of the dignified conduS
which characterizes the present illuflrious'
sovereigns of France.
Tall, y rand Perigord havihg attended che
dire&ory in the customary d"ifcharge<>f (lis
official business, was addrefTcd by Rewbell >in
the following manner : «< Whit news, citi
zen ininifter ?"—" Thete might be very
good news, citizen dire&or, if you enter
tained but the wifli."—» What do yau
mean : I mtan some trifling facrifices
on your part to give peace to Europe."
" Vile emigrant! exclaimed Rcwbeil, (feir
ing a candlestick) you are no better dm
the others." He immediately attempt*!
to strike the ex-biHiop, but tbe latter la(4
hold of the direftor's arm, and in the; feuf}e
dropped his pert-folio. Re-.vbell took it
up, and seized it with both hands, knoekjd
the prelate down, and continued drubbing
him until he was quite exhaw(led. It wps
with difficulty that Perigord mustered no
strength enough to creep out of the direc
torial chamber ; for the chaftifenient w')s
fofevere, that he was two days after con
fined to his bed. We have reason to kno,r
that this anecdote is perfe&ly true.
The French triumvirs having laid the
plan of the late revolution on the tabic whe re
the fittings of the dire&ory were held, fit
down to play at cards, until the arrival
their two colleagus. When Bartheleniv
entered the room, they desired him to lock
at the projtdl ; 'and in the mean time tlusy
continued their party. Barthelemy having
perilled the p.ay, declared tfyat he.could net
content to it, and he was immediately ct
fired to retire, as they.aiTured him of ih s'r
determination to carry it into effect. He
was arreted the instant he left the place.
Carntit came in foot) after, anil having