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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