PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 45. KEFLMJTIOXS C'/ PE ACE. In mferiesofltttenjtoaSinaXotoftbfXjnUedStatet. P'. AR SIR, IK contemplating theaJvantages which man kind dierive from the introd'uilion apd or civilization, the mind is eq'i.»l!y difpoftd to a and to praise that goodness which-, with the bl'-fJinKscf christianity, beßo'.ved the difpp fition to mild and gentle iof.ans ps jullice. The fpir(t c,f " Charity, which like the dew of Heaven", it 'inspires, ha» hj<|a general tcu ,deney to she adoption of thofefyftems ofgnvern mcirt and codes of laws f by'-which men obtain security and fmd relief from iryuflice, more fa%- appealiiij to the uncertain, iffie of powerjor individual flrength. " The raee being not to the fwift, or the battle to the flrong." In the firft flages of every rude and lavage fo tiety, it appears that the difpufes between its memb."rs w ere generally determined on princi ples neither relevant to th# cafe nor likely to cfta hlKh justice. In England as well as in France (1) an appeal to arms, a perfooal combat was for a confideralilc time the only critenon by which right and wrong was determined, or even truth or talfehood eftablilbed or believed ! On similar ground-', for n®ne other could ever horiginated tha barbarous cuftoin, we are t.t l'iir,i;iMe that firft and greatest evil to man kind, A warring distortion began. The jjleas of juftification which the modern tnaKifeftoes 0/ civilized nations generally offer, tor continuing thn bloedy proofa of error or of injiifticc, are as futile as the flame which th« purf'uit is meant to eftablilh. To obtain redress for wrongs, or reparation for injuries, real or pretended, by a national cuarrel, hai been founij " the feeble resource of weak-mind v\ mifcifters and wicked men. To To juftify the nvfulal of a demanded right, to renair or defend the miflaien jtnloufy of nation al honor, to gratify revente, majnuwv usurped ruthoritv, or fatibfv amsiiion and tiie love of fame, '• the dogs of war" are let 100 e ucon ninltiad ! llow unlikely to produce the deO'jns of jnfiice ! Th? gidcy libertine or drunken ra viflier, the liar and the thief, if but of rank to <<l)tain a like di-nfion, will juftify and dtfst'id tneir deeds by the fame policy, in the tame way, snd with equal propriety too I ! I Look at ihofe nati.-ns. of v.-hom the'hili ric page relates the vi<florJi- and recounts the conqjeUs ! Examine the interesting voluaies ot their expetlltiorK, ar mies, equipage, prisoners and plunder, and thm retlcih like a politician, a? well a man, upnn the C;>NslqutNer. 1 I Where hnsv is the iame of conquering Home ? of proud Carthsge >. of Athens ? Where it the fading tame of the con quering nations of Europe flyinjj to at it.': :;::.! —To every spot where Industry or Freedom can find a the Olive branch of peace -vears a futile, th; Tree of Liberty bears a The ifl-r.ds of It»ly were peopled by fugitives frotn tVeius of war m.I dtfolation I They erect ed th' standard snd fprrad the fads of Com merce amongst barren finds, ihillles, and .briars ! they demonstrated that ivhere Peace is fcur.J Commerce r ~vi!i d.ftre to dwell, and where there is Commerce there :s Plenty. Let it then be eftjd)li(h»</ an a CREED in the mind of every g#od Man, of every Christian, and of every ; Politician c«id" Patriot too, that the Arts of Peace are the fafeft,- the belt, the ulti.Tiite an ' the only tcrreftial national btelTings, jntler svh'cli A PSO»LE rfeferve or can obtain, Gthbri'j for Wij'dom or Fame for Hafflinefr. In tracing arvd confid'ermtc the prncrtfs of eve ry 1: iticn of which Ifftcrj records rfee condufl, we Ciall find Improvement to hare' Been mote impeded l>r WAlt, than by everv »ther evil or obflatlc which the infant knowledge of good Government must, in early times, have had to encounter. Tte acquisition of Wealth has been discouraged the natural flaw of its in crease, by the usurping and greedy hand of Power, thereby become neceflitous divnted from the channels of its general cifrfent thro' the beil »f Induflry, into courses of more con fined individual speculation, deception and dif guifc. WAR has, in e?ery age and ceuntry, from the savage to the civilized state, not only produced many evils, but tWe of the greatest magnitude and importance to the society. It has »n immediate aud inevitable tendency to diminilh the national Revenue, when ( at the fame time, it is plat ed m'oft in need of aug mentation., Its effcifls on Industry are not kfs injurious or less certain, by curtailing the Oe niand and consequently »he reward of Labor under thole difcouragemeuts Cultivation lan guishes, Trade and Corpmerct become enfeebled, and Improvement? cease ! But its effects on Domestic Tranquility, what pen can eve,- feebly paint ? Memory of Ameri ca revive !*•"*. Once in the history of a nation u may happen thatH eaufe occurs to juftify, in every view, the fad resource of " flight to arms" -such was yours I . But let oblivion fpohge up the floods of sorrow which it caused to flow from private fuf ■ feriug, and Hop thol' rivers of tears which even yet are not dried up ! Genius of Humanity! pour balm into those wounds which the strength of the purest patriotism scarce cae mitigate ! *hich »o viflory or success can heal I The trumpet, which announced «' a ro»ted enemy," made tremble the tender firings of every tie for which the t'.i:riot bled ! The amiable Matron breathed the p'aife of thanks " thjt dearest connex ion wis in the field»f Viflory ! When, lo I ano ther found •« A truce to bury the Dead !" Behold her they bereft of,h : m for whom Ihe jutl bad praif'd e'en Heaven itfelf ! in vain'her fup plicvting eyes retail him from the grave. Her unprotedled prattlers join their innocent hfpings, their'tears, their invocations I bis.foot is heard m more 11 her neighbours afford , nnly the too . feelingfympatby of fell+w-fuffering, for each has . 4oft a hufb*nd, father, brother, or friend ! where then to them is the glory or the gratifica tion of the viflory ? Who will feed or educate their little ones ? Who guard their infant growth snd *ead then! up to men I Who caution them 'affMaft ttffc'fnares of'vice, and psiut out the paths to >duftrloUs preferment» Who form, thcirtUaraclers, that '« they miy biufh whofc fathers were tte r fees ? (, i J *' _ Behold th,e catalogue of the flam . filled -With the ti*mes of the .bcO citizens, the fc'ilt patt.on, and the best men ! those " where emin ncereu dsr-d their names umverfaily their influ ence extcnfivc, and their attachments numerous." {*) -Contemplate the ucprovided widow Knd the ' ejpofed virgin orphan ! year clittl / that thought oive death a fling, and made i- smart, which else had scarce teen felt—in vain they call "leryert er . <lay to come," and think of all the dear domeftie " jrps departed never to return —Oh I how pain ful the ren embrance " /l) Spirit of vol. 2, p. a.i3 i'f/eque'- (1) Army's nridrefs tc Genual H'ajbir&to::, November, 1783. . (i) /Jventurer, W-'. 4» t Z4- Tijc trcly chrulian I oiidw». et-gaai'.y o f-icyrtc, in his p...er.i on ,iea+h, i-uti ..] sji'- Cur ,71,/.r/itrmaln .r wilUTn, n } 'tr »/" ' Tile firil >fT.>tisof our fchjooU ihculdeipcfe th:»to infancy, and " iinpreft upon ca.h growing.ip.nd" j tl«e ni. i?:ichot^'it; jllitc >v!»ich !ii°;acy hasmsdc.ia ,<0 hblditig up a iomjufiror to sSaijiaiiKD, iiilleaj 'jf a a tyrant AJ (j yer ot the human rvcej to g' n I'a! ai>- hoijrvoce !in cf men under the -cliara&ew of heroti whose conduA (hjuld be tranfmitsed with d<t.aftatioii to 11 the ljuSft poft;r;fy ! and the narfies of Cain and e Alexander, Cxtar, Curt », Charles and Ctive, be b'crded In on - common view of horror! while the friends and promoters of human felicity,the p»- , riot dele-ndcrs of freed,;m alone filould he held i(p J as 01-jefls oF admiration and praise, a» fit ex- J 1 aniplse of imitation. ji To tlie of a p?ople It is nceJlefj ta' J ol'fervc thar war has ever been dcP.ruftiv, 1 , the c-p(ifle hi'tffi i'y j-rcfervrd, tfie who!cfolVi*' trl^*vi re_ raicts imposed in times of p;ace, accord but4.lL j. ' with the relied (late cf morality current a nr n a licentious folc'.iery ;jn army in time Of war, coir.- t posed of the idle and indolent, who millakinj;ikc'J\ campTatr a'plaad'ttr indulgence, seek lhelterfrom i c obfervaiion, or perhaps from juflice, asd wwtr, 1; their wortlileflhcfs or ofifertee with an uni-orta, „.I coat, »or can the UtpioiL vigilance of the belt o {ft - ; errs, joined to the good disposition of those men , I who are well Inclined amonjft the privates, pre ! t vent the adoption of those habits which at the end f of the service they retire with, the fuhjetSs of ap prehenlion ai.ddread, of which every eoantry that 1 has dilbandejl an array is too well convinced. (J ) ' All or piuft of these evils areinfeparab'efrom, and proved by the dear bought experience of every nation "eiilUng as well as txtinfl, to be conlequent to WAR: In tracing the decline and fall of empires, dates and Kingdoms, we should be much more Qonneft- < ed wi hthe principal caufethan hifiorhns and fpe- " eulative writers generally a»e, fairly and candidly J to impute it to that scourge and curse of nations, a disposition to W AR. It it not however meaut to ' recommend a cold, inaAive and inattentive difpofi- ' tioa and preparation for even that calamity, that always to be deprecated (late of national fituatioii, , but to consider, and recommendilf ta be uiiverfal ly considered, as tit htm of politicalhealth- to in im proving and prof permit people. I am, &c. yours, and always A FRIEND TO LAWS & FREEDOM. (\) See the records of the Old Bailey at it he cloft *f the. war, 1783 —in September Jefie.as 17S were convificd of filoniei, in De -ember 113 more, ofivhicb 81 receivedfentence of death, .3 to be transported. /5J The United States arc an \m\<\ut-excep tion, having mire to boajt on the condufl of the late continental army than any country upon earth, nnd more, it is to be fitted, than <wi.'l ever be the enje ajain. The p .triot army of 1783 de \ferves to be celebrated tts a theme for praise <wherevep freedom flourifhes, or car) but ruife her head. ' Philadelphia, Dec. 23d, 1797. MR.-FENNO, ' jThe following address is now circulating for Subfcripticn ; and, it is hoped, will receive the ftr'wus attention of the citizens of'Ph'da delphia. To the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia. The Address and Petition of the sub scribers, Freeholders and Inhabitants of the said City. Fellow Citizens of the Corporation, While the fufferings and distress of ifar city, Qpcafioncd by the late contagious fiek nefs, continue frefli in our memory ; whfld, in-the (hort period of four years, we can not ha\? wholly forgotten a former afflic tion of the like kind, nor the »umber of our deat friends, relatives, and neighbours" whom we have" lament at the nnurnful vi&ims of both visitations ; —and, finally," while we are devoutly to acknowledge that kind Providenct which has fparcd ©tir cJv/n lives from the (hafts of mortality which ftcW thick around ut, and hath restored our city to its usual .state of health and prosperity, we ought not to be unmindful of the means which, under the fa>or of heaven, may ap pear the melt effeftual, to prevent or miti gate the return of the like calamities. The chief magistrate of the common wealth, in his address to the legislature,- af ter a pathetic detail of some of the parti culars, relating to the progress and extent of the mortality, hath with a solicitude (uit ed to the occasion, recommended certain measures, as peculiar objects of legijlatlve at tention aud provision, " in order to guard more efFe£tu3lly against the introduction of pestilential and contagious difeaTes from foreign countries ; founded on plans detailed to him by the College of Physicians, by o ther learned members of the faculty, and by the Infpe&ors of the Health-office." He has also proposed and recommended Other remedies, absolutely necefTary ia co operation with the legislative provision, Whe ther the contagion be imparted from foreign countries, or may be generated here ; and chiefly, "An attention to the clcanlinefs of the city, its avenues, and vacant lots, together with the infuringfuch a supply of water, through the medium of canals, as appears now to have become ejfential to the general convcnienee, at well as to the health of the community,'' both in the city and its suburbs. Fof this end, the exertion of tire corporate bodies, which are constituted for the local purposes of the city, the Northern Liberties and diftridt of Southwark, with the extension of their pow ers, as well as other legislative aid, are pointed out as neceflaryJ In this great Work, we trust the city cor poration will consider it as their duty to take the lead, not only as particularly interejled, but as having the chief means iu their pow er. For it seems demonstrable that the loss to the city, in a fingli visitation of this con tagious disease, (if it could be preventpd_<p.r greatly allayed by cleanliness, and a copious supply of water, not to mention the use of water for preventing or subduing the devas tations of fire, is more, perhaps, thai? ifie capital neceflary to insure such a supply o£ water in perpetuity, even if no interest ,werv to accrue (on the capital to be expended) for the use of water in families. It appears from the statement in the gov ernor's address, tkat even in the late fiekneft the incidental orextra expences of the health office, the legislative grant, and other contri butions for the poor amounted to 42,000 dollars; and the loss arising from two ol- three months fnfpenfion of our commerce, of ma nufacturing- and mechanical bufincfs; the expence ofthe multitude of families by which near half the c!ty vvEscvscuateil, nottofpeak >f the rnvftiin-L'e loss of fit lead 1000 valu- 111 >ble citizens, who fell victims to the' disease tt aftfily be imagined, than accurate- rr .y calculated. Add to'this the immense loss c: jftqi experienced fiom fire, when but only * fe«v houses are consumed, and what might tl be thiflols from a more extended fonfiagra- n t:on, for want of a ready supply of -water I need liardjy be mentioned. Your petition- It ers, lhere[ore, earricftly requejl, t' That the corporation, as fathers of the p city, as gqardians bf the poor, and of the c health and prosperity of thfcir fellow citizens il ii) general, willt3kethe premises into their a jmmtoijte wife and efTc'dtual Consideration ; I r i ) (Jqißg v.hieh, your fetitiotiers wi(h to f mwißtlku your refolutidfli by h Tliat, as t ¥ar' , 'li»^.fiejr : &n collect the fenti- a riients sis their fellow citizens in general, is 'bo bßjedt of'tlfe or ornament, to \vhtsh H Wi'eral proportion of the city funds i applied,thati to the preieViti; tvtn'if no ret-ufti of Intereji on the f Capitil were to be expedted. We therefore j c have a full confidence in the patriotism of' c those whom we adclrefs, that speedy and ef- j t fcdtu.'.'l measures to accomplilh our wishes j 1 will he devised and pursued. v iQIIIjIHIBI 11l 11 ■ t Foreign Intelligence, 1 WHITEHALL, Oft. 17. I The king has been pleased to grant the ' dignity of a viftpunt of the king of Great- 1 Britain, to Adam Duncan, Esq. admiral of ' the Blue squadron of his nujedy's fleet, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begot- ' ten, bj the name, dile, artd title of Viscount ' Duncan, of Camptrdown, and of Lundieln < our shire of PertV The king has also been pleased to grant 1 the dignity of a baronet of the kingdom of Great-Britain to Richard Onflow, Esq. of the Red squadron of his maj^dy »nd the heirs male of "his bggstten. LONDON, Oft. 10. Wethis morning lefume our extrafts from the French paper*. The report of Ramel couveys some idea of the state of the French finances, when the grant of two hundred millions in paper, was reduced, by the de preciation of the credft of government, to the vfdyu of less than nine millions in specie. The French plenipotentiaries at Lisle, in fending away Lord Malmediury for the purpose of obtaining new powers to treat definitively oq the basis of the total restitu tion oronr conquests, made from France and her aUicvwcre desirous to appear as if they were not the fird to break off the ne gociation. It nqw seems, that in order to give fonae colour to that design, the plenipo tentiaries are to remain at Lisle until the 16th ind. in expeftation of Lord Malmef bary's return to that place, with the necessa ry powers. In eonftquenee of these proceedings, Viek, the messenger, was dispatched to Lisle soon after ( Malmeftjury return to Loo don, to figflify tl>at th« basis of the nego i j) by waS such, tfijjt.it could,not lead to an happy termi nation. But the dlreftory (lillperfifling in the delfgtf bPgfvTbg' i plausible air to its exor bitant pretensions, sent Moufieur de la Clue Wout' Wth a note, e'6ntaining in faft demands as imperious as before, but glossed terWis of grfat civility. Indeed** trf it may be remarked as the mod polite of any that has yet passed from the French "Lisle, 10 Vendemcare (08. S.J 6thyear. " The plenipotentiaries of the French re public, charged to' negociate peace with England, have the honor to inform Lord Malmefbury, that having addressed a copy of 5 his lad note t>f Sept. 25, 1797, to their government', the executive direftory has di refted thfm to declare in its name, that it has not Ceased to desire peace ; —thpt it gave unequivocal proofs of the sentiment which aftuati:d it, when it ordered theminiders of the republic to demand a categorical expli cation, with regard to the powers veded In its minister plenipotentiary by the English government; that such a proceeding neither had, nor could have, any other objeft than to bring the negociation to a speedy and happy issue. The order givan to tha miniders plenipo tentiaries of the republic to remain at Lisle, after Lord Malinelbury's departure, is a farther proof that the direftory'defired, and provided for, his return with foch powers as would not be illusory ; and the limitation of whieh would no longer afford a pretext for retarding the conclusion of peace. " That luch are invariably the intentions and hopes of the executive direftory, which enjoins the miniders plenipotentiaries of the republic not to quit Lisle, till such time as the' prolonged absence of the negotiator (hall no longer leave room to doubt the in tention of his Britannic majelty to break off atf negociation. " That, in confequeftce, the 29th Vende maiie inft. (Oft. 16, O. S.) is the period fixed for the recall of the miniders plenipo tentiaries of the French republic, in cafe that the minider plenipotentiary of his Bri tannic majedy fliould not return to 'Lisle by the above epoch. " The executive direftory will experience great regret, In cafe that an accommodation, 1 already twice entered upon, (hould not be ' cqnfummgte4-t; but its own conscienCe, and • all Eilrdpe will render tedimony, that it is 1 We' EiVg!ifh'ghvernrneiit that will inflict the f £courge of war on the two nations. 1./ miniders plenipotentiaries of the French republic beg the minister plenipoten tiary of his Britannic majedy to accept the - affuranw sos their high consideration. 1 (Signed) " TREILHARD, " BONMTER. , i " DERCHE, the Secretary of Legation." The answer returned by our Cabinet has, we have no doubt, been as polite, in point 1 offynn, as the note of the Direftory ; but as the dignity and the interelt of the nation unite iu refufmg our aequ'efctnce to the ex- v, traordinary demands of the French frovern- tl meut', it is highly improbable that the nego- v ciation will be resumed for the present. With refpeft to the sorrow expressed by w the Direftory on the unfortnnate turn of the C negociation, and its appeal to the powers of a Europe, that to -the Engliftt-government p- J lone is to be attributed the continuance of h the war, they can only be confidercd ashy pocritical pro'eft at ions, of which no person fc can be the dupe, who diverts them of those I illusive expreflions which the new republican I adminiftratiort has fubftitiited for the Car- f magnolesof the ancient committee of public a fafety, the spirit and znimofity of which it i has, however, preferred both izt the aftual t and preceding megocktious. J sri 1 Oftober 12. The army of the Prince $f Cofide is now t in the service of Ruilia. 1 We learn by a letter from. Madrid,.iu- c fcrted in the French papers, that the Prince f j of Peace, who was comptomifed in the de -1 elaration made by Dunan, has declared to f j the French Arabaffador, that his Catholic 1 j Majedy has condantly rejedted all the infin- I nations and propufals whidh have been milde c to hiro, to engage him to break or.to violate j the treaty which he had entered into with the French government. He also made, a protcftation of his own unlimited attachment to that goveenment ; and adds, that every ! thing contained in Duncan's declaration is I merely founded on fuppoliti'on and calumny. 1 What therefore are we to think of this con- I fpiracy, under the ma(k of which the Di tory has proceeded with such severity a- i gainst the deputies who were in opposition i to its power, has no other foundation than in the declaration of Duuan ? One of our papers dates, that the city of Aix is declared in a state of liege, and its inhabitants disarmed. , Oftober , The price demanded bjr u the Exeeutive Direftory. for the liberation $f Sir Sidney Smith, has been erroneogfly stated ; it was not four hundred but four thousand men that they have required. It is also untrue that Sir Sidney is.on his parole ; he is Hill in close confinement. Our government, it is said, have declined to purehafe the exahange of Sir Sidney Smith at the price put upon his liberty, by the Directory of France. It would certain ly be edablifliing a veiy bad precedent to ac cede to the unreasonable proposition of re turning an officer of equal rank and 4000 men for any officer, whatever may be his merits. A Utter from Udina, dated September 13; contains the following Statements': " After the fitting of the nth, the Pleni potentiaries fcparated, observing that they were not to meet again. A total silence prevailed relative to whatever passed at the late conferences.—lt is supposed that the parties would not have been so discreet, pro vided they had been enabled to communicate good and fatisfaftory intelligence. What renders us dill more easy, is the sudden de parture of general Meerfeldt, sent to the ' Gongrefs by the Emperor 1 " Such are our advises from Udina. Thofa fromStradmrg are far more fatif faftory. We fliall insert them to the end, that our readers may c'ompare'them with the [ foregoing «x tract. Our article is dated from Strafburg, September 27, and is as ! follows:—" An agent of the Landgrave of Darmdadt, who relides at Cork, has juit received a paeket from the Landgrave, in which he dates to him, that his nliiiift#r at Vienna had just transmitted to him an cx ( traordinary courier, with the agreeable in [ telligence, that the Emperor had just ratifi ed the'definitive articles of peace iigned at Udina, and broyglit to him express by gen eral Meerfeldt. This important intelligence has been proclaimed throughout the whole 1 extent of the right bank of the Rhine, and ' has just been communicated by adjutant gen,' feral Poliffart to the generals redding in this city." By this day's Mail. 1 NEW-YORK, December 25. From the New-Fork Gaxette. , LATEST FROM M.IJf -1 The various and conlradid'jry Reports at- I the Coffee-Houfe, on Saturday evening, s are condensed into the following, which are i direst from Capt. Peterfon. t Captain Peterfon, of the brig Eliza, of Philadelphia, arrived here on Saturday, ? from Bourdeaux, which place he left ou the 1 26th of Oftober, and the mouth of the ri c ver tht firft of November. 9 On the 29th of October, he went on r fiiore at a froalltown, called Royan, on the . North fide of tie river, for the purpose of c laying in bread for the voyage; at this place he saw several French seamen, who had thai - day arrived from the fleet at Bred, and were i then embarking in a small vessel for Bour !- deax. One of the sailors, who belonged e to Royan, ftnd whose wife lived there, in formed Capt. Peterfon, that the fleet at y BREST WAS LAID UP, IN CONSEQUENCE OF THEIR. NOT BEING ABLE TO MAN THEIR, e ships; and, that the French Direftory had 1, issued a Proclamation offering their frigates e to such merchants as thought proper to ac d cept of them as privateers, they allowed go s vernmetT? one-third of the priiie money, e This datemeut, we thinkftoiay be depen ded on, for these reafons,—-\Captain Peter t son speaks the French language, appears to 1- be an intelligent man, ar.d was folicitons to e be the bearet of NEWS—[truly worthy im itating.'] This is evinced from the circum dance of his detaining his veflel several hour* after he was ready to fail, for the arrival of 1 the Mail from Pars, which he did in cxpec " | tation of receiving intelligence from tfoenee. I Mr. Fenwitk, our Cons il at Bourdeax, told s, f captain Peterfon that he did not think it it j worth his while to wait longer—-The Ca;jt. :t' then rcqiieded the Cooful to favour him >n : with jtffcal news he was in poffeflion of, lt> which he replied,tha: lis kn- •• n<*'t&iri " than Captain P. did. and failed without e ven an inclofiire from him. The news of Admiral Duncan's vi&ory was publilhed in France forne dayß before 1 Capt. P. failed.— A.t this event, it was faS4 at the Tontine, " the French took tnrltrsge.'/** Put no accowues of aiiy engagement byiand, had reached there. Capt. Petcrfon left at Bourdsaus, the brig ik'njamiii Franklin, Loyd Jones, of Philadelphia, to fail in ten days—the shipS Hope,' Bainbrige, and Alexander, Brown, for the Weft-Indies—(hips Echo, Gibfon, and Louisa, Roger Kane, the latter to fail iri three or four days for Philadelphia; and the schooner Virginia, Cirfliirtg—all of ' Philadelphia. ' The (hip Mary, Staibyck, brig Washing* t6n, Graham, and barque Frieudfhip, the latter reputed to have been condemned —all of New York, and the copper bdttofned (hip Eliza, of Baltimoie. The (hip Aurora, of and from Chatlefton, failed for Charkfton, in company with capt. Peterfon. A brig from falem in 35 days anchored off the Cordavan a few hours before Capt. Pi got under way. i From the Commercial Atlveriifer. * We have received by the brig Eliza, from Bourdea'ux, a number of Paris prints down to O<S. 25, but they contain not much itt terefting news. The following is the fnb ftance of the important articles : A letter from Semlin mentions that the disturbances increase in Turkey, and that the rebel? threaten the capital of the Em pire. The Bafliaw of Belgrade has received orders to restore to the fubje&s of the Em peror all merchandize taken from them, on occasion of certain disputes, demanding on-\ ly a trifling indemnification from the own ers ; and alio he is prohibited fro*) giviti§ fhelterto the fubje£ts of 'the Enrperoi* 1 who' may hare taken refuge in the Turkish terri tories, and enjoined to treat the Germans, in all circumstances, with diiliinSion. A conclusion has been drawn from' these orderfe, that a good understanding subsists between the Ottoman and the two Imperial courts. News from Udi»a to Sept. 18, relate*, that the fufpeßllon of arms between Gen- Buopaparte and the Atillrian generali had been prolonged for twerity days. Ge neral Meerfeldt had just returned from Vi enna f the plenipotentiaries had an interview at the end of whioh a messenger had been difpatehed by Buonaparte to Paris. Gen. Angereau had arrived at the head quarters of the army of the Rhine. Considerable movements appeared in the. Imperial army : a body of troops had mo ved towards the lower part of trie Black Forest, towards Pfortzheim, Calo, &c.— ■ The artillery at Heidenheim had been or • dercd to approach the army. Acconnts from Stutgard and Frankfort agree irj fta ■ tiug the movements tol>e general, 6flt _ftrqyg hopes were entertained on the Rhine that peace would take place without a renewal of hostilities. [We do sot know nor can we conjecture on what grounds these' hopes 1 are cherilhed.J Jouidau lias pronounced funeral eu ' logy of General Hoehe and Ignore Ri > ouffe that of Louvet. A fubfeription is f opened in the army of the S-ambrc apd • Meufe, it* raise a maufnVuH) to the memory 1 of Hoche at Wcififenthurn. ■ At Rouen the young men of the requili - tion are daily arrelled, and compelled to join - their standards. From Grat/, wt have the following state : meat of the Austrian force to oppose the • French— 109 battalions, 68 private compa : nies of infantry and 26 squadrons of caval ■ ry—commanded by two generals of artille ' ry—twelve field marshals and twenty-nine ' major generals. There are 137 pieces of • cannon in the park of reserve. The left wing commaiided by general count de Wal -1 lis—the right by general Hoze, the center by Gen. Terzy. Besides these troops, there is a body in. Tyrol, uuder General Ker oen ; another in Iftria under general Keb lerfch, and a third in Dalmatia under gen. Rtickawina. < New'difcontents arise in France. The proposed law respecting the nobles is fevere t. ly censured in furiae of,the gazettes, as un , constitutional and ruinous to the creditor* : of the nobles. At Bourdeaux, the direc tors of the grand theatre advertised a piece f entitled " The three Sultans, or Solyman , II." The constituted authorities no soon ; er heard of it than they took severe mea - Aires to prevent the reprtfentation of tile piece, and the manager Latappy received a 1 lesson calculated to let him know that the • period of audacity was plffcd, f At Paris the Gazette Politique is fup e preifed, for pursuing the path of tht gazette ; of France.. e Great movements are mentioned to have - taken place in Bi-etagne; since the t8 Fruc -1 tidor, among the dilaffefted ; colleclions of - men in various places, in l'lile and Vilsine, r on the confines of Mayenne and , Loaer p Normaady, threaten serious dillurbances. r. At Caen and its vicipity laws are violated J with impunity. Liberty trees are. cut down ■s in the night, buildings burnt and persons al faffinated. Measures of severity are every i- where taken to suppress these difor^rs— every day fume leaders are arri-ft:d—Tha 1- police'of Paris has fe&eft a work by Prud ■- hommf, called the " crimes of the levqlu o tion." Multitudes of emigrants are con o UausHy palling thro' Bade, bidding a final i- adieu to France—their property and con i- neftions. ■» A Paris article of October 12 fays, the >f treaty with Portugal was to have been rati tied by the court of Liftjon in 60 days—6o r . davs have already elapsed, and the ratifica d tion is not arrived. The chevalier d'Aran it jo is uriealy, for fc?r that court has givea t. way to the influence and menaces of tiie ca rt biixttjaf St. James's. But an article from t> Bayonne of Oft. 17, fava that two cowers
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