hs'ure, be 'tf ri*fu't of cool deli'.Jeratiuir ani f and judgment. And jn this houfe,'oh aJI ns ctfTa y occafiofls, may the fuprcme executive, agreeably to the laws of the land, i;i mercy cause judgmenfcto l>e executed. And ejeh, branch ot our eleflive gdverrfment, continuing faithful in the dif;harge of its trust, God grant, that nei ther external force or influence, not internal com motion ->r violence, may ever fluke the pil lars r r obr freerepuMic. ' "" >ugh we fiorice, u ith thef.igheft pkafure th» ev dence of great prosperity and happiness in alt parts of this commonwealth, arising, at well Irom thfc love of order and-due fubmiflioti to the laws, as from the enterprise, virtue, and induflry of the clti^is—yet it is to be regret ted, that external appearances a'e not equally favorable. Owing to the war in Europe, the interests of our commerce have greatly fufFered ; and on that account, as well as from the hlimani ty natural te Americans, our wilhes for the re ellablifhment of peace, have been sincere and ardent. ha 1 , taken place between the irenth Republic ani the German Empire ; , and preparations it is said, are making for the rontinuaace of the war between that republic and Great-Brifain. To me>. therefore, there appears but little probability, that the depreda tions on the cotnmtrce of the United States will he lpeedily discontinued. An event so desira ble, in a great measure depends on the iuccefs of the commiflioners of the United States, now at Paris, who are malting every effort in their power to a by amicable negcciition, eur causes of difference with the Fr<fttch republic : But as-thrre can he no certainty, that the over tures of a friendly adjustment wil) be fuccefsful, ought we not to be prepared for difappeintment, and m-et it with firmnefs ? The commerce of the United States is too im portant to bs negleifled; and lam persuaded it will not fail of receiving all the protection and support our national government can afford.- The citizens .of Am rica love peace, and sin cerely with to cultivate friendlhip with all na « tions, But (hould neccffity (which Heaven for bid) compel them to the lilt resort, the tame undaunted spirit and firmnefs will be discovered in the jiift defence of their independence, which were sb confpicueus at the time it was obtained This is a fubjeift of the highest importance, and belongs I am sensible, to the government of the, United States, whose meafure#, at this im • portant crisis, undoubtedly will be marked with pi udeace, and pur'fued with firnmefs :—But, let me ask, is it Knt necefTary, under existing cif cumflances, to evince to the world our readiness to support such measures for the general wel fare, as the government of the United States fball fee fit to adopt ? Whilfl we are careful nit / to infringe on the rights of other governments, we will he faithful to ouY own, we have engaged to support, and to which we are bound by every social and moral obligation. The bnfinefs of legiflatian, for which you are now more particularly convened, is both ardu obs and important, and requires your careful attention in framing such new laws, as you nay judge necefTary f«r the public good, and in revising and amending those, which already cxift j so that the citizen may find security for every right, and redress for every wrong to his person or property, in the molt easy and ex peditions manner pofllble. It is unneceflary to be particular on this fubjefl, because your en s. lightened underflanding and discretion, will di rest you to the wisest meafpres f<w 'J" mentpii ihofc important objecls. I have the highest fatisfaftion gentlemen, in being able to inform you, that by state ments exhibited to me by tl»e late treasurer, Mr. Davis, and by his fuccefTor, Mr. Cof fin, ourpublis treasury appears to be in an elligible situation. The debts due to the Commonwealth, exclusive of those confid «rcd aa doubtful, are quite fuffitient to dis charge all just claims and demands on gov ernment, of every defeription ; and a con iiderable surplus will then remain for pub lic exigencies. This (hews the effeft of the plan adopted for the reduftion of our debt and cannot fail of eneourageing you to per severe in a system so obvioudy ' beneficial, because it will enable the public tu difchargc its debt, withoiit the ncceffity of any addi tion to the usual taxes, which are requisite for the support of government. Those statements, I have directed to be laid be > fore you, with the explanatory, ufeful ob iervalions thereon, by the treasurer. My official duty obliges me to mention, that owing to the incompetency of the pre sent legal compensations for services requir ed, several vacancies have happened in some of the important offices of the government particularly in that of the judge of Pro. bate, in the comity of Hancock. The ref peftable gentleman who lately filled that important office, ftated to me, that the allowance established by law, is quite inef ficient to bear the expences, of attending the probate courts in that county, withoHt l taking into consideration any allowance for his time and services. Under such circum stances, it is not probable the vacancy can be suitably filled. You will therefore judge whether the circumstances of that county do not call for your particular attention. Every servant of the public, is justly enti tled to a revvard, adequate to the merit of his services ; and in making legal eftablifh mcnts for this purpose, fiiitable regard should be bad to the enhanced prices of the neceflaries of life. Whilst lam on this fubjedt, I beg lelve to submit to your can did consideration, whether it would not better comport both with the letter 3nd spirit of the conflitution, to annex perma nent and honorable establishments to some of the important offices therein mentioned; rather than occafio'nally to afford relief by temporary, additional grants. In your wisdom and reftitude the people have placed j a confidence, and lam persuaded they will , not be disappointed. Agreeably to an ait of Coijgrefs, for the 1 more general promulgation of the laws pass- / ed on the third day of March, 179J; I have 1 lately received from the Secretary of State, t five hundred and eighty-eight setts of the i laws ps the United States, cpnfifting ps t three volumes eacli, being this Cpmmefi- c wealth's prpportipn|of said lews,to be deposit- a ed in such fixed and cpnvenient place in each t county, or other civil fubprdinate division, as the executive legislature (hall deem most f, conducive to the general information of the si people. It will, I conceive, be necessary n for the legiflature'to make prdvifion for the immediate distribution of those laws, among the several towns or counties within thecom- li monwealth, ;n such manner and under fucli ' E j'eftridtions as may be thought best adapted j ' to carry into cfTeft the important and uCcfui dfcfign of thf said aft. I $ Other matters which may require "your t consideration, I (hall communicate by pri t vate message, and (hall mod cheerfully con - ' cur with you in every meafttre that shall ap- I pear to me well calculated to eftablilh the. - . security and promote the general welfare of ! our fellow citizens. ' Increase Sumner. , Council Chamber, Jan. 12th, 1798. i The Secretary then delivered a copy «f ■ the speech to the President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House. The Senate having returned, the Speakerread the speech ' from the chair; and on motion, it was com . mitted to Dr. Euftis, Mr. J.C.Williams, J Mr.Treadwell, Mr. Barnes, &. Mr. Sprague, a (of Lancaster.) ■ A confidence pudi&cr of local peti * tions, k.c. were presented, and duly at tended to. in senate —Friday, Jan. 12. 1 The speech of his Excellency the Gover - nor was committed to the Hon. Messrs. 3 Dane, Jones, and Davis (ps Portland.) ' The statement of the late Treasurer Da ' vis, on the finances, was taken up, and con , fidcred. : Xf)t<sa3ttte* ; PHILADELPHIA, A MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY it. ExtraS of .a letter from Paris dtit til, OS, 30. " Our commifTioners have not advanced « one Hep towards negociation. My hopes and fears are on the alarm-" !, LITERARY, f . We are happy to fee that Mr. David 1- Weft, of Bolton is add to the /na h uy ufeful publications with which he has _ r benefited his country,' an edition ps count Is K- l,m f or d's " Essays, political economical l_ aud philosophical."—This eminent philofo •s pher is one of those felf-taught geniuses, it whom no disadvantages of birth and edu ■ cation can depress. His origin was obfeure h being born at Woburn, a few miles from e hence. He came, a country lad, into this e town, and attended behind the counter of an English goods (hop, where he probably [| found the best means of information that u were afforded to his youth. From, fuchan " humble origin he has risen to the highest of y fiees, civil and military, under the duke of Bavaria ; and he who was familiarly known _ here by the name of Benjamin Thompson, D is now Count of Rumford and, what is . more, a philosopher and benefaftor of mait " kind. (Salem Gaz..). PRICE OF STOCKS. Philadelphia, January 16, 1797. Six Fer Cent. 16/9 to jod Three per Ctnt. 10/4 jd- Deferred 6 per Cent. 13/j < e d. BANK United States, 22 per cent. e 1 Pennsylvania, 23 per cent. North America, 45 per cent. ." 'nfurinceCo. Pennsylvania, sto 6 percent. " —: 'N. A, Ihares 40 per ceat. ; GAZETTE M ARINE LI ST. I PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. t s fbip Koba and Betsey, Nimmo, from - Bristol.came up from the fort yesterday, at which I , time the outward-bound vtfTels had not left that c place. A schooner, with part of the rigging of the ' e ship John, Folger, also cait>c up yeflerday as- I e ternoon ; several others, lmall vcfTels, got up | ] from Chester—the quantity of ice in the river 1 ■ renders it unfjfe at preicnt for large vefirls to attempt coming up. Arrived at New-Castle on Saturday last, the brig John, Smith, from St. Jago de Cuba, and a ' Danish schooner unknown, 23 days from St. Thomas's. New-Tori, Jan. 18. . ARfi 1 VED DAYS, t Thursday. Brig Neptune, Stevenson, St. Kiits 13 Scfcr Suffolk, Clark, Gonaives 22 Bellona, Crooker, Wilmington Cleared, Schr. Jane Maria, Marfchalk, Cur racoa- Schr. Veneiia, Roberts, Gonaives. Yesterday. Ship Jofiah Collins, Blair, Liverpool j ' Brig Sophia Carey, St. 'I homas jjJ Schr Clara, Rebertfon, Curraeoa ■> J o CHARLESTON, January 1. The following copy of a hand bill, pub lished at Columbia by order of the house was handed vis for publication, by a gen tleman in the majority. It may be proper to suggest, that a pait of the intended ap propriation was for the purpose of building three gallies; and that the sum of 60,000 dollars was afrerwards granted unanimoujly, for the purpose of purchafiug arms and am munition. In House of Representatives, December 14, 1 797- The house proceeded to take into conGd eration a report of a joint committee, to whom was referred that part of the govern or's message No. io, which relates to the precuring arms and ammunition,. supplying the arsenals, and placing the state in the belt posture of defence. On reading the firft clause, a motion was made,and feconded,that the following words in the report be (truck out, viz." the sum of 1 100,000 dollars be appropriated by a' clause 1 to b? inserted in the tax bill for." And to c insert in lieu thereof, the following words," 1 that our representatives be inftrufted to en ; deavor to procure from the United States e a graxil of 100,000 dollars, to be appropria- £ ted to the." ] On the question being put to agree to the fame, the ayes and noes wete required by seven members, and are as follow: Ayes 51 I noes 48. j So it was resolved in the affirmative, p Ordered that the ayes and noes be pub- n li(hed for the imformation of the lcgiflture si By order of the house, ° <j John Sandford Dart, c. h. r. I 3 •Foreign- Intelligence. LONDON, November 3. Admiral ueWmter has exprefled his (Ironjj - defjre to return to Holland -It is his earned w!(h that he may be fuffiered to re s turn to his couptry, if it were only for the single pnrpoft of impeaching his qu on dam friend, Admiral Storfy, of the double crime °f fafehood and cq war diet; and this he has pledged himfelf to do at the hazard of his f life. > Louis XVIII.has set out for Peterfburgh f taking with him 100 feled mert as his body 1 guard ;in cafe he accepts the elhblilhmcnt - offered by Ruflia, they are then to wear the > Ruff: an uniform. . Bath and London are St p'refent ?$1 of Irish families, and njanyunore are* timing - over to England, for fear of being burnt out - or lilled hJT'w the supporters of regular go vernment. November 12. His Majesty, on. the firft interview with • Lord Duncan aniLCaptain Fairfax,expreffed some anxiety to know how long tlicy had - been (hipmates :—The venerable Admiral - replied," lam ajhamed to tellyour.Majefty how long." Captain Fairfax observed, he 5 had had that honour and hap piness for the space of/even and forty years. A reduftion is immediately to take place -< in the military eftabljfhmjnts of this kingdom notwithstanding the threats of our Gallic neighbours. LUCCA, October 27, The last fitting of our little senate was i particularly turbulent and ftorrey ; several s of their excellencies were driven from their curule chair, and the assembly could scarce ly keep from blows. AJconliderable party ■ has to recognize the legitimacy d i»f the present government, and we are on the 1- point of experiencing a revolution,- which is will probably destroy within our wails the t expiring remains of our government. '• COPENHAGEN, 0&. i 7. i, Mr. Adams, who left Hamburgh on the 1- 2d, goes as an American envpy, withrfull e powers to Berlin, a is BRUSSELS, Nov. 8. if . The Austrian commandtr of the fortreff y es of Ehrenbreitftein havinj received infor it mation that it had been ptfclicly given out, rt that he had received order; immediately to f- evacuate that place, and to gjve it up to the >f French troops, has publicly declared, that n it was falfe that he had received any fueh 1, oraers, and that on the ccntrary, he had is received orders to preserve. (hat fortrefs with t- more vigilance than ever. PARIS, Novenber 8. Letters from Wefel ftatt, the Prus sian cabinet has received adrices which assure '<! them that the French government intend, ftuiuld the war with Briuin continue, to | fend a body of troops by the way of Bremen to take possession of Hamburgh, in order to close that port against the Britjfh on the continent. This news has caused much a- Jarm, and it is said that Prussia, fttuuMfcich i a design exist, would oppose it. . | The minister at war, in a circular letter addressed to the commjljioners of the execu tive directory, complains that the necessary n aftivity is not used to make the requisition '' men join the armies, and requires them to ' j redouble their ae3l. pi PARIS, November 7. . I Julien Souhait, it the fitting of the 3d 1 1 in the council of five hundred, refpefting r the ereftion of turnpikes in the public roads for collection of tolls, said, " why, because England has turnpikes on her public roads, • must France needs have them too ? Can our . government have any thing in common with that of a people enslaved under the name of liberty, and whose 'turnpikes b-y the bye will foofi be broken down by our phalanx es ? He then proceeded to prove th^t > fuchan impost would prinfipally fall on a - griculture and clog trade, manufactures and travelling. On the 4th inft. Fabre presented.the fol lowing statement of the ordinary and extra ( ordinary expences for the 6th year of the French Republic : . Indemnity to Eleftors 829,080 fr. Council of Elders 2,543,592 Council of Five Hundred 4,887,960 Archives 105,540 Executive Diretftory 2,736,125 Minister of Justice 7>075) ' 9 8 3 Minister of the Interior, 38,154,0 c Minister of Finance ( 4,966,108 Minister at.War 341,054,010 Minister of the Marine, ' 83,500,000 Minister for F. Affairs *,501,688 Minister of General Police, 1,963,ce0 The f National Treifurer 4,684,419 Renis and Pensions, 83,253 257 Auditorfhip of Accounts " 675^000 Extraordinarjes '5.989,673 616000000 fr. (Pounds fterhng about) 25,500,000 November 9. The congress of Raftadt wOl open on the 1 ft of December. 1 One of the journals asserts, that Bqona- ' parte has. demanded full leave from the di-!' retftory to retire altogether, but that the directory persist in their determination to make him finith the negociation at Raftadt. 1 he Duke de Richelieu has been appoint ed major-general and commander <r.f the re- j ' giment of Cuirafilers of his Majesty the' , Emperor of Russia. November 20. ' The Marquis of Pombal, a Poituguefe 1 Nobleman, arrived in town yesterday from Lisbon, ott,a diplomatic errand us much itn- a portance. This nqbleman isfonof the late minister of in the reign of the pre- I ] sent Queen j father. Phe marquis is this day to have an audience w-ith lord Grenville, and bn Wednesday next he will be I'ntrodu- • " » j ced to tbc King at St. James's in his pub lic chara&er, as minister plenipotentiary. Among tlie lateil promotions by the Cm pcroa of Ruffu, a number of Poles are ap ig pointed to the government of provinces, lis &c. in their native country. fie LONDON, November 18. , m A very extraordinary application has late ie ly been made to the court of directors of as the India company, for leave to fend out is IJO mifiionaries to India by the ships of the fnext season, for the conversion of the Gen rh toos. The application came thro* a cler ly gyman of the dissenting interest, whose for nt tune is said to amount to 100,0001. and the lie company was to be free of any expence.— The directors have, however, rejected the of offcfr. . 1 ig The king of Denmark has nominated a ut committee for promoting the liberty of the 0- press in bis dominions The marriage of the king of Sweden w|th the princifs of Meckletiberg Schwei th rin was celebrated at Stockholm on the z1 ft sd ult. id -The Ij;-eft fleet, the greater part of which al has lately been dismantled, confiits of the ty following (hips , le Guns. Guns. p. Le Peuple 120 L'lndomptable 74 ■/. La Convention Le Patriote 74 ce Nationale 110 Le Trajan 74 in Le Terrible 110 Le Nestor '74 iic Le Republican no Leßedoutable 74 Le Tonnant 80 Le Caffand 74 La Vifloire 80 Le Tourville J74 Le Jupiter 80 as Le Formidable 80 Le Phteton 74 al LeGu*llaumeTell74 Le Fougeux 74 :ir Le fiarras 74 La Pegafe 74 e- La Revolution 74 Le Monre Blanc -74 ty La'Conftitution 74 Le Duquefne 74 ;y Le Rousseau 74 Le Tyrannicide 74 tie Le :h Lejemappe 74 Le Berwick 74 tc Le Marius '74 The Cadiz fleet consists of 33 fail of the" line. The whole of the fubfeription for the re be lief, of the widows and orphans of the fea ill men who were wounded in the late a&ion it is expe&ed will amount to no less. than 2 J,oool. that on the occafionof lord Howe's viftory was 22,0001. ff. i~—x— . : ir - On SATURDAY, 2-jik injl. it, At 6 o'clock in the evening, will be Sold by Pub to Lie Vembue, at the Coffie-houfe, he An elegant House, No. 78, at JN Walnut-street, which, is 25 feet front, by 171 feet deep, with a lot adjoining 10 i-a feet wide, by id 7» feet 9 inehesdeep ; this lot is back of the house occupied by George Willing, Esq. The house is completely finifted in every refpedt. It is 50 feet deep, has two large parlours, the front one *4 feet, the back 21 by 181-2 feet ; a handsome drawing room »4 i-a by 24 feet ; the rooms below, the f«. drawing room, and chamber adjoining, have ma* re bogany doors, and tliefe rooms, as well as the rooms above them, have a communication with each oth er ; the height is the firft and second stories are I a to feet, and those rooms have stucco cornices »ndnine rooms up ftaifs, besides the garrets, which are di to in *° three rooms > a g°°d kitchen, wa(b and , milk heufej fiiower and plunging baths, a large ice house, a pump in the yard, and a 3 feet % inch a- alley, that leads into Fourth-street. * The cellars :h are laid with lime and floored with two inch plank and plaiftered : the yard is well paved, and the cr house is clear of ground rent; it is rented for one year for 400 pounds per annum from the 4th of November last. Two brick ftabUs in Wainut ry street, with two coach hcufe3, one of them will m hold two carriages, the o;her ,one; .the faialleft fta to as room for three, and the largest for lour . h rfes: it is 11 f«et front on Walnut-ftreot, by co feet 3 inches deep ; t l ey have excellent tofcs over than, and ai« now rented for 100 pounds per an \d nurn; «he cellar is arched and laid *ith two ig inch plank, and will bold about 100 pipes of wine ; -jg is clear of ground rent; has the privilege of an k II 1-2 feet alley, that lead* inro Fifth-ftreet. Alio, a large brick flure, 33 feet fronton fourth > street, by 50 deep, which might at 1 fmail expence be turned into a handsome dwelling houfe > havipg h been so contrived in the building: it his a yard 48 ie feet fix inches deep, by .24 wide; has a rain water P g pump and necsflfary, and the cellarlaid with two inch pjaak, and 16 now rented at 250 pounds per annum ; the rent was paid down for 18 months, it This building is*fuhje<stto a ground rent of eleven dollar*and three quarters per anrum ■s on the east lide of Fourth-ftreef, 10 feet front by 50 feet, it joins on the end of Dr. Rush lot, and has the privilege of a three feet al ley adjoining, it is to a ground of ilx 1- dollars per annum. e Purchasers, before the fa!e, may apply to the fuhferiber, Gtorge Meade, or FOOTMAN & CO, au^Uoneers. , BALL. 3 Mr. Francis refppft fully informs hii scholars, . and tlie public in general, that his third prifl > ifing Ball will be on Thursday the 15th, at the 1 > ne wAlTemblyßoom, South Fourth Street, bet ween ' ; Chefnot and Walnut street—Ladies tickets to be 1 1 had by applying to the scholars of ftlr. Francis, 5 orathrs hoiafe No. 70 Xorth Eighth Street.— 1 5 Gentlemen's tickets one dollar each, to be had 1 of Mr. rrancis, at the Academy, or at hi® house. ' 'Mr. Francis likewtfe informs the Subferibers ' 3 , to the Selea Balls, that the next will be on ' ) 1 uefday the 301!' fiibfcribew who have | ; not ytt received their tickets, are requested to ) apply for them as above. , Mr. Francis continues to take Scholars as u- ; ' fual. * ' " Jan. 21. d 4t j For Sale, J4)e time of a young Mulatto Girl, abnut twelve .years -old, ha? about eleven years tofc-rve. She is very capable of taking ca-e of a child 0 and underflands house work. Enquire at No! a . 97. North sth Itreet. 1 . f J an ' * 2, *eodiw tl This day isPublilhed, At the Qffice of the Aurora, No. 11«, Market Street, | P-ice one dollar a half,] A view of thecondu'ft of the EXfcCUTIVE in the » ! WRF.IGN AFFURS of the United Stan's, connefl- h ■ ed with the Mission to the French Republ c during o\ the years, 179 5 ,6, . p By JAMES MONROE, Late MinilUr Plenspo'entiai v to the tind Republic IlluUnted by his INSTRUCTIONS and COR. RESPONIIENCE and o'her authentic document^ A very liberal allowance to those who bny to ; £ .)j -p again. 041 5 Bcc -rnbtr 23, * ' ' ■ 1 R : Hyson and Young Hyson Tea. , P C ! A few cheflf of CT cell«p t quality, For Sali, W - ac ner of Second and Pin« street*;. vv 1 J>tc«mb.r 16. - co , f . NEW-THEATRF. I- By particular desire, ar.dfor the cntfrtjiinmfrf *' of the Chefs 01 the W\i~dot Indians. THIS EVENING, * JANUARY 22, Will be pr.-C-nttd a celebrated Tragedy, callecJ Romeo and Juliet. Romeo, Mr. Moretrfti 1 Paris, Warrell, jun. e Montague, VV T arfell i- Capulet, ?S"', Morris Mcrcutio, Bernard Benvolio, Fox e Tibalt, Taylor Friar J.awre/ice, > Wa.rcn Friar John , Hunter e Baitbazer, T. Warrell Apothecary, Francii » -Peter Bliflet. e Juliet, M'j. Merry tSjy Ca*ulet, L'Eftraug* Nurse, (firlt time) Francis. , n In A£l I. a Masquerade, will) a dance by the l " characters, ft In AA V. 3 Funeial proceflwn and Solemn; ' Dierge. h The vocal parts by MellYs- Marlhat, Darlev, e Hardinge, W arrell, jun.T. Warrell —Mrs. Old mixon, Mrs War—.l, Mrs Warren, Mrs Stu art, Miss Milbourne, Miss L'tftrange, Miss An '' derlon, &c. 4 4 To which will be added a Comic Opera, called 4 The Agreeable Surpiife. 4 Sir Felix Friendly, Mr. Warren 4 Compton, Darley 4 Eugene, Warrell, jun.- 4 Chicane, Warrell , John, Taylor Thomas T. Warrell "*■ Cudden, Bliflett 4 Lingo, Bernard 4 Laura, Mrs Oldmixen 4 Mrs. CheSiire, L'Ellrange 4 Covflip, .Warreu zj Fringe L'EftrHnge* On Wednefdav, ( for the firft time in A ■ merica,) a celebrated Comedy, called the Will qr,a School tor Daughters —with entertainments le Box, one Dollar ; Pit, three quarters of a Dol lar ; and Gallery, half a Dollar. fjp The doors of the Thsatre will open at five, n and the curtain rife precisely at fix o'clock. Phces' lor the Boxes to be taken at the Office in " the front of the Theatre, from io till 1 o'clock, s and from io till 4on the days of performance. Tickets to be had at H. and P. Rice's book-fto.re. No. 50 Market-street, and at the Office adjoining theTheare. VIVAT XSSfI/BLICA ! Recently Publijhed, Aud ju!l imported from England, by .William Griffiths, No. 177, South Second llreet, and I may be had of Morg «n J. y A Cheap and valuable work, in two cloftly e XI printed volumes ,in Bvo. (price 3 dollars) £ Illustrations of Praphecy : In which are elucidated matjy predictions, which occur in Isaiah, Daniel, the writings of the E*an c gelifts, and book of Revelation ; which art tho't _ to foretell among othsr great events, a revolution , in France, favorable to the interests of mankind, _ th« overthrow of the papal power and of etcleii t aflical tyranny, the downfall of civil defpotifn, e and the subsequent melioration of the llate of the world : together with d A large collection of Ext rafts, e Interspersed through the work, and taken from h numerous commentators, particularly from s Joseph Mede, Sir Isaac Newton, k Vitringa, Mr. William Lowth, e Dr. Th. Goodwin, Fleming, e Dr. Hem y More, Bengelius, Dr. John Owen, Daubuz, Dr.Crcflencr, Whitby, Peter Jurieu, Lowman, , Bren.us, Bishop Newton, and Bilhop Chandler. Bishop Hurd. By JOSEPH LOMAS TOWERS. Besides various other inquiries treated of in th:s work, and numerous illustrations of prophecy • it contains a considerable number of fa&s or ob servations on the'fymbolie language of prophecy the authenticity, ul'es, and ebfeurity of the apo cafypfe, and the genuineness of the Hebrew pro phef; on the rapid corruption of ehriftianity i a the fourth century ; on the dil'pertion andreftora tion e' the Jews, the hiitory of the falfe Mefliahs «ho have appeared among them, and the rcafons 111 support of the conjeiture that the Afghans are the dsfcendants of the ten tribes; on the rsiiftance to opprefiion ; on the; irruptions of tin northern nations, and the causes of the decline and fall of the tf.on.lan empire ; on the customs of tlis 1 auars, and the independence of the Arabs ; on the conquests of those nations, and those of' the Turks ; an the usurpation of the Man.alukes, and tfos pail hiitory and prefeat ftatc of Egypt • on the charaiter and conduCt of Conflantine, fultini an, Clovis, and Lewis XIV ; on the scarcity of books in the dark ages, and the cauics* of the de cline of literature ; on th# rapid rife of the French monarchy, and the causes of its fall ; on the in conGftencies in the political charadersof bishops Newton and Hurd j on the peculiarities of Dr <r ® urn «'» t^ or y »f 'he earth ; on the ben.ficial eflVCts which ehriftianity has produced in favor of learning and civil liberty, an i its tendency to pro motethe of equal governments. ludependent of the large proportion of original matter contained in thefo volumes, those who are Intcrefted in thefubj.a will', it isprefumed, with to perule or confultthem; because the extracts in troduced ia them, which are accurately cited, and marked with inverted commas, are taken from a f re u'7 " umber of Writers on the prophecies fa; leart ,( the roman catholic commentators be c cluded) than are easily accessible to any one ind,vi dual even ia Europe, or are probably to be found in any one library in the world. 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