.foreign JiueUigctuc. LONDON Nov. 9. It was generally expected late de finition of the French squadrons off the Coast of Ejypt and Ireland, would produce a violent explolion in the interior of France, again ft the present rulers ; or that the latter, t"> prevent this explosion would break off the negotiations at Raftadt, and make a sudden irruption both into Germany and Italy, to •weaken by some important success 011 the ■continent, the imprelfion naturally produced by their late misfortunes at sea. That no explosion has taken place in the interior, is to be ascribed to a want of ener gy on the part of the malcontents, who have 110 rallying point to go to, nor any foreign support to depend on. The French govern ment has not broken off the negotiations at Raftadt, probably from a dread left some dis astrous occurrence on the continent should complete its own disrepute, and drive its en emies to despair. It is conscious that the public opinion, to which it is in a great mea sure indebted for its fucceiTes, especially in Italy, is now turned against it, in confe rence of the numberbfs vexations imposed on the people, w'fiofc hopes have been cruelly Mailed,' and who, inttead of being delivered from oppression, have become the victims of the iv.oft Ihanieutl perfidy. The Directory is fearful left the fmalLft check should pro duce a renewal of the Sicilian Vespers ; and this l'ear must have been encrealed by the en thufiaftie joy displayed by all the powers on the Continent, on the occasion of the late victory obtained by Lord Nelson. The ridiculous fyftevn of notes and coi.nt ternntes, has therefore refunded its ufualcourfe at the Congr; fs of Raftadt, and will proba bly be pursued during the whole winter— The last demands preferred on eat'n fide, will furnifh ample matter for new discussions. Under favor of the protracted negotiations, the impreilions made by our triumph will be weakened ; the Propagandists and other French emifTarieswillcontinue their exertions, they will endeavor above all to form a party in the country of the Orisons ; and we should not wonder at the directorial arnjies making themselves next spring matters of that coun try ; having pofleffion of which, they would find it aneafytafk to over-awe the numerous malcontents in Switzerland, and to penetrate into the Tyrol, which would then lie expos ed to the French armies. It is hoped, however, that these circum flances, which cannot be unknown to the court of Vienna, will induce it to adopt the neceflar) measures for disconcerting the Di rectorial projects. The court of Naples, ■which perseveres in a warlike attitude, in spite of the threats of the DireCtoiy, seems to rely on the support of the Austrian Cabi net Over which the Queen of Naples poflefles & deciflve- iiiiluence j l.ifl accounts from Berlin, it appears that the Prussian court is more favorably disposed for the coalition of the North. The march of the Ruffian troops will probably fix the. irresolution of the cabinet of Vienna, whose final determina tion is expefted hy the return of the Courier dispatched thither last week, and whose an swer is likely to prove favorable. We can not at present fay more on this important fubjeCt. A n alarming riot lately happened at Brest, eccafioned by the following circumttance : The Managers of the last requisition for the Army of England in that dittriCt, came to the house of a man who worked in the dock yard there, and were received by his foil whom they wanted for the lifts. He being unwilling to go, hard words and a fcuffle en sued, which ended in the young man's being carried off. t As they were proceeding, the father met them on h s return from work, and remon strated, but in vain for the release of his son. This meeting soon drew a large croud toge ther, by whom the officers of government were violently abused. The old Shipwright harrangued them, and having said with great warmth, " that he saw no occasion for an Army of England, while all the labor of Brest went to serve the Navy of England," he was knocked dovfn by one of the officers. The meb hereupon became outrageous, the officers were fever' !v wounded, and hardly able to escape from their fury to the arsenal. Here the soldiers were called out, but shew ed so little, difppfitiop to interfere, that the whole town wa? soon under the direction of the mob ; in which iVite it was left, when this account was sent lway. , Sincethebanifhment of Carnot,the French affairs have been going backwards ; and yet this man, to whom tfce Republic owes so much, is now a fugitive and a vagabond on the face of the earth—perhaps knocking at the door of some German Prince to beg an asylum. Lewins, the ambafltaoUr of the United Irifhmenat Paris, it feeias, is taken among others on board the Hoc) f. This gentleman probably will find that be wants one great quality of AttibafTadors, inviolability. The golden anchor, now worn by the la dies, and suspended fro# the neck by a chain on the bosom, must be considered as a very encouraging compliment to the unexampled gallantry of our naval defenders. It not only bids them hope, but points out the scene ef bliss. The " establishment" of Buonaparte in Egypt, as he modefthr oblerves in his letter to the Directory, reminds one of thepleafant origin of the pbrafe—>" catching a Tartar." In one of the wars,between Austria and the Porte, an Irish f>ldier in the service of the former, in the attick of a squadron of confederate Tartars, e {claims —" By J —■ I've caught a Tartar."— u Bring him her, then." replies hiscomride ; —" / can't," re joins Paddy :—" Why, then bring yourself —" He won't let me.'" again cr.es Paddy ; for, hi faCt, poor Paddy was lumfelf tlie Tar tar's prisoner ! The generals Buonaparte, and Holt seem readily to have acquired the fame Hibernian demonstrative logic. If v'.ic cam-. \'s fijiiadrons do venture out, it nnift be confelledthat they do not run much hazard of the perils of the sea. They sel dom rema : n long out of port ! The army qf Egypt has subsisted for 17 days on lemons a:id water-melons alone, which seem to be the happiest fruits of Buo naparte's expedition. Sir William Scott, the new judge, is to have his salary increased to nearly the a mount of what a Paifne judge receives in the other courts. It is a memorable faCt, that the French have 101 l within the last two months, 50,000 soldiers and sailors. near 300 transports, I 4 men of war, 14 frigates, and a considerable number of smaller armed vefTels, without gaining any one single advantage. Sir James Marriott has resigned his feat at the admiralty court. Sir William Scott succeeds him. A late address of the French Proconsul at Rome, on the removal of the five Directors, concludes with these emphatical words, " The Great Nation wills it, and its will must be obeyed." This I 3 giving Freedom with a vengeance—but after all, this Great Nation has neither freedom nor will of its own. The French Dire£\ory denonnces all go vernments that are friendly to the English, not forgetting Divine Providence itself. An Apiarian Society, for encouraging the in ere a ft- of Bees, is established at Exeter ; and they have offered premiums for the btft method of uniting swarms ; for the greatt-ft quantity of honey taken without destroying the bees ; for the be ft conftrutted bee-hive, and for destroying wasps and hornet's nests. Mr. Turquand, firft lieutenant of the Ca ' nada, is promoted to the rank of Matter and Commander. We have understood that he is among the best officers in his majesty service. The Pefhwa has lately transmitted to the Directors of the East India Company, two chests, containing a variety of jewellery, forming a complete eolleCtion of the orna ments appertaining to the Indian drefles. There are among them some beautiful pearls. They are to be placed in the Oriental Muse um, preparing in the New Buildings of the India House. The Public are highly indebted to Sir J. B. Warren for breaking through the eti quette which is always observed on similar occasions, that of not opening inftruflions addrefled to another Officer. When Sir John fell in with the Kangaroo sloop of war, off the coall of Ireland, her Captain told him he was in search of Commodore Home, with sealed inftru&ions from Admi ral KingfmiH ; concluded that the letter contained information about the French fleet, he venrured to open it, and according ly had such full information as enabled him mcft fortunately to come up with the Brest squadron. Among the British Officers who arc go ing to Turkey, for the purpose of organi zing the Ottoman Army, is Captain Frank lin, son of the late Drv Franklin, translator of Sophocles. November 19. Saturday Thomas Stretch was brought be fore the Lord Mayor at the Mansion-house charged by Mr. Weft, of the Poultry Coun ter, he being the prisoner who cut the iron bar of the window, and made his escape from that prison on the 3 1 ft of December, 1796 ; and for the apprehending of whom a reward of 501. was offered. Stretch was porter to Mr. Watson, a capital merchant in Mark lane, whom he had robbed at different times, to a confiderabe amount, and was commit ted for the fame when he made his escape. He was discovered to Ve a man pofTefTed of houses, and 2501. in Bank Funds, all of which was pretty ftri&ly looked after, though they never could find him till Friday last, when notice was given to Mr. Weft, that 5 61. of the stock was transferred that day to a Publican in Gold-bath Fields, at whose house the Prisoner was taken, when he went to receive his money. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 2s. The French Admiral Sercie, who com mands in the Indian Sea-, had, according to accounts from Columbo, augmented hi* squa dron from five to niae ships of war, but whe ther by captures or from France, i°3 not ex pressed. He has repeatedly appeared off Point de Galle Cape Commorin, and Co lumbo : while in the neigbourhood of the lat ter place, he is stated to have sent a letter on shore, announcing|himfelf, and stating hie ob ject to be to reconnoitre Columbo. A Ruffian ship of 74 guns, on her pafTage from the Baltic to join the North Sea fleet, has been loft on the Norwegian coast ; the crew were saved. The capture of the Waakfamhey and Fu rie frigates by the Sirius. has excited great lenfation throughout the Batavian Republic. Nierup, who commanded them, is, on his return, to be tried by a Court Martial. An Amsterdam paper of the 13th states, Citizen Bergheyn, in two gun-boats, moun ting two guns eacb, to have beaten offan En glilh cutter of twelve guns. DUBLIN, November 1. letters from Rathangan, relate an out rage committed near that place, scarcely pa ralleled even in the atrocities of the present rebellion : The house of a respeCtable clergy -nan in that neighborhood was broken into on Tuesday night last, by a gang of Kildare rebels; his two daughters, lovely and ac complilhed young -women, brutally outraged before his face ; his house rifled and himielf mirdered ! The diobolical villains who had perpetrated these horrors were loon pursued, nd some of them overtaken by a party of ;-allant yeomen, who, in their honest indig nation, facrificed three of them on the spot. )ne of the rebels killed was their leader, a ■""elJoW named Hamilton, on whose person were found no less than nine gold watches, be fides a quantity of diamonds and valuable trinkets, the spoils of hife former expeditions. Oil Saturday night last the hcufe of Tho mas Fifi'.er, Esq. near Donate (County of IWicklow) was attacked by a large gang; of rebels ; three of the Duniarvin Yeoman: v, , who were retwrnig home after having | riedan express, hearing the tumult from the Inroad, gallantly road up to the h®«fe, andat i tacked the aflailants, two of whom they killed find put the reft to flight. The (hots being heard in Don-trd, a party of the 89th regi ment quartered there, immediate ly let out for the place, and met the flying rebels, several . of whom they killed, and took some prison ers. The killed, upon an examination of their bodies, proved to be persons of the neighborhood who had obtained prote&icns, and were living apparently in perfctt quiet ! m the country; they were, however, armed with pikes at the time of their being shot. Last Monday night three private soldiers of the Worcester militia, quartered in a house between Muilingar and Port Lemon, were murdered in their beds with lhocking ag gravations of wanton cruelty, by an armed gang of rebels. A party of the neighboring I yeomanry hadily afiVmbled, and pursued the murderers nearly fifteen miles, into the King's county, where unfortunately they | could overtake only four of the villains, twe of whom they killed on the spot, and brought the other two, wounded and prisoners, into Muilingar on Tuesday evening. One of them has long been Avell known to be an aflive rebel, and so deeply involved in the treason of the Irish Urfion, as to render it veiy probable that the discoveries which he has offered to make will prove of the highed importance. CONSTANTINOPLE, OA 22. By the inti-lligence received here from Egypt, fomethirg decisive must fucn take place 00 the banks of the Nile. The en gagement* between the Mamelukes and Arabs, at/d the French troops, continue on both fides to be maintained with great üb (linacy and coll a great deal of bjoodfhed. The Frerch soldiers were rot perfe&ly fa- with their lituation, but they adhere very (ledfaflly to their hero Buonaparte. It is reported in the French army, that a fe coud expedition of between five and fix hun dred fail, with 60,000 land forces, with a quantity of (lores and provisions, will spee dily arrive. Every expedient is employed to keep ufp the spirits of the soldiers. Buonaparte was (till at Cairo, and his ar my was advatitageoufly encamped on the neighbouring heights, which were surroun ded by a numerous body of Arabs and Mamelukes. The General never left the town to visit the camp without a strong es cort. The French army fuffers particularly from the want of medicines. Hitherto Buonaparte has received fupplie9 by the Nile. These, however, will soon be cut off and he will be totally cut off from the gar' rifoos which he has in Alexandria and Ro fetta. A number ef Ruffian vessels with (lores, &c. have passed through the Channel, and, many more are expected. Letters from Leghorn, dated 19th o£to. ber, received this day, date that one of the Tuscan (hips which had been prefled from Civita Vecchia, to carry French troops, has returned from Alexandria. By order of Government, the Captain of this veffsl has been prohibited from giving any intelligence becanfe he is previously to be examined by the Government. The sailors, however, (late, that the neutral transport (hips at Alexandria have been allowed by the French to fail, and that the Engii(h had allowed them to proceed home undisturbed. At that time preparations were making by the Eng lish to "burn the remaining traiifports. This day is Published, In one volume Bvo. neatly bound and lettered, (Price Two Dollars) And for salt at No. 41 Cbcsnut-strect, 6y J. ORMROt), SERMONS, On a variety of intereding fubjeits, Br Samuel Stanhope Smith, a. d. Prtfident of the College of New-Jsrl'ey. Nothing, from the publiflier, rsn possibly add to the high reputation of the learned au thor of the present work. In the perusal of it, readers of every class will be gratified. It wUI 1 be a valuable companion for the aged and the young, in the parlor, the closet, the coiich, or ' the ftttde. Subscribers are requaftcd to fend for their volumes. Feb. 22. d-jt Iron Works, Mills, £? Valuable Lands FOR SALE. THE fubferiber offers for sale the well known Malbro' Iron Works, situate in Frederick county, State of Virginia, adjacent te which are B,jqo acres of Land which he will also fell with or without the works, The said Mills and Iron Works are situated cn Cedar Cree!c a large and ne ver failing dream which is applied to working th.. Forge The Furnace, Merchant, Grid ?.ud Saw Mills are worked !-y the water of the big spring which arises at the difance >f about 1-4 of a mile from the Mills and Furnancc and is more than fuf ficient for the aforefaid purposes. The command of water from thofetwo dreams is so advantageous attd abundant as to admit of the ereflion of any other branches of manufaiSory which may be thought eligible. On apart cf the lands is an in exhaurtible bank of Iron ore, equal, or superior in quality to any on the continent. The IrohWoik* are at pr sent out «f repair but might in a short tiuis and at small t-xpence be put in blast. The Manufailurii.g Grill and Saw Mills are lately re paired, and are now in complete order for business The times cf sale will be made known and docu ments authenticating the title to the property wi:h a plot of the lands and certificates of the quality of the ore wi!l be ftiewn on application to joseph Watfon.jun.No. 43 North Third-fireet, Philadel phia, or the fubfrriber in Alexandria. JOSEPH WATSGN. Feb. 11. d6t, WAS FOUND, On FRIDjtY, the "itb inst.' Below So v t h-St*e et, in Front-Street, A SILVER WATCH, With a STFEL CHAIN. The Owner on proving his property and pav ing charges may have tbeTair.e. by applying to No. j 88, South Fror.t ftrert. , 1 j wf&m %i)C dsa3Ctte, PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22. PRICES OF STOCKS. Philadelphia, Fkb»v art 2 Six Per Cent. to 9 Three Per Cent. 9/8 to 9 Deferred 6 Per Cent. 14f B \NK United States, 23 percent. Penofylvania, 1 o to 21 North America, 46 ditto Infuranje comp N. A. (hares 3 c 7 Dilfidend off Pennlylvania, ihares, n j COURSE OF EXCHANGE On Hamburgh 33 1-3 cents per Mark Banco. Loindon, at todays j6l-» at 60 days 54 at 90 days 51 l-» days, pr. guild. 36 to 37 1-2 cents In Senate, the meflage of tiie President p n the fi'.bjetl of negociation with France, the nomination ot'Mr. Vans Murray, has been, committed to a committee confiding of Messrs. Reed, Rofs, Stockton, Tracy and Sedgwick. The failure of the Bank at Paris, of which Monneron was the head, h s, w, learn by letters, fom Paris, oecafionrd longitudinal phiz -s at the Luxemb )ur,i than ! tbe dell uClicn of the T< ulcn fleet by Lord Nelson. It is ash ck which will be felt to the extremities of the Republic. [Columbian Centinel. New Tori, February 21. We are indebted to Capt. Waddle, of the brig Apollo, from Cadiz, which place he left the 31 (I of December lad, for the following (ketch. Lord St. Vincent's fleet had disappeared off Cadiz some time previous to her failling, in consequence of which seven fail of Spa rifii (hips of war, with several regiments of troops, a"d a French frigate, which had been laying two years in that port, availed themselves of the opportunity and procee ded to sea. It wae said they were bound to Surrinam. The English fleet were fetn from the Spani(h towers toenter the Streights—They were supposed from the badnels of the wea ther to be going to Gibraltar to rendezvous, from whence, in a (hort time they would re turn to their former (lation. There wer« several small French priva teer boats in the harbour «f Cadiz. The fear of being taken by the English cruizers prevented their rnolellingthe outward bound American vessels, fram that port, but they still continue their depredation* from the neighbouring Spanish ports, A'gefiras, Ce u . ta, &c. About 5 leagues from Cadiz,tfaptain Wad dc 11 fay two 74 ,'b laying too. CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Thuifday February 21. The speaker laid before the bouse a letter from the philosophical l'ociety of this city in viting the speaker and members to attend an oration by Dr. Ba'ton, on Saturday. Mr. Goodrich the committee to whom was referred the ieveral petitions which have been presented during the fellion i'or the repeal of the alien and sedition laws, made a long report on this fubjedt, (hewing the conflitutionality of these laws, and the propriety of continuing them in force. The report concludes with three resolutions, de claring it inexpedient ta repeal the alien law, ledition ihw, or atiy of the laws relative to the military or naval eftablidiments of the United States. The report was committed for Monday, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Nicholas from the committee to Whom was referred tite resolution proposing an edition of the constitution as anended, with inductions to enquire how far the law for the more effeftual promulgation of the laws had been carried into effed, made are port, which was committed and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pinckney from the committee appoin ted to consider whether any and what amend ments are iheceffary in the law for the relief ot sick and disabled seamen, reported a bill to amend the present law, which com mitted. Mr. Gallatin from the committed appoin ted to consider what alterations are necefla ry in the law appropriating lands for milita ry services, reported a bill to amend this law, wich was committed. Mr. Gallatin presented a petition from 755 inhabitants of the county of Cheder, and another from 73 inhabitants of Walh ington county, both in the date of Pennsyl vania, praying for a repeal of the alien and sedition laws. Mr. Brown presented petitions and re monstrances of the fame nature, from 194b inhabitants of Montgomery county, and from 1100 inhabitants of Northamptoncoun ty, both in the date of-Pennfylvania. Mr. M'Clenachan presented a petition of fame kind, from 587 inhabitants of the Northern Liberties of this city. These petitions were referred to the com mittee of the whole to whom was this morn ing referred the report of a felt a committee on this fubjeft. Cn motii n of Ma Jofiah Parker, the house took up the amendments of the senate to the bill authorising the purchase of timber for naval purposes. The amendments pro posed to dnke out the appropriation of 100,000 dollars, and to insert 200,000 dol lars in its place, authoriliug also the money to be laid cut on land upon which timber is growing, .is well as upon timber. After some debcte, in which these amend menu were fuppc-ted by Mr. J. Parker and t i ,:!cltne y, - ntl oppr.fed by Messrs. Ni- LeWias, J. Williams, Gallatin u:J M'Duv* el!, the amendments were concurred ill jO ■4° 37- _ Mr. D. Fofte,r, from the committee >.f claims, made a favorable report on the peT - tion of John Vaughanj refpe&ing lofl'es fnl'- taineil bv him in a re~coins»ge of silver at tl;e mint, wWich was committed. Mr. S. Sniitb, from the' committee <*£ commerce ; reported a bill for the rcl?ef i f Thomas Arnold, and a hilj to authorize t!.a eredtion of a beacon on Boon Island, whk h were committed. On motion of Mr. Harper, the house went into a committee of the whole on the bill to grant additional compensation for tie year 1799, to certain officers of the Sen. te and Houle cf Representatives of the United States, aand the bill having been agreed to, the committee rose, »nd it wa« Ordered to be engrofled. Mr. Varnum laid a resolution upon the table to the following' effeft : " Kefolved, That th* President of the U nited States be authorized and empowered to call upon the Executive of the several states to take effettual measures, as soon as maybe, to organize and hold in readiness to march, on the shortest notice, 80,000 militia, in cluding officers, to b.e apportioned according to the number of white male inhabitants in each slate refpC&iVely ; which detachment of militia (ball be officered out of the prefenc militia officers." Mr. V. laid, thr.t at the extrordinary feilion, a law was pafled, dire ding 80,000 militia, to be held in readiness, which law expires at the dole of the piefent session. These 80,000 men, Mr. V. laid, had been the only ess.'stive force of any coftfequenre, which we have peflVffcd during that time ; for though laws have been [fefled for augmenting our army, the object has not been eiF.dcd ; ajid as he had great con fidence in the defence of the mi* la flf the country, he fliould wifli this numOer of men to be held in readiness, un-'.l cur de putes with France are completely fetthd. He fliould not think it fafe, in ot:r prefer.* situation, to relinquish this for^c, .Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Harper propofrd a resolution autho rising the clerk to employ additional engrol fing clerks during the remainder of the sessi on, which was agreed to. On motion oi Mr. Harper, the house went into a committee of the whole oa the. bill making appropriations for the fuoport of government for the year 1799 ! af ter going through the fame, the house took up the amendments and agreed to them. The bill was then ordered to be eng-roifed for a third reading. The house then took up the amendments of the Senate tothebill refpefting quarantines and health-laws, which were concurred in. They provided that the Judge of any Diftridt Court, in cafe of any contagious ficknel'r, which may endanger the lives of persons con fined in prison, to direst the raarffial to re move the prisoners to the next adjacent pri son, where fiich disease does not prevail j that in fafe of such disease prevailing at the feat of government, it shall be lawful for the President to permit and direst the remov al of any or all the public offices, to such o-' ther place or places, as, in his discretion, ffiall be deemed most fafe and convenient for conduding the public business ; and also a power to Judges toad ouin any Court whic * may be held in any place where contagion exifta, to a place of fafety. ' « On motion of Mr. Harper, the house went into committees of the whole on the two following bills, which were agreed to, and ordered to be read a third time to-mor row, viz. A bill allowing James Matheis a compen tation fcrfervices done to the United States, and for expences attending the fame ; and A bill making appropriations for defray ing the expences which may arise in carry ing- into etfeft certain treaties between the Uuited States and several tribes or nations of indians. aw**—a—>r> ilsct»=X|jeatre. THIS EVENING, Feb. 22 , Br Desire. Poetic Recitations, > Accompanied by Music vrcal and inftrumentaU IN HONOR OF THE D > Y. The vocal parts by Mr. Darley and Mrs War rell. After ivbicb will 6 s presented, a CO MELT, (in two acts) called BON TON; Or, High Life below Stairs. To which will be added (ani for that night only) an hiflorical PI,AY, called COLUMBUS; Or, A World Discovered. With new fcenerv, machinery, drcflls and de corations. The music eompoftd by Mr. Reinagle ; the procefiion and pageant by Mr. Byrne. To conclude with a new additional scene, ( written by a member of ihe Legislature of the United States.) With a Roundelay & Chorus. The principal parts bv Mr. Marshall, Mr. Dar ley, &c. The Doors cf the Theatre will open at a quarter past 5, and the Curtain rife at a quarter part 6 o'clock precisely. *,* Places in the Boies to be tajcen of Mr. Wells at the office of the Theatre, from ten till one, and on the days of from ten till four. *** On Saturday, THE HEIR AT LAW ; after which evening, it will be laid aside for ™ : time—With The Grand Serious Panto mine o: the Dra'.h of General Wolfe. £3" On Monday (for thefirft time) a Come dy, called CHEAP LIVING, with entertain-- meuts. Country Seats fir Sale. TWO Seats at convenient liftances from. Phi- J- ladelphia, each eomprifing perfe<£l accem mrdation and conveniences of every kind for a genteel family—For particulars snonire of EDWARD BONSALL&Co. f-o. 64, Dock-street, lit UIO. JI.
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