jfamgit 31 intelligence* Pj,u £>jecfMi'ZX Packet, arrived at NEW-York. LONDpN, December ti< UNION WITH IRELAND.. On th;&. important ar.d interfiling' question a pamphlet has lately appeared in Dublin under the title of Arguments for and against the Union considered, from which our rea ders mull, we are convinced, be gratified with some extrafts. The following are the wb fervations of this author, on the general.ad vantages in point of national ftreugth to be derived from an union of the two countries; France well knows the principle and the force of incorporation;. Every state which {he unites to herfelf she makes part of her empire one and indivisible, and will not lui'- fer any mention to be made in negotiation of restitution. Whilst in her affected plans of policy for the liberties of the Britilh empire, flie maintains the principle of reparation as efTent'ul to freedom ; she conlidered the urn on of England and Scotland as art ufurpa tipn of the foririr ; ana leaving England to her fate would make Scotland and Ireland f-parate republics. France well knows the adage, durn singuli p'.'gnar.t, universi vin rwntur ; and she has pbyed chat game l'uc- But a» we wiih to check the am bition of that desperate and unprincipled poiW<;r, and t ' lat on d can only be effected by maintaining and augmenting the power of Briufll ejppire, we should be favorable to the principle ot usiion, which muit incrqale 3.id cunlolidate its resources. if an union may be desirable between two independent kingdoms, it mult be most desir able when two such kingdoms are united un der one sovereign, and have separate legifla t'jres; for they have all the di [advantages ■without the advantages of an union. The sovereign mud reside in one of the kingdoms: there would of course be tne metropolis of tlie empire ; there would be the real feat of the government; thence would flow all the counfcls; and thither world resort those who wilhed for favour and emolument. The kingdom where "lie monarch did not reside, not having the origination of all counfcls and meafurtjs, and having much of it? rents car ried away by ahfenteet, would be in a perpe-, tual flue of jealousy and discontent ; and be ing separate in all refpeets but in the indivi dual person of the monarch, would be a prey to foreign f iftion ; and an empire thus com posed could never be in a slate of full secu rity, for there never could be a certainty that all parts of it would pursue the fame fyflem. The obje&ions to this predicament were so Ilrong in Scotland before the union, that the Scots brought in a bill of settlement, to provide that their monarch should never be the fame person as the king of England ; up on this the alternative of Union or Sepata tion became inevitable, and at length the; ■wifely preferred the former.—.What ha been the consequence ? The Scotch, becarrt ing entitled to all the privileges of Britifl fubje&s, have greatly *dded to their own ci vilization, and wealth ; have enjoyed inter nal tranquility and security, and enablei Great Britain by the confoUdation of tiv whole island under one government, to read that height of prosperity and gk>ry, uhici makes her the envy and the prot»t the only part that has declared its en ■ mity to the governing powers ; and in the j capital itftlf they are daily under apprehen j fion of frtfli and the mod alarrhing commo- tiori. Four thou'and Auftriau officers, who forved to the army employed in Italy agianft Buonaparte in his co»qutft of that country, have been dismissed the service, upon fame thin" more than the fujpicim of having been in the pay us the French -dire&ory. LORD NELSON. [ At the latter end of last year, this gallant officer received apenfion of a thou land pounds per annum in conference, as was said, of the loss of his arm, but in f»£t as a small re coropence for a whole life of danger, hard (hip, cnterprize, and service. Previous to the ifluing of the grant a positive cuftora re quired, that lie should diflinAly state hisiir vices to his majesty. The following is the memorial which was delivered in upon the occasion : To the king's most excellent majesty, the memorial of Sir Horatio Nelson, K. B. and rear admiral majesty's feet, Humbi.y Shewkth. That, during the present war, your me marialift has been :n four aftions with the fleets cf the enemy, viz. cm the 13th and t4 of March 1795; and the 13th July 1795 —.aid the 14th of February 1797 ; in three adtions with fiieates ; in fix engagements again ft batteries; in ten tfttotls in boits employed in cutting out of harbors ; in d'e ftroying veff-ls, and in taking three towns. Your memorialist has also fervtd on (hore with the army four months, and comin-.tnJ ed the batteries at the siege of Baftia and Calvi. That during the war he has assisted at the capture of seven fail of the line, fix frigates, fiur corvettes, and eleven priva teers of different sizes ; and taken and de stroyed near fifty fail of merchant veflels ; and your memorialist has a&ually been en gaged against the enemy upwards of one hun dred and twenty times. In which service your memorialist has loft his right eye and arm, and been severely wounded and bruis ed in his body. All of which ferviees and wounds your memorialist most hombly sub mits to your majesty's most gracious confid- eration. (Si^.ied) HORATIO NELSON. O&ober 1797. From the Political Journal of Hamburgh, for November, 1798. HOLLAND.—A general and daily in creasing derangement, which clogs the wheels of government in all parti of the po litical body, and produces a stagnation of in daftry and financial operations, formi the charaftenflic feature*-, of the go. vernment. Th«- com mercial city of Middle s' irg, followed the example of Amsterdam, declaring' itfelf inlolvcnt, and tequefting sup port from the national treasury, after giving • diflrefiful account of its ruined finances. But the national treasury itfelf was likewif? in a calamitous and helpless situation, and si ancial derangement! were still multiplied, by th« council of elder, having reje&td the cor ftitluio< al resolution of transforming the debts of the late provinces into national de* t«. O' e of the principal impediments, where by the operations of tht new government; ; were obflruded, was the general difconte it ! and the displeasure as the people at the pro ceedings of government, which were not fe- I conde 1, but rather countera&ed. Thus the mtmb. r» of a comraittte, appointed to frame" a new code of laws, declined their charge and the direftory gave notice hereof to the legislative body, enjoining tbem to use" cosy five mesfurea. U der these circurn fiances, the Batavian govrrnmcnt was newly alarmed by the violent infurre continually blocked Bp by the combi ned Ruffians and Englilh fleets, and thus re duced to a palSve Hate of ina&iviiv, where by its existence was rendered aimoft useless. At Amft«rd»ni, Rotterdam, J^ey- den, and other places, the diTooMtrntl of the manifelled themfelses in violent fpeeche j a d threats, d n"twith(l»' ciiagf the military force being- on the fide of the ruling party, the latter saw itft lf daily ex posed to the dangers of violent commoti ons. ] %pe oajette. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH x», PRICES OF STOCKS. PHILADELPHIA, F*a*UAH* i 6. Six Per Cent. 16/ Three Per Cent. j/6 to 8 Deferred 6-Per Cent. 1^" B \NIC United States, 10 percent. Pennfylvania, 10 aitto. 1 North An,erics, 46 ditto Infuranie eomp N.A. (harei 30 ■ —— Pennsylvania, (hares, 35 COURSE OF EXCHANGE On Hamburgh 33 1-3 cents yer Mark Banco. London, at 30 days I-* ' at 60 days at po days j t t . t Amftcrdam,6o days, pr. guild. 36 to 37 i-» ccut» %* The Eastern and Southern Mails had hot arrived when this Paper wen; to press. It 13 a received principle in law, that -a perl'on found in pofleffion of ftoltn is thereof, of courfc, unlefs a fa;is factory account can be given of the manner and mean? by which they came into hit hands. To impugn the- weigkt of this precedent, a hackneyed (lory (which h.is been in use on foch occaficr.s, time immemorial) was the other day rdbrted to oy the counsel for a cri tunal. It is th.it ot a horfe-flealer overtaking a traveller of, the road and delivering to him to hold, the horse he had ftofcn : the purfu <-rs prefentlv come up, and the receiver, un able to give an account of himfelf, is in due time, handed. ulr. Hopkmfon, the deputy attorney gen eral fcr the county of Philadelphia, very happily remarked, in reply, that more rogues had rode off upon that eld, fpavin'd, wind gallsd horse, than had evaded justice by al most any other single means, " Roust, rouse thy Lion heart, and Jirt thj Eagle eye !"■ What is become of the admirable Nations Song, to which this line is the chorus ? ] fay, Mr. Wignell, what has become of it I Repoit fays, that Collot d'Herbois has be come the afhial Manager of the Theatre ; and if this delightful song is suppressed, it will very naturally be concluded to be true. MB. Fehhq, It is with pleasure underflood that Mr. Peter Helm agrees to serve ai commilEoner lor the county of Philadelphia—to fay that he deserves, on this occahon the confidence of his fellow citizens, it language too £te l)fe and inadequate to his merits—he has with credit to himfelf, and benefit to the county, fcrved in that capacity before ; he has during the molt trying Jcafons, Volun tarily remit red services which the utmost gratitude of tfi£ citizens can alone repay— During the fever ot 1797 -he superintended the hospital at the Wigwam and executed the trust rcpofed in him with firmnefs and humanity, any thing that envy or malice can fay to the contrary notwithstanding Certificates now in his pofleflion from the highest authority warrant the a (Tertian. Dur ing the calamity of 1798, upon the fir ft fe licitation of the late mayor he undertouk the management of the prison, and the care of -he tick prisoners, thus contending with liouble danger he undismayed and rogardlels ol personal eafi; and fafety, never forfook the important charge until the return of the ci- L ' Zcns and bis services were no longer want ed by the bdtard of infpeftort, whole thanks he has received. / Under iiich cirfcumftances I conceive it almost preemption in any perlon 10 oppose Mr. Helm's views in this' instance, indeed I am sure none will, after, they become ac quaintid with his intentions. At a meeting ot t ie fubferibers to the °c t^P a " Cing on Friday the Bth or March, the following resolutions were agreed to ; Refolvcd, That ;i committee be authorised to pr .cure the consent of each fubferiber to the (ale, or other dil'pofuion of the lot on which Lai! Con's Circus now stands, and to apply the proceeds towards providing l'uitable accommodations for the City Dancuog As sembly. Refolvcd, That Mcffrs. Jonathan Wil. hams, James GiUfon, William M'Pherfon, Thomss M. Willing 1 , and Thomas Ketland, be the committee to carry into effeft the above resolutions. JASPER MOYLAN, Chairman. CHARtES WILtUKG Harb, Secretary. The firmncfs and maynarrmity of the Su preme Executive of the United States, and the prtparations for War which have been made in our cc untry, have at length brought the pioud Rulers of the French Republic to a sense of duty and interest :—who, in tlieir turns, ha»e become suppliants for P*ace. On the wisdom, as well as firmnefs of the President, the true friends of their coußtry's glory and happim fs, implicitly re ly They, however, fufpea even these last indications of a dsfirc oftfmity, may befome new artifice of Talleyrand, to luii us into a ratal ftcurity, until his Maftert are ready to aft in the Uniied States, the fame fcenea they have exhibited in Switzerland ; and they hope the Government will not relax a lingl? fibre in giving new energies to the prrparations for deftnfive war, and the elta bliflimentofa formidable Naval farce, until Peace and Amity between the two nations are fully, honorably and permanently efta- CCentind. «!■ «:t GRATITUDE. PenrtfyhamcL hegijlature. .. On cited tithe of Reprtfetita tives vtxtilfi -fete, the Refoltltioos-tvhich yrtiv pancd by the Ixgiflature of, V*ir({iuW| reprobation of certain a£ls o£the Federal Government. In Senate, they were thrown under the table—And the following resolution was yesterday adopted by the House of Re pre fen tatives, viz. Resolved, That as it is the d pinion of this House, that the principles contained in th>- refolut'ons of Virginia, relative to certain nieafures of the General Government, are calculated to excite unwarrantable discon tents, and to deflroy the very exiftenee. of government—they ought to be aud they afe hereby rejected. The yeas and nays being called, upon the adoption of the above resolution, were as follow : YEAS. Meflrs. Evatos, speaker. Mess. Keys Albright Kennedy BuU Miller Browij Marten Buckley M'Phcrfoi Barcla) Brooke Biair C;;:npbei Dunlop Erwin Fiflicr Foftef Hall Hemphill Han&um Hopkins Holk'ttpf Hendcrickt Huftou Keppele Kiik NAYS. McfTrs, Baird Coolbaußh Cunningham Conrad Eyre Kwalt Fraley Fulmer, Gehr Horn Harris "Ingles Linnard for sale, jit tht two mile fione, on the IV•ffaliiclon, or Ridgt Road K A P'»ce containing about eighty/acres, in part?, Of the whole together, at may suit the pur chaser. There it on-the premises a hoafe 47 1-1 feet front, by 43 i-» deep, a scullery, milk house, pump, ice house, and farm house, a large barn, 60 fact by 3a, with flail*for hbr'fes and cows, a carriage house, and a pump of. water in. the barn yard, and t focond milk house supplied by a spring. The grounds an- well manured, and laid out In good (lilc, with an abundance of orna mental, and fruit treej, the fitaation h«al;hy and high, commanding a virw of the city and Dela ware. There is alio a small diftancefrom the man don house a lirm house 111 g®od repair, with kitchen, stable, Ac. and a pump of good wa* ter: Fir ternn apply to Samuel Mere ith, No. 171, Chcfnut Street. March 1a The Creditors of the fubfcribcr will take notice, that he has ap ph«d to the fudgei of the court of Common Hlea«, lor the county oi Philadelphia, for the benefit of the AS of AflemMr, palled the 4th of April lad, for the relief of infolvem debtori, and they hare' appointed the 15th mft. at 10 o'clock, to hear him and his credi-ors, at the state house, or such nthor place where the court nay beheld. EDVV. W. BHOEMAKEE. March u Unite 6 State*,l _ Pennsylvania Dijlrifi j BY virtue of an wru of venditioni expo nas to by the honorable Richard Peters,cfquire, Judge of theDiftiia Court ot the Unfteu States in and for the Pennfyivania district, will be exposed to public falc at the Merchants' Coffee Houle, in the city of Philadelphia, on Sat urday the »3J day of March inft. at 7 o'clock in the evening. all that certa n two ilory brick nicf fuage with the lot or piece of ground thereunto be longing, lituate on the south si le of Chtf; ut Itrect between 6th and 7th ttrcet6 from the riv rof De laware, the lot containing in breadth on Chefnut Htk inarch, 179?. 3 N O T I C E. THE Following certificates of ft>are» of the flock of the Bank of the United States have been loft or d.ftroyed at sea, to wit I) lharej in the name of Feter Blight, of which i (harev No 418,5. 5 (hare« No 41 86. and 3 fharci and 6 (hares in the name of! John Barker Church, No 20<8. uhich were forwarded by the Countcfs of Lticefter packet Ircm Falmouth for N< v York—and ten (hares ot Uid (lock in the n*n.» of Stjdnitlki& Sen, ot Amlterdam, No 1796. which were forward ed by the Packet from Falmouth for New-York in November 1794 > and for the renewal of which application is made at the said Bank.and all perfoni GoHcerr.ed are deCred w take notice CiEMENT BIDDLE. marck is Power Pr. liner Raum Stotkrr Stiickler A- Scott 1. Scott Stewart Spcer Scmple Taylor Turner Wharton Watson. Wells Williamfbn Mcffra, Lyle Logan M'Dowell Peniofe Rugh Rose Shoemaker Snyder Worrell Wright Wilson Weaver John M'euLLoH. N. B. The fubfcnbcr will fe'l or l«t the above YarJ, wharf and dwelling house, -which he now march 4 THE real estate of William Richards having been recently fold, the c editors of said estate are rt qtieftcd to ftirnilh their accounts i tn mediately, as a dtvidtnd vrill be (truck on the firft day of May next and paid at any time af terwards, on application to A number of Deeds, Bonds and otfier Ihf! ruments, which had been under the care of the late John Todd and William Wood Wirkint Esquires having, after the deccafe of thofn gen tlemen, been placed in the hands of thefuhferiber, and there rtmaining many for whioli no applica tion has been made; thi puMic notice is given for the benefit of thnfe who may be inrcrefud WAITER FRANKLIN." Marjhal. By a native citizen of Philadelphia, Author of Wie!and, ;nd Ormond er the Sccrt k SBVcb t» T GCOU encouragement will be given to fori' J HH - who unJcrllands the Tanning.bufii.eft ii iJ» its. brairche*—al£b to a .perfou who viind'i .i " making of Tin-Ware, t;o move into the Weflern Country—Perfotii who have fiuail familiep wQuld b.o For further particulars enquiri at No j j North l'ourtii-ftrect;. None need apply but those who cuix bring good recommendations. ; ,7, march i» .th.tiM3y NOTICE. march 5 An original work. This Day is Published) And for faU- at Dtckins' Stationary and Book Store, No 4i, Market tlreet, Arthur Mervyn ; 08, Memoir $ of the Tear 1793. ■» wv» 6tv. eatagMay ,ia