, -xw nr.- -Lzzaap- . .-^nrrrrrssrc Jr >xi •<.:>? I'v&zim ■ -'j'-Lj-i'i-: cnkfl .».ctSti of a tkto pof.t. The favcur'd Bard, Wfv» nol lv cnufcious of bis jull reward, W tfi lottie/Tonl and undecaying might, Pa: nts wi>. it -he feels in charaders of light. IT-- turns : and inTlanta+ieous idl around Cliffs whiten, waters murmur, voices found, for®? in heav'n's aerial hall Appear, as it forte great supernal call. Thence oft in thought his steps ideal (jj,)hafte To rocks and groves, the wilderness or warte; To plains,-vyhere Tad mo r' s. (j>),regal ruins lie li> defolatioiv's fallen roajefty ; Or where Carthufiati (z) towr's.the pilgrim draw, And bow the foul with unrefifted awe, Whence Bruno, from the• mountain's pine .. . clad bro.w, Survey'd the world's inglorious; tqjl below ; Then, a* down ragged cliffs the torrent rsar'd, "Pro Urate great Nature's present God ador'd, And bade, in solitude's extremeft bourn, Religion h<UJt)w jhe severe sojourn. ~.. To Sfjf . gßiom "tqo di;e'a2l)ij and .no,'blaze too ;-y.v • jYhat Unrf ; to;HiQrtal .ke.fc' he unveil -The in»xp>effiveFOßM(d)rrt fernblance frail, ft'ra}!»;d-.vi«!\y;preft-BtS' the yawning ftomb, 4 Subflantial hort-orsj eternal doom.. To Him the Po'VY'rs,of harmony (£) resort, And as the Bard, with high commanding port, Scans all th' ethereal wilderness around, Pour on his ear the thrilling fYream of found; Strains, from that full-ftrung chord at dif- A tawie (well, - Notes, breathing foft from rriuTick's inmost' . .. While totheir.numerous pause, or.accent . .. deep, . , His choral pa (lions dread accordance keep. . I'heiice muling, Id he bends hisweary eyes On life and[ all its Tad realities ; Marks how the pr.ofpett darkens in the rear, Shade blends with (hade, and fear succeeds to fear, Mid forms that rife, and flutter through the gloom, 'Till Diath unbar the Cold sepulchral room. * Such is the Poet: bold, without confine, Imagination's •" charter'd libertine 1" (c) He icorns, in apathy, to float or dream On listless Sutisfaftion's torpid dream, But dare? ALONT. in vent'rousbark'to ride Down turbulent Delight's tempefluous tide ; While thoughts encount'ring thoughts in conflidl fierce TainiiltHOus rtifh, and labour into verse, Then, as the fwtllimj numbers round him .* ' roll, Stamps on th' immortal paje the visions of the foul. (x) I speak of the Aof local fruit:on on ;lie mind of ;he p-itt, But if any man of ge- Ttin', fancy, anil learning, in the vigour and nooh-day of his life ami faculties Ihonl.', from feint c:r"Utrfljnec for ever to be regretted, be iinf.irtiiiiJtely deprived of the power of viiiting th.rf- great and awful fctnes ot nature, and the monuments of ancient art ; an imagination hf>!<4 vnt fervid may, in fame drgrre, supply th?t « ant by recourle to the moll finilhed re. i refentations of them by the more sublime painters and artists. Stuart, Wood, and Pira nefi may raise ideas worthy of the Poet, and pour upon his fancy all the ancient d'gnity of Athens, of Palmyra, and of Rome. Ala?! these fctnes are dole i forever. Non Ego sum vates, fed prifci confetti; aevi !—I cannot but pieftnt mv reader with the fbrm of an Oath on such a luh'iedl, from the lajlclajjical Poet under the ex piring monarchy of France, the famous Delifle. [ am as ready ori this fubjcdl, as himfclf, to swear a! altar of the Muses : " Hflasi ja nai pointvu ce fejour enchante, Ces beaux lierx ou Virgile a tante de fois chante; X-ais j'en jure et Virgile »t fesaccords sublimes, "J'irai ■■ da l'Apennin je franchirai les cimes, j'irai, plein de son nom, plein de ces vers facrfs, Les lire aux niemcs liot.x qui les ont inspires. Les Jardins L. I. (y 1 He built Tadmor in the Wilderness " Chron 8. i. ch. 8. v. 4. It is remarkable that M'. Word cbferver, that the natives, at this t ay, called Palmyra by the original jppllation of Tadmor. (zj The famous monastery, called "The Gnnde Chartreuse." The retirement of Saint Bruno. (a J The Piflures of the Supreme Being by ■Raphael and Michael Angela. There is one piflures of THP. Supremk Being feparatirtg tlae light from the darkness, in the Vault'of the C'.pella Seftina in Rome, by Michael Angelo \i'hich, 1 believe, h»s never been «igraved. Mr. Fufeli, J think,/aid so when I enquired-about it. 1 alftirle alft> to the Piflnre of the Last Judg ment, by the fame Master. (&) The powers of Mtific on the mind of the Po-t. 'ft) " The air, a chartered libertine, is still." Shakfpeare. H. V. ELECTION. Pennsylvania Hospital, 4th mo. 4, J799. The Contributors to this institution, are ■hereby notified, agreeably to the Charter of Incorporation, that a general eleftion will be held at the Hospital 011 the 6th day of the sth month 1799, being the second day of the week, at 3 o'clock, P. M. for twelve Managers, and a Treafurerfor the ensuing year. fly order of a Board of Managers. SAMUEL C'QATES, Sec'ry. eodt6m Notice is hereby given, T'HATtin Monday tht aid inflast. the appeals l[ mi the Direct Tax of the United States, for the fir'', and second Dtftn<Sfc», 111 the State nf Penn sylvania. (coTiiainirg tbe ity oi Philadelphia) will KO»titr,enceiathe Baft Chamber of [he Old City t'oyrfr Hmufe. >Olll JO o'clock in the morning un ril two o'clock. P M- Attendar.ee will brpiven for 15 days. CALEB »;oa.TH, Principal A'(Teffor,fqr DiftriiV No. T tt'AAG JONES. Principal Affcffor for Diflrifl No. %. JiUtedclphia, April 19, 1799- *^ raKr ":~ %!)C CsdsCti'C. .r... •• t i' H 1 L A D E LP HI A , SATURDAY EVENING, APIUL 13. ANTHONY PASSUJN. Continued. > On the i ot.fi of August, the following An swer appeared, add re [Ted to the Editor. MR. CONDUCTOR 7 , Having pvomifed to give the public an ac count of the affair, which fbmt weeks'ago happened between myfelf and a afTum ing the name of Anthony Pafquin (a cir cumflance which I cannot but lament as un fortunate, it having been tht; means of bring ing my name into competition with one so Contemptible) this-and another confideratioij, weighs with ine to trouble you once nwre about this business, which has already taken up too much of your time. Having purchased the leaf? of Richmond Theatre, on the ißthof Jurieit was opened under my direction, and was honored by the performance of several-Gentlemen amateurs of:the Drama. In the course of the even ing, the perlon calling himfelf Anthony Pafquin, in company with Mr." Swan, came behind the scenes, when they entertained themselves as t<jng as they liked, and were then pafled by Mr. Williames into the boxes: on their return to the flage door, the ser vant refufed them admittance, mistaking , them for foroe other yerfons. In a fliort time I received from the Talbot Inn, two notes, each fupercribed" to captain wa thf.n." One of them from ,Mr, Swan, complain ed of the cirtumftanqe before-mentioned, but in very gentlemanly terms spoke of it as an offence. The contents of the other were con veyed in the following laconic terms : " Sir, " You are an impertinent puppy. (Signed) ANTHONY PASqUIN." Being concerned in the performance, I had not time to fend a written answer, but letyt Mr. Lawrence, a person confidentially employed by me, to apologize to Mr. Swan, £or the supposed offence, which was entirely unintentionally 011 my part : but he was di rected, if he were asked for an anfwei to the. other note, to fay, that I did not know such a person as Anthony Pafquin. Mr. Swan was well fatisfied, as he afterwards allured me ; but from the other I received, by Law rence, another note, couched in the follow- ing words: " You area Scoundrel and a Coward." (Signed) "ANTHONY PASQUIN." As soon as the entertainment which I idl ed, was over, I sent Capt. Da vie 5, and Mr;- WtlHames, to the Talbot, while 1 waited at the Caflle Tavern, being determined to bring the .matter to an immediate ifi'ue. Wlien they returned, they told me. to my great afton ilhnient, that the person was gone an hour before ; the matter was of course, obliged to reft there for a time. The next day I went to London, accompanied by Mr. Wil- Hames, in fearch.of him ; I could not find him—but with some difficulty I (ii 3at his lodgings—for he did cot live at the place which his card of address exprefled. I left a note for him, faying, that though I seldom attended to what came from an anonymous scoundrel, yet I would certainly cane him for his insolence, in the firft plate I met him ; this did not happen till two or three days after, which was in the Haymar ket Theatre, when I was in company with Mr. Barrymore, whom I sent to him, to fay, that I infilled an his making me a writ ten apology, or the tonfequeiice would be what I threatened in my note. He refufed the alternative, and refufed also to ccme to me. I waited till the play was over, when he eame into the lobby : I there spoke to him, and desired him to bring a friend, for I was determined to fettle the buftnefs that night. I<- was with much reluftance that he came, and at last brought Mr. Young. Mr. H. Angelo joined us, by accident. I proposed to go to the Spring Garden Coffee-Houfe, which he refufed, but at laftie fixed 011 the Shakespeare Coffee-Houfe in Bow-street ; where Mr. Barrymore, as my friend, and Mr. Young as his, with our selves, retired to a private room, Mr. Ange lo remaining in the Coffee-room below stairs. After an hour and half spent in endeavoring to persuade him to apologize to me for the very gross offence he had given me, in which time he had frequently been alone with Mr. Young and Mr. Barrymore—(in one of these intervals, though he had a stick in his hand, he drew a knife, and on being asked by Mr. Barrymore, why he did so ? He replied, " to pair his nails") —It now became absolutely neccffary for me, in defence of my own character, to do something that should put a marked indignity on him : he was going out of the room, when I stepped between him and the door, and pre vented it ; he then a fecorid time drew his knife, swearing be would use it for other purposes than pearing his nails—when Mr. Barrymore took it out of his bands,laying, " that if it must come to blows, we were equally armed, each having a stick." He then, with Mr. Young, retired to a corner of the room, leaving us to ourfclves. I then hit the man (whom I am mortified in the ex tremeto call my advrfary) a flight stroke on the hat, which knocked it off his head, mean ing to do no more if he had not : he re turned me the blow with his stick on the left cheek, and doled with me. I then, with the end of my cane, hit him in the fide, in order to disentangle rr.yfelf, which when I hadef fefted, I struck him a blow with my cane on the head, which staggered him. I then repeated the stroke, which came in co lit aft with his teeth, and took two of them out ; i>n which he immediately fell on his knees, ahd literally roared for mercy, begging my pardon in the ljvoft abjeft and humiliating terms—which,, when Mr. Barrymore per ceiving, and-dreading, as I had been great ly provoked, that! might have been irvitat-' --ry? ta to a repetition of Ihe VW. ij 6nd vcreftc-d hty stick Trora wiy hand, obferv- that I had beat Mm cnou; At this time 1 heard voices 0:1 the oiifiiae bi" the room, which Termed to approve of n;y col dufh I opened the doof, the gen tlemen who.were there, and who had been?.: 1 upper in anothi-r room, and had been hro't thereby the noifey to walk in. For, as my p-ovocatioji bad been great, Lwasrefol ved to have as many witnesses as poflible of hifhutniliatiotw While- thfcy were entering, he had-ri.kfi irom his knees, which I perceiv ing, I yiJifted on his going down on them once more, which he did with some reluc tance, for not having my (tick, I was obli ged to kick bin or! the? thins till he did, •when he again begged my,pardtni. He was then permitted to retire, a mid ft the scorn, contempt) jiifles and groans o£ the following gentlemen : - Mr. Joh nil one, Mr, Scott, Mr. Ki-rwan, Mr. Davis,' Mr. Dwie,s, Mr. Angtlo, and captain Gregory of the Guards. I have re ceived 110 other damage than the blov,- fir ft mentioned, and a fevexe laceratifln of the lit tle finger of my It-ft hand, which, was. done by a violent bite when he cloi'ed with me. Thomas Young, of Brighthelmftone, gen tleman, and William Barrymore, of Rich mond, gentleman, severally make fcath and lay, that the contents, of the above dated narrative,. (as w far as they are' Hated to be within their knawledga) are precisely the truth ; and that the behaviour and ofcapt. Wathen was, through the whole ot thebufinefs, as far as they saw it, that of a man of honor, spirit and humanity :. And Thomas Young, for that Mr. Ba rrythore never did, at any time kick or strike the perion called Anthony Pafquin, or even touch him, save only the jime when he took the knife from him ; and furthermore this deponent faith, that so far from the said Anthony haying received from Mr. Barry more any injury, that when they retired to the lodgings of the said Anthony, about half an hourafterthe affray, he, the laid An thony, in presence of Mr. Davis and this deponent, expressed his approbation of Mr. Ban- ymore's conduct, and refufed even to open the door to Dayis, till he was informed that Barrymore was at the door with him, when, the said Anthony said, " I'll let Bar rymore in, and nobody ell'e and this de ponent further faith, that said' Pafquia did accept of little services and attentions from Mr. Barrymore, immediately after the af<- fray, which cannot but do away any odium that said Pafquin has thrown upon said Bar rymore relative to said Barrymore.s kicking", and otherways ill-using him. ■V AFFIDAVIT. THOMAS YOUNG, WILLIAM BARRYMORE. Mr. William Bahymore, and Mr. Thomas Young, Sworn before me this eighth day of Au gust, 1792, to the above contents, FRANCIS SERGISON. Gnc If eld-Place, } in tht •covnty of Sussex. 5 After having dated thus much, I hold it a mod egregious wade cf time to comment on the 11011 fen fieri rhapf"dy he has pbtriifWl the public, I did,"indeed, intend to fay a few words relative to Mr. Barrymore, whose profVffron renders him so liable to the aflaffin like flabs-of'this miscreant ; but the affida vit of Mr. Young so fully and feirly does away the intended mifchief to his charafter, that I lliall forbe'r a,nd now forever I have done with John Williams, alias An thony Pafq*in. I might as amply refute the other falfehoods he has with bold and un blufiiing impudence aiferted, but I hold them in as much contempt as I do their author. In vain may he flatter himfelf that he (hall ever again b? honored by the flighted -notice from me—in vain may he hope so far to pro voke me as to gain a repetition of what he has so j-ullly received at my hands—in vain may he expect, that, after having so juftiy obtained the contempt and abhorrence, he /hall ever by my means be entitled to the pity of mankind. G. WATHEN. Richmond, August 9-. [So irinch for Anthony Pafqnin, Esquire ! Such, when not more infamous, ha? been the tenor of a life, which, we are given to uflderftand, is in future to be devoted to our illumination ! The room occupied for this developement, cannot he jHged to be ill ap propriated, when the reader is apprized, that Anthony■ Pctsquin has recently commenced to publish a newspaper at Nfiw-York. This person wears his feigned name with the alias of John Mr. Will.ams attached to it, where as in Europe, that of John Williams was the appendage to the fictitious signature : this, with the report of Fedeialifls having extend ed their auipices to this-Anthony, authorizes a doubt whether he be the fame "person or hot.] War Department, April, 15, 1799. ALL Officers within the States of New. Hamplhire, MaHachufetU, Khode-Iflandj Connecticut, Vermont, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennfylvanu, Delaware and Maryland, belong* ing to the firft, fecoftd, third and fourth regi ments of Infantry, »nd the firft and second re giments of Artillery, now upon furlough, or ab sent from th?ir commands will, without delay, report theml'clves to Major General Hamilton, and obey his brders. JAMES M'HENRY, Sec'ry of War. 6t China Goods. ypsr imported, In the Ship DiLAWAfts, from Canton, Imperial Hyson Skin Cx.EAS. and f YcungHyf&O A very handsomely assorted Small invoice of Silks ; Also, China Ware, afibrtcd. For s?le, by V/ILLIAM SANSOM. divr " april T.s For Eicnttn, K. C. ' J No. Til mpsViv, mailer. fSIhJHT will be t.ikni in r«Yopnbty, if oF fered btftcre Wednsfday the ij h inft. when she will pofitfvcly fail. Avpiy t-> GIDEON HILL WELLS, N.) IMn ket-tJieet. fit •a 18 I «j i%l. For Sale, ! |i| The Ship NE P T U'N E, I ' a y' n g a t Walnut street j wharf, wirh h*t tagkle and ap- I parel as {he came from sea ; her burthen is ■ 211 tons. For terms; apply to ■ JOSEPH ANTHONY & Co. Ike consignees of goods on bodrd theabeit'e vessel, are requested To take oi-.t their per mits so soon asj pos'rtbie, as lie s~-.p will &e»' gin discharging to-morrow miming,' april 12. NOTICE. *■#* The Members of the So- the Sons of St. Gsorgb, established at Philadelphia, forlhe Advice and Afiiftance of Englishmen in distress, are requeued to attend their Anniversary Meeting, at the City Tavern, on Tuesday the 13d instant, at u o'clock in the afternoon. « GEO. DAVIS, Sec'iy. A puntftnal attendance, at the above hour, is desired, as fevenl new members wi'l be bal l'otted for. Dinner to be on the table at 4 o'clock pre cisely. April 16,1799. dta3 Valuable Lands for Sale. ONTuefdaythc aoth of Anguft-nsxt, [ (halt expose to public IMe, at the town of New- Mai ket, in Dorcheller county, all that valuable frail or parc.il of land commonly called the Chop tank Indian Lands, fitinted on tha fout'.i fiJe rfnd binding on the Choptank river several miles, fup poffd to contain about fix thousand acres, to !»e divideifinto lots to contain from Ibo to 500 acres each: The terms of sale as follow, viz. Purchasers to give bond immediately after the sale with ap proved security, conditioned for the paymfcnt of the purchase money, with interest from rhe day (if sale, in four equal annual inftalmects, agreeably to an aft, entitled, " An aft nppointirg commit'- fioners to contrail for and purchase ths lands com monly called the Choptank Irdian Lands in Dor chefler county, and for appropriating the faint to the «fe of this slate, an J to repeal the aft of afiem bly therein mentioned;" pafied at Novenibir ses sion, 1798. yfit MARBURY, Agent for the ft ate of Maryland, d.;tn April 19. A VALUABLE ESTATE In Blocklev Township, On tie <wrjl flie of the river Schuylkill, about one and an half miles from the Middle Fer ry, and one fourth of a mile from the Turnpike, To be Sold at Public Vendue, At the Merchants' Coffec-Hou.se, i.n Phi ladelphia, On Tucfciay the 13d itiftant, at 7 o'clock in the e veiling. Said property has been lately surveyed, and di vided into fjttr parts, with a view tr accom date purchasers.. No. I. CONTAINS 57, acres and 12 perches on which is' a_britk d willing »n the ye3r ~r7y4) jy feet front by 37 feet deep, With"a piaz za on one fide and a portico on the other; two ftcries of 12 feet high each, four rooms on a floor with fire-places in each, r.nd four convenient chamber* in the garret, thrse of which have like wise fire-place*., A hall 10 feet wi le, ; a remar kably dry and commodious cellar, dividsd into sundry apartments,including a pantry, (tore-rooms, &c. The kitchen is 20 feet square, containing bake-ovens and other conventencei; a pump of ex cellent water at the.door. A flcne barn with good, fabling ; a sarriage house and granary, and a large frame lately built for hay, &c. A (lone farm house, and walh honfe, with a brick pilk house over a never failing spring cf good water. Two large gardens in high order, and richly doredwith a great variety of the bed fruit; strawberry, and afparagtis beds; (hrubs, flowers, See. An atirde orchard in its prime, containing 6co trees. fh* situation is high, pleasant and healthy ; a great number of handsome fruit and other trees in the coart yard, round the house, &c. The foil is good and produces remarkably, well, and there is new. a considerable quantity under clover. bbtlt 10 acres of meadow, adjoining a Bream called Mill-creek, which runs through the prcmifes, and oh which there is a good fcite for water works. About iz acres of very thriving young timber. No. U, Contains 46 acres and 39 perchai of as good (arming land as any in the townlhip, divided into five fieldswith about 8 acres of excellent timber A never failing dream of water runs through the premises, adjacent to which, and near the Weft Chcfter road, is a fine situation for building ; ai.d within-a fbort distance of two fpriugs. Opt of the fields is under clover aad timothy. No. 111, Contains ip acres and 139 perches, about 7 acres of which is good farming land, wirh a small piece of meadow ground ; and the remainder cov cred with goed timber. Two nev«r failing dreams of water runs throHgh the prcmifes, and near to which and the. Well Chelter road, is a haedfome situation for building. No. IV, Contains 5 acres and 16 perches, is a rich foil, chisfly under clover, and raoftly orchard ; in which there are upwards of 160 good bearing ap ple trees. There is a small dream ot water runs throsgh the cad end, near to which, and the Hav erlord road, ii a beautiful situation for buildings, garden, &c having an agreeable prospect. The Weft Cheder road bounds part of No. I, to the southward.and divides Nos. 11, and 111. And the Haverford road bounds Nos. I, and 11, and JY, to the northward. . There are on each division very convenient situ ations for ere&ing either breweries, diftillerles, or tan yards; besides the mill feat ou No. I,'before mer.tisned. A draught of the wliolemay he fcenatlha Cof fee house—and at the office of Thomas M'Eucn & Co\ No 78, Chcfimt ftrect, where the terms «f sale aod any further information that may ts r«- quired,will be made April 18 The fubfcribcrs have on hand, and for file at re" duced prices, the following articles, viz. Seventy Pipes London Particular Madeira Wine, the vintageof '96, Qnce when they have lain in a (tore well adajted to their improvement ; 15 Chests tf Young Hyson Tea ; An ltivoica of well-aiTortod China—original coll Letweeri 8 and 900 dolU. in Canton. HI&BEE Sc milnqr. marcli »i %m foreign 3(v titles Via Ne.w-Yop.K.. a . ■> XQRD'OiSf, January4j. «ty ;•' We underftaivd t'hit nrriivifters « edinfornlatioa that the rabfcfc i soon as they saw their majeftiej eriSjtrJt'oa' board the Vsul:juard,'r6fe into <jMn " and xonHmttni the both of xtfurtfcr an 4 pillage. the nobility- were massacred, auii the "king's'cftihfifell,'ltis'lSdfl,' to death-by the TOots at" barkation. Many of ,the' and hotels of the nobility ere plitiddered ' and tfee eiiy coritiniied. itif the fftmoft ii£, order'. ' ' '• The Vang-uarei, with the Rbyal Family on board,- after luffering' a severe ftbrmj had arrived in the Bay of Palermo. 'dtf The Paris papers to the 27th of January inclusive, did not come to hand on Saturday morning till after our paper was at press • but we hope that our readers will be fufficient ly indemnified by the accuracy of the account which we this day give of their content?. The riioft authentic article is the letter of general Championet to the dire'ffro'ry, dated at head quarters, Capau, January the 4th, which informs us of theexadi pofition'of the different armies at that period. The left wing of the republicans hid not, advanced beyond Pefcara, upcrt the Adriatic Gulph ; the right was at Gaeta, upon the Mediterranean ; and the centre before Gapua. It ferns wonderful, that the two former places should not have heldout longer against the enemy, both being-well fortified, provid ed with a numerous garrison, and amply Sup plied with ammtinitionand provifitons ; more efpec'iMlyas the rigours of the fe'afon might have prolonged the difficulties of the' siege. General Mack having foiled in nil Attempt topj-ocure an armiiHce, and having refuftd, uj»on the summons *f the French, to deliver up OapMa, was moving difpolitions to hazard a general engagement, upon the issue of which would certainly depend the fate of the kingdom of Naples. Capua, iituated upon the left bank of the Volturno, at the descent-os the Appenines, and tolerably fortified, having a strong cattle, and is coilfidered as the key of the kingdom. General Mack, by Supporting* his left'wing near this city, and his right upon Ancient Gapua, whose vast amphitheatre, anJ roany other buildings, afford extensive means of defence, maybe able for a time to keep the enemy at bay—the more lb, beWtife'lo situ. •Jted, he cannot be turned. It appears by leters from Florence, of the gt!i ult. that on the 7th the two armies were (fill ia fijjht ol each other, and remained in the lame poiitroii. Sonic journalists, howe ver, pretend, that, that our government is in pollt'lucm of djfpatehes of a more recent date, which state that Naples is in thtf power of the French. We nether know the fouree of this intelligent:, nor the degree of cre dit which it defer.es. The king of Naples, afterjiaving experi tr to his iemßarWtton, occaiioued by the Lazzaroni, and after hav ing been expoied to a dreadful tenip-fl:, had arrived at Palermo, on the 25th of Dec. on boaid the Vanguard, ct.ininanded by admi ral Nelfun. He had left behiad him at Na ples, the prince Pignatelli, to govern in the capacity ot viceroy. From some private intelligence we are led , to fear, that the ini'une&ion of the'Lazza roni lias occasioned, in that capital, some ve-. rv fatcuinarv icenes. It w.is upon y:c 4th of Januarys that the Neapolitans evacuated Tufcany, and that our squadron railed the blockade of Leghorn in order preferva that country from the ter rors of the French, who had already entered it under the orders of general Serrurier. But if we gjve credit to private report*, the Grand Duke, to preserve his neutrality, has been obliged to deliver up to them the important polts of Sault de 1.1 Biche , and they have made the republic of Lucaa de fray the expences of their expedition, by means of a contribution of two millions of livers. While the French thus march with rap id strides to the compleat conqueil of Italy, they drive to lay asleep ihe. powers of Ger many by delays and eva(fftns. Their pleni potentiaries at Ralladt continue tntranfmit to the directory the notes 01 the deputation of the empire with regard ie theWockade of Ehreinbrieftieri, and the the attributions on the right band of the Rhine. Tlie two Audrian nnr.tfk-rs. in the mesa time, continue to play tlir farce of negocia-, tion. The count de Metternich votes for peace; the count de Lehrhaeh for war, Meanwhile .the different 'plenipotentiaries be guile the tedium of their fitu»tio® by feafti and aflemblies. Nothing can exceed their gaiety, although upon the brink of that pre* cipice into which-js about, gradually to fall the whole social fyftvm of the European go vernments. • The diet, at Rati{bon v .pajficd ar.d?nervec} by the torpor of the great powers, -are alio anxious to gain time. It has given for an? fwer to the note concerning the march of the Ruffians, that no requisition had b*en ruade on their part for their paffiige through the territories of the empire. -■ It is rumored,, that a IfUid of djffolutioa of the Germanic body is projected { that the king of Prussia has pretentions upon, differ ent parts of Westphalia ; and that jteis now i making great preparations to aflert them. dttj On the pant of the emperor, great mover meiits are taking place among\the Auftnan and Bavarian troops in Bavaria, wnicb may perhaps conceal some great mystery, which time will at length.develope. The aiders and counter orders to the Aus trian generals rapidly facceed each other. The emperor has reviewed the Ruffians at Brunn, on the 28th and 29thiof December , but accounts are contradictory with regard . to tlie fubfequept march* . \$ :» «... . Feb.. '4*
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