iBBSSK jforeign intelligence* DUBLIN, January it. Anildft an extraordinary guard of horse «nd foot, at four o'clock this afternoon, his Excellency the Marquis proceeded to the house of lords, and- opened the fefljon of parliament with a speech to botji houses, to the following effett, vis. " My Lords and Gentlemen, " I have received h's majesty's commands to meet you in parliament. " I congratulate you on the happy effefts which have followed the unparalleledatcbieve ment of the detachment of his majesty's fleet under the command of rear admiral lord Nelson—or the total defeat of the French squadron off the coast of this kingdom, by that under the command of fir J. B. War ren, and on the brilliant and important con quest of Minorca. These events,.while they afford to us in common with ever)' other de scription of his majesty's fubjefls, matter of just pride and fatisfa&ion, must at the fame time give confidence to other powers, and (hew to all Europe the beneficial effefts of a system of vigour and exertion, dire&ed with manly perseverance against the deftruftive projects of the common enemy. " I f?el much concern in being obliged to acquaint you, that a spirit of difaffeftion still prevails in feverai parts of this kingdom,"and that the f'ecre't agents of the enemy are ac tive in,railing ati expe&ation of frefh a (fin ance from France. " In,this situation, and under the evident necessity of continuing the war with vigour, his majelty firmly relies upon that fpiritand magnanimity which have hitherto marked all your exertions in support of the honor of his crown, of the irrtereft of this kingdom, and of the general cause of the empire. " Gentlemen of the House of Commons, *' I have ordered the public accounts and estimates to be laid before you—and as I am confident your wisdom will raise thefup plies which may be neceflary in the manner least burthenfome to the fubjeft, so you may depend upon my.attention to their prudent and economical application. " It is wkh great fatisfattion I observe, that notwithflanding our internal calamities, this kingdom blended as its interests are in the general pTofperity' of the empire, has par ticipated in the effefts of the encreafing wealth and commerce of Great Britain and that our revenues and trade have encreafed. " My Lords and Gentlemen, " It is my duty to recommend to your at tention the various objeds of internal regu lation which have so long enjoyed the benefit of your proteftion and support. Your agri culture, your manufadlures, and particularly the linen manufacture, the Protestant charter schools, and other charitable inflitutions will require, and will, 1 am sure, continue to receive that aid and encouragement which they have uniformly experienced' from the liberality of parliament. I' am confident you will feel a, particular anxiety to give further attention to the just and honourable claims of those who have fuffered from their loyalty during the rebellion. " His majesty depends upon your perse vering energy to repress, by every wife ef fort, the spirit of difaffeftion which ft ill re quires the exercise ps extraordinary powers, to check its malignant effefts. In recurring ■where the occasion has required it, to afts of indilpenfable severity, I have not been inattentive to the suggestions of mercy, and have endeavored to mitigate the cffe&s of penal justice, and the ncceffary exertions of the powers of the (late, with as much for bearance and lenity as J could be confident with the public fafety. " In the general cause which engages the empire, our profpeel is highly encouraging, but in proportion as a fuccefsfill termina tion of the war becomes probable, our ef forts friould be redoubled in order to secure it. " The zeal of his Majesty's regular and militia forces, the gallantry of the yeoman ry, the honorable co-operation of the Bri tish fencibles and militia,' and the atlivity, skill, and valor of his majesty's fleets, will, I doubt not, defeat every future effort of the enemy. But the more I have reflefted on the iituation and circumstances of this king dom, confidsring 011 the one hand the (labil ity and ftrtngth of Great Britain, and on the other those civifions which shaken Ireland to its foundation, the more anxious I am for some permanent adjustment which may extend the advantages enjoyed by our fitter kingdom to every part of this island. " The unremitting, industry with which ourenemies persevere in their £ vowed design of endeavoring to effect a separation of this kingdom from Great Britain, mufl have en gaged your particular attention ; and his majesty commands me to express his anx ious hope that this consideration, joined to the sentiment of mutual affedlion and com* mon interest, may dispose the parliaments in both kingdoms to provide the most effectual means of maintaining and ipiproving a con nexion essential to their common security, and of consolidating, as far as poflible> into one firm and lading fabrick, the strength, the power, and the resources of the British em- pi re." GRAVESEND, March 12. Sailed; Superb, Boyd, for Philadelphia ; 'March 17, foiled Orion, Hughes, for New- York ; Robert, Houi'lon, for Baltimore ; Recovery, Bnt!?r, Charleston ; Atlantic, Deuiie, New; York ; March 19. failed Ari mdr.e, Dav.'fon, for Philadelphia, and Success Owen, for NY ..'-York. ' LONDON, March 17. trench and Dutib Fleets. Advice .*l9 yrlVrday received at the ad miralty, th;:t a confuSeiafcle convoy with n?.- val and other stores, -nt! having on board a l irpe body of troops, had arrived at Brest iroaf Bcurdeao;. Seven frigates and ft.ven- ty gun vclTclsat Havre, have b j en dirnis.ll tied and the troops conveyed to Brsfl. The nu merous privateers of Cherbourg have expe rienced the like fate, and the fiOiermen along theentireextcntofthecoufts of Normandy and Brittany have been put in requifitiaru The Brest fleet thus recruited, and now in every refpeft ready for sea, consists in the outward road-os fix (hi pa of no guns, and nine two deckers : and in the inner road there are twelve (hips of the line nearly equipt for ser vice. In consequence of this intelligence, orders were yesterday iflued from the admiral ty-for reinforcing the squadron of Admiral Kingfmill, and to expedite as much as pofli ble the equipment of the feverai iliips prepar ing at Portsmouth, Sec. for sea. The Dutch marine, by uncommon exer tions, has not only repaired the lofles which it sustained in the aftion of the nth .OdL but attained a more formidable appointment than it has known pending the war. The fleet in the Texel is in readiness for sea. BELFAST, March 12. " In consequence of the dire&ions, which I have received from Ms excellericy the lord lieutenant, to confitler those parts of the Northern Diftrift that are, or may be, in a (late of difturbanc*, as under the proclama tion, which declared the kingdom under Mar tial Law, a meeting of the Magistrates of the county of Antrim and of the county and town of Carrickfrrgus, was convened yes terday by me, to determine to what extent the Proclamation (liould take place in the said counties, and what are the rnofteffeftual measures to he pursued for the refloration of peace and good order, it was unaaiimoufly agreed by the Magistrates present at the f?.id meeting at Carrickfergus, that the whole of the county of Antrim, -&c. was in a state of disturbance. " I do hereby declare the county of An trim, and the county and town of Cairick fergus, under Martial Law. '« G. NUGENT, maj. gen. " commanding Northern Diftrift. •;vl GENOA, February 14. According to the latest accounts received here from Alexandria, Buonaparte js inde fatigably employed in the. organization of and his army is 30,000 strong ; be fidet which, he has organized another army of 50,000 men, confiding of Copts, Druses, &c. which is much devoted to him. He on ly waits for the finking of the Nils, to pro ceed on his expedition. FRONTIERS of ITALY, Feb. 26. The French have begun .their hostile move ments a gain ft the Auftrians, and only wait for orders from Paris to commerce their operations with vigour. Mantua is provisioned for three years, and the garrrfon reinforced to to,ooo men. The Auftrians are likewise making great prepa rations for war : troops and ammunition are daily arriving ; the batteries of Trieste are furniflied with an additional artillery ; and several entrenchments thrown up 011 the frontiers. f PARIS, 13 Ventofe—-March 3. Genera! Serrurier arrived at Mantua on the 12th of February. The French troops there are every day augmented by detach ments from Piedmont, and corps of requi fitionifh from France. 23 Ventofe—March 13. The Executive Direftory has, in conse quence of the plunders arid embezzlements committed by individuals of the army of Naples, iflued a proclamation ordering that every one accused of those excefles lhall be tried before a council of war, and that Bofal fha'l particularly be judged in that way. Besides the numerous armies which the emperor of Ruflia is marching into Germa ny, among which the Corps of is to be employed, it is fiid a second RinflTan l'qua dron, on board of which, are several thou sand troops from Ruffian Tartary, has patted the Dardanelles. This squadron is to join Lord Nelson at Palermo, who proposes to make a descent with tlfefe reinforcements in Calabria. •LONDON, March 18. Benewed War. It appears that the main body of the French army began to crofc the Rhine in the after noon of the iftinftant; the advanced guard under the command of generals Lefebvre, Vandame, and Klein, having pal Ted early in in the morning. The RlTine was also pasTed, 011 the fame day at Huninguen, by the right wing of the French army, and at Germer/heim by the left wing. A corps from the left wing was destined to invert Philipfburg, which it was thought would soon surrender. The letters from Strasbourg state, that the French army is not to halt for five days, and it seems probable that general Jourdan is determined to advance by forced marches to Ulm, where the main body of the Austrian army, under the command of the archduke' Charles, is stationed. On the second inft. the executive "dire&o ry patted an arrette, appointing citizcs Jnur dan commander in cHjef of the armies of the Danube, of Helvetia, and of the army of Observation ; citizen Bernadotte command er of the army of Observation, under the orders of citizen Jourdan ; and citizen Maf fena commander of the French army in Hel vetia, under the direftion ef the commander in chief of the fame army. The main body of the army under Jour dan is said to have received large reinforce ments ; under these circumflances we may every day expeft intelligence of an aftion be tween the French army %nd that of the archduke. Arrived—Experiment, Hamilton, from New-York, at Bristol ; Rifon, Shore, from Virginia at Cork ; Commerce, Lillibridge, from Cnarlefton,- at-Cowes. The Peggy, Livingftone, from Liverpool to Oporto, is taken and carried into France. The Eliza, Drew, froir. Liverpool for Martinic*, is take# and sent for France. PLYMOUTH, March iS. Came in this afternoon, the Mercure, French (hip privateer, of 20 guns jind 130 men, taken -on the Bth inft. in the Bay ot Biscay, by his fliip Naiad, of 38 guns, capt. Pierpont; (lie is from Bour deaux, and had been it sea three weeks, but but made no captures. FRENCH Rrpublic. STRASBURGH, March r. The passage of the Rhine Ihould have tak en place a fortnight agoj and on this Inb je<ft there has been a great deal of r.egocia tidn at Rafladt. But as the imperial cabi net, instead of making the Ruffian, troops fall back, has allowed then; to advance into the heart of the Auftriau dates, and to the frontiers of and has .tifed every en deavor at Ratifbon to make the empire adopt a hoftilc decision ; the general in cHief of the army of the Danube has, at. la* given orders to his troops to advance. GERMANY. When the Austrian army and the army of the Empire paflVd the Lech, on the 4th of March, very remarkable g'cncra! or ders were ifTued by the Archduke Cha les, in which he takes a fuccinfit view of the various occurrences which have led to the present ppfture of affairs ; stating that the French have taken the molt improper ad vantages of the retreat of the Auflrian troops, violentry obtained polTeffion of Ehrenbreitftein, opprefTed the right bank of the Rhine ; and carried their demands at Raftadt to a height that iriuft disgrace the German rfamp, and not deigned to re* turn an answer to any remonstrances. It is added, that they'are now prepared to over run Germany with a numerous army, ex tend the Republic of Switzerland to the Danube ani the Lech, am! thus continually add encroachment to encroachment. MANHEIM, March 2 This city is now in paflVfiion of the French. In consequence of a capitulation concluded between the French general of Brigade, citizen Ney, and the Palatine ges. Mann, 300 French troops, infantry and cav alry, entered the town about nine this morn ing, and will fooit be followed by many more. RASTADT, March 7. On the 3d every thing wasftill in a quiet state at the Austrian head quarters at Fried berg, but on the 4th a considerable train of artillery pasTed by Augfburgh, on its way to Ufra. HIGHLY IMPORTANT. The contents of-tlie convention of the I ft of December, i 79.7, and the Cecret article! of the treaty of Ca'mpo Formio, have now been made'public. ■ - This contention is to the following pur port—• " For the! execution of the treaty of Campo Formio. and the annexed convention the plenipotentiaries of his majesty, the Em peror, King ps Bohemia and Hungary, and the plenipotentiaries of the French Re public, the French general appointed to carry theprbvifionsof the fame into exe cuting, have agreed to, and reciprocally guaranteed the following articles— I. The trpops of the Emperor, the King of Bohemia and Hungary,. ard the troops of the Empire in his pay, (hall evacuate the territory of the Empire by the zjth of De cember, and withdraw into the hereditary states of his majesty, and beyond the river Inn. 3. The contingent of the Emperor (hall retire, over the river Lech, and not be em ployed in the fortreffes of the Empire. 3. The troops of the garrison of Mentz shall not amount on the 25th of December to more than 45.CC0 men. 4. On the lame day the French army (hall evacuate the Venetian territory, of which the Emperor /hall take poffeflion. 5* Fifteen th.nufand French troops (hall remain in the said Venetian territory, as well to garrifoo the different fortreffes as to maintain order. 6' On the 20th of December the troops of the Emperor shall evacuate Manheim, Philipfburgh,Ehrenbreitftein,Ulm, Ingoldf ftadt, and , Wimfburg, and restore them to tbeir foyereigns to whom they appertain. The artillery, ammunition, aad provisions belonging to the Emperor in these places, shall at the fame time be removed. 7. The troops of the Emperor, and the artillery, ammunition, and provisions apper taining to his Imperial'.Majeily, tfiall be'rel moved to Metz in such a. manner that this operation (hall be terminated by the «oth of December. 8. On the icth of December the French troops shall blockade Metz, but leave the communication open to the Auftrjan troops. . 9- Before the Bth of December the pie nipotentiariea of the Emperor (hall declare to the Emnire, that it is the intention of their fove>4|n to evacuate the territory and the fortreffes of the Empire. 10. The plenipotentiaries of the Emperor shall take care to procure the surrender of Mentz to the French troops on the part of the eledtor of Mentz and the Empire dur ing the negociations, so that the French troope may be in the city on the 30th of December j and ftould the eleftor of Meutz or the Empire refufr their consent, the force Repub! ' C 11,311 com P el then i to it by French generals in the Vicini ty of Ehrenbreitftein, (hall a ff ord tQ tf)e Austrian troops, which evacuate that place every Effiftance 011 their march ; and fhaU turnilh the Austrian generals with horfts carnages, and every thing ntccffary for the' conveyance of artillery, ammunition, or pro viliong. r n e renc ' l . Cisalpine troops fta I, by the 30th of December, evacuate I alma Nuova, Ofappo, Porto Lcgjwgo, SoABtA, March 8. Verona and the two Caft'es, and Venice and the Venetian, territo. y to the line of demar- cation. 13. The commander in chief o. c trooj of the Emperor in Italy, and the aimmaii der in chief of the French troops {hall take all the necessary measures to fecurc the exe cution of the 6th article of the treaty of Carrvpo Formio. These two generals (hall also provide for the removal of all obstacles which may obftru& the taking possession, by the Imperial troops, on the stipulated 30th of December, of the territories and fortreffes, of which possession is to be given them according to the said article, and the sth article of the annexed secret convention. *4. Should magazines of warlike (tores and provisions appertaining to the French Republic, remain in these territories and for trefies at the time they are taken pufftflion of by the troops of his Imperial Majesty, all necessary prote&ion and afilllance (hall be granted for the re-neval of such magazines. Given and signed at Raltadt, the Ift of December, 1797, (nth Frmaire, 6th year of the French Republic. (Signed) BUONAPARTE. LOUIS COBENTZEL, Count BAILLIE de la TOUR, Count MEERFELDT. STRASBURGH, Mareh 4. The Helvetic Direftory has been inverted wih greater powers by the two Coupcils, in order to be able to aft with tAori energy in cafe of war. March 6. The difcuflinn of the Diet of Ratifbon is impatiently expefted, but that town is too near Austria, and too furrourided with the military to expedt an iflue u favorable to the court of Vienna. The cafe is very different at Raftadt, where the coriduft of Austria is considered inimical to the Empire. It is believed that the greater part of the se cular Princes will separate themselves from that ambitious power, fliould it succeed in plunging Germany into a new war. LONDON, March 17. * It is said that Dumourier has made his peace by foroe projects for an attack of Ire land, and that he is aftually at Bred. Morning Chronicle. SDomeHic Articles* GEORGETOWN, May 3. The following very diftrefiing event, took place at the Court lioufe in Calvert county, last Saturday evening, very soon after the court adjourned. The tavern kept by Mr, S. Wolfe was blown entirely down by a whirlwind, which occasioned the death of fix persons, viz. Mr. Allen Roberts, Mr. Jefle Bourne (brother to Dr. B.) _ _ Mr. Bowen, Mr. Simmons, ana Two Negro njen: The'foiir'perfons named, all hadiaiuilies ; Mr. Bourne has a wife, who has loft, thus unexpettedly, an affe4Uonate huiband, and two or three small children are deprived of a tender parent. ~ Several persons were badly hurt ; Judge Stone was one, and not among the killed as mentioned in the Baltimore papers. Providentially a number of peifons left the house a ihort time before the wind struck it. 1 he roof of the billiard room was blown to a considerable distance, but none of thr per sons in it received any injury. TRENTON, May 6. Revision of the Constitution. The people of New-Jersey have in reality, no conflitution. The charter, so called, of r776, is a mere sbtdow of a constitution. It contains in it no provisions for securing to the people a,wife ; a faithful and equitable government ; good and evil proceed from its present adminiftratioii fortuitoufljj,;' the peo ple have no means'bf ascertaining the sources from whence either mifchief or the contrary come. It is no wonder then, if it is fouie , times'obferved, that one cannot fix upon the delinquent branch : The fad* is, that there 1 are no distinct departments, all are io blend ed, so mixed up and confounded, that nei ther right or wrong attaches to any particu-; lar man or set of men. Thus it is, that virtue has no stimulus to exertion, because if fuccefsful, the merit is misplaced, and vice proceeds , without controul, secured in the iyftejn WhYch veils its origin, and divides its reproach. The people of New-Jersey are fcnfible of grievances-, but they have too long referred them to «aufes uncombed With the constitution ; to the wisdom or fol ly oi particular men, and the policy or im policy of some certain meafiires.. So it was in Pennfyivania ; the people of that state fuf- 1 V fd eve 7 °PP rt ffion, were thrown into vi olent parties, and almost plunged into a civil I war, under the operation of their fir ft form ! ot government ; it was many years before they couki be convinced, that all those trou bles -arose from a vicious ■ constitution ;at length, however, after changing- men and mealures over and again,. without perceiving any changes for-the better, a convention of the people was called ; they amended the conlhtiition : and from that moment, Penn sylvania allumed a rank in the Union, and secured such political bleff.ngs to .her citi zens, as could never have been attained with out this radical , measure. It is difficult to convey an adequate conception of the bene fits of an amended constitution. Nothing ftiort of experimental reality can fatisfy the citizens of New-]erfcv, of the extent of the injuries they sustained by a had one. If the confederacy has gained strength, honor and happinef ; if Pennsylvania and other dates have experienced tranlitions from weakness to energy, from injustice and iniferv toenual law and greatness, by recourse to'confti tu _ tional amendments ; can it l«e doubted that we also as a p-ople, may not improve our gol, acal coimitin*. by firrr;lar means. With • a prophetic spirit, one might predift with | certainty, that f«dden and unlverfal cons | quenc fs , favorable to individual :,„d r „' t « khcity, wo«ld tniue from a renovation f | the conftrtutioii : at least it mu st be wife j male theexpenmest, for should these p ~ dl ° i tion<s fail, our condition will'not be w 0 r | and if realiiced, it is infinitely improved. ! prices' OF STOcir Philadelphia, Art,, . Six per Cent. lS y 4 '3* Three per Cent. I Deferred 6 per Cent. j 4 r. B \NK United State,, lt percent,,^ Pennfylvama, I(> oitto North America, 4 6 dirto ' ; Infurante comp N. A. (hares 31 ditto Pennfylvania, (hares, ig ditto 8 per cent Scrip.? per cent below par COURSE OF EXCHANGE On fcondon, 51 at 30 days 50 at 60 a 90 days Amsterdam, 35 a 37-100 per florin Hamburgh 30 a 32-100 per Mark Banco. *■ ■ p- Letters for the ship Woodron Sims, captain Hodp;fon, for London, will be received at the Coffee-Houfe, till next M 0„ day the 13 th instant. POST-OFFICE. Philadelphia, April 1799. LETTERS for the Bntiffi Packrt Wr,m m .1. for Falmouth, will he received at this office until Tuesday, the 7 th May, at II o'clock noon. N. B. The inland postage to Nsw-York muftle ihiefof th' ELEGANT FURNITURE. WILL BE SOLD * On Wsd'nefday the Bth inlh in Chefout-flreet cdrner of Eight-flreet, A VARIETY OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. A great, part of which is ver? elegant and val uable. Term, of file ca(h before the delivery of the goods. ' Connelly Ss? Co. AucTrs. may 6. FOR SALE, A VALUABLE Lot and two story frame House, situate on the Bethlehem and Al | lentown road, near the Turk's Head tavern" -bout is miles from Philadelphia. The houft is about 4? by 35 feet. On the ground floor are two large commodious rooms; 1 frit fl or e ; aiid a large (lore fuitnble for dry goods. On the lecond story are four rooms. The whole has been built about 8 years, is compleatly fin ifhed, aid has been occupied as a store fori years past. On the lot (which contains about half so acre) there is a good flable and garden. The above is an excellent stand for bufwefsj it being at the interferon of fix roads, and ii now let for £4O per anrnm. The present te nant is willing cither to continue in the tenure of the whole,or to rent all except two roQmt, as may be agreeable to the purchaser. for further information enquire of Jacob Clemens, Turkshend tavern, as above, or of TIMOTHY BANGER, • No. 63, North Sixth-ftiect. ™»y 7 ' eo3t 1 ■■ j. 11 Received by fiindry late arrivals fro.-n Hamburji' and for sale by the Sibftribcrs, >ca» a la Morlaix, ") r ,' Dowlas, i 0 dlfil ' fent widths may 7 PJatiUas. _ - - - t 5 Barcslona Brandy ia pipct.. <■ ■ \jjj Also on Band, Jjf OH 4th prxol Brandy, *'-«■ ■ >, . ■ ' \*s Huflia Horse Hatr, c»rledandMC«r)4l, K*i Do. Deck Nail Rodt, and r A American Ste«l; ' " . u % Isaac Hashhunt Us StHt, :• ' ■ April ,30 St. Croix Sugar & Rum, Landing from on board the brig Two Sifleri, VVnt Darrtll, n.ofler, at Lankcnbcrger's Wharf below Chefnut-ftreet, and for sale by GEORGE ARMROVD. may 4 Wiill be fold at Public fait, Agreebly to the !aft will and teflarwent ofjamei Cannon, deceased, at the Merchant's Coffee- Houfr, on Thursday inft. at J o'clock in t-h$ evening, A LOT of Ground and Buildings thereon ercft *■* ed, situate on the weft fide of Delaware, No. 84, South Third-street, adjoining ground of Wil liam Lewio, esq. 44 feet f.ont on Third ftreet,and 100 feet 9 inches deep. There is a two ftorfframs building front,a good two story brick kitchen and piazza back, and at the extreme end of the lot there are two 'enements of brick and (tone, Tertr.i ol sale —one third cafli.one third in fix month!, and the remaining third in nine months, with the interest and approved security. The title is indis putable.and poffeflien will be given imaiediatslf by • JOHN LISI.E, •) Executor) to the SAMUEL VS ETHERILL, > estate of Jamei IOHN M'CUI.LOH, ) Cannon BENSON & YORKE, Aufl'ri; May 4 For Sale at Public | On Wednesday morning next,® Si Still Hcul'e wharf ..for acc6uHt ed . ■■■■ r v The cargo of the (hip Terrific ' ' > •» ' ab ul Bocbarrels fiiperfine flout. 6 caflcs hams, aoo kegs crackers, and And a quantity ol lard. Likewise(^ ert^l *"] , •t (omc fails cut away from hid rcflel ifl > S' of wind. may 4 Just Landing, ■,| From on board the fchoonrr Paul, mailer, fro» St. Croi*> ' A Cargo of excellent Sr. Croix Enquire of a»- 7 * f\. POSTPONEMENT. BENSON and YORKE, 4 t. RUM, FOR SALE, JOSEPH SIMS, .! diw. H prices. 11 Jt .v-v 1 I 'i> J J
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