r he c o)n mittee tfien rose, and tlie Chairman „.p/| I)l*o2^^ ie P 0 ' rioll was introduced and adopted, that A r ' C " littee which had reported the bill for col the f olll ®, e revenue , lhould be inftrueted to pre lcCtl"gb;]l or bills, providing for the registering ?f C fl j,i 3 'aftertaining their lonnage, regulating J-djourned. NEIV-YORK, JUNE 3, 1789. nr'filNAL, AUTHENTIC, and RECENT AC -01 cOUNTS/ro/» EUROPE. t-HESE ftate —That the change in France is such we can form 110 idea of. The frivolities 01 roiiverfation have given way entirely to politics. Men women, and children talk notning elie : That the press groans with daily productions, which in point of boldness, make an Engliftiman st are who has hitherto thought liiinfelf the bol tleft of men. A compleat revolution in the go vernment of that country, has, within wvo years /Winning with the Notables of 1 787) been effect ed merely by the force of public opinion ; and this revolution has not cost a single life : That the allembly of the States' General was to beain the -.:7th of April, in which the repre sentation of the people will be perfect, but will be alloyed by an equal number of the Clergy and Nobility. The hrft question they will have to decide will be, Whether they lhall vote by orders, or by persons. It is fuppol'ed, upon good grounds, that the majority of the Nobles arc already dilpof odto join the Twrs Etat—in deciding that the vote lhall be by persons ; this is the opinion a-la-mode at present, and mode has acted a wonderful part in the present instance : all the handsome young women, for example, are for the Tiers Etat— and this is an army, more powerful in France, than 000,000 men of the King ; add to this, that the cpurt itfelfis for the Tiers Ei.it, as the only agent that can call forth resources which, have hitherto lain dormant in the hands of the non-contributing orders : That the King has engaged to relinquilh the power of laying, continuing, or appropriating taxes He has engaged also to call the S i'AT ES GENERAL periodically—to l'ubmit Letters de Cachet to lepal relti iction—to conlent 10 the free dom of the prels ; and that all this lhall be fixed, by a fundamental Confbitution, which lhall bind his fuccellors : That a participation in the Lcgillature will be hi lilted 011—the public mind being l'o 1 ipened up on all these subjeCts, that there leems now to he but one opinion : That the C lergy, however, have an opinion of tlieir own, and different from this— also the old men among the Nobles ; but tlieir voice is fupprefled among the general one of the ' nation : That thewriiings which have been published onthisoccafion, are some of them very valuable, bccaule Unfettered by the prejudices under which the Englilli labor. They give a full lcope to rea foil, and strike out truths as yet unperceived, and unacknowledged in Britain : An Englifliman, doz ing under a kind of half-reformation, is not exci ted to think, by such gross absurdities as Hare a frenchman in theface wherever he looks,whether it be towards the throne, or towards the altar. ■ It appears upon the whole, that France will ''nave as full a portion of liberty dealt our to her as ihe can bear at prefent,confideringhow uninform ed the mass of her people is : This circumstance may prevent an immediate eftablilhment of the trial by jury. The pallied state of the executive in England, is a fortunate circumstance for France, a* it affords them time to arrange their affairs internally : The consolidation and funding of their debts, will give France atredit which will enable them to do what theypleafe. It is pretty certain, that the war, for the present year, will be confined to the two Empires and Den mark, against Turkey and Sweden : Pruflia may be engaged : The disturbances of Poland may break out into overt aiits ; but it will be a power divided in itfelf, and so of no weight. France and England may be ready to take the iield next yeas. The Engliih papers, and the Englilli ministry fay their King is well. He is better ; but not well. •No malady requires a longer time to ensure a- its letum, than insanity : Time alone can difb accidental insanity from habitual lu nacy. , That nation, however, lias in its own true stile, run into all the extravagance of expensive re joicings on this event : How far this spirit lias been aided by the reflection, that Mr. Pitt, ill consequence, is to continue at the head of may not be difficult to determine ; certain it is, 110 minister was ever more popular—nor held that popularity upon more independent principles. The Emperor of Germany has made iminenf e preparations for prosecuting the ensuing cam paign ; but the people arc heartily tired of the war, and anxioully waiting for peace, which by recent accounts from Turkey there is reason to expert the Porte is difpofedto sue for. HUMOUR. [The Humour of the following, will please those who know the subject; especially as it evinces tint wit and good nature arc perfe&ly compatible] From the INDEPENDENT GAZETTEER. On the Departure of MICHAEL DENNISON,* (for some years Majlcr of the George Inn, Philadelphia) for England, HIS hulk encreas'd by ale and venison, Alas ! we soon must lose good Dcnuijon. City of Pen* ' the loss deplore, Although with pain his bulk you bore ; And England! haste thy son to hail, Who, alter weathering many a gale Eager thv glories to behold, Returns, improv'd in ftelh and gold. Ah ! had it, Michael! been thy lot, To boast the virtue of a Stot* That land, where thou io great haft grown, Might still !• -ve claim'd thee for her own. Hut England, w'h pernicious tiniles, Thoie ions, whom once lhe loft, beguiles, Beckons them llyly to her ihore, It worthy to be wafted o'er; And by her foft, alluring strains, Whate'er lhe loft in war, regains. Soon as the planks beneath you crack, The market {hall be hung With black ; Michael! her stores might weil content ye; In Britain none boasts greater plenty. The bank lha!l with the market join, To weep at once thee and thy coin. Thy dollars, rang'd in many a pile. Shall swell the pride of Britain's i(le, Whllft England's bank (hall smiling greet, The wealth which came from Chefnut-Jlreet. Michael, farewell Heaven speed thy course ; Saint George take with thee, and his horfe\ But to our hapless city kind, The watchful dragon leave behind. Michael! your wealth and fuli-fpread frame Shall publilh Pennsylvania's fame More loudly, than the pens of those, Who long have puffed in verse or prose. Few in mysterious science deal ; But all men cither C*- or feel. Michael, farewell When in Carlijle t + I laugh to think how thou wilt frnile At all thedangers thou hast past, Moor'd in fafe anchoring ground atlaft. NOTES. * The counterpart in Jize oj a Fellow-Citizen, Mr. S. + Carlijle in Great-Britain. INSCRIPTION. T'nrrr arc now la\ ::. n - in the Wnr-Olficc, waiting the orders o! he Heirs of the late General CiIIEEXE. twobrals Field Pi £c es, n\ uoundci.s ; tin < uc!. ..1 which is the lollowing Infenpiion, or nmertfd with wreaths of flowers, and the aims of the United States, finelv executed in rclitvo—by Mr. Andiew Billings, ol Poughkeepfif. TAKEN from the Britilh army, and presented, By Order of The Uuited States in Congress affcmblcd, to MAJOR-GENERAL GREENE, as a monument of their high sense of the WISDOM—FORTITUDE—and MILITARY TALENTS, which diftinguilhed his Command In the Southern Department; and of The eminent Services, which, amidst complirated Dangers and Difficulties, He performed for Hlb COUNTRY, october the ißt|i. 1783. OF MACHINES AND MANUFACTURES. of a letter from a gentleman m to n rt -fid:> >: in v.. •; t'u middle St.-tcs cj; \e U>. Cx.t.-u i)th of I'd tj ar\.> 1789. '• Notwtthft;n«ding|tbe immenfc bankruptcies in Britain lall year, yet Britain to my surprise, is in a very flourilhing v ay— Ireland is alio rising fall, and never was in a more flourilhing condition, owin:; to her extended and encreafing manufactures, which (he has encouraged, not only by bountus, but by heavy protecting duties. The Dublin society give at leaft/'. 25,00 c llerl. per annum in premiums and bounties; and the trustees for encouraging Hfheries and manufactories in Scotland, diftnbute about £. 15,000 per annum. •• Mills iof fpir.ninglong and combed wool have been eretted at Dcrbv, Glasgow, See. and go by water—and a mill for fpin niim flax and hemp by water, is crccied at Dr.rlington in the north of England—When this lad comes to be general, I dont know what the spinners of linen yarn in Scotland will do. " Cotton and flax mills, arc cutting, where there is no wati rto drive them, they are to go by Ream engine?. There are jult now models of jenni s, or little hand machines, to spin 40 or - threads at a time of linen yain, laid before the trustees office Cloth now can be wove by one nvn, icvrn yards wide' and an attempt is just now trying Lo make looms weave by wa" ter. " The improvements making in machinary in Britain, for the rednflion of labour, arc vfrv in..ivy. In a count.y so full ol I t'-.mk iruit be Haitinl at lii.i, but in America if h ma chine* would be a great benefit. » Your duri< s upon imported goods rf 2 4>ttC- — "i P CI mi nrc karcely equal toour cuftom-houie tecs.—l am hopeful. n-iw-MT, that your new government will lie the means ot ma kin - yon more refpefted in Britain, where, though you are their very i < !l cuftoroer, their papers are continually loading von with opprobrious names, and delciibing you as in a very m:—. 1 fi xation. . " The Sunday fehools have been of great benefit in England and Scotland.—The long peace, ?nd no account from the fle. t that failed two years ago,fpr Botany Bay, make the number ol vagrants, robbeis, &c. in Britain very great—The pnfons arc lull." The foregoing letter proves to the people of the United Stafts the"incrcaling advantages of by machines; and at this enfis it will be a great public fatisfadtion, to hear that tli ingenious Mr. Robert Lcfl.e, a native of Maryland, has comman r.d a museum in Philadelphia, for the purpose of collefhng every model, drawinr. or defr ription, <j>f any machine, implement, or tool, Wiich is employed in foreign countries, in manufartnix? the ufeful arts. Mr. Lefltehu been some years a member m •,e refpeftable company of vvrii h and clock makew in this city, r.d has given fcveral proofs of dexterity and skill, in the cuiiou: bufmefs of mechanism. OF TITLES. [From a Coirespondest.] It lias been observed, that Titles are not neces sary to confer power, or importance : 'l'liis has been verified emphatically in the Eaft-Indk">— where a ilmple Governour.-General has proved as great a terror and scourge to the human race, as the Molt High, Mod Puillant, and Mojl Omnipo tent Son of Mahomet with a hundred titles ever did.- The diftintftions of rank among mankind, nc-- ceflarily include certain Titles, by which ihof'.. diftiinftions may be known : These Titles origi nate in reason, and are continued and ;>rrangt::i by laws, by cultoin, and common consent : They obtain W every country —in every society—'Whe ther savage or civilized : From this original pro pensity, implanted in our natures for some valua ble purpol'e, mankind have been led (as in many other initances) to gross conclufions—andbecaule order and diftindtion were neceflary, they have molt absurdly applied Titles, and Epithets ot dil tin<ftion to their fellow wonns, which ihould be appropriated only to Deity.—May we be so wife as to draw a proper line of diltin<ftion, and not leave this important fubjecc to chance, to whim, caprice, or accident, to determine it—by which we may incur a similar character with those we juftlydef pife. If it be true, that " a free people are the most addicted to luxury of any"—how important is it. that Government should make such arrangements, as Ihould abate the fervor of this disposition, by giving the most favourable direction to the inde pendent impulses of the free born mind :—Li terary lnftitutions—Arts—lnduftry—Commerce, and Agriculture, form the most happy antidotes to excessive luxury. It were devoutly ro be wifived, fays acorrefpon dent, that in the arrangement of the great De partments of State, luore particularly of the Re venue, we may be so fortunate, as to steer clear of those mistakes, which contributed very much to ihipwreck the power of Britain in America :— Every person can re'colle(ft the hauteur of deport bient, and the insolence of office, which marked the whole chain of dependents, especially in the cus toms, from the coinmiffioner's board down to the humblest quill-driver at the delk. It is characteristic of ignorance and coxcombifm to affect a contemptuous, overbearing, haughty carriage—and although it maypafs with impuni ty for a time, as twenty defpi'ein silence, where one exprcfles an open resentment ; yet it must be considered as a nuisance, to have such characters in office, as bring government into contempt, and prove highly injurious to the public service. As the majority of mankind discover their dif qualifications for office, by exhibiting certain traits of character that are hoftileto the public interest. it is difficult to account for many appointments that take place in various departments—for ai • though great talents may be connected with a vi cious mind, yet it will invariably happen, that the former cannot compensate for the mifchiefs which may prove the result of temptation to the latter. In this cafe, how critically poized is the interclt of the community. In Maflachufetts, His Excellency Joh n Han cock, is cliofen Governor, His Honor Samuf. ! Adams, Lieutenant-Governor ; and the Honorable David Cobb, Speaker of tlieHoufe of Repre sentatives. About eighty members of the House and Se 3iate, returned this, were not in the Legislature of Maflachufetts last year. The Honorable Theodore Sedgwick, Esq. is eletfted a member of the House of Representa tives of the United States—by this event, the ve prefentation from Maflachufetts is compleated. The R lyal Society of London have lately ele&ed the Hnnorabir. J ames Bonvdoin, Esq. of Boston, a member of their illuftrior.' body, and a Diploma, -we are informed, was received by Scott. ________________ ARRIVALS. At the Port of iltto-Yirk. Saturday. Schooner Little lofeph, Miner, Wa{hington,N.C Sloop Maria, Elliott, Charleston. 11 days. Sloop Aurora, Cahoone, Rhode-Island. 2 days. Sloop Peggy, Cahoone, Rhode-Ifla 114.. 2 days. Sunday. Shipßetfey, Faith, Jamaica. Sloop Lively, Tanner, Philadelphia. 3 days. iUntla- . Sloop Betsey, Burrows, Philrdelp'.iia. 12 days. Tctfiay. Sloop Be;tfey, Brooks, Philadelphia. 6 days. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. PHILADELPHIA. . ijifl? exchange,. Londpn, 90 days", 7c Ditto, 60 days, . Ditto, 30 days, . ■ 74 Amfterd'am, 60 days, per guilder, gjf 30 flays, x -> ■ 3/1 France,- 60 days, per 5 livres, 7? 1 3° da y s i CURRENT PRICE OF PUBLIC SECURITIES. Depreciation funded,and > KCtrJ i n i , nterr fi die 6/6-7/6 militia or state debt, y J Depreciation unfunded, C>f New loan, [according to intcrcjl due) Af xQ —5v4 Common L.ind-Officc certificates, on par & intereit, ,5 f Land-OFRce certificates, for patenting, ,7j6 State money of 133 1-3 to 140 tOr 100 Continental ctrufxczus (indented to Qecetnber 1787) &T Indents or Facilities, 3 P.iper money of Pennsylvania *4 perccnt difcouiu. • £ Ditto of Jcrfey, 33 to 35 difcounu
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