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