From BE L L's ORACLE. LONDON. VANDERMERSCH—The Brabantins Central. THIS illustrious veteran was born about the year i 737 —of a family refpetftable, tho not opulent, at Menin, a small city in Flanders. He early embraced the profeflion of arms—and served, with distinguished reputation, under Daun and Laudohn, in the guert ede sept ans—Prince Charles of Lorrain, noticed in him abilities, and predicted future eminence. Like Washington, the rank to which he at tained in the army of that Sovereign, over which he triumphed, was not high. Like Washington, he retired to the enjoy ment of domestic happiness, and the practice of private virtue. Like the American Cincinnatus, he aimed not in retirement at the reputation of talents that were not commensurate with the sphere in which lie moved. Like him his ability was only known to feledi friends. Like him he contemned the vauntings of hec toring disciplinarians. And like him in a inomtnt climbed the arduous summit of military glory. New-York, March 20, 1790. Extraß of a letter from London, ifi Jan. 1790, " Lord Hawkesbury and Mi. Grenvule " are now actually employed in preparing the " plan of a commercial treaty with your States " which I doubt not will Jhortly be fully matured " and put into a train of negociation." Sxtratt of a letter from Providence, ( Rhode-1 (land. \ J -a. . j n/i » _ J '' dated March 7, 1790. " Alas For poor Rhode-liland ! doomed ft j 11 to experience the evils attendant on anarchy and mis rule. The delegates of this place are just returned from South-Kingstown, the convention having risen last evening at ten o'clock, without accoinplilhing the important business of their appointment. Ihe convention stands adjourned to the 24th of then to meet at Newport—which favour ite measure was carried by a majority of 1. Every objection raised against the general govern ment was clearly obviated ; but antifederalifm, obstinacy and ignorance, were triumphant. A committee was early appointed to draft and re port a bill of rights, and amendments to the con ilitution : The former, lam told, is nearly a copy of the Virginia bill—the latter are said to have been colle«iled chiefly from amendments proposed by other states. Where any thing new has been introduced, stupidity is the characfleri ftic feature. The old game of handing thef'e to the people, is once moie to be played ; and yet no mode is pointed out whereby their sentiments are to be colle&ed. An adjournment till after our elediioii, is intended to serve the purposes of par ty, and obtain a re elecftion of the powers that be or others of liinilar character. " It is much to be lamented, that an exempti on from foreign import and tonnage was ever a/ked for or granted. The firft indulgence af forded our antifeds an opportunity to dispose of their fall produce, and they must be made to feel, before they can be brought to a sense of du- The great fliipmcnts of grain from America immediately to France, and the high prices which the Americans have got and will for a long time to come continue to get for that article, from that kingdom and other countries on the continent of Europe, has made our old friend Britain a litttle (harper lighted than usual. She has looked into the cafe of the Heflian Fly rather more nar rowly than lhe did before her proclamation came out forbidding the importation of American grain into that island for fear of that J'ttle infcci, and finds that it is a mere bug-bear : the truth of the cafe is that she did not like to fee so much American commerce going to her neighbors, for lhe well knew that large exportations of American produce to France would produce a llronger con nection with that country and large importations from thence and leave a surplus in their correspondents hands in France, to pay off the American balances to then British creditors. How would this suit with British navigation—British manufactures and the whole system of British policy—not to have American produce loaded with two freights, two com millions, and all the other in cidental charges on ihipping grain, Sec. through England to France, ;nd having returns through the fame channel ? A Correspondent observes it has been said that if Congress should interfere in the regulation of the Have trade in one inftarice they may in another, and under the pretence of introducing hu mane regulations they may intcrdift thr business altogether. This vs undoubtedly a fact, for it is impoflfible to mterpofe the offices of humanity to any effect, in refpeft to this business, without cncrea ling theexpenfe of importation in such manner as to amount to a prohibit ion. The truth is, if you were obliged to build barns on .board of (hips for the transportation of horses, they could not be lent out o\ the country; it you fay that negroes> (hall be brought l " e co "ntry in any other way than as brutes, you mud inter, oitt the trade, to import them as humanbeinps, is entirely out of ! the queltion. - ' Extrafls from the Newport Heraid The members of the Convention in opposition to the Conjlitnlion, met in North-Kingflon on Sunday evening, and afteiwards at South-Kingjlon, on Monday and Tuesday evening. At tkcfe nodurnal meetings, the ad journment waj agreed upon, and the timefixed as teas voted by the Con vention. One powerful reason which operated at those meetings, to in duce an adjournment of the Convention tofo dijlant a period, was an ex pectation that the Report of the Secretary oj the Treasury, would create great uneasiness in the States in the Union, which would terminate in in futretltons, and thereby would eflablijh the anti-federal power in this State, and make it the centre of oppoption. - From the conduct and converfihon of many of the members of the ma jority in the (onicntion. in and cat of the Hc"f>', we have lea fev tobeHeve «■ «*• *«. the L att "" iM which they gave to the dates, ARRIVALS SINCE OUR LAST. NEW YORK. Packet Antelope, Curtis, Falmouth, 62 days. Brig Nancy, Barnard, Cape-Francois. Brig Amelia, Lewis, St. Croix, , 7 days. Sloop Chance, Fn%, St. Martins. Catherine, Vilaretiga, East-Florida. Three Friends, Davis, Boston, t 6 days. Sally, Cary, Norfolk, 4 days. Hancock, Brown, Rhode-Idand, 4 days Aurora, Cahoone, do. 4 days. Ship America, Cept. Sarly, arrived at Bombay, June 19, ,789,a1l wd Ship Jay, toas at Bombay at the fame time. By the British Packet Antelope, in ,62 'days from talmouth we have received Englijh new/papers dwntothe mimth 0/January, from whichwe have feltlUd the following European Intelligence. L O N D O N, Jan. 9. letters from Paris on Thursday bring us Wcurious intelligence. The Marquis delaFayette received information of a new conspiracy being formed against the liberties of the people. He made known to the King what he had dis covered but at the fame time said, that he had not heard enough to juftify him in any proceed ings. He made further enquiries however, and learned that a Monsieur de Favras, a gentleman inthefuite of Monsieur the King's brother, had been endeavoring to corrupt the National militia that a number of high perfonswere concerned, and that the plan was to corrupt 30,000 of the : Paris guard, with wjjich they weretofeize on the Government of Paris—to kill the Mayor, the Marquis de la Fayette, and other distinguished patriots. Two officers engaged in the plot made this confeflion, and on Thursday last the Sieur de t avi as, his wife, and two more persons were ta ken up—and the guards were inpurfuit of sever al others. Whatever truth there may be in this new plot, it had a most extraordinary effect in inflaming the public mind—and in a paper published oiiFrulay, it wasaflerted, that Monsieur the King's brother was concerned—and that, in particular, a loan had been negociatedin his name, and money rai sed for the purpose of carrying into execution this new contrivance. This accusation induced Monsieur to go to the Aflembly of the Represen tatives of the Commons, at the Hotel-de-Ville, (which answers to our Court of Common-Courtcil at Guildhall) on Saturday afternoon—He was re ceived with ceremony by twelve members, and placed next to the Major. A refpertful silence fuccecdecl touniverfal plaudits, and Monsieur ad drefled them in a speech to the following effetft: " The Sieur de Favras having been, on the evening of the proceeding Thursday, arretted un der fufpicon of a conspiracy againlt the Chiefs of the Municipality, and against the peace and liber ty of the public—there had appeared a paper, as audacious as calumniating, in which he had been implicated, as having had particular connexions with the Sieur de Favras. Monsieur declared, that in quality ofa citizen of Paris,he had thought it his duty to come into the midftofhis fellow ci tizens, to explain the relation in which he stood with this fulpecfted individual, who had been for some time in his suite. He said, that having oc casion for a sum of money, for the expences of his houfhold, tlieSieurde Favras had offered to pro cure a loan for him, of two millions, from the Dutch Bankers—he had accepted the offer, and had signed obligations to this amount. This was the whole of the negociation he had with the Sieur de Favras." Monsieur added, " that he was lure they did not exped: to hear him attempt to juftify himfelf from any participation in an enterprise so infa mous as the conspiracy in queflion—that his pub lic condudl, and his well-known sentiments would put him above all such suspicions—that after the second meeting of the Notables he had forefeen the revolution, and that, on every occasion, he had demonstrated himfelf to be a friend to the liberty of the people, and the public good. I have always thought (said Monsieur) that the au thority of the King ought to be the basis of na tional liberty, as national liberty is the firmeft support of the authority of the King." This speech was delivered with elegance and simplicity—and, both in the stile and manner, was correct and polilhed. It was received with the most lively acclamations. The Mayor answered his Highness with that propriety and elevation of sentiment which has characterized his eloquence through the whole of his memorable progress.—As Mayor of Paris, he did not rife, but spoke fitting, as Monsieur had don; so. The flame of liberty has at length reached even Rome, where the populace, headed by many of the most ancient families,have already demand- 391 Ed a municipal and free government—His Holi ness the Pope was at Frellati, when our advices left Italy ; but his return was fixed for Christmas eve, when a categorical answer to the popular re quiiitions was looked for. FRANCE. national assembly . December jo. THE articles proposed on Monday, to oblige all persons concerned in the management of pub lic money, to give in their accounts, with a re trofpecl: of ten years, to the New Aflemblies of Adiiiiniftration, were decreed. The following letter f rom hlonf eur was read: " Mr. President, I he detention of M. Favras having been the occasion of calumnies, in which an inclination was (hewn to involve me; and the Committee of Police for the city having the affair at this 1110. ment before them, I thought it became me to make a declaration to the Community of Paris, that should leave in the minds of worthy citizens none of those doubts with which endeavors had been used to inspire them. I also think it my duty to inform the National Aflembly ofthisftep, because the King's brother ought to preserve him felf even from f'ufpicion, and because the affair of M. de I avras is of too serious a nature not to engage the attention of the Aflembly sooner or later. As I cannot in person declare to the Aflem bly my desire that all the details respecting this business should bepublicly known, I shall be much obliged to you to read this letter in my name, and also the speech which I delivered the day be fore yesterday, as the faithful expression of my truest and most profound sentiments. " I entreatyou, Mr. President, to be persuaded of my affectionate regard. (Signed) " LOUIS ZAVIER." It may be proper to add here, that the Com mittee, at the Hotelde Ville, have ordered Tho mas de Mahi, Marquis of Favras, and Victoria Edwidge Caroline, Princess of Anhalt Chairiboi <*, his wife, to be presented ; and alio offered a re ward of 500 louis d'ors to any person who shall discover the author of a written hand-bill, signed Uarauz, charging Monsieur with beingan accom plice in the crime alledged against them. LONDON. The Herald informs us, that M. tie Mirabeau comes into the National Allembly intoxicated. The Warid speaks of his nineteenth duel. As both these prints are venal, and virulent tradn* cers of French patriotifin, there is realon to be lieve, that they have fupprelled the addition of Vicompte, that the public might confound the person spoken of with the Count de Mirabeau, and thus load him with the oboloquy of revels and of broils. Theperfon of whom the two pa ragraphs are true,is the Vkompte de Mirabeau, the brother and enemy of the Great Mirabeau. It is reported that the Turks have at last relea sed M. de Bulgakow, the Ruffian Minister, from the seven towers, and that he embarked on board la Badine French frigate, commanded by the Prince de Rohan, which arrived at T«iefte the 3d ultimo, after a paflage of twenty-one days, from the Dardenelles. Extrad of a letter from L 'tJbon Dec. 20, " The American veilels have arrived in such numbers lately, as to have wholly relieved us from the disasters that might have been otherwise expecfied. Most of the lhips have returned home with wine and fruit—it being an arti cle of commerce between Portugal and America, that the Americans, for any cargoes they (hould bring over, shall receive one half in the produce of this country." Extrad of a letter from Bruffeh, Jan. j. " The disputes I before informed you of still continue. The Clergy and Nobles want to mono polize all authority, and the Tiers Etat will allow them none ; the former begin to wish the Empe ror had the country again, and indeed he eannoc be said to have loft it, whilst he maintains the garrisons of Luxembourg and Antwerp ; the lat ter, however, is likely soon to be in the hands of the people, but there is scarce a pofTibility of their getting pofleffion of the former, although Gene ral Vander Merfch has marched a numerous army again ft it. Seven thoufandot the Electoral troops of Cologne were to have marched to reinforce General Dalton's army, but they were flopped by the Prufiian army in the Liege country." The King of the two Sicilies has publiJhed an Editfl of restraint and diminished privilege 011 Monastic life. Vows are prohibited before 2J years of age; and thofevows already taken, pri or to that age, are absolved. Further accounts by the Packet Jiate : That there is a profpett of peace between the Emperor and the Turks : That the Imperial Chamber has is sued a severe decree againfl the people of Liege : That 4th Jan. icas ap pointed as a day of public rejoicing in the Brabantine Territories on ac count oj the fuccejs of the patriots ; a medal is to be Jlruck on th&occafion. The national AJJemblyis proceeding in the important business of compleat ing the organization oj the New Government ; and making such arrange ments as fhallfecure the freedom, peace, and prosperity of the kingdom : The King of the two Sicilies, is clipping the privileges oj the clergy in his dominions : Luxeruburgh and Antwerp areJlill in the hands of the Em- ' peror s troops : the former is besieged by the patriots : the emperor is again sick : a treaty is concluded between Prussia and Poland, on new years day the national assembly presented loyal addrejfes to the King and Queen which were very graciously received.
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