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ExtraCt of a letter from Madrid, 14 Dec. 1789.
OVERNMENT has been very atjentive in
VJ preventing the circulation of any papers
the revolution in France—several how
been introduced into Spain, and some
translated into Spanish. The lnquifition
"which'has relaxed in persecuting herely, now
"watches over the political orthodoxy of the na
tion, and has anathematized a number of their
■works.
About three weeks since an Ordinance was pub
lished hene enjoining all persons (excepting the
Grandees of Spain) who are not fettled ui the
capital, and who cannot produce good reasons for
Haying, to leave Madrid in a fortnight, under
penalty ot a fine of 50 ducats, in cafe of disobe
dience.
Ex tratt of ft letter Jrom Paris, 28 Dec,
Among a number of matters, of consequence to
this capital, but little Co to the world at large,
few have affected M. 13ailly, and excited more
general attention, than a plot which was disco
vered latt Saturday, which was, to put to death
the Ma vo r, and the Ma Rqul sdela Fayette.
1 he committee for searching the city immediate
ly aflembled, and ordered foine perfoni to be ap
prehended—the moll conspicuous is M. Morel,
Administrator of the Royal Lottery of France.
He was arretted on Saturday evening, and after
having been interrogated at the Hotel de Ville,
neither he nor the others were confined. It is
probable that this report, like many others, is
without foundation. M. Favras, anil his wife,
who is said to be a natural daughter of the Prince
An halt, and who were among the number of
the arretted, mentioned in their deposition cer
tain connexions with Monsieur the King's brother.
A report immediately prevailed that this Prince
was at the head of the conspirators. In order to
contradict this report in the moil public manner,
Monsieur came the day before yelterday to the
Aflembly of the Commons of Paris, and made a
fpeecli, in which he set forth his acquaintance with
M. Favras, which had been in his fervke in the
Swift-guards, which he left in the year 177;, from
which time, until lately, he had no communica
tion with him, when he employed him to tranf
a<ft foine money negociations. He spurned at the
idea of jultifying himfelf on this occasion, and
explained his opinions which he openly avowed,
and would always support—and concluded by
fay ing, that the happinels of the King, and of the
people, was the sole object of his thoughts and
willies.
A robbery was committed 011 the Chatelet, be
tween the hours of 10 and 1 r on Sunday evening
the 20th, by ten persons who broke in, knowing
'that it contained a large quantity of money pro
perty and valuable papers,and among other things
jewels of above 200000 livresin value, belong
ing to the eltateof the late Dutchefs of Kingston.
They were discovered whilfl filling their pockets,
three were seized, and the other fe veil made their
escape, four of whom it is said have fiuce been
taken.
The defence which the Parliament of Brittany
is about to nrake at the bar of c lie National Aflem
bly, where it has been cited, iuterefts the public
attention. The parliament pi opofesto jultify its
conducfl on the principle, That " it is out of
their power to dispense with their oaths, which
with the law of the Province prohibits them from
regittering any law that has not been accepted by
the States of Brittanny.
The decree of the National Afiembly, of the
24th declaring Non -Catholics capable of filling; all
employments, civil or military, as well as other
citizens, affords Europe an example, which docs
notexift among people, proudest of their repub
lican liberty Ifthe like (pirit of this truly chris
tian wisdom and charity does not pervade other
enlightened nations, there can be no doubt but
that an equitable toleration, a coiiltirution under
which the rights of men and citizensare duly ap
preciated, a mild climate, Agriculture encoura
ged, and Commerce protected, will reltore to
France that population, that spirit of industry,
and aiflivity-—lll a word, that universal tranquil
ity, which the fatal reign of despotism, under
Lpwis the XlVth. feemcd to have ravifiied from
it forever. Tiie speech of M. Brunet de Latu
tnjE, deputy from the bailiwick of Nerac, which
occalioned the decree, did him great honor.
E'xtratt of a tetter from Petersburg, 11 Dec.
The Empress among other proofs of her esti
mation of the services of Field Marftial Prince
PoTEMKtN, the conqueror of Oczakow, has pre
fe'nted him with a let of brilliants, in the form of
a crown ot l aurel, to wear round his hat, valued
at rooooo roubles. I.t. Col. Subow, who brought
the news of the capture, was piefented with a
fnuiTbox, richly ornamented with diamonds
Maj.Gen. Potoff, who delivered the key of the
fortrefs, has been decorated with the orderof St.
Ann. Prince George DolgorUCKl hasobtain
ed the blue ribbon of St. Andrew. Lt. Gen. Sa-
MoiLoWthe order of St. Alexander, and Major
Gen. Engelharct the order of St. Wolodemir
of the second class.
DISGOURSES ON DAVIIA.
La nature parlc aux cacur* de* Rois, tout comrac a «eux des par*
NATURE speaks the fame language to the
hearts of Princes, as to those of other men.
i —Kings compare themselves with other Kings,
or with fucli of their own subjects, as are nearest
to them : and have the fame sentiments as pri
vate persons, of pride, vanity, jealousy, resent
ment and hatred arising from such comparisons.
Francis Ift. after his afcention to the throne ;
whether he was miffed by an imprudence of
youth, or whether liecoufulted only his own be
neficent disposition—proposed to liimfelf, from
the firft day of his reign, to aggrandize the Prin
ces of the blood, and load them with favors. To
elevate in dignity, those who belonged to the
Royal family by proximity of blood, he believed
to be for his own glory ; having discerned in
Charles tlie head ot the Branch of Bourbon,
all the talents which form the great Captain and
the able Statesman, he gave him the office of
Constable ; and by conferring on him and the
Princes ot that lioufe the molt diftinguilhed em
ployments, he placed them at the head of the
most important affairs of his kingdom. This it
must be confefled was impolitic ; since it is al
ways dangerous for the firft in office or command,
to be over fond or familiar with the second—to
confer too many opportunities of eclipsing his
own glory or of drawing away the attention of
the public ; or to offer too many temptations to
ambition, rivalry or envy.—Accordingly the firft
fire of this zeal abated : and experience having
excited his jealousy, or policy revealed to him the
leafons of the conduct, which his' predeceflors
had liolden ; lie manifefted in the sequel as
much eagerness to lower the Bourbons, as he
had at firft di(covered of afFe<ftion to exalt them.
fortune soon presented an opportunity favora
ble to hisdefign. Louisa of Savoy, his mother,
had commenced a law suit against Charles, for
the Dutchy of Bourbon, in his pofleffion. Judg
es, in those days, were not independent.—The'King
thought that by influencing the decision, in favor
of his mother, and by thus despoiling the House
of Bourbon of the richest portion of their patri
mony, he might accelerate the declension of a
ci edit, tounded in part 011 their inimenfe riches.
-Charles, in the course of the proceedings,
discovered the manoeuvres, which were pradtifed
to his prejudice, by the Chancellor Dutrat, by
order of the King. Ihe indignation, which he
conceived at this injury, and the apprelienfion
of the rcverfe of fortune which threatened him
struck him so forcibly, that, having negociated
secretly with the Emperor, Charles Vth. and
Henry Vlllth. King of England, he conspired
against the State, and even against the person of
the King. His designs were discovered : and
neceintated to fly the kingdom with precipitation
he afterwards bore arms against his fovereigu —
He commanded the Imperial army at the battle
of Pavia, in which after the bloody defeat of the
French army the King surrounded on all fides
by the infantry of the enemy, remained a
pnfoner. The Constable, as a punishment of all
these crimes was declared a rebel : all his estates
were confifcated and united to the dominions of
the crown. He was killed soon after, at the
taking of Rome,; and there remained to the
Bourbons nothing of that grandeur, which had
infpiredfo much umbrage to Kings. Their mif
fortunes did not cease here—Although Charles
was deceased without iffiie and the other Princes
of his House had not favored his revolt, resent
ment in the breast of the King overcame his rea
ion, and the Bourbons were deprived of the fa
vours of the court, and baniffied from the go
vernment. Their personal merit could not fof
ten the hatred attached to their name. This ri
gour it is true, dmyniffied with time, and in pro
portion, as the memory of the past, and the dif
advantageous ideas which the King had conceiv
°l w m ', Were efFaced fr °m his mind. Ne
ftrnSlH., C^ U '° ufl / a PP lied himfelf, to ob
ftriKt all the paflages, by which they might have
1 etui ned to the pofleffion of those dignities and
that power, to which Royal favor ha<f formerly
raised them. These secret dispositions of the
King were perfectly known loCharles ok Ven
dome, now at the head of that House, who by
his moderation, studied to dissipate the suspicions
which were entertained against his family; in
this view he reft,fed, during the imprisonment
of the King, to pretend to the regency, which
belonged to him, of kingwas
set at liberty, Charles (hut himfelf up wiih his
domestics leading a private life, without med
dling in the government of a State, in which he
saw he-was fnfpected. /Ul the other Bonbons
after his example retired, as nuxh ,0 prove
they were innocent of the revoltof the Constable.
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ticuliers.
as to mark their fubmiilion to the w ill of tj lc
King, even when it was moll difadvantaoeous
them. They avoided everything which could
revive the dillruft against them : and, too open,
lyin disgrace, to think of elevating theinfehes
to those dignities which they thought alone fi|j t
able to their birth, and too haughty to defceiul
to thefmaller places, they renounced all the ho
nors and offices of the court. The fame caufe
produce the fame effects. The late revolution
in France, opened a profpedt to the Royal f am j
ly, not very different from that in ijij. j| ]Q
the merits and injuries of Orleans, may not
Compared to those of a Constable de Bourbon
yet the palfious of a Prince of the blood of the
second order may hereafter be painted by a no .
ther Da vi i. a. Opportunity will generally ex
cite ambition to aspire : And if even an impro
bable cafe Ihonld happen of an exception to this
rule, danger will always be fufpeded and appre
hended, in such circumstances, from fach caufcs
We may soon fee, that a form of government in
which every pallion has an adequate counterpoise
can alone secure the public from the dangersand
mifchiefs, of such rivalries, jealousies, envies and
hatreds.
FASHION. AN EXTRACT.
A DDISONf speaking of the attention paid by
-iV the women of his day, to the ornaments of
their heads and of their feet, supposes them to
be actuated by the old houfe-wif'ry maxim," that
ifyou light the fire at both ends, the middle will
take care of itfelf," but the greater caution of
this age is, it seems, unwilling to trust to the pro
verb ; and equal attention is at present paid to
the center as ro the extremities ofthe fair. The
present idea of beauty as applied to this part of
theleinale, appears to confilt entirely in bulk
hence the Y enus a bellesfeffes of the present tima
is a Venus agraffes fejfes : Whereas, in a few years
hence, female beauty may consist in being as lank
as a greyhound.
New-York City Lottery.
SCHEME of a LOTTERY, for the purpofeof raising Sevtt 7»«-
J un * n ' e Hundred Pounds, agreablcto an ACT of the Uciflfc
lure of the Sun: of New-York, patted Bth February, , 79 0
SCHEME.
i PRIZE of £ .3000
1000
s°°
200
100
60
20
10
4
2
3
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3°
5°
1 20
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79.5°
24<*_
TBm,
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1,346 Piizcs, ) ,
66,54 Blanks, $ 2 S°®°TickeH, it 40;. each, M«
Subjefl to a dedu£lion of Fifteen per Cent.
THEobjcft of this LOTTERY being to raise a part of the rum
TV us i i / cor P oratlon for repairing and enlarging the CI-
It HALL, for the accommodation of CONGRESS, whichdoes
so much honor to the Architea, as well as credit to the city. The
managers prefnme that their fellow Citizens will cheerfully con,
cur in promoting the sale of Tickets, especially as the success of
this Lottery Will relieve them from a tax, which must othe'wife
be laid to rejmourfe the corporatioo.
rhe above SCHEME is calculated in a manner very beocfifiiJ
to adventurers, there not being two blanks to a prize.
he Lottery is intended to commence drawing on the Fust
Monday m August next, or sooner if filled, of whichtiady
notice will be given. A lift of the fortunate numbers willbtpob
liihcd at the expiration of the dr3win<*.
Tickets are to be fold by the fubfmbcrs, who are appoint
Managers by the Corporation.
Isaac Stoutenburch, Ab rah am Her rinc,
»r r"R r. Curteni us, John Pintard.
New- York, 6th M&rcfi t i ygo.
advertisement.
R L ° r , n- hc honorable John Slofs Hobart Esquire, oneof
X-# the Justices of the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State
o New-\ ork. Notice is heieby given to Paul Deyrell,now of
lateoi Long Island, Esquire, an abfeonding debtor, and la all
others whom it may concern; that upon application and
proof, made to the said Justice, pursuant to an ast of the legifla
jilf' Cn V, V, "an for rclief a gainst abfeonding and absent
I t r o 'j , r, p urth da y of A P ril » 1786, by a creditor of
the: raid Pali I Deyrell, he the said Justice has dircfted all his the
laid Paul Deyrell'» ElUte, real and personal, within this State, to
e ei ze , and that unless he (hall discharge his debts within three
months after the publication of this notice; all his Estate real and
perlonal will be fold for the payment and fatisfaftion of hiscrc-
Da'nl St the city of New-York, the twenty-seventh
ot March, in the year of our Lord one thousand leven hun<M
and ninety. March 3 t. iaw3m .
James F. Sebor, and Co.
Have removed from No. 59 ,t0 No. ,87, Water-Street, ncartbt
arket
WHERE they negociate all'kinds ofPUBLICK
SECURITIES-BILLS OF EXCHANGE. &c. as usuaL
New-York, Aprils, 1790. -tf.
William Taylor,
Has for Sale, at his EAST-INDIA GOODS STORE,
» _ No. 4, Bur l 1 nc-Sl Ip,
Aflortment of EAST-INDIA GOOD&
nn/it- .A" 10 "' which are the following Articles :
BOOK Mufluis 8-4 6-4 ,5-4 || HUMHUMS,
Jackonet do. || Long Cloths,
Hankerchiefsjof various kinds,ll Caffas,
|| SeerfJckers,
ng 'J m! ; || Boglapores.
~r.,, r ., ' ariety of handsome painted MUSLINS.
V Ith many other Articles, which will be fold by the Pi« c
Package, low for calh.
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