Discourses on Davila.
No. XXIII.—COSTINUED
Uliumque rcgem, fua roultitudo conljlulavcrat
THE King of Navarre, before he concluded
with the Queen, demanded «if her by the
immediate negotiators, two new conditions. I.
That they should take away from ilie Guises all
the employments they had at court, z. That li
berty of conscience Ihould be given to the Hugo
nots. From the time that Calvin had begun to
preach and to write, the firft feeds ot his doctrines
had been sown in the court of Henry, King of
Navarre, and Margaret of Valois, his consort, fa
ther and mother of rheQuecn Jane ; and as the
minds of these Princes were indisposed to the See
of Rome, which had (tripped them of their states,
under pretext of an excommunication, fulminar
ed by the Pope, Julius the fecon«l,againfl: France,
and its allies ; in the number of whom was the
King of Navarre ; they were easily persuaded of
a doctrine contrary to the authority of the Pope,
and which taught that the censures by which they
had 1 lolt their ttates, were [null. Tiie Calvinifti
cal mini Iters, frequenting the court of these
Princes, there taught their opinions, which had
call so deep roots into the mind of Qneen Jane,
that flie had abandoned the Catholic faith to em
brace Calvinifn. Since her marriage with An
thony of Bourbon, flie perlifted in the fame sen
timents. She had nearly converted her huiband,
by the vehement eloquence of Theodore Beza,
I'eter Martin Vermilty, and other 'miniflers who
retired into Beam, there to preach their opinions
in fiillliberty. The Prince of Condi, tlie admi
ral, and the other chiefs ofthe partyofthe Princes
of the blood, having also embraced Calvinism,
some with sincerity, and others to difgtiife their
political views, under the pretext of religion, the
King of Navarre persisted more constantly than
ever, to declare himfelf prote&or of the Hugo
nots. For this reason, he demanded that they
ihould grant to the Calvinifts liberty of conscience,
as an eflential condition of the treaty, opened
with the Queens This Princess answered that to
deprive the Guises of the dignities they held at
court, would be to go diretftly against the agree
ment which was in negotiation, and the resolu
tion taken to restore the tranquility of the King
dom. That these Lords who were very power
ful, and actually armed, would not endure an af
front so public and outrageous : but that, sup
ported by the Catholics and the majority of the
Hates, they would exert all their forces and ef
forts, to maintain their ground. She prornifed
however to employ, in due time, all lieraddrels,
to v diminifli their credit and power. As to the
liberty of conscience, flic convinced them that it
was a point too delicate, to be granted all at once:
That the Parliaments and even the States, would
not fail to oppose it : Butfheproniifed,in secret,
that in governing with the King of Navarre, lhe
would labor in concert with him, by indirect and
concealed ways, to seize all favorable occasions to
grant to the reformed all the liberty of confci
ence that might be possible. The Queen, yield
ing to the neceflity ofthe conjuncture, gave these
promises, without any intention to observe them :
She therefore delayed the execution of them,
with all her address. In fadl, she knew, or at
least believed, that nothing was more contrary
to the grandeur and interest ofher children,than
totally to depress the Guises, who served, admi
rably well, the pui'pofe of balancing the power
of the Princes of the blood. On the other hand,
the liberty of conscience granted to the Hugo
nots, would have offended the See of Rome, and
the other Catholic Princes, and scattered forever,
as (lie pretended, disorder and diflention in the
kingdom.
The coalition was on the point of conclusion,
when the King of Navarre declared that he
would determine nothing, without the advice
and consent of the Constable, Who had cured all
his gouts, fluxions and rheums, or in other words,
difmifled his pretexts and approached Oileans.
It was therefore neceflary to invent new projects,
to surmount this obstacle, which many imagined
the most difficult of all. The Queen knew to the
bottom, the charaiSer of the Coilllable, and that
nothing flattered hitnmore, than the part ofum
pire or moderator in every thing that palled
ni'ound him. She thought that by reitoring him 1
ihe fupream command of the army, and b/af
furiugliim, that it was from him that (he wished
to hold her own grandeur, and the fafety ofher
childreh ; Ihe would fix him easily in her interest,
nnd detach him equally from both parties. Thus,
with the advice of the King of Navarre, and the
Guises, who were returning to pacific sentiments,
and feemedto fubmitall to her will ; the ordered
the captains of the guards, and the governor of
Orleans to surrender to the Constable, at his en
trance into the city, the command of the armies,'
and to acknowledge him for their chief. These
marks of honor awakened in the breast of Anne
of Montmorency, the ancient sentiments ofdevo-.
tion and fidelity, which had attached him for so
many years to the father and grand-father of the
King. Arriving at Orleans, he turned to the
captains and said, with his ordinary dignity, that
since the King had reltored him his command, f
they might dispense witli guarding his lvlajeity
so exatSly in fill! peace.; and thai without em
ploying the force ol arms, he would man.e <s
nialter rel'peCted tin ough the whole kingdom ant
by all his ("übjedts. Ariived at the palace, where
the Queen loaded him with honors, he rendered,
his homages to the young King, and with tears
in his eyes, conjured him to fear nothing from
the present troubles, for that he and all good
Frenchmen, were ready to iacrifice their lives ioi
the support of his c own. Ihe Queen encoui ag
ed by this difcoui fe, the fir'.t proof ot the fuccels
of her contrivances, entered without delay in
to secret conferrences with the Constable, be
fore that others had time to entertain and to gain
him. She protefled that Ihe expedted every tiling
from him, both for her children and herielf; that
the royal authority and the public good were no longer
Out idle names, Jor two factions embittered againJl
each other, for their mutual dejlrußion ; that lhe
despaired of preserving to her children under
age, a crown envied and attacked by such power
ful ejiemies ; unlefshis fidelity, of which lie had
so long given such fliining proofs, should cause
him to embrace the defence of the young mo
narch, of a kingdom torn with divisions, and ol
all the royal family. These words in the mouth
of a woman, a mother, a Queen in affliction,
made so deep an impreilion on the mind of the
Constable, that he contented to the accommoda
tion ready to be concluded with the King of Na
varre. Flattered with the humiliation of the
Cuifes, and re-eftabliftied in the functions cf the
firft trust in the kingdom, he renounced all in
terests of facftion, and resolved to unite with the
Queen, for the preservation of theftate, in which
he aspired only to reafl'ume the place which he
had merited by his long services.
Concord being thus established, by the authori
ty of the Constable, they ailembled the council :
All the Princes and officers of the crown aflifted
at it ; and the Chancellor having, according to
custom, made the propositions in presence of the
King,jthey concluded unanimoufl'y that the Queen
fliould be declared regent of the kingdom, the
King of Navarre lieutenant-general in the Pro
vinces : the Constable, generalissimo of the ar
mies, the Duke of Cuife, grand-mailer of the
King's houfliold, and the Cardinal de Lorrain,fu
perintendant of the finances.
The Prince of Conds was now discharged from
Prison, and an Arret of the Parliament of Paris,
conceived in honorable terms, discharged him
from all the accusations against liim ; and the
sentence was declaredmill and irregular, as the
work of judges incompetent in the cause of the
Princes of the blood. The Vidame de Chartres,
died of chagrin in the Baftile, before the coaliti
on was finifhed. Thus ended the year 1560.
(To be continued.)
VERSES,
Said to be written and Jung by a Negro-Girl, on her lover wkv was
drowped in her fight.
POOR Or a link on Yakco dear,
Tho' he be gone forever :
For he no dead, he Hill live here * :
And he from her go never.
Like on de fjnd me mark him face,
The wave come roll him over ;
The mark he go, bbt still the place,
*Tis easy to difcovcr !
Me fee, sometime, de tree, de flovyer,
He droop iike Or a surely ;
And den, bye-bye, dere come a fhowcr
He hold him head up purely.
And so sometime me tink me die,
My heart fofickhe grieve me ;
But m a little time mecrv
Good deal, and dat relieve me.
* Herhforw.
Improvements and Additions to Mr. Bo wen's
Exhibition of Wax-Work,
HIS Excellency Benjamin Franklin, Esq. A Philtdclphian
Beauty. Peace, (an elegant figure) with her Olive Brancj.
Plenty, -with wrcathsof Flowers, b3fket of Fruit, &c.
at one quarter dollar, mac he had at Mr.
Jamis Bryson's, No. 4, Third, te/oiv Market Street-, where the
exhibition is open from 1 o o'cloci in th - Morning, until 9 every Event,i r.
N. B. MINIATURE and PORTRAIT PAINTING
done at the fame place, on rcafonable terms.
Philadelphia, Oft. 30, 1790.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,")
Otlobcr 14, 1790. J
NOTICE is hereby Riven, That Protofah will be received at
the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, to the 30th day
of November next, inclusive, fur the supply of all Rations which
may be required for the use of the United States, from thefirft day
of January to the thirty-firftday of December 1791, both days in
clusive, Springfield, in the State ofMalTachufctts, and the Poftof
IVefl-Point, in the State of New-York,
The Rations to be fupplied,arc to consist of the following Arti
cles, viz. One pound of Bread or Flour,
One pound of Beef, or J of a pound of Pork,
Half a jill of Rum, Brandy, or Whiflty,
One quart of Salt, )
Two quarts of Vinegar, f
Two pounds of Soap, ( P r " 100 ratlons -
One pound of Candles, }
Separate Proposals may he made for each place, fpecifying the
lowed price pr. ration. No credit is required '
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 1
Sept. 28, 1 790. J
NOTICE is hereby given, that proposals will be received atthe
Oihce ot the Secretary of tbe Treasury, until the 3* ft day
ol December next iriclufive, for the building of a LIGHT IiOUSf",
nearly of the dimensions proposed by the late Commissioners of
Virginia anil Maryland, upon the lot ol land on Cape Henry, m
the County ot PrincefsAnn, and State of Virginia, lately ceded for
that purpoie to the United Statrs. gLefired, that the proposals
ny»y leave the election, whetr er the bflHnfc above the foundation
(hall be of brick or Itone, and as the of thole ma
terials vary, it is expected, th3t a will be
made in the terms oiFered.
The foundation of the Light-House is to be of (lone, and funic
to the depth of thirteen feet below the water table, over thestop of
which the pavement is to be laid. The diameter thereof is to be
twenty seven feet fix inches, with a vacancy of about nine feet iir
the centre.
The diameter ofthe base isto be twenty fix feet, at which place
the thickncfs of the walls is to be fix feet. The height from the
bottom of the water table to the top of theftone woik is to be Se
venty two feet,whcrethe is to befixtecn feet fix inches,and
the thickness of the walls The form is to be an oftagor,
having three windows in and four in the weft. If it be
built of brick, it is to oe faced glady kind, if of Hone, it
is tobe faced with hewn or ha tiled stone.
On the top ofthe stone work floor of" joists, bedded
therein, planked over and covered with copper, extending about
two feet eight inches beyond ihe wall, thereby forming an eve,
which is to be finifhed with a cornice,xhe whole having a descent
from the centre fufiicient to throw off the water.
The lanthorn is to be /upported by eight posts of wrought Iron
of three inches square and twenty feet in length, ten feet of which
are to be wrought into the flone wall on the inner part at each
corner. The diameter of it is to be ten feet, leaving a platform on
the oufide thereof of about fix feet in width. All the work, above
this is to be of iron and copper. The lanthorn is to be ten feet
high, having a semicircular roof of five feet more, with iron raft
ers covered with copper. The whole space between the posts sup
porting the lanthorn, is to b~ occupied by the sashes, which are
to be made of iron, each sash is to have twenty-eight panes of
glass, twelve by fourteen inches. One of the sashes on the fout.h
weft fide is to be hung with hinges for a door to go out upon the
platform, from the outer part of which to the roof of the lanthorn
isto be a frame of iron covered with a net work of firing b-rafe
wire, to prefcrve the glass from injuries by hail and fl'.ghts of
birds in the night.
The rafters of the lanthorn are to be well faftencd to an iron
hoop, over which is a copper funnel, through which the smoke
may pass into a large copper ventilator in the form of a man's
head, capable of containing one hundred gallons. This head is to
be so placed as to be turned by a large vane on the spire above if*
that the hole for venting the smoke mfty always be to the leeward.
Eight dormant ventilators of fix inches diameter are to be fixed
in the root of the lanthorn.
A close stove is to be provided fixed in the lanthorn, which
is to be furnrfhed with eight capable of containing fix
quarts, hung in two tiers over each other tranfvcrfcly. There arp,
to be fix flights of flairs to ascend to the lanthorn, the entrance to
which is to be by a door covered with copper. The building is
to be furnifhed with two coududtors, to feeure it from the etfefcU
of lightning.
A frame house is to be built for the keeper, twenty feet fquare>
two ftoiies high, with a frame kitchen ; the whole to be ftnifhed
with lath and plaifter.
A vault for the florage and fafe keeping of the oil is to be built
of flone at a convenient distance, twelve feet wide, and twenty in
length. It is to be arched, and covered with earth m sand, over
which a shed is to be built, and it is to be furnifhed with eight
strong cedar cisterns with covers, each capable of containing two
hundred gallons of oil. The entrance isto be secured by a strong
do*r.
Good security for the faithful performance of the contrast will
be expetted. Payments on account will be made at proper fts
ges of the work, and the balance will be paid on its completion :
<>r, if a suitable difference should be made in the terms, cafli will
be advanced for the purchafeof materials and provisions*
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 1
Srpt. 20, 1790. J
IT is hereby made known, that the following arrangement has
been adopted towards carrying into execution the Ast, mak
ing provision for the debt of the United States, viz.
Loan-Office Certificates, and thofc issued by the Commiflion
ers for the adjustment of accounts in the several States, will be re
ceivable only at the Treasury and by the refpettive Commiflionets
of Loans within the States in which they were refpeftivcly issued.'
1 he Certificates issued bv the Register of the Treasury, by the Pay
Maftcr General and Commiflioner of Army Accounts, by the
Commiflioners for the adjustment of the Accounts of the Quarter
Mailer's, Commissary's, Hospital, Cloathing, and Marine Depart
partments, Indents of Interest, and Bills of Old Einiffion, will
be receivable indiscriminately at the Treasury and by the Com
miflioners of all the States. The situation of the Checks has dicta
ted this arrangement for the greater security of the public ag.unfl
impositions by forged or counterfeit paper, and which theslimku
have been adopted from the fame confidcration for the execution
of the business are such, that it will give facility and dispatch, if
applications from the Holders of Certificates of the Register of
the Treasury and of tVie Paymaster General, and Com miflioner of
Army Accounts, and of the Commiflioners of the five Depart
ments above mentioned, are made in the firft instance at the Trea
sury ; and if applications from the Holders of' Loan Oflice Certi
ficates, and Certificates issued by the Commiflioners for the adjull
ment Accounts in the refpefrive States, are made in like man
ner to the Commiflioners of Loans within the States in which they
were issued. Transfers can afterwards be made to any Office tfeat
the Proprietors of theCe Certificates mav desire.
INTELLIGENCE-OFFICE,
No. 208, in Market, above 6ih Street, South fide,
WI L L be negociated all kinds of PAPER
MONEY and
Public Securities,
BUSINESS tranfatfted in public offices in the
city, and such Paper-Monev and Certificates furnifhed, as will
make payment at the Land Office equal to Gold and Silver.
MONEY borrowed or loaned, and BILLS,
BONDS, and NOTES of HAND discounted.
HOUSES, farms, Lands, and Lots, bought
and fold, let or leafed, and Honfes, Rooms, Boarding and Lodg
ing procured for Strangers, or others.
BOOK-KEEPERS, Clerks, School-Masters,
alters, N'urfcs, ScatnftrefTes, Chamber and other Maids, and
to eot other profefllons, who conic well recommended, may
near o» employ ; and Employers be supplied, by applying to
FRANCIS WHITE.
Dealer in Papcr Money, and Public Securities.
The prite oj thi< paper is 3 dolls, pr. ar.r.. and 'd.Jnigle numh:,
At the