finnnefs of a severe regimen, without which the payment of the public debt and the re-eltabliih meiit of the Finances would prove but imagi nary." " The National Aflembly decreed " ipfi fafio, the three following articles." ift. The Prefidentfliall be requeued to denounce to his Majesty the Arret concerted between Rlcfl. Perriers and the directors of the water company, in order that the interettsof the nation, and of the public Treasury may not be the fufferers " 2d. The King lhall be entreated to order, that all sums belonging to the said company ftiall be returned, without delay, to the public Trea furv." " 3d. The National Aflembly reserve to theiii felves the power to prosecute the authors, abet tors, and adherents of all the manoeurves by which have been extracted from the public Trea sury the sums mentioned in the report of the committee of liquidation." December 31 On Thursday fe'night, during the storm, the lightning was attracted by ar. iron-bar, which was fixed as a supporter to the chimney of the house of Sir James Marriott, judge of the admi ralty, in Doctors-Commons ; the chimney was thrown down, and broke through the roof into the attic story ; which much alarmed the family as Sir. James lay in a room immediately under neath ; but fortunately no person was hurt. January, 3. INTELLIGENCE FROM FRANCE. By advices from Paris, of so late a date as the 27th ult. we have the following interesting intel ligence : M, de Rochambeau, who, on the alarm spread of the expecfted invasion of Franqe, from the north, had been dispatched by the National As sembly to command the patriotic army, and watch the motions of the lmperialifts, has issued the fol lowing inftrurtions to the general officers serving under him. " Let the tnoft sacred refped: be paid to all the decrees fancflioned by the King. As every mili tary man owes ablolute submission to the Law, and the King, do not allow the smallest aspersion to be thrown on their injun<ftions ; re-establish discipline throughout the whole army ; wait with refpeftful silence for the military constitu tion. Every officer who does not think it his du ty to art in conformity to these inftrudlions, is liereby at liberty to retire." The officers of the garrison of Lisle, have at the playhouse, and other places of public resort, publicly avowed their contempt for the National Aflembly, and have gone fofar as to ridicule their operations ; which seems to indicate, that M. de Rochambeau will have much employment on his Lands, as the danger to the revolutioniflrs offuch a formidable fortrefs being in the interest of the nobility, &c. is very obvious. What the Aflembly may have to apprehend from the discordant and threatning commotions which prevail to the south of France, may be col lected from the following articles of intelligence. A letter froin Aries, in Provence, brings the dreadful news of thie murder of twenty two per sons by the mob of that city, and what renders the crime still more heinous, the rabble were by no means provoked to it ; whereas at Perpignan and Aix the aristocratic party went to extreme lengths, and, in a manner, invited the enraged multitude to lay violent hands on them. The magistrates of Lyons are busy in examin ing the circumstances that attended the conspira cy lately discovered in that city; every day con firms its existence, and unveils the molt atroci ous intentions. M. Voidel, in the name of the committee of enquiry, read, on the 23d. in the National Afleni bly, a letter from the Administrators of the de partment of the Var ; by which it appears that some young men conspiring againlt the revoluti on have allembLed, at Nice ; that they are buy ing hoi'fes and military furniture ; and that can non and other warlike Itores arrive daily from Italy. The letter adds, that the views of the enemy seem directed against Antibes and Entra vaux ; and that some of their parties had advan ced within fight of Antibes ; but finding it well supplied with artillery, and defended by three hundred national guards, they had not dared to hazard an attack. Greater fears are entertained for Entravaux, where the enemies of the revolu tion have many partizans. It was decreed, that the King should be supplicated tofend afudicient garrison thither. On the 10th, at Geneva, the people were so certain of a counter-revolution being attempted, that fifty louis d'ors were laid to four, that the king would not be in Paris on the 13th, and in Savoy it was looked on as a physical certainty. FRANCE, VARIOUS circumstances give us reason to be lieve that a counter-revolution lias been in agitation, and even planned by the friends of defpotifin in that kingdom, affiited by such of the arillocraiic party as were obliged to fly from the vengeance of their injured country, and to seek an ignominious Ihelter in foreign courts. M. de Calonne's publication, On the pre sent and future flatc of France, evidently announ ces the existence of such a scheme ; and the au thor urges the neceflity, and enforces the execu tion of it, in the ftrongeftand mod preifing man ner. Count d'Artois, who, for fonie time palt, has been a voluntary exile at the court of Turin, is looked up to as the head of this project ; and great hopes have been entertained that the dif trefles of the people in France, the natural con sequence of the changes which have taken place, would have irritated their minds against their new rulers, and disposed them to receive favor ably any proposal made for re-eftabliftiing the an cient form of the constitution. A sense, how ever, of their former wretched condition, when under the despotic sway of petty tyrants, who abusing the confidence of a good monarch, op posed his fubjecfls to gratify their private ambi tion, or to enable them to indulge in ihameful pleasures ; a thorough convi&ion of the scan dalous abuses committed, for many years past, in every department of the State, and a remem brance of the cruelties exercised against those whaventured to complain, or to expose the fla grant villainies of unprincipled minifl/ers ; ltrike too forcibly on their minds not to make them tenapious of the liberty they have acquired, >and which must be permanent, as long as they con tinue unanimous and firm in that federation which they have solemnly sworn to maintain. The miseries of the lower clafles of the people in France, which have been painted in such gloomy colours by some, and exaggerated by others, seem to be in a great degree ideal, and are un doubtedly not half so bad as they have been re presented. The ready circulation of the affignats, which is about to take place, will remedy the deficiency of specie, *occasioned by the imm'enfe funis that have been carried from the country by aristocratic fugitives; commerce will consequent ly revive, and agriculture be promoted ; while all ranks, enlivened by the pleasing profpedt of peace, harmony a«td concord, being restored, will unite their utmost efforts to preserve these invaluable blessings. When we fee the eager ness with which the church property (b'tens na tionaux) is purchaled, some of it being fold at more than double its valuation, we mult be con vinced that true patriotism is too deeply rooted in the bosoms of the French to be easily extin gui/hed ; and they consider 110 facrifice too great, provided they can extricate their country from the deplorable fituatipn into which it has been plunged for ages, and transmit freedom and hap piness to their posterity. The liberty in France is, therefore, likely to be established on a solid and lasting foundation, which neither court intrigues nor despotic' fury, aided by dis appointed ambition, c!m destroy. But the li berty, or rather licentioufnefsof the brabant ers has vanished, " like the baseless fabric of a vision,". and scarcely "lefta trace behind." De luded by infatuated demagogues, who had nei ther abilities nor courage fufficient to carry on an enterprise which required constancy, persever ance, coolness and resolution ; and inftigated'to rebellion by the inflammatory harangues of fa natical priefls, ever ready to sow sedition, and who, to encourage their weak followers, walk ed before them with their religious ir.fignia, as if inufty relics could have performed miracles, they have lhared the fate of the frog in the fa ble, which perished by endeavoring to swell her pigmy figure to the gigantic size of the ox. FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. SONNET II •, with a. Song. BLEST is the /W/if his songs can raifc Some kindred genius th?t will catch the fire, Sent to Mrs With answering notes awake the trembling lyre, And give to far poiterity his praise. Yet double p eafure fills his aged days, If chance, responsive to his fond desire, While from the lips of youth the notes aspire, In the warm bread the flame ot virtue blaze. And (till a greater pleasure, Ihould he spy That while from Virtue's brealt the mafic flows, Caught by the song, the voice, the speaking eye, In every heart the llluftrious purp'ofe glows. Even he, the Poet, nobler worth should warm By virtue, greatlv rous'd, in 's form Philadelphia, Further European Intelligence may be colleftedfrom the following abjlrafl. THE late Emperor Joseph, made sundry inno vations in the government of the Dutchy of Mi lan : Leopold has restored things to their for mer situation. Tranquility having been restored to the States of Brabant, the Plenipotentiaries who ratified the Convention of Riechenbach, which had, for one principal object, the establishment of peace and good order in the Belgic Provinces, have agreed on certain articles, to regulate in the process of finally adj tilting and fettling all fubjeifts ofcon troverfy heretofore existing : These articles pro 787 ELLA. March 19. vide for the refloration ofpublic affairs nearly to their former situation, particularly those relatino to the clergy—but no ltanding armies or taxes are to be raised in future except by the confenc of the States. The King of Sweden, by his envoy, has stated to the Porte, the reasons, which induced him to make a separate peace with Ruflia—and after fay ing that " prefled by irrefiftable misfortunes he had been compelled" to this measure—he solemn ly allures the Sublime Porte, that no one fiiall be more faithful than hinifef to his engagements ; and that he will conflantly maintain his alliance with that power. The new government in France are carrying their system into effecft in some fucli manner as Henry the VHlth of England carried on there formation, only on a more extensive plan, hav ing opened the doors of the convents, they are now opening those of their churches, and liber ating the long confined mafles of gold and silver, in the forms of Doves, Ladies, Angels, Sheep, &c. These transformed into coin, will perform great er miracles than legendary tales record ! The bells are also to be melted down for the fame pur pose. The Pope it is said, has given permission to the French Clergy to take theCiyic Oath; but many of them did not wait for his Holiness' dispensa tion. The Ruffians have recently gained several vic tories overthe Turks ; on the i 4th Nov. they took the fortrefs of Iflatzi, the general (lore house of the whole Turkish army ; and the Turkish fleet" stationed before Tulcza, consisting of 17 fail, were all captured and burnt. An amballador was expected at Paris from the Emperor Leopold, to demand, in form, the Queen of France : It was not thought the claim would be acceded to—and that the Emperor would con ftrne the refufal into a just cause of war. Great commotions are said to have broken out in Spain—the port; offices are watched with the greatell vigilance. In the province of Biscay the people have commenced their operations in fa vor of liberty, by hanging several of the King's Governors. Notwithstanding all that has been said to the con trary, the Leyden Gazette, which is considered as the most authentic vehicle of European Intelligence, poptively ajferts, THAT NOT ONLY PARIS-— BUT THE WHOLE FRENCH KINGDOM EN JOY TRANQUILITY. The Affignats freely cir culate in trade—and on the <)th Dec. were 10J per cent, above par—ln Nov. the receipts at the public treasury exceeded the expences of government by three millions—and on the 4th Dec. there were in the pub lic treasury, 29 millions, 684 thousand livris— 12, millions of which were in specie. JO™ Public Securities as in our lafl. Just published, and to be fold by the Editor, A TOUR in HOLLAND. By an AMERICAN SEVERAL Gentlemen of literary talents have perufcd the ma nufcriptof this work—among others, the justly celebrated author of M'Fincal ; who, after reading it, made the following obser vations, in a letter to the author, viz. " I cannot return your Jour nal, without exprefling ipy obligations to you for the plcafure I fyave received in its perusal, nor without hinting my wilhes that you would confenttoits publication. We have in English, no good account of the customs, manners, &c, of the United Provin ces. Travellers have exhausted themselves in descriptions of France and Italy ; but the tour to those countries only has been faihion able. Notwithstanding onr connexion with Holland, the people of this country know little more of it than of Otaheite. Thiscir cumftance will rendei your Journal both novel and ufeful. A CO-PARTNERSHIP having commenced between Joseph Anthony, and his Son, Thomas P. Anthony, under the Joseph Anthony and Son, firm of They have for Sale, at their Stores, (lately improved by Hewes and Anthony,) North fide Chefnut-Street Wharf, NEW-ENGLAND Rum, Hyson,) TCAC f , c A MolafTrs, Souchong T£A , S > of the firft Muscovado Sugars, & Bohea ) ua 1 Jamaica & Martinique Coffee, Boston Sail Duck, Pimento, No r i, 2, 3, 4, and 7, Caflia, 6 by 8 Window Glass, Old Batavia Arrack, Boston Prime Beef, Spermaceti & Wax Candles, A quantity of choice Caryot Spermaceti, Right Whale, Tobacco* and Tanner's Oil, N. England Tow Linen. Best pick'd Mackarcl, Philadel. March 18. [e.p-3w.] MACHINERY FOR SPINNING FLAX, HEMP AND COMBED WOOL. THE Subscriber he*ebv gives public notice, that he has obtain ed a patent for a fltvering wheel and table, a movementfor wet ting the threadby conical doth coated thrumblers, and anotherfor the fame purpoje, by a cloth coated 1 oiler y a leathern belt moved by rollers, for the pwpofe oj the pieparatory drawing oj the (livers, and another leathern, belt moved in like manner, by rollers,for the purpose of drawing the rov ed flax, hemp and wool, being improvements upon the mill or ma chinery ofKendrew and Porthoufe of the town of Darlington in Great Britain. This machinery, with the original mechanism on which it is grafted,being of the utmost value to the United States, the subscri ber hereby offers to make and erect a complete mill or mills, in cluding both the original works, and his above improvements thereon, for any individual or company, on terms to be by them agreed on ; and to conduct the Manufa£tory either for a fhaieof the profits, or stipulated wages. GEORGE PARKINSON, Philad. No. 65, Chejnut-Street, March 17, 1791. [93 6f.]* In 1784,
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