all completely whitened without exposure to the j- UII and air. The judges have declared the co lour to be as perfect as can be given to goods of the fame quality, and that the ttrength and tex ture were not at all injured or weakened. Seve ral other experimentsaremakingboth in Ireland and Scotland, with respect to this important dis covery. We are informed, by private letters, that the Governor General and Ctfuncil have judged it expedient to appoint collectors of the revenue in the territories of the of Arcot, under their own immediate direction, not only without the confenc of the Nabob, but againit a pofirive re monstrance from him, in which he declares his intention of appealing from the orders of the JBritifli government in India, to the Britilh go vernment at home. It is easy to conceive what effect so strong a measure towards a prince, under our immediate protection, mult have on the minds, and proba bly on thecondudt of our other Indian allies, who are less dependent upon us. , There is no species of impofitionon the public which it is of so much importance to expose, as imposition in the education of youth. The man who profelTes to fell ease and elegance in a pair of eUflic spring garters, or health and longevity in a pair of breeches made on geometrical principles, inipofes only on the ignorant and the credulous of his own time ; but the man who inipofes up on the public in the education of youth, lays up a stock of ignorance and credulity in the rising generation for future quacks and impostors to work upon. Thursday the collection of music and musical instruments of the late Duke of Cumberland, were fold at auction by Mr. Christie. The cele brated violin, by Stainier, supposed to be the ckiej d' ceuvre of the maker, was knocked off to Mr. Braidyll for one hundred and thirty gui neas ! Another by the fameartift produced fixty five guineas, and a violin by Amati for seventy. His Royal Highnefs's favourite tenor, which he deemed inestimable, was fold for fifty guineas, and a foreign organ, by Green, for seventy three. The cheapest inltrument fold was a harpficord, by old Kirknian, which only produced twenty fix guineas. The villain who robbed the Rotherham mail, was so dextrous as to negociate in London the French bill for 1231. 14s. (which was unfortu nately due) in thirty-fix hours from the time of committing the robbery. Of thefuccefs of our troops in India many peo ple speak confidently ; we wilh they may not be mistaken; but when we recoiled: the fate of Braddock and Burgoyne, we feel cautious in an ticipating victory. One of the objects of the bill to be brought into Parliament, by Mr. Milforcl, for the relief of Roman Catholics, is to permit gentlemen of that persuasion, to serve his majesty in the army and navy. Extract of a letter from Paris, Jan. 14, From the LEYDEN GAZETTE, of Jan. 21 " Contrary to the expectations of our opposi tion Bilhops, a majority of the Cures of Paris have taken the civic oath, 011 Sunday last, the 9th instant. The churches were never more crouded : The exhibition in them has varied ac cording to the different condutft of the several ininifleis : It was easy to discover by the behavi our of ihe flock what the fiiepherd had been do ing. The Cures who have shewn fubmiflion to the decrees of the National Aflembly dire<fted the ceremony to begin by hymns of joy and feftivity, and patriotic sermons adapted to the occasion, previous to their taking the oath ; while those in the oppolition pronounced from their pulpits discourses, which at any other time would have made the people oppose the decree of the Aflem bly ; but which at the present jun(flure have on ly raised themob against themselves. Had it not been for the zeal and firinnefs (hewn by the Na tional Guard, the last would have paid with their lives for the imprudence of their conducS. The Cute of St. Sulpice was near falling a facrifice to the fury of the people, while the Cure of St. Euftache, the King's confeflor, was carried back to his home in triumph, in the midst of popular shouts. It (hould be observed that thele pariihes are the mod wealthy and populous in the city. Next Sunday is the limit prescribed to those of the clergy who wilh to take the civic oath : All our troops will be under arms. It is hoped that mod of the Cures will by that time have made tip their minds, and taken the resolution of fol lowing the example of the friends of peace. Af ter this day all such as fliall not have taken the oath, are ipfo faclo to be deprived of their bene fices, according to the meaning of the decree. Extratt of a letter from Paris, dated Jan. 31. 41 The agitation and discordancy of opinions here, refpe&ing our revolution, forebode serious evils. The almost entire una "" imity of the Bishops and parochial Clergy in refufing to take the civic oith, will have an extensive influence. The whole number of Bishops in the kingdom is about one hundred and thirty, or t lee one hundred and twenty five have protelted against the decree o November 27, refpe&ing the Ecclesiastical constitution. c ®aies, or rediori of parifties,in general, and almost all our Clergy men, adhere to the Bifliops in reje&ing the oath. Only two cler gymen of note have yet taken it ; the Abbe Poitier, an eminent preacher, who has since retraced ; the other is the Rettor of the parifo of St. Euftache,and conteUor to the King. It is confident ly aliened, that to prevent the unfavoiable impreflion, which might be the consequence of so general a rejection ot the oath, ma ny Laymen have been employed to personate priests and take it. The day on which it was to have been adminilteied, the Rector of St. Sulpice, the largest Parifti in Paris, said to contain 200,000 Souls, narrowly escaped being murdered by an enraged multitude. Two Parish Priests, one of them near Rheims, have been actually put to death. Such is the spirit prevailing in cities and large towns. In molt country parishes, the people would be out rageous, and insult their pallors for taking it. Many things are publithed in the dailv prints to support pubiic credit ; but you may be assured, that the lose credit daily." DUB LIN, Feb. 12 The vast increafeof Our exports every year, is one of those felf-evident truths of the augment ation of our trade and manufactures, owing, in a great nieafure, to the bounties and other judi cious encouragements ; as also, to the wife laws devised for luch purposes. Thus, to extend our commerce, promote internal exertion, and to protect our coalt and other fiflieries, evince more true patriotism, thah all the laboured harrangues ever pronounced to serve the purpole of Party or Fadtion, in order to oufl if poflible an admin istration uniformly labouring for the national good ; or, at least, who can be said never to have deviated from that unerring principle, EXETER, Dec. 29. On Friday last was slaughtered the large we ther lheep lately belonging to Mr. Wreford. It weighed, when alive, lixteen score aud sixteen pounds, which is exactly three hundred weight. Its length, from the nostrils to a perpendicular at the rump, was 4 feet 6 inches ; and its height, at the shoulder, 32 inches. The four quarters, when dead, weighed eight score and thirteen pounds. Meflrs. Swale and Youlden were to give ten guineas for the lheep if its mutton weighed 42 pounds per quarter; if under that weight to have the sheep for nothing; in consequence, the ten guineas became payable. Philadelphia, April 16. Some persons appear very much disgusted with the contradi<fiory accounts of the situation of af fairs in France : but so long as different interests exiit, so long will the world be abused with con tradictions. Time alone is to bedepended 011 as an honed interpreter —he will do justice—and we mult wait for this infallible umpire to decide. What are fifty years in the age of a nation ? The alarming incident ot the finking of the houses and streets in White-Haven (England) was occasioned by the Town's being undermined with coal-pits, which were not properly secured ; as in other places—no account is given of any lives being loft. The quality of Bohea Tea, has been much complained ps within the last three or four years. In a late English paper this is accounted for, by the demand's being greater than formerly, and the Chinese to supply the market put in every kind of rubbifti that used heretofore to be thrown away. The Legislature of this State adjourned on Wednesday last—their next meeting will be on the third of August next; fifty-five acts have palled during this firft fitting of the firll feflion. Died, the Bth inft. at Bordentown, N. J. Jo seph Borden, Esq. formerly coinmiffioner of Loans for the United States, for the State of New-Jersey - A steady friend to the liberties of his country, in the most trying times; a refpetfa ble citizen and an honelt man. A CORRESPONDENT SAYS Some modern reformers of government extend their ideas so far, that they would not only re form ns out of peace and tranquility in this world, but also deprive mankind of their dernier hope, the expectation of happiness in the world to come ; hence the many indirect and open attacks upon revealed religion with which not only foreign newspapers, but even American publications are disgraced. Have mankind yet to learn, that he who f^ ars not God, will not regard man ? The plan of fub iugating America—and making a property of the lives and fortunes of our citizens originated in principles of infidelity. When Britain was virtuous, she felt the influence of honor and hu manity—but when Hume, Mandeville, Bolingbroke and Voltaire formed a creed for British statesmen the appetites of luxury, ambition and avarice absorbed the idea of right and wrong, and the whole contest with America was considered by them but as a game of hazard on their part, in which as individuals, they might gain much, but could lose nothing—such are the uniform effetfis of infidelity ; immediate inter eft alone controuls the actions of such men—and it is by accident that they ever promote the public prosperity. When it is considered that in a Lottery of 25000 Tickets, there are 24999 chances to one a gain ll drawing the highest prize, a most exten sive group of long faces is portrayed to the fan cy, when the fate of all the tickets is known. 819 We are informed that tickets in the New-York City Lottery have been fold for five dollars and three quarters each—a pretty speculation—more than 15 per cent, per month. Wednesday laftthe ship America, Capt. Depeyfter, arrived New-York from London ; and brings accounts to the 3d March. She failed from the Downs in company with the Pigou, tor Phila delphia—the Young Eagle for Boston, and'the Ann, Cowan, for Maryland. On the 2d March the Albion Mills, London, were consumed by fire ; there were in the Mills upwards of 4000 sacks of corn, which were likewise entirely destroyed. According to a late decision ot the Court of King's Bench, the Law of England now is, That three days grace are to be allowed on Promiffary Notes, as well as Bills of Exchange. The Chamber of Commerce of Normandy, in France, toteftify their grateful sense of the generous conduct of Capt. Thomas Hem son, an Engliftiman, towards a Capt. Boqui e, the crew 06 whose (hip had mutinied and murdered the mate and cabin boy, have ordered a letter of thanks, and a gold medal to be sent to Capt. Hemson. The houfeof reprelentatives of this Commonwealth, on the 8(h inft. unanimously adopted an address to the National Assembly of France, We are authorized to fay, that the City-Hall and Dickinfon-Col- * lege Lottery will positively commence drawing-o.) Tuesday next. We are informed, that a plan has been adopted to give a spring to American Manufactures, on a scale, hitherto unattempted in the United States : A loan on the basis of the public securities, for this highly patriotic purpose, to a competent amount, *ve also hear, meets with the greatest encouragement. Public Securities have lately risen very considerably in New- York. The proprietors of the schooner Fly, intended as a confbnt packet between this place and New-Castle, on the Delaware, de serve much credit for their ingenuity in uniting in so small a veflel, every convenience usually met with in the best of ships. A cabin 18 or 20 feet long, of height fufficient for the tallest person ; 12 births ; a division, if desired, between the ladies' and gentlemen's apartment. Two entrances into thecabin,and a consequent draught of air, which must make it very pleasant in the summer season ; with every other convenience that can be thought of, is found on board the Fly.—She is a well built, fact failing veflel, and perhaps in every refpe# may stand as a perfect model for a frefh-water packet-boat. FROM A BOSTON PAPER We are happy in being able to lay before our readers, the in formation contained in the following—more efpccially as we think it to be authmitic, and as it effettually contradicts certain publications which have appeared in the papers, on the state of affairs in France. Extratt of a letter Jrom Amjlerdam, dated January 31, 1791. 1 i In France, every thing goes on very well. The Aflignats have risen to 15 and 16 per cent, above par. They have been enabled to commence the discharge of their debts by the sale of the lands of the clergy, which are, on an average, fold at one third higher than the appraisal. MASSACHUSETTS SEMI-ANNUAL LOTTERY, APRIL 7 Prizes indrawn, - - 2 9°5 Blanks ditto, - - 6395 Blanks and Prizes drawn, Among the Prizes to be drawn at the above date, are, 1 of ioooo, 2of 3000, 3of 20C0, los 1000, 3of 500, 6of 200, and 28of 100. Mr. Fenno, IN the New-York Journal of 13th inft. the laudable, emulative spirit of two eminent Butchers in that city, in parading two fine Oxen of 1000 weight each, is very curiously complimented as " regaling the sight of roast beef epicures, and exhibiting <he lust of taste, and the pride of country !!" On which one of your readers would observe— If " lujloftafle" and gluttony abound, Where'er an Ox shall weigh a thousand pound— How great thoje vices, where the Oxen weigh Two thousand each, in Market every day ! ARRIVALS at the PORT of PHILADELPHIA. Brig Thomas, Ridley, N. Castle, on the Tyne, 49 days. Sloop Alexandria, Monroe, Virginia, 6. Do. William, Scott, Virginia, 5. Schooner Polly, Jacobs, N. Carolina, 8. Brig Nancy, Driggs, St. Johns. Schooner Hero, Ramfey, Baltimore, 10. Do. Sally, Norris, Virginia, 6. Sloop Alexander Hamilton, Buron, do. 7. Do. Polly, Beatty, do. 6. PRICE CURRENT.—PUBLIC SECURITIES. FUNDED DEBT. 6 pr. Cents 17/2, 3 pr. Cents 9/2, Defered 6 pr. Cents 9f. UNFUNDED DEBT. Final Settl. and other Certificates 16J] 80 Indents 9 f- 45 0# N. and S. Carolina debts, 12/2 15J. To be disposed of, BY PRIVATE SALE, A COLLECTION OF and Valuable Scarce 800 In the Hebrew, Greek, Latin, French, and Italian Languages—being part of a private Library, Among which are the following : FOLIO. Euripides, Homer, Demosthenes, Xenophon, Plato, Lucian, Plutarch, Paufaniai, Procopius, Eufebius, Nicepho rus, Cicero, Virgil, Horace, Livy, Tacitus, Seneca, Pliny, &c. Quarto. Pindar, Aristotle, Terence, Ovid, Cxfar, Suetonius, Juvenal, Manilius, &c. OBttvo (3 infra. Septuagint, Ariftophanea, Longinu<, Theo phrallus, Epitketus, Hefiod, Orpheus, M. Antoninus, Phalaris, Ifocrates, Polyaenus, Lucretius, Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, Paterculus, Florus, Lucan, Statius, Gellius, Aufonius, Vida, Bu chanan, Boethius, Poetae minores Latini, Callipxdia, Strada, L. Valla, &c. A Catalogue is left at the Book-Store of Mejn Rice and Co Market-Street, where further particulars may be learned. IMPERIAL, HYSON, SOUCHONG, and BOHEA TEAS, REFINED SUGARS, COFFEE, and SPICES, See. Of the firft quality—by retail. No. 17, Third Street, between Chefout and Market Streets. ICT A few New-York LOTTERY TICKETS come to hand, for sale. 93°° 15700 P r * £ 86 pr. cent. 45 do. 45 do - K S,
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