*as carried into the nieetlng-houfe, where an
ingenious and well-adapted oration wnsdelivered,
to a numerous allembiy, by John Merrick, Efq!
His fellow-citizens were excited to such expref
fionsof friendship and honor io his remains and
iipemory, by a grateful sense of his patriotic and
Leroic conduct in the late American revolution
and particularly by the recolleJlion of his bra
vely and fii muelSj 011 the memorable 19th of
April, 1775, being one of the two who, at Con
cowl bridge, led 011 the American militia to face
and repulle the Bririfh troops. A number of
fingers preceded the corpse, and as the procession
approached the bridge, on the very spot where
the deceaft-d, in 1775, gave orders to return the
Briufh fire, they sung a well chosen hymn, and
moved on singing tothe place of interment.
Let nfing iu; s catch lteedom's fire,
And nobly imitate their fire.
Died ar Roxbury, on the 27th inftaiit, of a gra
dual decay, William Erving, Esq. a Member
of the American Academy of Arts, &c. formerly
an Officer in the army of his Britannic IVjajefty ;
whose service he quitted 011 the commencement
of Ihe troubles between Great Britain and Ame
ri cn.
We hear tisat, oefides other charitiei, the Jate
William Erving, Efq, has bequeathed 10001. to
the University—the interest of which he has ap
propriated by his will, to the Profellor of Clie
miftry for the time being.
PROVIDENCE, May 28
Yesterday, at or.e o'clock, P. M. David Com
ftock, convicted at the Superior Court in March
Jaft of t lie murder of Ephraun Bacon, was taken
f*om gioi in a coach, to the place of execution.
He was alii (ted in his devotions by flie Rev. Mr.
Snow, and apoeared tranquil and resigned to his
fare. He fuffered about three o'clock, and after
hanging 25 minutes, l|is body was taken down,
and )»!ive fd to his fri<Sfcds. A detachment of
irihtia ended, and a prodigious concourse of
ipet; aro: s were afleinMed 011 the occasion.
Yefte.day was alio aligned for the execution
of Thomas 'Viount, in the county of Walhington,
for burglniy. & '
Sunday lift the ship Tristram. Capt John War
ner, an ived here in eight weeks from Dublin.
He has brought a number of experienced manu
factuieis, for the cotton manufactory established
111 i his town.
Dr. Carroll, Catholic B'diop of Maryland, ai
med h:*>e on Monday evening" Jalh on his way
to lioilon. & J
E A S T O N, May 31.
Mr. Cowan,
A~cor> efp"ondent fends you the following extrafl of
I n,i _l
a litter jro#, Dnb.in,. JjU'd friar t*k ri2, 1 79 f
EVERY rhipg wears here a fiugulaf afpedi
We had yesterday a meeiing of the citizens,
pursuant to summons from the high flienff, ii<
order to censure that part of the address of the
house of lords, moved by the Duke of Lei lfter,
which infinnated, that thepeo ; leofl'eland weie
a mifgnided set of men. This was agreed to with
only four diffenring voices.
It was unanimously refjlved, that we never
will, as inagift rates or jurors, give operation to,
or allow the force of, any English acft of parlia
ment ; and that an imme Hare committee of cor-
Tefpoudence be appointed to hold council with
the reit of the aflbciations of Ireland.
I he fecrerary came in about four, arid in a
speech of a long duration endeavored to explain
to the house the purport and tendency of a bill
for regulating ihe intercourse and commerce be
tween G eat-Britain and In and—after having
urged a great variety of arguments to prove ihe
propi ety of proceeding by bill in preference to
any other method, concluded with leave to brino
it in.
. ' Mr.Connolly opnofedthc motion in the fuft
inltance, declaring that the bill, if fuffered io
be brought in, would totally take away their con
ltitution, and leave them no commerce at all
Mr. Fetter objected, and pledged his ho
no,r(t"Blve ,c eve, T opposition in his power.
Mr. Grartan, in one of the ableit and mod
eloquent speeches perhaps ever delivered in this
house of parliament, opposed the bill as a door
ro vafialage and slavery, since it proffered com
merce as a barter for constitution.—His speech
>vas full of points—it-was interesting, attractive
and sublime—The whole audience grew silent
as he fpnke, and, having caught the enthusiasm
were loft in admiration.
" James, you know the little fellow, he was
upon his poor little legs for two hours and a half.
" T he iuftant he fat down, Mr. Montgomery,
member for your county, arose—He appeared'
vo be pel tectly familiar with the fubjetft, and as
ulual proved his claim to patriorifm, reputation,
and a man ol talents. The debate continued for
some time with uncommon vehemcnce ; all the
great speakers, and the diftinguiflied country
gentlemen, took part in the business, and mem
bers from every part of the kingdom declared
themselves against such a system.
" Parliament is now (thank fortune) pro
togued until September.— We have had aveiy
long and a very interesting feflion, endeavoring
to procure by threats what I fear will Coon be
lhei el ult of blows. —If I guess in this pa r
licular, 1 desire you may'give no credit to any of
my future prognoflicationS."
lfland Creek.
ALBANY, May 30.
On Thursday lafl this city was honored with
the presence of Mr. Jefferfon, Secretary of State,
accompanied by the Charles Fox of America, the
celebrated Madison. We.are informed they in
rend going North, as far as Lake Champlain, and
from thence across the fifteenth Conflellation, Ealt
to Connecticut River.
Yesterday, between three and four o'clock, the
thermometer flood at 94 degrees in the (hade;
the hoteft day last summer, it flood at 91.
NORFOLK, May 28
Extratf of a letter from a'refpeßable House in Bar
badoes, to a merchant in this town, dated April 29.
" The flour you shipped from Norfolk in
"vTarch lad, turned out r*marfcably well ; and is
thought to be equal if not faperior to what is
imported from Philadelphia or Baltimore."
On the Reception of the PRESIDENT at the
several Towns and Villages, &c. in his Tour
to the South.
AN IMITATION.
All tongues speak of him—aged fights
Are peftacled to fee him : The pratling nurse
Into a rapture lets her baby cry
While fbe views him The rustic lasses pin
Their richeff geeraround their fun-burnt necks
Clambering the walls to eye him : flails, trees, windows
An-fmother'd up ; house-tops and ridges fill'd
With various ranks of men ; all agreeing
In earnestness to frt him old Senators
Do press among the popular throng, and puff
To win a vulgar flation : beauteous dames
Commit thi' war of white and damask in
Their nicely gauded cheeks, to the wanton spoil
Of Phcebus' burning kisses. Such joyful (horns
As if the VERY DEITY WHO GUIDES HIM
Were slyly crept into his human powers
To give him grace and honor !
FOR THE CAZETTF. OF THE UNITED STATES.
SONNET to JOY.
H\IL ! heaven-de<cended Queen ! to thee I breathe
. 1 his fervent song, the incense of my foul !
Too long has f-'rrow' dripping cypress wreathe
O er-rcach'd the source, whcnce liquid pearls would roll,
Thv fou!-reviving form ! I now behold
In radiant beauty burst upon my fight,
Thv clear blue eye,.beams with a pure deligftt,
• Adown thv Holders wave thy Jock»aX.gal<l_
O'er all thy (i»ure glows a nameless grace,
A btaiitv that no mortal can behold,
When the foft smile illumes, thy blooming face ;
And not d< clare thee of celeitial mould.
O ! dwell with me thou angel from the flcy,
And bid the Maid tear-loving sorrow fly.
* " And wave thyJhadowy loch ojgold."
Dr. Dar vin's address to May,
Philadelphia, June 8.
We are informed that the President of the United States
may be expelled to ari ive at the Seat of Government, from his
Southern tour, about ihe 2,5:h instant.
Friday morning, for tin si.st time, arrived in this city, the wag.
s°" w,c , henceforwa.d is to supply Philadelphia with Fish.
The following gentlemen were chosen, at the late elefti-.n.to re
prelc.it the city and county of New-Yo.k :—John Waits, William
S. L.vingfton, John Wvlley, j. O. Hoffman, Will,am P. Smith,
Henry Will, and Melanfton Smith, Efq'rs.
F.xtrafl of a letter from Bojion, dated May 18.
An action was tried here a few days fx.ice before a Juflice of
the Peace, in which black Peter, a negro, was counsel for the Plain
s iTltj ' a Law y er of feve "l )«rs Handing, counsel
for the Defendant. The latter complained at being pitted with
such an antagonist, and observed that it was unjust, and a rnanifeft
dereliction of every principle of propriety—a discouragement to
every effort to acquire a competent knowledge of the profeflion
of the law, to obuin which much study was requisite, and great
expence nccelTar.ly in. urred. The Juflice observed in replv, tha
oy the laws of*he Aate, the plaintiff had a right to employ whom
he rJr: and i* ~n e ad any th,ni; to fav f ° r his c|icm >
he might go on—lt is fa.d that Peter and the Squire beat the
Lawyer hollow; who loft ins c ause, and was verymurh chagrined."
The Enjrlifh papers state, that intelligence is
received from 'ndia to the ad December, but no
thing decisive had then taken place between
I ippoo and the British ariny.
In cafe of Hoflilities be ween England and
ivuma, Sweden is determined to preserve a per
fect neutrality. r
Ihe Dutch, by the last accounts, are fitting out
a large fleet. °
Li.glifh Stocks were npagain on the 12th April,
occasioned by a report that the preliminaries of
peace were figncd between Raffia and the Por te
It k very problematical what will be the iHue
of the recent armaments in Great-Britain. If
the Empress is firm, war appears inevitable.
Papers from N'ew-York received by yefterdny's
mail, contain an account under the Paris head
o- April 4, of the fmeral preparations for the
interment of ,\l. de Mirabeati the elder The di
lcL'torycf Paris has resolved to wear mourning
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BIRTfiA.
eight days ; and the municipality, that twelve
of their body, with the mayor at their head
fliould attend his remains, and that they Jhould
wear mourning for tliree days.
All the places of public auuifement were fiint.
His remains were to be conveyed to the Pariffi
Church of St. Euitache, to be there deposited till
a sepulchre is prepared for them.
His death is a great loss to the cause of liberty •
M. deMirabeau had been long conlidered as one
of the great pillars of the new conttitutiou.
Whatever "partiality our good Allies" ninv
discover towards us in the Decree respeCting our
Oils, a correspondent would be obliged to any
one who would point out the advantages con
ferred upon us by the Decree regulating the im
portation of Tobacco. .
The remarks which precede the Decree pub
lished in the Federal Gazette, are founded 011 facts,
and merit attention. The true interest of the
United States consists in being as detached as pos
sible from European connections, views and po"-
litics. '
Abetter from Amsterdam, dated the firft of
April, an extract of which is published in the
Patowmack Packet, faj's the credit of the United
States is firmly established in that country, and
that it is expe&ed their securities will soon be
above par.
It is the opinion of many eminent Physicians,
that canine madness is principally owing to dogs
not having ready -access, in hot weather, to frefh
water, in the streets of large cities and other
places.
A free press is not only a fafeguard to freedom, but is also an
honor to the country or (late in which it is ellablilhed For a 9
thro'prejudice, error, pride, folly, and a natural independence
of spirit, mankind will imbibe and maintain various and opposing
opinions, it is only from a fail statement of the arguments on
both fides of every fubjeft, that just and solid principles can be
deduced.
SAYS A CORRESPONDENT,
I do not think with the paragraphs in your last, that age alone
uggefts a fufficient reason for the rejection of any customs, forms
or ceremonies, which have heretofore obtained among mankind;
hut I do conceive, that as the rays of knowledge and common
r enfe extend thei* influences thro' the civilized world, thfc barbae
rous ideas which have kept our species in the lowest degree of de
gradation, will be exploded, and man become more
the friend and alTociate of man—which never can be the cafe, so
long as riches, titles, honort and iijlincltons, draw such a line of
eparation between them. c
The credit of the United States, through the benign influ
ence of the general government, and those financial arrangements
which have been formed under its auspices, has emerged from the
mod deprelTcd and abject situation. Theftocks have risen beyond
all experience and all parallel. If the expectation only of punc
tuality on the part of the government has been equako producing
such furprifmg effects, what may not reasonably be anticipated
from that great aßive capital which will be crcated by the Bank,
fvftem, to aid and facilitate the payments of individuals to the go
vernment, and of the government to its creditors ?
There can be little ooubt of the fix per cenis being very fhort
'v above par. The holders of public paper would do well there
fore to deliberate leisurely before they part with their flock.
The interest of the general government, is the intcreft of the
States, individually—they (land or fall together—this idea pro
ved paramount to that local jealousy, which, while it produced
a wretched schism, would have kept us forever weak and de
graded.
The clause in the law for establishing the bank, of the United
States by which any particular State is precluded from a larger
credit than 50,000 dollars, so far from (hiking at the fuvereigntv
of the individual States—is, fays a correspondent, calculated to
produce dire&ly the reve.fe effect ; it puis every State upon an
equal footing, thus precluding jealousy; and consequently no par,
ticular State can avail ufelf ol superior fun Is to enhance its credit
with theTreafury of the United States,and to encreafe its influence
in the Union to the injury of its neighbors—neither is there an un
due ftimulous held out to a powerful State to aid in measures.
which might be injurious to the others. The disinterestedness of
the provision is equally conspicuous with the justice and found
policy of It—for the general government thereby precludes itfelf
from offering a douceur to a particular State, for any fmifter pur
pose whatever. ' "
Extracts from a Pamphlet jufl publi/hed, againfl the BANK of the
UNITED STATES. J
* VIEW rt"' p.;tof the bank flock which consists in funded
to , be m " ch w ° rfc tha " nothing: I had rather have the cafU
drht W fh MhJ V lfthc interest on the public
I k be reduced, or should not bt ttnaually paid (both of
which are very poflible) the bank would (hake to its centre—the
dividend, mujl cease, or be rediued, bank-flock would instantly/,//,
and a" public Applies from the bank mufl be flopped."— p,
not wondcr lf the bank should be an
ninilate the state governments." p. g.
" If the immense flock of the new bank should be thrown into
operation the aggregate sums would vaflly exceed what the trado
and business of the country could either require or support."— p. g,
Married, on Saturday evening last by the fiirht
Bishop White, Mr. James Poster', Merchant g g o
Duffield, daughter of Mr. John Dufßeld, of thi. city.
Died, on Saturday last, in the 53 d year of his ««, Mr lo.ebh
Carson, Merchant, o! this city. • JOSEBH
ARRIVALS at the PORT of PHILADELPHIA.
Sloop Three Sifter,, Johnson,
7~ ™ e n r Au S uftus > Robinson,
Br.g Molly, p au ,
„ * . Plnto ' Oporto
v" y',!r' C Majcfty's Packet Grantham, Capt. Bull, arrived
Hahfax Urdaylaft ' in 56 dl >™ from and
PRICE CURRENT.— PUBLIC SECURITIES^
FUNDED DEBT.
3 pr-c'm,' l7 ff P r - ccnt -
Defcred 6 pr. Cent, lt f\
UNFUNDED DEBT.
. inal Scttl.ani other Certificates 16/4 16/6 82A
Indents -,/• „/ »
N. and S. Carolina debts, 12/6 14/. 47 °
Providence
St. Euftatia
St. Croix