Reports of an invasion are induflrioufly circu
lated, by the friends of freedom, in every part
of France, in order to support the cause of free
dom. Every frefh alarm adds friends to the cause,
and induces the Revolutionills to unite with more
warmth, for their general support and protection.
The force of l lie Turks oil I he Black Sea is i'u
perior to chat of Russia, confiding of j8 line of
battle lhips, 31 frigates, and upwards of 60 gun
ihallops. It failed on the sth of May.
The Poliili monarch, in the godlike triumph
of his heart, makes kings of citizens: and in
imitation of that great authority, which (aid—
k Let there be light, and there was light"—:his
king lays to his f'ubjecls, enjoy the light of rea
fou—bcjree.
June 21.
As Chronicleers we (hould notice the extreme
coldnels of the season. Sharp frolls have ap
peared every morning for fonie days pall ; by.
which all tender plains have been greatly hurr,
and the farmers, we learn, are apprehensive, as
the wheat is now in bloom, that ic will greatly
(offer. We may fay with Shakelpeare,
44 Hoary-head d troll
" Dwells in the irefli lap the crimson i-ofe."
Accounts from various partsof the country, in
form us that on the mornings of Monday, i uef
day and Wednesday in the last week, the frolls
were verv severe, and did much damage to gar
dens lituated near rivers or moid vallies. We
hear of ice half an inch thick, and hailliones an
inch in diameter. The Thermometer was on
thole davs many degrees lower than we liave of
ten known it in December. Let the Philofophei s
account for such phcenomena in the middle of
June.
COMMEMO RAT IO N OF HANDEL
The fir It performance in Weftniinfter Abbey,
was yesterday attended by about fourteen hun
dred persons : Their Majcfties, and the tmee
Princelies were present, attended by the Dune of
Montrofe, Lord Amherft, &c. &c. The King
was dreficd in scarlet and gold ; tlie Queen in a
green and silk tiflue. The Princelies were all
in striped silks ; their head-dre(l'es, as usual, ve
ry plain, with a final! bunch of flowers in their
caps. The king looked extremely well, and in
high spirits. '
The grand Coronation Anthem was performed
in a molt exact and capital manner.
Signor David diffilayed his altoriiiliing powers
to great advantage in " Fell rage and black del'
pair." Their Majelties, before whom this was
David's firft appearance, exprelled altonifhment
mixed with the moit lively pleaftne.
The chorus of •' Hail Stones," had fucli ai
cffect as co draw tears from the Queen. The c!u
et, " The Lord is my strength," was never bet
ter sung, than by BignoraSiorace,and Mrs.Crouch
The performance was ended about a quarter be
foi e iour o'clock.
PRICES OF STOCKS, „■
Bank Stock,
3 Per Cent, Reduced,
g Her Cent. Confolidaied,
4 Per Cent. I 777,
Bank Long Annuities,
English Lotierj Tickets,
1 riill Tickets
London Exchange on Dublin,
PORTSMOUTH,
The whole of tlie grand fleet at Spithead is 60
fail : there are 7 flags fiying, which make a very
formidable appearance. The ships are manned
with good Teamen in general, as no landsmen
have been pretled d uring the w hole ofthebuflle.
N E W 13 K R N, August 6.
Extract oj a letter frotn an officer of th. United States
in France, ItiJrch 201.
" Yon have heard 1 have been appointed by
Congress Vice-Consul of ciie United Stales a: this
port. The conimilOons of die American Consuls
in this kingdom, though since four months in
the hands of the French IN'iniltry at Paris, are
Itill detained there (1 know not from what mo
tive) to receive the liecefliuj exequatur-, mean
while tliefe officers cannot be recognized by the
Executive l'ower in their respective didrieis.
1 hope, however, %ve (liall fuon receive them :
until then I will not wear the uniform, and the
arms of the United States will not be fixed 011 the
door of my house."
N E\V-YO 11 K, August 18.
F.xtrafl of a litter from Mr. Obadiah Herbert, of
Mount Pleafunt (in Middietovju At w-Jtrfy) to
his friend in Nov- Tot k.
" I have fin i (lied my WHEEL, and it answers
all the pttrpofes I told yon of. It f'pins, doubles,
twills and reels off"the thread at the fame time.
The machinery is fiich that it does not impair
the of the rim in the lead ; and ii is al-
lowed by a number who have leeu ic, to be a
' ompleie piece of machinery. boincof the LelV
spinners fay it runs as easy as they can with, and
atifwcrs the purpofc extremely \»eli."
By a gentleman who left Cadiz the 12th July, we learn, that it
was currently reported and universally believed at that place, that
the King, Queen and Dauphin of France having left Paris, had
got to a dill,mce of 30 leagues —iWhfn they were discovered, ar
lcfled and carried back.
By the July Packet, arrived at New-Yotk, English papers are
received to the 6th July—We have been favored by a brother
Typo, with the perusal of ievcral numbers of the Morning Chro
nicle, from which we have time to collect only a few particulars
of the above intei elting event: The King, Queen and Dauphin
with ieveral ladies of the Queers bed. choinoer, accompanied by
several of tne guards in carriages, left the pa lace ot the 1 huiilcries
on the morning ot the 21ft. June —-and had proceeded as far as
Varennes (in Lorraine) without interruption ;at this place they were
recognized by a Dragoon of the name ot Drouet, who in concert
with a comrade, by the name of William —took their measures
with such address as to secure the persons of the Royal Family,
without injury or confufion.
News of the King's being overtaken having reached the Na-
tional Afiembly, Coramiflioners were immediately appointed to
superintend efcqrtjnc him back- tp Paris, which was ctfe&ecl with
out tumult. Sepjrate guards were appointed for the security of
the King, Queen, and Dauphin—their atiendants were all com
mitted to c'tofe confinement. The National Afiembly conduced
with great ealmncfs, dignity and propriety, on the occasion. Many
important Decrees, providing for the immediate security of the
kingdom from external and internal attacks, were patted with
great promptitude and decision. But with refpe£t to the King
and family, the Afiembly had rcfolved not to take any measures
but such as were the rcfult of a full and deliberate enquiry into all
circumftanccs attending this extraordinary business. M. Mont
moriu had been examined before the Afiembly, refpe&ing the
paflport with which the Royal Family had been furniftied, when
his innocence of being privy to their flight fully appeared. M.
La Fayette having had Come refl ftions call upon him also, the
Afiembly investigated the fubjeft fully, and rcfolved that no
grounds of suspicion existed ; and that full confidence fbould be
reposed in his orders as Commander in Chief.——[ln our next
we shall endeavor to narrate tiie interfiling particulars of this
event.J
Accounts in letters received by the Packet inform, that the
Empress has concluded a peace with the Porte—That great com
motions had taken place in Spain, in which Come lives were loft.
Yellerday the Legiilature of this Common
weal th afl'einliled at the Suue-lloufe, purfuaiu to
adjuurninciu,
T UNK. 21
186 1-8 Ss 7-8
81 18 80 7-8
82
ioi 1-4 1-8
23 ? 4
161. 6d.
61. 16s. 6d.
o -j-O
June 19
Philadelphia, August 24.
Tliurfdav lad the French and Spanifli Minis
ters, together with several other distinguished
personages, dined with the Pr'efulent of the Uni
ted States, and in the evening there was a dlfplay
of fire-works exhibited nearly oppolite the Presi
dent's bouse, by foine citizens, in compliment to
the company.
East India intelligence received by tbe latest
arrival from Europe, is to the 29ih January lalt.
A letter from Lord Cornwallis, of 28th De
cember, derails his future plan of operations—
the tiate of the army, the magazines and military
(lores, be observes, is fjch as to give him great
fatisfaiftion.
A letter from General Abercrombie, of Dec.
22, to Lord Cornwallis, informs him of the cap
ture of C'annanore, and of Firicackabad, the ca
pital of Tippoo on that coalt, by Col. Hartley.—
Thele fuccefles, he adds, liaverompletely cleared
the Malabar coalt.—The la It accounts from (.Jen.
Meadows left him in pursuit of Tippoo near
Trichinopoly. Some ittdi rect overtures of a
treaty had been 1 eceived by him from Tippoo's
Minister. 'J he fort and garrifoii of Daraporam
having been taken by the enemy, Tippoo's en
gagement \Vith Caj)t. Evans, the commander,
were fcrupuioufly adhered to on the pare of the
Conqueror.
A letter of h January informs, that Lord
Cornwallis, having taken the com in and of the
army, expects to begin his march for the Mysore
Country in a few days.
In a late debate in the National Aflembly of
France, one of those denominated Ariitocrats
complained molt bitterly of the tyranny of the
majority in not being permitted to fin i 111 a de
clamation which he was uttering againit the le
port of a committee 011 a particular fubjecl.
It is reported that a motion has been made in
the National Aflembly to divide the members by
lot, into two houses—this tlivifion to take place
at the commencement of every new Aflembly—
this mode ot division to be adopted that the mo(l
pcrfeift equality may be preserved what the
result was, does not appear.
It is the constant and uniform language of the
Patriots of France that tlie law isfnpi eine ; —this
idea, it is presumed, includes both the law and
the conflitution, and is certainly jttit. How little
do thefc Patriots know of Liberty, compared to
a lare wiirer in one of the Ealtern papers, who
has aliened that " every ous has a conltitutional
l ight to attempt to alter it [that is, the Constitu
tion ot the United States] wljen he chooses to
do it."
A late Boston paper informs, tliat 011 the re
presentations ot the niunicipaliries and others to
the of France, againil the decree granting
to the si ee people of colour in the i (lands, the
fame privileges which the t-nv>y, lie had
refofed to sign ir, and had lent it back to the Al
feinhlv—and that in cpnfcqucnce of this refufal,
it had not bccotne a law.
Mr. Hailings concluded his defence before the
High Court of Parliament in tiie following ani
mated and bold apo(boj»(jc, t« tlit- ISntifh Jluule
135
of Commons : u You have told the world,
that I have brought great loss and damage upon
the Eait India Company, and disgrace upon the
Bi itifh nation. 1 tell, you, that 1 improved your
resources ; thar 1 made a numerous people hap
py ; and that the BritUh name and character
never itood higher than when 1 left Bengal. —
Every regulation in the Kafl originated in me.
1 gave you the Salt Revenues, the Opium, Bena
res and Oude—J formed all the official arrange
ments ; and if any changes have been made,
they are modifications only of my fy Items, tor
the pur pole, as my noble and virtuous fucceilor
fa id (applying his remark to Oude) of render
ing the principles eltablilhed by me the moie
permanent. —" I gave yon all—And what lias
been my return ? A character degraded, as far
as you could degrade it—a fortune totally ruined,
and a life of impeachment."
On the Btii of June, in the Honfe of Lords,
Ear] Stan hope moved, that the bill tot* remov
ing all doubts refpeding the rights of Juries, be
now read a fee on & time.— 1 lie Chancellor
moved to omit the word now, tor the put prtfe
of inferring t hls day month. After some de
bate the amendment was carried.
It cannot reasonably be expected, that the di
vidends of the Bank of the United States, aftei
deducting the charges, which will be heavy ac
the outset, will amount to the common and legal
interest of money, in less titan eigh.een months
or two years from January next; —on this fup
poficion the original fnbfcribers will in effect pay
a considerable premium 011 their shares, bv their
money's laying as it were dormant and ufelelsfor
so long a time.
O
Population' of Virginia,
of Kent ucky,
In the yenr 1781 a very inaccurate census was
taken, several counties made no rtturn ; but
fuppiying bv conjeifture the deficiencies, the
population of Virginia was then computed ac
567,614 The increase then is 258,673, and is ai
9 to 1 3 in ten years.
The increase of slaves, during those ten years,
has been less than it had been obfei ved lor a cen
tury before. The reafou is, that about 30,000
slaves perilhed wirhtlie linall-pox, or carAp-fever,
caught from the Britiih army, or went off with
them, while Lord Cornwallis was roving over
that State.
From PELOSIs MARINE LIST.
ARRIVALS at the PORT of PHILADELPHIA.
Ship Peggy, Fleming,
Levant, Gillis.
Cleopatra, Geddes,
Brig Hope, Linthorne,
Jenny, Brown,
Maria, Hopkins,
Lady Waiterftorff, Gardiner,
Barque Prudence, Miller,
Schooner Adonis, Goddard,
Sloop Prince of Wales, White,
Liberty, Mountaync,
Union, Watson,
PRICE CURRENT.—PUBLIC SECURITIES.
FUNDED DEBT.
6 pr. Cents 21/3 pr. £ .
3 pr. Cents 12/j
Dcfered 6 pr. Cents 12/6
UNFUNDED DEBT.
Final Settl. and other Certificates 2Cf
Indents • 12 /3
N. and S. Carolina debts, j 5J6'
Bank Subscriptions,
COMMUNICATION.
AS the fituatiorf of the United States is eflentially different from
that of European countries, in rcfpeft to wars and politics, it is
difficult to account for the fluctuation in the priccs of our itocka—
but adverting to facts will enable us in fome-meafureto fatisfy oiir
felvcs on this point. The appreciation of the Public Securities has
been a gradual business—their rife is the rcfuh of fair calculation,
and a just ronftdence in the funds and faith of the Government —
but the rife in the price of Bank Stock was too rapid for calcula
tion, and too surprizing to leave time for cool reafoninjj on the
fubje£t: It proved a sudden, but powerful temptation to persons
in trade, to ftcp out of their usual course; this biought a new ca
pital into the marker, which aided the balloon in its flight. From
an uunatural elevation it has descended with greater rapidity than
it rose, and many are left in a novel and unpleafing fitnanon. The
real excess beyond its value, that has been paid tor Script.is a loss
that mull fall somewhere—the arts which will be employed 011
this occasion to fhiftoffihe burthen, will keep the ball suspended
lor some time to come. I: will be well for thojfe who have al
ready fuffcred, to examine with great attention the
thermometer—the impulses on that machine arise from various
combinations formed among a prodigiouJl\ cunning set, but whofc
t wi(tings and tergiversations may be traced by the due of commoi*
fen fp 1
That Script (hould ho at soo to-day g '*nd 156 to-morrow, can
not he the rclult of calculation. He that runs, may read.
Gray's Gardens.
A CONCERT of VOCAL 2nd INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
will begin To-morrow, the of Auguff, at 4 o'clock in
ihe afternoon, and condudc at 9 at night, Oiould ll.c day be fair.
Tickcts delivered at one Quarter of a Doliar at tic- B-tr.
The ship Union will be ornamented in the dav, and illuminated
at nighi. The Water-Fail wrll be much improved, and lighted
in such a manner as to make an elegant natural landfcapc; in the
wardens, a great change in the Illumination will take place
Gray's fcriy, Auj'.itl 24.
747,610
73.677
821,287
I.ifoom
Liver poo 1
Bel fa it
New foundland
Madeira
Button
Cadiz
Ferrol
Kmgflon
sc. Kitts
Diim
New-York
ic6}pr. cent.
do.
do.
par.
613 do.
165 to 170 Dollars,
O.&K.GKA Y.