_—— - ... ~.-v n v HFCH STREET BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD STREETS, PHILADELPHIA PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENXO, No. 63, HIGH-al khr.l, lit-1 w jlua [No. "8, of Vol. lII.] * Wednesday, September. 7, 1791. PHILADELPHIA. St. Petersburg, 27ih Tel). 1791 SIR THE contents of your letter, which »e received with the en closed Magnetic Atlas, and its explanation, in due time, wen the more interelting and agreeable 10 (he Imperial Academy tij ci cuces, that the fame matter is the fubjea ol a premium, even now proposed by our academy ; as you will fee by the printed adver lifement, which I fend vou herewith. The proerefs you have already made, gives me a plealant hope, this important matter will derive no small increafc Irom your in genious works; add I make no doubt, but your labours will great ly contribute to the final solution of this queftioti. ' By the communication of your fur her enquiries and di cove- Tics (especially relating to the souther.i hemifpheie, the calculation of the univcrfal set of tables, and the afcertaming the ex ast revolu tions of the two magneiic points round the poles of the earth, tn a Greater number of observations) you will very much oblige Your humble servant, Princess of Daschkaw. To Mr. John Churchman, > Morth-Jmcrica. > SI R THIS Royal Academy has received by two different ways, nearly at the fame time, your explanation of a Magnetic Atlas. Commiflion was inßantly given to gentlemen of the protdnon and mathematicians, members of the society, tocxamme it acru.alely, and to bring in their advice in some of the ordinary academica meetings. This they i ave performed, and I am din&ed to ten You in this letter the result of their examination and 3dvice. ' They acknowledge the originality and ufcjulnejs of your ideas and icheme, and that both highly deserve to m a!' ihinkthe observations are not yet so much, nor to tully eltat)in - cd, as to enable impartial readers to form an absolute judgment ol the matter. . . They believe indeed, that when the proportions you enunciat •will be demonllrated, a great step will be made owards the per jc£tion of magnetic knowledge* Thele demondratiofts thcycx pc£l from you, and in the mean while they readily acc pt : theinvi lation of giving you what magnetical observations u will be in our power to afford you. As for my part, I am, with fentimentsof esteem, and refpeft, Sir, your moll obedient, humble feivant, JOsEPH CORREA DE SF.RR A, Secretary to the Royal Academy of Scieaccs at Lisbon. To Mr. John Chutchman. To the Friends ot Liberty and Religion in the C.ty oi Phi l adelphi a. The Address of the Reprefentativa of the African Church offaid City Respectfully Sheweth, Til AT a number ot Afnrans, and the defendants of A r ncans, 'belonging lothe city of Philadelphia, have aflociated for the purpose ol eftablifliing religious worship and difeiplineamong their brethren : thereby hoping to produce more order and happiness among them, than could be introduced, while a majority ot them are ignorant and unknown to any religious lociety ; and while the few who worftiip God, arc the scattered and unconnefleii appendages of molt of the religious focieiieain the city —'1 hat men re more influenced in their morals by their equals, than by their Superiors, where they exceed a certain rank, and that they are more eaftly governed by pcrfons chosen by themselves tor that purpose, than by persons who are placed over them by acciden tal circnmftanccs. That the attraflioo and relanonlhip which are rftabiilhed among the Africans, and their defcendanis, by i lie I'aincnefs of colour, by a nearly equal and general deficiency of education, by total ignorance, or only humble attainments in religion, and by the line drawn by cuttom as well as natuie, be tween them and the white people, all evince the necellitv and propriety of their enjoying separate and exrlufive means and op portunities ot worflii pping God, of inftru&ing their youth, and of taking care of their poor. To enable them to carry these im portant obje&s into execution, they arc under the neceflity of ap plying to the friends of libert and religion, in the city of Phila delphia, for .ifliftanceto ercd a Church for the benefit of their focietv. They recoiled with heartfelt gratitude the many a&s «»f kindness they have received from the citizens of Philadelphia. By patronizing the prcfent undertaking, they will convert their numerous favors into fubflantial and durable blcflings, and per haps l>v this frcfli ast of charitv, they may lay a foundation for Similar churches, being established among the Africans, and their defendants, in other States, as well as tor the fame fucceG in ex tending the Goi'pel of Jesus Christ to their brethren in Africa, which thedefcendantk of Europeans in America have had in ex tending fieedom to the nations of Europe. Subscriptions foi the purpofc of building a Church arc received ly Absalom Jones, *1 William White, Mark Steven fen, | Representatives of the William Gardiner, \ African Chuich in Phila- William Wiltfliire, • dclphia. Doras Jennings, Henry Stewart, & ! William Gray, J AMb by Robert Ra/Jion. No. 127, south Third-Mrcet, who ba kindly undertaken the office of Treafurcr of the laid African fo ci icty. Au S ult 2 7' FROM THE BEE ItT thof; v.ho fcrl a pirdileflion for vcrfe, be informed, tliai _J among all the ttifling acquirements a young perlon can am at, mat or making ibitnt s, is one ot the eatiell and at tlic fame time the raott infignificanr. Young people, in general, think it a proo ~1 extraordinary genius, it they ran pot two or three lines toge- iliei, tii.-.t lhall IUI , in any incfurr, like vcrfu; and whenevei iHey cdii do ihi>, tK-v think. lo ii.acli oi it, as .tevrr to be latished. till they fee it in pmi'. In this refmtt, they judge moneouflv. Tne !a:utv of inrafiinn:; a lew I'y'iijMes, is a thin* that jnv pei ion, wiih a toierahiy juii e?i. c.in eellly aitain. lint a poetic ta lent, which coi.:".tU in a livciv an srdciu vigsur o! UiL:id,a e..'-i,K. :ij .ji j»ci a oi ii;alj.ii:ng ob iefls toeether, foastofnnn new and (Inking images is as rare a, the other is common ; but it is this last alone, which forms thi poet Would our youthful rhimers attend to this diftinftio it would check their vaniiv in fame degree,and make them hef.tate, before Jhey became candidates lor the title of poets merely be au f c they had made a few linooth and uumterelting lines. A PICTURE OF GOVERNMENT, A LA MODER.NE, DRAWN BY AN OLD MASTER IN the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things; for no kind of traffic Woujd I admit, no name of magistrate; Letters Ihouid not be known; poverty and riches. And use of service, none; contrafls, fucceffinn, Bourn, bond of land, tilth, vineyard, olive, none; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil; No occupation, all men idle, all, And women too, but innocent and pure ; No foverrigniy : All things in common, nature (hould produce Without sweat or endeavour; treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine, Would I not have; but nature (hould bring forth Of its own kind, all foifon, all abundance, To feed my innocent people. I would with t'uch perfection govern, Sir, To excel the golden age. TO NIGHT A SONNET. lI.OVE thee, mournful fober-fnited night, When rhe fair inoon, yet ling'iing in her wane, And veil'd in clouds, with pale uncertain light Hangs o'er the waters of the reftlcfs main. In deeo depreflion funk, the enfeebl'd mind ■\Vi!l to the deaf, cold elements complain, And trll th* embofom'd grief, however vain, To fiillen forges and the viewlets wind. Though no repose on thy dark brcaft I find, 1 {till enjoy thee, cheerier ts thou ar ; For in thy quiet gloom, th' exhausted heart Is calm, though wretched; hopeless, yet resigned, While to the wind and waves its sorrows given, May reach, though loft on earth, the ear of heaven ! PARIS, June 30, WHILE tlie Aflembly receive on one liand the congratulatory addrefl'es of various municipalities, diftritfts, departments, and clubs, in different parts of the kingdom, on the other hand, every day brings accounts of officers who quit ilic regiments, and are retiring into foreign countries, rather than take the oaths lately pre fer i bed by the Aflembly. Some of them have been anefted, but a confulerable number have cicaped. What will be the final event of all these trou bles it is yet too early to foretell. Ihe republi can party now declare their fentimcnts as pub licly, and with as little rellraint, as they would on any Aibjec r tof the greatest indifference. The History of ( harles I. is in every body's mouth, and the club called " The Brotherly Society," who are a kind of agents to the Jacobins, have formed a petition to the National Aflembly, (and by a public advertisement requested thefignature I of every citizen) the objeisl of which is, without any disguise, to demand the abolifhinent of mo narchy,"" and the eftabliihment of a republican government. They speak of their niajellies un der the title of late king and lati queen. By the bve, the word rtint (queen) is effaced from the French language ; the terin king's wife is substi tuted in its place, It is remarkable, that though so much is now depending upon the conduct of the Aflembly with vefpetft to the king, no decree or motion relating diredly to him, took place during the whole fitting of Tr.efday last. His niajefty is not at prcfent in the exercise of any public function. Apartments for the King had been made rea dy by the order of M. de Bouille, in the Abbey of Orval. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, June 29 M. tie Noailles, after having dwelt upon that grievance in the antient form of govern ment, which compelled brave soldiers to leave the country from its refilling to give them rank if thev were not of noble birth, proposed a de cree, the object of which was to invite all French officers dispersed in foreign nations to return to iheir Country, in order to be promoted to ntili tary rank, according to their talents and pat riorifin. The consideration of this decree, the Aftenibly referred to their Military Committee. M. de Noailles then proposed a decree to lecnre upon the civil lift a pension to the officers, sub altern officers and guards oi the company body guards fupprefled two days (ince. This decree ;ilfa the Aflenibly ordered to be printed, and ad journed. 149 Sh akespear Jctli'a [Whole No. 246.] M. Dnport then made a report in the name of the comniitiees of the conrtitution and revision, on tlie labours of the National Afi'embly.—ln a long speech he enumerated what had aheady been completed by the Legislative Body, and what yet remained to be done. He mentioned the approaching termination of the prefent'Legifla ture, and the neceility which thence arose, that the constitution should be fantftioned by the peo- ple. And in the conclusion, he proposed that there should be appointed at Paris, 011 the 4th of August, a Federation General, coinpofed of the National Guards, and the Mayors of the Muni-i cipaliries. . M. Rewbell was of opinion that this idea had been drawn up in a paper dirtxibuted this morn ing by M. Bacon, Elector of 1789. in which, af ter having invited Ik is fellow-citizens to gi v e up all views of republicanif'm, and to restore the pilot to the helm, he remarked, that Paris would lose twenty-five millions, if we had no longer a Kin<>, and that this capital subsisted only by the tribute of the Provinces. M. Buzot took this occasion to demand that tliey fhonld withdraw the decree, which suspends Electoral Afl'emblies, which he regarded as calcu lated to retard their labours. He added, that it was iinpoflible that, during the harvell, the De partments (hould fend to Paris their men and their money, and that every one ought to be allowed to take their oath to the Constitution into partial confederation. ' M. D'Andre opposed the reserving of the De cree which suspends Electoral Diets. Endeavors, he undcrftood had been carefully set to work to induce these Aflemblies to form another consti tuting body. Of consequence, it would be dan gerous to alTemble the Electors in the present moment of agitation. What would be the con sequence of the King's flight could not yet be known ; we were still ignorant of the prepara- tions against us ; perhaps war is at our gates ; and the only meaira of fafety are a general unan imity of fentitiient. M. D'Andre then demanded the adjournment of the plan of confederation, in which M. Duport readily concurred. M. Camus demanded, that it should be dif pofedofby the previous question. It has re course, said he, to adventitious aid, while in circumflances the moll critical we have poficfled t'ne national confidence. I may affirm, that we have merited the admiration of all Europe. The proposed confederation would be attended with much expence and bultle ; if the Aflembly £& with wisdom and firmnefs, it is always secure of the ratification of the nation. M. pefuieuuiers endeavored to prove, that this federation was neceflary, in order to accele rate their labours, and pbtain a still higher (hare of public favor. M. feythioti observed, that the nieafure pro posed was puerile and dangerous. If a Federa tion is requefleil to deliberate on the Conftiruiion, it is a ciicumllatice of degradation ; it is not ainidft the noise of arms that a free people deli berates ; and a i'mall number of municipal offi cers cannot pronounce upon the fundamental laws of the kingdom. This constitution has been rarified, it is in the hearts of the people. The Nation will perceive without concern, that the new Legislature cannot be the Body, for if they reversed all the two years of the Constitution, our government would become the molt detettable of all—ic would then be in reality an anarchy, all would iflceflantly be trou ble and confufion. After fon.e formalities, it was decreed, that there was no room to deliberate on the plan of Federation, as at present there would be no room to deliberate on the abrogation of the De cree which suspends the Ele<ftoral Afiemblies. LONDON, June 24. The charities of the late cotmtefs dowager of Huntingdon were so unbounded, that, though paffefled of a ve-y large fortune, and her doinef lic expences never exceed 6001. a year, flie was always in arrears one quarter of her annual in- come Tlie late coantefs of Huntingdon, in the win ter of 1787, received a cover directed to her, in clofinc;two mafqucrade tickets. She paid no re gard 10 the inluk, but giving them to one of her Diacor.s, bid hitn fend c hem to I'orae Coffee-Houfe at the well end of the town, and get what mo ney lie could for them, and give it to any de v r V ft
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