It is the charadteriftic of the new system intro duced in Fiance, lo have a molt sovereign eon tempt for every nation in the world, an P aitl cularly (thouirti that is nothing new) for the in nlifli. in the latter opinion'they are ainp y en couraged by molt of the democratic pamphleteers of this country. , At Dole an infcripiion has been placed on Hie statue of the King—" Louis XVI. the Firlt and the Lait King of the French." The States of Bohemia are himmoned to meet at Prague on the 3d of September, three days be fore the coronation of the Emperor, as Kl "§- His Imperial Majelty is expected there 011 the 3l Mr° f p?o U wden ha. very liberally stepped for ward in behalf of his brethren the Roman Catho lics, to express the gratitude of that oc y late kindnefsof the Legislature ; and at the fame time has fliewn himfelf a zealous friend to good Government, by a learned and temperate, yet manly attack upon thole seditious principles and that levelling contagion which certain dilcon tented spirits are so actively labouring to propa gate in this country. Lette.s from Stockholm adv.fe, that Baron d'Armfeldt was lately conducted in a coach to the fortrefs of Melmoe, where he is intended to be kept for life. In one account of the National Commemorati on at Paris, on Thursday last, it is observed that Colonel Tarleton, in his American uniform rode in tlie triumphal car with M. de latayette M. de Montefquiou made the following extra ordinary declaration of his religious and pohti cal creed, in the National Aflembly of trance 011 the 1 3th inftanl. . <c At this critical moment, no fuperinnons at tendon is to be paid to the diftindtion of powers : the body constituent is ,the only providence 111 ■which the people can trust." The following is a very remarkable inltince of quick failing : The {hip Bridget, Capt. Piatt, made her paHTage from Africa to the iflautl or Do minica, in 21 days. In the lad fix days (he fail ed, by her log-book, 1,322 miles, which 011 an average is 220 miles a day. A new light-house 011 the long Slips, near the Land's End, is begun to be built, Under the di rection of Lieut. Smith, of the navy, who has the consent of the Trinity-house for that pnrpole. This light-house, when finiflied, it is thought, will be of much service, particularly to coatte.s palling from one channel to the oilier, through the dangerous rocks about the Land s End, which have proved fatal to many. The Manifefto of the Prince de Conde, againtt the French Revolution, was published on the 18th nit. at Worms, but no copies ot it had reached Paris when the latt accounts came aw y. Mrs. Gregory, daughter ot Mrs. Macaulay Gra ham,inherits 6001. per ann. by her mother's death. A corrclpondent delires us to lay, •'Seveial people have lately been cured ot the rhetimatifm by rubbing flour of mnltard, and wearing flannel oLver the place affected. A letter from Rome fays, that at an AfiembU, composed of the Cardinals, it was agreed by all except one, that Mr. Outre, the fii ft Gentleman to the French Ambailador, should retract the oath he had taken to the National Aflembly, or quit that place in 40 days, and that he had according ly chosen the former. The following is a literal trunflation of a French let ter, addrejfed by /V/'*. Thoi/uis Paine, to Abbe Sey es, and inserted on the nth of this month, in the Patriate Francoife. Parts, Bth July, 179*- " AT the moment of my departure for En gland, I read in the Moniteur of Tuesday lall, your letter, in which you give the challenge, 011 the fubjedt of government, and offer to defend what is called the monarchical opinion againit the republican system. I accept of your challenge with pleasure ; and 1 place such a confidence in the superiority of the republican system over that nullity of sys tem, called monarchy, that I engage not to exceed the extent of fifty pages, and to leave you the liberty of caking as much latitude as you may think proper. " The refpedt which I bear your moral and literary reputation, will be your security for my candor in the courfc of this difculiion ; but, not withltanding that 1 lhall treat tlie fubjetft seri ously and sincerely, let me premise, that I consi der myfelf at liberty to ridicule as they deserve, rnonnfchical absurdities, whensoever the occasion fliall present itfelf. " By repubiicanifin, I do not understand what the name ilgnifies ill Holland, and in lome parts of Italy. I understand simply a government by representation—a government founded upon the principles of the declaration of rights ; princi plas to which several parts of the French Consti tution arise in contradiction. The declaration of the rights of France and America are but one and the fame thing in principles, and ahnofl in expreflions ; and this is the republicanHm which I undertake to defend agaiaft what is called mo narchy and arijiocrac}-. « I fee with pleasure, that in refpetft to one noint we are already agreed ; and that u the «c ---of a Civil Lift *f thirty rnillloK. 1 can dilcover no reason why one of the parts of the government should he supported withftex travapanr a profuiion, whilst the other Icarcely receives what is fufticient for its common wants. - This dangerous and diflionorable d.fpropoi tion, at once ftpplie. the one with the means of corrupting, and throws the other into the pie is but little difference with regard to this point between the and the executive part ot onr government ; but, the fi.lt, is much better attended to than in France. t u_ " In whatsoever manner, bir, I may treat the fubjetft of which you have proposed the nivelti pration, I hope that you will not doubt my enter taining for you tbe highest eiteem. I must also add, that 1 ain nit the perftnal enemy of kings . Quite the contrary : No man more heartily wilhes than myfelf to <ee then, all in the happy and honourable state of private individuals ; but I am the avowed, open, and intrepid enemy ot what is called monarchy i and I am such by prin ciples which nothing can either alter or corrupt —by my attachment to humanity ; by the anxi ety which 1 feel within for the dignity and the honor of ihe human race ,by the disgust which I experience when I observe men directed by children ' overned by brutes ;by the horror which all -he evils that monarchy has spread o ver the eat , excite within my brealt; and by those sentiments which make me shudder at the calamities, the exactions, the wars, and the mal facres with which monarchy has cruflied man kind : In fliort, it is againlV all the hell ot mo narchy thai | have declared war. J (Signed) THOMAS PAINE. It appears, tliat under pretence of forming an encampment, Mommedy, where the King ot the French hoped to find an asylum against the per fections of his own been filled with an aftonifhiug number of tents. The people there had been, for some time he fore the escape of the King, baking bread day and ni<»ht. A large quantity of oxen had been bought. The town was, in (hort, full of ail kinds of pT-ovifions and warlike ammunition. Montmedy is situated 011 a mouutain, which commands the roads which lead to Mctz, to SuO nay, and to Sedan. It is exceedingly (trong, both by nature and art. In the reign of Louis XIV. it sustained during forty days with open trenches, a vigorous siege, at which the King was prelent, though the gar- rifon confiftecl of only 3 00 men. The town is bounded on the north by meadows, through which glides the River Chier. These meadows are of great extent, and are surround ed with hills which reach the Aultrian territories at about two leagues diltance. This would have been a charming situation for M. de Bonille's Camp. Here he would have trenched himfelf under she A/tillery of the for trefs; while he could have ealily maintained a correspondence with the Auftrians, and secured a fafe paflage to the French emigrants. MANNER OF THE ESCAPE OF MONSIEUR and MADAME. " Monsieur and Madame arrived at Mons in 27 hours from Pa ris accompanied only by the Count d* A •, and an English ser vant belonging 10 that Nobleman. It was through the ftratagein and afliftance of this man,that they effected their escape. He dis guised the Prince in a plain black suit of clothes, blackened his eyes with a oencil, and drefTed.him in one ©f those wigs used in England, which never require dressing ; in thort, he equipped him as an homespun English Gentlemen. Thus accoutred, and speak ing bad Fiench, interlarded with Englilh, making life of a forged palTport, which the ingenuity of the fame fellow had provided, Monsieur and his contort cleared the Frontiers of France, though not without some danger of being discovered from an unfortunate accident that happened to them from their carriage being over turned in the cross-roads in order to avoid palling through the town of Maubeuge. The Dukes Montmorency and Laval, with the Count de Bri enne and some other French Noblemen, were waiting at Mons for Monsieur's arrival. The latter after flaying there a few hours, proceeded by Namur to meet the King and Queen in the Province of Luxembourg. He arrived at marche en Famine, in the evening of the 23d, where he lodged at the house of a private gentleman who had been previoully informed of his coming. The Prince bein" still upon the borders of France,thought it prudent to keep | himfelf incog. He is now fafe at Namur. ANECDOTE OF M. DE BOUrilE This nobleman, whose late conduift in France | has surprised nlany, is poflefTed of every amiable qualification—brave as Csfar, he is as humane as he is brave—When Commandant-General of the French Weft India islands, during the late war, a fliip was cast away on one of them, which had on board several hundred Englfthmen—Thefe, in a deplorable situation, fu-pplicated the Marquis to receive them, and to be made prisoners of war. " No," returned the Geuera'l, " The King, my inalter, does not make war with the elements— had you been taken in battle, you (hould remain his prisoners; but your cafe il otherwise—l have ordered you cloathing and refrefhment —and have directed a ship to be got ready to transport you to the dominions of your King."—Which was done. 162 montmedy FRANCE. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. July 10. The following note from M. de Florida Blanca to the Spanilh Ambaflador at Paris, written in the name of his Catholic Majesty, was official ly comii'iniicatetl to the Aflembly. " THE retreat of his Molt Christian Majesty from Paris, his intentions, his complaints eoulj not originate from any ether cause than the hopes of freeing liimfelf and the royal family from the outrages of the people. " It may ealily be proved that the present As sembly, and the municipality had not the power to stop, or to puriifh them tor endeavouring to repair to a place of fecuriry, where the Monarch might form deliberations with the true and law ful" Reprefenratives of the Nation, acfting in full freedom. Of this privilege it is too evident that his Majesty has hitherto been deprived. " On these accounts, his Molt Catholic Majes ty, as the firm ally of France, as a near relative and friend of his Christian Majesty, and as pof. feffing a kingdom contiguous to his dominions, takes the deepest interest in the happiness and tranquility of the French Nation. He is so far from wishing to disturb them, that he conjures and exhorts the French to reflect on the insults which their Sovereign has experienced, and which were the causes of the steps which he found himfelf obliged to take. He warns them to refpeit the high dignity of his sacred person, and to maintain and defend the prerogatives of their Sovereign and the immunities of the Royal Family. " The French Nation may reft allured, that so long as they fulfil these duties (and his majeftjr hopes they will always fulfil them) they will find the King always ready to manlfeft towards them, the fame fentinients of friendlhip and re gard which he has ever (hewn them and which are much better suited with their situation than any other measures." The Aflembly was resolved to obfervethemoft profound silence, after the reading of this pa per ; and the only notice which they resolved to take of it was to order the military commit tee to take proper precautions that the frontiers may be in a (Vate of defence. At length M. de St. Etienne observed, that at the intention of the Spanish minister was that this paper should be communicated to the As. fembly, it was highly proper to return ananfwer, and that this answer should be given in a molt solemn manner, asfollows.—" That a* the French nation does not intend to meddle with the affairs of foreign powers,(o foreign powers have no buG nefs to meddle with the affairs of the French na- This opinion was highly applauded and adopted. July 20. Declarations of two hundred and ninety deputies on the decren which suspended the exercise of the royal authority, and which infringe the inviolability of the sacred person of the king- Observations at the fitting of the morning of the sth5 th ot J U T' M. de Foucault, one of our number, demanded to be he>rd " order to announce this declaration to the aflembly, an ope follows : " Gentlemen, . , " A great number of my colleagues, amounting to nearly three hundred in number, whole opin,on I have the honor to pamci pate, think, that in our present critical c.rcumftances, it ui »m bent upon them loudly to declare their principles, and I to> appoint me as their organ to you. In consequence, I 'avc present to you a declaration expreflive of our ■ en "™ e °'' , (ball be the rule of our conduct. It is dictated by our fide, m> the King, by our unalterable attachment to the P r ' n «P le! ° f ™ narchv, and 10 the true interell ol the people, fromj separable. I demand permiflion to read it and lay p Scarcely had M. de Foucault, after having P^™''J IOn ; began to speak, when the order of the day w " dc ™" de y jn number of voices. The president put this m " t,on ( j ecic< - c j ) the middle of the tumult which it had excited. . ~f h j. without M. de Foucault having been able to make h and soon after the fitting adjourned. DECLARATION. " Three months have scarcely elapsed since we, ep derfigned, made known to our constituents our pro ' <j of decree, which attacked the sacred principles o i the King's person. The zeal with which many- of»dk on the 21ft of March, the conv.ftion which we ente it was impoflVole to violate with impunity this princ _ tial to all monarchy, and too well juftifieo y ine c w hich w e sing under our eyes, and by the afflicting fpeftacle have the misfortune to be witness. l v au _ « The king and royal family conducedl as thority of the decrees of the national a n" 1 commands guarded in his palace by soldiers, not u j c thr kins has no the royal family entrusted to a guard, over wo rc f ump tive authority ; the right of d.reftmg the education o P ndfat her heir of the throne taken from him, who, o. » .ij^nontodi had the most undoubted right, and the ,on 5 c * declared reft it ; in fine, the monarch, whose inviolabili ty Merci f e even bv the constitution, suspended by a c^ ree , v Kich wc» of his authority ; such is the afflicting P c ac . : ouS and 100 good Frenchmen, lament, and such are t"e °? [ >c red and fatal consequences of the firft violation offered to thi. fundamental principle. , n moelled to Te ' c „ f " And we ought to declare it, since we J ani against to the decree iifclf against which we hax c P s which *» which we still protest, there is none of thofc m not befoie prefenbed by the constitution, in t they are taken. The sacred person ot '" e k "» wb , chi co ntrarV violable, one only cafe was provided > f u ppofcd l 1 "1 all the principles effrntial to the monarclly QCCU rred; that inviolability might ceafc. This ca c own ca «. neverthelefj, the king is dragged as a crim def ol l e d o his tal, and made a pnfoner in his ™ D fr f n '°d !he inviolability of* 1 prerogative. 7 hus, after having i £ dellroy it* king by decrees, they annul them in order to deltroy
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers