BERLIN, Odlober 4 On Saturday lali the marriage of her Royal Highness Princess Wilheluiina of Pruflia with his Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of O range, was solemnized with the fame flateas that of His Royal Highness the Duke of York with the Princess Frederica of Prnifia. The Duke of York, with his consort the Prin cess Frederica,is making preparations for his de parture on the Bth current, for England, and will take Brunfwick and Hanover in his way. M. de Mouftier, the Minilter of France at Ber lin, arrived at Paris on the evening of the 15th ult. He does not appear solicitous to succeed JVI. de Montmorin ; it is, however, thought that he will be peifuaded to accept the department for Foreign Affairs. L O N D O N, Ocftober if?. Baron I'renck is again at liberty ; but he lias been obliged to sign a new promise to live quiet ly, to behave loyally, and not to travel without aligning a reason, nor without having obtained permiflion for tliat purpose. The East-India company are going to build three more (tacks of warehouses. Advices from the Continent mention, that a General Congress is proposed to be holden at ■Aix-la-Chapelle, to discuss the present situation of France. M. de Verac,formerly Ambassador from France at Soleure, has resigned his office. The King has Jiot yet appointed any person to succeed him. We are likewise allured, thar M. de Tallyrand, Ambaflador from France at Naples, has alio re signed. if Louis tlie Sixteenth Ihould nor now make the bell of Kings, the fault mnft be his ewn, as the ailcipline he has experienced in his person and family, with the thorough reformation in Church and State, mufthave, in a great measure, effaced those prejudices with which every royal mind is but too well furnilhed, till inflru<fted by the precepts of the law, and the firmnefs of the people. 1 he methods of governing a spirited, po pulous, and extensive empire, are so plainly laid out, that it is next to impoflible that either the King or his Ministers can iniftake the road. There are also fpirittial advantages secured to Monarch ; for by being deprived of his own will in all public atfts, he mult necedarily avoid those crimes which a deviation from the rules ofknown juflice are perpetually accumulating on the ex ercile oi" arbitrary power. The maxim, " that the King can do no wrong," is a reality in France He whose wings are clipped cannot fly over the constitution. October 25. 1 he States General have ordered their ambas sador to congratulate the French King on his ac ceptance of the conllitution. a he Count d'Artois and the other jlluftriout French refugees, are amply provided for by cer tain foreign powers : even from Paris, funis of money are said to be remitted to them. 111 the new legislature of France the business is to be tranfatSed, as in the last, by committees. 1 his was determined on Sunday last. It is a curious fa<fi related by travellers, that the plague is seldom equally deftruiftive to the various nations who relide in the city of Constan tinople. Of the Turks, Jew's, Armenians and Greeks, who form the principal inhabitants, the carnage is chiefly confined to the firft description of people, while few in comparison, of the others, fall vi<itims to its fury. It may appear extraordinary, that the burial ground around Constantinople extends now in every direction 14 miles. So great for some years ! have been the ravages committed on the human ipecies. Al. Baiily finding his health afFecled, and per ceiving that he can no longer dedicate his time to the lciences, has exprcfltd a wish to resign his fitnation as Mayor of Paris ; but at the pressing and reiterated inllances of the municipality, he has been prevailed upon to withdraw his resigna tion for the prefertt ; he has, however, stipulated that he shall retire in November. PORTSMOUTH, (N.H.) M0v.23. Subfcripiions arc now feandingabout this town for eretfting a theatre, and entertaining the inhabitants with theatric exhibitions during the winter season. We hear the subscription fills fact. W ORCESTER, December 8. We hear from Rockingham, in the slate of Vermont, that Colon*! Enoch Hale of that town who planned and executed the building pfa bndgeover Connecticut River, at Bellows's falls has planned and began the work of cutting a ca- Hai for die purpose of building mills, and for the building of locks, to carry boats, by said Falls which would lave much expeuce to those persons that can y loading up and down said river. If this work should prove fuccefsfiil, it i s ro be wifti ed that lome enterptifing person might under take, and carry into effeift, the buildino- of l oc ks at the other falls below. - « whs ■ _ Mr. Madison observed, that the idea of dimi nishing the fractional parts appears to be the only reaion For the alteration proposed by the Senate. The aggregate of these fractions only has been taken into consideration ; bur, said he, if the fractions of any particular states will be aug mented by the amendment, which would be the cafe, he conceived that the argument amounted to no good rcafon for agreeing to it—and this he said, would evidently be the fact. Mr. Williamfon was opposed to a concurrence he observed, in general, that the operation of the amendment was to diminifli the fractions to the Eaflward, and encreafe those to the Southward The southern Hates, he said, had fuffered so m uch under the harrow of speculation, that he hoped liomeafures would be adopted to leflen the means of informations to the people of those states, by denying them that proportion in the reprefenta- T n r° wll ' ch the y aie entitled—He regretted that some of the southern states were not fully represented at this time in the Senate—he tho't it probable that a different decision in that cafe would have taken place. Mr. White observed that the amendment would operate generally against the larger states. Mr. Sedgwick differed from those opposed to t e amendment ; in his statements refpecfting the fractional parts to be produced by ;,,ooo—he saul they were fewer on the whole than would result from any other number between 30 and 40 thousand, and those numbers both included • and this saul he, figures would demonstrate. Hence he deduced a greater degree of equalitv, and re - lanvejuftxce between the several parts of the i Union. I-Ie d.lclanned all local motives, and ■uggefted the propriety of gentlemen forbearing ° f ■■ <«"'r Mr. Boudinot defended the amendment, and oblerved that the Senate were in the legal exei- CONGRESS. PHILADELPHIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MONDAY, December 12, 1791. Debate on the amendments proposed by the Senate to the Reprsfentation Bill. ' I "*HE firft amendment was to encreafe the ratio to 33 thousand—which being read, Mr. Gerry observed that the bill had paflcd both the committee of the whole, and the house, by a large majority. The principle, as he was informed, on which Ine amendment had taken place in the Senate, was to reduce the fractions which would result from the ratio proposed by the house—but he said this difficulty had been fully considered in the house. The representa tion. every body knows, is now unequal—and it must be submitted to for two years longer—and now it is proposed, at that period, to deprive the people of that representation to which they are entitled by the Constitution ! He thought that it was extraordinarj'that after the ratio prbpofed in the bill had been agreed to by the house, by so large a majority, a proposi tion to alter it Should Save been agitated and carried in the Senate. Till some better reason than he had heard assigned should be offered, he should be agahift concurring with the Senate he moved therefore that the house disagree to the amendment Qf the Senate. The motion was seconded by Mr. White. Mr. Livermore was In favor of agreeing to the amendment—he enlarged on the inequality in the representation the great fractional num bers which would from, the ratio of 30,000. He was fully of opinion that the public business could be full as well transacted' by ioj members, the number which Wotiltl be produced by a ratig of 33,000, as by 112 o-r-113, the number arifini*' ; from the ratio of 30,000. Mr. Benfon said there was one idea which, if [ it had been considered in time, might have been adopted, and would perhaps have given very ge neral fatisfa<stion, and that is, that the represent atives of the United States shall amount to a cer tain number, accordingto the whole number of the people, fay one to 50,000 —this would have given a surplus number which might have been assigned to those states that have the largest fractional numbers. He had formerly, he said, voted for 30,000, but as the principle of equality was more particularly attended to in the amendment, he Ihould now vote for the ratio proposed by the Senate. He observed, some states are ftationai y, the encreafed representation of the larger states, when once eftablilhed, never will be receded from—this ought to be taken into serious confe deration. 270 cife of their office whetn'.iey p ;l ,Ted it a, 1• • mod undoubtedly a right Po to do ' " ad He read several calculations to shew thar i-t aggregate of the fractions would be' reduced un! w.uds of 90 thousand, by a ratio of 33 tiiouf.,,,,*» and that the fractions in every ltat e ; except one' would be dimimfhed also by it-He advened t ' the circumstance of the southern states deriving Po great an advantage from the reprePeutativef they are entitled to by reason of their po(/ effi J flavesi ; and though he would not do any t hi n £ which would interfere with the Constitution j that point, he Paid every dictate of jnftke and J equality was oppoPed to giving an unneceflary and undue advantage to the southern Hates this matter. " Mr. h'indley Paid he had expetfted tobearf ome thing new 011 the fubjec't, to induce an ulte,-. tion in the opinion of the house, but had heird nothing. Fractions, said he, were fully consi dered before, both 111 the house and in the com mittee. This he considered as one of the lctltr matters pertaining! to the fubjert. He Paid the bed; way would have been to have Pettled the ra tio without knowing the numbers of the peo-ilt m the several ftates—tho that could not be done as the numbers are known, yet he said he had made it the rule of his conduct in voting The principle being eftabiiihed, there will be no room tor combinations, nor any ground for complaints and reproaches refpecfting either southern or nor thern mterefls. He was for adheringto the prin ciple as that contemplated in the Constitution— and this he conceived the house had done- and he hoped they would nor depart from it; and as to fractions, in competition with that principle' he considered them of very little confequer.ee J He c.id not deny but a smaller number of repre sentatives would be competent to doing the pub lic business ; but diPpatch of public business, and a republican representation of the people, he con ceived were diftinei things—he therefore should have been in favor of a laiger representation. . He controverted the right of the Senate to de cide for the house in regard to this question—it was not, he said, a question of right and 'privi lege—it appertains principally to the representa tive bod}'. then considered the quertion as it refpedted the Senate—and he thought that a large repre sentation was neceflary as a barrier to the influ ence of that body—nor do I, said he,'think this as an unreasonable jealousy, when the constitu tion ot human nature is considered. Theconfti tution ot the United States is express on the.fub-' ject, and now is the time when the people ought to enjoy the ad vantages of the representation of 1 one to thirty thoofand. Another consideration to induce a large repre sentation, he deduced from the accumulation of' money capitals in the United States, which, said lie, have been encreafed beyond all parallel the, influence of these capitals will find its way into, thtf house. He hoped no alteration would be made in the determination of the majority 0/ the members. 4 W 1 ". Goodhue said, the difference between the result of the two ratios was so small, that he did not couceive it would constitute a Sufficient rea son for disagreeing to the amendment ; he stat ed that the difference between the Southern and Nothern states, 011 the ratio of 30.000, was be yond all reason in favor of the Southern states ; whereas the difference on that of 33*000 was very small indeed, in favor of the Northern states— which evidently demonstrated that the principle of equality was involved in agreeing to the a mendment of the Senate. Mr. Hillhoufe stated various particulars to shew the inequality of the representation by 30,000, particularly as it refpetts the smaller ftates—H© said lie rejoiced that the Senate had given their opinion on the fubjeA, they had a right to do it they are the representatives of the people,and on this question are probably more impartial judges than this House. Mr. Gerry still supported his motion for a dis agreement—he stated a cafe to ftiew that in the oidinary course of population, a state atthenexc enumeration, which now contains 330,000, will then have a much larger fraction, by a ratio of 33000, than any now contemplated. _ He fuppofecl the Senate had a differentintereft 111 tins business from that of the House—The larg er states not being represented in the Senate,and the representation of those states which are fta- tionary, or nearly s O , being full—is the reafou of this proposed amendment. Mr. Ames observed, that he thought the on ly question was to consider whether the bill, as .ent from this House, was a proper one—for as to a fmnller oj- larger representation, he confi c.ered all debate 011 that precluded, as the only ciitierence was between ioj and 115. He then entered into a consideration of the bill as it refpetfts equality —he allerted that the bill Was nor only iniprop:'«- as unequal, but was alio uncou fticutional—l o shew the inequality of the bill, he observed tha: Virginia, with 6;o,ooo in habitants, would have as many members as fix of the smaller dates, whose s>gpvega,e numbers -%: V
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