VIENNA, March 7
FUNERAL OF LEOPOLD THE SECOND
ON Friday the 3d inft. the body was opened in
the ptefence of the Imperial pbyficians and
embalmed. The heart was pat into a diver urn,
and the entrails into a brass kettle.
On Sunday at half an hour after two, the A a
lie Parson consecrated the body, and it was car
lied to the Aulic church, preceded by some Au
guftin and Capuchin Friars.
The valet de chambre of the deceased carried
the kettle with the entrails, and another the
goblet with the heart, both covered with black
taffety.
The body was in an open coffin, dreft in a black
robe laced, the head was covered with a hat a
dorned with blue imperial feathers, and the body
decorated with all the orders of knighthood.
When it arrived at the Aulic church, which was
hung overall in black, with imperial elcutcheons,
the body was again consecrated, and placed on the
Lit de parade in the middle of the church, having
on each fide velvet culhions with the imperial ■
crown, sceptre and orb, called the Apple of the em
pire. Mafles were read till noon, at which the
foreign minillers, privy counsellors, and the no
bility of both sexes attended.
The public, who had liberty to pass through
to fee the body, were told by an exempt on pa(-
sing, " Das is der Kcizer"—th*t is the Emperor.
On Monday, at one o'clock in the afternoon,
the heart, after being consecrated again, was
taken up by the two eldetl valets de chambre,
two other eledl chamberlains, and a detachment
of eight German and Hungarian life guards, and
removed to the Auguftin church, received by the
priors and the monks of the monastery, and
placed in the vaults. ...
Immediately after the entrails being conse
crated anew, with the fame attendance as the
heart, were removed by the Bishop, the Chapter
and the Clergy, carried down to the vaults, and
deposited with the usual forms and prayers.
On the 6th, at fix in the afternoon, the fune
ral procession went out of the church, and after
having crofled the hospital, proceeded to the Ca
puchin church.
At seven o'clock the body was taken off the
bier by the valets de chambre ; the coffin was
then (hut, and the beneditfion performed by the
court chaplain, assisted by the matter of ceremo
nies, and the other chaplains, in presence of the
pages, carrying lighted torches, and attended by
the life-guards, lord chamberlain, mailer of the
horse, and three captains of the guards—it was
put into a mourning coach, glazed all round, and
drawn by fix horses. The procession then crofled
Jofephus square to the Capuchin church.
The Capuchin church was prepared for the
funeral, as follows : _
In the middle the bier was raised fix feet high,
■with a black velvet canopy over it, tringed with
gold, and adorned with the Imperial eagle at
each corner.
Round the coffin was placed the rega.ia betore
mentioned, with thd field marshall s llaff, hat,
sword and scars. On the eight steps of the bier
there were three hundred and seventy-two silver
candlesticks, and at the corner silver pyramids,
with seventy-two wax tapers each.
The whole church was hung in black, with
eighty candelabres divided by coats of arms, and
forty-five lustres.
The high altar was covered with a rich em
broidered cloth, having the Imperial coat of arms
trimmed round with mourning, and one thou
sand seven hundred lights round it.
The mourning commenced the sixth, and is or
dered to be continued fix months.
PARIS, March 17
The Auflrian party is completely vanquiflied
for this time, and the only ministers remaining
in office, who are not either difmifled, or who
have not given in their resignation, are M. Du
port de Tertre, and M. Tarbe, and there was
even a rumor that M.Duport has also given in his
resignation. It remains to be seen what will be
the iffiie of this c'ontelt between the Court and
the Aflembly.
M. Deleflart has set out, under a guard of the
Gens d'Armerie, to Orleans, to take his trial be
fore the high court appointed for the trial of Hate
prisoners.
M. de Taleyrand and Perigord, arrived at Pa
ris on Saturday last.
The King has given the red ribband to M. de
la Fayette, M. Maillardot, and d'Erneft.
In the fitting of the National Aflembly on Fri
day last, a letter was read, which states that
Avignon and Aries are in a state of revolt, ad
vanced guards being ported round the latter
place, the walls of which aricompleatly furnifh
ed with cannon ; two thobfand patriots have
been obliged to leave Avignon; the paflage of
Durance was <hut against a battalion of the Na
tional Guards marching to the frontiers ; the
white flag was hoilted, and the patriots were
threatened with a maflacre.
The National Guards of Montpelier,Marfeilles,
Nimes and Orange, were however upon tlie point
of marching when this letter left the Department
du Guard, and the rebellious citizens of Avignon
and Aries were shortly expected to be quelled.
The regiment of Latnark, and a detachment of
the former place, are as much fufpetft
cd of anti-constitutional principles.
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
THE new import law, which has lately patted, was strenu
ously oppoled. Some of the objections were not without
force. It was said, enough is already drawn from impost. It
was replied, this is true of many imported articles, but many
others will bear more ; and it will be ufefnl to our landed and
manufacturing intereits to raise the rate of duties on the latter.
The additional duties ad valorem will ceale with the Indian
war. The urgent necellity ot the public requires the further
revenue, yet it were to be wished that the revenue laws might
have remained fixed, as every change is embarrafling to trade.
Besides, low duties fall on the profits of trade, but increasing
the rate, overcomes old habits of buying and felling, and
throws the duty on the consume it should be. Ihe
merchants will therefore pay only as consumers, and the cre
dits given for the duties, will not deprive them of their trad
ing capital, by paying the duties before they have received them
of the corifumer.
The obj eft ions above noticed, answers to which are just
hinted, are refpeCtable. It is prejumed, however, that with
the candid and discerning, they will yield to a lenfe of the ur
gency of* the occasion, as well as to the other considerations
which have been noticed. # #
But other arguments were urged against the impost, which
belong to the unanswerable class. It was said, without laugh
ing, the additional duties are intended for the Indian war
and you ought to confine your views to the obtaining money
for that end only—vet, behold, you afford advantage to the
farmers, by encouraging the production of flax, hemp, cotton,
and various other things. The manufacturers also receive
protection and encouragement —and to make all these the more
effectual, you make the law on all the articles except those
charged at 7g per cent, ad valorem, permanent—that is, a j
standing law, to be repealed when you no longer like What
an outrage against republican liberty 1 and on this topic a few
hundred dozen high flourifhes were made. The public has had
opportunity by reading the newfapers, to admire the good fenle
and moderation of this part of the debate. The cod-fifhery
too was accused of picking the pockets of the people a second
time—because the law for encouraging that fifhery allows the
money which is paid into the treasury for the fait used in cur
ing the fi(h that is sent out of the country, to be paid back to
the owners of the fifhing veflels, in the form of a bounty on
the tonnage of the veflels. All other articles, on being ex
ported, are allowed to drawback the duties they have paid;
the law making a like allowance to the filliing veflels was called
partial and urtjuft—that was the firft picking of pockets by
the filhery—and as the late law raises the duty on fait, the
principle of the fifhery law required that a further allowance,
in nature of a drawback, lhould be made, in order that the
owners of the filliing veflels might stand on the fame footing
with other citizens exporting dutied articles. Accordingly the
new impost law allows a further sum to those veflels, equal to
the increase of the fait duty. By the Constitution, every ar
ticle is to be exported duty free—(alt fifh may now be export
ed duty free—and this was not only called a partial favor, but
it was strenuously insisted to be a violation of the Constitution.
Another odious design of the new impost law, is to form a
finking fund—lb that the surplus revenue lhall be applied to
buying up the public debt. This called forth no small powers
of eloquence. The debt is hateful—the means of paying it off
are hateful— is improper, in this way and in that
way. There is no manner of doubt that there is the most per
fect consistency of design in those who fay the debt is great, is
increasing, and to be diminished, and yet oppose the rais
ing and applying a revenue to finking it as fact as possible!
The public will be edified, no doubt, by the arguments
against the impost law. It was said, all ¥ou want is money for
the Indian war—and behold, you have rambled over the whole
field of politics to pick up other objeCts of legislation. You
encourage the farmer, the manufacturer, and the fifhery, and
you provide means for diminifliing the public debt. This was
called entangling the bill with foreign matter, and undertak
ing to do half a dozen things at once. Besides all which, the
objeCt of the Indian war is temporary, and your aCt is a stand
ing law.
The force of this censure seems to lie here—you should make
an aCt for one or two years. Then the merchants would have
the plague and vexation of the law, and would find it impossi
ble to make their arrangements on such ground. The far
mers would not produce, nor the manufacturers work up the
raw materials of the country, because an aCt for a year or two,
which would expire with the Indian war, would afford no en
couragement to engage in any new production or branch of
bufinels. A law which would take every man's money, and
yet would proteCt no man's industry as a farmer or manufac
turer, would have no friends or advocates. And all good
citizens being found to hate revenue laws, there is no manner
of doubt that a law on the footing which was contended for,
would be fufliciently detested.
Philadelphia, May 23.
Accounts have been received at the War-Office from Major
Hamtramck, commanding officer of Post Vincennes, on the
river Wabaih, dated 30th March, stating that he had made a
pacific agreement with the Wea and Eel River Indians—and
it was expected that the Pyankefhas would become parties
thereto, These tribes, with their subdivisions of villages,
contain a conliderable part of the Wabaih Indians, who have
hitherto been hostile.
The Revenue Cutter, Capt. Montgomery,' having received
diredtions to assist in piloting veflels in the River, &c. has been
thus employed the week past.—On Saturday evening last she
met with an accident, a Ihip running foul of the cutter while
ihe lay at anchor, carried away her main-mast; but we hear
the injury has since been repaired.
The face of nature has now a inoft pleasing afpefl:, grass
and winter grain appear to load the earth, and there is a fine
profpe A of a redundancy of various species of fruit.
Accounts from Sweden mention the deftrufiion of q/ie
fourth part of the city of Gottenburg by fire, on or abobt the
firft of March. The computed loss is said to be immense.
On the 3d inft. 34 Students, all ps one class, received the
degree of Bachelor of Arts—and ten, the degree of Mailer of
Arts in Dickinfon College at Carlisle.
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The tm of Boston, at a late town meeting, voted to give
2">ol. per ann. to each of their public Schoolmaltei s«—' -uftere aie
(even of them, and an Uflier to each school; their laiary haif
the above sum, viz. iool. each.
The Hon. Gio. Leonard is chosen Representative in Con
gress for the district of Bristol, &c. Maiiachufetts.
On the PalTaic, or fonie of the stream; that empty therein,
is unanimously determined on by the directors as the perma
nent feat of the manufactures to be prosecuted under the
aufpiccs of the society lately incorporated by the ot
New-Jersey.
One of the veiTels employed in traniporting the free blacks
from Nova-Scotia to Sierra Leona, commanded by Captain
Nicols, has returned from Africa, and arrived at this port af
ter 8 weeks passage. The whole fleet of 13 fail arrived fafe at
the place of deftination—tho' numbers ol the blacks died on
the pallage.
Tiieir landing was at firft opposed by the natives but they
were on peaceable terms when Captain Nicols left them. Ihe
country appears fertile, and on the whole the settlement bore
a promising afpeft, and the enterprize bid fair to answer the
views of the benevolent projectors. No velfel trom England
had arrived. Capt. Nicols has a paper from the Agent, teffci
fying his humanity and attention to the blacks during the
voyage.
One county in the Diftridt of Maine, consisting of 16 towns,
has decided the question of separation from MafTachufetts
v three in favor, and thirteen against it.
William Euftis, John C. Jones, C. Jarvis, J- Mason, F.
Dawes, B. Austin, jun. S. Breck and\V. Tudor, Efqrs. were
ele<sted Representatives for the town of Boften the Bth infl.
ExtraEl of a letter from a gentleman cf the JirJl information at Lijbon,
to his correspondent tn this city, dated, March 18.
After certain intelligence had been received at Gibraltar
that Mnley Yazid had defeated his brother's army on the 12th
of last month, about the end of the fame month the unexpect
ed news arrived there of his having died on the 16 th, in con
sequence of his wounds *. as likewise the death of his anta.;on
ift, Muley Ifliem, who is reported by some to have been killed
in the battle ; and by others, to have died also ol the wounds
he received in battle'. What is aflerted to be less doubtful is,
that Muley Iflama has actually been proclaimed emperor at
Tangier. He is also alferted to be a much more unexcep
tionable character than the two brothers who have fallen, and
more likely to cultivate peace, upon reasonable terms, with
all nations. —The fame letter mentions the 22d instant as the
day agreed upon for the delivering upon of Oran to the regen
cy of Algiers."
ExtraSl of another letter from the fame gentleman* dated Lijbon,
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March 25.
u The ameliorations in the queen's health are great. Doc
tor Willis found that the physicians had treated her cafe in a
very improper manner. It seems probable, that, it the fame
treatment had been continued a little longer, she must have
died. At present Dr. Willis entertains hopes of her total re
covery. Yesterday fiie was much better than Ihe has been at
any other time since his arrival, and entirely in her right
mind—lamjuft informed that the Emperor of Germany is
dead. This news was brought by a courier from Madrid to
the Spanifli charge des affaires here."
Extrafl of a. letter from Princeton, dated May 18.
i 6 We have not had the Gazette since last Wednesday week—
please to let us know the cause why they are not Tent as
usual."
The Editor allures his Subscribers in Princeton, that
the papers have been pun<stually Tent to the Poft-Office Mon
day and Wednesday mornings, and the Post-Master has in
formed him that they have been sent on.
FROM CORRESPONDENTS.
Many true friends of liberty spin an over-fine thread of rea
soning, rather beyond the strength of the ftuflf. They Ihew
how trade produces wealth—and wealth, luxury—and this
again, corruption—and corruption destroys liberty. In this
way we may conjure up ten thousand apparitions ! -Some
astronomers in Europe, of the last century, lived very misera
ble lives, because they found by calculation that within two
million two hundred thousand years, a comet would run bounce
against our earth, and either singe or crack it to its total ruin;
so that it would be no longer a world fit to live in. 1 hose
that fear this ruin of liberty, fliould establish public free
fchools, and support good laws, which will produce good mo
rals, and these will preserve the public liberty and virtue, as
long as human means can have any efficacy on human affairs.
The yeomanry of the country are often addrelTed on the
fubje<st of the many wrongs they fuffer from the national go
vernment. One of the complaints which is made for them is,
that the duty on the tonnage of foreign vefTels is an injury to
the landed interest. Half a dollar a ton on a vessel is alledged
to be a grievous imposition, and discouraging to the free iale
of our produce. Supposing this duty to be lome discourage
ment to purchaiers coming from foreign parts to carry off our
produce in their own veflfels, it operates in an equal degree to
encourage the employment of our own Hiips to go in search of
a market. The power at any time to seek the market, and
to chufe the best of several, affords better encouragement to
the sale of the articles of our farms, than they would meet
with if w« were obliged to depend solely or principally on fo
reigners.
Be fides, the increase of ships and seamen is elTential to the
landed interest in cafe of a war, as the protection of our staple
articles by sea could be no otherwise depended on.
On the whole, the landed men will have no cause to com
plain. It is also very agreeable, to a liberal mind, to observe
that the interests of the northern and southern dates, in this
particular, perfe&ly accord, and are reciprocal.
ARRIVALS AT the PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
Ship Mary,
Brig Levan,
Hope,
John,
Catharine,
Snow Mars,
Schooner Isabella,
Sloop Liberty,
Sally,
PRICE OF STOCKS.
6 per Cents, ... 22f
3 per Cents, -
Deferred, - 1 3j2
Indents, - - - 12 J3
Final Settlements, - - 18/6
Half (hares Bank. U. S. 50 per cent, premium,
Shares Bank North-America, 1,5 ditto.
SHIP NEWS.
Morton, Tc-ncriffe,
Richardson, Jamaica,
Stockley, Cadiz,
Christie, Curracoa,
Nieds, Sierra Leone,
Langtord, Oporto,
Luce, Boston,
Montayne, St. Kitts,
Drifco, Portfrnouth, N. H.