Inch a law as is now fuppoftd necefTary. If the refinance be finall (said a member from North- Carolina) the magiitrates will be competent to the business—is great, it would not be prudent to attempt to cruih it. It is not to make Jaws merely because the constitution au thorizes a dangeroir. power. Mr. Murray laid he was opposed to the last notion, a» well as to that from the gentleman from New-York. lie offered several remarks to fh;w the necefiity of providing for an ener getic execution of the laws, while at the fame time he was fully imprefled with the importance of having the power defined and guarded as much as polUbie. He adverted to the Britilh government, where a prompt and energetic ex ecution of the law is considered of the firft im portance, while at the fame time the military is never called in but in the last extremity.—He gave a short account of the proceedings of that government in the infurre&icn railed in the ci ty of London, by Lord George Gordon, &:c. Mr. Clark was in favor «f striking out—lie said the motion from the gentleman of New- York went to call forth the military in tale of' tiny opposition to the excise law —Co that if an old woman was to strike an excise officer with a broomstick, forfooth the military is to be cal led out to fuppref'. an infurrc&ion.—The go vernment lie obierved was in its infancy—and lie saw no neceff.ty for fuppoling that the peo ple would at tills early oppose the laws. Mr. Benfon rose to explain—he said his ideas were he had no such designs as were imputed to him—his wilh was to provide in the fnnpleft and belt manner for the object contemplated in the bill. Mr. Gerry said he was opposed to striking out the section, but (till was not pleased with it al together—and moved an amendment. Mr. Mercer said he had not heard any pro portion which pleased him—"ie liked the feclion as it stood better than any of them, but thought that required some efTential alteration or addi tion; he had no idea that this government was to depend on the several State governments for carrying its laws into execution. He then ad verted to the two different powers in a commu nity, the civil and military—the firft is a deli berative power, the other cannot deliberate— and therefore in no free country can the lat.ter be called forth, nor martial law preclaimed but under great reftriftions. He observed that the general government had refpe<st to the persons of the citizens of the several States, and not to the government of those States; on this prin ciple the marshals of the several States have a power to call forth the pojj'c comitatus—and addi tional marshals should be appointed, and only in the last extremity they may call forth the military power ; he was in favor on the whole of retaining the fettion, and concluded by read ing a clause which he propolcd ihould be insert ed as an additional fe&ion. Mr. Seney was in favor of retaining the clause, but he thought it ought to be qualified by foine explanatory article. (to be continued.) FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. MADRID, March 28 THE Queen was delivered this day of a son, which has been bap tized by the name of Don Philip : all the foreign Ministers, the Nuncio not excepted, were acquainted with the event too late to be present at the ceremony, which was over before they came. PARIS, ApiH to, NA TIONAL ASSEMBL T, April 14, NEGOCIATIONS with AUSTRIA All the ministers having entered the Mali—M. Duniourier then read the dispatches which he had sent to Vienna, and the answer which he had that night received by an extra ordinary courier. The minister, in his letter, takes a view of the different motives which might influence foreign powers to arm against France. Could the af fairs of the Princes who laid claims to Alface,&c. be afTigued'as a motive ? It was proposed to adjuftit amicably, and this therefore could only be the pretext, and by no means the real cause. Cotild it be to support the cause of the emigrants ?—The kin« had declared against: them : it was the king who wished to maintain the new government. Was it the Clubs who had formed, or the pamphlets which had been publiflied ? In that cafe, other powers might have lon<r fincc undertaken a cruf.de again If England. M. de Noail'es, the French ambas sador at Vienna, observed in his let ter to the niinifler, that the yontio king was eager for war ; that he hiiiili.lt had experienced so manv mortifications, that he thought it un iiecefTary to present the above dis patch. He complained of the im peachment of M. de Leflart, the late liiinifter for foreign affairs, and de sired leave to resign. M. Dumourier then read a cop)' of another dispatch to Francis, which concluded with stating, That iinlefs the King of the French received a categorical answer, he mnft consider himfelf as at war wiih the King of Hungary ; and that if the armaments in the neighbourhood of France were coininued, it would beimpoUible to restrain the resentment of an offend ed nation. The miniller added, thai the King had written with hia own hand to his nephew, to remind him, for the lait time, that on his decision for peace or war muit depend the peace of Europe, and the fame of his own dates ; and to recjneft him, in the name ot glory and humanity,not lo plunge into an unjuit war. " I have," laid his majesty, " freely ac cepted the conftitutioil. I havefworji with the nation, whose Hereditary Representative I am, to live free or die. M. de Mault, my AmbaiTador Extraordinary, will explain my sen timents more at large." M. de Noailles's refilling to com municate the difpatchts tranfinitted ro him, being considered as a breach of trust ; a decree of accusation was pafied against hinu APRIL 15 Before the minutes of Saturday were read over and finally fettled, the minister for foreign affairs in formed the National Aflembly that he had received a letter from M. de Noailles, flaring, that he had obeyed the King's orders, in delivering the dispatches transmitted to him to the King of Hungary. This brought on a debate on the 5 propriety of revoking the decree of accusation again ft M. ,le Noailles, which, after a reference to the Di plomatic Committee, was adjourned tor further consideration. APRIL 20 Decree declaring -war againfi the King " rr i r> r • rr ° ° oj hungary and Bohemia The National Aflembly deliberat ing on the formal proportion of the King, considering that the Court of Vienna, in contempt of treaties, has continued to grant an open protecti on to French rebels ; that it has ex cited and formed a concert wiih se veral powers of Europe against the independence and security of the French nation: That t rancis I. King of Hungary and Bohemia, has, by his notes of the 18111 of March and 7th of April latf, refufecl to renounce this concert : That notwithflanding the propofi lion made to him by the note of the 111 hof March, 1792, to reduce, on both fides, to a peace establishment the troops on the frontiers, he has continued and increased the hoflile preparations : That he has formally infringed the [sovereignty of the French nation, by declaring that he would support the pretentions of the German Princes, pofTeflionaries in France, to whom the French nation have continued to offer indemnifications : That he has attempted to divide the French citizens, and to arm them against one another, by holding out support to the malcontents in the con cert of powers ; considering, in fine, that the refufal of an answer to the last dispatches of the King of the French, leaves no longer any hope to obtain, by means of amicable ne«o ciation, the redrefii of these diffeiem grievances, and amounts to a decla- ration of war, it decrees that there exists a cafe of urgency. The National A(Tembly declares, that the French nation, faithful to the principles consecrated by the con ftitntion, not to undertake any war with the view of making conquests, and never to employ its force against the liberty of any people, only take up arms in defence of their liberty and their independence ; that the war, into which they are compelled to enter, is not a war of nation against nation, but the just defence of a free people against the unjust oppreflion of a monarch: that the French will never confound their brothers with real enemies ; that they will neglect nothing to foften the rigours of war ; to preserve their property, and pre vent it from sustaining any injury and to bring down upon theheadsof those alone, who league themfelve* against Liberty, all the evils iisfepa raU'e from war. Xhu* it adopts all ibofe foreigners who, abjuring the cause of its ene mies, fiiaii join its standard and co> - fecrare their efforts in the defence of freedom ; that it will even favour, 22 by all means in its power, their efla blifliinent in France. Deliberating 011 the formal propo sitions of the King, and after having decreed the cafe of urgency, decrees war againlt the King of Hungary and Bohemia. THE KING'S ANSWER " 1 (hall take the decree of the National Afiembly into deep consi deration. It involves the molt im portant interelts of the nation." Next day the Minilter of Juflice informed the Assembly that the King had faniftioned the Decree. LONDON, KING OF SWEDEN. The prayer prescribed by the Coun cil of the regency of Sweden, to be tead for his Swedish MajeHy, in all the churches of that kingdom " O God, be propitious 10 thy peo ple, and forfake us not when we pros trate onrfelves before thee. Our King, solemnly acknowledged by a people, whole gratitude lie desires, and has preferred ; who was protect ed by the fafety which the religion of a country giants toils Chief-—this very king, for whom we have so of ten befeeched ihy grace and blefling, and have been heard by thee ; this gracious King has been wounded by the (hot cf a traitor, fuffers the moit excruciating pains, and is in danger to lose a life, the objedt of our love and thy protection- Extricated from the danger of war by thy aid, where a thousand deaths encouipalled him—peace maker among a divided people, and now in the bosom of the tranquility which he hiinfelf procu red to the public welfare—it is the lot of this great King to be wounded by a murderous (hot, fired off to be reave hiin of life and happiness, in the metropolis, in his cattle, under the fafe guard of the laws and socie ty. —But the King lives, and only through thee, OGod, he lives. This melts our hearts in gratitude. We may entertain hopes of the recovery and health of the King, if thou, O God, heareft our prayers and solici tations in the time of need. O God, mitigate the fufferings of the King, help him, strengthen his fortitude, give him life, health and thy blefling for many years to come, to the com fort of his worthy fpoul'e, whose se paration from him could never take place without numberless tears ; to fiuifh the education and the example of a Prince, who could never af'ceud the Swedish Throne with a right greater than that which he may ac quire by paternal love from his peo ple ; to the consolation of the Royal Family, who bell forefee the conl'e- I quences of an event so fatal to the kmpire, and which nothing but thy grace can avert. God, be merciful to thy people, and forfake us not while we call upon thee. If it be possible, yet nothing is impolfible to thee, we supplicate thee, O Loid, ne ver to let the blood shed by an assas sin come upon this country, where theie is 110 man so bale, so hard, so heathenish not to deielt and abhor (his deed. God be with us, as with our fathers. Forsake us not, with draw not thy hand from us, for the fake of Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Lord, Amen." The present diflnrbances in Swe den cannot be ascribed to the influ ence of liberty fentimfnts ; it is the struggles of one tyranny against ano ther. The nobles formerly exircifed an unlimited oppreifive power, which was overturned by the present King, who took it into his own hands ; and although the finances of the country had been invoked by his schemes of ambition, to which he was (limulated by the old French government, yet i he people nave enjoyed more privi leges under him, and therefore pre fer his despotism to that ofthfc no bles. A severe inquiry is on foot concern it'g ihe accomplices of the aflaflin Ankeiitroin ; but a degree of commo tion in Stockholm rendeis it uncer tain whether the prcfent Government of Sweden may not yieid to a return of tile former influence of the Order of the Nobles and Gentry. We cannot observe without regret and indignation, the efforts of certain > efllefs, turbulent, and fanatical fpi its, who seek for employment and distinction to themselves in confu(ioi) and turmoil to their country, a- i we hope that there will not be a i y rapid or great increase, in number 0 , consequence, to thole perfong who have had several meetings, and, we underitand, regularly meet together under the name of Friends to a Con stitutional reform.—There is nothing in the present situation of our bouring kingdom, France, thatouHic to encourage innovation and revolu tion in this country. Extrafl oj a letter fro,,, Madrid, Murc'n 29. " M. Garcioqui who replaced M, de Lerena ad iuieriin, has been defi nitively appointed miniller of finan ces. The King has reserved to him fclf the nomination of the governor of the council of finances, and that of the fiiperiiuendant general of (he revenue. 1 hel'e polls were formerly held by the fame person. Count d Arsnda has withdrawn the Royal edidt ofthe 2cth of July,re quiring an oath from Grangers. This edict, though explained and frequent ly commented upon by itsau hor.M.de Morida Blanca, dill contained verv great inconveniences, served as a pre text for vexations of every kind, and greatly checked the freedom of trade. April 13. " The place of counsellor of the Council of War, vacant by the death of M. d'Hcredia, has been conferred on Don Michell d'Ottamendi, who presides at the head of the office for Foreign Affairs, and will be succeed ed by Don Dominique d'Yriarte, Se cretary to the Embaflfy at Paris." Tlie la'l accounts from this new co lony are of a dreadful nature. The whole settlement were put upon (hurt allowance, on account of the extreme scarcity of provisions—and the crops raising at Fort Jackson were of the mod unfavorable kind—themollpro mifing not likely to yield three bush els for onelown ; and, in many parts, even the (eed was not expedted to be returned. Norfolk Jfland did not produce corn enough for its own in habitants. In short, the profpetl of the whole settlement was deplorable in the extreme. In confequeiice of tliefe accounts, orders are fuid to liave been fcnt to Portfmoiuh, that the ftiips destined for that place 111 mi Id be detained. The intelligence of the death of the King of Sweden produced, as might be expected, the most lively effect upon the French Princes. M. de Conde was very much afFetfted ; the grief of M. de Artois was so great hat for fume time he was unable to suppress his tears. This Prince, and his brother Monsieur are at present examining the ftaie of the French cantonments. The Marquis de Bro glio had traced the plan of a camp between Luxembourg and Treves; but it is probable the declaration of war will put a flop to this encamp- ment THF. KING OF SWEDEN'S WILLS. Supplement of the fir ft of June, 1 789, to the will made by the King in 1 780. Article I. We confirm his Royal Highness the Duke C harles in the gurrdianlhip and regency, with the exceptions ; all of which being men tioned in our will of 1780, and in this ast of Ift June 1789, and pre- Icribed to his Royal Highness : 1. Not ro create, convocate, and nominate, any CounfellorsofllieEm- pi re. 2. We forbid his Royal Higbnefi to convocate the States ofthe Empire, on accountof theaftual machinations. 3. Nor to change nor dismiss the persons which attend our son, with out special order given by our hand. 11. This article concerns the oath his Royal Highness is to take. 111. This article is relative to the Governor and Tutor of the young King. IV. In this articlethe Puke Charles is requefled to look out for a conf»rt for the Young King, when fcventeen years old, and to accelerate the mar riage. She mull be of Royal or princely Mood. Mention is made a f'refh of (he reservation, that the young King, when wronged during his minority, may claim it afterwards again, and every thing done without his co 11 Pent fiiall be deemed void. Was signed, GUSTAV. &tockho!:n, June ift, 1759. NEW SOUTH WALES A PRI L 27,
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