not fsjil in France, I hope, to follow the example of Denmark and En gland, and shew thereby, that yon deserve to be free yourselves. We touch, at length, the glorious mo ment when philofopliy and reason make justice triumph every where, and when the friends of the rights of mep will overthrow all abuses and all tyrannies. Permit me ro rcongra tulate you on the news which 1 fend you " P. S. Have the goodness to fejid this letter, when you have read it,to my refpe<ftable friend, M. la Roche foucauld, begging him to fend it to the worthy'Perion. " There were about joo petitions against the.slave trade." Such were the terms in which Lord Stanhope communicated this great triumph of feeling and justice to his friend, Condorcet, and the following is M. Condot cet's obfervaiions on the event. " Thus, when Mirabean desired to propose to the Condiment Assembly to concert this law with the Engli/h nation—a law commanded by huina nity and judice—when intrigue drove him from the Tribune—when a cor rupted cabal ftifled his voice—it was not a philofophica] chimera which ■he promised ! Thus, within the space of fifteen days, the friends of the Blacks have seen the Representatives of two great Nations confound the calumnies of their detractors, ami the fopbifms of the enemies to uni verlal liberty ! Thus the moment is come, when every year, every day will be marked by the deftrucftion of a prejudice—when one, at lead, of the chains of human kind will fall off! Ah! who is the man so loft to the fentitnents of nature, whose heart does not find in these triumphs, con solation again ft the injustice of weak men, and the hatred of the satellites of tyranny." _ M. Briffbt, in announcing this glo rious conquest over insane and debaf. ing prejudices, fays—" The enemies of humanity will not fail to allert that this is a trap, made by 500 cities and communities, and supported by 100,000 English citizens, to catch and deceive the French people." It is very singular, that the King of Sweden died in the persuasion that Ankerftrom, even though he hadcon fefled himfelf guilty, was not his as sassin. He said that the person who held the pistol was tall, whereas An'- kerftrom is of a law stature. In con fetjucnce Ankerftrom has been put to the torture, in order to compel him to confefs his accomplices, since there were certainly two concerned in the aflaflination, Ankerftrom, who held the poignard, and the other tall per son who discharged the pistol. An kerftrom has, however, persisted in declaring, that he was alone, and that he alone wished to infliift that death which was to do justice to humanity by ridding it of a tyrant. ' As Toon as the aflaflination of the King of Sweden was known, the fa mous Nordermalm tolled in melan choly.found ! This is a great bell in a tower on the summit of a high mountain, which is never heard but on very important and alarming oc casions. The panic which it struck, may be eafijy conceived. Norder'- lnalm has been tolled only twice since its terrible annunciation of the flames ifluing from the Royal Palace, in the year 1697. In the session of the National As sembly of the 15th infl. a letter was read from the Marine MiniOer, an nouncing that 4000 men of the Nati onal Guards and 2000 troops of the line, had received orders to embark for St. Domingo ; and that 2000 o thers, half troops of the lineand half guards, are detained for the Wind ward islands, and will embark towards the end of next month. He thinks it neceflary, however, that the lalt Jaw relative to the political rights of the Mulattoes should be sent to the Governors of the different Islands, by a packet which is ready for that pur pose. 1 Jp e Ki, 'S ? f Hungary's reply to the French K.ng is considered as tan tamount to a Declaration ol War ■ he demands for the French Monarch his liberty and authority • for the Princes, their rights and possessions ; for the Clergy, its property and ex iflence ; for the Nobles, their pri»i. leges, titles, and hereditary tranfmif, lions. To support the above requifi tions, the young Monarch will have in Jirifgaw and the Netherlands, i 50,000 Auflrian soldiers, 50,000 Pruf flans, 15,000 Eleiftoral; Swedes and Ruffians, 25.000 Spaniards ; ano ther army in Piedmont, and the com bined Squadrons. To which may be added, the powerful body of Emi grants. All this prodigious force will be reajly by the middle of May. The King of Spain returned the Jacobins for answer, " That no pow-, er has a right to demand the reason of his adions, and that be /hall aJTign none to any." This is signed bj the Count d'Aianda. WAR, theicl'ore, with France may be looked upon as inevitable. ! The King of France was on hoi fe I back on the 10th of February last in I the great street offauxbourg Saint Antoine, where a man was cleaning the glades of the lamps. A country man, who was passing, called out, " Leave the lantern, and let Monsieur Veto pass." The King immediately changed his route, returning to the Thuilleries. The system of war and maflacre,fo long supported by the profligate ty ranny of Despots, is now falling into deserved contempt. What can be so horrible as the idea of thirty thou sand men meeting thin, thonfand men for the purpose os slaughter, when the individuals have not the fl'ghteft enmity to each ofwer, and the promoters of the niifchief remain at home in peace and luxury, to prey upon the vitals of the Nations they command STANHOPE The ignorance of the people is the only security for Despotic Govern ments. Enlighten mankind, and they will be Free. The total misrepresentation of facts in whatever happens in France, the vulgar abuses of a revolution, the most glorious that was ever known in his- Tory, the daily detracting from the merit of the members who compose the National Atfembly, and all the lalflioods and infamies which dis grace the hireling ministerial prints, ihould serve to open the eyes of En glifhinen to their true interests ; for Inch pains would not be taken to vi- I lify an event, unless Liberty wascon- Iklered by people in power, as their enemy. How defetfive must be that mode of education which can generate filch a race of conceited ignorant puppies as we fee swaggering in our streets, and in the lobbies of our public plac es ! Such a set of ill mannered boo bies dHgrace the gallant nation to which they belong. People of title in this country ima gine, that they have no occasion for character—that, they think, is 6nly fit for the vulgar. Mr. Paine, in his two celebrated works, has let the Cat out of the bag ; the Aristocrats will find much diffi culty to get the Cat in again. In deed they will. Men, of what is called Rank, are frequently guilty of anions, which would forever damn the fame ofpei fons in inferior situations, and fink them to general contempt. So much lor Rank !!! At a late trial, during the last sum mer afhzes in Ireland, a Mr. Morton prosecuted one John Farrei, for an aliault, with an attempt to commit a rape upon his daughter. The daugh ter was alfoa prosecutor. When Mr Morton had given his testimony for the crown (as the term is), he wr.s cross examined by the counfelfcr the pnfoner. The firlt queltion asked him by one of ihofe counftl was, 1 ray, Sir is the young Lady your daughter?" The evidence replied c 1" r L ay ' S , ir '" contin «»ed the coun *s , , how know she is your daughter >" The witness thus exprefTed himfelf: Gentlemen of the Jury, I am c,U . u P on m this court to give my ief timony. _ I have given it honettly as to my mind, and true as to the facts. A counsel 1 suppose him fe by his mi pertinence—has aiked whether J can, upon oath, swear that this young Lady ,5 my daughter— Many of you are fathers, and will f ee l upon the occalion as I do. a curious case 26 One c-bi'ervation I beg of the Court a perniiffion to make—lt is, that in fupporc of the laws of my country, I come forward here to pu nish a tranfgreflor, at my own ex pence, and that the man who has a Iked riie the question as to my daugh ter's legitimacy, and who, no donbr, means to ask many more of the fame fort, is a person bribed to pervert the course of justice. " Gentlemen, I will prove the as sertion—Look to his brief ; he ac knowledges to have received ten gui ,nea» to de a villain. " Will yon believe the testimony of a man who is not purchased, in preference to the arguments of a man who is publicly bribed, or will vou not ?—That is the qneflion." This so completely tumbled the counsel on his face, that he immedi arely shewed his bark, and the pri soner was convicted and sentenced to two years isnprifonment, and to give futurity for his good behaviour dur ing life, himfelf in two thousand pounds, and his security in ioocl. each. BELFAST, (Ire.) April 14. Paine's reasoning will in all pro bability be acculed of killing the King of Sweden, as well as the Em peror of Germany. What Jlrotig rea foning this must be ! ! HAGUE, April 15 There is eitabliflied at the Hague a private committee of French emi grants, ir consists but of a small num ber. This Committee is entrusted with the management of the imerefts of the exiled Princes at the Court of the Stadtholder. PARIS, April 10, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, April 3 M. Narbonne was admitted to the bar of the Aflembly to make his de fence against the charges which have been made againrt him. He was much applauded, and M. Dnhem call ed out that such a<fts of adulation de graded the AflemblyJ Aconfiderable disturbance followed in the hall. M. Dumolard demanded that the citizens should be turned out from the tri-| bunes. fy them M. Mirlin attemped to jufti The confufion which now took place, was so great, that the President was obliged twice to put 011 his hat to restore order. After a tumultuous debate the As sembly decreed, that there was no ground of accusation against M. Nar bonne. PROVIDENCE (R. 1.) June 14 At tlie Circuit Court of the United States, fitting at Newport on Monday last, a decision was given in a cale of importance. Two Merchants, of Lon don, in company, commenced an ac tion again ft a citizen of this State for the recovery of monies due—the de fendant's council plead a resolution of the Legislature of this State In bar of the action—by which he was al lowed three years to pay his debts— and during which time he was to be free from arrests on that account.— The Judges were unanimously of opi nion, that, as by the Conflitmicn of the United States, the individual Slates are prohibited from making laws which fl-.al] impair the obligation of contracts—and as the resolution ill queftton, if- operative, would inipaii the obligation of the conn art in quef tion—therefore it could not be ad mitted to bar the adtion. N E W-\ ORK, June 19. Every lree citizen, lays a corref pondenr, has a right to enquire into ihe principles of governmental mea sures, ancHo expose their errors or their defects ; while they continue 111 force, acquiescence is his duty, hut no argument can prove him wrong in endeavoring to accoinplifh a repeal of them. The press is one channel through which he may com municate his thoughts to the public, and the reasons of his condmft. As femblies of the people, convened for the pnrpofe of deliberating 011 pro per plans to be pursued tor obtaining ledrefs from public grievances, from meafnres which are oppressive and übverfive of the constitution of the itare, are juftifiable and requisite. Liberty is too sacred a treasure to be in the degr* is the means of enjoying cvsrv 'i blessing, in eivil society an7iL to the noble and enlL,^ Mrer than life itfelf, ' 6hle,,ed By a gentleman of veracity f rom Ca, la da we are informed, that when he pa (Ted Threerivers, he mer - f°r^M}ua ge PoZllTH<2 diftna, m Upper Canada with them a prisoner, and in ii ons._Tfeeehai-<,I against hirtr was f,?d to be freafon ' letters having been detected writt-a in his name, and as report fays, j, r his hand, giving information ta h» friends in the Onired States how IV | troit may be easily carried. Thij gentleman was formerly 0 f Bofttrti in New-England ; and "when our in' for man t saw him he was on his Wa y to Quebec, by order ot the command ing officer at Detroit. BALTIMORE, June i 9. A letter from Cape-Francois, ceivei by Capt. Frazier, wholeftthat place on the 24th ulr. mentions, that the arrival there of the late decree of the National Aflen.blyhad throw« the inhabitants into a great ferment and it was expetfed that disagreeable' consequences would ensue. A eorrefpondent informs, that b«s ing, on the nth inft. at a refpertable farmer's house in Baltimore county he saw four lambs weighed, the' weight of which were as follow;— 80, 82, 87, and 90: The lambs were about four months old. The Governor of Virginia has, by proclamation, summoned tlie Legifla- Ture of that State to meet on the rft day of October next, in the city of Richmond. HARTFORD, June 18 At a meet! ig of the Stockholders of the Hartford Bank, convened ac cording to law, on the 14th day of June, 1792, the Hon. Oliver Ells worth, Esq. was elected to prefrdeat said meeting for the election of Di rectors of said Bank, when the follow ing persons, viz.—Jeremiah Wadf wo.th, John Caldwell, John Morgan, George Philips, Barnabas Deane, Ti mothy Burr, James Watson, Caleb Bull and Ephraim Root, were duly elected Directors of said Bank for the ensuing year. On Saturday met for the purpose of choosing a Pfefident, and made choice of the Hon. Jerf mi a h Wads worth, Esq. who declin ed fervinjr, whereupen John Cald well, Esq. was elected. Hezekiah Merri r. l, Esq. was at said meetingappointed Caihier offaid FROM THE NATIONAL GAZ£TT£. [T may he inferred, from a publi cation in the National Gazette of* he ißthof June, that the deftrutftion if ihe Excise officer's lign,in German own, had taken place in an opeu nanner, from the hands of foine nown persons ; and the citizens of he United States may be led to fup >ofe that their government isfo inat entive, or so feeble, rhat so great a ireach of the law has been permitted o take place near the feat of the go ernment without notice: It will be noper therefore, that the true slate >i the affair be published in the fame Gazettes which have, or may publish he paper alluded to. The collector of the revenue for he counties of Philadelphia, Bucks ir.d Montgomery, resides inthecoun y of Bucks; and for the accomtuo lation of the diftiliers in the county if Philadelphia, he effablifhed an of ice of infpeftion in Germantovvn, as he principal village in ihe county of 'hiladelphia. The person who kept t for It im had placed a sign over his loor, inscribed according to law, '* Office of Infpeiftion." This lign, ar board, after it had been up some days, was secretly taken down in th: night tivie, by some person or persons at that time and now unknown. The officer was duly, and im mediately ex amined, by the government upon the fubjeift, with a view to prosecute the person or persons who had committed the offence; but from the secret man ner in which it had been done, under cover of th? night, the names of the persons could not be discovered thro the officer, or by any other means. .«■ *
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