FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
PETERSB.URGH, Marc;iil6.
COU N'f Rzewlki, General ot the
Polifn army, arrived here lall
nigiu ; and Count Votocki, grand
waiter of the artillery of the lepub
lic, is hornly expected. These two
generals, who are displeased with the
new order of things in their own
country, have been for fonie lime at
Jafly, with Count Befborodko. 'Ihfy
afterwards went to Cherfon on lbme
commercial bulinefs, which has re
tarded their arrival in this capital a
luonih. Astotheir political projects,
circumltances are plainly againlt
them ; and if our court has not ac
knowledged the new conllitution ot
Poland, the long time it has luffered
to elapl'e, without reclaiming its gua
ranty of the conrtitution of i 775>
seems a tacit resignation of a right
ot!<erwife very doubtful with regard
to a free and independent foteign
nation
B E L F A S T, May 1
We are informed that an uflociati
on is forming in London for the pur
pose of forwarding a Reformation to
the Britith Parliament in which fotne
very eminent characters are taking
a lead, and from whom much is ex
peJled.
"DUBLIN, April I.
In tlie'couife of ihe last week, at
Ballinamore, the feat of Thomas
Ormlby, Esq.. four of his labourers
were found dead, having been fuito
cated from the rarification of the air
in the room where they slept : This
.melancholy consequence arose from
a lighted turf having been left burn
ing where there was no chimney for
the egress of the heated air.
There were eight men in the room,
all of whom were infenflble : but
from the fkilful means which weie
adminiflered, four of theni were re
itored to life : The state of the o
thers baffled every attempt of reco
very which (kill could suggest, or
humanity employ ; the organs of re
spiration had so long ceased to act,
that ho new itnpulfe could be given.
The full a if* of liberality from a
Protestant Government toßomanCa
tholics on the continent, was done
by the late King of Prussia, who built
a molt elegant church, farnilhect it
with an organ, and every suitable de
coration for the tif; offuchCatholics,
llrangeis or fubjei'U as were refidem
at Berlin. The compliment was soon
returned by the thiee ecclefiallical
electors of Mentz, Trieves, and Co
logne, the Bithop of Hohenloe, Saltz
burgh &c. So that Lutherans and
Calvinilts, are not only tolerated,but
protected and caielled in all those
itates.
LONDON, May i
HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 30,
A debate, or rather conversation on
the fubjetft of a reform in the Brit ill)
reprel'entation'took place in the Honfe
of Commons this day. Mr. Grey in
troduced the business ; in the course
of his obfei vaiions he reminded Mr.
Pitt of his former declarations on this
point, and considered him as pledg
ed to give a reform his lupport.
The example of a neighboring king
dom, whatever it may fuggelt to o
ther gentlemen, only tended to con
firm him in the opinion, that the de
feats of a conliitution lhould always
be reformed before they amounted 10
a cause for the conliitution being fub
•verted. lie gave notice, that he
should, at an eaily period of the en
faing fefficn, lubinit a motion for a
Parliamentary Reform, and hoped
gentlemen Would not, in the inter
val, omit turning their moll serious
thoughts to lb intei elling a fnbjett.
Mr. Pi! t acknowledged that his
opinion was changed—at the time he
mentioned a reform, the American
war raged, Parliament and the peo
ple then appeared to be opposed, to
rellore union and harmony at that
time, he proposed the measure ; but
such were the resources to be found
in the conlVitmion, that the situation
of the counny was now changed from
indigence and tlillrefs, to affluence
and comfort : The grearefl pnlfible
good therefore which the allotment
of man was capable of receiving,
could amount to 110 moie than that
when he found himfelf happy, he
should take measures to render thai
happiness as secure and duiable as
may be r He objected to the time and
manner of briuginjg forwaid the bu-
fineli
As to the time there were the mofl
serious objections, when miichievous
politicians wei e leti ing opinions afloat
which inuft in their natuie be fiibver
five of all order and government —
when the avowed partisans of this
measure were pel sons who acknow
ledged theinfelves to be the enemies
of monarchy—the aflerters of oui
having no con Hi tut ion w hat ever—i lit
haters of arillocracy—the enemies jol
religion, anil men who were inflexi
bly averse to all subordination and
distinction of ranks whatever.
The manner of bringing it forward
he a Hot honght highly i epreheniible ;
where members, withdrawing theni
felve's from that doty and refponft
bility which their Itations imposed
upon them, fought teditious alloca
tions, deserted the regular Pariia
mentary line of conduct, and put
their names in ihe public newspapers
to resolutions framed in dangerous
and irregular meetings.
Mr. Fox said he held the fame o
piuion now with respeCt to a l'arlia
mentary reform which he had con
llantly and uniformly maintained.
He contended that theie never was a
time mote proper for a reform than
than the present, when we were pro
fonndly at peace, and when the dif
oiders of a neigbouring country g>'»e
us, however neceifary to theinfelves,
an awfiil example of the efFeCts of
anarchy and convullion. Me did not
wifli to be ini funde itood on his po;n ,
for whatever may he the present dis
tress of France—whether by applying
to abltratft principles, they had in ttie
end produced no government (which
was by no means his opinion) yet the
ancient despotism was so deiellable,
that it ought certainly to be removed,
whatever facrifice it may occasion,
France, howeve", furnifhed 110 fubjei't
for ihe imitJtion of this country. It
was the great excellence and glory of
our conltitution, that i was always
fubjetfl to reform, and susceptible of
improvement, and in ihe advance
ments which reason and philosophy
were making in the progress of hu
man Itience, renovation anil amend
ment mult be applied with greater
effei't. In Fra ice, no repair was fuf
ficient ; ihe whole fabric inuft be de
ll royed. But of our co >lli. ulion there
is not a part which has not more than
once been reformed.—The preroga
tives of ihe crown, and the privileges
of both houses of the leg'flaiure, had
undergone various modifications, as
circumllances required them, from
time to time.
Mr. Burke maintained, that there,
was not in this country any focietyi
or body of men who were openly as- j
fociated (or the avowed purpose of
fuppoiting the cause of defpotifiu ;
but that t here were societies for the
support and promotion of anarchy,
and the extinction of our prefeut cun
ftiiution, was known to every one,
and even fantlioned by known and
refpetftable names. — Here (being cal
led upon to name) tie mentioned,
amongst others, Mr. Walkei, of Man
chelter, who was forward in circula
ting Pa i ne's book, com aim ng the mtolt
grois as well as abfmd libels on the
conflitution. Whether the man in
quell ion was an Ameiican or not he
could not tell —He appeared to him
in the light of an atnphi bioos kind of;
an animal, neither quite French, Kn-j
glilli, nor Irilh, but running about!
with ale>tnels to fee what mifhief
m.iy puflibly be done in any. Kisj
plans had lb far succeeded, thai a con
federacy was formed between the;
difaffected here and the J icoliin Club!
in France, that race of Regicides and I
Monllers, whom it was impoflible to
think of without horror. To (hew
the fort of men with which this con
federacy was formed, he gave a CU'
rious description of the p, efent Na
tional Alfeuibly of France. Out of
700 men, joo were attornies, and fl
eers low practitioners in the law.
1 lie grearelt part of the remainder
ronfiited ot (hop-boys, journeymen,
and adventurers. He could point out
60 members who did not psflels 2001.
1 year ainongft all ; and in ihe
whole congregation ihere wei eknown
to-be only j,x men of property, if
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men of such habits, such education,
ami luch character, were fit for the
puipole of Legislation, let Englifii
meu imitate them, but let them view
iheir comparative situation before
they formed their opinions.
From the turbulent disposition of
the times, he thought this an impro
per uiuiiteiic to agitate such questions.
If the prefeut quertion came in tlie
.hape of a direct pronofition, he would
for one uppofe it ; but con)ing as it
did in an indefinite shape, which
ifrtve encouragement to the views of
lie boldest and molt profligate adven-
Vners, he could not let it pass with
hii receiving from him the moll fe
iious disapprobation.
Mr. Kox recapitulated some argil
uients in wjiich he had been miftin
dei Hood. With regard to Mr. Paine's
writings, he again alledgedthat they
were libels ngainft the conlhtution.
Mr. Burke agreed with Mr. Kox.
whom he termed his Hon. friend
The writings in quettion were libels,
but not fcandalons ; for any man,
provided he were amenable to the
laws of the country, might declare
his sentiments of the conllitution.
Mr. Erikine praising the hiltory of
the confliiution, said that as a law
yer, and as a man, he was bound to
maintain its original principles. Ad
drefling himfelfto Mr. Pitt, he affinn
ed, that ilie people of this country
were not adequately reprelented in
Parliament ; and challenged him to
vote a relolution to that effect. Jt
the conilitution had remained unim
pair ed, there would have been a fpee
dv end to the American troubles. Has
Hot Mr. Pitt receded from his former
principles > He laid the foundation,
ttiey added only a brick or two to form
a luperltlut'ture. When bad men
conspire againll the interests of the
community, good men mull all'ociate.
1 his was lite chief reason for union
which now attracted their attention.
Am I to luppofe (fays he) that men
will content to lop off the rotten bo
roughs, when they have received
thein as an inheritance.' Am I to sup
pole that certain gentlemen will re
laple into the mats of people ? Could
Mr. Pitt Itate the particular fei vices
which all thole that had been advan
ced to the peerage had pei formed ?
rti they bad all borough influence, it
could not be expected that they would
Content to rchiiuuifli their power.
After several other members had
spoken pro and con, the lubje»ft lab
iided at that time.
ADVERT IS EM F. NTS
The adveriifemenis inferied in our
public prints give a kind ot local liif
lory of (lie manners of the age, and,
'in fonie trifling refpefls, this differs
110111 any which pieceded it. A ler
vant in the lull age fonietimes (fitter
j ed his mailer ; but a day ortwoliiiie,
( a young man who wains api .ice, ad
vei tiles that he flatters himj If h: can
\jhaye. Another (provided it is with
a tingle gentleman) has no objctlion to
travel for the I'uminer, and would, ij
required, take care of one horse, be
sides that which he is to lide himfelf.
Another having been used to fami
lies of faihion, has no obj [lion to laie
houis ; and a fourth, having been
used to regularity, and being a Jl.a./j
inan, would prejer a fobar, orderly
and good nai ured family 10 any ot her.
One gene: ous trader emb aces an ear
ly opportunity to inform the public he
fells conjidetubly under piime colt ;
and another is ever alive to the moll
j heart felt gratitude lor favors alrea
jdy received. One gentleman adver
j t i ies tor a gentleman of»j« aflivt mind,
as a partner in the Ay loi ing bufinets ;
| and another tor a partner in a very
1 ucrati ve employ men t, who mull have
! tnfiMuating man net s and an easy address,
las his employment will lead him into
Ijrvauent mtcrcourfe with ladies of the
: fii It fathion.
UMKLfc,* i ON,
) J u,,e 14-
TO THE PRINTER
About three years ago, an English
farmer from YV arwick (hire, artived
in tins town with a wife and nine or
ten 'mall childien ; by my advice
(and <Vr. MiiUr's, late printer) he
went to live i*ihe back iettlements
of this Hate, called Long Cane, ii.
Ninety-Six Uiili iOt, from which place
lie wrote me the rcth of lalt month.
The following is an extract from his
letter.
" I know you ufedi to-be <Vx d
hear of improvements ,i„
back wpods. 1 have
able to treat my neighbor with a
draught of good ale, brewed the be
ginning of last March, a.id.ajlhope
1 think it will keep moll of the f Uttl '
mer. I plained t>e barley and hops
niylelf, and I aifo brewed the beer
and 1 know it to be the bell I have
drank i,n the date." ;
BOSTON, June 23.
Yeftejrday, in the Senate, the quef
tiun, Sh-all^ihe Union Bank bill f> a fs
to be eftgrofled ? was determined in
the affirmative—yeasis, nays 9.
Mfe. COX—the artist,
Of this town, was in Ireland, at
the date of our lalt accounts from
thence, April 6, and in high reputa
tion, continually receiving applica
tions for building Bridges, aud per
forming other efforts of enterprise.
He was then contemplating the cqn
(truction of a dam for the Grand (.'a
nal Company ; and had offers to en
gage in the building of two large
Bridges, one 2000 and another 700
feet long—the timber to be the pro
duction of the American foil. The
iccount publiflied some timeftnce, of
his being engaged in levelling the
monument in London, >?as not au
thentic—the above is.
1 he Cannon, for the ufeof the Ar
tillery of this commonwealth, are now
calling by Col. Revere, at his Foundry
in this town.
DANBORY, June 25.
We have the pleafuie io inform
our readers, that theattempt of Med.
Glover, Beers, and Tomlinl'on, to re
move the l'i efbyterian meeting-houle
in New-,town (as notified in a former
number of this paper) luccceded so
well, less than two hours af
ter the operation commenced, the
building, together with the Iteeple,
was removed entire, eight rods from
its foundation, without the leatt in
jury to the building, or hurt to any
person employed in the undertaking.
>0 lingular a movemeht highly grati
fied Ihe curiofiiy of a numerous con
course of fpeiftators. And ilie plan by
which it was effeifted appealed so will
contrived, that though morMhan an
hundred men were employed in the
operation, it was supposed by the belt
judges present, that fifty men would
have effected it in the fame lpace of
N E W Y O R K, June 29.
Captain Sills of the fl>op Happy
Couple, wild arrived here yesterday
from Edenton, brings the following
account, " That 0:1 the 23d inltam,
nine Frenchmen landed on the beach
of Portsmouth, eight of whom lei out
immediately lor VVafliington ; the
one remaining, said that they belong
ed tq a Kiench Biig bound from Sa
vaunahto France, with 300hogiheads
of Tobacco—That on Sunday the 17>h
June they murdered the Captain and
Mate, scuttled the brig 011 both (itles,
and leti her with a woman on board,
and that on Friday the 24th June,
Capt. Sills, in lar. 20 fell in with
the above brig, & which had been jult
taken pollellion of bj'a British schoo
ner, com mantled by Capt. Eli Ilia Jones,
from Antigua bound to Edenton, who
had put some hands on board, and
directed her lor Norfolk.— Ihe brig
had 5 feet water in the hold when
boarded by Capt. Jones.
ELIZABETH-TOWN, June 27.
A trooper, in Capt. Stakes compa
ny of dragoons, on the march last
week from this place to Trenton,
near Brnnfwick, being invaded by
deep, fell of his borfe and broke his
neck.
NEWARK, June 28.
On Monday the 25th inft. the Foun
dation Stone of the New Academy, jo
he erected in this town, by public
fnfofci ipticn, was laid with Masonic
rites and ceremonies, by defireoxi ie
Governors of tlie Academy.
A vast colicouife of people aliem
hied 011 the occrsfion, and aftei ' ,e
ceremnny of laying theftone, attend
ed Divine Worlhip in the New >e
byterian Church, where the ev '
<Jz\\ Ogden, rertor oftiini'y cboic'i,
le!!\ered an excellent dilcourfc u|t
ibletothe occaliun, from 5
xvi. r6. " How much beitei is " 19
gsc»wU'lom than gold ? and to get
uuderlljuiding 1 aiher than 4 ul\ei-
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