ft O ME, April 20.
THE departure of the Pope for
themarihes ofPomini took place
on the 26th infh It is his cuftotn
once a year to vifttthofe works,which
have now been, a long time carrying
on, in order to restore ro fertility and
cultivation an immense extent of
uiarfl]v and unhealthy territpry.
VIENNA, April 15.
At the departure of Monlieur de
B ifchoffs werder for Berlin, the fol
lowing refolutitrtis were agreed to, on
the part of his Apostolic Majelty and
the King of Pruflia.
r. Plati of operation against France,
• condotfied'by the Dnk-e of Brunfwick,
fettled by Prince Hohenloe, and mu
tually adopted.
2. Letters of requefl: so be addreiP
ed to all the Princes of the empire,
who are able to grant supplies of men,
and the meafOres furnifhing iheir
contingent to beprevioully detertnin-j
ed.
3. Circular letters to all the pow
ers of Europe, who concur in the sen
timent of fupporiing the Monarchi
cal government of France ; elpecialJy
to the Courts of Ruflia, Sweden, Prill-j
fia, Spain, Naples, Sardinia and Swit
zerland.
Thefc letters propose—a full.refti
tution of the Comtat of Avignon to|
the Pope—a perfedt restoration of'the*
rights of the German Princes land-j
holders in Alfaceand Lorrain—A full l
homage to be paid by ihe people of,
trance to his Mod Christian Majesty,
as Monarch of France.—An invitation
to all the Powers of Europe, to in
duce them to contribute all in their
power toward the accornplifhment ofi
these end 3. j
The march of our troops continue
•with the utmost expedition ; and our
araiy in the Netherlands amounts al
ready to 70,000 men.
St. PETERSBURG, April 20.
Intelligence is received of Captain
Billings, who is employed in contin
uing to make discoveries for Rulfia
in the South Seas. This navigator
during the year 1790, surveyed those
clulters of islands denominated the]
Kourilis and Aloutes, where he has
disco vered many new species of plants
—proper for the luftenance of manj
and bead : Happy discoveries ! and
a thousand times more ufefol to man
than thqfe political systems which
disturb, and will for a long time dis
turb the peace of this little restless
quarter of the globe, called Europe.
BASIL, (Switzerland) May 3.
The ariftocrais of this country are
constantly giving the reins to their
imagination in order to render odi
ous the patriotic fpiric in France.
The words propagande and Jacobins
have, through their influence, a fort
of talifmanic effetft, and entirely faf
cinate the eyes as well as the under
standing. They contrive a creed of
the French political faith by their
own fire-fides, and then fct about a
busing it as if it were the real consti
tution.
BRUS SELLS, May 6.
On the third of the present month
were marched into this city a nuni
berofFrench prisoners, together with
a long train of carriages, bringing in
the firft fruits of conquest over the
frrench, among which are, one how
itzer, four pieces artillery, called la
Modefte.la Timide, rEcorcheufe,/the
hide-flayer) and la Martiale, with co
hered waggons, travelling forges,&c.
In regard to the attack upon Mons,
the Austrian accounts are as follow ■
that besides five four pound pieces of
artillery, and a ten pounder howitz
with their carriages, &c. there were
taken from the French several forges,
tor the put pose of heating their balls
red hot, to be discharged against
Mons ; a large quantity of hay and
oats, and warlike stores of every
kind: the prisoners were one lieute
nant-colonel, two other officers, and
eighty-nine men. The whole loss of
•the' French was cftimared at 400 men
Killed 111 the attack and purfutt.
May 18
Intelligence has been just received
jiere, that live little town of Bavay
between Valenciennes and Meuburre'
was yelterday taken by the Auftrians'
JoS men, with 4 officers, who were
there ported, tnade prifoiiers.
Tills government lias received an
account, tliat general Sztaray, who
had been quartered at Charlcroy, to
waich the movements of iVI. de la Fay
ette's army, having understood that a
large detachment was polled at a
place ealled F lotenne, at no great
distance from PliilipviJJe, he resolved
to attack it, though his force was
much inferior; M. de Gouvion's num
bers being eltimated at seven thou
sand, and thof'e ot General Sztaray at
[ but three. The French, after an ob
stinate refiftance,in the end gave way,
leaving ijo dead, several wounded,
three pieces of cannon, and all their
baggage and ammunition ; the loss
of the Auftrians was four killed, and
twenry-two wounded. No uiorei par
ticular cii cuinftances of this j>ctio:
are as yet received
PARIS, May 10,
! By a letter from Cologne, dated
die jrh ot May, we are informed,that
the Prnifian army is certainly on
March in two columns, confiding each
of 20,000 men. The firlt is command
ed by the Duke of Brnrrfvvick, and
the second by the Prince-Royal of
Pruifia.
LONDON, May 29
The London Gazette contains a
• proclamation, forbidding any of bis
J Majetty's fubjetfs serving at sea any
(foreign power, or fining out priva
teers againll any ; also notice of the
| marriage of Prince Maximilian of
DreCden, with the Princess of Parma ;
the delivery of the Queen of Naples
of a Prince, and the appointment of
Sir Lucas Pepys, as physician in ordi
nary to his Majesty, on the death of
Sir Noah Thomas.
A -report isgprevalent in the higher
circles, that the Duke of Portland,
with all bis interest, means to atS in
future with the Mini Her.
Lord Thurlow is likely to continue
the Seals, though not to ad as a Ca
binet Minister, for fonie time ; a cer
tain personage having requeued him
to hold them until he had gone thro'
all his decrees on causes completely
heard.
The city of London yesterday vot
ed an address of thanks to the king
for his proclamation
Very considerable improvements
are to be made in the Light-houses
along the coast. The Parent Lamps
are to be generally adopted, and the
North-Foreland Light-house is to be
heightened twenty-two feet. I
Last week Capt. Kartwell made a
farvey of the, Light-houses upon the
coast of Kent and Suflex, 111 conse
quence of which the above important
alterations are to rake place.
On Friday the 2 ;th inft. in the 74th
yeat Of his age, died, the RiehfHon
GEORGE BRIDGES RODNEY, Lord
Rodney, Baron Rodney, of Rodney
Stoke. Somerfetfliire, Baron and K.B
an Admiral of the White, and Vice
Admiral of England ; his Lordlhip is
succeeded in title and elfate by his
el deft ("on, the Hon. Geotge Rodney
who married, April roth,~i 7 S 2) Mar
tha, daughter of the Right Hon. Al
derman Harley, and his i(Tue.
In honor of the memory of Lord
Rodney, several veflelsinthc Dock
had their colours half mart.
Lord Rodney, on the morning of
his death, walked out in the 1110 ft per
fect health, returned todrefsfor din
ner about four o'clock, when he re
ceived a parylytic stroke, and expired
aliiioli instantaneously !
A most alarming discovery was made
at a Bali-Room in Bath, a few nlglvs
ago—One of the company was pvilty
of being a tradesman—the conflifion
was general, and the delinquent was
deltred to withdraw, to prevent the
Ladies from falling into hyflcrics.
Extract oj a leter from Paris, Jpril 25
" A robber and aflaifin was this
a t I ex P er ' etl ce the fatal
e.tetn of the new machine for the ex
ecution of criminals. He was secure
ly bound to an upright pillar, which
turning upon a binge laid him in a
horizontal position with his head in
a kind of aperture like that of a pil.
°<-y. Ibe boards that confined his
head were double to admit between
t lem a blade of enormous weight
w ich rufiling down upon an inclined
plane divided the neck with certain
and lnftantaneoiis efFert, and no doubr
66
without mucli fenfatioh of pain to
the fufFerer. A halket placed before
him received ths bead ; the bleeditig
trunk was again eretfted, and both
were immediately fentaway. Though
there is something awful in this pun
ilhment, the populace wbo cooly dif
cufled its merits, said " they (hould
relish it better than hanging." The
honor of the invention being due to
M. Guillotin, physician, political wri
ter, and a diltinguifhed member of
the fir ft aflembly, it is universally
called the Guillotine. Could his n>o-
defty, however, have forefeen that
he should go by this road to immor
tality, it is much to be doubted
whether he would have availed him
felf of ihe versatility of his talents.'*
BRITISH SARCASMS
The ridiculous condntft of the
French, seems fully to juftify one se
vere tarcafm the late King of Prulfin
addrefled to the Marquis de Valori,
the French Anibafl'ador, in the Opera
House of Berlin The curtain from
lome obltacle not rising higher than
to shew the legs of the performers—
Frederick exclaimed " Monsieur de
Valori—you now fee the French go
vernment, many legs and no heads !"
■ " He that fights and runs away,
May live to fight another day," fays
Kudibras—but the French heroes out
do him quire—by running away with
out fighting !
Yesterday morning the renowned
Thomas Paine, stole off from this me
tropolis without beat of drum. LI
BERTY, being the very foul of the
rights of man, Thomas hesitated not to
take the freedom of giving his sureties
— teg bail; and of efcapingfrom Bai
liffs—Conftables—Jailors—and, mod
probably, from Jack Ketch himfelf—
'* Ah ca ira, ca ira, ca ira J"
DOVER (N. Ham.) July 5
We are informed from good au
thority that a Canal is to be dug
from Winnepifiiokee pond to unite
the waters with Cochecho river and
tha; a fubferiptron is filling for that
purpose—and we hear that a gentle
man of property in Port/mouth, has
offered joal. towards the undertaking
—and considering the rage for Canal
! cutting—it will be accomplished with
ease—as 'tis said, that the water in
the pond at the time of the great
frefhet, a few years since overflowed,
and found their way into Cochecho
river.
ALBANY, July 19.
Gentlemen who reside on ihe Mili
tary Lands, in the county of Herke
nier, inform us, tliat that tratl of
country contains avery great propor
tion of rich land, well watered, and
timbered-—T hat there is already a
considerable number of settlers there,
and that'it bids fair to people as ra
pidly as any part of America—That
16 bushels of fait are daily manufac
tured at Maj. Danforth's works, at
the Salt-Springs—and that Mr. Isaac
Van Vleck, formerly of Kinderhook
is erecting other works at the fame
place, for carrying on the likemauu
ladory—That, whenever fufHcient
works flial 1 be erected at these Springs
a thousand bushels of fait can be made
every day—That it now fells there at
five /hillings per bushel— That iis
[ weight is about j6lb. to the bufhe! ;
and equal in quality (bv the lb.) to
that of Turks-Jfland— That the fal
mon-fi/hery in that country, must be
come an objetf of great importance
as that fine fifli (the salmon) abounds
in their lakesand rivers, in ihe spring
and fall that it is not uncommon for
a party to spear 20 or qo in an even
nig, from 14 to 3 olb. each—that if
the nvers were cleared and seines
made use of, some thousand barrels
m'glit be caught in a season—that
they are equal r„ ,he salmon of Cnn
i)ec r ticut river—That a boat loadH
with fait, going t» Niagara, where it
« 24S- per luifhel, was lately
seized by the Britifli at Ofwego.
GEORGE-TOWN, July 21.
On Sunday last the Prefidenr of the
piTMJ fV" a, rived il-1 lhis citv
I hiladelphia, and on Tuesday set out
tor his .Seat at Mount Vernon
On Monday and Tuefdav last the
President of the United States, and
the Couimiffioners of the Federal
Buildings, examined the plans for a
Capitol, and Present's IJoufe, to be i
Cr;<T£eil in tiie r; v rf \t- «.•
building, were presented The T
»M.im for the Left p )an of
t.ent s House, was adjudged to James
Hoben from Cbarlefton, South*
■ olina, but no decision was ™iv en i„
favor 0 f any pJan for a Capitol-,three
«r four of luperior merit are
confide, at.on, and it is expend Z
tbeCommiffioners.at their next men
mK (the iff of Augurt) will then make
their election.
wAS HI NGT 0 N (N. C.) J„| y j.
On Wednesday ]alt, abont midnighf, a fin
broke out in the ftbre of Mr. Peter cWo
ed rteTwHl' ' e i? e 7 llrin!? e ' lement soon r «cl'-
« velf r e h,C i ,it tota,l - v coo! " u ™ei
1 th . e fcfchen and other o« iioifc
The most vigorous efforts of the inhabitant
were ,n <ran> everted. The houfc of Mr. Da
v.d Shoemaker, and that of Mr. David foneV
Mr cLl P ' rCy tothe „ fla J mes ' The Ul
ed funher damage! which prevent-
NEWBURYPORT, July ,g.
Several Newspapers of the pad and prifent
reek have prematurely mentioned Mr. Perkins
t this town being sent for to Philadelphia for
he purpose of superintending the coinage there
• Perkins' abilities in that line are fully ade-'
piate to such an appointment, as the fpecimeiw
e has exhibited in that line amply tefttfV —
nftead of the former method of performing th:
lufinels, he has invented a new machine,-wliicii
uts the metal into such circular pieces a? are
vanted, and gives the impression at the fame
ime—its motion is accelerated by a balance,
fheei, and more than one third of the time
md labor thereby saved—He hasalfoconftruft.
d another machine, of his own invention, for
lulling or lettering the edge, bv which a boy
an mill fixtyeach minute— Were it foind ne
.eil'ary, he could apply steam to perform all the
noft laborious part of the bufineft. But what
sos more importance, and will be found to be
as more public utility than all the foregoing, is,
a Check, which he has invented, for discover
ing Counterfeits—this is so contrived, as that
one eighth of a minute is fufficient to deter
mine, without the poflibility of a mistake, whe
ther a piece, of money is genuine, or not ; and
any town or merchant can be supplied, at a
small expense, with said Checks, and then reft
allured that an imposition will be absolutely im
pollible.
BOSTON, July i 3.
Concentrating the various public ofHces in
tate-Street, is a measure that very much ac
celerates business, and of cour/e is greatl.v ad
vantageous to the commercial and manufac
turing interests of the town—But the benefit of
the measure does not flop here—the repairs and
ornaments of the buildings add much to the
beauty of the street; and must impress foreign
ers, who enter' the town from the water, with
lavorable ideas of its wealth and confequertce.
Among; the ornaments above alluded to, a
| very bandfome one was added a few days f.nce
over the door of the Poft-Office. It is a wing
ed Mercury, in the ad of bounding from a
Globe, supporting his Caduceus in his left hand,
and holding ?n his right a letter directed to
u Russell, Esq. Merchant, Boston—per
post"—conveying a handsome compliment to
[ cbe mercantile interest of the town, and to one
of its principal supporter?. The execution of
the work was by Shillings—and mentioning that,
precludes the necessity of facing it is elegantly
done.
ANECDOTE.
Inflancesof honour and koncjly a*'e worthy <Jf
record ior the imitation and gratification of
mankind.—About a fortnight fince,a gent'eman
of this State in travelling from the southward
near Fairfield, Connecticut, loft a pocket-book
containing much property. The stage was
stopped some time that search might be made,
but the earch proved in vain. At night, how
ever, after the gentleman who fuffercd the loss
was asleep, he was awakened by a countryman,
who inquired, if he had loft a pocket-book—and
being fatisfied with the replv, told the gentle
man he had found it. Elated at the news, tiie
gentleman sprang from his bed, and having re
ceived the pocket-book, requeued the man who
found it to take any fuin for his trouble he
pleated—but he declined. The gentleman then
off?red him Thirty dollars ; which was also re
fused— as was troctit\-jive, and twcvt —the coun
tryman obfervinn;, that his expectations were
not great, and that four or five do'lars would
filly fatisfv him.for his trouble. The centle
man, almost vexed at the scrupulous feelings of
the man, inilfted that unlefshetook twenty dol
lars he should have nothing-*—but in vain. At
length, however, after much intrcatw he was per
suaded to accept of fifteen—but he declared,
that he did it with reluctance, as the labourand
trouble he iiad taken, were not worth the mo
ney; and that he couM noS in conference, but
give the child who picked up the book, two
thirds thereof.
THE EFFECT OF COVETOUSNESS;
or a warning to Ml 5 er s,
WE are informed by Valerius Msximu'—
that whep Hannibal had besieged Caflilimini,
ind reduced the garrison, for want of provision,
to the last extremity, a fold'er happened to
4atch a half-ftar-ved pjoufe, and hi", co ve tonfne js
jfcceeding his hunger, ■ e fold it to one of hi*
comrades for e'eve flerUng; which
roved a f bar; •r • ■ for he who bo t
Ue"*n->n ? >, ftved ' by t e purchase, while
- r e who fold it died til hunger.