to attend it. Tliis resolution, which
left every man to do as he pleased,
was represented as an intentional in
sult to the Catholic worship ; and
notwithflanding a heavy rain,the ce
retnony wasyeflerday more pompous
ly celebrated, great nuinber3 of the
troops of the line and national guards
attending, than if lio such resolution
had been palled.
The arrival of M. d'Orleansat Va
lenciennes having been made a pre
text for circulating a report among
the troops, that the greater part of
their officers meant to quit the ser
vice. Marshal Luckner gave out in
general orders, that he lliould consi
der all reports tending to produce
jealousy and disunion in the army as
a personal injury to himfelf—and that
he knew of but one party—the glory
of France, and the maintenance of
her conflitntion.
The Secretary for foreign affairs,
named Dumorier, threatened the
world with a relignation, when it was
in agitation to bring him to account
for the fix millions paid into his
hands for secret purposes, fnch as fo
menting discord and revolt in the
neighbouring countries. But when,
through the interference of his good
friend's, it was decreed that he might
do -what he pleased with the inconsi
derable sum, he condescended to re
main in office for thegtod oj his country.
Every time M. Chabot comes about
with hisimpeaching budget, the ears
of the auditory are wounded by in
decent expreflions, slanderous re
ports and criminal defamation,which,
in the reign of the law, would have
brought down condign punishment oil
the head of him who would have
dared to use them. On Monday he
accused almost all the honcft men in
the kingdom—his proofs, as he mo
destly called the infignificant firing
of evidence he adduced, were chief
ly colleiled froin anonymous letters,
the information of servants discharg
ed from refpetftable families, for va
rious difdemeanors ; drunken coach
men, and lazy footmen—he denoun
ced The Gazette UrtiverfA't as a dan
gerous libel ; (because it never Si
mulates to murther, or infurreiftion)
lie accused La Fayette, Rochambeau,
and the deceased General Dillon, as
friends to a Counter-Revolution, &c.
—Though hooted by his brethren,
his documents were re.ferred to a
committee, those excepted which cri
minated the Generals, now at the
head of the army. I fliall only fay
one word more of mailer Chabot—it
was moved by a member of his own
party, that he fliould be sent to pri
son, if not to bedlam.
Gen. Arthur Dillon has been once
more to the aflembly to solicit justice
for the memory of his departed re
lative i he was accompanied by Chau
roont who begged permiflion to be
present on the day of the report, he
afl'ured them he would prove that his
Gen. was all bravery, goodness, ho
hour and talents ; the petitioners
were received with diftin<slion.
Lettsrs from Tournay, May 29.
The French 3000 in number, at
tempted to take by aflault a chapel,
called Notre-dame-de-Bon-fecours—
which is said to be rich. The Prince
of Ligne was informed of it, and re
solved to defend it with 800 grena
diers. Having chosen a very strong
station, he obliged the besiegers to
retire, with some confufion. The
Prince look advantage of it, pursued,
killed 4c, and took 12 pri Toners, with
some field pieces and provisions.
M. Chabot a member of the Na
tional Aflembly attempied to enter
the terrace of Keuillans with a Tword
cane, and was disarmed by the cen
tinel Rationed there, who had posi
tive orders so to do.
In his anger at the supposed insult,
which was owiugto a prudential re
gulation of police, he wrote the fol
lowing infelent letter to the King.
" That the King of the French
should prohibit entrance into his pa
lace to perfens armed, the writer
would think a precaution juftified by
the distrust to which the conduct of
the court has given rife. But to cause
to be disarmed, nt the entrance of a
garden, public in its nature, or by the
permission of the proprietors, cause
a reprefentativeof the fovereigu, sole
proprietor of that garden, to'be dis
armed, is insulting to the nation,
and of a piece with that Aoftrian fy*
tem which tends to debase the Ns
tional Aflembly. Thefubfcriberhop«&
the King of the French will give or
ders that his cane be returned, and
will take away a centinel insulting
to the people we represent.
(Signed) F. Ch a bot, Deputy."
NATiO.NAL ASSEMBLY, June 5.
The Hector of St. Germain l'Aux
errois invited the Aflembly to affitl
by a deputation at the procelfion of
the Hofl on Thursday. An order
was made to this effeifi, which was no
sooner pad than several members mov
ed that it ihould be reported, or in
other words, revoked. On the other
[fide it was said, that to revoke this
oruer would be to declare that they
had completely set aside the national
religion ; and it was agreed that the
Aflembly Ihould not fit on Thursday,
that every member might be at liber
ty to attend such religious ceremony
as he thought proper.
M. Arthur Dillon appeared at the
bar, and requested a f'peedy report on
the papers before the committees, in
proof of the innocence and patriotism
of his unfortunate relation viho was
murdered at Li fie.
The numbering of afligngts was
fliewn to be no check to counterfeit
ing, and the expence of it was calcu
lated to amount to near 560,000 li
vres on the large affignats, and to
upwards of 2,000,000 on the fmair.
It was proposed, instead of this mode
of proceeding, to divide them simply
into series, this way ; —2OOO affignats
of the series of 2 livres, 10 sols, and
so on, down to the affignats of 10 sols.
This was adopted.
At twelve, the order of the day
was taken up,—the discussion on the
Auftrim Committee. Mr. Chabot as
cended the tribune to prove the ev
idence of this conspiracy againfl the
conflitution- [A sketch of this speech
would be lengthy, uninterefling, and,
to us, in agreat degree unintelligible.
The French Editor concludes his ac
count of the speech, as follows
All the facfls, all the letters, all the
depositions brought forward by the
orator prove at least, that there are
ill intentioned people, great crimes
unpunished, criminals that ought to
be prosecuted and be made to feel the
severity of the law.— But ft ill one
would ask, Where are the guilty ?
Where are the members of the Au
llrian committee ? We would wifli
to hear their names, —to fee them
Where are they ?
The difcufiion was interrupted by
Mr. Servan, who came to thank the
aflembly for the confidence they had
(hewn him, and to communicate a
project which he conceived eflential
to the fafety and tranquility ofFrance.
A decree commands a repetition of
the ceremony of the federation 011
the 14th of July in each year. M.
Servan proposed a general federation
on the next 14th of July, at which
deputations from the National Guards
of the whole kingdom should aflift,
and then, that they should be organ'
ized and aflift in securing the tran
quility of the capital. Referred to
the committee of legislation and pub
lic inftrmfiion.
We this moment received a letter,
dated Rome, May 16, from which we
extract what follows.
" The Holy Father returned to
this city three days after that fixed
for his return. He is arrived in per
fect health. It is impossible to des
cribe the joy of all ranks at his fafe
arrival : He was, in a manner, car
ried in triumph to the Vatican.
During the Pope's journey, a
Frenchman, in a fn.all fifherman's
canoe, was landing near the Pontini
marshes. The centinel potted there
alked the traveller who he was, and
whither he was going. An answer
was refufed, and feme refinance at
tempted. The soldier fired, and
wounded him in the legs. The tra
veller fell, was taken and sent to
rerrac.ne. He was searched— much
go.d, silver, bills of exchange and o
ther papers were found about him.
A surgeon, who speaks French, was
brought to dress his wound. Burn
he to the surgeon, burn all my
tZr'iuVA rewarj takcas nuch of
that gold and silver aj you w; y/. The
urgeon communicated the proposal
to the civil authority, and the French
man is lmprifbned
98
LONDON, June ij.
The German Princes of the circles
Alsace and Suabia have decreed,
that no interruption on account of
the war, (hall be given to the com
merce of France with their States.
The Eletftor of Cologn has demand
ed of the States of his Electorate the
I'ubfidies necellary for supporting his
quota of troops in the army of the
Empire, but they have absolutely re
fufed them.
In the Jacobin Club is a man called
La Croix who made the following
motion the day before yelterday :
Takeaway the fcmalt Aujlrtan and
\piit all the Generals in pr'tfon /"Chabot
was Chairman, and thus anrvvered
him—" Your motion is rather (trong,
my friend, withdraw it for the mo
ment, but don't lose it."
The remnanis of antiquity—curi
ous Hones—lllolaic pavements —pre-
cious sculptures—even entire apart
ments with their furniture, all in
high preservation,• found lately at
Borghefe, in Italy, are daily conveye4
to Rome. It is no longera doubt that*
the above are the relics of the ancient
city of Gabie, which was swallowed
up by an earthquake.
The affairs ot France, to the hap
piness of the friends of the boman
race, are mending apace. The Elec
tor of Treves speaks friendly to the
cause of Liberty. The Swift Cantons
do the fame, and the King of Pruflia
has been warned of the consequence
of opposing the Rights of Man.
The last accounts from Vienna stat
ed, that 70,000 Rnilians had enteied
Poland.
The minister is dreadfully alarmed
left Mr. Paine should write such a
letter to him as he has addreil'ed to
Mr. Secretary Dundas ; we cannot
easily conceive that if he does, Mr.
Pitt will not know bow to answer it !
On the 1 jth of May, M. Chalons,
the French Ambaflador at the Court
of Portugal, delivered M. Pinto, the
Portuguese Minister, the declaration
of war by the French nation against
the King of Hungary and Bohe
mia. The Minister returned
for answer, that this court vsiihed
well to the tranquility of the French
nation, and that of the King of Hun
gary, and that he was authorised to
assure the French Ambaflador of the
mod strict neutrality on the part of
Portugal.
The health of the Queen was ftil
unsettled, but Dr. Willis had greai
hopes of her recovery.
Many Diflenters fay, that Mr. Fox
has gone fufficient lengths in their
favor. They approve (to use their fa
miliar way of talking of their friend)
of Tom Paine's book in toto. Now
Mr. Fox has spoken decidedly againlt
it—so that, although he has fljewn
his dexterity at coalitions, he must
" outdo his ulual outdoings," topre
ferve their political confidence.
God alone is the author of reason ;
[no sublunary power therefore, whe
ther under the shape of camps or can
nons can blot it out from the great
book of fate, which so many earthly
kingdoms are reading at this moment.
Prejudices and tyrants are, neverthe
less, both very ltrong, and cannot be
expe&ed to lose their hold suddenly.
It is an acknowledged fa<ft, that
every thing new is alarming to the
ignorant and the prejudiced.
Thus we hear the doctrine of the
Rights of Man condemned by those
who are incapable of underltanding
its sublimity, and abused by men iii
power who thrive by the ignorance
of the former description of persons.
With all the noile and noiifeiife a
bout pro fee u ting Mr. Paine, we hear
nothing of ihe atto»*ney-general hav
ing received orders to prosecute Mr.
Burke for a libel on the conltitution,
or on Mr. RoPe for corrupt interfer
ence in the Weftminlter election.
Friday two ftiip loads of French
officers arrived at Dover from France.
1 hey take out their pafi'- ports for
England, and hence take their paf
lage to Oftend, to join the emigrant
army. °
1 he Duke of York displays won
derful activity of body. His high
ness is at a review in the morning, at
races in the afternoon, at a Carlton
house dinner in the evening, and at
a Buckingham house ball tt night.-
liincescnn out-do common people
in such things, 'tis plain.
TRIAL OF MR. HASTINGS
On Saturday Mr. Dallas be<r an
sum up the evidence on the R,„
charge. He, with great ability
in elegant language, went info ,K.
leading features of Bulwant Sin •
conduct, and demonftratively nr V
that instead of that Zemindar bei
a friend to the Bri.ifh govern,*" s
he was .tsgreatelt enemy . his int ,''
tion being molt evidently to c »r a
the whole of the British army
The learned Counsel went at l a ,„
into the business ; an d where a „ 0 8 '
portunity offered, displayed his t \\
.quence with fine efe<ft on his auditors
He besought their Lordlhij.s t0 trv
Mr. Hafhngs not by the weight of/
bilities that brouglit forward th"
charge, but by the lawsofimmutable
justice and to alk their own | IMrt<
did he or did he not ast hoileftlv >
nobly bravely, and prudently i n th *'
critical moment when a finkinu em
pire was to be raved.' Washetolwk
to Great-Britain for succours when
Great-Britain had the powers of
trance, Spain, America and Holland
to contend with ? Was he to wait for
inftrticftion at a time when the delay
of a moment would rob us of every
valuable possession in India ? Sure
not. Common sense, natural n ru .
dence forbade it.
What he did was right, and hs
mould venture to fay, if it was wrong
Mr. Hastings alone was not culpable
—The " black malignancy of mind"
■" The dark and deep malice of
heart" did not singly centre in the
bolom of Mr. Hastings.— Mr. Halt
ings had accomplicesequally entitled
to the full force of these epithets, so
liberally bestowed by the honorable
Managers—Sir Eyre Coote,M.r. Whee
ler, and Mr. Francis, all came under
the full force and meaning of the
word accomplices to Mr. Hastings'
guilt : together they must stand, to
gether they must fall.
Mr. Dallas pursued this idea to its;
extent, and dwelt upon it with full
force of argument : after which he
went extensively into the condntfof
Cheyt Sing, and continued speaking
until five o'clock when the court
broke up.
In compliance with the Petition of
Mr. Hastings to his Majelty, the House
of leers will continue to fit, it is laid,
on the trial in Westminster-Hall, and
fee the end of Mr. Hastings' defence
on the present charge, during the
present felfion.
Extract of a letter, dated Egra (Bohemia) Hi] 26,
" By the time yon' receive this letter; Arch
duke Charles will be at the army of the Diikr
of Saxe-Techin. He is the bearer of inJmc
tions which will give new- activity to the ope
rations of the army in Brabant.
I "As to the Imperial crown, you may red
aflured that it will be placed on the head of the
King of Hungary, and that the ceremony of
the coronation will take ulace at Frankfort
from the 3d to the Bth of July.
" Then, and at that time, there will be a
grand and last committee, who will take iinal
measures to restore to France a government,
tranquility, and to annihilate the feed l ; of an
archy which have done you so much inifchief."
N E W-YOKK, Aiiguft 17.
At a meeting of the Truitees of Co
lumbia College held at the College
Hall, on Monday the 9th day of
July, 1792.
The board proceeding to ihe elec
tion of officers ; the following gen
tlemen were by balloting unanimoul
ly elected, to wit :
Dr. Johan Chriftoff Kurtzii, profeflor
of the Oriental Languages.
I)r. Samuel Latham Mitchell, profef
for of Natural History, Chywiftry,
Agriculture and the other arts de
pending thereon.
Dr. Samuel NicoH profeflor of tlie
practice of Physic ; and,
Mr. Viletre de MarccHin, profellor
of the French Language.
Extras from the minurcs.
ROBERT HARPUR, Clerk.
BOSTON, August 16.
On the 2d of June last, the house of Mr. Na
thaniel Reed, of Rehoboth, Maflachnfetts, T
some accident took fire, and was immediate y
consumed, the chimney and cellar walls fe in
ruins together. A noble spirit of sympathy or
the diftrefTed operated at this time on the in
bitants, who, under the dire&ion of Meiirs. a
bin, Bourn and Perrin, went to work, a" m
14 days, by their spirited and furpri/ingexer
tions, the cellar walls were built u P"" a .
frame put thereon—a beautiful stack of c
neys erected—the house well inclosed and <an
Jbraely fini/hed and painced. — Jay the .anic
'nevolent spirit that moved and an ' in2te ">
people, ever prevail through the land w
ftroyiag conflagrations rage.