t August 7, ■'j / * tUxtrafl oj a letter from CobliKtz, July 28 " This court has exhibited for some days past, the nloft ac r tive and inter esting scene that can be imagined, Jby the ailemblage of a greater number of sovereigns and princes than per haps were ever colle<2ed before on any occasion. The elector, ever dis tinguished for hospitality and magni licence,'has had the l'atisfa<ftion of en tertaining at once, the king of Prus sia, the duke of Weymair, the arch duke Charles, the French Princes, the prince of Prussia, the prince of Ba den, the prince of Wirtemberg, prince Augultus of England, the prince of Nassau, &c. and, besides thefcj many of the most diftinguiflied ir.hara<siers in their different lines of War and politics. " The king of Pruflia came down the Rhine from IVlayence, after the conference there held with the em peror. The elector of Treves went to meet his inajefty in the barge of state, accompanied by bis whole court, in' the highest style of magnificence. The two barges being arrived near each other, the Engliih sea officer, fir Sidney Smith, who accompanied the elector, went forward in a finall boat, and the ceremony being adjusted, the two sovereigns met on the majef tic Rhine, whose banks were covered with the different corps of French emigrant troops, now, for tile firft time, formally permitted to appear under arms. " Preparations are making to ena ble the Pruflian army to move for ward. It is, at present, encamped on the French fide of the Rhine, which it eroded in three columns, over a bridge of boats and two swing bridges, built after the model of the floating bridges on the coalt of lomerania The Duke of Brunfwick's Manifefto, it is expedled, will strike such a ter ror into the minds of the inhabitants <©f France, that they will not (uffer the army or the national guards to make any resistance, lince it Cannot be fufficient to defend them, and can only draw on them the threatened vengeance of military execution. " The Austrian army, under the command of the Prince Hohenloe, has eroded the Rhine at Swetzingen, near Manheim, and will proceed to invest Stralbourgwithout lofsoftime. " His Royal Highness Prince Au gustus, of England, dined with the King of Prussia in»*camp yesterday, and afterwards took leave of his Ma jesty, previous to his Hanoverian at tendants ; he was attended by all the Englilh young men of diftin&ion h«re ; Lord Borigdon, Lord Gran ville Gower, the Hon. Mr. Frederick North, Sir Sidney Smith, Mr. Jenkin fon, member of the British Parlia ment, Captain Coflby, &c. &c &c. STATE PAPER. Additional Declaration oj his Mofl Se rine Highness the Reigning Duke of Brunfivick and Lnnenburgh, addrejfed to the inkabitanti of France. THE declaration which I have ad drefietl to the inhabitants of France, dated Quarters General at Coblentz, iuly 25, must have fufficiently made riown the firm resolves of their irra jeflies the Emperor and the King of Pruflia, when they entrusted me with the command of their combined ar mies. "The liberty and the fafecy of the sacred persons of the King, Queen and Royal Family, being one of the principal motives which have defer mined their Imperial and Royal Ma jelties to atft in concert ; I have made known, by my said declaration to the inhabitants of Paris, my refolveto in flidl on them the most terriblepuni(h inents, if the leaftintuit should be of fered to his Mod Chriltian Majesty, for whom the city of Paris is particu larly responsible. Without niaking the lead alterati on in the Bth article of the said de claration of the 25th fnff. I declare besides, thac if, contrary 10 all expec tation, by the perfidy or bafenels of some inhabitants of Paris ; the King, the Oueen, or any other persons of the Royal Kamily, should be carried off from the city, all the places and towns whatsoever, which lhall not have opposed their paflage, and (hall not have flopped their proceedings, (hall incur the fame punishments as those infliifted on the inhabitants of Paris ; and the route which (liall be taken by thole who carry off the King and Royal bamily, /hall, be marked with a series of exemplary punish ments, justly due to the authors and abettors oi crimes for which there is no reinidion. All the inhabitants of France in general are to take warning of the dangers with whfch they are threat ened, and which it will be impossible for them to avoid, unless they, with all their might, and by every means ill their power, oppose the pallatre of the King and Royal Kmnily, to Viat ever place the facftions may attempt to carry them. Their Imperial and Royal Majelties will not allow any place of retreat to be the free choice of his most Christian Majesty (in cafe he should comply with the invitation which has been made) unless that retreat be effected under the escort which has been offered. All declarations whatsoever in the name of his most Chriltian Majesty, which shall be contrary to the objecSt which their Imperial and Royal Ma jefjies have in view, (hall consequent ly be considered as null and without effetft. Given at General Quarters at Coblentz, July 27, 1792. Charles Gdillaume Ferdinand, Due de Brunfwick Lunenburgh. Philadelphia, Sept. 2 6. At a conference held at Lancaster, on the 20 th day of September, 1792, for the purpose of proposing to the consideration of the citizens, the names of suitable persons to represent this State in the Congress of the United States, and to l'erve as electors of a President and Vice- President. Conferrees attended from Philadelphia, county of Bucks, Chester, Lancaster, York, Berks, Northampton, Montgomery, Dauphin, and Delaware. Friday, Sept. 21. The genrlemen present having conferred to gether, and so far as was in their power collect ed the sentiments of the good people in this com monwealth, as to the most fui table persons to lerve in the capacities aforefaid, it was agreed to pro pose to the consideration of their le llow-citizens, the following ticket for members of Congress. Thomas Fitzfimons, Thomas Scott, Frede rick A. Muhlenberg, William Irvine, James Armstrong, Thomas Hartley, Daniel Heifter, John W. K'.ttera, Henry Wynkoop, William Bingham, William Findley, Samuel Sitgreaves, Peter Muhlenberg. And the following ticket for electors of a President and Vice-President, viz. James Rofb, of Wa/hington ; Robert Cole man, Lancaster; Henry Miller, York; John Boyd, Northumberland; William Henry, North ampton ; Thomas Bull, Chester; JohnWilkins, jun, Allegany ; Cornelius Cox, Dauphin; Da vid Stewart, Huntingdon ; James Morris, Montgomery; George Latimer, Robert Hare, city and county ofPhiladelphia ; Joseph Heifter, Berks; Hugh Lloyd, Delaware; Robert John son, Franklin. By order of the meeting, GERARDUS WYNKOOP, Chairman. Attest, THOMAS ROSS, Secretary. («opy.) The anniversary commencement of Yale- College was celebrated at New-Haven on Wed nesday the 12th instant, with the usual formali ties—after the exercises of the day were finifh ed—the degree of Bachelor was conferred on thirty.four, and that of master of Arts oa twen ty-one gentlemen. The honorary degree of master of arts was 1 conferred on the honourable William Hillhoufe, Esq. and on Daniel Dewey, Esq. The degree of do&or of laws on the lion. Hen ry Marchant, judge of the diftrift ofßhode-Ifl and—the hon. John Worthington, of Maftachu fetts, and the hon. Oliver Wolcott, lieut. gov. of Connecticut. The rev. doctor ClacGett, of the state of Maryland, was confeerated bilhop for that state in New-York, by the right reverend. Samuel Provooft, on Tuefoay, last week. The electors of the city and county of Phila delphia, are notified by the fheriff to meet on Thursday the 9th day of October next, to chufe five perlons for representatives for the city, five persons for representatives for the county, and one person for commillioner; and at the lame time to chufe thirteen persons for representa tives of this state in Congress- A letter from Savannah, fays that the Indi ans are at peate, but will on 110 terms consent to running the lines agreeable to treaty. On Tuesday evening the following gentle men were elected managers of the stock, to be employed in establishing the manufactories of maple sugar, and pot-ash, and in promoting agricultural improvement in Northampton county, in this state, viz. Timothy Pickering, president. Henry Drinker, treasurer. Samuel Pleasants, Samuel Hodgdon, and Samuel M. Fox, secretaries. . The proposed manufactures are to be efta blilhed on a large body of rich land, near the Delaware. The following is a statement of the quantity of rice (hipped from Charleston, South-Carolina, from the 1 jtb of December 1791, to September 135 1792, viz. One hundred and eight thousand five hundred and sixty-seven tierces. The nett weight of each tierce may be averaged at five hundred and fifty weight. A petition will b? presented to Congress, at their next session, praying them to take into confederation the impropriety of officers a&ing under the excise law being proprietors of stills, or any way interested in a still or ftilh. At the last Qourt of Quarter SefTions for the county ofChefter, in this State, Joseph Evans and Robert Fletcher, with several others, were indi<sted for a riot, afiault and battery on Jacob Humphreys, who was in the execution of his of fice under what is commonly culled the Excise Law" of the United States. The other defendants had not, at the time of the trial, been taken. The Jury convi&ed both the defendants, and Fletcher was fined 501. Abjlraft oj European intelligence by the Britijh packet Antelope, in 35 days from Falmouth, arrived at New-York tnfl I'hurfday. ; It is said in the foreign prints, that a cefl'a ition of hoflilities is agreed upon between the Poles and Ruffians—a number of volunteers have left Ireland to join the French armies— The Auftrians have left Bavay, the only French place they were in poffeflion of—A manifefto of the French emigrant princes has been circula ted in the frontier towns of France; it recom mends an oblivion of past grievances, proposes a form of government similar to that of Great- Britain, king, lords and commons; the estates and titles of the nobility to be restored, &:c.— About the 4th August the Prussian army was to enter#'ranee. A plot to assassinate the new emperor of Germany, is said to have been dis covered at Frankfort. Several recent fkir miHies have taken place between the French and Auftrians, in which the former have been generally fifccefsful. Three hundred thousand men are on the banks of the Rhine, &c. &rc.— An ast of re-confederation has been signed at Wilna, in Poland, under the auspices oftheem prefs of RufTia. A great part of the Ruffian ar my was within 30 leagues of Warsaw—The elector of Mayence has suggested to the minis ter plenipotentiary of France, at his court, in a note, whether in the present posture of affairs it would not be better for him to retire from that country in which he cannot be allured of perfect fafety, or be received in the chara&er of minister.—A fiibfcription for the king of Po land is opened in England, which it is expe<sted will amount a large sum—James Napper Tandy, Esq. of Dublin, lately fubpeened the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the court of Ex chequer, but the plaintiff's attorney refufing to declare the cause of action, after con liderable ar gumentation by Mr. Butler, another of the plain tiff's attornies—the court ordered the bulinefs to stand over to the next term, for further argu ment. —The academy of Sciencies at Paris ha,ve allotted the prize of 1200 livres to Dr. Herfchel tor his aftromomical discoveries.— Among other presents to the emperor of China, which are to be carried by Lord Macartney, are a pair of Globes, the moil magnificent ever executed in England j on the celestial globe are inferteri 5864 stars of seven different magnitudes, on a beautiful enamelled ground, each magnitude is distinguished by gold, silver, and different co loured foils. The terrestrial Globe is accu rately laid down, and beautifully illuminatod— they are mounted in gold and silver. The French resident in Constantinople, ac cording to a letter from that city, declared in confidence that an army of 100,000 Turks will (hortly march into Hungary; this would be a powerful diversion in favor of the French cause. The loss by the fire at Valenciennes is estima ted at 200,000 livres—it is pretty fully ascer tained that this misfortune was not occalioned by accident. The French poftefs great advantages over the Auftrians in the superiority of their artil lery ; to this is to be attributed the great loss of the latter where the former have experien ced very little loss at all. It is said that the National troops of France have given fiich proofs of their ipirit discipline and bravery, particularly in the affair of Orchies, that they are more dreaded than the troops of the line. Great tumults have recently prevailed in Pa ris ; M. D'Efpemenil, and M. Champion one of the present Ministry have been very roughly treated by the populace—the former had his clothes torn pfF his back and was fobadly wound ed that his life is in danger. They were refc cued by the guards. The concuflion of parties still exists in Paris ; the Feuillants keep their hold round the King. The Jacobins are enra ged at feeing a new Ministry tff Feuillants— The fufpenlion of the executive power being proposed in the committee of twelve; M. de Montefquiou said, 44 If move to suspend the King, I will answer, that the next day you will neither have officers nor soldiers in your army.'' M. Champion, the minister of the interior department, was wounded in the head with a sabre, of which he lips dangerously ill—The as sassin was taken, his name is Hyon, a furious Jacobin. M. Briflot de Warville, in a speech in the National AfTembly, when he came to ertanfine the different propositions lately agitated " for suspending the King* for appointing a di&atu rate, for convoking the primary aiTemblies,' in order to taking their opinion on reforming the Conftitution."—Of each of these hedifapproved, as highly dangerous, and proposed that an ad dress to the people should be prepared, to warn them against believing that any such were in contemplation, or fit to be adopted. This mo tion was agreed to. On the Bth of August Mr. Pinckney, the American Minister, had his firft audience of the King of Great-Britain—when he delivered his credentials. Pie was introduced by Mr. Dundas,one of the principal Secretaries ofState, and conducted by Mi. Cottere), Deputy Mattel of the Ceremonies. The Ele&or of Saxony lias joined the league against France.—An order has passed the Na tional Affeiuoly lor clearing the nunneries and monaftei .es which had continued to be occupied by the religious orders—that thole buildings might be appropriated to the accommodation of the troops. The merchants of London lately gave an ele gant entertainment to Mr. Bond, the Britiili Consul, in teftiiuony of their ienie of t!:» e!io. ,- tial services rendered bv him to the BritiPi mer cantile interelt in the United States of America. I irg. Pape< Monday last arrived the lliip Gdbrge Barclay, Capt. Collet, from London, which she left the iithofAuguft, ult. but made ,the paflage froci la»d to land in 28 days. The following ladies and gentlemen came palTengers in the George Barclay :—Mr. Cox, his lady and child; two Miss Butlers ; Miss Davis; Miss Manley ; Mr. Michael Roberts Mr. Pratt, and several in the steerage—in th 4 whole 22 paflengers. Five performers from the London and Dublin theatres, are to make their firft appearance this evening, at the theatre in Southwark. The person who was lately committed to goal an ftifpicion of being'concerned in the mur der of Elizabeth Reeves, having been examined by the proper authority, nothing appeared against him to confirm the suspicion—he was accordingly discharged—lt is proper therefore that the public should be notified that the pro clamation of the supreme executive of this commonwealth remains in force. FROM A CORRESPONDENT. It is positively aflerted, that the people in one vicinity in the United States, who opposed the collection of the excise, have never paid a state tax sinCe the late war ! 'Tis not this, that, or the other mode of revenue, which they would oppose, but the payment Of any and all public dues. Not to execute the laws among such' people, would be to abandon the maintenance of civil society, and to reduce a free and civil ized nation to a state of nature. Mail. The world is ftrangelv fettered by custom even in matters which their own senses are dai ly teaching them to understand. The writers against the excise cunningly avail themselves of the ancient aversion to this tax to raise an hue and cry against the law of Cougrefs. The word is worth more to their purpose than all the ar guments they have been able to conjure up. They carefully remind us of the expression of the old Congress, that an excise is the abhor rence of free States, and they add that it is o dious even in monarchies. But they avoid pointing out the odious parts of an excise sys tem. It would not suit their views to confefs that the law in this country is well guarded against abule ; that officers are not to break open houses and the mode of trial is not arbitra ry nor summary. Will names therefore be fuf ficient always to scare a discerning people ! Will old prejudice outweigh denionftrative ex perience ? We have had trial of an excise and we know it is not the man eater that it was re presented to be. States most justly zealous for liberty have had excise laws tbefe forty years. It is the interest of the people to know the truth, and every day is teaching them that an excise is one of the faireft and least oppressive taxes that can be laid. Mr. Fenno, THE writer of the paragraph in your paper of the firft instant, who mentioned the duty on nails as being one cent per pound, had reference to the duty laid by the former law ofCongrefs— not adverting to the duty of two cents laid by the ast which took place the firft of July last. Mr. DujJlap having called on the Editor with a request as from the author of the publicati on which appeared in his paper of Saturday last,* that it might appear in this Gazette ; in compli ance with that request (though anonymous) the re publication is begun this day—This circutnftance most apblogize to the author of Catullus tor defering his third essay till Saturday, when it thai! be published without further delay. ARRIVED at the PORT of PHILADELPHIA. Ship George Barclay, Collet, London Brig Little Sarah, Thomas, Jamaica Good Intent, Pcarce, Antigua Active, Foster, Gion Henricus, lager, Amsterdam Sch'r Eagle, Wilson, Charlcfton Sloop Abby, Ames, ffofton Abigail, Allen, Curracoa Newborn Packet, , Cape-Francois Polly, Norris, St. Cioix PRICE OF STOCKS. 6 per Cents, 22/* ) 3 per Cents, i©/" C Deferred, . , 3 y 6 Full /hares Bank U. S. 49 P cr cent. prem. j (hares, 60 Strayed or Stolen, FROM the iubf.riber, on the night of the {Bth instant, from the inclofure of John Clark, of Trenfon Township, Hunterdon county, New- Jersey, a Chefnut Sorrel MARE, about nine years old, fourteen and an half hands high, bald faced, white feet and eyes, a bunch on her left and near fide, occasioned by a hurt, small long neck, chin mane, shortish tail, shod all round; Whoioever will take np said Mare, and return her either to John Clarß, of Trenton, Richard Varian, New-York, or the fubferiber in Danbury, Fair field countv. State of Connecticut, shall receive EIGHT DOLLARS REWARD for the Mare and. Thiet, or FOUR DOLLARS for the Mare only. JAMF.S TROWBRIDGL Trenton, (N.J.) Sept. 18, 1792 SHIP NEWS.
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