■ *- tf) M JD.-OiH, J*uuv* f ! . Ye&erday-w»»ihe day oftwhietiioeilyationai Contention, were to <Uitnr»ii|f, .at lea'ft . how the «rtp*.flvould be toileted lor the Vela- ~. tive to the persecuted Loan. Ftoin their deter- 'I jninitjflp off his gueftioo hit tjte'may {ceil. It the vrnet areto becolleEted openly, il\_ jt meant tliat the members /fltould be' deteri cd: from giving wtat they call'a pardon ; if other «ifc| he vyilfbe feved. j ■ All the fpeifcera who have hitherto "given their npinious on the trial of Louie XVI. seem unani inbusin th'e conviflion of his guilt/butthey arc divided as ta the policy of puttlug him to dealb. The world is anxious to know what will be.riie Jentimeots expressed by citizen EagaHte on thij inteiefting fubjstt. Lord Howe is .certainly, to command the channel fleet. _ . .. . By the advices at Lloyd's, thirty fail of Eaft'ltidiamen are on their passage home , and, in caCe of hostilities breaking out be tween this country and France in the course ■of two months, it is more'than probable, the greater number of these valuable ships will fall to the lot of our cruizers. Government have determined upon forti fying our Weft-India islands. Mr. Dundas, we are informed, fnggefted an id-a of the. Negroes upon them being em ployed, instead of fending over, at a cpnfi derable expence to the nation a fufficient number of hands for that purpofej he has consulted several of the firft merchants in this city. \V$ understand that the ptan is agreeable to them, and will be observed by Government. Commodore Gardner, whom, when,vie . fiame him again, we (hall hope to call Admi ral, has recommended to tjje Atininalty a 'plartfor the relief of those leainen who have daims upon the bounty of government, but cannot yet be admitted into Greenwich Hof pita!. Ydfterclay morning letters were received ac <he Admiralty Oificc, Charing Croft, from Commodore Murray, wfio iVnbw at anchor in the Scheldt. They were sent ofTby the Goni jnodore op ThurfdayJafl. The Frenclh gun boats which lately entered the Scheldt, it now turns out, proceeded but a little way, they ran aground between high and low wat£r,and the French quitted them in their (mail boats, intending to return at high water ; but before they came back, the Dutch had fairly thrown a bank of earth round them. The Krcuch finding it impOssible to move the. boats, have defeited them.—No French veflels of.any kind had either entered or quitted-the Scheldt, from the time Commodore Murray anchored tliere till'thedarte of his difpatclies. <N">« ? March 2 o. Jjv the Ship Tryafy (apt, Watts, in 39 daysJrom Lif ion, the Joi lowing Intaejling Intelligence was rc> teived. FRANCE. NATIONAL CONVENTION. Tuejdat, January 15. 4 . The final judgment of Louis XVI. THE nominal call beingterminated, M. Verg liiaux, the President, rof- 1 , and spoke as follows: Out ol 735 voters, 66 bave been absent by leave ; five by illness, one for cause unknown ; 26 have rtißile divers declarations; and 693 have s»oted for the question in the affirmative—l do declare., in the name of the Convention. " THAT LOUIS CAPET IS GUILTY OF JHIQH TREASON, AMD Of ATTEMPTS AGAINST THE GENERAL SAFETY OF THE STATE." Here ihe second question was put, " Shall tbe APPEAL tathe PEOPLETAKE TLACE ?" A great number of the members spoke for and ihe appeal; an 4 almost evej.y one ■ot tHem seemed apprebenfwe of all the coniplicatc.il hoi rots of civil war. 1 When (.ouvet ana-Manuel gave rheir vote re fpefting this question, ihey expressed in the - Hi Deleft language,Mheir indignation at having kratd Qne of the nearcft relatives of Louis vote for his.death. paon after M. EG ALITE came to vote on the lecond question, he fa id—Hl only mind my duty, and I do vole that the appeal lhall not take place." Clootz voted against the appeal. The nominal call was determined at eleven •'clock, and the following was the result; Members absent Members who did not. give their vote -Sick Members Absent Members without cause ■ iMs-nlhers.lot the Appeal < Ulllihuragwcfl the An>Ml Majority againfl ihe Appeal Here Barren-, the Prifidem, rofc, and fajd: « THF. NATIONAL CONVENTION DOTH DECREE, THAT THE SENTENCE WHICH IT SHALL PRONOUNCE UPON LOUIS CAPET. SHALL NOT BE REFER RED TO THE APPEAL OF THE PEOPLE!" SENTENCE PRONOUNCED. AGAINST LOUIS THE SIXTEENTH. PARIS, JAN. 17. Thursdaynine in the Evening. I am sorry it falls to my lot to communicate 10 you the moll diftreflini; intelligence of the cv' iu which hat jufl taken place. The National Convention after fitting near 34 hours, has just voted, thai the punilhment of DEATH S«Att KF. IKFLIOTSB ON HII MOST CHRISTIAN MAJESTY. Th'sunjuft and miquupua Judgment was car ried by > majuiity of ipthcr mote than a hun titty oC.thjs number, thoujjli they voted for death, differed frohi the reft Sn relped to thie time when it (hould be infh&ed, some thinkinglhould not be put in execu tion nil the end of the war, atid others propo f»ng that it'rtioftM be postponed till the sense of the people fhould'bc taken. Peiion and cnany of the 1< riding members, voted for death with ' these reftri&ions. Amazement and terror appear univcrfally to prevail'; and the cocrfuftota of ihofc who are known ro have been attached to the Royal Pr,i foner, can more easily be imagined than dcfcri bed. So great was the general terror during 'this long fitting of the Convention, that many of the Members, who went tc the Hall on Tucfday morning with a pofuive resolution of saving the Ki/fg, if poltible, found tbemfelves Compelled, by the most urgent motives of per- 1 for>al fafety, to vote against him. v j There undoubtedly was great reason for «hts N j apprehension ; for a most formidable mob was collected, which openly threatened by -mme, , : many of the members,, to murder them upon the spot, if they did not vote for the death of the Kio^. I cannot cxprefs the horror which was paint ed in the countenance of evety individual in the National Convention, where the very woril of mankind were aflembtW, 7 when \h€ .Duke of Organs gave his vote for the death of his King 'and relation. Even Manuel, in a very proper and spirited mannef attacked him upon ii.'-i- This fexecrahle branch ot the4Joufe of B iurbon has bad a remittance of more than 20,000 livres sent to hitn from England, by wltich he is in some measure enabled to defray the charge of the Affaflms whom he afld- Roberfpi«fre have oow.in, pay. , The Kinc 11 pir.jec.tly. ieconcilio TO MIS F A T-1 The situation of her Majesty., Madame Eliza beth, and the Princess Royal is melancholy in deecj J , The latter has for some time been un well ; and the indelicate couverfation which took place in the convention, qpon her Majefly applying for a physician, is not to be defejibed. . The Dauphin is perfe&ly well and is universally beloved. Letters by the Tryal, fdi that the King of France had feiitence pfbnounced upon him on the ijth Jah\ —and Was F.xecufed the i\fl, at 4 o y clock in the morning, by Torch-fight—his Head being fevered frovi kis Body y feil into d hole below the $cajfold> and his liody was thrown ih after it. Captain Watts left Lisbon the Jth of Feb. and be .fore he faHeAfaw London papers containing the par* ticulars of the Execution of Louis 16th. Extra fl oj a letter from Lifbon> dated Feb. $th t in elofing some English New/papers to the 22 d Jan. received by the Trial. " There are some frefher papers in town but we could not get them. The unhappy and unfortunate Louis the XVI. has filled up. the measures oj his mis- Jortuncs, he was butchered an the 21JI of January in a private manner, in confequenee oj a fenience of the Convention 1 this bar bar oils, atlrocious ast, excites horror and indignation, in every man's breast who is not a mad-man. A general war is now lookedJ or as a conjequence ojthisjlep." Extratt oj a letter from a refpeflable mercantile houfc m Lijhon, to their ' t ix cit\ y dated February 8. " We this day have received a confirma tion that the King of France was executed the 21ft of" January, and think that war is in evitable." Poftt'cript of a letter dated Lisbon, Feb. 5, fays—" The death of the King of France, who was beheaded, makes me change opinion about.war, believing it impossible; and that the only refpefted colours will be yours [the American] in Europe. I am, Sic. Accounts by the Perfeveranee, Capt. Boys, who left Gibraltar the JJth February, fay,, that the Governor (Boyd)had received official accounts from Madrid, of the fate of Louis the XVI. Extrafl »J a letter from Gibraltar, dated February 12, 1793. " We are still in a ft ate of uncertainty, witb refpeft to war or pcace, but now the un fortunate King of France is no more, having been put to death on the 2ift ult. we thai) Iban know what determination the powers of' Europe will come to. Spain has agreed to join Great-Brttaln ~amt Holland, against" France, and are making great preparations for war. The Algerines have declared war,' against the Dutch, being dilpleafcd with the last presents they ferit them—we have a strong* squadron of Portuguese men of war here wait ing, the Algerines fay there is 110 danger of vessels under your colours coming to this place." A letter from Hifpaniola informs, that a fri gate had arrived at Cape-Francoi» [rom France, with advices, that the enormous expence of car rying on, the War (amountihg to Five Millions per month) had much embarrassed the Government; that General Cuftine had retired from Menu, and was en camped near Landau, with two thirds of his army; and that ihe Prussian and German forces were colleiling in large numbers near him. a *83 4*4 280 The birth day of the President of the Uni ted States was celedrated at Legiopville, by the army under the command of General Wayne, with those military honors and feii-i live joy, becoming patriot-citizen-soldiers.— Among other patriotic toasts given on the oe- J cafion, were the following: I. May our meeting with the Savages pr,«». duce conviction to the world, that the Ame rican Legion are the only troops proper to op pole tbera. S. Our Friend and Brother La Fayette — May a generous nation forgive his errors (if any) and receive him to her bosom. Members of the House of Representatives of the United States elected in South-Carolina; Lemuel Benton, for Georgetown and Che raws ; and Alexander Gillon, for Beaufort and Orange burgh Diftriits. The following gentlemen have been elected in tbeir refp«ftive DiftriQs, Representatives 335 in the Congreft of the United State 1 ;, fro'ni the State of North-Carolina—viz. Thomas" Blount, James Gillifpie, William B. Groves, Alexander Mebantf, Matthew Locke, Joseph Winlton, and Nathaniel Macon, Efquiies- Ext<afi from thejfonjiderations and rcfolution en-' tcrtd intoity the citizens of London, ajjimblcd -at the irozun and Anchor Tavtrn. " >We forefee, from recent experiment in a neighboring country, that in the operation of bringing to pass such a traniition, the lives and properties of all persons in this illand would be exposed to the arbitrary disposal of felt-opinionated philosophers, and a wild and needy mob, deluded and inftigatecl by them; t«at with the introduttion of equality in rank and fortune, an expe&ation would be raised in the lower orders, which must firft be grati ,ne»l with plunder, and afterwards would fmk into a state of disappointment and abje<st po- Yp't v. \\hen all were equalized, there,would 1)0 longer be a fuperfluity to pay the hire of ,< ietvants, or purchale the productions of art or manufacture ; no commerce, no credit; no relburce for the active but in robbery, and those public difoiders which make life nlricrable. Thus would the present generati on be certainly ruined; that which is to tollbw, could not propof'e to itl'elf a remedy, but in pursuing the fame arts of peace which had been so capriciously abandoned : and the more they prospered in that pursuit, the more they would contribute to re-produce the ine quality which had been before condemnedand exploded. Where then -are the blessings of this reform, and to What purpose is nufery to be brought on the present generation ! " It is \Vith grief we fee, that in a neigh bouring country, the carrying into prattice of this wild doctrine ofEquality and the Rights of Man, has already produced these evils, and ■ Others ten thousand times greater. It is not yet publioly known, nor can it enter into the gtntle heart of a Briton to conceive, the num ber d(atrocious crimes against God and Man, that have been committed in fopport, of these opinions. Murders and aflafllnations have been deliberately planned, and juftified byfome of these pretended philosophers, as the means to attain their ends of reform. With all their pretences and promises, they have proceeded to violate every right, civil and natural, that fliould have been ohferved towards their equals; the people, who have only changed their mailers, groan under new tyrannies of which they never heard or dreamed ; and are fubjefted to the chastisement of one desperate leader after another. The excefles of these ruffian demagogues have no bounds; they have already fin palled the wildelt phrenzies of fanaticifm, superstition and enthufialm ; plundering and murdering at home, and pro pagating their opinions by the sword info reign countries; imposture, tallacy, falfehood, and blood died ; their philotpphy is the idle talk of school boyj; and their a&ions are the savage ferocioufnefs of wild beads. GENERAL ASSEMBLY of Pennsylvania. u ~ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Friday, March 15, P. M. The House resumed the consideration of the further report of the committee of ways and means, which had been postponed the 31ft Feb. last, and the following resolution teing under consideration, viz. that £ 2 joo . he granted for enlarging the* building for . Congress; the fame was agreed, to— Mr. Gallatin next moved to re-consider the 2d /efolution contained in the said report viz. for granting £"7500 to complete the Pre fidental house, which was proposed to be bor rqwed on loan, reimburfeable out of a tax of SO dollars, a night on each performance, at the refpeftive Theatres in the city and coun ty of Philadelphia, and in cafe of that not be ing fufficicnt, the deficiency to be made up out of the tax on pleasurable carriages in this State; Mr. Gallatin's motion was tore-con sider the above, in order to introduce the , following in lieu thereof, viz. That the house intended for the use of the' President of the United States, together with the lot ofground whereon the fame is erected, to be veffied in the corporation of the city of Philadelphia; provided that they fhal! pay and difchargfc so much of the loan for 20,000!. obtained from the bank of North-America, as was applied to the purchasing of the ground and ere&ing the house. That the duty upon Vendues be granted for ever to the said cor poration, with power to modify or repeal the lame. That the said corporation be veiled with the power to borrow a sum of money fuflicient to complete the said house, and to raise a tax upon the Theatre, or in such man ner as they may think upon the cWizem of Philadelphia, in order to pay the lo#n thus obtained. Whereupon, on motion of Mr. Hare, se conded by Mr. Bradford, ordered, that the {iid resolution be poltpaned until to-morrow. BALTIMORE, March 14. Yesterday arrived here, from Oporto, Por tugal, which place he left the toth of" Februa. - ry, Capt. Pell, of the Ihip Eagle; who informs, that the day previous to his departure the pod bad brought intelligence that the KING of FRANCE WAS BEHEADED, and that the report was current there, and generally be lieved. SHIP NEWS, ARRIVEDaf Ms PORTo/PHII.ADKI.PHIA. Ship Favorite, Heavyfide, Liverpool Tiyal, Wain, Lifbou Brig Hector, Baker, Port-au-Prince Harmony, Dunphy, ditto Swallow, Chance, Sloop Jason, H?rrifi>a, Charleston Strong, Cape-Francois Beriiiudas Virginia Oswald, Taylor, Cambey, MorfeV Geography, fievtfedi correftik andgtdaily iktatgah tvim w*/iy n&dttiviul M'a hij well-t'ngtutftt. Iw a Il'w. weeks will be publinacd, ~Bv THOMAS W AN'DKI-.WS, F*uU'* S'^fue. No, 45, Nrwbnry-Snccl, B 'ilocj, in I uo Voiutr.es, -large Vflats. A .NEW Edition of ihe fc 111 C A IN? GEOGRAPHY: Uen> M i! )f Urge it and ihc brft lyftcrii of Gfography rver pub* lifted: Or a complete GEOGRAPHY of ihe WORLD, brought down'to the pielcut tune. in two parts. The "General Content* Are— PART I.—Of Astronomy, ascohnr&ed with, and to the fcieo<:< Geography ; under this head will be given au account (ji the ievexal agronomical iylkms of ihe World, and a particular description of thetrue one. A iah>e of the diameters, periods, &c. of the fevcraj Planets in the solar fyUcm—an account of the Comet# and stars. Of G eockapHy—its use and progress— figure, magnitude and motion of the Earth— Doflri'ne of the Sphere— Geographical circles— Divifion.s of the Earth into zones and. climates ■—methods of finding the latitude and longitude of places from celeiUal observations—Globe*, and their use—with a number <6f the mofl ufe ful and entertaining Geographical Problems and 1 heoiems—Maps, and their use-—sources of heat and cold—theory of the wiods and tides —length of miles in different countries—natural divisions of the Eaith—account of the Gregorian 01 new stile, America—lts difcovfry by Columbus —. general description of the Continent,-in which is a lengthy difcuilion of the question, When, whence, and by whom, was America firft peo pled ? With a long and entertaining account of Indians,ana the latedtfeoveries on the north west cpaft, &c.~ North A>meicica—chrono logical account of us discovery and fcttlenpent*, its diviGons —Danish America, British America, Unitid States of America— general description ot them, including a history of the late w»r, and rmuy wilier ufeful and cp tertaining matters. South Amer i c a—us di visions, particular defcripuon of its feveraJ pro*, vincesand countries. Writ Inc-ia Islands, 'Set *** This part of the work will, be illuftratei by maps ot the coumnes defended, Iroin ih® corre&cft copies. PART ll.—Containing every thing client ia I which is contained in the bed and laicll quarry edition of Guthrie's and other British Geogra phies, with (elections from celebrated naviga tors, traveller* and tefpc&able authors of orher nations, See. Of Europe in general—its grand divisions, particular geographical descriptions- of its seve ral Kingdom# and Republics, See. Of Asia-*- its fuuation, boundaries, general history, parti cular descriptions of rtj fcveral divisions, See. Ot Africa—its general history, boundaries, grand divi(ions, See• Also, new difcovcrtej, Terra Incognita, Geographical' Table, alphabe tically arranged—Chronologic*! Table of re markable events, difcovcries and inventions, lift ot men of learning and genius, with oiher ufeful mi feel I any. %* This part will also be illustrated witb maps of the countries described. TO THE PUBLIC. THE Author is fcnfiblc that the lirft edition of his American Geography (which makes Part I. of the above work) was in many instances de fc£Hve, in others erroneous, and in fame offen five. It has been his endeavour, as it was hie desire, in theprefent edition, to fuppl'y tfie defi ciencies, correct the errors, and meliorate the often five pans of the last. To aflift him in this b'ufinefs, he has received many valuable commu nications from the heads of departments in fbe general government, and from gentlemen of re fpeftability in the fevcral Gates. The dcfcrip tion of foreign countries (which composes Part 11. of the above work] has been earcfully com piled from the mod approved writers on Geo graphy, end ufeful information introduced from •the discoveries of the latcft Navigators, Travel lers, 3Qd refpe&able authors. Indeed,'no pains n o rex penfc have been spared to render this work the mod complete, accurate, and ufeful of any ever offered to the public. District o/Pennsy tva.nia, to wit. "RE IT REMEMBERED, That on ( Seal. 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