■ *- 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.
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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.
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No, 45, Nrwbnry-Snccl, B 'ilocj,
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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
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Comet# and stars.
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figure, magnitude and motion of the Earth—
Doflri'ne of the Sphere— Geographical circles—
Divifion.s of the Earth into zones and. climates
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general description of the Continent,-in which is
a lengthy difcuilion of the question, When,
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of his American Geography (which makes Part
I. of the above work) was in many instances de
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five. It has been his endeavour, as it was hie
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District o/Pennsy tva.nia, to wit.
"RE IT REMEMBERED, That on
( Seal. J the thirteenth day of March, in
Seventeenth year of the Indepenr
denee of the United States of America,
Thomas Dobson, of the said Diftiift, hath de«
posited in this Office, the Title of a Book, the
Right whereof he claims as Proprietor, in the
words following, to wit.
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" w necejkry in Pennsylvania. With Notes and
M lllujlrationj. By William Bradford, Esq.
tl To which is added, an Account of the Gaol and
14 Penitentiary House oj Philadelphia, and of the
" interior Management thereof. By Caleb
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