opinions. They will I hope, recofleft the;
wifdosa and warning of Mr. Fox, and
take the firft opportunity of making ;
peace with the reprobated Republic of j
France ! I am yet sanguine enough to j
entertain such a hope; but, if nothing;
but a new effufion of ralhnefs is to be
gained to the adminillration, I will tell
the Miniiler, that however competent
he may be, the deluded nation will lose,
and soon lose its delusion, and its pati
ence, I have to regret the absence of
guy tight honoiable tnend, (Mr. Fox)
tilt that ajjfence affords me ati opportu
nity of faying, that none will think that
he looks less because he is left alone.
Same there are who think lie Hands on
higher ground by being lei's surrounded.
Yu that great man, the nation will, I
know, turn at last, and they will find
bin* like a great fca mark, defying and
braving every dorm.
1 (hail now move full, " For an ac
count of money ifTued to his Pruflian
Maierty,"—S'" l secondly, " For an
account of what troops have been fur
nifbed in conference of such money."
I assert riiat the Parliament ought to
Continue fitting, but I think it necessa
ry to submit si' ll to your conlideration,
the two motions which i havejuft read.
Mr. Grey fecondedthc motions.
Mr. Pitt said, that it was not his in-
tentioti to trouble the house very much
at length upon the fobjeft introduced
by the Hon. Gentleman, but before he
should procecd to the main qudlion,
he fhguld fay a very few words in reply
to some obfervatious which had fallen
from him with regard to the absence of
some of those gentlemen with whom he
had the honor to a St. In the firft place
there was not the leall idea that such a
motion would be brought forward at fp
lrtte a period of the fefiion, when it was
underltood that all public bufiuefs had
been concluded, arid that the pro-oga
tion of Parliament had been delayed
merely on account of "fame nerelTary ar
rangements which were to take place j
hut in fa ft it was not altogether under
the idea of no bulinefs being to be bro't
forward, that the gentlemen particular
ly alluded to had absented themselves.
One of them, Mr. Wyndharo, as the
Hon. gentleman (Mr. Sheridan) observ
ed, was not at present a member of that
house, nor had he, as yet, aftua'Jy tak
en upon himfclf any acVive department
in the administration; the other right
hon. gentleman (Mr. Duiidas) to whom
an allusion had been made, was kept
away by a misfortune of a domellic na
ture, and no one would be more ready,
he was convinced, t/> admit the fairnefs
of that aprrtugy that the hon. gentle
man (Mr. Sheridan) himfelf. With re
gard to the speech of that lion, gentle
man, it appeared to him to consist of
three diftinft parts ; firft, he wished to
know the obje£t of the war ; in the
next place what forces had been suppli
ed by Prussia, in consequence of the
subsidy he had 'received from this coun
try, and how those troops have been
employed ; and lastly, the situation of
alfajrs between this country and Ameri
ca, the mult of which was, that the
lioufe (hould recommend to his Majesty,
not to separate his Parliament, but to
keep them fitting by fliort adjournments, I
in order that he (hould take its advice
in the present critical lituation of affairs
if found necessary. The firft part he
would answer, not in that equivocal
manner in which that honorable gentle
man and his friends had been used to
speak, of the objedt of the war, but in
that fair, dpen, and candid manner, in
which it had been repeatedly avowed by
his Majesty's ministers in their places in
that house, and in the gracious speech
of his Majesty from the Throne at the
conclusion of the late, and the com-
men'cement of tHe present feffioa ef
Parliament. The hon. gentleman and
his friends, had either adopted their
idea of the nature and objedt of the war
from their own imaginations, or from
the mi Representation of what had fallen
on a former occasion from his hon. friend
(Mr. Jcnkinfou) whom they alledged
to have declared the present to be a war
ufqiic ad inter actionem, which was in
fait a term firft used by themselves only,
for he had never heard it from any of
their friends. It was not in his opinion
a war internecionem, or a war of exter
mination, the objedt of it was the def
truttion of the present Jacobin system;
in order to the eftablilhment of some re
gular form of government upon which
the country could depend, and with
whom we might treat with security,
and upon the effecting of which, the
ultimate fafety and prosperity of this
nation depend. But (hould we despond
to effect this great and desirable objedt
an account of some few temporary mif
fortnnes or accidental obftrudtions ? It
wasr well known, that Brabant in all
wars had been the consequence of the
fticcefs or failure of a continental cam
paign 5 and though it might be loft by
tke misfortunes of the present, he did
not doubt but the fuecefles of a future
campaign Would reltore it
Far irom seeming deprefied by those oc
calion.il accidents, which must ev v be the
lot of war, he felt as firm a confidence as
ever in the ultimate fuccele of our arms ;
and he and those whoafted with him, were
as fully convinced of the ncceflity of pro
secuting the war, and draining every nerve
ind exerting the last efforts of the country
to insure its fucoefs. In this opinion
he was firm, because lie was convinced
the regular powers of Europe, whom the
hon. gentleman, in compliance with the
French phrafeologV, termed despots, Iliil
p Helled refouraes fnfficient to subdue and
bring to a just sense of'propriety and mo
deration those intolerable tyrants who
now rule in France, whole conduit, tho'
the hon. gentleman (Mr. Sheridan) i'ome
times withes to become theirapoligift, can
not but reprobate. He contended that
the obje<fl of the war was to lave France
from deftnidlion, and hot to make a con-
,«tielt of her territories,
usque ad mlernecio>iernt but for her prefer-
Wit h refpcct to the l'econd topic
vation.
urged by the hon. gentleman, he though.
it unfit to enquire why the troops furniih
ed by the cf King Prufiia ailed rather in one
place than an another, beciufe it might
tend to prejudice the operations of the
campaign to disclose such fails ; but whe-v
ther they exilted or not, or why they were
employed in one part of the world rather
than another, it \ras not then a fit time to
enquire. Kis Majesty's m inifters were re
fpotifible for such treaties as they had ad
vised his Majesty to enter into ; they were
also responsible if they did not use every
means in their power to compel the per
formance of the conditions contained in
such treaties ; so much for that point.
The 1 aft point contained in the right lion.
gentleman's fpcech, was, refp'efting the
llaie of affairs in America: upon this head
he declared he lliould lay very little, for
the befl reason in the world, because the
time is moll improper for any discussion
Upon that fubjedt, and he feared that al
ready the hon. gentleman had spoken more
freely on that head than was coufiftent with
found discretion. There was now in
this country, a pcrfon empowered by the
American government to i'ettle all differ
ences ariling from former jealousies, or
recent discontent.
The lion, gentleman fays, that any per
son who his any common correfpoudence
with America, must have heard how un
poplar adminitration were in America ; at
the fame time he admitted there was a Ja
cobin Faction in America, with whom he
supposed the hen. gentleman corresponded,
as he was not in other reipe<sts, nice in the
choice of his correspondents ; with that
faction, he believed adrfciniftiation were
unpopular, andtruiled thty ever would be
so, not only in America, but in every o
ther cQuntry where Jacobin principles
| might find their way. But it wa3 well i
[ known the hon. gentleman himfclf, and
his party were unpopular in this country
with all thofc who were the enemies of Ja
cobinifin. Upon thele three points the hon.
gentleman proposes to address his Majesty
to continue the parliament fitting by short
prorogations, and if after what he had
heard he fliould persist in his motion, it
should have his decided negative. For
with regard to the campaign, Miniftrvs
were to carry it on in the manner which I
might seem moil advifahle to them, for
which they were cefponfible to Parliament.
arid therefore it did not require the fitting
of Parliament to observe the conduit of
the campaign. It was not neceflary it
fliou'd b« kept fitting on account of the
PruflianSubudy, in order-to observe whe
ther the King of PruJEa fulfilled the terms
of the treaty; and it wis least of all ne
ceflary that they (hould continue fitting on
account of the affairs , with Ajueriaa ; and
under the'prefent circuraftances,- any parli
amentary interference on that fubjefl would
he highly fnjndkious and improper. On
thife several accounts he 'felt fueh Sn ad
drel's to his Majeity would be improper
and unnecessary. > •
He then enteral into a vindication of
tViofe gentlemen who had lately joined
adminiftralion; in his opinion so far from
deserving reproach it was an a&ion
highly laudable. It was now become
the duty of every honest man to (hew
his Zealand lend the aid of his talents
and his character ; thty were not now
to facrifice their country for punctilio
because the contention wbs no longer
about particular constitutional acts,
about the mode of which he(Mr. Pitt)
and those gentlemen might have for
merly diffreed; they now contended
for the exigence of the thing ltfelf
our couftitution and our country were
now at Hake. It was no longcrabout
a mere legislative point they disputed
or what would be the best system for
the management of India as on a for
mer occaflon ; wehad now to take carc
left none of these things should be left
for future difcuflion. He condemned
the manner in which Mi. Sheridan and
hisfriends hadadted with regard to their
promifedfupport of the war for they had
done every thing in their power to ob
ftruft the operations of government,
and disconcerted as far as their opposi
tion could disconcert, every plan adop
ted by ministers for the benefit and ad
vantage of the countryor to the ultimate
success of the war. After the lirlt cam
paign miniftershad done what they tho't
molt likely to call forth the zeal aud
energy of the people in the cause of
which we had embarked, by proposing
raifmg voluntary corps, by public sub-
fcription ; this tfiey opposed upon the
ground that it would be deftruftive to
the conftiiution ; the House judged
otherwise and approved the plan—the
conltitution has survived it £c is (length
ened by it, and the success with
which it has been crowned does honour
to the zeal the loyalty and gallantry
of the nation.—After fomeof our allies
were exhausted by the war, and whose
great military (kill we had the utmost
reliance upon, we proposed wjiat was
judged the moll effectual way of bene
fitting by that (lull and enabling them
to continue their afilftance,-a subsidy.
The hon. gentleman and his friends
opposed this measure but the House ap
proved and their oppolition was again
rendered inefFe&ual.—-The next measure
proposed as the most likely to be atten
ded with fitccefs, was the embodying
of certain foreign troops in Britilh pay
who might be the bed adapted to aft
in concert with the difaffected part of
their countrymen in France—this they
also though the House ulti
mately apprciVed the measure : In fact
in every (hape in Which their opposition
coul4 thwart administration it has not
been spared.—He then recapitulated
the heads of the several arguments he
had used and concluded by declaring
his decided disapprobation of the
motions.
It was a war not
PHILADELPHIA,
The spirit of true patnotifm appears to
electrify every clais of citizens—the num
ber of volunteers that flock to the stand
ard of the conilitution and the laws, ex
ceeds the molt sanguine expectations of
the vvarmeft friends to the unity, indivisi
bility, and honor of the American Repub
lic—The federal character of the citizeus
of Pennsylvania, and of Philadelphia in
particular will receive additional lustre
from the decided conduct of heV citizens
in the prcfent emergency.
Governor Ho.vtll with the New-Jer
sey torccs unjqr his command, have
marched fr'cm Trenton.
Letters received In town this dfcy from
Carlisle fay, that all is quiet in that
quarter.
Notwithstanding reports to the con
trary—it appears from fcveral recent
publications of the proceedings of the
National Convention.of Fr t Hice, that the
flecfleelfor giving no quarter to the Eng
lish troops, is still in force.
Summary of Domejlic InicUigenct by this
day's Mail.
In consequence of Intelligence of an
infilrredtion of a lawk'fs banditti in the
counties of Alleglieney and Washington
in the state of Maryland, received by
express from the Governor on Sunday
lait, 011 Monday morning by 6 o'clock,
a larger number of citizens of Baltimore
than wasjrequired, matched as Volunteers
—they confided of one Company of ca
vaaliy; 200 of the sth Regiment, acorp»
of Riflemen and onecompany of the 27th
Regimem. They were to be followed
next morning by Capt. Rowen's Horse,
and the residue of the 27th Regiment.
The Baltimore papers fay, that more
than three times tht numbers required,
turned out Volunteers on this occasion.
This is tne evidence of patriotism !
Four Hundred militia from the east
ern Shore of Maryland, are arrived and
encamped about one mile from Balti
more. Governor Howell who takes the
command of the New-Jersey Forces;, —
has issued a proclamation for taking up
and binding over to Court, such persons
as may be found sowing sedition, spread
ing falfe reports, or attempting to injure
or impede the public service in the pre
sent expedition.
The most villainous reports are circu
lating at IJarrifbtugh and other places,
that taxes are imposed on Cider, Ap
ples and other agricultural produce.
To the Striate and House of Representa
tives of the General Assembly of the
Commonwealth of Pennfylvanta.
I HAVE thopleafute to inform you,
that I have found our fellow-citizens, in
the counties of Chetter and Delaware,
eager to support the honor of our go
vernment, and the authority of the laws
against the violence of the present law»
less combination. The defers in the
militia system, the miftakts of the Bri
gade Infpeflors relative to the extent of
tljeir orders, theinfufficiencyof the pay,
and a want of information refpefling the
neceflity and justice of the expedition
against the insurgents, occasioned some
difficulty arid delay—but the moment
thecircumftances which have produced
1 the exifling critis in our public affairs
(To be Continued.)
SEPTEMBER 18.
Gentlemen,
Were seated and explained the fentiincnts
of patriotiffn pervaded evtry'breaft and
a •determination to aid the measures of
government was linatiimonfly exprefled
—The only quettion any where pro
posed was whether the insurgents had
refufed to listen to reason—and -the
answer was every where fatista&ory that
if they would listen to reason it never
was intended to subdue them by
force.
Permit me gentlemen to observe that
the non execution of the President's
recjuifition in the other counties to
which it extends,is probably owing to
the fame causes, and may be obviated
by the fame means. 1 ftiall therefore
think it my duty to prosecute the tour
which I mentioned to you in a late mef
fngeand entreat the favor of kn y accomo
dation in tranfa&ing our Legislative
bufinefsthat can be granted confidently
with your duty and convenience.
THOMAS MIFFLIN.
Philadelphia, 17th September, 1794.
Died on Monday last very suddenly
at his feat near Elizabeth town the
Hon. Abraham Clark member of Con
gress from the State of N. Jersey.
Extrafl of a letter from Berbadoes, dat-
Ed the 24th of sfugit/l.
" The (hip Cleopatra, Capt. Camp
bell, of Boston, last from Mauritius, or
Isle of France, was captured by a letter
of marque belonging to William Bar
ton, of this island, and after being in
the court of admiralty ten weeks, both
(hip and cargo were condemned and
given tt> said Barton. The Judge, Na
thaniel Weeks, is supposed to have tak
:en a laige bf ibe." •*
By this Day's Mail.
MADRID, June 10*
The port of Bilboa has been blocked up
for Tome time t>y a French line of battle
(hp and two frigates. Anofher frigate has
landed ti oops at St» Andrews, and carried
off fume cattle. The news from otir army
in Kouiiilon i still of an unfavorable k nd
The want of Cavalry is s o great that they
have been obliged to take ijP horffcs from
the King's stable. iSie recruiting service
meets with fre ill obilacles in all parts oi
the country J and) though the Catalonia tit
have offrred to raise 60,000 men, it is only
upon condition illat the King Bull excule
I them from a peifonal tax for five years to
come. Some bloody fee res bave lately ta
ken place between the Swiss fold for sand the
j Spauilh dragoons : the people efpoued the
cause of the latter : numbers of the foldi
in have been killed and wounded. The
fllites Of Navarre* aflembl&d ever since the
12tji of May, have bioke up ; they unani
mosfN detehniiicd cot to pr otci utg-ifririlt»»
deavors for a redress of grievances which
Atllwound their freedom, 'till the ConClu
fion of the war} but inltead of fupplyiug
the army with i 0,036 men, which the King
demauded of them, they have voted only
half the number.
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Wednesday, July 9.
Barrere vindicated the chara&er of
Jofcph Lcbon, Representative of the
people in the department of Pas-de-Ca
lais, from feme attacks that had been
made on him by the arittocratic party.
He then proceeded to relate ieveral in
stances of heroism that bad been dis
played on the pat t of the French in the
late naval action, in confirmation of
which he quoted the testimony of the
English papers.—'The (hip dated to
have funk, with the nationtl colours dy
ing, while the (houts of Vive la Repub
lic! re founded from the crew was Le
Vengeur. In commemoration of this
sublime trait of patriotil'm and courage,
he concluded with proposing the follow
ing decree, which was adopted :
X. A model of the (hip of the line Le
Vengeur, (hall be hung up in the vault
of the Pantheon ; and the nSittes of the
brave Republicans who composed the
crew of the teffel, (hall be inscribed on
the wall of the Pantheon.
2. For this purpose, the marine a
gcnts of the ports of Brest and Roche
fort shall transmit, without delay, to the
National Convention, th« lift of the
crew of the (hip Le Vengeur.
3. The three decked (hip, now build
ing in the covered bason of Brest, (hall
be named Le VengeUr. The Cotamif
fioner of the Marine (hall give immediate
orders to hasten the coriftruftion of that
veffcli
4. The National Convention calls on
all artilts, paintets, fcnlptures, and po
ets, to unite in transmitting to posteri
ty the fnblimc trait of republican hero
iim of the cizens fotming the crew of
Le Vengeur, in facrificing. themselves
for their country. Recompences (hall be
decreed in a national feftival to the
painters and poets who {hall best cele
brate the glory of these republicans.
Jean Bon St. Andre.—i defnand, as
an additional article to the dccree, that
the tomtniflioner of the marine and co-
Joriie* /hall give the necessary information
whether in conformity to the law made
to that effedt, succours have been grant
ed to the widows and orphans of the
brave leamen who served on board le
Vengeur,
This proposition was adopted, and the
report of Barrere ordered to be printed.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
ARRIVED.
Sloop Betsey, Jones, Charleston 12
Brig Nancy, Worthy, Madeira 35
Newton Decofta, St. Croix 13
Capt. Worthy informs that about
15th July an Engliftt frigate cruising
between Madeira and Cadii—fell in with
four Algerine vefiels which had flipt out of
tha.'Mediteranian—they ordered the Capt
of thfe frigate to hoist out his boat and fend
his papers oti board—which he refufing
they fired at the frigate which (hortly after
got between two of the Algerines funk
them and took die two others—the Capt.
fays the above was authenticated before he
left Madeira.
Philadelphia. September 17, 1794.
General orders.
THF Governor takes the earliest oppor
tunity of expressing his sincere thanks
to the quotas of the brigades of the city
and county of Philadelphia for
their punctual and general attendance at
the camp this day. In a particular man
ner he acknowledges his obligations to CoL.
Gurney and hi« regiment, to Captain#
Diyilap, Singer, and M'Connell, and the
cavalry ftnder their command j —to the
i;orps of Artillery ; to the several corps
of Grenadiers and light infantry, attach
:d oft this occalicn to Colonel Gurney'j
•egiment ; to the volunteer company of
ight infantry under the command of Ma
or M'Pheribn ; and the corps from South
vark. A conduifl so honorable, and so
pirited, cannot fail to excite a patriotic
emulation thro'-out the state ; and the
governor, with heart-felt fatisfa&ion, an
icipates a correspondent effect, in prote<ft
ng our constitution and laws from the
hreatened violation and subversion.—
Wherever the question, tjiat occafibns the
irefent armament, has been explained
md underltood, the citizens of Pennfyl
rania have manifefted their zeal to imin
ain the public peace and order, and every
nemy of the Republic, internal, as well as
xternal, will eventually find, that thole
vho have fought to obtain a free govtrn
nent, will a« cheerfully fight to preserve
it.
In addrefling citizens, who have advan
ced under a sense of duty, for the purpose
of restoring the Violated authority of the
laws, it is fuperfluous to recommend a
eouflant 1 attention to sobriety and order, a
ItriO refpeift to tire rights of persons and of
private property, in the cOUrse of the
march. The Governor is confident that
the conduct of his fellow-citizens, will ifl
that,-as well as in every other refpefl,
_ command th~ eftttm, conciliate the ddpo
litioris, and invite the affiftartce andfriend
fhip of the country through which they
I
| Th£ commanding officers of the respec
tive corps are requefttd immediacy to re
port to the adjutant-general, a roll of their
officers, men and equipments ; and, like
wile to prepare and furnilh the advance
and pay rolls* Such of ;be militia as wiih
any part of their advance or pay be given
to their families durihg their abfeiice, will
please to state the fame to the commanding
officer of the proper corps, Who will make
a report to the adjutant-genefal, and pro
vision will accordingly be made ftr en
suring a compliance.
The fol'owing order of march is to be
observed by the quotas of the tity and coun
ty of Philadelphia Biigade.
i. Capt. Dunlap's Troop ot Light
*. Capt. M'Connell . V
3. Capt. Singer s J
to aiTemble on Friday morning in Mar
ket street east of twelfth street and to
march with the baggage in the rear by the
way of Norris-town Reading and Harrif
burgh to Carlisle.
On Saturday morning at 8 o'clock^
x. The light infantry cbfps,
i. Tbe grenadiers,
3. The baggage of the infantry grena
diers and battalion,
4. The Governor's iiaff and waggons
with stores,
a. Th* battalion,
To march from thrr present encamp
ment by the middle ferry bridge td the
ridge road and thence by Norris-town,
Beading, and Harrifburgh to Carlisle.
By order of the Governor,
(signed) JOSIAH HARMER,
Adjutant-general of the mi
litia of Peanfylvania.
Equestrian Circus.
it i C K. E T S,
Mr.
IMPRESSED with the mmoli grati
tude for the former generous encourage
ment he experienced, begs ledve to inform
his kitid Patrons of the City of Philadel
phia, and the Public in general, that he i
fitting up his
CIRCUS
fn Market Street,
Entirely in a new|and commodious style
and means to commence his Performances
Next Saturday Afternoon*
As will- be exprefled in the bills of the
day. The exhibitions will be greatly en
creafed both in nui||li *»4 raristy.
Sept. j8 ™ 1
s,