other. The fight of flags, banners, Sec. of -embroidered (ilk floating in the air, was grand beyond the power of language to deCcribe. The Emperor tvas not present. All the people kneel ed, and bowed nine times with as much folero.iity as if they had been woilhip ing the Deity. This ceremony over, they were conveyed through other jx'-ks and lodge®, the gardens laid out in much the fame manner as in England —they were sumptuously entertained in one of thufe building*, and afterwards carried through some magnificent pago das, or temples. One of them was than the buildings of .Somerlet bo-.ife, but higher, and in the fime l'quare form, open within the Iquare, in ' the center of which was a buiidrtig of considerable hfighth, covered with so lid gold. The inside front of the fqmre is in the foim of galleries, one over the other, in four rows, most splendidly. de corated, and fitpported with pillars of gold. In some of the apartments hun dreds of prieits were employed in linging. The images of deities, Sic. inthefe buil dings are aim ill innumerable and itfany of them of" gigantic size, larger tliari Gog and Magog at Guildhall. They are however, of the fame materials, wood richly gilt and ornamented, numbers of them symbolical representations. In many of the religious ceremonies a resem blance of the Jsvviih rites was obfervea tte, others were timilar to those of the Romanics. 0" the 18th, "they were admitted to the Emperor's Theatre. It is a square open at top —The stage extends along one fide of the square, and those who are hounuced with admillian to fee the peitormancea are placed under piazza* in the other three fides. In front #f the tkage, about fifty feet diltant, is the throne from which the emperor views the pe::jrmaacc. The reft of the area is ornamented with beautiful flowerpots. Lord Macartney was led to the throne and received from the Emperor's hands ? copy of vcrit-s made by himfelf so; his Britawiii Majclty, in a box of great value and antiquity, made of black wood carved very neatly. The Ambaflador bad also the honour to receive a copy of verses for hiinfelf. Here th ■ suite was heartily tired for several hours with a performance one word of which they could uot undoiftand, and which was accompanied with a confufed noifeof gongs and bells! after which as was usual every day, they received presents of til Its, fans, china, Jcc. The next two days were employed in making preparations for their return to Pckin, where they arrived on the i6tii. — On their journey tlkey-were mucil lurprized to find a great number of men employed in levelling the road, (or the acceiiiodati on of the Emperor on his return from Oehol, which lit was to quit in a few days. The vhole road, a lpace of 150 miles, was covered with men, about 60 feet asunder, and a cittern of water for each man, for watering the road on the Emperor's approach, so that the number of men and of ci/lerns must have exceeded sj.oco. The road for the Emperor is as finooth and level as any walk in the gar dens at Kew ; r.o perlon is allowed to ride or travel upon it, and it is guarded night and day. On the 30th the Embafly set out forthe Falace of Yeu-Ming-Yueu, whither all the presents had been sent that the Empe ror might fee them together. They reli ed that night at Hing-Min-Yuen, and set out next morning to a house about four miles distant, from whence they walked a little way and met the Emperor; who learning from the principal Mandarine who attended the EmbaiTy, that Lord Macartney was indisposed, desired that hij Lordftiip might return to Pekin forthe fake of better accomodation. They re turned the fame day, and indeed it would appear, that theChinefe by this time wifli ed their departure altogether ; far Lord Macartney had an interview with the mini llers the fame day, in the course of which they recommended to him to take the be nefit of the good weather for his departure as he would travel uncomfortably it he al lowed the winter to over take him ; the more especially as he was but p 'orly in health. From this time none of the Mifliooaries, ot whom there are a number in the coun try, were allowed to go near our country men ; and the attendant Mandarines, un der pretence of friendfhip, strongly urged them to propole departing, as a change of treatment might not be found quite plea sant. It lhoti'.d be remarked that by this time kll the presents had been delivered. On thejd of September, Lord RJacartr nty the ministers a number of proposals and requifitims refpetfing the ob- KCtof his million. His Lordlhip had in tended lUyiog yU March, but it was now thought advisable to take the hint that had Been g.ven. On the 4th he requested pcrmilfion to depart. The Emperor's perm on was u 'th him by next morning, and thelecoad day after was appointed. 1 he Chinese, hou ever were veryconfider ateinone thing—the warning was (hort, ihey therfore gave them a great number of men to afljft in packing up; and they v, ere so induftriom, that every thing was 1 t complete readineCi by the time fixed. On the day of departure, the ambassador had an interview with the minister, and re ceived an anl'wcr to the propositions he 0 ha 4 made onthe id-They were all refufed: A ndtheßmbally left PeHrjj very much inortifcd St their wont of fin cefii; after which tord Mlclftney & bis i'oite rcurn ed toC*ntott» whrff they Ipeht their thrift-: ma*. The failure in this bufmefs cannot be easily accounted for; perhaps the Manda rines who attended the Einbifly were not addrelTed iu the feeling mjnuer they ex ueifteti. Pretty things for the Emperor were only Ihows to them, and they might ■wish for something fuhfa ui.il for tfcem felves. It is howeverr supposed that the want of fuccefa ischiefly to be attrib md tfl some evil imprefiion made on the Chinese Court, by some of the Native Princes of- India, telling them t<) beware how they al lowed the Englilh to obtain a footing a mong them; and strengthening t!i#ir ad monition, by falfely ft.tting, that the fame people had firft, as- friends, obtained a small settlement in India, which they af wards incrcafed by repeated wars, by driv ing many of the original owners from their jhrnariions, and eftablilhing upon their ruin an immense Empire for themselves. We are happy however, to add, that when the last accounts left Canton, some irrangements had taken place which indi cated a more friendly disposition en the part of the Chinese ; and that some hopes had begun to be entertained that it was yet possible to obtain the objedl of the voyage, though not perhaps without much trouble. SPEECH OF ROBESPIERItE, In the Sitting of the Jacobins. IN our paper of Saturday we alluded to a speech delivered at the Club of the Jacobins by Robcfpiqrre, against the moderate party ; we now lay it at length before our readers : it was at follows: 11 It is time, perhaps, th it those true, free .and manly accents IhouM again resound tljro' th*is hall, which have ever been heard hero when the public weal was in danger. " When vice is fecre. ly conspiring for the deftru&ion of liberty, what means more pow erful can freemen «-m ? 0 y agairtft it, than truth and publicity ? Shall we, like conspira tors, in obfeure dens, concert our meafuresol defence against their perfidious effnts P Shalt we scatter gold and spread corruption ? In a word, (hall we makft use of the fame arms against our enemies, which they employ against us ? No : the weapons of liberty and tyranny are are as wid ly different, asiibetiyl and tyranny themselves are 4 oppofrd to «ar h other. To combat of tyrafi s and their friends, we have no other fefourfces left but tru'h, and the tribunal-os public opi nion; ani our only support are horfeft men. 44 Successes abroad do less conftiiute. the ( prosperity of a state, than an happy situation within. While audacious factions are stalk ing about, and innocence tiemt?!es for her own fjfety, the Republic docs iiot reft on a solid foundation. 11 To all honest C'fir.ens I here dertouncfc an odioua system, which tends ro fcfeen aris tocracy from national justice : and by defa ming the true patriots, to um'o oiir cduntry* | " The deftiu&ive blows of the enemies of | this country, have always been aimed at the life or rcpuia i n of.true patriots. In the faime manner they now attempt to cast on the de fenders of the kepubliri a trait of cruelty and injustice, A&S of severity against conspira tors ire by them denounced as attempts against humanity. Whoever thus prote&s and favour ariftoaracy undoubtedly attacks true patriotism ; the downfall of one or the other mull decide the resolution. 44 An humane man devotes htrafelf to the cause of humanity, and pbrfues with juftitc and vigor those that are its enemies ; he al ways stretches forth a friendly hand to out raged virtue and oppieffed innocence. But a cruel barbarous -wretch commiserates eo»fpi rators, and feels no pity for virtuous men.*— The very fame fellows Who most tenderly in terest themfelvts for ariftocrati, are the most implacable enemies Of patriots. This system is doubtless a counter-revolutionary effort, and deserves no other name, for it tends to the deftruflion of the defenders of their country, and marks them .with the hoirrd stain of cru elty. The faftiun of Moderates, mingled with all the others, (upports them all* It is, therefore, the firft duty of a good citizen, publicly to denounce it. I should not y e t have spOken against that fa£fcion, had it not become powerful enough to attempt to cram p the operations of government. 44 Whilst a few citizens with indefatigable zeal, perform the tunlhons imposed upon them by the people, a multitude of knaves and agents of our foreign enemies, are con stantly forging calumnies, and inventing per frcutions egamft honest men. It cannot have escaped your notice, that every patriot who endeavors to revenge and consolidate liberty, is checked in his exertions by those slanderers who represent him to the people as a formi dable, dangerous man. Virtue they invelt wlch the appearance of crime, and the bafeii vice with all the glory due to virtue. 44 Calumny every day invents new crimcs to fuccecd in her horrid ploU ; and the Mo derates incessantly employ that dreadful wea pon. That- faction, incrcafed by the rem | nants of all the oihcis, unites the spirit of all the different conspiracies we have had to combat since the Revolution. Taught by experience to lay theii plots with keener per fidy, they employ all the means of BtilTot, Damon, Herbert, Chabot, and many other criminals; but with more art and lagacitv. 44 Oftentimes have we witnefted attacks made on the Committees of Publif Welfare and General Safety, in a body ; but nOw it is thought most proper to attack their members individually, in order to weaken their strength. Till now, they did not dare to di rcft their blows against the national jufticc ; but now they think thenifclves fuflftiently powerful to calumniate the Revolutionary Tiibunal, and the decree of the Convention, concerning its organization. Even in legali ty is called in question. You feel the great importance of this scheme ; for, if all confi dence in patriots should be destroyed, the Revolutionary Government must either fink into absolute nullity, ox fall a vi&im to the enemies of the public weal; and then.artfto cracy triumphs. Dcftroy the Revolntionary Tribunal, or compote it of such members as pleafc the ia&ious. How can you po&bly expett to break the threads of conspiracies, I when the conspirators tbemfelves administer justice ? " The despots and their satellites know too ■well, tfaat the downfall of on{ patriot OCC3-, 6oo» .the ruin 0> nuny ; id thai the -infr of p,tr;utiftn 111 geflt-iil txoeirrnrrs the I mr drten. d J11(1 dittrufi an •>. u», tbc\ t link tin v lhall he D l»le 10 ujake'iis dc.lroy one another. 1 :a,. ;abu-ui ol eli whole Convention thty .tf^3 to reprefeni as tlre work of l-).te 0 individual. Fhry have even dareu in (pitad through th.* Con vention, inat flic alLlunat ion of that Afleinbly was the only urn of the new organisation ot the Rivolutioilary Tribunal; and this idea untouuiiatcJy gaince. 100 inueh Airngtn In (hort, the very firft a"ehipts to destroy. li berty are now r if■ wto under mote ietpfdla ble tornis. The fabiimcft reaih-rf RrpuMl ean cpu>age coniilt, mi r itug almve uil- tx.t fonal conhdei auoris 1 and, at ihe hararri of our,own his aiid tepuyiiton, to ex., "fa th petStriour fcl»rme» ol our enemies. For my pari, whatever efforis rnav be made Übt, th«' I Ihould uletujly employ the rtiejns that are {till in ftiy h "ids. " The deferidei's of this country have generally to combat aflaflins as well as ca lumniators j but at the fame .time, to be 'obliged to anlwer thcrti both i; a grievous taili. To fee gentlemen arrange a<3s of a dulation againlt patriots in a private cir cle, is a phamdmaiion never realized till now. The tyrant of London fends us as- Lffins and calumhiators ; and the papers paid by England, hold the lamt langu lge as thole Frenchmen whom I denounce 1$ the agents of England, and of tyranny. " 1 beg leave to fpe ik of myfelf in ail affair, which a» far as it concerns my per sonal iiitereJi, is of but very littie import ance to me. At, London they denounce me as a to the French army. The very fame flar.dtr is rep'eated at Paris. You v/ohld tremble witfi rage if I was to tell yoo ill what place. ; r t London they give out, that calumny 1 h;s ftarceeded in dividing oiir patriots ; a: ix>ndon they carjcat'jrts, which nprefent me as. the.afiiflin of ail hondt r...0p1e ; and l.'.)cU,b.,C€ printed by preiTr , t rnilhed at the expence of the nati-. n. piflurtme'in the la:ne ftvle. At Paris j tucyfay, that I hare orgmized the Revo lntionary Tribunal ; ti at tribimai has •li-eii brganizedfor the purpoft of mir c'ering the patriots and the .Members of I t'te Convention, i am repreftmted here as r. tyranr, ai>j anoptreffor of the National Keprefentatlon. Ai London they aiTert, that pretended insinuations are devised in Paris, to pro. lire me a ip ilitary guard.— Here, on rficrttiorimg iirgnault, they fay, that his exertition was the bufineft of an. amorous, intrigue that, in all probability, I, myfelf, caused her layer to bs guillotined. Tims are tyrants ab solved ; and an ift!a:ed patriot finds no prqteifion but hi his own-courage and vir tues. (Robespierre, cxclaimed a citizen in the gallery, all tlje French embrace thy cause! ) " (confimted Robespierre) is my only afjjtim flgainfl th'e perilxutioii of criminals.. J,."waitt neither partizans nor praise ; atid fil) my our. conscience reft my detecte. I entreat the citizens who liear tnc; to recollect, that the pu • reft and inolt inftocent meaiures ii'c c::- poied .to the (hafts of calumny ; and that whatever we undertake, tyrants may turn against us. " How ought Ihe friends of Liberty to conduit themselves, when they find" themselves in the irksome dilemma, ei ther to betray their country, or to be treated as tyrants, oppreflors, or unjust and fan quinary men, when they dare to fulfil their duty, perform the task impo sed on them by the Convention, and to prefer opprefied innocencc to the exe crable horde of miscreants who coufpire against Liberty ? Betray your country in a fly, artful manner, and all your enemies fly to yoUr assistance. But if you defend your country, you cannot utter one single word without being called a tyrant —adefpot. You cannot appeal to the public opinion, without being arraigned as a Dictator. Every courageous defender of his country is now exposed to the fame danger as in the time of Briffot—but, with regard (o my personal fatisfa&ian, 1 should still perfer to the present period, that when I was denounced by Louvet. At that time the enemies of patriots were less treacherous, and less attrocious than at pi,f'nt. " The accusation of Louvet is re peated in a paper found among the writ ings the of Secretary of Camille de* Moulins, and a friend of the conspirator Danton. This a£t was ready for pub lication, when it was difvered by the Committee of General Safety. The Conspirators, in order to eilablifh their denunciation of a pretended* plan of dic ta todhip, in that act, eall to their aid all the events that have happened'in the course of the Revolution. The absur dity of this denunciation it is jifelefi to unfold : calumnies "lb gross and glaring cannot seduce the public : but they may be considered as a kind ps manifclto, that was to precede a coup-de-main a gainst the patriots. What will you fay, wlien I afTure you, that fhefe atrocities did not appear heinous to gentlemen inverted with a sacred character, and that they were hawked about even by some of our own colleagues. " When ciicumllances fball be mo: c unfolded., I will further explain my fen timents. I have fa id enough for the wife.—lt fhail never be in any one's power to prevent me from depofuing important truths in the bosom of the National Repreientalion and bren driven beyond that r;'« vcr at Mathsw, ami thtrPrttjften troops, *under Gev. Mollcnuu/f, uj u/-having been almojt ruined t"Jx dfl; .1 battles, hate been Jorced to retreat toUfJrds hlayence. In cff> feqixer-ce of the fe re trograde rnirv men/j, Kieuf'ort, Mons, Antwerp } A'amyr. L f v/f.ch, jpi>es. l-'cge. &c. have J at. le>. into the hand* of c t i re"C/.. Holland if in im minent dattgerr: Itj-ems dcubijul wheiiier the Lmpctcr not at,out 10 rehrtquijii itie war hranity aj it is certain he hat matched troops irt to 1 Potdrtd. Lord Spencer /one oj the new t.n ghjh minijlry) is fciit on a ffecial mission io the impejvr: prvbxt>l\ to know his ultimate intenti- • om :• And liu Grejficr Fagel, who had teen font '• ■"•■ tjlrkht % :j !.c ootid not induce Cui'ourg to aejena that putce, was to f>- tie&ri to Vienna. ihe Jlorrn between Rujjm and the Porte Jeeuif ?/* fiejrtfhering. The Pvies are reduced to a j.tu atipn, in zu/uch couraerci and t!if*icfcurcej deriv ed J rem defpiri), muflpve them, if they are to be javed. Sweden arA Defimatk are augmenting LtfittrJfcjftJifaljtedJleet, and are [aid to ajjumc i a mo (e leaped tone to the Court 0 f London than th \ and hither to made vfr of, and to he treated j wtth more ciui.ny by the Em < reft oj Rujia t than fh'e ht d betJi accujtowed to/hew them' *rCyjth lis a /('-<. poj • Jirahar tj 3 Leagues E. from J daeergen of Zatn, and S W. J rem Breda. The Prefid.ent of (he United States arrived at Carlisle last Friday At a meeting of a nuriiber of refpe&a bfe citt2en» held at the German Lutheran SchooihouJe, it wai unauimoully agreed ro support the follawiug gentlemcn at the ensuing ele&ion ; Congr^is—John Swanwick, Senators— \\ iliiam Bingham, Jofcph Thomas, Robert Hare, Nathaniel New lin. Afiembly George Latlnlef, Benjamin R. Morgan, Jacob Hiltzheimer, Henry Kammerer, Moses Levy, James Ash, i Philadelphia, October 7h, 1794. PURSUANT to notice given by the Thomas W. Tall man, Efq is appoin ted Clerk of the Alderman's Court of the City of Philadelphia, in the placc of William Nichols, efq: resigned. OJd American .Company. t «i THEATRE—CEDAR STREET. THIS EVENING, Otfober 8. Will be presented, A COMEDY, called The Dramatist; Or, Step Him Who Can. To which will be added, A Grand Serious PANTOMIME, in 3 A