Men, he gave Vim permission to vifi' any city fio-i that it Was imprfllble to confumc
o r r: .U Jg U t T tiicm while they remained in Canton.
The tollowing, *lnch isa liuraltranllaiion TT . r ' , ~ ~ ,
of.the Pekirt Gsictte, will inform you of thr His Liordlhip was attended by all the
particulars of his reception, &c. It may b. principal people in the country: the
Drcellary to ob.'ctve tffit the left Me of thi iho'eS were lined on all fides with troops ;
Emperor, as it is termed, ih-. Welt si le, is . 1 ■ , v -
„i,„ r . . Jen. , ' ana the river with their men 01 wai
the place of honor. In reipetl to the pre. . „ .
f«;nt«. I mtlit that ,t i» the A (torn m boats » whl> • vreat through theirevo-
Chiiii' ilnmery Ambaffadot yearly makes lutions on his appearing in fioht. A
some Jitefents to >lie Bmptror, -.vnich" are CfcliWfe cinSp Was pitched in the way
fprcifred ,n the G ta h ; s hj rff t -, and the whole of the pas-
PEKIN GAZETTE. . -
On the B'hduy of tllfr fevmth m#on, July
the HosX Sic, a «. c#y great Mandarin named
H i Cnnc, iiStormcd the Emucror a very gieat
had arrived at P*kin, at nine o'
tlock, and thai he was ai the Emperor's Pa
; *J• a; tu k'ngof had sent iin
as his AmbafTador to the Court of Pekin,
and that his Lordship wifhetf to be admit
ted to the Emperor's preience. The Em
ptror immediately ordered all his Court
and rL.ations to put on their beli "apparel,
to be in rec<dinefs to receive his Lordship,
and to yak till the Emperor was ready. —
The soon arrived and being seat
ed in his "state chair ordered the Hock Sue
to deiire th.: great Englilh Mandarin Lord
• Macirtnev, *<> walk ift. His" en
tered, jiolding forth his credentials to de
liver to the Emperor* The Enipeto de
firui.a very elderlv Mandarin o his Court
named Liodkchune un, to receive the pa
per of his Lordship, and to read it. He
then read to him that the King: of England
had feut 19 different articles, the manufac -
turc oi England, as a present to hint the
Evmperor of China# His Lordship then ad
diciied the Emperor by proiiranng HSm
felf nine times with his head to the floor,
according to th * Chinrcfe cuflom, and the
Emperor ordered him a chair on his left
hand, the honoi* he could nay hin?
in the Court of Pekin, ordered him a cup
of tea, and took one with him. After
some time the Emperor retired to his dm- j
\icr 9 and ordered four of hts greatefi Man- |
darins to dine vJith his LordihiJj. After j
dinner the Emperor returned. His Lord
ship, v/iu~ four great M indarins. alf f re
turned, and his JUr-dfoip returned the
E'tipero'* thanks for his replifl:, the Em
peror th.n heggfcd fitrrr to be seated as ue
fore, andfpoke td h<V Lordship as fellow's:
" The King of England has sent yon
with 19 different articles as presents to me
1 beg that your Lordship will fend them to
my Palace.' He then retired*
The following is the account:
First an orrery *
One pair of
Chie thermometer'.
Qne pair of Merlw chair si'
Two largfc hrafs guns.
One bottled phofphoruS.
A view
- A carpet of '§"T(1 thread.
Two large handsome woolen carpets.
One pair Of gbid embroidered faiT(iie/.
One luminer coach.
One winter ditto.
Ten l>road fworde.
Out oair of elegiiit cha«delicr».
A mode 1 - op a hundred-gun ship, richly
ornamented.
Owe tiill containing very fint cloths, 1
oamblets, &c Sec.
A Country called Simlo.
One pair of Elephaftfs.
One fowl, which «ats daily of
grain.
One piece of cloth which, when dirty
and put into the ftre i» burnt and cleaned.
Bengal.
Four very small haudfome dogs.
A bird.'
Three horses which can go through
■water. |
Arabians.
One pair of large looking glafles.
Twenty v'iry H'uj Engiifii Hnives.
' CQCf/IN CHINA'.
Twelve China JofTes, or the images they
worihip, made of fascial wood.
A very elegant bedfleaH.
One pair of very hmdfome iarrys.
A very small Elephant, 14 inches high.
Tv. o hundred pieces'of broad cloth
S nill Portugueses, Uppofe 001.
One very ha'ndfbme niuflcal clock.
Two hundred figures, small, of clock
Work.
One la: ge marble flab, very-handsome.
One u»ir of b -avtiful birds.
JAPAN.
Twelve very handsome women, virgins.
Thr-e very handfomes horsey.
One large coral bead.
A Coral branch.
PORTUGAL.
One haildfoine Chlnefe belt-buck If.
One paii" of pearls, not very large.
Oni. featlScr Chinese jacket,
Ten largt lances.
FOYEE COUNT RY.
One man > Dw „ ft
One woman S
One tiger with wings
Ona female Joft or god.
• One pair of Iper. Is.
A box of medicine to cure the blind.
J,ora Macartney's arrival at Canton.
About the zoth of November last,
Lord Macartney and his retinue arrived ]
at Canton, by water ; I was not a little ,
aftonittied to fee the great preparations
that were making for his reception, ma
ny weeks previous to his arrival; the
the troops, fueh as they are, were ex
eicifing continually ; one of the most fu
p'erb houses I ever saw in China was by
order oftlie Emperor fitted up for him,
in a style truly elegant, and, to their
credit 1 fey, without the least idea of
expence; the ornaments of the Chinese
and EngHfh falhion ; the rooms all in
the.English style ; the grounds in the
Chinese; and such an abundance of pro
vi lions of all kii»d* colk&ed for the occa
sage was covered and lined with iilks
and cloths of different kinds, in the
Chinese flyle ; and lead he (hould find
a difficulty in la.idiug, they erected a
bridge out into the liver for a hundred
yards, and decorated in a grand ftvlc,
to prevent that inconvenience. On the
firft day of his arrival a grand dinner
was pieparcd by the Erfiperor ; on the
2d, the Viceroy of Canton and all the
great officers of state gave him one, and
also dined with him ; but to give you
an idea of what they expefled to fee on
his Lordship's arrival, the Viceroy, and
the greatelt men of (fate, were praftif
irttjf for a week before to make use of a
knife, iovk, and spoon according to his
'own custom. On the 3d day, the Se
curity Merchants of Canton gave him
another great dinner, at whi«h, howe
ver, none of t hem were present; I be
lieve his Lordlhip had hinted he would
not allow it.
On Chrifttttas day he dined at the
Company's faffory, where mod of the
Company's officers were invited ; he
was in good health, but did not expreft
himfelf by any means pleated with the
rrfult of his embafly ; in he has
any thing material to the in
terefta of Great Britain or tn'e'Company
at Pekin ; the only object' he atcom
piilhed was to induce an order frotji the
Emperor, that all officers under govern
ment (hould wear woolen cloth three ■
months in the year. I mult fay, so far
from this CmbafTy having been t>f service
the time I was there, it was much on
•'the contrary, as 1 never saw ftich a
llagnation in trade in China during the
many years that f have been engaged in
thi fernce not an European article
would fell tor its original coll, and mo
rn y was so scarce, that it almolt put k
Hop 10 all commerce.
Lord M vartney vvas expected to re
mnfri only a few days in Canton, and
then to go to Macao. The Lion wai
: lying higher up than any ship of war
wan ever fuffercd to go before, at
, Whampoe. 1 understand the Chinese
were so jealous of his Lot dfhip at Can
ton, that they limited the time of his
remaining there, and intimated that he
mult tlnrn leave it. "They fixed his resi
dence on the contrary fide of the water
fiom the city of Canton ; apptelrentive,
J- underftaml,- left he (hould wish to be
in the city,- whith they did not ap
prove, though I believe, had he wifiied
it/ they mult have admitted liim, is it
was the Emperor's orders.
I underltand'all the presents were ac
cepted but onfe, and ah niimenfe quanti
ty returned to go to Europe from the
]• mpeTor. So much refpett did they
pay to the Engtifli; thar not even one
man belonging to the (hips returned
without receiving forrie present. I was
informed by the Security Merchant's,
when 1 observed the great expence of
the Embafly to the King of England,
that the expence of it to the Emperor
of China would amount to one million
of dollars.
August 15.
A letter from Geneva of the 30th'
nit. .fays, the executions had' the cea
sed for two days ; seven felf-elected
members of the Revoltrtionary Tribu
nal had been difmifled their office ; fe
veraljjf the irnprifoned clergy had been
releaftd ;■ and the people in general,
seemed extremely advetfc to the aban
doning Geneva, to the power" ot tiie
French Republic,, The Swiss Cantons
had flopped all kind of proviiipns and
Ammunition from being sent to that
city.
Among those guillotined at Paris on
the 19th and 19th of July, were M*M.
Mugorv de la Blinaye, aged 80, at St.
Maloes | Coureur, receiver of rents at
Paris ; De St. Pern, at Rennes'; Ma
gon, wife of the Ex-Marquis of St.
Pern; le Gris, intendant of the Duke
d' Havray ; Lalsnde Magon, jup. and
M. Gardy, his Secretary ; Scionriet de
Chefwes, Ex-Advocate at Vcrfaillks ;
M. de Cornuyller, and his wife \ Conin
de St. Luc, Ex-President of the Par
liament of Renues, his wife and daugh
ter ; Guy, Ex Curate of Villers; -Van
cappalle, curate of JLeidrezel; the Ch
evalier de Gaucher; Cacez, Ex Judge
of the Bailiwick of Mornafet ; Tiflere,'
Ex-garde du Corps ; de Blanchelande,
Aid de Camp of the Ex-Governor of
St. Domingo, his father ; and de Lau
fiont, Ex-Noble of Bearne.
COPENHAGEN, July 16.
Last Sunday the Prince Uoyal, ac
companied by his two aid-de-camps,
paid a visit to Amiral Waclimailler of
the Sweiifli fleet, on board of the , ~u-miral's
miral's fiijr ship. His Royal H.;d\-
nels was receifed vritb a salute from ttk
whole Swed:(h fleet of lixty difdiarges
of artillery.
lint* will fail out, ueit two more,
and on Friday next three more. Two
frigates entered the road this> day. S'e
ve,*l hundred sailors arrived yelterday
All Danifti & Noiweigiau sailors, who
were found on board ot foreign (nips in
our ports, have been pressed for the ser
vice of our fleet.
Admiral Flc'U.rcl is so rnmi'.nnil (V-
Admiral is to tomfAand se
ven fhijjs of the line, which are dedi
rted to retrain in the road, for the
purpose of defending our hafbor—
after the combined fleet, winch at
present is lying in the ro id, 'limil pro
ceed to sea.
In confeq.iencs of this, the ; drr.ival
tv has received orders to pat iu <.\>.\n?.if
fion ten more fllips, which fhili remain
ready in the dock-until further orders.
Meaiures of defence have likewise
been taken oh the land fide ; amonglt
others, the Cattle of Croncnburg lias
been put in the most refp.'&nble state of
defence, and con fide rabk\ artillery has
been transported to the Island cf 9bl
tholm, before which all the refTcls coin
ing from the Baltic, ate obliged to
•' • •/
FRANCE.
NATIONAL CONVENTION,
J ul V 'I-
Read a letter from Commiffionei Gil
let to the Committee of Public Safety.
" General Scheror, with a division
of the army, in which wetp incorpo
rated the National Guards, and young
Citizens of the Communes of Avsfnes,
Maubetige, and the neighboring terri
tory, having mvelied Landrecy, imme
diately opened the trenches, aild traced
otrt the firft parallel at 130 tolled from
the place. This venturous conduct fa
wd great effnlioii of blood : the ene
ir*jr,".idit tmwfeiftg the beliegefs so near
having directed their fire in fnch a way,
that the shot y/eut 1.00 toifes over the
ground on which the workmen were
employed. Withobt firhig a hngle gun
on our hdf at the befiiged, we film
uion'ed the pi :ce, giving' the garrison to
tinderiland that evtyy kind of capitula
tion was inadmiflible. It eonfilted of
2000 men, and lurrendercd at difcri-.
tion on the 15th.
" The fortilication3 were unhavt
and besides 91 guns, which Landrecy
formerly had for its deience, we found
26 others, which the 1 enemy had added
for further fecuritv."
Barrere.—While the army of the
Eaflern Pyrennees is so fuccefstul again ft
the Spaniards, the united armies in the
North are completing the conqtreft of
Belgium, the troops to whom the fron
tier, of the Rhine is intruded are on
their fide by no means inactive ; Victory
in that part ltiU declares for the Repub
lic. The Conventional troops, after
having contended against the obstacles
of tlie foil, and repeatedly defeated the
enemy's cavalry, procced d against a
fort strongly garrisoned vith Pruflian
foldieis. Of this fort they made them
selves matters, putting the whole garri
son to the ftvord. They have also car
ried Tripftadl, and have there taken
eight guns, two howitzers, and a large
quantity of forage and ammunition.—
Twb of the enemy's generals were kil
led, and wounded. - The loss 011 their
fide was immenfc.
Barrere then read a letter from St.
Ma'ioes, ftatfng, that the head-quarters
of the army of the coast were to be re
moved thither, and were to be accom
panied by three National Rcprelenta
tives. No less than 400 transports in
the port were under failing orders, and
22,000 men were expected to arrive for
embarkation, not comprehending the
numerous bodies of troops ftatiorreti a
long the coast.
July rB.
Barrefe annonnced the surrender of
Malines and Louvain to the armies of
the Republic, and coftimunicated a let
ter from General Prchegru, to the fol
lowing purport : "We liave just enter
ed Malines, and found some difficulty
incrofling the canal, on which occasion
General Proteau was killed, and Gen.
Salme slightly wounded. The troops
behaved with their wonted bravery ;
and a great part of theth, impatient at
the delay occaftoned by the confhuCtion
of a bridge, threw themselves into the
canal and swam over to the other fide.
We made 200prifoners."
July 21.
Cambon, in the name of the Com
mittee of Finances made the following
repert:
" The present conqheft of Belgium
is very different from the invasion made
by Dumourier. We were then obliged
every month to fend 35,000,000 in fpe-
now, on th? cortrr.ry, it
money of that pours into
France. W< have already imprifoncd
in tiie gi'eat national chctl I lie advanced
guard of the .Aullrian Ciilh—-that is-t<J
fay, 700,000 livres, not comprehending
the contributions laid on the different
cities* the future, the Committee
of Finances will give in a monthly ac
count to the Convention, ot tht monies,
whicft shall reach the capital from Bel
gium.
HULL, u v 26.
1 A most melancholy affair happened on
Saturday fen'night cn board the ship Sarah
and Eliza, of this port, returning from
Davis's Streights. About 4 o'clock on that
day, being nearly 9 leagues off St Abb's
Head, she was fired at by the Aurora fri
gate, Captain William Ellington, when
she hoilied her colours, and, ihe being to
windward, at the fee end shot bore dow%
on the frigate ; most of the crew had in
the mean time between decks, and Se
cured the hatches, to prevent their being
imprefted ; 1 1 oat front the Aurora then
came on board, and (hortly another,
filled with armed men, upou which tine of
the Aurora's people took charge of the
helm.
Soort after ; o'clncfc -the Aurora time
along fide, and its the n.en would not come
upon the deck, the boatswain of the
Aurora, holding a hand-grenade in o'n*
hand, and a lighted match in the other,
■ acted Captain Ellington if h (heSnld fire
the hand grenade amongst the people,
which the Captain ordered him to do ; but
on reprefei tation of the master of the
Sarah and Elizabeth, that the (hip was full
of oil, and if the hand-grenade was fired
(he would immediately blow up, he defifl
ed. h. rrcvC" then proceeded with trows
to break up the hatches, and as the men
ftiil refilled to tome upon deck, one of the
officers from on board the Aurora hailed
his Captain, and said, " Will you give
us leave to fire r" to which Capt. Elling
ton answered in affirmative, and the ma
rines, to about r& in number, firet} down
the hatchway, by which one in® of the i
Sarah and Elizabeth's people was killed, !
and three badly wounded : the boaifwain j
of the Aurora was wounded in the leg.— ;
Ths crew' cf the' Sarah and Elizbeth beg- '
gcd for quarters long before the people j
from the Aurora ceaiid fir.ng, notw'.h- '
fHndirg the orders of the Captain and a- 1
thers oPicers. TJle greater part of the ■
crew of the Sarah and Elizabeth, with
the wounded r/ien, were then taken on
board the Aurora, and out in irons, wher«
they j;et remain. The Sarah arid Eliza
beth arrived oa Wediiefday when the bo
dy of the dead man was landed, and a
.'er ' ci was taken before William Wat
loii-floUuii tor on The j.urv were una
'mrr.Ous in 1 .icfing.it in wilful murder a
gainlt the Captain ar.df part of the crew of
tMe 'Atfrora.
WVhear that the owner of the Sarah
aud Elizabeth have intlitutedaprofecuiion
againfl then; 'fwe foregoing fa<f!s are
the fu&ftance of the deposition sworn be
fore the coroner and jury.
Names of tile ki.il d ariu wounded cn
fioffnl the Sarah aitu Ellzab th—-Edward
Boggs, carpenter's male, killed; Hugh
Brooks, boitlwam ; William Bilker, line
coiler; and 11. lluKy, fearnen wounded.
CaptE Sjjgtoii ius wsjcerf a letter to the
Mayor cr HtiU, djien<.:ii. 0 lii»- condudl ;
and fays, tiut the crew ol the merchant
man were in a ft ato of mutiny, and fir
ed firit on one of his officers.
LEGHORN, July 25,
The nobles of Tufcany have offered '
heir services to his Royal Higliuefs* to
oppose, if there be any need the daring ]
enterprises of the rfeflraytrs of France,-
Several mafcofttejits among the people
have openly declared th«ir resolution
to join the French, if they should ar
rive! We know not why the andacity
of these wretches remains unchecked by
government. The Neapolitan cavalry
daily expected joined wi/h the garrison
might seize the learieis, a::d quench at
ouce every spark of infui recVion,
Our new recruits practice the exercise
of the great guns vwth aflonifhing zeal
and fiiecefs.
The Toulon fleet, which is- expedted
to fail tlie end or the mouth, is said to
conlift of eight fhipsof the line andfe
veral fiigates. Tnis is imagined to be
gasconade, for it is aifierted that the
Spanish fleet has joined the British fqua
diou and that they block up the French
in the haibourof Toulon.
Admiral Goodall hag already failed
efcortir.g the transports and fire fliips,
and' to protect the difembai kation of
: 1200 French in corsica, where it is
thought the afiemhling of tb_eie emi
,grants may be ufeful in the end to make
ucfccnts on the Southern provinces of
France.
STOCKHOLM, July 25.
Though ftntence of death has been
prononnccd against Thyfclius, the fana
tic preacher by the Aulic court, the
Superior court has mitigated (he fame
to a confinement upon bread and water
for eight years.—Next week will de
termine the fate of all tliofe who wen;
concerned in Baron D'ArmfeldtVfbn-
fpiracy.
*
'WraL.'oTr —-Hftlirwrfc
. ~- -
For the Gazette of the Urfted Slates.
To the CITIZENS of Phladclfh'ia.
Fellow-Citizens,
HAVING observed in some of the
public prints an invitation to the inha
bitants of the City, to meet this day
at the City Hal!, in order to foim a
ticket for the ensuing eledtion; and
having some reason to' fufpeft that ic
has been given by agents of a certain
party, whose members have been for
this time past assembling in obicure
corners, in ferder to organise themselves
previous to the day of trial, 1 think it
1 highly neceflary to call your attention
to an object which may involve very
serious considerations, and to fugjjelt to
you the propriety of having a numerous
meeting in order to defeat the unfair
views of these designing men.
You have doiibtiefs fpen with legret
that within these lad two yeais a total
innovation has been efFeited in our
mode of election—previous to that time
the friends of the candidates were fatis
fied to use their influence in private,
anion git their own particular friends;
whilil the objects of their choice obfevv.
ing a reserve and decorum, evinced a
becoming refpe£t for public opinion and
permitted it to take its own diic&ion
without an unfair bias- But wow our
conduit is totally changed, and we bavj
before us the hopeful of feeing
alf the arts of undue influence and cpt
ruption fuppknt the purity which fo.i
roeily reigned on this intereftirtg occa
f:on. A man who, through youi eare
lellnefs and inattention, fhrnfcs he has
acquired some right to public favor, and
who dares now to offer himf-lf :-s your
reprefetitative, was the firtt to move
forward in this new style; and yet 'von
permit him to flatter himfclf with the
| hope of receiving yf.ar support Jii-hts un
; warrantable [Jteten'l; ons—lt is high time
that you ftiou'd rouse frorti yotlr lethar
gy and support the important rights of
election with becoming dignity.
As the mind of the hjibTic feerr.s to
I have selected two perfonr, one of whieh
i is to represent us in Congress, I .'ui.k
' you have a fair right to canvass their
refpedtive claims, and to fix your choice
by the opinion which you may form of
th«ir private as well public; merits und
qualifications.
The pcrfon-who has reprefentfd lis
in Congr.'fs for several v<Mrs can. never
rmpsafc-he'd on the score of talent;—
His judgment is lomid and has the aid
or espei'tet jisf- —K in n«wi t>pi
. nio.-.t are u iform—His fevv'cr* tft pro
moting the resolution wcte not irtconli.
c'ei'ibk*, "and liis attachment to our jjre
fent con(l!tutio:i is inflexible—What
more do you isquire in a man to excite
your refpeft ar.d to encourage yon tc
fcrve yourf-lves by keeping hiti as long
as he yiil serve you in ,a post where lie
c:tn do it so elTenrially ?
What can you fay in favor of his an
fagonift ? 'Tib true his enemies tnufl
allow he poUtfles talents ; but here his
veiy fn'.nds are at their neplus ultra.
Does he poflefs a found judgment, or
are his conduct and opinions uniform i
I hope your condudt towards him will
, convince even himfeTf that his judgment
is none of ti c belt ; and ne to his ftea
i di ness you mult all know that his in
| cofifiilency is proverbial—lf he has in
s any refpeft been uniform, it has been ir
his attachment to money, and his per
feve nines in getting it, and I believe it
may be added, that in the disposal of it.
he has never been known to (tray intc
an aft of indiscreet liberality.—What
were his public services in the revolt)
tion ? The knowledge of them are 1
fancy, pretty much confined to himftlf
'1 is true you have heard him vapotn
about the men of "~6, and probably lit
may have a few fears obtained in thai
glorious year !—ls he-known by his at
tachment to the preient constitution
He was not known at all as a public
character 'till lie herded with its ene
mies and became their tool.
In this hatfy sketch 1 have ende.i
Toured to t'r,ace the outlines of the W
afters, on whom vou feesnto haw
-fixed as candidates for the reprefentatior
in Crngrels ; it rerttamt with yourfelvs
to take measures for Supporting yoiu
own dignity, and fupprcfliog. the i
timed vanity of impudent prctendert.
T.
KINGSTON. Jam. August 9.
His Mafefty's {hips Intrepi'!, C'apt
Carpenter, of 64 guns, and Chichtftr'
of 44 guns Captain Fanconrt, arrivft
!».■*' Sunday afterroon at Poit Roy:i
irom Martinique which they left t: '
24th ult. when Guadeloupe was ch'ci;
blocked up by the Biitifh fleet, com
mandrd by Admiral Thoicfort.
On the coatt of St. Domingo tl)
above mentioned ftjips fell in with th
French sloop of war La Sy;ene, r.m