From the Wejlern Star. THE CORDWAINER—No. X. We have paid one compliment to French economy ; it is to be wilhed that equal commendation were dtae to their whole system ot polities. But re volutions are but in their pupilage. Mr. Paine and I (hall yet set matters to rights. It is the part of wisdom to profit by experience.—Ye little think, heedless mortals! what wreltling* of mind, watchful days, and fletplcfs nights, we authors and political inllvuctois endure for your fakes 1 have long anticipated a revolution on the other fide of the Channel, and many a choice plan have I in store for it, if Eriglifhmen will be advised by me;— The following are a mong the notes in ray common place book. NATiONAL Convention—Let it be better regulated than the French apropos. Frequent election of Presi dent, that all may have a chance—Let each member have a separate box ; num ber the boxes, and locate the members. The floor of each box to consist of a trap drier, from the spring of which, a concealed cord to communicate with the Piefident's box, at the end thereof a handle, marked with a number corres pondent with that of the box. These handles to be disposed within reach of the President, that, on occasion, by pulling a cord, an obnoxious member may be dropped into a vault below, as the lafl resort of discipline, to be dealt with there. This however, never to be adopted till the milder forms of disci pline have failed. Gallery —Totally wrong in France —Miserable economy indeed !—What an amazing expence malt it be to hire such a throng, perhaps at high wages, merely to hifa at, and interrupt, or to clap and applaud, a party ; when a hun dredth part of the expence, with a little mechanical invention, would ar.fwerthe fame pnrpofe ! For instance : a pair of otgan-bellowfes may be placed to com municate with, and charge with wind, a number of light calks, property difpof «d. Any child may play the beliowfes. A talisman at the foot of the President may command a valve in each of theft., which piffled, shall open a vent, and shall produce a complete hilling. A cat-call may be placed in each calk, to heighten the effedt. If these he inef ficient to drown a fnenker, or a party, the boy at the bdtovs nmy, at a signal from the P;vfi,';ent, play - hoari'e-fiddle. This last, however, ffrfttild be reserved for apjlaufe, (being an excellent imita tion ot clapping) except 011 particular emergencies ; and to distinguish the ap plauding hoarse fiddle fiom the con ilemriiig hoarle fiddle, let the former be acconyjar.jed by some imitative foui,id», produced by the President, by the touch of a few keys before him, opening trum pet pipes, which may be made to pro liounce'tolerably such words as—" bra vo !"—liberty !"—" equality 1" Jacobin Club.—By all means.—Let it fit diredtly over the heads of the Convention. There must be a tube or condu&or, through which papers may be pa lied from the Jacobin Hall above, to the President's table below. The President of the Convention must like wise fit over a trapdoor, the spring of which must be at the command of the President of the Club, to enforce obe dience to their decrees. If on the re ceipt of a decree of the Club, requiring him to applaud, or to condemn a fpeak «r, or to drop a member into the vault, the President of the Convention shall disobey, the President of the Club but pulls his cord, and lodges him in the vault. The key of this vault to be kept by the President of the Clnb. By this arrangement not only the ex pence, but the delay, uncertainty and danger of an armed force, will be com pletely avoided. This brings me to. La Guillotine, rfiat paring-knife— tliat finifhing touch, in revolutionary oeconomy.—lndifpenfablel With re gard to the application of it, 1 would have some plain; uniform criterion. For instance : As every thing depends upon dispatch and discrimination, let a shell be found, or an helmet made, which shall exactly fit the head of Citi zen Robespierre, Mr. Paine, the Au thor of the Jockey-club, ot some other known and tried Democrat, and let all fufpedtcd heads be proved by this. De pend upon it, the square head of an Aristocrat will no more fit the smooth, aiched concave, than my flat foot shall a Chinese lady's flipper. A« to those Royal Heads, as a differ ent process may be advisable with them, I have been somewhat puzzled to hit on a fatisfaftory one. The result of my refearcben's-briefly thus:—Since any piocefs of Inquiry, a priori, would be Attended with a variety of obstacles, difficulties and delays, all or mod of which way be avoided by a a pojleriori, it is but to pass them thro' the Mill fir ft, and they (hall be as pas sive and as pliant as a chcefe cake.— Question them, accuse them, revile theirr—no pert reply; no fancy denial or evasion, no exculpation. You have only to label them with the woids " Tyrant'" and •' Traitor" fpikethem up is the marketplace, let the author of the Jockey-Club, in addition to his former iabours, write their " Memoirs," aiid, believe me, in spite of (heir invi olability, they (hall rot and (link like the head of a beggar. From the Vermont Gazette. At a meeting of the Democratic Soci ety in the county of Addifon, held at Middlebury Falls, October 2d. 1 1794, the following resolution was I paiTed, viz. •' f ' Resolved That this society highly approve of that virtuous and republican part, which the senators and members of the house of representatives in congress, from this (late have taken in the debates and ques tions in congress on important national propositions, fincethe acceflion of this state to the Union. The fatisfa&ion of this society, in noticing their public conduct, is pro portioned to that a&ivity in business, and uniformity of action which they have manifefted and to that facrifice of private convenience which they 'may in. some instances have made by tarrying the feflion entire, and beg them to ac cept the thanks of this society accor dingly. Thomas Tolman, clerk- The following circular letter, inclosing the above resolution to each mem ber, has been sent. (CIRCULAR.) Middlelury, October 3d, 1794. Sir, THE citizens composing the demo cratic fbciety in the county of Addifon, having observed the public conduct of the RepresentativeS of this state, in the Congrcfs of the United States, approve of the virtuous and republican part which they have taken, on interesting nation?! questions ; and as a testimony thereof, have pasTed a refolurion, a copy of which we have the honor and plea* sure to enclose you. We trust that this will appear an evidence, that while the citizens composing this society cannot conceal their concern for certain adts and eftabllfhments of Congress, which you have judged it your duty to disapprove, they are not disposed to indiscriminate censures, or to throw any weight into the scale of public litentioufnefs. We have the honor to be, Sir, your most obedient, humble Servants, and fellow-citizens. ' 7 Corresponding 1 bom. Tolman, > r . b «v urn j I Committeei J on. IVillard. J To which the hon. Mr. Smith, has given the following anfwtr :■ •The members of the Democratic Soci- ety in the county of Addifon. Gentlemen, A resolution of your society of the 2d of O&obei-j and this day presented me by one of the members, exprcfiing your approbation of the conduit alt he senators and representatives from this state, in the congress of the United States, (among whom I am included) has been productive of very agreeable emotions on my part. Next ho nest regard for the rights and lrnerefts of my constituents, and for this state in connexion with the rights and interests of other people and states within the union, has been my wish to maintain their good opinion. Your resolution is a tefpe&able testimony, for my fatisfac tion on this latter point. Permit me gentlemen, while I am flattering mylelf from this expreflion of your approba tion, to encreafe pleasurable emotion, by indulging a hope and expectation, that the meetings and deliberations of jour societies may not only not prove fubverfWe, or huitful to public order & good government, but the real promo ters of'them. 1 am gentlemen, With sentiments of respect and esteem, yours, Israel Smith. Rutland, Oft. 13, 1794. Fro* the Martinique Gazette, Return ofjhips and -veJJels found in the har bour of Port au Prince, on the \tb of June lafi, when that place erancfe< 400 tons. Sloop name unknown, 60 tons. Sloop name unknown, 40 tons. Ship Le Sage. 700 tons. Polacre Theodore Jofcphine, 240 tons. Brig Le Charles, 350 tons. Brig Les Deux Cousins, 150 tons. Ship L'Efpoir, 400 tons. Ship Le Forbe, 330 tons Snow Le Jeune Desire, 300 tons Brig, name nnknown 250 tons Sloop, name unknown, 40 tons Old VeJJels in the Careening Harbour• Ship Le Cuiferd, 550 tons Ship L.Amphitrite, jT3 tons Ship Lempriere, 300 tons Brig Le Charlotte Desire, 400 tons Brig La Jennings, 90 tons Brig La Ville, aoo tons Ship Le Manuel, 550 tons UNITED STATES. NEW-YORK, November ill. It appears that Sluy9 has surrendered to the French, which will enable them to reinforce the armies which are to aft against Breda and Maeftricht. The Eleftrefs Palatine of Bavaria died on the 13th of July last. The French continue to harrafs the trade of England, every paper announ ces new captures. The TufcanofHull lately font into Brest was valued, the (hip at 40:0 and the cargo at 60,000 fteriing. The French cruizers now scour the north seas and fend their pi izes into Norway. The Yellow Fever is entirely extintt at New-Haven. The very friendly reception of Mr. Monroe by the French Convention must give pleasure to the Americans ; as it indi cates a disposition on their part to live in peace, with the United States, without involving them in the present war. It is much for the inttreft for this ctfuntry 10 be on good terms with all the powers of Europe ; and at this epoch, it is peculiar ly fortunate for OS to have a friendly jjri tercourfe with a nation which is unquesti onable rising to be the molt powerful of iiny in Europe. Altho we caunot agree with Mr. Monroe, when he fays the go vernment of France and of the United States have a near lefemblance, and are founded on the fame principles ; as the present government of France is, perhaps neceflarily, the most despotic, capricious, and changeable now known, and not like any othergovernmnet on earth ; yet it is the aim and determination of the French to eftablifti a free Kepublic ; and their prin ciples, tho' not fettled, have this for their object. The French have yet many crude notions about a republican government ; they have much to learn, and they may, if not too wife already, learn much from our experience, aud the model of our go vernment. But it is expectable, that many of their wild theories will lead them into errors, which stubborn experience alone can corredh They will wait for that experience; in the mean time the same ness of our views and wiflies rnuft i'erve to unite and cement our National con- nexion. The American character is rising in the eftecm of Europeans ; and notwith standing the attempts of our violent men, to make us turn bullies, the mo deration, firmnefs and justice of our proceedings will ultimately fecurc to us due estimation and rank among the na tions of the earth. Foreign papers mention that two de puties from the Netherlands to the Em peror had been refufed an audience : a« the Emperor does not recognize the «HSpnnt<>f Mfp%vj nimityqf tfce 2 4 * 3 ''** plfcsefie- European paper*.. mi _ V * " The Kiug' of Great Britain assigns, for the repeal of the firft article of in ftru&ions of June 1793, the following mod fatisfaftory reafen—" We not pfcfent the purchase of said cargoes in behalf of our government, are pleased inGpid as folly in the executive of a great nation 1 PHILADELPHIA, NOVEMBER 5; Reyncld Keen, Gunning Bedford and Michael Hillegas, efquirts, are ap pointed to hold the alderman's court for the ensuing three months. Imports at Madeira, from America, from 12th July, to 12th Sept. 1794, i 2,605 barrels of flour. 63,120 bushels Indian corn; 7,412 buftiels of wheat. 1,170 barrels rice. 1,845 quintals fifti. Belides beef, pork, butter, &c. At a commencement in the arts, held in the University of Pennsylvania on the 23d ult. the degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred on Messrs; Edward Shippen Burd, John Ward Fenno, Isaac Hazlehurft, Richard Hazlehurft, David Jacklan junr. William I.atta, Algernon Sidney Magaw, John M* Beath and John Miles ; and the De gree of Matter of Arts, on messrs. Thomas Biddle, John Carfoo r John Cloyd, Thomas Fergufon, Joseph Hemp hill, James Latimer, James Miller, Jsffe Moore, John Parker, Jacob Richards, William Stokes, Cunningham Semple, Jeremiah Sturgcort, Abner Webb, and Tames Wiltbank. Philadelphia, oHoler 30, 1794. * # * In purfttance of a law, passed the 22d of last months the Judges of the cleft ion for the city of Philadelphia, and the Judges of the several election diftrifts for the county of Philadelphia, are to meet at the State-House, on the 10th day of November next, at 10 o'clock A. M. to sign, seal and deposit, the general returns for Members of the House of Rept*efentatives, for the State Legislature, Sheriffs and Commiflioners, for the said city and county: the said Judges, and the Judges of the several election diftrifts for the county of De laware, are alio to meet at the State- House, in the city of Philadelphia, on the 15th day of November next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. to sign, seal and deposit, the general returns for Members of Congress and State Senators. By desire of the City Judges. MATHEW IRWIN. Mr. Fenno, A constant attendant of the Theatre will be obliged to you to convey thro? the channel of your paper a just tribute to the merits of Mrs. Marriott, who so fully succeeded to the ultimate wish of her auditors i» the chat after of the 'Female Prisoner on Monday evening— every time we are favored with her ap pearance on the boards, Ihe improves on the fpe&ators; and her a&ing, true to nature, developes the best ideas of the author. That valuable member of the Theatre, Mr. Prigmore, was as usual j excellent; and Mr. Hodgkinfon, the character Mrs. Inchbald wiflied to have pourtrayed. At a meeting of the inhabitants of the tovvnfhip of Tioga, held on the 3d day of Oilober, 1794, took into conside ration the Cause of the Disturbances in the four western Counties of this State, with the measures pursuing by the Ge neral and State Governments, againit them. General Spaulding 4 Moderator. Obadiah Gore, Clerk. Voted, that the Constitution of the United States is wifely calculated to se cure the libeities of the people, and ought to be supported. Voted, that the powers exercised by the legislature of the general govern ment, laying an excifc is ftridly consti tutional-—that it is the duty of every Citizen of the United States to support and maintain the laws of the United States—and that the Executive of the General and State Governments are juflifiable ir. calling out the Militia to enforce a due obedience to the Laws. Voted, that if there are exilting faults in our Constitution or Laws, or abuses n the ailrr'n'fl.atitin thereof |t ; g more eitfy and v ipedieut to correct i, c v, f au j ls or such abufcs by conftitutionrf. meang than to appeal to arms and cause arcvo lution in government. Voted, That this meeting highly dtj, approve of the present opposition to the constitutional laws of the United Stain , in some of the welkw counties of this I (late. Voted, That we Hand ready (if i t be required) to turn out personally with our fellow-citizens of this (late, and of the United States, to support that fiee Voted, That the foregoing votes lit published for the information of our fel. low-citizens. m (Copy.) W — * -r-v I A " OBADIAH GORE, Clerk. \jr>w yrvn V" XT i t ' A j' /. , T-V " lwora. JJiary» It is a remark of Mr, Neckar, on Executive Power, that it has been the policy of the violent factions in France to involve the whole qutfftion of the Revolution in two terms, liberty and eqhality. Mass of people iu a country like France Cannot difcufe all the nice questions of right ; their leaders artfully endeavour to save them the trot- He of reflexion, by making the whole controversy turn upon a few names. j fought by the revolotiofiifts : the peo- I pie, even the mod ignorant, are sincere in their views j they honeltly mean to t seek and preserve liberty and equality» All this is true 5 but the misfortune is, not one person in a hundred understands or can define these words, or knows do the people underltatld the mean s by which these objects are to be obtain ed and preferred. The people wi(h for liberty ; but if they think any man unfriendly to their liberty, they will rife and tear him to pieces, without trial, proof or certmony. Now in reality, where the people have the power of doing this, there is «« li berty. The people who can do this are themselves, each and every man of them, Jlaves to this very power. For if any one man may be singled out as an object of vengeance, and put to death by the arbitrary will of a mob, every man in that very mob is daily and hourly liable to death in the fame man ner, Of course every individual is a slave to this ungovernable force ; and no man can be secure of his life, or his property for one moment. This has been the state of Paris a great part of the time, iince the year 1789; and indeed of all Fiance. In seeking liberty and equality, the people have run into defpotifro which has adu med a connection, system and eftablifb ed form, that is not equalled in any des potic government of the eastern world. ■ The violent members of the Conven tion formed a cluh, or society. 1 his club to triumph over opposition, resort ed to the people of Paris ; that is, to any multitude of men they could readily col lect ; this multitude or mob soon be came well disciplined to their buiinefs y and a nod from Marat, or Robefpicrre would at any moment produce a tnaffa cre. This club formed other clubs in all the large towns in' France, who were connected with the mother club, and have been the instruments to aid the bloody work of the revolutionary go- By this chain of popular societies, moved by the club in Paris, a small num ber of men, probably not a tenth part of the citizens of France, have govern ed the whole Republic for two years past, with the moit absolute sway. I do not mean that a majority of the citi zens are unfriendly to the Revolution ; but that the adtual exercise of all the powers of government has been m the hands of a few men. And it is an im portant fact, that will frequently take place, that an active minority, scattered, but acting in coneert, will often carry points against a large majority, who are not thus united and adb'ng in unison. When the fociely of the Fuillans, the foes of the Jacobins, and the molt stea dy, intelligent, and rcfpe&able Repub licans in the convention, were dispersed by the populace, armed and iniliga;ed by the Jacobins for that very purpose, all hopes ofa rallying point for the mo derates were given up; the oppofers of