An ektrafi if a Serftlori de livered m Chrijl Church on Thv.rjd&y the lyth ultimo, (being a day (f general Than/Giving) by the Right ""*■ Rev. ni. White D. D. and jujl publi/hed by Mr. Ormr'od—Dedicated to the Prefideni cf the United States * If ever there were caufts of general devout gratitude, they muji be such, as are brought before us, at this time : raufes y which, however comprehenjive of benefits of various forts, may be traced to that principal cauf{, urtdir Providence, the ejlablifhment of it government, proportioned to thenecef- Jtties of the nation j and connected with that event, the moulding of the conflitution of the slate government, to the principles of the federal. For that great Leading event, aboyt the time of its accompliflimeii£<rii>e poured forth our praises to Almighty God, in this place. But however sincere i our joy, it was reserved to fubf'quent ' rvnts, to shew us the full benefit of the oecafion of it. For it fieems to have been a part of the dispensation, n'huh was permitting bloody wars a 'mang powerful nations, to place this riftng commonwealth, at the eve of the mirhty contefl, in the very condition, which, alone could prevent her from being involved in and, perhaps, the , victim of the Jlorm. So that, if we have formerly contemplated, with de- \ Voitt gratitude, an event, which find- , ing us dfunited and weak at home, ne- , gl.e3.cd atid despised abroad, with a ' , di!courq.ged. agriculture and an almojl rained commerce, produced an imme- , dinte and progressive increase, in t whatever can make a people prosperous, ( fecyre and happy ; there was ytt, in c rcftrve, an evidence of the magnitude , of the mercy ;an opening of the preci- ( pice, on the verge of which we Jlood ; j but which wefhould not now contem- f plate, without lifting up our voices i , and our hearts, to the pref ding power j of God; who has thus guarded us ' T againfl not only seen, but unseen dan~ \ j gert; and hat done more for us, than \ »ur own knowledge of our situation permitted us either to ask, or to think. Even with this apparent guard a gct'njl the danger, who, among us, did notpofffs, a few months ago, some such feelings as those of the prophet, when under the view of the defo'ations : ] coming on his flvuntry, he exclaimed, { in the agony of his spirit, "0 my foul, j ! thou hafi heard the found of the i . trumpet and the alarm of war" ? i ' The.danger has died, like distant thun- \ \ det, with noise, but not with defola- , tion. This is a mercy, which may Fell be eflimated, by a contrafl with the ) miseries of weeping millions of our fellow men: And if we have afenfe 5 of the beneft, vow is the time to raise 1 . the fang of gratitude to him. who, c with such tender care, has "defended ' " us under his wings and made us fafe ' " under his feathers and " whose v " faithfulnefs and truth have, so-con- ' " fpicuoujly, been our fh,ield and buck- c " ler." t Little, however, docs it avail, for <: a country to be free from foreign war, t if discord. foul fiend, blow the trum- v fret of sedition within her bosom; and o if, 'when citizen and citizen disagree, i the appeal be made, not to law, not to t the fountain from which law should t ijfue; but to violence and persecution. b finch, however, is what faithfulhijlo- p ry will record ; 'not. to fain the riftng a glory of our republic. but to illuflrate t its principles ; competent as they have t! been found, to the calling forth of the f< spirit and of the flrength of the com- h Minify, attain ft those who would ar rogate to themselves its powers. Far t ] be it from me, to open wounds, which, t | I hope, are closing Jot to dwell on er rots, for which penitence is, proba- t | My. endeavouring to atone. But it is impoifiblc to take into view the full ■ ground of our Thanksgiving, unless "• we remember the diforaer referred to, !■' with gratitude for the fupprefflng of ' \> : this, after a forbearance, which f fbtuM have prevented the necessity. and i yet by a frmnefs and force, which ren derei resistance desperate / with the b least po 'y>le injury to private convent ence, and to public treafuri; and with '' the of what had happened an additional ficurity of the govern- '' - ment. endangered by it. All which " while it deservedly d- reffs the public gratitude to those, whose wifdoniguii- ed and whose courage accompliflied the tneafure, should Carry vt further; rt even to the adoration of the high and tl 'mighty Ruler of the Univtrfe ; who, k having bid the billows roll, has bid ~( then sleep ; who has brought la ft in g - of temporary evil ; and who " r -onfpicitoufly beheld, in his G i, "j't? '■ not more " the rage of the V( "j&~. tifd the noise of his waves," av jg m than " themadnjs" of popular tu mult and inftrreUion. If there could be any daubt of these °> p iblir mercies, it woidd be easy to rt'ad (tl (heir ptoper characler. irl the privrtte t 2 f benefits, which floui frc.i them. Fof -j eras there eves a country, which, in ' the. fame space of time and in. proper • tion to its numbers rind itsmeans, has he exhibited the likefpitit of enterpnze L ' on the ocean ? has made the fame ex t"nfion of its agriculture ? has w't n>ffed the beginnings and the progress of so many ufeful arts arid trades ? as has received Jo miny teflimonus of '•' the increaling refpett of foreign na ve tions, not only in the treaties of their b e governments, but in the emigrations of their fubjetls ? These are mercies, a which the world witr>'!f. s_ and records: '[' If'ell then does it become only I 'd to confefs them, but to give the ' ,e where it is Supremely due, to that . graeioUS Being, who makes " the or " clouds drop down on us their fat " nefsand who, in every other -d way, blesses the public, and the indi duals, generally, who compose it. ir Here my enumeration wtuld cease ; nt if a new ground of gratitude had not i °f recently arifev, from what is Jlated '° as a fubjetl of prayer, in the ap pJintment. I allude to the inflruc tion thctt we fhotld intercede, in fa 's vor of the whole family of mankind, ie for the blef/ings, which we jtoffefs or '> ask for, ourselves. For ® "ar wit m ness, 0 ye nations of the earth, that l( confederate America, not seeking her ' e ' glory and her wealth, in the deflruc tion of your citizens, in the devas tation of your countries and in the , , spoiling of your commerc, - wrjk+x _ a you every felicity, which flic cav im- \ R plore of a gracious providence, for ( " herfelf! Am I sanguine, .in con n tempi at ing the benevolent sentiment, > as in part carrying into effeEl, in the n confejfed negociations of contending . ' nations ? I trufl not j And may ' God grant, not only the full accom • plifhment' of the event defred ; but ' that, to perpetuate it, there may, r : more and. more, prevail the genuine ' r spirit of that religion, the fruit of < r ; which will at lajl be, that " nation i ■ Ifhall net rife againfl nation; . and t 1 that " they shall learn war no more." i Foreign Intelligence. e FRANCKFORT, Dcc. 8. Lieutenant General Count fie Schu s lenburg Kehnert, whose retirement from f the post of War Minister the king of ( ' Prudia has reefntly confer.ted to, hai f \ also g' vc, » up the Military Government v ! of this eity, conferred on him by his t Prussian majesty, and has set out for j; Berlin. He is succeeded in his Go- v e veinment by General Thadden, the de- ; r fence and security of Franckfort being ahfolutely confided to the Prussian e ; troops. The latter, (ince the fuccelTes t of the Ruffians in Polatid have permit- t \ ted the return of the army commanded fl ( by the Hueditary Prince Hohenlohe, n ; will probably with more rigour than t . heretofore in the defence of the Rhine, f, . of Mentz more especially. According to our advices from Paris, the capture ■ <»f that city, which was expected by | the Committee of Public Safety, as . would appear by one of the resolutions I of that Committee, before the 20th l inllant, is to close the campaign in the I territory of the Empire. It is true b I that the attack on Zahl- e; , bach, on the firft instant, may have ei postponed the period of this event ; but as a proof that the French, in spite of ' the above check, have not abandoned ' their enterpi ife, they are burying them lelvrs before the place in fubterraneoiu ft huts, to ffielter themselves ftom the ri gours of the winter. In the interim cl the detire for peace is become »enend G throughout this part of Germany ; and tf it is with great fatisfa&ion we learn, " that on the jth inllant, the day fixed t by the Diet of Ratifbon for the open ing of the Protocolle on the propofi- tl: tions of the Elector of Mentz, the tc r fiiffi-ages of all the Colleges of the Empire were, in a very long fitting, in , favour of opening negociations for peace. w Since the aforefaid proposition was laid C , before the Dictatorial Afiembly, Baron tli de Strauss, the Directorial Minister, d< has unremittingly prefTed the refpeftive ' Ministers to entreat the Emperor and fc the king of Prussia to procure an ar mittic, and a suspension of hostilities. iC From BRADENBURCH, Dcc. 9. th It is known that during the infur- th redtion which took place in Warsaw VC the Prince Primate, brother to the ht king ef Poland, died, and it was report- Pi td he was poisoned ;we have now learnt cu the following particulars of that bufi- P c ness :•" The above P,i nce was con- N demned to die by the heads of the R e to volution J but Kofciu/ko, willino- t o avo.d the flume of a public execution, j ga u- . went himfelf to the condcmntd Prince, with -bis lentence of death in one hand, (ft and a glafstjf [>oilou in tike other, leav ~d ing him to clioofe which ht- Would take; fit he chute tl« poison, which he drank, of after having made- his will; and after xn his death was privately buried." The Prussian troops are ptlfhing for as wards into Sendomiria, and as they Ar ze Mve the Rullians go away ; Aultrian x ~ troops also begin to appear, and we fcem to> be upon the eve of important I s occurrences, which may have great in fluence os the politics of different States. V EDINBURGH, Dec. 20. if _ . l; We are happy to mention, for the ; fatisfaiflion of those who have relations in the 37th regiment, that a letter is ly received from one of the officers (who f, was taken prisoner on the 19th of Oc t'Aer lust,) dated Amiens, November i e 12th, 1794, arid conveyed through f. Switzerland, dating, that no officer was t killed V the time of their misfortune, i- those who were wounded ate all reco vering, and out of danger—Vtvy few men were killed, only 30 wounded ; 1t <the ot!v.rii were made pi ilonei s, and are d fafe and well at Amiens. A royal wairaut is come clown for opening the office of Scotland in the Caille, which has been (hut for ; many years. Besides the regalia of r Scotland, i: is supposed to contain ma- ! nyipapers of importance. The open t ing, we hear, will take place on Mon- j r (lay, in presence of the S#ite Officejs, j ; Keepers of the Regillets, &c. The advantrv" s ariling to this coun- i try, from the Great Canal being carried 1 2 Xruffr-Cva Tdfca. arc begun to ' be felt daily. i'he herring fifhery in ' the Weft Highlands having in a great j measure misgiven this ,rc ar , no less than 1 ; 54 yeflels went through Great Ca- ; ' r nal in nhe couffe of 10 day»,Ttfr the ■> J herring fifhery oil the ealt coast. ' I LEWES, Dec. 22. ' 1 t Tlie crcw of the Ardent, of 64guns, ] • blown up on the coa!l of Italy, consist- ( - ed of near 6co men and boys on board, ' not one of whom it is believed cfcaped ' [ the dreadful accident. BERLIN, December 9. The King is better than he was, ra<! j will soon visit this capital. * — : PARIS, Dec. 9. [ The famous denunciation against the t ™ old committees of Publia Safety and f General Welfare, circulates rapidly, and 18 fixes the public attention. The people r I I wait with impatience for a trial of this r ls great affair, which will unveil that cal ,r ciliated fyflem of crimes and tyranny, which has covered France with mourn- tl ing, with tears, and dead bodies. The c 8 authors of such horrors must be punish- r n ed. The {lability, the prosperity of 0 ' s the Republic, the Public Safety require {( that the axe of the executioner /hould j flrike without mercy those execrable o ■' men, who have spread over our unfor n tunate and mifeiable country, all the d ■1 scourges of hell. ir S - c e REVOLUTIONARY TRIBUNAL. November 17. TRIAL of CARRIER, p , This day the trial of Carrier commenc- w ed before the Revolutionary Tribunal.— w e An imrnenfe coneourfe of people afTem- K e bled about the Hall of Justice ; and, at an al . early hour, the hall was extremely crowd- e< c ed. The arrival of the Judges produced 01 t the most profound silence. V f At eleven o'clock, Carrier made his e< j appearance, which produced an iuvolun- *■' tary burfl of indignation from the audi- fe - ence. The officers with some difficulty re- rt 8 stored silence. v; Carrier was placed in the nfoft confpi , cuous piart of the hall, and surrounded by h< j Gendarmes. The Pref.dent admnnifhtd fu j 'be audience to deport themselves with a refpeifl and decorum suited to the folem- ed ' nity of the occasion. The most profound li< 1 filencc ensued. co - The aecuftomed formalities bein s cone . through, the President proceeded tt in. ab . terrogate the prisoner. vc ; a l>rCf ; n - Wl ', at is y° ur nlme > country & a ana profelnon ? 7 th Pnf. My name is J. B. Carrier- I tir I ?*"" 7 0let in the department' of do Cantal. Before the Revolution, I wasin rm i the profeffion oi the law, and am new a , deputy to the National Convention. fio :• Carrier. Will you permit me to fay a j tew words ? ' fiti Pref. You cannot be heaid until the di accusation against you be read. lhe decree of accusation was then read, and likewise the proces verbal, of . the 6th Frimarre, relative to examining , the pnfoner. It appeared from the procel th; verbal, that with refpefl t® the firft charce an produced against him by the Convention, he had ob je aeo to the competency of the an ■ President of the Tribunal, the Public Ac cuser, his fubftitme, and Juro.s who com- thl . pose the Revolutionary Committee at c Nantes, referring, for cause of objeiflion, . to his last pro.eft to the Convention on J Ol that fubjedh It ( likewife stated, that he j premptonly refufed to fubrait to interro- mc j gatones. nee, After reading fereral other , papers res an( j peflinj the mode of trial, the Preliden. called upon the pfifoner to nominate at , Advocate'to conduil his defence. i ' Carrier, after a short pause, replied , "' i ' thit he was not acquainted with' any »d ifter yocates. The Tribunal afligned Citizen Laffen for- trie. Al ._ Carrier insisted on being heard. | ,j an The Prtliiient remarked, that this re quisition could not be complied with in uc this flage of the business. ant The adl of accusation Leing read, in- Carrier said, cei tain formalities ought tes. to have been complied with, before he was put on his trial. The firft was, the pre vious examination, and the next, a lift of Jurors returned by oallot,'to which he was entitled. No powir in the world, said oris Carrrer, can or ought to deprive mc of a i is right I enjoy with every citizen', I mean /ho my right to a fair and impartial trial by a Jury, cjoJ'en by lot, with the benefit |, T °f challenge^ , The Preiident informed the prisoner, '2 that the decree of the 2id Vendeipairc vas oft 13) directs the I ribusal, to proceed nc, without delay to the trial of the members co who composed the Revolutionary Commit ew tee at Nantes, and their accomplices, and j , on this account the process had been com ' mcuced against the persons under accusa tion. In conformity to this decree, said the President, feveval citizens, who at firft tor were intended to have been produced as nd witnefTes, are now included in the lift of For the ai^cufed ; and it is in c- nfequence of c f various reports made daily by the Tribu la_ nal tp the Committees, that you are con signed to the Tribunal for trial, and in cluded in the accusation with the witnef >n" fes, who are presumed to be accomplices JS > in the attrocitics perpetrated at Nantes. Carrier. I ask nothing but justice, and in- insist upon the benefit of the law. I re e(J peat it, no power on earth can deprive me to of my privilege, as a French citizen ; 1 j cannot be legallytried,'Otherwife than by a Jury chosen by lot. According to yo»r , at own reasoning, President, I could only | an have one mode of challenging the Jurors 'a- afligned me, and that is by lot. It is not be ->o,your power to deprive me of this right, 1 to be one of the most im- I portant privileges of a French citizen. I am not brought as an acceflo- , ry in the affair at NanteS. J am brought is, here to answer a charge against fl- dually. Theaftof accusation is filenrojr--J d, the fubjerft of accomplices, lftand alone, 1 e j and in my individual capacity, insist up- | on the due execution of the law. I there- | fore demand a Jury chosen by lot, that I , may have my legal challenges. j Petit, the public accuser's substitute, at 1 , produced a letter he had received from ' Carrier in the preceedieg evening. In this communication, the prisoner made a vari- j < ety of observations on the mode of chal- | t lenging premptorily, and for cause. On ' f he the latter ground, he objefled to the com- J id petency of citizens Sarnbal, Topinot, Le ■ij brtin, and Saunbier, and alfigned as a ,] e reason, that they were in habits of inti- j £ is macy with Freron, Taliien, and Real, <■ who v, ere the authors and abettors of this a 11 prosecution. The public Accuser in a' c )"> speech of considerable length pointed out a n- the futility of Carrier's objections to the }, ie competency of the Jury, and proposed r that they should proceed in the trial with- 1 9 j- out further delay. j b re The Tribunal fignified their intentions d I, to withdraw to the council chamber, to p d deliberate on the relevancy of Carrier's le objection. i | r- Carrier apprised the Court, that if their ; ic decision (hould be unfatisfailory, he would : , infilt upon an immediate appeal to the . Convention. i ir The Tribunal retired. "After a long I C confultatron, thty returned to the hall, Y and decided in favor of the arguments rr produced by the public accuser.' They t . c _ were decidedly of opinion, that Carrier • _ was implicated in the proceedings of the 1 'I* 1- Revolutionary Committee at Nantes, ! " n and in lupport of that opinion, theyquot i- ed the 13th article of the decree of the 6th d ° f September, i 79 3, an d of the 2 zd Vendemarre (13th Oft.) which eftablifb- w is e d their right to take cognizance of offen- p 1- " s '. com mitted in a different diftri«£l or i_ feiftion. The ground of challenge was ac- m . rordingly pronounced vague and irrele- vant. i- The President informed Carrier, that P he was at liberty to communicate the re- SI d fult of the deliberation to the Convention. t h a Laffentrie declared, that he was retain . Ed for several other citizens under accufa- d tlon > and that he could not undertake the condudl of Carrier's defence. Carrier, having rcprefented that it wa* da a bsolutely necessary for him to have an ad- w; vocate, whofc other avocations and en- fla Y 8 * ou, i not Prelude him from 1,, the benefit of his assistance, & who mightlre- u j tire to his own houfetoexamine the necessary , f documents, th; President informed himthat C,f i jjnrecdiately upon the adjournment, he on » , u 7 'ranfmit to Carrier a lift of profef iional men, that he might fele<£l such as he mc a deemed necessary for his defence. The Pr . day! Wi " ' ramsd ' ate 'y a jflurned till next of 1 PARIS, Dtcetnbcr t, co ; By letters from Toulon we learn, Fr s that there me fifteen (hips of the line M : and ten f, gates ready to fail on the ha ' T <k° t,C V bef,de * wh!ch thcic of : are five ships of the line and a frigate. ; From Bred we have accounts: that a , : i : is i . month • their destination is not known G, Bread u not the dearell avticlc co rcf /'ife; It is st preient only dotiblf tl lel " price it was before the revolution. A aL ;11 of cloth, formerly worth 36 livrc ied " ow costs 200 i shoes « whiui used ad be fold for five or fix livres per p a ; now cost 30 ; meat, which was | 0 rcn for 10 or 12 sous per lb. now fcllj / 30 ; candle! now cost 6 livres p er 1 wax candles, 30 livres ; lamp oil 6 v-res ; butter, 6 livres ; f„ gar 2 vres; coffee, 24 We, ; one hundr,' eggs, 50 livres ; a cord of wood, , t ght nvres; a pair of common .woolen Hoc was mgs, 12 livres; and otl,e> aiticles re- proportion. The price of i,bour' paid in proportion, and a laboiX, w aid P a ' d * un . n K ! l,e IJ iiv.es.. C a Ihe Convention not pretend ean dilguife the dangers of this inrreale y a the p,,ce of every thing, and the can e of 11 w as much debated in one of the l.tt.ngs in November, when all p ait i.' ,r,' !» a l!the enormou red ™ fs of affignat. , n circulation, a „« ers the ? reat expences of the war, the pr, lit- fe'rt campam of which is ellimated t nd have cost two billions, two millions cfe m- livies fa- 'it LONDON, December 29. r as The workmen in the dock yards a q|' Portsmouth, and Piyinouif ot by orders from the Admiralty, work W , u > torch light, to expedite the repairs.— in- So urgent is the occasion for the equip in- ment of a mod formidable fleet, wot r wiihftauduig the advance of the lea : ' s son. !. nd - e . F.xtrad of a letter from Dover, Decern ne ber 28. 1 " This day arrived in-omr tnrrbouT a the Charletlon, capt. Clark, from Bal * r tirft re, which place she.lest the 4th inft boiind to Hamburgh, and made th ot land in 14 days, and off Dover yefler lt) day week the 20th. Ever lince t/ia n- time she has been beating among It thi I Flemish banks ; has loft her anchor am cables, and was picked up by two ho . vellcrs a mere wreck; the men all froit jjj, jiipped, and unable to do duty, exeep ie> two'.— tttxvw laden with cotton and iu p. ga-, avl could she have had little mor e- than twenty-four hours fair wind am I weather, would probably have reache her destined port with one of the quick m ' elt voyages ever known. i s His majxlty's rpinifters, it is said, i 1 ; a council held on Saturday lalt, cam it- | to a determination to abandon the pr< »n 1 fecution againlt Mr. John Martin, th j Attorney, indited for high treafoij. ■ On Tuesday evening Earl Stanhop l_ | gave an entertainment at his feat ; | ? Chevcning, in Kent, to his neighbo is and tenants, to celebrate the acquitt a of Mr. Joyce, the tutor c,f his son Jt and the other persons indicted wit him of high treason. About 400 pe 1 sons of both sexes, who were invite | besides a number of gentlemen from i, different parts of the country, we 0 ptefent, s j The Practice of inoculation, whit i is found to he the only method oi dim.- > nifhing the ravages of that dreads,:' e dfforder the Small Pox, has been carri< ! • into efiedt on a very laudable plan a g I Guifbourg, in the North Riding 1, : Yorkshire. A fubfeription was pt 8 moted by some of the piincipal inhabi y ; tants, for inoculating all the children | in the place, and out of 200, on whon\ j t the operation w as performed, only twi ' have died. li December 3T. 1 The Duke and Duchess of Brunf - wick are expedted to accompany the Princess of Wales to England. Apart ments are fitting up in the left wing i f . St. James's Palace for their refidenct. Lrfrft night )iis Royal fiiglirreft the t Prince of Wales arrived in town from ■ Sheernefs, where he had been to fei ■ the nobility, with their attendant.-, embark to bring over the Priacefs of ; Wales. A letter was received in town yefter b day from on board the Jupiter man of war, of 50 guns, commodore Payne's flag ship, dating, that the whole flee bound for Holland) for the purpose c bringing over the Princess of Wale eledt, remained wind bound at the Nore, 011 Sunday at four o'clock The diamond presents, which com modore Payne carries with him for th< Princess of Wales, are to the amouir of upwards of ic,oool. A letter from Lisbon fays, that thi corpmand of the 6060 Portuguefi troops which are t» be <eiit againfl Fiance has been conferred on Colone M'lntyre, a native-os Scotland, wh( has been for uiany years in the fervid of her M"fl Faithful Mnjefty. The Biftopric of Muniler, raaking a part o/* the oircte ot Wcflphalia, is the country which, in imitation of England, has received the exiled clergy of Frauce, with a generosity and kind ness that has only been exceeded by Great-Britain. That Bifhoprit, which ,| contains no more than 230 parifliea
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