tffOP KICK TXTEItiG-ENcZ .
recsiv.dby the late Arrivals.
J, 0 N D 0 N, February 24..
A coinmiili >ner is arrived in this
coi. •try, from V ■ lue£, to tic<it fvir an
exchange of piifotK-rs. The circum
finnce h.is given ri:. to a report that the
National Convention had sent t.i pro
piifj to our government the opening of
a qegociati- 1 toy p.a-e. We can po
fitively at- that 1 hi» rum mk pfoeeeds
from the cause we have dated, and the
< c|iimiffio;,e. has no other powers than
to lieat oil the f ihjeft h-re mentioned.
" The accounts brought trom Ire
land by the mail of yeileiday, are trae ,
ly important. The ditpatclies 110 m
England, in the hand writing of Mr.
Pitt, iignifyi ig his Maje&jr'd command !
toEail Fitzwilliam to (top tlie piogrefs
of the Catholic bill, and of the bill for
the repeal of the Convention and to
re-inflate the persons who had been
turned out of office, arrived theie on
Wednesday lafl, the,2sth uh. And
the difpatcltcs, we undeiftand, contain
ed a commiifion, iu eafa Earl Fuzvvil
liam should feel indilpofed to comply
with this peremptory mandate, for tin
appointment ol Lotis Juitises to hold
the reigns of government in his room
until a luteceffor fiiould arrive. The
Lords Justices to he the Lord Chancel
lor, the Chief J rltiee of the King's
Bench, the Speaker of the House of
Commons, and the Primate.
This Was the report in the highefl
political circles in Dublin, and the
11 iencds of L rd Fitzgibbon said that
they had confidential letters from Mr.
Pitt, alluring them that the motions
for,tht introduction of those hills into
Parliament, as well as the di'.m.ffi ns
of Mr. Beresford, Mr. Wolf, and Mr.
Toler, had been done in direst contra
dielfOn of the agreement made* with
Farl Fit/.william ; and that, forefeeing
the resignation of the Lotd Lieutenant
his Majcfty had been gircioufly pleafcd
to put the office into com million. Earl
Canibden was mentioned in the h.me 1
circles as the person likely to succeed.
Nothing can equal the fh»ck of the
surprize whtvli this dispatch gave the
I.ri'h nation. In the House ot Com
mons, on Thursday lad, the 26th ult. ;
a motion was m ;de tor an address to J
Ear] Fitzwilliam, declaring that he 1
pofTefTed the confidence of that House :
aud praying him to continue in the situ- 1
ation of Lord Lieutenant. This mo
tion produced an interesting conversi
on, in which Mr. Ponfonby said, that
the time was not come for giving the
necelLry-enpiaiiaiionspf the repwrtstben
circulating; but, he trulled, the tine'
■was not distant, when they would be'
fully explained, and, he hoped, fatis
fa&orilv, to of all parties.
Jll the mean time he requeftcd, thai the
gentlemen would withdraw their mo
tion, which accordingly was done.
The L >rd Lieutenant did not lose a
moment in fending 01T a mefTcnger with
his refignaiion of tlie offi.e, and fixing
the day forlus departure. Unless the
whole of the arrangements which he a
vers were made before his setting out
fiom England, and upon which he hab
literally a£ted, (hall be confirmed, he
mav be expctled in England in a week
or ten days from this date.
» This is not to be considered as an or
dinary change, comprehending no other
ci>nfequeilre than that of the momentary
triumph of one party oveV another. It
involves, in the opinion of wife and en
lightened ilatefmeu, the fate of Ire
land.
J\larch 4.
The duke of Portland has been so
much indifpafed with the gout foj some
days past, as to be unable to a'tend
the cabinet meetings. Iu consequence
of this,the couneilmet lad at his grace's
house.
In cor.fcquence of the indifpofitjon
of Earl Howe, his flag was struck on
board the Queen Charlotte ; and the
command ot the Grand •'Fleet devolves
on the Right Honorable Lord Brid
port.
EDINBURGH, February 21.
Some frefh accounts are said to have
been received from Spain, which re
jjijfent the Duke of Alceuda as having
entirely loft his influence in the cabinet
< f Madrid, in confepuence of the late
failures in the army. Peace, if is ad
ded, has in consequence again become
the topic of uiiivcrlal converiation.
The from the ftrfrglancf, ap
pear 10 be as little oppteffive. as any
that could weil be devised. That 11-
por hair powder, in some peculiar 111-
Kancti olLiige families, where rank
and fortune are at variance, will prove
rather embai railing ; —but it will be
amazing'y productive Edinburgh will
contribute its proportion ; for powder
is more nniverlat]y worn here than in
any place in Btitain, London not cx
eeptcd., , 1
NEW-YORK, April ig.
Since the firfl of March lix French
privateers had been brbtight into the
Molcj of which the Sanfpareille was
o;le.
TO THE PUBLIC.
The certificate of Capta'n Kemp, cora
mOiuer of the fhif> Ohio, which carried
Mr. Jay to England.
WHEREAS a report has been circula
ted, that Mr. Jay was ro remain in Eng
land until the treaty between America and
Great Br'lain was ratified, and such ratifi
•ation returned to him, and it has been af
-ferted tha't such report was oecafioned by
information from me. Now therefore I
do hereby certify and declare, that such
information was never given by me, and
I believe the laid report altogether tfeifoun
ded : I do hereby further declare, that !
I from various conversions with Mr. Jay, ;
previous to my failing from London I have I
no doubt, and verily believe that he failed I
for America early in the present month,
and that his arrival here may with certain
ty, becxpeited early in the next month, j
1 further declare, that Mr. Jay particular- 1
ly inquired of me refpe<stmg the veflels
intending to fail in the beginning of April.
JOHN |£EMP, maiter of the lhip
Ohio.
New-York, April, 171?.
The ship Mai\chejler Captain Cox. arriu
in the River lafl Thurjaay, in 38 days
v from Liverpool—Contrary =uliudi ke it
her belo<w tillyejlerday —She has bro 1 1
Liverpoolpaper< to the 11th and Lon
don papers to the 11 th March —-from
<which ive are enabled to lay before our
renders the following articles of intelli
gence —further extraSs from these pa
pers -juill be given to-morrow.
NATIONAL CCONVENTION.
3. Vcntoje, Saturday, Feb. II
BOHIV d'Anglas, after a long report in the
name of the Committtee of Public and
General Safety and of legislation, fre
quently interrupted by warm applause»,
propoied a decree for a (Turing the freedom
of religious opinions and worflirj. After
some debate it was adopted in the follow
ing terms :
The National Convention, ifter having
heard the rcpoit of its Committees of Pub
| lie and General Safety and of legislation,
deer es—
I. Conformable to the seventh article of
the declaration of the Rights of Man,
and.the hundred and twenty second ar
ticltof the Constitution, the exertife
; o! any VVorfhip cannot be disturbed.
J I). The Republic pays for none.
111. The Republic furnifhes no pltycefor
\ the exercise of worlhip, nor far the
i lodging of its ministers.
] IV. The ceremonies of every worship are
interdicted out of the limits of the place
chofeu for their exercise.
V. The law dots not recognise any minis
ter of worfliip : none can appear in
public with the dress or ornaments at
' tached-to religious ceremoniei.
1 VI. Every Alfembly of citizens for the
exercise of any worship whatsoever is
is fubjeft to the fuperintendance of the
; Conllituted Authorities. This fuperin
tendance is confined to measures of po
lice and public fafety.
VII. No sign particular to any worship
can be exhibited in any public place,
nor externally iu any manner whatever.
The place appropriated to any Worship
cannot be dilliiiguifhed by any inferip
ticn ; no Proclamation or public convo
cation canbt made to invite the citizens
to it.
VIII. The Communes of Seflions or com
munes cannot, in their collective capa-
purchase or rent any place for the
exercise of worship,
IX. No such place can be formed by en
dowment or eltablifhed by any tax to
defray the expence.
X. Whoever shall disturb by violence
the ceremonies of any worship, or insult
the objects of it shall be punished accor
ding to the law of correilional police.
XL Nothing herein contained to be con
flrned in "prejudice of the law of the
18th September last on Ecclesiastical
Pension , the dispositions of which law
shall be executed to their form and te
nor.
XI. Every decrill the dispositions of
which are contrary to the present law,
is repealed.
Merlin, of Thionville- 1 you
imagine that you have done every thing,
because you have laid a ftl'ong hand upon
the supporters of Terror ? Do not deceive
vourfelvcs. A Revolution is not accom
plished, tyranny is not beaten down while
the tyrants Hill exifl. You have charged
your Commifiion of Twenty one to ex
amine.their conduit ; what need of these
tedious torms ? Had Brutus recourse to
them when he deitroyed Caesar ? What
need have the Vrench people, whom you
represent, of a Tribunal ? They have en
tire confidence in you, and without com
paring the four grand criminals to Carrier,
who was only their supporter, I appeal to
his cafe as an example. The people on
that oceafion left'lll the hand of their le
gidatorsThe formidable sword with which
they ought to arm against the afiaffins of
their country under pain of being heldfor
accomplices. You desire an honourble,
above all a durable peace. Good 1 Let
Sejanus tall with Tiberius ; let Antony
fall with C;efar ; .the afiaffins of our coun
try mult descend into the grave at the mo
ment we are triumphant. The foil ofliherty
n.uitbe purged of the monflers who pollute
it, in order that the Tree of tthlic Felicity
may grow up majestically, and callefl un
der its fliade a people who cannot have
1 pcacc until they fee an end to the struggle
between p"ii' an'! r\rv*. Yes, the Frencj
people "will call upon you % vengeance;
innocent bl cxl demands it of you ; these
cries you will heartillthe manes of innocent
viifbms are appcafed. Yon have criiffied
one part of the old Government ; you
mult crulh the other also, or you will ne
ver enjoy liberty. Your l'afety depends
upon it. You fee they have an army against
which every precaution must be taken. —
Punifii the Chiefs of these sanguinary
hordes j the day on which.Vyon (hall con
lummatc this 'grand adl of justice, you
will Juve peace throughout ail the Repub
lic. I mnve that the onmrniS-'n oftw-n
---ty-one be to make its report with
in two days."
' Legendre,' of Paris. " There is no
doubt room for being surprized at the
si >w njl'o of proceeding in this important
affair ; but in a just Government, we must
not become opprefTors beta»fe-we have
been opprefled. Under ajuft government
the greatest latitude ought to be given to
the defence of men accused ; under a ty
rannical Government on the contrary, e
! very Member saw the order to arrelt him
imprelTcd on his front, by the hand of one
! of the Governors. * Citizens, France has
also a right to be surprized at the punilh
nient of fuualtern tyrants ; for when the
Government is tyrannical the subaltern
authorities are constrained to tyranny in
spite of themfclves. The proof of this
inconteflable truth is recorded in the an
nals of revolutions. The question was e
ven debated, whether being able to read
and write were necefiury qualifications for
being a member of a Revolutionary com
mittee. Patriotism, it was said, was the
only qualification necefiary; thus there
w ( ere great criminals in thoie committees ;
but if there was in any of them a single
innocent man we ought to plead his cause.
We know that all the feftions of the peo
ple will forget their private resentments ;
that guilt will be accused -with courage,
and error forgiven, when you have bro't
the chiefs of the tyrann\*tb trial. Your
commission has been long charged with a
report. You will not become alia (Tins be
caufeattemptshave been made to aflaffinate
you j but you are at length called upon
by the voice of a People, just, but not de
fn-ous of affumingthe place'of our former
executioners. I move that the commifTion
give us some explanation ; that we may at
length obtain tranquillity by the punifh
meßt of the guilty and the acquittal of the
innocent. We njuft not forget the differ
ence between him that gives the.impulse
and him that follows it. Let us generalize j
measures of benev lence, but let us not
generalize measures of rigour. I know
men of worth whom circumstances have
placed in difficult situations. These men
have come to offer their resignation, be
cause in the Revolutionary committees of ;
which they were Members, they were
persecuted as moderates. I desire that
the innocent may not be confounded with
the guilty, and that the convention cover
with its aegis the honest man, whose only
fault is that of having been placed in a si
tuation which compelled him tfl aft with
thole who committed crimes. I «nove that
the commission of twenty-one be called
upon to fay when they will be able to make '
their report." Ordered.
Johannot, in the name of the commission !
of twenty-one —" I am cliredfed to declare
to you, that the commission is employed j
without ceasing in the inquiry entrusted '
to it. We feel the importance of that in
quiry, but it is impoffihle for to ftat#
precisely when we (hall be able to make
our report. The mass of papers which
you have referred to us is immense ; there
were others in various places which it was
our duty to find out, make extra&s of
them, and deliver those extracts to the par
ties accused. Wc yesterday morning re
ceived frefh papers, which must be ex
amined. All I can fay is, that we this
day hear our colleagues for the last time ;
that immediately after we fhatl enter into
deliberation, and lay before you the result
of 6ur enquiry with tht Itaft possible de
lay."
From the LONDON GAZETTE of Mar 7.
AtmiraltyCljf.ce, March 7, I 795.
Copy of a Letter from Sir John B. IVarren, Cap
tain of bii majef.y s Ship La Pamone, to Mr.
Stephens, dated Caufand Bay, March 2, 1795.
Sir,
I beg you will inform their Lordlhips, that
in pursuance of their orders I put to sea on
the 12th of February lafc, with the (hips na*
med in the margin*. The weather becoming
thick, with frelh breezes and a heavy sea, on
the 14th the Anfon carried away her niain
topmaft, which obliged me to heave too ;
and owing to her damages, I was under the
neceflity of hearing down the two following
days, as (he had drifted considerably to lee
ward, and being unable to repair her defers
at lea, 1 ordered captain Durham to proceed
with all pofliblc dispatch to Plymouth.
On the 18th having fell in with three fail
of the enemy's transports, part of a convoy
bound from Brest, I hauled the wind and en
deavored to make the land ; and on the lift
the light house on the Isle of Oleron bearing
S. E. by E. I discovered a frigate and tWen
ty fail of velfels under convoy, close in with
the shore, many of them under American,
Swedilh, and Danilh colours. I pursued them
half w;i> up the Pcrtuis d'Antioche, in fight
of the iile of Aix ; but the tide of flood set
ting (Irong up, and the wind right in, I was
obliged to tack, and captured and destroyed
the veflfels in the endoftd lift. 1 underiland
the frigate was La Nerriade, of thirty-fix guns,
twelve pounders, with transports and other
velfels for wine and stores, to Rochefort and
Bourdeaux, of. account of the Convention for
their fleet. On the 26th, the isle of Gros
bearing East fix leagues, I gave chace to fix
fail of velfels, in theN. W. At nine, A.M.
captured the Conventional Schooner La Cu
rieufe, with the five others. They were bound
to Nantz from Erect, with cloathing for the
army.
I am much iiia-btii b th attend and
activity oi Captains K.-ut attu ..Uruii, w.cil
their officers and men upon this ocwlion.
I arrived this day with the Galatea and Ar
tois, and (halt use every dispatch in comply
ing the (hips for fervi-'e.
I have the honor to remain &c,
J. B. WARREN.
*La Porr?orie, Galatea, All fori, Aitois,
and Duke of York lugger. •.
A Lift of Transports ar.d vcffels captured and sent
to England by the squadron under the cnXmfsnd of
SirJ. B. IVarrez, Bart. K. bstweeii lie
Iyb and % 6th of February 1795. ! •
sioop Le Petit Jean, brig St. Pierre, do. 1
Deux Freres, (hip La Petite Magdeline, La
Pacqust boat de Cayene, ft'- >oner La Curi
eufe, (Conventional) eight brass guns, lug
ger La Liberte, do. la Gloire, brig transport
la giche, (Conventional). Total nine.
j. b. warren.
A Lijl of Transports and Veffcls bound to Rocbfort
Bourdeaux and Nantz, for Jifrcj and wine for
the fleet, on account of the Convention, and destroy
ed by the squadron under the com maud of Sir John <
B. H'arren, Bart. K. B. bet-ween the Istb
and 16th of February I 795.'
BURNT.
Schooner brig La Defirec, brig Three Friends
brig (Conventional transport) Trois Freres,
brig (ditto) Le Guerrier, brig la Liberte,
brig L'Efperance, lugger La Patriote.
SCUTTLED.
Brig La Gralcy, brig Jean et Marie, brig
la Pierre, brigL'Anne. Total Eleven.
Copy of a Letter from Captain George Burlton, of
his maje[lysJhip Lively, to Mr. Stephens, dat
ed Plymouth, March 4th, 1795-
Having received orders from my lords com
miffioncrsof the Admiralty to put my (elf lan
ded the command of captain Stirling, of his
majesty's il»ipJa(on, 1 have the honor to ac
quaint you, for their Lordlhips' information,
that 1 failed in company with her, on the a 7th
of February, from Spithead, and that on the
firft of March a hard gale of wind and thick
weather from S S. E. separated us. 1 used
my utmost endeavors to gain the cruizing
ground, in order to join her again. At nine
p'clock in tile evening of the id instant, U(h
ant then bearing S. E. thirteen leagues, 1 saw
a fail coming down upon me, which I soon
perceived to be an armed veficl and gave her
chace. At twelve o'clock we took poffeflion
of her ; (heprovesto be the L'Eipion, of 18 ,
fix pounders and 140 men, five days from
Brest, on a cruize, in perfetff good order, late
ly one of- his iiujefty's Hoops of war. I think
(he is a very desirable veifel for the f»me pur- j
pose, as (he fails well. As I have many pri- J
loners on board, I hope their Lordlhips will t
approve of my coming into the nearest port
to land them. With their permission I (hall ■
' leave her for the infpe&ion of the officers of
the dock-yard at this po.it. 1 have the honor&c 1
GEORGE BURLTON.
LONDON, March j.
Yesterday morning about 9 o'clock,
j Richard Brothers, the pretended pro
phet, was visited by Mcffrs. Rofs and
Higgins, two of his majelly's mefTen
gers in ordinary, at his lodgings, No.
57, Paddington llieet, Mary-le-bone,
and taken into custody under a warrant
! granted by his grace the Duke of Port
land, for treafunable practices. Pic was
much inclined to refill the order, and
I the crowd of his disciples at the time
was numerous. He remains at present
:; in the custody of the above meflerigers. ,
From the Calcutta fndia Gazettes.
Monday, August 11.
The following are the particulars
, with which we have Leen favoured,
; : relative to the adion between the de
; tachment under Col. Pendergalt, and
f Rajah Vizeram Rauze :
The Rajah was in considerable force,
not less than 18 or 20,000 men, at
5 Boney, about seven miles from Bimla
. patam, when the colonel moved from
> thence on the .7th instant. He Ann
t moned the Rajah to accede to terms; I
but after some time spent in fruitlefs ne- |
gociations, on the morning of the 10th,
he advanced from his camp above three
miles distant, hoping to effect by his
approach what negociation failed in.
The Rajah's people were drawn up 011
high ground along a tank. They stood i
fiim, and no fire opened til! within pif
t tol shot. The firft was from the ene
, my, whofuftained the aflion gallantly ;
* for three quarters of an hour. They ,
■ were at last thrown into confufion, by
the rouni's of grape that were poured in 1
and the file firing that was'well kept up; ,
and were pursued through the village, ,
with much Daughter and plunder.
Vizeram had himfelf received several !,
| wounds, and was found dead in his 1
Palankeen ; round which his near j
I relationsand principal people had fought 1
and died with faithful bravery. Their
' loss must have been considerable. On (
; our part, the 20th battalion seems to
; hare fuffered molt in some of the native
l officers, and about twenty or thirty
, Sepoys: in all, perhaps the loft may ■
' amount to fifty or sixty. Only two
European officers wounded-, lieutenants (
, Hazlewood and Marlhall, llightly.
: ft were to be wished the contest could
I have ended, as was the endeavour, by 1
! "egociation : and not as it has now ef- j
[ fe&ually done by the death of the Ra- 1
■ jah
< GLOUCESTER~(Eng.) March 2.
; A gentleman in the neighborhood of ,
, 1 ewkeftury, in this county, has lately
. fold for 100 guineas, an OX ofmoft
uncommon fizc, and whish was bred
i by the !?!•• Mi. i'errlngt/n, of D?»e
reux Wootton, HercloidHme. His
vvcigl.it on tlie machine is one ton four
teen hundred and Icven pounds ; height
19 Innds; girth 11 feet 6 inches ; length
from the blow to the drop of the tail,
nine feet fix inches; afid is fuppefed to
1 be the largell ever bred.
r LIVERPOOL, March 12.
K ARRIVED,
j.John, Boggefs, Virginia.
1 Adrartus, Jamiefon, Maffachiifetts.
Venus, You;ig, " tiiuo.
Betfe'y, Goddard, ditto.
HAGUE, Feb. 10.
In yederday's fitting of the Provisi
onal Reprefenta; ives of the People of
Holland, a deputation from tlie Stu
dents of Leyden congratulated the Al
fembly 011 the true restoration of the
Rights of Man, wishing that tlitf edifice
of Liberty might contribute to the
; happiness of the People, and endure for
, ages. They played, in the n ime of
j their conllituents, that the National
f. hool of the country might subsist in
future, and provifionaily, in its.pu-fent
Hate. The President replied, that their
r requefl (hould be taken into confidera
• tion, and they Wele admitted to the
honours of the litting.
February 18. ■
i The AfTembly of the Repr' fcntntivrs
■ of the people is completing. Deputies
• from the towns in which the revolution
1 is effeflctl are daily arriving; On the
16th the Stadtholderate was foleinnly
[ abolished for ever ; a declaration not
new in otir annals, but the principles of
which are now fucli that it ts as inde
pendent of hillorical ertid tion as the
( present circumstances ar • d ff. rent from
■ those of any former crifi..
1 A deputation will this daycomihuni
' cate this national deciec to the Repie
' I fjntatives of the French people,, and at
. i the fame time propose ?.n alliance be
tween the two republics. The jull
• j eagcri.efs to consummate th.is a£l o) al
' ! ce appears to be approved of by the
I 1 mod enlightened patriots. Views of
prudence point it out as tlif fur. ft means
of d-featiirg the great cunn n;- of the
cabinet of Berlin ; for it i«itill thought
that the king of Pruflia is diligently in
triguing,. even in France, to induce the
government of the French lepublic to
negotiations, in which Pruflia and the
United Provinces being in a common
fitua'tion with refpeft to pcace, migh
m-ike only a common treaty. Beside
as it is impofiible tint the French gn
vernmcnt should fuffer the French nr
tion to adopt fiich a measure withoi
i j the error being productive of gradn .
calamities, the Dutch ought to be vigi
lant on tints point, and h flen the cori
clufion of an alliance with the French,
on the sole condition of an entire secu
rity.
It is expressly forbidden to pass the
frontiers without the confeni in writing
> of the ri gency of the place in which the
' perfou applying for it resides. .This
bw ordains the fequellration of the
1 property of persons who attempt to
emigrate, with sther penalties, and
1 even death in certain cases. It forbids
thedepmture of the regents and minis
■ j ters of the old fyflenii and other per
-1 I sous who have public accounts to give
i in. Van der llopp, the Fifc?l of the
; Admiralty, and Kin A e gen, the Stadt
• holder's Admiral, have been put under
aired at Arnllerdam.
The Stattfs'of Hollond have declared
> the free importation of corn »nd flour.
The M'nifters of Russia, Pruflia,
1 America, Mecklenbotirg, the Hanfea-
I j tic Towns, See. have had a conference
i wi'h the Prelident of the States. On
j this head the patriots who planned the
Revolution which the French armies
enable us to carry into effert, asked se
veral quelHons :—9 Is it the occasion
they have for us ? Is it their desire to
; observe us more closely ? Is it their
i confidence that nothing will be durable ?
Which of these reasons obtains for the
■ regenerated United Piovinces a eonde
-1 fcenfion which the Fiench republic wa»
far from obtaining even from fomc of
j those very powers ?
Order of the Representatives of the
People with the Frcnrii armies in
Holland.
Hague, February 18.
'The relations of Commerce between
| Holland, France, and the conquered
countries occupied by the armies of the
Republic, are entirely re eltahli{hed,
•conformably to the laws refpefting im
portations and exhortations, which are,
however, to be made by the interioi on
ly, and not by sea, until utheiwife <•'
dered. N All orders to the contrary i
revoked.
This order shall be printed, publish
ed, and polled up.
(Signed) D. V. RAMEL,
ALQUIF,R,
C. COCHRAN.