Gazette of the. United States. PHILADELPHIA, f WEDNESDAY KVKNING, D KCRMCF.It 3. Prices of Public Stock, Philadelphia, Dtcf.Mßfs Par Bight per cent, ftocfe—-tie i-i am Six per cent, ftsck \ 6 ~4 „ Navy ditto J ' deferred 6 per cent. 90 Three percent. .56J ' 5 t*a per cent. } 4 1-1 per cent. ) rtofie at liiarket BANK U. States, 140 j>. cent ad ") —Pennsylvania, 134 ditto ( 4©o N. America t's* ditto f Fenns'a in aim ditto J —— North Amertta 7J <• 77i Turnpike - 160 dolls. Schuylkill Bridge - - - par ' Water Loin, 87} dolls. 00 Land Warrants it a 30 dolls- 100 acres SuAugnJlint ctur.b LolliryTicttli, doHari EXCHANGE. On London at 60 days 7i% Rates of Foreign Coins and Cur rencies in the United act of Congrts fit pigment of Du ties. Dalit* Cti. Engliih pound {letting 4 44 Jrith do do 410 ( Dutch Florin or GuiWer o 40 f Hamburgh Mark banco 6 33 I-3 J CokkECfED ar . M. M«COI4neIW Cittnul No, 14}- •' r • T The American envoys arrived at Havre from Paris on the Bth, and were to faU about the 16th of Odtober for the United States. The Rose being still at the Hook, wo are unable to give the marine articles bf her Ihe failed in ca. witn a number ye American veftels, Tome of which were for this port. New York paper. TO THE PUBLIC. SIX months have elapled, fin'ce the pief ent Editor of this Gazette, became, its sole proprietor, by purciwfe, from Mr; J no. W. Fenno. He therefore deems it prOper, at this period, to flat* some particulars relative to it, at, and fince'the timi when it became his eftablillimeut. The Gazette of the United States, had from its corhmeiicment, been condufted, J at different periods, by tw6 gentlemen,.of acknowledged talents and refpeitabiliy ; hence ! it merited and obtained countenance from a . very numerous ami refpedlable class of tlie community, 'lt was> therefore, reilonably j concluded, that on it!> betwning the pro- I petty of «»otW, who from i'cveial years j ab fence from his native cit}K was recognized only by private friends, that a proportion of those who had prevWutly-honorcd it by thetr support, Would withdiaw their namei.— This was partially the cafe bot so far from realiling the fears entertained on this point, not one fourth of the number contem plated, have relinquiflied. 1 his alone was a favourable omen, but it is infinitely more gratifying to obferve,,'that, the numbers ad ded to his fubfeription lift, have exceeded his calculations two-fold. In the Advertiling department, many favours are acknowledged, but as on this particular, reds the ability to meet large pecuniary, weekly difbui fements, it is found reqnifite to solicit a more liberal iupport. This paper, exclusive of the number cir culated in this city, is read in every town, 'of any Importance, in the United States, and in the advertising line, will be found highly beneficial to the Mercantile part of the communfVy, ■lt will He deemed fuperfiuous, at this time, to enter Into a detail of the political principles of the Editor—the motives which _ a&uate him, and his general plan of editing. ... ;,,w They are now universally known, and it s highly pleafmg to find, that tliey are gene rally apprbvtd of, by a refpeflable portion »f the community, who hate fandlioned that appiobation with their ftafnes and purfts. It may be observed by some honefl, wor thy men, that the style of the Gazette is sometimes violent, and that private per sons, are at those times attacked— l'o the charge of violence he that of warmth is cheerfully admited he will here observe, that advocating 'truth, and *he dearest lrfterefts .of his t»untry, he feels a zeal, which he thinks, and they ofirefleftion mud admit, is hndable. Those, who ebjea to his giving full'fcope to his feelings on this fubjeft, will So well to consider, that he has to contend with an unprincipled, daring, and aspiring faflion ; who threaten every thing virtuous, total fubveTfion, whofe only arguments are falfeliood a'iid calumny. Private characters, are held facied, gene rally speaking, bot when turbulent aliens and naturalized become bawlcrs at town meetings and write libel after libel on the firft charaasrs iu our country ; —When they fanftion with their dete'fted names the! jseft glaring falfchoods and the vilefl de traction, amid such an uproar, fiTence would he criminal. Such men and those only has - the Editor dragged before the American peo ple ; he has opposed them, and will continue to oppose them, and from the strongest ties of attachment to America, he will uncea singly combat with all the' means in his power, the infidioua and inveterate foej to this country whether foreign or dontelHc, 1 tmdeT whetever specious garb they may j>Ua<c to affiime. I Wajhmgton City. C ON GUESS C F TH E UN IT ED STATES. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. VVedncftloy November 26. The H'mfc went into acommittee of the whole on tho reply to the I J rtlident'» Speech. Mr. Parker in the chair which was read by paragraphs, and reported to the house without any amendments The report of the committee was immedi ately taken up, on the question to agree to the addreis, Mr. Nicholas rose and ebferved, that he regretted the introduflion of politi cal matter, calculated to produce dil'cord and divilion. He was averle to the Houlc 1 pending time ill propounding political theo ries, as lio good, hut niKch nuscheif might How from inch a procedure. Had no other topies or f.ntiments been alluded to than those contained in the Frefidents Speech, there would have been much less divilion in the Houl'e than was to be expeftcd from the inlerfion of extraneous ideas. He had no intention however, to enter into a detail of the objections he entertained to the Ad dress. For the reasons he had alfigned, and others which he felt he thonglu the style of the Addreis not only unnecelTery bu.t worse than ufflels. He concluded by deliring the yeas and r.ayl to be talcen. The queQion being taken, was carried in the affirinitive, t «• l"he Houle agreed to the reference to a committee of five members, in the motion refpedling amendments to the Post Office law, laid 011 the table yeQei day. Refolred that the houle make choice of a chaplain tp-morrow. Oh motion of Dr. Leib resolved that the petition of the Marflial of Pennfylv&nia, with the report made thereon la ft fellion, be referred to a committee of the whole, and that it be the order of the day for to-mor row. ' •«. 1 • ' The motion, made yel>erd*y by General Lee, for appointing a committee to report iuch measures as they may deem advil'eable for carrying into efleA the resolutions a greed to at the lad feflior., commemorative of the military and political services of George WafKington, was agretd to, and a committee of fevtn appointed. Thursday, Nov. 27. A bill, extending the usual privilege of (ranlv'-ng attached to the members of the houft;, to the delegate from the territory N. W. of the Ohio, and foi making provisions for his compensation, was read twice, and referred to the committee of the whole houie to-morrow. The house then proceeded in carriages in a body to the H»ufe of the President, code liver their addrels A conliderable number of members remained behind. In a (liort time the meinbtrs returned, when the Speakrr tobk the chair, and the reply of the Pielident to the address of the house was read. The houie proceeded to the eleftion of a ch iplatn. Mr. Dent and Mr. Otis were appointed teller* A meflage was received from the Senate informing the house, that they had elefled bilhop Clagget their chaplain. The eleflion was then gone into, by the hopfe, and the rev. Mr. Lyfle, previously nominated by Mr. Parker w»* chosen. Frißay, Nov. 18 The house went into committee of the whole, on the President's Speech, Mr. Mor ris in the chair. I'ropotuions for the reference of the fev er.il parts thereof to l'eleft committees, were made and reported ; to which the house a greed and committee* were appointed. Mr. New moved that a bill regulating the grants of land appropriated for the re fugee* from the Britilh provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia, passed lad fcflion by the house of reprefeVuatives, be referred to a Seleiil Committee which was agreed to* Reply of the PrefUfent of the United States to the Addrefsof the Houfeof Represen tative;, in answer to the President'* Speech. Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives. Compelled ty the habits of a long life, as well as by 411 the principles of society and government, which I could ever understand St believe, to consider the great body of the people as the source of all legitimate autho rity, no less than of all efficient power, it is i iipofllble forme to receive this address from the immediate feprefentatives of the Ame ! rican people, at this time and in this place, without emotions, which it would be impro per to exprels, If any langaage could convey them. May the spirit, which animated the great founder of this "city, del'cenrf to future ge nerations, and may the wildom, magnani mity, and ftcadinefs. which marked the events of his public life, be imitated in all succeeding ages. I thank you, gentlemen, for your affit rance that the Judiciaiy fyllem (liall receive yourdeliberate attention. ' With you, gentlemen, I sincerely hope-, that the final result of t%ie negociations, now pending with France, may prove as for. tunate to our country, as they have been commented with iincerity, and prosecuted with deliberation and caution. With you I cordially that so lung as a preda : tory war is carried on against bur commerce we Ihoukl facrifice the intferefts and dilap poiot the expectations of our condiments, fliould we fori a moment relax that system oi marativne defence, which has rcfulted iu t such beneficial effe&s. YEAS—36 NAYS—32 With you I canfidehtly. believe",' that few perlons are.to be found within the United States, who do not admit, that a navy, well organized, rnuft conlU*Ute the natural efficient defence of this country agaiult.all foreign hofkility. 'Those whorccoHeft the distress and dan gers, to .ttys country, in former periods, trom the want of arm 3, mutt exult in the alfurancc from their representatives, that wc Ihall t(;*6n rival foreign countries, not only in the number, but in tly; quality of arms, completed from our o,wn manufacto ries. With you Gentlemen, I fully agree that thfr great incr£&fe of revenue is a proof tliat the meafurei of maritime defence were founded in wisdom. This policy has r.iif ed Os la'theeftetm of foreign nations, 1 hat national spirit and those latent energies, which had not been and art not yet fully krown to any, were not entirely for got;eu by thole, who had lived long enough to fee in the former times, their operation aifd lorae ot their effects; Our fellow-citizens were undoubtedly pre paj-edto.'tfeet which national lion<jvor national security could render ne celfary l licfc, it is to be hoped, are I'ecu red at and ealiell rate. If not, they Will be leCured at more expence. I thank you, Gentleroeiii for your affu rance,that the various fubjefts,recommend ed to your consideration, lhall receive your deliberate attention. No farther evidence is wanting to conVince me of the zeal and fin •cerity, with which the house ot reprelenta tives regard tlit public good I pray you, Gentlemen, to accept of my willies for your health and hap/jineU. JOHN ADAMS, By this Day's Mail BOSTON Nov. 27. A letter has been received in town from the Hivjiinai., Jjflater date than the intelli gence from that place, published in our last, corroborating thi account ot' the capture of Trinidcda by a French and Sp.inilh fleet; the letter adds that this event was announ ced oJiciUllj/ Havannah , that the fleet •confillrd of 14 tail of the line, with a large number of troops on board ; and that they were immediately" to proceed to Jamaica." The U.. S. .floep of War Warren, capt. Barron, failed from Piefident's Road yeller day, on a cruize* v Yeflerday,'* blue jack was hoilted at the mizen-pcak of the Corislitutiun frigate—a signal tlmt a court-martial was fitting on board. We lear» that the General Court Martial for the trial of Colonel Cbam/erlain, and o thers, for their dil'obedicnce of orders, at Concprii, will be held on Tuel'day next, at IVater town. We learn that government have com pleted the purchase of the land in Cbatles tov/n, necessary to form », Dock-York. D I £ D. On boprd the United States frigate Esstx, during her eruize. Mr. W. H. Williams, A. B. Midship- man Mr. T. F. .W«i<uro», A. M. Ship'* Stywatd Mr.JaCon Howard, Schoolniafter William EnghlH,.. Robert Clark, John Law, I'eter Anckrfoin, Ezra l'luromer, John Gardner, Janiej Woodbury, Chailcs Sweed,. Benjiimaa M'Donald <nd Dame! Mumford, Setmcu. NEW-YORK, December 1. Yesterday afterupon, Charles Adams, esq. second fun of. the Prefidei.i of the United States, was interred with military honours, in the burying ground of the old Presbyterian Church. AUGUSTA, November 19. We luive not beard of any thing impor tant cur appoint ment of eleftors of Ptefident and Vice-Pre sident, we are told, wa» to take place, this day. *4 BALTIMORE, November 29. . We julk learn;, from a quarter not to be doubted, mauger the letter from Wade Hampton, tint it is now afccrtained that the federal republicans have a great ma jority in the SputJiiCarolina legifl»ture, and will appoint electors who will give every vote 'tar Adams and Pinckney. They met on Monday, and authentic account* may be expedfed in j days more. CHARLESTON, November 18. •From ing article "On the 25th ot Otlober, an English privateer fefcooner of fix four, and two three-pounders, came- into Amelia river ; (lie mads prisoners of a Spanilll fer geaiit, one private and 1111 old fifherinan, whom they set at .liberty, On the 28th Ihe failed from Amelia, anchored at the South point of Cumberland, where the laid till the morning oj'thf 30th, and then failed, to the great joy of us *11;" Captai-n Fry, from Naflau, informs, that scarce a day pafTcs, without two American vefl'els being sent into that port. The Englilh frigates ana-Providence, priva teers, capture every American veflel they fall in with, bound 10 Hevanna. Ihe tliip Sally, Campbell, and brig Amiable Matilda, both bound from this port to Havanna, are among tht number. j THE LATEST Foreign Intelligence. NfW.rORK, n-r. 2. By theJh'ip Rose in 41 days from Liverpool; ■which vejfel arrived here lajl evening, wt have received London papers to the 18 of oSober—ten days the latejl. At present we only have time to mate a few extracts. The papers upon the -whole are barren. Great complaints of the scarcity of grain in En gland continue; and partial tumults prevail, there are great talis of peace, and continual preparations for war, neither of which e vents can be calculated on with any degre of certainty. The congreft at Luneville was about to be opened, where something pacific may be agreed upon. LONDON, Oftober 13. The proclamation for the meeting of par liament is expefted to be publiftied in to morrow night's Gazette. It has been reported, that the feflion will last only a fortnight, But when we refleft upon the importance and delicacy of the bu siness which is to occupy the attention of the two houses; —When we consider that it will be neceflary to proceed with the utmost cau tion in deviling a way for the present high prices of neceffaoes of life; when we conti der too that this will not be the only measure submitted to parliament: That the late cor respondence with the French Republic will be laid before them; that it is just and possible also, that some financial propositions may be submitted to them; when all these things we repeat, are taken into consideration, it can scarcely be supposed that the session will last so (hort a time as a fortnight. Ottober 16. Paris papers have at length arrived. We received them last night to the 12th inft. It was not perhaps to be expefted that they would communicate to us any information up on the correspondence between the English and French governments. The official paper preserves the most profound silence, and the Chief Consul has not thought proper to pub li(h any account yet of theprogrefs or the ter mination of the negociation. The resignation of Baron Thugut, and the appointment of the Count de Lehrbach to succeed him, have been officially notified to the French govern ment. Mr. Lifton otir Ambafiador to the United States, is, it is said, on his return. Mr. Adams, the Prelident, has, it is stated, for upwards of a twelvemonth made complaints to Mr. Lifton of Britifti cruizers capturing American (hij>» and property at the very nvniths cis their harbors. Mr. Lift&n, we are inr"rmcd, t anfmitted thef'e remoaftrar ces to this government, but he did not find t' at they were fufficiently attended to, and hi (ruation at Philadelphia became irkfon e and unpleasant. [Courier.] The American Plenipoteatiaries have been fplend : d!y entertained at Paris—A Grand Fete, at which the Consuls were present, was given them by Joseph Buoanaparte, at his Country Seat. The Dinner deserves to be noticed on account of the following I oast by the Consul De Brun. " To the Union of America with the Powers of the North, in order to make the freedom or the seas to be refpr£\ed." It is said an 3 we have no rejfon for dis believing it, fays a London paper, that peace has been copcluded between France and Portugal, through the medium of the cour» of Madrid. The French funds have risen—The 7?irs Corfelds at 37 livers, 10 cents. Oftober 18. It was.firft expe&ed that the correspon dence between our government and the French upon the fubjedt of a naval armis tice would have been published immedi ately after the termination of the corres pondence. It is now laid that it will not be published till a day or two after the parliament has met. His Majesty in his speech will, in all probability, inform the two houses that he has ordered the corres pondence to be laid before them. . It will then be ordered to be printed. There are letters in town from Gibraltar, ■ dated on the 2 bth September.—On that | day the troops under Sir Ralph Abercrom by and Sir James Poultney began to embark, j and they expe&ed to be, ready to iail on I the fallowing day. The account of their 5 having iaired on the 24th was incorrea. llt was probably.the 26th or 27th that they j failed, and no doubt was entertained in the army, of Egypt being the place of their destination. j Meflrs. Rich, M'Donald and Guille mard, the American Ccmmiflioners, were on Thursday introduced to her Majesty at the drawing room, by Lord Grenville, and killed hands on their return. At the corh exchange yesterday the "prices of vheat and flour experienced very little variation from the prices on Monday and Wednesday. Fine wheat was from 1325. to 140s. per quarter, and fine flour from 955. to 100s. per sack. The difttllers have within theft few days, made an additional charge upon the refiners of gin of half a crown per gallon upon wa(h. Advice was yesterday received at the admiralty of the loss of nis Majesty's sloop Hound, at Plymouth commanded by capt. Turquand, by which catastrophe fcveial oi s crew perilhed. The following extract from a private letter from Paris, appeared in the Courier de Londres of lall night » The Camp at Amiens is daily receiving frelh rein forcements j it is now fuppoled to amount to about 80,000 men. The building of new fliips and preparations for a naval armament, are carried on -with great adi -4 vity all alongthe Dutsh arid- Flcniift ccafts. A fquadrofr confiding of one ship of the line and fix frigates is already fitted out in the ports of Middleburgh and Fluihing. The fame accounts prevails and also at Rotterdam, HcFroetlluys and Amfterdaffi. All the armaments on the FlemHli and Bataviati cOalls are under the directions of the Marquis Dycreft, the friend of the Duke of Orleans, who has lately been sent out of England by order of the Duke of Portland. Every thing is in preparation for two expeditions : one is defined against the Engliih coast : the other, more considerable, is to pi'oceed to Ireland, where the French government ex- pects a powerful co-operation on the part of the inhabitants. The Marquis Ducreft has lately been called to Paris by the ex press order of the Chief Conlul, with whom he has had several conferences. I'hey 110 doubt relate to these projettecL .expedi tions. Bonaparte is said to have ? private confidential agent at Mittau. Four mem bers of the Polish committee that used to hold its fitting! at Paris, have set out for Ruffian Poland, where formidable infur reftions are expedled soon to take place." Price of Flout. Fine Flour, per fatk Second;, CONGRESS at LUNEVILLE. The Congress will be oponed immediately. Ciniot, who has rcligned the situation of Minifler of War to , and Joseph Buonaparte, who condufled the negotiation with the American minißers, are to be the miniftcrs Plenipotentiaries of the French Republic. It is supposed tl at the d?puties of the empire' will not be admitted to the Congress till peace has been defini ively fet tled between Aullria and Franc?. To such an arrangement, however, Prnffia has ob je&ed, and has exprefled a drlire that the deputies of the empire shall aflill at the con gress immediately. Mr.de Dohra is fa id to have been appointed Plenipotentiary to the Congress on the part of' Prussia. Amidlk these pacific appearancre, Aullria has not relaxed in their preparations for war, and the Emperor, upon his return to Vienna, publifh;d a Proclamation, recommending redoubled zeal and ardour in every thing neceflary for the defence of the country. O&ober il- 1 Qn the nth about mid-day the A» merican Ministers took leave of the Cheifc" ' Consul, to whom they were presented by t' e Minister for' Foreign Affairs. Mi, Ellfworth in the name of his col-leagues fsid that," he hoped the convention signed on the 9th would prove the balls of a laftinj* friendfliip between France and America." Mr. Murray added that"the American Mm ifters w< uld negleft nothing to pmmote this defirableotijeft." The Chief Cnnful replied, j " that the differences between the two nations being aHjufted there (h uld no longer remain any trace of them ; that the liberal principles, with regard to navigation, considered in con vention, ought to bethebafisof a in timacy, and that in the prefrnt circuitilUnce it was more than ever the intsreft of the two nations closely toadhere to them." We arc a(T«red t~hat Carnot will t-e charged with Jol'eph Buonaparte with the interests of France, at the Congress of Luneville. Per haps this report, generally spread abroad, is without foundation. , PARIS, O&ober 6. Citizen Joseph Bonaparte, president of the committee of ministers plenipoten tiary, charged to negociate with the en voys extraordinvy, ministers plenipoten- , tiary of the United States of America, gave a very fplencid entertainment to these ministers on the 3d ihft. at Morfon taine, in celebration of the-teturn of good nnderftanding between the two States. The First Consul went to Morfontaine with his family at three o'clock., where he was joined by the two other conftils, all the ministers, the jnembers of the corps diplomatique, the counsellors of state, the presidents of the fentte, of the legislative body and tribunate, and several persons formerly in the service of the United States, among whom we obfcrved General La Fayette. At iix o'clock the minister for foreign affairs delivered to the firft consul the con vention iigned the Ift of October, be tween the French and American ministers, and this delivery was'announced by a dis charge of cannon. The dinner coniifted of 180 covers, was served up on three tables, in threejialh communicating with each other. The firft was the Hall of U nion. The second and third, which bore the names of Walhington and Franklin, were ornamented with the busts of the great men.—The firft was by tar the moil brilliant in decorations, the devices beihg all emblematic or indicative of the promi nent events of the American revolution. • After dinner several toasts were drank ; the firft, given by the First was '< To the manes of the French and Ame ricans, who died on tht Jield of battle for the independence of the New World." The second, by the Consul Cambaceres : " To the Successor of Washington." The Consul Le Brun— ts To the union of America with the powers of the north, to' enforce respect to the liberty of the seas." After dinner were fire-works, emblema tic of the occasion, which were succeeded by a Concert, and that was followed by a i'peiKacie, which doled the night. The Count de Lehbrach has informed Citizen Talleyrand, Minister for Foreign Affairs, that he has been appointed Mi* nifter for Foreign Affairs in the plaee of Baron Thugut, who has obtained his re fignition from His Majesty the Emperor. Count Cobentzel has been appointed by the Emperor to conduA the negociation wit I France.—(Official Article ) 90s to 955. 84s to 86s * *.
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