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Foreign Intelligence.
BAGDAD, December"29.
Every thing announces a speedy change in Persia,
which, influencing the powers, and especially the
commerce of Asia, will interest the powers of £u
rode, but msre particularly the Turks. Aga Mah
met Kan, an eunuch,"having succeeded in defeating
twice the young prince LolfAli Kan, and making
himfelf mailer of Chiras, as well as the treasures
and families of the Grandees of Persia who were
there, the latter retreated with the remains of his
army to Keirmann, wherj he has claimed the assist
ance of the Ruffians, promising to give them any
advantages they pleased to a(k. It appears that
from these offers Russia has formed an idea of ap
propriating to htrfelf the provinces she prefers, and
(jveral fads come in aid of this report. A Kan of
M.ifenderan, a partizan of Lolf All Kan, having
marched with some troops to the Ghilan, the Ruf
fians, to the number of 1500, coming by the sea
of Aitracan, disembarked and joined him, and took
pofleffion of Becht, which is the capital of Ghi'.an.
We learn beside from Tefflis,the capital of Geor
gia, that prince Heraclius expedited two Ruffian
regiments,with which and his own Georgian troops
he intended to enter the provinces of Chervan and
Adeiheian ; this prince is entirely at the order of
the, Ruffian court. It appears every wher- herea
bouts that the Ruffians have really an intention of
making an irruption into Persia.
GENOA, December 29.
Two imperial privateers, froro Trielle, have jiid.
entered this port, after fending two rich prize* into
Vado, not knowing that place lemoned in the
hands of the Freud, where they were prevented
from following them by a hard gale.
CAGLIARI, January 1.
A desperate engagement has recently occurred
between two vessels under the colours of Savoy and
a Tunelian xebec, about 40 miles from Cape Car
fconara, in this island, whieh la'Aed four hours, when
the Barbarians attempting to board the merchant*
men, We repulsed with great (hughter, and oblig
ed to (lieer off. A vefftl that came into this port
soon after the Savoyards, saw the xebec link at sea.
The Capt. of one of the merchantmen is dead of
the wounds he received | they were bound to Bar
celona ; the xebeccarried 16 guns and 130 men.
LEYDEN, January 22.
The French gen. Kleber, formerly a Lieut. Col.
in the Auttrian service, has lately dined with prince
Wurtemburg, near Coblentz, and the general be
haviour of the French and German /oldiers to each
other since the true<*, seems to indicate that they
are rather upon the point of being friends than en
emies.
AMSTERDAM, January 14.
I am informed from good authority, that Mr.
Pitt has said confidentially, that if the for ed loan
ordered by France be filled up, he would determine
the king to accept overtures of peqj*, but that
previously he would spare nothing to obftruft that
salutary measure, and continue the war with more
fury than ever.
(Signed) THIBAULT,'
Representative of the people, commissioner of
Jhe government with the republic of the U
liited Provinces.
Al an authentic copy, \.
LAGARDE, Sec'ryGenl.
: v.A
PARIS, Janury 21.
Le Cenfeur is of opinion, that if Auhert Dll
- quits his fitnation, he will have Dubois
Crance as his successor. It is also said that Charles
de Lacroix will fpeedilv be fuccecded in the office,
which he holds 39 mimlter of foreign affairs, by a
perfoa capable of preparing and managing negoci
ations. 1 hey talk also that Chenier will be ap
pointed an Eighth Miniller, under the title of min
iftcrof arts and fcicnces.
January 24.
Since the English fleet, who ha* e so long ho
vtred on the eoaft of Britanny have disappeared,
cur shipping has resumed some degree of activity.
A .trong convoy failed on the 22d January from
Nantes for 1 Orient and Bred. Another convoy
from Bourdeaux, which w.is detained at Rjchfort,
has alio put to ft/a. 1 wenty ships of the convoy
for Nantes have happily arrived ; the reltare bound
so different deftiuations.
CAMBRIDGE, Jan. 9.
BANK OF ENGLAND.
On Monday 1a It the following very important
notice was given officially at the Panic! '
" I" future, whenever the Bills sent in'for dif
eount (hall in any day amount to a larger sum than
it sHall be resolved to discount on that pro rata
' proportion of such of the Bills as are not'otherwife"
objedtionable in each parcel, will be returned to the
persons fending them, without regard to the ref
p*<&ability of the party fending in the Bills, or to
the sol id it y of the Bills themfelves.—•>The fame will
be ohferved as to Notes."
The causes of this remarkable Refolutioit of the
Bank, which does not manifeft that fluarifhing (late
of Commerce which Mr. Pitt has held out, de
serve the molt serious inquiry. It has given a ge
neral alarm te the Merchants, and his occalinned
much speculation.—Stocks have fallen one per cent,
f'nce the notice was srfven, and conjecture cannot
1 fathom the extent of the confequ*yeej.
In the firft place the quantity of fp°cie"4ent out 1
of the kingdom is known to have raised the price of I
gol-J so much that thrrr is a profit of 7 t-2 per cent.
">» the melting down of guineas ; and consequently
the temptation to export thein has been so great;
that it became the duty of the Bank moll rigorous
ly to watch the iflua of coin.
S i OCK.BRIDGE, (mass.) April 5.
The contract repealing Legiflatilre of Georgia
have honored Gen, Glinn, one of the Senators
from th-it Hate, in Congress, by a declaration,
that he ha« lust their confidence. They have also
A . ■*< ft -«■!'■ t~ »><*•.•
refolded, that it appears by. the d?poutt<ins on oath
(as they fay) of three persons, that Mr. Gunu
Jid attempt to corrupt and unwarrantably influence
lome of the members of the Legillatuie which
palled the law for the sale of the Georgia Lands.
The repeal of the Ln w f«r the sale of said lands was
obtained through the influence of Geo. Jackson,
it is said on account of Gen. Gunn's bidding more
for a certain quantity than the amount ofjackfon's
offer ! that the latter was engaged to became a
purchaser, appears from the examination of the
Secretary of that State, by a committee appoint
ed for the purpose. There is great personal en
mity between Gunn and Jackson ; and all the late
proceedings of the legillature of Georgia having
been dictated by Jack foil, Gunn may, or may not
have ailed unworthily in the inltance referred to :
at any rate, the declaration, of itfclf, th.it he is
loft the confidence of ftich a legifl.iture, will not I
operate to his dishonor.
For the GAZ.ErT>e of the United States.
fro. Fill.
I believe every candid reader will admit the po
fltum which 1 have faitly quoted from Mr. Vans
Murray, in my last number; has as (trong a ten
dency to eftablilh the rig'hts contended for on the
part of the Houle of Reprefeotatives, as any of
the arguments ps the majority. It now remains
that I perform my promise as far as refpefts Mr.
Harper.
i his gentleman concludes a long speech, 011 the
24th March, which was puhlifhed in the fun pie
ment to the American Daily Ad.ertifer of the 7th
inft. with the following Itrong and conclave argu
ments . " that treaties ■when made, and complete,
" istte no mire than executory comprint, depending fir
" ll>"r execution upon the aid of the Legijlature, in
"giving which aid it must, from the nature
"OF THINGS, BE A FREE AGENT. Herein" he
said, " confided the renl security against the abufc
" of the treaty making power, that it could never
",a£l ■without legislative aid. While that House held
" the purse llrings of the people, while no treaty
•' could produce its ejfeß ■without a la%v, and that
"the concurrence of that House was nec.-jfary in
" pafling the law, there could be no real danger.
•' Great, indeed, was the refponfibiKty which those
" tnnfl take o,i thcmfelves, wfiofhonld reftife in 'hat
" House to execute a treaty. Weighty, indeed,
" mull be the reasons which could induce the House
" to rifle all the consequences which rnuft be ex
" pefted to 'result from such a refufal : few, he be
" lieved, woulcf be found to ride them in ordinary
cases. In some cases thky must be risked,
" and «o decide what those cases are, is an obied
" of found dif retion."
Now, reader, whatever be your politics, if you
•btfj as I hope you are, a man of candour, answer
me a few qaeftions—lf " treaties depend for their
execution upon legislative aid"_and if, " in.giving
this aid, the House of Representatives, f ro 7n the*
nature of things, are free agents;" in other words,
are " free" tt> give or withhold that " legislative
aid'* 011 which " treaties depend for their execution,"
ought not they to be poflifftd of all those docu
ments conne&ed with the fubjeiS, which are necef.
fary, to enable free agents to decidc whether Or not
they would " rifle the consequences that would
result from a refufal to carry a treaty into executi
on >" Again, if a treaty ip only •' an executory
compady* depending " for its execution on legis
lative aid," ought the British treaty, at the very
tim« of presentation to the legislature, and conse
quently before it could have received that " Jegif.
lative aid, ' to be accompanied by a proclamation,
" enjoining and requiring all persons bearing offices
" civil or military within the United States, and
" all others, citizens and inhabitants thereof, or be
" ing within the ftme, to esecute the said treaty >"
Does not such a proclamation either destroy the free
agency of the House—or the free agency of the
House destroys the validity of such a proclamation ?
How can the free agency of.the House to give or
withhold "their legislative aid" to the British trea
ty, be reconciled to the appointment of commifli
oners to carry that treaty into within a few
days after it was laid before the House ?
1 believe the answers to those questions will ac
compli fh my design, of vindicating the House of
Repreftntatives from the charge of attempting "to
overleap the bound* prescribed to th»m by the con
fiitution, and encroach on the executive." The
convfftion produced muftacquire additional strength
from the consideration, that the arguments are
fairly and unexceptionably drawn from a member of
considerable talents, and one who has most elabo
rately advocated the caufe'of the President and Se
nate. HAR RINGTON
Ricketts's Amphitheatre.
IV[r. Collet,
TJ Efpeflfully informs the Public, that his BENEFIT
IV will be on THURSDAY next.
Between the different new Feats, Mr. Collet will r!a7
A Concerto dejarnowick, on the Violin.
> Mr Caotier will a'fo play
A Concerto on the Clarinet,
Computed by himfelf.
gT Tickets may be had at Mr. Collet's, No. 171,
north Front-street; T. Bradtorb's, No. 8, south Frout-
Orr -r ■ r'nd O'Fli.ers'Hotel.
For LON DO N,
THE SHIP
ATLANTIC,
SU.AS SWAIN, Commander,
WILL fail on or about the ift of May I ? or freight or
laffage apply to tjle Captain on hoard at Walnut-ftrect
wharf, or to PHILIP NICKLIN & CO.
April 13. §
N. B. The Letter Bag of the brig Peggy, captain
Heyef, for London, will be taken from the Polf-OfHce
on Friday morfling, the 15th inft. at 10 o'clock.
The Letter Bag of»the (hip Hamburgh Packet, captain
Clay, for Liverpool, will be taken from the Poft-Office
on Saturday evening, the 16th inft.
And the Letter Bag of the ship Diana, captain Pilf,
for Hamburgh, will be taken from the Pofl-Office or
Monday evening next, the 18th inil.
k'-'
Philadelphia,
WEDNESDAY EVFNIttG, APRIL tj, t 79 A.
Exiradl of a letter frum Port-au-Prince, dated
Mm-h 27th, j796:
Th? inhabitants here were Riuch difappnircjet
by the arrival of the fleet yerterday, after an unfuc
celsful attack mi Leogane—Tlie French forcej
there prove to be (Ironger than was expe&ed."
*•* The lixtraft of a Letter from a Gentle
man in Baltimore-Town to hi». fi\-.nd in this City,
(hall be inserted to-morrow.
[ Qr> Tkurfday n{<rht last departed this life* Capt.
George an ofliccr in the levenue f<r.r'-
vice, adjutant ef a !rgim««t of artil
lery tided >by General Thomas Ptofter, in
tnc.latc war.bctwfeii-Great Britain and America j
m-luch dutl'vs h« aifc!iV;{ed with honour and fide
•lily. Ever ready to -fnpport the laws of his coun
try, he llcpard forward ?s adjutant of artillery in
the late Wi-ftcm exped.tion, where he corttrafled a
cold, that a lingering illnc-fa, which he
bore with manly fortitude, until it terminated in
liia death. On Saturday his remains were interred
ifi St. Peters cluirch burial around, attended by thtf
»ffic#r» of the militia companies of Phila
delphia, and a icfpettable number of other citizens.
With justice it mayibe said that he was an hooeft
man, a(,triie patriot,-and good soldier.
A Correspondent wirtics to know what atr. the
real intentions of theprefent majority f n the House
of Rcprefcntatives—if War is their object, why
not candidly fay so, and let us he prepared to meet
it—or if, it is not intended to make the neceflary
appropriations to carry the Treaties into efT*&, we
can then judge for ourfeltes—Of all things, to
merchants, a (late of suspense is the word j and at
this moment many readable underwriters are -e
fuling to write Policies of Insurance; our Stocks
aie the uncertainty ;
if War the Sotnliern States,
the Eadein Delegates wil) no doubt give their Con
stituents the earliest information and let tliefe de
cide whether, to aft a conspicuous part in it, or, by
preferring Peace, divide theUiiien. i
From the Aurora.
That a public debt is a public blejfing has been the
favourite and avowed maxim of the party who have
hitherto held the minrfterial reins of the General
Government. The condudl of the aristocratic fac
tion (hews that they were in earaeft at heart j for
dbriuj; " the fix years' glorious adminirtration,"
they have contrived to encrtaft the public debt one
million per annum.
l'he firft part of the above paragraph ha* not
the lhadow of truth to support it—with lefpefl to
the other fays a correspondent, Mr. Gallatin llated
yesterday as the result of his relearch*s into the
funding fyftetn, in fobftancc, " that the United
States were trot one farthing richer or poorer than
they were os the fitll day the present Government
came into operation," the IVeJlern Infurredion, In
dian War, Algcrine prifontrt, Fortifications of Ports
anil Harbors, and fitihing a portion of the Public
Debt, nofwifhllandinfc.
It is preftimed adds our Correspondent, that
however others may doybt the accuracy of Mr.
G—'s ltaieiaent, the Autora will not dare to de
ny it. • 1
couuvNicj\rior
The party has fhifted its ground very often, and
r et lias been, in every change, equally overbearing
md dogmatical. Firlt it was impossible we (hould
> t any treaty. Britain was not disposed to treat.
;ain was beaten and would refufe nothing. Then
t was said, exultingly, by the friends of our inde
pendence, France would go to war with us. No
treaty, no treaty . with her enemies. The treaty
»r/ives, the virtuous ten think the terms might have
been better, more Intercotirfe, islands and all, more
amity and mutual advantage ; and to Ijting this a
bout, negociate again, said they, A printer pub
lifhcs the treaty with a faithfulnefa and accuracy
that reflected exactly the due praise on the disclo
sure of it. - The virtuous ten had not, it seems,
found out a word of the right objeaions. Conlli
tution— treaty being against >he
Conftitutien is a dead letter : Thus roared the wis
dom of a hundred mobs. The House convenes,
and behold the objeflion just whizzing in our cars
like the din of a great water fall, turns out an emp
ty found. ThePrefident and Senate are the treaty
making department—But then, they are not the
treaty making department—as thus—and thus
(here please to insert, from the press of Mr. Bacbe,
400 pages of metaphyfiral jargon.) After (hed
ding for 3 weeks lays of darkness on the fubjeft,
the Prefidert's me(Tag« is delivered. The woid» of
the ConlUtutkm, the words of certain gemlertieu,
(mind 1 do not fay their honor) opinions long
efiabiiftied, usage public and uncoritrovVrted, the
analogy with common good and corrlmOn sense,
throw the new creed into some discredit. What
is to be done i Deny it—change it, hide it in some
new form of afly thing, rather than let
it lie long on the anvil of drfcuffion. Is this- Pro.
teus never to be catfght ? t» the refouree of party
• hvention tinexhaufted, or does fume new Archi
medes forge new weapons for them as fact as they
in the lianas oif rhe champions ? Or when
naked and disarmed is their modelt appearance a
coal of tnsii ?
Art itTfournfd meeting of the First day or Sun
day School Society, will be held Jt 7 o'clock this
ivenino, at John Ely's Schcot-Room'
Ajfril l.nh, 1795,
' PQiiT OF PHIL 4Q&LJ>IIIA t
A H R 1 V t D. DATS.
Ship SiK?cefs, Robert foil, Antigua 15
Biig Charlotte, Cufhinj;, Port-au-Priuee zo
Schr. Delight, Durphey 4 do. 15
Telrgraplie, Colycr, Richmond 4
Betsey, Bawitt, Norfolk 4
Experiment, P.iole, Miraguane 17
Sloop Nabby, Bingham, St, Bartholomews 19
Nancy and Prggy, Young, N. Carolina 4
About lj days awo Capt. Poole fp:>k« the brig
Mary, Norris, from Jacqiiemel to Philadelphia ill
well. .
La(t Sunday off the capes Capt. Bingham spoke
the schooner Hawk, Pennrotk, from Kingston (Ja
ijisicaJ to Philadelphia all well.
The Mio-ner Eagle, which was upset on Sunday
lalt, scot into Marcus Hook, wilh ali her cargo &c.
iaveii.
BY THIS DAY'S MAIL.
NEW-YORK, April ,2.
Ship Fanny, Brjine,
A jroilu, Bttflificiti,
, Swan, Woodliam,
Brig Siifah & Polly, Abeel,
Nancy,
Sch. Harmony, Baldwin,
Sully, Snow,
Bl'p Perctlay,
A r.fo n, Barlow,
Mary, L'Hbmrciedieiij
r NtVV-BRUNSVVICk, Ap.il tz.
The following' pirferitinent wis made lafl week, bf
the Grand Jury of the eounty of Middjefex.
T HE Grand Jury of the county of Middlesex*
cannot refrain from exprcfiing to this Court and
tjieir fellow-citizens, the heart-felt fati«fa£ion they
h.ive iece 1 11y t-xpe rtenced, by finding that the Pre
sident of the United States has refnfid to comply
wiih the ÜBconlUtUtional rcfolution of the House of
Keprcfeutativrs, by_ not fending to them certain
papers therein r-cjrteiled. Ami as our deferredly
beloved Chief Magistrate continues to study the
true interefls of his country, and thereby prcmotci
the happlncfj of his fellow-citizens, we conceive it
becomes our duty and that of every clafsof citizen*
to appiobate hit fiim attachment to our glorious
Conflitutioo ) and at the fame time to express theif
Und;q>tnifl)ed confidence in him ; and while we
view with equal pleasure the conduct of the Sena
tors of this (late, in uniting with him in their offi
cial decisions, we cannot but lament it as a griev
ance should any of our Reprefcntativcs in the lower
House join in "giving oppofuion to measures which
m?y tend to encreafc the happiness and prosperity
of our dear couutry.
In trilimony whereof, we have hereuntb fub
fcriberi our names unanimouflv.
Thomson Sielle,
Foreman
Ehenrzer Ford
John Plum.
Go. Me Aioy
Jicob Dunham
Garret W. Dcnnii
David Chamber*
Noah Miller
QUEBEC, March 17.
Iloufe of sljfembly, Ularih i£.
A meflagc was receitcij from the LejjiflatfvC
Council, purporting that the-y'had agreed to,-the
bill f.,r allowing the importation of Beef, Pork,
Bte. from the United State l :, without any amend
ment.
From the StUthern Crnii
7*o T I M S H A R P.
Dear
I AM truly sorry to find the firft officer in our Sou*
them Republic tinder the particular influence atid im»
mediate direaion of General Jackfoh, who I think the
most rlangerous man to the peace and pood order of
any free people on ;his,continent —witnefs the last as*
fembly and Judge Oib rne s trial. I will give you an
instance of his influence over our Chief Magistrate ; a
few m'mutej preceding the rife of the last legislature,
Col. M'Niel informed thehoufebya letter to the Spea
ker, that he declined accepting the appointment o(
the proper channel, and the letter was direfled to be
sent to tlje Governor ; by this time it was ten o'clock
dropt off. About twelve o'clock I wetit round to se
veral of the boarding houses, with a letter addrefled td
'he Governor, requeftirg him to appoint Judge Wal
ton, who was the only candidate except M'Niel; there
were not more thati thirty-five members then remain
ter to his excellency—this I then thought, and do still
think, was fufficient to guide hitti in his choice ; But it
seems that Gen. Jackson had advised him othcrwife*
and on Saturday last he appointed William Few, Esq.
a man of no legal abilities, partial in all his a&ions»
and upon the whole without any one good qualification
to recommend him. This was done by one man, con*
trary to the opinion of Judge Taliaferro, and the othei*
signers. the meanest of which, I conceive to be infinite*
ly preferable to his honor, in point of understanding,
and equal in common honesty—and of better princi
ples thah the General.
To add to the misfortune the appointment is diti
greeable to nine tenths of the inhabitants of the diftrift
and at least to twenty-nine thirtieths of Columbia coun*
ty, the residence of the judge, who must know tiiirt
better than the governor with all his art and diflimula
tion so much for popularity. You have begun a cor*
refpondenc* with his rxcellenty to which you owe thi»
letter; ai I thought his condvns\ teprehenfible, indeed
unpardonable, and you appear to He capable of paint*
ing him in his true colours, and this is such a glaring
instance of his duplicity, I wish you to dress Up the bu*
Gncfs and let the world fee his cloven foot again.
I am,
Yours sincerely,
TIMOTHY TOUCHTR TT TH.
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JL Printers, twing difiolved, all persons who have any
demands agairift the said partncrfliip, are requested to fur
nilh their accounts for settlement; and thdfe indebted, to
make payment to either of the fubfcr : bcrs.
FRANCIS WRIGLEY,
JACOB BERRIJWAN.
Philadelphia, Aprils, T796. eodjc
£5" The Eufineli will be carried on by J. Eirriman »
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Greenock 3 5
Amiletdam and
Rotterdam 48
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