Foreign Intelligence.
Selections from late London Papers.
LONDON, March 6.
By a letter from Vienna we learn that a mar
riage was expected to be solemnized between the
daughter of Lrouis XVI and the Archduke Charles.
It was prevented by a circumstance quite unfore
fcen :— »
When the proposal was made to the Princess, (he
replied that, however grateful (he might feel at the
offer made to her, she could not accept it, becanfe
hsr father had, prior to his death, dtfpofed of het
hand : (he had protnifed to comply with his will,
*"4 .would keep her engagement.
fetter adds, that it is not known to whom
ftie thus Hands engaged, anlefs it be one of the
sons of Count d'Artois; and that several persons
who have aceefs to the Court fay, that there has
been a fenfiblc coldness on the part of the imperi
al Family towards the Princess.
EAST INDIA HOUSE.
The Commifiioners for lodia affairs have acceded
to the Ditedors vote of 40001. per annum, to Mr.
Hastings and his heirs for twenty-eight years and
a half, payable from the 24th June 1785.
Mr. Alderman Lulhington returned Mr. Haf
tings's thanks to the proprietors for their exertions
in his favor. t
The Shipping bnfinefs wasagain refemed by the
Chairman. Mr. Henchman pressed for a decilion
©f the Court, by moving, " that the Court do agree
" w ith the Diredlors in their firlt report respecting
" the (hipping interest." See.
This brought on a long and warm debate,
which we are unable tp detail. Mr. Impey moved
an amendment, which being put, the numbers
were,
Far the Amendment 92.
Against it 85. -r^-~
The Directors then demanded a ballot, in order
to obtain a determination on the original propo
lition which is to be determined next Tuesday.
According to a statement pubiifhed by citizen
Cartops, the daily allowance of each French Minis
ter amounts to" 14,576 livres in affigoats, which
makes 39,904,132 livres a year, for all the seven
mmifters. Each member of the Executive Direc
tory has daily 29,153 livres, which amounts annu
ally for the five members to 53,205,551 livres.—
Xhe daily allowance of a deputy is 1,749 livreg,
which makes 478,875,000 livres for 750 deputies.
The sum total of the annal expenceunderthis head
amounts therefore to 571,966, 683 livres in Af
fignats.
The Swiss troops, after having been in the ser
vice of Holland one hnndred years, were formally
difmiiTed on the 18th jiltimo.
Brigadier General Beutham, who is appointed
to prelide over the hew Naval Board, is a Gentle
man of much information, excellent mathe
matician. He is an Engli/hman, but has been for
many years in t.hefervice of the Empress oF Rufiia.
A monument to the memory of the lite Earl
Mansfield, it preparing for Westminster Abbey, un
der the will of a perfqn unknown- to that learned
Lord, or any part of his family 5 the sum bequeath
«d for this purpose is 2,5001. s
Thursday, a young man was taken into custody
at a public hoilfe in Westminster, for drinking,
Success to-the arms of the Frertc.h by sea and
land, and confufion to their enemies."
A Touch of the Marvellous.
Some ef the papers have told us of a deer swal
lowed by a snake.—The affair happened in the
East-Indies, and we are defirei} to eorreft the arti
■cjtt The animal thus devoured, we are afltired
was a young elephant, who was drawn from his
disagreeable situation by his trunk, which was per
ceived hanging out of the serpent's mouth, and
that by a little boy who witnefTed the circum
stance !
Roft and Vije'ot ha*e eighty pounds a night
for dancing at die Opera ! Qjuere—How mar.y
quartern leaves would that funi purchase for the
ft»r*ing Poor ?
The inordinate use of white faint and rouge,
which is become a matter of regret, has encreafed
confiderahly fincc hair powder lias been abolifhcd,
in oider to contrail the dark tfefies now so much in
fafhion.
Mr. Plumptree, of Clare-hall, Cambridge, has
written a pamphlet, to prove that Shakfpear's Ham
lit was meant as a satire or Mary Queen of Scofs
EPIGRAM,
On the Answers to Mr. Burke's Letter, by Mr.
Miles and Mr. Street.
With ev'ry flow'r Burke's Rhctoric smiles ;
What in his Answers do we meet ?
Dragg'd thro' a tedious length of Miles,
We enter-on a dirty Street.
ALARMING RENCONTRE.
The ManchefterThe»trehas lately been the scene
of some tumult, in consequence of several persons
•xpreffing difapprobatioii during the singing of
<1 God save the King." On Monday evening la (I
in particular, a riot broke out, which threatened
to terminate with muchferious mifehiefand blood
shed. The song being called for, a number qf.gen
tlemen in the boxes and pit woald not take off
their hats, on which some of the officers of the Bth
regiment of Dragoons, with drawn swords, pro
ceeded to enforce obedience, and, in an instant, the
whole house was a scene of dreadful confufion—
In the -eortteft, a'number of persons were cut and
wounded » amongst the reft, Mr. Johnson Eden
fcr, merchant, had his arm cut open from the
Ihoulder to the elbow. A young officer, not more
than fourteen years of age, who was very active
with his broad sword, was thrown from the boxes
into the pit, but luckily received no damage. At
length, the house being cleared ofthe ladies, and
the persons fupjjofed to be inimical to the tune, the
entertainment was fuffetcd to go on, at the end ef
which " God save the King'* was again sung, but
not without much oppofiliop. Mr. Edenfer has
n tered an adtion again ft the officer that wounded
4 i ;'• K
Philadelphia r
THURSDAY EVENING, Ma; 5,-1795
Died—,Yefterday morning, Mr. Robfrt Meade,
aged 21 years, eldest son of Mr. George Meade, Mer
chant of -this city ; and this morning his Remains were
attended to the tomb by a numerous train of mourn
ing friends.
married] Mr. F. Shcajell, to Miss Cynthia
Fell, both of Doyle's Town.
By the Rev. Mr. T. Uftic, Mr. Robert
Sheivfß, jun. to Miss Sally Dickiajbn, both of Phi
ladelphia.
By the Rev. Dr. Wm. White, Mr. Samuel
Curry, to Miss Eliz-ttbcth Shewell•
By the Rev. Dr. Wm. Whijte, Mr. Law
Terror Kaujffman, of this city, to Miss Sarah SheweU.
Two o( the yotrng Ladies and two of the young
Gentlemen above mentioned, are Daughters and
Sons of Robert Shewell, Esq. of Painfwick Hall,
Bucks County ; and two of theother young Ladies
and, two of the other young Gentlemen, have con
sequently become Daughters and Sons in Law to
the fame Gentleman.
Mr. FfnnO,
I request that you would rcpublifh the enclbfed
paragraph from the Aurora of this momißg, and
reqneft the Editor of that paper to inferl the re
marks subjoined. Yours C.
From the Aurora.
The indecent abuse of one of the firft charadlers
in the House of Reprcfentatives of the United
States, firft broached in that body, hat found its
way, with addition* and improvements, in town
meetings and newfpapersto the Eastward. Illiberal
reflections and uajtiftifiable scurrility, such as that
poured out against Mr. Gallatin, may answer
the purposes of the moment; but mast fink, upon
reflection, the authors of it into deserved contempt.
What will the Western Counties of this Stats think
ofthofe men who ftignatizethe man of their choice,
"ir iiuj a uajuluttHT—They will exe-
as an infurglnTmG-a
crate the fadlion that ftoopsto luch mean, dtif.
ble artsto-ferve their purpofcs, and must cling witl
iocreifed enthusiasm te the man whole talents and
uprightnefscaufe the gall of a nefarious faSion thus
to overflow.
All the world knows (fays a correfpond*nt}that
the si lends of our country, the fupportersot the
conflitution and government of the United States,
have been the objects of abuse for mere than five
years past.—The men who were the instruments of
our salvation jn war, and who have preferred to us
the bleflings of peace and independence, have been
ftigm:(tized by every opprobrious epithet * m Ga
zettes which have impudently alTumed tjie title of
patriotic. j4n»nymous slanderers have attempted to
affix a stigma on the characters of Wajhinglon,
Adams, Jay, Hamilton, Knox, IVolcctt, Pickering,
and many other worthies, whose memories will be
dear as long as liberty is considered a bleffiu'jr; artd
yet " O shame, where is thy blush," a fact,
Hated in a public town-me<gitth is said to be the
overflowing of the gall, of faction ! 1!!!
Mr. Fenno,
Considering the Editors of Newfpapere in (pme
meafur'e as the guardians of the moraU of the pub
lic ; I have taken up my pen to inform you of in
evil which if not speedily fuppre/Ted by the majef
tracy, threatens to overthrow every honelt princi
ple in fcciety. The evil I allude to is a PHARO
TABLE, which has lately been established in this
city. And which, though it has been set up but a
Jhort time, has already reduced many young men,
(who other wife might have been an ornament to
iociety,) to beggary and infamy. If .this evil is
fuffered to grow by time and inattention, we may
in vain bolt and bar our doors, as they cannot pra
ted us from the man in whom our confidence has
been betrayed by the spirit of gaming,
AN OBSERVER.
Extrafi of a letter from Bojion, dated zSth dpril.
" The eyes of the people ar« opened,' and 1 be
lieve no future attempts of the diforganizers will
be able again to miilead them.'' They clearly
discern the intention! of the fa&ion, and they stand
astonished at the efforts which are made to facrifice
the peace and honor of the country, and with them
the well earned fame of our illuftriou* WaftnAgton.
" They will find to their (I hope indelible) dif
gsace that the understandings of the people, of the
United States are too enlightened to encourage
future efforts to render them the inftrumeirts of
their own ruin."
• • * ~
ExtraS of another letter, dated April 29.
" The diforganizers appear to be confounded,
and (if the southern states co-operate with New-
England) will receive a vital stab."
ExtraS of another letter from 80/lon, April 30.
" The mod laudable and patriotic spirit pervades
this place. In addition to the glorious proceedings
of the town on Monday, which you will have re
ceived, the memorialists have joined in an addreTstO
every town and parifli in the commonwealth. Yes
terday and lait sight upwards of four hundred sir.-
cular addrefles, signed in behalf of the memorialists,
by the Hon. Jonathan Mason, Rev. Dr. Simeon
Howard, Dr. John Warren, the Rev. Dr. Jeremy
■Belknap, the Hon. Thomas Dawes, and George
R. Minot, Esq. have been sent by express. We
have the happiest tidings from various parts of the
commonwealth ; and All the grca' landed interift
is decidedly, alnioft to a man, in favor ps a prompt
execution of the treaty. In a few dny» you will
fee numerous petitions from almost every town in
this state. New-Hamp(hire will join almost uni
vevfally, and Cwnne&icut has unqueitionably gone
before us. We have fame disagreeable reports from
New-York and yoHrriiy ; but they will* 1* enve
loped in the mighty mass from this quarter of the
Union. The voice of the people, like that from
Sinai, will be omnipotent—and their thunders must
shake, if not destroy, all those who (hall dare to
tamper with their intetefts, or set at hazard the
tranquility of their country. Not a murmur is
1 11 •»
,1. • in 1 s.f.
like the elcftric fluiJ, warms, snd
gorates, all ranks, degrees and eondu.ons of ci-
tizens."
(CIRCULAR ) '
To the Free and Independent C itizens "f
Friend's and Countrymen, . . .
WE are now at a CRISIS in our Njiional Af
fairs, awfully important and alnrm;ng. Ine HAi -
PINESS and SAFETY of our country is endan
gercd, by an unhappy disunion in the National
Councils—by the delay of a majority of the House
of Representatives to concur in giving operation
to the Treaty fyltmnly made by our Constituted
Authorities with Great Britain. A Treaty,whit
the wifdotn of the SENA TE most deliberately a
proved ; which our illuftrioui WASHING"! Ol
from the *' conviflion of his mind," has ratifi
as expsdient and promotive of the best iriterefts
our country ; which he has proclaimed to be t
« law of the land and " enjoined and requit d
all persons bearing office, civil and military, wit! in
the United Stales, and all others, citizens or inhab
itants thereof, or beirfg within the fame, te execute
and observe the fame accordingly."
Should the house persist to rtfuCe their concur
rence to give operatioß to that treaty, PEACE,
with her smiling train of attendant bleffmgs, may
be expelled from our country ; and WAR ! hor
rid WAR ! with all its varied and multiplied de
flations be introduced in her (lead. In such an
event, Our coUßtry, now the afylutn of LIBER
TY, and by all esteemed the most happy in the
world, may shortly participate in the diltrefies and
convulsions of Europe. It may experience soon a
fad reverse of its present envied and happy fltua
tion ; and exhibit a Unking and fad Icffon to the
world, of the iire effe&s of being led by our pas
sions, instead of following the di&ates of reason.—
If such be our present critical situation, such the
alternative befoie us, it is impofiible to doubt as to
our choice—We cannot hesitate to follow where
WASHINGTON leads —weTiuffl prelerTsscF.
to War atod Dijirejs.
With these impreflions, the inelofed memorial to
Congress, praying for the execution of that Trea
ty, has been signed by more than 1300 citizens ;
and their doings and fentimentt have been approved
and adopted by the town, at a meeting the most
numerous perhaps ever known, and one specially
called with the design to reprobate instead of ap
proving. The details of their proceedings you
will find in the inclosed printed paper, and the do
ings of several other towns, which have puffed with
a unanimity unknown on any foimeroccafion.
As the object of these memorials is of the great
est national importance, and the sentiments of our
brethren in the country will have much influenee
in promoting its attainment, we request your con
curreuce ; persuaded, that with a union of fntereft,
there will be a coincidence of feeling and opinion,
in support of the laws and constitution, and in favor
of a fair and honorable compliance with our nation
al engagements.
In behalf of the MemorialiUs of Boston,
JON. MASON -)
THOMAS DAWES I
SIMEON HOWARD •
JEREMYBELICNAP committee.
JOHN WARNER i
GEO. R. Ml NOT J
Extract of a letter dated in Springfield, Majfachu
fetts, April 30.
" At the supreme court which was holden last
week in Northampton, the collc&ion of people from
every part of the county was considerable, and the
unanimity exprefied by all descriptions of citizens
unexampled. The altonifliment and indeed horror
produced by the attempts of the House to usurp
the powers of the other departments of government
may be conceived, Hat I cannot d«fcribe." " The
people hare hitherto neglected to petition from a
belief that it was impoiSble a serious opposition
could seriously iN intended. That belief can Ho
longer be entertained. The people will express
their sentiments, which are jou may be allured,
more ardent and unanimous than they have been at
any period since the year 1765."
ExtraS of a letter from a gentleman at Newport, in
Rhode-Island, to bit friend in this city, dated
April 21 ft, 1796.
" WE hate just heard here, that the Houf£ of
Representatives have resolved that they will not
make the requisite appropriations for carrying into
effect the Treaty with Great Britain This frem
ed at» event so improbable that many will not yet be
lieve it. If it cornea confirmed, we lhall be in the
grenteft confuDon and alarm here. I look upon
such an event as pregnant with mere portentous
evils, than any that has ever occurred toourcoun
try. In fall I fee no end to the series, or extent of
' the calnm'u'tes to -which it may not lead us. A war
with Great Britain ; a renewal of Indian hoftilrties
and the deftru&ion of our own government, with
perhaps dotireflic or foreign usurpation will proba
bly be the firft fruits of this ra(h procedure.
God forbid, that the House {hould persist in the
refufal—l cannot persuade myfelf to believe that
they will dare do it.—lf not a regard to their coun
try a sense of personal danger I fliould eXpect would
prevent it.
! You may reft allured that the great body of the
people of this State are sensible of the interest they
have, in >he preservation of the constitution and
peace of the country, and make the ptopcnjflcrT
mfnatioii between the friends and the foes of that
interest. It is true that there is a party here who
secretly rejoice in this temporary triumph of the anti
junto, but thank God ! they ire contemptible in
their number, and in every other point of view."
Translated for the Gazette of the United States,
from the Hamburgh Gazette of Not. 25.
Extraa of a Utter from Paris, AW 13
" Perhaps it will not be amiss to impart you, my
friend, some biographical traits of the pnefent num.
bers of the Executive Directory of Fiance.
.Lareveilleie Lfpaux was a member of the con
htuent afiTembly and of the contention ; a native
married, and rather of a sickly eortftJtution. At
the paging of feßtenca on the KiAfj, he acceded ir,
the majority. By the revolution of May 31ft, 'q 7)
he was declared an outlaw, and, on Thibadeaii
motion, included in the decree of reception of Feb.
7th r 1795. He is a man of rare talents.
Rewbcl], formerly an advocate at Collmar, in
Alsace ; one of the naoft aflive members of the
cenftituent- afTembly and of the convention. He
often aded as President, and in th<; committees of
fafety and fecun'fy. During the process of th«
King and the siege of Mentz, he was in person
with Merlin in that fortrefjj ; he aifo attended the
army in La Vendee, and on the Rhine. He often
counteracted the plans of the terioriits In the inte-
him who nesjociated the treaty of
-'» t lit lei Til C * ' -U® 1 '
' ' ' IK.. " "...
"Or
n Usmyr* .»<T, «%■?'«* »k^ n .jw;. s*s^
now fuperWc-' i.i iW Piefideacy by '
v BW&i ip.riii?r!y a colleague y { .F'sren. as jT
repreT.nuJxe stTaulon and with the Italian army
also a member of the committee ot larety, *tia U v.*-.
ti&sd by the decree of Feb. 22, 1795, to go oh'
million for the East-Indies.
from the department of Manche,
fcrved as an officer of engineers. .With refpeft to
that qualification, he was appointed a member of
the military committee in La Vendee, as aifo in
the Tou'oii fleet. At the passing of the sentence
0:1 the King, he flood on the fide of the minority.
He was twice President of the convention, and
destined as a reprefenta:!ve to the Eaft-fndies,
which mifiiort was omitted,
Camot was a member of the Irgiflatlve body and
of the convention, as also of the former and latter
committee of fafety—A very able engineer officer.
As early as 1793' ' le voted for the incorporation
of Belgium, and for the amnesty in La Vendee."
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Wednesday. May 4.
Melfrs. Bradbury, Kitehell, Kittera, Read, Sit
greaves, Brent, and Hartley, presented petitions in
favor of the B;itilh treaty, and Mr. Christie one
against it, which were ordered to lie upon the table.
Mr. Goodhue, chairman of the committee of
commerce and manufadtures, reported a bill for the
relief of Samuel Browu, another for the relief of
Moses Miers, another for the erection of a Light
house on Cape God, and one for. the eflabli/hment
of certain new ports of ei. try And delivery, which
were severally twice read and'oi-dcred to bq engross
ed for a third reading.
Mr. Goodhue also made a report on the petitions
of certain cultom hbufe officers, recommending
that they {hould lie over till the next session. A.
greed to.
Mr. Nicholas, Chairman of the eommittep apr
pointed to confer with a .committee from tKe.-Se 7
nate, with refpeft to tbe business which .remained
neceflary to be fir.iflied before the'feffion er.ded. anxl
when it would be proper to adjourn xjjc lame,. re-.
it as t! 1,-ii:lu'm 111 r 1 i(feTTocr~ot tJlgTccmnsg—
tee, that the session (hould be adjoin tied on the 2Qtl)
of the prefeHt mouth. He also reported a liiY.ftf.
business which y/as entitled to a.preference.
The house refoived itfelf ilifo a committee of the
whole on the report of the committee on thi- fubi
jett of poll offices and polls roads, which, having'
gone through, and made several amendments, the
house took'up the co'nlideration of them, aud the
report referred to a ftk£t committee to bring ia a,
bill 9 r bills,
Mr. Sitgreaves, chairman of the comm'ttte ap
pointed to consider upon the petition of certain? -
tornies refpedfcing the holding* bf the diftriftcourtdf
theU. States at Yorktown and Philadelphia,report
ed a recommendation that that part of the aft
which direils the sessions to be held alternately at
Philadelphia and Yorktown, be repealed, &c. and
some other regulations made. The report was a
greed to, and a bill dire&ed to be brought in.
i'he house refoived itfelf into a tommittee..of
the whole upon the report of the committee to
whom was referred the meflage of the Prefideuj,
rcfpe&ing the iprming- of the territory South oft be.
river Ohio, into a new fiate by the name of the
Tenefee, and fevcral documents relative thereto
having been read, the committee rose and had leave
to fit again.
A meflage was received from th? Senate infor-.
ming the house that the Senate.had agreed to the
several bills for carrying into efleft the four treaties
lately Concluded. Tw 9 trifling amendments were
made in that for carrying into eifedl the treaty with
Spain, which were taken up and agre.cd to.
The house refoived itfelf into a committee of the
whole on the bill alloving a ccrtain compensation
for horses killed .in battle, which having, thro*
the house took it and Ordered it to be engrolted.
for a third reading. Adjourned.
Landing tKis day,
From in board the b r i s Jeffcrfin, Elihu E. M»ru.i[
Mqfler, fr»m St. Croix.
PRIME SUGAR and ) . '
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5C,000 lb. GREEN COFFJ|E in Bags. >
Aljo, by a former ntjfiorlatic/i, .-' 4
WOiCto CoSet, in 40 J* l -*
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25 Barrels, ,
.pjoßags, For Salt by
John WilqOGks,
TuraAliey, South Wharves.
May 5
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