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thev pretend to represent, ere at length
fi»t witbthefairue&'of lir 9 election, x«d w:lh
their ri/ht* aud capacity a» citizen*, to ex
ercitc the function* of Aldennen. Tney
Will aufwer, this we early evinced, by pro
<H>c*mg proof od *1 "h' ch wat ma,c -
But, ray fallow-citizen*, “ »® well t 0
tit how that inquiry vt-i» conducted, and that
no invefttgatiou of these pou » ha* bCen had
before the lupr %\nt Judiciary Dcp<.r intent o
thia state, the only proper tribunal, for such
difeuflion*. T*»« * encral P re^um P t,oir ' of Xh *
inhabitant* Hill i*, thaf these men were urft
fairly defied, and tint several of them arc
alien*. Justice to the people, a* well a» the
common intuence of modesty and candour,-
should have 1 ihduced them ta clear up theft
objection*, before they attempted any official
id. Wilt they venture to flatter themfelve*
that, although tfctfe eiception* at ftrft, arose
out of the eleftion, yet, that your attach
ment to them has reconciled your mind* to
the measure ? To afeertaiu whether this be
10, let theist recur tty rite flcdiob of Mr.
Shoemaker , (whom they*ought certainly to be
compelled tor receive, a* legally elected, if
they are fufftred to pToi eed, to which I doubt
But the Attorney-General will think it hi®
duty to attend.) Let it also be asked, if any
of the reipectable men among you, have ever
yet called upon thhm to exercise the duties
of their Offieb, notwithitanding there i« f»
much need of an internal police ?
Shall we then; by our acquietcence, fuffer
those chauriers to creep Mi>y into the exeicile
of povfcrs, in which bur property and right#
are concerned f Wne'iC is the fpuitof Arne
rican freedom, and the jyridc of :h« Ameru
rican revolution ? Surely, my felluw-citi
*en*, men who have no right either by the
l iw* of the ft«te, orthe common principle*
Os allegiance, to any imraointv whatever—
men who have never yet liucc they came here
d'fcovered the lea It dawning of attachment
tb this couiiny, except so far as concerned the
vending their foreign gtwgau/j, aud who
fc'ave not, a* Aldetnith, the approbation of
a bugle person among you. will not be fuf*
ft ed to go any farther iu meafure* by which
Cither your money is to be called torpor your
privileges are to be reftraiued.
• A CITIZEN.
L .O, N DO N, December 26;
A T Troyes, in France, on the day when
the ruffians were executed for the mgr»
tier of the Mayor, the houses of M. Niory,
♦he King** Attorney-General, and M. Fin,
Notary Public, wire set on fire, though in
different part* of the city; the former 101 l a
foii and a servant iu the dames !
It is said that the Bank have'by them, at
the prefeut present period, no lef» a furn than
(even million* in species
Jan- •». The Emprefa of R'uflia haSpfe
femed Prince Potemkin with a circle of bril
liants, formed like a crown of laurels, to put
round his hat, valued at fOb,oo*'rouble*.
His Imperial Majesty is so exceedingly en
raged again!! the clergy in Brabant, who ari
.the authors of the revolt, that he has sworn
bitter revenge againff them i and; bcJHcs the”
loo.oocginfaiuty on th£ir march - thither, he
has o rdered eight regiments of cavalry from
B hernia. The- infatotry, marched through
Eranconia. The Court of Berlin has promised
jiot to molefi him in hi* intentions.
A tingle, merchant is said to have acquired
no lef* than 43,0001. in the e our ft of last
year, by the improved mauufatlure of con
too and woollen in the northern difttifts of
this kingdom.
at. This day his Majbfty weiit iitfiate to
the House of Peers, and opened the bufineft
of the present session of Parliament by the
following most gracious speech" from the
throne:
Afv Lords and Gentlemen ,
SINCE I lift met you in Parliament, the
comiuuance of the war on the continent, and
the internal condition of different parti of
Europe, have been jnodudive of events which
have engaged my most serious attention*
While I fee, with just concern, the inter*
uuptiou of the tranquillity of other countries,
I have at the fame time great fatiifadion in
being able to inform you that I receive coo
tiqoal affurauce* of the good difpofitjon* of
•11 foreign power* towards these kingdom* *
,ud I am persuaded that you will entrain
me * deep tad grateful sense of the fa
vour of Providence, in continuing to my lu -
jests the increasing advantage* of peace, an
the uninterrupted ertjoymt'it of thufe inva
luable bleflfmgs Which they have so often de
rived from our excellent Conrtitutfoni
Gentlemen of the Hou/e of Commons .
I have given dirrtlioe* tbst, the estimates
for the present year* ihould be laid before you,
and I reiy on your readiueL to grant iuch
supplies aa tb£ circurwtlauces of tne fey era!
bratt&M of the public Sitvtch may he found
to require.
Mj Lords and Gentlemen* , > , •
The regulation* preferibed by the ass of
- the last ftffion of Parliament, relative to the
corn trade, not having been duly carried into
" effect in several parts of the kingdom, there
appeared reason to apprehend that fuCti an ex*
portation of corn might take place, andTuch. .
difficulty afffe in ' thfc imp »rtation of foreign
corn, as wculd have been produftive of the
mod ie:iou* inconvenience to my fubjefl*.
Under these circutntlances, it appeared abf>-
1 luteiy neceffiarv to take immediate and effec
tuai meas-ties for preventing the exportation,
and facilitating the .importation of psrticu
* lar forts of corn ; I therefore, by {he advice
•f my Pi ivy Council, issued au order for that
purpoie, a copy of which I have directed to
be laid before you. .. .
I have only farther to desire, that you will
continue to apply youi Selves to thoSe objefts
. which may require your attenuon, with the
fame zeal fir the pu 1 lie fervhe which ha’s hi
therto appeared ip allcyour p o?eeding8 t and
of Which the effects have been io happily tna
nifeited by inc east of public revenue, 'the
extension of the commerce and manufacluie**
of the country, and the general pnrfperity at
my people. • J. ,
Tne Lords having Wai ! ed upon his "MajeSVy
With their addtels, wiiich was as usual the
echo of his Speech, his Nfajeftv was graciously ‘
plealed to return the following aul'wer :
Lords and Gentlemen,
I receive with great pleal'ute yout*dutiful
and loyal addrefs.' • . : t
The first object of my wishes being the pro
sperity of my people, I cannot but express
ray fatislaftion at receiving foch Strong af
lurances-of your disposition to apply yourat*
tension to those important objects Which l
have recommended to,your consideration. , ,
22. As his Majesty parted along the Park
; yesterday to the Hoofe of Peers, • raau threw
a large hone at him, with great violence,
which providentially dfd nut Strike the perfdn
Majeft , but hit the coach, about two
inches bepeatb the giafs. The man was im
mediately Secured, and, had it,not been for
j rbc mart Spirited interference:of the peace
* officers, the loyalty of the’ftSfrobndii»g‘po
: Palace would have led them, perhaps.to have
murdered toe perpetrator of this wicked dfed.
He was conveyed to the guard-house, at St.
' James’s, and frbm thence to the office of* the;
Secretary of State for the Home Department,
where he underwent au'examination by Mr.
Pitt, the Duke of'Leeds, Mr* Grenville, the
Solicitor-General, the Attorney -General* and •
v . Sir Sampson Wright.
William jordon, Confteble, who appre
hended the prifuner, was firit examined, and
V fatd that he fa w the man throw the Slone,
Samuel Spurway was also examined j he'
f*w the prtfoner .Handing about two yards
from hia Majesty's carriage, and when it had
parted him, law hint throw r rtene, with all
the violence he wae master of, against it. The
Hone he pi cited up, v and found it 6f confid-r
--able Size and weight. By hi* direftions the
constable feizcd~ the prisoner; and, on his
aSking. him how hie could make so horrid an
attempt, he re; fieri; he was very ferry' (be
stone had not hit the King;
Another man, of the name of Buney, wae‘
next heard. Hp was a constable who had bean
cahed iu to assist in apprehending the prisoner,
named John Frith. He is a half pay of the
fccoud battalion of Royals.' He’ r underwent
a very long examination, during the" com fe
of which the infauity of Frith was Very evi
> <lent • indeed the appearance of the man be
spoke him ina very deranged Hate of mied.
Ou this meniack was found a bag, in which
. was a copy of whit he-called his Manifesto;
the original of this he ituck on the wall of the
Court Y.ud in St. James's on Wedncfday
Hum weeks i it euauins a jumble of into-
-r *• t
herenree, fully Evincing the madnefa of the
writer.
Frith waa ordered into the keeping df one
of the Medengera, who has him now in cus
tody at his boule in South-Moulton-ftreet.
This day a Council is summoned to meet,
when this attempt will be more fully difeuded.
Frith will probably be again examined.
28. The Brabancons are about to augment
their army with tlirce legions of light dr**‘
goons; the horfesare now buying in England'
upon to be delivered at Orteud at'
aol* per borfe. ,
: , Various hTngliih officer* are at this time ten
dering their military fervicea to the Nethe>-
land Revolutiouifti.. Major Moaey ; who h,id
so miraculous an escape from a balloon wh h
* fell in tire iti near Yarmouth, «; it is Said,
folieiting permission to raifea regiment of ca«
valry for their ferviicc, with the rank ot Bri
gadiir Geuefal.' . . .
,Feb. it. Advices.from Fr»ukfort men
tion, that -a” body of 12,0c0 Polish
have besu Very roughly handled in attempting
to opp #oo6' Humana from entering tbei if?
territories, and in particular that tht regiment
de Witte is nearly cpt iit pjecef.
A- ,tr catf 1 * F*frinahent Ty arranged bttweea,^
. the King of Bruffia and the Grand Siguior,'
by whleh!Ffprtia„as engaged to fide with the
Turks till an honorable and equitable peace
can be- obtained* . i <i. ~.v
t: may further be depended on that thd .
fdiiig of Prussia at this moment faxs a large*,
body' of .troops On their march to joia th#
Ottoman forces’, to check the further progrefi
of the Austrian arma.
15. To judge from the dirturbances flilJ.
exiftirig in those : parts of France bordering '
nesrert to his Sardinian Maje'iy’s
the revolution in hat kingdom does not yet
be pei eMy e.rtabhShe Thedifturb** .
aiices are doubtieJs privately tomented by the .
udiiereutl of the Coutts, and their contin i
anre w. 11 be made a pretext .by. (he Saidiniao.
' Monarch fr-r entering France wiih'uti armed
r force, ttnder the command of the Count
d’Artois. . , ... (
, / The favourers, of' the old cotiftitmion ict
France speak already in very fanguiue term#..
of the im nenfitv «as the preparations raiking
. at the Cotrct of Turin, and 'the good effects tcs.
be expefteS froni them , They have no
dodbt, they faf, of being joined by manjt,
thoufanda of the Kind’s friio ls the moment ,
tot Royal dandard shall be erected to invite
their loyally..- ,
15. Authentic advices were received oa
Saturday and yesterday at Carleton Hpufe, by.
- Several of the Foreign Ministers, aftd by two
: of the death of the Emperor of
; Germany. ,;; 4 . ~ ... .
5 . The citadel of * Antwerp capitulated on the
* evening atFrtday tne sth inst. .The garrifoa.
.* amounted to 12,00 men. Famine was the
obvious cause of its fall. The terms of ca
' pitulatipn permit the garrifop a free
With all the honors of war, to Luxemburg,
The. Triple Alliance have ratified, at Ber
lin, in the {a it week in January, an atl recogn
nixing the independence'of the Belgic
viucea, :
BOS r O N, March' 29. '
, Britijh Encroaebmentt.—X letter, we ate
told, has been received in town from the
cafteru part of this comnaonwealth, direaed
to Mr Reprefeutative f rom Machias,
j informing- this the thefisf of his Britahnicte
Majesty's province of Ncw-Brunfw ck, had
lately served several precepts on the citizen#
of this commonwealth, within the jurisdic
tion thereof; obferviog at the time he deli
vered it, that he expended it would breed a
* quarrel.- >
x* ,■ - .
.NE W - YQRK, April 9.
The Hon. Rufus Putnam i* appointed judgo
- l h« Wcftern Territory,^vice tfif Hon. Sa*
- muel Hv Parlous, deceased.
i -Died, on the sth in the AlmShoufe,
after au illness of uiae days, which ihe bdrte
: with patieuce an(f , resignation, Elizabeth
Welch, a native of this city, aged 194 years;
PHILADELPHIA, Much 1 3.
A letter from St. Euitatia, dated Feb. uar#
19, fays, “ Thia minute a part of the hill of
this place gave way, and buried a number of
the inhabitants of the lower t9wu in the ruin*;
The number, that fell victim in this unhappy
\ cauitrophe is not yst sfofuiued,”
