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He goes 1& wants atnE fmtardi
4uch a piace. He feme rime* ass fti.
hard words by way#f ornament,
which ht always mangles. A man
of fashion never has recourse to
proverb* and vulgar apborilms ; u
ses iKliber favorite words nor hard
words ; but takes great care to speak
very correftly and grammatically,
and to pronounce properly ; that is,
according to the usage of the bell
companies.
An aukward addrefe, ungraceful
attjrudes and aftions, and a certain
luft-tlazuiiaef* (it I may use that
word; loudly proclaim low educa
tion and low company ; for it is m
poflible to fuppole that a man can
have frequented good company,
without having cate bed something,
at least, of their air and motions.
A ttttw-raifed in a
in a regiment ly his aukwardnefs ;
but he inuft be impenetrably dull,
if, in a month or two’s time, he
cannot perform at lead the com
mon manual exercise, and look like
a soldier. The very accoutrements
cf a man of fafbjon are grievout in
cumbrances to a vulgar man. He
is at a lots what to do with his hat,
when it is not upon his head ; his
cane (ifunfbrturuuciy heweasone)
i at perpetual war with every cup
< f tea orceffte he drinks; dtilroys
them fit ft, and then accompanies
them in their fall. His sword is
formidable only to his own legs,
which would pcffibly carry him faft
enough out of the w r ay of any sword
but his own. His cloaths fit him ‘
f< ill, and cor drain him so much,
that he fee ms rather their prifoncr
t! in I heir proprietor. He prefer, ts
bimfirif in company like a criminal
in a court ofjuftice; his very air
condemns him ; and people of fiffii
ion will no more conned themfelvcs
inrh'thft one, than peopleof char
sfter will with the other. This re
pulfp drives and finks him into low
company ; a gulph from whence
lu> man, after a certain age, ever
emerged. Lord Chesterfield*
FOREIGN NEWS.
London, April 12.
The honorable admiral Berkely
flruck his flag on Wednesday, at
Portsmouth, and came to London.
IVlinifters have received dispatch
es from on?* fleet oflf Cadiz, bring
ing an account of the rnoft ftrious
diftcrbances having token place at
I Tad rid. The people alarmed at
the profpeft of want, and learning
from every pa t of tire kingdom,
t at the grain was bought up for the
x e of the French, (for we under
f rui the French do not steze, but
/ / from the farmers, under a
t rear however, that if they con
< \i it or keep back from the mar
ker, ir will be confifcated) there is
an aftual infurreftion, but the peo
ple have no one to direst thiir ef
fc ts—and the consequence will be
; horrible and ufelcls tffufion of
LiOOd.
The following inftruftions to the
commanders of bis majeify’s ships
of war and privateers, appeared in
the Gazette of Tuesday evening:—
(COPY)
<k Gforge R.
cc Instructions to the commanders of
our ships cf war, and privateers:
given at our court at Windsor ,
the 1J th day of April, in the
forty-eigth year cf our reign,
“ Our will and pfeafure is, that
y.iu do net interrupt any neutral
y..£El Jack a with lumber ar.d pro-
vTtm*, and going to any cf cur
cokmtt*, iCands, or fettltmems in
the Weft-Indies or South America,
to whomsoever the proper’y may
appear ro belong, and notwuhftan
dir.g such vefttl may not have reg
ular clearances and documents on
board ; and in case any vefiel shall
be met wiih, and be in her due
tourfe to the alledged port of her
destination, an iiidorfement shall be
made on cue or more of the prin
cipal papers of such veflel, fpecify
ii'g the destination alledged, and
the place where the veil'd was so
visited. And in case any veflel so
laden (ball arrive and deliver her
cargo in ‘any of our colonies, ill
amis or settlements aforefaid, such
veflel shall be permitted to receive
fur freight, and to depart either in
ballast or with any goods that may
be legally exported in such veflel,
and to pioceed to any urblockaded
port, notwithstanding the present
hostilities or any future hostilities
which may take place; and a paf
port for fuel) purpol'e shall be grant
ed to the veflel by the governor, or
other person, having the cheif civil
coir.mand in such colony, island
or futluncnr. G. R.”
April 15.
Yeflerday both houses of parlia- s
ment adjourned, the lords for a
fortnight, the commons till Tues
day week.
April 16.
Accounts received from Holland
within this day or two, state, that
the French government had at
length succeeded in the negociation
for placing at its disposal a certain •
number of Danish seamen, to man
the ships at Fiufhing and other pons
in the channel, and that 8000 of
them hau commenced their march
for these parts of the coast. There
is certainly nothing to prevent such
of the Danish sailors as may have j
been at Holland and Belgium, but
there are preciiely the fame obfla
cles in the way of those who are in
Zealand, as there would be to the
paflage of a large military for:e
from Holfltin to that island. If 1
8000 or any considerable number
of lea men can pais the Belt uomc
lefted, there is no reaion why Ber- i
nadotte may not transport his ar
my acrols the passages with as lit- i
tie difficulty.
April 17.
A convention has been signed
between Denmark and France, by
w hich 12,000 Dauifh troops are to
act with the French army Ueftincd
againft Sweden,, under the com
mand of a French general—anoth- ,
er body of Danffi) troops under the j
command of a Danish officer, is to
be employed in the Swedish expe
dition, and is now assembling in
Zealand. This convention,, it is
further Hated, Populates that i)o
French or Spaniih troops are to be
quartered in Holstein.
Ne -York, May 24.
Yesterday arrived at this port
from Liverpool, fliip Dryade, capt.
Barker. She left Liverpool on the
20tii April, and brings London pa
pers to the 14th ult. from-which
the editors of the Ni\v-Yoik Ga
zette have made ext rafts:
Capt. Barker informs, that the
American packet-flip Osage, capt.
Duplex, which arrived at I/Orient
on the 22d March, had not arrived
in England as late as the 18th of
Apri.; and that the general opinion
in England was, that she had bein
fiezed by orri<r of the Frtnch gov.
■ ei>.ii a*, not a fylLbie had
been heard from her flnee her ar
rival at L’Orient. j
Capt. Barker further slates, that
petitions against the ordeis in coun
cil were pouring in from ail quar
• ters of England* and that two ot
the miniffers who were in favor of
them, had altered their opinion,
and were about to bring forward
a motion for their appeal. And it
was the general opinion in Liver
pool, that the orders would be
refeinded.
American produce was in great
demand, and daily on the rife, par
i ticulariy cotton.
We observe it dated in one of
the London prints, as from un
questionable authority, that within
the diflrict of one ot the cloth-halls
in Leeds in Yorkshire, a dccreafe
of 29,893 piece* o£ broadcloth,
has taken place in the woolen man
ulafture, principally during the fix
months preceeding the firft of
April.
- - - ■ - ■-
M ONI T O R.
Saturday, June 18.
The editors of the New-York
Gazette fay, they have seen a let
ter from a refpeftable house in Liv
erpool, to the pwner of the Dry
ade, flaring that the Brilifh minifl
ry had been already convinced,
that the orders in council, had not
been productive of any single ad
vantage which had been expefted
from them—and the writer observ
ed, that in his opinion, the day of
the orders being refeinded, was* not
very diffant.
“1 he house of representatives of
the Orleans territory on the lOih
of March palled a relblution—yeas
14, nays 6—“ that after the expi
ration of the feflion, the feat of the
legislature shall no longer continue
in the city of New-Orleans.”
Carolina Messenger,
Boston, May 23.
By ship New-Galtn, capt. Hinc
ley, in 31 days from London, we
have received our regular hie of
papers to the 19ih of April.
The chancellor of the exchequer
laid beiore parliament on the 11th
ulr the annual budget of taxes.—
lhe total of the sums required to
meet the expences of the year is
the Imall sum of forty-eight millions,
six hundred andfifty-three thousand,
one hundred and seventy pounds
sterling !
The destination of the Rochfort
squadron, was ftiil a matter of un
certainty in England.
New-York, May 12.
The fortifications at Governor’s
Island progn flfes very rapidly. Be
tween 3 and 4CO men are kept
cor flam ly employed on the w orks.
The genius of col. Williams united
with the superior mechanical abili
ties of niefiVs. Hilliard and Soyder,
has rendered this fortification in
point of strength and elegance, e
qual to any perhaps in the world.
I hey are at present occupied in the
ereftion of a circular tower, w hich
from its situation, will be of great
advantage in case of attack, being
placed on a point of the Island,
frem whtnee it can command the
Narrows, and in fa ft, the whole of
the (haunt 1. It will be cmpltated
in aht ut three months.
At Bellows island also, they
’ luvectn.mm.ccd the ueftien *
’ fiar, which will he of great fmdee,
and the chain* arc forging, which,
are to be affixed to blocks to be
funk in the Channel. When the
works are all compleatcd. the gen
eral: ecu } Hint that our harbor is
cfefenceltis, will we hope ceale, as
whatewr nature and art can fur
niih, will be lupplied, — it will be
placed in a pofluie of defence'fu
perior to ary in the U. States.
Philadelphia, May 2T.
Capt. lyler arrived at Bbfton
from Gibraltar, informs, that the-
Britifb had taken pofleffion ai
commenced a fort on an uninhaf k
ted lock, called Parsley-island, fit-,
uated under Apes Hill, a little
of Ceuta, on the Barbary coast.
Preparations were making for ;rt
attack on Ceuta, and it was report
ed the Moors were to aflift in
attack. There were fome rumors,
that the French fqadrons were out
in the Mediterranean, and a look
out was kept for them at Gibraltar,
under an expeftation that they
might intend to pass through the
Streights.
Savannah, June 9.
By the several arrivals yesterday,
we have been favored with late pa
pers from New-York and Philadel
phia, containing London dates to
the 19th of April, being eleven days
later than we have before seen.
No one can mistake the motives
of the Britifb in ifluing his majesty's
inftruftions to his armed veflels.
These inftruftions aie evidently in
tended to encourage and aid dif
affefted American citizens in car
rying on an illicit and a villainous
traffic w ith the Britiffi Weft-Indies,
: in defiance of the law's of their
! country. Ir will be a source of
| heartfcft*“firmrrft7on to every “re a!
1 American if the ir objeft should be
defeated by the vigilance of our
naval officers.
Washington-city, Mav 25.
i
We have received the proceed
ings ol the Court-martial in the
; case of captain Charles Gordon,
, which shall appear in our next.
They canclude with the sentence
j that capt. Gordon be privately rep
rimanded by the Secretary of the
Navy.
Fredericksburg, May 20.
The valuable merchant mill, the
! property of W r illiam Richards, efq.
| cf Faimouth, was on Tuesday night
deft royed by fire. The night was
unusually calm, which circum
nance, added to the united exer
tions of the citizens of Falmouth
and Fredenckiburg, prevented the
: deftruftion of the two adjoining.
! milk* tobacco ware-house, (which
were within from 30 to 60‘ feet)
and probably the greater part of
the town. It is feared that the
fire was communicated bv lome
vile incendiary.
Nashville, April 12.
Indians. —On Sunday the 3d
inst. a heavy loaded prorogue af.
cending the 1 enneflee river, was
attacked a few miles from the
mouth of Duck river, by ten In
dians, supposed to be Creeks, wlo
were pin ted black. The whins
returned the fire, which was con.
tirued for fome minutes with un
daunted bravery on both fide*
hut the boat people finding then
- unable to contend with a lu
perior force, in a confined situation,
puffied off from Ihore and droj ptd