Glad tiding of Great
Joy ! ! '
On the 24th June 1 7$5 at Philadel
phia, the CHILD was born, and its
t ame called " TREATY of Amity,
Commerce, and Navigation."
Read its llluftnous Parentage!
and rejoice, 6, ye fons and daugh
ters, loiambia!
Chief Juftice, being overfhadow-.
ed by the prolific fpirit oCGfachus,
Majefly, at the court of St. James,
conceived, and wonderful to relate,
after about thirtetn months laborious
pregnancy, was happily, by the
aid of Senatorial midwifery,-deli-1ftf-TK
loner rtbected.
embaflorial, daplomatic, larci .
comical Savionr of fifteen FALLEM
Rates W Let the inhabitants of
this Weftef n Hemiphere rejoice and
fuig Ca Ira, Ca Ira Cdlra! Vive
John Jay.
OMINOUS,
dt is fomewhat ominous, that our
long expected, fatisfactory, com
penfatory, lengthy bombaftical;
Treaty of Amity, commerce and
navigation, . between his Britannic
maiefty, and the (ONCEJ fifteen
Independant States of America,
concluded at London on the 14th
November, 1794, (this day eight
months) by the right honourable
William Wyrrdham, Baron Gren
ville of Wotton, one of his majefty's
privy council, and his majefty's
principal fecretary of ftate for fo-"
reign ofFairs ; and the honourable
Johnjay, chief juftice of the United
States, and their, envey extiaordi.
nary to hismajefty , fhould have ar
rived the fame time as the account
of the Yankies burning the Bermu
dian pirate in Bofton. If they are
already fo ihuch incenfed againft the
fubjects of his Britannic majefty,
what may we not augur, when they
fliall receive a copy or die treaty.
On Saturday laft, a filk curtain
Was hung over th portrait of the
prefident in the City Hall, in order
to preferve it from fly dirt and other
matter. The fcafFold had remain
ed a confiderable time up, fince the
fixing of the lathing to hang the
curtain from. A gentleman prefent
made the following witty remark,
I hat whtlc the treaty of negoci
ation with Great-Britain was pend
ing, the corporation held the fcaf
fold up to the prefident inTERRO
REM, that now the farce is finifhed,
they drop the curtain."
The arrival of the Treaty.
It has been, merely an arrival, as
it has not yet been accepted. It's
Imblication has been productive on
y of national mourning to the fons
of freedom ; they have lived to fee
an attempt to palmamafs of infamy
cnparalled, upon them, by their
creatures.
There appears to be but one fen
timent with regard to it. An ut:cr
abhorrence of it, a conviction of the
violation of the rights of the peo
ple, and a proper relentment againft
their reprefentative, as apoftatates
to liberty, and connivers at a creep
ing ariftocracyi the powers of
which they hope to fliarc.
Yefterday morning the flag of the
UrTitcd States ws hoifted (in the
ufual terra) half maft and the veflcls
might have been fancied water log
ged, forrowing for thejlepravity of
our temporary rulers ; the mariners
in port, were awakened to rage,
againft the Batteries of their privi
leges, but at the fame time guided
by principles purely republican,
fubmitted a con(ideraiion,of the con
ditional fale to the reafon and
judgment of the body of the people.
We laft evening witnefled that a
mob could cxift without a riot, in
confequence of the two following
bills put up at public corners, a
number of citizens were alarmed
with fears for the dignity of the
American chara&cri. .
At the appointed time a quantity
of copies of the treaty were formally
burned, and it a (horttime after,
thenominal Jay, with wifhes for
the reality, was, amidft (houts of
abhorrence, -coufuracd in a fimtlar
manner.
The. idea of a reafonable man is,
that reafon is J preferable toJorce,
by which7eept as an "altimatutn,
nothing ftuuld be effected. If the
feelings, if the- rights of American
freemen art nfringediet them be
aflerted with energy, with firmnefs,
but at the (ame time let them be
fuppdrted tpenly by the people, let
them call themfelves together, dif
cufs fuch matter as may appear to
them important, and execute either
men or meafores, as time and cir
cumftances requires. "' --
" This evening, at 8 o'clock, will
be burnt by the public executioner,
near the old market Broad ftreet,
the treaty propofed to be eftablifhed
between Great Britain and America,
to mew the difapprobatioi of the
Citizens of Charlefton.
I
Republicans be Vigi
lant !
" As it is in contemplaion to
bum the effigy of John Jay, aid the
treaty which he figned, derogatory
to the national character of America,
tonight; and rumour tells m, that
perfons'inimical to liberty,who wiflv
,to fubvert the ties exiftinj between
America and France, man to" try
to repel the execution d this jail
action:
It is hoped, that the fririt which
ever char after i fed the tne friends
to a democratical governnent, will
- be prevalent on the occtfion, and
fliew thefe fatellitesof anaichy, that
tar and feathers lyill be thr recom
pense for their good intentions.
CA-IRA, CA1RA.
Foreign Intelligence,
H AG V E, April 24.
The Weft India Council, which
in 1 70 was eftablifticd inftead of
the Weft-India Company, has been .
abolished, and a council for the
affairs or the Colonies in the Weft
Indies fubftituted for it.
The inhabitants of Dutch Flan
ders have petitioned the Aflembly
to be incorporated with the pro
vince of Holland or Zealand. The
States General have refolved to ad
here to the llipulations with the
Swifs aS'far as relates to the ap
, pointment of officers and to excepl
their regiments as well as that o(
Waldeck, from the regulations o!
the 27th of March. The exporta
tion of all naval ftores has been fof
bidden, fince the 27th of March.
On the 22d of March the State!
General refolved to conform tie
acts of the French adminiftration h
the countries of the Generality.
They determined to fupport tie
remonftrances of the Elector Pah
tine, relative to the Marquifate of
Bergen of Zooue, to remonftrate fcr
themfclves againft the conduct of tie
French Commandant of Breda,
who has feizedall the veflels in that
neighbourhood; and to reprefent
that the general repuifition of tie
27th of Jan. being complied with ky
thewlioie nepuonc, ougnz to pie
vent particular and fublequcnt rc
quifitions. HANOVER, April 13.
The French have abandoned the
proviuce of Croningen. The retro
gnde motion is afcribed by the
French themfelvei to the peace con
cluded with l'ruflla ; and to the
withdrawingand embarkation of the
Englifli troops.
General Count de Walmodcn, U
CL ill at Ofnaburg ; the Hanoverian
head quarters are at Wilderhaufen
and Cloppenburg. .
The 10th Hanoverian regiment
of infantry which fu r rendered jtfeff
prlloners of war to the French at
Neuport, it is faid, arc already ex.-.
changed. v
On the cth inftVa Pruflian train of
anilleryfcoja(ifting.of cightliawiiz--
ers, 10 pounaers, and ninety -fix
ammunition vvaggons, palled thro'
.Hamelen, to-wards Weftphalia, and
the next day- the field equipage of
of the King arrived at Fifhbeck,
near Hamelen, on their way to Weft
phalia. But we now learn that
their further prbgrefs has been coun
termanded. LONDON, Amil 27.
-The-Houfe-efAuftria wa9 fcarcely
ever in a more difficult or dangerous
predicament tnan at prelent. 1 he,
peace between Pruflla and France
has united thofe two powers againft
Auftria, and has befides introduced
a principle which cannot but alienate
the German States from the inrerefts
of the Emperor, and attach them to
thofe of Pruflia. Is it to be fuppofed
that Auftria daes not know this, and
that if .flae does know it, (lie can be
induced by any lubfidy or loan to
continue the War againft France
with vigour ?
Tne Forges of Affignats in this
country arejiearly routed. Itisafto
nifhing that it never entered into the
minds of the Minifters that any en
couragement given by the Govern
ment to the fabricators of falfe., affig
nats might induce the French to at
tempt a retaliation.
The mode in which Minifters have
conduced the war is very curious.
During the depth and fe verity of the
winter they kept the troops fighting
on the Continent , and now that the
time is arrived for the opening of
the campaign, they have ordered
them to return home
The caufes aflgned on the conti
nent for the King of Pruflia enter
ing into a treaty of Peace with
France, are the general difafFection
of his lubjects, the want of refources
to carry on the war ; and the prefent
dilmantled Pojifh Provinces ; where
feveral thoufand Pruflians had fal
len a iacrifice to peftilential diforders
and the undecided but fnfpicious con
duct of Ruflia.
A private letter, inferted in the
Journaol Le Batave, but not an
official one was written by the Adjutant-General
Thouron, to a friend
in Paris, to announce to him that
Stoflet with his army, being furound
ed by General Canclaux, had been
obliged to capitnlate and lay down
their arms.
April-28. The order in prohibi
ting artificers artifans, &c. embark
ing for America is no new thing.
There ..was a fimilar order in the
reign of Charles the Firft ; and it is a
little remarkable that Oliver Crom
well was embarked onboard a veflcl,
and on point of failing to fettle in
Philadelphia, but forced to quit the
veflel, and return afliore at Portf
mouth by an order figned by that
Monarch whom he was afterwards
a principal inftrument in beheading!
April 29. As the Irifli Houfe of
Commons, by a recent regulation,
have chofen to deliberate in fee ret,
we are unable to give any particular
account of the debates that occur
in that houfe. We underlland, how
ever, that Mr. G rattan brought in
the Bill for emancipating the Roman
Catholics on Friday evening laft;
that it was read a firft time and or
dered to be printed ; and it is to be
read a fecood time on Monday the
4th ot May.
Mr. Haftingi's Trial has lafted
feven years, nearly two fe (lions of
Parliament j has coaft the kingdom
near 2$o,oool. was brought before
a Houfe of peers, confifting of 254
members ; and after all this expen
diture of times, talent, and public
monev. when a verdict of cuilt or
innocence was to be given thereon,
it was to the adouifliment of man
kind, given enfy by ; Twentv nine
Peers!
MAY 4. In invrftigating the truth
of the Treaty lately entered into
betwen Charettc and the convention,
we are now perfuaded that the fo
lemn ratification of it on the part of
JL.tb.at Aflembly, made two . nwnths-
fince, and uncontradicted by anyde-
claration on the parts ofCharette;
together with the ceflation of hofti
lities oa both fides, does not admit -of
the lead lhadow of a doubt con
cerning its veracity. The peace con
cluded with the Chonans on the 19th
ult.is the natural confequence of the
firft Treaty, Various conjectures
may be formed as to the terms ftipu
lated by the contracting parties.
- Hieiegociatin& between the
chiefs of the Chouahs and the Na
tional commflioners were" carried
on injthe Chateau of La Prevalaye
at "a fmall diftance from Rennes.
As long as they lafted, a Republican
army, compofedof 14,000 nien were
encamped in its vicinity. It appears
that Charette had marched either,'
at the head of a det achment of the
Vendean troops. During the whole
time, from opening of the negotia
tions till the conclufion of the treaty
of peace, feveral Chouans went to
and from between their camp and
Rennes, in their regimentals and
wearing the white cockade, mithout
being in the leaft mojefted by the
Republicans. It was for very good
realbris, that Lanjuinais , one of :he
cheifs of the Federalifts, was adejed
to the other Commflioners appointed
to"treat with Chouans, as their party
was formed, and their armed force
compofed moftly of Federalifts.
" May 13. We have already ftated
that a florin feemed gathering,
which moft propably would fpread
the horrors of war over Europe,
an alliance having been negociated,
or on the eve of being concluded,
between Pruflia, Denmark, and
Sweden, toconteract that concluded
between England and Ruflia ; that
the Emprefs lias declared void the
guarantee of the Pruflian dominions
in Silefia ; and that the Pruflian ca
binet, in a moft imperious manner,
have ordered the Britifli comman
der, General David Dundas, to quit
his prefent pofeflion ; In confequence
of the latter circumftance, the Bri
tifh cavalry, when the laft meflen
ger came awayr. was preparing to
move his head quarters to within
five leagues ol Hanover.
Many months ago, realonmg on
the confequenc moft likely to re-
fultfrom the crooked policy of the
King of Pruflia, in agreeing to an
nihilate Poland, tne oniy inoepen- '
dent ftate in his vicinity, to which he
could look for fatetv acainlt his im
perial neighbours, Ruflia and Au-
llna, we conuderecl a war between
the royal plunderers at no great dif
tance. By our prefent accounts
that crifis feems to be haftining. A
letter from Frankfort of the 28th
ultimo, talks with confidence cf
the probability of an immediate rup
ture between Ruflia and Pruflia ;
dates, that Auttria will join Ruflia;
that the preparations on the part
ofAuftiafor the campaign are ex
cellent, and carried on with the
greateft activity ; and that particu
larly the department of provifi
ons is managed with great (kill,
and no danger of any want being
experienced The fame letter alio
mentiois the affair of the Imperial
loan as certainly fettled ; and that
large fums have been negotiated
there on account ol it. A letter of
the ad inftant, from Bremen, fpeaks
ftill more pofitively : it runs
thus I was informed this morti
ingfrom good authority, that the
war between Ruflia and pruflia is
unavoidable; and this afternoon
word has beep fent me, by the port
mailer, of its having been already
declaicd. Thete is every reafon to
believe, that Auftria will attach