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She communicated her ideas on this head to Count Bedf borodko, but this miniller, conftdering bis own in tereft. and the age of the grand duke, exerted his beta concerned ia jSefe ietty depredations : there by involving the- pcaie nd harmony of the ItOufe, by irritating the' pubQc BUd, and rqufingf the hi confiderate teal" end jHrntfflen -of, few indivi duals The originil impropriety of informing a peaceable acquieTcene in amalqrt,-whicb had no podible ulc in its tirit adoption, (by nieirwho bad no kJtntfs to cad them to the room ; or right to dictate at. all te tmoft efforts to diffuade her from the execution of 4 the puiJicpimon j wr4fmgnftdertiiTa defoga.'- heYplan. After her death, the prefent Emperor having found the whole correspondence carried qn between the F-mprefs and Count Bediborodko, with 1-efpedl to this "projecTTlenTior. te latter, and quef tionel him on the fabjefl. The Count cbofefTed the whole buiinefs, and the emperor made him. imme diately his layourite. . :,, . - The Emperor- afts in many re(efta on principles 4iamttrically oppolite to tliofe ot his late mother. There remains no doubt but that he loans towards -I Prudia ; that he will not lurnilh one fingle man to Auftria againft France. -. HlLDESHEJMj Nov. 26. The aflembly of the circle which has been held M this city has happily nilhed every thing which relates to thf. Beuwaiity of the North of GarmanyV and the oieafure oecehary for maintaining it. The Circle of Lower Saxony, and the other Itites inte reded in the meafures have affigned a fund of 400600 ecus (about 3 11 ,200 dollars) to defrayhc expences of it. Of this fum there is calculated for the main t ainancc ot the tbody of F ruffian troops' 22 $fi 1 1 ecus l8 gros, for the Hanoverian corps 102,04) e cus 6 grcs, for that of Brunfwick 12,31 J ecus. The different ftates and cities comprehended within the line of denia rcation iwill each furni h thei r quota of "the fum total. We.learn that a perlbn of note, who Was prelent at the aifembly and who is known bj his political productions, will foon publifli a work about this aUembly, irs objects and its' labours) the foundation of it is the new convention between his P ruffian, majefty and the French Kepublic. tary to the Vndepdndeoe of tboft bv Wbaoi .the houfij was really flfttil'; , and nothing ht a defirf ; to prevent fu Ei brr jidilmia djttn rba"nce adffl Hted of its being countenanced in ;any degree whatever. I e. fin perate manner in vvmchihis no w e of coNrEMTipN has been at length diipl&ced; and the inconfiAehcy of hjuflg fdr dur 'dajittlaH atiyo. rtign ze whatever -Wcznl ihductditWp tUi prevsnt a rev;val of tbvfe improper intrufions upon the public attentpj kep jdm worthy citizens PHILADELPHIA. March ic. 1 Ob Friday tb aft UQaotjia? he HoufV of Reprel fehtattves .ihvOl.Wi'riarper moved that a refblutiAq, wlbajdjhn thRttabl yefter dey,re(peairi Major GefleV be taken up far; canfidferatfonl' i iThe motion IVai Jeconded by''rXW.tbA , Thercfcilotion was " This Houfe, llrcaaly impreHed with a,iuft fenfe of the Important an0mtercfled krvjees rendered to their country, duriiijg the late .war,' by their lei-' lew-cinzens, Major .GWral )L Favette and'deCT ly regretting their ffrings tVicftJie is ijjw. fubiedted from a lona riaorous uiprifonnjent. and which havequall jrexch ed their fy inpaf hyiratid tiiit j araent w 1 in ut their conllituents 4or his delive rance, do refolve, thar. the Prefiderit of ihe.dnited State? be -Worhied, 'that thisV '-flfoufe vll fee with LONDON, January 3 --Bjreiprefswe yetterday Teeehredas paport tt the 33d ult. the contentsof which are not very in-' terefting. .-- From Italy we learn, that the blockade of Man tua .continues without interruptions & that nothing " iremarksble had happened fince the battle of Arcole. Buonaparte was at Milan on the 12th Dec. A declaration has been publiihfd by the King of Pruflia, intimating his. relolution to proteft thofe princes of the empire Vho'havnifde..feparii'te trea yies with France, and who have to.nfeqnenxly refuf ed their tonttnencies to thti r imperial 'afmjc-'-1"- The crew of the (hip of the line Seduifarjfi were Itot faved, as has been-reportedThetwelve hun dred inenjjf w hom i it confided all perifhed? with the exception of from 5J to 60. ' It is . certain ..that the army of the Sawbre and Meufe has entered into winter quarters ; as has al .fe the Auftrian army to which it has been oppofed,; , fN & vy - x U K K, Marcii 15. , - Yefterday arrived here.the fchooner Little fohn, -captain Henry King, trora Port-au-Prince, who in forms us that by ayaffel 'directly from Jremie, ad vice was received there from Cuba, that a fhet of Airitricaii veffcls homeward ''bo"ulo:i"'ereaii--tak"en" eojning .out of the Keys by French prjvateers and iiiitjicii lainraction. aoy meawres. wiucn we mav deem Jt : expedient ioMppt, toyards e reltoration oi-our faM'fehow citizen to liberty. MeJlrs; Coir, Nicliolis, ParKer,vBock, Swan wick, a2d: Vfefelm S-ejt efvices ot dewier i La F ayrtie to tlie-Ujiiied States, and expiefled a full confidence tUat the Executive would purine fuch mealnre., a might be confident , and pi oper for his deliverance, which wotld be fd'ac "ceptable to the people of Amerjcaj but they doubted whether it would -be 'proper' for the Houfc to inter pofe. as it might inierter with executive rights, and look like making a claim, which might lead, hereafter to forae. embnrraflinent ; and as tht Houfe was about to adjourn, and they had not: time fuffi cient o corifider the fubjei't, they moyed the pre vious qiititfon, unwilling to negative a propofition lb congenial with their own feelings and thole of their conilitu ents, and trulling that the Executive would do every thing thai was 'proper on fo inte relting an occalion. Mdrrsr-Vvmrtf greaves, Harper, and Claborne, "fupported the mo tion V feveraof- uiviiiniiw wnii . executive privileges, it Wfnf tn ucuciAiipu- wmiji me executive might be diipofedioi enteri into, while he did not require any, if the Executive faw good reafon to for bear the attempu Tbeyl'recal led the Houfe to the recolleion oL the creat .and.iferiseftorlep' anal riend ih p of theewra 1 fort h e. Unit ed State and the pledges To often 'repeated on the nnmu. "(carried intffiharlflandiha j: ill.. . . --r ' . -ii: - ---- ' ... . r. - 'i . 1 1 r ' .. . . " IntTpJy to the fears which had been intimated o th meafur1 Jnyolvixtbe United States, it wasfaid that JBa lUt General, in his early youth, flew a ; crofs,the ocean, enconntering the perils of wr aq. his monarch's frowns, and erabarkmand hazardln; all hi fortune in the .caufe ot AmerKa, he had qoi. calculated with lb much caution, nor even liltene. tq the voice of fear. In the5 caufe of gratitude and duty, America ought, in return, to cafl aftde trif. 1 ingT difficulties ntH-s-contend edharno thing Ww hazarded, lor the vote went no farther to afTwre- the Executive, that the houfe would fee witjtbj expedient, leaving the Executive the alternative of aclingnrJorbearingitoLact, and the choiceuoflthe means to be employed. This was argued to be due Hie feelings of the people, to the eminent ferviccs of fJbe General, and to the character of the hatioii, which owett a tribute of n rati tude. tn withhnM which vouid Iw to difhbnour it, . . Af5rer,a long difcUffioiV the previous qlieftion Was -put and carried. - The centlemea who moved and fiipnorted tha bufincr9, declared, in the courfe of the difctiffion that thry had beetr prevented from brinfiinff it for. ward at an, earlier day, by the conflant preffiire of imjnmaw'bufinefs during the laft week of the fef- itOfL.. - i- '' , . ": - --'' ' - - PRESIDENT'S HOUSE. Corfpondencebetwe vania ariJ the PreGdent of the United States, o the fubject of the houfe built in the city of Phila . delphia. . '.-.- u':- :' -rf-::.:-.. SIR, . ' ::.:. . t In the year 1791 thVlegiflatare of Pennfylvanip directed a houfe to "be'built for.the acc.ominodatir of-the- Prefident of.the United States, and empow ered the governor to leafe the premifw. As tl building Will be cqinpleated in the courfe of a fei weeks, . permit me fa tender it for yonr. accommo dation, and to inform yon that although I regr the tieceffiry of making any ftipulation btt the lut jeft , I fhall confider t he rent Tor which you mi g h obtain any other foitablt boiife in Philadelphia (aiu n uiui jou win dc picaicu lomeniiouj as a tutneien dpmpenfatiotl for the ofe of the tone offered.' I take this opportunity Sir, to ptelent my cor gratulations upon your election to the office r chief magi Urate of the Uuited States and to afTLi you that as far as niy conftttutional powers and du ties extend, you may relv upon a-zealous and faith ful co-operation to advance the honour, and enfur ' the fuccefs of your adminiftration. I am with perfect refpect and efteem, Sir, Your excellency's Molt obt. humble fervant, ,-.,...---7--.-,.-....-..--..; " HOM AS MI F t' LIN. " Philadelphia, March 3, 1797. To John Adams, E(q4,refident- -.- of the United States, elect. directly from teqgane, fays that ivfentytvio ajj or American veueis wnicn had been iletaineil lome time in that port were all 'bondemned and moll of them fold ; that (our American captains had died . in ueoane, anu a coniidcrable num.ier of leam n -. that, it was computed, at a low calculation, that "the property taken from Americans in the ifland of Hifpanlola. fihce jtily Jafl.-.ainounied to eight. hun dred thoofand dollars. In lat, 30,00, N. lojg. 74, 19, VV. Captain King fpoke the fhip Nancy, of -Wilmington, (N. C.) from Britlol, bound to Wil - niingtort, out q8 days-fti p p 1 i e d her wi t h provi fi on?. Yellerday afternoon, a committee HpoointedbT the proprietors of t he Tontine Coffee- Hou fe, . af- tlieIK-lilt:i ca U roomaniLiuneri n tended the removal of the emblematical figure, (ome time .fince afBxed at one end thereof ; and whkh united the American and French flags r . . .." t ... ftfe1fccMtrf'ltliyitTin'ffF- b a n ces occ all onedh yihiitequeh t dif nl acina otthofi: figures hjr rinconfideraieandividuals- ta gratify their private folly ot intcmpcrAtficplpiann. Several inlUnces nad occurred where perfect ffrar. -Wy-lodging-at4he houfe-were-fuppofed-to-have unceaungiy ake, in. nis fortunes, lliey laid the General had always been the peculiar fovourite of the United States, and it was expected by the peo ple that tlie government would take fome flep to attempt his 'refeafe.' ' i " : --'--; '" Of what avail was it to nnke him the object of their widies.'at all their fellive' meetings, and to put upconltant pt'ayers.for his deliverance, if nO-thing-jivas attempted, which might accomplifh the9" olvject. The attempt might be expected to fucceed, .10; the power in whole cuftody he wnsf might, from fome fortunate change of circnth.'lances, wih for a pretence 7'illnrtrcfl an v. rate, the attempt would do honour to our coun try, it would 4 gratify ingrto-ourfellowrcTtizeiTs and the acknowledge of it, - though unfuccelstul, would carry conifott and confolation to the gloomy cell of the affliderl captive. It mas afked if they "oIa-r!eeTTe havingbeen made in tbe,Houfeof Commons of Xnglandy aeoiintry to whklvhoGeneral had ne rendered any frrvice, bcforaitwaa juggefted-wthe- Leglflature- of the United State, for which he had -doneformuch. rL. -1 ,.J,:. SIR, ...... , . , ... . '" .. .jfng-frgjgjf erpOfotnoreopon, nponpubltc bufi nefsy it'was not until my return after three otlork, that I received the letter you did me the honour to write me qn this dayr : The refpect to the United States, intended by the Legiflature of Pennfylvania,' in building a houlefor thejPrendcntfli,iiu doubbe For your kind offer of it to me, in confeouence n llf lauthorit yI pray, y ganttptmyjisSnea ful thanks and to prelent them to the leeillature " But as I. entertarn reat7 doubts whether hf can did cqnllruction of the conftitution of the -United States, I am at liberty accept it without the Inter Jntkn and authority iLCongrel8, and there is not time for any application to them, 1 mulf pray you to apologize for me to the legislature for decfitjne the offer. , ' ! . .. .. . - - - - For your obliging congratulations on my election to the office of Frelident to the United States, and for. your, kind aflii ranees of co operation as far as" you r conllitutional powers arid du ties extend, to ad -yanee theionour a nl enfure. t he, fuccefs of my ad- m,iniIlratiou 1 pray you to accept of my belt thanks nd-fuHeftflttinees-TjfrTcipr difpofition on my part towards the governor and ftate of Pcnnfyl vania ' ''- .-.-'.. 1 ' With great refpect and efteetn I have .... :. . ' - the Honour' to be, Sir, ' 1 "'', ': '"' V ;" ; Your exce llency's hioil obedient I i lZ! - ; nndwoft-hambltrvahri--- His Excellency, Thomas Miffllnr cjovernor Of Fennlylvania. JOHN AIAM, ' - - .1.-. 1 : i - . ... . - ,. ' T- t - " - -M ."- 7 - A- - - - , -r . : -., .. . f
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