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Some bankers here have received infor mation that the decree which was proposed some time ago in the National Convention, making it death to negotiate a foreign bill of exchange, or hold any commerce with any foreign merchant, has attually taken place. Dunkirk will speedily be the obje£t of an expedition, commanded by his Royal Highness the Duke of York, in which he v/ill doubtless be aflifted by the co-opera tion of a naval force. By the lad letters from Valenciennes, we undcrltand, that it was intended to make an attack upon the French camp of Muubeuge. Immediately upon the surrender of Va lenciennes, general Clairfait moved farther towards France with a body of twenty thousand men, chiefly cavalry. It is reported that the qneen of France,- after undergoing her firlt examination be fore the revolutionary tribunal, was com mitted to one of the common prisons of Paris. The garrifoji of Metirz, which surren dered to the king of Prussia, ha»e marched cgainlV the rebels. By this measure they have not violated their articles of capitula tion, which obliges them not to fight dur ing the war, againlt the combined armies. The number of rebels fl.iin at Vernon has been immense. The fields in the vi cinity are ftrevved with dead bodies. On their swords were engraved the words, Vive Louis XVII. Allthehorfes employed in France ft>r luxurious purprtfes, are ordered to be sent to the armies—This has given much offence to the ariffocrars. On the 18th the National Convention received information f rom the representa tives sent to the department of Eure, tint so numerous were the defenders of the re public, that Evereux could not contain them within its walls—a camp therefore wa> formed without the walls. The rebelv however, had carried away the military chest and four pieces of cannon. The tocsin was rung in Pai is. for the purpose of procuring men to march against the traitorous department of Calvados. Forty thousand citizens aflembled in a short time I —Citizens Robert, Lindet, Duroy, snd Bonner, were deputed to Calvados, in verted with the necessary powers to make the law refpefted. General Beauregard, who commands the van of the army of the Ardennes, is at Mouzon. Kellerman is appoint ed commander iu chief of the armies in the North and the Ardennes, in the room of general Cuftine, who is a prisoner in the Abbaye. Fan's, July 22. Extracts from the pro ceedings of the National Convention, rela tive to the imprifonmeiit of General Cuf tine. Bazire, in the name of the committee of public welfare, rose to make a motion of order. "Citizens, fays he, lam not yet fnfficiently informed concerning Cuftine, to make a report for you to deliberate ref pe£ting him ; but I mult inform the Con vention, that his presence in Paris causes a violent agitation in the capital, and it ap pears even to me, that he favours this agi tation. He yesterday made his appearance at the Palais royal, and wasfoonfurround fd by a crowd of tipplers, crying out, Vive Cuftine. "Take notice, citizens, that this hap pened on the very next day after the depu ties of the convention had been infuited in that place. I (hall not anticipate what may be the judgment on Cuftine : but he is ac cused of having diflributed money among women, in order to stir up commotions in bis favour. I demand as a measure of public fafety, that he may be put in a lfate of arrest " A member. " This is done already." Bazire. "The Convention mud not al low him to appear in public places, like Dumourier and de la Fayette, to call forth and kindle enthuliafm. I Observed that Cuftine is not yet under arrest. The com mittee have only caused him to be watched by a gen-d'arme, who accompanies him ■wherever he goes. Even his walks with this gen-d'arme may be dangerous." Simon. " The facrilegioias tenderness ■with which we treat a man like Cuftine, is truly aftonifliing. When a soldier is wanting to his duty, Cuftine is not fatisfi cd with having hirn watched by a gen d'arme, but he loads him with iron. He is accused of having written a letter, where in he fays, that such decrees of the Conven tion as he does not approve, serve him only for putting his hair en papillots (in curl paper.) This, I think, will scarcely be a motive for you to treat him very kindly ; and, if it be true, why i? he not put under arrest, he who is guilty of such an expressi on, as bad as vive le Roi ! I demand that the committee of public fafety be ordered to enquire into this fact, and that, in the mean time, Cuftine be confined in a prison destined for conlpirators." Breard. ' If there is fufficient ground for suspicion against Cuftine, I do not op pose any measure of public fafety, that may be deemed necessary against him. But I assure the Convention, that as long as I have been a member of the committee of public fafety, I have never seen a letter written by him, wherein he has used the expreflion mentioned by Simon. I declare, I f that had I known him to be guilty of such an expreflion, I should directly have moved a decree of ai eft against him. Several members. He did not write that letter to the committee, but to theniiniller. Danton. The Convention ought by no means to remain in the dark in regard tn an object of such importance. We must know what Cuftine is. For want of pro visions Condehas been forced to surrender. Valenciennes is beset every where, and hard prefled. The northern army wants a general. Cuftine isfufpected by the nation; he must be tried. I demand that the com mittee of public fafety, and the minister at war (hall fend in their report with refpeft to the charges brought against Cuftine, that the Convention may be able to pronounce his sentence. Bazire. I also demand, that the minister at war inform us of the different paroles lately given out by Cuftine in his army ; We (hall perhaps be fu. prised to hear, that this general, at the very moment he de nounced Wiilipten to the Convention, ido lized the rebels of Calvados. Some of hio paroles were the words-, Condorcet. Paris, Constitution. His aid-de-camps and trusty friends tiled to fay to every one who chose to hear it, " You fee what the General means by these paroles : you must join the league of Calvados, and march to Paris, in order to promote the acceptance of Con dorcet's Constitution." " I repeat, therefore, my motion, that from motives of public fafety, Culline be put in a state of arrest. ' This motion was adopted, and as several members called out, a l'Abbaye ! the.Con vention decreed, that Cuftine (hould be sent to the Abbaye prison. London Aug. 13. It is confirmed, that on the r ft inft. the National Convention of France decreed that the Queen Ihould be sent before the revolutionary tribunal. From French papers it appears that Ta ris was then perfectly quiet. Philip Egalite has been acquitted at Marseilles ; where, however, he is {till a prisoner. It is even doubtful whether the j decree of banishment against all the Bour bons, will be of force to liberate him. The letters received yesterday from Lord Howe's fleet, again returned to Tor bav,differ very materially in their accounts of the cruise. By some it is laid that the | French fleet was inferior in force, was chafed for two days, and avoided an ac- ; tion only by keeping close in with their ] own coalt. By others, that the French 1 were superior in number of (hips, and that i no attempt was made to bring them to ac- 1 tion. They do not even 2gree as to where 1 the French fleet was left, or for what pur pose the Britilh fleet returned to Torbav. The mod accurate account Teems be, that the French fleet confilted of three fliips of ico guns and upwards; leven ot 84, and seven of 74 ; in all, 17 of the line, besides frigates ; that they declined an en gagement s and that Lord Howe, after feeing them into port, returned to Torbay, ( to take in water for a longer cruize, with a view of prote£ting our own homeward bound Jamaica fleet, or of falling in with ' the French St. Domingo men. A French frigate is said to have been chafed on (hore. On the 30th ult. failed for Philadelphia, the company of Comedians for the Thea- , atre in that city. There are upwards of one hundred persons to embark in this fcherne. Mr. Reinagle is the manager ; the ee>llpiny is to perform part of the year iti l'hiladeiphia, and a part of the year in Nev/-"York. Miss Broadhurft has three hundred guineas a year, and two free be nefits, one in each theatre.—Chalmers has also a liberal engagement. Mrs. Wrighten has received a thousand guineas in Ameri ca at a benefit. For the National Gazetts. Mr. Freneau, •"THE Arminians, and others, have long blamed the Prelbyteriaiis and Calvin ifts for holding (what those call) the un reasonable and dangerous doctrine of Pre destination ; —at least, for carrying it to fuchlengths as some of them have done; butitfeems they have been (at least of late) much mistaken, and it's to be hoped they will in future fparetheir cenfure—for it plainly appears by the conduct of some ol the more enlightened Calvinifts, that to whatever latitude their former opinions on that lYibjeft extended, they are now (in this enlightened age) better informed ; — witness one ot their very popular leaders flying from this city, almost as soon as the present calamitous sickness was supposed to be contagious ; —and, another, publicly discouraging theafTembling together in the house and time appointed for the public worfliip of God ! It is to be hoped, these gentlemen will, in future, either fairly lay alide their favourite dotti ine, or a£t more confidently therewith. If any clergyman of any other denomi nation, has deferteri h'rspoft in this time of great cal imity, (when there was and is a loud 1 a 1 tor his best services, and utmost exertions for the benefit of precious foulsin deep distress, many onthe brink Afanaw fnl eternity)we maypity(whilft we blame) the weakness of his faith : but we cannot, in the fame sense and degree, charge him with ineonfiftency. But this I will venture ' t*vfay, that the worthy m'niilrin» servants I of God who have flood to their ports in this time of loud call for their services in pub lic and private—who have " flood in the breach, —in their places—and have not 1 deferred many hundreds of precious fouls 1 in theextremity of deep distress (who per haps were ft rangers to .God and their Sa viour, and in perifhiisg need of the glad tidings of the gofpel)—and who have not neglected to comfort and strengthen the people of God, in sickness, or near the hour of difTolution, putting them in niind of pa tience, resignation, and a lioly filial acqui. efience in the divine will—and praying with them for these and other spiritual bk'flings andfupports. I fay, all fuchfajth ful minift'ers do merit a aouble portion of the efteom and love of the inhabitants of this city, and I think they are sure to 1 ave it in future. They have the efteera of all I converse with—they ihovv by their deeds that they have faith—l hope theyare full of faith," and such ought to be paltors under the great Shepherd, who was " full of companion." It gives me 110 small plea sure to fee and hear, that they are preserv ed iufome measure of health —1 hope they w ill be preserved and blefled—-and remain their and your friend and fellow citizen. PHILANTHROPOS. P. S. Since writing the above, 1 hear that another very worthy mirfllter of the frefbyterian society has left the city. I had almost said that I was furpriied and furry to hear it—but perhaps it was pre destinated !!! I P. Si I was born and educated in Scot. 1 land, and brought up a Prelbyterian ; and 1 (tho* no bigot) I still rather prefer their form of worfnip and church government; ; and though I could never understand or j approve of the doflrine of predestination, j in the very extended and extravagant sense 1 to which some have carried it; yet, lam 1 not altogether against it in a rational and t : limited sense j I believe in an omnipotent, i general, and particular Providence ; this < isenjygh forme,—and is certainly more 1 intelligible than eternal deep decrees, and ! dark predeflinations. With refpe£t to our moral condu£h and the consequences, and ; with refpe£l to our believing and receiving the SAVIOUR, or rejecting HIM, I think a good and wife God has clearly and ex prel'sly revealed his decree ;—and as to oar other and lefier concerns, if we devote and commit ourselves to His hands and protection, there is not any fear of us (in the line of our duty to God or man). But, in prosperity or adverlitj—health or fick nefs—life or death—we are fafe, and will certainly meet with what is best for us. <r> n [>i| , ■ - M PHILADELPHIA. 1 Wednesday, Oilober 2. ' Extract of a letter from Lsndon, July 31. ' '' The account is just received of the J surrender of Valenciennes to the combined ' armies, and that they do not mean to pro ceed farther into the country. So that there is great probability thatthe war Will : subside soon." J It ought to b? mentioned to the credit of ' the people of Elizabeth-Town, in New- " Jersey, that while some other places are 1 excluding the exiled citizens of Philadel- 1 phia from their borders, an asylum is opened for them there, and ample provi- f Hon made for their comfortable accommo- 1 dation, should they be seized with the epi- 1 demic fever. ' The following article in Dr. Wiftar's 1 addrefstothe Physicians of Philadelphia, 1 exhibiting a statement of his cafe, during ' I his confinement with the yellow (eve:, de- * serves particular notice.—" The remedy ' which gave me the most sensible relief, and 1 the recommendation of which is my prin cipal inducemeht for writing now, was ' cold air—The second night of the disease, 1 when I was very delirious and in severe ' pain. I lay between a window and a door, ' and within four or five feet of the window 1 which was open, the wind suddenly chang ed and blew upon me cold and raw—its t effett was such that I soon became confei- 1 011s of myfelf, and was so sensible of bene- t fit from it, that I opp j(ed (hutting the win- 1 dow, and by laying 111 the cold, in less than | an hour from being delirious 1 became 1 reasonable, my pain went off, and as far as 1 1 am able to judge, my fever also in a great : degree. From this I took a hint, and had 1 the window almost constantly open, and i when there was no air, was fanned fteadi- 1 ly. I have kept mvfelf veiy cool ever 1 (ince, except during the cold sweats, and ; have great confidence in the effects of cold and frefh air." The George Barclay is arrived from London, in 8 weeks paflage. She lies be low Gloucester. Mr. Wignell and several of the company of Comedians on board, come to town lafl Saturday, aud viewed the new theatre. Matter of fait :—A citizen, one day last week, being taken with some flight indis position, his friends fuppofmg him seized with the prevailing epidemic, immediate ly, and much against his inclination, fitted him out for the hofpita! at Bush-Hill, and ordered a cart for the purpose of convey ing him thither. On the way, the patient finding hinifelf not only still alive, but in a s tolerr.ble state of good health and fpirifs, s quitting his blanket, leaped from the cart, - and ran full (peed over the commons in a ? different direction. The driver putting t his horse firlt on a round trot, and then i on a full gallop, gave chafe for some time, • but finding it impossible to overtake the ■ sick man, he gave up the pursuit, and re- I turned to the city. In a putrid fever, similar to that now in • Philadelphia, that prevailed some ; ears ago in Jamaica, to a great degree of mortality, medicines to relist putrefaction were at firft given, but without the least good effect ; Evacuating medicines had been carefully avoided being given, for fear of adding to the great debility always attending the dis order in the beginning. On reflection, however, purgatives were tried, at the firft onset of the disease, and direCted to be continued till contra-indicated by weak nels. The apprehension that evacuating medicines increased tl.e debility occafloned by the fever, was soon found to be ground less; on the contrary, people acquired strength in proportion as the intestines were purged of morbid bile. The patients after their new mode cf treatment, had about :o discharges of a ('ay for three days fur ceflively before the appearance of the {tools was altered : when their colour changed the colour of the skin changed alio : then, and not till then* were barks given. This practice, on comparison,' is found to b6 nearly the fame with that of Dr. Rush in the present epidemic fever of this city—the purge, given, was, like his, calomel in large doses; and barley ■■water the common drink. Cleanliness is the great preventative of all contagious diseases. Even in sickly ships, prison /hips, &c. where many hundreds of people are sometimes crowded together, it has been observed, that the parte of the ship where cleanliness was molt attended to, were invariably the most healthy.—lt is an incontefiible truth that the contagi ous fever in this city has raged molt in nar row confined frreets, where the houses af forded little or 110 draft of air, and where the generality of the inhabitants w ere ne glectful in point of wafhihgand ventilating the apartments, or removing collections of filth. A Spanifli ship, loaded with fngnrs, has been re-captured from the French, and cairied into Newfoundland, by a privateer of that island. A French brig of 16 guns, w as carried into St. John's the Bth of Au gnft, prize to an English sloop of war. By an arrival in the Chtfaprake, from Cadiz, we learn, that the Portuguese were, in July, fitting out 10 fail of the line to join fleet ill the channel, confiftinjr of 30 fail. It was said 10,000 Porttlguefe had marched To join the Spaniih army on the frontiers of France. A Spanifli fleet ot 38 fail of the line were lying inactive at Carthagena, with 1500 men sick. Ten fail had gone to the \\ eft-Indies, and se veral more, with frigates, were cruising between the Wefterii islands and Spain. Two Spanifli ships of no guns each had been nearly destroyed in tlie Mediterrane an, by running foul of each other in the night. A Spanifli frigate had carried into Malaga a French Eaft-'lndia ship from the Isle of France, worth one million of crowns —and another, in company, was taken at the fame time by an English frigate, value not mentioned. The committee of the Legiflatnre of Mafi'achufetts, who were appointed to take into cunfideraiion the communication of the Governor at the opening of the session. have reported, 7 hat it is not expedient that a State should bQ. fueable, and " that the Senators of the commonwealth, in Congress, be instruCted, and that it be re commended to the Representatives, to en deavour to eft'eCt an amendment in the con ftittition, touching the premUes." A veflel,arrived atMarblehead fromßil boa, gives an account of a battle having been fought in the province of Navarre be tween the French and the Spaniards, in which the latter were totally defeated, with the loss of fix hundred men. The inhabitants of Elkton convened on the 19th instant, and entered into several- Refolarions, relative to the prevention of the fever, now prevalent in this city, from reaching them.—Proper persons were ap pointed (with two Physicians) to inspect travellers 011 the different roads leading from Philadelphia to Elkton, and to make their reports to a committee, appointed for the purpose, on such means as flionld appear most conducive to the fafcty of the inha bitants : the committee to provide every necslfary of lodging, nurses, medical aflift ance, &c. for futli persons as lhall be flop ped—the expences, in the firft instance, to be defrayed by tlie citizens of Elkton, and ultimately to be levied on the inhabitants of the county. [Similar regulations in some other places, it is thought, might have done equal credit to the humaniiy of their inhabitants,] ExtraCt ef a letter from Elizabeth-Town, to a gentleman in Philadelphia. " The inhabitants of Trenton, Newark, New-York, and a great many other towns have behaved most inhumanly to your fel low citi2ens, flopping well and hearty per sons from taking a refuge in their towns, and even not permitting them to p3f& through ; but the inhabitants of Elizabeth-