of ships shall not be obliged, in loading or unloading their veffels to employ labourers appointed by public authority for that purpofe; but they hall be at full liberty, themselves to load or unload their veffels or to em ploy in loading or unloading them whomfoever they think proper, without paying reward under the title of falary to any perfon whatever; and they shall not be obliged to turn over any kind of merchandizes to other veffels nor to receive them on board their own, nor to wait for their lading longer than they pleafe, and all and every of the citizens, people and inhabitants of the United States of America fhall reciprocally have and enjoy the fame privileges and liberties in all places under the jurifdiction of the faid realm.

Art. 5. It is agreed that when mer. chandifes fhall have been put on board the fhips or veffels of either of the contracting parties, they shall not be fubjected to any examination; but all examination and search must be before Jading, and the prohibited merchandizes must be hopped on the fpot before they are embarked, unless there is full evidence or proof of fraudulent practice on the part of the owner of the ship or of him who has the command of her. In which cafe only be shall be refponfible and fubje& to the laws of the country in which he may be. In all other cafes neither the fubjects of either of the contracting parties who fhall be with their veffels in the ports of the other, uor their merchandizes fhall be feized or molefted on account of contraband goods, which they have wanted to take on board, nor fhall any kind of embargo be laid on their fhips, fabjects or citizens of the flate whofe

Now therefore, to the end that the faid treaty may with all good faith be performed and obferved on the part of these states, all the citizens and jahabi-, tants thereof, and more especially all officers and others in the service of the United States, are hereby enjoined and required to govern themselves ftrictly in all things according to the ftipulations above recited.

Done in Congrels at Princeton, this twenty-fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thou. fand feven hundred and eighty three, and of our fovereignty and independence the eighth.

ELIAS BOUDINOT, PRESIDENT.

CHARLES THOMPSON, Sec'ry.

Monthly

Foreign News.

NIMEGUEN (Holland) March 2. W E are in expectation of being overwhelmed by the waters; one of our diftri&s, juft near us, containing 72 villages, is entirely covered by the inundation.

We are forry to add, that from the letters which we have been favoured with a fight of, we are informed that the beautiful town of Cologne is in a fimilar fituation; moft of the inhabitants of the lower town have left their houses, and quays that formerly were remarkable for their opulence are now in ruins; Manheim is almoft entirely deftroyed, and from Andernac to the Wefel, there is not a fingle village but is ruined. The Baron de Nyvenheim and Fifcal Omphal perish ed, in attempting to relieve the unfortunate people at Nimeguen.

VERSAILLES, April 11. The 8th of this month, being Maundy-Thursday, the King washed the feet of twelve poor men, and ferved them at table, the Prince of Conde, Grand Mafler of the King's Houlehold, was at the head of the Maitres d'hotel, and preceded the fervice; the dishes were carried by Monfieur, the Count d'Artois, the Duke of Bourbon, the Duke d'Enghein, the Prince of Conti, and the Duke of Penthievre; and by the principal officers of his Majefty.

In the afternoon the Queen washed the feet of twelve poor women, and served them at table. The Marquis de Talaru, First Maitre d'hotel to her Majefty, preceded the fervice; the dishes were carried by Midame Elizabeth of France, the Princess of Lamballes, Superintendant of the Queen's houfe-hold, and by the ladies of the court.

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LONDON, April 23.

Extract of a letter from the Hague,

April 14, 1784.

"The affair of the Statholder engages the attention of people of all ranks; as it is likely to lay à basis of troubles not eafily removed. There has long been a defign among the French faction, to shake the power of the Houfe of Orange, but hitherto without effect. The Baron Drugire, Envoy from Denmark, has delivered a manifefto, to the States General, who are now fitting fimilar to that from the Court of Berlin, to which the Baron de Thuylemeyer is labouring daily to obtain an aufwer."

A letter from St. Maloes, mentions that great rejoicings were made there and at Rochelle, Breft, and Rennes, upon the honourable acquittal of the Count de Graffe, who received the moft convincing marks of affection and efteem from the magifirates of the great towns through which he paffed on his way from Port L'Orient to Paris.

American News.

PHILADELPHIA, May 20.

The following is a defcription of the Triumphal Arch and its ornaments, which was exhibited in celebration of the happy return of PEACE.

THE Arch is fifty feet and fix inches wide, and thirty five feet and fix inches in height. The Arch is fourteen' feet wide in the clear, and each of the fmall arches nine feet. The pillars are. of the Ionick Order. The entablature, all the other parts, and the proportions correfpondent to that order; and the whole edifice is finished in the ftyle of architect proper for fuch a building, and ufed by the Romans. The pillars are adorned with fpiral feftoons of flowers in their natural colours.

The

I. Over the center arch, the temple of Janus firut,, Numine favente magus ab integro faeculorum nafcitur orde. By the divine favour a great and new order of ages commences.

11. On the fouth fide of the Baluftrade, a buft of Lewis the XVIth. Merendo memeres facit. His merit makes us remenit er him.

III.On the other fide of the baluftrade, a pyramidal cenotaph to the memory of those brave men who have died for their country in the late war. Ob patriam pugnando vulnera paff. Thele received their wounds for their country.

V. On the fouth fide of the frize, the Lillies, the arms of France. Gloriam fuperant. They exceed in glory.

V. On the left of the former, a plough, heaves of wheat, and a fhip under fail, the arms of Pensylvania. Terra fuis contenta bonis. A land contenred with its own bleffings.

VI. On the left of the preceding, a fun, the device of France, and thirteen flars, the device of the United States. Coelo ociati. Allied in the beavens.

VI. On the left of the laf, two hands joined belding branches of olive and the caduceus of commerce. Concordia gentiam. The concord of nations.

VIII. On the fouth pannel, confederated America leaning upon a foldier; military trophies on each fide of them. F des exercitus. The fidelity of the army.

IX. On the other pennel, Indians building churches in the wilderness. Ponant ferocia corda. Their favage Learts become mild.

X. On the dye of the fouth pedestal, a library with inftruments and emblemis of arts and fciences. Emoliunt mo'res. Thefe foften manners.

XI. On the dye of the next pedestal, a large tree beating thirteen principal and difin& branches loaded with fru t. Robore diptis maturabunt. By the Strength of the body thefe will ripen.

XII. On the dye of the pedestal, upon the right hand, in patling through the center arch, Cincinatus, crowned with laurels, returning to his plough, the plough adorned with a wreath of the

fame. The countenance of Cincinates is a ftriking resemblance of General Washington. Viarix virtus. VIÃO

rious virtue.

XIII. On the dye of the next pedestal, militia exercifing. Protegentes gaudebunt. Protecting they shall enjoy.

On the fpandrels of the centre arch thele letter, S. P Q P. The fenate and people of Penfylvania.

The top of the balustrade is embellished with figures, representing the Cardinal virtues, juftice, temperence, and fortitude.

The whole building illuminated by about twelve hundred lamps.

At the Meeting of the CINCINNÁTI, held in this City, they wrote the following Letter, addreffed To the fenior Land and Naval officers of his Moft Chriftian Maiefly, and others, Members of the Society of Cincinnati, in France.

Gentlemen,

WE, the delegates of the Cincinnati, having judged it expedient to make feveral cffential alterations and amendments in our inftitution, and having thought it our duty to communicate the refons, upon which we have acted in a circular address to the State focieties, do now transmit for your information, a tranfcript of that letter, together with a copy of the infitution as altered and amended.

Confcious of having done what pru. dence and love of our country dictated, we are perfuaded you will be fatisfied with the propriety of our conduct, when you are informed, our decifions were influenced by a conviction, that fome things contained in our original fyftem might eventually be productive of confequences, which we had not forefeen, as well as by the current fentiment which appeared to prevail among our fellow citizens. Under thefe circumftances, we viewed it as no proof of magnanimity to perfift in any thing, which might poffibly be erroneous, or to counteract the opinion of the community however founded. Nor were we diípleafed to find the jealous eye of patriotiím watching over thofe liberties, which had been established by our common exertions, especially as our country.

en appeared fully difpofed to do juftice to our intentions and to apprehend no evils, but fuch as might happen in procefs of time, after we, in whom they place fo much confidence, fhould have quitted the ftage of human action; and we fatter ourselves, we felt no lefs interefled in guarding againft difaftrous contingencies in averting prefent or future political evils, than the moft zealous of our compatriots.

For us then it is enough, that our benevolent purposes of relieving the uufortunate fhould not be fruftrated, that our friendships should be as immutable as they are fincere, and that you have received the tokens of them with fuch tender marks of fenfibility. For you, Gentlemen, let it be fufficient, that your merits and fervices are inde libly impreffed upon the hearts of a whole nation, and that your names and actions can never be loft in oblivion.

Cherifning fuch fentiments and reciprocating all your affections, we pray you will have the good nefs to believe, that although nothing could have encreafed our friendthip and veneration, yet by your alacrity in affociating with us, you have taken the most effe&tual measure for riveting more strongly thofe indiffoluble

We hear from Poughkeepfie, in Dutches county, that on Sunday the 6th inftant, they had the most terrible guft of wind and hail ever known in that place, the hail-ftones (many of which were nearly as large as goofe eggs, but of all fhapes and fizes) broke nearly every pane of glafs on the northerly fide of their buildings, its extent was but a few miles in breadth, but the deftru&ion and devaftation that it fpread over the gardens and felds of corn exceed defcription. Numbers of barns, barracks, &c. were overturned, and feveral trees turned up by the roots; geefe,turkeys, and other kinds of poultry were al moft all destroyed. Thus the care

ful husbandman, who immediately be fore, with pleafing fatisfa&tion, might have viewed in his teeming field, the growing grain waving refponfive to the morning breeze, now, alas! in one short hour, by a breath of the Almighty (if we may fo speak) his hopes, with the fields of corn, are hurled into one general ruin.

A letter from a gentleman in Annapolis, dated May 10, fays, "Congrefs having received information that the Hon. John Jay, Efq; one of their Minifters Plenipotentiary in Europe, was about to return to America, have appointed him to the office of Secretary of Foreign Affairs; and the Hon. Thomas Jefferfon, Efq; formerly Governor of Virginia, and a late Delegate in Congrels, for that State is appointed to go to Europe as Minifter Plenipotentiary, to join Mr. Adams and Dr. Franklin, to negociate treaties of commerce in behalf of the United States of America."

NEW PORT, June 19.

The public are hereby informed, that the Light houfe, at the entrance of this harbour, is completely repaired, and the lights are now burning there as formerly.

BOSTON, June 3.

On the 28th May an ordinance for putting the department of finance into commiffion was read a third time, and paffed in Congrefs; and on the 3d inft. Congress proceeded to the election of three commiffioners, to be ftiled, Board of Treafury, when the honourable Daniel Thomas Jenifer, of Maryland, the honourable Oliver Ellifworth, of Connecticut, and the honourable Denning, of New York, were duly elected. They are not to enter on the bufinefs of their appointment before the roth of November next.

The receiver of the continental taxes, for the flate of Virginia, advertifes his reception of 45167 dollars, in the month of April, on account of that flate, for the ufe of the United States.

The fellows of the Amerian Academy of Arts and Sciences, at their annual meeting on the 25th uit. elected the following gentlemen officers for the enfuing year:

The

rer.

Mr. Caleb Gannett, Keeper of the Cabinet and Librarian.

The following gentlemen were elected fellows; William Erving, Efq; of Boston, Samuel Hale, Efq; of Portf mouth, New Hampshire; Mr. Samauel Guftavus Harmelin, of Sweden, Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Stockholm; John Sparhawk, Efq; of Portsmouth, NewHampshire.

10. A Dublin paper of the 20th of

April, has the following paragraph. "The virtue of Ireland fhall foon triumph over the enemies of liberty. There are fifteen thousand. patriots armed in Ulfter ready for the onset. The province of Connaught is alfo in array, and in Leinfter and Munfter the hands of freedom will not be tardy; fo that with a French feet we may defy Britain and the enemies of Ireland."

17. The following gentlemen were elected this day by the two branches of the General Court, agreeable to the conftitut on, to ferve as delegates. from this Commonwealth, in the United States, in Congrefs affembled for one year, viz.

Hon. Elbridge Gerry,.
Francis Dana,
Santuel Holton,.
George Partridge,
Triftram Dalton, Efq'rs.

We hear the Chevaux-de-frize which have long obftruded the navigation of the Delaware, will fhortly be removed. The ingenious meCoan.c, Mr. Arthur Donaldson, having undertaken the Herculean task, and prepared his vaft apparatus, on

the 10th inflant, fucceeded in his very firft attempt, and brought up one of the large chevaux de frize that was funk in the deepest water.

zr. Philip Scuyler, Efq; of the State of Penfylvania, is appointed a commiffioner, in addition to Benjamin Lincom and Arthur Lee, Efquires, who are appointed by Congrels, commiffioners to treat with the Indians, in the room of Mr. Higginton and Mr. Green; those two gentlemen having declined ferving in that bufioels.

The hon. Legiflature of the Common Wealth of Virginia, have empow ered the Executive to lay an embargo on Indian Corn for a limited time.

24. At a town meeting held at Faneuil Hall, on Thurfday laft, for the final decifion of the business of incorporating the town; on a question being put, it paffed in the negative by. a great majority.

The following very extraordinary marriage was celebrated on Monday the 24th of May, near Bordentown; Mr. James Wood, to Mifs Theodofia Thomas. What renders this connection remarkable is, that the parties were both deaf and dumb from their infancy.

We are informed that the committee of the States have appointed fatur day, the 26th ipft. for their first meeting at Annapolis, that city being fixed on by the committee as the place for their deliberations.

28. A late Paris gazette has the following paragraph. The council of ftate have at laft decided the great queftion relative to the commerce of the Americans with the coaft of Britanny. The farmers general were for having only one port opened for, trading with the United States, but the King has opened them ail; in confequence of which all the ports of Britanny will trade with America, and receive the returns, without any one having the preference.

On the roth inflant, the Congress, paffed the following refolves: "That