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I1 THE INDEPENDENT A T' ft, Foreign Intelligence LONDON, December 19. BUTLER'i MONUMENT. 1 'HE honor paid to Butler's memory, by the monument erected in Corent Garden Chorth, will make the re vival of Mr. Samuel Weltley'i linti, written above 50 yean (met, acceptable ai they were produced in corwrquence of the monument erected to that author in Welbn'uifter Abbey by Mr. Barber of the city of lndon.

Whilft Butler, need) wretch, wat yet afiv'e. No generous patron would a dinner giv See him, when ftarv'd to death, and turn 'd to duft, Preferred with 1 tmmumtntal kufi "the Poet'i fate ii here in emblem (hewn lie alVd for irmJ, and be receiv'd a Extract of a letter from Constantinople, Nor. j. For fome1 weeks the Porte haa received no advicei relative to the operations ol the Captain Pacha." It ii fuppol'cd that he te obliged to difeontinue them on account of the in unaVion of the Nile, which impedes the march of hit troopi through the country. Oiheri fufpeit, that he hat not fuc ceded, infomuch, that they fay he ii obliged to return with bit fleet to Conftanrinople.

Mean time the Porte (hew no fymtomi of fear on thii fubjeet, and fpeak with great idnii. dence of the advantages which Haffan Pacha hai gained in Egypt. If the fleet be on iti way home, it it hoped it will ctcape rcormi which we have had on ourcoatts. Four Aultrian (hips, which left oar canal were obliged to return by the tempcttuoui weather. I Said Achmet Pacha, formerly Bey of RomeliaJi mar ried to the Sultana Sumpcrlorn.

third daughter of tne" Sul tan Muftapht, and filler to the Sultan Sclim, the prefump 1 tire heir to the Ottoman throne. We hev already given fome account of the mifchiefi 1 one by the Pacha of Scutari on Pech and iti environs, Our left advicei form a horrid recital of the barbaritiei com mined bv th.it moulter. He hai not been fatithed with burning tlie houfes, but hai caufed all the inhabitant to be tndulercd. The male children he threw alive into the lameii the female children were fent away into (lavery, and the women precipitated from the top of a high rock, and dafhed to pieces. Nature revolti at the mention of the many crueltitl perpetrate! by this wretch, vvhowith a de ft ruction equal to plague and famine, fpares no paint to re duce every htufe to ruim, and make a frightful of a tnoft beautiful country.

Another letter from Conthntinopleof the fjme date, fays, A courier it jure 'arrived from Egypt, who hai brought a bead, which ii eipofed on the gitei ol the feraglio, with an Infcription under it, bearing that it ii the head of one of the rebel Btyi. The accounts which (lie Divan have piriiliihcd, art to thii purport I The Bey, whole head ii tinw cxpofed havuif muttered a detachment of hii troops, at night made rrattempt on the camp of the Captain Pacha, and on that fide where the commander'! tent was pitched the al irm was inftantly given, but the enemy were only a handful, and their retreat being cut off, they were all put to the fword, with their chief whofe head is now brought to Con ftantino'pld." But in fpite of thii official information, the people think they are impofed upon, as fcveial pcrfons here cave feen the three Bcyi, declare that thii ii not the head of ant of them. The people accordingly arc ai far as ever from being pleated, and corps of JanilTiriei were obliged to be fent among them, who cut off the headt of feveral per. font before the tumult wai appeared. Next day after' thii dulturbance, the malecontrnti af fcmbled in great numbers, and by their outcriei (hewed their anxiety was for the health of the Grand Seignior.

It wai erbferved that every man of them was armed, which ii ex prcfily prohibited by the fevered penalties. It became ne. caffary then to requeft his Highnefs, that he would be pleaf td to hew himfelf to them, and he complied; and by figna allured them, that he was in perfect health. Their joyous clamour now become louder than ever, but they were fatis fled, and tranquility wai foon reftored." Dec. tl.

The brft Arp towardi a reciprocity of intereft, between thii country and France, waa an agreement, that the debtt contracted in the one, were to be recoverable in the other And in camfequenc of this, feveral legal claims war made, and England and the parties in debt, obliged to difchnge their obligations. But in the procals of a few vmths, it (b happened, that there was a favor to be granted to perfon of fome confluence, who had fled from England to France, in order to avoid the importunity of hia creditors, and this favor wai the intcrpofiuon of powtr, to rtop all proceedings by the Britifh agent agaittlthim. Somebody great weight applied to Moufieur De and Mont, waa thereupon induced to writ a Utter to fh Parliament of Nanla, and the Parliament of Nante iffued their order, that all proceedings would ceaie and they eeafed accord. Ingly. The comment that mutt naturally'be made, it that tF ranch faith holds no longer than private intereft finds the eampact agreeable.

What it to thi benefit of England, that reciprocal commercial Uwi are aaOed. if the an. rmauuo ai a oriuin rear cad let aha a vidua 'a right ta 1 il fue fnr tuft debti. renin of commerce are a mere farce if fecret influence can prevent the operation of juftice between man and man. 1 American Intelligence, NEW.

YORK, March 6. THE Honorable Legiflature yefterday palled a refolution directing the commiffary of military (lores to have four pieces of artillery put in complete order for public fer vice. March 7. Lift night arrived an exprefs to his Excellency the Governor, which we are informed, contained' an account of a (kirmtfh between part of General Lincoln's army and the infurgents', and that one of General Lincoln's Colonels and an" olffcer of the ether party, with about 5 men on each fide were killed and about 3 or 40 It ii faid Hindman and Shays had returned from the place of (kirmilh into the (late of Miffachufetts. In ourneitwe prefume more particulars will be received, and enable ui to give a more accurate fta'ement of this very unplcafant condition of things in the cittern country.

Yelhrday by a joint ballot of the Senate and Aflembly, the Honorable Robert Yates, Alexander Hamilton, and John Lanling, jun. Efquires, were chofen Delegate to re prcfent this Hate in the Convention to be held in Philadelphia in May next, In compliance with the recommendation of Congrcftof the aid February lalt. Eftrad of a letter frow Sr. Croix, dated Fcbrury 6. Everything here is very dear) our charges and duties for the veffel during a very (hnrt (lay amounts to upwar.ls of 600 pieces of eight American produce fells here at the following prices onions 4J.

per hunch, bifcu'tt 4s. per kee, pork 14 dollan per barrel, flour 7 dollars, beef 10 dollars, butter in firkins of 701b. 10 dollars, game cock from 4 to dollars a piece, common fowls 41. a piece, ducks 5 and is. a piece, gecfe 8s.

applet 40s. per barrel, potatoes 44. per bulhel. Our horfet fold at average for 6I. each." Philadelphia, March $.

Proceedings of the General Ajfembly. Th a id A March 8, A. M. The Houfe met purfuant to adjournment. A petition from a number of inhabitant! of Wyoming townlhlp in Northumberland county, praying to be exonerated from the payment of the lad year a taxes, ai they are unable to pay the fime 1 Ordered to lie on the table.

A petition from Charles BclLaet, of Brilnl, paying a bill might be brought in to make hii bridge acioft Ncihioii ny a free bridge, was read and Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Hiliahimer prefented the'rrport of the Committee on the memorial of the.rninifttr, tec. of the Scot! Preibyte rian Church, etc, which propofei the following ref.luiion, via. Refolved that the prayer of the faid petitioner! ought not to be granted.

Mr, Lilly prefented (agreeable to leave given) a bill, entitled, An Act to incorporate the Proteftant Epifcopal Church at York Town inAhe count) of York, wbich was read and Ordeied to lie on the table. A bill for regulating chimney fweeps la this city and iti vicinage wai read and ordered to Ii on the table. Agreeable to the order of th day, the Houfe refumrd the canfideration of the report of the Committee on the petition Irom the weftcrn counties no the fufcject of the Mif? filfippi navigation, and after long dtbat the fame wa pod pjned generally. The bill aothorifing the Supreme Executive Cb.uncil to nf. fer a reward by proclamation, for Shi) 1, and order 1, rebel! to the ftate of MarTachufetts, was read a this 4 time, compared at the cable, ennfled into a law, and Speaker directed to figa the fame.

Adjourned. Ma. OSWALD, Plesfe to infert in your next paper that at a late meeting of a society for political inquiries, the following query wis propofed, via. 18 it agrreabl to th cooffiturion of this commonwealth to admit the director! aad ftnckholdert of the bank to vote In th Houfe of Reprefentaiivei on th bill for reiioring the charter of the bank And after a full debate on the fubjefl it wai unanimouOy agrred, Thit the director! and ftuckholdert of the bank ought not to be permitted to vote ok any ajueftion befor th Allemhly relating to that Infli. tution.

Thua thii fociety juflly determined that which ought to bav been axiratid in another place Aad I top fom mtmbir of th Bonoiabl AflVmbly will caufe a fimilai pro. pofirioo to be snaJen thrlr Houfe on Tuf fdiy neat, previous to the debate! "a the bill for ttrlorUg the charier of th bank Pwhep th hoavrikl Huai have not fuRdcotly confidered the dangers of elhblifhing a precedent (b cemtritV to the eommoialy nceived opinion of mankind, who underfill held th maxim, That1 00 tnan'muuld be' permitted tojuilyc In his own caufe." It is the with of many of the citixeni that thofe tnemUrs of AlTembly who are ftockbnlders of the bask, would irni fate the recent example of a learned judje, who left the' bench and court when a caufe in which hii brother wis it. fendant came before the jury. I. B.

Mr. OSWALD, A Few days ago was handed to me, while Citing in the Houfe of AlTembly, a Pittfburgh Gaxetle, containing a publication, under the denature of Will'vm fWAry, a which, amongft much invective, he advance! thii charge, via. That vitb refpect fb my vote on th rtctivmg ttnf. ism, being alked, bw ctuld ttcincilt mj ttmiult vjiib my frefJSoMi It avv tonfl'uutntt 1 replird, that iti fnfli vim til fooi, and by putting a file Una in tit nrwfftftn, Inuld "fb "cntilt the It my virwt. On reading this, I inftantly called out Mr.

FinJltj, and demanded his authority He gave me Mr. Smilij, a Men. ber of the Council. The following il my note to that gentleman i SIR, Mr. Fhdliy hai publiflied, in the Pittlburgh Gaxette, the following wonts, of which he gives you as the author fix.

That with refpect to my vote, eVe. You will oblixr mr, by Hating prrcifely, what you conceive rhe to have faid of this niture, the p'ice where, time' when, Yom's, I need not here infert the words. tbt ftllnviiir lit Arftvir i SIR, Agreeable to ynur requefl, I will ftate the expreffioni which Mr. Findley alludes in bis publication, whrch he fiders cMfrefpcclful to the people if It was at the Haul of the Chief Juftice, Mr. M'Kton, fume Ihett tim after th ma tron rf reserving the rertihcacra in payment fst land war negatived the AlTembly the Chief Juftice and Mr.

had withdrawn to aaother room you, fir, and Mr. KtiMirk, I avere fitting on one fue ot the Are, and young Mr. M'Kitn and on the other Major Douglafs was aft fq prrfent. Mr. Keddick and you weic engaged in convei.

fatiort. It. wis carried on in a low tone of voice for a coafi drrable time ai I wis engaged in conversion with Mr. M'Kean, I paid no attrntion co what pifled between yon aad Mr. Rcddick, till you, in an elevated ton of voice, it claimed agiinll what you called th anre afonable jraloofiei of th people, nd declared tbey were fools, and that thsy hid been alwayi wrong.

I felt myfelf hart Interfered in th convention) and replied, with fame resentment, that 1 did not think any man had a right to make fiich a declaration and that I had a veiy diflerent opinion of the anderftanding of the people. You rrpcaced, that they war fool, and that they were alwayi wrong. alledjfd, that the body of the people feldom judged wrong, except when mifinformed, and I gave two inltancea, to prove, that the people of Pennfylvi nia had thought and acted right, when thair rulers had thought and acted wrong. "1 On my return home with Mr. Reddick, he told me, that a part of the ennvertatron between yoa and him, was on th funject of the certificaiei, and that he had alked yoa, how ynu would reconcile your vote with your promifes to th people you told him, ynu would write a piece, and fend it to the rittfbargh Gaxette, whereby ou would convince them that the meafure would be injur ious, aa it would have tendency to raife the price of If yoa ufe any part of this, pleafe to publilh the whole.

Your humble fervant, JOHN SMILEY. March 9, 1787. The following ii my not to Mr. Reddick. SIR, I inclnfe yn my note to Mr.

Smiley, and hii infwer Yaa will pleafe to fay what you recollect of the convtrfatioa which he alludes, and what you may have faid to him, rely Cling any wards ufed by me. Yoar'i, SIR, la anfwer to your note, I recoiled feme partsof the on verfatioo at the houfe of the Ctitf Jtjfin, and remember the words by ynu v. hi. mentions, via, Thtt tit pHflt vtrt foili, but cannot recollect what people, whether th people of th weftern country, of thii cityf or of Pnn Thefe words feero to be apologetical for Mr. Findley.

Member of the Council. 4 Prothonotary of Fayette. It would never have entered iota myhead, that an whe had demanded of me the (lawmeat a cife, would afe part, and fupptefs part.