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Foreign And Domestic Intelligence.
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE .
QUEBEC , October 17 . AC-RAND Council was held at the mouth of the Detroit River , at which were twelve Indian Representatives . Col . Pickering , who is said to be a man pf . respectable talents , was the Speaker on the part pf the Americans ; and an Indian Chief spoke for the Representatives of the Indians . The Council broke up with much dissatisfaction to both . parties . The Indian Chief informed the Commissioners , that he
couid . not be responsible for their returning in safety . The Indian concluded his speech in sentiments to the following purport : — ' The Great Spirit had given to our ¦ fathers this vast extensive land , to people and possess . You first invaded our origi- rial possessions , and your encroachments have multiplied and extended . You have driven us far back from the sea , and you now wish to drive us still farther ; but we - will repel your attempts , andcndea . our to drive you back to that ocean which car . ried you hither to invade us . [ N EW-YORK , November 7 ,
THE white flag was hoisted on Bush Hill , Philadelphia , 1 st of November ; it was the signal of health ; and in two days , more than 7000 of the absentees had returned to the city . The number which fled was calculated at 20 , 060 . On the 3 d , two ol the churches , which have no adjoining cemeteries , were opened for divine service ; ' several stoics were opened the next day , and after a suspension of several weeks , one of the newspapers had resumed its office on the 5 th . ¦ Certificates of a general con- ' vaicscency had been transmitted by Dr . Rush , and other physicians , to New-York , and it appears by the New-York prints of the 7 th , that a communication between
those places would immediately be opened . The Legislative Assembly pf Canada have passed an act fpr the abolition of the Slave Trade . ' PETERSEURGH , November 19 . - THE King of Great Britain having been graciously pleased to nominate Charles Whitwortf ] , Esq . his Envoy at this Court , to be a Knight Companion of the Most Hon . Order of the Bath , and his Majesty being desirous that he should be knighted ,
and invested with the Ensigns of the Order in the most honourable and distinguished maimer , Mr . Whitworth applitd to her Imperial Majesty the Empress of Russia , by order of the King his master , to desire she would be pleased to represent his Majesty , on this occasion : to which her Imperial Majesty very readily consented , expressing in the strongest terms her sentiments of friendship and affe & ion towards his Britannic Majesty . Accordingly on Sunday the 17 th the ceremony was performed in the Em-, press's audience room , before a splendid Court , when Mr , Whitworth being introduced , her Imperial Majesty immediately invested him with the ribbon and badge of the
Order ; and then taking from a table a gold-hilted sword , richly ornamented with diamonds , the Empress touched his left shoulder three times with it , pronouncing these words : Sayee Son et Honorable Cbewdier , au Nom de D ' . eu ; and on Sir Charles Whitworth ' s rising up , and kissing her Imperial Majesty's hand , the Empress added , Et four 'mus frou-ver coir . bkn je suis eontcnte de vous , je vousfais Prefent de I' . Ejee avec hqueUe je vous aifuit Chzvalier . [ The Sword with which the Empress invested Mr . Whitworth , and which she presented to him , is worth 4000 roubles . ]
LONDON , J ANUARY 4 . ' Accounts from Corsica mention , that Gener . ' . l Paoli had giv . n battle to the French between Montipello , Cartifa and Pictralba , in which he killed many , and took a gie _ t number of prisoners . K 2 .
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Foreign And Domestic Intelligence.
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE .
QUEBEC , October 17 . AC-RAND Council was held at the mouth of the Detroit River , at which were twelve Indian Representatives . Col . Pickering , who is said to be a man pf . respectable talents , was the Speaker on the part pf the Americans ; and an Indian Chief spoke for the Representatives of the Indians . The Council broke up with much dissatisfaction to both . parties . The Indian Chief informed the Commissioners , that he
couid . not be responsible for their returning in safety . The Indian concluded his speech in sentiments to the following purport : — ' The Great Spirit had given to our ¦ fathers this vast extensive land , to people and possess . You first invaded our origi- rial possessions , and your encroachments have multiplied and extended . You have driven us far back from the sea , and you now wish to drive us still farther ; but we - will repel your attempts , andcndea . our to drive you back to that ocean which car . ried you hither to invade us . [ N EW-YORK , November 7 ,
THE white flag was hoisted on Bush Hill , Philadelphia , 1 st of November ; it was the signal of health ; and in two days , more than 7000 of the absentees had returned to the city . The number which fled was calculated at 20 , 060 . On the 3 d , two ol the churches , which have no adjoining cemeteries , were opened for divine service ; ' several stoics were opened the next day , and after a suspension of several weeks , one of the newspapers had resumed its office on the 5 th . ¦ Certificates of a general con- ' vaicscency had been transmitted by Dr . Rush , and other physicians , to New-York , and it appears by the New-York prints of the 7 th , that a communication between
those places would immediately be opened . The Legislative Assembly pf Canada have passed an act fpr the abolition of the Slave Trade . ' PETERSEURGH , November 19 . - THE King of Great Britain having been graciously pleased to nominate Charles Whitwortf ] , Esq . his Envoy at this Court , to be a Knight Companion of the Most Hon . Order of the Bath , and his Majesty being desirous that he should be knighted ,
and invested with the Ensigns of the Order in the most honourable and distinguished maimer , Mr . Whitworth applitd to her Imperial Majesty the Empress of Russia , by order of the King his master , to desire she would be pleased to represent his Majesty , on this occasion : to which her Imperial Majesty very readily consented , expressing in the strongest terms her sentiments of friendship and affe & ion towards his Britannic Majesty . Accordingly on Sunday the 17 th the ceremony was performed in the Em-, press's audience room , before a splendid Court , when Mr , Whitworth being introduced , her Imperial Majesty immediately invested him with the ribbon and badge of the
Order ; and then taking from a table a gold-hilted sword , richly ornamented with diamonds , the Empress touched his left shoulder three times with it , pronouncing these words : Sayee Son et Honorable Cbewdier , au Nom de D ' . eu ; and on Sir Charles Whitworth ' s rising up , and kissing her Imperial Majesty's hand , the Empress added , Et four 'mus frou-ver coir . bkn je suis eontcnte de vous , je vousfais Prefent de I' . Ejee avec hqueUe je vous aifuit Chzvalier . [ The Sword with which the Empress invested Mr . Whitworth , and which she presented to him , is worth 4000 roubles . ]
LONDON , J ANUARY 4 . ' Accounts from Corsica mention , that Gener . ' . l Paoli had giv . n battle to the French between Montipello , Cartifa and Pictralba , in which he killed many , and took a gie _ t number of prisoners . K 2 .