historical chronicle. 

 papers, it appears that the fae- of invalidating the volition ot 



twenty-five millions of men 



deral legislature has proposed 

 an amendment to the United 

 States, — namely, to increase the 

 number of representatives from 

 the respective states of that na- 

 tion, so that the congrefs fhall, 

 in future, consist of 200 mem- 

 bers, instead of 100, as origi- 

 nally settled by the constitution 

 The princes in the neigh- 

 bourhood of France, as the 

 duke of Wirtemburg, have 

 been solicitous to testify how 

 much they desire even to live 

 in good understanding with 

 France, by giving it no cause 

 of uneasineis. On this sub- 

 ject the duke has written a let- 

 ter to general Luckner, to re- 

 mind him, tliat if he (hould be 

 obliged to enter his country, 

 he hoped that he, the general, 

 ■wop.ld distinguiih it as that 

 which is most deserving of the 

 consideration of the French na- 

 tion. 



I'he king has astoniflied 

 France by refusing his afsent 

 to the decree concerning the 

 clergy;' the national afsembly, 

 however, heard their will op- 

 posed with wonderful compo- 

 sure, and a species of dignity, 

 of which even their partisans 

 ■ did not thitik them susceptible ; 

 not a breath was stirring when 

 the r#yal negative was anoun- 

 ced j but the day after, a mem- 

 ber moved for an appeal to the 

 nation, who alone could decide 

 whether an indivldi/al ihould be 

 pUowed the dangerous power 



the motion was loaded with 

 contempt. The different sec- 

 tions of the capital, are, how- 

 ever, now afsembling to exprefs 

 to the afsembly their high dis- 

 pleasure at the king's conduct, 

 which they construe into trea- 

 son against the nation. 



The pope, before his illnefs, 

 was making some considerable 

 additions to the Vatican palace j 

 in one angle of which is a su- 

 pexb room for the reception of 

 the valuable antiquities which 

 have been dug up within the 

 last three years, among which 

 is a beautiful chariot, which 

 the ancients used in their races, 

 and an immense vase of por- 

 phyry. His holinefs has like- 

 wise laid the foundation of a . 

 magnificent palace in the Piaz- 

 za de Pasquino for the resi- 

 dence of his nephew. 



A letter from T)r Pvlagenis, 

 of the Iriih college at Lilhon, 

 gives a most awful account of 

 the eartliquake which happened 

 in that city on Sunday night, 

 Nov. 27. The first fliock wa-j 

 felt about twenty mi^iutes after 

 eleven, and consisted of five or 

 six strong vibrations, so closely 

 following each other, that they 

 could scarce be dlstinguiflied. 

 After a pause of near five mi- 

 nutes, one very violent undu- 

 latory motion, that fliook the 

 wliole house, succeeded, atten- 

 ded by a loud and tremenduous 

 crafh, which, after a rustling 



