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we ought ever to have present to our thoughts the great truth, which the National Assembly has pronounced, and which can never be repeated in vain, "that the power and happiness of the King cannot be maintained with dignity, nor established with durability, unless they have for their foundation the good and liberty of the people.

"Condescend Mr. President, to be our interpreter to the Assembly, and offer them, in our name, our sincere protestation, that we will not exercise any public function that shall not do us honor by is principle, and that we shall firmly and steadily govern ourselves by this maxim. We are, with respect, mr. President, your very humble and obedient servants.

J. G. ARCH. DE VIENNE, J. M. ARCH. DE BOURDEAUX, LA TOUR DU PIN."

INTELLIGENCE BY THE LAST MAIL.

KINGSTON (JAMAICA) AUGUST 19.

Extract of a letter from Ebenezer, in the state of Georgia, dated JUNE 25, 1789.

"We have still our dreads about us from the copper-coloured sovereign. What our hopes lead us to expect one day, is frustrated the next. The keen part of this community adjudge him artful, political, and rather delusive, but not totally destitute of virtue and magnanimity. Indeed, he seems to exp ect peace on his own terms: therefore, God only knows when it will be confirmed, unless Congress takes the business on themselves.