IVol; xi.j ,
sl A - T U It D A Y,
M-AY
I4, ,1796.
No. 539.3
- L ON DO N:
j-is.a i-nu-rrx -n x j tutu rcuucinaii ir-
rived at Lord Gretiville's Office, laft
from Colonel Crawford at Franckfort, but
who had originally come from Paris with dif.
patches from thence to Mr. Wickham, the',
Englilh . Miriifter at Balle. . .
- The arrival of the above gentleman occa
fioned much (peculation in the politica) world.
We underitand that he left Paris on the 1 2th
or, 13th of laft month, and took the route-to
Bafle where he faw Mr. Barthelemy, as well
as Mr- Wickham, our Mhufter there with
whom h6 had a conference, and after wards
proceeded on his journey, hither with Jvir.
Wickharn's pafiport. " On palling through
X ranKiorc, ne uK.ewue nauan interview witn
Col.' Crawford. When he came to Niirie-
guen, he changed his cjrefs, aid put on the
Audrian habit, in which he came to Lon.
don. As foon as he arrived here, he was
introduced to the two Unc!er Secretaries for
went to Mr. Pitt.'
ture. As matter ot oblevatioi we recall the
attention of our readers to Mr. Pitt's - late
Ipeecn on ivir. ureys motion tor peace, in
which Mr. Pitt Itated K-That nieafures had
been takeri, and were now in train to afcer
tain the real dUpolition of the French Go
vernment in refpeft to Peace ; and if the e
nemy were ft.. cere, they rauft lead to , nego
tiation but whether that would be fuccels
fut or not,he could not take upon him to
.fay." .
Mr; Wickham, both fromhis local fitua
tion as Minifterat Balle, as well as from his
talents and private connections with perfons
acquainted with the leading men in France,
is of all others, the perfon moft likely to learn
Svhaf this driybfitidn is, and to pave the way
for negotiation.
In the Irilh Houfe of Commons on Friday
laft, the Right Hon. Mr Pelhaui delivered
municating his Majefty's defire " that his
f.'.Lf..! r : t i i i i i
jiiiiinui voimuous ui iiciaiiu wuiku mane a
provifion of I2qo1 per annum for the Earl
cf Athlone, who had loft his property on the
Continent by the invauou of 1 loUund." The
Mefiage was received with every mark of re
foeft and aonrobation. and a Committee a-
pointeil to lit on the morrow to take the fame
into confideration. V
This day, accounts have arrived hAtown
of the failing of Hear AdmU al Ma ycy'sileet
from Spithead, yeltc.day, coullfting of the
following flaps i " ,
. Ship;. Guns. Commanders. -V
Prince of Wales o3 ?Ucar Atlm. Harvev
S Cart, f. i fancy
9S Capt. C HainiUon
p3 Capt. DchUI
tjt Cap ". H h tlhcd
58 Capt. Ikrklcy
80 Ccpt. Va.'l.on
74 Capt. l-ouis ' -74
Capt. Cotton
64 Capt. Cr-sUcy
64C.pt. Cll-onr
50 Capt. Derby
40 Capt. Ncalc.
A French refugee artiliur, froai the yard
of Toulon, is to have the imsr.ediate con.
Ilrucl'on of five new ftilps of ihg hnc and
two tVit;at:b; he is intrvhued u.ider the
rutron.i;;c of t!ip new lliinpiiM Inurd, who
navciaiu ius niuuci ociorc Dpcntcr
whicli IrslordiVin hai approved of.
The Mjrstand Minouur, of 74 gun cub,
joined Ad.ntral Cornwall $ before he foiled
for the Wi lUlndics ; lo tlut tlc forte under
his co,r,mand conliftcdof live lVil ct'tlic Line,
talKlcs 343011 frigate. '
MRCH 7.
The Kntiih Mediterranean fleet nrrived
":VI:f-horn before the nth u!t. from M.
Ffrrt 'in. -It was co.i'pofcd of nine Ihips of
I the line and two frigates J-nnder thtfwr.ii
01 air John Jervis. ; " ' it -s
. Malacca was taken by Major Browne-Cn
being fummoheH to furrender without any
lofs. ' . . " ' . .,
Cochb, on the Malabar coaft, tvas taken'
onthe 28thof October, -with the lofs of only
, one or two'meuj by a detachment' of the
Bombay forced
Jaffnapatam, df the Ifland of Ceylon- was
taken' by Admiral Kainier and - Colonel
Stuart. 1 -A - '
The date of difpatches from Bombay k arc
9th of jNIbycmber. .
--In "the new naval Inllitut'ion there is d be
no board. General Benthamw. ois at the
head of it, is to have the oilice of Infpeojtor
Generalof the navy, with i Secretary and
feveralfcientic.men attached to it, in fuuati
ons fubordihate to him. ' ' ' 'V
Tlie 3 lit regiment in barracks at Pooje,
have received orders" to htild . thenilVlyes in
readinels for foreign fer vice. v ' '
Admird HamiikoiF, commander ' in chief
of the Rufiian-fleet, is man of giyat prufef
fional ability,, as well as fuavity of manners,
is indefatigable in his ekertions to get his
mips ready for Tea.
The following is the Note publilhed by.
the King of Sweden, on the fubjeil of the
Ernprels of Ruliia's; refufal to . receive! the
AmbaiTador appointed to communicate his .
intended marriage to her Imperial Majcfty :
ThisKin of Sweden thought ' his' duty
on theoccalion of his lately af reed on tmar
riage,1 to give a Princefs' (the Emprefs of
Kuifia), wHo is his near relation and ally,
the' fame proof of his attention as he.- readily
lhewed towards-their Danilh and Pruiridn
Majefties, to whom he is likewife attached;
by ihe ties of fnendflup and pood neighbour-
hood.Itwas, therefore, with the utmoft
aitonUhment, that his Majefty, faw this at- ,
tention by ho means returned by " tHe -Emprefs
of Kiifiia. The King has accordingly
refolved, for the future, hot, to receive
from the Ruflian Court any of thefe ,
particular millions, which concern family
events, and which have ever before been in
ufc between tlie two reJpedive Courts, but
which the King has now a'oolilhed for e-
Prince
Atlas
Namur
Formidable
Pompec
Minotaur
Mars
Lion
Trident 1
Adamant
St. Florcnro
vcr.
. By a letter from Vienna, wc learn, that
on the 4th of February femerice was pro.
nmuiced upon thole concerned in the alfair
of Prince Lichentiieil's duel. 1 he murder
er,. Count de Weicks, Canon of (Ifnabriuk,
was condemned to eight yean 'confinement
in the fortrefs of Spielberg, in Mdtav ia, af
ter which he is fore? er bauiihcd the hercdi
tary States.' Count Uofemberg, in whofe
chamber the duel was fought, 11 degraded
for ever from his Nobility, deprived of the
title Count and his key , of Chauiberliin, to
be confined t .vo years hi another fortref.
and then banilled from the capital Prince
Wcnccftas, declared by the late Prime to be
compleatly innocent, lin becn honotirAbly
actiuittcd: However, the Cc4rt, fur' one
rcafop, hasfora whileban'Kl.cd hiiuthe 1m".
pcrul prefence. .
MARCH 9.
The moftimiwrtant ne ws from Paris is
that the Executive Dircclory has granted, a
very miklfcfitence to the Uule de Choifcl,
tlie BarQudc Montmorency, and other End.
grants who were unfortunately wretUd
loinetime iir.ee on the French toaft. ' he
kmc r.ic ij, qu lis feront depones or in b
therwerds, thit they fliailbc (cut out of
the territories of the Republic. This now
is private, and not trcniioncd in any of the
Pari-, Journals yet received
Suth is the wondrrful rapidity with which
tniellig'mteU conveyed by the' Tc'ec n.ph,
that !)ftwccn the laft word cf an.cC? Jf4tc.'
Jy frntto DeJ, ardihe lirft void cf the
Wv rr receive i jt the AdinirJty, hucrvil
ut ttirer nuit.trs ir.d nhalf
Many of the . fignals cnu the. TeleCTaph'
are made to figfnfy whole words, Tucli as
Admiral, Captain, Squadron, fieet, Con
voy, Ships of different -detcriptions, Ruffian,
Dutch, the paints of the - Compafs, &c. by.
whtch means the trouble of orthography is la
ved, andmeftaires
veyed. There are fome fimple figns alfo
"which fignify the names of different Ports'
and the terms Fog, Word ended, and Mef
iar;e ended.
. . , Accord.iw to private letters from Vienna,
wrirten by , well-informed perfons, Field-
Marihal-Clairfayt alTerted in "very " ftrbner .
terms in a Council of State, that, "for the :
purnofe of profeciiting the war with fuccefs,
it von!d be ncceflTary to.inveft . one- General
vyitlwhe chief command of all thetro6psdef
tined to aft on thn-Rbinp i .i
. .. : iiiviuci, mai an-
thcr movements might accord,' and be con-
ftaoily directed to one decifive point. He '
added. 1 lint fnf Wc n- .- ;j.j: m.
I unequal to the execution of fo arduous a talk
1 if fil:ir fl1t-lTiraa -.-. . 1 IT ' ' 1 I 1' , ." iV ' -
. -v.r,vli wuuiujauumouta oe oitered
him, he mult beg leave to decline it ; arid
tiiaL, if his Imperial Majefty did not "think
proper to adopt this -meafure, it would ' be
belt to take advantage of the late fuccefTes
ter.the purpofe ofmaUng peace with France'
whicn he knew the French were difpofed tc!
conclude on terms honorable to' the Houle of
Aultna- The Fields Marlhal finding that hi' j
opinion was not approved of by his Imperial
Majefty, lehcited and obtained ' his difmiC-
' The Auftrians are making great prepare
--iV iuiijorcanrpais oltfochettai
in Italy, where too men areiutRcient.topre-
T ?? thf r"urn PtI Dxdalus,- from port'
Jackfon, a Jhort time ago, the tailed at Ota
hcitc one of the bouth Seaiflands. There,
to the ho .mall furorhVof th r :
crew, they found nine of their countrynieu
married, iettled, and living in the greatelli
eafe and comfort, who, being alked how
they came there mformed them, chat they
ailed from England m a South-whaler, be
longing to Mell. Calvert and Co. called the
Amelia vv luch had the misfortune to bulo e un.
on a rock. Finding it impoflible to fave the,
ihu oranypart ofherftores, they got into
the boat, committed themfelves to the mer
cy of the waves, and were fafely wafted to
tnc Jliores.ofQtaheite The natives, not
unaauitomed to the colcnir of their flew, nor
the lonnd ot their language, received hem
with every token of afteclion and joy ; aflign.
cd theni lands, and fcrvants to cultivate them t
adopted them into the order of nobillrv
as a prout orthe Irtllguia of thrir elcvationV
tattooed them from t-pto bottom
At tlie Gcncrnl
Honleon Wednelday the.Chainnan ann.un-
tea tn,u tlie Commurioners for Indl '
had acceded to theDircaors vote of 4060I.
pcrannumto Mr. llaftings and his bcirsfor
28 years and a half, payable frem the a4Ui
ot June, 1795. On tins occallon, Mr.
Luhangton returned Mr. Haftings's thanks
to the l roprietors for their exertions in his
favour. . a.
Butchers meat is now dearer In Dublin than
in London. Letters of Friday date the pri
cesasiollow: Veal is. pcrib. beefod. and
mutton 8dt
ClJL'.Cv!.
FRENCH SCHOOL.
MONSIEUR REVERCHON mformi
ti e cit7.cns of Newbem, and its vicini.
ty, that he intends by permillion, openWa
bthool at the Palace on Monday the id of
May nrxt, for the rurnol of inftruVihW
young gentlemen -tidlauics hi the principle
ofiherrcnchUgtugc. llistcrmsnuy tc
known by application t himfclf, gr Mr.
lhomai P. lrvini.
jprll 23.