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PUBLISHED (mxi?) m -AUhMAND HALL. TUESDAY, SVW 10,: 1804.:
rot. riir.yo. 392.
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Foreign News.
, . IMPERIAL PARLI AMEtfT.
Houfeef. Commons.
'V' April lo.
Calumnies of the French Government.
Lord MvrpetVrofrto lKa tew words
on a fobi&t deeply Tniereltingo the feel
ings andi-honor of this country., it was
-with pafri he was compelled to advert -to
. the difagreeable queftton : but the iranf
anions that had lately taken placeNjn
France relative to i r , rendered it neceliary
to refcue the character of the Government
and of the country from the infamous
charges made by the French government
againlt one of our mittifters at a Foreign
Court. To juffity the as of violence
which had u:en commuted by the Freud1
government, it had been urged, that in
llrucVions had been given by our go
vernment to the Minifler, to encourage
an l eXcite'the fubjedts of France to the
tommifiloiLof the mod abominable crimes.
As long ?s the charg- s againft this coun
try had been confirmed as vehicles of ran
cour and malevolence of the French go
vernment, the noble Lord would have
thought it wife to treat them with that
fcorn and filence fuch unfounded. calum
nies merited ; but,, in his opinion the cafe
was no ws altered. A publication had
been circulated at Paris, purporting t.o be
the correfpondence between our Minifler
at Munich and a Frenchman refiling at
Varis.' fjv t his" j t ap peared i hat 'the F tench-
.. .. man had ocuayed his tr'ult, and put the
French , government in poffcilioti of the
cot rrlpon'dence. This publication had
"" been communicated to all the Foreign
Miniflersat Paris a.id from their re
plies it would appear that they had all
with the fingle exception of tlie Ruilian
Minifler, prejudged the matters on allega
tions unproved, and he truiled unprova
ble. He fhould not dwell upon -the fer
vilify with which Europe bowed to the
power of France, but he (hould wilh to
'fee 'that ftrviliiy confined to the Conti.
ncnti and to have it proved to the world,
that there was one country at lead which
is neltr to be awed by its menaces, nor
Sifperfed by its calumnies. As to the
charges which had in this inftance been
made, h- thought he had a right to call
onhis Majelty's Miniflersto clear trj. .
He theugnt hx' lud a right to rail them'
in juftice to themfelves, in julti.ee to the
individual conc'eriied (Mr. Drake) and a.
hove rll in jufltce to the character of tire
country, to refute the atrocious calum
nies, and to repel the irtquitous chaiges
4 fo unjuft'y made upon the h(nor of the
country. He trulted he IhouM be jiitti.
ficd in calling on his Majelly'i Minillcts
to prove to the World that they had not
armed the hand bf the a!ufTin that they
ha I not aimcd'the dagger in the dark, but
' tin tin contrary, coiutucleil their fylleni
ut hollilitiefc t;. the fair, open, and manly
manner. wMch bHonJi to legitimate war
fare. The4Ctia-.cellor of ths Exchcrj
l'tt-cl rtife!f iinder the highclt obliga
tio.'.g ti the tio'de lord, fcr the oppnrtu
ni'y he has atfurdcil itic of thus publicly'
tc pv!.!ing and. refuting the molt kafe n;l
unfounded charge that has ever bccubro'l
Vitft the ovcrtim'nt of any civilized
counity. 1 am furc that the lloalc will
: feared r n prttrf mrmt an y Ihing rmor e ,
ihiu cxprclliODi o! i tmoll lurprilr, indij?
na'inn and abhqrrcncr, agaii.H the ioul
anJ atr ciout calumnies of the mo ft wUk
tdaul tjranuJ government that ever
wxM(hbiiihed in the midtt of a rivilifcj
Wphr.' The fervants of his Majell
tVurt a' fch i charg;, and will oppofe
io it mm ciuracter anu ineir nonor. in
compliance with the noble lord's rrqueil,
1 no aihVm with a clear tonfeience, and
wj h Ueifcft irtith, that i inpu.liint
l-vt I t Jtn hy tht Se'ii'Jh givffrmcnl j
ny tj it i ifJlJftt shaJ, intmfjUnt with
tit tl'lt H4'ltl, IJ btmff tritj JU.
npiu,ffme. 1 fhail fy nothing at pie
fcitt ol the Onilriittinr) put upon the fup
ffe4 corrtfponJncr, but I adure the
l.c-iife, thji ri' perfon can be mwe
amaioiiithan I am my mrfclf, to vindi
cate the cinuuflof h'l Majclljr'i ntinlf
terk, and to fatify the grofTcU Infult upon
the limber of the fovtrcign and hit go.
termtirnt, and as a mean of wounding
and drgiading, through them, tKt fcttfngi,
the ilrJt tet, atl tl honor of the people
l this r rtipira. The oftintTicnthat rot
irctltedany H fpstchaifrcnn ih lefi lcM
. ! Munich (Mltc) uf0nihufube
bita.f,MM, aMfwyitrive, I (hall think il
neanary trmUf.ic!i a communication,
will, I ji cciivlnccdk ccfcufl hit iha.
rafter as well as ours, from tV foul and
deteilable a flander. I have perfeft confi
dence that the more the particulars of his
conduct are enquired into, the more appa
rent will be the propriety of ir. .and the
vilenefs And falfehood of that (as I have
tlie bear groonds to ftippofe) molt 'impu
dent and infamous fabiication."
, XON'DON, April 17. ,
Three or four Foreigners within the
laft twodays hive been arretted in Lon
dorf. 'Ve underdand they are fuf-
peftcd of being fpies ; and it war yeMrday
atiernoon rcporteu.'nat two ot tnem en
tertained a delign againft the lite of otie
of the' molt high and illultrious characters
in the ftaie.' ' - ,
It is reported, in private advices from
Paris, of the '30th. nit. that Buonaparte
infifls up'o.) he arrett of Mr. Dr-kc the
Minifler at. Munich, as foon as the. Elec
tor of Baviria ad his Minifler that! have
rccogi.iftd his fignature and hand wii
tins:.
The Hague official Ga'xctte mentions
that all the regunents in Wcftphalia have
received orders from Berlin to call in fuch
of their men as are abfent on leave and
that a catup ii'o be pitched at' Lfpltadtjand'
a . cordon" tq, be' drawn en the Prullian
frontterr. . . '
A band of Freticlfcfpics,- 'amounting to
fii'y, have becn'fent to tlie vicinity ol Va
faw fonhe ptirpofe,it is fuppofed, of car
rying trF Louis XVIII. and the Duke of
Angouleme. Tlie miflions of Generals
Duruc anJ Rapp to Berlin, ,'is probably
connected with fome deft gn of the Ufur
per upon " the -lives" of tiiofc unfortunate
Prince's. "
. April 18.
Sweden is itat'ed -to liave made fome
ftrong rcmouitrai'.ces againft the late out
ragerus proceedings ol the French go
vernment ; and it is t"Xpectel that in this
fpirited coududl his Swedilh . Majeliy is
likely to be fupported by the Emperor )F.
Ruffia.
We have already ftafed, that Meppen',
near Kmbdcn, which belongs 'to' the
Duke of AUrenberg, has baen taken pol
' feflion of by a dctachmctit of French
II. .1 1 a.'
troops, il.tnertn, an gooes mat nail to
go to the interior of Germany by Emb
den were obliCvl to pal that place, the
palfage of which, fays a letter from Ain
llerdam, heing now Hopped, theoi.ly way
of introducing goods now into Germany
is through llolllcin, anJthe Baltic ports.
44 The Krciuh troops parted through
Meppcn in Hanover, and there was in ge
neral a French 'commander in h, but, till
now, they never 'nicifcred v ith the goods
hich patted through it."
Apiilii.
ThcDayarian minifter at our etiurt, ha,
we undcrft jnl,preremcd a rti.i mltrancc,
toundeJ upon the tx parte evidence ol the
Frtnc! fpy, Maheedela Toucl, againft
the cCiidiict imputed by him to Mr.Drake,
in which' he rrquclts in thj name of the
elect ir, hit matter, the recall of that gen
tleman from the court of Munich, it is
added, that in the event of a rcfofal on the
part of fcur government, .he hat received
inltru&ioiii to demand the neceirary al$
jorts to enable him to return home with
all poftb't expedition. Such is the ab-
j r ( . a nd Jt p loradc ila 1 e jo. w h i.cli,,.yjidcr.J
th ilominiion uf tho.(iallic Tyrant tha -petty
ftatts of th: Continent ate now re
duced I 4
J :
TIILRE -vis no arrival ftom the Con
tliiCtit ycltciday J but a gentleman who
latc'.y ertected l i clcape from "France,
(laics, Irom hU own knowledge, that t'.ie
army cncampid a'dng the caft of Pi.
tardy, l.ave brj;un to ntanif'.ft great dif
cor.lent rih delay cl the projected etpe;
dition againft this countty, vhich they
had fo olten bcec alTurcc' by i.neir princi
pal riacen, was 10 be r ut iijto executiftit
btforc ihit time," He adJi that the pre
paration have of Ue coi.fidtrably relaxed.
anJ that within the !. tnrtniht about
twenti battalion hatebien marcHeJ hack
Into the Interior. Thelrequcnt lumonn
nf IndirrcAioni at 'pnii, ikoiigh altoge
ther unloumicd, '.te faiily cnnfidets at
flrongly tptefle of the witlict of ihc
people, who'.e fcntimen'i, ai far as le
couHcn lecihem, were dpci 'edly avcrl'e
cor.tinuin e of the waf with Great.
Cittain.
Afrit i.
WE Ifirn from Nintr, by a letter nf
the ayh 11I1. iha, with other couriers
who m l palTrd thrnogb that plate, wsa
Ptitce GjilitiSo, Citatnber:ain o the Em
peror of RulUa, 00 hit way 10 Paris,
Another letter received from the North
of Germany, con hrrhs1 he account infer-
teuin our bit number, of the lroppage by
the French of the neutral naflage by Enb-
den into the interier of ""Germanv. A
mercantile hmife in Rprmmih'itri'h tp.
ceivedtne following letter from Embden,
dated April 3 .: , " We are forry to intonn
you, that a fevy days lince the r rencli
flopped the rrtutral paffatfe of goo ls for H
vjerman. . beveral couriers have been
difoatched to Berlin, to inform the kinj;
of this Unexpected bultnef ; and. we hop"c
tliatj in a thort time, the iree pottage will
he opened again Out at p relent i.ot la
fnigle package can go tro'n hence to any
part or Germany, and all the goods tor
the Fair will conleq'-ienrty be too late.
It is (rue we may Itiil lend goods by Hol
fliin and the Baltic nto the. .interior di
Germany but it is imuolhble tfiat t hc-y
lhotlld arrive hi tuna enougn for the great
Fair at rrankfoit.v J t is to 'reveiu our
renderinij the Frdnch manufactures a drug
at the Fait, by tha fuperionty ot our nia
nufadtures, thai the ffe'uch have (hut bp.
the neutral pailage. "
Goveiument, a is faid, have refufed the
patlports demanded U) the Bavarian riii
nilter, bsing'refoived to detain him at a
Hotlage for the iakty-.oi Mr. Drake.
'-.t-.- . April 28.'
This mdrntivg the arrival ot the brig
Waller, fromBsngat, Was announced at.
thcEa-liidi'artoiiie' Sh; failed from thence
eight days after the Belle packer the 8'h of
January, and did not" gt. lulo" St. Heteiia,"
but faw Tu fail of Inuiamen lying there.
The Tigres"had arrived in Bengal tire 15. h
ot pecember.wW.heri j hQV alter fat xd
tifgua'i)hs Jar Peace tuefit pending, . . .
mormnz
It has bcert rdmoured this
that fhould the ftrength and number' tt
the united oppofaions i ncr caff, and ma
jority be ob:s(tned agairtlt tniuilters, Mr.
Addington iMtring the example of Mr.
Pitt when he had a majority aaintr t)im,'k
will aJvife his Majctty 10 difpjvt the Par'
The journey ol Madame ubhaparie,
,rhoi!icr ot the FitftjConfut," to Rome, at
theprefent conjuncture, is a circumftance
which may give rife to various'coniefturcs.
eii)ir.uMy as r.i was .a' tended with a
' flrong guard, and feemed in fuch halle
that (lie woiilJ not fl(p to receive the con.
;raiulatioiis of the public 'functionaries.
A letter fiom Rome n the. Clef -de Cabi
lief, ot April firfl, fays, . Ma-JaiTe Buo
I'ipjr'c mother ol the Princes Borghefe,
wan Un expected in that city." The ob
ject of ;hc old lady's journey may indeed
Li: im-tdy a vifit to her (laughter ; Eut we
tccn!lccl that at the commencement of
'1 he French rcvo'iUiion, ihc aurtts of Louis
the XVI. hr,n tluy ofcrvcdnhe ttoim
j;ailicruig, w'.fcly withdrew in time, .took
uptncir ano',iCinaiti,eoj greater tranqutli.
ly. By thef c mtans they efcaped the mclan
tholly t.tc whi;h had awaited many of
thtir t fiends and relations. Diamonds
aiiJjcelsaie eafily carried, and would
n; dcibt be perfectly fafe under uard
ot t'.uirar and gens d'armcs.
According to letteri from Paris, an ad
xlrtf has been prefchted 10 the Fit it Con-
fu by the Conftrvativc fena'e, praying
him not only to t ame a fucci.Tvr, b it 10
-take uponhifYifcll-a higher-tMle-than hc
- y et alfumetl, ar.d to make the fame he-"
'.cditary in his family. The title nf
Kinr; or of Emperor, is what .i is known
o nave long tir.ea 101, ana ujw 11 ap
peah that an attempt it tube made to af
lame it.
The Gaae'te de Franc, cl April C,
fayi, the public funds have rifen fincc
the day on which the Senate in a body
piefcntfdan ddrrftto the Fmt Conful;
tnciigh the objeil bl 11 it not exactly
boaft of the Confular official fcribe, rf.
the happy and indep'endciu ftat'e of reg
nerated Helvetia ! 7 "? ' 7
-: ' ;.. '
PARIS, April 7. 7, : f V
. The Ex-General Charles Pichegru has
hanged him.felt' in prilbni ""he fol. owing -are
the particulars of ihe filicide': '. '
Onihe repeated rcq.iefls he made, and
on giving his word aiid honor that he
would Dot m ilce sny 'attcmp' on his lite,
Pichegru had obtained the difmiiTa'1 of his
guards during the night. Every morning
-.an attendant" in waiting came to light his
!fe lih a l;"'-i!c of wcoif. Pichegru on
one ol the pn ctjiny tr;orhiri4 hail';
a fide a part of at 4ggor, by which he i-. '
he migh' "put an end lo his exiftence Iu
thort, bn'the'Jih inft. P chegru, after ha--
ving fupped verv heartily at '11 o'clock,
went to bed about 12. The attendant in.
waiting having retired, Pichegru drew
from under his pillow, what", fie had pla,- ,
' cecit, a black hsndkerchitf, whi.it h tied!
tight around his nck,'? the pic-cc of wooilT" v
which he had kcpt in rcfert'e Tiethen made,
ule of to a f li ft him Tn the project of fui
cide j he iuttoducesuliis piece of wood,
into the two ends ol the handkerchief
where it was tied '; he turns this little '
ftick'clofe to (he glamls of the hecU as of
ten as he thinks rectHary to put a (top to
refpiratjon. W'hcn on the jioiiit of lo
ting rcfjjiration,- lie draws the flick be
hind Im ear, aiidthr'cws hinuelf on the
fame iide ot his befatf, in order 10 prevent -
its fhiitingrr-Pictiegrii naturally fatr tult V
of blood, fuffocatcd by tlie full meal whicf, '
he had jult taken, and by the great pref-
l!J,!i1'(-n. he made, e'xpitg;;during .the
night." !
Next day, in the morning, the atten
dant came to kindle hi? hre j he fooked to
wards Pichegru's bed ; faw him, as he
fuppofed, in a profound fleep, and retircil
lodo his work. About halt pad 7 the al
ienism again went up, again faw the
head of PichtJgru quietly, rtfling on his
pillow, and again went away Hill, Icaring
to inKrtipi hu U.ep. - At nine o'clock he 7
went up a third time anu obferved no
a!;et ionth the pofture of the prifoner,
wri'ufua)ljr fpoke to him when he was '
aw&ke. "1 he attc.idant began to be fur-
nuled at his flecping fo lorg, went up tq
his bed and fees his face pale and tliflorf
ed ; he then moved his body and found it
litelef, and withoM tnotion. M imrne
diatelv gives iufotmaticn to the poaler,
who went that inltanrto inform Yluliof,
the Judge and Solicitor in this imoorunt
trial. Eight phyliciai.s and furgcons wer
employed to draw up tlx pr'cces verbal vf
the ttate in which the body was fyuncT,
and this proces verbal ahd the corpfc were
brought bctore the Criminal Tribunal ori
tlie o.h, about or,t o'clock in - the aftcr
iioon. ' .
Alter the report was concluded, Citu
xeu General, CommiiTary to the govern
ment, fpoLc 10 the following purpofe,
addrciling himfclf to the Magittratcs and
the Tribunal : . The publicity which
you give to cvtry thing c'onnefted with the
conlpiracy, formed againft the Jife of the
Full Coniul completes the atrangtmenta
which you have inttiiuted. Thefe ar.
raneinciits have been purfucd 'ifjth alt ihc
Mciiviiy and zeal of whuh we are capable.
No effort has been fnared to difacDoint
-lbc.Jjjcjctfi4 a fchenicof the molV-abo
Kiown.
By the Hamburg Msil which arrived
yedcrday, we learn, that a great part cl
Switzerland is in a fla-e ot infutrcclion
againft the conftituied auihbri'iet impofed
upon that once happy country, by ike
common fcourge ot Europe. The ab
fence of ihe French troops was made the
(ignal i f revolt. In the c-n'e'ni of Befnr,'
So'cure, Argcn, Frycburg, Ice. the teme
rity of the infurgenti bad reached the
highelt plith. They every where present
the people from taking the Oath ct Alle
giance toihe new coniiitiitiou. in the
nlcht of the at I tilt, fome of the dilifTer.
ltd, fct fire to, the CaO.te of Wadeni.
weed, on the take of Zuiich. and the hit
leneri it ibit the Landmaan, nnabteto
rtfiftihe t'onent. t.aa felicited the return'
I flte tfienchitmjr So flvich for ifcc
minable nature though the form cl lc.
gal proceeding have not been. bfcivcd;
you will have ihe muik fontlu!lve evi
dence of the confpiraey iiftlf. One ol the)
principal agents of the projected aftaftma.
tion difpatched himfclf in a manner conv
traty to all human laws, "the evidencjp
of hit guilt j however, mult forever aft
a Itigmaon hit memory. 1 1 is Vonicm
poralici and poflcrhy will lay, Pithfgru
law no' diflinclion bttwKt hia guilt anJ
his infamy. He became a fuicide. Tie
rnagiraies appointed 10 ci. quire ifitoihe
evidences or 1.1s crime, and to fufcmit
them to the proper tribunal, have done
their duty. I inquire tP,t (he Jbody of
Charles Pichegru be buried in re place
ufually appointed for tin burial ot the
cupel d pettonitaVcn from theTttnpIs,
w here.ll tre hate been Inflancei vf fuicide.
His butiat it to be mad in pit feme nf
Iitiblic efheer ard two fct vault of the Tri
lunat. 1 require farther thl the frier
ttrfoof the opening tf the body and the
builat fhall be commorticatcd to etery
pari of the Irpubliw whtrc it may be re
ctfTary." ,
On the above, the editor of the Loo
dun couiicijof Aptil 17', remark:
. "No one hetc bclietci this itatcmcril.
He w at known to be a man of great p'ety;
and morality, and 10 wiih' Id be fried U