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ft O R f T I-G A fe Q L I N A G -A :Z E T T' fe
(Vol. 8.)
Saturday, September .28,. 175)3
403.)
LONDON,,;
ABETTER from Valenciennes fays, " Te
U criminal to difguifc: the truth. The
kings of Europe cannot hope to take this
place without the acrirkej of 20,000 hu
niat) beings, and Avhcn they have gained it
at this expencc, they have done no more
than prepared fur the capture of 50,060
morel :' ' - ; 'j : .'
. How many ihoufands of the unfortunate
jncri f vekering at the nod of their rulers,
ti:uIer,Viccicnnes i:i this bunnni I'wca-
thcr.mui.fll iacrilicc to fatigue and dif
cafc i Ko Gazette 'bears witnefs f thi3
mortality. No nation receives an account
of the multitudes cutoff, without ruife or
g; ry I Of the niDre fortunate few who are
taken off by the- fword' of ! the enemy, or
tramnkd to death by the horfes, hoofs .of
tjicir friends, an honorable j return is made,
; and tliey hive the Time honors, but of ; the
mvriads that perifif by the more fatal mala
dy of ivar, dyfentry, not memorial is left,-
" that can iooth even the forro cf their fela-
; tives. " " "
July 19.
The difpatches re; cd:ycfterday frdTi
the camp, dated the 12th indant, - date,
tr.ar the 3d parallel is-fr ifhed, but that they
rnu:t not dart to think of battering in breach
xin d they have completely 2fcertained the
.pofiiion'of the mines, and' fprung them
This they own will require at lead .a fort
night ; and this part of the work is carried
oif U'.der the direction of "M. de "Bouiile,
w:;o, ! having commanded tri-the place,
knows the diredion of all ti e chambers and
trverics : he miners have come to wai
ter, and knowing therefore that no mine
:can he lower, they are proceeding in hori-
zout-cil directions to countermine the place
By the end of this month, if . 110. uniore
. Ucn acciik-ut takes place, they hope to
be in potnrllioa of all but the. citadel.
: Mijj.s W t &Jius iPLhC H to both
I . Ihufcs of Parliament, '
4 on fiday, JuHB2ii I793V ;J
J, . My Lor Js and Gtntlemen 1
THE firmnefs, wifdonv and puldicfplrit
by which your .ondudl h s been-eminently
ilidinguifhcd on the many important occa
fios.s vicn have ar fen t.uring the .preient
IclSoti, licnund. my peculiar acknowlcdg-
mtnts. . '. ' , V ' v - '
Your firm determination to fupport the
eil-bllfned conltitution, and the zialous and
general concurrence. n I that fentiment',
Nvhich my fuljtcU have ib ilrongly and fea-
not, in your fcvcr.il counties, encourage the
coiiiinuance of the'lame vigilant' attention.
; to that important object. : .
- The rapid and filial fuccefiTes .which in
an early , cttod uf the campaign have attend
ed the operation i f the combined armies;
. tt e resectable and powerful force w hidi
vou have enabkd me to employ by Tea and
Jand, and the meafurcs which X have con
ctrtcd with other powers for the "dual
profecution -of the war,; afford; the belt
profpea of a happy hTue to the important
contclt in which we are engaged. '..It"'
by perfeverance in vigorous exertions, .and
by endeavouiing to im?iove the advantages
: already acquired, that we can hoe -to ob
tain the great end to uhichmy ivicws are
uniformly dhccTed,'the reaoratiou of peace
oil iacn terms as may bq confittent with
our permanent acurityand with the gene
ral tianquility of Europe.
GcndeirH n cf Ut Ufr if Commas,
I return you my particular thanks for the
' chcarfulntfs and difpatch1 which you have
granted- the neceffar Applies,: and I am
happy to reflea that you have enabled, roe
libttalW to orovids fcx dis tJgencics the
public fervlce ir$ a manner fo little burthen-'
iome to my people. . , .
My Lords and Gentlemern
The arrangements which you have formed
for the'governmerit of the territories in In-
dia, and for the regulation of bur commerce
with that part of. the world, will, I doubt
Jiot, fecure and augment the important be
nefits which we have already derived from
thofc valuable pofieffions. it has been j im
poffible for me to . fee without concern the
embarraflment which has late ly arifen in the
Itate of commercial crUit, but the .fteps.
which you have taken to prevent theprogreU 16 pieces of cannon-
. that their tiirn would fbon come 1 Thef
refufed to receive' the cojifthuticnal priefts j
and feeing 'the Jfatal inftrurrient made the air
refound .with the cries, of God fave the
King. . : - . ! , - :
The Dutch mail arrived this morning
brings intelligence- thai notwithft mding
fome little interruption ia the works before
JV'ientzk the befiegcrs have renewed their ,
operations with fuecefs and that the Impe-
irialitts. have gained ar filial advantage over
the French near; Wifici eau, where they
made tff mfefves'ma'.Vrstnf tht timrV rA
of that evil, appear already to hjve been
produaive of very lalutary con;equences ;
and while they have afforded a i Iti ikingi in
ftance of your attention to the 1 intereit of
my people, their tffea ha. furnilhedi addi
tional reafoh to - believe that: the diftref
which has been felt proceeded from a con
currenceof temporary caules, and not from
any diminution of the real wealth,! or jany
failure ill the permanent reiuirceg ot the
country
I hatd much fatistaCtion lnf teilectifig on
the effectual proteaioa whicn I have been
enabled ro afford to the trade. of my fubjeas
fince the breaking out of ilk warI am at
the fame tim'c perfuaded tj(at if our icoBi
mercial interefti had unavoidably beenf af
feaed to a more co. ifid;rablc extent it
would not have been forgttenthat we Tare '
contending for our futiM I'ecUrity, and fur
the permanent prefervAtibn of advantages
them oft itri king and the njoil valuable which
any nation, has ever, by tpe biefiing of Pro
vidence, been permitted to enjpy.
Letters from Oftend affert that Cufline is 1
affuredJy lent to Paris, and his army has re
treated roCaffel and that Orleans has cer
tainly fuffered death '
.. . ' ' July 4.
Advices from Paris, dated the 25th ult. '
flate tha: the new conditution was conclul
ded that day and decreed amidft ;he ioud-
elt applaufc.,
M. Egalite is ftill a-prifoner at Marfcil
. les, wer he is more clofely confined than
ever wven his domeftics being dtnied ac- ,
ce.fs to him. . . .
Pethion, : the once great arid mighty
Cromwell of Paris, whole repeated iuiult3 j
to the unhappy LcUts, and whofe charming y
v connivance at the attrocities of the I oth of 1
Auguii nd of September will never be
forgotten, is! now a wretched out cait-at
one time crying fcr his life. to a mob, and
at another eieaping throagh a back -window
into a friendlf ditch.Is not this fomething
like the vengeance. of Heaven ?
Count de Bv'and. commandant of the
1 hen the Lord Chmcelor, by his Ma'iefty's fortrefs of Areue,. when it was attacked hy
j . command, laid:; 1 tne rrencn, anu wiw, uy iuc xiany jur-
- Mv Lords and Gtmikmen '' ' " ; render of it, .not a Lttle contributed to their
It is his Majefty's royal will nd pleafute, Jubfequent fuecefs, has been fsntenced by
that this parliament he prorogued to Tuefdav the court martial to be conveyed to the pa-
the thirteenth dav ot AUnuit next,! to be "raac oi;urcuj,; wncic, m uuuim an uic
ro
tcenth day ot AUguit neit
' ' I ULT "2..
TheiSw
. rJaffige from
then hete holden and this, parliament is garrifon, he is tp b-J Itripptd of all his mi- ;
accordinjlv prorogued to Tuefday the thir- Utary decorations, hiiorJ is, to be carried .
to tne iorireii; oruucrqiiciii, a iuio pntuj,
where he is to be confined for the rem aiu-
allow, captain Brooks, 26 days der of hh life. , . ,A :
n Gibraltar,-is arrived at Fal- : The troops- ot the Emperor amount to
fpatches from admiral Crof- 224,374 cn -"ciuuve, vt tne artmery,
s the pleafing intelligence, of ftaff, &c. which encreafed the r.u nber to
lp Egmont having re-taken a more than 300,000 ; to thele an addition of
70,000 is 10 u" mauc. 1 .
The difiblution of the national convention
was a defparate mealure, which mult either
accelerate the downfal or eitabliih the. re-
public of France ; that the former will be
the cafe, . feetns to be the opinion of the belt
informed,- '. ; :
; 'ihe Duke of Luxembourg is appointed
to command in the Spaniih fen-ice. Thia
appointmt nt, lorfome reafon or otier, is
faid to bedilpleafing to the Britifii court.
Laft. night, N r Wiffen, the meffenger
arrived at Whitehall,' from thehead quar
ters of the Duke cf Yoik before Valencien
nes, which- he left on Friday lad. .
.The approaches to the town, notwith
ftanding the late unfavorable weather, a yall
: quantity of rain having fallen, were cairicd .
0:1 with great aaivity and fpirit.' Oh Iri-
day.lail the lapp voiante was tornit d, ant
the third parallel "was immedia'tely to beiai-
his rviaieily s ihip iimont tiavmg
bpaniih galleoiij . of the riched; ever takrn 1
and captured the French frigate, who took
the galleon feveral lays,.- before. fi he
French frigate is one of the new condriiai
on, mounts 42 guns, quite . new, andj the
galleon (was all the prize flie had taken i
Vt,'hncier!Ties--By 'the lad accpunts; re
ceived, in London, the town was totally de
stroyed by the combined fcrces, about; 150
cannonj having been inceffantly firing upon
it, for two days and nights. ; ; . . . "
The frequent effujion of , innocent; .blood
': begins to operate powerfully upon the feel
ings of the Ibwer defcriptionslof Parifiuns ;
and fhould the Revolutionary Tribunal fbon
exhibit fuch another fcene of crusty as was
-prefented to the public a few days: fince',
when 12 innocent perfons loiti their; heads
U r mnrHeroui ciiillotine, there is, every
-"r n Ki;Pve thatlhe faneuiaary reioja d.
Itaiuu .w ----- , . I . ! 1 1 ? ' W
- it 1 n fniAv nrij " ivia- tne
in- fed, theb,ttctiesorwHcUWeteexPeaed to:;
DC UlillllCU ! JfCiVWI WJf , w-y j
which it wvs concluded that. practicable.
r-rarn f f 1 1 1 ill dl iuauvi i -
- : .. ' ,.V .ti....: ,h,,'a,r.r,h., W. ved. .that the Aultnans uiouiuincu uu u
bfMar t ia iniqu yvcrii.kd their re- '.he UWnj and from the ,mplaCable
nft K KffJd- diath about, 12- fi.y which thofe troops bear to the French,
q.i Vkn.S.h -I- the molt dreadful confluence, ma; be ap.
CTt?o"ttede8oth. Demofe PTffiC
Moelean. ayoung'Wrthe!rr.oa;exoui. . al offerter, from the
ntebeautyand mental endowments was , JBy. " had come into the
mverfal'v admired. The blopd-thirfty Jaco-, town, 'e'-"7" ; jnts th.
and 5 mod unfortunate fituation. ;4hcy were
without ihelr ot any Kiiw, ankc cjwu
tired from their youth, and the women par-
.:..u.i (W their bcautv and heroifm !
The v ntade application to the C
,bine EmilTaries who intuited :the lait:
. l r t,i i.-.frtiina!e vntinr lad V:
mrrua ui m U!wl o . . ,
, her feUor fuffsrers wcie arifwered b i hcrr without