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if a, m ( : f .ST and to tlie. defence of all thelr-dearce!! Inte- rcits. - .. - ' 1: , . : - A due fenfe of rhiscnnd'tft U deeply imnrcfled , upon your heart. VI tru.'t that all my fubjcEts are! -a ni id a ted, wohthe fame .fony roents t-aiijMhatiheir lovalty and puttie fpirit will entuie tTic comniuance . ,of that union and natnral confidence between me ' true dignity and"g!ory of my crown, and-thege- '1-1 .1 11 ' 1 1.1 -in . liLJica I lie lofaxuancptiuct-uy mi wajiriiry-ji tnapd, laid : '.Mi LofJi tautl C;nttem;n, " It Is hi majeAyV royal will and pleafure, tha t f P?!n!i,t e prorogued to luefday, then th cufara; rVpeaini theJaifi..dif9reeaUcnew from -flav pit ih4v mm ih hc-thMiicM (nMM-riiM inm tT- r . r -i i :u , j ---- -f - - -- ---- - " I inoia. we are not -yet ;n pouciuuu ui wc ucims. 1 5 1 j parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuefday, r2JJ"TtIim officefsTtheh ;,'... retired ; and jthe commons withdrew to their own clumber of parliament." ' , 'May 30. At Bologna, in Italy, fcveralperfons have lately been tried For lacobinilm, and oonvicled.-, A . ft'idcnf of the name of Rolendis, received fehtchce to be hanged ; three profefTors were ordered to be fent to the gallies ; fever al young. men to be pillor- . eat two women tor making cockades, and harbour Jri the lacobinsTro: be tmpri'foned for life 5 and 1 '..'. young man, out of refpect to hisJtrjejuistoiiE)rU4 -teTyrangled, v' m'inate ap unfortanalewir, which entirely piilUatetj againlt his feelipgi. . ' '' 1. ' Agreeably to this, 1 have the honour to acquaint you that the otneer who carries thi? letter, has or dersio remain-with ou till after the expiration of Wdaysftsniis 'cording to the ftipulatiott of the armillice t and that ITifiTaTmiffitS fijafl be arati'irnd the momen'ifi'wTiich' tlits period expires.'- You will have the geodnefs to arteir. 1 lie arrival 01 rue omccrs, auu 10 acquaiu(..Bic of having tece'ived that! notice. . - : ----- Baioji db Bs.4Y, Lieut. Gea' " May-j 11795. - . rr. - June 9. We are now enabled to (late fome parti- Icreby d!flolvr3Tlielord fpiritual and tempo, ral, knights, citizens ond.horgeffes, and the repre sentative Tor counties ,tfhd, burghs, are therefore excufed frommeetinEn Tuefday the cth of Tuft I It being bur dedrc and refolution to meet our peo- " uuovv ih '.ai.iviit a loon as pofeblc T-'we hereby pi a ke kn ow ntoalP'oor; loig iubjecTs7ourroy at itimT Tea?are ti. convoke a newparliament declaring alfo, that by the ad vice of our Privy Council, we have this day given -ordersto-or-4MtBeel lors nf C. ferltaint-Tg-eirifr' diatewrits jn form tft- cllingj ..new.Jrihnient -to bear jdate the 3fr uf inll. and be ot force on Ti...r....i,. .-,-.n., ..... . X. jr. 1 11 . :-, - ---:, The refufal of the French Wwnuient to goaran "tee to the kinrof Praffla that 'part of Poland, fo patriotically and virtuoufly feizeihy him, in cafe of aJar-bet ween the Kumans ana 1 ursj, js iaw 10 uc the caule wWdrinduced his Pf uffiaa majefty to give - t- -.-:.. .1 ir i :. rr ...l'...J.. In oraers ror:CHo-iorniaiion 01 m ucuni imuvu w Wettphalii. Thejcaufc of his -enmity is truly hon ourable to the French. - - May jt. The prefs for feamen in every part of -the kwgdbmHi the conre of the prelent month, has been mor-vigroiis than everwas'knoWnTy1 there' is :by h6nieahs fafficient fupply to man all "the fhipsof war eqnippihg, or that are ordered to be equipped for fervice. :.' ' . , ' " r June j . The gazette of yeflerday contains ah ac' count of the capture of the French corvette l'Uniie, of 44 guns, by his-inajetty's Ihip Inconftant, near Tunis, on the 20th of April. . June 2. It is nnw confidered as certain that par-' ' liameot will be aflembled ln july for the dilpaich .of baftnefs. When parliament ha degenerated from - bemjfthe coiSleTIbronhTTIirTnieinto'theinere en gine of impofing burdens upon .the people, jt iseafy to difcover in this meafurc the defign of new loans, and ofr exaaions. Whetherd . - plies is to be confined to the more immediate wants , of our own govern'mentWtortbe' guaranty of a loan to tlie emperor, basnot yet been afcertairied j but . the one or the ether-eqaally affords the certainty ot additiohalexpcnces to the nation'that renders a con- jed'ure fuperfluons. n the contemplation of r)ene'w. ', d devafUtSoii-and Carnags iti siwar of Tuch unpar alleled difafler, ;rhe people of this-country ' have the additional .meUjscholy''Tefle&ra are conducted by men whom po mistortunes can de ter, and no experience can correct. J : ., Charles the fecond being alfied, why hOlways ehofc to read bis addreucs to his parliament f re plied that he had prefTed theth fo much for money, that he was afhamed any longer to look them in the face. f A rare example of modefty this ! . On Sunday morninga number of perfbns were aiUmbled. at: a large ware-room in umon-itreet, Xeeds.-to hear a pfeacber of-the Metfipdift perlua- fion, when the floqr. giving way, 16 womenjijnan " and a chi?d were crufhed to.death, and between'70 and 80 perfuns of both fexes were cither dreadfully hrwTed or nadTlome ot their iimbl rpneir. 1 hp :woraen.killedwrehiefly-old and poor. , The Peczy, Hayes, from Philadelphia, Jor't.on . don, with cotton, indiso, (kins, &c. is totally loft en fhendoPonkodi-Wryuleofl-tlieJcare uvedtqe captain and 11 men arownea, peuaei - - palteyigef j (Air. Uakiy ot london.J 1 - . f . .althou'eh we have received the Madraseazettes ( down tn tH nth nf . Tanuarv . lad.' which orobablv may be precluded from ptiblifhing any fuch news. According to private fetters received from a gen tleman high in the company's lefvicein India, we learn,, that the .25th battaliontf Sepoys, command ed hy captGrantj having been ordered to Batavia, tfee troops reftifed iyt tnoark t tn whicjijhegover nor general and council orderedhis corps to be dil banded. v The troop refuted to deliver tip' their arms ; tbe 39th battalion of Sepoys was ordered a gainft them, and at length fired on them, by which -leyerftl" ". werKHled.7Tf Some days after, four other battalions pf native troops were ordered toGanjam, 6a the coalt, but refufed to proceed, until the, 29th battalion was punifhed for having fired on their companions. The native troops-remained in this itate of mutiny when the lateft accounts . left -Bengal s and it is even re ported, that the governor had ordered ail the1 ar tillery rora Dum Dam (not far diftant from Cal cutta, and where a great quantity of ordnance is ufually kept ) into the fort of Calcutta, as a place of fafety, - But we cannot vouch for the truth of this latter-intelligeocec;.-' i" r : i,..:.' :' '': ' Private advices from India alfo mention, that few vera! of tbe Brtiifh officers f the- company's efta blifhment were in a (late of mutiny ; that an officer of high rank ads as their -prefidrnt and that they " nave a regular chain ot correipondence throughout India. We (hall be verr happy to be enabled to jcontradift thefe romenrs, which afe truly alarming, t... .1.- .- f r 1 ... . . 1. J. .. : .P uui mere is ionic toiiioiauou in Knowing, mat ine ihip which carried out the regulations of our go vernment, for placing the company'sofh'cers on the fame footing"as7The7kings, w'itrjMn:lgmng--p-fr& Jlengat river, "a i the'Major Pihckney, American (hip was coming away. June 10. The infureents in Corfica, by the activi- iy 01 nr uiioeri &111014 rave oeen completely iud- oued. xlraft of a ictttr frtm Paris, dated the sotkof May. 3L?LThirty-feven -ofthe confpirators in the late i plot are dill in confinement. New difedveries of Sxtralt of General Jordan's anhier ft the Arch Duke Lharles, taken from the Journal of Invert. ' ' Sftf?lMralMyiflf.tbeii fbrlaore-huiTiai blood - Weu, moiiitep, againit my will I will ca'Ule It to .be (hed-I will only attack you once but the valour of Frenchmen will llrike with aftonilbment the four quarters of the Vorld you (hall pay to thetroops" wboml command, the tribute of your barbarity.' '. TW hitfliflownotefiripe lias too much the appear" ranee nLboaftinglloinauceya Jo believe it general ' Jourdan's. Itis neither the JtyleTiorthe thought of a commander, confident of his own courage and the valour of his troops it is the gigantic bombafl of a Balbaw, endeavouring to lnlpirc terror by empt threats., -When Darius Went toenter Scvthia. th kingf of the Barbarians fent fAm five arrows, a frog. a njoule and a bird ; an atifwer which the ereat r j . t. I t .. . o i King lounii icrnoic , nuu nc written mm a letter fay., Roufleau, the more threatning it had been, the lefs would Darius have been afraid s he would onlr 1 1. .i - - tl. a n.,t,. m..i.. ...u ' 1 . . a lie nivii luivv v.uitij9 vtuuiu UO 'OOUDt 4)ave laughed at being treated as a batcher by tbe gene ral ot a natiotwhkh may be reproached with hii ing (bed but tod much blood.- Thofe -who gaUantlr' Jight us in arms arc not butchers, they are our enemies : let as not.inlult them It would appear that our generals hav6"fid6"'g66d I lecretaries ae foldiers. " : " - ; - ". "r- H A G U E, April 16 . x V- A note from the ni milter ot Portugal was yefler day read in the Convention, in whicn,'after having thanked the convention for efliftance which bad been given to a Portuguefe Veffel, he ebferves, that it IV the wi(h of his court to preferve the good under (landing which at prelent fubfilis between it andpiij: republic. We have feen with pleafure "the court" of Lifbon thus recognizing our government. it is a matter of altonuhment, that Spain after having drawn Portugal into the coalition againfV yanceyt)hrtgingrit Xr ftjrnifh -contingetttrof 1 1 fs-rSrr Jat, 7. Yedef day niorniiig tho. taft'of the Hani- burgh mails which i was due; and in tne evening tbe two fofmer jr.r5y.ed, fo (hat we are In poneflion of the news in Germany, op to the 3jd of May. By thefe advices it appears that the Auftrians have to tally abandoned the conflict In Italy.' ; The main bo dy of Beaolieil's army was haftening through the 'Tyrol, having left only a final 1 party to cover Man- tua an,d it is evident from the dilpofitions which the emperor is miking, that he will make a defpe- te effort on ththine, in whichif hefaila his very exilienceas a fovereiga power may be put to the uazara . z i. :". ,5 :.;.' . - xa. The accounts from France are confirmed. Notice of the termination of the armiftice is torm ally given on the part of the emperor; as bur readprj wui fee bv theiollowirtejette nator of artillery, M. de Schuway, to the comman dant general of the French advanced pod; ; " General " ? . . - - . ' -"i 'Hi royal highnefs arch duke Charles, general In chief of the imneriat armv. and the armv of the - empire on the Lower Rhine, has acquianted me that, much as it was the intention of his Imperial maief. troops, fhoold-have concluded a peace-with that Republic, without including in it her ally and rela tion, by which inattention, the commerce of Portu- IC1 Ul I , : - . - . , I . r ' .- in... . their conneaioBSare-madtreverirday-rrhe lifec faI Wfelblh Vheila expedienr to remove fir Sidney Smith and his offi-! cer to Plaffey, where they now-are. They a're ex tremely well-treated, have liberty to walk ih- the garden, and were all in perfect good health on the' 2th ot May. La t ete des Victoris w one ot the f moft fupfrb "fpedtades I ever witpefled, . Among ii)eic.i)nguiaritiesdiipiayed on tne occalion was that of the fort of"Toulon, Vith the Englifh colours .rent down and torn to pieces by the French foldiers. The antipathy and deteftation in which the popu lace hold your nation, and the refentment they leel for the daplicity with which they conceive your go-: vernment afted, it is (ca rcely poilible to exprefs in language that will convey amdequate idea." nitrtd into-a coalition from . whith it could not have promifed it fe If any particular advantage. Such 1; j he gratitude of jhe greater . -- - .v - 4 : MaySl The fittings of the Bataviim National Af fetnbly, have been tor thefe fonie days paft very ini-" Jortantjjieve.rar motions were made tending to augment the powers ot the aflenibly, and to regulate . the mode of convokingit, The bufinefs been been referred to a committee for examination.. Difcul- . fionS telattve to the arming of the citizens, occafi- t oned a fitting of feven hours on the 6th inft. . The arming has been decreed, there is in confrquence, an addrefs Jdthe Batavlan nation, and letters, to the " conltmited authorities upon t tie lame lubfect. NE W-YO R K,-Auguft i. . ACTION ON THE RHINE, . We ha v4iot been ableto-trace-thevaccoiintion this fubject to any thipg farther than the report of capt. UUd.t Letters trotn l'ans, as late as the 1 2th of June,we are nformedfJay7 nothing refpeclincj men intelligence, 1 ur papers jtne courier 1 tga- iiici sirs iioi iaicr loan mqic vy la jariieis. LONDON, May i-iy There is at prefent a confiderable termentation here. The min:(ler ia much dlfconcerted by the prodigious fiiccefs of the army of Italy. We'are apprehenltve ot lcemg r.ngiand'ioon abandoned even by Auflrla, and obliee to fuflain alone the bur den of the war, which will come more formidable. as the French will be able to apply their whole in- duftry and refources to the encreafingof their navy 1 .May tfr-l'beLBatavian. fatiojiaLMemblyrhai- uccn a long iimc cngagcu upon mu uiiurtau quci- tions. ' .. -' ' ,'.;;..;' ; ' , id. Whether. Bournonville ihould have the com- .. jnajidfbeBatavian army agreeable to the article . of the treaty, which declares tnaTtheTCombinedrr forces of the two Republic Ihould be Commanded by; a. French genenl'JLJlJ--" ' 3d. Whether the combined army, fliould be Jm: - mediately put in motion.The latter propofitiba. -. was decreed in the fitting oTthi tath of May, The minifter of the French Republic, Noel, haw' ad4refTed an official note to the Batavian Convene tion, in which he informs them thaf the Prnfliaa miniftei7"at Paris, hatb complained pf fomeprijva- "r leers,. having attafjged on the Eem, an Engfift- v yeffel cbnfidef'ingthat 'hoflijityrhas a violation of the neut ral territoryThe note has been fent to the commiffidn of foreign affairs. i , Upon a report from thetommiffions of confedera- . r. 1 , . ... ' r .1 . . 1 ! r . l. I -t r. tr : - rJl oucn is -cne uucerrainry ot events, marine tuno 1 non auu 01 iorriEf. anairs uuucu, 11 wa uiuyic. r it -i If '.it. . . 1 . I . .1 . 1 .t... -k. .!-. lave fallen within 8 days from 661 -a to 60 percent. , A period like the prefent is not likely to iecure to thc-court, elections 4n f avour-f-MrPitt. What ' ': tr to prevent the fufferinffi of humanity from ar.n . ther campaign, the difinclmation of tbe French di. reftory on that head, force him toiupprefs his pa cific fcntinuntsy and to fiaye agaio recgutfe to ter is flill more embarrafRns to him, is that the-bank has ju$ refufed bim f ,1000001. to iupply his prefent wants; ' : .' Tie Kins' of Creat-Brifaiit' Procfotiiation, for dip, fibing thepreferii ParliameiiK and calling a m-m one. r: GEORGE REX, r -; , ' ;".".' Having thpaght it proper, with the advice of our Prjvy Council, to d'ufolve the prefent parliament, whichiremains now prorogued to the Jth of July next,, we have for this effect made public this our Royal Proclamation j and the faid parliament ia to . the T:ovenntion to decree thatthejrniy of thor llate, when in the held, ihould be under the com- maHdof-general-Bournonviler-who wghr-at-aH'- times march them where bethought proper, he giv ing an account ofhts operations to tli committee of confederation, to whom alfo he fliould apply for. fubpliesxfor ,the jroops, .The difcuflion was poftpocedlirirll to-morrows Mat it. The dav before veflerdav, the BataViafl National AfTembly held an eleaion for a new PrehV dent, for ' the "fucceeding fortnight. : : There apr peared a majority, in favour of citizen Rutger jdhn "" Schimmelpenningj deputy from bfie of the depart- , . mebts of the city of Amfterdam. I lis predeceflbrs .... ..-x. . ' 4 I' "iJ,---.,
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