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FOREIGN NEW S.

Rat fben, Sept. 11.

TH HE deliberations of the diet are now confined to the inftructions and plenipotentiary powers to be given to the deputies for negotiating peace.

Wurtzburg, in order to prevent prolonging the bufinefs by formalities, has propofed that the treaty of Weftphalia fhall be the bafis, ar that an indemnification for loffes be propofed; but it is not likely that even on thefe points the difcuffion will foon be finished.

Berlin, Sept. 12. An exprefs arrived here on the 6th of Auguft, from his Britannic majefty to the king of Pruffia, earneftly requesting his good offices with the French republic without delay, in favour of the emigrants, particularly fix regiments made prifoners in the unfortunate expedition against Quibe ron, the greater part of thefe prifoners being officers and gentlemen of Brittany, and that, to fpare the effusion of human blood, inftead of the rigour of the law, a pure act of humanity might be exerted. The king of Pruffia acceded to this requeft in its fullest extent.

Genca, Sept. 12. At Savona, the Auftrians are making preparations for taking up their winter quarters, having put all the houfes, magazines, &c. in a itate of requifition, as well as at both the Arbiaro as: and 3000 men are defined for Lavagnolo. Letters from Nice fay that the vanguard of the army of the Eaftern Pyrenees had arrived at Marseilles, where an encampment was to be marked out for 15,oco men. Paris, Sept. 13. A new pamphlet, from the pen of Dumouriez, has lately appeared, intitled, "To the Primary Allemblies of France, July, 1795 ;" the object of which is to prove, that the only means of putting an end to the calamities of France, and restoring the conftitution of 1791, is to cal to the throne the brother of Louis XVI. who has conquered the prejudices of birth VOL. XXVI.

and education in the school of adverfi. ty, and would readily accept the pain. ful office of king as limited by the conflitution of 1791,-and to reflore all the emigrants to their country and their property, who would confider this as a compenfation for all their loffes, and become excellent citizens.

Unfortunately for all this good ad. vice, the brother of Louis XVI. has declared that he renounces none of the prejudices of his birth and education, and that he will not accept of the crown on any other terms than those of the French people throwing themfelves at his feet, and reftoring the powers of the monarch without any limitation; and few of the clafs of emigrants to which Dumouriez alludes have yet profeffed their willingness to be restored to their country and their property, without being alfo rellored to all their exclufive privileges, efpecially to the means of punishing the vile canaille who have had the infolence to interrupt their elegant enjoyments.

Potsdam, Sept. 14. A terrible fire has just reduced to afhes the church of St. Nicholas, fituated in Palace-fquare, together with the furrounding houfes towards which the wind directed the flames. The fire broke out yesterday, at four in the afternoon, in the tower, (the repair of which was completing) through the negligence of a workman who was melting lead. The flames, impelled by a high wind, confumed in the space of an hour this very lofty tower, the fall of which communicated the fire to the church and the adjacent houses. The atmosphere being inflamed by this immenfe mafs of fire, it became very hazardous to make any efforts to extinguifh the flames. His ma jesty directed the operations in perfon. At eleven at night the fire was ftill burning, and there remained nothing. of the beautiful church, except the masonry and the façade.

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lith admiral. Our government replied, that they would prefer fuffering the moft unjust treatment, to confenting to an act derogatory to the fovereignty of the ftate. The evident difpofition of the Genoefe to fland the hazard of an open rupture, rather than fubmit any

Bile, Sept. 14. The Swifs cantons do not fee with indifference the theatre of war approaching their territory. A cordon is establishing along the frontiers, confifting of different contingents, which amount to 6000 men. A deputation was lately fent to general Wurmfer, to learn the intentions of the impedonger to the vexations of the allies, rial court, relative to the neutrality of this country. The general replied that his inftructions contained nothing contrary to this neutrality as long as it fhould be respected by the French, and that he wished the cantons to take measures for causing it to be refpected.

The Rhine is lined with troops on both fides. The French are daily reinforcing themselves. Huningen is in a state of fiege. On account of the facility with which the Auftrians may throw bombs into it, the inhabitants have taken the precaution of unpaving

the streets.

Poland, Sept. 15. The emprefs of Ruffia has divided among her warriors and statesmen different portions of the territory of which the lately became poffeffed.

General Buxhowden, governor of Warfaw, has ellablished in that city a department of police, and a fupreme tribunal of appeal. We are affured, that fuch good order and juftice never reigned in Poland as at prefent; but at the fame time it must be confeffed, that no Poie was ever invefted with power to do the good which the prefent governor does.

Hague, Sept. 17. The new plan for the organisation and division of Belgium is fixed. The reprefentatives at Bruffels have again declared that France will never make peace with Auftria but on condition of retaining the Low Countries. The French have bought up a vast quantity of green, blue, and white cloth in the Duchy of Limburg, for which they pay a good price in ready money.

Genoa, Sept. 18. At length general de Vins and the commander of the British fleet have adopted the plan propofed by our government for victualling the towns in the Genoefe territory, without affording pretexts for vexations by the allies. Mr. Drake, with the ufual ingenuity of his diplomatic views, pro hit the Genoele vellels eports from the Eng

feems to have induced the latter to put an end to or fufpend these vexations.

Hamburgh, Sept. 18. Affairs on the borders of the Rhine affume daily a more warlike appearance. On the 29th and 30th of Auguft, the French bombarded Nieuwied. On the 30th, hoftilities alfo recommenced against Mentz, and the French furprifed the imperiál advanced pofts. General Wurmfer, with his army cofifting of 75,000 men, is daily expected to begin his opera

tions.

From Vienna, we learn, that a propofal has been made to the court of Denmark, to take upon itfelf the mediation between Auftria and France. The Hanoverian officers on leave of abfence have received orders immediately to join the army.

Hague, Sept. 18. We ftill continue in uncertainty, with respect to the effect which the central affembly of the clubs or popular focieties may produce. The ftates general have hitherto oppofed them; but a part of the affembly of Holland, and the people in the towns and villages, are favourable to them. Their attention is directed to various objects of government, and efpecially the calling of a national convention but they have changed the manner of their fittings, as they are now held publicly only in the mornings; and the evening fittings are for fecret deliberations, and conferences with their own committees, which have been appointed for various departments. Every thing is, however, conducted very orderly, under the prefidency of citizen Ruyfch; and the greater part of the bufinefs is tranfacted by written papers.

The French minifter Noel arrived here yesterday, and to-day delivered his credentials to the prefident of the ftates general. He is lodged in the palace, which is called the Old Court, and which is to be the refidence of the French amballadors for the future. The effects of the Stadtholder are therefore no longer to be fold there, 8Lut

but in the houfe in which is the library, the gallery of pictures, and the cabinet of natural hiftory belonging to the prince.

Laft Monday was the day when all efcutcheons and armorial bearings were to be taken down from houses, coaches, &c. and all liveries laid alide. This was immediately done at the houfe of the flate prifoner, count Bentiack. The new French ambassador has alfo taken down the arms of France, which were over the door of the hotel de France; and no French religious fervice will be, for the future, performed in his chapel, which had continued till this time.

Ifigny, Sept. 19. The English are fill on the ifles of St. Marcouff. They made a trivial attack at a place named the Pont du Halle, near Grand Camp, where there is a poft of 200 men. They diftinguished the tent of the commandant, which they firuck with a cannonBall. The inhabitants proceeded to the fpot with forks and fcythes, having no other arms. With our fmall cannon we forced them to retreat; but none of our fhot reached their ships.

A month ago they attempted an attack upon the forts of Ragneville, St. Vaaft, and La Hogue, but without effect. At Ragneville, 600 English balls were picked up.

The English are encamped upon the

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ifles: we see them in their tents. largest of the ifles is about thirteen roods. The English have thrown up forts fuppofed to be made of grafs. The fhips fail continually between the ifle of St. Vaaft and the others. From time to time they land emigrants, who now are almost admitted into France, after having fought fo long againft their country. We expect that they will be debarked here immediately.

It is conjectured, that the English adopt these means for the purpose of getting rid of them. The greater part of the emigrants are upon the ifles. By degrees the fhips will fail away, and the chevaliers of a counter-revolution will be very uneasy about their own perfons: they will apprehend the fa.ne fate as their brethren at Quiberon.

However, it does not appear yet that the English have any intention of doing us much harm. It feems that their principal object is to ruin the trade of

Rouen, Havre, Ifigny, Cherbourg, and Breft.

L'Orient, Sept. 25. The inhabitants of this place are expofed to the inceffant depredations of the Chouans and foldiers. The former murder pai fengers, and have the audacity to purfue fuch as efcape by the fuperior fleetnefs of their hories, to the very gates of the town. The latter pillage and defolate the country; and we are apprehenfive of their extending their outrages to the towns.

The British fleet ftill keeps this harbour in a state of blockade, and makes frequent aggreffions on our works. About forty tranfports entered Quiberon bay the day before yefterday.

It is reported that 20,000 men are on board, and ready to difembark under the conduct of the count d'Artois. Our troops are much rejoiced at the profpect of ridding the earth of a few more monflers, whofe object is to restore the reign of defpotifm, and to degrade the human race.

There are now in the bay of Quiberon 143 fail of tranfports, of which 80 are two, and 63 three mafted, befides 26 fhips of war at anchor, amounting to 169 fail, exclufive of the fquadron which keeps the harbour in a ftate of blockade.

Darmstadt, Sept. 25. We this moment received an account of a bloody action, which took place yesterday morning between the Auftrians and the French between Manheim and Heidelberg, on the Neckar. The French, who were pofted on this river, attacked the Auftrians; and at the fame time the commander of the French garrifon at Manheim made a fortie upon the Auftrian polt in the vi inity of that fortrefs, to drive it from its polition; but this poft being reinforced by the imperial general Qualtonovich, it refifted the attack of the French, and drove them back under the cannon of Manheim. The French are faid to have left 1400 dead in the field, and to have lot feveral pieces of cannon, and 16 waggons loaded with powder: 1500 of them are alfo faid to have been made prifoners, among whom were a French general and his adjutants.

The army under general Clairfayt forms at prefent a line which extends from our environs to the Khine as far 1302

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as the county of Erbach. Their communication with the army commanded by general Wurmfer has not hitherto been impeded.

Paris, Sept. 26. Letonneur, in the name of the commitee of public fafety, communicated a letter from general Jourdan to the convention, informing them that on the 19th inft. the army arrived upon the Lahn; that the enemy occupied an excellent pofition between Diefbourg and Naffau, but that we have driven them from it.

That general Pofcet ordered his troops, at the fame time, to affault Dietz, and our troops entered it fword in hand. Two battalions of our chaffeurs, charged by the huffars of Saxe, compelled them to retreat.

That the divifion of Championnet arrived before Limbourg, and the attack commenced. The fuburbs were carried, but the town refifted. The enemy kept up a moft tremendous fire upon our troops; but on the morrow they did not think it prudent to await us. They abandoned the town in the morning.

That general Lefevre has taken a large convoy of cloathing, on the route from Verfat to Franckfort. We have captured a number of boats, ten thoufand rations of bread, and fix thousand rations of forage.

It was added, that when the difpatches were fent off, the whole of the army had croffed the Lahn.

It is certain that large reinforcements have been received by the armies of the Weft, and of the coafts of Breft. The battalions have arrived at Nantes for La Vendée.

The fections of Paris are fill dignified and calm. They are employed on the fubject of the terrorifts. Commiffioners from Dreux have promifed union and fraternity to the fections ; they declare that they will fend their grain to the fections exclufively. The committee of general fafety had written to the civil committees of the fections, to re-arm the terrorifts; but the fections forbade the committees to obey the order of the committee of general fafety.

Bale, Sept. 26. The Äustrians, after having for two days made feveral marches and countermarches on the fide of the camp of Baltingen, and that of Weyl oppotite Huningen, began

yefterday morning to break up part of thofe camps. It appears that they have the defign of occupying the ancient lines of the war of 1740, which commenced above Seckergen, and stretched along the mountains to the Black Foreft, in order to cover, by that poftion, anterior Auftria and Suabia. A battalion of red mantles has preceded the army as an advanced guard.

Paris, Sept. 27. This day paffed with tolerable tranquillity, a few quar. rels at the Palais Royal excepted. The fermentation feemed to be concentrated near the committees of government, round which every thing was in agitation and alarm. We know not the motive of thefe alarms; for Paris remained calin, and the assemblies were peaceably purfuing the object of their functions. Nevertheless, we are affured that fome fpies, raid in proportion to the abfurdity of their reports, had circulated a belief of Dumouriez being at Paris. They faid that they had seen one of his fecretaries. An attack upon the committees was apprehended. The court of the committee of public fafety was converted into a camp.

The camp at Marli was removed to Sablons, and troops were placed in the Champs Elysées. Cannon, it is faid, have been planted in the Garden of the Feuillans. In fhort, on one fide was difplayed the apparatus of war, and on the other the calm appearance of peace. Among our governors, fome have advifed fevere meafures. But two principles fomewhat moderated their belligerent fury. It was neceffary that the inhabitants of Paris fhould have committed fome act of folly, to which they do not appear to be inclined; and in the fecond place, fome prudent and eftimable men have oppofed energetic measures, that is to fay, violence and the proclamation of civil war.

Hague, O. 10. The reprefentatives of Guelderland, as well as thofe of Overyffel, have at length determined to accede to the refolution of the provirces of Holland and Utrecht, refpecting a national convention, and to prefs the immediate adoption of the measure.

Hague, 08. 14. The democratic part of the merchants of Frankfort have made contracts, to the amount of fome millions of livres, with Merlin of Thionville, to supply the French armies,

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der, that the 42d or Royal Highland regiment, should be immediately augmented to 1000 men rank and file, with the addition of one lieutenant per company, and likewife two fupernumerary companies confifling of 55 men, to be kept at home on the recruiting fervice. The two additional field officers, lieutenant-colonel and major, are to be without companies. The augmentation and appointments are take place the 24th inft. The 116th regiment is ordered immediately from Ireland to Portsmouth, to be draughted into them (being chiefly compofed of Highlanders) previous to their embark

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The 109th, or Aberdeenshire regiment, are to be draughted into the 53d, colonel Lakes.

Jerfey, Sept. 16. Yefterday the colours of the Suffolk fencibles were confecrated in the market-place at St. Helier.

One of the French emigrant priefts in this ifland has lately abjured the errors of the Roman catholic religion, and been received into the bofom of the church of England.

19. The Dolphin cutter arrived at Plymouth, with difpatches from sir J. B. Warren, dated the 16th.

The tranfports, with the emigrant troops on board, under the orders of Monfieur, were to fail on the 17th from the ile of Houat, joined by the emigrants who efcaped from Quiberon. Monfieur spent five days on that ifland, and received deputations from several villages on the coaft of Brittany. He ørdered a folemn fervice to be performed there for M. de Sombreuil, and the unfortunate companions of his fate. The cavalry were in great want of forage when the Dolphin came away.

Newcastle, Sept. 19. During this week the different regiments and draughts destined for the Weft Indies have embarked on board the different tranfports at Shields. The cavalry were difmounted; and a great number of the horfes belonging to col. Beaumont's regiment have been fold at Morpeth and other places. The remainder, it is faid, will be fent to grass. The Ulfter volunteers, notwithstanding their riotous difpofition on Wednesday fennight, deported themselves in the most peaceable manner: many of them accepted the bounty; and those that were draughted, embarked not only without murmuring, but appeared to be in the higheft fpirits.

21. Admiral Harvey, with the count d'Artois and the emigrants under his convoy, met with a gale of wind off Ufhant, which drove them far to the weftward, and was focceeded by a calm that lasted feveral days. None of the fhips received material damage; but three of the tranfports were feparated from the reft, and had not rejoined on the 8th.

The troops, unufed to fuch boifterous navigation, fuffered feverely; and several of their horfes died. M. d'Artois was fo much incommoded, that he was feized with a fever which lasted four days.-He was much better when the account came away, and in hopes of being able to land speedily in France, and head the royalifts. The fleet was then (the 8th) 40 leagues to the Northweft of Belle-ifle, for which it was fteering with a fair wind.

22. The court of aldermen took into confideration the great attention the rev. Mr. Villette, ordinary of Newgate, paid to the prifoners, and, by the recommendation of the gaol committee, were pleafed to order his falary to be advanced gol. per annum.

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