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MISCELLANY.
British State Papers.
- (Continued.)
Proleft against a War with France,
in conference of the rejection of
Earl Stanhope's amendment to the
Address to bis Majeft,.
DISSENTIENT,
1. DECAUSE War is a date
° so unnatural, so barba
rous in itfelf, so calamitous in its
effects, so immoral when unnecef
hry, and so atrocious when unjust,
that every friend of humanity
Should endeavour to avoid it ; and
the establishment of a pacifick
system ought to be the firft policy
of a wife and enlightened nation.
2. Because Peace is always for
the interest of the common people
in all countries. And Great Brit
ain and France, from their pecul
iar Situation,have an evident inter
eftto remain at peace with each
other.
3. Because it is a well known
faft §hat the people in France, are,
in general, extremely desirous to
maintain and ftrengchen, between!/
that country and this, the bonds 1
of amity and friendship. Andi
ever since the overthrow of defpo- 1
tifm in France, the commonalty in 1
that nation have such irrefiftablel
weight, that we might rest assured)
that, as peace with Great Britain ish
for the interest, and is the with ofj
the people in France, it would<
therefore be the constant object of
their government ; if not firft pro-1
voked by our Ministers, by such 1
ads as the fending away the French 1
Ambassador, and exprefyrefuting;
to acknowledge their new govern
ment.
4, Because the old, despotic and
detestable government in France,
from its secrecy, its perfidy, treach
ery and restless ambition, has been
the fatal cause of many Wars in
Europe for several. centuries past.
Therefore, any assistance given on
the part of our government to any
power in Europe that is endeavour
ing to restore that tyrannical form
of government in France, isinjuri
ous to the true interests of this
country. And the people of
France, have, moreover, as just &'
right <o enjoy civil liberty as our-'
selves.
5. Because a war with France is
at present most impolitick, extreme
ly dangerous to our allies, the Dutch;
hazardous with refpecft to the inter
nal peace and external power of this
country, and is likely to be highly
injurious to our commerce, which ^
the great 'fopice of our health, na
val strength and prosperity. And
any material interruption to the
trade, manufactures and indyftry of
this kingdom, may, at this time;!
be attended with consequences the I
most lacaL The war may, there- 1
fore, prove to be a war again ft oui t
commerce & manufactures, agaioft I
the proprietors of our funds, againfll
our paper currency, and against ev-1
Volume I.
Published by ELIJAH RUSSELL, at HisOFFraQear the Mceting lfoufe ^^
ery defeription of property in this
country
6. Becfyfe every man of feel
ing must exceedingly lament the
numerous taxes and oppressive bur
thens already borne by the people of
this kingdom, and also the present
high price of various necessary
articles of life ; and if an unwise
system of policy be pursued, it must
inevitably increase those burthens,
and eventually put these necessaries
of life beyond the reach of the la
borious part of the community.
7. Because these misfortunes
ought the more to be deprecated, as
it clearly appears that it would be
still most easy to avoid them, if our
Ministers were to prefera mild, just,
and pacifick sy stem, to the horrour
of war, carnage, and devastation.
, (Signed) STANHOPE.
News !
France.
PARIS, March 24. ——IT is
worthy of Remark, that since the
[firft Checksof the French Armies,
the Commissioners of the Temple
teftify a stronger Regard towards
their Prisoners. It is even said,
that some Proposals have been!
hazarded by them, to which the)
Queen Mother replied with her!
usual Dignity—" 1 will receive n<^
favour from those who have wrest
ed ever, Thing from me.
The following is a Lift of the
Combination of Kings, Princes
and States at War with France—a
Combination, which, for extent of
Dominion, Wealth, and Power, is
without example in the Annals of
Mankind :
The King of Greatbritain,
The Empress of Russia,
The Emperour of Germany, as
King of Hungary and Bohemia,
Archduke of Audria, Brabant, &c.
The German Empire collectively,l
The Electors of Meniz, Treves;
and Hanover individually,
The King of Spain,
The King of Sardinia,
The King of Prussia,
The States General of Holland, &c.
The Republick of Hamburgh,
The Republick of Lubec^ >
The Republick of Bremen,
The Prince Bishop of Liege,
The Duke of Deux Ponts,
The Duke of Brunswick Lunen,
burgh,
The Prince of Hesse Caflel.
Holland. l
,LEYDEN, March ,6.— WEare
informed by Advices from Heuß
den, that on the 22d Instant, be
tween eleven and twelve o'Clock 4
at Nighs; a Detachment of the
Swiss "Regimentof Gumoens took
by affult the strong Battery which
the French had established at Ra^f
denk near Gertrudenburg. The
French abandoned all their Artil
lery and warlike Ammunition, and
had not even Time to spike up
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their Cannon. This Success will
doubtless facilitate the Attack a
ti^ft Gertrudenburg, which is said
to have been inverted on the 23d
by the Prussian and Dutch Troops
united.
Netherlands.
OSTEND, March 30.—The
French Troops left this Town for
Dunkirk about three o'Clock this
Afternoon, and at four, one of his
Brittanick Majesty's Cutters enter
ed the Port. Most of the Prizes
had failed before the Cutter arriv
ed ; the others, which were to
have failed this Day, are flopped.
Three English Brigs are still here,
under the Care of the Britilh
Conful.'
Hague, March 28.
A Letter was this Day received
ex press from Captain Bentinct,
dated Yefte rd ay, at Bois le due,
containing Intelligence from Ant
werp and Maeftricht that the ad
vanced Guard of the Austrian Ar
may entered Brussels on the 24th
at Noon. That the French Army
was ported at Halle s That the
Country from Bois le due to Lier,
was clear of the Enemy ; and that
the French Force still at Breda,
i amounted to 4000, and that at
Gertrudenburg to 2500 Men.
Halle, the Place which the
^French Army has retreated to, is in
}Auftrian Netherlands, in Hianault,
eight Miles S. W. of Brunels, and
22 N. of Mons.]
March 30 uc—i ntelligence has'
been received here, that the Cita
del of Namur is taken by the Aus
trians, and that a considerable Bo
dy of the Austrian Troops has
been detached from that Place to!
join the Prince of Saxe-Cobourg'i
Army.i
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England.«
LONDON, April 3 —Of all the
military Charafters employed in
[the continental War, the Duke of
Bruufwick has been the most un^
fuccefiful. Prince Cobourg has
gained Honour by his late Suc
cesses ; Dumourier and Clair
[fayt have added to their Repu
tation as Generals, both bv Vi&o
ry and Defeat ; but the Duke of
Bruv/urick added Nothing to hii
Laurels by his Irruption into
France, and by his retreat loft
them all. ,&
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Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, May 4.
A Later from a Gtttlegp, in Londonderry,
to his Friend in this City, 4^ Mgreb
\%tb,fays,
" It is Scarcely possible to convey to
fyou an adequate Rlea ofthe present State
tyf Europe. All its Kings, all its Priests,
rare combined against the new Rupublick
tof France, and many hundred thousand
'of Men are now in arms, to restore king^
ly Power, and the Influence ofthe Church
in that Country. None of the hostile
Powers have entered into this War with a
greater Zeal and Acrimony, than &ft
land, the People whereof, at any rate a
great Majority of them, ate as keen for
exterminating Liberty in France, as they
were formerly for subjugating the Abir
teen Colonies. The Scotch, however,
are not so unanimous upon this Occa^
(ion, asthey were then : a great Number
in Scotland being against the War. As
to Ireland; I think I may fafely fay, that
two thirds of the People, in their present
discontented state of Mind, are complete
ty averse to the present System of En
glish Politics.' As to the French them
selves, if they Were unanimous at home,
they might be a Match for all their En
emies. Two of their Generals, Dumou
rier and CusTiNEy are Men of won
derful Fortune and Ability : But the
questionable Execution of their King,
which has estranged many moderate Men
from their Cause, and the horrible Dif
fentions in Paris, condu&ed or excited by
the execrable Faction of Robersp ierre
and Marat, have caused a Doubt; at
least a Fear, that the really virtuous Men
among them, are too few and too weak
to carry their upright Intentions into ef
fed. In the mean Time the Govern
ment of Ireland is carrying on a high and
strong Hand in Conjundion with the
English Minister.-—A Man dare not
speak, or scarcely think, for fear of the
Secret Committee of the Lords, who have re-
Inewed all the arbitrary Proceedings of
the Starchamber. Every Man or Body
of Men, who presume to talk of Liberty,
or a Reform of a corrupt Constitution in -
Church and State, are prosecuted and•
persecuted, fined or confined, or both,
after a very summary Trial ; and the
Irilh Volunteers, once the Glory and the
Boast of their Country, are now openly
calumniated and proscribed."
We have it from refpedable Authority,
that about three Day previous to the de
parture from Londonderry of the Ship A
merica, which was the 19th of March, a
Notice had appeared in the publick Pa
pers, for convening a Meeting of the Vo
lunteers at that Place ; in Consequence
of which the British commanding Officer,
who h's a strong Force there, sent to in
form the Volunteers, that if they attempt
ed to meet on the Day appointed, he
Ihould be under the Necessity of demand
ing them to deliver up their Arms. The
Officers of the Volunteers then held a
Meeting, to confider of this Message, and x
came to a Resolution, to persevere in their
intended general Meeting with Arms, as
usual, for the Purpose of exercise.
How this Business will terminate is not
yet known, but this much we know, that
jthe British Government have drafted a
jway most of the regular Regiments that
were composed of Irishmen, and substi
tuted foreign Troops in their Place ; so
that Ireland has now a governmental Ar
my of 18,000 in the north, besides a
strong Force in almost every other Part of
the Kingdom, particularly at Dublin,
where the People seem greatly agitated
at the Imprisonment of some Characters
lately apprehended for some trivial Ex
prelhons. The Prison is surrounded
with Coaches every Day, and grand
feaftings and rejoicings held in the Apart
ments of the Prifonera, in order to (hew
the Contempt which the People have for
those who have occasioned these oppres
sive Measures.
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Maffaebufetts.
ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.
" London, April 3.
BOSTON, May B.—" You will
perceive by the Papers haw ex
tremely difficult it is to obtain the
Truth refpeding the Affairs of the
Continent. That the Campaign
ty opened bloodily cannot be
doubted : There have been &-
r^l general Engagements: I fay,
General, from the great Numbers
engaged, £ and the Slaughter which
ensued- The firft was early in the
Month, the most corre& Particu
lars of &hicbJMye before detail
ed. fecund was on the 16th;
17th and 18th of March— —The
gwo firft Day, were not stained
with much Blood, as the combined
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