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^ European Intelligence.
• LIST of Remarkable EVENTS
DURING THE LAST YEAR.
,[continued.]
OCTOBER.
& 4 dreadful infurre&on broke out at Pa
4ris,which lasted several days; but the conven
, tioual troops at length overpowered the in
t furgents: Great numbers were killed on
' both sides. Many of the conspirators have
-Ince been executed.
—lntelligence received of the capture of
, a Dutch Eaftiodiaman and a South Whaler,
by his M^jefty's Sea-horse ; and of the
Comet Dutch sloop of war by the Unicorn.
7. The Cenfeur, of 74 guns, and the
* greater part of the homeward-bound Medi
terranean fleet, captured by a French squad
ron.
13. The French army under the com
> mand of General Jourdan obliged to fall
back from Mentz, and, an its retreat to the
Rhine, experienced several defeats.
24. Advice received of the capture of
L'Eville French sloop of war, by Sir John
Borlafe Warren's fquadroh.
26. A numerous meeting of the London
Corresponding Society took place at Copen
,, hagen-house, for the purpose of adopting a
remomftrance to his Majesty, &c.
, 28. The new Legislature of France or
ganized. 1
29. The Treaty of Commerce with A.
inerica regularly exchanged.
~- 31. Advice received of the capture of Si
) toon's Bay, by Vice-Admiral Elphinftone,
&c. and of the detention of five ships found
in the harbor.
NOVEMBER.
~ 3. The Executive Direaory of France
Iwas installed at the Little Luxemburgh, in
Paris.
1 11. Colonel Craufurd's account of the
4 defeat of the French before Mentz, publifh
had in an Extraordinary Gazette. ~
12. The Corresponding Society held
their second meeting at Copenhagen house.
14. The transports with emigrant troops
:on board, for the Continent, driven on the
waft of Calais.
17. The Weftindia convoy, under the
.command of Rear-Admiral Christian, driv-
P en back to port in a severe gale of wind, and
[ a five of the transports, with troops on board,
I '"loft.
■ 20. Advice received of the infarredion
in St. Vincents having been quelled ; and
the capture of the Superbe French frigate,
■ by the Vanguard, of 74 guns.
■ , / „. An account erf the surrender of the
Dutch colony of the Cape of Good Hope to
his Majesty's forces, published in an Extra-
I ordinary Gazette.
4, The King of Poland made a formal
■ surrender of his crown, fora pension.
■ , 28. An account received of the defeatof
■ General Picbergru by the Austrians.
■ DECEMBER.
u 3. " A French cutter called Perene, cap-
Cured by his Majesty's thip Repulse.
■ 3. M. Carletti, the Tuscan Ambaffa
r . dor, ordered to leave France by the Execu
, the bireflofy. ^.
I { 7. Mr. Pitt opened hit budget, and laid
'teas to the amount of 1,123,0001. per an-
Bum, When a debate took place on the man
| aer in which the loan had been contraded
■ W4W His M^efty font a message to Farlia.
L pent, informing them that a Government
■ had at length been conflicted in France ca
se pable of being treated with, whenever they
mould fhowa disposition for that purpose.
I^9. Rear-Admiral Christian's fleet again
I fr-An important viAory gained by the
;I French army in Italy, and a check expenen
:eed by the Austrians on the Rhine, were an
nounced to the French Icgiflativc Coun^
I ~^&WFrench Legislature decreed a;
~ forced lean of 6'00,000,000 livers in specie.
- 1.1. Intelligence received of the insurrec
tion of the Maroon Indians, in Jamaica, hav-
I ing been quelled. „
f it. The outward-bound Weftindia fleet
■ difpevfed in a gale of wind, face which time
■ - numbers of the transports, and some of the
■ flips of war, have reached port.
An account received at Paris of the
■ ' rapture of Deux-Ponts by the French ar-
[volume IV.]
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co NCO RD, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1796.
15. The House of Commons resolved to
address his M-jefty to order the Attorney-
General to prosecute Mr. Reeves, as the au
thor of a libellous pamphlet, rtfleding on
the constitution of this country.
18. Two Bills, for the preservation of;
his Msjefty's perlon, and the prevention of
fedifious meetings, received the royal assent
by commission. These bills caused many
very spirited debates in both houses ; and
petitions from various parts of the country,
both for and against them, were preferred.
19. Toe whig club refolded to institute
affociarioms for the purpose of procuring the
repeal of the above bills.
^ Advice 'was received of the French hav
ing refufed to consent to a ceffafion of hos
tilities with the Germanic Empire,, which
had been applied for by the Emperor, thro'
the Court of Denmark, for the purpose of
entering into a negotiation.
—The British cavalry, and several Emi
, grant corps in the pay of Greatbritain, arris
ved at Shields from the Elbe.
, 20. Vice- Admiral Cornwallis arrived at
Portsmouth from the coast of France with
his squadron.
24. Advice was received of the French
having, made another defeent on the Island
of Grenada.
2§. Intelligence received that General
Doyle's army had embarked at Isle Dieu, on
their return to England.,j
—Both Houses of Parliament adjourned,
the Lords to the §th, the Commons to the
ad of February.
27. Intelligence received of the defeat of
the French army under the command of
General Marceau, and the consequent eva
cuation of Kreutznach by the enemy ; and
that the British Mediterranean fleet had re
turned to St. Ficrenzo in diftrels
30. Advice was received of the outward
bound Weftindia convoy having been again
dispersed on the 26th, at which time there
were only 95 fail in company.
Miscellany.
Frra Thomas', Mafa^fet" ^PY, t^c.
A SERMO N,
ADDRESSED TO THS
LA DI E S.
BY
NOBODY KNOWS WHOM.
" Reformed Rakes make the left Hufaude,"
YOU will recoiled, m, fair hear
ers, that chefe words have alrea
dy been under our consideration ; and
it it hoped, that what was then offer
ed it so deeply impressed upon your
minds, that a recapitulation of the
ideas fuggeffed, is unnecessary.
Proceed we, now, to take notice of
tome reafoni, different from those,
which have been already mentioned,
why women in general, are food of
being connected with thole, we call
bigh blades.
' Wefay, fa general, because there
are some Indies, to very prudish, as to
turn up their notes, and look fulkey,
when any thing profane, or indelicate,
is spoken in their presence.
1,, The, ^ it to keep them out of
mifebief. They know very well how
many young girls have had cause co
roe the day, chef ever few them. —
They know bow many refpedable
families have been placed in fate,
tioos, not the most eligible, by the
foot of frolick : Which things, it
most be coofeffed, ought not so to be.
life best, therefore, to marry, and re
form them, right of hand.
Edl,, Another reason, why rakifm
is so refpeaible, is & ateaace &
female charity. The ladies, sweet
fouli, are not for ruining a gentle
map's chamber, for some particular
crimei. "It it true," fay <%
by RUSSELL anP DATIS, CONCORD, NEWHAMPSHIRE.
" Jemm, Fopling is a little too gay
and dissipated. Nor do we pretend
to fay, chat he was altogether inno
cent in the affair of Cecilia: Tec it
Imoft be allowed, that he is a fwect,
delicate fellow, and if people are to
be wholly thrown away tor one fault,
The Lord have mete, a* as all f"
Btfidei, it has been observed, that
these young gentlemen of pleafare,
possess great generosity and benevo
lence. They (corn a covetous adion.
They spend their money freely. This
the good ladies place down on the
right fide of the page. They do not,
uncharitably, suppose that these buck
ifh gentlemen, thus endeavor to
6 f Atone for fins, they are inclin'd to,
By damning those, they have no mind to."
gdty, Another thing in favor of the
rake, is hie courage and enterprise. —
These are virtues, which have always
attracted the attention of the fair sex.
This circumstance, in the dark ages,
gave rife to knight-errantry. At that
time, no one could exped the favor
lable regards of a young lady, unleft
he had merited it, by atchievementi
of valor. The fame difpoficion still
remains ; and our young ladies re
ceive the benefit of it. Don Quiz
ottei are not confined to la Mancha.
These is many a knight-errant, at the
present day, who is continually wan
dering about, in quest of lack, adven
tures.
Another evidence of the courage of
1 high fellow, is his language. It is
bold Ind manly. He fhowi, not only,
that he difregardt man, but that he is
not in fear of any other being. He
uses the name of the Deity with as
little civility as he does that of hit
barber, and very courageously laughs
at revelation. For giving extraordin
ary proofs of fortitude, in his way, he
Sometimes receives, from the ladies, a
gentle rebuke,—" Come now, fay
they, " a'nt you affirmed to talk fol"
They reprimand him, with foch an
obliging and heavenly air, as would
alMoft tempt one to repeat the crime.
flify and laftl,, It it a greater com
plime,t to receive matrimonial prepfah,
from a person, of the cbara&tr me keroe
described, than from a, other. Such
an one knows the world. He has been
a general lover. ' He has had a large
circle of female acquaintance, and
might have been married to many
fine ladies, who have manifefted, very
evidently, a fatal attachment to him.
If, at last, he fixes his affections on
you, the inference is, that you are the
firft lady of his acquaintance : And,
finely, it is no (mail thing to be firft,
io so great a number.
Betides, the good success he has
had, in pleafag, we will not fay, fa
cing. Is an undeniable evidence of the
graces of hit perfoo, and his good ad
drefo.
But, it is time that we draw to
wards a conclusion, which we fhafido,
with a word of exhortation.
My fair audience I You who are
the cream of creation, and the essence
of perfection! Whose fouls were
formed out of some of the very pret
tiest lumps of material fluff, that;
could possibly be got hold of ! Let
me exhort you to persevere in your
benevolent plans of fab reformation :
And let no cohfideration deter you
from ie. You may taped to encoun
ter difficulties, and meet with fomh
opposition : Bur, let tot the execra
tions of the morose, nor the whin
ing of the ferioOT, disappointed lads,
give you any unecfinefc
Ye may exped to hear it frequent
ly said, that this year comphilance of
these spruce gallants only tends toen- }
Courage their extravagance and d&
bauchery ; that ye dd^ in ha, ap
prove their conduA ; and, char, " Ev
ery woman, is, at heart, a rake."
The captious, who are forever find
ing faulty will, probably, fay, that
when bucks, and teducers, find them
felvei in good graces of rhe ladies;
they will be induced to reodet them
felvei still more famous : That yoorg
lads, who are just fteping forward in
to company, will conclude, that (he
only way to become acceptable to
your sex, which is certainly the ambi
tion of ever, gentleman, is, firft to
become a high fellow f And further,
that you are really incre?fing, the
group of ruined female charters.
But, notwithfttnding some furl,
moralist may make foch observations
as these: Be not affrighted. Ye
mean it not so. It is strange, that
these stupid objeach will never learn
to distinguish betwixt " The love of
complacto,:' and " The love of kb
aevolence." It is the latter kind of af
fe&on, which you entertain for rakes.
Your only endeavor it to reform
ahem, who, with a little tutoring,
would become the most lovely men
io the world: And, it is. Certainly, a
much more arduous, and, therefore,
laudable undertaking, to reform the
erroneous, than to preserve the ibno.
cent. You are not answerable for
the ill use, whiqh others make of your
good intentions
Whenever you fee a fading female,
who has been seduced b, &„ett, fel
low, you are at liberty to handle her
character, as freely as you pteafe ; for
that will Show your abhorrence of her ,
crimes i but be fore that you speak
very charitably of him.
Thus; ye angelic creatures, by con
tinuing your endeavors, for convert
ing bucks, and making good huf
baods, may you feel that serenity &
confutation, which your laudable ef
forts ate calculated to afford 1 And our
sex may, in a (hart time, by feeing
your exertions crowned with fuccefi,
be led to adopt a maxim, equally wife
and virtuous, with that in mv text.
" Reformed proflitafee make the best
wives." AMEN.
Fr^t»< Farmer's Weekly Museum.
"two ARE BETTER THAN ONE."
rriHIS is Solomon's theory, and I
J Llike it ; hit pradice was rather
too extensive, for in his luxurious pal
ace seven hundred wives and three
hundred concubines were better than
one. Whether the women of Jeroffr
lem were of more manageable mate
rials than modern females, am a, a
loft, for Josephus, whose works I have
turned over to gain information upon
this knotty point, fayi nothing of the
matter. However, lam incfodto
think Solomon made his domefti| ar : ,
rangements soon after he planted vie*,
fe. Had he chosen a fobetl, mfr
* [number 184.]