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MwVhO /ifephPYhf vM I^THIT
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
[From the Boftpn CENTINEL of Oa 8]
THE
— Situation of the World.
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[Tfa runt ulUaiov of a vafl number of doc*,
mito,e*ablcs us to give a full view of the pol
itics es tbe world, at tbi last dates],Q^
Much Information in fmallfpace.
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PERSIA.
THE Situation of this empire it
almost wholly unknown co the
American reader- Though enjoying
general pence, it is not free from the
inroads of the Semaramis of the north,
whofetroops have lately carried by
storm the city of Derbent, and Ben
der Abaffi, oo the Persian Gu!ph, and
conquered four province#. The Per
fiam unable co resist so formidable an
toafion, have Sued for peace, and a
fafpenfion of hostilities has taken place
until the will of the court of Peter'
burg is known. The city of Der
bent was captured by Peter the Gt.
it 1722, and afterwards teftored to
the Perfiaoi. It lies by the ruins of
a wall which once extended from the
Caspian to the Black sea.
, ,^,TUR^H EMPIRE
The French have gained a great af
cendency—the Ambassador h,s ^l
chived the most cordial mark# ofdig-1
mfed,refee,ft, and French officer# are
numerous throughout the maritime
pares of the empire. A rupture be
tween th§ Porte and Russia has been
Ugg threatened, and long expected,
but the Turkish mioiftry have rfeclar-:
ed that the vast preparations ttyj
have made, were for the coast of Sy
ria, against the revolted Pacha of Ae
ri, The Turks are preparing a coa
fide'r^le ojaritime force. The M&
fefe make many depredations on their
commerce ; but the ministry incline
«) the use of pacific measures through
the mediation of the court of Spain,
the progress of the Ruffians in Perfy
titer very secret at 'Constantinople,
The British have fenta new ambassa
dor (F. J. Jackson. Esq.) to the Su
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^% RUSSIA.
"'This vast empire fuftaini the dpte
ble condition of War and Peace.^ —
mile it is a&ually furpifhiog a fmal!
Squadron in Qe English fleet—white]
tassi above Rated attacking Perfu—,
whife completing the fubjugacion of
Poland—and interfering in the c©
@^Sweden ; it still assumes,,
trarqull position at home—and its in
htim^fiible kiogfai, fate, and prov^
intito, tyce feel that their Emprefe if
a^ae^ed in iny foreign taxis what- §
ever.-h is true, she bar declared to
the Imperial Diet, that her troopi are [
re,dy tti mar^h against France, butt
her mafefy, by her condod, f ,,,&j
renders a more active and efficient
^ii^ coalition by attacking
Sffif& her Qwtto;
the provinces on the Caspian sea. She
threatens South Prurfia, (lately a part;
, of Poland), and Weft Galatia , th an
' army, so fettle the bufinefa of demit-4
>^.Q the Emperor and the|
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co NCO RD, TUESDAY, October 18, 1796.
— — ~ :_7;,;^^it I^imaim ran —1 ■.ii.ul - - -“^ I ■■ '—-r<*>
King of Proffia, A witty writer re
femblei her threat to interfere between
the Emperor and Frederick to the fa
ble of the monkey and the' two cats—
the latter having some provisions that
they could not agree about dividing
asked the former to become arbiter
—He very j#dicfoo demolilhes al
ternately the lump in the heaviest
scale, in order to adjudicate impartial
justice, and at length retains the re
mainder, for the trouble of fettling
the difference. In the affairs of Swe
den ffie assumes an extraordinary po
sition—Not content with regulating
empires, she defcenda to the domestic
residence of Kings, and interferes^
their connubial engagements. Th^
young King of Sweden has been some
time betrothed to a German Princess;
but the Empress has threatened him
with her vengeance, if the alliance is
confumateed.—She pleads, that by an
agreement between the Emperor and
lace King of Sweden, the present
Monarch w„ obligated to marry a
Princess of Ruffis ; arid (he insists on
the fulfilment of the obligation.—A
meeting between the ptiriies is to
take place on the frontiers, and the
,Fmprefi offers to give the /o-'h 4fo?'
pointed lad, i fettlemeat equal to th.
Queen Dowager of Sweden. We
mention this ,aft „ one ofthe most
impudent attacks on tehat Mr Burke
Bins the Rights of Kings, on record.
The ferfiprefs has a large fleet at Re
vel, deftiro^it is laid, for the Sound.
In her ititanal government /lie ap
pears moderate and humane, and her
apparently generous condy#, and late
offer to Gen. Kofchiufko, co give him
an establishment in the United State#,
demontyte the inconfi^ency of her
charader. .
SWEDEN and DENMARK,
Stilllupporttheir neucralhy^^
Landing the fpQlilions ofytycom-/
merce. They have ataljf fepr
fail of the line, and two Irigatei 00
the coast of Norway, to Riaint^in the
rights of neutral nations. It i, fiid
^King ot Denmark, in concert with
the Ki?g of Pruffu, hat in contempla
tion the seizure of some northern yq?
syn towns. . &^#^
x—: tsferm= ———
POLAND
Wno more. On the ^th of July last,
,hf count Yon Hoyml commiffianer
of the King of Prussia, received the
oath of homage and allegiance from
the delegates of the eftare# of Polahd,
affembkd at ,he ralfc of Wgfaw.
The Speech of the commiffioner } on
tty occasion *kcufety-He paints,
in glowing colors the calamities which
have for many years affixed Poland,
voder a Republic-^ contrafc them
with the liberty, happmefs and pro(-
feettty enjoin iriPruffiia, a tyar
chy—He then assures the clergy, no
biliry, reprefe^, of the citi,, &
pe^^f, th, ~ fh,| t*.,^
in their right#—" Such, fay. he, are
the ftft,^;
fe^^
{teKing, mk m@QVfe,w will
therefore by a lolemo oath, in the bce
of the divinity, the Lord of Kings &
fubjefti !" We hear nothing ot the
unfortunate Staniflauc
PRUSSIA.- 1
The king of this country has ren
dered himfelf confpicqous of late.—-
After entering into the diabolical
league of the Emprefi of Russia to
conquer and divide Poland, he was
the fitft to join in the unjust coalition
agiinft France ; and was in tfe re
ceipt of very large subsidies from
Greatbritain, when he suddenly deferr
ed his aliiei, made peace, and smiled
at the credulity of the power, he bad
fleeced. Hit conduct since has been
no better. He has Utelytaken poffef
fien 'of the Imperial and independent
country of Nurembourg, .alleging
that it belonged to his jurifdiaion by
an agreement made 200 years fiice.
He threatens Banberg with the fame
fate opdhis minister of Rite has is
sued proclamations to the inhabitants
Fifing them quietly to submit io
their inevitable doom. Thu^, ft king
^vantage of the Wafteri of the em
pires he is like to gain at much to hi,
kingdom by his arA; 'al Austria will
lose by its arms, in the war with
France—Which latter power it is
strongly fufpeded he mean? to aid in
the subjugation of th^ Empire. Hi?
lambition is unbounded^ ^d he is as
adive as ambitious, 'He has ex^reff
-4y"fcobidderi the residence of the
French emigrants in hi, kingdom,
fy AUSTRIAN EMPIRE',
It is well known, it engaged in a very
bloody, expen five w„ with France.
Its immense arroie&,rcfyre before
the French id every part, Cbmpof
ed of variouveftates Atid,kingdoms,
it is ever liable to difeord arid animo
fity.l&verailhbe indfr^ eftatei
hire made peace ; itid'it* frid, the
GrandUmpeHal Diet contemplates a
negotiation to obtain the defined eod.
She lias loft a great number of her
pc&ffiof)i ; and it ttyt uoqueffionfr
b|y cfdefome of them fe#( French
Republic, before it will relinquilh the
conquest it has made. She will have
too to encoun@ another disaster; for
Hungary, from "which the House of
Austria gfotip principal revenue,
threatens to profit by the prefect
weakened Race oQte efliirfy and to
demand ap amelioration, ifrat,° en
tire fuppreffion,of in heavy taxes and
fubfidiei. We need riot go further
;1$ dur ftdements —daily'detail# tell
the face of Austria.
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HAMBURGH
it is Gid, is threatened by a visit of
the French ; in the fame manner and
on the fame grounds as tn, tto Leg
horn. This event is greatly dreaded
in Engtabd, and fhbuld it happen
:would be tfe severest blow that could
be (truck against the commercial in
terest, of Greatbricaio.„ The Senate
has rcctived lg,gefflrom Paris ; has
sent a BirgomafhOhere § and ap
pears to be on ftiendy terms with the
next merits attentions Gepa^pg up
derail fowude, His regming
its ancient liberty; and the new gov
ernment is bufr, engaged in 0 g^n,
ifog^&adminiawin,, ^d bringing
" order otic of confufian ' 'the in~
fluence of the French in the new re
public is great, and it i^ fuppofed.by
many, that the army of Biurconvilie
overawes the deliberations of the af
fembiy. The French have 25 000
men in Holland, but they #re in
Dutch pay, The armed force of the
republic is refpe&able ; the navy i?
thus diftribuced ; the fquadrop gone
to the.Weftiadiei, under admiral Bra
ak, consists of one (hip of 56 guns,
one frigate of 44., two of 36, and four
corvette There are in t he Texel,
under the command of admiral Win
ter, two (hips of 74 gups, four ot 68,
one of 56, two frigates of 4%, eight
frigates or corvets, of horn $6 co 20
guns, and sixteen (hips of war of lets
than-20 gut&—There are building,
or repairing, in the different dock,
yards of the Batavian Republic, two
(hips of 74 guns, four of 68, one of
56, two frigates of 32, one of 26, &
two corvets of 18. The Dutch have
besides, 2 frigates of 56 guns in the
Laffinoies ; and to 'be Weftindies
they have one frigate of 40 guns, 3
of 36, two corvets of 24, and of 16.
Total—6 (hips ofthe line of 74 guns,
16 of 68, 6of 56, 8 frigates from
44 to 40, 14 frigates from 36 to 32,
23 corvets, 17 (mailer fh;pa of war.
The national army corfift# of feveri
half brigades of infantry— oefidel
thefeand the troops mentioned above,
they have five battalions of Wa'deck
ers, two of Saxe Gotha, and three of
Griffons. All thefeform an efUblifh
ment of 49,000 men. Theexptofe
of the French troops is eflimated at
>2,000,000 of florins per annum,
The militia guards amount to 62 000
—As yft the Du;ch have no; entered
fytitedly into the.war, although they
have loft all their valuable pc&ffioni
in the Eaftindit#, and that refting
place the Cape of Good Hope.
Pofifeript to the " Political State
the World?
Tie WESTINDIES.
It is interesting to the Columbian pub
lic, and to the many emigrant colo
niftairt the Unked States, to be made
acquainted With the date of affairs in
the Weftindies ; but accounts from
thence ?re sq contradiaory, and told
so frequently to answer the purpofea
of [peculation, that a correa State
ment is next to an impossibility—
Warlike operations are (uUpended for
tht'prefent. After the reduction of
St. Lutia, and the brigands in Grena
da and St. Vincents, it was thought
the British forces would proceed a
gainst Guadeloupe ; but foch were
the losses fuftainrd by the English, by
ficknef# and in action ; fond such the
t^ffl °f Vi^or Hughes, that the
eoterprize was abandoned for &
prefect, and reinforcements from Eu
rope Solicited. Inaddirion to this,
the Bihifh are not farisded with the
General officer# ; Abercrombie is out
of hearth, and the others ha^e no @
ficiency. We'do not fee, amongSt
our European account?, that the rein
forcement desired were in any^ftate
I^,fy pppflfe,/ fer-
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