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- FOLAN D. - ...
DAxfzicK, CHNCE by ihe/eeond parthioo
july 5. Oof Poland,agreed on between■
the s.Qur^jjf Pera Be lin, our city .
' Iras piffed* rinter the Pruflian dominion, no
-3 /thing efleWial has been regulated as to our
-fence admuiftrauon. They began by^ abol- -
Yfhing all the departments, but the refait has
been a general confulion, and to remedy the
it was necessary co re-establish many of
thole departments. They with pH tn p'ye the
administration of th? ihu relies, hospitals, and
all other charitable elections, in some degree
of fubordinacion ana dependence, agreeably
Kt the custom in all the Prefluneftate.-; but
the management of them befog gratuitous,
the administrators conlidered such a fubje&ion
^•s'&il&ary to the nature cf their lurt&Wt,
-°n ‘he pofotof refighing ; but .the .
Pruflian government requeued them to con
tinue them <sn the Old footing, alluring that
no infringement fixould be made upon them.
In fine nothing has let been fettled as to our
• form of government.' - NocqlJege of foftice
hasylGbttui eiUbliihed, 'and the magistracy
•of th^.pd!ic&fa Prily-prov iljoua].. It is rhe
fame with "regard' to our political and mer
cantile exigence $ our trade still languishes
f jhedarge eicife duties
laid open wine^ cuff e, brandy, tee, sugar, and
other amclescf hat kind, will hurt the trans-,
Poland ; . and the meicbanu
,complain of fifeal policy introduced here.
As to.. Poland, that unhappy kingdom re
fifU the fate prepared for it, but we fear the
oppofiiion will h>ve but little effed. That
refpefiing the form of the new oath to be tad
z -ken by Marfoab Bielinfky has we learn by the
last leuerif on Poland, been be filed in a
most exiraordin try manner, vhich shews the
• 4qunlity of an y oppoG uon, Those members
^qfjhe diet who rejected the new form were
x potfonder arrest in their houser, and were not
permitted to go to the aflembly till as er the
Maffaai had taken the oath, in the form pre.
feribed, jn rhe presence of some members dis.
posed to'content to it. The farter informed
■ the plan,* went to the session early,. and
^WbcJ 1 the-former arrived, the oath was tak*r.
The King him .MC who at present Hands firm
thfe head of-oppofiricn, Ic hot exempt from
these means of coin drain t. The Ruffian Am
pafladour, itJs feid, with a view co engage
tQ.ch.angc firs opinfon^or. con dud, has
privatel^Qrdered the Treasurer Dziakow&i,
to "pay id ifiaC unfortunate Prince no money
on account of-the revenues cf his Crown till
further q ders. - The estates of Counts Minis.
tzech and Tyfykiewiez, Marlhals of the
andLi’huania,have also been sequester
ed by the Kpflians,. for not conforming to
- • - the intemfohs of the Ruffian Ambaffaddur.—
.? n h®*> ; foere it no chance of Poland elcaping
the destiny prepared for jt. Count de Sievers
■ T Far-intimated, that as the oppcfi'.ion party, in
the diet^erfifl^ferefufing to Ct sfy the desires
of the two^purts, the rema n^f Poland will
iwlfo br dccop’ed, and troops sent io <0 the Pa
latinates of Cracow ajnd Sendemir- The
** f^offianVifo so ifij^h Meir fide itr the fame
manner j and we qre allured that the Ruffian
a?d d^ruffiah Generals only wait for a further
Fcrg'^ount de Sievers to put the mea
•4 into execution;, > The only resource of
- '’the Poles 'on' this occasion is an .application to
all the powers ot Europe, their friend,, which
has been done by a circular letter ’ delivered
<0 the different foreign Mini flew refideit in
Poland, including the notes delivered by the
Ruffian and Pftrfliati Ambaifadors, and the
Answers thereto: 1
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GERMANY.
cjtenp, july 31 A gentleman who
left Paris on the 26 h inst state»» that on the
mo ning of his departure, in’eiligence was re
ceived, that th^deparyhehtafforces from Ly
ons and Bordeaux, de ft toed to march against
the Capital, had certainly returned home, bi t
had previoofly declared their acceptance of
the Conft.tution.
> The Foederiils, who «>e to affembleon the
10th of August, and- solemnly in ihe^jChaQjp.
de Mars to accept the Conffitulion.werc flock,
ing to Paris from all pa^s,
Custrmb was-in tho Abbaye, waiting the
xefok of^brieghl prbeefs again ft him, which
was on the eve of being commenced* Gm.
Lamor tre hj, who bad'hdd the chief com
mand ar Liflej was also arrested, and on his
way to the Jame deftinadon.
Qcp. Be a uharnois haawrit'en frem Lan
dau, ftv.ing chat the battle of the 20th was de
cidedly in favour of the French. He had
left the lines behind the luauter, and advanced
before Landau. The Prussians bad loft con
siderably, bothin men an J io position.
t Thfe peopleof Lisle have proposed. to raise
300, oqo men, in the four, Northern Depart
irfenis. For this purpose, every man was to
Iseforntfeooed who was capable of bearing
' wmt, and each to bring with him to days pro
visions. The Tbcfiu warthen to be founded
are fixed hour, whett tbey were to join the
B|»» ; lhe .UHeA J»«W» 1
• ’ The CipHal w«i uncommonly The
decree for 'i3niirttn£ all the bells tn the Re
public into cannon, one in each town only
excited, p serve m b Toda, was ex
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pefied to produce i;,ooo.pi<ee3 of Artil
lery. ■ ‘I i * v'W
FRA NCT v
PAMn.jutY 23. The RoyalilL disappoint
, ed ia then attempt upon Nantes;have turned
s to anther quarter,--Their * r my
certaiuly amounts to 69,060 men, • ’ All the
Departments are following she example of
. tbofo Eure -and C*lvado?, a>*-d are putting
men in motion for Paris. From those two
;De part meats 80,009 men are in full march
headed by General Wimpfen-—Dreadfol con
feqeences may be expeded.
Cuftine is denounced, and is now a Prisoner
Abbeye. The Committee of Public
^erfore have ftxlpped him of hia Command,
and confe/red it on General Kellemian. A
mong the many charges agair.fi Cuftine, is
thit of having inftified arbitrary and severe
panifti inents bn the Patriots. The fate of
. this General may be easily anticipated—-he
has many enemies in the Convention..
The Scftions are making loud complaints
of the want cf Bread—Every thing feeim’ to
portend a codvtdfion": the arrival W the De
partmental Forces ’ will unqueftioQably pro
duce one : As if preparatory, to ir there has
been a dreadful elementary fiorm on Wednef.
day last, to the Nofthwaird oi Paris I trees
have been torn up by the roots by the violence
of the wind, and much damage has been done
by the rain and hail, which deluged the
Country for a considerable ex ent.
■ ' national contention—
•: <?<_>;, ,Turtiay,JulyZ.
Deputies from the Department of
Cote d’Or appeared at the bar, and
laid, “ We are French Mountainee.s.
Your Jong difeuflions tire us and all
France. You have, however, made
amends by giving us a constitution,
and Jibe; ty triumphs. We profcis
obedience to your decrees.” ;
On the proportion of Lacroix,the
following decree was palled
The National Con ven.bn pro
visionally fulpends the payment of
all, salaries to those who live in the
t dittos in a Hate of infurre^tion ar
gajnft the National Convention, ,un*
til they car. prove that they are ,not
concerned in these doings, or that
they retrafl what they have done.”
. July 18. The funeral of Marat
was celebrated the day before yetter
day, with the greatest pomp and so
lemnity. ■ ‘ All the Sections joined in
theFroceGion,fome with their colours,
but all of them with their standards.
• An immense crowd of people attend
ed it. Four women bore the bath
ing machine in which Marat was
Handing when he was aflaflioated
his (hire, ftamed with blood, was car
ried .tJy another Amazon at the top
of a pike. After this followed a
wooden bed. stead, on which the corpse
of Marat was carried by Citizens —
His head was uncovered, and the galh
made by the knife of the aflaflin could
be easily d ftinguilhcd. The procef-
Gon paraded through several ftreet’j
and was saluted on its march by lev-’
eral difeharges of artillery. At half
past ten o’clock, at night, the remains
of Marat were deposited ia a,grave
dug in the yard of the Club of the
Cordeliers, between four linden-tre6s.
At the bale of bis bed of. ft«e the
fOU9 vying words wt infori bed t
MARAT, ;
The Fi iend of the People,
Aflafiinated by the Enemies of
the People. -
Enemies Os the Country,
Moderate ybbf Joy«
; He will find’ Avengers !
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ENGLAND.
. London, Aucush’ 12. Now thajV«Jenci
ennes is taken, the ntxt<town that bccuri on
the road of the Alliei to Pari», and the next
that ^ia'probably occupy their arms, i« Bou
chaio, the last conqucft pt the renowned Marl
borough. The place i» much (mailer than
' VafencierjMf^ but of gr^at firtngtb, has
little tb f^r from a bombardment, being si
moll entirely composed of the quarters of tHe
foldipry, who will find ar eady ret rear ththeif
fcfemattt, . . - - ' . t
The Alfres are boW daily drawing nearer
to Pa:i\ Meats, Cohde, Valenciennes,
t ,Xi tral 1L ' ' '< l ’ *•.
... .. A'j.'l t
• *>» a
,be cori Jeered as so many .Kees to it* By the
jx fie flion of ihe;firft, all Lorrain and Alsace
ii^S open to the Prussians and Germans, on
that fide ; and by the capture of Conde and
Valenciennefr the road <p the capital is>in a
great meafpre tendered practicable, there be
ing few towns now left, of Sufficient confe
queuce to occafiun any considerable delay to
the prog refs of thecombined forces.
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TREASON H!
A very fcrious complaint was lodged a few
days agb, before a justice of the peace, and
one of the Quorum io a Nothern county, a
gainst a fimpie countryman, for having
damn*KingN A warrant was accord
ingly iflutd, and the poor trembling delin
quent dragged be ore the Bench, when the
foHowieg very kten and pointed interrogato
ries were put to him.
Justice— Harker ! you fellow !—How came
you wickedly and profanely to damn his
Most Sacred Majesty Gecrg e rhe Third, of
/Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King,
Defender of the Faith, and so forth ?
Countrymin —Lord I your Wbrlhip, I did
not know that King of Clube was Defender of
the Faith, or by my troth I would no’ damn*a
it^
Jufticc— K ; ng cf Clubs ! Why you rebelii
nut rascal, what do you add injAt io triaftnT
—— Tell me what you mean ?
Countryman —Mean your Worship, wliy
you man inozu that we v^ern noine and mine,
at whitk and fwabbsrs, C!ubs was trumpt, I
had eate and queen my own hend— but as ill
luck would hai’t, our > neighbour Tuminas
chpt his king smack upon mor queen, and by
gadiin they gotten the odd trick So being
well? thro.tied with rage. your. Wonnip,
f -.J..1... cry dem* the Ktng !
Justice.—-O — 1 well, it that’s all,rhou may
go about thy bufineft—>but fee that thou nev
er does f) again.
Countryman.— God bless your honour—l
wonna e’en curse a knave for fear it may of
fend your w
THE ^UE N OF FRANCE.
If, as .he fall Letters from Paris affirm
the unfortunate Marib Antoinette,
Queen of F« ance, has been put upon her.
Trial, as the Jacobins will call it ; but which;
we would cofider as the deliberate aggravation
of the legal murder of fatten Mjjefty, she ap
proaches the end of all that feniibility could
Luffer,ot the mffft infernal villany infl fi. Af
rer having Mvitneffed fee ne s that mull have
harrowed up her foal, to her the bijernefs of
death must long since be past. But the ten
demefs of the Mdther, in leaving behind her
a captive Son and Daughter, reierved perhaps
for the fame fate of as thek august Parents,
must occasion h ftreggle that may rend the
walls of her priTou haafo-, -and which, for the
exquisite ftgvbies ofthe ; ftrongeft emotions of
nature, far exceed the. paioypt deaths We feel
the most pungent'and inexpressible. fenfat jons ..
of giief and indignation, at the very idea of
this hot rid and bloody tragedy.
it is probable that a strong and just sense
of religion will prevent her kom piefering a
Roman death to the ignominy of a. Public Ex
ecution ;:for fhetnay justly conclude, I* that it
is the crime, not the fcaffold', which conftituies
its jhamc ” This nfi in the Regicides will fill
up the mcafqre cf their iniquity, and we doubt
hot that vengeance will arJeng h come upon
them to’the uttermdft. While we.dcpfore the
unmerited fa r k of these innocent and august
Perfon"ges, defeended from the greatest and
most ancient Houses in Europe, it .will feive
as a great moral leflon to mankind, and pre
vent themadnefs and misfortunes of France
from reaching other Nation's. The feenes of
blood and carnage that havp attended the Re
volution, the individual and nationalsalami
ties it has bcca.ffdbed, the fad change it has
brought upon the hatibbal chara&ef, trans
form ipg them from a supposed pftli e uation
anto iygers and <w«Zv^,devouring oue anothcr,
and chafe who foil into thfir power,, will ren
' der the name of Franck odious to posterity, as
j^cll a« to the present age ; and a Revolution,
.ac^Fren.h Re/uUitaee^nemzyk^ ■be'fflbcia.ed
I with tb^ideaii of Murder^ Rlumkrt ^gi/rde,
and tne most atrocious vices thatdifgrvce hu- .
than nature; of which no example ja to be
fobtid among the moral rules and baxbarOus
Ndtiopa.. The Baniftiment of the other Bran
ches of the BqurrOn Family from France, is
the greatest favpyr they cQuld do them ; but
it was to strip them oF their Iprge and vast do
mains : and what avails life, when deprived
.of its camforts, and embittered by the most
painful r< fle^jons f It would hare been grea
ter mercy to have sent them ojhc GuiNottne!
but the Leaders in France are equally stran
gers to jaftice and mercy.
We know that the Englijb Jaeohins will ap
plaud4his ho^^J^din their fouls, whatever
may be their outward shew or expressions ;
they will confider it as the Convention did the
Murder the Krno as a great, and finking
example"to the world. We acknowledge it
to be.fo j butjLpply one cf that, -kfod^ that
(hew us to what exeeffive lengths of infamy
and goilt both nations and individuals may
run, whes not rtftrained by Law ; dr when
under tbe dominien pf ambiuon, avarice, hat
red, malice* and the mpft sanguinary and fo
ro'eiouj dilpoßuan,
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Atnencan Intelligence- I j
—pennsylvanw.-
philapelphia, Sept. 28.
THE immense numbers of waggons, fomd) 1
of thein from fur beyond th? Alleghany, 1
that used to crowd Market street at this leafoil '
of the year,are totally djfeppecred. We are told
that rhe ftfeits of Baltimore arc now throoge'd
with them ; snd thus not one of the lead ill
consequences cf the defirufiive yellow fever, is
the chance of its eventually turning,for a time,
a considerable branch of trade into another
channel, and occasion many new epnoefiionsia
a rival city. ; , V
On Friday evening last, aJJ the New-York
and Philadelphia land stages returned to this
city with their pa ffen ger .^mortified and fatigued
they were refufed a passage through the Jerfiej.
One of the driver.s^had’a very narrow efeape
with bis life, being cruelly fired upon at Tren
ton, the ball passing within a few inches of his 1
ears,. Npprovjfions were tq be obtained on the I
road, nor aqy aqcommodatibn of any kind, even <
ir r •
1>; , ’ / MASSACHUSETTS.
BOSTOMiXJCT, 2.
■ FublieFThankfgiving.
His Excellency foeGoternor, has peen pletf*
ed co appoin’; vyith the advice of ihe Council,
Thuffday the 7th day of’Nuvernber n’xt a a
day of Public Thanksgiving thwiighout this
Commonwealth. * ./
The Hon. Gen,. Lincoln has returned to
this town, ip good health, from thg propped
treaty with the'hbftfie Indian's at Sdneujky.
Lord Dorchester, t,be Governor Gene al
of the Canadas was preparing to qujr England,
at the date of our last accounts, for Quebec,
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The objefis of combined powers, now
leagued agatnll France,? appears co be as fol
lows■> ■ -
The Engiifh and Spar.ilh fleets to invest
the F ench cities iti the Mediterranean,^ at
tfcfi he attention bf the republic to thatquar
‘ ter ; and to assist rhe Sardinians in recoyering
their country ; and in dfifer&fe France.
1 The Spaniards errffing the Pyrenhet, are to
penetrate icto France, and by capturing the
fortified.places, to eflabli/h a cordon of ports
Sufficient to pieyent rhe introdufilcn pt French
principles into Spain ; and to assist in the re
eftablilhment of the refrafiory p;iefta—The
fleet under Lord Howe is laid Jo lapd a force
in Britapny,. to-assist. the rebels, ’ if noy are left
unconqaered.—■— The Prussians areto enter
Alsace and Lorraine—♦ The Auflrians to march
in the Duke of B unftwi k's irafi to Paris, and
the Engiifh to attack Dunkirk. Th s is the
work said to be cut^ut for' the present cam
paigns whcthc.r, jh#. French will iiot Ipoil the
fafhion. of the fair; and tp Mtef. tbe aHufion F
teach them all, ' "
, The trite war-dance of Zrunfwick relkj.
. , And manual exercise of hnlls; ’’' r
Make^hem give np, like Saints complete,
Tbc*'«h4 of jltjk, arid, trust the feet;
„ And work, like ChTrfHanijUndi&Hnbling,
, Salvation out by fear ami v tteifibHng>-J *
Is yet in the womb of iime andcaßnut befoev
doped under a number of weeks, j,
When the Prince of^SaxedCnboutg took poT
feffidn of the city of Coude, he did it, not in
the nanSed Louis XVII. but in the r am^s of
the Emperor,o’ Germany, arid Knag of, Prussia.
Thus it <appea°rs plain, that the (partiuon of
France, is the objefi of the cornbined jjower?.
What England is to receive ? dived nd' day Js
unknown i-oeAafoly not ValencienbVs^ It Me
can take Dunkirk, apamft v.hich foe -g bend
ing her force, that poffiblv may be h
—the may get^fome millions inere ip debt—
and the pleating of having ‘ «< paid
tbepi/ur^ .f .. f J . '
The present war (fays* a London paper)'’is
laid to coll 15001. sterling per hour, wjiich^is
3&,oooh pdr, d^a: mUfag,/ iper
annum-; IL it enntiiwsfcrTififV tjfe rear, it
jpptilb op tbe People, or father ft^uld Hot ‘ tliis
poragraphift haye fa/d^^ sfow> *>o me
fighting td*eferhia^. defpqti^n t to rivet J^avery,
arid td fink the rest of mankind info thV fame
chain for ever,taxes toche amWilt b'f fx l /uadiia
th^fand pounds a year.—Just one million 4 N ew-
York currency.
The naval forces of Spain adfognigainft
France,Js cifti mated at ^ips ofUfe Nne, be
tides frigates, &c. manned by.54,000 men. —
The land forces are reckoned to amount to
261,000 I / *. 7,
The firflJßeU that was thrown info Valena
ciennes by the Combined armies,lilial * m*n> '
hia wife, and seven chisdren in dht house.
?. ' so « |rttaaaaaiteaaipi|asfewtent i \
. The Clergy of the Church of Eli* 7
gland* w^fpeak of the majority, ex- /
claun against thc FrCn.ch as a let of
wretches who ha¥e/b4m^ed‘ religion,
at the very.mfiant theirown pujp^s^i
overflow with felines, to the exdofion
of disunity.