The Phoenix — Dover [N.H.], 1793-04-27 00:00:00, page 2

in the valley where we dwelt.—
Tet zee left our dancing, And our
songs, and our cbeerjulnefs ; you
were diftrefed, and we pitied you.
Since that day the pipe has never
been heard id Venom's fields :—
Grief and Jicknefs have almofl
brought him to the grave ; and
his neighbours, who loved and pi
tied him, have been cheerful no
more, let, methinks, though you
robbed us of happiness, you are
not happy ; else why that dejefied
look, which amidol all the gran
deur around you, I fawyou wear,
and those tears which, under all
the gyadinefc4
that poor deluded ?yrl Shea ' '—-
' But Shefhail foes no more, 'cri
ed Sir Edward , f yoa Jhall be
happy, and 1 Shall be just. For
give, my Venerable friend, the in
juries which I have done thee ;
forgive me, my Loui/a, for rating
your excellence at a price so mean.
Ihave seen -those high-born fe
males to which my rank might
have allied me ; 1 am ashamed of
their vices, and tick of their follies.
Profligate in their hearts, amidst
affefled purity they.are saves to
pleafare without the sincerity of
pafton;and, with the name of
honour, are infenfble to the feel
ings °f virtue. Bou, my Louisa !
but I will not call up recollections
that might render me less worthy
of yourfuture efleem— Continue
to love your Edward ; but a few
hours, and you Shall add tri die
to the affections of a wife ) let the
ta~e and tender n^f f / bulbed
bring backits peace to your mind,
and its bloom riyour cheek. .We
will leave for a while the wonder
and the envy of the fashionable
circle here. We will reflore your
father to his native home ; under
that roof I Shall once mote be hap
py ; happy without allay, because
I shall dejerve my happiness. A
gain shall the pipe and the dance
gladden the valley, and innocence
and peace beam on the cottage of
Venoni !'
THE harsh and rigorous treatment
which this unfortunate General has
experienced during his captivity, has
provoked oniverfal conje&ure, and in
deed has been uniformly reprebated.
A correspondent who has lately re
turned from the continent fays, it is
to be explained in the following man
ner.
It was always reported, and is now
believed in France, that when the
King and Qjeen attempted to make
their escape, and were flapped at Va
rennes, it was with the knowledge
and connivance of La Fayette.
It was afterwards understood that
he as immediately repented of this
connivance, and took effectual means
to prevent the royal family from ac
complishing their purpose.
If is certain that the Queen has
FOREIGN NEWS.
LONDON, Jan. 26.
LA FAYETTE.
ment."
2d.—" That the particular com
plaints which have been Rated against
the condud of the French govern
ment, are not of a nature to juftify a
war, in the firft instance, without
having attempted to obtain redress by
negociation."
3d. —« That it appears to this
house, in the late negociations be
tween his Majesty's ministers and the
agents of the French government,the
said miriifters did not take such mea
sures as were iikely to procure redress
without a rupture, for the grievances
of which they complained, and parti
ticularly, that they never Bated dil
tin&ly to the French government any
terms and conditions, the acceflion to
which on the part of France would
induce his Majesty to peifevere in a
fyftetn of neutrality."
^th.—" That it dots hot appear
that the fechri'y of Europe, and the
rights of, independent nations, which
have been dated as grounds of war
against Fratice, have been attended tb
by his majesty's ministers in the case
of Poland, in the invasion of which
unhappy country,both in the lad year
and more recently, the most open
contempt of the law of nations and
the mod unjudihable spirit of aggran
dizement have been manifefted with
out having produced, as far as appears
to this huufe, any remondrance from
his Majedy's ministers.
jth.—" That it is the duty of his
majesty's miniders, in the present cri
sis, to advise his majesty againd en
tering into any engagement which
may prevent Great Britain from ma
king a separate peace, whenever the
intered of his majesty and his people
may render such a measure advifeble,
or which may countenance an opinion
in Europe, that his majesty is a&ing
in concert with other powers, for the
unjust fiab e purpose of compelling
the people of France torfubmit to a
form of government not approved by
that nation."
asserted and beea convinced, ttef thtir
disappointment and consequent deten
tion, is to be imputed to La Fayete
Hence her refentmopt to him has been
implacable.
These motions were severely at
tacked by Mr. Burke, Mr. Jenkin
fon, Mr. Powis, Sir Richard Will, Sir
George Cornwall, and others, and de
fended by Mr. Grey, Mr. Sheridan,
and other gentlemen, and at the con
This account, if not true, is cer
tainly plausible ; and if it be realy
understood by the fovertigns of Prus
sia and Austria, that La Fayette did
actually do what this reprefentatbn
imputes, we can less wonder that the
treatment which he experienced is ri
gorous and severe.
February 20.
HOUSE of COMMONS,
Monday,, Feb. 18.
Mr. Fox, after home preliminary
pbfefvations, in which he deprecated
the measures of admininration,in pre
cipitating the nation in a w^r with
France moved the five following mo
tions, viz.
r.—" That it is not for the honor
and interest of Great Britain jo mate
war with France, on account of the
internal circumstances ofthat country
—fdr the purpose of either suppres
sing or punishing any opinions and
principles, however pernicious in their
tendency, which may prevail there,or
of ellablilhing among the French peo
ple any particular form of govern-
The battalions of guards defined
to the assistance of our ally, the Stad
thoder, marched this morning at 8
o'clock,from the parade in St. James'
park.
His Majefly honoured their march
with his presence to Greenwich
where they were to embark. The
Prince, the Dukeof York, the Duke
of Clarence, and the Duke of Glott
cefter, came with the King to the
parade, and accompanied the detach
'ment.
After the officers and men are em
barked on board the transports, the
Duke goes with his suit on board a
frigate lying at Sheerness, which
with other men of war, is to convoy
them to the place of disembarkation.
They are thrown into Bergen-op-Zo
om, as a reinforcement to the gar
rison.,
• Besides the three battalions of the
guards fix regiments of foot, three of
cavalry, and a draught from the royal
clufion of a lengthy debate, the ques
tion being called for, the house divi
ced upon th previous question, whe
ther Mr. Fox's motion should be put
or not, which was carried in the ne-
gative.
Ayes
Noes
On Friday evening an order arrived
at Oftend, signed by the French ma
rine minister, Nougei addressed to the
French Consul at that port, to flop
all veffcls there tinder English, Impe
rial, Ruffian, Pruflian. Dutch, and
Tuscan colours, which „ <pit n
force on Sati^n:
o'clock. There were oni;
five English, 0c it as many Dtefy
and one Prussian th re. The English
vessels seized were, the London, Coo
per, and Dispatch, Monkman. Lon
don traders ; the Favourite, Ander
lon from Liverpool. The packet
was flopped, buSofterwards released.
The united Irishmen have entered
into very strong resolutions, which,for
composition and manliness, are not
less diflinguifhed than those that have
repeatedly preceded before from this
great and refpeaable body. The fer
ment that prevails is beyond belief.—-
There is nothing spoken of but a
National Convention ; but whatever
the people may imagine, we trust
that government is really sincere, and
that it does not intend to trifle with
the country on those great and im
portant questions, on which the exis
tence of their freedom and liberties
depend.
The people have a majority with
out doors, and they have more than
once had a majority within, where
the salvation of the country depended
bn the independent con'dua of the
house. That parliament will unite
in preventing the impending dangers
we again hope, and that the necessity
of a National Convention will be ob
viated by the manly and popular con
dua of the representatives of the peo
ple, in granting the people their rea
tonable desires.
His Imperial Majesty has published
a declaration, promising to confirm
the ancient confutations of the pro
vinces and cities to the Netherlands, a
fall enjoyment of the rights and li
berties claimed by the inhabitants,and
a general pardon and amnesty to all.
Majority for the War, 220
February 25.
Feb, 14.
44
274
A letter from Henfleu, dated Feb;
2,— States that a French privateer
called the Mirie Rose, of that places
had captured an Fnglifh vessel called
the Belfaft, laden with tea and other
goods, and supposed to be worth 5%
cool, sterling.
regiment of artillery, are under order,
to embark for fereign service. Two
of them are now in Scotland, viz. the
19th and 42d. These are to embark
at Leith.
ear Admiral Goodale, it is said,
.0 be commander in chief of the
Spanish fleet defined to aft imconcert
with Great Britain in the ensuing
campaign.
A letter from London, dated March
2, fays—
A body of 3000 French have feiz
°d and plundered Carifberg, the refi
nance of the Duke De deux Ponts.
PLYMOUTH DOCK Feb. 14.
'This country never entered on a
war with md^^ppearance of success
than All ranks fee the
and give government
every support in their power.'
Lafi week, being at York, I was in
company with a number of Grangers —
a messenger came into the room and
informed one of the company (a Mr.
John Abbot, of Shapley, Mass.) that
the night before, his dwelling-house
was burnt to the ground—the owner,
being a poor man, wa& in great distress
more especially when he learnt that
all his furniture was confirmed in the
house—bat judge of nature's ffiock,
when he was informed that his wife,
half burnt to death, had just escaped
the general conflagration, with an in
fant under her arm, when inflantly the
whole house fell into one horrid pile,
and that his second son, a promising
youth of 13 years old, being in the
chamber was burnt to ashes with the
grnen.l mas situation of this
man, after such information, may be
more easily felt than expreft —he ap
peared to be b r L%u the reach of woe—■
It is hoped that the open hand of cha
rity and generofrty may be extended
toward this distressed family.- 1 lit
Captain Robinfen, of the Ship
Harmony, arrived at Baltimore from
Marseilles, which Place he left the
14th cf February, informs, that War
was declared by the French Nation,
on the gift of January, against England
Holland,and Pruffia,that upwards of 20
Privateers were fitting and had been
fitted at the Port of Marseilles —that
he touched at Gibraltar, where he
lay two Days that an English Brig
arrived while he lay there, which had
been in Company with two English and
Dutch Ships, the Whole of which had
been taken by a French Privateer—
that upwards of 20 Sail of English and
Dutch Ships had been seized in the
Port Marfeilies—and that it was sup
posed that the greater Part of the
English Vessels up the Mediterranean
(supposed to consist of upwards of two
Hundred) would fall into the Hands
of the French, Captain Robinson heard
nothing of the Trial or Execution of
the Queen of France ; but fays that
the Rejoicing, lamination, &c. for the
Death of the King, lasted near three
Weeks in Marseilles.,
A London Paper fays, Let France
beware ; the Batavian and British
Liona are rouzed, and the Prussian
A saw-mill and grifs mill was burnt in
the fame town, the night before.
French ARMY in Holland.
DOVER, April 27.
Fros a Correfyonden!.
March i.
March 2.