Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1804-09-20

violent Of the two 1t is ths kisg !sg iueceeded
10y xINo SroRx, how il sill terminate, " a
ecset thar no human hgacity can difcover.
Ii appears, by ictsen from Plymouth, thst
Gsntheaum has eic2pcd ffc N thcoutward road OF
BreR, wish four fail of the line and five frigases.
Vice Admiral Grsves had intelligence OF the c.
vent, few hours afterwards. and failed In puriuir
Of them. with fix fail OF the line & two frigates.
The deAinarion of Gsnthesume is not known;
the probability 10 that he is going 20 ferrol or
the Strain. or 20 make dzfh upon the Bfitih
Ear India ace,
The election for q member Of Parliament
for Middleiex, has terminated in the mnh name
| fol manner. The candidates were Sir Francis
Burdett. * Mr.. Mainwsring The former had
couGderabIe majority. yet the Sheriff. made
return in favor of Mr.. Mainwaring. mo stt
OF a government was ever fsppofed TO be more
atrocious in principle than this bot il 10 IA
Pas, and tha, il faying enough upon the fubjeet.
Ireland is in fa,e OF frighttul inquietude
I TO the Britilh mnifiry. The n.iferablc wrctches
in Dublin. arc Rarving by groupes--the'r wa
ges not being eqoal to their exieeucie'. Inc
following Is fragment ct a letter from that M
happy conntry. copied from the Ces,Hr OF Au-
gua / Ish. riniaerial paper" We are iorIy
TO fay. that the fpititof combination among the
working people, in Dublin. has not been repsei-
fed by. the recent example made OF fone OF the
ring -lesders-lt th, example means the hanging
1 few undone, poor crratusess who would not
.arvc in legal flence ]-Infesd Of that, the com
bioation 10 almoit general, amongR ihoenaken'
tay lofs, bricklsyets, SC. but Seottiih me-
chanics will be invited over. and every encouf-
s,emcnt given. The increafe OF wages Is not
their great objees, but increslng the fPirit OF
di(afettion TO the Government"
There has been meeting of the merchants
| Of the city Of London, at the Manfion- Hosie,
TO conlidcr of the bea means OF contributing 10
| the expeditions conveyance OF troops, in cai
of invaiion by the terrible folders of Bonapartc; !;
whole very nare, In England. concentrates eve-
ry idea Of horror TO the people. but TO the
luxuriant and worthIeis AriRocracy, Whole fears
emanate 10 their abuic. t
We have sttenrively peruied thefe psper',
and are conioled, in fome degree, to obierve
,bt none OF the wilcs OF the Britih cabinet have
been able to inveisle any Of the Continental
powers into participation OF their career oi
blood. The Ctxfisei of Saturday. fcemed 70
brood with furious deIigh, over she Rimiy pol
! fbilitics that were pseiented by london paper.
Of another national alliance with England, in her
pre!ent Deliberate rate OF Of nee and defence. IL
| is fortrnate for the csufe OF mercy, that RulGa
and Auftria are not 70 willing to draw the t~oTd
| Of determination, AZ the enemies IT humanity
would defre; and whether this fofbeafancc ari.
fts from policy or apprehen6ons Is ot little mo-
ment, while the carnaseis Is withheld. Bet. CDR.
! s9st.At Gs Am+wlar, June a.
| Private letters from Paris poiisively affirm
! that Georges was offered his pardon both a. tho
Bicetre and in the Conciergerie but upon fach
terms, that neither his loyalty, nor honor nor re-
lgion, could permit him to accept. Carried to
the place Of execution, in pafling the Chatelet,
!, fome perfons exclaimed Pive George! and Others
applaud.d him bot the police agents arsefec
them Immediately. Georges bowed TO faveral Ia
die, on the quay, who, tom the Windows OF diff
! ferent houfes, falutcd him with their hsndker-
chiefs. Upon the fcaF Id, he deGred TO sddrefs
: the people, but Was not permitted. General Mu-
rat, who was prcfeot, demanded whar he had to
fay; his anfwer vas, that he dcGred il TO be
known to his country men, that Ne died as he had
lived, faithful 10 his God & to hi, King; and a.
true Chr;nisa fovgave even his murderer. b.
papartc, whole convection he prayed for, and
/ that he might in his lat moments meet death
! with equal hope, confolation, and tranquility.
7 1t had been ordered tia, Georges ihould be exc
I cused the Ian; but rumcnr had reached his
fellow .fufcren. that he would lie psrdoned up
on the fcaffold.--He demanded of Murat. a.
favor. 10 be beheadcd hra, TO fet them an ex-
ample how loyal men fhould die: This wm
coniented 10. Before the executioners tied
| Georges. hands, he embraced his conieffor, and
then. looking up TO Heaven. he called Oh, loud
| iy Tive k Rsi! Viuens ks Bourboos! All the
| other fafTerers died with equal 6fmnefs, dcvo-
tion, and loysl:y. Ducorps and lie Mercier
vent to the town hall jua BY. only TO dictate
their will. and were executed twenty minutes
later on that account. Their IaA words we're,
| Fivs k Raj Louis XVIII.
On the day of cxecotion, no lefs than
| $4,000 men were under arms, for fear that the
people fhould reIeafe the prifoneu. Not only
the wy from the Conciergefie TO the Place de
| Gfeve vas lined with two tanks Of folders. bot
| al the bridges ard Areeu 10 the neiehbofhood
were occupied by troops Of all defcriptions, with
eeen flying aftilleTy--Two fhouiand Italian
esensdicrs Of the eidsvSsf Conf6lar Guard, kept
gsaryr on the Place de Greve. and foe ger, d.
0,ms' d elite efcorled the prifonen, and for
rounded the fcaffold.
Itsoueafa from the recent Ind Authentic &c