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Date of Article: 03/10/1792
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321 LLOYD'S EVENING- POST. VOL. LXXI.] From MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, to WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1792. [ NUMB. 5502. TUESDAY, Oct. 2. AFFAIRS of FRANCE. NATIONAL CONVENTION. Wednesday, Sept. 26.— Evening. thE following report on the state of the armies was presented from the Minister at War. Sept. 15. " No courier arrived yesterday from the ar- mies ; but a letter writ- ten from Chalons by the citizen Santerre, brother in the Commandant of the National Guard of Paris announces,, that tranquillity were restored in the _ the enemy so near them ; which {. . same time the patriotism, courage and disposition of the troops Lieutenant- General Sparre has acquired their confidence, and deserves it, The communication between and our armies was still interrupted^ but I hope that it will not be so long. ( signed, " SErVAn," M. le Brun, Minister for Foreign Affairs presented to the Convention the following gene- ral view of the state of Europe, as it respects the French Republic: " Citizen President in conformity to the decree which enjoin' the members of the Exe- cutive Council to give an account to the " Poland, a prey to intestine divisions, can undertake nothing abroad. " Denmark— its interests require that it should observe the strictest neutrality. " The Court of Vienna has at length pre- vailed upon the German Empire to declare war against France- We may expect that the Diet of Ratisbon will soon formally notify to us this resolution. " The union of the Courts of Berlin and Vienna has been blamed by all Powers. The war which they carry on against us cannot fail of being prejudicial to themselves. " A secret fermentation, which increases every day, prevails at Berlin. Frederick has demanded a reinforcement of 30,000 men. They cannot be sentr to him without incurring the danger of an insurrection. He can hope for no further assistance in money ; and the treasures accumulated by Frederick the Great are ex- hausted. To judge well of the conduct of Prussia, we ought perhaps not to separate it from its ancient allies, who are more natural and more versed in the art of politics than those with which it is now openly connected. What appears most extraordinary in its present politics, may be explained by the secret influence of the Cabinets of St. James's and the Hague: but, Gentlemen, it might be imprudent to hazard conjectures on so delicate a subject yet it is of some import- ance that a watchful eye should be kept over the conduct of England and Holland. These two Powers Have evidently followed the same system and the same plan of conduct : both of them' National Convention of the Situation of the different parts of the french Republic', I come to give an account of that department which has been entrusted to me—: come, Gentlemen, to reveal to you the mysteries of the present diplomatic system, for on these must all our political Calculations be founded at present— on the one part,' the hatred of all Governments to our principles— and on the other, the secret disposition of the people to adopt them. " That Woman of the North, who for twenty years has disturbed the peace of Europe, still threatens us ;— she still announces the ar- rival of her troops, and yet she still detains them through a dread of seeing herself oppressed by her neighbours. " We are told that 30,000 Russians are coming to join those armies which are now fighting against our Liberty;-— those 30,000 men have not yet passed the frontiers- of Poland.' We have been told of ships in the White Sea ;— these ships have returned to the port of Cron- stadt, because they were neither provided with provisions nor ammunition,. A fleet was like- wise said to be coming from the Black Sea;— but this fleet, so long announced,: has not yet ap- peared. Besides, to send a fleet through the Straits of Constantinople, wouid be violating every kind of treaty with the Ottoman Porte, which is not much disposed to grant favours to the Heroine of the North. have taken ad referendum the formal proposal, made to them by the Courts of Vienna and Berlin, of entering into their league : both of them have recalled their Ambassadors they had at Paris: both of them have renewed, at the fame time, their assurances of observing the strictest neutrality, making an exception, how- ever, in regard to the safety of the person of the ci- devant King: both have expressed their desire of living in good harmony with us and both have solemnly promised to respect our independence, and not to mix in the internal affairs of the government of France.. " It would be unpardonable temerity, how- ever, to be in perfect security respecting the real intentions of these two Powers; for it is very evident, that if the people in any country are disposed to, favour out Revolution, the Government there will conceive a hatred against it. If the interest of national commerce gives us reason to hope that they will remain faithful to their protections of neutrality, we have perhaps much reason to dread the particular views of those who govern them. " Holland indeed is not arming; but it gives our enemies exclusively, in transports and loans, and by selling them arms and ammunition, every assistance in its power, England this year fitted out only a very small squadron, and this squadron has already returned into port; but it does not appear that the ships are going to be laid up, though the season of evolutions is now over. No movements have been remarked for a month [ Price Fourpence past in the ports of Great- Britain ; but it is well known that its navy is always on such a respect- able footing, that it can, at any time, soon fit for sea a very formidable squadron. " There is a secret intelligence between the Cabinet of St. James and, that of the Hague These two Courts seem to follow the same system; and they have declared that they mean to observe a strict neutrality. All their pro- testations, however, ought not to inspire us with confidence. Holland has not taken up arms against us, but it furnishes certain supplies to our enemies; and though England has only a very small. fleet in its ports, it has such re- sources as may enable it to equip a very formi- dable one in a moment. " Spain has only 25,000 men ready to march against us. We need not doubt that this Court will take a very active part in the war against the French Republic. A Bourbon is upon the throne of Spain, and he wishes to avenge the Bourbons. " The petty Princes of Italy always follow that plan which is dictated to them by the strongest party." M. Le Brun terminated the Report by assuring the Convention, " That he would be answer- able for the truth of every thing he had ad- vanced.' The Report was applauded, and ordered to printed. Thursday, Sept. 27 A Deputation from the Commons of Paris were admitted to the bar, , " They denounced M. Manuel, Procureur of the Commons for having delivered to an agent of the King of Prussia, some Decrees of the Commons, and extracts from the Proces verbal of their Sit- tings. Manuel.—" I had a right to deliver these extracts, as being Procureur of the Commons :' besides, fince the King of Prussia wished to enter into a Negotiation, it was of importance that his proposals should be heard. [ A loud., laugh Breard.—" I wish Manuel would explain him- self. Nothing ought to be concealed from the National Convention ; and if the King of Prussia- wishes to negotiate, he ought to address him- self to this Body." Simon.—" Manuel speaks to us of Negocia- tions, but there have been none: the pretended agent of the King of Prussa is an Adjutant- General of Dumourier. He came to Paris with a kind of commission from the King of Prussia. We had taken prisoner a Secretary of the King, of Prussia : this Secretary was released on the simple request of his master; but it was re- collected that one Georges, a Member of the Constituent Assembly, was detained a prisoner at Verdun. Dumourier therefore sent after the Secretary of the King of Prussia, and had him brought back. Dumourier then dispatched the Adjutant- General, to whom I allude, to the Enemy's camp, to propose an exchange of this Secretary for Georges. This exchange was I LLOYD'S EVENING- POST, And proposed to the King of Prussia who readily accepted of it. A conversation then took place between the Adjutant- General and his Prussian Majesty who complained that the King of France and his family had experienced every kind of indignity, being confined in the Cha- telet, where they were rotting upon straw with the rest of the prisoners. The Adjutant re- plied, that this was absolutely false, as they were m the Temple, a house formerly belonging to d'Artois." The Convention, after hearing this statement, proceeded to the Order of the day. LETTER FROM GENERAL LUCKNER. " GentleMEN, " Invited to Paris by the Executive Pro- visional Council, to examine with it the opera- tions of the campaign, I repaired thither imme- diately, and waited upon the Ministers. I hastened, however, to make my appearance in the National Convention— an Assembly invested with all authority, and all real power. I do not come, Gentlemen, to compliment you on your laws. You have erected the king- dom into a Republic; in this you have done right, and I declare my readiness to obey the Nation; but if it is the duty of a soldier to watch at his post, ought not his post to be safe and clearly defined, and ought it not to be honourable ? I cannot conceal from you, Gentle- men, ( that calumnies have been thrown out on all sides against me. I have said long ago, that the French language is not familiar to me ; but my heart is French. I am not acquainted with the art of speaking well; but I know, at any rate, my own business— that of fighting. Some expressions in my letters have been found fault with, but it is well known that I did not write these letters; and my enemies forget, that I never abandoned or suffered any person to abandon the post which this country has entrusted to me. They forget my conduct at Courtray, my disputes with a bad Minister and with La Fayette, in respect to whom I was in such a situation that I was always afraid lest he should throw me into the most cruel embarrassment. They do not speak of my conduct respecting the events of the 10th of August, and of my constancy in Silencing every 0pposition, till the arrival of the Commissioners of the National Assembly, who, I will venture to say, did nothing but finish the work I had begun. They are silent respecting my repeated journeys and my continual vigi- lance; but they speak against me on the events of the 10th. I caused, as they say, preparations to be made for marching against Paris; and this suspicion was sufficient to occasion my removal from my command. When the Commissioners of the National Assembly arrived, the light burst forth, and I was appointed Generalissimo; but was it to command and to direct the Armies to- wards the middle point of action ? No— it was to aid the Generals with my advice. They wished me to enter Chalons; I accordingly obeyed : but I am sometimes accused of sending away the volunteers, as if I had done a thing which was not done by the other Generals, who sent back the volunteers that they might be formed and removed them from the enemy, until they were fitted for appearing in the ranks. Sometimes it is asserted that I had not the con- fidence of the soldiers; as if exclaiming against me, as the new comers have done, could deprive me of the love of those who have seen me with them in the midst of danger. It is said that I have a son in the service of the Emperor; but my two sons are in the service of the King of Denmark, what is very certain is, that they have never given any cause of complaint in France. " In general one evil follows another; the people lost the good opinion which had been formed of me; I was called to Paris, and the enemy took possession of the frontiers. I thank the Ministry for not neglecting the suspicions which might have been excited by my letters This is a mark of their patriotism ; for it is time, I must confess, that doubtful characters should be removed ; it is time also that confidence should be restored to those who declare them- selves in such a manner that they cannot be ranked among the number of the suspected. " Representatives of the Nation, Luckner does not come among you to complain, but he comes to declare his political creed. He loves the French Nation. Honoured in several States, he is desirous of terminating his life in that in which he has been esteemed the most. Having passed through every degree of rank that a mi- litary- man can obtain, he wishes to finish his career with honour ; he thinks himself incapable of tarnishing his honour; and he desires no other happiness than that of sacrificing his life to the service of a great Nation, who had sacrificed every thing for Liberty. He may be allowed to speak of honour, for he has always preserved it; and everything is comprehended in honour, so dear to the French Nation. Why then should he, instead of being suffered to command troops, see himfelf obliged to repair to the metropolis to justify himself? Whatever may happen, he here repeats the oath he has already taken of being in every thing faithful and obedient to the Nation. ( Signed) LUCKNER." M. Collet d'Herbois observed, that it was ne- cessary that M. Luckner's justification should be complete. How was it possible to excuse his indulgence in respeCt to Jarry, the incen- diary ? Why had not he tried him by a Court martial ? M. Albite accused Marshal Luckner, on ac- count of his conduct in the late expedition into the Belgic Provinces ; and upon his motion, the Assembly decreed : 1. That the Military Committee should give in an immediate report on his Letter. 2. That it should be intimated to him, not to leave Paris, until their report had been de- livered in. A Decree was passed, " that in the formula of Oaths, the word Republic should be used in- stead of Nation." MM. Manuel, Thuriot, and Le Page, the three Commissoners sent to restore tranquillity at Orleans, intimated that their mission had been successful, and that they had celebrated a Civic Feast, at which all parties had assisted, and solemnly promised to live in confraternity with each other hereafter. The first of the Commissioners proposed, that the rich Capitalists of the place should pay all the losses lately incurred by their neglect and carelessness, as they were above interesting themselves relatively to the affairs of their country. ORDER OF THE DAY, After a short debate, the Convention de- creed : 1. That the pensions granted by the Consti- tuent Assembly to Priefts without functions, should be suppressed ; 2. From this Decree, all Priests of above fifty years of age are excepted ; but their pen- lions shall not exceed 1000 livres per an- num. 3. The maximum to be granted to all secular and regular Priests, not public functionaries. shall be 1000 livres, which shall not be paid until due. M. Manuel proposed to suppress entirely all clerical establishments ; but the Members on all sides cried out " The time is not yet come !" Evening. The Minister at War wrote to the Convention, that the dispatches he had received from the armies contained no new military operations. He how- ever said that the army of Dumourier and Kel- lerman were going to execute a movement which would be of great importance to the success of the campaign. Some unimportant business relative to the elections of the Commons of Paris engaged the attention of the Assembly during the rest of the Session. LONDON. In corroboration of the important intelligence given in our last, of the defeat and surrender of General Dumourier's Army, dispatches were yesterday received at Lord Grenville's Office from the Earl of Elgin, dated Brussels, September 28, stating that just as the Mail was departing a Courier had arrived there with an account— That the Duke of Brunswick had taken Chalons on the 22d of September ;— that - General Clairsait had taken Rheims on the 24th;— and that, on the 25th, the Combined Armies had by a dextrous manoeuvre, completely surrounded the army of General Dumourier ; that the General had in vain Solicited permission to march to Paris, abandoning their artillery, tents, ammu- nition, and provisions: and that the Duke of Brunswick had insisted that they should lay down their arms, to which at length they had been obliged to submit, and that 25,000 men had accordingly laid down their arms ;— that on the 26th, the triumphant army of the in- vaders were advanced to Meaux, within 12 leagues of Paris. Lord Elgin kept his dispatches unsealed to the last moment, expeCting further official informa- tion relative to this event, and has promised to transmit the accounts by a Special Messenger as soon as he shall receive them. The above news is said to be confirmed by the testimony of M. de Calonne, who arrived at Dover from Brussels on Sunday morning, and hearing that Mr. Pitt was then at Walmer Castle, went there, and had an interview with him of some length. Extract of a Letter from Vienna, Sept. 12. " This morning early Baron Van Spielman, accompanied by the Privy- Counsellor Van Kolmbach, set out for the Combined Armies, through Coblentz and Luxemburgh. As we still hope that the Combined Armies will reach Paris, and re- establish a monarchical govern- ment, with some restrictions, the above Noble- men are to go to that city with them. Thus their journey may be of long duration, as most likely the Armies will winter it in France. Baron Spielman will assist the Duke of Bruns- wick in arranging the government of the pro- vinces which have been, and may be taken. Count de Mercy and Baron Thugut are to carry on any negociationj that it may be thought necessary to enter into in this business ; in the mean time it is not easy to say with whom any negotiations can be carried on," Oct. 1— 3. BRITISH CHRONICLE, for 1792. LS GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. Sept. 26. We learn from the Head- Quarters of the Im- perial Army commanded by his Royal High- ness the Duke de Saxe Teschen, that his High- ness repaired before Lille with a part of his troops on the 24th instant ; that the Head- Quarters have been transferred to Flers, a vil- lage situated at a little distance from the Capi- tal of French Flanders; that on the next day his Royal Highness had Summoned the inhabi- tants of the said province to return under the government of his Most Christian Majesty; and that, in order to encourage them to this, he had published the following proclamation : ' The late unfortunate events of France ha- ving determined his Majesty the Emperor and King, as the good neighbour to French Flanders, to come to the succour of the ho- cest Citizens of that Province, and save their legitimate King and the Royal Fa- mily from the misfortunes which overwhelm them; ' We declare by these presents that all those who lay down their arms, and submit to our protection shall be received as friends, and enjoy the protection of the laws; but those who oppose us shall be treated as rebels to their legitimate Sovereign. Given at our Head Quarters before Lille, Sept. 24, 1792 ( Signed) ' ALBERT.' Far from accepting such a moderate invita- tion, the Garrison of Lille appeared ready to defend that place; and several detachments ad- vanced against the out- posts of the Imperial Army on the morning; of the 25th: but they were driven back to the suburbs ; and as the Enemy appeared desirous to maintain them- selves in the Fauxbourg des Fisves, Major- Ge- neral Count de Staray was ordered to dislodge them at the head of a battalion of the regiment of Atton. The good dispositions made by this General, and the bravery of the Imperial troops, soon forced the Enemy to retreat towards the town ; and Fisves being then occupied by our men, they began to entrench themselves, which they still continue to do, under the cannon of the place. These works are carrying on under the di- rection of Lieutinant- Colonel the Marquis de Chateler, and M. le Major de Harnel de Querlonde, of the Corps of Engineers, who act under the immediate superintendance of M. de Fele- Zeugmeister, Comte de Browne, who in this attack has rendered the most sig- nal services. He had 20 men killed, and 80 wounded. The troops have displayed a valour and dis- cipline above all eulogium ; one Captain and a Lieutenant of Clairsayt's, are wounded. Among the officers who distinguished themselves most, is Major Count de Rebancourt, of Clairsayt's Regiment. Extract of a Letter from Brussels, Sept. 28. « ' On the 2lst instant a detachment of the garrison of Longwi Conducted 71 Frenchmen to . uxemburg, who had been made prisoners in different skirmishes that had taken place between the Combined Army and the French troops Scattered in the environs of St. Menehould. Almost Bas ese prisoners were National Guards. " The Austrian corps which is arrived under the command of Count d'Erbach to carry on the liege of Thionville, instead of the Emigrants, is 12,000 men strong. " After the attempt of the 10th inst. against M. Kellerman's army, the Prussians, being united to the army under General Clairsayt, which formed their right, marched towards Rheims.— The light troops pushed forward across the Suippe woods, within two posts of Rheims. The Hulans extended themselves without mo- lestation all along the Aisne, and occupied Attigui, le Chesne, Semuk, and other villages situate upon that river. It occasioned very great consternation through the city,— a con- sternation the more alarming, as some of the National troops in Rheims were dispofed to de- fend themselves. Every body hastened to pack up their most valuable effects : a part of the towns- people ran out of the city, and, each fol- lowing his inclination, some came to seek an- asylum among the Austrians, others fled into the interior parts of France. " These particulars are written from Rheims, and dated the 22d instant. The same letter mentions, that the two MM. de St, Souple, brothers, ( one of them is a Knight of Malta), took possession of their property at the distance of three leagues from Rheims, at the moment that two French Municipal officers of that city were coming to put the furniture of their house, or castle, up to public auction : but these offi- cers hearing on their way that they would find some hundred Austrian Hulans there did not think proper to proceed on their mission, and prudently retired home. " The Emigrant Army, commanded by the Duke de Bourbon, which was at first destined to attack Givet and Philippeville, is returned to the Ardennes.- it has since received orders to march to Mons, by the route of Namur. It is either to replace the Austrian troops which ate quitting all these places to reinforce the Duke de Saxe Teschen's army, or to occupy Lille in case of success." The Imperial Minister at the Hague has deli- vered to the States General a note similar to that presented here by the Imperial and Sicilian Ministers, requesting, that no asylum may be af- forded to those who shall injure the persons of the French King or Queen. The States General have returned an answer similar to that of Lord Grenviile, with this addition that the prohibition shall extend to the Colonies of the Republic in the East and West- Indies. They write from Tyrnau, in Hungary, that a most violent storm fell there on the 7th, at four o'clock in the morning, and lasted 40 hours, doing infinite damage at Presbourg, Tyrnau, Haimes, Senquiez, Groffmased, Pusta- sodereg, Tarkasin, Maichny, Apay, St. Tiring, and Bessing in which places tne lightning de- stroyed the greatest part of the houses. The famous Vicomte Mirabeau died at Fri- bourg of an apoplexy, and was interred on the 17th, by the Austrians and French Emigrants, with all possible military honours. Six hundred French from Saar- Louis have plundered the castle of Baron Van Zandt near Dachtstuhl. A letter from Colmar, of the 18th ult. says: —" The camp of General Ferrieres, which was near Hasingen, is moved to St. Louis, not not above three miles from Basle. The Ma- gistiates have sent a deputation to Prince Ester- hazy at Fribourg, who returned them a very friendly answer, expressed in general terms; but the Swiss have determined to support their neutrality in the most strict manner, and the 323 principal Cantons keep the companies of troop8 whjch return from France in their pay." A letter from Berne, dated Sept. 6, says " All our Cantons have been surprised and irritated at the massacre of their subjects at Paris, for having been faithful to the service of the King. A meeting was held on the subject at Frawenfeld, which opened its Sessions on the 2d of this month, to concert the measures to be taken against a People who have offended the majesty of the Swiss Nation, by murdering their subjects instead of protecting them. They have ordered a mourning for 15 days, for these unfortunate victims, during which time all the public amusements are to be shut up throughout the Cantons of Switzerland." By letters from the Austrian camp before Thionville we learn, that serious preparations are making for the formal siege of the place. The Prince of Hohenlohe was between Varennes and Clermont on the 17th, and the Hessian Corps was within three miles of him. In a letter from Verdun they write as follows —" The return of our respectable Bishop was a day of triumph to all good citizens; that worthy Pastor was received like a good father who had been long absent from his family."' Extract of a Letter from Warsaw, Sept. 15. " Numberless circumstances have as yet pre- vented forming inte one the multiplicity of ob- jects agreed on by the two Serene Confederations of the Crown and of Lithuania, and of their concerting together a general plan of the neces- sary reforms to be made in the Political and Civil Government of the State. But a species of Congress is going to be held for this purpose at Breze in Lithuania, between the principal Ministers of the Republic and the Diet, and it. is to be hoped general tranquillity will soon take place." On Saturday Sir George Warren gave a grand dinner to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, with a large company of his friends, at his house on the Cliff, at Brighton. , Yesterday his Excellency the Sardinian Envoy had a private audience of Lord Grenville, at his- Office, Whitehall. On Sunday morning a packet arrived at Brighton from Dieppe, with upwards of 60 Swiss officers, amongst whom were M. Bilieuse, M. de Morrier, M. de Glutz, M. de Domes- tiquie, M. de Hutchinsotein, M. de Vepasseur, M. de Gibelin, and several Officers formerly be- longing to the French King's Guard. The Aristocrates at Lyons have more courage than in any other part of France— they wear openly a cockade in the shape of the Malta Cross. A Doctor Tavares, a Portuguese physician, has succeeded Dr. Willis in the care of the Queen of Portugal, whole health is not yet amended. He pursues the directions of Dr. Willis, and has proposed that her Majesty shall try a voyage by sea as far as the Canary Islands, soliciting for that purpose the equipment of a small squadron Yesterday the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, several of the Aldermen, Recorder, City Offi- cers, the old and new Sheriffs, & c. met in the Council Chamber, Guildhall, and proceeded from thence to the three Cranes, attended by the City Marshals, and the Court of Assistants of the Goldsmiths and Wheelwrights Company where they embarked on board the City and Goldsmiths barges, and went to Westminster Hall where the two new Sheriffs were sworn in, went through the usual ceremonies before 3* 4 LLOYD'S E V E N I N - F; O S TV And Qct 1— 3, the Cuifitor Baron of the Exchequer. They afterwards returned to Blackfriars- Bridge, and went in proeeflion to Goldfmiths Hall, where they were entertained in an elegant manner by Mr. Sheriff Tibbs. Extra £ 1 of. a Letter from Dover, Sept. i8. << This day Mr. Pitt made his entree into Dover Cattle. He was received at the Caille gate by the Deputy Warden ( Major North), and the Civil Officers of the Caftle. A Cap- tain's Guard of 50 tnen, of the 24th regiment, were drawn up within the walls, who ptefented arms and beat a march, as a compliment to the Admiral of the Cinque- Ports. A falute of 19 guns was then given; after which Major North • delivered the keys of the Caftle to Mr. Pitt, who immediately returned them to him. A prefentation of the Officers of the Garrifon by Lieutenant- Colonel Strutt then followed; and a eold collation., prepared by the Deputy War- den, concluded the furrender of the ancient ; Caftle of Dover to its Conftable." His Royal Highnefs the Prince of Wales has been pleafed to make the following promotion5 and appointments for the Principality of Scot" " land, viz. Andrew Duncan, M. D. Profeffo1" of the Inftitmioris of Medicine in theUniverfity of Edinburgh, and Prefident of the College of Phyficians there, to be firft Phyftcian to his Royal Highnefs, vice Alexander Stevenfon, M. D. deceafed; James Jaffray, M. D. Pro- feffor of Anatomy in fhe Univerfity of Glafgow, to be fecond Phyfician tu » his Royal Highnefs, vice Dr. Duncan, promoted ; and Robert Freer, M. D. Fellow of the Royal College of Phy- ficians of Edinburgh, Licentiate of the Royal College df Phyficians London, and one of the Phyficians to the Royal Infirmary, and, Thomas Charts Hope, M. D. Profeffor of Me- - dicine in the Univerfity of Glafgow, to be Phyficians Extraordinary to his Royal High- ; nefs. Sir Richard Sutton has prefented the Rev. J. Crawford, of Klvafton, near Darky, to the Redoryof Great Coates, near Grimlbyin I. irt- colnlhire. A ftriking proof of the increafing opulence rnd i'plendor of Liverpool occurred laft week. The Lord Bifhop'of Chefter on Wednefday con- fecrated the new church of St. Stephen, in By- ron- ftreet, and on Friday the new church of Holy Trinity, in Aris- ftreet. It is a curious fact, that the City of Dublin, which is now the metropolis of a flourifhing kingdom, was, in the reign of Henry II. given by ehartcr to the inhabitants of Briftol, to be held as a dependency. Amortgft the. various improvements in Scotch manufactures daily increafing,. Scotch ihawls and vefts ha^- fc arrived at a degree of perfection hitherto unknown in that country. Extras of a Letter from Brifiol, Sept. 29. " Saturday laft the tolls of our bridge were let by auition for one year, to commence this dav, for 3150!. being 325I. more than they brought the preceding- year, and 195- 0I. more tha.. they- were let for the firft ytjar of their being thus difpofed of, when 1200I. only was given ; jet we are confidently affured, that their net proceeds are fuch as mull leave a very hand- fome |> ro6t to the taker, even at their prefent much advanced price." Mr. Mingay'S chambers in- the Temple were robbi d a fV'w da - s ag6 Of fomeuiptes and valua- bles ro the amount oi; 50I. with which the robbers got off undiltv. e. cd. Saturday night fome thieves ftole from the Grand Hotel door, Covent- Garden, a port- manteau, containing a variety of wearing- appa- rel, & c. On Saturday a baker was fummoned before Alderman Newman, at Guildhall, by the In- queft of Caftlebaynard ward, charged with felling bread fhort of weight. Several loaves were produced and weighed, and the whole found deficient 223 ounces. The Alderman fined him the full penalty of 5s. per ounce, which amounted to the fum of 55I. 1 js. ExtraSl of a Letter from Dublin, Sept. 2 J. " We are credibly informed, from the til- lage counties, that the wet and broken weather that has fctin for fome weeks pad, has deftroyedi more'lhan one third of the corn- haneft of the kingdom. This calamity, though its effeft as to internal dearth has been often experienced in former times, will now be more feverely felt. In thofe days there was little or. no exportation from the kingdom ; whereas, for the fail four years, there has on an average been upwards of 400,600!. fterling value of grain and flour fent from Ireland to other countries, making a prodigious influx of wealth to the nation. " bunday afternoon, about five o'clock, a riot took place at Newgate among the prifoners, and before they could be brought under fub- jeftion, the guard were obliged to fire feveral fhots, by which, we underftand, two of the prifoners were killed, and one defperately wounded." ALL Perfons who have any Claim or De- mand 011 die Ellate or EtL > s ,, 4' WILLIAM CROWE, late of' Lakenham Houfe, near Norwich, itfq. deceafed, aie reqtiefted immcdiati ly to tranfmit an account thereof to Melfrs. Dewing and Ruffell, Attorneys, in // J j 1his Day ivas publijhed, Price 3s. on Paper— 5s. 6d in a Cafe, By J. ANDSEWS, NO. 2u^ facing Air- Street, Piccadilly, ANDREWS's New MAP of FRANCE, as newly divided into 83 Departments ; fliowing the p eient Scats of War in Fenders, Savoy, and the Frontier Towns of Germany, S-. urz- vi. uiJ, Italy, a, nd Spain ; alfo all the Poft and Ctofs Roads, lUvers, Towns, & c. Where art to be bad, The following Maps, defcribine all the Noblemen ind Gentlemen's Seats, Turnpike a id Cr fs Roids, Rivers, Cana s, & c. in England, 6 Sheets, it. is. — 65 Miles round London, ao Sheets, 31. 3-•.— 25 M. les r" und London, 6- Sheers, 161.— 30 M Ls round London, 4s.— 90 Mors round London, 3s.— Roads of England, a She. t^, 6s.— Commercial Map of' England, with the Canals and Natural Navigation, 2 Slieets, 6s.— Map of the Canals and Navigable kivers, 2 Sheets, 5s — Plan of Paris, 2s. <> d. and 5s. DROPSY. MR. LUXMOORE, Surgeon, of Uxbridge, Middlefex, who is well known to f . r J Rhyficians of Eminence in London, having difcovered a Medicine which, during Fifteen Years Experience, has exceeded his molt f ingu ne ExpeCtat ons in the Cure of Dropfy, begs leave to offer it to ' he Public; and, as he wilhes to ob- viate the idea 01 Empiric] fin, candidly fubmits the EffcCts of its Exhibition to ai y Phyfician or Medical Gentleman of Reputation, who may wifli to try it with their own Patients: as it ^ lengthens the Conlfitution, at the fame time that it evacuates the. Water by the'Urinary Paffages, without a. fturbing the Habit, no unfavourable Apprehcniions can be entertainer; his Objeft being to adminiiter this P. emcdy fn fuc'h Cafe's enfy - afford ProfpeCti of Succefs. Attendance will be given every Friday, at No. 9, South- ampton Buildings, Holborn, from Eleven to One. STAFFORDSHIRE ESTATES.. To be SOLD by AUCTION, ' SCU. By Mr. BOOTT, / ( IN LOTS), ~ 2 At the Heufe of Mr. Wcod, the - Green Man Inn, in / Aflibornc, in the County of Derby, fomc time in the' Month of' October next, ADefirable and Eligible FREEHOLD ESTATE, fituate on the Banks of the River Dove, in the Parifli of Mayfield, near A& borne, in'the County of Stafford j confiftinj of a new- ereCteJ MESSUAGE or FARM- HOUSE, with fiiitable Out- Bu. llings, and up- wards of Frttjr- Four Acres of e* ceeding rich AR ABLE, MEADOW, and PASTURE LAND; ogcther with an ancicnr CORN and LEATHER MILL, now Handing upon the River D> ve aforefaid. The Mill is a capital Situaiton for a COTTON- MIZ. L ( or ANY other Bulinefs which re^ uiresgrcat Power), having an extenlite Head or Water, unfailingly fupplied by the whole of ( hat moll powerful Current, the DoVe. The Neighbourhood is pop « lous- j and as a confiderable Port- en of th » Land will be mne « c<! to the Mill, it is an Obje£ t well worth the Attention of any Company of Gen- tlemen who uredefirousof eftabt. iiiing a Manufactory upon a very large Scale. Printed Particulars will He ready for Delivery 14 Days before the Sale. A Plan of the filiate raiy be fcen at Mr. BOOTT'S, in Loughboixjugh. Fer Weak and Relaxed Canjlitutions. CHALYBEATE PILLS. THE MEDICJNAA EFFECTS of STEEL, as a Strengthener and Deobllcuent, have been acknow- ledged for many Ages; and though it is mi're ufed by Phylicians of the prefent Time than at any p eceding Pe- riod, yet it is confcffed, and lamented, that the vstyIm- proved State of Chemilty has tailed to produce a Prepa- . ation of it, which, whe. i furticientiy adlive, can be ad- minillercd without inconvenience. The late Dr. HUGH SMITH, fo defervedly celebrated, owed his Reputation principally to the free Ufe of this Mineral; yet the Foim3 in which lie prefcribed it, were not only inelegant, and d (" agreeable to the Stomach, but often not the be ft CEIFOR EFLFOIFT. Of the Prepa. ations of Steel, that which was intro- duced by the late Dr. Mosis GairriTMS has been the molt fuccefsful, and has been generally adopted, fince his Time, by other Medical Practitioners $ yet, as it is exceed- ingly naufeous, and as the Complaints for which it is ( 0 ferviceabx a. e of the Chronic K. ina, and therefore requite a long Continuance, Patients become often fo difgulted, as not to be able to perfevere in its Ufe. A Circumllance tf this Sort gave occasion to the Preparation now offered to the Public. » ' e ' t After a Variety of fruitlefs Experiments to contrive a Medicine which would contain all the aftive Powers of Steel, treed from every Objection, the Inventor uf the Chalybeate Pills has at length, in them, he flatters himfelf, completely fucceeded; and he ventures to recommend them, as well from repealed inltances of their Elhcacy in liis own Practice, as trom that of other ProfelFlonal Men, in the following Complaints, viz. At tha: Period of tne Life of Females, when Maturity ihould arrive, but tin. C. nltitution is deiedtivc, either from Habits too fedentary, or from want of Tone in the Syiteni, inducing Palen. fs of the Lips, Sallownefs of the Countenance, Palpitation of tiie Heait, Shortnefs of Breath- ing, Trembiiiig of the Knees, Hyfterical Affection -, & c. Aifo r thofe who have enjoyed Health generally, yet, Irora accidental Circumftances, or from Alteration in their Mode of Living, have become defective, either with or without the above Symptoms. iliey are like. vife the very belt Strengthened after bad Lyings- in, orl'or Debility from too long Suckling, or fie- 4' ient Milearriajes. Thofe Perfons whofe Conltitutions are relaxed and broken, by living in hot Climates, or by other Caufes, anj thole who are difpofed to the Gout, which for want of Strength lies dormant in the Habit, will find the moit fatisfaflory Relief from thefe Pills. So powerful, indeed, are their reiterative Qualities, that : hcy may be taken with every pollible Benefit for all Dneate3 occafioned by Vv'eaknef; in the Conltitution. Thefe Pills, moreover, are particularly recommended to thofe who rcfort to the Spa, Tunbridge, Eath, and Cheltenham Waters, heing calculated to render them in- finitely moie- efficacious. ' ihey are prepared for Mr. FnANcrs Nr. wBrav, and fold. only by him at the W. arehoufe for Dr. James's Powder, No. 45, in 5t. Paul's Church- yard, London, a few Doors from the Corner of Cheaplide, in Boxes, Price 2s. 9d. each ( Duty included) : and kkthe fure. lt Mark of Authenticity, Purchal'era will obf^? e that his Name is engraved in the Sump. Oct. 1— 3 BRITISH CHRONICLE, for 1792. 32^ ENGLISH and IRISH STATE LOTTERiES, THE TICKETS ARB SOLD AND DIVIDED INTO Halves, Quarters, Eighths, and Sixteenths, By HAZARD and Co. Stock- Brokers, At their State- Lottery Office, No. 93, under the ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. And no where else on their Account. Correct Numerical and Register Books are kept, and TICKETS and SHArES registered at Six- pence per Number. SCHEME. of the IrisH LOTTERY. SCHEME of the englisH LOTTERY. SPRAINS, BRUISES, RHEUMATISMS, & c. To Mr. H. STEERS, PROPRIETOR of DR. STEERS's OPODELDOC. SIR. ABOUT a fortnight ago, I sprained my left Ankle in a most violent manner: it was so much swelled, and fo exceedingly painful, that I had every reason to dread a long confinement; but, being advised by a friend the next day to try your Opodeldoc, I met with very speedy relief, and had the satisfaction to and, that in four days after the use of only one bottle, my complaint was en- tirely removed, and I could walk as well as ever I did in my life. It is my wish that this Cure may be made pub- lic, for the general good of society. I am, & c. NOAH DUPREE, 31st Jan. 1792. Poulterer, St. James's Market. The extraordinary efficacy of this Medicine in the above, and other external complaints, is universally acknowledged: but so numerous are the counterfeits and imitationS in all parts of the town and country, that it is become necessary to rcquest that all Purchasers Who would avail themselves of the virtues of the real Preparation, will be particularly carcful to observe that the name of F. Newbery is en- graved on the Stamp, which is parted round the wrapper of each bottle, as none can possibly be genuine without this mark of authenticity. Sold in London only at Mr. NEWBERY's ( the only Warehouse for Dr. JAMES'S POWdeR), No. 45, in St. Paul's Church- Yard, a few doors from the Corner of Cheap- side; and at Mr. STEERS's Medicinal Warehouse, No. 10, Bond- street, on the left hand from Piccadilly, three ors beyond Stafford- street, in Bottles, Price 2s. each, Duty included ; or Six for 6d, 10s. FOR BILIOUS COMPLAINTS, & c. STEERS's CAMOMILE DROPS. CAMOMILE Hands distinguished in the opi- nions of the best Physicians and Botanic Writers, as a Plant of many Virtues : this elegant Preparation of it is universally esteemed for its great efficacy in all Disorders of the Stomach and Bowels; it particularly restores lost Appetite, and corrects that Crudity which occasions lndi- gestion ; it is of the utmost service in Bilious and other Complaints of the Liver and Gall- Bladder, as also in De- bilities of the Nervous System; and by its antiseptic quality will resist the bad effects of noxious Vapours ; it is likewise of essential use in Hysteric Fits, and is an excel- lent Remedy for the Worms. N. B. These Drops are of admirable effect in lessening the Violence of Sea- Sickness, and are therefore recom- menced to all Persons going on a Voyage. Sold by the Proprietor, H. STeerS, at his Warehouse for Dr. Steers's Opodeldoc and other Medicines, No. 10, Old Bond- street, on the left hand from Piccadilly, three doors beyond Stafford- street, Price One Shilling and Three Halfpence the Bottle, Duty included; but on taking six or more, the Stamps Will be allowed. sold also, by his Appointment, at BAILEY and LOWE'S, Cockspur- street; BACON's, Oxford- street; BURCHELL'S, Long- Acre; NEWBERy's, St. Paul's Church- Yard ; GOLDING'S, Cornhill; RANDAlL'S, Royal- Exchange ; WRAY'S, Birchin- Lane; PRICE'S, Leadenhall- street ; and CLArKE'S, Borough High- street. Where may be had, prepared by H. STEERS, DAFFY s ELIXIR, of a most excellent Quality, Price IS. 6d. the Bottle, Duty included. WELCH'S FEMALE PILLS; AMEDICINE long known for its singular virtues in removing Disorders more especially com- mon to the younger part of the FEMALE Sex ; and had not the numerous deceptions, continually practised upon the Public, by substituting other Competitions, of very inferior value, in lieu of this, induced the Proprietors to come forward, in a more amenable situation, to support its pretensions to public favour, its circulation would have still continued rapidly to increase through the medium of private recommendation ; and of this recommendation the Proprietors need not be a little proud, when they can number the noble, the affluent, and the disinterested, as their willing supporters: Medical Professors, particularly, have frequently recommended them when their private practice has failed of success. These PILLS. are eminent in removing Obstructions to which unmarried Ladies at a certain period are subject; also what is commonly called the Green Sickness: they create an Appetite correct bad Digestion, remove Giddi- ness and are of distinguished excellence in Windy Dis- orders, Head- Achs, Pains in the Stomach, Shortness of Breath, and Palpitation of the Heart ; also Married Wo- men will be materially benefited by taking them three or four weeks after delivery, as they cleanse the body, and carry off gross humours. Their virtues may extend further; but for the cure of the Complaints above mentioned, upon application to the Venders, the most unequivocal testimonies can be pro- duced ; and the Proprietors flatter themselves, that if the nature of the cases permitted them to publish them in a more general way, they could produce a more numerous and more respectable list of Vouchers to the efficacy of this Medicine, than could be produced to any other ex- tant. They are sold by Messrs. Kearsleys, No. 46, Fleet- street, with directions, Price as. 9d. per Box, Stamp- Duty included ; or upon taking one dozen, the value of the Stamps will be deducted. f To encourage Country Shopkeepers, to accom- modate their neighbourhood, and handsome allowance will be made WEDNESDAY, Od:. 3. v ' Fdfi tie LONDON GAZETTE, Oa. 2. Wind/ or, OBoberi. THEIR Majeilies . and their Roy. il High- ncfles the PrincdJes let out from Glou- cefter Lodge, \\ a,'' mourh, a little time after five o'clock this mornhsg, ami arrived here a little after fix in the afternoon, in perfect health. Whitehall, 0( 1. 2. The King has been pleafed to grant to John Shore, ol Heathcote, LONDON. Yesterday the King gave audience to the Earls of Chesterfield, Cardigan, and Beaulieu, at Windsor- Lodge. Yesterday one of the Messengers in Waiting at Lord Grenville's Office was sent off to his Majesty at Windsor- Lodge with the fresh dis- patches from the Continent. The King came from Windsor this day at noon to St. James's Palace, where his Majesty had a levee for the Foreign Ministers, Nobility, Gentry, & c. for the first time these six weeks. His Majesty returned to the Queen's Lodge, Windsor, when the business was over. There is a talk of some material additions to be made to Gloucester- Lodge, Weymouth, in the course of next spring, for the better accom- modation of the Royal Family; his Majesty having concluded on spending a season there every year with the Queen and Princesses. . Yesterday at noon his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales arrived at Carlton- House from Brighton, and at seven o'clock dined with Mr. Sheridan, & c. at the Star- and- Garter Tavern, Pall- Mall. The Lords of the Treasury have appointed Mr. Tahourdin, Assistant- Surveyor, to be Sur- veyor of the warehouse of the Customs in the Port of London, in the room of Mr. Hethering in the County of Derby, Esq. and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, the Dig- nity of a Baronet of the Kingdom of Great Britain. BANKRUPTS. William Rawstorne, of Manchester, in Lancashire, dealer and chapman, to surrender Oct. 22, 23, at four, at the Golden Buck, in Manchester, and Nov. 13, at three, at the Castle of Lancaster. Attorneys, Mr. John Lowe, Manchester; or Mr. Ellis, Basinghall- street, London. John Clegg, of Lower Moor, within Oldham, in Lanca- shire, fustian- manufacturer, to surrender Oct. 16, 17, and Nov. 13, at three, a: the Swan Inn, in Manchester. Attornies, Mr. Jones, Manchester; or Mr. Edge, of the Inner Temple, London. Thomas Harvey, late of Carey- street, Middlesex, London, money- scrivener, to surrender Oct. 16, 17, at ten, and Nov. 13, at five, at Guildhall, London. Attorney, Mr. Chambers, Furnival's- Inn, Holborn. William Duncan, of Finch- lane, London, hosier, to sur- render Oct. 13, at twelve, Oct. 27, - at ten, and Nov. 13, at five, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Chambers, Furnival's Inn, Holborn. William Clamp, of Stratford, St. Mary's, Suffolk, grocer,, to surrender Oct. 16, 17r at ten, and Nov. 13, at six, at Guildhall, London. Attorney, Mr. Green, Seething- lane, Tower- street. Thomas Cooper and John Brown, of Lancaster, in Lan- cashire, liquor- merchants, to surrender Oct. 16,. 17, at ten, and NOV. 13, at six, at Guildhall, London. At- torney, Mr. Loveridge, Austin Friars. DIVIDENDS. Nov. 6. John Allen, the younger, of Vauxhall, Surrey, cow- keeper, at nine, at Guildhall, London. Oct. 27. Robert Porteus, of Holborn Hill, St. An- drew, London, woollen- draper, at eleven, at Guild- hall. Oct. 27. John Oliver, of Bromley St. Leonard's, Mid- dlesex, bricklayer, at ten, at Guildhall. Nov. 13. James Oram Clarkson, late of Basinghall- street, London, insurance- broker, at eleven, at Guild- hall. Nov. 2. John Penn, now or late of Stourbridge, Wor- cestershire, timber- merchant, at three, at the Crown Inn, Stourbridge. Oft. 30. Samuel Scott, of Newport, in Salop, grocer, at eleven, at the Red Lion Inn, in Newport. Oft. 23. John Peterswald, now or late of Bath, in Somersetshire, tobacconist, at four, at the White Hart Inn, Bath. CERTIFICATES. Oct. 23. George Davis, of Bath, in Somersetshire, bankers Thomas Chesshyre, of Salford, in Lancashire, merchant. s EVENING. POST, And 326 LLOYD' on, lately deceased ; and Mr. Robinson is ap- pointed Assistant- Surveyor, in the room of Mr. Tahourdin. Monday, at a meeting of the College of Phy- sicians in Warwick- lane, Sir George Baker, Bart, was elected President and Doctors Reynolds, Robertson, Fordyce, and Thomas Monro, were elected Censors, for the year ensuing. Yesterday advice was received at the East- India House, that his Majesty's ship the Lyon, and the Hindostan East- Indiaman, bound to China, sailed from Torbay on Sunday with the wind at North- East. The Tartar Packet, Goldsmith, for Bengal, sailed from Cowes on Monday morning. Extract of a Letter from Elsineur, Sept. 25. The Rising Sun, John Headley, of Scar- borough, from Newcastle to Malmoe, with coals, foundered about 40 leagues from Tyne- mouth- castle the 10th inst. crew saved, and ar- rived here in the Elizabeth, John Wilson, of Scarborough. Several ships have parted from their anchors and cables in our roads: it is sup- posed that many vessels have put into Norway, Gottenburgh, and Sweedrow, which have not yet arrived, but would be able to come out with the northerly winds we have had to- day." At a meeting of several respectable farmers at Thetford in Norfolk, on Wednesday last, it was unanimously resolved that an annual fair should be held at that place for the sale of wool. A Correspondent at Newcastle observes, ' The unsettled state of the weather still remains a melancholy subject of lamentation to the indus- trious farmer. It is painful, says he, to observe in the wheat and barley stubbles which have been cleared, the immense quantities of grain that have shaken out of the ears, and totally lost to the proprietors." Sunday evening Mr. Flexham, of Bishops- gate- street, was Stopped on Finchley- common by three footpads, who robbed him of his watch and purse, containing upwards of two guineas. Monday night Mr. Mansell, of Leicester- fields, had his pocket picked in Piccadilly of a ( gold watch, seals, & c. MARRIED. On Tuesday, George Strickland, Esq. se- cond son of Sir George Strickland, Bart, of Boynton, in the county of York, to Miss J. Craggs, daughter of the late C. Craggs, Esq. of Houghton- le- Spring, in the county of Dur- ham.— On Thursday last, at Speen, George Anson Nutt, Esq. of Welsbourne, in the county of Warwick, to Miss Mary Tymewell Blake, youngest daughter of the late John Blake, Esq. of Parliament- street, Westminster.— The same day, Martin Bree, Esq. of Lambeth, grandson of Sir Martyn Stapylton, Bart, to Miss Sophia Parsons, daughter of the late James Parsons, Esq, of Plymouth.— Same day, at West Cowes, Isle of Wight, Lieutenant Dewell, of the 2d for Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot, to Miss Eleanor Durnford, daughter of the late Georgc Durnford, Esq. of Winchester.— Last week, Rear- Admiral Cosby, Commander in Chief at Plymouth, to Mrs. Hurst, relict to the late Mr. Hurst, Agent to the 7th Regiment.— Last week, at Lewisham, Capt. Foxall, in the East- India Company's service, to Miss Baxton, of the Strand, DIED. Wednesday, Captain James Jobbins, of Knight ( bridge.— On Saturday, in Southamp- ton- row, Bloomsbury, Andrew Mathew, Esq. aged 80, of Heath House, near Petersfield, Hampshire. ON THE CROWD WHICH LATETy SurROUNdED PETER PINDAR at the BANK. Thee, PETER, I with pleasure greet, Whose genius drew the gaping throng; A second ORpHEus thou so sweet, To lead the Bulls and Bears along. premiuM. GENERAL- POST- OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 22d, 1792. TO prevent the Loss of entire NOTES or DRAUGHTS payable to Bearer., in Letters put into- any Post- Office or Receiving- house, the POSTMASTER GENERAL repeats the Recommenda- tion so often inserted in the London Gazettes, and circulated by Hand- Bills throughout the Kingdom ; namely, To cut all such Notes or Draughts in half, in the following form, to send tham at two different Times, and to wait for the Return of the Post till the Receipt of one Half is acknowledged before the the other is sent. And when any CASH, in Gold or Silver, or- when any RINGS, or LOCKETS, & c. are sent per Post from London, particular Care should be taken to deliver the same to the Clerk at the Window, or to the Clerk of the Money Book, at the General Post- Office; and, when any such Letter is to be sent from a Country Post- Office, it should be delivered into the Hands of the Postmaster By Command of the Postmaster General, ANTHONY TODD, Sec/. N. B. The Note is to be cut exacty where it is marked with a black Line, first writing the Date and Year at one End of the Note, and the Number at the other End -, by which Means each Part will contain a sufficient Specification of the whole. This Specimen will be put up at every Post- Office in the Kingdom, Oct. 1— 3. POSTSCRIPT « AFFAIRS OF FRANCE PARIS, Sept. 28. Yesterday, at four o'clock in the afternoon, 32 waggons, surmounted with branches of lau- rel, and loaded with cannon, muskets, and other implements of war, brought from the arsenal of Rochefort, entered this city. The capital now enjoys a ftate of tranquil- lity. A grand Civic Festival is about to be cele- brated here, on account of the conquest of Savoy. The Garrison of Thionville, which still holds out, has lately been fortunate enough to take a convoy, consisting of 15 waggons loaded with provisions, from the assailants. The intrepidity of the soldiery and townsmen has been attended with the most happy conse- quences to the Republic; as they have thus occupied the attention of 28,000 Austrians and Hessians, and consequently diminished the strength of the Combined army by that number of men. Lille, formerly the capital of French Flanders, is at this moment besieged in form by an army of 20,000 men. It requires exactly five times that number to invest it completely. The garrison is composed of 5500 foot, and 800 horse, The conquest of the Duchy of Savoy is one of the most singular occurrences in History. It has been effected without the loss of a single Frenchman The following is the copy of the official letter announcing the event leTTER from THE MINISTER AT WAr, " M. le PRESIDENT, " I have received two letters from the Armies; the one from General Dumourier, and the other from General Montesquiou. " M. Dumourier informs me, that he is preparing to make a movement towards his left flank; he has re- established a direct communi- cation with Chalons. " As to the Letter of General Montesquiou, I think it my duty to send you a literal tran- script of it. " Chambery, Sept. 22, Year of Liberty 1st of Equality. " I promised you, that my first letter should be dated from Chambery, and you see that I have kept my word. I have rendered myself master of all the country, from the Banks of the Lysere to the Lake of Geneva. " The people flock from all parts, in order to render homage to the Nation, and implore its protection. " The flight of the Enemy's troops has been so rapid, that it was utterly impossible for me to come up with them ; but the booty that they have left behind, is as considerable as if we had gained a complete victory. " I transmit you a succinct statement of the Arms, Provisions, and Ammunition of all kinds, that have fallen into my hands; I shall send you a detailed account the moment that it is drawn up. " I have not as yet any more than twelve battalions, and they have been sufficient to put 15, ooo men to flight, and oblige them to hide themselves behind the Vosges; I do not suspect that they have any intention to meet me. - I am about to advance with 7000 men to oct. 1— 3; BRITISH CHRONICLE, for 1792. 327 " The Administrators and Municipal Officers have given undoubted proofs of their Aristocracy: if we were to permit them, they would be cowardly enough to surrender; but we are at our post ; we shall remain there, and, in concert with the inhabitants, repel the Enemy " We inclofe you two letters ; one from a German Officer, who menaces the Commune of Birlinguen with the vengeance of their Imperial and Royal Majesties, if they dare to continue their resistance to our troops I the other is from the Commune of Birlinguen, assuring us that they will die, sooner than not assist us. ( Signed) " The Members of the ELECTORAL ASSEMBLY of the DEPARTMENT of the NORTH, now sitting at Lille." Ordered, That honourable mention be made of the conduct of the Electoral Assembly of the Department of the North. The country of Savoy, being now entirely conquered ( fee General Montesquiou's Letter in the preceding columns) a Member proposal to form it into the 84th Department of France. M. Lacroix.—' You have entered into Savoy, in order to give Liberty to the inhabitants, and not to conquer them. Above all things you ought to be cautious never to put that country into the hands of its ancient oppressors. I pro- pose, therefore, that the above motion be re- ferred to a Committee." , M. Louvet.—" It could never enter into the mind of any Republican, that we should enter Savoy, in order to deliver it up hereafter to the spoilers and oppressors, who have tyrannized over the inhabitants. Far less can we take possession of this Duchy in our own name ; for we have consecrated it as a solemn principle, that we shall never make any conquests, nor violate the Sove- reignty of any people. " I affirm it to be good policy to avow, that we intend to deliver Nations from the oppression of their tyrants, and that we will never force the inhabitants of a conquered country receive laws from us. " let us declare, therefore, that the moment we have chased the cohorts of despotism, we shall do every thing in our power, in order to allow the people to assemble, and enact laws for themselves." M. Lacroix.—" Who is to indemnify us for the expences of the war?" M. Louvet.—" The reflection that we have given Liberty, and consequently Happiness, to Mankind, will be a sufficient indemnification. This principle will occasion the despair of Ty- rants, who shall no longer calumniate you, by saying that your renunciation of Conquests is a fiction. " In combating Despotism, you will con- vince the world that you yourselves are not Despots. " Proclaim, then, this principle-— that instead of forcing Nations to adopt your Laws, you will guarantee their independence by force of arms."— [ Plaudits.] M. Danton.—" While you give liberty to the neighbouring nations, you ought to say to them, « You shall no longer he governed by Kings for, if we are surrounded by Tyrants, a coalition among them may effect the destruction of our own Liberty. By sending us here, the French Nation has created a Committee for the ge- neral insurrection of every oppressed people on the face of the earth. let us fulfill our mis sion." L'Hopital: my advanced guard, composed of 8ooo troops, under the command of M. Ca- siaka, will, on its arrival, visit the interior parts of the Country. " I have taken possession of Annecy, Carougi, Touon, & c. I hope that in eight days more I shall be master of the country from Geneva to Mount Cenis. " Every where the people bless the French Nation ; they have assumed the three- coloured Cockade amidst transports of joy. " A Deputation from the Municipality of Chambery met me at the gates, and presented me with the keys of the city. I have pro- mised Peace and Liberty, in the name of the Nation. " All the Troops have been invited to a fes- tival prepared on purpose for them. " I cannot pay too many eulogiums to the soldiers; their conduct could not have been more regular or more cordial, in their own country. " I have issued orders to receive the pub- lic money on account of the Nation. The money in hand has been carried off by the fu- gitives. " I have permitted the Guard of Burghers to be continued ; the Tree of Liberty is to be instantly erected in the Public Square. " The people seem every where disposed to imitate our Revolution, I have heard se- veral of them talk of converting Savoy into the 84th Department of France, or at least forming themselves into a Republic under its protection. " I shall be able, by my influence, to sup- port the Party, whose intentions are most agree, able to Government: my position is such as to overawe Geneva and Switzerland, the territories of which join this country. I have permitted the free course of the Laws, in the Name of the Nation, until the Assembly of Savoy shall have changed them. I beseech you to inform me, whether I ought to hold another language? It will perhaps be necessary to send a Civil Governor here, for I can only issue Military orders. Please to state the number of troops which you wish to winter in Savoy, as the Campaign ought to conclude on the 15th of the next month. ( Signed) The GenerAL MONTESQUIou." The booty taken in the above expedition consists of 50,000 quintals of hay, 100,000 cartouches, 900 sartouch boxes, a great number of sabres, and 130,000 livres in specie. Rear AdmiraL Frugue, with a fleet from Toulon, and General Anselme, with a land army under his command, are gone on an ex- pedition against Piedmont. NATIONAL CONVENTION. Friday, Sept. 28. The following Letter from the Electors of the Northern Department, assembled in the city of Lille, was read by one of the Secretaries: " While we are holding our Session here, the ' Enemy is menacing the city. We have sworn sooner to die than to abandon our labours.— Our petition, however, is rather alarming, as we are in want of provisions and ammunition. At this very moment, the cannons and mor- tars are playing upon the town. The neighbourhood is entirely plundered. The Assembly decreed. question should be referred to the Diplomatic and Mili- tary Committees. M. Rabaud read the following letter from Dr. Priestley to the Electoral Assembly of the department of l'Orne, which had elected him as their Deputy to the National Con- vention : Sept. 21.— Fourth Year of Liberty, " SIR, " I have just received, and consider as a very distinguished honour, the invitation of your Department to sit In the approaching National Convention of France. Such an office is cer- tainly, at this time, of the utmost importance on the theatre of the world ; as the peace and happiness, not only of your country, but of all Europe, and perhaps of the whole human race, are very particularly interested in every thing which may be decided in that Assembly; but my imperfect knowledge of your language, local circumstances, and the important duties of my present situation, prevent me from accept- ing your invitation. Besides, my studies ha- ving been principally directed towards Philosophy and Theology, and not particularly towards Legislation, little could be expected from me in respect to that science; but in every case in which my abilities will permit me to advance an opinion of any weight, it shall always be at their service, through the medium of my friend and correspondent Francois, who is also chosen a Member of the Conventional Assembly. " As a Minister of Religion, the object of my most earnest desires is your happiness. I sincerely pray, that the Supreme Being, the Father and friend of Mankindt whose provi- dence directs all events, may destroy the ma- chinations of your enemies, and put an end to the troubles with which you are now agitated ; and may he give speedy and happy establishment to your affairs ! " I offer up this prayer both as a Frenchman and an Englishman, since we have at length made the happy discovery, so long kept a secret. only by the ambition of Courts, that France and England ( neighbouring nations) have an equal interest in being friends with each other, I am, & c. " J. PRIESTLEY The Paris news- papers of last Saturday arrived in town yesterday ; but nor a syllable is men- tioned in them, either of the capture of Dumou- rier's army, or of the Combined Armies having taken possession of Chalons or Rheims. It may be, that the Editors of the French Gazettes having some examples of the fate of their brethren fresh in their memory, are cautious of publishing any thing tending to throw disgrace on the arms of their countrymen. The Minister of War, it is to be observed though he men- tions recent intelligence, from Dumourier, of the communication with, Chalons being re- opened, - is very concise on the subject, and gives no de- tail of the state or the operations of Dumourier's army. The following is given as the Postscript of a Letter from Paris, and dated Saturday noon :— We have just learnt the news of Chal and . Rheims being taken by the Co ong Armies. This news must have be . nbined by some for many days past n known gazettes are silent on the sub but all the However, no official important news respectinf confirmation of the rived is London france LLOYD'S EVENING- POST, & c. Odt, 1— 3. POSTSCRIPT CONTINUED. . MAILS. ARRIVED. - None. Due. 1 Dublin 2 Waterford AUTHENTIC PORT- NEWS. Extract of a Letter from Portsmouth, 0ct. 2. Arrived, the Arno, Brooks, from Oporto, for Colchester; the Freyheit, Pahenche, from Dantzig; the Mentor, Taylor, from Domi- nica ; the Sophia, Hare, from Rotterdam for Chichester; the Hannah, Hall, from London for Barbadoes; the Bewley, Johnson, the Lord Townsend, Day, and the Eleanor, Ed- wards, from London ; La Sainte Anne, Pesnel, from Isigny ; and the James and Ann, Haskess, from Havre." Extraft of a Letter from Deal, Oct. 2. " Wind N. E. Came down and sailed, the Hannah, Hall, for Barbadoes; the Withywood, Evers, for Jamaica; the Julius Pringle, Calla- han, for Charles- Town ; the Expedition, Fair- foot, for Smyrna; and the Queen, Harris, for Cadiz. " Remains, the Diligence India pilot." j . Extract of a, Letter from Gravesend, Oct. 2. " Passed by, the Fortuna, Mullens, and the Endeavour, Sellock, from Stockholm ; the Anna Maria, . , from Stettin the Anna Mar- garetta, Lentez, and the Ann, Flight, front Koningsburg ; the Catharine, Armstrong, from Memel; the Friendship, Pieterson, and the Good will, Ollsers, from Amsterdam ; the Isabella and Mary, Richardson, from Rotterdam - r the Three Sisters, Islington, the Providence, Wy- berg, the Fortuna, Ruthwell, and the Peter and Margaret, Falkenberg, from Norway Sailed, the N. S. de Carmer, Andrea, Bilboa, and the Philip and Mary, Bull, for Dub- lin." Arrived.— At Dover, the Tortole, Patter- sen, from Tortola— At Leith, the Penelope, Weldon, from Archangel.— At Liverpool, the Speedwell, Young, from Archangel For the truth of the following instance of bar- barity we can. vouch, as we have it from the mouth of a Gentleman, new in town, who was at Rheims at the time whea the atrocious, act was committed.— M. de Montrosier, formerly the French King's Viceroy at Lille, in Flanders, was dismissed about 15 months ago, by the Con- stituent Assembly, and since that time remained at Rheims. The 4th of September he was ar- rested as a person suspected by the Municipality, and, to secure his person from outrage, was thence conveyed a prison.— The populace or rather the volunteers who arrived from the camp at Soissons, had already assassinated five or six persons, but appeared to have no design upon, the life of M. Montrosier; when a shoemaker, who had formerly served in the same regiment with M. de Montrosier, and who was well known, both in his regiment and in the. town, for a man of bad character, harangued the peo- le, and by the most violent calumnies, excited them to put him to death, which was instantly effected he was torn from the prifon, forced to the Place' de ' Hotel de ville and there cruelly massacred.— His death was so sincerely regretted, that the villain who levelled the first blows at him, has since been killed, having been shot by his own comrades. Extract of a Letter from Inverary, Sept. 26. " The Duke of Argyle, accompanied by Sir Alexander Campbell, of Ardkinglass, General Campbell of Strachur, the Sheriff of the county, and some other Gentlemen, went yesterday to sur- vey the different tracts of the navigable canal projected betwixt Lochgilp- head and Crinan, in this County. his Grace was enabled to discern the different tracts distinctly, by the assistance of a very accurate map of the ground, made up by Mr. Rannie, engineer, and Mr. Langlands, land- surveyor. The distance of the further end of this canal from the Castle of Argyle is about 30 miles, and occupied his Grace for three days. A meeting was lately held at Uppingham, in Rutlandshire, and a subscription entered into, for defraying the expence of a survey and level, to be taken for the purpose of making a Navi- gable Cut or Canal from the proposed one at or near Harborough, in Leicestershire, to Upping- ham. A bunch of black grapes lately cut in the hot- house of H. Shelley; Esq. in Lewis, pro- duced a single grape which measured three inches and nine tenths in circumference; and in figure and size, much resembled a large Orleans plumb ; the rest of the cluster were very fine fruit, in general of the size of large damsons. For this week past, in Sussex, they have had daily and almost incessant rain which has again inundated their low lands, and, it is feared, greatly damaged the backward corn and hops.. In some parts of the country we hear there is yet much barley to be got in. The wetness of the season also proves very unfavourable to wheat- sowing. A few nights ago a stack of barley, contain- ing about 30 waggon- loads the property of Mr. Rhodes, of Langford, near Newark, in North- amptonshire, was maliciously set on fire by one of his servants . several other stacks nearly ad- joining were saved ; but that which was set on fire was entirely destroyed. The man was on Monday taken up on suspicion, and carried be- fore one of the Justices of the peace for the county of Nottingham, when he immediately made a voluntary confession of his guilt. On being asked what could be his inducement thus to injure his master, he replied he had none, but he could not help it; thus affording an instance of almost unparallelled depravity, in the com- mission of such an atrocious crime, without the smallest provocation; He was fully committed to the county gaol to take his trial at the next assizes. Yesterday se'nnight, about two o'clock in the morning, the large cotton factory, the pro- perty of Messrs. Lightholers and Co. of Chorley, Lancashire, by some means ( not yet known) caught fire, and was entirely burnt down to the ground. The loss is estimated at several thou- sand pounds but we hear that part of the pro- perty, was insured; Last Wcdnesday a fire broke out in the house of Mrs Carr, of Beddingham, in Sussex; but it being fortunately discovered before the family were in bed assistance was immediately called, and the flames extinguished without damaging, any part of the house except the chamber wherein the fire burst forth. As the Leeds mail- coach was last Thursday evening passing. through Islington, wi, th four inside- passengers, it unfortunately took the wheel of a turnep- waggon, by which means it was overturned, the pole was broken, and some other trifling injury done to the carriage : hap- pily the passengers received no other damage than the fright occasioned by the disaster, and the inconvenience of being detained about hours to refit. A few days since, as a Gentleman and two Ladies were driving by Hollington, near Hast- ings, in Sussex, in a whisky, the Gentleman,. not being acquainted with his road, climbed into a tree in order to discover some known ob- ject that might serve him for a land- mark; but the bough which supported him happening to break, he fell and broke one of his arms. ' Yesterday se'nnight, as a boat was coming in shore from a Cutter which lay off Hastings, the force of the waves so violently against the beach, that George Phillips, a sea- man on board, was thrown against the killed on the spot , There is now living a small village in Cumberland, one Mable Osmotherly, who is upwards of 80 years of age. She one day last week threshed for herself a batch, via, half a peck of barley, ( 24 sheaves and winnowed it in little more than an hour. She afterwards took it upon her shoulder, and carried It to the mill which is nearly a mile distant From her house. Saturday the prices of grain in Northampton market were as follow, viz. wheat 5s. od,- to 6s. 6d. rye, 3s. M. to 4s. 6d. barley, p. to 4s. 3 d. oats, zs. to 2s. 7d. beans, 3 s. dd. to 41, 6< i. per bushel. ' J • ! AdverTisEMent TAKEN FROM' ThE Clon- Mel JOURNaL. Run away last night, my wife, Bridget Coole. She is a tight neat body, and has lost one leg. She was seen riding behind the Priest of the parish, through Fermoy ; and, as we never was married. I will pay no debt that she does not contract. She lisps with one tooth, and is always talking about fairies, and is of no use but to the owner. PHElIM COOlE,. August 17. his* mark. THEATRICAl EnTErTAinMeNTS. this Evening, COVENT- GARDEN. ] Fontainbleau, with The Sultan.
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