EUROPE.
- T O C H O L M, Sept. 15.
rj 1 H K I ast post from Finland brings advice, that
A Brigadier Stedinck has had another engage
ment near Nyflat, in which the Swedes were con
querors : The particulars of this affair are notyet
received.
BRUSSELS, Sept. 25.
General Alton having, by the Emperor's order,
presented a Golden Medal to two of the Dragoons
who leftrained the citizens of Tirlemont oil the
day ol the riot there, they were both found the
day alter with their throats cut. The comman
der iii Chief having ordered Major Vogles to make
enquiries concerning it, and the Major having
- - imprudently mentioned that order, his body was
loine days after found in the barracks cut in a
thoul'and pieces. Striift fearph is making after the
afliiflins.
VIENNA, October 6.
His Majelty the Emperor has been pleased to
raifc the Prince et Save Cobourg to the rank of
Field Marshal, in recompence for the lignal ser
vices he has rendered his country, and particular
ly in the late victory over the army of the Grand
Vizir, on the 22d of September.
Yesterday evening another courier arrived here
from the Prince de Cobourg, with the important
news, that he had again attacked and beaten the
Grand Vizir, and driven him back as far as the
Danube ; that 3000 Turks were left dead on the
field ; that our troops took 17 pieces of cannon,
300 loaded camels, 400 buffaloes, 2000 oxen, 5000
loaded waggons, 70,000 tents, with the whole of
the Grand Vizir's treasure and equipage ; and that
the booty was altogether immense. The Courier
brought afuperb tent, and a number of coftlyfa
bresand Turkish knives with him, which his Ma
jesty ordered to be deposited in the Arsenal. Ba
ron Kiefemayer, who came as courier on this oc
casion, alio brought apairof Turkifhcolours with
him, which he took from the enemy with his owu
hands.
FRANCE.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, Sett. 26.
The National Aflembly having considered the
urgency of circum fiances, and read the report of
the Committee of Finance, accepts confidential
ly the plan proposed by thefirfl Minister of State.
Such was the decree 011 the Memorial of Monf.
Neckar, after a debate which lasted from nine in
the morning till half anhour past seven in the e
vening.
The Marquis de Montesquieu opened the de
bate by reading the plan of Adminiftratiori drawn
up by the Committee of Finance, in which were
proposed the following reductions:
Livres
The houfeliold of the King Queen and
Princes, 8,000,000
Foreign Department, 8,300,000
War ditto, . 8,900,000
Marine ditto, 2,000,000
Finance, do. x,000,000
Pensions, besides the reductions already
made, 6,000,000
Intendants and Delegates 1,800,000
Registers and Farmers General 2,600,000
Mint, 1,700,000
Premiums and encouragements to trade, 600,000
The Royal Gardens, 36,000
Library, 62,000
Stud (to be fupprefled) 800,000
Contingencies, 2,500,000
Fund reserved for Lotteries to be fup
prefled, x 73,000
Plantation of Forests, 817,000
Clergy,
2,502,000
Charities, 5,511,000
Livres 53,301,000
It next proposed to eftablifhtwo public banks,
one at the dii'pofal of the Executive power, with
*n annual receipt of 205 millions of livres, the a
mount of the National expenditure after the a -
bove reductions; the other, with an inalienable
revenue of 27? millions charged with the interest
of the National debt, and the expences of the pro
vinces, the former of which was ellimated at 240
millions, and the latter at 29.
Amotion was made to carryall the plate of the
churches to the mint, for the benefit of the public.
The Archbifliop of Paris immediateiy said, that
the Clergy, who had often succoured the State
in times of dish ess, were ltill ready to make the
greatest facrifices for the good of their country ;
and that they willingly give up all the Church
plate, only reserving as inuch as was neceflary for
diviue worlhip.
This patriotic proposal was received with gene
ral applause, but neceflarily gave place tothe main
quefiion.
M. de Mirabeati proposed an unqualified aflent
to the Minister's plan. As it was too extensive to
be difcufled in a short time, it was absolutely ne
cefiary to confide in the vvifdom of its author. If
it should fail, all Europe would exculpate the Na
tional Aflembly and the blame would fall on M.
Neckar —If it should succeed, the merit and the
honor would be exclusively his.
This motion was carried, as stated above, by
405 voices, against 127.
In the evening, the decree refpcting the reve
nue was carrried, as drawn up by M. Anfon, with
foine amendments.
September 29.
A letter was read from the Jews, many of"whom
had been driven from Alsace into Switzerland,
and the President was directed to write to the mu
nicipality of Stralbourg, in the name of" the Af
fenibly, recommending them to the protection of
the Executive Power, as equally entitled to the
benefit of the law, with the relt of his Majesty's
fubjeifts.
PARIS, o<a. 14.
TO MORROW will be the last day of the Na
tional Allembly's fitting at Versailles ; they
are then to adjourn till Monday, when they will
meet in the great Hall of the Archbi/hop's Palace
in Paris, and continue their meeting there until
the new Hall in the Palace of" the TliuilJeries is
got ready.
The Aflembly will not in future have occasion
for so large a space, as near 300 Members are al
ready decamped, and many more only waiting an
opportunity to do the fame.
We have reason to believe that the majority
of the Members of the Aflembly were extremely
averfc to go to Paris, fearing their lives to be in
danger. But the repeated invitations of the Pa
risians, who would not be ealy them, at
length determined their removal, though not be
foie the Aflembly had received a formal Deputa
ti°n from the Commons of Paris, who engaged
to anlvver for the perfoual feccirity ofevery Mem
ber.
1 he capital is again tolerably quiet, and things
goon nsufual—The mob seems perfectly content
ed with the imprisonment of the Royal Family,
whose escape was so much theobjecft of their ap.
preheniions. Their Majeftieshad another levee
of the Foreign Ministers on Wednesday last, but
the King spoke but little, and looked desponding
and inelancholly. The Court was but thinly at
tended, and had much the appearance of a dumb
lhew.
1 he inoft particular circumstance which en
gages the public attention at the present moment
is the charge alledged by M.de Mirabeau, in the
National Aflembly against the Count deSt. Prielt
Minilter of State, with the answer of M. de St'
Prielt: to the charge.
This affair has made a great noise in the city
tor lome days pall, and the popular cry was of
courle considerably to the disadvantage of the
Mmifter, who accordingly has thought proper to
refute it in the most unequivocal terms, before
that the accusation was brought to the proof.
M. deSt. Priest's letter is addrefled to the Pre
sident of the Committee of the National Aflem
bly, to whom the charge was referred for inves
tigation. It is rather too long for an entire tran
"ation, but we fliall give all the material points
of it : r
Pre^ent the Comm ' tte ' of Enquiry.
I UNDERSTAND that the National Aflembly
has received a denunciation from the Count de
Mirabeau, which is exprefled in the following
terms : °
" A Minister, called the Count de St. Pi ieft,
laid on Monday last to the phalanx of women \vlio
demanded bread of him,—When you had but one
xin S> you had bread in plenty—Now you have
twelve hundred, —Go andafk it of them."
I think it my duty, Sir, not to wait for your
refearcbes, but to declare to you positively on my
honor, that the fa# alledged by M. de Mirabca'u
is maliciously invented ; nor have I furnifhed the
jnghtelt pretext for the aflertion. M. de Mira
beau does not fay he heard me, and I am willing
to believe that he has been deceived. I declare
011 my honor, that I only spoke to a few women
who entered dans I'xiLde BeuJ, (the King having
oideredme to gothei-eand hear their complaints,
and answer to them.) I believe there were an
hundred witnefles who heard my discourse, and
I doubt much whether one of them will affirm he
heaid me mention a single word about the Na
tional Aflembly.
To the complaints of these five or fix women,
for there were no more, I answered that the King
had done every thing in his power to procure grain
for the Kingdom and the Capital , that grain had
been brought from all parts of the world ; that
in short the care provisioning Paris had been
fov two months past under the management of the
city, to which the King and his Ministers, had
united all their endeavors. I do not recoiled:
that the conversation turned upon any other fub
jei^—besides is it pollible tocall fiveorfix women
a phalanx.
\V ithout having the honor of being known to
M.de Mirabeau,or having spoken to him in mylife,
I ei thelefs hoped he would not have given ear
to so trivial a circumstance on such flight authori
ty, and only told by persons who a few days since
willied to excite the people against the National
Aflembly : I hope likewise my general conduct
will place me above such an imputation. I have
palled many years in the service of my country
and have labored for its Welfare a-id „i
Prince de Poix and the Duke tie ' Tli =
among the perrons who heard inelW
offer ro prove an alibi to every other L!v J"? 1
with these women, than what 1 have in?,?' "
Ido not dispute.M. de Mirabeau's tlone(l '
eloqirence, bat I do not believe he is a hi?' 5
zen th; ui I am. a bettcr citi
I have the honor to be & c
Paris, Oil. C °»"" l =S;.P i ;, Esr .
It is neednefs for us to add that this anfir, •
found perfectly fatisfcdtory to everyone £'?
who are not inclined to believe the truth. •
LONDON, September 24
Th, j, , h , a{ , r SwMi ■
g ""'
On the 14th inft. at ten in the morning t
Ruffian fleet of gallics, under the Prince of'ji
fau and two other Admirals, in two divif wns ~
tempted tofurround our fleet, by attacking
both fides with nearly a double superior ftrce
I he a<ftion lasted with great bravery until ninei-i
the evening, when ourfieetgotinto Swartholm
1. tie damaged, that they will be at sea in two days
We loft one large galley and one toroma (a final'
ler kind) both which ran aground, and the R U |
fians took another. Our frigate Trolle, alf o <, 0 t
aground with another toroma, the latter of which
was blown up by her commander. The Ruffi™
officers taken and brought in prisoners, repoit
that the attack was made by their whole fleeta
avowedly totally to annihilate ours, but which
by the bravery of our officers and learaen they
have not been able to injure materially. '
Oct . 24. On Sunday, the celebrated Mole, Do.
gazon, Dazinceurt and Fleury, performers at the
French Theatre, or Comedie Francois, presented
theinfelves at the bar of the National Afleinblv,
and in the name of themselves and other perform
ers of that Theatre, made an offer of twenty-three
thou/and livres, to be paid into the Royal Trea
luryonthe twenty-fourth of January next. The
President thanked them in the name of the Aliem
bly, accepted their offer, and did them the figna!
honor to invite them within the bar, where the*
staid until the Aflembly adjourned,
His Majesty in Conncil was this day pleased to
order that the Parliament which Hands prorogued
to Thursday the 29th of this instant, October,
should be further prorogued to Thursday the 10th
day of December next.
His Majesty in Council was this day pleased to
declare the Right Hon. John Earl of Weftmare
land Lieutenant General and General Governor
of his Majesty's Kingdom in Ireland.
Many persons who have travelled in France,
and have never observed any other than white
cockades worn by the military, are at a loss to
know the reason why, on a recent occasion, the
soldiers aflumed black cockades to teftify theirre
turning loyalty. The reason is, black cockades
are properly the cockades of the King—as such
they were often worn, as old officers will remem
ber, in the time of Marshal Saxe.
Although neither the Madrid Gazette, norany
other periodical prints appearing in Spain, take
the least notice of the revolution in France, norits
conferences ; nevertheless, there are some very
interesting pamphlets in circulation, translated
into Spanish, concerning these great events, and
which are read with avidity and entliufiafmintlut
country.
The Emperor (on his firft return to Vienna,
employed for an hour forthree fucceffivedays, ia
offering up public thanksgivings for his recovery,
and prayers for theprofperity of the Empire. His
Majesty knelt 111 the inidft of the people, at the
church of St. Stephen's and was remarkably fer
vent and devout the whole time.
THE BRABANTIAN TERRITORIES.
The celebrated Vandernoodt, the Dr. Frank
lin o'f Brabant, has been near aflaffination ! —Four
desperadoes, from Vienna, lately went to Breda
on this detestable expedition—and one of them
011 entering Vandernoodt'sprefence fired a pistol
at him, which happily misled hiin. The miscre
ants escaped, though closely pursued.
A like attempt has been made 011 M. de Marino',
at his feat near Breda—He had retired to this
place ever since the senior Counsellors, to which
body he belonged, were fupprefled. He was in
his garden, when a Marechauffee of Auftrianßra
bant came suddenly behind him, seized a ipafl e >
andftruck him on the head.—He was refcueil y
his gardeners from the violence, and the
sent to prison to take his trial.
Vandernoodt has long been obnoxious to tie
Emperor—His manly and spirited writings lij
fuccefsfully exposed that left handed Machine
Linguet, and alio inspired the people of Bra an
with the principles they poflefled when the LJutc
Republic was formed.
ACTS OF CELIBACY REPEALED. .
Among the reforms going forward in the
peror's dominions, the approaching abolin^ 1 '
celibacy among the Clergy makes no incon 1
able noise on the Continent. „ • -
On some dignified Ecclesiastics remon ra
with the Emperor on this repeal, bis Maje 7