with General Meadows, which they happily ac complilhed in the evening, without having seen any of the enemy during that day. The loss fultained by the artillery in privates, lalcars, See. was verv trifling;, in comnaril'on willi ' * O' < , what tiiey fuitered by officeis, killed and wound ed. The following is an exatft return of the killed, wounded, and milling, of the noncoininifiioned, and privates, &c. of artillery.— One corporal, and 6 lascars, killed. One gunner, 6 privates, (or inatroffes.) One ferang, I tjndal, and 11 lascars, woundec One private, and 9 lascars miffing. One iafcar taken prisoner. The 36t Li regiment had no ids than iij killed and wounded, and other corps lutFered nearly in proportion. We are happy in being able to announce to the public, from the belt authority, that the fortrefs of Paliguatchery has at lalt yielded to the British arms.—This completes the conquelt of the country below lhe Gams. Extract of a litter from an officer of Major Montgo- mery's Detachment. " Camp at Burnt ore, Sept. 12 " Within a few cofs of this, between us and the Kiftnah, lived a Rajah who governed his country, handed to him from his t'ore-fathers, with much jultice and moderation, and paid his tribute regularly—his name Rangapali Naick, Rajah of Dewardrug, but when at the Soubah's Court lately, he as usual, paid his chief attenti on to Teyg Jung Bucklhee and commander in chief of the troops, which was noticed with a jealous eye by Mesfheerul Mullock, the miniiter, as the other Teyg Jung is in the minority. At the fame time, another Rajah who lives within 16 or 18 cofs of this, on the fide of the Kiltnah, was at Court, and noticed to the miniiter the dif fatisfac'iion of the Dewardrug man to him, of fering him 7 lacks of rupees for permiflion to at tack and difpollefs him ot his country, also acon fiderable encreafe of revenue. " The terms were acceded to, and the Na zim's troops were actually sent with this man (the Rajah of Solapore) and after ail obitinate defence, and many lives loft, the place was car ried, by the treachery of one of his own people, who fold the gateway. The Rajah, on finding this out, went into his powder magazine, and that no branch of his fain% ihould be liable to the insults of the Salapore Rajah, his inferior call—they all accompanied him, and with his own hand he applied the match, which plunged about jo into eternity, of their own free will and choice. This happened about the 6rh or 7th instant, very near us, not above 10 or 12 miles, and is an abfplute facft." November ii The Right Honorable the Governor General has publicly declared his intention of proceed ing to Madras, the beginning of next month ; and though we may reasonably expecft that some decisive blow will be (truck before his Lordship's arrival, yet his presence cannot fail to be of the Utmost importance to the public service, by giv ing vigor to our enterprizes, confidence to our Native Allies, and forwarding any negociations that may be neceflary without the delay of a re ference to the Supreme council. Notwithstanding the numerous reports that have been daily circulated in town, no intelli gence whatever has been received from the Grand Army since our last ; the mail of 24th ult. arri ved yelterday from Madras, when an interval of thirteen days had elapsed without any letters having been received from Camp ; there can be no doubt that the incourfe has been interrupted by flying parties of the enemy's horse between Trichinopoly and Caroor ; we may infer, how ever, with certainty, that no events can liaye ta ken place of importance. It is with much pleasure, we understand, that the Center Army, under Col.* Maxwell, had ac tually marched on the 24th ultimo, into the ene my's country to the South-Weft of Amboor, The last accounts from Poonah, dated the 19th nit. mention, that the Mahratta Army under Pur feratn Bhow had greatly encreafed in numbers ; a very valuable and extensive tract of conntry belonging co Tippoo had been subdued, who must find himfelf much embarralfed by the pro gress of the Mahrattas ; Perferain Bhow had ap plied for a reinforcement of Artillery and Sea poys from Bombay, previous to his commencing the Siege of Derwar ; in the mean time the ad jacent country had been laid waste to distress thegarrifon as much as pofiible. LONDON, March 4 Conclusion of the late address of the National Jjfem bly to the People of France, on the civil Conjiitu tion of the Clergy. [Translated from Mr. Luzac's Leyden Gazette.] " AND you too, ye natives of France, the adorers of religion and of your country ; Ye geople faithful as ye are generous and bold as ye are grateful, pause a moment and contem plate with wonder the changes which your vast empire has undergone ! Contiaft your late fuu 6 ation with that which is to come . What was France a few months ago ?—Oar philofoplieis and f.iges invoked the goddess of liberty, but Ine wasdeafto theircries.—Every enlightened Chris tian demanded Freedom in a country where the splendid religion of his forefathers still remain ed, buc where the true religion, inculcated in the morality of the gofj>el, was scarcely to be found. We were a nation without a country, a people without a gjvernrnent, a church without a character, orauthority. Nothing seemed fixed or permanent amungll us but the propagation of vice, the moil scandalous injullice between man and man, divine and human laws were alike set at defiance, and every principle of religion and morality were upon the verge of a total extinc tion !—was this a country for man to exist in, where the liberty and property were at theabfo lute disposal of rulers without restraint, without honor, without underltanding, and in whose preposterous view of things both the Deity and his creatures were held as nothing ! But what a revolution has succeeded to this scene of disorder and confufion ! a revolution, which has reduced all government to the sub lime simplicity of the honest dicftates of nature ; a government opposed only by a growling herd of reptiles (meaning th* Aristocratic party) whose impotent rage, and iufatiate third for revenge, prevents them from imbibing a fingleray ofpub lic I'pirit, from contemplating the dignity of man ; and whose whole desires center in the fordid, ab ject love of felf! ye Frenchmen ! ye are the re deemers of your own liberty ; ye have witnefl'ed her revivification in this extended empire,by your noble and disinterested endeavors—may your wis dom and moderation preserve her in eternal vi gour. Let the spirit of patience, and the cool ness of reaf'on, univerlally expand among you ; let yonr friendly consolations be the support of those of your fellow-citizens, whose facrifices to the revolution, have been peculiarly heavy. Re colledl, that if the regeneration of Empires is brought about by the enthusiastic efforts of the people, that they can only be maintained in that Hate, by the amiable and endearing virtues of peace. Be convinced too, that the present repose and silence, so visible in the nation, after so ma ny plots and base attempts upon its liberty, is the moll: certain proof, that the fiend of tyranny has quit us in despair, and forever let go his hold upon us. He has struck his tents and departed ! In future, be allured, nothing will more effectu ally disconcert the designs and plots of the mali cious, than an equitable and moderate adminis tration of the affairs of the kingdom." [The above animatecl speech was delivered in the National Aflembly, on the 14th of January, by M. tie Mirabeau ; »ad was afterwards styled the Manifesto of the Aflembly againit the Clergy. J February 25. " The celebrated M. de Mirabeau, has been chosen one of the adininiftrators of the depart ment of Paris. The Bishop of Autun (both a patriotic and philosophical character) is also cho sen to the fame rank, and has consequently quit ted his dignity of Bishop. Wefbould not be fnr prized to fee him chosen Archbishop of Paris, finte it is now certain that M. de JuigMe, the for mer Archbishop, will not appear again in that station ; having retired to Chamberry, in disgust:, and there published a pastoral letter, which has shared the fate of the other compositions of that kind, neglect. "I am persuaded (fays he to the clergy of his diocese) that you will not prove re bels to the cries of confciente, and that you will extort praise even from your enemies, in prefer ring honest poverty to the Jcandal of apoftacy." The Americans have at length finally ratified their Treaty with the Court of Portugal— which, as it is a separate one with rhat Power, only bids fair for being of considerable utility to the United States, though it must militate (trong )y against the interests of foine of the European Courts. ://y///< >///;/ TRANSLATION. Philadelphia, nyth April, I 79 1 Sir, IN consequence of orders which I have receive< from his Majesty, I have tlie honor herewith to tranfinit to you the law which fixes the dispo sition of the colours in the different kinds" of flags, 01 other customary marks of diftinc r tio» among ships of war and commercial veflels of the - rench nation. I requeit the favor of you to nake this law known in the ports of the United itates. And have the honor to be, With a refpeOlful attachment, Sir, Your 1110 ft humble and Obedient servant, OTTO. M.Jefferson, Stcretary of State jor the United Stat a A LAW, Fixing the Difpojition of the Colours in the difi c f, kinds of Flags, or ether etifiomary narks of lion among Jh-ps of war, and comnurciat vtfftl, * Done at Paris the 31 ft LOUIS, by ths Grace of Cod, and by the conffitu,; al Law of the State, King of the FrenchT To all whom it may conccrri, Ths National fembly has decreed, and -ae ord•' the following ; Decree of the Natlo sa l Assembly or October, i 790. THE National Aflembly having ena&ed \» their Decree of the 21ft of October, thattlw French Flag should bear the National Colours and willing in consequence to fix the difpofoj ' of these Colours in the different kinds of FU'n or other customary marks of diftindtion, amow warlike and commercial vefleJs, it is decrecd • Art. I. The Jack shall be conipo fed of three equal stripes, and placed vertically; The one nearest the ltaff, (hall be red, the center one whit,, and the third blue. ' Art. 11. The Ensign (hall bear in its upp er quarter the fame as the Jack above described that part of the Flag (hall be exacftly one fourth of its full size, and encircled with a narrowftripe one half the length of which ihall be red and the other white ; the remainder of the flag (hall also be white. This Flag (hall be borne by Ihips of war and commercial vedels. Art. 111. The Pendant of the ships of war and other veflels, belonging to the State, fhali bear in its broafteft pare three vertical stripes, red, white, and blue—the remainder white. The Vane shall bear in a striking manner the Nation, al Colours. Art. IV. The Flags of Commandants stall have in their upper quarter three vertical stripes, red, white and blue ; the National Afl'embly not conceiving any change neceflary in the difpofi. tions, whose objetft is to diftinguifb in a naval army, the three squadrons of which it is compo sed—the reft of the Flag may be as hitherto, red, white, and bine. Art. V. The Flags and Pendants of the Na tional Colonrs cannot be made of any other than those Stuffs which are manufactured in France. They shall be carried without delay by the war like veflels, agreeable to orders given by the Kino-. Art. VI. The King (hall be intreated jo f'anc tion this Decree, and to order to be taken both in the French and foreign ports, the neceflary steps for iis prompt and certain execution, and to fix the time when the commercial veflels may without inconvenience bear the new Flag. We have fancftioned, and, by these pre Tents, which we have ligned with our hand, do fantftion the present Decree. We command and order all our Tribunals, Ad minilVrative Bodies and Municipalities, to have these presents transcribed in theirßegifters, read, published, and ported up in their refpedtive dif tridits and Departments, and to execute it as a Law of the Kingdom. We likewise command and order our Commandants of Ports and Arse nals, Commandants of Squadrons, Ships, and other Veliels of War, Governors of Colonies, Intel)- dants and Ordonnareurs of Marine, and of the Colonies, and all others to whom it shall apper tain, to conform thereto and to aid in the execu tion, each agreeable to the duty of his Itation. IN Testimony whereof we have signed, and caused to be countersigned the said Pre sents, and the Seal of State to be hereto affixed—at Paris, the 31 It Day ofOdlober., in the Year of our Lord 1790, and of our Reign the Seventeenth. (Signed) LOUIS. (Signed) _ And lower down, L'ARCHEVEQUE de BORDEAUX. And sealed with the Seal of State. Certified to agree with the Original, (Signed) L'ARCHEVEQUE de BORDEAUX. Sent by tlie Department of Marine, (Signed) PROCLAMATION OF THE KING. IN execution of the law of 51ft day of Ociober, fixing the ilifpofition of the Colours in the dif ferent kinds of Flags or other customary marks ofdiftinc'tion among (hips of war, and commer cial veiiels— The law of 31ft day of October, having deter mined the form of the French Flag, and fixed the disposition of the National Colours in the different kinds of Flags and other customary marks of difHn&ion among the ships of war and commercial veflels, and the 6th Art. of the said law directing " that the King fliall be intreated to order to be taken as well in the French as in Foreign Ports, the necetlary measures for its prompt and certain execution, and to fix the time when all the commercial vefiels may without in convenience carry the new Flag." His Majelty has ordained in consequence, that all Flags, Pendants, Flags of commandants and other marks of diftin<ftion which /hall hencefoi ward be hoisted by fliips and other veflels of war, shall carry the national Colours agreeable to the difpofuions announced in the law c* MONTMORIN
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