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.
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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