«wn eves, it appears that the soldiery as well as the citizens ai e discontented ; for if the troops •were not :'.i league with the incendiaries, this lcourge could ifot long exist. " i he ravages which the flames have made in Conllaijtinople, in Pcra and' Galatea, are beyond estimation. ' Nor docs the government leem to wish to have an accurate iJea of the iolies. '• All the b'ranks are aftoniihed to fee tbeftea dinefs of the Sublime Forte tinder tliefe cireuni flances, and ate at a loss vvh:it to think. '* But the politicians who fee clearly, fay that Selim 111. is pei fuaded, or has been induced by foreign insinuations, to think that the people aie not discontented with th* war, but only the want of success; and in consequence of this principle he flatters hiinfelf that their unealiueft will be converted into juy as soon as couriers arrive with account of the Empire of Rufiia being attar li ed by powerful fleets in the Baltic, and that by this "division the Grand Vizier will be in a ftrua tion to give law in his turn on the banks ol the Danube, if we may rely on the language of the Ottoman Mini dry, we may expect accounts wit bin a fortnight, as they consider the affairs alieady fettled." W A R S A W, The Comptc Malachowfki, Warlhall of the Confederation, and of the Diet, went, imme diately after the adoption of the new conllitu tional articles, ro the Hotel tie Ville, accompanied by a great number of Nonces and other gentle men, and took, as citizens, the civic oath. The citizens of Warsaw inanifelied their joy at this event by unanimous acclamations, and by a concert of music playing at the fame time. The people attempted to take oft the horses from the Marfhall'schariot, and to draw it tliem lelves, but he would not accept this houour, which he confideied as degrading to his fellow citizens. The spirit of the Nation seems entirely chang ed. Several of the representatives have gone in to mourning for M. Mirabeau, who is conlidered, as having nobly defended ilie rights of Man, and the justice which ought to be reciprocally oblerv ed between nations and their fovereijrns. O PARIS, May 27 A riot, that gave much alarm, happened on Sunday last, in the Thuilleries, and which was occasioned by the ill behaviour of fcveral grena diers of the National Guard, who grolsly affront ed the people walking there. Whether any thing more mifchievons than what happened was expe<3ed is not generally known, but from this period the King's guard has been rcinforced. June 15. We have just received letters from Bonn, which fay that the general report i:i that citv is, that Med'rs. L'Artois and Conde mean immediately to quit Germany, and return to Paris. Should this be the cale, they add, adieu counter-revolution i We only repeat this as it is a report. But other accounts allure us, that the biack ar my, which in Alsace they term the army of " thirty-tliree," is daily augmenting the numbei of its officers, without gaining any addition in men. Our letters from Bourdeaisx fiy, " That they have given there an entertainment to Ernest At: guiius, ionof' George Hi. kingof Great-Britain," and add, " they do not know how king George ■will receive this news, as they know lie is not fond of the revolutionists, and had particularly forbid his son to become too familiar with these heretics." The remains of Voltaire are expetfted to ar rive between the 15th and 2o:h. The aflaflination of Mr. IMatiduit, an account of which was read to the aflembly on Thursday, produced a general indignation againit the per petrators, and the aflembly has promised 10 bring his murderers to justice. LONDON, May 24 There are few Sovereigns at present who en joy a greater (hare of happinefsand fecuriiy than the King of Poland. As a private cbaiatfer, Stanislaus was always esteemed—but his ready acquiescence in the new conttitutiun, has gained hi in the hearts of all his fnhjec r ts. He is now Ihe King of Freemen ! a title not extorted lYom liim, but to which he aipii ed. A number of gun boats, lately conftruded at the merchants yards, have been put together in the boat-house at Deptford-yard, to be furveycd by the Cominiflloners of the Navy ; after which they are to be taken to pieces, and sent on board the men of war under the command of Lord Hood, destined for the Baltic. The sub-treasurer mid steward of the focietv of Liticoln's-Inn, has laiely absconded to Ameri ca, with no less a i'uni than i 4 ,0p01. belonging to tlie society ami a few individuals who had en ti ufted liim with funis of money. He had received the rents of the focieiy to the latell date, and had boi rowed money wherever he could raise it. He had previously destroyed the books of Apr] JO, the society, and fold every article of his own fur niture. He had been abf'ent some time before his elopement was discovered, under pretence of going to Margate for his health. On wednesday last died, Mr. Van Veyhovm, a Dutchman, at his lodgings in Air-ltreer, i'lcca dilly. He departed, where he had live<s, in a garret. The fortune he has left behind liim, it is said, amounts to 400,0001. He had reached the great age of 76—in which he had daily denied to himfelf the neceflaries of life. To those whom he had solicited to attend his funeral, he did not leave mourning. Aniongfl the Aims he has bequeathed in Pub lic Charities, are the following To an Hofpiial, To propagate [lie Chriflian Religion in foreign parts, To cl'eanfe ihe itreers of Dublin from Vagrants, - - 20,000 Our i ngenious Correfportdent, who favors us with this, fays—" That had lie appeared there, with his old wig and tattered blue coat, he would inevitably have fallen a victim to his own bounty." Junt 7. Saturday, while the guns were firing in St. James's Park, a pickpocket was industri ously following his vocation ; being however de recfted, he had the temerity to draw a knife, and threatened anv one with instant annihilation that fhonld prefunie to lay bold of bin) ; this so juflly exasperated those present, that they seized the daring wretch, and harraffed him up and down the Park, then took him to the bafon,where they kept dragging hitn through until be was nearly exhaulted. June 14. The following is a more correct ac count of the Ruffian fleer, which was ready to fail from Cronlfadr the 18th of last month, than has been yet piiblifbed Ships of 100 guns, Ditto of 92 Ditto of 76 Ditto of 74 Ditto of 70 Ditto of 66 Frig it es 7 Sloops 9 Store Ships II Gun Boats 13 THE PROROGATION At three o'clock his Mnjefty came in the tifual state to the House of Peers ; the sword of 11 ate was borne by Earl Walfingham, and the cap of maintenance bv Earl Cardigan. His Mnjefty being seated on his tlirjne in his Royal robes, wiih the ufnal/oleninities, Sir Fran cis Molyneax (Gentleman Ulher of the Black Rod) was ordered to the Commons, to command their immediate attendance on hia Majetty. The Commons attended accordingly,and their Speaker addrcfled his Mnjefty to the following efFei't :—T hat he held in his hand a Bill ena bling the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, to pay into the receipt of his Majesty's Exchequer, 500,000!. which closed the I'm plus granted by his Mnjefty's mod faithful Commons, for the services of the year : that in the course of a long and laborious feflio'-i, his Majesty's faithful Comm ns had given a recent instance of heir duty and attachment to his Royal Person, I >y making a provision one of the aggregate re venue of the Kingdom, for the relief of the Ci vil Lift from an expence necefl'ary to the mainte nance and support of one of the j ounger branch es of his Mnjefty's Royal and Auguil Family : — Keeling tlie blefllngs of our own happy conlVitii ion his Majesty's faithful Commons had, on the fame principles, provided a Government for the rovince of Quebec : and that his Majesty's faith ful Commons bad provided for the maintenance of the honor of his Majesty's crown, by coming 10 a unanimous vote to enable his I\lajelly to aug ment his navy, in order to give weight to his Majesty's negociaiions for restoring peace to the contending poweis He concluded by reading the ti'le of the Bank l oan Bill. The Bank Loan, and other Bills agreed to by both Hoiifcs, were immediately pafied by the Clerk's in the ufu«] form. His Majelty was then pleased to make the fol lowing molt gracious speech : " Wy Lords and Gentlemen, " In closing the present feliion of Parliament, I cannot, omit expressing my fatisfatftion in that zeal for the public interests with which yon have applied yonrfelves to the consideration of the dliferent objects which I recommended to your attention. " The measures which have been adopted for defraying the extraordinary expences of last year, in iuch a manner as not to make any per manent addition to the public burthens, and the provisions which have been made for the «ood government and prosperity of my fubjedts in Canada, call for my particularacPnowledgments. " Gentlemen of the Hovfe of Commons, I return yon my thanks for the readiness vith whicu you have granted the fupplics ne 134 4 i 2 9 5 2 lotal of tlie line—23 4 2 2 7 on three decks, ditto 011 two decks, ditto ditto ditto Cutlers Luggeis Shallops Ordnancc Barges cetfary for tlie public service, and f or the niw of your affecftionate attachment in enabling to provide for a part of the charges of the cr branches of my family out of the Confolid ed Fund. " My Lordj and Gentle-, " I am not yet enabled to inform you of o result of the (teps which I have taken view to the re-eitablifliment of peace hetwe/ Rullia and the Pone : It is my earneit wish t | " this important objedt may be effectuated in fiich a manner as may contribute to the [>refer» ailU]| and maintenance of the general tranquility of Europe. I feel with the greatest farisfu'tionthe confidence which you have reposed in nie, and my constant endeadours will be diretied to tlic pursuit of such measures as may appear to me to be the bed calculated to promote the interells and happiness of my people, which arc infepe rable from my own." 60,000 90,000 " My Lor 1)5 an 4 G tnthvien, " It is his Majelly's Royal will and pleasure that this Parliament be prorogued to Tuefdar the 16th of August next, to be then and there holder) ; and the Parliament is accordingly pro rogued to Tuesday the i6th day of Augultuext." The Attorney-General has filed an informati on, ex officio, upon die provisions of the last bill against Mr. Holland, lately arrived in the Rod ney, upon a charge of having accepted*a present of 120,0001. from a single donor. The Ruffians, it is now confirmed, have receiv ed a check before Brahilow, which has oecafiou ed them to raise the siege of that place. The meflenger from Peterfburgh, with Mr. Fawkener's fiift dispatches, is expected at the Secretary of State's office in the course of Sun day or Monday. The accounts brought by the Seraphis, East- Indianian, which arrived at L'Orient on Friday last, are in the highest degree favorable to the intereffs of this country in India. They state, particularly, that Tippoo was reduced, by his repeated flights, to such If raits as to be in adual want of common neceflaries, even for his body guards ; and in this perilous situation had at length made overtures for a pacification to Earl Cornwallis, in the most humiliating manner. The Cabinet now con (ills of the following in em bers :—Mr. l'iit, Lord Thurlow, Lord Camden, Marquis of Stafford, Lord Grenville, Mr. Dun das, Lord Chatham, Duke of Richmond, and Lord Hawkefoury. Of these, four are generally in the habit of agreeing with the fiifl Lord of tlte IYeafiiry, viz. Lords Camden. Chatham, Grenville, and Mr. Dundas. The Marquis of Stafford has al ways gone with the Chancellor, and tiie Duke of Richmond (lands by himl'elf. Lord Hawkef bnry has, ever since the secession of the Earl of Bute, been considered as the chief of that party which is distinguished by the appellation of the King's friends. The fleet, in spite of two months prefting, is flill very deficient of men ; and, un]e(i> the Welt' India (hips come in time to supply it, 11111 ft put to sea without its proper complement. 1 his was the cafe with the fleet equipped last year ; it was not completely manned, although fix months were employed in preparing it for sea. Tuesday night and Wednesday morning the press on tiie river was so great, that they cleared every fliip of their hands, not regarding protec tions, and picked up abou't 230 men. Some thousands of men have been employed within the lafl four months in (lengthening the worksat Revel, eredting frefli batteries, and putting the old works in a complete fiate of repair, Mr. Bofwel, in his life of johnson, has endea vored to refute the long received opinion that Savage, the poet, was Lady Macclesfield s son. He fnppofes hi in to be an impostor, and to ha\e deceived Johnson into a belief of his (lory. Mr. B. brings forward some circumstances and lea foning, which do not, however, we think, amount to a certainty, when put into the balance again! the evidence for Savage's illegitimdlly-bouourt defcent. A correspondent observes, that Mr. Saycj s new print, enti'leil, Air. Burkj'i pair of c/cs for fbort sighted politicians, in relpett to " f and lucky hits, is allowed to exceed all hi* °J satirical efFufions. The following are the c >ie circumflnnces reprefeuted 111 it : . A hand displays a pair of fpe<ftacles, the £ a c of which exhibits the captivating countenance Mefl'rs. Kox and Sherrydcrrv —the former w pering, and the latter pouting. The f Portland (his nose fallened to a firing he Mr. Fox) is seated 011 a fragment of the proposed to be ereifted atßunnymede. 1* r -_ j in the charadlcr of Cromwell, with the cockade of France in his hat, is appl) in s ~ axe (on which th; Right< of Man are ell . (J to the root of onr constitutional tree. brows the efctitcheonsof hereditary a s. are suspended. Busy devils (poor Ch<u C y enlJ fociates) are driving to cut down thelc en. with fciflars, scythes, &c. June 16
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