«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
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on three decks,
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011 two decks,
ditto
ditto
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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