PARIS, April 21 In the fitting of yesterday evening the Aflembly, after having taken in confideretion the formal proposi tion of the King, declared war againlt Francis 11. King of Hungary and Bo- hernia This decree was carried after a dif tufiion of two hours, aim oft tiie unanimous voice of the members. 1 lie preamble, drawn up during the fit ■ inn by the Diplomatic Committee, contains a fninmary recapitulation of hose grievances, of which redress could not be obtained by the means of ne«;ociations ; and a declaration that Fiance, having entered into this war only to repel the attack of a fo reign court, and defend its fovei eign ty, will not cease to inanifeft its res petft for the rights of nations, and the laws of that universal fraternity which it lias acknowledged in iis con ftkuiion. A deputation of 24 members was appointed immediately to carry this Decree to the King, in order to re ceive his Santftion. M. Condorcet proposed the plan of a National Manifello, which has been adjourned for three days, in order to afford the assembly time for delibera tion. M. Forfaix has given a most favor able account of the meaSures which had been employed by th« National Treasury to secure for the Nation those Supplies of real specie, which may be necefTary to Support the ex* penfes of a campaign ; and upon his proposition it has been decreed that the whole army fhnll in future re ceive their pay in (ilver. We need Scarcely add, that this de claration of a war has given the great ell Satisfaction to all ranks of citizens, and may probably have the effect to reconcile their differences, and diretft th-»;r-force to a common objetft. Extract of a letter from Vienna, April j. " The allaffination of the King of Sweden causes a great sensation here, and no doubt throughout Europe. This event, and its consequences, mrtft cause a great altetation in the proceedings of different courts, and Sweden may be looked upon as Snatch ed away from the grand confederacy against France, as Ihe will find enough to do to quell the discontents which prevail within herfelf. What our court will retolve upon is not yet known : but it is generally believed that a week or two will shew the joint intentions of the Houses of Austria and Prussia." NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, April 20, In the fitting of the 19th, M. Du mourier read the following commu- nications : Letter jrom M. NOAILLES to the French MiniJlcr for Foreign Affairs, April J. S T R, " Your dispatches of the 27th of Marcfi were brouglit to n>e by the Courier Derville, On the 4th of April. I immediately obeyed the inftrudii'>ns contained in them, by viliting the Count Cobenzel, Vice Chancellor of State and of Court. I preferred ad drefling myfelf to him, because I was sure, by his means, of introducing whatever 1 chose to the knowledge of the Sovereign. " I said every thing to the Vice Chancellor which could produce a de finitive explanation, such as you wish ed. I represented to him how much our uneasiness increased every day. upon observing t)ie hostile prepara tions directed agqinft us. [M. Noailles, after Tome similar observations, concluded his address to Count Cobenzel by faying, that he had received orders o demand a de claration by which the Court of Vi enna Ihotild renounce its armaments a;id coalition ; and to announce, that, in default of this declaration, the French King will consider liimfelfto be in a (late of war with Atiftria, in which he would be supported by the whole nation, who willi only for an immediate decision.] " Connr Cobenzel undertook to juftify his Court from the hostile ■views imputed to it, and contended, that the reinforcements sent to Brif gaw were for the prefervatior. of or der. I observed, that so many pre cautions, after the concert that was known to us, juftified our alarms. I in lifted especially upon the conclusion of this concert: so contrary to what we might expedt from a?t ally. '' The reply of Count Cobenzel confirmed me in my former opinion, chat his court did not wifli to attack us, but would make requisitions— which it would be difficult to avoid without a vuar. He laid, that the concert: was no longer peffonally to the King of Hungary ; that he could not withdraw himfelf, but with other courts ; and, that this concert would continue till what remained to be fet tled with France was brought to a conclulion. He fpecified to me three points I. " That fatisfadtion should be liven to the Princes poUcflioned in rtlface. 2. " That fatisfaiftion fliould be given to the Pope for the couiury of Avignon. 3. " That the neighbouring pow ers shall have no real'on for the ap prehensions, which atife 1 from the prefeitt weakness of the internal go vernmerit ot Fiance. " 1 nfked Count Cobenzel, if, for answer to the representations-which I had macle him, I'tnighc lay, that his Court adhered to the official note ofthe ioili of March. The Minister perceiving bimfelf Surrounded by the circle which I had drawn, said, that he would take directions of his Ma jesty, and inform me of what he Uiould be ordered tp fay. " M. de Bifcheffswerder set out this day upon his return to Berlin. He would have begun his journey sooti er, buc that he waited foi a circular letter, which will be addielfed to the coalesced Courts, and probably to the Slates of the Empire, as Co-States, de manding from each the assistance ihat they have propol'ed to give, either in money, or men, in cafe of war. " This, 1 am informed, was the motive of his delay, but 1 haveno cer tainty upon the fubjedt. " M. de Bifc loffswerder will flop at Prague to fee the Prince of Hohen lohe, and agree with him upon the time and placefor an interview be tween the Auflrian General and the Duke of Brunfwick. This interview is expected to take place at Leipfic, in the couifeof a month. Accoiding 10 this opinion, the Court of Vienna has adopted a plan purely defenfive, not wit hltanding the endeavors ofthe Court of Berlin to fupgelt another." Second Letter of M. Noailles. " i have waited, Sir, for the an swer of the Count de Cobenzel He has just informed me, on the part of the King of Hungary, that the note dated March i 8 contains the answer to the demands which I had been charged to renew ; and that the dif pofiiion exprefl'ed in tha: note could be the less altered since it contained also the opinion of the King of Pi uS lia upon the'affairs of France, an o pinion agreeing in all refpecfts with that of the King of Hungary." The President then read the sol lowing letter from the King : LETTER FROM THE KING, " Mr. President " I entreat you to make known to the Aflembly that I shall come there to-morrow at half pall twelve o'clock. " LOUIS." On Friday his Majesty came to the Aflembly, the Members of which rose and were uncovered as he entered, and took their feats when he had reached his place. The King then spake as follows : KING's SPEECH " Gentlemen, " I have come among you for an objecft of the highest importance in the present circumltances. My Min iiler of Foreign Affairs v. ill read to you the Report which he made to me in Council 011 our fituaiioii with re gard to Germany." The Minilter of Foreign Affairs, then went up and (landing by the King's fide read the report, which the King had notified to the Afletwb'y. Minute of the Cabinet Council of France addrelled to the KING. "Sire, " When you took an oath of fidel ity to the Conftiiution, you became the object of the hatred of the ene mics of liberty. No natural tiecould ■top them, no tnotive of alliance ot neighborhood, of propriety, could prevent their enmity. Your ancient 18 allies erased your name out ot the lift of Despots, and from that mo ment they forget your Majesty's fi delity. The emigrants, rebels to the laws of their country, are gone be yond the frontiers to prepare a guilty aggression against France. They wish to carry into its bosom fire and (ward. Their rage would have been impo tent if the Foreign Princes had not seconded and encouraged their minal manoeuvres. The House of Aultria has done every tiling to en courage their audacity.—The House of Aultria, who fliice the treaty of 1756 has found us good and tdithfui allies.—This Treaty, Sire, fnbjedtedi us to the ambitious views of thisHoufe. She engaged us in all her wars, to which flie called us as her allies. We have been prodigal of our blood in the cruel tragedies of despotism. The instant that the House of Austria saw she could 110 longer govern us {01 her purposes, flie became our enen y. " It was Austria that had Itirred up againfl France the relllels Norih ernPotentate,whof'e tyrannical phren zy has at lalt made him fall under thefword of an aflatfin.—lt was An Itria who in office, of whfch Europe shall judge, advised one party ol Frenchmen ro lake up arms againtl the other. The note of the Court of Vienna, of the 18th Feb. was in truth a declaration of war. M. Kaunitz there avows the league ot the pow ers against France. The death of Leopold ought to have made some change in this ambitious system, but we have seen the contrary. " The note of the 18th of March is the ultimatum of the Court of Vien na. This note is more provoking ftiil than the former. The King of Hungary willies that we fhouid sub mit our constitution to his revjfion ; and he does not didemble the projed of arming Frenchmen against French- men " Sire," continues the Minister, " in charging ine with the admini stration of foreign affairs yon have imposed on me the telling you the truth: I proceed to tell you the truth It results from this explofure, that the Treaty of I 756 is broken, in fae't, by the House of Austria ; that the maintenance of a League o( the Cow ers is an act of ho ft ility agai nfl France and that you ought this indantto or der M. Noailles, your ambaflador, to quit the Court of Vienna without taking leave. Sire the Aultrian troops are on the March — the camps are marked out—forti efles aie build ing : the Nation, by its oath on the 14th of July, lias declared that any man who (hall accede to an unconlti -1 utional negociation is ar< airor. The delay granted to Austria is expired— your honor is attacked—the Nation is mfulted— I berefore there remains for you no other pair to take but Jo make to the National Aflembjy the fotrnal proposition of waragninft the King of Bohemia agd--Hungary.", The Miniiter having this mi nute, the King refurafed his f/eech — Conclusion of the Kin g's Spe ecu. " You have heard, Meflieurs, tbe deliberation and the decifjon of my Council. I adr.pt their determination. It is conformable 10 the wifti, many times exprefled, of the National At fembly, and to that which has been addrefied to me to be the wish of all the trench People. Frenchmen pre fer war to a ruinous anxiety, :\nd to a humiliating (late, which com pi o miTes our Constitution, and our dig nity. 1 have done every thing to a vert war ; but 1 judge it indifpenfi ble. 1 come, therefore, in the terms of the Constitution, to propose to )ou formally to declare War againfl the King of Bohemia and Hungary The President answered " Sire, " The aflembly will proceed to de liberate on the great propofitioi) which your Majeity has made to ihem They will address to you, by a mef <"age, the result of" their delibera- tion." The King then retired with his Ministers, and conducted by the faint Deputation of Members The Hall rung with acclamations oTthe people. The aflembly was adjoin ned to fivt n the evening April 19. (Evening.) a letter from Gen. Luekiicr. complaining that the War Minister * #► had made public a lejter of his, which was of a confidential natyie. Read a letter from Mess. Baux, mer chant at Marseilles, containinginfor mation that M. Marchand, mailer of the (hip Le Solide, lias discovered four lflands in the Indian seas, which are fully peopled, and abounding in hogs, birds, herbs, &c. and thac.be had taken pofleffion of them in the name of the French nation, and of Louis XVI- This letter was accom panied by charts of ilie Ifliuds. The charts were accepted, but the matter of the (hip was blamed fur having ta ken pollelfion of the Islands, as lite French nation has renounced all cou- quests DUBLIN, Ap,il i 9. On Wednelflay la It Mr. James Nap per Tandy, was taken into the citf tody of the ferjeant at arms of ibe commons of Ireland, and that even ing brought to the bar of the house, where, refufing to answer any inter rogations of the Speaker, he was com mitted to Newgate ; but, in coiife quence of the pi orogation of Parlia ment he was set at liberty about nine >'clock the fame night. WOLVERHAMPTON, March 21. The defetft of some laws are in ma ny inltances incredible. A Mr.Green, Cordwainer, of Birmingham, is but jufl released from a private mad house at Billion, where he had been sent by his loving wife, and confined up wards of twelve months as a lunalic ; during which time, he aliens in an adveriilement, the tender fair-one actually made away with his stock. in trade, greatest part of his house hold furniture, and received money from the Bank, rents, and other debts, amounting in all to upwards of 9001. belules absconding with all his title deeds, and books of accounts. L O N D O N, March 29 It appears by the following resolu tion of a Society for promoting the spiritual and temporal welfare of the Negroes in the Colonies, upon the true and rational principles of iufiice, humanity, and chrifh'anity, that no means have hitherto been employed by the rulers of our church or Itaie for conveying religious inlirudlion ut thole poor people; and that the blame thrown upon the planters on that account ought to be shared with others ; and we sincerely vvifii the ineaf ure now proposed may be adopt ed for all their fakes. " Resolved, That a petition be presented to his Majesty, humbly be seeching him to be graciously pleased to give directions to the moil Reve rend the Archbishops, and the Right Reverend the Bishops, to take into their conlideration the spiritual wants of the Negroes and the People of < olonr in the British \V efl -1 ud i;i Is lands, and to form a plan confident with their temporal condition for their inflrudtion and improvement principles of Religion an*d Morality ; and that his Majelly would likewise be graciously pleaftd to direct the Secretary of State for ihe Home Department, to trail fin it fuel) a plan, when formed and ap proved, to the several Weft-India Governors, with inftrut'tions to lay it before iheir refpecitive Councils and Aficmblies, and in his Majesty's name to recommend to their particular at tention fnch parts thereof as may ap pear to require the aid and support of the Legiftature, and thereby obvi ate a great and {landing reproach to the British Government and Eft abl idl ed Church, and render the removal of the African Negroes to our Colo nies a real and substantial bieffing to those our unenlightened and degrad ed fellow-creatures." dpril 6. It is Taid, that in conse quence of what palled in the House of Commons on YVednefday, the Mi nister has declared there fliall be 110 more Lotteries. The Ruffians are evacuating all t ' ie places taken from the Turks, and a mong otliei s /fmail is on the point of being restored. . From the recall of the regiment ol Ernefl by the Canton of Berne, ant rhe resignation of the Mareehal d Af fry, the principal officer of the Swil» corps, it is supposed that the other Cantons will follow their example, and that the Swiss troops, which aie
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