FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE LONDON, May 23. A LETTER was written by rlie Kiiig on Friday night, addrefled to Lord Thorlow, Lord High Chan cellor of England, declaring th it he had no further oecafion fur his fervi c es Ic wasrenjaikaWe, that Lord Tnur low prefixed as usual in his place in the Court of Chancery on Saturday ; and it is to bs wilhed that a reconci liation may tike place between the jarring parties. Mr. Pitt having confulered the con duct of the Lord Chancellor on the national income and expenditure bill, not only as a direc't and decided mark of hostility to his uiinifterial measures, bur heaving also felt the language made use of on the occasion as a perfonaj affront to himfelf, he formed a resolution of resigning his situation, if Lord Thurlow was per mitted to hold the Chancery Seals. To develope the causes of the rup ture between Lord Thurlow and Mr. Pitt, which has the re moval of the former from the Kino's Councils, would be 110 easy talk. Their differences are of long (landing, and have become inveterate by indul gence. They began on the qneftion of Mr, Hastings* trial in 1786, and hardly one measure hasocctired since that time, upon which they have cor dially agreed. Strong and niniual attachment betwen his Majesty and the noble Lord, re'ained him in office againlt the wilhes of Mr. Pitt ; and it is a fair, that now he is difuiiifed through the holtility of a certain diftinguilhed person, whose occalion al interference in political intrigue is at length matter of record. None of his friends retire with him. The Marquis of Stafford conti nues in place,and the noble and learn ed Lord has the fatisfadlion of know ing that he carries his Majesty's ap probation into private life,from which it is not improbable but he may f'oon be recalled. His dismission was direct. He re ceived a letter from Mr. Dmulas, in timating the King's pleasure, that he would be ready, in a few days, to ac cept the offer which he had made, of resigning the seals. He keeps then, till to morrow, against which time a cominiflion will be ready for putting them into the hands of three judges, who are {aid to be Chief Baron Eyre, I Mr. Justice Buller, and Mr. luttice Wilson. Letters from the East-Indies were received from Lord Cornwallis, by the Queen, and Minerva ships, dated the 20th January 1792, by which we learn that the strong Hill fort ofNun dy Durgum was carried by alfault 011 the 24th of October last ; a poll of infinite consequence, as it secures ex tensive communications behind the army : the firft Killaderand Buklhey were taken prisoners, and the second Killader and a few of the garrison were killed, but the greatest "part of them escaped by scrambling down the rocks on the back of the fort. Major Cowdie has also reduced the fort of Rymunghers ;-and General Meadows took by storm on the night of the 17th Oc'iober, the amazfng strong fort of Nundy Droog ; it con lilted of about 700 men, the mnior part of whom escaped down the rock ; but the Ift and 2d Killedars and the Bukfliey we.e made prisoners. Se vevndroog, a fortrefs hicherto deem ed impregnable has likewise been carried by alfault. Lord Cornwallis is expected to reach Seringapatam by the 25th January, f 0 that accounts of the capture of that place may be look ed for (hortly. Information is said to be received by the I landers mail, that La Fayette is gone w„h his army of 50,000 men to besiege Namur. Report states, that M. Rochambeau after the repulse of M. Biron, imme diately marched with his force to re new the attack of Mons, and ic was expetfied that he must succeed. On the 4th ulr. the f.omte de Kellar remitter of Pruflia to the United Ne therlands, delivered a memorial, to which a categorical answer was de manded, whether their High Mighti ness would or would not Itill retain in their pay and service the troops ol Anfpach ; and that his Royal Mas ter would, in the latter cafe, cause thein to be removed from the territo ries of Holland. In reply to this memorial, on the 24th ult. their High Might inefles,with ■ lie concurrence of the Prince Stadt holder, resolved to retain one year longer in their pay and service, not only the troops of Anfpach, but also ihofe of Brunlwick and Mecklenburg. The provinces of Guelder, Utrecht, Ki iezeland.Qveryfleljand Groningen, have already given an affirmative to this Hep ; and their High Mightinefl es have ordered a requisition to be aiade to the provinces of Holland and Weft Friefland, who have hitherto only consented to the retaining of the troops of firunfwick. The Polish Church is laid to have given the greatest proof of patriotifui which an tcclefiaftical establishment could possibly give, by faciificing its revenues to the service of the state, and reserving only a living for its own clergy. The mines of Mexico, in pofleffion of Spain, have produced more during ths la(t year,'than in any one since they were fir It discovered. The amount of coined gold and silver, for '79 1 >is 2i,i2r,7i3 crowns, besides the value of 2,000,000 of crowns not coined. The following are the stations of the French General Officers : Army of Rochambeau, comprizing the fiiit and fixih divifions.—Mai e chal Rochambeau at Valenciennes ; Lieutenant-Generals d'Aumont, at Lisle ; de Floeck, at Dunkirk ; Cril lon, fen. at Valenciennes ; Caulain jcourt, at Arras ; d'Harville, at Cam - bray. Nine Camp Marechals in the above mentioned places. Army of la Fayette, comprehending the second, third and fourth divisions. Monf. de la Fayette, at Metz ; Lieu tenant Generals de Wittgenstein and <le Bellemont, at Metz ; Crillon, jun. at Nancy ; Paiquet, at Thion vtlle ; Defranc, at Luneville. Four teen Camp Marchals in the before mentioned places. Army of Luckiier, comprehending t' le filth and seventh divlfions. Monf. Luckner, at Strasbourg ; Lieutenant General de Gell, at Strasbourg ; La Molier, at Befancon : De Cuftine, Kellerman, at Landau. Eleven Camp Marechals at the above mentioned places. j HOUSE OF LORDS MAY 11. LIBEL BILL. The opinions of the Judges 011 the questions referred to them by the House 011 the Libel Bill, were this day delivered ; in which the Judges, (excepting Lord Loughborough) were unanimous, that innuendoes were matter of law ; and that the truth of a libel was not to be admitted to ad vance in his defence the plea of liis having been in sport. On the motion of Lord Camden the opinions of the Judges was or dered to be printed. [From a Paris Paper of May i 7.] ExtraCl of a later from the- Camp ef Tiercelet, (a camp oj one of the divi- Jions of Lafayette's army) dated May 4. '791. The imagination of modern men cannot conceive the fttuation of af fairs here now. It i s no longer of want of difcipiine that we should com plain—that word does not convey the r e - a ", e , 3re in the l»ftftageof po litical dillolution. If what befei M. Theobald Dillon, and the Austrian pntoners, is not fufficientto convince you, behold an army, in cool blood and without a shadow of teafon, at tempting to hang their General in the centre of the camp, who owes his life to the grenadier company of the regiment of Armagnac. "Observe at the fame time M. O berlin, Lt Col. ofHufl'ars, attempted to be murdered by the discharge of ?o° mufquets.* Observe a private of the National Guards, about to be pro claimed commander in chief of this army. This rebellion is quelled ; but the principle that led to it are work ing, and the very firft opportunity they will again shew themselves. M de Ricce, convinced that his talents and patnotifin are unequal to the task of commanding under such circum rhr"Mr'-a aS r nt hisrres i na »on to he Mimfter of War. It is probable deCrillon ind de Whiinp 50 fcn, will also retire, having bee: witnefles to this scene." ROCHAMBEAU'S ARMY. From Valencieunes, May 11. M. le Marechal de Rorhainbeau is informed, only through the medium of the public prints, that his resigna tion has been accepted by the King, and that M. Marechal Luckner is to fm;ceed him. No official dispatch has yet reached him on this head, fothat his whole army, who love him, and whose confidence he perfectly com mands, are in a (tate of anxious ex pectation. It cannot be said that the general partakes of this anxiety ; his care and activity, though on the eve of retiring, are,if any thing,encreaf ed. His fuccell'or cannoL proceed more wiiely, prudently and vigorous ly. Yet the enemy informed of our divisions, of the affronts the General has met with, and of the discontent (hewn by part of the troops, appear disposed to bear hard on the northern army. A body of jy or 18,000 men [is collected on this fide of- Mons. Ge neral Bender and Prince Saxe-Tef chen are to command it. They now and then venture to make trifling in cursions into our territory ; but the cordon of our troops has conltantly driven them back, with loss 011 their fide. M. de Noailles commands this cor don, which is composed of three re giments of Chafleurs, on horseback, one of huzars ot Ellerhazy, and of a lew companies of grenadiers of the line and national troops. They are perfectly well disciplined, (hew the greatest zeal and incredible atftivity. 1 he remainder of the troops are anx ious to retrieve their character. RIOTS AT BIRMINGHAM ! May 20. Some weeks ago, a private of the regiment of Blues went to a house of ill-fame in this town, when on some dispute, one Busby (truck the soldier so violent a blow on the head with a glass bottle, that being moved to Coventry, after a few days he died. A Coroner's inquell was taken ; and in consequence of the verdidl, the Coroner's warrant came here, and Sulby and others prelent at the conflict were committed to gaol. The populace were determin ed to take vengeance on every house of a like description in the town. 1 his is the origin of the riots at Birmingham, which rose to such a height as to produce the interposition of the military, but not till a number of houses were gutted of their con tens. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, May 3 Repulse of the trench jrow Tournay. The ininifcer at war gave the sol- owing account A detachinenc from thegarrifon of Lille, inarched on the ISth ot April in the evening to attack Tournay. This detachment met the enemy at about three leagues distance from the city, and the following is the melancholy issue of the combat, ac cording to the account given of it in 'he letter of M. Chaumont, adjutant general to M. Rochambeau. Copy of the letter of M. Chaumont, adju tant general, dated Lifli, April 29, 1 at eleven o'clock iu the forenoon. " M. Dillon's troops are chafed into Lisle in the mod dreadful con fulion ; half the men and horses dead and disabled 011 the road by faiigue and vvotinds. M Daumont is mount- mg his Jiorfe to colleifl what remains of the second battalion and national guards he can, to prevent the enemy from pursuing, even to the Place Arincs. 1 here is a cry of treachery. I am the victim of their bafecal uninies. (A true, copy) " Marshal Rochambeau." The verbal leportof an officer feni to M. Rochambeau, computes the loss at from 260 to men, killed or wounded. Such is the unfortun ate event which the enemies of the conltitudon will not fail to exagger at e. It is, however, one of those v Inch we muff expeJt ; f or war is out a tiflue of miscarriage and success, and it is in the hour of defeat, that courage should be moil conspicuous. iiut there are misfortunes which we may forefee, of which ihe danger is and the consequence would be ;ne difi'olution of the public force, if the assembly should not haffen by firmelt measures, to provide a remedy. Hewn a, much zJJ JJ as attachment to the 7 lce > constitution. met death lil ° which ought to have p^efodt' 7 retreat, and that he fell b* ,lfl h !' of those for whom andwifh Ik" had jult been fishtino T, - o ' n he indignation) cruel event by a note fr oln rIl ® ta.it general, whom I sentf ent t0 m' Ti Rochambeau, andby.J,, letter O fM Daumont to that general „f u- / the following are copies '' i< 1 11 r Par ' s > April 30 I address to the Minister «.», r he copy of a letter, w hicl, Marftaj Rochambeau received f, 0m M niont,at one this mornincr j u (} 3 , > This etter was brought by an officer of the regiment of Chafleur, of Languedoc, who had the gre a t est difficulty in gett.ng outof Lisle . and who added verbally that M. Theo bald Dillon, marechal de lamp had been maflacred in a barn, to which he fled for shelter from an inforrecli on that had broke out among the the troops during their flight I that M. Chaumont his aid-de-camp, bro ther to the adjutant-general, M. Ber ihois, an officer of engineers, a Core and several Tyrolefe Chafleurs, tak' en prisoners, had been hanged at Lisle, (a burst of indignation from all parts of the hall) that at the time of his departure the infurretfjon waj, (till very strong. " The highest praifesare bellowed on the Chafleurs, formerly Langue doc, for their condudt both in the ac tion and during the infurreftion. " The Adju. General of the army." Copy of a letter from M. Daumontto niarflial Rochambeau, received at Valenciennes, April 30th, at one in the morning. " M. LE MARECHAL, " M. Chaumont has already gi'fn you an account of the diftaftroiue vent of this morning; all is btfe i« the most cruel fermentation i lam [making every exertion to reftoretnw; <juility, i;iay I have the good fortune to succeed. " M. Berthois is dead. We have - not yet an exatft account of our real % loss in men and horses. The battali ons and squadrons are {o fatigued, hat it will be impolfible for them to (et out to moi row to rejoin you, or perhaps even the day after. Send nie orders to diredl mv conduit. If my Urength and my knowledge wtre equal to my patriotism, I might per haps be of fervjee ; but unfortunate ly zeal is not enough in such a crilis as the present. I am with refpeft, &c. &c. 1 learn that Dillon is dead. A true copy of the letter commu nicated to me by Marshal Rocliam- beau. (Signed) alex berthei*. Repulje of the French f rom M""- Valenciennes, April jo'' l ' " War having been declared againit the King of Hungary, the French mi nistry thought: it advifeable to order different bodies of troops to tnttrt'' low countries—one forming the a vanced guard of about jo,ooo » e "i under the command of Lieniej l3ll ' General Biron, was ro present Il,e ' before Mons, in order to found 1 s dispositions of the Austrian soldiers, and the inhabitants of 'he coniitr?- A body of cavalry, confining of te " squadrons, commanded by M. bald Dillon, Marechal de Camp, w directed to march at the lame tiro for Tournay, M. Carl was to marc with a detachment of 1200 " )en ,j. Fumes. The object of all th movements was to divide the enemy forces. Valenciennes was the p of rendezvous for the troops Marshal Rochan.beau was to a from the garrisons, to '"P^. 0 second line, the body under * • The difritter that befel M. DJ having obliged the body o to return to Lisle, difconcei iec o neral plan. . ,0n < M. 13iron left the 28th in the morning, tooK p Jjf Son of Quicvrain in the even, g, lodged the Anftrians fro" 1 , ffee n polts which they occupie t . jQuievrain and Mods, a ." ed ° w i t hin » vening of the 29th, ari ]t short tlillance of the town. . JB was that he differed the army on the he'ghts, in 4
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