Foreign Affairs. N A M'U R, May 8. | THE repairs node oir our fortifi cations, and the train on our two batteries, place us beyond the.fear of any surprise, and M. de Moittel has retired into the castle, with a fufficient number of troops to defend it against all attacks. FRANKFORT, May 10. It is already said, that during the fle&ion of an Emperor, a camp of 12,000 Hessians will be formed in our environs. We learn that the garri son of Caflel had began its march, on the jth inft. for this place. VIENNA, May ? The following letter fromtheKing of Hungary to Prince Stahremberg, written on receiving the news of the declaration of war against him by France, will fliew how little he ex pedted such an event : "I am fort y, my dear Pt ince, to in form you that France has provoked me to a war, when I had but just mount ed the throne of my ancestors. 1 have done nothing to draw on me this war, witness my last declaration to France ; and a proof of it is, that I am not in the least prepared for it. Inform my dear States and faithful fubjecfls of the Upper and Lower-Austria, that they need not be chagrined ; that I will not aggrieve them, for two years, with any extraordinary imposition ; to that purpose I have agreed, with my brethren, to appropriate our en tire heritage and all the property of ourancellors. It is evident the French attack us merely becaafe we follow the late system of the late Emperor our Father, who would not long fuf fer the injuftice3 of a combination of perverse men, who have not heft tated to permit the most unworthy treatment of the King of France, his brother-in-law, and of the Queen his "filter." > T R E V E S, May 12. It is impossible toexprefsthe joy of the French emigrants. The decla ration of war has not only fixed the uncertainty of the powers who lulled 1 I , 1 1 1 1111 II 1111 I I II li |j I eluded ; but the commencement of the campaign has filled them with hopes of the mod brilliant fnccefs. Besides the Austrian account of the r.ffairs at Mons and Tournay, they have cai'.fed the following lift to be ptiblifhed : Lift of Frenchmen arrived at Treves, from the $th to the nth of May, both ddys included. May 4. Arrived 42 officers, of the regiment of Poitou, and several sol diers. May 5. 28 officers of artillery, of the garrison of Metz, and some sol diers. May 6. r j officers of artillery, of Metz, and ij citizens well armed and mounted, who brought with them 50,000 livres in specie. This day we learn, that a camp for 14,000 Emi grants has been traced out on the borders of German Lorraine. May 7. jo officers of different rern ments. a May 8. 12 officers of the regiment oFAlface. This evening, we receiv ed advice of the paflage of a large 1 arty of the regiment of Berchiny. May 9 . A courier has brought in formation of the emigration of 150 of the regiment of Berchiny—the re mainder had found the paflage closed up by a regiment of chafleurs.— This evening the Colonel and twelve of ficers of the regiment of Royal-Lo raine arrived, with arms and barrage May r°. At J2 o'clock we leafni hat the whole °f the regiment of Royal-Allemand cavalry was within two leagues of Treves, demanding permission to enter, and that they had not eaten any thing f or upwards of fourteen hours : 4 000 French officers immediately loaded five carriages with provisions, and went to mfet then, . the i,gnal of knowing each other was « Vive U Roi,' and hoiif ing the white cockade ; a large vef fel of wine was purchased from a farmer ; forthwith fifty emigrants •equefted to be introduced to re giment ; this moving scene was fol lowed by drinking the healths of the King, the King of Hungary, the Elec tor, and the brave regiment. May ii. A courier informs, that the whole of the regiment of Saxe was in full march towards Arlons and Luxembourg, to join the army of the Princes. COBLENTZ, May 17. On the nth the archives and trea sure of the Chapter of Treves were brought in a number of chests, and placed in our fortrefs for security, for fear of an attack upon the fron tiers of Treves. Tiie AuDrian troops have received orders to hasten theirarrival at Lan dau as much as poflible by forced marches ' The arrival ofemigrants and French deserters is so great that in thecourfe of a few days their number amounts to near five hundred. BERLIN, May The Prince Royal, Prince George de Hefle Darmstadt, the Prince de Bade, the Princess de Radzival, Ge neral Rodhich, from Potzdani, Duke Charles Eugene de Wurtemberg,from the Empire ; General Prince Eugene [de Wurtemberg, from Silesia, and Countd'Einfiedel, the Saxon Minister, from Dresden, are all arrived in this capital. BRUSSELS, June 5. On the 2d instant, a declaration was published lure, in the name of the King of Hungary, permitting all French veflels, not loaded with war like stores, to enter freely the port of Oftend.—This permission is to con tinue so long as the French nation (hall fuffcr the veflels belonging to the King,to carry 011 their commerce unmolested. Field Marshal Bender is arrived here, having resigned the command of the army to Count de Clairfayt.— He is to be appointed Governor of the province of Lexembnrn. M. de Clairfayt has already made several new arrangements in the army. Since his arrival the camp is in much bet ter condition than before. No atfiion has lately taken place with the French; but from the movements of both ar mies since yesterday, we may expert to hear of some important aiftfoti. ■■--rr-. THMy Uay Bear, ffiat of Pruflia will be at Coblentz on the t6th, where his advanced guard is al ready arrived. The movements of the Austrian troops are not certainly known, al though some detachments arrive oc casionally. PARIS, Jnne It vras yesterday reported that the Auftrians, under the command of Charles Prince de Lignehad beat our troops within two miles of Conde. The particulars are not known—nor is tlie report to be depended upon. La Fayette's army improves in disci pline ; and he is calumniated and in tuited by the Jacobins in proportion as he displays atfiivicy among his troops. It is even reported that a plot has been formed to aflaffinate 1)1131 LONDON, May 29. The !ate desertions among the French troops having been left tfFed e<l by the fedurtion, than by the treachery of the officers, the princes will have but little reason to confine in men who are thus betrayed, or ra ther kidnapped into their service. Lord Howe is appointed Vice-Ad miral of England, in the room of Lord Rodney. The emoluments of, rhis office are supposed to be from nveto (even hundred a year. June t. Yesterday government dis patches were received at Lord Gren- Mnrr* G r' Whfehall, from Sir Morton Eden, his majesty's Envoy at Berhn, which mentioned that 'the [IvingofPruffiahasleft that capitol and is now at the head of the army! win k Parl,ame " t » we understand, will be prorogued on the I2th i„ft. and the slave-trade, as we mentioned nev/f f| mer papcr ' ad j° u ' »ed over to next leflion Mr. Ha (lings has presented a peti tion to the King, praying that his tri al may p. oceed for 6 days in f ucce f. fion, ln which he thinks lie shall be able to clole his defence. rp-p' l ? !lt "rday dispatches were eived at the Secretary of Stale's 82 jofice, irom Mr. Walpole, Ins Wajef tf'i Envoy at the court of Lisbon, : c3»taining an account, of the Qaeen; of Portugal being so much recovered, that Dr. Willis had given bis opinion that he had not tire least apprenfions of any relapse. June 8. The City of Exeter has ad drefied the King, thanking him for the Proclamation. The town of Manchester, follow ing the example of other loyal towns, has agreed toaddrefs the King, thank ing him for the proclamation. In deed it would have been fuprifing if the country at large had not aifted as they have done, for the wisdom of it is mar.ifefl to every person except to a few discontented individuals who make it a practice to oppose every measure of government, or to those whose seditious measures may be af fedled by it. The intended Camp at Baglhot is given up. What might have been the necessity for forming it, there is now no occalion for any foch mea sure ; the nation at large is unani mous, and fufficient to prevent any tumult. The vigilance of governmet in quelling the riots in Mount-street has had the desired effecft ; and it is with pleasure we fay, that every thing was yeljerday in a (late of tranqui lity. We do not learn that any per son has been killed, and the temper, ate condu& of the military on this occalion deserves every commenda tion. We can state, from the best autho rity, that Mr. Dundas has given di rections to M-r. Bond to enquire into the coudu&of the Peace Officers who took up the persons on Monday night and confined them in the Mount llreet watch house ; and to inform those who were apprehended, that whatever charges of mifcondu(si they may. have against the Officers, he will very readily hear their complaints, and grant them any redress the cafe may seem to require ; for while it is the duty of the Police to prevent dis orderly meetings, it can never be their intention to interfere with the innocent amufenients of the people. Extratt of a litter from Paris, May 2 " Last week a patroJe of national guards discovered in the middle of the night, in the Place de Louis XV. a detachment of Sans Culottes, who wereVeparing to decapitate the ffa tue of that monarch. These repub licans were armed with hammers and axes. Tbey informed the guards, that they had regularly tried this monarch before their special tribunal, and it having been proved, that he had been wickedly, raflily, and ill advil'edly guilty of high treason a gainst the nation, sentence of deca pitation had been passed upon him, which they were going to executeac cordingly. These magiltrates were conduced to prison by the national ' guards, without refpecfl for their \ high assumed office." his majesty's birth day The Qneen wore the mod costly and beautilul dress that ever appear ed at court. It was a silver tiflue bo dy and train, bordered with lilac, o ver which was a covering of lace. The petticoat gree:; filk,covered with one piece of BrufleSs lace fix yards wide, and one and an half long, the only work of the kind ever made ; over the petticoat was a loose drapery of lilac silk, covered with lace, tied up with branches of diamonds mount ed as snow drops, with bows and loole taiiels of diamonds hanging from them. The bottom was flounced with lace, headed with rows of diamonds. Her majesty's head, dress was very profufely ornamented with diamonds, and she wore a diamond stomacher, with a miniature of the King. Each bouquet of her majelty's pet ticoat had a central (lone 111 the ro- fette valued at 20001. the rosette, in eluding this (tone, is valued at 30001. and the bouquets, of which there were fix, at 80001. each. Adding to the amount of these, that of the other diamonds upon the petticoat, and those upon the head dress and fto mncher, the dress worn by her ma jeiiy yesterday could not be worth less than ioo,oool. and the taste dis played in the arrangement of the hole was well suited to luch an ex penditure. pj., , " ' FSite ri g y h" r r r- >• r boih as tranllator and editor a ed me of the contrary. ' " c c °nvi !:[ . I think this tribute due i not htfitate to pay it • f or ~i.L™ n ? or ' i, the National Gazette a- ha ■ ° Ug 1 '""fa" ous tendency, and bei„ Ee ,! g? ■* didurb the public peaj, "j*" 1 of the people, Iha ve not' w W tbe ®»* either to the Gazette itfelf or , ** At the fame time allov m e t ' tS & however I may have miftakenVrTi!* meaning, the information given |1'« , 4t ritan," (trongly countenanc-- .' 1 "* tatfi. that he receiver nnv i 1 l "'top —to V. !iich I Will acid/tliat a ' i C '' r^: ing the National Gazett-r ' ,ngu,ar:t 72tli I -ul A • . ~ tre > ,eei nstOfnmA 1 tw American s afierti«n*—if • r-> roiw * \ P. Freneau," and "Wd Swaine"-It w ;i, hardly be th„X V* infer irom this, that Mr. Frr.™." ■ ■ ' the editor ; can it be fupjiofed th!," " at ,Kf his time to this i ' E ° ,f ' ' I apprehend not: fufert rea.C^ _ J . .1 ICdlOnS R||iy|<» I urged to the contrary. tyho V I; If any body does, then hereceive^J %. f rM " tni^ a tor to the department of f--it and as editor [or compiler, I don', care If hei s in the r , of C.Hi.ds and Swaine, he is at least fvi'» c■ Hfnrta fn «• " 1 Pl'ty Ofljicrv. i tituoe to tne government which hi • him as translator M t lj e depart •or, as editor or compiler, hi, attack,upcrS I government are both freeppr.' r ' I -Ifon the other handset government, his conduct forcibly rei rr I the Fable of the Viper which WViWi"\"' Countryman, the genial varmth of rt t ' ( w 10m had reanimated its frozen carcase. MB FOR THE GAZETTE OF THL UNlTL^Jij^ T^Av.TS, Mr. Fenno, {peak louder thaewnrdr f and » ( under certain circumstance?. Icnfo tnin oath-, rhe Editor of the NatiokhG.. ZETTEmuft not tnink to swear awav tleiref. cacy. ii ne is truly as they honed tool of the public character who bastes named, no violation of truth, iq an? h:-, ». to aftonifn—equivocations and zt-\ reservations, are the too common i minds ftruggiing to escape from difgrarefiin. putatior,*. It may be very true in a literal fink,tic: m negotiation was ever opened vithAfr.Fb.tat, by Thomas Jeflerfon, Secretary of State, ;:i vet it may be very certain, that a rew was opened with him directly, or circu to : ! by a particular friend of that ex:<( . ] tat ion given of his patronage and encourage ment. It may be very true in the fame ferJe, fe Mr. Freneaii's coming to the city of Phihde!- p!iia r as publilher of a newspaper, wis at re time nrged, advised or influenced, by the fame officer; and yet itmaybeenually3f2ct.tr it was urged, advised and influenced,by xjnd los his, in concert with him, and to answer his views, and with authority to engage his aM ance and support. It may in the ftricteftfenfc be true, that Mr. Freneau's coming to Phiiacel phia, was his own voluntary aß\ and yet that he came from interested ! the work of a party; for a man arh not t&- voluntarily because he yields to corfideration-of interest. It may be even true, that the Ecitor of the National Gazette was never either di rected, controuled, or attempted tobeinS:* enced in any manner, either by the Secretar-ct" State, or any of his friends; aid vet it m2y in the strongest- sense be true, that under tbe i:r • ence of the emoluments receivedfrom that o&- cer, be has a&ed in precise conformity to li« ( known principles and views. j As to the aflertion, that not a single line J tiie National Gazette was ever dtrcdh, cr nli- I rcflly y written, dictated, or composed for it, - 1c u e Secretary of State, it is a /hocking inthrcf Jof rashness and levity. Unless Mr. Freneau be; himfelf the author of every line which hai been contained in every one of his papers 1 thing not to be believed) it is impolliMe that be can know that none has ever been 4muij, w indircflly, written, dilated, or composed by tie 1 officer in question -And if he had been as fair pulous about an oath as he to hare x-.■ • 1 he never could have sworn 10 poiitlve|> has done, to a tiling which it was impound 0 him to know—temerity l.kc this, m _ date his testimony in a court juflice, 1 were even, as he is not in tfie prek.it Cuie, a dilinterefted witness. 11 No, Mr. Freneau, this is not the ] I culj)ate vourfelf before a judicious puJ c, J the conclusions which are to b« n ( j Jin oft convincing facts. Nor can it be — j from any thing, that you have eitne • ' j said, that the whole of what has been 3i 5 , is " a lie." The material facts which have been a and may be added in confirmauoi', 2^^ v . and they prove decisively your imp > tion with the Secretary of State, ana ue - ence of that connection upon your prel^. It is a fad: which you have ac ; V 1 p ra'arv from t '^ that you receive a regular w.a ~or cretary of State, as clerk in 1 is ( e P^ S of * ont[oTiis*h<iguazr concede, vou came from ' ore ™» von came Irou „a, rn fa \ > " I <-aoa?ity of an Editor or dire. • • \> . ! per, to become in this city Editor of t*• "iff. a fVr which you dare not deny, r*' >* | ppointtnent as "clerk for foreijn la»^ !• r
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