LONDON, Apr!! 19 The Count D'Artois is arrived at Peiei fburgh, w hire the Einpi els has lodged him in her palace, given him a houthold guard, ike. The ciiy of Liege has paid the contribution of 600,000 florins, of which luiii ihe Prince of bjxe Co bourg has fem 76,00u doilais to the Duke of IJrunfwick. I he Fernigs, two female warri ors, and z^idn-de-Camp to Dumou rier, have followed the fortunes of that Genera). Tlie Count de Merci is every day expeifted in London 011 a secret em baU'y from the Emperor— I lie fend ing t his gentleman at the piefent crisis, while there is an Impeiial Alinitter jt our Court, occauons a good deal of conjecture among poli ticians, as to the object of his mis- It Appears pi obabletbar the Count ieHerci't embally to this Couit, is on one or other of these motives ; or probably on both :— In arrange 1 he plan of operations of the army under the command of his Royal Highnel's the Duke of York : and whether it is to aifl se parately, or under ihe orders of the Prince de Cobourg ; or 2dly, what is (till more likely, to negociate with our ministry, whether in cafe the French Netherlands«ate reduc ed by the Auflrian forces, the Em peror (hall be allowed to retain pof fellion of these after the war. The conqued of the French ne theriands will ensure 'that of the Province of Picardy. When the Duke of York failed for Holland, his orders were to re main at a fniall diliance from the place of landing, to obfeive the mo tions of the Dutch. If they did not (hew ttrong fyniptoms of vigour and resolution, it was nor judged expe dient to risk the facritiee of the (guards to the defence of an ally, who were fufpetfted of inactivity in (heir own cause. On a sagacious enquiry, the Duke found that Dort had scarcely 200 men to defend it. He concluded, that if WilliamftaJt surrendered, the former could not prevent, in its weak state of de fe nee, the enemy from marching to Rotterdam. Using, therefore, adi f cretion in whicl), perhaps, the fare of Holland depended, he marched to garrison Dort ; a mealure which inlpired the gallant defenders of Willianiftadc, and had an eleilrical effect on the councils and conduct of the Dutch. On the 6tli of April the members ■of the Sovereign Council of Brabant were reinftared with great cerCnio no in all their fundlions. On this occalion, the Count de Metternich Winnebourg,- Minister Plenipotentiary from his Imperial Majesty, addrelfed them in a long and a very popular difcourle, in he promised " to revive the happy reign of Maria Theresa ; but he at the fame time recommended that they would abjure the spirit of party, and make a liberal and in ftamaneotis provision by way of in demnity for such Citizens as had e vinced their attachment totheCon ftitution." After this, his Excellency ftiewed ed him felt at the balcony to the people, \jy whom lie was received amid It t he most joyous acclamations. Of finglilh now at Paris; are Mr, Merry the poet, Miss H. M. Willi ams. Mr Stone, Tom Paine, kc.Scc. .Darnpierre, the French General, resided some time in England, and was known as the devotedeuamora ra of the Dowager Lady R d n. Ke was the fir ft Frenchman who made a voyage in a balloon, at Ly ons, fonte years since. It is said, that when the deputies of the convention were sent to M. de Gallon, the leader of the infur gents of Brittany, demanding of him, whether he had taken arms for or againfl the republic, he re plied, " If 1 had conducted myfelf like those who have sent you hiiher, I Arnold have had you hanged upin llantly, without any form of trial ; but I will nor thus disgrace an ho notable cause ; we ha\e only taken arms to purge France of the villains who despoil her, and we will not Jay them down till thefefhall be de ftroyed. Depart jndnntly, <Snd in form the tyrants l; f Paris, the heads i.t iiie municipal officers and adminilirators, vyljicU are in our hands, /Lali answer for the fafety of ihnfe petlons arfached to our caofj, whom ihe convention hpve put in letters." Were a foreigner to etrter'any of onr places of public ainufeiiifiu, he would consider lis as the mod proli fic naiion on earth. There is not a female of eleven to a tabby of lixty, w ho does not appear in the different (lages of pregnancy ; bur how Would it fuiprizea lti auger to be told, tbat this flrange appeal ance of future population procetdi totklTV frflffll — the Staymaker. FRANCE NATIONAL CONVENTION. 111 the fitting of the t Itli itift-. the following addref> was pnefen'ed, in the name of the feiSion des tfalles : " Citizens ! weai ecome to speak truth to you j we trull you will noi make it necellary for us to speak to you again. Hitherto our petitions lie buried in thole committees, where the guilty (it for the purpose ofdecelving )ou wiiii artful reports; when an honelt man wishes to claim your attention,his voice is drowned. " We come this day to prefeiit you with a petition from the 48 fee tions, which is exprelfive of the willies of all France. Hear us tlien for the lalt time. The nation is wearied ; it is tired with beholding peifidious representatives ; it wi/hes that the traitors Ihould be given up to the sword of the law. Had you punished Dumotirier when he per mitted the Pruilian despot to escape in the plains of Champaigne Had you not protected the faction which seconded the pi ojei'ts of that traitor, you would not this day hear the people of Belgia and Liege acctifing the French with barbarity. Roland has been guilty of a thoufaud faults ; yet he lives to concert new crimes. Look which wav we will, traitors present themselves to our view. Our armies are commanded by Ge nerals and Officets named by Bour nonville. The tribunes judge Hone guilty, but set them at liberty. 1 wenty times you have pr'oiWtfed ns a precile law against stock Job bing, ye- no law for that purpoTe is yet enacted. Are you then the pro testor of monopolilts ; or do you hr>pe that the people by the know ledge of their grievances will de- Iniand of you a mailer ? No ! the people will perish if it must be so, under their miseries, but they will not perilh without firft feeing the deftru<ftion of all intriguers. " You have sent into the depart ments the molt patriotic commilfion ers, by which means we now per ceive a corrupt majority deciding the fate of France. Unfortunate country ! You wilhed to call forth thole who could defend you, arid have named those who live but to injure yon ! " We demand, lit, A decree <if accusation against Roland. 2d, Tfiat the administration of the poft-olfice be renewed. 3d, That all guilty deputies be decreed in a ftatepf at cufation,&c. Men of the Mountain! It is to y :>u we address ourselves ; save the republic. If you imagine you have not force enough, to ac complrfli Ihe talk, we trust you will have courage to tell us To, and we will undertake the care,of our Sa viour."— [Applaufts jrom the Mou>i tain followed the reading of this ad dress.'] Danton demanded that honorable mention (hould be made of it A tuidult ensued. The Prefider.r' put on his hat ; and Danron addreffinff him (elf to the Valley, said, " r«« are- all villains [Applauses fr o m the Mountain and the Tribune. }j. Petion said that the address from the fe<fiion des Halles tended todifc solve the Convention, and to confide the fafety of the republic to a par ty, who breathed nothing but rob bery and murder. Behold, cried he, how they inflame the people ! [Tis ynu who inflame them ex claimed many v„,V es ] Petion con eluded by demanding, that the Pre itdent and Secretary 0 f the fettion 434 des HaMes be Tent to the b.ir ; ihaf they I'nould declare the names of those who had signed the addiefs, and in cafe they avow the signa tures, that they be feut to the revu- Iptionary tribune. Uanron—'' Jt is inconteftibly true that yon have no right to expeJt more wifdoin from the people than you yourselves lhew. May not the people experience a patriotic deli rium ! Is not this tribune itfelf, be come an amphitheatre for gladia tors ' Have I not been beset and threatened ? Consider the nature of the paflions which /bould agitate a great people during a revolution ; Consider yourfelves,and pronounce. This is the species of argument i addiefs to Petion, and which ] have often before offered to the Conven tion. If you delibera:e on the ad diefs of the fedtion des Halles, de liberate likewise on that of Mar- Teilles. Recoiled! that the lawlhould be the fame, whether to protect or topunifh. Instead ofamufing your selves in the rectifying of political errors, labor for the conltirurion and the happiness of the people. " I demand the previous quefli- oil.'' After a violent debate, Petion'# motion was adopted. Cambon from the Committee of fafety, proposed that Monge should be removed from his place, as the Minister of Marine, and that Dalba ret (hould be appointed to succeed him. Decreed unanimously. The Afl'einbly decreed, ilt, That, to the number of counter-revoluti onary attempts, the provocations to the re establishment of royalty (liould be added. ad, That the Executive power do forthwith give the neeeffary orders, conformable to (he law of the 7(h of the present month, that the cri minal tribunal of the department of the north, should fend, without delay, to Valenciennes, and to the other places in the jurifdi<3ion to which they belong, to be there judg ed definitively, all arrangements a gainst those who fought the re-elta blifhment of royalty, or were guilty of counter-revolutionary commoti ons, and to pronounce againll them jhe punilhmenrs derided by the law of the loth of March latt, and in the forms prescribed by the law ! 3d, The criminal tribunals of all the departments of the Republic are equally charged to proceed 111 the fame manner. April 12 On the proposition of Cambon, from the committee of public fafe ty, the Convention decreed, "That provocations to the re ettablifoment of Royalty is another coonrer-revo luuonary crime ; and ihofe found Ruilry of it frail fufFer dcaili. 2 . That the fame punishment shall be iufliifted on every individual who shall vary the price of merchandize because fold for affignats. 3. The exportation of gold or silver from the territory of France, besides the pnnifhment now ordered by law, ftiall be further pun ifhed by a fine of not less than 2000 livres. 4. Ev ery person who shall refufe to take afliguatsin pay ment, fliall be forced to it, artd be fubjecft to a fine to the amount of double the sum refufed. La Haye read a letter by which it appeared, that on the 22d of March. Egalite patted through Sez under the name of Fecamp, who is one of his stewards. He asked tJie .land lord, at whose ho life he put up,whe ther Egalite was beloved in that Canton, and whether the people would like to fee him King. From thence Egalite went to Alencon,and a few days afier there was a violent inluri ec'tion at that place. The Convention decreed, that tqur Commiflioners should be nam ed by nominal appeal, tngotoSez, and find out the track of Egalire's journey ; to rake depositions, and bnng >h^g„il t y before the Revolu tionary Tribunal. On the other hand it was announc ful -A at r rebels w ere matters of the tfland of St. Gilles and Noir . momie," ; were in great force on hat a°H k l ° Nam " ! ar > ll that a detachment of National in antry, destined to protest a convoy of provisions, had halted in a town* in onler ro pluo.ler J r , we, c lake., by the rebels, Ull j pi iloneis with their convoy 4 In tfee fiuingof.he , was read ,» ,|, e Nationul'conv " con from Gen. CulHne ; in whi " he complains very bitterly of , . contradictory orders he has re Ceiv # ed, and of the want 0 f discipli ne the French an„ lM . He , ej j Convention that nothing fa „ fa , e the Republic, hut to place the who! executive power it. the hands of one man; that if the Convention will entroft him with that ~o*er0 * er , will undertake to sav e lhe R ' lie ; tf it will not, hedefites to ha Ve his fuccettor appointed. Differing from Dutnourier, he obl'ei v e .i ,1.- should a King be proclaimed he will instantly emigtate fiom',i ie country. DUBLIN, April 10. The progress of pliilofophy, libe rality, and union, was lait night evinced here in a manner which mil ft affect every patriotic with the molt pleasing emotions.-. On account of the C at hoi ic.bilj hav. ing received the royal aflent, very fpJendid and general illumination* rook place in almoii e«ery haufeoc cupied h_v a Proreftanr overtheciiv NotwithfVanding the happinetf this as well asthecaufe of it, must have afforded the Catho lics, they with a dignified modelly which does them the higheit honor), exhibited no public mark of rejoic ing whatever. Some contemptible hacks, taking advantage of the occasion, wished to deprive the Protellants df the ho nour which this a<ft refletfs upon them, by ascribing it i 0 anorlier motive, viz. That of joy 011 account of the vile (lory of Dumonrier's ret giverfation—but t his must appear evidently absurd as a set of Right Hon. Gentlemen, high in the coiifi. dence of adminiliration ; enemies to Catholic emancipation (paiticu larly one near the Ca(Ue} had their houses gloomy as Erebus. April 20. Of all the forms of go. vernment, the Ariftocratical it uiofk to be dreaded. 111 a despotic in a. narchy, the dangers and inconvenN ence may be always feenand avoid, ed ; but the other is a maiked bat tery, which in a moment overturns the liberty of the fnbjedt—unpre pared and unresisting. Ji can be maintained only by subordination, perjury, spies, infermers, ferret im prisonments, secret executions, rack and tortures ; besides, once in two or three centuries, the firft might possibly produce an Augulhis or a Titus, but whoever heard of a-vir tuous Aristocracy ? Died at Cottage, near Longford, after a fliort illness, IWifs Charlo te Brooke, daughter of Counsellor Brooke,* a yo-unglady, the brillian cy of whose geuius could only be equalled by the purity of her piety. In her, Ireland has loft an orna ment, and the widow and the fa therlefs a friend. Her " Reliques of Irish Poetry" are well known to all lovers as elegant literature, and her "School for chiiftians" will ever hold a diftinguiflied rank a inong those books which are best calcillaied to promote the truth of the Gospel. In the edition of her father's works, which {he publifbed in 1792, (he has railed a monument to his genius, and to her filial af feifiion. At paflage, Mrs. Judith Parker, aged 100 yearK * Author of the Fool of Quality, &<. &c. Grenada, May 2. Monday the ship Cnlipfo, of 40 guns, belong ing to commodore MalVo's fquaoron, arrived here on private bufinrfs, the nature of which has not transpired. She failed again on Tues day night. The la Firme, of 74 guns, now commanded by Monf. Malvo, passed by this day, running close in ftiore, accompanied by the schooner mounting 16 guns, which was heie a few days since. St. J O H N's (Antigua) May 21. Major General the Honorable Thomas B'uce, at pre ft xu in Baibados, is, we are told, apppint ed commander in chics of his Majclty's troops, in the Lcward 1 Hands,, in the room of major Gen. G'lyicr, who, it is said, intends for En gland, the beginning of July, where he will re ceive those matks of honor and attention, which his late valiant conqneft of Tobago entitle him to. —We are also informed that Coi. Myers, is appointed Quarter*M liter-General.
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