,1 Abont seven o'clock in lk< even ing, the Duke de Sicigniano, who ai rived in this count' y about i«vu months since, being appointed to fucceedthe PiijWt Caftelcicala, as Miuiller from the Court of Naples, put an end to his exigence, by placing a hoi fe pittol to his temple,and blowing his brains out. Medical aililtance wa& imme diately lent for, but the nirgeons arrived only jnil in tijnt to fee him expire. As soon a® the event became known, the Prince Caftelcicala, and fotne other foreign noblemen, wci>t to Grenier's to view ihe body, and ihe Prince took charge of his effects. Oa Saturday morning, M r - Buigels, one of his Mjjetty's under Secreta ries of State, at the requelt of Lord Grenville, went to the Hotel to make tbe necefl'ary enquiries con cerning the luicide, and to give or ders for the removal of the corpse; and the interment. Mr ( Burgels was at Grenier's near three houis, and was extremely .attentive and' minute in the inveftigaiioii Of the business. Ihe Court of Naples may be allured that every reJpcrt has been paid to this unfortunate No bleman that ciicumftanc?s could al low. The Dtrke de Sicigniano was a young Nobleman of one of the firft' families in Italy, of very amiable manners, and much beloved by those who knew him. The Count tie Merci d'Argenteau is appointed by the Emperor to ie main near the Prince d« Cohourg, who is to consult him on all matters of a civil nature. He is particular ly charged with the correspondence department of thearmies, to receive . all propositions that may be made . on the part of France, from whom he holds a comuiilfion of Minister Plenipotentiary. This appointment of the Count tie Merci has probably given rife to the report ofthe Frrnce deCobourg being about to tefign- At all events it appears evident that the Emperor rather chooses to depend on the General's sword, than on his head. The present lunation of affairs will not admit at this moment, per haps, of an effectual opppfition to the aggrandizement of the Musco vite Empire ; but as evety state in Europe is interefled in proscribing bounds to the power of Rulfia, we have the stronger reafoti to lament, that it hat been fuffered to unite the several provinces of Poland to its afready tooextenfive territories ; becaofe this acceflion of dominion mull inevitably create well founded jealousies, and lay the ground work of future hoftillties ; —and a war in perfpetftive is certainly no plea sant object to contemplate. Emigrant Army of Conde. Aubtrlocfladen, near Spire, " We are encamped to the left of the Aufiriant, at the distance of a league and a half from Landau, our advanced guard being stationed in the French villages. The Impe rialist are a quarter of a league distant from our line, and there are frequent attacks, in Which the pa triots are .always bet ween the advance pods. Yesterday we had a little affair of this kind, which was attended -on the fide of the French by the loss of thirty dead on the field, and eight prifoneis. It is very, lingular, that 011 this oc casion, the 1 mperialifls had not one maw either killed or wounded. The Tyrolean Chatleurs and the legion of Mirabeau frequently meet the patriots, who, at whatever distance they may perceive the enemy, con stantly run off full I'peed. " Deserters in considerable num bers come in daily,and among them many of the regular cavalry and ho We Chaflenrs. It strikes me,that when it (hall come to be known to the French troops in the camp at Wifl'embourg, where the Prince of Condehas stationed hjirfelf. the de,- fcrteis will flock in, in flill greater 'numbers. Ido not, how ever,think we (hall make any greater progress till 1 he fall of \iemz. " Our army becomes very nume rous, and frtfh Eiuigiants reach ns daily. Qur fufFeriiigs during the win;er hive been very gre.H ■, and elpccially, becaule in the expecta tion of re-entering France in the course of hid year, ihey difpofpd the greater part of their eileCU. " When the Imperial General Wurnifer lately palled our firll line in review, he perceived several Frenchmen in a very deplorable plight : his eyes were bedewed with tears, and, turning to the Austrian office* s who accompanied him, lie exclaimed, " Sirs, these aie genilei men." „ ■>' " Our division of cavalry istnore than four hundred llrong. Of these, two-thirds are either old officers or gentlemen, the other thiid confitts of emigrated French cavalry. We have a standard 10 each division each of us carries a crape on his sword ; and on the right arm a white crape trimmed with black, having on the knot an escutcheon with three fiiuri'de-I^s." An adjutant general from the ar my of the north, with a pair of co lours taken from the enemy, an nounced in the national convention, May 25, that 011 the 24th, in the morning, the division under the command of general Lamarlier had attacked the Dutch army near Me ninj in thiee points. The enemy loft all their posts, 3 pieces of can non, 7 waggons of ammunition and' provincial, ■job men killed, 300 tak enprifoners, among whom are 28 officers, and one of superior rank. The military chest was taken, as well as much property ; and such was the rapidity of the flight, the French were obliged to carry into Lisle 22 waggon loads of wounded left by the enemy on the field of battle; A grenadier, named Grof lambert, took the colours." BR I STOL, May 2J. Mr. Burke, our Recorder, in his admirable charge delivered to the Grand Jury at the opening of the late Gaol Delivery for this City, speaking of the intolerant and per fecting spirit with which the Cler gy qf• France have been p'urfp'ed, lays, that." Tells, Declaration*,ana Oaths which were multiplied, vari ed, »nd imposed u,pdn them, being confrientioufly refnfed, thoafands of them were murdered, and the remainder, fir ft hunted like wild bealls through all parts of France, vfere by one sweeping Decree, ba niihed forever from their country ! "that thus, Atheifin, is little short of being eflablifhed in rhat kingdom, there is not at this day (speaking, he fays, from undoubted informati on) one place open for religious worship of any kind or description, in the vast Metropolis of that infa tuated country !" AMERICA. NASSAU, (N.P.) July « - Li* The Spanish governor of" St. Do ningo has illued a Proclamation,, rotifying, that " His Catholic Ma efty, willing to heap benefits and favours upon filch Frenchmen, as condu<ft themselves with honor,, tin der the piefent clrcuniftafices, re main attached to their lawful sove reign, and are ready to defend the good cause : his governor afiurcs ail such in the name of the king, that they will be received under the proteiilion, and (hall enjoy those privileges and exemptions, which their refpeiftive characters and ci*- cnmfhinces require : Whilp others; who, by a contrary condutfl, acqui esce in the perfidious views of the king's enemies, will be regarded, as they are every where, with hor ror, and without difcriininaiion, as the molt dangeious enemies. BASSETERKE, July it. ExtraCi of a letter from St. Vincent, July i. " You know we had an account of general Bruce, and the troops leaving Martinique. It feema he was aflured by many of the princi pal inhabitants, that if he would only remain oil the iflnnd, though inactive, there wa? a profpeit of a surrender. The fleet and armv are now at Barbadoes. On the Gene ral's going the:e, the boats crew 498 were so ex<»fp.<JJ ated him, as to •threaten to throw hiin overboard, and the'people of the island treated liiia with great iiifult— this is as the rtory goes. " Many ;hoii(andsof the royalists have quitted the island in the mod ' diftiroHed (iiuation, and numbers of the nKift-opulent are»reduccd so low a. to partake of the contributions made 'for them with thankfulnefs. We have about two thousand here, , and tis fai.d there are immense num bers At.Grenada-, and Trinidad, and a much greater number at Domini t;a— they fay 10,000. They were so crowded on board the Calypso, Malveaux's (hip now here, that rtumbers were foffocated, and (he had near been lofV, occasioned by the crowd on deck being so great the sailors could not work the (hip ; many perilhed by the fide of the (hip, (he being so full that it was itnpoffible to take in any more- Small veflels are arriving every day as full as they can (land on deck." BARBADOES. By his Excellency th* Governor, &c. A Proclamation WHEREAS it has been represent ed to me by the planters, merchants and other inhabitants of this ifJand, jhat there is at present a great frar <iity of lumber, provisions, and other articles of life ; and that from the number of French public and pri vate fliips of war now cruizing upon the coafis of the United States of America, there is very little proba bility of this colony being Aipplied by British vellels. Ido therefore by and with the advice and content of his majesty's council, and by spe cial authority reposed in me for the benefit of his majesty's fubjetfts of my government, hereby ill'ue this my proclamation, to permit and al low the following articles of flour, bread, rice, whear or grain of any fort, horses, horned cattle or live stock of any kind, to be imported into ami-fold in this island, for 12 during the present war, from the said United States of America, or from any illands or colony in these seas belonging to any European power or state not actually at war veflels belonging to the said United States of America, or to any of fh< aforefaid Weft India colonies Ant all officers whonrfoever, civil or mi litary, within this government art hereby en joined and required to pa; due obedience to this my proclaim tion. Given under my hand and seal at at Pilgrim, this 26th day of June, i 79?t an 'l in the 33d year of his majeity's reign. D. PARRY. By His Excellency's Command, Valentine Jones. God save the King. • NEWPORT, July 30. Generous Actio*. EIGHT Inhabitants (vktims of the unhappy event which occasioned the deftrurtion of the town of Cape- Krancois) were obliged to fly from their houses, and retired the 2rft of June uit. on board the brig lafon, of Middletown, Connecticut, Capt, Moses Tyron, who generously gave them flielter, and offered to can v, them to New London, free from all expenses. Agreeably to liis orders, the aßth following, he arrived at Turk's-Iflands, after funfei—before the brig came to, (he was boarded by the boat of the privateer sloop Betsey & Polly, of St. Vincents, Capt. Wells Col. Alexander Mur ray, Governor of those islands, who had been informed of their dilaf trous fuuation, immediately repair ed onboard, and by all means en deavored to dispel their feais. Capt. Tryon acquainted him wjih their misfortunes, and that ten negroes and a few trunks of linen wares, which were on board, were the re mainder cf their fortunes The next tnorning:, in presence of the Colonel, and the Captain and offi cers of the floop,the brig was Jifar<"h ed by the cresv of iht p jvateer,w ho after acknowledgi 1 g the of Capr. T ryot's de 1 *,1-3 turn, 1 r.i". ea t ctanifeftii.g U.m Canccm >vhitU is usual wi>fi all temler-b£ane«i mortals on luch an fcccaijon. The wort by son ol Lord Dunuiure did nor withhold his fa via », but of fered his albltancfc to thole unfor tunate fufterer*, who were finer. . tained by the inhabitants of Turk'* lflaud, wlnie they remained thei'e. Our gratitude, gentrouS Man ! js an acknowledgment due -To your ebarHCter—-May your, example, uured by all nations, iitViee iniir^- 101$. & rtKN'ADII. July, 26, 1 793. NEWIEOIUC, AUgiift 7. At a mcetriijfof the New- y orkChatn* ber of Commerce, legally conven ed oil 1 lie 61 h day of /iuguft, 1793, the Chamber pioceeded to couli der the report of their Committee appointed at a previous iiic-eiing to frame refolutioiis expretfivV of the sense of t his Corporation updUiYtij the conduct which it is and intereit toobferve, in to the powers at war, when the following were unauimouily a dopted : ift. Resolved, Tha: a ftritfl obser vance of existing treaties, and of neutrality enjoined bj the I'reli dent's Proclamation, is, in our op.- nion, among the fitft duties winch we owe to ourselves, and tothe mild government adopted by our ccuu< try. 2d. Resolved, That in our opinion it is contrary to the tenor of those treaties, and the laws of the laiul, to engage on board of any Letter of Marque or privateer, or to afiitt in arming or fitting out veilels tocruife againit any of the puwers at war; and that it is the duty of al) good citizens, to unite their efforts to bring offender* in these refpedts ttt convi<ftionw<»d punishment. 3d. Resolved, That ihe Proclama tion of the President of the United States, declaring their neutrality' to wards the powers at war, was in our opinion ameafure wifely calculated to promote the interests and prefer ve the tranquility of oor country ; and that we consider the fame as a new proof of that watchful regard for the honor and prosperity of the na tion, which has uniformly distin guished the a'dminiftration of our firft inagiftrate. 4th. Resolved, That the President of the United States is the only or gan thro' which the national will can be made known to foreign pow ers; and that any attempt of (aid powers, or their ininiliers, to com tnunicate with this country, upon national objeds ot hei ways 1 han thro* 1 biin, is an indignity to ®ur con It i t ution,an offence to the nation, and ought to excite the apprehenfiun and displeasure of all good and or derly citizens. t By order «f the Corporation, John Broome, President. A true extra# from the minutes, Wm. Laight, Set'ry Thefolfovrfog ftfbfcriptron lift will early iri this week, be offered to the in habitants ok the IcveVal wards by the undernamed committer, who have been appointed tor that pur pole, by the corporation of the Chamber of Commute, viz. " To alleviate the diftreflVsj and as far as in our power,to save fiom theexiremeof wrctch* rdnefs and despair, such .fellow beings as arc doomed to drink deep ot the cup ot tnifery ; is a duty incumbent on us all—and perhaps never a fbbjrlt' prriVptcd i.fclf .so intereft'ngjo the fvtn«- pathy o! the human heart* as the fuffercrs by tlie difailer at the Cape, for whom the charitable donation's df the cltitens of New-York arc cited. Whatever caufcs may have led event, it is not the btilintfj of chariiy to enqu: it is.fuftcient that they are men, and mtfetablel We, therefore the lubfcribers agree to pay to the committee appointed by the Chamber ot Com merce in this city, for. the relief of these diflref fed individuals, the sums affixed to our oames. Aezjj~York t Auguji i, 1.793. ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND. In Cou nc 11, July 23, 1794. s> . EbWarb Thornton, fcfq. having produce.4 to this board his commiflion a* Vice-Confut fiom his Biitannic Majesty *or this State, toge ther with an exequato* or recognition ol hi>faid quality, under the hand of the Prefideni of the United Mates : Ordered, That the said recognition be pub lished, tor the information and government of the people of thi? State. By Order, T. JOHNSON, jun. Secretary. GEORGE WASHINGTON, Pitfident of the United States oj America, To ai'l whom it may FdwardThornton, E s q. bavmg.prod ucc<i 'n Tti ins comniiflioM as V'ce-Conful from h»s K*>Unn<c Majeih, lor the State of -Mar\land. I do heicby rtcognij:c h)in as such, and declare
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