FOREIGN TRANSACTIONS. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 26, 1792. N OTWITHSTANDING the great force fent by the Sublime Porte against Mahmud, Pacha of Scutari, he has already penetrated as far as Ufknip, and made himself mafter of Pafchalits, of Okry, and Ubazan, at the head of 30,000 men. The Pacha of Tania, his neighbour, was ordered to reduce the rebels in the mountains, and particularly thofe the district of Sully; but he was repulfed with the lofs of his magazines, artillery, and baggage. Mahmud, it is faid, is on the point of joining the Sigres. of Rale, (Switzerland) October 28. The invafion of Cuftine in the electorates has produced an effect, of which the confequences cannot now be calculated. All the little princes demand protection from the greater, with the utmost terror; many of the Auftrian generals are difgufted with the fervice, and fome of them demand their difcharge, among whom is faid to be the prince of Hohenlohe, who will no longer ferve under the duke of Brunswick. As to the emigrants, the pealants drive them from hence. The magistrates of Bale, entirely democratic, do not conceal the interest which they take in the victorious caufe of the French, and, notwithstanding the austere rules of neutrality, publicly exprefs wishes for their fuccefs. They have a fong which they call The Flight of the leagued Defpets. A fete took place yesterday, at which the health of the brave French generals and foldiers was drank. Bafle, (Switzerland) 0. 29. The number of emigrants of Condé's army, who, fince they were disbanded, pafs through our city for Soleure and the interior parts of Switzerland, encreafes daily. They have neither arms nor cockades. Their intentions are unknown, for it is not probable that they will be long tolerated in Switzer land. Some of them mean to go to Italy, fome will endeavour to get into France by FrancheComte; and others will offer to enlift in Montefquieu's army. One of thefe Jaft, I am informed, made a public recantation at Huinngue, obtained a paffport from the municipality to join this army, and returned hither with a national cockade. They have been heard to fay, that their only refource was to endeavour to raife commotions at Lyons, where a number of manufacturers are out of employment. Is it not to be feared that, by difperfing among the troops of the king of Sardinia, among Montefquieu's in Lyons, and in Franche-Comte, they may plot treafons and difturbances? Coblentz, O. 30. The troops we have received, and the further forces we are in expectation of, have done away the fears we had of fecing". the French in our parts. We have just received orders from the king of Pruffia to keep the Pruthian magazines which are here, and to order all the provifions back which have been fent away. A detachment of Pruffians is advancing by Grevenmacher, on the other fide of the Mofelle, towards the borders of the Rhine. Valenciennes, O. 30. All the camp equipage, Hib. Mag. Nov. 1792. the heavy artillery, and the grand army, filed off a common caufe with us. Madrid, Oct. 30. The council is ftill divided into two parts: that directed by count D'Aranda, and which is against war, has evidently the preponderance, for government continue to relax in their preparations. They, however, from time to time give proofs of their hoftile difpofition to France.We are affured that they have forbid the exportation of plastres to France by fea. Vienna, Nov. 1. We have received advice by an Estafettee from Italy, that a fquadron of the French fleet has made its appearance under the walls of Civita Vecchia, and affured the governor, that unless he would immediately furrender the place, it fhould be borabarded; and the French forces would then proceed farther through the Ecclefiaftical territories on a pilgrimage o Rome, where they intend to pay a visit to their Holy Father. equally dreadful: we are informed, that the The tidings received from Anterior Auftria are French are ready to cross the Rhine in four different quarters; and a detachment of their troops is faid to have paffed through the Swifs territories, body of their army, confifting of 36,000 men, to fall in the rear of our troops, whilft the main will attack them in the fronta the city of Franckfort was taken poffeflion of, by Heffe Caffel, Nov. 3. Since news arrived that the foldiers, on leave of abfence for fix months, the French troops under General Cuftine, all have received orders to join their regiments; ani feveral confiderable bodies, furnished with heavy artillery, have begun to murch, and, in conjunction with the garrison of the fortrefs of Ziegenheim, will form a respectable chain towards Hanau and Fulde. All the rangers of the country are to unite immediately, at an appointed place, to ry and infantry-Geire, the Grand Forefter, will form a body of chaffeurs, confifting both of cavalhave the command of them. Chamberlain Baron d'Ifmand, was tenta few days ago to Hanover. His mition, as is fuppofed, relates to fome ftate affairs. Since that an officer of the Hanoverian Body Guards arrived here as a courier, and has French, General Freytag will join the Heians fpread a report, that in cafe of an invafion by the with a confiderable body of Hanoveriane. PARIS, Now. 9. Letter from General Dumourier. Head Quarters, Mons, Nov. 7. CITIZEN-PRESIDENT, has been before that of the imperiali'ts; we hire FOR five days paft the army of the republic engag engaged every day; and the city of Mons has been at length the fruits of our victory. We have been received here this morning as brethren. The fovereignty of the people is the bafis of general opinion-every one is eager to take up arms in fupport of the caufe of liberty. The adminifftrations are regenerating; elections are about to be held for all offices, and foon there will be no difference between Hainaut and a French department. Our fuccefs gives ftrength to our arguments, and reafon and juftice are fupported by arms. I cannot beftow too high praifes on the valour of our troops, and their humanity after the battle, the most terrible in the memory of man :—40,000 French have forced 28,000 Auftrians entrenched in woods and in mountains. defended by more than 40 redoubts, 20 heavy cannon, a great number of field pieces and howitzers. All the preceding engagements had been in our favour, but the battle of Gemmenappe decided all-it was one of the moft general ever fought: all the points of the enemy's line and flanks were attacked at once; all the bodies of the army were in action, and every individual fought perfonally. After a moft cbftinate refifrance, the French nation have every where triumphed by their two ftrongeft means their artillery and their fwords. The citizen minifter at war will give the convention further details. It was impoffible that a battle fo difputed, and fo gloriously won, fhould not be attended with a confiderable lofs of men. I cannot as yet procure an exact account, but I reckon the number of our killed at 300, and that of our wounded to be double as much. The lofs of the enemy, between the 3d. and 7th, but above all on the 6th, amcunts to more than 1500 prifoners and deferters, and more than 4000 killed and wounded. We have taken nine pieces of cannon, two of which are of large calibre, befides a number of carriages and a large quantity of ammunition. Prifoners and deferters are brought in to us every moment. The inhabitants, who have received us as deliverers, and as brethren, affure us that more than 1000 Auftriand have concealed themselves in the city, in order to furrender themselves to us. I have fent fome light cavalry in pursuit of the enemy, who will ftill bring in more of them. We have found here a few magazines of provifions and forage, and I have ordered General Bonneron to march on one fide, with 8coo men, and General Dampier on the other, with almost as many, to take poffeffion of the town of Ath, with the large magazines it contains. The Auftrian army retired in the greatest diforder. They took the route towards Bruffels and Brune le Compte. They were to be joined on the morning after I attacked, by the body under the command of General Clairfayt, I fhall lofe no time in purfuing them. This army, as well as the Generals, and other DUMOURIER, Every letter that we have feen varies as to the numbers killed on both fides, in the engagement of the 6th; we may, however, form fome judg ment of the numbers of the Auftrians killed, by thefe two facts; of 1200 men of the regiment Landhon vert, 1050 were found dead in the field; and of 300 dragoons of Latour, only 15 escaped. Lord Elgin ftates the Auftrians killed and wounded at 10,000; among the latter is their beft officer, Gen. Clairfayt, whofe thigh was broken by a shot. It was a dextrous manœuvre of Beurnonville that decided the fortune of the day. The Auftrian accounts fpeak of the impetuofity of the French as irrefiftible, and own they never faw men fight with more fury. The troops, notwithstanding their being on duty three nights, having been engaged for four whole days, and being in want of many neceflaries, which could not arrive fo fpeedily as the emergency required, fhewed an ardour of firmness which will certainly overcome all difficulties. After the action of the 6th, Dumourier fummoned Mons to furrender, and it was given up on capitulation by General Beaulieu. The French entered it on the 7th, Dumourier immediately planted the Tree of Liberty, and at the fame time erected three gibbets, announcing to his own troops," that if in the midst of victory, they forgot what was due to the people whom they came to deliver, what was due to their own honour French citizens and as ftern Republicans, by the figh.eft inftance of pillage or cruelty, the gibbets were prepared for their execution. They entered Mons amidst the acclamations of the people; the houses were decorated, and al ranks joined in the revolution song of Ah! Caire! ca ira! ca ira! At night there was an illumina tion, and the people preffed to recruit the Frenc foldiers for new victories, by giving them up the beds, and furnishing them with all forts of refich ments. 16.] Intelligence has been received here-the General Valence has entered the city of Namor where he was received by the people, amidit t fhouts of Live the Republic of France." The King and Queen are both indifpofed. The Council General of the Commons, who are entrufted with the care of the Royal Prifoners, have ordered a bulletin of the state of their health toke read every day in their morning fitting. The far lowing was read yefterday. "Louis XVI. and Mary Antonietta have been for two days attacked with a cold. The head of the latter is fwelled, and the has had three fits of the ague. She refted however, pretty well lat night. Louis XVI. has also had a fit of the ague fince yesterday evening he has tafted nothing but a little barley water. Bruffels November 14.] On the afternoon of yesterday the French troops arrived at the gates ti our city, which they entered this morning amict the acclamations of the people. Dering the whole of the night the houfes were illemarsd by order of the Magiftracy: no accident of any fort occurred. Yesterday the French prisoners conäned in this city were fet at liberty, and fent to the French troops troops on the road of Adderlecht, under the escort of a divifion of the Auftrian Hussars. The arms of the Emperor fixed over the gate of the Poft-office, as well as over that of the Pofthorse-office, have just been taken down. The French National cockade is generally worn, and every where in the streets the cry of Vive la Nation, et la Loi, is heard. There are in this place a great number of Auftrian deferters. Yesterday the Auftrian troops, before they evacuated the city, fold their effects at a very low price; and the military magazine deposited in the convent of the ci-devant Jefuits, has been abandoned to the avidity of the foldiery and populace. BRITISH INTELLIGENCE. PLYMOUTH, 08. 2, 1792. HIS day Col. Duval, President, Lieut. Mar Tyr, Judge Advocate, and the Members of the Court Martial, appointed to try Capt. James Meredith who lately ferved in the battalion of Marines employed in Botany-Bay, on a charge of Major Rofs, Commandant of the faid battalion, for behaviour highly improper in an officer, tending to the fubverfion of all fubordination, and injurious to all military difcipline," met at the Orderly Room of the Marine Barracks, when Col. Duval, in a very feeling manner pronounced the fentence of the Court Martial as follows: "That, after maturely confidering the evidence adduced in fupport of the profecution, and that which the prifoner offered in his defence, the Court is of opinion the charge is groundless and malicious groundless, because the charge is not proved in either of its parts, and, even had it been fo, was of a venal nature, and for which ample atonement was made in the apology offered by the prifoner; malicious, from the long duration of the arreft, and the unufual and unneceffary feverity of it; and the Court does therefore acquit the prifoner. "The Court alfo thinks it juft and due to the prifoner (much having been introduced in public Court, and an unjustifiable affertion made by the profecutor against the prifoner, which may tend to injure him in the public opinion) to enter upon its proceedings, and to declare thus fully and unrefervedly, that, from the very teftimony given in evidence of the prifoner's character, the Court fees no circumstance whatever to deprive him of the public good opinion, or the refpect of his corps, And the Court with deference recommends, that the aforegoing fentence, and the faid declaration, fhall be made in open Court, that the character of the prifoner may be vindicated in as public a manner as the impreffions to the injury of it may have been received." The Prefident then addreffed Captain Mere dith: "Sir, As Prefident of this Court, I can add nothing to the fatisfaction you must feel from the judgment now pronounced in your favour. But, as your commanding officer, I have great pleasure in telling you, that from the honourable acquittal and declaration of this Court, relative both to your conduct and character, you will be received into the line of duty and affociation of your brother officers with as great refpectability as if you had never flood in the painful fituation from which you are now fo fatisfactorily difcharged." It is needless to fay, that univerfal fatisfaction beamed on every countenance, at the honourable acquittal of an officer fo highly refpected as Capt. Meredith. The duration of Capt. M's confinement was, perhaps, never equalled in the military fervice of this country, except at Botany-Bay, where, we are affured, it was confiderably exceeded. Capt. M. was put in arreft on the 14th of October, 1789. LONDON, Sept. 28, 1792. THE fall of Poland under a foreign yoke being fatally afcertained, a general meeting of the fubfcribers toward a fund for their fuccour was yesterday held at the manfion houfe, the lordmayor in the chair. The purpofe of the meeting was to confider of the difpofition of the fums fubfcribed. The overthrow of Poland by the arms of Ruffia, an event which had taken place at the precife moment when the cause of that gallant people had roufed the fympathetic feelings of Englishmen, had made it impoffible for the efforts of individuals to fave them; and the committee of trustees not feeling themselves at liberty to propofe any mode for the difpofition of the money fubfcribed, had called a general meeting, that the fenfe of the fubfcribers might be declared. Mr. Sheriff Combe faid, that the fudden and unfortunate iffue of the virtuous ftruggle for liberty, which the king and people of Poland had fo gallantly maintained, deferted by their allies, and abandoned by the world, made it hopeless for individuals further to exert themfelves. No efforts of theirs, however zealous, could rescue that brave and united people from flavery; and the defpotic enemy being now in undisturbed poffeffion of the country, benevolence, however active, could not reach the miferies that the war had occafioned. But though they could not now hope to be ufefal in the way or ginally intended, he thought it was their dut as citizens of a free country, of a country rendered happy beyond example, by fuccefsfully affecting the principles upon which the king and people of Poland acted, to exprefs in a folemn declaration their fentiments on the fubject of the late overthrow of that kingdom--to express their abhorrence of the principles-their indignation at its fuccefs--and their juft alarm left the fame principle should still further lead the united powers to atten pt the overthrow of all limited authority, and to establish general defpotif in Europe. He held in his hand the form of a declaration to this effect, which he should rea! and move. In benevolence, where it was not obviously useful fo, individuals, however humble in ftation, to avow themselves, the truly feeling heart coveted fecrecy. For this meeting, therefore, to adopt any general deftination for the fums other than that originally propofed, would be, unjuftifiable, particularly as many fubfcribers might be abfent. He would propofe, therefore, that after deducting a proportionate fum to defray the expences, the fubfcriptions fhould be returned, leaving to every gentleman the difpofition of his own benevolence, but at the fame time with a provifo, that after a time, the fums uncalled fhall be prefented as a donation to fome of the public charities. Mr. fheriff Combe then read the declaration, and concluded with regularly moving it. Mr. Sheriff Anderfon feconded the motion. The lord-mayor put the queftion, and it was unanimously adopted, 29 Being Michaelmas -day, the Lord Mayor, fheriffs, aldermen, &c. went in proceffion to St. Lawrence's church, near Guildhall, where a court of aldermen was held on the prefent high price of corn, &c. on which a committee of the whole court was appointed to take that matter into confideration. They then adjourned to the great hall, where a common-hall was held to elect a new lord-mayor; when Sir James Sanderfen, being the next in rotation, was chofen and invefted with the infignia of office; after which he came forward, and thanked the livery in an elegant fpeech. A vote of thanks was unanimously paffed to the late fheriffs, Aldermen Anderfon and Combe. 07. 1.] The Lord Mayor, Lord Mayor elect, and feveral Aldermen, with Meff. Branden and Tibbs, the two new fheriffs, attended by the city officers, proceeded from Guildhall to the Three Cranes, where the city and Goldfmiths barges were waiting to convey them to Westminster bridge, whence they went to the Court of Exchequer. The Recorder prefented the Sheriffs to the Curfi tor Baron of the Exchequer, who received them with great politenefs; the latc Sheriffs attended to accompt, and were fworn. The new theriff's entered into warrants of atrorney for the due executi on of their office. The Recorder then addressed the court on the conduct of the late Sheriffs, of whom he fpoke very highly, and on the cha racters of the new Sheriff. They were afterwards very elegantly entertained at Goldfinithshall by Mr. Sheriff Tibbs. In digging for the fewers, the workmen fill find vestiges of the revages made by the fire in the year of Chrift 59, when the Britons deftroyed the City of London, then a Roman colony under the government of Nero. A ftratum of athes and burnt corn is frequently found, and fometimes pietes of Nero's coin among it. 7.] The daily meffenger dispatched from the Secretary of State's office, with letters to his Majesty at Windfor, was ftopped near Langley Broom by three footpads, who took from him the box containing the difpatches and his money, &c. The fame gen received information of the robberies, went is pursuit of the thieves, but were not fuccessful, They found, however, a quantity of the papers fcattered about the heath. 12.] At two o'clock the lord mayor, lord mayor eleft, aldermen fir Watkin Lewes, Pickett, Clark, Watton, Curtis, Le Mefurier, Boydell, Newman, the two fheriffs, deputies Leekey, Nichols, and Taylor, and twenty-four others of the common-council, attended by the recorder, arrived in ftate at St. James's; where they prefented "To the King's moft Excellent Majesty, "The humble Addrefs of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common-Council affembled: "Moft gracious Sovereign, "We your majesty's most dutiful and loyal fubjects, the lord mayor, aldermen, and commons of the city of London, in common-council affembled, beg leave to offer to your majety our meit fincere congratulations on the glorious and important advantages gained by your majcky's forces in the Eaft Indies. "As the reprefentatives of the first city in the kingdom, we feel ourselves particularly inte rented in the fuccefsful termination of a war, which had for its objects the fecurity of pesce, the extenfion of civilization and commerce to the most diftant parts of the world. "Your majesty's faithful citizens moft ardently hope and truft, that your majesty will very long enjoy the honour and the happiness of promoting, in every quarter of the globe, that ne refpect to mild and equitable government which by experience your majefty's fubjects know to be moft effential to the welfare of mankind.” His majefty received the addrefs very graciouẩy, and was pleafed to return the following answer: "I receive with great pleasure this dutiful and loyal addrefs; the congratulations of the city of London on the fuccesful termination of the war in the Eaft Indies, and the fentiments expreflid by them on this interefting occafion, cannot but be in the highest degree acceptable to me." Before the court retired, the king conferred the honour of knighthood on the ford mayor and Mr. fheriff Tibbs. 16.] Three young men, brothers, one of them in a banking-houfe at the weft end of the town, were charged before fir Sampfon Wright, with an affault, and having been guilty of very indecorous behaviour in Newport-street, on Sun. day night. A blacksmith, who made the charge against them, faid, that he lived in the above neighbourhood, and obferving the young men puth every perfon they met from off the pave ment, without diftinction of age or fex, and otherwife ill-treat them, he followed them; and on their con inuing this improper conduct, ats tempted to expoftulate with them, when they all fell upon him with fticks, and beat him very vio Thailand the fhould make an example of thefe perfons, in order to deter others from infulting the peaceable part of the community. From the accounts brought by the latest fhips arrived from Ludia two or three weeks ago, it appears that the quiries made for afcert ining the fate of the Foulls hav. proved fruitless. The hip has not been heard of upon any coaft, and appears to have been lost in the open tea, probably by the lofs of her rudder, which is one of the most fatal accidents that can betal a ihip at sea. The Aurora fiigate, which, feveral years ago, was carrying Mr. Vanfitart and other Supervisors to India, the Swallow packet lost about the year 1778; the Cato, a King's fifty-gun thip; and the Foulis, make four ships, to or from India, of which ho news have been received. About the middle of this month, a journeyman carpenter, in pulling down an old houfe at Hendon, found feven hundred guineas. Thele were concealed within a fkirting board, in two fmall receffes, fuppofed to have been formed there many years back by an old mifer, whole name was Cock-bid. The money would have gone to Mr. Bond, the lord of the manor, had the carpenter acknowledged he had found them in the above way; of which there is, however, no doubt. The guineas were all of the reign of George the Fit and Second, and as bright and perfect as if they were fresh from the Mint. There is a tale told in the town, which has every appearance of being a fact, that fome years back one thousand five hundred pounds were found hid in the fame house. A painter at Kelfo, of the name of M'Gregor, lately undertook for a trifling wager, to kill a bullock with his fift at three blows, which, with apparent cafe, he performed at the fecond. M.Gregor is not above five feet feven inches high, and very flender made. The following remarkable Letter, with 36s. 6d. inclofed, was received by the Collector of Excife at Halifax. "Sir, Having fome time fince, by dealing in fmuggled goods, gained the fum of 11. 16s. 6d. and being fince convinced of the finfulness of this bufinets, it being contrary to the Law of God as well as Man; and as the duties of Religion require restoration, I inclofe you herein the laid fum, which defire you will apply to his Majefty's fervice ;-and am, Sir, Yrs. &c. ANONYMOUS." Near Bradford, Sept. 11, 1792. Earl Stanhope's experiments for navigating veffels by the fteam engine, without maits or fails, have fucceeded fo much to his fatisfaction on a fmall scale, that a veffel of 200 tons burthen, on this principle, is now building under his direction. The expence of this veel is to be paid by the navy board in the first instance, on condition that if the do not answer, after a fair trial, the fhall be returned to earl Stanhope, and all the expence incurred made good by him. This is undoubtedly a noble experiment, and highly honourable to his lordship, whatever may be its fuccefs. If it answer, the advantage to the public, particularly in inland navigation, will be immenie. If it fail, he will be entitled to the praife of having beftowed much ftudy and a large fum of money on an object of national utility. Theatre on Thursday evening, which being proNov. 10. A difpute arofe at Covent-Garden duttive of fome perfonal infults on the spot, occafioned a meeting of the parties yesterday morning at fix o'clock. The Ring in Hyde-Park was fixed on; but the ground being broke in upon, the parties drove to a field rear Bay fwater. The distance was nine paces-the parties fired by agreement together.Mr. S. of the Temple, hot his antagonift, Mr. R. of the navy, in the thigh: and on his immediately falling, he was conveyed by his fecond, (Lieutenant C, of the army) into a carriage, and returned, accompanied by Mr. Tomkins, the Surgeon, to London. The Ball is no yet extracted; the wound, however, is pronounced not to be of a dangerous na◄ ture. Twenty perfons in the neighbourhood of Bayfwater, witneffed the tranfaction. The Count Paravicini Capelli, who was yesterday at her Majesty's Drawing room, is the only Officer of the late Swifs regiment who was faved at the malfacre at the Palace of the Thuilleries, in Paris. Eighty thousand mufkets are expected at Paris from England: 12,000 of which are to be diftris buted to the Sections of Paris, in lieu of the arms which they gave up to the volunteers for reinforcing the army. The exportation of Fire Arms to France during the prefent autumn has been immense; and at this moment every gun-maker has orders he cannot execute, though a multitude of hands have been taken from other bufineffes, both at Birmingham and in the metropolis. Advices from Gibraltar ftate, that the Spanish garrifons have been withdrawn from St. Roche and Algeziras, and that the line feparating the Rock and neutral ground from the Main, are no longer manned as ufual. The troops which compofed the garrifons have been fent to Catalonia. Orders have been juit fent to Woolwich to complete the two battalions of Artillery, now in England, with the utmost expedition; and recruiting parties are to be immediately difpatched to ev.ry part of Great Britain for that purpose. If the French thould offer to attack Holland, after over-running the Auftrian Netherlands, it is probable, that a confiderable number of British troops will be fent to the affiftance of the United States, to oppofe the progrefs of the French arms; which may eventually engage this country in a war with that Power. |