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Xjrl*dttht<*s of Foreign Ffews *
C O N S T AM r I NO P L K , J u M £ 2
Theauxietv oi the Porte on account
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of the French Touloa expedition, and
its deftination, mcreai'es daily. We
•are alangaed for Egypt, the treufures of
Mecca and even the tomb of the pro
phet.
Thefe is a report here, of an agree
ment between ‘die knights of Malta and
the French, and lliould the latter obtain
poffeflioti uf that iiland, the acquifuion
will not be viewed with indifference by
the Pone, as it would much rather lee
that important fortrefs in the hands of
a feeble Order, than in thole of a pow
erful and formidable nation.
Both in the Morea and in the iflands
of Archipelago, a great number of
Greeks have been arrefted, fulpeded of
entertaining revolutionary principles,
and feverai have already been firangled.
To day, in confequence of a very
rigid firman, 200 coffee houfes were
fuddenlv furrounded with foldiers, and
all perrons found in them arrefted.—
Some were foon after let at liberty, and
others iinprifoned, of whom fome have
already been drowned or ftrangled.
Thefe had ufed exprefiiom in favour of
i liberty, and a change of the" Turkifli
government, praifed the conduct of
Taiwan Oglu ; and declared their wjfh
that the great General of the prefent;
age (Buonaparte) who had revolution
ized fo many countries, would foon’
arrive at Conftantinople, and effect a
liiniiar change there.
LONDON, AUGUST 2.
An union between Great-Britain and
Ireland is underflood to be a meafure
certainly fixed upon in the cabinets of
both countries. The experiment will
be trie d in the month ofNovember, when
the Parliament of both Countries will
be convened to take this momentous
queflion into their ferious confidera
iion.
If the opinion of the Turkifh Ambaf
fador at our court is to be relied on, the
Port, have no apprehenfion whatever
refpeSing the deili nation of the Toulon
expedition.
The Pope’s health is fo reduced, that
he is i'carce able to walk above twenty
paces. All his property is fold at
Rome.
The republic of Ragufa, fays a j
FranckfpTt article, “ has lately offered
to fubmit to the imperial yoke.”
LONSON, AUG. 10.
Relative to the ultimate object of
Buonaparte’s expedition, rumour and
conjecture continue to be made the
fubftitutes for authentic and official ad
vices, of which the people of Paris are
as much deficient as the people of Lon
don. : Never was a political fecret more
inviolably kept nor was the curiofity of
Europe ever more excited than on this
occafion. Among the various deftina
tions affigncd by rumour to the expe
dition, Candia, Cyprus, Conftantino
ple, and Alexandria are mentioned;
and one account goes fo far as to ftate,
that Buonaparte muft have arrived at
the latter place by the beginning of laft
month. To this opinion fome degree
of plaufibility is afforded by the follow
ing letter, which we fubmit to our rea
ders as the mofl important article con
tained in the Paris papers :
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U ALEXANDRIA (Egypt) JUNE 4.
The magazines which have been
formed here are all ready. We were
j
taught to expect the arrival of 40,000
men, they now fpeak but of 20,000.—
The other 20,000 are to go by the Ille
of Cyprus to Aleppo, and from thence
to pals by the Euphrates to the Perfian
jy&ttlph. The column from this place
Swill go to Suez by Rolktta and Cairo
P thence to embark on the Red Sea,
where the French Engineers have con
flru&ed rafts which cannot be endan
gered by the fhallows. Thcfe carry 3,
4, or even 500 men each. The fnins
of war which the French have at the lfle
of France and Bourbon are to meet
them at the mouth of the Gulph, and to
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u-'.: - ' > V /’ M ..■■jfc-r v‘ ■" V
prelect the paftage through th Indian
Sea, wherd {he Engliih have only a tew
trirates. The two French Comuiiilanes
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u*ho are here infmuute to the 'Turks
that they are going to light the enemies
i of the religion of Mahomet. This pro
duces fuch an eftcd,ihut they may taife
any nnmber of recruits, if fo difpoied.
Two Frenchmen who have ferved in
the army of Tippoo Saib, have been here
for fame dajs.—'They wait for the i
French commander in Chief, to confer ^
! with him on the future operations in In
! din. The French have plenty of money,
and are, of courfe well ferved. The
Pachas have received orders from the
Porte to furnifh whatever they may re
quire.”
This letter altho it hears not an offi
cial completion, is not without forne
features of probability, and it is certain
ly the moft important communication
that has yet been publifhed on the iub
jet of Buonaparte’s expedition, (fur
Minifters, we underftand, view it in a
very ferious light ; and, at a late hour
| laft night we were informed that orders
had in the courfe of the afternoon been
ifiued from the War-Office for the offi
cers and furgeons attached to the Britilh
regiment at Lilbon immediately to join
their refpe&ive corps, which with the
reft of the troops deftined for India,
are to fail for that quarter w ithout de
lav.
J
ANSWER of the EMPEROR,
To the Ultimatum given in by the
French.
Rastadt, JULY 8.
Tranflation of the note given by Austria,
in anfwcr to ihe laft note of the French
plenipotentiaries.
THE miniflers of Auflria, after dat
ing that they had oppofed, in an amica
ble, but" energetic manner the new de
mands of the French Plenipotentiaries,
that the Deputation of the Empire had
already consented, with fome modifi
cations, to the mod oppreffiv: demands,
and that confidering the nature of the
Germanic conflitution, the Deputation
was not only free from the charge oi
having temporized, but had even done
every thing to accelerate the treaty, pro
ceed in the following manner
“ The lad French note of the 2 2d of
June has very much difappointed the
flattering hopes that the important mo
tives alledged with a view of obtaining
more favorable conditions would be at
length rewarded with deferved fuc
cefs, fince, with the exception oi fome
m m . . M ■ % • • •
truiing modifications, tne principal
points were infilled on even in the act
ual form of a demand, which with re
fpe£t to the free navigation of the Rhine,
and tiie other rivers of Germany, had
not been before manifefted but in the
nature of a wijh. Auftria has, in fvery
point of view, been influenced only by
the dictates of duty, which lhall direct
her in her prefent vote. She propofes,
therefore, to declare repeatedly in a new .
anfwer tc the Minilter of the Republic,
that it is expe&ed,
Firji, That the Republic will dcfift
from h r pretenfions on all the lllands
of the Rhine, and confine herfelf to the
limits required by herfelf, preferring
the way in which the duties are collect,
ed, of the navigable part of the river.
Secondly, “ That Caffe l, Kebl, and the
tetc dupont of lluninguen, belonging to
the right bank of the Rhine, lhall re
main in the poffeflion of the Empire of
Germany, and that in general every
thing on the Upper Rhine lhall be re
ftored to its former Hate before the pre
fent war.
Thirdly, c< That the fortrefs of Eh
renbreitftein, lhall remain untouched.
Fourthly, That the ftequeftratioii j
impofed upon the property of the nook j
lity immediately dependent on the Em
pire, lhall be taken oil’, and a rellora- ]
tion lhall be made to them of every I
thing of which they have been deprived ]
to the prelent moment. That no dif- j
tinclion Hull be made between thofe i
fituated on the right and left bank of
the Rhine, nor between thofe who have
not votes in the Diet of tne Empire,
i and thofe who fit and vote in it \ and
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that the nobility immediately depend
ent on the Empire, fhaU he Indemnified
for their feudal rights, which have been
fuppreffed.
Fifthly, 44 That with refped to the
ec^efiallical cftabliihinents, it (hall he
determined whether thepia corpora ‘hall
be comprehended in them, as it is here
believed ought to be the cafe.
Finally, 44 Auftria mud propofe the
frequent reprefentation of all thefe con
fiderations, and of whatever the Depu
tation fhall think proper to add, to the
French Minifters, in amicable expref
fions, but at the fame time in terms of
energy, with the intent that the French
Government may be induced to come
to a refolution to recede from her hard
demands. 1 here is reafon to exped
that fuch will be the event, more par
ticularly as the French Minifters in their
laft note extol, themfelves, the liberal
fyflei\v of politics purfued by their gov
ernment, its refped for humanity, and
its ftneere defire to accelerate the con
cluhon of peace. The Deputation pla
ces two much confidence in this laft
declaration, as well as in the preceding
ones, to entertain a dcufot of then jeing
realized.” *
The Emperor ou Ruffia has intimated
by a prolamaticn, “ that in confcquencc
or the Fiench having feized even in
neutral harbours all fhips laden with
Ruffian goods, he has given order.;.that
all French goods in Ruffian ports ihould
be quit under fequeflration without re
gard to whatever power the fhips in
which they may be found fhall belong,
or whoever may be owners.”
A letter from Leghorn, fays, the
Moors, near 4000 of w hom were libe
rated at Malta by Buonaparte, were fo
grateful to their deliverer that they of-:
fered their fervices in the fleet, and to
follow wherever he might lead them.
AMERICAN ARTICLES. 1
From Rujfell's (Bojlon) Gazette, of Oc
tober 11 tb+
Commercial Communication.
Extract of a letter fro;n “ Gottenburg % dated July
t$th, *98, to the Editor.
“ The duties on goods imported in,
or exported from Sweden, in foreign
veflels, are 40 per cent higher than on
thofe in national bottoms. Our confui,
Mr. Elias Backman, made all his ex
ertions, and prevailed upon this govern
ment to reduce the fame for American
veflels, at only 10 per cent above Swed
ifh veflels ; infomuch ours are now en
joying an advantage of 30 per cent they
pay lefs than all other foreign nations.
“ This advantage is peculiar to Got
tenburg, which befides is a free port, j
When the goods imported are for home ;
confumption, the duties abovemention-:
ed are due* When the goo^s are in-1
tended to be re-exported, they are ilored
in public magazines, and liable to a
fmgle dutv of ~ per cent of the value
for recognition.
“ You know that in addition to thefe
advantages, Gottenburg^being fituated
at the entrance of the Cattegat, fronting
the North Sea. No found duty is to
be paid, and the dangers of navigation*
are much lenened.
“ This port is always furnifhed with
every kind of produce of the Baltic ;
and American cargoes are fold eatily.
The Eaitindia Company have in their
(lores, a con (Urn aflbrtmeut of dry
goods, chiim and teas.
tc A regular American trading vcflel,1
could make thee vovages a year at
Gottenburg; and no danger of cruifers
patting North about.”
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The above letter contained in a Pcflcript,
the following intelligence.
cc Sweden is very quiet ; the voting
kingfs beloved, and expelled (hortlv at.
Gottenburg •, preparations are making!
for his reception.
“Some internal and military diflur-i
bances prevail in Ruilia ; no flraup-er !
is admitted there; a line of troops is
| fpread over the limits cf that empire.
' It i3 reported here that the Emperor
** 'V > -r, .$•
was killed ; but no confirmation of
“Ike mail of this day'brings the\
news, of the negociation at Seitz being j
broke flip ; Francois dc Mi uf chateau
k t oiT for Paris, and count Cob
; for Vienna. The Cong refs of RafbUt .
was to break up alio, and their is, a
profpeft of war again between Germany
and France* This intelligence is dated
Frankfort 9th, and Raftadt 8th July.**
—
The Danes and Swedes have eight
fail of Men of War cut a ctuifmg, and I
are determined to protect their trade
againit the French.
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SaI.EM, OCT. 9.
Capt. Burgefs, in the ihip llero, arri
ved here yelterday irom St. Peterfbujv
and Copenhagen. He failed from Cron!
(tadt with a large fleet under convoy
which he left off the coaft of Norway.
Oft the Naze, he fpoke a Danifn frigate
and brig, cruifing for the protection 0]
neutral property. Was informed from
the frigate, that they would not fuff?:
any French cruifers to, capture any vc£
ids bound to or from Hanifh port*, o:
to remain upon their coaft. lie was al
fo informed, that a French privateer,
having put into Chriftianftadt, was de
rained there ; and the current of con,
verfation at Copenhagen was highly re<
fentful! again!? the French.
I'he Fmperor of Ruflia, Capt Burgefj
was informed at Pcterthurg, had an ar
my of four hundred thoufand men on
foot, and his navy was completely matv
ned and equipped. Iltf-jl j^aiefty had
publicly declared, that tee In lairs ajid
injuries of the French were no longer
to be tolerated.
Thefe accounts corroborate thofe of a
new coalition 'being forming again!!
France.
It has been faid that the policy o!
Catharine 1J. would have led her open
ly into the war again ft France, but that
(he was reft rained by a fear that it would
occafion the publication of M. de Rul
hi ere’s manuscript hiftory of the revolu
tion which placed her abfolute on the
throne. Paul I. is free from a rcftrainl
of that nature.
THE GAZETTE, j
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Moxn.ir, October 15th, 1758.
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Communication.
IF monarchy, coniiflexed as a form of gov.
err.menf, were now contending lor the pa!m of
preference in the world, it is a fo<3 that it could
claim to be as refpeclable now as ever it war
uponeaith, The French preached a crufad#
again ft longs, and what has been the c >nfe»
quence ?—All monarchies remain entire, and
all republics have fallen a facrifice to the Lib
eriy and Equa ity which like a (launch couple
of blood-hounds were turned loofe upon the
fair face ot Nature. How dots this happen?
Why thus—In monarchies the favourite hoi life
principle of divilion and dillraSion finds difi.
cult accvfs, the prince being butone, and hi*
mpiftry ot the fame faffii-m with himjelf. This
is an advantage admirably prefervjftd in our
conhitut'on by the adoption of the Prefidmts
office diverted ot all the obnoxious trappings of
royalty. But in republics this fame infern dj
bill UK ft Of DIVIDING IN ORPER TO GOVkRti ^
cafily Ai naged, for the out ry of ariftmm
and democrat is enough to make two parties, andj
by the help of ail manner of lying, vulgarity
and villauy it is prubble the latter may be
made to txcied the fornitr in number for *
time, as much as the former always will the
latter in fenfe and h nelly. The nature of®'ft
in the lower ftages of life is teft efs, jealous, ifi*
vi.'ioui and vndidlivc ; and this the part;*
monger very we 1 knows—f> that in applying
thrfe boe patfions to hi. defigns it is he
under rabies and degrades the people who® ^
mifietds, and not thole whom he belies to tM
people, for theft; are very ft rry to foe the ®l«
titude fo greily cheated, and would daetf de
im pollute, if their influence were not for the
moment fatally impairt Jr Th is thefe ridiott
l<,us words archer at and dwmerut have tu®c^
Emoj e “ uplide down,” and have “ ccn^
hither alfo,” where they are perfoclly infigP**
cant except fo far as they forte to corv.y ,ut
idea or French influence, and the* us wla, Ml
we have ben. For want of exe:uuvesall d4j
European republics have f.,l!en a prey to tl>
ptililencc of intrigue which always yforcht*
the van of’.he French axmie — ?asi bv had 5
an executive tb s country ha* efeapei the b°*‘
tomhfs pit of the r y ng, cam'np, vhini'j
threatening, and on the \vfi|le n,o t f.dci}]
policy. So that it is by the very trait li^
| con.titutlon in which it partakes of m
ithat we have been fovea—while lire -