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Naples opens all his ports to the English, and fups them to the French; the king of England thall, in any treaty of peace, keep the interefts of all Italy in view; the King of Naples fhall not make peace but upon reftitation of all places taken. The above convention fh ll be ratified in three months. Warfaw, Sept 24 The Rufian Ambaffador early yesterday morning opened the negotiation with Praffia by arresting four, members of the Diet, viz. Kraftodemeski, of Liva; Szydloufky, of Plock; Mimerfki, of Wyfogrod; and Skarzyníki, of Lomza; whom he fent off immediately, under a guard, to the respective places they reprefent.

Next he ordered two battalions of grena diers, with three pieces of cannon, to farround and block up all the avenues and gates of the cattle.

After the fe preliminaries the fitting of the Diet began. Its formal opening was ftrongly oppofed, on the ground of a former decree, that all deliberations should cease, whenever any violent act should he employed against a member of the Legislative Body.

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In confequence, before the reading of the Ambaffador's notes was allowed, two deputations were fucceffively fent to him, to demand the liberty of the arrested members. They were answered, both verbally and by a note, with abfolute refufal The Houfe

conceiving itself to be in a paffive fate, as being under foreigu arms, and deprived of a free deliberation, would not proceed for many hours on any bufinefs; during which time they witneiled a most diftreiling and humiliating fcene; a Ruffian General, frut. ting to and fro in the middle of the Senate, in the prefence of the King on the throne, perfunding and menacing, alternately, the members to fign, unconditionally, the demands of the King of Pruilia.

Five hours were frent in this manner: at laft, on the motion of Count Ankwitz, nuncio of Cracow, it was agreed to make a folemn declaration, or prote?, against the violent meafires employed by the Ruthan Ambaffador on the zd of September and this day; and the to prove the total inac tivity of the Dirt, inftead of expretling their fentiments in the ufual manner, either by wating, or by neclamation, they should keep a moufid filence when the Marshal fhould propofe the project in queftiou. This was accordingly adopted.

Thus was obtained the confent to a ceffion, which is to justify it in the eyes of Europe and pofterity. Thus ended this extraordinary negotiation, unexampled in the annals of diplomatic hiftory; and thus, in "confeqm-nce, was figned the treaty of cellion ok car provinces to Proffia.-The protest, however, the Diet, deferves to be particuly noted by the prefent generation and by allpol.. si

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DECLARATION OF THE DIET, 1

"Surrounded clofely by foreign troops on the 2d of this month, threatened with farther invafions of the territory of the Republic by the Pruffian armies, to its uttermoft lences, the States in Diet affed bled were ruin, and oppreffed by innumerable viofigning the impofed treaty, with addition of forced to give leave to their Deputation for a few claufes, and fuch only as the dictating But, with grief and forprise, we fin, by the Power itfelf feemed, in pity, to approve of. fad experience of this day, that the Court of Berlin is not fatisfied the with. We fee fresh as of violence forcing a new project upon us; and, in order to fupport it, the fame preponderant Power, t contented with investing the place of ciré deliberations by an armed foreingn force, with addretling to us notes full of menaces, feizes from among us, and carries off, our members; and, by an unexampled proceeding, keeps. Us, the King, bent under the weight of age, and under fo manifold calamities; and US, imprifoned in the Senate. the States of the Republic, confined and

Thus fituated, we do declare, in the moft foleinn manner, that, unable to prevent, even with the risk of our lives, the effects of the oppreflive force, we leave th our pofterity, hippier perhaps than ourselves, thofe means of faving our dear Country, whereof we are bereft ourfe'ves; and thus, fador, though contrary to our laws, withes, the project fent to us by the Rufian Ambaf and opinions, forced by the above means to accept, we do accept.

"Done at Grodeó, Sept. 24, 1793."

Signed and engroffed in the public
records, according to law.

HISTORICAL CHRONICLE.
From the Landon Gazette Extraordinary,
Wednesday, 07. 23.
Extracts and Copies of Dispatobex receiveld 08:
20 at the Office of the Rt. Hon. H. Dundas.

Toulon, Sept 26. On the morning of the 18th, the enemy opened two maiquid è tr teries, one of three, the other of two guns, at the head of the inner hay bour, at la Pe tite Garenne. An incent fire was kept up during the whole of the day between the batteries of the enemy, and a gun-boat and French frigate manned by inghith fear men, which had been placed near the Pou driere for the defence of the head of the harbour, and to cover the fort of Malfbpuf quet toward the water; that for fired occafionally at the enemy's, batteries with fome effect, although they were covered on that fide by a grove of pme-trees....On the 16th, the enemy opened a fresh battery, to the left of the others, at Les G.ux, and i Mjett, 's thip St. George, with a fecond gut-ho!, being brought into the Flite Rade, a canHonade continued during the whole dắt, and

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towards evening the batteries of the enemy were filenced, but one of the gun-bo its had fuffered, to much that he was towed off, and the funk the next morning, the officers and men having been taken out of her. It became ncceffry to occupy La Graffe; I took, therefore, fifty men from de la Malgue, the trougeft and least exposed of our puits, and, by leaving but one relief for the duties of Toulon, we were enabled to collect 350 Spaniards and 150 British, exclufive of offcers and non-commiffioned officers, the Spanish under the command of Col. Don Rafael Echavuru, and the British troops under the command of Captain Brereton, of the 30th Reg. The detachment emh rked from Toulon on the, zoth, at twelve o'clock at night; Admiral Gravina and myfelf, with all the Spanish Colonels of the garrifon, and fome French engineers, attending to place the troops in the post they were to occupy. We proceeded across the harbour, and landed at about two o'clock in the morning of the 216, at Fort Balaguier, and marched immediately forward to reconnoitre the heights de la Graffe, which confift of a ridge divided at the top by three diftinct krolls, covered with wood, with finall dips or valleys between each, the whole rifing very confiderably inland, the ridge termi nating with a rapid defcent at the Western extremity, which commands a complete view of the whole extent of the enemy's pofition to the Weftward of Toulen. was determined to take poft on the loweft and eastermoft knoll, which is about five hundred yards from the landing place. ving diftributed the troops into the best pofition the poft would damit of, Admiral Gravina returned with me be'pie noon to Toulon, to order the nec if ry fupplies for the tropps, and fome guns for the defence of the poft. Colonel Don Rafael Chavuzu remaining with the command of the pot, and Captain Brereton with the command of the British troops under him. At our five o'clock in the afternoon the enemy advanced along the upper knolls of the Hauteur de Grafie, to the number, as we have fince learnt, of about 700; and, having driven in the picquets, began an attack under cover of the wools, forming themselves upon a steep afcent, in front of the poft, in three lines, fo as to have the advantage a triple fire, from which our troops were in fome degree protected by trunks of trees which had been felled, and placed to ferve as a breaft-work.

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The fi ing continued for an hour, when the enemy were repulied, with the lo's on the part of the British, of one rank and file killed, ene Captain and three rank and tile wounded; I am happy to fay, none of them dangerovfly; and of the Spamares one rank and fle Krls', and feven wounded. The enemy, by accounts we have fince received from defeaters, loft 12 killed and 23 wound

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ed. This attempt of the enemy ferving to convince the Spinith and French officers of the neceflity of occupying the advanced pos fition at the Western extremity of the Han teur de Graffe, a Spanish Colonel was fent at day-break to take poffeffion of it.' I went with Lord Hood aid Admiral Gravina to trace out the line of intrenchments, and tó place a battery of three 24 pounders on a fpot which commands every point within their range. This post completely covers the outer roadfted; the two knolls in the rear of it being occupied by fma'l detachplace at Fort Balaguier. A reinforcement ments, to communicate with the landing. of 100 Spaniards from the fhips, and of 80 British marines, who had been posted at Les Sablettes to cover the Naval Hofpital, which is protected now by the occupation of the Hauteur de Graffe, renders that poit fufficiently frong to refilt any future at It is owing to the active zeal and great extempts the enemy can make on that fide. ertions of Captain Tyler, and Lieutenants Serecoll and Bribue, of the navy, with the feamen under their command, that hea Labour and extraordinary expedition, up a vy cannon have been dragged, with infinite very feep afceat, and that this most important poit has been put, in a short time, into a ftate of defence. For the more regular and convenient conduct of the fervice, I found it neceffary to divide the small detach ment of different Brit fh corps under my command into two battalions. I have put the first battalion under the orders of Captain Moncrie', of the 11th reg ment, the fecond under Captain Brereton of the 30th regiment, the two oldest Captains on this fervice. zeal, intelligence, and activity, of thofe ofI cannot do fufficient juffice to the ficers, from whofe exertions I bave found tion I am obliged to give to posts, occupied the greatest afliftance, in the conftant attenby very inadequate numbers, and at diftances which render my daily attendance at each of them utterly impoffible. Any mark of his Majefty's favour thewn to thole two old and you, will not be bestowed on perfons defi deferving officers, I can venture to affure, fhould not render the justice which I owe cient either in zel or bility. Indeed, I to the fmall body of British troops under my command, if I did not reprefcut the chearfuluefs and alacrity with which they futler inceffant fatigue in pofts in which they mult be confidered as being conftantly on duty,. and every hour lible to attack. 1 can, however, venture to repeat my former afconfequence of this fatigue) our prefent fate furance, that (unless fickness fhould be the of delence is fuch as may give reasonable ground to be confident of the fecurity of the place. The conftant fire kept up by the enemy for the 1 four days has wounded one Lieutenant of the navy, one feaman, and four rak and file. I have to regret

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that Lieut. Newnham, of the navy, who commanded in Fort Pomet, and who fe viglance, activity, and refources, fupplied alnoft every local defect of his pofts, is neceffarily removed for a time from his command, on account of the wound which he yeterday received in the thigh. Lieut. Tupper, of the Windfor Caftle, fent to take the command.

MULGRAVE, Acting Brigadier General. Toulon, Sept. 27. Since I clofed my dif pach to you this day, the first divifion of Neapolitan troops came into the harbour, commuting of 200 men, all in perfect health, conveyed by two thirs of 74 gurs each, two frigates, and two floops; they have been eleven days on their paffage. 2000 more troops were to fail in three days after that of their departure, and a third divifion of zoco men were to fail in tweny days from the day on which the first divifon failed. After the confident manner in which I have ven ured to affure you that no impreflion was likely to be made on our pofts, inadequately garrifoued as they were by our original fmall body, I need hardly exprefs the co.fortable fecurity I feel with our laft reinforcements. MULGRAVE.

Toulon, Sept. 30. The fquadron under Admiral Gell having been detained by con3rary winds, I have the opportunity of informing you, in addition to my last difpatches, that, on the 28th inftant, the first divifion of the Neapolitan troops difembak ed under the command of Brigadier Gene ral Pignatelli The troops are in perfect health, and are a very fine body of men, and well appointed. The detachment of the king of Sa dinia's troops confills entirely of grenadiers and chaffeurs, and are of the belt of his Sardinian Majefty's troops. I have great confidence in the zeal and willinguefs expreffed both by the officers and foldiers of this corps. It is with extreme concern that I have to acquaint you of the Iofs which the fervice has fuftained by the death of Lieur. Newnham, of the navy; to whofe profeflional merits the fincere and marked regret of the Spanish as well as Engifh officers, who were wineties of his able and active conduct, bears the most honourable teftimony. His wound, which was not at first judged to be dangerous, took an unfavourable turn, which proved fatal in a ve: y fhort period. MULGRAVE

Whiteball, Oct. 2. Last night the Right Hon. Lord G. Conway arrived at the cffice of Lord Grenville, with a dripatch from the Earl of Yarmouth, of which the following is an extract,

silvian Heal-quarters, Weiffembourg, O. 14.

Yesterday morning, at three o'clock, General Warmter made his projected attack up on the lines of the Laurre, on various points at the fame time. I have the fansfaction to fay that he is in poffettion of eve

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ry part of them. Lautrebourg (urrendered without any conditions between three and four in the evening, after having been evacuated by the enemy, who, from the prodigious number of redoubts of which they were pofition, might have held out a fiege of fevein poffeflion, and the natural ftrength of the ral days. This town refifted fome time lon ger. It is furrounded by a large ditch, and was defended by redoubts, from which the French cannonaded the Auftrians for feveral hours. It is alfo connected with the Geilfberg, a mountain which fo entirely com man is the place, that if the French had de. termined on deriving every advantage from their fituation, the Austrians could not have entered into polletion of it, without farther fuccelles in the mountains. A part of the town was burnt in the courfe of the struggle; and the French, before they retreated, fet fire to the magazines, both here and at Al. ftadt. In other parts of this very compli cated operation, in which fix different columins had diftinct plans to execute, great fuccefs attended the Auftrians. They fucceflively carried by affault all the different redoubts which had been conftructed in the front of the French camps, of which the principal one fell into their hands, with all their tents tanling, feveral caffons, nine ftandards, and twenty-fix cannons of very great calibre.

As thefe different actions are but just over, and the Auftrian corps are very remote from each other, it is imponible for me to tranfmit to your Lordihip any ac-, count of the killed, wounded, or taken on either fide. The army has been fourteen hours under arms, almoft continually engaged in a very active purfuit, and often expofed to a molt tremendous fire. We have as yet no diftinct account of the operations of the Duke of Brunfwick's army yesterday in the mountain, but a very great cannonade was heard on that fide during the whole day."

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Whitehall. 09. 22. Letter from Sir James Murray, received this evening by the Right. Hon. Henry DanJas.

Engel Fontaine, 08. 19. "I had the honour of nforming you, in my laft difpatch, that his Royal Highness, at the earnest requeft of the Prince of Coburg, had ma ched, with a part of the troops w der his command, for this place. They arrived here upon the 16th. The Prince, bee ing acquainted with his Royal Highness's intention, bad been enabled to draw from thence four battalions, to strengthen his other pofts; a fifth battalion followed thofe upon his Royal Highnef's arrival. The enemy, having collected in extraordinary numbers, attacked the corps under the command of General Clairfayt, which was pofted with its right near Biclemos, and its 1: near the village of Wattigwie, upon the 5th and 16th. Upon the former day the left wing

of the enemy was entirely defeated. Having advanced into the plain which lay upon that fide between the two armies, they were charged by the Imperial cavalry, and driven back, with great flaughter, and the lofs of twelve pieces of cannon. The attack which they made upon the left of the Auftrians was more obftinately fupported; they were, however, finally repulfed. Upon the 16th, the enemy, having drawn the greatest part of their force to the right, again attacked the Jeft of General Clairfáyt's corps, and the village of Wattigwies. They could upon this fide approach within cannon foot of the Auftrians, under cover of an immense wood called the Hay d'Avefnes; which, when they were repulfed, fecured their retreat. They brought a great quantity of heavy artillery to the edge of this wood, under the protection of which they attacked the village. The utmost firmness and bravery were difplayed by the Auftrian troops upon this o.c.fion. The enemy were feveral times repulfed with great loss; they were repeat edly driven from the village after they had carried it; but being enabled, by great fnperiority of numbers, to bring continually fresh troops to the point of attack, they at Jatt fuccealed in maintaining the poffeffion of that poft. The communcation between Gn. Clairfayt's corps and that of Gen. La Tour, which obferved the intrenched camp near to Maubenge, being by this means cut off, it was judged neceflary by the Prince of Cobourg to abandon the poftion which had been taken for the purpote of investing Maubeuge; the army repailed the Sambre in the right without the fma left lots Licut. Gen. Benzowiky, who commanded a detached

ps upon the left of the army, defeated a corps which was oppofed to him, killed a great number of the enemy, took five hundred prifoner, and eleven pieces of cannon. Count Haddrek, who was detached by Gen. La Tour, 1 kewife gained a confiderable advantage, penetrated to Sorbe Chateau, and took the pieces of cammen. In the two engagerents, the Auftrians to k 24 picces of connon and two howitzers, without the lo s of one upon their part. They have had about 2000 killed and wounded. There can be no doubt that the lo's of the enemy has b en much more confiderable. The Auftians now occupy the luf bank of the Samb:c. No cry.m account has been yet received of the farther nictions of the enemy. (Signed). JAMES MURRAY."

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information of this fact, given to the attor ney of the United States, for Matlachusets diftriét, a warrant was iffued for appre hending Nuting, which was accordingly done; and he was taken before Juffice Barret, on Tuesday evening, when, after confiderable examination, he was committed to gol for farther fcrutiny.

Yesterday morning the privateer Roland cane into port; fhe was immediately searched, on fufpicion that American citizens were on-board. Three perfons were found whö were said to be Americans; their names are Batterman, Morgan, and Shaw. They were examined in the court houfe by Juftice Barret; Meilrs Morton and Lowell, jun. were counfel for the defendants. After an exa→ mination of feveral hours, they, together with Notting, were ordered to be committed to the common gaol of the county, without bail, to take their trial at the next circuit. court, to be holden in this town on the 12th of October next. The charge alleged agift these perfons is," Aiding and ailifting in raanning and fisting out vetfels, and piratically and feloniously capturing the veffels of nations with whom the United States are at peace."

COUNTRY NEWS.

The inhabitants of Northampton having pe titioned Government that barracks might be erected in the neighbourhood of that town, their request has been complied with, and the following anfwer fent to Mr. Bouverie, by the Secretary of state:,

"Sir,

Whitehall, Sept. 27, 1793"The petition of the inhabitants of the town of Northampton, which you delivered to me on Tuesday Laft, praying, for the rea fons therein fated, that barracks may be erected in the neighbourhood of that town, was yeflerday laid before the King; and L have the pleafine to acquaint you, for the information of the petitioners, that his Majefty was graciously pleafed to order that the neceffary measures be taken for the building fuch barracks with all convenient dispatch. 1 am to add, that i have it,in command from his Majelly, to define, that the mayor and the rest of the petitioners may be informed, that as the inhabitants of that town have, at all times, been diftinguished for their loy alty, and steady attachment to the constitus tion of this country, his Majefty has great fatisfetion in complying with their request. I am, Sir, your mott obedient, humble fervant, H. DUNDAS." Salifury, Sept. 28. This afternoon, ims mediately after four o'clock, a confiderable agitation or concuffion of the earth was very fenfbly felt hy the inhabitants of this city, clofe, and neighbourhood, and fome even quitted their houfes, if te thots tipparently dame from the Wetts where we under and that its effects were muf vielem.

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A chimny was thrown down at Swallowu cliffe; and the cafement of a window was thrown out at the Lord's Arms, at Fovant. At Hinden alto its effects were confiderable, as the bells in most of the houses were agitated. We know not how to account for this extraordinary phænomenon. The even ing was remarkably ferene, fcarcely any air was ftirring, and the wind nearly eaft.

At Shaftesbury, the fame afternoon, about four o'clock the place was violently fhaken by an earthquake; its direction was from South-west, with a rumbling noife. The effects were very great on the houfes near the edge of the hill; its continuance about two feconds. The people in the street could fee the buildings move, particularly projecting objects, fuch as lamp-irons, fign-pofts, &c.

Britol, Sept. 30. This morning the tollgatherers attended to receive the toll under the direction of the bridge-commiffioners, Mr. Har is having given up the leafe which he had taken of the tolls for one year; fome perfons paid, others refufed and forced their way. The conftables were fummoned, and ordered to fupport the toll-gatherers in their dury, and one of the magiftrates attended to countenance the conftables. By this means the toll was collected with fome difficulty till about half past ten o'clock, when fome perfons, who attempted to force their way without paying, were taken into cuftody and committed, and the perfons & taken were attempted to be refened as they were conveying to Bridewell. The Riot-aft was then three times read; and Mr. Sym ns (clerk to the commilioners) addreffed the multitude, and affured them that an account of the bridge-toll fhould be immediately printed, and that it would be continued to be collected no longer than the fum authorifed by Parliament should be received; they were informed of the confequences of continuing in a tumultuous ftate, and affured that the magiftrates did only their duty. A detachment of military was ordered down; and drawn up on the bridge. A magiftrate attended, and, by means of the civil power only, fupported the toll-gatherers in the receipt of the tolls till half paft fix o'clock, When the toll-houfes were fhut for the night. About this time the multitude became very noify and riotous: the commanding officer, in attempting to seize one of them, received a blow from fome other non; the magiftrates interfered, and prevailed upon the miItary to march off. The poft and chain were removed, and the magiftrates retired perfunding the people to return to their reIpective homes. In about half an hour intelligence was brought that the mob was p'eparing to burn down the toll-houfe. A mellenger was dispatched for military aid. An other, a inall number of men, procerded to attempt to difperfe the mob; they were infuited and compelled to retire. Very foon after, a company of the military, pre

ceded by the mayor, five aldermen, the peace-officers, &c. marched to the bridge, and commanded the mob to difperfe; they ware affailed by ftones, oifter-thells, &c. and fome of the foldiers were wounded; the magiftrates were in co fequence compelled to direct the military to fire. The front-rank had no foomer difcharged their pieces than they were affailed by stones from a larger mob that had collected in the rear, upon which a divifion fired up High-ftreet; the confe quence has been that 11 perfons have been killed, and 45 wounded; forne of whom, perhaps, had no evil intention themselves, but were certainly blamable in adding to the mulditude by their prefence after the Riotact had been read, and warning given thema to difperfe.

The deftruction of the antient mansion of Cowdray (p. 858) must be a matter of infinite" regret to its noble proprietor. The particulars relating to this place are curious, and as fuch we prefent them to our readers. The hotfe was fquare, and at each corner was erected a Gothic tower. The hall was cieled with Irith oak after the antient manner. The walls were painted with architecture by Roberti, the ftatues by Gonpe, the staircafe by Pellegrini. The large parlour at the end of the hall was of Hans Holbein's paintting, where that great artist had defcribed the exploits of Henry VIII. before Boulogne, Calais, his landing at Portsmouth, and his magnificent entry into London. (Some of thefe, it will he recollected, have been engraved by the Society of Antiquaries.) In the other rooms were feveral incomparable pictures of the ancestors of the family, and' fome admirable hiftoric paintings by the fame artift, relating to the actions of the family in the wars. The whole circuit of rooms was ftately and well furnished, and adorned with many ineftimable pictures. There was a long gallery with the Twelve ApoЯles, as large as life; another very neat one, wainscoted with Norway oak, where were many ancient family-portraits in ther proper habits.

There were four history picces, befides two copies of Raphael's marriage of Cupid and Psyche; and feveral old religious and military paintings from Battle Abbey. With much concern we have to add, that but little or none of thefe valuable an tiques have elcaped the flames.

The following Papers, juft issued by the Commiffioners of the BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, are too important to be overlooked.

THE Board of Agriculture will have occafion to employ fome very intelligent furveyors, or perfons fkilled in hufbandry, in examining into the agricultural ftate of all the different counties of England and Scot land; and in pointing out in what refpects, there is room for improvements.

The inquiries, principally to be made, will' relate to the following poin's:

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