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events might render inevitable. To the prefent number he proposed to add 10,000 men, making a total of 120,000 men for the fervice of the prefent year. He obferved, that though the vote of that night went to require an addition of 10,000 men, yet, as the exigency of last year rendered it neceffary to employ 6700 men in addition to the number of 110,000 already employed, it would only be neceffary to raile fomething less than 4000 more, which would effectually answer every purpofe. He then moved, that there be granted to his Majefty, to defray the extraordinaries of the army for the year 1797, the sum of 1,351,3911. 19s. 3d. ;` the fum of 70,000l. for 10,000 extra feainen and marines, at 71. per man per year,

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On the 25th of April, in a committee of fupply, the Secretary at War prefented feveral accounts of the army efti mates, amounting, in the whole, to 4,796,7761, 6s, 41d, which fum was voted accordingly,

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the fame day, brought up his fecond budget for the current year, By this budget he added nearly three millions to the expences of the year above what he calculated when he opened his first budget in November lait. This excefs he ftated to be occafioned chiefly by the additional exertions, which the continued preparations and increased activity of the enemy had rendered unavoidable, The whole amount of the fupplies for the prefent year, he stated at 28,490,3911, The total of the ways and means, at 28,450,000l. Hence arofe a deficit of 40,000l. for which Mr. PITT had not made any provifion.

Summary of the fupplies, according to the two budgets *.

See the statement of the first budget, in our Magazine for December laft, Vol. iv, page 480.

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Making together the fum of 763,000 To be provided for by permanent taxes. This fum the minister propofed to be raised in the following manner:

Five shillings, additional duty, per
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Five per cent. on tea above 2s. 6d.
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111,000 150,000 763,000 The Attorney General, on the 11th of May, brought up his bill to regulate the publication of newspapers, which obliges every proprietor, editor, conductor, printer, publisher, and manual printer of a newfpaper, to give in, upon oath, the place where the paper is printed, with their refpective names and places of abode; and renders these affidavits matter of evidence when produced in a court of law.

The house then went into a committee of ways and means. Mr. ROSE obferved, that a duty on exports and imports was partly the object of the further regulations relative to the failing of convoys. He did not mean to fay that that meafure was equivalent to this; but he could not help thinking, that as far as trade was protect ed, it would be proper to impofe fome duty. It was at firft intended, he faid, to impofe a duty of 2 d. per cent. on exports generally, except in a few cafes; but on a reprefentation from the merchants, he fhould propofe a duty on exports to any port of Europe, of one half per cent. only; to America and the Weft Indies, where there was no competition with foreigners, a duty of 2 per cent. The exports to Ireland fhould continue free as they now are; and no duty was intended to be impofed on Eaft India exports, because it would fall on the company, who generally undertook to protect their own trade. According to his eftimation, a duty of one half per cent. on exports to any port of Europe would produce a revenue of 233,000l. With refpect to imports, it was intended to impofe on them a duty of three per cent. This duty would only attach to fuch articles from the East Indies as fell into a competition with our own markets, or our imports, from any other part of the world. Such as muflin, which was, brought to confiderable perfection at home. The duty on imports he eftimated at 861,000l. The whole of thefe duties, joined to fome further regu

lations, he faid, would produce about the fum of 1,170,00 1. He next propofed a duty on tonnage, at the rate of 6d. per ton to Ireland; 1s. 6d. to Ruffia and the Baltic; 4s, to the Eaft Indies; 6d. to Newfoundland, and rod. to America, From hence a further fum of 208,000l. would be obtained. The total amount of these fums would be 1,378,000l.; they had been estimated by Mr. PITT at 1,500,000l. but refpe& for our own manufactures had induced him to lower the

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The feveral refolutions were agreed to. The French have lately been repulfed in an attack upon the fmall ifles of St. Marçou, fituate on their own coast, which have been for fome time made ufe of by the English as a poft of obfervation, Upon the 7th of May, about fifty boats from La Hogue, about day break in the morning, formed a line a-breast of the western redoubt, where Lieutenant PRICE commanded. Having all his guns, which he could bring to bear, well pointed, he began a steady and well directed fire upon them, until the flat boats came within mufket fhot, when he obferved fix or seven of them go down, whilft the others took out the living part of the crews. He towed one into the islands, the others, confifting of 43, returned into La Hogue,

It appeared, from the crowded state of their decks, that they must have received great damage and flaughter.

A French fhip of 74 guns and 700 men, called l'Hercule, was taken near Breft harbour, by the Britifh fhip Mars, commanded by Captain HOOD, on the 21ft of April. The action was bravely fought on both fides; the captain of the Mars received a mortal wound near the clofe of the battle, and expired just as the enemy's fhip had truck her colours. The carnage on board the French was very great, and the Mars loft about forty of her crew.

A fecret, and, we are concerned to add, a moft unfortunate expedition, failed from Margate roads about the 18th of May. It confifted of feveral armed ships, with between two and three thousand troops on board, under the command of General Coore. The place of attack was kept an entire fecret till the fecond day after their failing, when they came within gun fhot of the harbour of Oftend: the fhips and boats of the enemy were attacked with the greatest bravery, and about half the troops were landed; and, according to the Gazettee *, did confiderable da

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mage to the harbour, bafon, &c. At twelve o'clock, however, the French poured in great numbers upon the invaders, and the wind at the fame time becoming unfavourable, fo as to prevent their reimbarking, they were all compelled to furrender prifoners of war, to the number of about fifteen hundred men, after having had about one hundred killed and as many wounded.

FRANCE.

In the Council of Five Hundred, on the 12th of April, Citizen EscHASSERIAUX the elder made a long and elaborate report upon the subject of colonization, in which he pointed out the rife and progrefs of it from ancient to modern times; as he proceeded, he urged the benefits which mankind had repeated from colonization, and pointed out the places which late difcoveries had laid open for future exertions of this kind. He defcribed Egypt as inhabited by half civi lized tribes, famous for its fertility, and as a place which industry might restore to a healthful temperature, and to the culti vation of the moft valuable productions; feparated only from the new acquifition of France by a narrow fea. "Can there be," faid ESCHASSERIAUX, "a more fuitable enterprize for a nation, which has already given liberty to Europe, and emancipated America, than to completely regenerate a country, which was the firft theatre of civilization in the univerfe; to call back the sciences, induftry, and the arts, to the place of their maturity, and to lay the foundation of a new Thebes, or another Memphis?" He contended that Ruffia, in establishing colonies upon the Black fea, fet a proper example to the French republic, to form fimilar establishments in Afia and Africa, particularly in a quarter, which would render her Adriatic islands of fuch value and importance. After having pointed out at great

the gazette writer to affert, that the blowing up of works at Oftend would interrupt the communication between Holland, France, and Flanders! It will appear, on the flighteft infpection of the map, that the canal which runs to oftend is but a collateral branch of the grand Flanders canal, which does not approach nearer than 64 miles of Oftend, and confequently could be in no refpect injured by the blowing up the flood gates at the termination

of the collateral branch.

Veffels paffing along the grand trunk, from Bruges to Nieuport and Dunkirk, do not approach nearer to Oftend than at the point of junction, which, as before stated, is fix miles diftant. The real object of this expedition appears, therefore, to be ftill involved in mystery.

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length the advantages of colonization, he obferved, that a colony ought not to be formed by the tranfmigration of a great part of a nation. The expulfion of the Moors, and the revocation of the edict of Nantz, proved how much too great an emigration tended to enfeeble a country. "What kind of government must that be," faid he, "which always depopulates the state in order to tranquillize it?"

The Executive Directory, on the 9th of May, affembled in order to decide by lot, conformably to the conftitution, which of them fhould quit that important office. The neceffary balls were prepared with great folemnity, and the lot fell upon FRANCOIS DE NEUFCHATEAU to leave the Directory. Upon this decifion being announced, Gen. BERTHIER, THREIL HARD, TALLEYRAND, and CAMBACERES, became candidates for the va cant feat.

The great business of the elections was finished about the end of April, and on the fecond of May the Directory sent a meffage to the Council of Five Hundred upon this fubject. After enumerating the various efforts which the enemies of the republic had made upon fimilar occa fions, to introduce royalifts and anarchifts into the legislative affemblies, the message afferts," that if ever there were a period in which the republic might appear fuperior to the perfidious hopes fo often conceived for its destruction, and so often difappointed, it would be when, triumphant without, and feated upon the innumerable trophies which he has gained, the reckons almost as many victories as foldiers. Yet notwithstanding this, there does exist an anarchical confpiracy to make the primary and electoral affemblies the nurseries of future plots." The Directory next proceeded to ftate the revival of anarchy from the re-establishment of conftitutional circles; they particularly point out Stratfburgh, Perpignan, La Sarche, Metz, Vermoul, and Paris, as places where the elections were influenced by the intrigues of the anarchists. The meffage concludes with hoping, that the council will not permit men loaded with every crime to fit in the legislature; and that they would mark with reprobation thofe infamous choices, equally derogatory from the dignity of the republic and their own independence.

A committee was appointed to make a report upon this meffage; on the 7th of May a report was accordingly made and brought up. It stated the neceffity of excluding from the legislature the partizans of the two great parties which agitated

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the republic, the anarchists and the royal ifts. The reporter moved a plan contain ing eighty-eight articles; the first of which was to annul all the decifions that had been pronounced on individual election cafes, in fo far as they were inconfiftent with the new difpofition to be adopted.

The other part of the plan went to validate, or invalidate partially, the opera tions of the different electoral affemblies of the republic, by rejecting members of the fame deputation, thofe whofe election was afcribed to intrigue and the spirit of faction.

General JOURDAN moft justly confidered the plan as hoftile to the fovereignty of the people, and to the freedom of the conftitution. Before the council took upon itself to act as a national jury, the exiftence of the confpiracy ought to be proved. BOUCHIN and JUISOT fpoke on the fame fide, and oppofed a general profcription.

AUDOUIN contended, that the interest of individuals muft yield to that of the state, and that the measure propofed was neceffary to the conftitution, and the maintenance of true liberty. The plan was at length adopted, and BAILLEUL took occafion to declare, that the report was the production of the committee, and not of the Directory, as had been infinuated.

By this unprincipled meafure, the elections of fix or seven departments were annulled in tota; befides thofe of a great many individuals.

The following are among the places whofe elections are annulled:-L'Allier, La Dordogne les Landes, Loir and Cher, la Loire, Batles Pyrenees, Haute Vienne.

HOLLAND.

The Batavian republic has accepted the new conftitution: this intelligence was officially noticed to the Directory of France by the minifter for foreign affairs.

The number of voters affembled upon this occation was much greater than was affembled laft year. The primary affem blies accepted the conftitution on the 23d of April, when the utmost tranquillity prevailed. It was unanimously accepted by the Batavian garrifon. At Amfterdam the numbers were, for the conftitution 10,493, against it 114.

GERMANY.

About the middle of April an event took place at Vienna, which feemed once more to threaten Europe with the revival of the continental war. BERNADOTTE, the republican ambaffador, had caufed the tri-coloured flag to be hoifted before the door of his houfe, in order to fupply the place of the arms of the French republic,

which he had not then ready in confe quence of this the populace affembled, and with a fhower of ftones broke his windows, forced open the gates, and rushed into the court with loud cries of death and deftruction to every Frenchman. After the laws of nations had been thus outrageoufly violated, BERNADOTTE retired to Raftadt until this affair fhould be adjusted.

It is now faid, that during his refidence there, the Emperor took measures to bring the ringleaders of this mob to punishment, and the affair is in a fair way of being amicably adjusted.

By the laft intelligence from Raftadt, the friends of peace are inclined to hope, that the negotiations carrying on there will foon be brought to a happy iffue. The great question of ceding to the French republic the territory on the left bank of the Rhine being nearly fettled between the contracting powers.

AMERICA.

The negotiation which was carrying on at Paris, to adjust the differences between the United States and the French Republic, has been lately broken off, or at leaft fufpended. The Prefident of America has published the correspondence, and even the converfations which took place between the different negotia tors and their fecret agents upon this occafion. This publication is the most extraordinary of any to be found in diplo matic history, and exposes a fyftem of corruption and political infamy not to be matched in the history of mankind. It accufes the Directory of employing fecret agents to tamper with the American envoys, in order to procure for themselves a private douceur of fifty thousand pounds, a loan from the state, as a preliminary of peace between the two republics; and it further appears, that M. TALLEYRAND, the French minifter for foreign affairs, was privy to thefe moft difgraceful proceedings carried on by his agents, who, in his correfpondence are diftinguished by the letters X. Y. and Z.

A meflage has been fent from the Prefident to the House of Reprefentatives, in which he recommended the making of the moft vigorous preparations for defence, if not for war; and informed congrefs, that he had refcinded the regulations by which the fhips of the United States were prevented from failing in an armed condition.

In the Houfe of Reprefentatives of the State of Philadelphia a motion was made to declare it inexpedient for America to go to war for any reafon fhort of the invation of its territory, especially against a people with whom it was lately united by the + Pennsylvania

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ties of friendship. This motion was negatived by 37 to 33.

The fenate of the United States, on the 26th of March, brought forward a ftring of refolutions, which had for their object to lay an embargo, to complete and garri

Marriages and Deaths, Married.] At Bromley, Kent, Mr. W. Smith, of Ave Maria-lane, to Mifs Ann Furlonger.

At St. George's, Hanover-fquare, by the Lord Bishop of St. Afaph, the Rev. H. Holland Edwards, of Pennant, Denbighshire, to Mifs Palmer, of Upper Grosvenor-place.

At the fame place, Mr. Hickman, to Mifs Kenrick, of Ifcoyd Park, Flintshire.

At Mary-le-Bone church, David Bevan, efq. eldeft fon of Silvanus Bevan, efq. of Biddlefworth hall, Norfolk, to Mifs Favell Barke Lee, youngest daughter of the late Robert Cooper Lee, efq. of Bedford-fquare. At St. Sepulchre's, Thomas Parfons, efq. of Illington, to Mifs Edmonds, of Wandfworth.

In London, Murton Dalrymple, efq. of Fordels, to Mifs Frances Ingram Spence, of Hanover-fquare.

In Westminster, Mr. Dennett, furgeon, of Frith-street, Soho, to Mifs Berrow, niece of Andrew Jordaine, efq. of Great Georgestreet.

In Westminster, James Wake, efq. of Lincoln's-inn, to Mifs Smith, daughter of the rev. Dr. Smith, prebendary of Westminster.

At St. George the Martyr, Queen-fquare, the rev. Daniel Veyfie, to Mits Arnold, of Queen-fquare.

John Auldjo, efq. of Finsbury-fquare, to Mifs Rofe, daughter of John Rose, efq. of Norfolk-ftreet, Strand.

At St. Giles's in the Fields, John Sargeaunt, efq. of Great Queen-ftreet, Lincoln's Inn-fields, to Mifs Birch, daughter of Mr. Birch, of the fame place.

Thomas Goldney, efq. of St. James's-ftreet, to Mifs Charlotte Milward, daughter of the late John Milward, efq. of Bromley.

Mr. Hanam, of the Strand, to Mifs M. Gordon, daughter of Capt. Gordon, of St. George's in the Eaft.

In London, Comte Royer de St. Julien, to Mifs Lewin, daughter of the late Samuel Lewin, efq.

The rev. T. Atwood, of Queen-fquare, Westminster, to Mifs Burtenfhaw, of Lindfield, Suffex.

In London, Mr. Brunn, of Charing Cross, to Mifs Brewman.

Mr. Sabere, of Church-ftreet, Spital-fields, to Mifs Collins, of Bethnal-green.

Died.] In Norton-street, Portland-place,
Sir Philip Houghton Clarke, bart. The title
defcends to his only brother, now Sir Simon
Houghton Clarke, bart.

In Chelsea, Mr. Duffell.'
At Clapton, Mrs. Compton.

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fon the fortifications, to raise a provisional army, and to provide for military stores and arms. Thefe refolutions were not decided when the laft intelligence was fent from America, except the firft, which was negatived.

in and near London.

In Caroline-street, Bedford-fquare, in his 74th year, Peter Mounier, cfq.

In Duke-ftreet, Westminster, after a fevere and lingering illnefs, fupported with great fortitude and refignation, Mrs. Hickens, fecond daughter of the late E. M. Rebone, efq. of Colchester, and wife of H. J. Hickens, efq. of Worley-hall, Berks.

At Pentonville, aged 67, Mr. Bedwell Law, bookfeller, of Ave Maria-lane.

In Lamb's Conduit-street, Mrs. Crook. In her 22d year, Mrs. Gaillemond, of Wil fon-ftreet, Finfbury-fquare.

Mr. John Bullen, brandy merchant, Mor gan's-lane, Tooley-street.

At Mile End, Mrs. Brewer, widow of the late rev. Samuel Brewer, of Stepney.

At Hammerfmith, aged 21, Mifs Mellifh. In Grofvenor-row, Chelfea, Mr. Joha Poulain.

In Great Ruffell-ftreet, Bloomsbury, Mrs. Jane Blake, a lady of great worth, and the last furviving branch of a very refpectable family. In Mortimer-street, Cavendish-fquare, Mrs. Duffield.

At his chambers in the Temple, aged 75, William Myddleton, efq.

By the bursting of a blood-veffel, Thomas Sanders, efq. of Upper Thames-street, Golden-fquare.

At Kenfington Gore, in her 73d year, Mrs. Ann Bowles.

Mrs. Sparkes, of Doughty-ftreet.

In Clarges-ftreet, the Right Hon. Lady Sophia Augufta Lambert, youngest daughter of the Earl of Cavan.

Mr. Robert Mellish, of Lime-houfe, shipbuilder.

It the Maze, Southwark, H. S. Holcombe, efq. brewer.

In London, the Hon. Auguftus Windfor, youngest fon of the Earl of Plymouth.

Mrs. Barber, wife of Mr. Thomas Barber, man's mercer, Hay-market.

In Queen Ann-street Eaft, Parker Halley,

efq.

In London, after a lingering indifpofition, Thomas Jewer, efq. late of Bath, and formerly of Jamaica.

Mr. William Poynder, of Great Eaft-cheap, plumber.

Mr. Northcote, filverfmith, of Berkleyftreet, Clerkenwell.

At Epfom, Mrs. Mary Graham, widow of John Graham, efq. formerly of the council of Calcutta.

In Hatton Garden, Mr. John Johnson Clare, attorney.

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