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tions; but not being able to refift the repeated demands of the Diet then affembled, who had difpenfed us, in the name of the whole nation, from the fworn article in the Pacta Conventa, with regard to the fucceffion to the Throne, we obeyed faithfully their deelared will. We are perfuaded that fuch a step, which had not in view our perfonal advantage, or that of our family, cannot be imputed to us as a fault; but as the illufory aspects of the fame Diet, inftead of the welfare, has brought the greateft difafters on the Republic, on that account we promife, with the confent of the States now affembled, that from this time, it fhall not be lawful either for us our orfucceffors, without the confent of the Republic, to vio late or weaken this fundamental law of the Polish Nation.

COPY of an official NOTE from the MINISTERS of the ALLIED COURTS to N. COUNT DE BERNSTORFF, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the KING of DENMARK.

THE underfigned Minifters of the Powers now at war with France, refiding at the Court of his Danish Majefty, having feen a Paper printed and addreffed to the "Commerce of the North," bearing the fignature of Grouvelle, who ftiles himfelf Minifter Plenipotentiary of the foi-difant French Republic, do themfelves the honour of fending enclofed a copy to his Excellency the Count de Bernstorff, defiring him to inform them if this Paper be authentic and authorized; and if the faid Grouvelle be effectually acknowledged in this character by his Danith Majefty, as this public act gives reafon to pre. fume. (Signed)

J. FAGEL, D. HAILES, GOLTZ,
BREUNIER, KRUDENER,
MUSQUIZ.

Copenhagen, Dec. 13, 1793.

ANSWER of the DANISH MINISTER,

COUNT DE BERNSTORFF.

HAVING fhewn to the King, my Mafter, the joint Note remitted to me on the 13th inftant, by the Minifters of the Powers at war with France, his Majefty has ordered me to reply, "That it is with pain he fees in this Note a proof of diftruft, for which he is confcious of having given no oċcafion that if it was notorious that the National Convention had named M.

Grouvelle their Minifter Plenipoten tiary in Denmark, it was equally fo, that he had not been received or acknowledged in that quality; and fuch acknowledgment, which by its nature must be a public act, could not be concealed from the general knowledge." His Majefty, always faithful to his declarations, cannot nor ought not to be fufpected of being willing to fail fulfilling them. I ought allo to add this remark, that there does not exift any truth more evident, or more unanimously received, than this, that no one is refponfible for the actions of another, and, above all, when the queftion is concerning a step unforeseen, unknown, and in which it was impoffible to take the least part.

BERNSTORFF.

(Signed) Department of Foreign Affairs, Copenhagen, Dec. 18, 1793.

COPY of the REPLY of the BRITISH MINISTER to the ANSWER of M. DE BERNSTORFF.

THE Note of the Count de Bernftorff, in anfwer to that of the Minifters of the Powers at war with France refiding at the Court of his Danith Majefty, while it affures the Envoy Extraordinary of his Britannic Majefty individually, on the fubject of the joint Note, and which only includes a fimple queftion, relative to the real or fuppofed exiftence of a fact, implies, by the choice of terms made ufe of, an exculpation, against which he muft, for his own part, proteft, leaving it to thofe with whom he has co-operated, to make their reprefentations, either by word of mouth, or by writing, with an earneftnefs proportionable to his conception of how ill-founded it is.

If it were poffible to believe for an inftant that his Danish Majefty could forget his declarations, the novelty of the fact, fuch as the ufurpation of a public and active character unpunished by the Government, must be allowed a very juft and natural motive. The aforefaid underfigned Minifter is ready to acknowledge, that it was equally unlikely to fuppofe that it was poffible that the King of Denmark would receive as Plenipotentiary, near his facred and auguft perfon, a man who had been charged with the task of reading to his unfortunate and innocent Sovereign the fentence which brought him to the

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FOREIGN

INTELLIGENCE.

[FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE.]

WHITEHALL, DEC. 3.

A LETTER, of which the following is an extract, was yesterday reteived from Sir James Murray, Adju. tant General of the forces under the command of his Royal Highness the Duke of York, dated Tournai, Nov. 29, 1793, by the Right Hon. Henry Dindas, his Majefty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department. The army remained in a state of tranquillity until yefterday, about two o'clock in the afternoon, when the enemy attacked Nechin and Leers, two advanced pofts, occupied each by about 100 men. They advanced in confiderable force, particularly against Nechin, and made their attack with great rapidity. The detachment pofted there, which was a picquet from the grenadier battalion of the troops of Heffe Darmftadt, and half a company of the imperial free corps of O'Donnell, defended the poft for fome time with great gallantry, but being obliged to yield to the fuperiority of number, they retreated towards Bailleul, whilft the detachment which occupied Leers, to avoid being furrounded, fell back to Eftainbourg. Major-General During however, who had repaired upon the firft alarm to the point of attack, having brought up the light infantry battalion of Heffe Darmftadt from Eftainbourg and Peck, and a party of the Hanoverian cavalry, under the command of Colonel Linfingen, having advanced from Templauve, the enemy were driven back in their turn, and the pofts re-occupied.

The Darmstadt troops had two men killed; Captain Von Shonberg and feven men wounded; and Captain Von Becker, who was likewife wounded, and four men taken. The corps of O'Donnell had fix men wounded and two taken. The Hanoverian cavalry, one man wounded. The lofs of the enemy was greater feveral were found dead about the village of Nechin, and feven or eight taken.

ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, DEC. 10. CAPTAIN PASLEY, of his Majefty's fhip Bellerophon, in his letter to

Mr. Stephens, dated the 28th of November, mentions, that the thips under his command had, on the pre ceding day, captured near Ufhant the National Corvette La Blonde, mounting 28 guns, manned with 210 men, and commanded by Citizen Gueria. And Sir Edward Pellew, Captain of his Majefty's fhip La Nymphe, in his letter of the 3d inftant, gives an account of his having, in company with the Circe, taken on the 30th ult. between Breft and Ufhant, the National floop of war L'Efpiegle, pierced for 16 guns, manned with 100 men, and commanded by Monf. Pierre Biller, Enfeign de Vaiffeau.

WHITEHALL, DEC. 9.

Copy of a Letter from Major-General Williamfon, dated Jamaica, Oct. 8,1793. SIR,

I HAD the honour to inform you, in my Letter of the 8th of September, that the next day the 13th regiment, the two flank companies of the 49th, and a detachment of Artillery, were to fail, to take poffeffion of Jeremie, the Propofitions of Capitulation having been accepted.

Commodore Ford, in whofe praise I cannot fay too much, failed with the Expedition. The greateft part of the troops were embarked on board his Majesty's fhips. Transports were neceffary for the provifions and stores.

The whole arrived at Jeremie the 19th in the evening; and a Deputation was fent from the Council, requefting the English Colours, that they might be immediately hoifted; but it was judged beft to land early the next morning, when the whole difembarked, and the Colours were hoifted at both Forts, with two falutes of twentyone guns, and anfwered by the Commodore and his fquadron. The troops were received with the loudest acclamations from all ranks.Monf. Carles *, of the Etat Major of the Mole, was on board of the Commodore.'

The Commodore only remained a few hours at Jerenie after the troops were landed, and failed for the Mole, where he arrived the 22d, and fent Monf. Carles on

• Major Carles is a French officer belonging to the Mole of Cape St. Nicholas, who had been captured and carried into Nassau by a Providence privateer, and afterwards fent by Lord Dunmore to Jamaica, where he arrived the day before the fquadron failed.

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fhore. The next day, at feven in the morning, a deputation of twenty perfons came on board the Commodore, who was cruifing off the entrance of the Mole, to inform him, that they wished to accept of the fame capitulation as Jeremie, which was readily granted by the Commodore, and the Europa failed up the Harbour. When the Fort at Prefque Ifle faw the hip under weigh, they fired three guns as a fignal, and hoifted the English colours, the fame at Fort Orleans; and when the Europa came to an anchor fhe was faluted with twenty one guns from all the forts and all the veffels in the harbour, which was answered by the Commodore. Fifty Marines were landed under Capt. Robertfon, who took the command of the garriton. The Commodore fent a fast-failing fchooner to Jeremie for fome troops. The Grenadier company of the 13th regiment was immediately embarked, and arrived at the Mole the 28th.

It being a place of fuch importance, and fiterally the key of St. Domingo, I judged it neceffary to strengthen the Garrifon; accordingly Lieutenant Colonel Danley, with five Companies of the 49th Regiment, failed the 7th on board two of the frigates; and I fhall order the remaining three companies to hold themselves in readiness for embarkation on board of another frigate.

The packet not failing till the 21ft, and two hips failing the roth, one for London and the other Liverpool, I have the honour to fend you a short sketch of our operations, and shall be more explicit by the packet.

I have the honour to be, &c.

fpect to the Sovereignty of St. Domingo. -Anf. Granted..

The other Articles are in fubftance as follows:

[The Governor of his Britannick Majefty to take the command of all meafutes of fafety and police. No persons to be molested for past actions, but murderers and incendiaries. The mulattoes fhall have the fame privileges as in the Britisk iflands. At the conclusion of the peace, the former laws of the island shall be preferved; and until a colonial aflembly can be formed, the Governor fhall be affifted by fix perfons of his own appointment. In confequence of the devastations in the colony by infurrections, fire and pillage, the Governor fhall be authorised to grant a fufpenfion of ten years for payment of debts without intereft, except all fums due to minors or abfent planters, or from one planter to another for transfer of property. The duties on European commodities to be the fame as in the English colonies. The manufacturers of white fugars fhall preferve the right of exporting their clayed fugars. The Catholic Religion fhall be preferved. The local taxes thall be affeffed as in 1789; and the advance made on the part of Great-Britain for fupplying the deficiency, fhall be repaid by the colony. Importation of provifions, cattle, grain, and wood from America, in American bottoms, followed under reftrictions. None of the conditions fhall be a reftriction to the power of the Parliament of Great-Britain, to regulate and determine the political government of the colony.]

ADAM WILLIAMSON. TERMS of CAPITULATION proposed by the Inhabitants of LA GRAND ANSE (including the Quarter at JEREMIE) to bis Excellency Major-General Williamjon, bis Majelly's Lieut. Governor of Jamaica, for his acceptance.

ART. I. That the proprietors of St. Domingo, deprived of all recourse to their lawful Sovereign to deliver them from the tyranny under which they now groan, implore the protection of His Britannick Mijelty, and take the oath of fidelity and allegiance to him; and fapplicate him to ake their colony ander his protection, and to treat them as good and faithful subjects till a general peace; at which period they fail be finally fubjected to the terms then agreed upon between His Britannick Majefty, the Government of France, and the Allied Powers, with re

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The Addrefs from the Members of the Council of Public Safety at Jeremie to bis Majefty.

SIRE, Permit your new subjects to offer their firft homage to your Majelty. and to pay you the tribute of gratitude due to your kindness to us.

Fame had long ago informed us of your Majesty's many excellent virtues, by which your Majefty has been guided in the generous part you have taken respect. ing the misfortunes of France, and of this ifland.

We were informed by Monf. de Charmilly, one of our countrymen, who came to this part of the world with orders from your Majesty's Ministers, of the deep concern your Majesty had felt at our misfor. tunes from which we have been delivered by the goodness of your Majefty, to whom we owe our prefent happineis.

Governor Williamfon, Commodore Ford, and Colonel Whitelocke, animated

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by the fame fentiments as your Majefty, have already made us fenfible of the great advantage of belonging to your Majelty. We humbly fupplicate your Majefty to be perfuaded that our gratitude will be equal to the kindness we have experienced, and that your new subjects will emulate thole who have long lived under your laws in obedience, fubmiffion,and respect. We are, Sire, your Majesty's very hum. ble, and faithful fubjects, The Members of the Council of Safety. (Signed,)

LACOMBE, Prefident, CHAPEAU, MATHIEU, DOBIGNIER, TATTEGRAIN, FAVERANGE, CATTEGRAIS.-P. Troze MagNAN, Secretary. Extract of a Letter from Lieut.-Col. Danfey to Major-General Williamjon, dated Cape Nicola, O&. 18.

"When I took the command of this town and garrison on the 12th I found every thing properly arranged by Major Robertfon. I have fince been menaced with an attack by Mr. Santhonax, who is come into this neighbourhood, and continues his threats. No exertions of mine hall be wanting on that head.” Here follows a letter from Commodore Ford to Mr. Stephens, giving an account fimilar to Major-General Williamfon's of the furrender of Jeremie, and of the proceedings at Cape Nicholas Mole.

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be loft; that the blacks and mulattoes at Jean Kabel, amounting to eight or ten thoufand, were expected every-hour to attack them; that the inhabitants, from fevere duty and extreme mifery, were divided and relaxed into defpondency, and in contemplation to fly to America, and that their goods were embarked in the veffels in the port for that purpose; that the troops of the line (through the intrigues of the Civil Commiffaries) manifeited trong symptoms to a general mutiny, and that they had tent 55 mutineers of Dillon's regiment to Charleltown the day before: From these circumftances I evidently faw that no time was to be loit, and I determined from that moment to try what could be done with the force of the squadron; to which end I sent the Officers on thore to get the capitulation figned (it being exactly the fame as that of Jeremie, with the addition of an article efp.cting the officers and troops of the garrison) with which they returned foon after day light in the morning; and, having publickly accepted it on the quarter deck, with Vive le Roi d' Angleterre, and three cheers on each fide, I proceeded to the anchorage without hesitation, hoifted the British flag on feveral batteries, and took poffeffion of the town and its dependencies in the name of his Britannic Majesty, with the Marines of the Europa, commanded by Capt. Robinson, an officer of diftinguished merit and abilities in his profeffion, and whom I have directed to act as Brevet Major for the prefent, in order to give him fuperior rank to the late Commandant, till General Williamfon can make the neceffary arrangements; holding 200 feamen in readiness to land, if neceffary, at a moment's warning; and I have the fatisfaction of informing their Lordships, that we are in full poffetfion of the finest harbour in the WeftIndies, guarded by batteries incredibly frong. An account of the ordnance, ammunition, and military ftores in the magazines, you will receive herewith.

- Upon the Europa opening the South point of the Mole (fays the Commodore), feveral armed veffels were feen in chace of her, but which returned to the town immediately; I was informed that Major Carles, with three other French gentlemen, a midshipman and boat's crew, had been taken, in landing, by an armed schooner, and carried to the town, from which I drew a conclufion not very favourable to our views, and the day paffed in filent apprehenfion for the Major's fafety; but, about five P. M. a gun was fired, and with joy I difcovered a private fignal which I had previously concerted with the French Officer; on which I approached the battery as near as poffible, under the neceffary precautions, and, about nine o'clock, a boat came off with feveral Officers belonging to Dillon's regiment, with profeffions of friendship and fidelity to the King of Great Britain; at the fame time affuring me that, unless they received immediate fupport, all would

I cannot conclude my letter without expreffing my approbation of the firm and regular conduct of the officers, feamen, and marines of the fquadron under my command, particularly Captains Gregory and Wolley, whose zeal and attention have been unutually confpicuous on this occafion: And I fhould be wanting in juftice to the officers and troops of

*By this article the staff officers, commanders, &c. of Cape Nicholas Mole are taken into Britifb pay, and in cafe at the peace they cannot, by the laws of England, continue in Britisk fervice, they shall be entitled to half-pay.

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the garrifon if I did not ftate their merit in having fo long refifted the dangerous principles of the Civil Commiffaries, and maintained, with firmness and energy those of a monarchical government, which no perfuafion could thake, or intrigue confound,

JOHN FORD.

Return of Ordnance, Ammunition, and Artillery Stores, in the magazines and batteries, in the Mole Town and its dependencies.

1230 barrels of gun-powder, containing 146,024 lbs.

107 iron cannon, 24-pounders
29 ditto from 21 to 3 pounders
157 garrifon, fea,and travelling carriages
23 12-inch iron mortars
23 iron beds, ditto
1234 fhells for ditto

10359 round thot, 1717 grape fhot
40000 cartridges for infantry
10420 lbs. of lead

1460 cartridges for carriage guns

50 new, 500 repairable musquets 200 flow matches, 600 wad hooks, 250 ladles

1000 tompions, and 125 port fires

Europa, Mole of St. Nicholas,

October 27, 1793.

The Flying Fish fchooner, which I fent to Colonel Whitelocke at Jeremie with a requifition for a fmall force, returned with the grenadier company of the 13th regiment; and his Majefty's fhips Penelope and Iphigenia arrived on the 11th and 12th inft. from Jamaica with five companies of the 49th regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Danley, commandant of this District. On the arrival of thefe fhips I was informed of the fuccefs of the frigates which I had ordered to make a diverfion at Flamand's Bay

near St. Louis, and have inclosed an ac

count of the captures they made, though their merchant fhips, to a confiderable amount, had escaped to Aux Cayes upon their receiving intelligence of the British troops being landed at Jeremie.

You will allo acquaint their Lordships, that I feized upon my arrival here, a large f:hooner in the fervice of the Republic, commanded by Monf. Anquetin, for merly a Lieutenant of the Jupiter; and, as the is a very fine vcffel, mounting ten fix and four pounders, I have taken her int his Majefty's service,

Perkins, an Officer of zeal, vigilance, and activity.

I have alfo to acquaint their Lordships that we have hitherto remained in fecurity; but the Civil Commiffaries, upon their receiving accounts that the Mole was in our poffeffion, had prepared an expedition to attack it, and had actually proceeded as far as Port au Paix, with the Hyæna and feveral other armed transports and finall craft, with all the troops that could be collected, amounting to 5000 or up. wards; but the frigates arriving very op portunely from Jamaica, I was enabled to block them up in that port, where they ftill remain; and as Mr. Santhonax has in confequence gone by land to Port au Prince, I am in great hopes that, by this means, the expedition will be entirely fruftrated,

I am, &c.

JOHN FORD. An Account of the Reprifals made by bis Majesty's bips at L'Iflet on the 23d, and at Flamande Bay the 29th of September, 1793.

Ship Ceres, 300 tons, laden with fugar,
coffee, and cotton.

A Spanith brig, 180 tons, laden with
Malaga wines, &c.

A floop, 80 tons, laden with fuftick.
A fchooner, 80 tons, laden with fugar,
coffee and cotton.

Ship L'Eole, 800 tons, half laden with
fugar, cotton, indigo, cath about 3000l.

currency.

Ship Patriot, 350 tons, and Brig Le
Julian, 220 tons, laden with fugar,
coffee, cotton and indigo.
Sloop Mary, laden with fugar, cotton

and molaffes. Under American colours,

Schooner Juan Briton, 80 tons, laden

with cotton, &c.

Schooner Egalité, 50 tons, in ballast.
Armed fchooner Dauphin, 40 tons, Jitto.
Extract of a letter from Col. Sir James
Murray,to Mr.Secretary Dundas, dated
Tournai, Dec. 3..

THE enemy having paffed the Lys with about 200 men, made an attack the 30th of laft month upon Gen. Walmoden's advanced posts upon the Lys; when Major Linfingen, with 14 men of the 9th reg. of Hanoverian light cavalry, and the firit battalion of grenadiers of the fame nation, with which he had advanced upon the firft alarm, attacked them without The fchooner was, at that time, called hesitation, though he was expofed to a fevere the National Convention, but formerly the fire of grape fhot from the oppofite fide of Marie Antoinette, which laft name I have the river. The enemy's detachment was thought proper to continue, and have entirely defeated and deftroyed, five officers given the command of her to Lieutenantand 48 men being taken, and the ret

killed.

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