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in fifteen days after the ratification of the prefent treaty.

Art. 4. Prifoners of war, and all others who did not bear arms, but who were taken by the belligerent parties, fhall be fet at liberty on both fides, without any claim made by either for their expences or maintenance. But they fhall be obliged to pay all the pri vate debts they have contracted in the refpective states.

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Art. 5. In order to remove every ficulty between the contracting parties on the fea, it was established, that when any Swedish fhip or fhips paffed the ports of her Imperial Majefty, they fhould pay the Swedish falute, and fhould bẹ an fwered with that of Ruffia; and ve verfa. However, the two high contracting parties will, as foon as poffible, draw out a fpecial convention, in order to fix the manner which the Swedish and Ruffian fhips thall falute each other, ei ther at lea, in the ports, or in any places where they may chance to meet until which time, the fhips of the two parties fhall not falute at all, the better to prevent any misunderstanding.

Art. 6. Her Majefty the Emprefs of all the Rufias, grants his Swedish Majefty the liberty of purchafing every year, in the ports of the Gulph of Finland and the Baltic Sea, corn to the value of 50,000 roubles, on proof that it is for the account of the King, or for fubjects exprefsly autherifed by his laid Majefty, without paying any duty or cuftoins for transporting the fame, free of all charges, to Sweden. But years of fteriliy, or thofe when important reasons may induce her Majefty to prohibit the exportation of grain to foreign parts, are not to be in

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Art. 7. It being the ardent defire of the two high contracting powers to stop the evils of war which prefs on their fubjects as foon as poffible, time will not permit them to regulate a number of points and objects which are to establish the good of the neighbourhood, and per feet fafety of the frontiers; they there. fore reciprocally promife to examine and regulate thefe points amicably, by Amballadors or Minifters Plenipotentiary, which fhall be sent to each other immediately after the conclusion of the prefent treaty.

Art. 8. The ratification of the prefent treaty fhall be exchanged in fix days, or fooner, if poffible.

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"Informed of the exceffes which certain deluded men, I dare not fay French men, have committed, the National Affembly has charged us to expreis to your Majelly its indignation and regret at the hearing of thefe diforders; grieved at the determination which your Majefty has tributes to your recreation and amufetaken of relinquishing a part of what conment; it dares, Sire, to hope that you will not fulfil a facrifice, worthy indeed of your virtues, but which would coft tou much to the fenfibility of a faithful people, whofe happiness is inseparable from the prefent fatisfaction of their Monarch,

Deign, Sire, to give a proof of your tatives of the Nation by fanctioning this confidence and goodness to the reprefendecree. The depofit and guarantee of their eagerness to pleafe you; and above all, Sire, judge not by the cool and regu lated expreffions of the law of the decree, of the interest which the National Affembly take, in your reception of a decree, dictated only by their respect, their attachment, and their love tɔ your Majefly's perfon."

The King's anfwer, (which was not for a year pafl, nor yet defiring to do so, in writing, is, that not having hunted he had refolved upon this reform, without however wholly abandoning the chace. But that he fhould not tafte the pleafuje it gave him till his heart was more at

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Article 1. A direct tax upon the produce of the country to the extent of 198 millions.

2. A houfe tax of 50 millions-to be paid by the proprietors.

3. A tax of 20 millions on corporations of trades.

4. A voluntary capitation tax, to entitle every man to be enrolled and enjoy the rights of a citizenship.-This he eftimated at two millions.

5. A tax on fervants not employed in husbandry; for one fervant, of whatever fex, 30 livres ; for two, 47 livres each; for three, 67 livres. This to produce 20 millions.

6. Horfes kept for pleasure, for one horfe, 20 livrés; two 25 livres each; three 30 livres each; and four 35 livres. To produce three millions.

7. A tax on carriages. To produce two millions.

8. The tax on public fpectacles to be augmented one third, and the directors to pay into the public treafury, one third of their receipt-This to produce three millions.

9. A reduction of one tenth of the intereft payable to the public creditors This to yield fifteeen millions.

10. A pofting duty, and a duty on the manufacture of gun-powder and falt-petre-Fifteen millions.

11. Aftamp duty on newspapers, mufic, and prints, with fome other articles -Seven millions.

12. The cuftoms fhall be continued on the frontiers, and organized in fuch a manner as not to prejudice the commerce of France with foreign nations To produce twenty millions.

13. A duty on all liquors, not the common drink of the people, a duty upon meat as heretofore, and a tax on tobacco -To prod 'ce 30 millions.

14. There fhall be received, at the entrance, a duty on cloathing-To amount to 40 milliens.

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the fun appeared. I really believe it nes ver fhone on a more folemn cère. mony; the funeral honours paid to to the citizens who fell on the walls of Nanci, will long be (remembered in Pa ris: an immenfe multitude of every age and condition, of both sexes, crowdedi n to the Champ de Mars; at leaft eight hundred thoufand! the fervice bore the ftamp of true grandeur; the altar, the triumphal arch, which remain, as well as the feats, fince the confederation, and the gallery of the military school, were all hung in black; the ceremony began at one, and was over at three o'clock; every poñible precaution was taken to prevent accidents; the dirge was accom panied by warlike inftruments. I fend you the inferiptions that were round the tomb, as they appeared to me to poffefs a dignified fimplicity, characteristic of the rites that were performed. Firft infcrip tion," To the manes of the variors who fell at Nanci in defence of Liberty and the Laws."-Second Infcription, "Enemies of France tremble! they have bequeathed to us an example, which fball for ever be imprinted on our memory. Third inicription," Marble and bras swill decay, but their remembrance will last for ever."-Fourth infcription,It was here they fwore to continue faithful to the Nation, to the Law, and to the King; to die in order to cement with their blood, the bafis of our Conflitution."

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Although all was conducted with admirable regularity and order, there were a few zealous Patriots who found fault with fome of M. de la Fayette's Aides-de-Camp, that were imprudent enough to appear abroad on fuch an oe cation, without a crape on their arm; they exclaimed in their warmth," If the fervice of a crowned tyrant was the cause of this Affembly, if it was to ren der pothumous honours to a Meffalina, a titled knave, a foolish King, or a lewd and fanguinary Queen, no military man would dare appear here without fome token of mourning." On the eve of the above ceremony, a Knight of the Comb was taken in the act of fetting fire to the black cloth of the triumphal arch; had he perpetrated his defign, the Ariftocratic party, to whom the Confederation was an eye-fore, would have amply rewarded him; it is certain that it was not for his amufement that the barber went to work, and as fuch was the opi nion of the Magiftrate, before whom he was carried, he lay that night in prison: alas poor Figaro!"

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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.

PARIS, Sept. 30.

At length the great queftion concerning the expediency of paying that part of the National Debt which is immediately due, or daily becoming fo, is determined. This debt to be difcharged by iffuing a certain quantity of Affignats, or Paper money. Our readers are to understand that tbis part of the National Debt confifts chiefly in the necessary reimbursement of the different Officers of Juftice, Magiftrates, and Placemen, who, according to the ancient, fyftem, depofited in the Royal Treafury confiderable fums of money, by way of fecurity for their fidelity many, indeed moft of thefe places, being fuppreffed by the Affembly, all thofe different depofits are to be returned. This debt in itself amounts to near Eight Hundred Millions. The general opinion was, that this fum, great as it is, fhould in juftice be paid: others would have added another Thousand Millions for the payment of the whole National Debt. The matter has been almoft the whole object of difcuffion fince Friday, on which day the debates were clofed, and yesterday the queftion was put to the vote. The Houfe fat from nine in the morning till eight at night, when it was determined by a majority not very confiderable, that Affignats to the amount of eight hundred millions, fhould be iffued as foon as they can be prepared: this, with four hundred millions already given out, will make one thousand two hundred millions, French, or fifty millions fterling,

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"The National Affembly, after having heard the account which has been laid before it, in the name of its Committee of reports, of the proceedings inftituted, at the requeft of the King's folicitor for the Chatelet of Paris, on the 11th of December 1789, and following days, againft Meff. de Mirabeau fenior, and Louis-Phillippe d'Orleans, is of opinion, that in their conduct there were no grounds for cenfure."

The Affembly gave orders that this report should be printed.

The greateft troubles reign at Breft; M. Albert de Riom is known to be a refokite officer, and the laft letters from that feat of fedition fay, he told the failors, "If in two hours they did not fubmit without a murmur, that he would let them fee whom they had to deal with." A fecond edition of the affair at Nanci is looked for! two Commiffioners are dispatched to Breft, to inquire into the caufes of the mutiny, and to deliver over the authors and fomentors of it to condign punishment; a fpark lights up the conflagration; the failors refufed to let one of their comrades be punished; that exafperated the commanders, and from thence the mutiny had its rife.

Proteft of the Marechal Duc de Broglio, a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, against the Decree of the Reprefentatives of the French Nation, paffed the 19th of June loft, for the Abolition of Hereditary Nobility,

"At the time of my being promoted to the firft military rank, I took a folemn oath before the King, that I would advife him of every thing which should have a tendency to endanger his crown, or fhake the foundations of the monar cly.

The abolition of hereditary nobility, will certainly produce thofe fatal effects, and, eventually ruin and annihilate both; for the exiftence of royalty and monarchy is impoffible, without the fupport of hereditary nobility,-which has, for ages, been the ornament of the nation and the glory of the Monarch.

"I fhould think myfelt highly culpable, if I did not exprefs, in the ftrongest terms, my difapprobation of this degrading and ruinous menfure.

Born of noble parents, I was early educat d among the young nobility of France--I have fince gradually obtained the first rank in the army, and have had the honour to lead them,-zealously

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devoted to the fervice of their King and country, against the enemies of hoth.

"I have frequently witnessed their characteristic valou:,-which was the admiration even of those whom they had vanquished.

I feize with eagerness this present opportunity, to acknowledge with fincere gratitude, and heartfelt pleasure, my perfonal obligations to thofe noble and heroic officers, and to those brave and well-difcip.ined i gions, to whom I am indebted for the victories which I have obtained, and for the honours to which I have been promoted.

"It is impoffible, that I should, on the prefent occafion, refuse to unite with them in protefting against a decree which invades and annihilates the deareft and most facred rights.

"Ifhould be highly criminal, were I to remain filent, and tamely fuffer the interefts of the crown and of the nobility to be wantonly invaded with impu, nity.

"Refolved, therefore, to obferve the folemn oath which. I have taken, and to discharge the feveral duties of Marechal de France, of a nobleman and father of a numerous family,-to whom it is incumbent on me to tranfmit the honours which have defcended to me from my ancestors, I proteft against the decree of the 19th of June laft, which abolishes the hereditary nobility; and I will caufe this proteft, properly attefted, to be lodged in the public Depois, as a teftimony, which fhall evince to France, to Europe, and to pofterity, my firm at tachment to a body of nobles fo truly refpectable, and my affection for my children. (Signed)

Le Marechal Duc de BROGLIO. Treves, Aug. 1. 1790.

WAR BETWIXT SPAIN AND MOROCCO.

MALAGA, Sept. 9.

In confequence of the hoftile inclinations teftined by the Emperor of Morocco to the Spanish nation, and the cruelties excerciled upon fuch of his minifters as were favourable to our nation, our court have ordered eight fhips of the line, and three frigates to cruife off Cape St Spartel.

A merchantman, who arrived here yefterday reports, that he has feen fix of thefe fhips who were cannonading the town of Tangier, and were anfwered by the forts with a very spirited fire, kept up with ardour and judgment, which

could fearce have been furpaffed by the beft difciplined artillery men of Europe. Thus, a war has actually commenced between Spain and Morocco.

ENGLAND.

During this month the preparations for war have been carried on with unremit ting activity. Additional fhips have been put into commiffion, the Guards have been drafted, and regiments embarked with fecret inftructions. Nothing, however, has appeared on the part of Spain to give matters a more hoftile determination, if we except the infult offered by the Captain of a Spanish frigate, to the commander of the Trelawney Planter, a homeward bound Weft-Indiaman.

Whether it is meant to make this a fubject of complaint does not as yet appear; but as the Miniftry have thought proper to make a particular inveftigation of the cafe, it is incumbent on us to give our readers the result.

Narrative of the Cafe of Captain_M'Donald of the Trelawney Planter.

Captain James M'Donald, Command, er of the fhip Trelawney Planter, failed from Martha Brae, Jamaica, on the 21t of July laft, bound for London with orders from his owners to join the convoy to windward at Port Anthony, if prac ticable, by the 23d of that month. After heating to windward for 24 hours, and the fhip gaining no ground, the wind at the fame time blowing very ftrong, and the current adverfe, Capt. M Donald, with the advice of his officers, thought, it prudent to bear away for the pailage through the Gulph of Fiorida, which is the ufual paffage of loaded fhips from Jamaica, particularly from the leeward parts of the ifland.

Nothing material happened till the 5th Auguft, at 4 P. M. when the man at the man-head difcovered a fleet a-fiern, the fhip then fteering N. E. by N. latitude at noon, 25, 28. Capt. M Donald difcovered with his glafs, that one of the leading ships was a man of war, and, by her fignals, fuppofed them to be part of the English convoy from Jamiaca, which might not have been able to make the windward paffage, and had borne away for the Gulph, as the Trelawney Planter had done.

All that night they had light winds from

from the eaftward, the. fhip laying up N. N. E. with the lead constantly going. At 4 A. M. got foundings in 34 fathoms, and foon after in 25 fathoms water. At five, they difcovered Florida fhore, ftretching from North to Eaft, diftant four or five miles, with breakers between the fhip and the fore, which Capt. M'Donald found he could not weather on that tack. The Louifa, Capt. Steele (who was in company, but to windward,) being a fharper built veffel, and laying up nearer the wind than the Trelawney Planter, weathered the breakers which are called the Carysfort Reef, and proceeded on her voyage without moleftation from the Spanish convoy.

Capt. M'Donald being now close in with these rocks, was obliged to make two tacks to the Southward to check his fhips off fhore, in order to weather the reef.

This brought his ship into the current of the ftream again, and nearly abreast of the leading fhips they faw the evening before, at about three or four miles diftance, and to windward, which were now difcovered to be a Spanish convoy, con fifting of about 12 fil. Capt. M'Donald then hoifted his colours at the mizen top maft-head, and kept them flying near two hours, but was never anfwered by the Spanish men of war, or any of the merchant fhips, which is the ufual compliment expected on fuch occafions. At this time the wind was at Eaft, the Trelawney Planter laying up N. N. E. on the fame tack with the Spanish fleet. Capt. M.Donald was now failing in a peculiar fituation, from which he could not then poffibly extricate himself, viz. with the Spanish fleet about four miles right to windward of him, and the Florida fhore, being a lee-fhore, clofe on board. In this pofition he was neceffitated to continue failing on the fame tack with the Spanish convoy, which remained in fight all day.

On the 6th of Auguft, they were in latitude 26, 14, with light winds from the Eaftwird, the Trelawney Planter drifting to the Northward, clofe on board the Florida fhore, the Spanish convoy ftill continuing in fight about three or four miles to windward and to the eaftward.

On the 7th of Auguft, they had light variable winds from the S. E. quarter, the Spanish convoy ftill in fight, about a league to windward, drifting together with the Gulph ftream along the Florida hore.

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At 3 P. M. having all the fmall fails fet, and a light breeze from the S. E. Capt. M'Donald hauled up to the Eaftward in order to keep clear of Cape Canaveral hoal and the Spanish convoy.

At 4 P. M. the Trelawney Planter failed fafter than any of the Spanish merchant fhips, got to the windward of the fore-mentioned fhoal, and pafied on ahead and to the windward of the whole Spanish convoy,

At fix, being about a quarter of a mile a-head and on the weather and farboard bow of the leading frigate, Capt. M'Donald obferved her making more fail, and feeing no fhip a-head, conceived the might wish to fpeak hin.

It being needlefs to run with a loaded ship from a frigate which was nearly within gun-fhot, Capt. M'Donald thought it prudent to back his mizen-topfail to allow her to come eafily up with him, as it was not in his power to get away.

It is the cuftom, even in time of war, when one ship chafes another, and wishes to bring her to, to fire a gun to leeward; if that has not the desired effect, to fire a shot athwart her fore-foot (ahead of the chafed fhip;)when if she does not fhew fhorter fail, the other confider themfelves at liberty to fire a broadfide into her, ot take any other steps in their power to bring her to.

In the preient cafe, when Capt. MacDonald was laying with his mizen topfail to the maft, and not running from the frigate, fhe came clofe under his leequarter (within half a fhip's length), and, without hailing, wantonly fired two fhot athwart the Trelawney Planter's ftern, fo close that it made all her cabin windows rattle, and very nearly ftruck her.

As foon as Captain M'Donald had brought his fhip to, they hailed (in Spanifh) ordering him to hoift out his boat immediately and come on board; after Captain M.Donald had confulted his car penter refpecting the ftate of his boars, he antwered (by means of a Curracoa failor, and his fecond mate, who underfood Spanish), that his fhip was leaky, and his boat not in order.

Whereupon the Spanish commander ordered him to hoift out his long boat, if his fmall one was leaky, to which Captain McDonald replied, it was impofdle to hoift out his long boat, as it would take every hand on board to effect it, and as the pump required conftant attendance, that hep was impracticable, he

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