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Foreign And Domestic Intelligence.
Gen . Paoli having been informed that the French treated very ill those who fell into their hands , ordered that ten of the French prisoners should be hanged , but not by the hands of the common executioner , for that they should hang one another , and the survivor should be shot , which was executed at Corte , on the 29 th of last month ' . 5 th . General Wurmser has published a proclamation and manifesto to the inhab u tants of Alsace , which concludes as follows . " If your souls remain yet untainted by the poison of the French revolution ,
employments which will preserve you from it for ever , be obedient to your Sovereigns , established by the Almighty for your good ; acquit yourselves with good-will towards them and their friends , which they have a right to claim from you ; Honour the clergy from whom you receive the consolation of future existence ; Beware of all party spirit : avoid all disputes with regard to religion , which are the sources of all evil . In short , remain faithful and just' . this will be your happiness , and for me the best , and most grateful reward . 6 th . The Flanders mail confirmed the . rais ' mg of the blockade of Landauand the
re-, passage of the Rhine by the Austrian and Prussian armies , who , after so many victories gained , and the greatest hardships , suffered with the utmost patience and heroism , were obliged to yield at last to the superior numbers of the Sans-Culottes , who ever since the 22 d . ult . with a force reckoned at iSo , ooo men , and a numerous and formidable artilery , made the most desperate attacks upon General Wurmser , and the Duke of Brunswick . The voluntary contributions for the support of the Imperial waramounttoi 3 million
of florins . Anarcharsis Clouts and Thomas Paine , deprived by a ( Decree" ) of the French Convention of their seats have been arrested , and sent to Luxemburg , and seals put upon their papers . 7 th . After his Majesty ' s Levee Ibrahim Ismail , - ( Reis Effendi at the Court of Turkey ) attended by his Faquilar , or secretary , and his Dragoman ( or interpreter ) had an audience of the King in" the closet , to deliver his credentials . The Envoy and his
two Attendants were habited in a manner remarkably plain , to the disappointment of numerous spectators . After the Turkish Envoy ' s audience , a Council was held , when a day of Fasting ar . d Humiliation was appointed to be held in England , Walts , and Berwick-upon-Tweed , on Friday the aSth day pf February . The same was ordered to be observed in Scotland on the 27 th . 14 th . Official dispatches were brought up by Sir Sydney Smith , relative to the evacuation of Toulon by the Allies .
The dispatches are dated Hieres Bay , the 21 st and zid of December last . It appears , that on the morning of the iSth , Lord Hood was informed , while at breakfast ; that some of the inhabitants had began to fire on our troops , and were in a declared state of insiirreftiou . Orders were immediately given that the town fliould be evacuated by the Allies , and such of the loyal inhabitants as chose to embark on board our fleet , should be carried off . The British Admiral animated by his presence all the exertions that could be devised for the general safety of the town and garrison , and the protection of the distressed Royalistsand the British squadron extended to
, them ail the succour they could possibly afford ; we cannot more fully demonstrate this than by stating , that almost every 7 + gun ship in the squadron received from 1 , 500 to 1 , 800 of them on board ; and one ship of the line had , with her complement of hands , no less than 3 , 000 people crowding her different decks . Having previously resolved on the destruftion of the enemy's ships in the harbour , the arsenal , and other works , bis Lordship committed the execution of this plan to Captain Sir Sdney Smith— -a volunteer in this serviceassisted bsix naval Lieute .
y , y nar . ts , ar . d several petty Officers , and 306 picked seamen . While the shipping , arsenal , dock-yards , and a gre . v part of tbe town were consuming , the conflagration was tremendous , almost beyond any event on military record . The Spaniards shared not in this service , but getting under sail , stood away for Minorca . The Neapolitan squadron also sailed the tide before , for their own ports .
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Foreign And Domestic Intelligence.
Gen . Paoli having been informed that the French treated very ill those who fell into their hands , ordered that ten of the French prisoners should be hanged , but not by the hands of the common executioner , for that they should hang one another , and the survivor should be shot , which was executed at Corte , on the 29 th of last month ' . 5 th . General Wurmser has published a proclamation and manifesto to the inhab u tants of Alsace , which concludes as follows . " If your souls remain yet untainted by the poison of the French revolution ,
employments which will preserve you from it for ever , be obedient to your Sovereigns , established by the Almighty for your good ; acquit yourselves with good-will towards them and their friends , which they have a right to claim from you ; Honour the clergy from whom you receive the consolation of future existence ; Beware of all party spirit : avoid all disputes with regard to religion , which are the sources of all evil . In short , remain faithful and just' . this will be your happiness , and for me the best , and most grateful reward . 6 th . The Flanders mail confirmed the . rais ' mg of the blockade of Landauand the
re-, passage of the Rhine by the Austrian and Prussian armies , who , after so many victories gained , and the greatest hardships , suffered with the utmost patience and heroism , were obliged to yield at last to the superior numbers of the Sans-Culottes , who ever since the 22 d . ult . with a force reckoned at iSo , ooo men , and a numerous and formidable artilery , made the most desperate attacks upon General Wurmser , and the Duke of Brunswick . The voluntary contributions for the support of the Imperial waramounttoi 3 million
of florins . Anarcharsis Clouts and Thomas Paine , deprived by a ( Decree" ) of the French Convention of their seats have been arrested , and sent to Luxemburg , and seals put upon their papers . 7 th . After his Majesty ' s Levee Ibrahim Ismail , - ( Reis Effendi at the Court of Turkey ) attended by his Faquilar , or secretary , and his Dragoman ( or interpreter ) had an audience of the King in" the closet , to deliver his credentials . The Envoy and his
two Attendants were habited in a manner remarkably plain , to the disappointment of numerous spectators . After the Turkish Envoy ' s audience , a Council was held , when a day of Fasting ar . d Humiliation was appointed to be held in England , Walts , and Berwick-upon-Tweed , on Friday the aSth day pf February . The same was ordered to be observed in Scotland on the 27 th . 14 th . Official dispatches were brought up by Sir Sydney Smith , relative to the evacuation of Toulon by the Allies .
The dispatches are dated Hieres Bay , the 21 st and zid of December last . It appears , that on the morning of the iSth , Lord Hood was informed , while at breakfast ; that some of the inhabitants had began to fire on our troops , and were in a declared state of insiirreftiou . Orders were immediately given that the town fliould be evacuated by the Allies , and such of the loyal inhabitants as chose to embark on board our fleet , should be carried off . The British Admiral animated by his presence all the exertions that could be devised for the general safety of the town and garrison , and the protection of the distressed Royalistsand the British squadron extended to
, them ail the succour they could possibly afford ; we cannot more fully demonstrate this than by stating , that almost every 7 + gun ship in the squadron received from 1 , 500 to 1 , 800 of them on board ; and one ship of the line had , with her complement of hands , no less than 3 , 000 people crowding her different decks . Having previously resolved on the destruftion of the enemy's ships in the harbour , the arsenal , and other works , bis Lordship committed the execution of this plan to Captain Sir Sdney Smith— -a volunteer in this serviceassisted bsix naval Lieute .
y , y nar . ts , ar . d several petty Officers , and 306 picked seamen . While the shipping , arsenal , dock-yards , and a gre . v part of tbe town were consuming , the conflagration was tremendous , almost beyond any event on military record . The Spaniards shared not in this service , but getting under sail , stood away for Minorca . The Neapolitan squadron also sailed the tide before , for their own ports .