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them to protect their own property, every plan for exciting the people of Germany to rife in a mais, appears to be altoge ther nugatory and impracticable.

The imperial journey through the Netherlands, though followed by misfortune, was inftructive to the auguft tra-.. veller. His good fenfe enabled him to diftinguish between outward pageantry and real intention.

In his address to the Netherlands, dated Tournay, 26th of May, 1794, he obferves, that the mafs of the enemy which has precipitated itself on Belgium, rendering the danger more preffing, it became more neceflary for the inhabitants to employ all the means in their power to check the operation of that immenfe and formidable body, by all the force which it was poffible to collect and combine.

Hitherto the hereditary states of the empire have furnished the major part of the troops, which have-protected the Belgic provinces, fo interested in the fuccefs of the war, which might unhappily be attended with their annihilation and total ruin, unlefs they would agree to furnish men to affift in defence of thofe provinces.

He demanded forces to defend their own country; while, they hesitated to grant what might feem to their fovereign fo reasonable a requeft. Difgufted at this difappointment, he returned with his military Mentor, colonel Mack, to Vienna; whence he has lately iffued a public memorial to the feveral states of the empire, exhorting them to contribute largely in men and money, towards the defence of the old ftate of things against Gallic innovation. As a proof of his loles and the exifting danger, he fays, that two thirds of the empire might be confidered as already conquered, and the enemy was every where triumphant.

POLA N D.

This unfortunate country is ftill contending for her liberties, without a fingle ally either to compaflionate or affift her, against the two, rapacious powers of Pruffia and Ruffia.

In May last, the levying of men was carried on with such rapidity, that it was then supposed the Polifh patriots would foon amount to 100,000 men in arms.

The bishop of Livonia, M. de Koffakowski, has been. hanged at Warfaw, before the church of the Bernardins.

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The king of Pruffia arrived about the fame time at Pozen, and was to take the field with general Faurat on the 28th of May.

On the 15th of June, the king of Pruffia received intelligence at his head quarters near Michalowo, that the city of Cracow furrendered at difcretion to his general De Elfner.

In June, gencral Kofciufko fuffered a defeat by the Pruffians near Szczekocrin; and a few days afterwards, he published an account of this battle, in which he fays, The Pruffians commenced a heavy connonade on our lines, which was anfwered with great effect by the batteries on our left wing. The Pruffian twenty-four pounders paffed us at a great distance, while each discharge from our batte ries told a tremendous fire was kept up on both fides, and from this it was ealy to form an opinion of the immenfe number of the enemies artillery, together with the largenefs of the calibre. Under the protection of this fire, the enemy advanced and overpowered the Poles by numbers.".

By later intelligence, we find that the Pruffians are about to attack the Poles, who are intrenched in force in the vi cinity of Warsaw.

ITALY.

The two hundred thousand pounds a-year, paid by Great Britain to the king of Sardinia, have neither enabled him to recover his loft dominions, nor have rendered him in vulnerable to new attacks from the French. A part of his territory has for fome time been defended by Auftrian troops. A difatisfaction prevails in his capital and in the ifland of Sardinia, on account of the unpopularity of the war with France, and fome confpiracies against him have been discovered at Turin.

In April last a confpiracy was difcovered in Naples; and more than three hundred perfons were arrefted, among whom were feveral of the first diftinction.

With respect to Tufcany, after having been forced from her neutrality, the confederated fovereigns have apparently acquired but little advantage from her affistance.

GENEVA.

A revolution has lately taken place in this city, of which the following is the principal outline:

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On the 18th of July, M. M. Soulavie and Merle, commillioners from the French convention, resident at Geneva, gave a grand dinner to the principal members of a society, intitled, The Club of the Mountain, confifting of the most violent patriots of that city. On breaking up at an early hour in the morning, the members of the club had recourfe to arms, and arming the populace at the fame time, took poffeffion of the gates and arfenals. They next proceeded to felect a revolutionary committee, compofed of feven perfons, by whom every perfon, inimical to their interefts, was inftantly apprehended, and put into confinement, to the amount of nearly a thousand.

The revolutionary committee proceeded to form a plan for the new government. The next day this plan was approved of, and the revolutionary tribunal elected, on the 21ft, by about 3000 voices.

It must be obferved, that at the time of this revolution, there were no French troops in the environs of Geneva. In what manner, therefore, or by what influence this infurrection has taken place, we are ftill ignorant. It is cer tain that the people there have for many years been dissatisfied with the ariftocracy. Later accounts lead us to hope that the difpute is at prefent in a train of amicable accommodation, and this we moft fincerely with. The cause of liberty is ever difgraced by anarchy; and the reform of abufes is a very different procefs from the overthrow of all government and fubordination. This, perhaps, in most countries might be effected without danger, were the ruling powers lefs tenacious, and the reformers lefs violent than they too commonly are.

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