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unmolested enjoyment of its antient territory, and it would give to all the other nations of Europe, in tranquillity and peace, that fecurity which they are now compelled to feek by other means. But, defirable as fuch an event muft be both to France and to the world, it is not to this mode exclufively, that his Majefty limits the poffibility of fecure and folid Pacification. His Majefty makes no claim to prefcribe to France what fhall be the form, of her Government, or in whofe hands the shall veft the authority neceffary for conducting the affairs of a great and powerful nation. His Majefty looks only to the fecurity of his own dominions and thofe of his Allies, and to the general fafety of Eu rope. Whenever he shall judge that fuch fecurity can in any manner be attained, as refulting either from the internal fituation of that country, from whofe internal fituation the danger has arifen, or from fuch other circumftances of whatever nature as may produce the fame end, his Majefty will eagerly embrace the opportunity to concert with his Allies the means of immediate and general Pacification,

Unhappily no fuch fecurity hitherto exifis; no fufficient evidence of the principles by which the new Govern ment will be directed; no reasonable ground by which to judge of its stability. In this fituation it can for the prefent only remain for his Majefty to purfue, in conjunction with other Powers, those exertions of juft and defenfive War, which his regard to the happiness of his fubjects will never permit him either to continue beyond the neceffity in which they originated, or to terminate on any other grounds, than fuch as may beft contribute to the secure enjoyment of their Tranquillity, their Conftitution, and their Independence.

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(Signed) GRENVILLE.

Downing Street, Jan. 4, 1800.

20 the Minifter for Foreign Affairs, &c. &c. &c. at Paris.

[For the Second Part of this Correfpondence, fee page 56.]

DEC. 23. Paris papers arrived, which brought the important intelligence that the Archduke Charles of Auftria bad pofitively refused to agree to an armiftice along the whole courfe of the Rhine, for fix months, proposed by the French. This denial on the part of his Serene Highness is ftated to proceed from a reconciliation that has taken VOL, XXXVII. JAN. 1800.

place between the Auftrians and Ruffians; or at least from the circumftance of Suworow having received instructions not to continue his retreat. It is the received opinion that the retrogade march of the Ruffians is actually stopped, and that a plan is concerted for making. a combined attack on France by the Swifs frontier as foon as the feafon shall permit the renewal of hoftilities.

GENOA, DEC. 11. Coni capitulated on the 3d. The capitulation was figned by the Prince of Lechtenstein and Gen. Clement. The garrifon are prifoners of war, and are to be sent to the Auf. trian dominions. They marched out on the 4th of December, and laid down their arms on the glacis.

The garrifon amounted to upwards of 2500 men, and the fortrefs was fupplied with 180 pieces of cannon.

DEC. 31. Paris papers were received. They contain an official account from Italy, ftating that the French General St. Cyr had repulfed the Auftrian corps of Gen. Klenau, in an attempt made by the latter upon the Bochetta, near Genoa, covering the field of battle with killed, and taking 1800 prifoners, with four pieces of cannon.-80 veffels with provisions had arrived in the Genoefe ports.

Bonaparte prefented General St. Cyr with a handfome fabre, which he is to wear in battle, as a teftimony of his fatisfaction at the above victory.

Bonaparte has alfo publifhed the following addrefs to the French foldiers :

"Soldiers! In promifing peace to the French people, I have been your organ. I know your valour. You are the fame men who conquered Holland, the Rhine, Italy, and made peace under the wails of astonished Vienna. Soldiers! it is no longer your frontiers that you must defend; it is the enemy's flates that must be invaded. There is none who has not made feveral campaigns, who does not know that the moft effential quality of a foldier is to know how to fupport privation with conftancy: feveral years of bad administration cannot be repaired in a day. As First Magiftrate of the Republic, it will be pleafing to make known to the whole nation the corps which hall deferve, by their difcipline and valour, to be proclaimed the Sup. porters of the Country.. Soldiers ! when it fhall be time, I will be in the midft of you; and aftonished Europe thall remember that you are a race of brave men."

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. DOMESTIC

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.

DECEMBER 19.

ACOURT of Proprietors of the Bank was held for the purpofe of taking into confideration the propofals of the Minifter to renew the Charter of the Bank for twenty-one years, from the expiration of the prefent term, in confequence of a loan of 3,cdo,dool. without intereft, for fix years, to be then paid, or at any time after the three per cents. confols fhall rife to 90, with intereft at the rate of 5 per cent. on fuch part of the fix years as the three per cents. fhall be at that height. Mr. Hoare difapproved of the propofal, and moved that the quef. tion be adjourned for three weeks, to give time to confider of the fubject: After a fhort debate, this motion was agreed to The Court at the fame time agreed to a Loan of One Million to Government, on an iffue of Exchequer Bills, payable out of the four first instalments of the Loan for the fervice of the enfuing year. Mr. Sanfon wished to know the fate of the advances of the Bank to Government. The Chairman answered, that they were 5,125,000l. being 3,000,000l. lefs than at this time twelvemonth.

JAN. 24, 1800. By letters received from Baltimore, dated the 21st Dec. we are much concerned to learn the death of Chat great and good character, General Washington, who died of an inflammation in his throat on the 14th of the fame month, at his feat at Mount Vernon, in the 68th year of his age, after an Illness of only 23 hours.

The House of Representatives of America, after exprefling the deepest regret at the death of Gen Washington, entered into the following Refolutions on the 19th Dec." That this Houfe will wait on the Prefident of the United States, in condolence of this mournful event. That the Speaker's Chair be throuded with black during the Sellion."On the fame day a Meilage from the Prefident was received, communicating a letter from Tobias Lear, Elq. private fecretary to General Washington:

"Gentlemen of the Senate, and Gen. tlemen of the House of Repre• fentatives, "The letter herewith tranfmitted will inform you, that it has pleafed Divine Providence to remove from this

life our excellent Fellow Citizen George

Wathington, by the purity of his cha racter, and a long feries of fervices to his country, rendered illuftrious through the world. It remains for au affectionate and grateful people, in whofe hearts he can never die, to pay fuitable honour to his memory. "JOHN ADAMS."

Mount Vernon, Dec. 15, 1799. «SIR-It is with inexpreffible grief that I have to announce to you the death of the great and good General Wathington. He died last evening, between ten and eleven o'clock, after a fhort illness of about 24 hours. His diforder was an inflammatory fore throat, which proceeded from a cold, of which he made but little complaint on Friday.

On Saturday morning, about three o'clock, he became ill. Doctor Craick attended him in the morning, and Doctor Dick, of Alex.. andria, and Doctor Brown, of Port Tobacco, were foon after called in. Every medical affiftance was offered, but without the defired effect. His laft fcene correfponded with the whole tenour of his life. Not a groan nor a complaint efcaped him in extreme dif treis. With perfect refignation, and a full poffeffion of his reafon, he closed his well-fpent life. I have the honour to be, &c.

"TOBIAS EEAR." The Prefident of the United States.

General Wadington's funeral was ce lebrated on the 18th of December, with every mark of honour and regret fo juftly due to his virtues. A great multitude of perfons affembled at Mount Vernon, to pay their laft melancholy duty to this diftinguished man. His corpfe lay in ftate in the portico. On the ornament, at the head of the coffin, was infcribed Surge ad Judicium-about the middle of the coffin, Gloria Deo-and on the silver plate, "General George Washington, departed this life on the 14th of December, '99, Æt. 68." When the pro ceffion, which exhibited much folenn grandeur, had arrived at the bottom of the elevated lawn, on the banks of the Potomack, where the family vault is placed, the cavalry halted, and the ins fantry marched towards the Mount, and

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T Auchinleck, Scotland, William Bofwell, efq. to Mifs Elizabeth Bofwell, glaughter of the late James Boswell, efq. Capt. T. G. Shortland, of the royal navy, to Mifs E. Tonkins, of Plymouth.

Capt. John White, of the royal navy, to Mifs Schank, daughter of Commiffioner Schank.

Sir John Smith, bart. of Sydling House, Dorfetthire, to Mifs Morland, eldest daughter of Thos, Morland, efg, of Court Lodge, Kent.

Colonel Lake, of the guards, to Lady Graham.

The Rev. Robert Moore, fon of the Arch.

bishop of Canterbury, to Mifs Bell, Workington, Northumberland.

Francis Vefey, efq. barrister at law, to Mifs Lloyd,

The Hon. Richard King to Mifs Rofs.. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Clinton to the Hon. Sufan Charteris, daughter of Lord Elcho.

George Jerningham, efq. to Mifs Francea Sulyard.

James Cobb, efq. of the East India House,

to Mifs Stanfell.

The Rev. T. W. Champness to Mifs Macnamara. C

Sir Charles Mill, bart. to Mifs Morfhead.

MONTHLY OBITUARY.

DECEMBER 8, 1799.

MR. 67 years.
R. Richard Rowe, of Fleet-ftreet, aged

Lately, at Edinburgh, the celebrated Profeffor Jofeph Black, M. D. (See an Account of this Gentleman, and à Portrait of him, Vol. XXII. p. 83.)

12. Capt. Towers, of the Suffex fencible cavalry.

At Bristol Hot Wells, aged 76, Daniel Gahan, efq. M. P. for Wicklow.

13. At Peterhead, the Rev. John Allan, epifcopal clergyman in Edinburgh.

14. At Stoke, near Guildford, Mr. Geo. Freeland, formerly a ftationer near Lincoln'sinn.

15. Sir David Ogilvy, of Barras, bart. 17. Mr. Nathaniel Godbold, of Bloomf. bury-fquare, in his 69th year, proprietor and inventor of the Vegetable Baifam,

The Rev. Thomas Hayler, M. A. one of the fenior fellows of King's College, Cambridge. Admitted felow 1765, B. A. 1770, M. A. 1773. He was one of the preachers at Whitehall, and published two fermons preached at the chapel there. He also pub.

hed Remarks on Mr. Hume's Dialogues on Natural Religion," 8vo. 1780.

At Bristol Hot Wells, in her zad year, Mifs Amelia White, daughter of Charlos White, efq. of Lincoln, and niece to, Sir Robert Bernard, bart.

18. Mrs. Pitt, formerly of Covent Garden theatre, in the 79th year of her age.

Lately, William Beak Brand, efq. of Politead Hall, Suffolk, a justice of peace for that county.

Lately, the Rev. Hugh Palmer, rector of Kettlethorp, Lincolnshire, aged 66. 19. At Southampton, Gen. D'Auvergne, formerly equerry to the King. He was uncle to the Prince of Bouillon.

At Lutterworth, in his 80th year, Mr. Shuckburgh.

John Skerril, of Algakirk, in the county of Lincoln, in his 68th year,

Ray Beckwith, M. D. of York, in his 39th year.

20. John Mountfort, efq. of High Street, Worcester.

John Wallis, efq. alderman of Newcastle. At Bath, P. Chefter, efq. late governar of Welt Florida, in his 823 year.. .Capt, French, of the Somersetshire fencible cavalry.

21. At Wimpole-street, in his 89th year, M 2 Sit

Sir James Napier, knt. F. R. S, and A. S. S. formerly inspector-general of his Majesty's hofpitals in North America.

James Eafton, efq. an alderman and justice of Salisbury, in his.77th year..

22. At Bath, in his 74th year, Philip Affleck, efq. admiral of the white. He was made captain in 1759; rear-admiral, 1787; vice admiral, 1793. and full admiral, 1795.

23. At Boghead, near Elgin, Scotland, Capt. John Gordon, late of Laggan.

24. Mr. Barnett, furgeon and man-midwife in Tottenham-court-road.

Mr. Thos. Wood, jun. fon of the printer of the Shrewsbury Chronicle, and one of the Shrewsbury yeomanry cavalry in Captain Powys's troop.

Mr. Thomas Manning, London-Areet, Greenwich.

25. Mr. James Margetfon, Fenchurchbuildings, Fenchurch-street.

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Mr. Edward Hill, mason, óf Hill-street, Berkeley-fquare.

26. Mr. Roger Williams, woollen-draper, Bath.

27. At Greenwich, Mr. Thos. Lambert, in his 77th year.

At Witley, near Potterne, Wilts, the Rev. Dr. Kent, aged 87, fellow of Merton College, Oxford.

John Le Coq, jun. of John-ftreet, Bed. ford-row.

Lately, William Nixon, efq. of Reading. He was senior alderman of Calcutta when it was taken by Suraja Dowla in 1756.

JANUARY 1, 1800. The Rev. Dr. Geo. Hunt, a diffenting minister, aged 48.

At Edinburgh, the Rev. Mr. Henry Lundie, late one of the minifters of that city.

Mr. William Corts, merchant, at Glasgow. At Springfield-place, Horsham, Suffex, Samuel Blunt, efq.

2. Thos. Fitzhugh, efq. an Eaft India director.

Mr. Charles Winchefter, meffenger to Earl Spencer at the Admiralty.

Lately, the Rev. John Lewis, B. D. re&tor of Sandon, in Effex, and formerly fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge.

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28. Mr. William Afhby, of Woodman-Museum. stone, Surrey.

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Mr. Andron, of the general poft office,

Thomas Fletcher, efq. of Great Ealing, and clerk of the Briftol road. aged 79 years.

Mrs, Combe, wife of Dr. Combe, of Bloomsbury-fquare.

Lately, at Cawdor Castle, in Nairnshire, Scotland, Elizabeth Rofe, who had reached the uncommon age of 112 years. For many years he had lived a mott faithful fervant in that old caftle, and Lord and Lady Caw. dor ordered every care to be taken of her which her fituation required. Her eye-fight having failed some years ago, her daughter was brought into the caftle to take care of her; but having been left alone in her room, her cloaths caught fire, and she was burnt in fo terrible a manner that she died in a few hours.

29. At Iflington, aged 96, Mr. Thomas Smith, many years receiver of Chrift's Hofpital; and a week after, Mrs. Mary Smith, his widow, aged 82 years.

In Tavistock row, Covent-garden, in his Both year, Thos. Major, efq. engraver to bis Majesty, and for 40 years engraver to the ftamp office.

30. Mrs. Warfon, mother of Sir Charles Watfor, bart. of Swafham, Cambridgeshire, aged S1.

Mrs. Nichols, mother of Sir John Nichols, 31. Mr. Edward Lodder, of Little Moorfields.

At Brighthelmftone, Suffex, John Ingram, efq. formerly of London, merchant, aged 71

years.

4. In Sloane-street, Edward Saunders, efq. of Little Court, Hertfordshire, late a member of the government at Madras.

James Jones, efq. Craven place, Kentish

town.

At Tiverton, Devonshire, the Rev. Richard Broadley, M. A. fellow of King's College, Cambridge.

At Appin House, Argyleshire, Sir Alex. Dalmahoy, bart.

5. Mr. James Rowefwill, of the publis office, Shadwell.

At Reading, Ashburnham Newman Toll, captain of the Berkshire militia, only son of the late Rear. Admiral Toll.

Mr. John Santer, Chancery lane.

Dr. Samuel Cooper, minister of Great Yarmouth, and rector of Morley and Great Yelverton in Norfolk, in his 61ft year. He was formerly fellow of Magdalen College, Cambridge, where he proceeded B. A. 1760 ; M. A. 1763; and D. D. 1772.

Dr. Cooper was author of

(1) Definitions and Axioms relative to Charity, Charitable Inftitutions, and Poor Laws, 8vo. 1764. (2) A Let

(2) A Letter to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Gloucester; in which the Divine Legation of Mofes is vindicated as well from the Mifreprefentations of his Lordship's Friends, as the Mifreprefentations of his Lordship's Enemies; and in which his Lordship's Merits as a Writer are clearly proved to be far fuperior to the Encomiums of his warmeft Admirers, 8vo. 1766.

(3) The Power of Chriftianity over the malignant Paffions afferted, the real Caufes of Perfecution among Christians, and the true Grounds of mutual Forbearance in Religious Opinions explained. A Sermon preached at Cambridge Nov. 3, 1776, 4to.

(4) The Neceffity and Truth of the three principal Revelations demonstrated from the Gradations of Science and the Progrefs of the Mental Faculties. A Servión preached at the Commencement, Cambridge, June 29, (1777, 420.

(5) Erroneous Opinions concerning Providence refuted; the true Notions flated; and illustrated by the Events which have lately happened to this Nation. A Sermon preached at Yarmouth Feb. 8, 1782.

(6) An Addrefs to Perfons after Con. Armation, pointing out the Means of attaining Chriftian Perfection and True Happ.nefs, delivered Aug. 24, 1783, *12mo.

(7) Confolation to the Mourner, and Instruction both to Youth and Old Age, from she early Death of the Righteous; occafioned by the Deatif of his eldest Daughter, ramo. 1786.

(8) The Confiftency of Man's Free Agency with God's Fore knowledge in the Government of the World proved and illuftrated, in a Sermon preached April 23, 1789, on his Majesty's Recovery, 4to.

(9) The Neceffity and Duty of the early Instruction of Children in the Chriftian Religion evinced and enforced. A Sermon preached at Yarmouth June 20, 1790, 4to. (10) The one great Argument for the Truth of Christianity from a single Prophecy evinced in a new Explanation of the 7th Chapter of Ifaiah, and in a general Refutation of the Interpretations of former Commenta

tors.

(11) A Letter to the Clergy of Norfolk upon the Abolition of Tythes. In which the Schemes proposed for an Equivalent are examined, 8vo.

(12) A Full Refutation of the Reasons advanced in Defence of the Petition for the Abolition of Subscription to the Articles and Liturgy. By no Bigot to nor against the Church of England, 8vo.

(13) Explanations of different Texts of Scripture, in four Differtations. 1. On Eter. nai Punishments. II. On Christ's curling

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At Mamhead, in the county of Devon, aged 72, the Right Hon. Wilmott Vaughan, earl of Lisburne, in the kingdom of Ireland. He reprefented his native county of Cardigan near 45 years.

At Bath, Henry Langford Brown, efq. of the Eaft Devon militia. Comb Satchfield, near Exeter, a captain in

The Rev. William J nes. of Nayland,. rector of Pafton, Northamptonshire. He was of Univerfity College, Oxford, which be left early after taking his first degree. In 1773 he became M. A. and being with Bifhop Horne early at the University, was appointed one of his chaplains. He was

author of

(1) A Full Answer to the Effay on Spirit, 8vo. 1753.

(2) The Catholic Doctrine of a Trinity proved by above one hundred short and clear Arguments expreffed in the Terms of the Holy Scripture, compared after a Manner, entirely new, 8vo. 1757.

(3) An Effay on the First Principles of Natural Philofophy; wherein the Ufe of Natural Means or Second Caufes in the Economy of the Material World is demonstrated from Reason, Experiments of various Kinds, and the Teftimony of Antiquity, 410. 1762.

(4) Remarks on the Principles and Spirit of a Work, entitled The Confeffional; being a Sequel to the 2d Edition of the Full Antwer to the Effay on Spirit, 8vo. 17:0.

(5) Zoologia Ethica: a Difquifition concerning the Mosaic Diftinétion of Animals into Clean and Unclean. Being an Attempt to explain to Chriftians the Wisdom, Morality, and Use of that Institution, 8vo. 1775.

(6) Three D.furtations on Life and Death, 8vo 1771.

(7) Obfervations in a Journey to Paris by Way of Flanders in Auguft 1776, 2 Vols, 12mo. 1777.

(8) The Fear of God, and Benefits of Civil Obedience. Two Sermons preached at Harwich, in Effex, June 21, 1778. 8vo. 1778..

*(9) Physiological Difquifitions; or, Dif. courfes on the Natural Philofophy of the Elements, &. 4:0. 1781.

(10) Sermon

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