sentence against A. R. Bowes, &c-Glafgow Weavers. he was at the water fide.-His Lordship has been fince ordered by the Burgomafters of Amfterdam to quit the country directly; and he accordingly returned to England on or about the 24th of July. THE fentence pronounced by Judge Afhhurft against the feveral perfons concerned in carrying off the Countefs of Strathmore was as follows: “That Andrew Robinfon Bowes, Efq; do pay a fine of 300l. to his Majefty that he be imprisoned in his Majefty's prifon of the King's Bench for three years; and at the expiration of the faid term to find fecurity for fourteen years, himself in toool. and two fureties in 5ool. each. That Edward Lucas (the conftable) do pay a fine of 50l. and be imprifoned in his Majefty's goal of Newgate for the term of three years. That Francis Peacock do pay a fine of rool. and be imprisoned in the King's Bench prifon for two years. That Mark Prevoft be imprifoned in the goal of Newgate for one year.-No fine. That Henry Bourn do pay a fine of gol. and be imprisoned in the goal of Newgate for fix months." Lucas, Peacock, and Prevoft, are already under bail, by order of the Court of King's Bench, themfelves in 500l. together with two fureties in 2501. each, for keeping the peace towards Lady Strathmore for fourteen years. 423 July 23. The High Court of Jufti ciary met at Edinburgh in order to proceed on the trial of Archibald and James Heugh, fervants of Carron Company, indicted for the crime of contracting with, exciting, and drawing away; or the perfuading, endeavouring to per fuade, or foliciting James Harley, John Eadie, John Swan, and William Muir head, all manufacturers, workmen, or artificers in the iron-manufactures, or other manufactures carried on by the Carron Company, and who were fervants, or under indentures to faid Company, to go out of this kingdom, in the month of Auguft laft, into Ruffia, or fome other foreign country, not within the dominions of, or belonging to the Crown of Great Britain; and that the two Heughs had fo far got their purpofes carried into execution, as to entice Harley, Eadie, Swan, and Muirhead, to go on board the fhip which went by the name of the Empress of Ruffia, then lying at Grangemouth, or in the Frith of Forth, not_far from Carron Works, bound for Ruffia, or fome other foreign port, in which ship the above perfons were difcovered and brought afhore. Neither of the Heughs appeared to ftand trial. Sentence of outlawry and fugitation was therefore pronounced against them in common form. Edinburgh. The workmen employed in digging the foundation of one of the houses on the eaft fide of the South Bridge, found depofited in a cavity, which appeared to have been made for the purpose, a vast quantity of filver coin, all of a size less than our prefent fixpences. They are evidently the coin of Edward I. commonly called Longshanks, who was in this country in the years 1295-6, when he defeated the Scots at Dunbar; and having made himself master of Edinburgh, Stirling, &c. and burnt the records of this country, carried off the regalia of Scotland, with the famous chair at Scoon. On the one fide of this coin is the following infcription: EDWAR. ANGL. DNS. HYB. On the reverfe, CIVITAS LONDON. The letters, &c. are quite entire, and a number of the pieces have been fold by the workmen for fourpence a-piece. Perth, July 26. The workmen in late ly digging the foundation of the old church of Crieff, difcovered a number of gold coins, equal in weight to a modern quarter guinea, but more free from alloy. The device on one fide is a St Andrew ftretched out on a cross; the legend, ROBERTUS DEI GRATIA REX SCOTIE. On the reverse is a lion rampant within a Gothic arch, with the motto LIBERAT. by which it seems the coins are thofe of Robert I. who might with propriety be ftyled LIBERATOR PATRIÆ, as having delivered his country from English oppreffion. These coins bore no dates. Glafgow. In confequence of fome difference having arifen between the manufacturers of this city and neighbourhood, and the operative weavers, relative to the prefent ftate of their wages, the former having taken the refolution of reducing them, the latter refufed to continue their work till the affair was fettled; for which purpofe, vaft crowds of them affembled on the Green, &c. to appoint committees to meet with the mafters, to receive their ultimatums, and to report. In the mean time, large bodies of the operatives went to the fhops of thofe who they were informed had taken in webs to weave at the reduced prices, took them away, and returned them to the manufacturers.-On Saturday June 30th, in the afternoon, a general meeting was convened in the Green, to the number of feveral thoufands, to hear the final reports of their committees, which was fo unfatisfactory that it did not terminate the bufinefs, for they unanimoufly refolved not to work at the propofed reduced prices. AUGUST. RUSSIA. Her Imperial Majefty having vifited the most celebrated cities of Crimea, paffed the lines of Precop on the 30th of May. On the 31ft the found herfelf among the first chain of mountains to the South of Crimea, from which the enjoyed a profpect of the most beautiful valleys, cultivated fields, orchards, and populous villages, that is any where to be feen in the habitable globe. Towards the evening a body of 1000 Tartars, completely armed, came to meet her, and efcorted her to Batcheafary, where fhe lodged in the palace of the ancient Chans. June 2, the left that place; and on the 14th arrived at Bialogorod; and at Mufcow on the 23d, O. S. where fhe was met by the Grand Dukes Alexander and Conftantine. July 22, fhe arrived, with her fuite, at her palace of Czarfkozelo, near Petersburgh, in perfect health. Peterburgh, August 1. Her Imperial Majefty, our Sovereign, after an abfence of four months, entered this capital on Saturday evening from Zarfko Zelo, where the had repofed from the fatigues of a long and hazardous journey. The Emprefs was received with the greateft joy by all ranks of people, who teftified the fincerity of their loyalty by illuminations, bonefires, and other public rejoicings. The cannon of the garrifon, and at the Admiralty, were difcharged on the occafion, and all the men of war and merchants fhips fired falutes here and at Cronstadt on her entering the city, and dreft in the colours of their respective nations. On Sunday morning her Majefly went to the Cathedral church, to which he was attended by the whole Court; being met at the entrance of the church by all the fenior and fuperior Ecclefiaflics in their refpective habits, when he made a public offering at the altar, which was fplendidly dreffed on the occafion, and gave thanks for her fafe return. Praifes and thanksgivings were fung by the Ecclefiaftics, and people in the other churches on this happy occafion. The prifon-doors are going to be flung en, fo that captives long immured join in the general joy. AUSTRIAN NETHERLANDS. In confequence of the address remitted by the Emperor, a General affembly of the States of all the Auftrian Low Countries was held on the 18th past; the iffue of which was, to name a deputa tion to be fent to Vienna, as the Emperor defired; and to yield to his Imperial Majefty every thing which does not directly lead to the violation of their oaths. On this refolution, the marching of troops was countermanded, and the execution of the new system fufpended. Their Royal Highneffes the Archduchefs and Duke of Saxe Tefchen arrived at Vienna on the 28th of July in good health. Count De Murray, Governor-General of the Low Countries, has published a note under date August 6, which has been fent to the different States of the Low Countries, declaring, "That he will not hesitate to inform them, that the Emperor is not pleafed with their laft difpatch of the 18th of July, which announced on the part of the people impreffions contrary to the confidence which his Majesty expected from all clafies of his fubjects, whilft it alfo gave birth to ideas contrary to the dignity of a Sovereign. "His Majefty thought that these circumftances rendered a meeting of his troops neceffary, otherwife the ftate and nation would not expect to fee peace properly restored. His Majefty, however, exprefsly authorized his Excellency to allure them that this meeting of his troops had not for its object any defign against the conftitution of the country, or any other fteps contrary to the laws. The States and all the nation muft be fenfible, no doubt, that he was doing nothing contrary to the conftitution by the marching of his troops; and all inquietude or diftruft on this fubject, would jultly Affairs in Holland. Fully caufe his Majefty to doubt the truth of the affertions which the States had made of their fidelity and attachment, which they had announced on the 28th of July, and the intention of treating them paternally, with other objects of general welfare, addreffed to the States of Brabant on the third of July by.his Majefty, as it would be a fcandal for all Europe, if, after the bounties which his Majefty had announced, his fubjects only could have the idea of his troops remaining only in a state of inaction, as if they were in the fervice of fome foreign Prince, and in fimple quarters on a march. The conduct of the nation refpecting the intended meeting of the troops being, among others, regarded by his Majefty as the touchftone of their confidence and their faith, his Majesty, at the fame time, has given his Excellency to understand, that according as he was informed the nation behaved, he would give a qualification, that the German troops defigned for the Low Countries fhould not pafs the frontiers of his hereditary States, except the regiment of Bender, which his Majefty, for particu'lar reafons of fervice, had judged neceffary to fend to Luxembourg. HOLLAND. The affairs in Holland begin to wear a new face. The States General having deliberated on the Memorial prefented to their H. M. M. on the 11th of July by Monf. de Thulemeyer, Envoy Extraordinary from the King of Pruffia, it was determined that the Envoy should be informed that they have made repeated applications to the States of Holland, on the fubject of what lately happened with regard to the Princefs of Orange, without fuccefs; and therefore muft leave to the States of Holland and Weft Friefland to anfwer the confequences, as they, the States General, would not in any wife be anfwerable on the occafion. This declaration has produced the thankful acknowledgments of his Pruffian Majefty, for the conduct their High Mightineffes have hitherto obferved in this unfortunate affair. His Majefty does not doubt but that their H. M. M. will continue the fame good offices, to procure, as foon as poffible, the fatisfaction the King has a right to require of the aggreffors. The anfwer of the States of Holland and Weft Friefland, to the memorial of APPENDIX to Vol. VI. 425 the Baron Thulemeyer, has not had the fame good effect with his Pruf. Majefty. Their Noble Mightineffes, fay they, have too great a regard for his Pruffian Majefty, and his illuftrious Honse, to fuffer any attempt to be committed a gainft the perfon of her Royal Highness, his fifter, the Princess of Orange, as ftated in the memorial of Baron Thulemeyer; and that, on the other hand, their Noble Mightineffes make no doubt but that his Pruffian Majefty will, on his part, allow of the like regard' which is due from one Sovereign to another; and therefore, from his Majefty's good intentions, they cannot doubt that the fteps taken by their Noble Mightineffes, to fecure the peace of this country and its inhabitants, will not fail of meeting with their proper regard. Their Noble Mightineffes cannot think, that his Pruffian Majefly means, that her Royal Highness fhould be exalted above the Sovereignty of the Province; and therefore all the trouble fhe met with in her journey to the Hague, fo far as con- . cerns the State in this unforeseen matter, cannot be confidered as an attempt of injury or infult to her perfon. "Their Noble Mightineffes, profeffing the higheft efteem for his Majesty, make no fcruple of declaring, on their part, that the event troubled them; and they heartily with it could have been prevented. And that it would have been more advifeable in her Highness, instead of her unexpected return to this province, to have given their Noble Mightineffes in fome proper manner a previous advice of the fame, and of her intentions; in which cafe their Noble Mightineffes might poffibly have deliberated upon the matter, and might have reprefented to her Highness reafons against her journey, by expoftulating with her Highnefs on the manner in which the Prince Hereditary Stadtholder had, in the month of September 1785, quitted the province with his family; and who, by repeated and manifeft indignities offered against the Sovereignty of Holland, made it indifpenfably neceffary for the province to guard againft his approach. "The impreffion made by the con tents of the declaration published by the Prince on the 26th of May laft, in which all ideas of gratitude and dependence on this province was loft fight of, make, all that was relative between their Noble Might ineffes and their prefent Stadtholder become very uncertain and Auctuating. 1 "And, laftly, the great divifion in the minds of the people of the nation, in which the principal and most refpectable part are engaged, in reclaiming their liberties by the unforeseen aims of the Stadtholder, fo violently taken against them, while another party inclinable to, mifchief, and a thoughtlefs mob, have here and there fcandaloufly abufed the name of Orange, as a fignal and token, thereby moft dreadfully to make it a fcene of uproar and defolation. "And befides thefe principal confiderations for the peace of the province, ber Highnefs ought to have known, that with respect to her intention, of mediating or treating with the Sovereign, to fettle the differences fubfifting, this object, though praife-worthy in its first inftance, never could have produced the defired effect; because it is notorious to the whole nation, that her Royal Highnefs is not qualified with the requisite impartiality for a Mediatrix ; befides its being non-effective, whilft the Stadtholder perfifls in his manner of thinking and acting manifeftly against the Sovereign of this province. [The Refolution then goes on to ftate the particulars of the arreft of the Princefs of Orange, which we have given before, and concludes in these words:] "That all that has happened in this matter, fo far as their Noble Mightineffes are informed, was actually conducted in a very decent manner, without the leaft fhadow of an imperious treatment, or want of refpect due to her illuftrious perfon; in which cafe their Noble Mightineffes would have thought themfelves authorised to inflict some penalty or reproof on the Commiffioners, whofe conduct has more than probably prevented a popular disturbance. "That their Noble Mightineffes, with reafon, affure themselves, that his Pruffian Majefty, after receiving thefe details, will be convinced that he has not been previously informed with partiality concerning the matter mentioned in the memorial of the Envoy Thulemeyer; and that his Excellency Baron Thulemeyer be requested to affure his Pruffian Majefty, that their Noble Mightineffes fet the higheft efteem upon his Majefty's friendship; and alfo of their regard and efteem for the perfon of her Royal Highnefs the Princefs of Orange and Naffau. And that they flatter themselves to expect the fame from the equity of his Majefty; that he will not infift, on their part, that they any ways neglect to take all the necef fary fteps which all Sovereigns are indifpenfably bound to do, for the confer vation, quiet, and welfare of their citi zens intrufted to their care; in as much as their Noble Mightineffes can give his Pruffian Majefty the fulleft affurances, that, in their final refolutions on this matter, nothing will be moved but what will tend to the falutary views of the public tranquillity. "Refolved, That as, according to the information given by the Envoy de Rhede, his Pruffian Majefty has alfo addreffed himself on this matter to the Court of France, the Penfioner shall be requested, and is hereby requested, to notify this refolution to the Marquis de Verac, his Moft Chriftian Majesty's Ambaffador at this Republic; praying him to lay before his Court the neceffary informations; and, finally, that copies of this refolution fhall be tranfmitted to the Lords the States of the other provinces." This anfwer, couched as it is in equivocal and difrefpectful terms, has produced the following paper: A Memorial prefented to their Noble and Great Mightinees the Lords States of Holland and Weft Friesland, by his Excellency the Baron Thulemeyer, Envoy Extraordinary of bis Pruffian Majefty. "Noble, Great, and Mighty Lords, "The underwritten Envoy Extraor dinary of his Pruffian Majefty has fent to the King his mafter the refolution which your Noble and Great Mighti neffes have remitted him, in anfwer to his memorial of the 10th of July, concerning the outrage committed on the perfon of the auguft Sifter of that Monarch. "It was with the utmost astonishment his Majefty learned, that, inftead of complying with his Majefty's just demand, you have fupported an evafive anfwer by weak arguments. His Majefty will not admit that the pretended ignorance of the motives which carried her Royal Highnefs to the Hague, and the apprehenfion of a popular commotion, can ever excufe the conduct of the commiffion fitting at Woerden. Such a fufpicion publicly announced is a new infult. The word of the Princess, her folemn declaration, that her journey to the Hague was with the moft falutary views, ought to have been a full conviction to the Deputies of your Noble and Great Mightineffes. Tamult in the Italian Theatre in Paris. Might ineffes. If the people, penetrated with gratitude for the illuftrious Houfe of the founders of their liberty; if the appearance of the auguft Confort of the Stadtholder had produced any demonftrations of joy, fo as to disturb the public tranquility; the means of fuppreffing it was ever in the power of yourfelves: befides, the care with which her R. H. prevented the proofs of an imprudent zeal, in concealing from the public her intended arrival, was a fresh caufe for the gratitude of government. "Is it at the Hague, Noble, Great, and Mighty Lords! is it at the place where every citizen ought to enjoy that full liberty established by the wifdom of your ancestors, that a refolution is taken, to refufe the fifter of a great Monarch, the Confort of a Prince who enjoys the greatest dignities of your State, admiffion into the province of Holland? "The King will not enquire into the right of refiftance which the commiffion of Woerden attributes to itfelf upon this occafion. His Majefly will rather fix his attention on the manner it has been put in execution. The equipage of her Royal Highnefs was furrounded by foldiers; and her train was more like that of a prifoner of state than of a great Princefs, refpectable for her illustrious birth, her noble qualities, her virtues, and for her fentiments, which fhe has always dedicated to the good of the Republic. Scarcely had her Royal Highnefs got to Schoonhoven, when guards were placed at every avenue of the house, and an officer even set in her apartment with a drawn fword. Such fhameful proceedings have made a deep impreffion on the mind of the King my mafter, who looks on the injury as done to himfelf. It is by the exprefs orders of the Monarch that the underwritten again demands from your Noble and great Mightinefies an immediate and proper fatisfaction for the infult: and his Majefly moreover enjoins me to inform you, that he will always infft on this fatisfaction; and that he will not be content with the difcuffion of actions by vague excufes, nor admit of further delay." (Signed) THULEMEYER. Since the delivery of this memorial, all the officers of the troops, cantoned in and about that Dutchy, have received orders to provide camp-equipage, and to hold themselves in readinefs to march on the first notice. Hague, Aug. 9. A few days ago there appeared a declaration of a very 3 ftrong nature from the inhabitants of Holland against William the V. In this piece, which breathes nothing but warm refentment, the Prince of Orange is treated as being ungrateful, unfaithful, and perfidious in his conduct. He is reproached with having formed an ariftocratic cabal, the end of which is to fubvert the conftitution; with having formed alliance with England, whilit Holland was at war with her; and to have made their territory the theatre of a civil war. After thefe accufations, the inhabitants declare him ftripped of all his dignities, and defire that he may be confidered in every refpect as a traitor to his country, as perjured in his oath, and difobedient to the orders of his Lords and Mafters; that they deprive him of all his advantages, confifcate all his effects, and that, as he behaves himself like another Duke of Alva, he be profcribed and delivered into the hands of the Sovereign, to receive the recompence due to his conduct, &c. FRANCE. Paris, Aug. 6. On Tuesday laft a great tumult arofe in the Italian playhouse, which in fome measure indicates the prefent difpofition of the people of this coun try. The house being very crouded, and the weather extremely hot, the audience in the pit demanded, as has been cuftomary on fuch occafions, that the doors of the boxes fhould be thrown open. This being a long time refufed, a man who had a long time diftinguished himself by his loud voice was feized by one of the guards: the people joined immediately to refcue their friend, a fcuffle enfued, at length the rest of the guards entered, and carried off their prifoner. The pit, ftill more irritated, determined the play fhould not begin till the man was relea fed. After a long and violent confusion, the officer very prudently drew off all his men from the playhouse, in order to prevent difagreeable confequences, and fet their prifoner at liberty, who was immediately brought back on the shoulders of the people, and received with the applaufe of the whole houfe. Auguft 6. This day the King held a bed of Justice at Verfailles. The dif ferent members of the Parliament and of the Council arrived at half an hour after ten, and his Majesty took the throne about eleven. After a fhort fpeech, in which he expreffed regret at the neceffity of any taxes, and his determined will that his edicts fhould be Ga registered, |