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contrary winds from coming near tire place of embarkation; but it is to be hoped that the King will be able to fet f-ii £5-morrow. lie is to go ' to Aix k Chapeke, and ids his intention to.return towards the end of July.During his abfence, the admiuiftrstion uf public, affairs is in the hands of the Senators Count Watchmeifter and Count lio .de; M. Cronftadt, Secretary of State; Baron RuiUh, Prefideat ; Lieutenant General Baron dArm-felt, and Litutenant-Gehftfal Zoge de Manteuf-iek Frank, the Secretary of Stacj, will rem.dn hete.His Majefl.v will be attended during his jour-J *. j f O Jney by 3M. de SilfVeri’parre, Secretary for foreign affairs to the Cabinet, and ivf. dLhicftroin.rrjRs.wM A Y I S.Cur new L/*eTAture is now firm!’/ eftablifhcd;' J * *and the regulations winch concern the Diet were unanimoullv fi-med veftcrd.-v. A.letter eXDreft** O -* .v ^ A ^five of the approbation of our Ke\ohuion, written by the Count de Gorift. at the rcqucft of the King of Pruflta, his mailer, was read at the dietv elfer day.IM, Skorfkow/ki took the opportunity to make a moft virulenr declamation aga’nft the Revolution, and hinted that the King of Prulfia had been privy to it before it took places He was an-fwered by the Deputies for foreign affairs, but particularly by the King, who made a moft eloquent and patriotic haianguc in favour of the Conftitution, and demonftrated the purity of the motives bv which the revol 11 tier.ids had been guided. He then' n;\med the Members who ftiould compofie the Council of Superimendance j for foreign affairs.The Comitial Tribunals were alfo eftablifhed, and nnanimoufty approved; in cpnfequenceof this, the great work of the revolution is com * uleated.FRANCE.Paris, Ju-ie The National Afiembly have decreed pen/ions to the citizens wounded,, and the-families of thofe who left heir lives either at Nancy, under the colours of M. Bouilie, at Park, or at the ftege ofCie Hait:lie.The gunners beIon?in£ to the fleet at Breft re-Sc c) oftifc to fcrve on board their refpectjVe- flnps jntilGovernment ha , hy a new law, purged the c( rpsof marine oifirers of all thofe men who are re-, #markable ior their d it like to the new Conftnu-tion.rntesTIenisdThe King lias appointed M. Le (rente Def-maifons and the Abbe Mulotet St. ?u.plenipotentiary Mediators, charged to pin an end to the troubles which reign in Avignon and the county. They fat off the 3d i. iftant.In the feftlon of the 3d inftant, the Aftembly decreed a number of articles relative to the penal code, the chief of which ere as follow :• The punifoment of fechifion in the prifons (liail not be perpetual.Each perfon (hall take his choice of the different talks which are ordained by the Adminiftra-tors of the hou.fe of correction.The produce of each perions work is to be applied as follows: One third applied to the common ex peaces of the hciue, part of the other two-thirds to be given to die prifoner, to procure himfejfbetter, or a greater quantity of food; and the remainder is to be given him when he is fet at liberty.The pvifoners may work together or ftparately.The men and women are to be fe pa rated, and to work in different cells.Erch perfon, previous to his undergoing the.punifhnienh is. to be taken to the public place of execution, fixed -to a wheel, placed on a fcatfold, and fiiall remain expefed to public view for fix hours. Over bis head ftiaii be written in large characters his name, his crime, and his Dunifh-was m names, wuu an in rent to icaie tne wans; but cannons, loaded with grape-fltot, mortars, c. were in readinefs to receive them: every fnot took place, and the befiegers loft at leaft 600 men in this moft; unfortunate, attack.NATIONAL ASSEMBLY,June 4. .Read an add refs, which was pretended to come from the merchants of Havre, highly approving the decrees of the Aflbmbly relative to the Mu-lattoes. After ti e reading of it was over, ?::d a thunder ofcpplaufe had fubftided, p/1, de Motion -ville begged that the names of thofe who had figned it might lie read.This was a thunderftroke to the poor reader, for the truth is,' tb re iverc no jignaturesat a)l.The bufinefs on the fifth was entireiy uninte reftinsr. •Tun-e 6.Tac-' religious tTabklhmems which fwarm- inv # ^the F.sdt1 Calais, were, on the motion of ft A Dc Grand, moft of them aboliftied.The Aflembly then proceeded to the examination of certain articles relative to the Penal*Laws:“ If a Frenchman, the Chief of a party, at the head of foreign troop's, 'or revolted citizens, (hah exercife hoftiiitic-j : c/d nit i’nm e, after a Decree of the Lcgftlative Body fhall have declared him aopublic enemy, any perfon find 1 have tine right totake away his life : if he fliould be taken alive, he(ha 11 he condemned to be ha 11 acd.”* •Crimes committed againft t'rc external fafetyof the State, fiiall be punifhed whh death.Every Frenchman who thaii hear anus a/ainft : .his country, fiiall be punifiu-vl with death.rrOLD BAIL ElThursday, 'June 9. ■Three young men of the names of Bates, Mcckaauay, and GMicky, \vei*e tried before Mr. Baron Perryn, for a highway robbery on Robert. Adair, Efq. r.ivl taking from his perfon. one gold-watch, chain, and feals, a tensound bank note, fix guineas in gold, and forne liver.It appeared on evidence, that on Thurfdav the 2d of June, Mr. Adair, accompanied by Mrs. Bristow, another Lady, and two children, were going in Mrs. Bristows coach from London to Enfield,, about ten o’clock at night, when they were met and robbed by three footpads, armed with piftols, at a fliort diftance from Enfield. On their arrival at Enfield, Mr. Adair ordered his groom, and Mr. Law, the conftabie of the place, to take a poft .cbaife,and drive along the London road, to endeavour to apprehend therobbers.• •The ipoft boy was accordingly inftnnfted not to ride his horfes, but to put reins1 to them, and drive as if it were a returning chaife, and alfb if he fliould chance to fee three men as he. drove along,, to call out to them “ London Hoy.”— The conftabie feated himfelf iii the chaife, dif-guifted as a perfon whom the poft-boy hadiicciden-tally -picked up on the road, and the groom gotbehind the chaife, as a traveller who wifhed to get a caft by Health.Under this contrivance they fet out from Enfield, and juft before they came to Tottenham High Crofts, they perceived three men walking on the foot path. The poft-boy, as he had been inftrinfted, railed out “ London Floy.” Thethree men immediately caught the bait, and afterlt;» *■a well conducted parley, ail agreement was made to carrv them to London for three flulliifgs.* - r aOn their soing to the chaife door, the con-.w) O t 7ftable with £re?t adroitnefs faid, “ Well, rather than you fiiall be cliAppointed, I will get out and ride on the (hafts.” To this they at fir ft objected, laying there was room enough for four ; buton the conftabie ftavino; that he lived in the* **neighbourhood, and ay as only going as far as Stamfoi :i-Hill, the matter was adiulled; the three
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