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Monthly Chronicle.
account of the passage of the Rhine , and of the effect which it produced upon the enemy : I leave it to Adjutant-General Sole to give you a more detailed relation : he was a witness of the terror of the enemy , and will give you his opinion upon * that bold operation . I shall send you a full account of al ! the battles we have fought , and the names of the corps and of the individuals who distinguished themselves in them . Health and respect . MUKEAU . * Head-quarters at Friedberg , April 23 .
' After having traversed thirty-five leagues in four days , and been victorious in three battles and five actions , the army of the Sambre and Meuse has received , with the siveetest emotion , upon the banks of the Nedda , the intelligence of Peace . If this blessing is the fruit of French valour , it is not the less due to your labours and perseverance . Receive , then , Citizens Directors , as a pledge of the gratitude of the army , the trophies obtained in the fields of Neuwied and Momabaur . *•¦ HOCHE . ' Note—The victories of which General Hoche speaks were gained before the
preliminaries were known . PARIS , APRIL 28 , 1797 . ' On the 25 th , in the evening , the thunder of artillery in repeated peals announced the signature of preliminaries of Peace with the Emperor ; The joyful news flew to ail quarters of the City with the rapidity of lig htning ; the workmen left their manufactories , the citizens their houses ; and an immense crowd overflowed the gardens of ( fie Thuilleries , while shouts of Viae la Psix , Vive la P .
epublique , so eloquently proclaimed by Dumolard in the Council of Five Hundred , resounded from street to street . It was Adjutant General Leclerc who brought the . news . At the moment he left Buonaparte , that General and the Archduke had just met in a private garden , which with all due formality had been declared neutral ground . The first difficulty started , was , the claiming of precedency by the Emperor . This Buonaparte readily admitted . The' Republic , he said , was too great to contend for a vain ceremony . The French General finding at the head of the preliminariesthe Emperor acknowledges the French Republicrequired the
, , erasure of that article . Do you acknowledge , said he , the sun above the horizon ? The article was expunged ; and in this state was the negotiation when Lecleru came . away . Previously to the signature of preliminaries , the Emperor sent three noble--men of the highest rank as hostages to the French General . Buonaparte invited them to dinner , and during the desert , addressed them thus : — ' Gentlemen , you are free Tell your master , that if his Imperial word -wants a pledge , you cannet sense for one ; and that you ought not , if none be wanted ?
Domestic News.
DOMESTIC NEWS .
ACCOUNT OF THE MUTINY ON BOARD THE BRITISH FLEEET : ( CONTINUED FROM OUR LAST . ) The Seameri , after deliberating for some time on the preceding terms offered by the Lords of ( he Admiralty , came to the following resolution , in reply : ' We received your Lordships' Answer to our Petition ; and in order to
convince your Lordships , and the Nation in general , of our ' mbd . eration , beg leave to offer the following remarks for your consideration ,, viz . —That there never has existed but two orders of meh in the Navy , able and ordinary , therefore the distinction between ordinary and landmen is totally new . We'therefore humbly propose to your Lordships that the old regulations be adhered to , that the wages of able Seamen be raised to one shilling perday , and that of petty officers , and the ordinary , in the usual proportion : and as a further proof of our mode ; ration , and that we are actuated by a true spirit of benevolence toward our . fare-VOL . VJJI , $ \
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Monthly Chronicle.
account of the passage of the Rhine , and of the effect which it produced upon the enemy : I leave it to Adjutant-General Sole to give you a more detailed relation : he was a witness of the terror of the enemy , and will give you his opinion upon * that bold operation . I shall send you a full account of al ! the battles we have fought , and the names of the corps and of the individuals who distinguished themselves in them . Health and respect . MUKEAU . * Head-quarters at Friedberg , April 23 .
' After having traversed thirty-five leagues in four days , and been victorious in three battles and five actions , the army of the Sambre and Meuse has received , with the siveetest emotion , upon the banks of the Nedda , the intelligence of Peace . If this blessing is the fruit of French valour , it is not the less due to your labours and perseverance . Receive , then , Citizens Directors , as a pledge of the gratitude of the army , the trophies obtained in the fields of Neuwied and Momabaur . *•¦ HOCHE . ' Note—The victories of which General Hoche speaks were gained before the
preliminaries were known . PARIS , APRIL 28 , 1797 . ' On the 25 th , in the evening , the thunder of artillery in repeated peals announced the signature of preliminaries of Peace with the Emperor ; The joyful news flew to ail quarters of the City with the rapidity of lig htning ; the workmen left their manufactories , the citizens their houses ; and an immense crowd overflowed the gardens of ( fie Thuilleries , while shouts of Viae la Psix , Vive la P .
epublique , so eloquently proclaimed by Dumolard in the Council of Five Hundred , resounded from street to street . It was Adjutant General Leclerc who brought the . news . At the moment he left Buonaparte , that General and the Archduke had just met in a private garden , which with all due formality had been declared neutral ground . The first difficulty started , was , the claiming of precedency by the Emperor . This Buonaparte readily admitted . The' Republic , he said , was too great to contend for a vain ceremony . The French General finding at the head of the preliminariesthe Emperor acknowledges the French Republicrequired the
, , erasure of that article . Do you acknowledge , said he , the sun above the horizon ? The article was expunged ; and in this state was the negotiation when Lecleru came . away . Previously to the signature of preliminaries , the Emperor sent three noble--men of the highest rank as hostages to the French General . Buonaparte invited them to dinner , and during the desert , addressed them thus : — ' Gentlemen , you are free Tell your master , that if his Imperial word -wants a pledge , you cannet sense for one ; and that you ought not , if none be wanted ?
Domestic News.
DOMESTIC NEWS .
ACCOUNT OF THE MUTINY ON BOARD THE BRITISH FLEEET : ( CONTINUED FROM OUR LAST . ) The Seameri , after deliberating for some time on the preceding terms offered by the Lords of ( he Admiralty , came to the following resolution , in reply : ' We received your Lordships' Answer to our Petition ; and in order to
convince your Lordships , and the Nation in general , of our ' mbd . eration , beg leave to offer the following remarks for your consideration ,, viz . —That there never has existed but two orders of meh in the Navy , able and ordinary , therefore the distinction between ordinary and landmen is totally new . We'therefore humbly propose to your Lordships that the old regulations be adhered to , that the wages of able Seamen be raised to one shilling perday , and that of petty officers , and the ordinary , in the usual proportion : and as a further proof of our mode ; ration , and that we are actuated by a true spirit of benevolence toward our . fare-VOL . VJJI , $ \