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Monthly Chronicle.
The Duke of Leinster , after determining to separate his interests from those of Administration , wrote to the Lord Lieutenant , informing him , that he meant to call a meeting of the county of Kildare , for the purpose of petitioning his Majesty to dismiss his Ministers . His Grace also went to the Castle , and repeated the substance of his letter , when the Lord Lieutenant said that he sup- posed lie meant to give up his oflice ; the Duke replied : ' Undoubtedly / and since lie thought him unworthy of a civil office , he deemed himself equally unfit fora military one ! he therefore desired to resign the command of the Kildare Militia ; and to have his name immediately struck off the list of the Privy Council . ' [ TO BE CONTINUED . ])
FOREIGN 1 N 2 'EL L ICE MCE . PARIS . No sooner had Generals Victor , Kilmaihs , and Hoche , heard of the violent proceedings of tha Venetians against the French at Verona , than they inarched to assist General Ballaud , who had retired to the citadel . Preparations being made fora bombardmentthe town surrendered on the evening of the 24 th of
, April , and on the 26 th the French again took possesion of Verona . Venice and the Pope seem likely to become the political victims of Europe , A municipality of 50 members of the several states has been erected at Venice , under the presidency of six French Commissaries , appointed by General Buonaparte . —The Golden Book , the Robes of Ceremony ofthe Nobles and Senators , and other Ensigns of Aristocracy , have been burned , and the greatest confusion prevails . Many of the rich Nobles , especially those who have estates in Dalmatiahave gone under the protection of tlie Emperor to Trieste .
, The French took in the Venetian town of Saio 107 5 pounds weight of wrought silver ; and on the lake of Garda the flotilla exacted from that town , 100 , 000 livres , as a ransom . They have also obliged Brescia and Bergamo to give up all their wrought silver , and to pay a certain sum for the maintenance of the French troops . The French have imposed on Verona , after having severely retaliated for the assassination of fioo French sick soldiers in the hospitals , a contribution of five
million , four hundred thousand livres , and have required the surrender of all plate , public or private . The preliminaries of peace offered by Buonaparte to the Venetians stipulated for the payment of 1 , 500 , 000 ducats in ready money , the free maintenance of the French troops while in their territory ; 3 , , 000 ,. livres in naval stores ; - 40 pictures , the most valuable manuscripts in the library of St . Mark , several statues , & C-. The French were about to carry away St . Anthony ' s tongue and chin , with
other valuable relics , from Padua , but the inhabitants redeemed them by raising 35 , 000 livres in a few hours . All the state spies of the old Aristocratic Government of Venice , amounting " to no ( ess than 2000 , have entered into the French Army , The French expect to add to their naval force 32 Venetian ships ofthe line , zfi frigates , and a number of smaller vessels . A part of the Venetian fleet has sailed for Corfu , Zamti , and Cephalonia , with 10 , 000 French troops to garrison , those islands .
The state-prisons at Venice , whence so many victims have been precipitated into the sea with stones tied round their necks , are at length demolished , and freedom of speech restored , after having been denied for so many hundred years . We are assured that ten millions sent by Buonaparte are on their way to the French Treasury .
The village of Pitola , near Mantua , the country of the celebrated Virgil , has been exempt from all contributions . Buonaparte has besides ordered care to be taken that the inhabitants receive no injury , and that the Commune be indemnified as much as possible for all the misfortunes sustained by them during the Siege of Mantua .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monthly Chronicle.
The Duke of Leinster , after determining to separate his interests from those of Administration , wrote to the Lord Lieutenant , informing him , that he meant to call a meeting of the county of Kildare , for the purpose of petitioning his Majesty to dismiss his Ministers . His Grace also went to the Castle , and repeated the substance of his letter , when the Lord Lieutenant said that he sup- posed lie meant to give up his oflice ; the Duke replied : ' Undoubtedly / and since lie thought him unworthy of a civil office , he deemed himself equally unfit fora military one ! he therefore desired to resign the command of the Kildare Militia ; and to have his name immediately struck off the list of the Privy Council . ' [ TO BE CONTINUED . ])
FOREIGN 1 N 2 'EL L ICE MCE . PARIS . No sooner had Generals Victor , Kilmaihs , and Hoche , heard of the violent proceedings of tha Venetians against the French at Verona , than they inarched to assist General Ballaud , who had retired to the citadel . Preparations being made fora bombardmentthe town surrendered on the evening of the 24 th of
, April , and on the 26 th the French again took possesion of Verona . Venice and the Pope seem likely to become the political victims of Europe , A municipality of 50 members of the several states has been erected at Venice , under the presidency of six French Commissaries , appointed by General Buonaparte . —The Golden Book , the Robes of Ceremony ofthe Nobles and Senators , and other Ensigns of Aristocracy , have been burned , and the greatest confusion prevails . Many of the rich Nobles , especially those who have estates in Dalmatiahave gone under the protection of tlie Emperor to Trieste .
, The French took in the Venetian town of Saio 107 5 pounds weight of wrought silver ; and on the lake of Garda the flotilla exacted from that town , 100 , 000 livres , as a ransom . They have also obliged Brescia and Bergamo to give up all their wrought silver , and to pay a certain sum for the maintenance of the French troops . The French have imposed on Verona , after having severely retaliated for the assassination of fioo French sick soldiers in the hospitals , a contribution of five
million , four hundred thousand livres , and have required the surrender of all plate , public or private . The preliminaries of peace offered by Buonaparte to the Venetians stipulated for the payment of 1 , 500 , 000 ducats in ready money , the free maintenance of the French troops while in their territory ; 3 , , 000 ,. livres in naval stores ; - 40 pictures , the most valuable manuscripts in the library of St . Mark , several statues , & C-. The French were about to carry away St . Anthony ' s tongue and chin , with
other valuable relics , from Padua , but the inhabitants redeemed them by raising 35 , 000 livres in a few hours . All the state spies of the old Aristocratic Government of Venice , amounting " to no ( ess than 2000 , have entered into the French Army , The French expect to add to their naval force 32 Venetian ships ofthe line , zfi frigates , and a number of smaller vessels . A part of the Venetian fleet has sailed for Corfu , Zamti , and Cephalonia , with 10 , 000 French troops to garrison , those islands .
The state-prisons at Venice , whence so many victims have been precipitated into the sea with stones tied round their necks , are at length demolished , and freedom of speech restored , after having been denied for so many hundred years . We are assured that ten millions sent by Buonaparte are on their way to the French Treasury .
The village of Pitola , near Mantua , the country of the celebrated Virgil , has been exempt from all contributions . Buonaparte has besides ordered care to be taken that the inhabitants receive no injury , and that the Commune be indemnified as much as possible for all the misfortunes sustained by them during the Siege of Mantua .