State of PuMic Affairs in July, 



72 



tlirce four-pounders, loug '^uns, and four 

 loui-poiuidtii, fwivels, couunauded by 

 Alricre de Navis Don. Juan de iMoirt, 

 with a crew of tliirty-cls:ht men. 



The Portuizuele GoviTunic-nt pcrfiCt in 

 tlicir unfriendly condu't towards England. 

 A cartel lately arrived in the Tat^us, with 

 187 French prifoiiers from the. Cape. 

 Thefe ruihani rofe upon the f;uard on 

 Uoitfd the cartel, beat thera, plundered 

 fhe /liip, and made their efcape in the 

 fliip's boat. The guard lired uj-m)!) them, 

 but Without effect. la confequence of 

 *he guards having tlmsdone their duty, 

 the Portuiiuefe Jlinitler wrote to Lord 

 Strangford, our Charge d'.VtTaires, in- 

 forniiiig him that an embargo had been 

 plttGfcd upon the tartol, and that <lic 

 T.'ould not b'e allowed to quit the port, 

 for having dared to fire upon the I'reiich'- 

 men on neutnil ground. Lord Strancford 

 CQinmuuicated the note to the comn\and- 

 lui; othcer on the ftation, from -whoni 

 ti)(fe particulars have been collected. 

 This makes the fecond (hip which tlic Por- 

 tuguefe Government have thou!;ht proper 

 to enibar;::^o in the courfo of a very tew 

 days, although both of them were actu- 

 ally emjiloyed ou important fen ice. 



The I'ervent ijun brig was attacked on 

 the i!4th ill cominii from Taiijiiers, by 

 iome of the enemy's gun boats, and was 

 much cripplei! in lier mafts and rj^iuing ; 

 one man was killed, and the l.icuti-iiant 

 and anotlier wounded : the enemy had 

 fix killed and twelve wo\nided. 



The liitcfl accounts from Cadi/ flatc, 

 tliat they expect a French army of 60,000 

 men in Spain this fummcr, and the French 

 agents are now employed jn Harbary pro- 

 curing cattle for their fubfnionce, and 

 horfes to draw their cannon and mount 

 their cavalry. Either Portugal or Gib- 

 raltar is their objeh. 



It is faid that Buonaparte intends 

 fliortly to vifit the coalt, and to re-e-ltab- 

 lilh his head-quarters at Boulogne, and 

 pei-fuiin over again the farce of pre- 

 jHiring for the invafion of this country — a 

 fchcnie wliidi is as phvfically impoflibie, 

 rhile we maintain our naval fiqicriority, 

 as it would be to make a voyage to the 

 moon ! 



The French tyrant wi'l not withdraw 

 bis armies from Gcrmnny till he is put in 

 poflellion of the mouths of the Cattaro, 

 ^hich have bee n feized by another power, 

 over whom Anfiria has no coiitroul. Rul- 

 fia, on a principle of humanity, a fenti- 

 ment iUien to the heart of tlie Corilcuu, 

 has coiifentcd to relbrc tb.e pofiiion to 

 Anuria: but Inch nrc the unavoidable 

 delays, Uml u tkc rtfurn of tlw Fituch 



[Aug. 1, 



armies to the left bank- of the Rliinc i» 

 not to lake place until intelligence of the 

 uctwil evacuation of Caiaro ihall be re- 

 ceived, it is evident that Germany will 

 be condemned for fomc weeks more to 

 groan under their oppreliioii. Between 

 nUtiitional delays, and the formalities 

 Ujjoa which Buonaparte inlifis, a conli- 

 derablc time niull neceffarily clapfc be- 

 fore a French garrifon can occupy the poft. 



A letter from Araba, to a merchant in 

 Philadeljihia, dated the 3d of May, states 

 that " liie celebrated Miranda, a native 

 of CaracciJS, hius arrived there with % 

 lanie Ajncrican thip and two fchooners, 

 having on bo-.ud 280 men, dellined to 

 kindle the torch of Revolution upon the 

 Continent. Tbcy have a eonliderable 

 nucniber ot arms and ammunition, ten 

 colonels, and all the othcers of a new «d- 

 niiniltratioi) and municipality." 



A melVage from the Jving, recommend- 

 ing to Parliament to increafe the provi- 

 fioa made for the yminger branches of )iii> 

 Jloyal family, has been taken into con!!* 

 deration ; and it hiis l^jen agreed to, that 

 the incomes of the Dukes of Clai-ence, 

 Kent, Cumberland, SulVex, Cmbridge,.aud 

 (iloucetter, ihould be augmenlerl from 

 l'-',000l. to i;j,000l. This i:icreafe, with 

 that of an additional lOOul. per annum 

 to the Princ(;fs Cliarloite of Wales, the 

 five Princelfes, and the Princefs Sophia 

 of Gloucelkr, will be an annual addi- 

 tion of 43,0O0l. to the nationa expendi- 

 ture. 



The rcafons urged hy tiic Cliancellor 

 of the Exchequ'-jr for tliis augmentation 

 were as follow : — 



" The provil'ion for the youngtr fons of 

 tlic King WJS fixed at l'.',()001. per annum in 

 1778. This w-s judjiod at that tiir.c to lie i 

 projier fum, and adequate to the due fupport 

 of their rank. But he would leave it to the 

 Hojfe to determine, when they looked at the 

 increafcd expence attending every article of 

 confumption, when they confidered that nnofl 

 of them were doubled fince that period, ani 

 for. 2 of them more than doubled, 'whether 

 that lum could be regarded as any way adc- 

 qu-ite. From the advanced ages alfo of the 

 illuftrious perfona^cs, more appe.irancc and 

 greater expenditure were called for, than in 

 the younger part of their lives, when this 

 fum was originally ."ixed." 



On the 2lI of July, in the Houfe of Com- 

 mons Lord Henry Petty roic,to bring for^ 

 ward a motion v.'hich was entirely uncon- 

 nefted w ith poUtical fyftcms of partie.*,but 

 which related to tl;c health, happincfs, and 

 welfare of the united kingdom, and to th« 

 human race in general, 



«< His icrdftiip called attention to thedifro- 



yery o: iiwculating for ths co.v-pox, or as i u 



ufu,»U/ 



