132] ANNUAL REGISTER, 1795. 
yA HA, Pl aM ibe 
Incorperation of the Austrian Netherlands with the French Republic.— An 
Object of Alarm ts the Neighbouring Natiins.—Debility of the French 
Marine.—Naval Exertions of France confined to Depredatimns on the 
British Trade.—Revolt under the Auspices and Condu& of Vidor Hughes, 
of the French West-India Islands, that had been reduced by the English. 
—Superisr Skill, Bravery, and Success, of the British Officers and Sea- 
men.—The Dutch Colony at the Cape of Good Hope taken by the English. 
Success of tue French in Piratical Warfare.— Bold and masterly Retreat 
of Admiral Cornwallis. —Prosperous State of French Affairs on the Conti. 
nent.—Interference of the French ix the Government of the small State of 
Geneva. —This new-modelled after the Fashion of the French Republic.— 
InsurreGions.—Violence.x—A Revolutionary Tribunal.—Intrigues of the 
French, for bringing the City of Geneva under Subjection ta the French 
Republic. —The Influence of the New Principles of the French extends 
across the Atlantic—and excites dangerous Commotions in America.—The 
Authority of Government maintained in the United States of America, by 
the Moderation, Prudence, and Vigour, of General Washington.—In- 
surrection of Emigrants from Ireland, and the Highlands of Scotland, in 
the Western Parts of Pennsylvania.—Quelled by the Approach of a great 
and irresistible Force under General Washington.— A Dispute between the 
American States aid the Indians, on the Frontiers, supported by a Body 
of Canadians and British Colonists.—Settled by the spirited and judicious 
Condud of General Wayne. 
UT the transaction which occu- 
pied the chief attention of 
Europe, was that famous decree 
which the convention passed a short 
space before its dissolution, and 
which it considered as a legacy leit 
to the French nation, by chese men 
who had founded its liberty, and 
preserved it, by their excrtions, 
against the united powers of Europe. 
By that decree all the Austrian Ne 
therlands were formally inc rporated 
with France, anda solemn admoni-. 
tion given to consider them as con- 
stituent parts of the French repub-. 
lic, never to be ceded, but retained 
at all events against all claims and 
pretences. This decree was uni- 
versally . viewed, by the political 
world, as a firebrand that would | 
eventually kindle no less a confla- 
gration than the celebrated decree 
of November, 1792, by which the 
convention had virtually invited the 
subjects of all princes to throw off 
their obedience. The Austrian Ne- 
therlands, if suffered to remain in 
the possession of France, would, in _ 
the perception of all discerning men, 
prove such an addition of territory, 
of population, of wealth, and of- 
strength, to France, as would render 
it 
