SHORT CHRONICLE 



GF EVENTS. 



On ii. 



F0R.EIGK. 

 France, 

 Since our last, a very impor- 

 tant revolution has taken place 

 in France, which has totally al- 

 tered the situation of affairs. 

 The combined armies of Pruf- 

 sia and Austria, weakened by 

 disease, and distrefsed by want 

 of provisions, have been dri- 

 ven from the French territories 

 •with ignominy j and the allied 

 powers are now, as is usual 

 on such cases, recriminating 



on each other, each 



party wilhlng to throvy the 

 blame from his own fhouMers 

 on that of the other ; so that it 

 i« not improbable that it may 

 end in a serious «upture be- 

 tween the courts of Berlin and 

 Vienna ; the consequences of 

 which can hardly fail of being 

 very prejudicial to both, 

 Rufsia on the one hand has, 

 during this ill concerted expe- 

 dition on their part, acquired 

 such a decided superiority in 

 Poland, as to be able to go- 

 vern there with as absolute 

 authority as at Pctersburgh, 

 and will no doubt make use of 

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that power, if the emprefs 

 lives, to check the power of 

 Prufsia on that side, while, on 

 the other hand, there is scarce- 

 ly room to doubt that the Au- 

 strian Netherlands will seize 

 this opportunity of freeing 

 themselves from the Austrian 

 yoke, which they have con- 

 sidered for several years back 

 as a grievous burden. So 

 much for the ill judged inter- 

 meddling of these proud poten- 

 tates in the inte. n .i aficars of 

 another state. Pity it is that 

 a similar fate has not always 

 attended the like unjustifiable 

 interference of foi^sign pow- 

 ers in the affairs of other na- 

 tions. The emigrants are in- 

 tirely fliaken of by all parties, . 

 and are reduced to the most 

 deploraole distrefs. 



In consequence of this un- 

 expected succefs, and of the 

 prbgrefs of the French in Sa- 

 voy, where the weaknefs of a 

 vain prince, and the wicked- 

 nefs of a corrupted court have- 

 long paved the way for their 

 reception ; so that Montes- 

 quieu has now pofsefsion of a 

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