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NETHERLANDS,
April 30.
| Mj E learn from Bruxelles, that a general
ferment reigns in all the Aufirian Low
® " Countries, and particularly in that capi-
Hlt the tranquility with which all the revo
lunyHapparantly took place in the form of go
, : Hint of the Belgic provinces was only an ap
nppce, and that lately a violent opposition has
the projects of his Imperial Majefly.
pSWei *rs even assured, that the dates of Brabant are
||sbout to take a resolution to refufe any subsidy un
ptil things are put upon their former footing. If
Pj&eTe are confirmed, the tranquility of
■phtfe provinces may be dilturbed, particularly as
Emperor is so fully convinced of the utility of
lithe reforms which he withes to eHabliih, that he
I tyillnot easily give them up.
T R E C H T, May 10.
|BL anding all the promises of not fending
gte-p»ore troops into the province, we yederday
Recounts that the battalions of Van Effe-
Hmq and funder were upon their march this way,
H|pon nylflgh the council was summoned, when they
sSirere fortl-.ally made acquainted that quarters had
Q>MHf< niiJrrrd for four companies of the regiment
Hpf'%jut Efferen, two of which were to be quarter
gild one at Meeren, and one at Harme-
Sghfy «attd other places, in such a manner as to cut
•flf fttt eom munication between this city and Hol
''Hjpe Council gave it as their opinion, that
Ought to be quartered upon the diflrid
e&y, without the permiflion of the council;
perceived it was the possession of the
. <*7 which all Holland could be laid under
f water) which was aimed at, they determined to
fends* corps of volunteers to that spot; upon which
Liooo jfomediately offered their fcrvices, but it
to fend only a corps of 250 men,
with three pieces of cannon, un-
of M. d’Averhoult, with orders
Hjrdfcfftefhe commander of the troops to quit the
this city, or in case of refufal to repel
BMfWfcn*. Accordingly, being arrived at
Kp»jSfl*f4i T M. d’Averhoult sent an officer for the
purpofe, who received a very un-
and immediately returned ; but was
lpPy'|ot half way back before orders were
fShrfch td she troops to fire, by which Mr. Vifcher,
commander of the riflemen, was killed. —This
Kf|l6ib3y fi£nal was fuffieient to our burghers, who
lltmneJliately fell upon the troops with uncommon
bravery, and the adion became general. M. d’
iKverhoult perceiving that the number of the enemy
r than he had intelligence of, retreated
Mt-ftjf-*|iJutphaas, where polling himfelf advan-
he continued the action, and obtained a
Swfete vidory, having sent, as a proof of it,
! pwggons loaded with arms, baggage, prifo-
Ifajepnilitary chefl, colours, and other tro
this city. This has greatly animated
who were very anxious, and perpe-
E<*\ v ed with various unfavorable accounts,
Hcgons came up t 0 the S ates c * t s f *
leverv peaceful man mull lament that
K civil war ha* burll forth; God only
it my tni, and what Will be the
The number of killed and wound
not *et afeertained.
■K { k arn that a few days since, a number 0*
glntcflfes #*7» according to report, were fen* from
to rc ?i mctlts in provinces of
HjjXsrLnd and Utrecht, ordc»] j n g them to be in
for marching VTJon the lhortell notice,
inhabitants are directed to have their
horses rea<ly for the removal of ordnance, &c. We
can aferibe these events to no other cause than a
design to attack either the city of Utrecht, or that
of Wyk ; but a projed of this kind is not likely
to be attended with any success, since the inhabi
tants have taken the moll effectual precautions
againfi a furprize.
May 13. The following is a lift' of our killed,
and some of our wounded in the late adion :—Mr.
Cornelius Vifcher, Adjutant to M. d’Averhoult,
killed on the firff difeharge; and B. Vlander Vleck,
of the artillery, killed a Ihort time after. The
wounded are, Van Schyppcn, a bombardeer, who
had his arm broken, and a bullet lodged in his
breast. He continues in great danger at a house
near the place of battle. Jacobus Eyffclcnberg,
sou of the city crier, a child es 12 years old, while
supplying a cannon, was Ihot in the belly; and
qpon his return to the city at two o’clock in the
morning, he afeended an elevated spot, and ex
claimed, “lam not yet dead, and am Hill a pa
triot!”
In the late rencontre we took 27 prisoners, ac
cording to whole report about 100 men were kil
led on their fide; and of the burgesses of this place
seven are killed, and about 25 or 30 wounded.
Among the booty obtained by the vidors, are 30
officers chests, 460 mulkets, a great quantity of
ammunition, &c. &c. together with the military
chefl, containing 40,000 florins.
Upon the arrival of the fugitives from the regi
ment of Van Efferen, at Viane, they were dis
armed, and detained prisoners of war.
On the 14th, at 5 o’clock in the morning, 20
hussars and 20 jagers went out under the Compte
de Witgenftein, a relation to the Rhyngrave, and
on the road to Zeiss met a party of the regiment of
Thuyl, when a skirmish ensued, which terminated
in favor of the hussars. However, as the Compte
perceived a large detachment on the way to cut
off his retreat back to the town, he thought proper
to retire to an advantageous poll, where he wait
ed for the enemy, and in a second action killed se
veral, and sent some prisoners home.
We learn that the Council of State, have re
solved to commence a criminal profcctition againfl
General Van Ryffel, commander of the line on the
frontiers of Holland.
HAGUE, May 13.
Yesterday 100 men of the free corps of this place
set out for Utrecht, burning wi h zeal, and in
flexibly determined, if occasion shall offer, to ad
with heroism equal to that displayed by their bre
thren of the above city. We find the detachment
of the free corps of Rotterdam, Leyden, Amfler
dam, Haarlem, &c. are composed of a number of
men fully fuffieient to make the inflruments of
despotism repent their temerity.
General Van Ryffel is taken under the especial
protedion of the Hates of Holland and Wefl-Frief
land.
The Prince of Orange has written to the States
General, informing them, that at the r-quifition
of the Hates of Utrecht (that is to fay, those of
Amersfort) he has dispatched patents to the regi
ments of the Hereditary Princ.e, and to two squa
drons of that of Thuyl, aii'chorifing them imme
diately march into the above province, in op
pof\\jon to the armed free corps. This letter is
considered as an inHance of prudent advice to the
fix provinces which have not agreed to the suspen
sion of the Captain General.
May 14. LaH night an express arrived here
from General Ryffel, and one of the Adjutant-Ge
neral to that commander. We learn, that all the
oflietts of thejegiawnt of PaiUrdy, in garrison at
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Woerden, except only four or five, have refuted
to conform to the orders of the province, and have
in consequence been suspended. This conduft of
the officers of the above regiment, had such an
effeft upon the minds of a great part of the soldiers,
that the majority of them mutinied, and joined in
the usual exclamation of Oranje Boven. But by
the care of the magistracy, this momentary tu*
mult was appeased.
This day the States filled up the vacancies occa
sioned by military disobedience, so that the regi
ments will be immediately again complete.
From the fame place we learn, that mod of the
third battalion of the Grenier Walloons, com
manded by M. tie Citters, have also refuted obe
dience, and it is intended that they Should be re
placed by volunteers.
LONDON, April 3.
Accounts from the Hague mention the arrival
of four regiments of troops from Prussia at Nime
guen, in the immediate service of the Prince Stadt
holder.
Mr. Necker is baniffied, by order of the French
King, to the distance of t'i leagues from Paris.
This sentence is imputed to his having publilhed,
without the royal permission, a letter in jollification
of his conduct against the charges of M. de Ca
tenae.
Last week was diltinguilhed by no less than four
inllances of silicide. This alarming evil has been
greatly increased of late years, the causes of winch
well merit the attention of the divine and the mo
rail'd.
The Royal Society met on Thursday night for
the firft time after the Eder recess, when a paper
was read giving an account of a new comet seen
on the 10th of this month at Parisand a paper
proving that the Wolf, the jackall, and the dog,
were of the fame species.
May 1. A large comet is cxpefled to appear
the latter end of the approaching summer, or the
beginning of autumn ; the approach of such bouiea
is much to be apprehended, for, diould they ap
proximate too near the earth, in palling tbe line
of their orbit towards the fun, dilTolution might
be the ir evitable consequence. The plar.et Jupi
ter, which is above a thousand times larger than
this terredrial globe, was pudied or driven by vio-*
lence from its usual course, in the year 1680, and
it is conjeOured by the bed adronomers that an
universal deluge ensued in that great planetary
body, and, if peopled, the inhabitants totally de
stroyed. Noah’s flood has been very juflly imput
ed to a similar cause.
An embargo has been laid at the Porte on all
fliips there, Amounting to upwards of 100 fail;
some are ordeted to fee armed, and others to aft as
transports. Nine thousand Janiflaries are ordered
to Bender and Choczim, and 4000 to Oczakow.
The Turks are also preparing to defend themfelvea
between tbe Caspian and Black tea. ...
May 5. A letter from Madeira, by the way of
Liibon, fays, that the crew of an Algerine ga ey
attempted to land, with intent to carry off some
of the inhabitants; but a body of the natives,
headed by an Englilh gentleman, soon beat them
off, with the loss of 10 men killed, many wound
ed, and 10 taken prisoners, and fold to the mer
chants for Haves.
ExtraQ of a Utter from Civita Vecebia, April 3*
“ An American Ihip, with a counterfeit pass,
has been lately taken in the Mediterranean by at*
Algerine cruiser, and carried into Algiers. Two
Captains and crews, with three passengers, were
Jjafliuadoed in a very fevcrc manner, by order 0-
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