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European Intelligence .
VIENNA, April 30.
ON the 18th inst, the Elnpcror ar
rived at Kleritk, a frontier fortrefs
oppolite to Schabatz, before which the
Auftmus were drawn up preparatory to
the siege of it.
On the night of the 23d, the approaches
being made, the batteries were railed,
and his Imperial Majcfty arrived at the
camp the next morning at day break, soon
after which the batteries were opened :
But the Emperor perceiving that the fide
next the river was the most convenient
for a general aflault, a decachment of the
free corps of Servia, and the riflemen of
tfce regiment of Peterwaradin, were or
dered to advance, covered by the regi
ment of Efterhazy. This attack proved
fuccefsful, the enemy being soon obliged
to retire to the citadel, when the Emperor,
rleflrous to spare theeffufion of blood, and
touched with companion for the women
and children, ordered the garrison to be
summoned to surrender, which they did
immediately at diferetion, and were de
clared prisoners of war ; but, in conside
ration of the brave defence they had made,
his Imperial Majefly permitted their
wives and children to retire, with their
effects, to Zwornick.
The garrison confifled of the Aga of
the JanilTaries, Mahomed, commander in
chief, and several other Agas, with fif
teen other officers, and about 800 men,
horse and foot. There were found in the
fort feventcen pieces of cannon of diffe
rent sizes, and 20 pair of colours*
The Baron de Rouvroy, general of ar
tillery, and Lieutenant-Colonel Prince
Poniatowfky, were slightly wounded.
The Prince de Ligne, who distinguish
ed himfeif in the afiault, has been re
warded with the military cross, and ap
pointed Colonel of engineers.
May 3. According to accounts from
Prince Lichtenflein, of the 26th of April,
an attempt was made by the*Auftrians,
on the 25th, to Bonn Dubioza, but they
were repulsed as they were entering the
breach which they had made. In return,
the Turks having received a reinforce
ment, which augmented the garrison to
the number of 12,000 men, they tallied
out, and attacked the Austrians in the
trenches. A general aft ion then com
menced, which lasted three hours, and
though the Austrians were victorious,
Prince Lichtenflein thought proper (all
his works being deflioyed) to raise the
siege, and in the night of the 25th, he
crofled the Unna, and encamped between
the heights of Dubioza and Bacin, to co
ver the Auflrian territories from the in
cursions of the enemy.
LONDON, May 24.
The Chatelet, a court of justice of Paris,
after fitting almost thirty-fix hours, have
unanimously agreed to the following arret:
May 16, 1788.
THIS court, deeply affeCted on feeing
repeated ads of authority against the dif
ferent feats of Magistracy of this king
dom, the feat of justice invested by arm
ed troops, the liberty of fuffrages wan
tonly violated by artefting and commit
ting Magistrates, who could not be per
sonally responsible for deliberations, es
sentially diftinft in themselves. Magis
tracy itfelf debased, and all oyder over
thrown, under a monarch who has declar
ed, that he never would : reign but accord
ing to the tenor of the law, and whose
beuificent intentions arc the fare pledge
of the liappinefs of his fubje<fls, consi
dering that tbs cdifls and declarations,
reported by his Majcfty’s Attorney, have
not been deliberated u o-i by parliament,
who have a certain uudifputcd right, ac
knowledged by tiie Monarch himfclf, to
add re is their re monrt ranees to him (a right
they cannot pofiibly make use of at pre
feut, on account of the forced i'ufpenfion
of their funflionsj) the court declare
unanimously, that they cannot, and ought
not to proceed to the reading, publishing
and rcgifteiiag the said edids, declara
tions and orders.—They allude to the
arret in the late 3e 1 of Jirflice.
The King’s Officers of Justice, after
having perused the above arret, have ad
hered to the contents of it.
Seme deputies were feut to Versailles
from the Parliament of Britany, with re
monfiranccs, arc. and they received the
following answer from his Majelly :
I WILL not withdraw my edicts, the
law being general for the kingdom. If
some objects mould be found con raiv to
the rights, frauchifes and liberties of the
provinces, I will receive the leprefenta
tions of the dates of Britany, and pay
proper regai d to thok that Hull appear
well founded to me. If the number of
forty-eight Judges is not fuGkient, it may
be encreafed. All new imports that thall
be registered by my Plenary Court, rtiall
not be levied in Britany, without the pre
vious afient of the fbtes, and the law
ful regifteriug of the Parliament. All
laws regarding particularly the province
of Britany lliall be regitfered by its own
Parliament, as heretofore.
Authentic advices from France date,
that the opposition to the King’s orders
'advances so rapidly, and has already af
firmed so formidable a ihape, as not to
give the nvoft rational hope of his being
able to refeue the country from the doom
with which it was menaced.
At Bonrdeaux the orders were opposed
without any public clamour. The protest
was entered with great firmnefs ; and the
Aflembly a:e so unanimously fixed in their
opposition, as to give confidence to the
province that they will ail as they ought.
In Brentagne a measure of. exemplary
spirit has been almost unanimously taken.
The Noblefle have made a folcmn reso
lution, that any peifon of that province
who lliall accept of any office in the Cour
Plcmsrs, as deviled by the King, fl, a ll be
forever infamous, and incapable of hold
ing any office, or enjoying any privilege
of rank to which he might otherwise be
entitled in that great province.
At Befacon an incident happened,
which touched the sensibility of the citi
zens, and confirmed the resolution more
than the mod tumultuous uproar could
have done. M. Le Comte de St. Vaux,
Commandant, went to the Aflembly, who
were met to oppose the Registry of the
Edift, while the house was surrounded by
an indignant people. He went in thia
feene without guards, without affirtance
of any kind, and having ordered the
King’s arret to be read, he burst into
tears, and left the Aflembly. j
Every province of France, and every
court, occurs in the opposition. Even
the Chatelet protested against the orders,
and the Edift was registered by force.
The consequence of this begins to ma
uifell itfelf. We have good authority
for faying, that a negociation is actually
begun between the courts and the leaders
of the opposition, to give to France what
it always claimed, but never truly enjoy- !
cd, an Independent Repeef enta , ; .
Oour Piemcra. The ou Miae'of I*
has traufpired, and its asi ■ „
though u« doubted ly, like ail ot u
paUs, where the strength of t b c " ?
not equal, it is defective i n rer ;
According to this scheme, the iff
Kepreicutative& would consist ,
300, and it would be
following bodies :—. 81 ■
l iie Princes of the Blood
Royal, f 0 ,.
The Dukes and Peers, C
Le Miaifier Principal, in v jr r„. •
- ‘»es a flairs changers tl
de la nuifo.'idi' Rv’r 4
cJe *<* guerre, dit^.
d* I* l marine, ok,
Comptroller-General, ditto.
Garde de Sceaux, ditto.
Grand Chamberlain, ditto.
Ecayer, ditto.
MaitredehtMaifo R ,dn» h
The f S Archbilhops t( , chutes ■- 1
body to reprefeat them.* *
The i io Biihops to chute ten
The Marcchals to chafe four.'
The Knights oe St. Efj rit tochuW,.
The? rot i ncial AllVmblies, e a ,uJ
Parliament, eacii n»<
The Confeiliiers d’Eate d’EpreiuSt,
de Ro i ;e . 11
Maitrc de Requeues, four.
The Parisian Ordonance, on tie*
niftration of public juflice, pronoa
by M. le Gardes dcs Sceaux, coufnld
6i articles.
At Dijon a protest has been ct:a
agatnft ud toe .ate proceedings cm
French King. 6
Ou the yth of May last, far the i
tune, the Court Plenierc was heldh
Majcdy at Pans.
The Parliament that were knifed
Liburne have protested very vehement
against the French King’s proceedings.
The letters a rid re lied to the Free:
. King by the different Peers of Fra*
• mention his late proceedings “ asatoi
subversion of the eftablhhed conflitutioa
A letter from Rouen, in France faj
that the members of Parliament are m
pr.foners in their own houses, ceaiiii
being placed at each of their doors. 1
person is allowed to go in without lei
hrff examined, and suspicious perks a
fearchert.
Ext raft cf a laterfrom
li When the messenger arrived at Bo
dean* with the edirfr f rom the Fret
King, announcing his will refpecliiigt
Parliament, the citizens, who werei
prifcd of his erraud, threw him oten
walls of the town, and, in thevehemt#
of their patriotic rage, were procctdii
toft one him to death. The military we
afterwards ordered to interpofc, butth
remained entirely neutral, and it waso
ly through the influence of returning pi
that the man was permitted to escape
recount the unfavourable reception tl
attended him.
“ The French King has difmiffcdi
his ministers. He fays they have mil
him. Who are appointed is notyetkno*
“ It was the intelligence from Tifl
louse, which influenced the King ton
out his ministers. That intelligence
laid to have contained a very alarmis? 1
co,J nt of the difaffeidion of the troops
tohhat place ; and had peremptorilyffl
cd ro obey some orders of the Govtf*
*Phe inhabitants had fliut the gates of*
city- and had taken up the paveraeft e
J petting that other troops would be {*<&
I that a bombardment would take p^