The Wilmington Gazette

              wilmington gazette published wkekly by allmand hill i'uesday jt'-v in 30 ri'ili rolls pe l.v r * ■:'.. tilt so 592 foreign news imperial parliament h'htje of commons april 10 calumnies 0 the french qovernmtnl lord nturpeth rofc to lay a few words on a fubjec't deeply in'erelting to the feel ings anajtionor of this country li vvjs with pain c w is compelled to advert to i!i • lifagrneablc quulfion : but ihe tra.if aclion that had lately taken place in france i^jtivc to ii rendered it necelfary o refcue the charaflor of ihe government and of the country from the infamous t:lui»cf tn.tde by the french govertnnent igainlt oi.e of our miniftcrs at a foieign court tojultity the acls of violence w hich had lisen commuted by the frcnci government it had been urged that in itnitlions had been j,ivo by our j;o i vernmen to the minioer to encourage j at i extite'the fubjecls of france u thu ! commiftidii nr then oft abominable crimes long ns the 1 1 1 r ► againlt iliis coun try had been conn ■<■■'■ as vehicles ol iun cour and malevolence oftl.s french j;o verntnent the noble lord would ftaic thought it wile to treat ihem wwh tlut fcorn and filence inch unfounded cal'um - incs merited ; but iu lii upinion ihe cafe now altered a publication had been circulated at paris purporting to be the correfpondence between our minilier at munich and a frenchman ri li ing at 5\uis bv this it appeared that liiekiench man hau xm 1 jyed iiis r t ; ( 1 f ki i j.ut ihc f rench t'ovtrniiient in poltc.iioti of tiie cuirelpondence th publication ud been communicated to all the foreign minitlersat pjri ; a id from their re plies it would appear that they i u | a )| j with the ingle exception of the ruffian minilier prejudged the nutters on allega tions unproved and lie trulltm improva ble lie mould not dwell upon the i'tr vilily with which europe bowed to the power of france but he hnuld wiih to fee that ferviliiy confined 10 tiie c'onti bent ant to have if proved to ihe world hat there was one country at lcalf whkb is nelt''«r to be awed by its menaces nor impeded by its calumnies as to the charges which had in this in ft a nee been made h thought lie had a right to call on his majetty's minifters to clear irj i lie ihoiigut 1 ud a righc to rail them in ju lice to themfclves in jultice to th individual concerned mr draki and a hove t in juflfce to the character ol tire j country to refute the atrocious ralnm ! nic-3 and to repel the iriquitous charges ! o unjuft'y made upon the honor of ;! ltf country he trultcd hc ihould be jufli hcl in calling on his majeuy's miniiters 1 to prove to the worlid that chej had not armed the harfd'tof the airjffinj that they ha i nor aimed the dagger in the jar but on tha contrary conducloil ihcit yiu ! or hollil'ittei i tlic-fair op c p and manly manner wmdi b-lo to legitimate war fare the'ch'iricellor of the jexchcquer " i ftclrthfelf under the highelt obliga '!"• s 1 ) ilu no le lord for i h j opportu ni y he has afforded me of thus publicly repelling and refuting the mod bale and unfounded r'harge iltat has ever been bro't hgjiinft the governm'iit of any civilized country i am lure that the hoale will fciirccli exnetf from me any thing more than cxprellions of utmoft furprife indig nation and abhorrence agaii the foul and atr cions calumnies of ihe molt wick ed and lyranical government that ever ■ ws tdablilhed rn 1 tio midft of a civilifed kyenphj the fervanti of his majelly ipuvrt at i h a and will oppofe | t li theii chancier and their hor.or in j ciimpliance wiih he noble lord's rcqurit | i no uli,.m with a tlcar confeience and ; vi h perfeel truth thjt no injirujitm bwe i en/fhl bv the brilijh government to ' m , ej its rcjidents abroad incohjijhnt with i tit rights ./ n0/i t ns 9 honor t and sj ju \ ri/ptu tie itce \ hall f*y nothing at pre fcui wi t lie c iniiruetion put upon the hip tiled correfpondence but i oihirc tlic ' j c « hai no perfon can be more wnx ions than i am my myflif to vindi j;c the cinuuftof h's majefty's minif 1 t nnd 10 fatufythc groflelf infuli upon ihe 1 h 11 jf.\i.t of the fovt reign and his o \ rmttcnt and as a mean of wounding | ■' degrading through them rhi fefc(?ngs the character and ihe honot of the people i t»im pinpim the go¥e»mtieni has tiot 1 ivedauy drfp,tch fit ,| lc ic|1 | cia ; " munich mr l>rakc u^onthii fubjefij out as foon amheyauive i hall think il '••- rfjry tam»k(jfucli a communication •»■ win i convinced ecfcuo hii uha i rafter as well as our mm ft foul anj | deteltable a lander / have perfect confi | denee thai the moic the particulars of his ■ condud are enquired ir.to he rnoreapp.i rent will be the propriety of it and t lie vilenefs andfaifehood of th.u fa [ have the bear grounds to fuppofe molt impu dent and infamous fabiicniion london april 17 three or lour foreigners within the laft two days uve been arreited in lon don we underftand they arc fuf | fjeftt-d i.f b ng fyiica ; 2!i'l it wa yeflerday i afternoon reported hat two of them en ] tcrt.-.incd a delign againil the life rt one of the molt high u;:d illuftrious characters in the 11 e i it is reported in private advices from p.iri of the 30th i'ii th.it buonaparte infills iipciti ihe jrretf of v i r . dr-ke ihe i minilu-r ai munich is foon as ihe lilec : tor of baviria and hi miniftet hi 1 ! have ! rccogi.ifcd iis li^tialuie and hand wii tin ■. the hague official gazette mentions 1 ; thai ilihu regiments in wcftphalia ha e ! received orders from berlin to ca ! l >:\ luch i of i ir men as are abfent on le.ive ami that a camp i»>o be pitched at lip(i.idt,and a cordon to be drawn on the prullian ■ ! frontiers a band of french fpies amounting to • fify have been ien to tlie vicinity of \ , j - faw for ihe ptirpofe,i is fuppofed of car rying tiff louis a vi ii and the duke of angouleme the millions of generals duruc and r.ipp to berlin is probably connected wiih fome deft gn of tin ufur pcr upon the lives of liiofc unfortunate prince il 18 sweden is itat ' th have ma!c fome flruii rcmonft ranees againft the i:u out j ragecus proceedings ol the french t^n ! vernment ; and it i e"xpec1el t h -. t in this fpirited condudi his swedilh mjjeliy i likdv to be fupported by the emperor o 1 ' ruffia a?r)l 20 we have already ftated ihai meppen near krnbden which belongs 10 the j onke oi 1'il.renuc 1 j has b'jcn fiken pol ■ fefliun i>t by 3 detachment of french i troops h iherto all goods ihat had te f;o ui t lit interioi of germany by h ii'i don were obliged to pn ir^i pl.ice the !■' palfage ot which fays a ittter from am i ttrdam being now hopped the only i»>j of introducing goods now into germany is through hullleiu and the baltic ports i " the french troops i;..l'.-d through mcppen i'i hanover and there vys in u <; . , nerul a french commander in ii t nil i now the never interfered v iih the goods : which paffed through it apt ilii ' thepayarian minifter at u«r court has ve undcrrtand preiented.a retii mitrance jj founded upon the exparte evidence of the ! french fey maheedela touclin o gain ft ' tlw cf idticl imputed by him to mr drake \ in which he requcfts in tlu name of the j clut r hi matter the recall ol thatgen iletnan from the court of munich it is > added that in the event of a rcfufal on th ■ pan of ciir government he hat received j in(tru£lioii5 10 demand the necelfary ports to urib'e him to return home wiih all poilibla expedition such is the ab jeif and dtpioraalc uate to which under i the domination of the gallic tyrant ttic j pett tati ut the continent ate now re jl dticcd : 1 tklre as no arrival frorti the con < tinent yellerday ; but a gentleman who lately effected i is clcape rrom france ifaies from liij own knowledge that i'-c " army em amped along the coa'ft of pi cardy avt begun to maml it great dif conteni al ihe delay ot the p'.ojefled expfe , ilitirn againfl this coun fry which ihey had fo often c alturtc by t.heir princi pal officers was to be r ut i 1 i o execution before this lime h c . u l s hat the pre parations have of ir e confidtrably relaxed ' l and that within the i a , or , nij , ht abou , twenty baitalionf.have.bten matched back ■ nto the interior the frequent rumonn t trilnrrciiions at jpai is ikough altoge ther unfounded ' jlc fairly confiders at rrongly wpreltjve of the wilhci of the ' people who'.c fentimems ns jr a he ! couwco!lec rhem were deciderlly averts ' ot ihe cor.tinuan e of the war with great ! lilitaiu we learn from n irtz h y a letter of the 2j',h tilt thai with other courier who m i paflvd t rough that place w » prii.ce gi in/in chamber aimo the lin peror of ruflja on his way 10 paris ! anctlicr letter received from the north of germany confirms the account infer tedinour lafl number of the toppage by the french of the neutral naflage bye'tnb dun into th interior of germany a i mercantile houfe in bermingham has c cc-ivedtin following leti , from embdcit date i april 3 : " we are porry m inform ! you that a tew days fincc the french dapped the rrttitral pj 1 .. j nf goo.la i r cjormjliy several couriers h.iv been difpatched to berlin to intormi the ki ig of t:>ii unexpected buli.id ; and wu hope t in a l!"jrt time the jree p.iir^'e will he opened i^ain ; but u prelent , ut a 1 lin^ic package can go iron hunce to a r pan i germany and all thegoods'for the fair will couleq lently be too late — it is true we may till lend goods by hoi j li in and the baltic tito the interior of germany but ii is im • ii i (^ t;:at th.-y ll old an in liiha enongn for tt'c gre^t i air at t ra:ikto 4 t ji is 10 toveui o>ir rendering the frdnch manufactures a drug i at tlu h'-.n by tha fuperionty ol our nu nufadturei ihai ihe t teuch have ihut up thu uriifrji palldge " goveinmcni 11 is faid lirve refufedthe pallports di'iriandcd u ihe b'avarun mi nitteri bsing relolveu to deiain him a a ! hoitage ter tin ut.ty o v1r ij.akc april 2 this rhdrnin the arrival or the brig waller from bsugal v/as announced at thce*ft-l iidiahouie shi failed from ihcri •■-■ eight days after ihe belle packet j the 8'h if january and dtj not go uno ;>;. helena but u>-v fix fail of ituiiainen iii there the tigreshad arrived in b ngahhe i -- h i of december when ih v tiler lai ed 1 j nrgoclatiihs for peace weft pending it h s beeft rumoured thi morning ' that hould the lireiigih a.a number ct . the united oppositions increa(v,'aiij n w,.i \ jwrity t>u obtained agai.nt minilters mr addington u.,»t .•■ ing tile c ample of "- r r pitt when he had a majority againlt him i will advife his majclty to d't(p,tvt the pat ■ uavttht the jobrney t madams bubhapar:e rhother of the firfti^onlur to homo al the prtffi rn conji.niaure is a circurnllanie v ch rtuy give rife to variotjsconjefturcs i ■ fytfruli .!■> j s was at ided with j hong guard and feerned in fuch hafte that lie v diii ! not (!■•>!) t receive the con ; of the public functionaries a letiei fiom rome fh the clef'de cabi : net oi april full fays •• madame buo 1 par'u rn h r of the frintes borghefe " ■"'■■ exiiected-fnthat city theob je of l ■. old lady's journey may indeed ; 1 1 me , r u ft 10 hl r d au g 1ter . lut we recn.lca ihai at ihe commencement of the french revo iu tion il c ul f of louis • i the xvi when they ofervfcd the itorm i i atlteriiig w'.f'ely withdrew in time fttook i uptheii abo-jeinaftiteof greater tranquili \ ty i v the j means thry efcaped ihe mclan ! cholly ti , c w hkh had awaited mai:y 0 e>5 t'riendl and rt'latirnu diamonds andjevvelsaie eafily carried and would ; nodrjiibt be perfectly fa fe under a guard oi i 1 , u pars and geni d'armes according 10 fevteri from paris an ad drefi im been pre fen ted to the kinf con f»l by the confervative fena'e praying ! him not 1 nly to 1 uine a fucct.tur bit to lake upon himfelf a higher mlc than he his t ahumed and to make the fame he veditary in lii.s tuintl tho tiiie of kirij or of emperor is what b is known ( j to have lung fished tot an;i now it ap pears t!:atan attempt is ij u uiadttoaf f i r-i it i'!»e gazcte dc france i april c ijli i " the public funds have rifen iince i.'ie day on which the senate in a bo iy piefentedan iddrefs to the fmt confu , ii'.cii^h the objtd of it is not exactly ki'own 1 by t lie mamburg miil which arrived ycfierday we learn thai a yrcat jurt of switzerland is in a lu'e of i ufui reel ic;n againft ihe confiituted authori'ies impofed upon tluit once happy country by iu common fctnirgc ol europe the ib \ fence of the french iroops was made the ' lignal 1 f revolt in the current of berne j so'eure argen fryeburg c the tetne i rity of the infurgents had readied ihe higher j itch 1 hey every where prevent ■ the people from taking t lie oath of allc i giance to the new conftitution in the 1 j night of the aj-l tilt fome of the difaffec ! i t.d fet fire to tiie cic.le of wadenfli ' , me.d ju the lake or zurich andtfae ud j lenen wte thu the lindunatn rrnable to 1 '"« ir je orrent haa felictted the return ,; ilt 5 i'rench arniy so much for ihe , boirt of the c ii folar official feribe i ( he luppv and indcpendei . ttjie of m i iterated helvetia . pa ims il -. ihe kx-<jeneral charles pichegru has • hanged himfelt in prilon ' he to owing i i he particulars of the filicide : on the repeated r«q i ltj he made and on giving his wonl and honor thai he would not m ';<■ r.ny at;tmp < ■;. his lite pichegru lad obtained ihe difmi'fljl of his guards during the night every mon ii ; an attendant in waiting came to liyhl in '" ' ,- ' ' ■ - ; d hchegru n ' •■■• i»i 1 1 ■ pi <.'■• ■(.•■'. i ! afide a part oi t i iggu , by vvi-.i he : he mi^lv put an end tohis exilicncti in hurt on fhe«;th ml pehegru aticr ving flipped verv heartily si t : o'cloi : .. j vc^t to i.ed about i the attendatii in vyjiting having reured pichegru drew ; from under hi piil w wh*f ! ; :. had pla j cecit a black lundki-rihief whi hh«tied j ti^hi around his n l ' ihe piece ot wood which he had kepi i rcferi-e he then made i of to affitt hira i ihe prcijctt of fui cide j he iiitioduces ins piece of wood in:o tfc two c,,>ls ol the handkerchief where it was rled j he turns rhis i itle , hick ilj t to ihs glamls nl ihe r.c^h as of ten as he thinks necttlary ro put u top o ' fpiratio wl.cn on the point of lo ! j rtjpiration he draws the oick be 1 hind his ear and throws himfefll on i!j { fkme i.le ol h : s haacl in order to prevent "* fhiiting f.chtgru naturally fat tuft ot bl d furtocatcd bythefiml meal which be had jull taken and by hc great pref lurei which he made expirci during the ( next day in the morning the attcn ■ ni cameiokindle hi hre j he looked to ; wards fichegru's bc«l j fawhirti as he luppofed in u profound ft p , and retired ■■" hi ao.h about halt ua(t 7 theat etl1a again weni u again faw the | head of pichtfgru quietly reding on his | pillow and again wertl away till tearing 10 uucnij his iuep at nine o'clock he went up a ,;,,,.,! j me . uk ; o jr erve ,| |)( j a ••««>*. ion lo ifie pdfture of the prifoner ■ wno uiuajjjr fpokc to him when he was awake 1 he atte.ijant began to be fur pi fled at his flecping fo oi g went up to his bed ami lets his face pale and clillorc ed i he then moved his b<>d and found it j litelefs and withtfiit motion llyinrme | diately gives infonnaticn lo the poaler j who v.c.u that inftani to inform ylmliot : i he judge and solicitor in this important ] trial tight phyliciar.g and furgeons wer , employed to draw up the proves verbal ui | thcitate in winch itie body was found ; and this proa , verinl ahd 4 corpfe were i brought bctore the criminal tribunal on i ilii c h about ont o'clock in ihe after noon a rer the report was concluded citi zen general corrimiflary to the govern int : fpoue to the following purpofe addrelfing himfelf to the magiltratcs ami the rrtbunal — *• the publicity which you give to every thing connefled with the conlpiracy formed againft the life of the pint conful completes the arrangsmenta which you hs\e inttiluted tl'in'e ir rangemeiita have been purfued vh;i all die a'-tiv.iy and zeal ofwhuh we arc capable ' effort has been pared to di/'jiujint ihe fuccefs of a fcheme or the moft abo minable nature • though the forms of lei gal proctedling have not ben bbferved i you w ii have the m i condufive cii dence of the confpiracy hfelf one o the principal agents of theproje^ed aflaflina tion difpatched himfelf in a manner con irary o all human laus he tvid.ncf of his guilt however mull forever affix a tigma on his memory his rontcfr puiuiits and poflcriiy wjji lay fichegru law no diltinction itiwist his guilt and his infamy hetecame a filicide the magiftra eb appointerl to ci cjiiui into the evidences of ins irimc ai.d io nlrnit them id the proper tribunal h ve done jhcii duty i require that the body of charles pichegru be buried in ifie place tiliially appointed for il bur'jal ot u,r corpicsof perfons taken item ihetempie where there ha»«becn inftantfei of fuicide j his burial is w h k mj i p ie fence r.f x public officer ai d two feivaliti of ihe i ji bunal i rtq^iic furthe t!i»t the ffxet verbal of the opening of the body and tho burial hall be communicated t every piih ot i u lepublu wntre it may be i:e ceftary 1 on the above the editor of the lon ' don couriev of april 17 remark noene hcte hctie^es this tatemcrit he v as ki.ow n to be a man of ety 1 and morality and to wi(h to b-j tnej v