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Monthly Chronicle.

MONTHLY CHRONICLE .

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . •NEW YORK , Dec . 22 . W HAT was at the time suspected is at length discovered , that the dispute respecting the frontier forts on the Miami River was fomented entirely

by-French Emissaries and their poisoned hirelings in the different States , under the direction of the French Minister Fauchet , which is proved by the correspondence of that Minister ' with Mr . Randolph , our Secretary of State , lately intercepted ., Their plan appears to have been , to irritate the British settlers to act hostilely towards tlie ' m , and then make that hostility a pretence of declaring war . Fortunately for both countries , the British Commander , Major Campbell , was aware of their intentions , and conducted himself , notwithstanding the wanton aggressions

and ill-founded charges of the American General Wayne , and the clamour of the French party , in such a way as to procure an amicable termination to so unpleasant a dispute . Fauchet , upon the discovery of his letters , very prudently made his escape from America . Randolph resigned . The papers insinuate that the French party was strong in Virginia ; but notwithstanding all the intrigues of the French faction to overturn the American Constitution , a very great majority in all the States , among whom were almost all the respectable people , were resolved firmly to support the Constitution . In most of the States resolutions had been

passed , highly applauding the conduct of their venerable President Washington , reprobating the insidious arts which . had been used against him , and approving of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce betwixt Great Britain and the United States , as mutually beneficial to both countries . - In Fauchet ' s dispatches , above alluded to , is the following remarkable passage : — " it appears to me , that these men ( ihe Popular Societies ) with Randolph at their head , were beginning to decide on their party . About two or three days before the Proclamation was- published by the Western States , Mr . Randolph

came to see me with an air of great eagerness , and made to me the overtures , of which I have given you an account in my No . 6 . Tims , with some thousands of dollars , the Republic could have decided on Civil War , or on Peace : thus the consciences of the pretended Patriots of America have already their prices . "

Hague , Jan . 2 . On the 30 th ult . at nine o ' clock at night , the important business concerning the convening of a National Convention was at length definitively ! Settled . It was decided by a majority of three votes , that the National Convention shall be convened on the 18 th of next month . The Provinces of Zealand and Friesland as yet persist in their opposition to this measure ; but we hope they will likewise accede to it , as the preservation of the union of the Dutch Republic depends on their consenting to it . It is now decided , that at the future National Convention the Provinces are to

resign their territorial sovereignty ; but to retain their names , the regulation of their finances , and every branch of administration which concerns the interior government of the Provinces .. They are not allowed to send Representatives to the Convention , as this is entirely to be composed of Representatives ofthe People , the National Representation being founded on the numbers of people inhabiting a . district , and not on the extent of the Province ; by which means the Province of Holland will send as many Representatives to the Convention as all the other Provinces together .

Paris , Jan . 21 . At the celebration of the anniversary of the death of Louis XVI . by the Council of Five Hundred , - one of the members having added to the oath requiring eternal hatred lo all royally— " mid haired lo all sorts of tyranny "—the President called him to order , and bid hifn to remember that the words of the law

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LONDON: Article 2
TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS , &c. Article 3
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE: AND CABINET OF UNIVERSAL LITERATURE, FOR FEBRUARY 1796. Article 4
AN ADDRESS FROM THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MADRAS TO THE GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND. Article 6
AN ADDRESS, DELIVERED TO THE BRETHREN OF ST. JOHN'S LODGE, NO. 534, LANCASTER. Article 7
OBSERVATIONS MADE IN A VISIT TO THE TOMBS IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY, Article 10
ON THE PASSIONS OF THE ANCIENTS. Article 17
THE MODERN STATE OF FRIENDSHIP. Article 20
ORIGINAL LETTER FROM OLIVERCROMWELL, Article 22
THE STAGE. Article 23
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE LATE THOMAS DUNCKERLEY, ESQ. Article 25
ON PARENTAL PARTIALITIES. Article 29
ACCOUNT OF DR. DEE, THE ASTROLOGER. Article 31
ON THE ABSURDITY, FOLLY, AND INCONSISTENCY OF VARIOUS FASHIONABLE CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES Article 37
TWO LETTERS WRITTEN BY MR. ADDISON, IN THE YEAR I708, TO THE EARL OF WARWICK, Article 41
HISTORY OF MASONRY. Article 42
ON THE VARIOUS MODES OF EATING IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. Article 48
POETRY. MASONIC SONG. Article 50
SONG. Article 50
STANZAS TO WINTER. Article 51
TO FRIENDSHIP. Article 52
MONODY ON THE DEATH OF JOHN HOWARD, ESQ. Article 53
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 55
PROLOGUE TO THE WAY TO GET MARRIED, Article 56
EPILOGUE TO THE SAME. Article 57
" HISTORY OF THE THEATRES OF LONDON, Article 58
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 63
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 64
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Monthly Chronicle.

MONTHLY CHRONICLE .

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . •NEW YORK , Dec . 22 . W HAT was at the time suspected is at length discovered , that the dispute respecting the frontier forts on the Miami River was fomented entirely

by-French Emissaries and their poisoned hirelings in the different States , under the direction of the French Minister Fauchet , which is proved by the correspondence of that Minister ' with Mr . Randolph , our Secretary of State , lately intercepted ., Their plan appears to have been , to irritate the British settlers to act hostilely towards tlie ' m , and then make that hostility a pretence of declaring war . Fortunately for both countries , the British Commander , Major Campbell , was aware of their intentions , and conducted himself , notwithstanding the wanton aggressions

and ill-founded charges of the American General Wayne , and the clamour of the French party , in such a way as to procure an amicable termination to so unpleasant a dispute . Fauchet , upon the discovery of his letters , very prudently made his escape from America . Randolph resigned . The papers insinuate that the French party was strong in Virginia ; but notwithstanding all the intrigues of the French faction to overturn the American Constitution , a very great majority in all the States , among whom were almost all the respectable people , were resolved firmly to support the Constitution . In most of the States resolutions had been

passed , highly applauding the conduct of their venerable President Washington , reprobating the insidious arts which . had been used against him , and approving of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce betwixt Great Britain and the United States , as mutually beneficial to both countries . - In Fauchet ' s dispatches , above alluded to , is the following remarkable passage : — " it appears to me , that these men ( ihe Popular Societies ) with Randolph at their head , were beginning to decide on their party . About two or three days before the Proclamation was- published by the Western States , Mr . Randolph

came to see me with an air of great eagerness , and made to me the overtures , of which I have given you an account in my No . 6 . Tims , with some thousands of dollars , the Republic could have decided on Civil War , or on Peace : thus the consciences of the pretended Patriots of America have already their prices . "

Hague , Jan . 2 . On the 30 th ult . at nine o ' clock at night , the important business concerning the convening of a National Convention was at length definitively ! Settled . It was decided by a majority of three votes , that the National Convention shall be convened on the 18 th of next month . The Provinces of Zealand and Friesland as yet persist in their opposition to this measure ; but we hope they will likewise accede to it , as the preservation of the union of the Dutch Republic depends on their consenting to it . It is now decided , that at the future National Convention the Provinces are to

resign their territorial sovereignty ; but to retain their names , the regulation of their finances , and every branch of administration which concerns the interior government of the Provinces .. They are not allowed to send Representatives to the Convention , as this is entirely to be composed of Representatives ofthe People , the National Representation being founded on the numbers of people inhabiting a . district , and not on the extent of the Province ; by which means the Province of Holland will send as many Representatives to the Convention as all the other Provinces together .

Paris , Jan . 21 . At the celebration of the anniversary of the death of Louis XVI . by the Council of Five Hundred , - one of the members having added to the oath requiring eternal hatred lo all royally— " mid haired lo all sorts of tyranny "—the President called him to order , and bid hifn to remember that the words of the law

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