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S THAT IIAJE BEEN ALREADY TULEIllED. " t.Yl.S HA\ l; YE AND SKE NOT. LO N DON: flaNTED fORH. CROSUV, N0.4, .^.AT.0V,RSC0CRT,LCDC-.TFHRE£T. ^795- ■«%,. I Nfld. BT 890 H35 1795 Rare mmrrBWI i lMmpgl l l THE MILLENNIUM. Though there Ims been no age of the Church in which ilie Millennium was not admitted by individual divines of the firft eminence, it is yet evident, from the writings of Eufebius, Irenacus, Origen, and others among the ancients, as well as from the hiliories of Dupin, MoOieim, and all the moderns, that it was never adopted by the whole church, or made an article of the eftablidied creed in any nation. About the middle of the fourth century the Millenarians held the following tenets : ift. That the city of Jerufalem fhould be rebuilt, and that th. 'and of Judea fhould B be —^ mMWiWi [ ;| he tlic liahitation of \]uA'c v.Iio : on earth one thoufaiHl yviwo. iro to rciun 2(1. That thi- (irfl rcfiinvaioii was not t(i be confined to tlu- martyrs, hut that after the fall of Anticl-.rid all t]u> jufl ^u•vc to rile, imd all (JKit v.i ic uii tjic earth were to con- tinue fur that fpacc of time. :j(1. That Chrifl fijall tiicn come down from JIeav(n, and be feen on earth, and reign there with his fervants. [th. That the faints, dining this period, fhall enjoy all the delights of a terreftrial paradilc. Nfld. BT 890 H35 1795 Rare Thcle opinions ^v'ere founded upon fevcral paflages of Scripture, which the Millena- rians, among the fathers, underflood in no other tl:an a literal fenfe; but which the mo- derns, who hold thatoi)inion, confider as part- ly literal and partly metaphorical. Of thefe paflages, that upon which the greateft ftrefs 4 has [ 7 1 nrc- to icign i> ^\■as not \(i ui (hat alur wc'.c to nl'c, xvvv to con- conic down > eartli, and this period, a tcrreftripil ipon fcvcral ic Millcna- bod in no ich tlic mo- idcr as part- . Ofthclb eateft ftrcfs has has hccn hiid is ihi- ibllowing : " And I law anai\ml conic down from Ilcavtii, hasintr the key ol' tlic bottonilcls pit and a great ch.ain in 1 "s hand. And he hiid hold on the dragon, that olil fervant, which is t!ie devil and Satan, and hound him a tkoujaud years, and call liini into the hottonilels pit, and (liUt him up, and fet a leal upon him, tliat he Ihould deceive tlic nations no more till the tlioufand years Ihail he CuHillcd, and after that lie mull be loofed a litdc lealon. And 1 faw thrones, and they fat upon tliem, and judgment was given unto them, and I law the fouls of them that were beheaded for the witnefs of Jefus, and for the word of God, and which liad not worfliippcd the beafl, neither his image, neither had re- ceived his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands, and they lived and reigned with Chrift a tlwiifand years. But tlie red of the dead lived not again till the thou/and years were finijhed. This is the firfl refarre^lion." Rev. XX. 1 — 6. B2 This Id. '5 e "MfllMI ir—iipm^niMiiii L s ] Thi 'St HMMHtM^iart^i. iMMI [ ^2 ] v/hicli, as Mr. Brothers (.•xprefTcs, it "' God JiUjlUfusrccordcd judgments:' Kowadmiiting- the common (blar year to confift o'l i]Gj days .5 li'^i'J'"^ ■i''> iiHiiLites 51 i|: feconds, and multi- plying /^(^i3 years into quarters of feconds \ve fhall find, on dividing this quotient by 360, a produce amounting to 5999 fucli divine )-cars and a fraclion; which Iraciion, dedacled from tiie fum total of one year, leaves a deficiency, at tb.e end of the year of our Lord 1794, cijual to 322 days 6 hours 40 minutes 23 .} fecorids, being fo much wanting, at the opening of the prefent year, to the full completion of 6000 divine or pro ^ phdical years : and fliewing that the Millen- nium Vr ill commence, on die 19th of Novem- ber next, at or about fun-rife, in the latitude of Tcrufalem. Nfld. tJi 890 H35 1795 Rare If this calculation be true, it follows that the time during which "' the Saints fliall live *' and reign with Chrifl,*' which according to St. Jolm, in Rev. chap. xx. ver. 4, is one thuufand years, mufl be in fad 360,000 years. ■MHRk,. It '•' God diuiiiing- 365 days (1 iiiulti- ftconds, licnt by r;9 fuch fraclion, le year, year of 6 hours ) much tit year, ' or pro ^ Millcn> \^ovcni- latitude C 13 3 years. So that the Millennium will bear the fame analogical proportion to the previous duration of tlie world as that very previous duration itfelf holds to the fix original days of the creation. Nathaniel Brassey Halmed. Pall Mall, ws that lall live ding to is one ; 60. 000 years. A SHORT Id. 5 e Nfld. Di 890 H35 1795 Rare SHORT REPLY TO -li.Mf. or TIIK .\S?rRIIONS I.V DR. IIORNE's PAMPHLET, INTITULED, *' SOUND ARGUMENT, DICTATED BY COMMON SENSE.'* 1 HAVE endeavoured to perufe, without prejudiee, every tiling that has been written m avfcccr to, or rather againji my book : and if I had in any of the pubHcations met witli a fmgle paragraph worthy of an anfwer, it {hould have been anfwered. The felf-fuffi- cient and abufive Dr. Home of Oxford, has not one word of truth, or argument, or common lenfe, in his whole pamphlet ; nor would it have niifbecome a Dotlor of Divi- nity who, by his own pen, confeflbs he can 2 neither LY HLET, \ATED BY iFc, without )een written { book : and IS met witli n anfwer, it lie felf-fuffi. Oxford, has gument, or iphlet; nor br of Divi- ^fTcs he can neither [ »5 ] neither undcrfland Greek, nor read the Gofpel in Knglilh — to have endeavoured at lead to give liis jargon fonuihing, ifpodibke, of the Gentleman. That he does riot under- lland Greek, is clear (Voiii his doubtin^'- whe- tlier the Holy Ghod appeared in ///r//r of a dove, when St. Luke exprcfsly fays, rmr^T^v^w f/Jf/ wc-fi TTf^/jf^av : and that he cannot read, or has not read, even the ilrd chapter of St. Matthew, mufl be evident to iIiok; wh.o |)er- ceive him denying diat Chrid had Brothers ; and who fliall, at die fame time, ha\e ob- fcrved that the Evangehit, writing after Chrill's deatli and relinreftion, calls him, in the iafl verfe of his firll chapter, his mother's firjl-born fon, ergo, /he miijt have had afccond at leajl. If die old mifcrable expohtion of Daniel's four beads, which 1 knew before he took up his pen about as well as Dr. Home, can by any rcalbna!>le pcrion (tfter njuture deiiberaLionj be deemed betttu' than that fur- niRicd by Mr. Broil -■rs,-~he :\. fb— opinion is free — but I dec'me beijig of ihc party. And as for the phrale cyi JcUlrq my foul, C 2 which Id. "^ i§ C >6 ] •which feems to have given fiich alarm, and furnifhed fo much matter for flilfe wit, I now think that every man who enters into Parha- ment zcifh any perfonal view whatever, and not wholly and exclufivcly for the fervice of his country, mufl be deemed bond fide to have fold his foul — let him be of what party he will ; and alfo that every man who joins any parly to vote on all occafions for the purpolc of promoting or fupporting that party at all events, is perpetually guilty of the fame a6l o{ fcllin^^ his foul. I deny having ever fold my foul in any other man- ner than this : — and if any one think or fay otherwife, on him be the onus probandi. Nfld. BT 890 H35 1795 Rare I i I take this opportunity of renewing my exprefTions of perfe61; conviftion in the pro- phefics and miffion of Mr. Brothers, and my increafing reliance (founded on hourly expe- rience) on the completion of every one of his prediftions. Nathaniel Brassey Haliied. Pall Mall, March XI, 1 791;. mm K alarm, and Ife wit, I nozo s into Parlia- chatever, and :he fervicc of bond fide to »f what parry an who joins fions for the porting that lly guilty of nd. I deny r other man- think or fay robandi. •cnewing my n in the pro- hers, and mv hourly expe- tvtxy one of .Y Haliiejd. CURSORY REMARKS ON TMl PAMPtlLlT iNllltLlD, " THE AGE OF CREDULITY: A H E anonymous Author of a pamphlet, intituled, " The Age of Credulity," was fo obliging as to fend the book yellerday to me; with an opinion, I prefume, that I fhould find its arguments incontrovertible, and the pofitions I have affumed in my own publication totally untenable. I (hould be forry to interrupt the gentleman's triumph by any unfeafonable feverity, and I am utterly averfe to all argument for argu- ment's fake. . I {hall, Id. } ) [ i8 ] I nml!, tlKTcforc, u. :y |)c^r iH-.n to take in good part the few hints wh;.. U h,rc liallilv throw GUI {'or hh cor.lujcration. CO, If he had turnc'I toCruden's Conrordan anidc '^Wiu^/'hcwouMl: . loundCith figmfication) - il. i; pnt ^ .. .-, ,:„j.^ ^^j- ^ fliip." mia:i x.i.i. ,. .. j..^, ^, ^^^ ^^^^^ which abounded witli Ihlps, « whole >z7i were Hkc wings tliat fhadow the Tea." So much for liis piihy objcaion in the i;3Lh page. I'he grand c/icval de battaiUc of all my doughty opponents has been Da- niel's X ifion, as explained by certain lornier clear-figlited expofitors, to mean four Tuc- ccirive monarchies ; viz. tlic Babylonian, Mede-Pcrhan, Grecian, and Roman. I have been To battered and annoyed with this ridiculous phantom, that I (hall here de- molidi it altogether, at once, (or the peace of the public, as well as my own. Nfld. BT 890 H35 1795 Rare Daniel «P! —I C '9 ] Daniel Hiw this vifion after Nchucliadncz- zcr zcas dead, as is q\k\v\m from the firH: \crfc of the feventh ch:M)tor. Aft( r this, what does my anonymous author tliink of the lupj'ohtion mentioned in his i.|ih page? '1 he ibur beafis meant monarelis, and not monarchies. See ilie 12th verle. " As con- cerning tlie red of tlie beaHs, t]:ey had iheir dominion taken away, )et their lixes were prolonged for a R-afon and time." The l!/f of a dominion I can conceive to be a poetical phrafe, and aihnit its propriety ; but 10 take away the dominion from a domi- nion, and yet prolong tlie life of that domi- nion, is too much e\en for me, with all my credulity, to comprehend. Daniel faw this vifion in the firft )Tar of the reign of Belfiiazzar, die very lalt king of Babylon, who lofl his life at the lame moment with his dominion, and therefore his life certainly was not prolonged for 2l fca- >;z,nora time. And in the 17th verfeofthis fame fcvcuth chapter, the angel tells Daniel, *'Thefe Fid. "^ mm Nfld. RT 890 H35 1795 Rare [ 20 ] "Thefe great bcafls, which arc four, are four kings, which jhail arifc out of the earth.".--//'a//arifc— in the future tcnfc; not, 'i if:]iio}ih. I^om this vcrle nothiuT can benu^re unduhilublc, than that tlic king or kingdom of Babylon i -' illy out of the qucdion ; ii 1 tluneforc ilic other du'cc mo- narchies, in the romii^on interpretation, all li. ffarily fall to the groinid, as reding on diis bafc. I liopc I {hall never hear them mentioned again. My author hampers him- lelf again in his 21(1 page, on the hmihtude and dilhmilitude b(Uvveen the fourth bead of Daniel and the eagle of Efdras. If he will cavil at nothing, or every thing, let him. But if he ehofc to read and tliink ingmu- oudy for himfelf, he might hnd, that Daniel omits, in his fourtli bead, as in the other three, to make any mention of die rile or fplendour, or even exidence of monarchies: Mis beads arc mecr perfonages, and his fourth the Emperor of Germany ; fubditute for, and danding avowedly and odentati- oudy t)\\{\y m tl'.c plan- of the aiicicn? rmpcron ui Ronvc. Kidt;)'; .'hliivaus il:c :!U)naiihy orkin,i»(!{)!nit(M{, of'svliich I;- cxpreCsly Tiv., in the 12th cluiptcr luu i..ih vcif- of vi-.; fcfond l)0(»l<, that tlic Lord told hirn this kin^^doin " was not c-^ 'youmL/l '< /r\ ''■(9- f/trr DcDiid, and tL.rclv-i^ ii ^^,;, v,,yx c\- plained to Iiim. Kfdras faw ih > whole Inl- tory in detail, and even what would eonic to pafs after the death of the p.reioit i:inptror of Grnnany, the prefent l\)i)e, and prcicnt King of Prulha, the three h(\ids of hi,^ ea^lc : whereas Daniel only beheld the prelent Em- peror and eleaors of ilie Germanic body, without a glimpfe of the Anticlnifl or of the Pope. By the///t' of fouls, pages 24 and 25, (for I am not writing a regular anfwer to a pamphlet, which is too infignificant to defervc one ; but haftily running over a few of its capital errors) is meant a confaous fale of an article knozvn to be in ones ozon poj/lffon, I'hofe who purchafe pardons and D indulgences Kid. rr lOf) 35 795 are '^s. ^ •'mil f L 22 ] indulgences of popes, arc not in this prccli'. cament. Nfld, BT 890 H35 1795 Rare or Mr. Brothcrs's prcfimpiion, icrnorance, andarhJice,o[ wliicli lie is aceufed in the 27th, and fubfequcnt pages, I fhall take no notice : my author may compare his own pamphlet wiili the few remarks I have here thrown together, and fit m judgment on him- fdj, on the fame articles. But I Thai] l)old!y, and authoritatively, re- tort the cliarges o[ fd/e/iood, in every one of die particulars by him enumerated, pages Thefirftis, - the deiVat of the Emperors army in the Nctlierland.." It hjcandulous to term a predi.^ion falfe, becaufe it is not yet fulfilled, ijay alfo, die En^peror's army zall be defeated in tlie Netherlands : and if there were no other predifpofrng caufe for tins defeat, an attempt to raife the fiege of Luxembourg, now ierioudy invelled, would full ice '--^ -ml Ilis f3re(Ii- (rnorance, -d in the i take no his own lave here t on Jiim- ivcJy, re* y one of ij pages "Tiperors mdiilous t is r/^-'/f r's army : and il' uife for ^ege of , would luuice C 23 ] Kiflice for the purpofc : and I add, there- iore, that he iciU acknowledge tlie French republic, and uv7/ make peace with it. Secondly, The Dutch have acknowledged the French Republic, and are making a ludly peace with it. Mr. Biothers neVer raid it would happen without a conquell, or that they would treat on equal terms. For the completion of his prophecy, it is enough that diey fliould have atled as ihcv are act in o-. Mr. Brothers never fa id, our army would be difl)anded and Ibnt liome, by the izcenly- Jifth of March : our author, therefore, fiiouid not have incurred the rifkofthe retort dif- courteous, until our army was out of the podibility of being fo treated at all. Nor did he ever allbrt that the Duke of York would be detained: he exprefsly fays " ih<, general" of the Englifh forces. That is now Count Walmoden : to-morrow it may be fomebody ehe; but to do away all chance of verifica- ^ 2 tion, Ifld. So (35 795 la re [ H ] tion, the army fliould be proved to have no general at all. In thefe three litilc articles, wherein our anonymous author has attempted to Hx an imputation of fulfehood on Mr. Brothers, he has convitied himfelf of " prcfwmpLion, — Ignorance — arhficc — and falfelwud ;" and here I leave him. Natiian'ihl Brassey Haliied. Murrh 25, (795. LETTER, Nfld. BT 890 H35 1795 Rare ■■■*■ lave no cin our • hx au rothers, imp lion, /;" and LIIED. LETTER, QrJ C, That Mr. BROTHERS in the year 1790 pfjf'jfid (and it is thought hy many that his faculties at prefcnt are as pcrfcci as ever) the poxeers of reafoning corretUy logical, and of exprejjing his thoughts in an eafy and elegant diclion, the foU Loiving letter zcill unequivocally evince. TTER, Thursdav, Sept. g, 1790. TO PHILIP STEPHENS, Esq. Admiralty Office. SIR, X O avoid the imputation of appearing- troublefome, I waited a confiderable time after the half-pay was advertifed, that a very juft appHcatiorij tho' I beheve unprecedented, fliould Ifld, ' '^iwmi Nfld. BT 890 H35 1795 Rare [ 26 ] fhould not difplcafc the Admiralty. Go. vcrnmcMit is in my debt to a much greater amount tlian twelve montlis ; and ahho' I liave not enjoyed any cmohnnc nt, jicrcjuifite, or proht, from any bufincfs qr emplovmt iit whaie\( r, the only reafon advanced for de- taining my property, is tlie want of being qualilied every fix months, by fwcaring tlie contents of a certiiicate as the refuh of my own pieafure and incHnation, wlien an order of council commands me, and abfolutely prohibits the payment initil I do. A vohmtary act is an avowed freedom of choice, and under that denomination cannot, to fwear juftly, admit tlie influence of a compuHbry order; but I am not allowed any choice, fwear I mufi, and fwear tlie oath I take is not enforced by order, compulfion, or neceihty, but a voluntary a6l of my own, received with, equal freedom as the air I breathe ; and as an indemnification for iirpo- frng an improper oath, I am obliged by the fame rule to leave my fignature duly attefled by . Go- grcatcr litho' I "(juifite, Dynicnt for clc- ing th.e of my 11 order olutcly lorn of :annot, of a Jlovved ic oatli julfion, y own, ; air I irrpo- by the Lttcfled b y 4 I I [ 27 by a magiflrate as a record, crr^iinly not of lliperior wifdom. To fvvcar, then, agreeably to the prefcribed forin laid down by the privy council, is obvious to the plainc (l ca- pacity a furreptitioas oath, concealing its deformity under that mild appellation ? for I hope no man is fo far lofl to all fcnfe of virtue, as to prefer talsing an idle oath of this kind, or any other deferipiion, when permitted an option, by the very word vo- limtarily, to decline it. Indruaed from my infancy to guard againfl falfehood, as the n-.oft poifonous evil tb.at can podibly invade tlie human mind, and to court truth as the mofl beautifid of all moral virtues, I view an oatli as the moll awful and folcmn appeal which a man can pofhbly make : the prefent judges fay it ihcudd be adminillered with caution, and never repeated except when prelfmg neceffity requires! for this reafon, an oath before tliem is a public bond of true evidence; tear away the folcmnity by liabitual pradife, the facrcd If Id. ^ !35 795 are C ^8 1 facTcd barrier fails to llie ground, and'exery man enters wild and lawlefs on die connnon of perjury. It was the language of Mr. Pitt, in the Houfe of Commons, (I afk pardon for the introdutlion of his name) when a ekiufe was ofiercd for a certain bill late in the laft fef- fion, recommending an annual oath, or there- abouts, as neceflary for the better payment of that part of the revenue it went to de- Icribc, his anfwer was, fuch a muhiplieation of oaths tended to dcRroy every public prin- ciple, promote fraud and perjury, more than anv immediate benefit to the Exchequer could poflibly compenfate to fociety. I lament, fenliments equally difcerning and honourable do not adorn the heart of every tuan. ^ Nfld. BT 890 H35 1795 Rare Having \Qx\QCi under three commanders, not lefs amiable in private life than eminently confpicuous (m the liil of profellional merit, their parental precepts, their example of rectitude i ommmrmmmmh L" 29 ] rcclltuclc and manners^ remain fllll as an admoniOiing klion of ad\'icc never to be departed from. To drink from a foul dream, in preference to a clear fountain, lor no other reafon than a multitude being con- flantly led by official peilliahon to do (o, without once dei"nin ifld. r io m 795 lare ^ [ .33 1 agamf! tlic (lif^racc of fwcnring impropeily, and that the enormity would revert on thole who iinpofed it, Iweli hinguage is beneath any man that had underlhinding to perceive, tho' not forliliide to oppofe ; eloilied with the benign hand of providence with heahh and Pnvngtli, neecHity (hall never compel me to h)ok ibr it by any way dilhonourable to myfelf, or repugnant t(3 tlie nicell laws of equity. If it is true virtue animates the hero, and emulation is meritorious in the youth, if vice is ugly, and laHehood a deformit)' ; as a fenator, and a man of ienfe, the good of the Navy, tlie benefit of your country, call on you to attempt tlie extirpation of a euILom diflionourable to God, and reproachablc to !nan. I arxi, Sir, with great refp.xt, Your very humble fervant, R. BROTHERS. Strand Nfld. BT 890 H35 1795 Rare W(pnii[flcr, v» [ 33 ] " Jf''J^"''''My 1 " This deponent, A. B. Li( Mfc To II It. J ■ I • iv/r . n . nam m his Majcllys navy, " vuliuilarily mahcth oath, " That he liaili not received " the benefit of any pubhc *' cnij)Ioynient, citlier at Tea *•' or on (hore, between the - 1(1 of July, 1789, and the " 3 ifl of December, ijrjo. (Signed) '•- A. B."' SvjM-n this day nf « 7 btjlre OP ■■ '• ''- • ■ . i SIR, Admiralty Oj/ice, July ,0, 1790. IN return to your three letters, dated 25th of May, 29tli June, and the 8th inflant*, on the fubjett of the oath required to be taken for the payment of your half-pay, and re- queiling, for the reafons mentioned in your iaid letters, to be relieved therefrom, I am commanded, * 2ifl of April, 4th of May, omitted to acknowledge. Ifld. > 795 la re C 31 ] cnmmaiidcd, 'ty my Lords Cominidioncrs fif the Admiralty, to aciinaint you that the order of rouiuil h)r t-Ilabhiiiing hali-pay rrqu'urs that oath he taken, and tint dieir Lordlhipsare not aulhoriled lo difpenle with your not taking it. I am, Sir, Your very humble Servant, rjiiLiPsriii'iiExXS, n& y Nfld. BT 890 H35 1795 Rara 1 wmm mmmmmtlfm The Jotloxa)]^] Paper comes from a Ccntic' man tec'' linoxon for his Jlravaous fub- port , I Mr. Rrnh'rrs' Priaciplis, and 'alio i.) particularly mcnlioiicd h Ihe Prophi'! ni his Books 'i I'tr \cdrairjl 'J • !'f Graliludi' niuJ F.pccm. The V 1 HE Prot)lKTics and revealed knowledire comtnunieated to the world by Rieliard BroiluTs, having generally altratlcd pub- lie noliee, I think it my duty to Hate {onic of them as ilicy have been already I'uirilk'd, and K't tlu" world ]udi:e oi" them aecordin ] the prophet be known, that the Lord hath truly fent him." Richard Brotlicrs prophtHedi of univerful peace, that (liordy will be rcilored to all kingdoms upon earth. Nfld. BT 890 H35 1795 Rare Boo/: U. /.'a7<' zi. R'Kbarcl T!ic war enfued. On the Brother's f:\y^ " Are you 21ft of January, 1793, the William Fitt. to whom I v, rote king of Fianee was beheaded. in May and June, 1792, in- 'I'his prophecy has been lal- forming you o( the confe- filled, quenecb of this war to your country,//. 13. when the war was not inten.ded, and of the death of Louib the i6'li, vvliieh was impoiiible to prevent, it was recorded and could not be avoided. » //. 1 X. Rytlie fameerrample, if the i-'reacli anny was to be defeated, even v^^.aw and again, it HiouLI recover aiul conijucr likeuife. //. 4 1 . At the time of niy \(rit- to liu- Kin«^ of E; ar.c. re lative to the king cl I'.uilia, I infornv.d liim, a-: 1 was coni- nranded, of the certain lalluru of tlie combined anaits of Pruffia and Auibia. On th.c ifl Oi'lober, 1792, th.c Duke of Bruruuick re- treated, after lie had been cx- pefted at I'ari^ in two or three duvs, but ever iinic t'.e allied nnnitb ha. ei created, :.ndbei a LcaUMi !;:yond any evam]-;e in ti'.e annali of liifiory ; ai'.d fc'.v will now, I believe, aiUrt t'.-.at t'xy can ever repenetrate France, and rtltore monar- chy. [ 37 J Pa^e 17. Thekino ofpriif- fia will ackno\vl(Hl;.re the French republic, and alfo make all probubilit v he foon will. peace with it. It is reported he has alreacfy made peace; if he ha.s not, iii Pa-r 18. RuiVia. will nifo quarrel with the Poles, and d.'vour great nnmbers of them ; W'ar- faw will be fet on fire, and tlie government entirely chanc- ed. The above has been too Ailly ami too finally fulfilled hirely for any one to ucny. Prnlila was not able tu con- quer the Poles, but Ruilia, the deftined power, foon cojiquer- ed thtm. In the Lcydi n Gazette, Dec. 26, i;94, it fays, in the ac- coimts from VVarfaw, " Tlmt the attack beo^an at five o'clock in tiie morning; at nine the enemy was in poirefiion of the place. Five thoufand Poles were flain in the aiTault, the reir.aining 5000 were taken priioneri or difpcrfed. After tins \,-as over, and every thine apj)eared to be quiet, ten hours alter all refiftance had ccafed, about nine oMock at niglit, tluy fct fire to the town, and bc-^an to bi:tc!;er the inhabi- tants. The fitk a.nd uoundcd jerifiicd in tlie fhunes ; the I'eft, old men, women, and cliildren, fell by tlie fword. Nine thoufand ptrfouj of every a:j;e and of both fexes, are com- puted to have fallen in the maf- f^;cre, and t';e whole of tl e fubu.b, except a i\\v fcattered houfc?, was icciuccd to aflies. 19. The SpaniOi movavr]-. l^nhi^d h crulrrlv conouer- will ccail by this uar, .ml ,:,. ,,], ,,j ,1,, Sladthokler is'ncur otadthoiuc.n.ip ol Ijolland •.vUl i„ tl,i . countrv. ^^ be Fid. lo '95 ire > [ 38 ] be r.ut oft tlcfc to the jmoiik!, aecordiiv^to the vifioiis ui God to inc in 1 792, :in;l which I rommuiiicattd at th;;t tiiiv, by his iacrt'd commaiKl^, to the King and (-iut-en of Eng- land. On the 27rh of June, 179:!, Tlie Fieiuh ilbjKls luivr 1 wrote to the Fixr.ch amlnif- been conquered by the l-.n;;,- fador, tiien in London, by lilb, according; to the iornicr command of the l.onl (iod, ]-art of tUh pro-ph'^cy. 'I'lie acquainting liim with tlie fu- latrer i->art remain., to be iul- ture lofs of the French illands, hilcd. and likcwile the fall of the Entdilh. Prioe 70. After this I was The King of Sweden wa^. in a vilion in the month of Hiot at a maf