TH A ~HE French Ambassador having made fresh Instances with the Grand Sig. nior to conclude a Peace with the Emperor and Ruffia, was anfwered, That it was in vain to negotiate on that Head, unlefs the Court of Vienna would yield up Imperial Walachia, Orfova with its Dependencies, and the Part of Servia between the Morava and Timock; and unlefs Ruffia would reftore Afoph, and fulfil the Treaty of Pruth: The abandoning of Oczakow was look'd on as Nothing, fince the Ruffians wou'd not have retir'd from that Place, if they had thought themfelves able to keep it. The Ottoman Ar B mies defign'd to act against the Imperialifts and Ruffians are to confift of above 200,000 Men, and the Grand Vizir, who has taken off the Head of Weli Baffa Seraskier of Bender, is to carry with him Mahomet's great Standard, which has not been taken out of St Sophia's Church C (now a Mofque) these laft hundred Years, and flatters himself that he fhall make great Conquefts. But if the Perfians have again declared War against the Porte, he must content himself, as last Campaign, with acting chiefly on the defenfive Part. This is certain, they compel Men by Force, to enter into their Armies, which D is contrary to their Law, and they are to ufe for the future Bayonets, which is contrary to their former Practice. Add to this, five Baftas who commanded, three of them in Hungary and two on the Dniester, were fent for to the Seraglio, their Conduct cenfur'd, the Bowstring adminiftred, E and their Bodies thrown into the Sea.So that the Turks feem refolved to act with equal Severity against their own Officers, as Refolution against the Enemy. As to his Imperial Majefty, not a Day paffes but a Grand Council is held in his Prefence; and he seems much embarrasied at the prefent Situation of Affairs. The Conditions infifted on by the Turks, he knows neither how to grant or refuse. The two laft Campaigns were fo unfavou rable, that he much fears a third, efpecially as he cannot have the Ailitance of the Ruffian Army, which, how much f ever he wants Money, would have been more cligible, because the raw Recruits that he can bring into Hungary, either for fear of the Plague or the Enemy, defert as faft almoft as they arrive, or die of the Fatigue; and his Veterans have been extremely leffen'd by the Sword, the Peftilence, or other Cafualties. The Darch are not a little alarmed at Reconciliation and ftrict Alliance of France and Spain by the double Marriage, which will,tis apprehended, make the fant Don G H Dutchies of Parma and Placentia and the Kingdom of Corfica, nay, thofe may be thought too inconfiderable for a Prince who has married the eldest Daughter of France, and as & Mantuan and the Milunefe lie fo expofed, how can the Emperor help himself? And if the Duke (late of Lorrain pow) of Tuscany, would not have the Oppofition of thefe Great Powers, when he comes to fucceed to the Imperial Throne, can he expect to hold that great Dutchy? The French, by their great Preparati ons, feem refolved to reduce Corfica by Force. The Marquis de Maillebois, who is to go with a third Convoy of Troops, is to have the Honour of riveting their Chains. But the Corficans are ftrengthening themselves, determin'd to facrifice all rather than return under the Dominion of their old Masters the Gewoefe.-Thefe People (fays Miffon) make ftout Soldiers, and have a Rage in their Valour, which may be used to good purpofe. They have now taken Occafion to difplay their Courage against the Fighters for Slavery; for by the freshest Advices we learn that a regular Body of 3000 French having attack'd an important Poft in the Province of Balagna, were fet upon by Cooo Peafants, and, after a very obftinate Engagement, put to flight. Florence. An Edict was publish'd here the 16th ult. N.S. forbidding the Importation of any Foreign Woollen Manufactures into Tufcany; but Leghorn, being a Free Port, is excepted in the Prohibition.-Our Grand Dutchefs is with Child. The Emprefs of Ruffia in regard to the Tranquillity of Poland, which wou'd have been disturbed by ending thro' its Territories the 30,000 Troops, the promised the Emperor of Germany, has determined to fend his Majefty an Equivalent in Money; tho' if the Campaign proves fuccefsful, the has not relinquish'd the Scheme of joining her Troops with the Imperialifts. This will depend on Count Munick's palling the Dniefter, where he is again to command, and which laft Year was his Ne plus ultra. 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The Gentlemen concern'd may come or fend their Representatives with proper Inftructi ons to receive the Prizes on the 26th of May at the Coffee-Houfe at St John's Gate at 2 in the Afternoon. THE Gentleman's Magazine. APRI L, 1739. There is lately published at Paris, and reprinted at the Hague, In Eleven small 8vo. Volumes, Caufes celebres et intereffantes, &c. Remarkable and moft Affecting TRYALS, decided by the Parliaments of France, &c. or nine Years, in an uneafy Way; for notwithstanding the Husband had the ftrongeft Defire, imaginable to enjoy his lovely Spoufe, yet in all that Time he could not. He imagined therefore that was the Effect of fome Charm; his Wife he was bewitched, and that his Impotency too believed that this was really the A Cafe, and lived with him very affecti onately, notwithstanding the Suggeftions of her Friends, that the might lawfully leave him; the conftantly anfwered that, as her Love was not fenfual, fhe would not forfake her Husband." Collected by M. GAYOT de PITAVAL, The Cafe of MARTIN GUERRE. Artin Guerre, born in Biscay, was in his 11th Year married, Jan. 1539, to Bertrande de Rols of Artigues, in the Diocefe of Rieux; a Damfel as young as himfelf, and equally diftinguished for Beauty and good Senfe. This Couple lived together,in refpect to Fortune, comfortably enough,though, for the first eight C D The poor Girl, however, neglected not any Means which the Intelligent advifed her to, for diffolving the Charm. (She had four Maffes faid, and eat fome Hofts, and confecrated Cakes.) At length Martin's Wifhes and hers had their Effect, for the Caufe ceafing, which might be his tender Age, an Ability of Confummation followed in his twentieth Year; fo that in the tenth Year after their Marriage, fhe brought him a Son, named Saxxi. Not long after Martin having defrauded his Father of a Quantity of Corn, thought fit to withdraw to avoid his Refentment. At first, in all Probability, he did not intend to abfent himfelf long, but being either charmed with the Liberty which he enjoyed, or ha ving conceived a Diflike of his Wife, which neither Beauty nor Prudence can always prevent, he for above eight Years together forbore giving the least Notice to her or his Family where he was. This E might well have exafperated a young Woman in Bertrande's Circumstances: But fo unexceptionable was her Carriage, that fhe never did any thing which deferved Blame, nor provoked the Tongues even of thofe who are ready to cenfure without Reafon |