A private letter stats the loss of the Al lies, on the borders of the Rhine! within the last month, to amount to 35,090 men !—The lot ot the French, which cannot be so cor recftlv ascertained, is rated at 40,000. Th? king's fycech for continuing the w4r, had a very evident effeiS on our funds. Con sols fell'to 68 ;-Bihs. PLYMOUTH DOCK, Jan. 16. In consequence of an express arrived yes terday from his Majesty's ship Pegasus, of z8 guns, Capt. Barlowe, of their having seen five French frigates; ahd a cutter, to theeaft ward off the Start, which had taken fcveral transports with provisions from Cork, the following ships gdt under way last night, and proceeded immediately to sea in search of thdm; Powerful, BHliquex, Dilator, Pearl, Foreign Intelligence. From th London' Morning Chroni cle, received by Capt. Truxton. STOCKHOLM, Dec. p. Our Capital, amidlt an externa! calm, exhibit s U1 the symptoms of the mcft inter na! fermentation and public distrust ; double patroies traverse the (beets, the former or ders again it going out in the night with out lanthorns are renewed with great rig our, and the inhabitants have been direct ed, uni'.-r the most fev. re penalties, to (hut themselves up in tbtir houses, the moment government (hall tl.ink fit to give the fig n<rt, by firing five guns from the Citadel, and ringing the great alarm bell. Fortu nately this has not been found neceflary, the number of the conspirators being pro bably much less than was at firft appre hended. It cannot, however, be diflembled, that the spirit of civil discord has arisen to an alarming height, and that even the citi zens of divided into fac tions, inspired with the most bitter animo sity one against. another. This division was lately manifeibd on the dismission of Nordfn, from the office of Intendant of the Police, and the appointment of Ull holm by the Regent, to succeed him. The of Nordin, gave him a public dinner, as a marlt of their esteem, upon which their opponents conferred the fame honor on Uliholm—happily they • confined themselves to good eating and drinking, without attempting to disturb one another, or the public peace. Uilholm and one Bratt are said to have difcoverea the firll traces of the conspira cy, which was afterwards confirmed by the opening of the Countess of Ruden flciold's letter to General Baron d'Arm felt in Italy. This lady, on the exami nation, denied all knowledge of a conspi racy; but afterwards, when informed that government was in pofleflion of par ticulars, in consequence of which Lieut. Co!. Sandols was apprehended, (lie made some confeflions respecting her own part in it. . She, however, and all the other persons in custody, resolutely perliil in refuting to give up their accomplices. D'Ehren ftrom, formerly Secretary to the late King, Is coniidered as one 6f the princi pals of the conspiracy. Among his pa pers, have been found proofs of the ut most importance. The Commis, Seigu eul, who is also apprehended, was to as sassinate the "gent in one of those walks which he often takes, either alone, or with very few attendants. Mineur, va let-de-chambre of Baron d' Armfeldt, whose apprehension was highly intereftintr is also taken. On the firft rumour of the conspiracy be ing discovered, he fled, as is supposed, to re, pair to his master; but, although he had for ty eight hours start of his purfuers,they came up with him. A courier and an oflicer were diipatched to Italy, with proper inftrucUons for apprehending d'Armfeldt wherever they should find him. It was known that he was at Naples in November, but as his million was only nominal, it is supposed that he has since come nearer Sweden, to watch thepro grefs of a plot which if it had succeeded, would have put him at the head of the kine dom. jjg 6 Such are the public rumours, which are to be'received with caution; because, in all civil diflentions, it is the practice of each party to paint the other in the most odious colours. PARIS, January 16. The Representatives Chabot, Bazire, and Delaunay, are accused of corruption and have undergone an interrogatory.. Fabre d'Eglan line has been put under arrest as one of their accomplices. 74 Capt. Wm. Otway 64 James Brine 64 Edmund Dod 32 Hon. M. D. Courcy The number of apprehended at Paris, lulpfciled of the accomplices of I-ibre d'Eglantine, is very considerable. NATIONAL CONVENTION, January 22. Barrere read the following letters , " Fort,Vauban, Jan. 18, the second year of the Freneh Republic Democratic, one and indivisible. Michaud, General in Chief of the army of the Rhine to the Miniilcr of War. " Citizen Mimjier, " I date my letter from Fort Vauban. At the moment when we were actively preparing to fubjedt it by force, the cne my abandoned it for fear ; this happened last night. We have witnefied the explo sions occasioned by the numerous mines which cowardice and lafcality dug under this fort. Devoting tljemfelves to death, our Republicans rushed forward to snatch away the matches, which had not yet pro duced their effect. I aided in person with the brave Representative Lernann, and we had the fatisfaftion to find that the evil was not considerable. We shall soon have repaired this important post, into which I immediately sent a fufficient num ber of troops. Inform the National Con vention of this delirium of the hirelings of de pots. The brave army of the Rhine, no longer beholds slaves occupying the territories confided to its defence; the glory of crushing tyrants is reserved for the brave Sans-Culotes. Vive la Repub lic ! (Signed) " Fort Vaifban, Jan. 18, the second year of the French Republic, De mocratic, one and indivisible. The Representative of the people* with the armies of the Rhine and the Mo zede, to the Members of the Commit tee of Public Safety, and the National Convention. " Dear Friends, " Prosperity to the Republic! Fort Vauban is, evacuated without having cijft us a man or a (hot. We write to the Na tional Convention, and citizen Hondelet, Adjutant-General, a man of uncommon ment, will tell you the reft. We promis ed rewards to all who (hould seize the matches which were every where strewed tor the purpose of more explosions. The bridges «re in part burnt, and we are this instant throwing others over those arms of the Rhine, which secure ourpolition with the Isles of Halnud, Stalmatt, and others. We take similar precautions in iimilar cas es ; rrnr will we willingly rifle the Jives of our brothers, though the enemy has fled, for the fire is scattered too widely not to make us ttand in fear of new disasters. Pichegru is gone, and has an excel lent fuccetfor in Michaud, his friend, my friend, and the Friend of the Republic. I " We yelterjjay saw Hoche at th« ren dezvous at Weiflembourg. We have ta r ken provilionary measures, which have been concerted between the two Generals in chief. Of these the bearer of this let ter will give you an account. Send us your orders: The evacuation of Fort Vauban will doubtless occasion a change of plan. Write to me by the return of. the said Adjutant-General: Once more, prosperity to the Republic ! I embrace you mod cordially—and remain, everlaft lng'y> your friend. (Signed) From the Paris papers of the 19th, loth, 2 IA) 22d, and 24th. BREST, Jan. 13. The day before yesterday, we celebra ted the Festival of Reason—The statues of St. Louis and Charlemagne, were ta ken from the church of the ci-devant St. Louis, and burnt. Not a day paflTes without some prize taken from the enemy being brought in. Yesterday there arrived, one loaded with canvas, another with flour, and the third with provisions. Government bouo-ht all the commodities at the regulated price, and they are retailed at the fame price to the people. Preparations are incessantly making, EngLr™ Port of the Mountain, (Toulon) Jan. 13 . The executions still continue. All the men haVC P aid thc of their crimes. The turn oi the wo™ comes next, Army of the Rh 'tne. Haguenau, Jan. 18. The army of the Rhine, with all its ar tillery, is returned to Haguenau, and has been replaced in the Palatinate by the ar my of the Mozelle. The rumor of an in cursion into the Brifgau continues to pre vail, Pichcgru goes to replace General Jour dain, with the army of the North, bear ing with him our regret and our esteem. PARIS, January 2 1. All the armed fe&ions of Paris, are at this moment afTembled at the Place de la Revolution, there where the last King.of the French died on the fcaffold, to vow the deftrilftion of tyrants, renew their oath to live free or die, and exhibit the facied cause of liberty and equality tri umphant. Were those who (till cherish the frantic and culpable hope of reviving tyranny, but to witness this sublime spec tacle ; were they bat to behokl the heroic enthullafm which animates all France, they would no longer dare the combat, would no more endeavor to rivet their own fetters ; they would then be Convinced cf the utter impossibility of subduing such a people. "Michaud." Ihe number of p. ifoners in Paris on the 23d, was 5,202. BRUSSELS, January 20. " Among the reinforcements received by General Jourdain's army last week, besides 18,000 troops of the line, are four regiments oi ChafTeurs, and fix bati a r ion.s raised by re "quifition in Picardy,-confifting of 800 men each. Of the men brought from the depart ment of Calvados, 180 deierted, and arrived here on Saturday last: they were formerly perlbns of diftin£tion, and tock arms o-ily for the purpole of making their escape from France. 1 hey fay that twenty-four battalions of 800 men each, were railed by requisition in Picardy; that they are in general badly disciplined and badly clothed, but well paid and well fed j that they chooft all their own officers by a majority of vote?; that Jour dain's army is to be augmented to 150,000 men by the middle of February; and that the invasion of the Aultrian Netherlands is to be attempted. " .The action, which took place on Wed nesday Jail seems to have been liery bloody. On Saturday 350 French, wounded and pri soners arrived here, and twenty-eight wag gon- loads of Aiiibaans wounded. " On the 16th, a body of 8000 men of Prince Cobourg's army pafied the Sambre near Marolles, and attacked the French in their entrenchments, which were carried by allault. Ihe enemy had 700 men killed and 500 taken prisoners. They loft seven pieces of cannon, and were puriued to Landrecy. The Auftrians had 700 men killedandwound ed. This victory is attributed to the skill of Colonel Maeck, who is again returned to the army. " Lernann." " The French, in their turn, attacked our posts near Templeuve, but were repuiled— with great loss, however, cn cur fide. " Field Marihal Lacey is expe<fted here next week. " On Saturday a corps of 400 Hulans, confiftmg of English and Germans, raised for the service of his Britannic Majesty, pafied through this city for Tournay. " It is expeifted here, that Genera! Worm fer is removed command, and order ed to Vienna to answer for his condua be fore the council of war. January 24. " The arrival of Colonel Maeck at the army, aria the vi&ory'of the 16th, would have quieted our alarms with refpetf to an ipvafion; but unfortunately the movements of the Prince of S?x-Cobourg have revived our fears. The heavy artillery has been ftnt from the frontiers towards Holland. Itp a f. fed through the city in carriages covered with hay. The artillery of the Hanoverians, with 150 waggon, loaded with bullets and bombs took the fame road. A deserter from Paris' confirms the reports of former defeners, th« General Jourdain waits only for reinforce mews of cavalry from La Vendee and the" TX n th i. to attack all the po£ of the Combined Army at once He i that a corps of 6000 men, confifling of fogil who certainly contributed much to deliver ing lip Toulon to the Ejighlh. Yeltei'day fifteen w< re ihot, and we are allured, thai; two hundred will undergo the fame punilhment . The fqOadron of the enemy seem at length to have abandoned our caaft. Only five Eng lilh (hips remain at anchor in the Bay of Hieres, where they have ..landed the lick: as soon as these lhall have been a little recover ed, they will fail. Januaiy 15. We are here actively at work, caulking and arming those vefiels which remain in the port. The Representatives of the People have just put all the carpenters and caulkers in a Hate of requilition, and a great number are now at work. Five veflels are ready for sea, and we lhall soon have a squadron in the Mediterranean, fufficient to sweep that sea of all the enemy's lhips, which may there remain. tives from Holland, Liege and the Amlria Netherlands had joined JourdainV army, 'and demanded to lead the column that is to march to Bruifels." LONDON, January 23. By a letter from BrufTtls, we find that last week Joutdan's army received a rein forcement of 28,000 troops of the line from Vendee—that 12,000 moie with an immense train of artillery, were to join him in the coifrfe of the week, and that he was evidently preparing for the attack of Cobourg en majfe. January 31. It is said that the Duke of Northumber land charged at the head of the Portuguese army in the late victory obtained over the French. He luffered however from the pride of Aristocracy; for he could not be inverted with the chief command, for want of blood Royal in his veins. Yesterday MeflVs. Wiffin, Sylvester, and Hunter, three mcflengers arrived at the Secretary of State's of Office, with let ters from the Duke of York, at Ghent. By our French papers down to the 24th in(t. our readers will fee that there are no important accounts from the Continent. The arities on the frontier are daily re ceiving reinforcements, and threaten a for midable attack on the prince of Cobourg, but the plan of the attack is not yet io clearly developed as to enable us to speak with certainty 6t their operations. The evacuation of Fort Louis is the natural result of the former fucceflesrof the French, and (hew? the utter breaking up of the combined armies <?f the Rhine. By a letter frenn Dover, dated yesterday morning, we are infofmed that General O'Hara and two other British officers,! ac companied by a M. Dupre, had landed there, and had immediately proceeded to London. We know nothingof the truth of this fadt; it is communicated to us by a person resident at Dover, but who is Hot our regular correspondent. * Conjiilerations on the Loaii. It is well known that the French are preparing to attack the extensive line of posts ®i Coboung en majfe, as they lately did those of Brunfwick and Wurmfer ; if they wait until the greatest part of the troops from La Vendee, joiajourdain by regular marches ; the attack may begin about the loth of February ; but if these troops are conveyed by port, (as has fre quently been done,) or if they do not wait for them, the attack may begin ear lier. It is £(id that this attack will be made by the combined armies of Hoche and jourdain, assisted by all the troops of the firft requisition, within one hundred miles of the frontier ; the attack will ex tend from the Rhine along the Mozelle to 1 reves, and from thence along the Austri an frontier to Nieuport, a distance of at least 300 miles. Cobourg has not at this time more effefiive men to defend this ve ry extensive line, than Brunfwick and Wurmfrr had in the beginning of Novem ber, to defend a line of only thirty miles 111 length, whilst Cobourg will be attacked by .orces three times as numerous as those that defeated Buinfwick and Wurmfer If the French fho'uld be foiled in this at tempt, they may lose twenty or thirty thousand men or more, they will retire ' again behind their fortress, were Co bourg cannot attack them, until he ha, taken all those fortreffes, which will re ™']V >'f ars of uninterrupted success; ( Marlborough had not completely opened 'the frontiers in ten years) luch an event w.fl therefore tend to prolong the war, and Ihould rather depress our funds below, than ra.fe them above, their present price! iiut it is not easy to conceive how Co bourg can prevent such numerous force,, animated by their late fucccfTes, from pe netrating into some part of so extenfnc a liwe, and if any important port is taken, the adjacerr. pe st s mult immediately fail back, left their retreat be cut off and at the Emperor Joseph destroyed all the fortreffes in the Netherlands, 'except Luxembourg and the Citadel of Antwerp, inshighJy probable, that before the mid die of March, Cobourg may be forced to abandon the Auftnan Netherlands, and to ' Retire for fafety behind the Dutch fortref * r , 1S dl ® cu,t to conceive the effect that such a disaster would have on our ed n Sth at t a vT/- When the market is ed w.jh at least fiventun millions of Scrip concentred in a few hands, many of them una e to make a second payment, and all of t,cm eager to fell. Should the Bank krin *( Cf , refufc t0 lend moile y on the i,.?' ie v° nce did the last war) thedepveffion of the funds would be great indeed! and if the Bank lead their $£
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