1' A test Foreign Intelligence,
•lr THE HOPK FROM LONDON.
FRANCE.
*RMY OF ITALY#
Hjaonajisi te, commander in cliief of the army of
Italy, to the executive directory.
, " Head-Quartert, Verona, 2id
Thermidor, Augud 8.
" Oil the morning of the jgth, citixens direc
tors, the enemy were polled in a line M/ith the Min
cio. Their wasfupported by their intrench
ed camp at Pefchiei a, and their left by Mantua;
their centre was at Valeggio. Angereju proceeded
to Bos\rhetta, and engaged in a bulk cannonade
with the enemy. In the mean time MLaffena march
ed t> P-fchiera, attacked the enemy in the intrench
ed camp, whiah they had formed,before that place,
WM)' 1 them, took rz pieces of cuvsnorv, and made
7CO prisoners. In cotjfequence of this adtion, the
eitmy were obliged to raise the siege of Pefc(uera,
and to quit the line of Mincio.
" On the 2oth, Angerean pafled the Mincio at
Prfchiera. The divtfion of general Serfurier march
ed for Verona, where it arrived at ten in the even
'n£' j u d the moment in which general Malfena
had refiinjed h? former pofitior.s, made 400prifou
ers, and taken 7 pieces of cannon. The rearguard
or the enemy were still in Verona—the gate 9 were
* {hut, and 'the bridges raised. The providator ef
the republic of Venice being summoned to epen
the gates, declared that he could not doit for two
hours. I ordeied them to be opened under thetf re
of cannon. This general Doumartin executed in
left than a quarter of an hour. We fowr.d a quan
tity of baggage in this place, and made some hun
dreds of prifonert.
" Thus we are re-edablifhed in all our former pa
ctions, and the enemy h ve fled into the Tyrol.—
Jhe reinforcements which you informed me were
coming from the army,of the Ocean, begirt to-ar
rive, and every thing here it in the mod faiiafa&ory
train.
" The Auflrian artjiy,whic!« for fix weeks threat
ened the invasion of Italy, has difappesred as a
dte3m ' and Italy, which it menaced, is now tran
quil. , ;
*' 7 lie people of Bologna, of Ferrara, but par
ticularly of Milan, hare, during,our retreat, dis
played the greatest courage, and the warmed attach
mem to liberty. At Milan, whole it waa reported
that the enemy was at Catfano, and that we were
routed, the people demanded arms, and the streets
and squares, and all tho public places, resounded
with the martial air of Alhns -enfant (it la patrie*
(Signed) "BUONAPARTE.'^
Buonaparte, commander in chief of tlae army of
Italy, tfc'the municipality of Milan.
When the army beat a retreat, and when the
partizans of Aultria and the enemies of liberty
iuppofed us to be ruined without refouree, and
when it was even impossible for you to conjecture
that this was a feint—it was then that you difplay
td the warmed attachment to France, and a love
©f freedom, a degree of zeal, and a'charadter by
which you have merited the eftecm of the army,
and have (jeferved the protedlion of the French re- •
puolic.
• livery day your people render themselves- more
and more deserving of the freedom which they en
joy ! Every day do they acquire their accumulating
energy, wbieh, doubtless, will, hereafter, and tljat,
Joon, blaze fotth with glory upou the theatre of
the world. Accept of the lively expressions of the
fatisraftion which I feel, and of the ardent prayers
which the French o t ffer up for your perpetual liber
• ty and happintls.
(Signed 1 ) BUONAPARTE.
BRUSSELS, Augud ij - >
the Austrian army under general Wartenfleben,
afier several bloody anions in which they have been
generally defeated, luive been forced by the repub
lican army of the Samhre and Mttife, to abandon
all their portions which they occupied in the en
virons of Bamberg, and to fall back upon the Da
nube.—All the Audrian artillery and baggage have
been to Ratifbon, from whence they will
be removed to Bohemii. Tire generals Frolich and i
. Flotz, who were polled at Iller, have fallen back j ]
towards the fiosiers of Tyrol J • fine, the suc
cess of the republican trmj maintains its invariable
*nd uninterrupted career. The Audrians are di
vided into three corps, forming upon the whole
15,000 men, with which they are to defend the
hereditary eltates of the emperor. i
As to the Princes of the Empire, they follow I
the general custom of making truces with the re
publicans- the elector t>f Saxony being now the
only one that hoMa out.
From t he neighbourhood of Mentz, it feemt that
the trenches u ill be opened in a few days. The
French lahour day and night with incredible acti
vity in the forming of jjaralL. lines and other works
necessary for the tedudtton of this bulwark of the
Empire.
Several hoflsges have la'ely been brought from
D?rm(lndt to Franckfort, on their way to' France,
1 his conoiid't is lathn unaccountable, since it is well
fciiown that Landgrave has frgned an armidice
with the republican gcnerilt.
PARIS, 30 Theimidor, Attgud 17.
The geuernls of Brigade Rigacnl and Bauvait,
- fimmanding ihe fonthern and wrflern departments
of St. Dorritigo, have transmitted to the dire&ory •
the demit of the firge of Leogane, attempted by
the Lngl.ih and Emijirantt, with 60 veflelt, aud
*tcco men difemharked.—This liege they were '
obliged to abandon «*n the third day, after having
loft a fptf, number of men, and-left behind them a
large tjoiw-ity of arms and nr.icunition ; they did |
not do tf; i«, however, without manifefling their
_ wanted cowardice and barbarity, on old men, wo.
ifn, both in their bouses, and in the
a ylun» to which they kad retreated ob the moun
tiwi,
' r '
L 2 Mefndor, Avjgufl tg.
The mod diltiuguifhed artists of this capital have
jud addrelTcd a petition to the dire£tory, entreating
that Italy may no longer be dt spoiled. They de
mand particularly thatJiefore any datues, pidtures,
See. are moved from Rome, a commilTion may be
appointed by I'lnflitut National to make a rtport o«
this important objedt.
The report that Count Cullaredf) has reached
this capital ;o negociate a peace for the Emperor is 1 "
confidently believed here.
Drouet eftaped from bil prison the dar feetisrc
i
:c LONDON, Aagnft 4.
n " The preterded Mauifedo, said to havr be'in
j l ' livered by theSpanilh ambaiTadur to lord Grem'ille,
a > which appeared, in our paper of yeftrrday, we ex-
traftrd from the Times, which was pnbhfhed at fa
late an h<air, as to prevent the poffibili'yot making
an inquiry into the truth of a circnmftance which
excited our alfbnifhment, in at great degree, from
" c > a knowledge of our own resources, which enabled
us to affirm, that no public occurrence of any im
portance, can fail to reach ub at least as soon qs any
" a » other paper..—But after the paprr was put t« press,
we made it our bulinefs to invedigatc the matter,
at and the result of the inveftigatian was such, as en
abled us to conitradidt, in the raoft positive manrer,
*" the datement contained in the Times, an<J copied
na from thenccinto * second edition of a mifurabls Ja
n" eobin print, and into all the evening papers. We
r< l immediately flopped the press taannounce this cir
re cumltanc* to the public ; but unfortunately, a great
or part of our impreflion had beenf taken off before
:n we had feceived the neceirary itiformstiotv ou the
fubj.a.
re The Times of this morning so far confeffes its
error as positively to contradidl what it yesterday as
viz. that such a memorial bad
11 been delivered to lord Grenville. But it' so far
perfifls in it*.datement, at to aflert that such com
•- plaintt as were dated to be contained in the p/eteud
- td memorial, have adlunlly been forwarded from
re the court of Madrid to the marquis de las Gafas.—
r- That the ainbafTador,. however, fhouti have con
y cealed these complaints from bit majedjr's miniflert,,
and communicated them to the condiito. of the
t- Times, is a frft that will not easily obtain credit
3 with the public.
»- We have not a donbt but that hit Majedy r t Mi
niders will do everything in their power, confident'
r - ;y witb the honor and fafety of the country, to
conclude a speedy peace ; that they will not fuffer
>• any considerations of inferior moment to impede a
d ntgocia i-)ii j and that they will accede to, or even
« propose the mod moderate and eqsitable terms.—
s But from the fuccefstul intrigues of the French in
d the cabinets »f foreign powers, we have too much
reafbn to dread, that they will liden to no terms
but such at .-are wholly incompatible with the fafety
of the nation, with its commercial prosperity, with
1 its political independence. This fear arifet princi
pally from the afcctdancy which they havcatquired
' io the councils of Spain—an ascendancy which-, to.
? gether with hii probable consequences, we long
since announced to tfie public j thVujjTT by so doing
: we ineurred the animadversions anrf penferr cf our
" contemporaries.
c The conduift of the French government is per
f fedlly confident—as it hat been a grand ofcjedt with
» every party in France, since the fuhverfion of the
' monarchy, to annihilate the trade and and naval
power of Great-Britain. Both the partizans of
: Brifiot, and the follower! of Robespierre, agreed,
as may be proved from their writing* and their
! speeches, in the application of the Roman maxim,
> " Delenda eft Cartbaga" to this country,' and in
f the threat of planting the tri-coloured flag op the
; bankt of the Thames ; and 'the uniform conduct of
3 the government, finee the execution el thof: dema
' gogues, mod clearly demondrates, that thry are dill
influenced by the fame views, actuated by tire fame
principle, and bent on the attainment of the feme
ebjeft.
Should our fears be unhappily rea!ifed r and the
war be pretra&ed by our enemies, in the hopes of
> acquiring the meass of gratifying their own am
-1 bition, by accomplishing our deftruftioo, we rely
■ with full confidence on the spirit cf the nation,
I (which is not, thank Heaven, io grofuly d'egenc-at
• ed at to make us kiss the feet-gf our inveterate foe)
' to teach these dating republicant, who fetk to grsfp
: at universal cwpue, that their defigu* again (I this
| country, mil be as fruitlefs at they are unprincipled.
t ; Proceedings of the Diet of Rati/bon, to accelerate
a Peace between the Germanic empire, and the
- Fiench Republic.
Ratisbow, Augud 1.
: The progress of the French has induced the im
perial diet, fnddenly, to didiate a memorable advet '•
!of the trnpre for the acceleration ef peace. On the
/ 30th ult. an extraordinary fe'flion as council was )
- held, which was opened by the eledloral diredlory
s of Mentz, wit-ffHhe ftillowing intimation : i
" Several embassies having expressed a wiiltj that
t the present urgent concerns of tl.c war betaken in
e to consideration, agreeably to the rnflrudlions which 1
- they received ; and that ways and means be canfult- 1
s ed for putting a speedy end to this war, the direc
t tory of Menta wouid not be wanting to give an
opportunity for deliberation." ,
n All the envoys, without waiting any further in
■, flrudlioiisfiom their courts and condiments, W>t«L
II and almod every vote was for the acceleration of
e peace. The archducal, Austrian, and eledloral :
Bohemian vete, deviated, however, iu several re
fpeftsftom the other votes, and was to the follow
ing purport:
Vote »f the Emperor, tw Archiluke of duflria, and
8 j Elector of Bohcmiq.
y I " The present dilafters of the war, have chiefly
y arisen, because the well-meant admonitions of his
d : majtdy the Roman emperor, to make common and
e well-connedled preparations of defewee hi due sea.
g son, have not been foffioiently 'attended to { nor
a have' the molt recent conclnfa, after the firft fruit
d less overtute9 for peace, as yet been put iu forte ;
r all which has enabled the enemy to turn every fa'.
'• rorable incident to promote their progress, fu puit
e ed by tbeit numbers. A firm and sincere union of
1- all the datet to preserve the Germanic conftituuon, j
it therefore, the only ef&ctcnt remedy to bring ills J
» M
i t
enemy to more equitable fcntimrnts, and lo a ftmi
re l«r readinrfs to make peace ; and fr< jri that eoniti
!j» tutional concord alone, tlx atcof«jjliiluji-at of a
e- fa much desired, general, equitable and jufi peace,
j, | can be with confidence expedted. That his mrfjei
je ' ty the Romans emperor wilhcs nothing more than
ia to put a« end to the burthens of this heavy war,
hit majeily has already p.roved. His majelly's wif
■d dom merits lrkewife the mod confidence,
is r that no refruree of obtaining a suitable peace fiiall
be left untried, and.no favourable opportunity for
re it neglected."
The following adviee of the empire, refpefting
a speedy overture for pe.ice, was drawn up on the
30th ult. antl immediately sent to Vienna.
Advice to the Empire
f > " The present lituation of Germ my having bejn
*• taken into consideration, and formally debated upon,
so all the three colleges ol the empire have deemed
8 ?nd ref»lved :
h •' That the wish repeatedly manifXlcd of termt*
® nating the ruinous war, which is (till profeeuting,
; d by meaqsof an acceptable peace with Fiance, be
i- again laid before his imperial majjrfty, with the rood
y refpefitul confident* in hi» majesty's paternal care
6t sot the empire ; and that his rcnjefty be moll ur-
r > gently and seriously requested, agreeably to the ad
t- vice of the empire already given with regard to that
r > objedt, to accelerate h iir his wifdoni by those
d meant and overtures which arc the molt proper,
1* and jo realise the speedy ncgociation by adding the
* deputation of the empire in. the peace to be thus
r- eoncluded."
»t Befidei this advice of the empire-, it was alfore
e fol»ed to fend the envoys of Wurtemberg, Bam
'* berg, & Wsmftiurg, barons Seckendorff & Gross,
as. deputies to the French general*. They left this
s place on. Saturday night, the count de Bernftorff,
i» belonging to t|hc Prussian legation, having pieced
d ed them hither, at the requeit of the Prussian, Swe
"* dish, Danish, and Heiiian embaffiej. As far 33
1- we know, those two depnties arc charged t» obtain
I- of the French generals> neutrality and fafety of
» pafon and property, as well lor the diet of the em
- pire, its archives and offices, as for the imperial
- cith of R'atifbun, and its inhabitants.
'»• In the conference on Thursday tail, some envoy*
e declared, that if a neutrality could not be obtained,
t it woiild be befl to adjour« the diet. The majori
ty of the envoys would not however agree to this,
i- -but proposed other measure* of lecurrty, upon
> which they conferred with the principal imperial
0 comtniffion, as like wife with the city, whefe magif.
r t rates were eharged to iflue an ordur for all the
a French emigrant's to quit it.
1 Last Friday the eheit of operations of the army
- of the empire arrived here.
n The magazines of provi'Gons at this place are to
h be conveyed to Saltzburg, and the Emperor is to
» be requetted to spare this city from the paflag.of
y troops, and quartering them.
h Our expectations an: railed to the hiijheft pitch
1* refpedting the result of the million of the two de
d puties to the French generals. The alTurance of
Count Geortz, the envoy of Branderburgh, that
; the Prussian Flmhaffy ■.> P n .
I offices wilh the directory in favar of the Germanic
r UTet, has revived all our hopes
j LONDON, August iz.
e Ihe most important article of intelligence by
j the Paris paper of the 9th, winch came to hand
yelterday,. is the report of the French having con
cluded a treaty oflTenfive and defenfive with Spain.
; TW»i» g' vc " >0 'he I'Eclair, a paper not the firft
in point of authenticity, but wc think it neverthe
' 'ess probable. It appears to be the result of the
j fyflrm adopted by the French directory, ts deprive
f us of all our allies by granting, them easy terms of
_ .per.ee, and separate Great-Eritain from the reft of
1 Europe politically, as by her .inlular situation, fill
- " "aturally In a few wevks we have not the fmal-
M d6ubt that peace will be general.
General Championet hat taken en the Mein, 14
, new pieces of cannon, of different calibres, 12
f ' iovv 'tz< ; rs, half of them new ; and general Berna
. dotte has made prizes of 45 boats with oats and
. hay, valutd ai more than a million of livres.
Augti.T 13.
Very prefling ordeis have been sent to aIF the
! dock yards of the kingdom, for expediting the go
( vernrtrent worx as fall as pofiible, and every ship of
, war, under equipment, is to be completed as fad as
possible.
Airguil ij.
Two Hamburgh mEiJ6 hare arrived since our last.
The intelligence by tins mode of conveyance ift
. seldom new, but in the various articles in this day's
Telegraph, our readers will fnid ample con fir ma
tionmf the late proceedings of the armies, with
some additional particulars of the partial actions t
which have taken place. There fcemi to prevail a J
1 general dtliie of peace,'from which, notwithstand
ing the good faith and linccrity of our allies, it is
more than ptoLV le we ihall be txcluiAd.
A«»;uft 16.
The king of Prnffia. is said to be on his return
to Berlin* there to r.reet Mr. Hammond. His
majelly fct oiit from Caliel on the jth instant.
Augult 18.
The siege artillery has been conveyed from Lan
dau for the siege of Mentz.
The court of Lilbon have resolved to fend the
, marquis of Pombai as ambassador extraordinary to
London, to negociate with the Britifo ministry, for
for such efficacious affillance as may.secure Portu
gal against the attack of the French, or in cafe of
failure in that ohjeft, to convince us of the neccf
fity of their confnhing the fafety of Portugal by
I yielding to the propohtions which have been made T
by the French. Their own condition difqualifies a
them from, all active refiflance.
1 . Auguit 20. r
I We have this day laid before our readers some *
very impsrtaut (late papers. Thole refpefling
■ Sweden are particularly interrfting. The influence
of the empress »t Russia has prevailed in thecourt
I of Stockholm—and it would r«.pe»r that she is =
leading it into a war with France, for fbe purpose,
no dnubt, of exfeautting and weakening
r and to render it an easy prey to her ambition. ' 1
The following advice was received yefterdav at ,
• Lloj d's cofiic-boufe—.
f i
m i By a en'ter Arrive*? at firmcuth from 4 cruii t .
(ti- off Brett, wvlei.ru that aFicncd Iquadron, consist.
f a i"g of 11 li'l of the line, flipped cut ef Brest 0 n
ice, th« evening or Saturday lad.
jef, 'The Hague and' Amfkerdam papers pofuivtly as.
,an frrt that the Dutch fleet failed the 501 h ult. and
rar, yet the Briiifti fleet ha« been unable tor difcov« r i;
vis- This is ihe second mx third fleet from Holland that
ice, has defied the vigilance of our etuifers. The Srft
ball .intelligence that will peihap* be heard «f it, will
for be, that it i« fafe at Brelt.
'
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the Philadelphia,
XIbjJBAY EVENING, OCI OBKX xo, 179k
ELECTI ONT
j IT is a circumllance much .0 be regretted, that
a valuable part of out fellow-citizens, who are fin.
cere friends to good order and government, too ge»
neraliy negledt an important duty, the exercise of
£ * which, might fnfure themselves their country and
o j|. j po-fterity, the long enjoyment ef those inestimable
bleflingt, and the derclidion of which, may cccaft.
(]r on the mod ruinous confluences. Has not the
ac j justness of this position been verified at mofl of our
3at general ele&ions ? Many decline to vote, who ne
vertheless, are apt enough to find fault when impro
per characters are inverted with power. Let ua be
confident. Do we atdently wish tit prevent war
iu( a "' ts concomitant evils 1 Let us then deft
men into office who are lovera of peace. Are we
re- rsa "y dtfwous that our eountry should not become
the theatre of a«aichy ! Let u« then place the ad*
,s 3 miniftratian under the direction of men, who meiit
his our con fidence by their uniform attachment to go.
"Vfernmeut ; that government under which we enjoy'
cd- a decree of moral, political, and religious liberty
and happiness, fc-arcely to be equalled, and actually
unparellelled. It is true, that ail those who iolely
ain ° 1 ' the Roodirefs and power of omnipotence,
o £ can have little to fear ftfim the tumultuous Horma
m raf a turbulent world; but it is equally true, that
ial " 16 l,t y a " to ma ke a proper use of the
means given them to ward off impending danger.
iyj Sttppofc my house to be threatened by fire, »nd tbe
;d, mea,ls °f saving it wit Kin my power ; if 1 negledt
ri- raeans, and the flames coiifume it, am I not
is, i u '"y censurable i Am J not laying up for myfelf
011 a ftor« of. repentaneeasd felf reproach .' Were 11®.
ial re P ,ne at what I h»d thus voluntarily brought on
■if. fflyfclf, woold it not be the height of felly ? Nay?
j lc would it not be impiety.?
It is a notorious fa& that we have men among
Ry us who are extremely inimical to the exilting go.
vernment, and every petty art, which the cunning
to ? f man it capable of devifjng, is praflifed by them
t 0 * n ,he prosecution of their base designs. Should
0 f not these men be opposed i Andis it nr.t the indif.
penfible duty'of erery goVd citizen to counteract
ch features i Such as refnfe their aid may have
| e . m "eh to answer for.. What man would witliold hts
Q f afliflance to guard ibe Use or property of his neigh
hour I Shall we then fee the peace, the prosperity,.
»4_ and the bappinpfa nf |K- ~f r.Him !; 1 r —
j c zens, and f i-il.aj,# uur portemy, Wictangeied, with
out discovering equal zeal and alacrity in th«ii pie.
fervation ?
; t '" : fountain be-muddy, the current cannot be
pure. Ant} if bad mm <jet into office and good mm '
'X arc kept out, will not tad times succeed ? Those who
1 are qualified to yjte, but vfrfio from negleflinjr to
i- use that privilege,fuffer the wicked to get into office,
"• will have no rational ground of complaint, should
their jfov'frnors bscume tyrants and trample on their
C " rights; hut their fellow citizens may jultly reproach
1C l ! am ' for accessary to the mifchiefs and n ife
ries t ' ,al ma > - *'."» ljefal tfieir country. Come for
ward then on she day of elcrtion, and by exerting
0 your it) flue trie in favour of men of integrity, prove
,e . your attachment to ft ace, good order and rjd ro*
1| " vernment.
' The FRIENDLY COUNSELLOR.
At a numerous meeting on Saturday evening fait, at
* Dunwoody's tavern,, in which every ward of the city
d was represented, it was unanimously, agreed by the
gentlemen jjrefent to run the following ticket ; ,
Governor,
ie Thomas Mifflin. •-]
). Congress,
Edward Tilghmm.
Senator,
Nathaniel Newlin, (of Delaware Countv.)
AJJhmblj, , j
George Latimer,
I. Jacob Hiltzhtimer,
Laurence Seckel,
« Francis Gurney,
■ Robert Wain,
Joseph Sail.
~K T h V iCk cV th l a , hoVC cand ida<es must be written,
tnofe .or Seleil and Common Council men mast bt
a printed.
|. SeleS Council,
is John Connelly, John Miller, fa».
Caleb North, James Read,
John Bleakly, Francis Gurney,
Sam. Coates, Henry Pratt,
n Godfrey Haga, John Hallowell,
s isim. M. Fox. Thomas Cumpftoni
Common Council,
Michael Keppele, J ames S. Co 4,
rhomas A'Jibone, Gideon H. Wells,
James Vodd, Thomas Greaves,
Mathias Sadler, Conrad Gerhard,
Jonathan V\ . Condy, Kearny Wharton.
U <«""Te Penno. fc, Samuel Hodgdon, -
r Casper Morris, Benj Chew, jun.
I. Ldward PennmgtOß, Bowyer Brooks,
,f V\ alter Franklin, Thomas Parker.-\
Henry Drinker, jun.
VVe trust that the above tickets will meet the ap
e probation of our fellow-citizens, as fhey combine not
only wisdom of charafler, mo, Oration of sentiment,
and an attachrnent to the federal government, but are
gentle men who have a common interefl with us in
making wile laws in the federal and state gcu-ernmeßt
e and good regulations in the city police.
j Published by order of the me?tine\
c HOXXINGSWOHTH, Chairman.
DANIEL SMITH, Secretary.
VVafhington Lottery.
, Tl ; twenty.ftxth and twenty-foventh days ariwinj
are arrived .it the office He. 147, Chefcut-fireet.
riizes m the above Lottery are exchanged for tickets
1 warranted undrawn.
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