Philadelphia, November '21.
jVJasrikd, on Thursday evening last, 6y the Right
s?.ev. Bilhop White, Th»mas Ha-wthorn, Esq. to Mils
rvlary Meredith, eldtit daughter of Jonathan Mere
dith,' Esq. *
By the Rev. William Ma! (hail, Mr. Charles Whyti
to Mil's A aroaret M'Cuiloch, daughter of Mr. John
'M'Cuiloch, jirinter, of tMs city.
3y the Rev Mr.Helmuth, Mr. Jacob Cress to Miss
Susan Hxyiv*'ck, both, of Chefnut Hill
V We have received No XXV of PHOCION, and 1
"ISo ViU of The FEDERALIST; but the great prefftirc
■of foreign intelligence will occalion a few days delay of
their publication. i
For The FEDERALIST, No,ViI, fee run page j
We fxi-jc been favored with a Halifax paper of 080- i
ber 29, from which tbcfoUowtng is eittrakef
Haufax, Oft. lier 27. 1
"tzlraft of a letter from St John's, A e'lvfoundland j 1
dated Sept. 21. '■
" Since for\trardmg our letter ef the 17th ult. we <
4'ive had no opportunity.ol writing to you,-being fincev <
the id instant in a flat* of blockade. Rear Admiral '
having efeaped the irigilaixx of Admiral Mann <
and got out of Cadiz, made his appearance about three '
leagues to the Southward o us, ok the night ofithe ift <
inlt. and'paraded in view of our harbour on the id, with '
one 80 gun. (hip, 6of 74, one of 40, and a corvette. 1
Ha ftiod on to the north about three leagues, and lay «
, to >t that diftanee, eonttantly repeating fignais and let- «
•ting off (ky-rockets. We pnrehended that in the 1
jnoining they meant to mate a defcentupon us in that t
diredlion ; vhieh however, they din not, but on the f
3d stood on again to the Couth in a-direcl line of battle, 1
■till they approached near L ape Spear/ when they bore
down in an irregular line direct for the Narrows. At
rthistime we imagined iheir intention \ras to force into
the harbour; Meanwhile all the batteries were extreme- r
ly well manned, and the forges at york heating balls.
Martial law, was also proclaimed, and all-the inhabit
ants, without diftindlion, were under arms, and at their
refpe<3ive posts, determined to make the mod vigorous J
defence. Two frigate, a (loop of war, and the Rom- 11
ney vjf 50 gun;, were Rationed at the opening of the
with springs on their cables. In this fitua- f
tion our arrangements stood, expelling every moment j;
the firing to commence. When the enemy arrived (
•within gun shot of the batteries, and in full view of our t
force,'having reconnoitred our strength andpofition,
the admiral thought proper to sheer off, and lland to a
the southward, and his whole fleet following his exam- I
yle. r l hat night they lay to in Petty Harbour Bay, jo
•where we were alio jpprehenfive of their intention to n
land some troops ; bat not thinking that meaftire advise- a
able, they fleered to the southward, and came tolnchor
in the Bay of Bull's. That devoted settlement they
have reduced to allies. By this deftruiflion the Haufe .
of Gugier and Tage hare loft feme thousands. On the 11
7th the enemy weighed anchor, and proceeded to the t
Touth east, in view of the different harbours ; and ftiort
ly after got out of fight. The 40 gun frigate appear- t
ed on the .9th, off Trepaffey, into which place Ihe ch»- Q
ied fame bankers, after which Die stood on to the weft
•ward.. On the 14th and 15th, the French fleet again
appeared in Placentia Bay, fterring N. W. by VV. 3
for Cape Chapeau Rouge, and this is thy last direit t
account we have of them Their manoeuvres have ap- a
peared unaccountable, and we think indicate a want of t
harmony among them. They are supposed to have
gone to intercept the outward bound Quebec fleet, 1
which are under the convoy of the Pearl frigate.— '
They are known to be in want Of bread, and confe- n
quently must soon repair to some port in the States;—
This visit has so much deranged the trade of the isan , I
thai we fear it will be productive of very bad tonlequen- !
cesthisfall. The servants in the fomhern ports nave t
behaved very unruly, in plundering ftoret, and rnnning t
away with veffelsjnd boats; but as the fear of the e
aemy has subsided, matters are re-instated again, and *
the servants returning to their duty. The Shark isjuft *
arrived in the Njrrows. We are in hopes martial iaw 1
will foonceafe, and our attention Ue rettoreii to our 1111
finefs. v
The following Permit, given 10 a family to go on l,
fliore at the Bay of Bulb, proves the French ik-et at
Newfoundland to be Richery's from Cadiz.
LIBERTY. EQUALITY. . 1
NAVY of the FRENCH . IiPUBLIC. «
Squadron unde* the command or Rear Admiral t
RICHER Y. f
7be Ship Le Diiquefne, commanded by Attzen Allemand, ~
Captain of the Na-vy. \
After the req>ieft made to Citizen Richery, by the
wife of Richard Driikall, piifoner of war, and five
children of Bay of Built, it is permitted to the said '
wife and her family to disembark from the ffiip Le Du
quefne, to return to the laid Bay.— We invite all the
citizens who stall meet the said family, not to disturb
them in any manner, but on the contrary-, to give them
all the aififtance in their po<w«r.
On board the Ihip Le Bnquefne, the lift Fruc
tidor, the 4th year of the Republic of Prance'
Seen by me, Captain Commandant,
ALLEMAND.
Yesterday arrived here from St. John's, Newfound
land, the (hip John and Jane, Capt. Branftptj. This
left England with the Britannia store-ship, which
an ived here some time since She is laden with govern
ment prcvifioni. Having put into Newfoundland on
the 26th August, and the French fleet appearing ofl the
iftof September, Ihe.has been detained by the embar
go which was laid on all (hipping in that part. She left
St. John's en Thursday last, the 20th ir.ftant, under
&onv»y of his Majtfty's (hip Spencer, Captain Evans.
The account Capt. Brandon gives of the French fleet,
agrees with the intelligence contained in the preceding
letter. The (hips which were detached by Admiral
TUchery to tl»e Labradore coast on the 9th of Septem
ber, were the Cenfeur, Duqucfiic, and Fripon. By
capt, Fvans, in the brig Madona, whs had made his
eicape from Labradore, and arrived at St. John's three,
days before the John and Jane failed, intelligence was
received, that the French ihips had entered Temple-bay
and laid the wh«le settlement in ruins. Among the
(hipping destroyed, there was a fine merchant ihip,
called the Regulator, mounting ao guns. Oaptain E
varii left the Lebratiore coast the 10th inft. at which
time those (hips were Rill there. The chief part of the
fleet was in at St. Pierre's on the 34th ult. on which
day two fail of the line went out on a cruile. On the
-tteh, the Admiral gave to capt. Long, who command
ed a ship which was destroyed at the Bay of Bulls, and
who, with his wife had been made prisoners, a fchoon
cr ivtrich he had captured, and permitted him to take
with him 60 other prifcntrs, and go wh*re he pleased,
and the fame eveniag the remainder of the fleet left St. <
Pierre's, and it was supposed they were all to meet at
'o:ne other place of rendezvous- The prifcaers wh»
have been landed from the fleet, report thatabout 14,00
Hoops were said to be on board the different (hips.
Those which they saw were a (habby looking pack.
Captain Branfton hat favored us with the following
lift of the French fleet.
Jupiter, Ad. Richery 74 La Vifloire 84
Cenfeur, a Commodore 84 Duquefne 74
Bcrwick 74 Ambuscade 36
Birras ' 74 Felicite 3$
Rcvobtionaire 74 Friponne 36 u
Latest Foreign Intelligence.
By the (hip Fara'e, captain Harris, -arrived at New-
York, m 14 days from London, we hare recived
London papers from -the Bth to nth Otft. indaftve.
Thtfollowing intelligence is extradied from thtra.
. LONDPN, October 8.
The follcrwmg is the Order of Ceuucil, countermand
ing the Order lately made for the purpose of permitting
| the exportation of goods £0 countries conquerered by
Fanct:—
'' At the Court at St. James's, the s?h day of Oc
tober, 1796, prefeat,-the King's most excellent'ma
jelly in touncil.
'■ It is this day ordered by hismajefty, byand with
the advice of his Privy Council, that an made
at this Board, on the third day of Jaft»
granting license, notwithstanding certain a&s paJTijd in
, the thirty-third and thirty-fouwh years'of his wiajefty's
reign, and therein mentioned, to pay, fend, fiipply,
• or 1 eliver, orcaufetohe paid, feut, fuppliedor deliv
.v, ered, either by payment or remittance of any bill of" ex
change, note, draft, obligation, or«rder for money,
or in any other manner whatsoever, an" money, to or
for the use of any perfeu or persons relidmg or beiag in
any part or place of the United Provinces, the Aultrian
Netherlands, «r ataly, »r in any town or place in Ger
many, and to divers other afls in the said order parti
cularly mentioned ; and the lit eace thereby given and
every part thereof, be revokerkand discharged; and the
said order and the licence thereby given, snd every part
thereof are hereby revoked and discharged.—And all
persons are to take notice iof his majesty's pleasure,
hereby mid govern thetnfelves accordingly.
W. FAWKINER."
LONDON, OApber 10.
Buflntfs in the House of Ctmmons this Day. ,
The House to resolve itfelf into a Committee to
h consider of a Supply.-' i
Late yesterday evening we teseived by express, I
the Patis gazettes to the 7th inll. inclusive, which -
is an in (lance of extraordinary dispatch '
In the variety of gazettes whiclt have reached us '
from the 3d to the 7th inltant, thete U not one of- f
fecial letter from the Executive Diredlery refpefling j
the armies of the Rhine and Moselle, and of the a
Sambre and Meufe, which we may fairly consider 0
as a most positive proof that the affair* of the 1
Ft'ench republic continue to be marked by a series
of disasters. This opinion is llrengthencd by tl|e
non-official advicet infertfl in these papers, whicS j,
admit that the French are every where retreating. 0
iTfre news from Paris, of the 3d states, that the 0
Atiflrians were preparing to attack the republicans b
'in their position behind the Sieg, and inth»ir en- ''
trenrhed camp before Dufleldorff. P
A letter from Bruxellet of the Ift inft. ftatet, that j
the left wing of the army of the Sambre and Meufe 0
occupied the lines ef the Sieg, which cover Duffel- n
dorff ; that the left wing was in the Hundiiuck ; *
and the centre between Cologne and Coblentz ; but ■'
that it was feared these petitions were not very fafe, 8
and that the Auhduke would attack the French on
the left banks of the Rhine. a
By letter of the 3d, from the fame place, we I
learn, that the French army under general Boiir
nonviilc, was again preparing to recrofs the Rhine, g
but his head-quarters were ltill at Cologne. ■ The t .
Archdake has a formidable encampment near the t
Sieg, and also a camp of observation near Neuwied, v
to keep the French in check in that quarter. On
the 27th and «Bth of September, it appears there y
was fighting on the right banks of the
Rhine, opposite Cologne, but the result ie not fta- f
ted. V
The Auftrians are still blockading Kehl, with a
view of intercepting all communication between the
left banks of the Rhine and Moreau's army.
From the army of the Rhine and Moselle there '
is no official intelligence, except Morean's general '
orders, dated Lutmarftiaufen, the 20th of Septem- '
ber, in which he endeavours to toufe the drooping '
spirits of his army. The place from which these 1
orders are dated being situated in Suabia, at a small j
distance from the frontiers of Bavaria, it would ap
pear thm he is forming his retreat to the Upper !
Rhine in a manner which requite*, more firmnefs
than in general belongs to-the national of '
the French, to be executed with success rear . '
being conflaritly hariaffed by generals Latour and ]
Hotze, and his front menaced by field-marfkal Pe- j
trafch. Private accounts refpedting this army state,
that the Auftrians entered Donawcrth on tha igth '
ult. and they describe Moreau's situation as becom- •
ing daily more critical.
We cannot but consider it an happy omen for '
the state of affairs in Italy, that gen. Buonaparte '
observes a profound filenceon hit operations apsinft ■
" the (battered remains of marftial Wurmfcr's ar- '
my, (hut up in Mantua 1" as he called the field-mar- '
(hal's corps in his last letters to the diredlory. The \
Paris papers do not contain the least infotmation
concerning the republican army in Italy.
From the above extracts it will be seen, how ex- \
tremely difficult it is to obtain a clear knowledge of
the a&ual situation as affairs on the Rhine, until
the Hamburgh mailt arrive. All that we can learn '
is, that the French are every where obliged to re- '
treat. A report is mentioned'in I'Eclair of the 6th )
111 ft. that Bournonville had obtained some advanta- '
ges over the Auftrians, but as nothing more is men
tioned in the paper of the 7tf>, they are not likely !
to have been of any importance. ' 1
There is anather official note from the dire&ory \
in most of the gaeettes of the sth5 th isftant, refpedting
the passport demanded by our ministry. We are '
glad to observe, that its tone is changed, and that 1
the note is couched in more decent language than '
the Ult of its publications. It declares, w That if '
the Englilh miniltry yields to the wishes of the En J
glilh nation, whose interests and happiness are con- '
sided to its care, peace will no longer meet with '
delays nor inlerruptions.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Saturday, October 8 I t
WStopfordirvformed the House, that his Majef! t
ty had been wa'ted upon to lenow when hi, Majesty r
woild be pleased to receive the address ; and rhat hi! t
gracloufl J P' eafcd to fignify that he w # uld I
receive the fame on that day. i
A petition was presented from General M'Leod t|
complaining of a» undue return for the borou K h of : n
Milburne Port.—Ordered to be taken into coulfdera- j t"
tion on the roth December. "uaera- ti
Another petition was presented, cerrmlilr,;.,, r
n ß due return for the bwougk of Guildford, whilhji
J
th at the very moment when It might be v.
a person of addrels and wifdoin. S«un«d by
i ; General Marceau was wounded on il,. , . „
us September :he died two days after. 9 of
of He was in his twenty-seventh year. Sern-,1 u ,
which he had gained in La Vendee, and two ftjlft
i-. campaign, on the bank, of the Rhine had ofeta. Jdk
a diltmguifhed. rank among# , U r molt eminent C S™
manders in the present war. When he wasabout t °T
j. removed to the left bank of the Rhine, he recuefi H
t0 be left at Altenkirchen, with the Pr«ffi ln coit i
lc The followingvday the Auftrians took poßVfT,o n of Al'
tenkirchen. As soon as General Haddick was ins,
m ed of this circumstance, he font a fafeguard to Mar,
f. and General Kray himfelf came to fee hhn v ""'
warrior wept at the fight. He had beet o PP „fc d °f
5- Marceau for the two last years. The si, it Sur J on of
:o Prince Charles attended him with the nod inceflW
i, care; but he died at 6 o'clock in the corning B f * he
The body of General Marceau was buried in the
lt trencned camp of Coblentz, aajjd the -mp! '"j
fire of both armies. n : 3I X,
[S Jourdan is at Paris. He is going to take the
mand of the army of the North in the room of
L 9 Boumonvilte, who is now at the head of th- , Pm „ c
i- the Sambre and Meufe. This kind of ret rait ii »e
----.. justly give* to a genera! of his distinguished merit " !
e We are still without any official news from our a
roies. The foreign papers are full of the disasters thev
•s have experienced, exaggerated as ulual. They how
~ ever agree, that Moreau, after receiving a check it t/u
,t nicli, is retreating through Franconia.
We learn from L'Orient, that two ships of war
arnvfd in that port, called Fougueux and VatienT
y On' being offered Mandat. in payment, they revoked'
. The Minister of Sweden at Constantinople h is 1"
enounced to the Grand Vizier, that a treaty «f alliance
f is concluded between the Courts of Peterfburi»h in A
, Stockholm. °
k v \ is J co r nfirfeml y afTerted, that general Moreau, at
the head of 30,000 men has attempted to cross Fra-*>-
i ma, for the pu-pofe of effeeling his retreat, and ioirT
1 ing the army of the Sambre and the Meufe.
j We hear from BrufTels, by accounts dated the ift of
- Oflober, that on the a 2 d of September, the Auftrians
. having advanced to the Sieg, several hot aflions took
: place between the advanced posts. ft seems that thev
t terminated in our favor, as 10. Atiftrian pr.fone-. hava
f been sent to Cologne. Our left wing is MI behind the
2 t'" S i £ ,fe J b r elie , vid *# the enemyjntends
, by the Hundfrnck. The divlCon of General Ponret
. has been therefore sent to H.,t /ide. The divifioi, of
: General JJernadotte has the Rhine, and has
. taken a position near Andernjch. It is apprehended
that Prince Charles who has left the country adiacent
. to Coblentz, for the purpofeof going to Mayence, in
tends to pals the Rhine by the last mentioned route.
[ Peace between the French Republic and the l 3 "ope
■ is (till liable to many difficulties, because his HeU
nefais unwilling to declare, that his good faith has
1 been deceived in the briefs "which he has published
relative to the affairs of France. He fears left he
[ fhoiild by fnch a cooduft, compromise his iufallibi
. bility. The French government, however, infiflj
, on this measure, as prop.r to rellore peace between
t us, by appealing; the differences of religious opi
nion.
Should the Pope per (ift in his refufal, it is very
' probable be will receive a visit at Rome from Buon
aparte. All the Cardinals have been already affftn
bled and cenfulted. The agents of the French Re
public and the Popes plenipotentiaries have repair
ed to Florence, with a view of continuing their dif
cttflions more peaecably than at Rome, where the
~ -people aeg-vif-C-y much j «e -.vel! ai.n£ infer
ring to themediation of M* Azzara, the King o£
Spain's Ambassador.
The army of the Empress of Russia, confiding
of between 40 and 50,000 men, which was march
ing toaffift the Emperor, has I)eeii ordered back.
The Emperor is very much chagrined at this dis
appointment, but it is yetimpsfiible to ascertain the
cause of it.
Letters from London infmaate that the Queen
of Portugal has different projects, and that, to es
cape at the fame time from the Eaglifb yoke, and
the dangers with which ffte is threatened by France,
(he has it in idea to connect herfelf more intimate
ly with the Cabinet of Madrid. Some Englilh fri
gates hav« taken two Spanilh veffds richly laden ;
the Queen of Portugal erdeied these veflels to be
brought back to the port of Cadiz.
The King of Naples has prefumcd to use a threat
ening stile, for whieh he will pay dearly. He has
caused a declaration to be published, in which he
asserts, that if we shall enter into the territories of
the Pope, he will also enter them with his army.
Ofiabrr 6 ~ ~
The Jnfamnui CVdot dTlrrbais S-s terminated,
at Cayenne, his exeerable career. He has been r*r-
Tied off Ly a violent illness, which goneially btfallj
who do not feel the least indifpdfitio^'6o their
arrival in that climate, and against which no reme
dy has as yet been discovered. A few days before Sg
his death, that monster made another attempt to
possess himfelf of the authority of a Dictator at Cay
enne, and to stir up an infurreiSion among the Ne
groes ; but his projects having failed of fuccels, lie
was thrown into a dungeon. v '
Charles Germain one of this accomplices of Drau
et, made lately an attempt, at Vendome, to affaffi
natea municipal officer who vi&ted the prison. He
is put in irons for 20 days.
It is said that Bournonville has obtained a coufi
derable advantage over the enemy.
In yesterday's fitting the Council of Five Hun
dred refolvcd on the proposition of Camus, that *
new fund of 25 millions, metallic value, Jhal) be
placed under the disposal of the minister of the In
terior, to covr the arrears of the 41b yeas, and at
the firft quarter of the sth.
O&ober 7.
It is expected that a declaration of war will take
place between in and Sweden. We hear fro® Stock
holm, that Perchel, the French minister, and his
Secretary Marivaux, have been ordered to quit
Stockholm.
There is a great mortality the French
troops in Italy. The hefpitals of Milar, .
Lodi, Verona, &c, are full of lick. In the firft
city, there were 4000 (ick ; and 117 died oatht
23d of August within 11 hours
-4< Head Quarters at Lutmarfhawfeti, the 4th
Complementary Day, (Sept. 39.)
" The Gencial of the army of the Rhine and
Moselle expefls firmnefs frojn #11 the soldiers he com*
mand*; and hopes that the retrograde movements
which the temporary fucoeffes obtained by Piinee
Charles over the army* of the Sambre and Meufe,' t
havt tendered ceceffary, will by bo menus weakflfc
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