ptnefsand tranqajlityof hii fufeje&s, and evidently contrary to tl\e rights of other nations and powers, U.w'ardsWhom the holy fee would not even be able to maintain itfelf nedtral. Hi. holiness hopes, tbeiefore, that the executive directory, from its dwn sense of rectitude, at well at in conGderation of the mediation of hit majesty the king of Spain, will do juftiee to the powerful motives which have determined hit holiness to give his refufal which he is obliged to enforce at the hazard of his life. " Given in Florence, the 15th Sept, 1796. ( Si S ned ) " GALEPPI, " Minister plenipotentiary to his holiness the pope Pius Vl.'' BANKS OF THE MAYN, Oft. jt. Official report transmitted by hit royal highness the archduke Charles, to Earonde Hugel, the Im perial commiffitntr at Fribourg, October 21. «' General Moreau, who had retreated with his whole army to the environs of Fribourg, was on the point of crofflng the Elz, as it was supposed with a view of proceeding towatds Kclll, to deliver that Fortreft which was blockaded by the Auftri- Uos. A» soon as I received Information of this movement, I set out from Offenbourg ; but did sot succeed until the 17th in uniting my corps d'arms ta that of general Latour : I then fixed my encampment in front of Herbolifheim. The enemy had peffeffed themfelvcs of the important heigh is situated on the right bank of the Elz, and occupied the villages situated in the space between. In consequence of General Latour's troops labor ing under exceflfive fatigue, having made frveral marches in very bad roads, 1 was forced to allow them to repose themselves till the lfcth. The .ene my, however, attacked on that day, and notwith standing they had in the firft inftsnce forae success, they were in the event forced to resume the ground they had quitted. , " On the 19th I attacked, at evfcry point, and i* fpitc of the advantage of the heights the enemy possessed, the bad and a continual rain con stantly opposing frefe obstacles to our march, the enemy were driven from the Heights, and forced to cross from the other fide of the Elz, General Wartenfleben, who conducted the attack at the Lead of the column, was da"geroufly wounded. " The fuecefs of this aft ion was due to the In fantry, the cavalry ne!t being able to aft. Much difficulty was found in bringing up to the Hei glits a few guns. " The enemy loft 1800 men in killed & wound ed, about 1200 prisoners, and a gun. One of their generals of diviCons, Beaupais, was killed. " On the 10th 1 crossed tHe Elz, and formed a junction with general Nauendorf's corps, which had penetrated to the other fide of Vald-Kirch. But as the "left wing of General Latour's corps could not be brought up in time, it being necessary to conftruft abridge in fight of the enemy, 1 was obliged to content myfelf with dislodging the re publicans from several villages on the other fide of the Elz. and taking up.a pofifion with my army on the left bank of that river. " This marnirtg every disposition was made for a new attack, but the enemy had retreated during the night. I instantly set out in purtuit of-them, and cam* up with their rear guard ,at this place (Fribourg). The flight of the enemy is so prcei pnate, that, according to reports 1 hare this in flant received, a part of their army has proceeded in the utmoll disorder towards Brifack and Hun ingen." PARIS, November l<. Extract of a letter from the commandant at Tou lon, to the minister of the marine and thxeolo wes. " Citizen'minifter, " I give you an account that fliere are arrived in our harbor the day before yesterday, a Leghorn Ihip, having 0* board 146 French prisoners t*om Corsica, from whente they let out on the 23d of last month. They relate, that at tlieir departure from Baftia, the Corficans were generally in a state of infurreftion against the English, and that they had got poffeflion of the vice roy and the principal, chiefs; that the English had been enabled to retire on koard two of their {hips which were at Baftia, where they embarked all the emigrants, and those tvho were in appreheufion of the arrival of the French ; that the viceroy was, by capitulation, to remain as a hostage, with the CorficaMS, until the arrival of General Genlili, whom they had sent for from Leghorn. «• Two other Leghorn {hips arrived last night, having on hoard 200 other prisoners, who confirm the«bove account. (Signed) Vice-Adrtiiral THEVENARD." ARMY OF THE SAMBRE AND MEUS<£. The coanmander in chief of the army of the SaHibre and Meufe, to the executive directory. * Head-quarters at Coblentz, Brumaire 7th, (Qftober 28th) 51b year. . Citizens directors, I have tfte honor to give you an account of the complete fucdefa of the general attack which I or dered to be made the day before yesterday, the sth (Oft. 261I1) by the wiii£ on the whole line, from Creutznarh, as far as Kaiferflatstern. ~-The troops of the republic have perfonfied prodigies of valet, and the general* have continued to give prooftof theirhravery. The main body of the ar my, directed by the general of division Ligntville,- whose coolness, talents, and intrepidity proved fa fuccefsful in the campaign of 179-2 at Montmcdi, put itfelf in motion at day-break, and fought till night, lhat it to fay, till it was raafter of the pofi tions,which the enemy defended with obftinaey. Geneial Poncet, vhom I had sent to cover the Communications of Saar Libre and Bilfch, marcned from St. Weddel to Kaiferflautern, of which he took pcfleffioo, after dislodging the enemy. & c ~ neral Hardi penetrated through the partes of f alo kenftei* and Kivcheim Poland, where he took posi tion ; general Lo'nges forced those of Furfeld and* Dieffenthal; where he established himfelf. Gene ral Daui'iez, commanding, the centre, eroded the Nahe at Lebbenheim, noiwithftanding ihe fire of eight pieces of artillery, and made himfelf an o penioj with the bayonet, after having taken ilnee villages from the enemy, he favored fhi-rapi ! marcli ot the adjutant-gfueral Gauloy, who Lizcd 15in. gen, ai)d (he formidable m,)« itain ot Sr. Ro.-(i. General Klein, commanding the reserve »f the'ea valry, multiplied Ins movement in such a manner as to fugport all those attaAs • and the r.-ferve, united with the centre, coufifting allo« et herof'6ooo men, forced the enemy, upwards of It.ooo men Wrong, to retreat. The enemy were oblige.! t« abandon their four camps. Their loss can Hot be correaly alcertained, but it mull be very considera ble. They have left'five chiefs killed on the field of battle, and we took from thrm too' prifoncrg and on.e piece of cannon. Citizen Dubois, who commands the light artillery, Amounted several of theirs," by the brilknefs of his fire.,- Arfjntant.general Debilly, chief of the ftaff of the fame corps, gave proofs of his talents and his capacity. , " BOURNONVILLE / Extrail from the official journal of the army be sieging Mantua, from the Ift to the ioth Vcn demaire (Sept. 20th to OS. ;oth.) Bth Vi-ndemaire (Sept.-zB.) This day thedivifion forming the blockade of Mantua matched to Seragiio, to forct the enemy to enter the fortrefs, and to complete the blockade. T his expedition was molt fuccefsfully executed, and the enemy made but a feeble refinance. October 3. An Austrian carps, of 120 men and 30 horses, hemmed in at Montccberugule by a corps of na tional guards from Rttggio, furreiidered prisoners of war. OSober 4.. j One Rey, second lieutenant in the sth half bri gade, havmg- dared tofti yjan Auftuian officer, pri soner at Governolo.Miis carnrades, shucked at so difgraceful a conduit, denounced him to the cam mander in chief, who-provifiiinally suspended him. OSober 6. Four thousand Auftrians marched out by the gate Del Socorro, to procure forage and wood ; fix hundred difetnbarked iu the rear of our por tions ; they at firft repulfedour out-pofis, but were afterwards compelled to retreat, and re-enter the place wi(n prAipitation, Two hofttle detachments, one of 120 and the other of 25 men, surrendered prisoners. OiSober 8. a violent explosion was heard in Man. tua ; by the reports received i>: the it ap pears that a gunpowder magazine has blown up: the (hock so ftronj*, as to have thrown ttpeu several windows in the caltle of Borgo oi te, at the dil tance of seven miles from Mantua. Qflober 9. This day, at Moon, the enemy appeared between Prada and St. Antoine ; they were repulfe'd, after a flight discharge of mufquetry. LONDON, November 17. NOTE, Delivered to the miuifter for the department of foreign affairs, by lord Malmefbury, envoy of the British cabinet. " The underfjgned has not failed to Irar.fmit to his court the answer of the executive diiectoty to the propositions wtiich he wascha-ged to m .k.,, and which intended to serve a# overtures to a negocia'iou of peace. " Witji relpeift to the injurious and ofFenfivr lnfinuations contained in that answer, and which are only fit to throw new i 1 the way of that reconciliation which the French gorermtient profeffes to desire, the kin,r has thought it fat be naath his dignity to allorv any whatever to be returned on his part. The progress and lefait of the negnciation wtU no doubt evince the principles on which it (hall have'&ecn conduced pn eithflUide, and it is neither by reproaches, as as they are without foundation, nor by reciptoca! inftilts, that a sincere intention is shewn to further the work of peace. v • " The undersigned proceeds therefore to the firft object of difcuflion set forth in the answer ■of the executive directory, viz. that cf & fe parate negociation, to which it has, without the least foundation, fuppoied that the underfilled was authorised to aciede. His credentials and powers, drawn up in the usual form,' faily autho.ife him so nigociate and conclude a peace, but they prescribe neither tbe form and nature, nor the terms of the future treaty. On tl-efe points he mirft, pursuant to the custom long ettabliflied acknowledged, conform himfelf to the inftiu&ions received from his couit, and he has consequently not failed to in form the minister for the department of faieign affairs, in thetr very firft conference, that the king, tus mailer, had etfprefsly enjoined him rot tu lilten to any proposal tending to separate the interests of his majesty from those of his allies. " A' negociation which eifibraces the interests and pretentions of all the powers *>ho make a com mon cause with the king in this present ytrar, is therefore the only one which can take place. I'a the courfeof such a negociarion, the inteivention, or at leafi the participation of these powers, will,"- no doubt, become-abfaltrrely necessary, and hi* majesty hopes to find at all times the fame disposition to tfVat on a jiilt and equitable basis, of which bis majesty .the emperor and king gave the French go vernment so llriking a proof at the very moment of the opening of this campaign. " But to wait for a formar and definitire au thority on the part of the king's* allies, before Grey Britain and France should begin toWifcufa, even provisionally, the principles of the negociation, would raufe, it appears, a very useless delay. A ,> eHrfe widely difhrent has been ptlrfued by the two powers on all forrtier occasions of the fßrtrie na tuie y and his majtlly is- of opinion,- that the belt. pledge which at this moment they can give so all Europe,-of their mutual defit-e to pot a period as foor. as pof&ble to the calamities of war, would he to fettle withau. delay a baftk of combined negocia tion, and to invite their allies to participate in it, in thebeft manner calculated to accelerate a general peace. . " It was with this viej* that the undersigned had it in command to propose, at sHe very com mencement of this negociation, a fiinciplc, vrhich, 'its T!>j <jrnera£ity and t roaj faith could aloft; to 11) n. viz. t»> irulem ufy Francei by pro -0O r tiufiatc rc.ftitiUi&nsTor such arrangemen 9 3g fl>c* will cb ifen*Mo in order to fafrttfy thcjtiil claims of the allies of the ktojr, to prefertfe the political balance of Europe. I'he Executive Dire&ory haS not explained iffelf in a precile rtiauner either on the approbation of this principle, nor in the alterations an<» modifications whicri it mayJefire; nor has it proposed any uther principle tending to the fame erfd. Ihe U'iderfigned, is therefore; ordered 10 refutiie this fiJbjeit, and to demand oil this head an open declaration, in order to diorten the delay, which must otherwise result from the difficulties raised by the Dire£iory with refpedl to the form of his power*. He is authorized to add td'this de mand the express deciaratioh, that whilst his ma jesty (hall n®<juai;it his augult allies with all his fuc cefEve Heps relative to the object of this present ne gociation, and fulfil towards those fovere'igns in the most efficacious manner every duty of a good and i faithful ally, he will at the fame time neglect' no thing on hi* parr, both to difpofs them to concur' in this negeciation, by all such means as are Bloll' fitted to accelerate it# progress and ensure its suc cess, and to preserve them in dispositions favorable to his wifli for the return of a general peace, oil ju®, permanent audi honorable conditions* (Signed) " MALMESBU&.Y." , Paris, Nov. 12, 1796. To the above note the French miailter for fo reign affairs, Delacroix, returned the following an. fwer-^- Anfwcr of the for the department of fo rcgn affairs to the note of lord Maltnrfbury. " The uaderfjgned is charged by the Executive Direilory to call on you to point out as speedily as possible, & ncminatively the fubjefts of reciprocal compenfatiens which you have to fropofe. " He is decidedly charged to ask of you what are the dispositions to treat 011 a Juit and equitable bafig of which his majelty the emperor and tic king furriiftied so conspicuous a at the com mencement of the present campaign ? The Execut ive Directory is ignorant of them. It was the emperor and king by whom the artniftice was broken. , (Signed) "CH. DELACROIX." Paris, 2id Crumaire. Philadelphia, * ; MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY- 16, 1797. *** We regret that the prefeof foreign >ews corn pels us still further to poiipooe a variety of ingenious originil communications. Mr. Williams and Mr. Van Alen are members of the Houle of Reprefeniativcs of the U. States, fiom New-York, by their refpeflive diftri&s, by great majcirites. Bxtrafl of a letter from Charleston, S. C. dated 19th December, to a getitfeman ift this city. " Major P:»ck M ey, Uie fr»m tho United States to tVe Court of G. Britain, arrived ycfterday. " The Appiafi bufmtfs, er pvojeeleil reforjn in the ftatt; representation, failed ia the House of Reprefen tatiyes by ten votes." £*tra<3 of a Tetter from a merchant in Baltimore, dated 12th January, 1797. " In answer to your enquiry relasive to insurance, I have to iaform you, that in'conlequence of the unfa vorable afpea of trade, the offices have for the present decliaed bufiue'fs." By the ship Alexander Hamilton, arrived at N»w-' Ysrk, We have received Liverpool papers to the 19th Nov. ' London papers have been received to 17th of Nov. inoluf.ve—which contain information 61 the arrival of Richery's Squadron at Rochfort on v the 3d No»em- Let—that the French had taken pofleffion of Baf tia and St. Ftorenza in Corflca, and made upwards of 900 of the English prisoners. A Sortie was made from Mamuaon 16 Ofl.—which was unfuccefsful 250 being taken prisoners by the French.—Six Carriages with Pictures from Ifaly arrived at Faris Nov. 12. without being the least 'damaged ofi the road. Buonaparte in a letter dated Verona Oft. 29 in forms the Directory, that Warmfer is reduced to the utmoll extremity in Mantua, rliat 'he is in wai>t of wine and forage, that the.garrison is for/ed to feed on horses, and that there are ijooo sick. The Spanish fleet cruizing, before Tpulori consists of 16 fail of the line, S of which are three deckers ; 3 of So guns and the reft 74's, besides 13 frigates a corvette and a brig. Serious apprehensions ape2T to be entertained in England of infurreAions in Ireland. - The Columbus,- Vaneck, for Philadelphia, is ad -1 vertifed in a Liverpool paper of November 19, to fail by tbe last of November, and the (hip Hannah, Weft, for Bolloh, on the 15th. New-York, January 14. Ship Ganje*, Miller, from this port, and.Federalist, • Pratt, and H"j>e, Long, fronn Charlelton, paiTed bv Gravefend Bth November. Froip the Log-book of the Ship Alexander Hamilton, Capt. from Liverpool. The ship Kelanna of New York, John Pollard, Mas ter, from Surinam, bouiid to the Island of Guernsey and London, was captured by the ihip Diana, Capt. Pine*, of Liverpool, a Guinaman, mouoting za guns, inlatt. 41, 16, N. and long. 38. W. the master and •five of the cretf were taken on board the Diana, and a Prizc-mafter and crew put on board the Rofanna and ordered for Falmouth". ( The (liip Alexander Hamilton, of and from Phila- - delphia, failed from Liverpool Nov 19th. '1 he Hamburgh Packel from Philadelphia has arriv ed at Liverpool. The Hope of Frederickfburgh, Capt. Callahan, which ' had been copper'd -at Liverpool was to fail from ' thence Nov. 13d, for Madeira and the Cape of Good ' Hope. , The Ihip Prefidenr, Capt, Boyihgton, for New-York, : was fxpefltd ti> fail from Liverpool about the lalt of Novembtf. f From the Aurora. Commodore barnet. A great outcry has been'raifed by the British party a gainst Commodore Harney, and manv lies are circula ted to attempt injuring hlrnjin the eyes of Araericans.— Let his cause be examined. Capt* Barney pursuing a /lawful trade, as an American citizen, loft almeft his s!l by the robberies ef the'TVitifh. Not finding retire si for the injuri s he had I'uffered, or reftuution of hid property, thro* the governmenUof.his country, he lie terriiined iipoti depending oil hit individual exertions for indemnification.—He left America, threw up his alle giance to the country, ?*hich was unwilling dj* -j liable ble to afF>rd Hiiri Corresponding proteiliori, and became a citizen oUFrince. In the service of that Republic he has repaid hi* lotfes atid retaliated lipon his That he had a right to leave this country- and become a citizen of France, no one who does not contend for the Britilk rna;,im of perpetudl allegianc# and agaiilit the principle ellablilhed by our Judicial Tribunals can deny; and no one who had,irretriveably loft his all, ' and all hopes of obtaining raftitntir»' thrb' the govern | °f his country, cad blame him for taking that Capt. Barney having become a citizen of France; and being in the fervicc of that Republic, it is his du ty to obey their orders, arid if,' from the pusillanimity or bad taith of our Executive, those orders ire likely to bear heavily upon our commerce, let our merchant* ; the government/and the government aflumi a line of canduft more Coufonant to our duties as a neutral nation (for neutral nations bave duties as well as rights) and repair the breach which their crooked policy Has made between the fitter Republics. Befidcs thi vague abuse poiired forth, bytfct BritllW | faction against Commodore Barney, he has been fpe eifieally aceufed of lioifting the American Sag rever. fed, and of treating Amefican Captains at Cape Fran cois' with unwarrantable severity. The fails on which theft charges are grounded, we are well informed, are these. The colors and sig nals on board the Mcdufa had by some means got wet op damp, and were ordered to be hoisted jwomif cuouflytodry. In doing this the American-Sag wa» unintentionally rever fed, but aa soon a Capt. Baraey was informed of it the error rectified. 1 he ftcorid charge is founded on this eifcufnftSnce. Commodore Barney while at the Cape wai commas*- der of the port; information was received, that seve ral English prisoners who had effei9ed their ' werefecreted on board neutral vessels. A search wa» made and several were found concealed on board an A -1 merican the captain of which, Commodore Bar ney, in obedience to his duty, was obliged to confine , in prison for afe*' days. As to the orders of which he is the bearer, to carry into port all American vessels bound to or from Britifli ports, our complaints on account of them, should be directly agaiaft tlie French government, and if Com modore Barney executes them without any circum fiance of aggravation, he does but his duty as a French. ( citizen and of&ctr. We believe, that on his pafTage here he did_riat put them in force, and the notice our Merchants now receive, that such are hts orders, ought rather to be a caufeof th'inkfulnefs than otherwise, as they are now on their guard, and need not adventure their property by fending it to Englilh ports. ...'' " .1 . A Pointer found; person having loft a small POINTER PtJP PY about a fortnight since, may have him again by ' proving property and paying charges. 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