'Philadelphia, February 6.
By this day's Mails.
' M
NEW-YORK, February 4.
By the British Packet Carteret, arrived here from
Falmouth, we .have received our regular files of
papers to the 25th November:—Papers have
been also receit*d to the ift of December, from
which we (hall, in addition to our extra&s this
day, give further details on Monday.
RATISBON, October 18.
■Abdrfss presented to the Emperor by the Diet »f
Retijbon.
The Diet rejoice wii'n every good German, in
feeing so great a part of the Empire delivered from
the enehiy, by the rapid and multiplied vidtories
of the Aultrian armies ; and of themselves
freed frem that imminent danger with which the
appeoach of the French threatened the place of
their fitting, They hasten in their Srft meeting
after the vacation, to teftify decidedly the lively
interelt which they take in, the happy events and
enterprises executed with such brilliant success un
der the (kilrul direction of liis Royal Kighnefs the
Archd ; Charles, a Prince already rendered iiluf
trious by his heroic valour and his enlarged views,
as well as by theemisent fcrvices which hehasper
farmed to the German Natioa.
Perfectly convinced of the important advantages
which h»A'erefulted from the operations of the Auf
triah armies—operations which alone formed the
conftitntional prefervatien of the German Empire,
the Diet feel it their duty to address their molt
grateful acknowledgments to his Imperial Majesty
as their geserous and magnanimous defender, for
the exteaordinary efforts that he has made for the ,
general good, and humbly recommend the Empire
to his gracious protection.
"While the Diet make this fineere declaration &f 1
their warmtft gratitude, theyjoin to it their most ,
earned wishes, that Prsvidcnce may bestow on the 1
undertakings which the auguli chief of the Empire i
stall hereafter form, all that aid snd those bencdic- .
turns which his beneficent and indefatigable cares i
merit which are due to his paternal endeavors, for 1
the prefcrvation of the Empire in general, as well I
as for the obtaining a just and permanent peace. 1
FRANCE. .
PARIS, November 16. t
Nete frem Lord Mdmfjbury in Reply t » the Letter t
fr,m the Miniver of Foreign Jffairt, dated the I
2sd Brumaire, Nev. 13. ,
The undersigned will not fail to transmit to iris 1
Court the Note which he has just received from the 1
Minister for Foreign Affairs. He also declares, f
thot he stall be in the situation of expediting Cou. i
Tiers to his court every time that the official com- t
munications which fl.all be made to him (hall require }
lpecial inftru&ions.
n . „ MALMESBURt t
rafts, Ast>. 14, 1796.
M. Ellis, who has been added to Lord Mahaes. \
burysembafly set out yesterday for London— ]
It is said be is soon to return to Paris, with frefc a
inftrua,ens from h„ CM*. Thr nSSM&f'
wiii ci jcmrie, be at a (timftTll bis return. . There i
has not Wen, as far as appears, an y note presented ,
on etliier fide, except what have been made public, t
' the of the Plenipotentiary, to the de- a
mand made by 'Charles Delacroix, to know if he
fend a " ew courier to his cabinet upon every ,
scmmumcauen. We are assured thaUord Malrne,' 1
bury has answered he should do it, when the im- ,
portance of the cifficulties to aniwer appeared to
to demand it. That Charles Delacroix oß ght 1
not t» befiirpnzed at it, since he himfelf always f
takes the orders of the Dire-dory, and never gives
en anfwei without conferring *ith them
Wefend to the Houfeof Austria the advances .
which England has made to us, {, i s now fmain
that the Conner, who departed frem the army of ,
Italy to Vienna, was charged with proposals to the <
Emperor so.-a separate peace, and particularly to (
demand a paflport for a negociator. This passport' r
appears to have been granted—for a minitter Pleni- f
potentiary has been named to go to Vienna He
is an Iriftsman, by the nime of Clark, little known Y
as a general, and never employed in any diploma. r
tic chaiafltr, but who has been along time con- (
verfant m the affairs of -he committee of p„b>ie '
fafety. _ Car. there net be found among Frenchmen ,
a man capable of (hewing the republic that we are
pot obliged to entrust so irnporte.it a mission to a f
foreigner and an Irifhroan.
November 17.
A revolution has taken place in 1 the port of Brest- t
Tice-admtral Villaret Jayeufe is fupei ceded, and is y
succeeded by Morad uegall, who p,eceded him
What can have occasioned such a change ? For the ,
reft, the expedition preparing at Brest is not given ,
the f tra^ P ° rU With ,r °°P S ' tM fail r
the line, and several frigates, are ordered to be ready
to fail. We do n.t know the defti n3t ior .f the .
aimament, nor can we conceive the purport ot it -
—Ps
a vlv iS in L refpfa 0f moae y r
a very diftroffed state.; the different bureaus have v
been (hut for this month, and there is neither me- I
ney n.r ma«dats for the officer, who are obliged to J
stay at Brest, and yet have not wherewith t<» live .
Ihe order for the pay mcnt of their fa , aneg
the .amt footing a.the laid forces, namely, a quarter ,
ih .pccic, is net executed for want of mfcner. i
Some officess who were starving, 'and bad fold-all V
£T the irten- c
dant of the police to felicit of „h a , had \
ov.n so long due to them ; they <fef lr ed, if b
were not paid they wight have the mfufal given to •,
tkcm in writing- The officers accordingly very in- a
nocenily $ r ntd their petition, an d all who Wd it
were immeoutely put in a ftatp oU,r^.—fi er / et r.
No official news has been published f, r f oms t ; m \
mi--w. „
Vice admiral Martin ha, quitted the command of i t
t»e lou.oii fquadroa, and is succeeded by citizen ii
Baucq, a general officer oi diilinguifhed ability i s
■ November 19.
A Utter from Cooflantiuople of the -24th of
September, announces, that the Porte is decided
to fend an ambaflader, who is to make s permanent
stay at Paris- Ali Effeudi is appointed to hold that
miflion.
On the Bth instant, Don Juan de Laigasa, com
mander in chief of the Spanilh fleet, entered the
3 road of Toulon with fifteen ftiips of th: line and
f eight frigates, which, including the fobr Spanish
c (hips and three frigates which arrived there before,
q makes the whole Spaaifh force in that harbour
g amount to nineteen ship* of the line and eleven
frigates.
The administration of Ferrara lias suppressed the
inquisition, otherwise called the holy office.
f An official letter from Cayenne, dated Prarial
20, confirms the death of Collet d'Herbois in that
1 iDand. He left all his efiefls to Billaud Varennes,
1 j who lived in a small town eight leagues from Cay
i enne, chiefly occupied in rearing parrot*,
j A ietter from Mantua of the" ijjth ult. corobo
: rates she intelligence, that Mantua is reduced to the I
; last extremity.
From Strasbourg we learn, under the isth inft.
that the amy near the Khel remains quite iuaSive.
The advanced guards, whiah face each other, had
not for ft veral days pad (ired a single shot; this re
vives the hopes of a speedy armistice.
LONDON, N ol, emher i®.
The dispatches receivad by government, from
lard Malmelbury on Wednesday last, although they
are not of fnch a nature as to present to us the
cheering profpeft of an immediate peace, arc tie
verthelefs calculated te keep the object within the
limits of our view, and to preserve te all -parties the
means of attaining the great end, provideS their
profeflions are dictated by finrerity, and their de
liberations governed by wisdom and prudence.
Xhe note of his lordflsip to the executive direc
tory, on rrkreiving his frefh inftruftions, end the
anfvver to it, (q correal tranflatioii of which ap
peared in eur last, p. 479,) are entitled to theut
moit attention. It will appear obvious, a
perufai of them both, thac the delay whieh has
hitherto occured in the blifinefs ef the negociation
is to be afcriljed, not to any reluctance on the part
British cabinet to meet the question in a
rair and candid manner, or to their want of refpeil
to the new order of things in Fiance, but to the
formal spirit of the direiSory, who, at the fame
time that thry display an evident difpofitiou to pro :
tract the negoeiation, and manifell an obvious inat
tention to the urgent desire of the BritiHi plenipo
tentiary to enter immediately upon the fubjeft of
his mifTion, demand to have pointed out to them
the objecft of reciprocal compenfatien whieh his
iordfl»ip has to propose. This proceeding amounts
jo nothing left than a refufal on their part to af
ford any explanation whatever as to their views and
incentiens, although they call tipon hit' lordlhip,
before they confant to treat with him, to express
tiimfelf fully upon every point.
The manner in which lord Malmefbury's note
treats the insinuations contained in the answer of
the dire&ory to his fir ft memorial is worthy the
honor and chara&er of the, British government.
His majesty thinks it beneath his dignity li hllow
any reply whatever r« .—1 < f*,r»?
lions, contenting himfell with making the'wife and
impressive obfervatiori, »'• that is neither by re
proaches, as difguftißg as they are- without founda
tion, nor by reciprocal insults, that a sincere wifl» to
accomp ilh thegrand work of peace can beevineed."
The negociation, we understand, is again fuf 1
pended until the arrival of further inftruitions to
lord Malme&ury ; and it is probable that the ilTae
of this important will depend, in a great
measure, upon the nature of the next dispatches
from our cabinet, which are expe&ed to be imme- '
diately forwarded to his lordftiip. '•
ExtraA of a letter from Bremen, Nov. u. '
" The affair of the 24th ult. has proved equally
glorious to the imperial Charles as the aflions of
the 19th, 20, and 21ft. The archdnke.Attacked
the enemy in their formidable entrenched position
on the heights of Schlingen. The noble army of
Conde were the firft Engaged on, that they acted
nobly there can be no doubt : the battle continued
nine successive hours. Th# archduke was every
wheve ; his presence gave new vigor to the heroes
he commands. The French, in fine, after vario.s
proofs of obflinate ferpeity, were forced from their
strong hold, and fell Uaek in difcHer, .luring -the
mglii,. towards Caltenherberg, near which place
they teok/a position
The 2 cth, the archduke attempted to bring
the enemy to battle, but the republicans retreated
before the conqueror with the utm.ft precipitation.
Ihe foreh of Marck on the banks of the Rhine
then became their resource. That diy his royal
highneis had his head quarters at Mappach.
I he 36th e\ery preparation was made to drive
the enemy out the wood. Terrified, they made
the best of their way to the TfU-de-Pont near Hu
ningen, which thejr again abandoned. \
i."a A sl e ° n '"" ,er:,ble is taking place in
the Auftnan army.; some afcendijg, s ome
descending the Rnine. General Hotze's division
has re-eroffed the uver at Banfieim ■ the bridge ef
boats m the erfvirons of Philipihotirg has been car
ried away, when it was Itarr.t that gen. BaUrnon
vil.e Was marching part of. his army toward, the
Upper Rhine; effed*, the environ, of Kaiser!
flauteni, Worms, Spines, and Germerlheim. Were
on the 1 ft itift. mrefted by the French.
" The fort of Kehl is now the grand ebieft of
the archduke', attention ; it is worthy of hi, Ta
our, and no doubt is eatertau.cd of its
)in his hanLs ; the is begun. Th *
enemy « entrenched camp .is equal in flrength to
lhat trom whence they were driven >efor* Me«tz
by general Clairfait, last campaign. G e». War-'
" In a partial affair OB the 27th, the' French
upenor m number, forced the Aullrians, andLf'
feffed themselves of Bi„gen, which is wi-hi„ fit
league, of Mem* ; Ober and Nieaer Ingelheim of
course, are in their hands. In that ST th,
imperial out pofis extend !rom Alzey, by Spreid
" No news from Mantua, except that three
f gates of ilia fortrefs are free } from which it may
i be inferred, that the French have been
t latily worsted. The 2 (ft nit. general Wormfer
t was at Goitta : it is said that the Austrian, were
that day at Verona. "~
ExtriiSl of a letter from the Cove of Cert, No*. 12.
" This moment advice has been received, that the
Cerbenn, Capt. Drew, is now off the harbor with j
prizes, viz. a French privateer of 12 guns, a large
Jamaica ship of 60© tons burthen, and- a large ship from
the Cape of Good Hope, both bound to London, taken
by the French and retaken by the Cerherui—file chafed
another brig privateer into Sit John Warren's squadron
—which we learn was taken by them and sent into
Falmouth.
" Admiral Kiagfmill's eruizers being constantly at
sea, meet the fifceefs they are so justly entitled to. No |
farther particulars are yet known ; the Cerberu. failed
frem thence the 2fth tit. in company with the squa
dron undtr comtnand of captain Falkner of the Di
ara." -
November 19.
Extract of a letter from Exeter, Xov. 13.
" A general meeting of the merchants and mi-
I nufafturers of Ecceter was held here o« the loth
j inft. and the state of trade having keen taken into
sonfideration, it was unanimoufiy That from
the beginning of the war the trade of this city has
labored under great and unprecedented fliladvantages
and thai lately, by the shutting of almolt every port
in Eiirepe, te whieh the manufaiSares of this co«n-,
try were exported, there appear reason to apprehend
the molt ferisus eoHtequ.ncci, the laboring poor in
th»& parts being generally dep/ived ef employment
by'the total stagnation oJ' commerce.
" The following memorial to the privy ceuneil
was also drawn up and agreed to, and ordered to be
transmitted to all the manufacturing towns of Eng.
land :
" To the lords of his raajefty's most honorable
Privy Council.
" The memorial as the merchant, and manufa&u
rer» of Exeter and its vicinity, assembled at a ge
neral meeting of their chamber ef commerce,
for taking into consideration the fUte of their
traae.
*• The measure, of reiitff which your letdfhips
were pleased to suggest in reply te our memorial of
the 25th of July last, having been all defeated hy
iubfequent events, and the date of our trade be
coming every day more critical, we preAimeto so
licit your lerdfliip, attention to ov.r inercafed dis
tress.
" In the north of Italy our property is conlif
cated-; to the louth we have no longer access ; re
cent eecurre»ce9 have rendered the navigation of
the mediterranean so perilous, that we cannot be
covered by any premium of insurance which our
trade will bear. The vessels dispatched from this
port for the fair of Salerno, by the July convoy,
to the amount as toe,oool. appear by the last ad
vices to be still at Gibraller, waiting for further co.i
voy. The Queen of Naples, another of our ves
sels worth above 40,000]. is now under aa embargo
it Genoa.
" To Spain and Portugal we look with extreme
anxiety. The ports of the former country (a chief
market of our manufactures) are not only hot a
gaiaft us, at a moment when our wareheufea and
veffd, are filled with goods preparing for the win
ter caniuraption ; but reports of-an a&ual fequef
tr<tt inn-fffp; .. . yr tt*n 'fo~
dif hirgc bills of exchange, meaftres which, if car
ried into effeift, mull be attended with fatal confe
qiienct-3. In rhefe ports also, many of oar vessels
are embargoed with caigoes to a very great amount.
" In Germany, the operations of waT ' render
credit precarious and property insecure. The mar
kets of Flanders and Holland are no longer open.
With the other parts of Europe ami of the globe
we have little intercourse.
" To this confifcation of our property, detenti
on of our funds, and annihilation of our trade, is
added an extraordinary embarrassment arising from
a failure of the usual facilities df credit.
" Your lerdfhips need not be informed that the
trade of this port consists in the exportation ef
woollen goods, raanufn&ured in this city and
t throughout the county of Devon ; a suspension
refore, ef our export®, especially under the cir.
nltances, we have enumerated, puts an entire
fxop to the industry of these parts ; and the dif
tresses of our labourers, already ' very great, mnft
loon become extreme.
Under the pressure of these evils we conceive '
we are difchargmg a duty in presenting this memo- ,
rial, that your lardfliip, way be nwart of our fit«-
ation.
(Signed) -Edmund Grange*, Chairman."
Exeter, Nov. 10, 1796 "
Accounts from Lilian by the last mail fay, that
the council of war,has issued several decrees order- '
ing thefilling up ef each regiment of artillery and
marines to race men. Every regiment of infan
try is likewise augmenting to 983 men, and the'ea
valry to 903. A new legion 0 £ light troops isal
io raising ; and the auxiliary thirds are in future to
be .ooked upon as regiments of militia for t,heir
respective province,, and their captains to rank-as
colonel. Don Rodriga Condriko, late Plenipoten
is appointed Miniftef ef Murine.
Ihe rrench general Garniit has written to Bu- ,
onapare, infa, m i nff him that the Barbets, or Pied
montefe robbers are totally defeated and dispersed :
that Freron, their chief, is killed .; and that no day
them WU the (hootin g o{ Wo or twelve ef
. Count Naffaa Cerroy, a friend of Vander Noot,
is arretted 5 he was a member of the estates of Bra
ant, a. President of the war department in the
r'jT" 1f 179 ; He i 5 said to have 'corref- I
ponded w.th fevciaUther persons, in various parts
Z* tn " Low coantne,, to effect a counter-revohTti- '
Ver'p m ha¥C b " n a PP at Ant-
The hereditary Prince of Wirtemberg, the in
tended consort of 01,r Princess Royal, was at Vi- 1
SSBSL?^«-s,
f u Hf ' nrfs of wh, 'ch hisfcrene high-
M2B the oeg ° iator wilh imperial cabinet
w«u accHpY thre<: follr weeks at least.
Admiral Sir James Wallace, governor and naval
? f Newfoundland is returned '
m that Nation, where he lrft all fafe en the he
he vcrv cold lhe weath^ , a ,
Y cold ' V d P«'tso«!eJ a tigofou. feaful It
' ! now =PP"r» repnrts had very
C ? Hi-ry 1 * d *" e ? reHch f< ! u » dr °n ««•
Yesterday a council of the cabinet minister. wa»
held at Lord Grenville's office, at which feme fur
1 f.r Lord Malmefrury were ma de
out Mr. Hunter, fen. ia the bearer of them to
his l.rdfc.p : he fe out on hi, j.urney this morn
ing.
Extract if a letter f rora Plymouth, Nov. 16.
" Arrived this morning t fc c ft j Friendfliip,
X' I*™' w,tl l* car S»»f wheat fiom the Cap.
ef »jood Hf»pe, from whe.ee she brought passen
gers and dispatches. She was captured on the 25th
«lt. by la Voit.re, Freßch privateer, of J4 ?U ns
and ioex men, aftpr an action of 49 minutes, in
which lieut. Fitzgerald, of the 95th regiment,'wa»
unfortunately killed by a mulket ball, which passed
through his head 5 and retaken on the 4th inft. by
the Cerberus frigate, captain Drew, belonging t.
admiral Kingfmill't fquadroq.
" The Friend&ip left the Cape on the ?d of Au.
gust. The dispatches were thr.wa overboard du.
ring the a&i.n, aid funk.
" Capt. Blask reports, that another Cape (hip
with wheat and rice, had beat off the privateer
which captured the Friendfliip.
" Arrived a small French cutter privateer cal
led le Hirandelle; of four gtm, pr ; 2e to the ' Cer
bems frigate, which fh.'p was left in ehace of ano
ther privateer when the above left her.
« This morning a very hard jaleof winU came
oh at south weft, and continued with great violence
untd noon. The Vengeur French privateer, (late
tfie King C-eorge packet,) prize to the Santa Mar.
garetta frigate, whieh here yesterday f rom
Cork, parted her cables in Cat-water, and vvasdri
ven on shore In Deadman's bay, where her mails
were cut away, and great part of her ft» r es taken
out. The weather became m.re moderate this as
ternoon, and (he is got .ff with.ut having reeeived
«ny material damage in her hull.
" A large 1 leaded bug is a!fo an (bore in Fire
ftone bay, and a fifhing smack under Teat's Hill
" The Santa Magaretta and Crane in the Sound
r.cie out the gale very well. '
" Arrived the Florette C.mmerci.m, ander
American colors, laden with btandy and wine
from Bourdeaus, fupp.fed to he bound to Ham!
br..' Soon after she arrived, three .f her cr.w
quitted her, and gave information to':kc.lieutenant
of the Santa Margaretta commanding the Bucna
parte French privateer, prize to that ftiip.fhat her
oargo was-wholly French property:; on which he
boarded, and took pofleffion ®f her as a;priie.
" The remains of the Amphion are hauled t»
'the Yard, below the Hiberaia of nogunj, build
ing, where she is to be broke up."
Extra®: ef a letter from Portsmouth, Nov. 17.
" This afternoon arrived the fqaadr.n under the
command or Rear Admiral Sir Roger Qjrtis, with
a French merchant brig, prize tothe said squad.
ron.
" Last night, in a heavy gale .f wind the Cor
vette prize to the Melampus, was driven en fliore
011 the Spit, and had her rudder beat off. She
this morning was got off, and it come i«o the har
bour. —
" itns day the "RioeSuek catter brought int.
Portsmouth, and lodged in the custom-house,. aboat
2eo caflcs of fpi its, which were taken last night
in a cutter off rhe Isle of Wight "
Extract of a letter from Weymouth, Nov 17.
■cir"r^ h ' S - da7 ° rn,ed Port,Bnd from the
Weft .ndies, his Majesty's frigate Beaulieu, Cap.
tain Skinner, bearing the lag of .Rear Admiral
Sir H. C. Christian K. B. The Beaulien failed
from Martinique the 3d of Oft. at which time the
iflatids were in a tranquil state, and the following
flups and vessels or war at anchor in Fort Royal
Bay: '
Oueen 5 Y' cc Ad. Sir ff. Parker
f iOapt. M.DoWon
Prinee of Wales at $ J* ear H - Harvsy
7 I Capt. J- H rvev
Vengeance 74 T. M. Ru*"l
Valiant 74 — jr. lEarvey
Thunderer . - 7 4. —J. Bo wen
Carnatie i 4 Jenkins
Expedition cutter Lieut. R. Lilburne ,
" Rear Ad. Bligh in the Brunfwick arrived at Fort
Royal on the 21A of September, and failed again en
the i£th with tht trade for St. Domingo.
" AdmirakChnftian Uwded here, and set off imme
diately for London."
Extraji: of a letter from Yarmonth, Nov. ji.
" Information ktving been received en Tiefday
that t French privateer had given ehace to two Lei
den traders belonging to this port, and fired at one,
but that ,a collier in company giving her a gun, flie
thought proper to (beer off; hismajefty's hired armed
eutter, captain Menry Pafcall, immediately proceeded
in q«eft of lier, and yesterday we had the pleafare to
fee her brought into these roads. She proves to be the
Bold Beggar of Dunkirk (half on her stern the Pally
of Weymouth), arid carries two carriage guns, a.
nnefkets, beides cutlafles, and si men."
His majesty's fliip Trnfty of 50 guns, captain OP
born, now at Sheernefs, is under orders to fail for the
Cape of Good Hope, with lord Macartney and his
suite. His lordship has completed ever)- neceflary ar
rangement for his departure.
Thursday the powder-mills at Hounflow were again
blown up. There were two explolions, the firft took
place about 12 o'cloek, and the second direrflly after
wards in consequence of one ef the corning houses
having taken 4re. The ihocks were severely felt within
a mile or two round the neighborhood, and lix unfor
tunate men loft their lives.
November iz.
On Saturday evening Mr. Ellis, who aceompanied
Lord Malmelbury to Paris as his confidential fHeiid,
arrived in town with dispatches from his lordftip. He
came from Boelogne in the Union Packet, by which
are alTai received the Paris gazettes tu ihe jtt init. lil
cluhve. \
These papers contain the sequel of lord Malmcfcury's
correfpendence with tbe minister for foreign affairs.
Mr. Ellis i§ come to Loridon for further inftruAiens,
and yesterday went t. Mr. Pitt's at Helwood, where
he pafled the day. He will return immediately t# Pa
ris. - ,
OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
NeteaddrelTed by Lord Ma!mtjburj\o the ■aiaiftei"f»r
the department ®f foreign affairs. /
" The undersigned does not hesitate a moment t.
answer the two qt sSians which you are charged te
i3ropofe te him on the part of the Executive Directory.
" The memorial pVefentcd this morning by the u«-
derfigned propofss, in express terms on the part of hm
raajefty the king of GrSat-Britain, to eompenfate by