it, were abandoned by the enemy without rciift ;
ance. « » 1
I have the honor to be, <
ROBERT CSAUFURD. 1
Right hor.. .lord Grenville, &c. &c.
Meacl-qutiriers oj his royal highuefs f
the arch duke Charles of /iujlria, \
Orenburg, November 13, ' '<■
-MY lord, '
1 have the honor to iriform your lordship, that
tya report leceived by hit royal ltighnefs t!*e arqh j
duke from lieutenant-general JMeS|- governor of i
it appears, that the corps which had ad- i
vanced to the Nahe, has been obliged to fall back, \
and take a poiition behind the Selta.
This corps confided merely of detachmen's from (
the garrison of Mayence, commanded by msjor- f
generals Simpafehaen ind Rofenjuerg. The latter, \
with the left wing', was potted on the heights ot t
Biebellheim and Planig, to ol.ferve c
the foimer, with the right wing, on the hili called *
the Richufberg, to defend the paflage of Bengin.
They had ordeis, in cafe of being attacked by a 1
.superior force, to retire nearer to Mayence. «
Thiijpofition on the right bank of the Lower t
Nahe is well known from the operations otlatl year. 1
Jt is not to be maintained againd an enemy of very |
superior force; for Crentznach lies so entirely ui- 1
der the fire ef the' hills from the left bank of the
river, that the enemy is always mailer of that 1
.place, as was fufficieatly, proved by the affair of '
the 11 th of December 1795- On this fide Cieutz >
nach, the heights are lo distant from the river, that
the enemy has every facility in extending himfelf ]
in front on each flank of the town ; and a corps of 1
•very inferior force take pod near en#ugh to prevent <
this formation. !
On the 26th generals Simpafch«n and Rofem 1
burg weYe attacked by two divisions of the army of 1
Sambre and Meufe. The action laded fevered hours,
and the enemy, notwithdanding so very great an 1
inequality of numbers, was tepulfed with confidet
able loss. '
Early on the 27th the French renewed their at
tack, and advanced in several columns from Creutz
nach, to turn the left of the Atidrians ; but the
latter, by an exertion of much'ability and steadi
ness, maintained their position. In the evening,
however, the generals, in conformity to the orders
mentioned ' above, determined on retiring behind
the Seltz.; and the retreat was executed with per
fect order.
The loss of the Audrians on this occasion con
.lifts of 19 killed, 184 wounded, 96 miffing ; on
the whole, 2,99 men and 89 horses.
The enemy's was peitatsly considerable ; 20G
as them were taken prisoners and brought into
Mayencc.
1 am thai circumityitialin (latinjt the particu
lars of this, in fact, unimportant affair, because 1,
observe that the official reports efthe army of Sam
bre and Meufe, 1 mean the late ones, contain the
mod absurd exaggerations. I (hould consider them
undeserving of notice, were it not that
those who have no other means of judging of the
event of the campaign than by comparing the a?-
«ounts published by the contending armies, would
be IJd into the mod erroneous concluiiona if they
gave each party credit for only an equal degree of
fairnefs in their relations.
In the enemy's official account of the affair of
the 21ft of lalt month near Neuwied, it is repre
sented as having been a serious and general attack ;
whereas it was merely undertaken for the purpose
of dedroying his bridge, and spreading alarm on the
left bank of the Rhine. Both these objects were
effe£led by a very infignificant force ; and there was
not the fmalled idea of making a serious assault on
the Tete-de-Pont of Neuwied. The enemy dates,
that besides an immense number ef killed and
'drowned, he actually took 1000 prisoners, whereas
I c?n aflure your lordlhip, from the mod authentic
information, that the whole loss of the
did not exceed 284 men.
After general Moreau's army had crrfled the
Rhine, two divisions of it were detached towards
Landau, and one division of the army of Sambre
and Meufe arrived about the fame time in the
neighborhood of Kayferflautern. General,. Hatze
was still at Schweigenheim, on the road frora Spey
er to Landau ; his corps was not of fufficient
strength to have any other objedt than that of
■ -spreading alarm in Alsace : find it wag evi
dent, that as soon as the Rhine should again sepa
rate the main armies, the enemy mud fmmediaU'ly
become maders of the vicinity of Landau.
Genetal Hotze, therefore, oir the approach of
forces infinitelyfuperior to those of hie own, re
tired towards the cfitrencbed camp at Manheiip,
without being in the fmalled degree molested by the
enemy. He ellablifhed the aiiwnced pods of his
left wing on the Reebach, from whence they ran
along the Pletz towards Franckenthal.
On the 7th instant, the French attacked general
Hotze'fi line. Their principal efforts were Jired
«d againd the left wing, and the fire of the attil
leiy and small arms continued a great part of the
d*y ; but the enemy was repulsed, and general
Hotze dill maintaining his pods ia front of the
entrenched camp, extending from the Recbach, by
the village of Maubach, to Franckenthal.
1 have the honor to be,
(Signed) ? robf.rt crauvurd.
Heed quarters of his royal
■ the arch duke Charles as /lujh'ia,
Ojfsnlurg, November 14, 1 796.
NT. LORD-,
It iswitb»the greated fatisfaftion I have the ho
nor of announcing to your lordlhip that official
reports were this day reoeived by duke,
from generals Alviuzv and Davs'dovich, wherein it
it appears that offaniive operations iu Italy have
been mod fuccefsuilly commenced.
I (hould not preftime to addrefa your lordihip
upon this fnbjcfi, were it qot that if colonel Gra
ham is, as I fuppole he mud be, with marfbal
Wurmfer in Mantua, he cannot as yet have had
itin his power to correspond with your lordfiiip.
General Alvinzy's report is dared at Fer
r«, November 7. General Davidovith's at Trente,
the Bth inllant.
After the iecond operation, undertaken for the
relief ef Mantua, thvfc c«rp» of maiflial Wurmfer'•
army, which conW not per.c'rate, retired; ►heon" t
under general Quufdanowii.il to thu Venetian Fn <■
oul; the other, under general Daviduvich, up thi
valley of the Adige, tuvra-ds Ncumarket.
These ccrp3 were fuccefsfully reinforced by coo- 1
fiderable numbei* of frefh troops ; arid general Al- =
vinzy was appoimed to command the whole ot the 1
army, until it (hould effed its re-u«ion with tr.ai 1
fhalWurmfer. 1
After the rival of the reinforcements at the '
places of their destination, general Alvinzy, who -a
in person undertsken the conduct of the coips t
in the Frioul, arranged a plan of operations, of t
which the following is a sketch :
His corps was to advance through the Trevi- '
fane, towards Bafiano, aud, alter forcing the pas- f
sage of the Brenta, to proceed towards the Adiae, f
while general Davidovich (hould descend the valley 1
by which that river runs down from the mountains '
of the Tyrol, forcing the poiition'ef Trente, Ro- 1
vered®, &c. \
"On the third of this month, upon the approach 1
of part ef general Alvinzy's advanced guard, the 1
enemy abandoned Caste Franco; and on the 4th
the Auftriar* corps advanced is two columns to the 3
Brenta ; the one to B\ffano, »f which they took '
possession, and jhe other of neatly 6 qual force, uri- v
lieutenant general Piovera, to Fotiteniva.
General Alvinzy halted on the sth inft. and r
spent that day in reconnoitering the position of 1
the enemy. He found the French army eticarnped c
in three lines in front of Vicenza.
On the 6lh, as General Alvinzy was on the I
point cfpufliing forward his advanced Buo- '
naparte, w/10 had marched in the night, commea 1
ced a mod severe attack upon his whole line. The '
action began with general Prover?.'< corps about 1
seven in the-morning, and very (bortly afterwards r
the enemy also advanced againtt Baflano.
General Alvinzy reports, that the enemy's at- '
tacks, tho made with the grcatelt impetuosity,
wereeDnltantly and completely repelled ; and that f
night put an end to the affair, without either par- *
tynav'ing gained or lolt any ground ; bat an indif- c
putable proof that the Auftrians having bad the 1
advantage in this adtion is, that when Qcneral Al- 1
vinzy next morning was preparing to renew it, he ]
found that/the enemy had completely retreated. 1
He reports, that they directed their march towards 1
Lifiera. '
Ge leral Provera's bridge over the Brenta hsv '
ing been deltroyed in the cosrfe of the morning of 1
the 6th, his column could not cross the river till 1
towards noon on the 7th, and general Alvinzy's 1
whole corps arrived late in the evening of that day '
at the camp of Caldo Ferro.
General Davidovich had the mean time driven '
back the corps oppol'ed to him, had made 1000 '
prisoners, and takea poflefliou of Trente, as was '
mentioned in his former report.
On the fame day that the above mentioned severe
action was fought on the Brenta, general Davido- '
vich attacked the enemyin the strong pass of Calia
no, a little to the northward vof Roveretlo. The
French had entrenched their position, and occupied,
in confiderable-forccy the Cattle of Beffono and La
Pietra, which, as 1 understand command the Palp.
The strength ofthe position was fnch, tbat not
withstanding his repeated efforts, general Davido
vich could not force it on the 6th ; but on the t
following day he renewed the attack.
The corps on the right of the Adige established
batteries 011 the heights of Nomi, which fired with |
considerable effedt; the troops on the left of the '
river attacked the castle and entrenchments with
perfeveting bravery, and the enemy were at length
completely defeated, with the loss of five camion,
eight ammunition waggons and 1000 prisoners.
General Davidovich supposes the enemy's loss, iii
killed and wounded, to have been considerable, and
states his own to have amounted Jo 400 men killed
wounded, and miffing.
£Signed 3
ROB. CRAUFURD.
LONDON, November 22.
A certain German traveller ance called St- Paul's
the Church of England ; a more lively foreigner
has chriltened Bath, the Coffee-Houfe of Great-
Britain.
Great apprehensions are entertained at Paris of
new infurredtions breeding in that capital. In the
departments no day pafles without some commoti
on in one quarter or the other, more particularly
in the south.
Mr. Ptit'i Schemt of Finance.
We have given our readers feme account of the
: plan of finance which Mr. Pitt means to fobftitute
in the raom of a loan. We now lay before our
readers copies qf the circular letter (Tent by Mr.
Rose to tlte'ir.ortied houses, and also of the outline
j of the proposition made by Mr. Pitt to the gentle.
1 men with whom he has been in treaty and also ad
drefled'by him to the great corporate bodies of the
1 kingdom.
Circular letter of Mr. Raft.
" The plan now in agitation, and which there is
; great reason to believe will be generally adopted in
1 the capital by the great motiied tntereft, mult, if it
: ihall fuccH'd, havtrthe belt possible effect in railing
; the value of the funds supporting public credit, and
in affording the lured means of obtaiaing a fpee-!
dy, Uosoralile and permanent peace.
" It is/hought sdvifeable to state only (he out
} line at present, acd to leave the detail to be farther
, explained, when the opinion of intelligent and well
informed perjfons on the fubjeft can be cttlle<St«d
after they have had a full oppertunijy o* conlider
. ing what proposals (hould be offered confident with
il the object ia view.
, " The general principle on which it is intended
t to proceed is, that on the sums advanced by loan,
c no Itock fhsuld at present be created, and that the
public (hould not be fubjedted to the inconvenience
p of any great iiicteafe'of capital hereafter beyond
1- the sum now to be received. With this view it is
il intended that a fccurity fliould be given to the or
d ders for the repayment of the fctms advanced with
in a period not exceeding fouryears from this time,
- and not in less than one year after tlfe conclusion of
•, the war either in money or stock, to be valued ac
cording t > fqch price as shall be now agreed on, and
e which of course will be one confidViably higher
s than the prefctu price of fto&k. The money lent
to be r .id info the It by raS almty*, If -■
' ' i ft
convenient to fne partir?;
Outline of Mr. Pitt's Plan
" Every perfoil fubl rib ng iool. to receive a de
beiiturrf .r I 101. payable either in foijr yifars, or ;
at the option of the government at any ihorter pe
riod ; nor less than one year frem the concluliofi of
peaee ; rhe amount to be Sad either in money or at
the option of the holders, in a 3 per cent (lack va.
lued : ititereft at the rate of 5 per cent oa tUc
amount of the debenture, to be p. id during the in- (
tcrral. The deben'ure to be transferable till after
the second payment but 110 longer ; at any l'uble
fcquent time before re-pay me every debenture
for nolr-to be exchangeable for 1051. capital of 5
percent. Stofck irredeemable for four years or till <
one year after the conelufiofrof the peace, and to <
be then paid in like manner as the debentures, at 1
the option of the holder either in money or in a ]
three per cent stock, valued at, 75 ; the firft pay
ment about the middle of December, the remaining 1
inltalments from March to the October following. | t
Difcouut as ufiial, on prompt payment.'* j (
On Saturday lall Mr Pitt had an interview with [ I
a number of the reprefen?atiVes*bf the raonied Ifou- I 1
fes of England ; and we understand that his p!-,i ! .
wasdifctsfTed at great length. He fp»ke of its cf- , t
fieacy with great confidence, and assured the gentle- :
merij that he was authorised by the-bigheft peifona 1
in the kingdom to fay, that they a jppted it with ' a
cordiality, and would cop:.ibuta to it largely. He j j
had confidence in the spirit and loyalty of the em- | f
pire in this experiment of a voluntary fubferiptiun ; !
but at the fame time, he hinted that if, after a fair
time allowed to the kingdom, it was found, that the
We of the ocumtry did nat fuificiemly prompt men
to come forward to its support, a peremptory
mode of drawing forth the refoarces of the king
dorm mult br adopted, to which he lhs>uld find hirn
felf obliged with pain to recur in the last tefart.
The rep,ef. sntativts of the gentlemen were strong !
aga'iiift the adoption of the plan.—They could nei
ther perceive the neceflity, the virtfdrfm, nor the ce 1
conomy of its adoption. It only to unset- f
tl« the Steady opinioßflf mankind about Engli/h ft- J
nance, and departed from the good old practice 1
without propohng any advantage by innovation. If 1
it was intended to put an end ta the patronage of \
a l«art» here was retained all the evils of patronage; «
fur the debentures were to be made transferable un- ]
til alter the second payment, evidently to aceom. <
modate those who were to do the least towards the t
public neceflity ; and thereby, for a time, such a 1
mass of paper was to be brought into the market as «
contradittcd all the ar£jhnent« which the minister 1
had so recently urged for the withdrawing of »n- 1
funded paper. After a long drfeuffion they again 1
separated without any thing final being resolved on 1
between the patties. ;
November 24. I
Precaution againjl an Invajion. I
Copy of a Circular Letter to the Lieutinants of 1
Cpunties on the Sea coast. ;
Wkite halt Nov. 15, 1799. 1
" My Lord, ,
'' A a itju m lilt- <
which already oppose themfclves to any attempts |
which it is possible the enemy may be induced to
jhake upon our coasts, if the live and dead stock -
of individuals," refiaing Bear -the sea coast, was ca
f pable of being iiiftantly removed and secured for
j the benefit of the proprietors. I am commanded 1
to recommend it to your lordship to exert your in
j fluence in causing to be made out as speedily a» pof- j
fyble, an account of the live and dead stock, in
such ofthe parishes in the county of SulTcx as are
within ten or twelve iwticsof the sea. -
" With refpedt to the mode of making out the
account required, I take this opportunity oftranf
mitting to your lordship the foim in which it hat
been executed by the voluntary exertions of gentle
men of the county of Dorftt ;#ind shall beg to
fubrnit it for your lordship's consideration and adop
tion, unless when it may be found neceflary to de
viate from it, in coafequence of local circumflan
ees and (ituatione.
Wifii rc-fpfcfl to the mode in which it 13 pro
posed to move such live and dead stock, in cafe if
should he neceflary, your lordship will communi
cate with the eommander in chief ef the d'ftridt in
which wic county of Sussex lits, and will concert
with him such previous rncafurcs for this purpose as
may be judged l equifite.
" The meeting which I have desired your loid
lliip to call an the fubjrft <tif my circular letter of
this day s date will aftoid you an oppouunity of
submitting this letter to the consideration of the
depaty lieutenants and magiilracy of the county
of Stiffex, and will canfequtntly lead to the imme
diate adoption offuch measures as (hall be necefTary
, 'to enable the tctui bto be made wnich [ am per- i
f'laded yoDrlord(h;p will be of opinion ir f» much
to be wished for.
il I aniiurther t«j inform your that the
lords commiflioners of the treafuty have received
i his majafty Vpleafurev that they (hould take such
1 previoiw meafjires as may be liecefiaty for defray
t ing a.iy txp*rie*s which may 'srife, in mnfeqnence
: of iucli poflible renioral of live and det, ' dock as 1
i have fuppotVd, as well as of any particular luffes
. which may eventimlly be occafiuned thei?by.
" Although this circumstance is such as mull ob
. viate every potiibte objection to the measure, 1 am,
r n<yerthelefs, confident, that all thnfe whom it m.-.y
] concern weuU, .exclusively perfoioal etui -
i « lideration or motive, join with the utmolt alacrity
- j in the exeewtion of a measure which has for its ob
1 jctft the general faj'ety of the county.
I have the honor to be, &c.
i PORTLAND."
, The Paris Journals up to the 23d intV. reaped
eus yellerdav. Ouir refiders by comparing,the Ga
e zette account with Buonaparte's report, will fee
d how very contradictory the ftntemetits are refpefting
s the late operations in Italy. Wc pictend not to
- reconcile them—let them speak for themselves.
f Mahogany and Logwood.
_ Cargo for Sale on board of the ftiip Sally,
j just arrived from Hon Juras.
Apply to
" • PHILIPS, CRAMOND & Co.
1 February 9 §
FtjildUcipbi.i, bcbruary j.
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Three per Cent.
5| er Cent. _ .
Deterred Six per Cent. - - . . It jy
United States, - ' upej-.t
: Fiiiinfylvania, - _ 13 d
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Inluraace Comp. N. A. fharej, - 25 ct.
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MARCUS HOQK, February 5.
This day arrived the Swedish Bark Jupiter,-
Capt. Schales, in 94 days from Marseilles in when*
came paffei.gers Ihe remnant of Americans laiciy
redeemed by their beloved country fr»m 4 long and
painful slavery in Algiers. They left Algiers the
13th July, at which time no vessel could be procu
red to carry them diredtly to the Unit<4d . States,
they were obliged to embark with 48 Neapolitans
defiined for Leghorn ; but a few hours alter their
failing unhappily fsuntl one of the Neapolitans Uric
willi the Plague, we immediately according to Mr.
Barlow's orders returned to Algiers and landed
this man, and proceeded on our paflfage, the day
after another was found to have the
Plague, and on :he day following he died ; the day
after which Mr. Samuel E. Bayley of Newbury
port, was found to have the Plague and the day
following he died. Under those peculiar circum
fta;>ces it was unanimously agreed to proceed i»
Marseilles, as the wind was contrary so ■ Leghora,
where we arrived the 20t> July free from the plague
on board. Every precaution was taken to prevent
its further devaftatiori ; cleansing the ship contiim- >
al'y by burning fulpl u , tarred rope yarns, ana
washing the fliip and ouuclves with Viaegar were
the means of preventing its further progress, adding
to this, no other gerfw" was/tlfowed to have any
mierciaurfe with the infecied persons but twri, wh®
had beeu so fart una'.e as to survive as ter havin<r ex- r
perienced this fhuekiilg disorder, via, B'iiijaraiu
Ltint and Peter Page, who willingly did every
thing in their p avci for those unfortunate persons.
Every thirlg belonging-to the two deceafAl persons
was iianiediattly hove over-boaril after tl« ir decease
except a Yew eloaths in a chest /belonging to Mr.
Bayley which he had never touched after hisleavi ig
Algiers, the chelt was ordelSrd to be feirt 0,1 (hore
two Jeagfles below Marseilles, un-opencd, and there
burned. We sincerely believe had we have to
any other port in the iutcvancan we fhoyld not
have feee» admitted to quarantine, as a Spaxifli
btig from Algiers who ler't it a few days before us,
who ( - had loft three of her people arrived ar Mar
seilles, after having been 111 three different port* irk
Spain, and not admitted to quarantine and the \ef
f*l ordered to be burned—the captain prefer; irtg to
try Marseilles rather than lose his vessel proceeded
there, where they were received to peiform a quar.
antine of JOO days, and we believe from the great
expence they have been at iri Marseilles for the if.
cfeption of veffe's, th ir crews and merchandize from
ilieiV I_,rZ3TrrTO<rs and
precautions they take are preferable to any in the
world. We performed a quaranfirie of 82 days,
duriHg which lime we ail continued in gobd health.
Stephen Cathalan, jun. efq. American Consul at
Marleilles fupplycd us with comfortable necefTares
and a fuitof wister cloathis, which we flood mliclt
in need of for our paflage. to the United States
The late captains in beiialf of themselves, their of
ficers and crews have much to lament that Jtift-'iH
Donnaldfon, jun. efq. agent from the United S:atea
did not effedt a general redemption at the time of
his making the peace, as feve.i of their unfortunate
number has died of the plague line# the peace, a:.d
several others of various disorders. On
preach of that alarming evil, the plague, Joel Bar-*" .
low, esq. American Consul at Algiers by his
severance, abilities, and humanity for the distress. d,
brought about their general reeiempfio •, which, in
all probability, (under God) was the'means of la
ving many of " eir lives,-as at that time the plague '
raged with ftacii violence that from 40 to 50 died
within the yvails of the city daily. They touched
at Gibraltar to fill up their water, &c. the 25th
November. ,
James Simpfon, esq. American agem
Baibary. A gentleman ofjvery gre« refpeflabi
lii.y, informed them that our affairs in Welt B?rba
ry were it! a very gocd way, and that lie was daily
expe£ling a vessel to arrive fiom the United States
with the prefentsfor the Emperor, Mr. Simpfon
had his furniture &c. pack'd up to proceed to Bar
bary, to the consulship for the United States at
that Regency. The Jupiter on the 24th Decem
ber, lat. 28, 41, N. long. 20, W. boarded the "*
hulk of a (hip, supposed to belong to the Eastern
part of the United States; she was laden with large '
pint timber and plank, her malts was all gone, the ' J
main mast' about i/feet above the deck, her quar
ter d«.k blown up, ftippofed to have been wreck'd
a* much as fix months—file was about 200 toils
buttheu, could not difcovet any name upon her
stern.% Dec. 26th, lat. 26, 8, N. Jong. 21, ro, .
W. spoke the (hip Eliza of, and from Boiton, M.i
, fes Barnard, commander, out 17 days, ?11 well,.
bound to China. Capt. Barnard very pofu.'ly lent
his boat with a pretest of live flock, vegetables,
, which were very acceptable, aud offered us a
-I\f supply of provifioß, for which we return htm
• ojir fljcccrr thanks.,
Jap. 16, lat. 21, 6, N. long. 59, 30. W. 9
spoke the brig Hannah, of Haverhill f'om Norfolk
out 21 days, Robert Follandfbee, matter,, all yel ,
bound to the Weft-Indies
Jan. 26, spoke the hark Neptune, of and from
i New-York. Lat. 28, 30, N. long. 70, W.
bound to the Welt-Indies. N- V
Jan. 28, spoke the schooner John, of 1
> Samuel Cook, malfer, from Chailefton, out 6
9 days, all well, lat. 31, 50, N. long. 73, 30, W.
bound to the Weft Indies.
They left at Marseilles the (hip Nancy, captain -F
William Killings.
In the above hark, came pafTengers the two
n youngest sons of the late Duke of Orleans. *
Timothy Newman. Moses , Morfs.
IJaac Stevens. Samuel CaUer.
IVilium Furnafs. Jama Taylor.