i •'V J" «- -< > * —lll I Will 1111MB———tt iforeign intelligence* BRITISH PARLIAMENT; HOUSF. OF COMMONS, Friday, September J?. .. MILITIA REDUCTION BILL. Mr. Dundas moved the fecon J reading of the bill for enabling his Majesty to accept the voluntary services of » certain number of the militia. The bill wa» then read a second time. Mr. Dundas then moved that the bill ihould be committed. «ond reading of the bill, or to objeA to carrying on the war on the continent. He had always considered this war as produftive of the greateil calamities •, but if the war *as to be continued, he should not oppose any plan for employing the force of the country in such manner as might be deemed the most cffedhial. There were but two mtan9 by which this war was likely to be terminated ; one of these means was the put an end to the war, when they found that it could not be carried on longer with the insured of the country. With regard ai in uiis bill, he had always spoken of him with the greatest refpeft. and had always entertaintd thehigheft opinion of his talents as a statesman. Whatever his opinion might be in some points upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yet he was far from suppo sing that the right lion, gentleman would press the continuance of the war when its S Jf! which fell from the right hon. Secretary, that the opinion was abandoned. He had previous to the revolution pasTed much of hi« time in France : principally among two clas ses of men, the Advocates and CEconomifts. The objeft of the latter was the imp»ove / f«r this purpefe they wished to destroy the Feudal Tenures. The Abbe Ray Ga— l Speaker here interrupted the hon. gentleman and laid, having stated his inten tion not to oppose the bill, thefcobfervationg could not be iclevsnt. \ V 1 a i r V-V - >*' * / Mr. Wichols said, hi« objeft was to ftat ■ his reasons for not opposing the bill. Hi tirruance of the war upon the continent, il the war wag to be continued. * in a very d fficult fttuaiion. In answering , irregular obfervationt he could not hiinfcli be vtry regular. This was a situation, in • 1| he begged to avert. It had been ftaied that he"had uttered foine fenliments res t had advanced before He was not con - fcibus of hflvi g altered his -6 mfincsf* upon tfli» ;übleA. With res**« to tlie exprcflion •'J., ! r •rn\cin** rt i he had mentioned it, e»t sense from that in which 4*employed -agai*ft hin. He felt the of speaking uoon a fubjeft set regularly before the house, and was coailantly apprehensive of being interrupted iy the speaker, he thought it would be ■erter to w; ?t until he had a regular oppor unity of £l ting his opinion upon this sub- Mr. Niclioie explained. The bill w<is then ordered 10 be commit teiion Monday. The order of the day wai thenread. Th- hcufe resolved itfelf into a commit tee, totake his majesty's speech into confi deration Mr. Bragge in the chair. Mr. Ftt movtd that a supply be grantee to his maelty, which was agreeed to. The lioife being refnmed, Mr. Braggf brought up he resolution, which wasagree( to, and the koafs aojourned till to-morrow ' X I, LORDON, Oa. 8. The public ae now relieved from the slate of anxiety cccafioned by the non-ar rival of difpatchei from Holland, advices having beeii received ■ v 4&tr : FM<2 i ifbnn's the /iuke of Vark, v. th the ;mpo. unt inteHi g-nce that oer bu/e trot>p» and the, fh'-- tL.r.», wto.'v ifc rarer! with them, gs.ncd a si **' .c*nry over the snd French / •.in _„..v~.wu OI the .Large Dyke, Alkmaar, Bergen, Egmoni-op-Hoep, and Egmoot op-Zee. The new* was this morning, be tween eight and nine o'clock, announced to the public by the Park and Tower guns, and.jrublifhed in the Loudon Gazette Ex- J'rom the contents of the Gazette Extra ordinary, and from wfiat we have been ena bled to add, it seems unneceflary to observe, that the 3d of October was a day glorious in the highest d' gree to the British arms, and no less honorable to the commander in chief, and advantageous to the cause which they support: That the result of it ought to iufpire (is with gratitude towards the and confidence in the latter j and that th? total defeat of a French force, equal in nuober, and with every possible advantage of (Uuation, by a British army, fliould prove to us how much we have to hope, and our eneisies to fear, in our fu ture operations. 'i.*- 7 * - "*nr3' Vi - L - ; '" v 'V F RANGE. EXECUTIVE DIRECTORY. ARRETE OF SEPT. 3. I I The Directory, having taken into confe deration the different Laws relative to the Deportation of the Proprietors, Direftorj Authors and Editors of certain Journals, which fall within the operation of thole laws decrees as follow : Article it Til# persons under-named, employed in the Journals hereafter men tioned, as Proprietors, Dire&ors, Authors and Editors offuch Journals, shall be trans ported : In the Memorial—Citizens Laharpe, Fontanes, ana Bonrlet. Meffager (hi Soir—• Citizens Lanjloii, Loftier* and Porte. Le Mirior—Citizens Beaulieu and Soun D '- nieres. Nouvellei Politiques Nationales—-Citi zens Boyer and Krhouet. L'Obfervateur de L'Kuropc—Citizen Ro bert. Perlet—Citizens Perlet, Lagarde and Fon taindles. Li Petite Pofte—Citizen Luce;. Le Postillion des Armies—Citizen Ni cole. Le Precurfeuv—Citizen Duval. La Qnotidienne —Citizens Michaud, Gf offrqy, Kiche, and Ripert. Rapfodies du Jour—Citizens Villiers> Montmifrnon, and Daudautet. Le The—Citizen Berlin d'Antilly. La Tribune Publique—-Citizens Le Blanc mid U<tpre, Le Veredique—Citizen j Poujade and La» w'Argus—Citizen Grind Maifon and Pontcharraux. Annates Catlioiiques—Citizen Sicard. Afts des Apotrcs—Citizen Bauveit. L'Accnfateur Pubhcjtie—Citizen! Richer S rizyand Nignoret. L'Aurnre— (Jrofley, Laflalleand Grimaldy. lsis and L'Anglois. Courier de Lyon——Citizen Fclzin* and Denis. L'Anti Terrorifte—Citizens Brouilkt and MeiUu.'e. Courier Republican!— Citizens Flefebclles, P»iicelin, Jardin and Auvray. euner—Citizens Xulotand Detain* L'Fcho—Citizen Waffefin. L'Eclair—Citizens de Vaux and Neu ville. L'Europe Literaire—Citizen Guth. Gazette Franciifr—Citizens Fieve and i lJebarlo. Gazette Univrrfclle—Citizen Ripport. L'lmpartial Bruxellois—Citizen Breaki- «i»er», - • L'lntpartiil Euvopcen—Ciiizen Mcine ueck. L'lnvariablc—Citizen Roynu. Le Journal ties Colonics—C'.tiSseiß Gkn lards, Daubouneau, Clauflonand Colas. Le Jsurnal General de France—Citizens Barallere and Teulierts, 2. They are all to be transported to the Jflaiul of Oleron. 3. Those individuals who fliall evade the operation by concealment or flight, or (hall not mate the declaration within the time prescribed by law of their obedience, Ihall be inserted in the Emigrant Lilt, and theij Effects (hall be confifcated. \ SIEYES. President. LAGARDE, Sec. G*n. ROTTERDAM, Oa. 1. Gen. Kellerniann is at present in this city to take the infpeAion of the French troops which daily pais through here. The num bers which have lately arrived here on their way to the trmy are estimated at 10,000 men. Letter from the Batavian Directory to the President of the first Chamber. A letter we have received f'om the admi niflrators of Oudeu YefTel, dated Sept. 30th, mentions that an Englilh officer and 12 fail, ors came te Genemuidrn in a bar£e belong ing to Haffel; where the officer declared to the Municipality that he took possession of thf place in the name of the Prince of Orange and refilled on the Orange flag being hoisted </n the steeple ; they cut down the tree «f liberty and on the invitation of some of the inhabitants of Zwartfluys they proceeded to that place for the fame purpose. The Departmental adminiftratioii on re ceiving information of this, had taken, in concert with the commissioner of the Direc tory, the neceflary measures of fafety ; and the Col. of the armed citizens, Queyffen, with the chaffi urs of Deventer and llaltem, in all about 50 men bad marched at day break to Zwartfluys and arrived th.re so unexpeftedly that the Englilh, who had just got into the barge which was come to fetch them, having no time to make use of their cannon, were all taken. SWABIA, Oftober 3. It is thought that in a few days the'lm perial armies will irarch forward to occupy their former positions in Switzerland. Gen. Peltrafch, who, has succeeded Hotze, was at St. Gall, Sept. 29, with this troops. £ St, Gall is situated 5 miles W. of the lake of Constance, 37 miles N. L. of Zurich, where Maflena's head quarters were, and 62 miles N. E. of Lucerne, of which Suwor row is fa id to be master. Some accounts state that French patroles have advanced from Zurich, to the vicinity of St. Gall, and that Gen. Petrafch was about retreating, in order to join Suwarrow. A part of his troops are said to have pafled the Lake of and the Rhine, for that purpose.] The Ruffian Gen. Korfakow, remains at Eglifau, on the right bank of the Rhine; and French troops in imall nirmbrs ha\c I parted between him and Patrafch alrac.il to j Constance. Suwarrow is expv".ed : t fau ; and the Archduke is f;<id to be pre paring to make an attack on the fide of B.iile. The French have evacuated Aunheim near Kehl, and the Auftraini have taken poflci lion of it. 3000 Frenchmen who were there, crossed the Rhine to Strafburg. The Frrnch seem preparing to enter the Bnfgaw, [in the circle of Swabia.] It is thought Maffena will not dare to advanc* to afllft thei'e ope rations. Maseru, General in Chief, to the Executive Direct jry. Head-Quarters-Gencral, at ZHrlch„6 Vendcmaire, September twenty-eight, The two armies, Ruffian and Austrian, are totally deftrpy-"d. The Ruffians hive pa fled the Tliur. We am in pursuit of the remains of the Austrian and Bavarian corps who had joined them, to the number ot 8000. The Commander in Chief Hotze, was killtfd 011 the field of battle. 1 beir bag gage, camp effefts, fix standards, and more than one hundred pieces of artillery are in our power. The left of the two armies in killed, wounded, and prisoners, is more than 20,000 men.—Three Ruffian General ars in our hand«. Gen. Suwarrow in person attacked my right I am marching against him. (Signed) BRUSSELS, Oft. 3. Letters from the borders of the Rhine state, that the French troops detached from the Upper Rhine for Batavia, via. twelve battalions of infantry, one regiment of dra goons, one regiment of mounted chafleurs, * division of Hying artillery, and two com paniei of gunners, have received orders to halt in the neighborhood of Mrntz and Worms, until farther orders. The lear of an attack upon Mentt, or a powerful diver sion rn the Lower Rhine, by one part of the Auftri*n army, under the archduke, is the realon alledged for this very fuddcu change of dipoiition. The fawe ietters inform us, that above ad,!)oo trees are cutting down» on the Hund frtiek, to be transported to Menu and Ehrcnbreitftein. In alt the neighboring de partments, requifnions of every kifli ar» made to Gomplcte the viftualing of tbofc placet with 10,000 quintals of wheat, 4*o hogdirads of winv, 300 Caflts of vinegar, and a vast number of other necelTariss. Payment is made in Bans, which are again received in discharge of the yearly contribution. FRANKFORT, O£L 5. In our neighbourhood, affairs hate fud denly taken a different turn. Yesterday the French advanced iu great force from Ments, drove the armed pcafaats at far as Hatterlhcim, whom they attacked again early this morning ; tbey were obliged to retreat fur want of The Im perialists and the troops of the Ele<3or of Mfti'.z were not strong enough to defend tt.c NidJo, and were obliged to retreat icrofs the Mayn. From latt night till this ifternoon we have heard a violent cannon ide. The Franch have a numerous artil ety. A part of the armed peasants an* ome Imperial artillery retreated througl This afternoon, the French huffari of were at the outer gates, and at four o'clock a French trumpeter and an Adjutant General arrived here, anJ went to the Senate house. It is not knowo what he demands Our gates are (hut. This afternoon the new-raised bridge at Grieflieim it heavily hsmbarded ; the bridge (till {lands. The armed peasants have all fi;par3ted, all but the chafleur3 and rifle men ; they are said to have fix killed and hirty wounded. We are in the utmost cot.fternation here. REMOVAL. SAMUEL REYNOLDS, TA YL 0 R, Respectfully acquaint those gentlemen who pleafc to favar h%n with s.heir and his friends generally; that he has removed to his Shop, N-0. 40, South Third, Street, where he wilt be glad to ferre them. N. B All orien attended with the ufuil p«ae* tuality. Dec. 3. TO BE SOLD, TWO new frame two Story Hou ses pleafimly fituaud near the Jolty PoiV-Tav ern, upper eo4 of the Village of Frtskford. There are ia each hotife, befidei a luJcttcß, twe rooms 011 tb# fipft floor; three on the f«cond, with reomy garrati, atl well finifljed ; ther< are also to each, a good garden lot, (table anc coach honfe. Part-good* will betaken in pay ment. Any perfbn* wishing to becojtie pur chafer* are requefied to vicwjthe-- premilea and for tera» apply to JOHN McCLELLEN. eotf Frank ford, July 13 FURNISHED ROOMS, 7'o BE LET, WITH, or without the use of the kitchen, eel lars, &e. in two adjoining koufei, only four yeariold ; 6t for the accommodation of a few gentlemen—fitnatc convenient to CongreU HaU, in a healthy part of the ti:y, never having been inteded with the fever—Apply at the Office of the United Stater Gazette, rtov. »6. A POINTER WAS carried away on Sunday the 10th inll. from No. 163 Vine street—He is about 9 months old, (potted nose, li»n coloured ears, with a spot of the fame cnio; in his forehead, long tail having never been cut—He is called Gift. A re ward of two dollars, with reasonable eipenees, will be paid to any person who will return hira to No. 163, Vine street ; and ten dollars more, if Rolen, for fueh information refpe&ing the thief at may producelegal punifoaient. Nov. 30. TWO TRUNKS PRINTED COTTONS, Suited tothe Weft-India Market, and entitled/• drawback —For faleby GEORGE WILLIAMS, No. 103 ,-HighL Street. ALSO, Nine hundred pair of American strong made SHOES, together wi;hfundry othor articles. Dec. 4 d > w - FOR SALE, On board ths brigantine Five Sifters. Enquire of JOSEPH D©N AI. DSON. November 17* Of the ftip Rtbttt*. John »4'Kee*er, matter, from'] BAT A VIA, J —Consisting of — 350,000 wt. of COFFEE & ? first qualities IOjOOO wt. of aUGAK, 3 Nov. 27. A few barrcli Pickled and common MACKE REL, in whole and half barrel*; and a few bar rel! CRANBERRIES, on board the Schooner Ljr dia and Polly at Chefnit-ftreet wharf. Enquire of the matter on beard. Decs 11. MASSENA. Fjr LIVERPOOL, THE DANISH SHIP LITTLE MARTHA, Olea C. Mark, master, m»' « ■ Burthen 300 tons, THB principal part of her cargo being now ready to go on bo*rd, (he will fail with all poflible dispatch. For Freight applyto NIC KLIN is GRIFFITH. Nov. 27, 1799 5 ALL persons arc hereby eaution#d again (I pur chasing or receiving in payment, two Draft' of Thomas Truxtun on William Patterfon, in my favor, dated 17th September last, endorsed by the Commiflicners »f the Federal buildinc in the city of Waftingtoß and myfelf, one payable at nine months after date, for 617 dollars 71 cents, thi other payable at fix months after date, for 1751 dollars 8j cents, the fame haying been forwarded from the Post Office in this city on the 6th infant, enclosed in a lettur from the Coiamiffioners afore fald, (the proprietors of said drafts) to David Hafrit, Balf'more, who has not yet received them, Mr. Patterfon being apprised ot the aiifcarriage of these drafts, will not pay them to any pcrfen or pertons without bearing further from the Com miQionors. THOMAS MUNROE. fVuJfrftm, iiDnmktr. I 799. AT a Cukrt of Common Bleat held at Union Town, for the county of Fayette, the fourth Monday of June, in the year of our Lord one thou* sand (even hundred and ninety nine, before the Judge of the fame court, on the petition at John Wil&n, ptayirg that the aSt ot Aflitnbly, pro viding that the ptrfo* of a debtor shall not be liable to imprifoiament for debt after delivering up h» eflate for she use of his creditors, may be ex tended to him. The Court appoint the fir ft day of next term, to hear the petitioner and his cre ditors, aod order that he fUfe kit creditors public notice hereof, in Fenno'i Philadelphia paper, and in Yundt and Brown's Baltimore paper, for one week, ending at lead four weeks before the day of hearing; and that he jlfo give to John Gillef pie aod Jacob Everhart personal notice in writing, to be served on them, at lead fifteen 4ays previous to the hearing. At September term, thit order was continued t* the firft day of December term. By the Court, * rOR SAL!, Or to be exchanged for a good VeJTcl, AN. ELEGANT New Two 9tory Frame House, Twenty-Oven feet front by thirty fo«r in depth, with a commodious piazza and kitchen, together with a ccach houfc and stable, firuate in the flo»- rifhinjr village of Franhford. The hsufe, which may be entered vhe tit of next,will b«finilhed in the mated fiile with many conveniences, and Will be well adapted to a large genteel family who may wifl> to re&d« in the country during the sum» merfeafon. fa exchange, it will be valued low, if a Viff.l offer that may be fuitablt. Further parclcula/t will be mada known by ap plication ta Dec. ri, diw. ON the lft inft from the Murine CarrsrVi, HUGH DUFFIEf.D, a private in the Marine Corps, a native of Ireland, aped 35, five tiect five inciej high, dark hair, ligh; csmplex ion. lie bat refidail for fame time pift in this ti! y, where hit family now are. Whoever apprehend* £tid Dtferter and de livers him at the Marine Barrack', er lodges hint in goal, will be paid a reward of ten dol us, and reafoaablecharges. December j. TWENTY DOLLARS, REWARD. RAN AWAY on Saturday evening the 13th July instant, from Colebrook Fitrnac«, Lantafter county, a Negro Man named Cats, he is about 40 years cf age, five feet fix or fe yen inches high, tolerable black, with a down til look, squints, he is a cutting artful fellow, * great liar, and very fond of fining liquor, has been brought up to the farming business, is very handy at any kind of laboring work ; he took with him a number of clothing, amongst vrhrch were, one suit plain Nankeen; (some money). It is expefled he has soaped his course for Philadelphia or New York. 3tiw f* The above reward will be paid for se curing him in any giol in the tjnited States, with reasonable charges if brought home. SAMUEL JACOBS. Colebrook Furnace, July 16, 1799: (0.8) tots LOGWOOD FOR SALE, THE CARGO Apply to ' JOSEPH SIMS, No. diot Just errived and for sale, CAUTION. EPHRAIM DOUGLASS, Protbonotary. MOORE WHARTON, DESERTED, JAMES M L KNIGHT, Capt. commanding Marine Barracki. diw. ACADEMY FOR DANCIN& OT THE N«w TBEATRe, BEOS leave to inform his scholars and the pub lic in general, that hi. Academy will own for the fcafon, on THURSDAY the 12th. at Mr O\EI.L£RB. ' VERMS, Five Dollars per Month, Ten do. per Quarter, Nt Entrance. %y For further Particulars apply to M r , p 70, north Eighth (Ireet. December 3. GITT DANCING ASSEMBLY. us lot THE Subscribers are informed that the firtl Affcmbiy will be held at Mr. o'Elj.iVs Hotel, on Thursday the xjth instant. December 4. DR. ANDREWS Of the UniverCty of Petinfylvanit, Proposes to receive a few Private Pupils to be instrcted in the rudiments of THE LATIN LANGUAGE. HE confines himfelf to beginners; because he would not recur the danger of haying mafij Claffei, or being obliged to build on aainfuQkienc foundation. And as he will require their attendance bat t«n> hours in the day (from eleven o'clock in the fore noon, to one) ; there will he no need of removing them from thi fchooh to which they have hither to gone, or may be intended to be feat, for their improvement, in reading, writing, ciphering, and other ufeful branches »f literature, not tifaally taught in a Latin school. December j, 1799. 1« MAI'THEW M'CONNELL Having opened an Office in Cbesnut street, ( A f c w doors above Fourth ) At No. 141, AND a/fain commenced the*Rufincfs of Ne« gociations, in the various kinds of Public Stock, BilLt oj Exchange, CSr. tS?c. Engages to do every thing in his power to give fatisfac tion to those who may chiuk proper to employ him. He means to confine his tranfaAions to the Agency and Commijjion line, in all such ba finefs as is common to the profeffion. The purohafe and sale of Hou/es and Lets ia and near the City will be attended to, and alf* »f Lands, when that bbfinefs again revives. November 19. dawfDjdtf) THE SUBSCRIBER Having explored the Land laid off far fortifying ike Warrants due to the Officer 4 and Soldiers who served in the war between the United States and Great Britain, PROPOSES to locate Warraati to the best advantage, on being aUowed a rtafonable computation. He will attend at Philadelphia at the time of locating; and as not less than 40c* acres can be registered or located, wil receive any nulßher of warrants less than that amount, and class them w«ih others so aa to make op the quM> tity required. The (übfcriber proposes also to attend oa the land immediately after locating, and (hew any fedion in which be may be employed. jrt" Letters or warrants addrefled ro Alecandtr Addifan, Efq Pittfkurgh, uatil the l& day of Jauuiry nex , or to the (übfcriber at Washington, Pennsylvania, any time previous to the 17th Dec. and iroqi that day until the totb day of February next, at the P«ft Office, Philadelphia, will he at tended to. December 4 H. 15" P. RICE, No. 16 S. Sicond street, a PAsroKAL noMAScr.. Embellished with Five Engraving* A few Copiei of Miss Seviard's Monody on Major Andre, May be had » above, prize XiJ centt. December j. November 30, 1799. THE Post Office will be Removed this day at Sun set, to No. 27 Sauth third Street. dtf. Bank of North America. THE STOCKHOLDERS ARB hereby notified that an Eledion for Twelve DirtAors for the onfaiog year, will be held at the Bank, on Monday the ■ j;h January next, at 10 o'clock. diot RICHARD WELLS, Cashier. Dec. a, 1799. dtE LANCASTER STAGES. '""I "'HF. Proprietors of the Philadelphia and Lan- X ©after line of Stages DISPATCH, return tlieir grateful thanks to their triends and the public in general, for the past favors they have rcctivtd.and inform them that in addition to the regular Line, th«y aru povided with Carriages, sober and careful drivers, to through between the City a*d Borough in two dajs. Those who prefer thisroode of travelling can be accommodated at the Stage Office, sign nf United States Eagle, Market fireet, Philadelphia. \ Slougb, Downing, Dunwcody If Co. Nov. 30. 2t—'§ For FREIGHT or CHARTER, For Europe or the Weft Indiei, THE SHIP rrf&t- PACIFIC, I .'lffilv PERKINS SALTER, Malkr, • is a staunch good Ship, *• well fitted, burthen about 3000 barrels, and ready to receive a cargo Of 1 board. (£3~ For terrai apply to WHARTON and LEWIS, No. It S South Front ftrMt, IF.HO HAVE FOR SALS, A parcel of Havanna Molaflct, Old Made'wa Wine, Ground Ginger. Duilrngton Porjc, Bcc* Btc. November 21. d6io Mr. FRASCIS dti-xtb. Wm. M'CLUNEY. eotj JUST PUBLISHED, ASD f9K SAL& fPriee 1 Dol'ar) GALATEA, POST OFFICE, !, ,--r : k.-i JS m M- ■% r *»* dlw
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