Philadelphia, July 11. IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE, By the Olive Branch, Capt. Calder, arrived xt Boston, and the York pilot-boat, arrived at New-York, both from London, after Ihort pal fages, papers are received to the 2d June, they contain the following interesting information. In the Bruifel s Gazette of the 4th May is an account publiflied by the government, —That 011 29 th April a body of French troops advan ced near Tournay ; these were attacked by one regiment and feveu companies of foot and four squadrons of dragoons, that after the Auftrians had fired lbme pieces of cannon the French re treated precipitately beyond the Austrian iron tiers —with the lol's of two dragoons, andfeveal horses killed, forty so dbrs takeu prisoners and four pieces of artillery. 011 the lide of the Auftrians none killed, wounded or miffing. On the fame day another body of French troops, under the command of Monf. de Biron, entered the Austrian territory, and advanced beyond Boulfut, these were opposed by General Beaulieu at the head of 1830 infantry and 1500 cavalry, and were obliged to retreat towards Bouifut with the loss of twenty killed and (tve ral wounded. The day following the French troops again attacked Gen. Beaulieu, a Ihon action commenced, which ended in the complete rout of the French, who loft 250 killed, a con siderable number taken prisoners, and five pie ces of cannon. The above account is under the Bruflbls head. Under the London head are accounts which make the above actions to have been more con siderable ; that in the firft Ikirmilh the French loft near four hundred men, that, in the lccond they had 700 killed, and among them Count Rochambeau's son—but the Brulfels account is no doubt fufficiently exaggerated. The papers further state, that Col. Dillon, who commanded the French in the iirft action, being fufpefted of treachery, was taken by the soldiery and mob at Lille, and hung upon a gib bet—his head and legs cut off, and the trunk of his body burnt. —A French Abbe, fufpefted also of treachery, parting accidentally by this scene, was also seized and executed on the spot, the soldiers also executed their chief engineer, and two or three other officers. An article under the Londonderry head fays, that Count Dillon was, tried by a court martial, that he was hinged and burned halfalive; the charge agair.it him was being privy to a scheme of leading the French troops into an ambuscade, where were 15 pieces of cannon. Col. Dillon's brother has petitioned the National AlTembly to employ the molt effectual measures to discover and punish the aflaflins. Several Ikirmilhes between the French and Auftrians took place from the 4th to the 20th May, the date of the last continen tal accounts; the former are represented as having been always worlied. A great many of the French soldiers desert and join the Austrian army". The 3ruifv.i, Gazette ..ep.efents the above Ikirmilhes and attempts as nothing more than ministerial intrigues—that they (hall soon fee whether the French army will assume a more military attitude.—As to the Austrian troops, the faini Gazette lays, they fecm remarkably steady, wel( disciplined, and by no means likely to desert. Toe French prisoners at Brufielis amount to , about 23c —among whom is Lt. Col. D'Efter- ] hazy—they are treated in the fame manner as ( the Austrian troops. The 'French minister of . war, M. De Grave, has resigned. The Nation- ■ al AiFembly have voted an address to the peo ple ; it recommends discipline in very earneit term? to the soldiers, and concludes with fay ing, u We have sworn never to capitulate • with pride or tyranny—We will keep our oath— Death—death, or vi&ory and equality." 'The ' alTeinbly has " ordered, that the executive power inform the AiFembly, every eight days, of the enquiries made into the aiFaffination com mitted at Lifl<*, of Gen. Dillon, and other offi cers"—nine persons were already in custody on 1 that account. A spy had been apprehended, who, it was proved, had cried out in the adtion of Mons, " Save himielf who can.'" The war minister informed the AiFembly in the fitting of the 13th May, that the whole regiment de Saxe had deserted and gone over to the enemy—92 of them ware brought back and 88 horses. Three squadrons of the regiment of deßerchini have also deserted. May 14 —M. Servan gave alarming accounts of the number of troops which continue to desert—he demanded that a ievere law be passed to prevent desertion, and to deterotficersfrom resigning their commissions. M. lznard concluded a spirited harangue by moving, having previously aflerted that the coufttry is in danger, that the Legislature (hould meet 111 some private place, on the evenings when there is no fitting ; and that a message be sent to the King, desiring him to declare whether he loves or hates the constitution, and whether he means to support or destroy it. M. Rochambeau has resigned his command, and is succeeded by M. D'Eftaing. M.La Fay ette's army is in theSieighbourbood of Namur, and is continually reinforced—he seems, by his motions, t fays the BrufFells Gazette, to be meditating some important attack. The King of Pruflia has ordered 70,000 men to march, of which himfelf is to take the command. The Duke of Brunfwick is to command the Austrian army in Flanders—the Prince Hohenloe the Austrian and HeUian army on the Rhine—Gen. Brown is to command under the Duke, in Flanders.— Thus much for foreign continental affairs—it is pretty apparent that great allow ance is to be made in reading the foregoing. The citizens of the United States have had fuf ficient experience during their own contest, to, prevent an implicit credit in foreign news paper details of battles, sieges, desertions, &rc. They are more than one half exaggerations. The accounts from England arc—That the Lord Chancellor Thurlow has resigned—That frefh riots had broken out in Birmingham, oc cafioned by a soldier's being killed, and were jencreafing when the veft'el lailed. Mr. Paine lias publilhed a third pamphlet intitled the Crisis—A royal proclamation is iifued agiinll ieditious writings. Britilh stock has fallen; 3 per cents to 87. American funds at par. A camp had been formed at Bagfliot, and ano ther at Hyde Park. By sundry articles under the head Coblentz, ill the European papers, dated April 20—it ap peals that the ex-princes have culled a convoca- tion of their adherents, uhoie intention is to declare the King incompetent to the duties of his station—and to appoint Monsieur, Regent, and Couut D'Artois generalilliiuo of the forces.. Form of a Passport for Commf.rcial Ves- S±iS BELONGING TO FRANCE. LOUIS, by the grace of God and the Consti tutional law of the State, King of the French, To all thole to whom thele prefeuts lhall come, Greeting. The velfel named the of the burthen of tons, having been regiltered in, and belonging to the port of and prov ed to be French property, we hereby declare that said velfel is entitled to fail nnder the Na tional Flag ot Fiance, for which purpole we have granted letters of licence and paliport to Cominander of laid velie], to depart from the port and harbour of with in ftruclions to govern hinilelf according to the laws of the kingdom and the marine regulati- NVe pray and request all sovereign powers, iriends and allies of the French nation, and their subordinate officers ; we command and enjoin all public functionaries under orders, the commanders of veifels belonging to the State, and all others whom it lhall concern, fafely and freely to l'uffer to pass the laid with his veifel aforenamed, without interrupting him, or fuftering that he lhall meet with any trouble, detention, or delay whatever, but on the con trary to Jhew him every favor, succour, and af liftance whatever, where it lhall be necelfary. In Witness whereof we have putourfignature, and caused the fe-al of State to be aihxed to the prelent paflport, and the fame to be coun- I terfigned by the Minilter of the Marine. The Minister, of the Marine. Delivered at the general ojjice oj the Marine,at No. , and djpauhed. [Department of State, to wit The preceding is a translation of the form of the paflport now given by the government of France to the veifels of their nation, as offici ally communicated by their Minister Plenipo tentiary, of which all whom it may concern are desired to take notice. Til. JEFFERSON, Sec'ry of State. Philadelphia, Jul) 7, 1792. The accounts of the affairs of France this day publilhed, are received through the medium of Britiih papers—the public anxiety h greatly excited—but a little re flettion will relieve the mind from an anticipation of very disagreeable consequences to the cause of Freedom, when it is conlidercd that the French Itory is not told by themselves. During the late war in America, it was ex tremely difficult to ascertain fa&s jvhich were said to have happened within a very short dis tance ol" the place where accounts were pub lifhed—ln the present cafe, when the rumors of rumors, and the echoes of echoes, are wafted across an ocean of a thousand leagues, and the trumpet of news is blown by those who live by [fabricating reports, let us be " flow to believe." Accounts from .Cape Francois to the -65 th June, fay, that the negroes are flill destroying with as much fury as ever, and no profpeft of a peace with them. Attempts were making by the Governor to negotiate with the mulattoesat St. Mark's,but the event was not known. Captain Joseph Brandt, the celebrated Indian Chief from Canada, departed a few days since from this city on a journey to the weltward.— It is fai I his objedt is to endeavour to concili ate the minds of the hostile Indians, and lay the foundation for a permanent peace between those tribes and the United States. By a veflel arrived here on Saturday last we learn, the decree of the National Aiiemhly giv ing to the free negroes and people of colour equal rights with the whites is generally approved of in the colony. The parish of Jeremie, only, have made (hew of opposition to it. By this veflel we alio learn, that the negroes have written to M. de Rouvray, proposing peace on terms le s rigorous than heretofore. The vefTel also brings accounts of a declaration of war between Ruflia and France. Extrafl oj a Utter jrom Majjachufdts. u Some late accounts from the westward give a dawn of hope that peace may eventually be concluded with thehoftile Indians without much more war ; i* it can be, it will be fortunate in many refpe&s. If it were not for some white' Stages on the frontiers of some slates, I conjec ture the business might be effe<sledwith whiikey; and blankets. I wish the good Quakers, or some other denomination equally pacific, might always be next neighbors to the Indians, as they boast of knowing how to live at peace with them. 44 Here 9 you will observe, we have the old ru-j lers re-cietfled, and things jog 011 according to old stile. We are blest with a fine season." The state of births, death??, and commerce,; in the city of Amflerdam for the year 179 1 ? stands thus : During the last year, 8970 persons have died in that city, which is 291 more than the pre ceding year. The total chriftcnings in the Lutheran and reformed churches, amount to 5176. In the course of* the year, 1791 veflels of di£» ferent nations have entered the Texcl> which is 75 less than the preceding year. 47 The jallowing adanft to the Rational jijfnukly of l ranu, uvanimokjty aetctd to by the LcgiJlatureoj Virginia, u extractedJtum the Journals cj 1791. " .WEj the representatives of the people of Virginia, long fompathifing with the* National AlVembly ut Franfce, in t. fir glorious llruggle for liberty, avail onrlelves of the earlielt op portunity to present, with all the finccrity of iraternal alie'titm, our warmest congratulati ons on the tiilablilhment of your new Conititu tian—a comtitution in which every malculiue feature is portrayed that could strongly mark it as the legitimate offspring of liberty. Indeed i om such an illultrious band of patriots and pWi"' 'pliers, we anticipated nothing lei's, pre- Ic-rvi. -j as you have done, with undimiuifhed ■ uni; through do many iucceflive ages, that noble I'pirit of your anccftors, which often bade defiance to the ancient conquerors of the world. " It is impossible for a nation, in the full en joyment of liberty, to look witii an eye of in difference on the struggles of another to pro cure it. Upon the general principles of phi lanthropy then we felt an anxious i'olicitudefor the fuccefsful issue of your labors. ' But when wecarry our minds back,and review the event ful hiflory of our own country, we are impelled by the strongest additional motives of si iend fhip and gratitude, to fympathue with the Na tional Alfemblv of France. 44 We venerate the wiidom that suggested— we admire the boldness that commenced—we applaud the manly firmnefs that pursued—we are pleased with the humanity and politic for bearance that ensured—and we love the virtue that atchieved the enterprize. Long may you enjoy the inestimable blelling which this combi nation of enviable attributes has secured to you, and may your example be imitated, not oniy by the reft of Europe, but by every enilav ed nation upon the face of the' globe—till des potism, with all its holt of enemies to human happiness and improvement, is entirely chafed away." V leading feature in the chara&er of the re generated French has appeared to be affection to the English ; no longer influenced by those unjust prejudices, those mean jealousies, which formerly divided the two countries, they have taken every occasion to express, with regard to the British nation, the highest relpecl and confidence, and to shew how desirous they are to cultivate a reciprocal good utiderftanding, and eftablilh a permanent alliance. Thh sen timent has appeared not only in those public tranfa&ions, which might be influenced by poli cy, but in the conduct of individuals, which af t\. as the best, and indeed only, criterion of ! real charade r. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. Stating facts with respect to the Bank of the United States, has been called— u Throw ing duit in the peoples' eye*but it may with more propriety be said, that some of" the false hoods and misrepresentations which have been th\ »wn out on the iubjeft are brick-hat argu ments, calculated to knock the peoples'eyes out. The measures of the General Govern - ment are the result of the 1110 ft labored invefti ! gation, and are founded on experience—as fuel; i they will Hand tke left ; but had the vrjiwary I schemes of many persons been adopted, efpe ciallv those relating to finance, it is pore than probable that the hopes of the people, like the do ve of Noah, would to this day have found no retting place. And though this o'ofervation is in part conjectural, yet confidc-ring that the oppofers of the measures which have received the lan&ion of the Legislature of the United States, are generally the fame persons who op posed the adoption of the new Constitution, and ere the advocates of committee systems and paper expedients in the days of our humiliation, the conjecture appears to be well founded —but however this may be, certain it is, that the stric tures on men and measures which form the long columns in the National Gazette, are deiigned to subvert the prelent harmony, peace and hap piness of the Union. —This obje<st is, in short, openly avowed—For, fay these modest eagle eyed supervisors of the legiilative and execu tive departments of the government of the tJ nited States, u Another Revolution must be brought about," that is, That revolution, which has given birth to the glorious revolutions in Europe, mud be revolutionized. "Whoever, fays a correspondent, is acquaint ed with the manners and customs of* the Indian nations, and their mode of carrying on war, must be convinced that the pre fen t system of military discipline ought to be entirely laid a lide. How absurd is it to spend fix or eight months, in teaching men to hold one of their eyes over the button holes of their jacket, a practice absurdly called u drejjingy" eventually of no service whatever in the grand aim of all armies, that of conquering. Shouting on the day of battle is a practice founded in nature, the dreadful efFe&s of which are known only to those who have experienced them, or are only to be conceived of by those acquainted with the principles of adlion in the human mind. Who has not heard of the infernal yell on the fourth of November last ? Its consequences are too well known. If the found of a warbling brook, or the gen tle failing of rain will lull the mind to sleep, or if the fpirrit-ftirring-drum will invite to action, why should not other founds produce effe<sts that unman the foul ? The custom of lhouting has been practised by the Trojans, by the Geimans, by the Gauls, by the Grecians, and by the Ma cedonians and Persians. In many inltances, recorded by historians, the enemy have fhame fully fled, upon hearing the shout, before they were in danger from the pikes of their adver faries. J-et us imitate the practice of those nations. Caesar has been its advocate. The exprellioi ofCato, the elder, will juilify the experiment, u that he gained more battles by the throats than by the swords of the soldiers." An account of the failure of Meflrs. Duer, Macomb, &c. it isfaid, had reached London be fore the arrival of the express-boat dispatched. from New-York on that event. Papers from New-York by ycftcrday's pofl contain many particulars of the late engagements between the French and the Auftrians, by which it appears that Monf. dc Biron and other French (Oininandcu conduced with diftinguiftied bra very* and that the repulses they met with were owing to feveial unfortunate incidents—That M. de la Fayette had token the Abbey of Oival, a tich defot of arms and money for the Emigrants— in the ikiimifh 22 Aulhians and 6.French fell.— Further accounts at in tngland of the iueceft of Lord Cornwallis; if was expelled he would be before Seringapatam by the 13th of Ja- uuai y The French Mmiiler of foreign affairs in formed the National AfTembly 011 the Bth May, that Mr. Pitt had given a flu ranees of the neu trality of Great-Britain ; that several of the German Princes had avowed their intention to contribute only their defeniive proportions of troops to the army of the Empire—and that Sweden has determined to remain in peace. We hear nothing of the Empress of llufiia in the late accounts—the report of war's being de-' clared against Rullia, is not coniirmed of courfc. The Directors of the AfTociation for efta bliftung ufeftil manufa&ures met at the new Town of Paterfon, New-Jer/ey, on Tuesday !aft ; and after purchaling the lands of the pro- upon the exact situations of the different mill feats, and other principal build ings of the establishment. The town it is said is to be laid out by the celebrated Major L'En fant—the form of which it is contemplated (hall be circular—encompassing a delightful plain intended for a bleaching ground ; every advantage appears to be concentered in this si tuation to make it the moll eligible in the United State?, for the permanent establishment of ma nufactures. EXTRACT. "DESPOTISM is an excellent fyflein for all its ministers ; excellent for their paflions, their fortune, their pride, their revenge, their plea lures ; but detestable for the people whom it crushes ; dsteftable alio for kings, whom it renders odious and contemptible, all whose faults it occasions, all whose fnisfortunes, and sometimes their ruin/' ENGLISH PARAGRAPHS. Admit the diflenters to the common rights of" citizens, and there will be anendof them, " Re ligion," fays an acute politician, " is merely the talking horle upon these occasions." When the civil and political interests cease to clalh, adieu to all diftin&ions upon religious fubjefts. —A diiienting minister said, the other day, that were the test and corporation a&s abo'.iflied, it would be the worst thing in the world for the diflenters (as diflfenters) for that then the body of them that opprefiion, real or supposed, keeps together, would have no common center of uni on or r ttra^li.j-i. u The house of Hanover/' said a leader some years ago to one of our governors in America, " are the worll enemies the friends here e\er had ; they have never once persecuted us." FROM A DUBLIN PAPER, OF MAY 15, JAMES NAPPER TANDY. LaftWednefday bills of indictment were found by the Quarter Seflion Grand Jury of the city against Joseph Knight, the person who arrested Mr. Tandy on Monday the 13th of April last, purfuantand in virtue of a proclamation iifued for apprehending that gentleman, by the Lord Lieutenant and Privy Council. In consequence of this proceeding, the validity of a proclama tion, such as the one above mentioned, will be tried in a few days by a Jury of Dublin citizens. Wednesday last the Attorney-General moved, in the Court of King's Bench, on the part of the Kino;, at the prosecution of John Toler, Esq. his Majesty's Solicitor General, that the Cleric of the Crown may be at liberty to fend up a bill of indi&ment to the present City Grand Jury, against James Napper Tandy, Esq. for fending a challenge to the said John Toler, Esq. his Majesty's Solicitor General, when the Court ruled it—be it so. Upwards of 70001. is mentioned to have been already subscribed to fupportMr. Tandy against the Court Prosecution, and to enable him with effect to carry on his two prosecutions against the names annexed to the decree under which, he was apprehended in the firft instance and a gainst Knight who executed the warrant of it in apprehending him. SHIP NEWS. ARRIVED at the PORT of PHILADELPHIA. 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