Dnmotuierameiiioii.il on the fob jeit. This memorial is a third man ifefto, worthy in every thing ot the two forme'". Gen. Duuiourier received it with indignation, in which we (hare, and which int.il al so be excited in the National Con vention, and in all France. <f It was immediately announced that the truce was broken, and let ters from the General, wiitten in a stile fui: ed to a sn-n lionorc ' h the noble employment of coi'd. ting Frenchmen to liberty, \ ocw«f." answer frOtn the King Proffia s aid-du-camp, dating, ttt.<t the in tentions of the King and of 11-c Duke of Bi un(wick had been niif linderilood ; that a new conference was demanded ; and that tlie royal and Imperial armies would not be the firft to break the truce. Gen. Duuiourier refufed to confeiu to any new conference, or any delay in the operations of the campaign unlels the memorial of the Duke of Brunfwick fliould be fir ft annulled. Such is the atftua! state of things ! What palled during that circum stance, will Ihew the French nation in that refpedtable point of view which belongs to it. All our pro ceedings have been marked with candor and firnniefs. We have a bandoned llratagem and weaknels to our enemies, and all Europe mult perceive in our condbdt, a people, who set a just value on peace, but \vho are not afraid of war. (Signed) After reading the above detail, M. Brillot then read the memori al of the Duke of Brunfwick, which runs in a similar strain with his two former manifeltoes. The reading of it was frequently interrupted with murmurs, and when thai part was read, which infills on the Ime lioration of Louis XVI. to the Roy al Dignity, the Afl'embly built into a fit of laughter.— M. Briflot re fuelled the lilence of pity. Lettsr ft otii the Commijfionei s ftnt to Chalous. " Saint Menehould, Sept. 30, at nine in the evening, &c. &c. " In our last letter we gave you an account of onr arrival at the ar my of Gen. Dumourier, and of the effect produced on it by a notificati on of the wife decrees which you have already pitied. We now an nounce to you that we have jult re ceived intelligence, that the King of Prussia has raised the camp which he had about a league from us ; from the position in which it was, General Dumourier forefaw, that the enemy could not long keep their itation in the mid 11 of the desert plains of Chaiupaigue, and without having any communication through which they could receive convoys but towards Grand Pre. " Some days ago General Dumou rier dispatched Gen. Buernonville with a body of I 3,000 men, to inter cept this communication, and that general, diltinguifhed for his acti vity, zeal and ability, succeeded in getting podellion of several consi derable convoys. He likewise took more than 100 prisoners, who ar rived fuccelfively in the course of the day. All accounts agree in cer tifying the extremediftrefs to which the army of the enemy is reduced ; and General Dumourier formed a very juit idea of their situation, when he informed you that they could not remain long in it. " It can scarcely be believed that experienced generals should have penetrated intothe defarts of Cham • paigne, had they not entertained a vain hope that they should be fe cotided in their operations by a cri minal correspondence with themal litems ; but the inemornble day : dP'tttC 1 o;h has proved, that the French, while they combat for li berty,will pei ifli rather than con sent to any capitulation. The ge neral, daily informed of details Which proved their diilrefs, proper ly judged that by preserving their situation, they would deftrny theef feft of any movements which they might attempt. This anny, f<» for midable, is reduced one half by its lick, whom they were obliged to fend away to Grand Pre. his well known that there is a general hof pttal in than town, in which there is more than 8000. Had General Dumourier abandoned his position, and advanced towards Chalons o; Khelms, they would infallibly have taken advantage of his movement, not to attack us, but to pass through the defile, and to eltablilli canton ments for the purpose ofpaffing the winter in one of the moil -fertile countries. His constant pei Sever ance lu.s obliged them, 1a It night, to make a movement entirely 011-> traiy to that which he expected. " Vhcy have quitted their per?-,' and the communication between Chalonsand Saint Menehoiib is now 1 e-e(tabli(hed, which gives the French army 15 hours for the arri val of convoys and provisions. Ar dour and fat isfadtion prevail among our troops, and our (ituation was never so advantageous as at present. The firft movement which the ene my made indicates that they wifti to retire through the difiles of Grand Pre, the only pallnge which remains to them. " We shall not enter intoaiiy de tails of the future plans of Gen. Dumourier, but we think it our du ty to inform you, that the utmolt confidence ought to be reposed itv him ; that the people of Paris need be in 110 uneafinefe, and that we hope in our next to give you ftili more fatisfatftory intelligence. Peo ple ought not, however, to exult in that success which the fate of war may reverie ; but we are able at present to give hopes, which result from the certain distress of our ene my, and the diseases by which they are weakened ; from the excellent condition of our troops, and from the ardor which they shew to com bat those tyrants, who wifli to itn pofe laws upen them, as well as from the confidence which they have in their General. LEBRUN." " P. S. It wasby mistake that we da ted our last on the 30th ; the true date was the 29th, at seven in the morning. This moment we have received a letter from General Beurr nonville, announcing that lince yes* terday he has ra ken 200 prisoners, 24 waggons loaded with doaths for the troops, 800 liorfes, and five Emi grants of the King's household. By a second note we are informed that he has killed 27 huflai s with a Prus sian Commander. The National Convention will learn these details with fatisfatftion." A copy of the letter from General Dumourier to the King of Pruflia was then read. In this letter the General informed his Prussian Ma jesty, that the manifeftos of tfie Duke of Brunfwick had been treat ed with sovereign contempt by the whole French nation, and that it was not by threats that a free peo ple could be conquered. Hfi then represented to him tb# ath'ttiltages which would result to both nations by an alliance of which they were both worthy, and reqneftecl him in the name of his own gfory and in terest, and in tliofe of his ai my to abandon the caule of the Emigrants. Tlie reading of this letter was frequently interrupted by applau fcs. The Minirter for Foreign Affairs tranfinitted to the Convention a lilt of those amball'adors and Envoys who had taken the new oath. The ambaflador at the court of Denmark had not only refilled to take it, hut had written 10 Louis Stanislaus Xa vier that he would receive no or ders but from him, whom he conli dered as the only lawful King of F ranee. We learn by an arrival at New- Bedford, that the siege of Thion ville was railed bv the Anftrians.— That the Duke of Brunfwick had for foine time been stationary at Chalons, in Chainpaigne ; that it was the public femiment at Dun kirk, that General Fayette, in his flight, had betrayed the cause he had engaged to iupport ; and that there did not appear in the French " CARRA, " SELLERY, " BRIEUIl." (Signed) Domestic Articles. BOSTON, Dec. j, 230 Republicans/ of fear of their invading enenueSr- A curi efpondent lays—the r«iuf:u of the House of Reprefematives of the United States, to admit the Se cretary of War io b£ heard on the floor, 011 the lubje.it of the failure of Gen. St. Claii's expedition, is one of tliofe traits of jealousy and ful'pi cion, which though it has a praile worthy appearance in the theory of government, is nevertheless, \n prac tice attended by the nioft flag.ant ifijuftice ; and evidence* a want of finnnefs unworthy the rnenibeis of ai independent Republican Legifla- ture. We are informed, that at a late meeting ot the /Agricultural Society , in this lown, a very considerable lum of money was fubferibed, for eftablilhing a fund to defray the ex pence of premiums and bounties which may be voted by the society. The Hon. Thomas Russell, on this occtifion, fubferibed One T'iou rand Dollars. An instance of patri otism we deem highly worthy re cording. In some of the papers, a doubt has been fuggelted, ofthe choice of the Hon. Th kodore SEDGwicK.as Representative in Congress, from the county of Berkshire—We have now the pleasure to atfure the pub lic, that he is elected j and by a considerable majority. tribute of gratitude. George Whytock, commander of the (hip Rodney, of London, which failed from Bolton, oil Thursday the 22d of November, and unfortunate ly was (hipwrecked on Duxborough beach, the Sunday morning follow ing, in the severe snow ftorni, takes this public method lo return his mod grateful thanks to the benevo lent people of Duxborough, Marfli field, and their vicinities, for their humane, spirited and generous ex ertions, in affording him and his crew their alliltance, in their dif trefling calamity. To all this tri bute is sincerely proffered, and par ticularly to Captain Samuel Debo na, of Duxborough, for his Angular ly benevolent, noble and spirited exertions, who at the rilk of his own life, ventured into the boisterous waves, and providentially reached the wreck, for the kind purpose of preventing the fufferers attempting to land in their then situation, but t» wait until the tide would admit of their getting fafe'y on (liore, and to inspire into their almost exhault ed spirits every pofiible degree of fortitude, with the afl'urance of a ready afliftance as fooil as it was pos sible for help to reach them from the beach. (Signed) George Whytock. for himfelf,family,and fliip's com pany. A correspondent aflures lis, that the Maflachufetts Charitable Socie tyvat iheir quarterly meeting Ja (I Monday evening, uiiQniinoufly voted a blanket for each prisoner now con fined in Bolton gaol, and as much fuel as will be necefl'ary to keep them comfortable during the incle mency of the season. NEWPORT, (R. 1.) Dec. 3 Extrutts of Letters from France to a Gentleman in thh town " 061 3- Ac present we are at tacked by molt part of Europe, tlity have gained little or no advantage of us yet, and what they do not ef fect in two months cannot be done afterwards, as our troops are col let'ting fait since we have ailuined a republican form of government. " We have at present a large bo dy of troops in aefhial service, and in a very short time shall have 500,000 men in pay—and they have in several inftancesaifted with great spirit." " Oil. 5. It is this clay reported, that the king of Prnllia offers to treat with us and return home ; but no terms will be acceptid until he leaves the kingdom." Tran/lation jrom the Gazette Nation- tile, printed at Paris, Sept. 27 " The Generals of the Northern and Centre Armies, have informed the Executive Council, that over tures had been made tliein on the part of the King of l'ruffia, liiani feftiiig his delire to enter into a rie g.,--ration. —The Council Rcfolved that the French Republic will hear no propofnions, until the Pruffiau troops lit all fir It evacuate the French territories." A letter was read in the National Convention froinGeneial Wiinpfen Hating that the liege of Thionville had been railed. Di(patches w ere also read from the Department ofLaiides, inform, ing the Allembly of an invasion by llie Spaniards, and requelting that Coinm illioners iniglube lent 10 B;:\- onne, on ibe fouiheYn frontiers, to concert inch ineafures as. tnU>ht be molt proper for the defence of the country. STOCKBRIDGK, (MalF.) Dec. 4. A correlpondent 1110 ft sincerely hopes that the Connecticut ' ECHO' will take proper notice of his Excel lency's late " SH4I.L Speech,"— ill order that so remarkably -wife, so unparallslcdty i/lttflriou, and patriotic a watchfulwels over the fovt'eign rights of perfectly Jree, independent, and totally unconnected and unac countable State Majelly.uiay be tranf initted to pollerity, adorned with that bright ness of genius, that true and well directed wit, which has been alined universally, as well as jullly, ascribed to the author or an thois of the ' Echo.'—Aud if a ttranger might be allowed to offci a hint on the occasion, he would sug gest the following by way of pre face. fball Echo rife—and sing The praise of Maflqchufetts' King ; Pals by the deeds of jthn Manur* " And give the" other John " 1 c'«er.'' * Author of a bowhaflic, laultltgkni ajvertife rnent, (-chord in the American Menury, printed it Hartford. H A* L I F A X, Nov. 22. On the night of tlie 7th of Sept. was lit the Light Hot»fe on M'Nutt'i lfland, at the entrance of-■'helbume harbor with a double or difHnguifh ing light from that on Sainbro lfland—Auid we have great plea fuie in beinj informed that it provei equal to expe&ation. The followingare rhe attgle bear ings and efthnate distance for the information of the public : Bearings distance. 1 from the Light- House to Berry's point, - N4O ooE2mile» 2 from do. to Strap Tubb Rock off Berry's point, 3d from ditto to Bell Rock, N 70 00 E 2 1*1" 4th froui do. to S. End of Western most jof Ragged lfland, - NB4 00 B sth from do. to Eafternmolt, of Ragged Island, NB6 30 Eiol 2 6th from do. to S. W. breakers off Ragged Island, S 8i 34 E 8 7th from do. to Cape Negro, 53900 W 9 Bih from do. to Jigg Rock, S 28 00 W 1 3-4 Lauiude obfefved at the Light- House by a Mean of two double Altitudes and one Meridian Alt. is 43 0 43' 30' North, Variation Weft >3® 30' and Longitude 63® o' 8' Weft Greenwich. FROM THE MAIL. Mr. Claypoole, AN extract from a Georgia paper appeared in yours and the leveral papers i:i this city, refpeding a Capt. Hickinan and a Mr. Skinner, iaid to be of Boston :— In jultice to several refpeiftable persons of their profeHion, by tbe name ot .'skinner, who fail from Bolton, and the citi zens in general, it ought to be known, that neither Capt. Hickman nor Mr. Skinner are Americans, ndr was the latter ever 3 months in Bos ton. These persons being said to be of Boston, has excited some un happy prejudices againit the ves sels from that place 111 the Weil-In dies Perhaps by giving 'his u place in the several papers where the orhei has been inserted, vv ill have a hap py tendency to remove it, and pre sent any future incouveniencies an ling therefrom. N 70 00 E
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