foreign Intelligence. R.-I G A, (Russia) Feb. t. A CCORDJNO to the last letters •*l*. from Peterfburgii, the aditiira.!- ly has;eiened orders from her im perial niajelty to eqnij) fur ihe en fuing'lpt lug ten llnp.s ot the line, btlides ihe iixeen winch are alrea dy fit for sea, of which thirteen aie at Revel and two -.11 Croniladi. Jo man this fleet, admiral Tl'chhftha goff will levy 40,000 marines and tailors. M A 1) IVI D, Feb. 1 4 The molt extraordinary and ci;- ei getic exertions take place in ail our ports. .The oflicei sos the ma rine have all received ordeis to re pair to their polts, with all pollible 'speed. Our naval armament will be ready for fen i:i eight'day's. The public voice points out M. Latigara, d'Artizabel, and Mazaredo, as the molt eligible for Ihe coin niand of it. The indignation of the people upon the firft imcll'gence of rlie death of Louis, was extreme. The French relidents here were, obliged to conceal 1 hemfelves to avoid the popular fuiy ; and their indignati on was, it pollible, increased, when they were told the Convention had refufed the King's mediation. BERLIN, Feb. 16 His royal higlinefs Prince Henry of Prussia, has entiled to be erected in the palace of Rheilberg, a monu ment, in honor of the noble La moignon de Malefliei bes, the friend and faithful servant of the unfortu nate Louis XVI. V I E N N A, Keb. 1 r The following is an exatft state , inent of the Imperial troops about to open the campaign against the common enemy ol the House of Austria and of th* Empire ; —they are divided into four armies : I lie firil, under the Command in Chief of h'ield-Marfhal Piince de Saxe Cobourg, consists of fifty-three battalions of infantry, and twenty two divisions and an half of cavalry. The 2d, under the command in chief of Gen. Pi iuce de Hohenlohe, °f 2 Z ba "aHons of infantry, and 19 divisions of cavalry. 1 lie 3d, under the command in chief of Gen. Count Wenzel CoJlo redo, of 29 battalions of infantry, and 19 divisions of cavalry : And I lie 4'li ; under the command in chief of Gen. Count Stain and de Vins, of 18 battalions of infantry, and 7 divisions of cavalry. Total Dumber of battalions of in fantry, 127 —of divisions of cavalry, 671-2. J ' NETHERLANDS Letter from General de Pirch to Maj.Gen. Count de Brandwike. " Sir, Venlo, March 2 " I fend you an account of Gen. de Clairfayt. As it mult give uni verlal pltalure, I have embraced tlie earlicli oppoitunity of tranfmiting it 10 you with a request, that you will communicate it also wherever you may think proper. Our arms perhaps will have the fame fticcefs to-morrow ; for the advanced pods will be attacked, and we shall then endeavor to get polletfion of Kure mond. i am, &c. (Signed) " DE PIRCH." Official dispatch from Gen.Clairfayt. " This day has been perfectly /-fortunate for the lmpeiial Uoops. Last night we cioiled the Roer, and drove the enemy both from the quarter of Duren, and that of Ju dieis ; to the diftmce of one league and a quarter beyond Alilenhoven. The lols of the enemy in killed and wounded, including prisoners, to the number of 600, amounts on the whole to iooo men. Twelve can 'noiis,thirteen ammunition waggons, and their military theft alio fell into our hands. , " llis royal highness tlie Arch duke Charles attacked in.person ihis afternoon, with the advanced -guard, feme battering vUere there were nine cannons, ajict took pof ieffion of them. " Our lots amoiuns only to ten killed and forty wounded. We par ticularly icgi-ei; among (he former, Col. de Pfortzeim and Capr. Mef inanchers. " You will be so kind, General, as to communicate this account to his Jerene highnels the Duke of !>■ uni wjek. '• At Head .Quaiters Gtrricrlil, of Aldenhoveti, March lit, 1795. (Signed) " CLAIRK/iJ I . To lYiajoc General tiarour ae YVeiirkheim. AMSTERDAM, Feb. iy By ltmer*»fiom Germany, tliepo liiion of" Ibe Imperial and P;i ufiiaii troops is an uiuniei rupted Deux Horns to Cleves, and is fjjip jiovted in tlie rear and centre by the army ai Coblentz, making alto gether about 1 Jo,ooo men. D U fr-L f N, Marclt (2 The Lloyd's lifts of the lait Bri tilli mails continue to give a dila gieeabie legtiter of veliels «api ured by (he enemy ; (he diltrels occali onetl by which is hut pooi iy alluag ed by the taking of ihiee merchant ihips and half a dozen paltry priva teers by his majelty's (hips of war ill the tiritifli channel. Sixty merchant fliips under the convoy of two frigates from Lon don down channel, having lain too, in the night of the 14th of lait month,. under the Jlleol Wight,two trench privateers ltole in among them and took fcveral by boarding them. What a fad'reverie of charadler have the volunteers of Ireland ex perienced in a few years !:—in 1 789 tlicy were courted, thanked, admir ed, applauded — now, they are in fuhed, deipifed, degraded, pro scribed. His Excellency the Lord Lieute nant and Couucil have illued a Piot claiuation, offeringa reward of tool, lor apprehending the pei l'oll or per sons who polled a I'edinous libel en titled Society of United liilhtnen'' on the door pi the iioufe of Lords, on the lit of March inltaiu. FftANCE national convention; March 3 Letter from Cieu. Miranda to the Minilter at war, dated Head Quar ters, at riecton, Keb. 2J. " Waedticht being invested ac. cording to the orders 1 received, by a body of 12,000 men on the left banks of the Meufe, and by 6000 on the right, we proceeded to foroi the vyoiks and batteries neceliaiy for the bombardment, ihe wnole have been happily terminated the 23d, 011 the heights of Konwenberg, and with the lot's only of three men kill ed, not wit hltanding the conltunt fire kept up Irom the garri'fon. " Our batteries being to coin-! mence firing yellerday at jioon, 1 lent funimoiiles to the Commandant Geneial, and to the Magi Urates, i lie answer of the Prince of Hetfe, Governor of the place, was a lefuf.ll! He gave me to undei Hand lerfialJy by Col. Ainaudin. that hp hml fr. n .t tiie laid summons very flrungaj as he did not know that the Dtfieh nation had declared war agarnft Hranee, atid that if I permitted him lie would fend a courier to their High Mighiineties to requeit direc tions on that head. " Our fire commenced in the night, supported by another batte ry of mortars erected before Wick, and loon after the tosvn appeared to be 011 fire. The enemy found means to extingtiifh it, but at' fix this morning it was again in flames, and is burning at this momenta " While we were inverting the place, the enemy to about 1200 made two forties,one towaidsWick' and the other by the gate of St. Pe ter. Our troops easily repulsed then*, with loss on their part, while vve had not a man killed. **** I am in hatte to terminate this operation^hat 1 may execute others more eflenual, which 1 am charged by Gen. Dumourier, as I had the honor to inform y oa in my ''''patches. MIRANDA." Letter from ven. Dumourier to the Commilfioners at Bru-U'els. Head garters, at Hyven- Hjerge.i, Feb. 26. • announce to you, thac we have this iwgiu taken the fort of -582 Klanderr. The gan ifon after hold ing out eight houis, made their el cape. They confided of {50 men, 73 of whom ive have made prifon eis. We had only two wounded-. An unionunaie woman has been killed in the town. 1 (hall give some indemnification to her family. We found in the fort a gieat num ber of rannons, 24 tB,-ar.d t2 poun ders.— Wiiliamltadt will be attack ed this night, and taken, notwith. (lauding ihe number of frigates by which it is defended, and which we /ball oblige to retire. I wish 10 bar rals you every day wit b the account ot some new I'uccefs, This, though 6t great utility for my plans, not being of the fame importance as 1 be cap.-ure of Breda, 1 have not lent a courier to Paris, and 1 oiily beg that y oil "wilt (ran fill it this intelligence to the Convention. DUMOUKIER. • " P. S. On the 281 b, the day after to-morrow, 1 (hall march againlt GerVruj denberg." Letter from tlie Mmitler at War. Paris, March 5. " I think it my duty to inform you, that 1 learn by a letter whjch 1 have received from Gen. Valence, that the Pruflians, to the number of 2 J or 30,000 men, have advanced to the Roer to relieve Maeftficlit, an J that the movement of the enemy has induced Gen. Miranda to sus pend the bombardment of the place. I his event, of little importance iij it fell, may only oblige 11s to attack it in form, and retard us sometime longer. Such is the piecife truth of intelligence, which may be con sidered as of more importance than ic deserves, and on which it is my duty to fix the opinion of the Nati onal Convention." Paris is now in the mod profound tranquility. The plans of the in fmgents, or more properly of their inltigators, are coinpleatly defeat ed, at least for the present. The examination now rigorously going on, will probably bring Ibme of the latter to piuiifhment. LONDON, Feb. 22. T hole who speak so coolly of the ease xviih which Holland may pre vent the entrance of an enemy by laying the country under water, reason in much the fame way as the lrifhman in Joe Miller, who laid, he did not much fear being con demned to be hanged, for he could any time save his lite by cutting his throat in jail. It is (aid, as a proof of the popu laiity of the war, that 1500.recruits were railed last week in Manchef tei. Alas !is it not rather a proof, that the war has already suspended the looms of Manchelter. i he great houle which Hopped a few days for near half a million of money, goes on again with additi onal credit and refpedtability, from its being afcSrtained that its real property was very great, after all the claims upon it were discharged. His royal highness the Duke o f, York is tp command the whole bo dy of the Hanoverian army, as well as to be commander in chief of the tSntifl, forces serving on the conti nent. Wednesday made, the one hun dredth day of Mr. Haftings's trial. The trial was thinly attended vef terday, and the Hall about4o'clock was 'o cold, that the gallery bench es, were soon deferred. The French bend the whole of their force in fitting out privateers aga 1 nit this country, but hitherto they have not met with much fac ets ; the convention encouraged this fy Item as much as polfibie, and bounties are offered for fitting out privateers. Saturday about 270 of the royal art■Ue.-y embarked on board the Woolwich, guns, Capt.Parker, at Spit head. One company are to be landed at Gibraltar, the remain dei are for the windward islands. Al %rw er > i a(l ietter to L ° rti Auckland, lt is f al d, has a fmatk of that joke wb.ch he fomedmes mix u7' 1 V< C rer '°us matters. He fcys, As yo „ f)o |)or thjnk confident with your dignity, to tra vel in this unpleafanc weather to !o e vbn" e w th n I Wa ,", ,f>4 ' 1 ,bail c <"»e !?e P ul >licans can ira -111 all weathers ; and I dare fay, J'ou will not nr , m , ons, when 1 fl, a || rental,?, P ' Exchange of Ail.Herd a n» " " ,e been prod Jtd , o(;(gf HW H»e me, A.re foE'lfcri? "on, an.l to fay "Vu Uon, we need only add h,^ 1 " land thus covered,'«ill b' e , r '|' h ,e year., before it u-cover, 'J f g'ee us vegetative powers ' .".e pati.ot. of Holland ar e fi(f ficiently iiume.ousto he fomiidaM." but chat iUey aie divide,} tliemlelves. The obj;Vst ufonriftr [y" '"• r . e, y «»* «pt.if.ou of Stadtholder, vvhltout any f url L r change in the government. T|,, other and more nun.e.oiu ,*,l, 7' f or . • the W7/ f/ '"'public. £ Ut . lt lr til thoy not uoift ? We very properly execrate the savage and ferocious practice of a mob parading tl )e streets of Paris with the heads of tlude the* |, a e decollated ; yet the LegHlaiure 0 f this country, less than fifrv yeau ag o , Decreed, That the heads of three men toot,ld be exhibited upon one of the city gates, for ihe con templation of every civilized paflen. ger—the admiration of every f O . r . e, £ ne ' ai>(l the K'atifKation 0 f those llrong-beaked birds that feaft on blood! 11l this fmwiotv as a mark oi national civilization, one of the heads remained full forty yeau. Letters from Ireland relate, that the great qnettion of Parliamentary reform has been loft there by a ma. jority of eighty-eight. The previ. ous qiK'ftion was moved upon a it- I'olution piopofed by the advocates for reform. A considerable fer ment has begun to prevail in that kingdom, and the volunteer cirrpi in the North are increased from 600 to 800 men each. It is reported ihat government have received the disagreeable in lelligence, that two ihnufand dis senters wete openly in arms at Btl talt, under the command of a Mr. Htzgerald, and, as is believed,with the advice bf leveral of the Dublin contenders for popularity, March 7 1 he Dolphin packet, Capt, I'lyn, and Prince of Wales, Capt. Heain, arrived at Harwich yelterday with the mails, and several pallengers, to the number 120 ; amongst others were, Mr. Hope, of Amsterdam, and Mrs. Williamfon Hope, with Iter children. Keforeihey let fail,they had the pleaf"ure of fering the gnardi who had arrived fife, and landed at Helvoet-fluys on Saturday even- ing, reviewed by his royal hignefi the Duke of Yor4i and the young Prince of Orange. The people at Amsterdam and Rotterdam are in the utmolt confu flOll. The Stadtholder, however, feenn to be unmoved and serene ; aud as fbnte cotintei balance for-rhe ill for tune.at Breda, a courier arrived, a few hours before the packet failed, with the important intelligence, " that Gen. Clairfayt had attacked the French at Venlo, and, after a desperate engagement, taken 600 prisoners, with their arms, and kill- Ed 2006 on the spot." March 9. Repulse before Williamjladt, - The following particulars of the defeat of the French before Wil- liamftadt, were communicated in a letter to a refpeciable merchant in the city, brought by the tneflenger which arrived yelterday from Hol land. It is with an honest pride we havg to itate, that a part of o»r countrymen were actively engaged in so glorious a butinefsi Capt. Manley of the Syren, hav ing previously concerted lhe bills tiels with i lie governor of William ftadt, brought his fl)ip to bear fuc- cefsfully upon tlie Fiench army.—- The French made an attack, in which they were much annoyed by the fire of the Englifli frigate. This, as it was unexpected, Do mourier was unprepared for. The garrison made a Tally, and 700 or the French were killed by the fit® of the garrison, and the Syren to- geiher.
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