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.