fly- Lord .Auckland's difpaLches, it. appears that the French on the 18th, attacked the Auftrians at Nerwiud, near Thirlemont. That they were repuifed in the centre, and on the right. That they made (bine iuj prelfioii on the left wing in the af ternoon, when Gen. Clairfayt bro't into adtion 12,000 horse, who de cided the victory. The French for some time made good their retreat, but being at length broke, the Aus trian cavalry made dreadful havoc amongst them, and killed between jfix and seven thaufand.—They con tinued the slaughter until rhe ap proach of night, when the courier was dispatched with the above news, who reports that the French had Iflft 34 pieces of cannon. The exprefsfent to Carlton-houfe is* finiilar to the above, except that the loss of the French is slated at 2000 men, and 32 pieces of cannon. Letters from Bruflels state, that Pumourier attacked the combined trmy at 7 o'clock in the morning, between Tirlent«nt and St."Tron. the battle was fought with various success till the afternoon, when the ardourand intrepidity of the French troops surmounted every obstacle.— Valence at their bead,they charged the left wing of the enemy so furi oufly, that it was soon broke, and gave way in every dire<ition. The purfitit vv«s vigorous for some time, and great carnage ensued. At that moment when the combined army was threatened with a Compleat de feat, Gen. Clairfayt flanked the ptfrfuers with an immense body of horse, and as they had pushed for wards beyond the protection of the artillery, they were left exposed to the superior power of the cavalry. Gen. Valence alternately retreated, and advanced till he was killed by" a musket ball. The contest was ob stinately maintained, until it was put an end to by 1 he darkness of the night, and both fides claimed the vicftory. It appears by dispatches which go vernment have received this rnorn- by way of Flushing, that the' victory on the 18th was only a pre- Jude to 11 ill £'eaxfcr success. Q« Friday last, the 22d inft. the Auftrians in spite of manceu vre of the French to avoid the con fli<ft, forced (hem to a general acti on, The battle was bloody, but the fnccefs of the Audrians was de cilive—they gained a corttpleat vic tory ; and to use the words of a private letter, the French were, li terally, cut to pieces. The atfiion took place near Lou vain -According to rhe government difparches, the French loft 17,000 inen, in killed, wounded, and pri soners. Among the latter is Gen. Valence. Other accounts ftate,that Gcji. Dumourier only elcaped the fame fate, by striking oft'the arm of an Auftriat) foklier who laid hold of him. DOVER, March as. This morning a boat arrived ex press from Oftend, which brought an account of a decisive aitioTi hav ing happened between the Anftri ans and the French, near St. Tron, in which the latter have been total ly defeated, with the loss of 40,000 men, and 30 or 40 pieces of artille ry ; that Dumourier was wounded ; and that the French are retiring from the Netherlands with the ut inoft precipitation. All the vellels at Oftend are or dered to proceed to Dunkirk, and our crullers are now beating to windward, to endeavour to inter cept them. SHIF NEWS. AftRIVED at tht PORT oj PHILADELPHIA. Shrp.tiirminjjhain Packer, Simmon*, It'iftol Vulc»n, Muir, Brig Theodofiu.% Like, Lady Wuliciitotft, JTliduftiy, lUU, Ajwfatilr, Hulton, -THE Captain and Pallcn ers of the Brig I.ittle Sarah, capturcd by the Frfgate I'Etn . bu<cnde, rcqueft that Captain Bompaed, and his Officers, will accept of their Ix*ft thanks for the polite and civil treatment they expe rienced while they were pri.oners 011 board the Frigate. JOSEPH LOWHEY, ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND, KENETH M'LEAN, CHARLES M'iL&OD. PUlaJeJpiia, Slay 6, 1793. Philadelphia, May $. Further accounts by the Englifi papers state—That the Duke of IVunfw'.ek has so violent a reJapfe of his late difo-rder that his life is despaired of. Orr the firft Mardi the Prince de. Cobourg took the command of the Auftrians under General Clairfait and forced the French lines—on the 2d he drove the French from Aix-la-Chapelle and Maeftricht —on the 3d he went to Maeftricht in person and reinforced that Garrison with 1,60 cx tpen —on the sth and 6th he-detached a Gevniarr corps to *tta£k Ruieinonde—this body in'con junction with the troops under Prince Fre* derick of B«unfwick took that placed—the French at the fame time evacuated Fore St. Michael opposite Venlo—which they had bom barded many days without effe<ft.~The Prince de Cobourg also detached a body of troops under the Arch Duke Charles of Au ftrja, to difpofiefs the French of Tongres, in which he succeeded.—The French also eva cuated St. Tron. Lifege was taken by the Auftrians the sth. Roberfpierre, Lacroix and Dantorn. complained of treachery inl the affair of Aix-.la-Chapell'e—and on a motion made by.them the Convention decreed .that Generals Stengel andLanoue ftiouldbe brought to the bar and their papers sealed up. Thir- Jemont, Gertruydenberg, Klundert; William- - ftadt, Doevern, Bruflfels, and Sardinia, it is' faitf, have been evacuated and (tefet ted by the French—Breda, by the last accounts, was., still in their hands, to which they were lea king additional fortifications. A letter from Brulfels, dated 7th March, published in a French paper fays,— u after ralfing the siege of Maeftricht, the French formed a body of men, and therebyput pu effe&uaj ft op. to the progreQs of the Prince de Cobourg's ar~ - my." . the French Corpmiflioo ers", in Belgium, was read in the National Convention on the 11 th March, which fays, Our fiiccefles in Hollahd are encreafed, and thesrcity'of Amsterdam is ready to open her : gates to.the French army.—The most fpiFited ■ exertions were making at the above period,, in Paris, to reinforce tlje army—in every feftion fubferiptions were opened, and those who Could not serve their country in person, depOsited on its altars a part of their wealth, —the National Convention condu<sl with a firmnefs and intrepidity which impresses the minds, of all with the dignity of the revolu tion. * The French AmbalTador left Madrid the 18th February—a fleet was equipping by the Swedes at Carlfcroon, the destination of which is not announced. A Jubilee was to be celebrated in Sweden in commemora tion of the introduction of the Chr.iftian Religion into that country—this jubilee was to be held at Upfal in March iaft. A Rufiian fleet is to be shortly sent into the northern seas. Reports of th-- go- - vernmentof Sweden prevail at Stockholm— other accounts fay that the lenient measures pursued by the regent have calmed the public miod. The last accounts from the Eaft-ln dies announce that Trppoo is so humbled that peace may be for a long time expelled—he has made another payment of the Seringapa tara money—and it is supposed the young hos tages, his sons, will ibon be redeemed —A great scarcity of provisions prevails in many parts of India. The late fuccefles of the com bined armies against France appear to have excited great agitations in Paris.—M. Petion was insulted by the populace—and M. Marat conduced hqine in triumph.—lVt. Eg&lite and his son the Genera! it is said have both quar reled with M. Dumourier-— the fame accounts further (av that there is a great commotion among tho people throughout every part' of the republic ; these are imputed to various causes, the principal appears to be the scarci ty and high prices of provisions. In Paris, during the month of January last, there were no less than one hundred and fifty-five divor ces ; the marriages at the fame time were two hundred and thirty-fix only, and the greater part of these resulted from the divor ces themselves. Art unprecedented attachment has been made by ths kingS attorney genera] of the sum of one hundred thousand pounds fteiling, (landing in the bank of England in the name of MeflVs. Bordieu and Chollet. The avowed pretext is, that they fufpeft this sum to belong to che government of France, and they have filed a billiu chance ry to make the English house mnfwer to inter rogatories, upon oath, whether this sum is or is not the property of the republic. Tliey juftify the attachment by faying— The French Teized on Englilh Ihips—they re taliate by seizing on French money—and the question will be brought to iiTue by this means between the two countries. It will be tried before an Englilh jury. The society of United Irilhmen h3ve enter ed into very Tpirited resolutions on the tranf a&ion relating to the confinement of the Hon, Simon Butler, and Oliver. Bond. Twenty-Sight French privateers have been taken ami carried into England. The Roman Catholic bill has parted the frifh Par liament—there was a majority of 40 in the H.rnie of Lords in favor of extending the elective Franchise to that denomination. St. Marks Si. Thomas Ucakf, L'fb.'n Guadeloupe Capc-Frandois The pneeo ftf Spain has made an offer of all her jewel!* to assist in carrying on the war ; the dukes of Alva and Medina, and the Marquis de St. Cruz,have offered to raise and maintain 4">o men e. tb during the war ; the Gremios of Mid fid, have offered to garrison and defend the court and royal refideocies. The governor had adopted a new and better mode than formerly used, of enlisting volun teers Vo complete the army, of whom 6200 had been collected in the oeighbourhotrfl of Madrid 01) the 9th of Feb. 390 Tile Queen of France it is faitl, 15 to be tried by the new revolutionary tribunal. Baron Trenck is arrived at Havre-de-Grace-. The late failures in England are stated to amount to twelve millions ftei ling. A gene ral amnesty in favor of the Belgians has been published by the Emperor of Germany, even Vandernoot andVanKopen are not exclu ded from the benefits of it. The Ganges East-India man, supposed to have been run afliore near Port L Orient is arrived at Fal> .mouth. T-he republic of Venice have ac- Icnowledged the French republic, and decla red a neutrality on their part in the piefent Xvar. v By arrivals at Boston the 2&h ult. foreign in tteJitgcnce is received to the 27th March—this, fta -etpt£i to the"Frcnch and Austrian armies,- it fittviTar to' the European accounts under the Lrirtdorfyhead in this day's paper, which weie received at- New.York.. The Boston papers further (late, that neither Klundert nor the hanks of the Moerdyk were abandoned by the French on the 23d of March—that in the general a&ioti on the* 181 h of March, the French loft 2,200 men; and the Auftrians 1,200; that the former fought with great bravery, disputed every inch of the ground,"and took their former station in .their strong entrenchments on their Iron Moun tain. 'whrre *he Auftrians were prepaiing to at tack rbem«; That the second Prince of the House of Otinge, with a body .of troops, had marched to block up Breda. That new trou bles had arisen in Lyons, whence the Municipa lity had endeavored to drive the Marfeillois.-r- That Antwerp is reported'to have been evacu ated byrthe French. . That the Corfican tioops caufc ot the failure of the Sardinian expedition ; instead of firing at the enemy, they fired' at the French ; and that it is expe&ed Cor ftca be Toon a BritisH colony. That the French emigrants in Spain and Portugal have been incorporated in the army and navy. That the Eiyprefs or RufliS has annulled the treaty of •tommerce with France, and direfled that no commodities of any" kind shall be imported frsir>, or'exportrd into that country. That the Spaniards had taken two French Eaft-Indiamen. Tn»t the National Convention have decreed, in corifequence of the internal commotions, that infargerits taken with arms in their hands, (hall be jsut to death within 24 hours ; and that those taken without arms shall be carried before the criminal tribunal, and put to death within 24 hours after their condemnation. It.is too obvious to escape notice, that the accounts of the several a&ions between the French and the combined armies, are cori fttjed and contradictory—the loss of the Frfnch in 'the affair of the 18 th March, is iUted-at 23D0, 2200, 7000, Sec. &c.—time ■alone will determine the truth. At to the important battle of the 22d of IVJarch, the accounts are involved in great uncertainty—if not palpable, contradictions— the reports are of a winged description—and rurtior appears to be double-tongued on the 'ivceafion—from 7 to 4°»000 are said to have Aain.i4> the-Freia^b-—*vhile other accounts 4{ite the 1 ofr» pn both fides at 20 r OOO. Tt is said that three privateers, under French colours, have been fitted out at Charleston, S. C. They are small veflels, and carvy fix guns each. It is reported that the Britifli merchants in Charleston, have sent to Jamaica for a con voy. The snow George and Peggy, Capt. Beld ing, captured by the frigate I'Embufcade, is arrived at New-York. The brig Morning Star, and cargo, prixe to the I'Embufcade, have been fold at an&iou in Charleston, by virtue of a decree patfed by M. Mangourit, Consul of France to the States of North-Carolina and Georgia. From the general complexion of public as. fairs in England, Scotland and Ireland, as de lineated" in letters publi/hed in this country, it appears that those kingdoms are by no means in a ft&te of internal peace and tran quility. The manufacturers are in many places thrtnvn out of employ in consequence of the war, and the numerous bankruptcies which have taken place. ' A spirit of suspicion, jealousy and intole- MDce, in regard to the difcuflion of political fubje&s, appears to actuate the government, in confeqnence of which vexations prosecu tions are instituted, and numbers of indivi duals have heen fererely fined, and laid under heavy bonds, and committed to plril'on—while others have been outlawed—That tliefe things will end in troii !e, it does not require the spirit at prophecy to determine. A letter from Havre of March 9, quotes the following prices of American produce: Tobacco, 8o liv. per ql.'—Rice, 70 liv. per ql. Exchange on London, lj|. The (hip Birmingham Packet, Captain Leefon Simmonds, arrived at Marcus-Honk last Sunday morning, from Bristol, which Ihe left the 25th March. In this vefiel came paflengers, Phineas Bond, Esq. his Britannic Majesty's Consul-General for the middle and southern States of America —Mr. William toHd, of this city, Mr. Groomforidge and lady, Mrs. and Miss Cotrell, Mr. Kite, Mr. Cross and family, Mr. Cross, j 1111 and family, Mr. Lucy, Mr. Savage, Mr. Singer, and Mr. Neet. fx troß of a letter from a very rtfptßaile Hntfe in '• -Lniotiy tUttd nth March, tt a merchant in this city. ■ " American stock has undergone a mod fcri" euachange for the woife; 3 per cent* are now at 40 50, and 6 per cents 88 to 90, and even at ibefe prices, ruinous as they are, the Tellers are much more numerous than the buyers—The principal caufc of this sudden depreciation in your funds, is the number of failures which have lately taken place hete cf houses who were Urge hotdrri of stuck, and of rourfe what they held came pouting into the maikct/' The* brig Joiepli, Capt. D'uTmoie, arrived.*s Bolton the 27th uit. in 35 days from Cadiz— Capt. Dilfpiore informs, that two French In diamen who had put into Cadiz, weie detain* were supposed to be worth 4,000,0 c? ot li.v res-—-That the crews were committed to prison, and it was supposed the {hips wou'd be condemned as legal prizes. Four days be fore Capt. DiiTmore arrived, he spoke with Schooner from Virginia, Smith, matter, 14 days out, bound to Boiton, which had on the night of the 2ld uit been run foul of by a fWp that carried away her bowsprit at d damaged her bows. Accounts from various parts of thr fouHleii and western frontiers, inform of d'epfedafiors and murders committed by the Indians—A let ter from Col. A. Lewis, dated April 9th, to ! 1 excellency Gov. Lee, of Virginia r mention*, lhat seventeen persons were lately killed 011 the ffor ■tiers ofthat ft ate-—Several others we'e killed on the Kentucky road, aud a confiderahle number of horses Itolen. The Knoxville Gazette, of April 6, &ys, f hr Chickafaws have oftafftvnoufly determined for war afjainft the Creeks M. Gencft and his suite left Charleston the 18th uit. on his way to the feat of the General Governmenr. By an arrival at Charleston from Cape Fran cois, intelligence was received that tranquility is reftoi ed in Hifpaniola—the blacks have bee« compleatly quelled. An account of the Kings, Princes, and States engaged against the Republic of France, viz. The King of Great-Britain ; the Empress of Rurtia ; the Emperor of Germany, as King of Hungary and Bohemia ; the Archduke of Aus tria, Brabant, See. &c. the of Meiz, Treves, and Hanover individually ; the King of Spain ; the King of Sardinia; the King of Pruflia ; the States General of Holland, &•: the Republic of Himburgh ; the Republic of Lu bec ; the Republic of Bremen; the Prince Bi shop of Liege : the Duke of Deux Poms; the Prince ol Hfffft C^ffel ; the Duke of Brunfwick Lunenbcig. A combination, which for extent of domini on, wealth and power, is without example ia the annals of mankind. The report of the American Mmifter being muidcredin Paris, has been conuadi&ed by a gentleman who amvfd in the {hip Active, from Hjvre-de-Grace, who dined with him subse quently to the time mentioned tn the EngWfh prints, of his death. Accounts fiotn Monti ea!l of the 15th April, fay that the mutineers of the 7th regiment, against their Colonel, Prince Edward, had been tried, and several found guilty—one of them was sentenced to be (hot, and several to be whippecf from four to seven hir dved lashes. Informations, ex are filed by the At torney-General of* Ireland against seven Prin ters, and a considerable number of other per sons, for libels and seditious publications. By the 1 ast accounts from Paris, it appears that attempts to disturb the tranquility of that city had been partially luccefsful, Infuriettions on »ccotmt of the apparent f< arcity of bread, and high pricesof other neceflaries of life, had taken place, and (hops, ftores,&e. of The procersi had. been entered by large bodies of men and wo men, and the owners of the property compelled to fell at luch prices as their visitors thought proper to dictate. A plan for {hutting the bar riers h id been in agitation, and a new m fiacre appeared to be pending—but the Convention fruftrated the d< sign ; and vigorous exertions were made by the Communes arid thcComman dant of the National Guard, to reftorc order and tranquility. Notwithstanding th fe agitations, the recruiting of the army goes on with vigour ; and the contingent of Paris, more than 12,c00 men, is said to be already compleat. Marat's pfefs, it is (aid, is fenced ; and a de cree of the Convention us members from taking any part in the editing of news- papers. Letters by ihe Adfive, Blair, from Havrr.de- Grace, fay, that a doubt does not exist of the Faench being able 10 establish their indepen. dence, notwithflauding their numerous ene mies. There is a report, that three British fliips of war, and several merchantmen have been cap tured by the Fiench, and lent into Port-au. Prince. Paffengcrs in the fliip Pigou. The Rev. Dr. Duche, his lady and 2 daugh ters ; James Marlhall, Elq. of Virginia ; Caleb Weft ; Mr. Riehards, of this city ; the Viscount Noailles ; M. Tallon, the Abbe Cap ; Dr. My erfbach ; Mr. Brown; Mr. Cox; M. Lieiz ; and Mr. Jone«. The ahovi-, with the steerage paflengers, amount to 68. One of the French passengers drowned at Lewiftown, we are crediblr informed, was the Secretary of Citizen Geneft, the Ambaflador from the French National Convention to the United Stales of America. Mai/. The Pathiotic FrinchSociity ot *H* F« IENDI OF LIICKTY AIIO Eft VA LIT V, UttlJ formed in th» city, have advemced the public, that they have drpolited in rite b»nd»of Citiye* Philip Fxeniau, No. >09, Market.fireet, • Subscription-book, signed by the Prtfidtat an 4 Secretary, in which i» to be entered the free gilt oi every pcrfon who wilhe« Is fubftribe for the purpose of raifiiig a sum to pu" chafe ftnur aad other provifioni, to be offereddoim>vu»*ii4 sent to the Republic of France, purfuaut 1Q a rcfolution of the Society of tht 30th ult. At a stated meeting of the Axxc IC«J* pHiLoioriiicAL Sociitt, on the ioth nit, the tollowvng Gentlemen were eIt&CQ Me«>* ber», »ij. William Warinc, of Philadelphia, Thomas Lee Shippin, ditto. John Rei nuold Foster, J. U. & Certified from the Minutes, Sam, Macaw, Secretary, PRICE OF STOCKS. 6 per Cer.ts, . 16/6 3 pcrCrnti, 9/4 Deterred, lO J Full Gm;> U. S- g per cent, prca
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