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,
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