ef Ger. Kalkre-Jth, to form a junc tion with our troop*. When they arri»e, we fliall form together a bo dy of 40000 men,commanded by that General,who will proceed to Mentz in order to lay siege to it." BARCELONA, (Spain), March I The fujiei intendant of ihe cannon founder* of this city has been ar retted. He is accused of having kept up a correspondence with the French, and it is said that papers have been found i(i his custody, which will tend to convict him. Several Catalonians have also been arretted. They are fufpeifted of having had the perfidious design ot setting fire to the powder magazine. Twenty-three French merchant ships have been carried into one of the ports fttuated at the diltance of two leagues from this city. The convoy conlilted of twenty seven, bnt four of them escaped. We are infojmed from Alicant, that our fleet is to be joined by that of England at that port. Large ma gazines of provifiot'S, particularly of biscuit, are forming there. f BOIS LE-DUC, March 28. This afternooil we received the unex pected and plealing intelligence, by a courier' from the Austrian General Mylius to the Duke of Brunfwick, that the city of Antwerp had surrendered by capitulation on the 26th inft. between lix and ftven o'clock in the evening; and that the French commandant, Gen. Maraffe, was to march out, according to the capitulation, with his whole garrison with military honors to the frontiers of France. TheDukeofßrunfwick in consequence there of, has ordered his troops who were cantoned on th« territory of the Republic, to.advance towards Hooyftraaten. The one part will commence their march to-morrow, and the reft will follow the next day. LONDON, April 2 General Clairfayt is promoted to the rank of Field Marlhal, and the Archduke Charles inverted with the Grand Cross of Maria Theresa, for their military exploits. Admiral Macbride has made a moil teaman-like disposition of his numerous" fleet of crullers j they stretch across the whole channel, and nothing can escape them. They have taken a number of vcffch, neutral bottoms, laden with grain and stores, the cargoes of which, we suppose, will be bought by govern ment, and in the mean time these captures, they conceive, mult great ly distress the enemy. APKiI 4, The Polilh Resident at Dantzic has protested against the submission of that city to the King of Pruflia. The Empress of Russia has, however, consented to the raeafure. It is reported that Simon, the Mayor of Bruilels, while the French were there, and five other citizens, were hanged within half an hour after the Anftrians entered the city. Executions which would so ill ac cord with the promise of a general amnesty by the Emperor, we cannot believe to have taken place. According to letters from Italy we are informed, that a corps of 5000 French, under the command of General Bruent, attacked, 011 the 14th, a detachment of 1000 men, composed of Auftrians and Pied montefe troops, commanded by Ma jor Strafaldo, near Sofpillo j the ac tion was bloody ; our troops loft 260 soldiers ; Major Strafaldo was wounded ; two captains and two lieutenants were made prisoners by the enemy. This defeat is to be attributed to the Piedmontefe, who having fled at the commencement of the battle, drew the Auftrians after them. The loss would have been greater, if the mountaineers had not aflifted us. Private advices are said to have arrived from Dunkirk, that a dis pute has brakeu out there between the inhabitants of Boulogne and those of Montreuil, the latter have declared themselves against the re cruiting service, and have even op posed the constituted authorities, who endeavored to enforce the de cree relative to this article : these hare been neceflitated to call to their aflirtance the national guard i f Boulogne ; —which as soon as it arrived near Montrsnil fori ml the guard of that town colleillfd, arid advancing in good order, with a de tachment of the regiment of Lau zun, to difpote its entry into the town. The people ot Bouloghe, finding they might be cppofed, re solved to leave the people of Mon treal at full liberty to art, with re fpetft to the execution of Ibeir de ciees. On the 17th lilt, a violent infur reiftion broke out at Strafburgh, the inhabitants refufiug almost £pa man to have themfeives enrolled in the militia ; the aflignats had also a; (hare in this commotion. Metz In Lorraine lias also been pretty near ly in the lame state, aud from the firfl of the above caafes. The Itoppage of the French mail has.been attended with such incon venience to the merchants, that they are about to petition governmept to efta+>lifh a packet, duiiug this sus pension, between Falmouth aud Co runna. The annals of ancient ot modern times have seldom presented scenes of greater misery, or exhibited prof pecfts of more lading calamity, than rhofe which the present era affords. Amidst the desolation which reigns around him, the benevolent enquir er can scarcely fele<ft one spot on which his eye can dwell with com placency, or fpecify one a&ion he can honor with approbation.' 1 As a politician, he Ibiinks at one'mo ment from the approach of anarchy, and trembles at another for the ef tablifhtnent of despotism ; the pros perity of the former produces much apprehension, and the successes of the latter inspire 110 consolation ; while we are condemning the ini quitous contributions levied upon Antwerp by Dumourier, we are re minded of the rapacious exactions of Cobourg at Aix la-Chapelle.— When we examine the charatfter of the different tuitions of Europe, a mong some of them we hear lofty declamations on religion and mora lity from their pulpits and senates, though infidelity lurks in the heart, and profligacy dire&s the life ; and behold a people (hunning Ojeabyfs, yet playfully wantoning on its brink ; while among others princi ples of atheirin are profefled, homi lies inculcating ic are taught, and sentiments and a&ions operating in dreadful unison, create universal confufion The following is a tranftation of the order of hi 3 Catholic Majesty for the expulsion of Frenchmen from Spain, addressed to the Governor of the council of Castile : Sir, " Hostilities ought to be regard ed as already commenced with the French ; and cenfidering them as aggreflors, according to the advice given by Ladiflos Habor, comman dant general, per interim, of Cata lonia ; under this fuppoiition his majesty, without waiting for the conclusion which his extraordinary council will addrels to him, wills, that proceedings be immediately taken to expel from ihrs kingdom, beginning at Madrid, all French inen, not housekeepers—and that notice be given to each of them, without loss of time, to depart from the place of their residence in 8 days time, under the penalties eftablifli ed in like cases. " The day (hall hereafter be fix ed for their departure out ofSpain, and measures will be taken to pre vent their concealing themfelves,or avoiding the moil direct road. I inform your excellency of the or ders of his majesty, in order that the council may cause this royal re solution to be executed with the zeal and activity expected. (Signed) Duke de la Alcudia." April 6 The opinion of an eminent coun cil has lately been taken on the fol lowing queitifiij ; " Are tjip landed estates of Bankers liable to the pay ment of their notes, and i heir other debts on simple comraift His an swer was, " Bankers* as well as other traders, aie fubjecft to the Bankrupt Laws ; and if, on fail' re of the payment of their debts-, a Conimiffion of Bankrupt*-v tic taken out against them, the i.tnded e(taie of all the partners (subject to any J 410 feitlement or mortgage tliat may have been made thereof) as well as the whole of their personal proper ty, are liable to the payment ot their notes, and other debts con traded in the course of their trade. Of the dispositions made by Lord Mansfield of his immense property, it has only transpired, that he has bequeathed to the two Miss Mu'r rays, the lifters of Lord Stormont, who have long formed a part of the family at Caen Wood, the Ann of 10,000) • each, and an annuity of one thousand pound per year. Of the former font 20001. were to be paid immediately after his decease. To his own man, —— Douey, his Lordship has left an annuity of ajol. a year. The other fervaius of his household have a liberal provilion. The remainder of his fortune de volves to Lord Viscount Sformont, the present Earl of Mansfield. Lad week died in Corke, Dotfior Leslie, an eminent banker. 1 his gentleman had amafled a fortune of near one hundred thousand pounds, and with the faireft character. He was far advanced in years,and when he commenced pratftice as a surgeon, he artually received half-crown fees for bleeding. His skill in his pro felfion, was not furpafl'ed by his fi nancial abilities, which led to so much opulence. In the course of a very few days, our preparations for war have af futned a new tone, and become as active as they were evidently re miss, when our allies, the Dutch, were in the moll imminent danger. Of the fituaiion of French affairs at present, in point of fact, this country appears perfectly ignorant ; the rumours of the day, the off spring of political prophecy, are as follow :—That Dumourier afluming the double character of General and Politician, had abandoned all his conquests, and with his army had repaired to Paris, for the pur pose of making an effertual stand a gainst the party of Egalite, his Prime Minister Robertfpiere, and his vir tuous Aid du-Camp, Marat, t'o -whom is attributed the recent defeat of Dumoarier's projects in the Ne. therlands ; and, horrible to the re flection of civilized society, it is re lated, that the purpose of the par ty at prefentoutof power in France can only be attained by a general niaflacre of their guilty opponents. A Treaty of Alliance is about to be concluded between this court and that of Vienna. Lord Elgin is gone thither for that purpose. The trade of this country has been so well protected by the num ber of cruizers in the channel, that the war has in refpetS to captures, been felt in a very inconsiderable degree by the Merchants and Un derwriters. Yesterday arrived the Flanders and Dutch Mails ; the former of which brought us the Brullets Ga zettes, with the restored Black Ea gle, down to the date of the 28th ult. By these the intelligence is con firmed to us, that the enemy have entirely evacuated the Belgic ter- ritories Dumourier was at Bruflels To late as the 23d ult.—at midnight he-left it, till which rime the French I'a troles remained at their polls, and tolerable good order preserved ; but so soon as thev were gone, and no authority exilling as a check, the populace proceeded to pillage eve ry place where any valuables were depofiied ; these tumultuous pro ceedings • were not ftopt till the next day, when the Auttrian ad vanced guard arrived. On the following day arrived the Arch Duke, accompanied by the Prince of Saxe Cobourg, and other General Officers. This Prince arrived v/ith a co lumn of the auny, and was receiv ed at the gate of the city, about halfafier one, by the Magillrates and other' officers, who accompa nied his Royal Highnel's to the Col leg-ire Cha»ch of St. Gudule, to fcnd»r thanks to God for the success of tut aims of his auc;uH: brother. After r'.ie Ft? Ocn n had been sung, iid after a exa nined the »«.- ri had made in the iM'ch us r,oyal Higlmefs weju | to the eanrt, where , an «pari«>en l had been prepared for liim ; —ii, - furniture and the moveables l.cie had either been pillaged or fold i.* the French. In the evening all u/e fronts of the houses were illumina ted ; and his Ro/al Highjiefs ta king a carriage shewed hijnfcif i n almoit every quarter of the city am id It such a number of peopic' that they frequently 01-fti ucted Kii paH'age, and filled the air with ac clamations. The sacred vefieis, chandeliers and other things ot silver taken by ilie Executive Council from the Churches and neighboring Abbeys were reltored en the 2sd ult. by or der of Gen. Dumouner. Ou the next day the Buigefles, after having pulled down the pretended uee ot' liberty, with the cap at the fanunit of if, drew ic by a cord ill rough tnc streets adjacent to the Grand P«. lace, where, making a great fire they committed it to the flaiaes' crying, "To the Devil with Ja Car' maguole and the Jacobins ; Francis 11. forever. The bank of England, it is said, have determined to ifluc j). notes' and to have dependant offices in dif i'erent parts of the kingdom. Excratf of a letter from Conftanti. nople, Feb. 12. " The Turkiih to Russia has commenced his journey with great pomp, attended by a re tinue of upwards of 3 00 persons. His name is Mehemet Reis Jfcffendi. He takes with inni a great number of rich presents, eonfiiting of jew. els and pearls. " The Divan has given orders to repair and refortify all the works of the Turkifli strong holds. Seve ral armed velfels h;iv e been sent to the different harbors of the Black Sea. " Baron Brentano,who caniehere to enter into the Turkiih service has not been fuccefsful in his offer' and will soon embai k for England." Twoof ber mnjefty's nieces are about to be married immediately. We ihould have been happy to have said that it had been two of her daughters. The two eldest daughters of the reigning Duke of Mecklenburg Stre litz are very fhbrtly to be married to two of the King of Pruflia's fans. AMERICA. NASSAU, (N. P.) April j. A Letter from the Caiacos, re ceived since our last, mentions a re port of a French armed veflel from Europe, having captured a Durch ship, and carried her into Cape Ni chola Mole. It is also (aid that a frigate and two cutters have lately failed on a cruise from Cape-Fran cois. PROVIDENCE, May 16. Monday evening last arrived the India (hp General Wafiiington, Capt. Donnifon, owned by Messrs. Brown and Francis, of this town, after a pail.ige of five: months Sioin..China, laden with the productions of the eastern world.— Captain Donnifon touched at St. Euftatius, on his passage home, ar(l confirms the ac count of the taking of Tobago by the Bfitilh fleet; it was reported at Statia, that the Engllfh admiral had declared the port of To bago free fur Americans for one year.—Capt. Bailv, iu a (loop owned at New-York, by MeiTrs. J. P. Mumford and Co. was seized by the French at Tobago, a few days before the island was captured. OXFORD, (Maryland) May 11. On the ' ' -irrived ; n Choptank the i Tucker, mas- Britifti fc ter, prize Trency, tured on paflage from the ljianci ui new-Providence to Philadelphia—t'rom her being brought in here by Capt. John Hooper, of Dorchester county, manned by the citizens of America, together with Engtidi and Dutch, and from the wan* of propet documents, the said schooner was on vefterday made seizure of by the collector of this port. NE W Y O HK, May ar. Captain Green of the schooner Harmony, in ten days from Halifax, informs us that a large homeward bound French Weft-India man, laden with cotton, indigo, coffee and sugar, and said to fcte worth 25,003]. had beer captured by the Alligator frigate, Capt. As fleck, and carried into that port ; and fevers other veliels likewise prizes to the fame lri gate, were daily expected, tte, B. Enderge Union was tap- Carolina on her
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