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