?rr. v.;:!i 1. f . M,- f:c j un der the cci:n{> at a!.,..id.-, v.'li.-r- they were cii -1.. - ;.a.t ;■ .i »'•.* J > j«t: raL.: •.Yen* going to ciw-iii'.: . t i tlficc Ii«l; ana piccciof C£ivji;n to my puU.ol Bd<c .-'orc.^ " ii*ncf*\ CZirfum«*iiM who wis ordsic4 «D ka p upea :ny comu'Ji.JCitior... from B-.lla PorW.- m Iwthe, (cvtral times cheeked iheene* my, who endeavoured to turn my iff; fiant, and r tO CUt off U'»y HitJc. t , , . .«* DaniMUjTe had written to mc to 4*cpy.r to him ni ; i-l!,or to ic'.:d tohini acc ..i ---dcntial per Jon. I charged with this million Ad jutant General Dupont, and • could not have tiioi'jii one more diltinguilhci in every re:pc&, or who is more zealous iu the ct Kepufclic. <l I cannot too much praifethe courage of our bradefenders, they displayed Republican Va lour, aad ob«erv*u a discipline ■which gives the greatrlt hopes of the success of our arms. 1 hey .lie fatigued, but they never lose that chcerful uef's w'iii.h is infepersble irom a good caule. " My finall army coniifls of troops from Dou ay, the camp near Lille aiid die advanced polls ot the latter. "P. S, At nine this morning the troops are underarms. They will keep the enemy in check while Dtfpourches is making efforts to drive them from the Abbey of Vigogne. I have no doubt'of their fwc'ceft if they can be joined by Kedonville. lam going to proceed to his poll when I .have vifitcd those which are in front and on my left fisnk." 'hUMMUNS OF DUNKIRK. Le ter from Cjpu u Cicnmus, com madding a fqu«diu*< l»«!> Biiunmc M. jetty belore Du'ikn k, i v Gin. Pjfcai X renvcycr, April 24. "Six, 44 Having tlje honor to command a fousdron of thips o! war o! his ISritanmc Maj , delbn- before Dunknk; and «e;idy 10 co operate with Vtoe threes that are advancing by land if) reduce »I .it row»r, one*. *•> fl uiin'bing, I lake ih»' liberty to inform you, thai if you have any proposal* to make, to * ndeav >r to chcck the progrt fs of a which mini infallibly i'ltvolvtf the town and inhabitants ot Dunkirk tr> total ruin and dclli u&ion, I *m ready to rcct ive lUcm, and to insure inviolability ot persons and pio perty. si I invite you, Sir, and all the inhabitants of Dunkirk, to take into fenous consideration the lad effctU which will ret'ult to you arid your families from refuting this conciliatory offer to prevent a farther ctFufion of blood, and tor put ting an end on your part to a war lo deftt u£tive lo the true ot your country. 44 I am lent to offer you the protection of a great and honorable power, until youi Conflitu tion shall be eUabiilKed o«i a (olid basis. 44 I Ihould not have detained the filhing boat les Trvis Suurs, MatHieU Charles Kezel. had not a brfilKh ptivateer 011 <Fnci&y lad taken two English fifhing boats, between Folkltone and Dover. I had no orders to moicft induf triaus filhcrmcn. I iranfmiued orders to rhc O dicer who commands the naval forces of his Britannic Majetty ;>t Oft'-nd, to set at Viberty the fifherman Kczel. whom I now fend to Dunkirk with this letter i having detained his son as an hottagc til 1 , he brings me back an answer. I de clare on my honor, that when I rrceivc it, I {hall.teleafe the boat of M. C. Kczel, and his crew, to go wherever they may choose, and pay him also tor his iroub.e. 41 I declare solemnly, on the honor of an En glish officer, that if any person tiorn Dunkirk, will do me the honor to come and treat with me personally, his suite, boat and crew, shall remain facrtd, and that they shall have full li berty to return to Dunkirk whenever they think proper. 44 I am, Sir, 41 yotir mod obedient 44 humble fervan% 44 JOHN CLEMENTS, fenr. 4S Commanding tlie squadron o( the ships of 44 h ; s Britannic Majcfty, before Dnhki. k." Ctrpy 0 j the ar.fwer oj Brigadier-General Kercnvcyer, Comma nda at at Dunkirk. 44 SIR, 11 I have received the letter which you took the trouble to write to me to announte your plans, and the orders with which you are charged. I have only a few words to fay in re ply, ami theft are, that neither I, who have the honor to command in Dunkirk, nor any of the inhabitants or citizens, will ever liftentoany propofa!'tending to di(honor the French name. It is useless therefore' to lose time in epiftdlary correfjjondence, which would become tedious, and be at least illegal. Do me the hgnor to attack inc in a military manner, and I (h<tll have that of answering you — for it ifi in this manner that difcuflions ought lo be terminated between people of our cloth. Signed, PASCAL KERENVEYER, " The Biigadicr Genera) Commandant of the " DUrift oh Dunkirk." FR ANCKFORT, May i At one o'clock in the morning of the ?.8 h ull. the French landed near Guftavcfburg, Aided unperccived between the advanced posts, then advanced and mounted on the parapet ol a bat ter}, at which a derarhment of Pruflian can no-, i»errs had been wot king all night, and where they were at that very moment reposing their weaiied limbs. The attack was so unexpected, that thole who were not at fir it killed, or made prisoners, en- to fjve themfrlves in the neighbour ing batteries; but the French pursued them so clofrly, that the Sixon troops, charged with the guard.of the other batteries and entrenchments, alio yielded to the impetuosity of the aifrfiU piiis, in spite of all the endeavors ot th"ir officers to prevent them. The enemv thefi spiked up the large artillery, rohorns, See. and took away their cirriawes,. ana B|fo. three (mall cannon.— M. de LuSen, a brave Pruflian officer of artil lery, was killed upon this occasion, as were also a gr. ai number of niatroflT s; M. de Rabe, Li -ut, of artillery, and many of the privates be longing to his corps, were taken prisoners. Such W2s the coniufion that entiled in conse quence of this nocturnal expedition, that the German peafanls iu the neighbourhood drove ?-;d t«»c Saxons fcnl their jctob ihf rui'r. . I noi i< fe one mar. ; »I»r fii/'piiiiv -• vi« k3b to be uuat>ic to fixc i can-;'."- u tr»crn, I. K C, HORN, April ?3. "y a fivp ai:ivvd Iwit from BtfUia, in the ifUnd ol liain, tint (,chci»l Pioii -.ha# »r'« r c<l I" nlif'y ihe Decree brought to him Vy the Com::riri.)no:i, wish orderj to condiiS him 10 ilu- if' "I ih NrtimM Convention. B E L F ii s i', Mav ai. FROM TIIF. LOSbON GAZtt f'E. May 14. Extralofa Letter from Cou'inJSir lama \furraj Hait. Adjutant General to the forces unit' the to Mi. Sccutdi, Duniu 1, tlwl [ournay trh) 10, ■*33- In confeouence of the movement* of lk)*e* enemy, wmc.i 1 :>ve re.tfon ti> expe<st an at-! tack uNn the Austrian and PruiEan putts, liis- Roval Hir.hncl's determined .10 march jn the mo ning of the Bth to their fupporr. lie ar rived about fix o'clock at the crjmp of Maul de with the brigade of Gnartfs, and a battalion of the loth lesiniunt ot Hanoverian infantry. The Prufiian General was by this mean 1 ! ena bled to reinforce himfelf, at St* Amand and the adjoining wond, with the troops which had occupied that important position. The attack commenced about 7 o'clock. It was directed agitnft the posts occupied by Scheldt to the Abbayc da Vigogne, and the Pruliian corps which defends the wood in the front of the high road, leadinglroui that pUc' to ?t. Am tnd. To these paints were directed the whole efforts of the French army, which had been previously reinforced by all they could bring together from every quarter. General Kno bteldorif having been under the neccifity of fending a confutable part of the troops to lupport the Auftrians at the Abbaye de Vi gogne, his Royal Highness about 5 o'clock, lett two battalions in the camp ai Manioc, and marched with the Coldftream, the flank battalion, and that of the third regiment, to his support. When the battalion of the Coldftream, which was upon the left, arrived, the enemy had nearly reached the road ; they abeady commanded it to a great degree, by the fire ; the guns attached to the battalion were pla ced up(ii) it, and by a well directed and well supported fire, kept the battery which was opposed to them in check, and did considera ble execution. The battalion advanced into the wood, at tacked and drove the enemy before them : in going,for ward they, became unfortunately exposed to the fire of a battery, from which they filtered severely. They fell back to their position at the edge of the wood, which they maintained for the reft of the day, not withstanding a heavy cannonade ; the enemy made no attempt to approach them. Nothing can exceed the spirit awd bravery displayed by the men and officers of the battalion upon this occaiion ; nor is less praise due to the alacrity and intrepidity with which the other battalions advanced into adtion. They took different positions in the wood, where they were at times exposed to a severe cannonade, from which, however, tiiey re ceived little injury, the direction of tile fire being in general above theni. There were seen this morning between forty and fifty of the French lying dead upon tiie spot upon which the lire of the Coldftream and of its guns hats been directed. Major General Lake commanded the battalions which went into action ; and his Royal Highness declar ed he was much indebted to him for his ex ertions. The importance of the service rendered by his Majesty's troops upon this day has been acknowledged in the (IrOngeft and mo(t most explicit teifris by the Generals of the different armies; and if by their trmely co operatiwn the enemy were prevented from advancing upon the high road, it cannot be .doubted that they contributed, in a' vefy degree, to secure the fortune of the day. At the Abbaye de Vigogne and the village ofßaimesthe a&ion continued with'a.lmoft equal and unremitting violence, tils 8 o'clock in the evening : General Clairfayt was every where fuccefsful in maintaining his ground ; the enemy, however, though balH«l and de feated in their purport?, remained in the woods within a very small distance of his During the action they cannonaded the Prus sian camp near St. Amand. lam not exattly informed what mealures they took in order to keep the Prince of Cobourg in check, but it appears that nothing of moment patted in that quarter. Upon the following day, t!ic grh, there ( was but little firing, and it was not known, what might be the intention of the enemy. His Royal High'nefs thought it therefore proper to let thejtroops remain till the evening at St. Amand and Maufde. Every thing being quiet, and intelligence having been received troops opposed to lieneral Knobelf. dorfF were retreating, they began their march for Tour nay, but he was (topped at tlue -vlft» lageofMaulde by a meflage *om General Clairfayt, informing him that the enemy had erected batteries all along his front, as well as upon some part of General Knobelfdorffs, which, if they were allowed to complete and poflTefs, it would become extremely difficult for him to maintain his position.—His Royal Highness immediately (topped the march of the troops, and went himfelf to St. Amand, where he was met by Gen. Clairfayt and Gen. KnobelfdOrff. It was agreed that the Auftrians and Piufflani (houkl assault the whole of the batteries at day-break, whilst his Royal Highrtefs retained polfefijpij of the camp of Maulde. Tiiis was done accordingly had the df 474 (red frcce*. Thf sw*V '.ad tr-.thtfrat ne,r c..n,.0.i i:. the..isbi ! trelv driven iVoin the batttr:«, ic-versl kil ls], and upward; of I X) p. ifo«" tnken, with a ve:y iiuoniiderable lols. fhus uioti every occafmn, ?hc enemy eem to > ave eit.rclv abandoned their deli-tt • tbe bouy which came from Life ha* fallen back upon Orchies. There i". firing to day at one otOen. Ca:rfavt\ post«, but nothing which had the appearance of a serious attack. By t'ie ac con.it of deferte-s and prilpiters, they lolt 4.OJJ upon the Sth.—General Dtnipiere is find to have received a wound, of which i.e is iince dead. . The troop 1 ! arrived this evening in their former quarter*. The Anftrians had upwaids of 5X> killed and wounded, and the Pruilians 43a on the Bth. DUBLIN, May 23. By Sir lames Murray's letter wc Jo not find (hat the Frrnch, if th.-y did icallv 4 0c0 men on the 8 h, were much diilurbed by that dreadful wailc of blood, for they not only kept the field of battle, but fought again the r.ex; Jay, and on the 10th it appears ihai they rented in perfect order, caricd off their cannon, and were neither pursued or annoyed by ihe combined armies. LONDON, May 15. The Auft ians have made a requisition, through a Britifli officer, to our government, for various supplies, and among other arti cles for 40,020 tons of hay, without which they allure our Mini Iters that they cannot keep the field. The requifitioji fills, as we hear from ru mour, sixteen pages of paper. All the ne cpfTiries of flour, oats, beef, pork, and in short, provisions of all kind, cl.oat.hs of ail kind,,a.nns of all k'nd, (tores of all kind, &c. Sic. are enumerated,and without our aid tl>ey cann'Jt go on. These are pleasant circuni ffances for a country already so deeply in volved. A pleasure boat belonging to Yarmouth, in taking the diversion of (idling, and (hooting at the rock birds beyond the Needles,has been taken by a French privateer and carried in to St. Maloes. We underitand that the loss on both fides, in the late engagement near C.onde, is much was at fy*ft reported. The loss of the French is stated ro be 2000 men, besides 26 pieces of cannon taken. The French Ge nera) having been Completely foiled in the objedl of his attempt, which was to throw succours into Valenciennes and Conde, it is thought both thole places will very speedily surrender at discretion. PORTSMOUTH, May 19. The far) lowing, is an accurate ft ate of the line of battle fliips to a<st under the command of vice admiral Lord Hood, in the Mediter ranean. Victory and Britannia, of ioo guns ; Sf George, Wind for Castle, Princess Royal, of 98 guns; Sgmont, Illustrious, Alcid?, Ter rible, Agamemnon, Fortitude, ColoiFuv Cou. rageaux, Captain, Leviathan, Robuit, Ber wick, Bedford and Montague, of 74 guns ; and the St. Albans and Ardent, of 64 tuns ; with ado the r (hip of the line not yet ordered, 15 frigate l :, firefhips, Hoops, cutters, &c. in all 6o pendants—-and are to be joined with 35 (hips of different rates, belonging to Spain. As this immense force cannot he intended toa& only against the French fleet in that Tea, not above one third of its number or strength, and as the ftiips carry a number of flat-bottomed boats—there can be no doubt whatever hut that both Toulon and JMar fcilles will be attacked, and probably at the fame time. N A N T Z, April 24. Confirmation oj the taking oj the Capital of Brittany - 'J "r - by th( Rayaliftf. , /The Patriots, finding thejnfelves defeatec an to the prisons of Bouffiu and Chateau prisons at Nantz) in which tiiey had flmt u] i number of viftirns, males and females. \V Jo not know the number of tbofe in the Cha teau, but,we know that in the prifou u Boufiai 22 were confined. Of this numbe were MetfVs. de Menou, the lather and eldcl son; M. de Vue, and his two Tone in law two Mellieurs de B' ue du Cleray ; Villeaduc an advocate ; M. Grandmaifon ; Arnould di Cornileau; Richard de la Rouilliere, brother of our late legitimate mayor ; and Laurencin, and his four companions, with wliofe names we are unacquainted. The monsters had just time to butcher all their victims in (hefe two prisons. But the divine vengeance did not long delav the pu nilhment due to their barbarity. The firft care of the Roya.'ifts, on entering viftorioufly intoNantz (an event which took place the day before yeftcrday, alter the battle of Son mere, fought on the 2ift, on the Kochclle road, at two leagues distance from this capi. tal) was to set free the prisoners. But they were, alas! too late—they found them all butchered, and floating in their blood, which was still warm ! Then it was that, listening to the impulse of their lage ouiy, they llew every man t ley found in arms; not one of whom escaped their just resentment; the butchery was such, that the blood ran in ri vulets through the ftrtets. Thus ha* this juftifiable severity expiated the high enorm'.ties of the Guillotine these wretches kept in const uit readiness on the square of Bouffai, and which, like the Idol of Bel, daily devoured several viftinis. So nu merous, were these that, to ovoid terrifying the people, they had been under <he necessity of iurround:ng it by a number of planks of a certain height, and ot covering the floor of the enclofuie with a deep layer of fatd, to the end that the blood might be thus absorbed ana prevented irom overflowing the square.' United States. EELIZA RE rH 1 UW-N,(M.)July 5. La It week the ingenious ami ulu lofnphic Mi. Chambers, us Mercers* burgh, in Pennsylvania, Uvortd us with a few experiments of his new invented Fire Arms. He had but a small piece with him, which,never tlidefs, discharged fix balls in f uc . ceiliun, with only 00ce loading and once drawing the nigger, extTufive of the refei v<- shot, which .went off at the drawing another trigger. He fired at a mark, and each b.iil f tPm . Ed to the fame force and effect as if loaded and fired in the common manner, and from a common nuif. ket. He informs ns that lie has made another,* about thelize Q f a n Engliill niufket, which will dilcharge 13or r 4 balls in the fame manner ; which number of rounds, at clole quarters (and in a serious engaoe inent it is vague, in some cases more dangerous to fight otherwise) will very probably decide any battle. There is a fufficiency of time be tween each ftiot to take frelh aim. This fee ins really to be a great and important improvement office arms —and it would be a pity that out national legislature Ihould either want power or inclination to avail thenifelves of the invention. But humanity, on the other hand, whifpeis in our ear, Hay thy hand) there are already too many inventi ons to delti oy the life of man. Yet as it has in a great measure been demonstrated, that the invention of gun powder and fire arms have been the means of Caving many lives; therefore, a farther improvement in this science, according to purity of reasoning, may be the means, in the end, of laving (till more. How ever, be this at it may, the govern ment of a country ought to have the power and the means, as well of repelling invasion and (Inking terror to an enemy, as ofexercifing national lenity and humanity. N E W-Y O Ii K, July , 0 . In our Journal of the 3d lull. we published an account ofthe entranc es and clearances of veflels foreign ports, and of coallers, at the port of Philadelphia, for the last fix months. A correspondent has fa vored us with the fame, at the cus tom house of this port, for the like period. The following ltatenienc of both is now presented for the in formation of our readers :— <! V s<i I.< ? ►»* o rs o on c -j sr. f ? "H. s<? ?? 5 " ? - k;»t ~. s | % = "?- r. L a 5' o — 7Z -• to ' n> 3 2 o> -. 3 1 - 2 ~ 5 P rs -» 2 < c" 1 T 1 -: CL. O r m ° "— w a" w _ - " » 3, « " 2> 5? =s.iy ?} I=. 2 J." s ra it|« R« 2 ctj "o 3 _"o -o 5 ■<2 ;3 I? »« ~i n» rt J. fro r* <8 <o z -i c c *r •o-> 0 a. O 7T -- ~ '— o !C Ships 72 73 I 49 8 5 3 6 Brigs,&c.'n'r in 91 114 57 Sch'rs. 51 70 19 J7 76 19 Sloops, 44 ji 7 jj 64 I? 273 305 27 Z4B 37-3 12* Coasters, 351 538 187 219 516 296 July 16 Extract of a letter from a Captain o£an Ame rican vessel at St. Euftatia,dated 23d June, 1 793) received yesterday. 44 The privateers play the deuce with the American vessels, that have no lea letters or pass—- that is to fay ft bey carry them into port, overhaul them front stem to stern, and oftentimes detain them a week or more ' they go through an examination, in which they are sworn and qoeftioned by the king' 3 attorney, whatever Jie pleases to alk, which inuft be very embarrafiing." In honor of the day (14th July) a number of patriotic French and American citizens as sembled at Corre's, where an elegant «ntei tainment was provided ; the national colours of France and the 13 stripes of America weff displayed in several parts of the city—and m the evening art invitation was given by the 'fammany Society, to the French Consul other citizens, at their Wigwam, where a cold c ollation was provided. EXAMPLE FOR CHARACTER WRIT) F ROM THE AUGySTA CHRONICLE LAST Sunday morning, Mrs. Li lius breathed Iter la ft, in the 79- h year ofr a lite ac voiid io virtue. In her last y.vars (Tic fuiFercd much affl ,^ ,on » with ihnt temper and disposition which a resigned will; andmetdcaih, <»« Krr dcli^ tr from pain ana forrovv, in confidence of'the re furreclion of the jujl. ? s* ►< tr c
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