tray and Tournay. On the iffiie of
this attack depends the fate of Tojir
'nay and Ghent. On the other flank
of the Combined Armies, their army
of the Ardennes has penetiated into Na
mur, while Jourdau, with the army of
the Mozelle, keeps Bea'ulieu almolt in
a state of liege in the Luxembourg,
and Michaud, with the array of the
Rhine, is advancing again'! Treves.
A British ■ officer has been taken in
to cujlody in Flanders, on a charge of.
correspondence with the enemy.
From the London Gazette Extraordinary.
WHITEHALL, April, 30, 1794.
A letter of which the following is a 1
copy, dated Cateau, April 25, 1794,
was lalt night received by the Right
Honorable Henry DHildas, his Majef
tv's Fiincipal Secretary of State for the
Home Department, from his royal high
ness the Duke of York.
Cateau, April 27, 1794.
S I R,
In couf.-quence of a requelt from the
Prince of Cobourg, I sent, the day be
fore yefterdny, a detachment of cavalry
to reconnoitre the enemy, who were
reported to have aflerinbled at the Camp
de CseiSfr, near Capabrai. This patrole,
with which General Otto went .himSelf,
found the enemy in great force, and so
Itrongly polled at tin! village of Villers
en Caixhic, that he sent back for a
reinforcement, wliich I immediately de
tached ; it conlilied of two squad.tins of
tile Zetchwitz Cuirassier.% Mvjoi Gene
ral Manfel's Brigade of heavy Cavalry,
and the eleventh regiment of Light
Dragoons.
As they could not arrive till it wl
dark, General Otto was obliged to de
lay the attack till the next morning,.
when it took j.-brce fuon after day break.
He then ordered two squadrons of Huf
fais, and two iquadrons of the fifteenth
regiment of Light Dragoons to charge
the enemy, which they did with the
greatest success' 1 ; and finding a line of
Infantry in the rear of the Cavalry, they
Continued the charge without hefitiition,
and broke tliem likewise. Had they
been properly supported, the entire def
tradiion of the tneray "mult have been
the conlequence, but, by some miflake,
General Mantel's Brigade 'did not ar
rive in time for that purpose. The ene
ir.v, however, were completely driven
back, and obliged to retreat, in great
"Confufio 1, into Cumbiai, with the loss
vc hundred men killed in the
; 'Id, ;nd three pieces of Xannon.
gallantry displayed by these
t ops, but particularly by the 75th
f-gitl. ;t of Light Dragoons, does them
ft In; high : honor; ft;id, conlideringthe
danger of their tituarion, when left
thotit support, the loss they experi
enced is (.t considerable. The only of
fice w led was Captain Aylett, of
the 15th regiment, who had the misfor
tune to be severely wotmded by a bayo
net in the body.
Inelofed I transmit a return of the
killed, wounded and rri ffiiig upon this
occalion.
The lirft parallel at Landrt'cies is ifi
such forwardnefs, that it is intended to
■night to convey the cannon into the
batteries, which are to'open to-'fnorrow.
The enemy attempted'this morning to
make two forties, but were driven back
with considerable loss.
I am, Sir, &c.
FREDERICK.
Right Hon. Henry Dundas, &c.
Return of the killed, wounded, &c. in
the action on the 24th of Apiil, I 794.
Royal Horse Guards. I Hoi ft'killed,
1 ditto wounded, 2 ditto miffing.
3d Dragoon Guards. 1 Quarter maf
tcr, 1 ferjeant, 36 rank and file, 46
horses, killed, 2 rank and file, 1 horse,
wounded, 7 rank and file miffing.
ill Regt. Dragoons. 1 rank and file,
2 horses, killed, 2 rank and file, 3 hor
ses wounded.
11 ill Light Dragoons, i rank and
file killed.
15th Light Dragoons. I Serjeant,
16 rank and file, 19 horses killed, I
officer, 1 ferjeant, 11 rank and file, 11
horses wounded.
Officer wounded. Captain Aylett-.
One surgeon's mate, 3d Dragoon
Guards, killed.
J. H. CRAIG, Adjutant General.
WHITEHALL, April 30.
The letters, of which the following
are copies, were this morning received
from his Royal Highness the Duke of
York, by the Right Hon. Henry Dun
das, his Majeily's principal fecietary of
state for the Home Department.
Heights above Cateau, April 26,
1794.
Sir,
It is from the field of battle that
have the fatisfadlion to acquaint you,
for his majesty's information, with the
glorious success which the army under
my command have had this day.
At day-break this morning the enemy
att?cked me on all tides. After a vhort
but fcY'tre conflict, we succeeded in re
pulling them with confide table (laugh
ter. The enemy's General, Chapuy,
is taken ptifoner, and we are mailers of
thirty-five pieces of the enemy's can
non. The behavior of the British Ca
valry has been beyond all piaife.
It is impoifible for me as vet to give
any account of the loss fuftairied bv his
majesty's troops. I have reason tj be
lieve that it is not conuderable.
The only officers of whom I have
any account as yet, and who, I believe,
are all who have'fallen on this occalion,
are Major-Gen. Manfel, Capt. Pigot,
and Capt. Fellows, of the third Dia
gcro.i Guards.
Tile army under his Imperial maiefly
was attacked at the lame time, anu the
only particulars with which I am ac
quainted at piefent are, that the enemy
were likewil'e repulfcd with great loss.
1 shall "not fail to feud yoti a more fall
account by the firlt opportunity.
I am, &c.
FREDERICK.
P. S. This.letter will be delivered :6
you by my aid-de-camp, Captain Mur
ray, who will be able to give you any:
further information that you 'may wiih
to receive.
Rt. Hon. Henry Duodas, &c.
* "
'Cateau, Apiil 26, 1794.
Sir,
In addition to my letter written im
mediately after the engagement, I have'
jufl learnt from his Imperial trmjell
that General Count Cingfky and Gene-;
ral 'Eellegarde, after having reptilfed the.
enemy with great fliugfiter from
Prifches, had puifued thi'th as far as
day. light would permit, in the direftioni
of C hapelhynid have taken twenty-two
piecesof cannon, so that We'arc alreaey
in polfeffion of f.ffy-feveii pieces of ord
nance, taken ;ivm the enemy tins day.
I am, &c.
Rt. Hon. Henry Duudas.
FREDERICK.
Return of the killed, wounded, &c. '611'
the 26th of April 1794.
Royal Horse Guards, Blue. 1 Quar
ter Mailer killed, 4 Serjeants wounded ;
15 rank and tile kill l , d, 16 ditto'wound
ed; yy horses killed, 17 ditto wounded,
8 milling. I
King's Dragoon Guards. 6 rank &
file killed, 13 ditto wounded, 1 ditto
miffing; 30 Horses killed, 29 dittc'
wounded, 35 ditto miffing.
3d Dragoon Guards. 2 Officers lol
led, 2 ditto wounded, I -ditto miffing';
1 Serjeant killed, ?. ditto wounded; 14
rank and file killed, 6 ditto wounded;
25 Horses killed, 2 ditto wounded.
sth Dragoon Guards. 1 Officer, 1
Quarter-'mafter wounded ; 9 rank and
file killed; 8 ditto Wounded, 4 ditto
fniiffing, 23 Horses killed, 9 ditto
wounded, 2 ditto taken by the enemy,
2 ditto miffing.
lit Dragoons. 1 Officer, 2 Serjeants
Wounded; 6 rahlt and file killed, 11
ditto wounded ; 12 Horses killed; 14
; ditto wounded, 1 ditto miffing.
7th Light D v agoons. 1 Rank and
file killed, 19 ditto wounded ; 7 horses
killed, 5 ditto wounded.
i Ith Light Dragoons. 5 Horfts kil
led, 2 ditto wounded.
16th Light Diagoons. I Rank and
file killed, 14 ditto woUnded ; 6 horses
killed, 12 ditto wounded.
Total of killed, wounded and miffing.
Officers. 2 killed 4 wtiunded, I mif
fing.
Quarter.masters. 1 killed; 1 wound
ed.
Rank and file. 5?. killed, 87 wound
ed* 5 miffing.
Horses. 133 killed, t wounded, 2
taken by the enemy, 65 miffing.
Officers names.
Major Genta'al Manfel and Lieute
nant Fellows killed.
Captain Pigot, Lieutenant Moore &
Lieutenant Froom, Wounded.
Captain Manfel miffing.
j. H. CRAIG, Adjutant General.
A letter of which the following is a
copy, was yefteiday received from Col.
Craig, Adjutant General, to his Royal
Highness the Duke of York, by the
Right Honorable Henry Diindas, his
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State,
for the home department.
Deynfe, April 30, 1794.
S I R,
General Walmoden's Aid de Camp
is this instant arrived here with the
disagreeable news, that yesterday the
enemy attacked the post at Moncron,
where Gen. Clairfait, with some bat
talions of Auftrians, had joined the Ha
novarians, and that, after a long and
fevcre action, they had forced our peo
pie to retire with tiie lots of lome can
non and tumbrils. Menin still aeld out
late lail night ; but this event, by ren- '
dering an immediate luccourimpoffible, ■
obliges 11 j to took up to the lois of that j
poll as an almolt neceflary confequeuce.
I have the honor, &c.
J. H. CRAIG.
Rt. Hon. Henry Dundas, &c. &c.
I wo pious Bilhops were engaged in
the late late plot for affailiriating tile
King of the Two Sicilies. The other
eonlpirators, were for the mod part
nobles. It was the Lazzaroni, or Swi
nish multitude, that saved the Royal
Family.
1 here are accounts from Porto Mau
nzio, that the Freitch have captured
Raux and Saorgia. The conflict is
iaid to have lailed eight hours and the
Republicans took 400 Piedmoritefe, in
cluding two Generals, prisoners of war.
Before accounts left Genoa, intelli
gence was brought from Albenga, that
the Fiench had been driven from Saor
gia with coniiderable loss ; and that the
Auitrian and Piedmontefe alio sur
rounded the French in the valley of
Oneglia, and routed them on their
march to Oi ineu, with coniiderable
.laughter.
The following moil important intel
ligence from Poland, was sent to us as'
the paper was going to press.
That the inliirgentj, advancing with.;
great speed from Cracow, had attacked?
War saw, which, after a furious and mod j
deft ructive bombardment, they had tak I
ken. That the king of Poland had been ■
obliged to retire, with the Pi uffian and
Ruffian troops into the Citadel, to which
the Patriots iveie laying iiege when tli»>
above intelhgence'was lAit away.
Dilpatches were yeilerday fnit! to
have been received from Dublin, by
Government} of rather an alarming na
ture. Report fays, that in cbnTequeiiee >
of the apprehenlion of Jackson, the
Clergyman, for lY.afohable Corref
•pondence, a difcovtr'y has bce'n made us
a myll dangerous plot agamil the fiate.
This is the Gentleman who was so dif
ttnguilhed some years ago in the quar
rel between the celebrated Foote the
"Comedian, and the late Duchcfs 'of,
'King it oft.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 2.'
PRUSSIAN SUBSIDY. j
M.r Sheridan said, that in coirfe- S
quence of the report, which he feared to •
be too true, of the defeat of General
Clairfayt, with the loss of hiseamp, bag
gage, (lores, &c. and the taking and
lacking of Courtrai, the ilriclcil cecon - j
my, became more than ever absolutely ,
neceflaiy in the application of grants, j
and therefore he should oppdfe this ex- <
"trvagaut subsidy. He said it would be i
better limply to call on Prussia for the J
quota of his trodps, for 32,00, than go
to such an expence for 62,000.
Mr. Fix followed 011 the fatr.e fub
jeft, and renewed the objections to the
fu'.ifidy which he had made on a former
night. Heaikedjfthe King of Prussia
was to be eonfidcred firrply as an hirer
of troops, or as a party in the war;
Mi. Pitt observed, that it appeared
obviously on the face of the treaty, that
Prussia cei tainly was acting as a principal
in the war ; but circumlltinccs were luch,
as prevented him from affording his ai
fiftance in an effectual manner, without
pecuniary aid from his allies. With res
pcCt to the point of cccoilmv, he had
gone very much into defail on that head
011 a fotmer night to Ihew that, whether
compared to the levy, pay, and fub
hilence of any other, Whether foreign or
British troops, the advantage was decid
edly in favor of the present engagement.
The House then divided upon receiv
ing the Report of the Bill. For it 82,
againll it 31 —iViajority 51.
The letters we received this morning
by the Flanders Mail, mention that a
general engagement was expected to
take place immed.ately between the
French and General Clairfayt; The
latter, reinforced by 18,000 Pruffiansi
and by the Duke of York's armj\ pof
feifes a force fupenor to that of the
former, which does not amount in
Flanders to above 35,000 men.
NEW-YORK, June 26.
Dr. Priellleyj the beginning of the
year 1793, addreifed fix letters to the
Pnilofophers and Politicians of France,
on the iubjedt of religion. The merit
of these letters, in point of itile and
reasoning, perhaps fall short of many of
his other writings; especially of hid let
ters to Mr. Burke, 011 civil cltablifh
ments of chriflianity. They are how
ever veiy ufeful and pertinent; and de
serve well to be petufed by thofc, whole
zeal for the cause of France, leads them
to vindicate even the errors of the ru
ling powers.
In these letters Dr. Prieflly offers a
brief furamary of the arguments to prove
tne being and attriDUtes or a tjou—tne
truth of miracles, and the anthentleWy
ol revelation.• He ceufures the French
legillatois' for their interference in reli
gious concents ; citing the ; uiu er of
the French merchants to Mr. Colbert
who aiked them what government should
do in favor of trade, " lanTez nous faire:"
let lis alone. He tells them that as
ilatefmen they have nothing to do with
religion.
The following short extracts are giv
en as fpecirupns of the Doctors manner
and ftilc.
" 1 frequently read the writings of
your atheistical philosophers, that 1 may
clearly underlland, and enter into your '
views and feelings. 1 with you would >
do rhe fame with refpeft to our wri
tings, In your endeavours to exclude
the idea of a dehgning'eaiife from the
universe, I perceive much embar'raff
ment and contradiction, when you would I
futilh'tute the teim Nature for that of
Got!. You are ilrtick with the mani
fetV wonders of nature, and look no far
ther. I fee the fame wonders, but they
lead me to revere the great author of
nature, that mind which comprehends
the whole. You fee nothing in nature
but cjfeSs. I revere the cauji. What
you ascribe to a blind tindefigning prin
ciple, something that Dears no analogy
10 what we call mind, or perfun, I as
cribe to a proper intelligent being, a
being, whom 1 coniider, and am happy
in considering, as ever present with me,
and attentive to m.e, and to all things ;
who brought fne into being for the moil
benevolent purposes, and who will con
duit me thio' all the itages of'it. You
lee nothing around you but something
to gaze at. 1 look beyond all this, to
a being, or a pei'fon, that I can ipeak
to, the objt'tl of my gratitude, my at
tachment, and tny confidence."
And it is particularly to be observed,
that this was not a .peifuafron Concerning
metapliyficul opinions, of which few per
iods ate irompetcnt judges, btrt tiling*
t hat were the objects of the senses:
such as the inltant core of disorders
well known to be the moll incurable,
railing the dead to life, and other works
equally miraculous and stupendous, in
which there could be no (ufpicion of fal
lacy, and of which all peribns are equal
ly judges.
But lome of your writers have given
so, little attention to this subject, though
it is merely an hiilortcal one, that they
Tiave denied the very exiilence of Jcfus
Christ, have asserted that the very term
i Chr'ijl was borrowed from some Eastern
language, having the fame origin with
CHryhtou, one of the Gods of Hin
! doftan, and that chrillianity is only a
particular modification of the worship
of the fun.
| Serious as the fubjeft is, it is not i
possible to forbear smiling at such pal
pable ignorance. I lhall expedt that the
iame writers will soon attempt to allego
rize the hiilory of Julius Caesar, and
maintain that no such person ever exist
ed. For there is not a hundredth part
of the evidence for the exillence of Jn
l:.s Cxfar, that there Is 'for that of "jo
ins Christ. Hereafter the history of
France itfelf may be allegorized, the
very ratr.es of Lt/uis, Tji mcvrier, and
Pet'lAoh, may be derived from ancient
languages,. and the present war of your
Republic again (t the despots of Europe,
may be said to mean nothing more thah
the war of the elements of nature*
The resolutions of the " numerous
meeting of refpe£able citizens of Ken
tuckey," lately pubhlbed, are of a moil
extraordinary complexion. They fay,
" civil liberty is p roil i tilted, when the
servants of the people [the Preiiden't is
one of them and the principal one con
cerned] are fufftred to tell their mailers
(the people the'mfelves) that .communi
cations \yhich they may judge import
ant, ought not to be entruiled to them."
People who hold fu'ch language, mall
assuredly be very refpedtable, and'under
-11 and good manners as well as govern
ment. It would however be Weil for
those refp.efiable citizens to recoiled!
that the United States are undet one,
geneial governments-Kentucky is a ve
ry fin all pau of the whole—and if the
Officers of our government and our le
gislators are servants of the people, it is
fortunate that the Kentnckians are not
their only mailers, not a thirtieth part
of them—a great body of these malters
in the eastern dates very highly approve
of their servants conduct with refpeft to
the navigation of the MitTiJippi.
riie Aimable Gen;il!e from this port,
is taken and carried into Bermuda
wi h 150 barrels powder on board.
I'Eugageante, a French frigate was
in company with the Pomone ai d Bar
bet, when they were captured-—fne vrtis
; afterwards taken, atid towed into P!y
---1 mouth, difmailedi
L.AVV Ui< imi UiMUIN.
THIRD CONGRESS OF THE
UNITED STATES,
AT THE FIRST SESSION,
Begun and held at the City of Philadel
phia, in the Stale of Pennsylvania,
on Monday the fcond of De
cember, one thoufind fe
•ven hundred and
ninety-three.
An ACT to maie provision for the IVi
daiv and Orphan Children of Robert
Forfyth.
BE it enafied by the Senate andHoufe
of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress nflctnbled,
That the i'um of two thousand
dollars be allowed to the wi
dow of Robert Forfyth, late
Marlhal of the Uiifrict of
Georgia, for the use of herfelf
and the children of the said
Robert Forfyth, to be paid in
equal proportions, out of any
monies in the treasury of the
United States not heretofore
appropriated.
Frederick A. Muhlenberg,
Speaker of the House of
Rtprefentatives.
RalJ-h Izard, Ptefident of th«
Senate, pro tempore.
Approved—June the 7th, I 794.
G°. Washington,
Ptejident of the United States.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
I ARRIVED,
days
Brig Susannah, Baird, lielfafl: 54
N. Seuora, Nevera, New-York 9
Sloop Delaware, Bird, ditto 8
CLEARED.
Ship Jean, M'Pherlow, Hamburgh
Alexander, Woodward, Falmouth
Pigou, Loxley, London
Brig TV ins, Yaid, St. Croix
Fame, Hunt, Charleftoa
Vigilaiu, Small, Jamaica
Mary, Ikaks, Cadiz
Schr. Magdelena & Eliza Billi's St.
I (Thomss
Sloo6p Betfef, Lacy, Norfolk
Sally, Lindfay, , Virginia
Thomas & Sally, Mirchell, Alex
andria
Two Friends, Price, New-Yoqk
Sldop Bclfey, Brinton, C. N. Mole
Capt. Corran, Jmie 10, in lat. 63-,
I SO, ipoke the "Joitphus, of N. York,
[homeward bound, out 77 days, with a
cargo of whale oil.
Arrival)r at New-Turk.
Ship Pair Airterican, Lee, Cajito n
Brig- Liberty, Morrifon, Barcelona
j * *
lo the Ele&crsof the city and
county'-of Philadelphia.
Gentlemen,
THIS being the last year of the prr.
lent Sheriff 1 ' tune in office. I rake
the liberty to offer nivfelf a Candidate,
and solicit vour votes and intere'fta j n nly
tavoDi, to pUre me on the retu"n at the
next general Election', as his successor for
fa tV office ;in cfoiiiwhich, you M"ll conf'eV
an-obligation that will be grat.i'ully re
membcrcld, by
Vour moil 01-er'irn',
and l um' 'e servant,
J OHM JSAKER.
Way 3- t»tf.
One thousand Dollars
R E W A R D.
Sirne tew Counterfeit Poft-Ni'ies ofthe
Bank ol Maryland, ha»irg been lately disco
ver r. in circulation, and on tracing .he fame
were found to tnme from ihr back parts of
Vi'g ■> a, where they proi a'b y ijrft ifl",ied ; o
avoid impofilion it Is thoiijtii t necclfa.y'to
.give i he following of than, by
Wh'cli they may , r adilv f. drucf d.
They have the letter D, forihe.r alphabeti
cal riark, at tb c | e j t hand fide of rhe Note.
The paper un which they are printed is
more lolc an<J tender, thc strokes ni the letters'
the Cflj-avingiie 111 K cneial ftiongc, add
have a riaiker appearance than 111 ihe bills.
riie fionatu,e William Paiterlon; Js hadly
oonp; >lie kt-.s of the lcitcis, lt-ffand
labored, and appear to be panned over with
*<5-well as hk timirifhmgfrf t hc flinie
T" v-0. 15 left blank in Ihe eiieravirw, to
be hi ed uu 1., wntn.a, so the turn mjy be
moit or Iris at plrahirc.
Mr, tiue P it- Notes of the alphabetical
inai k, atte-vr d< tcribea, fruve been lately if
lurch and *rry few are n w in circulation.
fche above rtwavd ofOne Thouldnd dol
ors wiH he paid m any pe> son, or perlona,
l i I <i,( u avcr > or P'bfccutc to convrflion,
' H Tral rJfondes, o, , my ofiiie,,,, of ihe
01.ov. u»g <icfci 11>(ionj w/i
T "e per Ton or psifons, who engraved the
plate. u
T c printer, or printers of the said bills.
■ vc 'y * 11 w no has acted as principal ir\-
y"? ''' - llir tounierlening and uttc'ing
the fai'i hill*. 5
WILLIAM PATTERSON. Pr.fident,
°f'he Rank of Maryland.
Baltimore, April 1)94 .
... IS. ll.t rinttrs uuhe ifctghbourioC
luics aie icquiftcd to icputliftl the above.