1," I I I ■■■ * !■ » ■ From a late London Paper. M. DUMOURIEk'S LIFE. "The follow ing is brief, but compre-1 hen five ikctchofDuMoußiEii's Life, nude yet more intcrefting, as being written by himfelf—for few men have filled a la.ger (pace in bum an atten tion, and fewer ft ill can have agitated more the various and oppolite emoti ons of hope and fear, Tif admiration and contemik ! Gallant he un ■ubtedly was, and with an eriviabk. < ldain of personal danger, he never iiiled to exemplify, till his fall, re fniices no less rare of nrft-rate intel lectual parts. The following month (April 1794) fcv age \Vi 11 be 55. —Is it imaginable tl.it lean wish, by concealment perhaps (candalonsj to get a few days more of iieafirtefs, of bitternels and (hame ? I was born at Cambray, in the year I 739 ; my family were noble, .but not tich. My father was a very knowing, a veVy virtuous man. My education was right, both as to ftricipefs and ex tent ; and when 18 years old-, in 1757, I went into the army as my trade. There 1 was diilinguifhed without delay! when 1 was 22 years old, I had the military order, (La Croix de St. Louis) and my wounds like my years wure 22. In 1763 was the peace. Then I be gan to travel, with a view to lasguages and manners ; for moral philoiophy ever was my favoriti theme. Tlieove the va gabond French have imagined that I wj| occupied as a spy for the then administration of France ; as if had there been in Greece such vermin as them, (les Marquis) they would not liave said the fame of Pythagoras and l'lato. - " "" In 1768, I was recalled from Spain* and sent to Corsica, where I was railed to t!ic rank- of Colonel after the two campaigns of 1768 and 1769. In 1770, the due De Chbifeul sent rneto Poland, minister to the confeder ates ; and there in two campaigns, and in negociat ions, of no small magnitude, 1 was the leader, with Various success. As the affairs of Poland were ill-con sidered, that revolution ended ill !—A partition of that country ensued. * In 1772 the marquis De Monti guard, the war minister, employed me in his depaVtment; and at the end of that year sent me, by the order of Louis XV. to Sweden,on the revolution which had happened. This employment, on which I had my orders dire&ly front the kirtg him felf, •• is known to tlx due D'Acquil lon, the minister for foreign affairs; he had me arretted at Hamburgh, and con ducted to the 13afti!.e in 1773. Louis XV, mittirrrHy weakj in cidentally weakened more by his mis tress La Duban y, and his minister, dis graced the virtuous Montignard !—con cealed the part be himfelf had taken in fending me to Sweden, and left me ex p jfed to a criminal process, which the - ic D'Acquillon had began ; but dou'ot i- g of its being tenable, had not dared to try. At fix months end I was exiled to Caen so. three,months ! In 1774, Louis XV. died. D'Ac quillon fras disgraced. I wrote to Louis XVI. deliring to be removed from Caen to the Baftile, and to be tried. The three ministers, de Muy, de Vergennes and de Sartines, were my judges, and they attested the hardftlip of my cafe, that I had been persecuted unjustly. As Colonel, I was sent to Lille, with the new military manoeuvres the baron de Pcrkh had brought from Prussia, with a project of reform for the river Rys-—and another plan, then in con templation, for a port at Ambletetife. On thefc occupations I parted 17 74 and J775- In 1776 I was king's commiflary with the chevalier D'Oify, a captain of a (hip, and field marechal De Roziere, a celebrated military engineer, 011 a sur vey of the Channel, for the canftru&ion of a new port. The year 1777 I lived in the country, eighty miles from Paris. It is the only year of repose I have had. At the end of it there happened the Ame.ican war, as I had foretold ; and 1 was accord ingly sent for by the war minister, M. De Montbakez. In 1778 I had the command at Cher bourg, which appeared to me mod fa vorable for a port on the Channel; and aided by the zeal, the activity, and the t known character of the ducd'Harcotirt, j who had the government of the pro- | vince, we decided the point, above a j * hundred years disputed, viz. that for a military port, Cherbourg was preferable to La Hogue. From that time to 1789, I was Wholly occupied there, and never more than three times at Paris. Cheibourg, when I fouiid it, had but 7,300 inhabitants i when I left it, the population was 20,000. "flte vagabond rt?neb fugitives have dared to add, to the former calumny of my being a spy, another Imputed infa my* of intrigues in the" war-office! though in the whole period »f a dozen years, and all my journeys 'taken toge ther, pay (lay at Paris did not afnouut to fix months during that time 1 had but very little refbrt'to Versailles. Thus to recapitulate, tlu- account is | so— Twenty-two wounds in battle ; Six campaigns in Germany ; Two ditto in Corsica ; Two ditto in Poland ; Some important negociatiorvs ; The creation of a town and port ; And twenty years fpe.nt in travel,and intiie study of languages aud po litics. And he then adds a wifli,which may extend rather wholesomely to foine o ther countries on the continent, where there have been certain ingenious gen tlemen, at the top of life,' with such a state of talents and accomplishments to earn a mental that they would not have been certain ingenious men at the bottoiri of life. The wish is, that every man, who bf the luck of birth, of wealth, of place, may be tailed to support the fame and welfare of a country, in&y render himfeif qua lified, by similar studies and by similar labours: and then—Revolutions would be no more ! Dumourier thus continues, Personally I have gained nothings—l was among the Field Marshals. 1 sure of being Lieutenant General,' of having a red ribband and a command.— 1 had 2Q,000 lirre9 (Rool. sterling) a yean That was enough for me.— But 1 few the state of France ! dishon oured without, rujned within,. „A—def ■ Tiny, <H r ~wfiTclT minillers, by my memo rials, had been long forewarned ! The year 1789 was glorious by the Revolution ! Where I was, it altoge ther was rational and mild; for without trenching upon liberty, every excess of liberty into liccntioufnefs was punished ■by law, even unto death. j On the fupprefiion of the Military { Commandants I went to Paris. There {I made the Revolution my study. The I Princes, by running away had hurt the j j King's cause. The Veto I saW would 1 be useless, and might be fatal. Though t not a Legiflatot, I endeavoured to un ' do it, as far as I could ! j In 1791, 1 had the cortomand, from ( Nantz to feourdeaux. The war, a war. i of religion, then raged in the Vendee. ! The Religionists were burning all be -1 fore them. I saved everjr thing ! I qui | ettd fell ! —till Febhriry 179 2, tvhen I was called-to Paris* and named Lieute nant-General, and Minister for foreign affairs ! With the War, they reproach me; It inevitable. It had exiiled long be fore. For the reft, my opinion was for de elating war ! The. King was for it, too! The King not only read my report to the AfTembly, but he corrected it ! The corrections are in his own hand-writing ! and his own speech was written by himfelt! At three months end, confounded by the fa&ions which raged, and failing of the King in Council to fan ft ion two Decrees, I wished to retire. Retire ment was refufedi 1 changed the ad ministration by the King's order, and I took the Department of War. But finding that the Court had de ceived me, I would not be the Minister of intrigue ! I foretold to Louis and his Wife every evil which awaited them, and in three daVs I resigned. The va gabond fugitives (Les Emigres) have said that I was turned out : It is a lie. I resigned my jilqe<?, though I,ouis was urgent it might be otherwise ! though for two days together he oppo sed my resignation ! and though, when I departed, he mingled his tears with 'mine! The War has been splendidly fuccefs ful to the French. If the French had shewn equal wlfdom and virtue, peace would have returned long ago ! Louis would have lived ! There had been no anarchy ! But France had been glori ous and happy in her Conllitution. Such is the rapid sketch of my *x iftence; a /ketch which may fuffice, if I cannot finifh the work and give it to the Public. Adieu 1 my worthy friend. This is an important letter ; and as such, it soothes me ; here it is, I wait I without inquietnde, the wilhes of the | Emperor, and decisions of my fate ! IMy character shall assert itfelf! and in stead of weakenidg, shall strengthen by myfhape. I shall be, at all times, mv felf! y CONGRESS. ~ IN S EN4 TE, Saturday June 7 th, 1794. ( Continued.) A meflage from the President of the Yjnited States, by Mr. Dandridge, his Secretary! # " Mr. Preddent—The President of the United States hath this day, ap proved and signed, " An aft in addi tion 10 the "Aft for making further and more effectual provision for the pro tection of the frontiers of the United States" An aft for the remission of , the duties on certain distilled spirits fle ftroyed by fire," and " An aft allow ing an additional compensation to the principal clerks in the department of State,and tbeTreafury and War depart ments for tlie yeai one thoufa id leven hundred and ninety four.H Ordered, that the Secretary acqaaint the House of Repreleutatives there with. A meflage from the Hor.fe of Re presentatives, by Mr. Becklev, their Clerk ; " Mr. President—The House of Re presentatives agree to the amendments of the Senate to the bill, entitled, yAn ad declaring the consent ot Congreisto sn aft of the State of Maryland, pal fed the twenty eighth day of Decem ber, one thousand seven hundred and ninety three, for the iippointment of a health officer." " The President of the United States hath notified the House of Rc prefentatives that he this day approved and signed, " An aft laying addition al duties on goods, wares and merchan dize imported into the United States," and "An aft to make provision for the widow and orphan children of Ro bert Forfyth." " They have palled a resolution di recting the refpeftive clerks of the Dif-, trift Courts of the United States, to return copies of the tables of fees pay ahltia the Supreme or Superior Courts in which he tefides, to the Attorney General in which they desire the concurrence of the Senate." And he withdrew. The resolution last brought from the House of Representatives for concur rence was read. Resolved, that the- Senate conour therein. Ordered, that the Secretary acquaint the House of Representatives with the concurrence of the Senate in this reso lution. M;. Vinirtj reported from the com mittee for enrolled bflls, that they had examined the bill, entitled, " An aft declaring theconfent of Congress to an aft of the fate of iVlaryljyd, paded the twenty eighth »f December, one thousand fevtn hundred and ninety three, for-the appointment of a health ofheer ;" the bill, entitled, " An aft to amend the aft, intitutled, " An aft to enable the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line on contin«.«tnl cftablifh ment, to obtain titles to certain lands lying north weft of the river Ohio, be tween the little Miami and Sciota the " Resolution ditefting the respec tive clerks of the Diftritt Courts of the Stntes to return copies of the ta bles of fees payable in the supreme or superior Court of the State in which he resides, to the Attorney General and a resolution directing the Secreta ry of War to make out and return to the Diftrift Judges, certain lifts, in the cases of invalid pensioners," and that tliey were duly enrolled. A meflag£ from the House of Re presentatives, by Mr. Beckley, their Clerk : Mr. President—The Speaker of the House of Representatives having sign ed two enrolled bills, and two enrolled resolutions, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of the President," And he, withdrew. The President of the Senate signed cd the two bills ..nd the twi resolutions lalt reported to have been examined, and they were deliveted to the commit tee, to be laid before the Prefidtnt of the United States. (To be Cont'iuucd.) Foreign Intelligence. BOURDEAUX, May 8 Copy of the particulars given by Du gommier, Commander in chief of the army of the Ealtem Pyrenees. Dated Head Quarters, Bagnoul, May lit. Published by order of the Rcprrfcntative of the people Isab ea u. i his is a fkeWh of our morning's work ; as accurately as it can be given in hafti. We have completely beaten the Spaniards, and they have already flown back from the extremity of their conquests in the it clevant Rouffillon They have left us at lea ft 200 pieces of different kinds of artillery ; all their am munition, magazines well' filled with provisions, near 2000 prisoners, among whom are a general officer, three colonels and 65 officers of different grades. The number of th« killed and wounded is in proportion to the prfcmers. All their tents, camp equipage, an immefe quan tity of baggage, in .fine all that charac terizes a Complete rotii, have fallen into bur tiands. Th# reduftton of Alberts ha3fo terrified the enemy, that the order was already given to. evacuate all their pods: but we have been fortunate enough to be before hand and to make good use of their panic. Thdir Count de i'.Union gave into the snare most Com pletely i ffothing can equal the ardor with which our brethren in aims fell upon the enemy ; and we are going, ttiis very evening, to pursue them in their Hit entrenchments.- LONDON, April 7. On Satuiday night, Mr. Lau2un, jun.'a iiing's messenger was dispatched with four other persons, to apprehend Mr. Stone,the c6le-merchant, of Rut land-place, Thames street, at his coun try house, at Old Ford, near Bow, on a charge of High Treason, for keep ing up an impropercorrefpondence with the enemy. The charge made against Mr. Jackfoh 'rwe underfland lb be, that he has held a correfpondehce of a criminal nature with feverai persons who belong to the exist ing government of France* ih which treafonahle information was given to the enemy refpefting the force in 'Great 'Britain and Ireland,' with {he opinions of the people as to the prosecution of the war. ' In consequence of the investigation bf Jackson's papers before the privy coun cil, some persons of refpeftability in dif ferent parts of Ireland are implicated fti the charge of high treason ; and Mr. Poyle ahd another of the King's mes sengers have been sent ofT from Dublin to apprehend those against whom war rents have been ifTued by the council. Mr. Jatkfon is a elofe prisoner in Newgate. Two sentinels are placed at the outside of the room door in which he is irtiprifoned, to prevent all inler courfe between visitors or prisoners, and who attentively examine every article be fore it is faffered to enter for his ufe t Trait of bravery in British feamem ■ On Monday came on, at Doctors Commons, the cafe of the Isabella, an American taken by the Resolution pri vateer. In the course -of the evidence it appeared, that there were 14 French officers on board the Isabella as passen gers, who, the day after the capttire, rose upon the eight feahien left in pos session. The contest was carried on with piftoh and hangers ; and although the P rize-maller was knocked down, and three of the seamen thrown over and drowned, yet uiftory at last deter mined in favoi of the English. Several of the French arc since dead of their wounds. During the contest the Ame ricans remained neuter. Captain W. of jhe artillery is the person now in custody in the Duke of York's army, for communicating to Pichegru the disposition of the allied forces, and suggesting a plan by which the Carina gnols might surround and cut off the invading armies. Upon a suspicion of this riature, We must be silent; but we blush for the ho nor of the British arms, when we hear that for a cause so detestable, a breach of confidence, of conscience, and ho nor* like this has occured. It is very little to the honor of our ship builders, that on almost every oc-' cafion the French'fhips of war are found to out fail ours. We do not find the fame difference in point of failing be tween their Merchantmen or privateers and ours ; and the reason is obvious. In private dockyards, there is encou ragement and scope soT ingenuity ; in the public dock-yards there is neither. An attemj»i to reform this would pro bably be called by the parties concerned a Jacobinical innovation^ His Pi ulTian Majesty last year entered into treaties with this country, and with his other allies, by which he solemnly engaged not to lay down his arms but bv mutual consent. Last month he de clared the contest with France was fruit lefs, that he was determined to resign it, and absolutely ordered the main bo dy of his troops back to his own domi nions. This month he, for the sum of two millions two hundred thousand pounds, four fifths of which are to be paid by-this country, iVTIs sixty thou sand of his ftibjcfts to be engaged in that contest which he had three weeks ago declared to be fruitlcfs! All this is, (to use his Majesty's own language) the result of his known patriotism and vir tues j SWEDISH CONSPIRACY. In a Protocol, held in the Palace at tockholm, April 9, in presence of the King's majesty &c. See. the Duke of Sudermania gave an account of the manner in which the letters and papers of Baron Armfeldt had fallen into his harts on which the minute of the Protocol contains the following very remarkable observations : "Those papers contained, that Baron Guftvns MauriceArmfeldt, formerly up per governor, &c. See. had been so for getful of hi? honor, and of his fidelity and duty towards his King and country, as tohavc intended to calla foreign power into the kingdom, to overturn the le gitimate government of the kingdom, to facrifice his fellow citizens, in order that he might obtain himfelf a (hare in the government, and gratify his own im j moderate d'efires and deltruftive inteu i tions, by depriving his country of its j moil ancient liberty and independence. " The plan, in Baron Armfcldt'9 own liand writing, demonstrates, that his nefarious designs went so far as to fuffer a foreign fleet to cast anchor in the heart of the kfftgdom, to accompliih, even by the means of force, his traitor ous plans in this capital. Among these papers is also the correspondence which he kept up, for the purpdfe of fettling his plan with A foreign power, &c. . What foreign power is here impli cated in a conspiracy with the futjefits of an independent itate to subvert an eftabliihed government and dethrone a lawful King, it is unnecessary to point otit to any reader; Our Alai milts, if they are true to their own principles, have here a new disturber of public older against whom to declare a war of ex terminatidn: They will lay that they wage war only with Jacobin clubs; but in what other light can such a character as this be considered, than as the Prcfident and Diredtor of an Armed club, main, tained by rapine, and emploved only to bring calamity on mankind. DUBLIN, May 3. Particulari of the Escape of Archibald . Hamilton Rowan. Mr. Rowan had been 011 all occasions allowed the full and free intercourse of his family and friends, and cfpecially his wife and children, who generally dined arid spent the evening at his a partmeuts, and always went away at ten o'clock. At half pad nine on Tlnnfday night, Mr. Gregg, the head gaoler, paid his usual visit to the prison, in order to fee all his prisoners locked up, and that every thing was quiet. Mr. Rowan, with his wife and chil dren} were then in their apartment. It has been usual with him to escort his wite to the prison door on her depar ture—an indulgence never refufed him, because a firm, but (It seems) a very ill-founded confidence was placed on his honor, tharnothing like an attempt to escape would have ever entered his mind. Mr. Rowan, however, (very honor ably) took care to profit by this appar ent security of his keepeis. . Some time before Mrs. Rowan was prepared to depai t on Thurfdny night, a bonfire was lighted in Green-street, nearly opposite the prison door, (it be ing May flight) and furfounded by a numerous crowd of the populace. As Mrs. Rowan reached her carriage, which waited before the prison, several squibs were thrown, and the horses be came rather restive. Mr. Rowan, who still flood at the door with one of the turnkeys, with out his hat reached forward with ap parent eagerness to fee if his wife was in any danger, and, as if alarmed for her lituation, rushed haflily towards the steps, which he descended with rapidi ty, and instantly mixing with the crowd, ran off. The coach, in the mean time, fat out at full gallop, and the turnkey, miffing his prisoner, purfiied the conch to Mr. Rowan's house in Domiuick fireet, where he searched in vain for Mr. Rowan. What seems a little extraordinary in the matter is, that no report of Mr, Rowan's escape was made either to Mr. Gregg, or to any magiilrate, until yesterday morning. Some citcumltances cf a mod a larming tendency and trcafonable nn. tare, which have transpired relative to Mr. Rowan, since the appt-ehenfion of Jackson, are supposed to have been the motives that urged the former to at tempt a precipitate escape, in which he effectually succeeded. Matters, it is said, were so well pie conceited in this buTmefs, that Mr. Rowan had a horse in waiting, upon which he set off immediately for Ri (] , from whence he was directly court vt ;l 011 board an American vessel, which waited for him off that place, and (ail ed the instant he came on board. A icene of treason long since deve loped in the views of that party with whom Rowan was concerned, is at. length brought into proof, and will in a few days be brought to light, and which will (hew the principles of that *
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