j CONGRESS. IN SENATE, 'M mday June 9. 011 motion, The rule was by unanimous consent dispensed with, and Mr. King, obtain ed p rmiffionto introduce a bill, for the more effectual protection of the SJuth weiterii frontiers ; and the bill had its firit and lecond reading. O.i the qucltiort to agree to the firll feCtioi) of the bill, which is as follows : " Be it emitted by the Senate end House of Reprefenintives of the United States of America in Congress iffembled, '['liar un less it (hull be the opinion of the Presi dent of the United States, that a regi ment of the troops heretofore authori zed to be raised, may; confidently with the good of the public service, be em ployed for the protection of the foutli wdtern frontier, he be, and hereby is, authorized to cause to be raised for three years, unless sooner discharged, within the states of Georgia, South-Carolina, North-Carolina, the Territory south of the Ohio, and the state of Virginia, an additional regiment of infantry, confut ing of one thousand one hundred and for ty ,uon-commiffioned officers, miificians and privates, and solely to appoint the comm.ffioned officers thereof, and to organize the fame according to the pre sent military establishment It pa(Ted in the affirmative, Yeas 15 —Nays 4. The yeas and nays being required by one-hfth of the Senators present : r=r«« wno-roteu" m ttlttrmafTvE, are, MefiTrs. Bradford, Cabot, Ellfworth, Folter, Frelingliuyfen, Gunti, Haw kins, Henry, Jackson, King, Liver more, Morris, Potts, Rutherfurd and V ini rig. i'hole who voted in the negative, are, Mr. Brown, Btirr, Martin, and Rofs, On motion by Mr. Jackson, To poltpone the lalt section of the bill which is as follows : " And be it further enaßed, That all persons who (hall be aflembled or embodied in arms, upon any land be longing to Indians, out of the ordinary jitrifdidtion of any state, or of the said territory south of the Ohio, for the purpose of wairing against the Indians, or of committing depredations upon any Indian town or persons, or property, shall thereby become liable, and fubjedt to the lults and articles of war, which are, or shall be eflablilhed for the go vernment for the troops of the United States," for the purpole of substituting the following : " And le it further enaßed, That any militia officer of the United States, or either of the Hates, conducting, au thorizing or attending any expedition over the present boundary line, between the refpeftiTe states, and any Indian tribe or nation, extept in the pursuit of parlies of Indians who may commit depre dations on the persons or property of the citizens of the United States, for the pur pose of attacking their Indian towns, or dtftroying their persons, or to commit other depredations on their rights, shall, in addition to the pains or penalties the law of the United States now fubjedts him to, be liable to a trial by a general court-martial, to be ordered by the ex ecutive of the date or territory, to which such officer shall belong, and whose duty it is hereby declared to be, to order such court martial, and shall if found guilty thereof, be caThiered, and be for ever thereafter difqualified from holding any commission in the militia of the U nited States or of either of the fttates ; It pasted in the negative—Yeas 8— Nays 11. The yeas and nays being required by one-fifth of the Senators present : Those who voted in the affirmative, &re MefTrs. Brown, Burr, Frelinghuyfen, Gunn, Henry, Jackson, Martin, and Rofs. Those who voted in the negative, are, MefTrs. Bradford, Cabot, Ellfworth, Foster, Hawkins, King, Livermore, Morris, Potts, Rutherfurd, and Vi ning. On motion that this bill be now read the third time, by unanimous consent ; It was not agreed to. Mr. Foster reported from the com mittee on enrolled bills, that they had examined the bill, entitled, " An adt making alterations in the aft for esta blishing the Judicial Courts, and alter ing the time and place of holding cer tain courts," and that it was duly en rolled. A message from the House of Repre sentatives by Mr. Becklcy their Clerk : " Mr. President, " The Speaker of the House of Re presentatives having signed an enrolled bill, 1 am directed to bring it to the Senate foi the lignature of the Presi dent." And he withafew. The President of the Senate signed the enrolled bill last reported to have been examined, and it was delivered to the committee to be laid before the Pre sident of the United States for his ap probation. Mr. Foster reported from the com- 1 mi'.tee for enrolled bills, thai they tins day, laid the last mentioned enrolled bill before the President of the United States. (To be Contiuued.) Foreign Intelligence. BRUSSELS, May 22. Yesterday afternoon, Count Metter nich received official dispatches from Tournay with tfie melancholy news that the attack intended by the allies on the 18th, on the posts occupied by the French at and near Meuin, had been most unfuccefsful; that not only were the columns of the combined troops brought up by the Emperor and Prince of Saxe Cobourg obliged to retreat, with loss, but the column under the command of the Duke of York, total ly routed, with the loss of a vast num ber of men and forty three pieces of cannon. The following is the preliminary ac count, given by the officer who brought the difpatohes, of this unfortunate en terprize, from which such advantages were expected when I was with the ar my : The French having learned that they t>C attaclTftTby three ft 10ng co lumns, one commanded by the Empe ror and the Prince of Saxe Cobourg, another by the Arch-Duke Charles, and Gen. Clairfayt, and a third by the Duke of York, Gen. Otto, and M. de Mack, making together 60,000 men, besides the corps of reserve, attacked, early in the morning, with superior for ces and a tremendous artillery, the Bri tish column, with such impetuosity, that the British, and the Aliftrian Hessians who accompanied them, not withfland j ing their wonted bravery, were com ! pelled, after a bloody adtion, to a most | precipitate retreat towards Templeuve ' and Leers with the loss of near 3,000 men killed, wounded and prisoners, 43 pieces of cannon, and marry ammuni tion and baggage waggons. While this was pafling, the two other columns attacked the French posts near Menin, with no better success, being both com pelled-to retreat with loss, one towards | Tournay, and the other towards Mar quain, positions which they occupied two days before. The particulars of this unfortunate day will not arrive till this evening. But at ten yesterday morning, when the officer left Tournay, the French had renewed their attacks, the most violent cannonade was heard here the whole day ; and we tremble for the issue. It is impoflible to defer ibe the confirma tion that pervades this city. People think only of hiding their wealth, and getting ready to fly on the firll bad news from the army. Yelterday, at eleven at night, a council was held at the house of Count Metternich, where it was resolved, that, in cafe of necessi ty, the government shall retire to Breda. This morning all the persons in office re ceived three months salary, in advance, to enable them to support the extraor dinary expences to which they may be exposed.' The States of Brabant and the magistrates were also aflembled lalt night to take measures of precaution in these critical circumstances. Tw« propositions, we understand, are now agitating in the cabinet; the one I*9 to make peace with France as soon as possible, the other to effect a general arming of the people at any price. Count de Mercy Argentcau is for the former ; Metternich and Trant mandorff who has been for some days at Tournay, for the latter. It is even said that the Emperol - will come here on Friday next and go through the ce remony performed by his august ances tor at Prefbu/gh in 1740. In short, every body seems to be convinced that we shall never succeed against the French, but by opposing mass to mass. In my tour through Flanders, by Ghent, Bruges, Oftend, Ypres, Rouf felaer and Tournay, I observed much i firmnefs and courage among the pea sants. At Rouffelaer, on the 17th, I saw 116 Frcnch prisoners brought in, all wounded. They owned that 400 of the peasants, with 60 regulars of Laudon Verde, had beaten a whole bat talion of the Cote d'Or, killed 120, and taken 116, while the Germans had only 23 killed and 17 In the towns, on the other hand, the people think only of saving their pro perty nnd their persons by flight.— The Magistrates of Ghent and Bruges are preparing to fly to Holland by wa ter carriage, and many families with vast quantities of property, are already on board the boats. They fay that the Emperor mud make peace ; that he will find millions to Indemnify him for expences already incurred, but not a denier for continuing the war. Con verfihg on this fubjedl with the com manding officer at Rouffelear, "Were my advice to be taken," said he, " we should make peace this very evening, before fighting the battle which we may happen to lol'e to-rr.orrow." General Clairfayt exclaims against the Hanoverians, whose rtiifconduct has brought thtfm into a general contempt as the Dutch were last campaign. The English appear'fretttd and discontented by the defeats, after having fought every .where with bravery above all praise.— The Aullriana alone are always the fame : no defeats, no fatigues break their spirits ; they fight always with the I fame steady valour ; and a finglc instance i has not occurred of an Auftria# Itiiring I from his ground till ordered. The Court has gone into mourning for Madame Elizabeth. P. S. Four jJ'clock —No Courier yet arrived from Flanders ; but a MefTenger from Charkroi announcesthat the French returned ycfleniay evening to the ueigTi borhood of Bihch, and took the little town of La Fontaine dc i'Eveque, where they burilt fever al houses; We are, however, pretty tranquil, and wait the progrtfli of events with firm nefs and relignation, worthy of the pa ternal cares of bur Sovereign who has promised to proieft us from a second invasion. The following Oftlcir.l Notice and Ad dress to the People, were publiftied j yesterday evinirig\ after the reOfclpt of the DifpitclU-S from Touniay, which brough tlie. Account of the re treat of Sundiy kit I official Notice. Bnifels, May 19. We at this moment learn from Tour nav, that the plan ot general attack, which was to be attempted yesterday, the 18th, in four columns, by the Combined Armies, has not had the suc cess we had reason to expert: the column commanded by his Royal High ness the Duke of York having been ear ly attacked in the morning, by consi derable forces, and obliged to give ground, after losing ftveral pieces of cannon. The coniequence is, that in flead of surrounding the enemy's army, the armies of the Allies has resumed it's [If 1 fit ipn t fh,- f .f T ". )nr y-| - Turcoing, Roubaix, and Mouveaux, which it had taken the evening before, to poll: itfelfanew near Marquain, Tcm pleuve arid Leers, where it has a verv refpeftable position. This affiir at firft spread alarm at Tournay, which wa6 entirely diflipated by the arrival of his Majesty the Empe ror, and haste was made there to com municate the particulars to the public in the following paper.— RETURN OF PARTICULARS. Head Quarters at jTour nay, May 18. The army ■nder the command of his Imperial Majesty, moved 011 yesterday morning [ 17th] and directed its march against the several points of the enemy's pofitioa. The object of this grand manoeuvre, which was meant to second a movement of the army of General Count Clairfayt, towards Lys, was to surround the enemy, take them in front and flank, aft upou their rear, and so cut off their retreat from Weft Flanders. The design of the dispositions which were to lead to so great and important a tefult, was a general co-operation of all thedetached corps connected withthatof the intermediate troops appointed to watch and support them. The single corps of the army of Gen. Clairfayt which found itfelf in the front of the attack, being separated by the Lys ' from the five columns engaged, was so as not to be able to co operate, but in a very imperfect and uncertain manner, with the movements of the main army. The five columns moved yesterday at the break of dawn ; and the firft of the right commanded by Lieutenant General De Bufch, having to contend with an enemy at least fix times their number, were forced to fall back towards Warcoitig. The second, under the orders of Lieut. Gen. Otto, passed on to Leers, and took its station at Waterloo. The third, commanded by his royal bighnefs the Duke of Yoik marched by Laniiby and Roubaix, and carried successively the fortified polls of Mouveaux and Turcoing. The effect to be produced by these attacks was, to approach altogether to the point where General Clairfayt was, so ;:s to be enabled to join and second him. The fourth column under the command of General Comte Kinflcy, inarched from Cyfoing to La Marque, forced ' the pass of the river at Bauvines, and advanced in *he direction of the other columns. The firft, commanded by his royal highness .the Arch-Duke Charles, also parted La Marque, but owing to the extreme length of the march, and fatigue of the troops was unable to advance any further that day. Notwithstanding every effort to ap proach and opeil a communication with his detachment, no news has been re ceived from Gen. Count Clarrfayt, who was probably prevented by some obsta cles hitherto unknown, from palling the Lys at the time concerted tor that ope ration. At an early hour this morning the posts of Mouveaux and Turcoing were attacked by considerable forces and a nurilerous artillery. The generals com manding the different columns near these ports, made a long and vigorous rcfiftance, worthy of their chief, the Duke of York, who displayed all the prudence and valour so conipicious in his character. At length it became ne cefiary to yield in that quarter for a moment to iuperior numbers, and the 3d and 4th columns, drfputing with the enemy every foot of ground, retir ed to the position which they before oc cupied at the camp of Marquin, a lit tle dillance from Tournay. From the main army, tlicrc are no de tails, as it lias not-fceeri engaged. It occupies, at this instant, .an<extent of country so favourable to its operations, as to be very dangerous to the commi# nicarion of the enemy with Lisle and a ther places. The afpeft of affairs is liable to change every moment; but that 'change iftuft be in our favour. In the present hour accounts succeed each other without a* ny iiiter»i£lion. The retrograde march of the 3d column, preceded as it was by a quantity of waggons, ferva'nts, & baggage, produced some anxiety for its lafety which was nearly difiipatcd, when it again arose in another quarter* with every exaggeration of ignorance and fear. It is of consequence immediately to counteract the dangerous efFects of a larms that spread with ftich rapidity. In general, it is not enough to be on our guard againlt that multitude of news and falfe reports refpe&ing mili taiy events, which spread themfelvcs amongst the public, always susceptible of exaggeration, terror, discouragement and dismay. A calm countenance, a firm attitude, becoming the honor of arms, and the necessity of opposing the influence of malignity and fear, in cir cumitances where j:ithei_would be dan- gl!iuu*,~[UUfl utltainly prevent consider able embarrassments. By order of his Majesty the Era- peror. Given at Head-Quarters, Tournay, May 18. TO ALL TRUE BELGIANS UNION AND VIGOUR! Brussels, May 19. It is not to be dissembled, that since 1789, several different parties have aniui in Belg : a, out of the bosom of that fraternity, which gave l'uch force to the mas» of J787. The Revolution of Bclgia was nothing moie in its principle than the efforts of good fenie, supported by the desire of restoring that tranquility and happiness to the people, which they had been ha bituated to for jnany years. A grand fault in the education of our youth, ariiing from the substitution of frivolous accompliihments, in the room of sentiment and morals, added to the negledt of the inculcation of proper priniples, have engendered a fatal ver latility in the national character: in con sequence of which, ambition, intereit, and persona] antipathies, have been con stantly increasing, ever since 1789. The epoch hath at length airived, however, when the public danger calls for the re-union of all true citizens, in order to distinguish them from the dis organizing clals who now ravage the internal parts of the country, and be reave the nation of that refpeft which is its due. In the name, therefore, of union, animated by vigour, all true patriots are hereby invited to assemble, and unite themselves with the corporations and volunteers, in order to support the po lice, and destroy our domestic enemies, while we oblige our foreign foes to fear, or at least to refpeft us. "Three claftes are to be proscribed : the falle patriots, the fa lie royalilts, and all the horde of pretended democrats, who foimerly tyrannized over the peo ple. Every citizen and true patriot, be longing to the firft union of the Bel gians, is hereby invited' to associate un der the National Flag, and their pro per leaders. They aie requested to keep themselves -armed and in readiness, in order to destroy all cabals, &c. and watch over the nocturnal clubs. J\u<i the citizens cf J3i'ufTcis herebv invite the citizens of all the ojher citing ind to|gls, to unite themftflvej with them, anil to consolidate this plan,To at to giTe protection to the hufljaaSmea during the prcfent season. A nation will be always glorious and victorious if it displays its native ener gy ! and her present dangers can only be diminished by a ftrift police, second ed by a militia, under the orders of a sovereign, who is sworn to p rot eft us. This projedt, citizens, is the more salutary, as a conspiracy of the clubbifts of this city is announced 011 the ap proach of the enemy. Let us therefore redouble our efforts. The armed volunteers, by forming the garrisons of the towns and villages, will take off much of the burthen from the army. LONDON, May 24. Newfoundland fleet. At the Jamaica Coffee-Houfe, ac counts state, that out of Six and Twen ty fail of merchantmen, outward bound for New foundland, only one has efcap. Ed, the reft having been all captured —and a great part of them carried into Morlaix. On the 18th, when it was discovered that the column of troops under his Royal Highness was furroumied by the Cnrmagnols, and th;it the only mer.ru of their fafty was by flight, the Dukf-, accompanied by an Austrian Gi rural, and two other gentlemen only, rtached a village, which had been the preceding day taken from the enemy, luppofing ic ft.ll in the hands of the Allies. They were riding in tull gallop, when turning one of thfc llicets, rather sharply, they discovered that the village was in the hands of the French, and a column of the enemy lacing them ; the latter, fup pufmg that the Duke was heading a bo dy of troops, at firft fled, after having fired a volley at them, which killed the Aultrian General on the Duke's fide—■ Recovering, however from their error, the French pursued the Duke and his two companions, until they came near a river. The Duke threw himfelf off his horse, and so did another gentleman, and waded through the river; the third took the water with his horse. All this was done under the lire of the French, who had brought a ft* pounder to bear on them. On the other fide of the ri ver, the Duke fortunately met a led horse of Captain Murray's which he mounted, and thus arrived in I'afetY at In other parts of this day, the Duke, and indeed, all the officers and soldiers were much exposed. The Di ke's Se ercta y had his hat shot through, and an orderly ferjeant, close to the Duke, was killed. The Bth Regiment of Dragoons fuf fcred considerably : Of a detachment, confiding of 120 men, Major Hart, o»e other Officer, and 12 Privates, on ly, made good their retreat; the reft were either made prisoners, or cut to pieces. The present parliament, it may be depended upon, will be diflblved at the end of the present fefiion. Mr. Muncafter, of St. Martins-le- Grand, has been taken up, but tf e charge against him amounting to ncu thing more than hi« having dined with the constitutional society, he is admitted to bail. Mr. Martin, the attorney, was yes terday evening taking from the king's bench prison, by virtue of a writ of Habeas Corpus, and conduced by a messenger to be examined by the privy council. The (late piifoners in the Tower ate each of them allowed the intercourse of a counsel and solicitor to concert with them on their defence. A Mr. Peirfon, Barrister at law, of Lincoln's-Inn, one of the gentlemen taken in o euftody on Wednesday last, by virtue of a warrant granted by the secretary of state, which charged him with treasonable practices, yesterday un derwent an examination before the privy council, and was ordered to remain in euftody, but in consequence of his being very ill, was permitted to return to his chambers, with a guard placed ovei him. Two protests were yesterday en,tend on the journals of the lords, against t>'e bill for the suspension of the Habtas Corpus; the one at length detailing their reafous for diflenting from the r.ieafure, because not called for by the circurr.llances of the country, wasfigiu d Norfolk, Grafton, Lanfdowu, Gv:-Id. ford, Albemarle, Bedford, Lauderdale and Derby—the other very Hioit.lv (la ting an objection to the bill, as it gives to minillers the power of introducing letters de cachet into this kingdom, vvui figued Stanhope. May 17. Last night Mr. Sparrow, the meflen ger arrived at Whitehall, with difpatche* iiotji bis roval highneC. the duke oi york, -1
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