PHILADELPHIA, !
. OCTOBER, >;.
the repbrt of the execution df Ro
belpierre i % probably Untrue—our last ac
counts from Pan's are to the middle of
July, at which time no accusation had
appeared againlt hitn—and tho' accusa
tion,- (rial and execution follow in rapid
fucteffiorj in Paris, especially in the ca
f'-fc-of distinguished perfonaget, yet the
time will hardly allow the usual ftiort
ratine for Robespierre.—Some persons
fappol'e that the officer Who boarded
Captain Coit wan from an English fri
gate—-thor* he might speak the French
language, and appear as a French Offi
cer. Such deceptions are frequently
practiced, tho' in this cafe it it difficult
tt> account for the motive.—The pojjtbt
lily of the account's being true, results
from the great and sudden reverie «f cir
cumstances, in refpedt to federal other
public characters, who have fallen un
d?r the ax of the guillotine. Suppos
ing the French frigate to have been on
ly 48 hours from Brett when spoken by
Cap;. Coit, as has been Sated, and he
to have failed from England the loth
of August, and to have been 9 days
out at that time, it will follow, that
tae French Frigate left Brest about the
17tli of Augult, which ij a mouth la
ter than our Paris aecoumt.
By this Day*s JVIaiL
Foreign Intelligencej
KECEJTCD' B* THI.
SHIP AMERICA CAPT. COlf.
MANHEIM, July iS.
The French have made nomovem'ent
since yesterday.. In oilr neighborhood
the refpettive videttsaie between Mau
d.'.ch :«td Muiid'-iiheirn.
We have no official detail of the ac
tions that happened near Lantern on
the /2 th in it. and tire following days,
Ttie followipg is the fubftancr from
what we !<arn from private account?.
On the 12th, between «iine and ten
in the in filling, the French attacked
General-fcalkreuth in the environs of
Kayfhoven, Weitelberg, Henerftwrg,
and Rofcukopf, The adtion was hot,
•od the cannonading did not ceafc till
. towards night. '1 he loss muH have
keen great oh both fides ; a flying bat
t-ery, it is remarked, fvrept off 25 or 30
Frenchmen at each discharge j but it
t /terns that General. Kalkreuth could not
maintain his ground, for about mid
night hit army filed off for La ndfhuhl,
which town it had passed in the morn
ing, continued 4s retieat, and going to
take poll on the Kayferberg and the
Gagenberg before Lautein. The fame
night MollendorfF's army marched for
Trippftadt, a post menaced hy the
French. The caonooade began very
early on the 13th; the French carried
fcveial batteiiei by assault, and among
Other* one before Trippftadt, tho;igh
defended by an abatis, in spite of the
dreadfnl fire of the Prussians. Some
of the French crept under the trees,
Which had been felled to render their
progress impracticable, and others leap
ed over them. The Prdfiian gunners
had fcaiccly time to escape. At seven
o'clock the news arrived at Lautern,
that FYipplladt was taken, and orders
were given for the baggage to hie off
for Winweiler, towards which place a
part of Kalkreuth's troops took their
course.
On the 14th the army of Mollen
dorff drew up in order of battle 00 the
Kayferberg. They began to move the
magazines from Lantern, and at half
after eight the baggage and ammuni
tion took the road to Winweilei. The
French, being maftera of Trippftadi,
lent patroles to the defiles of Lantern,
and, as it was feared they would talce n
number of wounded Pruflians at Hock
fpeyer, the latter were haitily removed
to the rtar of the army. The loss on
both fidea muit be great; though that
of the French, who atttcked batteries
on heights and defended by abbatis, we
mutt fuppofc was much the more con ti
trable.
July igt
The inhabitant* of the" Palatinate,
who fled on the approach of the French
4re daily returning to their villages, in
confequervce of a proclamation by tht-
French Generals, which promise fafety
liberty of person, and refpeft to pro
perty, for all the inhabitants of the ter
ritory over-run by the French armies.
The molt severe orders have been ifiu
ed against the least attempt to pillage
by the Freuch soldiers.
FRANCKFORT, July 12.
tfh* advicM from GaUicia leave no
doubt of a body of Auftriant 'tavlng ,
paiTed the Vistula near Kofcielniki, a
lcagut and an half from Cracow* and
taken pofleffion of the Palatinates bf
Chehu and Scndomir. The orders ilTu
ed for this tfruption after the conference
between the Emperor and the Ruffiam
Embair«dor, Count Rafumowfki, were
countermanded; but according to let
ter* from Vienna of the 12th inftapt, a
courier from Peterfburgh arrived, and
the orders were soon renewed. Thus
it appears that by the interventio'n of
Russia, our part in the new division of
Poland, and that our share will be the
Palatinates of Chelm, Lublrn, Sendo
mir and Cracovia, which lg included in
the lot of Austria, is probably already
in the pofleffion of the Imperiall/ts; as
well as the town and castle of Cienltoc
how, are likewise a part of the
Austrian division ; the Pruflians and
Ruffians, mean time, are in the vicini
ty of Warsaw.
COLOGNE, July 22.
The Prince of Cobourg has quitted
the important position of Nerwinden,
and eiiablifned hishesd-quarters at Ton
gres. Namur is evacuated, and Oen.
Latour, who covered it,- hat retreated
> Liege. Thousands of cafricgcs, with
le .baggage of Prince Cobourg's army,
re daily passing through tiiis city ;
>oiitoncer» are also arrived to throw
>ridge* over the Rhine.' From all this
*e conclude that the Auftrians aie to
'etreat beyond the Rhine.
Under these circumstances the news
from the Rhine are the more alarming.
The force of the enemy is estimated at
160,000 men ; arid the htu.rtion of Field
Marshal Mollendorff it rendered infinite
ly embarrafiing by the unexpected re
treat of the Duke of Saxe Tefchen, or
the Rhine. We are under great appre
hensions for Manheim, for Frankfoit
and for all that part of Germany. It i:
very difficult to conje&ure the iflue o
these events. The general wifb for pcaci
• gives luch easy currency to the report
i circulated by commercial men, tha
with very little ground sot thinking so
' we prrfai'de onrfelves that a negociatio
is actually begun'.
j AMSTERDAM, july 28.
f
We leam from the frontiers, that
1600 Englifft have arrived at Bergen
. op-Zoom, and that they will be imme
diately fo!k»wed by 2000 others.
The garriion t>f Maellricht has been
reinforced by 7 or 8000 Auilrians.
Letters from Cologne of the 2 2d, ob
■ serve : " We daily behold many tbou
. sand loaded with the
: of the army, pa fling through this city ;
1 and the proper persons have air cad v ar-
I'rived in order to throw pontoons ajrofs
'■ the Rhine; thence we naturally con
clude, that the Aullrians are about to
: leave this country."
LONDON, July 26.
Mr. Pitt, we learn from refpe£table
authority, sent Tome days ago a letter
to Earl Howe, in fubitance as follows :
That it would be very advantageous
to his Majesty's service, if the no
ble Earl would at this time wave
his claim to the vacant blue ribband
—whicli had beer, his
Lordship—in favor of the Duke
of Portland !
Earl Howe exprefled his astonishment
and indignation in warm language; and,
it is said, concluded wijh nearly these
yords:
That his personal ambition (hould
_ never tend to the interruption of
his Majesty's service; that he
would not only wave all claims to
the vacant blueribßand in qtoeftion,
but that he would alio beg leave
to de'cline the proffered honor of a
Marquifate!
Mr. Shaw, the messenger, has brought
aa account of the total defeat of the
Piiiflians under General Mollendorff,
riear Keyferflautern. The battle lasted
several days with various success ; at
length, unable to refill the superiority
of ihc French, the Pruflians were forced
to retreat with the loss of 27 pieces of
cannon. The A'.ftriani were at the
lame time obliged to make a precipitate
retreat across the Rhine, at Manheim.
It is reported by some, that General
Mollendorff (hot himfelf after his defeat
—by others it is said that he w.as killed
during the a&ion—His loss exceeded
10,000 men.
July 31.
Dispatches were yefteiday received
from his Royal Highness the Duke of
\ ork, dated Britilh head-quarters, July
28. Mr. Heflop was entrnfted with
the communication. It contained no
thing of greater importance than a mi
lute detail of the military operations on
the retreat of the allies into Holland.
The Britilh troops, as already Hated
in this paper, were in the neighborhood
of Beigen-op-Zoors. The French for-
Cm are piling their fueceffes with un
common ardor ; and, if not soon check
ed in tkeir victorious career, Tomt ajJ
prehenG>ns may be entertained for the
fafety ol Rotterdam.
I oid Moira, on joining tfls Ddke of
York's irmy, found himrelf one of the
Major Generals in the line j
and tha foftead of corriftlandirig his
army, le would ftarce be entitled to
com maul a brigade. This greatly fnr
prifed hm, and on that account he re
signed lis command.
The ground which the Duke of York
occuprd at Conticque is the fame where
Princt Eugene, with an army of 30,000
men, cept in clieck for fcveral months
.Louis XIV. at the head of 90,000.
Admiral Kruyger is the commander
of the combined Dauilh and Swedish
fleets. The jundtion was tfte&ed on
the 6th inll. when the two squadrons,
, after having fired the ufiial {alutr, form
ed one line. This fleet coulifts of twen
ty three fail of the line, fevett frigates,
and four (loops of war. It will shot tly
he reinforced by feveraV more Swedish
(hips, which ire fitting out witll all pof
(ible expedition.
On the 3d, 4th, and sth of July,
72 perfot>g were executed by sentence
of the revolutionary tribunal of Paris.
On the. sixth, thirty ; of whom
were magillvates of the ancient parlia
ment of Toulotiß'—among ft this num
ber was coun'cellor Bardy, aged 85
and two others of 80 vears.
On tHf 7th, the IVdliori fitting in tb<
la'il of liberty condemned 69, and that
n th'e hall .if equality 9> all as confpira
org againfi the liberty gr»d fafcty of the
>eople. Amongfl the Gift was the late
\bbe of Sali niac Fen clou. >e<l So
• t
/tars, for whom the little Savoyu
or whom he fc-td eftabliftied at Paris, at
veruneiit.
Amopg "number likewise, were
his relation J. G. FefteTsn, formerly
Colonel, and so.i of the amudfador who
G<vres ; the c:-devant Prince de Herrifi;
chamber- ofacco'mts; Labaume ?od de
Boifgelin, ci-devant field nwfiialsj See.
The number condemned ?nd execu
ted on the was 44 ; hud notwitli
(londinp the daily O icvitions, the num
ber contained i'n ihe prisons of Parts 01
the 6th infti u'« 3 7502. ■
August 4. > .
1 : Mri Eaftj ; the meflenger, arrived on
Si&irthr? iftfl wiih' difpa'tcKes /rom the
Unite ai— York, dated British Head
nrar ik.'i gcn-cp-Zoom. No
thing of-importawJe has transpired.
, ; H4» rf*nw>ttrcd,that Printe Cobdurg
Ms ccfigaedin drfgaft. hte ddmjnand of
the army that he tots b*en succeeded
hy-th? Arch Duke Charles ; and that
the latter iY to-be aided iB the planning
of the figure ipilitr.ry operations by
Genesis Clairfaity a (_ Jo
ncl Maek. :: , . * ■
The information received on Satur
day at Lloyd's refpcdffng the audaoity
of the French Cruisers who now infect
our coal'ts, has caused fotnc alarms among
the mercantile interest in the city ; but
as the Gran 3-. J3ntifh Fleet will very
soon proceed io ft |i, the infoler.ee of the
Euemy will be but of a Very (feort du
ration.
For the confutation of the Merchants,
the following notice was on Saturday
stuck up at Lloyd's :
1* Stonehaufe, July 3 1.
" Admiral Macbride's Squadron is
ordered to fca this afternoon, in quelt
of Thirteen 'French Frigates that are
cruizing oft the Channel ; he is to be
joined off Falmouth by the Squadron
under Sir J. Warren."
Diirrifh Lyon, mate of the Raith, of
Leith, taken bv the French on the 2/ft
of July, in company'witli the Dundee,
off Duncanfby-hcad, but afterwards re
taken, arrived at Lerwick, gives the
following account of the French squa
dron tn the- North Sea :
It conrtfh of Lt Tartar, of 44 gun
on board of which a Rear Admiral has
his flag; La Bcllona, of 44 ;Le Bru
tus, of sO gims,' formerly a line of bat
tle (hip, belt rit>w cut down ; Le Rc
pnblicain, of 3)6; Le Vengeance, of
24; La Montagne, of *'24,; and La
Nereade, of 16. This'fleet failed from
Brest on the 7th ult. and pafled round
Ireland. ' <
The De -Snalrfe Post, Dutch fidop,
Captain Spockler, from Lisbon, one of
the convoy, was taken by the following
Frerifch squadron, Le Proserpine,' 50
guns, L'Audacieux, and
44 each, and another frigate, La Mu
lette, Le Tigre, Lc Dequetois, and
another (loop, on the 26th of July, and
was retaken.on the 27th by the Refuta
tion privateer of Weymouth, and carried
into that place. The French prisoners
fay they have other fquadronj at sea ;
ant! that fix fail of the line were toha»e
failed a few days after tliey left France,
which they suppose to be at sea now.
A molt tragical scene *as pet farmed
at Warfawon the 4th inft. It is laid
that upwaids of 200 PoHlh pnfoners, in
the jails, were that day tried and exe
cuted.
Among other ohjefts which the Chan
nel fleet will have in view, in their next
bruize will be the escorting fafe home
the 17 valuable Eait-India ftiips which
have put into Galway Bay.
REVOLUTIONARY TRIBUNAL.
The following persons have been
condemned to the Guillotine finee our
lad lilt was published :
M. le ci-devant Chevalier de Puyvert,
an officer of the Marines.
M. de Biiffon, son to the faipous Na
turalist.
M. M. H. A. Sefpenapee of Tou
louse, aged 64.
Blanquct de Rouville, of Marfujoi, 37.
F. Comfelle la Bouverie, of GaiUac,
29.
J. F. Pcyrot, 59.
J. A. V. Jngonon of Poiitclioriiet,4J.
M. M. Guirongand Perrey, Carton,
Jarres, Dufar.quct la Borde, Sefpen
pee, Val Lauri, Dafpei, Balloe, La
Tringlecoftc, LanufTe, Guil
e Btin, Motirlrnt, Tonrnier, and De
Carhonel, all mertibers of the Parlinrnent
of Touloufu.
FMB/I&aY TO I Hit/A.
We a* e hippy in being enabled to lay before our
ieaders a brief account cf tht principal, parti
culars lelat ng to th»» AAjfio*, uhich'the pub.
lie maybe ajfvrtd is perjedh authentic, tho'
Jome of tht circumjtame) may appear, to £u
rot m ideas and mrtdes of thinking-, almofl in*
credibly. V " ~
Without detifi«i*tg our teadets to irjorm them
of urcumjlanees 1 elating to the early part of the
vo\age, tl will he enough to notice lritfl\< that
after pajfing the bank.- oj Sund,a. thty muae feme
unfuecejsjuf attempts to explore the Jlunds of Ban
cat and the freights of Malacca. The Jtopped
at Pulo( ondffre, and J ram thence proceeded to Tu~
rjn i>ay, in Cochin China, inhere tht\ Jtur.d a
\aungpnitCe ejtablifileduj>vn the •t/i>o*ie l fjter a
cipii uuj of 20 se-iri continuan/e, which end d
in a TcvclutiMy jot such ei'tnis, it mould appear, '
art not'peculiar to the IVeflert H'o+/<T. A con
fact able number oj M*ffi«nartes had o> ce been ttr
Cdcim-\ hi/14 1 hut the- were all gone, having fol
lowed tile fates oj tbe Ro\alline expelled by tfys
tao'uiiti' , una which full rtta>ncd pofhjien oj a
/wall corner of tbe kingdom. In their voyage
they vifted Macao dud Chufun. the cajierntrwfl ex
tremity oj Lhu a, an if at fajl reached the rnonth oj
the rher I ienj:n, in f„e hp' torn of the Ptcheli Cm J
cn t.'t ?6'h of July 1793, wher they found the
water Jo fhai/ocvy though they hud no fight of land t
that they c*ft anchor m 6 jathumx water.
ttovi hence they diJpaUhtda btig to annohr.ee
their arrival, to teyycfl that vt£ei% might be j<nl
to recen-t the trejents mterdcufor the
ut tht tnghjii vejjels Could fitoceid no further Jor
oirto/ XMlr ; an d aljh to fitted a fipp.\ of
JrxJh t-omfiotis On thefr/i of At£ufl a number
of J*>ah veffets arrived from ine fiote, having cn
Kuid Joiite' primtpa/ Mtrndai u.c., ahtk u mo/I
magmjicen! Jupp!) oj tvity uiiicle oj prcvijtcns.
Twenty fuI.MM, ut n aids cj icojictp, as ma„\
f'grcat iiiimiiroj /ftii/i. 1/ various hindi,
antl On immenjc fnu»nt\ y ihc ruhejt aui jtnrj!
jruiis of tie cvuiiiiy i jeitfai ilejls t>/ Ua.fi
s-r - t-h'na, &C &C onia n r g c Jupph e/fiw,
mi f*, tread, rite, ana oUier uiticiti in great
fircJvjiOTi.
'' '.e dijferent prefen'.* being put. on beard the
Chitiefe junks, lara Macartney, on the 51A,
ucr.i iniL-Uaiexe hrlg to 1t.,,,. \ a Jen, ml-1
a thertrer, ieheri thtgocdi were obhgei to be
transferred tofiiiljmalcr vcjjel,, to c o "lxy them
to Ifitgchu, about 10 mif(SJrom Pektrt
ihe bmbajj'y left Jjcao, zaher, evfry accomoda.
tion was djfordtd th m, cn r/fe Sth oj Au*ujl,
and airivai at I ien/in the nth, what tlitft a-eit
entertained on fltore, tmiitjl taaafandi oj people,
"'jtir the entertainment he) got a present oj vic
la-'h, m tame of a atnne'r, fijficient U lajt the
whole 0/ them fir a wteh—eM ojjiier go! bejides,
two pieces ttj jni—and even t/ltjoldiers and me
chaiFii) St. had a piece oj Jilk and cotton.
lienfin is situated at th^ confluence of
three large rivers, and is a -place of Jarge
and exteniive commerce. Its population
is not to be counted by thouiands but by
millions J the burying 'gronnd o»ly,anijn
ttienle plain, extends farther than the eye
Cap reach, and appears only bounded by
the horizon. The other relating to
this placc. which they left on the iKh,
would appear incredible were they record- i
ed here.
They next went to Tongchu, to which
place they were conveyed by water in vcf.
i'eli dragged by t*en ; they reached it on
the 16th. Here the present* and baggage
were landed and deposited in houses erec
ted to receive them.
!• On the 11ft the ambaflidor and hisfuite
,set out for Pekin ; Lord Macartney, and
Sir G. Staunton in sedan chairs, the, offi
cers, &c. in carriage*, the
i*ft in a kind of covered waggons.
L hey reached Peakin about 9 o'clock
that morning. The streets are not pa
ved, the longed are about fix miles,
crafting each other in right angles, as
in Philadelphia, and from 90 to 130
feet in bteadth. The houses are only
one llory high. The walls of the city
are of an imme ß f f height, and the prin
cipal streets terminate at the gate 6,
which are very magnificent. Sumptu
ous apartments were provided for the
furte, and every neeeffary of life was
furr.ilhed to them without purchaie.
They remained here till the begin
ning of September, when Lord Ma
cartney and suite let out for Gehol, the
country iefid*nce of the Emperor. His
Lordftiip went in an Englifti coach, the
other gentlemen on horse-back, the foldt
crs, See. in waggons ; so that with the
baggage train, the whole cavalcade was
of very great length.
Gehol is about 170 English rr.ile*
from Pekin. They were a week in go.
ing thither. On the 4th day of their
journey they reached the famous wall
which forms one of the barriers of this
empire, their way leading thro' a gate
called Canpe-Rieu. There are only
such pasTes in China. This wall was
built upwards of 200 years before Chii*
from which time, for 14 or 1500 yea ~
it served as a complete defence agnirift
every enemy; but at the end of that
period, Ghcngis Chan invaded the em.
pire, and got poflefiion of the throne.
It is about 26 feet high, and about 15
thick at the top, which is wejl paved,
and has a parapet on each fide, the b»fe
is about 2 a feet thick. At ever)' d:f.
tance of about 90 or 100 yards, there
is a tower jppon it of about 15 feet each
in height, and 45 in length. In fevc
ral places there are other walls within
the main one, which take in a sweep of
several miles, and then conned again
with it; so that should the outer one
be forced, the inner remains as a de
fence i and these again are covered by
other walls within them ;• but this is on
ly at the 4 piincipal passes. The ground
over which this itnmenfe fabric <« cani.
Ed, is in some places very rugged and
uneven, more so than the molt moun
tainous part# of Cumberland. This
wall is more than 2000 miles in length,
without allowing for thf bendiiigs over
mountains and through valleys. The
towers are about in number.
When" they r chej Oehol, some
mifundcrftandiug teipefti the mode of
ptefentjatujn pKvent; J the ceremony
f'ropi Lord
Macartney iufifted that the ceremonies
required to he performed by him before
the Emperpr should be performed by a
Chinese of ecjiial rank before the pic
ture ojf bis Majesty. .One of the prime
Ministers, of whom there are five in
China, (tiled Caldos, having commit
ted some mistake, in reporting that Ma
cartney had agreed to comply v, it hcerr.
monies to which he had not affewed,
was degraded fomeftepsi.n his rank, and
forced to wear, in his bead dress, ,u
| crow's tail instead of a peacpck's, which
it feem6 answer there to our flats, gar.
ters, ribbands, and other iniignia of no.
bility. Chinta-gin, one of tiiefe mini*
I tcrs, on finding what hindered the bufi
[ ness from going on, ver / shrewdly re?
! marked that he thought it ftratige that
! an Ambaflador who had come such a
great distance, profefledly to compli
merit the Emperor, should commentc
his business by contending about forma
lities. It was at lafl, however, fettled,
that his lordlhip should pay the fame
refpedls to the Emperor that he paid on
appfoacliing the King of England.
The suit were received in a large tent.
The Emperor was carried thither in an
open chair borne by sixteen men : as he
pallid to the tent the English kneeled
on one knee : every one of the Chinese
proflrafing themselves on the ground,
being all arranged in and round the tent,
they ha<ia sumptuous repast, which was
followed by music, tumbling, wrestling,
and other exercises. The Emperor
paid great attention to Lord Macartney,
and he and all the gentlemen had pre
sents of silk purses, fans, &c. The
entertainment being ended, the Empe
ror descended from the throne, and
walked to his chair", and was carried a
nay in the fame manner in which he
camp. The croud of Mandarins, Prin
ces, and other people of rank, which
attended this ceremony was almofl in
numerable.
Next day (the 15th) the J
again saw Lord Macartney. He came
in the fame manner as on the proceeding
day. He told his Lordship, that he
was going to a Pagoda, at some dis
tance, but that he had given orders to
his Miniilcrgto attend upon his Lord
ship, and (hew him the palaces and gar
dens. When the Emperor was gone
the suit were conveyed to an island, in
an extenfivGlfheet of water, where they
found a large building, in almott every
apartment of which there was a kind of
throne, and also a number of curiofitie*
of Er.gliih manufacture On the left
of each throne was a large agate, in a
batten form, depolited there as an em
blem of peace in the empire. From
this they were conveyed by water, and
afterwards IheWn a number of other
buildings, where they were enteitained
with fruits, fwectmeats, &c.
_ The 17th which was the Emperors
birth day(he is 83 years of age) they
visited the palace before the morning
dawn. They waited till day light in }
large apartment after which Lord Ma
crrtney and the high Mandarines were
admitted into an inner court : the off.
cersof the fnite were in the fecund
cowt, and the Mandarines of inferior
tankin a tkird ctmit, the tur®