u? capsulation Afe far..! to be nearly the
fame as thole granted to the garrisons
si Condeand Valenciennes.
'Hie French have passed the Maefe ;
and, as they fecm<tieterrnined to force
tb-.ir way further into Holland, an en
g with otir troops, dispersed in
the Bommel Country, and in the Pro
'vince i>« Nimtguen, appears unavoid
able.
On Tuesday Ig chests, containing
prcfents from the emperor of China to
the King, were received at the Queen's
house.
The emperor hasiffued a proclamation
forbidding ail kind of intercouife be
tween his states and France.
The last accounts f odfl Lord Hood,
in the Mediterranean, mention, thgt he
had returned in the V.story to Corsica,
in order finally to fettle, with Sir Gil
bert' Elliot, the arrangement of the go
vernment of the Iflaml.
The fame accounts state, that rear
admiral Sir Hyde Parker, Bart, in the
St. George, of 98 guns, with 7 other
men of wai of the line, and 4 frigates,
wtre returned frt/Ti Leghorn to their
(tation off the Bay of St. John, where
the Fierich fleet that came out of Tou
lon sortie time foiee were itiil blockaded ;
that service having been performed by
a Sjanith P.t-et during the absence of
the Engiitf'-
The following persons were served
with printed copies of their indi&ments
for high treason on Monday afternoon,
viz. In thii Tower, Mcffrs. Hardy,
Horae, Took, Kyd, Joyce, Bonney,
Rirch-r, and. Thel'.vcll. In Newgate,
Messrs. Baxter, and Holcroft.
The other three perfans included in
the fame bill, viz. Richard Hodgfon,
Matthew Moore, and William Wardle,
are not yet in custody.
At the time of'"delivery they were
refpeftively'informed, by Mr. White,
that on Saturday fe'nmght they would
be had up to be arraiji. Ed and that
their trials weiild Commence at such
as the court (h'oul.i then appoint.
It is supposed that the trials will be
gin on thk Monday following.
The lift of the jury d-iivered to the
pevfnns now eimfiwi in the Towei,con
iiljs of 228. A lilt o.f. their, names has
been deliyetcd to every prisoner,. •
0:i the 13th iivft. a respite was re-
ceived 'at Edinburgh for a month, from
the 15th current, for David Downie.
• All the parts of the sentence againfl.
Robert Watt 'are remitted, except
hanging and taking off the head. The
place of execution is to be the weft end
of the Tolbooth :
The tranfpprta'ionthe feditionifts
, to Botany Bay, has had its proper ef
fect in Scotland. The people now per
teive, that to be happy, is to obey,
and prefctve the laws of their Coitftitu-
| tion.
BRITISH HEAD QUARTERS.
NIMEGUEN, oaober 12.
" The position of our Army remains
nearly the fame as when I last wrote
you; the principal body tof our troops
are encamped within a distance of a
mile and half from hence ; and at pre
sent there is 110 immediate profpeifl of
the change of our position, as the duke
of York is fortifying this city- in the
strongest manner that the time will ad
mit of; the Hanoverians and Hefiians
are employed night and day in throw
ing up new batteries, and conftru&ing
chcvaux Je fripe. The fortifications
were originally good, but having been
negledled many years, are much out of
repair; there are fotne very fine brass
cannon on the inner ramparts, but the
outer works are not so well provided.
" We weie not more surprised than
chagrined to learn this morning of the
surrender of Bois le-Duc, which ren
ders our fixation here more critical;
aslhould the French find means, to get
further into the country, eitbei by the
cowardice or treason of the Dutch Ja
cobins, who, I am sorry to fay, are ve
>y thickly scattered in alnioft every
tov.-n and village, we might run feme
riftc of being cut off in our retreat into
the province of Utrecht; whither I
suppose our march will he directed, in
caie we (hould find it necessary to move.
" As a proof of the evil difpofiticn
of ihe Dutch pcafants in many places,
a few days lince a Serjeant of the
Regiment, and a Private, being thirsty,
on their march towards Tiel, knocked
at the door of one of their houses, and
sliced for a little beer.—The farmer
looked out of his window, and without
hcjitation (hot the Serjeant dead on the
spot. His house was immediately en
tered by some of our troops hard by,
and searched; and as the man could
not be found, his house was set fire to.
a lie farmer, however, soon came forth,
bearing f or mercy ; but he was instant
ly nangred, as an example to such un
grateful wretches.
" A v «y fine bridge of boats hss
been conftruaed across thi Waal scar
hrr«, for the passage of our army, in
cafe of a hidden' retreat. It is now
quite ftmfhed ; and a very large budy
•t troops might crofsit in a very (hurt
space of time.
" This morning the Duke of York
attended divine service, which was per
formed by his Royal Highnefs's Chap
lain. Alter church, he rode teund a
dillance of 8 miles to reconnoitre ; but
no French were to be seen. The Duke
lives here in the house lately belonging
to the Count de Byland } which is very
pleasantly situated."
It was yesterday reported, that fort
St. Anure, which had been evacuated
by the Dutch officer who commanded
it, without any orders for that purpose,
has been recovered by General Aber
crombie, without the loss of a man.
ROTTERDAM, Oflober 12
" Yesterday the news reached us of
the surrender of Bois le-Duc to the
French on Thursday last, which with
the capture of Crevecaeur, and Fort
St. An Jie, which had been previously
evacuated, that the artillery and (tores
in it might not fall into the hands of
the enemy, gives them an uninterrupted
pofTtffion of the whole Barony of Bois
k'-Duc ; opens to thrift the passage of
the Maefe, and facilitates their irrup
tion into the Province of Nimeguen.
" We do not precisely know the
cause of the surrender of this important
fortjefj, as it was amply supplied with
(tores and provisions. The garrison,
we understand, were allowed the honors
of war, and the fame terms of capitula
tion as were granted to the garrison of
Crevecaeur. We also learn, that the
surrender was accelcrated by a mutiny
in the town, some of the inhabitants of
which were no doubt sent in long ago
by the French, as spies, and to take
advantage of circumllances, insisted on
a capitulation. There is every reason
to believe, that nothing but treachery
could have thrown this fortrefs so soon
into the hands of the French, who could
hardly have been able to continue the
fige many days longer, as well on ac
count of the inundation, as the heavy
rains which have overflowed the coun
try, and mud have been mortally def
truftive to the besieging army.
" We have this day learnt that the
French had palled the Maefe; but we
know nothing of their further proceed
ings. The Island of Bommel is every
where fortified, arid a very numerous
English garrison has been sent to Thiel,
to defend the paflage of the Waal near
there.
"We have yet no particulars of" the
late unfortunate defeat of Gen. Clair
fayt's army ; nor have we heard any
thing of that wing of it commanded by
General Latour, which is said to have
fuffered moll,
" We are. forty to learn that the
beautiful city of Dufieldorff has been
almoll wholly consumed by the fire of
the enemy from the opposite banks of
the Rhine. It is said that scarcely a
house is left Handing. The French
have advanced to Cologne, where Gen.
Jsurdan has established his head-quar
ters ; but General Clairfayt, previous
to their reaching that place, had the
bridge destroyed. The French have
likewise taken poflefiion of Bonn. The
Electorate of fullers and Cologne offer
the French vast heaps of plunder. The
churches and convents in these t.vo
countics are many of them immensely
rich.
" A proclamation has been iflued by
the Stadtholder, that whoever is in the
service of the government, and fliall
quit his pod, shall forfeit it, and his
goods be confifcated.—Many pcrfons
have, however, quitted Holland to go
to Hamburgh ; —and many more are
packing np their goods to set off. But
I have not the lealt that
the French will be able to make any
progrtis into Holland this campaign.
Philadelphia, Decern. 24.
The co»tlii(sl of the army on the late
expedition, has been the fubjeiSt of praise
in the Legislative and Executive Depart
ments of our Government. A Report
made by Major General Irvine, (whocom
manded the division of the Pennsylvania
Militia) to the Governor, dated Carlisle,
December 9, contains the following addi
tional teftimoniali
" From Pittlburgh to the Chefnut
Ridge, the troops experienced severe
weather, and extreme bad roads ; but the
mountains which we dreaded molt, were
uncommonly good for the season, occasion
ed by hard freezing for several successive
nights.
" The march was performed to this
place in a Short time, and in tolerable or
der, considering the anxiety that pervaded
all ranks to reach home. They have been
Favored with very remarkable good health;
and it is with extreme pleasure I allure you
that, so far as has come to my knowledge
not a (ingle inlance of injury, or insult,
has been offered to any c.tiz-n. Genet.il
Chambers's brigade were kept together to
Strafonrgh—Proflor's with :he artillery,
marched from Carlisle on the fifth instant,
they will separate at Downing's Town—
Murray's marched this morning, and will
separate at HarriJburgh and Reading"
Extract from Dr. Williams's Eleflion Ser
mon,-preached at Rutland, (Vermont)
is Oft. last.
" Whatever may b« the opinion of par
ticular persons, refpe<£ling the meafiirt-s of
government, when all things go vre'i!, the
body of the people will discern and feel it;
and they will naturally and very justly
conclude, that the government,which tends
to render them prosperous,happy & flourifli
ing, is a good one : and that the rulers,
which promote these ends,'are men of ca
pacity, integrity and application, & ought
to be supported. And no conclusion can
be more just or proper ; for peace, order
and prosperity are not the effects of chance
or error j but of wisdom and virtue. The
body of the people will never be discon
tented with such rulers. The murmurers
and complainers will be found among the
corrupt, the intriguing, the disappointed,
and those who -fl-iffi to force themselves in
to office by falfehood;flander,defamat ; on,&
other kindso f vice. But while such kinds
of politicians, are full of their foolifb cla
mours and remarks, the great body .f
substantial citizens will remain attached to
their government and rulers, and render
them a firm and steady support.
By this Day's Mail.
NEW-YORK, Dec. 23.
By the British Packet.
N U Y S, Odober 5.
It is now certain that tlie French
have entered Gulik. On the 2d they
formed an army of x 8,000 men at Kuf
fel. The Commandant of Venlo sent
a patrole to reconnoitre the enemy, but
it was too weak to venture far: they
however made some prisoners, and learnt
that the French had entered the pro
vince of Gulik. A column of 20,000
French are marching towards the coun
try of Kulik. The motion! of the
French are so various that the allies
cannot tell where the enemy mean to
dire£t their attacks.
fcMERICK, Oft. 8.
The Rhine has been ftiut since yes
terday, and all the veflels have been obli
ged ta retire either to Arnhem or
Wezel.
General Clairfait's army is at Mul
heim, on this fide of the Rhine. <-
RHEINBERG, 0&.
The rapid retreat of the Auftrians
from Rocrmond has enabled the French
to make themselves mailers of Nuys.
This day they have sent patroles along
the Rhine, and have taken some vefliels
laden witheffe&s.
LONDON, October 14.
The Ele&or Palatine of Bavaria has
fignilied to the Assembly of the Rhenish
States on the Upper Rhine, that it
would be expedient to open negocia
tions of peace with France, and to de
liberate Ipeedily upon the means of at
taining that end.
All the Church plate is to be con
verted into specie in Spain, by virtue of
a Royal Ordi rarce.
M. de Beaumarchais lately arrived at
the Hague, where he soon after receiv
ed an order to quit Holland.
October 16.
The letters by the mail from Hol
land yesterday bring accounts of the
combined fqrees, particularly thofii un
der the Duke of York and the Dutch,
concentering towards the Seven Pro
vinces, in order to prevent t)ie French
from entering by the way of the pro
vince of Guelderland, kc. Part of the
Englilh occupy the lines of the Grebbe,
which run from Reenan t6 Naarden ;
and the country thereabouts will be
inundated, to make them the more se
cure. The French are in pofltflkm of
the Duchy of Cleves, and most likely
will soon enter Nimeguen. The grand
stand will be made on the borders of
Utrecht and Guelderland, the inhabi
tants of which provinces will it is said,
rife en mafle, under the command of
Prince Frederick of Orange: which
if they do, they from the local
Ctuation of the country, be able to
keep the enemy out.
By the French papers just received
we learn, that no frefh commotion has
occurred in Paris up to the Bth. Every
day was bringing to light frefh i tftances
of the (hocking cruelty of what is now
called Robespierre's system, and aggra
vating the detestation in which his me
mory it held. His partizans, or agents,
appear to have been numerous; and
since his death they have exerted all the
frantic activity of defpafr, to foreen
themselves front puniftiment by throw
ing every thing in confufion. • Their ef
forts have not beei alto .je!iter without
efficL Many of the poonhr (oci 'tie
dread, or afiect to dread, that the .new
system of moderation will relix the e
nergy of the revolutionry g-ivemment,
fuffer aiiftocracy ar.d fanaiicihn to re
vive, and expose the patriots to persecu
tion. The great body of the people
are of a very different opinion, and the
table of the Convention is daily coven
cd with addrefTcs and conmer-addreffes.
The committee of'public fafety ac
knowledge that the war of La Vendee
still exists, but adds that a new system
of vigour, combined with lenity, has
t>etn adopted, and is How in action to
put an end to it.
The war of invective between Col
lot d'Herbois, Billaud Varennes, and
Barrere, on the one fide, and their for
mer accusers t>n the other, is still kept
up, both in the Convention and the Ja
cobin Club. On the 3d instant, L.e
cointie's charges Vere revived, but
with no better success than when firft
brought forward. The majority depre
cates and restrains these pcrfonal dis
putes, and the people aie too much ela
ted by the viflories of the Republic, to
interest themselves much about indivi-
duals.
None of the old members are chosen
into the committee of public fafery.—
On the 6th Carnot, Lindet and Prieur
of the Cote d'Or, went out by rotati
on, and were succeeded by Prieur of la
Marne, Guy ton tie Morvaux, and Ri
chard.
On the 27th September, the number
of prisoners in the various houses of ar
rest was 4,900 ; on the sth of Octo
ber, 4,609.
Fxtraß of a letter from Stockholm
daced September
" Yesterday evening the sentence a -
gainst the accomplices in the conspira
cy waj publilhed. The garrison at the
fame time aeccived orders to hold itfelf in
readiness for the following day. Yester
day at xo in the morning, the ci-devant Se
cretary of the Privy Council Ehrenflrora
having his beard extremely long, as he
had fuffered it to grow during the last fix
months, was conduced under a strong
escort to the place of execution, where he
flood in the pillory above an hour. The
people seemed greatly incenfcd against
him on account of hi 3 firm behaviour.—
He was afterwards reconducted back to
prison where he will remain to th*
! firft of October, on which day he will
, lose his hand and head.
| " The sentence of Baron Armfeldt was
read on the above place, whereby he ,is
declared infamous and proscribed. Then
the executioner affixed on thepoft the fol
lowing inscription :—" Guflavus Maurice
Traitor to his Country, put out of the
protection of the law throughout the
whole kingdom of Sweden, and the coun
tries belonging to Sweden."—The fen- ]
fence mentioned Baron Armfeldt only by |
his baptilmal name, on account of 4 privi
lege enjoyed by the Swedish Nobility,
that no noble criminal can be condemned
by his family name, wh : ch he is consider
ed to have loft the moment he is found
' guilty. At firft the name of MagnuiTohn
was substituted for that of his family, be
cause his father called himie'if Magnus :
but as there are fevcral citizens of the
fame name, the Court has ordered that
henceforth every noble criminal lhall
be limply described by his baptismal name.
" An hour afterwards the Countcfs of
Rudenlkiold, maid of honor to the king's
I aunt, was put in the pillory. She had
| been sentenced to remain there an hour,
and afterwards to fuffer death ; but the
last part of the sentence has been comfti u*
ted by the Regent to imprisonment for life,
as a:n infamous person. Although the pri
soner wa» attended by a phyflciarv, she
found herfelffo ill on the Jcaffold, that it
was neceflary to convey hefina carriage
to the place where Ihe is to be confined.
" Colonel Aminoff has also had his life
granted, aha has been reipoved to the;
fortrefs 6f Carlllein near Gothembourg
for the reft of his days ; but he hopes bis
sentence will be mitigated. Rorfted,
the butler, and the Chamberlain Mineur,'
are imprisoned in the Caflle of Malrnoe."
From the Whitehall Evening Pcjl, of Ot
tober 11.
ABRIDGEMENT t,f the State of
POLITICS for this Week.
In France,
thtf grancVcentre of all political motion,
thctc Items to be at ptefent fomethJAg
like a tendency to .greater moderation,
than has pie vailed in that dilt rafted
country since the beginning of-the pre
sent troubles. It is said that this (how
of moderation is not the result of mild
er sentiment, but of mutual fear on the.
■patt of the contending parties ; and
that whichsoever party (hall think itfelf
strong enough to excrcile tyranny over
the other, will not delay to'exercife ft
one moment.—This is not improbable.
All that can be said is, that a little time
will (hew how thi» matter (lands,, for
the French are not * flow people their
drfignj are 'suddenly conceived ar.J
qu?c!dy executed.
■ •In itic vigorous profcution of the
w">r, ■hnwcvu, tii.cy iccm ftiil to te prcN
lyAinH.ii.noui. They ad\-nee with ra
pid Ihi.i* sun
H-llakf.
for tfiS fafery of whi. h the apprenenfi
ons or thv A.lies, ai.d ituleed of all-the
Ncitfral Powers, are now become very
leriou?, Another levy troops, er
what they call a requiiition, i.» 0:1 'wot
in France* The ar.r.ies under
- Pirltgru and Jourdr.ri, '
it !* believed, are tu be int'tcaied to the
number of three hundred theuffijid rre:>
-tA foyce-that' must penetrate into:
Holland, since they ha»e fa far changed
the mode of war as to leatfe-forrrcffesbe
hind them, without heiiratiotif in spite'
of all th; efforts of the CcwfedeVatej, if
the Dutch will nut re tile thsjnielvrs into
action, and rile in a mass for their own
defence. But irt the
Unite J Pro-Ances,
we arc sorry to liear, from all.
there are great .divifionsaut! discontents,
and an univerfdl Ihtpor it lethargy,
which the advancement of the enemy
rather increases. There.is a party that
wish well to the cause of the French,
not >\ ithflanding the cond'.idl of thoie
plunderers. in Brabant and Flanders.
One would have thought that- nothing
could he dearer to a Dutchman than
his money : but thete are llronoer and
livelier paffiwns, it items, than even a
love of money—A hatred of the Stadt
holderia-n party, and a vecolleilion of,
what they call the Pitiffian invasion,
inclines a very great .number among the.
inhabitants, ot towns to the principles
of the French. Emigrations from Hol
land, as mijjht be expected, aie very
frequent, ft is with difficulty that
Government can reilrain the emigration
<jf men in sacred and civil offices. What
is very Angular, all the Papills in Hol
land vr.ilh we'.l.to the French. There
are among the Papists in this country,
England, a few who affed to associate
and make e common caufc with grum
blctonian Diflenters ; but the generali
ty of the Papills, particularly men of
family and fortune, are zealcufly attach
ed to the Royal Family and to Go
vernment. It is only a few atrabilarious
Priests fouted by rnonaitic habits, ?nd
other poor creatures, that wiih for in
novation.
By all accounts the affairs of
The Poles,
prosper greatly Under that patriot hero
Kofciufko, in whose success no friend
to humanity bu: mjuft rejoice. , It ,ise
ven said, and believed, that the Pruffiai.s
have evacuated Poland.
The Danes
have jmade an arrangement with thjs
country, whereby they are to be per
muted to carty on their trade with
France unfnolefted.
F.efh accounts confnm the reports,
we have had of d!ftu; b.'.ncts and tnfrr
re&ions in the back fettletaents, and ot
very general discontents in
America.
A spirit of reltleffnels and difcontcnt
seems to pervade the world.
Bills of Indiclmeni
have been found by the Grand Jury a«
gainst ten or twelve individuals in the
county of Middlcfex, who mull now he
tried for trealon. It mull be owned
that there is an invincible necefiity of
makingfome examples. The laxity, and.
fupinenefs of the French government,,
in fuffering the firft cabals and intempe
rate language ot the Jacobins and other
Clubs in France, was the procuring or.
predifgcfirig cause of the French re\o
iution.
'»* * "i* *.J * »
£ONGR E S S.
HOUSE of Ri^R^ENTATIVES.
Tuesday, Dec. ?;j. ,
; A report was read Scorn. the Committee
appointed to confide r and r<*|iort v hjt fur
ther mtafuresare necelfcfy to be adopted
for the promulgatioa of the laws of the
United States.
This report propefes prilling 3 thoufawj
Copies of all the laws pt;Ted Civic the corcf
nieiiteipenl of the preient government, to
be dillrijiut'ed, in tbe fcv.eral iWfij ■(< that
the fame number be printed c-f .lawsyvvhi'tli
fliaHbe pasTed ii» future—a number
ot copies ffialt be printfd in tbs G'ern
the l;.ws be mu.rt ext-.n
fively pubiifhed jn the Gazettes, not to
txt cecit'Ao in one town, for which trt
Printers to receive (lo'.'.ars. ,ySi«
report fas twice read and ordu «J to iyi
printed.
- A report was rf ad from the £<jmir/utee
appointed to enquire how farjje Poll-of
fice law had been canned into execution
—/Lertef from the aflsdapt Post-Master-
Oeneral accCmipar.'ed this report, wbirh
flatus that in cr.e only there had
been ;i temporary failure in the tran!por;a
tlon of the mail or.|a icuthern route owicg
to the of a contracts
Tu It tchtir.ueiL