iferj-r kpawn in Germany. Every vi-.'i.ai able to bear arms is summoned to 1 !■: Conventional army, which attemp *d the fiepe of Mcntf, has sustained an i w fe loft through desertion. The de lertert were eager to enlist in the corps which wea,r the white cockade; but the Auftrians and Prussians prevented them from doing so, by enrolling them among their own troops. The regiment of Mar ray, only, has receired seven hundred of them. a The Mayor of Amsterdam, Citizen Vif ther, one of the raoft zealous leaders of the Revolution attempted in the year 1787, at which time he loft his place as Penlion ary of Amsterdam, has ordered the follow ing inscription, in large letters, to be put over every entrance of all the churches of that place —God is here adored—Citizen, luhofoever thou be, do not dijlurb bis <wor- Jbif. General Jourilan seems to have taken op his present position between Maeftricht and Nimeguen, for no other reason than that his army may form a second line to that of General Pichegru ; and both be able to support each other in cafe of need ac:,ainft the Prussian force, which is to ail in Prussian Guelderland ; and, perhaps to penetrate into Holland, for the re-estab lishment of the Dutch Constitution, gua ranteed by the King of Prussia in several treaties Ycfterday a smart press took place in the river, when a great number of able fea mtn were procured. The crew of an out ward bound veilel, lying at Deptford, ha ving relisted one of the gangs, a Warm Ikirmilh ensued, which terminated in favor of the former, who obliged their oppo nents to make a precipitate retreat, and got to shore unmalefted. LETTER From the EMPRESS of RUSSIA, TO THE KING »f POLAND. " Peter/burg, Dee. zi, 1794. " SIR e, MY BROTHER, " THE fate of Poland, which your Majesty described to me in your letter of the 21ft ult. is the consequence of those principles, which are deflru<3ive to all or der, and to every social establishment, and which were lpread in imitation of a people abandoned to extravagance and er ror. It has not depended upon me to pre vent these dreadful consequences, or to fill tip the precipice which gaped under the feet of the Polilh nation, ling for them by their traitors, and into which they are at Jaft fallen. All my good endeavours were rewarded by nothing but hatred and ingra titude. Amonglt the evils which at pre sent oppress that people, famine is the mod ifreadful. I (hall issue my orders to alTuage tin? evil, as much as lies in human power. " This ccfnlideration, however, and eoi icious of the dangers to which your ■M ijelly is exposed, amongst the licentious populate of Warsaw, make me wi(h your leaving that criminal town as toon as poffi- W?, and to take up your residence at Grod no. Field Marihal CountSuwarrowßym nit?lky is charged to rriake you this propo sal, and at the fame time to take necefla ry measures to conduift you thithtr, in as lafe and commodious a manner as possible. Your Majesty khpws ray character, and that I am incapable of abusing the advan tages wkich I obtained by the favour of Providence, for the jullice of thy cause. " Your Majesty, therefore, may ex pei) in tranquility, the manner in.which political interest, (raifon d'Etat) and pub lic ftcurity, will in future difpefe of the fate at Poland! With these Sentiments, I remain, Sirt, my Brother, your Majesty's good Sifter, (Signed) CATHARINE." A contribution has been levied npon the tdwn of Liege, notwithftinding the boast ed patriotic* of its inhabitants, to the a mount of a million in specie. One thou sand livres are to be added daily till the whole is paid. In Lord Howe's fine fleet there are three three deckers, reckoned by seamen, of the nrft description, the belt built, and most ormidible ships that ever failed out of England. February 31. By letters from Frankfort wt learn that h« Frcnch hive railed the liege of Mentz; nd moftof their troops employed in that xpedition have inarched towards Hol and. Thsre are not io.ooo Frrnch troops ■ .long the Rhine from Mentz to Coblentz. . is said, that the Auflxiam have re-crof ed the Rhine, and propose to attempt the relief of Luxembourg. There is very little authentic newt from Holland. A lew Convention of the States General is now forming, which is to meet it Amsterdam.—Some letters mention, .hat the Freneh have yiven aiiether proof us their fratern-ty, by imposing a contri bution of jo millions of florins on that lty only. If we are not very much mif ikei), the Mynh'.-ers will l'ooa perceive aac thei: new brethren ars not content vith a little. Their demand* and requi sitions being fatisfi d, we may expeil to lee a new form of government a la Car magnole established in Holland ; and those yho oppose it guillotined. For such ha* invariably been the progress of Conven t-.oual fraternity. In the United Provin ce*, like every where else, persons poflef fed of no property have voted in the aid of the French Arabs, to rob those who la" <■ something to lose; and the fame will be the cafe with every nation, which •liaces jny reliance on the Conventional reclamations ; justly compared by us in - former paper, to the fable of the Wolf and the Sheep, the former covering itfeli wirh the ikin of the latter to decoy aji( jlcvojr th« lurmltfs flock*. February 13. Count Walmoden is going to Harsover, to superintend the recruiting of the Han overian army, which is going <>4 with great alacrity j and the whole German Empire is using its utmost exertions to prepare the mians for opening tKe ensu ing campaign with a vigour and spirit hi therto unknown. The Prince of Hefle Caflel is at the head of io&oa troop#; Prince Ernest of Mecklenburg, commands 17 battalions of Hanoverian infantry, and 11 squadrons of cavalry. There is a ge neral impress throughout Hanover. . The rumor of the King of Prussia haying concluded a treaty of Peace with the French, was for several days extremely current at Embden and through our ar my ; but gentleman of high rank was waiting at the lfland of Nordenny, to «mbark for England, an express reach ed him from Lord Milmefbury at Hano ver, inferming him, that his Lordlhip had received advices from Berlin, stating that his Prussian majesty was about to fend 60,000 new forces from Prussia, to protefl his dominions in Guelderland and West phalia; and that his Majesty was deter mined to unite all his strength with the other allies to drive the French back to their »wn frontiers. We state this cir cumstance as a positive faifl. 1 " At length," the Paris papers fay, " the people begin to talk seriously of adopting the Republican Constitution, and of putting a period te the Revolutionary Government." The Republican General who com mands the army that blockades Luxem bourg, has sent, previously to a more vigorous mode of attack, a summons to the commandant of Luxembourg stating, that, " Views of humanity induced hira te propose to the commandant to surren der the place, as all hopes of succor would prove vaia j and as the effufion of blood and the deftnnstion of peaceful Citizens would be thus avoided." The answer was polite ; but it contained a positive re fufal to comply with the French Gene ral's requisition. The news from Spain, by the way of France, is extremely unfavorable, as the capture of Rosas, i« confirmed be yond all doubt, which completely expo ses the city of Barcelona, which it it apprehended mull fall into the enemy's hands. The following is an official ac count sent to the Convention ef the capture of Rosas: The reprefentativesof thepeople with the army of the Ea'ftern Pyrennes, to the committee of Public fafety. " Rosas, 15 Nivofe, (Jan. 4.) " We promised you, citizens, to en ter Rosas either through the gates, or through a breach. The Spaniards, however, did not wifti to be reduced to this last extremity ; they furrendcr td at discretion to day. The army of the Eastern Pyrennns have to fay, that (luring the siege, they conquered the fury even of the elements. At the commencement it was neceflary to cut roads in mountains deemed inaccefiible. Our brave brethren in arms behaved with indefatigable zeal, they drew the artillery, mortars, and all the stores themselves, This was a necrffary pre liminary to the capture of the fort of Bouton, which enabled us to keep in awe the naval forcCof the enemy, in the bay of Rosas. Bouton being taken, the firft parrel lel was soon opened before the gate of Rosas j but the violent rains and snow filled the trenches with water, and 23 dayselapfcd before we could resume our operations. The impossibility of opening the second purrcllel determined us to adopt a new plan of attaak, not juftified by th« rules of art, but certain ly a good plan, because it enabled ui to batter in breach. A little hill was fa vorable to onr operations. The order was given, and in the night of the 10th a battery of eighteen 24 pounder* was begun and completed. In the morning of the 14th webegan tobatter in breach and hardly had the firft (hot been ft red; when the volunteers asked permifli on to mount; The fire was terrible for two days. The wall was already dama ged, and the garrison convinced how vain reftftarice would be, profited of the darknefsof the night to embark in great numbers. Five hundred and forty men who remained surrendered at discretion this morning and are made prisoners of war. "It is on the rampart*of Rosas, and 1 in fight of the spanish squadron, which prudently is out of the reach of our cannon that vfe are going to celebrate the anniversary of thejuftpuniftunent of the last of the Capets.'' " We must not omit mentioning to the committee, that in addition to the labors of so painful a liege, our brave brethren have had to endure rain, snow, and hail, and yet nothing ha* shaken their courage and zeal.. The generals, officers of artillery, and all the other officers, have difchargcd their duty with indefatigable a&ivity. " The National Convention, always just, will again, we trust, decree, and not for the last time, that this army does not c&fe to deserve well of their country. " Health and Fraternity." la the Philofopfcical TranfaiSlions there is in account of a family, consisting of eight or nine people, who, by' k violeut wind at the time of a deep ffldw, were buried under a drift for more than five weeks. They had some goats in the cot tage, and upon goat's milk they subsisted part of the time when ; the animals gave no milk, they killed them, and lived upon their flefh until the fnovr melted and they, burst into day. Their neighbours had dug into the snow in many places round the hill; but, trees and all other land marks being covered, they had never found the right spot. During the whole , time sf their confinement, they knew the ap proach of day by the crowing of the cocks in the neighbouring cottages. February 25. On Monday, last two Dutch eom miffioners arrived in town from Holland, charged with a special comraiflibn to our government*; Wc undcrttand that the principal ohjeft of this million is to demand the icftoratioa of the Dutch Clipping detained in our ports; and (hould this demand be acceded to, it is said that, they havi to prepofe the re eftablilhment of the communication be tween this country and Holland. ; One of these gentlemen is named Havart. It is to be observed, that federal of the morning prints not only anticipated the arrival of those commissioners several days since, but also dated a conversation said to have palled between them and Lord Grenville ! So much for antici pation. A rumour of the insolvency of the Bank of Amsterdam having for fomc time past greatly injured its credit, arid depressed the Bank Stock much under par, the ptovifional representatives of the people of Amsterdam ordered an enquiry to be made into the Hate ps lhat Bank. The result of this,(invrf!i gation, according to a proclamation ps the said representatives on the ?th of this morith was, that the trealury »f that city owes to the Bank 193,9728. Bft. Bs. banco : and that, moreover, in the said Bank has been found all the specie, for which accountable receipts have been given, which at all times ra;vy be drawn out by the holders of the said receipts; from which statement, the aforefaid representatives drew the con cluliou-, that the said Bank is fully able to maintain its credit, and that the no tifications of its prcfent state ought to tranquilijce the minds of foreigners, as well as of the commercial pari of the inhabitants of that town. Yesterday his Royal Highness the Dnkeof York had his firft Levee at York House, Piccadilly, as Field mar. Ihal of the Britilharmy. All the mili tary officers in town, down to the rank of Captain, attended, and were pre sented to his Highness in form. I The Count Oyenhaufen arrived yes terday from the Continent, charged with a verbal communication to the King. BERLIN, January 16. The field equipage of his majesty is to be got ready immediately, which leads us to suppose, that the king is on the paint of proceeding to the army on the Rhine. One hundred and twenty veflels have been put in a Hate of requi sition, to convey all forts of provisions, as well as ammunition, to the fortrefs of Magdeburgh. The supreme council of war is extremely busy; immense transports of ammunition and provisions are fending to the armies; prince Hen ry is cvnftantly with the King, and af filts at all the feeret conferences which are held. Couriers, to and fro™ the army, are more frequent than ever, and great movement* are observed among be troops. PARIB, January 31. Notwithstanding the preponderance which the moderate party enjoy in the Convention, the Jacobins still ptefervt so formidable in influence,, that the Moderatei hare not yet dared to bring tojuftice either the impiifoned Joseph le Bon, Fouquier Tinville tnd others, or the publicly denounced Barrere, Col lot d'Herbois, and ;beir aflociates. In order to form the public against those mifcrcants and theit adherents, the aid of epigrams, fangs, pamphlets, and newspapers is called in ; but no strong tneafuie has been adopted to aecompliih their downtall. The use made of these ! petty means in lieu ©fbold and vigorous ' meafurcs, in a cause, the iflue of which ■ may, perhaps, decide the fate of the 1 Republic, evinccsthe weaknefsof their employers, but does not inftru<sl our judg ment as to the future destiny of those a giinft whom they are employed. The news from La Vendee and the Cheuans, begin once more to occupy the attention of our journalists. Amiclft the con traditions contained in the letters we receive from those quarters, it is not diffi cult to perceive, that the state of affairs is not so favourable as had been announced, and that the effefl of the amnesty lately publilhed, falls far fh'ort of what had been expe&ed. iMo further mention is made of the many thousands of rebels, who hasten t® lajr down their arms, «res the grate fui benediOiynt'Uftvwed by thoA on the Convention. The priests and nobles pre serve still their influence over that diftradt ed country. Some villages, however, on the frontiers of La Vendee, mofl exposed to the incurfioruc of our troops, have re paired to our camp iad laid down their arms.. '• -- Those in the 'interior of the country, who are not liable to the fame danger, are far from (hewing the fame eagerness to take the benefit of an amnesty, which ap pears to them the more suspicious, as the faith reposed by their comrades in a simi lar instance, a twelve-month ago, led them to deftru&ion. They wish for peace and tranquility, but the factions which divide the Convention and convulse the depart ments, and the tumultuous commotions produced by the Revolutionary Govern ment, offer them bo security for that am nesty which one failion h'oljjs out to them, but which its opponents may annul within a Ihort time. ■ Chai-ette poflqlTes their con fidence in such a degree, that .they l'wear by his name, and would think it the ut ftiolt infamy and disgrace to. forfake a chief, who, born and educated . among them, has so often fougl'it, and facrificed lo much to their caui'e. This Charette, so jrning to accept favours, thinks himfelf entitled to stipulate conditions. He de mands the liberty of the ancient divime service performed by priests, who have not taken the Revolutionary oath, nor forfak en their .flocks. He refufes to acknowledge the Republic, and his soldiers cannot be made to exclaim—Vive la Republique ! Royalifm seems still to reign within the bosom of those frantic zealots, who carry in triumph the image of the last tyrant through their camp, and stamp it on their paper money. / Some letters from Nantes Hate, that a mifunderflanding prevails at prel'ent be tween the Chiefs of the insurgents of La Vendee, the above Charette, and Stofler ; they add that the former is difpoled to take the benefit of the amnesty,'> whillt the latter obstinately refufes to do the fame. Charette is even said to have offered to join the Republican army for the purpose of reducing Stofler. But we have ib often been deluded by similar relations, that we doubt the more the truth of the above ac count, as it is contradicted by another let ter from Boccage, the very den of the re bels. Besides, the pretended mifunder flanding between Charette and Stofler may be at the bottom a mere fe'mt to deceive ut. The reports from the Chouans are near ly of the fame nature as those from La Vendee. An engagement is talked of, wherein 100 rebels, who being invited to accept the amnesty, " cried out Vive le Rei !" and fired on our troops, have been entirely defeated. But this rumour can neither be reconciled with the well known situations of the Insurgents, nor with the reports hitherto made in the convention. The Chouans have never been able to form a corps of 800 men. Although the inha bitants of tne confines of Britanny and Anjou are against the Convention, yet they have never formed themselves into corps. The Convention mull, however, still en tertain iome fears concerning the infur re<Slion m those quarters since a detach ment from the army of the North, the Meufe and Sambre has received orders to march into the interior. By this Day's Mail. NEW-YORK, April 24. We yesterday communicated the fub ftanee of the intelligence brought by the Ohio. None so late as the 7th of March, we presume, has been re ceived : if it had, we should liave gi ven it at the fama time, if in our poffefilon, and not leflened the value of what was afiually received; by an ufelcfs anticipation of later dates : [Daily Adv.'] By the Ohio, we hear that Mr. Jay was expected to fail in the Severn, at Bristol, together with Governeur Mor ris, Esq. our late minister at Paris, and Mr. William Conitakle of this city, who are hourly expected. The letters by the Ohio are not yet come up, as the (hip is detained below the narrows by head winds. We hare received *0 London advices so late as the 7th of March, but from 1 such papers as we have, we have ex tracted a few articles that are deemed material. " [Am. Minerva.J NORFOLK, April 18. On Thursday arrived in Hairipton Roads, I the English frigate Oifeau, Capt. Murray, in j 14 days from 'Statia. The captain' states that ; from what could be colleded from the seve ral accounts at the different islands, both Gre | nada and St. Vincent's were still in the poficf fion of the English ; on the former there were several of Vidor Hughe's people Jand ed to difl'eminate Trench principles, and had so far succeeded, as to get a number of the old French negroes to join them, and take the Lieutenant Governor and several of the principal people of the island by surprise ; they then demanded the island for the Repub lic of France, but were refufed, the British being in pofTeflion of all the strong places. At St. Vincent's they succeeded in getting the Charibs to rife, and commit the most hor rid enormities and devastations in every place they came to, entil the very slaves of the is land, shocked at the unheard of cruelties of these barbarians, rose and gave them battle, killed their duels, and totally routed the reft. From the Litrid Monitor. Aiaonjj other noveltties of the age, Ml. HaJ<uxil, of. Bennington, advertises 7ht Hijlory o/RrofiMpj ion, on a plan en tirely .lisw.—PoiTiblv, on this plan, himfelf and eo-adjuters of the Ver mont and athrr Democratic Clubs, are t• eicapc the penalties of their original fin ; conceiving the old plan either not tenable, cor extending to their order. The fccie ty are probably indebted to Old Nat. for this novel scheme : The creature being an adept in ivind and water projects, this new flan miy procure him and his friends the favour of Charon when hurried into the boat. " Extradlof a letter froifc a gcntfeman in London to his in thi» city dated February iG. The Ship Molly Farrel is to (ail in ten days for Philadelphia—the (hiia William Penii) Jofiah in 3 weeks for ditto, and the lhip of New-York \yhich is char tered in place of the Pigou, will also fail in 6 weeks for Philadelphia. The (hip Houlbrook Hughes, is arrived at Dovei having ,a fair wind to carry her up—the Adrian® from New-York is not yet arrived." PRICE QF STOCKS ' 6 per Cents 3. per Cents Deferred Bank of the States Pennf/lvania North* America NEW THE J T RE. .: • *••- y ON MONDAY EVENING, April 26. Will be Prcftntcd, (Never performed here) » Comedy, called« SHE STOOPS TO CON QUER, Or, The Mistakes of a Night. iir Charles Mar low, -Mr. Warrell. t'oung Marlow, Mr. Chalmers, iardcaftle, - Mr. Morrit. laftings, jfa r . Cleveland. Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Bates Diggory, Landlord, Jeremy, iftfc Mrs. Ha' -Jcaftle, Vljfs Ilardcaftle, Mrs. Marshall. Mlfs Nerille, Mrs. Francis. Maid, Miss Willems. T# which <w'tll le added,. (Never performed in America) a Musical Farce, as performed,^Drury Lane Thea tre, in London, with unbounded applause called MY GRANDMOTHER. (The mule compoftd by Signior * J Storace.) Sir Mathew Medley, Mr. Francis. Vapour, Mr. Moreton. Woodley, Mr. Darley. Goflip, Mr. Bates. Soufffance, Mr. Harwood. Tom, Mr. Bliffett. Florella, Charldt ...otte, Mi., Broadhurft; (PS" On Wednesday, (never perfofm td here) a Comedy, written by General Burgoyne, called THE HEIRESS. At Reduced Prices, Na. %6 t Chefnut street, between Froct and Second Streets, FOR SALE, ■dn elegant AJortmcnt ef the mafi Faflrionable Stays, Cor'fets, &g Suitable for the Stafon. Ladies will be waited on at theif own hou* fes if required, ifnd stays, &c. altered, if n«v cefTary, free of extra charges. N.B. The sale will only continue fifteen days from thfs date. A IS f 3 t Newcastle Pie Lottery. The returns of the drawing arrive daily it the OFFICE, No. 149, Chefnut flxeet,bo ween Fourth and Fifth streets—Where a ■orreift Numerical Book is kept; also, the lips of each day's drawing regularly filed niormation given where a few remaining irizet exchanged f and high pr'zes cafhcd. The TWenty Seventh Day's Drawing U irrived at the above office. Washington Lottery. The public are informed by authority, thjft this Lottery will pofitfvely commence at the clole of Newcastle Lottery. Information given where tickets may be purchased, value 8 dollars each. Also, a few quarter ticket lia the above lottery, signed by Simutl Bledgct which will entitle the holder to one fourth of the prize drawn to its number. April 16. Civic FeClival. The Democratic Socicty of Pennsylvania, to teflify their fatisfa&ion at the late gloriout successes of the French Republic, an J the e mancipation of the people of Holland, in tend dining together on Friday the fint day of May, at Oeilers' Hotel, when all thole who rejofce in events so important to liberty are invited to attend. Ticket J at orre dollar and a half each, may be had at Iffael Israel'», and at the Office of the Aurora. Those persons who with to provide them» felvei with tickets, are requeued to apply for them early, as the fubfeription wili be do/si on Tucfda y the a Bth infc. 30/ >I/9 13/1.0 39 37 45 Mr. Francis. Mr. Parley. Mr. Blillctt. Mrs. Oldmixon.
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