nemy bad blown up the bridges near both of these cities; but the general had them re-conllrujled without delay. General Meiifrault crofted the Lahn (lear Weilhourg with his brigade, to support Ge.ie |al Haddiek, and encamped near Afohaffendorff. The encamped before Limbourg, on the banks of the Els. General d'E' hack pnr filed the enemy on the road leading to Hadamar ; * and, while General Kray proceeded to Montabaur, General Boros continued his march in the lame diredtion, with a view of railing the fiegc of the fortrefs of Ehrenbreitltein. According to the re port of deserters, the enemy crofjed the Rhine near Neuwied, and in the environs of Cologne. October 19. Field Marftiall Lieut, de Staader this moment states, from Ehrenbreitltein, that the fortrefs was delivered, on the 18th, by the advanced guard, commanded hy Gen. Boros, after the enemy's corps of oLfervatian had been attacked by the above guaid oh the heights of Ems. Notwithstanding the great superiority of the former, it was defeat ed and puriued to the other fide of the Sayn. The enemy retreated with more precipitation than ever to Jis other lide of the Rhine, by means of their bridges near Ncuwied, and wiih boats. General Boros took pod on the heighth of Rotherhahr, and is preparing to advance, in conceit with Gen erals Kray and Haddiek, to Neuwied. Different detachments as the army having been sent yelterday to the other fide of the Lahc, the corps de refcrve and mai.i body are now crossing 1 that l iver before L mbourg, The necessity of col lecting provisions, which it is impotlible to find in the environs of the Laim, completely ravaged by the enemy, has obliged a part of the aimy to make a itand for two days near Weilmunfter : this, however, has not prevented the advanecd guard from pulhing en, General Kienmicr entered Hohr on the l8:h, having puifued the enemy in their flight to that place. General Haddick is advancing on the road lead ing to Frtilingen. OiSohei 22 On the 20th, Gen. Haddick advanced to Uck erad, and pui faed the enemy to the Siejje, with out being able to come up with them : it r ppears,' by an intercepted order, that they hid crossed the Rhine near Bonn the day oefore. (Jen. Bi.ros i:i encamped before Bendoiff, and cannonades the re doubt constructed at the head ui the bridge near Neuwied. The enemy have in tha: redoubt I 2CO men and 10 guns. Notwithllanding it is, protecft ed by more than 40 guns, fi.uated as wi.ll on the islands of the Rhine as 011 the height of Tour- Blanche cn ih: other bank, the general ispiepar ing to carry it by tiorm, and has tor this purpole been reinforced by three battalions of grenadiers. The enemy, it is probable, will not wait the at tack, more efpeciaily as '-heir encampment opyo fne Neuwied is but weak. They conti;:;:e to re tieat with an incredible precipitation, and in the utmoll disorder." Thty evety where blow up their ammunition waggons. Prisoners are every moment brought in, as well by the soldiery as by the pea fonts. By the latter many ot the enemy are put to death. Two 12 pounders, a howitzer, and 1" araniu nition waggons, taken irom the enemy, have been itnt tu Metitz. GROSGERAN, o£t. 19. The French lisve just been defeated in the vicin - ty of Miuihcim. It appears'that Gen. Pich.-gru had ordered the garrifan of that city, which hid been considerably reinforced feme days before, to make a sortie and'diflodge the Aufttians from the banks of the N teller. The sortie took plate yes terday, at four in the morning, when the Aullri -Bis wire attacked; af.ei a veiy obstinate conflitt the left wing of the French army ga>eway. The Austrian cavalry atlacked in its tu: u, and drove '.lie er.e ny to the Necker, where many of them wer drowned, and the reft taken prisoners, to the a mount of several hundreds, among whom 13 liieir general, syl<eiiaud. The Imperial getieial, Qjiof danovuii, commanded on this oecafion. HEIDELBERG, Oe». 24, After the victory obtained by the Aulfrlani on the 18111, the French regained a little ground, and took pofTefiiot of the huts they had built near Man- In im. They have just been driven a second time from thence, and the huts set hre to. The soldiery and peasants are already employed in opening the trenches. The Auftnans are in poiTeifion of the rrenches j Ctuated on the Necker ; and this enables them to annoy Manheim, which they do with every success. General Wu;mfer'sarmy before that city is 52,000 ftiong. In the aft ion of the 18111, the loss of the French is e(tistated at 2200 men ; their general, Au'linot has betti made piifoner. Agreeably to his statement, the t«rtref< of Manheim is ih want of provifiotv. Gen. Count commander of the regiment of Gtmngen, has been made pri fuller by the enemy. The throwing up of the entrenahments before Manheim, is compleating with the titnioft expedi tion : the second parallel is already completed ; and to effed this operation the peafaijts for fifteen leagues in circuit have been employed : they are ex tremely zealous in their taflc; and 12,000 men are working daily. The multitude of pontoons which have been brought before Manheim, lead to a presumption that the Auttrians intend to cross the Rhine, to at tack the fort which bears the name of that river. The French have offered to surrender Manheim to General Wurmfer, provided he will grant them the cutlomary terms of capitulation. To this the General has consented, on condition that they will at the lame time, surrender the fort and jlechcs of the Rhine. This condition they have refufed ; but have piopofed to acknowledge Manheim as a neutral city. Their proportions have been reject ed, and the operations ot . the siege are carried on with the utmost vigour. It was General Hoche, who, on the 18th, scaled the redoubt of the Necker with three battalions. Among the officers the Auttrianslolt on that occa October 24, is the only son of Gen. Latour. Gen. Coun' Wnrmftfr "had a horse killed under hiih. Gc'neis Audinot, who made priloner on that occalioh, is the natural son of the manawr of the Paris The atre, entitled, L'Ambigue-cortuque. He has been brought in here, together with his adj.uant; and in cur hefpitals 250 wounded French are lodged. The head-quarters of the French array are at LOll - Gen- Pichegru, and Mellin of Thion ville, pay fiequent visits to Manheira. VIENNA, oaober 23 " According to all accounts, the enemy sack and pillage a " l ' le countty through which they pass. They have plundered the city of Limburg and set fire to the suburbs. In the enemy's proclamations they endeavor to jultify their immenle requisitions by stating, that pursuant to the ciders of theNati unal Convention, after the 14th inllant, the line ot neutrality is no longer to be refpetted, but all pla ces are to be occupied and treated In a hotiile rr.an- ner. Even the city of FraKcktort had already re ceded requifitiofis to an enormous amount, irotn which we have fortunately been able'to liberate it. " Our having forced the enemy to retreat is of thegreatell as the whole battering train had already reached the left hanks of the Rhine to dellroy Mentz, but has now suddenly been remo ved. COLOGNE, Oft. 24. 'Till row we have had no circumstantial details of the retr at of the Sambre and Menfe army ; the causes, however, begin now to develppe them selves. The line of demarcation deceived both the French and the Auftiians. The Anftrian Com mandant6 had received assurance that Ecchelfchamp was comprised in the Prussian neutrality, and they acted accordingly. Nevertheless the French pafl ea the Rhine at that point, took the Aultrians in flank, and obliged them to fall back in great con ftifion* The Cowit <tf Vienna was informed of th.s, and that the Court of Befiin die) not sonfid er the line of neutrality to have b:en violated. — The Emperot in coiiftqiience ordered hi# Generals to att as «-ircuniftanees requivec, without previous ly confuting him. Tide iael appeals to have Ueeti that this authority extended to "he faffing of the line of demarcation, if th'.y The Aultiiaii genera. selves of tli's liberty, ant ih .1 ou p. They ihi b. , drove in th tia «. of the Frei-. ' to cut i's theaten'e Rhine, it 11.e French The French i t on In this simple exp tetreat of Cerleial J treat, 111 which, witr.oi abandoned a u hole park.(i a and feaugaytf, and the gre even their arms and private prop Suck «r.s ihe panic that Uveal co'ps, after having p £e>! the Rhine, ha!lenc« J up the .country. The greater par; at the Sambre army It opt at Mu. heim, ofpoutc oyr ci:y, and formed a eampi Bn" 1 hey could not maintain that portion The At. ilriatts advanced rapidly. On the 2 l It,they we at Weinbourg, 13 leagues from Cologne. Odtober 2b. A letter from Heppenheim of the 20th !Vat:> •' This morning at four o'clock we hraul a viulrr.l cannonade oh the tide of Mauheiiv., which litlied nil day. We hear that the Anftriurj attacked the 'igh' wing of the French arSny below Seck-nhc.r.i, and drove it U'der th? gu::i of M;f»hc'im. i'h<- *iultiians, ir 4 (aid, took 900 priioners. in tins .umber is General Mirinud." Cfuti< Jnurdan i* ro'icMnrstmij a prit of h:s 'loops?.! : "jinforcc hi? left wi::~, by w'li' h it i.i f*iiiiK'i sic meat s to v'xecittc the ge- H'li i frovtirr lit ;it a!i points of the 'mi, Irom Nm wied to Iv'iiiw:wauii, i" ouier regain, if poffihk, tl>e ground »c has ic ! l. While t'u-x has been fc much action o« this fide, the iirmits on the U;-(/.»r Rhine hs»e tewiaed tranquil ; and the jtwir ol HcppeuhC'im no thing remarkable lias happened. PORTSMOUTH, November 9 The wind is now from the Ncth, ami it is fa 1 d the Well India expedition takes ill departure from St. Helen's to-monow morning at day-light. PLYMOUTH, November 8 This morning rhe wind came about to the North- East, when the Ruffel, of 74 guns, Capt. T. Lar com, wi.h a fleet confiding of 16 fail of victuallers under convoy, get >.nder weigh, and failed for Qui beron Bay, with provisions and all kinds of nectlla ries for the supply of the (hipping there, and the troops on isle Dieu. DEA.L, November 9 The Btaver a new sloop of war, of id guns, Capt. Warner, now equipping at Chatham, is or dered to be expedited as ffift a 8 possible, to carry out Government dilpatches to Jamaica immedi- ately. The St. Peter, Capt. Cordfton from Rochelle, arriveJ at Weymouth 0:1 Monday, with several captains of the Jamaica fleet, lately taken by a French squadron. Tlicy gave an account of the following (hips taken, viz. the Exeter of Bristol ; Mary ot Bristol; Jane, Princcfs Mary, Orient, Providence, Thames, Albion, Kent, Filher, and Uriana, all of London ; the John of Scarbo rough. • •• The St. Peter left Rochelle the 26th ultimo at which time only four or five of them arrived at Roch fort or Rochelle. CONGRESS HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES. Tuesday, Janiu-y 19. Mr. Giles presented the petition of Frederick Guy er, stating that he had made; discoveries in relation to the Longitude, by Lunar Ohfei vation, and praying the encouragement of Cengrcfs. The petition of the Adiniiiiftrators on the estate of Samuel Powers, deccafed, was read—praying indem- f>r fi'nt'ry taken by fak' dece-f ---j4, ui his lit. tiw«, which C- rtifi.-ares Ind turned out to be ccnuttcfe t. The petition was grounded 011 tMs idea, that the fraud had r.een con.twitted ihro' the neg licence of the publit Agent. The pet:t:on, on motion of' Mr. IVtalbv-ne, was referred to the committee of Claims. Mr. toopcr presented the petition of John Carpen ter, a captain in the late Continental army —read, and referred to thw Committee of Cfaimd. In committee of tlie whole, on the bill mJcing ap propriations for the Support of Government,for the year 1,796, Mr. Nicholas remarked on the furn appropriated for the Department of State, that it was conformable to the eftirnate made prior to the temporary law which was pallid the last Seilion, which law added 200 dol lars to the salaries of the chief clerks in the Depart ments of Treasury, State, and War —whereas the items in the b!:l for the Treal'ury Department rated the lalaries of the chief clerks agreeably to the tempo rary law. It was fa:d in rrply, that the gross funis were conformable to the exiit.iig, not the temporary The gross fuma for the Departments were flruck out, and the committee ihen went thro' the several items. Mr. Williams, pursuant to notice formerly given, moved-to iirike cut the gross furri a-propriated for the Mint. Mr. Smith, (S. C.) observed, that great part of the sum was for salaries eilabhihed by law, which mult be paid until the law is repealed. If the gentleman means to suspend the whole appropriation law, till an enquiry is gone through with, refpeftinj* the Mint —the bill may be delayed perhaps two months —the confluence will be, the gieatelt cmbanailments in all the De partmentsofOovcrnmeiit; an appropriation law ought always to be pafit'd at the beginning of the year —con- Sdcrable time is already elapsed. Mr. Smith laid, the coinm ttee has deducted eonfiderably from the sum contemplated for the support of the mint, but he was of opinion that the expencesof the eHablifhment m»!l be increased, if the felecl committee fliould Report iu favour of those improvements I'uggtfted by the Direc tors of the Initirution. Mr. Williams entered into a general consideration of the mint eftjbliflimwnt—He the ex pences were overpropnrtiined to the benefits derived io the public from the Inftitution—tnat the advantages are loral, and N confined to the vicinity of the place where the money ij coined j and this arii'es partly from copper coin being more valuable than the rough cop per. Mr. YVi.liams referred to the fcveral ails relative u ths mint; ami listedfrom them, that the initiation in acct.uuilating Uill, of t xptnee to the Unite'! ' titti —Mr. V. :ll;ams wilted a further enquiry before « * r r for the put-hii'c of cjpjitr was a (-.•l uiinnni liit liiutun to thil iiein, which n;il dollars. rctd to— is ten ho Mil J. Swfth said thst the mint eftabllfhmenr had ,peveph«ena favourite With him; but (till he conlider the piylcut motion ss net itn&ly in order. Iv]r. Scvh>.-v . k hf* col the motion as out t th<r ia.tli ii pteci p: t f oi\ler —! a' ivr.— .•k'O ..-(i k ' ar: i*!ii :: ••vhi'iC ill : l !«* -.Vi.t. .n iiu Hi • '•• fe of tlx of a re- y . tt'e, they ■ iw. -r it i* to«*et rid d the iniiu, the pro i.c- mo.'l \* u!l[ l>c, io repeal tUc !avr U) the in. 1-anco. ion, aintnn he foliiiets ivir. Oai'atin rose to pate principle-which it of imports iu€ lo lay down on this occation; it tht eU-eifii'a 01) thep qucfhon grounded on a diiuifit principle, Hinild on loine future Oicalion be ,»t'forvird. TJw principle was, that tins liouk , hi Uv wititkoldini appropriations when li.ey tC itjpp t.tl' Utu OU Of CoVCI :,I"ilC'llt. r l ii i r fie •»• jA'is flainly to be inferred fro* the;: rail ice ot fiie Hirtife, in- their patting annually an approprictior —J-; . i.;>rv:d, that in one irf'.ance the House had efSarmi r«-ot«"t)i.it principle. In refpeil to the pay tiieat.of ihe inltfflf on fhi-'public d J>:, for the IVpport of 'die public credit, the House had thought it nerefla to give up rtii! rigkt. If tii'u principle is not juii, ••ou'tc be left to make a permanent pi c,w. f-riii.i-'lit iC-rv-U'; i<.t v -\>vuper, Oflv'C- Mr. Sedgwick in reijy to Mr. Gallatin faid.lhat !ir vetv mmrh douijird il»c truth of the priivcipl. advanced t.y the gentleman from PcmifyNania.— lie cited ieveral cases tofe* that thof the f»la- rit-s ■ ere -tn.iialiv voted, y<?t>tiie conttitution ex- I>r.l':.lv (.iri-virirs that the of the Prelijent ftiill ... . be- tis< rialird of dimi'iifbc.! during the lime I,jf vvl. hhe is eU£t*d- Here thtvpu Mi c faith is ulcdjjed to provide aecardingly; tie nitianced the eaies of the judges, &<%. in which no dilcrrtionavy powercaa'J»f. ex..r.:ifed, $r,d sdded that if the doo trins .<n*' advanced is true-, he tonfefled that he had hiilnr:o been gieatly miitaken injall his ideas of 11 Mr. Nilb..las and Mr. GiU-s supported ihe mo tion for linking oui lite- item for copper. The qucdion put was carried is the affirmative and the item struck out. Mr. Nicholas moved t» strike out the items for contingent expenses incarry on tlie mint. Mr-Page opposed the motion, he coniidered it as fti iking at tl>e existence of the e(lab!i(hment, as -involving « expenee to the public, and ex citing discontent and general dilappointment.— Mr. Page remarked that the coining of copper was a ver> great and general accommodation to the peo ple at large, ana that in time as the inftiiution pro jirefled, tlie preeious metals would be coined to pyblic advantage. Mr. Nicholas said his motion was mifunderllood his object was merely a suspension of the provilion for, the pre.sent, this, he tiiJ not suppose would go te arrelling the operations of the Mint alij^et^ier. The motion so far as it reflected feveial items was negatived Mr. Williams moved to strike out the sum stated or deficiencies, the reasons of these deficiencies he remarked were not in pofTeffion of the Committee, which ought to be the cafe previous to voting far 'for such a sum as 18,300 dollars. Mr. Gallatin said he (hould prefer having all that relates to the mint (truck out excepting the ialanes ; and that provision far the fpecified objt£U neceflary for that ellablilhment Ihould be the Uibjefic of ano ther bill—Some conversation here took plare, rela tive to the Iteps taken by the Committee of ways and means, to ascertain the reason on which this i'um for deficiencies had been inserted in the bill; it appeared that a sub Committee from the Com mittee of ways and means, had enquired of the aecountiug-iffficeis of the Treafiiry, and found, that the accounts of the officers of the mint containing the charges composing the deficiencies had been fettled and pa(Ted the cuftortiary forms of the Ttea ; Jury Department. Mr. J. Smith stated that this item was a dejjt agakft the United States, aad tho' something had Mr. Muhlenberg in the Chair. r;1-w i'or ccrta.u fpccihc;'. iii l/.ii.g, no t 7 .wl - rctK>ii rcmainec to :!il' cxp/c's provifivfis Jt iuili hesn flic! ? u .aet dif.r."tion, hf conceived it was out of the qaefrtou in the prcfept tfale—The Uuti«4 States owe Uie furr., they arii able to pay.it j utwi he f w no good reason for refiilinj? to do it. The motion for striking out v. as negatived. The committee went thro' the reit of the bill without alteration—lt was then repotted 10 the lioufe, with two anienomcnts. Mr. Bourne rnoyfcd to rctloie the item for the purchase of topper ; thij motion occaiioued a re newal of the debate refpefting the min*, winch continued 'till palt o'clock, when, without tak ing a vote, the hoiife ad;oiirned. Philadelphia, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10,1796, We hear, :hat accounts are received by way of Gi braltar, that a Treaty between Spain and the United States, was signed the 29th of November. The European Articles puMifhed in this day's Gazette, a*e copied from a London Paper ol the twelfth of November.— It will be perceived that the details aie more copious than have heretofore appeared, tho papets of the fame date have been quoted. Extract of a letter from London, dated oSaber 17, " We have juit sent off two young jniffionariea for Sierra Leone, in Africa; Mr. Rod way and Mr. Grig r ; they were lately (ludent6 in Briiiol Academy, a*,d appear to be young men of great fiiueiity and piety. " They will remain, it is piobab'e, at Freetown, in-Sierra Leone, teaching si! ooJ, preaeUing to «ur Negro Church ihjrc, and alf improving themfelvea in Arabic, that they may be prepared to go up into the country in due time, with a view of pro pagating the Chrillian Rtligion among the Hea then." ExtraH of a letter from Lond<&, dated October 17, " A fteor.d patt of Patne's Age of Reason is just published, much worse than the former ! '• To day the famous corresponding society meets at. lfliugton field—our whole country groans wilii intolerable burthens ; many murmur and com plain, "out thete is no present appeatarance of re diefs ; nor is there, I fear, among all our patriots, one ho'itil'mnn of fntt rate abilities, who date rilk anv ihi.ig f(,r :i,c falvati.in of bis country ! ' " Brothers has begun to prophecy atrefli; he a in a mad honfe; a publication of his, 1 have feed in rnannfi lipt, ci»mes out to mcrroW, to iCiount for thf fiijptnjtun of his predi£ied jildg* ments, and to threaten tlicir execution. " The number of people w!.o haveL>.cn deluded iiy this IB!'', is allos.ifhing." , , ' The brig Elizi, Capi. Yardfley, arrived at Ham bi:ig the 27th day after leaving the Capes of D«l*> ware. The liiip Londoa Packet, Capt. Smith, from Hambuig f'jr Bnltiir.ore, out 13 weeks, was spoke <i:i the 2d January, by Capt. Spoifwood, of the Ckl; r. NEW THEATRE. On WEDNESDAY EPTENIXG, January »g, Kill be jjrefeiited, A COMEDY, cJied, The RIVALS, Mr. Morriit Mr MoreioHt i;.-. IVignel, Mr. B.i.ej, Sir Lueins O'Triggef, Mr. Vfkitlock, Fag, Mr. Ma'jhall, David, Mi. Francis, Coachman, Mr. Warrel!, Boy, Mailer T. IVarraU. Mrs. Malaprnp, Mrs. Sbaw, Lyiiiu Languish, Mrs T.'hvjball, Julia, Mr 6. Francis. Lucy, (firfttime) Mrs. DoSor. To which will be added, A SFE.AKING PANTOMIME, (written by the la*e David Garrick) called, Sir Anthor.y Abfoiute, Capuii Ablolute, Fuulithnd, Acres, Harlequin's Invasion OF THE REALMS OF SHAKESPEARE. With the original music—the accompaniment* by Mr» GiUihgbmm. entire aew Medley Overture,by Mr.it/jijfc lflrle(|uip, Mr. Francis, Mercury, (withfongs) Mr. MarJhaU, Forge, Mr. Mureton, Bounce, Mr. Green, Frontin, If r. Har-Kood, Taffy, Mr. B eete. Bog, Mr. Darley, jna. Simcn, Mr. IVgnell, Snip, Mr, Bates, Abraham, Mr. Biiffltt, Juflice, Mr. WarrelU Crier, Mailer I'arrtll, Padlock, Mr. IVarrcll, jun. Fairy, wi.h a song, Miss Stlemen, Columbine, of the! airy group, Mil's Cilaffv, Holly Snip, Mrs. Francis, Mrs. Snip, Mrs. Row/on, Sukey Chitterlin, Miss Willems, Old Woman, with a song, Mr. Darley. In the coisrfc of the Pantomime will be introduced a, v-lriety of new Scenery and Machinery. The Scenery dsfigncd and executed by Mvl Milbturtp. BOX, One Dollar—PlT, Three-Fourths of a Dollar— and GALLLRSf, Half a Dollar. The Public are relpe&fully informed, that the Doora ot ihe Theatre >»ill be open at FIVE, and ihe Curtain life precilely at SIX o'clock. .icketis New Amphitheatre, CHESNUr-STIUEr. TC-MORROVV EVENING, January 31, Will be exhibited, Surprijiiig Feats of Horfcmanjh'ipc. With a great variety of performamces. 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