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By Peggy, Cipr. EHiot, from Rociifoit,
arrived here on Saturday alter a passage of 70
days, we are witij,Paris papers to the ill
of Dec. from which its* following articles are
tranllated.
BORDERS of the RHINE, Nov. 8
There are yet changes in the difpoiition of the
French army. The divisions of Fr«ich troops
commanded by Gen. Lefebvre, Hatry, d'Herville,
who were advanced on the other fide of the river
Seig, and whtch we tho't to be dellined to march
before to . the Lahn, in orde( to operate advari
tageoufly to the army of Gen. Pichegrue, are fal
len back again. We underliand they are about to
take an excellent poiition behi.id the Seig.
This has been a movement of necefilty, ocea
fioned by the approach of large body of Austrian
troops, who advanced to attack these republicans
and tfpetially by the failure of supplies in a defa.
late and ruined country.
The Auitrians feting this retreat, immediately
advanced opposite Bonn, with a view of seizing a
bridge of boats placed between that place and the
light bank; but Gen. Emoref, feeing that such a
manoeuvre might give them great advantage, pafled
the Rhine at the head of a hundred grenadiers and
fotne dragoons, and whilst his small troop fkirmtlh
ed with the enemy, he drew away the bridge to
the left bank.
By the movements of the Auftrians, it is per
ceived that they have received reinforcements, and
that their end is to march in force on the Lower
Rhine, in order to make an attempt on DufTeldorf,
and difpofTefa the French beyond the Rhine.
Whil&a body of the army inclined thus to di
re& their operations, another body commanded by
Gen. Borous, made all the necefTary difpofifcions
in the valley of Ehrenbreitftein, to hazard the pas
sage of the Rhine, in o>-der to cut off a part of the
army of Gou. Jourdan, whtvh has proceeded to
Hundfruck ; but all the proje£ts of the enemy have
been defeated by the generous republicans ; by
means of the combinations taken by 'them, they
appear to be entirely thwarted. Already the
Fren'eh have obtained many advantages, whicti au
gure favorably for their future operations.
General Mn'ceau has obtained a considerable
fuccef* near the Nahe, behind which a body of Au
ftrians were entrenched. These were beaten and a
number taken prisoners, among whom are (ome
officers of consequence. VVhilft this were .puflj'rig
on one fide, another part of the
taken po9, anew in the large isle fttuated opposite
Neuwied, from which the Aullrtans .have been
totally expuifed.
From Adjutant General Goalange, ,50 the General
of. the Brigade commanding at Liege and its
* environs.
" It i® malevolence which fpteads alarm on ac
count of 6ur armies. This malevolenre will ise de
feated by our success, when we learn that Gen.
Marceau, commandant of tf>e right witig of our
army has completely {jeaten Clairfayt, that from
4 to 503 of hia meii are Willed, many made pris
oners (amaagfl whom are his firll aid-de-camp and
7 or 8 officers of hit etat-major) when we learn
that the left wing of oar army, under the orders
of Gen. Hatry, has equally beaten the enemy, and
farced it to pafi the Sieg ; that this left wing is
ready to pass this tiver to chafe the enemy, and
clear entirely tfte right bank, of the Rhine, efpe
ctally the part occupied by the army of the Sara
bre and the Meufe.
" This is an excellent manner, by which to fi
lenee th« reports of our mif.arriages. 1 desire you
to make known this news."
November 20,
" At this moment (ainc u'clock in the evening)
I hasten to announce to you that the siege of Man
beim is raised, after a yery ferions a£lioii, in which
the Auftrians have been completely beaten."
BRUSSELS, Nov 24.
The preparations of the enemy \ on the right
bank of the Rhine, near the fortrefs of Eliri-a
breitftein, are continujlly going on, and there is no
doubt of their intending to hazard a passage of the
Rhine in the environs of St. Goar. The republi
cans have made the best dispositions for receiving
them, if they perfill in the hardy project, and
we expect every moment to leceive interreifing news
from this part ,of the Rhine. In tlie mtan rime,
as tlie Auilnans keep up a heavy lire upon Cobleniz
and its environs, the French commandant of that
city lias ordered that no citizen go out after five
o'clock in the evening, as heicaußi«t answer for the
evils that may arise from a non observance of this
regulation, At the fame time the bridge of the
Moselle has been covered with litter, no doubt with
a view of palling it tn the night witlrihe artillery,
and without the enemy perceiving them. *
Bf the fame letters we learn, tint the repiibli
cans, after having retaken the island fiuiate opp'O
fi'.e to Nieuwied, they have begun to re cftsbhfti
the bridge of baats which was there, before it was
taken by the Auftrians, between it and the left
bank of the Rhine.
NANTES, Nov. 3.
We hear nothing said either of Charette or his
army. Some fay this rebel is passed to the fide of
j the Chouans; others aflert that he lies sick of a
violent milady, from whu.li he is not lilicly soon to
recaver.
For some lime there have arrived here every day
fcfils from the communes of Lj Vendee, which have
been given up.
in the cantons under the influence of Stofflet all
irtraM'jjl, and persons travel more in fafety than
in Vendee,
Frem Cbarliflon Papch.
HAMBURGH, November 20.
Since the action of the 10th and 1 ith indant,
in which the fi«ld was bravely disputed 011 both
fides, but in which the Auftrians only gathered
txetii laurels, held marshal Claiifayt having iucccfs
« COULANGE,"
fully dcrefted h : » operations agr'nlt tha! wing of
general Pichegru's army, which was prote&ed by
Manheim—immediately dispatched major, now col.
vViihams, to the head quarter of general VVurmfer,
with orders to treat the beautiful city of Manhclm
with the utmost severity. The field rnarfhal there
fore began the mod terrible bombardment upon
that city, which commenced between five and fix
o'clock in the evening of the iotli, and lasted till
four o'clock next morning.—lt was repeated on
the night of the 11th» and la terrible was its effect,
persons who were at that time in Frankfort, fay,
that the flames illuminated the whole horizon, so
that the conflagration could even be difcoveied in
that city.
On the 13th, Manheim had not surrendered—
but in the morning of that day, two Anftrian trum
peters were let into the town, from wlii.h it was
confidently inferred, that the capitulation was go
ing forward. The French garrison, indeed, will
find it difficult to hold out any longer, as the def
tru&ion of the Rhine bridge, and the capture of
the F«rt Rhine, has cut off all communica
tion between them and the opposite fide of the
Rhine.
PARIS, November 21
Bread and fevery article of life are scarce and dear
beyond example, and twice the bread has been for
cibly taken from the market at the Palais Egalue :
the consequence was, that thpfe who brought bread
to the market di'! oot appear there the next day,
and bread could anly he had in bye places, and of
course at a much higher priee than in the market.
This is the inevitable effedlsof all forts of pillage—
and till men fures are taken tu secure those who at
tend the markets, from plunder, nothing effectual
can be done, nor can any regular ftipply btfexpe&ed.
We are informed, that accounts had arrived from
Vienna, that Madame de la Fayette had obtained
leave to go to her husband ; we now learn that the
emperor has relcafeJ M. de la Fayette, who is goi»g
to Haii\butgh, and from thence to America. Tht
fame account mentions the rtleafe of Bureau Puzy
and Latour Maubourg, ex-con diluent#, who were
confined with M. de la Fayette.
LONDON, November 23.
Dispatches of. which the following are copies
and an extract, have been this day received by the
right hon. Henry Ihindas, one of his Majeily'a
principal secretaries of date, from Vice Admiral
Sir G. K. Elphinltoiie, K. B. and Major Ge
neralii Alursd Clarke and J. H. Craig.
Sir, ray lettera from St. Salvador, by the Chat
ham brig, will have acquainted you of our leav
ing th it place. I have the honor to inform
you that all the India Company's fhipi,. having
troops 011 board, arrived off the Cape of Good
Hope on the 3d, and entered Sitnor/* Bavy on
the 4th inft. where 1 found the admiral in poiTcf
fion of the harbor, and major General Cruig at
Muyzenburg, a pdft of importance about 6 miles
on the load to thia pl.ice, with a corps composed
of. Seamen and Marine! from the fleet, fix com pa
(lies of the 87th regiment that came in it, a:id a
detachment of the India company's troops from St.
Helena, amounting in all to about 1900 men ; and
the enemy, who had peremptorily rtje&ed all nc
gociation, in a (late of a&ive hostility agaiait us.
Wndcr thefs circum dances it became necefTary to
endeavor to efferft the execution of our or.ler9
without loss of time ; 1 therefore, in conjunction
with and aided by the admiral, difembatked there
giments, aitillery, and necefTary ftorea, and £01-
warded them to the advanced poll as fad as pof
libit.
{[Here follows the mareh of the Britilhfoldiery
on the 14th, from Muyzenburg to tke post of
Wyoberg, where general Clarke remarks that the
enerpy were in force, with nine pieces of cannon,
and had determined as he was told to tiiake fcrious
refiftance-.]
The general then oblerves, that finding them
selves so pre (Ted by us, and at the fame time alarm
ed by the appearance of Commedaro Blankett with
three {hips the admiral had dispatched into Table
Bay tocaufc-a diversion on that fide, of which
they were very jealous, they retired with the luf»
of a few men.
1 determined to halt foi the night in the position
I found myfelf, which proved favorable for the
purpose, with the intention of profecutiog my
march at day light next morning. In this fttuati
on an officer arrived with a flag and letter fiom
Governor Sluyfken, asking a ceflation of arms for
48 hours, to arrange and offer proposals for sur
rendering the town | but 1 did not think it pru
dent to grarit more than 24, in which time every
thing was fettled agreeable to the articles of capi
tulation that I have the honor to enclose, whereby
the regular troops that formed the garrifori be
came prisoners of war, and hi* majesty is put into
hill poffcfiion of the town and colony.
1 have the honor to be, &c. &c.
ALUREDCLAKE.
, P. S. The quantity of ordnance, ammunition,
oaval, and other (lores that we find here, is very
eonfidetable, The regular troops made prisoners
of war amount to about one thousand, 600 of
which are of the regiment of Gordon, and the reft
principally of the corps of artillery.
To'.al Return of killed and wounded under gen.
Clarke—l rank and file, killed ; I ferjeant, 16
rank and file wounded.
Under Gen. Craig—s rank and file killed; I
major. 2 eaptains, I lubaltern, I diuiniper, 31
rank and file, wounded ; 5 rank and file miffing.
November 25
Letters from Newcastle, received in town yes
terday, Hate, that several thousand Colliers have
arisen, and are committing dreadful ravages. The
cause of this isfurredtion is said to be the scarcity
of provilions.
Gen. O'Hara, intne Glory man of war of 98
guns, captain Grey, left Portsmouth on Tuesday
morning for Gibralta-, at which place he is going
to resume the government.
A . letter from Scarborough, dated Novembei
23, fays—Tbe Vengeance French national cutter,
of to guns and about too men t commanded by
1 Capt. Ledcilf, lias captured the following ve.Tcls
Cape Tatun, Sept. 23
'■el ween Hatciiff Foot a:id Flambro' Head, from
'"riday to yeilerday morning :—The £iritifli Tai,
captain Chace, of Yarmouth, for Newca flic, wijh
863 faek' of ftour, and sent for France; the Mar
qms of Tillibarden, dpt. Rentajl, of Perth, cargo
sundries, sent for Fr»ncej the Mary Maria, of
London, in balljtt, taken off Whitby ; and the
Thomas and Mary, Gray, of Sunderland, with
coals, which last veflel they gave up to the prison
ers, and is arrived at Scarborough. Capt. Chace
is taken to France.
November 26.
The The'tis frigate is arrived at Portfmoßth from
Halifax—this vessel brings home about seven tons
of treasure, (chiefly taken by the crullers ou that
Ration
November 27
Letters from the Cape of Good Hop*, received
by the Orpheus, Itate, that General Clarke has
proceeded from thence, with his whole force, for
the immediate attack of batavia and Ceylon, the
principal Dutch feitlfments in the Eait-lndies.
November 28,
In the fitting of the Council of Five Hundred
of the 22d iiiftant, the following article was a
dopted, on the proposition of the committee of
finances:
" Whereas it is of importance to <juiet the fears
of all hoUers of afiignats, by acquainting them
with the amount of the affignats in circulation, as
well as witlj the value of the national domains,
which they; represent, the council considering thint,
if the fait of the national domains were not sus
pended, it would be hurtful boih to the republic
and the haldeis »f affignats, already iflued or to be
ifTued hareafter, refolvcs, that the said sale is to be
'fufpendtd until the ti.lt of next Prairicl."
Thtf unfoit unate Staniftaus, late King of Poland,
is ordered by the Empress (jif RulEa to Mohillovr,
one o f the cities which our ally, the Empress, has
benignly adjoined to her own territory. In the
mean time, her general, Suwarrovv, is giving feato
and balls at Waifaw, and endeavoring to make the
people forget the ruin of their ttate, and the anai
hi!ation of their independence.
Lieutenant Bird failed ou Tuesday from Dover,
in the Two Sifters, Capt. St'houtted, for Calais;
commifil'jned to negocute, if possible, an exchange
of prifmera, for the unfortunate Due de Choifeul
and his noble comradcs, lately (hipwrecked on the
coast of France whh their emigrant corps.
Mr. Beffe!, who tfas, affiilaiit coramiffary of
itores to the Duke of Yoik's aTmy, after being
multted in different fines, to the amount of fa>s
of whLhhi had defrauded govusmrut, has receiv
ed ientcnee, that from his icandalous and ihl».fnous
conduit, he is unworthy to remain in his Maj-dy's
lervue, a««3 is thetcfore to be cashiered with every
inark oi aid d.Tgrace.
D.-nember j
A!! the inhabitants of A'face, have been fum
muncii py .the Totfwi toatt again(t the Impei ialifts.
Hoit.il 11 ICS ft cms to have entirely cenftrd in J taly—
of Sardinia, it is laid, , that the king id determined
to compel obedience bya military forcc. The
ajch Lu&op of-£a£liaji.bu» proposed to refer the
master torhe pope—but it does not appear proba
ble that the will idmit of his holi.'iels's medi
tation.
Field Martha} Clairfayt having announced his
intention of providing with arms ail who choose to
arm themselves in defence ofthe German Territory
the gieatcli energy and zeal are difj>lsyed" bj (he
inhabitants.
Several cerps of this new militia ha4f already
met with an opportunity of diftingulhiug them
selves, and fought with the utmost gallantry and
valor. Detachments of'this militia scour the wuuds,
and difloge the French, who Conceal themselves in
thickets by day, and sally forth in the night to
rob and pillage. They have already taken and
delivered lo gen. Clairfayt a great number ofthefe
rubbers.
The fuppreflion of seditious and treasonable
meetings is, if we may believe the promises of a
member of opposition, n»t the only good confe
quence,likely to result from the bills now before Par
liament : Mr. Sheridan pledges himfelf net to
continue rhe prattling representative, &c. &c.—
What miiuftry s wiil gain by this in the ditpatch of
publie btrfinefs, is inconceivable to all but those
who know the rsmora of oppolitioH by experience.
A very f.r.art shock of au earthquake was felp'
last week dialing the gr. at'florm, all across the
i(la»d fiom Lincolnftire to Cheshire ; but more
particularly in Derbyftme ; and at Workfop in
Nottinghamlhire, a meteor was Teen which made
who saw it conceive that what they felt was
occadoned by an air-quake.
The meeting of th* ialiabitants of St. Ann'*
Solio, on Monday, and of St. James's yesterday
was as decided against the bills, as all the oilier
parishes of Westminster. At St. James's Mr.
Byng was called to the Chair j Harry House, the
Father of Wettminder, moved t!>e refoluiions and
they were mod ably seconded by Mr. Francis.
A feeble opposition was set up by Mr. Devaynes,
but the feitfeof the parish was lo decidedly decla
red, that the Courtiers gave up the field. Mr.
Fox made a mod happy address to the parishioners,
and was received with the moll c-nthuiiaiUc tokens
of affection.
The Ward of Callle Baynard, yeflerday refulv.
Ed on a petition to the houfeagainll the bills. The
Alderman, Sir John Hopkins, had tefufed to call
a Ward meeting, but they did it without him.
December 2.
The Mediterranean merchant fliipe captured a
lung with the Cenfeur man of war, were all carried
into Cadiz, to the number of forty one. The Cen
feur loft about nine or ten meu killed. The French
men of war had no troops on board; Only two
{hips were permitted to enter Cadiz harbour ; the
Te(t rode in the bay. Arrangements were made
for the exchange of all the prisoners by the British
and French Commiffiotiers ; and the cartel (hip,the
Constant Trader of London, with men 011
hoard, was permitted t« f.-til to Gilraltar, under
condition that (he (hould bring back an equal num
ber of French ; but the Enghlh Tailors, it is al-
broke the cartel, and carried the vessel into
llfiacwmb. ■
A government mefTenger has <wivcd from Vien-
na : He brings dispatches from the firitifh army
on the continent at the head quarters* of-which, let
ters have been received, giving an account of Hie
Turrender of the gartifun of Manheina confiding of
6000 men, prisoners of war after the town had fuf
iained a dreadful bombardment of two days ; by
which a great part of it was laid in
official details had not, however, come to liihd."--
It is added, that the Au'iriun general* were pref
ling on towards Landau—l he French army under
Pichegru is reprefenttfd as retiring to the strong
lines of WeifTemburg. Refpetting the fituatiou
of Jcittrdan, accounts are extremely uncertain, some
speaking of him as retreating, and others as advanc
ing.
Field marshal Clairfayt's objedi seems to be this
—tb force the trench bask behind the lirei of
Germerfheim and tfie near Landau, becauxc
th« surrender of Manhcrm is a necefiary coufequence
of this retreat ; which erent having taken placet
the whole Auttrian force will bear down on Cob
lentz and DufTeldorff, wherK the French can as lit
tle maintain themfclves, at Cologne: and the
field marshal will be able to terminate the campaign
by taking up his winter quartets on the right bank
of the Ithi.ie, between Manheicn and Landau on
the one fide, and between Cohlentz and Treves,
DufTeldorff, and Maeftricht, oh the other. By these
measures, the French >»ift be confined within a de-
country they depended on for provisions,
and placed be'ween the victorious Aultrian ai ir.ie*
and countries which they have desolated and es«
haufted by heavy contributions, and requisitions.
December 4.
Private letters from Paris by the last «onveyance
give however fom« clue to the rjeafures which are
to be adopted ; and we were yesterday told by a
Gentleman who is better informed than almolt any
man in his country of French affairs, that the prin
cipal point on which the Committees depend fpr
the reiteration of pjißlic ciedit is by re-establishing
alfthe old mercantile corporate bodies, and «ompa
nies, on whose credit, afiitied by the mortgage of
all the national land* and properties yet unfold,
they hope to be able to ilTue a new paper currency,
which may have a {jeßeral ciieulaiion. As it can
not be denied that there tlill lernains in Fiance per
sons of property and tefp?£Ubility in the roercantite
l:ne, who would be flattered by feeing the princi
ples of ihe new Government so favourable \o trade,
and the renewal of old ellabliftied charters, it is im
peffible to fay, whethei the French may not suc
ceed in a certain degree to raise a temporaty ciedit,
so as to be able to carry 00 their affairs a little while
longer.
The Plague hag raged with fueh violence ia
Smyrna and Sclavouia, that only a few people be
ing left in the towns of lliek and Irak, tkufe places
arc to be totally dcitroyed bv fire.
' December 7.
Among the inllances of gallantry and loyalty
displayed by the French nublefie in the course of
the revolution, the following is of a dcfcript iori en
tirely new, .and reminds us of the days of ancient
chivalry. Madame de Bennes, of a diftinguilhed
family in lower Normandy, made the campaign o£
1793 with her Jiufbaml, in, <y>4 of the NorijKin com
panies. After the retreat of the duke of Bruni
wick, she entered at a volunteer into the infantry
of the Legion of Damas, in the pay of Great
Britain. Her hufbhiid having been killed in 1793,
fighting by herfidc, the eocunaiider of that corps
e. deavomtd to persuade her to quit the profefliou
of arms, and the prirrce fladtholjler ofTered her a
peufiun to live upon in the Netherlands. Her reply
was, that having taken- up arms in defence of her
religion and her king-, (h<f could not lay them down
at a time when flic desire of avenging the death of
her huftwnd afforded her an additional motive to
"proceed in a military career.
PofTeffed ofthele hctoic sentiments (lie made tke
campaigns-os 1794 and 1795, lefpe&ed by the
whole regiment ofl accouritof the decency and pro
priety of her condudt, and admued fur the intrepid
courage which always led her to the molt danger
ous post. Madame de Bennei followed her regu
mailt in the expedition toQuiberon, and was tal.ca
prifontr on ihe 22ii of last July, but efcapcd Just
before she was to be foot, altho' her sex was knowa
to her judges. She reached London last Thursday
in the utmost distress, having no clothes, but %
drummer's jacket, and two coarse woollen petti
coats j no recommendation but certificates of her
heroic conduit, and no refouecc but in the genetof
ity of fume of her eountiymen.
PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 3.
This morning admiral ChriHian, aad gen. Sir
RJph Abercrombie, and all the officers, embarked
on board their refpe&ive (hips at St. Selen J s and
will certainly fail again immediately when the wind
coraes fair ; all thclhips having their damage com
pletely repaired.
BOSTON, February 15.
Yesterday at rived the brig Ruby, Capt. Cole, seven«
ty one days from Cadiz—Has brought the Treaty,
between the United Sltfes and Spain. The 16th ult.
lpoke a veifel from London, 36 days out; viHiich had
eu board the Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navi
gation, between the United States and England—ra
tified. She was bound to Charltflen, (S. Q.)
>A fubfeription for printing Mr. Harper's addrefa
to his Conflituents 111 fioUth-Carolina, was opened 4
few days since, and a th«*ufand copies fubferibed for ia
two days.
CHARLESTON, [S. C.l Februrry 3.
Yesterday arrived the schooner Saucy Jack, Boggefs,
Norfolk, 35 days; sloop Polly, Lewis, Cherrington,
4 days; sloop Hiram, Earle, Providence, (R. 1.) 15
days ; schooner Lively, Howlaad, North-CaVolina, 4
days (hip Betsey, Philips, Liverpool, xc 6 days ; brig
Hope, Hooper, Marblehead, 9 days. **
'"jT'HE Under written, Consul Central of Portugal, h»v»
X ving seen »n sdvertifemcnt of Florentio Koz», in
he Aurora of Saturday last, Hating his supposed motives
or teign.ng hi» pretended Office ef Vice-Consul for Por
ugal—THlS IS TO CERTItT > that he never was ac
.nowledged as such by the Conlul General o Portugal';
ior did he ever hold any Comtniffion to that purpoic
r*ni said Court of Portugal.
IGNATIUS PALY ART.
February jj.