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vice it unpopular $ and those few;
wno can be Retailed ento go, ex
claim with Vapid io the play, " die
'all, die nobly.'' It cannot be doubt-'
el, however, that the British will
make an attack on Guadeloupe Ihort-?
^ if thfrperifh in it ; except indeed
that admiral Richer, fquadrbn, that
it (aid to have troops on board, Should
call their attention to the defence of
their own iftaods. The British have
foade leveral captures io Hispaniola
lately, and the Spaniards are 'faid to
have assisted them. Tranquility is
rellored in Jamaica, arid the Maroons
&ttrminattd— Many of them are
lent to Novafcotia. A'French paper
of a recent date faya, fiance poffeffei
at thia moment bit three colonies in
I the Weftindiei, Guadeloupe, Cayenne
fend part of Sr. Dotriiogo. The ports
possessed by the English in this latter
island, are that formerly called Grand
Ante, comprehending Irvis, Abricotf,
tape Dame Marie, Jeremie and Cay
emitei. They have allo Portauprince,
la Croix de Bouquets, Ie Mirebalaii,
I'Archahaye, St. Marc and the Mole,
in allien parishes. The French have
,7 or 4s. In thia number are the pa
rishes of the north part of the island,
which before the revolution were the
tnoft opputent in the colony." Not
witbftanding the superiority In point
of number, of the French parishes,
the writer fays, the English produce
four times as much; and this it ow
ing to their having the negroes under
fubj^ion, wheteas in the French
pares the blacks have the ascendency,
and are frequently goiky of pillage &
deftrudion. The French commission
ers at St. Domingo have lately issued
orders for the detention of neutral vef
feis bound to Englilh portt. [Sec
.Baltimore bead]
\ C Wctbsll re/umttbitflatmint, ata mt
at it, until nut have era,Utada view ojoU A
rofotb# Eafi and Weftindiu. ;|
=wra_aarcoEgffl^
LONDON, AUG. 2.
Our account! from Spain, mention
a singular cireumftance that hat not
before transpired to public notice. It
feem# that Richery'a (quadron had fa
bricated a number of gun born which
have been feizedby the Spanish gov
ernment of Cadiz, whole condud
was justified by the court—it being
contrary tothe lawi of war to buiid
Veffeli for the purpose of hoftiHtiei in
a neutral port. ~
ft is faft, that the French Council
of Five Hundred have requested the
Executive Directory, to prepare and
prelent an romite of a Peace eftab
lifoment.
Domestic Intelligence.
}BALTIMORE, SEPT. 27. &
, We were last evening favor
ed with the following degree of
the French government of Aug
Cayes, in the catrfe of an Amer-
^ rcff % a CT d °" ire
sage to a ynam port, it may
convey some intere^ng tnfor
matioa to many of our comrner.
cial readers.
General Liberty, French,
;Republic.
liberations of the/ delegation,
into the Mouth and ooutn
>Aft oarts of pomtago. bv
iAa commifurviof the French
rf^ '&%ffi
t 1 hermtdor, 4^ « ear of we
diviJibL Prudent, of cit
izen Kerierfax.
;Confidering that the ports &
towns of St. Domingo, in which
;the English flag is flying, have
been delivered'up by rebellious
Frenchmen, and that the said
ports and towns are in aftate of
rebellion and siege :
Considering that it is an in.
fringemeat on the laws of neu
trality, to carry succors, provi
sions and warlike stores, into the
laid ports and towns, in a state
of lege and revolt.
_ Considering that the United
States a&ed in the fame manlier
in the war they supported, for
then honorable independence,
arid that, they did riotlee French
Vcffels carry succors to the ene
mies of the United States, & in
to places which belonged to
them ; and that it ft contrary to
the intent on of the American
government, that provisions and
Supplies Ihould be carried into
the enemy's ports in St. Domin-
Seeing that the fa& is prov
ed, and that it results as well
from the declaration of Captain
Willis Whitefield, as from pa
pers found on board, that the
brig Eliza arid her cargo were
destined tofupply Portau Prince,
occupied by me English, and
French rebels, armed against
the Republic:
Seeing that no proof has been
furmfhed that the Veffet Eliza &
catgo were not confined to an
Englishman at Port au° Prince?
I THE DELEGATION DECREES,
Article I. The brig Eliza and
her cargo, defined for Port-au-
Prince,are declared agood prize,
for the benefit of the captors.
dirt. 11. The French priva.
teers, the Sea flower, Capt. Bar
thelcmv Aubert ; the Victory,
Capt. Sabin; and the Flying
fifh,Capt. John Teyfier, fhalldi
vide among them, the officers^
crews of the said three priva
teers, agreeably to their eonven
tion, the pri e of the sale of the
brig Eliza and her cargo.
^rt. 111. The officer of ad.
minifl ratty at Leogane, is char
ged to hod himfelt accountable
tofbe. ethiee: privateers, for the
amourn ot fljur purchased for
adMiAifthtieh, he referring to
himfelt Hie power of making
such tehris as he can convenient
ly comply with.
f§ the decreeof
the commission of goveramfo,
of the 2^h Prairial last; nothing
ffiall be retained, nor any ex
pends paid, on the amount of
tales of the Eliza and cargo.
/ Thfennator ,Charged
with the execution of the prefe
ent ! aecrffy.^ : %
$ S.gned, y KERVERSEAX,
BOKGUE, and
K ' REY^:
QQefy** ra^e Xmi th, arrtt qvttb tin £„4h#g
BOSTON,oet^
I LATEST FROM FRANCE
ceived Paris papers to the i^th of
August—Which will enable us to
prefeor our faden with intelligence
from the feat of War io Italy, &c. at
least if days Alter than they have be
fore perofed in the CeotineL In our
next we (hall give full scope to our
cranfhcioni , we can only give this
day the following concise summary of
Another Defeat of the Andrians !
wmetmß
By a letter from Gen. Buonaparte,
to the Diredory, dated from head
quarter, at Caftigliooe, (20 miles N.
W. of Maniu*,] Aug, 6, it appears,
that a few days before, the Auftriag
army under Gen. Wurmfer, having
marched to the relief of Mantua, o
blig'd the French Gen. Buonaparte,
to raise the siege of that place, in or
der to attack his enemy. In which,
to use hit own language, he fays,
" Behold, in five days, another cam
paign terminated. Wurmfer has loft
in five days, 70 pieces of field artilte
ry, all his infantry waggons, from 12
to 15 thousand prifoneri, fix thousand
killed or wounded, and almost all the
troops which arrived from the Rhine.
Independent of which a great part of
the enemy are scattered about, which
we captured while purfuiog them.—•
All the soldiers, officers and generals,
have in this difficult circymftance,
displayed the utmost bravery.
BUONAPARTE."
The above brilliant events took place
the 2d and 3d of August. On the
,h Gen. M^ffena took 400 prifoaers
and seven pieces of artillery—and ob
liged the Auftriaos to raise the siege
of Refchiera. and to quit the line of
Miocio. The head quarters of Buon
aparte was at Veronne, Aug. 11th,
his old poficion— from which, before
his victories, be had retreated, and
had railed the siege of Mantua.
NORTHERN ARMIES.
On the sth Aug. Geo. Kleber, en
tered Barberg, [a large town in Fran
conia, at the confluence of the rivers
Maio Ind Redniiz] and orithe 20th
was at Adefdorf. In the former place
he found from 15 to 1800 quintals
of grain, and large magazines of oats.
He informs, that in two months the
arm, of the Sombre arid Mettle, had
taken 57 pieces of field artillery, 565
pieces of battery guns, more than 4000
mufquett, several colors, and provision
and clothing to the amount of two
millions. On the Bth of August he
engaged the Aufttians on the banks of
the R>dni;z, and fftefi tayW
nate engagement, obliged them to
retreat with considerable Idfs, and took
pefleffion of Forchheito, [lB miles
from Bamberg] where he found 70^
pirep of cannon, and a quantity of
foiod miff,.£ 0
The arm, of Gee. ,Laborde, hat;
^^ Constance, fixated on the
v NEWSfem ^PA&—^te.^
^ ^l^#^
the Spamfli fleet, commanded by ^
mi,LaanguariLand which laiiea rrom
- ~ hhirf '
manded by admiral Richery, after
heino at sea fldava. had returned to 1
oort—lt was thought at Cadiz, that 1
the spantin fleet, me expectation 1
foB-T^
fioril Leghorn ; and that in colfe- &
-octo thereof, Capt. GoodwiqJnU
ship belonging to this port^tytying#,\
very valuable cargo on b&W?h)d
been captured and lent info Cotfica,
His fate was not decided.
Z^.7'- ;<+
DISAGREEABLE. 4
We are unhappy to learn, by letters
from Hamburg, dated the Bth Aug.
a confirmation of the order of the Ex
ecutive Council of France, to detain
.all neutral vcffels bound to the ports
of nations at war with the French re
pubic.
The Paris ''Moniteur," of Aug. 3, 4
contains the note of the Directory, a
bove alluded to, under the head of
Brile, Switzerland ; and is not concra
dided.
Sf. Croix river. The com- .
missioners, we learn, mean to
hear the cause at Newyoik next
fpring,to give time to the agent#
to collate the proofs.'
Fire. Eight houses were def,
troyed the 25th tilt, at George
town, Maryland. It raged from
funtife to 10 o'clock.—
Inland Navigation. We are
happy to hear that the Middle
sex Merrimac enterprize corp
tinues unabated. One lock on
the river is already laid, and an
other is laying.
Afldffination of Louis X^llf,
<>S „'- ^ . •< =•»
TbafeUroing art th int,rfli*g ,anra& ^^
attempt to <ffsnatc th King of France.
" This unfortubate personage hav
ing quitted the army of Conde, repair
ed to the fmalt town of Viliiognm.
Hearing of the continual disasters of
the Aftrian troops, his Maj sty retired
to Dillingin, a (mail town near the y
Danube, belonging to the Electorate
of Treves. In this place, accompt- .
nied only by three perfoni, his Maj
esty intended to reside a few days, &
thence proceed to Saxony, where he
might find an asylum, and wail die
arrival of his brave companions. 1
“On the 19th of July, the King,।
after having been bufi/y emyltyed i@
giving direaions to the Count D'A 0
vary concerning hi! journey, being
much fatigued, and heated, placed
bimfelf at an open window. c I
'" It was then about ten o'clock
in the evening. The Duc de Fleu
ry was near the king, and the Duc de
Guiche at another window,^ Ike
moon thone, but not on that Tide of'
the street ; and the lights which were
in the room fared to (hew where the
king's head was. He had not beet
ten minutes there, when a carabine
was difeharged with a very loud re
port from to offish way. The
ball bit the king in the forehead,
went slanting o^againft th^Bn^e
then fell on the •
On the movement which the
Ifogmade, the Duc de Fleury gave a 4
Ihriek. The Duc de Guiche ft
Count D"Avary fflwnwe from their
chamber., beholding th/btood so '
int from his Maieftv. 'thought that
worthy but unfortunfyfr
I was mortally wounded.;,^.
obfa^d- ",
I added he. " I can fiend, though the
I wound is in the head 1 I
I"There were no surgeons inch#
§ town, ana # own surgeon 4