Gazette of the United States & evening advertiser. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1794-01-23 00:00:00, page 2

efel<li(li the old parliament. It muR ne.
wrthelefs be observed, that oi'.t of thcfc
24 or 25,000 men, they mult gari'foo all
the forts, and that, in confcqiKnce, more
than 1 4 or ij,gco cannot make the for-
" Le Commerce de Bourdeaux, and le
Commerce de Marseilles, are ready to' set
oat for Naples, to take on board the Cdunt
d'Artois, Monsieur, and the Billiop of
Toulon.
2d Decree—" When a city (hall have
been declared in a (late of rebellion, there
" A quantity of Patriots have been em
barked for the mines of Spa;ii; tbe num
ber reported (certainly exaggerated) is
6000, including those who are daily im
prifoued, which Lami has seen with his
own e\es. The Revolution mult not be
mentioned at Toulon, iince the Gentle
men and the Englilh govern, and all
French citizens are disarmed.—They no
lo: get w;!h for the conillaitlon of 1789,
as at the firft epoch of their wickeducfc,
but they a&\ially delire the a::cient regi
men, with all its attributes. When Car
teaux arrived at Marseilles, the forts of
Toulon were almoll naked, and were not
fuvnifhed till some time afterward.
Here the reporter developed all the
misfortunes which the Republic has fuf
biined. He imputes them to the cowar
dice and corruption of the commanders
—the egotism and bad disposition of a
great number of citizens—and the impu
nity of *he towns of Longwy and Ver
dun, which, said he, have occasioned the
infamous red lift ion of Conde, Valen
ciennes, and La Qiiefnoy. Barrere pro
posed, and the Afilmbly pafled the fol
lowing decrees :
I(I Decree—" The Convention does
not in the lead degree derogate from the
decree of the Legislative Aflembly, which
orders the dtflruttion of any place that
shall fttrrender without having stood an
aflault.
" The rope yard of the ariena! is pre
pared for I GOO Spamfli borfes which they
cxjm_&, above which the troops are to be
lodged. When the last convoy which they
e> ( Ct fl.dli be arrived, the plan is, to at
tach the army of Carteaux rather than of
Italy; bccrule, fay they, wj frill immo
late the army of Carte- x, which is com
posed only of banditti, and without troops
of the line, under the walls of Toulon.
" The address of the National Conven
tion again(t Toulon, has been (luck up in
the moll conspicuous parts of the town,
but in a different sense from the original;
and the Toulonefe are made to believe,
that fevenil adjoining towns have afiumed
the White Cockade—that thete is no lon
ger a Convention—and that the army of
Vendee is at Paris."
" The people employed in th« arsenal
are those who were foimerly penfionedby
the ancient Tyrant, and fold to despo
tism. Our fai'lors are daily imprisoned ;
and it will be difficult to let the English
squadron on lire, because the (hips lie so
much asunder.
" The redoubt of Port Paron is guard
ed by 4CO English and Spaniards. They
are daily strengthening this redoubt.
" The tree of Liberty has been chan
ged into a gibbet for the patriots, and the
reft of it has been burnt.
"At Toulon they have taken the
names of proprietors of houses which had
afiiy;nnts, 'With a promise to reimburse
them half, after the loan that is going to
be opened at Genoa, at the fame time
that this Republic will be required to de
clare itlelf.
" Horfcs are wanting at Toulon, as
they have not been able to find more than
fifty, to mount fume Frenlh deserters,- of
whum M. A nan d' Aix is to be comman
der. Afiignats do not pass there, except
for bread, which is the only article at a
price ; and, in spite of the publications,
the bakers take them only because they
are farced to do so ; their provisions are
bacon and fait ir.eat. The burghers of
the town have no fort of command.
" A number of emigrants flock in dai
ly ; but no Frenchmen are employed for
the military service, but as it is absolutely
necessary. The ariltocratt are mostly em
ployed in the General Committees of the
Sections and other superior offices.
[Several names are here inserted as
maiked obje&s of vengeance. They are
thofs vrho are principally employed in the
Se&ions.]
" Fortydtrar.fports to provision the ci
ty are dispatched under the efcoi t of some
(hips of the line.
King.
" Louis XVIIth has been proclaimed
fnali no longer be any public eftablilh
ment, foundery, or arsenal in that city."
3d Decree—" The laws already enact
ed for the fcqVieiiration, adminillration,
&c. of the effects of the Lyonefe rebels,
lhall apply to the effecls of the Toulon
clc.
A letter was read from General Car
te;l u, commanding the aimy before Tou
lon, dated October 17.
The General announces, that the mo
ment when the Republican army was re
joicing at the taking of Lyons, the ene
my presented themfelvcs in five columns,
to the number of about 5000 men, to
cut oft' the army in two points at once ;
but that they had been repulsed with
such vigor tliat they were obliged to fly
fefter than they firlt advanced, with the
loss of about 300 men either killed or
wounded; our loss coniiils of 26 men
(lightly wounded, and fix killed.
The Butt try of the Sans Culottes at
Notre Dame de Brega, cuts off mails at
times, and damages the enemy's frigates ;
four of their {hips are under repair.
" As the object of the war is to bring
about such a form ofgovernment in France
as (hall ensure security and tranquillity to
Europe, the contracting parties bind
themselves not to lay down their arms but
ky common consent ; and not until resti
tution is obtained for any depredation
which France may have made upon either
of the said parties, or on their friends or
allies, and not to permit the importation
of any military or naval (lores,corn,grain,
or fait meat,or provisions ; and to employ
all their means to injure the commerce of
France ; and also to prevent any neutral
fta'c from giving any proteftion,direftly,
or indirectly, to the French."
On the 14th of July last, a convention
confiding of five articles, was signed at
the camp before Mayence, by the Earl of
Yarmouth and the Marquis de Lucchefmi
on the part of their Britannic and Prussi
an Majesties, to the following effeil.
A deputation from the inKabitants of
the department of La Vendee, returned
thanks to the Ci>nventi6n for having re
stored them to Liberty, by the defeat and
difperlion of the horde of rebellious roy
aliits, who for three years had convulsed
the department, and desolated the country
with fire and sword.
The republic of Genoa is r.s much
pressed as ail the other states by the allies,
and chiefly by England, to put an end to
its neutrality,and to declare againll France
—Nothing can bemore impoliticthau this
measure, and nothing more unjust. The
Genoese have so much property in
France, that to depart from their neutra
lity would be ruin to all their principal ci
tizens, and yet this consideration did not
operate on them to lean towards the
French, even at the time when they were
every where triumphant, and when they
made all Italy tremble. Even, at that
moment, they denied a paflage to the
French troops, to attack their own natu
ral enemy, the King of Sardinia. For
getful of this fact, however, they are
now to be bullied into the war, and of
course to be made partakers in the cala
mity, which it brings on all who are en
gaged in it.
The republic of Genoa have ap
pointed the Marquis of Spinola to be their
Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Ex
traordinary at the Court of London. M.
de Spinola is well known to England by
his talents, and mult be acceptable to his
Majesty by his political principles. He
was Minister in France, and has resided
in London ever I: nee the revolution of the
loth of August 1792.
TheDeyof Algiers'has declared war
againfl the French, but in the mod vo
luntary and disinterested manner. What
ever rumour may fay to the contrary, he
has neither been bullied nor fubfiaized by
the British ministry.
The new Doge of Genoa is Joseph
Doria, the nephew of M. de Spinola,who
has reluctantly taken upon him the digni
ty. He is one of the inoft conliderable
men in the Republic, by his talents as
well as hereditary diftin&ion, and his be
ing forced to accept the office, is a proof
how much they are pressed by the allied
A letter from Marseilles, dated Sept.
ig, fays, that the French before Toulon
have got polTeffionof the fort of Ardenne,
cut off a stream of fre(h water that sup
plied the tows, and were preparing to at
tack the Pharon.
powers.
LONDON, Oa. 17,
OCTOSSS 26.
October 27,
By intelligence received frpm the Earl
of Yarmouth, dated Brumpt, Austrian
Head Quarters, 0&. 24, it appears that
on the morning of the 17th, Gen.Wurm
fer having received information that Ha
guenau had surrendered to the advanced
corps under Gen. Mageroes, he immedi
ately put the bulk of his army into moti
on, and arrived the're that night, a few
hours before it had been evacuated by the
enemy, who had made so precipitate a
retreat, as to neglect breaking down the
wooden bridges over which the artillery
was to pass. That on the 18th, the
French encamped 011 the rightbank of the
Zorn, a small river which rails through
Brumpt; but on perceiving some inter
val between Gen. Mageroe'sadvanced corps
consisting of about 6000 men, and the
other columns of the army, they crossed
the river, and attacked him with their
whole force, in the evident expeftationof
turning his flank, and cutting him oft from
the reft of the army. The action lasted 7
hours, but upon perceiving the reft of
the Austrian army move forward, the
French recrofTed the river, and evacuated
the heights and town of Brumpt,of,which
the Auftrians took pofleffion. The loss
on the part of the French, is eflimated
at 8.00 men, and that of the Auftrians,
nearly half the number, in killed and
wounded. That the Prince of Waldeck
had advauced with his troops from Soltk,
and marched along the banks of the Rhine
—That he had compelled the furrendcr
of Drugenheim, and after having driven
the garrison of fort Louis, with some loss
had invested the place. That in the
course of the night, the French had a
bandoned their former position on the
Zorn, and retreated under the cannon of
Strafburg. That Gen. Wurmfer was at
the distance of nine English miles from
that place.
Major Wofna, of Efterhazy huflars,
attacked at the fame time in front and in
Karaczy's light herfe chargcd
rear.
In addition to the nccountsnlready puh
liihed.of the forcing of the lines of Weif
fembourg and Lauterbourg, it appears,
that the Austrian army had between feten
and eight hundred men killed and wound
ed, and that the loss of the French con
fided of between 3 and 4000 killed .from
j to 600 prisoners, and 26 pieces of can
non, with their ammunition waggons and
horses. The retreat of the French on
this occasion was greatly favored by a
thick fog.
On the 22d the enemy made a very
bride attack near Menin and Orchies ; a
corps of the enemy of 6000 men, with 20
pieces of cannon, attacked our right
wing, near Cifoing, which fell back to
Templeneuve, in order to draw the ene
my into the plain : Major-General Boros,
who was at this latter post, made the best
dispositions to receive the enemy ; Col.
Count Kollovrath attacked them with the
infantry, fupportcd by artillery, aiid
broke their ranks.
The enemy have attacked the polls of
Maucron, Romain, Orchies, Marchien
nes, and Denain, and marched in strong
columns and with a numerous artillery,
towards all these places, but they were e
very where repull'ed, except at Marchien
nes, where through their great superiori
ty they succeeded in repulsing the battali
on. of Kaunitz who defended this poll
Our loss in these affairs is very trifling.—
That of the enemy must be considerable,
since near Denain alone they have loft a
bove6oo men. Prisoners made are acap
tain, J lieutenants, and 55 soldiers.
The loss of the enemy, according to
all reports, mult amount to 8000 men :
near 300 men have been made prisoners.
We hate loft neither cannon, ammuniti
on, waggons, or baggage.
Our whole loss near Maubeuge, a
mounts in killed to 8 officers, 12 non
commissioned officers, 389 soldiers, 143
horses. Miffing and prisoners, 2 officers,
3 non-commiflioned officers, 267 privates,
25 horses.
Besides the adjutant Of lieutenant co
lonel Count Tavenfien, firft lieutenant
Baron Dornftein, has been killed by a
cannon ball, by the fide of field marshal
Cobourg.
The enemy were 10,000 strong ; they
have carried along with them 800 wound
ed. Our loss is very immaterial.
Bulletin of the Combined Armies, at the
Head Quarters at Bavay, Oft. 21
From the London Gazette.
WHITEHALL, Nov. 2.
November 4.
likewise ; and the remainder of our
troops, as well as a detachment of Eng
liih and Hanoverian cavalry, having ad
vanced in the interim, the enemy were
compleatly routed, with the loss of 400
killed on the field of battle and 100 pri
soners.
Our loss is of no confequencc, b it we
have to regret the brave captain Fabien,
killed with a cannon ball.
" Some of the light troops made yes
terday an attack on the French post at
Ors, and Catilion-fur-Sambre, in which
A letter of which the following is an
extract, was last night received from Sir
James Murray, A. D. to the forces un
der the command of his royal highness
the Duke of York, dated Camphm, No
vember 1.
with very little loss, they killed near 400
of the enemy, took about 100 prisoners,
and two pieces of cannon."
He suggested a diffidence in riftng on
the fubjeft, as it required a knowledge of
circumftancea and fatts which seldom came
under his consideration ; but having exa
mined the cafe with fufficient attention to
determine his vote, as no member claimed
the floor, he would offer some of those rea
sons which were convincing to himfelf.
He took notice of the member lalt up,
who aflerted that the additional duties pro
pof:d were not intended for prote&ing
manufacturer, nor as additional revenues,
but as bounties to the nations with which
we have commercial treaties. That no o
ther nation could furnifh us with fufficien
cy of goods, and who then aficed in what
manner we will raifc our revenues ?
In committee of the whole, on the report of
the Secretary of State, relative to the com
mercial intercourse of this country, with so-
reign nations.
To which he answered ; th:it the poll*
t'cal intention of the lefolution was to se
cure our independence as a commercial na
tion, and to make it the intcreft of certain
European nations to enter into commerci
al treaties with us ; they have refufed to
treat because they enjoy more advantages
without treaties than they could expe£t a
ny treaties could feeure to them. He iil
ledged it was not properly a commercial
war, or a principle of revenge or retaliati
on that was intended by the resolutions.
Revenge for supposed insults offered to the
crown, may be the principle of the duel
ling wars undertaken by European des
pots, but fuc'n principles arc inadmiflihle
in republican politics. The design of the
proposed measure is to procure a recipro
city of advantages in commerce without
war ; it is calculated to procure justice, to
secure the practical enjoyment of that in
dependence, which though we have esta
blished after an arduous contest, we have
not reaped the advantages which ought to
have resulted from it, nor put ourselves in a
capacity to protest it.
The firft attempt to revise the confe
deration was expressly within the design of
verting Congrefi with fufficient powers for
rendering our commerce more independ
ent. When the revision of the government
did take place, this was a principal object
both in the enlargement of the powers, and
regulating the forms of the government.
The gentleman from Virginia, (Mr.
M.) has explained the reasons why filch
measures were not more early adopted, and
has properly suggested that those reasons
no longer exist.
The proposed reflrl&ions are necefTary
torail'e a competition in European markets,
and gave an option to our merchants in dif
ferent nations. Though the afTortment
for some time might not be so genera! in
other countries as Britain, yet certainly
much of the neceflary supplies, such as li
nens and woolens have been got on as good
terms in France as in England, and have
been in quantity more than equal to the
demand. By depending on one nation for
our whole supplies, fubjetts us too much
to the caprice and the fate of that nation.
Suppcfing that nation to be at war with
ourfeives or our allies, we must be much
embarrassed in our supplies, and will find it
difficult to find goods from nations who
had not provided for our demands. Sup
posing a state of bankruotcy or infurreftion
to take j,lace in the nation on which we
Mr. Findley next rose
House of Representatives.
January 17.
CONGRESS.
November 5,