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Foreign and Domeflic Articles.
[Omitted last week]
LONDON, FEB. 79^^
Subterraneous Paflage.
ONEof the coal mines in the neigh
borhood of Whitehaven, at pre,
fait runs more than seven miles under
the sea : it is one hundred and twenty
fathoms below the furface of the sea,
and from forty to sixty fathoms be
low the deepest part of the channel ;
the vein of coals is excellent, and the
farther it is cut the better it proves to
be. It is the intention of the propri
etors of this mine co prosecute this
stratum, and it is thought by many,
that in the course of ten or twenty
years, a fubterraneous passage to te
land may be effeded. Ifo
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The French Armies.
Dijfofaion and command of the French Armies,
laid before tbc CoTCcntiox, March Q..
Dubois Crance, in the name of the
committee of Public Safety-^'' Cit
izeos, The success which the French
troops have obtained in the last cam
paign, makea new distribution of the
republican armies necessary. The de
nomination of the army of Ardennes,
and the army of the Moselle, must
be suppressed ; since, except the city
of Luxemburgh, which may be cofr
filtered as a prisoner of war in France,
we have no longer any enemy to con
tend with, from the fei to the Rhine;
and since the army of the North,
which last year covered Cambray,
now occupies, Groningen.;
" Thearmy of the North ought
to protect Holland ; that of Sambte'
fed Meufe,and the army of the Rhine
united to that of the Moselle, Ihould
coveithe Rhine, and repel on that
barrier, the efforts of the combined
powers, lo vain would chose powers,
reclaim some property upon the left
branch of this river ; nature, the with
of the people, and the interest of the
French Republic, require that this
country should remain forever a con
quest to Liberty.—lt is upon these
foundations that your committee of
public fafety fat prepared new laurels
tor our brethren in arms, and thinks
itfelf fulfilling your intentions and its/
own duty. We believe there is not
one good Frenchman who will not
applaud this measure ; and the cour
age of those republicans who have
^ braved &tOren to drive
the enemy from th, territory, insures
it success.
“ The generals whose talents and
fr^'/^b' c : a : f eft"of
^c^fafah^ pTefeXethe.
command in them. Mod if the new
organization of the armies bblimwthe
AO
sealy fulfilled their duty, and have
not ceiled to deserve your confidence
The two armies of the Alps and of
Italy were last year united under the
command of Kellerman. Your com
mittee thought to have given him .a
new mark of esteem, by entrusting
them again to this experienced gene
ral -
In the Pyrenees there will be no
charge; and though we hope imme
diately to announce to you, that Li
Vendee is returned into the bosom of
the great family, the army of the
Weft and the coast of Brest must n&
verchelefs be preferred and united
with that of the coast of Cherbourg,
,to protea our boundaries on this fide
from any infultof the Eoglifh, or to
threaten their territory, if you should
command it?Q
The following is the plan of decree
we propose to the confederation of
the assembly : ?''\ .
The National Convention, after
having heard the report of their com
mittee of public fafety, decrees :
1. The army of the Rhine & that
of the Moselle shall be united under
the name of the army of the Rhine
and Moselle. This army shall be un
der the command of gen, Pichegru.
2. The army of the Sambre and
Meuse shall be commanded by gen.
Jourdan. The army of the North by
general Moreau.
3. In case these three armies should
have to fl in concert, the general
command is consigned to general Pi
chegru.
4. The two armies of the Alps &
Italy shall be united under the com
mand of Gen. Kellerman. fr%#
5. The army of the Eastern Py
renees shall be commanded by Gener
al Scherer.
6. The army of the Weftern Py
renees shall be commanded by Geo
era! Moncey.
7. The army of the Weftern Coasts
shall be commanded by Gen. Can
claux. #.'
& armyof the crafts of Brest,
to which that of<he coasts of Cher
bourg shall be united, and command
ed by Gen. Hoche.
This plan of decree was adopted.
"7"'' te —";fe\',
LONDON, MARCH 14. Thofewho
rely upon the report ot the King of
Rfuffia being about to fend a large
reinforcement into Weftphaha, to op
pose the progress of the French, may
[ —we again repeat our belief that he
has aaually concluded a peace with
the French Republic.
march 19. Advices were receiv
?ed on Monday evening, from Peter f
burgh, brought by one of the private
secretaries of Sir Charles Woorworth,
which ftace, that the EmpreG of Ruf
fy had determined to take an active
part against France ; that she was go
ing to fend a fleet of twelve ships of
the line and several frigates, into the
north fas, or wherever this country
should dit e a ; and that %w„ de
termined to cooperate most heartily
I readv to match wherever the Em
1, ^ wd& wt buv auro
IMARCH mo It with orPDR ffttib.
1 u 11 WHO laical iwr
fadion we have to record Ite fotrit,
I activity and wccefe ihg: now diftin*
CONCORD, F Rij^A Y, May_2 9 , 1795.___
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guifh our Naval operations. Sir Ed
ward Pelew, that gallant and enter
prifiog officer, on the 9th inst. fell in
with a French convoy, consisting df
50 fail, which had failed on the pre
ceding day from Brest for Bourdeaux.
He bad captured 18 or 19 veffdi,
slid dispersed the convoy.
- Recent letters state, that on the
nth inst. late in the afternoon, judg
ment of death was pronounced by the
Revolutionary Tribunal against Bar
rere and his accomplices. Th^fame
night, on some rockets being fired
from the observatory, a b/hditti as
sembled in the suburbs of St. Get
; main, St. Marcean and St. Antoine,
led on by the most enraged of the
Jacobins, & accompanied by a shoal
of Poiffards, to the number of about
15,000. They proceeded to the
Thuilleries, beset the guards of the
diftria, and took possession of the
barriers and bridges,)
The general cry was " abas les 00^
deres, vivant les Jacobins, while an
other part of the mob exclaimed,
," Da Pain,fl sot Roi !" The iffueof
this tumult was not known when the
accounts came away.
march 23. [The execution of
Barrere, &c. is confirmed by an A
merican vcffel arrived at Porfmouth,
(Eng.) but no mention is made of
any disturbances at Paris.]
Lacroix, the author of a pamphlet
iq which he afferti, that the power is
inherent in the sovereign people, if
they fee nt, to establish a monarchi
cal form of government, ha, been
denounced therefor, in Paris, tried by
the Revolutionary Tribunal, and ac
poole, march 15. Orders were
received yesterday from the War-Of
fice, for the 83d and 98th regiments,
in barracks here, to hold themselves
in readiness to march on Wedoefday
next, for Southhampton, where they
are to embark on some secret expe
ditioo.
, Extraordinary Traveller.
Mr. Wilson, an extraordinary tra
veller, and a gentleman of Cornwall,
inherited an estate of about 10001. a
year in that country, at the age of 23
and in 1741, the year after his fath
er's death, let off for the continent on
his travels. He rode on horseback,
with one servant, over the greatest
part of the world. He firft viewed
every European country, @ doing
which he (pent eight years./
He then embarked for America,
was two years in the northern part,
and three more in South America, tra-
I veiling as a Spaniard, which he was
enabled to do from the vtfy great fa
cility he had in that language. The
climate, profpe&s, and fame other
circumstances of Peru, enchanted him
so much, that, he hired a farm, and
refidad near a year in te
His next tour wuto the Zaft ;M
Mediterranean, Egypt, Syria, and all
the joutherorrovimp,
and made several ezcurfiohs to the
Afton China far several
time'
months each time. % y
'\,)/C [number 136]
_„ra_„o_titem«^F^^ ^fromt^tfsu}
He afterwards, 00 hit return, Hop
ed at the Cape of Good Hope, pene
trated far into Africa, and on hit re
turn to the Cape, took opportunity
of a Chip that went to &uvi^, end
from thence viewed most ot rhe ill
ands in the Great Indian Archipela
go. Returning to Europe, he boded
at Cadiz, tod sassed in a tlrsit diis
from that place to Moscow, i, &^
way to Kamfch^ka. He vm in cor
respondence with several Cowifh pen
demen, with whom he wia„ college,
so late as the year 1783, when tie was
fappofed to be.prepariag^QfSibenw
A gentleman who saw him at Mos
cow in that year, reprefeo ed him as
healthy, vigorous, zuc in ill refprxi*
as hearty as other people at 46, thu'
he was in hii 66th year.
His friends have not yet crafed to
hope, although eleven years have e-
Upfed, that he may h^ve fettled in
some remote part of the wot! , f cm
which the difficulty of conveyance
prevents their hearing.
Female GenerofilN.
From a Liverpool pap^r, Mirch 12.
Mr. Gore,
The infection of the following inflance
of Female Generofty, which occurs;
red in this town on Wedne/day She
41b inst, will appreciate the Jex, &d
oblige man, of ,our readers, particu
larly your correspondent. Viator.
A young woman, named Robinson,
not long fin^e at service with Mr. F.
in Haymarket*hearing; the Uiler (he
was contraaed to, haa died in the
Weftiodies, on his return from an
African voyage, found out a friend
and cownfmao of his, (master of a
coaftiog vessel) and enquiring foto
the circumstances of her deceased tov
et's family, was informed, his mother
was old and indigent ; Well I said
the tender hearted girl, " My lad'r
parent shall not wane;, she is aged
& cannot earn her bre,d, I am young
and can work ; I am going to Duke
in warning for families—her son sett
me his money, some of his clothes,
with his will and power to receive his
wages £ Thit watch he gave me, &
made me promise never to part with
it. Here, take this money, (giving 12
guineas) and his clothes ; take allo
his will and power to recover hit wa
ges, you are going diredly where hit
mother lives, give them all to her,
they will in tome measure comfort
her for the loss of so good a fon."-—
She then took her leave with a feem
iog cheerfulnefs, as if relieved from a
burthen which pressed her to she
ground—Here is a rare ioftaoce of .
female fortitude, not exceeded in Ro
man hiftory!
This young woman, truftiog her
existence to a little tub, and launch
ing out, fearlefs of the billows of ad
verse fortune, (rather than the moth
er of the man (he loved should feel
want) on an unbofpisable shore, brings
to ray mind averse in an old song.
^ Britain's sons fare ne'er can fail her,
Whilst her daughters prove so true ;
%^^3t^
Thii w „ told by the Captain of the
coafte, on WedneMay fa in a
Mli%4» r ge company of gentlemen,
who exoreffed a wish to fee it nublilhed, and
he also showed the money and writings he
t had received from the young woman. ^