The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1794-09-29 00:00:00, page 2

HALIFAX, AUG 28. Sunday sp
lived here the thip Eliza, Capt. Lew
is, laden with flour, bound to France,
prize to His M.jeOy's Sip Thifbe,
Monday arrived the (hip Sovereign,:
from Charleston, prize to Hit Majef
tv's fhio Cleopatra .?.: <°^^^ ^^
Tuefday evening arrived His Mafe
efty'a thip Alarm, with a valuable
French ship, called L'Adelle, from
St. Domingo, bound to France.
sept. 2. The latest advices from
the Weftindiet fay, that Gen. Grey
was gone from Guidaloupe to Mar
tinico ; and chat the British forces in
the fifft mentioned island would keep
their polls, and wait for reinforce
ment®.
W': : —-- — —r= ~,
Nonsense, about Bones !
ALL men have bones—in their bodies a
fl fufficient number, could they be content
—but they must, forfooth, feck to have oth
er bones.
The Stafefman's bone is a good place.—
Look at him, while he picks it. What a
(hading he makes, if any one dares but ap
proach it ; there he keeps gnawing & graw
ing, until a stronger cur than he fhaps it from
him., Yet he never loses fight of his favorite
bone. r '
Two great dogs snarled for many years a
bout a bone, and just as they were about to
divide it amicably, in came a little puppy,
/ &, Matching up the bone, ran away with it.
The Lawyer has his bone—a good fee—
which he keeps mumbling at, until he can
g et no marrow, then leaves off in hopes of
another.
The Parson has an Ecclesiastical bone—a
good living—no cur snarls more when he has
got it— but he is spaniel all over before the
bone is thrown to him—yet on the very firft
fight of it, he cries, Nolo Epijeopari, which is,
being interpreted, I am exceedingly glad to
get at it.
The Physician too has his bone, which is
most commonly a bone of contention, be
tween him and the patient, the latter wishing
to be well, and the former inclining to pro
long the distemper. There are very pretty
pickings from medical bones.\
The merchant has an excellent bone in
time of war, called a contrast. There is a
deal of meat in this bone, and the juices and
marrow are rich and palatable—but they are
very extravagant masters, who throw such
bones to their dogs.—They might serve to
feed many a poor family,.
The trading Justice has many excellent
bones Indeed, every poor or rich devil, who
comes under his knowledge, is a bone, which
he will not throw into Newgate, until he has
picked it quite clean. ^ ^ ^€?
A new plan is an excellent bone for a Crit--
ic ; and altho' he be most ignorantly tooth
less, he keeps mumbling and mumbling it in
his mouth, until he has beflabbered half the
newspapers withit. This kind of dog barks
1 loud as well as snarls ; and one of them, who
was threatened with a ducking lately, has
been seized firice with an hydrophobia. The
managers of the winter theatres promise sev
eral bones to pick ; indeed, during the sum
mer, which may be called the theatrical dog
days, they have almost gone mad.
Every man has his bone— every man will
pick his bone—and keep it as long as he
can. QE. D.
Then hroer <wasfab confounded nonfen/e as
this! • , /
P. S. The Printerhas his bone—but, 'tis
a dr, one—it does not yield marrow \Sfatnep.
FLOWERS of Rhetoric in Sermons, or Seri
ous Difmrjet, are like the blue or redflowers in
corn: floating tetbofe <who com< onl, for amup
fleM, but prejudicial to bimwho toUrty&
V^B^=^
——gL- —
v ™5 w ,^%^
refterd^, 'arrived the Jhtp Francis and
Mar,; Capl. Retd, from Falmoutb,
down to the 25th pas
'till FAlfflmuth <&at z^
if L LI
place" on the Bth ult. near Chelem,
Fha t the Poles were again defeated ,
but that happily no disastrous conse
quences had refelted from their defeat.
Gen. Kofkciufco has given orders to
the Polilh Generate to penetrate be
yond the Ruffian and Pruffun fron
tiers, io order to excite the people to
join the Polish patriots.
The Prince of Cobourg has fallen
back to Tirlemont, leaving both Bruff
eto and Namur open to the enemy.
Five merchantmen have been tak
en by the French and carried into
Brest, two of which were bound from
Barcelona to Holland, and two from
Amherst to Lisbon ; this circum
stance was posted yesterday, in the
books as Lloyd's.
BRITISH ARMY.
Camp at Kontigb, ,*!, 12.
In our present petition there is such
a scarcity of water, that all the men
in the atm, who have been accus
tomed to fink wells, or to any similar
employment, are immediately set a
bout the digging of some, that the
troops may be fopplied with water.
Yesterday we were informed that
the enemy had taken Louvain ; and'
we have also learnt that for these two
days past, they have been bombard
ing Eclufe and Sas-de-Gand. Should
they gain poffeffian of these, they will
immediately pass into Dutch Flan
ders. In lore, every operation of
the enemy, shews that they are de
termined to lose no time in complet
ing the conquest of this country.
We hear a heavy firing on the fide
of Malines, commonly called Mech
lin, the enemy, as we are informed,
having attacked that place. The
Earl of Moira, with a great part of
his army, has marched to its relief.
' ii o'clock, p. Mb
The force which the enemy carri
ed against Malines, amounted to be
tween 6 and 7000 men, and 5 pieces
of cannon, with which they kept up
a brisk fire on the town, for some
time. They however began to retreat
before Lord Moira's army could reach
the place. On thisoccafian, a Capt.
of O'Donneh corps was killed—one
subaltern, with about 30 qmen, were
killed or wounded ; and fevlral hous
es were damaged by the ihot of the
enemy. At the commencement of
the attack, the garrifoo, with that pre
cipitation and terror which have but
too ConfpicuouGy marked the conduft
of some of our allies, on different for-,
mer occasions, set fife to the bridge
across the canal immediately in front
of Malines, although it turned on a
pivot, and could be withdrawn in an
ioftapt ; by which they have depriv
ed themselves of the only means they
had either to pursue the enemy or re
connoitre their situation. The French
may now Approach the town inthe
smallest parties with impunity, as they
know that the garrison has no mode
of crossing the canal to molest them
either in their approach or retreat.
J ul y ] 3-
The present portion of the Duke
of York, and the Earl of Moira's ar
mies, though a position necessary. to
be occupied by some troops, is the
most unfavorable that can be conceiv-.
^ftfr, th;CT
I midahte cavalrv termld I 1
I weather has been hot in the extreme,
pot some days psst, from which cir
cumstance, and the scarcity of water,
the troops have (offered exceedingly.
_ , . . Monda y> July 14.
We are beginning to fend off our
heavy baggage ; and alt our sick at
Antwerp, about 1200 men, are em
barking on board transports to be
conveyed to Flushing, which induces
us to believe that we shall shortly fail
back from this into Holland. Indeed,
as this country is now completely loft
to the allies, the sooner we quit it the
better ; for any a&ion in our present
ficuation, however fuccefsful we might
be, could net be produftive of any
one benefit to the allies.
The earl of Moira's army, are still
without tents ; buttho' they are hut
ted very indifferenly, there is not a
single murmur among rhe troops,
who every day witness their comman
der, whom they venerate almost to
adoration, fubjeaing himlelf to the
fame hardlbipi with themfelves—
deeping on his cloak on sand-hills, or
in a wretched hut of straw, 'and not
better accommodated than the lowest
soldier in his army.
Ic is impoffiole to describe what a
disappointment the army has experi
enced by not receiving any accounts
or letters lately fiom England. Bafi
lico, who brought the last dispatches
to the Duke of York, left the army
bag of letters behind him somewhere
on the road. His Royal Highness
immediately ordered him to return
and bring forward the bag.
'J Tuefday Morning, July 15.
Early this morning the enemy made
an attack, to pa& the canal that runs
in front of Malines, but they were at
last reported, after a heavy firing of
cannon and small arms.
5 o'clock, p. m.
The enemy have again advanced,
and are now keeping a very heavy
fire, with a view of attempting to
pafa either thecanal or the river in our
iroot. The Earl of Moira has march
ed to defend the road from Waelhem,
and the bridge which crosses that
river.'
Halfpaft 8 o'clock, p. m.
The enemy having succeeded in
their attempt to croft the canal, have
taken Maiinei, and are now advanc
ing two miles on this fide of it, close
to the bridge of Waelhem, within 4
miles of our camp, Lord Moira's
army, is at this moment drawn up on
the banks of the river, to oppose any
attempts of the enemy to croft it ; &
the bridge is covered with combusti
bles, ready to set fire to, the moment
the enemy shall approach. We do
not, however, experi that the enemy
will attempt any thing further to
night $ but to morrow it is probable
they will—from dispositions, howev
er, which are now making, we have
reason to believe that, by that time,
we shall have retreated to Antwerp.
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It is underftocd that the siege
of Sluys, in Dutch Flanders, has
recommenced with redoubled
vigor, and that the place is as
vigorously defended—lt is com
pletely inundated on the fide on
which the attack is made. t
Nieuport it is now confirmed
beyond further doubt, has fur
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manded ; we know not yet wid.
what success.
We areinformed by pprfons
of credit, who have escaped
from Ghent, since the French
have been in peffeffion of it,
that every thing is in a state of
requisition. Plate, both belong
ing to the church and individu-*
als,brafs,iron, all forts of clothes,
in short every article, is demand
ed under pain of the guillotine.
Some persons have been put to
death at Tournay, by the firft 1
Minifler of the Republic. It is
also said, that they have de
manded 100,000 men from
Flanders alone ; and, as they
have been disarmed, they must,
march when ordered.
All the Emigrants who far
vived the siege of Nieuport, re
duced from about 500 to less
than 200, were savagely massa
cred upon the glacis of the place
immediately on its surrender,
amid the shouts of Vive laR,-
publique!
Liege is almost wholly desert
ed. All the nobles and clergy
have fled towards Germany, &
the religious have quitted their
convents. More than 4 hund
red boats, loaded with the most
valuable property in the town,
had dropped down the Meuse,
and the utmost consternation
prevailed.
By accounts received yester
day from the Prince of Orange,
it appears, that on the 1 ith, he
was a t Roteffaar, and was to have
a camp behind the Dyle, and
his head quarters at Keerber
gcn. His position was such,
that his right wing extended to
the Duke of York's army, and
his left to the corps under the
Austrian General Kray, which
is joined to Prince Cobourg's ar-,
my. ti^
A letter from Amsterdam,
dated the 19th infant, has the
following passage : So great is.
the apprehension of an infur
re&ion in this city, that a body
of 600 hussars have been sent
for, and more are expeaed. i\
The peace which the Dutch
have concluded with the Dey of
Algiers, on the 27th of March
last, was bought by the former
at the price of 150,060!, besides
a subsidy, which is to be paid an
nually, of the sum of 10,000 du
cats.
By accounts from Wezel, of
the 16th July, we received intel-.
ligence of the surrender of War
few, to the king of Prussia ; fur
ther particulars are promised ; to
this we have to attach the fol
lowing account, date^ fothe
interior of Poland, on the sth
tnftant, which anttctpales a kipd
; of confirmation of the fa&
Kofciufkoiis stated to have
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I which it was expected wouia oe
I driven ud to the fruliian troops^
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