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Austrian Netherlands.
BRUSSELS, ) nVERY thing an-
JAN. io. ) nounces that the
army, commanded by the Prince of
Saxe Cobourg, it upon the point of
executing the secret plan which has
been formed for several days past.
The greaceft part of the besieging
artillery and other floret which had
in motion. Many have already form
ed a jundion, and augment daily.
The movements of the enemy in
dicate their intention of invading
Weft Flanders. All the troops in
the maritime Flanders assemble in the
environs of Dunkirk : And there is
another camp between Douay and
Lisle.
feb. 4. " A council of general
officers, in consequence of the immi
nent situation of things, is now hold
ing here. The Prince of Cobourg,
Generals Clairfayt, Colloredo, and
Sechendorf, the Dukeof York, Prince
Ernest, and General Walmoden, all
arrived in this city three days ago.—
The firft conference was held on the
ad inst. at the Minister's hotel, the
Count de Matternich; at which the
Arch Duke Charles, Marshal de Ben
der, and Col. Mack, affifted.—lt is
impossible for me to know what paff
edin this Grand Council, but it is
evident that its objeft was to concert
measures for the defence of Flanders
against the meditated torrent. The
young Prince of Orange, is expected
this day, and there is to be another
grand conference to morrow.
" An officer Os Chaffeurs, who in
the affair of Thpr&frlift, came over
W the Auftriant, has given important
itfffifefrthe Prince de Hohen
loe, who commands in the absence of
the Prince de Cobourg . •He fays, that
since she arrival of Pichegru, the
French armies are inCreafed to i,Q
fa@iff— that a part of the ar
my o£La Vendee has arrived, as well
si the gsrrif&ni of Valenciennes, Con
de, and Le Quefnoy— and this officer
Brown, that by the 15th their artil
toy, horse and ammunition will be
arfy^fo " '° c ° mmence their gr&iß
scheme of attack. -
ri^m#he affair of Thursday last,
Which was very Violent, the Auftrans
were obliged to retreat with the loss
agrafe under ^ e ^ ° f ^
QMgfojutt
ed to the desertion of a whole piquet
of 38 men, who went over to the en
emy. On Saturday last about 1000
FiCTChmade an attack near Baifieux,
tat they Were defeated with the loss
Stfrto men;This day the advanced
guard of the Dutch troops are arrived
mh'iPHCTitfr P'tlte' izrand armY'''
^fy.tyti^^
leTO<w#dec^<x An addrefohas
#^ ^x^
that so, &*, the emiffariei of
the hcobint, the seven monfterewho
i&ffl ;
been feot to the inland towns, has
been recondußed to Mons, and feveo
battalions of grenadiers which form
the garrifoo of that 'place, have been
ordered to be ready to march. The
cantonments of the frontiers are also
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CONCORD
©Be ?JuiToitr
compole the ci-devant revolutionary |
commission.
“ Scarcely it judgment pronounced,
(fay the unhappy Lyonefe) when those
who have been condemned are expos
ed io amass to the fire of cannon,
loaded with grape (hot ; they fall one
upon another struck with the thunder ;
and often mutilated, they have the
misfortune not to be killed by the firft
discharge. The victims who yet
breathe, after having fuffered that
punishment, are finifhed by fabres or
mufouetry.
" The representatives have substi
tuted for the two revolutionary tribu
nals which they had created, a com
mittee of /even judges. This meas
ure was indispensable. The two tri
bunals, embarrassed by forms, did not
answer the wishes of the people :—
Prisoners accumulated in the prisons :
Partial executions had loft all effed
upon the Lyonefe. The committee
Os seven, judges in a summary man
ner ; and its sentence is as just as it is
sudden.
" On the 14th of Dec. 60 villains
were (hot to death. On the 15th,
208. On the 17th, 60 were acquit
ted. On the ißth, 68 were shot, and
& guillotined. On the 19th, the ho
ly and miraculous guillotine made 13
the head (hotter. On the 20th, 50
were set at liberty. On the aift, 53
were (hot.
“Soon the guilty at Lyons, wiM
no longer pollute the foil of Liberty!
Wr find daily new gold and silver,
coined and not coined. The quanti
ty will aftonilh ypu when you hear
it."
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France."
Paris, jan. iq. The following
letter from the Representatives of the
people, of Francaftel, dated Angers,
Jan. 6, was read ia^he Convention
the 7th.
^^lfod thee^Prefident, forne cop-
WUf the trial of the too famous Bifh-
Agra, Pref&nt of the superior
council of the retell ofLa Vendee, at
Charilion. He yefeiday fuffered the
ffilh ment due to counter-revolution
iQfodft the acclamations of an im
mense crowd of (pedaiors. Last June
fie held his triumphal entry at An
gers with the Catholic army; enjoy
ed there all the prerogatives of the
pontificate ; and had even recourse to
the villainous imposture of the sepa
ration of the Holy Ghost (of La
Vendee) in the form of a white do6e,
during the tetebracion of an arch sol
emn mafi. Having become more
modest of late, he made himfelf pass
for the Secretary of lefcure, and
would not own his quality until a few
moment, tafe^fo condemnation."
NATION AL CONVENTION, Feb. 5.
1^ of Public Safety
Spared a decree on the marine, that
w„adopted. The fame Committee
proposed, thit thetapram and officers
of anffbip of the line that should
flrikf to left than double her own
force, should be punished with death
as traitors to their Country, and that
the mariners who should take a ship
one third stronger than their own,
ffiould be^ewa^
England.
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M O ND A Y, May 12, 1794.
gBY B. RUSSELL.
they had done what if persisted in,
must inevitably bring on a war with
America, have revoked the order for
making prizes of all (hips laden with
the produce of French colonies, or
carrying provisions to French colonies
—on the expense and disgrace they
have incurred by that order, we (hall
take an early occasion of making some
remarks.
tion of the American merchants, that
Jan. 18. The accounts from the
Upper Rhine are still of a complexion
very unfavourable to the cause of the
allies. The French are pressing for
ward into the Palatinate, with the im
petuosity iofpired by their success ;
and it does not appear that they have
been flopped at any one point they
have chosen to attack.
By a gentleman, who left Oftend,
on the night of the 15th, we learn,
thit an Hanoverian regiment was
then entering for the defence of the
place. There was, however, no new
reason for apprehending an attack.
Letters from Honin°ue, of Janua
ry 5, bring advice, tnat the French
attempted on that day, to croft the
Rhine in several ih p§, but they were
prevented by the Austrian troops,
Rationed on the opposite bank of the
river, who gave them so hearty a re*
ceptiqn, as to fink seven of thfir (hips
by their cannon, which entirely de.
terred the republicans from executing
their design.
On the sth inst. the French made
an attack upon Fort Louis, which was,
however, unluccehful— that fortrefs
contains 1 to gunt, a firong garrison,
and a fufficienr quantity of provifioni.
It is said to be in contemplation to
annex Corsica to the dominions of
Tuscany, refervihg to Greatbritain
many commercial advantages. But
after all, these things mutt depend
upon the fa#^ in which the seve
ral parties fino themselves when the
hour of peace may arrive. ; 3
FEh. 19. The Duke of York re
turns to Flanders about the middle of
next week, to resume the command
of the Britiffi forces ; and it hnow
understood to be a measure positively
fettled, that, in compliance with the
plan of Col, Mack, a descent on the
coast of France shall be made by the
English.
According to the accounts from the
Weftindies, a great number of Amer
ican (hips had been taken and sent in
to our porta under the order of Nov,
6th. This order, issued by our min
ifterson no principle of justice or found
policy, but in the intoxication of im
aginary success, and as pufilammoufly
retracted# it was inconsiderately is
sued, will thus be afted upon for fev
eri weeks, and the public will have
to pay all the expenlei incurred by
the detention of the fhipi, taken only
to be restored. The effect of it io
America will be to convince every
man, that the States are not to depend
tor the security of their commerce as
a neutral nation, on the moderation of
the British Cabinet, but on their own
power to afford it proteaion^^,
The whole exfebditure of the A
merican States,on their eftabli&meots
civd and military, did not ffn^in
the lift tar to ;80,000 1. Oneflin.
gle fobody@<t which we pay to the
fang of Sardinia for defending hit
BOSTON, APRIL 30.
CENTINEL's SUMMARY.
Since rhe success of the French on
the Rhine, about the beginning and
middle of January, which have been
detailed, no military operations of im
portance have been made on the
great theatre of war, the Frontiers ot
France : But about the beginning of
March, measures were in train for o
pening a campaign—which, unlefa
counteracted by propositions of peace,
must be more intereftiog than the an
nals of the world have heretofore pro
duced. The combined forces on the
North of France, had matched from
their winter cantonments, and were
forming a cordon near Valenciennes,
Coride, Quefnoy, &c.— At the for
mer of which the Prince Cobourg had
eftablilhed his head quarters. The
allies, composed of Austrian, Prussian,
British, Hanoverian and Dutch troops,
will form a body of 55,000 cavalry,
and 170,000 infantry ; Iffifted by a
powerful artillery# To oppose these
the French #rmy of the North has
been augmented to above 200,000
men, commanded by General Pichp
' h 1)/ f '*<l d <3'
^ Xby ',&'"%:%
inferior to the allies either in IKUIQ?
if&p&i 401 r
own dominions, exceeds by 2b,000f.
the whole expeofe of the American
government.
The Editor of the Leyden Gazette,
the friend of truth and liberty as far
as the circumstances under which his
paper is published will permit, intro
duces the speech of Mr. Washington,
on opening the Coogrcfi in Decem
ber^ with the following preface :
" While Europe, towards the close
of the eighteenth century, prefects an
afpeft the most doleful to philanthro
py, deeply affixed by the inconside
rate zeal with which men rulh into
opposite extremes, equally adverse to
public happinefi; it seems to have
been reserved for the New World to
furnifh the consolation of this melan
choly period, and fooo, perhaps, art
asylum for the true friends of Free
dom, the basis of permanent tranquil
lity. The United States of America
afford the example of a government,
truly just and moderate. For this,
next to the public spirit, and a nation
al charader for equity and wisdom,
they are indebted to some great men,
—among whom none will dilute the
firft place with the illuftrioui 'Wash
ington: It is impossible to read, but
with real pleasure, the successive pro*
dupions of his pen, either as a Stated
man or a Soldier."
Dublin, jAN, 23. We have aftofc
ilhiog success in the war. We beat
the French into Toulon—6o miles
into Germany, and into part of Italy.
By the last packet it appears, that we
have recently succeeded in obliging
them to accept 1, Waterford vessels
with provisions, and five with linen
from Belfaft. If we continue to (uc
ceed in this manner, we (hall certainly
be ruined by our good fortune.
There is no inconsistency whatever
in the speech from the throne. It
alludes to our success in running away.
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