The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-05-06 00:00:00, page 3

Cbar/eftonA A FRENCH Frigate of 32
April^ Jll guns, in 48 days Passage
% from Rochfort, in France, appeared off the
Bar yesterday Morning. She was bound
for Philadelphia, but adverse Winds oblig
ed her to steer for this Port. M. Edmund
Charles Gen net, adjutant General in
the French Army, and Plenipotentiary to
the United States of America, with two Se
cretaries of Embafly, (M. Bournonvil-
V lb and M. Pascal) both Officers in the
Armies of the Republick, came Passengers
and landed here with the -Officers of the
Frigate in' the Afternoon.—By these Gen
tlemen we are informed, That WAR was
declared by the French Republick agairiff
the King of England, and the Stakeholder of
Holland, about the firft of Feb.—All the
Shipping in the different Ports of France,
belonging tothefe Rations, were immed
iately seized, and the Seamen, upwards of
<OOO, offered their Services as Volunteers
in the French Navy, rather than return to
the Tyranny of being imprefled.——The
French Army had already besieged Mae
ftriebt, & Gen. Dumourier was march
ing to take Possession of Rotterdam and Am
sterdam, where, it was expeded, they would
bejoyfully received by the Majority of the
Inhabitants.- The above Vessel captur
ed, near Bermuda, an English Brig, from
Novafcotia, bound to Barbados ; the Crew
of which were treated with such Friend
ship and Fraternity, that they offered to
enter into the Service of France.
M. Gennet has been an Ambaffadour
pt feyeral Courts in Europe,and lately a&ed
io that Capacity at Fezeryfog^ in Raffia.
•Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, April 17.
The French are prepared for war
(fays a letter from England) and it
they are unanimous among them
felves,will be an over-match for all
the despotic monarchs in Europe
Au/lrian Netherlands.
BRUSSELS, March 12.— All the liege
Artillery, tilted Waggons, and warlike
Stores, have been successively brought in
here. The French Army, to which Du
mourier, has flown with a View to re
pair the lite Disaster, is stationed near
Louvain, and it is reported that a decisive
Action will take Place to Morrow.
P. S; A heavy cannonading is heard
from towards Louvain.
England.
LONDON, March 9. Accounts from
Aixlachapelle of the 9th ult. fay, We are in
formed here that the French advanced posts
after a most severe Conffid forced the Auf
trians to evacuate Wafaberg, Bergen, and
Effolt. The day before yesterday the French
Corps took Possession of Vaels, Gulpen, and
Aeri, in Dutch Guelderland.
The Garrison of Breda were granted the
Honours of War, each Battalion being
A allowed two field Pieces, in Order to pro
ceed ttyßois Ie Due, Tait, Bormel, and
Utrecht, with Liberty to remain id the Ser
vice ofthe States General, and to serve
against all Enemies whatever. About 6q
Houses were Mattered with Bombs, but
only two Persons killed.
The whole Country fouth of the Menje
may now be exceed to fall into the hands
of the French; that River is filled with
gun Boats, prepared to annoy the French,
mould they attempt it. 7
occupied that Fortress, consisting of about
440 Men, are arrived in this City.
AixlachapeUe, March 7.
General DaMpiere, who was taken
Prisoner near Henry Chafe lle, is
dead, of his Wounds,—■When he was firft
informed, that the Austrians had attacked
,his out Posts at Aldenhoven, he was at a
gaming Table, and observed with the ut
most fang froid, that it Was so much the
better ; it would only give the French an
Opportunity of gathering frefh Laurels.
He then dispatched some of his Aidde
camps to the Scene of Adion, which in
the End nearly proved fatal to the 6000
Men immediately under his command
, Vienna, March 2. —His imperial Majesty
has just acknowledged in form Monsieur,
the eldest brother of the late LOUIS XVI.
as Regent of France.
It has. been determined here to fend
fourteen more battalions, and 25,000
Croats as a. corps de reserve to the Banks of
the Rhine. The court of Berlin has also
refolved,h a similar reinforcement;
Soutbcarolina.
Our tumults here continue, 1 am
concerned to fay, increase, and the
temper of the people at present is
such, as, will not bear the slightest
resistance. In consequence of the
unfortunate affair near Kells, be
tween a number of low peasants call
ing themselves defenders, and the
military, in which some of the for
mer loft their lives, and others were
committed to prison, upwards of
one thousand of their friends form
ed into a body, and, with five piec
es of artillery proceeded towards
Dublin, to release their comrades in
the jail of Kilmainham.
An express having been lent to
government the military of course
has been ordered out to fopprefs the
insurgents. As they belong to the
lowest order of the community, and
are totally unacquainted with the
use of artillery, the most melancholy
apprehensions are entertained that
in the conflict many lives will be
loft.
These disturbances have caused
the most lively emotions in the sen
ate, which has voted an address to
the Lord Lieutenant, that with their
lives and fortunes they will support
the government in the present try
ing and alai ming crisis. During
che debate some very harsh language
was used towards ad ministration,
which caused the House to be clear-
the parliament were directly oppos
ed to each other, the latter address
ing the king in favour of that meas
ure-, and the former declaring the
sense of the people against it. A
complete repeal of. all oppressive
laws demanded on the part of the
people, and no temporizing patch
work expedient— all or nothing was
the universal cry. It was remart a
ble, however, that Flood, Grattan,
and some other flaming patriots had
become luke-warm and began to
difeover signs of an in tereft against
the people.
?! UnJefs the Proffian arm/ is able
to flop Gen. Dumourier's progreft
Gen. Dumourier was at Oftend the
4th of February, arid counted upod
being in Amfterdan) by the 21st. =
The northern Irish volunteer,
were met in convention at Dungan
non on the 15th of February, tn
deliberate on the emancipation of
the Roman Catholic! and a reform
in the Irish parliament. It was ex
pected one object of this conven
tion would be to declare the sense
of the nation against a war with
France, and another to use every
possible means to preserve internal
tranquility. The government par
ty, however, fliewed themselves ex
trembly inimical to the convention,
and watched its preliminary mo
tions with an eye of the most scru
pulous jealousy. The people and
(fays * foreign paper) there is little
doubt, from the present temper o'
the Belgic nation,but he will succeed
in his enterprizes against Holland.
The difeontents with the Austrian
government, which a few years ^0
were checked by the presence <)f
an army of mercenaries, are bymo
meanest an end,and the appearance
of Dumourier, with any profpeftof
success, would bring many thoufahds
to the republican standard of
France." ~
Extras of a Letter from Dubjin,
February 7.
From Spain, via Newburyport.
Capt. Milberry, arrived at Newbu
ryport, from Bilboa, left there 23d Feb. in
forms —That he spoke with a French Pri
vateer off Sr. Anderos, and saw another
board Capt. Sage, of Salem —That the
Spaniards had 70,000 Men on their Fron
tiers, and it was expeded in Bilboa, (every
Post) that WAR would be declared at Ma
drid between Spain and France — That the
French Troops were driving all before
/Maffacbujetts.
BOSTON, April 29. —Yesterday arrived
here the Ship Hero, Capt. Blunt, in 31
Days from Bristol.— —By this Arrival we
learn, That Information had been receiv
ed at London and Bristol, that on the 16th
of March, the French Army under Gen.
Valence attacked the Austrian Army
under Gen. Clairfait, in their Can
tonments in Austrian Flanders ; that they
were fuccefsful in the Attack ; that their
Success continued on the 17th —but that
on the 18th, the Austrians having been
reinforced by several Bodies of Troops,
particularly by 12,000 Cavalry, attacked
the French in their turn ; & after a bloody
A&ion routed them, killed and took a
considerable Number of Men, (some Ac
counts fay 3000, some 10,000, and so on
up to 17,000) and the whole French light
Artillery, which consisted of 33 Pieces ; —
that Gen. Valence was killed in the Ac
tion—and that on the 23d of March, the
Austrians continued their Attack on the
retreating Army, and obtained a complete
Vi&ory. [This latter Report, however,
was not generally credited.
ed, the result of which you shall re
ceive by to morrow night's post.
* The United Irishmen have enter
ed into very ftrongrefoliations, which
for compaction and manlinefl, are
not lefsdiftingpifhed than those that
have repeatedly proceeded before
from this great and refpedable bo
dy. The ferment that prevails is
beyond belief. There is nothing
spoken of but a National Conven
tion ; but whatever the people may
imagine, we trust that government
is really sincere, and that irdoes not
intend to trifle with the country on
those great and important questions,
on which the existence of their free
dom and liberties depends.
The people havea majority with
out doors, and they have more than
once had a majority within, where
the salvation of the country depend
ed on the independent conduct of
the House. That Parliament will
unite in preventing the impeding
dangers, we again hope, and that
the nereffity of a National Conven
tion will be obviated by the manly
and popular conduct of the repre
sentatives of the people in granting
the people their reasonable desires.
the Atalantia, which mentions that
General Dumourier had taken
Rotterdam from the Dutch. Cap
tain Hawley makes no mention
of this particular. .'
An English Frigate, about the
20th of March, carried into Domin
ique two French Vessels, as prizes.
The Ship New, ork, Captain
Smith, in her Passage from London
to that Port, was boarded by a
French Privateer ; after looking
into the Captain's Papers, &c. they
left her, but obliged to lye too for
a con fiderable time ; immediately
thereafter, the Newyork law the Pri
vateer capture two or three English
Merchantmen:
Falmouth, informed Captain Smith
that the late Queen of France had
been poisoned.
We understand that there are
Letters received from Dublin, per
The Captain of a French Priva
teer which boarded the Newyork off
TO be fold, a FARMin |
Bofcawen, containing about 75 Acree ■
of good Land ; quell wooded and watered ; ■
about 16 Acres under Improvement ; with a\ ■
good Barn ; also, 70 apple Trees ; lying with
ut a Barter of a Mile of Col. Gerrish'^
Mills—which will be fold on reasonable Terms., I
Enquire of Lieut. Simeon Atkinson. 1
Bofcawen, April 27, 1793. 28
A S they manufacture it them
-4 'fel-ves, the Publick ma, depend on its be
ing P" "P Proof—And it mill be fold for
the fame Price as in Newburyport.
RYE will be received in
Payment at the current Price.
Sandborn ton, April 29, 1793. 28/3/.
FARM for SALE.
WARD and Cushing
Have for Sale, at their Store in Sandhprnton,
G I N,4^ #
them—and that Gen. Dumourier had
promised the Convention to dine in Am
sterdam the 15th of Feb. [He did not, bow.
ever, perform bis Fromife, as to the Day.]—
That a Number of English and Dutch
merchant Ships were lying in Bilboa, but
were afraid to fail, on Account of the Pri
vateers which were every Day seen offthat
Port ; and that the Spaniards in.general,
were not for WAR, but they supposed if
they did not declare War against France,
England would declare War against them
Letters from Dublin; received at New
jork, mention the Capture of Rotterdam by
Gen. Du Mourier. Atthe Date of our
last Accounts, he was within 15 German
Miles of it. ,
It was always reported, and is
now believed in France, that when
the King and Queen attempted to
make their escape, and were flopped
at Varennes, it was with the knowl
edge & connivance of La Fayette.
It was afterwards understood that
he as immediately repented of this
connivance, and took effectual
means to prevent the Royal Fam
ily from accomplishing their pur
pose.
It is certain that the Queen has
always asserted and been convinced,
that their disappointment and conse
quent detention, is to be imputed to
La Fayette. Hence her refentmenc
to him has been implacable.
This account, if not true is cer
tainly plausible ; and if it be really
understood by the Sovereigns of
Pruffta and Anflria, that La Fayette
did actually do what this reprefenra
tion imputes, we can the less won
der that the treatment which he ex
periencies is rigorous and severe.
The harffi and rigorous treatment
which this unfortunate General has
experienced during his captivity, has
provoked universal conjecture, and
indeed has been uniformly • repro
blted,A correspondent who has
lately returned from the continent
fays, it is to be explained in the fol
lowing manner :
From Portland, April 18.
Capt. Grant arrived at Kennebeck on
Friday last, from a Weftindia Island, Ihort
Passage. Before he failed, there had been
24 English Ships and other Vessels carried
into that and the neighbouring Iftands by
the French Privateers.,
Letters from Sweden intimate, that a
Ferment prevails through all the Provinces
of that Kingdom. In Stockholm, a violent
Affray took Place on the Bth of Jan. be
tween the Military and the Citizens, when
a Pistol was fired into the Palace of the
Duke Regent. It is apprehended that
Something like' a French Revolution is
designed by a Number of patriotick Char
afters in Sweden.
LA FAYETTE.
American GIN.