The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1794-11-21 00:00:00, page 2

ffie determination of its present rulers to give
up the monstrously absurd idea of forcing o
ther nations to adopt their political princi
ples.
The objea ncAis, to establish, on a firm
basis, a system of rational freedom, under
which people in the highest Situations Shall
not be exempted from the power of the laws,
nor those in the lowest be precluded from
their protection. To form a permanent and
happy government is their present aim, and
they avow it to be their intention to leave the
rest of Europe to the quiet poffetfion of their
habitudes and prejudices. Time, they fay,
and,the progressive- improvement of the hu
man understanding, will effect the rest.-
These dispositions, if carried into practice,
must lead to the introduction of the tirft bles
sings of life, peace and good will among men.
* zf^g. 28. The numberof American Haves
at present in Algiers, amounts to near 200.
, It is with concern we add, that they are most
ly over worked, entirely naked, & half starv
ed. The exertions which were lately frnade
in favor of these unfortunate people have fail
ed; either from the want of energy on the
part of rhofe who embarked in this charita
ble Undertaking, or from a deficiency of cha
rity and liberality in those who should have
contributed to their relief. Thus are zoofel
low beings fuffered to Hnguifh under an op
pressive bondage, to the disgrace of the civil
ized World: [^ Humanity drops a tear on
the abb+e relation —But^how mnmy must she
drop, on the recollection of the many thou
finds of /„r.t^ fhves, held in cruel and ig
nominious bondage, in America /]
Important Articles of the progress
of the War in Europe.
'SLUYS TAKEN.
Horse-Guards, Sept. 2, 1794. Bya dispatch
which has been received by die Right Hon.
Henry Dundas, one of his Majesty's Princi--
pal Secretaries of State, from the Right
Hon. Lord Mulgrave, dated Fkdhing, Aug.
29,1794., it appears that the garrison of Slays
^furrendered to the enemy on the 26th of that
mpnth The termsof the capitulation have
not hitherto been received.
SEPTEMBER 9/
THE BRITISH ARMY,
Camp near Burhkom, Sept. 3. Every thing
remains perfectly quiet here, nor have we re
ceived the finalleft molestation from the ene
my fiace we reached our present ground —
Many of the men wishing to make themselves
as comfortable as podible, are busily employ
ed in rearing hut's to defend themselves from
the rains. We have heard frequent firings
in the direction of Breda, but have not been
able to receive an, intelligence from that
quarter. This morning a grenadier of the
guards, who h ,d gone out tocut some boughs
to put round the tents, was fired at and kill
ed by a peasant : He was buried in the after
noon, in front of the encampment.
Sep.4. A report is very prevalent in
camp, that the troops which were lately un
der the command of Earl Moira, are inftant
ty to return home, and that they are to be re
placed by 10,000 Austrians, who are to be
under the immediate command oftbe Duke
of York, a subsidiary treaty having been con
cluded between our Court, and that of Vi
enna..^ < p
Sept, 5. The firing in the neighbourhood
of 'Breda, (till continues to be repeated at in
tervals, but we are still without any intelli
gence from that quarter, which induces us to
believe that the enemy is there in considera
ble force. In fa&, it appears, that we took
our departure from thence just at the critical
moment. Our ground of encampment is
already very damp, and the effects are such
as confirm the character we before learnt
of it.
SEPTEMBERIO.
The line' of communication between the
Duke of York, and General Ciairfait, is said
to be uninterrupted, Jourdain, who ,has
'made advances with a view to break this line,
has retreated back fa his old portion near
Antwerp, on having acquired information of
fotyte powerful reinforcements received by
the Austrian General. The French com
inander's force is represented at about 70,000
men, among whom, it is said, a most destruc
tive dyfentary rages,.the influence of which
the present weather must rather tnereafe than
diminish.
The strength of the Bri'ifh army, without
the Dutch, whbfe principal force is now fta
rioned near Gertruydcnb?rg, is 32,000 men ;
those, it is said, will be joined before the 20th
of this month, by nearly an equal number of
Aoftfians, frefh troops, who are to act under
he Duke of York. Some suspicion attaches
iuthe Brliifh army to the conduct of the late
Commandant of Valenciennes, as the place
ri represented to have been in the belt poffi
sle ftae of defence, and well provided for at
least a month's siege. .>/V
, The enemy, if is fiid, have feut a trumpet
fa the Duke of York, informing his Royal
Highnefe that the decree of the Convention,
™«^ quarter to ^ "°° ps '^
been repeuica* • # f #
It is said that the Spanish Ambassador, Us
received accounts of the French having bea
completely checked in their approach to
wards Biscay. Report of yesterday even fir
ed, that St. Sebastian and Fontarabia, hive
both been retaken. We do not, howevlr,
presume to speak with any corfiden.ee to tiis
effeft, though we entertain the best hopes bn
the fubjed, from the lareft regular acflctfts
on which we can depend \
Calvi has forrendered to the British arms,
and the following vessels were captured there:
La Melpomene, 40 guns —La Mignonne, (8
guns—brig Auguste and brig Providence,{of
4 guns—Cata, gun boat, of 3 guns.
sept. 12. On the 7th instant no intelli
gence whatever had reached the Hague from
Breda. Onthe 6th, a strong cannonade,
proceeding from the environs of Breda, wks
heard at Ramfdonk ; on the fame day the
Dutch out posts retreated from Tetteringen,
Hout, and Ofterhout, ta the lines at Ran f
donk ; immediately after the French topk
possession of all those places, besides Haagje
and Ginneke, so that Breda is now complete
ly inverted.-
Letters from Thorn, of the 30th uh. state,
that the Poles have invaded South Prudia in
considerable force, and retaken the towns of
Gnefen, Bizefc, Nieffawa, Woclaweck, Sier
adia, and Lissa. The Prussians who guard
ed those places were either obliged to furfen
der themselves prisoners to the Poles, or flee
to Thorn, for which place the most serious
apyrehenfions are entertained; The Poles
seized an immense deal bf plunder and the
public chest. - —
sept. 13. The letters from Holland bring
no particular news. Breda is in a manner
inverted by the French, who are advancing
on all sides, but is still said, that the place,
and all the frontiers, are well provided, and
in a good state of defence.
Private letters from the Head-Quarters of
Gen Clairfayt, fay that the Combined Ar
mies are about to recommence offenfive op
erations against the enemy ; and that there
is no doubt, that, united as the Commanders
now are in sentiment and good will, they
will soon re-possess themselves of those coun
tries, which, it is at least allowed, were very
weakly abandoned b, the Prince of Cobourg.
Gen. Ciairfait's army will re-cross the Ma
efe, and effe& a junaion with the Duke of
York. The remainder of the campaign will
be continued with the utmeft vigour. The
combined armies are neat 1§0,060 strong.
All officers belonging to regiments at pres
ent in the Weftindies, have received orders
from the Waroffice to join their refpe&ive
corps forthwith.
\ Important State Paper.
[The following is rhe copy of a note which
has been transmitted by the English Minis
ters to the Imperial court.]
Because it is not equitable fha; the
states of Austria alone should bear the
expenfea of the war, England, thro'
untorefeen cir^umftarices, finding it
felf difeogaged from other a'liances,
it is the intention of.the King of
Greatbritain, *
I. That, during the present and
the succeeding campaigns, subsidies
will be granted for 100,000 men.
11. That the abovementioned min
ifter^ of Great britain are furnifhed with
fell powers for negociacing for the
capital of this fubtiJy.
111. They will charge themselves
with the incidendal expenses.
IV. That cooquefts will 6e made
in common.<
V. That the Archduke Charles (hall
be inverted with the principal com
mand, if he chooses to accept of it.
VI. That England will be bound
as a principal tor the payment of the
subsidy, notwithrtandiog a third part
of it is chargeable to Holland.
The English Min&rs add, that
they hope this conduct will tend to
effeaa elofer and more permanent al
liance between the House of Austria
and the maritime, powers, an event
which has been long wished for, ;nd
ch^fn refpeft to the importance of
the Emperor's concern ,to prevent an
iochefion of the French irito Italy,
England, through those motives a-
IQ^ would continue the payment of
the, fobtidy to the king of Sardinia,
^-•' ' -^-wr.i’ft w f ''‘i r J - /S,
.'tyfP„^^,^
National Convention, Aug. 3 o
, Carnot read k^erf; informing
the Convention of the fhrfender of
v^^.c^ ^s^ :
Sept, 1. A letter was read from
the army of the North, informing the
Convention, that Conde submitted at
the hour prescribed by the decree of
the Convention. The number of pri
soners amounts to 1600, 161 pieces
„of cannon, 6000 muskets, 100,000.
balls, bombfrnd (hells, 1,500,000
cartridges, 600 000 pounds of pow
der, &c. were found in the garrison,
RETROSPECT.
Scotland.
Glasgow, sept. 16 The occur
rences of the preceding week, have,
in a great measure, served todevelope
the future plans of the allies ; have
exhibited to our view, the internal fit
nation of France, after the convu'fion
which produced the fall of Robespi
erre ; have disclosed the determina
tion of the empire ; and promulgated
the fentimenrs of the imperial states
with refped to the war.
To all who reflexed for a moment
on the fubjea, it was fofficiently ob
vious, that although Barrere, Bidaud
Varenoee, and rhe other members of
the committee of Public Safety, had
united with Tallien, and Count de
Herboit, for the deftruaion of Rober
spier, no great degree of cordiality
fubfilled between them. This bec^ne
manifeft soon after the exetufionot
Roberfpierre, by occasional bicker,
mgs in the Convention, and by incur
red infinuation^ thrown against Bar
rere, and Tallien's party. A trial of
ftreogch, at length took place. Le
cointre, the adherent, of Tallinn, was
pushed to denounce Bartere, and fix
other members. Lecounte did nut,
however, succeed. The fubjeft was
resumed on the succeeding day, and
fpecitic charges were adduced Each
charge was fepamely debated, and
all weie dismissed. But the spirit of
wrangling and difeerd, which teems
. Hill to pervade the deliberations of
the Conventions, affords ground to
presume, that th^ir diffenuoni will
never be terminated bui in the anni
hilation of one 0! the parties. The
denunciation of Banere; and the con
sequent tumults in the Convention,
made little or ro impression on the
operation of the French armies. Con
de, Qjefapy, Valenciennes and Sluys,
surrendered to the Northern Army,
Breda was inverted, and the armies of
the Eastern and Weftern Pytenoees,
obtained fucct ffive victories at Fonta
rabia, St, Sebatiians, and Bellegarde.
Their victories in the province of Bis
cay, have induced the government to
put the inhabitants in a state of requi
sition.
The Emperor having now nearly
exhausted his treasury, in the prole
cution of the war, Greatbritain has of
fered him a subsidy, to be employed
in the maintenance of 100,000 men,
who are to act offenfively in the Ne
therlands. A new system of opera
tions has alieady been adopted.—
The Prince of Cobourg has been re
placed by Gen. 'Clairfayt, $ and, ac
cording to letters received in London
on Friday, an immediate attempt was
to be made ro effect a junction be
tween his army and that of the Duke
of York. His imperial Majesty seems
however, to have found some difficul
ty in persuading the States of the Em
pire to furnish contingents ; the king
of Prussia, in particular, ta refund to
funrifh any, alledging that he has #!-
ready exhaufcd his refourc%aDd that
Poland requires hit whole attention.
This last apology appears, indeed, to
be well founded, for great part of Po-,
!ilh Prussia has deckred in favor of
:he Patriots •,and it is even said (hat
hisPfuffian Majesty has been com
;bleefy defeated b^fpre Warfat We
(hall s|fe this recapitulation of for-.
eign events, by mentioning a report'
which had reached London on Satur-.
day night, that a revohnicin had ra
ken place at Bafle and Berne, in Swif- 1
ferland.
.^eop^.
Emigration to America !
Ireland.
Dublin, s ept. 3. The emigra
tions from every part of thitcountry
(England, to the United States of A
merica, are become -general. The
Fador, Capt. Sowen, failed for New
york on Tuefday laft,-with 84 passen
gers, and the Mohawk, Cape. Alien,
which failed a short time since, carried
47 families from the county of Sussex.
All the American vessels which have
failed from Liverpool and Bristol, for
these twelve months part, have been
crowded with families, who have
fought ao affylum in that hofoitable
clime. The Hope Capt. Johnson,
which left Liverpool lart Sunday fe'n
nighr, took Ralph Eddpwes, Esq. of
Chester, with his wife arid five child
ren, accompanied with four others of
the principal families of that city.
M . Eddowes has taken with him
a prepay of 26 000 pounds, and his
friend,-poffeffed an independence lit
tle irtenor io this re pedable citjzen. 1
M^ Copper, of Manchester, with
a wife ^^o four children, was accom
~parried by, 18 of his friends, and de
parted from Liverpool on Friday left,
in the Atlantic, commanded by Capt.
Svain ^ Mr. Cooper had h&en 12
months in America, had purchased an
etiate on the barks oftbe Sufaue^m
nah, is, she Sure of Penntylvania,
and returned for his family and friends,
who now accompanied him.
Mr. .Russell, of Birmingham, a
m*g®,te for the counties of War
wick and Worcester, with his
two brothers and their relpedive
families ; Me Humphries, of Bir
miAgham, who owned the beautiful
romantic villa at Camphill, near that
town, with eight of his relations ; and)
above a hundred other families of Bir
mingham, have also taken their de
parture for America.
There is Icarce a town in the North
of England, from which one or more
families have no: emigrated ; among
these may be mentioned Mr. Shipley
and family from Uttoxeter, &c.
Mr. Cooper, of Manchester, has
published hit twelve months tour in
America, describing the state of tbci
ety in that country, the quality and
value of land in the refpeaive States ;
the prices of every article of manufac
ture, and raw materials, labour, pro
visions, rent, &c. The cunftitu^on,
laws, population, &c. of Ame^ a;
witha state of the exports & import,
from the time of war*to.the year '94.
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Domestic Articles.
CENTINEL-— boston, nov. 12.
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O ' ln thejudicious Summary, under the ^laf
goiu head, in ibis day's Cyntind, tbe public have
a full view of European events to the middle of
September.
LAST FROM EUROPE.
Important—if true.
Yesterday arrived here the brig Katy,
Capt. Rider, from Hamburg, in 45
days—By this arrival we haye feeu ,
the "Hamburg Mercury," to 12th
Sep:.-—from which we have had #
trand^ted the following particulars.
%SLUYS, after 22 days defence,
is taken by the French—the city is
totally dteftroyed—The French found
in Sluys 150 cannon, 100,000 wt. of
powder, 13,000 mufquets—& made
;the garrison (2000 men) prifoneri of
war..
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