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ground, without so mych,as giving to the
British the slightest intimation of their de
,, signs.—Nay, in one or two instances, they
absolutely destroyed the bridges behind them,
as if it had been their intention to prevent bur
troops from retreating. This honest ma
noeuvre (for in war every thing is fair, ex
cepting the tricks of the enemy) was practic
ed when they quitted the neighbourhood of
Tournay, with the view, it was thought, to
compel the British to remain there to garri
, son the place ;or at least to prevent them
from carrying off their stores, which conse
quently were deposited in the Austrian mag
azines.
Generals Clairfait and Beaulieu, are to
have the principal command in the new ope
rations, but under the nominal diredion of
- the Archduke Charles.
Os the plans which the French mean to
adopt during the remainder of the aampaign,
various conjectures have been formed. It has
been imagined by fume, that an immediate
'attempt will be made against Breda ; others
fuppoie that the French will content them
.felves with keeping the allies in check, on the
fide of Holland, while they prosecute their
designs against Coblentz and Luxemburg.
Perhaps the most probable supposition is,that
they will not have recourse to very adive op
erations, until they have received a reinforce
ment which has been ordered to the amount
of one hundred and ninety thousand men of
the second requisition, which is far from be
ing exhatifted ; that in the mean time they
will employ themselves in organizing the
Netherlands, of which it is evident they
mean to retain possession : and that, when
they have received the expeded reinforce
ment, they will immediately adopt a vigor
ous system of operations against Holland, and
against the important fortrefs of Luxem
burg.
The batteries of the patriot arm, at War
saw, have done much execution among the
Prussian troops before that city, whose num
ber has in confequenCe been considerably di
minished. His Prussian Majesty has sent for
a considerable reinforcement of new and hea
vy cannon.
The brave Poles are likely to reap
important advantages from a jealousy
that fublifti between their combined
oppressors re/peding the difp@fal of
the conquefti which they have already
made, or may in future make<
The King of Prussia insists on hav
ing Warsaw, when he has conquered
ic ; for which reason the Emprefi has
refufed him the least aid in that en
terprize.
At Frankfort, it it reported, that
some of the circles of the Empire in
alliance with Switzerland, are upon
the point of entering into a negocia
tion for (he formation of an armed
neutrality^
Lord William Bentinck, arrived
yesterday from the Duke of York's
army, which continued in its former
position behind Breda, when his Lord
ship came away. It wai still rumour
ed there that the French had been de
feated in the neighbourhood of Ton
gres ; but at no confirmation of the
report had been received, so late as 4.
days after, we cannot think it entitled
to anjrcredit. ?I
Yesterday passed by Dover for the
Downs, 15 fail of Eaftihdiameo, last ;
from Ireland.
The fatitfa&on arising from the
fafe arrival of the Eaftindia fleet, in
the Downs, war yesterday somewhat
abated at Lloyd's, by the appearance
upon the books of 9 Ihips captured by
the French.
The mortality occasioned by the
epidemical fever in the Weftindies, is
f said to have been dreadful beyond ex-I
ample. Upwards of 60 British offic
ers have fallen facrifices to the fever,
by the last accounts ; and the men, I
for the want of proper medicines, par-I
ticularly bark, have died in a still
greater proportion. It is remarkable I
that none of the natives were attack-1
ed by the disease.
„We subsidized the King of Pruf.'
fia to fend a large army into Flanders
—he sent no army !—We subsidized
the King of Sardinia to makes diver
sion in Piedmont—he made none !—|
And yet we are still, it is said, to
grant a fobfidfib the Emperor of
Germany—Oh, fapieot Minister and
filly nation II!
" On the second of August, they took
I Fontarabia and Trun, on the fideof Guipuf-
I coa. And on the sth, they peaceably enter-1
1 ed St. Sebaftians, apparently with the pre-I
consent of the citizens and deputies of the
I Province.
I ; " The French have made themselves ma-'
I fters of the immenie artillery and stores of
all kinds, which were at the places taken.
I They soon after seemed to direst their march
I towards Bilboa; and have had an engage-I
I ment with the Spaniards (who were about I
I 4.000 grong ; the enemy 15,000) on the 9th
I at Tolofa, three leagues from St. Sebastian, I
I towards Ferrol. The Spaniards made a re-
I solute stand, but were repulsed after looting I
I one fourth of their number.—lt is to be ob-I
Iferved, Vera is situated in a valley, surround-I
I ed by eminence, therefore not tenable ;=I
IFontarabia, Trun, and St. Sebaftiah's, inl
I locality, could have refilled, but there wasl
I not men enough to defend them. But gov-I
I ernment now seem to fee into the danger ofl
I neglecting so much, that accounts agreel
167,000 men have been levied since the tak-I
l-ing ofSt. Sebastian, Sixty feyen ^houfandl
I were intended to attack the French in Gui-I
Ipufeoa, whilst another army not less conoid-I
I erable, assembles, at Pampeluna. The Bif-|
I caans (or more properly speaking, the na- I
I lives of the lordflhips or independent fover-I
I eighty of Bilboa) have raised 24,000 men, I
I already under arms, and in the field. But I
I all the riches of the adjacent country are re-I
I moved to Santandero, where is a third body I
I of troops, chiefly volunteers. Extraordina-I
I ry levies are making, and it is said all pen-I
I fans and gratifications hitherto allowed byl
I government, are already suspended. Thel
I Church and nobility have offered 25 percent |
I of their income bifides all the actual treasure |
Ibelonging to the rich churches.
I" Letters received from St. Andre,'of the I
I aid of Aug. mention that the French were I
Idiflodged trom Tolofa, and that it was ex-I
peded they would f6on be dispossessed of St.l
Sebastian's which they bad not yet ptij in|
any state of defence.
I " The Spaniards are assembling three ar-I
Imies ip the N. E. ofSppin—one at Pampe- I
l&na, another at Giemberry, (to prevent the
junaion of the French armis of Biscay and
Navarre) and a third to attack the corps in I
the Province of Guipufcoa and Saint Se-I
, baftians. And every information received 1
by this port agrees, that all poffib^pefforts I
are making to raise a fufficient army to drive 1'
' out the French, and defend the Frontiers of |
the kingdom. All people not ufefully em-I
ployed are obliged to take arms. The no-I
bility and clergy appear foremoft to support I
the crown. The northern army is already I
80,000 strong, the head quarters are at Bur-I
goes, and advancing.l
" There is every reason to believe that the 1
French will be dislodged from St. Sebastian's
IThe toy contribution! bid by before they are reinforced. On the fron.
Sir Charles Grey , Sir Johfc, ^^Z^^^^
in the conquered ifnndi in the Weft- General Courtcn, obtained some confidera
indies, hare caused very general mur- ble advantages on the 15th, 16th and 17th
morn there—the more especially as current, driving the French, after the most
they exceed fa. could possibly be
borne by the inhabitants— The tax at junquera, a strong barrier not far from Ro-
St. Lucia has already been diminished fas. The Spaniards have had near 2000 kill
from 300.0001. to 150.0001. W> ft ,% wounded and a few ironer,
have the best reason to believe that prisoners from the French, & a great quan
thefe contributions are wholly unau- tity of stores, &c. Theinformation came by
thorized by our government at home ^ n extraordinary dispatch from the Spanish
—and that orders have been sent out dated the August."
that these levies should not be carried NOV .,_ From FR^CE.
into force. They are certainly high- The barque Apollo has arrived at° Baltimore
ly impolitic and injudicious. from Brest, which the left Sept 5, and brings
CORSICA advice of the arrival in France of a number
r., A „ of American vessels, which will make great
In one point of view, may become a M . dollars per barrel; c&
saving to government. As theground The French, it was expeded would go to
is so sterile, and the climate is so ob- Amsterdam. At Brest a fleet of 40 fail of
noxious and onwholfome, Englishmen "'f line, besides frigates, were ready for sea.
Would have as great an abhorrence been reported, has ordered their cruising fri
to be transported there as to new gates to burn all the prizes they take. Re-
South Wales. It would be a cdnfid- cent events prove the reports well founded,
erabic faring, if our convids were Several accounts corroberate the intelli.
, °,, . • A £ gence, some time since communicated, or a
sent to this new kingdom instead Os squadron of French frigates being on the A-
Botany Bay. , merican coast, and of their having captured -
As this island abounds with rocks 1 5 fail ° f Prizes, almost all which they burnt.
and mountain,. Lord Mountmorrit The Jenny, one cf these prizes, has arrived at
thinks it would be a good way to peo- children, who were captured by this squad
ple it with Welch goats. ron. It is said those frigates have 2 hundred
Tbe longest legs the battle win. thousand dollars on board, which they have
J ° r ' found in their prizes.
The allied powers at prelent cannot Valenciennes is said to be taken, and the
be said to carry on either an offenfive garrison put to the sword. Mr. Munroe is
or defenfive war, but rathet a kind of arrived in France. ? '
' Whatever may be Mr. Pitt's opinion, we
I° Y believe the French will soon bemafters at sea
as well as on land. Fewmen seem to refled
Philadelphia, oct. 21. on the consequences of the present contest.
The following intending intelligence, me have re- France is at this moment becoming the most
, ceiled from Captain Michael King, of the powerful nation on earth. In a few years,
brig Pamona, in 43 days from Ferrol. It her present increase of military strength will
was communicated to him in writingjuft before render her as formidable, as the Macedonian
he jailed, on tbefend of September. kingdom under Alexander, the Roman em
"On the 2cth -of July, the French forced P ire under i ul ius Cesar, or the Northern
and took the town of Vera, in Spanish Na- . Tartars under Tamerlane or Cenghis Khan,
varra. If we may rely on trfc report, that the
I French cruizers have orders to fend into
I France all American vessels bound to or from
I British ports, the order must proceed from,a
Idetermination to revenge on America, for at-
Itempting a negociation with their bitterest
enemies, the English ; or what is mere pro-
I bable, to distress the tradeof England. The
I last is the pre fentfavorite objed with France ;
I and the new order may be only a branch of
I that system. In this case, the French will pay
I for all the cargoes they take ; but insurance
I in England will rife to a degree, that will be
I very embarrassing to the trade of this coun-
I try, or cease altogether.
I By a gentleman (who came passenger in
I the (hip Hudson, which left Dunkirk on the
29th of Aug. and put into Newbedford in
I distress, on Thursday last) we learn, that at
I the tithe of his embarking from that city, the
I universally received report was, that SLUYS
I was taken, and that Valenciennes, Quefnoy
and Conde were momently expected to fur-
I render to the French,
By the capture of Treves, Coblentz is ex
posed to the French, and is said not to be ca-'
pable of making resistance. Luxembourg is
the only place in that quarter, that can im
pede the progress of their arms.
King of Prussia taken.
Catt. Banner, arrived at Philadelphia, from
Hamourgh, which place he lejt on the 30th Aug.
brings the agreeable intelligence, that there k<"
heenageneral battle between the Poles and Praj
fans—that the former were viaericas, and tbat
Frederick William was taken prifmer, and burnt
alive. In corroboration of the above, &job
join an extras of a letter from a gentleman in
Philadelphia, to a rej,e&abk merchant in this
town : " Oar news is a little later than ,ours=
one report is, that the Poles had beaten the Prus
sians, token their king prijkuer, and burnt him a
lirot-tbat the French have 40 jail of the line,
ready for sea, in Brejl waters, lying at jingle an
chor ; and that the British fast of 21 jail, under
Howe, is gone import."
Portland, nov. 3. —SLIT'S taken.
Arrived here on Saturday last the brig Frank
lin, Capt. Wildredge, in §1 days from Dover
in England. Capt. W. brought no papers,
but fays that Sluys is positively taken by the
French. The news was received at Dover, &
confirmed sometime before he failed.
Capt. W. had previously been at Rotter
dam, where the French were expeded ; and
it seemed to be the prevailing opinion that
the place must fall into their hands, unless
the intended inundation of the country
should prevent it. * *
Seccefs of the French.^
Portsmouth, nov.fr On Sunday ar
rived h^re the brig Thomas, Captc Shaw, in
2zdaysfrom Gaudaloupe. Left Gaudaloupel
WARD AND CUSHING,
WAS diffilved onfafifttentb of August la,
pa,--AU perfas indebted to laid Compa
.*,, are requefed to call and fettle the fame with
the Sub,riber—-cmd all to whom the, are indebt
ed, are re,e,ed to callon him for feulement.
GEORGE C. WARD.
Sandbornton, Nov. 1, 1794.
, TO BE LET,
A Convenient S T 0 R E
in Sandbornton, lately occupied by WARD and
CUSHING, with a Pot & Pearl A, Works,
'Enquire of
GEORGE C. WARD.
Sandbar^ton, Nov. 1, 1794. * O 7
Good Stand for a Tradesman.
TO BE SOLD,
^ (if applied for soon)
A. HOU SE,
A BUND eight acres of good LAND,
lying upon the main road lead
ing from PEfaROKa to Conco rd—
about one mile from Pembroke meet
ing house—Very pleasantly situated.
It is an excellent stand for a Mechan
ic of any kind;
I^, The purchaser may have
the House, and ©ne acre of Land on
ly, if more agreeable. For further
particulars, apply to
FREDERICK FOSTER.
Pembroke, Nov. 4, 1794. 107
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,'
A Journeyman SHOEMAKER,
WHO is a good workman, faith
ful and steady. Such an one
may find constant employ, and good
wages, by applying to
JAMES MAN.
Bofcawen, Nov. 6, 1794. 107
______ _ _____.
Ensign Thomas Wilson's Estate.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of Bn
fign Thomas Wilson, late of Newbof
ton, deceased, are desired to make irnmedi-•
ate payment— And those who have claims a- '.
gainft said estate, are requested to exhibit
their accounts far settlement to
1 MARY WILSON, Adminifratrix.
DAVID WILSON, Adminifrt , j
Newbofton, Oft. 28, 1794. 107
about the t ith Oft at which,time the French
were complete masters of tbe whole island,
except Basseterre—that their flag was -flying
within a few miles ofthat place=-fnat the in
, habitants were quitting Basseterre with all ,
pofli& speed—and that it was expected the
: French would be in possession of it in 3 days.
We also learn, that Antigua is attacked by
the French.•
VSalem, kov. 4.
The Spaniards ate making vigor
ous exertions to repel the French,
who have invaded their country. The
Clergy and the ' Nobility have made
the firft facrifices.
The powers combined against Po
land, it is said, are retarded by some
disputes about the next divifioo of that
unfortunate country.
The Infiargerts in the Weftern
country are reprefenred every day as
left formidable. They are capable
only of a miserable defence, and met
awav at the approach of our army.
The guillotine has not been made
use of free the fall of Roberfpienc
and his party.
g. Sundry articles omitted, on account of
- the failure of the arrival of the Southern
Mail in feafob, will appear next week.
iiMnWiAmru'^awiMiir h^ awhi wei«* .ofrprchfo?aßpMmffl^^
—- PH *—-^ * me
Dr. Hazletine^
BEGS leave refpeftfully to inform his
friends and acquaintance, that (hav
ing lately gone out of Dr?Carigain's em
ploy, and concluding to tarry in town) be
now resides at his father's— and will wait on
all those, who may please to call on him, for
his fervites in the line of his Profeffion, with
fidelity and attention.
Concord, Nov. 7th, 1794. %0 7
PAR INERSHIP D^dfreZ"
THE PARTNERSHIP OF
GEORGE CURWEN WA^D,
& JAMES CUSHING,
Traders, under tbe firm of