National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-06-05 00:00:00, page 1

Numb. 63 of Vol. If.] WEDNESDAY, June 5, 1793.
FOREIGN ADVICES,
LONDON, April n.
*' arc now embarked in a warwith
* France,upon the old U'igenr lisp in
cipleofjol.'ling in kicking a man down hill
\vhen all the world is aijai ilt him. The
•war however is carried on under peculiar
circnmflances. fiancehhea e few trading
lliips at sea, few foreign polf.'flioiis which
(he does not al molt wim to Jof*. and has
many spare hands to throw into her fliips
of war, whereas ours can be but weakly
manned. She will either defend the Weil
indies with negroes armed to aflitt her, or
more probably, fuiVer us to take tht-m, or
at lead a part ot them, and to be at the
trouble of aranging their governments ;
and then attack our trade during the war,
and demand the reftitutiou ot them or ot
their equivalent at the peace. To know
the force of France at sea, conlider her on
ly as an Algerine power, of twenty times
the naval (trength of such a power, and
with a far more dangerous situation for at -
tacking our trade and wafting our poffefli
ons; a'id with i iti lirely more power to
defend -herfelf at home againit iiivalion.—
To fheir formidable artillery a id engineers
the belt in Europe, they join under dit
fere it (happs. one mi! ion of mufquetry,
and miv add to them whenever ;he> thoole
two millions of pike men ; anew invented
■weapon, but which bds fair to render
thole invincible who become dextrous in
its use. and fooneror later to overthrow
all off.'alive war a id all internal tyranny,
inasmuch a3 Handing a mies mu't always
be weaker thin arm d nations. Th j
French hive now acqu red nor only mili
tary experience, but th c ijlilitary pafiion. I
too natural in man, which is now become!
the predominant palfiquin France.—Here,
in L igiand. we ar# depending on the fiic
cefs of intestine divilions in France ; and
so we have done for tour years, and yet
we fee their prcfent exertions, which are
far greater than in the time of their mo
narchy. Whenever the/ seem nrareft to
an extreme calamity, they have always
been found nearest to a remedy, tne dan
ger producing a proportionate exertion.
The French now perceive that Britilh
treasures are spent in feeding factions in
France, and will soon turn the tables upon
ut with our citholics and negroes. Cor
ruption is no new instrument, it was tried
in America : it will have a given success
and no more "
On Wednesday at noon, Sir James Mur
ray landed at Dover, after a a ge of
eight hours from Offend, and took poll
immediately for London, where he arri
ved between eleven and twelve at n gnt.
Sir James le r t Antwerp on Tut flay;
and beiides a confirmation of tile failure of
Dumourier's plan for res oring royalty in
Francc, and his being ob to consult
his personal fafetv, by 11 > n,i t ■oni hso n
army to the Aultrians; brought the res
of the Cougrefi. held at Antwe: p ou Mon
day.
At the Congress were present.
The Prince of Orange and his two sons,
His Excellency Vander Spiegel,
His R. H. the Duke of York.
His Excellency Lord Aukland,
Hij Excellency Kuller, MVniOer
of Pruflia,
His R- H. the Prince de Saxe Cobourg,
His Excellency M. Metternich and
his two sous.
The Count de Staremberg,
The Cpunt Mercy d'
The Minister of
The Minilter of Naples,
The obje£l was to fettle a general plan
for the profecntion of the war, and, as Du
mourier's defection had produced no ijia
terial alteration, to determine whether tin
combined armies Ihould again attemjit the
invaiion of France.orby confining theFreuch
-within their own frontier, and cutting them
off from external communication, leave
the reltoration of monarchy to the effort'
of the loyalilts within the Kingdom, and
the natural progress of difconterit atifmg
from diltrefs among the people.
The ill success of the campaign of last
year, had taught the Aultrians and Pruffi
ansthe difficulties that must attend entering
France ; and produced declarations, that
it was not their intention to diftare a form
of government for the French, but to pre
vent the effects of those licentious princi
ples which tended to the fubverfiou of eve
ry eltablifhed government.
BytheCongrefs.however.it was resol
ved to commence a plan of active operati
By P. FREN EA U : (at No. 209, Market Ssrect) PuhUjhtd Wednesdays and Saturdays, [Three Dollars per annutr.J
onsagainft France, and instead of the chi
merical projeit of marching direftJy to Pa
ris, to beliege at once as many as pollilile
of ;he ■ftruig places on the frontier, which
*.\ ill block up er call off the greatest part of
the republican troops from the interior of
the kingdom, and leave the rovalifts with
in it, without ninth opposition. If these
places fall, they will be immediately occu
pied by the troops of the combined powers,
and serve as points to ast from according
to circumstances, whilltt'ne fleets ot Eng
land, Holland and Spain, are to lorm a
chain of cruisers round the coast, ready to
favour the royalifls wherever they appear,
"and to cut otf all supplies by sea, as the ar
mies will do by land. 7 has attacked and
hemmed in on all lides, with a ffrong par
ty to a.-t againlt them at home, the republi
cans, it is hoped, mult be soon subdued.
The cessation of holtilities was declared
at an end, and the allies immediately com
menced their operations.
Such we underltand to be the plan agreed
upon at this memorable Congress, in the
execution of which (jrtat Britain is to al
lilt with all her forces by sea and land.
Ofirs practicability weprefumenotto give
any opinion ; but from [he conduct ot the
allies in other cases, we have little doubt
but that ifihegai rTons on the French fron
tiers lliould fall, the Aultrians will take
podellion of French Flanders. Lorraine.
ami Alsace This being accomplifhtd,
P, utfia will have an equivalent in another
quarter, and peace will be offered to the
i- renth without much regard to what form
of government they may choose to eltab
blilrw
hxrrait of a letter from Antwerp dated
April 8.
" His royal hichnefs the duke of York
from JBergen-op Zoom, the prince of O
range, the hereditary prince, and lord
Ankland, from the II prince de Co
bo urg from Mons, with general KnobelN
dirf (of PTuffla,) and count Metternich,
hive arrived liere to consult on the plan of
operations to be followed in the eniuing
eanip-iin.
" The deputies put under nrreft by Du
monrier, and sent to prince Cobourg, are
at Maeftricht. —Dumourier with young E
galite, who now calU himfdl the duke de
Chartres, and his filter, Mademoiselle D'
Orleans, are at Mons.
" The army which general Dumourier
lately commanded, is in the utmolt conlu
fion. mid it is" even said entirely dispersed,
without any regular leader. T hat gene
ral perfuadec' him Pel f, from the personal
attachment (hewn him by his army, that he
mignt promise himfelf their support, to the
extent of his wilhes, in the project he had
5o Hied. He was, however, mistaken.
He had advanced as far as Camhray, on
the r >ad to Paris, when he found his army
deferring h m ; the artillery tirlt forfook
him, th n then ti anal guards. He then
hi: - ngued the tioopi ot the line, who, in
return, i .formed ii in, that, notwithstand
ing their lore to him as their general, and
as a brave f >ldier, they were determined,
to a m in, nether to fight againflf their coun
try, nor co violate that conftitutiou which
:lity hid sworn to maintain.
" General Dumourier finding that he
could not depend upon the army, immedi
ately fit out with jonng-Egaiite at the head
ot two regiments of horse, and took the
road to.Mons. He was, however, so close
ly purftied by a party who followed him,
that he was ..bfolutely obliged, to fight his
■vay. ...
"It is said, that Dumourier intends to
ecruit among the royalifh, who now are
very numerous in France.!!!
" The Aultrians havelaid siege to Conde,
and expect to have made conliderable pro
'l-efs in France before theend of fx weeks.
The French garrison that were in Breda
have made a requitition to be allowed a
Itrong escort, led they lliould be murdered
by the Brnbanters, who are highly incensed
against the French.
" The people of this place, when the
French attempted, before the arrival of the
Anflrians, to carry off the images and plate
iiom the churches, afl'embled and declared
o general MarefTe, that if they did not im
mediately replace the flatties, they would
rake exemplary vengeance upon them.—
This had the desired effect-"
Dumourier wrote from Mons, requeflin£
permission to attend the Congress which
wasrefufed him.
When he f«t out for Paris, he wrote to
the prince of Saxe-Cobourg, that he could
I depend on the garrison of Conde, and that,
if the AuUriaus would approach it at a par
titular time, it would certainly be deliver
ed up to them. A detachn ent was sent
according to his directions, the command
ing officer of which, after waiting some
time, and receiving no proportion from the
sent parties to fcuur the country
lor intelligence. Soon after information
was brought him from Mous that Dumou
i er vas arrived there, and that the plan
had miscarried.
Duinourier sent notice to the prince of
Saxe-Cobourg, that on the firlt appearance
cf difl'atisfailion he had founded his army
regiment by regiment, and found that none
would Hand by him but two regiments of
cavalry, making together about 1 100 men,
with which he had made his escape. He
,fcund it impracticable to deliver up Valen
ciennes and Conde, but exprefl'ed hopes,
that the garrison ol" Lisle would open the
gates. MareiTe, on whofr talents and abi
lities to serve the cause of royalty, he be
llowed a high encomium, he thought would
join with thegarrifon ol Antwerp ; and the
g ;rrifons of Breda, and Gertruydenberg,
he was confident would implicitly obey his
orders.
These were probably the felf-delufions
of a man, who was Hill willing to pcrfuade
himfelf and others, that he could perloim
fpiue part of his magnificent promifei. Tne
real (lite of the cafe appears to be, that
while his army thought that the convention
had sent to arrest him, merely becau:e he
had been beaten, they relented it as an <11-
fnU offered to themselves, and were ready
to make a common cause with their gene
ral ; but when they discovered, by feuding
Brturnonville and the corumiffioners as pri
(o iers to the Aurtrians, that he was in con
cert with the common enemy, they resolv
ed to abandon him He had been three
times (hot at before he made his escape,
wis purfiied, 3nd probably care cd but a
Tt'*s ftaraU part of the two regiments oi
horse to M«n».
General Valence was at Antwerp on the
day the Congress met, not as a member of
it, nor as a prisoner, but having gone thi
ther during the suspension of hoftillties.
Our accounts do not state on w hat motive.
It was reported, and gained credit in the
city, that the unfortunate prisoners in the
temple had been murdered at Paris We
traced the report to two of the channels of
information through which it was (aid to
have come, and found it with refpeft t«
them to be totally unfounded.
It was also raid that the convention had
ordered a million of men to be railed, and
I,2ooi'ieccs ofcannon to be call.
Pumourier refuelled leave to attero the
congress at Antwerp, not from any poeti
cal views, but merely that he might have
an opportunity of confuting so great an
authority as Lord Auckland on the subjeCt
of changing fides, he himfelf having been
troubled with scruples of conscience from
the moment that his army declared that
they would be true to theii oaths.
The mode of electing officers in the
French army which Duinourier in his let
ter, after the battle of the 18th of March,
pru'poled to suppress. has been the means
offavingthe northern army to the repub
lic. Had Dumourier had the appointment
of the officers everfmcehe took the com
mand, tlie army would have' gone with
him. By the mode of eleaion they are
worfefoldiers, but much better citizens.
General Dumourier has placed eighty
thmifaud pounds in the Englifli funds, for
what purpose time will discover.
One is tempted to admire the extraordi
nary address with which Dumourier firfl
lulled, and then triumphed over Jacobin
vigilance. It may be remembered, that
when he was minister, he was marked as a
suspicious charafler; nay, they difmifled
iiimfrom hi« employments He then de
termined to lote his life in the service of
his country, and affeCted a fort of patriotic
desperation. When with the army, he took
care by some important services, firft to sig
nalize himfelf, and impute blame to others; j
at length he seized upon the polVof Gene
rJtiflivno, and was {tiled by the ruffians he
served, the favionr of his country. Now,
lie throws off the mask, and avows himfelf
the ariltocrat he was born.
When the commissioners of the conven
tion were brought before the prince de Co
bourg, Camus, speaking for the reft of his
companions in misfortune, said, J tjptre.
Manfieui\ JW dpw auvez pour nous les e
gards qifontdns aux reprtjtntans (Vime
grande notion***'' 1 hope, Sir, that you will
treat us with the respeCt due to the repre
fentativesof a great nation. " The prince
replied. " Vous fousitz etre ajftrts qi.t J'
aura pour nous Its egards fat aux afajpnt
de Itur roy." ''Aflure yourlelves that I w 1
treat you with all the regard due to tli*
affalliiis ol their king.
Some reports Hate, that general Bourne
nonville is treated more honorably by
prince Cobourg, than the other coinmif
lioners of the coniniifiion. We are in.
formed that the latter have betn sent pr>-
foiters to the cadle atAiitweip, and that
Bournonville is confined at Bruflels. Thi»
circiniittancc, if true, give* a colour to the
report that Bournonville and Dumourier
had acted in concert, and accounts for the
compliments which the latter cunltantiy
paid him. particularly in his letter to the
convention on the 12th of March.
The Empress of Ruftia has sent persons
to all the towns through which the count
D'Artois was to pass, with inll ru£tions t<>
pay his royal highness all the honours due
to his rank, and to declare to him the in
terett which her imperial majesty lakes in
the cause of theFrcnch p inces.
The game which Dumourier is now
playing may afford him fonie credit, but it
will be difficult to fay much in favour of a
man, who'e leniiments and principles of
morality arc guided only by the molt inex
hauflibie ambition.
The marefchal prince of Saxe Cobourg:,
in chief ol the armies of his ma
jelly the empt ror and of the empire,
TO THE FRENCH.
The general in chief Dumourier has
communicated to me his declaration to the
French nation. In it I find the fentimeutg
and principles of a virtuous man, who tru
ly loves his country, and who wishes to
put an end t-> the calamities and anarchy by
which it is desolated, by procuring for it
the happiness of a constitution antl a wife
and permanent government. I know this
also to be the unanimous wilh of all the
fovcreigns whom some factious persons
have armed againtt France, and particular
ly that of his lru.jctty the tmperor, and his
Pruflian majesty.
Filled at this moment with ertoem for
the bulk of so great and generous a nation,
to whom the immutable principles of ho
nour and justice were held sacred, until,
by the repetition of outrages, dil orders and
impottures,lhat part of it has been eflrsng
ed and corrupted, which, under the m lit
of humanity and of patriotism, speaks of
nothing but affaflinations and poignards.
Knowing also that this is the wife of all
virtuous people in France,
Profoundly penetrated with these great
truths, and defiling nothing but the prof
pet ity and glory of a country torn by so
manyconvulfionsand misfortunes,
J declare by the present pioclamation,
that I will support by all the force in my
power, the generous ard beneficent inten
tions of the gmeral in chief, DtimoiJnr
and his brave ai my.
I declare besides, that, having lately
fought us on several occasion as a valiant,
intrepid and generous enemy, 1 will join a
part of my troops, fliould general Dumou
rier dtlire it, or even all my army to that
of France, to co-operate as friends and
companions in arms worthy of reciprocal
ettcem, so as to reftoreto France her con
stitutional king, the conflitution she has
chosen, anfl, as a neeeflary consequence,
the means of perfecting it, if the nation
fliould fiv'l 11 imperfcit; thus to reflore to
France, as well as to the reft of f vrope,
peace, confidence, tranquility and happi
ness. 1 therefore declare on my word of
honour, that I will not enter the territory
of France to make conquetts, but firnply
and purely for the purposes ;.bove menti
oned.
I further declare upon my word of ho
nour, that should the military operations
require one or more fortrcfles to be given
up to my troops, 1 will keep them merely
as a sacred tmft ; and I engage, in the
most express and positive terms, to restore
them as soon as the government which (hull
be ettabllhed in France, or the brave gene
ral with whom I am about to make a com
mon cause, fliall demand such a lonctfiion.
1 also declare, that J will give the molt
ttrift orders, and will take the most.
rous and effectual measures, that my troops
(hall not commit the least difordcr ; not
allowing thefmallcft exa&ion or violence ;
and refpefting, every where on the terrij.
lory of france, persons and property.—
Any one btlongingto my army, Who (hall
disobey my orders to this effect, fliall be
immediately puniflicd with the mofl igno
minious death. Given-at the head quar*
ters at Mons, jth of April, i - 93:
The pRINCit. EECOBOURC.
[Total Numb. 167.]