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I LONDON GAZETTE, APRIL 28.
Lecters from Admiral M' Bride,
• *
covering Liters from Captains
Wdfren and Sirathen, were this
day received ac the Admiralty Of
fice —^They inform of the failing
of ihe Flora, of 36, Araibufa of 38
Melampus of 36, la Nymphe of 36,
and Cuncorde. of 36 guns on a
, . cruise on the coal! qf France ; and
♦ rhe 23^ failing in, weft of Guern-
Ly» with Id Engagedhit of 36, La
Pumane of 44, La Lefolue of 36
1 and La bub cl 11 guns, French fri
» gates, which had failed from Con-.
7 talk Bay, near Sr. Maloes* the
night before-— that after a very ft
। vere engagement of three hours,
La Pomot e and La Babec (truck,
and after a chafe of lome time,
and another action of two hours
and a quarter, L’Engageante
1 (truck to the Concorde. They
have all arrived, and are Ape vef
; t ft is. La Refolue escaped into
Morlaix. Capt. J. Srrathen-pays
! a very high compliment to the
spirit and tnterprize of his Lieu
* 1 tenant, Chirks Aptherp, during
f1) the action,
Cork, island, Ma} if,
Last night arrived in the Cove, a
French frigate Os 36 guns, cap
( lured by his M jefty’s Ihip Swifc
fure of 74 guns, Capt, Boyles.—
. [Fbis frigate kept up a running fight
of fame hours the man of war,
■ and toftfeveral killed.]
, French Naval Succefies*
N. CONVENTION, APKII^O.
Barrere informed, that 8 prizes
han been brought into Brest, L*
Orient, and Roc hefort “ One
of our (hips of the line, has taken
an EnglHb frigate, and an Engljfli
ship of the line has been burnt in
. the Mediterranean. Seven pri
zes have been sent into the ports
of Brest and St. Malo. One of
• bur frigates has funk two fliips la
den with iron and brandy, the ships
crews were however saved.”
LUXIMBOVAG, MAY
General B?A Uii E V hat driven tbi enemy
completely from Arian anditi vicinity. Yef*
^rdaydt tir ein the afternion the attack com
menced, and at half after Jive the Audriam
were ma fieri of the place. The enemy Jied
precipitately to the dijlahce of four leagues,
and halted near Longuoy— l ZOO at least
were killed, and 200 prifnert have been
brought into tbit city, Oar Bur geo if, in tej-
*° attackrhe enemy as soon as fix battal
ions of Austrian infantry, which had
been sent to him from the Emperor’S ar
my, were arrived ; but that the enemy
had been before hand with them, and
began themfeives the attack. That his
troops behaved with much courage and
reiolution from eight o’clock in the mor
ning, when the attack began, until 'four
o’clock in theafternodri ; but that as soon
as the order was given to retreat, from
.theintricacy of the country—they fell
into a confufioh, from which it was even
impcfiible to rally them. >
“I have not as yet received the return
of the loss upon this occahon ; but 1 fear
it is pretty conliderable.
The brave garrifdn of Menin,' Under
the command of Major General Ham
merftain, after fuhaining the attack for
four days, finding no probability of fuc
cour, gallantly determined to force their
way through the enemy, which they ef
ie&ed, without any great lofs* though
'Continually harrafled in their march.
This garrison confined of four battali
ons of his Maje’fty’s Hanoverian troops,
and four companies of the Loyal Emi
ants. They retired to Iglemunfter.
FREDERIC.
British Naval Success.
It n»ai yesterday vet^ currantly reported in
the city, that Gen Pi chegru, finding his
retreat cut off by the Duke of York, had be
gun to intrench himfelf, and that the allies
wire preparing to attack him. ^itb the mofl
co f dent hopes or Juccefs. There is great
probability tri this rumor ; bill a t a la e
hour lad night, no di J pate het had arrived
from his Royal Highnejt.
TUESDAY, JULY i, 1794.
The General Court at their late fef
forts, among other 'things, pa]]ed
the following Afis and Refohes :
AN A& to repeaLah ad paiTed the
15th of January 1789, entitled an
ad for .opening sluices in each dain across
Afhttelbt river, so that Salmon and oth
er fifhmayhavc free paflage through the
fame, from Connecticut River.
An Ad authoring certain appeals,
petitions and complaints to be entered at
the next Superior Coiirt of judicature in
the counties of Hillfborough, Chefliife
and Grafton.
A Resolve that his Excellency the
Governor be, and is hereby authorized
and empowered (if such^ requisition be
made) to march such detachments as
may be required to any parts of the U
•nited States.
. Ari Ad to establish the times and
places of holding the Courts of law in
and'for the county of Strafford.;^
. An Ad in addition, to, and aihend-
K ment of an ad, entitled an ad to prevent
damages which may be done by lumber
to the owners pf kqd lying on, and ad
joining Cohriedicut river,.and Merriinac
River, pafled 4th January, 1792. • '
A Resolve that His Excellency the
Governor, with advice of Council, be
empowered to difpofe-of, and fell to the
United States, the cannon and military
A report has reached tewn this mo-hing
from Dover, that the alii'id troops have gam
ed another advantage over the French mar
fourtray, and have taken seven hundred pr if.
oners, three pieces cf canmn, bfc.
iim6ny of their gratitude, have fnt large
prejents of ^oine and beer to the conquerers,
who are encamped near Arion.
General CLalrfayt wrote to Captain
Rosln 60N, of the Brilliant frigate, ofOf
t-nd\ and also 16 Gen. Stewart, the Gav
erkor, acquainting them that tbe French, to the
number of 60 000 men, had attacked him in
his position to cover OJicnd, which wai tbe
object of the enemy-, that be bad rpulfed
them Jeven tifnes before they made any im
prefian : On the eighth attack they penetrat
ed bis lines and forced him to retreat, with
the loss of about 23 phe-s of cannon. His
loss in men had not been Jo great as b* afr/I
apprehended. (fen. Cl air fay t adds that
be had only three brigades, (not 10,000 mtn)
arid th A his dfeat was not of a nature to
endanger O fiend\ that by fburjday las his
reinforcements would be all arrived ; and
that tj Monfteur PIC H e c R U did not pay bsm
a fecund visit, he, Gen. Cl air. fa yt, wuid
march in Jearch of him. thirty waugons
haded with the punderof Gout tray, had
bftn retaken from the 1 nemy.
CORK, MAY 17.
^be Marquis CokNWALLis is appointed to
command the Prussian troops in the pay of
Great Britain.
The British cbanhel Fl it is at sea. It
con fids, with its convoy, of upwards cf 30b
fail a number of which are Bad Indiamin.
‘[here are 60 pendants dying in the feet.—
7be French feet are also jaid to be out. The
ocean is whitened by tbe canvass ts thefeoti
pofing navies—and daily engagements take
} lace.
Whitehall, May
“DeyLfe, April 30, 1 794,
“sir,
Gen. WalmondeH’s Aid-de-Camp is tbit,
inflant arrived hire with dtfagreeable news,
that yejlerday the entmy attacked the polis at
Mauer oft, where Gen. CLalr fay t, with
Jame battail ons of Aidlrians lad joined the
Hanoverians, and that, after a long and Je
vtre action, they bad forced our people to re
tire with the lojs of feme cannon and tumbrils
Menin flHl held but la e lad night; but this
event, by rendering an immediateJuccottr im
pojjible. obliges us to lookup to the loss of that
poji as an almoß ne it far cons quea.e. 1
have the honor, &c.
J. K. CRAIG.”
Right Hoh. Henfy Dundas, ^c. idic. ^c.
stores belonging to this State* and that .
he be impowed to difjiofe of the proceeds
offuch sales, for the further ftren? then
in 2 thedefenceof the harbors in said State,
if they in their diferetion think proper.
An Ad in addition to, and altering of
an ad, entitled an ad to regulate the
proceedings for extinguishing fires that
may be accidentally or othertvife kindled
amon? buildings, to prevent.the keeping
fires in unsuitable houses or places, to
preserve goods endangered by such fires,
and to remove or demolith buildings
judged to be dangerous to the public
fafety.
v An Ad in addition to an ad, entitled
an ad to abolilh the Courts of General
Sefiions of the Peace, and to vest in the
Courts of Common Pleas, all the judi
cial powers, authorities and jurifdidion,
and all other powers, except granting
taxes, heretofore by law veiled in said
Courts of General Sefiions of the Peace.
An Ad to ratify an article proposed
in amendmeht to the ConftitntiOn of the
United States.
An Ad in addition to an ad impow
ering the Superior Court to hear and try
any causes refpedin , forfeiture of lands
heretofore gran ted,or that may be grant
ed, for non-performance of conditions,
&c.
The day to which the General Court
stands adjourned, is the Fourth Wed
nefdayin December; not the Third as
infdrted last week.
An Ad altering the time of holding
the Superior Court of Judicature in the
county of Grafton.
Ah Ad for rhe receiving into the
Treasury of this State, certain evidences
of debts due from the State* and making
compensation for the fame.
EPPING, JUNE 30.
A Cow belonging to Mr. Theophilus
Norris of this place, lately brought a
very extraordinary Calf, which had seven
legs and fifteen hoofs—The head and
fore parts of it were in proper form ; but
>the hind parts chiefly composed of legs,
to the number of five, on one of which
were three hoofs.
PHILADELPHIA, JUNE T 9.
Ex trail ofa Letter, dated Cadiz,.Btb April,
■ 1 794, to a vtircantih house in this city.
“The Portuguese hAc behaved in a ve
ry fp.ri’ed manner with the Algerines,
having demanded fro»n them all their lub
jefts that were prisoners in that country,
and that they should not molest any veflcls
under Tranfiacic colours,or any Americans
bound to or from their ports. This the
Algerines would not agree to, and accor
dingly war has been declared.
A letter from the Coliedor of the Baha
ma Jflands to a merchant cf t tis city, dated
June 3, informs, that by Proclamation of
the Governor of those islands, dated the
second instant, the ports of the fame are
opened, and are to continue so until the
ftrtt cf Odober next, for the admitiion cf
foreign veffe's, loaded with provisions,
lumber, &c. This information is authen
tic. ’ v
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€dpb Weft from Antigua, informs, that
1 all British privateers were called in, and that
reftitytion iyouM be granted for the damages
done to she American commerce.
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NORFOLK, JURE 11.
On Monday last arrived the brig Jol
ly Tar, Capt; Dixon, from Barbadoes.
' Capt. Dixon, informs, that the flcop
Geri. Green*of Providence, (R. I.) Ed
ward Bass, master, arrived at Surrinam,
from the cqaft of Africa, With 8i slaves,
on the 23d’April. The flpop came tbo
below the town, and Capt. Bass went up
d in his boatj rind left word, with the Mate
to bring thejlloop up the next morning.
At 2 o’clock,, A. M. flip -#as cut out by
nine pirates,(fuppofed to be soldiers from
the fort) and fan out to lea. SThe second
Mate made his escape out of the cabin
window into the boat, before they got
out of the river. The chief Mate was
confined until thPy got out* and then or
dered on deck to conduit the sloop to
Martinique. The pirates sometimes spoke
French, and one of the sloop’s-people un
derftandirig it, found they intended as
soon as they made the Island, to kill the
hands and riin the sloop on Ihore. They
therefore took the opportunity when the
pirates began to be ; and at one
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Green
eville, Head Quarters of the United States,
to his friend in this town, dated April 23 >
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“ The legion is Rill in this vicinit}*
having performed no other exploit dur
ing the winter ; than the ereftion of ft
small stockade work, on Governor St.
Clair’s unfortunate field ; we have been
in a “moving, halting posture,” since the
1 ft of December, but it would seem that
tb^ longer we continue here, the more
firm our attahment to the spot, and at ,
preferit it is altogether uncertain when we
may move, or where. The savages are
still refervedi and excuse us, whilst they
depredate on the river settlements ; we ’
may however reasonably expert a stroke
at one of*our weekly convoys, from Fort
Hamilton, in a very short time.”
SALEM, June 24.
On Wednesday last arrived at Gloucester
the schooner Freedom, Edmund Pearson,
master, from Gaudaloupe, in which came
passengers fix French Officers, who were c6k
pelled to embark for America, and obliged to
leave their wives and children with the enemy,
the Engtiffi, or, what if possible is worse,
with the Aristocrats df the island. They
were received by the patriotic in habits fits of
Gloucester with that sympathetic affe&ion
which we hope will ever diftingiiifli them; and
on Friday were invited to a civic feaft, ft
which were present the pi incipal persons 6f
the place.
The Members of the)
EafornDiJirift of New-Hampshire
Medical Society, are hereby in.*
formed that the July Statute Meet^
ing will be held at the inp of
.phen Lainfon in Exeter, - the
Wednesday of this month, at 10
of the clock a. m. • : j
Per Older of the PR^SIDENT-i- ; ;
Josiah Bartlett, jun^
St _ tham
Stratbam, July i, 1794,
Notwithftandinsi the various alarmirig
accounts received from the southward,
we are afiured by a £etleman who left the
Nnfth Weftern part of the State of Ver
mont on Friday last week, that there did
not exist the least indication of hoftility—
nor any accounts whatever of any late
aggression of the British in the territories
of the United States. This information
may be relied on: ;
At the Supreme Jiidicfal Court, held at
tpfwich, last week, Henry Tufts, late a
resident in Marblehead, convifled of burglary
on the hbufe of Mn Daniel Jacobs, in Dan
vers, received ftutence of death. [fj’We
under Hand the execution of the above crimi
nal, id ordered for Thurlday the i4rh df Au
gust next.]
Two meh were also convicted of palling
counterfeit dollars, and received fentcnce.
They were from Kenncbeck.
NEW-YORK, JUNE 2J.
The ground of the dispute between the
Vermonters and the Engiifh, we under
hand to be this. Before the independence
of the Uni ed States, sundry grants of land
had been made, by the crown of Great*
B'irain. near the Canada line, to such per
sons as would fettle on the land granted.—
Some fett’ements have been riiade under
thole grants. Aft r the declaration of In
dependence, and ester Vermont had eraft
ed itfelf into a faveretgn state, the legisla
ture made sundry new grams of the fame
lands to other perlons. By the treaty of
1783, these lands fall within the jurifdic
tich cf the United it ;tes. This is an a
greed point; but the Brijifh government
infills on the right of pro.ettir.g the royal
ists or lettelers under the royal grants —
Fob this purpose they have itationed a small
garrison within the United States. The
Vermomers claim bo h the fol! and the
j ’,rifdi6ltoh. Both parties seem to be *rong.
The Britilh for claiming the jurifdiHion—
the Vermonters, for claiming tbe foil. So
stands the dispute ; but we hope it may be
fettled without the alternative of retorting
to irms.
o’clock, P. M. on the 24th* they attack*
ed them, killed five and confined the oth
er four ; the Mate and one of the sloop’s
people only were wounded ; arid on the
1 ft. of May arrived fafe at Barbadoes.
The Capt. having all the papers, the
Mate could not proceed* to any Other
Island. When Oapt. Dixon left Barba
does, the Mate had obtained permifiion
to fell his slaves.
BOSTON JUNE 28.
FROM VERMONT.