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Letter from the hereditary Prince of Orange,
Commander in Chief of the Dutch army lying
in the Au [lrian Flanders, to their HighM:gif
tinefes the Stater General.
Deinfe, Sept, 14, 1793.
<‘f Have the honour to inform your High
Mightinesses, that the enemy has driven back
our advanced guards, by a much fopericr
force; and attacked thole at Meoin and
Werwick, which obliged us to retreat, after
an obiiinate defence. Much might be said
of the condud of the brave troops I am proud
to command; The retreat was made to Har
lebeck, and Rouffelard, where I have given
orders to assemble rhe troops again. The loss
cannot yet be ascertained, but I have the ho
nour to assure your High Mightinesses, that
among the wounded officeis, is my own bro
ther, Prince Frederick, who received a flight
wound on the arm. The Prince of Hesse
Darmftadr, and Major-General Count Van
Waftenfleben, and many other Staff Officers,
art killed. In my next I shall endeavour to
give you the particulars of this adiqa.
I am, &c.”
Sl*,
I take the opportunity of Captain Robin*
Jon, of the Brilliant frigate,going toEngland,
to inform you,that the Dutch Polls, upon the
Lys,were forced by the enemy upon the 12th.
In consequence of this the troops of the Re
public have abandoned Menin, and have falL
en back upon Berges and Ghent. His Roy.
al Highness means to march thia day co
. Thouroute,
The following dispatch from Colonel Sir
James Murray, Adjutant General to the for
ces under the command of his Royal Highness
the Duke of York, was this afternoon recei
ved at the office of the Right Hon, Henry
Dundas, his Majesty’s principal Secretary of
State for the home department:
Minin, Sept. *7» *793*
SIR, . 4
I had the honour of informing you, that
upon the retreat of the Dutch troops from
Menin, his Royal Highness intended ro
inarch upon Thouroute, in order tooppofe the
further progress of the enemy, and to aft in
conjundjpn with General Beaulieu, who
commanded a corps of Aullrians nearCour.
tray. ' - '
Thia march was executed upon the 14th.
Lietenant General Ehrbacb, with two batta
lions of Auftriarts and two of Helfianlnfautry,
and four squadrons of British cavalry, under
the command of Major General Harcourt,
was ordered to advance the fame day to Rou
fclaire, and Lieut. General Ehrbach’s corps
to Ledgehem, it being his Royal Highneifes
intendon to attack the enemy, and force them
to repafs the Lys. / Information was received
at Roufelairc of the Prince of Cdbdurg’s be
ing to mhreh towards Lisle with a large bo-,
of jrgs^Xwhich his Serene Highness had
put in motion *s loon as he had learnt that
Menin was evacuated. ,
, During the march of the army,'the enemy
bad attacked GdL Beaulieu’s advanced
posts ; eight baetalip^ were sent to his Tup
port ; but ‘he enemy tad been repulfcd be
fore his arrival. /
This appears to have been only intended
to cover their reueat m they begun to eva
cuate Menin early in the forcing. In the
courfeof rhe day they en^ly abandoned
that important post, which was poflef-
Aon of In the evening by Lietenant Gene
ral Ehrbach. Yeflerday the Army marched
again : A eamp was taken near Menin, and
the advanced posts pushed on to WerwidcX
which the enemy had lifeewife abandoned ; ■
by these movements Austrian Flah
has been profiled, and this part of it
j^cayefed. . /V
honour, &c. JA. MURRAY.
Whitehall, Sept. r 6.
Captain Robinfbn.of the Brilliant frigate,
arrived yesterday evening, at the office of the
Right Honourable Henry Dundas, his Majes
ty’s principal Secretary of State for the
Home Department, with rhe following dis
patch from Colonel Sir James Murray,Adju
tant General to the forces under the com
mand of his Royal Highness the Duke of
York.
Right Hon. Henry Dundas,
&c. &c. &c.
Accounts were received this morning, that
an engagement had taken place at Villers eh
Couchee, near Qnefnoy, in which the French
were defeated, with the loss of jo^o men and
11 pieces of cannon. I haw the honour to be,
Me. JA. MURRAY.
Various events near Mcnin.
Foreign Intelligence.
&ECON 0 EVENT.
FIRST EVENT.
Dixmude, Sept. 14>
Whitehall, Sept. 21.
’ ENGLAND.
LONDON,SEPT, if.
The fill of-tbe gallant and polite Captain
Courtney, is a national raiafottune, and ren
ders the fitnation of his much refpeded and
amiable lady the objeft of general concern,
particularly to the more immediate circles
of her acquaintance, who at this unfortunate
jundurefeem to vie with each other to afford
her every consolation in her power.
A (hewroan had the folly to declare in Bar
tholomew Fair last, that he had made more
by the representation of the fall of Valencien
nes,than theßritifh would by the capture of
Intelligence from Paris,
There arc certainly two C.ommiffioEers
nOw in London, from Bourdeaux,fent to treat
with our Government, for the surrender of
that city. ..
The Oitoman Porte,-in fending Ministers
to Chriflian Courts, departs wholly from its
usual policy. Many have thought that, the
not fending Ambafladors to the European
flares arose from a principle of pride ; but the
answer of the Vifir Kara Oglu to Sir James
Porter, the-Brililh resident at Gonftantinople
fee ms to place it rather in a principle of econ
omy.
Sir James one day in a conversation with
the VHir, ex prefled his wonder that the Porte
had no resident ; as, said he, smiling you
might the better know what measures were in
agitation in the cHriftian courts ; for, said he,
it has been said, that Ambafladors are only
. authorifed spies.—“ Very true Mr. Ambafla•
( dor (replied the Vifir,with true Turkilh gra
vity) but whilst there are Jews in every king
dom in Europe, we can gain every intelli
gence we want, at a fortieth part of the ex
peofe it would epft to maintain Ambafladors,
in a state and dignity befitting the Ottoman
Porte-”
——— ■ '
Odd Advertisement.
Loft where it was dropped, on Sunday
night, an empty bag with a cheese in v.
The bag was marked T. D. hut the letters
wese' wew cut.— —N« B. The pesfon who
loft it, never miffed it until it was gone; so
if any person will bring it to him, be fhwll be
rewarded for his trouble.
On the Continent Four troops of horse
guards, five regiments of dragoon guards
nine regiments dragoons, and eleven batrah*
ions of foot.
ir. •
The Eledor of Mentz pays a million of
florins to the King of Pvuffia, towards the
heavy expence of regaining his capitd.
We are Credibly informed that the Ruffian
fleet which appeared on the Danilh coafts.had
42,000 land troops on coatd, tor the purpefe
of making a defeent io Lower Brittany : but
none of the Combined powers choosing to
furnifh die money neceflary to pay this corps,
the two divisions of rhe fleet have set fail for
the Baltic, and, it is said, have taken the way
to Reveal.
The forces which the French have now cob
jededon the frontiers of Alsace and Lorxain,
are said to exceed 250,000 men.
A very recent arrival from Boston confirms
us in the fatisfadory intelligence, chat the
Merchants, Traders and even Mechanics,
have resolved to take every epperative mra
fure to preserve a perfed and honorable neu
trality during the diftmbanccs of Europe
and, as they term it, net to have dny thing
to do with high sea robbery, commonly
called Privateering. Ih coofeqoence, the
flats of Maffachulerts ifljied orders to
- recall a small Privateer that n»d failed
whieh vessel was returned whehthefe advices
came away.
Our letters farther fay, that there is not the
froaileft doubt but the othtr slates would
follow the example of Maffaclufects, although
Citizen Genet had adnaUy, grant letters of
reprisal, ere he delivered his credentials to
Congress.
In Eajl Indies. —One regiment dragoons,
and nine battalions of foot- ,
An immense force ; principally in service
on account of the war^— which is pursuing
with vigour.
The difallers at Dunkirk, are wholly to be
attributed to the impetuosity of the Duke of
York, and to the want of gun boats.
Accounts from Germany state, that the
French in WeilTemberg and Landau are in*
vulnerable.
foot.
In and for the Wed Indies.—Twoty four
battalions of foot,
■ In America.—Ten battalions of foot.
When Lord Hood entered the harbour of
Tc}U’on, the following was the number and
ftrlngth of jhe French fleet anchored there
Tao of 120 gun«, Four of 80, Fifteen of 74,
and Four frigates-
In Guernjey and ferfy.— Two regiments of
FORCES CONE, AND GOING ABROAD.
Mtfcclhrtfcous Articles.
s Capt. Powers from Port-au-Prince, in St.
Domingo, informs, that in the prisons of that
* town, nearly 500 of the most reipeitable in
habitants of the island were confined, char
ged with incivifm ; and that befora he failed
~a new guillotine had been eredled—experi
ments in which it was expelled would Ihortly
be made.
Capt. Smith from Martinique, informs,
that the property of tie emigrant planters,
>&c had been fequeftrated,and the plantations
rented out; but that it was difficult to make
the negroes wo.k ; owing to which the plan
tations did not produce one quarter of their
former produdl . That perfelt equality of all
colours existed—the second officer of the island
being a Negro, named Belgarde; between
whom and Gen. Rocbambeau, the command
er inChief a good understanding did not sub
sist : And that acoo men of colour had en~
lifted themselves as a corps of defence, and
wore on their left breafls, a medal, with the
infeription “To Conquer or Die.” .
Capt. Dunham, from St. Pierre, informs,
that the buftnefs in that part of the island was
confioed wholly to American vcflels, there
not being a French ship in the port-—That
the privateer, brought in many prizes, seve
ral of which were Americans, fufpeded ofha
ving British property on board—these had to
Undergo trials, and all the British property
found therein was condemned. That it. had
been sickly among the crews of the American
veflels, and that business, although not brifle,
was better than it had been for feme time
pa ft;
A very aliive war in the Weft-Indies is
expelled early the ensuing Spring.—The go
vernment of Great-Britain Bands pledged to
the colonists of Martinico, Gaudaloupe and
iSt. Domingo, to make every possible effort to
cftablifh therein the former government and
subordination—and twenty regiments of foot,
^pirh fourteen fail of the line, under the com
mand of Sir Alexander Hood, were under or
ders to fail therefor, as rhe date of the la ft
European accounts. To oppose these, the
republican commanders in thofeiflanh wete
making aHive preparations; and Capt, Car
ver, from Cape Francois informs,that 40,00©
negroes were in arms there, determined to
resist every enemy.
' IMLI *' ’ jA'
The Hob (cos Delegates of the Rate of Vir
ginia on the tft inst. Resolved, *• That the
Proclamation of the PreCdent of the United
States* enjoining a ftrid adherence to exiting
treaties, and the principles of neutrality fob- J
lifting under them, was a politic and conftitn
t ion al meafare, widely adopted at a critical
jandure, and happily calculated to preserve
to this country the incftimable blessings of
peace.” 1
DONATIONS. .
The Committee of this town, appointed
to collet Sobfcfiptiani for the relief of our
late unfortunate brethren of Pbiladelohia,
have received th* following letter from the
Mayor of that city j
t } - : ' v - . 4 ;• ' • ’•
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■ "t \
He following remarkable occur
rences is communicated by a corref
pondentof veracity,the truth of which
may be relied on :—An inhabitant
of Somerset county in this Hate, be
tween 40 and 50 years of age, in*the
winter of 1791, in attemptingco (have
himfelf, brought off his beard entire
by the roots soon after which he
found the hair of his head, eyebrows,
and every pan of his body, falling off
in the lame manner, leaving him ut
terly destitute of ^ny. What renders
this circumstance more extraordinary,
the man, some time previous thereto
.bad enjoyed good health. He is Rill
living; and,fince that period,uaaffail
led by sickness.
Yesterday the sdion which Governour
Clinton commenced against Judge Cooper,
of Otfego, for slander, was tried before the
Circuit Court; when the jury gave a verdid
for the plaintiff, 1000 dollars.
providence, nov. 16. The Grard Ju--
ry at the Circuit Court of the United States,
have found bills against Capt. Rots, and his
mate, on having funk a brig near Newport.—•
Their trials come on on Tuefdsy.
OF THE FRENCH WEST-INDIES.
Domestic Intelligence.
MASSACHUSETTS.
BOSTON, NOV. 27.
PENNSYLVANIA.
RHODE ISLAND.
NEW-YORK, NOVEMBER tG.
NEW-YORK.
TRENTON. OCT. 30.
from France.
salem, eov 26. Capt. John Burchmore,
arrived he:e on Sunday from Dieppe, in
France, which place he left the Sth of Odo
her ; but brings no important ioteiligcoce.
It was there said («s we have heard) that the
French Republicans had regained rhe pof&ffi
on of the commanding polls about Toulon, so ’
that their fleet was fubjell to their guns. The
people at Dieppe werl fired with tbefpirit of
liberty—not a defponding idea was entertai
ned by any one—every man there is a soldier,
and the militia is continually exercised in
arms—thole between the ages of 16 and 2?
years were under marching orders, and eager
10 add force to the grand blow which the up
lifted arm of the nation wes about to strike.
The influence of the women, irresistible in
France, was employed to keep alive the flame
of patriotism ; and on every lady’s cap, was
displayed the republican cockade. The ruin
of the Dvk« of York’s army, with other con
curring fuccefles, which were told with all
their pleating exaggerations, had given them
frefli spirits, and already they beheld, ,in im
agination, their Republic firmly established,
and triumphant over all their enemies. This
pilhjre cf the people of Dieppe, will doubt
less rep/efentthe great sujority of Frenchmen.
Capt. Burchmore adds, that provisions of ev
ery kind were plenty and cheap, ard the po
lice well regulated. The French, thusjnfpi
red by beauty and patriotism, and abundantly
Jupplied by a bounteous Providence, whai
h-m^n power can arrest their arm ?
A Young Irilhman, who had e
vinced great bravery at the siege of
Valenciennes, concludes one or his
letters to his friends thus : “ If an
officer’s finger is scratched, it is
called a wound ; if my head was
shot off, it would be only the fame ;
but if 1 survived I should contra
dift them I
***** 11 ! ! ..
, ** Philadelphia, Nov. ^,1793.
•• Gentlemen,
I have had the pleasure to receive your
favors of the 24th and 26’h Odober, the laU
ter covering a bill of lading for sundry arli
des, (hipped by you on board the Brig Lark,
John Curtis, Mailer ; being the benevolent
Donation of our Brethren of Bolton, to the
poor and affiided of Philadelphia, which are
fafe arrived and landed in good order.
“ In the midst of our distress, we. have ex
perienced the divine goodness, tempering
judgment with mercy; exciting Sympathy
and benevolence in the breaftsof many of our
friends in various parts of the United States.
The committee for the relief of the poor
and affiided, request that I will, in their
name; on behalf of qor affiided brethren, pre
{ent through you to the generous inhabitants
Os Boston, their graceful acknowledgements
for their liberal donation ; to which I pray
that mine may be added ; alluring them of
our ardent prayers, that your citizens may
be protected from a calamity similar ro that
from which we are now most happily reliev
ed.
Centineo-Office, Nov. 27,
12 o’ Clock. A. M.
A GENTLEMAN, this moment
arrived in town from the Southward,
informs, that letters had been recei
ved by the Secretary at War, f(pm
Gen. Wayne—informing, That he
h>d bten attacked by the whole force
of the Indians, near the Miami towns,’
about the ift of this month; that
Rich was their impetuosity, as nearly
to defeat his army ; but that at a
seasonable moment, the Kentucky
mounted Volunteers, made a fuccefs
ful charge upon the Indians, and
threw them into a panic ; they fled
with precipitation, leaving 600 killed
and wounded on the field; Gen.
Wayne’s loss was estimated at 500
killed and wounded. This is the re
port of the moment, whether true,
or falfe, time will soon determine.
“ Our citizens, who retired to the country,
are returning to their habitations. The Phy
sicians hive .had no applications, from new
patients in the malignant fever,for many days;
and the City is in as good a state of health as
usually prevails at this season of the year.—
I am with much efttem, Gentleman, your
most obedient and humble (ervant,
MATTHEW CLARKSON.
Mcffrs. fahn C. J ones,
Henn Hill,
Sami,fl Smith,
Rufll Sturgit,
, and El iha Sigomey, Boston.
REPORT OF THE DAT.
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