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VT^ NN A, March ip.
According to letters from Conftantino
pk, the differences between the Em press
of Ruflia and the Grand Signior, are en*
tirely fettled The representations of our
internoncio, Baron Herbert, and fomeoth
er foreign ambassadors at Constantinople
have made at-last a change in the opinion
of the Divan.
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Aliftri an Flanders. t . '
Q^U ES N OY, -March 30, . .
Yesterday the enemy attacked our chain
of ports from Landrecies to Boochain.
' Their aim was to make' themfelvcs matters
of the wood cf (normal. In this view they
attacked with a fupeiior force the village
of Ore,above Landrecies, patted the Sam
bre near this place as well, as near Landre
cies, and attacked with about is or 14,000
men the abatis before the village of Pom
mereoil, occupied by the Austrian regi
ment of Brechenville. This regiment
, was, by such a superiority of numbers.fore*
, ed to fall back, and to abandon the abatis
and the village. During its retreat, the
enemy’s hbrfe maderan attempt to.fall up
on the regiment» but the Austrian regi.
ment of Royal Allemand attacked them
with so much gallantry, that they were
thrown into confufion, 10ft about My
korfes, and were obliged to give up their
attempt. 'The two corps cannonaded
each other till 1 o’clock. At this time
some reinforcements having arrived under
1 the orders of Gen. Kray, bur troops were
ate have enrobed thtmf.elves for the protec
tion of the ’ empire. In the'circle of Fran
conia their number amounts already to
86,000.-and so in proportion in, the neigh.
. bouring circles. An army of 106,000
volunteers, therefore, may be depended
6n, who are r adv to defend Germany a
gainst any attack of the French.
TFe have received, by the vejfel arrived at
Portldnd,'Lofidtn'f^ the A^th A'
fril■: ■^■ExtaaAlifcilia w..
MD: Cobtfchonbey, who is to, reside.
here as Envoy from the Empress of
Ruflia, afte r the departure of her Ambafid
dur, has arrived here. The Ambaflador
de Kutufkow will shortly have his audier.ee
of leave and it is supposed will quit Con
stantinople about The middle of March.—
The arrival Os Che Ruffian Envoy at a time
when every warlike preparation is on foot
is rather fingtjlrr. his true (he present
Miniders of the. Porte do not with for a
war, but they are tohibatted by an oppo
sition with (he Captain Pecha at their head,
w hom the emiffines of the Jacobins have
gained’over so their interelL, and whbu'es
all hisir.fi jence (which is very great) with
the Grand Signior’to engage him to join
the Convention, or at learft to shew a par’
liaiity, which mvft be 'highly offenfive to
the powers at War with it; and it is co this
influence ’hat we ascribe the depredations,
which are committed by the French fri
gates ol Smyrna, on the veflels of all na
tions, to the great prejudice even of'the O
tomtin foljcds ; and this fame influence
may notwithstanding the great caution -of
the* Ministry, again /Evolve us in a warr
withßuffia.
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INTERESTING.
Frankfort, April 6.
The important event we have so anxi-
Dufly expected, has been brought by a Cou
rier from Berlin ; and Field Marfliall Mol
lendoifFhns received orders not to divide
for the present, the Prufliao army in the
environs of Meniz; but to maintain. his
pofidon until his Majelly (haibtnmlimt co
him his final determination.
This change in . the difpdfition of the
Pruffian'.cabinet has been produced by
the cori’ccflion of the diet of the Empire,
and the Imperial Court; and by the nege
ciations and splendid Offers of a.pariicular
member of the Coalition.
An interview will speedily take place
at Bonn, be weeii the Emperor, and the
King of P.ufiia.
The French armies of the Rhine and
Molelle have been c.onfiderably weakened
lately, on account of the large detachments
that haVe been ftnt to the army of the
North.
Foreign Intelligence/
Already 4.3,000 peasants of the Palatin-
V UR K Es:
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 26.
A±A <^la
immediately ordered: to , re-attack the vil- ;
lage, as well as the ?batis. The regi
ment of Brechenville attacked in front, '
whilst Gen. Kray was turning the village ;
which manoeuvre, executed with equal
bravery and (kill, succeeded so well, that
the enemy were obliged to abandon the
village as well as the abatis; with the loss
of five pieces of cannon, and a great num
ber of men. The French left 540 men
dead on the field, befide^ about double
that nmuber wounded. Our lots is 150
men killed and wounded.
After the declaration of the King of
Pruflia, of his determination to withd aw.as
a principal, from the Combination against
France, it seems the coalesced courts have
attended to his demands, and from some
hints thrown out in the Houle of Commons
yesterday, he has been bought back—The
part this kingdom is to pay as the purchase
money is yoo.ooo/. Major Maitlahd, in
the Commons, in the debate on the bill
to enable the fubjeds of hi® late Moll
Christian Majesty to be enlisted into the
British service, mentioned thedefeftion
of Pruflia—he was answered by Mr. Mon
tagne, who said, he did not believe that
Pruflia, had left the confederation. To
this Maj. M. replied, “ that he had on I}' 1 }'
stated what all the world knew, that the
King of Pruflia had declared his ceceflion
to the States of <the Empire. What ef
fect the offers to him by Ministers might
have, he pretended not to know*” Thus
hangs this important affair indoub:.
FRANCE.
PAR IS,• March 28.
Letters from Holland announce, that ad
vices from the Cape of Good Hope, have
brought news of the taking of Batavia, by
the French-.
A Congress of all the Italian States is
opened at Milan, to concept measures for
the common defence f all the deputies had
arrived,except the Neopolitan Minifter—
their objeft is the railing an army of 40,
.000 men. Vepice refufes to join the co
alition, and Parma will not grant any con
tribution towards the war.
Letters from Genoa, 22d March, inform
that the French Mini (ter in that city had
received dispatches from Baftia, (Corsica.)
Though their contents were not known,
yet we have Intelligence, that Lord Hood,
aLer having cplleded few forces before
Baftia, had given orders to his troops, uni
ted with the Corsicans, under the com
mand of the celebrated Paoli, to attack the
place, at once by sea and land ; but that
the enterprize had failed of (utcefo,
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The King of Pruflia, By a Declaration,
March 12, enters into a detail of t,he cau--
fes which induced him to become a Mem
ber of the Coalition againft-Francc ; which
was the prefervauon of the German Em
pire from the encroachments of the French.
HisMajefty then mentions the efforts he has
m^de in the cause, the blood and treasure
he has expended—the ill return he had re
ceived for bis efliflance—and thefalfe rep
refentstions which had been made refpcft
ing hrs motives and views. He next men
tions the demands which he had made of
a subsidy, and the supply of his armies by
the Circles the mail exposed to danger;
and which reaped the moll benefit from
the defence—Complains of the evasive
measures taken relpeding the c demands,
and finally fays, “ After what is past, every
hope of the assistance being ceded to, being
now vanished, his Majelly does now re
nounce the Jame and also every resolution
of the Empire, and on the Circles relative
thereto. His Majelly has, therefore, ta
ken the resolution no longer to giant his
protection' to th % German • Empire : But
to order his Army,, (except twenty thou
fane Auxiliaries, according to different
treaties) inliantly to return to his own do
minions.”
DECLARATION of tbe KING OF FRtiS
SIA.
Our Paris papers received yesterday
enable us to give at length the proceedings
in.the Convention, by which it appears
that Danton, Lacroix, arid the other pril*
oners, were at once condemned to death
becaufethey rcfafed to answer to inter
rogatories without being confronted with
their accusers,. They were executed on
the evening, of the sth instant.
DEFECTION OF PRUSSIA.
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LONDON, ^ril 14.
PHILADELPHIA, 31.
We hear that in conference of some of
the late weftern intelligence, a draft of mil
ita was ordered out by the Governor, to re
inforce the State troops —but, it appears
that in confluence of a communication
between the President of the United States
and the Governor, the orders for the darft
have been revoked by the latter.
The tide on Thursday was higher in oof
river by three inches than it has been
known to be by the oldest inhabitants.—
Many stores have been filled with it, and
goods 10 a considerable amount damaged.
The wind also, on the night of Wed ne f
day, did some injury along the wharves.
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y NEW-YORK,>2.
Extract of a letttrfrom M/fn Dominick
Terry, qnd Co. nerchanh of Cadiz, to
' a merchant ix Philadelphia, dated gtb
J 794. .
Lady Wallace has long since informed
ns on the authority of Dctnourier, that
the King of Pruflia never entered with sin
cerity into the league against France, but
solely with a view of ruining the House of
Auffria, which if effeded, would place
him at the head of the German empire. The
public did not seem to have placed much
reliance on her Jadylhip’s aflertion ; but
the event is likely to prove that her infor
mation was authentic.
The French and Corsican garrison of
Baftia not only flood the attack, but in a
sortie which they made, obliged the united
BrixiDi and Corsican forces to abandon their
design, with the loss of lome pieces of can
non. Paoli’s nephew, it is laid, was woun
ded.
The King of Naples has lately commu
nicated to the Sicilian nobility, that the
augmentation of his army, for the present
campaign, will consist of 19,000 men, and
that the expenses of maintaining that corps
will amount to 163,000 Ducats} the
barons, the nobility, and other rich land
holders, therefore, were required to con
tribute monthly the sum of 120,000 du
cats, the rest of which expences will be
paid out of the King’s tresfury.
APRIL 9.
At an elegant entertainment given at
the London Tavern by the American mer
chants to Mr. Pinckney, the American
Minifler, the company was numerous and
relpedable ; about 200 gentleman set down
to dinner. The chair was taken by Philip
Sanfom.Elq. and the day pafled with a
degree cf order, harmony, and conviviality
exceeding every thing of the kind we have
before witnefled. The King, Prince of
Wales, Queen and Royal Family, with
many other loyal and conflitutibnal toasts
were drank: And among.ethers suited to
the occasion, The President of the Uni ed
States, was given by the Chairman, who
introduced it by an elegant and just com
pliment tothe character of General Wash
ington, which was highly approved and
applauded. This was followed by another
toalk from the Chairman, Prafpcrity to
the Commerce of Great Britain and Ameri
ca, and perpetual friendlhip between the
two Countries, which was received with a
burst of applause. expressive of the unani
mity and friendlhip of all the company
prelent.
His Majesty’s Miniflers were invited and
would have been prelent, had they not
b-en obliged to attend their duty in both
Houfies oi Parliament.
it is also said, that the red hot balls fired
from Ballia, destroyed two Britilh men of
war ; and Gen, Paoli is Hated to have em
barked on board the Engalh fleet.
The King cf Pruflia fays of the French
that from his practical experience, he has
found them as a mais united and almost
invincible, combining tactics with num
bers, & having a well appointed artillery.
KEFTUCKF.
LEX I N G TON, May 3.
Court of Oyer and Terminer.
ON Monday last came on the trial of
William Cox, of Madison county,
for palling counterfeit bills of the bank of
North America- The trial continued
two'days* andon the third he received
sentence of death—The time set for his
execution is the toih of June.
By a letter from a gentleman in Bote
tourt county, to his friend in Staunton,
we leatn that Mr. Leftwich,a deputy fher
iffof Wythe county was lately murdered.
American Intelligence,
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« Another event ccr-triluud tc
your commodities ait present, namely the
renewal of the war, between the Algerines
and the Portuguese, which facilitated the
importation in your own velfels; this has
adually taken place, and has been declared
by the Regency, which would not accept
the proposals made to it by the Porttiguele,
for continuing the truce. Eighteen Hout
cfuiZers are preparing'for sea, and it is said
they have orders to engage the Porteguele,
if they meet with them, who it seems are
not anxious for such an encounter. In
their former cruize they made no prizes—
it is feared they will aCt against the Dar.es>
on the present one who have mot {ent the
usual present?, which has exasperated the
Dey, but we do not think they will ven*
lure without the Stre’ghts now, since they
are at war with the Portoguefe, who will
have a strong naval force at Gibraltar, as
focn as they hear of the rupture ; at pre
sent they have there 2 line of battle {hips,
3 frigates and 2 brigs, which formerly wks
considered more than fuflicient to keep the
barbarians in refpedl, but they are become
more resolute of late.”
time there were profpefts that the Embar
go on American vessels would be speedily
taken off ; aa Mr. Fenwick the American
Consul, had returned from 1 his mission at
Paris; .and, it wasfaid, had brought^ith
him.a decree which permitted the depart
ure of the American veffels.’ The Na
tional Convention, we learn, had decreed
an indemnity to the Americans there, of
800,000 livres'; part of which, it was
laid, was brought by Mr. Fenwick.—That
the scarcity of provi.fions which had been,
experienced in France, was greatly Jeffen
ed by the growth of vegetables; and that
there were profpc&s of a very plentiful
harvest.
\ ' Naval Officers,
The President cf the United States,
with the advice and confentof the Senate,
has appointed the following gentlemen
Captains of the flhips \to be provided la
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In CONGRESS, fune 2,
A Bill for punilhing crimes, was deba.
ted in committee of the whole—lt was
moved, that thefeflion for punilhing per
sons who accept of commifliohs in foreign
services be ft tuck out; which pafled in the
affirmative, ayes 39, noes 38. The feClion
which reftriCts the enlisting of men for
foreign services, was also ‘moved to be
struck out; but the motion was-rejected with
out a division. Other amendments were
made to the bill, when it was reported,
and pafled.
PRQVrDENCE, (R. 1.) June 7.
Extract of a letter from Philadelphia, dated
May 29- ' .
Mr. Munroe the Sena’br from Vir
ginia, is appointed Mitiiller for the U
nfted States, to France. He is zealously
attached to her caufe,and will be peculiarly
acceptable to our republican filler, Mr.
Morris’s recall takes place at the instance
of the French Government. Congress
have resolved to rife on Tuefday next. The
Bill providing for the Interest of the State,
Balances has been concurred in the Senate.
The Bill laying a Stamp Duty has been
rejected.”
COMMUNICATIONS.
The conduct of certain Members of an
august body refpe&iog the balancei due to
the Creditor States, and which were thd
price of American Independence has opened
the eyes of feme of the northern members
to their real views.
There <udr a.time when the Maflachu
fetts line of the army, composed near one
half of the fame, at the fame time that in
some of the Virginia regiments there were
hardly men luflicientto wait on the officers
—And there Fas been a time When mea
futes werepropofed to deprive Maffachufets
of the merited reward of her patriotism.
-SEDITION—Is thus variously punish
ed in various countries. In England, by
transportation to Botany-Bay. In France,
by the axe of the Guillotine* In the -
nited States, by contempt alone.
From V Orient, to May u
We learn by an arrival at ah eastern port
that a large number of the Cork Weft-ln
dia fleet, had been taken by the French
cruisers, and brought into that port.
From Bourdeaux, to /Iprit' 17,
We have received accounts. At that
B O S TON, June 11.