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? Lbtoub nsu ft ft a ted, th at a Ie c
ter from Brigadier Qen. Dijter
tr.dated Nov. r9sh, announc
ed th^t JheJyftenwd^^ and
humanity-adopted, in _La 4 y«udee,
ipjomifed a speedy period to the
war in-that.quarter: The CbouanS
were daily coding, to |hrow them
*(elves inro^the arms the Keppb
licans, and faying, “.Since you
.have pulled down the
-abjure fighting againftour broth
ers.” 3 • •<•
‘ r f -’e=s=e=^^
■ I -
Important European News.
Tw ;■' ■ " ■«'»w r 1 " "r” bed
d . BOStOM,
4 A gentleman, arrived in town
^rtitn New-York,Bas favoured us,
with a paper of Friday lafc week,
containing European Intelligence
Dec. 2, received* there, by the
- Columbia, from Briftol-**which
: we hasten to communicate.
P O L id :
SKORSiNOV., 1.
- FT^HE fupre rne Council of War-
I has so far Coccetded is
rcitoring the fpiriu of tbe peopk
refpeamg the iofs which they had
.7 fuftamed in the reared Kose rps
c ko, jthat they have tefomed jhi
iointto of Victory or Deatb- b?Or
the other band, the Ruffians, ad
, v vance but slowly towards
: 1-
Europe, rather that unite yoU£<
ielves to them, & pel ike of their
glory ? No* you a^-OW^etriigW^
• ened by the voice of :TUtfe, and al
ready many et ywfrUß
and find security the price of your
confidence. Return, all or you,
and teTTTte Tue-Wr
cona<fecure and j peaceful. Let
the
plenty refum iris reign ! Let us join
in avenging ourfeives ot ihc corn*
munenemy ; of that impfi cable &
jealous nation, which b?d thrown
c£e brand of di&ord among ds.l
Let our Republican energy be
direded against thpfe who have
violated the sacred Rights of the
People 1 Let the utmost vigor
animate ail throughout odr ports :
Let the ocean be covered with
our privateer's ; add let the war of
extermination, with, all its attend
ant horrors, be carried from the
bank of the Loire to the banks
qf ^e Thames ’
DECREE OFAMNB^T.
i. All the perlons in .the pre*
cindof the armies of the Weft*
and of the Northen Coast, known
under the denominatin of Hebers
if la Vendee and Chouans who (ball
lay down their arms within the
next month from the publication
of this Decreefha|l not afterwards
be protecuted on acccunv of their *
revolt, a. The aforefaid persons
(hall depofic their arms with their
different Municipalities. 3. The
Deputies L s ,OffUiaLM e PPM* Mpr-
UTon Gcdin,& De LaunjMhall re
pair to the different Departments,
& y watch over rhe^cutiop of this
Decree. AU tbc amendments
proposed, to exclude from phis
am nelly the Chiefs of (hat infur
redion, have been rejected ; and
rhe above Deputies have been .•>
vetted with fufficencdifcrction
ary power to execute, the Decree
in a manner most conformable with
the principles contained fin the
P roc Ia m a ion, w bic b c was deer ce d
at the feme time, r it; j z
Bve rtbt> all their n^peffary
avered|xCu^koscu&JimJ
ceived two tevere wounds ; at the
to give him the Uft fatal blow, th?
Ruff&n G^n.Cr RVszgzaW, wh’bte *
•■wifetad’-beeirh? geßOTirflj i»tea
fed by Kosqwsxo,
refrain,jy^J^ = ^^
! Kosciusko, threw his arms-fbimd
I him. But the latter exclaimed,
; * Ay do ybu enV^ my death I
■ Let hftn ftrikeM
. - - - j.
FRA^CB.
paris, noy. 8. <
This day, RicharO communi
cated to the Convention* the news
that Maeftricht surrendered to the
army of Che §ambre and ,M^e>
on the 14th Os this month i and
that the tortrelS of Rhintel, with
the town of- St. Goou, the only
place remaining to the empire, bt
fides Mayence, in that part of
Germany, on the left of the bink
of the Rhine, had also been aban
doned to the French forces; To
this communication he added—
“ The Committeebf Public Safety
is at this moment employed about
an important operation* but so se
cret that it is obliged to avoid any
explanation that might tend to the
least conje&ure of its object g®
therefore begs the Convention to I
aurhorife it to name two Repre
dntativts oft the People, charged
with inftru&ions for this opera*
tibh ; the Committee flattering it
felf (hat it will not be tefofed this
mark of confidence.” The Con^
vention accordingly granted the
request to the two Committees,
and permitted it to choose Rjepre
fentatives to direct This important
enterprize- The fecrer, * which
covers both t^bbjed arid nature
bf it, teems to prove, ’ th^fellas
ho connexion with another expe*
dttion which is hlfd in pfepafackm*
viz. the recaptme of f Coffica.—
fevery thing is preparing as Tbu
ton for that purpdle f Mhd the‘hteft
Triers l annddncei that ihrthe Comte
of a month, >h armaihetrt, Wmg
on board to s ,bob' fend fbf^,
^prieef by a fleet bf 14" Tad bf tbt
lihe, in£tudittg tfie fduadroh Which
the ^ngiifh and SpWdsTi^
long blocked up ip Golph bf
St. Juan. Brbard, bn die yfh,
announced iq tfip Cb^emfo^^ i
the abqve djvifion, Which rhe eh
emy cbuld hot attack at ItT Mn-
B age. had rCrurqed td Toblon, »
ott Having
or Spanilh (hip- - The wbrks eon- |
tinge Iff SfeC .WiA so mud ar- j
r»§ie
williurniffiby next!
‘‘iptwa^ W bi 'the ' Knei of |
which number, 6 are ofuo^uns.
Wee AdWal •
Tw'iiiv, had been ivfea''fee so
^oays, confiftlng of 6 fiit of the
pbfed of qjqe Imp no guns*; two
of 8b and fix of 74( had received j
orders to put oq b’oMfd provisions
for fix months, fend td*be ready!
ing. The convey tor the Antil
t{|eß,4w^ re^y 10 iffl wUh
. fair wipd. oon^«igpf^Hercu-t
- IW.,^ ,0 ftMM, fouairiggui.-andi
fomcotber Air? s oi
tranfopy;s, h»vjng ghjP?*™ ‘*«i
battalions with field pieces, one
. pfAele bati-liooikw jams
(^edof b^, .
'■ ,»■ ^5 * ■ ’’ * . ** * * ■
M Head Quarter*, before Maeftnchr,
15th November.
*• JouROANj Commader fn Qbief^f
the Cambre and Meufe^ io the
Members composing the Committee
I' f of Public Safety,
“ CITIZEN REPRESENTATIVES.
« offend Citizen Ducheison,
iny Adjunant General, to inform
i you, that Maeftricht, capitulated
last night. The garrison will go
out the ' ;th, with the honors of
war. The troops laydown their
arms on the glacis—they surrender
themtelves prisoners of war—
they will be conducted (0 the fir ft
posts of the enemy^ and are not
CO bear arms against the Republic
^ntil they Ihall be exchanged.
JOURDAN”
. mlffionerf ; <il^ go out with this
*^qvoy; wJ^Uhlwdl be escorted by
>fodie of tie of a certain Uti
turfe. The letters from Brest,
thtfe particulars,
also inform Us, that a great num
ber of prizes are daiiv brought in
■■ theti as-—well as to the neigh
• baring ports ; that the fligare
^iQubuflier among others, is re~
“^u'rntd from Newfoundland *where
it has funk 28 English veflels and
j mMde ii'd; her captures, among
which, 1 is a Spanish brigantihe,
carrying io guns’, of confiderabie
value. There are also reports
that at Dunkirk and' Offend/Ihey
i are buly abbbe the armament for
which a great number of vefltls
were aflembled in the months of
July and’A'Uguft last.
talive of ihe'People, with the army
of the Eajiern PyrenneSj(in Catalo*
nia) gave an account of an abtion
with the Spaniards on the ^tb^ of
November i The right wing of the
enemy4ook their campi artillery,bag
gage, and 1008 prisoners. A corps
of French Emigrants were put to the
Jword^' right wing of the
Spaniards maintained its ground,and
the centre was not. attacked. Du*
gommier^be Commander in Chief of
she French armywas killed by a
fhellon i height where be had taken
post to (tirebi the operations of bis
troops. > ■ •’ k : ’ > ■ f ■'
The name of General Dagommier
wits ordered to be iuferibed in the
Pantheon among tbofe of the Defen
ders of their Country, and bis family
bo provided for at the public
charge. ? ’■ - - ;
* 'On rhe itth, * letter from the
Reprefentatives> of the People with
^the army of the Eastern Pyrennes,
dated Nov.- ioth^ mmotenced uno
‘tFeP viElory oyer the: Spaniards.
Their redoubts and entreriibments
luseH carried by the bayonet ibeir
^wbole artillery baggage ahd camps
l idttrte«rs f(^ more than 50,000
^tr taken. ’ The Jitter is Jaid io
%sve been dreadful but the letter;
^ng horittenfrom the field of bdt
tk. could not be^expeaed to give the
^ails.' ' ।
•- in i ll 1 '- vt - 1 ■' '^"<l •
■; ENGLAND.
-2^ U
LONDON Nov. i 8?
T reaty with the united* states *
In the midst of ouTprefent embarraf
mentsTt mSlltCwi fetisladion to our
StommbfiAr l to be inarmed, that ibn
Victory over the Spaniards.
PARIS, NOV. 30.
A letter from Delbert, Reprefen-
IFeftminfter, Dec. 3d.
THIS W his Majesty came
to the Hunte of Peers, and
being in his Rpyal Robes, feared
on the Throne with the ulual
solemnity, Sir Francis Molyneux,
Gentleman .Other of the Black
Rod, < was tent with a meflage
from bis Majesty to (he House of
Commons, commanding their at
tendance in the Houte of Peers;
JThe Commons being come thith
er accordingly, his Majesty was
pleated tq make the following
Moji Gracious Spetcb"
.* t" ' iM'V ^,,'.5,;- AU, '• ,V -•»>
your energy and wifdom*
Notwithftandiag thedifappomt
-2 meats and reverses which we have
experienced in the course of the
last campaign»M : retail a firm
I conviction of the necessity of
ptrfiftihg in a vigorous profecu*
The posts uhkh hive teen retained hr
the Britifli, fir.ee the last treaty of perce.
are to be restored to the Americana id
eighteen months.
A cctnmercial interconrTe is to take place
between America and the Britilh Weft-
Indiev, at » tow duty on tonnage.
- And the important question whether
neutral bottonta make free (hips is to be re
ferred to CommUfionera. who are to make
their report at the end of two years.
Noy. 25. Yesterday arrived the Mail
from HolUod ; and also a fervantfrom His
Rcya) Highness the Dike of York, with
difpttches to government. He left the
Head-Quarters at Arnheim on Friday L|ft.
’ The news received yesterday, is of very
confiderabie importance. Wi learn that
a Trace his been fignid between (he -Duku
of Yorkand the French General, command
ing on the Waal, that their troops Ihould
not moieft each o her-^and in conleqcecte
of this agreement, both atmies are prepar
ing to go into winter-quarters.
The news Fom France is not less inter
esting, ind wind that the Moderate Part/
his just obtained another vidory over that
of Terror. The Convention has p-fled s
decree, permitting fnch ^migrents a$ hive
not borhe arms against the Republic, to
return to their peflefiion in France j and
peaceaHy to re-aflame their former polef
fions- This theafare is the best striking
proof we have yet had of the progress of
moderation in that country ; and the ad
vancement of the French re volution towards
lome fort of regular gcvrtnmen*.
We anderftand that Mr^ JAY is about to
set out. from this country, to Paris', on busi
ness of tefy great importance to this king
dom, and to all Europe. . A . , .
January 2.
The refuk of the deliberation
of the Germanic Diet of rhe sth
instant, Concerning the propofi
tioris for Peace made by the Elcc
‘(or of Mentz »s* that the majority
have acceded to chose propofnions.
Fifty-teven votes are exprefely for
a peace j ten propoted the media
tion of Sweden and Denmark ;
thirty fix propoted that of the King
ofPrufffa ; and thirty Deputies,
for want of inftrudion* did noc
vote on that day. The Hanove
rian Minifteri Baron O'mpted,
declared, that as such propositions
ought td proceed from his Impe
rial Majesty, and hot from -the
Ele&or of Mentz and the pretenr
drcumffaoces, infteadof pacifica
tory meafures* imperiously de
manded the most vigorous prote
cuciou of the war, his Court could
neither content nor accede to the
above prdpofirions for peace.
My Lords and Gentkme^
»After Ahe Uniform experience
which I have'had of your zeal
ous regard for the interests of
my people, It is a great fad*-
fa&ion to me to recur to your -d
--vice and afliftance at a period
which calls for the full exertion of
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