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FRANCE.
PARIS, TUESDAY, AUG. 27
■ Letter from tbs Procurer General Syndic es the
Department of the.Eaflern Py rennets,
/ Dated'Perpignan, Aug, 2.
'‘/CITIZEN Representatives, the Span-
V_> iards cantoned at Milas, patted the
rivtr Tei, to the amount of from two to three
thousand, one third or more ot whom w^rc
, cavalry, to furpiife our advanced ports bf
r Corneille. Our force in that part, at the ut
most, dpes not exceed 560,11110. They had
taken l<o pieces of artillery and a howitzer ;
but a detachment from the fixih batrallion of
I’Aude, commaHdeed by the brave Dege an,
force ch^^eurs of the Pyrennees headed by De.
n>ilie, and a detachment from the 27. h regi
' ’ment of hprlf, attacked them with, fabire and
bayonet, them to flight, ?nd recovered
our poflis-and bur artillery, which they turned
upon jthe rhodomontade Csllilians, "and eaufed
many 01 them while the d.uft. The river was
their grav?. ’We have_^ad pnfy one volunteer
‘'killed, and ttvelye t^obrided ; about thirty meh
of the free Company of Pali's ire miffing, ahd
we know not whether they have been furround
*ed by the enemy, or have fled to th? moun
tain : further accounts on. that head are ex
pe&ed. This action, though no more than a
(kirmilh, does the greateff honour to our
troops : 500 Republican? repulsed 3000 Span
iards ; we have preserved our position, and ex
ped them with a firm countenance. The sus
pension of General Fieri produced no emotion.'
: Barbantive behaved well on the fcftival of uni y
and indivisibility : he addrefled the troops in
the language of a Republican. Should he
fight as well as he speaks, which we hope, we
shall foon'have good news to fend you ; espe
cially, if we receive the promised reinforce
ments.
(Signed) “lucia/
•( . t
expiz, aug, 10. lam very sorry to tell
you, ihat ths Spaniards have beeh completely
defeat d bot*h in Rouffilw and Nivarre.
The General Don Ventura Caro had been
made prisoner by ißc French, but a Captain
upwards of roo—fifly of which were buried
in Potter’s fields. Saturday and Monday 29
were buried there ; but yesterday the num
ber was greedy dimimfhed thro’ the city—
Only four were buried from the bofpital, and
three carried thither—whereas the number of
dead there has been from 12 to 20 per day,
for more than 5 weeks past ; and the number
carried thither the last week, amounted to 30
a day for fever-1 days. We confider the. state
of matters ar the hospital, as a criterion to
judge of the flare of the disorder in the city
generally. You fee that the change is won~
derful; God grant that it may be permanent
—the weather is now fine.
“ A return has been made to the Commit
tee, of the number which had died since the
Ift Aoguft to the j 4th October, it amounts to
2590, This return was received from the
g.avc-di^gers and sextons ; but I am inform
ed, that an account taken by a perfoa appoin
ted for the purpose, of the number of citizens
who’ve left the city, of those who remain, and
of those who have died, makes the latter co
exceed 3000 ; perhaps the firft account refers
to <he number which are flipped to have di
ed of the epidemic ; and the latter, to those
who have died of every species of disease.”
We hear from Philadelphia, that several of
its wretched inhabitants have died alone with
out any ajf)iance~ One gentleman, a franger,
who haa taktn many precautions to avoid the
fever, was Jeized with it on the read Joon aftr
he left the city. His companions left him, t/^e
country people were a/rata to take him into taeir
bifes, and he .ted in a barn.
At the dale of our lad accounts, the
city of New York, was free from ma
lignant difeajes —and we are happy to
announce that juch is the Jituation of
this metrepohs. Thanks to the care and
exertions of our municipal Fathers, and
the InfpeUor of the Police
¥he city of Edtngburg, in Sco .land,
has petitioned the King of Great Britan,
for Peace with the French
The Grand Jury of this DifiriEKhave
found bills of indibiment, againjt Mejfrs-
Nutting, and others. Their trial has
not yet come on.
NEW-YCRK,OCTOBER Is.
By advices per last mail from Cana
da,'as late as 191 bof September, we
have confident intelligence, that Gen.
G alb aud had been ft opt at the Fort at
St. John's by Col. Gordon, commander
thereof, and imprisoned there until the
Governor's pleasure is known. •
Victory of the French over the
Spaniards.
Ifateji European. Intelligence.
By la/i Evening s Mail.
PARIS, AUG. 29.
Gen. CUST INE.
The evidence and argument of the trial of
Cufline, were concluded on the 27th, laic in
the evening.
The public accuser and the prisoner’s co tin.
cil having made their remarks, the President
of the Tribunal fla ed the following queflions
lor the consideration of the Jury :
1. “ Have there been, during the present
war, criminal manoeuvres and correspondence
with the enemies of the Republic, tending to
facilitate their entrance in o cur territory, and
to deliver up to them our places of strength, ci*
ties, magazines, and arsenals ?
2. “ Is it proved that in consequence cf such
correfponderce, the cities of Frankfort, Menz,
Conde and Valenciennes have fallen into the
hands of the enemy ?
3. tl Is 4dam Philip Cufline, late General of
the North and the Ardennes, convifled of ha
ving co operated in these manoeuvres and cor
.relpcndence v
To all these queflions the Jury found in the
affirmative ; and the publicacculer being heard
on the application of the law, the •Tnt>unal
passed the following fentertee :
“.ddam Philip Cufline,\\ condemned todeyh,
and confifcation of property for the benefit of
the Republic. The lenience of death (hall be
executed, i'n the Place of the Revolution, be
tween ten’and eleven o’clock in the morning
(of the 28th,) read, printed, and polled up,
wherever it (ball leem proper.”
The President called upon the Prisoner to fay
if he had any objection to make to the applies- .
tion of the law ?
Cufline anlwered—“ I have no defenders,
they have disappeared ; and my conscience
makes me no reproach ; 1 die innocent?*
The people heard the fencence with loud ap
plaute. •
On the evening of the 27th, after sentence
was pitted, Brocket, one of the Jury,announced
in the Club of the Cordeliers, that thb trial of
Cufiine was terminated as the people wiffied it
to be terminated :—a torrent of applause pie
vented him from stating that Cufline was con
demned to death.
u We debated fcr a long time,” added Bro
cket, “ but it wrs impossible to persuade three
of the Jury that'C^m was guilty.”
Cufline was brought to the place of execu
tion on Ihe morning of the 28th, where he
(hewed neither the calm resignation of con
feious innocence, nor the indignant firmnefs
that men of proud spirits who have no such
cCnfolaiion, (übftitute for it. He kitted the
crucifix, embraced his Gonfefibrs, herttated,
u(ed every artifice to gain a few minutes longer >
time, and at last was brought 'to* the guillotine
by force, ———
Particulars re [petting the Interior
o/’France.
Measures are faking, for putting
into prompt the decree of the
Convention, declaring all France
to be in a state of siege, All the
workmen in iron, Reel, brass, lead,
and wood, are declared under the or
ders of the Minister at War—and all
the fait-petre and gun-powder to be
at*bis difpofnion. - ' >
auo. 29. The Royalists in la Ven
dee, are in a great measure subdued
of a regiment composed of fmogglers refened
the General from the hands of the enemy and
then reproached him in severe terms with hav
ing facrifiled,by his ignorance and incapacity,
the excellent troops ehtrulled to his com
mand. —
Brussels, august 18. Accounts have
been received here, that yesterday Prince Hob
enloe gained a considerable advantage over the
French, and completely drove them from their
posts in the' sorest of Mormal; The French
loft or- this occasion near 500 mtn killed and
woudded, and 200 prifoners:—Their comman
der was among the former, and two Colonels,
with several ether officers of rank, were a
mengft the latter. The loss of the Auftrian®
did not exceed 60 men killed and wounded.
The Auflrians have teken pofleffion ofßarla
mont, Johmetz. Lcqdgnol, and Hecks, and
are preparing for the immediate siege of Le
Queinby.
cologne, aug I<s. It is aflured that tie
King oi Prussia has given orders for 25 coo
frefh troops to march to the .berders of the
Rhine. It is also said, that the Duke of Bruns
wick will engage eooo of his troops in the ser
vice of the Emperor and the Empire.
Turin, july 31. Cn the 29th inflant the
French renewed their attempts to dislodge the
Sardinian troops from the posts of L’Auchion
and .the Col de Rous —They marched, at
break of day,in three column 1 , against both the
Sardinian camps after a brisk carftonade from
their batteries on the heights, but without t!-
fed. The F encb were repulsed on all fide.',
and completely defeated, and were pursued by
several detachments of the Sardinian troops
quite to their entrenchments at Belvedere. The
adtion lasted five hours at Auction, and seven
on the fide of Rous. The loss of the French
amounted to 500 meh' killed. Or the King’s
troops only a few were wounded, and none
killed*
—6oco of them have been destroy
ed in one ad ion.
In the Pas dc-Calais, a counter-re
volution lately broke out; but the
National Guards have marched a
gainst the rebels and dispersed them.
LEONS.
The South ft ill continues in a state
of the most dangerous infurredion.
—The city ot Lyons was made the
centre of the Infargencs—and the
Commiflioner Crance, ordered the
National Guards, and part of the ar
my of the Alps, under Gen. Keller
man, to march against that city ; and
summoned it to a contribution of ten
millions of livres, and the heads of
answer was, “ that all the prisoners of
- the Regecide army (hould be accountable
fcr the least ’violence committed against
the LyonefeF Great preparations'
were made to defend the city ; four
millions, in specie, was fubferibed to
pay the soldiers. .Two hundred piec
es of cannon were mounted on the
ramparts, and on the neighbouring
heights; and M. de Piefly, appointed
commander. Several, attacks have
been made on the city, by the army
of the Republic—the last of whkh is
narrated in the following letter from
the Commiflioner, dated the 25th.
. “ Our fire commenced yesterday,
at four in the afternoon. The gate
of Sr. Clair was soon burned The
bombardment was redoubled about
ten o’clock. Ac midnight, an im-
with the dead bodies of the rebels.
Thev attempted a sally by one of the
gates, but the National guard of
Grenoble repulsed them, and drove
them back into the town. We have
loft very few men.’ Our killed are
only 26. Among the dead of the
rebels are found a number of ci-de
vant Nobles and Priests.
arrack began j it was terrible. More
than once the bayonets of rhe ailail
ants and defendants met point to
point. The poll of la Croix Rouge
was carried. General Dumoy, hav
ing pushed forward at the, head of the
advanced guard, received a (hot thro’
his clothes. The ground was heaped
ENGLAND.
London aug. 23. Os America’s hostile
intentions we are frill cold—of the real fad, at
the fame time, we know as little as when we
fir ft had occasion to notice the alarm.
aug. 26. A large train of artillery, com
prising nearly ico pieces of large cannon is
preparing at Woolwich, and will accompany
the next detachment of troops to. the Conti
nent. > c .
.111,11 1 >■ 1 1 "W. iiw—
’AMRRICAN intelligence.
- Elizabeth town, oct. 16. While ma
ny (cienufic speculators are searching for the
natural caufeof the pestilential difordet in Phi
ladelphia, we beg leave to remind them, That
Nature is God's handmaid—^*
Fate his commiffioner^
Time his inftrument^and
Death his executioner.
ALBANY, Oftobery.
The follovo'ng atcount of thtfirt which happened
in Lanfingburgh, on Saturday lafl, was han
ded us by a gentleman of that loun.
On Saturday lift, about one o’clock in the
afternoon, a fire broke out in thia place, at a
back store occupied by Robert White—the
wind being tery high, the fire, for a while,
baffled every exertion of the citizens of thia
town and those from Troy, Waterford, and the
country, who kindly came to our assistance, Sc
to whom the dtifcens of Lanfingburgh feel
themselves particularly indebted for their hu~
mane cxeitionL-' Several times the fire seem
» 9 • . • .4- .. -—-
The magazines, the quarter of la Sa
one, and three considerable Rreets,
are now heaps of ruins. The loss of
the Lyonefe is computed at two hun
dred millions of livres. Next day
in the afternoon, we sent a trumpet
with a letter addrefied to the people
of Lyons. We gave them three hours
to confider of their answer, threatning
a new attack if they refuted to sub-
one hundred of its inhabitants —The
menfe conflagration was evident.-—
mir. No answer was returned •, the
DIED}—At Portimouth,Mr. Supply Jackfan,
JEt. 21, ion of Mr Richard Jackson.
—At Newbury-Port, Mr. Nathaniel Balch,
Mrs. Elizabeth Lerwey, Mrs. Metre, Mils hie
well, Mt. ,
i—Ac Dartmouth, Mr. Samuel Smith, a wor
thy and oleful character.
—ln thia town, in a sudden and awful man
ner, NlxJßenjamitkGravet, Mt, about 70.
A Clergyman in rhe weft of England walks
very little 4horr °€3 ooo miles in the course
of a year ; perforins all the parochial duties;
and teaches all the children in the parilh ; for
all which Cervices he receives 201. per ann.
and bis dinner I This laborious Minister, in
compliance with his Diocefan’s letter, lately
preached a sermon, to excite the charity of his
congregation towards the Emigrant French
Clergy. The colledionj it may well be sup
posed, did not amount to a large sum It
was sixteen pence, including his own contribu
tion I
The Duke of York, we are tol.d, like ano
ther Charles of, Sweden, repefes himfelf in
his boots on the floor of a guardroom; with a
portmanteau for his pillow,
-• ’ \ I 4 *■ ' ■ •* •
have hopes that health, and a degree
of happiness, will again be restored
to our Citizens, k is computed,
that upwards of 4000 inhabitants have
fell victims to this relentless fever—
no age, sex, or condition have been
exempt —the robust have fuffered
mo st.—Every thing wears a gloomy
appearance —Houles deterted. Stores
ihut up, Vettels lying at the wharves,
loaded^and unloaded, and seemingly
the care of nobody—even the Cullom
house officers refufe or nrgleft to do
their duty on board the few vcttels
difeharging cargoes.—Nothing is per
mitted jo go into the country, con
tequently there can be no fates of
Merchandize; and proteftmg at the
several banks, speaks ruin to many
that were formerly substantial dealers.
Twenty years will not restore the trade
and flouriffiing circumstances of the
people here, the last year ; but 1 will
not anticipate, the distress of the mo
ment is more than enough. 1 ’
There are other letters in town from
Philadelphia, dated the 19th, which
corroborate the above, and add many
favourable circumstances of the abate
ment of the epidemic.
spread ruin, and covered sur beauti
ful city with sack-cloth, is,blefled be
God, mitigating.—To day we have
comparatively few dead, both in and
out of the Hospital, and should the
weather continue cool, and frefly, I
Jacobin Dispatch .—We are told in a
Jacobin print, that the Americans, at 6 hours
notice, can equip and put to sea 200 Veflels,
from 20 to 40 guns 1— Erratum —For at 6
hours, read at ftx yea s notice. .
[Quere—C an Britain in SIXTY years equip
—put to Tea, and pay for this number ?]
FROM PPIILAD. Ooi. 17.-
“ I am now happy that the time is
come that admits of the long wished
for facial intercourse of friends—a-
ted distress I have health and Ipirits
to address you. The diforderthat has
midst fccnes of death and compiica-
ed to threaten the whole town with deftruc
tion—but, about 4 o’clock, the wind, by kind-
Providence, was lulled considerably, and be
came more steady in its direflioo ; this ena-*
bled the citizens to apply their exertions, to a
better advantage, and in a ftiort time the fire
was extinguished.—By this unfortunate event,
nearly all the inhabitants of the town have
fuffered considerably j but more materially the
merchants and inhabitants of King Street, ma
ny of their goods were burned, and others near
ly rmned by a ptecipitate removal.About
14 buildings have been demolished in the con
flagration.- During the fire, we could, with
heart felt gratitude, view feme of our fellow
citizens performing great exertions for extin
guishing the slimes, while we we;e obliged to
behold others, (a cifgrace to humanity !) walk
ing about with folded arms, with as much
compefure as if colleded round an occasional
bonfire.—lt is most since ely to be regretted—
that during this feene of ruin and djflreis, a
number of wretches, brutal as savages, were
pilfering and carrying off the property of the
unfortunate Tuflerers.
EXETER,
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29.
BOSTbN, OCT. 2C.
BRITISH GASCONADE.