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: id three of the in oil eminent
/ Metthart* of this city have pat an end to
their exillence, aker’beiag reduced from af
fluence to beggary and want. — There has
allo several bank* flopped payment ; the
Chepftow bank (a city in Wales) has flop
ped ; and yoa cannot get calh tor even a
five guinea note ; and there seems to be
no confidence from man to man.”
each fide is, as ufoal variously reported ;
the highest make the killed amount to above
5000, on both sides.
“ We ha«e much intelligence here of ri
ots, plots of counter-revolutions,-and infur
reXions in France.; many ot them too ri
diculous to deceive even,a dupe to the fa
mous bottle conjuror’s (chejne. I believe
there has been some discontents at Lyons,
anfmg inßritany,and in a few,o-her places ;
but they excite but little apprehension in
the Convention ; whole intrepidity and
firmnefs increafein proportion to the danger*
which surround them.
“ BuSnefs here has fuffered a great de-
Targement from the almost innumerable
bankruptcies, that daily take place. The
houles here which have failed are laid to
be minus Two Millions sterling- ■ ■■ By the
London Gazette you will fee that the in
feXion has reached Liverpool, Briitoi, and
several other places—to the irretrievable
deftruXion o* many small houses. AsMeffrs.
Lane, Son and Frazier have very consider
able connexions io America, ’ shall submit
to you the propriety of publishing the fol
lowing adverti'ement, which appeared in
the papers of this day, viz. All persons
holding Bills or N ites, drawn, accepted,
or endorled by the house of Lane, Son,and
Frazier; and all persons having demands
on the said house, are requested to fend
he full particulars of such Bills, Notes.and
demands relpeXively, to A. and J. Wes
ton No 31, Fenchurch-ftieet.”
“ Rely on my afliduity to give you cor
reX information. Opinions and conjectures
1 shall be {paring or.”
BOSTON, May 8.
YOU will perceive by the papers how
extremely difficult it is to obtain the truth
reipefling the affairs of the Continent.
That the campaign has opened bloodily
cannot ne doubted 1 There have been sev
eral general engagements : I f*V, general,
from the great numbers engaged, and the
slaughter which ensued. The firlt was
early in the mon:h, the most cor re fl parti
culars of wh;ch I have before detailed —
The fecund w^s on the i6ih,r7th and ißih
of March—The two fiift days were not
Rained with much blod, as the combined
forces retreated to take advantage of the
ground : On the 18 h the F ench gave
battle with great spirit—The combined
force', received them with firmnefs, and
the contest for 11 hours was doubtful. - At
]e gth viflory declared in favor of the Au
itrians. I have seen the Aulbian official
accounts of this aflron. That of the Prince
Saxe Cob'URG is the cocdeft, and moll
impartial—by that you will fee,the French
only retreated to their firft position. The
slaughter mull have been considerable on
bo h sides. I will not mention numbers,
as I really suppose they have not yet been
rightly ascertained. The latter was on the
22 i of M rch, between the advance guard
of the Auflrijin and French armies, near
Louvain—The.accounts of it were receiv
ed here,on the 26th—and wee contradifl
ed in the Morning Chronicle of the 27th,
and in fevera) other papers: On the 29 h
the accounts were renewed ; and on the 30th
it was pub ifhed here by authority. So
the event may be relied on—the loss on
BxtraEl of a letter from the Commander of
the American Ship Commerce lately loft
on the coast of Arabia. datedMufcat, x^th
August, 1792.
“ ON the 24th of April last, I took
command of the bh ; p Commerce, then in
Madrafs roadsand bound for Bombay. We
sttempted at fitft, to gain a paflage. along
the coast of Malabar, but finding that im
praXicable, ftrerehed to the southward, and
eroded the equator as far to the westward
as was conformable tO our direXions. We
then stood to the northward with such «
continued series of cloudy weather, that
intervals of 5 and 6 days (bmetimes palled
■without observations, when at length, to
our great aftbnifhment, we found ourselves
to the eafttvard ol the Maldives, made the
Malabar coast in 10 degrees, lat. 600 milies
east ot our longitude, as per account.
« The wind still unfavourable, induced
us to pulh a fecund time for a southern
raffage ; —and run as far as 62 deg. east,
(London) but as we could not affertaih by
Azimuth more than three deg. variation,
we still supposed that the current had swept
is some deg. to the eastward. Under this
im pre flion after We hid passed the parallel
of the north extremity of the Lacadives—
fleered north north-east, and on the loch of
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Original Correspondence.
SHIP WRECK.
LONDON, APRIL 3.
French National Convention.
Monday, March 18.
THE President of the Dire&ory of the Polls
announced to the Convention,that the cour
rier from Nantz was not yet arrived ; and that
information had been brought, last night, by an
express from Brest, that the communication be-.
tween Nantz and Angres, was interrupted by
bodies of armed men and counter-revolmlonifts,
who appeared to be in great force.
A Member announced, that the Department
of Pas-deCalais was a prey to the fame commo
tions; that the Counter-revolutionists were re
doubling their efforts ; and that two of the Cdm
niilßoners had been infultcd in the most auda
cious manner.
S
July, about midn^ht got ground in 30 fa
thoms, then in las. 17. 30. under the firm
aflnrance of being on the Malabar coaft«—
and hauled up north Borth-werf for Bom
bay. 1 was upon deck until 2 o’clock A;
M. and went dowg to the Cabin for a cou
ple of hours rest, defiritlg to be called, at
four—and ordered the lead to be hove tv
ery half hour during the interval. At a
quarter before four, J heard the ship strike,
and before I could get upon deck ffie was
hard and faft among the rocks, and to our
surprise and sorrow, found ourlelveson the
coast of Arabia,fomethmg to the northward
of Cape Chancely.
« The rudder soon gave way, we carried
out notwithstanding an anchor,and all poi
fible means to get her off but to no pur
pose, for soon alter ihe bilged and filled—
we then hoisted out the boats, and went
towards the shore, not being more than
two miles distant.
“ The Savages came down but appeared
so anxi us to have us on shore, that we
mistrusted some bad intention, and did not
land ; on reporting this to the owners on
m» return, ( woof whom were in the
ship) it was concluded cn to take to Jhe
boat’* and try he paflage by sea for Mus
cat, the three boats taking us ail with great
ease : The wind also was fair and mode
rate and the water Imooth, the whole c ew
confitted of twenty whites and thirteen
blackmen. We failed along shore all the
next day, but at night aw Breakers that
were judged impossible to weather; and an
chored in 12 fathoms. Be*ore day there a
rose so heavy a Iwell, that we were obliged
to lighten the boats ; and at cay break
came on a hard gale of wind With a
sea so confuted and dangerous, that we had
no other alternative, but to cut and run
ashore, though at the imminent rifle of
our lives, from the high and broken furf ;
the long b at a d no fill until (he was near
ftrikingon the land ; the pinnace went o.
ver stern foremoft, bes xe she was fairlv
in the lurf, and had three men drowned—•
all got fafe on shore from the long boat—
the yawl 1 had cut adrift in the night and
taken the men out
“ The barbarous treatment we met with
from the Arabs, the dreadful precipices we
had to mount and descend, the gloomy de
lerts to cross, the torments of bare feet,
sharp rocks and thorns, scorching lun, hun
ger, thirst, and fatigue incessant, we e lech,
that the ftrongelt pushed forward, and
felf-prelervation overcame fenfimhty tor
thole left behind ; many of whom mu,lt
have fallen viX ms to this fatal and toil
some journey,never before exceeded in iw
fery, if we except the unfortunate outcalts
of ship Grofvenojr
“ 1 arrived at Muscat with five white
riien, and one black, in a weak and frkly
condition. The two owner .Mcffrs, Rob
ert. Williams and Nathaniel Sea
vbr, with the other whites, I much rear
will never more be heard of. The blacks
Hand a better chance, as they were*in gen
eral treated by the natives with Jess cru
elty.
European Intelligence.
By Yesterday’s Mail.
A COUNTER RESOLUTION BEGUN
in FRANCE-
“ Niort, March 15. •
V Our department, and that of Vendee, are a
prey to the ravages of a great number of banditti
and counter-revdutionifts. Chalet, destroyed by
fire, presents nothing but a heap of ashes. Our
situation is most dismal. The success of the in
surgents has been rapid, and we are in want of
arms and ammunition.
“ The danger is urgent —we request afliftanee.
The bearer 6f this letter will give l you farther
accounts, which want of time will not permit tis
to detail.”
To this letter was subjoined another from the
Municipal Officers of Chatillon, corroborating
the fame faXs—and dating befidrs, that the in
“We hat) just time to get a few cloaths
and provisions out o> the water, and ereX a
tent, when the lavages came down armed,
and plundered us of every thing, except
such limple covering to each, as appeared
to them not worth taking. Notwiihilan
ding their booty was very valuab e, thev
most inhumanly drove us off, in the moll
forlorn plight.— Without provilions, fire
work, water, and haltnaked, we set for
ward on the land passage for Muscat,
through the mod dreary and dilmal coun
try every trodden by human foorfteps.
Letter from the Administrators of the Department
Des Deux Sevres.
Sr^W.by Captain JOHNSTON ”
“To Arms, Citizens, to Arms ! If you de Jay
all is loft! A great part of the republc is over
runs : Aix-la-Chappellc, Liege, Brussels, must
be in the pofTeffon of the enemy ; the heavy ar
tillery, die baggage, the treasure of the army,
are retreating with precipitation to Valencien
nes, the only place that can Hop the enemy for
a moment. What cannot follow will be thrown
into the Meuse. Dunourier is making conquests
in Holland, but if not supported by conlidcra
ble forces, Dunourier, and with him the flower
of the French armies, may be swallowed up.
“ Parisians ! behold the greatness of the
danger ; Will you pennit the enemy again to
lay waste the land of Liberty, and burn your
towns and Vilag's ?
furgents, after cutting to a small body of
National Guards,together with_theh Command
ant, had got-poffeflion of seven pieces of can
non and a quantity of arms.
Letter from Leonard Bourbon, one of the
National Commissioners to Loi ret.
“ I allo have (bed my blood for my country.
—New Paris’s, to the number of more than 30
rushed upon me, threw me down, surrounded
with their bayonets, and wounded me in the
head, one arm, and the lower part of my belly.
I had the good fortune to avoid other blows,
and am indebted for my life to the Com
mandant of the Guard, who made his body a
rampart to protest tne.
“ When I entered into the hall of the Hotel
de Ville, I was again threatened, and luckily
refeued from the dangers of the afTaflms. lam
afraid the resent ment of the Sans Culottes
will occasion some disturbance to-morrow. The
Adminiffrative bodies are going to set on fool a
rigorous piofecution againit the authors of this
atrocious deed.”
A letter from the Administrative bodies of the
city of Orleans was ready giving a Ihort account
of the fame fads.
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Letter from the Adminf rotors of La Vendee.
Fontcnay, March 15.
“ Being informed that a great, number of
tounter-revolutionifts were alfembled together,
we called forth the NationalGuardsof the neigh
borhood, and ordered them to march agamft
them.. Citizen Galet, one of us, placed him
felf at their h. ad. attacked a body of the rebels,
and completely dispersed them.
“ Other bodies of rebels are colle&ed in the
diftriits of Montaigne and la Roche fur-Yon.
They are in great force, and our troops have
been obliged to retire. Thecounter-revolution
iifs are commanded by emigrants. They wore
white caps—(hout out five le Roi! and fay that
they a6t in name of the Regent nf France.
“ We are under the grrateß alarm here, and
shall continue to be so, if we do not receive af
fißance and troops from Gen. Mace. It is said
that a great number of rebels are alfembled be
tween Machequil and Nantz—and a report is
even circulated that the latter city is in their
possession.”
Ihe administrators of the department of
Maine and Loir announced that frequent ren
counters took place between the insurgents and
patriots in that part of the Republic. I’hey said
that much blood had been shed, and that all tiie
patriots whom the inlurgents found alone were
maflacrcd. '
A letter from the Minister of War informed
the convention that Gen. Vertuil was march
'ing agamlt tne inlurgents, as well as Gen. Mace,
who had under his command 2250 men, with
4 field pieces. He added, that Gen. Labour
donnay had received orders to colled 12 or 15
battalions, with time artillery.
The fitting terminated with the following
decree :
That every citizen who shall meet a citizen,
whom fie may lulpeft to belong to the class of
the emigrants, shall be bound to arrest him,and
to condutb him to prison, that he may be tried
and condemned to the fcaliold within twenty
four hours.
“ Parisians ! it is against you in particu
•lar this abominable war is dirt&ed, it is your
wives and children that are to be maflacred, it
is Paris that is to be reduced to afbes; recolleft
that the insolent Brnrfwick has sworn not to
leave one stone upon another. .
“ Parisians ! once more lave the Common
wealth, give an example once more, ar re,
arm, march, and these band of slaves will again
give way before you.
“ It is necessary to make a great effort, a
terrible stroke, a last blow ! This campaign
must decide the fate of the world : we mull
dismay, we must exterminate Kings ! Men of
the 141 bof July, of the 9th of October ; men
of the 10th of August, awaken.
“ Your brethren, your children, pursued by
the enemy, surrounded, perhaps, call to you !
Your brethren, your children massacred on the
ic^h of August, on the plains of Champagne,
under the fmoaking ruins of Lisle ; your breth
ren (lain at Genappe—-arife I—they mull be re
venged !
“ Let all the arms be carried into the feftions
—let every citizen meet there —let us* swear to
save our country —let us save it. Misfortune
alight on him who shall helitate. Let to-mor
row thoufandi of men leave Faris. I his is the
deadly combat between men and Kings, be
tween bondage and liberty 1
PACHE, Mayor.
columbeau, Secretary.
PHILA.DELPHIA.May i.
The Governour this Commonwealth has
ifiued two pioch^ations ; One, corrober
stive of that iffned hv the supreme execu
tive'of the' United Stater—declarative of
the neutrality pf the General Government
in (he p relent wan j the other refpedihg
the treaty shortly to be held with the hoi
tile Indiant—interdi&ing and prohibiting
any hcftilc incuifiona into thelndiancoun
Captains Roberts and Dickirfon, of the
federal troops, a>rived here yelierday,from
ihe Rock Landing. The Indians have
discovered no inclination for hostilities in
that quarter, but c nn the contrary, arc very
peaceable and friendly.
PROCLAM H ION,
CHARLESTON, April 20.1
AY THE COMMUNE OF PARIS.
American Advices.
Gjv. WsNrwußiH, of Novct.Scotia,
has iHucd his Proclamation, announcing
the etc a atron of war, by France, against
the King of Great Bria n ; and making
km wu the fame, “ that his M Jetty’s fub
jec’» having this notice may take care on
tne one hand, to prevent any mifchief
which otherwise they might luffer from
the French, and on the other, may da
their uttnott in their fevera! Uations to dif
trels and annoy them by making captures
ot their fhtps, and by dellroung their com*
merce, for which purpose his Majesty has
been pleaded to order letters of Marque,
commifiions of Priva eers to be granted in
the ulual manner. A.nd the owners of
ot all armed (hips may rest allured, that
his Majesty will confider them, as having i
just claim to the King’s (hare of all French
Ihjps ai d property which they may make
pr ze ot.”
, The regular Britifti troops in Nova.ScotiA
and N v.'Brunjwick t have failed tor the
IF est lnd:es.
In the town of Otjego New York State#
which in the year 1786 was an intire wil
derness, there have been made at lead 160,
cco b‘. weight o( Sugar—equal in value to
15000 dollars.
Capt. N icholsun, from S/. EuHatian %
informs the Editor of the arrivd at Barba
does, or an Englijb flee , of five fail of thd
line and friga ea ; and that a fleet was ex<
pefled at Martinico, fiom France
A letter from a gentleman in Charleftoo,
(S. C ) to his -r end in town, dated April
23, fays— '* The Crndufl of the Trench
irx^c CTrnbufcaJe, has given much dif
fatislafliun he e, particularly for having
flopped and lent in neutr 1 veflels, one of
which, bound to Hamburg, has experienc
ed a detention which may prove extremely
injurious to her voyage. A protell egainft
the proceedure is talked o‘»”
Bien i f de/perate fortune i— Envious Be,
ings, vho cannot bear to lee others richer
or happier than themselves Lev Elert, ld(~
en and Speculators, are now bellowing out
in some places, and* Jlyly hinting in others,
for W !nr for any thing, io the pre
(ent order of things is overturned. While!
our induftnous Merchants, Farmers, and
Mechanick- are heartily praying, that the
Llcffr gs < f Peace may long, very long.be
cohtinued in oH land. They have the ev
idence of experience, \n the politic maxims
of rhe Dutch, for their guide ; and they
wi(h :q attend to its. maxims. They leei,
however, latisfied, that the sober sense of
the tinned States, is not to he misled by
fulfome declam (ions and empty pro f e%
(ions of latitude : They know that their
rulers are wife, and are well informed of the
things which make tor their country’s pro
fpeiitv : and »hat they will purfoe them.
They have already experienced fufficient
of days of confufion and warfare. It ia
now their turn to wimefs days of tranquil,
itv— to live in peace—to e. joy the fruits
of their irduftry, foil and ingenuity—to re*
j ice and to be merry—tinging in the
words of a trite, but true old long,
“ Rejoice, Columbia’s Jons ; good, times are <t
coming.
“ U'e’ll have\ peace and plenty, but we'll have no
drumming.
The Editor heredf, “Sensi
ble of the want of a good paper
inNcw-Hampihire,” is determin
ed to give his patrons such a one
in future, that no one •shall have
reason to complain.—The mufti?
plicity of Foreign interesting In
telligence and the desire of pleas
ing, have induced him to enlarge
the Herald to a size not inferior to
any paper in this (late, which he
shall continue as long as he can
fill it with such interesting food
for the mind. . •
By lutheniick letters from Madrid the
Ift of March UR, we learn that the King
of S|oain had, on the 2 7'h of Februarv,ap
pointed his Excellency Don Diego ae Car
aoqtri, to negociate with the Amencan Ple
nipotentiary. >
From the active preparations that are
making, it is anticipated thut the bridges 0.
ver the Hackinfack and Paffaick will be e
refled the ensuing fcmmer,ana be paflable
in next autumn Mr. Nottagi, of Boston,
is atrived at Newark, for the purpose of
dirtfling these-important under;aking3.
As a pruof of the alacrity which the peo
ple of England, i.otwithlianding their
present internal commotions,dally manifeft
in carrying on the war against France Mr.
Atkinfen, a paflengcr in the Roebuck,
mentions, that in the space of a fortnight,
while in Manche'.ler, previous to his em.
barking at Bristol, not lels than 3COO vol
untcers were railed, and leamen flocked to,
gether so faft, that from 60 to 80 men em*
barked on board tenders every morning.
try, until the effed of the proposed treaty
Ihall be afeertained.
BOSTON, APRIL 11.
NEUTRALITY.
MAPLE SUGAR.