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rest was fuppofcd to be mortally wounded.
The day after the defeat the Combined Ar
my took pofi’effion of their former polls near
the city. An Embargo was laid on all ves
sels in the harbor of OHend. to prevent anv
vessel from carryin ? the intelligence toEogland
before the packet failed with an official ac-
I count.
On the 14th Sept. Capt. Lord spoke a fleet
t confiding of a frigate, two sloops of war and
eight transports with troops, from England
bound to Oftend.
Extradl of a Letter from Lonaon t dated Septem
i / J ^,9,1793. , /
We are under great* anxiety here for ti^p
f confeqoences of the haughty, arrogant, (Ov
erbearing, abominoble conduft of the court
cf London towards America, where the war
: me^ friends to the former condemn it.—H?d
the allied armies been fuccefsful against
France, the present campaign, beaffured your
country would have been provoked to take a
part with France, thia day. It is not against
ployed at Philadelphia, in facilitating the
departure cf the Parlementaries, or io procu
ring them other afßftance ; an<j a very con
fide/able quantity of provificnswere diflribu
ted at the expence of the Republic, at Cnarlel
ton, at Balti more, at Philadelphia, andat A«ou-
York. . 1 •
In fine, I cflablifhed at Norfolk and New-
York considerable hdfpitab, where all the
wounded and dying perfans, brought to those
towns in very great numbers, received all
the aUiilance they flood in need of ; not to
mention the attendance they receive in those
different towns, from surgeons employed for
that purpose at the expence of the Repub
lic.
I rcqueft of you, gentleman, to make known
to the ^erfons, on whole behalf you have ap
, plied tor me, the terms which 1 fend you, and
which surely cannot difplesfe any but emi
grants or useless persons, to whom the Repub
lich does not owe any kind of assistance on any
account whatever. All Frenchmen who de
sire to take advantage of th-efe regulations,
may fubferibe their names at the office of the
Consul of the Republic in your city : and as
soon as I (liall have received the lift, I will
give orders that they may be enabled to cn.
joy the benefit of them:
A law made in favour of the patriots driven
from Martinico and Guadaloupe, at the time
of the rebellion of those two islands, authorifes
«ie to offer you new means of consolation for
a’l the patriots from St. Domingo. By this
law, the public officers employed where the
patriots of the islands have taken refuge, are
authorifcd to form them into corps of volun
teers, and to grant them the treatment regu.
iated by law for the volunteers of Farnce. I
had already anticipated the effect of this law,
in caufihg fuck a corps ro be embedded here,
in which I gave ordexa that all Frenchmen
fhoold be received, who were delirous of ser
ving their country, provided the e were no
proofs of emigration or of incivifm against
them. f
Surely not one of the men for whom you ask
afliftance, will make any difficulty, if he be a
patriot, to enter into this corps, at a time
when a decree has declared that all France
had risen up{againft tyranny, and when all
Frenchmen, without exception, are under
arms. Those who refufe to serve, must be,
according to the spirit of the decree, either
ufelels men, to whom France owes no alDS
abce, or traitors,to whom it would be a crime
to afford any. All boys from nine years old
to sixteen shall have the liberty of going on
board the ships of the fquadron,in capacity of
cabin boys, where they will have clothes,
diet, pay, and lodging. Their parents, if
they are penetrated with the principles of our
Revolution, will not be averie to their being
in this Hation, which is become one of the
moll commendable in society, ftnee the dif
tindion of stations is tboliffied, and promo
tions in all parts of the service, is granted on
ly to fehiority and merits 'I here will then
remain among the patriotic refugees only the
women, the infirm, and the old. I will cheer
fully contribute with you, if, like the women
and infirm in France, they are willing to em
ploy themselves in making shirts foremen,
and the difft.pnt closthing of the defenders
of their country, and io any other wo'k ufc
*dl to the Republic, of which they are capa
ble.
mew-london, nov. 7. Tuefday last ar
rived ship Young Eagle, Capt. Lord from
Oilend, which port he left the 12th Sept.—
The lolloping importer intelligentce we re
ceived from an intelligent passenger, ^as the
news at Oftend,—-The French on the Sth of
September, made an attack on the Combin
ed Forces befiegirg Dunkirk, in which
they were greatly foccefsfol ; having com
pleatly routed them and pursued them for
three leagues. The loss of the Combined
Armies'Was listed, in total, at five thousand
men ; the loss fell heavily upon the Eoglilh
and Hanoverians ; the legion of French em
igrants raised in England (offered fevcrely-—
On the 10 qnd 1 rth Sept, great numbers of
wounded were constantly arriving in waggons
and boat’, amengft whom were Prince Erncft,
P. inre AcMphus, (fans to the Bfitilh King)
and three Hanoverian Generals ; Prince Er-
. . I
France that this formidable combination is
made, but against the principles of freedom
everywhere. It was your country where the
principle of invtftigaticn into the nature of
Government, firft tock root, and dared* to as.
fert rhe rights of man, that- in the event of
France being conquered, the whole- force cf
Europe will be dixeded against you—even in
this kingdom they will Know little more of
freedom than the name. However gloomy
this profprd may be, France, Ohink, will
never be fubdu^d ; fur though they have com
mitted many outrages, and in many refpeds
are divided among themselves, yet they are
nil firm in one point, which is to be
free ; in which case they may bid all Eu
rope defiance.—The formidable host against
them have done nothing further than to every
day make them mere united end vigorous in
repelling the common foe.
“ Their country abounds at this moment,
with every necefTary cf life—their armies are
numerous, and now begin to be well difcipli
. red—they fight like heroes. On the ether
hand, the Combined Armies seem jealous of
each other ; the Duke of York commander of
the Brit’fb, and Prince Cobourg of the Av—“
flri£4) £^mv, are at dagger’s poinis— he Prus
sian and Ditch armies hate each other—in
fhOrt, there fee ms a general hatred and jealousy
through the whole combination. It is pro
bable, the old vulgar proverb will in this e.
vent be realized,'“ when Rogues fall Out hoa
eft nen come to their rights.’*
LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY.
Whitehall, Sept'. 13.
By advices from Vice-Admiral Lord Hnod, com
manderin chief of his Majesty’s {hips and veflels em
ployed in the Mediterranean, received this evening,
dated Viflory, off the Islands of Hieres, the 25th of
August last, it appears that an intarcourfe had taken
place between his Lordship and Commifiioneis from
Toulon and Marseilles : That Lord Hood had pub
lilhed a Preliminary Declaration and Proclamation,
and received a paper in answer, of which copies are
subjoined. And by subsequent accounts from Capt.
Neilfon, Commander of his Majesty’s Ihip Agamem
non, dated August gift, off On eglia, to Mr. Trevor,
his Majesty’s Miniltcr at the C-purt of Turin, it ap
pears that a treaty relative to Toulon was brought to
a concluflon, and that on the 28th Lord Hood’s fleet
landed 1500 men, and took poffeflion of the batteries
at the mouth of the harbour. The French fleet hawk
ed into the inner rOad, add on the 29th the Britiflk
Minister, has operated a great good ;
for the people paving been informed
of th’e outrage, and “ feeling like ci
tizens of an independent nation,indig
nant at the idea o-Lthis infuking me
nace by a foreigner, to their Chief
Magistrate, have risen like one body
and have declared their sentiments ;
they reprobate Mr Genet, they ap-.
plai d the President, they univer
sally condemn thefirft tor his indecent
interference & his petulent difrefped,
while they admire their beloved Fel
low Citizen aqd Father, for his temp
erate, wife, patriotic & firm condud.”
What is said of Shakespeare,
may with truth be also said of M’
Fingal—That’he has a text to suit
every fubjed :—How peculiarly ap
plicable-to tome rpcent events, the
following similes ?
“ For as fame mufquets so contrive it,
zAs oft to miss the mark they drive at ;
As though wdl-aim’d at duck or plover.
Bear wide, arid kick the gunner over;
And as War Elephants difmayci,
Tread down the troops they come to aid.
And do more milchief in a battle,
Than less, or ordinary cattle.
So fares Gfnbt, whose laboring toil
Doth often on himfelf recoil,
And so much injures more his fide.
As firor.ger raihrgs are applied.”
We feel infinite happiness in being'
ab’e daily to announce the progrel
five wealth of our country, evidenced
in its extensive and increasing com
merce, arcs and manufadures : Eve
ry article of intelligence of the kind
mu ft excite the most agreeable feel
ings in the breasts of every true lov
er of his country, and (hall receive
the warmest tribute of our thanks.
We are, therefore, obliged to a cor
respondent, who informed us, That
of rhe inconficiefable article of men’s
Ihoes, the manufadure of which for
exportation from hence, was scarcely
known.five years ago, there were ex
ported from one house in this town,
within a'fortnight, fboes. to the value
of /even Thousand Dollars. , .
“ Some special good oft waits on
i11.”—7 he menace of the French
By this Day’s Mail.
MASSACHUSETTS.
BOSTON, NOV. 20.
fleet and the fleet of Spain Which joined Ort the feme
day, anchored in the outer road of Toulon. It is
added, that.Marfeillet.has been taken by the Republi
can trpops under Gen. Carteaux.
[Here fallows Lord Hoad’spreliminary Declaration,
and Proclamation, to the citizens of Toulon and Mer
failles-, and their Declaration made to Admiral Hood by
tHe general committee of the feflion of Toulon, confining
of 8 conditions of surrender to the Britifi and other
.powers coalesced. Tluy rejett the present Confitution,
dtfre a monarchy, as by the con/li'tuent af'emily of 178 g
—and had declared LOUIS-XVII. • King ! the whole to
be reiufated to the French, in the fame fate at the
cvnclufua of peace in Francci
JNTIGUH. •
st. johns, Ate. 6. From St. Kitts we learn, the
arrival at Trinidad of 6 Spanish line of battle ships,
5 frigates, and ao.coo men. It was confidently re
ported at St. Kitts, that this armament Was intended
to attack Martinique, Gaudalaupe and St. Lucia, but
we are led to believe it is intened for St. Domingo.
■S •
KOVASCOTIA.
Ha lifax, Oct. ?4. Sunday arrived the schoo
ner Dispatch, Capt. Kidfor, in five days from New*
foundia ul. By this vcflel we learn, that Admiral
, Kir/gj in his Majesty’s ship Stately, of sixty-soar guns
accompanied by the Cleopatra frigate, arrived at
»- Newfoundland on Friday the 6th inff. The Admi
-1 'ral landed on Saturday—and on Sunday morning
the following most extraordinary affair took place.
—The Gunner’s mate, being seized with a fit of in
fanity,found means to get into the powder magazine,
and took with him a loaded pistol, and swore that
his determination was to blow up the ship. As soon
as the Gunner was informed of the circumstance, he
went to the man, and endeavoured by smooth words,
to persuade him to come out of the magazine. He
refufed to- comply with the Gunner’s persuasions,
unlcfs Capt. Smith, the commander of the ship,
would come to him. The Capt. being at breakfaft,
and being loath to diftmb him-, the gunner retired a
little and then returned, perfonatiug Capt. Smith’s
voice, and {peaking in an authoritative tone, com
manded him to come out. The mate on this, asked
the gupner “ are you Capt. Smith ? are you Cure you
are Capt. Smith ?” and on being answered in the af
firmative, he immediately difeharged his pistol at the
gunner, and killed him instantly. The rumour
■which had by this time gone through the (hip, of the
dangtr they were in, joined to the ludden report of
the pistol, struck the crew with such a sudden panic
that j Imo ft evfciy man instantly jumped into the wa
ter. But owing to the timely affiftancc of the boats
of the fleet, and the (hipping in the harbour, only
two men were drowned. A Court Martial has finoe
been convened for the trial of the man, and the rcfult
of their inve^igation, has been that he was insane.
RI O T.
The late arrivals from the Cape, brought
paftbf the residue of the white inhabitants ;
the rest are arrived at Norfolk and Baltimore.
A number of the emigrants now .in this city,
of the ariflocratic party, hearing that one of
Sonthonax’s parrizans, with two m»|licns
of property, was on board one cf the vefiels,
enteredit with a determinaden to dispatch
him. Thiaoutrage gaverife to the Mayor’s
Proclamation, which you will*fee.
[The Proclamation 'UfU'be in onr next ]
•‘I trust we fliall preserve rhe dignity of
our laws. If government does not rife Sup
erior to the passions of individuals, whether
foreigners or natives, we ffiall soon lee the
diflblotion of order, and all the blcflings of
society, 1 think we are in some danger from
this quarter : For under various, and illusive,
pretences, the unprincipled partisans of the
present day, would level the American name
in the dust—prostrate the government of their
country; and deluge it in confufion and
crimes. Heaven preserve the 0 unity and in
divisibility of our Republic.”
’J - t
f ^ CONGRESS.
M The time for the meeting of Congress
approaches ; I hare no doubt that,by the firft
Since our la/i^vo vefiels bavt Arrived here
from Europe ; the fir ft. the Lady Walhington,
from Amfierdam ; by which a confirmation of the
vi Flory of the French, over the division of the
comb ne A arm; near Dunkirk, is received ; with
an account, that the Britt (b channel fleet under
Lora Hove, has tnet the French Bn ft fleet ; but
the latter be ng fit'erior by onefbip es the line,and
fix frigates, the Englilh bore away, and put into
Torbay', previous to which, however, a partial
engagement took place betveetn fever al frigates
o* bath fleets, 'which terminated advantageously
for the French.
The other arrival is, the ship Maria, CaMl
Rch, from Cadiz.wh ch the left the bth Oflober.
Capt. Rich informs, that the account of the fur.
render of TouLn, only had been received as Cadiz,
he not having heard of its recap-ure by Gen,
Carteoux. He howtver, mentions, that it was
difficult to obtain any political information in
Spain, there being but one payer publijhed in the
kingdom \and that at Madrid.' Capt. Rich
confirms the defeat of the Spaniards, near Mont-
Liber ; and adds that the inveteracy of the Span
iards, ngain ft the French, is increasing to the
highest pitch. Two American vessels have
been carriedinfo Cadiz, being bound from France
to tbs United States. The captains and crew,
wert tn corfinemint on board a SpanHhfrgiate.
s NORFOLK, (Vir.) Nov. t.
' Last Tucfday night arrived in Hampton-roads, a
French Corvette, of twenty-four guns, from Cape-
Francois, with the last icmains of the Whites, from'
that place ; the Cape is now entirely defttoyed, not a
house left (landing. She blings a confirmation of
the news of Jeteme, Nichola Mole, and the Platform,
being in possession of the English.
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS BY THE LATEST AR-
RIVALS.
BOSTON, NOV. 23,
T[ HE fobferiber proposes to open i
an EVENING-SCHOOL for the
benefit of those who wilh to improve
in IPiining and /lrithmelic t on Monday
.evening December sd r at his School.
Room, in this town.
Serins may bknown by applying to
Jon a. c. hilL
Txcter, o^tb Now. 1793- •
0^ fobfcribers for Mer-
I rill’s PJLAN of the . ■
Town of Strathani) are requeued to
call'at the Port-Office and receive
them. Exeter, Noy. 26, 1793,
ALL persons indebted to, or have
demands on the est ate of
1 con Jcfeph WTadleigh, Jate of Er:ni r •
? wood, deceased,. are f equefted to ex
hibit thtfm for fetden er.r, to J
i Joseph Wadleigh, Adm’^
i .Brintwood, Nov, ^tb, 1793.
Married at Deerfield, by the Rev. Mr. Up
ham, the Rev. Jesse Re m 1 ng ton of Candi a,
to the amiable Mjs Polly Jenn ess of Deer •
f.eld.
THE Brethren, of the ancient
society of free and accepted Masons, are hereby in
formed, that the Festival of St. John the Evan
gelist, will be celebrated by the COLUMBIAN
LODGE, at Brother Benjamin Butler’s in Deer
field, on Friday the 27M day of December next
The Brethren are reevejted to attend at Eleven of the
Clock, a.’m. Dinner will be on the table precisely
at two of the Clock, f. m. By Order of the Right
Worshipful JOSEPH CILLEY, Master.
Nathaniel Weare, Secfry.
Deerfield, Nov. 18th, 1793.
The following Advenifement ap
pears in a London paper of July 2j—
“ BOARD AND LODGING,
(AddreHed to Genilemenl—if a gen
tlemann of honour and liberality will
advance a lady fifty pounds, for which
hefhall be accommodated with board
and lodging fora term as may be a
gree^on. Any gentleman who wifhts
the society ofapleafifcgand agreeable
companion, wtil educated, will not
be disappointed, in the Advertiser.
Situation is in town, but centrical and
pleasant. Letters, addrelfed; to A.W.
at the officeofthis paper will be duly
attended to.
Gov. Moultrie, of South Carolina, has iflued a
Proclamation dated Oft. 5 ordering all the free ne
groes, and other people of colour, who have arrived,
therein from St. Domingo, to dfepart in ten days x
He having been informed, that there were among
them charafters who wlflied to excite an insurrec
tion of the negroes in that ftatc.
' EXETER,
TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2,6.
Idle curiosity will not becncifi
ed.’jD*
ox' Deemltr, die Legislature may meet here
in perfed security,. The Hall for their ac
commodation will be ready, and the rooms
spacious.”
The President of the United States,
having Emmoned the heads of Departments,
Chief Juflice, atd other officers of the Gov
ern men r, to meet at Germantown, to advise
on the most place for the meeting of
Congress ; we understand, their drc : fion was
in favor, of Philadelphia— where The Pre
sident arrived, 11 h. iaft. to the great joy of
the citizens.
A French gentleman has received letters from the
Weft-Indies, which intimate that a plan had been
formed thereof freeing the negroes in the southern
dates cf America ; of having them armed, and hea
ded by forne of the free mul^jtocs from St. Domin
go, to march against Louifania, and other Spanilh.
settlements ; and that one of the commiflioners was
at the bottom of the plan.—How true this may be,
time will determine.
By the printer hereof and to be fold at his office—*
price—yd,
The Toy-Shop ;
0 'd,
Sentimental Preceptor,
designed for
InJirußion and Amufanent.
by ROBERT DODSLEY.
*** We deem it necd.efs to maraiSf e>t Comment
upon this little beautiful Sat i rr— lf needs only to
be read and relished to be justly admired. .
In this gay, thought less age, he's found away.
In trifltng. things jvfi morals to convey.
Evening-School.
THIS DAY PUBLISHED,