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Particular account of the Situation
and Strength of -Toulon-. '
^been said chat the combined fleers of
England and Spain,have failed to attack Touky,
to shew haw improbable such an affenion is,
we are favoured with che-follo^ing account of
the amazing Sirength of that city.
Toukn is defended by at least 700 pieces of
cannon, most of which are 24 and 36 pounders.
The entrance into the harbour is apont 2 miles
wide, and is defended firft, by a battery of ia
cannon on Cape Sepet, near which is a signal
' tower ; next by another battery of I’Hopital of
10, and immediate opposite this by the Grand-
Tower of 20. FortLaMaigue of 200 guns
and among these feme eu! verities that carry up
wards of 4 miles, and are 18 or 20 feet long, is
immediately behind GrandC‘»Tdur, pretexts al
lo the entrance and commands the Great road,
de la Valettee; on the fide of Savoy. Petite*
I our is the ialt foit at the end of the arm of ihe
sea w hich for ms the entrance into the bay of
Toulon. , The paflage from this place to the
city, about 2 leagues, is extremely narrow,
crooked and difficult, acd can be navigated on
ly by the assistance of buoys Which mark the
channel and may be eafi’y removed. The
whole of those two leagues of bay is within the
reach of the cannon cf Grande and Petite-
Tour, or gs Qje batteries of Toulon, which are
in double tiers, the whole length of the port &
extremely .for mi dale. So much for an attack
by sea, which ico fail of the line would.not be
fafe in attempting.
It troops mould be landed to the weft of
Toulon,.which would be very difficult from the
abruptness of the £h?re, iliil they would meet
with insurmountable difficulties in an attack on
Toulon in this quarter. The old fortifications
of this city have Deen flrengThened by the ad«
diiion of new walls again ft the old and an ad.
ditional oitph; PortLcuis onthh fide presents
»Ho a rormidable obstacle; But besides, in this
quarter of the environs it would be impossible
to attempt a liege, ,or breaking ground is im
pradicnble, owing to the numerous co fidera.
bie Springs of water, with w,hich the ground
eboundi. r -
other, cannot be determined. Be
this as it may,we know that feme un~
irfpired men have since adopted their
words,as authoratwe benediftior t s, when
they (hould have been modestly ulcJ,
as humble fupplicatians.
These petitions and doxologies,ex
preffed in the words offcripture, with
others!hat might have been added,
together with the Lord’s prayer'intire,
would make better conclusions of
our addrefles to Heaven than any
“ which man's wisdom teaches,” in the
present day. Whether the injpired
authors of the epifblcs in the New-
Testament, had they been prefent.and
presiding in the churches to which
their letters were sent, would have u
sed the personal pronoun us, instead
of you, in some instances where they
are changed above, the one for the
JeGis Chnit, to whom be g»ory forever and
ever, Amen.
I. Pet. v. io, 11.
Now to the God of all grace, who hath cal
led us unto his eternal glory, by Christ Jesus,
be glory and demirion for ever and ever,
Amen.
Jude ult.
Not’’ unto Him who is able to keep us
from falling, and to prefect us fauklefs before
the presence of his glory with exceeding joy ;
to the only wife God cur Saviour, be glory
£ud majesty, dominion and power, both now
and ever, Amen.
Rev. i. 5 6.
We prefentour addresses in the name of Je
sus, “ faying Amen : B.effing,and glory, and
. wisdom, and tbanHgiving, and honour, and
power, and might be unto cur God forever
and ever. Amen.
We offsr our addrefles in the name of
•* Him who loved os, and washed nt from our
fins in his own blood,and hath made us kings
■nd priests unto Ged and his Father. To
Him be glory and dominion forever and ever.
Amen/*
Rev. iv* 8, 9, &c.
And now we preft ate ourselves before thee,
faying, “holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almigh
ty, who wa?, and who is, and who is to come.
Glory, and honour, and rhankfgiving be to
Him who fit tech on the throne,' who liveth
forever and ever, Amen. ’
Amen.
Salvation, and glory, and honour, and
power be unto the Lord our Ged fujever.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
Kev^ viL 12,
Rev. xix. i.
Z. A..Y. B,
On the 18 'h, our fojdiers fled to the as
sistance of pari flies threatened by the enemy;
nothing could withstand their warlike valour ;
the thirst of triumph inflamed them lo nuch,
that it would not even permit them to wait
the arrival of fevcral of their generals to march
ggaiofl their enemy. The htter/on his pert,
15,000 flrong. and carrying jo pieces of ein
non, promised th empires certaid yj dory —
Tne &dron commenced a little after noon
day ; the chriftian and royal army were sta
tioned on the heights of Fibier^ commanded
by M. Biron de Marfenge, and o hers ; the
chevaliers Ptlknewve and Kellers in the cen
tre ; de la Gueriniere and on the tight
wing ; Guignard de Tis args tin the left ; and
Forredierre at the head of rhe cavalry , anim*
ated by the example of theSwifs and Germans,
who ware eager to engage the enemy, direM;
ed rhe most attire difeharge of their artillery J
commanded by M, d'Herbeld. whose flciU end
bravery are already known, upon the repub
lican army. The right wing of the enemy
soon gave way to the efforts of our troops ;
the left refilled ; the combat was obstinate
and bloody in the town, and efpccintly so in
the marked-field of Vibiert 1 but at hft, after •
fire of'tnnfquctry for three quarters of an hou^
our fold iers ruffling with, intrepidity into the
enemy’s rank;, struck down all those the/
found in the way, and gained a complete
vidory. The enemy were pursued from one
quarter as far as Montigne, and from another
beyond Cobourfon. , . , '
“ We eftima e the enemy’s toft, beth iw
the battle and flight,at near 2ct>o men killed.
Three tboufand prisoners, 25 pieces of csn*
non, as many, and even more gun-carriages,
two waggons loaded with mufquets, a .great
number of artillery horses, oxen, provisions,
and ammunition of alt kinds, became the
fruit of this vidory. : .
'* The patriot general Mentis mu ft by thin
time have died of his wounds. Sant err e could
only escape by leaping over .a wall, being
pursued by th# gallant Loifau, the fame who'
killed three horfemcn while defending M. De
maigne at the attack of faur, It is now re-,
ported, that Sant er re is da'ngercilfly wounded
The inviolability of the deputy Bourhne, t
On the eastern fide of the city, nature has
oppofcd fewer obstacles, but art has wonder*
fully increfed them. Fort £a Malgue, of 200
guns, we have al re ad yfu id, commands this
quarter——from this fort to the city, is a cov
ered way from which an enemy could be much
annoyed, and bcfides .these, are forts St. MK’.'
guerite "of 40 guns, Artigue o' 30, and Faron
of 12, which all, from different heights com
mand the road and plain below; The last men
tioned fort is Glutted on a rock so ftcep and so.
difficult of access, that the cannon with which
it is fortified, were obliged to becaft on it,
thfe^haUriUS being carrid up by the labour of
men. This fort, however, notwithtfanding
its height has the advantage of an unfailing
fpriog of water;
It was on th:s fide in 44. Prince Eugene at
tacked it with a formidable land force; but after
a two months’ siege was obliged co abandon the
enterprize This quarter can also be protected
by fllips, whose cannon may be brought to bear
upon an enemy beyond the covered way. This
was fully experienced at the attack by prince
Eugene, whole army was put in great disorder
by’the fire of four fhipa brought there during
the n’ghr. Toulon " has a fortified port, in
which a confiderabe fl ct K* kept iecure
and used in case of need, at ash warning—
Its garrison is generally 12,00 c ten, hall iol
diers, half fallers. ■ ‘
ROViDENCE leads us from one success
to another ; the efforts of our enemies ;ura to
their, confusion ; the valour of our troop' anni
hilate their proje&s; and the eternal avenger
of crimes crushes more and mo^e w» h his arm,
those impious e'eftroyers of all religion and
authority.
“ The a&ion of the 15th inflant, though
entirely in our favour, by the taking of hres
pieces of cannon, and a great quantity of am
munition and warlike stores, leaves u ho.vev
er tojuftJy regret not having completed a
victory which might have fccured, during rhe
harveil,, the tranquility of the conque ed
cocnt.y, by defttoying the forces of curenc
mies. .
“ A hoflile column of abou* 6oco meh, ha
ving rendered itfelf mafler of Vihiers, by the
retreat of our troops, advanced on the 17th
towards Carou ; the .300 brave men collided
in hafle without cannon and gun carriages,
having no other arms but their mufquets and
pikes, made a ftcady refiftamee during several
hours, against an enemy twice their number,
and finally drove them away, with the loss of
a great number of men either killed or woun
ded, two gun carriages, and a waggon laden
wi h prov fions.
OFFICIAL BULLET; N,
Containing an account of iht victory obtained by
tbe Cbrijiian and-Royal er the Re
publicans, on the loth of Ju i 7-93.
Printed and pubhjhed by erder f :he Ju peri our
Council oj the/aid Chnfian and Ro, al Ar.
my, v ' -
Chatillion upon Seve. July 20.
“ First year of the Reign of Loui^ XVII.
STATE PAPER.
of life. Should our principles take root in
the world, commerce and the intercourse be
tween nations would no longer be fuhjsded
to the narrow and ridiculous policy of avari
cious despots, who always die most ignorant
' of men with refped to the true interests of ci
vilized map. But it is now certain, that the
age of light and reafen is approaching," the
rime so long wished for, by pbilofophcrs and
s phslaxrhropifts ; rhe age of prejudices, dgro
-0 rance and tyranny is puffing a^ay ; men be
gin to think and ail lor themselves, our.inful
r ‘ted and degraded species rises at laH, indig
nant, filled with astonishment that they have
J tamely crept at the feo stools of gods- of th;ir
own making, fat so many thousand yearns.
It \ . 3 —
s J ICO BIN CLUB.
- SUN I)AY, JULY 21.
1 ULnuntiaiion of Cufti ne,.
J Hebert. A man uom in an order which
1 bought upon thv Republic its misfortunes j a
* man who has long since thrown off he mask—
Cuttme,has been called upon by the Commit
■ tee-of Public Safety to -ive an acccurt cf his
; t coodud ; bat certainly we have no need of aa
1 account ofir to know him—we have or.|y to
I . compare his aftions and his correspondence
• wi h Dumeurier, to confider him deftrving of
* a Decree of accusation. If I examine the
I conduct of this Ex-Noble, who has <p
• the Bgliticaj.Theatre J ,ct h’ m ,n c ^ e Ccpft’t
f uedSklTumbly defending Royalty and Arif
tevracy ; after that, it was incredible tbit
1 Cufinefho^ld ever be found at rhe head of the
armies cf the Republic. Let us recoiled
the moment before the fall of Dumoyrier ; let
it be rcmenhbered, that) denounced that Gc
ndral.-a'vd informed the people of his ap
proaching de fed ion. ;Hired writers then
maintained, that J wanted o diforganife the
army : During that time, Dumaurier betray
‘ed us, and refolded to give up our magc^nes
to the'enemy. -If I cotnp .rc Caftinfe coddud
with that of DMnwiery I find ^hein aHkh.rr-
Dwotiriir a rival in .hiae^
himfelfa' the head .of the Pa^ioti io supplant
Juin : Cvfttne having* D~rm;urrer sot his nVal,
ajf per. red to unitewitir thcpatrioW toOVeV
tb'ow the Traiior ; ., . J Ti-dD
bandohed 22,‘ddloineh'in 'Mintz : fie Is at the
head of the fineft army t^eißtpubEceverhacF;
©f army competed of> faab'iiMj < who- otfly
desire to cpnquer.jy Sus ion remt:nit inadivd i;
he throws ao *^h coa
' tains bur magokih’es; he allowed Conde to be
taken, and' hopes ValchbUiHies wilifhate the
fajoedater 7 s:H Zth
Cuftine exercise adiof rigour, of-which
greatest defpbte .had no idea ; h£ ger femes
the Popular Societies' ; he takes frbmyhp’ni
terior of France all sorts-es a*ib»*ter wnd- them
to the Frontier?', imorder to ddlhH thtmn up
to ihi Enemy.; he fends to the Convention
letters, in wbich.he.prcaches up Equality .—
At the army, he lives in all the fptehdWrbt
a Pacha ; his table is served -on arnfcdmt
plate, made in i ^92, which proves that 44
expeds a countes-j’CXoJojio.n, j
k His c6rrefpbndence she vs us his gjfflty cfc
signs ; he fays he Will have nor cdtOmdh^a*
tion whh ignofaJit 'MiniffieiS' ; he has
that when pediljikes. t|e dgcrefs
veptioa,he wilf maUe roilcra for his hair of
^bern. •, •
* Htberf demanded, th at the vergeaer^drihe
people should fall upan him. It cw^'idOvfctft
cut ; off the head pf this. Serpent,, fa^
fhap die by its fling. He demanded*.that a'
Commiflion should ue humca to colled tfte c
vidence agai nfl him. :J i .
C Kmcent declared, that he had .marty^Jda^d
charge against ChlUnt * he acenfed him of ha?
ving had an intention, in confert witbZflmrt
litre, of betraying Lifleto tfee enitnf* Idd of
' s'•• . v ' ?'V V*' ‘J’
'< « " " \ $
Member ts tVs pretended ccnvantios, coold
not avail agaii.ft tut cr>ur«ge of one of our
fo’diers, who, having kijl<d his horse, pursu
ed himfelf a j ocd while, srd feiscd ’he arm#
he had thro vn away. The valour of cur
troop* on (his occasion isfupenor ton'l praise ;
and Europe will ba altpqilbed one day at (be
podiges ihey have performed.”
F R AN C E.
Paris, July I. Our cause is & vuiverfal
one,and our unparalleled ftrvgg'es and fuffcr
ings, mull certainly excite the attention and
ardent gcod wishes of the whole human race.
Benevolent minds are no doubt afflifled at the
effufian of human blood, but let them ram em
ber, that the conreft in which we are now en
gaged, has for objed univerfal»and perpeiual
peace. If we Succeed in eftablilhing our p.io
ciples in Europe, and abclifhing kingly gov.
ernmenif, we (hall certainly eradicate the
principal causes which have, for centuries,
produced war after w r, and Rained our pla
net with the blood of its inhabitants. Should
our cause succeed, men would indeed be fenfi.
bit of their rights, and no longer fuffer their
inflruments of husbandry to be w relied ficm
their hand?, a de^th giving weapon placed in
their stead, & then at the nod of an impious
tyrant, abfu dly, fhamefully fufFer th^mfeives
of cultivators of the earth, ignorant, inno
' cent and slaves like themfelvcs, to «hcm they
could give a fraternal embrace, at the very
moment they are commanded to deprive them
10 be Jed. to cut the throats of another body
The secretary informed the heaLh-officer,
that thirty foot passengers, men, and Women,
Were on their way from Philadelphia so BaW
. more. . .
The citizens vyill bp cautious, not to,-permit
them to eriter their houtes without a permiflioa
from the health-officer, as they may, (irpbdbl/,
to evade the watch, by taking a different route
toßahimore. -
.y X . : ■ 1 5-. •a-- J -
* » T - r v
sf.pt, ziThis morning being.,l|e.
verlary of the abo’ition of roynfey in frantv,
the morning was uthered by a di (charge of St
gons fwinahe Alkea, a French friga&e^pow ly
ing herer-on whose niainmaft head appealed
the cap of liberty—;he colours of different na
t’o’ns'in alliance jWih'^FAnceP,^ ide. being
dilplayed on. board her, and the refkof the vefi
ftjg ja ihe b?fou,,in..a and beautU
fut fnanher', to do nonon^to 2 day ,00 which
Frenchrn§n had the courage and virtue to de
clare l( THA I'.royalty! WAS FORST
ER FR A large
number of : French cwzsb? M&l ^fcfpe^abhß
company of American patriots, pirtpok "pf^i
eligam diniaer? at MKiGra/si^nnxm this 6<f
csfipn, hjrpiiizcW'^oifipnier, French<*i«eicoivL
went rqjirfd, ta citizen,. etch one
iiilulou^ celebrating tile anniverla
ty of FREEDOM’S! ‘ TRIUMPH OVER
TYRANNY^ DBS*
hs Jiw I tin Ft?
~ ib
PHILApELPJUA, SEPT. 2^. Tfce COfhthft
tee for rhe relief df the fidk IrtHSib h*»« *
hc®f? ygdevthßdice^iou di dn« :of rhe« dt?m‘'
whole parents and guardians aicd awing the
prc/enl TH
n igi t; are dtfiftm i rib’S to ti & bat - tKi ir > post s,
lather n°ti tbe spl®pfM»t tft of ?
lieying t^diftreffed.- X,hFcom^.itue^reC4^j
^oted of the Mayor and twenty^ fix citizens,
cird of wHpm at emi< fhe’bofpital* tVe 'whole
day 'th«t(iijgh>:: W«pwwi the io»add’,,
that an_the.pu'olicinftitujiojqa aH Hill* clear of
(he fatal eftedis of the maiignw|s4,^ ./
Preyipus to tjie 2Oih inff/tpe malignant &•
vir »n thiS^iiy hid'af^tfed‘i‘o ^idi&fftc flattering
degree. 'W&rt.*wea&ivho<eY^ fuccxeding
fame cold ^nd’frefly d^a^tbe c^
took wing, and ha? made m.ei^nch^irhaMOc-e
--• ftiong onr much lamenredcitizeni. The wind
being nt^v’tterth-eaflerly, and ii? ; eqwn©xitl
‘gale in the atmosphere, it it hoped th<( change
in chc temperature of ths a»mFf f oo3 ®
effect, Providence, towards mi igad»B
Or exprelishg (hb difeale,.
having taken from it 96 pieces cf cannon,
with a great many troops.
After different debates,the society resolved,
1 ft. The Commiflion demanded by Hebcrt»
2 !v. That a petition shall be prefen ed to
the Convention, to exclude all the Nobles
frr m the army. lily» The Committee of
public fafe^y ihall take the most efficacious
metfjres not to allow Cutting to cicape.
Extra 3 of a letter from OtttfiJ, alugujl 3.
The surrender of Valenciennes bar alrea
dy produced a very evident alteration in pub.
Jic affairs, particularly in ibis part of the
country ; and we may soon exped to hear of
other imporcant fuccefles.
t: A very strong report prevails, that Gen
era) (j'Maran, who commanded the French
troops in the neighbourhood of Danki k, has
defer ed them, and gons over to the Dutch st
Mcnin. In consequence of this, it is faidhis
troops dispersed : And that the Dutch have
takes poffieflion of the camp which the
French occupied, together with their cannon,
&c. &c.
“ Since the furrendcr ofValenciennes,large
corps have affirm bled neir Ypres, Menin, and
the neighbouring villages. The French at
Dunkirk are in such conflematinn. that if re
port may be believed, the garrison has leftfit
and the inhabitants are ready to open their
gates to the combined armies. -
Some attack of importance it certaia
ly in agitation, as the thirty .feveuth regiment
in each garrison here, Ind the French emig
rant legion, have received orders‘to hold
themfcl ves in readiness to march at a momenta
notice.”
MARYLAND
Baltimore, sept. 20. ; The secretary of
flare, his daughter, and fervent, entered this
town yflhrday afternoon, by th* perdfiffioD of
the health officer, haying left Philadelphia with
the President of ihe United States^ and this mot'
ning set out for Mount Verncn.
N . * atc Jamaica papers we find
sfp r. 18 chat a fubfeription has been o
pened there far ;he relief of the Frepcl; emi
grants, and the sum of zoco has been raised ;
'hat we understand has been divided among
them ; they .have also an allowance from Gov
ernment of four doffars per men each week.
domestic intelligence.
ENGLAND. ■
LON DON, AUG. t 2.
Virginia.