The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1794-09-09 00:00:00, page 3

BY last evening’s mail, European advi
ces co the 7th July were received, per vari*
ous atn^ais from England* Ireland arid
Holland. In brief they ftm^, That &ul
fels arid ORend were in pofTeHion of the
French on the j.b July ; that Gen. Clair
fd-t had retired from Theik to Gh^nt, .
where his head quahera Were the ad July *
that according jo the official account of
Richard to' jhe Convention, the garrison of
Ypres con lifted of but 600 men; that
Coarlerpi was poll ively taken by the French
but that the Prince of Orange, previous
to its capture, made an attack on all the
French lines, and gained conflderable ad
vantage, whidh he was obliged afterwards
to reiinquifh ; and that Mr. jay was well
rcce vtd aft the Court of London, and
c rcumiHoces appeared favourable to a fuc
celaful iffu^of hia million.
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£uropean In telligence/
late dr rwall at Ke-w York from England
and Ireland. . , j .
_SPAIN,
f MADRID, May 27- ’
THE Court of Madrid has given orders
that all the men iii Catalonia from
15 fp 60 fliali rife in arms to oppose
the Frendfwho menace an invafton of Cata
lonia. The commander in chief Count de
la Union, loft all his fortune and ^boye jaoo
marks of plate, 'which all ftH inta the hands
, of the French. t >
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GE R M A N X:
VIENNA* June at. (
' TheWfftan and prusiian phn of opera
tions against Poland will be fnbmittgd to the
, Emperor, and the declaration again ft Poland
will then appear. La Fayette is to be remov
ed from Spiclbtirgh to Brunn.
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Juod; but no kind pi fait provisions, or fi(h.
Bi/c when i vefle! arrives, and part of her
cargo con fills of tbtie articles, it is allowed
to be entered for exportation in the fame
fnccelsof the allied army, which this de-
I*y has turned to our advantage, the anxie
ty excited among the merchants and menu
fafUrera in England, by the ptofpeft of a
War', the internal uneaHnefF in that coon
try, are circumstances peculiarly favour
able la peace, and which, by this wife
forbearance, our government are enabled
eo avail theriiielves of.
tefiion, the ocean will soon be
whitened with the produd of our
looms.
7^ ' authentic.
Extract of a letter from one of the En^i/h
tflands, in tie kFe/i Indus, dat-^ithe ißtb
July lad.
, •• Evey moflftatioh co the Am eric* n
commerce with tbele islands, is cff^ftually
done aw«y ; and every poflible piote&ion
i» givenjo American veftels, by the men of
war, and the Revenue officers. They are
allowed ip imporc flour, of all kinds, bread,
♦ ice, iorh, live-flock, and lumber of every.
veiiel * and .to be landed for that purpose,
^without any additional expence, ohdiffi.
cnlcy. Thia is a general rule throughout
the Englilh iUapds.
The recent intelligence from iVfr. Jay
pf the expelled (UcCefs of his miflioiK while
it fully juftifies .the anticipations of the
friends of the federal government, bears
honorable testimony to those members of
the House of Reprefehtatives of Congress
whole uftremitted exertions at the hit ses
sion, laved this country f rom the calamities
of war. If the negotiation Ihould iflue as
favourably as the present profpe&s forebode
the public gratitude is eminently due to
those real patriots* who in spite of the per
locutions of the factious, and the popular
paflions which raged, opposed with un
daunted fii-mnels the war measures of a vio
lent party, and by their steadiness and abil
ity a finally fuccetded in eltablifliing a
iyftem wifaich will exalt our national char
ader, and prelerve co us the invaluable
bleflingsof peace.
5 Even should an Overbeiring hautedr, or
an injudicious poLcy, oft the part of the
Britiih cabinent, fruftrafe the pacific views
of our government, the United States will
have cohfiderably gained by this fyiicdr.—
Unanimity among o|rfe!vee, the populari
ty in England of an American war, the
Approbation, refpeli and good.wiihea of
fo-^ign nations, a better ftaie of prepara
tion, both as to finances and military
strength, the fortified defence of the fea
€o#fts, will all be the fruits of this judicious
delay;
Many ctrcumAances, however, co-ope
rate to presage an amicable termination to
Our, differences with Great Britain, /t is
certain <hat the Britiih nation in general
are averse to a war with America ; the ill
Cb M MU N IC AT IO NS.
The Marquis Cornwallis is On
his return to England, and our
readers Will hear with furprile the
cause of his so Jpeedily retracing
his steps. The King of Prussia
has officially fignified co the No
ble Marquis, that in consequence
of the unforefeen butft of Jacobin
principles in Poland, and that they
infamouflv refife to fubmk to the
hafpy fervltude so gracioufty,
kindly, and honourably provided
for them by the allies of Great-
Brirain, he finds it inconvenient to
fulfil his Treaty with the British
Court. r He acknowledges having
received from Britain Six Hundred
Thoufahd Pounds sterling in ad
vancei and this sum, as it is in
convenient for him to repay at
this time he will carry to ac
count, b ! uc he would be happy to
fee the Noble Marquis at Berlin,
to explain to hhn how perfectly he
enters, in sentiment, into the views
ofhiscoufin with regard to Prance
and how-earnest he is to prefer ve
- rhe good understanding which so
happily subsists between the two
r countries. Lord Cornwallis did
not except of the Royal invitation,
4*but returns forthwith, and his
dispatches havejud been in time to
prevent a third rnfialment of three
hundred thoufahd pounds from
failing to Hamburg.
ENG LdND.
LONDON, July 5.
After the levee yesterday, Mr. JAY, th?
new commiflioner from America, had ah au
dience of the King, to deliver his credentials,'
to which he was introduced by lord Gren
ville Secretary of date for the Foreign De
partment—and conducted by Sir Clement,
Cutterell Dormer, Knight, mafkr of the ce
remonies in waiting.
Mr. JAY, at his interview Unth the Min.
ifter on Friday, declared himfelf commidion- :
cd by Coogrefs with the most folcmn affur
anccs.of amity towards this country; and
that nothing*but the most absolute neceifity
shall ever suspend that commercial inter
cdprfe, which it is the interest of each nation
to cultivate. He requires indemnity for the
injury th? Americans have sustained by the.
Capture and detention of their veflels ; and
feme other, pbjeds, which it is the intention
of our Cabinet to grant.
“ 3 That none of the inhabitants be trou
bled or marked out for his opinion, or,his po
litical conduct anterior to his present fub
milfion. s .
“4 That those of the inhabitants whom
the terror of the circunjftanccs made quit
their home, be allowed to return,- without
being coaiidered as having emigrated, or any
ways mulefted or made accountable on this
fubjeft.
“ Done in the camp before Bruges, June
ajth, 1794, in the fucond year of tbe French
Republic.
no l l Ann.
HAGUE, Joly i.
As Charleroi is now in the bands of the
French, and as the baggage of Cobourg is sent
to Erulfels, it is more than probable that this
city must be evacuated, unless the combined
army can compel the French to retire; On
the ♦3th Brussels was not in the polfcflion of
the French.. It is: reported that an express
from London is arrived, which brings an ac
count of England having declared war against
a certain power; but,this news wants con
fit matioo.
Submijfl h of the city of Bruges.
The Bugomafters, Elders, and Council
of the city of Bruges in Flanders, for and in
the name of all the inhabitants of the laid
city, declare to havb submitted, as they do
submit uy these presents, the city of Bruges,
the wotks yd its territory, to the armies and
the sovereignty of the French Republic, with
out, any previous condition or reffridion
whatever.. ’,
Mean white, French generality and loyalty '
are tod generally known for-the magistracy
of Bruges not to flatter thetnfclves with ob
taining of the high and puiflant Republic,
the following terms and articles*
“1 The maintenance of the individual fafe
ty of the inhabitants and their property. ■
“ 2 The full and entire, liberty of the ex
ercise of the religion to which every one is
attached..
a BRUG ES, June 30. .
On Thursday last, a party of French* con
fiftmg of between 4 and jcoo men, entered
this town by the gate ofMenin. The follwin^
iubmiffioti, printed in large characters, both
in French and Dutch, was immeditcly polled
up in different parts of the town.
Aufirian Netherlands.
Extras of a letter from a gentleman of vera
city in Windham, [Con.] dated Sept. 1.
“There will be no commenceiAetit this
year-—College has broken up. The
fame fever that desolated Philadelphia
last year has broken out in New-Haven,
'and is rapidly Threading through the
town—the inhabitants flying—.feveral
families' are Come to this place.’*
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; BOSTON, SEPT. 6.
Yesterday arrived a fchodner from Halifax,
twelve days. Englifti papers to the sth
july, received by the July Packet there,
have been received by the Edi i'or ; from
which he has collected the following
Foreign Summary,
It is next to impoflible to colled the
whole Truth from the confuted mass
of European Information ; aflertion and
contradidlion following each other there,
with the fame celerity they do in the U
nited States. Notwithstanding, the fol
lowing events may be reljed on.: —
rft. That Ypres has capitulated to the
French, the garrison obtaining, in confe
quehce of their gallant defence, the hon
ors of war. They were to remain prison
ers of war, and they amounted to near
6oqo med (not 600 as was mentioned in
a Philadelphia paper. ) The Hanoveri
ans, and britifh were not put to the fwprd
as has been; reported; but the French
emigrants all fpffered. , ,
2d. That Charleroi, [a strong tpwn of
Auftriart Netherlands., on the rivet JSem
bre J has been evacuated bythe combined
forcesarid taken pofleffioil of by the Re
publicans. ;
3d. That Bruges and Grherit, had been
' taken by the French.
4th. That Oftend wds evacuated the
1 ft, July, and taken pofleflion,,of by the
French the fame day. But no accounts
arp, received that? either Antwerp or
Bruflels had failed into their hands or
that Valenciennes, Quefnoy, or Mons,
had been evacuated. It is in point, how
- ever, to observe that these last mentioned
fortrefles are in. the rear of Charleroi.
1 sth. That the Fr ench, Nothern army
had been increafedtoupwards of f 00,000
men and that the combined armies to
oppofß these were about 40,000 strong y
but were in expectation (^ receiving re-‘
inforcement from, England* particularly;
by those landed at Oftend, the latter part’
of June, under Earl Moira, (forxria-ly ’
Loi4 Rawdon) by detachment from J
Burlington. House. **
' In confequeqce of th? late disa
greeable inttlligeßce from , the
Continent—his Mpjelty’s Minist
ers have condescended to con Cult,
and ask the advice as to the fuhb
br pjofecucion of the war, oi thole
whole opinions they formerly treat
ed with derision.
The result of the meeting =i»ai t nue believe
through the interference of Mr. Jay, the
mtrican Envoys to Jee bavo far the Conven
tion are dijpojed tA make peace with the
Present Mini dry. Should they decline to treat
with the leading men of the cabinet, the next
fubjeft for <onjidtfation will be, what ar
range mints ball take place to en/ure the tran
quility of the country.
Ihe perf ns to whom the Nation lookup
are—-Mr. Fox, Mr. Sheridan, the Duke of
Grafton, and the Marquis of Landfdowne.—
If \tb the three former the Portland Party
have no objeßion to aft; but Mtnifers prefer
U roal tion aitb the Marquis, wbofe friende
are less numerous, cthd fom whose conneOiasiT
adminißration have no apprehenfon, as they
are not Juficiently strong to prevent Mr. Put
and his Jatelitet coming again into power—
Jhould they conceive it nectfary to resign, for
(he de^rable end of procuring Peace to the
Kingdom.
On Tuefday there was a large
meeting at the Duke of Portland’s
house composed of the confiden
tial friendSof die Mimftpr.and the
principal leaders from the oppo
sition.—Ac this meeting, we un.
derftahd, that the fubjed of the
War was difcufled, when many
of the mod diftinguilhed Alarm
ists gave their vote for PEACE.
We are unhappy to learn that tbe
malignant fever ft ill pr evals at New-Ha
ven.
TUESDXT, SEPTEMBER 9, 094.
The fuuation of the we fern part of Pen^
fylvania, commands primary notice. No at
-ecunts of a frtlh devajiatian .were received
by the la/i mail. Proper meajures are taken
End taking to fupprejs this La Pander' of sht
United States.—'l bt term prefiribed in the
Prefideufs proclamation for tbe return of 1 he fe
insurgents to their allegiance- to the laws, ex
pired the I flinf. and We ham, that part df
tbe troops deßamd io alt agdinf them weri
ajfembhng. In tbe mean time the Commiffion*
ers both of tbi United States and Penfylvanid,
were sedulous in their endeavours, .to ejfelii
their fupprtjfion without the af/ifance of art
armed force. .
In all tbe other States, ptrfeß tranquillity,
cent-nt and happinffs, appear to reign p and
under the jtnilercf Heaven, the Hu/bandmen
txpefl to gather one of the tnoji luxuriant
Hanvfs they have been favoured with ft
a number cf years.
Namur, and by the PriiJian subsidy from
tli.e Rhine. These together may make
them 6^,000 strong. - *\-
6th. That Mr. Jay had received alfur
ances frotn the King and Ministry of
Gr^at Britain that rdHtution Ihould be
fully made for the losses sustained by the
citizens of the United States, in the Weft
Indies. Hi^having proposed himfelfaa
a Mediator between the contending pow
ers, is not so authentic.
7th. That both the English and
French fleets were fitting fur sea with the
Utmost expedition t '
> Bth. That the only symptom of peace
which appears, was an eirpefted changf
in the Bririlh Ministry, to make Toom
for the Duke of Portland, Earl Fitzwil
liam, Mr. Windham, and others late of
the opposition
PR ZE to the CONCORDES BO AT.
The capture of a Im Ji fchboner, boend
from this port lor Hallifax, by a host
manned by part of the crews of the French
hips in this port, has produced much con*
verlatioa, and greatly etciced the public
mind. .? The fa&» relating to ’he bufinets,
are these The fchconer failed on Wed
nesday alteration from the L ght*HouJe
Channel for the port of her deflinatibn.
Immediate y after* so we ere inlermed by
the gentleman paflenger, the boat, rfrmed
with two (wivcls beftdes (mall arms, failed
in perfuit of her, and about S' or 9 mile?
from the Light-House cafne up with,her*
fired two (hots at her,'and ordered v ,her to
lb ike,or they would firkher—-fhe struck ac
cordingly, and was brought back 10 own.
. \ London, July
Yefterday.a fervancof Mr. 1 re*
vor’s arrived at the Secretary of
State’s office, with dllpatches from
Turin. .We understand he bro^c
aq account of lord Hood’s having
blockaded up the French fquSd*
ron from Toulon, confining of 7
fhipi Os ths line, and lomc frigates*
in Girns Bay, to the Eastward Ot
Toulon.,
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