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w Last night broke out in this town a very
severe FIRE ; its ravages were almofl unac
countable, conddering the Shor: (pace of time
it continued, owing to the many wooden
buildings we have here. It has consumed a
very considerable pdrt ofthe town, and has in
jured me feme ; My dwelling house among the
red, was laid in allies I have not time to
inform you of the particulars; but have every
” reason to suppose had our engine ( which we en.
4 gaged in your city) arrived here previous to
the fire much of the deviation might have
been prevented/*
We are further informed, that the, fire broke
out by the carelessness of. a 'negro, who was
horning a coalkiln, and before the coala were
extinguished, had put them into a house,
Which feuing the wooden buildieg on fire^
soon communicated to the other buildings, be
ing chiefly wooden, burnt furioufly, So that
the best part of this meropolis is laid in allies.
Since Tuefday many other French vessel«
have arrived ; particularly yesterday when
a number came to ancher, several of which
are fall of pafleogera. .
A French Hoop of War, included among
the latter, mounting 18 guna, brought in
with her a prize, Dutch Ihip, which she in
tercepted on her paflage to this port: wp
have not been enabled to gain any further
particular intelligence refpeding the captur
ed veflel.
The part of the Fleet which firft made
our harbour,,alfo brought in wi.h them a
very considerable Dutch prize loaded with
Coffee, &c. &c.
, ' AN ACCOUNT
Os the Events which have takeii plate at Mar
tinique, since the arrival of Citizen General
Rochambeau, in Feb. last, to the zzd of
J“”‘rU93- .
In canlequencQof orders from the Re>
public, citizen* Gen. Rochambeau arrived i
from Hispaniola at Martinique in Feb. last.
Tranquility seemed then to prevail ; but loon
after, Perrin formed a camp afr^afe Navirej
and planted the white flag. There were aL
so further movements in some other parts of
the island. The General, aduaied by the
impulse of his heart, thought he could bring
the rebels to their duty by persuasion 5 ac
cordingly he went in person into all the dif
ferent parts: He (poke of peace, of ^ncere
reunion. T^e rebels, regardlels of perjuries
promised, but at the time they made such
perfidious promiles, they were flarpening
the daggers, with which they designed to
murder the patriots.
Suddenly various camps were formed at
Lamentin, ar Morin, Sante Anne, Riviere,
Salee, Grande Anfe, Baflepointe, and at
Corbet—that of Perrin grew stronger every
day. This man flopped some citizens, go
ing from Sr, Peters to Fort la Republiqub, ■
seized the powder of the patriots who were at
Cale Navire, and planted the white flag.—
The other camps followed the example, diR
armed rhe patriots, and forced them to'join
them. Such was the fixation of the colony ;
when on May sh, we difeovered the (hip La
Ferme, together with the frigate Calipfo,
with white flags, They communicated
Perrin by signals, and came to an anchor at
the Case Navire. This immediately caused
all the patriots, who until then only prepar.
id to defend themselves against the rebels,
but who had now co encounter the united at
tacks of St. Peter and thdfe Ihips, which were
in a Une with them. A sudden alarm was in
Randy given—every one was determined to
Conquer or die.
In the mean while the Englilh fleer, con
filling, of one do, 1 one 80, two of 74 or 60
gun Ihips,and fix frigates, formed the block
ade of St. Peters, >nd every communication
with the two cities,was entirely flopped both
by land and by water.
The General, convinced by the exccffes
©f the rebels, and the fight of the Englilh,
that the only means in his power to reduce
them was force, made adi splay of his own,
which was very iriconfiderable.——He ap
paint cd for chiefs, citizens Belugardet Den
flume, Laßocbefte; and Rene : He cauftd an
attack to be made on thecamp of Layaffa it
Lamentin, which was very strong by its pq
fition, with an arjny much inferior to that of
the enemy, find carried it {word id hand, in
fight of rhe Englilh* The runaways retreats
ed on to the Gros Morne, which they looked
upon as the strongest camp of the country,*
obliged the handful of patriots who defend,
cd it to capitulate, took and fortified it.
Mean while the Citizen-General topic
from them many oth‘sr polls; that of the
Gros Morne was necessary, in order ro con
fufe the enemy, and open with St. Peter the
communication by land. The General
dKpofed a fbrtie in three columns, and en
cwraging the, troops by hit example, he at*
tacked it with such impctuofity and combi;
Failure of the British Ex
pedition again ft MARTIMCO,
Extract of a letter from Augufla, in Georgia,
dated June 2J.
MASSACHUSETTS.
BOSTON, JULY 24.
ged the patriots to nail up the gun£ and to
retreat : It was then the Englilh landed 2ob
men, whodi{graced themselves by the vilgft
of plunder, carrying away with them every
thing they could find, plate, tables, chairs,
bed<, matraffes,linen, and about jo negroes J
they then ran precipitately on board their '
veflels, to avoid falling into the hands of
the patriots who werepurfuing them.
The Citizen General Rochambeau had,by
* that time, arrived at St. Peter, and had been
a witness to the hofror, committed by the
enemy. ,He ordered (the advanced posts of
Corbet to make a for tie at nine in the even
ing, upon three columns, and to make an at
tack upon the euemy^ who had the fame in
tention. The patriots begap the attack,and
although there was^ in copfcqotpce of great
difficulties, only one column that fought, it
fofpread terror among our enemies, that
they were obliged to retreat will? rhe loss of
an Englilh Captain of Grenadiers, and a
few min ; after which our column thought
proper to retreat also.
,The enemy after recovering from their
fright, resolved to make another atracd, and
at abp.pt two o’clock ih the morning, they
disposed their march in several catamns.—
The twojrincipal ones, which were in the
centre, fat out in two different roads, which,
unknown to them, was rhe fame. The falfe
attack was to be made firft at the heights of
the Morne, and by the parish of Cdrbet ; and
as foor. as the .engagement was begun, the
two columns were to fight their way through
the centre. The adioh wpuld have been
terrible—the patriots were determined and
resolute. Very happily, a mistake of the e.
ne my was the deftruition of a great part of
them, and the fa taction of the petriots ;
The two chief columns which were marching
down the two roads, which afterwards preb
ved to be one, received orders to halt half
way to the Morne. The firfl that Arrived
there did halt; but soon after hearing some
troops marching near them, and ignorant of
the conjunction of the, two rdads, thought it
was the patriots coming to attack them, and
hailed them: The (econ^ column, answered
by a difeharge, so that the 2 columns fought*
wish one ano her for upwards of half an hour,'
before they knew each otUr. GimatA who
had been appointed General by the rebels',
had his thigh carried off; and it is reckoned
that upwards of an hundred men WL Thia
mistake, put an end to evdry new attempt
and towards nine o’clock, i very severe ftbrm
arose, and the break df day (hewed the '
English Admiral fhipdififiafted of his main
matt ; but we know not yet whether it was
by the cannon, or by lightning, Ac iz
o’clock we saw a ftnali Englifti schooner ; (he
was on a parley with the Admiral, who ith*
mediately made fignalk to affdmble a council
of war.
Sunday the 16th, Dubuc arrived at the.
Fond -Capot, in the Vengeance, and" spread
. news the most fatal for France, in order to
encourage opr enemies. The night was
{pent in making obfervdtions. 3
On the 19t t,-by .bircafc pf day, we observed
disorder in the camp of the enemy ; and food,
wee convinced (hat they were preparing to
embark. Indeed, in the evening, the En*
♦ This officer commanded a regiment of Infantry
jn the service of the Unitwi States; and by his valour
* a nd knowledge of discipline, rendered them confpi
cuom fcrviccs. He is said t© ba fiacc dead.
nation, as carried it in less than two hours,
routing the enemy in such a manner, that
they loft thirty cannon, all the, ammunition,
and a lage quantity of provisions thia ac«
tion is alone fuHicient to cover, our General
with glory. The enemy at the fame time
crushed and confounded, fled into, the woods,
after leaving Trinity. A few days befoie
that, Eogiilh veiflels had left the squadron,
to go and take feme troops from the English
Blands 5 bur.they did not arrivb ’until two
day Fa f ter the Gros Morne was taken. It ap
peared by the dispositions of the enemy, time
they were expected at that post., Their at
tempt thus frustrated, rhe troops were tranP
ported a league S. S. E from the city of St.
Pierre ; they were landed and joined to the
rebels ar St. Omer, St. Pierre thus attacked
by 1200 rebels, and about 1200 regulaf
Britifti troops, took vigorous measures tb
make a good defence, and even to attack the
enemy. Thar city acquainted our General
.with its Situation i We were afterwards in
formed, that rhe enemy, having determined
to attack the Borough of Corbet, then in
poffeSfion of the patriots, by fca and land ; 2
Enghfh Ships came ontye 15th of June, to
Cannonade the little battery of Corbet, .that
had only three guns. The mtn of war fired,
upwardsof 600 Shot, blit the battery retorted
the fire so warmly, that they were obliged to
give it up ; and as to the land forces, they
did not dare anempt. it, ,
On Sunday, the 16th, towards evening,
the fame Ships cinnonadett the small . batte
ries of Pointe Lamart and Dupricheur, about
one league N. N. E. from St. Pierre ; but
without fpccefs. The enemy, refoived upon
making afaife attack in that part, in order
to facilitate that upon Corbet, by the land
forces., A9O gun English man of war, ano
ther of 74, together with a frigate^ return*
ed to Pricheur, on Monday,< 17th,' towards
night.. Their strong and continual fire obli-
, A meeting of the Merchants and Traders
in this, town, being requefled, by handbills,
• on business of importance, a very refpeftable
number met at Fanuei’-Hall, On Monday last,
when the Hon.J Thom at Ruff 11, Esq. was chq
fen Tielident, dhd Mr. Thomat H. Perkim,
Secretary.
>■ . The business of. the theejifig was opened
■ by the Hon. Mr. Higginfon^tfiO, aftei; Sketch*
ing the evils that mult refulf to the trade of the
town from a bleach of the neutrality of the
United States, declared by authority laid', it
was generally known, that witjbin two or
three days, privateers. had been fitted out,
armed, and had failed from this port ; (hat
. Others wete now fitting out, some manned,
and to be manned, partly by Frenchmen, and
partly by Citizens of the United States. Af
ter giving this information, a (hdrr explana
tion arose, in which Dr. farvis, Mr.
ginfoti, and Mr. Elliot spoke, and in which the
Dr..recqmmendcd deliberation and caution,
to avoid as well giving cause of pffence to
France, as to the other belligerent powers ;
when a Committee composed of the Hon.
Thomas Rujfell, Stephrit Hgginfbh, fohn Coffin
Jones, Ejouires, Mr. Nathaniel Fellows, Mr>
Samuel Brown t Dr. Charles Jarvis, and Mr.
Eben Pt^rfons, was railed rd report Refolucions
expreflive of the sense of the trade, on the
/übjed they were convened upon ; when the
meeting adjourned toy eflerday at 11 o'clock;
Yesterday rhe committee reported,, when
after a confiderablc difeuflion, in which a
small Opposition was attempted to a pk rt
the report, and explanations ensued ; the
whole pafled by paragraphs and in gross,
without one dissenting hand of a very, nume
rous meeting, confiding of every merchant
and trader tn the town whole health permitted
him to attend, and a. great .number of me',
chanicka and q;ner citizens—Many of the
,ipo latter did not vote on the queftibn the
firft time it was put, frflm the idea, that rbe
Refutations were only meant to convey the
fißtiments of the .trade ; but when the fubje^t
wasexplained, and every citizen invited to
vote, the deci (ion was unanimous. Several
of thefpeakers were applauded for their de
icftarKM of high sea robbery,by privateering ;
and the meeting appeared anxious to bring
to puni&ment anv disturbers of the state of
neaiiality the United States now enjoy.
The following are the Refolutidns, which
Were adopted :-t- ...
At averyjtlll and refptdlable meeting of the
Merchants and others, cencerntd in trade,, re^
fidtng in Boson, and convened at Faneuil-Ha 'l,
by Pubiri Notifcasion, on Monday July 22,
. VQJED .^That, iq the opinion of this bo
dy, th^^refident’s late Proclamati.ti, declar
ing jhe ited States to fie in a state of bfed
trrflrty^^ndi daUing on the citizens to cbndu/l
hccordjQgly, was a wife and prudent mba
fure, w^Ltimej| founded on fa'€t k and cat.
ciliated to secure the honor, and rp promote
the trqe inter efts and happiriefs of our court
try. A
' Tliat in otfr opinion tfieretare,
an attentive conformity to the laws of Neu- r
traiity^ and the obligations pfexifting Trea
ties, is thc indifpeirtable duty of all good ettir
zeß^apd v»e conceive that to promo e it,
Was rhe primary objeft of that Frotiama
tiqp.,
' And in order 'to prifirve that state bf neu
- trality,Jo importdnt to tie inter est and honour
of ibis country,
ZpT'Fp,—That ffibpld any QMzen of the-
United Stares, Income iorefe^ed in, or fit
out any Privafeer oi armed Veflel, to cruize
against either oft h<i Belligerent Powers, the
other Citizens of the United States ought to
ofc their utmost endeavours, so bring him 19
- condign punifhmen, for such nefarious breach
iaw> of Nations, andthe rules' of Neij.
P ' -r\ . * f . •' - f - r ; '
glilh embarked ia their veflels with some em
igrants, and the rebels took their rout by
land for La Case Naviere. The aftoniShr
ment of the patriots was great at the fight
of so precipitate a retreat but it was much
more so, twodayraffer, upon theinfortnation^
that Ptrein had also fled— that he embarked
with all such as would follow him, especially
the women, children and bagage, and that
the Ships had fleered partly towards the Norths
and partly towards the South. ,
This day^ ,23d. wje ujjderftaod, that La Mg.
fin, fallowed the example of Pera* ; so that
notwithstanding the^ebeis^forty-five days a
go were masters cf rhrep-fourths of tbeiflandi
apd seconded by a strong squadron, ‘and En
glish troopj,which did npt bluSh to join them
again ft patriots who had bo Strength besides
their own ; but who having courage and a
•brave Genera] ar their head, obliged them to
abandon every thing.";- _ • .. v
- •„ Do we owe this defeaMo the s^i vity of the,
Citizen General Rocbambeau ? Do we owe it
at rhe fame time, to The""courage ma^’fefled
by the Patriots ? ^r d$ w^owe it to the dif
cousa£ement of the enemy, occasioned by our
firntnefs and the accidents,? We presume tbaj
alftfiefe^irjQufidlanveshavccQntiibuted to it;
but^e thirkjrkmore prqbsHe,H is owing to
theifcbeUg informed chst the troop which
the’ Republiqk has feet us, were not Sir oft.
important proceedings.
SALEM, JULY 2J,
Cast. Ped rick arrived at-, Marblehead, 'bn
Sunday, from Bred am Bilboa.-r-He went to .
the former port from England, to take a car
go for Bslboa ; but war bring declared by
France against Spain, about the time, he was
detained Jeverjil weeks, but was treated with
ref peri, and when permitted, to depart, was
amply compinfated fir his detention. He left
Brest the lid of Moy, and can. therefore bring
ho later accounts of events paffng at the feat
bf war, than that we have already had by .
the last vtfjels from England, "the accounts are
as early received. He fays, however, that
such was the imprefton duhich ibtfe events^
bad made upon the minds of the French, and
such was their confidence ia 4hz juft\ce of their
cause, that they had no kind of apprebenfion
of their final success- ^He never jaw men
mire deter mined in the pur fait of any ob- '
jtß, than they are to complete the revolution ;
and their fixed resolve, and mod sacred. oath
is. to live free t or die. • Fhey regret that the
Englijb have taken part againf .the cause of
freedom ; they dem them their mod formida
ble enemies, and appear deftrous that a Separate
fedee may be efjeQ t d with, tb m .
he accounts. We havebad of the iilfu-reriiont
in the province of Brit .nny. in which Bred is
situated, Are not wholly untruethey . frequent
ly take, plafe, exalted by obsolete nobler and
clergymen, who find.. meant to mix with tho/e
whom they can influence ; but thefe~ are re- .
garded at their, lifter troubles ; the great; body f
of she ny tion are determined revolutonids
the nnnibers of the infurgent' are comparative
ly trifling'', and whenever they apt ear. in any
force, they are dipperfid and quelled by the.na- ,
tipnal misiria, who are conftantiy trained to
arms, and hold themselves ready to ma'th, on
any alarm : . the mod dangerous characters q
mong the inf urgent s t when taken prifonen, a r e
guillotined j, Capt. Ped rick saw feveraL us
these execut'ons 9 and among the viriims war
one of the .firmer, nobility ; he fays the mode
of execution is the most expeditious that .can
be imagined—the execucioner. touches a fpnng
with his finger, and in the twinkling of an
eye the head is off', thele and o>her Severities,
the Freucb themselves fpgra, but deem yecef-
Jary tn tbyir present circumflances heyheOrd
n>thing qt Br^fl of the capture of Naniz,
flso miles southeast) which bos been rela
ted in the Engl papers. Cv^ ,
Wh’.ie Capt. Pedrick was at Brpft<t .Userp ‘ -
were dearly 40 Jail of the line in that. Mr- '
boitr, completely equipped, ftiliy manned, and
ready, fir failing-, their effeers are now such
ds, have railed themselves \by their bravery
r and merit, and on whom they can depend — ■
7 heir privateers have been very Juccefsful 'J
and a number of Eng ifh an I Dutch prizes '
rived a s Brift while Catt. Redrick was iber e i
All kindsf of proviliens were plenty an g
cheap in . France, and min enough fog river
purpoje of peace or war^and in the bigheft Jpirits t
A ’ < , - . _
5 / NEWBURYPORT,. JULY fL/. - / ;
A letter from Worcester informs, th,at Frqft,^^
miirdered Idr. Allert, Princeton,, last week (an ?c
--eount o£ which 4s ; given in' otor last) was on Sapyrday
the aoth uk. taken,, and.fecured in gpal.-r-«He.is a»
unaccountable fellow—[peaks veryickrelefily of hav
“ beat out Mr. Allen's brains* and* then 5 well
f. mellowed his heid ; add if. be cepld have the
opportunity-of l serving Mr. Allen’s .brother in ‘he^
fame manner, they might hang him as soon as dfoy
.; plcafed." He will doubtfofs foonbavjt an oppOrtuu^
ty of dancing a gig in a hbmpen collar,
*• * A fmoll town on the coasts of Brittany : where the
English trappt landed in tybi-^wJirn tht Duke d' Al
guilfou with the Bretons, repulfcd them.
FROM NEW.YORK, JULY 22.
A Vessel has just arrived here from Havre-de-
Grace—By her a gentleman has received letters-.
Which make the counter-revolutionary affairs of
France, in that quarter, appear rather propitious.
These letters contain as follows ; A
, Havre-ae-grace, fune q, t.7s3^
: “We have just heard, that the .town of Orleans
has furrendertd to the Royalists, without refiftanc^}
fearing the lame treatment experienced by Nantz,
where, it is laid,' many thou land Democrats have
been facrificed, in hecatombs^ to the rr.anes of the
slaughtered Royalists. The Royal army is increas
ing daily ; and many persons, who before had been
jik nt and inactive, from fear, had now declared theif
feiitiments in favour of counter-revolution; and that
in the Departments of Loire and Vilaine, there arc
upwards of roo,ooc men in arms.” •'
“. A strong Englilh fleet confuting of 29 men of
Avar, 12 frigates, and 140 jranfports, appeared, near
St. Caft.* and ’the Patriot General Gcuyron had.
repaired to Brcft, which it Was ex pelted would be
attacked by the Royalists. It is laid there were
more than .600 noble Bretons, who were there dis
guised as labourers, and who had it in design, to co
operate with tfie Royalists, in its reduction. St.
Malo^ Dinant, /Lambeile, St. Briuz, Gutfignau, and
Morlaiz, are fa id to be in favour t>f. tlft Royalists.
The patriotic troops are on the march to Rennes,
[The capital bf Brittany] if they fliould be beaten,
Normandy will declare for a King.
« POTEDc-^ That to prevent and difeourage
as far as we can, such criminal coudtd, we
will give our utmost aid to deteA and bring
to legal punishment, those who Shall be guil
ty of it. . ’' .
thomas h.terkins, sec*ry,
> * Tbit Commit tie confide d of the gentlemen
ebofen to retort the ^ejolu r hns.
« F’OTED,-— ®jat a committee* beappoict.
ed to have th’efe Resolutions primed in the
several newspapers ; and to transmit copies to
the other sea ports in this State ; desiring
concurrence, if they conceive them adapted
to promote the public good.
Per Order of the Committee,