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gular depravities, and nearly equal attro
ciiifcs. They have butchered their own
fubje&s by thousands a day, attempting to
force a Conftitutioo, or , internal govern
rhent> on a nation without their con fent
in attempting which,they have already iac
rificed joo,ocjo young men, and have ta
ken about i z leagues of land—a price too
mijch even for a King to give !! !
“ The allies are so heterogeneous in their
interests, that beyond this campaign they
cannot, I think coalesce. The mortal en
emy of Prussia is Austria, and France is
her chief resource, both against Auftria,and
Russia. The natural ally of Spain is France
her mortal enemy is England.—Holland
must look to France as a counterpoise ag
ainst England or iPrulEa ; and should Aus
tria posses the French Netherlands,Holland
must become a province of Austria.
“In Short, the whole combination is so
unnatural, that its existence must contain
the feeds of its own di Ablution. I imag
ine while the belligerent powers are Sacri
ficing their own fubjeSs, yod are wifely
encouraging Emigrants among you, and
by degrees, as you become popalbas, you
will Slide into manufactories, and soon Sup
ply your own wants, and many of the Eu
aopeatMtwi b whom the less you unite in
politicks the better.
jitcy 14.
Thursday Taft arrived afchooner from
Brest, 46 days. The French official ac
count of the Defeat of the Duke of York,
-had not been publiflied, when Site failed,,
hut reports of it were in circulation, and
it was considered as an event of great
importance to the interests of France.
Eight or ten priaci were arriving almost
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“I rejoice, that the leading men of A
m erica, deprecate war, and Wifely endea
vour to fee ure ah honourable neutrality. „ I
hope you will continue the fame judicious
policy. That you have been irritated by
the conduit of our government* I acknowl
edge—but it will be your ifftereft to bear a
few evils, rather, than in tail oh your grow-,
ing States, the depopulating and immoral
calamities of war. v
“'Europe—ch; iftian Europe, exhibits a.
fee ne of carnage and unnatural interests,
never before known.
The French under the opening auspices
of liberty, have run into every Species of
depravity and cruelty,.as Well as impolicy,
. but this does not clear the allies from fin*-
CAPtOKE OF THE iTGOIL <
FrOi HALIFAX, June 28.
By letters froin Halifax, the following
information ofthecaptare of the (hip Pigou
an American Indiahian,'by the Blanche and
Hussar Frigates, has been received.
Thursday returned from a cruise, his
Mijtflt^Shtps Haffar and Blanche. They
have brought in with 'hem the American
India (hip Pigou, bound from the isle of
France to Philadelphia. -
’* The Pigou, prize to the Blanche and
Hrfffif frigates-,'arrived the day before yef
terdaf. She has an American regiffer, &
appears by that to be owned in Philadel
phia. The Circumstances related as the
grounds of her capture, are, that (he failed
from Bourdeaux so the lfle ot France. ; ,
That a gentleman belonging to the Blan
che frigate happened to be a prisoner at the
IHe of France, at the time (he arrived there
and While (he whs loading.—That he af
firms, (he arrived under French colours,
and wore French colours all the time (he
was there. When she was boarded by the
frigates; an attempt was made to fink a
number of letters and pap e 6.—That they
fucc.ecded in part in doing th s ; but a part
of her papers were got pofleffioh of, Which
corcborated the gentleman s tellimony a
bove mentioned — That several Faench
gentleman are passengers on board, who
are supposed to be the owners at lead, of a
principal part of the cargo. There is on
the whole so much poifitiVe evidence, and
fj maay corroborating circumftancc. to
prove the property French that it seems
highly probable (he will be condemned# 1 . f
Writ bMind/that wa s a very valuable
Dutch (hip, and federal Engiiih fouth sea
men : That provisions Were not fcatce hor
dear at Brett'S and that *he accounts bf the .
defeat of the Me of York’s army had
been received /bat as the Capt. could not
proem* any--papers, he was unacquainted
with the particulars; That the Chesapeake
fleet had not arrived ; but was expected —
and prole# which was the offeafible ob
ject of the fleet, putting to sea.
It it Tdl, that the English fle*et was at
set at the time the French wa*. Both fleets
are in force, and must be in the vicinity of
each other.
FROM LONDON.
[Communicated in a letter, from a gentleman
of great political information. J
' VIENNA, APRIL 264
p ETTERS from Poland, an*
I nounce that the Ruffians, to
the number of 18,000 meri attack
ed between the 1 ith and 12th in
ftanr, Gen. Kosciusko ; that the
latter 101 l a great number of men,
but ftili kept his ground; .finally
that Kosciusko attacked the Ruf
fians in his turn,on the 13th, rout
ed them entirely, and took 20 pie
cesbf cannon.
P RUS BU.
THORN, APRIL 30. r (
We Icard that a ftrong'arrtyiof
Prussians is put in motion to ad
vance against the ieditiou® Poles.
A lift of all the Prussian regiments
who received marching orders is
now to be seen. The whole of
this corps is said to amount to 40,
□OO men. His Prussian Majesty
is expected in South Prussia in the -
middle of May,’ to put hintfdf at
the head of that army/
ENGLAND.
LONDON, APRIL JO. -
His PruKaa Majesty last year
entered intertreaties with this conn
try, and with His other allies, by
which he solemnly engaged not to
every day ar Brest. An Express boat
from the Chefapeak fleet had arrived
there and 42 fail-,of the line, failed to
convoy them in. Oft his paflage the lat- -
ter fleet, which'being joined by veflels
from I’Orient and Rochfort,.wereaug
mented to 56 faiterf the line;: .were they
cruising for the provision fleet. - -
The Captain‘of the Schooner further
adds that it was reported’at Dreft that an
English convoy (some fay the Jamaica
fleet) had been carried into I’Orient.
>ROM A LATB rirmCATUi,
IN the opinion of some reliefs leaders cf
the party, to be moderate, is to be cor
rupt, to be a fiend to peace', is to ‘avoar
Britain, &to differ from them in Sentiment,
is to be an Aristocrat. As if moderation was
not one of the cardinal virtues of a states
man—as if peace was not the diffioguifh
ing featlire of a wife.governmen^hs if to
differ in Opinion wasnot the privilege; df
freemen, and rhe lot of mortals*^ ‘
** The nation whole government ceases
to a# temperately is loft ;itis by .the c ilrn
comparison of difqordant opinioh.i thm the
truth is difeovered^ Mnd public decisions
cannot fail to be conibnant to public inter
est in an enlightened country like this, when
paflion hath not usurped the place of rea
son. In 'this view, the forbearance of
Congress on some Iste occafiOns, cannot be
too much commended ; the virtue of the
Executive in determining to fend an En
voy Ex raordinary to demand explanation',
comrafts the wifdotn Os a Republic with the
raflinefs of a Monarchy—and the fate of
the non importation ad in the Senate,
proves the unqueftiqnable advantage ol two
branches to the legislature.
** It dias even been alledged by Tdme as
an Objedicti against all republican govern
ments, because the United Sues did hot de
clare war against Britain for the miiitiplied
aggressions of that haughty nation ; but the
event, it is believed, will raise rational re
publicanism higher in the eilimation of
the world, than it has ever yet been, and
furnifh a (ufficieht refutation to such ihdif
creet suggestions.
$ The power of involving a natibn in
war, is one of the highest ads of sovereign
ty, and none but the enemies of mankind,
Would wi(h this dangerous prerogative to
be veiled otherwise than whefe it is by the
federal confutation or exerciled with less
caution than our government hath lately
dlfplayed.
“ The man who under the mafe of re
publicanism, recommends War, fliould be
fufpeded as an incendiary who aflemblies a
mob under a pretext of redressing pnbiic
grievances, and leave the deluded multitude
exposed to the vengeance of the law, while
he flips off with the plunder and pillage of
the neighbouring houses.”
Foreigh Particulars.
GERMANY.
.EXACTS,
r ‘
Yesterday was a great day for
the holy vengeance of th£ guillot
ine in the capital; and, not with
standing the Majority of those who
fell were of the undiftiriguilhed
clafs/ftill the lingular causes which
led them to punjfhmentare deser
ving of notice; Barteult a mid
wife, was condemned for having
hawked about among her acquain
tance, a letter, which ascribed to
Roberts^ierre a plan for the es
tablishment of Lours XVII. on
the throne ; Bonin, a Printer, for
having in public employed the
expreffiph, f< Robespierre the Sov
ereign Schweyer, a shoe maker,
for having polled up billsj tending
to provoke the massacre of several
Deputies; Pommerv, a hair dres
ser, for having exclaimed in prison
Vive k Roi! and Noel, a Tinman,
for having treated ludicrously the
ceremonyobfervedat Maux, when
the acceptance of the Republican
Constitution was celebrated there.
। n«T ? ■ ' '
RELATING to GAUDALOUPE.
BASSATERRB, JUNE 12.
'QN the 3d inst. a squadron of
the Frenchjconfifting of 7 frigates
and Hoops of war s anchored off
Grozieur, to windward of Point Pe
tre, Guadeloupe, Qn the next day
and the following they occupied in
landing their troops; they lay in
such a pofirion that they intercept
ed all veliels bound ih or out of
Point Petre • at 12 o’clock, the
7th, at hjght they ^tracked Fleur
de Pee, and after being twice re
pulsed, they on the 3d attack car
ried the place bv ftprm. Between
8 and 9 o’clock they marched in
to rhe town, singing Ca Ira, and
other songs of liberty, but were
joined but by. few of the people of
colour; about 9 o’clock their (hips
weighed anchor and went into the
harbour, except on large (hip, ar
med en flute which anchored out'
fide the port; On the morning, of
the ftorm* majot Ross, with 200
regulars and about the fame num
ber of aristocrats, arrived at St.
Mary’s on the opposite fide; but
finding the place taken they halt
ed ; in the afternoon they were joi
ned by 5 light companies; and at
night by 66 French horsemen well
equipped, with 4 field pieces from
Baflaterre, the next day five more
light companies and a marching
regiment! with a number of Aridb
crats joined the camp.
The day after the storm; Com
modore now admiral Thompf in^ 1
with 6 fail of men of war, patted
Pbint a Petre in their ^ay to Baf
fatefre, where thev arrived that ev
ening, andjoinedthe admiral there
about an hour before, the Boyne
and one frigate; two other frigates
lay down his arms but by, mutual
content. Last month he declared
the cdhfeft with France was fruit
lefs, that he was determined to' re
sign it, and absolutely ordered the
main body of his troops back to
his oWn dominions. This month
he for the sum oftwo millions two
hundered thousand pounds, four
fifths of which are so be paid by
this country, fells sixty thousand.
ot his fubjeds to \be engaged in
tharconteil which he had three
weeks ago declared to be fruitlefs !
AH this is, (to use his Muje^y’s
own language) the refuk of his
knowri ptodciim and virtues.
Haris, april 27.
FRANCE
lying in Bafiaterre, joined the squa
dron, which' immediately failed,
and the next day the admiral ah'
chored his 4 line of battle fliips at
Grozieur,foas to completely block
up* Point a Petre ; he sent all his
frigates to scour the toast j.and to
the different Iftands for troops;
He landed 2500 men at Grozieur,
and Col. Blunden, with the army
at St. Mary’s ad vanced to . Petit
Bourgh we.think that is the name,
so the Frtrtch army and navy are
completely blocked up.
It was reported the day before
yesterday, that the French had of
fered to surrender. Gen. Grey af
ter visiting the polls in Baffacerre
quarter, went to join the arnii—-
he Paid before bis departure, chat
in 4 days, he would give a good
account of the scoundrels, so that
we make no doubt that they.have
been taken ere this.
The invasion of Guadaloupe by
the French* will be a verv hapy
circumftance.for the Island, as all
the Democrats have (hewn their
principles, and will no doubt be
(hipped off tor St. Maloes, and
the ccaft of Africa; under convoy
of a (loop of war.
On the 10th inst. Capt. Rich
ards, with 50 volunteers for thi^
island arrived at Baffarerre, as did
also a vcffel with the like number
from Antigua, and immediaiely
failed for Point a Petre.
The army of Col. Blunden
which was advancing against the
French, amounted, as our inform
ant was told, to about 1200 men.
The St. Alban’s with the Cork
fleet, arrived (ome time ago at
Barbadoes, ^nd failed with the
Jamaica (hips for that Island. We
tinder (land that there came out in
the above fleet 3000 British troops
which failed immediately for Point
a Petre, Guadaloupe.
YESTERDAY afternoon^e presi
dent of the United States, arrived
in town fromjthe Southward.
On Sunday last an express arrived with
dispatches to the British Minilter receiv
ed by the May Packet. Newfpa^er ac
counts by this opportunity dre only to
the 6th of May.
At St. Jean, on Lake Camplain, about
the middle of May last, there were from^
60 to 70 flat bottomed boat's. The nupa
bers of them were inCreafing with Unre
mitting industry. Each boat carried
from 40 to 50 men. The Englifli at
that time had about 2ooCanadians to man
those boats whom they paid at 36/ per
month, Nova Scotia currency; the dol
lar,;/.
The Englifli government arefortify ing
With great activity St. Jean^ and also the
Aux Noix. A galley has keen built an 4
was launched in May laft* intended for
60 oars, but it is thought will bear only
48 or 50. The men row under cover.—
This galley carries 4 twelve pounders, z
at each end. It is so conftruded, as to
row either end foremoft • It is called La
Cheve ? the goat, was built at St. Jean,
and swims ori Lake Camplain.
It is reported that 1 too of the warri
ors under the command of Pimingo have
joined our army under Gen. Waynx.
NEW-YORK, 7«>u.
Capt. I*asche from Liston, 44 days,
informs, that on the firft of May, 50 or
60 fail of merchantmen failed from Lis
bon under convoy of two frigates*
bound to Holland ; after being out a few
days, were met by 7 French frigates un- r
der Englifli colours, which were soon
ftru^^nd replaced by the French nation
al flag. The foremoft Dutch and one of
the foremoft French frigates commenced
an a&ion which lasted two hours; the
Dutch frigate having been difinafted,
fell into the hands of the French,together
American Intelligence;
PHILADELPHIA, July 8;