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Foreign Intelligence.
By Hie Jk'ip Act'ive, Captain BlAirJ
RENNES, Mayzc*.
On the fide of St. Meer and Mont-'
fort, ths*re i» a band of rebels com
toiamlcd by Diipltfiis. Lanjunais is
wiih th'e.n. The Reorefentative of
tue people in this, department, has
recently sent off 4.0,0C0 men to re-in
force the a'rir.v of ihe North.
PATHS, May J*.
Maurice Jouve Jordan, 45 years cr age,
born at St. J (id, department of Haute
.Loire, fwcceffjvfcijr butcher, Joumcynlan
tlackfmith, foluier, Slid (table-boy ; after
wards a wiiie-merchant,' under the name
of Petit, ift 1707 arid 1781; then a drug
lelisr at AvJvuon ;• then general of the ar
il:- of Avignon ; . then Chef d'Eu ad:e
of the <jr«jidatu';fefie, has at length met
vli.li u fete «iding with his offences.
He was accused —
!. Qf teVerll cdnfpiracieS in the depart
ment Deffcouches du Rhone, and particu
larly at Avighofc,'.p.gainft the unity and in
div-ifibi!ity of the Republic, by means of
Which the national property has been dila
pidated.
11. Ofprocuring national property at
an undervalue, by means of terror and in
trigue ; .
Ill; Ofabufrtlg the military authority,
in order to imprison the patriots, and the
puhlic iuntfiionaricsj even those belonging
to-thc popular societies.
IV. Of dlfavo .ving the authority of the
Adminiitrative and judicial bodies, and
ever, of the National Convention.—And,
V. Of protecting the Federalifls, the
Counter-Revolutionary and fufpeited Citi
zens.
Having been found guilty by the Revo
lutionary Tribunal, he is condemned to
expiate his offences by the guillotine !
FRANCE,
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
11 Prairialj May 30.
Barrere read an Address to the ar
mies of the Republic;
" England i« capable of every but
rhge on humanity ; and of every crime
towards the Republic. She attacks the
lights of nations, and threatens to anni
hilate liberty.
How long will you fufFer to con
tinue on your frontier, the slaves of
George—-the soldiers of the mod at
trociousof tyrants?
" He formed the Congress of Pilnitz,
and brought about the scandalous fur
fender of Todlon. He massacred yoti
}>reiiirert at Genoa, and burned our ma
gazines in the maritime towns. He
corrupted our cities, and endeavoured
to deltr'oy the National Representation.
He ftai ved vour plainsj and ptirchafcd
treasons 011 the frontiers.
" Wfren the event of battles, shall
put in your power either English on
fianovcrian3, bring' to yout remem
brance the vail tracts of country Eng
iilh slaveS have hid waftei Carry your
view to La Vendee, Toulon, Lyons,
Landrccits, Martinique, arid St. Domin
go, places still reaking with the blood
which the atrocious policy of the Eng
lish has shed. Do not trilft to their art
ful language, which is an additional
Crime, worthy of their perfidious cha
racter and Machiavelian government.
Thole who bosft that they abhor the
tyranny of George, fay, can they fight
for him I
" No, no", Republican soldiers, you
ought therefore, when victory (hall put
in your power, efcn.er Englishmen or Ha-'
noverians, to ifrike; ncft one of them
ought to return to the [traiterous terri
tory of England, or to: be brought into
France. Let the Britilh slaves peril]),
and Europe be free f"
16 Prairial June 4.
Rulh announced from the Coßmiittee
of f*ub!ic Safety, that Grand Clos, a
, rich merchant of Port St. Malo, accu
sed of counter-revolutionary projects, l
had escaped from the officer sent to ar
relt him, but that his warehouses, which
were full of coffee, sugar, indigo, &c.
had been seized on ; and that fevcral
' bags of gold, which he then exhibited,
had been confifcatcd.
Gregorie read a Mtrrtorie on the bed
frteans of extinjruifhing the differen j
patois or provincial'diale&a now spoken ,
in 30 different parts of France, and of 1
substituting one common language in'
their (lead. t
Ordered to be printed.
The National Agent of the Diflri<ft'
of Evreux trdnfmitted a large quantity ,
of diamonds and precious flones to the t
Convention, .besides much massy plate, t
He at the fame added, that the admf-1
niftratora would soon fend more dirt, to 1
enable the Republic to beat the coalef-'
ced Kings at their own weapons.
17 Prairial* June J. r
All the different officers of the Aflem t
bly having been renewed this Day, it
was found, that of 220 votes, Maxi
milian Robtfpierre united 216 the was!
accordingly pioclaimed Piehdent,linidlt
unanimous plaudits.
Barrere, in the namt of the Commit
tee of Public Safety, observed, that the
National Representation is the only bo-
Aly which is not diftirtguifhed by any
_ external marks. The Rcprefentativcs
s serving with the armies are known, hii
f i'aid, by means of a particular dress, and
3 he proposed to decree "that 011 the
.'2O Prairial, (June 8,) the Members of
the National Convention fliall assist at
, the feaft of the Eternal with a bunch of!
National coloured feathers in their hats'
and a three-coloured falh about tin...
c bodies." This decree was carried, not-j
n withflauding the observations of. Le
-Cointre cf Verfailies, who objected to it. :
e i Barrere afterwards announced, thatj
"he fliould soon deliver in a report rel ;
live to a National Republican dress. i
. t j The following Decree Was paf:ed o: ;
s.'the motion of Gregoire :
j "The Committee of 11.fit-action (lia',l
"deliver in a Report relative to the Co
"ltrinftion of a new Grammar, and a n.e
£ Vocabulary of the French language:'
.they shall give their opinion o.i ibifbeuj
imanner of facilitating the fl idy of, and
t giving that character to ir, which be
-longs to the language of Liberty."
> JVo Official account of the Surrender of
e i Ypres had been puhlijhed in London on
S, toe loth June, as appears by the fohoii'-
ing ariicle.
c .
LONDON, June 26.
)
The very contradictory accounts res
- pelting the fate of Ypres, makes the
surrender of it still doubtful: it is by
"jio means certain that it is in the hands
of the French. By a vefTel arrived
yesterday at Dover from Ollcnd, we
learn, that no certain intelligence hat:
been received there of such an event.
In the course of the day we hope form
accounts may arrive that shall put the
- public anxiety out of suspense.
Lord Moira certainly arrived at Os
-tend yelterdav, which we trust will put
; the fatety of the place out of all doubt,
• even supposing Ypres to have furruuder
-ed, and the French to have further ad
vanced
The Pri; C" of Sax.' Cobourg offered
■ to resign, bi.t tli.- Emperor reqiiclled
• him to continue in fcdmm tnd M« De
Mack asked leave to resin and obtain
,ed is, on pretext that i 1 health will rot
- l!ow him to remain with the ai my. He
goes to Vienna with the Efnperor.
• The BrunTwi't!", captain Harvey, arivct.
| t Par; mouth, engaged the l'rench (hip Lc
V'engcur, and in the good old way fiiicV
' elofe to the enemy til lh f uile. Foragreat
'pirtof the as'on, they we; t f,(faked to
gether by the B uaiwick's anchors, which
[ were at la't torn from her bows. The
, 3runfwick fufT:rtd severely in her hull,
liafts, and rigging; Iter mijenflnaft, main
opmaft, and part of her bow-fp it being
ihot away. In this situation (he drifted t>
leewa dos the enemy s flying (hips, am;'
-vas obliged to put a way before the wind,
he only situation in which (lie could carrv
ail. She had 47 men killed and 115 wound
'd ; among the for'&er'a, e capt. Kaimde's
tnd£n(ign Vernori, of the aotli regiment,
two Lieutenants of the fliip, and two
v; ates ; among the latter, Captain Harvey
himfelf, whose right arm was lo fhati^r,d
is to render amputatioa above the elbow
leceflarv. We are happy to add that lit
is In a fair of recovery.
NEW AMERICAN AMBASSADOR.
On Sunda/evening lad, John Jay, Elq.
arrived at Falmouth, in the American (hip
Ohio, in 9days from New-York. He
is come to this Country in the character of
• AmbalTador Extraordinary and Minister
! Plenipotentiary: and is attended by his
l son, and a Secretary. :
Although it mud be allowed that the |
Americans are very much opt of humor at 1
the numerous captures ifeade on their (hips;,
we are well informed that such meafui es
have long since been tak' n by our govern- !
meat, as will effectually remove every 1
cause of discontent; and it appears frc m :
the above paragraph, that the American i
government is extremely adverse to any !
ho/til e measures.
From the ANALITICAL REVIEW, for
December 1793.
Philddelphiat Mr. B. S. Barton,
prof, of nat. hilt, is publilhing an " Hif
toricaland Philosophical Inquiry into the
original nature and design of various re-1
mains of antiquity, which have been dis
covered in America, together with observa
tions on the emigrations, on the populous- :
ness, the genius, &c. of the inhabitants of
the Continent, iiluftrated with plates."— '
We hope this valuable and important work '
will not long be delayed; in the mean
time we think it proper to inform our for- 1
eign readers, Mr. Zimmermann, oft
Brunfwick, will publilh a German tran'fla- ]
t on of it as speedily as possible,' the author (
having promiied to transmit him the (heets
as they eome from the press. Mr. Zim
■nermann, intends to add to his translation
notes on the different races of men, and 1
their emigration. t
, Barrere has confirmed the decree so f
i-Wlowing no quarter to ihe British and Hi
i3noverians; and lias f'olowed it up by a
(l iVTar.ifefto againit Euglfa the nation.
When Henry the "VIII. hig °f_ Great
Britain, LVfenderof iht Faith and to forth*
met Francis 1. in the vale of Ardennes, the
c :wo Sovereigns and trains pafled
>- i'oriie vi-ftlis in tilts and tournajnents,
y » aiks and Tealts; but previous to their
f pompous parade, the cnllom of the time
'. .iicm lo hear oJ.e fertflon, which'
1 was prtachcd by a Monk, and began with
l ' the iullowiugreniark'aLJelcnUrice : " Being
' appointed to preach be!or« the two moll
if powerful Potentates in thU our world, 1
It know it will be expected that unto each or
if their-Highniiles I IhouM pay an high com-j
k iplimtiit, ar.d wiiiiing U) Bift as custom'
■ doth prescribe, I have over the
i« hi.lt- ot my Bible, to find one,but to my
Hgrrat grief and difconifofl',l round
any thing iddrefl'ed unto Kings in that!
I-holy book, ejeeptadmonitions.
ll i ' j
!. GENERAL CLAIRFAIT's
DEFEAT.
Oil the tcth, *t nine in the morning,
a general atfack was made by the enemy
at all points, between Roufielaer and
l'ivielt. Geiietal Clairlait was going
to nite tlie liege of Ypres, and a correi
• pondent movement was ordered to he
'liiutde by the Duke of York at Tournay.
The duke however did not come into
a Clio,), as orders had been given on
Tuesday to the army under his com-/
mand, to pitch their tents, and the Park!
■ iof artilleiy, which had marched to Pont
" a Tiacin, had orders to return.
'l'he contest between the French and:
General Clairfait's army, was obftinatej
and bloody, and during the adtion ar.i
. incelfant and tremendous roaring of,
cannon Was diflin£My heard at Bruges,
the result of which was, that General 1
■ Cliiirfilit Was obliged to fall back (■
j Roufielaer, and leave the enemy mailers
of the field, after the loss of his artille- ■
ry and baggage.
The defeated army, confided of Eng- 1
' lifh, Hanoverians, Hessians and Auftri- !
ans, but our accounts (late, that the
Enghih and Audrians weie the moll
forward in their zeal in the cause foi i
which they were brought into attion. I
What contributed considerably on the
' part of the enemy to the success of tin J
day was, that the cavalry could not ail
with effect in that part of the country 1
, where the battle was fought. Ypres;
j has not yet fin-rendered, but die natural
eorxelufiuri drawn from the defeat of the
unfortunate Claiiifait, who was march
. ing to the relief of that city ij, that ii 1
mull immediately fnrrender.
Great apprehensions arc now enter
tained for' Nieuport and Odend.
I THE NAVAL VICTORY. '
* Of the glorious ait ion fought on the
ill inlt. many cfrcnmftances yet remain
to be narrated, which confer no less ho.i 1
t nor on the naval character of Great Bri
tain than on the individuals concerned
■in them. These, as they come to our
1 knowledge, we (hall think it our peculi-i
. ar duty to record : and we (hall at all'
times confiderourfelves asunder partial-'
ar obligations to those who (hall favor.
- us with such Communications. i
s The following are a few anecdotes of
> i hat memorable and brilliant day,
"Tor the authenticity of which we can (
j vouch.
i, The French certainly did fire red-hot
e hot at some of opr (hipsj More than
one fell on board the Brunfwick in the
late action. They were supposed to
•have been fired from the Brutus of 50'
■guns, which was an old eighty-gun ship,
1 cut down, and which did not come in'.o
j. the French line.
j. Several of the Brunfwick's crew are
s burnt and much disfigured by fire balls
and other combuilibles thrown in at her
e ports. Her broadlide, and that of the
t Veugeur, touched for some time ; and i
•the French, who generally load their 1
guns on the outside, set their feet on ,
f tt,e Brunfwick's guns to load their own; |
1 a "d our sailors. taking up the bar-lhot,,
i knocked some of the intruders into the
c sea.
While the Brunfwick was thus close-,
ly engaged, a French ship of 80 guns,'
r with near 300 men in her shrouds, bore ]
down without firing, thinking to carry
, her by boarding. The Brunfwick '
- however, fortunately shot away all her
? mads by a single broadside, and all the'
. boarders perilhed in the sea.
The deck and poop of the French I
admiral's (hip the Montagne, werei
elcartd by the firft broadside from the 1
Oueen Charlotte, which continued fa-1
iking the Frenchmen for twenty-seven t
- lnlnut C3, to which he was able to re-1
Fjturn but very few guns : and there is<
ittle doubt but he mull have been ta-;
ken, had any of his mads given way. I
" The Royal George, which alYoj
, broke the French line with the mod dc-'f
[terminedfpirit, for some time fultaine'djl
the fire of five French (hips, and com-jl
plctely drove her antagonist, fuppofedlc
1-to hetne Republican of 110 gunfr out
>of the line. . ( v t *
The Royal, George Iwa Ker wbejp
lt shot away early in the
'' received a confide'rtble uum&er of fliot
d between wind and water.
8, The French fleet was to the
it Engtifh by 398 guns and 800b nieu.
16 The complement of the Montagne was
tnen and (he carried 130 pieces of
cannon, iitcluding carronades on her
In short, guns were mounted on
I board her wherever any room could be
ififound—An Englilh vessel ftie took after
i-jfhe engagement, and which has been
n since retaken, brings an'account of the
le Montagnc's havidg loit 40b men, in the
faction. • :
j♦ . -
"i .Among the difficulties which eiift Id
'ourattempt to dellroy the French Go
!vernment, there must be reckoned the
number of their armies, the facility of
their recruiting, the almost general en-'
•'ergyof-the nation, and the intelligent 1
J manner in which their committee of]
0 public fafety employs their resources. 1
But to thofc who attentively observe |
the present scene there arc other reasons 1
f which seem to render all the efforts of
the combined powers ineffectual. The I
solidity which the French government I
( acquired from day to day, by the habit'
k'of obedience, and by feeing itconftant-1
jy tiiurtiph 6ver all the obstacles which 1
' present themftlves, a$ well a» by their l
j irrftitutions appropriate to the genius of <
the people, wliofe chara&ir and temper 1
■ they ft ill seem to eonfult. While the|l
j ruling party were seen Occupied only in <
bloody executions, eveiy One thought/
that they were actuated e.uly by a blind!
veiigaance, and that their violent fyftemi
( woulj tind its overthrow by its own pro-1
' per dxceffes ; but the authority of the:
Cortvention feenis to grow more and t
more solid and tranquil, and they ap- 1
: pear" to be employed at length in laying t
the'balls of true Government.. t
[t fetters received from Switzerland
,i mention, that the forttefs of Coni has 1
been taken by the French by aflault.'
e between Coni and Turin there is no
e place of any ilrenjrth.
( The infuri-edtion in Sardinia is of a >
y more serious nature than was «lt firft ima- 1
•s gined. '
One hundred and fevtnty of the'
e principal inhabitants have been fen£ from;
the iOnnd by the insurgents, among '<
these are the governor of Sudan and'
the principal officers of that town<-—lt I
•_ i» aifo said iu letters from Turin, that'
the Sardinians have declared themselves'
independent of the power of his Sardini- -
an majelty, and have cftablifhed a repub-'
lican form of government. jl
' A considerable body of the Turkish«
( rebels in Romania and Servia have
l'jdefcated; but 30,000 Albanians, in a 1
jfortrefs, defended themselves with
Mahnmd Pacha at thtir head.
ir r , ■
3 LIVERPOOL, June 16. '
( .The English and French Fleets.
>r Extrafi of a letter from an Officer oh [
' board the Pbaton fr 'gate, dated fjg}-tf-\
'f mouth, June 11. j (
'' " I have the pleasure to acquaint you l
nof my lafe arrival at this place, and as, 1
upon so great ■ and glorious an occasion, j
will naturally expedl some news!
"from me, I fit down to acquaint youl
C oF the events which have recently
0 cur red. ■ (
0 '* On the 28th of May, in company r
Pwith the Grand Fleet, under the cpm
°mand of Earl Howe, we saw early in )
jthe morning, to windward of us, the I
® French fleet, consisting of 25 fail of 1
' the line, of which 4 were 3 deckers, i
1 and from 100 to 120 guns, ii of 801
guns and upwards, and 9 of 74, tvith ]
d feveral frigates.. At firft the French (
r bore down npon the Britilh ffeet ! but 1
" soon after hauled their wind, confidera-j
' bly out of gun shot.—Every exertion a
was thade on the part of the Britifha
e to come up with them, but without.ef-r
fedt, until 5 in the about 1
which time our headmost' ship.l, that is c
'■ to fay, the Bellerophon, Admiral Paif-t
c Icy » Thnnderer ; RufTelj and Audaci-1
y ous, fucceffivtly opened on the flern- J
•' most ship, which was a three decker, J
r called the Bretagnc. The Ruffe! lay v
e close to her for some tirrrej when the i
Audacioiis, in - A molt gallant i manner, j
h having got well to windward, kept away n
e close under the Bretagne's stern, in- li
e to which she poured her broadside and j
i- fired her mufquetry from' the tops arid p
n the poop. The French ship returned fl
•- the fire—-The Audacious lay 1 on the v
s quarter of the Bretagne near an hour g
-and a half during which time the Marl-fl
borough and Gibraltar came Up andt
} joined in the cannonade. Latona fri-h
-.gate having worked well tci windward,v
lipoued her broadside, and raked the si
-jßretagne, who in return gave her a stern r
Ijchafer or two. I
' I
It « About BA. M. the mi M „ ;»
of the Bretagnc took fire, which <,'hli
el ed her to cut away her mizen tov>- Ulil ;;'
don which (he fell round oft' Upun
)t Ihips. The enemy, during the attack
on their rear, kept their wind' and
lecouife. The Bretagne kept driving
1. down towards the fleet; and as 1 have
isfince learned, struck her
ifjThus en Jed the business of the 23th
:r having to Work up to the enemy, which
n was not effe£led by any of oiir l!ii pst ;ii
ie towards dark. The Bellerophon hy
T this brush had her main-top mad f,.„ t
n away, aiid some damage dune to tlie
ei ''gg' n gi a»d so had some other "fl.iu
e but they w'eVe all ready the next dav
Thursday-, May 29. ' .
" In the morning the enemy Wrt e
d seen to windward, Lord Howe , c
.-very necefl'ary orderly signal, for g,fa -■
e ing the enemy. At half pad 11 A. M.
if our van was engaged with their van!
1-This day the adlion lalled seven hours]
t,Our rear did not come into action till
■f.late ill the afternoon. At nine &, M ,
;.,the enemy opened on our rear, as thev
e-paffed to form an evolution. Ahont i 0
sjtne Caifar cleared up her main top fails,
f The enemy's fleet were then oh the lar
e board tack- At 23 minutes pall two,
t saw five of the en itiy's ships on the'
t Queen Charlotte, two of which were
-soon dismast. d, and jnatl'e off. The
h cannonadin; at this time was very hea
-1 vyand quick. Abort sp. m. wepalT
fed several of oui own (hips, and cheer,
red them, and the cannonading f&dn as.
ejter abated. At nine p. m. the Queen
niChailotte bent a new fore-top-fail, her
tother being quite a rag. Several of oiir
d ships fuffered much this day in their
n fails and rigging, and some in their
-top-malts, particularly the Queen and
e Royal Sovereign, whole falls were
i quite net work. The utmost diligence
1. was used 111 bending others, and tins
jobfervation is equally due to every fliip
that fuffered on that day. The invv ei-
ble, Rufß-1, aiid Leviathan, appeared
sto suiTer mod, the It u fill making much
water.
3 Friday, May 30.
" Early this morning a signal was
s made that Lord Howe intended to re
. new the adlion '; and another .was made
to ask whether all the ships were ready,
e which was immediately arifwered by
IS yes! vea ! from a!i. The line Was soon
t afterwards formed, but soon after < :me
ion a 1 thick fop, o that it was difii- ilt
tto dillinguilh our own ships. This
t wether continued, with little : iter
g tniflion till Saturday evening, Way 31.
.During this fog, as I havefinet 'earned,
. the French fleet were joined by four
line of battle (hips, two fiigates a brig,'
hand an English sloop of war: and they
a had detached two line of battle (hips,
a which had loft their malls.
1 Sunday, June I.
" It is with infinite fatisfaflion I re
couht this great and glorious day, from
minutes taken 011 board.
" The English fleet confided of 2J
the Line : the French had 26.
"At five minutes pall a. m. the adlion
(commenced with three ships in the vaiif
.1 by the French, At ten minfites pall
, nine the Admiral made a signal to en
, gage closer. At 15 mmutts pad nine
s the action commenced in the rear by
j the French; at 16 minutes past nine
- the signal was thrown out to makemoie
tail; at 27 minutes pall nine the ailmi
,• ral engaged the second French admiral,
- it 40 minutes pall nine I observed one
i if our (hips board a French (hip, which
e had loft her forei.iaft and bowsprit; lit
f 52 fninutes past nine one of the French
!, Ihips bore away, having heen much ds
imaged by the Bavfleur ; at 11 minutes
1 pall ten observed two or three French
1 fliips bearing away with their fhiddinjj
tfail booms rigged out: at 18.minutes
-past fen observed three of the I'tench
i admiral's ships entirely dismasted, and
ia fourth had loft her main-mad: at 36"
-minutes past ten, observed the trench
t Admiral's ship had loft its main and
sother fnafts ; and at 46 minutes pall
-ten, observed a French thice decker,
-entirely dismasted ; at 52 minutes pall
- 10 the Admiral made a signal for the
, Phseton to fail towards him. The Le
r viathan had been for some time batier
? ing a dismasted ship, but quitted her
.juftas we bore down ; the French hti'fe
r not having fired for some time, thoug 1
- her colours ft ill flying. Wishing 10
1 join the Admiral as foon 1 as poflible, w4
1 pafled the stern of this French difmalted
1 ship, and were continuing our courle
; when (he opened her larboard quater
rguns upon usj Two or thiee or ier
- (hot paired through our (larboard quar--
Iter galley, and (hot a man's head ortj
-broke both the thighs ot another, m
,'wounded seven, three of « >" m J 1 _
rfince dead. It was a 36 pounder. We
1 returned a smart fire. On joining
Admiral, we were ordered to ta*e
\