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•the command of ^awrcccfki, ifZzunified *a S»;ide
‘tnir, to the number of$o,o*o but •were foon alter
obliged todilperfe,'being in extreme want of every
thing, preffed by a corps of Ruffians oh ihe one line
and by a corps of Prulfians on the other, leaving
‘•bout 8© pieces of cannon behind them. The re
mainder of the corps of^Poles, confining from 4, to
*600o men, among whom are the Generals, V* urw
eeclki,-Z jonezeek, Dainbrowfki, Madalinlki and
feveral others, are determined to open thcmfelves
a pillage into <*i|lj.ia, but tlolely followed by the
•Ruffian* and Prtfians, they will hardly effect their
zpurpofe. —
M A N II E 1 M, November g8.
Immediately after receiving the diipaiches an
nouncing the return of 2 >,coo Pruflians towards the
'Rhine, a council of war was heald at head quar
ters. It is thotiglit to bedntanded to luccour Mem/.,
and M.mbeim, and frultraie, ai4ealt 1 or ihcprelcnt,
the defign* of the French on both thefe .places. In
rhe former, on the night of the c ad, a finall houle,
near the‘Laboratory of the artillery rook fire, but
the flames were happily foon extinguilhed. The
French have again taken J>oflVlfion ol Brerzenheim,
which theyhad abandoned fome days before, after
plundering it, they do n6t feetn to make great pi o
grel* in their enter .prize. For feveral days they
have fired but little. This morning, however, we
hear 9 It'rong cannonade. Before Manheirn they in
ceflantly continue their works, which are of Inch a
narure as to ibew that they mediate an attark of the
ci ^. The works confift v* leveral redoubt# and
batteries, which arc as ftt very imperfect and uu*
'provided with artillery.
AMSTERDAM, December 4.
-Our letters From Vienna, Itate, that on the 19’h
■uli» a French courier .frrtved id that capital, where
th£ rumour of peace, an event which was thought
tcrjte very near at Ira lid, daily gained ground —
Thbfe rumoursfeem ro be confirmed by a letter.from
¥<irii, dd-ced the *2£ih ult. which ftaie, that peace
^wa» vei y ferioufly ipoken of there, and adds, that
feverajofthe public prints contain articles relative
to that delirahle event, of inch a tenor as to an
'flounce, that the public mind is preparing for an ho
nourable <pcaee, conformable to the Republican Con*
ftittnion, provided it ihould be demanded by the io>
<Teign powers.
December it.
Our fate is to be io a continual fcat^ of alarm.—
The enemy by their replaced attempts upon our ri
vers, fuflfer us to enterrain no doubt of the object of
their dtftj,ns a gain ft this country, and this pretend
ed fol'peolion of hoftilities ill accords with the daily
£ tracks which the enemy nnkc from Burgen op
Z '.tn11 10 F.tumerick. The editors of the Dutch pa
pers ufe their urnmft endeavours to conceal our dun
^'■r by averting that the termination of che war is
at ho great diTtanc*. One day we read of the dif
pofiiiun of the German empire to pence—the next
day we are effured that * negotiation is to be open
ed Immediately at Baden, or B.ille.
1 E Y D E N‘, December n.
Private letters have b<?en received here from Pa
Yis, dated the 3d of December. They contain a
particular account of me victory gained by the ar
my of ihv Ealtern Pyrenees. rl be battle lafted four
hours, at the expiration of which, the Spaniards
abandoned all their redoubts and batteries, from le
veled of which not onelhothcd been fired.
A Prufltan officer arrived at Paris, on the 27rh of
November. He immediately proceeded to the com
mittee of Public fafciy, with which he had a long
confermce. On the 291b he let out on his return.
The object of his million is a profound lircret. The
o ject ol the million of Treithard and Elfachercaux,
is k pt equally lecreti
It is> probably to tliele members of the former com
mittee of public lafety that the letters from Switz
crland allude, which Irate that the French ambiilli
dor Barthcl-mv, had lately notified ro the Regency
of Bern, that two representatives of the French pso
pie would foon arrive at Huntington. Some time
ago it was laid, that feverai peiions were at Bedcn
In Switzerland for thepurpbie of uegneiating peace.
It i* now laid that »he uegociarion will he opened
at Bifle, where lodgings are already prepared for
the commitiioners. A letter from B;ifle ol the 19th
November, contains 1 he.following information :—
•* Th* aid-de-camp of field marlhal Molleudorf, ac
companied by feverai other officer*, has been here
fome days, he has had frequent interviews with Ba
cliar the ftcretary of the French legation in this
city.**
Someperfons pretend that thele interviews relat
ed to peace, whilit others affirm that the caule of
them was merely an exchange of prisoners, The
Marquis ofd'Yranda is al<oat charged with
ft lecret commilsion from the court ol Madrid.’*
FRANCE.
NATIONAL C O N V E NTIO N.
November 27.
LtTouftNEVR leuted, that a letter from Briga
dier General Detertre, dated November 9, announ
ced that the fyfcetn ol juftice and humanity adopted
In La Vandee, promifed a fpeedy terniination to the
civil war. T he Chooans were daily coming in,
. throwing themlelves into the »rms of the republi
cans, and faying, “ Since you pull down the fcaf
fulds, we will fight no mote againlt our brothers.”
November 28.
Rtc-ttA'ftD, hi the name of the committee of pub
lic fafety—“ We have already announced* that the
**rmy foe E aft ern Pyrenees attacked and brat tire i
Spaniards on the 1.7th -Nov. The left and the cen* !
ire ot the republican army maintained their pofiti
on ; our right entirely brojce the left wing of the
eneiny.f-but this was only the prelude of a grand
victory. The repreientatives of rhe people, Del
bert and Vidal, write on the 2orh November, that
the Republicans again attacked the Spaniards on
that day. In fpite of the iiioi't ubltinaie reiifiance,
the advantage of their redoubts and a numerous ar
tillery ; the enemy, after a bailie of four hours,
were completely routed. Their redoubts defended
by for/uiduble batteries, were carried at the point
of the bayonet ; the greater part of them without
firing a (ingle muiket ihot. The Spaniards in their
fi.ghc ab unioned is us all their camps, with their
artillery and t heir baggage. There aie tents for at
leaii 6o,oo<^ men—the number ol cannon is not yet
afceVtained. The battle is juft over, lay the repre*.
fentatives, and we haverrot yet had time to count
the cannon, hut we have taken the whole. The re
publicans made a dreadful carnage of the Spaniards.
Soldiers, officers, generals, all. fought with incitoi
ble intrepidity.*'
This account was received With loud applaufis ;
and the convention decreed, that the army of the
EaTtern Pyrenees continues to delti ve well of its.
country.
On a report of fhe committee by Merlin of Doual,
it was decreed, that a flig with the national colours
Ihould be lent to the United brutes ol America, to
be prefented*to Congrefs, in token of Eternal Union
and Fraternity between the American aud French
People.
LONDON,
December I. The Marquis of Lucchefini has for
mally contradicted ac the court of Vienna, the re
port of the King of Pruffia his mutter, having enter
ed into a feparate treaty with tlie French
In confequence of the fudden change of affairs in
PVand, it is faid the King of Prulfia has lent an
it ier to General Mollendotle, that the 20 thou
sand troops ordered back to Pru-sia ibuuld remain
on the Rhine, and that in cotilirq uenc.e of this order,
thefe troops, which had began their march, are re
turned to they former cantonments. The Aultri
ans and Prufsian* made an attempt to drive the
French from before Mayence.
It Ihould feem from Paris papers, that in the next
campaign the French expect to turn the navies of
Spain and Holland again ft England. Thelfc are
the terms on which alone peace is to be granted to
thofe powers : If Gibraltar is taken, Spain is to
have it ,• the patriots of Holland are to be relieved
from the Dominion of the Stad-tholder ; the power
and even the exiftence of poor Old England are
dreadfully threatened.
We understand that Mr. Jay is about to fet out
from this country to Paris, on hufinefs of import
ance to this kingdom and to all Europe.
D teem her Hie German politicians maintain
that the Emperor is refolved, in cafe of necefsity,
to order all the inhabitants of his Auftrian domini
ons to rife in a niafs, and to divide that mafs into
three different requifitions ,• to put all the ammuni
tion and provilions iti a ftate of rcqoilition, and pay
fur the lame with afsignats, for which the crown
efiatesare to be mortgaged. It Is, however, doubt
ful whether the Auftrian Conltitution will iuftify
lucn a projecr.
December 15. The mail due this morning has not
yet arrived. That due on Friday came to hand
early yefterday morning: Mr. Mafon arrived at
the fame time with dilpatches fr#m the army, and
Mr. Fabriani from Brunlwick, with an account of
the marriage, by proxy, of his royal highnefs the
Prince of Wales, and the Princefs Caroline ofBrunf*
wick, which took place on the 3d inftant.
By our advices from the continent, we find, that
the armies, notwitbftanding the advanced lea Ion of
the year, have again begun to be active. At Nime
guen, the enen.y are making very aftonilhing pre
parations,^ crofs the Waal ; and the allies are no
lefs vigilant jn preparing the means to difpute the
pafsage. The enemy have .already attempted it
near the Bonimel, and Emmerick \ hut in both pla
ces unfuccefsfuliy.
Letters from Utrecht of the 7th inftant, ftate,
that the tour preceeding days, the French had kept
up a heavy fire on Fort St. Andre, which had been
(o well returned by the garrilotf, as at Jealt to
(ilence their batteries.
Grave is ft ill bombarded from the fide of the
Meufej but from the other fide, towards Bois le
Due, the inundation prevents the enemy from mak
ing any attempt againlc the place, which, as far as
can be difeovered, keeps up a very hrifk fire an a in It
the baiegers.
The warlike operations, fo far as they con’em
Holland, notwithi'tanding the prelent movements,
will probably foon be tenninated ; for we have rea
fon hill to believe the fact, which we fit a ted Come
time ago, that the French before long will come to
a good underbuilding with the Dutch. Nav, at
this moment, the Dutch are negotiating a treaty of
peace wiih the French Convention, who have fent a
commifsioner to Bois le Due, for the purpole of
fettling the preliminaries.
It would alio appear, from the following article, ,
copied from the Frankfort gazette of the 28th ult. \
that the Auhrian* and Prufsians ere engaged in
fume negotiation with the enemy, which, from the 1
late official information in the Berlin gazette, it ap- j
pears they wilh the world to be as long ignorant of j
as polsible.—“ At Bazin, in Switzerland, the ordi
nary place of refidence of the French ambalsador,
Bartholomy, lately arrived an Aufrrian lord of the
bed-chamber, and • Frulsian aid-de camp, who,
to
with that a»mbafeador, have repaired to B fle,
where anolherPrulsian officer has lined Irveral hou
les. The laid Barthoicmy h«d informed the re
gency of Bern, that two reprelemaiivt s of the peo
ple in a few days were to arrive at Huuigen j and
the Kifauafrer at St. Louis, the firlt Frrnch lisp®
between 13.fl- and Parts has received o-dirs to nuT-e
the nrcelsary arrangements, that horbs might be
dsily in rcadtiuls for a courier going Item the for
mer to the Utter place.”
The emperor has engaged with our court to bring
60,000 men into tin to ld, at the optuii g of the
next campaign—the exact number agreed 10 have
been furnilhtd at the beginning of the lair, by our
gor'd allv fbe King of Prutsia.
■December 17. Uu Saturday the yrh inftanr, the
'Prince ihaduoldtr announced thot the French had
attempted 10 pafs the Waal, upon four Urge raf s.
i he D irehman who was apprehended on Ufc
T’hurfday fe’onighr, attempting to crofs. the Waal,
had upon hint an addrtfs to the French General,
>igntd by about three tlmufand 0} the inhabitants of
AinlVerdam, txprefsive or their w ithes to fee the
Frtnch in polsefsion of that city, and encouraging
tBern to pulh. forward into Holland. 'Phis Patriot:
had offered twenty ducats for his pafsage'act of* the
Waal, the boatman demanded forty ,• a»id when he
was bargaining, a Hanoverian officer came up and
fei/.ed him. His fate cannot be dubious.
December 18. In caf«» of the Britilh army being
obliged to quit Holland, it will nor be taty to find
a convenient flotation for carrying on the next cam
paign, unlels we can prevail on fome of our Gtf*
mm allies toJe,l us a piece of ground for the pur
pofe. John Hull con.8 the lervice of any man with
out paving hint handjomdy, as the king of baidinia
and his Prufsian majetiy can tefnfy.
Grave frill holds out a gain ft a moft dreadful can
nonading, which continues without interruption.
This morning their principal uiagazireAvas blown
up with great exploficn, tfr.d will probably lead tu
'he lui render of this place. All further refinance
is vain, and thews the htighrof lolly in attempting
to k^ep it any longer it being abioluiely impracti
cable to fend to its relief. 4
The new mealures have nearly put an'fnd to the
♦ war in La Vendee. Both the Royalilts and the
Chouaus are lb reduced that fifty of each are ieldoin
to he Found together.
The number of Britilh prizes carried into French
porrs is almoft incredible. At Brfft alone they
reckon 706 fince the commencement ufthlwvr. The
Ihips are armed and lent as cruil’ers, orven.ploy'd
as tranfports ; and the relt as well as the prize
goods, not of French coniumptton, ate fold <o ihc
lubjects ot neutral poweia, ai very low rates.
At Breft the utmoft activity prevails in the
dock yards. The (hips ready lot se;>. go out in (<pia
droos to cruize in torn, fo that there are l'eldom
more than twenty four of the line in port at once.
Three armaments haie been lent out, of which the
deftination is unknown.
Paris papeis to the third inftant hrve been receiv
ed in town They contain a proclamation add)til
ed to the inhabitans of La Vendee, and 'lit follow
ing important decrees which was pclLd by the con
vention on v*e 2d. iniiant :
1. All perlons in the departments of the eaft, the
coafrs of Breft and of Cherbourg, known under the
name of the robbers of La Vendee and of Chouans,
who lhall lay down their arms in the courfe of one
month after the publication of the prefeut decree,
lhall not be molefctd or tried for the acts which
they may have committed.
2. The arms lhall be depofited in the municipali
ties and communes that lhall be pointed out by the
reprefentatives of the people.
3. To fuperSntend the execution of the prelent
decree, the Convention appoint the rtprefentatives
of the people, Manou and Bouclis, the official of the
department of the eaft, and two 01 he rs for the coairs
of Cherbourg, with the fame powers as the repre
leniatives of the people in milsion.
UNITED STATES.
HO S TO N, February 2.
From France direfl—November 18.
An obliging friend yeltcrday favored the Editors
with the following extract of a letter from Bourde
aux, dated November 18.
The French ftill continue fuccefsful; the tak
ing of Maeftricht, with 200 pitces of cannon, and
a large garrilon.is of the great eft importance. The
French are in expectation in this quarter (that is
many 1 converfe with) of forming a coalition with
the butch Patriot*, fo as to unite Holland againft
the oilier powers at war ; and they iwear to over
turn the Britilh government, or perilh in the at
tempt.”
N E W-Y O R K, February 9.
Capr. Gardner, of the lhip Jofeph, arrived here
yefrerday from Cherbourg, informs, that previous
to his deparrure he was in Paris, and dined with
Mr. Thomas Paine, whe had been liberated from
the Luxembourg prifon, and was admitted to take
his feat in the national contention. The remain
der of the Brifsotine party hasalfo been liberated.
The utinoft tranquility exifttd at Paris, and thro'
out France.
By the Patty, from Lifbon, we learn that the
queen of Portugal's palace is dettroyed b\ fire.
No longer ftnee than laft week, joy overlpread
the countenances of the humane at the proipecc of a
fpeedy PFACE in Europe, at leaft between feme of
the powers, and particularly, as a leader, between
Frami ami I'rpfla, which laft was fully believed in