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Lateft Foreign Advices,
Rtcervfd by (apt Clay, of the jhip Hamburgh Packet, ar
t wed at Philadelphia Jrom Liverpool, <iuhickj.be left on
the oth of February.
PARIS, December 29.
THE day before y'elrerday a couuer arrived from
I , 1 y : (We jr e informed that the report lately
Ipread concerning the fate of the army of Italy arc
fjjt-, N ,ih:r.g rcimrkahle has happened (ince the
h. t lie of Arc de. Ti)e sunny is in the Tyrol and
beyond the Brenta. Our ft< k are Ids numerous,
nuny are daily coming into the ranks, and the arm)
had lately recai ved cu.iliderabla reinforcements, u
thers were expected which are now eroding the
Alps. Our dotation in Italy is highly luiiaUuory."
LONDON,
January 31. Huni.-guen it ill continues to be the
o'jeci o: vigorous portuit on- the part of trie Auf
. mans, and of reiolute defence 011 that of the
French
in I- i 1 v, marlhul Wumtfrr appears to have met
wi h much .uccefs. The article from InJprunk,
dated the 4 h inir. give« an account of a iort ie madt
by tint general on the 29 h ult. in which 4.000 oi
tile enemy were either killed, wounded, or taken
prilon-rs.
Febiuary 3. Reports were yelterday circulated,
that nine French {hips oi war and levcnteen rranf
ports of the ile:t wi.ich failed on the irilh expediti
on, are flili mifsing. Certain it is, that very few
ofthc rraolporrs oi that ll-et have been accounted
for in the French, p.»psr$, and lome of the I hi ps of
v ar hod not arrived according to the details in the
Lit papers which have reach'd this country • there
is good reafon to conclude therefore, that the lof
frsnt the French by the elements have been very
conliderable. , - *■
A Spaniih prh:r arrived at FortfmotitH, reporrs
that lh Larnt or. her pafsage, from a vHsel - ha1
had left Cpocto ;cwp days before, that Spain bar
formally declared \v :tr againlt Portugal,
Y'dterday dKpatthc" was received at the fecreta
ry ol itate‘s ofLce from "C-ren. Graham, who has i
been (o long Unit up with held marthai Wormier, in')
Minrua.' Ey accounts from Trent, dated the SUi i
tilt, we learn that Gen. Gr.iham tirade his elc-ipe j
front Minrua in 'IV>' ibrtie which took place on the !
rig u of the 29 h Dec. and arrived at f rent on the
4r..n of !clt month.
We lorry ro learn-* that tfctwi'hlt.tnding the
numerous I .Ui-H which f.eld-malhal Wurmler had jo
gilHntly and p-ieverii'gly made, and which had
•generally been Inccelsful, yet the garrison was in
coaliUci dble danger from a lcarcity of proviilous.
MrmON OF IRELAND. 1
/NISH //.COUNTS.
. The following particulars of the expedition col
lated from the officers of the Ville d'L'Orient have
been pubiifheri in .1 VJork p^per.
“ Cn the r41.l1 D*cei»iber the fleer failed confifring
of 18 tail of the line, 14. frigates. 6 laige tranfporrs,
an»i lo'nie Imsll velsris, had 2y 000 troops cn hoard,
\\itli 6 weeks provilions. '1 he lignal having been
trade for failing fome wenr through the patVage de
Kaz, la Fraiermre frigate with admiral de Galles,
?nd general Horne on board, and a few oth£r Ihips ■
got our, but the greater part of the fleet went thro*
Lh-s teotres.
“ A g.ile of wind coming on, the divifiom could
not joinand the adrtiir.,1 had only the Nefror of
74. guns v-ith' him, which having io(t her tnainmaft
*lt0 parted -with the ru.niral. The Capt. of !a
Ville de L'Crient, believed. fhe was at the rendez
vous, but as none of the other lhips had joined her
fioce, he thinks Ihe mufr be loft or taken. She h'ad
onboard 1 j* millions of Irvres is gold, to pay the
troops.
“ I he i. et made Ireland in three days, but hav
ing miftaken the Dut leys for Mizen heud, could not
make Bmtry Bay until the 24th, and then only part i
had anchored, when the gale came on and forced
to cut cables in 'confufion.
L‘lndomptabla of go guns,‘ran foul of La Refo- '
5uie» and d if malted her, fo that Ihe mult be l;;ri
with admiral iMeijy on board. L‘lndomp.1 able fprui.g
Dcr bowlprtt. I he diviflon with which- La Ville j
de L'Oi itnt on entering tiie bay had not gained an I
anchor.' ge with the f.rft divition, it conliiud of four
74 gut* lltips jhree frigates, t?/o corvettes, and two
powder velsels with 7.-00 troops.
** council of war was-held, the troops werrde
ci.lrdiy for landing, by the.advice of <ome irishmen
wuh them, but none ut them having feeu La Frarer
nite they refol ed to rrjnrn, and fciltd on the 4th
January, tr. ft. iLniry and were id ltarth of the
3 am dr oh when c; ptured.
. Ihe fl-et w^s well lupplted in every particular,
and the rranfp.ms ihofen as fair..-lailcrsfixty more
transports were ready to follow with troops A lien
a landing Ihorsid be made g..od.
i he following is an account of the officers, men
jnd cargj-j.cn board 'he Ville de L ()»iei.t (a -4 cut
dawn and armed en flurc :) r capt. 1 lieur. 5 cfficcrs..
L ' '’"UT‘ de vaifseati, 1 col. 4 rapt, 17
yhcets 380 In IDrs. 2 ten ir*c>i mortars, 2 eight,
po.ii-f ft-id pieces, 190 o fhells. j ooo inulkets,
30.- o) cartridge-boxes, filled wiihbslj cartridge,
300 bair-ls 26 pipes brandy, 10 bales cloa
6o° laddies, 5 boxes ihoes, artillery carria
f •nhent^ V'"* (‘e -^ Orient and the Druid made
JJ1 or Kinlale, the Uriicorn, and another frigate
lHPfe ,n °f the remainder of the fleer, which
H° t likely will be the means of detaining them by
action or manceuvering until Lord Bridport, who
was not far off, comes up with zi lail of the line.
A letter of the 14th infr. from the lieut. gov. of
Charles Fort, Kiniate, lays, “ the prifoners I have j
got on Ihore. They are a very fine fet of men, and ]
their hulsars equipments the belt ever (een. Eve- ;
ry man has a fteel to keep the labres lharp, which
cut like razors M
FRENCH ACCOUNTS.
BREST, January
Several yefsels, belonging to the Irilh expedition,
anchored yelterday in our roads. They coniilted
of 5 Ihips of the line, x frigates, and 3 or 4 cor
vettes. Rear Admiral Bouvette, and Gen. Groche,
are arrived on board the frigate Llmmortalire.
At this moment lignals are flying for. other {hips, ;
without doubt belonging to the expedition. May
the goad genius of the Republic bring uS’back the
reft'of our armament: The utmoft anxiety prevails
lor G'‘n. Hoclte," Adin- Howard de Galles, and Adi.
Gen. Bruix, the principal Counsellor ofthe expedi
tion.— They Were all here on board the Fraternite
frigate, of whic*" nothing has been hearo fmee the
fecund day cf the failitrw ofthe 3eet. It is feared,
• hat they havy either foundered, or fallen into the
hands of the Euglifh.
The weather was e.-.tremely boifr.erous, (uch as
was to be expected at tuts feaion of rh* year. Such
is alio the maritime fuperioHty of the Snglilh, that
we had realon to fear meeting them ,*—hut th>y per
haps did not think it proper to expole their fl.eet to
the mercy of the waves : We were fix days at anchor
in Bantry B»y, near Cape Clere in Ire'dnd.
During the whole of the time we had nothing but
tempel'is. They were fuch that fa l mbit a'l of the
ihip3 drove from their cables, and rrtre corif cuenr
ly obliged to pur ro lea ; fortunately the winrt was
off the ihore ; had it been otherwiie not a <hip
would have been laved. Thus it became imbolfible
to effjet a landing, and the fl et was obliged ro re
turn. They Ipeuk here of aiiother expedition, the
troops and crews of the (hips being frill kept on
>oard. It would appear they are going to luccour
or look after the remainder ofthe fleer.
The frigate La Fraternite is not the only one that
has ieparated from the kpiadron on the fecond day ;
lince that time the Ihip of the line the Neitor has
•lot been heard of, lever)1 other velsels were dilper
led and cau<e great uneaftnels. Le Plufon and Scs
vola, very old lliips, iuffvred a great deal at lea.
' 1 *’ DUBLIN, Tununry f.g.
A privy council lat in the Cafile on Thurfday,
when a proclamation was ilsued, declaring the ba
rony of EnnHfvuven, in the county of Donegal, to
he in a ftate of ditiurbance, or in immediate danger
of becoming lo.
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UNITED STATES,
NEW « O R K, March 2?.
Ext rack of a Utur, dated Paris, January y. .
“ Without aligning any rtal'on, but that they
have certain grievances to complain of, the Direc
tory have reiufed to receive general Pinckney, and
have done every thing but give him an official or
der to quit the, territories of the Republic. This
however, he waifs to receive in tome more unequi
vocal manner, than they have as yet been phc.al'ed
to fign'tfy it. The Miniftcr for Foreign-Affaire,
De la Croi>:, refules to have any communication in
writing-with him, undx-'r pretence that it would be
an act of acknowledgment of Genera! Pinckney as
Miniftar, and has not aufwered, but verbally, a let
ter which the latter wrote to Tim fome -time 'rnce,
defiring to knov/ what was the will of the Directo
ry as to Jiis (raying, as he had hot received the card
of refidence which was promifed. him, without
which he was liable to be arreftec?by every “corps
de garde." The Mini (ter jiowevcr, fenc a verbal
tiielsage to him, by his Secretary, that he nruft
confider/himitlf in the light of any common foreign
er to whom a card had been refilled, and mufr, a
greeably to thf laws of the country, ouit it with
out delay. This General Pinckney rtiufed to do,
as they had already pnfsefsed ■ themtel/es of the
knowledge that he Was no common firanger, nor
arrived in their territories in a priv'aie capacity,
but as a public character, and as fuch not fubject to
the local regulations of France 3 but protected and
guarded by the laws o{ nations, which he claimed
in his favor as long as fie remained— if, however,
it was their will that he fhould depart, that he
wou.d oboy thrm without reluctance, but requefted
fomethirg more ofacial than verbal communication.
Several interviews have been had with Mr. Dela
croix | in the la It one Jome days ago, a long con
verf.ition took place—b* espref'sed great lurprize at
General Pinckney’s lril! being here,, end it became
necefsary to tell him that here he muft remain, un
lefs.he would give him Tone orrfer. under hi^Tand,
tojufrify himlelf to h*s own government for uniting
a ipot to’which. it hadTent him. This he refilled
with fpme warmth, ft was given more than as a
hint, that the Mmifter of the Police fhou.'d do his
duty. However, he is itill unmolefted, thoug*h not
without apprehenfions. 1 hope rh%: every Ameri
can will feel how necefsary it is rc convince not on
ly this government, but every foreign power how
great is their mifeake if they calc ulate upon any in
fluence which they may pofsefs in our country, to
the prejudice of either our incerefc or our honor."
BALTIMORE, March iS.
Yefrerday ari\ * (chooner Cbarmibg Berfy,
Capr. Roberts, \ > days from Martinique. The
morning of Capr. Roberts'failing, difpatcbes Were
received bringing the important information of the
lurreudtr co the fiiitilh aruiu of tk« ifland of Trim
dad* 1
an 84 [
their owo/l
fihers of t
and burnt before I
of this fingularly-'lucce
ed in 17 daysfror.i the fall]
Capt. R, frares, thttt
our, mat war was aecrarea ,
had in confluence, impril'oned
the iflund, to the r.otnbef of ?.ro.
on he received from Capt. vJahverf
other Americans, Whom the tyrant of '
had fent to Martinique to.be exchanged for]
prifoners. They lurttier taid-, that the Amel
prifcners at Guadalouoe were treated far
than the Britilh, as it was a favorite^ mn::im witfl
Hughes, the Be'ui’h wt-rr enemies hut the American#^
_were a ‘ pack of double faced. rcjcaA. Their allow
ance was, tor two «iays in.the wrtk, 4-ounces ft irk
ing meat, and the relt ol ther week* 4 ounces filb,
with a lm ’ll quantity ol bread -and' water, per cTay.
The pritoners were immediately liberated, but not
exchahged [and wifely, fince the French can take
as many d« fencelefa American feamen'as*they plealt J
by Admiral Harvey, whole conduct on rbit-aml ma
ny other occ#fionsP had procured hi*;’, the grcatefc
good wrl of all Americans there. Capt. R. lor,
1 her informs, that three ‘rigates and'fifteen priva
teers are immediately to fail for our cuaft, 10 ic
I eve commodore Barney. -
~MART/NSBURG~
March ?o.
--O-W-Xj^o®
Cf the intelligence brought by the late arrivals the jsofi
important relates to the French expedition agaitfl Ireland —
lly comparing th* tar tors accounts it appears, that the French
/ail'dfrom Rtjlwuh 4 view 9/ invading Ireland. Their
jorce confined of about 50 fail, including /ran/ports, of
which ! 7 were of the line,,a;:d about 25:000 f:i,n on board,
Th-y failed in three divi/ions, under the command of Dr
Gal let, liouflt ar ! Veuilly ; the tend troops under the orde rs
of Gen. He he. T bey bad fc^nely left the port when bad
I weather difpeijed them. Chief part of the fleet however,
| tendezwikffd at h&ntry Hay, but the frigate la Fraternue,
on board<f which wen- the commanders of the fleet and
I land forces not joining the fleet, afterjo me delay they left thp
| bay without moltjiatson, except from the winds and by the
| befl andlatejl accounts, reached Hrfl in divflout, withiut
material lujs. The Ft ate mite was one of the vt/Jils to re
turn.
I he expedition appears to have cay fed great alarm in Ire
land and £n gland. Had not tie e'emrnts cwjpired a^ainjl
the French, idle doubt can be entertained but they mould
have been fuccejsful. 7he expedition appears to have been
planned on a large feme. The Teuton flert which came
round to /.'Orient, and the armament at l-unkirk were pro*
bably to co-operate. 9 he French appear jiiil to have an
expedition to Ireland in contemplation.
A Paris date 0f January 22, mentions the arrival of
Gen. Hoc he in that capital, to give an account jJ his exp,u.~
Hied in this town, on Sunday morning !af. Hr, James
Graham.—tie was a Jlrictly honed man, and his death is
univerfally lamented.
FADED BEAUTY
A decayed coouette is ’.ike an old goole, admired for no
thing*-except htr leathers.
Lbr 1 in the*.care of the Subfcriber, on the :6'!j
irift. by a perfon who calls htmfelf William
I Kelley, a bright bay ,horfe, about 14. hands.high, 4.
years old, no brand dr mark except a few while
hairs on each fijle his b3ck, under the (addle, Ihotl
before; trots all. He was put icto my cuftody for
a week or ren days, but the perfon who lefr him
1 not calling for him, and feme other circumftances
rendering it foi pi clods that he has been frolen, the
ownr* is hereby nuiifed to prove his proner'v and
; cake him away. HENRY PH1LTPBY,
[Near Watkin's ferry.
[ M^rch 30,
ALL perfons are h-rehy koummrd ag..inic
throwing down my fences, travelling or rid
ing through my fields and meadow, fithing, fowl
ing, or committing rrefpafs in any manner, on my
land lying on Mill-Creek, 33 heretofore has been
practifed, as I am determined hereafter to profe
cute every perfon tvithout exception, who may take
bich privileges. Any application for liberty to
filh within my enclofures will lie ufelels, as I ihall
make an invariable rule to deny.
JOEL WARD.
Mt
YutJNG JUlNlUo,
Will ftand the prelent (ealon, at the lubfertber's
lrahle, otte mile from Martinsbnrg, and never mares
at the row rate of Twenty Shillings, currency, the
(ealon, to he paid the -irlt of Deceir.Se? enlning.
Young* Junius was got by Old Juni'.s, his dam by
Figure Junius was imported by Benjamin Har
rilpn, rikej of Brandon, in the year 173j. Figure
was ailo imported by Sir Peyton Sktpwith, in th;
year 1 ■ 84. Young Junius is about 16 hands high,
well trtade and proportioned, and fui'aHe for either
laddie or draft. ‘ JOHN KEARNEY
The Subfcrib.fr has tor (ale,
A /mall Plantation on Back-Creek,
containing about 100 acres, 20 of which in good
bottom, about ;8 acres cleared, three of which are
in good meadow, and about 9 acres at th * time in
wheat and rye. There are on the prentiles a houlo
and barn, with a number of peach and fome apple
trees; alio, an excellent tear'for a faw-mill, with
plenty of water. A ftnall part of the pm chair mo-,
ney will be required .in lurid, and a credit ol three
years will be eivcu iui l/ic balance.
JOHN O FKRRALL.