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is not the limit of our fuccefs; the army purfues the flaves; even Vienna and Berlin, fhall refound with our victories.

The Convention decreed, that the armies of the Mozelle and Rhine, had deferved well of their country; that the reprefentatives prefent the names of the foldiers who cut off the head of a Pruffan, and took his cannon; that civic recompences be granted to the brave republicans for fhining actions, and the loffes be repaired which the patriots have fuffered.

2. Accounts were received from Guermersheim, December 29th, of the rapid and almoft incredible fuccefs of the republican armies: That poft was taken, with a great quantity of powder, vegetables, flour, and other grain; the Pruffians had retired to Newftadt and Mayence; the Auftrians had repaffed the Rhine, before parting they made their adieu with the difcharge of their fufees, and strokes of their fabres; the army was on its march for Spires; the enemy are convinced, that they have nothing to expect but deftruction from republicans.

A letter from Toulon was received with foud applaufe by the Convention, informing them of a fevere ftorm at fea, which had proved difaftrous to feveral fhips of the allied powers; and threatened to force their fleets either into the port of Marfeilles, or back to Toulon.

3. Barrere read a report from the Committee of Public Safety relative to Toulon; the Convention then paffed twelve decrees, ordaining meafures inflantly to be taken for the immediate equipment of their marine in that harbour.

General Hoche informed the Convention, by letter, of the capture of Guermertheim and Spires, with the maga zines, arms, and an immenfe quantity of forage. It appears, that in the intoxication of victory at Toulon, fome foldiers and even officers had begun to pillage, to check this licence the reprefentatives of the people decreed inftant death; the army applauded the refolution; the effects and furniture in the town they be

ftowed as a reward on the foldiers, to which they added one million of livres from the public treasury.

4. A decree was propofed and paffed by the Convention, establishing moveable commandants in all places which fhall be the feat of war, according to a table annexed to the decree.

Barrere made a report from the Com→ mittee of Public Safety refpecting Toulon, urging the immediate adoption of the moft vigorous meafures to repair their marine and to maintain the empire of the Mediterranean. Citizens, having celebrated the triumph of the recapture of Toulon, it becomes you to turn your regenerating looks on the Fort of the Mountain. A good decree ought to crown a civic festival. Barrere then digreffed into a declamatory oration on the valour of the republican armies, and the cruelties of their enemies perpetrated on their flight; recollecting himself, he faid, I am only charged to prefent you with the means of regenerating the navy of the Republic in the ports of the Mediterranean, and to restore to that quarter, the power which its pofition, its riches, its will and its victories fecure to it on the feas. The Republic wants men and materials, and the first wants are thofe of the country. To the arfenals, to the docks, citizens, is the cry of the Republic. The timber of Savoy, the picked trees of the Alps ought to enrich the Fort of the Mountain; for a moment let us change a military for a mechanical requifition. To manufacture a gun, to build a fhip, to defend a garrifon, to fight on the frontier, is one and the fame fervice to the Republic: Your committee proposes to unite, in all parts the military, and naval forces; the armies of the Alps fhould march to the Rhine and the Danube. The feamen of Toulon fhould ferve in Dunkirk, and thofe of the Var in the ports of Brest and L'Orient; laftly, the chains with which the ancient Gort fettered men, fhould be broken, the galley-flaves, who extinguired the flames which were confuming our arfenals and fhips, ought to be restored to freedom.

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ARMY UNDER GENERAL WURMSER.

In the official bulletine of the army, dated, Head quarters at Haguenau, December 13th. The General states,

That, on the 9th, the enemy attacked his pofts and entrenchments with the molt refolute fury; that the valour and bravery which were difplayed by his troops, inceffantly attacked by fresh columns from the French armies, exceeded all defcription. In the various fkirmishes which took place, December 9th, the enemy were repulfed, who loft, this day, at least 1000 men in killed and wounded. On the 11th the enemy made various attempts on the redoubts he had conftructed, before the wood of Eben, after a fharp conflict they were obliged to retreat; in the fervice of this day Major-General Baron Funk who was wounded, diftinguished himself by his indefatigable activity and gallantry; the enemy left upwards of 300 killed on the field, the number of the wounded, who were scattered through the foreft, and part of whom they carried off in waggons, could not be afcertained: the Auftrians loft 11 men, 5 horfes killed, 11 miffing, and 53 men and 12 horfes wounded; to this fucceeded various other fkirmishing with the advanced pofts, accompanied, on the fide of the enemy, with the most violent cannonading, but who were at last obliged to retreat.

By the Flanders mail, which brings the bulletine of the army under General Wurmfer, we learn, that on the 13th December he had gained confiderable advantages over the enemy in the feveral attacks made by them as ufual on his pofts, the Austrian artillery making dreadful havoc among their battalions, who fled with great lofs; the General praises the fteadiness and bravery of his troops.

On the 16th they attacked the Auftrian right wing, but were unable to force it; on the 18th they appeared in great force, a general attack at Fitchbock took place, in which they were defeated with the lofs of feveral thousands, and 20 pieces of cannon; and on the 17th were alfo worsted in an attack made on the

Pruffian army. These fevere checks which they received were not fufficient to prevent their farther attacks on the Prufhan and Imperial armies. On the 19th the Duke of Brunswick was attacked in his pofitions; when they were within mufket fhot, he ordered a discharge of cannon with fmall fhot to be made, their first line was thereby difordered, but nothing could inti date the republicans; they renewed their charge, and after many ineffectual attempts, and the lofs of a number of men, were at last entirely routed.

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On the 22d they attacked General Wurmfer, and penetrated his right wing, the whole army was reported to have been forced to fall back, but ftill occupied the formidable entrenchments erected on the fame ground as the lines of Weiffembourg. The garrifon of Landau made frequent forties, but with little ef fect; they were in great diftrefs for want of provifions; the governor announced that he would be obliged to furrender unlefs he was immediately relieved. This intelligence was got on fearching a Jew going to Strafbourg, who being ftripped and no papers found upon him was about to be difmiffed, when it was observed that his fhirt was yellowish, on being examined this intelligence was found written upon it.

AT BRUSSELLS, deputies from the magiftrates of Valenciennes were admitted to an audience of his excellency the minifter-plenipotentiary, and to that of his ferene highnefs the Governor general. In an addrefs then presented, they declare their attachment to fovereigns, the image of God upon earth; acknowledge with tranfport that they owe every thing to his Imperial Majefty, their property, tranquillity, and very existence; request of his paternal goodness to abolish those impofts which facrilegeous hands had in pofed, and to restore to the clergy thofe revenues which an impious faction had torn from them. These requests were promised to be laid before the Em peror.

Jan. 9. Accounts have been received from Turin, that on the 11th December the Spaniards and Portuguefe had gained

a complete victory in a general action over the French, nigh Rouffillon, in which the latter had loft 700 or 800. Lon. Gaz. From Bruffels we are informed of the raifing of the fiege of Laudau, that the Duke of Brunswick had taken a pofition to cover Mayence, the Austrians had repaffed the Rhine, and a garrifon was left in Fort Louis.

It is circulated at Vienna that the French Jacobins had appeared at Conftantinople wearing the tri-coloured cockade, which the Ruffian foldiers take and trample on the ground. From this quarter we are informed that the republic of Poland hath acceded to the coalition against France, and that a corps of troops, chiefly cavalry, to the amount of 15,000, will appear by the month of March, on the banks of the Rhine.

The diplomatic corp3 at Copenhagen obferving a note to appear, addreffed to the merchants of the north, by Philip Grouville minifter-plenipotentiary from the French republic, prefented a note to the minifter, defiring to know if he had been acknowledged in that capacity by his court; they received for anfwer, that he neither had been known nor received in that quality. See article State Papers.

From Frankfort December 29th, intelligence is received that the fiege of Landau is raised; after forcing the allies to retreat from Haguenau the French followed up with their vigorous system their fuccefs, 22,000 pierced the right wing of General Wurmfer's army, the Pali tine troops posted in the entrenchments and which had been newly raised, gave way, and which occafioned a general breaking up. The mafs of republicans amounting to upwards of 120,000 men gave the allied armies not a moment's time to breathe. After the 26th an irresistible attack was made on the centre of the combined army, which was compelled to retire towards Spires and Manheim. As farther eruptions are dreaded, families of all claffes, with their molt valuable effects are preparing for flight. The allies are faid to have loft 20,000 men. For feven hours the French neither gave nor received quarter, they took no prifoners till their strength failed them

to push the bayonet or wield their fwords.

To counter-balance thefe difaftrous reports, it was rumoured that the Duke of Brunswick had again repulfed the republicans who blockaded Landau, and that General Wurmfer had re-paffed the Rhine.

Since the new partition of Poland, and the attempts made to bring Sweden and Denmark into the coalition against France, a new treaty is faid to be forming between thefe two courts.

The allied armies, fince the 22d, have been reduced to a moft critical situation, the most alarming apprehenfions are entertained notwithstanding the confidence repofed in the skill of the Generals. Prince Hohenloe hath been flightly wounded, and the Pruffian military cheft hath been removed to Frankfort.

In confequence of raifing the fiege of Landau, the inhabitants of Spires fled for an afylum to Manheim, and also from Worms and the neighbouring villages; the streets in the night were crowded with carriages and waggons loaded, and perfons who could find no lodging. A ftrong garrifon is ordered here, to be conmanded by General Funk. Entrenchments are throwing up before Worms, where now the Duke of Brunswick (29th) hath his head-quarters. In a conference he held with General Wurmfer, another attack against the French is faid to be determined upon. The Elector of Mayence, with his suite, hath quited his capital.

The official bulletine of the fuccefs of the Spanish and Portuguefe forces, on the 26th of November, near Perpignan, are arrived; it does not appear to be fo important or decifive, as former accounts reported it to have been. Lieutenant General Forbes, and the troops under his command, gained much honour by their bravery and steady conduct.

The lofs of the enemy in this action was confiderable, as well in killed and wounded, as in amunition and baggage. They left the whole artillery of their three batteries, and a great quantity of provifions, which were feized: a great many prifoners were alfo taken, among

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whom were a lieutenant-colonel, and an officer of artillery.

Lieutenant General Forbes highly extols the bravery and perfeverance of the troops of both nations; as alfo the diftinguished merit of the Count de l'Union, who directed the attack with the greateft genius and military skill.

The zeal of the republicans to reftore their marine force at Toulon, is reported at Paris to be almost incredible, they meditate an attack upon the allied fquadron. Their ftratagem to bring in veffels to the harbour, by keeping the standards of the allies on their ramparts, has been attended with great fuccefs.

The orders to the garrifons in the frontier places in Flanders, with the movements in the cantonments in every quarter, announce, that the fecret plan, concerted by the Prince Saxe Cobourg, will foon be executed. The enemy alfo indicate, by their movements, the intention of making an attack on Weft Flanders; large bodies of troops are affembling around Dunkirk.

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Gen. O'Hara is daily expected at Pa

The municipality have received letters from Dutruy, General and commander at Noirmontier, announcing a complete victory, and the capture of the island.

SWEDEN.

The confpiracy faid to be formed in Sweden against the Duke-Regent is now authenticated. The difcovery was made by an intercepted letter to a nobleman at one of the courts in Italy. In the poffeffion of the Countefs of Rudenskold they found the cyphers which ferved as a key to the correspondence; the defign feems to have been to put to death the Regent, and to have governed in the name of the young King, by a council chofen from among the confpirators.

The principal perfons arrested, befides the Countefs Rudenfkold, lady of honour to Princess Sophia Albertina, fifter to the Regent, are Lieutenant-Colonel Sandels, Colonels Baron Lilj and Ehrenftrohm, M. Ebrenftrohm, formerly fecretary to the King, Seigneul, a clerk of a government office, a man named For

fter, keeper of the cellars of the opera, and several other private perfons and fervants. Their trial has already begun before the Chamber of the Police.

It is obferved, that the most part of the perfons concerned in this confpiracy, have formerly been devoted to the fervice of the late King, and have been honoured with his Majefty's confidence.

POLAND.

An act hath now paffed in Poland for annulling the Diet affembled in 1788, as alfo all the laws it had paffed, which had emanated from the last confederated diet. By this decree any nomination of a fucceffor to the crown of Poland, during the life of his prefent Majefty, is declared to be contrary to the fundamental laws of the realm.

From Warfaw we learn, that the famous diet of Grodno feparated on the 24th November; the end of the diet was worthy of an affembly, from which Poland will date the confummation of her political annihilation; reduced to one third of its primitive force and extent, it has loft a proportionate part of its revenues. As they were determined to diffolve the diet, fuch was the hurry of the Jaft fitting, that they read only the letters, or the pieces which were to receive their fanction, after reading which, they received the fanction of the eftates, and were converted into conftitutions, or formal laws.

RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBURGH, NOV. 19. Charles Whiteworth envoy extraordinary, and minifter plenipotentiary at the Court of Ruffia, was advanced to the honour of being a Knight-companion of the Bath, her imperial majefty, at the defire of the king of Great Britain, reprefenting his majesty on this occafion: the fword, value 4000 roubles, with which he was invefted, was prefented by the Empress to Sir Charles Whiteworth on this occafion.

A gentleman in Petersburgh published a pamphlet, reflecting upon the unlimited power of the fovereign, and expofing the iniquity with which it was exerted. The offender was immediate

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ly feized by virtue of a warrant figned by one of the principal officers of state, was tried in a fummary way, his book determined to be a libel, and he himfelf, as the author, condemned to eat his own words. The fentence was literally car ried into execution, a scaffold was erected in the most public street, the imperial provoft was the executioner, and all the inferior magiftrates attended the ceremony. The book was fevered from the binding, the margins cut off, and every leaf was rolled up. The author was fed with them feparately by the provoft, and he was obliged, upon pain of the feverest bastinado, to fwallow as many of the leaves as the attendant furgeon thought it poffible for him to do without the immediate hazard of his life.

In Ruffia, all French publications and correfpondence, even engravings and fauff-boxes of French manufacture, are forbidden.

AMERICA.

AMERICAN CONGRESS.

The fittings of the American Congrefs were opened by a fpeech to the Senate, and Houfe of Reprefentatives, by the illuftrious Prefident of the United States, General Washington.

The Prefident called their attention to the fituation into which the United States were brought, by reafon of their extenfive relations with the powers of Europe, which were now engaged in war. He mentioned his apprehenfions that their difpofitions for peace, might be called in queftion, from the fufpicions natural to the belligerent nations, and least the commerce of the States fhould be interrupted by a violation of the laws of neutrality. He informed Congress, that the counfels he had adopted, and the plans he had put in execution for preferving the dignity of the United States, and the freedom of their commerce, fhould be laid before them to correct, improve, or enforce.

He recommended to their notice fuch measures as would enable them to fulfil their duties to other nations, and be themselves alfo in fuch a fituation as to exact their fulfilments of duties towards

them. There is a rank due to the United States among nations, which will not be with-held, if not abfolutely loft by the imputations of weakness; let us preferve peace by fhowing that we are ever ready for war. He took notice of the war on their frontier with the Indian nations, and urged their moft ferious labours to render tranquillity with the fa vage tribes permanent, by creating ties of intereft, and ufing every method of conciliating attachment. He informed them of the measures taken to chastise the diforderly proceedings of the French minifter, which were totally repugnant to the friendly fpirit of that nation. Explanations with the British and French miniftry had been demanded, concerning orders they had given, limiting the importation of American produce to their own ports. It was expected that fatisfaction in an amicable manner would be obtained.

The Prefident recommended a free circulation of the public prints. There was no refource fo firm for the government of the United States, as the affections of the people, guided by an enlightened policy, nor was any measure fo inducive to this purpose, as a faithful reprefentation of their public proceedings, diffufed without reftraint throughout the United States.

LONDON. January 1794

1. A Court of Directors being held at the India Houfe, Lord Hobart was introduced, and took the ufual oath on his being appointed Governor of Fort St George, and provifional GovernorGeneral.

Intelligence from Philadelphia, of the 1ft December, ftates, that the malignant fever had disappeared.

On Sunday the 22d ult. the Princeffes of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, in great state, were to make their entry into Berlin; the nuptials with the Princes of Pruffia are to be celebrated in the following order: thofe of the Prince Royal with the firft Princefs, Louifa, on the 24th; of Prince Louis with Frederica, the fecond Princefs, on the 26th. There are to be

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