popular fociety of Chartres conated the Convention on the decree utting up the Jacobin Club. It is fficient, the fociety flated, to dif Jacobins, unless you prevent their I in other focicties.-You must alfo 1 other popular focieties from pof; public functions. We cannot, at ame time, be legiflators and people, - and party. (Applaufes.)

e Prefident-The majefty of the le, like a wave which drowns vile les, has difperfed its enemies. The ention knows how to reprefs all thofe take the names of lions, leopards, igers.-They will have only men.'

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN FRONTIER.

A. 22. Coblentz was bombarded by French army, and the Auftrians were pelled to evacuate it, and to cross Rhine. That day the magiftrates ted the white flag on the bridge of Mofelle. The cannonade then ceafed, the magiftrates went in proceffion in body to meet the French.

he French Generals obferve a frict ipline in their armies, regarding the tment of perfons and property in the quered countries. The following pronation exhibits their intention of reing polleflion of the countries they due, and their defire of conciliating affections of the people:

General Compere, commandant of the vanced guard of the right wing of the ny of the North, to the inhabitants of city of Gueldres and its dependencies: The French troops, in taking poffefn of your territory, bring with them no file intentions towards the inhabitants. hey make war only upon tyrants and eir fatellites. They know how to reet the opinions, political and religious, e morals, ufages, minifters, and forms worship, of the countries they enter. tranquil, therefore; banish the alarms, rs, and gloomy colours, which the rfidy of our enemies has mixed up, and lumny and falfchood diffeminated, reecting the French republicans. I fay ain, be tranquil; be confident; and afre yourselves that I fhall neglect none the means the law has put into my nds, for maintaining the beft order, the

moft severe difcipline among the troops I command, and that they are difpofed to live in the best and most perfect underflanding with you.

The following difpatch was fent by the Hereditary Prince of Orange to the States General on the 27th October:

High and Mighty Lords,

The French, according to preliminary report which I have juft received, having yesterday to the number of 1000 men attacked Fort St Andre, they were repulfed by the well-directed fire of the gun-boats, under the command of Lieutenant Gavanoa, and of the Chaffeurs of Lowenftein. Our batteries on the oppofite bank of the Wael above Heiffelt have also driven the enemy from the fort with confiderable lofs. The Chaffeurs of Lowenftein have fuffered the moft; and a small detachment of that corps was entirely furrounded. Befides the skirmishes which take place daily between our advanced pofts and the enemy's patrole on the fide of Breda, the enemy have again appeared in the villages of Haggie, and have attacked our poft at Cinniken.

The firing was heavy on both fides, and lafted till one o'clock in the afternoon. The enemy then retired. Yesterday they again attacked our pofts, and were again repulfed. (Signed) W. F. Hereditary

Pr. of Orange, Com. in Chief. Head-quarters at Gorinchem,

The career of the French armies on the Rhine, from the dispatches of their Generals and the reprefentatives of the people, was alike impetuous and fucceffful.

On the 18th in the evening the French entered the beautiful city of Worms; though the worthy prelate had conjured up against them all the clements of wind, rain, and hail. All the roads were inundated, but the horses plunged into the fords, and nothing could resist republican impetuolity.

On the 19th the armies of the Rhine and the Mofelle formed a junction at Lantacck.

On the 23d they took the towns of Anterberg, Rozenhaufen, Laufberg, Abzem, and Obenhouse.

On the 24th the towns of Gelheim and Graufrendz yielded to the army of the Rhine; and to the army of the Mofelle, the towns of Trorback, Borgcastle, Birkenfield, Orgerftein, Kirn, and Mifenheim. They then marched against Creutznach, from which they were to proceed against Ridalfheim, Lifhtheim, Pedertheim, and

Worms.

Worms. Thus, in feven days, and in the moft dreadful weather, they had made themfelves matters of this prodigious extent of country, and of the moft formidable places.

Bourbotte, reprefentative of the armies of the Rhine and Mofelle, writes from Bingen, Oct. 20. Bingen has opened its gates to the victorious republicans. Receive the keys of the place. The inhabitants received us with expreflions of the moft lively joy. Nothing can equal the impetuofity of our army; they are no fooner mafters of one place, than they exclaim, Let us go on further!"

On the night of the 4th November, the garrison of Nimeguen made a fuccefsful fortic against the enemy, as appears from the dispatch from the Duke of York, fee page 714. But the French pufhing on their works with amazing rapidity, it was found no longer tenable.

The evacuation was therefore agreed upon in a council of war, and took place by a bridge of boats acre is the Waal, on the 7th. Against this, the enemy directed the fire of their artillery, to cut off the retreat of the garrifom; fome Dutch regiments who covered the retreat, fuffered very confiderably from the damage the bridge fuftained by the enemy's hells. The following accounts of this unfortunate event were received from the British army:

Immediately after the British, who were to be the laft, had croffed the flying bridge at Nimeguen, in the retreat from that place, the failors who had the charge of it, by fome mistake set fire to that end of it on the north bank of the Waal. A Dutch regiment had entered the other end, which, by the current, was drifted under the walls of the town, and the troops upon it were made prifoners.

It does not appear, that the evacuation of Nimeguen was attended with any lofs to the British army; but we are forry to learn, that much diforder prevailed there. Partly owing to the Dutch, who would not avail themselves of the affiance of our fleet of boats which was at Nimeguen, to affift in bringing off the garrilon, and partly owing to fome difputes in the town, near 800 Dutch were made prifoners. Previous to the evacuation, a party of English and Hollanders committed fome exceffes in plundering the inhabitants, who called on their own troops in garri fon for protection. The confequence was, that the two parties fired on each other; during which, the French, inform

ed of the affray, ftormed the town. On troops effected their pallage across the Wal, under the protection of car qu boats, ftationed on that river.

According to the official lift, the gam fon of Nimeguen confilled, on the h November, when the French entered the place, of five fuperior officers, 10 captik, 26 fubaltern officers, 70 kerjeants, 45 27 ficians and drummers, and 865 corpord and privates; all together, of 1022 mes, including 29 English and 68 Swif..

To this we have to add, the frede of Maeftricht, with a numerous gam on the 4th of November, to the Fra army. The capitulation is £milar in articles, to thofe of Valencienes and Co

After the turrender of Macfiricht, French continued to push forward to fuccefs on the Rhine. The strong trefs of Rhinefels, fituated a little low Coblentz, fell into their hands;! garrifon of Heffians and Croats mant out, and crofled the Rhine, leaving artillery behind them. Most of the c zens of St Goar, who helped to de the place, have alfo paffed the R leaving their wives and families on L other fide. As foon as it was known, t Rhinefels was in the pateflion of French, the Landgrave of Heffe Co who was marching to the fuccour of: fortrefs, fet out on his march back tow Hanau.

The Auftrians, under the comman! Field Marthali Von Verneck, in the er rons of Buderick, were attacked by alm body of the enemy, who wished to i cept their retreat acrofs the Rhine, wha was effected, in the most dangerous. cumftances, with very inconûderable`

The French were repulfed at Ma they approached the frongest workst the fortrefs, which protect the lowert by the Rhine, but were driven back v lofs.

Towards the end of November, df ent bodies of the forces both of the and of the French, went into w quarters.

The Duke of York hath been rec from the command of the allied army Holland, and is arrived in England.

Dec. 2. The following was iffuet Head Quarters Arnheim:

General Orders.

His Royal Highnefs the Comman in Chief having received his Maje commands to proceed, without las time, to England, the command o allied army, during the abfence c

Royal Highnefs, devolves on General Count Walmoden, as fenior officer, whofe orders the troops of the feveral nations vill follow with the fame alacrity, zeal, and sphit, which they have, on all cecaions, thewn in obeying thofe of his Royal Highuefs.

His Royal Highnefs cannot let pafs his opportunity of bearing his teftimony o thofe qualities in the troops, compoling e army under his command, and of reing his beft thanks to the officers and u for them.

His Royal Highness trufts, that nohing will happen during his short abfence, o caufe any regret to his Royal Highnefs, this being under the neceffity of leaving n army, which it is his Royal Highnets's ride to hope, will ftill be the inftrument f flopping the fuccefis of an enemy, rmidable to it in no refpect but in that numbers.'

General Harcourt commands the Brih forces. At that time all remained uiet; but confiderable apprehenfions ere entertained, that the French were olved to attempt the paffage of the rirat Emmerick, and the Bommel. Grave nd Theil were both violently bombarded, ut then held out. On the Rhine, they ere puthing forward the figges of Mentz, Mayence, and Manheim, with unremitted Stivity. Thefe places are frongly garrined, and faid to be amply provided ith every means of refiftance. The very ong fortrefs of Luxembourg was in a ate of blockade.

The forces of the allies, as might be exeded in the late feafon of keeping the ld, and which hath proved fo wet, wwe fuffered confiderably from the confeent difeafes, but not in proportion to at diftrets which the enemy hath expeinced, whofe temporary inactivity, after e evacuation of Nimeguen, is very much puted to that caufe.

The fufpenfion of arms, which was a manner mutually agreed to beween the armies on the banks of the aal, was foon put an end to, on the part the French. Accounts from the Brih army, of the 8th December, mention, that the enemy had made repeated atmpts to pafs the Waal, which had prod fruitless, and had maintained a treendous cannonade against Grave, Thiel, d Fort St Andre. The anfwer of the ommandant of Grave deferves to be reorded: I am an old foldier, and noing do I with for more than to die wory of that glorious appellation. I hope

to be buried under the ruins of this fortrefs, or to conquer: which I shall prove, while I have powder fufficient to fend a ball against the enemies of mankind. In fo doing, I fhall ferve my God, and my fellow-creatures,' Breda was then alfo clofely befieged.

The Pruffian force, which had marched for Poland, in confequence of the fuccefs of the Ruffian arms against the infurgents of that country, had received orders to repair again to the banks of the Rhine, to rohit the common enemy.

A Dutch gentleman, of fome diftinc tion, was lately arrefted at Arnheim as a traitor. He had offered a ferry-man 20 guineas to pafs him over the Waal, the latter demanded 40. Luckily an Hanoverion oficer paffing near at the time, fufpected fomething improper, and feized the Dutchman, on whom were found papers of confiderable importance.

If peace does not take place, the Emperor propofes going in perfon to Ratifbon, to further the warlike preparations of the Circles of the Empire, in which cafe his Lacy is faid to have it in his intention to propofe, That the inhabitants of all the Auftrian States fhall rife in a mafs, and be divided into three requifitions; that all the provifion and ammunition be put into a ftate of requifition, to be paid for with affignats, fecured upon the Imperial domains and effects.'

AFFAIRS IN THE SOUTH.

On account of the feverity of the equinoctial gales, it has been found impoffible to keep the ftation off the bay of St John, where a French fquadron of fix fhips have been blocked up ever fince June laft. The French fquadron have got out, and arrived fafe at Toulon, in the harbour of which port there are five fail of the line ready for fea, befides a number of fmaller fighting fhips, which have been constructed from trading veffels.

Difpatches from Spain, of date 28th October, relate the further fuccefs of the French in that quarter. After all the exertions of the Court to augment the regular troops, and to raise the people in a mafs, the people have refused to rife, and the Spanish army has been totally routed, with great lofs, near Pampeluna, of which, it is fuppofed, the French took immediate poffeffion, as the fruit of their victory.

The Count de la Union, Commander in Chief of the Spanish army in Catalonia, finding that he could as little depend upon the officers as upon the

men,

men, had refigned, even before the cabinet could find him a fucceffor.

The French have gained fresh succeffes over the Spaniards on the 17th and 20th November. On the 17th the right wing of the French army totally routed the left wing of the enemy, took their camp, artillery, baggage, and 1008 prifoners. A corps of French emigrants were put to the fword. The right wing of the Spaniards maintained its ground, and the centre was not attacked. Dugomier, the Commander in Chief of the French army, was killed by a hell on a height where he had taken poft to direct the operations of his troops. On the 20th the Spanish redoubts and entrenchments were carried by the bayonet, their whole army put to the rout, and all their artillery, baggage, and camps, with tents for more than 50,000 men, were taken. The flaughter is faid to have been dreadful, but the letter being written from the field of battle, could not be expected to give

the details.

Citizen Villars has had an audience at Genoa, in quality of envoy extraordinary from the French republic.-He affured the government, that the National Convention difapproved of the conduct of Tilly, his predeceffor, who, he did not doubt, would experience the eficcts of their refentment.

Mr Drake, the English plenipotentiary, had his audience of leave the fame day. From the movements in the port of Toulon, and on the fhores of the Mediterranean, apprehenfions are entertained of a defcent meditated on the island of Corfica. An army of 30,000 men, with a fleet of 14 fail of the line, are faid to be deftined for this expedition.

Confiderable animofities are reported to have arifen amongst the Corficans. The Paolifts are divided among themfelves; the French party is daily gaining ftrength, particularly as, fince the return of the British fleet to the Gulf of St Fiorenzo, a report has been current, that the French intend to make a defcent on Corfica. A great ferment feems to pervade every part of the ifland, fo much fo that the English have deemed it expedient to concenter all their land forces at St Fiorenzo. The two French fquadrons which have lately joined at Toulon, confift of 16 fhips of the line, ro frigates, or armed barques, and a number of smaller veffels fitted for war; two more flips of the line, it is faid, will be ready for fea in the courfe of this month, and eight more

are on the ftocks.

At Naples, the actual circumstances of affairs have occafioned the government to make several useful reforms. The whe of the marine is undergoing contrall improvement; it already confifts of fhips, exclufive of 149 gun-boats, berb veffels, &c. The batteries along the cof are alfo increafing, and nothing is negleétet that can add to the means of defence.

Sailed from mand of Don which was to Bay of Rofas.

The Sardinian forces at Acqui were obliged to remain encamped, to watch the motions of the enemy, who had nceived great reinforcements from Ma feilles. Cadiz, under the com Melgarejo, the fquaire reinforce the feet in th The St Ifodoro, a 74 g fhip, with troops and money for the ar in Catalonia, was wrecked on its pa upon the coaft, and the crew alone it. Thus the Spaniards have loft, in the prefent year, two fhips of the line and oz frigate by thipwreck,

POLAND.

The Supreme Executive Comfel of War, to Generaliffins Kofciuks. Penetrated with the livelief joratt retreat of the enemy from before this me tropolis, the Supreme Executive Counci congratulates you, worthy Generalita upon this fignal cvent, fince, by your forts and measures, all the threats cita enemy have been fruftrated. The Suprete Executive Council is but too feti of the difficulties which you, worthy ( neraliffimo, took upon you, on rect to defend this place; and the Council ca not forego this opportunity to affure to of the gratitude and efteem which al capital owes you, fince the confequeras of your efforts are of the greatest imp ance. The Council is refolved, from th motive, to celebrate this remarkable eve by a folemn fete; but nothing could der the feftive fplendor more gratef the people, than to have you, weth Generaliflimo, prefent at the folema Meanwhile, the Council leave it to yo to fix the manner and the time of fete, and it expects your determinatio upon this fubject.

Warfa, Sept. 6. PROCLAMATION of the Supreme Nati

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Council of Poland to the Nation. Citizens, when you took up with an intention of recovering your berty, and of faving the country, you lemnly vowed, and fwore belote Cot that neither the greatest adverfities, the greatest reverfes, fhould fhake yo fort

fortitude. Providence, in whole hand is the fate of nations, has been pleased to ry your conftancy. Thaddeus Kofciusko, whom you had elected chief of the armed force, has just been made prifoner, in a bloody combat with the enemy. This ad event certainly fills your hearts with uft forrow, and your fenfibility is the ribute due to the virtue of that worthy Citizen, the victim of his patriotifm. But, Citizens, beware of despair, and of buryng with his fate the hopes of your country. Remember the motto you have adopted: Liberty or Death! preserve the spirit of nity, redouble your zeal and courage, End God will ftill blifs the goodness of our aufe.

The Supreme Council promife you, hat they will remain at their poft; that hey will defend liberty with you; or peifh along with it. In order to fulfil the uty prefcribed to the Council, by the act finfurrection, they have appointed a new upreme Chief of the armed force :-Thoas Wawrzecki, Lieutenant General, has een elected. Citizens, you know his exellent character; you are acquainted ith his civil and military virtues. The ouncil hope that you will not suffer your lves to be caft down by misfortune; but ather that you will fummon up all your rength, for the falvation of the ftate; nd that, fupported by your energy, you ill enable the Council to maintain the deence of liberty and the country.

Done at Warfaw, in the fitting of the Council, O. 14, 1794.

The difafter of Kofciufko's defeat is id to have occafioned the following corefpondence:

ETTER from the Ruffian Lieutenant General Baron Ferfen to the King of Poland. SIRE, The total defeat of a Polish corps ationed at Kameck, the capture of a reat number of foldiers, officers of all anks, commanding generals, nay, even hat of him, who, as chief of the revoluon of 1794, and the chief command over hem all (Kosciufko); these are the hapy confequences of the 10th of October. Convinced that your Majefty, and the epublic of Poland, have again regained our original rights, I haften to apply to his legitimate power, to obtain the lierty of all the Ruffian generals, officers, nd fervants, as also the liberty of the memers of the diplomatic corps, and of the dies, who were detained prifoners, aainst every respect due to the law of naions. Their speedy return will increase ny inclination to do as much on my part, VOL. LVI.

as I am permitted, or as fhall depend up

on me.

In hopes of these efforts, which are always ufeful to restore a lafting and falutary tranquillity in Poland, and that I fhall be able to offer, even during the prefent year, my reverence to your Majefty, I entreat your Majefty to be graciously pleased to accept of the fame as already offered, with thofe fentiments in which I have the honour to remain, &c.

BARON VON FERSEN. AUTHENTIC Copy of the Answer returned by the King of Poland to a Letter from the Ruffian General Ferfen.

SIR, However painful we find the defeat of a part of the Polish army on the 10th of October, especially on account of the lofs of a man valuable in all refpects, and whofe merit it has been to have laid the foundation to the firft fruits of the independence of his country, yet it cannot fhake the firmnefs of thofe, who have folemnly vowed either to die, or to conquer for liberty.

You need not wonder, Sir, if the method which you propose to us, to liberate the Ruffian prifoners and hoftages, who ferve as pledges for the Poles feized by the Ruffians, does not meet with our concurrence. If you would endeavour to exchange your prifoners for our own, I would then voluntarily gratify your wishes.

(Signed) STANISLAUS, Rex. LETTER of the Supreme National Council to Generaliffimo Kofciufko.

THE Council, in your misfortune, bewails that of the country at large. They placed not, in events, that confidence which they have never ceased to repose in your virtues. The duty of good citizens, and your example, will prevent our defpairing of the country. As long as you shall be at liberty to address the Council, boldly make known to us your wants, and thofe of the brave companions of your efforts, who now partake your melancholy fituation: So high is the value which the Council fet upon your perfon, that they would willingly reftore to the enemy all their prifoners for you; and there is not an individual in the Council that would not joyfully barter his liberty for yours.

It is by an uncommon courfe of things, Generaliffimo, that you receive from your cotemporaries that tribute which the lateft pofterity will one day render you.

Such are the fentiments which the Supreme Council charges me, in my quality for the prefent week, to convey to you; 5 M

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