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110 By the Wiliam, C apt an Grant, arrived At Baltimore, t 44. Jays from Havre, •we are able to lay before our readert. ex trade fromParu papers, donvn to the %and of April, PARIS, April t. We find in tht gazette 01 Stutgard a very extraordinaty article dated 19th March at ten o'clock A. M. which ik as follows : “ By a courier arrived this instant from the head-quarter* of the Austrians at Manheim, we have the fol lowing intelligence; dated the k Bth ; By the accounts of alt the commanding •slicers at the advanced polls, we arc in formed that tire enctny, upon the arriv al ol an express from Paris, havecaufed ao be published in all the army, the news of a general peace. The £me has been publiihed in Landau. All the French troops have consequently evacu ated the advanced poll* occupied by them.*’ Official letters from Brest, to the min itlerof marine, dated ad Germinal,Hate, “ that on the 30th Ventofe, a convoy conftlling of 64 vellels returning to Nantz, Kochfort, and Bourdeaux, un der convoy of 4 frigates and 1 cutters, commanded by capt. Dangler, fell in with an Enelifh squadron, confining of one ship of the line and 4 frigates. The commander of the convoy ordered the line to be formed, and to prepare for battle. We engaged the enemy, and by that means gave the convoy an opportunity of getting into the Bay of Andierne, except three brigs and another veftel, which fell to leeward and could not be saved. Notwithstanding a brisk fire was kept up on both sides, we loft bu t few men. No fooncr was the convoy in fafety, than several Engiifh lhips were difeovered coming to the afliftaiice of their squadron; in consequence of which, captain Dangier deemed it bed to order the frigates to come into p6rt,” An account of the expences incurred by the present war lias recently appear- ! •and in the London papers : Up to the beginning of January lafl, the expenditure, or rather the increase of capital, in consequence of the war, was 130,334,544 b llerling, equivalent to 2,412,830,256 livres Tournois 1 be lides an addition of 121,150,000 livre*, “So the annual intcreft on that capital. In this llatement, neither the expen diture of the present year, nor the loan of three millions to the emperor are in cluded. Neither France nor England can long iupport the inordinate expences infepa xabie from a war carried on, on such an enlarged scale as the present; and thar government, which is the caufc of the prolongation of it, calls down upon its ead a dreadful responsibility. The war of La Vendee is on the eve of a termination highly gratifying to the friends of the republic. The inhabi tants of the country who have been so long agitated by civil commotions, are panting for tranquility, and have abandoned their chiefs who wish to pro trad the war,jin order to protrad their xiftence. In several communes, thede luded have laid down their arms, and thofc who retain them have turned them against the rebels, and have proved a seasonable reinforcement to the republi can troops. The executive diredory have intruded the generals to use ri gor against the incorrigible, and to shew the utmost lenity to the inhabitants who indicate a disposition to return to the bosom of the republic. Stofflet’s partisans are reduced to a state of alarm and despondency, in con sequence of the deatn of their chief. Puiifaye, who was reported to have fal len in a Ikirmifti, has just been taken and (hot. Ornette is a miserable exile, deprived not only of the ability, but *ven the hope of attempting another •dion. His exiitence operates as a ftim *lus to the vigilance and courage of the patriots, who are determined to extin £ui(h every spark of rebellion. ‘CtrasbUßG, Germinal , March 23. ** I hasten to communicate to you ve fy welcome news; the day before yes terday, citizen Bacher set oft’ in very great haste for Paris, and it is at this moment said that he went to carry to the diredory the articles of peace, re ceived by an extraordinary courier from citizen Bartheletny, As soon as I have a confirmation of this news, I will not fad communicating it to you imtnedi lnformation from Landau, of ift Germinal, coincides a good deal with the above paragraph, as they write from that place yesterday, that the auxiliary ftroop* Rationed at Scrg-Zubern, nine Columbian jEufeum, miles from thence, had received orders to fend o\F 150 men, in order to make room for another brigade that was ex peered immediately. Half an hour af ter, arrived an express, with orders for all the auxiliary troops to fall hack to Verdun. If this express is to be cred ited, all the advanced troops are to re trogadfe to the diilance cf 45 miles, the generals of both armies having agreed that their advanced polls Ihouid be at thedifiancc of ninety miles from each other; tie reported further, that in con feruenee of this arrangement, the Auf trains kad entirely evacuated the left banks of the Rhine. The lame day, at i r o'clock at night, arrived another ex press with orders tiiat the above troops be in readiuefs’to march the next morn ing at to o'clock, which orders they arc now preparing to execute. The arrival and the reports of the latter seem to confttin what was announced by the former express; and every body is draw ing from it concluftons favorable to peace. The rumour which is spread respec ting the imperialists having recroficd the Rhine, forms to be confirmed, by our not having seen for several days any of their deserters. Besides, it feerns very probable that our armies will fall back, if we confider howgenerally it is believ ed, that the Bth and 10th divisions on ly are to remain (for the prote&ion of the lines of Queifch, and to garrison both Landau and Gcrmerfbeim. However our army is ready to take the field • and at all events to join in combat with the enemy, LONDTN, April 2. The British Ealt-India company are raising 3000 men for cue navy, at a bounty of 3 51. per man. It is firmly believed, by very intel ligent men, that hoftiiities will not be . renewed on the Rhine till September at ; soonest. This opinion is founded on a review of the last campaign, and the af peift of affairs at present. Last summer the overtures of negociation made by the emperor, through the medium of his majesty, kept the hostile armies in a state of neutrality till towards the con clusion of the campaign, when the French eroded the Rhine, hoping by that means to force his impartial majesty to agree to their terms. It is manifeft thatnegociations now keep the panics ina&ive; they will probaoiy continue to do so, till Augull or September, when one or other ol them may recommence the war, with the view ol enforcing their claims by dint of arms ; and after a last desperate struggle, both may be compelled to make peace before the end of the year. The Scotch fifheries have, this year, produced an aiionifhing abundance. In Botrefs alone, upwards of four hundred thousand barrels have been cured. Tea thousand tons of provisions, in cluding flour, oatmeal, &c. are now making up at Cork, for Gibr.ilter, Salt Petre continues to be prohibited from being exported, except where an order is obtained from the treasury. April 3. Tht Empress of Rullia is said to have forbid the marriage of the king of Swe den with the princess of Mecienburgh Schwerin. A member of the Dutch national as sembly, recommends that prayers should be offered for their emanation of wis dom; few will deny the propriety of the petition, though many will doubt The efficacy of the prayer. The fame citizen has discovered that religion the cause of more wars than ter terntorial ambition, has nothing to do with politics. It is proposed that military honors (hall be paid to the deputies, each of whom is to be decorated with a black velvet scars, on which his title is to be embroidered in letters of gold. Madame la Fayette, who obtained leave to vifu her hofband, is laid to be with her two daughters, confined in his prison; the difgraceful circumftancc can not continue longer than till the Empe ror hears of it. In the reign of Louis XVI. Paris paid to the State from 77 to 78 millions of livres; being according to Mr. Neck ar, equal to the entire revenues of Den mark, Sweeden, and Sardinia. It appears by a mcffage on the 16th, from the Directory, that provifioi.ing Paris, alone, coll them 12,690 millions oflivres in alfignats. The Jamaica ships have arrived at their several ports, except the William, of Kingftoo, which it is feared lias foun dered. . v • On Friday the new exchequer bills, of which 202,0001. has been issued, bore adifcouat of 41. 10s. per cent. The Scotch rcprefentiti9> unount- ing to upwards of 130, Peers ar.d Com moners, has not had a Angle death for a y<rar. By the Mary packet, from India, we ztc a {fared, that about 40,000 quarters of Corn, may be soon expected from the Cape of Good Hope. It is an undoubted fact, that such are the plentiful supplies of corn at this time, in every part of France, that none of the veifels which have lately gone there with cargoes, have been able to find a market for them in any of the ports. The French according to report, have 500,000 fighting men in the neigh bood of Dufieldorf. Besides the French camp of reserve eftabliihed between Maeftricht k Liege, dcltined to guard Holland, and forcing in the mean time to support the army of the Sarnbre and the Meuse, which is to , proceed to the Lower Rhine ; there will be formed a second near Luxem bourg. This will form a reserve for the army which is on the Moselle. Among other services performed by fir Sidney Smith on the coast of France, is that or having lately landed 40,600 new pieces of gold coinage for the use of our allies the Chouans. Money is scarce at the bank ! We learn that the directory has in vited general Pichegru to resume the command of the army of the Rhine. It was said, fome days ago, that Pichegru was going to Berlin.in quality of am ambaflaaor. It is by displacing men in this manner, that they are pre vented from fulfilling their destiny. Pichegru is a very great general, and would perhaps be but a feeble negociator. Whatever has been said by men who think themselves fit for every thing, be caufc they have never yet been fit for any thing, there mull be an education for all employments. Pichegru has been bred up in camps. FLORENCE, February jo. that the iirft symptoms of an earthquake were observed at Arezza, when to in voke the divine abidance, a procelfion with the reliefs oi St. Donatius was let on loot, and the Theatres ordered to be lhut; but at midnight the Ihocks be came dangerous, and the roof of the Cathultan Cioiiter fell entirely in j new Ihocks occurred on the following day, when m<>il of the inhabitants fled to the churches, where they palled the greateit part of the night. For two days after, a penitentiary procelfion paraded the town, with the ntagiftratesat their head. Nothing further has lince happened. jfeueral HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES. Thursday, May 12. THE bill for preventing the file of prizes in the ports of the United States, was read a third time and paired. Mr. Coit, from the committee to whom was referred the petition of John Edgar and others, of the north-weltcrn territory, praying to be permitted to introduce slaves into that territory from other Hates, reported against the peti tioners ; but with refpeit to their claim for certain lands, they reported in their favor. Adj. May 13. Mr. T racy, from the committee of claims made a report on the petition of the widow of general Greene, which stated that Me firs. Harrifqn and Black ford, merchants of Great-Britain, had obtained a final decree in the court of equity of Charleflon, againfl the heirs of fen. Greene,for a sum more than 70001. crling, as surety for the house of Hun ter, Banks, & Cos. that this l'urety be ing given for the necessary provisions ot the southern army when it was in the moll distressed condition, at a time when he had no other alternative than to rilk his private fortune or disband the army, his widow prays for payment from congress. The report which was in favor of the petitioner, was twice read, and referred to a committee of the whole to-morrow. On a motion for poftponemer.t of the reference, on the ground of tome doubts on the fubjefi, a number of observations took place, but the motion being withdrawn, the report was referred as above. May 16. Mr. W. Smith moved that the house should resolve itfelf in to a committee of the whole, on the llate of the union, on the memorial of sundry merchants of Charlellon, praying for a loan or other aid from congress on account of British fpoiliations. This was objected to by Messrs. Swan wick, Venable, and others. They did not ice with what propriety gentleman who had so warmly advocated the Brb. I llh treaty, and had fold it would fumiflv a ample compensation for all luch I tions, could come forward and ask ecu, grefs to afford relief in such cases, ] t | was said to be unnecessary to take up t|, o 1 time of the house on such business; and the committee of the whole was d:T. I charged from the confederation of it, and | the petition ordered to be on the table, ST, JOHN’S, Antigua, April n. Thirteen French privateers have been lately taken in the different port# K ’ of Trinidad, by two Britilh frigates, j by confentof the governor of the iff and—this may be depended on. KINGSTON, (jam.) April 6. We under it ahd from For t-ass Prince tl at a Captain of an American veiici ! has lately been tried “by a court-martiai on a charge of giving information to the enemy at Leogane, and found guilty, and was accordingly sentenced to death. We do not know that the fen fence wa# executed. v ‘ BOSTON, May io. Capt. William'S, arrived here on Sa turday, from Milford Haven, in tho brig Amphion, with upwards of 120 paflengers. Capt. W. was boarded on Thursday last, by a boat belonging to the Brifiih ship AfS.fl ante, of 50 guns, Capt. Mowat, who thought proper to press nine of captain Williams’s passen gers, and two of his sailors ; one a vhite man born in Bolton, i the other a black, born in Virginia. # The Spaniih prize cause has been de cided at the diflriol court of Rhode-1 fl and, in favor of the captors. Damans 8000 dollars. SALEM, May 10. By Capt. Jacob Crowninfhield, lately arrived at this port, from Calcutta, we arc informed, that in December hit, he saw there Mr. David Woodward, for- •• merly mate of the snip America oi 80l- ‘ tor*, Capt. Hubbard, who about two years since,. failed from Batavia for Ma nilla. In pafling thro’ the {heights of Macafler, Mr. Woodward, with fin men, went in the long boat on board a country ship, to get fome provisions—la returning they were feperaced from their ship by a squall, and given over as loft. They were captured by the Malays, and kept in a molt cruel slavery for more than a year, being constantly at hard la bour in cleaning nee, and th native* often times whipping them for fpcrt They at lad made their escape jr a prow, to a Dutch settlement at Maffaeer, from whence they tuck paiiage to Batavia, Mr. Woodward now commands a coun try fliip in Bengal, and his friends may rest allured is in good health, and hap py profpecdsH The boat’s crew (except one man who was killed by the natives,C are now dispersed in the different Euro pean fettlemcnts in India—-Their name* are William Ghidings, of Salem, John Cole, Archibald Meiifh, and two oth ers, whose names cannot be recollected, all Americans. NEW-YORK, May 14. At a late meeting of the Agricultu ral Society of New-York, Mr. Liston„ the Britilh Minifler, was elected a mem ber. May 16- We mentioned on Frhlay last, on th* authority of a London paper of the iotb of March, a report of M. Vincent, being appointed Minifler from France to thi* country, instead of M. Fontaine, who was formerly announced. On a review of our latest accounts, wc find under Pa ris dates of the 16th of March, the fol lowing notice taken of the business : “ The moft severe accusations hav been brought againtt Fontaine, whom. Charles de la Croix, had caused to bo named ambassador to the United State* of America. That citizen remains in France, in order to make the reflitutions demanded from him by the Departmen tal adtniniftration of Gironde ; and ci tizen Vincent, formerly an officer of en gineers, goes cut as minifler plenipo tentiary to the American government.’' 8 May I? * • • ExtraEl of a Letter dated Dominica, Af>ru 20, 1796. u The whole of the fleet is at last ar rived, jfnd General White is gone to Demerara, with 1500 men; and Sir Ralph Abercrombie is to leave Barba - does tins day or to-mofrow with th* grand army, either tor St. Lucia cf Guadaloupe. It is said that the firft objefl will be to take St. Lucia, and deitroy the enemy* in St. Vincents and Grenada,and reftorc tranquility to thole two unfortunate Islands. There are ab’titft 30,000 men at Barbados ; <?ur No, 28.