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£ traft of a letter from an officer in
the Britilh army near Dunkirk,
August 30.
“ We* are now encamped clofeto
tiiis place. On our way here we had
lome levere fighting on the 24th and
25th, with the French in the woods.
Two of my cannon, that were along
with the grenadiers of the guards,
firgd a good deal, and the party tuf
sered lo 1 e loss of then and horles*
I Lieutenant colonel Congreve went to
| Oftepd two days ago, to arrange the
\{ landing and forwarding the artillery
1 ami liorfes For the siege ; and I was
ordered by the duke, to join the park
I of artillery, to give d.reftions about
| landing them here, and getting the
| guns mounted ready for the batteries,
’ which, I dare fay, will not he ready
! to receive them thele 12 days. It
appears a strong place, and they are
I determined to hold out to the lall.
General Qineara, an Irifliman, com-
I mands in the town, in which, it is
! laid, there are 300 guns mounted ;
they have fix or eight gun boats,
with 24 pounders in ea*. h, that annoy
; the trenches much. For the.e two
days pall I have landed herefrom the
1 boats from Nieuport, twenty 24 p oun ”
I ders, very line iron guns, with a
great quantity of (hot, &c.”
Lieutenant general fir Robert
| Murray Keith certainly goes out to
I Jamaica as governor, vice theeail
of Effi lgham, defeated. Major ge-
Ineral Williami'on, the lieutenant go
vernor and commandant of the, troops
on that ill,and, will take the command
( of thole dellmed to act againit St.
’ Domingo. He is to he rewarded
with one of the hell governments of
the conquered ill.mds,
—, SEPTEMBER 14.
i When the army, under marshal
Freyttlg was driven from its puli'ion
near Caffe!, and afterwards, from
Hondfehoote to Furnes, it was not
po.liole for tile duke of York to retain
his pofinon before Dunk rk. His
royal highness, therefore, prudently
retired, for the purpose of effefting a
’ junct on with the marshal.
; In this attempt he fortunately suc
ceed rd, thou-rh the French made an
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attack in four different quarters.
1 ‘ The luls on both tides was very con
tidchible—So officers of the allied
army were killed on the fpot—6o
waggons of wounded were lent to
Furnes on the evening of the action,
and an equal number on the succeed
ing day. Two thou land barrels ol
powder were ken by the French, as
well as all the-.heavy artillery.
It was easy to conceive, that the
French would.not remain in inaftiviry
fubfeq.ient to this success. They,
theretore, pushed forward to attack
which, had it fallen, would
have eiFetFuaily cut off all communi
cation between general Beaulieu and
the duke of York.
Tiie former, advancing rapidly From
his polition near Lille, attacked the
1 French with great vigour, and as
filch a mcafure was entirely unexpect
ed, the success of general Beaulieu
was complete. The French gave up
1 the liege of Ypres, and retired, wish
I the lot's of 2000 men, and several
| pieces of cannon.
| In their retreat .hey opened ti:e
| sluices, for the purpose ol inundating
\ 1 he country.
[ The success of general Beaulieu en
;,3h’ ed him to join the army of the duke
o York, and it was refoJved, after a
u iply of cannon and Warlike stores
had been received, to advance again to
o’ siege of Dunkirk.
V)n Wednesday lull, admiral Mac
with his fqiiadron.was between
v\id and Dunkirk, without having
j • r able toeffeft any thing.
t u Thurlday he wasl'ecn ofFNieu
| Th'p- ulnrgois taken off at Offend.
A T"'e'Brilliantfrigate, which brought
wfiuu ....T Ohus from Nieu >ort, let
rhi. uptwTiu. mdmg was di
reft’y contrary, immediately after hjs
royal highnels had landed ; and took
under convoy the transports, with the
157th regiment on board, for the pur
pole of re-enforcing theduke of York’s
army.
The importance of the capture bf
Toulon harbour ?nd town, with the
surrender of almost the half of the
prelent French naval force, was not
fufficiently felt this morning in the
city’ : this great event had little effect
on the funds.
A private letter from France has
communicated to us the following im
portant intelligence :
That the national convention has
authorifed the executive council to
endeavour to enter into a negotiation
with the Britilh minister, and to pro
pofc, by a lpecial inellenger, that if
Great-Bri ain will withdraw from the
combination, the Kies ot France and
Bourbon, lliall immediately be* ceded
to her. As the polfellion of thele
Kies would produce the molt beneficial
advantages to the commerce of this
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country, the Englilh minister will pro
bably give the propolal a serious ton
fideratton.
Yesterday the 3d regiment of foot,
or the Buff’s, embarked at Greenwich,
in order to join the army commanded
by the duke ot York.
T he larelt accounts from Grodno
Hate, that the treaty ofeeffion between
the republic and rhe king of Prussia
has already been concluded, and the
act or inltrument published. Some
of these accounts add, that this ad
lias not been ligned vet, although it
be on the point of being ligned •
others fay, that the ratification took
place 011 the 26:h inltanr, the king
of Prussia h iving been contented to
reffore to the republic the \Voy wood
hips Rawa and Sirada, a diftrift of
150 leagues. Rullia is a!fo reported
to have offered to Poland a diltrid of
400 square leagues; but this is impro
bable, as the ad of celfion with Ruliia
was ligned on the 17th inftanf.
His royal highnels prince Adolphus,
arrived at Deal yesterday. The par
ticulars of the late adi in are not yet
made public, but certainly they soon
will, for his royal highness it is pro
bable has brought them with him.
His own Hanoverian regiment went
into action one thousand strong, and,
according to information which we
have received, and which we fear
will prove too true, came cut with
(ixty-three and an ensign.
SEPTEMBER 18.
Yesterday evening tnr. Sylveller, one
of the king’s messengers, arrived at
the secretary of Hate’s office, with dff
patchesfrom the duke of York.
The accounts received front his
royai highnels are dated from the
camp before Thoroute, (a small bo
rough between Dixmonde and Bru
ges) on Sunday last, September 15.
It appears that the expefted auxili
ary Aultrian force had not then joined
his royal highnels, who on account
of this delay, had thought proper to
remove to the camp of Thermite,
where he will be shortly joined by the
; Aultrians under general Beaulieu.
His royal highness is now in a (itua
tion tofruffrate any attack the French
might venture to make upon the
Britilh forces. As soon as the proper
reinforcements and ammunition lhall
have arrived, his royal highness will
ad upon the offenfive.
DOVER, September 13.
The whole garrison of Quefnoy
have furrendcred themfelvespnfoners
of war, and are to be conveyed to any
part of rhe emperor’s dominions,
whose troops took polfellion the 12th
inff tut. The town has fullered great
ly by the liege.
A body of ten thousand French
troops were marching to relieve Qnef
noy, but on the 12th in the morning
were intercepted by the Aultrians,
whom prince Ccbourg had ordn ed to
march in the night, and a very serious
engagement *ook place, in which the
French were completely defeated,
lea vingnearlf half their number either
killed, wounded, or prisoners.
PLYMOUTH, September 16.
No further accounts have been re
ceived here relpecting the French fleet
being in the channel, and there is eve
ry reason to suppose that they have
never been ealt of Scilly ; notwith
standing, there is good realon to be
lievg they maybe our of port.
Lord Howe’s fleet still remains in
Torbay ; also the Diadem naan ol
war, with the fleet bound to the Me
diterranean, &c. to the number ol 2CO
fail or upwards
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 9.
Extract: of a letter from Offend, dated
• 21 ff September, by capt. W et ks.
“ The duke of York appealed be
fore Dunkirk on the Bth instant, with
about 30,000 men. 1 he lans culottes,
well clad, after an hearty dinner,
Tallied forth, and a moll terrible en
gagement took place. Ihe next day
tne French made a second attack with
great success, and obliged his royal
highness to move off with a quick
Hep, leaving thoulands on the field ;
fifty-two pieces of cannon—all the
tents, baggage, &c. with an imtnenfe
quantity of ammunition. The young
general is to Menin, and 1 lup
pofe intends putting himfelf under the
tuition of prince Cobotirg, to le
drilled into prudence and good con.
duel.”
Since our last, near 100 fail of
velfels have arrived in this port from
different places. Upwards of 5000
of the inhabitants have returned ironi
the country ; the ltrects are lively,
and business begins to relume its
former appearance. Yesterday the
markets were well supplied, and prci
vil! on s cheap.
BALTIMORE, November 17.
• We are informed, by a gentleman
from the western country, who ar
rived in this town on Saturday last,
that as general Wayne’s army was
on its march, near Fort Jefferlon, the
ammunition and baggage waggons/
under an escort confiding of a lieu T
tenant and 17 men, being about 15
miles in the rear, were fuddcnly at
tacked by a party of Indians, who
killed the lieutenant with fix of his
men, and took thirteen of his wag
gons—that the remainder of the men
were miffing, supposed to have been
carried cff'prifoners by the savages.
— O4OO 0 —
STATE OF GEORGIA.
Summary aljlrafi es the proceedings of the
house of representatives.
Wednesday, November 20, 1793.
A meflage from the senate, that
they have palled a bill to be entitled,
an aft to revile and amend the judi
ciary aft—and a rclolution appoint
ing a committee to join any commit
tee this house may appoint, to report
to each branch of the lcgiflature the
sums necessary to be provided for by
law for payment of the salaries of the
officers of government for the present
and enluing year, to which they desire
the concurrence of tins house.
Tlnirfday, November 21.
A bill to be entitled, an aft declara
tory of certain parts of the retained
sovereignty of the Hate of Georgia,
was read the third time, and ordered
to the senate for their concurrence.
Ordered, That mr. James Jones of
Chatham, mr. Fort and mr. J. Jones,
or Burke, be appointed a committee
to prepare and report a bill to fix up
on the time of holding elections for
members of convention to revile and
amend the constitution and determine
the time and place where the laid con
vention lhall meet.
Friday, November 22-
O n motion,
Resolved, 1 hat the house will take
up no petitions, this fealon, not pee
tented before the 30th instant.
An engrofled bid to he entitled, an
aft to punilh persons convicted of
bastardy and oilier immoralities, was
read the third time, and ordered to the
senate for their concurrence.
On motion,
Resolved, That h : s excellency the
governor be requested to furnilh this
house with a statement of the mil:ria
men in the several counties of this
Hate, defoliating the several compa
nies, battalions, or regiments; the
companies of artillery, infantry, foot,
and cavalry ; with a statement of the
arms in their pofi'eflioi, together with
the federal arsenals within the limits
of the Hate, where military stores are
deposited-
Saturday, November 23.
The house proceeded to take into
consideration the report of the com
mittee to whom was referred the pe.
tition of sundry inhabitants of the
counties of Wiikes and Franklin, pray
ing tint an explanatory aft may pals
the legilLtore, confirming certain
do ibthd county which was or
dered to lie on the table. And the
report being read, is as follows :
Resolved, that it is the opinion of
this committee, that the diltricY north
ealt of Greene county line, t at is to
lay, from the head of Ogechee river
to the Cherokee corner, i>, and lhall
b.e coufijered as a part of W Ikes, a J
the grantees of a Ila- furyeyei
citerein Hu e the 15th June, 1784,
confirmed in their tides, the oUJeff
taking preference, whether the f tJ and
grants lliall ha v e been obtained by
warrants from the counties of Wi kes,
Oreene or Waffling on—And your
committee are further of opinion, that
F any lands within the fa-d diftriff,
that is to lay, between Wilkes and
reene counties w as WrW
s he !srh June 1784, such turveys and
grants ought to be conlidered void,
and the lands held by the Hate, and
disposed of as a future may
direct: Provi.’ed, that in Inch dil
pofal, all occupants prior to June
179D ought to have preemption
And the committee further are of
opinion, th t the boundary Hue be
tween Franklin and Elbert comities
ought to he immediately run and
marked by the county surveyor, ac
cording to the firft creating of the
laid county of Frank in.
And the repor*- being again read,
was on thequeftion oeing put, agreed
to by the house.
Ordered in a bill conformable to
laid report.
Mr. Tort,from the committee ap
pointed to prepare and report a bill
to be entitled, an aft to eftabliih an
infpeftion of tobacco on Savannah ri
ver, at the mouth of Lightwood Log
creek, reported the fame, which was
received and read the firft time.
Mr. G. Jones, from the committee
on finance, to whom it was referred
to prepare and report a bill to be en
titled, an aft appropriating money for
the year 1794, reported the fame,
which was received and read the firft
time.
Tuesday, November 16.
An engrofled bill, to be entitled an
aft to lay out a county out of part
of the counties of Burke and Ef
fingham, was read the third time, and
otdered to the senate for their con
currence.
Air. Janies Jones of Chatham, from
the committee of enrolled bills, re
ported, that they Lad examined an act
lor opening and keeping clear the na
vigation ol Ogechee river, and fin-1
the lame truly engrofled.
Ihe fpeaker ligned the aforefaid
aft.
\Tt be continued
