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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 7 O 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 O ... 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