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From the (BOSTON) MERCURY. [The editor of the Mercury, having by vigilance and exertion procured a file of Rouen papers, is happy to announce, that the following trani lations contain a compendium of rite molt interelling intelligence from the f 2th to the 22tl of September, inclulive.-—The fuccei’s of our allies is as tiniverfal as their unanimity : —twenty-four millions of freemen breathe one common loul ; —the mighty arm of the nation is railed ; -it defeends on the winged wings of desolation. France will conquer ! She mult prove victorious! Happy republicans, all hail ! ! !] ROUEN, September ii* The traitor Arlande, a general officer of the late royal armies fur prized the camp at Nortluveller, and threw it into feme dilordcr ; hut on the i 2th we repaired this momentary Advantage, by an attach upon the Pruflians, in which they loft 2000 men. The toefin has been founded in the cJiltridt of Angers, Sanmur, Range, Segre, kc. All the citizens of the fe diltricts are united to a man, and with four days provision and completely armed they have gone in quest of the rebels. SEPTEMBER 15. , A letter arrived from citizen Burthelemi, adjutant-general of the army of the north. It is in these words, citizen rniniftcr of war, lince my letter, dated at Honfthoore, after the mamruvres of the Bth, a variety of interesting details have occurred. General Jdouchard informs me of the retreat of the Englilh, w hp have left behind tlfeth an immeufe artillery, ammunition and baggage. Their rout was complete, and ourToldiers have learnt by this battle to value their own courage, when let in competition with royal l'oldiers. The Englilh have loft a number of their officers. Two of their generals were buried at Flonllhoote, prince Adolphiis is griev ouilv wounded and general Dalton killed. General Beriu writes from Mfcnin, September 13, that new victories were achieved by the troops of the republic, who have taken Menin, Werwich, and the different pallages of the Lys, w hich were defended by a body of Dutch troops, well in trenched. General Hedorevill donned Werwick. The enemy abandoned 40 pieces of cannon at Menin. 1 trust that the national convention will receive this interelling hews with pleafurc. We have made 1200 pri ioners and several generals are cap tured. The army of the Rhine have had ah engagement with the enemy at Lautenbourg ; they killed 1500, took 30 priloners, among whom are home emigrants ; the marquis du Muy was killed; The army of the Moselle has driven the Aullrians from their pods ; and in many infiances obliged them to abandon rheir camps; we have taken 30 pieces of cannon. Forty of our cavalry palled the Saue, and attacked 80 dragoons, killed several, and brought off 6 men and 6 horses. The news which we have received from the army of the republic in the of Toulon, are very latif fa&ory. The blockade is ltill con tinued, but our army increases daily. [Eight hundred young men from the Ididrift of St. Esprit, have marched to loin their fellow republicans who are limited under the brave Corteaux. V v\ letter from Dunkirk, aflerts, that ‘*y l'ave taken 78 pieces of cannon ; k -I,r- barrels,of powder, 1900 pri- Icner of whom 1300 are Englilh, mefide* . ‘■) cavalry mounted. At the sale of certain edates be longing to the emigrants of Grenoble, 28 lots eltimated at 28.485 livres fold for 132,500 livres. fhis difference between the sale and the estimation, opens great resources for the nation. Fpom the Sth to 9UI of September, more than 500 bombs and 1000 ted hot balls were thrown into Lyons, but without any effect in firing the city, which is constantly watched by 6000 engine men. and here is not a doubt entertained of its lafety. The garrison of Cambray are re ported to have loss 2000 men, 18 pieces of cannon and 9 ftandarus in a late forde, but this account is said to be exaggerated by the ariltocrats. The committee of fafety, have tlif covered a number of trunks in the cellars of the hotel at V aupalier* They contain 463 marks of lilver ; 5 ounces of gold and 4152 livres in crowns and louis. 1 his property is Tent to the national treasury. The representatives of the people of Marseilles, inform the convention of the heroilin of 8 republicans con demned to death by the popular com mission of that city. Two of the fufferers displayed remarkable energy and farig froid. They mounted the lcaffold, crying out long live the re public, and killed the national cocksdes with great veneration. . ‘l he Austrian troops in the en virons of Ardennes are completely dif~ couraged. Sixteen thousand repub licans under the command of general Ilherj have marched against the larel lites of del pot ism stationed at Ouef nov * fix thousand of the enemy are surrounded in a wood, and we hope that notone will escape. ‘l'he gar rifou of Giber made a vigorous sortie from Dinah, and took 50 waggons loaded with forage. General Dahoufe, commariding at Perpegnan, declares that the ramparts of that city (ball never be disgraced by the standard of royalty ; and if tir ctlmftances (Yiuuld oblige him to fur raider, that he will primarily reduce tbecitytoafb.es. ‘They write from Brefl, that the patriotic army lias taken Portnic, Bourgneif, Machecuel, Martaigue and several other important puffs. That not less than 1 500 of the rebels have fallen in the different rencontres and that their lpirit of enterprize is completely damped. 1 he convention has ordered that all the women of France wear the national cockade. ■ >i’ The aclminiffrator of the national domains informed the convention, that a confifcated effate valued 96,000 livres, fold for a million 196,000 ; that another effiinated at 446 thou sand, lias lold for one trillion three hundred thousand livres : and that the value of property is every where increasing. Some i’eiftions of the republic have demanded that speedy decision lliall be held on the fate of Briffot, Vergniotix, Gaudet and Maria An toinette. To arms, to arms, is the cry of all France. One spirit reigns through out the whole. SEPTEMBER zi. —— Extract of a letter from Dunkirk, September 8. ‘ Dunkirk is compleately relieved ; the beliegers are retreating without knowing where to go ; they have left behind 40 pieces of cannon, twenty four pounders, and loss an incredible number of men. The three forties made by the garrison have succeeded to a charm. In the firrt we loss only 120 killed and wounded. In the 2d only a few were wounded, and the enemy drove back to their entrench ments with great loss. The third and last was a day of triumph. Two hundred men were cut down in a regiment of 600 ; and the road is ffrevved with baggage of every kind. Among the articles which have faben into our hands are 6000, 24 pound balls ; 52,000 sacks of earth ; 800 barrels of powder ; a large number of miifkets, travelling forgesand mihtai y equipage to the amount of two millions of livres.’ The armies of the north 150,099 ; at Ardennes 27,205 ; Motelle 85,833; at the Rhine 128,311 ; at the Alps 41,965 ; at the Pyrennees, east, 26,935 ; at the Pyrenees, weft, 26,593 ; italy, 28,336 ; on the coast of Rochelle, 4i, 11 o; at B rest, 3 5,3 00; at Cherbourg, 15,481 5 at Mayence, 24,000; Island of Corsica, 9 3 745 } in the Colonies, 4,800. 1 otal ef fective of the armies of the republic 656,094 men. General Roffignbl, fb.tes, that on the 7th September, lie came up with a detachment of the rebel army, whom he drove two leagues from their post, and burnt all their magazines, honfes, kc . A letter from Couthon, ffates, that the department of Puydome, whole quota was 25,000 men, has generously turned out upwards of 40,000 effec tive. General Beyder, in his letter of the 3d of September, announces, that having received intelligence of a body of rebels, to the number of io,oco, who had polled themselves in the wood of the Chateau de la Fructiere, that he immediately formed the detign of attacking them, which lie happily effected, having put them to a com plete route, accompanied by an irn menfe (laughter. On the i 3th of September, a de tachment of our army took poflelhon of Pays Cerda ; in this place they found 29 magazines; 400 tents ; 500 mulquets-j 150 sheep and 300 oxen. BREST, September 12. Yesterday general Beyffer com manding liic rigVt column of the army, marched lor liirvaudicre ; the fourth battalion who was marching to take the fame position fell in with a large body of rebels whom they en gaged from fix in the morning till fix at night, with only the lols of one grenadier wounded on our part. — Thirty of the enemy were killed. This gallant refinance may be justly attributed to the malterly disposition of citizen Fareau, temporary com mandant at Indret ; aiTil to the in telligence and bravery of lieutenant colonel-. Roche, Plante, Geoffloy, and C'harentc. Lieutenant-colonel Grobon, of the 3d battalion, contributed to the good fortune of the day, by marching trom the Chateau de Eau with 2CO men to lupport his brethren in action. He was completely fuccefsful in turning the right wing of the enemy, and at the lame moment checked the too violent impetuolity of the volunteers, whole ardor has lomctimes proved de trimental. General Kleber, ffates in his letter of the 12th of September, that he had taken (even pieces of heavy ordnance from the rebels, and that 506 wag gons would not contain the booty which had been captured. ‘l'he commandant in chief at AVeil lemberg writes, that on the 10th of September he attacked, and on the ilth carried the enemy’s camp at Limbach. Our troops advanced with fixed bayonets. The Prulfian and Austrian cavalry fled. The command ant of Douay informs that he has ob tained a complete victory over the re bels, who prelcnted themlelves in two columns before Douay ; that the pur suit was continued to Vahiers.— Their lols in men and ammunition was great. The army at Thouars obtained another victory ; took a large number of priloners, and killed 150 of the enemy. Letters received from Weft Flan, ders announce the capture of VVer„ wick, WareCton, and Menin, with fif teen hundred prisoners, and 50 pieces of artillery* The immediate f'urren dar of Y presand Court ray is expected, as our advanced guards are beyond Yoiiuefell and Varelghem- GeneralKellerman writes, that the Fatellites of tyranny were driven trom the valley of Morain, and that major Strafoldo, 1. indebted to the llcetntis of his horse for having escaped. GeneralDagoberr, in a letter dated at Mont Libre, ‘September 4, writes thus : —That being informed of a ludden attack which had been made upon his camp at Fort Olett, by 5000 infantry and 400 horse, he immedi ately threw himfeif at the head of Ins troops, and formed the line of march at three in the morning, with a deter mination to give them battle. Hav. jng come up with the enemy, a severe conflict ensued, which lasted for two hours, when the enemy were com pletely routed, and fled with precipi tation, leaving behind avast quantity of military (tores, and 300 prisoners, 30 officers, 3 colonels, and the com-’ mar.dant of artillery. We had but 8 men killed. General Carteaux is encamped at half a league from Toulon ; he has taken polieffion of the commanding heights, and determines to burn the city and the fleet, ‘l'he fortified camp at Nor.vhweller, which was taken by f’urprife on the 1 }th September, was re-taken on the 14th at the point of the bayonet. The enemy fled on all (ides, and the emi grants were the firff to cry out, wo are loss. The pursuit was continued to Buntenfhal. We have taken two pieces of cannon, 1500 muskets, and a quantity of forage. Ihe camp at Nortluveller, the trenches and the village of Buntenthal are piled with dead bodies*. The army under tire orders of general Carioin, entered yesterday in to Furries, (.September 16) and ex* peel to be in Nieuport to-morrow* whither the Englilh have retreated.* NANTES, September 16. Our army iince its departure frorri Nantes, has gone on from one tuccefs to another. The country from Nantes to Rochelle is entirely cleared of the rebels. Legre was attacked and taken on Saturday ; this was one of the princi pal posts of the rebels, where they were aftembled in great force. 1 hey only fired three rounds of artillery ; this we did not think worthy of a re ply, as all our charges are made with the fixed bayonet, lhe right column of the army was obliged to defile be fore Pallau, anqther port in poffelfion of the rebels. It wasalfo abandoned, after the lots of 150 men on their parts. Our victorious troops marched yesterday for Montaigne, and if the army on the coasts of Rochelle, fiic ceed in the tour of duty committed to them, Vendee will be taken in eight days. I’he rebels made an attack on a part of our troops polled at St. Sal. vador. It was begun with incredible fury on their parts. They were re ceived by our brave republicans with the greateff fang froid, who neces sitated them to retreat, with 12 wag gon loads of dead, and many more wounded. TOULON, September 14. Our situation is the fame as it was yesterday ; we have now everything that we want —just arrived from Marleilles, to reduce the English fleet, and we shall soon make tae traitors and tyrants fenlible of the vengeance of a free people to justly exasperated- We are allured that the Englilh are preparing to take flight, and that the fleet lays only on an anchor.