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VIENNA, September 4. The duke of Polignac, i t is said, has presented a memorial to our court, in the najjne of Monsieur, protesting against: the taking pofleflron of Valen ciennes in the name of the emperor ; and demanding that Monsieur should be permitted to make a kind of tri umphal entry into the place, as the regent of its lawful sovereign. This Hep of Polignac, is laid to be by no means approved of by the court of Vienna. FONTENAI-L£-PEUPLE,Sept 9. From the representatives of the people—The affair of Chantonay has been much less important than was at firlt imagined. We have not loft above 200 men in killed and wounded. The eriemy’slofs was much more con siderable. The army is rallied and burns with a delire to retrieve the idles they have sustained. Thischeck is to be attributed to Tuncq, who abandoned his poll under the pretext •of a wound. The commiffoners from the lection of French Guards write, that a village occupied by the rebels was burpt. The women and children have been taken care ofi SAUMUR, September to. From Eourbotte, representative of the people—This warcannot lalt much longer. All is in motion here ; all march ; imtnenfe legions are going off. The ci-devant marquis of Maille has been arrelted, with his Wile and children* POTIER, September 12. • From the reprel’entaiives of the people—The city lias been purged of all aristocrats. The riling produces innumerable loldiers. Tile total ex ceeds’ 1513,000 men. Soon there will be no more in Vendee. AFiRAS, September 12. Fiom the representatives of the people—The garrilon of Cainbrai, in a sortie, ventured too far, and has been levcrely handled. Cambrai needs a reinforcement for its garrilon. It appears they attacked improperly. To alleviate the ibrrow this intelligence will caule, we will mention that we learn the enemy have been driven Iroin Pont-a-Marque and Menin* LILLE, September 13. From the representatives of the people—ls the new recruits arrive jfoon, the campaign is won. One of our columns has got poireilion of Po” peringue. The Austrians are guilty of the greatest cruelties. They fired with grape fliot upon a trumpet fenl to futnmon Ypres to liirrender. They maffiicred a child who cried u Vive la republique i” DEFEAT OF THE DUTCH. General Be res to the prefuient of the nati onal convention . • Head-quarters , Alenin, Sept. 13. . {< I announce to you, citizen pre jvdent, a viftory obtained this day by the troops of the republic. We have aken Menin, Warwick, and the dif ferent passes of the Lys, which were Intended by the Dutch army, and (formidable entrenchments. General Hedonville carried War wick; I took Menin by our ulual [mode of attack, the bayonet. In the defeat of Menin, the enemy aban doned about forty pieces of cannon.— ■They have fled in great disorder to- Ivards Bruges and Courtrai. The second battalion of Paris, iA filtered the molt, deserves also J ybeft eulogium ; the fourth Ba -7 f ‘ ‘ battalion, the folJiers lately ■L,”"*.*■ the Rhine, indeed all the troops r ‘therepublic, have (hewn themselves * r *hy of their caul’s. <l This triumph has been tarniffied at Menin by pillage. I was obliged to be severe to put a flop to it. I wait here the orders of the commander in chief, as to future operations. “ The representative of the people, Chales, was wounded at Warwick, at the head of general Duroefnil’s co lumn. Citizen Lavaffeur was also present on this glorious day. Their presence animated the courage of out soldiers. “ I hope the convention will learn with pleasure the news of this viftory, which, with that of Dunkirk, appears to decide the fate of the campaign. BERES. P. S. We have made 1200 prison ers at Menin, apd among them seve ral general officers. PARIS, September 25- Letter from citizen Andre Dumont, comtniflioner of the department of the Somme, dated Amiensj Sep tember 20. u I write you often ; but if I wrote an hundred times a day, I ftiould al” ways announce to you feme agreeable information. Having spread my net into the Boulertois, I have caught a member of the English parliament— the brother-in-law of the duke of Cumberland—a page of the queen— foine knights of St. Louis—a marlhal of camp—a number of English gentle men—some priests, See. all are in my bagi Do order me a cage immediately, fufficient for about lix dozen of these pretty birds, which I lliall fend you* under a good el’cort. The enclol’ed billet will acquaint the prelident of a conlulerable deposit of gold and silver- I am going to fiuilli another expedition, which I have entrusted to an intimate friend of mine, who I am sure will be as fuccefsful as I have been.” Extraft of a letter frornToulon, dated September 14. * f Last Thurfftay arrived here 300 Spanilh priioners, taken by the army of general Dagobert—there are a mong them twelve officers, one of whom is a colonel. By them we learn, that they were in the army of general Ricardos, and that after the repeated checks which the Spaniards had met with iince their entrance on the French territories, there was no doubt but they would be obliged to keep themselves on the def'enlive, as they were in great want of proviliojisi Thete priioners are treated with the utmort humanity, and we hope loon to make ot them excellent convertsfor liberty, and to prove to them, that men lighting for the rights of man, know better how to practice theChrif tian virtues, than thole deceitful priests who fanaticife them.” Another letter from the fame place, to the general of the national guards-, announces that general Dagobert has retaken Ville-Franca and Allette, and has drubbed the Spaniards (b severely, that they dare not Ihew themselves on the plains of Perpignan, to com mit their ulual depredations. SEPI'EMBtR 27. Last night, it is said, general Hou chard arrived at Paris, and was con duffed to the Abbaye, DUKE OF YORK’S ARMY. Citnp at Menin , Sept . 19. For the two last days and nights we have been exposed to an incessant rain, which we fear may have bad effects, as many of the regiments are unco vered, and those that have a fufficient number of tents, are entirely unpro vided with straw to lie upon. The horles have fuffered much.— For two or three days after the re treat, they were almost entirely with out forage $ and molt of their backs are galled by the constant pressure of the laddie, as sometimes the troops have been obliged to remain-mounted, not only in the day time, but during the whole night* Our flek and wounded are sent to Bruges, a very pleasant and healthy town, where we hope the Aioft of them will recover. Many of the poor fellows, who were not dangerously wounded, aftually perilhed on the road for want of alliftance. The sur geons did their duty to the best of their power : but could not attend to eveiy individual, when the waggons con taining the wounded formed a line of at lealt two miles ; there was one loss which we mult regret, because that it might have been avoided. This was a waggon of lick men, left by lome accident on the bands near Nieuport, between high and low water mark— On the flood making, all thole who could not move were drowned. Os the wounded there are not quite two hundred English. The rest are chiefly Hanoverians, who formed the army of observation, and bore the brunt of all the battles. There are now in Nieuport four Hanoverian re giments, which coniifted of near 1000 men each, and now the four do not make more than 700. There is in one of them an officer who has to la” ment the lots of three brothers in the last engagement. We have been told by the prison ers, that when they attacked the Ha noverians, they had three reliefs ; these bodies were brought successively to the charge. This accounts for their superiority, and for the carnage. The dead lay in such heaps, that they were obliged sometimes to flop and move the bodies, to let the columns pass. —The French at firft took general Frey tag’s army for Englilh, because they wore red. The chief diftinffion conlifts in the yellow sashes of the officers, ours being crimson. We are in constant expeffation of another fight. Our line extends from hence to within a short distance of Fumes, which is occupied by the trench. The advanced poll is held by the legion of French emigrants, which behaved very well, and had about 80 men killed in the late en gagement. It is itiil thought that our generals will not give up their delign upon Dunkirk. What would render the acquisition of Dunkirk particularly de lirable is, that it would be a secure arid capacious winter quarters for our troops. There are barracks in it that would contain the whole of the duke’s army—atleaft all the Brit ilh, and this place, we underitood, was to be our own. Some blame the navy, and others the ordnance, for not being ready to co-operate with us at the stipulated time ; but after all the delays, we should have taken the place, if the army of oblervation had been strong enough to repel Houchard. Moft of the attacks made on the several points last week by the French were falfe ones, to cover the real at tacks against the duke of York’s army, and the corps under the prince of Orange. These they thought moft vulnerable ; and in both they were too fuccelsful. I know not what ac count the Dutch will publish of their affairs on the 10th and the succeeding days ; but of this lam assured, that their army is annihilated for the re mainder of the campaign. The few of their officers and men that are to be found, are destitute of almost every thing. The remnant that was saved, was carried into Ghent. Among their losses was that of the caiffe militaire, or military chest, with a treasure that must have been very acceptable to the fans culottes. Prince Waldeck is certainly taken prisoner, and the hereditary prince of Orange is milling. The engagement that was expeffed has not yet taken place, nor has any news arrived fmee yesterday of the combined army. The duke of York has been reinforced by five regiments of foot. Three more are on their palfage. Add rtfs of tic Senate (fj. S.) to the PrefJe,,t, Accept, fir, the thanks Os the fen ate, J for your speech delivered to both 1 houses of congress at the opening 0 f I the session. Your re-eleffion to the j chief magistracy of the United States, j gives 11s lincere pleasure. We confi. ] der it as an event every way propiti- 1 ous to the happiness of our couury, I and your compliance with the call as I a freih instance of thepatriotifin which I has so repeatedly led you to lacritice j private inclination to the public good. I In the unanimity which a second time I marks this important national aft we 1 trace with particular fatisfaftion, be. | sides the diltinguilhed tribute paid to 1 the virtues and abilities which it re* 1 cognifes, another proof ol that just 1 dilcernment, and constancy of senti ments and views, which have hither, to characterized the citizens oi the United States. As the European powers with whom I the United States have the moft ex tensive relations were involved in war, in which we had taken no part, it teemed necessary that the dilpofitioa of the nation for peace should be pro mulgated to the world, as well for the purpose of admonilhing our citi zens of the confequenees of a contra band trade, and of afts hostile to any of the beliigerant parties, as to obtain, by a declaration of the existing legal state of things, an ealier admission of our right to the immunities of our litu arion ; we therefore contemplate with pleasure the proclamation by you iiTu. ed, and give it our hearty approbation. We deemed it a measure well timed and wife, manifefting a watchful foli. citude for the welfare of the nation, and calculated to promote it. The several important matters presented t 6 our conlideration will in the course of the session engage all the attention to which they are refpeftively en titled ; and as the public happiness will be the foie guide of our delibera tions we are perfeftly allured of re* ceiving your ftrenuoUs and moft zeal ous co-operation. at is!ml'hie. Gf.N tlemen, The pleasure expressed by the senate on my re-eleffion to the station which I fill, commands my lincere and warm est acknowledgments. If this be an event which prorhifes the finallcft ad dition to the happiness of ourcountry, as it is my duty, so lliall it be my study to realise the expeffation. The decided approbation which the proclamation now receives from your house, by completing the proof that this measure is conlidered as manifeft-, ing a vigilant attention to the welfare of the United States brings with it a peculiar gratification to my mind. The other important fubjefts which have been communicated to you will I am confident receive a due difeuffion, and the result will I trust prove for tunate to the United States. G. WASHINGTON. The President's reply to the House of Reprefntuli-ue Gentlemen, I lliall not affect to conceal the cordial fatisfaftion which I derive from the address of the house of reprelenta tives. Whatever those services may be which you have fanftioned by your favour, it is a fufficient reward that they have been accepted as they were meant. For the fulfilment of your anticipations of the future I can give no other aifurance than that the mo tives which you approve ffiall con tinue unchanged. It is truly gratifying to me to learn that the proclamation has been con lidered as a seasonable guard against the interruption of the public peace. Nor can I doubt that the fubjefts which I have recommended to your attention, as depending on legislative 1 provilion, will receive a dilculliou luited to their importance. With every reason then it may be expected that your deliberations, under the divine blessing, will be matured to the honor and happiness of the United- States. G. WASHINGTON.