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We are informed, that the nation
al armament in Flanders has had
great rtuccefs ; that more than 6coo
young men are already at Auden*rde,
and that their lieutenant colonel has
requested more officers, in order to
effect the organization of these troops
as soon as polli'nle. The mode of con
ducting this national levy will be de.
cided by the Hates, who are extraor
dinarily assembled this day for that
purpose. In their lalt fitting, they
agreed to put into the military trea
sury, in the course of fix months,
for the service of his majefty r the
fun of 20 millions, and to turniih
7 50,000 pounds of flour lor the lame
fcrvice. In fiicrt, every thing is at
present expected from tiie zeal and
fidelity of these repreientatives of the
Belgian people towards their love
reign, in ord.°r to effcCt tlie propoled
armament as soon as polfible.
November 7.
The different columns of French
troops which had advanced as far as
Nieuport, and beyond Menin, though
forced to retreat with precipitation
before lever. 1 corps of the allied
troops, which were marching to cut
off their retreat, have not yet entirely
evacuated Well Flanders. ‘1 hey
have ftiU preferred ports at Poperin
guen, in the environs of Yprcs, and
at Dixmude : they appear even daer
m.n-d to defend them with vigour,
having broken ;the roads leading to
the above places, and railed in their
Head intrenchrnents of earth, on
which they have planted cannon.
They alio, in order to defend
their positions, formed immediately
on both (ides, lo that they can only
be attacked in front on the road,,
where they are well fortified.
A corps of the enemy having art
fumbled on the 3d, in the environs
of Wei wick, made a fierti attack
on that port, but retreated after a
heavy cannonade.
The grand army, under the prince
of Cobourg, has moved forward.
The head.quarters have been tvanf
sered from Angl® w- 1
foutame.
That army is now encamped he
tween Landrecy and Camhray, and
the advanced ports extend fur into the
enemy’s country. The objeCt of our
generals, for the prelent, is to pro
tect our new conquest, on which the
French Itemed to meditate an at
tack, and to oblerve the motions
and counteract the projects of the
enemy. Whilst the allied troops,
which form a cordon from the lea to
the S.nnbre, have inch repeated acti
ons with the French, our small army
in the Ardennes, under baron ileau
liu, does nor remain inactive. On
the 2<i instant, that general attacked
a corps of French (roops, which oc
ciipy the wood of Mariami, in the
environs of Phillipeville, after a fnuirt
action tiie enemy were forced to re
treat precipitately. A captain and
feventeeu soldiers, all wounded,
were taken on this occasion. As the
French, however, have assembled
conlidei'able forces in the Ardennes,
v general Beaulieu, fearing to be over
powered by numbers, has retired in
to the country, between the Sambre
and the Meu'e, and has taketv his
poll at the A bey of St. Gerard, iiart
of the inhabitants of the county of
Namur having applied for arms to
defend themfeTves aga-nft the incur
lions of the enemy, the government
his ordered 25,000 muiquets to be
ddfributed to them.
LONDON, October 2.
Many people think that the impoli
tic conduit of the national convention,
in rertpect to their superior officers in
tii ■ marine, had great influence on
tiieir officers at Toulon. Rear admi
ral Truguer, who had the command
in tiie Mediterranean, for awhile was
very fuccefsful, and lo long was he
applauded by the convention ; bat no
iooner did he fail, than their favour
began to decline.
M. Truguet then came to Paris,
and on the 22c! of July he sent a long
letter to the committee of public
fafety, in which he entered into a
circumrtantial detail of what ought to
have been done, what had been done,
and what was left for them to do.
He stated the impediments that pre
vented the navy being in a proper
condition; that anarchy reigned, dirt
obedience to orders, and an oppolition
to difeiptine, for want of proper laws;
that leveral officers of the ancient ma
rine were perrtecuted, arbitrarily de
prived oF their charge, and dragged
into dungeons. lie solicited their
release, which the jealous Jacobins
would not grant ; but as his com
plaints threw leveral charges of m:t
management on lome of the executive
power, he incurred their hatred ; an
occasion was taken to charge him with
incivifm ; he was denounced, and his
command given to M. St. Julten. —
Still he evaded their fearcli, and kept
himfelf concealed. When a rtpirit of
counter-revolution began to rife in
Toulon, M. Truguet (loured in his
mind by ill-treatment) joined the in”
furgents, and procured the release of
the confined arii cenlured officers, \v ho
all had a great share in the rturrender
of Toulon to lord Hood, and the
names of four of them are to be seen
in the agreement for the luirender.
November 7.
By authentic accounts from Frank
fort, of the 28th ult. we learn, that
the allied powers rook possession of
All’ice in the name of his moll Chrirt
tian tnajefty, Louis XVII.
November 16.
The naval force getting ready for
the Kail Indies, which admiral Gard
ner will command, conliits of one go
gun fliip, four of 74, one of 64, and
five frigate*. Toman this fquaJron
with alipofiible diipatch, no protecti
ons are regarded.
The combined army on the Rhine
remains lttll irt itiv l ime ftatc c,f in
activity, and in the lame politico ;
but the army of the enemy lias liuce
been augmented in the environs of
Strafburg to the number of 80,000
men; and reneral Wurmfer is en
deavouring to colieCt all his forces in
the neighbourhood of Haguenau ; his
head quarters being Hill at Brumpt-
By private communications from
the coart of Brittany, we have receiv
ed sou . very interfiling particulars
rertpeCting the port of Brest, w hich
may he depended on :—The French
fleet confiding of 22 (hips of the line,
and two frigates, w'as at anchor in
Brest Water, oja the 4th inst. The
fliip Le TerribM had on board M. de
Gall, admiral Cf tiie fleet; his cap*-
tain, JM. de Bonliefound, is consider
ed as a man without experience. M.
de Flotte commands the fliip Cote
ci’Or (ci-devant les.Eiatsde Bour
gogne). Fie is a raw boy, and with
out the fmalieft know ledge of naval
matters. Fie commands the second
divilion. M. de Large,, formerly
Captaine de Port, commands the
Bretagne, and he is admiral of the
third divilion.
Execution of Briffot and his friends.
The deputies of the French con
vention, twenty-one in number,
have fullered under the axe of the
guillotine. On the 30th of October
fieir trial clofetl, when the jury,
with very little herttation, pronoun
ced them all guilty of a conipiracy
against the French nation.
Valaze, one of them, immediately
on hearing the sentence pronounced,
rose, and drawing a knife, {tabbed
himfelf to the heart. It was, how
ever, decreed, that his body should
be carried to the Place de la Revolu
tion, and exported with the rest.
On the following day they were
conveyed together to the bloody rtcaf
foid ; on their journey thither, fays
one of the French papers, they en
tered into a very serious and eloquent
debate, refpeding the immortality o
the foul ; on this iubjed they are laid
to have ultimately agreed, that the
intellectual rtoark survives the dissolu
tion of the body.
The execution took place between
eleven and twelve o’clock, and
though performed as rtpeedily as pol
fible, took up the spate of 36 minute-
They all preserved a iblemn firm
nefs, and individually, at the moment
of being stretched upon the machine,
exclaimed Vive ia Republique! Vive
la Nation !
FALMOUTH, October 25.
This day arrived here his m a jelly s
fliip La Blonde; Ih was chafed in
by two French frigates. It is laid
that there were tiiree other French
frigates in company when they full
began to chafe her. Ihe French
were so near as to fire leveral shot,
and the Blon ie was obliged to throw
part of her stores ovei board, by
which means flie out-failed her, and
got rtafe into port.
PORTSMOUTH, November n-
This day arriv and here the brig At
las, from London for Cad z, which
brig was captured by a French in
gate, am! all her men, exce : one.
taken out of her, and two Fretuh: ten
put on board 111 their lienvj ; but their
beinrr ignorant of tiie co dt, commit-
CD O < .
ted the charge offer to the L ‘ ilh
O t o
man who was left with them ; ad,
who, iufleid c-t if ering for France,
as directed, fleered lor , nglaud,
and on making th ill, of Wight, was
retaken by a piiot boat and Drought
into this port.
Itrefuits from the examination of
the Frenchmen, that tiie fame fri
gate lhai captured the laid brig, did,
three or four and r.s before, capture the
Thames frig tc*, and carry her into
B.cft. The Thames had bad an in-
V nrement the ( receding day. mut was
r-iittins h er r ; £i ln b when tak-n.
LIVERPOOL, No'ember it.
Suhfcriptions are r >v fi.lmg with
astonishing alacrity, throughout the
kingdom, for 11> • pur;- de o’ proair
ing a supply oi flannel wadlcosts for
the British troops f rving in Flan
ders- The delign Lid its origin in
Edinburgh*
CONGRESS.
lIOUSF. OF JtEFR .S’ ENT AT IVES.
Tuesday, Decor, ter 31.
By the journal of yell relay’s pro
ceeding-, it appeared that a nieltage
was received from the president of
the United States, communicating a
letter received front the Spanish
m ini Her.
A rreffage from the senate by mr.
Otis, informed the house that they
have parted a bill, entitled ; an act
making an alteration in the fi g of
the United States,’ in whiJi they re
c]uell the concurrence of the house.
The bill was read a firft and second
time, and referred tq a committee of
the whole houle for Monday next.
This bill provides for the addition of
two rtripes, and two flars to the flag.
The house, on motion of mr. Fitz
fimotis, reiolved itlelf into a commit
tee of the whole on the confidential
communications received from the
president—whereupon the galleries
w ere cleared.
Thurjday , January 2.
The house proceeded to confider
the resolutions, reported yesterday
from the committee of the whole
houle, on the confidential communi
cations from the president, reject
ing the measures w'hich have been
pui (ued for obtaining a recognition
ot the treaty between the United
States and Morocco, and for the ran
lorn of prisoners, and the establish.
ment of peace with the Algerir.ts;
w hereupon
The firft and second of the fa'fl
resolutions being severally twice read
at the clerk’s table, were, cn the
question put thereupon, agreed t o >
by the houle, as follow :
Refolvcd, That a sum rot exceed
ing dollars, be
addition to the provisions heretofore*
made, to defray any expence which
may be incurred in relation to the
intercourse between the United Stak6 y
and foreign nations.
Resolved, That a naval force, ade.
quate to the protection of the Unit
. and Stated against the Algerine cor
fair.s, ought to be provided.
Fhe third refoiution being read in
the words following :
Ref ived, That a committee be ap
pointed to report to this houle, the
naval force necessary for the purports
aforelajd, together with an estimate
of the txpence.
A motion was made and seconded,
ro amend the fame, by adding to 1
he end tliereof the w’ords, “ and the
ways and means for defraying the
lame.”
And the queflion being put there
upon, it was refolvcd in the afiuv.ia
ti\e, yeas 46, nays 44.
And then the main question being
put, that the house do agree to the
laid refoiution, amended to read as
folio weth :
Ref h"d. That a committee be ap
pointed to report to this, house, the
| n tval force necessary for the purports
i atorefaid, together with an eftunate
of the exj ence, and the ways and
means for defraying the fame.
It was reiolved in the affirmative.
Friday , January 3.
The house reiolved itfelf into a
committee of the whole, mr. Trum
l ull in the chair, and took into court#
deration the report ot the secretary of
flute, relative to foreign commerce.
Mr. Madlfon, after lome prefatory
remark’ on the situation of tf~ L ’“-W
Sta'es before the adoption of the fe
deral constitution, the want, then, of
an unity of measures in support cf
heir general interells ; which want,
indeed, gave rife to the constitution ;
t ie iinprotefted ffate of our commerce
since, nofwithlhinding its adoption,
for want of Tome regu ations tending
to counter balance the reftridions
laid on our’s by fome European na
tions, and the ncccffity now’ of tak
ing fome firm and decisive, yet mode
rate flops; read in his place, and laid
on the table of the committee, the
following resolutions :
Resolved, as the opinion of this
committee, that the interefl of the
| United States would he promoted by
I further reftridions and higher duties,
j in rertain cases, on the manufactures
and navigation of foreign nations,
• employed in the commerce ot the
; United States, than thole now im
i ported :—1 herefore,
r. Resolved, as the opinion of this
committee, that an addit onal duty
ought to be 1 id on the following ar
ticles, manufactured by European na
tions, havmg no commercial treaty
with the United States.
On all articles of which leather is
the materia! of chief value, an addi
tional duty of per cent, ad va
lorem.
On all manufactured iron, Heel, tin,
pewter, copper, brass, or articles of
which either of these metals is the
material of chief value, an additional
duty of per centum ad valo*.
rem.
On all articles of which cotton i
the material of chief value, an addi
tional duty of per centum ad
valorem.
On all cloths of which wool is the
material of chief value, where th
estimated value on which the duty 1S
payable is above , an adi*