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LONDON, November 15.
A neutral Indiaman has brought
telligence from Madras, by which
it appears, that early in June an ex
pedition against Pondicherry had been
undertaken, with the rnofl flattering
profpeft of luccefs. It is even added.’
that reports were current before the
Indiaman lkiled, that it had furren*
’ dered w it hour making any oppofitiori;
the garrison declaring itfelf hollile to
the present system of French politics.
The French, however, had put them
lelves in motion to attack Fort St.
David.
Caracal had certainly been taken
by the Englifli, as alio fome French
/hipping of great value.
Generally, among the French set
tlements, the cause of royalty is efi
pouled.
? T f t
vimember \ o.
By the way of Paris, wc are con
fidentially affined, that the Spaniards
have been again repulsed ; the re
publican general Dagobert having ;
pofleffed hinifclf of two towns, which i
had been previously taken by the I
troops of Ids catholic in ajt fly.
The trial of the hateful Louis
Philippe Egalite took place in Paris
on the 6th instant. It was not tedi
ous ; two hours after he was firft com
plimented with the honours of a fit
ting upon the revolutionary stool, lie
was pronounced guilty ; and by live
o’clock the fame evening was J'dnsiete!
‘I hrough the whole courle of the
revolution this man, no Id's weak than
wicked, appears to have been guided
by the alternate emotions of fear and
ambition. In his conduct towards
Louis he was actuated by pcrfcnal re
sentment; but though a fpirirof re
venge might have been his foie mo
tive in the commencement of the re
volution, there is fcarcclv a doubt,
that in the course of it he hoped to
Transfer the crown from the head of
Louis to Ids own. Mirabeati was
thought to have been privy to thistle
fign ; w. hetber this be foor otherv.fe,
it seems pretty clear that Mirabeau,
if a natural death had not intervened,
would have terminated his brilliant
career upon a fcafFold.
’ AH the estates of this criminal and
* unfortunate prince will go ro fwelithe
income of the republic. Lis rental,
before the corruption he was obliged
to practice during the revolution
•plunged him deeply in debt, mult
have awe unted to near 150,000!. per
annum. On the cempofition made
wkh his creditor., his allowance \\a
-2 c cool, annually.
Me has left behind him 4 children,
three fens and a daughter. The
eldest, ci-devant due de Chartres,
est aped with Dumourier ; the other
■ two ions, whole titles were, the due
< ‘
tie Mompenfier, and count de Beau
pole is, are prisoners ; having been
• arreflcd with the other members of
the P utrben family. Maden.oifelle
ei’Orlt arts is with madame Gen'.is, the
wife of Sillerv, now in Switzerland.
What ccnne&ion there w as between
d’Orleans and Sillerv does nor appear,
any more than their guilt ; it is only
remarkable, that on the trial of Stile
ry, his being the confidant of Orleans
was mentioned as his chief crime ; as,
on the trial of the latter, the chief
imputation was his being the friend of
fillery ! This action and re-adtion
of imputed criminality, is not the leal!
curious circimtftance tit at distinguishes
the jurisprudence of the new tribunal.
, Another deputy of the convention
has followed his friend Brit Tot to rite
fcafFold, the notorious-ci-devant ja
cobin, Custard ; he was executed,
though nor with, cn the fame day as
Egalite. It is now the cuftem not to
■ delay execution more than two or
three hours.
Four other persons of less note
perished on the sth instant, .viz.
Lemoyne, Wamfer, Lacombe, and
Eurgnere ; and on the 7 th, madame
Kelli, the widow of the ex farmer
general of that name, who v. as re
lpited on account of her pregnancy.
Preparatory to their appearance on
rhe tragical stage of the Place de la
Revolution, mefif. Bailly, Houdv-ird,
Brunet and Barthelemy, have been
removed to the convenient prilbn of
the Corn i raerie.
O’
i he brig Alexander, captain Sel
kirk, i ft arrived at Dublin from
Ro terdam, fell in, about mid chan
nel, between F uflsing and the South
Foreland, with n large fleet of Swedes
from Stockholm and Gottenburg,
deeply i.ideii with wheat - , jye, flour,
Sec. for Sr. Ma'c and Havre de Grace.
From the extraordinary alliltancc dfi
fmded by the Swedes, Danes and
Hamburgers, to the French, lince the
beginning of September, it may be
imagined that the northern crops had
been remarkably abundant the last
two years.
Letters from Nantes, dated jhe 2 2d
and 27th of October, confirm the
taking of the ill a 1 cl of Noirmontier,
(near the month of the Loire) by the
royalills of La Vendee. ‘] hus ihey
hope to receive fuccours from Eng
lar.d.
‘1 he fame letters mention that the
column of royal ids which had prfff cl
the Lore at Varade, brought oil its
artillery, ammunition and baggage
fare, wii h.-ut the final left loss; and
that they intended to go from Lave!
towards Lower Bretagne and St-
Male, where a formidable patty
waits only for their appearance to de
clare themlelves. Twelve thou land
patriots, coming from La Vendee,
have palled Hie bridges of Nantes, on
their way to Rennes, to (five the rov
alifts battle.
The French seem to have a feriotu
pkinfor inrerceptingrhe ad 1 ices which
may be lent from this country to Spain.
! he E! Ouifo packet is known to Ik
taken ; the El Camp;.) is fuppnfed to
be in the lame predicanr nt ; and the
Reyna Lmfita, width is arrived with
rhe Aft mail at Falmouth, was chaccd
quite a-Tois the bay of 11,‘cay, by j
French 5 3 gun (hip and fix frigates.
1 he army of the Eastern Pyrenees
has just repulled the Scatrards. Ge
neral Dagobert puriues his conquell
on the Spauilli territory : he lias taken
the burgh of Montailla, and the
village of Martinet. The ras>e ol
the republicans was so great, that they
plundered and burnt two villages.
November 1 8-
All the troops under the command
of the prince of Saxe Gabonrg arc
preparing lor w inter quarters.
A lio.d stroke will ! e made much in
the itiie of that which pur the allies
in poflfciTion of the lines of Weiflem
bourg, and thus take the French in
the rear.
A co lirnilfion on Saturday paiTed
the great seal, appointing major gene
ral O’Hara commander hr chief of
Toulon.
Sir Chares Grey yesterday let off
for Portsmouth, from whence he will
embark for the Weft Indi s.
The queen of Portugal remains in
the fame flute fne has been m for up
wards of fixtecn months.
* Fort St David, whi h the French
were” befu oamr when the last letters
o c*
from India were dilpatched, forms
tire defence of the town of Cuddalore,
! in the fame manner as fort Sr. George
forms the defence of Madras, fort
St. David is lituated on the sea coast,
fifteen miles south of Pondicherry.
The town of Cuddalore is a place of
confiderahle trace, and next in point
of importance to Madras, on the coast
of Coromandel. In the year 1746,
the French took Ma *ras # but they
were afterwards repulled at fort St.
David. In ihe Licceedipg war, in
the year 1758, the French took fort
Sr. David, but were, a few months
afterwards, repulsed at Madras.
November 23.
Yesterday morning, at two o’clock,
mr. Sylvester, the messenger, arrived
in town with difpntches from the dt
of York. Ihe head -quarters are
at Tuurnay ; but there is no p
eti’ar ne.vs.
I he earl of Moira was to hnveh
town the night before last for Por
mouth, but did not let oft’ until yj
terday morning, at eleven o’clock-
His lordiinp w.,s loon alter follow
by count cl Hervilly, major-goner
and late commandant, enfeond of t
couftitutional guard of the late k
of France ; and major general Cos
way, colonel Clonard, and level
oftier Iriilt oiheers, formerly in t
French fop ice, are gone to serve 11
der the earl of Moira, in his expo
t;Om L;;> lordlhip will moreover
accompanied Bv ins brother, ma
Raw don, lord Cat heart ‘-.m.; v
leave town this day), ca. tan Clint’
ami major Doyle. Admiral M‘Br
will command the flotilla ol ima!
vctfelsj and will join the exp dit
ofl Port! nouth. But the fleet \
nor fail till to-morrow or Mond ij
Fhe convoy will be efcoru .
admiral fir J.-hn Jervis, as fa:
Ullianr, in which latitude it vTI
joined by lord Howe, who, with
powerful fleet, will protect the :1c- 1
bark. :ion of our troops.
The French emigrant-? who have
received orders to hold thenffclves in
nadinefs, are not to let out until
the troops under earl Mcii a lhull have
effected their landing, and until his
lordlhip ftiall have iuffilled the im
portant million entrusted to his care,
it can fcaree'y be doubted but that
•he royalills of f.a Vendee, having
eroded the Loire with In gniar futceL,
are now in pofl’elfibn of fume important
maritime passes, which will open ihe
1 mich-wiftied-for junction ol our forces
with them.
Letters by the mail from Corunna,
which arrived yesterday in three days
from thence to Falmouth, confirm the
account given in our paper of Fhurl’
ci iy, of the Spaniards having defeated
the French i.i the province of ftouf
lillun. with tVie Inis ot near ccoo
Ihe French have I ike wife re
ceived ache k on the borders (ft Ca
ta’onia, whence th-.-y have been driven
by the Spauilh pe.uanfs, wi h the lei’s
of 1 500 men.
The so! owing is an extract o r a
letter from Madrid, dated November
6, on this fubjeef ;
“ hefterday a messenger extraor
dinary arrived from Rouilillon, with
he news of an aefion so brilliant,
that more than 40CO of the French
were put ro the lword.
“ Ihe French having attempted
to enter Catalonia by the mountain
near the sea, through places ih 1111
prafticable, that they could not pass
otherwise than two at a t me, arid
having collected in a body about jcoo
men, the Catalonian pealants, who
are armed, perceiving them, gathered
in great numbers, l’urrourtded them,
and Pent, at the fame time, a meflen
gcr to the Spauilh general Ricardos,
for assistance, who detached C7COO men
for that purp fe. But when the
troops had arrived on the spot, they
found that the peafints had already
killed 3000 of the French, and mace
1500 pnloners.
“ ‘1 he messenger also informs us,
that on the firft 01 Novemb ran attion
was laid to have taken place on the
Western Pyrenn.es, where there
were 1000 French killed.
Major Doyle’s corps, ra fed in Ire
land, and called the prince of Wales’s
regiment, are to embark, ad act
under the command of earl Moira.
Erpr ff fe:m hrd H zv- h Jl et.
Last night, at eleven o’clock, lieu
tenant Bosder, of the navy, arrived
express at the admiralty, trom lord
Howe. He left the grand fleet all
well, entiling about ten leagues from
Brest harbour, on Tuesday evening.
Lord Howe having received infor
mation that about eight or nine fail
of die French fleet, and fix stout tri
gate*, had Hipped out of Brest water.
! I ’ * ’ •••• ‘*
tenant-general O’l !\<ra, appointed by
hisnn.j sty gc\ n-r cn ftiat , air in
and iis dep.enclencies, had arrived on
the last mentioned dav (rent Gibraltar.
It alio ap ears that the firft battalion
(ft ihe royals, he eighteenth regi
ment, and a battalion of the royal
artil er)', had arrived at Toulon wi.h
genera 1 O’Hara, and that 110 event
ot conlt cpienc e had occurred. I hat
t e enemy com nued to work -it fome
diftanre from lou on, but that they
It id not open'd any new batteries,
excepting a I’ma ] one of two eight
pounders and a mortar above Fort
Pon et ; w hich, it was expedit'd would
he lilemed by lome heavy guns which
were to he brought againll it.
1 hat intelligence itad been received
of the capture of Lyons, from which
it was expeifted that the enemy would
receive cotftlderable reinforcements.
SAVANNAH, February 3.
JVp hear from Sr. Auppiftine, that
(he Spaniards ha e broken up and de
stroyed al rhe fertlements on the ri
vers St. John and Sr. Mary : they
g ive ihe American fettiers the opt on
of retiring, with their eftedts, to St.
Augustine, in eight days ; or of re
turning to the United Stares, in three
days : Many chose the former, and
ah ut forty families adopted the latter
alternative. Several Americans were
apprehend and, and committed to close
confinement, on suspicion 6f harbour
ing and signs against the peace of the
province.
POii T NEW S.
EXT EKE I) IX WAR. D.
Schooner firotberr, Sautid-rt. St. Mary
™ Reliefs Vincent, St. Miry
—— t.fa’cly) Sheen man St Mrv
Stoop UxbrUet PucSt Moot t. C b trie ft on
CLEARED OUTWARD.
Schooner Betfcy , G -r, St. Thomas's
“■ Sauanru h Packet DicHnfony Chart elicit
y.h s Mi no . Charted on
Abigail) Cujbman, Weft Indies
Sloop L vt’vi Peace, St, Croix
Robert and Harry, Timmons. ChnUftan
N in. v- Steve ’s y English Weft Indies
Tiro friends, Barr. Chat Idon
i h< fbhicrii ? j enterrd n to
7hj y. n tue and CtmmiJJnn Buftnefs,
carneftly foli< its tlif pitronage of the-; uMio
in general, and hcp<s by hi-> pusuSualitj and
attention to merit their •onfid-n'-e
WM. BELCHER.
El)'u; ( ry X, f ‘ -4.
TO 13 E SOLD,
F*>R CetSH OR PRODUCE,
ATR AC F OF LAND in Effingham County,
containing 400 acres The foil is excel
lent for raising cotton and core : it is also
happily lituated for the lumber trade, as .it
abounds with the fintft ranging timber, and
ib-s on the Augusta road, not more tha;: a.
quarter of a mile from .Savannah Rivet.
For terms aprdv to
JOHN WILLIAMS.
Savannah, February 8, 1794.