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BY THIS DAY's mail. Auguft Extract of a letter from Halifax, to a gentleman in Bofton. We expect fome transports un dcr convoy of two 443, with troops and recruits for this garrlfon; The eftimates of which, for the enuiing , autumn, are calculated for 2,200 men; befides the navy, which grows Additionally ftronger every day. The affair of the Speedwell loop, burned at your place, has caufed fome converfation here : but as it is generally fuppofed the owners will U- U.,fA -Vi folk rrn- dually fubfides. - The Bedford prize, (hip, which twa3from France for the States, will be condemned in tot o. The Fabius, do; will lufe her rargo; but the fliip I believe will be cleared. . Xhe order for the detention of American provifton veffelsisthdught not to extend to this part of his Ma jeys dominions. ' ' Welearn, that in the late ftorm a brig (name unknown) was caft a way on Crany lftand. KINGSTON, MaWica Tftlv 6. On Saturday evening the owner of the fchooner Newhope, capt. K night, now. in the government employ, re ceived a letter dated Port Antonia, July 2, thentiontng that fhe had been oblilged to put in there in dif trefs, in cqnfequence of a feyere en gagement with two privateers off Jeremie : In the action Capt. Knight, a very able feaman and galant man, received a mufket ball irt the ' abdomen, which penetrated to his back and lodged there, & life is defpaired of. The .Boatfwain was killed, and three men Were wounded. July 9. "Monday, nine Teamen, in a fmall boat without fail, put afliore at Long Bay, a few miles from port Royal. The account they give to a gentleman who examined them was that they were the crew of the brig Mary, Marks, 41 days from Halli. fax, with a cargo of fifh and lumber, andtaken, on Sunday, nearly abreaft of Kingfton, by a (loop a pYivateer of 1 2 guns and 70 men, the capt. of which finding them inexorable to his entreaties to enter into his fer vice, though backed with nromifes of a very large reward, gave them the fmall boat to get afhore in. ti,'.. dnnn Is the veflel which cap tured the W. W. Grenviile and Jamaica (both retaken) has a very large quantity offpecie on board artd is maned chiefly by renegade Britifh and American Seamen; (he is to .roceed to Northfide in hopes of picking up fome veflels on their way i0 the convoy, and then to proceed t0 Charlefton. We are much concerned to find that, yefterday morning, the own er of the fchooner Newhope, re ceived an account of the death of the gallant and unfortunate capt. Knight, who lingered of the wounds received in his late engagement, two or three days and then expir- Had h Keen ably feconded by his mate at the commencement of the action, it wottld in all probability have terminated much fooner and without the lofs fuflained. This perfon is reprefcnted as having de fened his poft after the firing of the fecond broadfide, and captam Knight, to the moment of his death, continued to fpeak of the man in terms of the moll marked difappro bation and contempt. The veflel than attacked the New hone, were large row boatei, very full of men, and with heavy metal 1 one of the guns an 18 pounder, was repeatedly charged with mnlket balls, a great number of which are lodged in the ftcrn and ftdci of the veflel ; repeated attemps were made to board ber, and at one time there were upwards pF 25 men on the ., bowfpit:" the veflel labouring very much, the (lick gave way, and they fell intothefea, where it is believed they-pe'rl(hed. The boatfwain of the fchooner diftinguiftied himfelf highly ; after killing five men with his own hand, Jhe fell dead" and covered with Wounds into a boat along fide. In (hort no veflel could (with one exception) be more bravely de fended. The veflel is greatly (nattered, and will want confutable re- pairs , Arrived at New-York. Brig Hawk, Waterman, wiU rrdngion ; fch'rs. Rambler, Bunce, do. Willing Maid, Waliance Ha vannaj Rainbow, Wheldert, do. (loops Liberty, Rawfon, Bofton ; New-York packet, Burnett, King fton; Rofetta, Raymond, St. Croix; John, Morgan, .Hifpaniola ; Revolu tion, Dunington, Baltimore ; Tri i ton, Liffington, Havanna. -PAR 1 S, June 10. The laft letters from Breft ftate, that tranquility is expected to re fult from the arreft of the chief of the Chouans. Thofs men figned the . treat v of neace only to conceal their perfidious defigns. The city of Rennes, in which Comartin and his accomplices were arretted reTembles a befiegfedtown. Day and night nu merous patroles parade the ftreets ; : detachments quit and enter the city every hour. The country is watch ed with the greateft attention. It muft not be concealed that thefe : rebels have even yet many partizans in Rennes. Nevertheless ariftocra- I cy poflefles a very drfcontented af- 1 oect. The ariltocrats expected much from Comartin, whom they called their reprefentative. The feals have been put on the Inn where he lived. It is reported that 2000 mufkets were found in it ; and what is of more importance, one lift, con taining the names of the men enrol led in the Catholic army, and a fe cond lift, containing the names of the individuals whom the monftei s meant to cut off". June it. Laft monday an event occ'ured which, though well attefted, is known to few perfons. Piieur, of La Marne, having made his elcape from the houfe of arreft, retired, at ten o'clock at night, into the Jar din doe Plantes ; there he attempt ed to blow his brains out ; but failed in the attempt. A female, attract ed by the noife of the piftol was in duced to conceal him in her houfe ; but apprehenfive xf theconfequences of fuch a ftep, (he went the next morning, and denounced him to the committee of her fection. He was accordingly arretted conducted firft before the committee of public fafc ty, and afterwards conveyed to pri fon. LONDON, June 1 7. The Chouans, to the number, as It isftated in the French papers, of 6,ooo, had taken pofleflion, to wards the latter end of laft month, of a ftrong poft, midway between Oral and Vannes, In the department of Morblhan. This pofleflion being ort the fea coaft, enable them to re ceive fupplies, and to undertake offenfive opperations agiinft Vannes and Oral, two towns, the pofleflion of which would have been of confi derable importance to them. They intrenched themfelves at Grand Camp, and at an old caftle, called the Chateau de Refte. 'f hey were attacked by a detachment of Re publican troops from Orai and Van nes on the 27th alt, and driven, af ter fome refillance, from both their pofitions. There is a body of Chouans on the north caft frontier of the department of the Ifle and Villaine, bat thU body has not. attempted any thing beyond (toping the Couriers and Cottvoys of provifions " and mer chandize, from RennesTtQ Paris. Twelve (hips of the line and a proportionate number of frigates,, firelhips, and bombs, arcorderedto be got ready at Portfmouth, for a fecret expedition. Vice Admiral Sir John Jervisis expected to hoift his flag on boards of thi Commerce de Marfeilles, commanded by Capt. Grey, late of the Boyne. Our-aft India goods are riten nearly 3Q per cent. within the laft "three months, by the great demand for them by the French houles ; they are (hipped for Hamburgh, and from tjie'hce are conveyed circuitoufly through Bafle into various parts of Fraace. LUXEMBOURG!!. Luxembourg is eftemed byert giners as one of the molt impreg-, nabh places ; almoft equally ftrong by nature, and art ; the citidel is founded upon a rock, and all the worls efpecially at the five, al moft as unavailable as the citadel itfelfl M?rechal Boufflers, who com inanded there under Louis XIV. very piuch improved it from his own defigiSj and thofe of V.auban ; and ... lurthr additions in no lefs repute, were i completed by M. de Bauffe, f who, died at Belgrade in the year 38. Before the time of BoufSers, it liad bjen aneafy conqueft to Francis the fiift (1543) and the year after, to Chirles V. He took in it fif teen days. But when Crequi afterwards in veiled it in the year 1684 it ftood a , bombardment, and did not fur'ren- der till 27 lays after the trenches were opened. At the peace of Utrech the Dutch were to liave it ; but by the bar- rier treaty the Auftrians entered it in 171c. The natural defence of the place from the rock, and the artificial excellence from the mines in the rock, both are held among the firft objects of the kind. The additions which may be expected from the French, and their known fuperla ti ve (kill in tactics, will too probably make Luxembourg a perfect wonder of this equivocal art. What our readers who do not trade in war will' more delight to hear, the place, though forced to furrender at difcretion, has been treated with the humanity and ge nerofity which of late, it cannot be denied, have been the (plendid and winning diftinctions of the French Republic Except a few taunts, which might havebetn fpared, with a pafquinade upon the heraldry of the place, viz. all inranpant, crowned with gold, there was not even a portive levity, which is faid to have been at all in confiderate and hard. But the French have tot the accompli(hments 0f heralds, and have not always treat ed fuchaweful things us crowns, and lions as they deferve. Auguft 4, 1795. LATEST EUROPEAN NEWS. VERY IMPORTANT. Some time after the Philadelphia Gazette went to prefs this afternoon, the Editor received New York papers, ofyefterday morning, con. lllini nn. lUllllWllip, jmcrciilog intelligence, which he haftens, by a Gazette Extraordinary, to lay be fore his readers, NEW-YORK, Auguft 3. Ycfterday morning" arrived here the brig Betfey, Capt. Butler, in 24 days from Briftol. A London paper of the 14th of June, mentions that Loxcmburgh was taken by the French on the 6th of June, and ic,ooo prifoners; that the Dauphin of France h'sd died of tffevernd fwelling in his kneies, ;id that two thirds of the city .of Copenhagen. wa burnt by accident, Yefterday arrived the brig Eetfey, captain Butler, in 42 days front Briftol. . By this arrival we havebrenfa. voured with London papers, (the . Courier) of Jurte 9, 12, 15 and t6, from which papers the following articles are taken. - LONDON, June 9. Three malls from Corunna, and one from Lifbon arrivedjhis morn ing. The Corunna mails have brought us-the . Madrid Gazettes irom the i 7th of April t0 to the 10th uit. i ney contain accounts of (everal actions, none of them of importance, that have taken place in the provin ces of Guipufcoa and Catalonia. There is no mentio'n, in thefe gazettes of any negociation for peace having been entered into by the Spanflh government; and indeed each gazette contains lifts of the Wcriptions of the Spanifti noble, c,crSy placemen and penfioners, for continuing this juft and neceflary war ; a mode of conduct, which, mlomuch as it tends'to alleviate the burthens of the people, will: we am . aware, be deemed by the penfioneis and Dlacemen f th'ta r-n.,n. I ' treniely abfurd. A menenger arrived on Sunday from Peterfljurgh, with the ratifica tion ofa treaty between this country and Ryflia. by which the latter, we underftand, engages to furnifh to this country twelve fail of the line and eight frigates. This treaty it laid, is preliminary to a trible alii ance between the courts of Londonw Vienna and Peterfburgh. The ob ject of all thefe treaties is to conti nue this calamitous Cornell, and to extend the flames of war from the tngid to the torrid zone. 1 he firft payment nn ih A. .n.: . " mill J4I1 loan is expected to take on peace the iyth mltant. . A letter from Scarborough, dated the 6th mft lays, We learn from -uugu n, rour miles to the north ofus thataconftantfirfnghasbeen " heard there fince five this morning, fuppofed to proceed from fome enl gagementat lea to the north-caft. thtar 58 coroborated br M. Garuinus, late (ecretary of eganon to the Prultian Embalty at Bafli, gone t0 ParisonafJret From the Hague, welearn, that a p.oclamauon has been iflued by the reprefcntat.ves for eftablifhingi anonal loan bank, which is to Fd z f n,thetM'. oftheciti- tJ the-r my compJv with he requ.fmons levied oporT them ; . a7t0Lllavrecurity from tlm Amfterdam bank. I2thlulr$nr0to?Pn?hag the J2th ult. ftate that exclufive of the "v"CfvebyI)anift(Ad: more, y are, the Krnn- ' 74 The Dan.m Admiral RaaS Is to Hx more ftiips of the line havr0rdr9 to be kept in readinefs for fervice. r Jl,ne 12. Captain Savage, of the1 Albion man of war who convoyed the out ward bound trade to Hamburgh, on f,urft;'-rnaplUred "teen vef lelS chiefly American, laden will, prov.fions and (lores for France and has brought them to the Norc! Sixty veffcU, laden with corn nd prov.hons Irom America reached HM .harbour on the 4th inftant. e learn that a treaty of peace has been .ftuallj figned at Bade be tween France Uie Margrave of Bsadrn, and the Langrave of Heflc the
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