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' L O N D O N, October 10. dcr the command of; enfign Span, was lately , '- embarked at Jeremie,. oh board the brig r 3'HE fuccefs of the exchequer-bill act has ' Mary, and Tent on an expedition againft Pe- Xl been complete. The firir. infUlment; tit Guave, m which they fucceededj and being one-fourth of the whole fum advanced, made prize of a Guinea fhip with 90 negroes was repaid to the exchequer even before the on board, and an American brig loaded with day named in the aft", without the leatt de- French produce- 1 ! jaJcattoaor 101s. 1 nus iuz oineriuiraiments oionei wnueiocK nas lent aown uires ing fortified fo as effectually to guard the ports. But fools of them feem not capable of this kind ot-ut fence,! and New-Yorkjiar-bour may be of this number But two or three fhips of the Jine would probably de fend the harbour and qtyr againft . are fecured, and there is no longer any rifk in refpect to any part of the money fa oppor- i tunely advanced to faye pubiic credit. i The Jrmy of thefrench Republic. ; ;, : Two Emigrants who were lent into, Low er Brittany and la Vendee, and lately re turned to London, bring the following in lormation . , I ",""'!: j .The perfon who plotted the infurrettion in thefe two provinces was an old 'ferjeant of infantry, a peruke-maker at Rhedon, in Kritt.my. H. at firft headed 5 or 600 men, .hi i gained feveral advantages over the ,re gicdes ; bat was at laft killed at the head of hn troops who immediately difperfed..1Tne name of the firft leader was Gallon, land it wasl from this caule, that heAvas confounded with' the French officer bt the fame name, who entered into the fervice of the King of VrMVu, where he ft'Jl is with the rank of Co lonel. ; S ' ' ; . All the advantages rented to the Conven tion by its commillions.-5, are entireiy'deiti tute of foundation. The itori.es were inven ted to deceive the people, and to facilitate the enrolments for the different armie?. The inlurgents of la Vendee openly de clare their wifh for the return of the ancient government, divefted of the "great labules which for a long time prepared its fall. I The money current in the country are bills: upon Loins XVTItb, bearing (the efSgy of that Piince. They gain 30 Hvres in 100 over the republican afiignats. . Tb -';' ' la Vcndc has j loco - men inconib.:: readinefs, and well armed -They arc diftnbutcd into three divifions. When it isSnecrfijry to increafe their number, the to.fw is founded, and the white flag hoifted upon thefteeples. The peafants take bread for three or f our' days, and punctually repair to the rendezvous alligned them. The uni form of the whole army, officers, foldiers, and peafant?, is a pantaloon and a fiiort vef ture of grey ckth, fuchas millers wear, the hat. a la Henry IV. and the haii cutt rouud. The royalift army is abundantly iupplied with provifions ard ammunition. It. only wants a larger quantity of, bullets and "olfi-' cersl It has no man of talents to lead It. This " prevents the army from "venturing out 01 the country, and was tbccaufe of the enterprise aainlt Nantes having mifcarried. The army loudly calls for the Emigrants; It basfome frnall pofts below the Loire ; and will pro cure others fo loon as it is certain of aflift- a nee. , . ' '' . '': ' ;'j f . ' 1 he coafls of Lower-Brittany have been n " 1 c 1 i 1 1 itrippcu 01 inr repupucan loiaiers ana can non, in order to fend them irito the interior pirn, and particularly to Rennes, Lavel, Vitri, and'Foureres, where the Convention is apprehenfive of revolutionary movements. Tl 1 1 f.t : French perfons prifoners from Jeremie. Ve underiUnd they are charged with practices not very comment with ttheir newly taken oath of allegiance.' Several other parts of Jiifpanfola are faid ' to have offered fubmifuop to the .Britifh go vernment ; but the want of a 1 ufliciency of troops to gartifon thenjr has obliged our commanders to decline accepting pofleilion at preient. .-' r.. j , ! j.- .- -By a veflel which arri red two days ago, 'from Porto Cavallo, tlWe is information, that feven Spanifh 80 gj n mips, and one 45, with the Ferme, the Flench 74, which for merly joined admiral Cjjrdner, were lying at that place. They had 2000 troens. and were about to proceed, the attack of CapelFrai ' ' The Calypto, which had likewifc joined , them, and received on toard four months provifions, together wjh a large quantity of ftores, difappeared, curing the night, a week or two ago, and bey have no .know- ledge where me isgone " :-'-r j : j There are near 2 o L French, among whom are feveral office s . of diftmction from ' the wtnuv. arti iiianus, v,ith tne opaniards at -Porto-Cavailo. About! 700 French Emi- whatever. Perhaps f would for ever prbteft and the navigation nea few large frigates wou bpain, Fortujgdl, and hips of a large Gzs from infult our ports r the coaft ; while a Id protect our trade to the Levant, from the pirates of the tiarbary eoaft. ' But the ex- penle I the expenfe J Ye iike the pjrotecli on, but who pays ? A" J , December 20. ; The , vtar made on our trade by the Algerines1 hai,a. moft unhappy effect on buliriefs. : Ve utjierftar.d that le- verjl veflels at PhiladelphiL ready for fea, are flopped on this chant feels the war commerce, and the rife off accopnt. j The mer in tne ftagnation of it is iuppoied, to farmer, by the fall of PHI L A DELP 1 ' J 1 ' i if: . : " - ; .( - V-V '.' 1 '. i ' '"V- i ll' I -1 I 'Philadelphia infurance ; the. his iroduce. H I jA; December 24 I'.. r; ... . 1 6tJiDecembert 1 793. j id ytar of the French Republic. Citizen Genet. Aliniitei Plenipotentiary of I the French Republic,! to Mr. Jefferion, becrerarj of State S I It, I requeit of you to I "I lay ibefcre the Frefi- aces were fent-by rants from different t them to Leguira. j Further accounts confirm iheinielhgence beinjr there ; and ad(, hourly expectation of hin joined by a hip . of 1 20 glS, , from the -?iav.ana. :Otn rorto-Lavalio of a Spanifli fleet that.thcv are in N E W-Y Q ;R K, ! December 18. Captain Sheffield, who arrived, here yef' terd3y, from Cadiz, fays there was no ac count of any American' veflels being captur ed by the Algerines, but) thaKfeveral had been chaled by them ; that fmW of the .American iailorsj left their flups and en tered on board the men or war ; that at Ca diz they had not yet -received any account of the retaking of Toulon, hut that it was clofejy invefted by a powerful army of r'e- ' publican1. -j -V-- '-'-'.i'-' Y-"S- 1 he Spaniards, ve re exerting themfelves to afford the'garrifon relief, which .had late- , ly fullered very great lo'les in attempting to diflodge the French" from fume advantage ous fituation tbeylpoflefTed. The nxitiiber !of ' Englifn killed, vas reportedtb be near 3000, and as many Spanifli j 4 Extracl of a tetter fromsLondon, , dated Oclo Mr 3. " The cargo of the Sally, Captain ClarkV from Baltimore, to France, was this day condemned. :; ' '' '"' . ; ?,Y'A ; -; V-: r Ar The qurftion of putting our country in a The country people of that province are in jpofture of defence agamfl any fudden inva- the fame soKf ddpofttions as thofe of la Ven dee.1 They want the Emigrants, andfolicit fpeedy fuccour, in order to take advantage of the general dlfcontent, which the decrees refpe&ing commerce and forced enrolments have created in different towns. ISLIVGSTOH tfamascaj, November 2. ' i ' ' , ' t .... J .L ' We are riven to underftand. that there is now a brig in this harbour, leveral of the iion, is before our national legulauire ; and we have no doubt will be decided to the fa tibfaclion of all good citizens. Jt is fingular for an independent people, who enjoy more of the bounties of nature, more freedom and profperity, than any other fiate or kingdom known in the" world, to leave her trade,, her " fea-coaft, her rich and flourifhin'g towns, totally defencelefs ; a nation of four milli ons of fouls, liable every moment to have ber largefi cities burnt or laid under coniri- ..l... , ---'-" - . .. 1 t'.t . n.- in . r' crew of which died of thediforder which ra- ...button, oy any nine pracucai UCci . rnai icours pes in Philadelphia, oh the paffatre : two of the ocean, wcat mail oe oone r ir we are them wnue the veiiei was i in ngnt ioi tne town.on the other fide of the Palliladoes, and the Captain, whole name was Arr, at a lodirin2.houfe in this town, on fl uefday bit. A detachment of the 13th regiment, un- attacked, we mull defeod ourlelves. By a navy. - Not a navy of ioomips of thejme ; we have bq occafion for it. Many , of our harbours are defended by fhoal water. Moll of them have a narrow entrance, command ed by eminences, which are ' capable of ce dent, the annexed requifiacn, which . I have juft lent; to the Atiorneft General of the Uni ted States,' aw to be fo gicd s jto prevail ori him to direct: that IVlagil-ate to commence, as fpeedy as oiiiblei a !uk' in which the honcur of France and ny own are effenti ally concerned. ; - f I Accept my rqpecls '- ' : ; . J GENETv i Philadelphia y. Demher. 1 6tht .1 793. 1 . ' idyt (J the Trench Republic. The Minifter , Plenipotentiary of the French j Hep iblic, to Mr. Randolph, Attbrney-Ge- - nerai of the United btates. SI R, I A new publication cf Meffrs. Jay and Kinn:. of which I fend ycu a copy, obliges me oncer; jr. ore ro have recourfe to you in! your official capacity. You will there feej that thofe igentlemen Ljhave greatly aggravated their often ce to France and to her, delegate ; lit, :by their i coalition! wish M flrsi Knox and llaniilton, the former Secretary at iW'ar, the latter Secretary ot the Trea fury j for the ipurpoie of fupporting their firrtj libel againft me ; 2d,; by giving he public to uhderftand Itbat we endeavourefto. interfere in the in jterior concerns of the United States, which. vate cifizens would not attract my a tention, . but proceeding hbm1 the Chief Juilite and jlrom a Senator of tlae United States, they deJerve public cenfure, and I hope they will mke part of the accuiation which I again re- k q:jeft of you to bring before the Supreme Court of the United States againft Melfieurs Jay and King, as alfo againlt all thofe who v have been perfidiouOy difTenunated i folely with a view of injuring the intereits of France under a republican government,! bv attacking jihe perfon whole duty, and I will lay whole u glory it is to defend them, in fpite of all the difguftingcircumftances wuich are daily pref Jed upon him. , You'w ill much oblige mc , 1 Sir, by fommunicatiiig to me ;in , writing, your indentions relatie to my different re- quifitions, arid by directing me iby your pro feflional knowledge in the ccurle ot this jm-. 4 portant proiecutioni. It is my intent. on to applv to the head.oj the executive power of the United Statesj through the jintervention of the Secretary of State, to recommend to you to carry on this1 bufinefs with, all poffihle , activity, as the honbnr of both cur Republics; require that it be fpeedily decided. , ; I Accept, iir. my reipects, i" ,j : j-p . - GENET. I ; Philadelphia, December iS ijgj s i r,: ; I have laid before the Prefident your letter j-1
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