The quellien onthcSpanllh treaty was then
taken and unanimoufly agreed to. On the.
Indian Treaty alfo. That on the Al"-erine
treaty was laid oyer ; 7;"."" -'
Mr. Maclay renewed his motion. It was
referred to the committee on the ftate of the
Onion, and ordered to printed " ::r
- Adjourned. -'
, ' - . Ext rails of a London rttpzn
' The Chouana appear to be in great force,
-.and to have extended their inciirlioris in the
pi ovince ofNormaridyl where the greareft
diicontent prevails, on account "of tlie a
farming fcarcity of every kind' of provisions
(the diitribution of bread-being limitted'to a
quarter of a pound per diem' for each indivi
dual) and of the abominable acts' of oppreihoh
. which ai e daily exercifed. Stofllet has at.
gain taken up arms,- and placed liimfelf at
the head of 'the' infu'rgents. . Stqfflet has at
length broken his truce with the Republic
by a proclamation, in which l:c adapts and
publilues the declaration of Louis ijth '
FEBRUAilV 24..' -
Yefterday Lieut. Campbell arrived at the
Admiralty, with difpatches from the Cape
of Good Hope, . after a paffage of only . 8
weeks to Falmouth. He brings intelligence
.of the taking of Batavia by theViriiifn forces!.
His difpatches likewife ftate, that Admiral
Elphihlfbne failed for Madras on the 1 c,th'of
November with the Monarch of 74, Arro.
gant 74, Echo and Rattlefnake (loops, and
tne rrince ot Wales, having oil board Gen.
Clarke, - and fuite
February 26.
An officer arrived ycfterilay" at the Admi
ralty from Yarm puth-witU intelligence of
the Dutch fleet beine at fea.
Admiral Duncan has received orders to4
fail m queftof them with the Brunfwick, Ro
buft, Powerful," and Ruifel, of '74 guns
each, and the Phillip Ruffian man of war ;
buf he had not left the Downs yellerday.
The force of the Dutch fleet is variduily fta
ted, fome accounts making it amount to on
ly Ik fail of the line and frigates, while o
thers increafe. the number of lhips of the
line to 14 . , ;
Yefterday afternoon an. expret3 was rc
ceived at the Admiralty,- .with the intelljk
gence which were laid before the public veV
fterday of the Putch being at fea. It left
the Texel oa Tuefday morning. In confe
quence, orders have been fent
.. . . - " 1
in the Dosvns' to no in mieft 'nf ir o,u o !
.fquadrorv had been ordered to put immcdi. j
atcly to fea for the fame purpofe, from Spit.. '
head, under the command of Hear Admiral
Harvey. ; 1 , ' 1
: Every fiiip of the line is ordered from all j
the dock yards for fea directly. . - '
The French fouadron continues to. cruize in
the Archipelago, and bvfoine means fcrimlc .
to-capturc the (hips of neutral Powers. Tv o
vcflels lately under Prullian colours, have
bcenfeized 1 although the Prullian Envoy is
hfhopcsTo get them rtleafcd. ' ' ,
It w'.ll be fecn, that every preparation is
making on the part of the French, to renew
the campaign with all poll.blc expe dition and
vijror. that with a view to facilitate their
fifcai operations, a bar.k has been cftablifbcd ;
and that the C: ouans, according t their own
accounts, zrc increaling in a molt alarmurr
manner, fpread'uig difairrdicn and promo?
tingdefertson among the troops of the He
. public, and cr.ienuug their dcliruaive mea.
furcsovcr hc wliole face cf the country, in
the provinces of Britan'ny and Normandy, and
in the adjacent d;ftrUi.
The Bank have given in an account to the
Koufe'of Commons of the fums they are In
advance for govcnrmcr.t. They amouui on.
ly tn tElcvcnJMii lions Seven Jiundrcd ajid
Eighteen Thopfand Pounds I t
" . February 27.
llic Dutch licet arc certainly at fea, but
rf whit force it confiAs is not prccifcly know n.
A vclfcl arrived at Yarmouth, paflcd through
if, and the captain reprelcnts the miiubcrto
bei8, '"of which may be 10 or II of the line.
Another account fays the.Glation India,
fhipofwar, captahil f'ollop, faw the Dutch
ficci on the 24th inil. and counted their line
. ot battle to conflft of 17 fail; viz. fije fronx
I 74 puns down tn An cj.. L
andhvefngates. By their courfe it uas con'
jeclured that they weregohJg tiortu about,
in order to form ajunOioa with th( Bretl
ect. - . 1 ;
. A report prevailed ycftcrday in thekirrjieft
circles, that GenClairfayt is. ,deadi ; The
cred t wh.ch it received from thpfe had
the belt Opportunity of afecrtaining tts vali
dity ,-induces i us to thinknhat ir 'irl?nrtoo"
irueHi46fs in the prefent ftate of affairs'
will be molt feVerely felt A -
N E WBE RN, Apail
,3
From the Courier Franca ise c" l?tb
injt.tranjhtedfor tks NorVoLkHeh it
Authentic Relation of the Occurences at St
JJomino-o. and thp MMinSt-u,-. .,f f 1
. . t'aivini the month of February, ; 1 7Q6.
. " ic yiu .11 u - lOUl ot l eu
bruary, ' when a.feint glimmering'of fecurity
was preparing; our inmdsfor'tnprp.tfi.nji
, incut of confidence, aiLinfurreftion appeared
; m the work lioufesnf Pai.W 'VAt
j narj, Colas and thole ot the neighbourhood.
! i hey all united, ,having at 'their head BiC
Ae whom general Lavaiax had apPLint:
ed lHipector ot the work Ihoos of the iiou,i.
tain. They murdered him with the butt end
ot a mu.lket, ilrinped him. and rnrn'p.1 .
Ltienne, acimton at the head of the canal be-
longing to tne widow Audrand, at the Three
Rivers and furroundtd by iidbi-oentj,', called
in from all quarters. : y- ; . . '
.; .ictn. boon ?.s the news of this violence
was lpread abroad, the" workVnpn' Hniwi:l.i
themielves, rulhcd into the hi'ohwav's. lehtti
uu an uie avenues; and placed themiciv iu
arobufcade in the hu;hcs and tovers. '- Kunii
bers of banditti difpatched from, the iiieetinr
atthe ead of thexanulllockedto the With?
(!ain, bind Courleau de Navailles, arid dear
to the prayers, tears, and cries hlsife,
famtintr at tWAr fr " .t, "-?.'. vJ. 1-
enne ;they then pretend to caVryhiiiiback
again, but mallacre him at about a quarter of
a league's diitance. They thenjreturn to
-NaVaillesv where the uniortunate wife peri
ceived on one of them the pantaloons ot her
murdered hufbahd. , , .-
nth. Morange, (a Creole) was bpuhd
with cords by lmown negroes, and maftacred1
whilit laiploriug their pity, and bcgjmr, as
the laitluvou , to embrace hislbn'btibrehis'
dcath.--SouverUe, bdure fuppereuteriiur
his own houic.esyunUer the gaUtr about
40 armed mc on his
fuch an hour, they replied by a dilcliarjre of
theirpiecc,. lie efcapesinto the hall, where
he and his family fly to their arms, b otwiUj- '
iug to avoid exiremities, orders his melt not
to lire; but a fecond difcliargc froitfjiJie af.
failants wounding his nun Neptune and two
others; they return the lire, and thqnproa"
11. .." .' ' , 0
V 12th. Magnot (a Nantcie) Wary and
Counl el of Ltienner hcarm a t h -" r ,n. ,1. r
the evening attack, fent a tVcih fupply 'of
ammunition, and pi omifcd the conmund bf
me wnoieouinctoi me niouatamjto bin,
who would bring t-ouvcrblc's head to Eii--cniie.
At ten iu the morning the nnidf rcrs
again returned, and after a thoufuidinlbnccs
ot the rankeik cowardice and treachery, after
violating the molt Iblenm promifes to Sou.
vcrbie they mairacrehimfclfandallh,is fifth,
ful attendants. Jean Louis de Scuverble onb'
of the aflalfins, carried his old imilsr'shcad
in triumph to Eticnnc Simon, a iUll yrcat.
crroonltcr, boa.ed to have eaten bread,
made of his mallcri blootl, and added that all
the other negroes had participated tbit hor
rid banquet ; i ompcy ratified the alftrtion
by obfervmg, that the blood of the wlites
va fwect and that he mult drink It all.
13th. The neHtdjy they attaded the
houtci orBar-rrde h Ilochellcand If.rdy
dc Verfailles, each feventy yean old, wVnn
after much barbarity they tnalftcretUthc
wife of the latter, rfcaped throtndi the im.
patience of her murderer, thofe'ind'-itics
wluch they hrlt intended. .
A negrefs washeard to f.y, He hai tal.
ked to me of We; Oh God! I could now
cldphinmmyjanns 1 now, thatl know he
haTFanFthe blood of Souverbie, and that
he fays the blood of all whites is facet
Baracid another leader, flopped the exe
.anm Paul Colas, whoremled
to his mailer--" Bring, ne a goblet' The
glafc is brought-the canibal drinks.
JrnereaCrcolc inhabi
fSt. Loi,is du Kord) was carried ty '
fctienne, fulperded from the. bough of an
ron g STThyrthen form a circle,
rou nd which they toired the head as- a ball '
of r aandied t around "h the butts
oft e rm ulkett uftthe female, in. the "
duennds of their joy, cried out, Give
tisabit ofittn ftnt! fU.,-f 1 A
ra. V? e, tants of p"
aS : t. Louis, and Fros Morne werp th
"amis of this frightful UlC .
-uch are the happy confequences of that '
-fcrty whlChwe here enjoy andfu4" thT"
cxanipleodered by theAtVicansoftnei V " -
1 Peoples wl point out Xo than
not even to fpare their own fpecies for thi?
are the hrft objects of their fury.
' :0ur iranjlotor hat a hfifa tfa f(fm
MjRitiRD. On" Thurlday -evenintr laft '
p M'Kinlay,' MechantTtoMife -
Polly Davis, both of this town.
pHE Snbfcriber hereby requefts all per-
.1 ' the d5ft ofNcwbern who
ai imiebrc-d to the.Truflees of the VniveZ
by donation or otherwifc, to pay rheir ;
lev eral arrearages to William flade-Efq ea
or helorstlje &A day cf Wxtf ml '
wile he vvdl be under the necky .
wuhont daVmclionall thofe whodo not atl
theaifelves of this notice.
T,;3 - T'efaertQtheTruflc:s.
1 . -..4v.u icave them
at the PrmtmiT.Oflice. r to tpn, u
Trenton Jpril rttk. .
, . . . ' ?
1 U 11 SALE
' AT THE
i' IUN TING-OFFICE,
A nw copies OF THfc r
LAST ACTS OF ASSEMBLY.' '
Aprn 9.
r O- For Providence, (Ri L)
tM.MARK ANTHONY,
;wf : - Cantain Waof.
7"""' . ... ' .
I lUL. tail next week, Jhe has good ac.
commouauons tor pauengcrs. For
4 . V1
pallage. apply to the captain 01 board, or to
. April jo. DAVID P Willi ING. '
''pHE fubhribcr will fell or rent his Tan.
( L yard, with about fix or eight aires of
land under good fence joining the fame t al.
fo may be Ind with it the Tanning' and Cur.
'ry'itig utenlils and a quantity of Hark
. A NEALE.
April 23.,
"
FlIiNCH SCHOOL
MONSIEUR- REVEKCHOM Informs .
tbetimensof Newbefn, and its vicini
ty, that he intends by pcrmifTon, openinf a
'.School it the Pal.Ttc on -Monday the d of "
May tica, for the pnqwle of tnttruclinc
.young gentlemen nd ladici in the principles
of the frrcnth language. His terms may be
known by application tu Liinfclf; or Mr.
Tliomai P. Irving
Apr 'tl 2.
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