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Change and communicated what had pafled j
, to Mr. Neilfon, who was then walking there. .
;.V Mr." Neilspn thereupon ftepped.to iiis
own houfe, and told a ;twtecftiVife what Had:
i': pafled, who, in two words; encouraged him
- never to return 'with any ftn of bataiefsor
diflionor. He then repaired to'the artiUe- ,
Ty barrack, where he lurrendered hirofeh to
- LordVESTMEATH. - The Earl feemed re
luctant to take him into cuftody, as he faid he
Ikadtoven the warrant putof his hand.'.! .Mr ,
fteilfoh replied, that he did not intend to be .
; ' captious, and .that he would, remain id .his ;
Vcultody until it could be fent for ;upon which
' he went into the public library, belonging to
the fociety for.prbmoting knowledge, where
Mr. Pollock and Lord Down sue were in
purfui'tof foraething, and'he gave tiiiiileir
into cuftody, obferving that a i'peedy. tryai
was all he wifhed for or wanted ; that he ho
ped however, for the. fake of the public fen
timent, .and for peace.' that he might not be,
' 'as many men of late had been, kept in ' gaol
for a year'- without any trial at all. --It
is to Be obfervedthat our foreman com-
pofitor was taken into cuftody, and a number
-of papers feized without any warrant to that
- effect." V'Thfris ,-.tKe motrdirecl! attack upon
the liberty of thepreis. r The private papers
of feveral perfons were feized upon and fcal.
" ed by William Atkinson, theconftable.
Several informers acted under Mro llock"
and Lord DowNSHiRE on this occaTton, fome
difguifed, and fome not., : :
ft is but proper to obferve- that Lord
WesTMEATH, at the defire of Mr. Samp
. son, did not mke his fearch, till Mr. Bill s
T0 w, whofe appearance might give fome co-,
lour of peace to the. transaction, came, at Mr-
. Sampson's requeft. Mr. Haflet, Mr. Shan,
raghan, Mr. U. Ofborne and Mr. J. Young,
vere arretted;- and Mr. Ruflel furrendered
himfelf, in the fame manner as Mr. Neilfon.
. . had done.- v;i,, ,.-. ; - '
There cannot, upon the whole, be a ftrong.
er contraft, than that between the difcreet
and excellent temper and conduct of the inha-
' bitants of this peaceable and profperous town , .
and that of the above mentioned attorney and
lords How long hall it be thought prudent
tofub'mit to this rough riding ot attorneys
and lordlings 1 ! ! It cannot be doubted but
thai the town will express their fentiments,
- ?nd that every 1nah, of w hatevefrparty or po
litical difpofition, will have manhood enough
to cenfure this wantoribravado and contempt-
ibleinvafion of their peace, at a time when "
one honeft meafure would reftore falety and
fatisfaftion to every individual. - . Such amca-:
fure cannot be expected from fuch leaders
But why will people who have any thing .
be their dupes ? Unanimity and juftice is all
that is wanted to render Ireland i'ecurc and
' happy. "7777 '7 " . .
.. About half pad three, the armed proceffi
on, with their prisoners, left the town We
have not time to give a defcription of it fuf
fice it to fay, that Mr. Pollock the attorney,
conducted himlelf with -as much finunefs as -the
patriotic Lord CaVtlereach,- the'difin-
-tereiled Lord Down SHiRF.,'thc amiable, vir
tubus and accomplifhed Earl of Westmeath
did with manly courage and dignified wiC
dom. In fliort,"they did that by dint of night
1 fcouting and martial attack, which no hu-
- 'man ; creature , was difpofed to rcfift y and .
and which the meaneft conftable in town could
have done as well as, they. ,
Our readers muft excufe the latcnefs of
this day's publication as our oiHce was block-
aded for near three hours.5-- '
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II ANA U, .ZcfltmUrb.1
The garrifon of Menu is making excurfi.
ons as far as.Wcrilar, and that f Manhcim as
far as Umftdt,and Afchaflenburg. Umltadt,
fix miles from Darmftadt, has been entered
by a detachment of Iroperialifts. ,
A warm engagement happened ycfterday
in the vicinity pf Afchaflenborg, which ter
minatcd to'the difadvantage cf the French.
UPPER : R 1M N E; Scf!cmbcr6.
Tlic theatre of war is again removing from
rranconia into. the neighbourhood of the
Lahn and the Rhine. Thejfrenci are en
tirely retreating .towards- thole environs, a
bloody action having Happened on the 3d inft.',
near Wurtibourg, in which the Auftrians
prov-rd, victorious, Wurtzburgand its dtpi:
ielj as well js Schwehjfurth Glenhaufen
c,. are. in the hands of the latter. On the
1 ft iDftV a bloody engagement happened in
BavarUjin the vicinity of Ingolftadt, between
the French Gen. Nauendorf, in which the
'advantage was on the fide of the Auftrians.
F R A N- C K FORT, September 6-
Tlie, French are now returning more pre
cipitately towards the Lahn, and the environs
or tne LiOwer nmnei, xnan mey naa Deiore
aayancea irom tDence,-. r ranconia,, except
irig a fey J frontier places, is ttow entiitly
quitted by theni. A great number ofCom-
miiianes . and Secretaries of the t Chancelry
have been wounded by the armed peafants
of Franconia. Yefterdsy a new hulpital was
erected, to which, betides the One already
efciftiogV'e
wounded by -the" be!af.nts. Ten peafants
who have either cgtti(ed-:pCFrcnchba gg:ige
waggons or were found armed, wereyelter.
day hanged here. -The divifions of Generals
Kleber and Leiebvre retreat by way of Wetz
lar towards the' Lahn and Siegen.A divili
on of them is marching., towards Darmrta.dt,
Groieran, and Uppenheim ; but in " this di
rectioa they have the fortrefles of Mentz and'
Manheim in; their ; neighbourhood,; which '
might jbring them into a dangerous filiation, j
If the advancing Auftrians , are fufficiently
ftrong, it is thought the French will not be J
able to opppfe them on the Lahn, having loft ;
a great quantity of ammunition, and having I
buen obliged to leave molt ot their artillefy
behind them.' General Hotzets advancing
to AicafFenburg, and' another party of Auf
. trians is advancing towards our city by way
of. Obernburg, in the electorate of Mentz.
Moft tikely our f ate will change in the courfe
of 48 hours. 'It does not .appear that the
French) ill be able to maintain their pofition
here, , as no preparations:are making for that
purpofe.
VV E S E L,- September, ib.-
fcbTf, has fought fafety no one nows
where- and that the v hole are flying the,
country in. fm all parties, the individuals of
which are fliiftingas wcll as they cai for them
felvcs,amidlt tHe harrafiiiiehts and perfecuti j
ons of thejjatives, as well a s pf the Aultriaa .
armies'.;: ,: ' ' ' -"T-" ''. ;.
The following letter alfq received by the
Iord Mayor from a gemlemaa v of credit at
Gravefend,wus .yellerTlay7" morning f polled ,
up ot Lloyd's CoSVc-Kotfe r . .
' : r GrAVESESD, SePT. 20 . '.
My Lord, , - '
i - Y our-Lordihip may rely on the autheri-
pcity ot the iollowmg pieaimg rrews juit re
ceived from fome paftetigers on board the ln
dultry, captain Bridg ' , from Rotterdam,
which place he left 'on ialurday lift. :rTKtyr'
report that Jourdan vyas defeated on thr 1 1 ft,
22d and 23d ult'. the army of the "Sambre and
theMeilfe having left ib,oco men dead up
on the field, with the lofs of molt of their ar-v.:
tiilery and cavalry. , '. v ." ;
On the 8 th inft.'-between EhTenbreitftein .
and Vctzlar, they were purfued with. a great
lluughter ; and on the 9th, General Jour-:
djn's advanced ' party was at Coldgne,' ;nid
preparing to crofs the Meufe.' The French
Genenl Bernaclotte was mortally youhdedv '
" Moreau jand Champior?etteJ have alio
been defeated. Upon the whole, the French ;
army hive been purfued near 300 miles,1 and '
their ldfs is crioiputed-at' 60,000 mett. t he
lart accounts are that there , is' iiot a : fir. gla
Frenchman left on the German fide" of the
Rhine. It is reported that BuoraJ arte lias
been defeated ; and what gives flrength to .
report, is1, that three mails coining' from I -taly
have been detained. ' This good news I
humbly conceive- will prove highly agreea
ble to your Lordlhip ..
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. -Vhat portion of tnnh there may be in
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- Want of time and fpace prevents ns from
publiliing this day the contents of our letters
from Franckfort, dated the 7 th, and ofthofe
from Cologne dated the 9th. Jt.Nyill iuf.
fice to fay, that they agree in announcing,
that the retreat of Jourdan's army is certain,
and that a great number pf troops' are alrea
d crolfing the Rhine. .
. The Imperialifts are expected immediate
ly at Franckfort. The retreat of the repub. ,
licans is made in a very diforderly way. Their
advanced guard entered W ilbaden on the 6th.
Our news from uabia announce, that Mo-,
reau's army has alfo fu.tained conliderablc
checks, and that two divifions were en irely
hemmed in by the Aultrians in, the environs
of Augdourg.
H'ATM B U R G II, September 13.
A letter from Brunfwick of the pth inft.
dates, that the French have quitted Frank,
fort, and that the Auftrians luve entered
that city. , ' . . -- -
1.0 N D 0 N, Sept. 22--
The Lcydcn Ga2ette whith arrived with
the mad this morning, contains no new in
tclhgentc. AH the letters received from Gcr.
many, however, by th fame conveyance, ns
well as Dutch papers,, faid to have been re
ceived in tow n in the courfe of ycfterday, re.
port that Gin., Jourdan has been again dc.
fc-ttd between Coblcntz and Andernach,
wuhimnienfe Ibuglaer ; that Gen. Moreau
has al.o fulU-ntd a defeat at Ingolftadt ; and
that fb-.'diviliou of Buonaparte's army com.
mended by Ginerl Md'ana, hascxr ericnttd
a total t ifcat in ItV.y.
Sot-je fcco-.ints arc fo extravagant as to af.
fcrt,th-t Jourdan -with lo.coof histrocps,
luve lurrcid. rtd to ih? Arch-DuU that
the Fivruh .rua s hve not U ( that 6000
menr-t ouc jLvilion nr.drr (vci.eril Le.
thefe accounts, the Public will probably learn
this evening, when another' Extraordinary
Gazette is expected to be publUhed ; and
which, it is laid will contain the fuccefTes rei
ceived in the letter to the Lord Mayor yefter
day, and which had elevated the Confols, at
one time this morning to 59 and one eighth,
though they funk lomewhat lower after- .
wards.
A captain juft arrived from Rotterdam af
ferts that three hundred waggons -full of
French foldiers, had arrived at that place be
fore he left it. ' . .
The Uebe,frigate is arrived at Portfmouth
with 2i fail of the Leeward Ifland convoy
the reft of the fleet are hourly expected, as
the whole ipo fail, were altogether fafe and
well a fortnight ago.
The report polled yefterdayat Lloyd's in
explanation of the intelligence brought by
the Andromeda, was, that Sir James Wal
lace arrived at St. John's with his convoy on
the tit September, and that the ma&vity of
the French fquadron, after having been fo
long on the Coaft, was fuppofed to proceed
from the want of troops to fecond its opera
tions, the fettlemects. were rather eafed
from the apprehenfiens of an invafion.
Mr. Dcitrich, a King's mcflenger from the
Continent, arrived ycltcrd;y with difpatches
from' Cart. Anftruther. He came in the
Garland fngatc, on board of which is Mr
Hammond. , '
Extract of a letter from Portfmouth, Sep
tember 19. , ,
' u This morning arrived his Majclly'i fliip
Dover, Capt. Wilfon, from Halifax, Lord ,
Dorchellcr and Uls family came pitfiVngcrs b
this vetlcL .
DOST Q N, 67. io.
NEWFOUNDLAND The attack on
the ifland of St. John's by a French fquadron,
is confirmed, by an arrival here from thence ;
with the dcllruction of the hamlets on Bull's
Bay and Placemia. The fleet confifting of
10 fail almolall of thel.ne ; bat not ft ppoP
ed to have many troops on board ..i hat
they hai not attempted the town, tf at..
John's but continue tiuifinjr oft the coaft.,
It was however fuprofed they ould make
the attack, and v culd be rcGfted, as the if
land tcutJ raife near 7CC0 tr.cn. A difpatjh
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