FRANK FOD T. November 14. Two French deferters, come into Mentz, have reported, that an attack will very fhortly be made by three columns at once, while two others attempt the paffages of the Rhine. The French army in that quarter is estimated at 80,000 men, of which more than 10,000 confift of cavalry. We learn from Mentz, that at feven o'clock in the afternoon, two corps of French chaffeurs appeared on the mountain of Hexheim near Mentz. The batteries of Zahib fired upon them, and killed three men. On the 8th the French threw a bomb into the fort of St. Elizabeth, and another into the dykes of the citadel. The Auftrian corps de referve in the evening took poft in the out-works. Letters, received yesterday, ftate that Mentz is entirely furrounded. The inhabitants have been forbidden to appear on the ramparts or in the towers of the churches during the fiege. November 15. The French are now bombarding Mentz in a tremendous manner. Skirmishes are taking place hourly between them and the out-pofts. On the 12th they began a bombardment from all their trenches around that fortrefs, which lafted till the 13th in the morning, at eleven at night the whole corps de referve of the garrifon was obliged to march into the covered-way, and other out-works. We have juft learnt that the enemy, on the 13th, three times ftormed the fort at Nonnen Aue, and were every time repulfed by the brave Austrian garrison. Since the above, we receive daily accounts of the French, notwithstanding the brave defence Oppofed to them by the Auftrian garrifon, continuing their daily attacks with the utmost vigour against that unfortunate town, which causes a number of people to fend off their effects from this place. The French on the 9th rendered themfelves mafters of the village of Bretzenftein; but were again driven out of it on the 11th. BERLIN. November 18. Yesterday M. Von Heffe, Adjutant to the Ruffian General Suwarrow, paffed this place on his journey to Potzdam, with the news of Warfaw having capitulated to the Ruffians on the 9th inft. The most favourable terms have been granted to the city, the inhabitants being fecured, on the honour of her Imperial Majefty, in their lives and property; and a forgiveness of all that is paft. Thefe As by the capture of Praga, to defend which the infurgents had united, their utmost efforts, the kernel of the Polish nation was deftroyed, no hopes remained of defending Warsaw with fuccefs. On the 7th inft. Count Ignatius Potocki paid a vifit to the Ruffian General at his head-quarters, with offers of peace. were rejected; as Count Suwarrow observed, the war was not against Poland, but against the rebels. Potocki took with him a letter from the King, which was returned opened. On the 9th, the Sovereign Council was annulled; and the General Commandant, Wahrzewski, furrendered his power into the hands of the King. It was intimated to the Burghers to exert themselves to fave their property; on which a deputation of the Magiftrates waited on General Suwarrow to furrender up the town, begging as a condition that their lives and property might be refpected. This was granted; and the General promised an oblivion of all former injuries. On the fame day the Ruffians took poffeffion of the city, and Gen. Potemkin was fent to the King of Poland, to guard the fafety of his perfon. On the 9th, General Suwarrow himself entered the town; and, on the keys being prefented to him at the gates, he threw them in the air, and exclaimed, "God be praised, that they have not coft us fo dear as thofe did belonging to Praga." He was drawn in triumph into Warfaw, and foon after waited on the King. Nine thousand Polish troops laid down their whom Gen. Suwarrow releafed on their arms, parole of honour. Some thousand troops refufed to furrender themselves; but Suwarrow faid, he would not punish the city for their disobediHe faid they should not efcape them. They cannot hold out long, as they are in want of provifions. ence. A Spanish gentleman, just arrived from Madrid, confirms an account of the enfeebled and diftracted state of the Spanish government. Diffention pervades every department of the State. The people in general are so much diffatisfied with the Adminiftration and the war, that many perfons of family and property are preparing to quit the country under fears of a revolution. Religion, hitherto the great fate engine, has loft almost all its political influence. The Priests, many of whom are suspected of Jacobinifm, endeavour in vain to promote the views of the Court, even among the very loweft claffes of the people. In many places, the Madonas, formerly the moft awful objects of veneration, have been defaced; wherever the French penetrate, they decorate them with the National cockade. The French give out at Coblentz, that they must have Mayence, coft what it may. ed at Coblentz, has been fent for to Paris very The French General Moreau, who commandfuddenly. It is faid he is in difgrace with the Convention. The The number of perfons confined in the prifons of Paris, on the 8th of November was 3985. During the latter part of the life of Robespierre, the number was 7485. The fate of the emigrants at Guadaloupe under Gen. Graham has been extremely dreadful. In his capitulation the French would only allow him one covered boat, capable of containing only twenty-five men, into which four others crept. The remainder there is every reafon to fear have been all put to death. Letters from Troppau, of the 11th, ftate, that La Fayette has been re-taken not far from Olmutz, upon the Auftrian territory, and reconducted to the place of his detention. His fellow prifoner, who is the German Doctor Bolman, has been overtaken at Schweidnitz. M. De La Fayette, so long the victim of the moft unaccountable perfecution, has made his escape from prifon. He had been feparated from Alexander Lamethi, and the other companions of his misfortune, and conveyed to Olmutz, in Bohemia. Two gentlemen had gone to Olmutz for the purpose of devifing means to get him off. They fucceeded, and to avoid fufpicion in paffing through the country, one of them went with La Fayette; while the other took a different road. The latter was taken; but there is reafon to believe that La Fayette and his companion have been more fortu nate. The prefent Emperor has restored to the Archbishop of Vienna his inquifitorial jurifdiction over the inferior Roman Clergy, of which Jofeph II. had deprived that prelate. The latter has already made ufe of his re-acquired power to imprison feveral very popular and learned Ecclefiaftics. A requifition has been fent to all the churches and convents at Naples, for delivering up their plate. For the value they are to receive an intereft of 4 per cent-All the banks at Naples are now united under the title of the National Bank. At Rome even private individuals have been called upon to bring their plate to the mint in confideration of 4 per cent interest. against the French during the remainder of the war. It has been confidently afferted, within these few days, that the garrifon of Luxembourg has furrendered by capitulation, after having sustained a blockade of five months.-The want of provifions was the cause of this capitulation. The quartering of the British troops in the province of Holland extremely difgufts the inhabitants, and several of the towns in the Regencies have protested against the introduction of the British. Six hundred fick and wounded have arrived in 16 boats before the town of Delft; the magiftrates refused to fuffer them to enter the town, pretending that the foldiers were not provided with a patent in form. The gates were fhut and guarded, and the troops were forced to remain on hoard the boats. The dread and deteftation of the British troops arife from the exceffes which they commit wherever they go. BRITISH ARMY. ARNHEIM, Every thing remains perfectly quiet on the banks of the Waal: our piquets frequently hear a hammering at night, which fome croakers will have is owing to the Carmagnols being employed in making rafts, boats, &c. to cross the river in. A Hanoverian officer was fent over to Nimeguen this morning with a flag of truce, in order to fend letters to the different officers of the Allied Army, who are prifoners. He was treated remarkably civilly by the French General, who lived at the fame houfe where our head-quarters formerly were. The officer was escorted back by a party of French, and accompanied by the French Adjutant-General, who was a very genteel looking man. It is believed at head-quarters, that the French have retired into winter-quarters. Several of our regiments, however, are ftill encamped; among the number are the 3d, 40th, and 155th regiments. faid, to fet off either to-morrow, or the day after, for the Hague, to confult with the Prince of Orange about the best place for winter quarters for the army, or whether we are ftill to remain cantoned in the different villages. The roads are getting worfe and worfe, even thofe on the dykes must foon be impaffable. Monday, Dec. 1. Nothing new has occurred on the 'Waal: we have lately been throwing up fome new batteries a little below Nimeguen. At St. André the fort has been almost entirely levelled, and it is now only kept poffeffion of by 50 men per day, and 100 at night. Every thing, as far as we can learn, is perfectly quiet at the Bommelwart; the career of the Carmagnols is probably stopped for this campaign at least and as for their croffing the Waal, if we defend it at all, it must be next to impoffible. A Telegraphe has been exhibited on the hills above Arnheim, about one mile and a half from the town. Another is on a hill, about fix miles off, and feveral letters, &c. have been read by it. His Royal Highnefs went again yesterday to fee it. December 1. The infanta of Spain died on the 2d of Nov. The princefs Amelia is much indifpofed. Don Acuna, difmiffed from his office in the beginning of the year, has been recalled from Galicia. A fquadron failed from Cadiz on the 3d ult. to reinforce the fleet in the Bay of Roffas. The St. Ifidora, of 74 guns, was loft in going out of the harbour. The crew were saved. Two frigates have failed from the Corunna to the Texel, to bring to Spain 150,000 muskets contracted for. On the 27th ult. in the afternoon, died at Copenhagen, her royal highnefs Sophia Frederica, fpoufe of the prince royal of Denmark, of an inflammation in the cheft, in the thirty-fixth year of her age. THE BRITISH ARMY. GENERAL ORDER 9. Head-Quarters, Arnheim, Dec. 2. "His royal highnefs the commander in chief having received his majesty's commands to proceed without lofs of time to England, the command of the allied army, during the abfence of his royal highnefs, devolves to general count Walmoden, as fenior officer, whofe orders the troops of the feveral nations will follow with the fame alacrity, zeal and spirit, which they have on all occafions fhewn in obeying those of his royal highness. Hia royal highness cannot let pass this opportunity of bearing his teftimony to thofe quali ties in the troops composing the army under his command, and of returning his best thanks to the officers and men for them. His royal highnefs trufts that nothing will happen during his fhort abfence, to caufe any regret to his royal highness, at his being under the neceffity of leaving an army, which it is his royal highness's pride to hope will ftill be the inftrument of stopping the fucceffes of an enemy, formidable to it in no respect, but in that of numbers. HORSE-GUARDS-Nov. 22. A difpatch, of which the following is an extract, dated Arnheim, the 11th of November, 1794, has been received from his, royal highness the duke of York, by the right honourable Henry Dundas, one of his majesty's principal fecretaries, of state. The evacuation of Nimeguen took place on Friday night. His majefty's troops retired without any lofs, which would alfo have been the cafe with the Dutch, but for an unfortunate chance fhot, which carried away the top of the maft of the flying bridge to which the hawfer was made fast, confequently the bridge fwung round, and they were taken prifoners, to the amount of about four hundred. The bridge of boats was entirely burnt, and the flying bridge, of which they got poffeffion by the above accident, has been fince destroyed by our fire. From the London Gazette. Downing-fkreet, Nov. 25. The king has been pleased to appoint the right hon, fir Morton Eden, knight of the Bath, to be his majesty's envoy extraordinary and mi nifter plenipotentiary to the court of Vienna. End of the Gazette, From the London Gazette. Whitehall, Nov. 28. The king has been pleased to grant the dignity of a baronet of the kingdom of Great Britain to the following gentlemen, and the refpective heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten, viz. Sir James Sanderfon, of the city of London, knight; Chriftopher Willoughby, of BaldonHouse, in the co. of Oxford, efq. and George William Prescott, of Theobald's-Park, in the co. of Herts, efq. [There are no lefs than twenty-one commiffions of bankruptcy advertised in this Gazette.] End of the London Gazette. LONDON, December 3: On Wednesday laft, the 26th inft. a council was held at St. James's, after the levee, when Earl Fitzwilliam was formally introduced and appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The Rev. Mr. O'Beirne, who was private Secretary to the Duke of Portland, is faid to be appointed to the fame office under LordFitzwilliam: A letter from Hull of the 27th ult. informs us, that an alarming mortality has been experienced there lately. In the month preceding the date of our account, one hundred children and twenty-fix adults were inferred in the burial ground of the Church of the Holy Trinity, independent of a confiderable number depofited in the other cemeteries of that town. Monday laft, a refpite for a month was notified to David Downie. now a prisoner in the caftle of Edinburgh, fentenced to be executed for high treafon, but recommended to mercy by the jury. One of the most remarkable circumstances attending the peftilence raging in different parts of America, which proves beyond doubt its locality, and corrects the prevalent opinion of its being conveyed ac.ofs the Atlantic in a flavefhip, is, that it will not fpread from the place where it originated. Saturday the trial of Mr. Tooke ended. The chief juftice having delivered an eloquent and impartial charge, and the jury having withdrawn, in the fpace of nine minutes returned with a verdict, NOT GUILTY. · A burst of acclamation filled the Court, and was inftantly followed by a fhout from the populace affembled without. 5. Yesterday, near three hundred mutilated, English foldiers were landed from barges at the Adelphi Wharf. They had juft returned in tranfports to the river from Germany and Holland. -The shocking appearance they made, and the tortures many of them feemed to endure, drew the tear of fenfibility from many an eye, which was unaccustomed to fuch horrid fcenes. They were taken away in coaches, carts, &c. except those who could walk upon crutches, to the new hofpitals in Five-Farthing-Fields, Chel`sea. 6. Early this morning his royal highness the duke of York arrived at York-houfe, Piccadilly, from Holland.-The command of the army now devolves on Gen. Abercromby. An American gentleman from Breft brings letters from several English officers, now prifoners there, who write, that nothing can be more polished and liberal than the behaviour of the French to the English officers.They are allowed, on their parole, to take two days liberty in each week; and fo loofe is their general 'con30 finement, finement, that they are daily permitted to go into the market to buy their provisions: General Kellerman, late commander of the army of the Alps, has been tried at Paris, and honourably acquitted. The Committee of Public Safety is at prefent engaged in a fecret operation of great importance. So fecret is it, that the Committee requested the Convention to delegate to them the power of appointing two deputies, with full powers to undertake the operation. The armies under generals Pichegru and Jourdan, confist of 200,000 men, of wom 45,000 are employed in garrifoning the conquered places, and 40,000 in defending the Rhine from Bonn to Cleves. Before the capture of Maeftricht and Nimeguen, 85,000 were engaged in fieges and blockades. London Gazette. At the Court of St. James's, the 10th of December, 1794. PRESENT, The King's moft Excellent Majesty in Council., HIS majefty in council was this day pleafed to declare the right honourable William earl Fitzwilliam lieutenant-general and general governor of his majesty's kingdom of Ireland. Horfe Guards, Dec. 13. By difpatches received from general fir Charles Grey, K. B. dated Martinique, the 16th, 19th, and 24th October, it appears, that the enemy from Point-a-Petre, in the Island of Guadaloupe, made a landing at Goyave and Lamentin on the fame island, on the 27th of September, and ceeded to attack the camp of Berville, under the command of brigadier-general Grahám, who defended this position with the utmost gallantry and spirit, until the 6th of October, when, find. ing his provifions nearly exhausted, and that he pro. was cut off from all communication with the fhipping, and without hopes of rehef, he was obliged to furrender, his force being reduced to 125 rank and file fit for duty. lant defence the garrison has made, they shall allowed the honours of war. By this unfortunate event the whole of the Inland of Guadaloupe, except Fort Matilda, where lieutenant-general Prefcott commands, fell into the hands of the enemy. The following are the terms of capitulation granted by the enemy to brigadier-general Graham: Anf. Granted. Art. II. That the inhabitants of the ifland now co-operating with the army, whether whit or free people of colour, being British fubjects having taken the oaths of allegiance to his Bri tannic majefty, fhall be confidered and treated a fuch. Anf. Not admiffible, but a covered boat shall be allowed to the general, which shall be held cred. Art. III. That the troops, and fuch of the inhabitants as do not wish to become subjets | of the French Republic, fhall be fent to Great Britain, as foon as tranfports can be provided ir that purpose. Anf. The troops fhall be fent to England a foon as tranfports are ready; but as to the inhabitants, it is answered in Article II. Art. IV. That the baggage of the officers and inhabitants in camp fhall be allowed to them. Anf. The troops fhall be allowed their bag gage. Art. V. That the fick and wounded, whe cannot be sent on board transports, shall be 2 lowed British furgeons to attend them. Anf. Agreed to. Art. VI. That the ordnance and ftores d every denomination fhall be given up in the present state. Anf. Agreed to. Art. VII. If any difficulty in fettling the above hall happen hereafter, they shall be ami cably adjusted by the refpective commanders. Anf. Admitted. (Signed) COLIN GRAHAM, Br. Gen. (Signed) VICTOR NUGUES. Berville, Oct. 6, 1794. The British forces, which were taken at Betville camp, confift of the flank companies from Ireland, and the 39th, 43d, and 65th regiments. Their lofs in the different actions between the 27th of September and 6th of October, as nearly as could be afcertained, amounts to 2 officers killed, 5 wounded; 25 non-commiffioned officers and privates killed, and 51 ditto wounded. Officers killed. Lieutenant Cochran, of the 39th. Major Forbes Officers wounded. Captain Hutton, of the artillery Articles of Capitulation for the Pofl of Berville, and Captain Cameron, of the 43d its Dependencies. Article I. That, in confideration of the gal |