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The commodore and his fquadron called at Jeremie on the morning of the 31st ult. the troops were immediately embarked, and the whole failed in the evening.

We did not arrive off Tiburon till the evening of the 2d, when three frigates anchored near to the fhore, in the Ance du Mitau.

The enemy were ftrong, and feemed to wait our landing; but, after a few broadfides from the hips, the beach appeared to be clear, and just before dark I ordered the flank companies to land, and take poffeffion of a houfe about 150 paces from the beach, and well fituated for defence, and to protect the landing of the whole.

Major Spencer commanded the flank companies, and was not annoyed till the monient the boats grounded, when the Brigands appeared in line on the beach, and fired on the troops, who, by the major's orders, were on fhore in an inftant, charged, and in a minute routed the enemy, and farrounded the post.

I landed at day-light with the 13th and 20th, the marines, and British legion, and found that the Brigands had evacuated all the posts, and efcaped toward Aux Cayes, by the mountain road, without burning or deftroying property of any defcription. The numbers of the enemy were about

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650 blacks and 200 mulattoes and whites,
very ftrongly pofted. About 150 more
furrendered themselves, and remain.
wounded.
understand so of them were killed and

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the conduct of major Spencer was highly I have only to add on this subject, that' honourable to him, and he was handfomely fupported by the officers and men of the flank companies.

I have left lieutenant Baskerfield to command, with 50 men of the 13th, the colonial troops, and Jean Kino's corps from Irois.

The poft of Irois being no longer neceffary, I have directed it to be dismantled.

feffions, there being no poft of confequence The enemy are now shut out of our pofwithin 60 miles of Tiburon.

Total return of killed and wounded at the attack of Cape Tiburon, February 3, 1794.

altern, 1 volunteer, 1 ferjeant and 7 priThree privates killed; 1 captain, 1 fubvates wounded.

regiment, wounded flightly in the leg; N. B. Hon. captain Colvill of the 13th lieutenant Dana of the 13th light infantry, wounded in the hand but not dangerously; volunteer Dolphina, dangerously wounded.

CONTINENTAL ADVICE S.

Vienna, Feb. 8.

Shock of an earthquike was very fenfibly felt in this capital on Thursday laft, at about one o'clock P. M.-London Gazette.

Copenhagen, March 1. On Wednesday evening, about five o'clock, a dreadful fire broke out in the royal palace of Chriftianbourg, which communicating from the hereditary prince's apartments, where it began, to the rest of the building, in the fpace of feven or eight hours reduced the whole to a heap of afhes. The royal family have happily efcaped without accident, but the greater part of their valuable effects have been a prey to the flames. It is not yet known what number of lives have been loft, but it is to be hoped, condering the rapidity of the conflagration, which was increased by a very strong wind, that the number is not great. This palace, one of the most commodious and moft fumptuously furnished in Europe, was built in the reign of Chriftian VI, and is

derably above a million fterling: it feems. faid to have coft (in building only) confitherefore not an exorbitant calculation to suppose that, with the loss sustained by the hundreds of individuals by whom it was inhabited, the whole damage may amount to two millions fterling. It is fome con- . folation, in fo great a difafter, that the royal library, confifting of between two and three hundred thousand volumes, which ftood detached from the principal pile, has been fortunately faved. During the whole of this diftressful scene the garrifon and the citizens were under arms, and every effort was made, both by the military and the sailors, to prevent difoider and pillage.

prefent in an apartment at count BernHis Danish majefty is lodged for. the ftorff's, and the rest of the royal family are: difperfed in different quarters of the town, where they will remain till houses proper for their reception can be got ready.—Lon. Gax.

AFFAIRS

AFFAIRS OF FRANCE,
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ON Monday, Feb. 3, the convention admitted, among the number of their col leagues, a black, a mulatto, and a white, who were received with the civic kifs from the prefident, and acknowledged as the reprefentatives of the colony of St. Do

mingo.

On Tuesday, Feb. 4, the white colonift, admitted yesterday to represent St. Domingo, drew the picture of the actual fituation of that ifland. After enumerat-. ing those particulars which are already known, he proceeded to ftate the burning of Cape François, and the expulfion of Galbot, the friend of Dumourier, who, in conjunction with the rich inhabitants, projected to deliver up the illand to the English and Spaniards. He ftated, that the blacks, with the patriots, had fought against thofe traitors; and that the civil commiffioners, to reward the blacks, had proclaimed the liberty of the flaves throughout the island: that the blacks had worn perpetual allegiance to France, and the molt vigorous reliftance to the English, if they fhould dare to penetrate into the interior parts of the island.

The orator concluded his report by proving, that the rich planters, the exnobles, emigrants, and rich merchants of St. Domingo, had projected to give up that ifland to the English.

The national convention then paffed the following important decree :

The national convention decrees, that flavery is abolished in all the French colo

nies.

It decrees in confequence, that all the inbabitants of the French colonies, of whatever colour, are French citizens, and from this day forward fhall enjoy thofe rights which are fecured to them by the declaration of rights and by the conititution.

Danton moved that the mode of its execution be referred to the committee of public welfare, which was adopted.

A motion for the annulment of the decree of arrest against Polveral and Santhonax, who are authors of the proclamation of Auguft 29, granting liberty to all the blacks of St. Domingo, was referred to the fame committee.

On Tuesday, Feb. 11, a deputation of the inhabitants of the district of Montbeliard, formerly belonging to the duke

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of Wirtemberg, came to demand that that district be united with France, to enable its inhabitants to march against the despots.

Prefident I congratulate you upon the fentiments which unites the people of Montbeliard. We have confecrated the principle of acknowledging as friends and allies all the nations which fhall join our holy league of liberty against tyranny." Here the prefident gave them the civic kifs, and referred their petition to the committee of public welfare.

A citizen of Mondidier announced, in a letter, a method to prevent the weevils getting among the corn in the granaries. This procefs confifts in cleaning thoroughly every granary or barn where this infect introduced itself, to air them for several months, and to rub well afterward the planks with green leeks, which are to remain fome time before they are taken away; the corn is then to be poured in, and to lie thick enough on the floor to prevent, by its smell or taste, the return of the weevil. In those granaries where no corn has been put, the fame process is to be obferved to prevent the introduction of that infect.

On Sunday, February 15, in confe. quence of a report of St. Andre, the convention paffed the following decree :

1. The maritime flag decreed by the national constituent affembly is fuppreffed. 2. The national flag shall henceforth be formed of the three national colours, difpofed in three equal bands, put in a vertical direction, in fuch a manner that the blue be affixed to the staff of the flag, the white in the middle, and the red floating in the air.

3. The flag called the jack, and the flag on the ftern of the ships, shall be difpoled in the fame manner, obferving the ufual proportion of fize.

4. The streamers shall likewise be formed of three colours; of which one fifth shall be blue, one fifth white, and three fifths. red.

5. The new national flag fhall be hoifted in all the fhips of the republic on the 20th of May; and the minister of marine fhall give the neceffary orders for that purpofe."

On Saturday, Feb. 22, Carrier, returned from his miffion into the rebellious depart

departments, made a general report on the unhappy war of La Vendee.

We were long unacquainted (faid he) with the number of the banditti. When the patriots encountered at Saumur, or any other place, ten, twenty, or thirty thoufand, they imagined it was the whole; but they were grofsly deceived; fince there were fixteen districts in full revolt, and the inhabitants of the whole country, between the Loire and the fea, from Painbœuf to Saumur, a space of more than forty fquare leagues, in arms.

The rebels were divided into feveral columns. Whenever they wanted reinforcements, they founded the alarm bell, and fet the mills a going, whofe fails ferved for fignals, and immediately a vaft force was collected.

In this large tract of country, every inhabitant was provided with a gun and a fabre, with which he armed himself on the firft fignal. When the danger or the alarm was over, they returned to their occupations, and the cultivation of their Jand, fo that the whole of the country in revolt is lown, and promifes a rich harveft; but it is only by republicans that it will be reaped.

In the month of Auguft laft, the rebels had 150,000 men in arms; but the victories of Montagne and Chollet were fo fatal and destructive to them, that I have paffed over fourteen leagues of country entirely covered with the dead bodies of the rebels, heaped to the number of twelve, one over the other. Their general de Elbie acknowledges, that the battle of Montagne alone coft them 20,000.

• After these defeats, they repaffed the Loire, to the number of 50,000, reckoning old men, women, and children, that follow them; and in the districts of Laval and Vitre, they picked up a great number of recruits.

These new reinforcements seemed likely to prolong their existence; but our republicans foon reduced their number; all that fought refuge on the right bank of the Loire, instead of fafety, found a grave.

'On the left fide of the Loire ftill re. mained Charotte, with an active army in the heart of La Vendee. The generals Dutruy and Haye were charged to purfue him without remiffion, and they obtained over him fifteen fucceffive victories.

At length the force of that traitor was reduced to 1000 men, when the column arrived from the army of the north. General Tureau put himself at its head;

and took upon himself the task of clearing the upper part of La Vendee of the banditti, and to drive them to the lower part, where he had left the command to Dutruy and Haye, and thus to put them between two fires. Tureau fucceeded fo far as to deftroy fix thousand of the infurgents; but one mischief arose from the execution of his plan—the rebels finding themselves preffed on all fides, fallied from their hiding places, and increased the force of Charette to about 6 or 7000 men.

• The detachment under La Roche Jaquelin was also increased, and this active young man fell upon Chollet, of which he got a momentary poffeffion, fome daftards having abandoned the brave general Moulin; but an hour after, arrived general Cordelier, who retook that town, after a dreadful flaughter. La Roche Jaquelin, nevertheless, was not discouraged, but returned to the charge, and attacked us again at Beaupreauz, where he was again beat. It was faid that he fell in this action, but on this head there were different reports.

There is now no longer any collected force, befide that of Stoffel, composed of Soo men, and that of Charette, which is computed to be 3000. Do not, however, imagine, that thofe are the only banditti there are more in the forefts, on the mountains, and in other hiding places, to the number, according to the more accurate calculation, of 20,000 men.

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Away then,' continued the reporter, 'with that false humanity, into which they would fain infpire you. In that country all are equally criminal, and all ought to fall under the axe of the republicans and the law. The women, would you believe it, are our most ferocious eneinies. At Chollet, when our troops began to give way, and the rebels were thought victorious, the women with knives in their hands fell upon our brave defenders, whom they massacred without pity. Children of twelve years alfo carry arms against us; children of more tender age ferve as fpies for the rebels; and whenever our foldiers are found alone, they are affaffinated. Judge from this whether we ought to use clemency, and who thofe are, that speak to you of pity! I declare to you, that I know in La Vendee no other patriots than thofe, who have fled from that impure foil to range themselves under our colours, and to combat with us.

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all our projects, the city of Nantes was the principal refort of these traitors; in that town, which I call the head-quarters of La Vendee, the rich merchants furnishel our enemies with provisions and warlike ftores: but foon after my arrival I took fome very fevere meatures againft thole traitors; and it is only fince their arrett, that the Catholic army has experienced a want of fubfiitence.

'Nevertheless, do not believe that this war is terminated. A country full of forefts, and covered with high brushwood, affords innumerable retreats to the rebels. At the battle of Montagne, 40,000 of the banditti were concealed behind fome of this brushwood, and we paffed by without perceiving them.'

[To be continued. ]

HISTORICAL CHRONICLE.

FEBRUARY 28.

THIS day came on to be tried in the

court of common pleas, an action for damages, of confiderable importance to authors and reviewers. The plaintiff, Mr. Swinton, published in the year 1792, a work entitled, Travels into Norway, Denmark, and Ruffia, in the years 1788, 1789, 1790, and 1791. This work was reviewed in the month of July 1792, in the Critical Review. The plaintiff alleged that in this review of the book, it was in finuated that he was one of thole writers of travels, who are scarcely ever out of their clofets: the work in other refpects was roughly handled, and he conceiving that he had been injured both in his character, and in the fale of the book, brought the prefent action against mefirs. Robinfons, bookfellers, who are the venders of the Critical Review.

The chief justice explained to the jury, that this was a cafe very different from common libel cafes; in his opinion, it was a cafe of criticifm, which if not left fair and open, the greateft injury would accrue to literature. The plaintiff had made out no cafe of lofs or damage whatever; and as to its being infinuated that he had compofed this work in his clofet, the public might perhaps be as defirous to read the book, as if he had actually traveiled. They might be defirous to know how well a man can write fiction. His lordfhip inftanced two books, with which he prefumed the jury were well acquainted, and had been often delighted-Gulliver's Travels and Robinton Crufoe. He did not conceive that the plaintiff had proved any lofs from the review, which, however, the jury might read and confider, and if they were convinced that he had been injured, they would no doubt afford a compenfation.

The jury, without going out of court, gave a verdict for the defendants.

MARCH J.

Yefterday was tried, in the court of king's bench, an action for criminal converfation, brought by Bernard Howard, efq. prefumptive heir to the duke of Norfolk, againit Mr. Bingham, son of the earl of Lncan, for feducing the affections of the plaintiff's wife, lady Elifabeth Howand who was daughter of the earl of Fauconberg.

The counfel for the defendant admitted, that Mr. Bingham had lived in habits of intimacy with lady Elifabeth fince the time of the feparation, which took place the 24th of July 1793.

The counfel for the plaintiff produced feveral witneffes to fhew the great attention of Mr Bingham to lady Elifabeth previous to the feparation, by which he was deprived of the affections of his wife, and which was the caufe of her feparating from him. The proper and conjugal respect paid by Mr. Howard to his lady, was allo fully proved.

Mr. Ekine, for the defendant, ftated, that Mr. Howard married lady Elifabeth on the 24th of April 1789. He had iffue by her the 12th of August 1791; and be was happy that it was univerfally allowed, that this iffue was the child of Mr. Howard, the prefumptive heir of the duke of Norfolk. The parties had feparated the 24th of July 1793, and no evidence produced made against his client, but cohabitation fince the feparation. He obferved, that this unfortunate woman was dragged a victim to the marriage-bed, without having the leaft love for Mr. Howard. He lamented the little attention paid to matches among the nobility. He wished they were concluded by the dictates of love, and not by the regard of fortune and connexions. It was too often the cafe, that the object of matrimony among them was, to blend the efcutcheon of one noble houfe with that of another, and exalt the unfortunate couple

to imaginary confequence at the facrifice of private happiness. He would prove, that the privilege of a husband was denied Mr. Howard for months, which fully

thewed her rooted averfion to Mr. Howard. He said, that damages could not be the object of the plaintiff, to ground a divorce was what caufed him to look for a verdict; he faid that he would alfo fhew the court clearly the noble conduct of his client in endeavouring to fubdue his paffions, by withdrawing himself from the object of his love and adoration; to whom he paid unremitting attention previous to her marriage with Mr. Howard; and concluded with only remarking as to the damages, that it would not be creditable for the jury to give what it would be difgraceful to the plaintiff to receive.

The following witnesses were then called in behalf of the defendant: Mrs. Bifhop depofed, that he was attendant on lady Elifabeth; was with her in her own chamber the morning the went to be manied to Mr. Howard; that that morning he cried very much, and appeared 'extremely un. happy. The marriage was celebrated in lord Fauconberg's drawing-room. After the fervice was finished, they left town; the witnefs had left town before them, to prepare things for receiving them. On their arrival in the country, they both went into the room where the witnefs was when Mr. Howard left the room, lady Elifabeth cried much the attended lady Elifabeth to bed that night; he again wept, appeared distressed, and trembled extremely. Lady Elifabeth was young and very beautiful, and about the fame age with Mr. How.

ard.

When the was quitting the room, lady Elifabeth defired the winets to call her early the next morning. The witnefs called her at nine o'clock. On Mr Howard's quitting the room, lady Elifabeth threw herfelf round the witness's neck, cried bitterly, but said nothing. The witness put her to bed the fecond night, but lady Elifabeth continued in the fame fituation for above a fortnight. They remained in the country three weeks, Lady Elifabeth then reurned to be prefented at St. James's: when they came to town, the returned home very late, fometimes at three or four o'clock. Mr. Howard conftantly retned to bed before lady Elifabeth: when they came home, the often cried, threw herfelf in a chair, often went to fleep in it, and with difficulty was prevailed on to go to bed. On the witnefs's afking her once to go to bed, the faid he would as foon go to Newgate. The witnefs recollects lady Eli

fabeth's returning from walking in Kenfington gardens: when the came home, the appeared extremely unhappy. On afking what ailed her ladyfhip, the replied, that he had feen Bingham, but that he turned up his nose and frowned at her.' The witnels fpoke once to lady Elifabeth about her wedding clothes, but lady Elifabeth anfwered, Indeed, Polly, when I had them made, I did not mean to marry Mr. Howard. The witnefs remembers lady Elifabeth leaving her husband's bed, and going to fleep with her fifter, who was in the fame houfe. She never heard that the leaft animofity fubfifted between Mr. Howard and lady Elifabeth, nor ever heard that they had any words. On her crossexamination, the faid, fhe did not know Mr. Bingham, nor ever heard any discourte in the family about Mr. Bingham; nor ever heard that Mr. Howard had propofed marriage to lady Elifabeth at the duchess of Devonfire's ball. The witness concealed every thing which paffed between lady Elifabeth and her. The meeting at Kenfington was in the firt year of her ladyfhip's marriage.

Mr. Greville depofed, that he was firmly perfuaded that the love and attachment of lady Elifabeth and Mr. Bingham were reciprocal. He well remembered the mar riage; the effect it produced on Mr. Bingham was the impairing of his health. Mr. Bingham, in order to forget lady Elifabeth, went to Bath and Cheltenham before the marriage, an did not return to London for many months.

Mark Singleton, efq. depofed, that Mr. Howard frequently complained of his wife's. want of affection, and had told him, in particular, that, for two months tog-ther, the had refuted him the privilege of a hulband.

Lord Kenyon interrupted this evidence. This, faid his lordship, is a very melan choly cafe. The plaintiff has been unfortunate in not having the affections of the woman he efpoused, but his treatment of her has been no ways improper. He wished the counsel would (as a verdict must be for the plaintiff) leave the afcertaining the damages to him and the jury.

Mr. Erskine faid, he wished to Heaven his being an umpire could have prevented this bufinets from coming into a court of justice, but that his client had feveral witnefes to produce, which would fully exculpate him in the eyes of the jury.

Lord George Conway faid, he knew Mr. Bingham before Mr. Howard pand his addrelles to lady Elifabeth, His im G82

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