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I think it my duty to inform you, that lieutenant-colonel Pitcairn, with the 8th

fiege of Charleroy, before which they had already begun to open trenches. feven thousand men, as well as twentyThe enemy's lofs is computed at about two pieces of cannon, thirty-five amini nition waggons, and a confiderable number of horfes and baggage. They retreated in the greatest confufion across the Sambre. I am, &c.

FREDERICK.

light dragoons and the 38th and the 55th From the London Gazette Extraordinary, regiments of foot, joined this garriton yellerday morning.

Major-general De Hammerstein, under whofe command they were, had failed in an attack he made the day before, on a very fuperior force of the enemy, at Ghits. After the action he retreated to Thorout, and in the night, falling back himself with the Hanoverians to Bruges, he ordered the British troops to Oftend.

Lieutenant colonel Pitcairn fpeaks very favourably of the conduct of thefe regiments. Subjoined is a lift of the killed, wounded, and miffing.

I have the honour to be, &c. ALEX. STEWARD, major general, Commanding at Oftend. To the Right Hon. Henry Dundas, &c.

Return of the killed, wounded, and miffing of the British troops, on the 13th of June, 1794, at Ghits.

Total. 1 ferjeant and 5 privates, killed; 2 officers, 3 ferjeants, and 31 privates, wounded; 13 privates, miffing.

Officers wounded. Capt. James Lumfdain, and lieut. Wild.

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June 21, 1794.

Admiralty Office, June 21. A letter, of which the following is a copy, from the admiral earl Howe to Mr. Stephens, fupplementary to his lordship's letter of the 2d inft. published in the London Gazette Extraordinary of the 11th, was received late last night.

In the extract of the journal herewith enclofed, the proceedings of the fleet are ftated from the time of leaving St. Helen's on the 2d of last month to that of the firit difcovery of the French fleet on the 18th of the fame. For the farther information of the lords commiflioners of the admiralty, I have now therefore to relate the fublequent tranfactions not already communicated in my difpatch of the 2d inft. to be delivered by my first captain, fir Roger Curtis.

Early in the morning of the 28th, the enemy were difcovered by the advanced frigates, far diftant on the weather bow. The wind then fresh from the S. by W. with a very rough fea.

They came down, for fome time, in a locfe order, feemingly unapprifid that they had the British fleet in view. After hauling to the wind when they came nearer, they were fome hours before they could completely form in regular order of battle upon the ftarboard tack; the British fleet continuing as before in the order of failing.

The time required for the enemy to perfect this difpofition, had facilitated the nearer approach of his majesty's fleet to them, and for the feparately appointed and detached part of it, commanded by real admiral Paley, to be placed more advantageously for making an impreffion oa their rear.

The fignals denoting that intention be ing made, the rear admiral, near upon the clofe of day, led his divifion on with peculiar firmness, and attacked a threedecked fhip (the Revolutionaire) the fternmoft in the enemy's line.

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Making known foon after that he had a top malt difabled, afliftance was directed to be given to him in that fituation. The quick approach of night only allowed me to obferve, that lord Hugh Seymour (Conway) in the Leviathan, with equal good judgment and determined courage, pushed up alongfide of the three-decked French fhip, and was fupported, as it appeared, by captain Parker of the Audacius, in the moft fpirited manner.

The darkness which now prevailed did not admit of my making any more accurate oblervations on the conduct of thofe fhips and others concerned in the fame fervice; but I have fince learnt that the Leviathan stretched on farther a-head, for bringing the fecond ship from the enemy's rear to action, as foon as her former ftation could be occupied by a fucceeding Britifh fhip; alfo that the three-decked hips in the enemy's rear as aforefaid, being unfuftained by their other fhips, ftruck to the Audacius, and that they parted company together foon after.

The two opponent fleets continued on the itarboard tack, in a parallel direction, the enemy ftill to windward the remainder of the night. The British fleet appearing in the morning of the 29th, when in order of battle, to ne far enough advanced for the hips in the van to make fome farther impreffions on the enemy's rear, was tacked in fucceffion with that intent.

The enemy wore hereupon from van to rear, and continued edging down in line a-head to engage the van of the British fleet; when arrived at such distance as to be just able to reach our molt advanced fhips, their headmoft fhips, as they came fucceffively into the wake of their refpective seconds a head, opened with that diflant fire upon the headmoft fhips of the British van. The fignal for paffing through their line, made when the fleet tacked before, was then renewed.

It could not be for fome time feen, through the fire from the two fleets in the van, to what extent that fignal was complied with. But as the fioke at intervals difperfed, it was obferved that the Cafar, the leading fhip of the British van, after being about on the ftarboard tack, and come abreast of the Queen Charlotte, had not kept to the wind; and that the appointed movement would confequently be liable to fail of the purpofed effect.

The Queen Charlotte was therefore immediately tacked; and, followed by the Bellerophon, her fecond attern (and foon after joined by the Leviathan) paffed

through in action, between the fifth and fixth fhips in the rear of the enemy's line. She was put about again on the larboard tack forthwith, after the enemy, in preparation for renewing the action with the advantage of that weathermoft fituation.

The reft of the British fleet being at this time paffing to leeward, and without the fternmost fhips, mostly of the French line, the enemy wore again to the eaftward in fucceffion for fuccouring the dif abled fhips of their rear; which intention, by reafon of the then difunited state of the fleet, and having no more than the two crippled fhips, the Bellerophon and Leviathan, at that time near me, I was unable to obstruct.

The enemy having fucceeded in that operation, wore round again, after some diftant cannonading of the neareft British fhips, occafionally returned, and stood as way in order of battle on the laboard tack, followed by the British fleet in the fame order (but with the weather gage retained) as foon as the hips coming forward to clofe with the Queen Charlotte were fuit◄ ably arranged.

The fleets remained feparated fome few miles, in view at times on the intermiflion of a thick fog, which lafted molt part of the two next days.

The commander of a fleet, their lordfhips know, is unavoidably fo confined in his view of the occurrences in time of battle, as to be little capable of rendering perfonal teftimony to the meritorious fervice of officers who have profited, in a greater extent, by the opportunities to dif tinguifh themfelves on fuch occafions.

To ditcharge this part of my public duty, reports were called for from the flag officers of the fleet, for fupplying the defects of my obfervance, under the limited circumstances above-mentioned. Thofe officers, therefore, who have fuch particular claim to my attention, are the ad mials Graves and fir Alexander Hood the rear-admirals Bowyer, Gardner, and Pafley; the captains lord Hugh Seymour, Packenham, Berkeley, Gambier, John Harvey, Prne, Parker, Henry Harvey, Pringle, Duckworth, and Elphinstone. Special notice is alfo due of the captains Nicholls of the Sovereign, and Hope of the Bellerophon, who became charged with, and well conducted thofe hips, when the wounded flag officers, under whom they refpectively ferved therein, were no longer able to remain at their pots; and the lieutenants Monckton of the Marlborough, and Donnelly of the Montagu,

in fimilar fituations. Thefe felections, however, fhould not be conftrued to the difadvantage of other commanders, who may have been equally deferving of the approbation of the lords commiffioners of the admiralty, although I am not enabled to make a particular statement of their

merits.

To the reports from the flag officers are added thofe required from the feveral captains of the fleet; whereby their lordships

An Account of the new Regulations

SOME regulations, highly beneficial to the public, have recently been adopted in the Penny Poft Office. In confequence, the fecretary of the General Poft Office gave public notice, on the 7th of June, that letters are now difpatched three times a-day to the following places, viz. Peckham, Deptford, Greenwich, Lewisham, Lee, Eltham, Blackheath, Woolwich, Bow, Stratford, Weft Ham, Plaftow, East Ham, Barking, Ilford, Leytonstone, Wanstead, Walthamstow, Leyton, and Woodford.

And two deliveries of letters are given to the places under mentioned, viz. Sydenham and Charlton, in Kent; Bromley and Old Ford, in Middlefex; and Woodford Bridge, Chigwell, and Chingford,

in Effex.

Letters going to any of the above places must be put into the Penny Polt receiving houfs in town by eight in the morning, and two in the afternoon; or they may be put in at the principal office for Weltminster (in Gerard-ftreet, Soho) by half past eight in the morning, and half paft two in the afternoon; or into the chief office in Abchurch-lane, Lombard-ftreet, by nine in the morning, and three in the afternoon; and fuch as are intended for the places first mentioned, having three deliveries a-day, muft, befide the hours above stated, be put in at the receiving houfes by five in the evening; or into the chief office in Abchurch-lane, by seven o'clock.

The rates of postage for letters fent by the Penny Poft are now as follow:

For every letter or packet paffing from any part of London, Waitininfter, South

will become more particularly acquainted with the meritorious fervices of the feveral commanders, and animated intrepidity of their fubordinate officers and fhips companies; to which the defeat of the enemy, with every advantage of situation and circumftance in their favour, is truly to be defcribed. To the like purport, I beg my teltimony, in behalf of the officers and company of every description in the Queen Charlotte, may be accepted.

in the PENNY POST OFFICE.

wark, and their fuburbs, to any other part of the faid cities or borough, &c. One Penny.

For every letter or packet paffing to or from parts within, to or from parts beyond London, Westminster, Southwark, and their fuburbs, and within the district of the Penny Poft, fuch letters or packets not paffing to or from the General Poit, Two Pence.

For every letter or packet paffing from any part beyond London, Weltminster, Southwark, and their suburbs, and within the diftrict of the Penny Poft, to any other part beyond the said cities or borough, &c. and within the faid district, Two Pence.

In any of the above cafes the pottage may be paid either at putting in or on delivery, at the option of the writers.

For every letter or packet put into the Penny Polt, to be forwarded to the General Poft Office, and thence to be conveyed by that Polt, One Penny.

In the latter cafe the penny must be paid at putting in, and is not left to the option of the writer.

For every letter or packet, first paffing by the General Poft, and then paffing by the Penny Poft (over and above the General Poit) One Penny.

No letters or packets exceeding four ounces in weight can be fent by the Penny Poft, unlefs fuch letters or packets fhall firft have paffed by, or fhall be intended to pass by the General Poft.

A further extenfion of the new regulations in the Penny Poft is intended, and fhall be noticed as foon as carried inte effect.

AFFAIRS

AFFAIRS OF FRANCE,
Continued from Page 297.

ON the 13th of April, a letter was read to the convention from the reprefentatives of the people at Commune Affranchie (late Lyons) in which is the following passage: The revolutionary jus tice is about to terminate its career at Commune Affranchie; 1682 infamous rebels have fuffered death; 1684 prifoners have been fet at liberty, and 162 fufpected perfons are condemned to remain in prifon until there be a peace.'

On Monday April 14, the republican fociety of St. Denis fent a deputation, demanding that the honours of the Pantheon fhould be granted to Jean Jacques Rouffeau, that celebrated defender of equality, who had refused to take upon him the education of a prince. The prefident invited the convention to rife and do homage to the genius of the celebrated defender of the rights of nations. Several deputies fupported the petition, and the convention decreed that the afhes of J. J. Rouffeau fhould be removed to the Pantheon. The committee of public inftruction was enjoined to prefent within three days, a declaration, expreffive of the confiderations of public intereft and national gratitude, which have fwayed the decifion refpecting the grant of the honours of the Pantheon to J. J. Rousseau.

On Thursday the 17th, Lakanal, in the name of the committee of public inftruction, propofed that the nation fhould acquit itfelf of its debt of gratitude to ward the citizens who had perished on the memorable 10th of Auguft. It was accordingly decreed, that, in the Pantheon, a column of black marble fhould be erected. On this should be inscribed, in letters of gold, the names of the citizens who perished in the defence of equality on the 10th of Auguft 1792. This decree to be fixed in perpetuo in the places

in which are held the fittings both of the convention, and of the conitituted authorities of the republic.

Among the numerous executions for some time paft, we have met with the following names: Gobet, late conftitutional archbishop of Paris; general Arthur Dillon, the famous D'Epremenil, formerly counsellor of the parliament of Paris; De Malefherbes, aged 72, one of the official defenders of Louis XVI, and his daughter, aged 38; the famous admiral count d'Estaign; and madame Elifabeth, the amiable and virtuous filter of the late unfortunate monarch.

This ill-fated princess fell a victim to the fanguinary fyftem of republicanism on the 10th of May. She was followed to the fcaffold by twenty-five perfons, condemned at the fame time, but was not fuffered to fall under the edge of the axe till the heads of all her fellow-fufferers had been ftruck off; and fhe died the last of them all. Having afcended the scaffold, the immediately caft up her eyes to heaven, and, proftrate on her knees, and wringing her hands, implored of the King of Kings that fortitude which the horrors of her situation had rendered fo neceffary. Having continued in prayer till the moment when he was to fubmit her head to the enfanguined inftrument, the advanced with perfect refignation, with a kind of heroifin inspired by religion, and perfectly refigned to the decree of Providence. Though the bled the laft among her twenty-five fellow-fufferers, fhe difplayed a courage, a fortitude, fu perior to them all. The people, accuftomed to fuch spectacles, faw this fcene of horror with great tranquillity, and at the conclufion fhouted, Long live the republic!

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HISTORICAL CHRONICLE.

MAY 27.

A
Letter from Dublin, of the 22d in-
ftant, gives the following particulars
of a horrid malacre at Ballinanaugh, in
the county of Cavan,

This fatal event originated at a fair in the village, where a Mr. Bigger was involved in a quarrel with tome drunken

country fellows, and feverely cudgelled. Mr. Bigger happened to be a prefbyterian, his aftalants Koman catholics, of which two fects the people of that country are principally compoled.

News was brought to fome of Mr. Bigger's neighbours, that he was killed by a mob of papifts, who were indifcriminately 3N2

called

called defenders by the prefbyterians, who hold them in the mott implacable hatred: about 50 of thefe neighbours armed themfelves and went toward the fair. The rioters were informed of their approach, and came out to give their affailants battle, armed with ticks; they were fired upon, and numbers of them, as well as of the unfortunate fpectators, killed or wounded. This fpreading through the country, brought forward the friends of the deceased to revenge their fate, and various fkirmishes continued for two days; on the third, the militia arriving, fired upon the mob, who were now collected in numbers, and killed feveral. They were fire upon in turn, and two of the light company fell; exafperated by this, they rushed with fury on the mob, hot above thirty, purfued the remainder to the devoted village where they took refuge, and fired fome shots from the windows, when the whole place was fet on fire; every man who attempted to escape was bayoneted or fhot, the reft perished in the flames; and many of the unfortunate peaceable inhabitants fhared this fate. Near 160 are faid to have perished, and the confequences, it is feared, will be dreadful in the country.

MAY 29.

The following particulars have been received of the reception of lord Macartney's embafly to China:

His lordship arrived on board the Lion man of war, accompanied by the Jackall brig, and company's fh p, Hindoftan, at Macao, about the middle of June. His lord hip did not immediately land; but fir George Staunton, and his fon, a remark ably accomplished young man, and eminently converfant in the Chinese language, went on fhore; where they faw Mr. Brown, Mr. Irwine, and Mr. Jackfon. Lord Macartney afterward proceeded on his embaffy, and reached, without accident, Limpo, on the coaft of China, a little to the Youthward of the Yellow River. Two mandarins of the higheft order went off to pay him the first visit, and communicate the imperial welcome. His lordship returned their vifit on thore. He then proceeded with his ftaff and fuite, civil and military, in boats, up the Yellow River on his way to Pekin.

The forms of audience being adjusted in the molt honourable manner for the British embaffy, his lordihip was received by the emperor with the highest marks of diftinction and respect and had the honour

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of being feated on the left hand of his majefty. The prefents, which are fuperior in value and variety to any that have ever been known on fimilar occafions, were moft graciously received; and the business of the embaffy was commenced, with the faireft appearances of the most favourable iffue, and the establishment of folid and extenfive advantages to Great Britain.

The Lion and Jackall had returned to Macao, and the Hindoftan was daily expected from the island of Chufan.

Lord Macartney was to come by land from Pekin to Canton; where a magnificent houfe was preparing for his reception. MAY 30.

Yesterday, the privy-council, after a full examination, committed the following perfons to Newgate, charged with high treafon: John Athley, Jean Baptifte Rouffel, John Hillier, Thomas Spencer, Richard Hayward.

Dublin, May 24. Last night, alderman Warren, chief commiffioner of the police, affifted by the high fheriffs, and Mr. Carleton, high constable, and a number of peace officers, repaired to the Taylors Hall, in Back-lane, and difperfed the fociety of United Irifhmen, feized the books of their proceedings, and a number of printed papers addrefled from the fociety to the people of Ireland.

JUNE 2.

Yesterday, in the house of peers, the judgment given in the court of King'sbench, in the cafe of Hunter and Gibion, was affirmed.

Dublin, May 29. Yefterday came on, in the court of King's-bench, the trial of John Rhab, printer of a wfpaper called the Northern Star, and twelve proprietors of the fame, for publishing a libel, under the form of an addrefs to the people, from a fociety ftyling themselves the jacobins of Belfaft; in which it is afferted, that there is no national government in this kingdom, and several other matters, with intent to excite fedition and tumult.

The attorney-general called witnesses to prove the publication and the proprietary of the paper.

Mr. Curran, counsel for the defendants, fubmitted to the court, that the proprietors came not within the scope of the information, being refponfible only in civil and not in criminal cafes.

The earl of Clonmell was clearly of the fame opinion; and, as the law in this cafe was on a criminal ftatute, faid he thought

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