Hall's Wilmington Gazette

              tjmmmmmmt __■_■ x t t m t at c 7 f a f s4 7 p t t f thursday october 12 1797 ftration of the drpnrtment of lyons that he would not pit ttiat city in a hi e of iirgr felled prdling circiimd^nces mould require it 01 unlcls admin'flration fhould declare thit conlhtutional meakires are nfuftkient to check the comni.uion of crimes which the direcli ry complain of we team from lirett the d fagieeabk intelligence that a convoy of 15 vtllek laden with provifions and timber for ftvp building ihe property of the rt public was ■ ttuk il by four englifh hips 01 ar it 5 11 fler the protection ot two qcops f war a brg which kept up i hoc lire u.iinit the enemy but were at en^th un l>le to relilt a ihip of the line cut down : vd frigates and a cutter • he en^'.illi i.f-i c^tiiiffd halt t!ie conr y burnt one ill p and iircrd the floops of war to r^t alhore which they chvckd in the l>ay ol auditrne the remainder of the convoy alto to k refuge iheie we do nut yei know what i.umlier ot men we have h..d k lied and wounded the alfcmbly if the deputies krown by the club of cliclv bccaule they hi id their nieciilig 11 uie p'.ce ot tint name have g v'pn a 1 rompt and exemplary iultance oi their fuhmliion ro th laws by diflblvinji heir lociciy ferterdav j h o^fr tltibs a ill it is hoped pu u a umilar line ol conduct should ihey retufe the confti nted authoritiesare bound to coinpel tlv m to it or expjj'e tsiniiitlves to the lel'ponfi di!ify which muft follow juch negligence 1 he report that in conlequence of a icng conference held betvt een jitvilli've b-r ttidemy and carnot the majority of the d rectory would adopt a very different imc of conduct from what they h^ve hi 1 her co done has not been iollowed with any ltr ration in the mealiires oi th«(x ecutive government is the public affair are to ducted in the u'ual v.ay 1 c rrers from t!:e a iniesftate thai means have been tried to prevail on tluni to take part in our internal dilputes tiiis if at cumphfhed w uld prove the true mode of reconciling all parties by pre-par'rg ui tor the yoke of a military government the swills cantons have pt/fi:ive!y it fuied to grant a paflage to the 25,0:0 men oi buonaparte's army tor whom he had ciemandid if thefe troops mull therefore tdke another route and will pro bably march back to france by the y if piedmont falmouth july 28 a mu'iny had brcke out at lifbon on board his m.jelts's flcop ot war king fifher capt maitland who was then on fhore immediately on hearing of th;c the captain w«:.t on board ind ordered hi crew tube c«lied all on deck and afkid them what they wanted ? they laid '• no tlvng " hut h.iled and behaved iniiilting'y captain mai;luid immediately tom them he conlequence and begged of them to ! return to iheir duty — finding all he could ' polfibly fay ineffectual the captain drew his dirk and told them it they would not by fair means they mud by force one mm endeavouring to lay hold of him was run through the b«dv and another was woun led who died the next d y several others w.re flightly wounded in the fcuflle the ring'etders are all fecuredandpttt in irons she failed from lifbon and according to report was bound to join lord si via cenr the exchange at lfb m was at 74 dublin july 16 the rapidity with which the recent mu tiny ni bantlon was fyttomatized tlie num ber of the coni'pirators which we lament to learn greatly exceeds the iirmolt extent ot public belief and the unhenrd of atrocities chat were to have marked the progreft of revolt puzzle conjecture as to its yet undi vined origin while the mind it hurrored at rhc txtent of de])nivity — a general con qagration of the forage c which would neceflarily have occupied the attention ol the officers and of the other troops was to have been the fignal for the ma lucre of thf entire 50th regiment and the light compv nicsofthe sligo fermanagh and london derry mlliiia who it appears could not he ledncitd the confpiratori aided by part ot lie inhabitants ot bandon were to hav hen plundereil the town and the lioul'e nt lord bandon into which they were 10 havt been admitted by a fervant ; and after the murder of all pet fyiis deemed holliu tothcir canfe to have marched with the park of ar tillei y c to hantry whole forts they be lieved would receive them or which they were orherwife to have forced ami under he ltanriard of revolt to have waited the j illusion of tlie dilaff cited and the expected hid of france kingston jaw july 15 extru3 r.f a letter from st mark june l6 11 1 fhall give you in the detail the out lines of the proceedings of the brigands from their firtt approach 1 ill their defeat on the icth inft " for come weeks prior tothe lft inftant the brigands were fern from gros morne collecting in vaft numbers from all quarters on the bat,ks of ihe airibonite river with icver*lfuld»piece»m ihcii front with wiiitu tiny orrdnally approached that poll till on 1 he i(t of this month they made di'po liiiens to artaik it ; they encamped them felves upon a hill inclining towards the salina where they mounted one heavy gun and a mortar at the fame time they lent a large bpdy of troops to encamp at th,e filtering places which cut off lupplies of water and provifions from the ( town togroi morne nnd camp langie tie former l>.,ft was lo warmly attacked by the cannon and hells from the mortar that it complete ly panic ltiutk the french cfiiars nd their blacks that they thought of nothing hut the means uf laving ihemlelves fo pre cipitately fied to lie woeds ; the brave but unfortunate britilh of the i7ihlighi dra - goi ns yj in number without an officer had now tolultain the whole fire of the e 1 my and abfuluuly kept thein at bay for lomie time ; they were at lergh over pow f red liy numbers and only 25 of them were furmnatc in cutting tiieir way through and arrived at fort churchill ' fi r l.ingie commanded by a f nnch ( fficer was evacuated without firirg a hot ii confequence of ihis r^fcally btifinds our judicious co-nmandant col cocherelli ) ordered all the out pods on ihs 3d 10 be withdrawn and the guns to be f iikcd ; thi-fe were camp guillon l rcjr marie frang and mortrouie gros morne and langie bting already taken our hopes ol fafety became now very doubtful h.iv ing nly the town fort churchill and fort bnibane to depend on on the 4th a b;:tt<;ry was commenced or guillon ide wiiih on the 6th opened on the town and plied us very warmly with halls and hells ; at the i;.me time a brals 24 pounder was opened againft fo f t chut chill and cop tinued without interruption all day only conceive the ttate of ihe inhabitants par ticularly of the helplels women with their intan'.s aud all their valuable effects in their arms no veflel tot ike tbem off uud no profpe&ofany i ntver law woe more completely depicted than at this time from lour to h^e hundred women arranging themfelves along the head iermingly more incl.ued to throw thcnifelves headlong ir>to the deep thin be in the power ol the fa vage enemy " no hells were thown after feven in the morning of the 7th of june but the 24 pound brafs piece at light on ihe day opened on fort churchill in a n^oft tre mendous mjnnrr and continued till 1 1 o'clock whan the muft defperate ilorming commenced that has ever been known on tue part of the brig;mjs from two to three thoufjnd of th«m advanced in three columrs to the jort prepjred with fcal ing ladders hand-lhel!s full of combulii ble materials and other warlike imple ments they fought defperately under the walls for 35 minutes feveral mounted crying vlvela republique but fortunately tor our falvation the few britifh that affift ed in defending the fort behaved fo gallant ly that they were finally repulfed thty ihot feveral of our own blacks who were going to abandon their ports and thereby obliged the relt to du thnr duty an of ficer of the 17th light dragoons wai twice llruck by tones by a brigand who had moun . ted tlie wail upon recovering himlelf he lifted a f pound ihot and let fly at th'e fel • low and fettled him " by j s i know you honey you have had your breaktalt 41 never were the brigand known to have fought fo defperately as on this day they left 550 men dead on the field 2 co lonels a:id 15 officers — this account is af ccnair.ed by their paperij which vtrc ;» • vie\i\a ulv 13 the secret ry of the neapolitan em balvy has returned to general buonaparte nothing has tr..nf r d reipt-cl'ng the con tentl of the diipauhe he bi<u : . iit except that the city of vrniie f«rn ai prefent a principal object in ihe negoci cion sottte hopes •* re entertained that it will much itielf 10 ihe houlc ot anftfia the aegociations lo t'ar as they have proceeded ore highly fatisfaliory to our court inefuiuch ;«> hev prntnif an amph inde.motty t<r ihe fiscrifites that hi im perial nvj?lly has made to procure t!u peace of lu:ojx . aix-la-chapelle july 24 ttic baron sttukhiiin biftltp ct c;ntpt f ' for the l>«nefn ot the wattr a dillin guilhed perlomge in the diplomacy who is here for hs lame purpofe allures us lhat during the courlf of the lafl month the emperor ; n conic q lerce ol t!~e requeit nude by th diet ot katifljon required of ihe diiedory to order th frthch trorp«i to withdraw from all the german lmpire as far as the country of liege the di rectory replied that by ihe treaty of peace concluded wkhthe emperor the integrity of the german empire had been acknow ledged but ihe country of i-iege having been united with france could not be cor lklcred as a pirt ol the kmpre and tnai the directory in agreeing to it integrity had no intention ot reftoring any country that had been umted with the republic and formed i to a dep.irrment unlcfs the treaty of peace with fcngland jhould lead to other dt'pofltions bur the emperor contends that the french c u!d not unite thele countries to their ierritr,ries until they were t.>rma:ly ceilfd ; that in agreeing to the integrity ot the german empire the country of liege was comprehended thet he vculd recommccf the war looner thin fui'fr any other to i/lruc-iiun to be put upon it . q.irthelemy one of the direclrry d <- pliyed nuc 1 ! prudence in endeavouring to pi-rluade nis colle;.g^ies hat it was unpufli ble to understand tins article in any other way thm th-it in which tl|e emperor under ft od it the dilculiidii on ttus article was fo warm that on the 27th of june the lrea'y had near'y been broken oft : — at laft the directory divided and two were ol barthelmny's op:ni n f that liege and stavelot will enjoy their ancient conitiui tyjn the prince of liege i fet off for vi enna to thank the emperor for his pro icdion paris jnfy 24 a catnp of 40,000 auuvuns is.formthg in franco.lia and another of 30.000 in bavaria 70,020 pruilians are encamped in silefi.i an \ lufatia the t.«oiiveb wmch actuate thele powers to put on lo warlike an appearance is an enigma which the termination of the prefent negociations lor p;ace can alone explain tne news which we have this moment received is of foch importance that we iiafteu to give it immediate publication in otder that ihofs whofe concern it houkl he to contradict if may halt n to fnisfy the nation on he i'ubjed of alarms which it they re faife are yet not gioundlds l'eclair of itu 25th brussels july 22 the greater part of the div.fion om m^nded by general ruhepenie is crolpng nitnur lor the purp fe of entering the in terior of the republic it is certain that a great number of troops from all t!ie anr.ie tias received orders to repair to paris and ihe environs of that capital malicious rsports have already been fpread among thefe troops who are nude to believe that a royalilt counter-revolution is on the point of taking place immsd a ely and that go vernment has recourfe to them in order to r\v jnt it whitever be the object of this ihe fa ft is certain and it is chiefly f with the lighter troops hat it is attempted the rayalillb of the council of five hundred will b mith jlton thsd to find hat carno h mfelt gave the orders tor th lurch of the troop c . hochc incenfed 1 us iiwnceuvrea which are carrying 0,1 4 jaii ft the three members of the directory v*illfoon cut this gordiau knot and diltlol'e the truth we ire afllin <!, that an accommod/uion h.»s taken place between chofe members oi tin directory who were more at vafiaitwe n)d it is hoped that two miniftejs win in the public has lo n ach real'on to icgiei will be k pt in office francis neufchatea«s<tept the office of mil iller ofthe interior nd there is no 1 d'uht will fill it wiih pioprie.y he is however fubjictto tie guut whtth laftj toil month in ev<r year the i r th 1 hennidor general hpcih received at curleler an cinder irom h innnlter f marine tvr a feiret expedition j-'i • > aflemble <■- •' - r r w j»<x^m i»b lui^'ln ik n cilery in < he uei^h bourhood of brcli it is aid from 8 to io,coo men are to be employed ab tlwn tv as only in ljr.tauny uffirient infantry to guard the coait and no cavalry or anil lery hothehas drawn 6oco infantry irom the army ot jhesambreai d mcu:e bttidc 2oco cavalry and artillery 1 he above is the explanation given ol the march of ihe trcops which has cauled io cimch uiic..fnief ar p,ris n'otv ithltai.d r.g the cloud in the politi cal atmoiphereof paris th^t city is jet un illurbcd jl we may believe pn l'c report th negotiations at lfle with england prc ceed rnucii uime rapidly than thoie at won tebtllo with auitnti generil scherer is appoined m'nifterat m?r this general was the predeceftor ol doonap.ric in the command of the army of italy july 2 a letter f'rem madrid of the iorh inlr ifttr noiiting the bombardment at cadiz lays •• in our prefent critical cir-um hiufs we are aft mi/bed to fay nothing mere at obferving that our governmeni attempts nothing agap.it portu^a which howtv.-r feeble is a very dangerulit neigh boar iuxf without the help t which the engli/h could never have kept their fiof iin lo oiii in thcle latitudes where they r..vt us with fo much impunity we nuy thank porrugal that tney now men ice us at one of the m'>{l iinpc-r nr points of our coait we learn that ih y have aho made their appt?rance before vigo in gallicia where th-y have ummoned the governor to liirreuilc r we h ive no doubt nut that t.'nir troops for debarkation have been i'uppliecj by the portuguese in this uate of things the inactivity of the court is not io be explained it is to be afcribed to the dole r lationfliip which connects it with thf court of litbon or to a more afflicting caufe — che property of cur treafurv i l'eclair july 26 the menace of the directory to the council of five hundred relative to the finances gives a very meraiicholy lia'e meut ot our diilrels the directory de clare that the enfis is at length arrived which they had for a long time pift an nounced and call upon the council to pro vide in their wil'dom the moil efficacious means to prevent the incalculable inifcliicts thai may ctherwile be produced july 27 since h club of salm has been fhut up the pub ic dilcontent has very much decrcaled a-id if the directory would at length con pent to difmifs merlin nj rams every thing would go on fatis factorily 1 he difltolution of the clubs of all partie has njt been the only lacrfice made for the reitoration of public tranqmlity a recon dilation took place after ihe fitting et the 24th in the library of the legifli'ive body above loo members known to belong to cl'chi and thole ot the moderate piny — the former took poftelfioii at a very eaily hour of the library and the latter were not ahtile lurpriled on entering to find the place occupied by prrfons whom they were mot in the ha it of meeting there how ever the conversation became general the jieatell cordiality prevailed and men ac ailt.nticj to treat others with lulpicion k'ciul they were not on a fociable foot iig p.tfffd the time agreeably together and ir'«d in a very friendly manner qu c<inuet has informed itie admtni no 4 vol i