The New Hampshire Gazette

Several of the ships of war which composed our Irish fleet, and Gen. Hoche, who commanded it, are gloriously returned to Brest—what vessels they are we do not know, but it is certain that the Pacifier of La Vendee is actually in that port—and that he has lately addressed a proclamation to his soldiers to animate their courage and their hopes. If we believe the Reducteur, whose veracity is universally acknowledged, the English accounts must be egregiously false when they inform us that they have taken the Suffren, when the only vessel captured by them is a small transport of 300 tons, which during a fog threw herself among the enemy's ships. However here follows an extract of general orders issued by Hoche to the expeditionary army of Ireland, dated the 2d of January.

"Brave Comrades.

"The Gen. Hoche, under whose Orders you were accustomed to conquer, was conducting you to new triumphs; you were about to transport Liberty to Ireland to revenge the many injuries which the French Republic has suffered from the English government, and force that proud and haughty nation to accept of an honorable peace which all Europe expects. The winds have betrayed our hopes—the army has been dispersed by the storm and it has been separated from its chief. Soldiers, this momentary re-entrance into France shall not make you languish in the uncertain expectation—the success promised you is only delayed—the government without doubt adheres too much to the execution of the glorious project it had framed for the prosperity of the republic, and values your services too highly not to present you in a short time with the means of exercising your energy and constancy. No, because an adverse element has for once restrained your arms, you certainly will not be discouraged; the path to glory is now known to you; we have proved to the censurers of this maritime expedition, that notwithstanding the rigors of winter, nothing was impossible to Frenchmen.—And if your appearance has alone been sufficient to make England tremble, judge what you may expect when with more numerous forces we shall return to the attack.

Your chiefs applaud the firmness with which you have encountered the many dangers that surrounded you. The Executive Directory is informed of it. With the testimony of its satisfaction you will soon receive the orders which we all ardently desire—those of returning to combat the most bitter enemy to peace and to our liberty."

The Gen. in Chief of the Staff.

CHERIN.