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officers, with patrols, forming fomewhat more than 100 men, feconded by a few fmall detachments to cover their flanks. This weak corps advanced against the enemy, who were feven times more numerous, and attacked them with fuch intrepidity, that the latter foon betook themselves to flight, after having had two men killed, and a great number wounded. Our brave foldiers took poffeffion of feveral mufkets and hats, and two trees of liberty,

On the 8th, the enemy advanced at day break from Voltri towards the heights, and threatened an attack on colonel Vuckaffewich's left wing. This officer immediately difpatched againft them four companies of the fecond battalion of Carlstadt, fupported by a divifion of Alvinzi. Thefe detachments affailed the enemy moft courageously, and forced them to abandon the heights, and to feek refuge in the entrenchments they had thrown up near Acqua-Santa. Our troops, however, did not confine themselves, to this fuccefs: they attacked the enemy in their entrenchments, and put them to a complete flight. Our croats purfued them to within a small diftance of Voltri. The enemy left 40 dead on the field of battle, among whom were three officers; they carried off a great number of wounded: we took from them 28 prifoners, of whom three were corporals. On our fide we had one man killed and eleven wounded.

Stockholm, April 12. The office for the debts of the kingdom has agreed to furnish 60 tons of gold to carry on the war, The greatest exertions are ufed for the equipment of our fleet, and a beginning has also been made at Carlferona. The equipping of the land forces is alfo carried on with the greateft activity, and a confiderable part of the Swedish troops is expected shortly to march for Finland,

Francfort, April 12. The arch-duke Charles arrived on the evening of the 10th, accompanied by general Bellegarde, and an adjutant-general; his departure from Vienna was hailened by a Courier dispatched to meet him by field-marshal Wurmfer. The armi ftice, it was underflood, would cease on the 18th, when general Nauendorf, and the prince of Wurtemburg were

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to commence operations between the Lahn and Duffeldorf.

The garrifon of Mayence is ordered to keep itself in readiness to march in ten days.

The Auftrians are making preparations to form camps near Mayence, Hochft, Lautern, &c. &c. It is faid that the Auftrians will, about the 18th of April. put an end to the armiftice.

Bruffels, April 13. The new war minifter Petiet has informed all the French troops who are here, that any officer who chufes to retire, will have leave to do fo without any difficulty: very few have as yet profited by this permiffion.

This proceeding would feem like an approaching peace, if we did not know, that although a great number of officers have lately been dif charged, there still remain more than are neceffary for the fervice of the armies..

This city, it is confidently afferted, will be declared in a flate of fiege; 3000 of the garrifon have received orders to march inftantly towards the Lower Rhine. All the cannoneers of the departments of the north and of the Pas de Palais, are under orders to march to the duchy of Berg.

All the heights fituated on the left of the Meufe, and which command the pofitions on its right bank, are about to be fortified from Maeftricht to Huy. The French are railing palifadoed batteries on all the principal points in a diagonal line, having the rivulets in front, and covered by the high grounds which offer themselves in that quar

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The engineers have already visited the fcite, and laid down the plans which are immediately to be carried into execution.

Thefe defenfive preparations indicate the opinion of the republican generals, that if the war continues, the Auftrians will direct their principal efforts to the Lower Rhine. They know, that if Duffeldorff were retaken, and the river once paffed, there are no tenable posts from thence to the Meufe.

Francfort, April 14. The Courier du Bas Rhin mentions, that the executive directory has given affurances that the line of demarcation shall be refpected when hoftilities recommence. By advices from the Upper Rhine,

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The arch duke is going to reconnoitre the whole line of troops. The whole army has quitted its winter quarters, and each corps is marching to its deftination. It is thought the im perialifts will only act upon the defenfive on the right more of the Rhine.

Copenhagen, April 16. The govern mert has allowed the free exportation of corn and flour from all parts of the kingdom.

In the actual ftate of Ruffia and Sweden, many probable conjectures are drawn from the appointment of Pichegru to the embally at Stockholm, and of Aubert Dubayet, ci-devant minifter of war, to that at Conftantinople. It may be reasonably inferred, if a war takes place between Sweden and Ruffia, that it will focn be followed by another between the Porte and Ruffia.

Stockholm, April 16. Several hundred men are employed in our dockyards in the fitting out of the fleet of gallies, which will be ready for fea in three or four weeks.

The duke regent is on the point of fetting out for Carlscrona, fo accelerate by his prefence the equipment of the grand fleet.

General de Wrede has left this place for Finland. All the letters we rereive from that country ftate, that the inhabitants manifeft the warmest enthusiasm and utmost readiness to defend it to the laft extremity in cafe of an attack.

Francfort, April 16. The day before yefterday field-marthal Wurmfer arrived at Mentz, from Manheim, when he had a conference with the arch duke Charles. Yefterday a great military council was held to deliberate on the operations of the campaign, which there is no doubt will foon commence, and in which the Auftrians will act on the offenfive. Field-marthal Wurmfer returned to Manheim immediately. The imperial armies on the Upper and Lower Rhine will act in combination with each other. The imperial army on the Lower Rhine will be augmented to 30,000 men. All the imperial troops are now going into camp. Fifty more failors from Naples are arrived for the flotilla of colonel Williams.

No military movements have as yet been obferved in the French army on the Upper Rhine; they are only erecting batteries and entrenchments for their advanced pofts near Frankenthal, Neuftadt, &c. and it appears as if the Auftrians would be before hand in their preparations. The French general Frimon is pofted at Germersheim. General Dalmas at Botheim, and general Chabot at Oberluftadt. From the French army on the Lower Rhine, troops are ftill marching into the neighbourhood of Strafbourg, and it is thought the French intend to make an attack on the Brifgaw. The Auftrian artillery of referve is gone from Seligenftadt to the Rhine

Leyden, April 18. Citizen Bicker was elected on the 15th prefident of the national affembly, when there were long debates upon the differences that have exifted in Friezeland, which terminated by addreffing to the fupreme conftituted authority in Frizeland, a letter exhorting peace, union, concord, and oblivion to all that is paft, &c. &c.

Mentz, April 19. The most active preparations are making for opening the campaign. A council of war bas been held, at which were prefent fieldmarshal Wurmfer, who on the 16th returned to Manheim, prince Wirtemburg, prince-Hohenlohl, generals Stader, Lauer, &c. On the breaking up of the council, couriers were fent to the different corps.

At Pforzheim, thirty pontoons have been built for the Auftrian army. The works of the Hechthein Mounts are now completed.

Warfa, April 20. Letters from Ukraine ftate, that four Ruffian armies, of 36,000 men each, are fhortly to march towards the Turkish frontiers. The whole force of Ruffia in the Ukraine confits of 165,000 men, including all irregular troops. Majorgeneral de Buxhuden is gone thither to affift field-marshal general count de Suwarrow, who will have the chief command there. Several hundred pieces of cannon are faid to have been fent off the Niefter.

Paris, April 22. The troops for the expedition to St. Domingo 'have failed from Breft. The men of war which

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that they escaped the English who at- ftation from whence their trade is fo tempted to oppofe their paffage. We hear no more of a revolt. ftorm is paffed; but much is fpoken of the measures necessary to be adopt-is ed, in order to prevent its recurrence.

An armed force is cantoned under the walls of Paris; and troops are encamped on the plain of Grenelle, and on that of Sablons. A moving column alfo parades different points.

Rouen, April 25. The French government withdraws all the troops of the line from the departments of the Lower Seine, and replaces them with national guards. The former are or dered to march to the environs of Paris, where a confiderable force is now af fembling. This feems to indicate, that the directory does not think itfelf fecure of the good difpofition of the ca pital.

The French have formed a camp, comprifing 1,500 men, oppofite the little iflands of St. Marceau, with a view of repoffeffing themselves of a

Paris, April 26. The campaign in Italy is fcarcely commenced, when it almoft finished. Never, was victory more brilliant.

We are affured the king of Sardinia has already quitted Piedmont, and is gone to Venice.

A member of the fenate of Hamburgh is arrived in Paris, to fettle the differences with France.

We are affured, that there bas very lately arrived at Bafle, a new agent from England, charged to renew the negotiations with France.

Sir Sydney, Smith arrived yesterday in Paris, with two other English officers. He has been conducted to the old prifon of the Abbaye.

According to a letter from the Hague, the Dutch feet, confifting of 13 fhips of the line, and fome frigates, has turned the British ifles, by the north, and is gone to the Cape of Good, Hope.

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Yarmouth, April 13.

HE hereditary princefs of Orange and her fon, this day, at two o'clock, embarked at the Jetty, for the continent, after a fortnight's detention here by contrary winds.

She was accompanied to the fhore by a vaft concourfe of people, who vied with each other in paying her the moft marked attention and refpect, of which the feemed highly fenfible.

town, and will be long remembered by the princefs, who expreffed herself highly fatisfied with the reception.

15. This day his majesty reviewed the duke of Gordon's regiment of north highland fencibles, in Hyde Park.

This is the firft regiment of highlanders his prefent majefty ever reviewed. They met at the Horfe-fhoe inn, in the Borough, at half pafl nine in the forenoon, and proceeded on their Our worthy mayor, fir Edmund march to the Horfe Guards, where Lacon, attended her to the prince of they were met by his majefly, the Orange packet, which was laying ready prince of Wales, duke of York, prince. for her reception in the roads. During Erneft, prince of Gloucefter, gen. Fawher stay here, he was entertained at cett, and moft of the general and the house of this gentlemen iu fo hof-field-officers in England, accompanied pitable and elegant a manner, as mufl by a detachment of the life guards, and reflect the highest honour upon the a battallen of the foot guards, they

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cers and workmen meet with much indulgence of extra, and the hours between working are greatly curtailed, in confequence the people work with much more spirit and alacrity in their different branches of bufinefs; much to their own honour, to the fatisfaction of their officers, and to the advantage of his majesty's fervice.

proceeded to Hyde Park, where they were immediately reviewed. The weather being favourable, a vaft concourfe of the fashionable world had affembled on the occafion. The duke of Gordon commanded in perfon. The men made a very fine appearance, and went through the whole of their manœuvres with an exactnefs and promptitude that would have been honourable to any of the veteran corps: their march-ceived in town of the capture of the ing and firing was managed with particular dexterity, and his majefty expreffed the highest fatisfaction at the whole of their conduct. The mufic of the band had a novel and pleafing effect. In addition to the ufual inftruments, two bagpipes were introduced.

After the review was over, the regiment commenced their march to Newcatle, where they are to be encamped under the command of prince William of Gloucefter.

Intelligence was this morning re

following veffels by the Patriot French privateer, viz. the Friendship from Liverpool to London; the Harlequin, from Belfaft to London; the Duchess of Hamilton from Teneriff to Portfmouth, and the Jenny and Mary, from

to Newfoundland. The. privateer, after removing the ĉargo, ftowed as many prifoners on board the Jenny and Mary as fhe would contain, and fent her into Torbay. Two vessels have likewife been captured on their paffage from Kingston, Jamaica, to the north fide of the island.

16. His majefty reviewed the prince of Wales's regiment of light This day mails from Barbadoes, Cragoons on Afhford common. His Martinique, Jamaica, and St. Domingo, royal highness appeared in his uniform were received at the general poftat the head of his corps, which made office, brought to Falmouth by the a moft martial appearance, and went Grantham packet, capt. Bull, in 54 through their evolutions with a degree days from Jamaica; the Grantham of skill and addrefs not to be exceeded.und the Alarm and Le Pique frigates His royal highnefs prince Erneft, and feveral general officers were on the ground.

Horfe Guards, April 16, 1796. A letter, of which the following is an extract, dated Calcutta, December 15, 1795, has been received by the right hon. Henry Dundas, one of his majefty's principal fecretaries of state, from major-general fir Robert Abercromby, K. B. commander in chief of his majefty's and the East India company forces.in Bengal.

"I have the honour to inform you that major Petrie, foon after the furreader of Cochin detached a force against the Dutch fort of Quilon, and their factories of Porca and Quilon in the Travancore country. They were delivered up without refiftance; and we are now in poffeffion of all their fettlements on the continent of India,"

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Chatham, April 18. The feveral fhips now fitting for fea at this port are or dered to be expedited with all poffible dispatch; and as the refpective artifi

in Carlisle Bay, on the 13th of January, and the Majeftic, admiral Laforey, with the Matilda frigate, at Martinique; on the 16th the Regulus of 44 guns, capt. Oaks, failed from Fort Royal on the aft of February, for Port-au-Prince, as did the Jane armed fhip, capt. Morgan, for the Mole.

19 There are 80 English prifoners closely confined at Rotterdam, being the crews of fhips which have been taken. Diffatisfied with their allowances, which are fcantily divided, they lately attacked their guards, but were at length quslled without blood-fhed. Since that time they have been deprived of every indulgence before enjoyed.

The city comptroller and furveyors were employed in giving directions for pulling down that ancient barrier of London, Temple Bar, with the feveral houfes, as planned by alderman Pickett, in order to make a noble entrance from the weft end of the town, and to join London and Weltminfler together.

April 20. A letter was received at

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the Admiralty, from the first lieutenant of the Diamond frigate, off the coaft of France, containing an account of the capture of that gallant officer, fir Sydney Smith.

Sir Sydney, in the night of Monday laf, went in his boat to cut out a French lugger in the port of Havre. This he accomplished, after fome refiftance, by which one Frenchman was killed; bu deterred from immediately failing by the rapidity of the current, he caft anchor. During the night, however, the fhip drove from her anchor, the cable, it is faid, having been cut by one of the prifoners, and was carried by the current above the town.

In this fituation, be was attacked on the morning of Tuefday, by all the gun-boats and other veffels which the enemy could mufter; and after a galJant and even defperate refiftance, against a force fo infinitely fuperior to his own, he found himfelf at length obliged to furrender. We are happy, however, to find that he received no injury in the conflict.

The fociety for the encouragement of arts, &c. have laudably offered very confiderable rewards for the inventing a mill for grinding of corn for the ufe of private families or parish poor, and for contriving an apparatus whereby the abominable cuftom of employing children in the bufinefs of fweeping chimneys may be obviated.

The following is an exact list of the number of officers in the British navy, as they flood on the 1st January, 1796; one hundred flag officers, that is to fay, admirals, vice admirals, and rear admirals; four hundred and fixty captains; two hundred and forty-four commanders; and one thousand nine hundred and fixty-one lieutenants, making in the whole two thousand four hundred and ninety-one commiffioned officers.

The navy of this country, exclufive of the hired armed veffels for protect. ing the coaft trade, confifted, on the 31ff of March last, of one hundred and leventy fhips of the line, twenty-nine fifties, one hundred and eighty-eight frigates, two hundred and eleven floops, making in the whole, a navy of five hundred and ninety-eight fhips of war.

This morning her majesty and the

fix princeffes, accompanied by lady Charlotte Finch, breakfasted with his royal highness prince Erneft, at his apartments in St. James's Palace; the prince of Wales and duke of Clarence were of the royal party; the entertainment confifted of tea and coffee, after which an elegant collation confifting of every delicacy which the seafon could afford, was provided, and the company were amufed during their ftay with a concert of inftrumental mufic; at half paft one the queen and princeffes left his royal highneffes's apartments and were conducted to their carriages, amidft a number of fpectators, by the prince.

A few days ago as fome labourers were digging in a garden at Fox-lane, near Nottinghanr, they difcovered fix human skeletons intire, depofited in re gular order fide by side, fuppofed to be, part of the fifteen forefters that were, killed by the outlaw Robin Hood. Near the above place anciently stood a church, built in the early ages of Chriftianity, dedicated to St. Michael, which was totally demolished at their formation, but the parishioners at certain times tepair to this place to offer their religious functions, as being fome centuries. ago confecrated ground; great quantities of human bones have been found, molt of which were in a mutilated, ftate; alfo feveral Saxon, and old Englifh coins, viz. Angels, Marks, and Nobles, that denote it to have been a place of confequence.-No doubt but the bones in queftion were properly buried in St. Michael's church-yard. The proprietors of the garden humanely ordered the pit where the bones were found, to be filled up, being unwilling to difturb the relics of humanity and the afhes of the dead.

22. This morning their majeflies, and the princeffes, accompanied by the prince of Wales and prince Erueft, attended by lord Harcourt and lady Cathcart, vifited the royal academy at Somerfet house, to view the paintings, previous to the exhibition opening for public infpection; the royal family

taid near two hours in the apartments; after which, her majefly, the princesses royal, Auguta, Elizabeth, and Sophia, left town for Windfor.

Portsmouth, April 21. Six fail of the

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