other demefne lands amount at leaft te 4000 acres ! Bruffels, June 30. It is mentioned, that the 16 veffels, moftly frigates, affembled by admiral Van Stable, in Flushing, are expected to fail with fome others on the point of arriving from Breft and L'Orient, to join the Dutch fleet in the north fea, at present too weak to combat the English, who reign paramount in that quarter. The whole expedition will certainly be ready in the courfe of the prefent month. Hague, June 30. According to intelligence from Conftantinople, a good understanding between Spain and the Porte feems to increase.-It is even faid, that Spain has promifed her affifiance in preventing any fhips of war going Hamburgh, June 29. Letters from the frontiers of Poland itate, that the court of Ruffia has abfolutely ceded a confi derable part of Volhynia to the house of Auftria, which is to form the twelfth circle of Western Gallicia. It is added, that the Tartarian Coffacks, in the neigh-into the Mediterranean, hoftile to the bourhood of Lithuania, have demanded permiffion to enter into the fervice of the emperor, and to form a feparate corps. They obferve the customs and manners of the Tarks, but are good foldiers. In the late revolution in Poland, they ferved under their general Belak. Accounts from Petersburgh, by the laft Hamburgh mail, mention, that 20,000 fresh troops are fent to ftrengthen the Cordon, on the Cafpian Sea; that fince the reception of the courier from London the greateft activity has prevailed in the marine department, the men in the dock yards being ordered to work double time. Hague, June 29. From Rome it appears, that emigration from the ecclefiaftical eftates is forbidden, and that the holy father has granted his fubjects an indulgence, during which all the theatres are to be fhut up, all public fhews prohibited, &c. Another fquadron of Ruffian auxiliaries were, according to the lalt accounts from Revel, equipping at port; and was faid would be ready to fail about the beginning of June. They are fuppofed to be intended for the Mediterranean. Their exact ftrength is not precisely known. Paris, June 30. St. Cloud, the mag. nificent palace of the unfortunate queen of France, and all its parks and royal domain, is to be fold under a national convention title, for the trifling fum of sool. fterling! The palace alone colt co,cool, in building, and the parks and Porte.-The Spanish trade to the Levant is faid to have undergone a confiderable augmentation. Paris, June 30. The jacobins have by no means abandoned their project of refcuing from juftice, Babœuf, Drouet, the rest of the confpirators, and their accomplices, as will appear from the' following motto, which was engraved on one of the pannels of the carriage in which Drouet was conveyed to the council of elders:-" DEATH to the tyrants who shall dare to find HM guilty.” We have at the prefent moment an army of 25,000 men in Suabia. Condé's army is in extreme danger; it appears to be cut off. We are affured that the 6000 Austrians, fent into Italy to the affiftance of Beaulieu, have been beaten by Buonaparte; that the fluices at Mantua are in our poffeffion, and that general Rufca is on his march to Leghorn, where he is expected to have arrived before this time. This morning a multitude of perfons in difguife made their appearance in the different markets. The watch-word` was fecretly paffed. The brigands inveighed against the mandats, in order to check their currency, against the deputies who gave mandats to the fansculottes, and receive myriagrammes in return, against the minifters and the directory, who give fumptuous entertainments when the people are ftarving, againft the regulations of the central Bureau, the extortion of the merchants, the oppreffion of the fans-culottes, &c. &c. The The people, worked upon by these inflammatory harangues, feized the provifions which the country people had brought to market, and fixed their own price on every article in mandats and affignats. In an inftant the contagion of revolt extended to all parts of the capital, and fimilar exceffes were committed. Butter, eggs, fruits, and vegetables, were fold below half their value. The infurgents proceeded to the bakers' fhops. At fome they fixed the affize of bread at 50 livres, at others fo low as 30. The perfons who expofed their bread to fale in the fquares and public places, and particularly in the garden of equality, were plundered. Tranquillity feems now to be restored; but we have every reafon to believe, that these exceffes will eventually convince the government, notwithstanding its blind confidence, and apparent fecurity, that the anarchists will perfevere in their attempts to fubvert the conftitution, until the former have courage or energy enough to crush the faction which directs their operations. July 5. Several deputies, and among others Camus, faid yesterday evening, that certain news has been received of the capture of Fribourg, in the Britgau, by the republican troops, after one of the most bloody battles, in which the Auftrians were entirely defeated; the cuiraffiers particularly, who pafs for the beft troops of the empire, were cut to pieces; and none, it is faid, efcaped. This news was published yesterday very late. It is faid that it is pofitive, and an official publication of it is expected to-day. Amfterdam, July 9. A combined fleet of English and Ruffians continue before the mouth of the Texel, fearching all fofpected veffels, &c. while an English fleet of eight ships of the line and two frigates are cruifing in the North Sea. The Dutch army has been encamped in feveral pofitions between Dollart and Nimeguen; its line has been extended as far as Duffeldorff by a ftrong advanc ed guard. Å letter from Frankfort ftates, that in the action on the Sieg, the French general, Lefevre, had his hand cut off by a Saxon dragoon, and his brother was killed. Hague, July 12. Since the laft affair upon the Lahn, about 200 waggon-loads of wounded French have been brought to Herve, Limburg, and Aix-la- Chapelle ; moft of their wounds were given by fabres. Such as could not be moved further, have been left at Bonn, Cologne, and Andernach. All public fpeaking and writing relative to the belligerent powers, is strictly forbidden at Bologna in the pope's territory, as well as any criticifm upon the events of the war.-Sixty thousand livres were diftributed among the citizens of Milan by general Buonaparte, to celebrate the victories over the AuArians on the 30th and 31st of May.— Thofe citizens that excufe themfelves from perfonal service, must pay 40 fols per day. Letters from Madrid mention, that an Italian prieft was arrested there for pretending to be furnished with a brief from the pope, and the body of St. Felix the martyr, which, upon examination, proved to be nothing more than an ordinary skeleton, ingeniously covered with parchment, &c. to imitate human flesh. The bearer had been very liberal in baftowing indulgences, and felling images of the faint, and was in the habit of celebrating mafs in his own chamber to a number of devotees from whom he collected alms. All the fhips difperfed from the rich convoy coming from Vera Cruz to Old Spain, have fafely arrived at Cadiz. The laft accounts from Conftantinople mention that the fear of an approaching war has fuddenly intimidated the candidates for the governments of Wallachia and Moldavia; and that, for the fame reason, the prefent Hofpodar of Wallachia has folicited his difmiffion. A letter from Petersburgh, dated May 27, O. S. fays, "We had a very violent ftorm of thunder and lightning on Sunday evening, which has done much damage. The galley mole was truck, 46 galleys, 24 gun boats, the itore- houfe, &c. reduced to afhes. A houfe on Fentancka canal was laft night fired by lightning. We alfo hear that the Hermitage, or imperial apartments of her majelty, who is at Zozelo, has met with the fame fate." 2 U a HOME HOME Dover, June 24. THIS morning arrived a neutral vef fel from Calais, with passengers and baggage. This vessel brings an account that another engagement has taken place on the Rhine, which terminated in favour of the Auftrians. So various are the reports circulated by the French, that it is very difficult to form an opinion, which of them is founded on truth. At an early hour this morning Paris journals up to the 19th init. were received in town by exprefs. They were landed on Wednesday at Dover, in the afternoon, from a French vefiel with a flag of truce, which came over with difpatches for M. Charretier, the agent here for the exchange of French prifoners. NEW S. flow, commanding his majefty's fhips and veffels at Plymouth, to Mr. Nepean, dated June 30, 1796. Herewith I have the pleafure to inclofe a letter from capt. Tomlinfon, of his majefly's floop La Suffifante, containing particulars of his fuccefs in capturing the Morgan French privateer, and recapturing the fix English merchant fhips that had been taken by her, and which you will be pleased to lay before my lords commiffioners of the admiralty. So complete a piece of fervice, performed by a veffel of fuch fmall force as the Suffifante, I am perfuaded their lordfhips will admit, reflects great credit on captain Tomlinfon, his officers and men. A common hall was held at GuildLa Sufifante, Plymouth, hall for the election of city officers for SIR, June 30, 1796. the year enfuing: when Stephen Lang- I beg leave to acquaint you, that his fton, efq alderman and joiner; Wil-majefty's ftoop, La Suffifante, under my liam Staines, efq. alderman and carpenter, were elected theriffs. John Wilkes, efq. alderman and joiner, was elected chamberlain. The Traveller, Dawson, of Bridlington, was engaged by a French privateer, of 8 or 10 guns, in lat. 55. 55. Flamborough Head bearing S. W. 50 leigues; but after an action of an hour and ten minutes, the Frenchman fheered off. The Traveller had only four guns and two fwivels; no perfon on board was hurt. The privateer was crowded with men.. July 2. A large detachment of the royal artillery, under the command of captains Hooke and Ramfey, and lieutenants Rennel, Hughes, Barnes, and Oliver, fuddenly embarked at Woolwich Warren, for Gibraltar, to reinforce that garriion, on board of the Mary Ann, ordnance tranfport. It is faid, a draught from the fa.ne corps is about to be sent shortly to the Weft-Indies. Admiralty-Office, July 2, 1796. Copy of a letter from vice admiral On command, has retaken two English fhips, on the 27th inftant, near the island de Bas (from Oporto), loaded with wine. I gained intelligence from the prifoners that the French privateer which they belonged to, carried fixteen guns and ten fwivels; and that on the preceding day fhe was to the northward of Scilly, in chafe of feveral English veffels, I therefore immediately difpatched the prizes, with orders,to go to Plymouth, and flood in for the French coaft, between Ufhant and the Ifle de Bas, in hopes of meeting her on her return, or any other prizes that the fhould fend into Morlaix or Breft. On the following morning I had the good fortune to difcover the above-mentioned privateer, and four loaded merchant fhips (her prizes) ftanding towards us, and, as I fetched within gunfhot of the privateer, we gave her feveral broadfides, as we paffed on oppofite tacks; and, on our putting about to follow him, he made the fignal for his prizes to difperfe. They were then about about feven miles from us to the N. W., At one P. M. we fetched very near her lee-quarter, and opened a well-directed fire of mufquetry upon them from forward, which obliged them to ftrike before we could get alongside to bring our great guns to bear upon her. As the greatest dispatch was neceffary to enable us to overtake the prizes, which were endeavouring to escape by fteering in different directions, I ordered lieutenant Pickford to take command of the privateer, to fend the French captain and officers on board the Sufante immediately, and then to make fail and affift me in taking the merchant ships, which service was performed very much to my fatisfaction, he having taken two of them, one of which I had not the leaft hopes of his being able to come up with, as fhe was very far to the windward. To the fpirited and active behaviour of the officers and crew of the Suffifante, I confider myself in a great meafure indebted for our fuccefs, which is as complete as I could wish it to be: for, exclufive of the privateer, which is a fine copper-bottomed brig, capable of doing much mischief, we have likewife retaken fix valuable English merchant fhips, which are all that the had captured. I am, Sir, &c. NICHOLAS TOMLINSON. To Vice Admiral Onflow,. Commander in Chief at Plymouth. An order has been juft iffited from the war-office, for an immediate examination of the mufter rolls of the fe veral regiments of militia throughout Great Britain, in order to ascertain the precife number of effective men now in the fervice. Parliament freet, July 4, 1796. Difrutches have been received from lieurenant-general fir Ralph Abercromby, K. B. by the right honourable Henry Dundas, one of his majetty's principal fecretaries of ftate, dated St. Lucia, May, 22, 1796, to acquaint him that major general Whyte has returned from Berbice, which colony accepted of the terms offered to Demerary, and is now in our quiet poffefion. Liverpool, July 4. On Thursday fe onight the John and Margaret, of Newcaille, arrived at that port, from Davis's Straits. She has caught ten whales, producing 106 leagers, 112 butts, 48 puncheons, 180 tons blubber, and eight tons whale fins: the left at Davis's Straits, on the first ult. the Vigilant, of London, with feven fish; the Oakhall, of ditto, with two; the Neptune, of ditto, with two; the Sarat and Elizabeth, of Hull, with four; the Elizabeth, of ditto, with four; the North Briton, of ditto, with four; the Fauconberg, of Whitby, with fix; the Hunter, of Sunderland, with feven; the Hercules, of Aberdeen, with two; and the Eliza, Swan, of Montrofe, with four. There were none of any other nation at Davis's Straits. The Libon mail has brought letters from Madrid as late as the 14th of June, which are of a later date than thole by 'the laft Corunna mail. These letters contain advices of a favourable nature refpecting the conduct of the court of Madid. They affirm, that lord Bute having made reprefentations to the Spanish minilter of the proceedings of French cruifers in the Mediteranean feas, which greatly annoyed our trade, the Spanish minifter returned for anfwer-that according to a fecret article in the late treaty of peace between Spain and France, French crufers were permitted to fail in and out of Spanish ports as often as they chofe fo to do, and to bring in their prizes; but that, in order to avoid all jealoufy of preference, Englifh fhips should have the faine permiffion, as well as to victual in Spanish ports. In confequence of this permiffion, admiral Jervis has ftationed a frigate, a cutter, and a brig, to cruile between Gibraltar and Alican, to protect our trade, and to watch the motions of the French cruifers. A fingular circumstance happened off the fle of Wight. The Do'pira, pilot cutter, of Hallings, with only nike men, oblerving a French privateen capture a trading vefiel, bore down upon them, on which the privateer (not liking her appearance) Rood off, and the Dphin coming along-foe the captured vellel, the men, (having neither arms nor ammunition) armed themfelves with mop ticks and a fice poker, immediately grappled the veffel, bearded her, overcame the Frenchmen whom they had feen put on board, seized, and car ried her into Rye. 12. Late at night, M. Nettman, fecretary to monf. Charettier, arrived at Dover in a cartel from Boulogne. 14. The difpatches which were brought to the admiralty, from fir John Jervis, on the Mediterranean flation, make the moft honourable mention of the intrepid conduct of captain Macnamara, commanding the Southampton frigate. This officer having failed at once into the harbour of Toulon, attempted to cut out a French veffel mounting 24 guns, and was on the point of eafily fucceeding, when the chemy, alarmed, rushed forward upon deck, and prepared for refiftance. The action now became general. The French captain fell, and twenty of his crew were alfo killed. The frigate was, at length, towed out of the harbour, amidit the fire of the fort, and with the lofs of only one man. | 16. The homeward bound fleets from the Eaft Indies, which are daily expected, are fo numerous, as to make them very formidable; befides which, they have a convoy of the Standard, of 64 guns, and another man of war. Extracts of a letter from an officer of high rank in the Eaft India company's fervice, dated from Wolfendall, Feb. 13, 1796, relating to the capture of Colombo, in the Ile of Ceylon. "On the 7th of February, major Petrie marched with a confiderable detachment from Nigainbo, and crossed a river 100 yards broad, deep, but not rapid; the whole diftance making about eleven miles. "On the 11th inftant, to our complete aftonishment, a formidable pafs was difcovered to be abandoned; and with the utmost expedition we crossed almoft all the army, in the course of the fame day. "On the 12th the flank companies were attacked by 200 Europeans and 6co Malays. The line was ordered to advance for their fupport; but before any of the corps could render any effectual aid, they had charged and totally defeated the enemy: this happened almoft under the walls of Colombo. In this gallant and decifive affair, our lofs was two European grenadiers killed, and nine wounded-volunteer Grant was feverely wounded, "and captain French flightly.-1 he enemy loft about 170 killed and wounded, chiefly Malays. Some officers of rank fell, and lieut. col. Raymond is dead of his wounds. In the beginning of the action, the Malays difplayed their usual treachery, and appeared before our pofts, making figns of fubmiflion, laying their creffes, &c. on the ground. This morning his majefly reviewed, on Wimbledon Common, the 20, or queen's bays, commanded by the marquis of Townhend; the king was accompanied by the prince of Wales, prince Erneft, and the duke of Gloucefter; the review began at half past rine, and was not over till after twelve, at the clofe of which, the fix fepoys, and the captain of the vessel who brought them over, were fent from Mr. Dundas's house, and placed on an eminence, for the view of his majefly and the company; they were in the Indian drefs; the ferjeant and corporal differed from the four privates, in their uniform and epaulette, which were of filver lace. The king afked the captain a great "The difunion and want of exernumber of queflions, and feemed highly tion amongst the enemy, fuggefted the entertained with the fingularity of their propriety of fummoning the fort; and appearance; their iron fpiked hats, major Agnew, the adjutant general, large turn-up fhoes, and their legs, half- was accordingly dispatched with a flag way above the knee, quite naked, at- of truce. This happened on the 14th, tracted more the attention of the nume and towards evening a ceffation of hofrous fpectators than the excellent difci-tilities was proclaimed for 24 hours; pline of the troops, which gave the when it was underflood that articles of higheft fatisfaction to the king, and capitulation were agreed to. their commanding officers. One of the ren was leverely hurt in being thrown fron his horfe On the 16th Colombo capitulated to colonel Stuart. The 15th was employed in finally adjusting the terms of the furrender; and this morning, at ten o'clock, the Blank |