their being known before, procured, them admittance to the firft parties. Before their arrival, they were informed that the charge against Alfred was refcinded, even previous to the arrest against d'Ollifont. They vifited the baron's banker, who introduced them to the whole of his friends. They had been in Paris about a week, when they one evening attended the theatre:-in leaving of it, as they paffed through one of the paffages, a gentleman before them, feemingly intoxicated in a fmall degree, was addreffing himself to a young lady rather against her will, though perfonally he appeared to be known to her. She had an elderly lady with her: they were, however, before Alfred and the baron; confequently, their faces could not be obferved. His importunities at length feemed to become exceeding difagreeable, and his remarks carried in them fome impropriety.-Alfred advanced, and declared the lady fhould not be infulted!-The gentleman turned round, and exclaimed, with the utmost furprife," Mr. Maferini!"-nor was Alfred's aftonifhment lefs to behold Henry Pevyquill. The young lady turned pale at the name of Maferini, and fat down on a feat near, which gave Alfred an opportunity to recognife lady Caroline Albourne; and the baron the picture of his departed wife and daughter, in the perfon of his grandchild. Alfred, difengaging himself from the levity of Pevyquill, ran to her affiftance; but, before he could catch her in his arms, the had fainted in those of the lady who was with her, and who was totally unknown to both Alfred and his fifter. tion of her mother.-A confiderable crowd of perfons were now affem bled round:-a gentleman who flood by, invited them into a room in the interior part of the theatre; which offer they gladly accepted.-Henry Pevyquill, elevated with wine, yet haggard with diffipation, attempted to follow; but Alfred politely requested he would defift:--this he at laft agreed to; but requested his addrefs, that he might call and congratulate him on his return to France. They accordingly exchang ed cards, and he directly left the place. Matilda privately entreated the baron that he would not discover himfelf to lady. Caroline that night, as the prefent alarm had fo greatly overcome her fpirits. Alfred hung over the charming invalid with a mixture of joy and concern. Her countenance was much altered fince he had laft feen her; though her beauty was not greatly diminifhed, yet it was of that delicate and languishing kind which plainly told fhe had fuffered the moft, heartfelt and poignant uneafinefs.— He knew from Caroline Albourne's fincere and artlefs conduct, that the once loved him; but he alfo knew his character had fuffered the feverest shock in the opinion of her father:-fhe might now be the wife of another.-The thought no fooner darted on his brain, than its effects might be obferved in every feature.-Lady Caroline recovered, and looked round with fome furprise on the little party near her. She clafped the offered hand of Matilda with pleafure; and her eyes fpoke towards Alfred, more than he dared to utter. She had accompanied her father after the accident of the fire, into The baron and Matilda now ad- Italy; but remained there a very vanced. The former clafped the fhort time. They then returned hand of the inanimate, yet beautiful to France, as his lordship conceivform, with ecftafy; but that ecftafy ed the climate to agree with his concaufed a tear to flow at the recollec-flitution, which still seemed on the decline. decline. The elderly lady who was with her, had refided in France all her life, and was a distant relation of lord Albourne's, at whofe houfe his lordship now refided with his daughter. They had heard of Alfred's arrival at Paris, with the information that the charge against him was withdrawn, and another of a very high and criminal nature brought by him against D'Ollifont. But lord Albourne was now by no means fatisfied with that part of his character, which he had formerly been a witnefs to, in point of gambling; nor did he give his daughter the leaft hopes of a favourable alteration in his fentiments towards the young Frenchman.Alfred wifhed them to permit him to attend them home; but this was abfolutely refused, as they had their vifitors and two fervants in waiting. Alfred, therefore, had only the confolation of finding that he was ftill unmarried, and declaring, as he handed her to the carriage, that in a fhort time the whole of his conduct would, he hoped, be explained to lord Albourne fatisfactorily, and himfelf made the happiest of men, by being permitted to folicit of her that, the very thought of which had fupported him through every misfortune. The baron requested of the old lady his lordflip's addrefs, having bufinefs, as he informed her, of great importance with him, the following day; and, after a rather confufed farewell, the whole company parted with ftill more confufed ideas. 8. The Diomede frigate loft off Trincomale. 9. An armiftice concluded upon the Rhine, after defperate fighting, by which both armies were rendered incapable of continuing the combat. The marquis del Campo appointed ambaffador to the French Republic. 10. Various outrages committed by the Irish Defenders. 13, Intelligence received of a very extraordinary deluge in the ifland of Barbadoes. 14. Advices received of the princefs Maria Therefa having been exchanged at Bafle for the French deputies given up to the Auftrians by Dumourier. 19. Several depredations and acts of violence committed by the Orange Boys of the North of Ireland, against the Roman Catholic inhabitants. 23. The powder-mili at Hanmer, near Hounslow, was blown up with a dreadful explosion, and four of the workmen perished; a barge on the mill river, containing thirty barrels of powder, was alfo blown up. 25. The Dutton Eaft-Indiaman 4 I loft loft near Plymouth, together with | feveral of her crew. 28. The Triton Eaft-Indiaman taken by the French privateer, and the captain and feveral of the crew treacherously killed by the enemy. 29. Mr. William Stone tried in the court of King's Bench on a charge of high treafon, and acquitted. Rear admiral Christian, with the Weft India convoy, returned to Portsmouth, after having ineffectually endeavoured, for upwards of feven weeks, to make. way against adverse winds. February 1. Intelligence received that the enemy had poffeffed themfelves of the whole island of Grenada, except the town of St. George, and the important poft of Richmond Hill. Their majefties infulted, on their way from Drury-lane theatre to Buckingham-house, by a set of ruf 'fians. 2. Advice received of the executive directory having blifhed a declaration, expreffive of their determination to continue the war. The Paris papers announced the total defeat of Charette on the 28th of December, near Roche-fur-Yon. 5. Government received advice of the opening of the Corfican parliament; of the people having refused to pay the impofts levied upon. them; and that they had maffacred feveral of the English inhabitants. 8. A dreadful affray at Tralee Between the militia and town's people. * Mr. Jefferys recovered by law 50,970l. 10s. from the commiffioners appointed to liquidate the debts of the Prince of Wales. Captain Snell, of the guards, in confequence of having loft a large fum of money at a gaming table, fhot himself in Kenfington gardens. 20. Batavia taken from the Dutch. Mr. Cavendish Bradfhaw found guilty of crim. con. with lady Weftmeath, by an Irish jury, and fined 10,0col. 21. General Clairfayt refigned the command of the Auftrian army, and was fucceeded by the archduke Charles. 25. General Stofflet, the chief of the Chouans in la Vendee, with fome of his principal officers, fhot at Angers. March 1. The Dutch National Convention organized. Intelligence received that the king of Poland was, by order of the emprefs of Ruffia, compelled to fign the papers of his abdication and refignation of his kingdom, which he did on St. Catherine's day. 2. Official advice received of the capture of the idland of Ceylon, with its valuable settlements of Malacca, Cochin, Columbus, and Janerapatam; and of tire death of the Nabob of Arcot. 9. A general faft throughost England. fo. The archduke Charles fet out from Vienna to take the command of the army upon the Rhine. 12. A forgery of the French 14. Vice-admiral Cornwallis unnews-paper called l'Eclair, announ-expectedly returned to Spithead in cing, that a preliminary convention for peace between France and the emperor had been figned at Bafle was circulated. 18. The house of commons, on the motion of Mr. Wilberforce, agreed to abolish the Slave Trade, by a majority of 26 votes. the Royal Sovereign, not being able to proceed on his voyage to the Weft-Indies on account of the damage fuftained by his fhip; having ran foul of the Bellifarius tranfport, the latter funk, and more than 200 of the troops on board went down with her. 17. Sir 17. Sir Sydney Smith failed into Herqui bay, and deftroyed several armed veffels, &c. 18. Charette, the chief of the Royalifts in la Vendee, taken prifoner and fhot. 19. Admiral fir Hugh Pallifer died, after a tedious illness. 21. John Fenton Cawthorne, efq. colonel' of the Westminster militia, fentenced by a court-mactial to be cafhiered, and rendered incapable of ferving his majesty in any military capacity whatever. Lord Hood appointed governor of Greenwich hofpital, in the room of the late admiral Pallifer. 22..Lieutenant-colonel O'Kelly, of the Westminster militia, fentenced by a court-martial to be removed from that regiment. April 1. General Moreau appointed fucceffor to general Pichegru, as commander in chief of the French army of the Rhine and Moselle. 2. Intelligence received of the capture of Melana, in the Eaft, Indies, by his majefty's forces. The impudent forgery of Vortigern received the general condemnation of the public, at Drury-lane theatre. 8. Vice-admiral Cornwallis tried by a court-martial, at Portfmouth, for difobedience of orders, and acquitted. A French fhip of war, and several merchantmen, captured by fir john Borlafe Warren's fquadron. 12. Government published a note, expreffive of the failure of a pacific application made to the French directory, through Mr. Wickham, at Baile. Demerary taken by the British forces, under the command of general White. 16. Intelligence received of the capture of the Dutch fort of Quilon, and the factories of Porca and Qui. lon, in the Travancore country. 17. Intelligence received of r Edward Pellew having deftroyed a French fhip of war and feveral merchantmen on the French coaft. mentary budget, and obtained a fe18. Mr. Pitt opened his fupplecond loan of 7,500,000l. 19. Sir Sydney Smith captured in the harbour of Havre de Grace. 27. Intelligence received that ge chief of the French army in Italy, neral Buonaparte, commander in had completely defeated the combined Auftrian and Sardinian troops in two battles, with the lofs of fourteen thousand five hundred men, forty pieces of cannon, an immenfe tity of ammunition, camp equipage, number of horses, and a great quan &c. 31. A duel fought between the duke of Norfolk and lord Malden, in confequence of an electioneering difpute. May 2. John Fenton Cawthorne expelled the house of commons, upon the motion of general Smith. 8. Kidd Wake, convicted of having infulted his majefty, when on his way to parliament, fentenced to the pillory, and five years imprifonment in Gloucester gaol. gins, and Smith arraigned of high 11. Crossfield, Le Maitre, Higtreafon, in confpiring to kill the king by means of a poifoned ar row. king of Sardinia had concluded an 13. Information received that the armiftice with the French. treafon, was acquitted. The other Crofsfield, charged with high prifoners, concerned in that which is now called the Pop-Gun plot, were discharged. 21. The parliament diffolved. Accounts received of the capture of Milan by the French, and that Buonaparte had driven the Auftrians into Mantua. 24. Morne Fortune, in St. Lucia, Ralph Abercrombie, taken by the British forces under fir 4 I 2 25. The 25. The account received of the ratification of peace between France and Sardinia. All the French garrifon at St. Lucia taken by general Abercrombie. 28. Infurrection of the people of Lombardy against the French. 30. The French pafs the Mincio, and proceed to take poffeffion of Verona. June 1. Hoftilities having commenced on the Lower Rhine, generalleber forces the paffage of the Sieg, furprizes the van of the Auftrian army, at Altenkirchen, under the prince of Wertemberg, and totally defeats it, with lofs on the part of the Auftrians of 2,400 men killed and wounded, and 3000 taken prifoners. 4. Loretto and Ancona, both belonging to the pope, taken by the French. 9. The French army of the Rhine and Mofelle drive the Imperialifts from the Hunfdruck, who are compelled to fall back on Manheim. 11. Bombarde, in the island of St. Domingo, taken by the British troops. St. Vincent's and Grenada retaken by general Abercrombie. 15. The archduke Charles attacks the van of the Freuch army of the Sambre and Meuse, under Le Fevre, on the Upper Lahn, and to tally defeats it; upon which the enemy falls back on the Sieg. 18. Great part of general Jourdan's army retreated by the bridge of Neuwied to the left bank of the Rhine Strasbourg, and took the fort of 27. The French entered Leghorn previous to which the greatest part of the British property had been removed. 28. Battle of Renchen gained by the French army, under general Moreau, who took 1,200 prifoners and ten pieces of cannon from the Auftrians. Advice is received that commodore Nelfon, in the Agamemnon, takes and deftroys four armed fhips of the enemy under the batteries of Laona. 30. The citadel of Milan furrendered to the French. July 1. Action at Edingen, in which the Auftrians were forced to give way, and the army of Conde was routed. 2. Mifs Mackenzie drowned by falling out of a boat on her way from Woolwich. Victory gained by the French army of the Rhine and Mofelle over the Auftrians on the mountain of Knubis, when 400 of the latter and two pieces of cannon were taken. 3. Major Forbes arrived with intelligence of the capture of Morne Fortune, in the island of St. Lucie, on the 26th of May. 4. Victory of Raftadt gained by the French army of the Rhine and Mofelle., 6. Daniel Ifaac Eaton and John Burks found guilty of publishing a Jibel, entitled, A Summary of the Duties of Citizenship. Porto Ferrajo, in the island of Elba, occupied by the British troops. Henry Wefton executed for a for 19. The enemy again defeated. 20. Intelligence is received that the Dutch colonies of Demerary and If-gery on the Bank of England. fequibo were taken poffeffion of, April 21, by major-general Whyte, and captain Pair of the navy. 22. The Chouans, in la Vendee, furtendered their aims, and acknowledged the French Republic. 23 The French army under general Moreau croffed the Rhine near 7. The army of the Sambre and Meufe took the camp of the Auftrians at Neuenkirchen. Marshal Wurmfer made a fortie from Mantua, by which the French loft 3,000 men and 17 pieces of cannon. 8. A Danish fhip, with 18,000 dollars |