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ENGLAND. ' . LOICKON, august a6. ! . j iWe feel the moil fi n cere fat is- i fa&ion that we can now relieve the anxiety, and gratify the curioifhy of I tne pumic, with relpett to thehtu ! ation and object of the' expedition j under the command of Sir Ralph ? Abercrdtnbie. The -fleet i ; which iM failed u rider Vice-Admiral Mitchell . : has joined Lord? Duncan off the i UfcAci, jiiu uiq KKUlg puiLcmon 01 th4 Du-xh flee and landing in that j qufrr of, Holland, are the imme I diflte noints to which the Britifhand Ruffian force is dire&ed. .The difpatches from tlie fleet Pate, that a moft favorable anfwer had been returned to a flag of truce Which wastfent into the Texel on Thurfd3y laft. Admiral i Storv. i anil his officers and men, were ready j iu permit ineir imps to De taKen ; pofleffion of for the Stadtholder. and we have a very large party on more ready to receive; purjf troops with open arms, as the deliverers of their country. ! ; r I The Britifn fleet confifls of 166 j failiwith troops, it luggers, rwith j 50! flat-bottomed boats for thejpur- poic or a ucm Darning the troops, Tojthefeare to be added the Cyh I thia' convoy of 24 fhips with'ca lYalry, with the cutters ; making in jail 200 fail. ...-j! - : - I'f. -;;,. AUGUST 28. j The Frenclvpapers fay. that Ad- mirais mauareao and liruix are ex pected at Paris, to concert with t IVx.t'':rr ; i ' ' " piiicyimy,, me opcraiions iot the comoincQ neet ltill at Kreif following is a flate of that fleet, as puomnca Dy the Mmiiter of Ma rine: ' ' : -i . ; j Frpn ch fh ips:-four three-deckers j ioncjor wnicn carries 120 guns, atfd three-of no; twojof ojij nineteen pt 7; :to!tal 5 p the line': five jfrigates, and feven corvettesi: total .137 -.veffela.. Spanif fHipsil four three-deckers, one of which carries i ii6 and three 112 guns each ; one jof 80, ten of 74 ; total 15 fhips of iheline: four, frigates! and three eoivettes : total 22. General reca Jpituhvon, 40 fhips of the line, 9 frigates, and io corvettes; total cq jvenels. oy All the fhips, French and Spanifh, -in the harbour of Brell, have re jceived orders to hold them jready to fail. Their deinatiop is riot! known. The accounts add; that! previous to hc arrival of the combined fleet, there were in Breft, 3U jDugoumier, La Berwick, La Mucius, and Le Patriote, of 74 guns; La Corneille and La. Ven reance, of ao: r:Kal t mcieufc, La Fraternitie, La Sur yeillante, of 36, and La Chevret'e, of 6 (18-pounders). L'lndivifible, ft o guns, was in the harbour. Six of the enemy's line are ftated t& h?ve failed from Breft, .where the reH: of the combined fleet are in the outer harbour. It is added that the Britim fleet, in .confequence, faikd from Torbay bn Thurlday. ! A ctter from Cronfladt, Auguit a, relates the moft diflinguiflied at tention having; been conferred by the Court of Peterfburg on Capt. ropham. fent'to fiinn Jf emba rkation of the Ruffian auxiliary troops. He-has-been prefented by the mperoriwith an elegant fauff box fct with diamonds and Avith ai valuable ring. from her Imperial IaJy. His Majefty has likewife nighted Capt.Popham, conferrinc him the order of St, John of flcrufalem ... - An ?uth6ritv the mnA'rtf;-o.t!. th i' j rhg apprehenhon -ldt Sweden does to afford us the -nrnmSre 4;A cXp.eaitinnSfnf fV, -n.ti:n , f rational government in HoU J?ncl,;and that the Hidden r1n ; the ft ntimcnts of the (Jblnet tf ocnoim, proceeds partly from our having captured fome of its uels employed in the fupply of hc enemy; and. naf 'ie rr r;?,4 Ul worr?e confequence to the inriucncc of an extraordinary policy of Pruffia, which, ever wavering, tl Id CYCTUto turn cvcry event o the beft account, rm vent an interference- in Jh, 'X-Sln? wnder.Ws.own of! Q c,onleqice. -Our in. Ration adds, that exertions the moftaaive are now making on the "."T". -1 6ifr4fcPaci- ricatJon,Mn which this country is Dronoied to be included. . . " , ; : vluc a orucr rrom tne Porte, af.ooo Spahis, forming three corps ot 1 2.000 men each, are to march trom CarloBago to Italv.; tn intheconfederatelmperiai troops, i ncie troops will be commanded by w.um.j i ii. ,tr of Bofnia ; Bcfhier. Pacha of Ro- meiia, and the racha of Natoha. INTASJON OF HOLLAND, The anxiouflv looked for dif patches of Sir R. Abercrombie and lamiral Mitchell,! have not vet ar rived. - The followinff particular are collected from the report of Lieut. Clay of theKent, whoiWas bearer of Lid' Durican W"to theAdmlraltv i ?1 ' r , t lsarlv on the mornm? of WL rj w t i " neHly, the cutters, fl.t-boMomed veffelsandall the boats of the fleet, epiered the Meers' Diep, foi.6Wei by feveral fh,ps of war, who en- gaged wnh the Vterie, whicKlex- tend along the He der Point, while !fen2?n- Pl? near Kyk Down. Our troops, although en countered by difficulties of the moft awful magnitude, proved ifuperior to every obftacle, and' after an ac tion moft obflinately contended for nearly ten hours. noflftfleH th felves of the towns of Kirk Buyvt and Helder, and the immenfe chain of batteries which proteft the paf fage pt the Texel; The fortifi cations , here comprehend eight heavy batteries. r f The difafFe&ion of the multityde to thecxi ftinggovernmentof France nas prematurely Ihewn itfelf jn Bourdeaux, as well as in other places. We have intelligence thro .. : . . 1 "' . 0 . . various meoiums th Auguit numerous iri wcic uouca aDouiaitrerent n that CltV l in Cftnrertiieni-- t levefal perfons were ihortly after taken upj whom the people at tempted to refcue. when a mrn;fl. eniued, m which 20 were killed, and acopfiderable number wounded! The Ferirol fauadroh. nf fitr ot the line and a frigate continued wuuer inc me or Lajx, or Aix, near Rochfort, on the 19th ult. which is the date of the lateft. intelligence ' 7,l"dl quarter.: lhe bpanifh Admiral had flruck his top gallant 1,10 iLS ft'u yaras, ana lormed a line cr pattie, ltiii expecting an attack, which the flrencth of hi nr,t; renderipg highly inexpedient, will not. De attempted. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, Aucusf 3 1. Admiralty-OfHce, Auf. 1. Lieut, Clay, of his Majefty's fnip Kent, arrived this mornings tvith a diftatch fram AAiaf r L.i rr n . - rk;A;L rh : r" T zvkichtkc fotUzoing tsa eopy: Kent, at anchor off tht Textl, Aug. x8. n f'r. K , Be plpafed-tp acquaint the ords ommimoners of the Admiralty C that I fhail goon from my letter of the 2ctrYinft. iftndVfav.' if hteW f IE th rrein on imnday that we could not approach theiand, but the weather becoming more moderate on Mnn, day, theywhole of the fleet, with the tranfnort o l II in the Ihore hv uiuic ii I lhall not enter into a detail f fe landing of the troops, or what hap pened on fTuerday, as their Lord ships will havej that ftated by Vice Admiral Mitchell; fuffice jt to fay, the troop's towed towards the flfore at day-brea and landed, though immcdiateiyoppofedbynumhers.and from that time till half paft 4 P;M. were continual! v in sion. T-Tir ever the callantrv of the -RriHfn troops furmo'unted all diffif-nl and drove the enemy wherever they !n-n fmk Thc ati"P Ruffian ihipgot a-fliore on the South Hlk 1 m coming tb the anchorage,, where ine remained ' lome:' time in oreaHi danger, but y trmely affi fiance and J exertion of her Mnini M -ff-iw" II in L : rr' " "C'r ; I rcpuwican. several adrainiitra- in getting bdt . fome of her guns, hive meafures; have alfo been taken; and lio-ntino- her 4ii Yr. II ti. a j v . . oM . R" " r , puVvu" I Umx 1 -a i ii. 1! r " ' ' . r 1 1 "wncj ior tne purpoie otorm xjcuiquou x.i' with her convov from 11 i the Downs; . . i w ..." ,.r j - " 11 j c uj)u v 1 Li 1 id 1.11 a it-j 1 n ir tna m - anchored .Tk;. j; 1 1 r 43 - " T t" T it .u lucdouowmg remit 01 jrne 1 , 1 - - ... - II --,,w- i ' v uujo wva w-mhv blows ftrong from the We ft ward, with'a great lurtr lo thaf J fear lit- tie can be dhe : ! but 1 am Aire the t l r: i.,iu ?t t V ir 11 iLCAurair vriii avail; nimicir oT eVery opportunity to carrv on the fervice, as I never witrieffed more j r-..-rLi r-. r ...n.t.r rtMui :. Yi : the irobpi landed f tand i n'othin fhatl be Wanting on m Mw, ' II n j t" "w .au uc diiunsoniiiy part low: in my power., in order ro brino- ... . ' -v r V the bufinefs to a happy termination.! I am, &ti, ; : ' i , J . ... DUNCANj. P. S. Eight i. Af . The weather is ftill bad; bur a lugger is jufl: re tarned with an anfwer .which I wrote Vice-Admiral Mitchell this a" JZ' ,V ced aridX lL J"' Si. ? ? ' - gUnS m U fRlkcd UP- The Lieutenant of the Iq5gcr like- ...:r . . . . , "66ct morning, by which I find the wiic icut ns, tnat the (General rA Vice-A'dmir,! h.d not fenff their difpatches- and thill- i , greefellet ment ftould rtave the earliefl tice, I detach a cutter w ? , intertfling intelligence, although waS my briginal inten'tibn3, have lent one awav after th neral and Vice-Admiral, had for warded their difpatches: and as T have not, time to alter my other letter to you of this date; I beg to refer their Lordfhips to Lieutenant Clay, of his Maieftv's fhi an intelligent and defervmr cc-J for further particulars. -; j ; DUNCAN. " - j A change- has taken nlare in the government of Portugal, the Prince of Brazil having, on acccurit of fhe Ween's health, declared himfelf Kegent. follows : Ir i$ faid that thefortrefsiof Tor tona has furrendercd; but we are not informed of the terms of capitula tion. Gen. Brune, who arrived on the 18th from Holland, isappointed to fill the place of Bernadotte, as minuter at War. Domiciliary vifits are daily made ; but the officers of police condua tbemfelves with all p a ffibte decency and moderation. In the Council of Elders,1 on the 16th, Montpelienead a letter from the central adminiftration of th de partment of Aude, to lhe Minifter of the General Police, dated Car cefTonne, Ayg. 9, of which the fol lowing is the Cubflance : ! " The Rnyalifts have raifed the ftandard of rebellion. The white flag floats on the towns of jfeveral communes bf the ci-devant diflrift of Ville Francheand Revel, the de partment of the Upper Garonne.- On the 6th,' the brigands put them felves ; in motion, feized iMontef quieu, and effeaed a junaion with ,ame meir head-quarlers were at Caraman, and heir advanced ports occupied the cqmrnunesof Lqubens Aurial, St. Julian, Lefalga, St. Fel lix, Montgazear, and Efcalquens. Th liberty carried off hoftages, and put n;lf .,wi; fn.- ? X moveable columns of Ville Franche have killed,! in feveral encounters iftU A nA -tJ 9 The Touloulans retook Montgazear i ' - j . .P. ana 300 men, ana entrenched them- felves there with three necesnf ran - non ; but oh the 7th, ibis poft was taken from them a fecond time. . ''Thefe rebels are cdmmaiided by Roger, a ci-devant General nf ufi. gade in the army ofilhe eaftern pro- Eleaorai Aflemblv of the-Unner viuw,; wno, in inc poiom. ot, the Garonne, oroudlv declafedlh'imfelf a Koyalift. t Three couriers have oeen au patched to the Commandant o f t h : 1 ot h mi 1 i ta r y di v i fi on , t p a p -prize him of what-is pafHhff, and all the troops have been alked Which hecan (pare, and intelligentofficers: K,re f virTT A.-v diftrias, it will be of greateradvan'. k... i.: -ri.. expedition, than hazard the iofsof Jtirli i; . r . 1. . . - lammiitration has taken Heps Ji ! Pari nsnrrtrtrrW -4. -f a.. .1 at on the 6th 1."" V fr- .r 7M1 orugit flmmatory bills "d;C SC " rcccP' ,rom wtnch we . ' " ll extract.- ax mnAl m rAi ...ii. I , -.1' V well affeaed exceeds expeaation. inc nngie commune or (Jaltlenan- don has produced 00b national guards; Honorable mention wa de1 manded and made of the conduct of thefe adminiftratorsj and the braVe national guards of the.department i In the Council of FiveHuhdfed? Pn the 18th; a meflage was received mc xjiircciory, announcing tnat inc enemy nad been deieated at Se-i hovitz and Aftotft, in Switzirland with he loft of 1500 tieri and U2 pieces of cannon; An ertau marfe a ftrong fpeech iri favour of Union, am aoines again it the manner in wiju uic puDiic Drmrs nad at I tacked the Direftory.-" 1 rrl r . r . .- r i ine icrutmyon the.accuutionof rflc r.x uireaors was relumed. Of 431 votes which were admitted, 214 jur uic inira cnarge, and 217 'igainit it. lne number for the fe cond charge were 91, againft it 341. On the., following1 davJ there an. peared-for the firft article 89, againft 344 ; 10 tnat an three were nega- tivca. On the ,20th. .the Counril tvefe .nformed by the Direaory, that the tJis or tne enprnv rn th itu mMinfjW .0 . K ft 1 f - '"uu""-u vu 3000, mueaa or 1500 icn, ana tnat the enemy had been beaten from mount St. Gothard, wint mC jois or. 20o onloners.. . 1 On the 2lft. L. Rnnnanarle afY'ir a flattering -piclure of the fuccefs of rrencn ar.ns. nronoferf in the nam . 1 -1 - j w pi ine committee ot feven, to efta blifhan army to form' a fecond line ror ine aetence of the frontiers, and ,a departmental army to fecure the inici i.or. vraerea to be printed. On 'the 23d, eighteen millions were .qraerea tor the ufe of the Ma4 rin in addition to' the.re-y million i uciurc grantea. ! The Minifter of War to the Coiivniari aer in Lfiiej oj tM Army of Italy. f'aris. Au an " The journals:-.Citizen. General have fnr f news or tne iurrenrier nf Man.,, - 1 his intelligence is tooextraorpinary ;ucucvcu uy inoie wno Know the bravery of Frenchmen. If, con- irary to alt expectation, th s reHnr. tion fhail have taken place, whate- ycr may nave been the conditions,' it muft have been the wnrt fon. I defire you, in the name of the Republic, for its intereft and glory, to carry before a Council of war, General FoiHac T.atruir inr) Lhis ftaff. Health and fraternitv; . j BEKNADOTTE.'1 It is faid. that the Kin? of Pruffia hearing thai Batavian emigrants af- iemDiea on the frontiers of Weft, phalia, lent orders to them to dif- folve, or remove outof the Pruffian territories! The French garrifbn of iome-nas reured by cipvtulation, and embarked at Ci vita Vecch'ia. We are unacquainted with the details, j 1 ne event ot a general engagement, which is fuppofed to. liave taken place on the 15th,, throughout the .iwjv ""v. ui 111c armies or ine Yips arm or icaiy, is anxiouiiy expected. Joubert has transferred his head quarters to Savonne. Gen. Moreau has taken command of the right wing,untjl he takes his departure tor the Khine, which Toubert has requefted him to defer until afier the general engagement, of which the lKirmiineSot the 12th and 10th were n . . rs:i HICAJtninanes. 1 ne advanced poiiot the enemv have been driven back. Suwarrow was contraftincr his force towards jAleflandria, ,and it was there that he was to- be at tacked by the whole force of the united armies of Iulv and of th Alps, which make together r cucctiyc men,- .. I nc.iV! Iinifltwl An. miniUritions of Paris daily conducl uctacnmcpis ot conicnpts to the de pot of Courbevoie, accompanied bv They write .from Schaffhaufen: that the Auftrian '. General Rev has been furrouhded -and taen, while he was reconnojtenng. Letters a f; firm, thati in certain denaf tmentk: there exifts a wickedcpnnivahCei uiuiiiLiuus uociaiion.,Derwiirt tne t: j. l r . th ; , juiiuusj wiio carryxn ine tvepUD? icans, and the conitituted authori- lej-.-whoare charged, to .nunifh muic vjuicnccsoy execuung tne law refpeaing hbHTaesr'V 4 . : - : ! Acucr towven. ivjp.uena.con : . ;t.'--f itrJiii;-, .jj'.i. -f'ii' Go'hard has perfeaiy, fucceeded i-ijc ciivmy iiavc iou; 21 pieces of -V cannon, and we have made 8.ewvv prifoners. , . ! ' SEPTEMBER O. " SURRENDER OK THE WHOLE Of THE DUTCH FLEET; '-' . Our readers will fee by: Lord bun 1 cafi's letter, thit he had of f the i remainder 0 . the Dutch l Mitchell; . a , .f ! Ai there is a sfreater dent nfwj v ; ier on inat uae 01 the Meer, JJiep, wmcn is next to the lielder; Pointy than on the fide of the Texel Ifljnd.- our line of .Battle lhips were enabled; to follow . the Dutch Fleet irito the Texel v when thorealreadv'mentioh- cu jnuicf vruzc; icy, lurrenaeren. Ad-n' I mirai .mjicxieiit.inji letter JO'JLoroVV I Duncan, ftates.'ttnat he wait rUWL'"; mined to follow the remainder, eveti'11 to me wans or Amtterdam. and the . gallant Admiral has indeed kept Kas; wofd, for this forenoon" an? officer vj of the mvy arrived at the Admiralty ' with ah account of his fuecefs? The :, J Amirilr. oftir u. :-n.r r.iLJi j ' . 1 of part of the Dutch FWt" Wffa'terl--Y4 witK eight fail of t wrt derke.risV 9 n d f moored; his fliipS along fide the re-" jj umuiun. niv VV UUtC UlWillti , fVIZ I eight fail of the line, and every o-V;mi inci imp m mc Acxci.iiavemrrcQo aerea. . . - The fbllowinff is the nfnrlal tin. ficefenttothe Lord Mavor. I.lovH' Coffee Hou., and to the" Members of Admxniftration : " . ' Lieutenant Collierasiuft arri ved with an account 'of tlScibt u der of the Dutch 1 leet,c6hnfting V ...... I One of r?rentyfour gn$ riye or nxty-eight, Two' of fifty-four, One of thirty-two, and One M liuetfn, , I Without firing a gun;' Admiral Storvhad u n def h ts r nm . ; X ' mand 8 fail of the line;" f Tritrat'- s and a floon andl at thetaViVwr.xf t.iv "Herder, fall of the line and CtL Fri- gates, and feveral "T en tiute, were taken in the Niewe-" Diep. The naval arfenal is alfpla-y wjtpuucmoiioi ine rnguin; Jt C0rj- zj tains many ftores, with 25 pieces of The fecond divifion nf the ditian landed the fecond day! after, the taking of the Helder. and .narf . of a third divifion, confiftingpf ca valry, were alfo arrived'. The Ruf fian armament wa rlailv! vnft". I Helder is in the Northern of Wefl-Friefland, and coramandsT the Meers Diet), the ordinarV An chorage of tKe Dutch fleet;; :' There are no Frenrh trnnnt . in Holland and the neoDleof theTcoun. J tw ucwcttw WC11 OU ! The rumou of Amfterdam bei'n ,Hil- v, We ftated in our paper of yefter &y; that a French journal of.a Uih A date had been received in town, Contain defeat of General loubert's army, ' learn, tnat this D3Der the. on vrnn .t in town,; is in the ppffeflion of Go-hl ' vernment. The battle- i f.Jd to 'f have: taken place at Novi. a townV'it ihi the Genoefe territories ten mile -'' ! weft of Tbr'tona. and twentv.two - ri I hoTth-weft of Genoa. - L 'Jt', ' rnvate letters bv. the Hamburg niaili, received veftefdav ftafe thf houona parte nad made goodthir,rei :The Dutch made a mnftrrrtTrnlfTlai j bid opp'ofitxoh'to thelanok'tbe n l -jma jigypry ana arnvea . at v V IUUVII I fill M- 1 1 1BT 'li'ii . I killed and 1 wounded, ambpc Were 30. pficers,;. and wcrpm-X r GuaVdsandX:ol.&ythiCn neerferel;illei;i Pulteney; fecond jnxon1n'c') vThd:putch I5ftb0nneoorcf- among .whom -wa pad Colonel Xhcrv a-; k.. . ' j- ? - ..tT- .. .. . , c s s '! I 1-1 -w . -i I -
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