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Ught at Ta,i no' tke theatre it Marfeffles, the evening of the. fete of the 8th Fruftidor, furth Autlwriftd by the commandant oIarfeille, the ioth Fructidor Uxtn year. " ' . ' . . ' ., - .T". t tr ,. 7 7... UOGUES; Admiral Nelfon'l-..fleet,? before the, action, wit irengffceaed by the LyonfgSn;; the Por tujuefe fq'idroo, and confided of 19 (hips of the h'ne and ten frigatea, 'It waa coakqaently in number and flcitl far fupenor to Buonaparte'. The event of the ttion time only, can derin-rWby if(tche,4 h, w;m&$ ,'n the Red .;e-d-ihe Jouth weftrin the from the fleet had reached London a late static mid die of September, tu, that Nelfon't difpatches mud be tranfnitted ta the admiralty through tkeinejiuaa fiord -Su Vincent) -;j-rT":rTrr:;;'''- j.f'ii-'.n, f rmtl linden paper, ' i'ih-. Obfervation on the tuppofed expedition of Buona pirte to lodia by a gentleman who refided for many years, in different p1cei on the coaft of -' i l : a' ii I... t i il ¬ ia. If the definition of the grand armament from Toulon be indeed 'I oJi it it not -tin eafy matterj to account for the voluntary delay.which.it "ha incurred by the redoftian, or the diminution of ita force by .. . .... . FiT-J irr-.tT: garriion leri in niaua. , mi prcicni, i.mg uu - deHination for c ranted hha,'(hft fight the char racier of a bold and dangeroua 'delign, but 6 alto gether deftitute of practicability. - , ' In a lt publication otMnjor Taylor, of the infU itary erlablinSnnntof Bomhay'.fwhoronfirmt, fM actual and later fervatlbniUhe reporta bfXblonel Caper, while h M'more particular and accurate itt hit Account of di fiances, and the ' 'average time of -per, forming journeys and voyage.'.' From mjor Taylor1 pamphlet,'' Contiderations on an over land" Comma , nieatiun, &c." (page 20 we learn that the fummer feafoit; Ky rcafuti. of the northerly wih(ia lharthen prevail in the Mediterranean, i highly favorable to any vellels bounn to the L.evani, tne voyage Dein, f thefe Muft fca8, would ,m all probability defeat the obieft of the expedition, a it would enable our z ivernment "in India to fend information to bur admi ral in thoCe feaTor tdeuip a fuflicienc number of vefleli of force to blick np the tlraita of the Bab el mandt:!, and prevent the fleet from entering" the . India ocean 1 and we Ihould appiehend a very few ftotit (hip, when, we conlider the nartownef of the entrance WOUia DCUIUClciil lor iini purpinc. TTJlnh"? "m'ontri" of june and JulyT the pnflage' ft om i?et to'the coaft of Malabar, with fttong noWVwtd loJijn oean. can be WW afr'ed iii fcventeen , 018 da ya, or by a fleet in twenty three or twenty f.iir, ac1 cardinff to pane 4f of mjor Taylor'' ciinfidtrationa. But een Homing that no ohllrudioii fliuuld occw to hi armamtnt in the Ked bea, and i may auov. .in dependently of thia eircumftance, a confiderable lofs, by (hipwieck and otherwife and alfo that the navigfe" tion f tlic India ocian iboiild 1e found aip!tr ruDted.ther ftillhave to contend with the sioUsoceof the fouth Weli MjnfjiabJhwhold-i-- tremendoua to vi;n:U filled w-'hrn, brr- fmd- Malabar, and who t prafticalW acquaintelwjih-the HerOTtnteover lanojromiaauo - : fc ,g tua , . . . . . , . a :H ik. Um.1 1 K-ra urtinkl 0 9 nirina ivvm cu 111 t . - a.mtlier certain Jofg. But what would Hill fce found more fatal than any thine that had yet befallen them would be the difficulty which the tranfporta would find nrxroffingthrbarTir MangJtk)fe7r of landing the troop at thii feafnn of the year ou any part of thecpait.ot JlaUbar t me inn on an inia cnaix i nearly an infurmoontable obftatle to any cocmunica-. tion between lhio and th fliore, and at all vent ould be a fcnice of ibe -ntmalt difficulty ad (Ln Fiorn thefe obferrationt'lf would appear, lliat an invafion of Iadia.by the Vbute tif Smicx, and the Ked Sc. 11 replete wih numberlefa ImcuItiea, and without any exertion on our part, of fuch nature a io occa- fi jii the de.truition pi , at lean iwo iwra ot any numSer of men that might be felefted f.r that pur bofe. however inored to fatigue and hardlhipt. Let the eneriry of the French be what it may, it cannot reach Alexandria in thecourfe of .tjjentyjday. irmxjr7Tireeepetmitteto hiaard a cot jeftu'e, that the place" of debarltation wHI not be Alexandiia, bat Damietta 5 a fituatibn more eligible that the former, and from whence the dillance from Suez.- i nearer by wort than thirty milet. The town is rich, and the harbour good. ; ' ; ' ' ; " '. - Suppofe then Buonapirte having eluded-the vlgl- hnce of Admiral Nelfon, to have landed at Damietta, With, ad.army bf thirthy. ihoafaml -ma. Hkiib.eX to CO NWTORK, Oftobcr 70. Bl ill William und Mary, Captain CncuJan, Mrrhed btrt SMhrd iy evtiung, tn 30 myt jrom ana. LONDON., Septmbrt-t t "Accaiinta fidm HeterlhurgjmentloB. "that JhT-Rut. " 1 e 1 r V . .. . . e (ian fleet trom rue port or tne wimo, waa 10 lair on the 6fh of July for the Med iter ranek n it confittr d n an ai ced company, by tne prince or raaiorc, mc ngnuui w vereign of the countie ufurped by HyderAlly.-i He, will not' incumber hmftlf with un'neceffary e- " uipment. Guna; lloiei, and proviGona will be found peccfiV; for him in India. Hitroop muft walk on foot. All the camel that he can pofliuly procure, jhjao4tlheiataf L--miKin-Kr-itttiirTipf,i;ffar' frtr the mrr' The lnfa of men will, no douht byjthiuoote, bt very conhUerauie, ano maejmytMunpi-wtix ...3, . .The Pofen Gate'tte, of the th olt. contain the f.Jlovria g paffage .1 Prince Repnin , proceed -from' Drefden to Vienna, to arrange matter thee relative to -tW-unWe of 6oo6 . Ruftlan throughGiljcii tlnhTTTrheferooprare. we under Rand, to iumJiiiuiawn!jilh ihelnipctialtroopaonthe frons tiers of Switrerland. :' Several Ruffian regiment are faiil tn Kie already arrived trt (JaUicia. . ' . If we are to credit utter trom aix ia v-napcue, o nTmated-arTTnTfhirjT whidTnumber. Thenext point of imp'irtancrfa, the procuration of fea couveyante ti tranfport theremai iin troops f.-om the bottom of the Red Sea to M mgil ne, a fea 1 port on the coiiipf Jjlr.diiecMy.oppfatMhe eiitrance of that fea,iH rhf pnflVflinn nf I'ipoMQ : 1 1 1 . it nai. oeen aueicu, ?tki nvsjyi'iiysi.:.!!-'SiWv "Trencir hae f f thefe fixteen mohtha p(t'. thafthe bern conflantlyj fndig itt to the lfl of MauiVtiiw, r':u K.kft isnrntVr. nA fur-h a mi he fin niteA (ti A 1111 iili'v i..iw f f ( , I ' . T 1 .in ' 1 1 1 r " -1 - .i ..f .u.. a -1 c ...i,:u I .t.. ,t ., C.rnn-A d Hamoult Jiaa received orden vell'iJ.LtyJil-na X ,Yi c l f , extre Bely narrow. abounding, in rockt and Ihoals, and but little known to European" navigator. -Of- thefe facia the authority now before u ia full and convinc ,ig Thefe vefiMg beinjr difpatcn5L from the Mauri titnt at the end of Nlav, with water jnd jirovifiona onlyT bound for Suea. would r xperience a fouth "tall windt t'ie p'acs bf tlreir drttinu ion, which i a fair wind, and vouM inf ' fpeedy palTre. Shiuld thi prove to be u ifounded, we apprehend viu'jnaparte muft experience the gresteit ditficullie t fr then he ' mii'l trull to the precarioua refource of obtaining ef' icls fro.n inJia ana otner pons m mc ivc oca. : - We are'toH that the trade frbm Cairo-to Tudda a'one employ s upward of e a fliip of aooo ton each, l 1 111 e 11 r fnrmount the influence of a burimiigjitr atrdy Mm, wuBouTaterT lential exlialationi. to the Wntntrr of the Arab, the italonly and luDertlitioa-ot ITie inks tne oinereuce m religion, manners anu culloms j to ft or my leas, a dangerous navigation, and all the evils to which the want of nautical (kill muft neceffarily expofe them. But what muft be our rtflediona (hoiiU the French be bold enough to hazard, and fortunate enough to lucceed in landing 10.00a men wri the (Sore f India ?, We may then juftly reprobate the. want of intelligence, which might have eafily countetafted thVir meafurea, andhae o- Rnunan.irfe and his hoiL jji Xlliikd-lff- HtWtmoerMftat rt - - ,et urcpnfoltf urfeU. 1. the flrtncith. operate with Uppoo, on toe coan 01 jyiataoar, , . .d alUntry of Mr army in India, ,nd invafion of the p.ovmce of that - name, which 4 ' . tu.;K.iotti l0 froni .ht cd by the peace of 170J to the jSaR-iiidi I r r - J I1IDCIIUIII12 UK" : ... - f " ) m'th the Ptrtry at tht grand fcft uirth an attack : RuHi t wf H'go Jfinfy'to Ufa, tffaart ia k litAmh ' altfrnatfot. -" At to ihr Ilea of a Frtnch fculemtntt Ibt unht MtcHm tie ; Egypt 4J J awing tn that tenlrt the iritU of ' Intuihj meant of a tartel, it oiy it to he confide'. $d, th ir while we at e able to maintain a fuperior naval fnret in the Arol'ian lea. and Indian ncean, lie trade be- Jtu'en AlMkar and Sue mould bt mlenepttd bj our nmediatelv to crofa the Rhine with hi whole divi fin. The. hesJ quarter are to be transferred to' Friedber. and Gen. Joubert ia in daily expectation of orders from Pari to advance. - ' ; ; New difference ' faid to have arifen between th French government and the King of Naples." The following is "an extraa of a1 letter from the French fecretary of legation at Naples : The (late of po- litt:al affaira between the trench republic and the govemmeiit iof this country, is fuch, that we (hall foon be' compelled to quit the Ne.politan territory.'f Indeed- fome lettr (late, that large bodies of Ficnch tsoop are aaually marching through the R man territory againit in a pits. emveKiis&& a1 i r ..r innn ihni. Krr.fli-, numhtlcLfmatlftr . feU. - But theJilaaUfet to;fottil. nate as nottotJll in wnninaior mc rrencn. nuni. Nelfon --after- fruitlefs cruiie of 19 day, between Meffina and Alexaadrta, Without leemg- or oemg .KU ia hear of the French fleet, returned on the toth to Syricufc, h Sicily. He hal been joined by e j Portuguefe men of war, and the Lyon, ot 04 guns, making hi fleet to confift in all of 1 1 fail of the line anS 10 friwates a force Sufficient to have dona every thing with BMohaparte' flct.f but the; latter has been followed, on th prefenl sccaliao, bj hUufual eood foitune. - --ii 1 ; Difpttcliei were received o Saturiajreyenfng'bt goyernmerrf, whkhaRiee in the;. above account ! Tney were from Sir Morton Eden, at Vienna, wh rf late that he. had received letters from Kir William - Himilton at Naples, inforibing him of Sir Horatiu 1 Nelfun having been at Saloniea, on the 15th July, without having fclttn with the French fleet that the - -Englifh fleet arrived. at-g yracufeon the 2 2d, and that.' 'i it intended putting to fea, again on the7th of thf '" fame month, to explore once more the track of tht) i. Toulon fttct.' :'-.L;.r;::.i xan; uciuay ovrning wc epcricncco l( tnis tOWB - ; ' a trtWendous gale of wind, cconipanScd with cry Leavv vain, tbunder and lichtiifnij hrckilv no da. iji mnt Jnne tn the (hirniintf hir. Tfiii. AniM a.j C - r 1 o ------ .. " . pears .to have been felt Q through the kingdom, and . ,(. at fea to a great diftance, which give life to fom ;'. i apprehenfiow,-' for the viffwla'cf the ioaft jofl their r mail and fails, -and. with" irreai diffiftfty were veL. i ' Secret Piaval Expedition, -4.,' lMoctji4iBwy-M the grand, y prmamt nt now lying iil!yVquiBPgdl(B; tha i xcL ' Ireland. For thi fpiiited attempt, four large bomb (loop rigged, and eight brig fire (hips, dropi " ped ditwolail week 10m GaHcont and the Mtdway, ' to the Nore, to join a fquadion of frigate. the whole Mjhich werejExpedtdaoiaihyeflerdayrtiderihw" oomnand iof tsptain Powham, for the Ttxrl, - -The above expedition failed. unexpectedly from the Nore, about eleven o'clock, A, M. on aturday 8 bomb TeT-ll and fire (hmit.iaiid a ranUAmW nAm . . m u'wpa, ruiirn. prig vraniporn,imountinir in trie " wtiole W5 fart .vi- Tba wand was fair at -W S.'W. f , the whole of that xlay, asrd contimied fa all the next, '. and to Alonday evening-, Wkliin which time there !a -neafoii to hope that the flert reached its place of def linalion. i( jt prve to have been a i coi-jeclurtd, the cbail of Holland. - Government arc in hourly cx-; otAatianof imnurtant advicea tffneAtnn f V this expedition, which has' been rlanoed with the T " non lauoaoie privacy. j or four of thefe, however, -are Eai-Iadiamen, yerj uuiucrcuiir waHueo. .t. - BASSETERRE I St. Kittsl Sent. i. ' His majefty' (liip Concord, cspt; Barton,' arrived -here on Saturday latt. In htt late cruife (he sent 4 Freuch'privateers in the courfc of one week into An-, , tigua. ' .r- , . , .The privateer rchoonDft-ef-Antigua, ha bee tiktn and can ied into Guadaloupe, by priyateef ot much fup.tr ior force. iTbe Dart had her rtrtl lieute- n.ni .4 I, :i.A .t.. . L11.J TTeBinprivateer is unknown. ' -J i , the French and Dutch in St, Martins, have be , . gun of late to be very apprchenfive of being caciar. ed by the Americana, By Ycftetday' Northern Mail: LATEST FOREIGN NEIVS: ' LONDON." September 1 e-, - jLHamburh-iuil4mve4tlMs dtytand bring I"" m..i. 1)... U .... - J " 1 r. 1 . j r . m . iimi uai'c civucu uu unit ucgrcv Oi IOCe.rctI 111 lyi.jonlirnMaattBitanapartr-id not the city. each Alexaailtia till fome dara after admiral Nelfon bad left it. The landing of the French has been cunfideicd by the Pjite as ah open violation of the peace fubufting between the two power, and meahue have been in ' conft quence adopttd by the latter for - li.r.'TErrR-.'-1 i-J'j'lii Zi..ettJL. L.-:-., -1 iiliuuiaililiig n 'wBignrtji kiiiui JOU1S WHO inf rcrte on the prelent occation.i and the 'letter- Viemiaflte,nhatlilhhte nat been conntcateu. . The mod impoitant intelligence 11 contained in letter from Berlin, of the 4th iift. which dates that accounts had reached Conttantiitpple, of a battle hav ing taken place near Cairo, between a Tuikifh force aad the French troops under geijL Buonapcrte, ia hich the latter was defeated with confiderable1 loft- fome account fay, 8000 killed and tooo made prifua ;Thi Jnti-lliirifnee if true, u of the dwatfl i'nfi.. p , . - r ; f w tance to Britain for there can be little doubt, if the French (hould fucceed with the lof . of Neven half of the army , in reaching India by the rout thVy have ta ken, that our pollcllion in that quarter would be much endanerercd. -.' '.L ' " a t at : at ' m The accounts that nave reacnea u ot. this event. do not enable u to date the particulars, to appreciate the aegree-of-ereate itrw nic a 11 yase-e(igrit ithfSnWtTtfiinrThe paffi je of the lnhmue was undei taken without tne content ot the Turks,, -they had it in their power to throw innumerable b . fl.J.' ih ska a K'ae kmtrar lai at fiinlt uaHJirrai an iiig wn v ui iiiv 'sx. w ata iulmsi Luuniir "The followina i letter npoffThirub5ea. received by Mn - Freeh'ng at the poft-office, front Mr. Hr ' " wood, the agent for the packet at Cuxhaven 1 , " ':':-y--:t.-'.'-.;Ji Cnxbaven, Sept. 9. . . ' I have the fatftfacltoa to inforM you, from the ; criull authentie information, that the army under General Buonaparte, ha been attacked by an im i mtofc body of Arab, wh hare killed 8900 aen4
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