had taken place, they would have difplayed the utmott fidelity. When the Bark companies of the Antrim regiment were formed, the whole regiment turned out, to a man, with expreffions of the greateft eagerness to march; and the Downfhire regiment, to a man, declared they would stand and fall by their of ɓcers. At the time the army was ordered to march, the weather was extremely fevere: I therefore ordered them a proportion of spirits upon their route, and directed an allowance of fourpence aday to their wives until their return. During their march, the utmost attention was paid them by the inhabitants of the towns and villages through which they paffed; fo that in many places the meat provided by the commiffariot was not confumed. The roads, which in parts had been rendered impaffable by the fnow, were cleared by the peafantry. The poor people often shared their potatoes with them, and dressed their meat without demanding payment; of which there was a very particular inftance in the town of Banagher, where no gentleman or principal farmer refides to set them the example. At Carlow a confiderable fubfcription was made for the troops as they paffed; and at Limerick and Cork every exertion was ufed to facilitate the carriage of artillery and baggage, by premiums to carmen; and in the town of Galway, which, for a fhort time, was left with a very inadequate garrifon, the zeal and ardour of the inhabitants and yeomanry was peculiarly manifefted, and in a manner to give me the utmost satisfaction. Is fhort, the general good difpofition of the people through the fouth and weft was fo prevalent, that had the enemy landed, their hope of affistance from the inhabitants would have been totally disappointed. From the armed yeomanry, Govern ment derived the most honourable affiftance. Noblemen and gentlemen of the first property vied in exerting themfelves at the head of their corps. Much of the exprefs and efcort duty was performed by them. In Cork, Limerick, and Galway they took the duty of the garrifon. Lord Shannon informs me, that men of three and four thousand pounds a-year were employed in escorting bag. gage, and carrying expreffes. Mr John Latouche, who was a private in his fon's corps, rode twenty-five miles in one of VOL. LIX. the feverest nights, with an exprefs, it being his turn for duty. The merchants of Dublin, many of them of the first eminence, marched fixteen Irith miles with a convoy of arms to the north, whither it was conducted by reliefs of yeomanry. The appearance in this metropolis has been highly meritoriousThe corps have been formed of the moft refpectable barristers, attorneys, merchants, gentlemen, and citizens, and their number is fo confiderable, and their zeal in mounting guard fo ufeful, that I was enabled greatly to reduce the garrifon with perfect fafety to the town. The numbers of yeomanry fully appointed and difciplined in Dublin, exceed two thousand, above four hundred of whom are horfe. The whole number of corps approved by Goverment, amount to four hundred and forty, exclufive of the Dublin corps. The grofs number is nearly twenty-five thousand. There are alfo ninety-one offers of fervice under confideration, and one hundred and twenty-five proposals have been declined; and, in reply to a circular letter written to the commandants of the respective corps, their answers almost univerfally contained a general offer of fervice in any part of the kingdom. Many prominent examples of individual loyalty and fpirit have appeared. An useful impreffion was made upon the minds of the Catholics by a judicious addrefs from Dr Moylan, the titular Bishop of Cork. I cannot but take notice of the exertions of Lord Kenmare, who spared no expence in giving affiftance to the Commanding Officer in his neighbourhood, and who took into his own demefne a great quantity of cattle which had been driven from the coaft. Nor could any thing exceed the ardour of the Earl of Ormond, who' when his regiment of militia was retained as part of the garrifon of Dublin, folicited with fo much zeal a command in the flank companies, that I thought it a... measure due to his Majesty's fervice to encourage his Lordship's request. heave to, or fay of what nation fhe was, a broadfide was given, upon which the ftruck, and proved to be the San Pio, Spanish corvette, of 18 guns and 140 men. Having the day before received intelligence that Admiral Man's fquadron had been chaced by the Spanish fleet, and alfo that they had taken an hofpital fhip from us, I deemed it juftifiable to W. CARTHEW. detain her. Admiralty-Office, Jan. 20. Copy of a letter from Rear-Admiral Hervey to Mr Nepean, dated' Prince of Wales, Fort Royal Bay, Martinique, Dec. 4. 1796. You will pleafe to acquaint their Lordships, that a few hours after I anchored with the squadron, on the 2d inft. I received a letter from Captain Barton, of his Majefty's fhip Lapwing, acquainting me that he had deftroyed the French fhip Le Decius, and La Vaillante brig, off St Martin's, and that two French frigates, La Thetis and La Penfee, were at anchor off St Martin's, referring me to Lieut. St Clair for further information. Captain Barton having referred me to Lieutenant St Clair, whom he detatched in a Dutch schooner with his letter, it appears that the French had landed about three or four hundred men on the island of Anguilla, the 26th ultimo, and that, after having plundered the island, and burnt feveral houses, had committed. every devaftation poffible, attended with acts of great cruelty; that on the appearance of the Lapwing they re-embarked their troops the night of the 26th, and the following morning early the Lapwing came to action with the Decius of twenty-fix guns, and Vaillant brig, mounting four thirty-two and twentyfour pounders, as a gun geffel; that after a clofe action of about an hour the brig bore away, and in half an hour after the Decius ftruck her colours. The brig ran on fhore on St Martin's, and by the fire of the Lapwing was destroyed; that on the Lapwing taking poffeffion of the Decius, it was found fhe had about eighty men killed, and forty wounded, being full of troops; that the following day the Lapwing was chaced by two large French frigates, and Captain Barton found it neceffary to take the prifoners and his men out of the Decius, and fet fire to her, when he returned to St Kitt's, and landed 170 prisoners. It evidently appears that Captain Barton's conduct was highly meritorious by the capture and destruction of this force of the enemy, and faving the island of Anguilla from further depredation. The French troops employed on this fervice were picked men from Guadaloupe; and there is great reason to suppofe the greatest part of them have heen taken or deftroyed. Many of the soldiers were drowned in attempting to fwim on fhore. I The Lapwing had but one man killed (the pilot) and fix men wounded. am, &c. H. HERVEY. Extract of a letter from Vice-Admiral Kingfmill, Commander in Chief of his Majefty's fhips and veffels at Cork, to Mr Nepean, dated on board the Polyphemus, January 13. Please to inform my Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty, that his Majefty's fhip Druid is arrived as Kinfale, detached from the Unicorn and Doris, with a large French thip, armed en flute, captured by them, named La Ville de L'Orient, having on board four hundred of the enemy's huffars, completely e quipped, befides fome mortars, cannon, mufquets, powder, cloathing, &c. being one of the hips on the expedition againft this country. Copy of a letter from Captain Barlow, Commander of his Majefty's fhip Phoebe, to Evan Nepean, Efq; Secretary of the Admiralty, dated Cawfand, Jan. 13. SIR, I have to acquaint you, for their Lordfhips information, that on the 10th inst. his Majefty's fhip, under my command fell in with, and captured the French corvette L'Atalante, of fixteen guns, manned with one hundred and twelve men, commanded by Lieutenant Dordelin. The Atalante is a very fine brig, coppered, having eighty feet keel, and is only three years old. Admiralty-Office, Jan. 21. Extract of a letter from Sir Edward Fellew, Bart. Captain of his Majesty'sfrigate Indefatigable, to Evan Nepean, Efq; dated Jan. 17. I have the honour to make known to you, for the information of the Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty, that on Friday laft the 13th inft. at half paft noon, in lat. 47 deg. 30 min. N. Ufhant bearing N. E. 50 leagues, we discovered a large fhip in the N. W. quarter, fteering under easy fail for France; the wind was was then at weft, blowing hard, with thick, bazy weather. I instantly made the fignal to the Amazon for a general chace, and followed it by the signal, that the chace was an enemy. At fifteen minutes before fix we brought the enemy to close action, which continued to be well fupported on both fides near an hour, when we unavoidably fhot a-head; at this moment the Amazon appeared a-ftern, and gallantly fupplied our place; but the eagernefs of Capt. Reynolds to fecond his friend, had brought him up under a prefs of fail, and after a well fupported and clofe fire for a little time, he also unavoidably shot a-head. The enemy, I believe, was full of men. certained, beyond a doubt, öur fituation to be that of Hodierne By, and that our fate depended upon the poffible chance of weathering the Penmark rocks, Exhaufted as we were with fatigue, every exertion was made, and every inch of canvas fet that could be carried, and at eleven A. M. we made the breakers, and, by the bleffing of God, weathered the Penmark rocks about half a mile. The Amazon had hauled her wind to the northward, when we stood to the fouthward; her condition I think was better than ours, and I knew that her activity and exertions were fully equal to any thing that could be effected under fimilar circumftances; the judgment with which fhe was managed during fo As foon as we had replaced fome ne- long an action, and the gallantry of her ceffary rigging, and the Amazon had attacks, could not but merit the higheft reduced her fail, we commenced a se commendation, and to the heart of a cond attack, placing ourselves, after friend it was peculiarly gratifying. I fome raking broadfides, upon each quar- have full as much reafon to speak highly ter; and this attack, often within piftol of my officers and men, to whom I owe fhot, was by both fhips unremitted for infinite obligations. The Lieutenants above five hours. We then fheered off Thomfon, Norway, and Bell, Lieuteto fecure our mafts. It would be need- nants O'Connor and Wilfon, of the maless to relate to their Lordships every ef- - rines, and Mr Thomson the master, have fort that we made in an attack, which abundant claims upon my gratitude, as commenced at a quarter before fix P. M. well as every inferior officer in the ship, and did not ceafe, excepting at inter- The fufferings of the Amazon are unvals, until half past four A. M. I believe known to me; and I am fingularly hapten hours of more severe fatigue was py to fay, that my own are inconfiderfcarcely ever experienced; the fea was able. The First Lieutenant, Mr Thomhigh; the people on the main deck up fon, a brave and worthy officer, is the to their middles in water; fome guns only one of that description wounded, broke their breechings four times over; with eighteen men; twelve of which fome drew the ring-bolts from the fides, number have wounds of no ferious conand many of them were repeatedly fequence, confifting chiefly of violent drawn immediately after loading; all contufions from splinters. I am, &c. our mafts were much wounded, the main ED. PELLEW. top-maft completely unrigged, and faved only by uncommon alacrity. The lingering approach of day-light was most anxioufly looked for by all, and foon after it opened, feeing the land very close a head, we again wore to the fouthward, in twenty fathoms water, and a few minutes after difcovered the enemy, who had fo bravely defended herself, lying on her broad fide, and á tremendous furf beating over her. The miferable fate of her brave but unhappy erew was perhaps the more fincerely lamented by us, from the apprehenfion of fuffering a fimilar misfortune. We paffed her within a mile, in a very bad condition, having at that time four feet water in our hold, a great sea, and the wind dead on the shore; but we had af Captures, c. from the Gazette. Dec. 29. A French cutter privateer, of 4 guns, and 30 men, by his Majefty's fhip Cerberus. 30. The Impatiente, French frigate, of 40 guns, and 570 failors and foldiers on board, came on fhore near Crookhaven, and was totally loft, only seven men faved. L'Hirondelle, French privateer, of 12 guns, 70 men, by the Cleopatra frigate. Jan. 1. L'Amaranthe, of 12 guns, French national brig, by the Diamond frigate. 2. La Mufette, French privateer, of 22 guns, and 150 men, by the Hazard floop. Le Deux Amis, French privateer, of 14 guns, and 80 men, by his Majefty's fhips Polyphemus and Doris. 8. Le Suffrein, armed en flute, formerly taken by the Jafon frigate, but retaken by the French, taken again, and sunk, by a squadron of British ships. 10. L'Eclair, of 18 guns, and 120 men, by the Unicorn frigate, Sir T. Williams. 12. A French privateer, of 2 guns, and 28 men, by his Majesty's floop Star, the Hon. Capt. Colvill. 13. La Favorite privateer, of 8 guns, and 60 men, by his Majefty's fhip Hind. 17. L'Allerger brig, of 200 tons, laden with ammunition and entrenching tools, one of the veffels on the Irish expedition, by his Majesty's floop Spitfire. (End of the Gazettes.) CONTINENTAL INTELLIGENCE. GERMANY. Jan. 1o. This day the fortress of Kehl furrendered to the Auftrian army. The French General Rudler writes, By the capitulation agreed upon yef terday, the Fort of Kehl, after the trenches had been opened before it two months, will be restored to the Auftrians this day, at four o'clock in the afternoon all our artillery has already been formed into a park on the left bank of the Rhine. Every foldier carries with him only the pallifade which covered him; the enemy will find nothing but afhes and ruins. "It is thus that the army, after the pafface of the Rhine, after rapid conquefts, and one of the most skilful retreats, has crowned its brilliant cam paign by a defence equally astonishing and glorious. "The Generals, the Officers, and Soldiers, have difplayed in that fituation a courage and a fortitude that even compelled the enemy to pay them the tribute of admiration which is due to their valour. RUDLER." On the 14th, General Clarke arrived at Vienna; but on the arrival of the ac counts of Lord Malmesbury being order ed to quit Paris, that General got immediate orders to leave Vienna: fo all negociations for a peace were broken off. ITALY. The Pope has been greatly alarmed by the threats of the French, whofe terms of Peace have been fo greatly mortifying, that his Holinefs refufed to ratify them. The Archbishop of Ferrara has tranfmitted to his Holinefs a bombafic let ter he received from the French General, the concluding paragraph of which is as follows: "To overturn the temporal power of the Pope, I have no more to do than to will it. Repair to Rome, fee the Holy Father, undeceive him refpecting his true interests, deliver him from the intriguers that furround him, who wish for his deftruction, and that of the city of Rome. The French once more permit me to offer propofitions of peace. All may yet be fettled. War, fo cruel on the people, has terrible confequences for the vanquished. Save the Pope from the greatest misfortunes. You know how defirous I am to terminate by peace, a conteft, which has, for me, neither danger nor glory. "In your miffion, M. Le Cardinal, I wifh that fuccefs which the purity of your intention deferves. BUONAPARTE." Dec. 17. Field Marshall Baron Davidovitch writes from Rivoli, "That he had, on the morning of the 17th, attacked the enemy, who were ftrongly pofted on the heights near Rivoli, and notwithstanding the difficulties of the fituation from mountains and precipices, after an obftinate conteft, which continued, without intermiffion, from seven in the morning till two in the afternoon, we drove the enemy to the heights of Campara. Their lot in killed and wounded was confiderable. Two Generals, Florella and Vallet, were made prifoners, with a great number of officers, and IOCO private men. We likewife took 12 pieces of artillery, and feveral ammunition waggons." 29. General Wurmfer made a fuccefsful fortie from Mantua, and killed near 4000 of the enemy. Nothing decifive can as yet be stated about the army in Italy, partly on account of the feverity of the fcafon, and the heavy falls of fnow in the mountains, and partly on account of the confiderable reinforcements which the enemy has received from all quarters, by which they were enabled to oppofe the two advancing corps of Field Mahal Lieutenant Quofdannovich and Davidovitch with the greatest obftinacy, by their fuperior numbers, and to fruftrate the junction of thefe two corps on the Adige, for effe&ting which, our troops, for fome time paft, brought on feveral engagements, in which the advantage was now on one fide, and then on the other, with confiderable loffes on both; the amount of of which, however, has not yet been authenticated. To grant fome repofe to our troops, who have greatly suffered from cold and fatigue, thefe two corps have at prefent ftationed themfelves in fach a manner (that of Quofdannovich near Baffano, and that of Davidovitch near Ala) as to enable the troops to recover themselves, and at the fame time to cover the frontiers of Tyrol and Auftria, and alfo to remain in a fituation which will enable them to embrace the firft favourable opportunity which may offer to give relief and fuccour to the fortrefs of Mantua. The foreign papers ftate, that General Buonaparte was at Milan on the 30th November, and had a long conference with General Clarke, who had arrived there from Paris by the way of Turin, and was going as negociator to Vienna. RUSSIA. 9. 1796, import, that our fituation in St Domingo is by far more favourable at this time than fince his Majesty has been in poffeffion of any part of it. The fuccefs of the very judicious arrangements made by Major General Bowyer, at Jeremie, and the divifions amongst the enemy in the fouth part of the island, where almost all the republican whites have been maffacred fince their defeat, has affured the fafety of the important quarter of the Grand Ance. On the 2d December laft, the corpfe of Peter III. was brought from Nefsky monaftery to the Imperial palace, in a proceffion the most grand, awful, and folemn, that could poffibly be witneffed. The train occupied the whole extent between these two places, a space of five verfts, or upwards of three miles. The prefent Emperor as well as Emprefs, the two grand dukes and ducheffes, with many young ladies, nobility, and gentry, &c. accompanied the proceffion, which lafted from day-break till past two in the afternoon. On the 5th of the fame month, the funeral ceremony of the remains of Peter III. and the late Catharine II. took place. It was equally grand and numerous with the former, nay, more fo; but as it paffed through narrow ftreets, it could not how quite fo well. They were interred in the caftle. Accounts are received from Peterfburgh, that the Emperor has fet at liberty the celebrated Polish Genera! Kofci. ufko, and at the fame time prefented him with 1500 peasants. He has alfo reftored to liberty the two other Polish prifoners Potocki and Niemeiwitz. The former he has restored to his estate, and to the latter he has given 1000 peafants. They have engaged to remain peaceable. WEST INLIES. The latest accounts from Major General Gordon Forbes, commanding his Majefty's troops in the island of St Domingo, dated Port-au-Prince, October The fame fpirit of difcord prevailing alfo in the north, and the fuccefs of our troops towards the Spanish frontiers, have encouraged the remains of Jean Francois' army to co-operate with us; they have, in confequence, fought foveral battles with the republican party, and have fent us a number of prisoners. St Marc's and Mole St Nicolas are also in a ftate of perfect fecurity. AMERICA. A letter from New York, December 9th, fays, “About one o'clock this morning a fire broke out in one of the ftores on Murray's Wharf, Coffee-houfe-flip, and raged with fuch fury as to baffe ail human exertion, till it had laid in athes the whole block of buildings included between that flip, Front-treet, and the Fly-market. The number of buildings confumed may be from fixty to feventy, confifting moftly of large warehouses, with fome large and valuable dwellinghoufes. The goods in the ftores first burnt were all confumed, with all the books and papers of the occupiers. Of this number are Meff. Robinfon and Hartshorne, Meff. Loomis and Tillinghaft, W. and S. Robinfon, and the reprefentatives of Nicholas Cook. The merchandize in the ftores nearer to the Fly-market was much of it faved. Fortunately it was high water, and the wind off fhore, by which means the fhipping was faved. The principal proprietors of the buildings burnt are, Stewart and Johnes, John Murray, jun. John Marfton, Robert Browne, John Taylor, Garey Ludlow, Robert and Peter Bruce, and Henry H. Kip. It would be imprudent at prefent to hazard a guess at the amount of property deftroyed. It v must be immenfe. The warehoufes were all of wood, and many of thern contained large quantities of rum and spirits, which rendered the flames terrible in rapidity and extent." |