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FRANCE. PARIS, 24 MESSIDOR ( itTLy 13.) The Aga (tar - of ' the loth of July contains tLe two following notes, one upon Mr. Pitt's fpeech, and another upon Mr: Fox's fpeech upon the Vote of Cre dit for three millions and a half : NMI the Firth.—We fce with pleafure that this is not a credit of tno,oooL added to one of five millions, but that of five mil. Bests reduced to 3,300,e5n01. You will &only fee that film more • iminithed, and reduced to a few hundred thoufand pounds nee. lei•J, to pay agents of corruption, or to dired (nine dark ma ozuvre ; Mr. Pitt rays clearly enough to whoever will underftand n.,n (which, however, we knew before he took the trouble to MR • I hat be has no longer any hope of foreign fuccuurs. Note the Secc.ne—in Mr Fox's language we recognife a Stater , rn:n who appreciates the iutcrefts of Europe, who weighs the bo . ce of the various Powers, and who differs widely from that I .n, furious man, who is blinded by his paffions, and feigns tow. ce of wbat he knows ; who places a whole nation un d o sow La the hope of an iropeable coalition, in the fear of an lovallast ...dal, however probable the fuccefs may be, was not probable for cat tint year. A coalition between England. Rata, and Auftrio caft much more blood, and would not produce any greater r.-felts than the preceding coalitions. Is it net ridiculous to feeds* i•nglifit (peak of other Powers, as if they ware fuhfervient to their ; hope for the concurrence of the Continent, as if there ores 4 Continental Power wham they had not defpifed ; to rev them., (hoer, accept of a Foreign Negociator to make peace? ilk I trait is quite as comical as it would be, with a view of badly a prod ard quick tranflation of fume of our twit dn=slia tranfitte Iphi g ene i nto R u ffi an , to tran fl ate it aft kw Finlith. It is not Mr. Pitt who can think that this is the use .of making Peace ; yet it is he who willies for a Coalition,audwills ill not make a Coalition—Mr. Fox has told bias, that after two ye:ire of war, England will find herfelf in a pardon Rill mots celadvantageous, compared with the progreilive Maisie of the p3wer and profperity of France. Baron Gloss., has taken leave of his Imperial Ma jctiv in the ufual manner. The Minister of War arrived on the 7th at Bou logne, and reviewed the troops. Four Deputies from the City of Marfeilles, have let out for Genoa, commiffioned to lay at the feet of their Imperial and Royal Majellies, the unani mous with of that city, that it would pleafe their Ma. jellies to favour it for a moment with their augult orefence. Marihal BERTHIER, Milliner at War, arrived at Boulogne on the 7th init. On the neat day his Ex cellency reviewed the Fiat Divilion of the Centre Corps. On Monday the 9.h, at three in the morning, his Majetty the Emperor, exercifed at Turin, the sth re. I ; tnent of the line, and the 1961 of chaff - curs, conti nuing the manoeuvres till nine in the morning, when he got into his carriage with the Emprefs, and break tatted at the Convent of Mount Cenis. At three in the afternoon he again let out, and arrived at Fon rainbleau on Friday evening, after a journey of eighty hours. He palled through all the towns incognito, voider the name of the Minyler of the harrier. The Emprefs fupported the journey perfedly 'thew. .:FPORT OF LIEUTENANT CLARET, DISPATCHED FROM NARTINIELOS WITH THE BRIO LYNX', ARRIVED AT FRANCE ON THE 17TH PIESSIDOR ( ) JULY 6). On the 24th of Floreal (May 14 , the Squadron of his Majesty under the command of Admiral Vil :enenve, reinforced by two (hips and a frigate, 'an chored before Port au•Prince at Martinique: it had suffered no damage, and the crews were in the belt Rate of health. A tl the moment of my departure, which was on the Bth of Prairial (May 28), the fqoa dron had taken in provili-ns and water, and only waited the return of Admiral Gravina, whore dela nation was not known, to put again to fea. The fquadron, under the command of Admiral ::ochrane, had not been feen at the Wind Ward tlands for 20 days ; it was fuppofed to have return ed to Europe. On the 7th of Prairial (May 27) the Diamond Rock had been attacked and taken. h was report• eel that the inhabitants ofTrinidad had taken refuge a the interior of the ifland, and that the colony of -I,:ied no refinance to a divifion which fisould prefent .7sclf. To the weft of the Azores I met with an American fhip, which affured me that the Spanifb it•vition whichhad left AdmiralVilleneuve bad landed .coo men at Trinidad, 'who had made themfelves mallets of the ifland. All the accounts received from :;:.Domingo confirm the intelligence that the negroes •:i the Spanith part of St. Domingo have been dri ven from it with imrnenfe lors by General Ferrand.— Domingo was confidered as inattackable finee the arrival of the reinforcements brought by the Roche fquadron. The army of Deffalines was divided fevcral faSions which had already come to bl..ws •eith each other. I met with no (hips of war in my pairage. (Signed) CLARET. ON BOARD THE ADMIRAL'S SHIP THE EUCENT•VR, IN THE ROAD OF FORT-DS FRANCS, THE 27TH UT FLO REAL (MAY 17), YEAR 13. Monfeigneur, • Your Excellency having been informed of my leav tr.7, the Road of Toulon on the gth of Germinal last, I :lave to give you an account of the circumstances • t my voyage, as well in the Mediterranean as in •!uo Ocean, of my appearance before Cadiz, of the r.liaion of the Ibip l'Aigle and the fquadron of his Cathclic Majefty, under the command of Admiral si-avit.a, id fine, of my arrival in this toad. Having wished to take advantage of the firli fa vont able breeze to effeft my departure from Toulon, ! a as able to make a very little way during the firil •ght, the wind not having continued long, intlead t inereafing, as it at fist feemed likely to do. I was Rill in fight of the Coasts of Provence. On the nest day 1 perceived in the N.E. two Englifh frigates, I r•lticb obkrved me the whole day, without changing I •••irle ; and the next morning a Ragufan vac' pal-1 ..t within bail of the ftpiadron ; I caufed her to be ...lited, and on inquiry learned that 5 days before fhe lead teen the Englith fquadron to the South of .Sardi-; .1.,. The lag accounts which I had received at Tr•u- I 3 informed me, that the enemy were ensiling in e off Bars.elona, and in confequence had refolved . shape my mirk to the eaftward of the Baleiirie 1:s. But the intelligence I received from the Ra ;,,,!..:a veffel induced me to change my deteimination ▪ pals to the Wellwatd of thole iflands, keeping .:, (lore as paiblc to the coat of Spain. Cu the 17th of Germinal, I found myfelf in a dead • iim before Carthagena, as I faw Tome Ihips c.I war, which appeared ready for fea, I fent off a boat to .4,tain intelligence and to offer my fervien and the ,•-•••=t &ion of the fquadron, to fuch (hips of his Ca i!i•tiic Majefty as were willing to join it. The C0m 0...141er of this fquadron informed me, that from the al plan of operations agreed on between the two L it had aaoacrieftination, and nude pan of a fleet different from that under my command; the fame evening a frefh breeze twinging up at EaR, I continued my courfe for the Straits. On the 19th, at break of day, I came in fight of the Rock of Gibraltar, and alfo of Monkey Moun tain ; I ordered every thing to be got ready for ac tion, formed the fquadron into two columns, and ordered the frigates to make fail ahead; at noon, the wind blowing frelh and the fquadron being per. fatly formed, entered the Straits, the alarm guns bred from all points of the Rock of Gibraltar ; I caufed the grand Rag to be difplayed at the flern, and thofe of dillindion. In the mean time the fri gates a-head made a lignal for a lhip of war and two frigates flying before us, firing guns. They did not, however, flack fail, and about four o'clock made a fignal for 1 t fail, fix of which were (hips of war. A Short time after they made a fignal that the enemy was flying. The fquadron made all the fail it could carry, but it was at too great a dißance from the enemy to hope to come up with them, and night was coming on.— The Hortenfe had received orders to proceed before us to Cadiz, to give notice to l'Aigle and the Spanilh [hips which were ready to follow me, to put to fea. She executed this commiffion, and as t had no hope of being able to come up with the enemy, I direded my courfe to Cadiz, to effed a junClion with the (hips I expeded from that port. It was Rill fufficiently light for me to perceive in the roads of Cadiz, that the Aigle was preparing to pat to fea, as well as feveral Spanilh [hips As loon as I was before the Bay, perceiving that the wind which was Weft and Prong, would drive us off lime, I made the Signal to anchor with the Ikea anchor, and loon after a Spanith Officer came on board, and informed me that eight of his Catholic Majefty's (hips and a Fri• gate, under the command of Admiral GRAVIIIs, were about to put to lea, and before midnight I faw them fucceffively come out of port, and anchor without it. I fent my Adjutant on board Admiral GaAVINA, who pointed out to hint how precious every moment was, and that it was el entially neceffsry to get nnder I fail without delay, to proceed to our deftination. Admiral Gaaviae anfwered, that every thing was ready, that I might make the fignal for getting un der weigh, and he would repeat it. At two; in the morning the whole French fquadron was under fail, and a part of the Spanilh fquadron, and we Itecred a weflerly courfe. At day light I faw the Spanilh were very far aftern, and flackened fail the whole morning for them to come up. In the afternoon the wind changed to the wellward. From this time my voyage was only retarded by occafional contrary winds and calms. On the 19th of Floreal (May 9). being in the latitude prefcribed in my inflrudions, I tranhnitted to Admiral GRAVINA his difpatches, and at a fignal made fix Ihips of his Catholic Majelly and two frigates, and two twigs of his Imperial Majelty, range themfelves under his flag. They were in fight the remainder of the evening, but the next morning they were no longer to be Peen ; and I have realon to believe they reached their dellination. In my paffage I law very few vac's ; thole I did fee I caufed to be chafed by my frigates. I had fent on the Hortenfe and the Hermicne a good way a-head ; they joined me on the 23d. They had taken the Eng lith corvette, the Cyane, of 24 guns, and 125 men, commanded by the Honourable Captain CADOGAN. The fame day I had fight of the Maud of Martinique. On the 2 s it, at break of day, I entered the Chan nel of St. Lucia, and, in the courfe of the day, an chored at Martinique with the fquadron antrußed to me by his Majelly, and two Spanifh fliips and a fri. gate. The letter then proceeds to commend the zeal and good condua 01 the Captains and Officers of the fleet, in particular Captain MAISTREIL, of the Nep tune; Captain COSMAO, of the Pluton ; Captain Ro. LAND; Adjutant PRIGN Ey ; his Excellency the Spa nigh Admiral GRAVINA ; after which it concludes thtis— lam employed in taking in lay water. I have found the Colony abundantly fupplied with provi fions. General Lao alarm' is letting out for Guada loupe to collth there as many tranfpvrts as he can procure. From the intelligence I have been able to obtain, I have reafon to believe that Admiral Gae- VINA will expel ience no difficulty in his expedition ; and when he 113411 have rejoined me, which I hope will be very loon, I will not lofe a moment in repair ing to my dellination. I entreat your Excellency to accept the homage of my refpea. (Signed) VILLENEUVE. FROM THE_PARI3 13:1PERS. GENOA, JUNE ;t7.-•1 - 11.5 Excellency M. the Baron Ds Gi USTI has taken leave in his ulual form, and is ready to fet out. His million, in quality of Minifler Plenipotentiaiy and Envoy Extraordinary of his Ma jelly the Emperor of Germany and Aulltia, being terminated, the ilcutcheon of his Sovereign is taken down from his lintel. HANEURGH, Ju 3.—The Senate of this City has renewed and publithed its Ordinance againß all Foreign Recruiting. Severe penalties are enatied as well againit the Recruitt.rs and Receivers, as againit perfons concerned in any manner in. the enrolment. Rewards are promiled to thole who inform againii perfons of this defcription. The following letter, addrefred to the Executive Committee of Hanover, has been publithed by order of his Excellency the Marital of the Empire BERNA• DATT R:••••• " Authentic reports announce, that the Enltfit Government has cummiffioncd fcveral Officers of the ei-deyant Hanoverian Army to recruit unlawfully for the Eughib troops. In feveral fiances the routes of the individuals which have been debauched have been traced, and the peafants who have given them lodging, and ferved as guides, have been difeovered. to is my duty, ' Gentlemen, to communicate this information to you, in order that you may announce to the inhabitants of the rledor-aie, and prin cipally to the Hanoverian Officers, Sub Officers and Soldiers, that every individual fulpeffied of bring concerned In there recruit meats will be arrcftcd. I mull also obferve to yciu, that Special Commillions have been formed for the purport of obtaining infor mation relative to this Eunice.. Count its of war will alto be et. tahrked, to pUlliib with death, conformably to our laws, all the accomplices of the English iu there initances. As it appears that the agents of the Englifla Government cannot fulfil their mifa(in without bring affilled by perfons of rat k, and principally by Ma. giitrates, or other perfons in office, I have determined the puoith. tweet which Stall be infiiffied on thole thus offending. " Fatty perfon in of or Magiftrate, who Sall tolerate in his diftriet foreigners or other perfons who recruit or debauch the fa• diers, hall be arrcftad, imprifoned, and feat out of the country.— livery inhabitant of the Ekdtorate, whatever may be Ma rank, who ni'ill he rut - pedal of taking any part, either diredily or Lodi• rrctiy, lit fuel] recruitment., Gull be &livered over to a Military Cuentniffiun, and punilbed according to the French laws. " I charge you, Gentkauw, to communicate this letter to the differimt Authorities of the country. in order that thole whom ft concerns may be informed of it. Thefe nacifuees molt prove to Tor that Irsther wi& w pavan. crimes due w rift thaw". LONDON. TUESDAY, JULY s 3. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK' Confab, for money, 6o4j—Ditto, for Aura 6of Gt. Reduced. ssi—Omnimn S4l• We gated a few days ago that the real canfe that detained M. NOVOSILTZOFI at Berlin was the recent conduit of Bomararrs, in annexing the Ligurian Re public to France, at the time that he was profclEng a difpolition to treat for peace on fuch a hafts as might maintain a proper balance of power in Europe. The accounts by the Gottenburgh Mail of this day confirm that flatement. They nate briefly, that the conduit of BONAPAILTI, in having at this time, added Genoa to the French Republic, has given fuch of fence to Rullia, that the Court of. St. Peterfburghhas thought proper to recal General NovosiLTZOFF from his million to Paris. They alto Rate, that as a meal - tire of precaution, the King of Swum is going to fell, or put under the proteition of RutEa, all Swedifit Pomerania. The affairs of Europe are n•rw coming to that crifis which will compel thofe Powers that have hi therto remained neutral to follow an aftive and de cided line of conduit. The daring and repeated encroachments of France, on the general rights of the other independent Rates of Europe, has hitherto met withlu little oppofition from the other Powers,that BONAPARTI is fully perfuaded he may now feize on what he will without the fmalleft chance of being re fined. Every new annexation which it adds to his own means for recruiting his army takes from that macs of population which, under common circumftances, would yield its furplus to fill the ranks of thole whom nap, will at length compell to the combat ; and the lunger they fuffer this fyitem, the more will they flifTer from the very circumfiances we have Rated. Indeed, thould the prefent infataatiOn continue for a fufficicnt length of time, it will not be in their power to prefcribe any other limits to the French Em pire than what may be meafured out by the rapacity of the Corfican. Europe at the prefent moment feems to have but one chance for efcaping that fubjugation which Bo- NAPAR re has projected for it, and that arifes from his own inn.atience. He knows that nothing but fear has produced that acquiefcence which has hitherto been fo favourable to his views. On that firing he means dill to firike, but the chance is, he may break it before the evil has become irremediable. We have had occafion to notice with how little ceremony the Auftrian Minider was difmilled from Genoa. We have now to record a fad -of a- more fingular nature. On a late occafirn an Aufurian Miniffer was grofsly infulted by the Emperor of the French. In his diplomatic character tome queftion refpeding late proceedings was put by him to the French Government. —The anfwer of BOMATA/TII was laconic and intelligible:—"Tell your smiler, the Emperor of GERMAP4r, that I defire to have fatisfac tory explanations firm him repelling his connexions and views relating to certain other powers, If I do not receive an explicit anfwer by the 25th of this month ( July), let him look to his dominions." An Evening Paper of laft night (fated the receipt of intelligence at Plymouth, br.sight by the Nistais cutter, that Admiral Cortyi wawa. had received in telligence of the combined fleet having been fcen in lat. 4.7. N. long. rB. W. on its way to France, and had made difpolitions to inte;cept it, &c. &c.—We are ferry it is not in our power to confirm this intel ligence. The NimaLt cutter did arrive at Plymouth on Saturday evening, but the brought no intelligence whatever refpeaing either the combined fquadron, or that under the command of Lord NELSOI4. Vague reports founded on foam millake might have been circulated at Plymouth after the arrival of the NIMBLE, cutter; for by the time Ihe quitted the fleet the advices which, after the arrival of the Cuaraux, were fent from the Admiralty to our dif ferent fqnadrrins to be on the look out for the enemy, would hare reached Admiral Cosuwacr.r s, and could hardly fail ro give rife to various rumours in the fleet under his command. But had there been any real foundation for the rumour of laf night, Government could not have been without the intelligence—yet no information of the kind alluded to has been received at any of the public offices. We may be in hourly expe&ation of intelligence from Lord NFLSOII, but the public flsould be on their guard not to give implicit credit to unfounded ru mours. Lail night we received Paris Journals, two days later than thole of which we yellerday announced the receipt. The Moniieur of the lath contains the official ac count of the proceedings of the French Squadron, from the time of its departure from Toulan to its arrival at Martinique. The difpatches of Admiral Vt lova were brought to France (the port is not mentioned) on the 6th inf. by the Lynx brig, which failed from Martinique on the 28th of May, the day on which it is fuppoied the Combined Squadron left Fort Royal on its ulterior detlination. The French brig mull have deviated confiderably from the dire& track to Europe, as (he arrived only a day before the CUILIEUX, who failed from the Wei Indies ftp lit teen days later. T It is evident, from Admiral Vita. Es re p,,, , that he has been haunted by the terror of Load &L. son's name, from the very moment he quitted tie harbour of Toulon. All his operations bear uncqui, vocal marks of hurry and confufion. It is afeertAined that he paged the rock of Gibraltar with t fail of the line, and it would apprar that he was joined before Cadiz by l'Aigle French, and eight Spanifh fait of the line—and yet, with this monftronsfaperio t ii, he preffes the Spanifh Admiral to an WWl:at:c ow juation, telling him " that there was not a mome nt to be loft." The only material occurrences in 11; s paffage, which are to be collated from his repot:, are the capture of the Cvasta Scoop of war, and the detaching of fiz Spanifh fail of the line, two friga te; and two brigs, on the 9th of May, five days before he reached Martinique. We are at a lofs to reconcile this account of hit force with the intelligence which had previouP reached us. When the Combined Squadron plifed the Diamond Rock, its numbers were diaindly certained to be farces fail of the line, and a number of frigates. There could be no minake in this compu. tation, as they paffed fufficiently near to have beet fired at from that Ration. If this account be corre', the Combined Squadron runft have amounted I', twenty-two fail of the line, before the Spanifli detac.. went under GILAVIII• left it. There is much real a to queßion the corrednefs of the official report, and fro concluding that if any part of the fleet under Aemi. ral VI cte SE VVIA had been detached, it could net have amounted to more than four Gil of the line at the utmon. What the objet of detaching any part of the fleet was, we have no data upon which to form fatisfadory opinion. The Wand, which was either to be fuccoured or attacked, could not have been very remote, as it appears from the difpatches that Admiral Gil AVINA was hourly expeded to rejoin the fquadron at Martioique, and that they only waited for his return to proceed upon the grand putpofe of the expedition. The report of CLAM, the Lieutenant of the Lynx, is feemingly at variance with itfelf. It Rater, that he was informed off the Azores, by an Ameri can, of the capture of Trinidad by GRAVINA'S de tachment, and yet he concludes his letter with laying, that if he met with no fhip on his pal age." This, however, may be confirned to mean, that he met with no (hip of the emery on his paffage. The French, it would appear, were as unfortunate, in refpete of intelligence, as we have been for fome time, for it was fuppofed at Martinique that Admiral COCHRANE had returned to Europe. We are per. fuaded that the French Clovernment have received •other di fpat ches befides thole which they h eve thought proper to publifh, and that they are apprifed that the Combined Squadron has fled from the Weft Indies, and was on its return to the firß port of France or Spain, which it could conveniently make. Upon confidering this report more attentively, we are inclined to believe that Vl:44)mm has quitted Mar inique without waiting to be rejoined by the detachment under Murree, and that he has left the Spanifh Admiral to encounter all the danger, and reap all the glory of his expedition, be it what it may. The principal part of the Boulogne and Calais fquadrons, after their late Rubborn conflia with the French flotilla, have come into the Downs to make fome repairs. The enemy were engaged in larger bilmbers than they have been fence the commence ment of the war. The flotilla was the long-expeatd one from Dunkirk and Wend. It confined of two divifions ; the aril eivilion contained so brigs and fchooners; the second sopraams, brigs, and fchuyts. They were fupported by 8o fail which came out of Boulogne. Our cruisers were oppofed to near 200 fail. The mifchief done to our (hips was by the batteries on (bore, and the flying artillery. Our countrymen, with the utmoft gallantry, dallied in dole to the (bore, cheering as they palled each other. and pouring in broadfides to the fopnd of repeated huzzas. Moll of our brigs lay broadfide to the enemy's coat!, and kept up a heavy firing within pitiol (hot. The crush:lion on board the enemy's flotilla was extreme. They were lefa anxious to return our fire than to make their efcape. What execution was done againft us was chiefly, as we have already faid, - by the Chore bane• ries and artillery- The (laughter on the part of the enemy mutt have been prodigious, for the coati from Calais to Boulogne was covered with troops. Be tides the brigs and fchuyts which we funk, two fchooners and one brig were driven on chore urn the rocks near Cape Grifnez, and one fchooner and one brig on the rocks off St. John's. The following is a pretty corral lilt of the killed and wounded on board our fquadron : • Trutty, to guns, . feaman wounded; l'immortalim frigate, feamen killed, 8 wounded; Ariadne frigate, t feaman killed, S wourded—Lieutenant Sheppard, Royal Marines, damn** wounded to the head ' • Hebe frigate, t iceman wounded; Calif fo Swop, a Iceman killed, 6 wounded—Captain Fofter dangerouly wounded, a Lieutenant ilight/y wounded ; la Fleche (loop, 3 Ccs* men wounded; Arab ditto, t feaman killed, 6 wounded; *et . ditto, 2 (cameo wounded; Pioneer gun brig, 3 feamen wounded t Bruizer ditto, z Leaman killed ; Sparkler ditto, a (cameo wound ed: dittik 2 Icemen wounded ; Watchful ditto, Litute• pant Mara:tall killed. Total—t Lieutenant killed; ; Captain, t Lieutenant, z I irutt pant of Marines, wounded ; 8 icemen killed ; 39 ditto wour-leJ. The following article, which we futi,e& to be as void of foundation to the rumour above alluded to, is copied from the freatiiS Courier, publifhed at Chat- ham this morning " IXTRACT OF A TRIVATI LATTA& MOM DEAL. "I have this moment been informed that last night one of our frigates gave a frtife ataxia to the French, while another went into Calais harbour, and fet fire to the flotilla, which enrirely confumed the whole, without a (hot being fired at our frigate. For the authenticity of the above I cannot vouch." Lieutenant-Colonel DuFF, Nephew of the EA of Firs arrivedyefterday at Fife Hoofe,Whitchall, ]tow Scotland.