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FR-43:(F. PARIS, SEPT. 11. MINISTRY OF MA - A iNr.. F. PAtrzlv, Cartain of a Frigate, Mtra'l..r • • tLe I.er,ion OF Ho- onur, commanding a Squadron of \rack ct h; lency Vice•Admirat DECR E. 4, Grand Officcr of the Lion of lionour, Minifter of Marine and of Colonies : " On board his imrerill and Royal Majeßy't Frigate la Topaze, in the Tagus. Antall 20, 180 5. 46 Monfeigneur—l have the honour, ui inform you of my return from Martinique, havingleft that ifland with the corvettes le Department des Landes, la Torche, and le Faune, which Admiral VILLAAET Jnvruse, Captain General, ordered to be placed under my command on the r 3th of July laft. I have alfo the honour to inform your Excellency, that I have taken, after a very bra adion of about an hour and a quarter, the Engli(h frigate Blanche, carrying 26 cighteen•pounders, 14 carronades, and 4 nine pounders, on the formaille. She was commanded by ZACHARY MUDGE, Efq. from Jamaica, bound to Barbadoes. I got under weigh from Fort de France on the 16th of July—on the inth, at eight in the morning, in lat. co. cc. long. 65. zo. W. from the meridian of Paris, I 1.1 , v, at three leagues &Rance, N.N.W. a large vefh.l, which I judged to be a fri gate, running .o the S.S.E. on the larboard tack.— I (leered to the N.N.E. the wind at EaR, blowing frefh, a ftrong fwell, and the atmorphere cloudy, I then made rn, other change in my courfe ; my little fquadron kept together, confiding of the brig le Faune, of 16 guns, &pounders, commanded byLieut. BRUNET ; the corvette la Torche, of 18 guns, 2- pounders, Lieut. DCHEN ; the corvette le Depart ment de Landes, of twenty B.pounders, Lieutenant Ds SMONTIL3, and the frigate la Topaze, of twenty eight 18-pounders, ten carronades, and fix eight pounders. At 36 minutes paR eight the frigate was about two leagues diitair, going before the wind. I had le Department des Landes on the (larboard, le Faune to the larboard, and la Torche to the larboard of le Faune. At 45 minutes paft nine I was on the flarhoard quarter of the enemy, and the anion con• tinned till fifty five minutes pall ten, when the Eng lifh flag e..a•-• (truck, and la 'f opaze refounded with cries of 6 Vive l'Empereur.' At this m^ment le Department des Landes was within cannon Riot, la Torche a little to the (larboard, le Faune in obfer. +cation. Towards the end of the action, le Depart ment des Landes fired ;8 guns, and la Torche three. The great inferiority of the corvettes prevented them from taking any other part in the Wind's. They at leak however, ferved to flatten the furrender of the enemy. [M. BAUDIN here /WOOS in high term:, a great number of the perfons employed under him.] Mr. Muncie was fecond in command to Captain VANCOUVER on his voyage or. the North-weft coati of America. Far be it from me to fay any thing unfavourable of him, but I owe it to truth, and to the glory of the brave men whom I have the honour to command, to affure your Excellency that la Topaze tingly carured the Blanche ; the had at men killed and wounded in the adion ; I had only is men killed and wounded. I was obliged to burn the frigate, after taking out the crew. I have the honour to be, with profound ter ra, Monfeigneur, 4, Your very humble and obedient fervant, 66 k. Balms." Another letter from M. BAUDIN, gives an account of his efcape into the Tagus, after being chafed by the AGAMEMNON, of 64 guns, and after lofing two of his fquadron. He Rates la Topaze to have had partial aftion with the AGAMEMNON, in which the former had three men wounded. He Pays all", that he addreffed his crew, afking them whether, if they were forced to continue the aftion, they wotdd board the AGAMEMNON ? and they all anfwered in the affir mative. The chaee he Rates to have continued forty hours. Styr. t 7.— A letter from Stralburgli, dated Sept. to, Pays, 4. Intelligence is received that Prince Mu- RAT will arrive here this night. A detachment of dragoons has been fent to Stutzheim, to wait the ay. rival of the Prince there, and to efcort him to this city. His Highnefs will take up his abode a'. the hotel de Deux-Ponts, as loon as the arrangements making there (hall be completed." 4 , Our city will be vifited during the refidence of his Majelly, the Emperor, here, by many Foreigners of diftinftion. Many Princes of the German Empire are expeded. The Eledor of BADEN has direfted extenfive apartments to be engaged for him at the Hotel du Saint klprie. The vail number of perfons that are to attend the Court, the Miniflers and Gencrab, ere 1 , , be lodged, as well in the public edifices as in private houfes. The troops that are to form the garrifon of our city are to b.: difpofed partly in barracks, partly in the houfes hf the citizens. The Imperial Guard is to be accommodated in the quarter of St. Nicholas : the houfes intended for this purpofe are putting in order." FROM THE FRENCH AND DUTCH PAPERS. BERLIN, SEPT. to.—The French General Duane, Martha] of the Palace, who arrived here on the lit of this month, Rill continues in this city. His de parture feems to depend Rill on ulterior orders, which he expals from his Court, to which he has tranfmitted an account of the firll rank of his mir finn. Sioce the arrival of M. Dv ROC at Berlin, the Pruffian Cabinet has adopted refolutions of very tportance in the prefent conjualure. On one ‘is Cabinet was to have addreffed to the of Vienna and St. Peterlburgh frefh repre ms, tending to the fiipport of the peace of the at. On the other hand it was refolved to in:ion a confider Able part of the army of the t, to the number of rco,coo men. The Inlets on the fubje.t hate been already &I -:n the corps of the different armies which tn chofen to form this force. Thefe arrange we countermanded the grand autumnal ma which have ufually taken place at Potfilam. tilian Officers of diflinetion, the General of iltacastanniv, and the Privy Councillor aEIIG, are amongfl the foreignerslately ar this city. IN, Attn. 13.—Ft is confidently afferted that rtly has appointed Major General CHIRSCH-• / the fituation of Commandant of Potfdarn. Rant)+, Minitler of State to his Pruffian Ma. has fct out for kilcfia. AIiSTIIDAM, SEPT. 2T...-Ninety-twe tholifand ten, from the Coall, will have paffed through Rheims, before the end of the month. It is expeded the Hungarian Dicr, tellich is to meet the t 3th of Odober, wiil net only grant the Emperor so,ooo men, hot alto a confiderable film of money. An army of Ro,ooo men is to he formed in Bohemia. The hadians were to arrive in Brunton the 12th init. The Anfirian troops zfiCtubling on the Inn, are fhortly to advance int() B tvat i.t. At Gottingen, 20.000 French tumps ate arrived from Hanover. General DIANA- D , rTE is with them. It is laid M. BACHER II to foe- coed M. LAtoatirr as French Imperial Ambaffador at the Court of Berlin. Several thoufand horfes have been lately employed in conveying every thing that is valuable at the Court of Munich to Wurtz- burg : and all the Officers throughout that territory have received orders to tranfmit to Munich all the public money in their poffaffion, without delay. THR HAGHF,SEPT. I9.—ViCC-NdMiTRIVERHRUI4 lately arrived in this city, where he has had feveral conferences with the Grand Penfionary. The changes that have lately taken place in conkquence of the new direction of the naval and military force of the Republic, having rendered his pretence unneceffary on the coati, Admiral VERurulLlias juli taken pof feftion of the fuperintendance of the Marine Depart ment. M. VAN RoyEN, who had been placed, ad interim, at the head of that Department, is appointed a Councillor of State. ROTTERDAM, SEPT. 17.—The troops on their march from this country to the Rhine, are proceed ing with the greateft fpeed thofe which had halted one day at Nimeguen, are allowed 14 days to reach Mayence, being only permitted to halt one day on their way thither. General Vicsota.ss left Utrecht on the 13th inftant ; and General MARMoaT the fame city on the 14th, for Mayence, the head-quar ters of his Excellency to be in complete order againft the 26th inflant. It is Rated in feveral Newfpapers, that orders have been fent to Hanover, for all the tioops in that Elec• torate to march for the camp at Zeill. Two companies of the ill battalion of the 4th regiment of Bataxian Infantry, and a company of Artillerifls belonging to the Life Guards, have marched into the Briell from the Hague. STR ASBURG El, SEPT. 9.—The Emperor is expell ed here by the 22d or 23d inft. All the troops will be affembled on his arrival, and his Majelly will take the command of the army, which will be fly led the Grand Army. The War Minifter BER THI SR will be Chief of the Staff. It is thought that the Empreft, will accompany her confurt. AUGSBURG'S, SEPT. 6.—There has been a talk that Pruffian troops were about to affemble in Fran conia; but this intelligence is dellitute of foundation. Hopes of peace are ltill cherifhed, notwithilanding all the hoftile preparations of Aultria. FRANCRFORT, SEPT. late decree of our Se nate, concerning the demolition of our fortifications, holds out a profpeet of expediting the works, by giv ing up to the citizens the fcite of loch parts of the ramparts, as any one of them than clear at his own expence, and leaving to them the whole difpofal of it for a Rated number of years. There have been already found in the walls fums of money of diffe. rent dcfcriptions, which appear to have been con cealed there at the time of the thirty years war. Haaovsa, SEPT. 10.—Laft night the Prunian General, Major VON KNOBL SHWA F, arrived here, and this morning at Herrenhaufen had a ferious con verfation with Marfhal BERNADOTTE. The Heflians are affembling near Minden, in the country of Ha nover, where every movement announces the depar ture of the French Generals and troops. It is re ported that this Elcitorate will be occupied by Prof fia and another power. HAMBURG'', SEPT. 13. —They write from the Ruffian frontiers, under the date of September 2, that the Generals Prince BANGRATION and VoaW to- ZING EM,Dg, have departed for the army. The lat ter is faid to have carried orders to the General in Chief, Kurusor, to advance into Auflrian Poland, which he is faid to have done, at the head of eighty thoufand men. Letters from Vienna, however, coo tradia this intelligence. COPENHAGEN, Auc. 3i.—The autumnal mancen vres will commence on the 28th of next month ; his Highnefs the Prince Royal will arrive here about the fame time. MILAN, Auc. 3o. —All the letters from Venice and Vicenza agree as to the immenfe military prepa iations making by the Emperor of Auftria in his provinces. Stables for rz,coo csvalry are conftrudt ing at Vicenza ; fi ve regiments are expefted at Pa dua ; thole of lohenlohe and Coburgh are alfo ex peCted immediately. ALEPPO, JUNI 26.—The Ruffians continue their preparations againft the Perfians ; they are arising to procure auxiliaries among the Armenians. Their I hoftile defign feems to extend through the whole Peninfula between the Cafpian and Black Seas. To wards this latter point they have made themfelves' mafters of the port of Anargia, independent of their gartifon on the Phafis. It is faid that they have tycm men in this part of Colchirle, and it is added, that their politics do not always favour their military, operations ; and that in Georgia their fyftem of fe verity feems adapted to excite general difcontent.- 1 Prince ZiZIANOF has caufed fixty of the p:incipal in habitants of Tefflis to be arrefted, while two Cons of Prince HER ACLIUS have been compelled to take re- fuge in Pei fia. CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. rg.—The rebellion in Natolia has taken a very fulpiciaus turn for the Porte. The Pacha of Erzerum, Jurupla Pacha, for merly Grand Vizier, was defeated in the engagement with Tayer Pacha ; on which the latter fent four of ficers to propofe a negociation ; but Jufupli Pacha caufed their heads to be ftruck off. Exafperated at this fanguinary deed, Taxer Pacha made a new at tack on his antarnift, entirely defeated, and took him prifoner. Ihe new Reis Effendi has written and puhalhe4 the Hiftory of the Turkifh Empire, from 1743 to Leos ; a wok which is highly approv eft for its corretftnefe And impartiality. The Ruf fian troops which lately paired before this city, were commanded by General GERDUE, a native French man ; 12,000 men are laid to be ready for embarka tion at Odelfa and Sebaftopol. We have received intelligence here, that M. is maser, the French Se cretary and Interpreter, has not proceeded for Paris, but that he has taker} up his teatime for fome weeks pait at Widdia. great imp hand this Courts of fentations Continent put in me ki gdom, Royal Or patched t: have beer mend ha , nceuvres, Two Rui Infantry STACKEL rived in tl MERU? his Maid rr:Lo to Mr. de R jelly, has 11,411BURcH m.4a. Cotocrti; SIFT. L—The firft divition ofthe Army of the Coa R, confining of 30,000 men, paired through Mons on the 3 , 1 ;Amt. The troops are principally conveyed in carriages; they march along the Upper Rhine, by Luxembourg and Trews. We are &fitted that the Emperor NAPOLEON will command in perfon the army of the Rhine, but he will always have re lays in readinefs, to ha fle with difpatch, thould oc calico require, into Italy. Hera avac H, SEPT. to.—A continental war it con fidered inevitable, although the papers Rate, that the Auftrian Ambafiador, Count COBENTZFL, had not yet left Paris. AU is adivity in Auftria and Ruflia. The Auftrian army is already placed upon the war-foot ing, and the field equipage of the Archduke is pre paring in great hafte. Sa Pr. 13.—.-The report of !lonia and Pruffla being at variance appears to be totally void of foundation. Ruffia and Auftria continue their preparations with unabated adivity, and every thing appears to render Continental War snore and more a matter of certainty. The greateft attention in the mean time teems to be direded towards Pruffia, who has given orders for 7c,000 men to be put in motion; but, it is thought, folely and entirely with a view of fupporting her neutrality, which the has poftively declared It her firm intention to maintain, in fpite of the fulicitations of DUROC to the contra.ry, France has offered and svithes Prnfiia to take pof feffion of Hanover, (no doubt upon certain condi tions), but it is known the latter has pofitivelv refu fed it, and will merely draw a line of demarkation in the North of Germany—en attendant. The French are fall evacuating, and have now no more than one Tingle regiment in the whole Hanoverian territory. General BERNADOTTE is already neoociating with that country for a fum down as the price of his eva cuation and his adieu. This is a moil fortunate circumftance for the tranquillity of this neighbour hood and the trade of the Hamburghers, fince we now really enjoy the profpea of loon feeing the Elbe once more free again. All the great men are repairing to the different armies, and we (hall fluidly bear of a holt of Empe rors and brothers of Emperors having taken the field. Hamov ER. SEPT. 9.—We are Rill uncertain about the future movements of the French in this quarter; but, melancholy to relate, they continue to harafs the unfortunate EleCtorate with unexampled cruelty. Every town and village has received orders to pro vide a certain number of .horfes in five days, under the penalty of doubling the number in cafe of not complying with the original requifition. The orders came to Ofhabruck late in the evening of nefday lift, the 3d inflant, to provide sso ; zoo of which were to be for the artillery, and the remain der for the (addle. It is truly difireiling for the unfor tunate peafants of miserable villages, to be under the cruel necellity of giving away, perhaps, their only boric, at a re;loced price, upon the Pimple affurance of a French Commiffary promiling payment in four months after. Such barefaced robbery mull certainly open the eyes of Europe, and even the heart of the molt unfeeling mifanthrope. It has been confidently reported for fome days, that the banditti would leave the Hanoverian tern tory before winter, and that Pruffla would take per fefgon of it again till the conclufiun of the war.— This very deferable circumftance is heartily to be "'M ed for ; but I am afraid the country will be entirely ruined before it takes place. They item rather to hefitate about attacking the Heffians, but reinforcements are aEtually expeaed from Holland, for what purpofe time mutt deter mine. About to,ooo infantry are unflipped in Holland, and almoft all the cavalry which efcaped the diforder. It is beyond a doubt that upwards of Soo or moo died in the courfe of fix weeks. The Aultrians are all in motion—hoftilities are immedi ately expeaed to take place. FROM ITALY, Auc. 28.—There are again feveral Englifli Blips cruizing off Genoa, and they have al ready captured feveral Genoefe veffels. Gino*, AUG. a4.—According to the lift letters from Rome, the Papal Court has given a provifuiy anfwer to the Deputies of the order of Malta com. millioned to propofe the Commander CALACCIOLI, for the dignity of Grand Mailer. In this reply, it is Paid, that his Holinefs mull previoufly confer on this fubjelt with other powers ; that the late Grand Mailer, Tom mast, had in his favour the votes of two Ruffian Priories ; that fo much the more refpea ought to be paid to Ruffia, on the prefent occalion, as there is Rill at Peterfburgh a fum of yoo,ooo ru bles, which attempts are making to transfer into the Treafury of the Order ' • that for the formal and con- Ritutional elation of a Grand Matter, it is neceffary, that all the Langues fhould fend Deputies to the place where it is to be held. It is believed, that the Pope will be requefted by the Sovereigns, in whofe dominions there is a Laugue belonging to the Or der, to give direCtions for the new eleEtion, as was done with regard to that of the tali Grand Mailer. — In this cafe, it is prefumed, that the votes will be in favour of the Chevalier Rusiou, who is, at prefent, on his tra eels in Germany. MILAN, AUG. the garrifons of this city and its vicinity have marched out, and there are hardly woo foldiers left in Milan. They are march ing to the camp at Monte Chiaro, between Brefcia and Bergamo. The Auftriana are affembling in great force on the other fide of the Po and the Adige. The fortrefs of Mantua is to be provifioned for one year ; as are Pefchiera, Pizzighettone, and other fortreffes, for fix months. Vines, AUG. 28.—Appearances are very warlike here. Fre& troops are arriving every day from Ts iefte, Fiume, and Dalmatia, and are taken over to the Continent of Italy. The grenadier battalions are drawing together. The works at the entrenchments of Cbiozza, San Giorgio Maggiore, Prima Valada, &c. are continued with the greaten aBivity, and all idlers found in the ftreets are employed in them.— The regiment of infantry Bellegarde, will remain here for the prefent. The perfons who occupy the numerous country houfes on the Brenta and Adige are mofily withdraw ing into Venice, to make room for the troops affem bling there. The German Houfe at Venice will pro bably be converted into a magazine. The Coffee linufe Al Ponte Roffo is a kind of Lloyd's Coffee houfe, frequented by all politicians. The public fpirit is very good and patriotic. We know nothing of the Royal Family of Narks baying gone to Palermo, as was faid in letters fret" Florence, at leall the laft letters front Naples make no mention thereof. LEGHORN, Atm. 22.—Eighty merchant (hips, of various nations, are flopped at Odeite, where they were going to take in corn, to take troops on board for Corfu. STRALSUNIN SEPT. 7.—This day arrived here his Excellency Baron ALoPEUS, the Ruffian Envoy to the Court of Sweden. He was accompanied by the Ruffian General Vow BE RC Ka, and the Martha' Vow PLATEN. FRONTIERS Or RUSSIA, SEPT 2.-. The Generals Prince BANGRATION and WIN ZINO FRODE have Izt nut for the army. The latter has carried to the Gene ral in Chief, Kutusovv, orders to enter Auflrian Po land, which he has executed at the head of 80,000 men. The Emperor will fet out on the 25th of Sep. tember for the army which is affetnbled at Wilna. The guards, to the amount of 10,000 men, com manded by the Grand Duke CONSTANTIN E, are on their march into Lithuania, whence they will enter the Auftrian bates ; other troops from the Cuban, Siberia, and Kioro, will form different corps de re• ferve. GIBRALTAR, AUGUST 17. The Genoefe brig la Conception, in ballet, cap. cured by his Majety's (loop TEIMAGANT, was this day fent in here. Her crew abandoned her before the was taken polfeffion of- •L'GUST 19. His Majetly's frigate AMPHIOW failed this day lo the eaftward. AUGUST z r. Lalt night, at ten o'clock, the NIGER frigate ar rived here, with difpatches from Admiral Cot.taso- WOOD, Rating, a That the Combined Fleet, of z 6 fail, was then in chace of him, but that he was in hopes of being able to efcape them, and to take hi, ftation off Cape St. Mary's." The . Nic Eit. was alfo chafed by the enemy's fleet ; but at two o'clock in the afternoon yefterday they had abandoned the chace of Admiral CoLt.iNcwoork's fquadron, and wore fteering for Cadiz; and Admiral COLLINGWOrD had again refumed his pofition off Cape St. Mary's, to watch the future motions of the enemy. Apprehenfions are entertained for the fate of the Thunder bomb-ketch, which, it is feared, has fallen into the enemy's hands. • The NIGIR, immediately after landing her dif patches, proceeded to Malta, to convey the gence of the enemy's fleet being in this neighbour hood. Admiral KNIGHT, with his rquadron, has come to anchor under the protation of the batteries of the Garrifou at Rofia 13.sy. AUGUST 22. A Span; Deferrer came in this morning, and lays it is generally believed in the Spanith camp that 15,000 French are on their march through Spain, to commence the fiege.of this garrifon. AUGUST 23. Yefterday failed his Majtfly's kips (trim Tow. NEWT, BELLEROPHON, MISOTAUE, DECADE, brigs FERVENT Arid CAMELEON, tO the weftward. This day was fent in here the Ragufan brig la %Jona, from Carolina with wheat for Lifbon, de tained off Carthagena •l by his Maletly's Hoop Tea- MAGANT. LOCUST 24. Two more regiments arrived at the Swirl' camp today, viz. the regiment of Cintarbia, confining of boo Cavalry, and the regiment of Africa, of 700 Infantry. 4VOUST 25. This day were fent in here by the private (hip of war, General For, the following prizes, viz. The Imperial Miftico Dragpne, Mich Corolc, from Almeria, with lead for Naples; a Spanifb Tartan, name unknown, froni Barcelona, with wine for Algeziras ; the French zebeck privateer Perfeverance, joreph Akrere, from a cr►ize to the eaftward; a French ;check, name unknown, with bafsrope. b.c. ; the Ecgtull privateer Fortune, taken by the French privateer Pcrfeverance, and Afterwards retaken. Alfo the following prizes captured by the private (hip of war ENVY, VIZ A Swills Xebeque, name unknown, in ballad: a Spacial Macho, name unknown, from Venaros for Barcelona, in ballad; the Spanifh Tprtan St. Ant. de Padua, from Barcelona, for Tarn- WTI in baUalt. AUGUST 26. Yefierday being the Queen of Spain's birth dap, the whole of the Spann troops encamped were drawn out in line, in the evening, to fire a feri•dejoy on the occafion, when we had a good opportunity of counting their numbers. They conClied of t 6 batta lions of Infantry, and two regiments of Cavalry, with 32 field pieces, and the whole amounted to nearly 13,000 men. SEPTIMIDEIL 1. The DECADE frigate, with Admiral KNIGHT, ar rived to-day from off Cadiz, with the accounts of Sir Roaarr CALDEL having joined Admiral Cot.- Ltxuwoon, and that their fcriadrons united, amount ed to 26 fail of the line, with which they were bl.cl•- ing up the combined fquadrons, in Cadiz, of 34 fail of the line. SIIPTEAT3EIt 4. The Decant - , frigate fails to morrow for England with Sir RIcHaRD BICKERTON, who is obliged to leave this Illation from bad heOth. There has been no increafe to the Spanifit Camp lately. The garrifon is tolerably healthy, and as there has been no appearance of the fever in any part of Spain this year, we are in hopes the contagion of this horrid peitiloce is now estind in Europe.