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ctoons, and carried in the great.: run upo'n a of defence Ships was, d six on tilt-, did not ex_ , as very in„. [de by Ships iprcent, and. led by Cap r the Pigal, 7 4 captured by a Pilot 2yr;;a7:d and le Malabar !nt, off the I'3C capture leans o de. .s season at oc:2,hina whie-1-2 cisiicr, be ngag:!ment bol crews the Sin') a Spanish irboor t many of (rain with have ar- )crienc::d !It there. ; and have is en the Crew to Cuero tried into mica, was Jly. The Lt Jamaica, ible Tulip .ier whic4 n the 3tst ilinost ex- he root is and blazed h the fis:, part fell,; :ood in so cessary to !4sured ;6 r feet in a, in .dia, improve., ► the Aus has dis giment of robt - lies flt of of every Advanced ti used to nts whom obtain the rolunteers ilver Cup, fired )E, of Tti. for the )rps after- 25, says, ry, and thrbte y last 39' route fa iglu Do' ry Corrs• shortly." Regimenr thsence'of reetpd on the Bread 61s for the proved so rade corn- )el - tring to dled, and iatiket 'XCU:pat e liner, f br e a bre;l!..e° and Far e d by t' l6 f or f 50 0 0.5 dress , w 3s , ..ieute o3 ' give' ~ ; ,y~o~: rA: 4 ) s eleaed en Mayor ilt about T E D IN(; TO increased) sought by 2tor. place at A suspended) which 1c , tl - 1:1: the tlie way, WEYMOUTH, SEPT* 24° TY.177. QUEEN and PRINCESSES yesterday went to sev(l _i shops, and after pursChaking some articles frir resents, walked to the Quays round. by the D: ck across the market home to the Lodge. • THEIR MA J ESTIES last night went to the Theatre to see the Comedy of Wives as they Wire, and 111aels as they are, and the Entertainment of Th e Lying Valet, for the benefit of Mr. WORDS. WORTH and Miss CLELAND. At the end of the Play, the favourite Song of Thin Tough, was sung with great humour, by Mr. WoRDswoRTH. Mr. PKNLE 1 , , in the charataer of Sharp in the Enter.: taniment, as usual, gained great applause. This morning His MAJESTY and PRINCE ADOL PHUS rode 0,, horseback. The QUEEN and PRINCESSES, PRINCESS So. PHIA Of GLOUCESTER, Countess Of AYLESBUR Y , Ladies C. DURHAM, C. BELLASYSE, and I\ l l. , WyN_ YAR D , and Mr. DRAX GROSVENOR, in two phaetons and a sociable, took an airing over Bincombe Hills, paid a vist to Farmer HENNINGS, and returned borne through Ormington and Sutton. EXETER, SEPT. 23. Monday last, the several Military Corps in this neighbourhood, amounting to full 4000 Men, of whom near 600 wele Cavalry, assembled on Wood bury Common, about nine miles from this City, for the purpose of joining in a grand Sham-fight and Review, before Generals ENGLAND, SIMCOE, DoN, and HORNECK. The Regiments being on the ground about nine o'clock, the operations coin. menced by the Royal Denbigh and Carmarthen Militias, who were posted on the heights on the left of the Sidmouth Road, advancing from thence with their Artillery to attack the defending Army, Posted on the opposite hills over Woodbury Vil lage, After cannonading, with great effea,' the lidvanced posts of the Army, whom they drove in, they- continued to march on in great stile, keeping tip .a heavy fire by platoons of Musketry,, as well as from their Field.pieces. In doing this, they were continually menaced on their right and left wings . by Squadrons of Horse, who, covering the retreat of their own advanced posts, obliged the Enemy to form three sides of a hollow square, to secure. their flank s from annoyance. The heavy tire of the at tacking Army having at length forced the Skir mishers to fall back on their main body ; they con tinued to advance with great spirit across the bot .orn, and with surprizing affivity, gained the -Ths!ights on which their opponents were stationed.— ltre the at ion became general : the Denbigh and Carne,rthen Regiments used every effort to carry their point, and continued their fire with great vi ‘'acity—but suddenly the whole body a Horse, l ' v hich had formed under the brow of the hill, marched In line to the summit, and, whilst the Intiintry advanced with fixed bayonets, also charged the tne m y, and turned the fortune of the day by 'obliging them to give in. Thus, shelving the si tuation .of an Invading Army, encouraged by re_ pea ted skirmishes to advance into the Country, where, surrounded on all sides by strong bodies of Troops, they are obliged to surrender Prisoners of War. The Sham-fight being ended, the several Corps were formed in line, went through some firings, ~nd having saluted, marched by the Generals in time, which tiiished the operations of the day, rn "ch to the satisladion of all the General Officers, and an iminetise number of speftators. - The foli l wing Troops pere on the ground and "gaged in this business : Three Troops of the 6th, °r Enniskillen Dragoons ; the First Devon, two i'rovs, Tiverton, Collumpton, two Woodbury Troop s Exeter City Troop, and Heinyock 11-oop, Of Volunteer Cavalry ; the South' Devon, Royal ! ) . enbigh, a n d C armart h en Mili t i as ; t h e E xeter ‘ ,.voinn teer R eg i ment ; t h e E xmouth, Sid mouth, Woodbury, Lympston, ,Kenton and Powderham, xliiinster, Beer, and Seaton, Rce. &c. Corps of V olunteer Infantry, making in all, a body of full 4 0 00 el - ICC - live Men, all of whom received the 'thanks of the Generals for their steadiness and ar_ re ntion to the business of the day ; and are equally ent itled to the gratitude of their Fellow-subjeas, their gallantry and patriotism, in thus nobly c‘ltltr MI forward in the service of th e ir Ki ng an d ( A ccou nts from Raveana, mention a tragical e7en t which lately took place in that City, and produced the - most fatal consequences. "A re,lch Soldier, of the z 2th Regiment of Dragoons, ,'"ring mixed with some children who were engaged z" Play in the Burgh of Por;;: Neuve, gave one of them a slight, slap on the head, The child ran home crying ; on which the child's brother imme diately sallied out with a knife, and killed the rioldier. The Civil Authorities and the Comman .dant of the place instantly took the necessary steps for securing the person of the assassin, bbt he had already fled. The soldier's companions then he_ comin g furious with revenge, scaled the walls of The turgh, and set fire to several houses. One man ' l l4 killed with their sabres, as he was endeavour.. t ot n !° save himself from the flame s . By th e exer ,,ll" f General OUE SNEL , the so ldi ers were gradu ' Y aPpeased, and the City, by that means, pre. iF i r ved from greater misfortunes. The Municipa 4', bei ng accuse d o f a cti ng too rem i ssly i n t hi s tzl ir, were di sm i sse d by t h e E xtraor di nary CUM ,3sary of the D e p ar t ment ." It has b een j ust l y o b served, that in the arrange-. h eats hi on the Continent, the voice of the People is e din total contempt. But what is the most ex onrdinary part of these extraordinary arrange nts, the French, who profess to be the champions Popular ri g h ts , b y t h e i r d om i neer i ng decrees, /:Pose of territories as they please, change the p r ix of Government, and, what.is still more sur klng in a Republic which has sworn hatred to ti ee J ,ctit.y, in a pe r fed mockery of their own so l emn 'orations, actually generate a now King. is The Hops are so super-abundant, that the duty 4 zin w estim a t e d by man)', at three hundred thou tal.,u.,,pounds. Th e great reduEion in price, we are will leave th e peculators of last year minus, ti le Anlotan; of half a million of money HI THE THEATRE. Covent-carden. _ . Tait Comidy of lftild - Oais was:.represented at this Theatre last night: The part of. Rover, pur posely written fur LEW IS, and very well calculated to exhibit his vivacious talents, was supported last night with all his spirit, and afforded high gratifi cation to the Audience. Lady Amaranth, -originally designed for the late Mrs. POPE, and well suited to her powers, was as_r signed to Mrs. GLOVER. Mrs. GLOVER is a very lively and agreeable AEtress, and displays good sense in all her performances ; the part of Lady Amaranth is, however, much too formal and stately for . her animated qualities. The passages of tender ness towards Rover were, indeed, touched with in teresting delicacy, but on the whole the sprightly powers of Mrs. GL OVER are not properly adapted to the representation of a formal Quaker, though' that Quaker is recommended by more sensibility than is usually attributed to the friendly tribe. KNIGHT is always in his elemenrwhen - he per forms rustic charatters, and in no other is he equal-, ly successful. His Sim, in this Comedy, though by no means so simply natural as the , perform ance of poor &Atte HARD, was, however, entitled to approbation. There is a spirit in the aaing of FAWC ETT which is sure to make a strong impression on the Audience. His John Dory, though on the whole too-coarse, was a prominent feature in the Comedy last night. There is little to do in the part of Henry, and BRUNTON supported it with sufficient merit. MuNDEN's Elbra;m Smooth was, as usual, a whimsical effort of dry humour. This Comedy, with much of the wildness that marks the works of 07KEEFF, approaches more than any of his works to the character of regular comedy. Mrs. SIDDONS has concluded her Engagement at Bath, which proved very advantageous to the Theatre. We hope the People will soon be , gra tified with the exhibition of her unrivalled powers on the London Boards. Signora BOLLA is likely to add to the musical train of Drury-lane Theatre. She is certainly a good Singer, and a good Comic Adress, and may be of considerable service to the Theatre as she is conversant with the English language. The present Emperor of China, when a youth, wa, remarkable for his attachment to the study of medicine. A story is told of him, that early in life, having been informed of an English Seaman, who had an extraordinary cuticular complaint, he contrived, notwithstanding the difficulty of inter course in China, to see and to examine the patient. The consequence was, that the young Student had very soon occasion to exercise the Royal preroga. tive of scratching very freely. The fad is well attested in China. What. will the clamorous Opposition Writers, who have declaimed so much against all taxes upon Literature, say, when they hear that BONAPARTE is now preparing to double the duty on the Paris Newspapers ? • Our Soldiers are said to have suffered much by diseases of the eye in Egypt. However impaired their sight may be, it is, evident that the French cannot get on their blind side. The Prussian Eagle, by some of its latefilght4 seems determined to prove itself a bird of prty. Hence it may thank itself, if the band of jaco binism should hereafter bring it down. It is said that the greet roads of France arc fallen into a wretched state of decay. This report can easily be credited, as the Country has suffered la. inentably by republican Ways. The Science of Gardening seems to have reached much nearer to perklion in Ireland than in Eng land ; for a Gardener of the County of Cork offers not only to ensure plentiful Crops to those who will employ him, but undertakes also, that these Crops shall be permanent. WATER PROOF.—The following is the Chinese method for rendering cloth water proof :—To one ounce of white wax (melted) add one quart of spirits of turpentine ; when thorougly mixed and cold, then dip in the cloth into the liquid, and hang it up to drain, till it is thoroughly dry. By the above cheap and easy method, muslin as well as the strongest cloths tvill be rendered quite _impe. netrable to the heaviest rains, and that without the ingredients used, either filling up-the pores of the cloth, or injuring in the least, its texture, or da_. maging at all the most brilliant colours. It seems very extraordinary, that among the many causes which have been a ss i gne d f or t h e l ate scarc i ty of grain, one of a very essential nature appears to have been totally overlooked, or so little attended to, that no notice seems to be taken of it. While this cause subsists, it will be nugatory for Govern_ runt to attempt ascertaining the quantities of acres employed for raising grain, because they will annually decrease, by laying down so much arable land in pasture. The latter can be managed by. a very few hands in comparison with the. former ; and therefore as meat, cheese, and butter, sell equal ly for extravagant prices as grain, it is natural to suppose that a farmer will cultivate those articles which will bring him the most profit and least trouble. If this pernicious system is permitted to rage as it has done.of late years, and is now doing to a shameful extent, the deficiency of grain will continue to be most severely felt. Our Ance.;tors thought this an evil which called aloud for the in terference of the Legislature.—Let one instance suf fice : "In the reign of HEN. VIII. IgZI, great part of the arable lands having been laid down and converted to pasture, abundance of farms and houses were suffered to run to decay; and the poor people wanted employment *; whereupon the Mi. nistry thought fit this year to put the laws in exe cution for the encouragement of tillage," Se-c.—(Sal mon's History of England, vol. 4, p. io.) * To this may be attributed the present grqt increase of tbc Pixi.es Tax. PARIS, Sm. zir 'Ng Commission of Engineers and officers of Artillery sent by Government into the four new Departments, on the Left Bank of the Rhine, to determine thebest situations for the construftion of Fortresses of the first rank, have already surveyed the Hundsitick, arid the Banks of the Nahe and MoSelle, and transmitted a'variety of plans to the. Minister at War.. It appears that the City of Creutznach, situated on the Nahe, will be fortified, 'and 'that another 'Fortress is . to be 'ereeted on the Moselle, between Tre'ves and Qblentz. According to accounts from .gerne of the 1,2411, Citizen VERNZNAC had not then presented his cre dentials to the Helvetic Government. It was re ported that the Provisional Government will un dergo some changes before its final dissolution.— Six Companies of Helvetic Troops had been sent to Lucerne, to maintain tranquillity at Stantz, and in the vicinity. Letters from Ph;l;psburgh, dated the I rth inst. state, that a few days before M. DE TRAITEURS, Lieut. Col, in the service of His Majesty the Ent- PERoa, in consequence of an order received by ex press from the ARCHDUKE CHARLES, arrived in that Fortress, for the purpose of examining the state of the Fortifications, and re-establishing, on a new plan, such of them as have been demolished dur ing the war. They further state, that the work has already commenced, and is going on with great aaivity. According to accounts received at Roc-hi:fort from Cayenne, there still remain in that destruc tive Colony, sixty-nine transported Priests. These unfortunate persons were apprized that the Go vernment had sent three Vessels to bring them home, but that they had been captured on the passage by the English. Hope, however, still cheered their exile. " Every morning," says one of these vidims in his letter, " we turn our eyes towards the East, in expeaation of descrying the Vessels that are to carry us hence. For three years have we lived in hope ; and we will not re linquish that hope but with our latest breath. it required only a nod from the Direaory to plunge us into a gulph of misery, and the firm resolution of a just Government has not yet been able to de liver us from it. It is easy to perform an injury, but difficult to repair it. The old and respettable DOM is about to revisit France. 1.1.4 w happy must this old man be in returning, at the age of seventy years, to his native soil, which 200 of our compa nions, young and robust when they left it, will never more behold.' On the 12th passed through Nancy, on his way to Vienna, the elder Citizen Grit Awn, Chief of Brigade, and Principal Secretary to the French Embassy. He was accompanied by Citizen DA. MASS RAYMOND. On the day following passed through the same place, Prince DOIXOROUSKY, Colonel, Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty the EMI. 5- ROR of RussrA, on his journey to Paris, with an extraordinary mission to the First Consul, He was accompanied by Captain REIDHARD. It is confidently asserted, that the French and Austrian Governments have settled a particular re gulation relative to their respeaive Ministers.— Each Government is to grant to the other's Am. bassador a Residence, a Guard of Honour, and the jurisdidion over the individuals of his own Na tion) at the place of his residence. The first Corps of Cavalry and Infantry belong ing to the 15,000, French Troops that are to evacuate Holland, will immediately set out from that Country on their return to France, by the way of Nimeguen, Bois le Dia, and Breda. Gene. ral AUotRT►AV is expeled very shortly at Brus sels, wish several Officers belonging to his Staff. Letters received yesterday from Rotterdam, state, that the English Squadrons and Cruizers have again resumed their stations off the Isles of Walcheren and Goree, and before the Ports of Brill, Hekoct and Texel. The last Port has not, as it was re ported, been declared in a state of blockade. SE NtGACLIA, Auc. 23. Thirteen English Ships have appeared off the Coast of Fermo. The day before yesterday we were witnesses to an Afion near Fakonara between two Ships. We learn from Ragusa, that an Anglo,Turkish fleet was seen off' the Coast. SEPT. i.—We seem to be every moment threat ened with a Descent on the•part of the English.— About a fortnight ago, these haughty Islanders ap peared along the Coast of Fermo, with a force of about 13 Sail of the Line. A few days after a slight Attion was fought off Fakonara between two vessels. Since that time there appeared off Ragusa an Anglo-Turkish fleet, with the destination of which we are unacquainted ; and we constantly ob serve on the Adriatic a great number of vessels of all rates. All parts of this Coast have consequent ly been put in the most formidable state of tlefence. We expect from the Neapolitan Territory a French Demi_brigade of 1200 men, commanded by General MICHAUD, in the absence of General MATHIEU. General SOI.IGIIAC is to succeed General SE ROUX at Ancena. NICE I SEPT. 10, —.A signal has been hoisted at Fort Mantal6an to give notice of a small English Squadron off the Heights of the Island of Corsica ; it consisted of eight or ten Sail, Frigates arid Cor vettes. It is believed that it' has French Prisoners on boardfrom Egypt.for France ; yet it is rumour ed that the English have hostile views against our Coast, and that they mean to blockade Toulon and Marseilles. The General Commandant has given orders to increase the Batteries on the Coast. NAPLES, Alio. g6.—We exped French Troops here. The English Consul is gone to Rome with his family. A. Russian Ship of the Line and three Frigates have anchored in our Harhout. It is believed that they come- to convey home the Russian Troops here. In execution of the Treaty of Peace, ‘ve shall sur render to the French the rest of our Navy, which consists of two Sail of the Line, two Frigates, and a Corvette. General SouLT ItA published a ProcHnation, to make known to the People that the new Imposts are not for the waintenance of the t'reach Troops. • fl i ttitts op IltE M EIN , S EPT . • read the Allgemeike Zeilcitg. a Letter from -Strasb it h f which announces, that Mr. PAGET had, during iii; stay at Paris, two Conferences with Citizen At.. LEYRANZI, who presented him to the Chief Co•i st d,, with whom he had a long conversation: It is said that the Athbassador was diteEted by his Govern ment to give verbal explanations upon a Projet which had previously been transmitted to M.Orro by the English Minister. STRASDIIRaH, SEPT. .15."- , The Duke or m . o. DENA has refused to give a categorical answer relam tive to the Brisgau. The French General has anew addressed the Court of rieitita—in case of refusal; the Duke will have no indemnity. • Letters from Sualia speak of the great mister. nation that prevails among the, Clergy, on the sub jea of the Secularizatitms. The Civil Wieers arc already making interest with the Seco!ar princes, to whom it is presumed that the States will be given*. WE SE L, SEPT. I 11W,S passed at Illuy. , ter cannot but be attended with dii;greea!)le. c'4wse quences to that City. On the 9th; the notwithstanding the declaration of M. de Dot:m and Citizen BAcH FR, thought they had a right, after the arrival of M. WESTPHALEN, to elal the Prince VICTOR ANTHONY, Of Austria, Bishop: the people proceeded in crowds to M. dc 15.)HM, broke the windows of his hotel. His Excellency had a great difficulty in escaping to Ham, whence he sent off Couriers to Bcrlijt, Ratisboe, and Gene ral KLEIST. Several detachments are on their march to take !flimsier. We are also assured that the Canons of Co /ogne will proceed on the loth September to the nomination of an Archbishop Elelor, and that theit choice will fall on the Archduke ANTnokv. It must be acknowledged, that between these-appoint ments and the :Ik-owed system of Indemnities, there is a great contradiaion, and a germ of discord, which it will be difficult to remove. HAGUE, SEPT. 14..—We are assured, and it is believed, that the Negotiations relative W the PRINCE of ORANGE are finished. One of the con. ditions stipulated in the Treaty is, .that the PR I NCE of ORANGE shall have Wartzbririb and Blllllb It is said besides, that the Bishopric of Munster will be divided into lots; that on the Right tank of the Ems will given to the KING of PitusstA, and on the Left Bank to the Dutch Republic, according to the Convention 'coniduded a; Berlin on the nth August, 1796. BRISTOL, SEPT. 146 WE are happys.to learn from a Gentleman who last week visited that part of the country, that the damage done by the late thunder storm at Cole_ brook Dale, and the neighbourhood, is not so great as was at first apprehended. The contents o f one of the furnaces belonging to the Colebrook tale Company, consisting of about 2000 cubic feet of ore, limestone, and other materials, were blown .up, in consequence of the sudden ingress of the wa ter occasioned by the overflowing of the dams.— The conflia of the two elements produced a very sublime and aweful cfred. The instant the water entered the furnace, a dreadful explosion took place, and a column of melted and red-hot mineral was discharged into the air, in a perpendicular direc. tion, upwards of xSo • feet. The explosion was repeated at intervals for two or three times, .ac. companied each time by an extremely brilliant co lumn, the heat of which was so intense, as to be felt several hundred yards distant. The roofs and floors of the contiguous buildings were displaced by the concussion. It is remarkable, that the prodigious quantity of matter which was emitted from the mouth or top of the furnace is entirely dissipated ; and that, note. withstanding the .principal part of it was large pieces of iron- ore and lime-stone, yet not a par.. tide of either can be found any where near the spot, nor is a vestige of them to be. discerned on the tops of any of the adjacent , buildings. This is a phenomenon which yet remains to be accounted. for. It is also wonderful, that the aperture at the top of the furnace (an opening not exceeding two feet ili diameter), through which the contents were exploded, is not in the -least rent, but is' now 'as sound as ever, together with the furnace itself. It is supposed a water-sp r out mast have burst near the spot, as part of the works were in a few mi nutes completely inundated, anit the water attained to the amazing height of 17 feet in a very short space of time. At Kelley, the eft - efts of the storm were alarm. ing, but providentially no injury was done. In the night between Friday and Saturday se'n. night a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Hampton, Soap-boiler, of Upton upon Severn, which destroyed his workshops and warehouses, to. gether with stock in trade to a very consid•:rattle amount but the dwelling-house was fortunately saved from the flames. GUILDFIALL.-A case which interests persons concerned in Benefit Clubs, came on tolie heard before two Magistrates. The Trustees of a Benefit So ciety had erased the name of a Member, in con_ sequence of his not having given due notice to, the Stewards, after his recovery from illness, that he was going to work, and should need no brther assistance. This person produced evi &nee- to prove that he had sent notice to the Clerk within the time allowed by the' rules e the Society. The Trustees, however, contended, that this was not sufficient, and • that the notice ought to have been given to the Stewards, and not to the Clerk. It appearing, however, that some of the rules require notice to be liven only to the Clerk, and that this person was ignorant 'of the re. qui , ,ite forms, the Magistrates gave i: z 45 their opi nion that the notice was good, and theretLre . (ntiered them to reinstate him in his situation as a member. On Friday the zi th inst. as John Hawke, a gunner in the detachment of th , z Royal Artillery, comm ndcd by Captain Dv ER, now stationed in Huli gartison, was attending his duty on the Race_ ground upon Wold Carr, near that town, he was unfortunately thrown from the gun, which going over his head, occasioned his death at Drypool on Monday last,