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ri'
tween ::and 5000 men, killed, wounded
mifling ; and ten pieces of cannon,
ffitbapart of the baggage, fell into
the hands of the'enetp). A nearly e
qual number of Trench cannon were
taken by the Ruffans : but the want of
horses, which prevented them hem tak
• in< r away their own, wasthecaufc of
th^r'b^g obliged to, leave these.
The arris under the command or
General K&fakof is at prelent posted
with its right to Egliiau, and its left
to the hike ofCobßance.
WTis with extreme regret I inform
{ your Lordhip, that an attack has
been made or the allied army, the re
sult of which has been favorable to the
enemy.
The combined operations of the ?hics
cf which your Lordship is already in
formed, wcreintended to have taken
place on the 25th and 27th ; and five
battalions of the army, commanded by
Gen. Korfakof, were detached to Uz
nach on the 25th, for the purpose of
increasing the force destined to aft in
that quarter.
The enemy, who was no doubt ap
prised of this circumstance : attacked the
Ruffian army on the 15th, at a very
early hour in the morning ; A briik
attack cf musketry was heard on our
left in the neighbourhood of Wallifho
fen, accompanied by a cannonade on*
our right, which appeared to proceed
from the neighborhood of Baden.
The attack on our left was intended
merely for the purpose of drawing the
attention from the true point ; and the.
enemy palled the Limmat in great
force in the neighbourhood of Weinen
gen, between Zurich and Baden,
By this manoeuvre they broke the
line in that quarter, cut off from the
army the eight battalions under the
command of Gen. Markos and Oura
fof, who were poked between Wein
qngen and the Rhine ; and, after leav
ing a corps for the purpose of observ
ing and attacking them, they ascend
ed the Limmat towards Zurich.
A regimentof dragoons being, in
confluence of the detachments that
had been sent away, and the troops
that had been drawn to the left,
the only force remaining in the part
where the pillage waseflefted, the en
emy advanced,' and arrived in the
neighbourhood of Zurich before they
experienced any refinance of conse
quence ; the plain in front of Zurich,
between the Lit mat 8: the Freights,l
which, running parallel to the Lim- ;
mat, form a continuation of the Albis I
to the north-weft, being occupied at
the fame time by a line of their infan
try and cavalry, who, with a very nu
merous train cf artillery, attacked with
great vigour the troops in front of Zu
rich, and prevented their detaching to
their right, the point on which the ;
great efforts of the enemy were di
r^d^d.
At alate hour in the forenoon, fomc
reinforcements arrived on the fide of
the Limmat ; but the enemy were al
readfoafterr of fomc of the principal
heights which commands the town ;
and, noiwithibmding the bravery -?if
playcd by the Ruffians in their repeated
attacks, the firperiori;y in point of force
arid position on the tide cf the French
rendered it impoffiblc for than to re
gain that which had been loft. At
sunset the French had made thcmfelves
inafters of part of the Zurich-Berg, and
nearly surrounded the town.
' The attack on the petition of Gen.
Hotze had terminated rather in favour
of the Auftririns, but Gen. Hot%e was
unfortunately kilted at the commence
ment of the adion/arid Gen. Pcttarfch,
who succeeded to the command of the
army, having refolded, in cOnf-quence
of the log he had luhainedfto ayoirfthe
attack which he expected in the dom
ing, retreated in the night frem Uz
nach.
The situation of the 'Ruffian army
was thus rendered still more critical,
and it became absolutely neceffify to
abandon Zurich, and the portions in
<the neighbourhood, without -delay—
On the 26th, in the morning the re
retreat took place, and the whole arriv
ed, in the course o' the bight, in the
neighbourhood cf Egli&q and Shaff
haufen, without experiencing any loss
• of conference during their march.
We have to regret the Ipfs of be-
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MY LORD,
') fivera! recent arrivals.
OrAi,L fileDl)?O d 4iIONS AND HABITS WHICH LEAD TO POLITICAL 'PROSPERITY, . RELIGION AND MORALITY ARE INDISPENSIBLE SUPPORTS.
tired, on the 22d September, on mo
tion ofGairau, it was unanimously de-
I'crefd, that 60 Every Negociator, Am
;baffador, General Director, or Repre-
; tentative of the people, who fpalj re
-Iccive or cenfent to conditions of Peace
to be rowed by 12 seamen, and to car
ry 24 infantry, are to assist in the ope
rations against AmHerdam.
The militia to be employed in conse
quence of the late act of Parliament, are
to be embarked immediately for Hol
land.
Extru3 of a tetter from Lieut. Cotone! Henry
Clinton to Lord Grenville, dSted
Bellcr.zona, September 26.
The army cf Field Maffhul Suwar
row reached Tavance, about ten-miles
ihort of this place, yesterday evening,
having performed in five days a dist
ance of one hundred and sixteen Eng
lish miles. It was the Field Marshal's
intention to. have recovered, by the
length cf his marches, the three days
loft by the falfe alarm for the fafety of
Tortona ; but the assemblage of mules
which was ordered to be made at
this place not being compleated, and
the impossibility of carriages proceeding
any further in the mountains, obliges
him to halt for one dav.
&C± rd Reinforcements to
Holland.
LONItoS. oct. tl..
Heavy draughts arc making from
the guards and cavalry, for remforce
ing the aimy in Holland. On the 9th,
the Pomona fat fail from Deal, with a
convoy of tranfpdrts for the Texel, hav
ing §OO horses 011 board, for the use of
the army, 500 more arc to follow im
mediately.
One hundred and fifty row gun-boats,
LONDON, OCT. 18.
The Hamburgh mail, clue on Sun
day last, arrived this morning. It
brings accounts of the events 'which
took place in Switzerland in the latter
end of September, except only those
which relate to Marshal Suwarrow, of
which we have not pohtive information.
The archduke, it appears, was rapidly
advancing to repair the evils which had
been occasioned by his absence. His
force we know by private letters to con
fill cf 26,000 men, with which he was
at Schaffhaufen on the 2d. The army
of Conde, consisting of about 6000
men, was 011 the fame cay at Stokach.
These forces joined to the corps of
Gen. Korfakow, are, it mull be allow
ed more than fufficient to secure that
part of Germany from all danger. We
rejoice at feeing the conjectures which
we have from the firft instant form
ed refpeSting the probable conse
quences of the victory of Madeira thus
confirmed..
From the reports I have received,
there is reason to apprehend that the
Swiss regiment of Bachman and Rovo
rea have fuffered confiJerably. I have
as yet had no exa& accounts, and I will
deter therefore making any reports to
your Lomßhip till another opportunity
occurs, as I am in hopes their loss has
been chiefly occasioned by dispersion,
in which case it will probably every
day diminish.
Gen, Petrafch hasretreated from th^
different portions between Uznach and
Rcinech, were it is supposed he has al
ready puffed the Rhine, and this part,
of Switzerland may be considered as
completely evacuated for the present ;
it is the more unfortunate, as the fuc
ced'js of Ficld-Marlhcll Suwarrow
would have rendered the success of the
projected operation almost certain, if
we had fortunately been able to retain
our position. At present the Field-
Marshal's situation will be rendered
very critical, if timely notice has not
been received by him of the retreat of
the armies.
Extras of a difalcb fo,;z Lieut. Cokucl
Rams, to Lord Grenefb, tinted
He;t®udrtcr3 Sebgbaufa,S e ,t. 30.
Your Lordship has, no doubt, alrea
dy received accounts, thro' France, of
the ' calamities which have befallen us
in mis country, in which our losses
have mod probably been exonerated to
a great degree. Aware of this, I
would if pofiible have sent your Lord-
Ihip an earlier account, but it was im
pohible for me to give a correct flate
ment of the real state of things, which
was much worse to appearance when
the army firft arrived here tlAu at pre
lent.
by alctter just arrived from Field
Marihul Suwarrow, it appears drat he
has taken the Mount St. Gothard,
and is at prefect advancing towards
Altdorf and Schweitz.
In the French Council of Five Hun-
of the Andrian troops obliged them to
abandon the pod with the loss of about
two hundred and fifty prisoners. The
Außrien general Seckendoif, an officer
° of great reputation, was very fetere
ly wounded. The columns of general
Melas took pedeflion of Savigliano
without great refinance. Two pieces
of cannon and two hundred ptifoners
were taken. The whole army will en
camp near this town to day. lam &c.
WILLIAM BENTICK.
g3^Official Letter from Itab', ,
Copy of a difpatcb from Lord William Bc.utick,
to Lord Grenville, dated,
Head - Quarters, Savigllano,
Sept. 11, 1799.
On the 16th the Auftriau army ar
rived at Bra. On the fame day the
French advanced from the fide of Co
ni and Pighcrol to Foflano and Savig
lianot In the latter place they succeed
ed in taking by surprise, an Austrian de
tachment ccnfilting of four hundred
men, with two pieces of cannon. It
was reported that the French intended
the day following to form a junction of
all the corps in the different vallics, for
the purpofc of advancing into the plain
with the greater security, in order to
pillage and plunder ^he^ country. To.
prevent this movement, the main army
No further advices from the Duke of
York have been received since our lait;
but as Colonel Brownrigg reached the
Heider on Saturday lall, with the final
Infirußions of Government, it is proba
ble a great part of our troops have ere
this embarked, on their return to Era'-
land. Some of the Dutch Loyalists are
already" arrived. Six hundred of them
were brought over in the Alkmacr man
of war, which arrived at Deal on Turf
day, where three other ships full of peo
ple, of the fame defcriptien, were hour
ly expended, having failed from die Tex
el immediately after the Alkmacr.—
The Convention, by virtue of which the
Anglo-Ruffian armyis to evacuate Hol
land, Was signed on the iSth ind. and
is to continue in force for fix weeks from
that date—a circurnftance which has
given rile to a fuppofilion that the trea
ty embraces more objects than have yet
been publicly exprefied. If it bears re
lation merely to the evacuation of the
country by our troops, and a general
exchangee! prisoners, the business might
be done in as many days as there are al
lowed weeks to accomplish it. The
probability therefore is, that there are
involved in the armiflice feme fubjeds,
the nature of which may require a con
siderable time to adjust; but upon this
topic we shall for the prefect decline
any fpcculatibn, under the hope,.that a
day or two will put us in poifeffion of
the fae. All (hat is at present known
for certain is, that we have agreed to
evacuate Holland without injuring ei
ther the arsenal or New Diep works ;
that all the enemy's guns are to be re
stored ; that the Helder is 10 be left in
the fame condition in which we found
it; and that the prisoners are recipro
cally to be given up.
It is understood that we are affo to
deliver up 8 or 10,000 of the Frencli
prisoners now in England ; but refpeft
ing this point we have as yet received
no fatisfa^ory information. Upon the
whole, if we leave the consideration of
the humiliated situation in which the
event of the c ^edition has unfortunate
ly placed us,we Ihall find but little cause
to regret the nature of the terms to
which we have thus been induced to a
gree. The acceding to them was on
our part dilated by the pine flngple
of humanity ; and the laudable determi
nation of lading our hifive counti ymen,
by negotiation, from the deftrudion
which otherwise seemed to await them,
mull be confidcred as paramount to
every other feeling, whether of miftak-4
cn honour or national pride.
Thursday 3 p. m. The transports of which
there are a great number at this place, are now
getting out of the hat hour as salt as poff.bk, un
der the direction of captain Young, the agent,
who goes with them to the. Texel, for the pur
pose, it isfaid, of bringing the troops from thence
immediately ; or probably to wait there, to be
ready to receive them if wanted.
the 17th, one under the command of
Gen..Kray, attacked IThhno. The B
nemy, who tore in force there defend
ed themfekes with great braver, for
near two hours; but the superior courage
marched from Bra, in two columns on
tending to change the Conftituri^n cf
the 3d year, and to dininilh the prefers
territory of the French Republic, are
traitors, and {hall be ptulifhed with
death."
(K/'EvneuALn of Holland.
LONDON, OCT: 24.
RAMSGATE, OCT. I ~
I paQure of tiekul hem Hamburg, and
four capital houses having iince flopped
: payment, frclh troubles have been cx-
Icited among the mercantile men, that
1 almoll have Ihaken to the foundation
I the very firtt houses. "If the promif
-Icd fuccour did not -soon arrive fix m
;England, the confcquenccs of the evil
I were doomed to be incalculable." Os
I four capital houses that had flopped
j payment, one was declared bankrupt
late on Friday fe'nnighf, the i i'th intt.
viz. Barend Roofci Solor:o?i's son for
2,037 800 marks bonce, between 70 &
be,ooo pounds herling. In the promis
ed fuccour we ere lorry to fay, that
these unfortunate merchants will be to
tally disappointed, for intelligence Was
।receivedat the Almiraltyandat Lloyd's
I on Saturday, of the loss of the Lutine-
I Frigate, on Bqrcum Reef, to the cast-
Iward of the Texel, which was convey
-1 ing the aflillance alluded to.—The news
of this lamentable catastrophe was
brought by Capt. Portlock of the Ar
row, and communicated by Admiral
Mitchell. The Lutine, commanded by
Capt. Skinner, was a frigate of 32 guns,
and failed from Yarmouth Roads on the
morning of the 9th, with Several paH'eu
gers, and calh to the amount of more
than, 15,0,0001. said to be the property
of Mehrs. Goldfraid,who had remitted,
it for the purpose of taking up their bills
in that city. On the night of her depar
ture, it blew a heavy gale at N. N. W.
while a strong lee tide rendered every
effort of Capt. Skinner, to avoid the
threatened danger, unavoidable; nor
was it poffibje during the night to re
ceive any alhtlance either from the Ar
;row or the Ihore, from whence leveral
; fcln'ots were in readmeis to go to her.
'On the approach of the murnihg the
I Lutine was totally miffing ; Ihe had
I gone to faces, and all on board unfor
;innately perilled, except two men, who
:were picked up, and one of whom has
I force died from the fatigue he had en
! countered. The person fared is said to
! be a notary.
Besides the sum of 150,000!. it is said
The French army has been entirely
supported by the Helvetian Republic
fmce the treaty of alliance, and that in
contempt of the treaty, one article of
which very ftridly obliges the French
government to be alone at the charge
of supporting that a. ^y^^he French
commissaries and contractors habituat
ed to let the service want, in order to
rob the better, have almost entirely
emptied the Helvetian magazines. The
Helvetic Republic has furnilhed since
the commencement of the war, ahnoft
all the horses and beads of burden. All
the necefiry carriages for transporta
tion, and 7,000 quintals of forage a
month, without having been able hither
to to obtain any payment for these enor
mous advances. During two months
the Helvetic Republic has supported
an army of 31,000 men in the defence
of the cause. In order to supply a pro
portional contingent, the French Re
public must keep on foot an army of
x,soc,ccc men, notwithdanding which
the Helvetic Republic is so cruelly har
raffed by the Verres of France. To
crown all, the towns of Zurich and St.
Gall, have been compelled to pay a
contribution of 1,200,000 livres ; It
it thus that nations, who confide in the
French Republic, are seated by her.
ofr The loft part is exTacted from tie
✓lntis Des Lois, of tie ig.tb October.
LONDON, OCT . 18.
We mentioned on Saturday, that the
merchants of Hamburg had received
an express by Captain Searlel's, who left
London on the 4111 inst. and had %e
thither in a large fifhing imack, t.-.L a
considerable quantity oi specie and bul
lion was to be lent to that city by Meili's.
Coldfmid and others for their relief, a
circumstance which greatly raffed their
drooping fphits ; but the Engiiih Mail
of the 4m not having an ived at the de-
,7. Zurich. Sept.JO, 1799.
We arc Reconquered into liberty, &
accordingly the rights of conquest are
uRd over us. The Conquering Gen.
has imposed upon us a contribution of
800,000 franks, payment, the whole in
96 hours thereafter—in order to gild
the pill, good reasons are alledged
The soldier has not received his pay for
4. months—The army wants every thing,
and it is mare easy to put an iuipofirign
on the city of Zurich, titan to force the
French treasury-to fend funds. How
ever, it is not on us alone, that the con
tribution falls. The inhabitants of St.
Gall arc to pay a contribution of four
hundred thoufaud franks.
g^,Moie French Exactions.
PARIS, OCT. 14
“ Would inform you, that I was cap
tured on the 23d of March lad, on.rny
paifage from Calcutta to New-York', in
the Ihip Pacific, of Norwich, eight days
after my leaving the pilot, in hit. 14, 5,
N. long. 89, 20, E. of Greenwich, the
Pacific was ordered for the file of
France; myfelf and officers were kept
on board the French privateer, called
the ClarifTa, mounting 16 guns, L 120
men, and defined for the fame port,
when their cruise was up ; neither my
felfeor officers were permitted to go on
board the Pacific, although applica
tion was several times made to the in
terpreter of the privateer, who was an
American. On the 6th May, made the
Isle of France; but was chafed by an
English fh ; p of war, and bore away fcr
the Ille of Bourbon, where we arrived
the day following, and remained on
that Island till the Bth June. Having
advice that the fleet, which had been
cruising off the Isle of France had quit
that Ration, we embarked or. board tht
privateer, and arrived at Port North
Weft, loth June. On my arrival, learnt
that the Pacific had been driven on
Ihore at Black river, about 7 or 3 leagues'
W. of Port North Weft by an Englilh
squadron. commandedby Cem. Lofack,
from the Cape of Good Hope, who af
ter taking cut chief oart of her cargo,
confiding of Piece Goods and Sugar,
burnt her, and by the btil infoi mation
I could get at the Isle of France, her
cargo was sent to the Cape.
" M, felfand officers were plundered
of all our small effeds. and were not
allowed any thing to subsist on, while
at the Isle of France, although I made
application both to the owners of the
privateer and government fcveral times.
My officers and people were thrown in
to prison on my firft arrival, but soon
got them released ; made application to
the government fcveral times for a car
tel, and finally got permidlon to pur
chase a vessel, after remaining on the
island two months and a half, to come
out under the American flag, and find
ourfeives ; [a five time to purchase after
being robbed of all ewe bad.] A person
there, belonging to Boston by the name
of Piermont, having fold his veifel and
cargo, [as it Cas reported] previous to
war being declared in that Iflan lagainft
the United States of America, which
was 26th Junedaft, pmchifed a small
prize Ihip, With whom myfelf, and Mr.
Hamilton, Capt's Thompson and Suter,
of Philadelphia, Capt. Stone, of New
buryport, and feme of our officers and
people to the number of 20, embarked
on the 29th Aug. for Boston.
^ i -«? - „,„_.<. '-CTeCTi
DETACHED THOUGHTS.
Gratitude rhay be justly termed the
basis of friendship ;it is this generous
principle that cements and harmonizes
the minds of different persons, it is a
duty pointed cut to us by the light of
natural reason ; was it net enforced by
scripture, and suggested by the dilates
of conscience, yet it is such a pleating
exercifc of the mind, accompanied with
such internal dhtisfa&ion and delight
that the duty is sufficiently rewarded
by the performance.
Our gre^.ft glory I s not in never filling, but
riling every time we falL
The hero of a wife man th ^ld r-femblea
mirror,whkkrefle<Shcvcry objc& without LJQ
luilied by any.
Maritime Commercial Information.
In the CattJJci, Sally, Capt. Piermont, from
tbe Ife of France, ivbicb place be left ibe 2„b Au^.
Came pafciger, Capt. S. Ingraham, icLo has ver,
obllgbt^lyfurnijbed the p&ic %oitb tbe foUminc i&
portent particulars : —
that there were 140,000 guineas for the
Texel. The whole sum thus gone to
the bottom is Rated at half a million,
of which 2pc,0001. had been insured.
The loss of so large a sum in specie,
which would have been a most Jakita
ry supply in preventing any farther
commercial embarrassments at Ham
burg, mud be fevcrriy felt. In allcva
tion of this misfortune, we understand
that measures are taking benh by the
Eak-India and Bank Directors, with a
view of affixing the merchants of Lon
don, whom the present (buck is likely
to effect in a feukble manner. And
though the Gazette of Saturday lad
proved a maiden one, yet itis much to,
lie feared that the others of this week
will exhibit a very unpleasing appear
ance.
L UCKT CAPTURES.
EXETER, [ENG.] OCT. 1,.
We have great pleasure in announcing to our
r< adets the capture of two large Spanish frigates,
bound from Vera Cruz to Old Spain, having
cn board valuable cargoes of Cocoa, Sugar,
Cochineal, Drugs, &c. besides the im.netrfc fam
of nearly Three Millions of Dollars in Specie !!!
(about ,00,0031.fteriing)—These valuable
Prizes are fafely arrived at Plymouth.
WASHINGTON'S Legacy.
BOSTON, JAN. 6.
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