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111. Thompson The Providence Journal. AND TOWN AND COUNTRY ADVERTISER.
Published on WEDNESDAYS, by JOHN CARTER, JUN. Printer of the LAWS of the UNITED STATES for the State of RHODE-ISLAND, &c. At the NEW PRINTING-OFFICE, West Side of the great Bridge, PROVIDENCE.
[ No. 42. ]
WEDNESDAY, October 16, 1799.
[ Vol. I. ]
FOR THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL.
The Adelphiad, No. XXI.
FASHION is so various and versatile, that it is almost impossible for any one to keep in the centre, or out of the sphere of its existence. A man was once in pursuit of a giddy-headed young fellow, and enquired for him through every street where he had passed, to no purpose. If, said an observer, you will only stand at the corner of any street, you will see him fifty times in an hour; but if you search for him, you will not find him in the course of the day. Thus it is with fashion. Constant change and imitation will bring our old coats into repute again, and we shall have the pleasure of seeing ourselves once more in goodly, fashionable trim, without any exertions of ours. The following letter was of a private and confidential nature; but it answers my purpose so well, that I cannot avoid transcribing it for the public.
"MY DEAR FRIEND,
"Since my arrival at this place, I have had to undergo a fashionable transformation. The alteration is so entire, that sometimes when I pay my addresses to the glass, I incline to think that my optics have deceived me; and find myself situated somewhat like the honest Hibernian, who would not believe that his name was Teague until his mother told him so. Imprimis —I was always accustomed to wear large shoes, on account of a plentiful assortment of corns upon my feet—now, Sir, I am cased in a pair so small and so sharp pointed, that I walk like a parrot upon a mahogany table. My faithful Towser looks with an eye of suspicion at his master, as he has several times felt the pointed effects of my resentment. My hair, which was long, is now cut so short, that my chin and my skull form a very indifferent contrast. It would not be very entertaining to you to give you a more particular account of my transformation. In this situation I was invited to a public ball. The ladies, you must understand, wear long trains of muslin, sweeping the ground, very convenient to be trod upon in public assemblies. This was unfortunately my lot, and in my anxiety to recover myself, I fell on the floor and broke my inkstand, which, as ill luck would have it, was then in my pocket. In making a low bow and an apology for my trespass, I unfortunately retreated too far back, and overset a bowl of punch, which one of the gentlemen was handing round to the ladies, to the no small detriment of his silk stockings. This was confusion worse confounded—my friend, looking at his stockings with a rueful longitude of countenance; forgave me: but, endeavouring to hide my confusion with my handkerchief, I blackened my face all over, to the no small entertainment of the company. This was the concluding scene of the tragedy, in which I was doomed to be the principal sufferer.
The heads of our ladies here are so well fortified with a formidable rampart of curls and powder, that no one can now think of taking the fortress by storm—it must be done by a coup-de-main . But, Sir, after this digression, I would thank you to give me your advice. Notwithstanding all my alterations in dress, I have still the mortification to hear myself called an unfashionable fellow. Would you advise me to throw up the whole for a bad job, and come out once more plain, homely Jack; or must I still persist in this course, merely to experience additional mortification and embarrassment?"
The difficulty of which my friend so pathetically complains, is easily removed. No man would wish to be thought entirely regardless of fashion, and but few, I believe, would wish to be entire votaries to it. It is in vain to struggle against and oppose the torrent, because all such opposition does no good. If we mean to enjoy the world, we must in some measure follow the manners of the world. However ridiculous the fashion at first may appear, it acquires a kind of sanction by long practice. We can then fall in easily with it without any feeling of that distress and why face which we felt at its first institution. In short, if my friend will not be anxious to lead the fashion, but will content himself only with following it, he need not experience either "mortification or embarrassment." I have seen enough of human life to convince me of this, that the middle way is the road for man. Those who are in opulent circumstances, and those whose manners are smooth and engaging, will always have their peculiar tastes and opinions imitated by those who are poor, and by those of less insinuating manners. It is nature to imitate. A conformity to such tastes and opinions forms the fashion. As for us humble beings, if we endeavour to break this enchantment, we shall only expose our own pugilantism and insignificance. We shall be in the situation of a ridiculous fly, who only stings to awaken and irritate that power which will soon crush him to pieces. Sarcasm, wherever it cannot reform, is always misapplied, and subjects its author to the imputation of a sour, morose and envious disposition. Experiment may finally teach the folly of the fashion, and experiment is the best preceptor of folly. There are many who now remember that the ladies, in order to acquire an elevation of head, once had recourse to sharp steel necklaces, which, being placed under the chin, would never fail to mark the
exact declension, and give the ladies a gentle admonition of it.
We know that in England, not many centuries ago, it was customary to see a slender, beautiful female form stuck in a hoop of such enormous magnitude, that it must have looked for all the world like a doll standing upon a suit of curtains or tapestry. Had any one at that time satirized those follies, it would be the same as if he should now laugh at the hoop or the trail, and he would have received nothing but reproach in return. Experiment, however, has cured this folly, and now both the hoop and the steel necklace live only in recollection.
O.
From the FARMER'S MUSEUM.
"And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul, all the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burned them there. And they took their bones and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days."
DURING my residence at the university, I had the good fortune to attract the notice, and enjoy the conversation, of a country clergyman, whose brilliant talents neither parochial pecuniary meanness could choke, nor the shades of rural obscurity conceal. From the barren uniformity of cloistered life, and the still more arid lessons of solemn pedantry, I used to escape, each vacation, and meet, at a parsonage, Wit and Learning, attired in priestly grey. Here, after being "long detained in the obscure sojourn" of a college cell, I could re-ascend to the realms of Fancy, and "feel the sovereign vital lamp" of Genius. Here I lost my tutors, and found a friend. It was like the exchange of armour between Glaucus and Diomedes; it was brass for gold.
One day, in the study of this liberal Levite, whom I heartily wish was copied in every thing, "but his non-conformity," and who ought to preach in Westminster Abbey, rather than in a dissenting conventicle, I picked up one of his neglected sermons; it was Shandean; and the eccentric prebendary of York might have bound it up with his own. As this sermon gave the first hint to that stile of Lay Preaching, which I have for some years employed; as it was a model of ease and sentiment in alliance; and as its text was that which I have selected for my present speculation, I could not deny myself the pleasure of complimenting a curate, who deserves to be a Bishop, and if there be any merit in the following thoughts, it is attributable to him, whose elegant homilies "inspired early my unpremeditated page." In pursuing his track, I shall be acquitted of plagiarism, when my readers remember my prodigal use of inverted commas, and my care to give credit for borrowed thought and expression.
But, while I am thus wandering, the men of Jabeshgilead seem to be forgotten. This would be too shameful an act of oblivion. It shall not pass; for they deserve a long and honourable memorial.
The inhabitants of the above oriental village, are introduced with some abruptness to the acquaintance of the student of the book of Samuel. At the very bottom of the first volume of the prophecy, in a kind of postscript to the work, is found the narrative of their funeral rites paid to the memory of Saul. Not the smallest reason appears for this posthumous service. On the contrary, it looks not only odd, but unmerited, and even impious. For, during whole pages immediately preceding this circumstance, we find nothing but a shameful catalogue of Saul's crimes. To bitter envy of the favoured David's talents, he adds a contempt of the ordinances of the Supreme Being, and neglect of the mandates of his prophets. In a nocturnal visit to the enchantress of Endor, he employs infernal and necromantic arts to disturb the repose of the tomb; and concludes a life of violence, cruelty, and meanness, by an act of suicide. One would suppose that, in those holy times, the bones of so bad a man would long have been suffered to whiten the mount of Gilboa; and that not even a common sepulture would have been indulged to a body, prematurely destroyed by an irreligious parricide. Here is a mystery; and on the first view of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead, in mourning weeds, under "the wall of Bethshan," we are astonished at their zeal for the interment of this monarch. That all the valiant men of a respectable district should arise, and hasten by night to Bethshan, which it must be observed, was a hostile city, in Philistia; that they should take the bones of one whom Heaven had abandoned, and who had been his own destroyer; that they should expose themselves to the chance of death, or capture, in an enemy's country; that, mocking this terror, and even the still greater one of the vengeance of the skies, they should take the remains of the flagitious Saul, and, "with dirges due and sad array," follow them to the humble Morai of primieval burial, and deposit them "under a tree" of their own groves, and that the poignancy of their grief should be such as to induce a fast of seven days, all these circumstances are, apparently, the incidents of wild romance, or like the adventures of the Venetian Moor. They are "strange, passing strange."
But let us develope the occult cause of this conduct, and enquire whether these "mourners, going about the streets" of Bethshan, cannot be justified, nay, admired. As they are all valiant men, it is hard to suppose that so shining a virtue as courage, should be disgraced by mad and vicious companions. Bravery, like the son of Tobias, is "of a good stock," and when you tell me of a good soldier, I look to see him invested, not only with the gorget and sash of military splendour, but with the more lustrous ornament of the manly virtues; the mantle of Charity, and "the breast-plate of Righteousness."
Whether this expectation is generally realized or not, it is fully so in the case of these valiant men of the east; and, as will immediately appear, their conduct, as simply described by the holy narrator, presents one of the most affecting and honourable instances of political and personal gratitude, to be found in the immense tablet of historical composition.
In the eleventh chapter of Samuel, we find a clue, that guides us, at once, through the labyrinth of the above mystery. At the commencement of Saul's reign, Nahash, a prince of the house of Ammon, whose trade was rapine and blood, waged war with Jabeshgilead. Its inhabitants propose a treaty of peace, which the haughty invader cruelly proposes to clog with the fanguinary and infamous condition of the extinction of their right eyes. Whether in that early period of their history, the inhabitants were few, defenceless, and incapable of opposing a formidable foe; or their senators, like those which have composed and disgraced more modern councils, were willing to yield to ignominious exaction, is not ascertained. But whether weakness or baseness predominated, it is known that the elders of the country implored a truce of a week; and, meanwhile, Saul is apprized of their calamitous situation. His subjects wept; and the monarch sympathized. Indignation at the wrongs of his neighbours, and pity for their misfortunes, dictated a summary and gallant process. He marches against, and defeats the Ammonites, and the men of Jabesh retain their freedom.
They were the ancestors of that weeping band, whom we have seen performing a solemn office to the dead. It was during the youth of Saul, that he avenged the men of Jabesh upon the Ammonites. Many years had elapsed since this brilliant military exploit, which preserved the eyes and independence of a threatened people. Saul had degenerated from the virtues of his youth, had lost the confidence of an inspired Mentor, had forfeited the favour of heaven; had surrendered himself up to vice; had lost an army, and, to add to his disgrace, it was by Philistine soldiers he was conquered; had lost three sons, and, finally, losing hope itself, had fallen on his own sword. He is prone on the mountains of Gilboa, without a friend to close his eyes.
"Fallen from his high estate, And weltering in his blood."
Those, whom he had rescued from the Ammonites are all as lifeless as he. Then who is there to mourn for Saul and Jonathan? It was the descendants of those, whom Saul had once protected. For, when this grateful race heard the melancholy tidings of the defeat and death of the deliverer of their ancestors, what was their arrangement? Was it oblivious of a remote obligation? or did selfishness whisper, that an old benefit, like an old wound, was a worthless supernumerary? No; a prompt and noble gratitude appeared; nor did it come alone. It was associated with bravery. "All the valiant men arose." Through the mist of ages, I see you, gallant soldiers, your posture erect, but your eyes overflowing. A brave man has, generally, "a tear for pity." You remembered what Saul once was, and how he had preserved your progenitors. You forgot nothing but his disgrace and his vices. You had heard that "the battle went sore" against a benefactor; that cruel archers had wounded, and the javelin of despair had killed him. You hastened, with military and grateful ardour, your nocturnal march through a hostile region. You buried the bones of your benefactor, with simple and rustic rites, and the memory of your tears; your respect for the dead, and your fasting, shall never fade away. Sensibility shall erect to your virtue
"A monument, and plant it round with shade Of laurel ever green, and branching palm, With all your trophies hung, and ads enroll'd In copious legend, or sweet lyric song."
THE LAY PREACHER.
Foreign Articles.
The following speech of Rewbell, one of the late Directors of France, is translated from a French paper. It contains some particulars, not before known here—and shows how forthright his head and those of his fellow Jacobins, stand on their pedestal.
FRANCE. COUNCIL OF ELDERS, July 19. SUNDER read an address from the citizens of Mantreuil, in the department of Gers, demanding the punishment of the triumvirs. Rewbell took this opportunity to reply to the accusations directed against him in all the addresses. "No man (said he) of probity, can be persuaded that it is the public interest which
command all the persecutions which I and my family experience. It will be difficult to convince him that it is the public interest which calls forth that swarm of libels which are gratuitously distributed to the vendors, under the sole condition of loudly hawking them in the streets and cross ways. I do not believe, though it has been so stated, that these libels are the production of any representative of the people; I see only in their dissemination the hand of a coalition, which endeavours to take advantage of every great crisis. None but unprincipled wretches can have the boldness to say that I have placed ten millions in foreign funds. They do not believe the charge; and all they allege against me proves only that I am not one of the band, nor enrolled under their banners. Doubtless, in the eyes of foreigners we are deeply criminal. I say we, because it is wished to exhibit my two unfortunate colleagues on the scaffold, and that I should accompany them. We have, however, served our country with zeal, with courage, and with probity.—If we have committed faults, they were involuntary; if we have fallen into errors, they were contrary to our inclination;—How many times have I lamented those disorders which were daily exaggerated, when with a disposition to conciliation and unity they might have been repaired. Much has been said of dilapidations, which are daily denounced to us, but in a manner so vague that we have to regret our inability to reach the guilty so speedily as we should wish. I detest rapine of every kind. The word is not indifferent in my estimation; for the name of Rapi-nat has furnished the subject of many a joke. But if Rapi-nat be a robber; if he has not denounced fraudulent characters; in a word, if he has not done his duty, let him perish; but let the warrant be the dictate of justice only; let us hear no more vague declamations; let us no longer be led astray by vagabonds, who raise the hue and cry of robbery.
"We have been denounced as usurpers of power.—I declare, that as I was in momentary expectation of going out of the Directory, it was my wish that the government should possess sufficient strength to prevent oppression, by I never desired that it should possess so much as to oppress myself.
"We have been reproached with having driven Buonaparte into exile. Buonaparte suffer himself to be exiled! Is not the very supposition an injury to his character? Posterity may pass a severe condemnation on his bold expedition, which I should have ever condemned, independently of the disastrous action of Aboukir; but our cotemporaries ought not to be surprised that we yielded to the genius of a man who replied to all our objections; braved every difficulty, and surmounted every obstacle.
"We are reproached with the reverses sustained by our armies. We have coincided all the means of the republic to men hitherto successful, but whom fortune has now abandoned. But what government can be suspected of courting reverses which must of necessity turn against itself?
"No! We never despaired of the safety of the Republic, either at the period when we assumed the reins of government, or in the different crises which it has sustained. But our blood is thirsted for—it is wished that we should fall the expiatory victims of the 18th Fructidor. What a day of triumph to the Royalist will that be on which our heads shall roll in the dust; that the revolutionary regimen should be reerected—that every idea of the Republic and Liberty should be obliterated; that the founders of French liberty should be dragged to the scaffold; that all of you should be hurried thither in succession; such are the wishes of the Cabinet of St. James! Let us, then, lead the way! Let us be devoted to infamy and death! We do not wish to survive the Republic. But if there be no intention to re-establish the regimen of terror, which would destroy the Republic, why have recourse to its forms? Never had we greater need of unanimity. Foreign emissaries watch our proceedings; they sow divisions among the patriots, let us be circumspect in attaching approbation to any address. If blood be required, let it be used, not by fury, but by justice."
The Council ordered that this Speech be printed.
* French commissioner in Switzerland.
From a London paper.
LAST week, a lady of fashion, in the neighbourhood of Knightsbridge, dismissed a servant maid for suffering the cat to kitten in her Javouirite wig.
The wound which Admiral Nelson received in the late glorious engagement with the French, is said to be the forty second which that heroic man has gained since entering into the naval service.
ANECDOE.
LARGE PURSE.
THE Levanah Gazette advertises races to be run at that place, on the 16th ult. for a purse of one hundred bushels of wheat. We have heard of the great bell at Moscow, and the Heidelberg ton; but we defy history to produce a fact as big as the Levanah Purse.

Late Foreign Intelligence.
By the Venus, Capt. Jameson, arrived at Boston, in 44 days from Liverpool.
Further Official accounts from Italy.
DOWNING-STREET, AUG. 17. From the Hon. WILLIAM WINDHAM, to Lord GRENVILLE.
Florence, July 15, 1799.
DEPUTIES from all the principal towns and from the armies have been sent to Vienna to entreat his Royal Highness to return to Tuscany, or at least to send a Regent to act with full powers in his name; I profit of the occasion of a deputation from Arezzo, going this day to Vienna, to send this to your lordship. The Aretin army has really performed wonders; in every action it has beat the French, killing numbers of them, making many prisoners, and driving the enemy from their strong posts. The army consists of about forty thousand Tuscans, chiefly mountaineers, who encounter every danger, and march forward with the firm determination to conquer or die. I can venture to assure your Lordship, that in a few days the French will be entirely expelled from Tuscany; and this country will be happy in the re-possession of its beloved Sovereign, the re-establishment of its laws, and the return of industry and commerce.
Extract of a letter from Mr. WINDHAM, dated Florence, July 18, 1799.
"The departure of a Deputation of the Senate of this city for Vienna this evening, does not allow me time to write so fully as I could desire. The victories of the Tuscan army, which, by degrees, was grown formidable, has enabled them to take a position within a few miles of Leghorn. In the mean time the Austrians likewise increased their forces in the Madanele, and threatened a considerable invasion of Tuscany. General Moreau's army having been again completely beaten in the Riviera of Genoa, an express arrived on the 14th instant to the French General commanding the forces at Leghorn, to withdraw all the French troops from Tuscany, and to march immediately towards Sargana; in consequence of which he entered into a capitulation with the Tuscan General Lavilette; a copy of which I have the honour to inclose for your Lordship. I make no doubt but in the present situation of French distress, a capitulation more honourable and more advantageous might have been made; but, however, it is a great consolation to know that all Tuscany is completely evacuated by the French without bloodshed or any inconvenience. This night a column of Austrians and Aretins united, marched towards Lucca to dislodge the French, who are in small numbers in that country, and who it appears are disposed to evacuate it without opposition. In Tuscany there is no further cause of fear of the French, who are in every part of Italy too weak to be able to return; besides, the people armed in mass, already accustomed to the use of arms, and provided with plenty of artillery and ammunition, are determined to support their Religion and Sovereign against any force that could be sent against them. I have sent off an express to Lord Nelson at Naples with this intelligence. The presence of a squadron off this coast and that of Genoa, would prevent the French from carrying off immense treasures robbed from the various States of Italy."
AUGUST 16.
Copy of a letter from Lord HENLEY to Lord GRENVILLE, dated Vienna, July 31.
"MY LORD,
"M. Florella, late Commandant of the citadel of Turin, having endeavoured to inculcate into the minds of the inhabitants of a small place near to Verona, where he resided on his parole, his own seditious principles, has been sent to the Castle of Ruffstein; and it has been notified to some of the principal Cisalpine prisoners, for the information of the French Directory, that if any cruelty be exercised on any of the French Emigrants in the service of this country made prisoners by the French, severe reprisals will be made on them (the Cisalpines) and such other prisoners as are not natives of France. It is with great pleasure that I mention that the report of M. de Chastelet's death, which was confidently reported, is not true."
"I have the honour to be, &c.
HENLEY."
Head-Quarters, Bosco, July 30, 1799.
"MY LORD,
I HAVE the satisfaction to enclose the capitulation of Mantua. The trenches had been opened only fourteen days. The garrison I am informed amounts to near thirteen thousand men; the sick, including the non-combatants, are about five hundred. The loss of the Austrians does not exceed more than two hundred men.
I have the honour to be,
W. BENTINCK.
Rt. Hon. Lord GRENVILLE.
CAPITULATION made between His Excellency Baron KRAY, General of Artillery, and Commander in chief of the troops of his Imperial Majesty at the siege of Mantua, and the General of Division FOISSAC LA TOUR, Commandant of the town and citadel of Mantua.
ART. I. THE garrison of Mantua will march out the 30th of July, 1799, at twelve o'clock, with the honours of war, five pieces of cannon in front. The garrison shall be prisoners of war; and, in order to prevent the disgrace and misery of confinement, the General commanding in chief, the other Generals under his orders, the officers of the staff, and all the officers of the garrison, consent to remain prisoners in the nearest part of the hereditary states, in Germany, in order to serve as hostages for the non-commissioned officers and soldiers, who shall be
sent back into France by the shortest road, and shall not serve against the troops of the Emperor or his allies until after their exchange.
Answer.—Granted in its fullest extent; and in consideration of the open, brave, and honourable conduct of the garrison of Mantua, the commandant, the officers of the staff, and the other military officers of the garrison, after having remained three months in the hereditary states, shall be at liberty to return to their respective countries upon their word of honour not to serve against his Imperial Majesty or his allies until they are reciprocally exchanged. The period of three months shall begin from the day on which the capitulation is signed.
The garrison will lay down their arms upon the glacis of the citadel. The officers will keep their swords, baggage, and the number of horses allowed by their own military regulations. The non-combatants shall be sent back to France. The generals shall keep their Secretaries and all the officers their servants. A pair of colours shall be granted the general of division, Foissac la Tour, in consideration of the energy of his defence.
Art. II. The Cisalpines, Swiss, Poles, and Piedmontese shall be considered and treated in every respect as troops of the French Republic.—Granted.
Art. III. Three covered waggons shall be allowed the commandant for the carriage of his papers, baggage and personal property. These waggons shall not be examined, and shall be subject to his orders only.—Granted.
Art. IV. The chief of the staff, and the other chiefs of the department, shall have the power of taking with them all papers relating to their own concerns, and shall have the sole charge of the waggons destined for this purpose, and for the carriage of their own personal effects. The commissaries shall be responsible that nothing belonging to the place is taken away.—Granted.
Art. V. An appeal is made to the justice and generosity of the Austrian government, in favour of those citizens who have been employed in the Cisalpine Republic (which was formerly acknowledged by the Emperor at the treaty of peace concluded at Campo Formio) as well as of all those who have manifested Republican opinions, the Imperial Commissaries, and the citizens who acted as artillery men, having been treated in the same manner, according to the terms of the noble capitulation made by Buonaparte with Gen. Wurmser.—Granted.
Art. VI. Engineer and Artillery officers shall be appointed to receive all articles relating to their departments.—Granted.
Art. VII. Commissaries shall also be named to take charge of the magazines of provisions.—Granted.
Art. VIII. The sick and wounded who cannot be removed shall continue to receive the necessary care; for which purpose the French surgeons and physicians who now attend them shall remain. The general in chief shall name an officer who shall have the particular charge of the sick; and as soon as they may be sufficiently recovered to travel, they shall be furnished with the means of following the army if it is exchanged, or of going into France or Germany, according to the same conditions with all the rest, every one complying with what is decided for his rank.—Granted.
Art. IX. There shall be furnished by the Austrian troops, escorts sufficient to protect all individuals whatever comprised in the present capitulation, against insult or popular commotion, for which the commander of the escort shall be made particularly responsible.—Granted.
Art. X. All doubts that may arise out of the present capitulation shall be explained in favour of the garrison, consistently with the laws of equity.—Granted.
Art. XI. After the signature of the present capitulation, hostages shall be mutually exchanged. On the part of the French, a Brigadier and a Captain, on that of the Austrians, a Colonel and a Captain.—Granted.
Art. XII. During the management of the capitulation, there shall be cessation of hostilities on both sides.—Granted.
Art. XIII. Migliarello shall be occupied by a battalion of Austrians, from which fifty men shall be detached to occupy the outer part of the gate of Cercee. The two armies shall have no communication with each other, commanding officers, and those who have leave from their respective Generals excepted.—Granted.
Art. XIV. The Commissary of the Executive power, and the Inspector general of the Police of the Cisalpine Republic at Mantua, shall have leave to go wherever they please.—Granted.
Art. XV. A sufficient number of carriages shall be allowed for the carriage of the effects, not only of the officers composing the garrison, but of all such as not being present may have left their baggage.—Granted.
Art. XVI. Two carriages shall be granted for the suite of the General, and for such others as shall have been ordered by him to follow the lot of the garrison.—Granted.
Art. XVII. The Generals and other officers may send any part of their baggage to France with the troops; unless indeed Gen. Kray, who always acts like a man of the highest honour and liberality, consents that officers should share the same fortune with the men, and be permitted to return to France prisoners on their parole.
Answer.—Regulated by article I.
ADDITIONAL ARTICLE.
All defectors shall be given up to their respective battalions. General Kray promises them their lives.
From Lord Nelson to Mr. Nepean.
Bay of Naples, June 27, 1799.
"I am happy in being able to congratulate their Lordships on the possession of the city of Naples. St. Elmo is yet in the hands of the French; but the cables of Ovo and Nuovo I
took possession of last evening, and his Sicilian Majesty's colours are now flying on them."
From ditto to ditto.
Naples' Bay, July 14, 1799.
"Herewith I have the honour of sending you copies of my letters to the commander in chief, and the capitulation granted to the French in St. Elmo.—All the chief rebels are now on board his Majesty's fleet. Capua and Gaeta will very soon be in our possession, when the kingdom will be liberated from anarchy and misery."
Foudroyant, Bay of Naples, July 13, 1799.
MY LORD,
I have the pleasure to inform you of the surrender of Fort St. Elmo (on the terms of the inclosed capitulation) after open batteries of eight days, during which time our heavy batteries were advanced within one hundred and eighty yards of the ditch. The very great strength of St. Elmo, and its more formidable position, will mark with what fortitude, perseverance and activity, the combined forces must have acted. Capt. Troubridge was the officer selected for the command of all the forces landed from the squadron. Capt. Ball assisted him for seven days, till his services were wanted at Malta, when his place was ably supplied by Capt. Hallowell, an officer of the most distinguished merit, and to whom capt. Troubridge expresses the highest obligation. Capt. Hood, with a garrison for Castello Nuovo, and to keep good order in the capital, an arduous task at that time, was also landed from the squadron; and I have the pleasure to tell you, that no capital is more quiet than Naples. I transmit you Capt. Troubridge's letter to me with returns of killed and wounded. I have also to state to your Lordship, that although the abilities and resources of my brave friend Troubridge are well known to all the world, yet even he had difficulties to struggle with in every way, which the state of the capital will easily bring to your idea, that has raised his great character even higher than it was before.
(Signed) NELSON. Right Hon. Lord Keith, Commander in Chief.
Of Mantua—again.
The French Minister of War, to Gen. Joubert.
Paris, August 20.
"For some days past, the newspapers have published accounts of the surrender of Mantua. This news is too extraordinary to be credited by those who are acquainted with French bravery."
"If however, contrary to all probability, the surrender has actually taken place, whatever be the conditions, it must be the effect of treachery. I require you, therefore, in the name of the Republic, in the name of its interest and of its glory, to send before a Council of war General F. Latour."
(Signed) "BERNADOTTE."
"It is thus that a gasconading Minister, secure in his bureau, can sport with the honour of a commander, who made the following reply to the second summons of Gen. Kray, to surrender."
The Answer of the French Commander, to Gen. Kray's Summons.
Head-Quarters at Mantua, 10th Thermidor.
GENERAL,
It is not myself who have demanded a capitulation, it is you who have made the proposition to me in general terms, founded upon those duties which you, as well as myself, owe to our respective states, and our mutual desire to avoid the effusion of blood. Your urbanity is the result of your notions of true glory. How therefore, can it be consistent with the dishonourable and severe propositions you have made to me, at a time when I had expressed my readiness to accede to honourable ones? Would you have me sign my own infamy and disgrace? Would you wish me to be put in chains, and the brave garrison of Mantua dishonoured? What would you say of a French general, who could so far despise you, as to make a similar proposal?
"Better it would be to die sword in hand; and since you wish for blood and ruins, you shall have our dead bodies, but our glory shall efface yours." Such would be your answer. Well, general, such is mine; such is that of the Council of war; such is that of my whole garrison. Believe me, on my word of honour, we still possess the means of delaying so long a triumph as that of suffering your soldiers to lay waste this fine city, and bathe themselves in our blood. We have still entrenchments to retreat to; avoid those dreadful extremities which can produce nothing advantageous, which will ruin your conquest, and which will obscure your glory.
If you want trophies, if you want men in prison, I offer you my own person, and those of all my officers. We will be your hostages, that the rest of the garrison shall not act against the Emperor and his allies, on condition that our soldiers shall be permitted to return to France. This proposal will conciliate humanity with the dictates of true policy, which certainly cannot be consistent with the destruction of a city, of its inhabitants, and of its immense wealth, the whole of which you may assure yourself the conquest of. I am persuaded you will not leave to the world, and to this city in particular, so dreadful a remembrance, when at the same time it only depends upon yourself to render your name celebrated by equitable and moderate sentiments, and thereby more essentially to serve your prince.
With these reflections I send you the articles of capitulation, with such slight alterations as may render it acceptable, without risk, and without dishonour. If you reject them, we are resolved to unsheath our swords, and give to the world a noble example of what can be achieved by warriors, who prefer death to dishonour. I demand you, therefore, to give the signal for the first cannon shot.
FOISSAC LATOUR, General of Division.
Later Intelligence.
By the John and Phebe, from Liverpool, and the Minerva and Galen, arrived at Boston from London.
British Grand Expedition.
PRELIMINARY PARTICULARS.
[The first division of the expedition against Holland, sailed from England, the 12th of August, commanded by Gen. Abercrombie, conveyed over by a squadron of the British navy, under Admiral Mitchell. The fleet experienced very rough weather; but all arrived in safety on the coast of Holland, where the troops were debarked, as appears from the following Official Letter, received by the Admiralty, August 31.]
From Lord DUNCAN to Mr. NEPEAN.
Dated Kent, off the Texel, August 28.
SIR,
BE pleased to acquaint the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that I shall go on from my letter of the 25th instant, and say, it blew so fresh on Sunday that we could not approach the land, but the weather became more moderate on Monday; the whole fleet, with the transports, were at anchor close in shore by noon on that day. I shall not enter into a detail of the landing the troops, or what happened on Tuesday, as their Lordships will have that stated by Vice-Admiral Mitchell; suffice it to say, the troops rowed towards the shore at day-break, and landed, though immediately opposed by numbers, and from that time till half past four P. M. were continually in action. However, the gallantry of the British troops surmounted all difficulties, and drove the enemy wherever they met them. At five P. M. the Belliqueux, with her convoy from the Downs, anchored. This day it blows strong from the westward with a great surf, so that I fear little can be done; but I am sure the Vice-Admiral will avail himself of every opportunity to carry on the service, as I never witnessed more attention and perseverance, in spite of most unfavourable weather, to get the troops landed; and nothing shall be wanting on my part towards furnishing him with every aid in my power, in order to bring the business to a happy termination. I am, &c.
DUNCAN.
P. S. Eight P. M. the weather is still bad; but a Luger has just returned with answer to a letter I wrote Vice-Admiral Mitchell this morning, by which I find the Helder Point was last night evacuated, and the guns in it spiked up.
[LONDON, Sept. 1. Although Ad. Mitchell and Gen. Abercrombie's letters have not arrived, yet we are informed by Lieut. Clay, who brought Lord Duncan's dispatches, that the fleet of boats, followed by ships of war, on Wednesday cannonaded the batteries along the Helder Point, while a debarkation took place near Hyk Down. Our troops encountered great difficulties, but after a severe and bloody contest of ten hours, took the towns of Kirk-Buy, Helder, and a long chain of eight heavy batteries, which defend the passage of the Texel. The enemy were formidable in numbers, and confident in their strong holds. The battle was therefore attended with loss on our side, though by no means so considerable as we might have rationally expected, from the unfavourable positions our troops were necessitated to take, and the strength of the enemy. Col. Smollet, of the guards, and Major Hay, a veteran of the engineers, were killed. Their loss is greatly felt, and sincerely lamented. General Pulteney is wounded, but not dangerously. Our whole loss does not rise 500 in killed and wounded. The enemy's rises 1500. Gen. Abercrombie, and suite, fought at the head of our troops; and we are greatly indebted to Admiral Mitchell, and the sailors of the fleet, who plunged into the surf, and drew the boats ashore, under a heavy fire from the enemy's batteries.
After the second division, under Gen. Don, which arrived on Wednesday, were landed, Gen. Abercrombie was to push towards Amsterdam, between which and the Texel, there is but one post of strength (Alkmaar) in order to give the friends of the Stadholder an opportunity to rally, and join the army.
When Lt. Clay left the fleet, a flag was coming out of the Texel, to Ad. Mitchell; and the Clyde frigate, with boats full of troops going in, Lord Duncan's fleet was to follow them on Friday, with the spring tides. In consequence of this success, stocks have risen three per cent.
* Helder is the most northerly part of North-Holland, making the south shore of the Texel's entrance into the Zuyder Zee. It is about 100 American miles from Amsterdam. Its batteries protect the harbour (the Mar's Deep) wherein the Dutch fleet usually lie.
DEAL, AUG. 26. Yesterday his Majesty's ships and the transports sailed for Holland.
THE RUSSIAN TROOPS.
Which are to co-operate with the English in the invasion of Holland, have not yet arrived at Embden. The first division sailed from Revel, (in the gulph of Finland) on the 28th of July. The second embarkation was to have been made the 6th, 7th and 8th of August. They are to be conveyed by 15 sail of Russian, and nine sail of English ships of the line.
LONDON, SEPT. 2. On the British expedition appearing off Flushing, the trees of Liberty were cut down, and the Orange cockade mounted.
Arrival of Combined Fleets at Brest.
BREST, AUG. 11. Yesterday, at 10 o'clock, the French and Spanish fleets entered this harbour. The former comprising twenty-five sail of the line, and the latter fifteen; many of them enormous ships. There were also ten frigates, and a number of smaller vessels.

PLYMOUTH, Aug. 16. The combined fleets arrived at Brest, the 10th inst. not six hours before Lord Keith's fleet appeared off that harbour! The van of the English saw the rear of the French as it entered the port.
Arrival of the English Fleet.
TORRAY, Aug. 17. Lord Keith has arrived here with the Mediterranean fleet, of 27 sail of the line.—He had detached several on various services.
LONDON, Aug. 19. There are at present sixty-one sail of the line in Torbay.
Of France—Internally.
PARIS, Aug. 26. The Executive Directory sent a Message to the Council of 500, proposing to the Council to declare, as in a state of Insurrection.
Three cantons (counties) in the Department of Orne. Six in the D. of Morbihan. Three in the D. of Core-du-Nord. Four in the D. of Maine and Loire. Two in the D. of Calvados. Two in the D. of Mayenne. Three Communes (towns) in the D. of Eure. Two in La Manche. Four in the D. of La Sarthe. Two in the D. of Deux Sevres. Four in the D. of Lower Loire; and Ville-Dieu, in the D. of Loire and Cher.
(Signed) SIEYES, President.
LECARDE, Sec. Gen."
Some insurrections have taken place in the Department of Gers. The Priests, Emigrants and Ex-nobles, are at the head of the insurgents, who amount to nearly 800 men.
FOR THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL.
MR. CARTER,
THE piece which appeared in your paper of last week, extracted from the Connecticut Courant, relative to insolvent debtors, has led me to offer for publication the following observations on that subject.
It is generally acknowledged, that the end for which a good government is instituted, is to increase the aggregate of human happiness, by restraining in their operation, those selfish and vindictive passions to which the weak and the unfortunate might otherwise have been exposed. By compelling every individual to look up to the law for redress, it checks that spirit of ferocity and revenge, which, in the infliction of evil, pays no regard to the dictates of justice; and places an umpire between man and man, which weighs with an exact hand the punishment against the offence. The only exception of any extent to this rule, exists between a debtor and his creditor. It is in this relation only, that we see honour and knavery, integrity and villainy, placed upon an equal footing. Every thing depends upon the creditor. By industriously opposing the bankrupt's petition, and malignantly paying a dollar a week for his board, a hard hearted and pitiless creditor may keep the unfortunate father of a family in perhaps perpetual imprisonment; however small may be the debt, or however honourable the intentions with which it was contracted. The insolvency of this debtor is perhaps occasioned by the insolvency of those who were his debtors, and if it is a crime to have given credit to those whom misfortune has incapacitated to pay, his creditor himself is guilty of this crime. The creditor, indeed, often urges as an apology for his obduracy, that he has lost already too much by bad debts, and therefore unhesitatingly pursues the wretched man who has lost his all from the same cause. What is the difference between these men? The one becomes vindictive and cruel from partial losses; the other beggared and broken-spirited from total ones: the former, provoked by having lost a part of his property, barbarously diminishes the rest of it, to add to the accumulated misery of the latter, who has lost the whole. But this creditor may to-morrow hear of the bankruptcy of another of his debtors, and become himself a bankrupt. He will then descend from the insolent persecutor to the humble suppliant; he will then, in his turn, regret the licence left by the laws to proud prosperity, of oppressing the miserable. He will find himself in gaol among felons, whom he will see released upon the payment of a paltry fine after a few months imprisonment; and stung with the recollection of the helpless family he left upon the world, he will say, I have been imprisoned longer than these felons—I would give up my last farthing to be released—What is my crime?
Is it good policy thus to treat a debtor? Can he be serviceable to society, or acquire the means of paying his debts, while in prison? and if he is not actually in prison, will he feel any incentive to industry, when he knows he is at the mercy of the first creditor that may call, and that he shall but spread his table to harpies that will devour what they cannot devour?
If a man is guilty of fraud, let him be punished for fraud; if he is a swindler, let him suffer as a swindler; but as a debtor, let him give up his property, and be exonerated.
The severity of the laws against bankrupts, owes its origin to the rich nobility of the uncommercial nations of antiquity. It was the policy of those lords and patricians, to make their wealth an instrument of their tyranny, and when by no other means they could depress an aspiring plebeian, they found means to make him their debtor. But, fortunately for us, there is no nobility in this country; we are all equal in the contemplation of the law. Let us then discountenance a system which renders the spirit of one man ferocious, whilst it breaks down that of another; which makes the one a tyrant, and the other a slave. Let the debtor's property, to which, in fact, the credit is most generally given, be answerable to the last penny for his debts; but let his person be free to essay better fortune, to support his family and serve his country.
A MERCHANT.
FOR THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL.
THE harbour of Newport, in Rhode-Island, being so safe and conveniently situated for ships of war to enter at all seasons of the year, especially in the winter, when the westerly winds prevail, together with many other advantages it possesses in a superior degree, from its local situation, the Congress of the United States have wisely ordered it to be fortified for the protection of their ships while in port, and to prevent the predatory attacks of a marine enemy.
It being also under contemplation to establish a dry dock, in some part of Providence River above Rhode-Island, for the repair and equipment of ships of war; these circumstances naturally lead to the establishment of arsenals or magazines , to contain public stores of every description sufficient to supply the navy on any emergency. A prudent choice of situation for that purpose at the beginning, may save the United States from much expense, and secure them from future loss and disappointment. As it will be necessary to erect a variety of buildings for the different artisans which must necessarily be employed in the vicinity of the magazines, the public expense will accumulate; and, in time, amount to a sum too considerable for the establishment to be removed without the most urgent necessity; when, without timely precaution, the danger may not appear until the whole is destroyed by the desultory attacks of a foreign enemy, at a time when the country is most in want of all their military stores for their defence.—In order to prevent these disagreeable circumstances, the principal magazines which are designed for the use of the navy, should be placed at the most convenient distance from the common rendezvous of the ships, where the transportation can be made by water for the conveyance of spars, anchors, cannon, and every kind of military stores at the shortest notice; and in such a situation that a numerous militia from the adjacent country may be speedily collected for defence.
Contemplating this subject, reason points out the propriety of such an establishment being made at the head of navigation of the river; where, looking round for a suitable situation, India-Point presents itself under all the advantages of nature, being at a suitable distance from the compact part of the town of Providence, having extensive wharves, with a good depth of water, spacious stores, with dwelling-houses convenient for barracks, to accommodate troops or workmen of every description.
From this continental magazine, or principal repository of public stores for the State of Rhode-Island, might be issued every kind of supply to the ships, forts, docks and magazines down the river, and might have safe and easy communication by land to and from the magazines near the port of Boston, and by the inland navigation of Long-Island-Sound, to and from the city of New-York. If at any future time it should become necessary to grant the Congress of the United States the jurisdiction of this district, it might, by its local situation, be easily separated from the state by prescribed limits; and it being at present almost wholly the property of an individual, it might be more easily obtained by the public than if it belonged to many. Should Congress order the establishment of public magazines in this State, they would, in the situation pointed out, remain to future generations free from any sudden attack from a foreign enemy, under the protection of a great part of the militia of Massachusetts and Connecticut, united with the whole military force of the State of Rhode-Island.
AN OLD AMERICAN OFFICER.
BOSTON, October 11.
Extract of a letter from Capt. Edward Hedge, of the American Schooner Samuel, to his owners in Boston.
"Gibraltar, August 23, 1799. "With pleasure I inform you of my arrival here, after having had an engagement of one hour and a quarter with two Spanish gun-boats and three French boats. They fired three times before I fired a gun.—My main sail has 14 shot holes in it; ensign 7. They once shot away the ensign, and thought I had struck to them; but (they then being astern of me) I gave them one stern-chase seven or eight times, cut away one of their shrouds and jib stay, and they all failed and rowed off as fast as they could. About 100 shot struck our sails, rigging and hull. One 24-pounder went through the transom, which knocked the mate's chest to pieces, and then rolled into the run, very near the boy who passed the cartridges. They cut away two of our main shrouds on the starboard side (the side they engaged us on) which was to leeward. Two strands of the sheet cable, which lay on deck, were also cut. None of our spars were hurt, but the rigging very much cut. The 24-pounder struck about ten feet above water, and a nine-pounder some distance from it. Several grape shot went through the bulwark, and lodged on deck, but no man got hurt. Mr. Taylor (the mate) and every one on board, behaved to my satisfaction. The engagement began about half past 6 in the evening. We fired away almost the whole of our powder."
Extract of a letter from a very respectable house in Gibraltar, to the owners of the Schooner Samuel, of Boston, dated August 22, 1799.
"We have just this moment received your esteemed favour of the 20th ult. by your Schooner, Capt. Hedge, who arrived in the bay last night, after having had a severe engagement in the Gut with two gun-boats (Spanish) and some French privateers, which he kept off; and, although there was but little wind, he got into the Bay, after receiving an immense number of shot in his sails and hull. Too much praise cannot be given Capt. Hedge for his steady behaviour on this occasion, when attacked by so superior a force. We leave it to him to give you the detail."
Providence,
WEDNESDAY, October 16.
The surrender of the important fortress of Mantua, which we this day give our readers official accounts of, is of the utmost consequence to the coalesced powers, inasmuch as it will give to the army of the Archduke a reinforcement of 16 or 18,000 men from the army of the besiegers, which, together with the division of 45,000 Russians on their march, and about joining him, at the date of our last accounts, will enable him soon to decide the fortunes of his republican adversaries.
The general review and inspection of the militia in the county of Providence began on Monday last, by the review and inspection of the first regiment, commanded by Col. Abbott, on the plain at the head of the Cove in this town.
The governor and council of New-Hampshire have appointed Thursday the 28th of November next to be observed as a day of public Thanksgiving throughout that State.
An arrival at Philadelphia, from St. Domingo, confirms the account of Toussaint's having taken the Mole, and informs that the Bite is so infested with Rigaud's barges, that it is impossible for an unarmed vessel to escape. A Baltimore Schooner has been plundered to the amount of 8000 dollars.
The United States sloop of war Delaware, Capt. Baker, has arrived at St. Kitts from Philadelphia. She conveyed there a large brig, with stores for the American ships on that station, and failed immediately on a cruise.
The President of the United States arrived at Hartford on Thursday last, and the next morning proceeded on his journey to the seat of government.
On Thursday the 3d instant WASHINGTON LODGE, No. 1, was constituted and consecrated, and the officers installed in ample form , by the Grand Lodge in this state, in the Baptist meeting-house in Warren, in presence of a very large assembly of ladies and gentlemen, and upwards of one hundred and seventy of the CRAFT. An excellent discourse was delivered by the Rev. Brother Abraham L. Clarke, Grand Chaplain, on the progress and sublime principles of Masonry, from Gen. i. 5.—And God said, let there be LIGHT, and there was LIGHT.
Three deaths were reported at the Health-Office New-York, for the 24 hours ending the 9th instant.
MARRIED,
Mr. John Henry, to Miss Mary Arnold, both of this town.
Port of Providence.
ENTERED.
Brig Cornelia, Brown, St. Petersburg; Schooner Ruth, Baker, Richmond; brig Arethusa, Smith, Cronstadt.
CLEARED.
Schooner Ranger, Hallett, Boston; Schooner Chance, Brown, Newport; Sloop Clementina, Randall, Hartford; Schooner Jerusha, Sheldon, Norfolk; brig Sally, Greenman, Havana; Sloop Juno, Trowbridge, Hudson; Schooner Dolphin, Baker, Washington; Schooner Ranger, Hallett, Bristol; Sloop Cordelia, Anthony, New-York; Sloop Leach, Eddy, Warren; Sloop Betty, Tilton, Savannah.
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October 16.
Scarce Article.
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October 16.
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Notice.
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October 16.
Postscript.
By last evening's mail we received the Boston Mercury of yesterday, which contains foreign news of great consequence, received at Boston by a late arrival from Europe,—the most prominent articles of which are, the capture of New Diep, in Holland, together with the shipping and naval stores, and the Dutch fleet in the Texel, without a blow, by the English; and the signal defeat of the French army in Italy, under the command of Joubert, by Suwarrows (for which see below.)—An article under the Amsterdam head mentions that the English had got as far as Alkmaer, within 20 or 30 miles of Amsterdam.—It is said Scherer is arrested. Sieyes and Barras are openly accused of being traitors. The former is said to have been bribed by Prussia.—Gen. Sapienau, formerly a leader in la Vendee, has again raised the standard of revolt.—Some inhabitants of Lyons have invited Prince Charles to march to that city.—Six of the French ships are said to have sailed from Brest, and the remainder of the fleet is in the outer harbour at that place. It is added, that the British fleet, in consequence, failed from Torbay August 29]
LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY.
Admiralty-Office, Sept. 3, 1799.
Vice-Admiral Mitchell to Evan Nepean,
161, at anchor near the Red Buoy, near the Vlieger, August 30, 1799, 2 P. M.
SIR, I HAVE the great satisfaction to acquaint you, for the information of my lords commissioners of the admiralty, that the whole of the Dutch fleet near the Vlieger surrendered to the squadron under my command, without firing a gun, agreeable to the summons I sent this morning. The Dutch squadron is to be held for the orders of his serene highness the Prince of Orange, and the orders I may receive from the lords commissioners of the admiralty, for my further proceedings. I have the honour to be, Sir, &c. (Signed) A. MITCHELL.
A List of the Dutch Squadron.
Washington, rear-admiral Story, Capt. Capeille, 74 guns Guelderland, Capt. Waldeck, 68 guns Admiral de Ruyter, Capt. Huijs, 68 guns Utrecht, Capt. Kolf, 68 guns Cerberus, Capt. de Jong, 68 guns Leyden, Capt. Van Braam, 68 guns Beichmer, Capt. Eilbracht, 54 guns Batavier, Capt. Van Senden, 54 guns, under the Vlieger Amphitrite, Capt. Schutter, 44 guns; under the Vlieger Mars, Capt. de Sock, 44 guns Ambuscade, Capt. Riverij, 32 guns Galatea, Capt. Droup, 16 guns (Signed) A. MITCHELL.
Capt. Winthrop to Admiral Mitchell.
SIR, Helder, August 27, 1799.
I have the honour to inform you, that this morning took possession of the New Diep, with the ships and vessels under mentioned, and also of the naval arsenal, containing 95 pieces of ordnance. A copy of the naval stores I will transmit you as soon as it can be made out.
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) R. WINTHROP.
    Guns.   Guns.      Urwachten  64  Unie  44    Broederfchap  54  Helder  32    Helder  44  Follock  24    Diuffee  44  Minerva  24    Expedition  44  Venus  24    Constitute  44  Alarm  24    Belle Antoinette  44      Dreigherlöhn, Howda, Vreedeluff, Indianan and a sheer-hulk.
IMPORTANT VICTORY.
VIENNA (Court Gazette.)
Aug. 18. Capt. Lang has arrived express from the combined army in Italy, with accounts of the battle of Novi. The enemy were 45,000 strong. The enemy's loss is at least 3000 killed, 4000 prisoners, and 4000 wounded. The prisoners include two Generals of Division, Grouchy and Perignon, and the Brigadiers Colli and Bardon. Joubert died of his wounds at Novi. Our loss is 18 officers, 889 privates killed, 142 officers, 3636 men wounded; 24 officers, 1320 men missing; among them is Gen. Lusignan. The Russian loss is not reported; but Gen. Tichuparow is wounded. The enemy fled towards Genoa. Their Gen. St. Cyr, had taken possession of Red Mountain to cover their retreat. The battle lasted from three in the morning till late at night. Aug. 19, Suwarrows encamped near St. Feliciano—and has ordered Gen. Kray to Vigevano. Aug. 20, the enemy were driven from Masino and Bagnasco, with loss. Joubert told his soldiers before the action, neither to give nor receive mercy. Austrian Gen. Kray was wounded. It is since reported the Allies have taken possession of Genoa.

Selected Poetry. FROM SOUTHEY'S POEMS. MARY.
The story of the following Ballad was related to me, when a school-boy, as a fact which had really happened in the North of England. I have adopted the metre of Mr. Lewis' Alonzo and Imogene—a poem deceptively popular. WHO is she, the poor Maniac, whose wildly-fix'd eyes Seem a heart overcharged to express?
XXI. Where the old Abbey stands, on the common hard by, His gibbet is now to be seen, Not far from the road it engages the eye, The Traveller beholds it, and thinks with a sigh Of poor Mary the Maid of the Inn.
NEWPORT, October 8. WASHINGTON LODGE, No. 2, was constituted, consecrated, and installed in ample Form, on Monday the 23d of September last, at the State-House, in South-Kingstown. Previous to which, at 10 o'clock, A. M. a Procession was formed in Masonic Order, and marched to the State-House, where a very elegant and pathetic Discourse, suited to the occasion, was delivered to a numerous audience, by the Rev. Brother Abraham L. Clarke, of Providence, from these words, "Let your Light so shine before Men, that they may see your good Works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven."
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New Publications, Just received, and for Sale or Circulation, at JOSEPH J. TODD'S Book Store and Circulating Library. Among the latest European and American Publications, are the following:— THE Beauties of Nature and Art, displayed in a Tour through the World, 13 vols. Travels in Spain, by the Chevalier de Bourgranne, 2 vols. History of Paraguay, by Charlevoix, containing new, curious, and interesting particulars of that country. 2 vols. Essays, Civil, Moral, Literary and Political; interspersed with Characters, Portraits and Anecdotes, by the Marquis D'Argenson. Gonfava of Cordova The German Gil Blas Mountain Cottager Wonder upon Wonder, a Tale Agnes and Leonora Josephine de Mordant Confessions of a Beauty Margaret a Rosendhall Godfrey de Hastings Love's Pilgrimage Constantia de Valmont Ildegerte, Queen of Norway, from the German of Kotzebue. Also, A new supply of Classical and School Books. Foolscap and Post Paper, from the Worcester, Sutton, and Providence Mills, by the Ream or Retail. Blank Books of various sizes A new and pleasing assortment of Children's Books, of more than 75 different kinds, all ornamented with beautiful engravings. Seaman's Books, among which are Journals, Naval Gazetteer, American Coast Pilot, and Moore's New Practical Navigator; improved and greatly enlarged. Real Havana Segars, by the box or retail. Constant attendance from sunrise till 9 o'clock, P. M. October 9.
State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations. October 5, 1799. THE Creditors of JOHN JEFFERS, of Cumberland, in the county of Providence, Cordwainer, are hereby notified to appear (if they shall think fit) at the General Assembly, to be held at South-Kingstown, on the last Monday in October instant, then and there to shew cause (if any they may have) why his petition for the benefit of the insolvent act ought not to be granted. By order, SAMUEL EDDY, Secretary.
Cooley's genuine Pills, Prepared by Samuel Cooley, of Boston, State of Connecticut, And secured to him by letters patent, signed by the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES, and dated at Philadelphia, the 26th day of June, A. D. 1798, agreeable to an act of Congress. THEY are justly esteemed for their easy operation and good effects; they are a most certain remedy for the Jaundice, Rheumatism, Erysipelas, Gravel, Piles, Scurvy, Diziness of the Head, Pain in the Stomach and Bowels; they are an antidote against infectious diseases; and are taking two or three early in the morning, a great preservative against contagious air, remove obstructions of any kind, by dissolving, and discharging the morbid matter, help digestion, restore a lost appetite, a sure relief for colicky habits; decayed constitutions are removed by a thorough use of the above Pills. They are found by experience to be the most safe and easy physic of any composition yet known. Persons under weak circumstances may take them with safety, and not find themselves made weaker, as is common to other physic. They are to be taken twice a day, two in the morning and one at night, more or less, so as to cause one or two movements of the body more than usual; let the patient fast one hour, then eat, drink and exercise as he pleases. N. B. There is no Mercury in the above Pills. Sold by JOHN FORE, Providence. August 24.
WANTED, A good Man Servant, ONE of good character and suitable qualities, may hear of a situation. Apply to Sept. 18. NICHOLAS BROWN.
For Boston, THE Sloop LUCY, of Barnstable, B. HOLMES master; will sail in a few days. For freight either way, or passage (as she is a regular packet) please to apply to the master on board, lying at the Market Wharf. October 9.
Tristram Burges INFORMS the Public, that he keeps his office, as ATTORNEY AT LAW, in the Market-Place Chamber, room No. 4. All persons who favour him with their commands may rely on his utmost exertions to serve them. October 9.
FLAX-SEED. CASH given for FLAX-SEED, delivered at the Oil-Mill, near Col. Christopher Olney's, or at the store of the subscriber in Providence. JOHN INNES CLARK. October 9.
Wanted, An Apprentice to the Shoemaking Business.—One of good character, and who can be well recommended, may have a place by applying to JOHN G. FRANCIS. October 9.
THE Subscriber informs the Public that he holds his office as ATTORNEY AT LAW, in the chambers opposite the Market-Place (occupied by James Fenner, Esq; clerk of the Court of Common Pleas) where he is ready to serve those who may think fit to employ him in the line of his profession, to the best of his abilities. JONATHAN RUSSELL. October 2.
State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations. October 1, 1799. THE Creditors of SABIN LEWIS, of Gloucester, in the county of Providence, Trader, are hereby notified to appear (if they shall think fit) at the General Assembly to be held at South-Kingstown on the last Monday in October instant, then and there to shew cause, (if any they may have) why his petition for the benefit of the act for the relief of insolvent debtors ought not to be granted. By order, SAMUEL EDDY, Secretary.
John G. Francis, BOOT and SHOE-MAKER, Respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he keeps his shop directly opposite Capt. Daniel Bucklin's, in the Main street, where he carries on his business in all its various branches, and in the latest fashions from Europe. After many years experience in his business, he has found out a new method of keeping the elasticity in Boots, till they are quite worn out, and warrants them to fit the leg, be it ever so badly shaped. He has got Boot-legs and Seal-skins, manufactured in New-York, which he will warrant to be good. N. B. He also makes Ladies' Boots and Shoes, of the newest fashion, and in the neatest manner. August 21. (t.f.)
Sugden's Specific, For the Cure of Sprains and Bruises. THE afflicted who are labouring under the painful accidents of SPRAINS and BRUISES, may be assured of being afforded permanent relief, by an immediate application of the above Specific, used agreeably to the printed directions, which will be given on purchasing the Specific; and which ought to be particularly observed in its application. As one of the strongest proofs of its efficacy in the above complaints, the inventor has been politely favoured with the patronage of the following medical gentlemen; and who have been pleased publicly to recommend it, as follows: "WE the undersigned, Physicians of Providence, Rhode-Island, having given Sugden's Specific a trial, do venture to recommend it to the Public, as proving eminently serviceable in the cure of Sprains and Bruises. AMOS THROOP, PARDON BOWEN, BENJAMIN DYER. N. B. The above Specific is sold by Dr. Benjamin Dyer, and Dr. Amos Throop, in 8-ounce phials, provided with tin cases for the safety of travellers and mariners, at 6/ each; and without tin cases, at 5/. July 31. 12w.
To be Sold or Let, ON REASONABLE TERMS, A Large and commodious four story HOUSE, in Westminster-Street, adjoining the Theatre, with a good store, convenient for the retailing business. Also, to Let, The STORE in front of the House where the subscriber now lives, opposite the Town Pump. BENJAMIN TALBOT. (t.f.) July 17.
For SALE, by Abbott and Ingals, At their Tan-Yard in North-Providence, FOUR thousand dried HIDES, in excellent order, very reasonable for cash or short credit. They want to purchase, OAK BARK, For which the highest price in cash will be given. May 29. (t.f.)