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tsnun ?ranee and Russia is stet only 'conclude d.
t is already signed, and this cirminstance, it is
, tvli accelerate the general peace.
We are assured, that Gaeta has proposed a capi•
talation, so that the English Expedition fitting our
lot the•Meditertanean, will artist only to see that

Dorms
its our hands.
They-rctite from Nip:es, that the Jesuits receit eJ
n order, on the 3d of July, to quit that city in
wenty-four hours; it is thought they will take re.
ge in Russia.
Notwithstanding all the rumours to the cnntrarv,
thing seems to confirm the opinion more and
that the Grand Army is upon the point of
sting the South of Germany.

••• The Coarierviria having dec!ined to tnske his thr, at
snail attack spun Mr. Fox, we are relieved front the necessity
of giving him the dressing which we p,•mised.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
PRIDAY. AUGUST 1.

A Gottentrargh Mail arrived yesterday. We
bare received by it a letter from that city, dated
July 81st, of which the following is an extrsel :-
4, Yesterday sailed the Lucifer, bomb-ves'el, and
the Firhe, armed ship, with the convoys for London
and Long Hope, which were obliged, by a gale of
wind, to pat in here a few days since.°

We received. yesterday, Paris Papers to the 23d,
and Dutch to the 18th last. The Argue has pub-
lishes( an article upon the subjea of the Negotiation
between this country and France, which has been
copied by the other Paris Papers. The Arpre may
he considered as at least denei4rial authority, andwe

have no doubt but that the article bas been inserted
44 the elereaion of Government. his as follows :
44 W. have receiveffEnglish hatsnals up to the 13th
of Soly. They furnish new particulars concerning
the Etpedition which is to sail for Sicily; but it is
well known these succours frequently take more
time to -reach the place of their destination, than to
return. As England is incapable of making sacri-
fices so considerable as to prated acaciously its
Continental Allies, she will only draw down cala-
mities upon than, by prolonging, for some time,
a useless and disastrous resistance. AU the benefit
that Ferdinand can derive from these succours, will
be to behold the effusion of the blood of a people
, sacrificed in ♦ain.
" In the pewit titsotivt of Italy, it is tessessary
dlex Sicily skull k masted es the Kingdom of,
Prnplee. They enema eruct slarately from each
&Zee; if they were to belong to two Sovereigns,
evho3e interest; are distira, their security would be
disturbed, their relations would be interrupted by in-
telligence in the least alarming. If England appears
to attich 63 much importance to the defence of Si.
cil.7, it is much more with a view to make it an
Zugsish Colony, than to preserve it fox Ferdinand;
for, in the state of imbecility to which that Prince
i..reduced, he cannot be any thing but a vassal of
tngland. Those who imagine that this Power
ought to sacrifice every thing to preserve the island,
greucd their opinion principally on this circum,
seance, that Malta is thence supplied with provi-
A -aims. But it is first necessary to inquire whether

England is to keep Malta.? and, even admitting this
suppokition, Malta might, in time of peace, eon•

you, its relations with Sicily ; and, in time of war,
.procus• provisions from Africa. At any tate, so
mach is perlatly clear and certain, that it is of great
iniportaace to Sic.ly, to Italy, and to the whole
Continent of Europe, that Sicily should not be se-
parated from the kingdom of which it has always
eonstitoted a part. Let England be contented with
the Barite of India and of the Ocean; if she is de-
einem et reigning Wet the Mediterranean, it is less
feed* peepele of making its commerce flouriih,
thin of • else* the Levant against the nations is-
hatideg iie them, se those of the Adriatic. Italy,
Wee mem the ppeettlion of France, and included
46 die henries system, might not to have at
mould an enemy ever ready to disturb her
rem% sir to set limits to the court* of prosperity

Ike Dutch Papers mention, under the Paris
as a report prevalent in that city, that
a Treaty of Peace had been signed with

Weds not.ltowrver, find any notice of the kind in the
Paris Papaws. We lately seated. that a proposition
lisd been Tads at Paris to ere& a monument, by
sescripies. to Bow a r arra. bat be has declined
411istiellonor. reserving it for posterity to pay that
italmator they Ma death. Previous to the departure
eCtitig Loots for %Vi4adea, he published a deers*,
ben which at appears, that the anonal revenue of

his new dmentione tappet exceed Sc millions, of
which. -tae intermit of the public debt absorbs 3;.
The residue. it iirpleinly mated. to be inadequate to
the Gabor aapsokes. laws Oman am Ways .1W

Means to be found to answer tht &Vida of 6°
State? or, is the debt to be wiped off with a sponge?
Gaeta is s.lid to bare proposed terms of capittda-
non. hut we do not believe the asset non.
The Frtsch Funds do not keep pAce with ours
They had been at 66, but,, on the Ylst, were only
64, 90.

A Gentleman, just arrived from Viecna, states,
that an account h:tcl been received in that city, of
the defeat of the French army before Gaeta. Mar.
shall Masses+ A, he says, despairing of carrying the
place by force, tried to corrupt the Prince of firm,
by offering him, in the name of BON AP A lIT E, a
principality in Germany, as a reward for his sm.-
render of the fortress to the French arms. The in•
suiting proposition was rejeOed with becoming in-
dignation, by that brave and loyal Commander,
who returned for answer, that in the event of a
repetition of such a proposal. he should instantly
hang the messenger. Finding fraud and corrup-
tion of no avail, MASSE** prepared to carry the
place by storm ; but, we are happy to say, he failed
in the attempt. The assault was made on the 3d
ult. and was commenced by several thousand
Neapolitans, whom Masse had honoured with
this dangerous precedence; but finding them
not over zealous in the service, several French
battalions were placed in their rear, to stimulate
their courage, v.-i:11 the point of the bayonet at
their backs. At this critical m intent, the gar-
rison made a sortie, with the Prince of Hosea, in
retsoo, at its head, and aided by our brave enun-
Oryinan, Sir Sy ostee SMITH. Neapolitans
losing themselves placed between two fires, and in-
4ignant at the condo& of M ASSEN•, in forcing tbein
on to the attack, imrnediai,ly j tined in the sortie
from the Garrison. The French, thus deserted,
• were totally route.% with great slaughter, and Mat.
Stlt• was obliged to raise the siege, and fly to Ca-
pua, leaving the• loyal and gallant Prince of Mims
crowned with complete success. The Gentleman
who has brought this account, is of the int to.
speelability.

We yesterday mentioned the rapture of a French
vessel in the mouth of the Garonne. She proves
to be the French National brig Cow, mounting
18 guns, and 75 men ; she was cut oat of the
Garonne, by the boats of Sir Sancti. Hoop's squa-
dron, after a most severe and obstinate engagement,
in which near thirty men were lost en our side ;
the slaughter on their side, it is said, is immense,
but not aseertained.—Thirteen boats were manned
for cutting oat the Caw, and a brig formerly be-
iongiGg to us, called the Teeter. Six boats attacked
the former, which was fully prepared to receive
them, and let off two blue lights as a signal.
Seven boats attacked the Tram,, but, from the
height of the tide, nothing could be done against
her. The Ere of the enemy destroyed their
oars and men ; they cot.ld not c eme up in time to
assist in taking the Geese. The launch belonging
to the Reveler,* was lost--I6 men were saved, and
put in priion-5 still were missing. The French
Captain, en board the Ceear, fou Ott nobly ; he had
received four wounds, and, at last, was cut down
with a tomahawk, ley the boatswain's mate. The
men employed in this dangerous ger vita belonged
chiefly to the Confleror and Centaur. Among the
killed, on our side, is Mr. Het r A et, Master's Mate
of the Coe! . Lieutenant Sts y, of the
is wounded. The Cesar was stationed as a guard-
ship at the same place from which the Topereuse was
cut out some time ago by the boats under the com-
mand of Lord Coen a A era. 'l'he Coarse'sr has ar-
rived at Plymouth with the prize. The aaion lasted
two bout and a half.
The

fourth division of the Guards, which arrived
at Ramsgate on Tuesday morning, sailed from that
harbour at ten o'clock at night. A troop of Royal
Artillery arrived there on Wednesday. also embark-
ed the same day. The 52d Regiment was espefled
to follow the Guards direaly ; but. as there were
only two empty transports left in the harlionr, it is
probable that the Regiment will not arrive at Rams-
gate for mole days. Ihe first division of the Ent
Battalion of it marched from Dover on Wednesday
morning. The second division arri►ed at Dover
from Brab‘orn Lees. is the evening; and the third
division was expelled to tuilow yesterday. The
three divisions, accord••;, to report. would remain at
Deal until farther orders.
Russia. I

Wednesday evening, the Resists," frigate, Pre-
-1".V•1k sloteship, ar..l the tranipexte, with the whale
of the yogi). (w 3,1 wL t lately embarked at
Portsmouth, droppei tit. A n to St. Helen's, to wait
for a start of woad to take them to Plymouth, front
whence Admiral Sr t c.t.to u, in the Samoa*. 64 guns,
will convoy thews to their destir...t;uo. kis vs-
potted. that General GlifiT is to Jain the nossr
eapedition at Myra .nth. foe which place he Ws
towri en Wed-As.lay. General Gass is the brother
of Lord Howse, and was Weil appoiaard Lima-
taws-Gent tier 44 Alls Capsad Gsoil f lepe, ne swe-