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both sides the river,' whieh 'forced Timtnerman tet
retire as fast as he could, after whom the Spaniards 11,
made many shots, but all in vain. The ship arriv- k
ing at the bridge, one would have thought that
heaven and earth had finished their coat WheY
the powder took fire, it gave so great a blow wider
water, that the water lcpt nn the outer side of ti*
bank;filled the fort on Cello side, and laid all tht 1
fields round about under water ; ail the fire an
matches were extinguished, the greatest part of thlft
said furt thrown down, and the cannon lost. - Owe
might have seen great heavy stones fly in the air,.
arid driven half a league into the country. It blew
up six ships of th•e bridge; of which three were so
torn, that one could not so much as find a piece,-
the others cast and thrown with their bottom ;ape
welds, so that the brick,e was entirely broke. There
were also more than 800 people blown up, anti
some persons of (pulite, as the Martinis of Rees.-
bork, General of the Cavaii ; my Lord Billy, for-
merly Governor. of Freeze, my Lord Tojae, and
twenty-three Captains, and some of the Prince of
Parma's Court, the Prince himself being in great
danger ; for as Metteran relates, the Spaniards
made all their endeavours to extinguish the fi.e by
casting in of water, which they did all round about
(not dreaming of the pOwder, and that the matches
were then ready to fir 1, begun to mock at its vain
effeas, thinking that alt die outward fire was the
produEt of this engine. The Duke was so long tins
a looking on, that AU the fire was quenched, but
being already retired at some distance, the blow was
given with such fury, that the Duke, and the Mare
quis of Guest°, and others that accompanied them,
were all blown down, and one could liot perceive
the least trace of footing of 'the fort Awsterwell.—
But the said Timmerm in, willing that they --Arnold
pursue the vi Rory, signified to the Lords, tbat there
was made a sufficient hole or opening in the bridge;
but some seeing from afar the Spaniardsturning and
returning with torches and lanthorns upon the
bridge, could not believe that there was a sufficient
aperture made, or that it had done any great tiff:a.
and therefore did not at all folfow that advantage.
In the mean time, the Duke repaired it with all tole
ginattle diligence, much Aimairig that the Antwerp.
era and Zealanders hat .wt Wien hold of that oc-
casion, and given an ass nth. For the breach ivas.
so great, that the city might have been ease!; stip-
plied with necessary provisions; Ind fr this, os
may observe, how one ought to fodow a 'idol tiny
dertaken, an i how one ought to condinft such waits,
without leaving of them in such time, as the design
is ready to take eftia. Moreover the Apure ( A
spews how the a.iip was fitted a-stern, with its mar
san's work, and the ea.k ; and how the tra, •s and
free -a came within. Also the matches were dipped
in r,il of turn -urine, to give better tire together, for -
that gives a MOW as swift as lightning. Artive the
stone. were faggots with straw, and great taunics of
green word &stens:aryl:li chains of h-en to:7_, it.her,
all about the ship, as the letter (8) ith :hew, which
could not but frighten the beholfees."

TO THE EDITOR OF THE ItRITISII PRESS.

Are.
Being convinced you would not intentionally
sett a mistatement in your Paper, I hope JOS k.:11
have no objection to publish this letter :
I never frequented the late Duke of Ofle4te-,, nor 11184 Ta
his company but doter, and this was at Lord &la' mord% kintse,
in Portman-stuare, in the sprint: of Inc!. • .m 14e we, Di,4
of Chartres, nor thought much, I believe, then of a nesols ion.
Cnittil I speak with safety, which I ca:id do etas in Logiood„ I
rmght give so" ron,ine•ng proofs I have not 'Alen in ctivc
f tram of my comm.% That I have cornett; ted envies in Ms
unexampled convolve!' of the. civilised world (and who Ins
not' ), I readily acknowledge, but I hole I hallo in sons,. 1,1.111:1Tr
compensated kw them. I hops also that Vic liberal ;art d
the itatim' which in England is the great majori•y, will :wt.
blame me for wishing well to a county', wherc I have petard
many happy years, and voltaic liberties I conceive to be bedlam-
luhiv catheter, with those of the rest of rurupe.
11,e% pardon fir intruding so often on the public. They will
judge whether the very cruel situation in slii.ll 1 am sow
'dared, be not a sufficient excuse. Had I been 4,tfervil nRe
quietly to Euston, for Hie benefit of ray health, and retire then
to fotrtf distant part of the country, asl begged my n ;me wools,
never have appeared.—l have the honour to be your must
obedient humble servant,
Ramos, Oct. 7, leo4. ZENOI3IO.

STATE PAPER.

ROTE PirSESTED BY si.D'OI3OI.II%,Rt:SsIAN CHARGE
D'AFI AIRES, TO THE MINISTLR OF FORLIGs RE.
PARIS, JULY 21, 1301..
The U..idersigned has been ordered to declare, 1
that he cannot prolong his stay at Paris, tuikss the
following demands are previously granted: R 1
1. That, conformably to the 4th and 4th Articles of the So. •
cret Convention of the nth of October, 1601, the French Go-
vernment shall order its troops to evacuate the Kiiigeloin of
Ntple4 ; ant when that iv done, that it shall engage to res,'•.•ct
the neutrality of that kingdom, during the preseht and any In-
tore oar.
3. That, in contiguity to the second article of the said
Cooveution. the French Government.bali ipeumiso to establish
immediately some principle of c.ineert with Hit Imperial Ma. e
jesty, for regulating the bens upon which the affairs of Italy
shall be finally adjusted.
3 That it shall engager in conformity le the 6th /Wide of •
the Convention aforesaid, and the promises so repeatedly seven
RILYIAII, to indensnifi , n Wenn delay, the Kin of Sardinia
• for the i•ni+hr Lay summed. Lastly,
4 Th..t, in virtue • f the obligauon of a mutual gua7 etre* •
and olowtoitoonoil.l. F•ench Government shall promisti
thiliCK to atactiat.• and witiolr aw ti troopg- from the North al
Germany; and enter tato an erzagrmtnit to mvoect, is the
strwtegt manner, the neutrality at the fierroanie Body.
The eiviers4nei has to old, that he hee riv.ived 0•11.111
Cll. !11. limstamerst to denim:ilea/deg wiral armlet to these
lout jr..rits, and if3ii% himself of this apportoni y,
(Sig.") P. OWIRIL.