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1 . v, , —ince ; 'but this teqtures confer-
- - •'•i . am Ver.ice, it appeses that a very
, -.1 had been circulated there, of a
. ~ , ,loige.mmt off Sardinia between the Eng.
. ~, (. French Squadrons, in which the former
• are state,.4 to hate gained the advantage.
An article from Mentz, of the Bth inst. states,
thv...notice had been transmitted to General Lavas- ,
:-cur, of the intention of the First Consul to accom-
plish very speedily his long intended visit to Bel-
gium and the Rhine.
From Frankfort we learn, that the last of the
French troops on the right side of. the Rhine were
immediately to evacuate the Brisgau.
Accounts from Switzerland state, that France
wgrees to observe the old stipulations, by which no
Swiss troops in French pay can be seat to serve in
,i(..reign countries.
'Accounts from several quarters of Italy, of Janu-
ary 22d, say, it is now confirmed that the new Kr4c.
of SARDINIA will not at present take possession of
.his kingdom, but that he has concluded a Conven-
tion, by 'which he cedes it with all its annexed
.claims to England, and that to this nothing is
wanting but the recriprocal ratification, and the con-
firmation of the English Parliament. The English-
fleet now cruizing off the Island of Sardinia is said
to be' stationed therewith a reference to these ne-
gotiations, in consequence of which 'E'nglish Couri-
ers are frequently arriving at .Rome. The condi.
tions on which this cession is made, these accounts
add, wt.: probably very advantageous to t*.•.e K tNG
-of ShRDINT A, since he 'has refused the sum of six
millions, with a yearly appanage for life of one mil-
lion, offered by another rower.

Mil LTA
IgxTrAcT or A PEIVATE TITTER]
Generals Villette and Oakes are not only good
Officers, but agreeable men. The Officers here
have every reason to be satisfied with their present
-situation. The evacuation of this island is •not ex-
pelled. Sir Alexander Ball, the Civil Commis-
-sary, 'bas received orders to raise 2080 Maltese
troops, who are to be 'kept, paid and clothed by
,us. The French Ambassador •complains much of
-ear continuance in this.place, and threatens to leave
it, if we embody. the Maltese. `His conduct is as
ikillnt as his disposition is unconciliating. He
lodges in a house belonging to the Government.
As it was out of repair, he has ordered a con.sidera-
Ile sum of money to be bid out upon it, and now
refuses to .pay .the bills, alledging that he will pay
:none but the Grand Master. Two thousand Nea-
politans have been•here these two -months ; but they
alo no duty.
Whatever difference of opinion may exist on
caller subjects, in one thing we are all agreed—that
if we should give up this place, the French will
•soon be in possession of it. The troops from Egypt
are .not come down, but are daily expected, as or-
ders, *I am informed, are gone to Alexandria to
that effect : if so, Alexandria will soon be in the
hands ofale French, who have a fleet now lying at
Marmorice, for the express purpose of going there
as soon as we are gone.
The strength of this place is beyond imagina-
tion. The 'lenses here are little palaces, built
'with -stone of the 'island, and' have lofty, spacious
rooms, paved with stone, and finely painted in
pannels. The church of St. John's is the most
magnificent place I ever saw. The French, whose
paths are always marked with plunder and devas-
tation, have stripped it of its riches, taking away
a gold chandelier, worth, as I am informed, near
half a million, besides diamonds and other pre-
cious stones, which decorated the altars and the
,images.

At a very large and respetlable meeting ef•the
-wine-merchants, inn-keepers, and' ictuallers of Bris-
•tol, held a few weeks ago, several resolutions, ex-
pressive of their loyalty and their attachment to
the present constitution of this country, with their
determination to support it to the utmost- of their
power, were unanimously passed. It was likewise
resolved that they would suffer no persons to hold
any society in their respeeive houses, or to make
use of•any language, tending to subvert the Govern-
ment of this kingdom, without giving due notiot to
.the Magistrates ; and that they would disclose and
wake known any treasonable or seditious •ezpres-
Lions which might tome to their knowledge, in or-
der that the guilty persons might receive due pu-
nishment. The resolutions were signed by 680.
Theleng:h of the new Dock at Hull to be•called
:the 44 Humber Dock," will he about 900 feet, and its

breadth 3+2. It will occupy about seven ecr,es of
ground, and is calculatt.d to contain seventy _sail of
ships. The lock is to be so constructed as to be ca-

rpable of admitting a 50 gun.vessel from the bason
into the dock. The bason is intended to encompass

about two acres of ground., and will be,carried so
far into the Humber, that vessels of large burthen
may enter with safety at low water. On the east
side of the dock, a quay is to be formed seventy
feet broad; and another on the west side forty feet
broad, which latter will.adjoin cln a new intended
road forty icet.
Estrada a letter froth Gibraltar, dated Feb. I,
1803:—" I have the pleasure to inform you the gar-
rison is perfectly quiet. The objet t .of the first mu-
tiny was the redress -of supposed grievances: the
Royals were .asber.; some fortunate circumstance
forced them to arm one day previous to that on
'which they had fixed with the 4.1.5 th Regiment, in
-whose co-operation they were therefore happily dis-
-.appointed. There was one moment of imminent
danger •to ill authority, in which the want of a
leader-was the only circumstance that prevented ex-
-treme violence. The mutiny of the Eath Regiment
may be considered is a drunken riot, the eke& of
disappointment. The conduCt of the Artillery de-
serves the highest praise. In justicitolhe Duke of
Kent's character I mastsay thus-much—There does
rot exist a--man whose private character has more

integrity, or whose public charatier has more
zeal than his. •He had the misfortune to .find
-the garrison •in a -very -relaxed state of discipline ;
and for the security of persons and -property,
as mach as for the mere purposes 'of disci-
pline, he was -forced in resort to a stria pre-
ventive syne-ri ; which bearing 'equally on the of-
`ficers and privares, produced opposition from the
:forma, :and unwarrantable clamour at their mcs-
lables. Had the Duke's system been as zealously
-supported by the officers as- it'was resorted to con-
Licientiously by him, the evil would not have hap-
fpened—order and justice would have been establish-
end -sevaity at length relaxed."

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