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London, England, 1806-07-25 00:00:00

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FLORENCE, JUNE se.
According to letters from Rome, a confiltory was
held there on the tBth, at which all the Cardinals
were prefent. Report fpeake of the fub)es of this
'netting as embracing affairs of thehigheß importance:
—among others, that of a Convention with France ;
the particulars have not been (offered to tranfpire.
NAPLES, JUNE la
Betides the numerous French army Rationed in this
country, f I new Neapolitan regiments have been
railed with the utmoß a&ivity, which are frequently
reviewed by King Jolcph. The French find the na-
tives of this country very Rout and able, efpecially
the Calabrians who are very powerful men. Nothing
bas yet been undertaken againfl Gaeta. Sir Sidney
Smith lies conflantly at anchor, with his fquadron
before the road, fo that Gaeta cannot be thut up on
the tea fide.
juLy s.—On the evening of the 29th of Jane, the
King 'lilted the works before Gaeta. Arrived at the
fpot where General Vallongnee was killed, he decided
that a monument thould be ere red there, to perpe-
tuate the memory of a General of to much merit,
and who had contributed fo much to the advance.
went of the works, the direSion of which was con-
fided to him. Perfons verfed in the military art will
be furprifed to learn, that the lag parallel was pulhed
to within one hundred and rimy yards of the fortrefs,
and that the befieged made no oft of their imrnenfe
artillery.
In thia vifit to the works, the King Aced the gre-
nadiers of the sth Regiment of the line, whether they
found themfelves better off in the trenches or in camp
—they one and all anfwered, " in camp, if he could
fee and engage the enemy there—here, if an, affault
is ordered."
Major Thomas, of the loth line, was at dinner
with four of his officers : a (hell fell upon the table,
wounded the five guells, pierced through the floor,
and killed the cook in the kitchen. The King arrived
hardy after in the houfe, and finding theft wounded
pirions liretched on mattraffes, enquired hew they
mewl. This was their anfwer : " Our wounds are
nothisig, if your Majeßy does not batten the altault,
but will allow us time to ferve at it."
s They who know the difpofition and fentiments of
P the King, can eafily conceive how much he mull
have been affreed by fuch expreffions, and particu-
larly when the (oldie's, teeing him in places mug ex•
poled to the enemy's fire, cried out, "We always
find pleafure in teeing him, but this is not his place.
As feldiers, we have occalion for his pretence to en
courage us, but as Frenchmen, we know that he has
other duties."
At day-break the King reviewed the fell of the
troops, which be had not Peen in the trenches in the
count of the night.
His Majelly has taken up his quarters at Garigli-
ano, where a great number of troops are encamped.
At Avafa he reviewed the IR regiment of Neapo-
lhan chafieurs, who requeßed to go to the liege of
Gaeta. It is not known whether the King will grant
them this honour, which the IR regiment of Neapoli-
tan light infantry, it is raid, has obtained.
JULY 6.—An engagement which took place in the
road of Cafkellone, is very creditable to the Neap°•
litan marine. About eleven o'clock in the night of
the 4th of June, zo gun boats and 6 bomb veffels,
quitted the enemy's fquadron, and attacked the divi-
lien of gun boats commanded by Captain Baufan.—
The enemy's veffels difcharged a great number of
l sells and balls. The Neapolitan flotilla returned a
very brill& fire, and being, at the fame time, fupported
by the batteries on the coat, at length filenced the
enemy, who appeared to retreat.
An hour after, the gun boats, having been rein-
forced by thofe of the (hips, and favoured by the oh-
rcurity of the night, approached the flotilla, in order,
as it appeared, to board it ; but both foldiers and tai-
lors were ready to give them a warm reception ; and
a very fpit ited engagement fucceeded, within pifiol-
fhot of each other, in which the enemy received very
confiderable injury. When they were beginning to
give way, three difcharges of grape-flast completed
their diforsier, and they retreated with as much ex-
pedition as the bad condition of their Tads would
Vow.
The Neapolitan flotilla fuffered no material injury
—4 loft only one feaman, three were wounded, and
Lieutenant :)amfun was one of them. Of the French
troops that were oil board, a Corporal was killed and
a (),Ilarter•maiter wounded.
Captain Rattan evinced his pretence of mind and
intrepid (pith, and both the tailors and officers under
his command exerted thendelves in the chicharge of
their duty.

CF.NOA, JULY 5.
We have jun received intelligence that Captain
Louis Dn.:lett., one o nfur brave leamen. has had at:
ingagemtnt, in the Gulph of Valencia, with two
ENO& privateers of foperior force, and after a gin-
‘. •
nous cnnflift, feized upon the fargeli of them, car-
rying fix guns, 9, tB,and a apounders, and 66 men.
paptain Dodos, had but 32 men, two t4laoundets,
and twelve fmaller guns, 8 and to-pdunders. The
othei Englilh privateer,' foPpOled to be the weaken,
fa at the moment when the other firuel.
The Swint Co.vernment, informed of this allion,
has col/Tato:met, Captain Dodero upon his deliver.
jnR the °nail from the depredations' of two vac's
pt+st have long harntred their commerce.

RUSSIA.
ST. PrICERSBURGH, JUNE ay.
Prince Caartoryfky, Miniller for the Foreign De-
partment. has requefted and received his difmiffion,
and Baron Budberg is appointed to facceed him.—
The Baron, a Livonian by birth, Oaring the reign
of the Eraprefs Catherine, was one t i the Gentlemen
appointed to fuperintend the education of the Grand
Dukes Alexander and Conflantine. Under the Go-
vernment of the Emperor Paul, he was Ambaffador
at Stockholm, and was nominated Member of the
Council under the Emperor Alexander. Further
changes in the Minifiry are expelled.
Extras of a report from Vice Admiral Sinhewin,
dated on board the Selafail, in the Channel of Corfu,
April aB, 18126
Yenerclay I failed front Corfu to the Adriatic, but being
obliged to all anchor again in eonftqaence of contrary winds, I
this morning received a report front cAptain Belly, in which he
informed me, that according to the orders which I had tranfmit-
ted to biro, during my flay at Cattaro, to take poffeflion of the
Dalmatian Blends, oppofite to that plate, he landed on the Bland
of Kumla, on the 3otb of March oil Rile, and made himfelf
mailer of the fort refs, which futrendered at Mention. The French
garrifon confuted of a Lieutenant Colonel, fort n °Seers, 25 a Su-
balterns and privates, and la pieces of cannon of diffirent calibre.
A large quantity of prevalent', Ste was found in the French ma-
gazine, and on board a prise which had been brought into that
Wand."