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London, England, 1801-09-24 00:00:00

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By recent accounts from halt', it appears that
the French have not yet given up the belief of the
poffibility of relieving Merdou's ,army. It is re.
ported, however, that inflead of reinforcing him
by troops fent direly to Egypt, which they have
fo repeatedly found' impracticable, they mean to
relieve him by forcing the Porte to withdraw the
Turkifh forces from Egypt, in which cafe they would
only have the Englifh to contend with in that quar-
ter. The means intended for the accomplifhment of
this objeft is an attack upon the Imperial Ottoman
Dominions in Europe, for which 40,000 French
troops are affembled in different Italian ports, un-
der the command of General Muasr, brother-in-
law of the Fiasr Com sot, from whence they ex•
pee to be able to effea a paffage (probably by the
Adriatic) in fpite of all our watching and naval
fuperiority.
By letters received from the Bahamas, we are
forry to learn, that there has been a terrible hur.
ricane in that quarter. The following letter Rates
force of the particulars :
lIASSAU, BAHAMAS, JULY 25.
On Wednefday laft we experienCed the moft
dreadful hurricane that ever was felt in thefe iflands
during the time that it lafted ; and as we have had
frequent rains during the feafon, accompanied

with thunder and liihtning, we hoped to have

been exempted from this dreadful calamity; but
for Tome weeks before the hurricane we had neither
rain, thunder, nor lightning, notwithflanding the
weather was very dole and warm.
On the soth and 21(1, the wind got to the N. E.
and on the 22d, in the morning, it blew frefh from
the E. N. E. getting more to the northward with
great violence; about twelve o'clock we became
- greatly alarmed, and by two it blew a hurricane.
The veil-els then began to drive from their moor-
ings, notwithilanding all the malls were (track,

and their anchors down, and every precaution
poffible ufed to make them keep their moorings ;
luckily there were fewer Mips in the harbour than
ufual at this feafon of the year ; but the whole
drove from their moorings, and came in a ftring on
the Shore.

The tide was flowing, and as it rofe, the hur-
ricane increakd in violence until the wind eame
due north; very fortunately this drove all the vef-
fels on the town fide of the harbour, and prevent-
ed them from driving out to (es, for by 3 o'clock
there was fcarcely a veffel in the harbour. The
Britifh !hip Echo had captured a Guineaman,
which lay up the harbour, but the parted from
her anchors and drove towards the town, (truck
on the ground, and got on her beam ends, the
feamen got to leeward on her fides, and sso (laves
on board, between decks, were in the moft ins.
aninent danger : after a Mort time the vefel for-
tunately righted and drove on Chore, where the
crew and flares were unexpeCtedly preferred.
Another Guineaman named the George, which
obly arrived on the a t ft, got on Chore and was in
the greatea danger, but the crew and !laves for-
tunately Caved.

After three o'clock the wind began to get about
to the eaftward, but without any diminution of
violence, and the (pray of the fea role in fuch
clouds as to render objesfs at a fmall dißance in-
vifible. At about half•pan four the wind fhifted
round to the eaR, and kept veering about with
the Inn, a Pure prognoftic that the hurricane would
not be of any long continuance, but Rill its vio-
lence was unabated.• About this time the tide
began to ebb, before the wind got round to the
•thwrd, otherwife the vetch mull unavoidably
snen driven to lea, and would in all probabili-
•en totally loft, but as they were all driven
-water, none of them were blown off.--
fet the wind had got round to the fouth,
with much violence, but as the town
nu- were fheltered by the hills it was not
t there, and by 8 or 9 o'clock, when the
there was nothing remaining but a frefb

is fcareely any filch thing as eftimating
firmed in thcfe fcw hours, but it is ge-
-0 amount to tc.ci,oool.--this may
is known teat at one time 120

veffels were counted Aranded, betides fever ,l that
were funk and crufhed to pieces by other vefels.
The malls of the veffels were not cut away, but
were literally blown away ; one of the Guineansen
loft hers, together with her bowfprit, by the sneer
force of the wind.

Many veffels are bulged, and many totally
abandoned, but, in general, there are hopes of
laving moll of thole that were Branded.
On (bore the damage has been very great indeed.
Mr. kiatt's beautiful plantation of cocoa-nuts
has fuffered greatly; Mr. Fuouson's and Mr.
Howls's houfes, in the town, have alto felt the
effels of the ftorm greatly.
The lea, to the Southward of Fort Montague,
has made a breach through the Sand-hills, and has
filled the extenfive valley, to the Weftward of it,
many feet deep.—ln Ihort, it is the height of pre.
fumption to attempt to eftimate the lots fullained
by this dreadful hurricane, as no one knows the
extent of his own lofs.—But we are happy to learn
that the violence of the hurricane has not been felt
at any great diftance from hence, as feveral veffels
have fince arrived, which only experienced a gale
of wind at the time that we fuffered fo fevetely.

On Tuefday the Rum Prince Anotrmus, and
Princefies SOPHSA and AMELIA Lord WALSIN 0-
RAM, General
GAIT' and Colonels CA RTWRIG HT
and FITZROY, took a !bort ride to fee the chips in
the harbour at Weymouth; dreffed in compliment
to his MAiserv, it being the Anniverfary of his
Coronation : the CAMBRIAN frigate, commanded
by the Hon. Capt. LEG° t, was the molt brilliant,
the decorations of which were the grandell ever
Peen difplayed. A Royal Salute was fired from
all the troops in the garrifon at Weymouth.

The Duke of Yolk, on his late vifit to Dover,
fuggelied the propiety of adding to the defenfive
flrength of the place by ereCting fortifications on
one of the principal We(tern heights. Colonel
Twtss, the Chief Engineer of that dittriCt, differ-
ed, however, with his Royal Highnefs on the oc-
cafion, not only upon the queftion of expediency,
but upon the confideration alto of the vaft expence
with which Inch a plan would be attended. To
carry the project of his Royal Highnefs into effetl
would require the Cum of 3c10,0001, at leaft.i
On Tuefday fe'nnight the South Lincoln Sup-
plementary Militia lelt Stamford for head quarters
at Br iitol.

The Supplementary Militia belonging to the
fecond Welt York. comnaanded byLord Downy,
marched from Leeds on Monday fe'nnight, to join
that regiment at Ipiwich barracks, where they are
at prefent Rationed.
The Earl and Countefs of CHoassomott.sr, with
their family, are arrived at Edinburgh.

Admiral Coaxwar.ets has not been on fhore
during the lafl as weeks.
Lord /*lassos, accompanied by Sir WILLIAM
and Lady Hassieron, paid a vifit lately to Mr.
SMITH, father to Sir SITIIIII4 at his bogie near
Dover.

The Duke of Bemire has purchakd )slerton:
place, the beautiful Villa the late Cnaatas
GRIAVES, Efq. at Merton, in Surrey. It is quite
appropriate to the Noble Admiral, for he is fur-
rounded by his own &moil

The Duke of Beaty, fon to Moasizut, is at
Vienna, where be is treated molt fplendidly by the.
Court. , The (tizam of Hermits. the Duke of
Saza-Tascm ix, and the Archduchefs gLizitarrti'
have given him fuperb Fltes, Concerts, and Balls.
The fccond fon of the late Marquis of Down-
SHIRR, who is about nine years of age, will be
richer than his brother, the prefect Marquis. This
circumilance arifes from Lady SANDY.' their aunt,
having fettled the whole of the family eftates on
the fecond fon. This was in confequence of a diG
pute which the late Marquis had with her Lady:,
(kip force years fence, relative to an Beate in
Chancery.
It is laid, that the Lords of the Admiralty have
refolved that the Port Admiral's (hip at Portf-
mouth (hall in future have her proper number of
guns and men, fo as to be in complete readinefs
for lea in cafe of neceffity. The Royal. WILLIAM
being the &deli line of battle fttipin the navy, and
not.fit for fervice, it, in confequence of this refo-
lution, ordered into harbour to be paid off.
A private letter from Peteriburgh, of the loth
of Auguft, eater, that the Emperor ALI Z•N DER
is extremely beloved by all ranks of his fubjefts,
and that his manners are of the moil eery and con•
ciliating nature. He is in thi habit of riding round
the city in a common carriage, and fo little does
he affeft parade that he is generally attended only
by a fingle fervent. Thole who recogaife his per.
fon, are accuftomed merely to bow as he paffes
them, but without paying him that marked at•
tention which can attraft the notice of the multi-
tude. The people teem to be quite as much at
their cafe as during the reign of CATHARINE, and
all the abfurd reltraints on the habits of private
life, inßituted by the late Emr slot, are wholly
removed. The preparations for the coronation
were of the moll magnificent kind ; fo high were
expectations formed of the ameftching folemnity,
that every vacant houk in Molcow was very long
fence hired by force illukrions foreigner, and at the
time when the letter it dated, fcarce a fingle lodg-
ing could be obtained on any terms. It was ge-
nerally fuppofed that the grandeur of the fpeftacle
would exceed even the magnificence which dittin-
guifbed the coronation of the celebrated CATKA.
arw v. The number of foreigners who have lately
arrived at Peterfburgh, many of whom are, no
doubt, awaited by the profpea of fo grand a fKc-
tack, is fo great as almoft to exceed belief. Dur.
ing the continuance of the difpute with the Rol:
fian Court, the Englifh Officers in the RuCan ter.
vice were fent to Molcow, where, by the particular
command of the late Em P race, they were treated
in the kindeß manner.

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NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

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