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As above may be had,

z. THE PLEASURES OF HOPE, with ether Poems, hi
Thomas Campbell, (mall Bvo. price 6s. boards.
" So uncommon a degree of merit appears in the firft and
principal of theft poems, tint we cannot let it pars without par-
ticular :mice. The plcafures of Hope !tre forely a 3 goc.d a it:b-
-k....1 for riang port as can well be choren it la the ve7y ((fence
art enius to form ideal :'cents of future gratiLatinn. This feb-
jec: is I r.ratual by Mr. Campbell with much genius, and in ge-
neral with gooJ judgment ; certainly with a very licgidae
(I,lcm:our and felicity of verfificatiun."—Briti(h Criti•!, July
1179).

.;:.''The general infpiration of good fettle and generous virtue,
the correct chaltening of true talte seal found diicnaiun, are
the moil remarkable exc:llencies which diltinguilh the contents
of this elegant volume. It has in all its parts a fulb List pro-
portion of particular fentiments, and particular images, to de-
fers,: the charm:l:r of true poetry."-.New London Review,
September t 799.
a. POEMS, by Ann Bannerman.fmall Bvo. price s. Nerds.
" We are always pleated when w: can have an erip,irtunizy
of placing before our readers ipeciment of poetical perform-
ances of m:nt. The prefetit publication will he fuui d mistier*
to the higheft commendation, for vigour, elegance, and tiar-
mony."—Britiih Critic, Auguft zBOO.
When the ear of a Reviewer is palled, and his attention is
I nearly exhaufted, by trilening to the monotones of mediocrity
which found from modern lyres, it is a rich reward for his
labour, it is a cordial for his wimricif,nrits, to hear the breath-
ing: of ardent Genius, and to hail the approadies of the real
mufe. Such recompense have we experienced from the tner-
I numbers of Mifs Bannerman, and fuch relief leas
been -m-
-parted by the foothing i•dluence of her eltarmcd fang.
" Mifs Bannerman delights to roar in the hiyhcl. regions of
imagination, and gaze with undaunted ken tcion " praftrate
worlds" below ; nor does fly: fail in her airy flight to ltrikc the
chords of true pacfy, with the mei. ing pathl, of Collins, and
the romantic ardour of Gray."—New Loudon Review, May
18=

3. PICTURES OF POETRY, Hiltorical, Diugrapliical, and
Critical, by Alexander Thomfon, Efq. Author of Whirl, and
the Paradife of Tafte, (mall Bvo. price
,Ss. boards.
" Mr. Thornton acquired confiderable fame by the publica-
tion of his Paradife of Tolle, which form; the intrillucliun to
a poetical plan of confiderable extent, intending chLlly to corn-
-1..-oheud " a vi.:w of the progrcfs of polite lir,vature, from the
earlied. to the prefent time ;' and of which this work,
form: anaut one fourth part. The ingenious author, from this
Ipe:tatien, appears to potiefs refources adequate to the extent and
importa ice of his fubjea."—Monthly Mirrur,for Augult 1799.
•4 To accomplith with heeds a defign fuch as that which
Mr. Thomfon has coneeved. not only confiderable poetic
taints arc requilite, but a fund of clatfical learning. nice raft;
and a difcriminsting judgment. W. think that, with fome
limitations, Mr. Thornton has manifefted valid claims to t befs
qualities; and that, on the whole, this portion of his work is
executed with a degree of ability which entitles it to publics
patronage."—Monthly Review, Odlober tBOO.
4. EPISTLES FROM L ADY ORANGE TO EDWARD
Efq. written during her confinement in the Bland of
St. Kilda, sto. price is. f.C"Rui.
" After dinner to-day we talked of the extraordinary fadt of
Lady Grange'S being fent to St. Kilda, and confined there, with-
cut any means of reliet—The true story of elis lady is as
frightfully romantic as if it had been the lielion of a gloomy
fancy. She was the wire of one of the Lords of SeMon in
Scotland, a man of the full bloo•I of his country. For fume
rityti.-rioth rcafons, which have never born difcovcred, the was
fcizcd and carried off in the dark, the hnew not by whom, and
br nightly journies was conveyed to the Highland fhorcs, front
whence flue was tratifporred by fea to the remote rock of St.
where fhe remained arnongit its few wild inhabitants,
a forlorn prifouer, but had a conflant f..pply of provinons,amla
woman to waft upon her. No enquiry was made alter her, till
fhe at lift f: and means to convey a letter to a confidential
friend. by the daughter of a couch:A, who concealed it in a
the of yarn. Information being thus obtained at Edinburgh, a
thip was fent to bring bee off; but intelligence of this being
received, the was carried to M'Leod's Mind of ikrries, where
Ole clied."—Borwell's Journal of a 'Four to the Hebrides.

S. MARY STE*A. RT, QWEEN OF SCOTS, an
Hißori-
cal Drama. gvo. price es. fevred.
The lite and death of Mary Qycm of Scots bas been
rendered fo familiar to every Briton by poets, hi itorians, and
even dramatilts, that to give an air of tweity to the int idents
of her ill-fated Rory, or to impart additional inter& to the'
by poetic language, and ftage cffeel, is a talk of no eafy attain-
ment; the limitations of hiltory become defpotic rat-lints
upon the freedom of imagination. By the prefent anonymous
writer. much togeauity, however, is (hewn in the manazcment
of his drama, and much charaeterittic fpirit is difplaye.l in pour.
traying the rival queens."—Monthly Mirror. January
6.. AN ODE TO rim THEBAN E %RD; to which is
orrfix.A . AN FS:4I! Obi DIVt• ,co -

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KENT ELECTION,

FRANCS.

PARIS. JULY *7.

GENERAL ELECTION.

THE FREEHOLDERS of the COUNTY of
-a. KENT arc refpedifully informed, that Subferiptions for
000dufting the Medico of Sir William Geary, Bart. ars received
at kleffrs. Hanky and Co., Bankers. Fenehurch-street.

DURHAM COUNTY ELECTION.
SEVERAL Gentlemen, in London, anxious to
promote Mr. litmoon's Ele6ion, will dine together at
tip Gray's Inn Coffec-Honfe, Holborn, on Friday next, the
sad Whin, at Fire o'Clock precifely.

STEWARDS.
'Nathaniel Atchefon. Efq. John Lodge Hubberfty, Efq.
William Bacon, Ffq. George Kinderley, Efq.
William Bentham, Efq. Sir William Leighton, Rat.
George Bramwell, Ffq. and Alderman,
John Illackett, Ffq. John Lyall, Efq.
Ralph Clarke, Efq.John Jackfon. Efq.
William Clark, jun. Eli. illiam Jackfon, Efq.
Thomas Davifon, Efq, P. Lewis, Efq.
Sir Ertdcrkk Morton Eden, Willem V. Suttees, Efq.
Bart. Richard Teaftale, Efq.
George Forftcr, Efq. William Willett, Efq.
George Hawks, Efq. George Wilke, EN.
William Havelock, Efq.
Tickets to be had of the Stewards, and at the Bar of the
Colfee.Houfe. at son,. 6d. each.

Bon AP Aar' after baying received the report of
**the diAinguithed condna and bravery of a num.
ber of Citizens, decreed each of them a fake
dgbonnesr.

THE GENERAL IN CHIMP TO TNT MINIITII OT
MARINI.

Head quarters at the Cape, as PrthW (Jane 14).
" The Colony continues to enjoy the greateft
tranquillity. The bodies of infurgents which at
different times appeared, have been diffipated.—
The letters of the general officers in the feveral de-
partments will inform you to what a miferable
point TOUSSAINT had carried his fraud. In(lead
of keeping the promife which he made of remain-
ing tranquil, and of not removing from his planta-
tion, he made nightly virtu to different parts of the
illand. He forwarded plots and held meetings.
He had an account given in to him of the effeEts
produced on the army by difcafe, and fcemed to
purl te the progrefs of it with fecret fatisfaftion.—
I loon put a flop to all his ftratagems and in-
trigues. TOUSSAINT mull, ere now, have arrived
at Bull, and I have put under arreft the Generals
who were accomplices in his confpiracies. Now
I may fay that peace and fecurity begin to be re-
ellablifhed at the Cape with a furprizing aftivity.—
All the inhabitants of the Spanifit part, whom the
invafion of TOUSSAINT had frightened away, be-
gin to return to their homes. The &leaks that
have prevailed have made tonic ravages at the Cape,
but fortunately they have not been generally pre-
valent throughout the Wand. Citizen Batatzecu
is no more : in him we have to regret a fervant of
the public, who to a long experience united much
zeal and an ardent attachment to the caufe of Go-
vernment. I recommend his family to your good
Cervices, as they may nand in need of them ; for,
after filling important functions, he died poor.
(Signed) LiCLERC."
BREST, JULY 10.—Lall night the Argonaute,
Heros, and Montblanc, (hips of the line, and the
Precieufe frigate, under Rcar-Admiral MAGON,
entered the harbour. General Too sSAIN a- is on
board the Hems, with his family. The Admiral
landed to-day, and immediately fet off for Paris.
NAPLES, Just 19.—An ediet was publifhed here
on the loth, in virtue of which all the events which
have taken place during the Revolution are to be
buried in oblivion. The Tribunals are not to ad-
mit of any accufation relative to thofe events.
The King at the fame time extends his fpecial
good will to all thofe who in thofe flormy times
diflinguilhed themfelves by their attachment to the
Crown.

THE HAGUE, JULY 16.—From a combination
of pall and prefent eircumflances, there is reafon
to expeCt great political changes in this country.
The indemnifications allotted for the Prince of
ORANGE are laid to be difpofed of elfewhere : and
the friends of the Prince have now an important
Aare in the Government. Their late acceptance
of employments mutt have been the refult of Tome
private motives, as when they tome time fence
unanimoufly refuted all interference in political
affairs, their avowed reafon was, that the country
could not be governed without a fupreme head :
and tome begin to think that the late fuppreffion
of all political difcuffion through the channel of
the prefs, and the appointment of Orangills to
polls, have a dole conneftion with what is ex-
pelled to occur.
FRANCIIFORT, JULY to.—According to letters
from Semlin, of June sad, intelligence was re-
ceived at Belgrade on the 17th, that a body of
feveral thoufand men, under the command of
Jussum-Aoa, were marching againft that place,
and had advanced as far as Pafrarewtzo : contler-
nation wasimmediately fpread throughout the city,
and next morning a body of .poJanifraries marched
forward to defend the paffage of Morawa. The
greater part of the rich families have taken (hater
3n the citadel, and in other places of fatity. The
fame letters add, that for tome nights paft a
heavy cannonade was heard in the direftion of
Belgrade, and that Jussum.Aca had fummoned
the place, hut that the Janiffaries had returned no
anfwer. It is fuppofed that this expedition is con-
duffed by the fon of the late Pacha.
RAT: S RON, Jo Ly 5.—A Turkilb courier arrived
at Prefburgh the end of laR month with dif-
patches, addreffed to the Anatrian Commandant.
Thcfe difpatches Rate. that Jussuw Act having
advanced to Belgrade with a body of Ottoman
troops, had tent a very threatening fummons to
the JanilTariel of that city, to compel then: to fur.
render; the latter having replied, that they would
defend themfelves to the WI man, hoftilitics im-
mediately commenced. The communication be-
tween Semlin and Belgrade was entirely interrupt-
ed. For tome days pall a heavy cannonade had
been heard at Semlin. Letters from Vienna Rate,
that the celebrated hiflorian JOUR MU LL PR, is
Airnaf exl. W. acceoulic Minter

Fres the LONbON 6,122117,
.74 10.

aDMIRALTY-OTIICI, JULY 20.
Corr of a Letter km; Captain Sir Home POPHAM, to Sir
EVAN birrliN, Bart. dated at Calcutta, the 18th of No-

vember, 1801. -
Slit-4 have much pleafure in tranfmitting you a Copy of
Captain Collier's Letter of the zoth September, fur the infor-
mation of my Loads Comm;Givers of the Admiralty, giving
a very detailed Account of his finking the French national Ibip
la Fleche, of as guns; and zyo men. The Wok of Captain
Collier's unremitting perieverance under every trying eircum-
Rance. and his determined condod in warping the Vidor into
Mahe harbour, is likely to be of very material fervice to the
commerce of India, u la Fleche was unqueftionably intended
to mire in the Bay of BengaL
I have the honour to Ise,.Ste. &e. ere.
(Signed) KOMI POIPNAll•
His Majeity's Coop Vidor, Mahe Roads,
September fp, I Sol.
Sit —The Rate of the crew of his Majefty's
hoop under my command, after leaving the Red
I Sea, induced me to put into the ifland Diego
Garcia ; after procuring a large fupply of turtle
and good water, I left that ilarbour on the 27th
of Anguft, and proceeded on the execution of
the particular fervice pointed out in your orders'
of the lad July, and on the ad inflant, in fight of
thefe Iflands, his Majetly's (loop fell in with a
French National corvette, and after a few ineffec-
, teal manoeuvres on her part, from the fuperior
failing of the VICTOR, when going large, I
bad the pleafure of bringing her to a dole action
at three quarters pall five, P. M. ; the dif-
gated Rate of the VICTOR did not long deceive
the enemy, the fecond broadfide proved fuffi-1
dent, the corvette hauling her wind and endea-
vone.ng to efcape, which, in about twenty mi-
nutes, 1 was Corry to obferve, by hiving almoft
folely directed her fire at our mails and fails, the I
bad a fair profped of effecting, for, on her tacking!
under our lee, I endeavoured to wear, with the
hope of boarding on her bow, when I had the!
mortification to find both lower and topfail
braces (hot away on the (larboard fide, as well as I
preventer ones and bow lines, and before others'
could be rove the corvette was half a mile to wind.
ward; night fall approaching added to the chagrin
I Mt on obferving the Corvette fail better than the
VICTOR on a wind; the chace continued all night,
frequently within gun-fhot, and at funfet the fol-
lowing day, from the wind having favoured the
enemy, the was four or five miles to windward;
in the night of the 4th 101 l fight of the chace,
'alien, probably by tacking, the efcaped. In this
affair I had one man wounded with two indica
balls, and Mr. MIDDLETON, Matter's Mate, Right-
ly ; the damage fultained in the hull trifling, the
foremalt shot through, and I have to regret our
fails and rigging much cut. Judging from the
courfe the Corvette was (leering, when &II feen,
the mull be bound to thefe Hands, I puttied for
them, and towards funfet of the sth, the was again
feen running in for this anchorage ; I kept under
eafy fail till dark, when theVac TOR was anchored;
at daylight I had the fatisfaaion of teeing the cor-
vette moored with fprings in the Balm.' or Inner
Harbour with a red flag at the fort (which, as I
fince learn, was in defiance) ; being unacquainted
with the Channel, and having no Pilot, Mr.CRAW..
FORD, the Matter, (though ill of a fever), and
Mr. MIDDLETON being volunteers, were fent to
found, which fervice they completely performed ;
nor did the latter Gentleman defitl, till repeatedly
fired at by a boat from the Corvette. The extreme
narrownefs of the Channel, added to the wind not
being very favourable, compelled me to ufe warps
and the ftayfails only, which expofed the Ihip to a
raking fire for fome minutes, till, flioaling our
water, I was obliged to bring up. Having two
fprings on the cable our broadfide was loon
brought to bear ; and at three quarters pall eleven
A. M. a well directed fire was opened, which was
kept up inceffantly from both veffels till twenty
minutes pall two, when I plainly perceived the
enemy was going down ; in a few minutes her
cable was cut, the call round,and hcrbow ground-
ed on a coral reef. Mr. M'LRAN, the Fiat Lieu-
tenant, with a party of Officers and Men, were
fent to board : though fcarce had they put off, ire
we dircovered the enemy to be on fire ; Lieut.
Startle and other Officers were then fent with pro.
per affiance, but kill as they had fucceeded in
extinguithing the fire the fell on her larboard bilge
into deeper water and funk. She proves to have
I been the French National Corvette la Fleche,
!mounting twenty long French eight pounders, an-
fwering to Englilh nines, with two (tern chafers,
though it appears all her guns were not mounted
in the 1411 action ; was larger than the VICTOR in
dimenfions, perfectly new, a remarkable fall failer,
and not four months from France, commanded by
Captain BONAMAY, Lieutenant de Vaiffeau, with
four Lieutenants, and a complement of 145 men,
fome of whom had ken left tick at Bourbon. From
a number of dead and dying men reported to be
found on her forecafile, as well as two alongfide,
I am induced to believe the carnage was great,
though only four are acknowledged by the French
Captain. She had so men to affil at her guns,
forming a part of the crew of the French frigate
la Chiffonne, captured here a few days fince by his
Majeßy's flip la SysizLE, Capt. ADAM. The ob-
flinate defence made by la Fleche was on the fup-
pofition of the VICTOR being a privateer. From
the length of time elapfed ere this butinefs was
brought to a dole, I have felt it neceffary to be
thus particular in my detail, and I trial for your
excufe thould I dwell longer, as I feel I thould do
an injullice to every Officer and Man on board, did
I neglea paying a pit tribute to the cool and de-
termined bravery they evinced ; even men labour.
ing under a lingering fever (of which I had unfor-
tunately thirty) felt a proportionate zeal.—l beg
leave to recommend to yournotice Lieut. WI.; AN,
AS well as folicit you: intereft for the confirmation
of my fecond, Mr. SMITH, as alto Mr. HYDE,
Gunner, nbferving, that whenever Mr. MIDDLE..
role or Mr. GRAVES, (both having pallid for Lieu-
tenants,) than obtain the rank, they will do equal
credit to your patronage. In this action I molt
fortunately had not a man either killed or wound-
ed ; our hull, rigging, and boats have filtered
much, befides having Come flint between wind and
.yeti. (Signed) GEORGE R.

WKITINALL) JULY 20.
The KLL: hat been pleaded to grant the dignity of a B.:ron
of the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Wand to the
Right Hoe. Charles George Baron Arden, of that part of the
United Kingdom called Ireland, and the heirs male of his body
lawfully begotten, by the name. ftile, and title of Baron Arden,
of Arden, in the county of Warwick.
The King has all been pleated to grant the dignity of a Baron
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the
Right Honourable John Baron Sheffield, (of that part of the
laid United Kingdom called Ireland.) and the heirs male of his
body lawfully begotten, by the name, ftik, and title of Baron
Sheffield, of Sheffield, in the county of York.

DOWNING-STRUT, JULY 20.
The King has been pleafed to approve of John J. Murray,
Efq. to be Conful from the United States of America, at the
Port of Obfgow.
MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
0111101/1/ICP-OFFICE, JULY 19.
Corps of Royal Engineers.
Lieutenant-General Abraham D'Aubant to be Colonel Com-
mandant, vice Spry, decade& Dated July 13, 1801.
Brevet Colonel John Evekgh to be Colonel. via D'Aubant,
promoted. Dated as above.
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William Johnfton to be Lieutenant-
.

Colonel, vice Etelegh, promoted. Dated as above.
Captain-Lieutenant William Henry Ford to be Captain. vice
Johnfon, promoted. Dated as above.
Frd Lieutenant George Landmann to be Captain Lieutenant,
vice Ford, promoted, Dated as above.
Second Lieutenant Edward Figg to be Firit Lientenaut, vice
Landmann, promoted. Dated as above.