throughout Scotland; the regular corref pondence privately carried on by means of emiffaries difpatched to the different towns; the afcertaining the exact number of perfons in thefe focieties, who were directed to provide themselves with arms, and to hold themfelves in readiness for any meafure which the fecret committee might in due time communicate, are confirmed by every account and information which the magiftrates have received: and an individual, who has been lately taken into cuftody, has confirmed the account received from a different quarter of the dangerous defign, planned by the Edinburgh committee, of effecting a general infurrection as foon as they were ready and prepared for carrying it into execution, by the feizure of the principal magiftrates and officers of the law at midnight, and poffeffing themselves of the prifons and public offices, as itated to your lordship

in my letter of the 23d of May, and then communicated through a different channel from that through which the prefent confirmation of thefe circumstances has been received. The plan feems not only to have been discussed and deliberated on by the ringleaders at Edinburgh, but to have proceeded a certain degree in its feps toward actual execution, which appear to have been conducted with the utmolt caution; and there is reafon to believe, that the execution of the plan was not to be confined to Edinburgh, but was meant to take place in fome of the moft confiderable towns in Scotland on a certain day, and at one and the fame time. The proper and ufual steps have been taken for bringing the offenders to trial; and those against whom the information chiefly points, are detained in cuftody. I have the honour to be, &c. HENRY DUNDAS.

Warfaw, April 2. AN infurrection has broken out in this country. General Kofciufko, at the head of the infurgents, has made himself mafter of Cracow, which he is putting into a ftate of defence, and is forming a confiderable army to oppofe the Ruffians.

Cracow, April 6. On the 30th ult. general Kofciufko left this city, taking the route for Warfaw, his army of regulars and artillery having been reinforced by 4000 pealants, armed with pikes, fithes, &c.-On the 4th inft. at a village called Raclawica, about feven German miles from Cracow, on the road to Waifaw, he met with a body of Ruffian troops, confifting of about 6000 men, with a park of heavy artillery, who were marching against Cracow for the purpose of reducing it. They were headed by the Ruffian general Turmanzow, and advanced in three columns to the attack of the Poles with great impetuofity.

Some fquadrons of the Polish cavalry were defeated at the firt onfet; but their infantry, led on by general Kofciufko in perfon, and fupported by the whole body of the peafants, attacked the Ruffian centre with fuch fpirit, that the line was immediately broken, and a dreadful carnage of the Ruffian troops enfued, the pealants refusing to give any quarter. The Ruffian corps de referve then attempted to take the Poles in flank; but this plan was rendered abortive by the vigilance and cool

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wife completely defeated, and the whole Ruffian army dispersed.

Colonel Woronzow was taken prifoner.. Upward of 1000 Ruffians were killed upon the field, while the Poles loft only 60 men in killed, and about 80 wounded. The Ruffians likewife loft 11 peces of heavy cannon, and all their ammunition.

Waifaw, April 18. Yesterday was a tremendous day for this city. Some days before that, the Ruffian general Van Ingel ftroom had fent hence all his cavalry, to reinforce the troops deftined to act against Kofciuiko, fo that there were only three battalions of infantry left here.

Early in the morning of the 17th a difturbance broke out, of fo ferious a na ture that general Ingelstroom assembled the three battalions, and gave notice to the king of what was paffing. The king fent for anfwer, that he already knew what had happened, and requested the general, in order to fpare the effufion of blood, to fend his men out of Warfaw till the minds of the people were a little quieted.

In the mean time, general Inge!ftroom had fent general Baur with a detachment to the atsenal, to take poffeffion of it, but he came too late. The citizens had already made themlelves masters of it, and taken out the arms. They immediately made general Baur and his whole detachment prifoners; after which the citizens armed and affembled, and obliged a bat

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talion of Ruffian infantry to quit the city. The two other battalions, with general Ingelstroom at their head, took poffeffion of Catharina-treet, and defended themfelves with the greatett bravery, notwithstanding the citizens fired upon them from all the houfes in fhort, after a bloody contest of thirty-fix hours, in which the Ruffians Joft half their men, they got away, and under the command of generals Ingelftroom, Apraxin, and Subow, joined the little corps of Pruffians under the Pruffian general Wolky, about two miles off.

The inhabitants, in order to drive the Ruffians from their pofts, had fet feveral houses on fire in the diftrict where they were quartered.

As foon as the Ruffians were out of the city the Poles attacked all the houfes where the Ruffians had been quartered, plundered them of the camp equipages of the generals, &c. and murdered all the Ruffians whom they found in the city. The magistracy was aflembled during the tumult, but were not able to do any thing toward restoring tranquillity. Every thing fince has been to all appearance itill and quiet.

The Poles have fent word to general Kofciusko that there are no more Ruffians in Warfaw, and have defired him to come from Cracow to that city.

Warfaw, April 21. The rifing of the people in this city was accelerated by a note delivered by the Ruffian ambassador, general baron Ingelstroom, to the king and permanent council, on the 16th, requiring that the arsenal at Warsaw should be delivered up to him, the Polish military difarmed, and that twenty perfons, mostly of confideration, should be arrested, and, if found guilty, punished with death. The king and permanent council remonAtrated with M. Ingelstroom upon the Subject, but to no purpose; and when the chancellor, prince Sulkowsky, was fent to the ambaffador upon the fame bufinefs, baron Ingelstroom ufed fuch violent expreffions to the prince as threw him into a fit, of which he still lies dangerously ill.

All this fpread rapidly through the city; and during the night of the 16th, every thing was prepared for what followed by all the inhabitants and foldiers in Warfaw. The Ruffians, of whom there were 6oco in the city, and a number in the neighbourhood, thought they should foon put an end to the disturbance. They at: tempted early on the morning of the 17th, to get poffellion of the arfenal, and to disarm the foldiers in it. A deputation flew immediately to the castle, and requested the king to revenge fuch an infult offered to his troops in his capital. His majesty anfwered, Go, and defend your honour They immediately took the loaded piece of cannon which stood before the cart, and marched directly to the palace inbabited by the baron Ingeiftroom, who was in it. In the mean time the people took polletion of the arfenal, armed themselves, drew out the cannon, and affembled to the number of 20,000, foldiers, citizens, and inhabitants. The conteft immedi ately begun, and was very sharp, in the palace inhabited by baron Ingelstroom. It was worthy of remark,that the Ruffians, when beaten back here and there, took shelter in various large palaces belonging to different nobles, where they prepare! every thing for defence; but, after being fired upon for eighteen hours, they hung out the white flag, and offered to furren der. This was accepted; but the Ruffans had the treachery to fire upon t people afterward, which incenfed them is much that they killed all the Ruffians, and fet fire to the palaces and places whet they fheltered themselves.

Among the Ruffians flain are fome ge nerals, viz. Prince Gagarin, generals Milafzewicz and Ingelftroom, brother to the Ruffian ambaffador of that name. Among the prifoners is general Baur. The Ruffians were obliged to leave their cannon.

Baron Ingelstroom is ftill at Zackroczim, where the Pruflian general Wolki is polied with a corps of troops.

An officer arrived this evening from field-marthai Mollendorff, with the news

an extract, dated Tournay, May 30, 1794, was yesterday received from his royal highnefs the duke of York, by the right hon. Henry Dundas, his majesty's principal fecretary of State for the home department.

and furrounded the French camp, at Kayfers Lautern, killed about 1000 men and took 2000 pritoners, befide eighteen pieces of cannon, and all the camp equipage.

Mayence, May 26. Marechal Mellendo. ff, on the 24th, furprised the French

in their entrenchments in the neighbour. hood of Kaiferflautern, and defeated them with great lofs. The force of the French confifted of about 12,000 men. They were pofted behind the defiles of Otterbach, Hagelbach, and the Lauter. The whole of this country was covered with redoubts and entrenchments; feveral dykes had been cut, and the bridges were every where deftroyed; while three ftrong pofitions were prepared, to facilitate their retreat in cafe of accident. The lofs of the French amounts to 1000 killed, more than 2000 prifoners, eighteen pieces of cannon, and two howitzers. After the engagement marechal Mollendorff established his head-quarters at Winnweiller, and the prince of Hohenloe-Ingelfingen took poffeflion of Neustadt. The advanced pofts of the Pruffian army extend as far as Deux-Ponts and Carlsberg.

The London Gazette, June 7. Admiralty-office, June 7. The following is an extract of a letter from William Parker, efq. captain of his majefty's fhip Audacious, to Mr. Stephens, dated in Plymouth found, on the 3d inft.

I have the honour to acquaint you, for their lordships information, that, on the 28th ult. in the morning about eight o'clock, his majefty's fleet, under the command of the earl Howe, then in the Jatitude 47 deg. 33 min. north, longitude 14 deg. 10 min. weft, got fight of that of the enemy.

The wind blew strong from the fouthward, and the enemy's fleet directly to windward.

Every thing was done by his majefty's fleet, per fignals from the earl Howe (preferving them in order) to get up with the enemy, who appeared to be formed in order of battle. But, as I apprehend, his lordship confidered their conduct began rather to indicate an intention of avoiding a general action, at 55 minutes after one o'clock he directed a general chase.

It was just becoming dark, when his majefty's fhip under my command arrived up with the rear ship of the enemy's line. I immediately commenced a very clofe action, which continued near two hours without intermiffion; never exceeding the distance of half a cable's length, but generally clofer, and feveral times in the utmoft difficulty to prevent falling on board, which, as his laft effort to appearance, at about ten o'clock he attempted to effect.

At this time his mizen-maft was gone by the board, his lower yards and main topfail yard fhot away; his fore-top-fail being full, (though flying out from the topfail-yard, the theets being shot away) he fell athwart our bows, but we feparated without being entangled any time. He then directed his courfe before the wind, and, to appearance, paffed through or clofe aftern of the fhips in the rear of our line.

When the enemy feparated from athwart our bows, the company of his majesty's fhip under my command gave three cheers, from the idea, taken from the people quartered forward, that his colours were ftruck. This I cannot myself take upon me to fay, though I think it likely, from his fituation obliging him to pass through or near our line: but certain it is he was completely beaten; his fire flackened toward the latter part of the action, and the laft broadfide (the fhip's fides almost touching each other) he fuftained without returning more than the fire of two or three guns.

His majefty's fhip under my command, at the time we feparated, lay with her topfails aback (every brace, bowling, mot of her ftanding, and all her running rigg ing fhot away) in an unmanageable ftate. It was fome time before I could get her to wear, to run to leeward from the French line, under cover of our own fhips; which, by what I could judge by their lights, were all pretty well up, and tolerably formed.

This being effected, I turned all hands to the repairing our damages, to get into readiness (if poffible) to resume our station at daylight. The rear of the French line had been engaged at a distance by rearadmiral Paley's divifion, and fome other fhips that did not fetch fo far to windward, a confiderabie time before I arrived up with them; and this very thip was engaged by one of his majesty's fhips, at fome diftance to leeward, the time I did.

The night being very dark, I could form but little judgment of the fituation of our fleet with refpect to the French, in point of distance, other than, not hearing any firing after our own ceafed, I concluded they were fcarcely far enough to windward.

Soon after daylight the next morning, to our utmost chagrin and aftonishment, we difcovered nine fail of the enemy's fhips about three miles to the windward.

The Audacious then, with her ftanding 3 M rigging