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which fo effectually commands the neck of the Peninfula, and the judicious ufe that should be made of its artillery, this important fervice was allotted to Major Koehler, with 200 men, who, after feeing the laft man off the thore, and fpiking all the guns, effected, from his activity and intelligence, his own retreat without lofs. Captains Elphinstone, Hallowell and Mathews fuperintended the embarkation, and to their indefatigable attention and good dipolitions we are indebted for the happy fuccefs of fo important an operation. Captain Elphinstone, as Governor of Fort La Malgue, has ably afforded me the moth effential afliance, in his command and arrangement of the feveral important poits included in that district.

It is impoffible for me to exprefs but in general terins, the approbation that is due to the conduct and merits of the feveral Commanding Officers, and indeed of every Officer in every rank and fituation. Troops have feldom experienced for fo long a time a fervice more harraffing, direlling and fevere; and the officers and men of the regiments and marines have gone through it with that exertion, fpirit and geod-will, which peculiarly diftinguish The British foldier. At Fort Mulgrave, Lieutenant Duncan of the Royal Artillery, was fo effentially useful, that to his exerons and abilities that poft was much indebted for its prefervation for fo long a

time.

The general fervice has been carried on with the moft perfect harmony and zeal of the navy and army. From our deficiency in artillery-inen, many of our batteries were worked by feamen': They, in part, guarded fome of our pofts, and their aid was particularly ufeful in duties of fatigue and labour." In all these we found the influence of the fuperior activity and exertions of the British failors.

It was the conftant attention of Lord Hood to relieve our wants and alleviate our difficulties.

The Sardinian troops we have always comidered as a part of ourfelves. We have experienced their attachment and good behaviour, and I have found much afliftance from the ability and conduct of the Chevalier de Revel, and from Brigadier General Richler, who commands them.

Autwithstanding the undefined fituation of command, I found every disposition and acquiefcence in Lieutenant General Gravina, commanding the Spanish troops, to execute every propofed meature which the common caule required.

The lois of the British on the 17th at

Fort Mulgrave, and on the heights of Pharon, amounts to about 300 men, of which, during the last four days, no exact account could be procured and as the troops in embarking were put on board the nearest and most convenient fhips, till they are again united in corps, I cannot have the honour of tranfmitting particular returns, nor even knowing the detail of circumstances that attended the attack of thofe pofts.

It is now about three weeks that, from the unfortunate accident of General Ó'Hara being made prifoner, the Government of Toulon devolved on me; my belt exertions have not been wanting in that fituation, and I humbly hope that his Majelty may be pleafed to look upon them in a favourable light.

I beg leave to add, that the battalion of Royal Louis, and two independent companies of French Chaffeurs, raised at Toulon, have behaved, on every occafion, with fidelity and fpirit. They embarked at La Malgue, to the number of about 600 men, and are now with us.

I have the honour to be,
With the most profound respect,
SIR,

Your most faithful and

obedient humble Servant, DAVID DUNDAS, Lieut. Gen. Right Hon. Henry Dundas, &c. &c. &C.

SIR, December 21, 1793. AFTER every enquiry, the inclofed is the most diftinct report that can be ob tained of the lofs of the British troops on the 17th of December; that of the other troops in the fame poits, who greatly exceeded them in number, I do not know, but I have reason to think was infinitely Imaller in proportion.

D. DUNDAS, Lieut. Gen. Right Hon. Henry Dundas, &c. &c. &c.

Return of the Miffing of the Briti Forces, on the Morning of the 17th of December, 1793.

Attack of Fort Mulgrave. Royal Artificers. 3 Rank and File and Seamen.

Royal Artillery. 25 Rank and File and

Seamen.

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Marines. 2 Lieutenants, 2 Serjeants, 2 Drummers, 56 Rank and File and Sea

men.

Royal Navy. 1 Midhhipman, 28 Seamen. Attack of the Heights of Pharon. 11th Regiment. Lieutenant, 1 Serjeant, 15 Rank and File and Seamen. 18th or Royal Irish Regiment, Serjeant, 5 Rank and File and Seamen. Marines. 1 Lieutenant, 15 Rank and File and Seamen.

Officers names miffing.

11th Regiment. Lieutenant Knight. 18th or Royal Irish. Enign Minchin. 30th Regiment. Capt. De Vaumorel, Lieut. Cuyler.

Marines. Lieutenants Williams, Barry, and Lynn.

Royal Navy. Mr. Alexander Wilkie, Midshipman.

Officers names wounded and prefent. Royal Artillery. Lieutenant Duncan, fen. Royal Navy. Lieutenant Goddard, Mr. J. W. Loring, Midshipman. (Signed)

THO. HIŠLOP, D.A.G. The fate of the above Officers and men, returned mifling, is not nor cannot be known; but, from all the intellige ce that can be gained, it is much to be ap prehended that they fell before day-break, gallantly defending the post they were entrufted with, when abandoned by other troops.

D. DUNDAS, Lieut. Gen.

WHITEHALL, JAN. 18.

DISPATCHES of which the following are extracts, have been received over land from India by the Hon. Court of Directors for Affairs of the Hon. United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indres.

Extract of a Letter from the Governor and Council at Bengal, in their Political Department, to the Court of Directors, dated Bengal, April 1, 1793.

On the 11th of June we received from the Governor in Council at Fort St. George, by the Drake cruizer, which had trived there from Suez on the 1ft, copies of difpatches, dated the 10th of April, from Mr. Baldwin, his Majetty's Conful at Alexandria, with the detail of intelligence from Europe, notlying, in politive terms, that the French had declared war againit England and Holland on the 1ft of February 1793. We therefore iffued or ders, which were effected without refiftance, for the taking poffeffion of Chandernagore and the iveral French factories in this country, and fe.zing the vellels here that carried the French mg.

The Government of Madras immea diately commenced the necefiary preparation for the fiege of Pondicherry, where Colonel Floyd, with a detachment, arrived on the 11th of July, to blockade it on the land fide, while the Commodore, with his Majefty's frigate the Minerva, and three of our China fhips, the Triton, Warley, and Royal Charlotte, were employed to prevent fupplies from being im ported by fea; and the French factories of Kical and Yanam have been taken pos feifion of by the Officers of the Madras Government.

Extract of a Letter from the Governor and. Council at Bombay, in their Political Department, to the 'Court of Diredan, dated Bombay, Sept. 3, 17931

Having authentic intelligence, by the Drake cruizer from Suez, that hostilities had actually commenced between Great Britain and France, we iffued the neceffary orders for reducing the Fort of Mahé, and taking poffeffion of their factory at Surat, which we have the pleasure to ac quaint you have been effected without re iltance.

HERE END THE GAZETTES.

[ FROM OTHER PAPERS. 1 Fribourg, in Switzerland, Nov. 25. France is now a vast flaughter-house. Every hour many heads fall. Above 2000 have been butchered at Strasbourg. Bourdeaux and Marfeilles are the theatres of the fame cruelties. The number of victims there cannot be com puted. Since the arrival of Collot d'Herbois at Lyons, five executioners were not fufficiens. Fifteen, twenty, and twenty-five perfons a-day are guil lotined, and as many fhot every twentyfour hours. The Commiffioners of the Convention, wearied with these tedi ous executions, caufed the prifons to be opened on the 18th by their guards, and dragged to the Square Bellcour two or 3000 unhappy perfons who had been confined, upon whom were dif charged cannon loaded with grape-fhot, which deftroyed them in a mats!

The place of the guillotine had pre viously been changed, because the Square, overflowing with blood, could no longer receive it! All the principal merchants have either fled or been murdered. All their effects have been either fequeftrated or pillaged. Houfes are blown up with powder; and amidst a carnage without example, the people are dying with famine.

Coudere, formerly Conflituent De

puty

puty, has been executed. The Commitioners at Lyons feem determined that every perfon, not their accomplices, fhall be affaffinated, to fave their provifions. This enters into their main plan of providing only for the wan:s of Paris and thofe of the army.

Legborn, Nov. 27. Yesterday we witneffed one of the moft dreadful ca taftrophes. Le Scipio, a French fhip of 74 guns, carrying 600 men, which was lying at anchor in this port with the British fquadron under the command of Admiral Cofby, became a prey to the flames. At three o'clock in the afternoon large volumes of black fmoke arifing from all parts of the ship, were the forerunners of the flames, which began to break forth a few moments after. The crew, who were almoft all on board of her, and had not the smallest fufpicion of any accident, finding they could not withstand the rage of the fire, mostly flung themselves through the flames into the fea, every one striving to escape with his life. Meanwhile a great number of the jolly-boats belonging to the British, Swedish, and Neapolitan men of war, picked up many of the unfortunate fufferers; and a great number of dead bodies were afterwards taken up fuffocated or drowned. The reft, being invalids, or withing to extinguifh the flames, which began to fpread in every part, fell victims. About four o'clock all the rigging and mafts were feen on fire; the port-holes of the cannon_refembled fo many furnaces iffuing a fiery lava. The guns, loaded either with grape-hot or balls, went off, and threatened to fet fire to the rest of the hipping.

Rear-Admiral Coby, finding the fquadron of his Britanic Majefty too near the French fhip, and expofed to the moft imminent danger, immediately failed from the harbour. Shortly after the French hip bore away from her anchors all on fire; fortunately a strong gale from the land preferved the thipping in the harbour from deftruction, while the Scipio paffed along, and that prevented greater misfortunes.

At about eight o'clock in the evening, Le Scipio was four miles from the port, when the great explofion took place in the ftore-room, containing 300 barrels of gun-powder. The column of fire rofe to the height of near 3-0 fathoms, a large fmoke enfued, which appeared interfected with fames, and during feveral minutes the VOL. XXV.

whole horizon feemed to be on fire. The explofion was fo great, that it refembled the effect of the most dreadful fhock of an earthquake. After the magazine blew up, the water ruthed into the body of the hulk, which began to fink. About two o'clock in the morning no farther figns of fire appeared on the furface of the fea. It is fhocking to remark, that by a fire which lafted only a few hours, a fhip was destroyed, reckoned to be worth one million of piaftres, [200,000l.] befides which 200 of the crew perished, including M. de Goy, the captain, who would not quit her. This dreadful accident is faid to have been occafioned by a barrel of brandy being fet on fire by a light which was near it. To the other loffes muft be added that of a great quantity of live stock, and all kinds of provifions deftined for Toulon,

Paris, Dec. 11. Monfieur Van den Yver, the famous banker, has been executed here, with two of his fons. They were found guilty of endeavouring to ruin the credit of France, having advanced large fums of money to Madame du Barre, who fent them to Great Britain to be placed in the British funds; of having lent 200,000 livres to the Bishop of Rochefoucault, and the fame fum to M. Ruban Chabot; and, finally, of having been found at the Louvre with the knights of the poignard, to whose corps they belonged.

The late minifter of finance, Claviere, has ftabbed himself in prifon.

M. Emmery, the former mayor of Dunkirk, has been executed.

The trial of Madame du Barre before the Revolutionary Tribunal, was concluded on the morning of the 8th inft. The jury having pronounced her guilty of the charges adduced against her, the was condemned to die. As foon as fen. tence was paffed upon her, the declared that he had important fecrets to dif clofe. The execution of the fentonce of death was therefore ordered to be fufpended. What the had profeffed to difclofe, however, being futile, and merely meant for delay, the was executed at four o'clock in the afternoon of the fame day. Great crowds of people went to behold once more that famous woman. She ftruggled violently with her executioners, fhrieking moft bitterly, while they were tying her to the board. One of the principal charges against Madame du Bar e was, her having been severa times in England to fecure great fum :

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to the enemies of France; her having worn mourning at London for the late Louis XVI; and living in a style of familiarity with the minifterial party, efpecially with Mr. Pitt, whofe portrait the brought with her, and Macarefully preferved, on a filver medal. dame du Barre was mitrefs to Louis XV. Noel, the ex-deputy, fuffered death at the fame hour.

29. Le Brun, aged 39 years, appointed minifter of ftate on the 10th of August 1791, was yesterday executed on the Place de la Revolution, convicted of being an accomplice in the confpiracy which exifted againft the unity and indivifibility of the republic. He was apprehended in the Greet Enfer, where, it is faid, he had been concealed fince he made his escape from prifon.

Dietrich, formerly mayor of Strasbourg, was executed this ineming.

Lewis d'Aucour, a native of Paris, aged 50, living at Grenoble, and one of the farmers general under the oic government, and formerly director for providing waggons for the army of the Alps, convicted of having

improperly used the money of the republic, has been condemned to death.

31. Anacharfis Cloots and Thomas Paine, deprived by a decree of the Convention of their feats, have been arrelled, and feals put upon their papers.

Arnaud Louis Gontaud, ci-devant Duke de Biron, nephew of the laft Marshal Biron, born the 19th of April 1747, and married to Emile Boufflers the 4th of February 1766, ci-devant General of the Republic, in Italy and La Vendée, has been condemned to fuffer death, be having been convicted of having been acceffary to a confpiracy exifting against the republic.

Madame Vilette, the niece and heiress of Voltaire, and widow of the famous demo crat, the ex-marquis Vilette, has been exe cuted in Paris, for having uttered the fol lowing fpeech, "My husband's death afflicted me much; but when I confider the change of affairs fince that time, I thank Heaven that he is no more; for they certainly would have guillotined him too."

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.

JANUARY 6. HIS morning at pine o'clock, came on Tuefore the High Court of Jufticiary, at Edinburgh, the trial of Skirving, accufed of different feditious practices.

He conducted his defence without the affiftance of agent or counfel-and after a long trial, which lafted till one o'clock on Tucfday morning, he was found guilty of fedition, and fentenced to fourteen years transportation.

After the verdict was recorded, and before fentence was paffed, the Pannel addreffed the Court. He faid, by an unlucky accident he had been deprived of Counsel yesterday on his trial, but had this morn ing received, by poft, what he had expected, viz. the opinion of English counsel on his trial; and although it had arrived in fome degree too late, yet even at this period it might not perhaps be altogether ufelefs. He then ftated the opinion of the English Counsel to be, that the indictment was illegal in fo far as it charged him to be guilty art or part of the crime libelled. On fuch a charge as this, he was informed, no legal trial could proceed. tle allo stated, that to this hour, altho' he had often afked, he had never yet been informed what fedition

was.

When their Lordships delivered their opinions as to what punishment should be inflicted, they alfo took notice of the opinion of this English Counfel, of whom they faid, that, however knowing he might be in the law of England, he was grofsly ignorant of the law of Scotland, elfe be

would have known that there was a Special Act of Parliament authorifing the charge of art and part.

After fentence was pronounced, the Pannel addicffed the Court, faying, the fen tence did not at all appal him, that he had long fince learned to throw afide all fear of man; but this fentence would be rejudged, and that was all his comfort and all his hope.

10. His Majefly's packet, the Chesterfield, Captain Jones, arrived this evening at Falmouth, after twenty- feven days paffage.

The following is an authentic narrative of a tranfaction tranfmitted from Capt. Jones; and highly honour.ble to him:

"On the 28th of Sept. after having experienced a fevere gale, it became more moderate, but a large and heavy fwell was running, I tell in with and fpoke to the Maria, Capt. Humphries, of London, bound to Newfoundland, out five weeks, and in great diflrefs, her mizen-mast and main-top-maft carried away, her boats wafhed over-board, her stern frame love in, fix of her upper deck beams broken, and in a very leaky condition.

"The Captain and crew in this dreadful fituation folicited me to take them on board my fhip, but my boats having allo been washed overboard in the fame gale of wind in which the Maria fuffered, there was no other alt rnative to give thefe poor men affiftance, but boarding her with the packet.

I accordingly determined to try what I could do at all rifque, and was happy enough to execute my plan with a good

deal

deal of fuccefs, by laying her on board on the larboard quarter, by which effort I took out the captain and five men; but two of the crew, in the great huiry and expedition in which it was executed, were unfortunately left on board to bewail their fatuation. I refolved, however, to release these unhappy men if poffible, at all hazard, and made feveral attempts to complete fo defirable an object, in doing which, I fprung my bow-fprit, it ftriking on the Maria's taffrail, which rendered it impoflible to renew my efforts again; but unwilling to leave two fellow-creatures in the jaws of death I formed another plan to selcue them, which I happily executed, though it was an arduous undertaking to the poor men.-The mode I took, was to run as near to the veffel as I could, and throw a rope on board her, calling to the men to make themselves faft to it, and jump overboard, which they gladly executed, and I had the infinite fatisfaction to haul them on board of my hip alive and unhurt. I need not defcribe the felf-fatisfaction I felt on the completion of this bufincfs."

13. In confequence of the proceedings on Thursday morning laft, while Mr. Margatot went to the Jufticiary Court, every precaution was taken this day by the Lord Provoft, Magilirates, and the Sheriff, to prevent any breach of good order and police. A great crowd affembled at his lodgings in Leith-ftreet about ten o'clock, and he was conducted with a wreath or arch held over him, with infcriptions of Reason, Liberty, &c. About the middle of the North Bridge, however, the cavalcade was met by the Lord Provoft, Sheriff, Conftables, Peace-Officers, &c. and immediately difperfed, the arch demolished, and its fupporters taken into cuftody. A prefsgang attended to affift the peace officers. Mr. Margarot then walked to the Court, efcorted by the Lord Provost and Sheriffs, and no disturbance enfued.

Mr. Margarot was accufed of different feditious practices. He conducted his own defence. After a long trial, the Jury found him guilty, and the Court fentenced him to fourteen years transportation beyond the feas.

16. At the Old Bailey, John Lyon flood indicted capitally for that he did, on the 4th of November laft, forge, or caufed to be forged, feveral receipts, purporting to be receipts for the payment of certain dividends, of a loan, to be raised under an að of Parliament, for the fervice of the year 1793, with an intent to defraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of England. There were also feveral other counts in the indictment.

When the Clerk of the Arraigns put the usual question to the prisoner, "How fay yon, are you guilty or not guilty ?" The Prifoner replied, that he should beg leave to decline making any defence, on account of the nature of the evidence intended to be produced against him.

He was recommended by the Judges to plead not guilty, but he perfifted, and the plea was recorded, but the Judge's humanity,to prevent the prifoner from being in fome degree the inflrument of his own death, urged Mr. Wood, who was counfel for the prifoner, to try his influence with him; it occurred to Mr. Wood, that as the evidence of his fifter was the ground of the prifoner's objection to plead, that he might demur to the indi&tment, which, by an admiflion of the facts, left it to be argued in point of law; after Mr. Wood explained the nature of the demurrer, and that his fifter would not then be called in evidence against him, he confented to demur to the indi&ment.

The prifoner was alfo indicted for the fame offence in another form, to which he alfo demurred. His counfel applied for copies of the indictments, which were not granted.

PROMOTION S.

ORD Malmbury to be Envoy Extraor

Ldinary and Minister Flemipotentiary to

Berlin.

"Sir Watkin Williams Wynne, bart. to be Lord-Lieutenant and Cultos Rotulorum of Denbighshire.

The Rev. John Jaques, rector of Packington in Warwickshire, to be a prebend in Lincoln cathedral.

John Craig, efq. to be examining clerk to the Board of Works, vice the late John Wolfe, efq.

The Rev. Mr. Cooper, fon of Sir Grey Cooper, bart. to the prebendal ftall in Rochefter cathedral.

Francis Fownes Luttrell, LL. D. to be a commillioner of the customs.

Mr. Mellifh, nephew of the late Mr. Mellish, receiver general of the customs, to be a commiffioner of stamps, vice Mr. Tickell, deceased.

The Marchion: fs of Bath to be mistress of her Majefty's robes, vice the duchefs dowager of Ancaster, dec.

The Countess of Cardigan to be one of the ladies of her Maj fty's bedchamber, vice the marchionefs of Bath.

Dr. Arnold to be organist of Westminster
Abbey, vice Dr. Cooke.

Dr. Fofter to be chaplain to the King.
The Rev. Charles Barker, student of
Chrift-church, Oxford, to be one of his Ma-
jelly's preachers at Whitehall.

The Right Hon. Lord Romney to be pre M 2 .fident

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