] Interefling Intelligence from distinguished abilities, of which he furnished ample proofs upon this occafion. The fiege was conducted with great ik 11 and fc'ence by Colonel Fromm, Chief Engineer. The artillery was under the command of General Urtenburger, and appears to have been perfectly well directed, by its effect upon the enemy's works, and the number of guns which were found difmounted upon the ramparts.. Just as the army arrived upon its ground, a party of the enemy, coming, as it is fuppafed, from Bouchain, ait.cked an advanced part of Hanoverians. They were driven back, with fome lofs, by fix fquadrons of Hanoverian cavalry, Prince Erneft was perfonally engaged, and His Royal Highness diftinguished himself upon this occafion. I am, &c. JA. MURRAY. SIR, Bourlon, near Cambrai, Aug. 9. THE enemy have been driven from thecamp which they occupied behind the Scheldt, and obliged to fall back with precipitation upon Arras, the only retreat which was left them. The front of this camp, which has been commonly called the Camp de Cefar, was covered by the Scheldt, its left by the Centé, both of them ftrengthened by inundations and pretected by works, and its right by the fort efs of Cambrai; behind this, he the wood and heights of Bourlon, which were likewife fortified with the utmost care. The eritish troops, feven battalions and fix fquadrons of Hanoverians, two battalions and five fquadrons of Hefhians, and four battalions and ten fquadrens of Auftrians, marched from their refpective camps the morning of the 6th, and joined the fame evening in a camp near St. Anbert, under the command of his Royal Highness. This body marched the following morning, in one column, by the village of St. Hilaire, Bouffiere, and Wambaix, and, forming afterwards into two, crofled the Scheldt at Creveloeur and Manieres. During the march a body of cavalry appeared upon the right flank towards Cambrai, but they were driven back in great confufion by the appearance of fome cavalry defined to attack them, and a few hot from the Auftrian light artillery. The troops had been eleven hours upon their march when they reached Manieres, and the heat was extreme; it was Consequently impoffible to proceed any further, and a camp was taken upon the adjoining heights. In the evening just after the 15th Igor dragoons had been watering their hories, Lieutenant-colonel Churchill obferved a fquation of French cavalry at a fmail diftance; he immediately took one fquadron, which happened to be in read nefs, leaving orders for the others to follow, and charged them with fo much vigour and fuccefs, that, befides killing feveral, he took two officers, 44 priVites, and o horfes. 4 Sir Robert Lawrie advanced with the 16th regiment to the fupport of the 15th. Upon the fame day a co 2 lumn of the Auftrians, under the comand of Gen ral chi fait, ad aced upon Yoy and Thun L'Fvaque, poffeffing then felves, the right of the Scheldt. with little oooosin 1, of all the pofts up n A third colu Navres, to be in readiness to co-operate with under General Colloredo, marched upon either of the former, «s circumstances might direct. His Roval Highnels put his corps having divided it in three columns, directed again in motion upon the morning of the 8th, upon the villages of Gramcour, Anneux, und 'Cantain, with the intention of attacking the was,difcovered that they had gone off in the enemy upon the heights of Bourlon; but it night; and, as there was reason to believe that the army behind the Scheldt had done the fame, his Royal Highnets took the whole of the cavalry (two fquadrons of the Greys, cepted) and went in purtuit. He fell in with and the Auftrian regiment de la Tour, exthe rear guard at the village of Murguion, where two pieces of cannon, the artillery men belonging to them, and feveral other prifoners, were taken by the 11th light dragoons and the huffars of Borco. The enemy in their retreat fet fire to the villag, which occafioned a confiderable delay, there being no other paffage tan the bridge across the rivulet upon which it ftands. This obftacle was at laft overcome, and the enemy were followed to the next defile, by the village of Villers. A large body of cavalry, appearing battalions of infantry, and eight pieces of to be betwix 3000 and 4000 men, with some cannon, were feen upon the opposite heights. They continued their retreat; and as no advantage feemed likely to accrue from further fome time, returned to the camp, which had The lofs of the Combined Army has been R. DUNDAS, Major-General. Dundas. Dated Ypres, August 27, 1793. Rexpode and Hondshotte. The former is faid to confist of about 800 men. The FieldMarthal has communicated to His Royal Highness the difpofitions which he has made for this purpose, and they offer every profpect of fuccefs. Pofifeript, dated Furnes, August 29, 1793. As the army was approaching Oftend, I kept my letter till this day, in hopes of being able to give some account of Marshal Freytag's operations. His Royal Highness has juft received information, that he has defeated the enemy at Ooft Capelle, Rexmonde, and Hondfchoot. He has taken eleven pieces of cannon, and 200 prifoners, and killed about the fame number of men. The purfuit was continued to within a small distance of Bergues. There are on our fide about forty killed and wounded. EAST INDIA INTELLIGENCE. Notwithstanding Tippoo's repeated declarations that he had no more English prifoners in his poffeffion, it is now evident, that all thofe declarations have been infincere. Mr. Becher, who fome years ago was proceeding in a Pattamar boat, with ftores for Mr. Rivitt's thip at Cochin, was unfortunately driven on shore near Mangalore, and taken prifoner: after undergoing a long and painful imprisonment, and marching from fort to fort, he has at laft effeted his efcape from Seringapatam. Latterly his confinement was not fo frict as formerly, and he was fometimes permitted to go a shooting, under the guard of a Sepoy. One day, having trolled a confiderable distance from the fort, he turned upon the Sepoy, and threatened to fhoot him, if he did not accompany him. The Sepoy was obliged to comply, and they are now both fafely arrived at Tellicherry. Mr. Becher reports, that there are several prifoners at Seringapatam. The following melancholy particulars have been received at the East-India Houfe from Captain Hartwell, of his Majefty's fhip Thetis, An account of the unfortunate lofs of the Honourable Company's hip, Winterton, George Dundas, late commander, brought to St. Helena, the 15th of June, by an Americau brig, from the Ifle of France, Thomas de Souza, paflenger, arrived at the Ifle of France, April 17, 1793 At The hip ftruck at two o'clock in the morning, August 20, 1792. At four o'clock, having hove the guns and part of the cargo overboard, they cut away her mafts. day-light, being but feven miles from the main-land, the yawl was fent on shore for alliftance. In the night of the 20th, the long boat, cutter, and jolly boat, were stove to pieces by the immenfe fea which broke repeatedly over the thip. On the 21ft, the fea continuing, and perceiving the yawl re turning from the fhore, Captain Dundas hoifted fignals, ordering her not to come along fide, which the obeyed, and again returned to the fhore. On the 22d, at fix o'clock in the morning, Captain Dundas perceiving the fhip to be feparating, fixed the ladies on the top of the poop with provisions, &c.; the rest of the passengers and people took their stations in the mizen chains, &c. when he ordered the poop to be cut away; this faved their lives. At nine o'clock the thip divided into four pieces, when Captain Dundas, Mr. Chambers, &c. were drowned. Mr. Dale, Mr. De Souza, and the fourth mate, with four feamen, went in the yawl to Defel, from thence to Mosambique, where they procured a veffel to fetch the ladies, &c. from Madagascar to the Ifle of France. It is expected they may be here in May. Winterton, loft at Madagascar Angust 20, 1792, lat. 23. 50. and afterwards we went to St. Auguftin's Bay, about four days march. Paffengers loft.-Captain Dundas, Mr. Chambers, ft mate, Mifs M(Gowan, Mifs Cullen, Mifs Robinson, and 49 men included. Paffengers faved.-Mrs. Cullen, Mifs Mary Cullen, Mifs Lyne, Mifs Baily, Mifs Briftow, Mrs. Billas, Mr. Dun, purfer, Mr. Spens, ad mate, Mr. Date, 3d mate, Mifs M. Bristow, fifth and fixth mates, the midshipmen, Lieut. Browarig, Mr. Hamilton writer for Bengal, writer for Madras, Meffrs. Gawan, Gordon, and Lyn, cadets, Hon. Mr. Ramfay, Mr Buchannon, Mr. Collier, free mariner, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Silk, and Dr. Lilly. (Signed) F. J. HARTWELL. The following intelligence has been received by the Royal Admiral Eaft Indiaman, Eflex Henry Bond, Efg. Commander, arrived off Portsmouth:-This fhip faded from Canter, in company with the Sulivan, Capt. Pouncy, on the 18th of March last; arrived at Angar Point, in the Straits of Sunda, the 14th of April following, and there fell-in with his Majefly's fhip the Lion, the Indoftan Eaft Indiaman, and two small brigs. On board the Lion were Lord Macartney and bis fuite The Hindoftan and Lion arrived in the Straits in February laft, and had been at Batavia for ten days, but did not intend to venture on the coaft of China till the monfoons were fet in. It is therefore supposed they would not be in China before the 15th or 20th of June. Lord Macartney had the great fatisfaction to learn, from the difpatches he received in the Straits by the China homeward-bound fhips, tha the Emperor of Chi na was much pleafed with the idea of the embaffy, and had given inftructions to all his Mandarins at the Northern ports of China, to keep a good look out for the fleet, to fupply them with every neceflary, and to conduct his Lordship and fuite up to Pekin. His lordship has expreffed his intention, if the feafon permits, to return by the Southern pallage. This determination will neceffarily prolong their abfence; but for this the idea of of having encircled the globe may with many be deemed a fufficien: compenfation. By the laft accounts from the Pelew Iflands, dated January 1793, it appears that a total change had taken place in the government. The old king died, as did the next in fucceffion, and the reigning monarch is now Abba Thule. The throne was difputed by the younger branch of the family, who were ftrongly oppofed by the elder brothers; two of the former fell in the conteft, and the remaining other was obliged to fly with all his adherents to the northward. Their fate can be little regretted, as it was they who affaflinated the amiable Raa Kook. Abba Thule is abfolutely adored by his fubjećts, and he himself remains as frongly attached as ever to the English. WEST INDIA INTELLIGENCE. Extract of a Letter from Major-General Bruce, Commander in Chief of his Majefty's Forces in the Weft-Indies, to the Right Hon. Hen. Dundas. SIR, At Sea, off Martinico, June 23, 1793.. My letter of the 25th of May acquainted you, that I waited for the report that Col. Myers should bring from Martinico before 1 came to a final determination refpecting the expedition against that ifland. He returned the gift ult. and brought information that the planters had expreffed great confidence if we would come down immediately, though only with a very fmall force; and on the 6th of this month a Deputation arrived here from the Committee intermediaire, with a very earnest request for affiftance, ftating, that they were then in potleffion of fome very important pois, and that our appearance, with a force even not exceeding doo men, would encourage a great number of Royalifts to declare themfelves, who only waited the arrival of the English for this purpose. Thefe repre fentations induced me to undertake the expedition; and the admiral, who has uniformly complied with every request that I have made him for forwarding the fervice in which we are engaged, had previously confented to receive on board the fleet fuch part of the troops as he could conveniently arry, and by this means fave a great expence in tranfports. They embarked accordingly on the 10th, and arrived off Caze Navire on the rith. The officer who commanded the Royalifts immediately propofed an attack upon the town of St. Pierre, which, he faid, we co-ld easily make ourselves mafters of; and that the influence of the merchan's there was fuch as would procure the fubmiffion of the rest of the inland, Fort Bourbon alone excepted, and that there was even a probably that this place would very foon furrender for want of provifions. The French engineers were all confident in the fuccefs of this plan. Willing, therefore, to fhew how ready I was in the fupport of their caufe, I ordered the 21st regiment to land on the 14th at Caze Navire, and there take poft, which enabled the officer who commanded the royalifts to collect all his force in the neighbourhood of St. Pierre; he accordingly moved, and I landed the rest of our forces on the 16th, and joined him at a very firong poft within about five miles of St. Pierre. The British troops confifted of the grenadiers, light infantry, and marines from the fleet, with the Carolina black corps, amounting in all to about 1100 men; the corps of Royalifts was faid to be about 800. This force was thought to be perfectly adequate to the fervice propofed. We were retarded in our operations by the difficulty of bringing up the fix pounders to their stations, where they did not arrive till the 17th in the afternoon, when the enemy made an attack upon one of them, but were very foon driven back by the picquets of the light infanty; but, I am forry to fay, with the lofs of Captain Dunlop, and three men of the Royal Americans. The p'an we had coucerted was the attack of two batteries which defended St. Pierre, the taking of which would immediately put us in poffeffion of that town. The morning of the 18th was the time fixed, and we were to move forward in two columns, the one confifting of the British troops, the other of the Royalists; for this purpose the troops were put in motion before day break; but, unfortunately, fome alarm having taken place among the Royalifts, they began, in a mistake, fiving on one another; and their commander being feverely wounded on the occafion, his troops were immediately difconcerted, would not fubmit to the controul of any of the other officers, and inftantly retired to the poft from which they had marched. This conduct strongly proved that no dependance could be placed on them, and the attack against St. Pierre muft folely have been car ried on by British troops, to which their numbers were not equal; and as they luckily were not engaged with the enemy, they were ordered immediately to return to their former poft, whence they embarked on the 19th; and the 21ft regiment likewife embarked from their poft on the 21t, the navy, as ufual, giving the mot ready affiftance. As the Royalifts would certainly fall facrifices to the implacable malignity of the Kepublican party as foon as we quitted the if..nd, it became in a manner incumbent on us, in fupport of the National character, to use our utmost exertions to bring these unhappy people from the thore; and, although the neceflity of imprefling fuch veffels as could be found, and the purchasing provifions from the merchant veffels attending the army, will incur a great expence, I have ventured upon it, trusting to the ge nerous and humane difpofition exhibited by the nation on all fimilar occafions, and being perfectly affured of finding in you an advocate for refcuing fo many unfortunate perfons from certain death. We therefore were employed in embarking these people from the 19th to the 21ft. Befides Whites, there were a number of Blacks, whofe fituation was equally perilous; I have distributed them among the islands in the best manner that the fhortnefs of our time would admit. T. BRUCE. The Cape François.-On the 17th and 18th of June feveral difturbances arose between the Whites and Mulattoes, without apparent proVocation on the part of the Whites. On those days, and on the 19th, the Mulattoes paraded the streets in armed bodies, and infulted the Whites, feveral of whom they wounded with fabres and piftols. Whites endeavoured to obtain redrefs, by applying to the Conimithioners Southonax and Polverel, but in vain. On the 19th, an officer belonging to the fleet in the harbour was wounded; the Commodore applied to the Commiffioners for redrefs, who appeared in every cafe to turn a deaf ear to the complaints of the Whites, and to fhelter, in every inftance, the Mulattoes. The Admirals of the fleet, upon finding the want of fuccefs of the Commodore's application, called on the Commiffioners themselves, but without obtaining fatisfaction. They then, on the 20th, drew up their fhips, fo as to cover the town, with their broadfides to it, and fprings on their cables; the red flag was hoifted on board the Admiral's fhip, and a fignal-gun fired, upon which the Captains of all the fhips of war repaired on board the Admiral's. In confequence of the plan laid in that Council, at three o'clock boats from the feveral veffels were manned, and at. four about 2000 men were landed from the fleet at the Cape. These immediately proceeded to the arsenal, the cannon of which they diftributed throughout the city, and pointed up each of the principal ftreets. Theynext proceeded to the Government House (where the Mulattoes had collected) to demand from the Commiflioners fa isfaction. The Mulattoes fired on them; the fire was returned and kept up till dark, with great warmth and conftancy. Before the preparation for landing, the merchant shipping was ordered out of the way of injury. At dark, after the firing had ceafed, a drum was heard, the ufual preliminary to publishing proclamations, and it was reported that the Commiffioners had published pardon and freedom to the revolted negroes. One fact may be depended upon, that, during the conflict, the prifons, containing about 4co of the revolted Brigands, were opened, who were armed to reinforce the Mulattoes. changed between the two parts of the town occupied by the Whites and Mulattoes, and feveral houfes fet on fire by the latter. On the 220, the conflagration incre fed, and on the 2d the whole town of the cape was on fire. From the place where the merchant fhipping lay, the road from the country to the Cape is plainly feen. Along it Negroes from the country were continually travelling on the 22d and 23d; supposed to be coming in, in confequence of the proclamation, to reinforce the Commiffioners party. SIERRA LEONE. Arrived the Company's ship, Amy, with a cargo of African produce, confifting of camwood, ivory, gum, pepper, hides, and beeswax. She alto brings fome passengers. The difpatches, which are dated the 14th of June, mention, that the rains had fet-in feveral weeks before, but that the colony continued to be in very good health. The colonists were all put in poffeflion of fmall lots of land; and a new town, on a more regular and extended fcale, was begun to be built. Between 200 and 300 Nova Scotians were ufually at work for the Company; and a large party of natives continued to work at the plantation begun by the Company on the oppofite fide of the river, where the foil proves extremely fruitful, and the experiments in fugar, cotton, &c. appeared to be very promiling. The native Chiefs and people coutinued to be extremely friendly; and fome of them, on the occafion of fome veitels appearing which were mistaken for French privateers, came down to offer their affinance in protecting the colony. The Company's íchools are attended by 300 children, among whom are fome children of the natives. IRELAND. Dublin, Auguft 16. This day the Lord Lieutenant having defired the attendance of the Commons, the Royal Affent was given to 29 public and 6 private bills; when his Excellency was pleased to conclude the Seffion with the following speech: "My Lords and Gentlemen, The wisdom and firmness that have diftinguished your conduct during the prefent Settion, and the attention you have afforded to the many important objects of your deliberations, demand my fincere acknowledgments, and enable me to relieve you from further attendance in Parliament. "Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons, "I have his Majesty's Commands to thank you for the liberal fupplies you have voted for the Public Service, and for the honourable fupport of his Majesty's Government. You may rely upon their faithful application. "My Lords and Gentlemen, "The wisdom and liberality with which you attended to his recommendation in favour of his Roman Catholic fubjects are highly On the 21st, fome cannon fhot were ex pleafing to the King. You muit be fully fen ftble fible of his Majesty's gracious condescension in committing to your judgment the application of the Hereditary Revenue. And I am ordered by huis M.jetty to fignity his appro bation of the provifions which have been made for the fupport of his Civil Government, and the honour and dignity of his Crown; and to exprefs his confi fence that your liberal conceffions to the Roman Catholics, and the measures for the regulation of the Public Expenditure, and for the limitation of othces and penfions, to which his Majefty has been graciously pleafed to confent, with a view to the advantage of the Public, will cement a general union of fentiment among all claffes of his Majesty's subjects, in fupport of the established Conttitution. His Majefty has feen, with real. fatisfaction, that friendly difpofition which has been manifefted by the Parliaments of Great Britain and Ireland, for ftrengthening the connexion of the two Kingdoms by mutual acts of conceffion. I am authorized to acquaint you, that an act has paffed the British Parliament, to permit goods of Afia, Africa, or America, legally imported into Ireland, to be imported fom thence into Great Britain. This is a figual proof of her attention to your interefts-whitt the confirmation of the charter of the East India Company, by the Parliament of Ireland, d.f plays on your part a cordial zeal for the fupport of Great Britain, and a judicious confideration of the great and effential interests of the Empire. I am to make my acknowledgments for the many alutary laws you have enacted to strengthen the Executive Government, which will materially tend to defeat the defigns of the enemies to the freedom and happiness of this kingdom. The apprehenfions of embarraffment, which for a time hung over Commercial tranfactions, were to me a fubject of the utmost anxiety: and I am to return you my thanks for functioning those measures which I took in fupport of Credit, and which I trust have had the happiest effect in preventing the i confequences of fuch apprehenfio..s. fpirit of difcontent, which prevailed amongst the lower claffes of the people at the begin ning of the Seffion, has burst into acts of Riot and Infurrection; and I have been under the painful neceflity of employing tis Majefty's Force, whole teadiness and good conduct have on all occasions been manifeited, and by whofe exertions the Civil Magiftrates have been enabled in a great measure to reftore the general tranquility. Under all the circumstances of the Country, I thought it proper to call forth a very confiderable portion of the Militia of this Kingdom. I am to exprefs His Majesty's approbation of a meafore which affords at pretent material affittance, and lays the foundation of a permanent Conftitutional Force, that has been GENT. MAG. August, 1799, The found by experience in Great Britain, of great re ource in public emergencies. His Majetty feels, with the greatest concern, the expence brought upon his People by domef tic disturbance, added to the confequence of a Foreign War, into which we have been forced by the wanton and unprovoked aggreffion of rice; but yoo will reflect that you are contending for the prefervation of your Property, and for the fecurity of your happy Conttirution. The fucceffes, with which it hath pleafed the Divine Providence to blefs the Arms of His Majesty and Lis Allies, afford the best profpect of a happy ifle to this important contell; and it is his Majesty's carnest hope, that a continuance of vigorous exertions will finally obtam a fecure and laiting Peace. I have entire confidence, that in your refpective counties you will exert your utmost influence in maintaining the public tranquillity, and in carrying the laws into full exccution. You may be affured, that I fhail, on all occafions, take the moit speedy and effectual measures, in the exercife of thofe powers with which I am invested, for the repreffion of outrage and tumult, and the protection of his Majesty's faithful and loyal fubjects.” SCOTLAND. Edinburgh, July 27. Some days ago, there were found, abo. three miles from the town of Avr, in an old midden stead, a great many ounces (probably from 20 to 30) of the Silver coinage of Mary Queen of Scots, confifting of the teftoons and the half-reftoons of Mary, Francis, and Mary, including the years 1555 and 1562 and a great many of the Billon pieces, Jam non funt doo fed vna card, the years 558, 1559. They were all contained in an earthen pot, which a cow accidentally broke with her foot as the was paffing over. Amo g fome ounces, which a gentleman of Glagow has got, there is the rare and beautiful teiloon, with Mary's head, 1562. They are all in the highest preferva tion, and must have been cariv deposited, as none of them bears the thistle stamp, which was impreffed on the filver coinage the lattes part of her reign, and on fome of the coins of James the VI. by which means the current value was increased. Some other of the coins have the following mot os: -Cor bum:le delicie Dni--In virtute tua libera me —Fecit villaque onum.-Vicit les de tribu juda.--Fam non fint dvo fed una caro.—Salvum fac Populum tuum Domine, COUNTRY NEWS. Ipfwich, Aug. 7. A few peals of thunder were heard here this day; the li, htning was vivid and of long continuance, but at a great diftance. About 7 in the evening, a bill of fire fell upon a boule at Felix tow, near 12 miles from hence, be onging to Mr. Chandler, Jivided |