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M ,By Yesterday’s Northern Mail. NEW-YORK, October 18. rOSTCRIPT London dates to September four. || By the ship SWAN, Capt. WOODHAM |H arrived at the watering place last night, at ten o’clock, we have been obligingly favoured with London newspapers to September 4, from which the following important information is felefted : mk Daily Advertifer.] LONDON, August 31. We at length have it in our power to re lieve in lorne measure the pubiic anxiety i in regard to the armament on the coast of | Holland. This day, at one o’clock admiral lord Duncan’s fir ft lieivtenant arrived at the ■ admiralty with dispatches from his Lord fliip, containing the important intelligence of the Britifli forces having taken the for trefs of Helder, on the coast of Holland, by storm. The enemy in the conflict are said to have loft 1 500 men ; and, we la ment to fay, the loss on our Tides is stated at 400 men in killed and wounded, chiefly belonging to the guards. Among the officers killed, wliofe deaths it is afllidfing to record, are col. Smollet, of the guards, and major Haye, of the ar tillery. General Sir James Pultney, and Mr. John Hope are among the wounded. The troops began to difembarkon Tuef day morning last at two o’clock, and the atftion between the enemy and the Britifli forces, lasted till four in the afternoon. September 3. At a very late hour yesterday afternoon, when a considerable part of our impression was worked off, we (topped the prels to announce the arrival of capt. Hope, firft captain to Admiral Lord Duncan, and capt. Oughten, firft capt. to Vice Admiral Mitchell, with dispatches for the Admiral ty; and of Colonel Maitland of the Guards with dispatches from General Abercrom bie to Mr. Dundas, containing the official details of the fuccel's of our gallant troops in Holland, with the farther intelligence of the surrender of part of the Dutch fleet. SURRENDER Os the whole of the Butch Fleet! Our readers will fee by Lord Duncan’s letter, that he had no doubt of the remain der of the Dutch Fleet being at the time of his writing in the pofleflion of Admiral Mitchell. As there is a greater depth of water on that fide of the Mars Diep, which is next to the Helder point than on the fide dole to the Tcxel iiland, our tine of battle (hips Were enabled to follow the Dutch Fleet in to the Texel Ifland,when thofealready men tioned in the Gazette surrendered. Ad miral Mitchell in his letter to Lord Dun can, Rates that he was determined to fol low the remainder even to the walls of Amsterdam, and the gallant admiral has in deed kept his word, for this forenoon an officer of the navy arrived at the admiralty with an account of his success. The Ad miral after the firft surrender of part of the Dutch fleet, as stated in the Gazette, f'ail td up the Texel with eight fail of two deckers, and moored his fliips along fide the remainder, the whole of which, viz.— Fight sail of the line, and every OTHER SHIP IN THE TtXEL, HAYE SUR RENDERED. The following is the official notice sent to the Lord Mayor, Lloyd’sCoffee-Houfe, and to the members of the administration. “ Admiralty Office, Sept. to. “ Ten Minutes pall one. “ Lieutenant Collier has just arrived with an account of the surrender of the Dutch Fleet, confiding of One of seventy-sour guns. Five of sixty-eight. Two of fifty-four. One of thirty-two, And One of fixteci. Without firing a gun !” The Park and Tower guns were fired at two this afternoon on the happy occa fi ui; and the Ac niralty nnJ all the pub lic officers are preparing for a splendid il ium-nation, which is expedled to be very general throughout London and Westmin ster. We ft ted in our paper of yesterday that a French Journal of a late date had been received in town, containing an account of the total defeat of General Joubert’s ar my by Marlhal Suwarrow. We now learn, that this paper, the on lv one in town, is in the pofleflion of go vernment. The battle is said to have tak en place at Novi, 3 town in the Genoefe territories, ten miles weft of Tortona, and twenty-two nonhueft of Genoa. Private letters bv the Hamburg mail re ceived yesterday, state that Buonaparte had made good his retreat in Egvpt, and ar rived at Cairo. 1 ite official dispatch from Lord Dun rt-peftinj tav intci.igence which we gave on Saturday of our brave troops sav ing effe&ed a landing in Holland, and made themselves raafters of the important poll of Helder, commandingthe principal entrance of the Texel, were brought home by Jient Clav, of Kent Man of war. Thofc from Sir Ralph Abercrombie and Admiral Mitchell have not yet been pub lished ; but our readers will fee by the fol lowing extra ft from the London Gazette of Saturday, that the event is fully con firmed : ADMIR AYTY-OFFICE, Allguft 31. Lieutenant Clay , of his MajeJiy s ship Kent , arrived this morning with a difpateh from Admiral Lord Duncan , L. B. to Mr. Nee pearl Secretary of the Admiralty , of which the following is a copy : Kent, at anchor off the Texel, August 23, Sir, Be pleased to acquaint the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that I (hall go on from my letter of the 24th inst. and fay it blew so frefli on Sunday that we could not approach the land, but the wea ther becoming more moderate on Monday, the whole of the fleet with transports, were at anchor clofejn fliore by noon on that day. I shall not enter into detail of the landing the troops, or what happened on Tuelday, as their Lordships vviil have that stated by Vice-Admiral Mitchell; fuffice it to fay, the troops rowed towards the fliore at day break, and landed though im mediately opposed by numbers, and from that time till half past 4 P. M. were con tinually in aftion. However, the galan try of the Britifli troops surmounted all difficulties, and drove the enemy wherever they met them. The Rattizan Ruffian ship got ashore on the South Haik in coming to the anchorage, where (he re mained some time in great danger, but by timely afliftance and exertion of her capt. and officers, in getting out some of the guns and lightening her, (he was got off; and last night reported to be fit for service. At five P. M. the Beliqueux, with her convoy from the Downs, anchored. This day it blows strong from the westward with a great furf, so that I fear little can be done ; but I am sure the Vice-Admi ral will avail himfelf of every opportunity to carry on the service, as I never witnes sed more attention and perl'everance in spite of most unfavorable weather, to get the troops landed; and nothing (hall be wanting on my part towards furnilhing Jiim with every aid in my power, in order to bring the business to a happy termina tion. P. S. Eight, P. M. The weather is ftifl bad; but a lugger is just returned with an answer to a letter I wrote Vice-Admiral Mitchell this morning, by which I find the Helder Point was last night evacuated, and the guns in it spiked up. The Lieu tenant of the lugger likewise reports that the General and Vice-Admiral had not sent off their dispatches : and as I think it of the greatest consequence that govern ment fhoutd have the earliest notice, I de tach a cutter with this interesting intelli gence, although it was my original inten tion only to have sent one away after the General and Vice-Admiral had forwarded their difpaches; and as l have not time to alter my other letter to you of this date, I beg to refer their Lordships to lieutenant Clay, of his majesty’s ship Kent, an intel ligent and deserving officer, for further particulars. (Signed) DUNCAN. Evan Nepean, Esq^ Last evening arrived the brig Volunteer, Capt. Stewart, in the remarkable Jhort pajfage of 32 days from Hamburg , by whom we have been favored with Hamburg papers to the Jth September. Extra As fol low. N. Y. Gaz. LoWER-ELBE, August at. We learn from Raftadt, that the French have evacuated the environs of that city, and Offenlburg, in the night from the 10th to the nth inst. From Zurich it is re ported, that the whole of Maflena’s army is in motion, intending, it is supposed, to withdraw to Lower Alsace, to avoid being cut off by the Ruffians, marching by Ulm, who might cross the Rhine at or near Old Briffach. The Ruffian lieutenant general Rimfky Rofakow, with the two firft co lumns of his troops, was on ths, march to Ulm ; according to some, they are to form a camp near Dudwigiburg, in order to di rest their operations against Mentz. Os the 15,000 Ruffians, who have already passed Ulm, the greater part is thought to march against Kehl. September 7. The surrender of the Dutch fleet to the English [the particulars of which were given in yesterday’s paper,] has since been confirmed. In our haste to make known this formidable achievement, we errene ouflly stated the number of guns found in die Dutch arsenal to be 75 instead of 95. The English troops in landing laboured under all the disadvantages of lea licktels, ■ ft or my gales, a very high furf, and an in . cedant fire from the Batavian troops—not withstanding, in less than four hours time, the debarkation was completely effc&ed, to the number of 12,000 men, who were obliged to fight their way inch by inch. The courage, perseverance and bravery, of both foidiers and tailors was never more conspicuous; and tiie magnanimity of their leaders is amply teftified by the glorious (yet to be lamented) death of two chief officers, who fell in leading their troops to conquest, one on the right and the other on the left of the commander, with whom they had just been conversing, We are also extremely sorry to learn, that most of the wounded officers are among the highest in command. The brave troops in Italy, Switzerland, and on the borders of the Rhine, now fighting in the fame cause, will, no doubt, be pleased to hear of the exploits of their Englifli fellow heroes in Holland, and the mutual successes cannot but inspire an ar dor that will speedily set aside every obsta cle in the way of what has been so long looked for—a general peace. Capt. Smith, of the navy, who arrived on Thursday evening, and who left the Texel soon after Capt. Winthorpe; re ports, that the Englifli forces now in Hol land amount to near 24,000 men. The Ruffian expedition which left Eli fitiore on the 23d ult. had not arrived when capt. Winthorpe and Smith left the Texel. It may in all probability be detained some time longer by the contrary winds which have hitherto impeded it; however, the Ruffians on their arrival will be agreeably surprised to find their way paved by the gallantry of the Englifli troops. The Dutch papers which arrived this day, mention nothing of the surrender of the fleet. Accounts from Alkamaer, of the 2d inst. state the armies to be then in the fame positions. Private letters fay, that the Dutch troops go over to the Englifli, in parties of from 50 to roo men. Defeat of the French at Novi. VIENNA, August 28. . The day before yesterday, capt. Lang arrived here, with a full account of the battle of Novi, which was this day com municated to the public in a supplement extraordinary to the Court Gazette. The following are the most interesting particu lars, which were not contained in the firft account. “ The enemy’s army consisted of about 45,000 men. It was at firft resolved not to oppose their advancing into the plains; but to prevent disagreeable consequences, and placing the most unlimited confidence in the valour of his troops, field marftial Suwarrow was induced to attack the ene my in their position, which, however, as appeared already from the firft accounts, cost the lives of a great number of brave men, but was in the end attended by the happiest success, General Melas taking pofleffion of the heights of Novi, decided the viftory. “ This happy event caused such con sternation among the enemy, that after (hewing the most resolute firmnefs during the whole day, they now fled precipitately 1 towards the road of Ovado, and gen. Kray ! continued the attack with so much advan tage, and manoeuvred so (kilfully against the enemy’s rear, that he took 2000 prison ers, among whom was the general of divi sion Colli, besides several pieces of can non and ammunition waggons. “ The enemy’s loss consists at lead in 3000 killed, 4oooprifoners, and upwards of 4000 wounded. Among the prisoners are the two Generals of division Grouch and ' Ferignon, and the general of brigade Colli 1 and Bardon. The General in chief Jou bert was wounded at the commencement of the battle and died of his wounds at Novi. The general of the enemy who were made prisoners, unanimouflv state, that their loss consists, upon the whole in 18,000 men, and that their wounded were dreadfully mangled by our well dire&ed , grape-lhot fire. “ Our loss in killed consist in 13 officers and 889 privates; wounded, 10 ftaff and , 151 commissioned officers, and 3636 pri r vates; prisoners and miffing, besides gene , ral Lufignan, 24 officers and 1320 privates, [ of which latter, however, only 700, who [ were separated from the army during the . battle, are now mostly returned to their , regiments. i “ At the departure of the courier, the accounts of the loss of the Ruffians were f not complete. The Ruffian general Ti . chuwparow is among the wounded. > “ Words cannot be found to express fufficiently the merits and intrepidity of the Austrian and Ruffian troops: every : individual that (hared the events of this ev ■ cr memorable day ; may claim immortal 1 glory and general esteem. 1 “ Some Imperial generals, ftaff. and offi cers, are particularly noticed. The gene -1 ral of Aitillery, Baron Kray, who has so much distinguished himfelf in this brilliant 1 campaign, and the two field marlhals lieu , tenant Bsllegard and Ott, have principally - contributed to his victory by their (kilful manoeuvres. Field marffial, liemen** Frobilic signalized himfelf by his Uni{., r magnanimity. Major general Zach hr given most effectual affi(lance, in arrant-;,, the a;tt3ck. Field marshal lieut. PrTnce Lichienftein, though the ground would not allow cavalry to be properly cmp'lov ed, did every thing in his power to harrai'j on his retreat, &c. “ In the night from the 15th to the 16th the enemy confirmed their retreat towards Genoa, and the division of gen. St. C\r took pofleffion of the Red Mountain ami the heights which command the roads of Gavi, to cover their retreat. “ On the arrival of major-general Ka raezy, who was ordered to purlue the ene my, we had taken 36 pieces of cannon and 200 ammunition waggons. “ Thus ended a battle, which was car ried on from three o’clock in the mornin* till late at night with the most unexampled bravery of the troops on both sides,- and the victory gained by the allies become merely valuable, when it is confideredthat according to advices received at the head quarters of the army, from field-marfhal lieut. count Haddick, who is stationed with a body of troops in the neighborhood of Acafta, the enemy, in combination with their proceedings at Novi, on the 14th, after forcing our position near Rof wald, attacked our whole line in the Up per Valais, in three different points at the fame time, with superior force, and repul sed our troops notwithstanding the most obstinate resistance, and forced colonel Straunch to retreat towards Ponte Tereza, and colonel prince Viftor Rohan to quit his position on Mount Simplon, and re treat towards Warze. “To make the neceflary arrangements f'uccefsful to meet every thing that might happen, field marshal Suwarrow thought proper to encamp his army, on the 9th, near St. Feliciado, and to perfue his march to Afti on the 20th and to order general Baron Kray, with a body of troops to Vi genate, to proceed as circumstances would require, either towards Varga or Ponte Tereza. “ According to further accounts, dated August 20, general Kaim reports, that captain Cawenffa, of the 3th regiment huf iars, attacked the enemy near Meximo and Bageafeo, and drove them from that poll with loss. “JThouglrthe rocky ground in some de gree retards the operation of the besieging army before Tortona, they have however succeeded, in the night from the 13th to the 16th, to furnifh the batteries erefted a gainftthe bastions of Mafetti, with the ne ceflary artillery, and on the following days, the third parallel was begun, though it is attended with great difficulties.” TAKING of HOLLAND. HAMBURG, September 5. We have this moment received the fol lowing particulars refpedting the surren der of the Dutch Fleet, the truth of which we can warrant to our readers, although they are not copied from any official docu ments. The firft division of the Brit’fh arma ment having cast anchor off the Texel on the 22d of August, went to sea again on the 23d on account of very heavy gales of wind, during which one gun boat was loft, and a Ruffian man of war driven on ftiore, but without receiving any damage. On Monday the 26th of August the fleet came to anchor again, off Ruikdown, and the troops were landed on the 27th, at four , o’clock in the morning. The Dutch made a most formidable op position, so much so, that during the con flitt, about 460 English were killed and wounded, among whom were 30 officers; and we are sorry to fay, that Col. Smollet of the guards, and Col. Hay, chief engin eer, were killed. General fir James Pulte ney, second in command, Colonels Hope, Graham, Macdonald, &c. wounded. The Dutch loft about 1600 men, among whom was one colonel; the Dutch find ing that the English were determined to carry their point, at all hazards, abandon ed the Helder after spiking their guns. They had maintained their ground with great courage, until the English troops ob tained pofleffion of the two heights, which were the chief aim of their resolute at tack. The English fleet entered into the Tex el on the 29th ult. when Admiral Mitch ell sent the following summons to Admi ral Story : On board the Iris, under fail, in line of battle , Aug. 29’ Sir, I desire you’ll-instantly hoist thff flag of his Serene highness the Prince of Orange. If you do so, you will immedi ately be considered as the friend of the king of Great-Britain, my most gracious sovereign ; otherwise you will be made an fvverable for the consequences. Painfa* will it be to me for the bloodshed it occasion, but the guilt w ill fall on )' oUf own head. MITCHELL.