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CONSTANTINOPLE, November 25.
ACCORDING to the last accounts from Egypt Buo
nSoarte is still living, and occupies his intrenched
•amo near CV.ro with a final! body of troops; but be is in
a very critical fixation, as he is in want of every kind
of necessary, and is cut off from any communication with
ether places. . . , . ,
• As he is however strongly intrenched in a very advan
tageous polition, the Arab Chiefs, who have surrounded
L® on every fide within the dtfhnce of a cannon lhot, : have
Befelved not to attack him in his trenches till the Rum m
L_,i T ur kifli artillery Dull arrine. According to advices
leceived this day this artillery, together with a strong re-’
fta forcemeat of troops, has already; been Ended m Egypt,
t According to feme accounts Buonaparte Ims retired to
feamiciw, Where there is a French garrilblr of icvcrrd
■houfand men, but as the communication between Akx
pndria, Rofttta, and Cairo, is cut ell, it is hot probable
■bat he can remain there long. .
% December 3. The Porte lias this day communicated
Hj a JI the Foreign Min.ftersthe contents of official dilpatdits
Bceived from Abouk r.
JB The French, ihiiM lately after their Lin mg m Aboukir,
Rested a fort, wliiuii they funmhed with heavy artillery,
(artly to defend their flapping, partly to maintain a cem-
Kunication with the lea for their land forces, and partly
E, prevent a iandmg from the llitjis ot tlv 1* ciM-tir. io
■rive the French from this port the Eng’ifli Commodore,
feood, who kept the harbor of Alexandria blocked up, de
tached fora*. Turhidi gun boats, which faskarify attack *d
Ehe fort, and obliged the French to abandon it. Commo-
C 0 re Hood then took potTeltion of the f rt, and landed fe
ireral thousand troops which had be-n sent by the Pacha
Ls Rhodes. These troops, alter having comp* lied the
Rprench to retreat, took such a poll ion as cut off the com
munication of the French between Alexandria, Rosetta,
§n i Cairo. The litttation of Buonap ;r eis by this rendered
Extremely critical. He has retired from Cairo near to
Alexandria, ?.s lie is in want of proviiions and uiimiunliioon,
Eli mceffantly attacked by the Arabs.
■ Paris , December 17.
letter from Gen. Gftampionet to the Executive Dhefbry.
I Citizen Dirc& rs,
■ Sin e the actions of Temi and of Fcrmo I have
Eery day expected to be attacked by the Neapolitans, and
■ was much lurprizei at their inactivity; but they employed
But time in collecting then- lc uttered troops, and in moving
Bq fjjy righr. In tact, Gen. Macdonald was ,tt .cited yel-
Eriay in Ins caunp at Civ it a Cafteliurta by five columns
Bom Bacano. Ihe f'rce of the enemy amounted to
■O,OOO men. Gen. Macdonald, surrounded on all. tides.
Blplayed the greitteft talents; he received the attack w.th
■e molt diftmgUiftiei courage, and by his fkilf.il difpofiti-
Bns disconcerted the projects of the enemy. Gen. Kelier-
Han, who commanled the advanced guaid, and who was
Haced before Nepi, was att.c. ed by the fird column,
Bhich came from Monteroli, and who prelLd on with vi-
Bor. That General only had with him three Squadrons cf
Be 19th regiment of- itorfe chuffeurs, two pieces of light
Htiilery, the third battalion cf the 15th light infantry, ani
He firil battalion of the nth. Tl is handful of brave men
Ht the column of the enemy to rout, which amounted to
800 men, killed or wounded 400 of their men, took 15
Heces of cantvn cf all l'ues, 30 ammunition waggons, and
pritbners, of whom 50 were officers, feme of them
i'ujxnor ran , co'ors. (fen lulls, 8 or 900 horses or
Hides, the military died, 3000 muskets, their baggage,
H> i camp equipage. He puifu J them to Menu rod, where’
■e foMiers nudy iiamenie booty. The talen.s and bravery
Gen. Kelleamn are too well known to rtquire any
1 appointed on the field of battle Brn, who was
of a squadron, to be chief of brigade of the 19th re-
ot horse chalSeurs, who by his fk.li very fuccetsfuily
Gen. Kellerman. I beg of you, Citizen Dired-
to confirm this appointment, as Citizen Humbert, who
|Hu mantled that regiment, died at Rome on the day we
it. Lahur, chief of brigade, commanding the 15th
IBf - infantry, prevented the ltcond column of the enemy
|B’ ,n penetrating by Eigne .-.no. by which following the
road to Rome, they wanted to pass. The enemy loft
H° hones. The third column was defeated by thg Polifli
Kniazovets at thomc.immt when they were advanc
■P'to G y Fabnca to Santa Marie di Falavi. This brave of
at head of hs h.gion, of the Roman legion of
2d and 3d battalions ct ti c 30th regiment of ti e line,
squadrons cf the 16th r* gin tent of dragoons, a ccm-
of the 19th horse chaffiruvs. and with three fnrall
artillery, took from the \ nun v 8 pieces of can-
J S ammunition waggons, and 5 c prifiniers, among
weic two superior officers. Night put an end to the
in which it appeared that the enemy had Est a
ni3ny men. The Rcr.rn legit n, which was fort! e
a^'cn ’ Slaved p, 1 i'.-ffi ty well. The result of
gjHday was, that 23 feces cl cannon of French c.l bre,
waggons, 8 or npo horses or nru 1 . s, 52
io jo pri.oners, fland.ocs, colors, the n.ilit ry
Hb| • ave wen tAen. On cur line the loss was 30
and 60 wounded.
and refpeeft. * (Eignod)
3. i hree Amtrrx.i;s \ ere yefierelay t.r.lud
iCnt to the Temple.
ry 26 Gn. Berthicr, \v r th Pucnaparte’sypunvcPi
; J 4rr v *d in C Tic 1. Ik ec nus t co Tort nu- -
*' le Diredtorv. ..nonavartc ii..l u.,n.aas aulhr
H' 1 F.gypfc
JjH*">%t* 1 1 y.L D..cufficr. ;e-
THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1799.
ceived at Berlin by way tff Belgrade, state, that the Pacha
of Syria had come to a clof/action with Buonapaire, which
had been bloody, but not de ifivc. The French found
theuifelves wholly hemmed in. The Porte expvcßed a
more decilive success when tlie troops of Syria rcac.ied
their destination.
i’he Ruffian troops are in full march so Moravia.
* By letters from Florence of the 9th of January it is ft it
ed, that the French and Neapolitan armies were still in
presence of one an ther, under tac walls of Gapna, on the
7th of that month. All engagement was a;xpy4fted, and
the 1 flue was not confl iered as ddu ts 1!. The Fifc'ivh were
regarded as m .fters of Naples. According to ail reports
tiiat city was in the greatest agitation. The English had
1‘ iked ait the cannon which tlffiv ccr-uld not caity cm .board
tiietr flaps. Lord Nelibkid-eiffW---e lin his own -iMp-the
King and ail ais family and iuite, of whom Adlon
a par .
Lerers from Leghorn of Janifw rtth state, that by
advices from Palermo, received therein four davs lr m the
I -cter place, the King and Queen of Naples and all their
f ate had reached Palermo on the 25th of December, after
a very dreadful storm. The Vanguard had onl y her lower
mails funding upon reaching the harbor. One of tlie King’s
children cf 6 or 7 years of age is laid to have died in the
paifage. Prince Pigiutelli remained at Naples, to hold the
reins abandoned by the Government.
The famous pals ige of the Fail of the Eiche, which the
■Grand Duke of Tuicany had caused to be fortified at a great
z expeuce, na* Uen by his order given up to tlie F*“eh
troops’.
Nipper Tandy and Blackwell. are still in custody at
Hdmburgh.
An Aid de Gamp from G n. Mack has arrived at Vi
enna ailguiled as a courier. He was the bearer of dispatches
whicii he Ueiivered to the Emperor in peifon.
It appears by an article from Fl- renceof the 6th January
th.,t the Neapolitans evacuated Leghorn two days before,
that was on tlie 4th.
It is laid mat opain is making great preparations for war,
and that Ihe is meditating an expedition to retake the ill md
of Minorca, of which the Engiilh made themlllves matters
at tiie expeiKe of a few ihot. i'te Tnnce of Wales packet,
which failed from 1 .onion die 15th Nivofe, carried out an
order to Lord St. Vincent, off G Jiz, to detach two lliips
of the line to join Gen. Stuart. Dupatches alio ftut
to Gibraltar. . . ■
lc is laid in that theft, difpa’ches proliaoly relawd
to an expedition againtt Majorca, file facility with which
they took Minorca makes mem coil .eive the hope of ealily
taung the 6me:.
Tiie garrilon of Mantua Ins received a reinforcement
of 3000 PiedtliontcTc, and tint of Brel’cia has aitb received
an addition of 2000 tr ops from the lame country.
it is laid mat the Goinm n lant of Ehrenbreitftein has
called for iiuxors botli from the Emperor aud the King
of Pruilia, aid that both the one and the other have ima
that they cannot alint him. Ihe g anion make daily signals,
which are cxdieved to be iig ials of extreme distress.
The l ift letters from Naples imke no mention of our
troops having entered tli.t city. A detachment from the
Euglilh fleet iu/e, it is iaii, burned ali the fliips in the
huoor, and it is adatd have orders to bombard the place
whenever it ihali fall into tiie hands of the French.
The capture of Mai .a b the Engiilh is frilly eontradi tied
by the 1 ait letters from that quarter.
idle following iet era are given in the Clef du Cabinet*
Headquarters at Capua, December 31, 1 79 8.
Copy of a ie-kw-r from Gen. Mack to the Coalmanin
chief, Championeu
Gencr l ,
I have received from our Government an order to.-prn
pofe to you an arniillice, in older to afford the troops ofthe
two armies lonie repiie in this inclement ieafon, and after
the fatigues wnieh their coil’ inued marches, together with
the expend.e to continual ram and snow, have occalioned
tlietn. .. .
if this propofi ion be agreeable to you the bearer ofthe
prelent letter, my Adjutant Ge.nerJ, Pignatclii, is autho
rized to treat with tlie pafon whom you may appoint for
that purpote, aud to conclude it in a limited or unlimited
manlier. i
I am, with eftcem. (Signed) Mdck.
Reply of Gen* Gharnpionet.
St. Germatn, ‘January 1, 1799.
I have received. Goner i. your proportion c f anarmff
tice, trie motives which are Rated to originate in humanity,
and to be the rain, the liimv, an t the -b idntfs of thexvays.
But the army has, with its accufbmed patience, over
come all these d.fficul tics, and tiie cap ure of Naples is all
tliat now remains to be effected. I am on mv march to
accompli sh this, and t; obey the ord. rs of my G- vemment,
which, after your declaration of war by found of camion,
has comniiuioned me to punilli tr.e insult.
I am lorry on my own account that my inftrudlions en
join me to reject your propoiition.
(digued) GHAMFroNET.
London , January 2. Tlie Kiftg of Sardinia has
cnlv bee 11 able to lecure his personal lafety by renouncing
his Sovereignty and rdeaiing his f bjc&slroin their oath of
allegiance. This Pr.nce quitted Turiiwin the 9th ult. and
repaired to Saruuiia. .
‘January 1 y Oivtlic icth_ult the Emperor of Rnflia
was mlialled Grand Maft'-r o*’Malta with tiie ul'ual solem
nity at Peterffiurgh.
j urinary 2 2. We iLU Oft dW Wost CCruin authority,
(4 dollars per arm.)
that the Court of Spain has categoric dly n fufed tle sc
mand made by tfre Direittorv for ti e passage of an army of
80,000 infantry and 6200 cav Iry destined aga nft Portu
gal. It is txpeeled that this rttufal will produ e a total
change of ima ures on the partef ti e Spanilh Grvej nment.
January *B. On Saturday evening Lieut. Weft in,
of the navy, arrived at the AJmi. altv wit!, difpatc es frna
Lord Nelson and Lord St. Vincent,’ wi h were brought
to England in the RTolution lugger. W'* arc much con
cerned to Rate tfcarhe is theEearercf inpleafint
news.
t fie accounts that Have la'tely been received tbreng’-f
the Paris jouimil*, pefpetftmg the l-.tfs ftift ineT by tbe
troops of iiis NeaprLtan are ! ut ’■or* well
firmed by-the.advi.es received from Lord Nelfnm which
Vtae-daied. *b:rt the i6cith. these -W
leant,’ that, >ffcer a fries cf continued and i.ift,s, whkb
Gen. Mack attributes co the cowardice ;nd treachery of
the Nci olili n ticeps. nu.ny cf the fficcrs c,f wj ich ; c
fru’pt ded to have been bribed by the Or.my, .lit dd'p.iiifei
of being able to propel-the capital. It mor over appears,
it the troops immedia ely appointed for it* d-fence had
laid down their arms and difpenedi although, in point cf
numbers, they were still fiiperior to the enemy. Un.Er
theie cttfcniiraging circu nfhnces tlieir Ne-apoiitan M .jei-
Family, and about 6na perl'ons of the
were induced to f>r lhriter_oitb'> irLofir -
‘ll ups'of war lying in the Bay of Naples* The King and
Queen embarked on board toe Vanguard, of 74 gims,
comma-i ‘e! by Lord—Mellon, wlao proposed *0 rrnvey
them to P lermo in Sicily 7. It is not knov.n \vh t niHtiber
of Neapolitan troop- the King could collect to accompany
hi nto Sit i!j; but if they are n,o better than those he bar
left behind on the con.inent their numbers are not v .y
aiueriil.
.Tiie next advices are expetted to bring the n-ws of ■!'
city of Naples, which ranks as fee thi and in Euro, t for
riches and-jwbuiatmn, having been de v;re J m to the
pillage of the French fcildiery. After h .ving laid c | fe
country under contribution till it can pay no more, after
h ■ ving emptied every store, and carried oif every article of
valuable furniture and pi est u es, the Directory wi!M wft.
ling to fell the naked fed to the firft rogue that will treat
for the parchafe of it. .
Etcr/ man who feels a generous in lign ion againtt tbfe
violence and injuftice'of the French-wi 1 coinrn.d.rite.the
fate of the Kingof Naples It was well kn >wn in this coun
try, a*k well as at Naples, long before the Neapoliraft
troops marc lied into the Roman territories, that the 1
tory had determined to attach ss well as to feiae
on the dominions of his Sardinian Majrftv, for the pu,-
pose of deriving from theft ccnquetts tl e ir o ns cf ferr irg
on another canipaign, which tl tir own exhai itttd ccung y
couid not prllibly lirpply. The question then is, w l ct'.t,r,
under the certainty cf being attacked a fortnight fooneror
liter, it was not more bee ming the inagnmimi y of 1
great Prince to feck for f fety in the cqur gc of his troofts,
i ifpircd by Ids perfon.il presence, as lie ho- e l tlev would
he, rather th m wait the convenien e ofthe enemy to at
tack him. We admire the refelution and firmnefs of the
King cf Naples while we deplore his misfortunes* If blame
attaches any where it fad* on the heads of tbofe Sove
reigns whose apathy and indeciiEn will lead them to ex
perience a fimil r and niore iuttly merited fate jicreaftc*.
We are’ferry to lay that to the present moment we fee no’
certain i’ymptoms of combined operations,on the continent
to counteract the progress of French aggran dizem. nt.
January 20. The Dublin n ail of yefterdav Ucught
over the dccifion of the Houle of Commons (f Ireland on
the question of un address t 7 ’ the lord Lieutenant, cti
which ti c Ploufe was Ir ft debating rn Thurlday night.
The par. g iph objected to was that which exprcfTed a
retdinefe to eopfiier the means of permanently
ti e two countries, and it gave rife to a debate whichlafted
till 7 o’clok tfe next morning, when on a divific.n there
were for this paragraph-i-ayes iofi—nays 111—including
tellers—majority ag drift Government 5.
February 2. EaHy this morning we r ceived, by ex.
press, Paris journals fe the 27th ult. which howe er do not
contain a great deal .that is"v tv important.
,'l’hev.e is a in different Vehicles from Germany of the
movemtnt of troop*, but it dogs not ap/ear that the. Eh -
peror had eritertained any Fcriqus design of succoring the
un&rtunate King of Naples, who, with his family anl
suite. reached Palermo in ti e Vanguard, Lord Nolfon’s
fb g ttifp, on the 25th December.’
1 he Neapolitan .'.rrriy, according to the last advices lit
these papers, w:*s ftitt at Capua, but the French were under
its walls, and the itful: of anotLer engagement, if t! e
Neapolitan? Rood me, was tixpefted to he, that the French
would be matters cf Naples. It seems probable that every
thing of value had been carried off from Naples on boar 4
tlie tleetr. < -
The Court of Berlin is ftrted to have taken feme aettivw
meafu-es for the reinforcement of its army, which was con*
lidered as indicative of boiiile meaiurts against France.
We ytfterday stopped the prtfs to inltrt a pa-ragraphj
Rating the receipt of a French journal of the 22d uiu the
only one tht nin town. Complete sets did not reach us t I
after midnight. We are concerned to ft.te, m the an*
thoi itv of these journals, the death of Prince Fre lericlc
of Orange, a moft amiable and pmmifii g y oung man.
Du&iin. December 15. letters from C< k Dklttka
that a union of this kingfom .with Great Britain is fprokir*
cf there in vtryvdcftrabic terms, as beneficial JTuU wwum!
accrue from low si uitauue to chat city*