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LA IT. FOREIGN N£WS.
LONDON, April . 14.
I etters jeccivcd in town yes
terday per the Lifhon mail Hate,
that a truce has been agreed to
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between Spain arid Portugal, for
a term of four months. The
commercial intercourse between
the two countries is to be placed
on the Same Sooting as before the
war.
An article from Amfferdam
Hates, that accounts have been
received, that the expedition
under admiral Rainier againil
Batavia had failed j and that this
colony was in a good Hate.
■ April 15.
The report of the death of
the emperor of Ruffia, which
we mentioned in our paper of
ycHerday, proves to be well
founded ; but So many false
hoods have been circulated ref
pedling the Sate cf his majelty,
we at firH received it with Sus
picion. It appears that on the
23d ultimo, his imperial majeS
ty went to rcH as ufual, and next
morning was found lifclefs in
his bed; having died as it is
given our, in an apoplectic fit ;
but as it is fufpeclcd, by violent
means. Some Say poiicn.—He
had diigufted or affronted all his
nobles and officers, caking them
into favour one day, and difgrac
irig them the next. 11 is tyran
ny had left him no friends ; he
was univerTally hared ; every
individual was afraid cf becom
ing the vidtim of his caprice.
The hiHory and practice of
Kuilian court pointed out his
fare ; he himfclf dreaded ir, and
Seldom Slept twice in the fame
room. The prefect event was
forefeen, and predicted by per
sons in this country, the beH in
formed on R uffian affairs.
II is eldeff Son Alexander, was
immediately proclaimed emper
or; and he commenced his
reign by, tiling a ukafe, or pro
clamation, which was read on
change, announcing, “ that as
it had plealed God to take his
father, who had died in an apo
pie die fit, the government de
volved on him ; that he would
rule with Suffice, anti follow the
maxims of his illuffrious grand
mother, by which means he
hoped to condud his people to
happinefs and glory.”
Among the Heps, the new
emperor, Alexander, di (patched
a meffengcr to count Woronzow
in this country, re-appointing
him ambaflador from Ruffia.
i he meffengcr came over in the
Dolphin packet, capt. Ilearne,
(without a mail) and arrived in
] ondon about eight o’clock on
Monday night. His difpatchcs
were delivered to the chaplain
of the Ruffian Legation, in Har
ley-ffreet, and an exprefs was
immediately lent off'to count
Woronzow, at Southampton.
The meffenger brought a letter
from M. Vander Pahlen, the
Ruffian Secretary of Hate, to
lord Hawke (bury, our minifler
S>r foreign affairs, acquainting
him with the event, and affuring
hi l n it was the wifli of the em
peror to re-eflabiilh tl\e rela
tions of amity between Ruffia
and England, A letter was alfo
brought, written by the emt.er- j
or Alexander iiimlelf to oir
king, full cf the meff conciliatory
cxpreffions. Mr. Shairpe, our
kic ccnful in Ruffia, but now in
Condon, is Said to have received
paffports, and to have been in
treated to return immediately.
The Britiffi teamen have been
let ac liberty by the new emper
or, and the SequeHradon taken
off BiitiHi property including I
(hips. In conl'equence of this !
iniclligencc, merchants, who a 1
week ago would have fold their |
property in Ruffia for 10 per
cent, yefrerday refuted 50; the
gicatcft joy prevailed in the
mercantile world. No happier
event could have occurred lor it
than the death of Paul. The
tends rote nearly two per cent,
and the fpeccly diffolution of the
northern confederacy was re
garded as certain.
April 22.
This morning w r e again re
ceived Paris Journals. They
come down one day later than
tliote wc announced vefferdav.
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Them contents are moH inter
effing, but we hope will not re
ceive confirmation. The official
paper is not among thofe w r e
have received, and until it fhall
arrive, or advices from our own
commanders, wc fhall not be
able to determine what degree
(if credit is due to the non-offi
cial journals of the iSthinHant,
which Hate, that on the 20th of
March, the French in Egypt,
commanded by Menou in per
fon, attacked and defeated gen.
Abercrombie’s army, killed
3000 in/l prifoucio,
and among the latter general
Abercrombie himfclf. One of
the accounts is from Malta, the
other comes byway of Naples
and Milan. Refpedting the lat
ter, it may be obterved, that if
there is no miHake in the dates,
the news muff have reached Na
ples in teven or eight days from
Egypt, for it would take about
three days to travel from Naples
to Milan. But on the whole,
there was Sufficient time for the
intelligence by one rout or other
to reach Paris. We cannot be
long without a knowledge of the
real Hate of matters in that coun
try. V
PARIS, April 17.
I etters received from Malta
affert, that general Affiercrom
bie, attacked at the fame time
by the garrifon of Alexandria,
and by general Mcnou in perfon,
with more than 10,coo men,
and 30 pieces of artillery, has
been completely routed. Ac
cording to thete letters, 3000
Englifh remained on the field
of battle, and roo cut off by the
French cavalry, were made pri
foners. General Abercrombie
is among the latter. This bat
tle is Said to have taken place
on the 20th of March.
I lAMBI RGH, April 3.
'1 he following notification has
been poked up at the exchange :
“ \s herras his majeHy the
king of Denmark and Norway
lias found it nectffaiy for ftop
pirg the Engliffi navigation and
trade on the Elbe, to rake pof
ftffion, foj' a time, cf the free
and imperial city of Hamburgh,
by the troops cf his highnds.
I field rnarfhal prince CLarles?,
j Landgrave of licffc, and has
I required, that from the iirft cf
| April, an embargo Hi all attach
on all Englilh property, whe
ther Ibips, commodities, or any
other iit is hereby required by
cqnfcnt of the council and citi
zens, that all perfons fhali de
tain fuch property, and notice
will immediately be given to all
merchants, captains, dee. of the
time, place, and manner in
which it frail be given up.
Given in council, April 3, 1801.
April 10.
Mr. Pitcairn, the American
conful, has protefled againft
pulling up the buoys in the Elbe,
and declares, that Ire confidcrs
the Danifh government accoim
table for every iols which Ame
rican llrips may in fain in confe
quence. This ipirked applica
tion, has, it is find, had lire de
fied effect.
ELS IN EUR, April 7.
Our government has lent to
admiral Ndlon us ultimatum
with rcfpect to the propofols he
has made, which, as we arc af
fured, is, that Denmark will
never recede from the conven
tion of neutrality, and if this
mull be a condition cf peace,
lord Nelfbn may recommence
hoftilitics as foon a he pieafes;
Denmark will defend hcrfelf to
the lad extremity.
Perfons who have returned
from the Bridfh fleet fay, it is
impofiibie to deferibe how
much ir is damaged; ours does
not make a better appearance,
liut againft fuch a fupenorlty ! !
Ydlerday a Swcdifi officer
arrived here from Landfcrona,
who brought to our command
ant a quantity of papers, found
on board an Englilh boat on the
Swedifh coall; they belong to
admiral Nelfon himfelf. Ills
journal to the fill of April is
among them.
This morning about fix o'-
clock an Englilh cutter brig,
with a flag of truce from the
Englilh fleet, failed from the
Sound.
NEW-YORK, May 20.
The fhip Suffolk arrived at
this port lad evening in 2 6 days
fi;om London, with advices to
the 18th April, inclufive, of
which the moll important arti
cles are prefented to the readers
of the Mercantile Advertifer in
the preceding columns, from
London papers received at this
office.
They announce among ether
events of confldcrable conic
quence, the death of the emper
or Paul of Ruflla ; the padage
of the Sound by the Britilh fleet,
and the dedrudion of the arm
ed veffcls at Copenhagen : the
pofielfion ol Hanover by Prulfia
and of Hamburgh by Denmark.
Dcnijh account cf the late En
gagement.
COPEN HAGEN, April 7.
The following is the official
account given of the naval en
gagement of the 2d indant, by
Olfert Fifcher, the Danifh com
mander in chief, and addreffed
to his royal highnefs the Crown
Prince.
On die flrd of April, at half i
{-aft 3 o'clock in the afternoon,
two ciivifions of me Bntiih licet
under vice admiral Nelfon and
a rear admiral, weighed anchor
proceeded eaftward towards the
middle ground, and fhordy call
anchor again fouth of the fame.
This force confided of twelve
flips of the line, leveral large
frigates, bomb and other veffeis
making in all thirty-one fail*
On the 2d of Apnl, about nine
in the morning, the winds. E.
thefe fliips, as well as thole lyinu
north of the middle ground urn
der the command of admiral
Parker, weighed anchor. The
Ihips of the line and heavy fri
gates under the command of
I vice admiral Nelfon, drew up
I towards the king’s deep, in or
| der to take their flation fuccef
-1 fivtly near the place which I
was intruded to defend. The
bombarding and fmaller veflels
took their flation near the town ■,
and the divifion of admiral Par
ker, confiding of eight Ihips of
the line and icvcral fmaller vei
fcls, cruized \mn the utmofl
prcls of fail towards the fouth,
to the right wing of the defence.
At half pad ten o’clock, the
northermoft fliip of admiral
Nelfon’s divifion pafled thole
1 of ours, which lay mod to the
fouth. I gave that fhip which
was within fhot the fignal fur
battle. The guard ihips, Pro
vefleen and Wagrien, and fhort
-1 ly after the Jutland (between
which and the guard fliip Dan
nebrog, the lirfl Englilh fhip
being 74 guns, kept itfelf fad
by means of an anchor) obeyed
the fignal by a well directed
and well fupported fire. The
remainder of the (hips then
came up, and feme of them
having failed in front of the
ihips that tuft caft anchor and
others behind them, they form
ed a dole line ; which, as it ex
tended only north of the line of
battle fhip Zeeland, engaged
only two thirds of the force en
trufted to me. There being ho
fire from the Three Crown bat
teries, nor from the fhip Ele
phant or Mars, and very litiie
liom the frigate Hielpcnen.
In hall 211 hour after the
engagement became general.
Twelve line of battle fliips, of
which one was of 80 guns, and
a)moil all the reft of 74, and
from fix to eight frigates were
on one fide. On the other fide
were feven guard fliips, one ot
which only of 74 guns, the reft
of 64 and under, two frigates,
and fix fmaller veftels. The
enemy had every where two
fliips for one of ours, and the
guard fhip Provefteen, had, be
sides the rear admiral and a ihip
of the line, two f.igates againft
her, which were raking her from
ftem to ftern, without her being
able to return a fhot.
Were I only to relate, in the
manner of an hiftory, what your
royal highnefs lias feen, as well
as the city of Denmark, and of
Europe, that this which I call
an unequal contert, was main
tained with unexampled braver/
for the fnace of four hours and
a half i that the fire of the pow
er engaged with us was already
fo exhaufted, that feveral of the
Englifh Ihips, and among the
reft that of admiral Nelfon, fir