\ (flrajette. THURSDAY KVENING, MARCH ti Yesterday arrived, and fired a salute, the armed ship Manchester, of 20 guns, 72 days from London. N By this ship, we have received " The Old Englilhman & Anti Jacobin Ex aminer" and "Lloyd's Evening Post," to December j muf * hate been forwarded by Island, his Sicilian Majesty's colours hoisted, cx P re / 3 t0 Calait.- The treaty with the and he acknowledged their lawful Sovereign. Empire, however, can have but little effeft I embarked yesterday all the French offi- on conduft of the leading poweres, and cers and men who were on the island ef Go- 38 '' u ' e influence on the operations of the za, amounting to 217. w * r - It has probably 'heen concluded by I inclose the Articles of Capitulation, and l hc French, independently of their grand ob an inventory of the arms and ammunition j e & sowing dilfenfions between the Pro found in the Castle, part of which I direfVed ccs °* Empire and their Chief, and of to be lent to the ailiflance of the Maltese, violating the Germanic Constitution, for the who are in arms asainft the French. There purpose of enabling 1 hem to contrad their were 3,200 sacks of corn in the Castle, which line "f attack, and to direst their principal will be a great relief to the inhabitants, who j force againftTtaly. One think is certalu, ire much in want of that article. 1 that they will only observe it until it,.fhall I have the honor to be, he. ALEX. JOHN BALL. Rear-Admiral Sir Horatia Nelson. ARTCILES OF CAPITULATION, Between Alexander John Ball, Esq. Cap tain of his Britauic Majefty't (hip Alex ander, appointed to conduct the blockade of Malta, under R ar-Admiral Sir Ho ratio Nelson, K. B. on the part of Great- Britain, Lieutenant-Colonel Lochey, Auj. de Batt. ( ommander of the French troops in the Castle of Goza. I. The French troops (hall march out of the Castle of Goza, with the honors of war, and (hall lay down their arms as they get out of the gate, II- The Castle of Goza, with all the mi litary implements and ftoccs (hall be deliver ed up to the Britifn Officers appointed to take charge of them. 111. tt* French Officers and troopi fliall be proteded in their persons and effefls and the Officers allowed to retain their fide arms ; they (hall be embarked immediately on board his Britannic Majefty'* (hips, and sent ta France in tranfporta, at the expencc of the French Government.—They are not toferve against bis Britannic Majesty, or his Allies, during the war, until regularly ex changed. Rear Admiral fir Horatio Nelftm, K. B. has entered into articles with the inhabitants of Goza, that if the French surrender to the Britiih, thev fliall be considered as under their proteaiou, and they will not offer them the smallest insult or molestation. Signed, Oft. aB, 1798. ALEX. JOHN BALL, captain of his Britannic Majesty's (hip Alexander, Approved—Horatio Nelson, Lochey, Auj. de Battalion. Extract of articles found in the Castle of Go za, the zitb October, 1798. 50 barrels of powder 9000 ball catridges 1000 muftet cartridges without ball 1700 flints 38 eighteen pound catridges, filled 140 twelve pound ditto 450 fix pound ditto 268 four pound diito 25 three pound ditto 88 two pound ditto 18 18 pounder gun, good, and 200 shot 2 12 pounder gun, good, and 900 shot 4 6 pounder gun, good, and 2935 fliot 400 hand grenades, filled 90 pikes, and 90 halberts 3200 sacks of corn. N. B. No small arms, except those laid down by the French troops. ADMTRA.L'I Y-OFFICE, Dec. 25. Copy of a Letter from captain Keats, of hi) Majesty's ship tie Boadicea, to Vice-A.d mircl Sir Alton Gardner, Bart. BojDicea, at Sea, Dec. 9. I have the honor to inform you that a fliip privateer, named the Invincible Buonaparte, mounting 20 guns (12 and 18 pounders) with a crew of 170 men, of various nations quite new, 16 days from Bourdeaux, and never having made any was this day taken by his Majesty's (hip Boadicea. I have th# honor to be, See. R. G. KEATS. Vice Adnttral Sir Alan Gardner, Bart. Copies of letters to the right honorable Lord Bridjbort, iT. B. Gambraik, at Sea, Dec. 8. Mr Lord—Eticlofed I have transmitted to y»ur Lordship a copy •{ my letter of this day's date, to Sir Harry Neale, Bart, cap tain of his Maje fly's ship St. Flsrenio. I am, Sir, Bcc. Camsrain, at Sea, Dd if all difference! of opi nion now difapoear, and all wilhes unite, and the legislative body will fecoml bv all means in its power, th« efforts the gov ernment, the proje&s of the enemies of ihe Republic will be agiin confounded, and'the ' triumph of liberty will be forever secured. j " The Executive Dire£tory proposes ta you formally to declare war against the king of Naples and the king of Sardinia." Copy of the reply of General Mack to Ge neral Champiorct, d«ued November 24., 1 798- " Citizen General, « I declare to you, tljat of hu A. K. LEGGE. ' ' »■ > - ■ i \ ■ ■ , t . Sicilian Mfjefty, which I have the honour to command under his Majefly in pe son, yeftcrday passed the frontiers To take posses fion of the Roman territory, revolutionized and ufutptd ever since the peacs of Carnpo Formio, and never recognized and acknow ledged by his Sicilian Majefly, nor by his ally the Emperor and King. " I require that you /hould f without th? fmallefl delay, cauft all the French droops Rationed in the said Roman territory ,to re tir« acd to evacuate the places occupied by ibtm. '• The generals commanding the different columns of the troops of his Sicilian Ma jefly have the most positive orders not to re comneme hoflilities if the French troops shall retire on being ftimmoned so to do, but to employ force against all oppoficion. " I declare to you besides, citizen gen eral, that I shall consider it as an aft of hos tility if ever the French troops set foot on the'territory of the Grand DukeofTuf cany. " Expefting your answer, Sir, without the smallest delay, I expeft you will have the goodness to fend back Major Reifchach, whom I have the honour to dispatch to you, in four hours at fartheft after the, receipt of liny letter. u The reply ought to be positive and ca tegorical, both to the demand as to the e vacuation of the Roman State, and to that which require! the French troops never a gain to set foot on the Tuscan tetritory. " An anfwi-r in the negative will be con dered as a declaration of war, and his Si cilian raajefty will enforce arms, the just demands which I now make to you in his aame." After these pieces had been read, the Council of Five Hundred adopted a refolu tfon, that war should be declared against the kings of Naples and Sardinia. This resolution was immediately sent to the Council of Elders, which approved it, and palTcd it into a law. Both deliberations were adopted in a Se cret committee, agreeable to the 334 th ar ticle of (he Conflitutibn. -b TV 'real ftatc of the infurredlion in Nor* thampton' is not as yet afceitamed. 'The voluntary si frender of three individuals is no certain indication of a general difpofitiorr t® inbuilt to the laws ; and it ought to be remarked, that those three are of the number who at firft peaceably yielded to the process of the niarfliall. Ihe armed force who had the audacity to rescue the prlfoners from the cuft dv of the marshal, have not, it is be lieved, evinced any dfjofitlon to furreof'cr. Letter Bags at Coffee House '. ' Ship Asijj captihi Morgan, fiV London, to remain 8 days. lO® Ship Four FhieHds, captain Hath' atvay, for Belfast, to remain 5 days, lO™ Ship Srji) Hamburgh, captain Sigourds, fbr Hamburgh, to remain 10 days, march 21 City banting Ajfembly. THE subscribers are relpe&fully informed that the Aflemblies *re closed for the season, mirch it 4l3eto=2:|>eatre. THIS EVENING, March Uy WILL BE PRESENTED, A Comic Opera, calle4 The MOUNTAINEERS. To which will he added for the fccond time CONSTELLATION; Or, a wreath for American Tars. Drag, mr Warren ; Jack Heart-Oak, mr Ber nard; Buckram, rar Bliffett; Ift Sailor, mr Dar ky : id Sailor, mr Fmj 3d Sailor, mr Warrell. Mrs Drag, mr« Franeis; Nancy, miss jL'Ef trange. With a representation of the Chase and Ac tion between the Constellation and L'lnfurgente frigates. The whole to concßiae wjih an Appropriate Bal let—compoftdby Mr. Byrae, The jrindpalj by Mrs. Byrne, Mr. iijrrße, and Mx. Warreil, jun. S3 : *rx-isssi3Br';