VI iiit u jromgij kixtuizs LONDON, May i. The Somerict Provisional cavalry have vo luutecred to extend their furcrees to Ire land. Richard Cooper, Esq. Broaderer, has paid his fine of 4ool.._and 10 marks in tlie cham ber of London, t > he exempted from serving the office .cf Sheriff. This is the fourth gen tleman who has paid the like fine to be ex cised from fevving- the office of Sheriff. Such been the 4everity of the winter or. the Continents that; at Riga, in Lovinia, (which k the lamp latitude as Aberdeen in Scotland) there had not been an hour of thaw from the ! ft ot November to the jd of April. Irf January ana February, the thermomiter fluftuated between 45 and vdegrees cf lioft, by Fahrenheit's. In the la.ter half at' March, tlv had been in ui 20 to 40 de grees ; ana on the 3d April, when the ac count cajne away. tlisy had not had less than 10 degrfit< t'frcft. According to accounts from Ruflia, the exports froni Peter {burg last year, amount ec, to 36,005-, 193 rublts, or about 8 millions fterhng-; r,d the iip ports to only 26,175",007 ! rubles, or tome what lels than fix millions ; I leaving p. balance of 3,000,000 fttrl. in fa- | s Vour of Russia. M. jor Ge.nera! Nixon, who came paflen ger in the Sphynx from the Cape, has brought here an add re! sto the King', from the Ccmpanre's servants at Madnrfs, accom panied with'a donation cf 70,000!. sterling, *»'- * it of the voluntary contributions rai ling in thiit fettleme.ilt for the prosecution of the war. Vve have received letters by the Sphynx, from the .Gape, dated in January, by which it !;pp«rs that the troops at the settlement were then corflantlv on ,duty. Advice had Veil communicated from the Govewior of St. litlena, by tl;e Geogana packet, that two French «ju;.droiis had been observed by the Aiveres, ot Gop, the one con lifting of three large fbjpi and two ftnajl ones, in latitude 11, south, fleering to the ealhvard ; and the otiiei or two large mips, having a convoy, in riarly the fame latitude. The Alices Con tinued in light of tlvfflj for feme days, and observed that they,repeated\y threw out their hgnals. which thfry often enforced with agun. It was foj:pofed at the Cape, that thele squad ron« would form a juflion and look into Table or that they meditated ar: at tack. In either of which cales, the govern ment of the Cape had ordered the British ships there to fnoor further in, under cover of the fort. From the fine condition of the troops at the Cape, and the great additions to the fortifications, little alarm was excited by the above communication. Captain Lo f'ck, jof his Majrefty's fliip Jupiter, as the Gipe, had ordered a sloop of observation to cruise to theeaftward, and give information f.fthe course of the French squadron. We further learn, that the Dutch planters had been fupp'y Cape Town with the produce of the interior, wh : ch was at firft withheld, but they had been obliged to com ply with the demand of the Governor, in contequence of a peremptory requisition, and they are allowed a fair price for ill the ar ticles they bring down, which are in great a bundance. The incendiaries who attempted to burn the King's warehouse's at the Cape, had not been discovered, altho a reward of ">o dollars was offered for their apprehenfi Several ships have obtained licenses to proceed to the eaftwnrd aft hi Cap-os Good Hope, on the southern Whale fifhery. A number of gentlemen at St. Helen's had it in contemplation to establish a depot there, for the purpofc of preparing the oil, instead of maufafturiiig it in this country, which it is thought will be a saving to the own- ers. Lords William and Frederick Bentinck, accompanied by colonel Clinton, left town yell el-day morning for Yarmouth, to embark for Vienna. ' The (-rand Duke Cor.ftantine, second son of :he Empercr of Ruflia, will go to Italy as a volunteer. He arrived at Vienna, on his way tSithcr, on the loth inft. The Emperor of Germany has declared, that every Austrian folaier, who, being tnade prif >ner, /hall establish himfelf in France, dial" be treated as a deserter, and have Ilia property confifcatrd. We learn by letters from Vienna that f'nnce CVar'es has adopted the mnft rigor-' ous measures to preserve his troops in an ex ' afl fiate of discipline- Among the late or ders which he has issued, is one which en joins, on pain of death, all Generals and Of ficers intruded with con mands, to remain constantly, during the time of a&ion, at the bead of their troops. By .amount? from Eifincur, dated the iSih hit. "it appears that the Sound was then clear of ice. • On the preceding day, the firft vtfferfnr the season from the North Sea appeared in Hornbeck Bay. Several foreign veflcls, bound to the Baltic, which wintered in Neva harbour, will proceed by the tirlt fair wind. Ore of the ships lately arrived from the Ealt Indies. in consequence of the al •eraliott in her destination and detention in ?ndia, incurred an expence to the owners, in the course of 24 months, to the amount of 14,000!. sterling. CONSTANTINOPLE, February 22 French Aimy of Cbferv-ation. Bernadotte, General in Chief, to the people cf Germany. Germans It' in the destinies of the world the French government has aright to dim the com mencement-os 'he Grand Movement Which Crowns the termination of the 18th century, gratitude reminds us that the honor of the- Light by which the end of the 16th was il luminated, belongs to yqu ! ! ! Germans ! Freemen ! we areyourbrethren ; we swear it by our arms, we do not come to derange this holy brothei hood, hut on the contrary ta confirm our connections, andcc mcnrtheir existence by tjit- defeat of their common foe, toe House of Austria !.' ! Since tbe time ot liodolphe of Hapiburg, worthy head of this detestable fWnily, rebei flave to Chtocare his master, what numerous attewpLS hayc been made to render the Em pire hereditary • 1! Germans ! can yon doubt the exiftence"of this, Auflria-n party, so fertile in reasons to prove the advantage of uniting all .Germany under the Austrian yoke ! ! ! Such however, is the fate that menaces yolir exigence. The caufc for which we are ready to xontend 011 your foil is common to us both, but more interesting still to Europe. It is undoubtedly horrid to be the continual prey of war, and your country is still the theatre of the misfortunes it occalions ; but Germans ! whenever the blood of-n an is about to be Died -on your territories, the bouse of Austria is invariably the canfe of it !-! *■ When viftorv had placed in our hands the means of annihilating this treacherous fami ly, we generously renounced ;he glory of esta blishing the of Europe, dnd had the niignar.imity to believe its insatiable ambition would be gratified by conceilion.— \et so many facrifices have not yet restored peace to the world. ! ! ! Tyrants and their counsellors have mi/ta ken. our patinner for sleep ; but people who have acquired liberty never sleep.Dor never die ! Germany ! the hostilities this day recom j menced are purely deftnfive! You will no longer mifcorftrue the odious machiavelifm of Auftris. Dextrous to involve you in her broils, she wishes to turn a war interfiling only to herfelf, into a war involving the whole Empire in order to raift herftlf on your ruins. You will perceive how flie diredls the monstrous alliance she has formed with Eng land to your prejudSPe—that Enrland which fees but does not feci the dillurbanccs of the continent and, which with Russia, is labour ing to reduce civilized Europe to Asiatic Barbarism. Germain ! The support of religion, your preservation, your liberty the independence of ycur individual governments, which are our friends, necessarily lead you to unite with us, to drive this abominable horde of con spirators from their lurking holes. Your property shall sacredly be refpjft ed. Ihe laws of the Republic unite with the weapons of death whoever violates the aflylum of the peaccab e inhabitant. These laws shall be religiously executed. Rife then Germans ! rife with us ! War to Austria ! war to the barbarians of the north who wi(h to inundate your territory with blood !!!!'!!!!! The above wonderful produjftion is trans lated from the Journal de Paris of the 2J April. BOSTON, June 22. Further Eur ope mi Accounts ' Have been received since our last. The al lied arms continue to be Fortune's favor ites. The siege of Mantua has com menced ; and the Ruflian column tinder Gen. Suwarrow arrived at head quarters, at Verona, on the 13th of April. This arrival does not furnifh any thing de cisive refpeding the Brcft flp e t except that it was positively at sea ; and (hat the British commander had afcertaincd its force ; bat were ignorant of its deftina tion. Our accounts via Halifax, are as late as those from Europe. A letter from Portsmouth, England, of May 3, fays," It is reported the French flett arrjjut ir to L'Oricnt, and ih tthe Cxfar was the only Brit:fh (hip which came near them, and has been severely handled-" In Ireland we perceive no remnants of the rebellion.—A sense of common danger appears to have United all parties The Lord Lieutena»t. by an order, May sth, commanded all the corps of yeomanry, on permanent duty. The Congiefs at Raftadt, continued fitting. Notwith (landing the attacks made by the French aimies on all the Austrian corp«, the French Plenipotentiaries, on the 9th April, in a not* addressed to Count Met ernicfc, the Emperor's Plenipoten tiary, fay, " Multiplied afts attefl the ardour and SINCERITY of the wi/hes, the EFFORTS, and the SACRIFI CES made by the Diredlory for a prompt and solid peace."_Do these maniacs think their words can have such influence in ths world, as to hide their ac tions ?or do they think they have ideots to deal with ?—Such effrontery can only be equalled by the (kill, which is conspicuous in all thtir management ; and the apathy with which the Dire&ory hears of the effed of the French piracies 111 the United States. Afier'fuch hof ti e couduft, and such pacific language, the people of the United States mud know h>w to appreciate French pro fefljons of amity. « Tl,e fool calleth firebrands arrows ai>d death, and faith, am I not in sport * [Centm,/. OF SURRINAM. The leaven of French " diplomatic /kill" is working at Surrinam. We have received letters on the fubje to k found in 0:1 Hibit ijiK-nt. t eli-mris',-. The publiofte of cii< -d itift iflerts.that General Kilmaine, win '.vasfaidin tome of the papers to commani the troops intended to serve 011 friore, was il it Paris. " We have received ny the French Jour nals more recent intelligence from German) Switzerland and Italy, than the test h«i biou;>ht. Ihings 011 the 24th ult. wert in nearly the fame slate on the banks of thi Rhine, from Straiburgh to Schaffhaufan, a; 011 the 13th. We ice from a letter writtei to the Directory 011 the 26th ult. by Gen Mafiena, that there had.been at feripus attatk on either fide, from the source of the Rhine to Schaffhaufcn. According to r vgeneral.'t letter, it appears that th< y!« not remained in the fame ftat< of i;;;:ti\i:y on the frontiers of Tyrol, bts that ci: the 22d they had attacked the pri« Engadi::e. '! he republicans arrogate t< themfelvcs the advantage in the concluuon o: tills affair, in which they fay that they mad< 800 prisoner?. It appears, in faft, to have - u °' 1. tile importance ; and from the man tier in which the FrenA describe it, we are difpofeu to believe that it has rather been ad- to the A-uftrians than to tl.; French. It'we are to__cridit the accounts jiublifliec at Pans refpecung the operations of the wai "i Italy, the jundi 11 of the Ruffians v.ith the Aulinaus farfiom enabling the letter tc purine i,uir tuecets, has rather put a period to it ; and General Morcau has driven their back beyond the Adije, after having defeatec them Pizzightone, and taken 5000 priso ners. Ic is scarcely necelTaiy for us to make any remarks on the probability of this fad ; we will venture to aflert, that it is falfe ir all its circumftatices. \yb.,t appears to u< leaf! improbable, but which, however, we d not confaler as Certain, k.thn the head-q-jai- Lodi to Brescia, and were at the latter place on the 21 ft April. 1 his movement lorwarc would prove that the Fienc h anav inaft havt been reinforced by troops fiom 'Pi dmont ' r iio "> Switzerland, it appears cettain, a: the intelligence brought by the Hamburg! mad erf Sunday la ft ltd us to believe, tha the Direftory have ordered the kingdom c Naples and the date of the church to be eva cuated 1 and-the brilliant fuccefles gained b\ the Auftrians in the two firft weeks of tlx --ningof the campaign, have been fufficien for tne attainment oi one ot the prime pal c': jeols ot the war, that of delivering the whoh of the iouth of Italy t-rom the pretence of tin trench—The Swiss even, according t® th< tcknowledgment of the Paris papers, are at ers. The inhabitants of the Cantons of Ur andot Glarus have taken up arms,and a {til more tcrious inturreition appears to havt broken out in the Vallais. The lingering fate of the Congress of R ftadt, is at length decided ; die republicar ministers were to quit that city on the 2Stl ult. as they announced three days before ir a note addretTed to the deputation of the em pi re. The debates of the council contain nothisf interesting, excepting the determination a to the fate of the emigrants (hip-wrecked a at Calias, in 1795. They are to be detain ed in prison until a peace, and are afterward to be banifheirT. The army of Buonaparte i said in the French paper? to have taken po ieffion of St. John d'Arce. Hamburgh, May 1. ceives arc not in the fair.£ proportion, which mates me apprehenilve, as I have already Paid, that this prince may meet with great £♦ obstacles, and that he will put off the execu tion of his defignj upon that Country until the Direftory, in order to prelerve Shrrer, fliall oblige Maflena to fendliini 30,600 cho t fen men. This period cannot be tar distant, cc for Mantua, is already surrounded, and the I r( j FrencYi are retiring behind the Oglip. Their ,j|_ Head-quarters are, it is f»id, at Lodi, and o j.- those of the Auftrians at Goito, on the Min cio. The Garrison of Mantua is conipol'ed of 20,000 Men, cpnfifting of French, Cifal >a- P' nes ) Piedmoptefe, and Poles. Since the ie sth, there has been feeble engage ments of advanced polls. General Klen*u continues to makeprogrefs into the Duteby ut ofFe rara, and to increase his Army by a | ie great number.of. Insurgents who dock to join li s Standards. The Inhabitants of the T" °* Mantiia, the Brefciant-fe, the Ber- j IC gair,5' Oo .° Men, as very numerous bodies of o Insurgents are cnlleftiqg between Naples and „ Rome, and th. y have already taken pofieflion g of several important polls. Ie It is npt pofliblc, to know exactly what x ispaffing' in the interior of Switzerland 4 |t commotions certainly prevail there, bnt the French give themselves little uneafmrfs on , r that account, owing to their force. The lit- Q tie town of Eg!ifa 11, between Shaffhaufen and ,f Waldfliut, has also been taken poffeffioo of e by the Auftrians so that the Rhine is now £ the limits 6f the two armies. On the 19th, the Enemy again made a fruitlefs attack bet . ween Bregentz and Feldkirch. The army is increased in Holland by . 1 o,oco Men, and a National Guerd of 31,000 Men, had been fouriid. | A xJiviKon of the Helvetic army has pai fed Mount Saint Gotbart, to proceed to I taly,aud reinforce the French Ariity. It will be unplaced in Switzerland by a division from the?; interior of France. - - April 18. .We, ate afTured that the whole of enibafly from Spain to Vienna has departed frotn Jhat cit}", and will soon arrive at Paris, mdjlm the Duke d'Oflan will not fulfil liis nifnon tp the Emperor. < -* ,Citizen Julien, Couimiffaiy of War, anc Secretary GetwraJ dF the provisional Goverir raent of Naples-, has bfcen arretted in that ei- VT'__ : _" ' , Thegarrifon of Mantua consists often men. It has provifio'ii for thirteen months at least. April 29. Genml Jo in da 11 is appointed mfpedor of the Army of England. ' Buonaparte has taken the city of Acre, the residence ot the Pacha, who promised the Gi. 4 nd Seignior to annihilate our army in E g'ypt. This news was brought to Toulon by a velTe 1 which came in 25 days from Alex andria. April 30. A letter from Turin, dated the 20th April, brings the following intelligence "We are allured General Moreau has resumed part of the polition which he was obliged to a bandon in the !at- engagements ; that i ehas made five thousand Auftrians prisoners ; and that General Gauthier has also, on his fide, beaten and repulsed the enemy." We have received a letter'from Basle, da ted the 6th inftar.t, in the following terms : General Maftena has had advice by an extra ordinary courier from Ijaly, that thearmv un der the provisional comm. ndofgen. Mcreau, has beaten the enemy at Pizighitone, and compell. d them to repafs the Adige, and raise the blockade of Mantua. Our army has re furnedits former pofit'jon. General MalTenahas removedhisheadquar ters to Zurich. I EXECUTIVE DIRECTORY. Massena, General in Chief,; to the F.xecv. five Directory of the French Republic. Head quarters at Zurich, tbe ;th F.oreal .... . (April a 6.1 Citizens Directors, I received in my way from Basle to Zu rich an extraordinary dispatch from General Lectmibe, by which he informs of the right wing of the army of Helvetia ; I h. if en" to transmit you the details of it. On the 3d Floreal ( 22 d April) t>. my attacked the principal pofitiors of G. ral Lecourfjt* with a superior farce. They di rected their attacks agiunft Mancffa and Re mii3. At the firft attack tfeey repulsed our troops and got poucffion of the' village of Remus- But the ftcor.d battalion of the 44th demi •>ri:jade, headed by Sodene, its chief cf bri gade, marched boldly against the enemv, and (.rove thern hack to the mountains from whence they had defended, after having beat them 61 the village. While this was palling, the firft battal- the fame demi-brigade beat ami re pulsed the enemy at Schillin? and Pornt-Mar tin, wheie their attacks were as fruitlefs as again ft the> reft'of the line. this day v/e made 800 prisoners, among which were a Major, fix captains, iix lieutenants, and five ensigns'. Their loss in killed and wounded amounted to more than 400 men. General Lecourbe, in making partieular mention of the 44th demi-baigat!e, also ren ders justice to all the troops engaged in this action. He particularly praises his artille ry- (Signed) May 2. On the 21ft of April, the headquarters of the army of Italy were advanced -.0 Brd'cTa. Paris, April 27. massena. The Aurtrians remained! fition, where they exped... Letters from Coire, of the confidently afiVrt, that the Fn at that date ill poiTeiTion of ai portions in the eountry of the Vienna, April 24 A letter from Marlhal Suwarrow, da'-ec Veliggio,'April 18, states, that the Frenci had re-passed the Adda, after throwing sis. teen thousand men into Mantua, and thousand into Ftefchiera; and that the maV cenfider&ble body ol Light Infantry and Cavalry, supported by four battalions of the line and some reserve artillery. Heohqed tiieie orders, and fu 122ijioned the enevnv to abandon the town in the courft of hour, and to retire to the left bank of the river. The officer who commanded ia SchafFhaufen fought tp gain time by nego tiation, with a view to draw unto himfelf 2 reinforcement ; bi- Lieutenant General Count Baillet, aware of thfc' enenv's object, ordered his artillery, which he had polled to great advantage, to fire upon the bridge and the gate of the town, and without further de lay be attacked the enemy in the town ; and notwithstanding a very obstinate resistance, .he drove them across the Rhine, the bridge over which they burnt in their retreat. The enemy loft upon this occalion frvetal hundred men killed and wouidfed, and one hundred taken prisoners Seventeen pieces et cannon, and arms of various Jfefcriptions we re taken. Our loss does not exceed twen« ty men. Lieutenant General Count Bailie! par. ticularizes the fpi. fted of a private of the regiment of Lacy, who voluntarily am across the Rhine, and. under the pre! ttftionof cur fire, loosened two vtfFels which' were on the Left Bank, and got back with them as far as the middle of the river, where, , however, the current drove him against the ; bl, r n ; n g bridge, which set fire to the two. - veflels. This c.reumftance obliged the man • to dive and to swim back to the Right t a 'i. " ise * a,n p'e encouraged another: both plunged ft,to thr Rhine and brsught 1 over some vessels ; the consequence of which was, that f venteen or eighteen more men, of the regimentof Lacy, followed the others, and got polFelFson of many more velTels Hii rpyal highness, as a reward for so meritoti- I ous a zeal, antias a encouragemeßi toothers, gave the firlt man the golden medal, and the lecond the silver medal. On the 14th, at daybreak, Major Gen. rinazeck made an attack upon Petershaufen with great spirit and decision, drove the en emy from it, and funk the (hips which were on the opposite bank. The detachment which was sent through I orzheim and Bruckfal, towards Fhil/pfu fame that il had re-elta bhfhed the communication with that for trefs, had pushed on patroles towards Man neim. fame time Lieutenant General the Rh'negraf of Salm, cOmaandanc of rhihpfbnrg. reported that ajpatrole of the inconsiderable detachment of the dragoons of B.mberg, which termed a part of the gam ion, had pushed forward through Wag haufel, and had taken foui French chafllurs *uh their h'orfes. The Rhinegraf took thi9 opportunity of commending the condu& of the above detachment, as well as ths re mainder or the garrison during its blockade. pa sk y April 22. A report is fpreai that the Aurtrians at tempt- ! the passage of the Rhine at Lazzach, but that they were driven back with loss. Strcsburgb, Apr!! j;. are continually combats between our troopi and the Auftrians ; but thelat tei, th iugbfuperior in number, dojiotgain ground ; they are rcpiilftfd at every attack with considerable loss. ' Siucc the day before yelterday there has been an affair of confe quei.ee. [he Auftrians occupy the position ot Lithtenau at Ruhl, of Opuenau, G?n gtnbaac, and Waldkirch. Our troops are placed from Scheizheim to Acherne, Rentier Gvorkirch, Appenweiber, Lahr and 0:1::- bourg-. The army of Prince Charles remains q-.ii- is believed that the new plan for the campaign has not yet arrived from the Aalic council of War, and it is to this circum ftsiKie their tardy operations are to be attri buted ; but the plan will, perhaps, be frus trated before its irriva!, by general Mailers, 1 3 ti* •\ v '?