oosmrjAViox cf
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,
ReetiptA ct.Jifcti>-ibrk per the ship. Facto/'
from London.
LONDON, June ».
The intelligence received by government
on Saturday-morning, and which we gave
to our readers in cur paper of that day, ex
cluflvely, was yesterday published in a Lon
don Gazette .Extraordinary, to be found in
our preceding columns.
\ye (hall not here undertake to comment
ion the happy events of which \ye receive in
formation, nor to recapitulate the intelli
gence by. the lalt Hamburgh mail. We
fhafll prefer taking a systematic view of the
fituetion of affairs in Germany and in Italy,
according to the mott.recent intelligence
Some weeks commonly elapse in every cam
paign, before the plans of both parties are
developed. Th« moment is arrived when
those formed by the FreHth and the Auf
trians are fully manifelt, and we cannot fuf
fer it to pass without notice.
It cannot be doubled that gen. Melas be
fore he entered upon the campaign, mult
have eliminated much bettei than all those
who venture .0 cVi icife his cenduft, what
he might have to apprehend from the French
army of refeive.. Not Willing to wait for
the moment in which he would find himfclf
prefied in the plains of Piedmont, between
the two armies of Maflena and of Buona
parte, descending. the one from the Upper
Alps, and the other from the Maritime
Aips, he fell the necessity of getting rid of
ot.e cf them, and toek advantage of the mo
ment when the former was yet abandoned
to his own forces, in order to attack him
with all thofs under his command. The
capital manoeuvre by which he cut in two
the army ef Maflena, is yet recent in the
memory of every one ; it was the fame which
general Beai.lieu attempted againlt Buona
parte, cn the fame spot, in 1796, but he
had t©o fewfnldi rs to fuccsed and was bad
ly fecotidcd by General D'Argenteau.—
General Melas having a (tronger army, and 1
better officers, obtained the molt complete J
success, and pursued it as far as it could be
carried. After several difficult movements,
a-.d a number of murderous engagements, he !
for.ced Maflena to (hut' himfclf up in Genoa, j
*1 his having been accomphfhed, the ,
Auftriin general hud nothing todo but to fe- ;
cure, by well-cho(c|i and entrenched pofi- j
tions, the blockade of that city. Till that
wis done, arid till Maflena was reduced in ,
Genoa to a flare of (lege, the Imperial ar- I
my too(t 110 re pole. {>y that time the mon;b' j
of April had etapfed. During this time ;
and Buonaparte were oftenlibly pie
paring for the inv-fjon ©t the north of Ita- ;
1} , and General Melas mult have-been fully :
feufible that he (hautd be. oblig' d before the
ei.d of' May, to irake head againfl the co
operation of Maflena,} but Sucliet yet re
mained n'-iflei < f the vnou itains in the couiA j
ties, of \ ifta - ;r.d Gtie,-rlia, and could '
descend from them into the phln at the
fatr.e momei.t that lierthitr came thither
from the L T pper Alps. Gen. Melas wife
ly judged that he ought to get rid of the
full before the feciand could cou>c up. He
their fore quitted G.noa, rtinforced General j
Ltnit'ii, arid while a corps detached from .
Coni luii.td the Col de Tend-, he marched ;
with a fiiperior force a;;Jnlt Suchet, and
gained Cvtr him the great and dt/cifive ad
lSfifa3 f5 ' t ' M! of vihieh we find in
the G izette eytr.ic.rt!iiTJiry. Thus, as early
as the 1 ith ult. the French were longer
in poll liion of an inch of ground- 111 the
Maritime Alps they could nomore threat
en Piedmont. The rear of Gen. Melas w<*
1 eured, and he had fio enjiny remaining in
Itily excepting Mafltna, shut up by fupe
i,oi't ri>t« in the lines of Gcfioa, and whol
ly ir capablj of affording, or being aflifted
by any cc-operati#n. All this happened
five days before the fiifl French picquets
IIIJ jjtlTed tin; St. Beriiaiidj and more 110
douc t than teiv before a fuffieient number of
tioopt, ai'd a quantity of artillery and cu-
Valry lould have advanced beyond the valley
ot A< fla, and undertaken any thing ferinui.
Gen. M-las therefore had as. much time
as lit wanted, to march with all the forces,
hfnuforth at "his difpjfition, td the ?o, and
ro go to meet the «r<i.y of teferve, which
w; may he afTurt-d is far from being as tiu
i ier. us as the French and their partizans
would i]i..U' us believe.Thus we fee, that
in a u w days Gen. Melas has by his address
ai d by the v lor of liis tioops, drawn him
leli troiv. the emoarraffment in which he
Vias luppofed to be, that the military hori
zon ha--, been cleared, and that it now pre
lim-. but two armies in ,opposition to each
other.; Suchet and Maflena arc both kept
back i.ii the other fiJc of the Maritime Alps,
and cannot again appear upon the scene.
We (Ii .old be inclined to anticipate fu
ture events by our conjecture, if we wete
liot fearful of wafling the time of our
itaders, anj had not also here some observa
tion to niake refpefting Geimany. In that
quarter also wehavefeen theaflailants fetecefs
ful to a ce'rtain degree. Moreau, availing
liinifelf of the deciGve advantage which the
pofleflion of Switzerland affords for attack
ing Suabia, which it flanks, and being able
at pleasure to concentrate all his forces, while
l is adversary could not do so, succeeded in
turning the, Black Forefl, in reaching the
Danube, and in detaching the Atvflrians
from the I,ike of Confla;;ce. Compelled
flill more by Jocal ci re urn fiances than by the
late of engagements to retreat, general Kray
•has done so, (lowly and in order, as far as
the lller. All the-ground which the French j
have gained as far as that river, was almost
the neceflary result cf their firfl manoeuvre :
but theie they were obliged to flop, Gyne
ral Kray, although inferior in number, has
taken his nieafure with courage and ability
—IL- hats f-i:t ..11 his es td his two
wings, and has fupjnvted his right by the
(tro/ig politiwn of Uiin : his left, reinforced
by the corps at' the prince -si V'culs, . has
.proceeded to take poll at thS foot of.tbe
mountains ai.tl the cLftles of the Tyrol.
! hp (pace betw en thsle two m..iTc» h.,s re
mained open, apu'the French appeurwi to
have it in thtir power' u> push into Bavarta
—-All those who rej rife or vvh^atialarmed
too enlily at their iuCrijfiVs, lfave not for a
iTiSirtMiL doubled tli.vt Moreau would hailcn
to advance iliri ti'.e'plaint, between the lller
and the Lech :' uc that sener*! basM'teu
Hilly feniilile thai lie c n:ld out without dan
gut, at,leal} at pre.sen t, venture thither ; and
that it lie did so, he would have the two
corps of die Aoltrian arlny fin his flanks,
while he would have met in centre the line
of troops which thi! Elector of BiViria was
on the Lech, and which all the
farce tro,iu Atiftria, and Bohemia about
to reinforce. This iituation of affairs nuifl
have kept in suspense,, and we fee
it has .done so for fevtral days. It is im
poflible for us to fay whether it will keep
him any longer in that (late, but ten or
twelve days were with refpedt to the future,
every thing in the pr'efent circu-mllaticea,
rild General Kray has' gaintd them.
Having thus pointed'out what appears to
us to have been hitherto the system of the
two plans of off. nfive attack , if we proceed
to take a general view of the whole of the
campaign, we fee that the French had this
year, as in 1799, formed a general plan, in
in whfch the army of Moreau was the left,
the army of Reserve the centre, and the
army of Maflena the Right Wing. This
latter was to remain.on the defenfive, to en
deavour ta palsy the Austrian army in the
mountains of the Maritime Alps. The
left was, during the fame time, to advance
in Germany, and to endeavoyr by taking
poifefiion of the Tyrol, to cut off the com
munication between General Kray and Me
las. Buonaparte was then to come in the
centre, to overwhelm the latter, and tore
take Italy a second time. This vast plan
has failed where it was natural to suppose it
would. One of the three parts of the
Ftench army its no longer in exilteu«e, or at
lead has loft the position in Vvhich it would
be ufeful. The line of tha French is there
fore broken, and the centre and left will feel
the reverse. We (hall terminate ihefe ob
fervatioi;s by remarking, that on conGdering
all the for:es opposed to each other, from
the Danube to the Mediterranean, as a fin-
Hle line the left has op each fide obtained
success; but besides tiiofe of Moreau being
far from p.ffefliag fueh importance as those
of Melas, the firft is marching againlt the
centre, whence all the Austrian Monarchy
set out, while the fccond is on the molt re
mote frontiers of France. Moreau u at
tacking the strongest part of the line of the
Imperialillß, Melas the weakest part of that,
of the French.
June 4. #
His Ma j'fly this day entered into his
sixty third year; and wlicn we trace the re
cords of Britifli flillory, it "is no flattery to
Ciy, that the British Throne lias never been
graced by a monarch who has exhibited such
an uuitbrin pattern ef private virtue, or a
brigliter example of genuine patriotism.
Other moiiaichs of this cruntry have been
diftingui bed for their taste for military glo
ry, but the manners of the times are changed,
and our meuarchs now do not rife the hap
piness of the Empire by pcrfonal danger.
The firmntfs, however, that his present Ma
jefly has dilplayed upon many occasions not
less trying than what are incurred in the
field xif battle, a&d particularly in the ri
tcnt attack upon I.is life, entitles us to" prt
funK- that if he had been personally called to
the fliock of war, lijs spirit and euterprize
would most probably have equalled the me ft
crlebrattd martial Kings. Such a
monarch, while he looks back upon the page
of history, inuft enjoy the fatisf.ftiou of
knowing that he adds new lustre to that
pap;e, and affords a isodcl which all future
Princes may be proud to mitate, and cannot
hope to excel.
Tf.e Prince of Wirtemberg, younger bro
ther to the reigning Duke, arrived at Gravef
end 011 Monday (tight) with his Princess,
from the Continent. Tliey were obliged to
lodge in a garrgt in the Inn, all the beds be
ing pre-occupied.—They -were waiting yes
terday at Gravefend the receipt of paflports
to enable them to come to town.
By some merchants who landed on Mon
day evening from Hamburgh, and who came
ever in the fame packet with the Prince of
Wiiteniberg, we learn that Wheat had fall
en very much in price at Hamburgh, and
that a very large quantity was ready (hipped
there for this country.
The French Emigrants, with the Princes
at their he-d, have within tliefe few days,
with veiy becoming gratitude and chriflian
ffnip thy, 1 ffnfed :»p a public religious
thankfgivinuf for the late miraculous escape
of his Ma jetty.
This evening the usual mails will he. made
up at the General Pofl Office, f«r Jamaica,
and {h£ Leeward Ifltnds and America, to
be-conveyi?d to the Weft Indies in an armed
cutter, which will fail from Falmouth on
Saturday or Sunday and to America
in the leiceflcr packet, Capt. Sharpe.
The troops have failed for the Mediterra
nean, from C«rk, under convoy of several
frigates. Those liow ready at Portsmouth
' for the fame deftinatio.n, were to follow as
footi as the wind would permit.
The cargoes, tjf the fleet recently arrived
from India, namely, the Sir E. Hurhes
Dublin, Oflerly, Calcutta, Ocean, Earl'
Cnrnwallis, Coverdule, Contraftor, and
Phoenix,
17,500 bags ot saltpetre, 5,1 61 hales of piece
goods, 72 cases of nutmegs, 7 ot oil of do.
with a considerable quantity ot drugs, cot
ton, thread, &c.
Tirt flap; ,f u JCC wiiith grrtrid from .tl.t
P. ;tnviaii Guvcrnicent, ivbtrs a uegocu.
tioti iw;w carrying op wi:h to the
tVciiloin of die Herring Fiihrry.
I'll? importation 'ot wheat at Liverpool
from America iiiid the Baltic, . ween the
7th ai.a 29111 of May, comprized 64,819
tags, ana quarters. There -were
likewily rrceived ico tierces, and 5,612 bar
rels of wheal flour, excltlfive ot large 1 tip
ples of iitV, barley, rye, beans, Sec.
M:.y a 7
. Yrftt ida}' th« Attorney General informed
thr (jjbt:rt of XlMik*} Bench, that a bill of
lildicVmcftt for High Treason had been
found hy the GrAna Jury of the county of
Middlelex againll James Hadfield, for (hoot
ing at his- Majtlly ; he therefore moved the
cuuri, that a copy of the Indidlment, to
gether witl> a lilt of the Jury, arid the wit.
nelles aga'uWi Mil), ftiould forthwith be lent
to him, as well as tlie ufilal notice when his
trjal w juld antiVoni
Yelterday Doctors . Willis, Munro, arid
Siinmomls, went to Newgate, at the desire
o{ the Duke of Portland, to enquire into
the-frate t4 Hadiields health. We are not
acquainted witb their report ; but we un
dirrthuid that he-is confined in a cell on the
State !ide of NawgKte : he is so outrageous
and fr.i&uc in lii-s behaviour, hut whether
real or a(f.-tled: iufanity we presume not to
know, that .the Governor has been obliged
to put him undsrr a degree of restraint.
It ir.ufl give fatisfaftion to the public to
be informed that vail quantities of Grain
have been lately iiupoited into this country,
there having been entered at one port only
viz; (Liverpool), in the I pace of 8 or 9 days
481,17: oufhels of corn, chiefly wheat; 39
barrels, and (438 tierces of rice and 4+ 21
barrels of fine flour, which must tend to re
duce conKderably the price of this neceflary
article of life.
June 4.
The average price of Rice; computed from
the return ni;ule for the week ending the
28 day of May, 1800, is Thirty-four (hil
lings and fc»en pence per hundred
wt. \
Wheat has fallen 2fc per quarter
in Hull market.
The commercial intercourle between Hol
land and Franpe and this Country it: increa
fiujj," daily ; our import* include large fwp
pliei of potatoes, pork, bacon, beef, wheat,
oats, leather, hides, madder, Gin, currents
wine, lir.en, See. and our exports embrace
irioft articles.©!" our Colonial produce, and
certain prohibited goods exported by certifi
cate. CsnGder.ible quantities of sugar, coffee,
calicoes, &c. were on Saturday entered at
the Culloni hoiifd for Antwerp, Calais,
Dieppe, Oltend AiT.ftcrdatii and Rotterdam ;
and are uow in jh® river several veffelt
for each of thole ports.
One huecjred and seven ton? of potatoes
Were during, jibe hit vtek, received from
Holland. ' - • •
CDKSIC.A.
Aii Infurrffilop has taken place in Cor
sica. Tlw French Republicans wen defeated
in an <dngagen»cr, it) which they affemhLd
all their force. jOite French General was
wounded": another 1 .taken prisoner.
If)NTi?ON, June 4,
It has Ven reported that a 'l'reaty of Al
liance, pneniive jnd defenfive, has been con
cluded bttuecn \he Courts cf Ruflia and
prufia the objert of which is to procure,,
b.y an armed msdiatiop, peace for the Con- 1
tipcat of Europe.
From a French journ.il of the 17th of May
we learn, that Paul J has prohibited the
Englilh at Petersburg from quirting that
city until further orders. ,
The news of the defeat cf the Turkish
Army by Klebtr defrrves no ciedit.
[Tri/e Sriton.]
Prayers of thanksgiving were yesterday
offered lip in the churches of this metro
polis, for the }j{e providential escape of his
Ma jetty from aflaffiiifrtian. . '
A I penal c 0111111 iflion will immediately
paf> the great fral for the trial of Jsmea
Hadfield : the Ncinous nature of the offence
demands a luminary judgment.
The king fpe«ks of the sffettioned folici
tiide and aitive exertion of all his royal sons
jin terms of the highell fatisfs&ion. The
i Prince never took repose till he had learned
all tile evidence that could be adduced againfl
ITadfield, and clearly ascertained, in the
pfe fence of proper witneflrs, the places ard
iiireftions in which the llugs entered Uie
■ Hate box ; ot all which particulars he k ade
I a full report on Friday morning to their
Majelties, at Buckingham lioufe.
The Dukfc of Clarence, on the address of
congratulation to his Majefly, on his late
happy escape from alLflination, be ing report
ed in the house of lords, built into tears',
by this amiable trait of filial tenderness and
love, deeply intereftfng rvtry beholder.
An ini'ane Cobler, with whom it seems
the affaffm Hadfield, some clays previous to
t liis diabolical attempt, had foine converfa
tioii, Itas been examined. His name js
Truelock, and he lives near White Conduis
House, Islington. He laid that he was a
, defeendant. of God—nay, that lie was God
himfelf; that he had seen him' lately at
HighgaU', a*d received from him all his pow
er j and that he was determined in a few
days to destroy all the world, in which
\yonk he was to have the assistance of Gog
and Magog. God, he said, was a good
looking- mail, and it was his intention to
make Hadfield bis son. Such was the in
congruous and absurd tedimoiiy of this ri
diculous frantic zealot.
The Overland dispatches received from In
dia cn Wedmfday, brought letters from
Machos, dated the 23d of December, at
which '.niic the Rrdjdclicy enjoyed- the iripft
psrted jwylperous tranquility. Mr.
Peine hid b'cen nominated to succeed lord
Clive in the government, in the expected
event of his lordlhip's retiring Promotion
had been extremely rapid in the military, as
•we',las the civil department, in conftqua,ce
of which, 'there were three hundred va
cancies Tor Cadets on the Madras eihbhlh
tnein alor.e.
It was yt-fterday reported that the Admi
ralty had icceived an account from the Me
diterranean, that two frigates, attempting'
to mke their cfcape out- of Malta, had been
captured by the British (hips cruizing off
that illand, and that a number officers,
with conlidtrahle treasure," had been found
on board.
From the London Gazette Extraordinnry.
Admiralty Office, May 31.
Extradt of letters from Vice-Adniiral Lord
Keith, Commander in Chief of his Ma
jelly's (hips and velTels in the Mediterra
nean, to Evan Nepan, Esq. Secretary of
the Admiralty, dated on board the Mi
notaur, off Genoa, the 3d and 6fh May,
1800.
On the 21th ult. Gen. D'Ott communi-
J cated to me his intention of making a ge
tierai attack on ?11 fides of Genoa, and re
q'leked co-operation that we might fettle
the p'an. At three A. M. on the 30th,
the attack began on the part of gen. D'Ott,
by signal from St. Pierre d'Arena, on
Quatio, St. Martino, by general Gotten
foeim, who prcfTed the enemy up to the
wall near the lhore,| under ccrer of the
fire of the Plcenix, Mondovi, Enterj>re
j nante, Vidtoir tender, launches and boats
of the squadron. The affair continued un
til night, when the Auftrians retired, being
unable to dislodge the enemy frcm the little
fort of St. Martino, situated on a hill about
two m:le3 from the sea. Gen. D J Ott was
mod fuccefsful in seizing Dui Frjltelli, by
Escalade, and blocking up Diamonti ; on
the fide of St. Martino this French durst
not follow the Aultrians, in consequence of
the well diredtcd fire of the squadron. It
rained the whole day. Shells from the
town fell among the ships. The French,
however, on the fame evening attacked and
re-polTeired themfclves of all their former
polls. It is reported they loft many men,
as far ap fifteen hundred. On the 2d the
enemy made a desperate sortie on lieutenant
, general D'Ott's centre at. Seftrf. They
kept advancing in columns to the muzzles
of the cannon repeatedly for an hour, and
did not retire till they loft twelve hundied
men, of whom twenty officers arid two hun
dred and eighty privates are prisoners. On
the 4th I received a letter from the General,
informing me that the French had retired to
St. Efpiratto, and had sustained a consi
derable los» on the 2d at 'Louana. He
fays, that he was much indebted to the
fire of the Plweton, &c. and to the good
management of Captain Morris. On the
7th, two mortar boats and two gun boats
arrived from Naples. The fame day I h«ard
from General Melas, that the French had
burnt their magazines at Alaifio, and ha i
retired to Port MSutice; and that captain ,
Mojris had seized twenty corn and a ;
depot of arms, and galled the enemy 's rear 1
through several miles of their retreat. Two |
of Maflena's Stiff were taken in a small boat 1
near Albanga in attempting to escape from
Genoa.
Copy of a letter from Vife-Adn}iral Lord
Keith to Evan Nepean, dated. Minotaur,
off Genoa, 10th May 1800.
SIR,
I Have the honor of inclofirg a copy of
a letter received by me at a late hour feft
night from his excellency General Mclas,
which will convey 10 their Lordfhipa the
raoft fatisfa&oiy accounts of the progress
of the Austrian arms, a: d of the retreat of
the enemy's array from the Genoese terri
toiy. I have the honor to be, &fc. &c.
KEITH.
Head §>uartert, Oneglia.
May 8, 1800.
My Lord, we have been »ery fuccefsful
yesterday. The right wing of the army,
commanded by General Elfui:z, who was
on M»nte Garro, attacked the enemy at
Muchio deella Pierre, and succeeded so well,
that at nine o'clock in the morning viftory
was dtcla ed in his favour. Tlie general of
division Gravier, with a great number of
officers and fifteen hundred non commifiion.
Ed officers and privates were made prisoners.
The right of the enemy, informed of the
defeat of in left, did not delay retreating
from Cepodi Berta. We have pursued him
beyond P<jft Maurice.' Fifteen pieces of
cannon of different sizes have been taktn
frofn him along the coasts. Our lot's has not
been considerable ; but I regret tire loss of
major general Brentnno, mortally wounded,
and major C fate killed. Ihe corps of gen.
Elfnitz is now at St. Bartholomew, and
gen. Gourroupp marches with his flying
corps to Colla Ardente, and his van guard
is already at Broglio, behind the d_e
Teode. I wrait for the report of the pa
trole's, who are is the pursuit of th'e enemy,
to make my final difpofitidns. In them art
while, I rcqueft your excellency to accept
the iefpe& with which I have the honor to |
be, &c.
MEL AS.
Vice Admiral Lord Keith, K- B.
ARMY OF EGYPT.
Faris, May' 24.
Advices from Constantinople, dated tin
24th of Ftortai (.April 14) flare, that a Bri
tilb iquad'ron ha.d appealed before Alexan-
Iria, 11 en.and.* Ijf V. ..it!. uecia;ed, tha
iC had ardei a to Hop all Vtff;ls (but rni/h
luie from that por'.
" Yctlerd.y ihs Spai/idi iir.b .!T: lor comn.u
reared officially to governint-ot a dispatch
if had j-.it itceivcd Irom Vienna. T!:e
I.■ j-ct or it wa:, that the difficulties ftart
:d by tlie allies, to the execution of the
:o!iverition ol' the Bth Pluviofe, had obliged
.he army ei E-ypt to purine a conduit
to eiicumfhtrices.
Vienna letters announce that Kleber has
rn.irely defeated the army of the Grand
V iiier. This unexpected news is given as
.ertain-; it will appear probable if we re
:oiicct tliat the tie.ity obliged the Turks to
:'uriiilh the French with trunfports from the
oalefctd powers and that the refulal of
Leith rendcied eli.it engagement impossible
-o be executed, li. is in fa'ft probable, that
-inder such circumstances Kleber would be
ronlliained to employ force to oppose the"'
occupying of Grand Cairo; and the pofi
tlons which wauld gur.rannc the l'afety of
the army.
The ratification of the treaty reached
Lord Keith, at about the loth
Floreal (30th of March.) It will not have
3een known in Egypt till long after the
:vent announced by the Vienna<letters.
The enemy have dared to make an ex
curfjon into the Maritime Alps, but their
presence will not long fully the foil of the
republic, and the march of the army of re
terve will loon force them to abandon it, if
they do not voluntarily do it soon. Great
praise is due to the conduct of citizens
Charles Lacroix and Lecointre Puyrreaux,
Prefect of the commiffioner'general of po
lice for the ■ Bouches-du-Rhone : Citizen
Fauchet, Prefedt of the Department of the
Var, led in person columns of the national
guards again ft'the enemy. The fa he ft days
oi the republic never exhibited more energy,
\Journal Ja Honimcs I.ibrcs.
The Ottoman Porte ought to have con
gratulated itfelf on the treaty of Egypt; by
this treaty the invasion of the French had
turned but advantageous to the Sultan.
We have subdued for him the Mameluck*
—we have recovered for him ah important
part of his Hates, where liis authority had.
long been disowned. The ohllacles which
the Englifhoppofed to the execution of the
capitulation^'could not hut be likely to be
come fatal'to the Tui kill: empire. Kleber'
has already beat the army of the Grand
Vizier, who wiftied to take pofieffion of
Cairo, belore he had furnifhed the French,
army with the ftipvilated passports ; and if
we tale a view of the prcfent (late of Tur
key, and the different circumfianccs which
fliall be less alarmed fo--the fituetion of the
Fit in h in that country.
The army of the Grand Vizier did not
reach Damascus till after a march of eight
months—its pafiage through Syria, and'its
arrival at Damascus, were a continued scene
of desolation and disorder. Liigrreftion,
def, rt:on, pillage, heads cut ess in camp, as
well as in towns and other parts of the
country, are all facts attefled by eye wit
nelTeo. Ihe Vizierdiaviiig lallen lick m a
convent of dervifes took it in liis he«d be
fore the capture of El Arifch, that to frcure
himfelf from Buonaparte, whom he was
about to attack, he could not do so but by
bu ; i liny; a wall across the defart.
His phylleians and his treasurer made him
renounce his proieft, and acorpsof 12 oco
men were rectflary to carry El Arifeh.
What then would have been the progrtfs o£
this army without the capitulation? The
Grand Vizier, and seemed rath\! to aft
against him than to obey his orders—He
had fignifisd to him that he mult take ano
ther route than that of St. John of Acre,
from ibis fybaltern. Dgezzer had likewise
sent him his resignation of the Pachalic of
Damascus, and tot bidden all the dilliift*
to his army. The Imperial armv, ellima
ted at 30,0c0 men, was encumbered with a
third more of servants or women, and could
not cross the defart but by traufporting wa
ter, provisions, 2nd fodder, on camel' s .
The French, mailers of the wells, had only
to the camels, to llarve and annihi
late tlie army.
May 31,
Report p<efentiJ by the minificr of the Inlerkr
to the Consuls of the Republic.
lt Citizens Coiiluls, I have the honor to
denounce you a number ofthe Journal enti
tled the Ami des Loix, which you will find
anDexed to this report.
I' This Journal might lave published his
opinions refpe&ing the institute with beco
ming decency; but he could not without
defcrving to be fuppreired indulge himfelf in
throwing ridicule and treating with farcalm
lie by their learning and talents, and who
every day areextending the sphere of human
knowledge. I demand of you, Citizens
Caufuls, the fupprtflion cf, this Journal, '
every number of which is marked by cha
ta&ers* .which have little resemblance to its
name.
" As the friends of the arts, and under
this name the defender of c;very thing which
is intercfting to th.m, 1 demand of you Ci
tizens Consuls, the luppreffion of the Jour
nal entitled the Ami des Loix.
" Health and rtfp'cft,
(Signed)
' LUCIEN BUONAPARTE."
Decree of tfe 19 th May.
The Confuis of the Republic, upon the
report tf.the Minister of interior, decree.
til. That the Journal entitled The Ami
des Loi:;, be fupprefTed.
2d. I l.;:t the Minillers of the Interior
and »f the Gcntrsl Police ate entrusted with
Lon. D. Adv.
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