pieces of heavy artillery, a great quantity of cloathing and ammunition, and fix months provifion for 10,000 men.

Lisbon, Jan. 11. Acounts have been received here from the Head quarters at Bollou, dated Dec. 23, that at daybreak on the 21ft the Allies attacked and carried all the enemies advanced lines and batteries; which fuccefs, together with the capture of Port Vendre, Fort St. Telmo, and Collioure, determined the enemy, whofe left and rear flanks were laid open, to quit, in the courfe of that night, all their camps and pofts in the front of the Allies, and retire into Perpignan, leaving the Spaniards mafters of the country to the very gates of the town.

WHITEHALL, FEB. I.

Extract of a Letter from his Royal Highnefs the Duke of York to Mr. Secretary Dundas, date Ghent, Jan. 22, 1794. I Received yesterday a report from Lieutenant General Count Kiníky, from Tournay, that on Monday the enemy moved forward, with 900 infantry and 100 cavalry, from Waterloo, and attacked the poft of Aelbecke, which at firft was obliged to retire; but the Auftrian out-pofts having immediately affembled, attacked the enemy in flank, and drove them completely back to the other fide of Waterloo. The enemy's lofs was 21 men killed, and one feverely wounded and taken prifoner. The Auftrians had only one man killed, and one wounded.

ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, JAN. 28. Extract of a Letter from Capt. Lucas, of his Majefty's Ship Sphynx, to Mr. Stephens, dated Plymouth, the 21ft inft. I Have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of my Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty, that, being on a cruize off Cape Clear, on Sunday the 12th inft. we faw a fail to the Weftward, ftanding before the wind: we tacked after her. At noon the bore up to cross us, which was prevented. At two P. M. the began an unfuccefstul fire, and hoifted the National Flag, and in about 10 or 12 minutes ftruck to his Majesty's colours.

She proves to be La Trompeufe, a National Brig, mounting 18 fix-pounders, commanded by Monf. Biller, a fecond Captain, three Lieutenants, and 105 men; quite a new veffei, cutter built, and ftores compleat for three months.

WHITEHALL, FEB. 5.

A letter, of which the following is a copy, was this day received from the Moft Noble the Marquis Cornwallis, K. G. by the Right Hon. Henry Dundas, his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department.

DUPLICATE*.

Fort St. George, Sept. 16, 1793. Sir, Advice of the War with France arrived at Fort St. George on the ad, and at Fort William on the 11th of June, from Mr. Baldwin, his Majefty's Conful at Alexandria; and this gentleman was fo anxious to promote the public fervice, and fo defirous to enable the Company's Governiments to derive every poffible advan tage from his communication, that he declared himself refponfible in his public character for the truth of the information, and affured them, that they might act upon it with confidence; adding, that all the British and Dutch veffels in the ports of France had been seized.

Upon the receipt of this intelligence, all the finall factories belonging to the French on the Continent of India, as well as their fhips in our ports, were taken poffeffion of; and the Government of Fort St. George proceeded immediately to make preparations for the attack of the important fortrefs of Pondicherry, which place was in full as good a ftate of defence as when it was at tacked at the breaking out of the laft war.

It was reported at Pondicherry, that confiderable reinforcements were expected from the Ifle of France, under the convoy of the Sybille, of 40 guns, and three fmaller frigates; and we were in fome doubt whether Admiral Cornwallis, who blocked up the place by fea with the Minerva frigate and three Indiamen, would have been able to prevent the fuccours from being landed; but the Sybille, which was the only fhip of the enemy's that appeared during the fiege, went off immediately upon being chafed by Admiral Cornwallis, and has not fince been heard of on this coaft.

I was very delirous of giving my perfonal affiftance in carrying on the last piece of fervice that was likely to occur during my stay in India, and embarked on board a fmail French veffel, that had been seized and armed in Bengal, as foon as I could avail myfelf of the convoy of the Woodcote Indiaman, which had been taking in new mafts at Calcutta, and without which I did not think I could with prudence hazard the voyage, at least while I held the office of Governor Generai. The Triton India

man

man, which Admiral Cornwallis and Sir Charles Oakley fent, at my request, on account of the difficulty and uncertainty in equipping the Woodcote, arrived a few days before we failed, and returned with

US.

By the great and meritorious exertions of the Government of Fort St. George, ia tranfporting the ordnance, tores, &c. for fo confiderable an undertaking, and those of Colonel Braithwaite, and of the troops under his command in carrying on the attack, our batteries were opened against the place fooner than I expected; and the mutinous and daffardly conduct of the garri. fon obliged the Governor to furrender the forts several days before my arrival, and before the arrival of five companies of Bengal artillery and twelve companies of Lafcars, which I had embarked on board of the Woodcote and three other veffels, which were likewite employed in bringing rice, on Government account, to this Prefidency. I have the honour to be, Sir,

Your moft obedient and

Moft humble Servant,
CORNWALLIS.

Right Hon. Henry Dundas, &c. [Here follows a letter from Col. Braith. waite to Lord Cornwallis, dated Fort St. George, Sept. 15, 1793, giving an account of the taking of Pondicherry, for the particulars of which, fee page 159] General State of the Military Effablishment

at Pondicherry, Aug. 23, 1793. Europeans. Officers, 4 Colonels, 7 Lieutenant-Colonels, 38 Captains, 32 Lieutenants, 35 Second Lieutenants, 5' Navy Officers.

Soldiers.-22 Serjeant-Majors and Quarter-Mafters, 45 Serjeants of Brigade, 85 Corporals, 437 Grenadiers and Gunners, 7 Muficians. 49 Sailors. Total 645. Sepoys.-Officers 29, Non-commiffioned Officers and Privates 985. Total 1014 (Signed) AUGUSTUS SEGUIN, [Then follows the return of ordnance, &c. found in the garrison of Pondicherry, the 25th and 26th of August 1793. Alio a general return of the Killed, Wounded, and Miffing of the army commanded by Colonel J. Braithwaite during the fiege of Pondicherry, the place having furrendered on the 23d of Auguft, 1793, viz.

Europeans.-Lieutenant-Colonel Geo. Maule, Chief Engineer. 52d Regiment, Lieutenant Lane. 73d Regiment, Capt. Galpine, Enfign Todd, Lieut. M'Gregor. 2d Native Battalion, Lieutenant Cawthorne, 1 Serjeant, 30 Rank and File, killed; 2 Lieutenants, 2 Serjeants, 46 Rank and VOL. XXV.

WHITEHALL, FEB. II.

ON Sunday the gh inft. the Right Hon. Henry Dundas, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, received difpatches from the Lieutenant-Governor of Jamaica, dated the 15th of December 1793, containing intelligence that Major Grant, Commandant at Cape Nichola Mole, had accepted the furrender of the parishes of St. Marc and Genavies, in St. Domingo, to his Majefty, upon the fame terms and conditions which have been granted to Cape Nichola Mole and the Quarter of Jeremie; and that the British Flag was, in confequence, flying on all the forts' and batteries in the above-mentioned parishes.

ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, FEE. 11.

On Sunday the 9th inftant a letter was received from Commodore Ford, Commander in Chief of his Majefty's fhips at Jamaica, addreffed to Mr. Stephens, dated the 7th of December 1793, of which the copy following is an extract; with of the letter to which it refers.

I REQUEST you will be pleased to inform the Lords Commifoners of the Admiralty, that fince my letter of the 24th of November last, by the Antelope packet, nothing material has happened to the squadron under my command, except the capture of the Inconftant French frigate, by the Penelope and Iphigenia, the parti culars whereof are stated in Captain Rowley's letter to me, herein inclofed; and to which I shall add (in juftice to the commendable zeal, activity, and enterprize of thofe Officers on all occafions, the high condition and difcipline of their fhips) that in my opinion, either of them alone would have accomplished what fell to their united efforts.

SIR,

Penelope, Port Royal Harbour,
Jamaica, November 30, 1793.

I BEG leave to acquaint you, that I failed from Mole St. Nicholas on the 20th inftant, having received intelligence that the Inconftant trigate was expected to leave Port-au-Prince, to convoy a large armed merchantman. On the day following I fell in with his Majesty's thip Iphigenia, Capt. Sinclair, to whom I gave orders to

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keep

keep company, and was proceeding to Port-au-Prince, when I was informed from Leoganne, that the Inconftant had failed with two fmall veffels for Petit Truo, but was daily expected back.

I immediately made fail, with intention of trying to take or deftroy her in the harbour; but on the night of the 25th, we had the good fortune to fall in with her, and, after exchanging a few broadfides, the ftruck her colours to the frigates.

The Penelope had one man killed and feven wounded; among the latter is Mr. John Allen, Midshipman. The Inconftant had fix killed, amongst whom was the First-Lieutenant; and the Captain and twenty wounded, three of whom are fince dead.

From the gallant behaviour of Lieutenant Malcolm, the Officers, and fhip's company, I have every reafon to flatter myself, that had either of his Majesty's frigates been fingle, they would have been equally fortunate in capturing her.

I beg leave to add, that Captain Sinclair's very favourable report of the conduct of his officers and fhip's company is fuch as does them the greatest honour. I remain, Sir,

Your most obedient humble fervant, B. S. ROWLEY. John Ford, Efq. Commodore and Commander in Chief, &c. &c.

ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, FEB. 10. Rear-Admiral Macbride, in his letter to Mr. Stephens, dated the 31ft ult. mentions, that Sir John Borlafe Warren, Captain of his Majefty's fhip Flora, being on a cruize on the coast of France, had captured, and fent to Portimouth a French Republican brig, named La Viper, of 16 fixpounder guns and 105 men, quite new, coppered, and only four days from Havre.

[Here end the GAZETTES.

FROM OTHER PAPERS.

In the fittings of the French Convention of the 27th of January, a deputation of Americans were admitted to the bar, and the crator requefted the pardon of Thomas Paine, that Apoftle of Liberty, who had been profcribed in England, whole arrelt was a fpecies of triumph to all the tyrants on earth.-His papers had been examined, and far from finding any dangerous propofitions, the Committee had traced only the characters of that burning zeal for liberty-of that eloquence of nature and philofophy-and of thofe principles of public morality, which had through life procured him the hatred of defpots and the love of his fellow citizens.

They requested, therefore, with confidence, that Thomas Paine should be restored to the fraternal embrace of his fellow citi. zens, and they offered themselves fureties for his conduct during the fhort time that he fhould remain in France.

The Prefident, after a high compliment to the American people, faid, "You requeft us to deliver up Thomas Paineyou are anxious to reconduct to your own fides the affertor of the Rights of ManWe must applaud this generous devotion. Thomas Paine was born in Englandthat was enough to fubject him to the decree in the first instance, which our own fafety demanded by the revolutionary laws. The Convention will take into confideration your demand." Extra&t of a letter from the PoftmafterGeneral in Jamaica, to the Lieutenant Governor of that land.

"Poft Office, Kingfion, Dec. 9, 1793.

"Sir,

"Having received letters from Anotta Bay, giving a circumftantial account of the late action between his Majesty's Packet boat and the Antelope, and the French privateer fchooner L'Atalante, I take the liberty of laying the particulars before your Honour.

In compliance with your inftructions, the Antelope failed from Port Royal on Wednetday 27th ult. and proceeded on her voyage until the morning of Sunday the 1ft init. when, being upon the coast of Cuba, not far from Cumberland Harbour, the fell in with two fchooners, apparently of equal force, which hoisted Spanish colours, and ftood directly for her. Upon this the Mafter of the Packet bore up for this Ifiand. L'Atalante out-failing her confort, left her, and continued the chafe all day, until about four o'clock in the afternoon, when the wind failing, the rowed up with the Packet, and having exchanged feveral fhot, fhe fheered off again. During the courfe of the night The frequently bore down, and fome thot were filed on both fides.

"At five o'clock on Monday morning, it being almoft caim, the rowed up, and grappled the Antelope on the starboardide, pouring in at the fame time a broad. fide, and immediately made a vigorous attempt to board, which was bravely repul fed, with great flaughter on the part of the enemy. In this attack Mr. Curtis (commanding the Packet) unfortunately fel, as did alfo the fhip's fteward, Jolin Auftin, and a French gentleman, Aidedu Camp to Monf. Loppint, a passenger Mr. Mitchell, the mate, was thot through the body, and three feamen were feverely

wounded

wounded. The fecond mate, Mr. Smith, having died of a fever subsequent to the Packet's failing from Port Royal, the command now devolved upon the boatfwain (Pafcoe by name), who, with the few brave men that were left, ftrenuously affifted by the paffengers, repulfed the enemy in repeated attempts to board, during a very confiderable time that the veffels were along-fide of each other. The boatswain at last observing that they had cut their grapplings, and were attempting to fheer off, ran aloft, and lafhed the privateer's fquare fail-yard to the Antelope's fore throuds, and immediately pouring in a few vollies of fmall-arms, which did great execution, the furvivors of the crew called out for quarter, which was immediately granted, the prize taken poffeffion of, and carried into Anotta Bay about eleven next morning.

"L'Atalante was fitted out at Charlestown, mounted 8 three-pounders, and car

ried 65 men. She failed from thence 24 days before; had captured a Bermudian floop and Spanish fchooner, both privateers. She chafed the Antelope all Sunday under a red flag, but had no colours flying during the engagement. She had 49 men killed and wounded; many of the latter dangerously.

"The Antelope failed from Port Royal with 27 hands, but lost four with fevers previous to the action, and had then two unfit for duty. Killed, two—wounded, four. Too much praife cannot be given to the boatswain, and the rest of those brave men who contended against so very fuperior a force, and fucceeded in saving his Majefty's Packet with the mail from capture.

"I have the honour to remain, &c. &c. "G. ATKINSON, "A&ting Poltmafter-General," To his Honour, Major-General Williamfon.

SUBSIDIES.

THE following is the fubftance of the Treaties for Subfidies, entered into, during the last year, between Great Britain and other Countries.

By a Treaty with the Landgrave of Heffe Caffel, entered into on the 10th of April 1793, his Serene Highnels engages to keep in readiness for fervice, during three years, 8000 men, as well infantry as cavalry. The levy money for these troops is 80 crowns Banco for each horfeman, and 30 clowns Banco for each foot foldier ;-the fubfidy is 225,000 crowns Banco per annum. The expence of obtaining recruits, for the purpose of keeping this corps complete, and that of replacing any artillery, or other effects, which may be taken by the enemy, will be defrayed by this Country. The pay of thofe, who may be wanting between one Spring Review and the next, is not to be retained, but shall be allowed, with out abatement, as if they were compleat; and, instead of what was formerly paid for recruiting, in the room of one killed, or three wounded, it is agreed, that, without diftinction, each man furnished hall be fupplied at the rate of twelveCrowns Banco a head.

By a fecond Treaty with the Landgrave, dated August 23, 1793, another corps of 4000 men is taken into the British fervice, upon terms proportioned to the above.

By a Treaty with the Margrave of Baden, dated September 21, 1793, a corps of Baden troops, including 754 men, is taken into the British fervice, upon the fame

terms.

By a Treaty with the Landgrave of Heffe Darmstadt, dated October 5, 1793, a corps of 3000 troops of Heffe Darmftadt is taken into the British pay, upon the fame terms.

The Crown Banco is equal to four fhillings and nine-pence three farthings Englith.

The Treaty with the King of Sardinia, figned April 25, 1793, grants to his Sardinian Majesty the fum of 200,000l. fterling annually, during the whole courfe of the war.

The Treaty with the King of the Two Sicilies covenants, that his Sicilian Majesty "thall unite :o the forces of his Britannic Majefty, in order that he may employ them in the Mediterranean, either conjun&tly or in concert with his own military and naval forces, a body of 6000 land troops, as well as four fhips of the line, four frigates, and four final thips of

war.

Sicilies