WHEN early the fun finks in winter to bed, And the western horrizon gleams faintly with red, When the mists of the Ev'ning rife thick from the vales, As Darknefs creeps on, and hufh'd Silence prevails, At th' approach of Night's gloom, o'er the reft of his courfe, The traveller mourns for himfelf, and his horfe; And bewails his hard fate, forc'd alone thus, and weary, His way to purfue through roads dirty, and dreary. But when fafe in his Inn, and his horfe at the manger, How fang he reflects on paft darkness and danger! His fire now fo warm is, his fteak fo well drefs'd! His wine (gin and floe-juice) fo truly the beft! The arm-chair fo eafy, the bed-room fo ncat, Of Waiter! Boots! Chambermaid! Oftler! Far from home, far from spouse, far from nut children, and friend, Can the Traveller fancy all care at an end? The reafon my mufe in few words fhall explain, To Contraft we owe all our pleasure and pain: For Caufe and Effech are confounded in this, That Blif leads to Woe, and then-Woe leads to Blifs, DELINES ADDRESSED TO A YOUNG LADY. From Poems by S. T. Coleridge, lately published. Yon viewlefs Wand'rer of the vale. At Morning's break, at Evening's clofe 7994 3161 And hovers o'er the uninjur'd Bloom TO NIGHT. 100% From Poems by P. Courtier, lately published. There Wisdom's voice is heard to speak D vd Where whispering lovers talk, Here let me pause and contemplate year; (tear, When 31 When inoffenfive mirth food smiling by, When fimple fports the infant mind can please, And woe lies buried in the lap of cafe! When competence should yield a future Where manhood's riper day, Should tafte the pleasures of domestic love? ม่ Her look benign, Scorn drew the poniard of Despait, and Hope Her ftandard rais'd to fave the fons of earth. decay'd Yet her exhaustless light Some confolation gives, To blast that deadly sprite Midft mental earthquakes cheers the finking Directs the mind to her immortal goal. T Thus born on Expectation's wing, ride 1999 STATE PAPER.?ed of pics of made-ans bor DECLARATION of the Empress of Ruffia. M. de Kalitcheff, Ambaffador from "Ruffia to Berlin, having, at the defire of the Cabinet of Vienna, made reprefentations upon the affembling of the combined army, which marched for the banks of the Wefer, his Pruffian Majesty replied, in virtue of these relations, the molt perfect confes done with Britannic to fummon the Princes and States of Majefty, in his quality of Elector of MONTHLY GAZETTE INTELLIGENCE. Admiralty Office, July 16. Extract of a letter from Sir John Jervis, K. B. to Evan Nepean, Efq; dated Victory, off Toulon, June 10. 1796. I acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty, that laft evening, having obferved a French cruizer working up to Hieres Bay, within the islands, I called Capt. Macnamara, of his Majefty's fhip Southampton, on board the Victory, pointed the ship out, and directed him to make a dash at her, through the Grand Pafs, which he performed with admirable fpirit and alacrity. [Follows Capt. Macnamara's letter, in which he informs, that it proved to be L'Utile corvette of 24 guns, French fix pounders, commanded by Citizen Francois Veza, and 136 men, feveral of whom efcaped on fhore in the launch; that he only lost one man, William Orton, marine, who was killed by a piftcl fhot near the Captain on the quarter deck. From the best information, the enemy had killed and wounded twentyfive.] Admiralty Office, July 16. Copy of a letter from Admiral Sir John Jervis, K. B. dated Victory, off Toulon, June 8. 1796. SIR, I herewith inclofe a letter I received laft evening from Commodore Nelfon, in the Gulf of Genoa, with an account of the important articles taken from the enemy in the expedition under the Commodore's immediate direction, the 31ft ultimo; alfo a lift of the killed and wounded. Their Lordships are fo thoroughly acquainted with the vigilance and enterprize of Commodore Nelfon, that I forbear to repeat his merits on this occafion. Lam, &c. J. JERVIS. Agamemnon, off Oneglia, June 1. SIR, At two P.M. yefterday, feeing fix fail running along hore, which I believed to be French, and knowing the great confequence of intercepting the cannon and ordnance ftores, which I had information was expected from TouJon, to be landed at St Piere d'Acena, for the fiege of Mantua, I made the fig nal for a general chace, when the veffels, which now hoifted French colours, an"chored clofe underc a battery. After a fhort refiftance from the battery and 1 REGISTER. veffels, we took poffeffion of them.. Much as I feel indebted to every officer in the fquadron, yet I cannot omit to mention the great fupport and assistance I have ever received from Captain Cockburn; he has been under my command near a year on this ftation, and I should feel myfelf guilty of neglect of duty, was I not to reprefent his zeal, ability, and courage, which is confpicuous on every occafion which offers. Inclofed I tranfmit you a list of the kil led and wounded, (being 1 killed, and 3 wounded) and alfo of the veffels taken," which confift of one veffel of 3 eighteen pounders, 4 fwivels, and 60 men; a gunboat; and five transports, laden with warlike ftores, provisions, &c. I have the honour to remain, &c. Sir John Jervis, K. B. Admiralty Office, July 16. Extract of a letter from Sir H. C. Chriftian to Evan Nepean, Efq; dated on board the Thunderer, Choc Bay, St Lucia, May 15. 1796. I have to acquaint you, for the infor mation of the Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty, of the fafe arrival of his Majefty's floop Albicore at Barbadoes, with her prize L'Athenien, French national corvette of 14 guns: For a more particular account of Capt. Winthorp's proceedings, I tranfmit a copy of his letter to me of the 9th inft. [Follows a fhort letter from Capt. W. giving an account of the capture.] Admiralty Office, July 16. Copy of a letter from Capt. Hamilton, of his Majefty's fhip Melpomene, to Evan Nepean, Efq. 319 Melpomene, Plymouth Sound, SIR, July 14. You will be pleased to acquaint their Lordships, that his Majefty's fhip, Mel pomene, on the 11th inftant, difcovered an enemy's hip in the S. E. quarter, After a chace of five hours, and her making every effort to escape, she struck her colours, and proved to be La Re vanche of 18 guns and +167 men; she had left Breft only a few hours, with a view of intercepting the Brazil convoy. I have the satisfaction to add, that though feveral guns were exchanged, no lives were loft. I have the honour to be, &c. CHARLES HAMILTON. Par Parliament-Street, July 19. Letters were yesterday received at the Office of the Right Hon. Henry Dundas, from Captain Drummond, of the 19th regiment of light dragoons, and Lieut. Davies, of his Majefty's fhip Heroine. Lazarétto at Bocche de Caterro, SIR, in Dalmatia, June 12. 1796. I have the honour to tranfmit a copy of the terms of capitulation, on which Columbo and its dependencies furrendered to his Majefty's and the Honourable Eaft India Company's fea and land forces, under the command of Captain Alan Hyde Gardner and Col. James Stuart, My orders were to proceed to England, by the way of Suez and Alexandria, with Colonel Stuart's dispatches, and, if detained to perform quarantine, I was directed to forward the above-mentioned copy of the terms of capitulation to you. I am, &c. R. DRUMMOD. [Follows Captain Gardner's Letters.] His Majesty's fhip Heroine, Columbo SIR, Road, February 16. 1796. Having received directions from Sir George Keith Elphinstone, Commander in Chief of his Majefty's fhips and veffels in these seas, to take under my orders the fhips of his Majefty and those of the Hon. United Eaft India Company, confifting of the Rattlefnake, Echo, Prince of Wales, Bombay Cattle, Bombay frigate, Drake brig, Queen ketch, and Swift, and to co-operate with Colonci Stuart, Commander of the land forces, in the reduction of Columbo, it is with peculiar fatisfaction I announce to you the furrender of that fortress, with the remaining poffeffions under the Dutch authority on the island of Ceylon, on the 15th inftant. I have the honour to transmit herewith the terms on which thefe places have become part of his Majefty's dominions. The transports having been collected off Negombo, an achorage, eighteen miles to the northward of this place, on the 5th inftant, and that fort having been evacuated by the enemy, was taken poffeffion of by Major Barbert on the fame day, and the whole of the army landed by the evening of the 6th inftant. Stuart marched with a part of his force to poffefs himself of a strong post which the enemy oppofed to him on the fouth bank of the Matua river, which, from his judicious and able conduct, was happily carried on the morning of the 12th, with little lofs on our fide, and confiderable to the enemy, who fled for protection under the walls of the fort, and enabled the Colonel to take up his final position before Columbo on the evening of the fame day. I alfo anchored on the morning of the 12th with the fhips of war and tranfports, about two miles from the fortrefs, in a very favourable fituation for landing the guns, &c. of which there being a fufficient number put on shore, on the 14th Colonel Stuart and myself fummoned the fort to furrender, and its fuccefs will be fully explained by the articles of capitulation, which I have before alluded to, and which I humbly hope may meet his Majefty's approba tion. It becomes me, and it is a very pleas ing part of my duty, to make known to you, for his Majesty's information, the zeal and activity which have actuated every defcription of officers and men employed under my orders; and I am happy to inform you, that three feamen, of the Swift, wounded, are the only cafualties of the fiege. Firft Lieutenant Davies, of the Heroine, an officer of great merit, who has given me every affiftance on this fervice which his relative fituation enabled him to do, will have the honour of deliveret. ing to you this dispatch, and I beg leave to recommend him to your favourable notice and protection. I have the hon our to be, &c. A. H. GARDNER. [Follows the Articles of Capitulation, confifting of twenty fix.] Downing Street, July 23. The letters, of which the following are copies, have been received from the Hon. William Frederick Wyndham, ' his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Miniter Plenipotentiary to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and from Mr Udney, his Majefty's Conful at Leghorn, by the Right Hon. Lord Grenville. The inland navigation from Negomor MY LORD, Florence, June 22. bo to Columbo not being found ade. I have the honour to inform your: quate to the purpofe of carrying the Lordship, that on the 18th inft. the ftores, provifions, &c. to the ground French entered Bologna, to the number neceffary for the army to occupy, pre-of about 15,000 men, having previously vious to opening our batteries, Colonel fent before them a Commissary and a troop troop of cavalry, to demand entrance way of Figuano and Perugia, of which into the city, with a promise of treating he did not know the number; that anoit in a friendly manner: In confequence, ther, confifting of between 8000 and being mafters of the town and fortrefs, 9000, were to arrive this day at Pistoia; they made the garrifon prisoners of war, that the Marquis Manfredini, who was and fent them under efcort into the difpatched by the Grand Duke to BologMilanefe. The Pope's Legate they im- na with the ftrongeft remonstrances, mediately ordered to quit the Bolognefe. and ordered to ufe his utmost enOn receiving this information I im- deavours with Buonaparte and Salimediately waited on the Prime Miniter cetti to diffuade the French from enSeratti and the Marquis Manfredini, to tering Tuscany, had received for anfwer, know whether his Royal Highness had that no orders had been given by the any intelligence of an intent of the French Directory at Paris to that effect, and conto march into Tuscany, or to garrison sequently it was not in their power to Leghorn; and I had the moft pofitive do otherwife; and that all they would affurances from both, that the French do was to pafs through Tuscany as had no idea at prefent of entering Leg- fpeedily, friendly, and quietly as pofhorn. fible, and by whatever road his Royal Highnefs fhould be pleafed to dictate; but that the Commiffaries and two Generals of the column, marching to Pistoia, being arrived there, have declared to the General Strafoldo (who was sent by the Grand Duke to meet them, and to give the necessary orders to infure tranquillity), that they have no orders to receive from the Grand Duke, and do not know the route they fhall take-a circumstance utterly impoffible, as they precede the army to obtain provifions. I have the honour, &c. W. F. WYNDHAM. I own, my Lord, that I do not place much confidence in their promises of not coming to Leghorn; I have therefore thought proper to write to the Admiral my fentiments to that effect, requefting him to leave fome veffels at Leg horn, to carry off the merchants and British fubjects, with their effects, in cafe of a fudden invafion. I have likewife defired the Conful to convene the British factory, and to tell them not to rely too much on French faith. I have the honour, &c. W. F. WYNDHAM. MY LORD, Florence, June 25. I have the honour to inform your Lordship, that the fituation of affairs in this country is materially changed: The neutrality of the Grand Duke, which, from every promife on the part of the Directory at Paris, and their minifter here, we had reafon to expect would be religiously respected, has been openly violated, by the march of a confiderable body of French troops at Fiftoia, the deftination of which I have reason to believe, froin a variety of concurring circumftances, to be for Leghorn; and the Republic of Lucca has given intimation to this Government, that fuch is, un doubtedly, the project of the French. The violation of the neutrality is fo palpable, and the measures taken by the enemy fo apparently hoftile, as to make it probable that the country will not efcape contributions. I have omitted no neans of forwarding information almoft daily to the Conful and Admiral. I have the honour, &c. W. F. WYNDHAM. MY LORD, Florence, June 25. I was this day informed, by the Secretary of State, that a column of French was out its march from Bologna, by the On board bis Majesty's ship the Inconfunt, Leghorn Road, June 27. MY LORD, In confequence of the intelligence which I received on the 24th init. from the Hon. Wm Frederick Wyndham, his Majefty's Minifter at Florence, and from ny different emiffaries on the roads, that there was a confiderable probability that the French would enter Leghorn, I immediately called a meeting of the gentlemen of the factory, and communicated to them the above-mentioned information; and if equal attention had been paid to it by all as was done by the principal members, the lofs would have been far lefs contiderable. I am happy, however, to be able to inform your Lordfhip, that by the extraordinary exertions which have been made, and in partičular by Capt. Freemantle, commanding his Majefty's fhip the Inconftant, every English thip in the Mole, twenty-three in number, together with great part of the valuable effects in the warehouses, and about two hundred and forty oxen for the ufe of his Majefty's fleet, have, 'in the course of two days and nights, been faved. I have the honour, &e! JOHN UDNY Villory |