xi histoi'ica/ chronic fe, 



fel'l in with two other parties 

 of Cofsacks. While he was re- 

 treating he was attacked in 

 llank by a party of Cofsacks. 

 Some hundred men were kiikd 

 on both sides, and the major 

 himself taken prisoner. I'lie 

 result of the battle of Mire in 

 Lithuania, was, that our troops 

 retired in good order to Nie 

 wiez. The Rufsians entered 

 the city, but were repelled bv 

 the ramparts of the castle ; 

 on which occasion a great 

 number was killed,' 



An armistice is talked of here, 

 during which negociations 

 will take place, in order to make 

 up matters if pofsible with- 

 out farther eftusion of blood. 

 Miscellaneous. 

 We are infoimed, that in the 

 town of Bafseterre, about the 

 middle of April last, the inha- 

 bitants were visited with the 

 most tremenduous hurricane 

 ever remembered ; that the 

 storm continued several days, 

 and proved very detrimental 

 to the lives ajid property of 

 all those residing on the island, 

 that " whole Iheets of vain" 

 fell with such impetuosity, as 



were totally destroyed. It is 

 impofsible to conceive the hor- 

 rors arising from the cries of 

 the unhappy sufferers, the whites 

 and blacks perifhing without 

 distinction by the same calami- 

 About 300 negroes perilhed 

 in Bafseterre alone •, and there 

 is scarcely a mile of the island 

 but what has visible marks of 

 this visitation of providence. 



In Nevis, St Eustatia, and 

 all the adjacent islands, the 

 rains were experienced, al- 

 though not in such a dreadful 

 degree ; neither do we learn 

 that any lives have been lost 

 in these last mentioned places. 

 It is thought that some 

 years will be necefsary to re- 

 pair the damages sustained. 



It is with pleasure we men- 

 tion, that the inhabitants of 

 the town of Bafsetere, and o- 

 ther parts of the island, have 

 been plentifully supplied with 

 provisions, unci neceisaries of 

 all kinds. 



In la Fayette's account of 

 the attack made by the Aus- 

 trians on his advanced guard 

 at Maubeuge, it is said, " that 



to cause the overthrow of i the enemy suffered considera- 



buildings ; that the water from 

 this unexpected deluge was se- 

 veral feet deep in all the 

 streets •, that calks, logs of 

 wood, cattle, and even men 

 and women, were swept away 

 promiscuously in the torrent j | 

 and that many lives and estates 



bly from his cannon, and par- 

 ticularly from four pieces of 

 artillery on horseback.'', This 

 truly smgular species of ord- 

 nance is, we imderstand, the 

 invention of an ingenious 

 gentleman of Glasgow, and 



