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-dinance prohibiting the vend- 
‘ing to, or furnifhing the 
French with provisions, ammu- 
nition, dc. 
One hundred thousand men, 
under the command of the 
prince of Hohenloe, are on 
their march to the low coun- 
tries, where they will be join- 
ed with 60,000 Prufsia s un- 
d rthe command -t the duke 
of Brunswick. 
_ The latest answer obtained 
by the French minister at Ma- 
drid, respecting the intentions 
of that. monarch, were highly 
descriptive of the national cha- 
racter. The king of Spain 
briefly represents himself as 
master of his own affairs, and 
mot accountable to any other 
power for his actions, much lefs 
Sor his thoughts or intentions. 
Notwithstanding this, it does 
not appear, from any steps yet 
taken, that any afsistance will 
be afforded to the ex-princes 
from that quarter. 
A sample of a new sort of 
gun-powder has been present- 
ed to the national afsembly of 
France, the force of which has 
been proved to be to that of 
common powder as 130 to 107. 
Leyden, April 27. It is the 
custom for the ministers to pray 
for the Stadtholder and fami- 
ly. The inhabitants of Heuf- 
den, as often as the minister 
began this prayer, thewed 
“their difsatisfaction by cough- 
ing, spitting, blowing the nofe, 
and scraping with their feet, 
so that a word of the prayer 
could not be heard in the 
church, however it might as- 
cend to heaven. The regen- 
cy publifhed an edict, forbid-: 
ding all coughing, spitting, 
blowing ef noses, during di- 
vine service. The citizens” 
were peaceable, but from that 
day the churches have been 
deserted. 
Lord Cornwallis, in a letter 
to Sir George Oakley, bart. 
Ge. dc. dated Camp, ten miles 
from Bangalore, Oct. 24.1791. 
gives an account of the capture 
of Nundy Durgum. : 
‘The following are a fe 
particulars of.the afsault : 
‘The firing of three guns 
was the signal of the storm, 
whilst the band, with infinite 
effect, played “ Britons strike’ 
home.” Climbing from rock 
to rock, and pafsing the deep. 
ravines of the mountain, the 
patty reached the summit; the: 
enemy fled with terror and sur- 
prize at the gallant efforts they 
saw, after firing a few mufkets, 
and throwing a small quantity 
of rockets, which did no exe- 
cution. Captain Monson car- 
ried the works to the right 
with much gallantry. He-was 
sent merely to scour the wall 
and the works, and prevent an 
ensilading fire, but seeing the 
confusion of the enemy, he 
closely pursued them, entering 
five different gates immediate- 
ly on their heels ; a stand was 
made at the last, where a kil- 
