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introducing a treaty of peace; and may 
naturally account for the filence of the 
French government on the prefent occa- 
fion. ite 
“Advice was received at the admiralty, on the 
vend, of the capture of fir Sidney Smith, of 
his majefty’s fhip Diamond, on the coaft of 
France.—-Haying, on the 1th inf. boarded and- 
taken a lugeer p*xivateer belonging to the ene- 
my, in Havre-de-Grace harbour, by the beats 
ef his fquadron, then on a reconnoitring expe- 
dition, and the tide making ftrong inte’ the 
harbour, fhe was driyen above the French forts, 
who, the next morning, the rgth, ditcovering, 
at break of day, the lugger in tow by a fliing 
of Englifh boats, immediately made the fignal 
ef alarm, which collected together feveral gun- 
Boats and other armed veffels, that attacked the 
Jugger and Britifh boats, when, after an obfti- 
nate refiftance of two hours, fir Sydney had the 
mortiacation of being obliged to furrender him- 
felf prifoner of war, with about fiateen of his 
people, and three officers with him, in the lug- 
er. 
The Britifh navy.~-The total of the fhips in 
commiffion, amount to 435. They confit of 
146 fhips of the line? [ 159 frigates. 
20 of 50 guns. | 150 floops, &c. 
Number of officers in the Britith navy.—One 
hundred flag officers (admirals, vice- admirals, 
and rear admirals) four hundved and fixty cap- 
tains; two hundred and forty-four command- 
ers; and one thoufand nine hundred and fixty- 
one Ueutenants. 
Extracts fromthe LONDON GAZETTE. 
March 31. Major Gen. Stuart, and the 
ritifh forces under various commands, 
in the ifland of Ceylon, have taken pof- 
feffion of the: Dutch, forts and fettle- 
ments of Batticaloe, Jaffnapatam, Mol- 
Jetivoe, and the ifland of Manar Malacca, 
and its dependencies, have furrendered 
to Major Brown.—Chinnerah, and its 
dependencies, have aliv been taken. 
, April 16th. Major Petrie, foon after 
the furrender of Cochin, tock poffetfion 
of Quilon and Porca, in the Travancore 
country, completing the capture of all 
the Dutch poffeifions on the Afiatic con- 
tinent. 
Sir Edward Pellew, of the Indefati- 
gable, has captured fix, and funk three 
French coafting veffels. 
April 23. Lord Balcarras announces 
the fuppreffion of the Maroon rebel- 
lion, 660 having furrendered themfelves 
prifoners, and only 24 men now remain- 
ing out. 
From St. Vincent’s, it appears, that, 
in an attack made by the French on 
the Britith poft at Millar’s Ridge, they 
were finally repulfed, but that Lieut. 
Col, Prevoft, and 34 others were wound- 
ed, and 2 ferjeants and 22 rank and file 
were killed. — 
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London Gazettes.» «Ireland... France. 
[April — 
Major Wright has been obliged to fall 
back from -Pilot’s Hill, to the poft of 
Sauteur, in Grenada; his lofs has been 
ro men killed, and 14 wounded. 
Captain Roe, of the Racoona, has 
taken a French lugger privateer. 
Capt. Carpenter, of the Intrepid, has 
taken La Percante, of 26 guns, off the 
ifland of St. Domingo. 
April26. Sir E. Pellew, in the Inde- 
fatigable, in company with a fquadron of © 
frigates, on the coaft of France, has 
taken two French frigates, L’Unité, of 
38 guns, and La Virginée, of 44 guns. 
Sir J. B. Warren, with his {quadron, 
have taken, on the coaft of France, a 
corvette of 22 guns, and five coafters. 
IRELAND. 
On the 15th of April, the lord lieute- 
nant came in ftate to the Irifh houfe of 
peers, when forty-three bills, returned 
from. England, received the royal affent, 
after which his excellency delivered a 
{peech to both houfes of parliament, and 
then prorogued the parliament tothe 14th 
of June following. In the tpeech made 
by the lord-lieutenant on this occafion, he 
thanked the communs for the cheerfulnefs 
and liberality with which they had pro- 
vided fupplies for the current fervices of 
the year; and alfo expreffed his fatisfac- 
tion, that the * ftrength and profperity” 
of the Irifh nation “ remained undimi- 
nifhed, notwithftanding the preffure of the 
war.” He alfoapplauded the two houfes 
for the ““ VIGOROUS MEASURES which 
they had adopted, for the fuppretffion of 
infurre€tion and outrage.” 
FRANCE. ? 
Hoftilities have at length commenced, 
and with the moft favourable afpeét of 
future fuccefs to the arms of the French 
republic. The Auftro-Sardinian army 
hasbeentotally defeated on the confines of - 
the Genoefe territory, within forty miles 
of Turin, with the lofs of 14,000 men, 
together with their cannon and camp 
equipage. This event will probably be 
pregnant with the moft ferious confe- 
quences to the interefts of his Sardinian 
majefiy, and gives an eafy opening to the 
progrefs of the French arms into the em- 
peror’s Italian dominions; and: by in- 
{piriting the other republican armies, 
may give the moft decided turn to the 
campaign on the Rhine, and in other 
quarters of the theatre of war. 7 
On the 21ft of April, Bion read. the 
following meflage from the executive di- 
rectory : 
“ Citizens legiflators, we’ haften to 
announce to you, that the army of Italy 
has juft opened the campaign, by a fignal 
victory. 
