2.48: 
fianding the great warlike preparations 
‘which have lately been made, there feems 
to be aconfiderable backwardneis on both 
fides,with re{peét to the recommencement 
of hoftilities ; and a great jealoufy is un- 
derftood to exift between the combined 
armies of the emperor and of Sardinia. 
Perhaps this jealouty may have contribut- 
éd to the late victcries of the French. 
Frankfort, «dpriig. ‘This evening, at feven 
o’clock, his royal highnefs the archduke Charles, 
who is to command the army of the empire, 
arfived in. this city, and alighted at the hotel 
Miaifon Rouge, where he ws received by a 
guard of honour, amidft acclamations. 
Prague. The preparations for war are im- 
men‘e. A dreadful fire has econfumed 150 
houfes at Moldentheim, 
Bonn, April 6. The new mandats are to be 
given in payment to the French troops; we 
certainly {hall be obliged to take them as ready 
money. The new contribution will alfo fall 
heavy upon us; our city is to furnith 75,000 
in fpecie, and that of Andcrnach 50,000. 
| SPAIN 
alfo expreffes its alarm at the plan of ag- 
grandizement meditated by Ruflia; and 
dreading the imtroduétion of her naval 
forces into the Mediterranean, is making 
the moft vigorous preparations for war. 
She ts faid to have folicited the aid of 
this country againft Ruffia; and, in cafe 
ef our refufal, intends to avail herfelt of 
her prefent good underftanding wit 
France toattack Gibraltar, and unite with 
France. in acts of hoftility againft this 
country. 
MEDITERRANEAN. 
Three French frigates iately violated 
the port of Smyrna, by feizing the Neme- 
fis frigate lying there. This violation of 
a neutral port, has beenvtollowed by an- 
other of Admiral Waldegrave, at Tunis. 
The Nemefis was lying in the harbour of 
Tunis, with three other French veffels of 
war, when admiral Waldegrave compel- 
fed her, and two of the others to ftrike, 
and run on fhore, and deftroyed thethird. 
The dey of Tunis has fince io far refented 
this breach of the law of nations, that he 
is expected fhortly to iftuea declaration 
of war againft this country. 
) AMERICA. 
Congrefs is ftill fitting, but not domg 
much bufinefs. The treaty with Spain is’ 
arrived; by this treaty the navigation of 
the Mifiiippi is free, and New Orleans is 
to be made a free port for three years ; at 
theend‘of that period, the king of Spain 
may, if he cheofes, aflign the Americans 
another port, equally convenient. Onthe 
whole; 1t is conirdered asa very favourable 
treaty. ’ 
Spain « «. Mediterranean... America, Se. 
[April 
West INDIES. | 
Tn the Weft Indies, the affairs of Great 
Britain wear a more promifing afpeé& 
than in Enrope. The Maroon negroes 
have been fubdued ; their whole number 
confifted originally of only afew hun- 
dreds, and, according to lord Balearras, 
they have all now furrendered, excepting 
about twenty. ‘The arrival of the tran{- 
ports, fent off with admiral Chriftian’s 
armament, has given hopes that the 
Leeward Iflands are now ina ftate of 
fecurity, and it is even expected that 
offenfive operations will be commenced 
againft the enemy. The French Direc- 
tory are, however, uaderftood to have 
availed themfelves of the firft failure of 
Chriftian’s expedition, and to have fent 
various detachments of troops, &c. te 
their colonies ; how farthefe detachments 
will counteraét the Englith reinforcé- 
ments, remains to be decided. 

Deaths broad. te 
The Rev. Mr. Sowden, minifter of the 
Englifh epifcopal church of Amfierdam. 
The reigning duche's of Deux Ponts, in 
the thirty-firit year of her age. She was of the 
houfe of the landgrave of Hefle Darmfladt. 
In the Weft Indies, Captain W. Landreth, 
of the 45th regiment. At Grenada, colonel 
R. Ramfey, of the 2gth regiment. 
At Lifbon, Mrs. Obrien, of Cork.  * 
On the oth of March, at Nantes, the cele- 
brated general Charette, foul of the civil war in 
France, Having been taken. on the 7th inftant, 
by the adjutant-general Travot, he was inftant- 
ly conducted to Angers. When he arrived, he 
was In great pain ; he had two contuficns in his 
head, and his fingers were very much hart. 
He did not feem to expeét that he would be put 
to death. He was afked, why, after the paci- 
fication, he did not remain quiet? He replied, 
*¢ Becaufe they had not kept the promife which — 
they made me.” They faid tohim, you have - 
made us lofe a great many men, ‘“ Ah! one 
cannot make pancakes without breaking eggs.”” 
They afked him, if he knew that Stomet had 
been fhot ? “* Yes, this was a fcoundrei : as for 
me ; I have been taken after my troops were de- 
feated, but ftill I have been furprifed.’’ In fatty 
two cavaliers in difguife, went to the houfe of a 
peafant, telling him that they had-wandered, 
that the republicans had purfued them, and 
thar they did nct know what route general Cha- 
rette had taken. The peafant fhowed them 
the wood where he was : they flew togethers to 
give notice to the detachment which invefted 
the wood: they hunted him like a hare, and 
furprifed Charette, fupported- by two cavaliers. 
What gave him moft pain was, that he had not 
fallen in the field of battle... He fays, it is fix 
months fince he quitted his boots. When Cha- 
rette was conduéted fo the bead-quarters of the 
republican army, citizen Hedouviile, chief of 
the 
