454. 
Since our laft we have to remark that 
hoftilities have been renewed in Tufcany 
by the French General Brune, who ftates, 
that, conformably to the fecond article of 
the late preliminaries, and the particular 
Convention of Caftiglione, he had fum- 
moned the general commanding for the 
Grand Duke, to difarm the levy ez maffe 
and that, on his refufal, General Dupont 
entered Florence on the 15th of October, 
and General Clement took pofleilion of 
Lechorn on the following day. More than 
25,000 of the levy ex maffe were difarmed 
and returned to their homes; and all the 
Englifh merchandize in Tutcany (particu- 
larly at Leghorn) was confifcated to the 
profitof the Republic. The following are 
the motives which the Mentteur avows for 
thisa&: ‘¢ That the emperor had under- 
taken in the preliminaries figned by St. 
Julier to difarm the levy inmafs. “That 
by the additional convention concluded at 
Caftiglione, between Generals Marmont 
end Bohenzollern, General Brune con- 
fented to wait an anfwer from Vienna re- 
fpecting the evacuation of theFerrareze by 
the Auftrians, who were to evacuate that 
‘country in purfuance of the treaty of Ma- 
rengo; but as the price of this condefcen- 
fion, no mention was made of Tufcany in 
the treaty of Caftiglione. That a few days 
before Leghorn had been taken pofieflion 
of by the French, an Englifh fleet had ap- 
eared off it; and forefight was eminently 
ufeful in war, &c.”’ 
SWEDEN. 
The mot curious and important article 
chat we find in the German papers, is a 
letter tranimitted by the Swedifh minifiry 
to the minifler of his Catholic majefty, in 
anfwer to the reprefentaticn lately made, 
on the fubject of a violation of a Swedifh 
bottom at Barcelona, which was ftated to 
have been there ufed by the Englifh as an 
inftrument in the capture of two Spanifh 
frigates. His Swedifh majefty is made to 
exprefs his forrow, that ‘another inftance 
has occurred of an infult offered to a neu- 
tral flag; but he hopes that in due time 
remonftrance will have its effect, and juf- 
tice be cbtained for fuch frequent viola- 
tions ; both by the French and Englith 
meanwhile, with the retort courteous, he 
calls to the recolle€tion of his Catholic 
Maiefty, that they generally happen in 
Spanifh ports, where no mealures are taken 
to prevent them. 
EGYPT. 
We are now given to underftand that 
General Menou, reje&ting all overtures of 
accommodation, has recommenced hoftili- 
ties, and is proceeding with the principal 
State of Public Affairs in Nuvember, 1800. 
[ Dee. 1, 
part. ofhis forces againft Syria; the former 
attempt to penetrate into which country 
was fruftrated’ by the bravery and promp- 
titude of Sir Sidney Smith: The Repub- 
lican general is {aid to have been joined by 
feveral of the Beys, who, having been in- 
formed that the Ottoman court intended, 
immediately on the expulfion of the French, 
to change the old Egyptian government, 
and deftroy the power of the Mamelukes, 
thus followed the example of Murat Bey, 
as the only meafure they could adopt for 
fecuring their independence. The army 
of the Grand Vizier (which is reprefented 
by the French accounts as feeble and difs 
organize.) is ftationed near Jaffa. But 
by letters from Hamburg of the 5th of 
November, we are informed that a nego- 
ciation has recommenced between the 
Grand Vizier and General Menou for the 
evacuation of Egypt, on terms fimilar to 
thofe under which the unfortunate Kleber 
was about to depart. “Phis report is how- 
ever eflentially at variance with the lateft 
accounts in the French journals, which 
ftate Menou to be firmly refolved on re- 
taining pofleffion of that country. 
RUSSIA. 
The Emperor of Ruflia, whofe fingular 
treatment of Count Cobentzel when envoy 
from Vienna at Peterfburg, our readers 
cannot have forgotten, was faid to have 
lately exprefled a defire of feeing at his 
court an embafiador extraordinary from the 
Emperor of Germany. Humble «indivi- 
duals like ourfelves ought not to prefume 
to judge of imperial feelings with regard 
to infults ; and therefore we do not affect 
to be furprifed at hearing that a {plendid 
embafly was preparing in confequence of 
fuch intimation, and thatPrince Charles of 
Auerfoerg, with Count Weftphal as his mi- 
nifter in ordinary, was appointed to that 
honour. Later acvices however acquaint 
us, that the emperor of all the Raffias has 
again pofitively refufed to admit an em- 
baffador from the Court of Vienna. 
WEST INDIES, 
The difputes that fo long exifted at St. 
Domingo, between the Republican gene- 
rals Touffaint L’Qverture and Rigaud, 
have at laft terminated by the expulfion of 
the latter from the colony; fince which, 
the municipality of Aux Cayes has foli- 
cited Touflaint to take poffeflion of that 
town. There does not appear at prefent 
much reajon to believe, that the report 
fometime fince prevalent, of this Mulatto 
general’s intending to declare himielf in- 
dependent .of France, were well founded ; 
for he has recently iffued feveral procla- 
mations to the inhabitants, and to the dif- 
ferent 
