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fail, as ufual,to do every thing that could 
be expected of herfelf and allies. “The 
Englith cabinet had difpatched an enter- 
prifing commander * to the Archipelago, 
in’ the latter end of-179%; and, in concert 
with the Turks, he contrived a few months 
after, to foil Bonapart e in/Syria, - The 
King of. Naples was maintained in the 
poffefion of Sicily by means of a Britifh — 
Capua, Gaeta, Naples, .Ci- 
{quadron. 
vita Vecehia, and even Rome, were con- 
quered through the afliftance of our naval 
forces in the Mediterranean: while 
Keith made a bold, but ineffectual attempt 
to come up with the French ana Spanifh 
fleets, on their return to Brefi. The fame 
cabinet meditated a powerful diverfion on 
the fide of Holland. A numerous fieet, 
with a contiderable body of troops on 
board, accordingly oe fromthe Kentith 
coaft, on the 13th of Auguft, and ‘an- 
chored off the Texel. 
crombie having affected a landing, after a 
flight reiftance, tock poffeffion of the Hel- 
der, while feven Dutch men-of war, and 
thirteen Indiamenh and tranfpoxts, were 
feized in the Niew Diep; valve more 
Dutch fhips, under the Paes of Story, 
ina fhort time after alfo furrendered to 
Admiral Mitchell. 
No feoner had the Englifh army been 
joined by a body of Ruffian troops, and 
headed by the Duke of York, fn an at- 
tack was made on the enemy’s lines} and 
Alkmaar taken after a fevere and bloedy 
conteft. 
In the courfe of a few days his Royal 
Highnefs attempted the enemy's entrench- 
ments at Beverwick: but, hotwithftanding 
fome partial ‘advantages, it was at lengt th 
found neceflary not only to fail back, but 
alfo to abandon all the polts occupied be- 
fore.’ 
__As-the French army under General 
Brune increafed daily, and it began to be 
forefeen that many difficulties might at- 
tend @ Feunbar ication, it was at. lencth 
deemed moft advifeable to enter inte a con- 
vention with the enemy, in confequence of 
which the enterprize was wholly abandon- 
ed, and.a body. of 8000 French prifoners 
in England was agreed to be delivered up 
without exchange. To the honour of both 
nations, this agreement feems: ta. have 
been kent inviolate. 
But if the expedition of the Britifh 
troops in Holland proved unfortunate, 
the Eritith name had, in the mean time, 
pe: a new luttre; and our territories 
a’ freth acceflion, in another anda more 


—— 
* Six Sydney Smith, 
State of Public Affairs in 1799, Se. 
Lord | 
land dif 
‘Sir Ralph Aber-’ 
[Feb. 3, 
diftant quarter of the Soe Tippoc, 
truiting to the promifes of the French, 
dazzled by their offers of affiftance, and 
founding his eumedae ropes, perhaps, 
on the progrefs of their arms m Egypt, 
was making every preparation for a-new 
war, infinitely more formidable than that 
which he had before waged; as he expeéied 
tobe fupported by a large body of Euro- 
pean allies.” He wes anticipated however 
in his projects by the vigilant activity of 
the Britith government in Afia, which or- 
dered a large army into the field, before 
he had completed his plans. The ‘art ia- 
timation that arrived in Europe of theie 
events was received by means. of an over- 
fpatch, announcing the defeat of 
the Sultan’s troops on the rgth of March, 
and their fubfequent retreat towards Sen 
ringapatam. Advices were brought foon 
after, that the capital of the Myfore had 
falieén ir-o our hands in confequence of an— 
affault, in which the Prince himfelf loft his 
life; and in the beginning of. December, 
we learned that a partition of his teats 
nions had taken place, in confequence of. 
which we had. added greatly to our own ~ 
territories, and placed a grandfen of the 
prince depofed by Hyder Ally, on the va- 
cant throne, affigning at the fame time a 
certain portion of the dominions of his an- 
ceftors for the maintenance of his family 
and the fupport of his court. 
Having thus taken a rapid furvey of 
public affairs, fo far as military operations 
are concerned, we fhali now refame our 
hiftorical {ummary of the events ef a re- 
cent date, commencing with the month of 
tar aes 
FRANCE. 
‘We noticed in our laf, that a new con- 
ftitution was about to be prefented, and 
a has fince actually taken place. It is 
refaced by a declaration that, ** the 
Brench Republic is one and imdivifibae, 
that ** every man borm or pending in 
France, of twenty-one years of age, who | 
is infcribed on the. civic regifter- -of his com=_ 
mune, and who has lived. during one year 
within the territory of the republic, is a- 
French citizen.” A continued refidence 
of ten years gives the fame right-to a fo- 
reigner, and this right is Jott-to either 
I. By nathrahiation in ay other coun- 
try. 
Die the acceptance of either a place 
a penfion from another govertiment. 
(+ By afilation with any foreign cor- 
poration that implies diftingtion of birth. 
And 4. By condemnation to infamous ® 
er corporal punifhments. ‘ar 
A fafpenfion entues : 
: Rig ee 
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