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PUERPERAL DISEASES, 
Menorrhagia lochialis ~ - 3 
Mattodynia - - ~ 6 
Ephemera - - - MP 
- INFANTILE DISEASES. 
Hooping-Cough - - - 4. 
Meatles - - ~ - 5 
Aphthze - - - = 6 
Ophthalmia purulenta - - 3 
. We may repeat the obfervation made in the 
Jaft report of the ftate of difeafes ; that, not- 
_ withftanding the weather has been unufually 
cold and wet, the number of difeafes has not 
increafed. Colds and coughs indeed have been 
rather more general than they are at this 
feafon of the year, owing probably to the 
State of Public Affairs. 
fudden. fhowers of rain which have fallen, and 
for which perfons going abroad have not been 
prepared.’ Slight diforders of the bowels have 
ftill prevailed. Diarrhceas have been frequent, 
but of a mild and favourable kind, rather pro- 
ducing a falutary evacuation, than any morbid 
effect upon the conftitution. 
Dyfenteries have alfo o¢cafionally occurred, 
accompanied with very flight degree of fever, 
and yielding pretty foon to the ufual methods 
of cure. ; 
The Meafles have prevailed amongft chil- 
dren; but this, like the other difeafes of 
the prefent feafon, has proved mild: the 
fever and cough, which are the fymptoms of 
principal confequence in‘this difeafe, have 
been very flight. 

STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, 
FRANCE. 
HE following are the principal move- 
ments of the Republican and Auftro- 
Ruffian armies fince our laft. 
General Joubert, focn after his appoint- 
ment to the command, determined to make 
a vigorous effort to raife the blockade of 
‘Tortona, and lead the army into the plain. 
Accordingly, at the head of a part of the 
army forming the right wing, he pafied 
Savona, towards Capriata and Novi; while 
General St. Cyr, who commanded the 
right wing, pafled by the Bochetta, in or- 
der to jom-him at that point. The Ge- 
nerals Moreau and Defloles marched with 
this column. Previous to the general en- 
gagement, the column under the command 
of General Kray arrived at Alefiandria 
from Mantua on the 12th of Auguft, and 
on the day following was to have proceed- 
ed to the place of its deftination, on the left 
of the Allied army. The French were in 
motion on that day in different points, and 
appeared to meditate-an attack: General 
Kray was therefore ordered to remain at 
Aleflandria till further orders. General 
Bellegarde with eight thoufand'men was at 
. Serzo; and the Field Marfhal with fix 
thoufand Ruffians was at Poffolo Fomi- 
goio, his advanced pofts in front of Sera- 
valle. The remainder of the troops were 
at Rivalta. 
On the 14th of Auguft the French ad- 
vanced in great numbers. ‘The Marfhal 
had given orders that no partial aétion 
fhould be engaged in withthe French: in 
confequence ot which General Bellegarde, 
upon the approach of the enemy, marched 
to Ritorto upon the Orba. The advanced 
potts before Seravalle were-alfo driven in ; 
and the French took poffeffion of Novi. 
On the 14th General Kray-advanced to 
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Treffonara. It was hoped that General 
Kray might have been able to cut off a 
finall French column, which had followed 
General Bellegarde as far as Caftelferto: 
but it had early in the morning turned to 
the right, and had marched to Novi, where 
the whole French force was concentrated. 
The great and extenfive plain of Piedmont 
is terminated at Novi by a very long ridge 
of hills, which rife fo fuddenly, that the 
afcent is extremely difficult, though the 
height is not very great ; they extend to- 
wards Bafaluzzoe onione fide, and towards 
Seravalle on the other; and upon -thefe 
heights the French were encamped on 
the 15th, their right towards Seravalle, 
their centre at Novi, and their left towards 
Bafaluzzo, overlooking the whole plain; 
their army confifted of about thirty thou- 
fand men; their object was to raife the 
fiese of Tortona, and to have attacked 
the Allied army. On the 16th, Marfhal 
Suwarrow, however, was deterinined ta 
anticipate them, and orders were given’ 
to General Kray, to fall upon their 
left, and the Ruffians were to ate 
tack the front of their pofition. General 
Melas remained at: Rivalta with the re- 
mains of the army to fupport the Marfhal 
if neceffary, or to cover the fiege of Tor- | 
tona. *Vhe attack was made by, General 
Kray at five o'clock, the morning of the 
16th: it continued with great violence for 
feveral hours ; but the difficulty of the 
ground, and the numbers of the French, 
obliged him to retire with lof. The 
Ruffians: alfo engaged the front of the 
French; but they were repulfed in. three 
feveral attacks with very great lofs. 
About z o'clock, General Kray made a 
fecond attempt upon their left, while the 
Ruffians again endeavoured to pene‘rate 
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