1799.] 
General Buonaparte in a difpatch, dated 
Head Quarters, Alexandria, July 28th, 
announced to the Directory, that on the 
26th of June, the Turkith army landed 
and took, by affault, with fingular intre- 
pidity the fort of Aboukir, landed the ar- 
tillery, and, reinforced by fifty st 
took a pofition with the right to the fea, 
and the left to Lake Maadie, on fome 
hills. -That upon receiving intelligence 
of thefe movements he left his camp of 
the Pyramids on the 16th of June, and 
arrived in the face of the enemy, on the 
26th of july, and immediately attacked, 
A fine plain of 800 yards extent feparated 
the wings of the Pacha’s army. Here 
the French cavalry penetrated, and drove 
their enemies into the water in endeavour- 
ing to get to the boats, which were three 
quarters of a league at fea; they were 
confequently all drowned. The French 
then attacked the fecond line, defeated it 
and purfued the enemy to the fea, where 
many were alfo drowned, and then took 
the tort of Aboukir. The fhore was co- 
vered with the enemy’s flain, they reckon- 
ed more than 6,000 of them, of whom 
_ 4,000 were interred on the field of battle. 
‘The total lofs of the Turks was 18,000 
in killed and prifoners: two hundred itand 
of colours, baggage, tents, and forty pieces 
ef cannon were taken; and the Pacha of 
Natolia, commander in chief, was made 
prifoner, with all his officers. According 
to this account, the French had 1¢0 killed 
and 500 wounded. Buonaparte, having 
thus fecured the undifturbed poffefion of 
Egypt, has, with the chief of his ftaf, re- 
turned back to France. 
The proceedings of the French legifla- 
tive Councils, during the laft month, have 
been tranquil, and not of great impor- 
tance. Garrat, inthe Council of Five Hun- 
dred, on the 22d of September delivered a 
Jong fpeech on the prefent ftate of public 
affairs, and contended that it was necef- 
fary to oppofe to the coalition of kings an 
union of the paffions and interefts of the 
whole Republic; and concluded with 
moving, that, ‘* All Negociators, Gene- 
rals, Minifters, Directors, or any French 
citizens of whatever defcription, who 
fhould receive: or propofe any conditions 
of peace, tending to modify or change, in 
the whole, or in part, the conftitution of the 
people, or to change the integrity of the 
territory of the Republic, fhould be de- 
clared traitors, and be punifhed with 
death.”’ 
This motion, with fome amendment, was 
afterwards adopted. - 
State of Public Affairs. 
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SPAIN. 
The king of Spain iffued from Madrid, 
on the zrth of September, a fpirited an- 
fwer to the declaration of war lately made 
againit him by the Emperor of Ruffia; in 
which he ftates; ‘* That the religious ex- 
aétneis with which he has, and fhall en- 
deavour to maintain the alliance which he 
had entered into with the French Repub- 
lic, and the good intelligence which fubfifts 
between the two countries, had excited the 
jealouly of fome powers, particularly fince 
the formation of the new coalition, of 
which the object, inftead of the chimerical 
and oftenfible defire of re-eftablifhing or- 
der, is only to difturb it by defpotizing 
over thofe nations who will not fubmit to 
their ambitious views. That he had feen, 
without furprize, the declaration of war of 
the Emperor of Ruffia, becaufe the con- 
duct obferved towards his chargé d’affaires, 
and other extraordinary proceedings, in- 
formed him what he was to expeét; he 
concludes by faying, that he confidered it 
beneath him to anfwer a manifefto, which 
contained nothing but declamation, par- 
ticularly as he had given no caufe for of- 
fence; and that his fubjects may fee how 
unprovoked the aggreflion is on the part 
of Ruffia, he fubjoins the Emperor’s de- 
claration at large. 
BARBARY. 
By intelligence from Conful Matra, 
dated Gibraltar, Auguft 9th, it appears, 
that the plague was making the moft ra- 
pid progrefs in Barbary ; Muly Sulliman, 
by marching an infected army into the 
South, had fpread the difeafe over the 
whole empire. ‘That Morocco was a per- 
fect defert ; the mortality generally was 
about 3000 a day; and as no one would 
bury the dead, the bodies were dragged by 
hooks into the ftreets and left there ; at 
length 100 men were daily employed in 
clearing the ftreets, but.as the fervice was 
certain death, it was difcontinued on the 
deceafe f Muly Tail, who with his friends 
had perifhed. ‘That Fez was depopulated 
by the zoth June. The Moors reckoned 
the lofs in that city and its dependent vil- 
Jages.at 274,000, in which they included 
upwards of 30,000 of the principal Talbs 
and merchants of the country. That Ben 
Ottoman died juft as the court left Me- 
rocco. 
In conféquence of this dreadful intelli- 
gence, the Britifh Government have given 
orders at all the ports, to enforce the 
quarantine laws with the greateft ftritt- 
nefs. 
; HOLLAND, 

