1801.] 
of the Republic (fays he,) cowld confer 
on me no more flattering proof of con- 
fidence than in giving me charge to keep 
up that good underftanding with your 
Majelty, and at the fame time to be the 
interpreter of the French people and of 
their armies, in communicating to your 
Majetty the expreffions of the admiration 
raifed in the minds of the French people, 
by the noble and magnanimous refiftance 
difplayed by the Danifh nation in defence 
of their violated rights, a refiftance which 
will raife to them a lafting monument of 
fame.” 
PORTUGAL. 
Intelligence has arrived from Lifbon, 
dated July the 14th, that peace has been 
a fecond time figned at Badajos. The 
Portuguefe fortrefles are to be garrifoned 
by French and Spanifa troops; Englifh 
fhips to be excluded. from the ports; and 
the naval magazines of England are em- 
barked for Gibraltar. About thirty Eng- 
lifh_perfons, long refident in Lifbon, went 
on board the packet, having been allowed 
but twenty-four hours for their departure. 
The King of Spain, the Prince of Peace, 
and Lucien Bonaparte, are on their way 
from Badajos to Madrid ; as is M. Pinto 
to Lifbon; and General St. Cyr is hourly 
expected there as Ambaffador from the 
Republic of France. 
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ITALY. 
The convention entered into with Car- 
dinal Gonfalvi, on the part of the Pope, 
relative to the adjuftment of all religious 
differences and difcuffions, was commu- 
nicated by the Firft Conful to the Council 
of State, on the 6th of Auguft, at Paris, 
It is, therefore, prefumed that the feuds, 
fomented by the priefts, will foon en- 
tirely ceafe ; and that peace and harmony 
will characterize their Miniftry in future. 
From Florence, it is reported, that the 
Count de Ventura, having arrived there 
by ordek of his Majefty, Louis I. king of 
Tufcany, to receive, in his name, the 
oath of fidelity on the part of the Tuf- 
cans, and to take poffeflion of his new 
ftates, that official a&t accordingly took 
place on the 2d of Auguft, with uncom- 
~ mon pomp, and amidft the acclamations 
of a numerous and contented people.— 
The king will foon arrive, and prepara- 
tions are making to receive him with a 
fplendour fuitable to his dignity. A 
proclamation was iffued by his Tufcan 
Majefty, empowering the Count de Ven- 
tura to be his reprefentative in Tufcany 
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until his arrival ; and another proclama- 
tion was publifhed by General Murat, 
announcing the at of taking pofleffion. - 
WEST INDIES. 
Touiflant L’Ouverture has arrived at 
Cape Francois, from the city of St. Do- 
mingo, after having organized and gare 
rifoned with black troops all that part 
of the ifland which originally belonged 
to the Spaniards. Several engineers are 
now employed by him in fortifying the 
different ports at the eaft end of the ifland; 
and at Port Plata they have thrown up a 
long range of batteries, and mounted all 
the guns of the Englith frigate, Tartar, 
wrecked there in 1795. 
EGYPT. 
From the Extraordinary Gazette, publifh- 
ed on the 21ft of July,it appears that the de< _ 
feat of the French army at Cairo, by that 
of the Grand. Vizier, was nothing more 
than a check given to their progrefs.— 
It was the objeé&t of the French, by a 
very rapid motion from this city, to af- 
fault the Ottoman camp, difperfe the army, 
and then, perhaps, endeavour to advance 
towards Alexandria, and relieve it from 
its blockade. 
accomplifhed, had it not been for the for- 
tunate prefence of Colonel Murray, and 
feveral other Britith officers of a high des 
gree of bravery and taétical knowledge, 
at this very moment in the Ottoman 
camp itfelf, and who had become apprifed 
of the intentions of the enemy. Inftead 
of waiting to receive the affault, furround- 
ed by the ufual incumbrances of women, 
and vaft bodies of men unconne&ed with 
arms, they advifed the Vizier to be in 
readinefs for the enemy, by a feleét and 
advanced detachment ; and, by the intro- 
duction of other military manceuvres of 
equal importance, completely fucceeded in — 
fruftrating the intentions oftheFrench,com- 
elling them to retire,with the lofs of about 
fifty killed, againft thirty killedand eighty 
wounded on the part of the Turks. In 
this. action the number of French are 
ftated to have amounted to 4600, including 
cavalry ; and that of the Turkith forces 
to about go00. Fort Lefbie has been 
fince evacuated, fo that the whole of Da- 
mietta is now in poffefiion of the Allies. 
We find alfo confirmed the important cap- 
ture of the convoy of 550 camels, toge- 
ther with 600 French prifoners, which we 
mentioned in our laft number ; and, what 
is of more confequence, {till we learn that 
Ofiman Bey, the fucceflor of Murad Bey, 
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