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ed atreaty with the head of that church, 
and accomplithed in a few weeks, what 
the greateft potentates have been unable 
to effect in ages. 
The Moniteur of the sath of April, 
contains the deciaration of the King of 
Prufiia to the Royal Council of Hanover. 
Jt begins by complaining of the con- 
duét of England re‘pe‘ting neutral-thips, 
and refers to the Pruffian declaration of 
the 12th ot February, ‘which England 
thas thought proper to pafs over in fi- 
lence.” It complains of the falfe prin- 
ciples in Lord Hawkefbury’s note in an- 
fwer to the Swedifh Minister, alludes to 
the demands from Denma:k ; the depar- 
ture of Mefirs. Drummond and Vaniit- 
tart; the arrival of our fleet, &c. ‘It 
appearing that England will not defitt 
from her infupportable demands, the 
King of Pruffia is forced, agreeably to 
his engagements, to take the moft effi- 
cacious meafures in fupport of the Con- 
vention of the 16th of December ; and 
for this purpofe he will not only fhut 
the Elbe, the Welcr, and the Ems, but 
will take poffeffion of the ftates belong- 
ing to the King of England, as Elector 
of Brunfwick and Lunenburg, fituated in 
Germany.’ It concludes with requiring 
the Hanoverian Government to fubmit, 
under pain of having the ftates treated as 
enemies ; and is dated at Berlin, March 
go. Signed HaucwitTz. 
When Louis XVIII. was ordered to 
quit Mittau, he wrote to the King of 
Pruffia, to demand an afylum at War- 
faw. ihe anfwer of his Majefty was po- 
Jite, and was accompanied with this pro- 
vifo: ‘© That he fhould itand in need of 
further information, before he could 
guarantee the refidence requefted.. In 
confequence of this refolution, the Mar- 
quis Lucchefini had an interview with the 
Minifter Talleyrand, who informed him 
that the French Government had no part 
whatever in the ediét iffued by Paul, en- 
joining the unfortunate Monarch to quit 
the Ruffian dominions, and that the place 
of his retreat was a matter of indifference 
te the French Government. Accordingly 
the requeft to relide at Warfaw was agreed 
to, as long as he inoaid think it conveni- 
ent. | : 
The Paris journals of the firft of April, 
affert that an infurrection had taken place 
in Tuicany; the only confequence of 
which, wili be the ruin of the infurgents. 
Fhe French army in the fouth of Italy 
is ancreafing to 40,000 men, as if for fome 
purpoie ; and Goco wien, it is faid, are to 
State of Public Affuirs in April, 180%. 
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fail from Ancona on an expedition ; per- 
haps to Egypt. 
Peace has been concluded between 
France and Naples, on the 28th of March. 
The King of Naples is permitted to re- 
tain the crown, and this is nearly all, 
for he feems to be totally at the difpofal 
of the French Republic. | His ports are 
to be fhut againft Great Britain, till the 
reftoration of general amity—the whole 
of the Neapolitan dominions are to be ce- 
fended by French troops. ‘The Ifle of 
Elba, together with fome difriéts m ‘Tuf- 
cany, areto be relinquifhed to the French 
Government, and the-patricts are to be 
indemnified for the loffes they have fuf- 
tained, by the advance of haif a miliion 
of livres, and to he in general reftored. 
In the courfe of the prefent negociation, 
it is faid, the Chief Conful has declared 
Egypt the greateft difficulty in the way of 
accommodation; and it is already ob- 
ferved, that Sir Ralph Abercrombie, by 
conquering it, will remove the obftacle. 
But we fufpeft the Chief Corful is fo, bent 
upon poffetiing it, that he will not make 
peace without having it ceded to France; 
and if our opinion be well: founded, the 
fuccefs of our arms will only raife upan 
impediment in the way of peace. 
EGYPT. 
Tue Paris journals of the 16th of 
April, contain a very important letter 
from Egypt, brought by the Ofiris, which 
Jeft Alexandria on the 16th of Mareh, 
Sir Ralph Abercrombie, it is faid, ap- 
peared off that place on the firft day of 
March and failed for Aboukir, where 
he lay for feveral days, on the account 
of bad weather; but, on the 8th, at 
fix in the morning, the weather being 
favourable, he began landing his troops. 
The French followed him from Alex- 
andria, and pofted themfelves_ on the 
heights.of Aboukir to oppofe the de- 
barkation. A battle took place from 
feven till nine in the morning, which 
muft have been very bloody. ‘The Eng- 
lifh troops were covered by gun-boats 
and other vefiels, and the French em- 
ployed fifteen pieces of cannon on them. 
After two hours fighting, the number of 
the Enelifh continually increaing, the 
French found it neceflary to retreat, they 
having only 400 men againft 12,000. 
It is ftated that the French loft 4300, 
and the Englith 2000 men, in, killed, 
wounded, and prifoners. The Freneh 
retired to another pofition, a league and 
half frem Alexandria.* Nothing particu- 
lar happened on the. gth, roth, ath, 
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