By reports from general La Tour, it appears that Moreau, who, as I had the honour of mentioning to your lordship, had retreated from the Yfer, behind the Leck, made a forward movement on the 17th inftant, drove in the Auftrian outpofts, and extended himfelf as far as Landfberg on the Leck.

General Frolig, defcending the Iller, cccupied on the 17th Immenstatt and Kempen, and on the 19th advanced to Ifny, where he complete'y defeated the enemy, made 500 prifoners, and difperfed the rest of the corps in the woods; and thus the right of Moreau was completely uncovered.

General Nauendorff, in the mean time, had advanced with a confiderable corps to Nordlingen, from whence he took pof feffion, on the 20th, of Donauwert and the Schellenberg. His parties extend to Dillingen, Ulm and Gemund, from whence he had put himself in connection with the light troops of general Petrafch at Conftadt.

Under these circumftances, Moreau felt the neceffity of a retreat. In the night of the 20th he repaffed the Leck at Augf bourg and Rain; on the 22d his head quarters were at Weiffenhom, and he had Occupied Ulm, which was commanded by general Nauendorff. General La Tour had croffed the Leck on the 22d, and his advanced guard was at Werthinger.

I have the honour to be, &c. ROBERT ANSTRUTHER, Captain 3d Guards. Head Quarters of the Archduke Charles of Auftria, Schwetzingen, September 30, 1796. My lord,

I HAVE the honour to inform your lordship, that general Moreau, after abandoning his pofitions on the Leck, directed his retreat, with a very confiderable part of the army, toward Ulm.

Six commiffaries, and all the people belonging to the bread department, were taken, on the 22d instant, upon the roads leading from Ulm toward Conftadt and Stutgard. They had been fent forward to prepare bread, at the two latter places, for four divifions of general Moreau's army; from which circumftances, as well as from other intelligence, it was evident, that his intention was to cross the Danube at Ulm, and retreat by Stutgard and Conftadt toward Kehl. But major-general Nauendorf, advancing from the neigh bourhood of Nordlingen, arrived before

Ulm time enough to fruftrate general Moreau's defign, fo that when, on the 23d, a ftrong column of the enemy defiled out of the town, they found the heights, commanding the road toward Stutgard, already occupied, and did not attempt to force them. The next day general Nauendorf made his advanced guard (under major general O'Reilly) attack this corps, and drove it back to the gates of Ulm.

The enemy, finding himself thus prevented from executing his intended march to Conftadt and Stutgard, abandoned Ulm on the 26th inftant, leaving in it a large magazine and a confiderable number of his pontoons, and proceeded along the left bank of the Danube as far as Erbach, where he again croffed the river, and directed his retreat (as it is supposed) toward the foreft towns.

General Nauendorf marched on the 27th by Blauberen toward Tubingen, where he would come into communication with major-general Meerfeldt, who was at Heckingen.

Lieutenant-general Petrasch, after being informed of the enemy's having been fruftrated in his attempt to retreat by Stutgard, directed his march by Horb toward Villingen; a detachment from his corps, under colonel D'Afpre, occupying the Knieby and the Valley of Kinfig, the Rench, and the Murg. A corps that had been detached by general Moreau to reinforce the poft of Kehl, had attempted to force the Kinfig Valley, but was repulsed, and obliged to retreat by Freyburg.

Generals Petrafch, Meerfeldt, and Nauendorf, in immediate and clofe co-operation with each other, will endeavour to fall upon the left flank of general Moreau's retreat, while general La Tour purfues him in front, and general Frolich preffes on his right.

General Neu has lately driven back the enemy's pofts near Mayence, and taken a confiderable number of prifoners.

General Bournonville is arrived as commander in chief of the French army of the Sambre and Meufe, in place of general Jourdan; but he has not yet attempted to advance.

I have the honour to be, &c. ROBERT CRAUFURD. Wilhelmsbad, September 21. A report of general Moreau's directing his retreat through Franconia, in order to form a junction with Jourdan by Fulda, proves

FRANCE.

Paris, October 5. THE directory has published the following note:

'An official note, dated from Weft. minster, the 21ft of September, 1796, (Old Style) 3 Vendemiaire, fifth year, remitted the 9th of this month to the minifter of foreign affairs, and by him prefented to the directory, defires paffports for an envoy from the British cabinet, who is to come to France to make overtures of peace. The executive directory forthwith made a decree, charging the minister of foreign affairs to deliver the paffports defired to the envoy of England, who will be invefted with full powers, not only to prepare and negociate a peace between the French republic and Great Britain, but to conclude it definitively between the two powers.-If then, the English ment, is fincere; if this proceeding, like all thofe which he has made, up to this time upon this point, does not tend merely to make the world believe that the carries on the war reluctantly, in order to have the pretext to require fupplies which the Englith people fees them fpend with regret if this government abjures an unjult ha tred, if the opens her ear to the voice of humanity, if the yields to the with of the nation, whofe interest and welfare are entrusted to her, the peace will experience neither delay nor obstacle.

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Redacteur.

GENOA.

Genoa, Sept. 6. Three English veffels, upon going out of the port, carried off from the neighbouring St. Pierre d'Arena, a French gun-boat, having on board two pieces of cannon and warlike ammunition for the army of Italy.

This attempt, committed under the

batteries of the town, excited the ftrongeft indignation in the French. They precipitately entered a canoe fent into port by a British fhip of the line, in prefence of the Genoele guard, who should have mainbut they fired thrice at a brave French tained order without coming to action➡ enfign, and he was killed.

The colleges and the leffer council, upon being informed of these events by the French ambassador, decreed, that all the ports of the republic of Genoa should be fhut against the English; and that their merchantmen fhould be fequeftered.

The government by no means hesitated in this inftance, to give the fatisfaction to which the French republic was entitled.

POMERANIA.

Memel, Sept. 30. A light houfe has been lately erected at this place, and was opened on the ft inftant. It stands on the NE or Courland fide of the entrance into the harbour, on an eminence, round in form, and planted with various fhrubs, thirty feet higher than, and five hundred paces diftant from, the furface of the fea; and it is, in itfelf, feventy-five feet high, with its end fronting NW.

The apparatus confifts of five large, and four leffer concave mirrors, with as many large candles, and a double patent lamp; and the light may be feen at all points of the compass from s to NE to the diftance of about thirteen British miles.

Ships having the light-houfe SE, diftance about two miles, will find good anchorage ground in ten fathom foundings.

When the light has been approached to within the distance of about four miles, it bears the appearance of the blaze of a coal fire; and of three miles, of a rising full moon; but at the distance of about two miles the separate light of each refractor may be clearly distinguished.-L. Gaz,

them about, and would drag them up and down ftairs, making ufe of the most horrible expreffions. She always kept a rod foaking in brine, with which the ufed to beat them on their bare fkin, when they were undreffed to go to bed: if the could not find the rod immediately, he would beat them with her fift, and fometimes with the kettle fadle. They both did as much work as they could; but their miftress made them begin at four o'clock in the morning, and continue close at it till ten or elever at night, always beating them for no particular caufe, and very frequently going out without leaving then either dinner or fupper. They never had a bellyful: fometimes they had nothing all day long, but fix potatoes and a little falt for their di her. Ann Harland ferved her apprenticeship. to Hale, and wrought there three or four weeks, with the children. She defcribed them as very good girls, but rather weakly; and faid they earned their mistress from Is. to 14d. daily, which was as much as the could do when the had ferved twelve months of her time. She corroborated the evidence of the child, as to the beating and hours of labour, which, the faid, were unufually long, as the cuftom of the trade is to work only twelve hours. Catharine Heman worked alfo for Hale, and generally carried her work home to the thop. On calling one day, the mistress was out, as the learned from the children, drinking. When the came to the door, and knocked, the children begged her, for God's fake, to go to the door, as their mistress would knock them down as foon as he came in. The wit nefs accordingly went to the door, and as foon as the prifoner was admitted, fhe knocked the witnefs down. Shen then went down ftairs, and brought up a board, with which he beat the children very feverely. Bray had a large lump on her fhoulder; and the little girl Ingram's arms and hands were fo bruifed by continual beating, as to be scarce able to hold her work. The beadle of Bermondley depofed, that he found the children tray ing in the street, between nine and ten at night. He took them home to the prifoner. On his going to leave them there, the children cried, and faid they should be murdered. The mitrefs then faid the would not take them in at all, as that was the cafe. He then took them to the matter of the workhouse; and the parish, much to their credit, inftituted the prefented profecution. The evidence is given as it re

lates to both, though the affaults were tried feparately, as the fame witnesses were on both. Jane Bray, the eldest, is only eleven years of age, and Sophia Ingram, the youngest, is but nine years old. The jury found the prifoner guilty of both indictments; and the chairman paffed fentence, that the fhould pay a fine of 3s. 4d. and be imprifoned in the house of correction fix months for each offence. OCTOBER 8..

William Swift, aged ninety-three, for an affault and an attempt to ravish a young girl, has been fentenced, at York feffions, to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two years. OCTOBER 12.

By an order of council this day, an embargo is laid on all the thips belonging to the republic of Genoa. See page 298.

OCTOBER 14.

Yesterday, a court of common-council was held at Guildhall, when Mr. Hodg fon informed the court, that fince he intended to bring his motion forward refpecting an addrefs and petition to his majefty, relative to the present calamitous fituation of the nation, praying him to difinifs his minifters from his prefence and councils for ever-his majefty's speech fully expreffed all he wished to explain in his addrefs, and he begged leave to withdraw the fame, which was to have been feconded by Mr. Waithman, who was of the fame opinion.

Mr. Deputy Leekey and Mr. Kemble gave it as their opinion, that the court being in poffeffion of the motion, they had a right to difpofe of it; they then moved the fame, and Mr. Birch moved an amendment, by leaving out all the words after the word That,' and fubftituting a dutiful and loyal addrefs be prefented to his majesty, moit humbly to exprefs our grateful thanks for his most gracious communication to both houses of parlia ment, of his intentions to fend a perfon to Paris with powers to negociate a peace in general, and to exprefs our most fanguine hopes that the measures may tend to an honourable and folid peace for Great Britain and her allies.To congratulate his majesty on the general attachment of his people to the British conftitution, and on the energy and wifdom' of the eftablished laws, which have repreffed the endeavours of those who wished to introduce anarchy and confufion over the country. To affure his majelty, that if the event of the negociation prove ineffectual, and fruftrate his

endeavours to maintain and fecure for the future the general tranquillity, the court will, to the utmoft of their power, fupport and affift his majesty to oppofe, with increafed activity, the further efforts with which this kingdom may have to contend, as the only manner of obtaining, at a future period, the fubftantial peace we have all fo great a right to expect.'

The amendment was feconded by Mr. Powell, and after a long debate was carried, the numbers being as follows: for the amendment 135; against it 14.

OCTOBER 20.

A circumstance occurred at the mayor's dinner at Bath, which reflects much honour on the police of that city, and the prudent conduct of its inhabitants. Great qnantities of meat being taken away untouched from the tables, fome gentlemen were obferving what a feaft it would be to the poor people at the prifon; upon which the mayor informed the company, that he had the day before made inquiry at the gaol, and found the keeper its only inhabitant, there being not a single felon or debtor in it.

OCTOBER 27.

Yesterday, the lord-mayor, accompanied by the aldermen Le Mefurier, Clark, fir James Sanderfor, fir Benjamin Hammett, fir J. Eamer, Newman, Boydell, Anderfon, Lushington, the two fheriffs, recorder, and other city officers, and about fifty of the common-council, were introduced to the king at St. James', and prefented the city addrefs. After receiving the addrefs, the king was pleafed to confer the honour of knighthood on the two theriffs, now fir Stephen Langston,

and fir William Staines.

IRELAND.

Lord CAMDEN'S SPEECH to the Irish Parliament, October 1 13.

My Lords and Gentlemen,

I have his majefty's commands to acquaint you that he has thought it neceffary to require your attendance in parliament at this early period, and to refort to your deliberate wifdom at a time when the ambitious projects of our enemies have threatened to interrupt the happinefs and profperity of his people, by making a defcent on this kingdom and Great Britain. And although his majefty looks forward with the utmost confidence to the fpirit, loyalty, and ability, of his faithful people of Ireland, to repel fucht an attack, it will yet become your wisdom to neglect no pre

cautions which may preclude the attempt, or fecure the fpeedieft means of turning it to the confufion of the enemy.

His majefty has been gracioufly pleased to direct an addition to be made to the regular forces in this kingdom, by troops fent from Great Britain, the greater part of which is already arrived; and in purfuance of his majesty's commands, I have al encouraged the loyal and zealous difpofition which has generally displayed itfelf, to affociate in arms under his majesty's authority, for the better fecurity of property, and the prefervation of tranquillity and good order.

In confequence of the fteps which his majesty has taken to reftore peace to Europe, and to fecure its future tranquillity, "a way has at length been opened for an immediate and direct negociation; and I am commanded to acquaint you, that it is his majefty's intention to fend a perfon to Paris, with full powers to treat for the restoration of general peace.

The apparently hottile difpofitions and conduct of the court of Spain, has led to difcuffions, of which I am not able to acquaint you with the final refuit; but, whatever may be their iffue, they cannot but afford to Europe a further proof of his majefty's moderation and forbearance, and cannot fail to animate your utmost exertions in defending the dignity, rights, and intereft of the empire against every aggreffion.

In reviewing the events of this year, it uft afford you the greatest fatisfaction to obferve, that by the tpirit and exertions of his majefty's navy, the commerce of this kingdom has been protected in a degree almoft beyond example; and in no part more completely, than by the fkill, activi. ty, and bravery of the fquadron stationed on the coalt of this kingdom.

The fuccefs of his majefty's arms in the East and West Indies has been highly ho ncurable and advantageous to the empire; and evinces, in the ftrongest manner, the valour and good conduct of his forces, both by fea and land.

The fteady and dignified conduct of the emperor, and the intrepidity and spirit of the Auftrian forces under the command of the archduke Charles, have given fo effential a change to the aspect of affairs on the continent, as to infpire a well-grounded confidence that the final refult of the campaign will be fuch as materially to promote his majefty's endeavours to ob tain a fafe and honourable peace for hims felf and his allies.