ON Saturday, Nov. 19, was performed, for the first time, at Covent-garden theatre, a comic opera, under the title of ABROAD AND AT HOME, faid to be the production of Mr. Holman. The principal characters of which are as follows: Sir Simon Flourish, Mr. Quick; Young Flourish, Mr. Fawcett; Old Tefty, Mr. Munden; Young Tefty, Mr. Knight; Captain O'Neal, Mr. Johnstone; Harcourt, Mr. Incledon; Snare, Mr. Waddy Bluff, Mr. Bowden; Gamefter, Mr. Claremont; Mahogany, Mr. Lee; Folio, Mr. Davenport; Dickey, Mr. Simmons: Lady Flourish, Mrs. Knight; Mifs Hart. ley, Mis. Second; and Kitty, Mrs. Martyr. The outlines of the business of this piece are thefe: fir Simon Flourish and old Tefty are the joint guardians of mifs Hartley, and each defigns her for his fon: the one, young Flourish, a diffipated rake; the other, young Tefty, a country fim. pleton. The young lady, however, beftows her affections on Harcourt, and ultimately gives him her hand. Sir Simon, a knight retired from trade, defigns his fon fhould travel to finish his education, and furnishes him with money for the purpofe; but young Flourish, fafcinated by the company of a courtezan, remains in town, fpends his money, and becomes a tenant of the King's-bench prifon. Harcourt, by the cruelty of an old uncle, is, involved in a fimilar fituation, and releafed by captain O'Neal, who being of fended by him at a gaming-table, pays his debt, although he borrows the money for the purpofe, in order that he might fight him. On the field, however, the matter, which originated in error, is adjufted, and Harcourt is enabled to profecute his love.-Old Testy has amaffed his property, which is confiderable, by fraud, and knowing the knavery of the world, refolves to qualify his fon for his paffage through it, by bringing him up to the law. The fimpleton, however, thinking more of hazard than study, is plundered of 400l. given him to pay his bookfeller and upholfterer, who arreft and throw him in order to retrieve his fortune, determines into the King's-bench. He, previously, maid for the miftrefs, he marries the to wed mifs Hartley, but, mistaking the former. Young Flourish obtains a day. rule, and goes, attended by a runner, who affumes the character of a foreign count, to fee his father, who is rejoiced at his return. A laughable scene enfies, and the party returning to the prifon to see young Tefty, young Flourish avows his follies, and receives his father's forgivenefs.-Tefty is likewife reconciled to his fon, by the addrefs of Kitty, his wife, who, when importuned by the old gentleman to live with him as his miftrefs, &c. gave her a written promife of continued love and attachment, which the threatens to expose. Lady Flourish, fir Simon's fecond wife, is enamoured of captain O'Neal, and mifinterpreting the little the allows him to fay, conceives the passion reciprocal; but the captain, who is reprefented as a man of honour and philan thropy, while he pays a refpectful deference even to the prevailing vices of the world, laments its errors, is fingularly deficient in gallantry, and her avowal of her affection has no other tendency than to embarrass her. The dialogue poffeffes much neatness and point; the equivoque is fprightly and whimfical, and the fatire is always strong, and often pleasing. ON Saturday, Dec. 10, was performed, for the first time, at Drury-lane theatre, new mufical after-piece, under the title of The SHIPWRECK, written by Mr. Ar. nold, fon of the ingenious compofer Dr. Arnold. The dramatis perfonæ were, Selwyn, Mr. Dignum; Harry Hawfer, Mr. Bannister, jun. Stave, Mr. Suett; Michael Goto, Mr. Downton; Shark, Mr. Caulfield; Dick, Mafter Welsh: Angelica Goto, Miss Leak; Fanny, Mifs De Camp; and Sally Shamrock, Mrs. Bland. The fable of this piece is as follows: Michael Goto is the head of a gang of wretches who fubfift upon the wrecks which may happen to be thrown upon the neighbouring coaft. A veffel, named * The Valiant, is wrecked near the refidence of this man, who, with his affociates, under the pretence of affifting the failors who escaped from the fury of the waves, in reality contrives to purloin the belt part of the property. The failors are invited to the house of Goto, who, fearful that his villanous practices may be difcovered, prepares a bowl of punch which he impregnates with fome ingredients calculated to promote fleep, and even intends to murder the unfufpecting Selwin, the principal officer of the unfortunate ship. Angelica, the daughter of Goto, however, is an amiable girl, and prevents the fcheme of her father from taking place. She, in deed, is the intended bride of Selwin, to whom he is attached. Fanny, who has difguifed herself in the drefs of a failor, overhearing the design of Goto and his man Shark, opportunely interpofes, and defeats the horrid intention of the ruffians. In the end, the father repents and is par doned, and the piece concludes with the union of the lovers. In this piece there is a whimfical character of a parish clerk, and of a generous British failor, both of whom contribute much to the general pleasantry of the dra ma. The story is altogether interefting, and the characters are well drawn. The piece, indeed, poffeffes a much greater degree of merit than has been, for fome time, in productions of a fimilar kind, which are principally intended as the vehicle for mufic. The piece was received throughout with ftrong marks of approbation. ON Monday, December 19, was per❤ formed, for the first time, at Coventgarden theatre, a new pantomime, intitled HARLEQUIN AND OBERON; OR, A CHACE TO GRETNA. It abounds with a fucceffion of dexterous incidents, fo fancifully interwoven-with scenery fo decorative and brilliant--mufic fo airy, and fongs fo humorous and characteristic, that we have no hesitation in predicting it will prove one of the most attractive spec tacles that the pantomimic art has produced. It was received throughout with applaufe by an overflowing houfe. The performers, painters, and all the working machinifts, merited their fhare of it, by thus jointly producing fo perfect a whole, from parts fo complex and varying. The music is by Mr. Reeve. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, from the London Gazettes. ADVICES over land from the governor and council of Madras, dated June 22, 1796, has been received at the Eaft India houfe. They ftate, that, on the 16th of February, the ifland of Amboyna and its dependencies were furrendered by the Dutch to rear-admiral Ranier, who, on the 8th of March, had likewife taken poffeffion of the Dutch ifland of Banda and its dependencies. The admiral found in the treasury at Amboyna 81,112 rix dollars, and in ftore 515,949 pounds weight of cloves; in the treasury at Banda 66,675 rix dollars, and in store 84,777 pounds of nutmegs, 19,587 pounds of mace, befide merchandize and other ftores. at each place, upon which no value had been then put. The Gazette contains also advices of the capture of the Hazard French cutter privateer, and the Elpoire of two guns each, and of La Sphinx French cutter privateer of four guns. CONTINENTAL ADVICES, from the London Gazettes. The London Gazette, November 26. Downing-treet, November 26. DISPATCHES, of which the following are copies, have been received from Robert Craufurd, efq. by the right hon. lord Grenville, his majesty's principal fecretary of itate for foreign affairs. Head Quarters of his Royal Highness the Archduke Charles of Auftria, Offenburgh, Nov. 11, 1796. My Lord, I HAVE the honour to inform your lordship, that official accounts were this day received by the archduke, from general Davidovitch, ftating his having beaten the corps that was oppofed to him, and taken 1000 prifoners. 1 His advanced guard has taken poffeffion of Trente, which place, as well as the ftrong pofition behind it, were abandoned by the enemy without any refiftance. I have the honour to be, &c. Head Quarters of his Royal Highness I HAVE the honour to inform your lordfhip, that by a report received by his royal highness the archduke, from lieutenantgeneral Neu, governor of Mayence, it appears, that the corps which had advanced to the Nahe, has been obliged to fall back, and take a position behind the Seliz. This corps confifted merely of detach ments from the garrifon of Mayence, commanded by major-generals Simpíchaen and Rofemberg. The latter, with the Jeft wing, and pofted on the heights of Biebelsheim and Planig, to obferve Creutznach; the former, with the right wing, on the hill called the Rochufberg, to defend the paffage of Bingen. They had orders, in cafe of being attacked by a very fuperior force, to retire nearer to Mayence. This pofition on the right bank of the Lower Nahe is well known from the operations of last year. It is not to be maintained against an enemy of very fuperior force; for Creutznach lies fo entirely under the fire of the hills from the left bank of the river, that the enemy is always mafter of that paffage, as was fufficiently proved by the affair of the 1ft of December 1795. On this fide Creutznach the heights are fo diftant from the river, that the enemy has every facility in extending himself in front and on each flank of the town; and a corps of very inferior force cannot take poft near enough to prevent this formation. On the 26th, generals Simpfchen and Rofemberg were attacked by two divifions of the army of the Sambre and Meufe. The action lafted feveral hours, and the enemy, notwithstanding fo very great an inequality of numbers, was repulfed with confiderable lofs. Early on the 27th, the French renewed the attack, and advanced in feveral columns from Creutznach, to turn the left of the Auftrians; but the latter, by an exertion of much ability and steadiness, maintained their pofition. In the evening, however, the generals, in conformity to the order mentioned above, determined on retiring behind the Seltz; and the retreat was executed in perfect order. The lofs of the Auftrians on this occafion, confifts in 19 killed, 184 wounded, 96 miffing; on the whole 299 men, and 89 horfes. ble; 200 of them were taken prisoners, The enemy's was certainly confideraand brought into Mayence. I am thus circumstantial in stating the particulars of this, in fact, unimportant affair, because I obferve, that the official reports of the army of the Sambre and Meufe, I mean the late ones, contain the most abfurd exaggerations. I fhould confider them perfectly undeferving of notice, were it not that those who have no other means of judging of the events of the campaign, than by comparing the accounts of the contending armies, would be led into the most erroneous conclufions if they gave each party credit, for only an equal degree of fairnefs in their relations. In the enemy's official account of the affair of the 21st of last month near Neuwied, it is reprefented as having been a ferious and general attack; whereas it was merely undertaken for the purpose of deftroying his bridge, and fpreading alarm on the left bank of the Rhine. Both these objects were effected by a very infignificant force; and there was not the fmalleft idea of a serious affault on the tete de pont of Neuwied. The enemy states, that befide an immenfe number killed and drowned, he actually took 1000 prifoners, whereas I can affure your lordship, from the most authentic information, that the whole lofs of the Austrians did not exceed 284 men. After general Moreau's army had croffed the Rhine, two divifions of it were detached toward Landau, and one division of the army of the Sambre and Meuse arrived about the fame time in the neighbourhood of Kayferflautern. General Hotze was ftill at Schweigenheim, on the road from Speyer to Landau; his corps was not of fufficient ftrength to have any other object than that of spreading alarm in Lower Alface; and it was evident, that as foon as the Rhine fhould again separate the main armies, the enemy muft immediately become mafters of the vicinity of Landau. General Hotze, therefore, on the ap proach of forces infinitely fuperior to his own, retired toward the entrenched camp of Manheim, without being in the fmalleft degree molefted by the enemy. He eftablithed the advanced pofts of his left wing on the Reebach, from whence they ran along the Fletzbach toward Franckenthal. On the 7th inftant, the French attacked general Hotze's line. Their principal ef. forts were directed against the left wing, and the fire of artillery and finall arms continued a great part of the day; but the enemy was repulled, and general Hotze ftill maintains his pofts in front of the entrenched camp, extending from the Reebach, by the village of Maubauch to Franckenthal. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) Head Quarters of his Royal Highness the Archduke Charles of Auftria, Offenburgh, Nov. 14, 1796. My Lord, .R. CRAUFURD. IT is with the greatest fatisfaction I have the honour of announcing to your lordship, that official reports were this day received by the archduke from gererals Alvinzy and Davidovitch, wherein it appears, that the offenfive operations in Italy have been moft fuccefsfully com menced. I should not prefume to addrefs your lordship upon this fubject, were it not that if colonel Graham is, as I fuppofe he muft be, with marshal Wurmfer in Mantua, he cannot as yet have had it in his power to correfpond with your lordhip. General Alvinzy's report is dated Caldo Ferro, Nov. 7, general Davidovitch's at Trente, the 8th inftant. After the fecond operation, undertaken for the relief of Mantua, thefe corps of marshal Wurmfer's army, which could not penetrate, retired; the one under general Quofdanovich to the Venetian Frioul; the other, under general Davidovitch, up the valley of the Adige, toward Neu markt. Thefe corps were fuccessfully re-enforced by confiderable numbers of fresh troops; and general Alvinzy was appointed to command the whole of the army, until it should effect its re-nnion with marshal Wurmfer. After the arrival of the re-enforcements at the places of their destination, general Alvinzy, who in perfon had undertaken the conduct of the corps in the Frioul, arranged a plan of operations, of which e following is a sketch; His own corps was to advance through the Trevifane toward Ballano, and, after forcing the paffages of the Brenta, to proceed toward the Adige, while general Davidovitch fhould defcend the valley by which that river runs down from the mountains of the Tyrol, forcing the pofitions of Trente, Roveredo, &c. On the 3d of this month, upon the approach of part of general Alvinzy's advanced guard, the enemy abandoned Caftel Franco; and, on the 4th, the Auftrian corps advanced in two columns to the Brente; the one to Baffano (of which they took poffeffion) and the other of nearly equal force (under lieutenant-general Proverra) to Fonteniva. General Alvinzy halted on the 5th inft. pofition of the enemy. and spent that day in reconnoitring the French army encamped in three lines, in He found the front of Vicenza. On the 6th, as general Alvinzy was on the point of pushing forward his advanced guard, Buonaparte, who had marched in the night, commenced a most severe attack upon his whole line. The action began with general Proverra's corps about feven in the morning, and very fhortly af terward the enemy alfo advanced against Baffano. General Alvinzy reports, that the enemy's attacks, though made with the greateft impetuofity, were constantly and completely repelled; and that night put an end to the affair, without either party having gained or loft any ground; but the in difputable proof of the Auftrians having had the advantage in this action is, that when general Alvinzy next morning was preparing to renew it, he found that the enemy had completely retreated. He reports, that they directed their march toward Lifiera. General Proverra's bridge over the Brenta, having been deftroyed in the courfe of the morning of the 6th, his column could not crofs the river till toward noon on the 7th, and general Alvinzy's whole corps arrived late in the evening of that day at the camp of Caldo-Ferro. General Davidovitch had in the mean time driven back the corps opposed to him, had made a thousand prifoners, and taken possession of Trente, as was men. tioned in his former report. On the fame day, that the above-mentioned fevere action was fought on the Brenta, general Davidovitch attacked the enemy in the ftrong pafs of Caliano, a little to the northward of Roverede. The ३ K French had entrenched their pofition, and occupied, in confiderable force, the caftles of Baffano and La Pietra, which, as I understand, command the pafs. The ftrength of the pofition was fuch, that notwithstanding his repeated efforts, general Davidovitch could not force it on the 6th; but on the following day he renewed his attack. The corps on the right of the Adige eftablished batteries on the heights of Nomi, which fired with confiderable effect; the troops on the left of the river attacked the castle and intrenchments with perfevering bravery, and the enemy was at length completely defeated, with the lofs of five cannons, eight ammunition waggons, and 1000 prifoners. General Davidovitch fuppoles the enemy's lofs, in killed and wounded, to have been very confiderable, and states his own to have amounted to 400 men, killed, wounded, and miffing. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) R. CRAUFURD. The London Gazette, December 20. Downing-treet, Dec. 20. Difpatches, of which the following are extracts, have been received from Robert Craufurd, efq. by the right hon. lord Grenville, his majelty's principal fecretary of ftate for foreign affairs. Head Quarters of his Royal Highness I HAVE the honour to inform your lordhip, that in the night from the 21ft to the 22d, the trenches were opened before Kehl, on the right bank of the Kinzig. The first parallel of this attack, with its communications, proceeding from the right and left flank of the right wing of the line of contravallation, were fo far completed during the night, that before day-break the men were tolerably covered. The enemy did not attempt to interrupt the work, nor had he yet fired a fingle flrot upon the trenches; but early yefterday morning, (the 22d) he made a fudden attack upon the left wing of the line of contravallation; and, after an action, than which nothing could poffibly be more fevere, was driven back into his works with very great lofs. The enemy having, in the course of the night from the 21ft to 22d, brought over a large body of troops from Strasbourg, formed his columns of attack clole behind the chain of his advanced posts with fo much filence that they were not perceived. Just before the break of day (which, however, was rendered extremely obfcure by a very thick mit that lafted the greater part of the forenoon) these columns began to advance. The inftant the Auftrian videttes and centries gave their fire, which was the only notice of the approaching attack, the enemy's infantry rufhed on with the utmoft impetuofity, without firing a shot, and in an inftant they were masters of two redoubts of the left of the first line. The village of Sundheim was attacked in the fame manner, and with equal fuccefs; after which, coming in the rear of the curtain that connects the village with its firft redoubt to its left, the enemy immediately carried that work, one face of which was not quite finished. Upon this large bodies of their infantry rufhed through the openings in the curtains on the whole front of this wing; and, while part advanced against the fecond line, the others endeavoured to make themselves mafters of the remaining redoubts of the first; but thefe, though perfectly left to themselves for a confiderable time, entirely furrounded, cut off from every affistance, and attacked with fury by the enemy, who frequently got into the ditches, and attempted to climb the parapet, were de, fended in a manner that reflects the higheft honour on the officers and troops that were in them. The lofs in all these redoubts were confiderable, and in one the artillery-drivers were obliged at last to fire the guns, but all the attacks were repulfed. The enemy's right column, after occupying the two works which they had carried, pushed on between the dykes to attack the left of the fecond line: but prince Frederick of Orange, (whofe gal lant and judicious, conduct cannot fufficiently be praised) having rallied his brigade, placed a part of his infantry behind the dyke, which connects the third redoubt from the left of the first line with the work which is on the left of the fecond ; and in this fituation he refifted the most fevere attack that can be imagined upon his front, while thofe bodies of the enemy's infantry, which had pierced between the redoubt of the furft line, were actually in his rear, he not only maintained his poft, but completely checked the enemy's progrefs on this flank. A great part of the troops of the left wing had been working in the trenche's on the right of the Kinzig. General |