viour of Captain Douglas, Town Major of 'Toulon; and it is with grief I add, that he was mortally wounded, and is fince dead: in my mind, the King's fervice has fuftained a great lofs. The conduct of Enfign For fter, of the 30th regiment, my Aid-duCamp, was fuch as to give me the fulleft fatisfaction, and hope will render him an object of attention.

I have the honour to be, my Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient humble fervant, G. K. ELPHINSTONE. Right Hon. Lord Hood, Vice Admiral of the Red, Sc. &c.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE SEPT. 24.

Extract of a Letter from the Earl of Yarmouth, to the Right Hon. Lord Grenville, his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Department of Foreign Affairs. Dated Maikammer September 15, 1793.

An Aid-de-Camp of the Duke of Brunfwick, is just arrived, with an account that the Duke of Brunswick was yesterday at tacked by the French near Pirmazens, but that, by a very judicious manœuvre, he turned their flank fo compleatly as to furround them, when they threw down their arms and furrendered themselves prifoners of war, to the amount of 3000. He took 27 pieces of cannon and two howitzers. The number of the dead cannot be afcertain ed, as the Duke was left in the purfuit. He also was fo fortunate, in the course of the operations, as to burn the baggage and tents of another body of the French, encamped near Bitche. While the Duke was fo well employed on one fide, General Kal kreuth was attacked in another quarter, but very faintly; and the action concluded by his cutting to pieces the regiment fo emphatically called les Sans Culottes, and taken 67 men of another corps.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, SEPT. 18.

By a dispatch, received laft night from the Right Hon. Lord Mulgrave, dated Toulon, September 8, 1793, it appears that his Lordship had arrived there on the 6th, and had been defired by Lord Hood to take upon him the command of the troops until his Majefty's pleasure thould be known. It further appears, that one of the advanced pofts appears to be out of the military line of defence, it had been determined to evacuate it; but before the order for carrying that measure into execution arrived, Carteaux, the General of the Republican party, (who had collected about 5000 men from Marfeilles and Nice to harafs this garrifon) attacked the poft, and drove back the Spaniards who had occupied it, with the lofs of 36 men killed, two officers and 20 men

wounded, one officer and 15 men mithing. Of two priests who went out after the ac tion to give abfolution to the wounded, one has been found murdered, and the other is miffing. The corps at this poft confified of 480 Spanish troops, and 150 of the French National Guards from Toulon. A detach ment of the British brigade were marched out of Toulon to cover their retreat, which fervice they performed without difficulty, having only one private foldier wounded.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, OCT. 5. Extract of a letter received yesterday by the Right Hon. Henry Dundas, his Majefty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, from the Right Hon. Lord Mulgrave, dated Toulon, September 6.

Nothing of importance has occurred fince my letter of September 8. The enemy have been constantly in fight, and have pushed their patroles very near our pofts, from whom we have occafionally taken a few prifoners; but we have remained on our part conftantly on the defentive to avoid fatiguing the troops, who continue in good health. The redoubts and forts at the outposts are in general fo confiderably ftrengthened as to leave little to apprehend from any offenfive efforts of the enemy; though no part of the reinforcements, which were required from different quarters, were ar rived.

On the 15th, the enemy marched a confiderable corps of troops, of which about 400 infantry and 200 cavalry paffed in fight of our pofts from the east fide of the town, to reinforce Carteaux's main body, which am certain of the cordial co-operation of is pofted on the hills to the weftward. I the Spanish Admiral Gravina who com whofe active zeal, accommodating difpofimands the troops of his nation on fhore, and tion, and even temper, give every poffible facility to the execution of the public fervice, and the fupport of the common cause.

It is with the highest fatisfaction I inform you, that the British troops have very particularly diftinguished themselves by their From the inhabitants, I have hitherto only moderate conduct and orderly behaviour. heard praifes of their good order.

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Extract of a Letter from the Earl of Elgin, bis Majesty's Envoy ExtraordiRight Hon. Lord Grenville, his Manary at the Court of Bruffels, to the jelly's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, dated Haumont, Sept.

29, 1793.

It is with the utmost fatisfaction that I have it in my power to inform your Lordship of the complete, fuccefs with

Lord Rodney (then Sir George) made the fignal to recal the boats, yet he perfifted and attacked, in a jolly-boat; upon which the other boats that were returned pushed on to his affiftance, when he gallantly was the first to board and ftrike her colours. On this occafion he received a mufket-ball through his knee; and Lord Rodney was fo much pleased with his intrepidity and refolution, that he took him into his own fhip, the Formidable, in which he ferved as firft Lieut. with his ufual activity and bravery, on the memorable 12th of April, 1782; for which he was rewarded at the time with the rank of mafter and commander and, feven days after, with that of poftcaptain. During the peace he served in the Pearl, in the Mediterranean; and, on the return of Admiral Peyton from that ftation, was left with the charge of the fquadron till the arrival of the Admiral's fucceffor, during which period he nobly fupported the honour of the Britifh flag, in a dispute with one of the Spanish viceroys. Soon after the return of the Pearl from that ftation, the prefent war broke out; when he was immediately appointed to the Bofton, in which fhip he failed from Plymouth on the 20th of April laft, for Newfoundland, having under his charge a convoy of 100 fail. His orders, as fenior captain on this ftation, were, to difpofe of the cruizers as he might deem moft advantageous for the protection of the trade, until the arrival of the admiral; which he complied with at the expence of his valuable life; for, on the 24th of July, hearing of the enemy being on the coaft, he went him felf in queft of them, and, on the Ift of Auguft, after an action of two hours with a fhip of fuperior force, his career of glory was terminated by a cannon-ball paffing through his breaft, which also killed Lieut. Butler of the marines. They were both fo much beloved by the fhip's company, that this fatal fhot had nearly occafioned the loss of the fhip: however, they recovered the shock, and the fhip was faved. The naval fervice has fuffered an almoft irreparable lofs in the death of Capt. Courtenay, who was a brave feaman, and a popular officer.

Aug, 6. At Dominica, Mr Simon Frafer, jun. Efq. only fon of S. F. Efq. of Colman ftreet, and brother-in-law to the late Lord Saltown.

At Dublin, in the 62d year of his age, Arthur-James Plunket, seventh Earl of Fingal. He was a Catholic peer in the kingdom of Ireland. The fingular benevolence

30. At Glasgow, Mr Robert Millar, furgeon, in Saltcoats, to Mifs Taffe, of Glasgow.

Od. 1. At Borrowftonnefs Mr Andrew Cowan, merchant in Glasgow, to Mifs Robina Moir, of Downe.

13. At the Grove, Aberdeen, the Rev. Mr George Brown, minifter of Glenmulk; to Mifs Elizabeth Brown, daughter of the Rev. Dr B. of Newhills.

15. At Edmonton, John Macfarquhar, Efq. W. S. to Mifs Brown, daughter of L. B. Efq. of Edmonton,

- At Stirling, Mr William Glafs, merchant, to Mifs Gray, daughter of the late J. G. Efq. of Lofs.

17. At Edinburgh, Alex. Thomfon, Efq. to Mifs Louifa Henry.

18. Mr Donald Monro, merchant, Glafgow, to Mifs Charlotte Monro, eldeft daughter of the late J. M. merch. in Edinburgh.

21. At Scotftown, Alex. Anderfon, Efq. merchant in London, to Mifs Chriftian Ofwald, daughter of G. O. Esq. of Auchencruive.

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22. At Glorat, the Rev. Robert Rennie, minifter of Kilfyth, to Mifs Barbara Stirling, fourth daughter of Sir John Stirling of Glorat, Bart.

23, At Glasgow, William Crofs, Efq. merchant, to Mifs Ann Boleyn, Buchannan, daughter of Neil B. of Auchentofhan, Efq. deceased.

DEATHS.

March 17. At Sea, Mr Robert Tait, furgeon, fon to the Rev. Mr T. late minifter of Kilbucho.

July 19. At Jamaica, Mr Patrick Honeyman fecond son of P. H. of Gramfay, Efq.

Aug. 1. Killed in an engagement with the l'Ambufcade French Frigate, Geo. William-Auguftine-Courtenay,Efq. Captain of the Boston English frigate. He was nephew to the Earl of Bute, and a relation to Lord Viscount Courtenay; and was as much efteemed for his worth in private life as for his gallantry and good conduct in the fervice of his country. He firft diftinguished himfelf in the year 1778, as mid-fhipman of the Fox, under the command of the Hon. Capt. Windsor, at which time he was only 15 years of age; next, as Lieut. of a fire fhip under the command of the Hon. Cap. Seymour Finch, at St Euftatius, when the fignal was made for all boats, manned and armed, to attack a letter of marque, of 30 guns, coming into the roads; though, on discovering the force of the enemy,

nevolence and urbanity of manners that diftinguished this truly refpectable and venerable nobleman while living, render his death univerfally regretted. His late oppofition to the firft address drawn up by the Catholic Committee, redounded much to his honour. He objected to it on the principle of its being too bold, and not being fufficiently humble; and, in fpite of his adverfaries, who would needs have what they termed a fpirited one, prefented another, which paffed nem. con. He is fucceeded in his eftates and title by his eldest fon and namefake. Lord Killeen, now on his travels abroad. His late Lordship's third fon, the Hon. Wm. Plunkett, was captain in the regiment of, and aid-de-camp to, the late_gallant Gen. D'Alton. (See Archdall's Peerage of Ireland, VI. 188.)

At Paris, Gen. Adam-Philip Cuftine, late commander of the French republican army of the North and the Ardennes. He was condemned to die on the 27th, and the sentence was put in execution the next morning. At the awful moment he fhewed neither the calm refignation of conscious innocence, nor the indignant firmness that men of proud fpirit, who want that confolation, fubfiitute for it. He kiffed the crucifix, embraced his confeffor, hefitated, ufed eve ry artifice to gain a few minutes longer time, and at laft was brought to the guillotine by force.

Sept, 7. Killed in a fally made by the French from Dunkirk, Col. Moncrieff, a brave and experienced officer of engineers. The batteries which he directed against Valenciennes were found, after the furrender of the place, to have done the most damage of any that play ed upon it. The mortal wound was inficted by a grape fhot, of a large fize, which carried away part of the bone behind the car, fractured the skull above it, and immediately deprived him of his fenfes. He was the eldeft fon of James M. Efq. of the county of Fife, who, upon the produce of a small eftate, fupported, with the greateft integrity and the moft independent fpirit, a numerous family. The talents of young Moncrieff obtained him a recommendation from Sir Henry Erskine, the father of the prefent Sir J. Erfkine St Clair, to the military academy at Woolwich, where he received his education, and whence he was regularly introduced to the corps of engineers, His firft opportunity of diftinguishing himself was at the fiege of Savannah, and he ufed it well; for, by his advice, the furrender of the place to the French was poftponed, and finally prevented. By

this and other fervices he obtained, in the moft honourable way, a confiderable property, which was invested partly in Weft India plantations, and partly in Scotland, where he purchased the eftate of Airdrie of Sir John Anftruther. He was not married; fo that his five fifters, of whom two are married and one is a widow, will probably have his property difperfed among them. His body was carried to Oftend, and buried on the 1oth, with military pomp, the Prince and General Ainslie, with all the officers there, attending. Capt. Moncrieff, of whom Capt. Keith Elphinstone, makes fuch honourable mention in the affair at Toulon, is nephew to the deceased.

At Baldwins, in Kent, of the gout in the ftomach, in his 36th year, Alexander 6th Lord Saltoun. His indifpofition lafted but a few days, which renders the lofs of fo valuable a character the more fevere and afflicting to his family and friends. He has left by his Lady, the daughter of Simon Frafer, Efq. three fons and two daughters; and is fucceeded by his eldeft fon, Alexander George Frafer, now in his 9th year.

Sept. 15. At Forres, Mrs Ann Spens, relict of the deceased Mr Patrick Grant, minifter at Urray, aged 78.

25. At Kelfo, Mrs Margaret Douglas, fecond daughter of Dr Douglas.

26. At Inverness, Mrs Katharine Chisholm, fpoufe of Mr J. M'Intosh.

Lately, at Edinburgh, the Hon. Andrew Erfkine, fourth and youngeft fon of Alexander, fifth Earl of Kellie.