But fince fhe is fled from our eye, Oh bring her once more, to our plain ! Thou wilt find her where Innocence roves ; The Graces are all in her train, And her cot is the feat of the Loves. FANCY and HOPE. By a LADY. FANCY, wave thy airy pinions, Spread o'er all thy wide dominions Bid the foft ideas rife ; Vernal fweets and cloudless skies. And lo! on yonder vernal plain, A lovely youthful train appear; Their gentle hearts have felt no pain, Their guiltless bofoms know no fear. In each gay feene fome new delight they find, Yet fancy gayer profpects ftill behind. Muft wisdom teach the foul to Return ye days of ignorance, return` : Before my eyes your fairy visions spread! Alas, thofe vifions charm no more: The pleafing dream of youth is o'er. Far other thoughts muft now the foul employ, It glows with other hope, it pants with other joy. FOREIGN NEW S. Heidelberg, Nov. 24. AST night 80 officers and 3000 folLA diers of the garrifon of Manheim arrived here. The remainder of the garrifon are cantoned in the neighbouring villages. It was on the 15th that the city began to be bombarded. On the 16th, three magazines were fet on fire. On the 18th, a magazine of gunpowder was blown up. On the 19th, another magazine was blown up, and confiderable breaches were made in the ramparts. On the zoth, four or five buildings were fet fire to. On the 41ft, one wing of the electoral palace took fire, and in a few hours the phyfical cabinet, the opera-house, and the tennis court, were confumed by the flames. The French ceafed firing, and it was ftated that general Montaign had determined to capitulate. In the evening the Auftrians difcontinued the bombardment, and on the 22d, the garrifon furrendered. Savona, Nov. 25. On the 23d, at, break of day, the French, in confiderable force, attacked with so much vigour the pofition of general Argenteau, that they obliged him to fall back. By this fuccefs the enemy were enabled to occupy Mount St. Pierre, from which they began to harafs in flank, and across the right wing, the Auftrian army. At the fame time the French commenced an attack on all the front of the imperial army, who in every quarter made the moft vigo. rous refiftance. The engagement lafled for feveral hours with the greatest obftinacy: at laft, about mid-day, and after five fucceffive attacks, our troops, who occupied the two redoubts No. 2, and s, and that called Caftellaro, were forced to yield to an enemy greatly fuperior in number, and having exhaufted VOL. XXVII. all their ammunition, were obliged to abandon the faid redoubts. Upon this fuccefs, the enemy detached different columns to take poffeffion of the heights of Mologno, St. Jacques, and Sept Pains, which they readily effected. On the left wing, our men fupported, during the whole day, not only the fire of the front of the enemy, but likewife that of eight armed boats, which kept up a conftant firing on the flank with heavy cannon. Although the enemy could not obtain any advantage against our left wing, as they had made a confiderable impreffion on the right, all the army received orders, during the night, to retreat from the pofition of Loano towards that of Carrazoppa, and Pantaleone. On the 24th, the enemy who had likewife got poffeffion of Cazenova, advanced from that pafs, and again attacked our right. In confequence, all the army in the night from the 24th to the 25th, made their retreat to the fecond pofition of Vado and Madonna, where they are now posted. We are as yet ignorant of our lofs In men, artillery, and ammunition; the difficulty of the roads across the mountains has prevented us from bringing off a great number of articles, which muft of confequence have fallen into the hands of the enemy. The lofs of the enemy is alfo unknown, but it muft be confiderable, from the length and obftinacy of the contest. Manheim, Nov. 25. The capture of Manheim rendered it neceffary to trace the caufes which put that fortrefs into the poffeffion of the enemy. It was in confequence of a requifition which was made by gen. Clairfayt, that on the day before yefterday, when the French evacuated the place, general Wurmfer arrefted the minifter Oberndorff, the abbé Salibert, the chancellor G of of regency, Arwans, and the fecretary Schmitz. The seals were put on their pap s. Yefterday 600 Palatine foldiers, who remained in the place after the capture of it by the French, were escorted by a detachment to the glacis, after having been difarmed. The artillery found in Manheim amounts to 394 pieces. The day was celebrated under a triple difcharge of artillery from the garrifon and the camp. It appears that general Clairfayt has made a movement towards the Hundsruch, and that Coblentz will foon be in our poffeffion. Ratisbon, Nov. 27. The decree of ratification of the imperial court upon the approbation of the empire of the 7th of October, refpecting a peace with France, came this day under the confideration of the diet, and its contents are very remarkable: it begins with an ample retrospect of the origin and progrefs of the hoftile acts committed by the French against Germany; of the different offences against the rights of nations; and of the laudable object of the war which was forced upon the empire, and undertaken in conformity to the decrees of the diet. After this are enumerated the approbation of the empire of the 22d of December 1994, as well as the feveral approbations of the empire of the 3d of July, 21ft of Auguft, and 7th of October, all produced or occafioned by the imperial court deeree of the 19th of May laft, namely, that the empire fincerely wifhed and defired the return of peace expreffed in all the feveral approbations directed to his imperial majefty, under the condition only of its being a juft and honourable peace; founded upon the indivifibility of the empire, and the prefervation of the conftitution. Manheim, Nov. 29. On Monday the 23d the imperial army under general Wurmfer began to file off to the left fhore of the Rhine, and took the way to Nestadt. The day before yefterday feveral regiments of cavalry and infantry paffed through here. All thefe troops are in high difcipline and order; they form a ftriking contraft with the French troops, each battalion of which confists of only 300 men, (the garrifon of Manheim confifted of 30 battalions, and one regiment of artillery), and the half of the foldiers are barefooted, and in want of every thing. As to the cavalry there is no comparison between the French and Auftrians, either in point of number, or the goodness of their horfes; the French have fcarcely a fixth of the number that the Auftriams have, and their horfes have had no oats for the laft fix months, and are in a moft deplorable condition; they are besides in want of horfes for the artillery, provifions and forage. Thefe wants have greatly difcouraged the army of the Rhine and Mofelle; both officers and foldiers are heartily tired of the war. Altona, Dec. 1. Letters from the Upper Rhine mention that Manheim has furrendered. Four generals, 387 officers, and 9,949 privates were taken prifoners of war. Dec. 3. We have received the articles of the capitulation of Manheim. They are ten in number. The eighth is moft worthy of attention. It is this:-" General Montaign proposes that the magiftrates and inhabitants of Manheim fhall not be molefted in any manner on account of the capitulation which put the garrifon in the poffeffion of the French." General Wurmfer replied, that this article depended entirely upon the will of his imperial majefty. Nantes, Dec. 5. Sapineau the royalist general has been defeated: and Charette has been twice engaged and defeated on the 19th of November laft. According to a letter from Rochefort, it is flated, that "the divifion from the coaft of Africa," composed of the Experiment man of war, the Vigilante frigate, three corvettes, a gabare (lighter), and fome prizes, entered the road of Rochefort on the 7th current. They are richly loaded with gold-duft, piafters, muflin, ivory, &c. The lowest failor, it is faid, will have merchandise to the value of 25,000 livres in fpecie. This divifion has burnt the two ticheft factories belonging to the English on the coaft of Africa, and feventy-two veffels with rich cargoes. The lofs of the English, at the moft moderate calculation, is eftimated at 50 snillions. Madrid, Dec. 7. Gardoqui, we understand, is about to be dismissed, and to be replaced by two minifters, the one for European, and the other for Indian finance, as was the cafe in the time of Galves and Merquez., A change was lately made in the marine department, the minifter Valdiz being difmiffed, and fucceeded in his office by Varcla, a Gallician. In fact, a total change is expected to take place throughout the administration, which will be filled in the nomination of the prince of peace, who engroffes exclufively the whole of the royal favour. The marquis de Campel Angel, minifter of war, is on the point of dying. The converfation here, notwithstanding all the restraints upon it, turns principally on the arrefts which have Lately taken place, and those which are with some reason expected. Malefpina, a major general of marine, is taken up, and detained in a ftate prifon, as is alio the gallant Gravina, very well known in London, and lately second in command in the Mediterranean. alfo is the lady of the Spanish envoy to Venice. Where these arrests, and their confequences will end, time only can determine. Many causes are alfigned for the proceedings; but as they are vague and uncertain, I shall trouble you with none of them. So Allen, Dec. 7. The French ftill occupy the pofition they took in confequence of the late action; hitherto the Germans have not been fufficiently numerous to form any further attempts; but they have been lately confiderably reinforced, and by all appearances an attack will take place this day or dur. ing the night. The enemy have fet fire to the village of Alsens, belonging to the prince of Weilbourg, becaufe they could not maintain their pofition on that fide of the river of that name. Hague, Dec. 8. The convocation of a national convention has great influence upon many other inftitutions; thus, on the one fide, things are abolished, while on the other, new ones are erected. This is the reafon that, now, as all diftinction of fovereignty, and the poffeffion of property of the provinces and colleges will difappear, in order to be reinftated by a fingle fovereignty, meaning the national convention, the buildings and eftates of the towns and colleges may be difpofed of. Having made the beginning with the town yachts, the houfes of the deputies of Gouda, Leyden, Delft, Brill and Gorcum-and, laft week, those of the admiralty of the Meufe and Amfterdam, as well as those of the Eaft-India company, were publicly fold. The second fale of the effects in the hereditary, ftadtholderian palace will commence on the 14th inft. The very trees in the garden of the old court, in which was a public walk, will be fold; and a motion was yesterday made in the club here, for the fale of the well-known wood near this town, and to plant the fpot with potatoes. The French courier, fent from the army of the Rhine to the French ambaffador (M. Noel) here, was yesterday drowned at Utrecht. The French huffars gone from hence are to join general Lauront on the Lower Rhine. They have been replaced by others from Wertland. We have fome folks here who actually doubt the surrender of the Cape of Good Hope, the capitulation not being figned by our governor. Barracks are to be built for the French. The advanced guard of the troops coming from the interior of France, on their march to the Rhine, have reached Bruffels; their number will amount to 30,000 men. All the courts of juftice in Belgium are abolifhed; among which is the council of Brabant, one of the oldeft courts in Europe. Madrid, Dec. 1o. Lord Bute is now pronounced out of danger, which has given great joy to all the English in this country. Some days, however, muft elapfe, before he will be able to transact business. Furfeld, Dec. 1o. Since the attack made on the ift of this month on our pofts on the left bank of the Nahe, the enemy have reinforced themselves daily in the neighbourhood of that river, and they have carried their right wing to the Glahn, and to Alfenz. So foon as a part of the bigade of Naundorff was arrived from Kaiferflautern, it was refolved to drive the enemy from Alfenz and the Glahn, and advancing then on Oberftein and Kirn, to force them to entirely abandon the neighbourhood of the Nahe. In confequence of the orders which he received on that fubject, general Kray, united with general Naundorff, at break of day on the 8th, attacked G 2 the the divifion of general Marceau near Meifenheim, and general Hoditz at tacked the enemy's advanced pofts at Alfenz, Oberheim, and Lettweiler. Thefe different attacks were fo well executed, that the enemy was obliged to give way and to fly to Kirn. We have made about fix hundred prifoners, among whom are many officers of the etat major, and other fuperior officers. We have alfo taken five pieces of cannon, and about forty ammunition waggons, befides one ftand of colours; and we have pofted ourfelves on the Glahn, from whence we do not expect to be enabled to ad vance very speedily, as the country is full of feep mountains, is without roads, is interfected by a great many rivers, and as the feafon is very unfavourable. Generals Kray and Naundorff, to whom we owe this eminent and im portant advantage, cannot fufficiently praife the courage, the ardour, and the good difpofition of the imperial troops. Our lofs is very fmall; but that of the enemy is very confiderable in killed and wounded. Jourdan is retired behind the Nahe, from whence we will foon endeavour to drive him. Genoa, Dec. 28. The imperial army, divided into two columns, one of which proceeded by Voltri and Moron, and the other by Bocchetta, have effectuated their retreat from the river. The regiment of Reifki, which formed the rear guard, fupported with diftinguifhed valour, in the forts erected at Vado, the repeated attacks of the enemy, till the poft had been entirely evacuated by the imperial troops, who were ftationed there. Hamburgh, Jan. 4. The three princeffes of Saxe Cobourg have ar|rived at the court of St Petersburgh: the choice of the grand duke Conftantine Paulowitz has fallen on the youngeft, the princefs Julienne Henriette Urrique, for his future fpoufe. The celebration of the nuptials is fixed for fome time in the courfe of next fummer. Major general Budberg, who conducted the three princeffes into Ruffia, has been honoured with the Order of St. Anne The Auftrians mean to continue their offenfive operations during the winter. Paris, Jan. 8. We are informed by a letter from Strasbourg, dated 9th Nivose, that the head-quarters of general Pichegru arrived on the preceding evening at Hikiach, a league from Strafbourg, but the ftaff is ftill at Kercheim. Several regiments of cavalry have taken up their winter quarters in the neighbourhood. Thus it appears that the fufpenfion of hoftilities will be of fhort duration. |