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Monthly Chronicle.

St . Domingo , Oct . jr . The town and post of Leogane has fallen into the hands of the forces of the Convention , aided by a numerous corps of revoked negroes . Capture of Warsaw . — Warsaw was surrendered at discretion on the 9 th of November to the Russian general Suwarrow . The only assurances required by the Poles were , that the lives of the inhabitants should be spared , and their property respected . To these conditions the Russian geHeral added an amnesty and oblivion for all that had passed .

In consequence of the sudden change of affairs in Poland , which country may now be considered as once more subjugated to the dominion of Russia and Prussia , the king of Prussia has sent an order to General Moellendorf , that the 20 , 000 troops ordered back to Prussia should remain on the Rhine . In consequence of this order , these troops , which had begun their march , are returned to their former cantonments .

HOME NEWS , Nov . 17 . Official advice was received , that the Alexander , of 74 guns , Admiral Rodney Bligh , was carried into Brest on the Sth instant , in a very shattered condition . The unfortunate but gallant commander of the Alexander acted only as captain when he fell in with the enemy ; having been promoted to the rank of rear-admiral in the last flag promotion during his cruize . '

Extract of a Letter from an Officer on board the CANADA , in company with the ALEXANDER before ber Capture . "When we first saw the enemy ' s squadron they were not more than two miles from us , right between us and the British Channel , for which we were then steering with a fair wind , Finding them numerous , it was judged prudent to alter our course immediately , and endeavour to alter the position so as to get the English Channel open , and which , though apparently impracticable ( in such a

situation ) , we and the Alexander effected by masterly manoeuvring .- By six o ' clock we were to leeward of them , crowding sail for England , and the enemy ( which we soon after perceived , as it grew day-light ) , consisting of" five line of battleships , four frigates , and a brig , in chace of us , coming up very fast . At six o ' clock in the morning , the Alexander and Canada were close alongside each other ; but as the enemy were of so superior a force , it was thought necessary to separate , in order that one ship might perhaps get off . As we sailed rather better than the Alexander , she dropped astern of us , and steering different

courses , though only a little , made the distance between us wider . The French squadron then separated , and a French commodore , with three line of battle ships and one frigate , pursued the Alexander , while the French admiral , with two line of battle ships , three frigates , and a brig , pursued us . "A little before eight o ' clock in the morning the Alexander hoisted English colours , and commenced the action with the headmost ship of that part of the enemy's fleet who were in chace of her ; we hoisted our colours , and about eight o ' clock began the action with the French admiral ( in a ship of So guns ) . At

this time his shot were flying over us without any effect ; but our shot were fired in so excellent a direction , that he by no means steered steady , and did not show a wish to come along side of us without the other line of battle ship , which he might easily have done , as he sailed the fastest , but we imagined he had no wish to get up with us , unless the ship in company with him , and of equal force , could come up at the same time , and engage us both sides at once . The action continued in this manner till near one o ' clock in the daywe receiving the fire

, of both the enemy's ships at intervals , and returning their fire . One of the French frigates came upon our quarter , andsent several shot over us , but on our bringing some of our guns to bear on her , she sheered off , and none of the other frigates presumed to come up . " At about twelve o ' clock we slackened our stays and rigging , knocked the ' / edges out of our masts , and star ; eel some water iii the hold , by which means

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THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 1
A SERMON PREACHED AT THE ANNIVERSARY GRAND PROVINCIAL MEETING OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS, AT WEST MAILING, IN KENT , MAY 19, 1794. Article 3
MASONIC PRECEPTS, TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN, FOR THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 6
EXTRACT FROM THE PRECEDING RULES. Article 9
SELECT PAPERS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, READ BEFORE A LITERARY SOCIETY IN LONDON. Article 11
MEMOIRS OF THE FREEMASONS AT NAPLES. Article 15
ANECDOTES OF HENRIETTE DE COLIGNY, SINCE MADAME DE LA SUZE. Article 18
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS AND MILITARY ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM. Article 19
ANECDOTE OF LE PAYS. Article 22
MR. TASKER'S LETTERS Article 23
PLAIN RULES FOR ATTAINING TO A HEALTHFUL OLD AGE. Article 25
EXPERIMENTS ILLUSTRATING THE PROPERTIES OF CHARCOAL. Article 28
ON SUBDUING OUR PASSIONS. Article 32
AUTHENTIC AND INTERESTING NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF THE MUTINEERS Article 35
LAWS CONCERNING LITERARY PROPERTY, &c. Article 41
CHARACTER OF HENRY VII. Article 43
CHARACTER OF HENRY VIII. Article 44
ANECDOTE. Article 45
MEMOIRS OF HIS LATE ROYAL HIGHNESS HENRY FREDERIC, Article 46
MR. BADDELEY, THE COMEDIAN, OF DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Article 48
CURIOUS AND AUTHENTIC ANECDOTES, FROM DIFFERENT AUTHORS. Article 50
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 51
ELECTION OF THE GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND. Article 51
POETRY. Article 52
MADNESS, AN ELEGY: Article 53
ON SHAKSPEARE. Article 57
EPIGRAM ON PETER THE GREAT, CZAR OF RUSSIA. Article 58
ON A GENTLEMAN WHO MARRIED A THIN CONSUMPTIVE LADY. Article 58
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 59
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 61
INDEX TO THE THIRD VOLUME. Article 67
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Monthly Chronicle.

St . Domingo , Oct . jr . The town and post of Leogane has fallen into the hands of the forces of the Convention , aided by a numerous corps of revoked negroes . Capture of Warsaw . — Warsaw was surrendered at discretion on the 9 th of November to the Russian general Suwarrow . The only assurances required by the Poles were , that the lives of the inhabitants should be spared , and their property respected . To these conditions the Russian geHeral added an amnesty and oblivion for all that had passed .

In consequence of the sudden change of affairs in Poland , which country may now be considered as once more subjugated to the dominion of Russia and Prussia , the king of Prussia has sent an order to General Moellendorf , that the 20 , 000 troops ordered back to Prussia should remain on the Rhine . In consequence of this order , these troops , which had begun their march , are returned to their former cantonments .

HOME NEWS , Nov . 17 . Official advice was received , that the Alexander , of 74 guns , Admiral Rodney Bligh , was carried into Brest on the Sth instant , in a very shattered condition . The unfortunate but gallant commander of the Alexander acted only as captain when he fell in with the enemy ; having been promoted to the rank of rear-admiral in the last flag promotion during his cruize . '

Extract of a Letter from an Officer on board the CANADA , in company with the ALEXANDER before ber Capture . "When we first saw the enemy ' s squadron they were not more than two miles from us , right between us and the British Channel , for which we were then steering with a fair wind , Finding them numerous , it was judged prudent to alter our course immediately , and endeavour to alter the position so as to get the English Channel open , and which , though apparently impracticable ( in such a

situation ) , we and the Alexander effected by masterly manoeuvring .- By six o ' clock we were to leeward of them , crowding sail for England , and the enemy ( which we soon after perceived , as it grew day-light ) , consisting of" five line of battleships , four frigates , and a brig , in chace of us , coming up very fast . At six o ' clock in the morning , the Alexander and Canada were close alongside each other ; but as the enemy were of so superior a force , it was thought necessary to separate , in order that one ship might perhaps get off . As we sailed rather better than the Alexander , she dropped astern of us , and steering different

courses , though only a little , made the distance between us wider . The French squadron then separated , and a French commodore , with three line of battle ships and one frigate , pursued the Alexander , while the French admiral , with two line of battle ships , three frigates , and a brig , pursued us . "A little before eight o ' clock in the morning the Alexander hoisted English colours , and commenced the action with the headmost ship of that part of the enemy's fleet who were in chace of her ; we hoisted our colours , and about eight o ' clock began the action with the French admiral ( in a ship of So guns ) . At

this time his shot were flying over us without any effect ; but our shot were fired in so excellent a direction , that he by no means steered steady , and did not show a wish to come along side of us without the other line of battle ship , which he might easily have done , as he sailed the fastest , but we imagined he had no wish to get up with us , unless the ship in company with him , and of equal force , could come up at the same time , and engage us both sides at once . The action continued in this manner till near one o ' clock in the daywe receiving the fire

, of both the enemy's ships at intervals , and returning their fire . One of the French frigates came upon our quarter , andsent several shot over us , but on our bringing some of our guns to bear on her , she sheered off , and none of the other frigates presumed to come up . " At about twelve o ' clock we slackened our stays and rigging , knocked the ' / edges out of our masts , and star ; eel some water iii the hold , by which means

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