action, which was on
the 18th of June, Admiral Paul Jones commanded the right wing of the
Russians, and the Prince of Nassau the left. On the 26th of the same
month, the Turkish principal fleet, that is to say, their ships of the
line, frigates, &c, having got themselves near the swash, at the
mouth of the Borysthenes, the Prince of Nassau took advantage of their
position, attacked them while so engaged in the mud that they could not
manoeuvre, burnt six, among which were the admiral's and vice-admiral's,
took two, and made between three and four thousand prisoners. The first
reports gave this success to Admiral Paul Jones; but it is now rendered
rather probable that he was not there, as he commands the vessels of war
which are said not to have been there. It is supposed, that his presence
in the affair of the 18th was accidental. But if this success has been
so complete as it is represented, the Black Sea must be tolerably open
to the Russians: in which case, we may expect, from what we know of that
officer, that he will improve to the greatest advantage the situation of
things on that sea. The Captain Pacha's standard was taken in the last
action, and himself obliged to make his escape in a small vessel. Prince
Potemkin immediately got under march for Oczakow, to take advantage of
the consternation into which that place was thrown.

The Spanish squadron, after cruising off the Western Isles and Cape St.
Vincent, has returned into port.

A dispute has arisen between the Papal See and the King of Naples, which
may, in its progress, enable us to estimate what degree of influence
that See retains at the present day. The kingdom of Naples, at an early
period of its history, became feudatory to the See of Rome, and in
acknowledgment thereof, has annually paid a hackney to the Pope in
Rome, to which place it has always been sent by a splendid embassy. The
hackney has been refused by the King this year, and the Pope, giving
him three months to return to obedience, threatens, if he does not, to
proceed seriously against him.

About three weeks ago a person called on me, and informed me, that Silas
Deane had taken him in for a sum of one hundred and twenty guineas, and
that being unable to obtain any other satisfaction, he had laid hands on
his account book and letter book, and had brought them off to Paris,
to offer them first to the United States, if they would repay him his
money, and if not, that he should return to Londo