The Providence Journal, And Town And Country Advertiser

Extract of a letter from Madrid, May 3, received by Capt. Freeman.

French papers observe silence relative to the late events in Italy and on the Rhine. We know by private letters, that the Directory is much alarmed; and they add, that every man, from the age of 20 to 32, is ordered into the field; under a new requisition, and distinct from the conscript. Many have declared they will sooner die by their own hands, than leave their families, to further the ambitious views of the Directory. The elections have been turbulent in many parts of France; and assassinations never were more frequent than at present.

The Austrians have entered Switzerland, and taken Basil. Jourdan is elected a member of the Council of Ancients. A courier from Leghorn says, there are only 300 French troops there; and it is said the French are about to evacuate Tuscany.

"There is a royal order passed, which will be published in a few days, which prohibits all intercourse with the Spanish settlements in neutral vessels, or other than Spanish subjects. The order says, the Spanish nation receives no benefit from the permission given to neutrals to trade with its settlements; on the contrary, that it is a disadvantage to the nation at large, and that the neutral is the only person that gains. This will cut off our trade with the Havanna for a short time. Spain cannot supply her colonies during the war."

The day Capt. F. sailed from Malaga, a letter was received from Madrid, dated May 10, which said, that the king of Naples was reinstated in his throne, and that the French had evacuated Tuscany. Mantua and Milan are taken by the Austrians.