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WEDNESD.A.Y, OCTOBER 18. S r. Luxz.—Holiday at the Bank, Exchequer, and Stamp-Office. I , PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. S per Cent. Red. 671 68 I India Bonds 265. 275. pr. 3 per Cent. Cons. 641 Excheq. tills, 12s. 17$. pre. 4 perCenr. 81 83 Omniuni 1.4; prem. S per Cent. Navy 100 1004 State Lottery Ticket., P2l 17r. Lot.g Ann. 18i 7-16 City ditto, £B. 15$. India Stock 190 i 191 Cuns. for acc. PEACE BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND FRANCE. MADRID, SEPTEMBER e 6. . We have always been sceptical respecting the pre- His Excellency the Minister of the Interior, has tended probable renewal of hostilities between Austria addressed to the Directors of the public libraries an and France. We only wonder that any person who order, of which the following is the substance marked the movements in the last campaign , and " As no account ought to be taken of the arbitrary particularly the situation and circumstances of the prohibitions of the late tribunal of the Inquisition, contending armies at the period of the Armistice, have been so fatal to the progress of civiliza could ever have expected, fOr: a single moment, any tion, knowledge, &c. you will observe the following thing like a display of these energies which charac- Rules : terise pen determined not to compromise to the liber " ART. I. No use shall be made of the Index, or ties *of their common country. The loom of Austria catalogue of books forbidden by the late tribunal of is now Aaledi the Inquisition. Dutch, Gzettes to the 13th and private letters to S IL The only books which ought not to be pub the 15th inst.. confirm this intelligence. The Treaty Ilished, are those which the religion of the state, or the of Peace [it should be called the surrender and abdi government, is directly attacked ; the obscene works, cation of the House of Austria]. was signed on the . winch corrupt and degrade morals ; those which con 3d• inst. and the intelligence has been announced to ; taro maxims of impiety and libertinism ; and, lastly, . the people in Holland and along the French coast by ; those which recommend the practices of a superstitious a display of flags, the roaring of cannon, and the j devotion:" usual announcements of victcry The accountt now received state that this deed of humiliation on the one side and triumph on the other was signed at Altenburgh. If this be correct, it cannot be true that the plenipotentiaries had rOmoved'to Vi enna on the 29th ult.—But the deed is signed, nor does it signify whether at Altenburgh or at Vienna. Government received yesterday evening from the . Commander of the troops at Walcheren, accounts of the signing of this Treaty: The subjoined statements are from*Dutch Gazettes and private letters AMSTERDAM, OCTOBER 11. Ilis Majesty yesterday received the happy intelli gence that peace between Austria and France was signed on the 3d of this month, at Altenburgh. This happy event has been announced to-day to the inhabitants of the Capital by discharges of artillery, flags on the steeples and public buildings, and the ringing of bells. The Royal Flag was also hoisted in token of rejoicing. According to the latest reports Lieutenant Co lonel de Tabor, Aid-de-Camp to Marshal Dumon ceau, has, with a detachment of Chasseurs, driven away the enemy. who were in North Beveland, made five sailors prisoners, Heil burnt two canoes. • The Royal Fleet, under the command of Marshal Verhuell, which has been in sight of the enemy since the 7th of this month under the Sandkreik, has re connoitred as far as Sloe. ANTWERP, OCTOBER 4. The night between the 29th and 30th of last month, spread terror throughout the English position. The whole British squadron was in motion, and a 74 gun ship got a-ground, The following day She was taken in tow by a frigate, and brought afloat. In the after noon she was surrounded by a number of small armed vessels. Several of the persons who were wrecked, succeeded in saving themselves on the Island of Cad zand. The • climate of the Island of Walcheren proves so destructive to the English, that in the sole burying ground of the city of Flushing, 513 graves have been dug, containing each four soldiers, and 19 graves for Officers. Moniker: to the Ilth inst. received since we wrote the above, confirm the intelligence of peace hiving J?een concluded between France and Austria ; but they . state, as our Readers will see by the subjoined extracts, that the Treaty was signed on the night of the 29th ult. at Schoenbrun. The conscripts who were on the advance to the Danube, have received counter.orders : the French army is about to return ; and the Emperor himself has probably by this time takers hii departure from the Danube. MILAN, OCTOBER C. Our Official Paper contains an article, dated Ve rona, 30th September, by which it appears that the Tyrolese, who had for sometime succeeded in m. k ng inroads into Italy from Tonale, on the frontiers of the Valteline to Belluno, in order to procure provi sions, have at length been driven back into their country by General Peyri, who has not only occupied Roveredo and Trent, but also taken up a position with his troops hich most effectually covers that part of Tyrol. VIENNA, SEPTEMBER so. The Baden Gazette of the 21th Septemhcr, contains the intelligence that the Crown Prince, the Archduke Ferdinand, the Archduchess Louisa, the Archduke Anthcpy, and all the Members of the Austrian Im. perial Family who were in Erlaw and linshaw, have arrived in Buda. sr. PETERSBURGH, SEPTEMBER T. • MIR CIVIL GOVERNOR Ok' LWONIA, *ND ACTUAL COONsELLOR OF STATE. • On the sth of this month a Treaty of an eternal Peace between Russia anti Sweden was concluded and signed at hrtdericsharnm, by our Minister Plenipotentiary Count Rim.. s 7 ow, and Baron STLDINCK on the ran of Swtdtn. All the propositions by us made with ri gar•l to the said Peace have been accepted, and the ineoporation of the Grand Duc.by of Finland with the Russian Empire has been confirmed ; the town of Tornen and the river of the same name, form the frontiers of the two states. " "I'llus has terminated a war, the various events of which have covered the Russian armies wi:h immortal glory, and the con clusion of which has added to the Russian Empire a country, in habited by an industrious people ; celebrattd en account of its progress in agriculture, its markets, important fortifications, and the fortress of Sweaborgh; and has secured fur ever, on that side, the frontiers of our native land. " *bile we are offering op our thanks to that DrvINE BEING, who has vouchsafed to favour Russia, and crowned our arms With success ' • we hasten to acquaint y ou wi t h t h at f ortunate event, f cling perfectly saris& d that all our faithful subjects will readily yin us in rffering up thanksto the Moir fIIGH , for the happy conclusion of a much wished for peace. • " Alter the ratifications shall have been exchanged, the said treaty of peace will. be published in a distinct manifesto.—l re roam your affectiovate, • . . si.sxnuozu." .- . . STUTGARD, OCTOBER 4. According to intelligence brought to his Majesty the wing, by an estafette, the peace between the two Emperors of France and Austria, was signed at Scheenbrunn, in the night between the 29th and 30th of September. The Congress of Altenburg was dis solved on the 28th. According to a letter from Munich, of the Ist of October, the relays for the Emperor were ready. It was expected that this Sovereign would leave Schoen brun on the 3d. t.TI.M, OCTOBER 3. The Conscripts of the Imperial Guard which have been at Augsburgh since the 10th of last July, set out on the Ist of this month on their return to France. They passed last night at Ulm, and pro ceed directly to Strasburgh. This is the first time Isince the commencement of the war that we have ! seen French troops return towards the Rhine. It is said that next week several regiments of infan • try and cavalry will arrive from the interior of Aus tria, which will pass through Augsburgh and Ulm. Among others, we are told, will be the 65th regi- I ment of the line, which, since it has been exchanged, has been remounted and organized anew at Vienna. It will be completed by two battalions of conscripts which are on the frontiers of the Tyrol. Since the 30th of September the Gallician troops have done duty in Augsburg. They daily receive reinforcements from those of their countrymen who were among the Austrian prisoners. • The Polish General Bronikowski is still at Augs burg. The Austrian Gen , :ral Feilsiesen, who was made prisoner at Ratisbon, has passed through this .city on his return to Austria. FRENCH THE EVENING STAR. . ••••"'"' Nor:4nm to the 11 th in LONDON. the above, confirm the int AUGSBURGH, SEPTEMBER 26. It appears determined that the telegraphic line from Vienna to Strasburgh v iJI have a ramification, which shall extend to Franc kfort, through Strasburgh. Since the 23d of this month the engineers have placed a telegraph on the Felaberg, two miles from this city, which corresponds with that on Melibrus, where there is a large tower, built by a landgrave of Hesse. It is believed that this line will be prolonged to Holland. Yesterday at two o'clock a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office, which sat till half past five, which was attended by the following Members: the Lon'? CHANCELLOR, Earls BATHURST, CA NIDEN, CHATHAM, HA RROWBV, WESTMORLAND, and LIVF.R POOL, Lord MULGRAVE, and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. Goverment having accepted the resignation of the three companies of Banbury Volunteer Infantry, they paraded for the last time in the market-place on Mon day week; after which they deposited their colours in the church, and their arms in the armory. Fifteen vessels are loading with bricks at Grays, in Esser, for the purpose of erecting barracks for the ac commodation of the garrison at Walcheren. The Marquis of BUCKING!! A M entertained last week, at Stowe, the whole of the Royal Family of France now resident in this country, with a number of French and English Nobility. The festivities commenced on Tuesday ' and continued till Friday. The two sons of the Duke of. BRUXSWICK GELS. ac companied by two officers, arrived in town on Satur day. They landed on Friday at Harwich.—The Duchess of BRUNSWICK sent a carriage to Romford, to escort them to Blackheath, where they arrived early on Saturday morning, and were soon atter joined by their father. The interview was truly affecting, and in the evening his Highness conducted them to his residence in Clarges.street, Wednesday the 4-th inst. his Grace the Duke of Rtcuraotio and suite were entertained in a most splen did manner by the merchantl i bankers, and principal inhabitants of the City of Dug*, 4t the Commercial Buildings ; Wal. Roars:. Esq. banlcer, President. The round of toasts was concluded by the Duke asking the President to join hands—adding, " Mr. ROCHE, I-be lieve you and I are of different religious persuasions ; nevertheleis I hope We shall meet in Heaven, after passing thrQpgh life, in harmony" SPAIN AND POfTtI4AL• Captain PErcvzof the 16th Dragoons, arrived last , night at the Dritish Hotel, Jermyn-street, He was the bearer of dispatches from Lisbon ; but we do not understand that they are of any material importance. Various journals and letters have also been received from the North of Spain, brought over by the INDE FATIGABLE frigate, of 4.4. guns, from-which we give the subjoined extracts.—The letter of the 2d instant from Corunna, and which is the most important of them all, is from a Lieutenant. Colonel in the Spanish Army. We have so often found ourselves deceived by the Spanish accounts, that we receive them all with much suspicion. We shall be happy if future accounts shall confirm the retreat of the French from Madrid ; but the Spaniards, if they wish not to be enslaved, must employ exertions ten times greater than they have yet exhibited ; and we frankly confess, that of this we have not the smallest hope, If they could not rid their country of invaders, while their oppressor was obliged to send a great part of his force into Germany, what is to be expected when he can now pour all his at mies into the Peninsula ! CAROLINA, SEPTEMBgR 8. The head-quarters of the army of General Vene• gas are still here. This army has been considerably reinforced ; the infantry alone amounts to 26,860 men. The cavalry is stationed in La Mancha, and pushes its advanced parties as far as Madridejos and the vicinity of Tembleque. The divisions of this army occupy at present the following positions ; the Ist is in Valdepenas, the 2d at Villannavo de les In. fantes, and one regiment has been detached to Villa manrique and Venta Nueva ; the :1(1 division is in Cortidura and the environs of that place ; and the 4th in Visa. The enemy occupies Coana, Tembleque, and Das-Bavuos, and his advanced parties are in Yepes and Villasolas. The French artillery has beets removed from Mora to Almonacid, where the enemy fortifies himself, and his movements are so various, that it is impossible to penetrate into his future plan of operation. LISBON, SEPTEMBER 25. Letters from Castillo Blanco advise, that the Frencir who occupied Coria and its environs, have retreated into the interior of Spain. We also know by letters frcrn plem Tigo, that the Spanish army of Estre maditra is about to put itself in motion, probably for the purpose of detaching 15,000 men, who are to join the army in La Mancha. EADAJOZ, SEPT. 16. According to intelligence received from the head quarters in Truxillo, under date of the 10th instant, Ney's army, Composed of 14,000 men, is in Sala manca and its environs ; and opposed to it is the army Of the Marquis de Romana, at present commanded by General Mendezabel. The army of Marshal Souk consists of 5000 men, and his head-quarters are in Placentia. This army occupies Cqria, Galisho, and the banks of the Tietar I , and Tagus ; its advanced parties are near . the'bridge of Arzobispo. • The Spanish army of Estremadura extends from , Taraicejo to San Vincente, covering the bridge of Al marez and adjacent parts. General Mortier has 10,000 men, and his head quarters are in Talavera, occupying Navalmoral, Calezade, Oropeza, &c. Victor has 20,000 men, and his head-quarters ate in Toledo. His army occupies the environs of that place, and pushes his advanced parties as far as Dalmiel. General Sebastiani has' 10,000 men, and his head-quarters are in Fuenta , bards ; his army extends from Aranjuez to Alcala. SEPT. 20.—0 n the 14th of this month, arrived in this city, his Excellency the Marquis de la Romana. The Supreme Junta, the illustrious Commander in Chief of the English Army, and all the Officers of the Garrison, complimented his Excellency, who, on the 16th, in the morning, left this town for Seville. CADIZ, SEPTEMIiERIS. The head-quarters of the English vrmy are in BA' dajoz : one division occupying an advanced position at Lobau, and another in Merida. All the corps of the army of Estremadura are in La Mancha. The bridge of Arzebispo is defended by only 8,000 men, although reinforcements are said to be expected from La Mancha. By an express arrived at Truxillo from Ciudad Rodrigo, intelligence has been received that the said place has been occupied by a considerable force, under the orders of the Duke de Parque. The army of Gallicia, commanded by Generals Mendizabel and Ballesteros, is shortly to arrive in Ciudad Rodrigo. On the Ist of September a division of 6000 men entered Gerona, under the orders of General Conde, with 60(X) beasts loaded with all sorts pf provisions, and 200 quintals of gun-powder. General Laygou is with his division two leagues from that city, and the fire against that important place has ceased.— (This is official.) SAN FELIX DE LOS GALLEGOS, SEPT. 29. On the 17th, at one in the morning; our army left this place for Villa Vieja, where our advanced guard, together with one of our divisions, was posted to ob serve the corps under the command of Marshal Ney, consisting of 9000 infantry and 1500 cavalry, who seemed to menace them with an attack. On the 18th, at day-break, we took post on the Yeltes, with a weod on each flank. A second divi sion, acting as our reserve, was posted at Villa Vieja, from which we were distant rather more than llttlf mile. The enemy Was is possession of the road ; Retort;llo and Martin del Rio ; was also posted on a river, and appeared at one time to be advancing attack us in three columns. They nevertheles s div a? . pointed us, and after remaining quiet in their p os i t ;, the rest of the day, broke up very early on the m or , ing of the 19th, taking the old road way to sal,;, manca. The same evening our army returned to it: zo.. tion here, where we have since remained. The Duke Del ?argue is much sati-62d with ci • conduct and maneuvering, and the whole army i s r high expectation of having a brush with the eremv, and giving them a repetition of the afraj% at Lug: Campo de Estvella and San Payn. The subsequent letter gives some infigmaticr !" garding the Southern army. CORUNNA, sEPT. as. General gquia has effected a junctio fl* o its array , fO,OOO strong, with that of Venegas. General P.as, Jett commands the Spanish army in Lstrarnadur: acting under the orders of Sir A. Wellesley. I t al. : pears that affairs are managed there with activiti and judgment On the, 15th, three regiments of cavalry kf , T IT ., illo, under the command of Don Pedro Gul,in, tiler to the Duke of Ossuna, to unite with our arnr We shall then be in a state to undertake somethi ng i s the plains of Castile. Soult is at Placentia, and after again making a shew of repassing the Puerto de Banos, it appears h: has received orders to join Victor. ' Our pikemen in the neighbourhood of San Felix greatly exerted themselves at the late affair, they killed 44 French infantry and 20 French dragoons; they are commanded by Don Julian, a very brave and patriotic officer, who has rendered his regimen; truly formidable to the enemy. OcT. .—The French are retreating from Madrid, after having committed numerous atrocities both there and in their mute. It is supposed that they have taken the road to Burgos. The French goon; in Arragon have abandoned Balbastro, Calatayud, and s everal other important points, and are concentrating their forces. General Mendizabal, who commands our army, was at Salamanca and Ciudad Rodrigo, and has had several engagements with the French. Ouronea 4.—1 am ashamed of net having writtea before since your departure. You know our last con. versation, and I assure you it required milch resolu tion to expose myself to the tender mercies of the enemy ; but what we suffered here is nothing in com parison with what was endured in the neighbouring districts. The evacuation of the place by the French was so sudden and unexpected, that we could scarce;y believe the evidence of our senses. The Defiance and the Amazon frigate made their appearance cff this port, without entertaining. she least idea its being abandoned by the enemy, I The Defiance has bee; several months at Ferrol, for the purpose of fining out the Spanish ships to send them to Cadiz. Signora M. has resumed her Tertullas (assemblies), which r are called PATfuoTtsmos, in compliment, as she was the first that gave s ball on the return of the Spanish ranny.-•—There is a general movement among the forces, and some decisive actions are hourly expected. The following anecdote, exposing the cold cruelty of the Frcinch ; and the burning vengeance of the Spat niards, shews a species of warfare existing in no other part of Europe, excepting in the Tyrol: " Francisco Zorilla, in the house of his parents, who were la bourers, strangled a Frenchman for insulting them, and fied.— The rest of the French party required the parents to produce the son oq pin of death, These reverend persons, instead of C CrTi• plying, boasted of hating facilitated his eseapc, and presented their breasts to the enraged enemy, when they were instantly butchered. " The on beard the lamentable story, related it to six of his companions, whq formed a small party with him in the mount , tains of Cameros, and directed all their thoughts to the purposes of vengeance. In a few days, hovering among the defiles, they killed to the number of sixty of the enemy, and seized a quantity of money under their convoy, which enabled this handful of patrioti tq extend their plans of operation. " Among ether aqievements, they attacked a carriage whir two officers and three soldiers conveying 20,000 rials. On teing informed by the driver that they were all Italiaas, they grantei them their lives, retaining the cash, which the escort acknov• ledged to have been plundered from the town of Chinihon. will return tale sum to its right owners; said but in the mean time borrow it to support my Spaniards, whose duty iris murder all Frenchmen.' " Thus, farther enriched, he and his party visited vaiiou si tuations in Castile, and has now collected in his progress, betweaa 1500 and 2000 comllaiarts, affected by his narrative and anima/ ted with the same spirit." The account then proceeds to state a great vartevl of conflicts in which this injured and enrage.i :( - )a has successfully engaged, and concludes with observing, that " The example of this valiant patriot has had an influence so powerful over the natives, that even in the midst of the aerates of the enemy, the young mien form numerous and powerful detz-ct.- ments, destroying the enemy on every side, as has already bees accomplished is Trillo, Atenga, and even in Calatayud•" A letter received at Hull, from a prisoner at Ver dun, dated August 30, states t that upon BONAPARTE'S birth day, 20 prisoners of war broke their parole, and escaped from that place ; they were pursued, however, and some of them brought back ; another of them was found dead in the wood. In consequence of this affair, the whole body of prisoners were most closely confined ; twelve of them were put into one room with six beds; they were all mustered three time; a day ; and at nice o'clock they retired to rest, and were all counted in bed. road; ;ted on a .ncing !ss di cap. posi - he tr.or... 1 trl ltipo.• with ci • rmy is it to enemy, at Lug( , naticr his array , 2ral arnadut.;, It al. th activit; Tr 7.7. uhin, our army. rnething making a Ippc ars San Felix .flair, they dragoons ; very brae s regiment 11 Madrid, both there they have ttotinG in tayud, and icentrating on; army, ad has had ng writte3 it last con. itch resolu- nes of the ing to coin- ighbouring the French zid scarce;y efiance and 7.ce cff this .1 its being :c has bee; e of fitting iz. Signora ics), which as she was the Spanish among the ly expected. :old cruelty of the Spat in no other d • •.