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CHESNUTS. FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION, At the Star arKI Garter Tavern, Portfmouth. on Thug(lay the sth Day ot, ecbrnary. alloy. at elemcn o'clock in the forenoon, 'THE Entire Cargo of CHESNUTS, jun landed from the Danifh Veffel La Madage, Chriftopher Svinfon mallet, from Bilboa. 7`,:j• For Catalogues, and further particulars, apply to Thomai Heather, Broker, Chamber of Commerce, Pordmouth. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, FEB. 2. Tho Marquis of Buckingham, Lord Vifcount Hanipden, the Eiflo,ps of Bath and Wells, and Bangor; Lords Hartwood, Hood et Cathrlngtou, and Tome other Lords, took the oaths and their feats. Mr. Hobboufe, Mr. Diekenfon, and foveral other Member,. of the 1 - 1. - atfe of Commons, brought up the frith Militia Service Bill, and a private Bill, which were read a heft time, and the former ordered to be printed. On the Motion of the A rchhifhop of CANTERBURY, the Thanks of :he Fl ,tile were ordered to be given to the Piihop of St. David's. rrron preached before the Houle a: lArtftmibiler Abbey, on Frid4y laft, and his Lordihip was &tired to print ant: publith tile. Caine. SLAVS TRADE. Lord GRENVILI,E having moved the reading of the Older of the Day f,r the Second R:ading or the Slave Trade Abolition Bill, obfetved .hat thole of their Lordlhips who had witncfred his extreme anxiety to carry forward this imisortant meafure with the kali p Able interruption, wc.cl.l readily vin. ceive that he now felt great regret in finding hinifeif under the neceffity of propoling a further dehiv. Un fortunately, however, two of his Noble Friends, whole fentiments refpeaing this meafare it was im• pnrtant the }lnure ihould be' in poffeffion of, and whole affiflance he much withed to have upon the dilcutlion of the fubjefl, were too much indifpofed to be enabled to attend the Houle. He therefore pro-- poled that the Second Reading of the Bill mould be poliponed till Wednefday. Ordered, and that the Lords be fummoned for that day. The Earl of WESTMORELAND prefented a Petition from the Ship Builders, Ship Owners, Ma nufa&urers, and others of the Port of London, again ft the Slave Trade Abolition Bill, which was ordered to lie on the Table. A short cormerfation took place refpeeling the pro priety of hearing Counfel in behalf of the Petitioners who had prefented petitions againa the Bill. Lord GRENVILLE fuggeited the propriety of making fome order upon this fubjeft, if it was the pleafure of their Lordfhips to hear Counfel, in order that they might avoid the i:'convenience which oc curred, of having a preliminary difeuflion of this nature, on the very day in which the meafure pro. poled was to be brought forward. The Earl of WESTMORELAND moved, that filch of the Petitioners as thought fir, fhould be 1 - ,eard by their Counfel, on the Second Reading of the Bill. Lord GRENVILLE thought it woul,l he expe dient to make fome regulation with refp:& to the hearing of Counfel in order to prevent unneccif try delay. As to the propriety of examining evidence, that of courfe would be decided on, after their Lord- Alps had heard Ccutifel. He thou ;ht, ilowever, that it would be fuflicient to hear one CounlA upon each Petition, as the greaser part of the arguments which the Counfel mull neceffarily touch upon, had already been often repeated., and as it was of fo much im portance to avoid delay. Lord ELDON alto expreffed himfelf decidedly hoftile to unneceffary delay, but at the fame time it was of the uttrioa importance that a fubjeet of this magnitude thould be deeply and clofely examined. and that the parties whole interells would be affe4fted by it, fbould be fairly and fully heard. The Earl of WESTMORELAN ex• preffed his hope that the par tits whcfe inter et 6 would be affeaed, would he fully heard. Lord HAWKESBUIiIr fuggened that the ince rens of the Petitioaers might he quail y benefited, and the time of the Houle lefs taken up, i; the Petitioners were claffed according to the intereits of thole peti tioning, which would be fowid to he divided into three, namely, the Old Planters in Jamaica, and other Iflands, the New Planters in the Iflancl of Tti nidad, and the Shipping and Commercial Intereils of the Ports of this Country, and Counfel heard for each interefl. Afttr fettle further converlition, the Petitioners were ordered to be heard by their Counfel on Wed nth:lay, and by a fubfequent order, Counfa were di. retied to be called in at half pall four. ESTAT! BILLS. Lord ELDON gave notice that he fhould very fhortly propofe that all their LoreMips' ftanding orders relative to Eftate Bills and o r Private Bills where money was paid into the Court of Chan ct ry Should be referred to a C6mmi!tee or the whole Houle.— The objects which he propofed were to relieve the Court of Chan cery from the preffure of bufinefs arifing front there Bills, and at the fame time to do juftice to the fuitors in that Court. The LORD CHANCELLOR exprcffed hig fatisfaelion at the aseafure which the Noble and Learned Lord intended to propofe, as did alto Lord WALSINGHAM. • ADMINIcTRATION OF JUSTICE IN SCnTLAND. Lord GRENVILLE gave notice that he fhould, on this day fe'noight, prefent to the Houk a rill founded on the refolutions faired Lift Scffion, for rendering more effedtual the Adminittra tiou of Jultice in Scotland. Lord HAWKESBURY expreff^d a hope that fufficient time would be given for the confideratioN of this important Mlle& Lord GRENVILLE (aid, it wit his with that fufficient time Mould be allowed for the confideration of tht fubjeCt. At the fame time he mult remark, that ample time bad already been given for its confiAtration once Taft Seffion, during which interval there had been an opportunity of obtaining the opinions of proidlional men of eminence with refpeet to the details of the nicafure, and that if it wa% meant that an interval of equal extent fhould again he :110wcal, it was evident the mer.kre could not be carried tin :nth Parliament in the c,,iurfe of the prefent Seflion. That fO.-. meafure of this nature mould be adopted without delay was, h- corceived, of the greateft importance, not only on account of the great defeds which were acknowledged to exift in the Admi_ riqration of Juftice in Scotland, but alto on account of the dif credit thrown upon that Houfe. in confequence of the great num ber of Appeals from Scotland, and which from their being it) nurneenti, unavoidably met with much deity in their deciiion Lord ELDON thought that confulerahle difficulties !till lay in the way of their coming to an ultimate decifiou upon the propoicd etwafure. Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. VANSITTART t r...usht in the Peodan Pty Commit fiorers Bill. Read a first, and ordered to be read a fecund time to-morrow. The Soldier and Sailor's Setidlion Bi!' wa• committed. in the C..mmittec. Mr. STURGESS /SOUK INIF. carrel:fed his opinion, that the Bill fhould be made perpetual, inftead of being limited to aven ycarg. Mr WYNNE thought that great caution ought to be cbfervetl exteniing penal ftatutes. Mr. PERCEVAL laid, that there was little occafion for that e:itiiiion in converting high trea:tio into a maifdc.onatior which was in CACI the effed of the bah Mr. WYNNE thought it heft to limit it to feven years to the prefect. The matter Light perhaps then be left to the ordi• nary flatutea, and at ail events, it would be In the power of Par liament to ni ikc fuch provifions as the occafion might require.—. Report to-morrow. The frith Gunpowder Ad was committed. Report to-morrow. The AT FORNEY GENERAL moved for a Copy of the Com milfion under which Meffn Bragge and Harris aded in examin ing the Barrack Accounts —Ordered. He then g.tve notice, that to-morrow he woulli move for leave to bring in a Bill to enable thefe CorandMoneta to compel the pro ducilion of Accounts . The Grain Itittrcourfe Bill was read a third time and patted. MUTINY BILL. 1 ord HOWICK moved the fecond reading of the Mutiny Bill. Mr. ROSE wished to know whether the price of clothing for the Royal Veteran Battalions was the fame as laft year. Lord TEMPLE anfwered, that it was somewhat higher. He was not prepared to elite! into the particulars at prefent, as be ex penal no clircullion ; Lut he would in due time fatisfy the Houle on that point. The Bill wa. then read a fecond time, and ordered to be com nikted on Friday fc'noight. POOR LAWS. Mr. WHITBREAD pullponed his motion refpeeting the Poor Laws, from mat Thnrillay fe ntlight. to next Thud.lay fortnight. Mr V ANSI II'ART niuved,that In much of the Ac't of Union with Inland. as referred to the importatiqn of fpirits into one country from the other, fhould be referred to a Committee of the wh.•!e !ionic. This was done, and leave was given to bring in a Bill, to ft:lntr..: Ow pa ymt.nt of drawbacks on (Mats imported from Ireland to tl.is country, or eat:crud front this country to Ireland. Thr Can.da Woollen Yarn Bill was read a ['mond time, and orslrred to be committed to morrow. The SECRET ARY at WAR prefcnted accounts. by order of the H ode, relative to the number of recruits procured for the army iu diill.rt.or years.—Ordcred to lie on the table, and to bt printed. Mr. GII.ES gave notice,that he would on Virednefday move for an Account of the Satarn.s and Emoluments of the Commlffioners of the Sick and hurt Office, and their petitions after they retired. eALTASH CrIMMITTE6. Lc rd EUSTON repotted from the Sal.afh Committee that Mr. Ri.barts had not been enabled, from indifofttion, to attend his duty on Thutfday, Friday, and Saturday, for which reafon the Committee had adjourned from day to day till this morning, when Mr. Rama having attended they went on with the bufinefs. Dr BAILIE was called to the bar and proved the fad of the in • difpofition, and Mr. Robarts was coufequtntly excufed fur not having attended on the days fpecified. WEYMOUTH COMMITTEE. Mr. YORKE reported from the IVeymouth Committee that the ii:tirg Members were duly eledtcd, and that the Petitions were not his°luus or ♦cxatious. MALDRN COMMITTER. Sir GILBERT HEATHCOTE reported from the Maiden Colllll`ittCC that he had received a letter from Mr. William Lewis Hughes, (Laing that his father was dangerotifly 111 in the country, and that be, coacquently, was unable to attend this day. Sir ROBERT WILLIAMS (aid, that be had received a letter from a med.:cal Gentleman on the fubjedi, and therefore declared ou oath at the table that be believed the ftatement in Mr. Hughes's letter to be coma. Sir G. HEATHCOTE then moved, that Mr. Hutches be ex cuftd from further attendance on the Cammittce.—Ordered. Mr. PATTERSON prefented a Petid• n from the Tetmers of Norwich, nail It the Oak Bark Bill.—Ordered to lie on the table. Lord WILLIAM RUSSELL brought up a Bill for facilitating the Recovery of Small Debt‘ in Brosn!ey, Lewitham, &c. &e.— Read a hi It, and ordered to Ibe read a 1, cond time. A perfoii I'o%l the African Company, prefinted an account Of their exptccrs in t 805.-1 irdcred to lie on the table. TRFASUKkK3HIP OF THd NAVY. Mr. SHERIDAN rote, purfuant to notice, to move fnr leave to bring in a Bill rm. further regulat kg the Office of Treafurcr of the Navy. A train of citcumflances, conneeted with the provilious already made for the regulli:m of this Office, rendered it unnecefrary for hint to enter upon a particular ment of the grounds of his motion. After the deci fion of the Judgcs, there could only be one opinion refpeCting the neccriity of Come amendment, in order to carry into full effal the intentions of the Legitla cure. The ohjeCt and fpirit of the former At on this fubjen was, that none fhorild be allowed to make are of the politic money to their own private advantage, and that the accounts, as far as the nature of the thing would permit, lhould be kept at the Bank.— But the opinion of the Judges had cart fume doubt taxm that, and the ohjeCt now was to remove that doubt. There might be come helitation as to the mode of doing this to the propriety of doing it there could be none. The belt ...ode would be, that which wou:d give every fecurity to the public, and as little trouble as puffible to the Bank. He would endea• your to do that by calling to his affirtance the abili ties of thofe perfons who were molt converfant with the fubjeCt. In the mean time, he would content himfelf wi'h moving, that leave be given to bring in a Bill for the further Regulation of the Office of Treafurer of the Navy. Leave was accordingly given, and Meas. Whit bread, Tierney, Canning, and Giles, the Attorney and Solicitor General, &c. &c. were appointed to pre pare and brine in the fame. IRISH FINANCE. Sir JOHN NEWPORT role to move the com mitment of the high Treafury Bills Bill. In In doing lie hoped he ()mid be allowed to fay a few words to remove fume doubts refpeaing the Irifh Finances, which might have been railed by what had paired the other night in his ablence. In bringing in this bill he hoped he would not be considered as claiming an unwarrantable degree of confidence, when the powers which had been given to the Irish Government lalt year to raife half a million in this way had not been ufed. With this ciicumflance in view he left it for the Houle to confider whether the ?rills finances were in fuck a deplorable (late as they were repre fented to be. He had befides been enabled to pay 276,0c01. to the Brizifh Treafury, which had been advanced to the Ira Treafury for the payment of Lottery prizes in IRO2. After this and other dif-' burfements there Rill remained zoo,oool. belonging to Government. He regretted much that he had not been enabled to attend before, in order to hear the bt illiant difplay of talents and eloquence (Hear, bear 1) which had appeared in the developement of a Icheme of finance, which did honour to thole by whom it had been formed and explained, and which would have rcfleFted credit upon any flaterman in this or any other country. But though the finances of Ire land were not in a condition to admit of the applica tion of this fcherne to them ; though Ireland could not, like this country, raise Cr great a portion of the fupplies within toe year, yet he deprecated any af ler lion which might convey the imprefilon that it was in a !late of national bankruptcy. behind might not be in a condition fo flourithing as this country ; but it could not be confidered as in a very dcpre(fed situ ation while it was able to defray the charges agreed upon by the AC of Union. This it was able to do. Another error was, that the produce of the Ira re venue had been Rated too low Lilt night. It was in flea 3,8c0,0001. the rum at which he had before taken it. Mr. JOHNSTONE regretted not having been in the Houle when the Honourable Baronet had begun his fpeech, but he teemed to intimate that he (Mr. Joiwitone) bad taken advantage of his abfence. tic withed the Hon. Baronet had been there to have heard him. He did not fay that Ireland was in a bankrupt Rate, nor bad attempted to convey any Inch impreffion. His argument was, that as the Irifh revenue was only equal to the payment of the inte tell of the debt, and to the defraying of civil charges, it followed that fhe mutt raife by way of Lo4n. He did not take the revenue too low, for he to , k it at 3.1300,0001. as the Hon. Baronet had limed it, though if he had taken it lower, (peaking from the documents before him, he could not have been • properly chargeable with error. If the Hon. Baronet therefore made a fpeech in order to combat a charge of bankruptcy, he fpoke with regard to a charge that exifted only in imagination. He had not raid that I Ireland was in a Rate of bankruptcy—he had only laid, that as fhe could not raife the greater part of the Supplies within the year, (he mull have recourfe to loans here, and that this would interfere with the Noble Lord's plan. Sir JOHN NEWPORT did not know exaltly what the Hon. Gentleman meant by civil charges. Ireland had no leparate civil charges, except the interefl of its debt, and its Sinking Fund. All others were joint charges. Therefore 3,800,0001. defrayed theft fepa rate chat ges, and left a furplus of 700,0001. Mr. JOHNSTONE obferved, that what the Hon. Baronet had faid was a confirmation of his argument. —The furplus, he (aid, was 700,0001. ; now the charge on the joint account was 5,300,0001. There fore the loan mull be 4,600,0001. The Bill was then committed. Report to morrow. Lord HO WICK moved the Thanks of the Hoafe to the Rev • Mr. Barnes, for his Sermon before them, on Friday, in St. Mar garet's Church. He alto Moved that the Sermon lhould be printed. Ordered. Lord FOLKSTONE gave notice, that he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Adt of the 28th of the King, for the better Trial of Controverted Flations. The °Ned which he bad in view refpeded the notices to be given to the parties. Mr. ROSE gave notice, that on Wednefday he would move fOr certain accounts which made him doubt whether the Houle could agree to the Noble Lord's (Lord H. Petty) firft Refolution on the fubjed of the Finances. The CHANCELLO►t of the EXCHEQUER wilhed to know the nature of the accounts to which the Right Hou. !Gentleman alluded. Mr. ROSE Rated, that they were accounts connected with the redoetion of the Duties on E.xcife, and other articles, at a certain period. He was not as yet perfeetly fati , ficd that thefe might be Incompatible with the refolutlon ; hut he h: d ftrong doubts on the fubjes3, and this;Aire he tbouzht it neceffary to call for them. MR. DAVII.OII. Lord ARCHIBALD HAMILTON rote, and obferved, that Vince he had given notice of a motion refpeding Mr. Alexander Davifon, founded on the tranfations which had been detailed in the Third Military Report, he had heard that proceedings were pending againft him at the inftance of the Go vernment. Under there circus:glances, and after a communication with his Noble Friend (Lord Henry Petty) on the oppofite fide, he doubted whether this motion might not be an unneceffary trefpafs on the time cf the Houfe, and whether it might not inter fere with and embarrafs the meafures that had been already adoptei. But the great importance of the fubjea, and the intereft which it was calculated uni verfally to excite, would, he trolled, fufficiently juf tify him in claiming the indulgence of the Houle while he read to them the motion which he intended to have fubmitted to their attention. This motion was, 44 That the Attorney General be inftruded to afcertain what are the bed means to be adopted for teeming fuch rums of money as appear to be due to the Public, in confequence of the Third Report of the Commi(linners of Military Inquiry." Now, if it fhould appear that he bad been too flatly in this brifinefs, and had preffed the matter for ward with rather too much esgernefr, he hoped that the fraudulent and iniquitous nature of the tranfac dun would be his excufe, if not his jollification. In deed, if the feelings that mull naturally be excited in the bread of every honourable man by a review of this tranfadion were duly appreciated, he doubted whether this was not a charge againft which he could fcarce with for a defence (Hear, hear !) Now he conceived that many Gentlemen in the Honfe might have wifhed to exprefs their fentiments on this fubjed; and this was one ftrong reafon for bringing forward his motion ; and he felt it due to himfelf to declare, that he thought from the nature of the cafe, and the univerfal attention which it had attraded, that the Report ought not to have remained long on the ta ble of the Houfe without notice of fume Inch motion as he once intended to have propofed. Betides this, he had conceived that it 'would have been much more advifable that the proccfs should have been car ried on by the diretion and under the fandion of this Honk, rather than at the inftance of the Trelfury. Indeed, he had not yet wholly relinquifhed that opi nion, though certainly by his communication with his Noble Friend, it had been very much weakened. The enormity of the offence was fo great, and fo ge neral and extenfive in its operation, that it called for the molt public and exemplary punithment. Nothing could be fo clearance to a Government as thole agents, who while they were well paid for the duties they performed, yet made ufe of the confidence re puted in them to plunder the public— The SPEAKER here interrupted the Noble Lord and faid, that if he did not mean to propofe any mo tion it would be inconvenient and improper to enter upon the particulars in a cafeof this nature. Lord A. HAMILTON again rote, and laid, that he was lorry to trefpafs on the attention of the Houfe, but that all that he had Paid or meant to have Paid, was intended merely to account for the line of con dud which he had purfued in this hulloes. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER felt that any difcufli•m or particular details, under the prefent circumaances, were not &idly regular ; but as the tranfadions to which his Noble Friend had ad verted had excited fuch general attention, he was difpofed to avail himfelf of this opportunity to ftate what the meafures were which Minillers had thought it right to adopt. He was not furprifed that there tranfadions had attraded the attention of his Noble Friend, of the Houle, and of t►e Country. The Treafury had taken fuch lleps as the nature of the cafe appeared to them to require, and the only ob jeetion to the'Noble Lord's plan, of having the pro ceedings carried on by the order, and under the dileCtion of the Houle, was, that this might feem`to imply that his Majelty's Minillers had not done what they ought to ha.e done in the buftr.efr. In the early part of lad autumn they had a corn• munication with the Commillionets, and it appeared defirable to the Lords of {ire Treafury that Mr. Da- Tilos lhonld produce his calk account with general De Laney, and the Comeniffioners appointed r r mining the Barrack Accounts, received initruEtion, accordingly. Sn inftrufted, they tent t wo l etters is Mr. Davifon, intimating the with of th e L ords of the 'l'reafury, and deliring him to prod uce t h e ae count fpecified. To thefe letters they received two anfwer, and confequently gave notice of thi s to the Lords of the Treafut y, and they fent a peremptory order to Mr. Davifon to comply with the requifition of the Commiffioners. To this, at length, h e re. turned an anfwer, and afligned fome domeflic tnif fot tune (the death of his fon) as the reafon why h e had not before attended to the letters fent by th e Commitlioners, but at the fame time Rated, th at from the mode in which his accounts were kept, it would be impollible to feparate his cant account with the Barrack Mailer General from his other accounts. This was referred to the Comenillioners, and they did not think the ground of refufal fitfficient. They could not, hi never, get the account. and about a fortnight ago, upon notice of this, Mr. Davifon was aga;r called upon. This was the lituation of things. The Report on the Table, together with the whole of the correfpondence. had been laid before the Attorney and S•tlicitor Generals, to confider what Reps ought be taken to force Mr. Davifon to produce his Cai n account, and refuted the money of which the public had been unjuttly deprived. They had reported their opinion, from which it appeared that as amore fpeedy method of attaining the objet in view, than a privea in the Exchequer, it was deferable that a Bill timid be palled, if Parliament would allow it, to enable the Commitlioners to force the p octuttion of Ac. counts, and he believed his Learned Friend was al. ready prepared to give a notice to that effeet. They alfo were of opinion that there were not fufficient grounds for a criminal proceeding at prefent, though there might be further evidence which would autho. rize even this. It was needlefs, on this occafion, to enter upon an examination of the cafe, or to (late his own opinion. But meafures were taken to elucidate thefe tranfaCtions; and to difcover what might have been concealed. Mr. Davifon had lately intimated that he would produce an account in his own de- fence, which would prove fatisfatiory. But unlefs he produced his oath account, he did not fee how it could be fatisfaCtory. The Commitlioners, however, had called fur the cafh account by the direetion of Mini. fters, and diretaions had been given for the recovery of the Corns due ; every Rep, therefore, that could po(. libly be taken had been reforted to, and therefore he flattered himfelf that his Noble Friend would not re pent the fair and candid manner in which he had COM tented to . withdraw his Motion.—Adjourned. LIST OF PAPERS PRESENTED RELATIVE TO THE COMMUNICATIONS WITS to. RILIGN POWERS ON THE SUSPECT ON Tat SLAVS TRADE. No I.—Estradt from a Difpatch from the Earl of Yarmouth to Mr. Secretary Fox, dated Paris. July t. t W.—Received July 4. gave M. Talleyrand a copy of the Addreffes prefented to his Majefty, for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. Having read it, he Paid, that he could not receive the communication regularly from a parfon having no official character ; but that I might infant you that, on a general view of the fubjed, the fentimenta ad writhes of France Were runner to thofe of Great Britain, but tits; no decifive anfmx could be given till they had confidered the be terefts of their Colonies, which would take Toms time, the Tuition being to them new. No. 11.-.-Extract from a Difpatch from Mr. Secretary Fox to the Earl of Yarmouth. dated Downing.ftreet, July s, tBo6. If the difcuffion Ihouhi proceed, your Lordthip wifl avail yout• felt of any favourable opportunity of reverting to the cubiet!! of the Addreffea of the two Houres of Parliament refpedtlng the Slav Trade; and of urging, that this opportunity may not be loft d giving effect, by,the co-operation of Great Britain arid France, to an objedt, the accomplifhment of which would be fo honourable to them, and to intereiting to humanity. No, 1111.—Fxtradt from a Difpatch from the Earl of Yarmouth to Mr Secretary Fox, dated Paris, July 9. OW —Received July I shred M. Talleyrand whether I thould write for inftrudtioos to enable me to treat with Ftance for the Abolition of the Slave Trade ; he laid, that the Emperor would tiretift that point what thc others, of greater importance, were arranged. No.IV —Fund from a Difpatch tom thc Earl of Yarmouth toMr. Secretary Fox, dated Paris, July 24, Bo6.—Reccived July a. I next mentioned the Slave Fade. General Clarke allured me, that the Emperor would enter into immediate Negotiation upon that point, whenever the peace was made • but that it could make no article in the Treaty, as the queftion had not yet received the neceirary eonfideration. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 3. PRICE OF STOCK S THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : Confols, money, 611 f—for Feb. 6t 11.—Omninm kit prem. Exchequer Fills, par to 21. prem. At length we are enablea, by the arrival of the Km:in:flag Gazette, to lay before oar Readers an OFFICIAL RUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE OF PULTUSK, FOUGHT 26TH DECEMBII. LETTER FROM GENERAL BENNINGSEN TO TFIS KING OF PRUSSIA. "I have the happincis molt terpetfally to acquaint your Majelly that I have fucceeded in repulfing the enemy, who yeilerday morning attacked me on evert point near Pultulk. The main attack was made 14 . General Souchet, at the head of 15,000 men, on my left wing, near Farmguarka, in the view of getting policffion of that town ; I had only Soon men under General Baggonaut to oppofe the enemy on that fide; they made a brave defence, till I tent a reinforcement of three battalions of receive, and afterwards three more under General Tolfloy, by which means the right wing of the French was totally defeated. Tlif fecond attack, equally brifk, was made on my right flank, where General Barkelay de Tolly was polled with the van guard. This wing extended on the road towards Stzegocyn to a (mall wood, where I had placed a covered battery, which the enemy attempted to turn. I therefore made a movement backwardi on their right, which fucceeded fo wall that I not only frunraied the attempt of the enemy, but was alfo fo fortunate as to reinforce General Barkelay de Tolly with three battalions, ten fquadrons, and one battery to repulfe the enemy ; on which the enemy retreated from the wood. is The attack commenced at eleven in the morn ing, and failed till dark. From the relation of all the prifoners, I was oppofed by Mefl'rs. Murat, Da trou4 and Lafncs, with an army exceeding 50,000