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Great Kofenow, where tbc roads from Yukermunde and Ferdinand(!toff meet. In the mean time no re- port reached me Rom Colonel Cardell, nor was the pafs of Sarowmulils cccupied by him. That part of the column, which was under the orders of brigadier Vegfack, and after he had been wounded, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Pofie, continued to fall back towards Anklam and Ziethen in Swedifh Pomerania, where it halted. 44 I had in the mean while eflablifhed my head quarters at Kantzien, where I received the above reports from General Armfeldt. From Anklam I f en t my Aid-de-Camp, Major Bafrewitz, to Adjutant General Baron Tawaft, who commanded the right eoloumn, with orders to call in his advanced polls ; he left Demmin, and took a pofition behind the river Scene ; the troops potted at Frielpfee and Damgarten were alfo ordered to retreat. 44 A further report from General Baron Armfeldt acquainted me, that he had been necellitated to or der the infantry under his orders to retreat to Kant zien, while he remained at Ziether on the 17th in the morning with his cavalry and two pieces of can non. I, thereupon, ordered Colonel Baron Stael Von Holllein to take the command of the above troops, and loon after was informed by General Baron Armfeldt, that he was wounded and had proceeded to Stralfund. The battalion of Skarabog and En golbrecht were ordered to retreat from Ziether and Stolpe, and the right column towards Giram. 46 Between eleven and twelve o'clock in the morn ing of the 17th, the battalions belonging to the left column moved from Rantzien, part of them occu pied the villages in the vicinity of Greifswald, and the rea were quartered in that city. On the 17th in the morning, I Cent my Aid-de camp, Baron Kraffaw, to Anklam, to propofe an atmillice for 24 hours, in order to gain time to remove the tick and wounded. The fame day, Colonel G. , uvi, Era Aid-decamp to General Mortier, arrived at Greifswald in the afternoon, with the General's anfwer. On the 18th, another offi:er arrived from Ge neral Mortier, who propofed a meeting with me, at Schlatkow, half a mile from Anklam, where I ac cordingly arrived at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The right column was ordered the fame day to move from Grim, and occupy the villages in the neigh bourhood of Stralfund; at the meeting in SchlAtkow an armillice was agreed upon, the tertas of which I humbly annex to this report. " On the igth, I left Griefswald, and eftablithed my head quarters in this city. (Signed) " H. H. VON ESSEN. " Stralfund, April so, 18:7." By a more recent report t•f the 22d A ptil, his Majefly has been informed, that the corps of Colonel Catdell has made good its retreat to Swinemunde, from whence it is ordered by the Governor General to proceed to Wulgall. Upon the whole it appears that the lofs on our fide has not been by far f..) confi. deratle as might have been expected. The enemy's magazines taken on the 14th infant by our troops at Anclam, have all been removed into 6wedilh Pomerania. ARMISTICE CONCLUDED BETWEEN HIS EXCELLENCY BARON ESSEN, GOVERNOR GENERAL, AND THE TRUNCH GENERAL MORTILR. _ . . _ Fxtrad from the Firft Articie—[Here are enumerated all the titles, which Bonaparte affumes.]—A fufpenfion of arms Mali take place between the Swedifh and French troops. Art. 1 The Swedifh troops !ball deliver up the Ifles of Ufedom etel Wollin to the French, who are to take poffAon of them on the loth of April. Art. 3. The rivers Peene and Frebel ball form the line of de tnarkatton between the two armies. The French troops !hall have a pott on the other fide of the river Pccne, near the cuftom-houfe tlyfliclam. ittt. 4. As long as the armiftice lafts, his Excellency Baron Effer., commander in chief of the Swedifh troops, engages net to afford any affiftance vAratever, either diredly or indirectly, to the cities of Dantzic and Colberg, nor to the troops of any power at war with France or her allies. Art 5. No troops belonging to any power at vrar with France, to land at Stralfund, in Pomerania, or in the IRe of Rugen, as long as this arrniftice remains In force. Should, however, in purfuanes of fuperior orders of which his Excel!ency is at preterit ignorant. the like troops be landed in Stralfund, in this cafe his Excellency engages, that no hoftilities fhall be committed by them againft the French armies, during the coutirluance of this armitlice. Art. 6. No hoftilities Iball be recommenced between the two armies before the expiration or ten days, after notice (hall have been given, that the arruiftice is at an end. Art. 7. All pirfens belonging to the military of either army, who may be taken prifoners after the date of this armiftice, fball be mutually liberated. Schlatkow, the ath April 1807, at 8 o'clock at Light. The 2d Battalion of the soth, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel SrrwaßT, is on the march through Snffex to he embarked for Ireland, whither the zd Battalion of the pa, commanded by Lieu tenant-Colonel Cam PB F LI., are alfo going. The zd Battalion of the 34th, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel PARKER, and the zd Battalion of the Pompadours, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel KRATIN::, have been difembarked at the Ifle of Wight till the Indiamen come roan•' for them.— Large draft* and reinforcements for the 3oth, 591 h, 70,12 d, and all the regiments at the Cape of Good Hope, accompany them. Recruits will fpeedily be fent out to the 38th, 4oth, 871 h, 88th, and 95th regiments, to South America. One half of the Royal Horfe Guards, Blue, are at Reading, under the gallant and experienced Lieute nant Colonel &Lay. It is Paid that Minitlers have dircovered that a treatonable covrefpondenee has been carried on by Come cf the emigrants relident in England, and that one or two of them, perfons of rank, have been or• dered to quit the kingdom. NEW. PARLIAMENT'. • • MEMBERS ELECTED. ARDMDEI —Sir Arthur Pigott ; Colonel Wilder. /-I ea Troxn— The Honourable Edward Spencer Cowper; Nichol fon Calvert, Erg. WALLINGFORD —W. L. Hughes, R. Benyon, Efqrs. I ILWESI 1 homas Kemp ; Henry Shelley, Efqrs. WARWICK—The Right Hon. Lord Brooke ; C. Mills, Efq. ST ET NING—R. Hurft, of north= Park, J. M. Lloyd, of Lancing, Efqrs. WOODSTOCK—Sir H. W. Daniwood ; Hon. W. Eden. G colic errs a CITY—CoI. Howard • Capt. Morris. WINDS° ft.E. DelbrOW, R. Ramfbttont, Efqrs. DERBY—E. Coke, W. Cavendi(h, Efqrs. No ale ic II CIT ir—J.Pattefon, Wm. Smith, Efqrs. Svocx so to GE—J. F. Barham, Efq. ; General Porter. AKIN GOOK —G. Knapp, Efq CONTESTED ELECTIONS. NORWICH—On Monday evening the Norwich poll doted, as Mr. Fellows, finding the tide run Rrong againit him, deelgred his intention to rcfign. The numbers were, For Mr. Pattefon, . 3464 For Mr. Fellows 546 For Mr. Smith, - x 156 Boer' es•r ER commenced yefterday morning at nine o'clock, and finifhed at twenty minutes paft fix o'clock. The numbers at the cinfc of the poll were, for Mr. Calera it - 144 Sir Thomas Trigge 114 Sir T. B. Thompfon , Bart. 137 COV N TRY—Monday, May 4, half part 5 o'clock. P. Moore, Efq. 214 H. C. Montgomery, Efq. 27 Wm. Mills, Efq. • 215 M. Shawe, Lk. - 26 Matoox-.-May 4—Firft Day. J. H. Strutt, Efq. 58 B. Gaficel, Efq. E. C. Weftern, Efq. - 29 SOUTHWARK — Second Day. H. Thornton 610 C. Calvert - Sir T. Turton - 608 QvitusclOVOß—Firft Day. John Hope, Efq. - 22 T. P. Chte.hefter, Efq. The Hort. G. Villiers t 9 This Eledtion is likely to be the lorgeft ever known, owing to the necciTary affidavits to be taken, as propofed by Colonel Chi. ckefter. The Voters are 17% )n number, and on all former occa. lions ufed to be polled in one day. Itswicu —State of the Poll on Tuefday. Sir Home Popham - 226 Mr Richard Wilfon 155 Mr. Crickctt - 224 Captain Bennett 354 - 27 Mr. PAULL, by advice of his Committee, declines !landing for Weaminfler. YeUerday the Lod Chancellor adminiflered the 2alificatiot. Oath to the following NAlernen, to enable them to vote at the enfuing Elation of the t o Sc.'ls Peers: _ Duke of Bueeleugh ; Marquiffes Bate and Abercorn; Earls Breadalhane, F l k in, Lauderdale Selkirk, Northefk, Strathmore ; Glafgow, Aberdeen, Aboyne, and Stair; Lords Reay and Kinnaird, The Right Hr•nnnrable Hiley Addington, late Re prefentative for Harwich, arrived chore on Sunday evening, and on Monday morning began to canyafi the Eica ors. The Election is fixed for Thurfdaynext. W have authority to fay, that the Eleaion for the Univerfity of Cambridge has been fixed by the Vice- Chancellor for Friday, the Bth of May, and not for Thrtrida y, the 7th, as Come accounts from Cambridge have erroneoufly Qated. _ _ Berwick upon Tweed—Sir John Callender and Alex ander Tower, Efq the former Members, have declin ed offering themfelves as Candidates. Sir Alexander Macdonald Lockart and Colonel Allen will therefore come in without oppofition. Suffolk —Sir Charles Bunbur y and Mr. Gooch are not oppofed. HeriforclAire—Mr. Plummer and Mr. Baker retire. Mr. Brand is a candidate. Hedon—ln addition to G. Johnflone and A. Browne, Efqrs. the late Members, Charles Duncombe, Efq. of ! Duncomb Park : has offered himfelf a candidate. • Sir William Milner, the Hon. L. Dundas, and Sir Milk Sykes, flan as candidates for York. The Right Hon. John Smith, Mr. Mines, Lord Pollington, and Mr. Mellifh, are all canyaffing the borough of Pontefraft. The county of Lincoln, will be warmly contefled —For the reprefentation of the city alfo a warm con tell is expefted. The candidates are the fame as in Oanber laft, viz. Colonel Ellifon, the Hon. Colonel Monfon, and John Sullivan, Efq. A !harp contell is commenced for Liverpool. Mr. Leyland, late a banking partner with Mr. Rofcoe, has declared himfelf a joint candidate with General Tarleton. Sir William Geary has determined on trying his fortune at Maidflone. The two late Members again offer themfelves, and Mr. Durand is alfo mentioned as a candidate. Lord Marlham, we underfland, declines offering himfelf for the county of Kent, in order to prevent the agitation that would be occafiened by a contelled eleft ion. The City of Canterbury will be contelled : Mr. Baker, the late Member, (lands; and Mr. Farquhar and Mr. Luthington ~ppofe him. Mr. Jenkinfon offers himfelf as a Candidate for Dover; and Mr. Longman, for Maidflone. The lfle of Wight fends fix members to Parlia ment—four of whom, it is faid, will be friends of the pre fent Admini fir ation. The return for Worcefter will be warmly difputed. The conteft lies between Mr. Robarts and Mr. At terfil ; Mr. Gordon being certain of a majority of fume hundreds. Both the County and City of Durham are to be warmly contefled. Sir Henry Vane Tempeft (lands pled4ed to come forward for the County, in oppo fition to Sir Ralph Milbank and Sir Thomas Liddell, and has begun an active canvafs. Sir Frederick Eden is now trying his flrength in the City againfl the two late Members, Mr. Lambton and Mr. Wharton—the former Gentleman has declared his intention to Hand alone, unconnected with any other candidate. PICTON'S TRIAL.—In the account of this Trial, which appeared in fume of the London papers on the 25th of November laft, the following were given as words made ufe of by Mr. DALLAS, in his defence of Colonel Ptcrins :—" When, therefore, it was heard in Trinidad, that Gentral Ptcren was found guilty on the ground of torture not being anth.,rifed, the Deputy Governor (rnea:ling the Lieutenant Governor, Colonel HisLor), for hit own vindication, having made vie of it, as well as for the juftification of the fen dant, immediately employed himfelf," &c. &c. We have received the authority of Mr. DALLAS, to fay that the words imputed to him in the ftatement in queftion, implying that General Hiss°, had ufed, or permitted torture, were never made ufe of by him. We have further to ftate, from the molt unquettioned authority, that torture never was at any time fanc tioned by Governor liisLor. NAUTICAL 1241i"ELL1GENCE. PLYMOUTH, MAY 4. • Came in the Hanfeatica, Captain . Jarrsz, firm Lima, laden with bark and other goods, detained by the Port Admiral ; Charlotte, Dana!' Eait India man, Captain ANDREAS, from Tranquebar, bound to Copenhagen, with fugar and coffee, detained by the Bufy Cutter Privateer ; Zulema, Captain HOWARD, from Philadelphia to Liverpool, with flour, (he was taken by the Livera French 'Privateer, and retaken by his Majeily's fhip Era EqtaLtr, of 36 guns ; —Sailed the GIBRALTAR, of 8o guns, to j the Channel Fleet.—Came in the SANTA MARDARETTA, of 38 guns, from a cruize. DEAL, MAY S. The FURY tomb had not failed from the Downs with the outward bound, &c. as flared yeiierday ; feveral coallers, Ste. failed without convoy to the weilward.—Sailed for Ramfgate Pier, leveral tranf. ports, to take troops on board : early this morning, the 13th and 26th regiments marched frim the South Barracks at this place to Ramfgate, for em barkation.—Wind E. LLOYD'S LIST. GaAvitsexm—Palled by the Eurydice, Comp•on, from Suri nam.—Saiie the Amelia, Bruckman ; Fox, Brooks ; Commerce, Tindall; New Hope, Story; and the Ifabella and Margaret, Paris, for Peterfburgh. JERSEY, APRIL 27. We have here w•itneffed a moll difirefliag fcene, which has excited fenfations that no language can de fctibe. Some foldiers belonging to the 34th regiment, having committed tome depredations here, were brought to trial, and two of them condemned to fuffer death. Only one of them however was left for exectition, named Halts. This poor fellow was conftantly during his confinement by the Rev. G. Du HE AU M 13, to whofe inftrudlions he paid great attention, con felling his crime, the juftnefs of his fentence, and imploring forgivenefs from GOD. He became refigtred to his fate, and expefted the awful moment with manly but Chriftian fortitude. Saturday laft, the day fixed on for his execution, he was accompanied to the fatal place by the Gentle. man who had fo conliantly attended him in his con finement. He joined him in prayer for about a quarter of an hour, when the poor fellow afcended the fcaffold with a coolnefs and compofure which every one afcribed to the hope infufed into his mind by the truths of Chriftianity. His deportment inte refted every fpeetator, of whom there was a great number. At length he was turned off, and when he had hung about a minute and a half, the executioner, horrid to relate, taking hold of his convtilfed body, fufpended himfelf on it, by whole additional weight the core gave way in fuch a manner that the mtferable fof ferer's feet touched the ground. The executioner then pulled him fideways with a view to fit-angle him, and being unable to effect it in this way, get upon his fheulders. To the great furprize of ail aho witneffed this dreadful fcene, the poor criminal role ftraight upon his feet with the hangman on hi; thoul. ders, and immediately loofened tbe r:pe tram his throat with his fingers. No language can defcribe the fenfations which were excited among the byflanders by this fhociiing fcene. The Sheriff ordered another rope to be prepared, but the fpeftators interfered, and the Sheriff, dillreffed beyond defcription by the (hocking fperlacle, agreed that, before proceeding to the execution of the fen. tence, he would wait till the will of the Magitiracy Ihould be known. The Civil Magiftrate not being in town, orders were fent by the Commander in (lief to carry the man back to goal. By the time this crier arrived the poor fellow had recovered his fenfes. The interelt which the fcene excited cannot be de feri'oed—all became deeply interelled in the man's fate. Captain Nrcoci.s and anodic' Gentleman took him under the arms to condtia him, and by their affiflance he was able to walk back to the The Court is now fitting to decide the poor man's fate—May the voice of mercy prevail! P. S. I open my letter to inform you, that the Court has decided, that. the whole matter relative to poor Hales (hall be tranfmitted to the KING ; and the execution of the fentence, in confequence, is fuf. pended till his Majesty's pleafure be known. Peti tions, I underhand, are preparing by the inhabitants to be forwarded to his MAJESTY, fo that we have now every hope that what the poor man hai already fuf. fered, and his apparent contrition, will obtain for him his MAPISTefi gracious pardon. The Hamburgh (hip Afeatica arrived at Plymouth on Monday from Lima, whence the failed on the 3th of December fan. The Mailer reports that the Viceroy having heard of an Engin armament being dettined againfl that place, had ordered all the fol. diers to mulch from the camps and mountains to reinforce the town, &c. Their total force was efli mated at about to,ooo men. They feemed, how ever, to entertain but little apprehenfion of being actually vifited, at fach a diaance by a force from Europe. Contrary to what is generally obferved to he the cafe, the fault purchafers, as on the pretent occalion, of Tickets and Shares in the Lottery, will have the ben chances of obtaining Capital Prizes, in confe• gitence of but few days remaining to draw, and all the larger floating Capitals being Hill in the Wheel. This is fo obvious, that numerous early adventurers, who have had their Tickets and Shares drawn, are now anzinutly feeking for frefh one, ; and fpecially fo, on account of the momentous intereft that awaits next Tuefday's drawing. • _ _ •_ • CORN MARKET, MARK LANE, Mev 6.—Wheat is here in confiderablequantilies, partly foreign, which ones off heavily and at lefs prices. The supply of Barley is again large and rather lower—Malt and Beans of both forts likewife—but few White Peas, and "rather dearer—Oats are here in conliderable quantities, and this trade is alfo named at lefs prices, excepting the few prime famples—Flour inclines downwards—Fine American in abundance, from 4.05. to 44.5. per barrel. GENERAL CURRENCY Al UNDIRI: Wheel, 481 63178 s per qr. Grey Peale ate ass od Fine Ditto, 801 833 od Scans, (old) aos ass od Rye, 364 423 od Tick Ditto (old) 355 4 13 of Barley, 3os 36s 641 Oats, ars 33s ails Malt, 603 67. Poland ditto asos 33s White Peak, (Boilers) flos figs Rape Sc.ed 771 331 Fine Flour to to 635.m-Seconds sos to 6ee. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. ADMIRALTY OFFICE, MAY 4. • Extra/is of a Letter and its inclofures, which h tve been rec ived at this Office from Vice Adntir. , l Lord Collingsvond, Comman der in Chief of !'k Mnjefty'a Ships an ti Veffis in the Mrditer ra••ein addreit dto Winiarn Marklen, 1. dated on board his Majesty's Ship Cecan, off Cadiz. the Bth of April Sir—His Majeity's flaop l'Efpnir has joined me to day bringing difpatches front Vice Admiral Sir John Dutitw , th and Mr. Arbuthaut. Copies attic Vice Admiral', 1-tter. to me, deailing the proceedings of the fquadrott in pia 'g and rep fling tie Dar danelles, the 1 irning the Trirkifh 'Mrs which lay of Point Per quics, with li to of the lolled and wounded on the :9 h an 4-th February, and 3d March, are herewith tranfmittcd. I arn,Bte. (Sigr.ed) COL LINGW:.OD. Royal George, withmit the Dardanello, March, 6. My Lord—Together with this letter, I tranfmit to your Lordfhip tw ) letters t.f the 2 tfl and 28:h ult. the lot mer of which will have informed you of my arrival wi:h the fplachon near Conllantinorle, and the latter of an unlit' ky atttmpr, in which the Ma- rines and boats' crews of the Canopu),R yal George, Windfor Cattle, and Standard, had been engaged. Il is nlw my duty to acquaint your Lorah:p with the rcfult of the refolutinn which, for the re ,tarns I have g alteady clitaled, I had adopted of ford g the pafftge of the D trdanelles. My letter of the ltft it dated at anchor eight miles from Conflantinople, the wind not admitting of a nearer approach ;—but the Endymion, which had been fent ahead with a flag of truce, at the requen of the Ambafftder, was ena . - bled to anchor within four miles. Had it been then in our power we fh.ruld have taken our RA:inn of the town immediately, but as that could rot be ! done from the rapidity of the current, I was rather pleated than otherwife with the poll ion we had been forced to take, fur in the conferences bet ween Hii Majefly's Minifier, Mr. Arbuthnot, and the Captaih Pacha, of the particulars of which your Lordlhip is in poffeffion, it was props-tiled by Mr. Arbuthnot, that even when the lquadron had arrived before Conflan tinople, the door to pacification fhould remain open, and that he would be willing to new - Time on terms of equality and junice. In conlideration of this pro. mire, and as it would convince the Porle of his Ma. jerk's eatneft defile to preferve peace, as well as poffefs her Miniflers with a confidence of the (ince rity of our profefliont, it was the opinion of Mr. Arbuthnot, in which I concurred, that it Was fottu, nate we had anchored at a little (finance fr.an the capital, as a nearer approach might have Riven caufe for fufpicinn and alai m, and have cut off the profpett of an amicable adjunment of the differences which had arifen. At noon of the 210, Yiak Bey, a Miniller of the Porte, came off ; flout whore expreffions, Mr. Ar. buthnnt thought it impoflible not to believe that, in the head of the Government (fitr in the prtfent in. fiance every eircumilance proved that, between him and the armed populace a great diflineti-n is to be made) there really etined a lincrre defire for peace ; and the negociati n was carried on, as will appear by the documents tranfmitted to y L^rlifillp, till the 27th ; but from the moment of our anchorage till we weighed, on tl.e morning of the ill of March, fuch was the onfortunate• (late of the weather, that it was not at any time in our power to have occupied a fitu/tion which would have enabled the fquadron to c:mmtnce offenfive operations again!! C. uQanti nople. On Sunday the aid alone, for a few hours, the breeze was fuflicient to have Hemmed the cut rent where we wet c placed ; but loch was the tapidity on (hare where the Enclyrnion was at anchor, that Capt. Capel thought it very doubtful whether the froachon could have t b ained an anchorage, though it had been held in preparative seadinels, by fignal, from day break ; but the peculiarly untettled state of the weather, and the Milliner's defile that I &mid give a few hi tits for an a: Ewer to his letter, through Yfale Bey, prevented me from trying. Before five o'ciccir, P. M. it was neatly calm ; and in the evening the wind was entirely from the ealtward, and continued light airs or calm till the evening of the 28th, when it blew trefh from the N. E. and rendered it impoffi ble to change our pofition. Two days after our arrival near Connantinoples the Ambatfad tr found himfelf indifpofed, and has been ever fence confined with a fit of Mods, fo levet e as to prevent him from attending to Winds. Under there circumflances he had delivered on the 22d to the Turkifh Miniller a projea, as the bafis on which peace might be preferved, and at his defire the fob fequent part of the negociation was carried on in my name, with his advice and afliffance ; and while I lament mutt deeply that it has not ended in the re eflablifhment of peace, I derive confolation from the reflation that no effort has been wanting on the part of Mr. Arbuthnot and myfelf, to obtain loch a refult which was Coon ken from the (fate of the preparati •ns at Conftantinople could be effefted by negotiation only, as the ffrength of the current from the Bt.t phorus, with the circuitous eddies of the port, ren dered it impraaicable to place (hips for an attack without a commanding breeze ; which, during the ten days I was off the town, it IA as not my good fortune to meet with. • I now come to the point of explaining to your Lordfhip the motives which fixed me to decide in repaffing the ()flannel of the Dardanelles, and relin quithing every idea of attacking the capital, and I feel confident it will require no argument to convince your Lordfhip of the litter impraelicabili:y of our force having made any imprelfion, as at this time the whole line of the coati prefented a chain of batteries : That twelve Ttakqh line of battle (hips, two of them three deckers, with nine ft igate., were v ith their fails bent, and apparently in readinefs, filled with troops : add to this near two hundred thoufand were laid to be in Ccnflan;inople, to march againfk the Ruffians ; ',clicks there was an innumerable quan tity of (mall craft, with beats ; and fire veffels had been prepared to aft againfl us. With the batteries alone we might have crped, or wit') the flaps, could we have got t!..em out sit their strong hold; but ' , cur Lordfhip will be aware, that after combating the oppofition which the refources of an empire had been many weeks employed in preparing, we lhould have been in no Rate to have defended ourfelves againft them as defctibed, and then repafs the Dardanelles. 1 know it was my duty, is obedience to your Lord• Chip's orders, to attempt every thing (governed by the opinion of the Ambafrador) that appeared within the compafs of pollibiliry ; but when the unavoidable facrifice of the fqtradton committed to my charge ( w hich mull have arifen, had I warred for a wind to have enabled me to cannonade the town, unattenJed by the remotelt chance of obtaining any advantage