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tory intelligence. His Majeay had erpored his • per fon in the midft of his truops, but his brave folditrs had delivered hill from danger. It is Paid that he had three honks killed under him. This monarch • difplays a bravery which makes us fear for his life. On the 4th the Ruffians retrieved the check which •they had received the preceding day ; they retook their ammunition, as well as the prifoners which. the enemy had made, and refumed their former poll whila the enemy retreated. The time when the Ruffians propofed to make their attack the ene my was informed of twenty-four hours previoufiy— having been alfo informed by a deferter that the Em. reror Alexander was in the centre of the army, the french bore down upon it with all their force, and fueceeded in breaking it. The news being carded to Olmuta, the. Emperor of Germany advifed his augult fpnure to retire with his family to Tefchen.— Prince Pangration, who was with his corps at fume dalance from the field of battle, immediately made a movement, attacked fiercely the riztit wing of the French, and operated a favourable diverlinn for the Auflto Ruffian army. The Autrians fought with a valour which defer►es the higheft praife. We expeß every moment the details and the refult of this glo riot's affair. Difpatches were received from Count flauswirz, dated from Vienna, the zd After the 4th, when rortnne had decide in favour of the Combined Army, they refutned their potation ,near Auiletlitz, and prepared to attack the enemy again on the sth. During the battle the general cry of the Rut' - Lana was " Viaory or Death." The re ement of Guards commanded by the Grand Duke Conflantine fought with heroic valour. Vie Au. Arian cavalry alto contributed by their bravery to /he fuccefs of the clay.. LETTER FROM THE DAMN C011!;JG AT HAINDERCH. •••• , • " Harnhlrgh, n.cember • " We have Ina etccived information from Germany, that a moil bloody contlid has . taken place between srlie A Oleo Ruffian and Aullrian ar. my and that of France, which lafted three ,lays, , fng which time.the advantages. were in ktvotir,of the former, who have beaten .the rrertch, and have dri ven them to the gates of Vienna. The brave Ai, Ex Aetna himfelf led his troops through fire ; but what am I laying, there was little or no. firing. The battle . •was fought at the point of the bayonet—and the ac. counts fan that from forty to fifty thottfind men have fallen in thee engagements.. We look anxinutly for a confirmation of this report ; but there does not ap rar, that a doubt exins of the advantage having becn in ftvotir the allied forces." • .liREMETT, DECEMBER 14. • • congratulate you on the fplendid and. glorious tefult of the vidury which the Allies have finally ob. rained over BONAPARTe.. .I told you in my lall that on the act innant, the centre of the CoMbined Air pies was broken, and they were thrown into utter confulion. &dreadful milia!:e occurred to the Ruf. flans. They were tat-en trnprepated,,and the mail body of the Frec:h, 'meter BONATAiTIS in perfint, yOhed . upon theta with fuck impetuolity, that they eed wait the utmoa precipitation, and they Ina t h e whole of their artillery., The Emperor LEXANDRIL Val - felt was loft for feveral hours, and it was thought that he had fallen into thshandspf the enemy. ; He '.vas at !aft dire overed. however, in the rery i bottell part of the fire„Unimating his people, and Was fa 7. Id by tiri intrep;dity.of his guards., This day con 4sinded greatly to the advantage of the..Fiench—The esit ;Lk, however,, ALI/ratlike again rallied his troops, and led them on to the attat!c of the French . with the bayonet only. The French were molt ad -4autaooully polled on the Commit of a hill, where the artillery taken front the.RuiDans Was iminted.— ./kiszeuvra raid, to his troitp; that t hey . Mull retake it or perifh. They crept upon their .hinds Ind knees, under the muzzles of the guns, and made a Ina defperate charge. bit/thing could refifi then:. They retook their own cannon, and put the enemy to the tfrute. The connid was molt blocdy, and the French fled in all diredions. Bow4reits himfelf was laved only by the bravery of his Gene d'Armes, who fa cr!ficed rhemfelves to Pave him. On the 4th, the bat. tle was again renewed, and the French fled in all Jiro:o;ons. Bomarsave propofed an armiaice, which politively rejeded. He then threatened e' Pet ire to Vienna in four quarters all at the fame lime, and reduce it to allies. But this made no impreffinn an the Emperor Fasroels, and they now confidered iris as completely ruined. I have the pleafnre to ad:', that the King of PAL/SSIA has at length order ed his army, to the anto,mt of iBo,ooo men. to much, and he !MIS& fats out with his Staff to morro te. COPY 07 A LITTER DRUM IHE COMMANDER OP THE /MORT GUN BRIO, TO A MOMS OF TM! 7IRIT At. EPECTABILITY• " Bruncrice, Slturclay evening, December 14. is I have this moment learnt the particulars of a great viSory, obtained by the Combined Forces, af- ter an aftion of four days. The French have loft in the whole between forty and fifty thoufand men. On the &II day the Ruffians were completely worßed, sad loft fevern thaw:cad men, notwithflanding which they did not yield an inch of ground. " The Emperor ALIXANDSR was miffing for fix hours, and when found by the Chief of his Staff, 'was iu the middle of his troops, exhorting them to jest and fall to a wan. it is therefore nut to be won- .. demi at Tat the ItutGant fought with ruch uncem• mon bravery. " In the commencement of the action, the French attacked the whole of the Au(lrian troops, in hopes of cutting them off from the Ruffians, but they met the attack like men, and did not flinch from the charge. " On the fecond day the Rtaans loft all their ar tillery, and when in the greaten diftrefs, the French having turned it on both Ruffians and Auflrians, the brave ALEXANDER again cheered his troops by his pretence. "The artillery, in order to be attended wrath greater drat, had been placed on an eminence, that com manded the Combined Armies. It was here that the pretence of ALEXANDIR proved moil useful. He told his troops, that however defperate the under taking, they mull retake the artillery.' Mete brave fellows immediately set about accomplithing their Mallet's orders ; to effeet which they were obliged 1 to creep on their hands and knees. till they came un der- the mouths of the cannon ; then charging the enemy with the bayonet, they facceeded in !heir eili jeel, after performing prodigies of valour. This molt defperate rencontre lathed twelve hours. Not a mut ket was fired during the time. The Combitied Army on the 3d and 4th day beat the enemy completely. BomermetE, dawn to his flifts, demanded a truce, with a threat of burning Vienna to the ground, if his requelt was not complied with. The French Em. peror was ;:early made prifoner ; he was only pre ferred by the desperate mam'cr in which his body guards fobght. The adion is fp,ken of as the moll bloraiy that ever took place. : ." The King of Pruffia has marched w:th one hundred thouf;nd men, and his Proclamation is to follow on the tgtb.. - 1' From all accotnts, roNLIAILTE'S Career is nearly at an end." , • .; • FRENCH ACCOUNTS. • Frcrn the preceding details it will be. (cm that nri doubt whatever remains : of the Radians ; baiting gained a molt fplendid victory over the French. It will not, however, furprife any one to find the enemy giving a . very different account.ol" the kink of ..the :talon, and even claiming the viZtory. In our paper of yetterday, under date, Hamburgh the 13tli eleven o'clock at night, we. (fated tha',.. the French &tinnier ther e had received a very fingular cemmu• nication which would appear in the next lay's 'Lim burgh Papers, .. , The follosving is the ankle alladed :n. It will he Gbfervod, however, that it relates only to the events of the ad,and Rates nothing refrlting the battle on ;he following days, in which the Ru Maas retook their cannon, and liberated their companions, who had been mit& prifoners on the firlt clay's engagement. , fiAMBURGE, DEC. 13. 4 .! EXtraft of a letter frni Vienna, of the Cth De cember. to the French Minifler at Berlin, M. La- FOR kT, which was fent by the latter by an eflafette to the French Minifler here, M. 13ousisNms,,by whom it was received 61 zveninz at (even o'clock. . MONSIEUR, MINISTER EZTRAORDINARY, . .!‘ I haften to inform your Excellency,.that in con teljueuce of the decifive and ever memorable battle which bat ennobled the plains of Aullerlitz, in Mora via, an armiltice was concluded, by virtue of which the RuManx, who now form a cqrps of no more than r5,c00 men, will return to Ruda; add in a very Mort tim e will march .through the two Gallic.his.— His Excellency hi..TALLITWILS is ripe to Brum and every . thing. GM..to tile r that preliminaries of peace between France and Apliria will be figned. di The EmperOr Fiaucts has had an interview with the Emperor Narot.tom, at the French ad vanced polls ; where the two Emperors gave each other their hands, as a pledge of their mutual deter mination to put an end to the miferiei of war. s' I annex the proclamation which the Emperor IslePoLeon addreffed to hi; army, after the celebrated battle of the ad December : KZOCIAMATIiiN. " Soso leas—l ant fatisfied with yon. Tn the battle of Atiaerlitz, you have ittflified what I expected from your intredidity. You have covered yourfelves with eternal glory. An army of ioo,ooo risen, which was eommanded by the Eniperdrs of Rutfia and Aulltia, has been, in lets than four hours. either cut off or difpetfed. What (reaped your fword ;have thrown themfelves into the lakes. Forty Rand of colours, the flandards of the Ruffian Imperial guard, one hundred and iv/city pieces of cannon, twenty Generals, above thirty theufend prifoners, ate the fruits of this ever memorable battle. " That infantry, fo celebrated, rand foperior to you in numbers, have proved unable to refill your charge, and, henceforth, you have no rivals to fear. " Thus, in let's than two months, the third Coali tion is conquered and diffolved- Peace cannot be at a great diftance ; bur, as I protnifed to my people before croffing the Rhine, I will conclude it only upon terms confiftent wiih my pledge, and which !hall fecure not only the indemnification, but the re- I of my Allies. •, Soldiers! When the Preach peoph placed the Imperial Crows; upon my heAcl. I traded to you to enable me to maintain it in chat high fplendour of glory which alone could give it value in my eQima tient bat at that moateot our comics cotertaiaed ' • • the defign to tarnilh' and degrade a; and the Iron Crown which Was gained by the blood of fo many Frenchmen, wduld they have Compelled me to place on the head of my bitterest foe; an extravagant and foolilh propofal which you have brought to bought 011 the anniverfary of your Emperor's Coronation.— You have taught tn that it is ealier for them to defy and to threaten, than to fubdue us. " Soldiers ! When every thing necelfaryto the k ende'', the happinefs, and profperity of our country has been achieved, wilt I return you my thanks in France. I'l►en will you be the objects of my tender eft care. 'My people will rec:ive gun viitli rapture and joy. To fay to I was iw the Battle of Auflerlitz.' , l—will be enough to authodfe the rt , ply —' That is a brave Man!' : 4 1 . (Signed) - ' NA ?OLEOS." Heladitcrtirs . n: AuLterlitz, Deo. „ DUTCH JOURNALS.., Dutch papers to the tsth Includink the Batavian =lute Gazette nrthe rfth, have come . t.cs hand. The latter Rates, that on the preceding day Gen. /3attca announced on the pitadc at the Hagne, that the French had, on the 2c: intl. obtained a complete vie. tory over the Allied Army in Moravia ; that the lof of the latter in killed and wounded, amounted to .to,coo tren, chiefly Rtillacs ; betides which, The whole of the ituQian artiilery;together with t'he Ruf fian Imperial Guard, headed by the Grwild Duke CONSTANTIN IE, kll into - the hands of the French. In confeqttence of this intelligence, the, ware public rejoicings in Holland. • We need hardly retnatl that th:► v.c . onnt, like the one fent to the French Mini(ler at Hambnrgh, is only an exaggerated Ilatement of , the refult of the battle on the ad, when the Frtttch defeated the MI: flan centre: A Dutch Bulletin, ;rued at kotterctath oh the 17th, contains a flat.went nearly fimilar ; but the French Generals in that country demanded, at the fame time, that every pnfiible aid fhould Ise affcrded to the Array in Germany. In confequence of this demand, all the French troops had begun their march for the ken: of aelion, and the failors had been landed to perform ganifon duty. Other accounts Rate, that an army cf ioo,oto men is to be alembic(' immediately, for the &fence of Holland ; and Prince Louis is raid to have en tered that country with 60,000. Certain news had arrived there of the Pruffian Army having marched upwards Of tongtoo firongq . the King of PILMIA was axpeaed to join his army on the t Ith intlant ; his field equipage left Berlin the 3d. The French, in Holland, fpet4 confidently of being.nble to defccd Holland ; and even of invading Frtiffia, fhould the King of PRUS:f a not remain neuter. Fbr other extraas from the botch papers fee the preceding columns. We begitlfo to call the attell lion (if our Readers, to the French Proclamation's Mired at Vienna. which are of fuch a Daunt as tb amount/to an official admit:lion that the enormities with which the French have been charged, hue at• tually been perpetrated by them. Yefler&iy, at four o'clock, a Cabiriet ContiCil Was held at Lord Mtmcaays's Office, arwhich the Duke of MONTROS?, Earl of Cuatriam, Lords Hawiiis-. RUBY and CAsrLeasacm, an.: the other Members in town, attcntled. It is rumoured that Dr. KEARNEY, the Provo s t} of Trinity College. Dohlin, is to get the vacant BiThop riek, and that Dr. HALL, at ptaent out oil a College liVing, is to be the rrovoft. Early yclierday morning the cuffin made ont of the main malt of the French (hip I'Orient was removed from Mr. Pt kriusssm's, In Brewer-fireet, to be con• veyed to Chatham, nom whence will he lent to the Note to receive the remain s of Lri r d NRLSON. which Will be foldered "pin that coffin on board the Vic- Toe::, and theri be removed by her barge to Green wich Hofpital. In confequence of orders received by the Mntguis Wrwt.tsasv, refpeßing the lettlement lately formed at Balambangan, diredions had been given to ran guilh the poffeffion of that Wand. Several thips were taken up to bring away the fervants, both civil and military, with the fettlers that had arrived there (Ince the Englifh took poirefflon, which confilled of three or four hundred perfoas, moll of whom were Chinefe. Letters received by the (bips arrived from Bencoo len, mention, that the natives belonging to the oppo fite fide of the ifland had made an incurflon into the Ea(! India Company's territory, where they had dons eonfiderable mifchief to the vitu-yards, befides taking and fending off feveral of the cultivators into (Livery. This unprovoked aggreffion had obliged the Governor to fend a firong force againfi them, which had focceeded in driving them over the hilly country with confiderable loft. Lord VALaNTIA.--We are happy to fay that ac. counts have been received of that minted and en. terpt izing Nobleman. His letters are dated Mocha, Aptil 22. He had furveyed the emit of the Red Sea, as far as latitude 21. and thus elucidated the geography of thePeriplus. He wilt produce a more accurate defcription and chart of the Red Sea, than has yet appeared. He was to remain at Mocha till the change of the monfoon in October. Vice Admirals HOLLOWAY and ROWLaY, com manding in the Downs, and at Sheernefs, have (truck their Rags, and proceeded to Portfmonth, to attend the Court Martial on Sir RoTERTCALD22, which will certainly take place on Monday next. Mafter Emir let night made his fecond apprar ance for the feafon at Drury-lane Theatre in the (ha reem of Doaglat. To the aftonithment of hts ad mirers, the houfe was but very indifferently attended till WI price. :fURORA TRANSPO*)'t. • . • TO THE EDI MR OP •THE, STAR. Detl, December 4. I with you to infert in your kipei, the following particulars concerning . the Anroratranfiort: as th is fetter is mart to relieve the anxi ety of individuals. you can therefor: Make any ufe of it you pleale. I am, Sir, your Obedient Sirvant, A. W. WAranouss, Captsin 26th Font. Captzin *Lam", of his Majefiy's floop Cygnet, on Monday the uth init. tiff the Goodwin Sends,. piz!:ed up feveral chefs, belonging to Officers of the 16th regiment of font, and fow beams and dig ferent parts of the Anroi-atranfpart, having onboard the Commanding OfSeer, Staff, and about aso men of the 26th regiment of foot. Fran eiery ciretimflance, Capt. M'Lson is firmly pf opiniiin that every foul on board the Airora tranf: port, mtift have perithed, by being wrecked on the Goodwin Sandy. The Officers names are as follow: Major DAVIDSON. CaptainsH9 c Giant and Citatcaots. pentetnint Dnowati. • yagn D %art" MAN.: Glenna.. (tiurter Mager Reitaarw iM. LIVIISVNADI and Adjutant HOPKINS.. Surgeon D 7VA L. Great fear; are entertained for the Maria tranfport, wiih about 200 men of the 26th foot on board ; a veal exaOl anfwering 'her defcription was Peen mailed off the Texel—it is hoped that the may haws got fare into Come Dutch port. The officers onboard her were Captains CARDIN and Josas ; Lieutenants CAM LLLLL and MAISHMAn Enfigns Cuaaraonms and Meru Isom, and Affittant Surgeon Atalerraomet• The Aurora we fear is certainly gone; but fouls faint hopes are entertained that the Maria may yet be fafe.—The remainder of the 26th foot are Cafe in the Dowis. NifUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. Fat MOUTH, Dec. 17.—Arrired the American fhip Aberdeen, Motoax. from London, for the file of fity. leaky ; Hebatha.,l VAUGHAN, from Londor. for Tobago ; St. Mary. ET TOM, from London, foe Jamaica ; Roebuck, STARMICK, from London, for Antigua ; Arnie, XENNFDT, from London, for Ja maica; Jane, STEV ams, from London; Betfey,SLAD'; Neptune, HARVEY, and Swan, Beres, from Swat.- lea ; Falcon, Wasaci, from Newfoundland, with filh and oil, In 17 days, for Poole, parted from his Majetly's !hip Cute cw, her convoy. Paffed up Chan• nel today his Majelty's (hip CuaLew, with the re& of the fleet. Sailed the Danith (hip raff Bernttof, Lettatoti, for Naples; with pilchard,. Poar.stourit, Dtc. 19.—Came into harbour the Tams 'mak, of VI guns, Tentamt of So; alfo thus Nolan frigate. Arrived the MrATOR bomb FM* a cruise, and is appointed coittoy to the Eaftwart Arrived fevetal Fail of outwai &bound vetrels from the Downs, among them are the following reads ' viz. --Harriot, bound to Lifbon ; Mento r , Lastomr, Lord Forbes, Si Brothers, Bowan, gren, Rawspers, Olive Branch, LUNLSR, Rainbow, Ronson, and the Lady MatEverth, Wood to the Weft Indies. There are feveral fail of outward bound veleta yet blown on the coal of France, riot come in. Arrived the Polly, Ceemoar, from Newfoundland, bound to London : the parted company from the Isis man of war. Sailed the Dana Ead Indianian, Wilhe mina. Therefa, Captain Ramos. for Copenhagen. Vice Admiral Sir J. B. WARRSH has twitted his flag on board the Arot.t.o frigate, Capt. Feetows. which (hip takes the Oporto and Mediterranean (hips ' under her convoy. Dees. Dec. ift...-Safted the Yarmouth lighter, for Deptford. Arrived the Croats, from a cruise, dor ing which fhe fell in with the wreck of a very large (hip, fuppofed to be the Aurora tranfpors, which, failed tinder convoy of the LIOPARD, having on board aso men and nine Officers of the 26th Regiment of Foot, which, it is feared, are all perifbed, as trunks. &c. have been taken up with the 26th Regiment marked on them. Arrived the VALOROUS, from a 'cruise, and Aaaow schooner, from the Nore. Sailed the Acura and Weamos.te gun brigs, on a cruise, and lieraoaraerre frigate, for Yarmouth. Dec. is.—Sailed the Viaory, for Chatham= Roz mulus and Pegafus to refume their Rations as block (hip on the North coati ; Tribune, on a cruise off Flulhing ; Pincher, Fearlefs, Archer, Bloodhound. Firm, Conflux, Blazer, Jackal!, and Bruiser gun brigs, on a cruise. Arrived the Amaranthe anti Combatant (loops, and Conftant gun brig, from a cruise. inft came in the Archer gun brig, from a ernize, and brought in with her a finaU French boat with ten men, which the captured during her cruise. Remain in the Downs the Mips as per left. Wind S.W. Ara tern.—At Plymouth, Scarborough, Curtner, from New. fixisulkand—At Cork, Good Forte% —, f rom N ew y ouo di an a —At Newfoundland, Speculatico, Mudgc.from (tchee; and Liberty, Williams, from London. The Themis, Gant, was loft ee the i7th oft. to the northward et Memel Llnvention, Captain Le Breton, from London. bound to the South Sao, er.a all well on the ads of Othober, In lat. 3*. South, long. 45. Weft The Nachgobigkeit, knot London, bon 2 a loKenniDit bores, la loft io the Ilaltk. Coin Excuaso 1. Maaa•t.aas, Dec. tg.—There is a totem/ale (apply of Wheat here to-day—remain ing fatr• les. hies at rather lefs price, ettpedinic a fur ther reduttfon—Few files are Made of articles its general—Barley rather lower—White Peas like• wife. Beans of each fort fcarcely fetch lati price. Oats in confiderable titian ities, excepting file batten —this trade k alto cheaper—Flour nominally as pee currency—Sales arc made at lefs. OIXIMAL CUICINCY AS mons wricat, 46a 6:8 7111 Per qr. Orty Peak 376 424 Fine Ditto, 744 7js od 111 1 71 4. 3:4 Os Rye, 32,e 36,1 od Tick Ditto 465. 52.. od lartey,2lls 334 6d Oats, 235. 32a. Mak, 666 /to OR P tlan.l ditto 334 34s oil Wilke Peak, 4os 470 Od Zits 5 04 . 1 , 4 01 43 1 P 4 * Wt. ?RICE IV /11.0011. Mao Pi m 6js et 70.. lissosib dos to 6$ • period! 00 s I .Z. ~~