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which he had forefeen. In raa, to have made a pro pef in filly two armies were required; one to inveli the fortrettes, and the other to maintain the advan- tages which Mould have been obtained. The defeat of the Außrians near Ulm was not al together unforefeen here. Several Generals prodiaed this difailer—among others, General Troon, who, hearing ot the pafage cf Bernadotte, (aid, publicly, and verylfreqnently repeated it, "that they would fee the French at Vienna." They have a firange mode of confoling themfelves here.; they pretend, that the victory of the 15th was not to he afcribed to the genins of the French Gene rah, but to chance, and the nnfkilfnlnefs of the An& trians, who, having 101 l their fenfis, added one blue. der to another. The Archduke Charles has fent a courier, to ex prefs hi, apprehenfions, that he (hall not be able to cover the Tyrol, and to demand reinforcements.— Confequently, the referve of the troops upon the frontier, are ordered to march. as reinforcements for the Archdnke. Similar orders have been given to the levy cn maffe, the neareß in point of &na tion. The Archduke Palatine prepared, that if his Imperial Maklly had chofen to have taken refuge in Hungary, to demand of him full powers to bind him to the difmiffion of all his Auilrian Ministers, and to fuhnitnte Hungarians ; to abandon the Ger man provinces to their fate ; to concentrate his forces in Hungary; to put 300,000 men under arms, and with there to advance to the frontiers and demand peace of the Emperor Napoleon. In cafe of his Ma jelly's acceptance of reafonable conditions, the Archduke Palatine would have undertaken to ob tain the confent of his brother. If on the contrary the terms were rejeAed by Napoleon, the Archduke bad refolved to facrifice the whole of his army, and his uwn perfon, in defence of the honour of his Nation. This promifing projed was entirely fet *fide, by the Emperor's determination to take refuge atOlmutz with the Emprefs and the Foreign Mioillers of all the Courts in amity with him, and to fend his chit• dren only to Hungary. This change has contributed very mach to the di. minntion of the enthafialin. with which the pretence of his MajeAy bad infpired the Hungarians, in the fitting of the late Diet. The zeal which has been remarked among the Hungarians, is not (*much the offspring of their devotednefs to their Sovereign, as of their apprehenilons on account of any change in their conflitution. Their ideas of the political im portanee of this conftitation are fo extraordinary, and of the obfiaeles the Emperor Napoleon would meet with in any attempt to overturn it, that they imagine it is the principal objet at vithich he is now aiming, merely to obtain the end be has propoted to They are alfo intimately perfisaded, that. fo long as their confiitution (ball remain inviolate, Europe, encouraged by their example and their principles, will flruggle fueeefsfully againfi French principles; but that. from the moment their confittotion (ball be Oaken, its fubjugation mutt nueffarily follow. The Emperor having rejefted the offer of a general tiling ea ma. and having preferred an army of fixty thnufand men, and a referee of thirty thoufand. paid and eqpipped by the Hungarians, the Palatine fumed to be no longer animated with the fame energy, and the levies went on fo firmly, that it is probable fix weeks would have elapfed before they would have been completed; and that the Palatine would have broke with his Majeßy, being difgufied with the new mea fures. which, as they did net promife better than the former, might compel him to make a dithotsourable peace. It furns, however, that he is determined to continue the war, with the aid of the Ruffians ; and that he will Rill collect recruits, neither willing nor able to fight. One tingle check may deßroy there refhlutions. After the battle of Ulm, the Emperor offered the command of the army of the Danube to the Arch. duke Charles, adding, it was the defire of Ruffia and England that he should accept it—that, at the fame time, he might have an opportunity of negociating for a peace with the Emperor Napoleon ; and either to obtain good conditions, or time for the arrival of the R. columns. The Archduke anfwered, that he thought nothing of any fact ;Bees be might make for the prefervation of his MAjeßy's provinces—but that the idea of a negociation, for their ceffion to the enemy, was intolerable. It items the Archduke will, in future, enjoy the full confidence of his Majetly—the Cabinet Minifter alfo frequently invites the Privy Counfellor Faibender to his private conferences. This enrages his anta gonitts the obfeure partifans of the Jeluits, fuch as Plot and others, and makes them tremble. This junto, it is fail, perfuaded the Emperor to cattle the Archduke Charles to fit out for the army of Italy, long before his pretence was neceffary, that they might avail themfelves pf his abfence, to Wen the commencement of hollilities—a meafure the Em peror had conftantly refitted, while the Archduke WAS with him. The dearth is exceilive, the magazines are empty, nothing is in circulation but paper, which decreafes in valoe every day. If the reverfes continue, and the French armies thould happen to demand contri butions in frecie, it will be impdfible to pay them. It tt ill then be neceffary for the Emperer to open his private treafory, which contains ducats, at leaft, to the value of so millions of florins. The Canon of Collambach has declared, upon fe veral occations, that if his brother, the Privy Corm calor, Mould only fucceed in effecting the promotion of General Mack to the head of the army, the merit of this alone would be fo confiderable, that the country could never fufficiently teflify its gratitude. But the battle of Ulm has produced fuck an altera tion in the Canon, that the feverity of Ilk cenfure is now as extravagant as his former adulation. The Emperor of Ruffia was expefted here on the sth, and every preparation was made at Court for J is reception, when a courier brought intelligence to the Palace of Lichtenftein that his Majelly was fuel denly indifpofed. and had pallid the night in his (bateau, at Felfbarg, in Moravia. This indifpnlition was thought a mere pretext to avoid the fpettacle of mifery. which he mutt other. wife have leen imptinted upon every countenance, notwithltanding the affeeked cheerfulnefs which it Sias the with of the Government to exhibit. This change of the Emperor's intention of vifiting Vienna not appear to have been foreicen at Court, as nose of the preparatione for his reception had been countermanded. The Emperor of Außria fee out on the 7th for t Prefisourg, on his way to Ohnutz—he had declared he would put hinsfelf at the head of his troops, and he nominated General Schmidt as Adjutant Gene ral. They fay the Emperor took that route to avoid a meetiog with the Ruffian army, which, no longer concealing its difguft, secure even the Aafirians of felling and betraying them. The Emperor was expeeed to have flept at Schol fhof. after leaving Prefbourg, where it was thought he would wait the return of Count Coda'', who was to bring the determination of the Emperor of the French. The Emprefs fet out for Olmats, in the night between the 7th and Bth, with the elder Princefs and her phyfitian. On the 29th of Matcher, Government determined to put all the veal§ upon the Danube in a Rate of requifition, to tranfport the cites belonging to the Court and the different Chanceries ; and the boatmen were ordered not to take any thing in charge from private individuals ; but on the 7th of November it was announced that his Majefiy had appropriated one veffel. for the tranfport of valuables belonging to private perfons ; that proper officers were appointed to give receipts for what might be confided to their charge —that foch depnfits Ronald be tranfmitted to a place of Way, and faithfully returned to the owners when the danger had fubfided. and that his Majelly would be anfwerabk for every thing not de pending upon the elements. Yellerday, the loth, orders were ifroed for difchar ging all the boats, &c. upon the Danube, which took place accordingly. Much precaution was ufed in faring all the old carriages belonging to the Court ; as to the library, only the molt valuable books were peeked up. From the Gallery of Paintings, the moll precious pieces only were removed ; on the other hand, not a 'beet has been left behind of all the documents rate ti►e to the war. A report had been fpread. that General Lamberti was dificraced ; but this is not confirmed, as he ac companied the Illenperor in his carriage. The public, who do not like this General, received the genet of his fall with pleafore. Count Guilay, difpatebed on the 7th to the Em peror Napoleon to propofe an Anniftice, received for anfwer, that his Majetly. being . at the head of two' hundred thoufand men, was not to a fituation to treat with a flying army; he, however, gave Count Cid. lay a letter for the Emperor of Auftria, in which it is hoped, he has made propofals for a peace. Returning from the head quarters, near St. Hip polite, Count Guile, met the Deputation of the States of Auftria, going from Vienna to the Empe ror Napoleon, to folicit leave for a capitulation. This deputation was eompnfed of the Prince Sin zendorff, the Biihnp of'Seidenftetten ' and M. Whol. leben, Burgomafter of the city. with General Bout , Igeois. of the Engineers. They (hewed him the u ncles for which they were to negotiate ; their con. tents ftruck him with forprife. He gave them to underiland, they were not going to treat as conquerors, but as the conquered ; and that they mould carefully avoid any thing which might irritate the Emperor of the French. He then I made fuck corrections as be thought necefary, and advifed the Deputation not to go beyond the& con. ditions. The Deputation then difpatched Prince Sinzen dorf to Vienna, to demand a renewal of their full powers, while Count Guilay interpofed with the Em peror Napoleon for an armiflice of three days to give them time to make the neceffary arrangements but this could only be granted for 4$ hours. General Kienmayer left Vienna, for Olmuts, on the oth at night. As he had (erred under General Meerfeldt, and as it was reported that the latter had marched into Syria, to attack the column detached by Bernadette to annoy the Archduke Charles, and compel him to retreat, it was thought that General Kienmayer had very important communications to make to the Emperor refpeeing the Archduke's Stu ation, which could fcarcely be fuppofed to be con- Poling, notwithßanding all the bravery this Prince had (* . played. Prince Amfberg, Commandant of the guards at the Palace, was appointed Commandant of the city of Vienna ad interims • and Prince John of Leichten- Rein, Commandant of the Referee in Auftria and Bohemia, then Rationed upon the left thore of the Danube ; Count Cnrbua, Vice Prefident of the Mines and the Mint, was appointed Commiffary Ge neral, having for Adjutants the Deputies of State, and the Aulic Counfellors, Count Korinfky and Ba ron Kilmanfegg. The Emperor authorized the Ma giliratea of Vienna to circulate paper to the amount of a million of florins, in bills of 12 and 34 francs, to be called in aft:r the war. A French fquadron has arrived at Ancona. This was announced to the Governor of Fiume by the Au[lrian Conful ; the former battened to communi. rticate this intelligence to the Hungarian Chancery. A report waa fpread, from the houfe of the Ruffian Amballador, that, notwithßanding the Convention of Neutrality, Ruffian troops had arrived at Naples. When the Emperor of Außria fet oat for Olmotz on the 7th, he canted his departure to be announced to the Diplomatic Corps, and invited them to follow him, as horfes were provided for their journey, and lodgings, as commodious as potfible, were to be fitted for their reception at Olmutz. Upon this octagon, M. Loppel, the Charge d'Af. 1 faire: of Heie Calle', was for otten—but, on the 9th, repair the over fi ght, an cial letter was fent him from the Chancery, in his ajeßy's name. Count Cobentzel alto was charged with a verbal merage to him ; and, as the Count even preffed his departure, he fet out on the fame day. When Count Cobentzel notified the Emperor's de• parture to the Minißers of Baden and Wurtemberg, he informed gem, that all official communications having ccafed, they might receive their paffports whenever they chofe to demand them. The Minifler of Wurtemberg, not choofing to avail bimfelf of this offer, remains here as an individual, and to ad as a guardian to Count Scillern, who is terrified with the thoughts of French or Bavarians. The Minilter of Sardinia, impatient of his Ma jeßy's delay in changing his refidence, had demanded paffports for Hungary on the 6th ; but when he re ceived the invitation of his MajeßT, by a note, to fol. low him to Olmutz, he availed /mielf of the oppor tunity. The generaLconflernation among all ranks, Piece the battle of Ulm, particularly there who had any influence upon the war, or in the meafores of Govern. went, has perplexed them to fuch a degree, that a perfon, very capable of judging, has aifured me. that if one thould afk the advice of an infant, upon the prefent crifis, its want of information could not pogi bly produce worfe meafures than have already re• fulted from the conduit recommended to the Empe. roe by the Council of War, after all their deliberations. In this Gtuation, would not a peace of any kind be preferable to the prefent flare of things On the Bth, the Emperor granted an extraordinary vacation of three months to the Aulic Council of the Empire ; and the Chancery of State has been trent ferred to Owns. The Aultrian Council of State is dilfolved, and M. De Stahl is the only Member that has followed his MAjelly. He travelled with the Ca binet Mini fler. The following letters from Vienna, are written by perform attached to the Grand Army : Vienna, sg *make, Nov. t 6. 1 write to you from this city. It is but forty five days fence we were at Stralbourg. Thefe refults, which partake of the marvellous, are the fruits of a campaign, rapid and forprifing beyond example. We have Sept route nights upon firaw : now we are indemnified, having our lodgings io palaces. AMOTNIS LITT.% OFTii sass DAMS. The firft Ruffian army has capitulated. It is to return home. The Archduke PALATISIS has de• dared, he will permit our troops to pats without re finance. The Tyrol is completely conquered. Masses* is advancing with haßy (rides ; and it is certain, that in a very Sort time all the provinces that kparate Vienna from Italy, will be occupied by the French. The Emperor Naros.sou has no doubts upon this inkjet', as, in the general adasiniftration juft etta. blithed, there provinces are comprifed. Succeffes fo confiderable cannot but lead to an accommodation. —(Fran the Maims; Ns% 28.) IioLL.IND. PRIVATE LETTER. Haag., Die. I.—Letters from Italy and Spain, as well as from trance, fcarcely (peak of any thing but o failures, of a total Ragnation in trade, and of the abfeace of all confidence in commercial tranfac dons, the confequence of the derangement of the French finances, and the unfafety of all property in Rates tyrannifed over by Bonaparte. Though the Wainer Fouche has already tranfport ed feveral money and Rock brokers, and merchants for refilling French bank notes, at par. or demanding a difcount ; and though their circulation is enforced by the bayonet. yet fuck it the difcontent and refrac tory fpirit at Paris, that to avoid obedience. many warehoufes and magazines are Glut up ; and bottles have (lopped payments at prefent. and fupport cer tain loffes only to avoid future ruin. The bank ruptcies at Paris occafioned the moll violent (cents on the Exchanges of Bourdeauz, Nantes, Lyon*, and Marfeilles ; and the military were finally called in to quiet the turbulent, and to eel in fettling mer cantile differences. Nothing is done but for ready money, or for eschaage ,of merchandise ; and the price of every thing (curious as it may teem) in creafes in proportion with the want of cub and cre dit. Some French bankers and merchants write, that the ifue of another paper money. called 44 Im• penal Bons." is fpoken of. as well u the ellabliih meat of another maximum. Onr Grand Penfionary received the day before yeßerday, a letter from Talleyrand, and has fince written to, or fpoken with the Chiefs of our princi 'pal hooks at A.mßerdam and Rotterdam, and in the name of our high Ally, the Emperor of the French, atked pecuniary (Demurs for the banks and bankers in France. It is Paid, that he has fo far fucceeded, that a loan of twelve millions of Here:, fear. has been promifed in calk before the new fear. Several couriers and convoys have been cut at or captured by the Auflrian light troops, on the rear of Come columns of the French armies, and Come thou fend Außrian prifontre have been fct at liberty by them, affilied by the inhabitants of Suabia and Franconia. An Aid de Camp of Bonaparte, elcor. ted by one hundred mounted riflemen, and carrying difpatches of great confeqaence, was attacked this fide of Munich, by a corps of military, who way laid him, killed him, and the me* of his efcort, and feised all hib papers, Paid to throw a terrible light upon the future views of the Emperor of the French. It is laid here that immediately after his entry at Vienna, Bonap.rte wrote a bombaftic letter to the Grand Seignior, encouraging him to take op arms againft A.uftria and Ruffia. The bearer of this letter was flopped in Hungary, and the letter was fent tO Bronn. Several French emiffaries have been taken u? and hanged in Hungaria, Bohemia, Poland, and Sdefia. LONDON. THURSDAY. DECEMBER as. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONR O'CLOCK: Coofok fur opg. 6s if—.Redneed Sof—Om:Am 61. In the preceding columns we have given a long article from Vienna relative to the prefent campaign. But though, on the face of it, it appears to be from Germany, it muff be confidered as a French mann faatire, being copied from the Mohair. In this view, however, it is interelling, as it ferves to thew the artifices employed, fometimes to terrify, fometimes to cajole the Emperor of Aufiria into a feparate 1 1 peace. None of the Hamburgh Mails, of which three are now due, have yet arrived. They are expeded to bring much more favourableacaoants than the French have exhibited refpellting the forces of the allies, and the hopes that may yet be entertained of the enemy being forced to retreat. The late ft difpatches received by Government are underitood to be much More fa• vourable than. judging from the French details, might have been expefted. Thefe difpatches are of the TO ult. and are decitive as to the fatfehood of the pre tended offer of the RulEan army to capitulate. NAUTICAL I VIELLIGENCE. PLYMOUTH, Dac. 10.—Came in the Spana cbarie maree le Donard, laden wnh rolin and tallow, from Paffage, captured by the Eartrtreis a, or 4c nos. POWTSMOUTN, Dac. t t..—Arrived the AVOACIOCII from the Channel fleet. The Vicroay to again lad night. but has failed this day I River. Sailed alfo the Palau) hoop and Marion b.)171b on crone. Dorn, Dac. so.—Came into this harbour this morning, the traofpnrt Atlas, having on hoard a de tachment of the Royal Artillery the was brought in here by Tome of our boatmen. who fell in with her at lea lag night with the lots of her anchors and cables. which the unfortunately loft yefterday in the Downs, during the heavy gale of winds the is bound for the Weft Indies. Sailed the (hip Zeeluft, Captain VAN stomata, of and for Hamburgh. with wine and bran dy. from Boutdeaus. Wind W. N. W. blows hard. Gat Isom Dec. 6.—Arrived here yefterday the Lord Gardner. M'Fie, trom Quebec t failed tit ult. On the loth ult. at five P. M. fpoke his Majefiy's (hip IP...Lida, who informed that one of the fleet was abandoned by the crew, who were taken on board her ; at fix law the abandoned (hip on fire ; at half part fix (poke the chip Quebec, one of the envoy bound for London ; at eight (poke a (hip from Wa terford, bound to . St. John out 25 days. nam e un known. By the Lord Gardner, we alfo learn, that the brig Recovery, from Jamaica, which had arrived there 26th °Sober. had got on the rocks, oppofite the Cul de Sas, bilged and upfet ; but had been ,got up on the bank, and the cargo was dig - charging. The Diana. Groffard, arrived here yefterday. from New. foundland, after a paffage of 15 days I left loading. and to fail in a few days after the Diana, the Court tefs of Crawford, Anfiruther, for Port Glafgow.— The following vetch had arrived at Newfoundland frons hence, beim Captain Groffard failed, viz. Jane. Wilkie; Little George, M'Neillage ; and Surprife, M'Farlane. • CALCUTTA, MAT 28.—0 n the 27th May arrived off town the Blip Thomas. Captain LAARMOUTII, from Colombo, the 4th inttant, and touched at Ma. ins, which port the left the t 2th inflant. Captain LamtWOUTM reports, that prior to his leaving Madras his Majefty's bng AL2AT2O22 had arrived there, and gave informaticn to his Majefly's (hip Concoats, Captain Woos, then lying in Madras Roads, of a French frigate being off Ceylon. and that the had captured a (mall brig. The Concocts immediately flipped her cables and went off in the good hope of failing in with the Frenchman ; this, no doubt, is the famous Bellone of which fo much has been (aid, and in cunfequence of the Cowcoata being reckoned a very fall failing frigate, we null loon to hear of her bringing the enrmy's (hip into fume Britiflo port. The country (hip, Henry Addington, was going into Madras Roads as the Thomas was coming out. We are lorry to add to the above intelligence received by Captain Leaanourn of a boat having unfortunately upfet when failing in Madras Roads ; an officer of the Montrofe and two (earner' were unfortunately log on the above occation ; the remainder faired them felves on the bottom of the boat. and were picked up by the boats of the (hips then lying in Madras Roads. The Independence, WALICaII, arrived on Sunday at Greenock, from Charlearns, after a paffage of s 9 days. We learn by Captain WALKII, that on the t tab Oaober the floop of war Pars* ILL, Captain LA it Doan, engaged a i rrench privateer of 14 guns, off Charleflon Bar, and beat her, after a •ery (mart salon. The following communication from Admiral Wr ong:A. was on Tuefday tranfmitted from the Admi ralty by Mr. Kisumu, to feveral refpeetable mer chants, dated Driver, Halifax harbour, Nov. s : Sir...l have received your letter of the 3a ft of July laft, toge ther with a copy of a letter from the merchants interefted in the trade between England and the coaft of Georgia and South Ca rains. " Is waiver I have to Worm you, for their Informs• don, that three of the enemy's privateer, have been eaptured•oll that part of the waft; notwithitandise which. I than give the trade on that part of the coin every proteftion in nap power. IL have the hosier to be, &e." The following is an eitrai of a letter frosts Capt. WiLLIAII Livros!, of the (hip Tranfit, dated Downs, Dee. to, 1805 :-- • I have the &afore of informing toe of my fate arrival hers. I left Smyrna on the sitth of Ottober, and have had good winds for the date of year, wily Bone I got into the Channel I have had very heavy gales of wind from 8 S. W. to W. N.W. I called at Gibraltar, and remained there fineen hours. I left it on the sad of November, and eame through the Gut. with the Phatte frigate and her wavy of eight fail I fpokc the Fricadthip. Baker, from Smyrna, bound to London, coating down the Gluipk of Smyrna as I wasgoing up,and I came up with him al Algiers, on the I6th of November.—l was only eight days at Smyrna. Email of a Letter from WILLIAM BoYD, Efq. of Charleltown, dated sth November, iBos, to Mefrt. CALDSLZUGH, BOYD, and 11asD:— • I have now the painful tett of acquainting you of the capture of the (dip Either, by boarding, yelterday motning, about eight o'clock, after one of the mutt gallant and determined defences againit a fuperior force, that bad taken place during the war. " Poor Irving the Captain, Mr. Lower the Chief Mate, the °ld Carpenter, and about eight or ten met. were killed ; and the remains of her brave crew (fay Is) are Juft come up in a pilot boat, on board of which Mt. Allier, the sd Mate; has jut expired. Mr. Edwards, t►e Id Mate, is In feveray wounded, that it is doubtful whether he will recover; as alto feveral of the erew.•••• Three men and a boy were left on board the Ittip. The tither I had been partially engaged ever Once Saturday, the ad in and had not the Minerva tranfport parted in a fog on Sunday. I dti not think the privateer would have fuceeeded In capturing either. id= ter the Frenchmen had poireiSoo of the Ihip, and the col , ors truck, they ecitrimeueed a teen of carnage that would have dif graced the molt ravage brutes. The privateer had tso men on board. They acknowledge to have had Su killed. and fev-n or right wounded. Ilb aid filmic; however, their lots mutt have been mach greater. The Either had only 33 men at the can menament of the aalon, the Peters,' having taken two from bet." A letter from Angola, dated Sept. 9, tens, Rates, that three privateers, viz. of 22, te, and 16 guns, from River de la Plata, were cruising on the Coati of Africa. On the sth of September, there were lying in Congo River, the Kitty, la Fortune, and tic Roehamptnn, of Liverpool I and the American Rips Cleopatra, Daphne, and Africa: the two former weft moored acrofs the Riser, to prevent the privateers going up. There were at Cabenda and Calemba, the Roe, Sifters, Aaive, Rebecca, and Clarendon, of Liverpool, which molt have been informed of the privateers being on the Coati, and could no doubt, effeaually oppofe them. The Berwick, G 11221111, from London for Barha. does ; and the Mary Ann, Folio, from Lcadon for Trinidad, are funk in Ramfgate harbour. The Union, Coots, from London for Berbice,llas loft her formaß and bairforit I • 1 t I f r • e 's I • • a r f r :4