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' I - To-4s, at Iluseo, and likewise of a victorious s.a of the garrison of Braila, have not been con fi,iiied. A combined Russian and English squa dron is said to have arrived at Lemnos. Meanwhile, the Turkish marine has had as opportunity of in creasing its force by nrire than '2OOO sailors, from Ragusa, Ca.taro, and French Dalmatia ; who, on account of the danger attending their flags, remain ed here unemployed, and were kept by the French Ambassador at his disposal. The I'orte might have made a similar use of some hundreds of Cor fuans, had they not, at the moment the war broke out, been scat home as adherents of Russia. Mr. Arbuthnot hereupon took them under his protection, sod disnibtited them in English ships. his day Cie Porte has thought fit to consider the j •Ets of the Republic of the Seven Islands, in a ego .rent point of view; having officially announced, that it will look upon them as under the protection of the Ottoman Empire, and that they cannot, in future, be taken under the jurisdiction of any foreign power. At the same time, it has restored their ships, which were under embargo. Among these ate. hu-vever, a very small number of Russian ships, most cf them havirt made a ti.nely retreat. At Smyrna, these ships have enjoyed still greater advantages, as they had three days time given them after the dedaratimt of war, to quit the port. The frigate and the Russian transports, freighted for Corfu, likewise had time to get away before the preserr rupture. TRANSL VIION Or Tub r , CRIP r, DATIL) THE c 7 r OF oactmnLa, rRAsaNI:TTI.D Br THE i The squadron of Admiral Lnuis is still partly in our harbour and partly in tile Dardanelles. CRANE) Si:.)3:it To THL Gam:a rlf.lll. A F .:u are my wise and first Minister: Ma) Providence at:d Favour, which men stand in re-A of in al! their undertakings, the aid and sts:cp..):: t:se PrJ;hat of Go.l, be ever with you I In the Great Council, held in the last days, in the presence of all the Vizir:, Uliemas, and Chiefs of the Janizaries, it has been represented, that the faithless Russians have unexpeCtedly broken the Treaty concluded with us ; inasmuch as they have seized Cie fortresses of Bender and Choceim, which clearly dem Instra•es, that the blackness of their sentiments, and the infidelity which they long che- rished, and have often manifested towards the Ot toman Nation, have never ceased to exist in their bosoms. The law and the resnlution adipted in council, therefor., impose on me the inevit.tb'e duty of com mencing hostilities against these infidel,, which, from the unanimity of voices, i., the general. opinion. We, therefore, having first implored the aid of Al mighty God, who created us from nothing, and the prote'hon of the Prophet Milt -inlet, the crown of our c lory, and the founder of our laws, have commanded war to be declared against the Rus sians, relying entirely od the Divine Favour and Providence. Every out besides, well knows the ancient liatrid of the Rth.ians against the Mus suimans. In consequence of this their treacherous and faithless behaviour toward us, it behoves every mina tary man, or other adherent of the Mahometan faith, to take a part in this religious contest; and as, aceordirg to the resolution already firmly adopted, all measures have been taken to send forth my army with all possible expedition, under the for tunate shadow of the Sangialc Schery, the (standard of Mahomer), I hereby appoint you its Supreme Gereralissimo. UuJr.r these circumstances, you will confide all your operations to the l'rovidencc of Almighty God, as I commit the proteaion of your person, and of the Vizirs, the U ilemas, and Jadsaries, high and low, as well as all the faithful warriors who ac company you in this religious confli3, entirely into the hands of God. My glorious forefathers, supported by the ardent zeal of their Vizirs, Ministers, Janizaries, and other carrion, and by the energy with which they op postJ the enemy, conquered these provinces, and retained possession of them. Hence I also exped that, at the present moment, you will manifest the same zeal, and provide the necessary forces and ammunition, in order to hasten to the assistance of those of our brethren who are already engaged with the enemy on the frontiers of the hostile provinces. You must strengthen our fortifications, and deliver my suhjeas from all op pression. With respect to the warlike. stores, and other ne cessaries for the army, you must settle that with the chief of that department. You must provide day and night for every thing that is necessary, and expedite the departure of Vizirs, Janizaries, and all persons belonging to my army. Lastly, you must, in quality of Prime Minister; provide for the equipment r f the Navy, both with respell to crews and stores. Is s. ill be your care to bestow adequate rewards on THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, THURSDAY, M•RcH 5, BATTLE OF EGLAU. Three Denmark Mails arrived yesterday, with Letters and Papers, from Altona and Hamhurgh, to the 26th last. They announce a series of anions between the French and the Combined Russian and Prussian Armies, from the 4th to the 9th of Fe bruary, the last of which was fought on the Bth, at Eglau, within a few leagues of Koningsburg, and ended, like the preceding aaions, in a vislory on the part of the French. The account of this series Of anions was originally published in Tne Telegraph, the Paper printed by the French at Berlin, from which it has been copied into the Altona and Harnburgh Papers. It is stated in The Tele graph, as the substance of official letters received by his Excellency General CLARKE. the Governor of Berlin, and to have been published for the pur• pose of gratifying the public curiosity, in the ab sence of the Bulletins cf the Grand Army..--- As such, it may be considered an anticipation of these curious produaians for some time to come. The corps of BERNADOTTE and Nev having failed in their attempt to turn the right of the Rus sians, BONAP A EtTs attempted a similar manotivre, on their left, which, on the Ist of February, ex tended to Passenheim. The Russian left was turned on the 3d, and routed, with the loss of 4 pieces of cannon, and 1,600 men taken prisoners. The It ft wing thus cut if, the Ru.sian centre re. treated to Altenstein, and a battle too!; place on the 4th, at Getkendorff, a village at a short distance from Altenstein, between it and Gutstadt. This is the battle in which, accordirg to the account which we gave yesterday, the Russians were defeated, with the loss of from 6,000 t) 10,000 men.— The present account states, that en that day the Russian cavalry was routed by General 1-AsAtre, and pursued to Despau ; and that a column which had not passed the Alle, was turned, and cut off by Marshal Nay, who took several thousand prisoners, and 16 pieces of cannon. The Russian depots at Liebstadt and Gutstadt, and part of their maga zines upon the Alle, also fell into the bends of the French, in consequence of these successes. The Russians still continuing to retreat; their rear guard, consisting of 12 battalions, was overtaken on the Gth, by Mua Az's cavalry, which cut 2 Russian regiments to pieces, and took their Colonels, colours, an : grins. On the 7th, the French reached Eglau, where they found the Russian army strongly posted. A par tial aflion (the result of which was favourable to the French) took place, on the evening of that day, but the grand battle was fought on the Bth. In this battle, BONAPARTE commanded in person. The combined army began the attack, and the battle lasted from six in the morning until eight at night. Bon A P ART Os Adjutant General was killed, and Marshals LAN • es and Ayr; ra en were wound ed in the aaion. More than 20,000 of the Russians are said to have been routed, and obliged to abandon their artillery. The loss of the Rus sians is stated at 7000 killed. It is however ad mitted, that the affirm was not decisive, and that the Russians atempted, at night, to retake E;,-,lau, a pretty strong proof that the rout was not general, nor the viaory complete. On the next day, how ever, the 9th, the Russians are represented still re treating. They ate said to have successively passed the Friescbing and the Pregel, leaving behind them their wounded, and 16 pieces of cannon. The total amount of the loss of the Combined Army in these several anions, is estimated at 30,000, killed, wounded, and taken prisoners, 18 standards, and 45 pieces of cannon. We have already stated that this is the French account; the loss of the Russians is, therefore, probably exaggerated. But if the po sitions of the respes!bve armies are not grossly mis represented, and upon this point, as being more liable to deteaion, the French are seldom found to mistate, the Russians have sustained a severe de feat. Koningsburgh is situate upon the river Prcgel, and they must have passed it near to that city, leaving all their magazines in the hands of the French. We do not find, how ever, that the enemy have proceeded to invest Koningsburg; but, on the contrary, it is sari, that, content with their successes, they are go ins into winter quarters. The Russians, who had retreated to that city, ate said to be on their retreat behind Memel. An article, dated Constantinople, contains the Turkish Resetipt, or Declaration of War against Russia, dated December the 27th. ill health has been the cause of K • air asitov's removal from the chief command of the Zinnias) army, now _ - sx~ confided to General 13/.)041141.7rti. The Queen of PRUSSIA is on her vray to St. Peter.sburgh. Viscount flusyscx gave. notice, last M7lit, in the House of Commons, of his intentiou to bring in a separate Bill, to enable Roman Catholizs to hold commissions in the army, instead of eTeaing that object by a clause introduced into the Mono). Bill. He also stated, Oat it WAS his intention to extend that privilege to the naval, as well as the militaf y service. It is supposed, that Isis Lord has adopted tUis mode to meet the wishes of the Roman Catho lics, who might conceive that the Mutiny Fill being an annual Bill, this priiiled, , ,e might nit be perma nent And secure, if granted in that way. The Abstraa of the Supplies for the present year, as taken from the speech of Lord Irkartv PETTY, last night. in the Cummittce of Ways an! Means, of which we have given a fall Kalv, is as follows: Navy • • • . 16377,157 Army • • • 19,809,042 Ordnance . . 8,743,716 MuceAauelus . . . . 1,866,000 5,001,000 Vote ul Credit .. . Total *at charge . 45,39t07) str AAAAA CHARGES. WILLI' atITAIM. Deficiency Malt, 1803 . . Interest an Exchequer Bills, 1807 . 1,200,000 Fire per Cents. 1797, to be paid off 330,000 1,75( 1 ,e00 !!' "'""'"•••••- all th.sa who distinguish themselves, as well as to punish all such as negled their duty. May the Almighty God ?toted you, and prosper all your undertakings. Irttal Suppiies . . 47,146,575 'iirt high propeettun of Joint Charge awl Ci.il I.IA • 4,345,677 Oa account of theat BriLin 4 1,6J0,498 The Abstr33 of the Ways and Means will be found in our Parliamentary Repots. Lord llamas , PETTY stated, last night, in the house of Commons, that besides the 80,0001. ad vanced as a temporary subsidy to the King of Pittisi a, . the sum of 503,0001. has been also lately advanced to the Emperor of Rossi A ; and that in the course of the year, a suns of 230,0001. would become due as a subsidy to the King of SWIDEN, in converrience of subsisting treaties with these So vereigns, making in the whole a sum of 810,0001. ; but that it has been thought proper to take a Vote of Credit, of 3,000,0001. to enable His MAJssr v to meet any extraordirary demands. Government, yesterday, received dispatches from Lord Huvcainson. Yesterda y„,..abont twelve o'clock, Flit hf J Y came to town from Windsor, in his travelling car. risge, to the 9uass's Palace. _ _ At two o'crock His hiarasTY held a Chapter of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, which was artfmded by The Severeiva ; His Royal Highness the Duke of York, Master; Lord De Blayttiere ,• Lord Whitworth ; Sir John B.v hise Warren Sir Attired Clarke ,• Sir James Henry Craig ; Sir Thomas Trirxe; Sir David Dundee; Dr. Williams Vin cent, Dean at Westminster, Dean of the Order; Francis Townsend, F.se Deputy Bath Sing of Arnie; Sir Isaac Heard, Gentleman Usher of the Red Red, and Brunswick Herald. After the usual ceremony, Admiral Sir RICHARD STRACHAN and Major. General Sir JOHN STUART were i.itrodueed, and the Sovaaatux was pleased to invest them with Red Ribbands. His 144J/is - 1 ., " afterwards held a private Levee, which was attended by— fhe Archbishop of Canterbury; the Lord Chancellor; the Lord Presirlint of the Council ; the Lord Privy Seal t the Firm Lord of the Treasury ; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the ELM Lord of the Admiralty ; the .I..dge Advo. cue; the Master General of the Ordnance ; the Sectrtary at War; the Hislinp of London; the Remise Ambassador; &di A lestord and Carnation ; Viscount Chabot; Sir S. Cotterall; Generals Gromennr, Whitelocite, and Hulse; Captain Lydiard; Rev. Meters. Douglas and Smith; and Mr. Wynne. The following had the honour of being presented to Hit MAJISTY— The Res. Mr. Douglas, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, own his being appniutud one of the Prebends of Westminster Captain lydiene, oltlw Royal Navy, who signelkail himself iu the taking Of the Island of Curacao, by the Right Hun. Thomas fi•royllie, Tait Lord of the General Itul.r , 4111011 hI4 br nq appxa•ttrxt Lieutenant Go vernor of Cticisea Hospital, in thu stead of General Debra pie, deceased. The ley. Mr. 4mkh, upon has being appointed to the Cumin/ of Christ Church. (;enrol Grosvenor, upon his Wog appointed to the 97th Rvaimont. General Whitelucks, upon his being appointed Cons nsander-ta-Chiraf of the Form in South Atnenca. Lieutenant Colonel Vicunne tie Chabot, upon his being ap pointed • Dere" Adiutenta tisuetal to the Forces serving in Canada, by the Earl of Moira. Genera (Fuze/truck, upon hi, being appointed to the ens sand of the 49th Reeiteent. Mr. H. W. Wrnnt, u;;;;; ' hie return front his Ensbasy at Dresden, by Viscount Howick. Mr. dope . ua, the new hCti;tee Plenipotentiary from the Emperor of Itus.is. by Viscount ll..wica t the Secretary of Slate for Foreign Ai ff 1.14, to o ol y Sir Stephen Cot tereil, the Mater tit the Ceremonies Ilia excelericy laid before Mt Msjesty his crestenthils, which *ere very graciously recened. The Bishop of LONDON laid before His MA. J RST V a book containing his Commentaries upon the Gospel cf St. John. His MAJ 'sr v gave private audiences to the LORD CUANCELLOR ; Lgrds GAIN V ILL R. SIDI/Wall, Howler. MOIRA ; Mr. 'l. Gagrivii.xis, and Mr. BOND; who Lid before His Mai Lsr v the proceed ings of several Courts Martial. His Mans's. v likewise held a Privy Council. About six o'clock His MAJISTY set off on his re turn to Windsor. Yesterday, a Court of Direfors was held at the tat India House, when the following Commander, took their final leave of the Court, previous to de parting for their respeCtive destinations, vi;. Captain J. Pendergrass. !lope, for China fiord ; 3. Tim. Ire 11, Taunton Cloth., for ditto ; J. Martin, Woodford, for , A Robertiona, Surat Cattle, for ditto ; H. M. SSW um, Fad Celllll6l, for ditto ; J. Murray, Datou•hne, to. Bum bay dirk*. The Conti adjourned at 6 o'clock till to-morrow. ANCIENT CONCAET. The fifth of these elegant Concerts was held last night, at Hanoverwquare Rooms, under the direr. tioß of tl.e Lail of tritest toot, for Lord Viscount FITZWII. I. A*4. The Srit ad commenced with the Overture and Deed Alarei, from Sault which was followed by the beautiful music of Vre Tempest, io which Mrs. V stIGNA,II. Mrs. SHKPLIY, Mr. W. everr, and Nfescrs. Ha aitsose and .1. B. Sstc, exerted their powerful talents with the happiest efled. The charming glee--.sl,epherde, I Gus, 424 my love, was sung with the greatest taste and sere.... ness, by Mrs VS CC: ft AN. Messrs. Hattaisom, Kttlf VETT, and BA Rtt. ItMAN. His Royal the Prince of WA Les entered at the commencement of the second ad, and expressed great plrasure at she performance. There were also present.-- The Dukes of Kent and (12:nbrilge; the D.dce or Argr..• the Marchionea of Bland :aid ; the F.aris of i..rtescue, bAgo, Dooley, Pomfret. and Reims/) Viscount and countess Sal.nouli; Vzsc , mnt a,rd ili.couster Hamp.6. ; Vf.counts Curzon, Ranelegh, and Grit:won Lend and L.!, Ellenborough ; Ladies Read, Turner, *Lim, Neese, Harris, NUIIIIVIiCk, Vernon, B 'ninny, De Dumtenrdie, lYrs to , ogbily De litoke, Sunderland, Deere, taut, WoChow, and Vernon. The Countess Cowes* h.id a grand rout, kt night, at her house, in George street, Hanover. square. The grand ►uit of draxing•roon,s was ruest brilliantly lighted on the occasion, and refreshments of every kind served in a superior style of elegance. At ten o'clock the company began to assemble, which consisted of, Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Duke of Cumberland end Cambridir ; the Dukes of Orleans, Ds Berri, m.at Argyle; Mate...re' of Gordon, Richmond, and 1 , 41t011 ; the Msichionesses of Downshire, SAlishory, Sto o . ford, and I.leadmit; the Earls of Chulrnori,le:ey, Polska, Radnor, and Darnley; the Corintes,es F ex , Sefton, Fr . mune, Ch .Imondeler, arid Ca ii.drui ,• V,scount and Vic ant firrntict.rn ; the Ladies M. Cooke, M. Taylor, G. an I E and near tham huedred other Nobility end Fagoonable4. Tha Countess of Fi•liDWICKet grand rout, last night, at her house in Saint Jape:,-square, WAt at . tended by upwards of three hirndred Nobility. Duchess of Norruott USWr.an 0, the Ladies PRICY, and several of the Nubility, went Irons the Cuuntrsa Cowsze's rout. On Saturday and Sunday, Mr. T. Giovvrtre will entertain numerous parties of Naval 011L.us at dinner, at his house in the Admiralty. Lord Gasarvitia will have a numerous party to dinner on Sunday. It is expefted the RorAL FAMILY will come to town next week, when the Queen and Patisersin will dine with thc Duke of Comtism'. •sin. on Wei. nesday, at his apartments in St. James's Palace; His fslasastv will /told his Court, as usual, on that day, at the Quistri's Palace ; and on Thur.. day the Quiz:4 is to hold a Drawing-room at St. James's Palate. Yesterday tl'e infant sea or Colonel and MU. BEAUMONT Stu baptised at th,:ir house in Portassm square. The ceremony was performed at fire o'clock. in the grand sirstwing.rosm, which was most brilliantly lighted oil the occasion. Sir Ilatett AItI.I:IAbKL, Sir Tttuss AS Lit/DELL, Baronets, of Lady Al It V IrElt Y. daughter to the Earl of Li. rannicK, were Sponsors. The child was named /tartar It *Lea, and at eight o'clock. a superb dia. ner was served in the front parlour to the baptismal party ; the Earl and Countess of IA tIERICK, Earl l'eacr, Lord SOMERYI L Lt. Sir JOHN SINCLatt, Mr. and Mrs. CALYt...T, Mr. WILLIAId iht4Dah Mr. CAREY. Yesterday morning, Mr. Jsav is, the Barrister, and Mr. BICILNKLL, the Solicitor to the Admiralty, left town for P. rtsatouch, to condo& the proe:.l - against Sir Hosts Porm•ra, which commosses this morning. The Dublin Papers received yesterday state, theta temporary Chapel, el eaed at Kill) man, near Dui. gammon, in the North of Ireland, for the accomma dation of the Roman Catholics of that parish, WAG a few nights ago set on fire, and burnt to ashes. Government has given orders that there be kept on board His MAJISTY'S s;)tp3, the apparatus awl plans of resuscitation of the Humane Society. There has been a rum..ur for these two days, on the authority of private letters from Amsterdam, that the interesting Madame (Raisin hAI fallen a vidiat to the jealousy of a r iv4ll beauty, at Amster dam, by poison. 'I he repot t, however, is extremely vague, and is, we hope, unfounded. Several West Whams, blown from the Downs, in the gale of the 18th ult. put into Plymouth on Sunday last. Among them are the Thanes, Sae• toes, for St. Kitt's. with damage, having been rna foul of ; &men Cod, Boots, for Surinam ; Marion., COATIS, for Jamaica; Fame, 13e•NIS aid the Marina, BA act.vr, for Demerara. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY• S per Cent Consuls .S per Cent. Navy imperial J per Cent. litipmal Annuities Bl 3-1 India Uniids ls. dia. par. Exchequer Bills English Lottery Ticksts CUWIWI lof , ~ T. HINII, Steek-Stoker, Nn. 4, Curnhill, and 9, Chasing crew. MARRIAGE. On Satuiday, at Mary •la• online Church, E. Small, Eat late of the Inner lesiva., to Miss Savage, fit Weynioutiv-so , ds rteet, youlig s‘t daughter of else late George Savage, of Itlailrivv, DEATHS. On Sunday lett, the Ist instant, universally lamented, Tito. max Adams, Esq. of Osborne badge, Cranbrook, in the county of Kent; an adieu, intelintent, and humane Ntagisthits ul lilt county, and Ceintnandtng Ofticar of the Clauistouk Vus lunteer Infantry. Ou Sunday sennight, at Askars Hall, near Y. , lt, aged Joh n Carr, El. an eunueut minted, one of the Aidetuum tf that city, and u.:rie to the K e y. )(ellen Lasesllea Cat', nt elut place. He built the Crewcut, at Buxton, and the Mausoleum of the Marquis of Itocktnahan t , and lounged and builtbuilt Church of lharbury, near Wakefield lie also rrarOgoad r aeral ruble rot-knot., particularly tee seat of Lord Harwood. iR Yorkshire. . LONDON :—Panted by G. DAVIDSON. No. 17, Duke's Court, Bow•etreet, Cntigrt-Oa•dra, cud publ&.h•d •t lb, Oaice, No. Us, buck of St. Ciemeut'• C4ut..11, Strad, by W. STUCK, o Ne 7, New Multass sheet. Long Acre. o.tlera. &c. for this Pape', mint so the U:Lcs trot yasi) w 4,1 be duly insets/ te. 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