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' 14 ? ! 1 F.7P.F.fGN iNTETIAGEKCE. 14j pr i ti • is ei TONNING EN MAIL. MILV 29. Preset tits Tder nnk.) Yesterday official accounts were received here ram the he4d-quarters at Finkenstein, stating that . at the moment an assault was ieady to be made on the Hackelsberg. the city of DAntric made props "kite capitulate; it is therefore probable that the "teach troops are now in possession of Dantaic. The ramp letters mention the capture of a fine English corvette; but as they refer to other accounts not yet received, it is not possible to say at pre sent how this corvette fell into the hands of the French. We, however, can assure our readers, that there is no doubt that it has been taken. WAtZSAY:, MAY 20. On the litn May, the enemy attacked the line of Marshal Massena, at Malga, Willentoerg, and Dron- swim The Russian, at the two first points, were tritbstot infantry, anal were soon repulsed with loss. 1., But the principal attack, which was 0)4 at Duns -2.-wr, was commenced by the fire of seventeen pieces &anon, and the Couacks were supported brinfantry and regular cavalry. Notwithstanding tbs maProui force of the enemy, he was driven beydrsil The river Omulew, and pursued to the bridge d Ostessenka, over which he passed in the greatest disordzr. 1-iis loss is estimated at 200 killed, 90 prisoners, and 50 horses taken near Sierock cad Pultusk. Strung redoubts were then thrown up, to serve as bridge heads, and facilitate our acting again olKusively. wWbe Genera! of Brigade, Fisher. writes from the camp at I)CbOU, of the date of the 13th, that 2,000 Cossacks passed the Omulow, near Multi's, and attacted a post of SO men, who defended el.eacwelves till only five remained. They were then lined by 130 men, tram Ruda, who battened to Itheiv aid, and fought so bravely against this very superior force, that the Cossacks lost one Colouel, several Officers, aad 80 men ; and on the approach of reinfarceutents, retired. Our loss consisted t 118. killed; 'JI wounded; and about sd prisoners; whom were three officers. AUbTRIA. AI • Y 19. Several of the Public Journals say, the Czernisch Palace, at Prague, is the plac.: whe:e a congress is to be held for a general peace. Count Stackelberg. the% s .r, will repair thither on the part of RUE:IA ; pan -rat Zastrow• on the pact of Prussia; and Count Stadion, the Envoy to the Court of Munich, on the part of Austria. Unhappily, according to ether esccounts, there is no foundation whatever for these reports a congress. PVLTUSS, MAY 17. The following are some authentic details of the of inns that have taken place between the Bavarian and Russian troops. On the Stk of May, the 4th regiment and the battal.on of Braun passed the Kates at Sierock, and drove the Russians above 4 leagues. at the Bth, the Russians attacked, Sor 4,000 strong, the same Bavarian corps, which was obliged to retire to cover the bridge head of Sierock ; the bridge itself, however, is not yet finished. On the 14th, at four is the morning, we passed the Narew, in three strips, with 5 battalions; 1 of Paysing, 1 of Duke Charles, 2 of Lowenstein, and I of the 13th regiment. General Wrede was at the heed of the troops, v:ith the Hereditary Prince. Theßussians, upon our approach, fled into the nsigh bowing wood, principally on account of cur artil lett.% our troops pursued the enemy for a league into the wood. Our objea in this expedition only was to throw over a bridge; to repair the bridge head ; to throw up a redoubt on the right, and make a strong 033aris, which objeae we accom plished. On the Isith, we were attacked on all sides, with the greatest fury, by a Russian corps of about 7,000 men ; but the dispositions of General Wrede were so well taken, that the battalions came in the best order to the adhutis, which was only half completed; and in this po sition maintained themselves firmly. The tro a.s vied with each other in giving proofs of their courage in presence of the Hereditary Prince, for which opportunities were not wanting, as the Rus sians made several attacks with the bayonet, at all points. bat they were repulsed by the firmness and well-direaed fire of our battalions. The brave Ge neral Wrede, and toe Hereditary Prince, were found _wherever the fire was hottest. In this action, which lasted four hems, we lot% in killed, one oscer, viz. Lieut. Henn•ngen, of the 13th regiment, and 27 ativates ; wounded, nine officers, and 160 privates. Maj rr Sidoui was taken prisoner, but not one private misting. The Russians must certainly have bad of 400 killed and wounded. Letters from Fast Prussia corvain the following anecdote :—The Emreror NAPOLEON passed one night with a Minister, alreft six miles from Prens siscb Eylau. He had bis quarters near the Minis ter's stndy. The residence .11 the Minister WAS in a very agreeable siruation. On his table lay en dl bow; on the departure of Navoi.ton he found it open, and the following sentence written in it— Aryle sklecesser 4 pens et de le tsaagrillett, leosespsi lentil, fee hi elsystame le tkeeire des homers dc la sneers! •• Delightful abode of peace and tran quillity, why must thou become the theatre of the horrors of war 1" On Thursday night, between ten and eleven o'clock, as a Gentleman was crossing Piccadilly, near the corner of Bond -street, a Gentleman's cha riot driving furiously along, knocked him down, and the carriage went over his boJy. He was taken to Mr. Gaarat's house, the fruiterer, near the spot, where he expired in about ten minutes. The coach man escaped, with very little obse, edition of the spedators that can lead to a discovery. AU that they observed was, that he had white livery, three lamps in front of the carriage, and two females in it, apparently servants. The Gentleman proves to be a Mr. Lo who possessed considerable property. q 4 14423 I. M , --- P fi --) . -- 41 1 ' . , L-for sco7rs AND SUPPER. Lady SCOTT gave a grand Ball and Supper, last night, at her elegant house in Leicester-square. The arrangements were in the highest style of elegance. The Grand Hall was brilliantly lighted by variega td lamps. Supper tables for 120 were laid out is the parlours, and aaother table, for sixty persons, in the front drawing-room. They were set net in the greatest splendour, and lighted by silver branches. and the most beautiful was vases, with w.tx lights, which had a most brilliant effe& being the fist of the kind invented to resist the heat of a candle. A superb triumphal arch, suppilted by fan-.y figures, was placed on the table ; various pasta y ornaments were judiciously placed at dis tances, and had an elegant effea. CUtio:ll wax vases, and the arrangement of the tattle. -Jere executed by Mr. Cooxe, of Suffolk-street. Three superb drawing.rooins, lighted by diamond-cut glass I , with wax-lights, and ee-ritelii branches, bearing lights, displayed the elegant paintings of Sir Josue* 11 ay mans, with which those superb apartments are adorned. The floor of two of the drawing•ronmi were chalked ; the one representing Zlere., and the other a Mosaic pavement. A of inusic was placed in one of the .anti- ' ehilembers. At twelve o'clock the ball was opened bjake lovely Miss SCOTT, and Viscount Ta ar A 1.• 0•It j Miss Score was elegantly dressed in apple blossom crape, with garlands of roses, and was joined in a cutdies by Count Masa A ISIS, the Chevalier BOUI9I.IINC, W• LS% Port ea, and Miss BOUGH TON ; after which followed the new dance, called, The Weed Doyle*. ; in which Lady SA NA H St INCA it and Lady CNA/LOTT E NELSON joined. At one o'clock the company sat down to a supper,consisting of soups, and every deicacy of the season; the choicest wines graced the festiveboard in abundance. there wersartipwariis of 500 persons present ; amongst whom were— Th,•ir boy llovnesv:s the Mkt.; of Cumberland and ; the n u rttesa o f ha wthutT,b,land who was vie rodly ot stow blue ; and the two Lades P rev; the lvl.t,loon , s-ea or Wambold and Toornshand ; Earls Pen, sad ; C.orri and COUIRCIs WOINHISUir; said several at the Fesre.go Nol.l,ty. At two o'clock the cran,sany returned to the Drawing -snout, and resumed dancing. GOTTEN U 841! M %IL. The gallant General Blucher has obtained the weirn.ind in chief of the Prussian army.— Ge er Leste-cq is apportted Governor of Konings. berg. and .41-lister at war. General Rachel is to 11110101111‘ in Pomerania. THE BRITISH PRESS. lAN DON, SATURDAY, Ant it 6. SURRENDER OF DANT7/C• A Mail trom Tonningen, and another from Got tenburgh, arrived yesterday. with letters and papers to the 30th ult. It appears that a force of I I .000 Russians had effaled a landing on the Neh rung, and attempted to cut their way to Dantzic, but had failed. The French then prepared, accord ing to the Berlin Paper, to make an assault upon the Hacklesberg, when the garrison sent out a flag of truce, with proposals to capitulate. The follow ing account, received by express, states, that it capi tulated on the 4 26th nit : PRIVATE ACCOUNT, BY EXPRESS HAMOURGH, M•Y 20, 12 O'CLOCK. " A !vice has this moment been received, by ap extrsordi nary Courier, that Dairtmc Capitulated on the 26th inst.iiit." It appears that the brave garrison was reduced to this extremity by the want of ammunition and pro visions. Its fall has been accompanied with a fresh proof of the cautious and prudent condo° of Gehe rAl BENIAIOS6N. BONAPARTE presumed that the Russians would risk a general battle to save. it, and laid his plans accordingly ; but he has been disappointed. No other atlions appear to have taken place, except those partial affairs between the 7th and 17th last, which we have already noticed. The Treasury Journals still continue to ring the changes upon the " Grand Expedition." Lord CATHCART is appointed first in command ; Sir DAVID 11 t■n, second, &c. Not one gun, liow. e►er, has been yet embarked, nor his one soldier mo►ed from his quarters; but the officers and men ha►e certainly recei►ed orders to hold themselves in readiness to march at a moment's notice ; a ►ery proper notice, whether an expedition be or be not in contemplation. The Perbe sloop arrived on Thursday, at Ports mouth, from Havre, has brought the report of au armistice having been concluded on the Continent, with conditions highly favourable to this country. The Royal Pembroke Regiment marched from Norman Cross Barracks, for Bribtol, on WrAlues4.ly, at an honr's notice. Extra& of a lever from Vieigapatam, dated fah Nov. 1$06 :—•• There is a dreadful prospect for the natives, this year, no rain having fallen in this dis t, ia, nor so far to the Northward a, my informa tion reaches. What paddy was planted is binned up, and the cattle are driven into th • fields to ea the wretched remains. The inhabitants have flnck..d to the banks of the Kiitnah, with their cattle, but the river is nearly dry I May Providence relieve us!' The Elenion for Yorkshire terminated yesterday, Unless Mr. Lascsiuts, finding himself hard pressed. challenged Lord Mit.sos. and killed him. in tiii Irish style, his Lordship's success may be considered certain. The intelligen::e we estraded on Wedneaday from the New-York Papers, relative to the destruc tion of the Dutch ships in Batavia Roads, by Sir Bow %RD Pttt.sw's squadron. is stated in a more particular manner, in the to:lowing extra& from a Baltimore Paper : B+ltimore,..April 25 " On the 27th November, a Briti►h squadrun of seven sail. under INl:ew, entered It.itavia roads, and co•nrnencrd a helsv Brenn the Dutch ship.ring. Fooling Meir grins could not reach the ve►sels, which bad hem perviously run ashore, tin v rowed in with their boats, set ire to, suvl coin pleb ly bur riel, eighteen sail t. one ship of 32 guns, noe ditto of 20, 011 , of Id, and a barque (Prus,tan merchantman ), were among the number. Tire tern iinder were merchant ve.sels, belongtng principally to in4l4indUAlt of It.tavia ...Tiler r “ola lietri author in the harbour until the t.l of O. tr m 4 r, hPli ti ey got iii.der wee, aria stood to the Ettaard Pita. parti• cola, destination was not known. When the last advert we away, it was r.pn, e t t at rhiAvri, that the •gnarlr o n were still on the coast of Java, about 3,0 tidies to the east. ward of Bessie " A deputation of the inhabitants of the Isle of France waited on General Dsc A t. r 4 , on the lota of August last, requesting that the name of Port Nortls West might be changed to Port Nqw , ienn; which General Dscssa granted ; we must, therefore, ex peel to Ilea► of it by that name. The negotiations for Peace with France, it is said, proem! rapidly. Our alliance with Russia is to be broken—for which purpose the Itiffit Hon. J. Yllt.ttll is to proceed with all possible expedition to Nlemel. VUETR r. When hem a starving land, emb■rked the Scnttish horde. Earl Selkirk Id the bawl, sewn the Rate a LrrrJ But when `gain.t fnends at logne, the Kiug dec!ar'd his Lae, Earl Selkirk hist deserted—ew.o.g the L"r4 a Rat. COUTLIT Stilt LIS SARUM DV PRISTIMS. L0N1.40 reviennesit les chaleun, Zerphir, de see aileslegeres, Ouvre le calico drs fleurs F.t le court de nos iserge:es. SJivallt In' liaux, suivent les tem,. L'IIIIIOUT ariange bier les cho.rs : salt clue partout au printems On dolt suit. des boutons de yew. Yesterday morning, the Itee•L FAMILY left town for Windsor. His Royal Highness the Duke of COMDERLAND entered into his Stith year yesterday. In the even ing, the houses of his uadesmen were illuminated. Among the Ladies most distinguished for their beauty and elegance of dress, at the Drawing-room, on Thursday, were— rho D.twagwr Dothan of Rutland ; the Countess of Tal bot; Lady &grab Saville ; Lady Se!iita Stewart; Viscountess Csolereaeh ; Lady Charlotte Scott; the two Mrs Ecettoos ; Lady and Miss Miklmay; Miss Allen. Ma. Cox. Miss Wake; Lsdy Trances Par; Mts. Crotailey ; Viseountas Dungan non • Lady Para • and Mn. Stewart. . . 'the 61loiring had the honour of being precented to Her MAJUTY, in addition to tho,e we stated yesterday M.% Ilunell, be the Dlehett of Northogeherlant Mantel H4lines,. upon his approntmmt or Governor anti Cornmanriet in Chief i.f by the E..n Morton. Fart and Countesi of } . ..rnham, upon coming to their tst;e. Lady Thompson, by her n.other. Lady Tsigge Mrs. Crutchley,bv the Duehe%s of Nonhusuberland. wa r , o•Nrien, by 1.34 Dunsaste. Holl.snd, of 11.. Royal Navy, by the Earl of Win. nhelsea„ c„i c , 6 l g;,eh on her mar i , ge, by Lily Brownluw. The Grand Masquerade, at Argyle-street Rooms, last night, WAS most numerously attended. We shall give the account on Monday. Mrs. FITZIIER MAT% party. on 'Thursday night, was attended by upwards of seven hundred pet suns of rank and fashion. Lady E. ALMUIDEII, and her sister, Lady BL ASSY, left tcmn on Thursday, for Ireland. Viscount DuLau and WAIII) will leave town, next Thursday, for Worthing, to take a house for the season, for the reception of the Viscountess and family. A new favouiite Cesteda, intitled Wawa, is in Treat repute in Paris.—Wesatie, we thought, were a riddle. A loud laugh was produced among the Nobility, on returning from St. lames on Thursday, in consequence of the Constables calling out, through mistake, " Rul..p C AST ILI B A GM'S carnage." The poor fellows have beard so much of late about religion, they fancy all the Ministers are Heidi of the Church. The Hon Mrs. Vit.t.mas gave a grand masque. rade last night. at her elegant house in North And ley-street; the magnificence of this lady's house is beyond conception ; the lower apartments were a complete promenade; the garden was brilliantly lighted by variegated lamps. which had a must beautiful and striking egret ; the grand suite of drawing rooms were filled up with the great est splendour ; the most beautiful Chinese paint. ings decorated one of these apartments, which were lighted by splendid lamps of an entire new pattern. The Company did not begin to assemble till twelve o'clock, and consisted of the best charm/ten we ever witnessed. We regret that the lateness of the hour will not permit is to do justice to this elegant and entertaining a.tert.bly ; amongst . whom were the principal Nobility "a!, - INSTRUCTIONS PM Mg. FREIT. Mr. terere 'rill immediately repair tw the he e d. quarters of the King of Prosaim, it being of the greatest importance to remove Lnrd Hutchinson, b .fore any battle takes place, as accounts prrjude.. 64 to the view. of His Msj)es•y's Ministers might be transmitted by his L.rds`iip. Mr. F. witt form the Emperor Alexander, who it is said is par. ti.ll to Lord Hutchinson, that his Lordship is a r rt ignorant person. and no soldier ; but that be is a Foxite and a Papist._ Should a battle take place, Mr. P. will, Upon the first gun being fired, send nt a Courier, with full accounts of the vietory which will have been gained by our Allies, before the courisr can have snicked his first pipe. Mr. F. is regnested to hold no equivocal con versations that may lead to a suspicion of his km ing itistruitions to procure the assassination i.f 80. naparre. N.H. Mr. C---g means no rell• iftinnj,n Mr. Frere's conversation wish the Prince of Peace. Mr. F. will carry out a copy of Jos Mill e ,, i, t . terleaved, in which ha will fill up the blanks, for tl‘. , use of the Foreign Of fi ce.. Mr. F. will not Tomei wi:h Baron Ekberg, till be receives insr►aaions fir that purpose. RorAL BREW-HOZISA DINNER. Yesterday, Alderman Cowes gave his annuli dinner of beef-steaks to several ot• the Roy as I.* aurcv , at his Brew-house in Castle -street. Lev- Acre, commonly termed GO* .rd's Brew-house. The Prince of WALES, the Duke and Duchess of YORK, And the Duke of CAMIRIDOI. were in:. vited. In the course of the morning, the B re w. house and the yard were deaned At five o'cluek the gates of the Brew house were shut. Aborts half past six o'clock, the Duke and Duchs-ss ,•C Yoax. arid the Duke of CA SI RRIDtlf, arrived.-- The A —LDERAI AN, Mrs. Comae, Mr. Costar, aril the Misses Cost es, were in readiness to receive them. They were emaciated up stairs to the stage of the Brew-house, in;o a corner on the right .iir, whers a table was laid for their reception, print. pally composed of the materials that the Brew-huust aff wds. the table•ckth was only a hop-sack nailed us the table; and it was laid for dinner with wooden trenchers, wooden bowls for the sallads, wooden salt•sellers, with bone spoons and Tunbridge ware pepper.castors. The only ariLles of a superior kind. were good bore-handle knives, and silver three-pronged forks. The ROT AL Pa it t r were joined by the Earl of LAUDIRPALI. Lend Es. seine, Mr. SIILEMAK, Mr. S . and several others. The company, after viewing the Brew. house, took their seats upon wooden chairs. To prevent the Roy Al. PART '' finding any inconveni ence from wind, or the heat of the copper ire. which was about tea yards from the table, they were inclosed by a temporary screen. made of hop sacks ; this shut oat the light. but three pateat lamps were provided. When the company took their seats. the Rot at PARTY appeared very much to enj.sy the novel scene I Mr.SiiIIRIDAIG% wit, of Louise, was nut wanting. /0 enliven the scene. Five capital rumps of beef were provided. and a butcher attended to cut the prune steaks ; he handed them to the Stoker of the Brew. house, who is always cook upon them occasions, on a wooden malt-shovel, who placed them upon an iron plate, and turned them with en iron instru ment made in the shape of a horse shoe. When his Stole-rship thought the steaks stifficiently dose, in the Brew-house style, he put them into a Dew malt. shovel, covered with a tin cover, male very hot ; it was taken to the table by a brewer, with a clean white airon on, and placed upon the table. The worthy Alderman and his on helped their distill guished guests with the prime pieces. The beverage at the dinner was the porter or the Brew-house- About a quarter before eight o'clock. the coin. pany left the Brew-house, highly gratified with their beef-steaks, on which the Duchess of youtz was lavish in her praise, for the Alderman's house, in Great Russell -street, Bloomsbury, where a sump•uous second and third course were provided, consisting of every delica:y the season can pro duce. Mrs. Comas role in the carriage with the I Royal Dukes and Duchess. The Lady Ba,lvo, Capt. Maccasatst., which sailed from Portsmouth the 7th of Jane, arrived at Bombay the 4th of December last. On Saturday morning last. Earl Petrov arrived in Newcastle. from Aluwick. when be gave an els. ;ant breakfast to a number of gentlemen. at the Turk's.head inn. After breakfast, his Lordship proceeded to North Shields. in consequence of an invitation from the Freeholders of that town. When he arrived at Chirton. a great concourse of people. who hal there awaiud his approach, took the horses horn the carriage, and drew him to the all of W. Le MK I L 1., Esq. whence a groat number of gentlemen Freeholders accompanied his Lordship to the Mar ket-place. where be laid the foundation stone of Mrs. Caaa's New Inn, amid the firing of cannon, and the repeated feaszat of hundreds of spectators. Toence he went to the Lowdights, where he view" the life-boat, and afterwards set out to Seaton De. laval. On his return. he was again met by the r -• pulace, wl o, preceded by the volunteers, drew ' to the George Tavern, where he sat down to with about nne hundred and fifty reerw" ia l .) :. , holders. Flr. Lordship also order: 4 seerM„ for the Ptacv tenantry, ak , C ase , . ; was he forgetful of the for twenty .t. ;;; barrels of good a le • Oributed upon the N.se Quay, which wan a ll swa ll owed in t h e space o f an hour and twe'.'ee minutes. The sc ene th e n became truly corn l / 2 men , ; t.T, ' • women. and c hildren, unable to stand, lying en th e arousa l, i n d:ffetknt postures, crying * 4 Pallor for ever I" One of those elevated beingi endeavoured to make an oration, but a com panion pukolg him by the now, embarrassed 0..? speak7r, and caused the scene to end with a row ral fight. We have not, hawser r, heard of any 111 4- teriar accident. Tuesday. Mr. Masao as, apothecary, of Ritsseal swat. Bath, on endeavouring to pass a Cart at the tapper •rd of Stall -street. drove has gig upon a !trap ot tu'.;s•sh,by which he, and a youth who was with him, owe thrown out with gnat violence. Mr- Mum 4 ra's arm was fratiured, and the lad's kg Wits broken in a shocking mlnna &bey airs both. how ,2114 /SA-War • Jur Ars It