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Duke of Berg, has signalized itself in various ' actions. At Lopaczim, a regiment of Itulsian hussars occupied the bridge of the konna. The Grand Duke rf Berg direaed the yagers of the guard to attack it, and they soon precipitated the enemy into the river. Part of a Russian column was crossing the same river at some distance. The Grand Duke of Berg dispatched the yagers of the guard in pursuit of them ; they threw them into confusion, and took from them several pieces of cannon. These, and many other operations, taok place in the mast dreadful weather, and on roads, covet ed, to tl.e depth of four feet, with mud, in the worst season of the year, when nigia comes on at four in t!.e afternoon, and it is not day till eight in the ring;l and, moreover, in a country interspersed iih wood, and which aff , rded the enemy every pcs..if,le means of safety. To all dies? bit ,etas of !Li:are, which combated for him, lie is solely in- Ocbted for the opportunity of effe9ing a retreat; ani this was executed in the greatest coofasion, and with the loss of his baggage, his waggons, and ►is artillery. JAW. 10. We daily expect the arrival here of the Emperor of the French, who, according to some accounts, proposes to pass the winter in this city ; and, ac carding to others, will only stay a few days, And thn proceed to Dresden. When the Emperor Napoleon *rived at IV.rs4w, he was acconspaniel °illy by two orderly men O. cLmandii.g Admittance at the gate, it was refused by the ccntincl, who alleged that he hal received orders to that er.a. Do ycn not know m, ?" asked the Emperor. " No," replied the soldier. a . l am the Emperor.' If that is tar case," said t h e man, 4..yroa ate at liberty to pass."—Napeon his since frequently amused himself with tins cir cumstance. put TUSK, nix. 31. The Russian army has been defeated in several battles near G trnown, NasiLlt, Kusramb s G ilymin, and Poltusk, with the loss of 8 ) pieces of cannon, 1200 baggage waggons. and 1:,002 men, killed, wnundeJ, and taken prisoners. The French ate in Ostroleitics, N.idenburg, Willenberg. An 111 ASKS OF 'INC MAINZ, FAN. JO. Acc• - .r.!ing to the latest acccunts from Vienna, .Autt:ia intends to shut her ports on the Adriatic against the English, an.' leave Augrian Poland to the disp-tsal of the Emperor Napolvon.—(Corre spondrnien, Jan. 17 CONSTANTINO/Mgr NOT.'. The ecpected English fie, und• r the command of Admiral hnnis, consisting of scorn ships of war, arrived in the 1) udanelles about the en.: of No vember, and the Admiral himself entered our port o❑ the 30th of Novembi r, on board the C. pus. He was rec 'iced by the Ottoman Ministers wit', me utmost distinction. A frigate and a brig like wise lying her e. AIsERIC.4. Haw voila, DEC 28 Extract of a Letter horn the 1-14valina i dated the 27th of Novemltcr, 18(;:t, says— ". By a cruel a •r 1 here ye•terday from Cartliagena, ots• cial letters have cants to our Gnverivir, info, mine, that the city of Buena. Ay:es hid been taken from the British by Dori Santrago Linters, a Captain of a Spanish man of war, who went from Montevideo, with 2300 troripl,attlekeit the British, killed ZOO, and took 1601 prisoners, with General lteresforil, who command... 4 the experldeni. This small army (the Bra i iah) had gone thr,ct is So 'llO5 A. res, where thry were nut repared for such an hivasion. The Viceroy Red into the country, and the Ntuitieipaiity and the Bithop were Wised to capitulate under the idea of a strong.:l army coining to take tby assault. The British never went to Montevideo, where the S;ernia7d, have three or (our regimenu at their call, besides the Militia." ••• We in.ert, titiA day, at the desire of Attlertoie, all the Priseee In the Third Reptt of the Commis,ionrt. of Miii ta• in favour of hfc Has:sow; and also the stric tu”.s. Avr TIOLS upnit some late uhse,vatinns in this Nies u n tt•at Rtpntt —We hope that we may be alluaed tu bay a : . in reply to-morrow. t i . tiE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, MONDAY, 1 -ASUART 26. DEFEAT OF THE FRENCH. Five Gottettburgh Mails, and three Husum Mails a-rived, on Saturday, with letters and papers In the 11th instant. And, yesterday, we received French and Dutch Papers to the 21st. They give the 45th, 46th, 47th, and 4Sth Bulletins of the C \lnd Atray, containing all the details of the vari otianinns which took place from the 25d to the 2ilth of December, inclusive. The battle of the 2fith was 1:113ht at Fultaisk, and is said to 'save been maintained with extraordinary oli.tinacy on both .ides. The Fren:h were commanded by BONA• tARTL ii person; the a assimis by General KAMI. INMON with Generals fterNINriSZN and Box riallYPlN unties . Linn. The loss of the Russians is stated at 1?,010, in killed, wounded and prisoners. besides 80 pines of cannon. The French admit their own loss to have been 800 killed, and 2000 wound ed, including in the latter several Generals. Atter this battle, the Russians fell back to o,trolenta, about 50 mile, north-east of Warsaw. where the battle of the 26th was fought, is about midway between these two• plans. The 48th Bul letin is dec.( Warsaw, the 3d of January, and announces the return of lio..eaa re on the 2d; and that the French troois hai go•.e into c•uton ments. U,on the suhj how vrr. of any military operarions that may ti.ve t%lsen place b tween the 26th of Dacemher, and 3J of January. the Bulletin observes a prof•und silence madness of th• roads, and the •ev,ri • y ..f the weather, are the noir re.sons d far t us mating an end to the can palf;rl ; and a variety ..f irrelevant matter is in troduced to divert the cue tin from the on-liffi rittnry or this C 411•0 Citis C•' du "a ot lIJN•r•.T may well Just.fy suspicion. lint iv,iurinte to PI s lir• tune, and they derive some strimgth from an nu:. ale, dated Berlin s the 10 .t, wnt. h s ates, that cc riding to some ripor , s, he was daily espeael there u. pass the winter ; but, aec.nding to others, that he would only 4.4 y a tow days thin., on his way the..len. Here the. we might test with satis i Ohm, and indolto a contilint hope, that the Crdich army had sostai• ed a great reverse in the 'alto sal belie. n the 26 . !% 01 Deeenthes anti 31 of I•nu•rit ; hut. f.nun gels. nt.• aeb noi. left to mile. titre upon tie suhj-.Et 0.. Sa•tir4 ty at. rinnn the following was -eta ki l ns the F. , reizn Office to several p r.nns • f diainA,on, including um Loan CM •NC • LIAM, IPY WllOlll I wastaditoin the Bench to tl e Cu.o' : ~ Lr. It IM3 " bits:licence. a the tint a which theis re not the Iraq doubt, has he.n r r.iSref , that se art•wil *lr feu. ht betty:ten the Rin•••eis awl Firm . ", OW the 47416 of IN.re ..0.4 WI, wit eh coati tad thr bite dips, and .41 Wi 1.64 .4 wii.ch the drench retreattel, wt•t the• I. of 40,120 ►:aur, anJ 10 piece. eadwon. The se woof 5,4,04, sr. at lr•terneake, 69 or 7' miles from Vt iall4W The en nie made their .eS,..at to within eight Mite/ of that place, sod were site "wrenching them. ...Aar: at Marti nbu•gh ^ This intel.igence it, we understand, the soh. • stance of late s r. trig. d by Viscount How, tt tt.rn Lard I fel cute ON, -nd tulip accounts for the re. treat of 13.-is APlkaTt ‘VAr..sw, and '.l ingl rious abaratranent of 't is army. By Ost.rneske, t' e scene of battle me •ti nted in the ante, is meant Ostrolenka. to which the Russial. s retreated on the 2tith, and the great via•.ry obtained by them at that place, is evidently that alluded to in the private :et:er from Ton tiara, of the 17th instant, which wee* the loss of the F, end' at ;J0,30 men. MA tienl urgli. where the French are raid to he entrem b. •ng them elves, is upon +h• Vistula ; and thus the laurels which &sae ars hasgathered in Italy and Germany, appear doomed to wither in the mo rasses of Poland. Plicate accounts and, that his h. alth Las bees so much impaired by the fatigue and . axtetv to which he has of late been . :posed, as to impress his medical attendants with the most se dout apprehensions for his safe. y; and that he has t t some time laboured under a dropsical cum. R'LCAPrURI OF BUENOS AYRES. Tie intellgence received by the Ilusum Mails and American Pap- vs, received on Saturday, le.t little doubt on th- subj ct or the re-capture of Bue nos Ayres. That little, we are concerned to state. no longer esiitte. T a ll'aillasten transport. Cap tain Hatets, arrived on Saturday r Portsmouth. from that place. having on boa'd Capt. E 0 f; psi of 1 - iis hiaarsTv's ship brtakth, ctlarged with div. patches from Sir hose Poruass for Government. Capt. EDMON DS immediately set off for Lo..cion. and arrived at the Admiralty at eleven o'clock on S iturday night. As soon as the dispatches were read, the following Bulletin was prepared. and sent to the LORD Manna : " MY LOU?, " Admiralty Offica, Jan. 21, Ours DTI wk, cm. " 1 have the honour to inform your Lnti gyp, that Dire patches are received from Sir !tome Popham, dated fume Rto da la Plea, the s)th of Ottuber, by which it apeeirt, tbat the town of 13U(11 , 11 Ayres had been re captured oil 'he 12th of August.—lt further appear, that, on the arrival of the rein forcements from the Cape, fits Majesty'. troops had taken it. te. Itliioll of the town awl battens. of Maiiinnado. "1 have the hoi our to be, dre. "THOMAS C.:RENVILLE' "To the Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor." (A true copy) (Sign. d) %VM LFIGH TONI." The enemy's accrunt of this affair will be found in our extracts fri m the American and German Papers. It appeals, we understand, horn Sir Hotta Porn,. Nt's dilpatchts, that the Spaniards, as :onn as they recovered from their surprise, became ashamed that the place should have been captured by so small a force, and began to muster all th.ir streygth to tetake it. General Hie issonu, on the other hand, made every preparation Ilia the small aumber of his troops, and the feeble state of the tottiiications of the place would admit, to deteml it. nut no . . potsilsle effort of courage and judgment withstand the great eta )erinrity of the enemy's numbers. The British intee,however did not sue. render, until the place was on the point of being stormed ; and the garrison had 62 kilt d, and a great many writateled. Central Mill ES/OLD, and the remainder of lis force, amnumitt to 1,300 men, (46c-rt. and privates, having surrendered prisoners of s at, were immediately marched u, the country ; and Buenos Ayres was °cm:led by a strong free of the Apsaiarls. the reintorcements sent from the Cape, the arrsval of which, after the surrender of (he place, is 40nm:a :e..1 is t..e BA!. tin to the Loan 1 . 4•T0a, amounted to 2.500 men The t iwn and hatteries of Nlaldotta do, of vet.ch they have taken possession, are situate a ti tle •to north of C 'lse St Ma ria, to the tile of Moste Video, apron the tr‘t th snie of the Rio it. la Plata, and at the. m , utb of that river. nis Ayres is upsti the ot;pisite thin ; but crent boa-. are entera.ned by '44 Hoer P •eit • that we shah he age to re- t a ke h , F h If a/bade* transpOrt did not sail from the kio to la Platt it .til tne sth tf N •vemher. at w-ich date iii Hosts: Poen•se , qua !Ton wascruiss ing isif he nou h ill the rtv r,ro warn all kitties vet. eels from ant 'ring it. The Waller transport, Capt. H•ouitrus, has been lost at Buenos Ayres, but the crew was saved. We should he glad to know what caa now he said in defence or justification of all that clamour that has t. e t ra,std against G •vern• insist, fir not hail t. seat nut reisf trceinents to !iatrins Ayres sooner The sea) of those rumblers evidently appears ti h ive nut-run 'bete discretios. fhe tint intimation which Ministers received of the sailing of the exped :i in trim the Cape, was en the 24th of Jnne; a; stared by NI! WIIID • MAY, in the H use of Ct.mmans on Weditesdar I,', note. the reinforcenscn s had travelled in bal. lonris.they c old not have reached Betties Ayres on t'ie kith of Auost. Pale K•rek,sso frigate, a fist-seeing vessel, performed the • .y.tge iii eight weeks; and the -Irsihnettirs transport, recently A • wis nearly Circe to oaths o i her .• Ay so Eng land. the voyage out, is, we believe, still mire ;tit le, and a &et, 16etser g ing sr nming, must co some more time than a single vessel. WP have r, ;clod New York Papers to the 2:.'.11 74y. from we have ex rafted an a..count of t' ere ciptnre of Buenos Ayres. They Also nowiee,lll4t the bill for suspeuding the operation of the N Importation Aft. received the saneion of are P•esi.ient on t e 23J. and that the Secretary tr die Tea ury ticiuJ, that all go'irds, whose entry but been su , rsended, might be entered, Sta. Yesterday, T-iis MAJESTY And the PstscEssrs att:nded Divine Sri vice, At St Genres Chapel. and iseAro A sermon by Dr. Id m.o. Al Her MAOIST Y and P.ineess EsszAssT t ha' Div•ne rviee performed in the Pal •ce. Yester.isy. the Duke of C.Assessnne Arrived at WindA.r. Madame CATAteomi re-appeared on SatarJAy night, with great tAt the Ope: A. Hou.e. The frahnnt, a beau !ul new ship. of 71 rms, mymis laionched, on S.iturd4r, at t j Eltilei 1../Jtk, Bl .ckwall. leteilleMe was received, nn Sa•tir lay. at the Admiralty. that two Dutch Indian:en and a lltre , trip's/ have been captuiid on thnir retu•n from Batavia.—They are richly laden.— Che particulars of 'ibis important acquisition have not transpired lotelhgince leas received, on Saturday, from India, Ise America —'lllle.e is reason to apprehend, that the Nor:44loe lad lodiaman bat been cap' used by some nl the costa •rs from the Mauritius. Sh, left Prince of Wales's Ishuld with t'-e Au;.hrare . for Bengal, and had not arrived a fortnight atter the latter ship. On %le,lnesday. Gear Wasax. Esq was eleCted and sworn in Recorder of the Borough of New Wind or, in the room t'.e Right Ho .I.mrs Gc.,eas V otitis. resigned ; when he gave a very etc: •nt and sunip:u or. dinner to the f 11.1.4„ 11.1:1 ff. and Burgeises, of the Corporation, at t. e Castl.- I in, on the mcasion. Th countess of J.asev bat established a Free Scoool, at her own eapth.e.„ 'ie.r ter seat at Al.sl dleton, in 0/ - ortishire, for twenty-four gir:s and boys ; twe.ve of VII.ITS are likewise clothed at her Ladyship's expence. On Friday a Bard of Trade was held at the office in the rreasury, which w. .s attended by Lord AUCIC Latin. Earl Tautos, Sir JUNN Nrwroer, and Mr. VAISSITTAIT. A number of Mot 14.1t11 attended, and obtained licenses to tgadc to d.ff .reot ports down A nra Baas aast q is return -d to serve in Parliament for t e Wu- ugh of b.etct , .. ingly, in the room of Jost as WV% r4)ISCH ea Esq who. siace his electim, has acce ; ited .h Od a of St-ward or Baibir of His \4 AIIITY'S UhreeChil , errs llunt.iresis. , l !wink.% .borough. and II , nersbeat, in the county of Buckingham. The report which prevailed en Friday in the city, of Austria bav:ng cl.:clated war against France, ap pears to have been .t all events premature, no suet , intelligence having been receive.' by Ministers. Saturday, in the Court of Eir.g's &Mb, Car TOWS'S. of the Guards, was sentenc-d to am..e months imprisonment (two of which have esesed) for a Ii 'el on • MagistrAt• of Ipswich. The terror of road dogs has extended to WiAs.. , I.Trexidgc, and all the towns within 30 miles 1.0 .don. The people Are afraid to send their ch cle:n to scho.ll, and every dog found at large is ordered lobe pat to death. TO THE EDITOR OPTIIE BRITISI ':iFSS. St v--sNethihg aispears to me more ittpeWieni;'l., than those abuses of the Itbeiry of the .11 ;rave appeared in many of the recent p htieal atu li• cations, containin4 the inset illineral an f indiveroirsj. nate &racks anon all coaraifiters, however mope:dab:is. I )!ave been lei a chi< remark, from having read, t tie morning, on my return to town, a stdtenseht. is your Paper of yesterday, of what i. there *4l. al, •` Charges against Mt Alexander D.tvi , o.), by tie Allitary CorTIIII , 6SI nets."—la the first pl .ce, I must do you the jus:i e to b-Sieve, that you are nut the author of that Latemenr ; aid forther, that lied you read the Report of the Conuniiisiooers, would not beve permitted your truly respcsiabk Paper to have hevi the vericle of such a ptadttlion. ['he Auth , w, whoever he Li, atter prnfessiog hi< in tenti-a tolay an ahsteaft of ;he Report before y.nu readers, thinks fit to state, that upon Mr. Da.. i<ot.'s delinquency (as he Wars upon himself to can ii) he sliml make ro observations. in the present rice rat thestiosi-el!. HOW tar he has conformal to tlass declaration, 1 leav , - ttvlse to juke eon hove r: ad his star-meat. I would, howevtr, hove expelled :min the catuistr which be wishes use public to believe he possesses. that he would Lad , itlf ere your readers, it not a fell •ooract of t his mates Tied peswiges both tile and ag.inst Ma. DAViittn, at /east a coired one as far at it wei.t, a..J that he would not have dated to misrepresent Of 111:11latO trigs. By such a candid and lair statement. every rms. would h .ve been at liberty to form .is own opi nion. aid you, Sir, would wit have keen ttoutied with this address. But the case is very did'. rent : t.te writer has no: contented himself with me•ely .tatisig done tali contained in the Repot; which, , n his i•pinion. tend to throw a shade over Mr. Da vison's character, but lie h as presumed to garble the matte , contained in the R-part, with a view to in lure the public to eel!esie, that it is the opinion rf the two first Law Clsaraders in the Country, the frfh, D A virpn has been guilty of a fraud. _ Surely, Sir, had you read the statement, ynu would, before you had given circulation to :itch di. ea and unequivocal Language, have required sonic proof of its a.euracy ; at not out of juitica. to the Gentleman in qoeteioni, at least front reg.ird w y. asr charafter as an Editor ; but from my knowle;,„a y u I most freely Acq.air you of any WC. our watitonly .0 .ound the le c iing,..f any mats; and I can only lam-•u, As 1 aen sure you will, that y have beeo made the i.otromen , of conveying to :1:o . pu iiic so foul cad so unfounded a chair ajainat an individ.l4l. The auvior of this statement says, in substances, Chat the Attorney and S era! have g ran their opinion, that, under All the ci: - cumatances of eas . Mr. Pavilion has been guilty of a fraud. Now, Sir, ao.r a perusal of Vie Report, wish in in. conside able degree ol aiten'i in. I couture to thsert, that the Attoroey and S•iiteitor General have ion, as Otis writer state., given any such opinicn rite words of their opinuoi as taken from t`a Reioort, are, We unk1er..45.1 an alinwanee of jag; are to. he general in the coat tea te. on .I we ars of ci,o• ion that such en allowance oug t t o h.i.v.t b. CI. ma-• dr. Wylie.. Br toe semi. of his 'le rer„ t , e I. to be paid by thew' nbar a: bus•iels ad tally th:tv • 1; but he is to be paid at such rase a is the nowt act price, and without se *flaw on,e of the ierraiin iLae Joe% n it anisar to be any 'nazi:3 pr ee." In the Appendix to their Kspo;t,itie Commis:ion. ens have set forth a copy o: tote caw, with the opi. Mon, by which it appears, that those Learned Gen. deletes have :idled to their opinion. as already quoted, as follows :—" It stems to be suggei.ed us ti.ii case, that a fraud !;as b e n comm trot, l, s a greater quantity of coal', lag c as tinkled• ed and del were] oat or ;iciilAr rr ps, teian ts oor cified at the respettive istr.nces; but no quesima is put to us upon it." Is there any thing to be calle3ed from this Rion. tsar the Attorney and .iolic•t irsGene. thought Mr. D had been guilty .if a traud ? l'ne utmost that can be :aid is, that They coaceived the perattn wh t prepared the case might have ma tended to suggest a qui:Lion of user nAtu.e ; but they give no opinion upnr. it. Uponthe question, theret.ttc betw-t n Dav;ees and the public, no-hing car. wit: pr , priety be uow said, ett .pr that whatever i. the law tpon the cm trad, the parties mast, it tt.e que.tion nses to et issue, abide by the di•ciiiieis of a proper tribe..... Upon this part id the writer's stAternetit, I all ti.tuble yrit no more. oaring, as I conceive. clearly m ode out, that his asser.ion. mat the Attortiey and , r-General had an opinion that Mr. I).visen had been guilty it a fraud, it wholly un. WAtrAnted. I now come to the second ohjed;on which I bays to the statement, via Thu this we. ar. who possesses so mum' candour, has Wheat the utmost pan.s to draw together all the passages w is s, its his oaf. nom. tend t throw • al , tr.t uohn fr. boriso.4 c.m tuft, and has as carefully a his trim tog any one of the r wise • is c_reumstances which the Commissioners th ught it due to M . • cl.aratter to nate, in explanation of e • e t, 0 a a Wtich come un.ler their conaidervrion t yro L tt without such eplanatici.s. hay appeArei to ad - ea kir. Davison Under ti e impress , aa. .At every man will hive pleasure to cni.tr-s Ciese passage's with the statement upon WI tt h 1 h vs 'Ave commeeti4, I shall, es concisely' as I can s state tkern her : hilracts few the Rud 4 , of di; Page aho was Cr. wicket employ ed by the harractiOrfice. speaks of some Otstances of beddi 'g sent to him, on which an abcenteat in onoe was ma-le by tea lesmen. cci ;sequenc , of his t..preseit anion of the interiority of trait quaky ; Lid Mr. Melton acknowledges mat the pretsure of the ' usioess mode it sometimes necessary to accept nip of a quality rasher interior to those grit rally in use t 'tut says, th .t he give credit in his r evs.e with the &track Office. for all aba' ems is mad , on he tradesmen's la , ll. lieu vtd nee b t ren, does not. however. justify an inf Arne., that such a n Int,. riniity was COMM•iii, or that. in this reaped. •he public he , any cause for total:int." Pai t e -.4ornetimea, art em. rgency, Mr. Davis in turnit'.ed the b irract itucte 10 a very considerat4 ant ftcrn his own v•ives, for which M charged as a wholesale dialer, " and on which be • ekes no commissio.." Page 15.---We have ac reason Ne believing, that ~~ ~~ %. 1 . !II i .: jr •1 4 I