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;Pr formation. The latest accounts left him, on the 10th, at the ancient Abbey of Moelk, within 40 miles of that city. Some think that he would not ventwe further, lest the Russians, who had withdrawn to Krems, beyond the Danube, should fall upon his flank or his rear. We are not of that opinion. BONAPARTE would run a great risk for the glory of entering the capital of Austria as a c , nqueror ; the consumma tion of that threat, which he uttered at the com mencement of the campaign, in the confidence of his strength, and the plenitude of his vanity. But in marching from Moelk to Vienna, he does not appear to have had any risk to run. He then felt himself strong enough to detach a great part of Ilk force to the south, to cut off the retreat of the Archduke CHAR LEs from Italy, and place him be tween two fires. The report of the death of that gallant Prince, as given in the French papers, would deserve little notice, were it not for the deli eacy of his constitution, and the hardships to which it riras exposed. The fifth Bulletin of the Army of Italy, dated the sth of November, states, that the French had pursued the Austrians to Vicenza, nn the Brenta; that they had entered Padua on that day, and were to occupy Bassano •n the 6:h. —Contributions had been levied both on Verona and Padua-400,000 livree on the former, and 1,000,000 on the latter. Venice had been evacuat ed by the Austrians, but it was supposed that it had bAn occupied by the Russians. A gentleman, who arrived in town on Wednes \lay, from Vienna, states, that in his journey, he passed through the French army before Ulm. He says, that place was lost in consequence of Mace.'s negleet to occupy a height, which completely cum- L.arided it, and from which it might be entirely alistroyed by the French in a very short time. The common people were so much exasperated against that General, that his escort was double . on his jau.ney to Vienns, where he was considered a trai t, r. The Austrians were full of loyalty and patriot iirn. It was a common phrase with them, that even though Vienna were to be taken, they should still have sanguine hopes. They relied much upon the assistance of Prussia. The French suffered great loss in their pursuit of Prince FERDINAND. It is supposed, that if Micc bad adopted the same reso lution, the result might have proved fatal to the enemy. Our informant did not hear of Lord Nes sou's ♦ictory until lie landed on Tuesday last. A heavy firing was heard on Thursday at Dover. It was supposed to have taken place at Bnulogne, in celebration of the recent success of the French army in Germany. Preparations appear to be making at Dover, for a second expedition againAlSoulngoe. The Russian squadron sailed on Thursday from Portsmouth, for Corfou. The I{Lngo. German heavy and light cavalry sailed on I hursday for the Weser (torn the Downs. "I be Eu.yahst has arrived at Portsmouth, and the ViNn.y is reported to have been seen off the back of du Isle of Wight on Wednesday evening. Two of the At: convoy, captured by the enemy, and retaken by the Leis have reached Ports- mouth. It is understood, that Earl Newts will not assume the government of Ireland, till about the middle of January. The decision of the Conrt Martial upon Sir Jour, FAstta's conduft, will not be known till Sir C. Mono Arr, the Judge Advocate-General, has laid the proceedings before His MAJESTY. His Royal Highness the Duke of You; held a Military Levee yesterday afternoon, at his Office in the Horse Guards. Their Royal Highnesses the 1 hikes of CLA a erects and KENT, Mr. PITT, and se. vetal General Officers were present. The Right lion. the Lotto MAYOR had a long interview yesterday with Viscount CASTLEREAGU s at his Lordship's Office, in Downing-street. The Loses of the Aosta' ALT Y have appointed Capt. Swami. LAND. of Plymouth, to be Flag Capt. in the Guar, 84, Rear Admiral Sir a. STRACHAH. The Fradryyant, of 84, Keet, 74, and Pene/o,ee, arrived at Plymouth, on Wednesday, from the fleet off Brest, which they left all well. It is now said, that Lord CATHCART does not go to Petershurgh, as was lately intended, but is to have the chief command of the British troops des tined to aft upon the Continent. It is added, that Lord HAKRINOTON goes Ambassador to Peters burgh ; hut we do not pledge ourselves fur the accu racy of this statement. A letter from Deal says—The rumour respeeting the Biter gun-brig being blown up by a discharge of rockets going off, and falling into her, was quite unfounded. The Bile, was not upon the station during the late affair off Boulogne ; and there was no eft:dent/a discharge of rockets whatever. The Liee4, BALLY, and the Liberty, Muit.sa, from Yarmouth to Liverpool, reported to be taken, are safe at Milford. The 2d Battalion of the I' . .ith Highland Regiment were landed at GI aveesod, from Dunbar, on Wed ;wag:lay morning. aad the right wing passed urrough Chashim, the same day, on their way to Sitting llortrie, 110 Mt halted at Canterbury; they are to 4.,rm part of die second expedition, assembling in the Downs. '~ . ~ ~. ..11 • • • ,t 4111 , MO. # ,••••••- . _ C / / FASHIONS FOR Dt.CEIWIER. The Trafalgar turban is much worn, arid is extremely ale gent ; the crown of royal purole, a ith a Turkish roll of mis— hit, caught up in front, with the word frefeger beautifully embioiderrd on purple velvet ; it encir.les an ottr,cli feather, or a sprig of laurel ; white satin and velvet turtians of every description, trimmed with swan.dowil ; min) dress hats are also worn in satin and velvet, with ostrich feathers; halt dress patent lace caps, in the veil style, with wrestha of small Sowers; there is nu material change in drshes ; they are worn of white satin, lusters, imperils, laws, uorkol and plain outline, capes oppiilite, with white or coloured velvets. The Usuroing dresses are made only walking learn, with high col t tar, long sleeves, and bordered down the front and dr• b•otoria ; they sit very tight over the bosom, and button behind. Velvet hats and bonnets, with lung dro iting feathers, to match the Trafalgar mantles, of pearl colour, French grey, bottle green, mulberry, Carnaelite, and raysl purple { the embossed border bsgins to give place to the Chin Chelly and blue furs, whii . h hare a very elegant appearance in the pd. colours ; fawn colour Georgia duals, trimmed with lea:rella hear awl buanka, I quite as elegant as velvet, with muffs and tippe•s to match. The Angola shawls are also much worn. The mantles are certainly the mist novel; though pelisses, with broad lace at the bottom, are equally fashionable; the prevailing c.ilour, it royal purple, in honour of the navy ; orange, fawn, pearl co lour, mulberry, French grey, and Carmelite. Shur; of different colours are universally worn. White satin pelisses and mantles, I t trimmed with rich mesnadowo, are most fashionable and elegant for bides. Yesterday morning, His Martsr v. Princesses AnCIUSTA, Soon la, and A.MELIa, attend , -cl by Ge nerals Mant.s.as and Firzeov„ and Col TA vLoe, rode on horseback, in Windsor Great Park. The Hon. Mrs. Eoewron, net being a horsewoman, ac companied the Perncesszs in a chaise and pair. His Royal Highnes. the Duke of C.LerteNCE left town yesterday aft rnnl I for Bushy Park. On the Day ut Th inksgiviag there will be Cha rity Sermons preached, and Colleetions made, at all the Chapels foul:ied by •4r late Countess of Huh- Tint:mon ; her Ladyship was mother to the Dow ager Counte;s of ,area. Thu Duke of M slicessrte arrived, yesterday afternoon. at NL-ln t's Mite!. rrom Kimbolton. Dana Geosrka Eq. M. P. for Ches'iire, has arrived at Kifc it o'S Hotel. Lower Brook street, fora Dorsetsoire; and the Hon. T.Wr ernsoa, from Maidenhead. Mr. Soefficiat-.o's Melo-Drama of The Slecnisrs Bravo, is in :r-paration at Drury-lane Theatre. It is ex,rett• ' • O- brought nut in a fortnight. On Mori I.s f 1 ist , as elegant dinner, ball, and *upper, were g'ven at Earnoath, to a large as semblege of the fashionable,. in that towu and neigh -I..mrkood, in honour of the late glorious naval The prevailing taste for rein.chelly, a grey far and blue fur, is in compliment to grey-lrearda and blare-trarrla. Mr. BANNISTER is confined with a fit of the gout. Viscountess Gosronn arrived at GO RDOX's Ho tel, yesterday, from Bath. Mr. Careerist's Opera of The Travellers, will the second novelty at Drury-lane Theatre Solstice SHaw, E,q. M. P. for the Cite of Du'a lin. imported a famous Leicestershire Bull, and va rious other Bulls, into Ireland, which he is now di.- poiing of, and intends, in future, to propagate acne but the native Irish dull. It appears to have been some Goole that circn lved the report of an intended marriage between Lady SMITH URGES] and Mr. WILLIAM Gosling. No such marriage being m contemplation. Mrs. JORDAN, we are conce.ned to state, is pre vented by a very severe cold from attending her pro fessional duty. The forthcoming Comedy, at Drury-lane, is said to be from the elegant pen of a Lady, who has be stowed much pains en a part for Mrs. JORDAN. Mr. SILRFTINOTOPI presided at several rehearsals, before he could decide on the deauty to perform the heroine of his new piece; one lady slept with her mouth open, another kicked, and a third snored. Miss Burrow, we hear, has gained the pace, as she slept quiet. The comedy of The West ladies was performed last night at Drury-lane Theatre. The musical farce of The Soldier's Return followed. Mrs. Mout.- TAM'S beautiful duet with Mrs. BLAND, was rap turously entered. Miss Da CAMP,in Mao Dashasuau s was in dirshinz spirits, and the farce went off with the greatest eclat. The Comedy of the Mouataineers was last night performed at Covent Garden Theatre. Mr. Ksre. axis (Movies has been always considered a ebef d'euvre of the scenic art. His scene with Flacanthe,, in the last ad, was admirably executed, and met with much applause. Miss 'Pears, es Agnes, and Mr. BL•NCIIARD as Sadi, were extremely well re ceived, and loudly encored in the duet at the begin ing of the last aft. The House was fashionably, though not numerously attended. A Meeting was held at the Royal Exchange, D.rniiin, on Saturday last, and Resolutions entered into, tor crating a Monument in that city to the memory of Lord Netsort ; they were moved by JO/IN LATOCCHS, and seconded by Ro lair SHAW, Esq. 1,200!. was subscribed at the Meeting ; at the head of the list are the Right Hon. DAVID LATOUCHR, and Cs. and the other Bankers of that City, the County Members, the Lord Mayor, and Joa'a Knox Gam; er, Esq. The Fourth Regiment of Loyal London Volun teers mustered on Thursday morning last, at St. George's Parade, Hlackfriars Road, and were in spected accsrding to the General Orders received from His Royal Highness the Duke of lone. The 2.1 Manchester and Salford Volunteers, have voluntarily subscribed to the fund, now raising in Manchester, for the relief of the widows and chil dren of the brave men who fell in obtaining the late glorious vittories, viz.—Serjeants, recessing permanent pay, life. od. each ; the other non-com missioned officers, Gs. each ; and the privates, Us. each. The regiment consists of lOW men. •-'•"~ : ..: ~ ~a . . LORD NELSON. We have received, from indi , putahic authority, the folhriving Ictter, which we insert with pl-astire ; hot omit the name of the writer, at his own request. The paragraph to which it.alludes, was copied trom another Paper: TO TIDE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. Fitzroy-square, Nov. 29 SIR—Re pleased to contradict the rape. t, in your Paper of this morning, that the iate i. , rd Nelson was desirous of haying considerable estate it Mertna. This is so far (rain having Isom' the fact, that it was his Lord.hip'e iotention to have ci!cl the whol, of the land wh,eh hei.mged to him at Merton, ex. eept 70 acres round the boom: And tie %IS d.retted the same to L^ done by his-exveutors. I ii:s Lordship craft have herd to entertain the hope of reatia,g a consideraMe remedy, the county of tllorfo: 1 / 4 , in stn oq he was born, would hare barn preferred to any other. 1 an.., Sir, your obedient Servant. LORD NELSON'S FUNERAL. -••;•MIN••- It is very properly determined that every mark of peculiar honour should be paid to the remains of this distinguished hero. It has, in consequence, been settled, that his corpse shall not be taken down the st":"s in Sr. Patti's to the vault, as ail others have been ; but that it shall be let down under the dome, eche e the brass grate is, the opening of which is not sufficiently large : a number of workmen are now daily employed, using every possible esettion to mike the hole large enough to let the coffin down ; hut it will be some time before it is complete, as there is an immense body of stone to cut through. We do pot learn that any other arrangements are finally fined upon. Mr. Mr tiae, the archital of the Ca thedral, has proposed to Lord Havencsau it Y, and the'Dearr and CH A P rut, a plan for a monument to be eiened to the memory of the Noble Hero, under the centre of the d , ,rne, which was much °Netted to on the ground that it would disfigure the appear ance of the Church. Mr. MILNE has since laid before them an ancient plan of St. Peter's, at Rome, to pi...we that his plan will not have that effixe. In this plan is represented four pillars, under the centre of the dome. He has likewise produced an old record, in which it appears that it was Sir Cams-menu Wltt!:'S desire, to have a monument ereCted under the centre of the dome, to perpetuate his memorv. Should Mr. MI L NE'S plan be adopted, it is for a large stone pillar, to rise from the grave a consider able distance above the brass grate, and a very ele gant colossal figure of the gallant Lord to he on the top of it. The Bishop of LINCOLN. the Dean, is expeCted in town in a few dare, when a Chapter will be held, for the purpose ef making arrange ments for the funeral, when this proposal will be taken into consideration. It is uoiereiood, that a monument will likewise be erened in Westminr.er Abbey, among the other great warriors of this country. DOVER. Nov. 28. • Last Sunday night. about twelve o'clock, taro French privateers took two light colliers belouging to Sunderland, off Dungeness ; the Facade. Bell, with all the crew ; and the !Cm.. Snordsn, the crew escaped in the boat, and are safe here. A lirge French privateer is s-nt in here. The ore carried into the Downs, some time since, eras tar• - n by as ar mei .hip, which he boarded by mistake for a merchantmen. Sir Sidney Smith's double boat, which was towed in sunk, on the night the Eipe dition sailed, is fitted out again, and yesterday was hauled into the outer harbour; the other one of the rinse description, was this afternoon, trying ex petinsents with rockets in the Bay opposite the Caves ; the other gun-boats, which have come in here from Boulozne, which are only five in number, • are liLewise. getting ready. Combustibles of various descriptions, are preparing in a retired place, off where the boats are moored. A centinel is constantly on duty, and no person admitted but such as be long to the army or navy ; a member of the latter seem very busily employed. • For these two hours a very heave firing has been heard from the French coast, supposed to be rejoicing lor the late successes in Germany. The Isabella Paasons, was lost at Newfoundland, in September last. A letter from 'an officer of La Tennant, 84, dated on board the Sirius, SC), Capt. Paowsr, Nov. 3, off Cadiz, states, that the Spanish ship SOAP( Anna, of 110 guns, struck to the Tennant, 84. on the g l or i ous 21st of Oduber, off Trafalgar, and was taken pos session of by a Lieutenant of La Tennant, an Of ficer of Marines, and 60 royal marines and sea men ; the dreadful hurricane which succeeded the battle, drove the Santa Anna towards the shore, and there was every reason to suppose, as her starboard side was beaten in, she would go down ; the British seamen being insufficient to manage this large ship, the commanding officer required some of the pri soners to assist. These fellows, instead of honour ably assisting to save the Santa /Ana, rose upua our seamen and marines, and being joined by the re mains of the crew, overpowered our people, and ran the ship into Cadiz, making the English prisoners of war. These miscreants, who, after being beaten by fair fighting, struck their colours to a British ship of war, in token of submission to their gene rosity, and called for quarter, when another broad side would have sent them to the bottom of the ocean, were not Spaniards, but Frenchmen, as she was manned entirely by French. When the ships cams into Cadiz, the Spanish commandant, having a due sense of honour. immedi.tti;y as the weather moderated, scut off the Lieutenant of the Navy, the Officer of Marines. and the men, in a car el to the Satins, with his compliments. Yesterday. between one and two o'clock in the morning, a daring robbery was committed at the house of Schneider and Son, furriers to His Majeuy, at the corner of Gray's-Irm.laae, Holborn. A gang of depredators broke into the shop, by cutting the iron bar, and removing the window shutters ; after which, they cut through the glass, and packed up every article of value. The muffs, furs, and tippets stolen, amount to between 4ilud 5001 with which the offenders got clear off. When shay re tired, they leJt a written paper of the following pur port :--At Good bye! God tile's ye!" Tire watch man observed a man with a sack in the street, about the time the robbery was commithad, but did not 7171.611. ,~-,.-. "PPM! WV er • 1.4111Y4N1P1 lIGE c COURT OF ICINO's-Bk.e. H , virsaraissfaa, Wow. 44 . . t !!IN 11 ;: PERJURY • , Tilt KING e. SightY I 5 eTT NI/411RITT. This was an indiClinsnt for peijury. committed upon the trial of Thomas Price, eet , John Wight. who was convided of perjury, in_siatisig upon oath, to be a freeholder of Middlesex, at Om lass Brentford eleetion. 'fbe particulars of the trial and subsequent sentence of transportation, web:ire given at large in former papers. The witnesses on both sides (except the °Scan of the Court), having withdrawn, the pleadings were opened by Mr. Cue roar,, for the prosecution, who stated, that this was an in fielment against the Defendant. for perjorv, which took place at the sittings at Nei Pius, before Lord ELLE.,IOROCOH, at We7truiti. seer, after Michaelmas term 1804; uocni putting a question to the Defendint, who was called as a witness on the part of the prosecution, and 1140 curt ruptly swore, that the said Price, alias Wright, took the Freeholder's oath at the late Middlesex Election. Another assignment of perjury went sat to state that he prodth:ed a paper, which he stated to be his own hand-writing. wirer, in feet, it was ore written by him, and that Price' did not vote in the name of Wright on the day stated by the Defendant. Mr. Emitter, in his address to the Court and Jury, on the part of the Zrosecution, said, that he had advanced 'some way.ift openin,.; this cot-, some months ago, When it was observed, that the De fendant was not attended by Counsel, or prepared for his defence ; and, although he had an the indul gence the process of law afforded, yet the Counsel, on the part of the prosecution, immediately con sented to permit the trial to be postponed. When a second time brought on, although his Learned Friends the Socicircia-Otartat, and Mr. GAS:. ROW, had undertaken his defence, yet be was un provided with a Solicitor, and, on that occasion, they again not only allowed a Solicitor to be ap pointed, but put off the trial for a future day; be did not take any merit to Mmsellupon this account, for lie considered a trial without preparation, was more a sacrifice than a trial. It appeared, upon the poll-book of the late Middlesex Election, that on the second day's pull, mm- person or other had voted as a Freeholder, whose freehold was situated at No. 8, Bell -court, Gray's-Inn-lane, in the name of Jobs Wright ; but, upon, further examination, no such person as Wright was a Freeholder ; and, con - ,equently, on the second day of the Elei ion. some one had personated a man of the naive of Wright, and bad taken upon him to represe•A h'ave self as a Freeholder. Subsequent to that Price was tried for perjury in this Court. and to establish his guilt, the present Defendant was cal-d . against him, and was the on ly p erson ( except another man, whose testimony was not the clearest), on whose evidence he could have been conviSed. Upon that occasion, he was examined by Mr. GARRO w. when it appeared (as the Learned Coun sel read from the printed copy of )ly Guamav short-hand notes, LA.... a the trial of Price, whith„ he observed, was a faithiJi .-npy, and Mr. GCRIILT .could read the origins!), the; the Defendant swore, that on the second day's poll, he saw Wright, alias Price. poll at the Brentford EleCt:on for No. 8, Clay's-Int.-lane, and, h e thought, Bel l's court. In prpular a proceeding as that of an Election, whea so much bustle and confusion prevailed, in such a stens, it must he with some colour of danger . a man takes upon himself to swear, that he saw an individual vote, and beard what he had said at the time, when he was in the midst of a crowd, and at a considerable distance from the person voti-g. The Defendant also swore, that he saw Price the same day afterwards, at the Red Lion, in Brent ford; and, in the evening, at a pnblic-house, in Moor-stteet, where he must have gone for the pur pose of meeting Price. The Learned Cnunsel per. ceived a paper in the Defendant's hand, upon Price's trial; when he cross-examined him, he ask ed, what the paper was ? he answered, it was a paper of his own, which had something written on it, and he did not choose to let him -see it ; however, having cautioned him that he was not hound to give the paper, the Defendant volun tarily put it into his hand. On this paper, w tich he had made use of as the foundation of his oath, he had made a memorandum, on a-given day, at a given time and place, and si-hick he then recorded as the means of furnishing his mind with a perfett recollection of the transa:don. —He thought it necessary to scrutinise ; and, on examination of its contents, he found written— " Thomas Price polled in the name of J o h n W r i g h t , on 4d day, in the Holborn division ;" this was written in a good clerk-like hand, and underneath it was also written, " I. Rite poll 2d day, his free hald No. I, Bel Cort, Grasing lane ;" this was the attempt at Liters, of an unlettered man ; it, therefore, occurred to his mind, that the whole conld not be the same hand-writing, and it became his duty to investigate this extraordinary circumstance. In another part of this paper he found the words. " . fnomas Hemmings testifies," nearly erased, aed in a different hand trona the others. The Defend ant had sworn. that, having a pea and bottle of ink, which he always carried about him, ha wrote all this on the top of his hat, in the middk of the crowd, before the hustings, at Brentford ; and that the whole was written at the saaw time, by himself. 1 be Court, Jury, and were convinced it could not all be written by the SAM man ; and in order chat he might not draw him in, he desired he should copy the paper in Court s when, after every accomodation, and 1 efforts, after a wars considerable length of time, be brought forth the paper, but had not been able to make a copy of that which he swore was don spontaneousi4s iron', his own mind. But the case. he observed, aroul: not re it here. For he should prose that *greater part of the paper was the hand-writinwpf Mr. Ellis, check to Mr. Hoskins, the agent fdllhat prosecution; and also that the words " Thomas Hein uings testifies," nal written by Mr. Hentinaggs himself, who was one of the principal persons cahying on the election for Mr. Mainwaring. But in mentioning these gentle. men's names. he begged it might he understood. that he did not mean that any thing he had sa.d, or should say. should militate in the It 't against them. He said, he should further prove, th a t t J Di ~~