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ie requisition tLe Magistrates. The French ap pear des:roui of ercaing fortifications, with tl.e ut most ex -editi,)n. alone the west hank of the 1.-di ; and 'Jaye m.i.le .1 derti.lnd ftf 30(000 ells of cloth from our I .llercl.,ints, to be paid by Inifts on Paris. NUNICX. OCT. 13. On the 10th inst. General Kie!smayer arrived here, with his corps, from Augsburgh. He imme diately demanded 30a,0001. in money, Joo oxen. and 100 di aught horses ; with ninth daCtlity our Magistrates obtained a delay till the next morning, bet a m-nace was ailsied. th ir the town would Ins battered down, it the &n um{ were not. complied with by that time. Happily for us, the Austrians received information, by ditterent expressos. that a French column was approaching from Frelherg and Schonau. On receipt of this intelligence, Gen Kienmayer broke tip in grelt haste, carrying all the cattle along with him, which the Aukrrians could lay hold of. On the 12th, at seven in the morning, the French Colonel Ameil first entered Mu%ich with a detachment of chasseurs. but passed the Iser, without stopping in the city. Several Aus trians were taken prisoners, having staid behind in the city. Shortly after, GenerAl Wrede ar rived with some Bavarian dragoons. He was re ceived with great joy, the people exclaiming, "Long lice Maximilian Joseph!" General Wrede was followed by a corps of Bavarian int:intry and ca valry, with their cannon, Sec. This corps did not remain long in the city, but took the road to Frie singen, to pursue the Austrians close. Intelligence was received that General Kienmayer was met by the column coming from Friedberg, and repulsed after an engagement which lasted two hours. His Excellency the Marshal Bernadotte arrived here yesterday, and alighted at the Palace of Duke William. STUTOARD, OCT. 16. We hear from Schnrndorh that ten or twelve squadrons of Ausniaii Cavalry arrived at Gemund, from the neighbourhood of Ulm, by the way of Hei denheirn and Aala. They had arrived late in the evening of the I Sth at Heidenheim, with ne lily four battalions of Infantry. IVe understand there has been a very bloody anion within these few days, near Ulm, and the Austrian Cavalry which arrived at (:emend, returned last night to Aala. Small divisio , .s of Austrian troops have succes sively made arpearanee, within these few days, near Kirritheirn, Urach, and the neiglibour jag places. In addition to a large portion of Mar shal Ney's corps, fresh bndies of French troops are advancing on the right hark of the Danube towards Memmingen and Mindelheim, while the Austriai.si on the otner hand, continue to extend thernseves on the left Bank. We are still deprived of all the ;snag - from Ulm, Asigsburgh, and Bavaria. The French report th it finnaparte's head-quarters are at Frieciburg, and that he has been at Munich in person. P A TISSON, OCT. 16. We learn from Strauhingen, be letter of the 12th, that the first column of Russians has effeneti a junc tion with the Austrians, near the Inn. Bonaparte, on leaving Augsburgh, did not go in the direSion of 13nrgan, as was supposed, but marched with an ar my of 90,100 nl'.ll against the Rnssians : whilst Prince Mutat is advancing. with 80,000, against the Austrians posted at Ulm. IWO!. 1411 ti ANC/IF, OCT. IS. The letters from the I°l have, for several days past. mentioned a report, that some smart anions had been fought between the French and the Aus trians, at the entrance of the Italian Tyrol ; but no partienlars have yet been received. Nothing po iitive is known concerning the occurrences ou the Adige. A numerous fleet is fitting out at Venice with great expedition, to protea the port, and to cruise in the Ad: iatic. The liegiment of Bellegarde was alone left at Venice, all the others being gone to reinforce the Austrian army. THE BRITISH PRESS. lA)N DUN. THURSDAY, Ocrosto 31. The most sanguine hopes are entertained that the Cape of Gond Hope is at this moment in our hands. The Garrison, we understand, is chiefly composed of Austrians, who were taken prisoners in the battle of Marengo, and afterwards enlisted in the Ba tavian Governor is a Dutchman, who had a command at the Heisler, ar the time of the expedition to that place, and is well aware of the generous intentions of England towards his coun try. A garrison so composed, and so commanded. it is thought, would not be likely to oppose a very formidable resistance to the gallant troops which we have sent out to take it. We still ressaia without any Paris Papers of a later date than the 2241, or Dutch Papers of the eaitli. t.overnmsnt, however, are, we understand, in pos- cession of intelligence, that the Russians have joined • the Austrians in time sufficient t.; prevent Bos A . TARTE from following up the advantages which he may have gained on the side of Ulm, a:l4 to incline the scale in favour of the Alliet. A ge.17.1e- man arrived in town from ArniterdArn ou 'l'ues• day, winch place he left on Fri.lry List, who positively states, that oe the preceding Wednesday, letters were received in that city from the o..i.zers under command of General BERNADO ere, giv; nz an account of their being attacked by a superior num ber of Russians, which ended in the defeat of the former; and that Generals Bow oer, Gisoucev, and Vs mit un, fell in the aftion ; and amongst the wounded, were Generals MARMONT and De,ION• cr AU. He further states, that the Regiment of Waldech,cnnsisti.ig of Dutch troops under the cam mead of Rees *DOI r e, was entirely cut to pieces. rilay, the day he left it, no consmunieetion of the engagement had been made known, which led to suppose that the French had met with a total defeat This sieetrosnt is extremely probable. the sionrof Bank Apo IT It• consisting of Dutch, French. and Bavarians, could not exceed 40,000 men. It was a very peril( is enterprise, °a the part of that Ge ieral, ro advance so far with so sm.tll a force as that tin ier his command. His obj:i.`t evidently was to cut off the Ati ;:tian corps uad'r General Kt ea st AY Ea, berme its ju:sainn with the Russians. Fail ing, however, in that point, he appears to have had no alternative between defeat and a precipitate re treat. T:se first Russian divi ;ion, under General KUTOSOW, amounted to ri5,000 men, and the Au; trial; corp. to 2),0 )0, making together, a force al most double of that under MK ti •Dor re. With such fearful odds against him, he could have no chance of success. According to some Dutch Pepin's of the Pith, front which we have made some inte resting extraffs, the French made three successive attacks upon Ulm, on the 19. th, 13th and 1 Ith, and were as often repulsed by the Austrians. On the I.sth, they renewed their attack. Thebattle lasted the whole day, and was likely to terminate as the previous at tacks,when BONAP A nr a arriving in the afternoon, at the head of fresh troops, carried the outworks of the place. Some accounts represent the number of killed and wounded in the various eau:ins between the 11th and 16th, at between t:.I0 and 30,000. On the part of the French, Generals 13f)LIOrr and Gam:cur are said to have been killcJ ; and General Vie- NOLLEi desperately wounded, both his legs having been shot off. —Nlea sr and Maassos r are also said to have been kilted, in one of the previous as saults. The French, however, were not ahle to drive the Austrians from Ulm on the 15th ; but, it is said, that General Mack evacuated it on the night of that day. This account tests upon the au thority of a letter from an Austrian Officer, which adds, that General MACK retired in perfefl order, and that the French had suffered so much. that for two days they did not pursue him. Another pri vate letter from Holland states, that Maci did not abandon Ulm until the £2d. when he with drew into Franconia; and that a series of aCtions took place between the Austrians and French up to that day. Either of these accounts. if true. would completely refute the report of a great en gagement on the 19th, in which Ulm was taken, and General Mac,: made prisoner. as announ ced in the Bulletin from Boulogne. It was re ported last night, that BONAIPAILTE was wound ed in the salon of the 15th, :Ind that this was the true reason of the interruption of the official communications from the Grand Armv to Paris. It has been urged as a circumstance against the validity of the report of the defeat of General Bea- NADOTTC, that it announces the death of General MARNtOST, whereas that General was with the army before Ulm,. We do not think, however, that the mere mistake of a name warrants so strong an inference. We must. however observe, that we are still without any official intelli gence ; but the,c reports, though unauthentic, jus tify us in the caution which we yesterday re commended against the exaggerated tumours of the total destrultion of the Austrian army. The Papers which announced on Tuesday, with An air of triumph, that the Expedition in the Downs was abandoned, and that the troops had aaually begun to debark, did not condescend, yesterday, to mention the subjea. The Deal and Dover Corre spondents, upon whose authority it was announced, did not, we suppose, think the business of sufficient importance to dwell upon. \Ve cannot, however, approve their condo ; and think that, in silence, they have hest discharged their duty. It must surely have been gratifying to the friends and relatives of the troops destined for this new enterprise, to h.tve learned which of the regi ments had aerially debarked. and whither they had marched ; for Dover and Ramsgate could not accommodate them all. That some change, however, has taken place, we admit, and we believe the fadt to be this : According to the original plan of the Expedition, the troops were to form a junc tion with the Swedes and Russians at Stralsund, and arrangements were made upon that presumption. Since that time, however, a very material change has taken place in the policy of Prussia. To improve that change, and avail ourselves of every advantage which it can possibly afford, is well known to be the ohje of Lord HARROWSV'S mission to the Court of Berlin. One of the most immediate benefits re sulting from it is, an increased facility of landing our troops upon the Continent. Were the Ex pedition to proceed to Stralsund, it must take a circuitous course through the Cattegat. This voyage would require at least three weeks, without calculating upon the delay that might be expected from adverse weather, or attach- ing any impo-tance to the extreme hardship which the troop.; might endure, at this advanced • scasnn i f the year. With the consent and assist ance of Prussia, we *lain-tend, it is intended, that the expedition shall not g) S:ralsttpd, but pro ceed direct ko i the Elbe. W9te aber.efodito.6 alit immediately. k wotikl reach the Conkicint sooner than the 4%vedes and the Itmilins expected few dal s in the Downs, without endangering the projea of military operations, in which it i, to have a share. 'ssurer plan may have been originally concerted, it would not be advanced by the antral of our troops before their time. 'the expedition it, there ore, we believe, detained, or suspended, for a few days; during which, the arrangements for its recep tion in the Elbe, will be rendered more complete. Fhe orders do not go farther than a mere suspen sion ; And, so far from entertaining an idea to abandon the expedition, we are assured that Govern ment are actively employed in augmenting the troops which arc to c impose it. The adverse state of the wind is, therefore, nut the only cause of the delay. Neither is sit to be imputed to any doubt or hesitation on the part of Government. The plans of the British Cabinet, for the deliverance of Europe, must indeed be of a flimsy texture, and its members strange weather-cock politicians, if the capture of Ulm, and a single defeat of one of the confederate powers, were to derange their whole system, and plun:, , c them into despair. Although the expedition were never to leave the Downs, so long as the enemy are not iu the secret, it must produce a favourable circa for our allies. by operating es a diversion ag Most France. Had, then, the Minister deter mined that it should never sail from the English shore, it would be an aet of folly to avow this inten tion to the world, and declare that the expedition is totally abandoned. Such, however, is the light in which he is represented by some of the Prints; by one, particularly, which affeets to be the zealous supporter of the present Ministry. In spite of every address and care to conceal it. the cloven foot will sometimes be out. We have the au thority of Mr. BURKE for saying, there are "in corrigible Jacobins." Yesterday, at three o'clock, the LORD CH•NCCr.. LOR called on Mr. PITT. Yesterday a Court of Direflors was held at the East India Howie, when the following Captains were sworn into the command of their respeetive ships, viz.— Essox---Captain Unary Rnoharn, fir Ma tras and China Hugh Inglis—Captain William Fairfax, for Madras and Bengal. Anaxander—Captain John R. Francklin, for }lambsy and The ship Fortune, of 626 tons, hound to Botany Bay, with stores, &c. was taken up to bring hoMe a cargo of goods from Bengal. I he Court adjourned, at six o'clock, till Wednes day next. Early yesterday morning, Mr. DRESSINGS, the Messenger, set of with dispatches to His Mai tst at Windsor. He returned to town, soon after two o'clock, with letters from His Mk:silty, to Minis ters and others, saying, he should not be in town to-day. Lord HARR I MOTOM, it is said, has got leave to remain in England till the beginning of December, to arrange his family affairs; but General Prrest CR A In, formerly on die Dublin Staff. goes direCtly to Ireland to take the command ad interim. . Lieutenant-General BowyEß, Commander-in- Chia' of His MAJESTY'S Windward and Leeward Islands, is now in London. He will sail about the middle of next month, with the convoy now prepar ing for the West Indies. Sunday, pursuant to an order of the PRUSSIAN CONSUL in London, the Prussian z-CoNsto. at Plymouth, stopped all Prussians bound to France; of course, the cartel Prussian brig Elizdhetb, which brought over Lady ELGIN, and the Rev. Mr. He T, Chaplain to Lord EL.otn, and was to have sailed on Sunday, for Mortal:, was amongst those vessels or dered to remain till further orders. So stria are the Municipal and Custom-house Offi cers in France, that if an English book be found on board any verse], or English newspaper, or carica ture, discovered, the vessel is seized, and most pro bably confiscated. and the master and crew sent to prison ; if found in the possession of a private per son, the parties are usually sent to prison. Many ships belonging to the port of Newcastle were hired for His Mans". v's service last week; even common wcod ships, without any siteatlang whatever, have been fitted for troops and horses; so ' urgent is the present emergency to aid our august allies on the Continent. The following is a third edition of the Bulletin from Boulogne : On the morning of Sunday, a pinnace was ob served by Captain OWE:, of the Immortalite, coming out of Boulogne, with a small boat in tow, which, when arrived within gun-shot, was abandoned. Captain OWEN immediately sent a boat to pick her up, when a packet was found in her, addressed— ., The Commodore of the English Squadron." The packet was dire Elly carried on board the fin mertelite, when the following words were found on the envelope The Commodore lebin has the pleasure to inform the Commod ire of the English 01 that it.bo f woe,- In the envelope was a paper, upon which was written, in large letters, on one side:— . Autrichienne, forte de rent male hommes, detriii.e. Le Gen en ChCf Meek lei-mime est fait priii,mier a lllm, et le Police Ferdinand est en (tine." The following translation was given on the other side : " The at titt of Qr. Austrians, strong of wile hundred Om sand, is no mete. The Gen,a!•in-Chief Mack is lutun e( a prisonio in Ulna. and Prince Fenlii:and is put t.i tiigl.t." The life-boat l•as now been introduced into three quarturs of the globe. One has been sent tn Ame rica, and another to the Ent Indies. Mr. Ga Ar. ueau is now building one by order of sir WILLIA F9acr.s, fnr Fraserburgh; and List week he received an order, couched in the most handsome.serms, for another, from our heroic ally, the King of Swvnt.m. WE Krlt 133*: ' . Darn V-L A Last night, the new Comely of A Priu was a second time produced. and hono4red, if ro ,_ sihle, with increased approbation. . The several performers to whom the authors are so Much in_ deiced, played with the confidence and .pirit that attend success. such as that which crowned their en dearrolirs upon the first night of representation. Miss DUNCAN'S song WaS lendly chewed, and t h e perf •rrnance went off with great eel I Bcrore the play commenced, Mr. Et.:.tiTON came forward, and addressed the ait,iience to the , ing purport : •• at.d G.,, , ltnitett—Mowever ankwari pia r a> near to sun, it n n•s oI to the Pro,,netors to hive, on the seen •el night of the per/initiate of ,t new roue, to apnlogise fqr Cie absence. n; one of the perfOrnstec• but Mr. Collins has :teen Wren .rtitlrtersly . i!l, and 12 13 ,4 .1, 6 , u r. tin the part ..f IfeLi.r tin. higlit ; it was scut 114 AftitilrYll It four o'clock this afTernnun, and,. with h. u. d ;ad ! , gnt the words, but iutreita your indulgence fry ant errors the want of ru ly arty prrelue..." This address was yety well received, and Mr. Marnews watrnly greeted on .his ,sort. Some ~1 teratione were mule in the Epil , goe, which NU, s DUNCAN repeated with much spirit. Tile Kruse was crowded with an elegant audience. GI Rt4AN THE+TP.e. 'rile At.lfit Opera of ss,ll Clang; Bride's G#:inif, um Adolf and C/nra ; or, Ti.t: 7wo Prisonrrs, was again perform ui at this The atre List night, wi:h increase.] ..11.51. .rw juve nile performers were matured in their parte, and re ceived the warmest applause from it most elegant audience ; amongst whom were, the Lan of Pew. BROKE, Viscount FITZHARRIS, and many other . Yesterday morning, His MAJLST V, the Duke of YORK, Princess., AUGUSTA and Sorota_ . „ acer x ra. palsied by Lord Wa ostmoossi, General 1 7 11149 T, Colonel TAYLOR, Mr. V I. t o as, aasi Lady Wl' or VAR"), took an airing on horseback, by Craabostro. Princess AMELIA being recovered from nes 5001..‘ left Kew yesterday, for Windsor The Dutch Papers state, that ECNAPA.TE FAS taken the Gallows Mountain. We hope he tray en joy the, full benefit of the place. The Countess of ELGIN kept the deck dining her pissage from Morlaix to Plymouth. The biigi shipped many heavy seas. The following notice is posted at the seat of a certain Diplomatic Peer, in Surrey : " This passage it not a thoroughfare, as it otd up at the oiler .nd." Mrs Mousria us, we are sorry to state, is again confined to her room by her sprained ancle. The last eight she played, turning soddenly round to speak to Mr. ELLISTON, she injured it extremely. She is now attended by Sir CM •11 LIS BLitt aid Mr. Aisnacws. When BERNADOTTE advanced so far from the main body of the French army, he ought to have been mere afraid of the Russian General nit-vs-ff. Bury New Rooms will open, on Thursday near, for the season. The Stewards are, the Earl of Bets rot., and GEORGE GOOLE), Eq. JOHN PHILPOT CL R RAN, Esq. has left MILLER'S Hotel, for Ireland. The Siege of Belgrade is well chosen for the debut of Bit s tits :a and STORAGE at Drury LA:it. The House n ill present, at an early hour, :he appearance of a ,iege. The theatrical b.'nefits have commenced at South. am ton, and promise a golden hat vest. On Friday lust, the Reverend Terarxe Facet, A.M. was instituted to the RcEliiry Of Finningham, ~a the presentation of Jona Fee it I:, F,sq. A wit, alluding to the indisposition of a favourite Syren, yesterday exclaimed, " bile so many charm: beam about the head, what a pity that pin should lurk at the foot of the illettniain ."' Brighton Theatre will close on Saturday se'n night Miss Doric A N'S brad dress in the new Play, was extremely eleg ,nt ; white satin, with lace drapery. silk fringe end tassels ; pearls in her hair. There are many beaux extremely anxious to give her Prior Claim to wear it. The interesting Miss INCA atr's late illness was a b .i.rus fever. l'he Sheriff of Norwich, J. H. Y zror, Esq. is the fortunate holder of a sixteenth share of the ticket 17,915, drawn, on Saturday last, a prize of 2,0001. In the Lottery of 1803, Mr. Y,r.Lor also shared a prize of 2,0001. ; and, in 1804, part of a 20,0001. The Bury Theatre will dose, this night, with The Venetian Outlaw, for the season. The Officers and Gentlemen of the Westminster Volunteers, intend visiting Sadler's Wells, this night, for the benefit of their brother soldier, Mr. MALE. The Royal Weeminster Band will play. Mr. LAURENT will give his powerful assistance; and we have no doubt, the Wells will overflow with elegant company. Yesterday the Lomo MAVOIt Elel was pre tented, according to custom, to the Loan Ca am c et.t.oa. The cavalcade, consisting of the Cirr MARSHAL, on horseback, and five carriages, occu pied by the new Slimy's, RECORDER, and City Officers, proceeded with the usual state througn Fleet -street, Chancery-lane, and Holborn, to I,ord ELDON'S house, in Bedford-square, where the Cere mony of presentation was pertormed by the R ECO - nee, after which the procession returned to the city. Nottz ncor v has recently finished a very fine pic tore representing Daniel us the Lien's Den. The Prophet, is represuated as looking towards Heaven with pious confidence, but dazzled with the radi ance which bursts from it, as the signal of his safety. This attitude is well calculated to display the figure in what is technically considered an Academical ' point of view • yet it is also very expressive , a nd appropria'e. The animals arc painted with t he usual ability of this artist in such subj^fts, and an: well varied in their expression ; some charaEterise d by tremendous ferocity. anti others basking in " repose." The whole is distinguished by a judicioiti contrast and expression, as well as by clearness, v. - vidness, and harmony of erolowing. \ \