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i LON I)ON, MONDAY, Ocroata 14. 120 er g if If the T 7.1: ' . IIIITISH PRESS. The. Foreign iiiurnuls, received on Friday last, represented the French and Austrian troops within sight of each other, upon the Banks of the Adige.— iley also stared, that the Austrians had advanced, by forced marches, across the Lech, the Iller,the Da nube, and even the Necker ; had occupied Stutgard, and :he greater part of the Ele.torate of Wirtern berg, and pushed their advanced posts to Pforzheim a nd Oppenan, withi ntwo days march:of the Rhine. —Meanwhile, the French, who, from the 25th to t h e 29 t h, were crossing the Rhine at Strasburgh, H u ningen, and Manheim, defiled along the Rhine to the North and South of Kehl, and advancing, occupied the 'milks of Kentzig, Cannel. Gengen bath, and the Kneibis Mountain. On the 9-sth ult. Marshal Nev's division was at Carlsruhe, and a de tachment had been sent off to occupy Pforzheim the night before. General Davoese was pushing on to Heilbfon, on the Necker, where his outposts arrived on the , 29th. The right wing having occu pied the Kneibis Mountain, had got to Nagold, and Gillen' SOUL T's division was proceeding from Hu ieng, c , along the Ithine,to Luffenbergand Waldshut. T .ese positions inspired a confident expectation, th it the next arrivals would bring an account nia battle, on the side of the Rhine, or nt theAdige. We It eve, however, since received Paris Papers to the tith, Dutch Papers to the 10th, and the Ham burgh M ids due on nunday se'nnight and Wednes day last, with k errs and papers to the sth ; hut, in none of them do we find even a rumour of a battle. On the contrary, the Austrians, instead of advancing to the Rhine, have not only fallen back behind the Necker, but they have also evacuated the left bank of the Danube, and ate concentrating themselves be- Mad the Iller, from Ulm to Kempten, a very strong positron, certainly; the one which the Archduke CH set as occupied at the commencement of the last e Ir. the whole of the French army had passed the 'Zhone on the Ist instant, and Boeae Amer a had advanc,:cl, on the 2J, to Rastadt. Thi s rapid progress of the Fr. nch in such great Lie-, piobah!y produced the retrograde move ment of the vaiii;uarci of the Austrian army Is J the Iller, In this position the Aus trians will probably await the arrival of the Rus sians. It was not to be expected, that they would be able to reach the Rhine in sufficient force to dispute its passage with the French army. There has been, indeed, a slight skit wish, of no consequence, upon the Banks of the Adige ; but, this delay in coming to any thing deserving the name of a battle, is by some attributed to another cause. The foreign Papers c•mtain various articles, which hint at a renewal of the negotiation for peace. The grounds, however, are too slight and vague to deserve much notice. The report of Russia having declared her inter lion to march three armies through the Prussian territories, appears to have been only one of the idle rumours of the day, so far back as September 2 tat. S Feral articles agree in stating, that Prussia is re solved to maintain a stria neutrality. The length of eur tetrads from the Foreign Papers, prevents from dwelling longer upon their contents. The .tate of the Austrian Army, and some other inte rs tin articles, are copied fro:- . . some German Pa rrs, which we receive et• A Mail from Li.bon, brought to Falmouth, on ll ursdaY. by the Torv,remd packet, arrived on Sa t irday. The accounts by it reach to the 29th ult. They afford no fresh details respelling the late corn rrtion at Madrid. The Nemeth frigate, and the Weri:tle sloop of war, the fleet under convoy from Portsmouth, were all well on the `?lst of Sept. in lat. 47. 28. North, long. 11. 49. West, out one month. l.ztra& of a letter from Oporto, dated 26th of Sept. 1805 :—" The Pomona frigate is now cruising 4' this coast, and I lezrn, we are to have some schooners for the proteZlion of the coast." Lord Nacson was off Lisbon on the 2lith ult. with a fair wind for Cadiz, off which it is supposed be 4rrived on the 28th. Admiral Conow4e.f.ts, who had stood fifty or Ott ) leagues to the westward, with a view to pro ws/ the homeward-bound Leeward Island Fleiit, re turned on the Bth, to his station off Brest, without meeting any of those ships, or the enemy. Ile, how ever, fell in with the Lisbon convoy, and saw it into the Ch.snnel. At the date of the late Overland Dispatch from a war WAS on the eve of taking place he tween Samna RAI) KISAMIS A, father-in.law of &IN. bts, and the Rajah Of J•NAMIUR, which it was elPened would involve Several other petty states in Friday night Mr. SIMAIt left town, on his return t 0 •he l'oart of Ilerlin.with the answer of our Govern ment to the itupoitaut dispatch which he brought ft m thence about a week since and which was un- Itistood to 'elate to the occupation of Hanover.- o 'r etpedition, consisting of the German Legion, 4.1 a body of Artillery, we understand, is destined f. Stralsund ; but it CalltlOt Sail before the end :Lis week, .. • • ' • THEATRES. MtWRY-LAKE. The Renur Stratagem was performed on Saturd•iy ni2tir at this Theatre. The principal novelty was, Miss 801/Ca, in the charaeter of Cherry; Hs the re. presentation of which she showed moch vivacity and feeling, and acquitted herself in a manner that reflects the highest credit upon her judgment and abilities. Mrs. JORDAN played the part of Mrs. Wee with her usual excellence, and Duriorda, in the hands of Miss Met.cos, was lively old interesting. Archer was represented by Mr. FA ' IiT , .N ; xlthnugh not uniformly excellent, he sus tailed the charaCter with much spirit, and Archer must certainly rank among the first pelformances of this favourite ador. Mr. A i3Te a, in &rob, and Mr. Jooss-romc, in Ftno!arel, exerted themselves very successfully, and obtain , —.l rmieb applause. The Farce of F,,rlune's Flare followed, with its usual success. COVENT-GARDEN. A few seasons since, we had Mr. K F.M Ott and Mr. COoKE the rival heroes of the tragic scene, playing in opposition to each other. The contest is now between Mr. ELLicrots and Mr. KEMILE. The latter Gentleman played OV::-/A., at this Theatre, on Saturday night. He fell short of hi; usual excellence in the part. At the outset, he was as much too tam?, as he Was ton boisterous in the great scene with la/,.0. Misi Sutra's Dear :WOW was the novelty of the sight—lt was well conceived, hut her voice wants that extreme soft ness necessary to a finished representation of the charader. "1 he dying scene displat•ed too much spirit and energy for the path , Desdrmona. As first impressions are generally decisive, we are sorry that thi; lady is not brought forward in parts exan ly congenial with her pee/di ir powers. In Calist Alicia, and other such charafters, requiring force aid nergy, she would appear to great advantage. Mr. CO3lCR's lags has bni. one fault, he looks the deceitful villain so completely, we wonder how Otheila could call I ,IEI honest Ingo. Mr. FARLEY entirely mittonk Roderip, and made him r. buffoon. Mr. CHAI,LtS KEMAC.E was extremely happy in CUM.,, and, by his excellent perform ance, made it a prominent feature in the piece. The diguity of the scene was much impaired by the unbecoming etisrvetr of the male charaCters (Mello, !ago, &c. w dressed in vests, like postil lions or jockies. The House overflowed with an elegato audience. C: FRICAst THEA T RR. The favourite oo^ra of Dn SimrsPid, was per formed on Sielirday night, a,..1 received with the most unbounded appiathe. The force n( Silk Shoes followed. and Afaver Sciti LK, in the 0/ Eeri and FREDERICK, in the merry son of Crispin, di%pl tyed their wonderful t i•, '' .7 th the happiest cfreft MI I. B rSI ‘N • one of the t.:otec, and ex pressed the w,t , :n.!st aporobati of the juvenile per i.`TlTltrS On Prid'at, the Ilak - e, of YORIC and CvitrEn t also dined with their MAJESTIES at Ke..v. In the evening they returned us town. Saturday morning; soon after breakfast, His MA. JCSTV, accompanied by the Duke of CAAIIIIIUGZ, Princesses AUGUSTA, SOPPIIA, an.! AMELIA, with several attendants, rode on horseback across :he couittry from Kew, on the UAbridge Road. Her NI A itsr v and Princesses ELIZAIIITH and Malty, attended by the Countess of ILCHESTER, Viscount eSSCßANtev, aud Lady M. WINTAMD, followed in two open carriages. . . _ Sttu - rdity afternoon, the Duke of YORK visited Their MAJesrics. Yesterd.ty the ROYAL FAMILY attended divine service at Kew Chapel, and heard a sermon, by the Reaor, from the two last vent.% of the tOoth Psalm. The ROYAL FAMILY are expeaed at Windsor this day. His Royal Highness the Prince of WA/.es gave a grand dinner, on Thursday last, at Brighton. to His Royal Highness the Duke of CL A KLNCE, Earl of BESIOROUGH, Count BICAOJOLAIS, Lord TMIJKLOW, and , everal other Gentlemch. The Court Mourning ended yesterday, but the day was most unfavourable for a display of white muslins. ... The Duke and Duchess of MA lir. BOROUGH, and Family, are expected at Marlborough House, in a few days, from Brighton. The report of the Cbicien having beat his men, appears to have tempted several little girls to marry their gran4rathers. The Duke of BEAL:TORT is gone to Monmouth shire, from Rottendean. Her Grace intends remov ing in a few days. llse Earl and Countess Coa•reß will enliven Brighton with their prescnce.—They will reside in Earl CRAVER'S house. LAU& ENT'S Theatre of Mirth was honoured with a brilliant :tudience on Saturday night. The enter tainments went off with eclat, And the sweet warb lings of Mrs. ST &MA It r were rewarded with rap turous applause. The Earl and Countess of Bes no ROCCiu arrived at rhi.ir house, Cavendish-square, on Smut Jay, from Brighton. The Theatres being overstocked with Rovrii and Reels, the surplus of this young brood are now crowding to the Temple of Hymen, where Miss is ker Teens is got up in great style. Mr. Mett.tsn haspropo;ed a match with Lnrd DA k Lisa roN, for 5,000 guineas a side, p. p. which his Lordship has promised to assent to, or decline, within the course of this week. His Royal Highness the Prince of WALTi has declined the purchase of Mr. G. Jun•crom's house, at Brighton. Tuesday night, the Officers of the 7th regiment of Light Dragoons, gave a most brilliant ball and super in their mess-room, at Ipswicn Barracks. The celebrated Pictures which formed the cieling of the pielore-gallery at Fonthill, and which were painte,l by Cass* Lim. and cost 20(Y)1. have (lien purchased By' the Proprietors of the new Kith TheAtte, and form as beautiful a froutispicce as that of aLy Theatre in Europe. • • hUßLlN,..9crezza 6. On Sunday evening, His Grace the Archbishop of publin ;strived from England. Accounts are received in town respening the health of Lord Shannon, of a favourable natute. We understand Col. Bagwell will shortly be ad vanced to the Peerage. The report of a dissolution of Parliament gave new life and spirits to the independent electors of many of our counties and corporate towns. Had ►itch an event occurred, four can.s.l3tes would have started for the county of Dublin, viz. the present representatives, Messrs Hamilton and Falkiner, Mr. Luke White and Col. Talbot. Mr. Grattan, we believe, had it in contemplation to stand for this city, and some persons think that Mr. Ogle would have been solicited by his friends to cnineforwsrd as a candidste once more. All the State Prisoners, except 23,are:liberated from Kilmainham Gaol. On Saturday evening last, as Mr. S. Corcoran, apothecary, of CapeLstreet, was returning from Clontarf, where he had been visiting a patient, he was thrown from his horse on the North Strand, by which he received a severe concussion on the brain, bled violently at his ears, and, notwithstanding surgical aid was administered, died about four o'c'nck the following morning. The neighbourhood of Kildare-street has been very much annoyed of late, by the inexplicable in flitence of a spra,,, and some of the inhabitants of that street declare they have seen the vision of a Lady, who lately resided in a house adjacent to the Phusitechnicon, whose death excited no unnsuale mo tions, but whose subsequent appearance convince, therurthat something happened in her lite time which compels het spirit to torment so many honest tnor tais, especially a poor servant who lived with her during the latter part of her existence. Cr. , .vds of cittious and adventurous people have been to visit the abode of this " airy wothir. l s" and thou"h they individually contradia each other in their deseri;oion of her person, they unanimously concur in shat no Ghost ever made a mote trernendou, Not having had an opportunity of behuldinc th's fair “periarbee I spirit," it it nut possible we ea!: lay any further patticulars before our readers, but we have heard it positively asserted by per;ons of ex treme probity, that the servant above alluded to has been Ile to very bad state of health ever since his de parted lady is arapposeJto have paid him a visit. Friday morning, a King's Messenger arrived at Cove, with dispatches for Lord Gardner ; their con- tents have not transpired. A ecmsiderable reinforcement of fr:gates is ex peCled so be added to the ships of war on the Irish s!atinti, and the ctuise of the whole will be extended as fir as Cape Finisterre, by order of Lord Gardner, the Port Admiral. ids, D a re tr. 'ces 11l the 13.! c)ccas; o3 hav e th► C sourt.es. of 13,.597 14,564 2,145 U,OOO 10,000 7,000 1,780 F 2 COM. six, and 7enadier of IR and a ids 3175, corp s; test so. e$ 39 re.. strip; in these ena.'ivrs • Iktivse mpletes lUper:•T mu are fort • on the trul I? ta:;•Als, are sta. Battnat, it na ~~ in • 114 t Ate he year :arri 'MR k owl ditadt. ,300 ,2CO ,430 ,240 ,740 ,740 Nov n here. alone Tr e They d, but, Id. the in• field ' and s, two s, and at the 0,945 th, 31 'oseph :3,000 !gular calf a land of fo- state le of tse of ewiis iture. sand IN FAINT, LE 1.0 PE ME NT. The rage for chi/drre on the stage seems to be extendiag itself in the most essential charalier in life,. viz, to children writes ; several instances have lately taken place of infant marriages and elope ments. One of the latter occurred on Thursday morning, the Jd inst ant, from a boarding-school, a few miles from Hull, in Vol kshite. The young lady who took her flight is Miss E. of very wealthy pa rents. She is just tnrned her fourteenth year. :The slept in a room with fiv • other young ladies ; oa their rising at the usual time, a few mornings ago. they discovered that Miss E. was absent, and had taken away great part of her clothes. They com municated the circumstance to their governess, who WAS greatly alarmed, and expressed mach concern, and used every possible exertion to trace her, but in vain, and immediately sent express to her p.trents. On further inquiries being made, it was 'opposed she had made her escape out of a one-pair of stairs window, about three o'clock in the morn ing, and that her lover, supposed to be an Officer of the Lincoln Militia, a Gentleman about +0 years of age, was waiting to receive her to his arms, in a single-horse chaise, which he ha dhired at Flull, and arrived with it just before she made her escape from the house. As soon as be had got his little love, he drove off with all possible speed to Hull, in hopes of procuring • passage in a vessel that was about to sail for London. On their arrival there, they found the vessel had just sailed, they prisiared an open boat, and followed the ves,el ; when they came up with her, the Captain refused to take them oa board, as he supposed it was to answer some improper purpose, by their being so urgent at such an early hour, and without previously having taken their passage. They were then obliged to cross the river Humber, in the pen boat, to Bar ton, .where they arrived about 5 / V o'ttdck at noon, in a very faint Condition, having.. helm; on the water from between four and five o'clock in the morning, without any refreshment. They took the mail at Barton, and proceeded to Landon, where they ar rived on Saturday morning. Miss E's. father and uncle followed them to Landon, but did not arrive till Saturday evening, and traced them to an Inn in Gracechuich-street, from which place they have not been able to gain the least information of them. Miss E.'s acquaintance with her lover was Wl . ' known to ber friends, but it his been discove:ed since her flight, that they corresponded by letters, by means of some confidential person. A beautiful young lady eloped some days ago with the son of a tradesman n-sir Watling-street. Her father, who is a :kit me:chant resi•!ing near the Kent it oa•l, pursue.: and overtook the fond lovers on their way to Guildford. The young MAW, alter receiving a severe caigelling from the enraged merchant, was about to submit to his tate, and take a long farewell of his misttess,when the young lady called her father aside, reminded him that she had left home for more than tw-lve hours, that a ni g id had passed in the interval since she had determined to become a wife; and that it would neither cot:tri• hate to his happiness nor her honour to prevent the match, since things had gone so f ar . Th e p arent cook the hint, and - was, after a moment's recollec tion, as desirous to see the nuptial ceremony per formed, as he WAS before resoltee to prevent it. The parties all returned to tow:....nd next morning the happy pair were joined in huffy wedlock, when the lady confessed that the hint she had thrown out was nothing more than an innocent statagem to gain her parent's c..nsent, and that her own honour and his reputation were unsullied. ,IPanr,q, • tAtLI',LE• RACFS. wiDnesDar, OCY.J.). flea Afajessy's Plate rat Wogs. hx . / fumes, kc. of 0;:w Three-years old, 6+t.—Four.yea:. Rat 1141a.--Sta-years old; .0.4 acad. 2st. Alb. A wruee- of a Plate within the prevent you o; Sql. Of %I/WOO% .10 carry 3 , 1 a extra; if two, or mute. Nu s cram; ► Rino'. Plate, v.v. Stakes of loots. valu.,, 71b. extra. flares lowed 31b. Heats Four Mires . • Any 4isputts yes, re - ling the ru..lllria for the King's !kindred: to he deterrn.aad by the Right Hon Lund Viscuont Lowther, or whom he may appeals'. . Mr. Riddle's br. colt, by Overton, $ yrs old, 6,t. 31b 12 dr Dake of liarnirturiv bay Wffe, lla.ty , by Walnut. 4 yrs. old 7st. 41b. . . 2. 3.dr Mr. W. liutohinso br. cult, by Overton, Est. 316, 1, 1 The moriiii,g was very wet ._td cloudy; about twelve, the sun began to sauna, which cuutinued, and the afternocin was remarkably Fne. . A great oult.tter of gentlemen attended. but line a Tally SIWCI.IOOS as we have veen„ probably Loot the duilnoss of the weather. Riddle's brown colt AS the favourite. 11nting var.ed so, inuch, rendered it impossible ro . avenge.i..... After the I st Heat, 3 and 4 to I, in favour of klutchinsoa's brawn c .11. • DOW-Er It INT. On Friday evening,* yours lady, very genteelly dressed, about fifteen years of age, and a gentleman about thirty, went by the Turnham-green Coach from London, to the Roebuck Inn, at Turnham- Green, whe re they ordered supper. From their manners, and the de .cription of a runaway pair; '" whom the landlord had seen advertised, he had a strong suspicion his customers were tine persons. On Saturday morning, after they had breakfasted, Mr. Lingo srd, the landlord, communicated to theme his suspicions, but they assured him he was mis. taken. This did not satisfy him, aqod he insisted upon their going with him to Dow-sdeet, in one of the stage , . They underwent a private exaniisatiori before Mr. GI AItAM. the result of which ins. we understand, that the landlord had been mistaken as to their being those he had seen advertised. hut the young Lady proved to be one who• had lately eloped from her fr iends , near Croydon. The Magi strate, in erinserfeen• e, ordered the young Lady to be detained till he wrkae•to her friends, and received ay answer. POLICE. - BANKRUPT'S EXAMIN.ATIO.V. Saturday, the re-examination of John Jenkins, late of Coldbath•fiehls, linen-draper, a bankrupt, took place .it Guildhall, before the Commissioners,l The bankrupt was brought up from Newgate., • whither he had been committed, having-114J ie ' giving a satisfafthry acc :.tot of his property, a de- Itclency appearing of 12,0001. It was stated by him, that he had sold t;.e tiings f r less money retail, titan he had engaged to give the whaiesaie manta - 4E1.1re,, and, co ~ . equently, he had that w incurred Inc loss, iscreast shoplifrin 4 , 04.1 other casualties. In confirmaricn of this, he pr-- duced two instances, wnere he had sold vornis at a loss of 1201. and a second of SO'. bat the Cmp; missioners being dissatisfied, recommitted him till he should, account more spe..ificAily for du. en- , r-' mous elicit between his invre ft and ne sesei.oisa: posed of. The shop kriit by th, bahkrupt had a very extensive retail trade, and the parti.s interencd in the examination were numerous in the extreme. The Bankrupt's Counsel endeavoured to get his client's discharge, but in vain : the Commissioners' persisted in what they were doing, and represented. the dangerous consequences of passii4 over without. severe anittiadveTsion. a pra6tice such as the &Lg. rupt had stated himself to have been guilty of. He was remanded for further examination, and relied upon to produce fresh instances confirmatory of what he had stated upon oath to be the occasion of his losses. A cnnsidfrahle number of seamen, who were either left on board the East India ships for the purpose of navigating them to their moorings, or who otherwise esc sped impress, have for several days past paraded about Blackwell, assembled in a body, with a View to oppose the press-gangs. On Thursdav night, t shock i ng murder was committed at Sockton-upon- Fees, Yorkshire, upon a young Woman ot !la:11C llaetze, who had gone frosts Hutton Rodbv, near Stokesley, where she resided, to cell some Cic. china clot's for a ma nisiadurer and neighbour of the nausea WC IST Elt. She retired to rest between nine and ten o'clock. and at midnight the inhuman wretches where she lodged, and to whom she was el stranger, nearly severed her head from her body with a case kiiite and, soon after twelve, were sees attempting to re. move the body, in order to throw it into the river. The man, his wife, and daughter, were all imme diately secured. On Sunday last, a most atrocious attempt at mar der was made at Fakenharn, Norfolk, under the following circumstances :—About one o'clock in the morning, some villain, whose person and motives remain as yet unknown, broke into the house inhabit. ed by the Miss B +LES, two respe&able young ladies of the above place ; and, entering their chamber, drew the curtains of the bed in which th••y were. One of the ladies, awakened by the noise of his entrance, demanded of him his business, and eon. chiding that his purpose was to rob• the house, with much presence of mind, desired him to take what he wanted, and. go away. To this, how ever, the man made no reply, but with a large stick began to deal his blows in so dreadful a man near at the other lady, that her sister, in the utmost alarm, iprang from the bed, and endeavoured, by seizing hold of the villain's arm, to prevent the per petration of his murderous design; upon whist' he immediately took the latter in his arms, and carried her down stairs, where, in the same brutal way, he beat and wounded her also, until she remained sense less on the floor, and then made his escape from the house. Tile unhappy objets of the villain's erudite were, several hours afterwards, found by some of the neighbours (who, accidentaly passing by, were led, from the appearance of the house, to cusped something amiss had occurred) in a most miseraSle state. Surgical assistance, however, was instantly procured, and through great sk:11 and attenuon, strong hopes, we are happy to add, are entertained of their recovery. Great pains have bet-n taken in the investigation of tai, horrid affair, but hitherto witho•tt the desired erf,:a of discuvaring any glee to the deteAion of the offender.