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TILE DLITCI7 MAlk. VIENNA, Auc. 4. YESTERDAY His Royal Highness the. DUKE CHARLES was again present at a Cotincil, at Which the Minister of State, =Count CoiENZEi., at- tended. Our AmbasSador, CoUnt STAHREMB Eita, has ar rived here 'from London. According to Letters from Constantino i ble, of the Loth of Jifly, the GRAND VIZIER was expeded there very soon. The EMPEROR to day gave an audience to Mons. AREZZI, Envoy Extraordinary from the Papal See to the Court of Russia. FRANKFORT, Auc. 7. A Prussian Courier, who carries an official ac count of the occupying of the Prussian Indemnities by Prussian troops, has passed through Brussels, on his way to Paris. On the 3d inst. Eichsfild was also taken posses_ lion of by the Prussian troops. On the 31st of July, the Military at EViirt took the Oath of Fidelity to the new ELECTOR of MENTZ. Private letters from Paris, speak of modifications the plan of Indemnities, in favour of Austria, which are now negociating; among which is an establishment for the ARCHDUKE ANTONY, chosen some time since Eldlor and Archbishop of Mun. tter. PADERBORN, AUG. 5. ON the 3d inst. Major-General L'EsToco took Possession of our Territory, with five Squadrons of liussars of Blucher, two Battalions of Bila, the Grenadiers of Sobbe, and some Chasseurs and Ar tillery men. Four hundred and eighty Grenadiers remain here in garrison, the rest of the Troops are distributed in the Country. The sathe evening the General gave a ball and supper. WESEL, Auc. 7. OuR Gatette contains the following - article t Our Troops, and the Officers and Commissaries i '.;ere received at Werden by the Abbot in the most ~i endly manner. At Kefirloirhi when the Prussian was aboiit to be affixed up, the inhabitants took It and hung it up ,on a triumphal arch, which t hey had ereded for the reception of our country t Essen, the Troops were neither wel omed, nor met at their entrance, the Inhabitants, after_ske example of the Magistrates, remaining" in their houses with their windows shut. The Mili ary of Munster will be incorporated with the Prus slan. RATISBON, Aug. &. TIT E Bavarian Deputy, Baron RE C I 3 ERG, !edit% ti in the night of the 2d instant a Courier from the Bavarian Envoy at St. Petersburgh, to M. PoscH, I 'ho arrived by the way of Berlin, and brought the general Plan of Indemnities concerted at Paris, and r atified by His IMPERIAL RUSSIAN MA JESTY.--- ' tWO similar Copies of this Plan will be laid l'efore the- Empire on the part of France and Rus_ I by Citizen NIA.r-rniEu and Baron BUHLER. this Plan the future state of the Empire, both with resped to the large and smll States, is ti rcumstantially regulated. IVartemberg i Baden, 1 1(1 Hesse Cassel, are proposed for the Eleftoral Dignity. The EMPEROR of RUAIA had likewise r ecommended Mecklenburg ; and the French and B avarian Ministers have promised the co-operation of their Courts to that effect. In the College ° F Princes, eight new voices are to be added, a mong which are Nassau ningen, Nassau 41- eilburg, S a l m, K ir b urg, and Leiningen. Osna -Izog, falls to Hanover, but under conditions tka t the latter shall resign its claims to Hilde °77: 6 e: and Corvey, a n d its eventual possession of Alten.iirchen to Nassau - Usinged. The T 4 On at Els . "Fetb is to b e a b o li s h e d ; b ut i n comPen 4tion, the DUKE Of HOLSTEIN OLDENBURG re ives the Bisboisr;ck of Lubcck as an Hereditary ri neipality, a part of Munster, and the Hanoverian ! , isr rt , ,!t of Wildesh.ausPn. The ELECTOR of I tNTZ remains the only Ecclesiastical Eleaor, and re ceives suc h I n d emn i t i es for his losses, th at hi s rev enue,. in the whole will amount to a million.— ~ght Cities, viz. Lubeck, Brem en , Hawburgb, ?rinkfort, Augsburg, Nurembur g , Wet ;lacer, and ,RQii.sbopr, are to be I m p er i a l Ci t i es, and the two L 3 t remai n as b e f ore, t h e one the Seat of the Chain_ ve r ofthe E mp i re, an d t h e other of the Diet. The 141 Penal Cities, in all future Wars of the Enipire, are to be permitted to observe a perfea neutrality. HAGUE, Aug. TO. s r.o-day th e L eg i slative Body will decide on the 11 11 c'posed General Amnesty, Some b e li eve i t w ill , I ° . t t be gr,mted, a s - t h e E m i grants i n English ray t i thus be. permitted to return. TO TI!E EDITOR, SIR, REPORTS having been circulated highly injurious to .the Magistracy of the City of Coventry, and most unjustly reflecting upon the conduCt t , f a de tachment of the Reginient of the King's Dragoon Guards, quartered at Coventry, at the time of the late Elenion, charging theni with committing aas of great cruelty on the peaceable inhabitants,- by which many liVes were said to be lost, and many persons dangerously wounded, We, as Members for the City of Coventry, request of you, in justice to the partiet so falsely accused, to insert in your Paper, the two following Letters, which will oblige, Sir, youi obedient Servants', Ars._ 2, z Soz. N. jErrEkys. F. W. BARtOW. A COPY OF A LETTER FROM THE MAYOR OF CO- VENTRY TO COL. BROWNRIGG. " SIR, Coventgi Aug. 6, t 202. " Col. ELLIOTT of the First Regiment of Dra goon Guards (lately quartered in this City), has favour e d ti l e with copies of letters - recei'ved at the War Office from Coventry, .ontaining serious com plaints against Cornets ADDISON and BRACE BRIDGE, for wanton cruelty, committed by several of the Privates of the Regiment, whilst under com mand, on the 22d of July last. It is my duty, Sir, ro state to you, for the- information of His:Roxial Highness the Commander in Chief, a correct ;1 - Z:count of the transalions alluded to. " On the morning of the zzd of July, the 'Chair ing of IVIr. JEFFER'is and Captain BARLOW, the re turned Members for the' City, took place. The Band of the Regiment, at the request of several of the principal Inhabitants, attended the procession. " Several of the Privates, about sixteen in num ber (unarmed), assisted in leading the horses of the - Band, who concluded themselves throughout the day in the most orderly and peaceable Manner. On the Procession entering Spon-street, a .very large Mob of Persons, in the interest of Mr. BIRD and Mr. MOW?, E (the unsuccessful Candidates) were as sembled, for the avowed purpose of attacking and insulting the Members. The Chair of Mr. J EFF RAYS was soon' surrounded—stones were thrown in vari ous direCtions—threats and imprecations the most horrid, uttered, and at length such ads of riot and violence committed, as to induce the Magistrates to request a.small detachment of the Regiment to be in readiness, to restore the peace of the City, should it be found necessary to employ them. An attempt was made by a mob to dismount one of the Band, which was resented by the Privates leading the horses, and some blows were struck on ,both sides. " Had not this attack been made on the Band, not a Soldier would have stirred from his .post. This. must be the transaction alluded to in the former part of Mr.. MASON'S 'Letter, which, he says, the Inhabitants submitted to. I was myself, an eye witness of these proceedings. In the afternoon of the .same day, a great number of the 'partizans of Mr. BIRD and Mr. A4O°llE, dined together at Radford, a small Village contiguous to, and al. most adjoining Coventry ; and- in the evening, it was given out, that a Grand Mock Chairing was I . to take place at this Village, of a Man, who they pretended, was returned the Member for Raiford. This mock-chairing took place, and of course brought together a very large number of persons, the most violent and disorderly of the partizans of Mr. BIRD and Mr. MOORE. Upwards of iOOO persons attend. ed the ceremony. About half_past seven, or eight o'clock, this banditti returned from Radford to Co. ventry, preceded by two drums and' two fifes, in. sulting and beating every person they met 'wearing the Cockade of Mr. j E FFERYS and Capt. BARLOW. The malice of this mob was particularly aimed at the military. A soldier near the market-place was violently beaten by them, thrown down, and kicked most cruelly. On their approaching the Barracks, the Rsgue's March was beat, and several of the pri vates standing there, were attacked and forced into • the mob, and violently and cruelly beaten. Many of the inhabitants were also seriously hurt. This mischief was pre-determined, as I am most cre dibly informed that the same Gentleman who gave information to the War_office, and who is a warm • partizan of Mr. BIRD and . Mr..MobaE, was heard to say to Captain AcKLAND, on the day of the chair ing, " that those persons who wore the cockades in the morning would not wear them in the afternoon." The inhabitants became extremely alarmed at these outrageous proceedings, and as the mob was pro ceeding towards the street where the riots were most manifest in the morning, a Magistrate deemed it necessary to interfere. .", A small detachment of the Military was there fo.re ordered out, and the mob instantly dispersed. The Magistrate, who was the most alive in sup_ pressing these riotous proceedings, was himself as_ saulted. It may. be true- that some boys received blows given over the shoulders by the flat side of the - sword ; but no information has reached my ear of:any one person being seriously wounded, or even wounded at all ; nor have I heard from any of the Faculti in Coventry that such accidents really hap pened. • " In justice to the Regiment in question, I beg leave to add, that during its continuance in Coven try, it was remarked for good Cond i utk, sobriety, and strict discipline. " I have, &c. • (Signed) "J. I\lows, Mayor." U Colonel Brownrigg, Lfe." Horse-Guards, gth Attk.•l So 2. I have had the himour to lay before the Com.' mander in Chief your letter of 6th instant, and am direled to convey kik Royal flighness's thanks to you for the communication therein made, and to ex press his satisfaCtion at the good conduct which_ you state: to have been observed by the Detachment - of the King's Dragoons at Coventry on 'the occasion mentioned, and at the incorreaness of the report which was preferred against it. I have the honour to be, ROBERT BROWNRICC• To the Worshipful the Mayor of Coventry. The Kaeton, 13iiiinge, from Baltimore to St. Thomas, is lon off Antigua. § r):.i 7 1117 . R.. ...,lA' D 13 I R 'c, . , - • TtibsE who witnessed the.baffie at. Cockpool_ greet,, between Eicher and Burke, will no doubt recollea with what relu6ance Pr:rite 'yielded the palisht Of viaory to hiS antagonist on that day. Since that peridd Nike hits never been satisfied in his own mind, btu that the fortune. of the nay was lost On account of an accidental blow which he received in the throat; It was :therefore his intention to avail himself Of the first opportunity that offered, to try the fate of another Coizest.-- It was not, however, by .the battle which. was in. tended to have been fought in YoikShire, that he was to judge of his superiority oVer Belcher, as it is well known, that no battle was then to take place, without Belcher first agreeing. to make it a cross, which he could not be persuaded to consent to, having sworn to his Mother a t p a t t i ng , t h at he Would strietly adhere to the rule laid down by his Grandfather Vail, never to sell a baffle. The fight was therefore put off, after much expence had been incurred in preparing the stage and training the Heroes. Burke after thP3 still continued to boast at various times of his superior prowess ; and on Thum_ day last, being a little pot-valiant, at Camberwell Fair, he was entertaining a number of hearerS with the manner he would serve it out to Belcher the first time he met with him. A coach came up to the spot at the moment with Belcher in it, accompanied by FLETCHER READ, Esq. when he was soon in_ fdrmed of what Burke had been saying; The Bristol Hero immediately stepped out of the coach, and asked Burke if what he had just heard Was true ?• Burke replied it was; and offered to ac. company hint to. a room where he would box him for pure love. They, retired to the Golden Lbn, and found the place they meant to fight in occu pied with some females. Belcher immediately en treated Burke not to a l arm t h em, b ut adjourn to the Bowling-green, but Burke persisted in setting too in the room; on which Belcher stript off his coat to prepare for battle, when his opponent demanded a truce, as he had drank freely, and was not fit to engage him. Belcher remained be hind, and Burke with several others repaired to the Bowling-green, but had not been there long before he sent a message to Belcher, that he was then ready to enter the ring with him. Bel_ cher obeyed the summons, and they again script and set-too. There - was at the time so bad a ring, that nothing like science vt , :s displayed.— They dosed, and Belcher threw Burke. On the second round, there was more room—Belcher • placed his first blow on Burke's nose ; the blood instantly gushed out, - and he again fell. On his Second's attempting to raise him up, he requested to remain where he was, and in that si tuation again applied to Belcher for a suspension' of hostilities, as he found he had drank too much liquor, and that they were not contending.on equal terms. Burke farther proposed that he would then put down a guinea to one of Belcher's, which should be forfeited by tl'ose who failed to meet next day, at twelve o'clock, in Oxendon-street, fur the purpose of fixing a proper place to "fight at, the same day, that they might fairly determine which of them hereafter was to be considered the best man. THE BATTLE IN BAKER'S FIELDS, SEAR BAYS.. WATER. At twelve o'clock, according to appointment, the Bruising Heroes met in Oxendon_street, accom panied by many of their friends of fighting noto riety, and they both being in the same mind as the day before, agreed to proceed to Baker's Fields, behind Bayswater, to have the battle out. Belcher had no objelion to make the quarrel up, without appealing again to blows ; but Burke, con sidering that he had been used ill the day before, refu.3ed, and seemed to say, " Hard blows and revenge for me.". At one o'clock the combatants, with an immense crowd of people, arrived at the, place fixed on. The field was s p ac i ous , an d t h ere being no rime to creel a stage, or any attempt at preparation, a most ex tensive ring was formed : the persons in the inner cir cle almost laying down, the second Circle sit ting, the third circle on their knees, and outside of them the others standing. In a few mi nutes the ring was formed, and the two furious pugilists appeared in the middle of it, be gan to strip off their clothes, and seemed eager for the fight. Many of, the amateurs were asto nished at the cool determination with which Burke appeared to enter the ring with Belcher, after the severe beating he had received from him, but his mind was made up to try once more if persever-. ance, or a fortunate blow, would stand his friend. Belcher's looks were those of confidence : his Se conds were Joe Ward and Bill Gibbons. Burke was attended by Tom Owen and Yokel, a Jew.-- Having announced that they were ready to set-too, a perfeel silence immediately prevailed throughout the speetators. First Round.--A great deal of hard strait forward fighting, in which both parties received severe blows in the body. Burke closed with Belcher, and attempted to throw him, but Belcher gave Burke a cross-buttock. Nn blood was spilt, and Belcher was first upon his legs. Second 16rind.—gurice endeavoured to give the first blow, hut it was partied by Beicher's left arm, wh o with the same hand hit Burke a violent blow on his mouth, which cut both his lips; he bled mach, but did not fall, till on closing he was again thrown by Belcher, who decidedly seemed to have strength in his favour. • . Third Roulld.--,Set to immediately on - rising from the Second's knee; no manoeuvring, all strait forward fighting. Belcher received a violent.blow under the left arm, but fought on; and on closing again had the advantage in the fall, • but Burke was thought not to have the worst of it. Fourth Round.—Hard fighting—several hits in the body on both sides, but no knock-down blows. Neither seemed to have the advantage, except when they closed, when Burke as before fell 'undermost, Several voices called out, "Take care of your nose, Burke, and you will do him yet."—Belcher smiled. Fijth Rouud.-13.urke shewcd evident marks of irritation, but still fought strong Belcher avoided several severe blows aimed at his head, and laughed at his opponent. Burke., however, piked ahotber blew with his right Tula opt his Opponent's let sitlei and again c;cfsed with Belcher,' who gave ]lilt anoLher cross-bUft , ek, but still there were nci iri the battle'. They both feel together at the of . the round. Siztb . . . Rotiti,:f.----Beleher got oiler Btfrke's guard with his left hand, and placed a severe blow oo his clieek-bOne, which cdt i hole it it; and midi it bleed Much. This had a visible effed on Burke's temper, and threW him off his guard, so that he had evidently the worst of the roUnd, He closed again With Be lcher, bUt wi li no better success. Se<veizA alter*l his mode offiglic i inn, but 'not for the better'. fie drew hick b e f ore ' he attempted to Make his blow; to give it more force, bUt Belcher avoided if, and Burke fell at his feet. Belcher now appeared in great spirits. Eighth Ro't‘iid.- - ---Beicher seemed as alert as ever, and fought undauntedly. Burke fought with savage feroeitY, but could not make his blows tell. Bel cher seeing be began to be distressed, pretended to 4•ricourage hirti to come op. Burke never flinched from Be:cher's blows, who now seemed to be able to vlace them where he liked. Burke's face se,:me.l much mangled ; his mouth was full of blood, and when they fell together, being far the first tin' upper Most, he spit the blood i nto Belcher's month. Belched did not relish it, anti swore he would pay him for it the next round. A r in!b•Rrfrid.--Burke came up to Belcher, who stopped and returned his first blow, which hit Buikt, who rallied again and hit Belcher a blow on. one side of the neck, which turned black ; he how_ ever fought on till Burke attempted to throw him, when Belcher gave him a severe erossbuttock, and Burke was with difficulty got up. Tenih Round.—Lßelcher fought with unabated vigour, and seemed unwilling to give Burke any breathing time, but what was allowed by the laws of Foxing. Burke came up very manly, and shewed good bottom, bUt now fought round, and lay very much open to Belcher's blows. It was thought he must soon give in ; but hitting Belche r a severe blow near the eye, concluded with having the best of this round. Eleventh Round.—This was of all others the most desperately fought. It appeared as if Burke meant to try the eff‘ct of his whole strength in this round. &icher, however, had equal powers to `meet him. Burke placed all his blows at Belcher's body with his right hand ; Belcher parried some of t h em in his usual way, and struck at the same time with his, left hand at his opponent's fate, which during this round was in a shocking bloody state. The round ended with Belcher giving Burke :the usual finish, a cross buttock. Tw,Ml) Round.---Burke seethed much weakened from the last round, though he would not give in. Belcher hit him a violent blow or two on ane side of his nose. The old Wound was hit, but not severely. It was now evident he could not recover the battle. Belcher was as cdol and as colleaed as at the first of the contest, and seemed to have strength in reserve. •Ile threw Burke with apparent ease. Thirteenth Round.—This was the last round, in which Burke evinced much courage, and seemed to prove that none but Belcher could give him as much beating as he could carry away. He rushed upon Belcher, regardless of the blows that were so liber ally dealt cut to him, and being entirely exhausted, fell upon the ground in an inanimate state, when his Seconds interfered, and said he could do no more. It was considered one of the severest battles that has taken place 4ince Belcher became of pugilistic note. Belcher acknowledged he never had had such an ugly customer. It was thought that if Burke could have preserved the same coolnesa and science to the end which he evinced in the onset, that the fiitht must have lasted half an hour, even at.the rate they fought, if he did not prove .viaorious. Burke could scarcely see or stand, being much :beaten abont the body; and cut in the face so dreadfully tliat it was almost impossible 'to distin guish a 'feature. He was put into a coach, and conveyed to a house in the neighbourhood of Grosvenor-square. He was heard to groan very much on the way. Belcher, on the contrary-, did not appear to have a single mark in his face, or upon his body, except a bruise on the left cheek bone, and another on the breast, towards the shoulder. Immediately upon his being declared visor, a judgment which entitles him to be cal led the Champion of England, he leaped up three times from the ground, near three feet high, atnidst the shouts and huzzas of the Spalators, to shew that he had not suffered from the fight, and re.. mined in full possession of his powers. After walking three times round the field with his friends, to cool and compose his spirits, he left the ground on foot, his particular friends accompanying him until they reached the road, where they took . a Coach, in order to avoid the crowd that followed them. It was said, that the Corlib3tants . fought for a pulse of .fifty guineas --this was not true the fad is, that after the fight, Mr. READ, a nd some ot h er _ . amateurs of this brutal praaice, subscribed thirty guineas for the winner,' and five guineas for the loser of the battle. MANSION"-HOUSE.—Yesterday a / little boy, ap patently not more than eight or nine years old, and neatly dressed,' vi-as brought up before the Lott D MAYOR. A 'constable said lie found him strolling the streets in the middle of the night, and took him to the watch-housr!, where he told many strange sto. ries of his being connected with a number of boys who lived by thieving. Being examined as to the truth of this confession, he gave the same account of him self to his Lordship. He repeated the names of many of his alledgcd accimpliccs ; and added, that he had no friends, nor any body to take car: of him. , A. well dressed man who attended, bif lined his Lordship thathaving seen the boy at ;he C ter, he was induced by curiosity to ask him some questions : in answer ro which he told that his father arid mother both died on th e s a m e d a y,- an d that he was obliged to resort to thieving, in concert with a number of boys like, himself, for his support; but that On inquiry he found that the account was mostly false, arid that the b)y is the son of a JL‘iv, vho lives in East Smithfield, Ivlio said he had been from home for two days. The Loa :VIAYok or dered !lint to be sent back to his tatlict. 4 ' ~~ 3- of ect 0111 1 ;ion h o f pre• tr y and 11 10 )utP ncca o wn Iyes•. beC il ,r,