The Sun. — London, England, 1805-10-29 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR O.E.THE SUM ffead.quarmrs, Colchester, Od. 13, tlei's. silt, 1-lAvitici observed in your Paper Saturday last, a General Order given to the Troops in this Dis tria, printed with my name annexed, 'as Assistant Adjutant General, I think duty to address you on the ,subjeet, and to request, ,as it cannot. tonduce toany useful purpose to publish Military Orders and Details, but may, on the contrary, prove injurious to His . ll4jesty's Service, by conveying. to the Ene ray irneortitnt information, that you:will be pleased, in future„ to' al:3stili from printing the General Or ders given to the Troops in this Distria. Perhaps were you tO phblish- the Substance of this 'Letter, k might prevent otlier Printers of News papers .frotri An4tting .any military. arrangements which prudence requires. us to conceal. . • I have the honour to. be ) , - , Sir, r , = I our most Qbedient humble Servant, • . Wm. ARMSTBONG, 04.:kAtiteo.Distri1. ,c We topled the Afrfiele 1111thlect tai t?om Ipswicle Pa- MAILS. Axr. Cutterthingll. Du It --t'llamburgh, `.Lisbon, • . 5 Dubigit, 7 WAterfixd. 1 • PRICE OF STOCKS 11111 DAY AT 'MILNE O'CLOCK. Consols I''THE SUN. . 1' QV t,s DIC& k& VA,L.SUM AUDE47 ? L 0 N'DO.N, Tt7LSDAY, OCTOULIt 24), 1805. . . 14. 7 * yesterday stated at length our reasons ,for doubting the very-unfavourable intelligence Which arrived lately from the Continent, and al though private accounts reached town last niglii,,witiCh Appear...to confirm the reports of the total taut of the Austrian Army, we 'still think there are . strong'reations fbr not giving credit to them, at least - to their full extent'. It r, illl bo recolletled, that the' first account at the defeat , and surrender, of the Austrian Army appeared in . the - Gazette de FrAnce of the 22d ; but it w,a3 not given - in an official shape. 1 1 )e 0n w,hicli the Prod 41.aion took place is isot mentioned, and what is still stranger, the .11187riteur of the same day, though it states that un • Vide-Letters confirm the; Capture of Ulm, does net' Bay a V.;orrl of the total Surrender of the Austrian Army. Thus stands' the intelligence as far as re lates to the French Papers;:bgt it, is said, to - be . fully--eeriftmetl- by Letters received from Holland. That sticJi ,4 fp9ort, s yas ciroulated,, andmight have obtained credit, in Holland; we do not. deny; but 1c.146w thg 'the fir,'it areounts vvliich reached us from - Ijoliand of tho defeat of . the Austrians, ilia the „capture 'of -Ulm', 'could not be true ; we are therefbre justified in doubting those which 14ie been subsequently received, until they are-con-z -firmed by intelligence. `'The fast account the ipaptinu of Ulmn from Holland was con tained ha aLetter .which we received and published ow,gtxpr:44 Edition on Siiturdai afternoon. This letter Was dated Rotterdaul l , the 21st wit: but since w'e have received Dutch Papers to the 27th, which• contain no account of the defeat of the Au. I ,4trian'.4rtriy, and only mention thec.;aPture of I,llra 74, ka repoyt, in a TA4tvr. front 'Frankfort, dated 'the' - cit)th,' Now it seettis almost. inwnssihle that intelligence bitould Nave reached Rotterdam Ott the it "of the' Deleit of . the Alisiriabs and the taking 5f 171ni, and th.te such important events should not' •ave been known at: Fnmkfort on thu 5;01.h. It is . h pow that the aEtion took .place on the t oth,. that obstiiiatc l'ittacks, in which tho French :-.x.ffe red ekecedingly, they succeeded in taking Uirri7-- that General MAcit and 413 while; Staff were made Pri,soners, and the Austrian Army entirely nod. If this were true, it ccroinly could not have CrYin at licitterd 3111 on the 21st. Men the intelligence of 'the ';1 1 3r, from Il olland, was fabil. cited, it ought Make us cautious in giving credit to that, of a hubsecitivt 'date; \viiich hears no more i t otornal Marks datithencicity. NiVe stated yesterday that a grand salute had been tiNd at .13(4n1e-42 , ne on tiattirclay, and that it was re ported to have taken place on account of the total t!ete4t of the Austihins VITh. We now learathat a Boat •was sent adrift 4410 Boulogne, which, on b e i n g picked up . by the :bnotortaliti! Frigate, ,was outd tciCatitain the fellow4v oi4l..rrlw Vial has suFrelitlervi tw ilia Yrsucli Arius, arm the Au. trian raf) i1;31104i14!"1." Z c : is scarcebr necessary to observe, that urn' Onicated such a way is not worthy Witi) of ratxcli credit, or, at any rate, ought to be received with'rauch caution and suspicion. The annihilation of o lg 'jt li strian Artty i 'one,of tho§e grand strokes . f V I -pet; 'gasconade which May suit the ardent iiinatiop FrencLuneo, btlt can carcely r. l ,` m the sober j udgme: it of English men.. The cis , u PP. . , }A z ' dear id the 44,aa vie .tated yesterday, speaks of , fitlinP nstriah Troops having gained the; left link of , iyintit,e w here they intercepto the French ltlP , p opr i eri , circunqstance, atTang ty timed in the Moniteur, is confirmed by Let ters from . Trankfert of the Voth instant, which state, that a Corps of Austrians, • limier , the Archduke FEttrsoram, had passed over the Da ntibe from Ulm intou - the Tvitories of Wurtem burgh. This is certainly inconsistent with the pompous account of the annihilation of the Aus trian Army. :If the French have taken Ultn s it is not improbable that the capture may have taken place after the greater 'part of the Austrians had quitted the place; and when only a Garrison of four or five•thousand, men were left to defend it.' The Capture Ofinni in this Way would be of little consequence, as the French, probably, with the ae cumulating force in their rear, could not long keep it. That an Anstrian Army of forty or fifty thou sand ineii should IeAVC laid down their arms and iinr rendrecl, appears atale too improbable to be believed even by the most credulous, without at least some better authority for it than there is at present. The acknowledgement of the libmiteur, ,that the French . Couriers' Were intercepted by the Austrian Troops on the left Bank of the Danube, evidently itn- Old that they: were 'not in: :that .situation' which could induce .the Surrender of 'Forty or • Fifty Thousand Men. What was to hinder the from marching along the left Bank of the Danube, , and again re-crossing it in the rear of the , positiOns which the French heidaccording to the last accouuts ? It appears that the Sunaioriofthe first Rui sian Column with a body of A.ustrians (probably that under Gett.KtsNstaA Eft) took place on the Inn on the 12tit inst. This united Army, 'consisting of UpWards of 70,000 men, 'would be strong ettengh. to advance towards the positions of the French, from which they,Could not be fig distant on the teth. Nothing,, therefore, hot the 'utter defeat of the , Austrians could prevent BONAPARTE from :being Placed in a situation of the utmost peril and 'hazard. lie would therefore doubtless Make a great Sacrifice of men to obtain such a viapry, and. if he has achieved it, wt have little • doubt that his loss was at least equal, if not greater, than, that of the Austrians ; indeed the reports of the Action seem to agree in stating his loss to be very great. , Even therefore if he 'succeeded in forcing thC Austrian POstii (which it would be idle to suppose were not Most bravely end resolutely defended), and thereby obtaining a great v4lory, his Army must be ',so much crippled to render it little able to meet, with any chance of success, a formidable . Army of Russians coming fresh into the Field: Marshal AooKa eau, itis said, had passed the Rhine at linningen, and . was march ing through the Black Forest, having arrived in the neighbourhood 'of Schaffhausen on the 7th. The Austrian General Gorp&suctst wts, 110WCVei, post ed at Stockach to keep AuGanisu in check, and there is not the least. authority for . supposing that the former has been forced from his pdsition. We cunnot,,,from the Nkitoie view of the stlb:ma, bring anrselves to'bolieve, without - innch more' 41- thentic information, that elteAusfrians have sustain ed that disaster , which the French would make us believe ; and oven if ,they . still to encourper, wish an , Army thinned by the sword, a most fortnidable:Russiati Force, :and 'pro bably with a Parisian Force still . moil fatioidabte, because it can he colloacd Jtt greiter force near the . • • We have ;ilready stated the probability .of the K NG- of Pit slir.l joining the anti this morn ing two Gottenbur i srh Muth arrived, by one of, which WC have the following important Letter from Got tenbtogh, dated the f,, , ,1:; . t instant " irni)orttmt m,sws wad ye 4erday received hero of the Kr:o of PRofst4 having joined,,the Coalition, and to-day it .has bcca confirmed from vaTiottA quarteri." • I' The accession of the Ptussian Alonarch to the canze of the Athei t will, . ,there it every reason to be lit.ve,-be followed by that 9f Saxony and Hesse, and probably 13entoark. Even, thexefor.:, if the Au strians have sui.tained a defeat (which there is eq . ' oinly no gror...-1 t present for supposing Nyco either, total, or even very serious) we see not the:slightest cause for despair ;' on the contrary, we sce every rea son to hope !hat 1.19414r45TE will ; find himself uurrly unable ,to meet the Combined. Force with which Ito it, now threatened, and that, however he may havo triumphed, tbr the moment, in ont. rnameuvring the Austriaos, his utter defeat is only for a short time postponed. Since 'writing the above lerirn, that sernn pri, vate aecounts state, that the AtAion at Ora was fought on the t ;nil, that neither party were vi,tori ous, hut that bot.:l sus tined very great it will be reinernloccii that that; has been, no Bulletin from th e Wench Army Binee the 'l2th, if BONAPARTA ontild nut obtnin tho vit.:tory, it must to trim ha‘c ali the dittady4ntigei detbat.. The second Ras 3iall A rilly expeCted to ).iLti;.ll the lull rj Ow latter er.vl of 114'2 prciont There Ore vac) contradi,quiv re(Nwts with reipea th 6 'la Italy ) 1)e 'Sti t t.; that the:. French betn (14.:feat6 BUtto Inc;1; Lb c. other, that the French had succeeded in forcing the positions of the Archduke CHA.II LES, and finally defeated him, Both of these depend upon the same private accounts from Holland which state the Ac tion at.Ultn. It is stated in our Latter from Dover, that orders had been sent doWiitir rozrzmzattTVg I the Expedition from the Downs, and that the Troops had began to disembark. We' l haTi rea "to - tfe lio , ,e ; t4lat there is not the slight 'c,st..fotiudati,on report. On Sunday evening LIEU( MAJEsTrEs had a Concert in the Royal Apartments in WindsorCas tic. The perfortnanCQ was . the Oratorio of Judas . Altiercibos, by HEn MAJESTY'S Band' and the Gen tlemen of the Windsor choir. Yisterday morning PAnICESSF.S Au'ovsTA and So, 1 , Ili A,' atteilded by Lord WALsiNOHASI, Lady WI-N- Y/alb and Col. DIADROW, 'took an airing in Windsor. Great Park. Vi:sterday the livap of CA:thIRIDPE pairlled to town from Windsor. . PalNCess MARY is at Kew, to keep Her Royal sister, - Pa IN CESS AMELIA, company during her in dis(iOsition. Sir'HENnY 'acid Lady FKANces I .\ - tr.sot; arrived onalursday at Chelsea Park, trona his scat in York shire, Her Grace of BEDFORD intends giving:a grand Masquerade at Wobtirn in the course of a tbruiiipt,. The "following Nobility are at Weymouth,. and. Are es.peaed toivntain until niter• Christmas : The. Earf atld Countess of K.RNMAttr. and the Countess of GUILDFOI(D, 811C1 Lady LOWTII BR, and Families, Sir ,G. and Lady PRESCOT, Mr. and Lady TuronostA BLUM, &C. There , being no Cutut of Aldermen t 24 0 ,, the LORD MAYOU, after inspe6tiug the Retnrns, ordered' the price of Bread to'reinain the same as last week. On Friday last the 3d., or Reserve Battalion of 27th Regiment, marched from Edinburgh. Castle fur Dnnbar Barracks.. . The Batavia') State , Gazette of the gtd. contains Proclamation concerning the Navigation of the Rhine, as agreed upon between the Emperor ,of tile French and the Elector' Arch-Chancellor, aS Representa tive of the German Einpirei.lil execution oftheßecos of the EMpire, giving notice, that the Custom-houses on the Rhine will be shot on the .31 st ofoCtobei, and others opened on the Ist of November, *hen the IleW duties shall .be paid in lieu of the present ones. A copy of. the Said agreement itas.',,been transmitted to the Batavia') 'Secretary of State Foreign Att - iiirs,* M. VAIIDERGOES, in 'a letter from M. Coatirairr mo....iTir.ii , r,(3omi.,lBsary:-G*n . c.ri4 and Plenipotentiair, of. the' French Emperor aYid of the Fullor Arch- Chancellor, for establishing, the Charter of the navi gation of the Rhine. When we hear that the Kiwo of PRUSSIA IS con• fined by , 44i. Gout, !, , c.t may be allowed to wonder,. that he can find leisure to be ill while the whole of the civiliied world is in such a arnica! state, and while a Reoulutionary Monarch seems anxious to,,overthrow all /twill/404e Sovereignty. We may see the melancholy etfeas of terror 14, the Dutch gewunts of every Aellon between the French and the Austrians: 'while the unfortunate 41- hlbitants of Holland are groaning under the weight of French .oppression, and panting fur a release, by tlie.lassistiance of some other- Power, therfeet-thern selyo,' under the necessity olgiving such representa tions ,of all military events ,Its may be agreeable to . ,their. Tyrant, and ot preteAding to•exult M the sne cesies of their august :411y—success that can only teztd to confirm their own.wretched slavery beyond possib.tity'of hope, THE ARTS..—rNORT/ICOTE has recently finished a very ftne.Pi6ture representing I,l4txrrt,.. in the Lions' Den.----The Prophet is represented as looking tOwarde ffeayen with pious confidence, but dazzled with the radiance which bursts trotn it as the signal of his . • safety. This attitude is well calculated to display the figure in what is. technically considered as an Academical point of view; yet it iI 4s() Ivry expre.s.- sive, and appropricite to the situation.-'-The animals are painted With the weal 'ability of this Artist in stu sufijeCts, and are well varied 'in their exprei iiion; sumo charaeterized by tremendous ferocity, and others nasking in " grim iepose.". The whole distinguished by a jedicious contrast and expres sion, as well as by ctQa.ritei, and harmony of cwouring. ANEcooTE.—Qt:IN, the Aaor, after dining one 'day with the colebrateci LI.RN, of-Bath; was ~by - vv'..kitiwo•oil, who , was of file Party, g ive the. company, sOme. specimen.- of theatrical talents. The Wit, indignant at the' freedom of this r..(itte,a; from a man whose pride he &Tiled,' and whose wicepdattcy over Mr. ALLEN he ,. observtid with . regret, .Checking his resentment with - some dif fic<ulty, after a moment's pan* assented, and, by ' tur s, looking earnestly at .A.m...uk and 3 1 1.tAitotrrov; empliuticaily exclaimed, " Honed Rim are the yin, easy cushions to On, which knave; repose and tatter." • The jitvenile Performers of the German Theatre boo, itcquittod themselves very ably in an Operatic Prawn founded upon the ,SAMC story as the popu lar. Parect o Matrimony. Whatever ,Arees may attraa, attention in the tragedy of lift, the rainoc Stage at present seems to ho einelly distitimished by , ttilanlry. Korzzatni,, the German 'Dramatist, has, it is szlid, written anew Play, in complitnent to . his friend Dr. GALA ) he has entitled The °rpm of tho Brain. Dr. GALL, however, is distinguished for his hovel doarinesrespeding,the shape of the skull, in which lie . introduce.d some philosophical notions "that , were. deemed 'rather too free by the friends of Gertnatly. Sttcli a o;hinsaie:ll Pltilosoplwr is suitably allied to such : a WililTlACtil Drainatist. A Bankrupt in a late Ga7ette, and Who coritriyed tO persuLtde his Credittirs that he had been murdered in the road near Nlintersworth, was (paradoxical as it appears) detained id. Edinburgh, as the m4rderiTi.),f hims, , Ul Miss WHENTLEY is a prodigious favourite with Hie Bath Audience, who seen/ to baoe .more etrinnent than the peopleof London, who eouid not discONer half the beauties now ascribed to her by the V a .1.4 1131 _ pap 11, OCT:, .28.-A singular circumstance occurred which has excited a qonsiderable sensation B o utogne yes here ;,.. while our Cruizers were off terday,' they o b serv ed - a light Boat tow ing out of „Ike- di s tance, abaft - i Harbour,- and, whenat-sonic ... "'clotted to drift towards our Ships. O n its being icl e4l yp., a- Letter.. was found from the Admiral of the Boulogne Flotilla to the English Commander, stating, that a general adion had taken place be , .. t ween 'the Preach and the Austrian Armies, in which , thelatter were totally routed, with the loss, in killed, - wo undid, and prisoaers, of 100,000 men. G en eral 1 MACK,iS'fitilted to be among the prisoners' taken by the Frenc.h. . We know not what credit is to be attached to notx coming in this shape, bet it. was conoidered to be of that importance by Capt. 0 W 64, that he immdate- ly . diipatehed a Vessel to Sir SIDNEY sblall, St' , Dover, •by whom it is :Jaid to have WU fa l6rl4* nation to Governatent. • - 4. very heavy tiring was bea'rd in the dire -56°115°f Calais and Boulogne yesterday, and 3 i'll' lliii ` lnli' posed; of the viaOry. 1 ti t It-414 bettat . Caididgatit jbteil ye to-uai - 1 . d orders 'were rtweived yesterday, at Peal. til 5 ' 14 ' 61 tooic,Pl4co at..l3oulogne in Loour, it is sup the.. s:tilitig of the Trangports from tile Powu s f ar „,.- tc f the Continent till thc .4ting i.. in con' el l u—e ° which orders, inost of the Regiments ge diem' barked. ,r0,11311,5).1011T11, OCT. the Lark Dour forlv ia. o f War, Capt. LAN-Gvinto, With the COIIVOY dkira .kfrica, ct which the. foll owi n g are 3 Pirti viz ; . • . I, 4 Caledonia; llAmit.Tox,, Devon ; SPA"gi "°' Nehon,. ---, itiiiiai„ f lail Du ke, Ai`C mid Ira' A RTIIt, for Africa ; Pitt, NPwoogn,.--- veller,,,—,—‘, for kadeira. • ' Als.o.—:ailed, -thei.:lttuditrid,ge, :.*Dcrt,oll, for ag t and the Percus . ',INCH, for Dantzir. The Patron 'Sloop- a War avi fury Doolb °° agai4' put back to piOicad. • • ...,,T,,be Saturn, 01: 74 :guns, iota Amttitit ru" '''"l"itc..''was' paid' wages this day ;. she will 534 IQ join Sir IOW; DUcKWORTICS Squadrt,gi toOr.°1:: Ciuszird • Bay Is . 00:1 lace 7of radezvotli 10 ' l ' 4OHN'sSiitutciron.i ..'. ..' . The 411kicore SloOp, Capt: riltaltVis 4 ` ° S t e rB ) The %no Cutter, brought in lwro tojokn sirLt mg SAvmArigz'sSqlodr°P a t G4ersl-".; o n Sstotag, toi the largest and titiest stuuggliris Vet.' eve r F4ttl°i) this, _., Pert. Shti cost ittiOol. l' of two Yom' siticete' ra - 3 'tops burtrien, mid had a carf; o of 0 C1 ,.,, ° ri r q g4ll°l titbs; and, cue C hest of tea. Bheod b134"1-0',,0 eir'Silaclq- Head,. from whirl cirol.ostaP°3.jo'i,le the Champion, could have tatted her, which v i ', 2 el h , t hey -boatl. - She made four .sVces6l/ v°l-g iftt tyar, by wilicii. the o „,' :nerfs,ood 6000. . ; ; i bm es : 1 : ::;1112:71;f114;if ore, She vas to en jtuenrathierolimarbboeurn;:o :nottibteh, 0.00; e , live 4, W444St': it is likely that sh e will b DEAL 0 '. CT. 28...P41.00101 in the Powli g iii. J esty's Ships and Transports a po' ba t \Lt ' .1 Poeta SnEERXESS, OCT. CB.-4' h ~ t , at ack Lod vi, Sloop ofWar , 'with the outward -bound 11:11!ic ' - lc crAikkg to dip strong easter ly winds , which e ' their progress.. citlie:dl:l.lo:,iticeakollco‘;ll7titgse airirt:Lou4;rediiNiensttss,o3:l,osl;ePett ,(I)tl'iie:t,,: • ro sent from .i. ~,.,Admira l Cloi.Lii:awoon ixill 5h0,f1,,1 p: i ' l : : 111%.7 o (Mot i ght , ge, to the R„yal tE,i!if:l,;. It'.'L,..as__ S econd ill COlntliZia ; iirid Or Adii;irillee 0 ii,•at.!l'F_L'Ar art. slips 11:4 flag iron ti)e....toto to p,,,,,2_.?"/ to, the Dreadnutigkr, pe, god ,J;ortris, -"6....,"%a: vice Admiral Sir J. .4", 1)41c1,-, /frusta. 1(:1)4:::!4(:*unti:tiel'en:ii!!!!!:!:1.::i~oI~artir;t1:::$1:/30 ~ _ ..!, ,v-t-as sll3irdirtscamorind fo Militt4 O, The. Eipeditioti preparing to :arid ir ' o P , , tti re v , ... , _l 3 to _be . au WI very considerably :we f i l e g) 4 . al 0 rj° • is to i s-nOW WI it Ma.rCh from Colchester; a to , ,aii)int.:lntor:s..eupawrerocethineeariotdlgnatit:),ettife.itocfi)inurti,iniate ifootrll:)iiit;tctiFsiit;!l.l/:.,',4, ii_ .Iylagnecre;oolf.iitriro94,.ptsraorni•ntalr,y-actagircrie of oral eelliti, ,• , . 'OS) ‘ V . .. 0 1..:,s Drought borne by Miiiiral lASIO, in i ' l 43,0 d . i nt Nlau of War. fie was ooly confined lieilho, i_!, 4 keurtel imbed to a large gun or) the 00 oy I, Ic never viounded a sailor 01l tbe polige. i:iotit In particalr, aboklt.. L 4 ye,:,r,i o f lige, (0010), ea , yed with bizn, .and a; tanei would clit,o ille.9lllyr: virence 1W cgiulnit4gl on the pas* oi , alt I I 4 few; fa ' 't r - • ' i i v 1 1‘33 b o.liri ing prQvisions_:. Jo wai tgo ,0 ip t.? ..14611dQn ti); 'anti, atul contibutid equally u''''' . 1414 way to tQNIIII, • TAT .ElT,tt arrived io town 40 Sund4 tl‘.°ll-1'11;t dao aCat at Bast CIA Ilea itailiSPia, and fltte-- dshiP the AdMintity. WW:lititiCrgtall4 ~013 t lliS LOre6:ol ",_ ci a eousultativn with tile tioJr.4 00 _the,ul'i t the kNp4tiitioli about tamer l frol3theilrity t( It ii the iuteotiori of the optra 0= i.-.. 0 1 .-- statio i",--,:ease. oe,itt.tater t' Fripte4.6ll tilo.ki.irltit' 1 0 oni ci und4,ll. Lord GAitt)r;t3t,, and to gllow rh,tto foil greater ey.tgut` to craze lu tbau itier Da 1 , ,tiad.. . ~ , . _ ~.•""