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GENtrtAt, ELECTIOINt. 'l'o THE WORTIL? ELECTOR:, CF WEST.MIN STE;I:. CLN7•LEMIY ; T TRUST I shall not be deemed presumptuous in offering my Services to the City of Westminster upon the present Occasion. 111 should be so fortunate as to be distinguished by your favour, 1 shall be anxious on every occasion to evince my gtatitude to you by au upright and independent Condua in Parliament, and by continuing to devote my best faculties to the •3erviee of nay Country. My health is not siPlitiently re-established, to admit of my soliciting your Support by a personal Canvass; but I am confident . this involuntary omission will not be permitted to operate to my prejudice. I have no doubt of being able to make my appearance on the Hustings on oe, day of Elec. Lion, and thtteto assure you, in person, of my attachment to your SerViCe. 1 hav2 the honour to be, &c. Wimp()le-street, Oct. t 7, 18c6. SAMUEL MOOD TotheC EN, CLERG Y;a;(i F REEHOLDEItS of the COUNTY of LINCOLN. GENTLEMEN. "U. HE DISSOLUTION of PARLIAMENT bay ing taken place, I.feel it necessary to declare, that it is my intention again to offer my Service, I cannot permit this Opportunity to pass without return• ing my particular and warmest Thanks to my Friends, whose kind Partiality, more than any Merits of my own, placed me in my late disthrgirished Situation. To the best of my knowledge; I have pursued an indepen tient and honourable lane of Parliamentary I)uty, and never made the Confidence reposed in me the Footstool of my Ann. ' Thus, I , hope, my public conduit has been such as to leave, to room for censure, and that I return the important Trust confided to me unsullied. be Ossured, thafilyou_aglin Elea me as one of your Re. presentatives. I shall ever entertain a high sense of the ho ronr conferred on• me, and that I shall remain with much Tesped and regard, Gzr.irtEmEN. Your very grateful, obliged, and obddient Servant, , GII BERT HEATHCOTE. Normanton Park, Ocl. 1306. To Ow WORTHY and INDEPENDENT ELECTORS of the DOitOUGH of HERTFORD. GiNTLitIEN, A DISSOLUTION of the PARLIAMENT bay .l4!• ing now actually taken place, permit me to re., new my Snlicitations for the Honour of your Votes and In terest at the approaching Election. . The almost unanimous Support that I met with during my recent Canvass, deniani!s my Eno; t grarefuiAcknowledgments; and while it relieves me from any anxiety with regard to the result of the: Lont,st, affords the gratifying refieelion that my. Condua. as your KepresentatiVe in Parliament, has met with your Approbation. The f: it aloft will take place on Friday next, the 31st inst. when 1 earnesqy request the Favour of your Attendance and Support. 1 have the honour to be,. with great respat, CzNTLEMEN, Your much obliged and faithful Servant, EDW. SPENCER COWPEA. Hertford, Oat. 25, iBOO. To the WORTHY INDEPENDENT F,REEMEN 9f the CJ ry of OXFORD. .e,Ltri-LuzEN, rl -1 1:1E DISSOLUTION of PARLIAMENT ba s -3- again given you an opportunity of exercising your Pri vilege of choosing such Persons as you may approve to re, present you in the Senate of the Nation. The distinguished manner in which, on a former occasion, yon WAS pleased to intrust your valuable Interests to My care, marked the time of the last l leEjioq ae the proudest pericd of my life : I then promised you Adelity of Service—an engage ment 1 have ever lett most s cre4. Conscious of having, on all occasion, discharged my duty to you to the best of my power, I with colifitieoce again so lici; your favour and support. Should you think proper to re,eLetineyour Representative, von may he assured ( . ! frri aodulOtts attention in Parliament, and may rely that I shall ioiluericed by no consideration but the wet fate-of the CCun= try at large, and the particular Interests of my Constituents.. I have the Honour To e, 6entletri,to, With great respticl, Your most obliged and faithful Servant; - - 10IIN -/ITKYNS WRIGHT.. OY,ford, 636. ' To the INDEPENDENT 136RGESSES, HOLDERS of the TOWN of NOTTINGHAAL GENTLEMEN, A laTHQUPI4 I have not personally had the ho -4 I- nour on any former occasion to he chosen to represent yqu l'arliampt, yet my Gratitude is not tile less towards you tOr the kindness which r3•ty Family have received from you on many occasions ; and be assured, that whatever may ba your dete . rmirtation at the approaching, Eleaion, I shall acknowledfe my sense or obligation to you to the latest pe riod of my life. ..• • . , . I am fully sensible of the importance of the Trust which I have solicited at your hands; and if I should he so happy as to succeed in tins, the highest - objet of my ambition, I pledge myself to discharge most faithfully the Duties of an p . 011 4nti independent Member of Parliament; and I at the ; :me time assure you it shall ever be my study to promote 14...! Prosperity of this my native Town. _ _ Until my arrival here a few days ago I never heard that any set otlVlen pad dared to attempt to take away the Rights of the Burgesses of Nottingham, by inclosing. the Fields and NleadOw:,; and I sincerely declare to you that such a mea :Aire has no'w, and cur will have, my decided disapprobation ; a it I should have the honour to be the °hied of your .I;oice, I will ever give it my most determined opposition. As soup as a Dissolution of Parliament has taken place, 1 have tie plosnre, in conjumition with my worthy V 'lend, Mr. Coke, to pay My respects in person to every one or )OU, when eariipstly hope that we shall both meet with y,.ir Cooptenance and Support; and in the mean time 1 beg lame to assure you tint 1 am, and ever shall be, Gentlemen, Your much obliged, And most faithful humble Servant, JOHN tingham, Oa. 22, 1806. 3 - b Rik VY. HAVING received His RlRjesty's Writ, under the Great Seal of Great Britain, to me direeted, fur the' Eleflion of two Knights' to serve in 'Parliament for the said . County, I do hereby Rive Notice, that .a Special 'County Court will be bell . at the Town Hall of Guildford„-onTuei: day„ the 4th4ay of lgovenibtr next, tetwien Eight aril isle.'ven of the Clock in the FOrcnoon, fur the purpose only of proceedingin such Election, of Which all the Freeholders of the. said County, and others concerned, are required to take_ notice. KENNARD SMITH, Sheriff.- Cheam, Oa. 24, 1806. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. BRENIEK, Ocr. 16. - The affair of ' the 11th inst. at Saalfeldt,' betwixt the Advanced Guard of the Prussian' Army, under the command of Prince L. FERDINAND, and 'a Corps of French amounting to 15,000, has been so va riously stated in the numerous reports upon the sub je&, that i find it impossible to learn the exaEt de tails. Certain. it is, the Prince maintained his posi tion for some hours, with the most obstinate bravery, and had ultimately kept it, had not the French been reinforced, and, through the treachery of an Emi ,grant Officer in the Prussian Service', infoianed of the exact situation and number of his troops, and • that none could be brought to his immediate sup port.. -Finding his number ; therefore, so inferior to their own, they determined to dislodge him, cost , what it would; and they at last gained their point , notwithstanding they were driven back three times, and had lost an infinite number of men : some ac counts say,' 9,500--others, 3000 ; however, all agree the advantage cost them dear ; and I am sorry to say, the Prussians have suffered much, pprticularly in the irreparable loss of the Prince himself, who was mor tally wounded, when encouraging his soldiers to keep their ground, and died next day. The French entered Leiv.ic.on the 13th, and the first act of their ciwneney was to demand an imr mediate contribution of 250,000 dollars, to be paid in 24 hours. It is now the fair there, - and you may be sure they will provide for t'he winter season, and on very reasonable terms. There are Letters which have arrived here this forenoon from Brunswick, stating very positively that an Action had taken place betwixt the Army under Prince Honc,NLon:;, and the left' wing of the French, who are raid to be entirely defeated. Some go the length to affirm that 1.2 or 1.5,000 are killed and taken prisoners. These Letters, I find, are gain ing much belief. They just mention that there has been a bloody Engagement betwixt the Army under Prince Ho uutit.onE, and the left wing of the French, under the command of Mu4AT ; that the Prince 'had been completely successful, and had taken.and killed Xl2 or 1:5,G00 men. The French Officer who betrayed Prussia, •is a Lieutenant-Colonel ,Cola, an Engineer of some standing in the Prussian Army. MAILS. ARRIVED liamburgh, 3 Dublin, 2 Waterford. Dyz--1 klatuburgii, qUttCllbUrgh, a Waterford. THE SU N. Qf4M QUIS DICXRE. FALSUM AUDEAZ L 0 N 0 N, IFONPAY, OCTOBER' 27, 180 G. THE doubts wh;cll we expressed with respect to the . acCuraay of the statement which appeared in the Vague State Cpw:ant of the oth, appear to have been well founded. The anion to which that state, merit referred w: , 4, in faa, highly honourable and advantageous to the Prussians ; if indeed' an ghat] could he considered as advantageous which cost the life of their gallant Leader, Prince Louts Fe'szw 7. NAND. Yeterday the Hanzburgh Mail due on. Wednesday arrived, and Letters were also received from the Continent, of the date of the 18th, f! : oni which it appears, that after the retreat of the Pi=us siari Corps under Generl TADENZI . EN . froth Hoff; theßight Wing of the French Army, or at least 'a very large portiqn of it, under the COmmand of General SOUL; advanced with considerable ra pidity ; at the same time Prince' HOHENLOHE also advanced to meet them, and direaed 'Prince Louts FERDINAND, who commanded' his Ad vanced Guard, and who had pushed forward from Budolstadt to Saalfeld to defend the Bridge at the latter to the utmost extremity. The gal lant Prince implicitly ''obeyed orders : with a force of not more than 6000 men he defended the Bridge of Saalfeld against a French Army, Which, according to the lowest accounts, amount ed to 20,000 Men ; but according to others, ex ceeded .(26,000. After . the'Aaion bad lasted above five hours, the Prussians, who had aaed dering ,that time upon the defensive, became the assailants; and; at first, a4ually. compelled' the French, notwith standing their great superiority ef,numbers, to re treat. At that m'ona-,., , 0t Prince Louts received a Mortal wound, and exp red almost immediately.— Afic'r the death of the Prilvrei , there is reaion td tlpprelread that the Prussians &Tame dispirit ed, and fell into sonic confusion ; for we. find tilt,. the French advanced in their turn, and carried off the. bOdy of the Prince. , Whether they succeeded in the main objea of their attack, vii. that of gaining possession of- the Bridge of Saalfeld, is .‘; not stated ; we think, however, it is highly proba ble that they did, because we find it stated, that a subsequent Aaion took plaCe TietWeen - gCrileitz and Gera! The affair at the Bridge of Saalfeld probably took place on the 1i th, but the date is not nientioti .ed. Prince LOthe FERDINAND, who unfortunately fell upon that occasion, was the sou of Prince. Auotishl.ts FERDINAND, the Brother of FREDERIC the GREAT. His star rendered hun a conspicuous objeCt - to . the French Sharp-shooters. lle,was struck by two bbl- . lets, and he only survived the second a few mo ments. • The details of the movements of the hostile Armies, subsequent to the 11th, are rather con tlised— It is, - however, stated, that on the 12th Prince HOIIENEOHE obtained a most decisive victory Over Generals 'BERNADOTTE and Sour..T, in which . -- the French were completely defeated; with the I . ps of 6000 men killed and 14,000 prisoners. This loss on the part of the French is perhaps exaggerated, but there is no reason to' doubt that the viCtori of Prince HOIIEN twin was most decisive. This grati fying intelligence was officially proclaimed at Berlin, ,by order of the Queen, on the I sth. It is also stated, but we fear without foundation, that the left wing of the French, under ALTGEREAU, had been defeat ed by the Prussians, and that General taken prisoner. Thus far we have only gratifying intelligence to communicate; it is now. our painful duty to state that the successes of the Prussians have been more than counterbalanced by the severe defeat which the Centre of their Army, commanded by the KING and the Duke of Batmswlc4, sustained on the 14th. The account of this disastrous intelligence was brought by a Messenger from Lord MoßrEnt, who arrived yesterday afterndon at the Foreign Office. The Battle was fought on the Plains of Weimar, and was most severely contested. The Pru,ssians upon that occasion, as well as upon every other occasion, fought with• the most distinguished valour. The KING of PRUSSIA and the *Venerable Duke of BRUNSWICK exposed themselves to the most imminent danger in leading on their Troops ;.. the former had two horses shot under him, 'and: the latter was, we regret to say, severely wound ed, and was conveyed to Magdeburgti, and it is stated, but we sincerely hope. incerrealy, that the KING of PRUSSIA'S Brother was killed. The loss on both , sides is described to have been im mense, although the advantage was Otinsately de cidedly in favour of the French. This is the Rub., stance of the intelligence transmitted by, Lord Molt r4•.Tri ; it is, however, to be observed, that his Lordship had not received any official dispatches ; he merely colleded his information frern the Fu gitives, and therefore there is reason to hope that it 'may be exaggerated. A very large division of the' Russian Army has arrived in Silesia, and if the sue. ! cess of the Left Wing of the Prussian Army has been as decisive as we have been led to suppose, the losS sustained in the centre May he easily repairecL The French Army must have been very much re duced by the aaions of the 13th and 14th ; if they ad vance, they advance from their supplies; while the Prussians are retreating upon their reinforcements. Tt• appears that a small Corps of French Chasseurs, who were probably separated by some accident from SouLT's Army, created considerable alarm at Leipsic, and levied a small contribution. We regret very much to state that Messrs. WAGSTAFF and MARRS:the Bri tish Messengers, have been taken prisoners by a . . French patrole. • Reports were circulated this morning in the City, of other a6tions having taken place, in which the adVantage was op the side of the Prussians; and it is said that Prince MURAT was taken prisoner. We give this merely as a report. . The unfavourable intelligence from the Continent did net produce any effeCl upon the Stoe4s. Seve ral priVate bargains were made this morning, al though' a Holiday; at the prices of Saturday. Yesterday morning- His MAJESTY attended the' Parade of the Royal Horse Guards (Blues) and the KING'S own Staffordshire Militia, in Windsor Pa lace yard, attended by Earl AYLESFORD, Lord WAL SINGHAM, General FITZROY, Major PRICE, and the Honourable Mr. BULKELEY. Afterwards His MA JESTY walked to St. .George's Chapel, with the. Princesses AUGUSTA, SOPHIA, and AMELIA, at tended by Lord WALSINGHAM, Earl AYLEsronn, General FITZROY, Colonel TAYLOR, Major PRICE, and the Honourable Mr. BULKELEY, Ladies \VIN YARD and CUMBERLAND, where a sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. DUVAL, from the 20th chapter of St. Matthew, Bth and yth .verses. After wards His MAJESTY and PRINCESSES" tocie to Frog - - more to dinner, and returned to the Palace -at three o'clock. Her MAJESTY, Princeses ELIZAEETII and MARY, had Divine Service performed in the Palace. They afterwards went to Frogmore, and returned with His MAJESTY. tier .NiniEsp: is expeaed shortly to hold a:Draw 7 . ing Room. Saturday evening Earl AYLEsFonD arrived at Wiridsur, pa a visit to Their 1114.1.EsisiEs.' • NAVAL NEW S. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Ott. as. d•ldmiralty-Office, 061. 25. Copy of a Letter from Copt, Wm. Hargood, Com mander of H. M. S. the Belleisle, to Wm. Marsden, ,Esq. dated o f f' Me Capes of Virginia, the 15th Sept. 1806. SIR - I beg you will be pleased to acquaint my Lordg Commissioners of the .Admiralty, - that yesterday- , morning, at.day=break, Cape Henry,bearing W. N.- .W. twelve -leagues, being in company - with-His Ma jesty's, Ship's Bellopa and Melampus, endeavouring , ' in with 'Rear-Admiral Sir R., , Strachan,„ Z. dis: 'covered a Linefof-battlq 514 tpieeward of me, un der jury -masts, standing In for - -the Chesapeak, to which we immediately..tgave chase. On perceiving us she: bore .- up, and stood in for the lansf. At a : quarter' 'past eight observed she had taken the ground. Being then within one mile, I came to anchor in abOut .five fathoms water; and imme diately sent boats and took possession of her. She proves to 'be L'lmpetueux;of 7.4 guns, and 670 men, commanded by Monsieur Le - Veyer Capitaine de .lials4eau, one of the Sqiiadrtiii‘ that had been cruiz ing under Rear-Admiral Willeaurriez, having sepa rated from him and four Sail of the Line more, with' a- Frigote, .as per _Margin*, in about lat. ,t)2. deg. long. 63. deg. during the heavy gale of the 18th and Igth-tflt.- wherein the lost all her masts, bow-7 sprit, and' rudder, and' otherwise much damaged.,r• About, neon, perceiving two . suspicious Vessels the Offing, I got under weigh with the' Bellon4 direeting Captain •Poyntz, of the Melampus, to re ceive the Crew,, and set Ere to her ; whiCh he 'completed before'eight O'clock that evening. ' I have the honour to be &c. • W. HARGOOD. * Fondtoyant, of So guns, Patriote, '74 guns, Eole, 74 guns, Cassardr WU/Sr 12 Impetueux. 74 guns, Valeureuse. Frigate, PLYMOUTH, OCT. -25.—Arrjvdd La Franchise Frigate, Captain DASHWOOD, from Jamaica; sailed thence the 25th Juiy, with the homeward-bound Fleet, consisting of to Sail.. After the gale they experienced on the passage, in which .18 Sail of the Fleet were lost, 75 Sail were colleEted, which are, arrived in the Channel, from whom the Franchise: parted two days since. The Franchise lost her fore mast and sprung her bowsprit in the gale. Arrived the Illustrious., of 74 guns, from Lisbon, List from Torbay ; and the Illeries!ic, of 74 guns, from the Eastward. Sailed the Montague, of 74 guns, for the Channel Fleet, and' ligle Frigate for Portsmouth. Arrived the .prosper, BROCKSM;T, from Am-.. sterdam, detained by the Trafa/gar, Privateer; the. Aurora, KOPER, from Bandeaux, laden with brandy and -wine, detained-by-the Lion-Privateer; and the. Martor Ifeleha, SmIDT,' from Malaga, - detained by the Trafalgar- Privateer. The Danish Ship 'lkitte Voss, from-Montevideo, which struck on the Rocks of St. NrchQla§ : a few days since, was totally.wreAted, this morning,' and is gone -to pieces ; her cargO, conaistin,g of hides, valued at 2p,0901. is nearly all lost with her, a very small part only haying been got out, and that in damaged state. .A,rriyed the Canops, It:E1111,101D, from Tonninl gen, bound to St. Thomas's, with linen, and the; Aurora, Ms, laden with brandy, from• Cette, b:lund to Lubeclt, both detained by the. Liz Prig vateer. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. O.—Arrived yesterday the Pengiiin Sloop, Capt. Smtvt, with about f,.!3. Sail o£ West Indiamen under convoy, from Jamaica. They left that place under the proteaion ofthe Magicienna and Franchise Frigates ; also the Milbrook Schooner, Lieut. LEACH', with a convoy, from Oporto; Pau lina Sloop, Capt. LUMLEY, from the North Sea ; Zebra Bomb, Capt. WiNyATES, with a convoy of Coasters and outward-bound Ships from the Downs; Abundance Store-ship from Woolwich, bound to the, West Indies; and the Crane, Pigeon, and Wood! cock Schooners, from Sheerness. Arrived to-day Frigate, Capt. G. WooLrk, froth Plymouth. Yesterday sailed the Spencer, of 74 guns, Hon. Capt. STOPFORD,, for. Falmouth, from whence she proceeds, with sealed orders ; and to-day L'Arglis Brig, Capt. KITTOE, for Falmouth, from thence to sail with the Cork Fleet in the room of the Saracen, ,which is recalled Rear-Admiral GEORGE MURRAY yesterday hoisted his Flag on board the Polyphemus, of 14 guns, Capt. HEywoon, which Ship is fitted for a twelve months cruize. FALMOUTH, OCT. 24.—Arrived yesterday the Entreprenante Cutter from the Channel Fleet, and, the Brig Alexander, DEMPOTER, from Newfound. land, in 21 days. Sailed the Marlborough Packet, BULL, with ..),Tails for Jarhaica.. Arrived this day His Majesty's Ship Captain, of 74 guns, GEORGE COCKBURN, Esq. from Ports mouth; Insolent Gun-brig, from Plymouth ; and the Ship Falcon, HENDERSON, from Norfolk, with tobacco and staves. By her. we learn of a French. Line-olbittle Ship having been des s troyed by the /Ifitampus Frigate in the Chesapeak. ' OCT. 26. The Auckland Packet, Captain ilammoNn, and the King George, Captain