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inente sums of Money, if its d.:terxnination were not finally find. After this conclusion in the plan, are mentioned . three things, the co-operation of Which is requisite in order to bring forward those great energies which are necessary to the success of " the alliance, namely, the, military. arrangements, the financial arrange ments, and the general policy, 1. 'f It is stated, that military efforts would be of " no avail . if the Austrian Armies shotild enter the, " field less than 500,000 strong, We entertain too hie?. an opinion of the resources of the Court of Vienna, to doubt but the Austrian army may be put in a short time upon such a re spe6table. footing, as to enter the field in sufficient force. Being ip alliance.with Itussia, and certain of the good 'faith of that ‘ Power, it will have pnlY.Trance to oppose, and will not be under any great necessity of maintaining a force to observe Prussia. It is very true, that the French, as soon as they shall see war to be inevitable, will put themselVes in motion ; and that Austria will have to sustain their first attack till the Russians join therh. But, as the p.ussian troops are.ready to march, a,body of them may be detached immediately, which shalLadvance by forced marches to assist in the proteEtion of the hereditary dominions of the House of Austria, arid to arr;est the first drupetuosity of the torrent. The finances are next mentioned in the plan. The difficulty in regard to them must be in a great measure removed by the subsidy from England. Be sides, it is certainly to be expeaed, that in this, as in what regards the completion of the army, the Court of Vienna will - not fail to :employ all its , means and •. resources,' • thecentingent of Russia would be, on the whole, 115,000 men r deduaing 25,000f0r the . kingdOm of Naples, there would ,rpmain 90,000 to aet in Ger many, which might be conveniently formed into two armies, one of 50,000 men, to ,assemble on the frontiers of Galicia, opposite to Lemberg ( the other of 40,000 to assemble on the Boug, opposite Lublin. The first of these armies might, upon the first_ ap, pearance of hostilities, detach the colunin mentioned, which should march across Galicia towards the Da nube, to assist in opposing the first attempts of the French upon the IferyditaryDornittions in Germany, when it should have arrived in the vicinity of Ratis bori ; its subsequent movements would be deter mined by the condition of the Austrian -- - -- The rest of the Russian Army should follow im ,rnediately, in order to reach its destination with the smallest possible 1055...0f time. • The other Army would' march by Lublin sand Cracow. • It were to be wished, that we should know what routes the Court of Vienna . would particularly de sire that these two-Armies should take.- In all cases their marchei should --be Jespealvely so arranged., that they may not meet at Teschen. As to their operations, : the first might, be employ - ed on the Left Bank of the.Panube, , in commtinica, tion with the Austrians :upon the opposite Bank, having its left upon Donailwert. -- The second Army, upon: arriving in Bohemia, would proceed into Franconia, or wherever the state of affairs should require its presence.. . , The Court of St. Petersbiargh is about to send a confidential, person .to Paris to make a last endeavour to, persuade Bonaparte to listen to, concli 7 should the:co 1 4 ia. - accepted, it. may prevent the war. But, in the man time, nothing is to be r egleaed for it is certain, that we- shall succeed only in propOrtion as we put ourselves in a. reSpeaa, hie position. And we , ought to be ready to begin the moment the : Negotiation terthinates. The reasonings suggested upon the probable pro gress of the military. Operations, appear to proceed upon very salutary and Judicious views. It is agreed, :that any operations against the frontier of France, along the Rhine, whether 'above Or below Mentz, would be attended with great difficulty. , It is rd-, flier on the Italian line that the first success is to be cicpeaed. It is consequently towards that quarter that the principal efibrts,ought to be directed. ,All this part of the plan must be allowed to be perfealy well arranged. No. I I ) Extra& of, the Protocol of Conferences be tween the Austriali Generals and the Aide-de-Camp Ge neral Baron-De Winzitigerode.—This consists of explana tions between the Russian and Austrian Generals. No:. I V.-- E xtraet liztn a Memoir on the Situation ofA ffairs, c9ramunicated by Count Staluemberg. Never were hopes, founded on the . most salutary views and plans, destroyed by a more fatal blow than the disastrous reverse which our army in Ger „many has experienced by a concourse of unfortu 7 _nate circumstances, the consequence of a single fault. • The simultaneous co-operation of the ,two Impe rial Courts of England and Prussia should have of fered, 'at the commencement of the War, a chain of armed forces from the North to the SOuth, and should have obliged France, by mutual diversions to fepaiale her's. It WAS our _first misfortune, that none of the hopes we had placed in diversions,bn the North of the Continent, which ..might have obliged Emperor - of the French to divide the troops that hellad withdrawn from his coasts, were realized; and . -not only it these troops were able to be em ploved against our Army in Germany, but even the Gailo4iatavian Army and that of Bernddotte could quit > ll - ,:llanc.l and flanoVex also, without impediment, to joie in the attack.---it is to this circumstance that the French troops which were opposed to oars owe the = sUperiority of their numbers; for, deduEting these two Armies, the Troops arrived from the in terior in the course of' the month of ()Libber have but little exceeded the number of Austrian Troops placed on the filer; where, in the strong . pbsition which they occupied, they would have been .able to await thejanelion,of the first Army of His, Majesty the Emperor Of RuSsia. - There was even a moment when they had the hope of 'Preventing the jUntiion of the French Troops from the North With those • arriecl - from the interiur of France; by falling on a party'of the latter ; when, 'as a,seconcl misfortune; the violation of the Prussian Neutrality. suddenly changed the face of affairs, and' reduced our- Ger man Army to the alternative, either 'to fail back irn= mediately on the Inn, or see itself surrounded' and destroyed. The retreat on the Inn should have prevented every disigye.eable consequence: .. .Joined to the'body Of the Army under ,the, General in Chief, De Kutu sk• Av; these Troops would have been sufficient to re sist the -limited French. Forces; the subsequent at'ri ,Nl of the second Russian army; and, fihallsr, the flevelopemept of other measures of the coalition, Flight have procured to the Allier). Troops that su periiirity of force which had been absolutely depended on in the Mutual-engagements. ThroUgh-the inconceivable fault of a Genell cho sen for a reputation geinid in fermer successes, the • Army of Germany remained on the Iller ; and in the course of a few days, without having been beaten, after sotne slight aftions, in whiCh it had rather the advantage than the disadvantage, the greater part of the _Army was taken, - and the remainder dispersed. All the following misfortunes were the inevitable consequences of this disaster. ' The united French Forces in Germany alone, ex'= ceeding, witheut the Allied. Trogps, 110,000 men, advanced against the Austria-Russian Troops posted on the Inn, which amounted to little more than the half of that number. To' expose these Troops to a regular combat against a Force double their - number, would have been - to risk the ruin of them before 'the arrival of the second Army of His Majesty the Emperor of Russia ; it would have been to_commit the same fault that had just Inst'our Army of Germany. - On the contrary, to preserve the first RusSian Army entire' until the arrival of the second became the principal obje& of the dis positions which-were concerted by His Majesty in person, with the General in Chief, Kutusow. • To complete our disappointments, the arrival of the second Russian Army was delayed more than a ,month, by the first Armaments which the Court of Berlin threatened to Oppose to those of the Court of PeterSbUrgh. The Troops, therefore, under Generals 'De Meerfeldt and Kutusow, unable to maintain a position on the Inn, .or in any other part of Austria, - were obliged to fall back upon Moravia. The ine• vitable consequence of this movement was the pro gressive advance of the enemy in Upper and Lower Austria. Having reached the last bridge on the Da, nube above Vienna, near Krems, the Russian Army bad no other alternative than to pass it, in order to avoid being .cut off from the Left Bank, ,and from the - route into Moravia. From that moment the fate of the capital of Austria was decided; considering the impossibility' of defending it within the walls, unless the time necessary for the arrival of reinforce meats could be gained by means of an Armistice for a very short period. Many reasons concuned to render His Majesty desirous of saving hit capital by such an' Armistice . ; he therefore deterthined to send Lieutenant-General Count- De Giulay to the' Em peror Napoleon to propose it.' The Negotiation was Without effeat. Vienna was occupied by the French ; and his Ma testy.thought, by the sacrifice Of his capital, atleaSt to have ensured to the first Russian Army the ladility of a lunation With the second. To this effe& he gave the most' positiVe . orders that the 'great bridge in front of Vienna should be destroyed, whereby' four or five days .inarch would have •been - gained , l6 - the General in Chief Kutusow. Prince Murat, hoW ever, deceived the person to whom -this charge was iii trusted, by *the unworthy falsehood that ' peace was just ,concluded between Austria-and France, and thus prevented the demolition of that Bridge. ' This cruel incident 'exposed the first Russian Army to the most imminent danger of being surrounded and destroyed, before-it could join the Army' of General BaxlioVden, as well as a corps of 10,000 Austrians that had retreated - from Vienna. Had this misfortune happened the continuation of the war-would .have been evidently impossible. The destruction- of the first Army of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia would have infallibly led to that of the second, and of every subsequent reinforce ment successively, and separately attacked 'by the great forced which Napoleon had assembled in Austria ; while the Army, commanded by his High ness'tbe Archduke Charles in Italy, must also-have been ruined by theSe forces united to those, of -Mas.• sena: In a- word, the danger was so critical,' that had. there been no 'Other means of preventing it,' his Majesty would have been obliged to sign a preci. pitate Peace, unfavourable indeed to himself, but in evitable' from motives which would have been but too justifiable in the eyes of his Allies. The im possibility of prolonging the war—the necessity of saving the - existence of the Monarchy—the general interests of Enrope, and even of England, require him to insure the existence of the Austrian Mo narchy, rather than to continue a war from which iaothing Could be expe&ed but an issue still more unfortunate. In shun, the sacred duties by which his Majesty_ was bound to his noble and faithful Friend the Emperor Alexander---duties which he shared with every well-disposed Sovereign, and which imposed upon him the' obligation of pre ferring every sacrifice to the destruation (as certain. as it was useless) of the brave and well-appointed Armies; which Russia was pouring forth. to his assist ance. In this extremity, his Majesty did not hesitate to enter into new Explanations with the Emperor Na poleol, and. to propose to open Negotiations with him for Peace, , as soon as measures to this. effeat might be concerted with the Emperor Alexander, whom his Majesty expected imtnediately to see in person. • But happily these dangers and necessities are no more. Generals, Kutusow and Buxhovden have sur mounted the difficulties which threatened to - prevent the seasonable junction of the forces under their command. The ,mission..of the AuStrian Envoys has been accompanied with the resumption of aaive hostilities. On the 27th" of November, the day after they quitted 'the Camp, the Combined Armies 'concentrated in the environs of Olmutz, consisting of the first and second Russian Armies, with a body of 20,000 Austrians, comprehending also for their rear-guard the Imperial Life-Guards, 10,000 strong, and making an' effethve strength of 80,000 fighting men, advanced towards the Enemy. On the 28th they had reachdd Wischaw, and had taken in "that city and . its environs more than 600 prisoners. On the 29th and 30th they continued their march 'to Austerlitz, ,on the way to Nikolspurg. No. V. Austrian Declaration.—This and the 'An swer to it appeared in THE SUN' some months since. `AnsWer, of the French Government to the. De claration of Austria, dated August 13, 1805.—This also has already appeared in this Paper. • ' • Note of C. M. Talleyrand, dated Paris, Aug. 16, 1805.—Already published. ' Proclamation of the'Emperqr of Germany, dated Brunn, November 13, .1805.4.-4Aiready published. 1 - MAILS. ARR IVED -3 Dubtin. DuE—t_Cottenburgh, i Lisbon, 6 Waterford. ' ' !I (' 'STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. c;r4ols THE SUN. so: au QUIS DICEAL FALSIILE Ay:DE4.? ? LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 0, 1806. THE report which was yesterday circulated with so much couflderice, of the remainder of the Brest Fleet having sailed, is unfounded, at least no intel ligence . cf their having put tQ sea has reached the Admiralty. It is stated in some of the Papers of this morning", that the Snapper Schooner had arrived at Falmouth from Jamaica, with \Dispatches from Rear-Admiral COCHRANE, giving an account of the arrival of a French Squadron in thg West 41clies, This is also incorre4. The .Dispatches from Rear-Admiral COCHRANE do not mention the arrival of the French Squadron in the West Indies, The fah is, as we stated yester day, that intelligence had been sent to the Rear- Admiral that a French Squadron was at sea, and that its probable destination - was the West Indies ; in consequence of which information he was col le&ing his Force, and making the necessary prepara tion to give them a good reception. We feel great pleasure in recording the very, ho nourable conduct of the Dutch GOverninent to the liritish Troops who were ,wrecked on - the Coast Of Holland. They were treated with the greatest kindness and attention, and a Flag of Truce was sent to Admiral RUSSEL to acquaint him that the lritish, Troops should be sent home on condition of their being exchanged : 350 of them have already ar rived in the Orpheus Frigate, and 100 in the Cam merce Cartel ; and two other Cartels are hourly ex pcded with the remainder. We were this morning favoured with the follow ing Letter froM Bremen, dated the 30th' " The Russian General Count TOLSTOY has - beens a few days on a visit at the head quarters of .the. Bri tish Army, 'previous to the separation 'of the Com bined Forces, who are greatly disappointed atpot having any thing to do. On the . 3d February the quarters of the British Arin 7 are to be removed to Osterlioltz, and about the 7th of 'sth - to beat Bre- . merlehe. v , Part of the Txoops - are'on their march for embarkation at Cuxhaven; the rest are to ern bark from Bremerlehe. The whole of the King'S' . German Legion :will return to England about the oth,•-by which time the Whole Army will be , em-- „. . . barked. - * Ir. PIEREEPONT, His Majesty's Minister to th ing of Sweden, arrived here on the 29th, and retui Ds in a day. or'two to his post." The EleEtion for Cambridge University took place yesterday. The numbers at the obit.: pf the • Poll were, '`lior Lord HENRY PETTY 331 Lord AL To - OrtPE. . 144 Lord PALMERZTOU - 128 Lord HENRY PE•rTY was in con4c,uence declared duly ele6ted. This morning the Committee appointed to try the Merits of the Middlesex Elealon assembled. The Right Hon.. I. CORRY in the ‘Chair. No oppo, sition \vas made by. Sir FRANCIS BUSIDETT to . the Petition of Mr. MAINW ARING ; and two of the ,votes of.the former being disqualified, thQ latter was returned duly eleeced.- • ' W this day present to our Readers the Supple mentary Papers respecting the late Negotiations on the Continent, which have been laid before Parlia ment. They render it still more clear, that to the precipitancy of Austria, and her deviation from the plan of operations proposed by herself, mast be at tributed the unfortunate result of the campaign. Yesterday, abo'it two o'clock, HiS MAJESTY gave an audience to Lord ELDON, when his Lordship resigned to His MAJESTY the Great Seal of Eng land. After his Lordship had retired, His MAJESTY gave on audience to Mr. ERS KINE; and was pleased to deliver to him the Seal, and appointed him Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. His MAJESTY then gave an audience to Mr. Fox, and was pleased to deliver him the Seals, as his Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. General FITZPATRICK had next an audience of His MAJESTY, on his being appointed Secretary at, War. Lord GAENvit.r.E had also an audience of . His MAJESTY, on being appointed First Lord of the Treasury. His MAJESTY afterwards held a private Levee, at which, we understand, all those who have received important appointments -in the State kissed the KING'S hand, according to Court etiquette. . Mr. EitsKititt had the honour to kiss His Kurs 7 TY'S hand upon his creation to a Peerage, by the title of LordERsKINE, as well as on his being appoint ed Lord High Chancellor of England. After the Levee HiS.MAJESTY held a Pricy Coun cil, when the Lord Chancellor EasitlNE, Lord MOR PETH, Lord 301iN TOWNSHEND, and Mr. 'SHERI DAN, 'were introduced, and 'sworn in , Memhers of the Honourable Board, and took their seats with the usual ceremonies. Sir . S. C6I"i'L'ItELL and Mr. FA W E brim attended. the Council as Clerks. The 'Council cloSed about four o'clock. Lord KENSINGTON i§ to be one of the Junior Lords of the Admiralty. Sir !CHARLES POLE and Sir H. B. NFALB are at the 4druiralty pcard brio feniporf• NA VA L NE WS. rE*. 7.—Passed by, fo: the Downs, flats 40404, STA F FORD; and the'-&liarice ' DA.vmsow, from Jamaica, which they left, on the 2d November, under convoy of His Majesty's, Ship Diana, Capt. Macr.tbro, with about 40 Sail in company ; 30 of them bound to Europe. They parted company with the Diana and twelve Sail on the 27th ult. in a heavy gale of wind, and .saw no more of them after wards. The Reliance narrowly escaped being taken last night off Dungeness; by throe French Lugger Pri vateers, one of whom was within half a mile of her; when a signal of an Enemy being in sight was made from the Ness, and His Majesty's Ship Venus, which was just casting anchor, inamediately made sail and stood after them. FEp. 5.--Arrived the Capoys Armed Brig, spoke this morning with the Champion West Indianian, Cpt. PITTLE, in a very shattered condi tion, steering to the Eastward. A Cielltlanan landed this eyening from the Mon; key Schooner, who immediately went off for Lon- don with Dispatches : the contents are not yet knoi,vn. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 7.—Arrivpd the Clinkerpart. brig, Lieut. GLEN; fthrn a Cruise ; the Imo, JONES ' h:a . ngaroo MAnnlcK, and Atlas, lAnnspzi, from Oporto, last from Soutbanapton • and /IA MALTEN, from Lynn.,-Sailed. tlie ..* anon, Doti: ALD, for London. The Liberty Gap-brig came this rnerniPg into -the Harbour.- PLY M oUTn, FEB. 6.—Arrived the Champion, Capt. PEDLER, from Jamaica, one of a large Fleet which separated from the Convoy in a gale of wind. Three other Merchantmen are in the Offing, stand ing for the Harbour, supposed to be a part of the same Fleet. Arrived the Margaretta Frederica, Capt. DosoMs, from Barcelona; with brandy, for this Port. Arrived the Cp/poys klired Armed firig i and .ATite Lugger, from a Cruize. The Sphooner Friends, Captain gRIFFITM, from Figueira, , with Fruit, was driven on shore this morn. , Ulm' in Teat's Bay, and bilged ; but the greater part of the cargo i§ likely to be saved, as will the Vessel, ifthe-I;veather becomes moderato, BOXING MATCH. A match having been lohg , in contemplation ha . ti.veen A,9 . efinue4, alias . Dutcli,',sanz, and Tom, Reloher4 they fought yesterday. Betchei was indisposed, but his friends accepted the challenge, and 100 guineas - were -staked-` for him. A - consultation was held amongst the amateurs at eleven o'clock; at Virginia: Water, and Sendon Heath, near the village of Thorpe, 28 nudes from,town, was decided should be the field of blood. A rope ring was formed, and the com• batants entered, with Dan Mendoza and Blake, se• conds for Sam, and Gulley and Weale for young Belcher: Some, hundreds were betted 'amongst the Nobility and:Gentry in the ring, before setting to, on the level, which *as a manifestation of the listed knights, being' well Matched. At one o'clock they set to. , . ist _gamut, Sam made a feint, Belcher hit him ; ;be blow was returned, and Belcher fell by ever. reaching OUnself. zd. Belcher hit his opponest two blows; Sam returned one of them slightly -; they closed and fell. 3d. Sant aimed a wellAtrected and desperate hit at his op. ponent's ribs ; Belcher stopped it with great dexterity, and hit him with his right hand; they closed disOiderly, and fell. Five to tour on Bekker. _ 4th. This was an uncommon obstinate round. Sam went in and rallied very gaily Belcher stopped most of his hits with his left hand; whale he used the right to advantage ! After many blows had been exchanged, Sam's supenoj strengthjorovailed, and he threw his man.- - -Bets 3th. Belcher hit iris opponent twit*, although slightly. spd he fell in a struggle. 6th. A very obstinate round, in favour of Belcher. Sam went in and railed, as in the 4th-rtund. Belcher received him in a similar manner, by shifting and stopping most of his blows, which were desperate. They closed and disengaged, when Belcher rallied with success, and threw his man. Seven to four on Belcher. 7th. Belcher rallied, and hit his man a severe blow on the temple; Sam returned it oh the eye; they closed, and tell together. Bth. Belcher's eye swelled very much. The combatants exchanged hits, and Sans was thrown. Two to anew Belcher , gth. The low went up to his man very eagerly, but ed a rally, by what is termed ja , hing at his opponent's head and throat. I t .was evident ;hat Belcher grew weak, arid tarn knocked - him down cleanly. loth. Belcher mact:'several ir,eanual attempts to hit hi; opponent in the /Ad. Sam ultithately rallied, and Belcher fell through weakness. The odds were now, icr the first time, in lavourol.Sarn, 7 to 4- r Ith. Belcher stopped some well dire led hits l they closed and leg: -Belcher underneath.' • 12th. Belcher exerted himself to the utmost, and appeared to recover his wind Several biows were excnanged t but those olßticher were feeble ' • ire ultimately fell, apparently e 4, hausted.—Two o I ortSain. .13t11,., This round was in tavour of Belcher, who hit hid oppwient twice - on the bead. Sam grew shy ; Belcher threw him. 14rii arid Isth rounds, no blows of any consequence; both appeared, very . weak. Bets were , nearly level again, as bar . • cher was known to be game. • t6th. A hard round ; Sam went in,, in a great Inc, and in following his - man he received two or three hits. trit. Belcher displayed great perfation in tt►e science of pugilism ; he hit his man several times, but still appcare4 weak. Six to five on Belcher. _ __._.,_.. ath; 19th, = loth, 21st, 228, 23(1, and 24th rounds were somewhat in favour of Belcher. The combatants, h.wever, were both so weak, that their bioivs'iriade but little impres sion. 25th. Sam very shy, and declined facing his opponent matt- fully. 26th'. Belcher hit his man in the face, and threw him ; he, however, appeared very weak, notwithstanding which the odds were in his favour. _ 27th and 28th rounds, no blows of consequence. 29th. In this round all hopes of Belcher's success ceased he appeared incapable of facing his man through want of strength. The tight, however, was continued 2o more rounds, each gt times becoming the favourite. In the 57th round Belcher was obliged riduti.intly to resign the contest, 'being unable to stand oh nis legs. . The battle was one of the best contested, the most skilful, and the most obstinate, ever witnessed. Yesterday Her MAJESTY, the Princesses Au Gus- TA and ELIZABETH, visited Lady C. F/NCH I the Dutchess of YORK visited the PRInESSES. We are sorry to find that we were led into an error in stating the death of AdMiral Sir HYDE PAR. , JUR. The statement was c,opled from a Morning Paper. We are happy to find that the gallant Ad miral is nearly reinstated in his heath. The First-drawn Ticket, No. 17,880; entitled to 10,0221. was sold in one Half and eight Sixteenths, at HARRISON and BROOKES7 old established Office, No. Piccadilly.—All Pri z es sold at this Office will be'paid immediately. LONDON Printed by R. HARRIS (of Mattlett-Court, Bow-street), and Oublished by W. A. 'SCRIPP (of South- Ni9ulton-street) at: th e Sun-Officc 112 Strand. • -« . ,411;i•M7,:;an