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wood, which occupie d him two 'ilurs,tinade a mo ve i forwards. At that instant the Emperor gave -Or ders that the Division of French - Cavalry in. reserve should begin to take poSt, and that the two new, divisions from the Army . , of Marshal NEY should take station upon the field of battle by Wel 'rear.— Alf, the troops of the Reserve were tidvattee'ir to the foremost tine, which 'being thus - strengthened ) threw the Enemy' into disorder, and they instantly -retired. - ". They retrieved themselves for about an hour; but were' cast into dreadful confusion at the mo inent, when our Division of Dragoons and Cuiras siers, having the Grand Duke of BERG at their head, were able to take a part in the 'engagement. These brave Cavaliers, aware that the fate of the battle, especially at the conclusion - of the dab depended . upon them, bore the-Prussians down before them in great confusion wherever they met them. The Prussian Cavalry and InfantrY could not withstand the shock: In vain did they form thethselves - into a square ; five of their battalions were put to the rout; Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry, all were surprised and taken. The French came at the same instant to Weimar as the Enemy, who found themselves pur -Sued for six bouts. " On our right wing Marshal DAVOUST did wOn ders. Not merely did ,he maintain his ground, but ' he folloived fighting for the space of three boors against the great 'body of the Enemy's troops froth the defiles of Koesen. This Officer, to a 'distinguished bravery, joins a vast 'deal of firmness,' the first recommendation Of a. Warrior. He was supported by Generals Gunisr, FRIANt, MORAND, DAULTEANNE, Chief of the Ge iael-al Staff, and by the steady intrepidity of his braVe Light Corps. IT The result of the battle is from 30,000 t 040,000 prisonen of war, 300 pieces of cannon, immense Magazines and quantities of provisions. Among the prisotr.-..rs are more than 20 Generals ; among others several Lieutenant-Generals ; one is Lieut. General SCHMETTAU. The amount of the loss of thei Prussian . ,Artny is enormous; it is estimated at above `26,tiou killed and wounded. Marshal Moi.- LEtinoßF is wounded; the Duke of 13AuNswicx and General RUtHEL are killed, and Prince HENRY of PRUSSIA is wounded desperately. According to the accounts of deserters,' prisoners of war, and flags of bike, the disorder and confusion in the remainder of the EnemysArnay is at the utmost. - "-On our side, we have only to lament the loss of brigadier-General DE BELLI, a brave soldier; and the wound of Brigade-General CONROUX. Among the killed are Colonels VERGES, of the 12th Infan try,of the • Line ; LAmorrE, of the 36th ; BARRE NEGRII, of the 9th Regiment of Hussars ; MARIGNY, of the 28th ehasseurs ; HARISPE, of the 16th Light Infantry; DALEIsIBOURG, of the Ist Dragoons; lii- COLAs, of the 61st of the Line; VIALA, of the 8 Ist ; and HIGONET, of the iosth. The Hussars and Chasseurs displayed a valour on this day, which entitles them to the highest praise. The Prussian Cavalry were never able to stand . against them, and all the affairs they have had with the Infantry were fortunate: .Of the French Infantry we shall say nothing.' It is known long since that it is the best Infantry in the world. The Emperor declares, that the French Cavalry, after the experiehee of the two, last campaigns and last battle, has not. itslike. • " The Prussian Ariny has, in this Campaign, lost every point of retreat in its line of operations. Its left wing; followed by Marshal DAvousT, begins its retreat to Weimar, at the same time that its • right wing and centre take their retreat from Weimar towards Nauniburgh. The confusion was therefore extraordinary. The King was forced to retreat across the field at the head of his Regiment of Cavalry. " Our loss is 1000 to 1100 men killed, arid ;At 00 wounded. The Grand Duke pf Berg is at this moment cloe. up to Erfurth, where is -a Corps of the Enemy commanded by Marshal MOLLENDORFF and the Prince of Orange. • " The General Stall', is occupied in preparing an • brscial relation, which shall- make known with every detail all the different Corps and Regiments that have distinguished themselves_; to entitle them to the esteem and acknowledgments of the nation, .if any thing were wanting, they have testified it imply in the enthusiasm and love they have shewn for their Emperor in the thickest of the fight. . As'one moment there was room for a doubt, every mouth was at once filled with the univer sal cry of " Long Live the Emperor r" a senti . ment which ran through, every heart in the midst of the ,battle. The Emperor seein his .wings threatened by the Cavalry, set forward at full gallop to the spot to dire& other. .manceuvres, and. Order a. .change of- front. " He was every moment annoyed With the shouts of " Long live the Emperor r' The Imperial Foot Guards, enraged not to be allowed to press on while they saw that every other Corps was in ino tion,. several voices among them cried out '" For ward !"—" What is this . ?" said the Emperor ; " This can come from none other but some beard less boy, that gives orders iogiependent of me : let him wait till ha, has commanded in thirty battles be-r fore he takes upon him to advise me." " In the heaviest of the fire, when the Enemy had lost almost all his Generals, it might be seen what Providence had done for us, which had spared our. Army, Not a man of distinaion on the side of the French is injured or wounded. Marshal LANNES was grazed by a musket bullet on the breast, but escaped unhurt. Marshal DAVOUST had • his hat and clothes shot through in several places with small bullets. The Emperor was con tinually surrounded, wherever he appeared, by the Prince of NEUFCHATEL, Marshal BESSIEHES the Grand Marshal of the Palace, Duroc ; the Grand Master of the Horse, CA.ULINC4LTET his Aides-de-Camp, and Equerry in. Waiting. A part of the Army did not fire a single shot. " Erfurtli is takeu the Prince of ORANGE FUL DA, Marshal MOLLENDORFF, several, other Generals, and a considerable number of the troops are pri soners of war. " The Lieutenant-General, Chief of the General Staff of the Army, (Signed) . " VAN BOECOP." EISENACH,' OCT. 1 .-.111t: affair of ,saalfeld, 'on the threw' the second battalion of Prussian Hussars, in the rear of the French Arruiptci con fusion. On the 17th this battalion arrived in the neighbourhuuti of Eisvtlavb, Without jneetiiq; a single ~,,, }~ %• 'LAST night we received Paris atrd Dutch Papers, the former to the 26th, and the latter to the 30th nit. ;' the Hamburgh Correspondenten of the 25t h ult. has also been received ; we arc consequently enabled to anticipate the Hamburgh Mails now due: The fifth Bulletin of the French Grand Army con tains an account of the dreadful and fatal battle of Auerstadtv It represents the loss of the Prussians to,have been, 20,000 killed and wounded, between -30 and 40,000 prisoners, 300 pieces of cannon, 20 General Officers, and the greater part of their ma gazines. This account. is, upon the face of it, a gross and extravagant exaggeration ; but there can be no doubt that the defeat was most decisive. We have looked in vain into the Hamburgh Corresponenten for some intelligence from which we might derive conso lation. The Capital of Prussia is in the hands of the French; The Papers do not indeed state that the French . a6lualiy entered Berlin, but they had arrived at Potsdam, which is very near to it. General SCUULEMBERG quitted Berlin soon after the Battle of the 14th, and Prince HATZFELD, who, at the request of the Magistrates, assumed. the office of Provisional GoVernor, published a Proclamation, an nouncing the probable entry of the French into that City, 'and requiring all • classes of the inhabi , tants to condua themselves with tranquillity and to await with patience' the result of the War. Nei ther the French account, nor those contained in the Hamburgh Correspondenten, give any very de tailed account of the Battle of Auerstadt, or of the movements of the respective Armies after wards. The Fifth Bulletin, it is true, gives a most minute account of the positions which .the Armies occupied before the Battle, and of - the movements which led to its commencement; but it i 4 impossible - to form a notion of the Battle from the subsequent part of the Bulletin ; it is not easy to conceive any thing more general, vague, and ob scure than this otikial document. The loss of the French is ref.-.:sented at 1 too killed, and '3 ,00 %vol.:tide& and' yet the Prussians, wl,o were 'equal in point of _number, and who are admitted to have mantruvied with the utmost skill, and to have fought with tiAe greatest liravery, are stated to have upwards of QO,OOO killed. and wounded. It is im possible that there should halo been such a dispro pprtion. It is said that the KING Of PRUSSIA sent to 80. .- NAPAR'IT., after the 111‘tte, to' ask a Truce for sii weeks ; Which was refused. Another account states, that M. LUCCHESINI has gone' to: the. French Head-quarters, for the pur pose of negotiating a Peace, if possible.' There are no accounts of the arrival of : the RnS= - Vice-Admiral Sir J. B. WARREN arrived at Ply mouth on Thursday with the whole of his Squadron. The Beiteiste, one of Sit R. STaAcHAN's Squadron, also arrived at that Port. Messri. MARES and BAstrAcO, the two Messen gers who were supposed to have been taken on the Cantinent, arrived this day at the Foreign Office, be tween eleven and twelve o'clock. We understand that they bring a full cOnlirrnation of the 'melancholy intelligence which we have lately received. It was .confidently e.YpeEted at Harnburgh, when the Ws.- senget s left it, that the ,French would take possession of Cuxhavea. The Leeward Island Mail is detained at Fal4 mouth fOr fumigation, and will be delivered on Monday. • . Thursday morning the 6th Regiment of Foot marched from Deal Barracks to Dover ; and yester day- afternoon' tike 3d Regiment of Foot, or marched into Deal from Bexhill Barracks. Yesterday morning, at four o'clock, General CRAUFURD and Suite left his house at Bromptoti for Falmouth, to join the Expedition of whiCh'he is to have the command. We understand that the Ex pedition will set sail as soon as possible after the General goes ou board. . In consequence of a requisition from General BERESFORD, at Buenos Ayres,t he following Force has been sent to.hith from the Cape of Good Elope by Lieut. General Sir DAVID .BAIRD :—Four Troops of the 20th Light Dragoons ; two Troops of the 2 tst ditto; one Company of the Royal Artillery ; and the 38th and 72d Regiments. At the particular request of General BERESKORD, Major TaoTrEtt, of the 83d, a very able Officer, has been sent to him by Sir DAVID BAIED, to a& as De puty Adjutant-. General. in consequence of the pressing call for troops from the Cape, Sir DAVID BAIRD has detained the 47th Regiment at. the Cape, which Put in there on its way to India.; and hein tended to detain other Regiments froth - England if they touched at the'Cape. The Naval Returns, up to this day, state thenum ber oithips, in comm►mission, to be—of the Line 130, Fifties 19; Frigates 163, Sloops., Sec.. 181, Gun brigs and under 261. In ot dinuryof the Line 52, Fifties 13, Frigates 60, Sloops, S:e. 46, Gun-brigs' and \Under 6. Building—of the Line 38, Frigates 31, Sidops, eze. 51. Gun-brigs and under 8 ; Making a total of 1051 Vessels. Yesterday a most-numerous and highly respeaable Meeting of the Freeholders of the County of Mid dle Sex was held at Freemasons' Hall, to receive the nomination of a respeaable Gentleman . to oppose Si. FRANCIS BURDETT. Sir WILLIAM GIBBONS having been called to the Chair, the Thanks of the Meetirig were moved, and unanimously carried, to GEORGE B. MAINWARING, Esq. late-Representa►ive for the County; who, in a speech which was much .applauded, returned his thanks to the indepeudent and respeeizbb Free holders. Mr. MAINWARING, sen. in a speech, of some length, in which he adverted to his own. Parlia mentary conduct for a series of years, and to the motives which induced him to withdraw, proposed Mr. Vt r ILLIANI - MELLISII as'a proper person to re present the County, and complete that victory which had been twice gained over a desperate Fac tion that had dared to disturb the peace of the County, and whose aim it was to overthrow every thing that was dear to the Country. This nomina tion having been secoticec. by ICI a —IEBONS, Was received with the unanimous and rapturous applause of the whole Meeting. Mr. BOWLES addressed the Company in a very able and anintated speech, in which he took a re view of the ,motives and condtid of Sir F. BUR nrrr and his fadion, and which he exposed in a man ner that did equal justice to his head and heart. In animadverting upon the infamous Address with which Sir FRANCIS has thought proper to insult not only the County, but the Country at large, he recommended it to the notice and criticism of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL. After a tribute of rasped and admiration to the character of Mr. PITT, Mr. BOWLES glanced at the universally acknowledged pretensions of the present Minister, whose 'support was so intimately blended with • that of the Coun try, at a crisis so awful and difficult, and he con cluded by expressing his hearty approbation of the Gentleman who had just been proposed. Mr. MELLISH returned thanks to the Meeting for the honour they had done 'him. He declared himself detached from all party. He would only go into Parliament as a free and unfettered Agent, and he wished for support only upon these grounds. He expressed his confidence that the cause in which they were engaged would triumph over a desperate and dangerous fa4ton.----The Meeting then ad journed. It was no wonder that BONAPARTE should have given orders for the re mova l o f a ll caricatures against Great Britain' and its popular charaaters from the print-shops of Paris ; tOr in this species of trade, as the English Artists have truth on their side, the exchange is so much against him, that he naturally suppressed it in France, in hopes that the Lxample would be followed in England., enemy. Here Veutenant Tilmtwro; learned froM some_ pisoriers stationed here, that 6000 men, Who had thrown themselves into. Erftirth, had been mad 6 prisoners, and that they were about to pass that way. Lieutenant HELLWIG immediately formed the resolution to liberate. his Countrymen ; and be ing- joined by 50 Hussars, he posted himself in a small wood at Eichstadt, about half a league from Eisenach, and when the column began to pass him, which was at about six in the evening, he saPied out upon them, and took the Ftench escort so much by-surprise, that they had time to make only one discharge. Having -by this attack lost twenty men, they fell into confusion, and the whole party were either 'killed or dispersed. The prisoners thus li berated returned to Eisenach, where they killed nnd• made a number of French, with - a Colonel, pri-" sonem The Prussians then proceeded to hausen. OSPETIOnE, OCT. 20.—Six thousand French have entered Munster. Some Officers report, that an all'air took place at Noidhausen,; on Thursday; in which the French suffered considerably. The Corps with which tlry engaged afterwards retreated to Magdeburgh. We know that the French are at Nordhausen, the post from that place-having cea se d to arrive. They have also advanced to Wernege rode, auedlenburgh, and Aversleben. The Prus sians march seven German miles per day. • Hano verian waggoners, Bcc. hate passports which admit them to go through the, French Army without hindrance. HANOVER, OCT. 22.-A1 accounts agree, that Hanover, and ,the property of its subjeds, he respeded and protede,d by the French. A number of wounded have again arrived here to-day. The Prussian Major General LECOQ has withdrawn with his troops, from 'Westphalia, and retired to Hameln, in order, it is said, to facilitate his junc tion with a body of troo e ps under the Duke of WEI MAR, near Woifenbuttel. BRUNSWICK, OCT. ?4.—The following has been published here By the command of the poke, our gracious Sovereign, the inhabitants of this place; as well as those of the towns. and vil lages, are ordered and admonished, under the pre sent circumstances of hostility near this Country, to wait the progress of events with confidence and tranquillity ; and'especkilly to condua themselves in a friendly manner towards any foreign troops that may happen to pass through, to whatever Power they may belong, and also to 'contribute towards the i subsistence of -those troops as much as possible. " The Provincial Governments will co-operate with all theit power in these measures upon every occasion .that. May ofir. • (Signed) "V. BOTTICHER." BRUNSWICK, OCT. 21.—,0ur belayed Sovereign was brought here to-clay from Blanckenburgh in a litter. Both his eyes are considerably swelled ;great hopes are entertained of the preservation of one of theM. YeSterday afternoon'_ the French, under Prince MURAT, entered Halberstadt. • SAXONY, OCT. I7.—Yesterday the French made. themselves masters of Erfurth ; the, Prussian Corps there being too weak to resist, were made prisoners. FRANKFORT, OCT. I R.—The head-quarters of Marshal MORTIER have been here since thv 13th, The movem:mt of troops in our neighbourhood is very inconsiderable. MAI LS. ' AAA v ED-x Dublin. DuE-2 Hamburgh, 3 Gottenburgb, Dublin, 2 Wateribral. THE SUN. SOLIM QUIS DICERS ?ALSU?! AUDF AT ? L 0 N D 0 N, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1806. NA VA L E Pthiviwit-t, OCT. 30.—Arrived this morning the - Squadron of Vio-Admiral Sir . J. B. WARREN trorn The Coast of America : consisting a the Fomdroyant; of 80 guris ; Courageux,, Fume, Hero, Namur, and Ramilies',.of 74 guns. each ; and Aum.,-on Frigate the Belleiste, of 74 guns, one of Rear-.A.dMiral Sir R. STEK;,-,HAWS 'Squadron, .came home with 'the above, - under jtiry=tnaSts, and is gone up Channel ,for . POrtsmonh. . Arrived the Maria, Capt. TLtoKLEs, from Bour deauk; bound to Totiningen, ladeh with brandy and wine, detained by the Queen4orovgli'Pnvateer and the Krone, Capt. DAMR.TT-, from Bourdeiox to Tonningen, laden with wine and brandy, dtitained by the_ Happy Ream Privateer. Arrived this , evening the Snake Sloop' of War, Capt. El. Boys, from Jamaica—five Sail of home-. ward-bound West India'mett. are also arrived under her Convoy. Sailed the Atlas, of 98 guns, for the, Channel PQRTSAloprff, OCT. 31.—Arrived the Prospero Bomb NVitoli'a convoy from the Downs, among which are the Travers, COLLINS, outward-hound India,. man ,three others are. Supposed to be in the Wink Mso :the Hardy Gun-vessel from a cPuize off Havre; and the • Die Stadt Lubeck, from Bourdedux., bound to Lubeck, laden with wine, brandy, paper, and fruit, detained by the Hardy. Sailed the ,Steady. Gun-vessel on a cruize. DEAL; OCT. 3 I.—Sailed- the Penguin Brig of for•Sheernesg. , , Arrived the Meteor Bomb from a Cruize ; &- mita and Adelphia Transports from Gibrnitar, under quarantine,',ohd remain in the Downs with the rest 'of the Ships as per last. • • SHEERNESS, OCT. 30.—Arrived the Speedwell Brig, of 14 guns, Lieut. W. ROBERTSON. The Cormorant Sloop of War has made the Sig nal fbr Convoy to the Elbe. FALMOUTH, OCT. 29.—Sailed yesterday His Nit , jesty's Ship Magiciennc, of 32 guns, Capt. MAC. , KENZIE, and Insolent Gun-brig, for Plymouth ; Humber Armed Ship, HILL, fbr a cruize ; and Mo narch, LELLACH, for Guernsey. Arrived to-day His Majesty's Sbips Theseus, of 74 guns, Capt. HOPE, and Lively, of 3$ guns, Capt,• KINLEY, from Portsmouth ;, and His .Majesty's Ship Iris, of 3e guns, Capt. TOWER, from a cruize. Arrivedlhis evening the. Lady Arabella Packet, PORTEOUSi.with Mails frOrn the Windward Islands, in 39 days. NEW PARLIAMENT. MEMBERS RETLTRNED. Bun Y 7 :-Lord ..Charles Fitzroy; Lord Viscount Teinpietown. • BI.4TCHINGLEY—WiIIiain Kenrick ; J. Dupre Porcher, Esq. 4 EAST GREVISTED—Sir k. Stracey; ---- Giles ; Esq. FiLltwlca—Right Hon. J. H. Addington; H. Freemantle, Esq. WiTuAlt—Colonel &mu; Gaskell, Esq. WOoDsrocx—Sir H. W. Walker; Hon. W. E. Eden. PETEgSFIELD-Hilton Joliffe, Esq. ; J. W. Ward, Esq. ILcuEsTER--Sir William Manners; Nathaniel Saxon; lisq. SEAFORD—John Leach, Esq. ; George Hibbert, Esq. , HERTFORD--Hon. E. S. Cowper; N. Calvert, Esq. BEDFORD—SamueI Whitbread, Esq. ; Vin. Lee Antonie, Esq. C A ;a RAID G - E —LO rd Euston ; Lord H. Petty. POOLE —G. Garland, Esq. ; John Jeffrey. ' EirKESELTRY—Jatues Martin, Esq.; C. Codring ton, Esq. HAsLEmEriE---,Right Hon. LorC: Garlies ; Right Hon. C. Long. . SALISBURY—NV. Hussey ; Right Hon. Lord Folkstone. WARWICK—Lord Brooke ; Charles Mills, Esq. CHICHESTER—Right Hon. T. Steele; ' G. W. Thomas, Esq. ABINGDoN—Sir T. Metcalfe. WINCHESTER-Sir R. Gammon Sir. H. Mild may. - - - ritINTINGTON-J. Calvert ; H. Fellowes, Esqrs. WORCESTER—A. Robarts, Esq.; R. Bromley, Esq. _ _ _ SUDBURY—Sir J. ppisley, Bart. Recorder of that Borotth ; J. Pytches, Esq. SOUTHWARK.—State of the Poll at 12 o'clock to day : Sir T. TURTON Mr. THORNTON Mr. TIERNEY - 744 - 737 - 722 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET THIRD OCTOBER, or HOUGHTON MEETING, 1806. FR lAA Y. OCTOBER 31. Mr. Andrew's Garland, Bst. r alb. agst Lord F. Bentinck's Optician, Sst. Ab. M. sog.s. Dead heat. Mr. Payne's Tudor, Sst. sib. beat Mr. F. Neale's Mal volio, 31b. Two-yr old C. rods. Mr. Blachford's Currycomb, beat Mr. lioworth's Planta genet, Sat. ilb. each. Two-yr old C. r,-,•ogs.. Sir 1. Shelley's Clasher, Bst. :Ob. beat Mr. Payne's Tu dor, Bst. 91b. Ab. loogs. Gen. Gower's Pelisse, Sst. beat Lord Sackville's Witch craft, Bst_._ 71b. T. M. VI. B. C. boogs. Lord Fc;ley's Pipylina, Bst. 91b. beat Mr. Windham's c. by Scliedorii, Sst. Y. C. cogs. Subbcription Handicap Nate of Sol. for 4,5, and 6-yt olds, and aged. 1). I. Gen. Gower's b. m. Pelisse, 5 yrs old, Bst. 21b. - x Sir F. Standish's b.f. sister of Duxbury, 4 vrs.old,7st.Blb. 2 Mr. Windham's b. 1. Glory, 4 yrs old, 6st. i ilk. 3 Lord Foley's ch. Zr. Stretch, 6 yrs old, Bst. 41b, - 4 Nine others started. Mr. Mellish's Norval, r3st. beat Mr. Crave.b's Henry, its:. 71b. Across the Flat, 25gs. To be rode by the owners. Lord Foley's Pipylina, Sat. 41b. rec togs. front Duke of. Graftrin's Forrester, Sst. Two yr cid C. toogs. Yr. Arthur's Wormwood, gst. Slb. rec. f. from Sir C. Bunbury's Lydia, U. Two-yr old C. Loop, h. ft. q