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IMPERIAL PARLLIMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, Jax.l4.
Mr. Phil Emote was further heard in tehalf of the
Respondents, in the cause of Page-and others v
lainil!on and others Its further consideration was
anal:lied for Friday next.
The Exchequer Bills Bill went through a Com-
mittee, and was repo' ted —Adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Six Members took the oaths and their seats.
Amongst them was Mr. R Arm Ward, late Llodcr
Secretary of State.
Sir John Newport brought up a Bill, to amend
t to At of the 423 of H.s present Majesty, for re-
gulating the Trials of Controverted Eledions ; or
Returns or Members to serve in Parliament for
Ireland. Read a first time, ordered tet he read
a sec rod time un Friday next, and to be printed.
Duni ELECTIoN DILL.
S,r JOHN NEWPOR•I' then gave notice, that
itr•rn no ow he should move for leave to briny in a
Bill, for the purpose of abolishing certain offices,
its corutil-ance with the Report of the Commission-
ers nt liluiry in Ireland, and of regulating certain
oflser2s, the duties of which had ceased to be per-
furinea in the manner originally intended.
ARMY.
The Secretary at War presented Estim Ire' and
Schedules for the Army and Ordnance Szi vier:, for
the year, 1807. He also. in conformity wiTti the
provisions °fro! Ad of Parliament, passed in the 45th
of the king, presented aCopy of a Warraot issued by
Government. fur the purpose of establishing certain
orders and regulations for improving the condition
of non•commi,sioned otli.:ers and soldiers in His
Majesty's service, and for granting that relief to
which they are entitled on their discharge.—Ordered
to lie on the table, and to he printed.
The SECRETARY at WAR. gave notice, that
it was his .nt,ntion, on this day sennight, to move,
that these Fitim.ttes be taken iatu consideration, in
the Contm.t•ee of Supply.
Mr. PeAttEVA I. Inidredl of the Right Hon.
Secretary, whe,het it was pu•su.tnce of the order
of th • Hou,e, on the motion made chi, week by a
Noble Lord (Castlereagh) that these papers were
presenter';
The SKCREPARY at WAR answered, that
these Ertimates were not presented in consequence
fo the Motion alluded to, but in compliance with the
At itself. He, however, presented them at this
particular time, as he was desirous to know whe-
;thee these papers would not do away the necess.ty
of the last Mottos of the Noble bird. He was in
hopes they would fully answer his purpose.
Mr. Hotthouse brought op the Report of the
Committee on the Malt Duty Bill, the amendm-nts
on which were read and agreed to, arid the 13.11
ordered tuba read a third time to-mortew.
AINFRICIN TREATY.

General GAS6OIG said. that
seeing .t Noble Lord in his place (alluding to Lord
klowi,:k), lie should take that opportunity of putriog
a apleatian to him upon a sabjeft of gttat iaira L-
ance to the mercantile irrereets of the country in
genet..l, but particularly to the town which he
(General Gaseoigne) represented. Publicity. he
thougA, was always peculiarly necessary upon
such matters. and therefore it war, that he wished
a Brewer grre of information to be given to the
atieri.Ali:il.: interea, relative is the 'Treaty bets in
Amer.:a tLis country, than what had as yet
bon giv.a. In a later which had been inaerted in
all ilat pitidic Prints, purportiog to be written by
11:a L:^id to:. the great mercantile body in this
city. they were inform. J. that a Treaty of Amity
bad taken place w:th America. 117 that letter,
ouch diattit had been created as to whether the
Decree passed in the Congiesa of America bad been
done away mil ely. cr any alteration made upon
it, as we had had ino intimation that Congress had
a.sern'led. flan far the Pre-ideal or Chief Ma-
gistrate may have it in his pores to alter that
I)..cree, be knew not ; be:.this he knew, that in
cou,-Inel•et• of that letter, much doubt bad arisen as
• to she Jet- it was proper or safe to exprt those
prohihited goods, which it was formetly
yea. us ti) tt:tint to America, and horn which
LTA: this cauatry Was Lately entirely excluded.—
lie was wall aware that this quettion might be look.
ed on as premature, hot nevertheless, it that Noble
Lord had meant to intimate that the trade should
be carried on as formerly, some explanation was ne-
cessary u and even if nut so, it was still equally
essential that the public should be informed upon
that print. Ca lee these circumstrnces, he trusted
he should 'retire an answer from law Lordship, in a
matter that would remove all doubt upon the sub-
jeCt, anal be sbatild be happy to hear that such
trade was torte continued. .. A
Lied HOAVICK answered. that he certainly feh •
very anxious to explain every thing that could tend
to the advantage or information of the mercantile
interest; bin he was sure that the House would see,
at once. the impossibility of aosweriag such a ques-
tion as that nom proposed. The Hon. Gentleman
had statid the impressions, which he conceived had
taken place, in consraper.ce of the letter written to
the inercantale body; hur he (Lord H.) could not
see any reasons for such impressions giving rise to
the qaestion !I± had, in the letter alluded to,
f.amply stated the fa& that a treaty bad been signed
by vie Plenipotentiaries of Americo and this
country. Wh oilfrrrnce thus pie:e of information
was to e:eatr, it reg.:T.l to their Nitre transallions,
hr si.ulal not trally discover. It was surely soon
en 'ugh to iafo:srs the ptrilc upon other points,
when that freAty was aguilly taraied, wine* he
admit be erreiney happy at, and I.re no time in
communication: No fuither info:msins, there.
flare. croilet.be given at present. As this Treaty
Laid boor s;okin of, he *heard take that cpportunity
oftraWt r-ug a question put by a flight Hon. Gen•
tl!L•ruAr. art a rnrmer night, open the snhje.ft. I:
had been asked, whether there was a ieservation
contoured set that Treaty, betwixt as and Amami.
to euuntrt balance or -et:tr.:toad the effe&l of the
Irate Deere* ipAssed hry the Frerei Gneertrnent
against th.o aoaintry Undoubtedly, a just and
Reaper cor.;roul, as to tae ships of neu:rais, had
hen careot ;y /Iterated in t'ie Treaty alluded to;
an tho we cineld aiwaya be :tole to en ia a manner
eq fitly ptejad eiil t.i ti e commerce of the e..emy,
a. the French might do in regard to the cminterce
sfli *sun

GENERAL DLUCIIF.R.

OBSIRVATIONS ON THE RETREAT AND CANTU.
LATIUN OF GENERAL eLUCHeAt.
The following observations on the above subjeft,
by an eye-witne,s of the events to which they allude,
were occasioned by Remarks published by a French
Officer on the Official Report of the g.111.:a General
Blucher
1 I.t Remark --" Centerrl 111 u-ht( is mistaken, wlton as.
sa:s that he tht not give wa) but to a Luce a.x ti:not superior
to his own," &e.

No Prussian Officer can shiny proof to the cnn•
tray. General Von Blucher N. t s o'..liged, in thin
point. to follow the statemcnta of the French
Marshal.

2A Remark —" General Blucher f :ilea in his design," 3:e.

This is unfortunately very true ; as General
Blucher would much rather have crossed the Elbe ;
and even had he been at length compelled to sur-
render, he would have done it with far greater satis-
faaion on the Rhine than on the Trave.
General Blucher knew perfealy well that he had
to c pe only with the first corps; but as it was his
object to reach the Elbe with all possible expedition,
the strength or weakness of his pursuers could not
induce him to deviate from that plan. General
Blucher never had 22,000 men.

It is nut known that the first corps several times
offered him battle ; but it is certain that it engaged
his rear-guard for the purpose of detaining G:ncral
Blucher, and giving all the French corps time to
come up. Marshal Bernadotte displayed too twiny
instances of intelligence to seek to engage 9.0,000
men with a force of 12,000. He would undoubted-
ly have retreated, conformably to the dictates of
reason, as soon as he saw General Blucher advanc-
ing towards him with 20,000 men. Had Blucher
pursued him, he would have placed himself be-
tween all the three corps; had he not pursued,
but continued his retreat, his situation would nut
have been improved, but, on the contrary, he would
have lost a day.
Ou the tith of November, .54 pieces of cannon
were lost at and near Lubeck ; and it is corr,..ft,
that these still had sufficient ammunition, because
mast of them had belonged to tile corps of the
Duke of Weimar, and !Lid been used %cry little or
not at all.

At the eapitu!:tion, however, only some thirty
pieces of cannon stir r:ndc:ed, exclusive of the
pieces belonging to th.: battalions, the remnant
saved from the anion, of Auerstadt, Jeca, and
Halle, and which had since ti:2n not been supplied
With amtnunition. As for reserve ammunition,
General Umber hal n,:na. The fifty powder wag.
sous that a:e motioned, wer;! waggons attached to
tie battalions, for musket cartridges, of which the
loaded ones of the corp; farmerly under the Duke
of %Velma:, were lost on the 6th.
3 t General Blucher is mistaken again," are.

It is very true, that the French troops had fewer
resources than General Blucher, but they were so
much the better provided with immediate supplies.
4th Remark While GznA..al Blucher ke.it to the right
taa st,c.tt," Ste.

General Blucher forbore to take possession and
defend the towns of Strelitz and Schwerin, in the
hope that the enemy would spare them.

nth Renta.:.—" Marshal Soul' pursued the eqiumn of the
Dulv: of WeirniZ,"

ft is true, that the vanguard of the French army
threw itself between the columns of General Pellet
and the Duke of Oele at Cladrum.

Their junftion, therefore,. did not take place, as
well fat that reason, as on account of the disposi-
tion, till :hey tern: past the defiles of Banskow and
Plate.

Gen?ral P,11::t marched, accordiag to the dispo-
skim ul Fra,lenmark, by way of Suchow to Bans-
kow ; the Duke 1)I Ocis, from Cl4drum, by way of
Criwits. t. Plate.

6th It ..ma,k —"HA General Blucher chasers, as he ■sserts,
to attack the cnrp; ul Nialshal Bernadotte or Mar sisal SJult,"
Be.

It is eorreFt, that General Blucher had an oppor.
tstnity of attacking the French army; but it is not
trues that General Blucher had still his whole army
at his disposal, %%hen he perceived that the anion at
Criwita became seri,,us. The columns of the Ge-
neral. Natainer and Larisch had long passed the de-
al: of Fahre, and had already entered into canton-
ments, when the rear-guard lost the defile of Fahre.

K. nark —"'CM.. acri at at Criwitt prom to Cl:nertl
1111rwher, It..w vwy litt:e the /reach tufautry car: for the ens
troy% ca atty." .2e.

12 the anion of Crivritr, the Rudortr regiment of
hussars formeJ the rearguard. It was closely pur-
ism! Sy the French cavalry. .4*:-.e regimmt of Re-
do• ff, alrnst 830 in number, wheeled round, attack-
ed:he mem i's cavalry, whom they drove back, end
par.ned to their support of infantry, which t‘pened
aWA the of mu.ketry. The remoant of the re.
gitne-t of Itodoil rallied, and condi:to:A ha rctrcat
with its prisoner S.

No aturk with cai:Ory thz er.cmj's infAntry
aok.pl,ce the day.

Bth Re.n•rrk.—" When Marlal B.rna.lotta saw that the
enemy een'.l nut maintain the defile at F,,h7e," Sc.
The difile at Fahre was ta::en by.the enemy, bc-
C4t152 it WAS not defende'd by the rear-guard, con•
si&ng principally of cavalry. It has alr:•aJy been

obs.lved above, that the divisions of GenerAl4
Natzmer and Larisch had gone into cantonment.,
be use General Blucher did not expea to be pur-
sued so far. Had General Blucher been able to keep
his infantry in the field during the night. Marshal
Bernadotte would not, that day, have made himself
master of the defile of Fahre.

If a General always knew the aflual siruatirn
and intentions of the enemy, his operations would
often be very different. The corps, lately com-
manded by the Duke of Weimar, had taken can-
toments beyond the defiles of Banskow and Plate.—
It was not till late at night that it was informed of
the loss of the defiles of Fahre ; and it cULI not break
up till early on the tat of November, to match to
Gadebuscli.

On this march, half the infantry were left be-
hind, exhausted, and did not arrive till night, in
quarters, at Gadebusch. hlad Marshal Bernadotte,
at break of day, sent a small corps to ‘l'alsmuhle,
the late corps of the Duke of Weimar would have
been separated from the late corps oldie Duke of
Wurtemberg. But it was impossible that Marshal
Bernadotte should be acquainted with this circum-
stance. Far from ascribing it to him as a fault,
that they stopped this day at Schwerin, he rather
deserves praise, for having lost siest neither of the
neces.ary- precaution, nor of his grand objed.

This circumstance is mentioned oaly for the pur-
pose of spewing how unjust it is to judge a Gene-
ral, a7crrdir.g to what might happen, in particular
cases, and not according to that which all the cir-
cumstances of the case obliged him to do.
The whole army was united at Gadebusch. Ge-
neral Blucher might, perhaps, have been able to
fight ; he had ammunition for his artillery, hut not
culicient for his infantry. The cavalry hid, for
several days, scarcely any cartridges, and the
hussars none at all ; and all, both cavalry and in-
fantry, had neither fodder nor provision for a single
meal. Supposing he had been vinorions, into
what new p•:;plczities would he have been plunged?
How was he to provide for his troops? especially
as new battles, with the other corps, would await
him the day following. For this reason, General
Blucher marched to Lubeck, that he might procure
supplies for three days.
It is very true, that in the retreat to Lubeck, Ge-
neral Blucher lost much more than 2,000 men ;
but in the aCtions, he lost not .100. The others
were such as were left behind asleep, from fatigue,
wounded, sick, and deserters.

9th Rein r.k.—" General 6,ucher was palmed, stop by ste,,
on his march to Lubeck," &c.

It should be observed, that the market-place at
Lubeck, which is mentioned, is situatel ez taly cp-
posite to the Golden Angel, in which General
Blucher had his quarters; and that the Burg-gate
was to have been defended by the Duke of Bruns-
wick Oels.

It k consistent with truth, that the French troops
attacked the Burg-gate. and forced their way into
the town with the greatest intrepidity.

10th Re.nark.—'• General Blucher tags attacked in the
n:;,;kt, at Schwar!aa, by the 54th tte.

General Blucher left behind the regiment of
Osten tint-goons, and the infantry regiment of
Kuhnheitn, w.th the remains of the light infantry,
as advanced posts, at Schwartau, in order to draw
tngether during the night the troops detached up
the Trave. The troops left at Schwartau were cur-
pri.ied during the night. and most of them made
prisoners.

General Blucher bad at Lubeck sixteen battalions,
which scarcely composed 6,000 men, and of which
six battalions were about noon detached to Mcist.
Lug and liansteLt.

llth ittinirk.—" We •re ignorant whether the Chin of the
Prtiviian Staff JiJ not commit some mistake in his statiment
of the numbers of the troops:'

The following account 'hews the number of
troops lost before, and by the capitulation :
CORPS OF THZ •lINY or LIEUT AAAAA -011141111 AL

BLUcHell.
Tromps lest bdore the Capitulation :
1 Hatt. of the Itegintunt of Arnim, Latest ita the entiruns
of Scliwer+ii•

U te. Gr:nad•er Ratnli n, 1ta740, 2 Itattaliont, Tscham.
o'er, 201 itn,Ow,teen, I ditto, o.ls, 2,13 2 ditto, Matsrucr,
ta%vi at I.oer k

Four Battalions of Falser, an! sin Companies of 'Liters,
At Lubeck and Schwanau.
2 Battalion•, Kulinheim, taken at Seherartas.
2 Ditto, Mansteia, taken at Lolseck,
1 Ditto, Jung 11.srasch, taken at %lensing.
In sin Annis, capitulated at Wismar.
5 l`ittn, Koller, and 1 Ditto, King of Bavaria, capitulated
at Ilanafeid.
4 Dittii, capitulated at Luneburg.

4:00 Horse, M.jor Von Schmude, taken at Atraten.
12 ;Ave.' of Cann.nr, T ia4Jan ; 12 Ditto. Lange; 4 MM.
Kubnen,a ill ; V Ditto, of reserve; and 22 I) beloncior to
the havaletti. taken by the Enemy at ane near Lo.Leck ; 4
pierce of 'brie Ana cry, eyit..!ated at Lunie),lrg , 4 ll.vo,
W.-gen.Frica,..tu:..tc: at iLnlifed 64 pl-eta of cainuis.