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the 3d inst. for Saxony. The re,gimt:nts of guards,
the ;cos tamers and other regiments, both at Berlin
and Potsdam, have also set out.
Field-ntish.ll Mollendorfr too, goes with the
army of rr•s^rve ; and, in his absence, Count Schu-
lenbar,g Kehorest will be Governor of Berlin.
The Duke of Brunswick's head quarters are
removed from Hildesheim to Gottingen ; and,
in a few days, the Prussian army will evacuate
all Hanover.
In the Elenorate of llesse Cassel, the passage of
the Prussian army was espeaed, and the Eletlor's
army had orders to hold itself in re.tdiu:ss to march
at a moment's notice. The heavy ordnance and
artillery of Liege was likewise kept in readiness ;

vAst number of surgeon have been enraged for the

service of the Prussian army.
The Prussian head quarters will be remnved to
Hanover. where a column 3,100 men, besides a
lutteling train of 3A .artilltry, will mach to the

etige of Hameln.
Gene►Al Don passed through Brunen on the 30th

ult. to his head•quartcrs at listmersvoet de. I-le as-

cured the Magistrates of that Imperial . i.y, that
the newrality of its territory should be respeaed by
British troops ; but. that the season of the year
rendered i. impossible for some single regiments not
to pass through it.
The cavalry of the Hanoverian legion is safely
arrived in the Elbe and Weser, on board sixty or
seventy transports.

Tile assertion in the Paris papers relative to the
wish of the Austrians, to separate themselves from
the Russian army, as well as the proposed conven-
tion of the I.stter to capitulate, appear to be no-
thing moie than strat-g,erns of war ; the following,
are the particulats

The moment the Austrian army had eva;uated
Vienna. at the approach of the French, preparations

were ansde to burn the bridge, and combustibles
ware laid to it accordlni;ly ; when suddenly a h rench
General Officer galloped through Vienna, with a
gag out uce„and waited. in Prince hiurat's names on
Field Marshal Count Auerspergh, who was just
giving orders to burn the bridge, informing him,
that an armistice between the Austrian and French
armies had been aelually concluded, for which rea-
son, it would not be well to destroy the bridge, as it
might have had consequences. The Austrian Gene-

eel desisted ; but, soon after, the French arrived in
superior forte, passed the bridge, but did not attack
the Austrians on the opposite bank, to make them
the more easily believe the pretended armistice, and
that they might attack them more successfully after
defeating the Rimisns ; the Austrian General, in-
formed of this mean stratagem, sent two officers of
his Staff to Prince Murat's head-quarters, to inform
Lim, that the A wtrian army having bad some se-
rious disputes with the Russians, wished to forsake
their alliance, provided Bonaparte would allow them
to make their retreat home unmolested ; this was
granted, and the Austrians, by a circuitous route,
joined the Russians again, and their commander
sent Murat a letter, informing him, that this strata-
gem had been used by way of reprisal, for what the
l'sench had done with regard to the bridge of the
Danube.

The Russians not being yet joined by General
Buxhvaden, nor in sufficient strength to oppose the
main part of Bonaparte's a:my that had entered
Moravia, sent likewise proposals fur a Convention,
which Murat aceeptM ; but Bonaparte wnulJ not
ratify it until it had been done by the Emperor
lexauder. Meanwhile the Russians gained time to
cirt64 a junesion with the second army, and to
wait the approach of the third, under General Ms-

Both the Emperors of Germany and Russia have
put themselves at the head of their respeaive ar-
mies. The Arch Juke Charles has reached Hun-
gary with 90. a 0 men'
The Hamburgb Papers contain the 27th and
48th nnlletitis of the French Grand Army : the
former is dated Pahotlitz, in Moravia, November
19, stating, that, alter the battle of Guntusdorf,
General gebassiani pursued the enemy into the
plains of Moravia, and tcok 2000 prisoners. Murat
entered Bruns on the 15th nit. where he found
sixty pieces of cannon, and considerable magatines
of eve: v description.

The Vltk Bulletin is dated Brunn, NPvember
Bonaparte entered that city
received by the,States,.

oy __ the
Russian army ; meanwhile, it was known, that all
the roads in Suahia, and Interior Austria, were co-
vered with the French conscripts, who came to join
the Grand army; it was also known, at the Rus-
sian head-quarters, that Bonaparte was going to
create the EleCtor of Bavaria, a King ; and in the
letter he wrote him on this subjeCt, he calls him
Sire and Brother ; all Tyrol is to be occupied by
Bavarian troops. The Coronation will speedily
Lila place at Munich.
A letter from Olmutz, 3f the 27:11, announces,
that, on the 26:h, the fine corps of cavalry, of Prince
Constantine of Russia, filed off near Olutur:, to
the Russian head-quarters, which were then still at
Oltschau.

The French army, which a few days before had
penetrated to the distance of dour leagues from
OIMUIZ. was then on its retreat; and the Combined
Austro-Russian army :rept advancing. The latter's
tees were on the 27th at OrOS:11:Z. And
advanced guard of Prince Parmraxeen rs in
Wischau the sa-nc day the first column of General
Michelson's army an 'wed at Trovau, and was =-
petted at OlnUlth on the same day.
Another latter from Olmuta, of the SIMe date,
states, that the French army was then isxtn evn
Brutus and Austenliz. 'Rte Archduke Charles in
Croatia, with an army of 90,090 ?pen. The united
army of Moravia, estimated at 100,000, and a
battle expetted.

A letter from Ohnutz, of the 29th ult stvrs,
that after the junaion of General Kot :sty— and
Buzhovdci, the Emperor has ordered his HI MICS to
advance. 11;s Majesty's head-quarters were then at
Wischaii, ar•.d sc,,l soon be ren:.,ved sidewards, to
Kreims. The Fiends were still in the environs of
Bruno.

THE BRITISH PRESS.
LONDON,
TUESDAY, Menages 17.
The Hamburg!' Mail, due on Wednesday. ar-
rived kst eve:Arg. It is the third of a s7iies of four,
which became due on Sunday. The intelligence
which it brings, weals a very favourable weft
Accounts from Harriburgh, of the 6th ir.st. state, that
Count I'l A yawl Tz has failed in his mission, Bow S-
having retised to listen to any terms ; and
that I lis PRI:SsI•N MAJESTY had, in eciosequonc:e,
resolve 1 to join the league against prance. His
field equipage had left Berlin on the 3d, and His
MAJESTY was expefied to follow immi diately.
The Guards, and several other regimeilis, had also
marched from that ciry and Potsdam The report
that Prussia had marched an army of :.0.000 men
into Bavaria, which prcvaikd on Sunday, Jeri,
consisteucy iron. this statement. We trust that it will
prove true, and that Prus.ian co-operation shall :lc
longer continue an empty shadow. The latest in-
telligence from the immediate seat of war in Ger-
many, is of the 29th ult. The former accounts taught
us %o fear that Boa APART!, pursuing his vielorious
career, would have driven the Austru-Russian army
past Olmuta, and obliged the Emperor of GERMAN If
to withdraw to Troppeau. Afraid, or unable to
make any farther progress, Boa A PARTE has cone-
moreed h/s retreat. Mos Al" entered Bruno so far back
as the 15th, and Boat PASTE followed on the 20th.
Between the 20th and 24th, the French had pushed
their Fiequets within four leagues of aniutz ; hot,
bef-re tl:e 26tb, they had ea'.:ed them in, and re.
treated towards brunn. The Austro- Russian army,
which had been hitherto retreating, now began to
pursue, in its turn, and bad advanced its head-quay.
tern, on the tn'th, to P.-ostnitz. The advanced guard
of Prince Pa sera ',emu was, the same day, at Wis-
ehaii. This change appears to have been pro-
duced by the hear approach of the Russian
arm? under General 14 icsru.soe.
The offer of the Russians to capitulate, se tri-
umphantly announced in the Bulletins from the
French army, is fully explained in the Hamburgli
Papers, and appears to have been a stratagem
used by way of reprisal for the f: aud successfully
praflised by flu ear, by which he saved the bridges
over the Danube at Vienna.
The Archduke :jot/ince, has reached Hungary,
at the head of 90,000 men.
130MAPAI:1 s propnies to raise the El .110 r of BA-
YA RI• to the regal dignity. Plepivations arc
=akin fur die torottatius at Munich. '

concerned to state, that the Expedifol
ttely sailed from the Downs for the
encountered a storm, which has dis-
The Dement transport, which
it, has put into Harwich. 'I he
Arrived off the Dutch coast when the
vour sail of transports, with the
Cavalry on board, have al.o put
"hey had been 17 days at sea
ports, with part of the Sth, 2tith,
board, have returne I to Deal.
ig :a Rs Irmo letters, which we tc-
ceivcd yesterday from a friend nn ,b •arJ the
Derwin/ transport, will be found interesting :
EXTRACT Or A IFTTER raom ON BOARD THE DER-

WENT TRANSPORT.
NANWTCH, DEC. I 1805.
" Any thing to equal what we suffered at sea is
impossible; you mal. judge of our situation, from the
severity of the weather you must have had on shore.
The two first days we were out, it was tolerable ;
the wind being fair, and only one heavy gale ;
but the night of the second day, the waist came
round to the north-east, and brought on the most
dreadful and dangerous gale, accompanied with
snow, I heard the sailors say, they had ever witness.
ed. At this time, we were off the Dutch coast, and
the Commodore made signals to put about, and run
back for England ; hut the one half of the ships
could not see the signals, and here we all part-
ed, every ship for itself. The storm continued All
night ; the hatches, fortunately, were all closely put
on. Any thing to equal the manner she rolled in
the water, and the seas she shipped, you cannot
imagine. We cannot think what has become of all
%heathers. We had two other heavy gales :Our ; and
tor the two days we were at sea, after the fleet part-
ed, we never saw a ship, but one, the night before
we made the land ; what she was, we could not tell,
shi carried as much sail as she could, to get asp with
us, hut did not succeed. I bega . writing this the
moment we got sight of the land. lam afraid we
shall have bad news of the remainder of the B •et,
for, our Captain says, the one half of the other Cap-
tains of the ships do not know much of the Dutch
coast."
EXTRACT Or ANOTHPR LETTER, DATED NARWicN,
DEC. 15.
" We have not received any orders as yet for sail-
ing ; but I thought it was worth informing you,
that four sail of transports, laden with the German
Legion Cavalry. arrived safe in this port ; they
sailed with tl.t first expedition, and could riot make
their destination. The Officers tell me they were
near all being lost off the German coast, They lost
eight or nine horses, and were at sea seventeen
days. Another transport is just come in much
damaged."

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Yesterday morning, about eleven ()clock, a MiF-
tuy Board of Inquiry was held at the Commander-
in-Chief's Office, which was summonod by the
Judge Advocate. It was attended by Sir H.
CLARIS, and eleven other General Officers, Mr.
°curate, the Deputy Judge Advocate, presided.
Mr. NPDONAILD, the Army Agent, and two other
Gtitlemen, attended the Court for a considerable
time.
Yesterday, about two o'clock, Lord CASTLE/MAI-IN
had an audience of the Duke of Yu it:t.
There is no truth in the report that the Lord Ekon
&ast-Indiaman is likely to be lost near the Note.—
She indeed struck on the sand, but sustained no ma.
terial injury.
1 he medicinal stores, at Chelmsford, were last
week sent up to town, by a special order. It is re-
ported that the camp equipage, and stores in gene-
ral. which are lodged in that town, will immediately
follow, for the purpose, as it is supposed, of being
sent off for the Continent.
The armament under Sir DAVIn BA IRD and Sit
Home POPHAM, sailed from Madeira on ate Sd
Ottober. It consisted of .six sail of the line, two
SO's, four frigates, twc sloops, and two cutters, in
4;1 lii sail of King's ships ; and with India ships
and transports they amounted to 170 sail, having
8000 troops on board. They expeined to be joined
by 2000 more at Madeira, but not having arrived,
the Commanders would not wait fur them.
The Maefiewee, —, sailed from Scilly, for Gi
braltar, on the Itith Odolser, and has not since been
heard of.

The Right Honourable the Lords of the Admi.
2-thy have appointed Monda), the 2.3.1 instant, for
the Trial of Vice-Admiral Sir ROBERT CAI trail,
Bart, It will be held n boned the Gladwisr ; st.id
°coact Mosracu, Esq. Admiral of the ked, is
to be Pre.ident.

A letter has been received by the Editor of Igor-
cev's Portsmouth Paper, from an Officer of the
Dejfanr,, contradiaing the account, which stated,
that Captain BLACKWOOD, of the Earyatra, had de-
livered to the Lords of the Admit alty, the tack,
Etc. of the French ship L'Aigle. The following is
an extra& from the letter ;--••• I beg leave to inform
you, that L'dizie struck to the.Deti•ope; that Lieu-
tenant &VOUS most gallantly boarded her, hauled
down her colours, which he brought, partly lashed
round his body, into this ship, and then returned
to L'Asilr. in aid of the boarders, and was unfor-
tunately shot on her poop. the Thjiant e stuck to
L'Aigfa for some days after the action, and re-
mained wish her so near shore, as to endanger her
own safety; and although L'.411 was considered in
a situation eminently perilous, yet the Dejiam e was
obliged to leave on board of her a Lieutenant
(named PURCHL ), and about 14 of her people,
W:10 were wrecked in her; but who, I am happy to
say, were saved. The ensign, jack, and pendant
of L'afig4, were sent to the Commissioner•
.uf the Adsrairalty, by CiftAisi Du eackaa.+'

.If, .)Ev. 11.
On Thursday last, the remains of the H
PootArr (third son of the Right Honourable :ail
Foust:Ts) sere removed from }letter in a
followed by a coach, to he interred i :!!e
family vault at Hiniou Sr. George ; and, by d
it
of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cost seea sit,
escorted by a detaclonent of the 13th Light l 4
goons. to Charininsrer ; from thence, piecede iy
two moues and the undertaker, (Mr. PA RUT,) y
proceeded to the King's Arms, Maiden N
where they rested with the corpse that night. tit
the following day they were met, at Mister:op, by
,he Somertet Yeomanry, all of whom appeared in'
A pplopriete mourning, and a proportionate pan rc
them preceded the hears:, with carbines reverse,..'
the trumpets blowing a soletnn match The chin.
ger or the deceased followed, last by the recruit e!rd.
first enlisted under him, in the 13th Light
immediitely .otter the mourning coach, with al.
Bs:at:LEY, his Lordship's Steward, and two or, • •
principal attendants of th,! funk ; thea C.tit ,'4
Coo •T tv, of the 40th regiment, as chief mous i.ei„
being the only officer of the line in that neighbvir.
hood, mounted on a charger, dreSsed its full regi•
mentals, crape, scarf, sc. ; the remaining /wart -1
the Yeoman, y followed. On reaching Crewkerne,
the Volunteers having been pteviously drawn up
open order, the procession passed between the rat.k,
the band playing The Dead .%lare/t in Sa Iti
windows and streets were crowded with ipt,i••
to: s, many of whom were deeply effeaed ; an.rl .I,s
drawing nearer to Hinton, the roads were
with increasing numbers. About three o'clock to,ie
reached Hinton, where every mark of respett
,hewn, by the different shops beit.g shut, &c. To
body was taken from the hearse, and the procession
considerably increased, attended by the Minister,
family physician, six Hergymen, supporters ct she
pall, Mr. FELT M A NI, his Lordship's Land Steward,
&c. all moved in solemn order to the church, si:di
alter service was performed, proceeded to the t .tr iy
vault, where the interment took place. '1 he
mom.), fired three collies, and after the usual coal
motry, closed their ranks. and marched NT to the
end of the village, where they were dismissed.

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CALEDONI.IN 11UtiT.
At a Meeting. held at Fortune's, Edinbu 6h
on Tuesday lad—
PRESENT,
or 1$111)4worod,
Earl of Dalhousie %ndr.•w &Pair/al/I E.;
Lord Viel haven Logan
Lord Elphinstosse Kt. Dundes Maeunerts. k.
LW/ Douce Richard Al, 04,041,1,_E5a.

The Hun Robert Dundaa Alexander IGinuii,
S.r John Seuit Capt. We, julinston Hr p
sit Job., Ripe Grog- Ramsay, Esq.
Sir James Bard Rnht Hay, E.g.
William WDowall, of D. Mg/mall Grant, Egg.
Garti,land
.• Alexander 110,.st.in,
Cap( .I.ilues ()maid, R. 14. William Rulinirtiion,
Henri Hagan, EN Svc...tail,
it was resolved, that the Annual Hanting M r-
ing shall be held at Dumfries—and
office for the ensuing year—
The Honourable Robert Dundas of Melnik, Press.
GLnta r Junes Oswald, Tior,urcr.
Vail ul R rub,
Wm Rob senors, E.:q. of Lalykirk, counsAlors.
Captain J“.nes Rhin,
filer Royal Highness, the Princess CRAGS*
of WALES, the Dutchesses of Di/wristlet
MANCHESTER, the Marchionesses of MAl:iv-
and Wr.t.uscsv were airing on the King's Roe
yesterday.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wai,,n4 di'
yesterday with Lady Cita acovsz Finer', at her
apartments in St. James's Palace. and at half-fist
right, Her Royal Highness returned to Blackhead.,
Sisnday afternoon, the Duke of CA MIESDOE 4E4
rived at Windsor.
The Dowager Lady Ds Ct., reel° had a smaill
card party last evening, at her house, in South
Audley•street.
Lady HENNIKER, Ice are sorry to State, OM eon.
done, indisposed, at her house, Grosvenor-square.
Her Grace the Duchess of BLDFONO hatt issue.{
upwards of .500 cards of invitation fpr het Grand
Masquerade at Woburn Abbey,
Viscount GAGE arrived laq night, st his house is
Arlington.street, from Westbury, Hampshire.
Viscount C^STl.lReact gave a grand dirmr
yesterday, at last Sheen.
A dramatis hero says, The Aisettia, of tie K.rr &
will be a very interesting piece for the Public. 't,
the scenes lie chiefly upon the Continent, ssfis:e
there I.as been so much bloodshed of late.
l'he Duhtia Papers of Tuesday last announce the
sudden death at Gen. DaLaystrt.s, who cousman,i-
ed the troops in on. at the Distritits of the Soma,
Ireland.
The Duchess of Rosaustan, the Rev. Tito mas
and Mrs. WILLIAMS, with HEMET GAWLEA,
have arrived ast Du sr a asuics Hotel, Edinburgh, Ii .•s
Fleurs.
As the Duke of Montaoss was handing
Hen t multi.° out of her carriage, yesterday...:
Miss PA Y.../.% door, in Pall Mall, his Gracc's 1.•
slipp d, from the frost, and he fell ; but x‘e ..:e
happy to state, he was not hurt—Say/Jag shouls.', be
used on the steps of doors.
Lord Sasses. has, most generously .od hamaneir,
settled 201. a year on the widow of the poor mar .
hit gamekeeper, who was lately shot by sc r.is•
poachers.
There were a number of amateur. on the Caul'.
in St. James's Park, yesterday. The purveyors r;
skaits and porter were in great demand. :flair
gentlemen performed on one foot, and imitated IT'rie
elegant attitudes of PAVISOT ; but one gentierna.; ,
ant-a:Ted much notice, who wrote the fol:owitf.:
wards, The immortal Nessorr shall have his
name engraved op the waters." There was mstc:s
fashion attnteled to the spot; the Earls of w•ii-
wlce, Csosssastr. and Mayo ; Lord rocky, Sir
JQMN Sti&LLLT, Sir DAVID %%Antes spit?, anti
Mr. Bvnts The Serpeqine rivet is espeded to Le
the beetle of anion that day.

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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCX with the Bishop at ti tir !wad ;he ordered the cita- ' We :Ire concerned to st
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_....._,..... del to be occupied ;he hand at Brunn tiooo stand which lately sailed fro',
IIAMPILTII(111 MAIL. of arnts, and 4fr0,000 lbs. of goopowder. The fif eser, has encountered;
HAMBLIN nu, nee. G. Russian cavalry had 11.-en repulsed Veen Bronn diedthe fleet. The I
Private letters from Prague, received this morn. and Olmurz, with the loss of 300 lan. composeda tart of it, ha
'jog at the Austrian chgrir.ifilirr, in Hilnburgh, FROM THE RERUN AND PRAGUE. GAT.F.rrEs. expedition had arrived off 1
i state, that Count Haugwitz has failed in his mission A letter from Ololu.x, of the tlGth ult. says— storm came on. Four sai
to Bonaparte, who would not hear of any proposals, that the French army there began toretreat,a little, German Legion Cavalry
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t) ' but would only dictate terms himself. In this case, their out-posts, that made incursions between Brann Into Harwich. They h.;
Frederic William will immediately join the league, and Olnuita, had taken station beyond the town. Several more transports, v
and His Majesty was ezpeeted every hour to leave The combined armies, full of spirits, expel Op-
3t6, and 89th, on board
Berlin, from whence his field equipage set out on siderable reinforcements by the arrival of the third ,0
l'he following extra's fro

,tlst, and states, that Bona
the ptatedutg day : was

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