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London, England, 1806-01-01 00:00:00

campaign, and of the hopeless and irretrieval

ite of the affairs of the Continent ; we are sorry,
wirer, to say, we wanted not this proof. In
ir previous columns we have laid before our
aders a copy of the armistice concluded between
e Emperor of GILIIMANY and BONA , of
hick we gave a correA outline yesterday It
ipulates, that the French are to retain, until the
mclusion of a definitive treaty of peace, their poti-
ons in Moravia, and also to occupy all Upper aad
ewer Austria, 'Fyrol, the Venetian States, Carin-
tie, Styria, Carniola, Istria, and the country of
ions, besides great part of Bohemia :—All the
iteitories, taken or not taken, from the soothers
oast of Istria, to Vienna, to Brunn and Olninta,
re to be considered as iii the occupation of the
'reach. Hungary alone is to be considered as un-
:cupied ; yet even there the Empaease .4
AMY is net to be permitted to order any key-ne-
m, yr tennTranton. ate is not to recruit in
ohemia, and no foreign army is to enter the
tightly.: territories. The Russians are to evacu-
Moravia and Hungary, in a fortnight, and Gal-
a in a month, by routes to be prescribed by the
rnch. No mention is made of the Archduke
watts, though we suppose tne Armistice is to be
isidered as extending to him. Negotiations for
Definitive Peace are to he immeliately opened at
eholsburg. The Armistice is not signed by any
rson on the part of the Emperor of Rossi A ; and
lhould seem as if it had ►ern concluded without
having any share in it. The principal articles
the Armistice were agreed upon by the Emperor
GEtssaNY, and Bon* AAAAA in person,nn theath,
t were not signed until the Gth. Into the cause of
is delay, however, and several other circumstances,
a, at present, wear the appearance of contradic-
and inconsistency in theFreach accounts, it is now
io importance to inquire. In addition to these,
to of the sae-disant confidential prints of Govern-
at say, they have learned that Baron 031TMA,
Hanoverian Minister at Berlin, has written to
Hanoverian Mission in London, " that Count
ICKENSTEIN, the Prussian (large d'Affaires, at
ichen, had transmitted to his Cotsrt news from
armies in Moravia, dated the sth instant, which
kes no mention of any armistice whatever.
also relates the circumstances attending the
ion of the 2J, very differently from the state•
nts of the French Flulletin, and expressly men-
ss, the Ru-sians rallied before the even-
, aod retook a considerable part of their tar-
n, and a number of their prisoners."—
e sal- disan: confidential Prints of Government
ely cannot mean by this to prove that no such
sistice has taken place; and, it they do not, the
ne of the Baron 0 ATLDA is introduced to little
'pose. ft is more reasonable to pi esume that the
tea accounts arc exaggerated, and t!-.at some of
r apparent inc..nsi,tencies are capable of ex-
iation, this tq comider them as totally destitute
ru,h. Tee Government Prints are not, how.
's agreed upon this sohjett, for some o 4 them es-
in their lamentations, even the bitterest wail.
of the opposition press. One of them does
hesitate to co npare the situation of Mr.
:rt regal.' of the part which he had in
uggle, to that of Dililt3tTNEtli t, after the
tat Chn;unea, so fatal to the Lberties of

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Greece. We hope the ciies are n:t It is
well known that DLMOSIII69I.I ran away at the
battle of Chxrunea, and that a bramble having
caught his robe, in his fl.ght, he cried out for

quarter. Canran pedants display their learn-

log, but at the expenre of their miter ? We rely

upon the order for the re:all of our troops, as decisive

evidence th.it !1/41i,..kters believe the news in its foil

extent. In :he present circumstances of Fu-
rope, it wouid he idle to attempt to defend

Hanover; and that Prqs•iA should resist the

enormous mot of militaty force, flushed with
vietory, whidt B.)01Ar•lali: has ready to march

against her, is of the question. Our troops
in Hanover are tha!laver of our army. Mi-
nisters as wisely its endeavouring to bring them
home as fast as they can. Fortunately, the weather
is more favourable than we had a right to ex-
pel at this season of the year. If the wily Cor-
sican has not laid a plan to entrap them, we can
have no doubt of their safe return. We know,
however, that we have every thing to dread, which
the most inveterate hostility and the most consum-
mate fraud can effei9.

The French frigate, La Lire, of 2.4 Lighteen-
pounders, on her main deck, 6 thirty-six pound
carronades, and 10 nine-pounders, on the quarter-
deck and fore-castle, with a complement of 280
men, was taken off Rochfort, on Christmas eve, by
the Egypt:vine and Lear, frigates, after a smart ac-
tion of half an hour, in which La Libra had 20
men killed and wounded, and was so cut up, that
her masts went overboard soon after she struck.
La Late sailed from Flushing, on the 14th of
November, in company with another large frigate ;
they went north about, and parted company on the
9th inst. off the coast of Scotland.

We understand, that as soon as it was knows
that they had sailed, independent'y of the mea-
sures taken to intercept them in the North Sea and
the Channel, orders were sent to Lord G A Rome It,
at Cork, to send two frigates to look after them, in
case they went north-about. It is gratifying to find
that we have been so far successful in the capture
of La Libre, and we have no doubt of the cap-
ture of the other frigate, should any of oar cruisers
fan in with her.

The following official communication was, yes-
terday, made to the Masters, at Lam's:—

Admiralty. Office. Dec 31.1110:r.
His Majesty Ship fro, Captain Loins, observed a french
aluadroii, eta ,ling in for the Tort of Rochfert, on ties. •ee
inst. suppe,ed to be the same e. that seen by the Alenton•
1.. &..w... w Swede was spoke• with by La Loire, on the
17th, who repomod his havotg fallen iw with • French aquas
&on the day before, in lat. 41111.iseg. 14. a part of which weft
in chase of • ronvoy of about twenty sad, uncles escort of two
frigates, a:1.1 the remainder steatites S S.W.

New York Papers to the 4th, arrived yesterday.
They contain no pews of importance.
The following General Order, respelling Sot.
diers who are permitted to aa as Offi.;ers' Servants,
has been lately circnlated, by the &reboil of the
Duke of Yuan, throughout the Army:
llorse-Guanit.
The Commantle•-ht-Chief finds it necessary to call the
rteutio.i of Ofic•rs in the Ciromand of Regiments to
the es isi,ng Itegulagoll robot to Soldier, who at
allowed to act as Officers' Servants, and directs this
indulgence to be strictly con Stied to solaria' who sic fatly
accni.nited +Oh ev-ry pad of their 'menthe and ditty. And it
is His Ro.al Highness's command, that they shall, on all lac-
co•tons, .11.11111 It K with the Mice,. whom they are rtant.
tett t.. serve, and pertain' Ow, felt proportion of the t duty of
the arm'.
By Oder of His Royal Highness, thnConsm.mtlet-in Chief,
(Signed) HARRY CALVERT.
The ',lkon, PHIL•P, from Waterford, for Lon-
, don. has put into Yarmouth Roads, with damage.
Lord Sr. V:!cctsr has received the Kt so's com-
mands. to attend the ceremonies of Lord Net.‘ort's
funeral on the Bth, at Greenwich, and on the 9th, at
the Admiral'''.
The followin‘ is a Starement of the DiArilsution
of the British Naval Force, to the prevent day :
Line bier, l Fri.
la Pod anti fitting. ,„ 41 4 40 BS 169
Guard slops
In the I'M/hob Chanters 13 0 18 1111
On the Downs and Nuith Sea star.
tions. l2 6 11 1.111 161
At*. West Indio Wands, anti on
0141 PANIC!
Ott OA' JaroJira st,tion.
American and NitivfountVanil au-

t‘nn, . 1
East Indn,„ and on the Psaiage. 9
C..met of Afr..-a 0
Portugal, and GOnaltinr
Med,terra:tenn and on Noise.
Hospital and P 16011 Sloaps .
Wnla seCe4 Orders

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Bitt•o.—Yesterday, the [Leo Maros, OR in-
swains the retiarsh of the meal-weighers, ordered
the price of breAti In be resliw•rd an ;lime, or 2.1. in
the peck lolf, whi:h roil take place to-mort.tvr ;
th, 41;tattetit loaf, trhettten, will be sold tot
and Dossettol.l 1014.