The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-10-16 00:00:00

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of battle, and Masse's,. so se►erely wounded,
as to have expired, noon afterwards. The Loy-
alists, it is added, were engaged, and (nty,ht
with all the desperate courage of meu anima-
ted by a detestation of the cruelties exercised
by the French, and by a lave for their country.—
Whole lines of them were mowed dawn by the fire
of the French, but they still press:d on, and never
once fell back. But the bayonet charge of the
Btitish decided the fate-of the day, and gave us a
, complete viaory. The defeat of the enemy is said
to have been the signal for insurretlion in different
places. One is even said to Lac broken out at
Naples, where the Lazzaroni tore against the
Usurper.—The Lazzaroni have always been much
attached to King Feenrs AND.
We have little doubt that the French are, by this
time, no longer in possession of Naples.

We stated, yesterday, a report of a battle between
the French and Prussians, which was uni...rtoo.l to
have been decided in favour of the latter, the
French having been obliged to fall back
Our Dover letter, of yesterday, contains a corrobora-
tion of this teport. Two Pilots arrived there on
Monday evening, from off the rezeL where they
had been on board the guariship lying off there.
On Seeday morning, just before they came away,
they state, that a newspaper Was received on board,
which coetained an account of an engagement
between the French and Prussians, in which the
former were defeated with great loss. Letters have
been received from Fluthitig to the same off. t.
Sunday was the leth ; and, if the report of the
Pilots be corral, the Newspaper was probably the
Hague Paper of Saturday. We stated yesterday. 1
tier The ~gutterJm* Alercary, of Saturday, which WS
laceived in the morning, and is; the latest Dqteh:
Journal in town, did not notice the report. The ,
pilots add, that the marines had been drawn from
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the Dutch rice, and sent to 'loin the army. IVlth."
out attaching much credit to this ieport, wi
think it very probable that hostilities may have.
commenced before Saturday last. It has been
I inferred, from some paragraphs in the Hamburg!).
Papers; that Prussia transmitted to the French
Government, upon the 2thh of September, a pro-
posal, in which she required the French troops
should instantly evacuate Germany ; that no op-
position should be raised by France to a North-
ern Confederation ; and that the latter should
agree to some basis of negociation for a general
,Continental peace. It concluded with a declara-
tion, that if an unsatisfaaory, or no answer, should
b• received at tha Prussian head-quarters on
the Sth of Clltober, it would be considered as a
refusal on the part of France. Prussia, having
herself fixed that time, would not ba very likely to
undertake any offensive operations prior to its ter-
mination; but BON APAIITC, being under no such.
obligation, might have begun the war the day after
he passed through Frankfort.
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Our Dover Correspondent states, that a • tre-
mendous firing was heard there on Tnesday morn-
ing, which was supposed to have taken place off
Boulogne.
Fourteen sail of vessels, from Honduras. under
convoy of a sloop of war, were spoken with on the
22d September, to the Westward of the Banks of
Newfoundland, by the Oliver, Etswoerti, lately
arrived at Liverpool, from NAY York.
Yesterday, M. T. GitIiNVILLS transaaed busi-
ness at the Board of Admiralty, after attending His
M Al esrv's levee.
Yesterday, a Court of Direalars was held at the
East India House, when Capt. JOHN ROGLISe of
the ship General Stuart, took his final leave of the
Court. previous to departing for Bombay direft.—
The Court adjourned, at six o'clock, till Wednesday
next. _ _

Private letters from Germany give very satisfac-
tnry accounts of the state of the Prussian army.
We are informed, that the Prussians have 150,000
men on foot, besides the Saxons and Hessians, and
an Army of Reserve of 40,000 men.
Yesterday, the Dividends upon the 4 per Cents.
3 per Cents. Reduced, Long Annuities, and Irish
5 per Cents. commenced paying to the public at the
Bank. The claimants were extremely numerous.
About 5,000,0001. ware issued from the Exchequer
within these tcw days, to pay this interest.
Letters have been received by different respectable ,
Merchants in London, announcing that the Govern- I
ment of Tuscany have relaxed the severity of the
prohibition respelling the introduflion of F.nglish
wares. It has been made known, through the
Chamber of Commerce at Leghorn, that articles of
English produce and colonial produce will be ad-
mitted, hut English manufaCtured goods are still
prohibited. It may be a question how far the ex•
pellation of peace may have influenced this relaxa-
tinn, and whether, in the present circumstances, it
will be ailed upon.
We are happy to find, that the establishment of
The Booker[Jeri' Initituttoa, which was feared by some
to be imprallicable, is now about to be carried into
com,ilete effeCt. and so lively an interest has this
very liber.l and comprehensive plan excited in the
trade, and so important are the numerous ohjells it
embraces, that it is expelled the General 'Meeting,
embraces,
will be held this evening, at the Globe Tel.
vern, in Vleet.strcer, will be more niimerously anti
respollably at:ended, than any that has ever yet
coact place upon sisnils. vccasions.