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London, England, 1807-02-27 00:00:00

nia attempted to cron f:om thenie to the ',land of
Rugen, in !Ai vessels, but the).- were vigorously at-
tacked by some Swedish gun-boa ,s, which destroyed
28 of them. This intelligence ,-as received from
Ystadt and Land.,:rona, at He. nzberg, and from
thence at Elsineur.'

We yesterday announced 'he arrival of Mr.
JACKSON, brother of the Eng..sh Minis. :r of that
name at the Prussian Ceur, with dispatc! es from
Lord HUTCH! mom, confirming the report the de-
test of the French under Marshals N cv aad iSeRMA•
DOTTC. on the 25th of January, at Molaingen.
The amount of the killed and Notincled may be ex-
aggerated, but that the Fre,ch sustained a severe
defeat is certain. Gene'alc DUPONT and LESCURC
were taken prisoners ; and sever al pi ces of cannon,
with the whole of &anew-rrs.% baggage, were
also the prise of the vienrs.
At the departure of Mr. J scrim,: from Memel, it
was reported that the French were reheating in ail
cfire&n.is to Thorne, and the Allr s in eager pursuit.
he French General, Tunatracte, had deserted to
the Russian Head-quarters, and had declared, that
f Ais wade Prison,r were notified at the ad.
vt need posts of the French army, several • tber
French officers of consequence would follow his
examp e. BIRNADOTTCRTIJ MIJR•T were both re-
ported to be ill At Warsaw.
Mr. J AC7SON has brought with him the Con.
ditinns of the l'reaty of Peace between the Courts
of London and B:rlio, fur the ratification of His
BRITANNIC MAJESTY.

Yesteri ty we re:eivrd New-Ynrlt Papers to
t'e t B.b ult. The Slave Bill itad not passed on the
I ;th I..sr. The charge of trcasona'ile proceedings
agora t NIT.. Butts is revived, and an opinion grae•
raly p.c./ails, that he meditates the sulikigafion of
Niiw Mexico, and the separation of Lie Western
country from the United States.

The Coroner's Inquest yesterday resumed its
it q'iiry at St Bartholnmew's Hospital, with ex•
traordinary minuteness, for the lau I able.purpose of
ascertaining the real cause of the shocking accident
nn Mondai . with a view to prevent it, reciirrence.—
We are St it opinion, that the line of carts, by
hemming in the crowd, and oburuaing their de-
parture, was the primipal cause.

Centrals KANlitsSit,iy Intl BLIHOLVDEN ate cer-
tainly recalled. and Bitnittansr.st is in the chief
command of the finis; •n army. Prince BAG'S-
Tiltais is t t ad ws seemed to ttisNinc..ror.

Cenerit Bit:cuss, who, our Readers will recol-
left, made the gallant retreat to, and I frbperAte re-
sistance, in Latwilit, and who is esteemed one of the
best Officers in the Prussian set vice, is exchanged
fur General \Truro's.

The Kisio has heen pleased to grant Letters
Pastsnt, order the Great Seal of the High Court of
Admiral.y of Krigland, appointing the Duke of
ARGYLL His Maiesrv's Vice-Admiral over the,
Western Coasts and Islands of Scotland. excepting
the shire of Bute, and the islands of Orkney and
Zetland.

Wrdnesday morning, the Vir-1. gun brig, of
guns, Lieu-. H A SCO rT. from oils roe frisk sta.ion,
grounded upon the Goo.i B.inds With c-wildc-
rahle difficulty she WAS got off, and proceeded to
ftamsg.ar.
On Seurrlay fait died, in 13.4 th, th• Mai chin.
nest of ELv, relift of the late Marquis ot Ecir,
and mother to the present Marquis, and the Bishop
of Kul L ALOE.

Lieut. General -AMON FR ASCII goes nut as Com-
mander in Chief, with a Staff, to Nova Scotia, in
place of General GA awisisa, deceased.
Government really deserve great credit for
abolishing the office of Barreek Master General ;
the dudes of this is to be consolidated with that
the Ordnance Department ; the Master General of
which is toeonni bothin his office. The Karla Miii a A
delays taking charge till Lieut. Gene. al Hi watt
has finally arranged and given Coe Depattnieitt up
clear to him, previously to his departing to his com-
mand in India.

Colonel Caner, now the 2.1 in the Baftack De-
Firtmtut, goes on the Staff to
Yesterday the Loaty MAVOR held a Court of
Common Council at GuildhAll, which was numer-
ou,ly attended.
The Commission of Sewers, Lamps. and Pave-
ments. fix the year ensuing, had the City Seal
affixed to it.

Or, a R-pott from the Port Committee, an appli-
cation to the House of C..mmons for further aid to
complete the several improvements carrying on in
the Port of London, was agreed tot and a Petition
being prepared. w is ordered to be fairly transcribes'.
lived by the loon Clerk, and pri vnted by the
Sher 44, attended by !he Remembrancer.
The thanks of the Court were unanimously voted
to the Rev. Putt to Dor D. A.M. Chaplain to the
Right H •n. the LORD MAYOR, for his very escel-
teat Sermon., preached at the C.!thedral Chorei of
St. Pod, on Wednesday last, being the day ap-
pointed for a General Fast, and r was desired to
print the same, and send a copy of it to evety mem-
ber.

Mr. Deputy Broca gave notice, that he would,
at ii.e next Court of Common Council, submit for
their consideration, the followitig motion : '• Tiiat
Curt do Nike into their most serious consider
ation tile alarming measures proposed by the Sixes,
TART of *riot, far the War Department, he
inierted a. new clauses in the Motiny But, to
Papists to fill certain C‘minti.sions in the Army of
the United Kingdom, and to have the free ex rcise
of tho Roman Catholic Religion herein, under the
santlion 4411 security of I iw." The Loso 7sl volt
has Lie I Thursday next for the wositierazion of this
important QW abuts