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London, England, 1805-10-22 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS.

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TUESDAY, ()emit& tto..

We have recsived Paris Papers to the 14th, and
o;:teh Papers to the 17th instant. An article,
dated Stutgard ttle 7th. states, that the several
corps of the French Army have proceeded to Tu-
bingen and Rottlingen ; from whruce, atter having
driven away the Austrians, they conthaued their
mute to Redringen. With the exception of this
passage, there is not a single paragraph in these
Papers that insinuates a skirmish, much less a
haul-, between the French and Austrians. It
i, probable, that evn in this case not one blow
was struck, as the Austrians are represented
falling back as fast as the enemy approach,
without attempting even a shew of resistance.—
_ The various movements of the French army con-
tinue to confirm the opinion, that Bow aura axe
is straining every nerve to bring the Austrians to
battle, before the arrival of the Russians. The lat-
ter, we fear, are not so far advanced, as we were
taught to believe. It is now said, that they were not
expefted at Brunn, in Moravia, until the sth or 6th.
%NAP A ITIL is stated to have reached l.)•rnanwerth
upon the 7th, and his army is represented in full
march along the Danube. Donauwerth is only a
few miles from Ingolstadt, and the French boast
that they have passed that fortress, as also Dim,
and other strong places, to which so much import-
ance was attached in the late war, without firing a
sir gle :hot.

We have ream to believe, that the reported plan
of a confederacy between Prussia and some of the
P. inces who have possessions in- the North of Ger-
many, to prevent the passage of the Russians, is only
the revival of an old rumour. We End it in the
Paris ?apers ; but of so old a date as the 25th
of September. We must. however, observe, that
there is not any thing in these Journals, that
tends, in the slightest degree, to throw it into
discredit. Oa the contrary, Prussia is represent-
ed as departing so far from * stria and impor-

tiel neatzality,that a detachment of Austrian recruits
were obliged, by the Prussian garrison at Nurem-
berg, to lay down their arms, before they were per-
mitted to pass through that city. This event took
glace upon the tt7th of September, only three or
four days before the French troops numbed through
Anspach, witlsoua any resistance on the part of the
Prussians, except a verbal remonstrance. Upon this
point, we shall oolyobserve, it continues to be asserted
pos:tivcly, iu tbc Nlinisterial circles. that Prus.ia has
atually promised not to oppose the passage of the
Russians through the North of Germany, nor the re-
occupation of klawver. A Paper of the 11th
states, that the Ausaies A.tabaseader. Comes Co.

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2- ,2zry, erns in Pmis nn the !Otis, and that be bad
male no piepAtAtioar. indicative of an approaching
departure. It is extremely probable that B 'NA-
P ART[: means to detain him, and that a knowledge
of this purpose has determin-:d Cie I•lns,:eror -of
lesreta to refuse his pass:sorts its the Fuesc ir
Misisria at Vienna, u•atil assur.nl that Coma Co-
BESTZKL was safe beyond the reach of the Usurper.
The French 5 per cents. were, on the 11th,
francs.

A letter, dated Deal, Oilober 20, says ;--4, Every
hour seems to strengthen the con;eclure I hazarded
in a former letter. That part of the German Le-
gion, which embarked at Ramsgate, on board the
transports, is now at anchor in the Downs, where
our force is daily accumulating. Orders are just
arrived for the third battalion of the Ist Guards and
the Coldstream Regiments, to embark on Tuesday
mad ‘Vednesday next, to join the grand armament.
Our naval yard has been stripped of all the flat-
bottomed boats, the depot at Dover the same, and
several men of war have arrived from the river,
each having a certain number on board. There are
besides, about twenty large boats come into the
Downs, nearly resembling a s.:ip's launch, each
mounting one carronade of la-ge calibre, aaJ ca-
pable of carrying about 50 soldiers. Every thing
is on the alert. The men at the K INo's Yard have
been at work all this day, and alive preparation is
the word. General Dos embarks to-morrow or
Tuesday, on board the Ariadoe, the I lon. Capt.
Kum. A Russian squadron of four sail of the line,
and one frigate, apparently having troops on board,
hive just now passed the back of the Goodwin,
with a fair wind, steering down Channel."

The flh+t►%aers of 74, guns, has passed the Isle of
Wight, with only 14 West Indiamen, the rest of her
convoy having parted company.

Mr. MILL', the Messenger, was dispatched late
on Friday night, to Vienna He was to embark at
Yarmouth in any vessel that was ready.
Lird Caracatr is appointed Ambassador at the
Court of St. Pet •rsburgh, in the room of Lord La..
visor+ Gowns, who has desired to be recalled.
A minute was made by the Treasury Board some
weeks ago, that, on account of the increase of the
iisine.s of that Office, a third Secretary was ne-
cessary. Grates IiARRISON, Lsq. of the Taa
Office, has been appointed, at a salary of 50001. a
year.
A- Board of Commissioner* to Audit Military
Accounts, has been appointed, with a salary of 10901.
a year each It consists of three members, a mi-
litary ntan,.a lawyer, and a merchant. The three
members appointed are, Lieut.-Colonel E o-r ,
CHARS as MOOlll4 Esq. and ----Dawctsis,
A Paper of yesterday asserted as a fad, that the
Lord Lientenency of Ireland Was, "within these few
days, offered to the Earl of Moil*, who declined it.
In consequence of the increase of trade expeSed
at Southampton, resulting from the late Ware-
housing AS, the Proprietors of the Southampton
and Salisbury C..nal are considering a plan to com-
plete that great and us•tnl undertaking, by which
the city of Salisbury and the neighbourhood will be
enabled to partake of the benefits and privileges of
this new AS. _ _

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Gov-rnment has pntchasai the houses of PA-
TRICK CAMPSELI, Esq. and of SAMILL SCAWRI.,
Esq in ,he A.kiphi, As an Office for the additional
Commissioners appointed to audit the Public Ac-
counts. _

We hear there will be no couteo for Monmauth-
shire. Mr. H•titlUlt T who has always
been looked up to as the hope t.,f tho independent
interest, ha; positively declined offering himself ;
from which circumstance. the unsuccess'ul candi-
date for Gloucester. Lord ARICKCIL SuMERAT, will
be unanimously chosen.
We learn, that a new system has taken place at
t'ae which is, that all acLounts bel.ng-
ing to the army, are to be finally settled in the space
oinine months from the date of their delivery into

the Office.
By the demise of the Dowager Dutchess of
Arcot, the Irish Annuity of 20001. per annum is
extinguibhed. That annuity was granted in 1766,
in addition to the still of 70,0001. in purchase of the
Sovereignty of the Isle of Mall, to JOHN, the late
Duke of Arno her Grace, Cit A Lcyrr E, his wife,
or the Survivor.
'Cho Ifyree►v transport. Arrived at Portsmouth nn
S ourday morning, from the West-Indies, with in-
valids on board. Nine of them died on their pass-
age, of the yellow fever ; in consequence ut which
she is put under quarantine at the Mother hank.
The G Milne, MOr►ATT, from Grenada,
for London. and another of the fleet, were captured,
on the 30th tilt. by a Spanish privateer.
The ?'-e Veneo., frum Copenhagen, for the.
Cape of Good Hope, is detained, and must into
Dover.

The Lady Si. Jokn, from Jamaica, for Li-
verpool, is on shore near Hoylake.
Toe Rash, M.FA NL 4tif, from Qaebec, for Fal-
mouth, has been taken, re-taken, and carried into
Guernsey.
The Spartille, of S guns, the Conriern, and the
Memoirs'', of 74 each, have arrived at Plymouth,
front our Fleet off Cadiz, which they left all well,
under the command of Lord Nctsom. Tne dis-
agreements between the French and Spaniards, at
Ca:liz, were increasing every day.
The Caroline hired armed brig arrived on Satur-
day from Cork, at l'lymnuth, I rom whence she con-
--Olin- Eastship.
con-
voyed the Indiu homewird dF. India
slhe Ciras se, on her cruise from the Channel Fleet
to the S.W. coast of Ireland, neither saw nor heard
of the Rochefort Squadron, or their prizes, so that
it may be conjeitured they have escaped the vigi-
lance of our cruismg squadron, and returned to
Lacirefort, L'Orient, or Ferrol ; or have lengthened
cruise into the Atlantic Donau, to see what
tliey can pick up.