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To-4s, at Iluseo, and likewise of a victorious
s.a of the garrison of Braila, have not been con-
fi,iiied. A combined Russian and English squa-
dron is said to have arrived at Lemnos. Meanwhile,
the Turkish marine has had as opportunity of in-
creasing its force by nrire than '2OOO sailors, from
Ragusa, Ca.taro, and French Dalmatia ; who, on
account of the danger attending their flags, remain-
ed here unemployed, and were kept by the French
Ambassador at his disposal. The I'orte might
have made a similar use of some hundreds of Cor-
fuans, had they not, at the moment the war broke
out, been scat home as adherents of Russia. Mr.
Arbuthnot hereupon took them under his protection,
sod disnibtited them in English ships.
his day Cie Porte has thought fit to consider the
j •Ets of the Republic of the Seven Islands, in a
ego .rent point of view; having officially announced,
that it will look upon them as under the protection
of the Ottoman Empire, and that they cannot, in
future, be taken under the jurisdiction of any foreign
power. At the same time, it has restored their
ships, which were under embargo. Among these
ate. hu-vever, a very small number of Russian
ships, most cf them havirt made a ti.nely retreat.
At Smyrna, these ships have enjoyed still greater
advantages, as they had three days time given them
after the dedaratimt of war, to quit the port.
The frigate and the Russian transports, freighted
for Corfu, likewise had time to get away before the
preserr rupture.

TRANSL VIION Or Tub r,CRIP r, DATIL) THE c 7 r
OF oactmnLa, rRAsaNI:TTI.D Br THE

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The squadron of Admiral Lnuis is still partly in
our harbour and partly in tile Dardanelles.

CRANE) Si:.)3:it To THL Gam:a rlf.lll.

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F .:u are my wise and first Minister:
Ma) Providence at:d Favour, which men
stand in re-A of in al! their undertakings, the aid
and sts:cp..):: t:se PrJ;hat of Go.l, be ever with
you I

In the Great Council, held in the last days, in
the presence of all the Vizir:, Uliemas, and Chiefs
of the Janizaries, it has been represented, that the
faithless Russians have unexpeCtedly broken the
Treaty concluded with us ; inasmuch as they have
seized Cie fortresses of Bender and Choceim, which
clearly dem Instra•es, that the blackness of their
sentiments, and the infidelity which they long che-
rished, and have often manifested towards the Ot-
toman Nation, have never ceased to exist in their
bosoms.

The law and the resnlution adipted in council,

therefor., impose on me the inevit.tb'e duty of com-
mencing hostilities against these infidel,, which,
from the unanimity of voices, i., the general. opinion.
We, therefore, having first implored the aid of Al-
mighty God, who created us from nothing, and
the prote'hon of the Prophet Milt-inlet, the crown
of our c lory, and the founder of our laws, have
commanded war to be declared against the Rus-
sians, relying entirely od the Divine Favour and
Providence. Every out besides, well knows the
ancient liatrid of the Rth.ians against the Mus-
suimans.

In consequence of this their treacherous and
faithless behaviour toward us, it behoves every mina
tary man, or other adherent of the Mahometan
faith, to take a part in this religious contest; and
as, aceordirg to the resolution already firmly
adopted, all measures have been taken to send forth
my army with all possible expedition, under the for-
tunate shadow of the Sangialc Schery, the (standard
of Mahomer), I hereby appoint you its Supreme
Gereralissimo.
UuJr.r these circumstances, you will confide all
your operations to the l'rovidencc of Almighty
God, as I commit the proteaion of your person, and
of the Vizirs, the U ilemas, and Jadsaries, high and
low, as well as all the faithful warriors who ac-
company you in this religious confli3, entirely into
the hands of God.
My glorious forefathers, supported by the ardent
zeal of their Vizirs, Ministers, Janizaries, and other
carrion, and by the energy with which they op-
postJ the enemy, conquered these provinces, and
retained possession of them.
Hence I also exped that, at the present moment,
you will manifest the same zeal, and provide the
necessary forces and ammunition, in order to hasten
to the assistance of those of our brethren who are
already engaged with the enemy on the frontiers of
the hostile provinces. You must strengthen our
fortifications, and deliver my suhjeas from all op-
pression.
With respect to the warlike. stores, and other ne-
cessaries for the army, you must settle that with
the chief of that department.
You must provide day and night for every thing
that is necessary, and expedite the departure of
Vizirs, Janizaries, and all persons belonging
to my army. Lastly, you must, in quality of
Prime Minister; provide for the equipment
r f the Navy, both with respell to crews and stores.
Is s. ill be your care to bestow adequate rewards on

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
THURSDAY, M•RcH 5,

BATTLE OF EGLAU.

Three Denmark Mails arrived yesterday, with
Letters and Papers, from Altona and Hamhurgh,
to the 26th last. They announce a series of anions
between the French and the Combined Russian and
Prussian Armies, from the 4th to the 9th of Fe-
bruary, the last of which was fought on the Bth, at
Eglau, within a few leagues of Koningsburg, and
ended, like the preceding aaions, in a vislory on the
part of the French. The account of this series Of
anions was originally published in Tne Telegraph,
the Paper printed by the French at Berlin, from
which it has been copied into the Altona and
Harnburgh Papers. It is stated in The Tele-
graph, as the substance of official letters received
by his Excellency General CLARKE. the Governor
of Berlin, and to have been published for the pur•
pose of gratifying the public curiosity, in the ab-
sence of the Bulletins cf the Grand Army..---
As such, it may be considered an anticipation
of these curious produaians for some time to come.
The corps of BERNADOTTE and Nev having
failed in their attempt to turn the right of the Rus-
sians, BONAP A EtTs attempted a similar manotivre,
on their left, which, on the Ist of February, ex-
tended to Passenheim. The Russian left was
turned on the 3d, and routed, with the loss of 4
pieces of cannon, and 1,600 men taken prisoners.
The It ft wing thus cut if, the Ru.sian centre re.
treated to Altenstein, and a battle too!; place on the
4th, at Getkendorff, a village at a short distance
from Altenstein, between it and Gutstadt. This is
the battle in which, accordirg to the account which
we gave yesterday, the Russians were defeated,
with the loss of from 6,000 t) 10,000 men.—
The present account states, that en that day the
Russian cavalry was routed by General 1-AsAtre,
and pursued to Despau ; and that a column which
had not passed the Alle, was turned, and cut off by
Marshal Nay, who took several thousand prisoners,
and 16 pieces of cannon. The Russian depots at
Liebstadt and Gutstadt, and part of their maga-
zines upon the Alle, also fell into the bends of the
French, in consequence of these successes. The
Russians still continuing to retreat; their rear guard,
consisting of 12 battalions, was overtaken on the Gth,
by Mua Az's cavalry, which cut 2 Russian regiments
to pieces, and took their Colonels, colours, an : grins.
On the 7th, the French reached Eglau, where they
found the Russian army strongly posted. A par-
tial aflion (the result of which was favourable to
the French) took place, on the evening of that
day, but the grand battle was fought on the Bth.
In this battle, BONAPARTE commanded in person.
The combined army began the attack, and the
battle lasted from six in the morning until eight at
night. Bon A P ART Os Adjutant General was killed,
and Marshals LAN • es and Ayr; ra en were wound-
ed in the aaion. More than 20,000 of the Russians
are said to have been routed, and obliged to
abandon their artillery. The loss of the Rus-
sians is stated at 7000 killed. It is however ad-
mitted, that the affirm was not decisive, and that the
Russians atempted, at night, to retake E;,-,lau, a
pretty strong proof that the rout was not general,
nor the viaory complete. On the next day, how-
ever, the 9th, the Russians are represented still re-
treating. They ate said to have successively passed
the Friescbing and the Pregel, leaving behind them
their wounded, and 16 pieces of cannon. The total
amount of the loss of the Combined Army in these
several anions, is estimated at 30,000, killed,
wounded, and taken prisoners, 18 standards, and
45 pieces of cannon. We have already stated that
this is the French account; the loss of the Russians
is, therefore, probably exaggerated. But if the po-
sitions of the respes!bve armies are not grossly mis-
represented, and upon this point, as being more
liable to deteaion, the French are seldom found to
mistate, the Russians have sustained a severe de-
feat. Koningsburgh is situate upon the river
Prcgel, and they must have passed it near
to that city, leaving all their magazines in the
hands of the French. We do not find, how
ever, that the enemy have proceeded to invest
Koningsburg; but, on the contrary, it is sari,
that, content with their successes, they are go
ins into winter quarters. The Russians, who had
retreated to that city, ate said to be on their retreat
behind Memel. An article, dated Constantinople,
contains the Turkish Resetipt, or Declaration of
War against Russia, dated December the 27th. ill
health has been the cause of K • air asitov's removal
from the chief command of the Zinnias) army, now

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confided to General 13/.)041141.7rti. The Queen of
PRUSSIA is on her vray to St. Peter.sburgh.

Viscount flusyscx gave. notice, last M7lit, in the
House of Commons, of his intentiou to bring in a
separate Bill, to enable Roman Catholizs to hold
commissions in the army, instead of eTeaing that
object by a clause introduced into the Mono). Bill.
He also stated, Oat it WAS his intention to extend
that privilege to the naval, as well as the militaf y
service. It is supposed, that Isis Lord has adopted
tUis mode to meet the wishes of the Roman Catho-
lics, who might conceive that the Mutiny Fill being
an annual Bill, this priiiled,,,e might nit be perma-
nent And secure, if granted in that way.

The Abstraa of the Supplies for the present
year, as taken from the speech of Lord Irkartv
PETTY, last night. in the Cummittce of Ways an!
Means, of which we have given a fall Kalv, is
as follows:
Navy • • • . 16377,157
Army • • • 19,809,042
Ordnance . . 8,743,716
MuceAauelus . . . . 1,866,000

5,001,000

Vote ul Credit .. .
Total *at charge . 45,39t07)
str AAAAA CHARGES. WILLI' atITAIM.

Deficiency Malt, 1803 . .
Interest an Exchequer Bills, 1807 . 1,200,000
Fire per Cents. 1797, to be paid off 330,000

1,75(1,e00

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