The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-06-06 00:00:00

TONNING EN MAIL.

MILV 29.
Preset tits Tder nnk.)
Yesterday official accounts were received here

ram the he4d-quarters at Finkenstein, stating that
. at the moment an assault was ieady to be made on
the Hackelsberg. the city of DAntric made props-
"kite capitulate; it is therefore probable that the
"teach troops are now in possession of Dantaic.
The ramp letters mention the capture of a fine
English corvette; but as they refer to other accounts
not yet received, it is not possible to say at pre-
sent how this corvette fell into the hands of the
French. We, however, can assure our readers,
that there is no doubt that it has been taken.

WAtZSAY:, MAY 20.
On the litn May, the enemy attacked the line of
Marshal Massena, at Malga, Willentoerg, and Dron-

swim The Russian, at the two first points, were
tritbstot infantry, anal were soon repulsed with loss.
1.,
But the principal attack, which was 0)4 at Duns-
-2.-wr, was commenced by the fire of seventeen
pieces &anon, and the Couacks were supported
brinfantry and regular cavalry. Notwithstanding

tbs maProui force of the enemy, he was driven
beydrsil The river Omulew, and pursued to the bridge
d Ostessenka, over which he passed in the greatest
disordzr. 1-iis loss is estimated at 200 killed, 90
prisoners, and 50 horses taken near Sierock cad
Pultusk. Strung redoubts were then thrown up, to
serve as bridge heads, and facilitate our acting
again olKusively.
wWbe Genera! of Brigade, Fisher. writes from the
camp at I)CbOU, of the date of the 13th, that
2,000 Cossacks passed the Omulow, near Multi's,
and attacted a post of SO men, who defended
el.eacwelves till only five remained. They were then
lined by 130 men, tram Ruda, who battened to
Itheiv aid, and fought so bravely against this very
superior force, that the Cossacks lost one Colouel,
several Officers, aad 80 men ; and on the approach
of reinfarceutents, retired. Our loss consisted t
118. killed; 'JI wounded; and about sd prisoners;
whom were three officers.

AUbTRIA. AI • Y 19.

Several of the Public Journals say, the Czernisch
Palace, at Prague, is the plac.: whe:e a congress is
to be held for a general peace. Count Stackelberg.
the% s .r, will repair thither on the part of RUE:IA ;
pan-rat Zastrow• on the pact of Prussia; and Count
Stadion, the Envoy to the Court of Munich, on the
part of Austria. Unhappily, according to ether
esccounts, there is no foundation whatever for these
reports a congress.

PVLTUSS, MAY 17.

The following are some authentic details of the
of inns that have taken place between the Bavarian
and Russian troops. On the Stk of May, the 4th
regiment and the battal.on of Braun passed the
Kates at Sierock, and drove the Russians above
4 leagues. at the Bth, the Russians attacked, Sor
4,000 strong, the same Bavarian corps, which was
obliged to retire to cover the bridge head of Sierock ;
the bridge itself, however, is not yet finished.
On the 14th, at four is the morning, we passed
the Narew, in three strips, with 5 battalions; 1 of
Paysing, 1 of Duke Charles, 2 of Lowenstein, and
I of the 13th regiment. General Wrede was at the
heed of the troops, v:ith the Hereditary Prince.
Theßussians, upon our approach, fled into the nsigh-
bowing wood, principally on account of cur artil-
lett.% our troops pursued the enemy for a league
into the wood. Our objea in this expedition only
was to throw over a bridge; to repair the bridge
head ; to throw up a redoubt on the right, and
make a strong 033aris, which objeae we accom-
plished. On the Isith, we were attacked on all
sides, with the greatest fury, by a Russian
corps of about 7,000 men ; but the dispositions
of General Wrede were so well taken, that the
battalions came in the best order to the adhutis,
which was only half completed; and in this po-
sition maintained themselves firmly. The tro a.s
vied with each other in giving proofs of their
courage in presence of the Hereditary Prince, for
which opportunities were not wanting, as the Rus-
sians made several attacks with the bayonet, at all
points. bat they were repulsed by the firmness and
well-direaed fire of our battalions. The brave Ge-
neral Wrede, and toe Hereditary Prince, were found
_wherever the fire was hottest. In this action, which
lasted four hems, we lot% in killed, one oscer, viz.
Lieut. Henn•ngen, of the 13th regiment, and 27
ativates ; wounded, nine officers, and 160 privates.
Maj rr Sidoui was taken prisoner, but not one private
misting. The Russians must certainly have bad
of 400 killed and wounded.

Letters from Fast Prussia corvain the following
anecdote :—The Emreror NAPOLEON passed one
night with a Minister, alreft six miles from Prens-
siscb Eylau. He had bis quarters near the Minis-
ter's stndy. The residence .11 the Minister WAS in a
very agreeable siruation. On his table lay en dl-
bow; on the departure of Navoi.ton he found it
open, and the following sentence written in it—
Aryle sklecesser 4 pens et de le tsaagrillett, leosespsi
lentil, fee hi elsystame le tkeeire des homers dc la
sneers! •• Delightful abode of peace and tran-
quillity, why must thou become the theatre of the
horrors of war 1"
On Thursday night, between ten and eleven
o'clock, as a Gentleman was crossing Piccadilly,
near the corner of Bond-street, a Gentleman's cha-
riot driving furiously along, knocked him down, and
the carriage went over his boJy. He was taken to
Mr. Gaarat's house, the fruiterer, near the spot,
where he expired in about ten minutes. The coach-
man escaped, with very little obse, edition of the
spedators that can lead to a discovery. AU that
they observed was, that he had white livery, three
lamps in front of the carriage, and two females in
it, apparently servants. The Gentleman proves to
be a Mr. Lo who possessed considerable
property.

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L-for sco7rs AND SUPPER.

Lady SCOTT gave a grand Ball and Supper, last
night, at her elegant house in Leicester-square. The
arrangements were in the highest style of elegance.
The Grand Hall was brilliantly lighted by variega-
td lamps. Supper tables for 120 were laid out is
the parlours, and aaother table, for sixty persons, in
the front drawing-room. They were set net in the
greatest splendour, and lighted by silver branches.
and the most beautiful was vases, with w.tx
lights, which had a most brilliant effe& being
the fist of the kind invented to resist the heat of a
candle. A superb triumphal arch, suppilted by
fan-.y figures, was placed on the table ; various
pasta y ornaments were judiciously placed at dis-
tances, and had an elegant effea. CUtio:ll
wax vases, and the arrangement of the tattle. -Jere
executed by Mr. Cooxe, of Suffolk-street. Three
superb drawing.rooins, lighted by diamond-cut-
glass I , with wax-lights, and ee-ritelii branches,
bearing lights, displayed the elegant paintings of
Sir Josue* 11 ay mans, with which those superb
apartments are adorned. The floor of two of the
drawing•ronmi were chalked ; the one representing
Zlere., and the other a Mosaic pavement. A
of inusic was placed in one of the .anti- '
ehilembers. At twelve o'clock the ball was opened
bjake lovely Miss SCOTT, and Viscount Ta ar A 1.•
0•It j Miss Score was elegantly dressed in apple-
blossom crape, with garlands of roses, and was
joined in a cutdies by Count Masa A ISIS, the Chevalier
BOUI9I.IINC, W• LS% Port ea, and Miss BOUGH-
TON ; after which followed the new dance, called,
The Weed Doyle*. ; in which Lady SA NA H St INCA it
and Lady CNA/LOTT E NELSON joined. At one
o'clock the company sat down to a supper,consisting
of soups, and every deicacy of the season; the
choicest wines graced the festiveboard in abundance.
there wersartipwariis of 500 persons present ;
amongst whom were—
Th,•ir boy llovnesv:s the Mkt.; of Cumberland and
; the nurttesa of ha wthutT,b,land who was vie-
rodly ot stow blue; and the two Lades P rev; the
lvl.t,loon,s-ea or Wambold and Toornshand ; Earls Pen, sad
; C.orri and COUIRCIs WOINHISUir; said several at the
Fesre.go Nol.l,ty.
At two o'clock the cran,sany returned to the
Drawing-snout, and resumed dancing.