The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-02-17 00:00:00

.1 !-XI

Mr. GIDDY made several observation. nano
.he comparative Systems, in the c.sitee which, he
expressed his approbation of the Sinking Fatal, as
a plan highly advantavotis to the Country, and
which should be supported with energy until the
return of peace.
After some short explanation between Loid
CAS ILE/MACH and ;41..GILES, the Resolu-
tions were put sod carried without a division.
The Report was then ordered to he received, and
again taken into cmsideraten on Wednesday next.
The Linen Drawback Bill was committed, ani
the Report ordered to be received to morrow.
rif third reading of the chans:s Police Bill was
appointed for Wedoesday.
L :rd De Du vale's Indemnity Bill was read
a third time an pa sed
The other 0. de: • of •he Day were then disdoted
of, and at Two Vr ck the House a lourned.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

HCStII6I MAILS.

zoseisozs, JAN. it.
The Duchess of Weimar an J suite arrived here oek
the rastant. in company with his Excel' y
the Count Anspeus, Ru. ian Ambassador to the
Court of London. Ph y immediately embarked o 3
board His :It sjesty's gun-brig Path... • die wind
being now nesily North. they may probau.y sail to-
morrow. The ac •rinnts they hung are most pleas-
i-,g. The Russia. s have completely beaten toe
Fieneh, and it is thought there is sec a Frehetznan
left on the Polish side of the Vistula.
THORN. JA/. 15.
Private Letters assert that Grandest: is block-dati
by a considerable corps of French troops. It to
thought that the siege of this place will soon combs
mence ; a number of peasants work at thro..ving yip
•
tntrenchmen-s round our city. Thu French Cosa
neral of Artillery. M. de Vaultrie, arrived the day
before yesterday. On the 2J of this month it was
signified to the inhabitants of the suburb of Pratte.
that they were to prepare accommodations for
11,000 men ; and to those of Warsaw for 15.000-
Field-Marshal Kamiensky, acreeding to letters fr..na
Warsaw, o: ti.e 4th instant, has biped a bowe Iht
Grecian, where he iirends to establish Mis Head-
quarters during the winter.
Ca SCOW. JAN. 6.
The organization of the Polish battaliuus con.
tinues; the number of troops which can be raise."
in the ptovitices„ occupied by the French. is esti.
mated at 50 or 60,030 ; they eap.ct with impatiens*
the arrival of their brothers from 1,31 y.
SIOWONSIASTO. JA 1. 2.
Marshal Augerean has had his headquarters
here for some days. The cessation which the re.
treat of the Russians bas procured us, affards us
some rnpire from the continual fatigues we have
sustained. Provisions are not only scarce no the
banks of the Vi,tula. but .•-n those are procured
with difficulty ; we see no white bread. nor is the
black very abundant ; the common price of a potted
' I of beef is halt a crow.:.

•IPMNA, JAS. 17.
The report is again circulated, that Brannan will.
I* given up sp the Austrians. in the course ot sbe
present month ; aec,.rd.ng t, intem<.nce films Up.
per Hungary, 50,EM0 inf.:!.,ry, an.; 2,,,000 cavalry.
set out aids hast-, towards the beginning of this
morah, for Gslimit.
It is said, that General Andresisgy, Ambassud
at our Court, is on the eve of setting out for the
Grand Aimy ; and that the first Secretary of Em-
bassy will condulft the affairs during his abreact.
This news requires confirmation.

'AMAY', JAIL Q.
The French troops will now go, for ei me time,
into winter quarters, which have been assigned m
Frage, for 1'2,000 men, and here for 15,000.
STRALSUND, JAN. 11.
Since the Rd inst. there hat peen a great trove.
rnent among the French treops, and almost earl
day transports ot prov:. n s and clothirg, pa:,
from Mulenhurg to Ar.:l im, along the PtiMe
nian border. For several days past, all the wag-
gons in the last menrim ed town have been leaded,
and orders hale been given to the troops, tote
ready to hreak .1 moment's wa: Ning. General
Monier had proceeded to Stettin, hi., .1 the 6th loot.
returned. The troops under his command have been
augmented, so that their number may now be about
24,000 men.thotigh of these, several regimenu ats sr.
tinkled more in the interior of Prussia. The garrison
of Anclam amounts now to 7000 m a, of which one
regiment is every night on piquet, in case of an at-
tack from the Swedish side. All siege aitillery
large calibre remains yet in Ma-lln and Neucloster.
Te bloody lux rages very much among the
ench troops, whereby many are cut if. For the it
sick. Lazarettos are established in the Mecklenburg
'owns, it. Demmin and Darghuu—(Stocbleite Peat.)
JAN.
The French, yesterday, went over it boats at
Gtezkow, and took possession of the Ferry at that
place. Troilius, Captain of the royal Sinauda:
dragoons, immediately :titer' with a small troop ot
dragoons on foot, retook the Ferry (ahicS now lays
on the Swedish side) and without finng a gun.
In the dark of the night the French returned,
and passed the river by boats at 'h- same phice,
when they fired, which was vehemently returned
by the outpost ot dragoons, while they retreated : 0
ells behind ths hnes• at the Ferry ; but when the
Commander, Lieu& ant Haurd. observed by the
light that they were but a mill force, he drew to-
wards the river, when the French. under a surr g
fire from both sides, threw themselves in the hems,
and retreated. Lieut. Haurd meets that one or
two of the French are woun.'ee,i.ut, in ennsequei.ca
of their speedy retreat, and the darkness of the night,
he is not certain.—(lia.)
JAN!. 17.
At Gutzkow there was a fresh attempt made on
the 13th, to take possession of the Swedish Ferry,
when several s' ot were ezcha-ged, and one of the
French boats sunk in the river.
On the 14th instant, we learned that General
‘lortier was soon to break up with his whole army
*ront the Pomeranian burden fnr Poland, and just
ow, as the Mail is go;ng of, accounts are received
that the said General marched yesterday afternoon
with his himalquarters to wiudsFriedliA4,-,-(1k 1