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London, England, 1806-01-21 00:00:00

THtEitii'TiSH PRESS.

- LONDON,
TUNIDAY, JANUARY 21.

Yesterday, at two o'clock, His Maavt v held a
Ftivy Council at the QULLPI% Palace, which was at-
tended by the Loco CIIANCaLLO a, the Archbishop
Of CAN I' USURY. the Bishop of Los nos, the Duke
of MONT 110br, and the Marquis of HINTIORO ;
Earls, CASIDLO,WairIin &&&&& CM*. TN AM, WIN-
MILO:A. and D•rrYOUTI4 ; Viscount CAsTLE-
-111411111 ; Lords, Hawaasocav and MULOR Ulf, Sir
Commas Moao•e, and Mr. ADROIT, the Speaker
of the Home of Commons.
His MasaT►, with the advice of the Council;
was pleased to order a General Fast to be kept on
the 2tilh day of February. The Archbishop of (4/4-
Tit MI y and the Bishop of Lo D 0 rz, were desired
to prepare a Form of Prayer to be used, suitable
to the occasion.
After the Privy Council closed, a Cabinet Conn-
' cil was held, at which His MAirsT los Speech, to
be delivered this day to both douses of Paha-
roan', by Commission, was finally arranged.
His MaJcsty will came to town on Thursday to
receive the A.ldresses of the house of Lords and
Commons, and the University of Cambridge, upon
the throne, at St. James's palace. The ROYAL
Famti.sr will not return to town again till the sth
of February.
Yesterday, Mr. ROUGH, the Messenger, was sent

from the &MILITARY of Sr* r a's (Ver., with letters
ofenquiry after Mr. PITT% health. He returned with
letters from the Bishop of LiNcrits (who is a
constant attendant upon the Minister), to His Ma-
JEST T, Earl CIATH&M. and Lord Met.rutava.
The report is, that Mr. PITT. was much worse yth
terday than on Sunday.

The old rumour of a Regency has been revived
within these few days. Last night it was stated,
with increased confidence, that it constituted a sub-
jeft of deliberation in the Privy Council. A
rumour of a change of Administration also prevail.
' ed, bet we believe that it is only a speculation
, founded upon Mr. Pist's illness. Should Lis indis-
I position prove of long continuance, a change of
Administration would be, no doubt, a very probable
event. Viscount Cass aaaaa a we understand,

will head the Ministerial Patty, this Jay, in the
House of Commons. The Address will be moved
by Lord FRANCIS Svsmcgs, and seconded by Mr.
Aiestic. In the [louse of Peers, the Address will
be moved by the Earl of &sae.

Three Messengers arrived, on Sunday, from
Berlin, and on from the Ilentlinarusrs in Han-
over. 'They had set nut, separately, from these se-
veral places, but were detained at Cuxhaven, by
contrary winds, until the 11th instant, when they
all embarked together, in the packet which 'nought
the last Hambtirgh Mails. By them, Government
have received dispatches from Berlin, of the 6th, at
which time Lord liaaaowe• was recovering from
a s indisposition. His Lordship did not intend
immediately to return to England. Lord Lxvison
Gowan was still at Berlin, but was expelled to take
his departure for St. Petersburgh in the course of a
day or two. The dispatches confirm the accounts
of the conclusion of a separate peace between Trance
and Austria, at Presburg, on the 17th last, and an-
nounce the following additional particulars of the
Treaty :
" AtiasLa cede: the Tyrol, in part t Bavaria, pit to the
kingdom or Italy.
The ethnic of the Vora:be•t, the Ineerthal, ■nd all the
protomitus in Suaina and Franconia, weather with th • C. y and
State of Venice, &receded, either to the F.rrrgdo•n of Italy, or
to the Allies
" Aeatm pays to France 50,000,000 of !brim."
France also insisted upon Istria and Dalmatia ;

hut this demand was tavdtitely oppose) by the Arch•
duke CH *sits, in an internam with lictsAr e.
With respect to Prussia, we have no further in.
telligence to state. Lord Ca-rocanr, with the
United British and Itu,si.sn army. was, at the date
of the above dispatches, on the right hank of the
Weser. Marshal AVGLILAU had halted near
Mayence, as had the Army of Holland near the Is-
sell. Russia, we are happy to find, coi.tinued to
maintain the same firm and dignified tome, which
has of late so much exalted her charaftcr iu the
eyes of the world.

The Russian official account of the battle ef Ans-
terli:: has been circulated in Germany : it differs
much from the French report of the same trans-
.aftion. It states, that the Russian army consisted
of only fifty thousand men on December the 23, and
that the Austrian force, mostly composed of new
levies, was not above half that number. The French
are represented as being, at least, I or 20,000
more, the division of BERNADOTTE having joined
the Grand Army the day before the battle. The
story of whole battalions of Russians being drowned,
is asserted to be a downright falsehood: no disaster to
that extent was possible. It is even mentioned, that
not a single Russian was lost in that way. The total
loss of the Russians on the 2.1 of December. and
the following day (on which it Appears, after all, an

engagement really took place), is stated to have
amounted to only ten thousand men. The losses of
the French are supposed to have been at the least
as considerab!e. The latter, after the dreadful battle
of Austerlitz, did not deem it advisable to make
any vigorous effort to pursue the retreating army.
On the following day, they attacked the Russian rear-
guard, in the neighbourhood of Uhrschutz, but,
after a partial aftion, which continued until the
close of the day, the French were obliged to relin-
quish their intention. It is positively contradifted,
that the Imperial Russian Guard lost their colours :
on the contrary, the Regiment of the Grand Duke
CoIPIST ANTI se took the standard 'of one 'of thereT
giments of the line of the French infantry.
no doubt, was the Eagle, the restoration of which is
described with such pomp and circumstance in tits•
Order of the Day of the 25th ult. as inserted in
I one of the late French Papers.

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After the Council, yesterday, His MAJCSC• gave
audiences to the Archbishop of C•NTESSURY, the
SSCRETARIRS of SCATS, EMI DARTMOUTH, and
Sir CHARLES Moßo•et, who laid before His MA-
J cu. v the proceedings of several Courts Martial.
At half past four o'clock, His MAJesry left the
Qur SP'S Palace for Windsor, escorted by a party
of Light Horse, and his German footmen.
Lord Assn slur and Mr. Sent.se 'swathe Lord
and Groom in Waiting.
The tumour, that the Marquis of Wet tzsLie
will be oppointed first Lord of the Treasury, and
Lord CAsTitat•ou Chancellor of the iLichequer,
is srounsiLfss.
fhe separate Peace between France and Austria,
caused an extraordinary sensation at Berlin, as soon
as it was known. TM Prussian army still remained
on the frontiers. Su late as the Bth, we are assured,
the English, Russian, and Swedish troops, continued
in Hanover. It was, indeed, generally believed at
Berlin, that the Eleaorate had been :ritually cedscl,
fora time, to the King of PRUSSIA, to prevent its
falling into the hands of the French; that the latter
had been apprised of this arrangement, and that the
general halt which took place in all the French de-
tachments that were advancing towards Hanover,
was produced by that circumstance.
Extraa of a letter from Ancona, dated Decem-
ber 11, 1805 :—'• The French privateer, Mineola,
and the Verelier, and the Italian privateer, Pirrett,
have taken, and brought into this port, five armed
vessels under Austrian colours. The Tigre, Italian
privateer, has brought into this port a vessel laden
with corn from Venice, for Dalmatia.
On Wednesday, at the Guildhall, Timm as Wit-
son, Esq. was eleeted for the second time, Lord
Mayor of Yerk, and the following Gentlemen were
chosen Chamberlains. viz. Mr. THOM AS WILLIS,,
Mr. WILLIAM HOKASY, Mr. Puma l'HoursoN,
Mr. THOMAS HARE/CASTLE, Mr. THOMAS GIISSON,
and Mr. WILLIAM DIAN.

His Martel v has been pleased to order the fol-
lowing uniform horse-furniture to be established
throughout the service, for the Staff-Officers of Re-
giments at Infantry :—A housing, or saddlecloth,
made in shape and size similar to that ordered for
the General Staff of the Army, of the colour of the
facing of die regiment, with a double row of regi-
mental lace round the edge. The holsters to be co-
vered with black bear-skin, and the fronting of the
bridle with ribbon, the colour of the housing.
It is ordered in future, that all Camp Equipage
returned by regiments into store, under any circum-
stances, may previou.ly be sortad by the Regiment
or Corps giving in the same ; and the irroirrable,
repairable and unserviceable articles he made up in
separate bundles or parcels, which are to be marked
in the abovementioned form, according to their re-
spedive qualities, instead of being sent in, as for-
merly, in a promiscuous state, whereby much unne-
cessary trouble and expence were occasioned.
Another fr:gate has been lately launched ;n the
East Indies, called the Pitt. Eight Captains and
twenty lieutenants have been made. in a short
space of time, on that station.
The Elisabeth, from Boston, for Amster-
dam, is lost on the coast of Holland.

Lieutenant-Colonel Da Baarirnr, now pricnner
.in France, who. with many other hi ir. Officers,
was saved from the wreck of the APOAI. is
an Officer of considerable .merit. At a very early
age he entered into the army, and distinguished
himself by his bravery in the American war. He
is a dear relative of the Hight Hon. Davin LA.
ll:nit:WE. of Dublin.