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THE SUN.

SOLltht QUIS IfICERL FALSUM AUDIAT ?

LONDON,
•TUESDAY, OCTOIZER 448, 1800.

- Last night we received the Hartibursh Coirespnr-
denten of the 18th, but it does not bring any intelli-
gence respecting the Battle_ of the 14th, nor any
authentic details of the Battle supposed to have been
fought °tithe 12th or 14th, in which Gen.Souke9
Division is stated to have been cut off. We, there-,
fore, still 'remain in a state of doubt respeeting the
general result of _the Actions which have taken
place. That the Battle of the, 14th, on the Plains
of...Weimar; was disastrous to the Prussians, -we
'',fear, cannot be denied ; but as to the extent of
ttheir lass, or the immediate consequences which en-
sued. from their defeat, we yet remain in ignorance.
If it be true that the 'right and left wing have.
been so completely defeated as has been report-
ed,
.BWAPARTE will WA. venture. to advance far
with his - centre, becalm- his right would he
left entirely expcised ,to the attacks of Prince
UOLINLOHE, who, by the destruatio of General
Sonia's corps, would 4e able to employ% great.
part. of _his Troops in . reinforcing the centre of the
Prussian Army. It seems now obvious, that. it
was BC).NAPA'RT'S plan from the beginning to make
his piincipal attack upon the centre of the Prussians,.
ails iu order to facilitate hiS success,. he made de-

monstrat.ions as it he meant to attack their wings,
particularly the, left wing. 3is object-was to draw
Prince .Ho HENLOHE to a distance from the Centre'
Ofi' th& Pitissian'ArMy, while he direded the prin.
cipal part of. his
,Foree against it. And we have
no doubt that it, will appear, from the 'next ac-
counts, thet at the tune that •'Sustrur was :ad,
vancing with a part -of the Fre-pelt right wing
to Saalfiehl, that the remainder ,of - was ad-
vancing, by' forced marches, to join. the centre un-
det BPNAPARTE,- in order to give him such a pre=.
pohdeicalice 'of force as would almost insure him a
decided-
.vidory over the centre of the Prussian Army.
'This plan seems iti.parCto have tailed, and in piivt
to have succeeded. The, force with which SOVLT
advanced towards Saaltield and Schleitz appears to
have consisted,of about 20,00.0 me.en kit the serious
attack had been intended in that quarter, the whole
of the Frenchright wing, whicla:,ve believe consisted
of near 40,000 inen, would of course have advanced),
and he succeeded in dkawing off Prince flows.Nl4otut
from the position he occapied near the centre of the-

Prussian Army, and thereby enabled .410NA,PARTE to,
attack it sucii advaatag,e. So tar BONArARTE'i
Plan certainly succeeded; hut. it failed in a mo4ll
material point, for General SOULT, whose only objea
was to engage the
,attention of Prince- ithiAgNl.ol-41
until the attack upon the centre was made, was by
the superior skill a that Prince forced lilt° a decisive
'action, and the whole of his .01-vision taken. 1 iiis-adr

. ,
vantage we are convinced is equivalent to any th4t.
• 119NAPART8 could have gallica in the ccuire,
cause he cannot adVance without explusing himself
to :be taken in flank, or perhaps in the rear, by
Prince Ho it iNLou E's Corps,. and by the who
must, by this time, have arrived at the scene of aci
tiou. It is to be observed, however, that this reason,
ing'is founded entirely upon the supposition that the
account of SouLT's I)ivision being ad killed or taker 4,
prisoners, is cokrea. A variety of reports continueck
kitclibelcirculateci yesterday, of further successes hay,
~t‘i-tig:been obtained by. the Prussians, hut we are sorry
-"Say, Luta they- Co not appear to' have any found,
I"

4 very heavy firing was heard yesterday at Dover,
in the direaion of BOutogne. It was probably, on
account of the advantages obtained by HON.AP4RTE
over the Centre of the Prussian Army.

At nine o'clock last nignt a Cabinet Council-as-
sembled at the Foreign Office, at which the follow.,
ing Metlibecs. : —Lord GRENif ILLE, the LORD,
CHANCELLOR, • Lord ituixt,c,:z., Earl SPENCER; the
Right' lion. Tit omAs GRENVILLE, and Lord SID-
MOUTH.' . ,

'le.:ter-day evening, at eight: o'clock, a passenger,
arrived at the India House, announcing the arrival in.
DoWns of the. Surat 'Castle and Dorsetsltire,
',from China. They sdhed from Penang in company
:Atiitti the' Ganges and ,i'ari.en.Hastings, and parted
th&-ita tow a-ays' afterwards.. They arrived at
,iStititileilen4 one the nth of August„and sailed from'
theuce on .the 7th of September, - under convoy of
the Antelope Frigate, arid in company with the fol-
lowing,whalers':—Venus, GieenwiLl/4, Kitty, Mait-
land, Commerce, Eliza, Charming. linty, and ano-
ther, naive 'unknown; which Vessels are likewise
arrived, •
The above Ships lay at. St. Helena,: upward of a
month, waiting the arrival of the. 11/arren Hastings
and Ganges: during that time Colonel LANE, who
was present at the capture of Buenos Ayres, ar-
tiise from the Cape of Good Hope, and, re-
laiifirdl that
.an American, Vessel had arrived a few
41 ys. prevtous, to. his sailing, with advice that -the
"Mirren Hastings had fallen in with the .ilnacreon
tyreneh Privateer, in : lat. 10. S. long., 70. W. and
' -after an action of two hours and a haft, had struek,
and Was taken possession ,of. _The Warren Hastings
was richly laden fronf•Chins; and one of the largest
Ships in the sp•vice.

A VA L ,N E

Yesterday, soon aftertwolrj Baron JACODI, -
the Prussian Ambassador, and Lord HowiCK; had . .
a conference with the Duke of Yoakat his Office.; •ri. •
4JOVER, OCT. 27, SIX O'CLOCK, P. M.—A illCSt
At three &clock a Cabinet Council was held at
Lord HOwiCk'S,Office. The Council sent for the uncommon heavy firing commenced about an 'hOut
Marquis of DOUGLAS, who arrived at half past foer.: _since on the other side, acid which now continues
The Prussian Ambassador attended. the Council. without intermission : the cause we are at a lbss to
•
Gmeral CRAUFURD arrived on Saturday at Fal-
mouth, to take the cotrunand of the' Expedition conjeclure. Some hundreds of people have been up
some tune waiting there, and supposed to-b-e-bdaird-; to the Heights with their glasses, but from the hazi.7.
for South Americt and 'the Cape. Upon hih-lin*P ness of the weather were not able to see the -coast.'
the whole Convoy prepared. for an- immediate
,St t, and were lying at anchor when our accounts lt is supposed that the French are 'rejoicing for a
ae '
came away. Violory, or that our Ships are bombarding the Town
Four of „ the French prisoners who lately escaped of Boulogne again.
.from 'Norman-Cross, were last Tuesday apprehend- •
-PAS
. HALF-PAST SIX, P.M.—The firing is so very tre.
ed at Spalding. On taking them, they drew then- .•• H . .
menclous as • to shake the houses in such a manner
knives to resist their re-capture, but were at last,
withsome'difficulty, secured. ' . that the Inhabitants here are fearful of having their
A squadron of -four Sail of the Line is to.sail im- windows broke.
mediately fur the Coast of America; for the purpose I•
of reinforcing the Squadron under Sir R. STE 'AcuAu„
whicIDEAL., 'OCT. 27.—Sailed. His Majesty's Ships
i-suffered so severely in tile late ' .• -
for, :Seahorse, for Sheerness; Astrea and the Vestal,
Sir ANDREW.HAMOND • has declined standing.
Ipswich. A Colonel GIBBONS has since sterted,who- ~ with several Gun-brigs; for the French Coast.
is Drily known to the'tOWn in his military cliaraaer,.
Arrived in the Downs HiS IVlajesty's Ships Ante-
Captain SToPfzumn-ancl Mr: WILSON are cOnSidera
,
so secure to defy it I 1 opposition: lope, with the Dorsetshire and Surat Castle East In-
Sir FaSNeis BultoLTT has ofli.red himself again cliamen, .El4a,, Greenwich, Venus, Euphrates, Com.-
for Middlesex, Style 'Of his Address is not
eree, Charming Kitty, Eliza, and the Kitty, frommuch calculated to-Concili,ite the faVont Or lo excite m
, the South Seas; the Dorsetshire and' Surat Castle
the approbation of the Freeholders. With the loyal
people of the Coullty the very irreverent manner in 1. sailed from China in company with the Warren
which our excelient I'M:march is alluded to' Will ex- Hastings and Ganges, and parted with them in a
cite di—rust • and.the sarcostie reference to Mr. Fox, •
gale of. wind, the Antelope and East Indiamen re-
as" thebst rf Patriots," according' to t he represcnta-
main in the Downs with the rest of the Ships as per
tion hi, friends,, but w-ho, the Baronerstrongly in-
sinuaies, did nothiw; for toe Public but only, for 'last.
lim must de..iive him of all support from The Whalers are sailed for the River; also the
the idmirers of the .7teparred Statesman. The
language and substance Of the Baronet's. letter are Pandora, LONG, from Plymouth, and Transfer,
indeed so forcibly characteristic of a man who: MOORE, from, Quebec.
seems diSposed to ti,ri in troubled water as long Arrived the Amaranthe Sloop 'of •Wars from a
as the dregs of life remain, that the Baronet him-
self ,will, no doubt; be exempted fromthe discredit
of having produced a composition so contemptuous.
towards our revered KING, and hostile to an Acfre
ministration that-most parties concur in supporting.
We would beg ,leave ie.> ask Mr. PAtmte—whether;
before Marquis WELLESLEY has had an opportunity
of answering his allegations, it is liberal, just, or
'warrantable in' hina to affirm, that the ", misdeeds
and azgressionS", of the Noble Lord have rendered
" the British character hateful in India ?" that "the
Marquis',s extravagance ha 4 drained 'bur millions in
taxes from the People of England ; and whether he
thinks any political principles, sandioned by the
British Constitution, will
'justify him in- deciaring;.,
that not only the Ministry, but the Court, have em-
ployed*" all their intrigues and all their power ;"
and that even the PRINCE of WALES has personally
used his " endeavours" to put a stop to his pro-,.,
ceedings against the Noble Marquis ? But we may.
with s•trl more reason ask 'Mr.'PAuLL; if he thinks'
be may safely assert, that the .Dissolutien of Pats'
Lament was " evidently adopted chiefly for the pur-
pose, by putting an end to all , proceedings against
-Lord WELLESLEY, defeating the ends of public
justice, and of prevewing any reform in the ex-
penditure of the public money ?" Such language as
this might suit Republican France in the heat and
fury ofthe Revolution, but is hardly to be -tolerated
under the loyal firms of the British Constitution.
• There was no Court. of Aldermen held to-day,
but the LORD MAYOR ordered the-price of Bread to
remain as last week.

The intended Hall for the Royal College of Sur-
geons in Ireland, now building in,York-street, Dub-

fin (the site formerly appropriated to interment by
the Society of people. called. Quakers), will be an
edifice worthy a most useful .and respectable profes•
sion, and increase the numerous , and architedural
ornaments of that City. ' The Sum of 40001. was
granted in the last Session towards defraying the ex:
pence..

Cruize. •
Came down from the River the Travers East In-
.
diaman.

POkTSMOUTH, OCT. - Sailed His_ Majesty's
Ships' Lively, Revolutionaire, and Daring, to the
Westward.

Arrived the Saracen Sloop of War, Capt. PREVOST,
from a short Cruize to the Westsward ; Jane, -,
from Sunderland ; and 'the' Prince of Wales, WAL-
KER, froin London.

The Blonde Frigate, Captain BALLARD, is ap-
pointed !he Convoy for the Ships bound to the
West Indies.

SHEERNESS, OCT. 27.—Arrived the Seahorse Fri-
gate, of 38 guns, Capt. STEWART.

Several homeward bound Merchant Ships have
passed for the River.

Arrived the Capt. HARRISON, below the
Nore, from America.

Passed the Nore, this afternoon, four large Ships;
appear to be West Indiamen.
Dropt down to the Nore His Majesty's Ship
Emulous, Capt. STUPART.

BOSTON, SEPT. 16.. L-Capt. LANE, Of the Ship
Alexander,. arrived at Norfolk froin Arnsterdam, re-
ports, that on the 2gth ult. 45 leagues E. by S. of
Cape .Henry, he discovered a large Ship, near‘ano-
- tiler on fire ; that he' was boarded by the Ship, which
pi;oved to be a Vrench Man of War, of 74 guns;
the' vessel 'on fire an English one, her prize.

- A Match at Single-Stick was played at Castle
, Cary, Hants, on Monday last. • It was contested by
many of the bestplayers in the county of Somerset; •
and the amateurs say, 'that better, play was never
seen iti that county. The first prize of ten guineas
:WAS won byJAMES BUNN, of Wedmore, who ob--
, -tained the great prize at Botley this year, and whose
bead was broken by LYNE, a •Wiltshire player, at the
match of the 24th of last month.
• •, Yesterday Mr. YARDLEY undertook, for a wager,.
, of 20 guineas, to go against time from Hyde Park ,
Corner- to ,the four-mile stone on Fulham 'Bridge,
which he was to perionn, in 4I minutes. Notwith-
standing-several-bets were made on the occasion, he
lost the wager by 'only 15. seconds. • , •
Last Monday evening a Spanish Officer, Second
Captain of a Frigate, who was in the hospital' at
Mill Prison, made his escape.. He speaks very good
English, and was dressed in black clothes: in 'the dusk
of 'the evening heboldly went up,to the wicket-gate
of the inner prison court-yard, and called to •the
_set),
tinel to open the gate, which was imniecliate)y done;
the Officer made off direffly; -and 'though an alarm
was soon given of his being'inissed in the hospital,.
be escaped, and has not since been heard of.
We have flinch pleasure •to communicate the
arrival; at Portsmouth, on board His Majesty's Ship
.Neptunei of that accompliShed Nobleman, Lord
Viscouiat .VALENTIA; in good health, on his return
from. India, by the way of Suez, with his Secretary,
Mr. SALT; after nearly five years absence frOm Eng-
land, in .various parts of India. His Lordship made.
several months stay in the-Red. Sea, and the adja-
cent Coasts ; and has made some valuable charts of
those different places. His Lordship had, by order
of the Government of India, the Panther, (Com-
pany's Crnizer), Captain'CouaT, to-assist him. Mr.
SALT, his Lordship's Secretary, made an excursion
into Abyssinia, with Major ANDLE; of the Hon.
Company's Service, as far as the capital, Condar.
Lord 'VALENTIA'S, state of health, at this period,
• would not permit him to accompany Mr. SALT.
The* Public- will be exceedingly gratified by much
valuable information, colleeted by his Lordhip, dur-
ing this long, laborious, and laudable research. :A'
young Abyssinian Prince is in his Lordship's suite,.
who is a near relation of NEGADE BA MAHOMET,
one of the principal Officers of State, so often men-
tioned by that celebrated traveller, the AbySsinian
BRUCE, as being his friend. ThiS young Prince ap-
-pears possessed of great natural endowments, and
anxious to become acquainted with the manners and
customs of ,Creat Britain.
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