The Sun.
London, England, 1807-05-12 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PORTSMOUTH MAY 1 1 .—Arrived the ..,EoLs Fri-
gate,
Lord FITZROY, and Emulous Sloop, from
Cork", With' a few Transports under her Convoy;
also the Governor PERCY, and the Atlas,
GODFREY, both for the West Indies ; the Atlas, it: a
sudden squall off the Lizard, lost her Thretop-mast,
and' the Governor Mime yesterday parted her cable,
and went on shore, but was got off again without
receiving any injury ; the Transports that arrived
under the Convoy of the Jan 6, are as folloWs : Ba-
ron Nelson, Telenzachus, Iris, Wadsti ay, Thetis,
John, Richard, and Thomas and Mary ; al.o the
Spartan, AKERMAN, from the Mediterranean ; Lord
Cnllingtvood, LE BLAIR, from Messina; Whim
Schooner, from Algiers ; Alarm, Privateer of Guern-
sey, having detained the Brig !VII Vaart, CHRISTIAN-
SON, from Smyrna, bound to Amsterdam; laden with
copper ore and other goods, the whole of which
are tinder Quarantine at the Motherbank, except the
Lord CollingiVood, which is released, and sailed for
Guernsey ; also the Sap/a-oil/a, from Cadiz, with

wine.
Sailed the Strenuous Sloop, on a Cruize; and the
Amity, FOWLER, for London.

BRIXH AM-QUAY, TOUBA.Y, MAY 'lO.--Sailed
from Torbay, His Majesty's Ships Hibernia, Mo-
narch, London, Prince of Vales, Dreadnought, St.
George, and Rase, on a Cruize. •

DEAL, MAY 1 t.—Arrived His Majesty's Ships
TrompeUse, Bustler, and Bloodhound, froni a
Cruize.

Came down from the River, the Diligent Store-

ship.

SHEERNESS, MAY l o.—Arrived the Majestic,
of 74.gons, Capt. HART, Diligent Sloop of War,
Capt:TIDY, and Urgent Gun-brig.
MAY IL—Sailed the Bellette Sloop of War, Capt.
PHILL.INIORE, with two empty Transports, for the
Baltic, and Intelligent Gun-brig, for the powns.

BAREADOES, MARCH 2 I.—Sir ALEXANDER COCH-
RANE'S ,Squadr6n of the Line, after taking in ,wood
and water at Dominica, have gone to windward of
Martinique, and were cruizing off there on the i 6th
initant. 'General BOWYER and suite were to leave
Dominica on the 14th inst. in the Ethation Frigate,
for Antigua, from thence to St. Kitt's, and would
make a tour 'as far as Tortola.

IMPROMPTU.

ON A RECENT AFFAIR OF noNoun.

I think, on my satil,
Wt justly way call
Them niad fellows all,
who, for some fo.ilish brawl,
Each other will maul, •
• In lith, limb, or spawl,
With powder and ball,
Till one or both Kill.
Like BURDETT and PAULL.
Paisley, May 6, 18-:7.

The KING and ROYAL FAMILY arrived in totvn
to-day, and will remain till Friday.
BRAHAM had a crowded house to his benefit last
night at Drury Lane Theatre. The .Play,
.was -dr-
taxerxes. BRAHAM exerted ail hiS powers in Arlykes.
Mrs. DICKONS came forward on this.occasiou -in the
char:lC.ler of Mandane, and acquitted herself in a
very able manner.

The Proprietors of the Haymarket Theatre are
making very atlive preparations for -the opening of
the season. The interior wear a new face of
beauty and elegance. A. Comedy from Mr. T.
Dißorg, a Farce from Young HooK, and another
from Mr. COLMAN, are 'to be early novelties. Mr.
YouNG; who has so long been the hero of the Liver-
pool Stage, and who has a high Provincial fame in
various places, is to take the lead in, the ensuing
season at the Haymarket Theatre.

THE THEATRE.—SUCII is the power of good ac-
ing and good singing, that the new Opera of Peter
the Great; or,, Oooden Walls, notwithstanding all
its dramatic imperfeEtions, was represented for the
second time last night at Covent Garden Theatre,
with considerable success. It was indeed propped
by Mother Goose, who has, still a strong influence
upon public curiosity, and who gave unabated plea-
sure to the audience.

Mr. WARE, the Leader of the Band at Covent-
Garden Theatre; is appOinted Leader of the Hay-
market Theatre Band, in the room of Nlr. SHAW,
resigned.
CATALAN' means wisely to profit by the extraor-
dinary popularity which attends her,talent-s, and
which indeed seems to have annihilated all 'recol-
lealion of former merit, b¢-4 musical tour at the end
of the operatic season, to Cnoridge, Oxford, Ches-
, ter, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Dublin, &c. &C. where
her fame will prove a- worthy pioneer.
The French Papers contain an 'account of a girl
who, on visiting the National MuSenin ate Paris,
was suddenly struck with the sight, of the famous
statue of the Belvidere Apollo, and felt so strong a
passion for the image that she frequently returned
to it, and manifested her passion with the Most ro-
mantic excesses. She at length fancied that the God
. had chosen her to be his Priestess, and had required
her attendance in that place. The poor girl-is said to
have at last fallen a victim to this extraordinary pas-
sion, and died in despair.
Multifarious ..dgcpicy.—There is a person in
South Wales who exercises the various duties cif
thirteen Aupations, and no doubt is occasionally
employed in many others :--Imprimis, he is Clerk
to the Colletiors of the Customs; ditto of the Ex-
cise ; ditto to the Magistrates of the District. In
addition to these, he is Parish Clerk for the Englkh
service ; ditto to the Welsh service. He is like-
wise Clerk to the Coach-office; ditto for the Packets.
He also keeps a-lodging house, is a Notary
an Auctioneer, Collector J the King's Taxes, ditto
of the parochial Taxes, and Sexton.

NEIL PARLIA I.IEA T.

.?EMBERS ELECTED._

1117_1 cxsutßE—DLigdale Stratford Dugdale, Esq. ;

Sir Charle3 Mordaunt, Bart. -
GLOUCESTER—AdmiraI Berkeley ;,-.Lord H. E. So-

nierset. , • • t.
HAmPrittritE—Sir H. P. Mildmay, Bart. ;
Chute, Esq.
BA,RN sTAriiG.W.Thellusaon ; Win-. Taylor, Esq.
CA M DGESH I R E—Loid Charles Somerset Man-
ners ; Right Hon. Charles York.
LEICESTERSHIRE--LOrd R. Manners; G. A. L:
Keck, Esq. •
GREAT GarmssY.7-7-Hon. C. A. Pelham ; Wm. El-.
lice., Esq. •
'PENRHYN—CharIes Lemon, Esq.; Henry Swann,
Esq.
TRURO—Hon. E. Boscawen ; John Lemon, Esq.
•RIPON'—Hon. Frederick Robinson ; George Gipps,
Esq. •
•
SAFortp--7-George Hibbert, Esq.;' John Leach,
Esq. • ,
CL/THERO—Hon, Robert Curzon ; Hon. John

Cust. •
HERTFORDSIipE—Hon. Thomas Brand ; Sir John
Saunders Seabright, Bart.
BODMIN—Sir Wm. Oglander, Bart.; Davies Giddy,
Esq.

DOVER.—State of the Poll—
Jenkinson
Pierrepont - - - 612
Jack-son
BEDFORDSHIRE.—State of the Poll.
Pym, Esq. - =.‘ - 14,08
Osborn, Esq. 7 - 375
Gen. Fit4atrick - - 352
CANTERBURY—State of the Poll 3d Day.
Baker, Esq. - 6,59.
Taylor, Esq.. - - 655
Lushingtoii, Esq.' - 537
--- Farquhar, Esq. - - 452

HAMPSHIRE.—Nuinbers at the .close of the Pull—

Mikimay, Esq. - 547
- Chute, Esq. - - 547
Herbert, Esq. - - 52

Majority, in favour of iViilathay and Chute-39.5
WESTMINSTER ELECTION.—State of this day's
.Poll at one o'clock—
Sir F. Burdett - - - - 222
Lord Cochrane - - - 145
Mr. Elliot - - - - 104
Mr. Sheridan - - - 25
Mr. Paull - - - - 17

SURREY ELECTION.-4 very numerous and hig'a-
ly respectable meeting of the Freeholders of the
County of Surrey was held yesterday, at Guildford,
for the Eletiion of Knights of the Shire. The She-
riff declared the Spew of hands to be in favour of
Mr. Thornton and Mr. Sumner, but a poll being de-
manded by Lord Wm. Russell it was proceeded up-
on immediately : at its close last night, there ap-
peared;—

Samuel Thornton, Esq. 152
J. H. Sumner, Esq. -
Lord William Russell -

IVESTALINS7'ER ELECTION.

FOURTH DAY

A man from the crowd Ad a____reescd Lurd Cuchrane„
earnestly requesting him to visit a club at the Fea-
thers, Pimlico, distinguished by the title of " Odd
Fellows." The Odd, Fellows, le said, were very
desirous that his Loidihip should become one of
their number ; and though Odd Fellows, be assured
him that they were at . the same time " Good fel-
lows."

Lord COCHRAN E, with great good humour said,
that in becoming an « Ond Fellow," he would
only be continuing his former charmer
FJC LOKI COCHRANE
Sir F. Buitpurr
Mr. ELLIOT
Mr. SHERIDAN - - - 147
Mr. PAULL - - 117

• Mr. SHERIDAN, amidst considerable uproar, which,
however, soon subsided, said--They had all gained'
a great deal of credit for their good humour and or-
derly conduol, and he' hoped they would not now.
forfeit that charaCter, though this being St. Monday,
a greater latitude might perhaps be allowed 'than
usual. He had just heard the N'Oble Lord near. him
utter " No coalition :"—he assured them that he had
for Med no coalition, but stood :entirely on his own
ground. He had thought it candid and fair on for-
mer occasion to declare his opinion that naval men
were proper persons to be Representatives in Par-
liament. He repeated that opinion nosy ; for the
contrary principle, he said, would go to exclude
from Parliament all military men whatever--all our
Ambassadors to Foreign Courts, &c. &c. He ad-
mired the character of the land-forces.; but he was
always jealous of a large standing army in time of
peace, and thought it highly advantageous that mi-
litary officers should be in the House, as by that
means they would be better instruded in the prin-
ciples of the Constitution, and less disposed ever to
emplOy the forces against the. people. As to the
naval service, he scarcely could find words strong
enough to express his admiration, his reverence, and
his attachment for it. There was no reward in the
hands of the Crown or the People of which naval of-
ficers were not worthy. He Was 'not fond of
egotism, but he had shewn his resped for the naval
service at a critical period, when he alone of his
party stood forward on the occasion of the Mutiny at
the Nore. With respea to Sir Francis Burdett, he
was the only man who joined with him in resisting
arbitrary imprisonments; he visited Coldbath Fields
Prison with him from day to day, and the Com-
mittee for examining into the State of that Prison
wa., moved for and carried by him. The Right
Honourable Gentleman then proceeded to observe,
that Mr. Gibbons had the other day done justice to
his consistency for six-and-twenty years, and only
objected to him when in office. That was an ob-
jection that was not.likely to occur again soon.—
There was something singular in his case. It ge-
nerally happened; that when a person obtained an
otlice he procured • friends—he gained friends by
being out of office. He agreed, that whoever held
an office during the King's pleasure ought to be an
ohjea of jealousy with the people ; but it did not
therefore follow that he was to be a servile tool of
the Court. 'Having served twenty-six years in Par- .
liament without office, he certainly had a right to
claim this credit—that when he had carne into of•
lice he would not on that account have forfeited his

principles. If his giving a pledge that h would
never accept of place would in any degree eonduce
to put an end to sinecure offices, jobbing, 3cc. Ste.
he would willingly give that pledge. Bzt if bf-
fices were to be given, he might, without over-
rating his pretensions, certainly think that he bad
at least as good a claim as Mr. George Rose.
One word more on the subjea of Offices. His son
lately held an Office, and it was intimated to him
(Mr. Sheridan) that as his ton was not in Parlia-
ment he might be allowed to retain the Office, but
it was also intimated from high authority, that his
son's continuance in Office depended on the mod'
deration of his (his father's) condat. He, how-
ever, took the earliest opportunity of shewing, in
the House, that he was not by this consideration to
be induced. to abandon his principles.
.His son con-
sequen.tly.lost hiiappointment; and he would rather
have lost tens thousand times the value, than that his
-father should forfeit his consistency. He was still not
afraid of the state of the poll. He had been accus-
tomed, to minorities, and found himself more in his
element when-out of Office. He had seen minori•
ties turned into majorities by perseverance, and ho
would therefore still persevere,and continue his exer-
tions.

Lord COCHRANE then stepped forward, and told
the crowd that he should begin when they were
silent. Silence havingensued, he observed, that he
had been accused of two things—first of being mar-
ried, sand, as having some conneaion with Lord
Melville—this was not true—he was not married,
though he had no obje&ion to become a candidate
in that way as well as for .a seat in Parliament. He
had next, been accused of being a relation of Lord
Melville—this was not the fad, he' had never seen
Lord Melville four times in his lite.—He was corn-
pletelssunacquainted with the present Ministry, and
came: forward entirely on independent principles,
with the expectation of being returned if his prin-
ciples were consonant to theirs. He bad endeavour-
, ed to point out the line of conduct which be meant
to pursue. All measures that were for the good of
the Country he would support—all of a contrary de-
scription, and those that proceeded from factious
motives, he would oppose. Some persons had said,
that be had coalesced with Mr. Elliot—others said,
that he had,coalesced with Sir Francis Burdett. But
he had coalesced with neither. He thought stand-
ing alone absolutely indispensable to the freedom of
eleCtion, that one wilt, !night not be a popular
man should not be suffered to be dragged on by one
who was. He repeated that he pledged himself to
oppose abuses, sinecure places, and all those instru-
ments of corruption which had disgraced the coun-
try, occasioned an improper sway in the Senate, and
brought the country to the brink of ruin. Hie
Lordship then complained, that while the speecheS
of some others were given at full length in the
newspapers his were curtailed and garbled, and some
words put in his mouth that he had never used.
He again referred to the abuses in the Navy, and to
the fad of the Atalante Sloop of War, to 'which he
had before alluded, being kept at sea when she had
twenty inches of water. The circumstance of her
making water be himself had ascertained. This
and other abuses had originated in one individual,
who had for six or seven years tyrannized over the
Navy beyond measure. If any one wrote to the
Admiralty about these, all he got was a lettet,
from the Secretary, stating that he had shewn site-
communication to their Lordships, and having no-
thing in command from them on the subjec,, he W3s
his very obedient humble servant. Was there ant
person who could deny that it was necessary that
Naval Officers should be in Parliament, to expose
these things ? If he was returned he would du his
duty ; and a dozen independent men would da
more good than a faaious set of men, who op-
posed Ministers only to clap themselves down ia
their fat seats. His Lordship then proceeded to
state some other abuses• in the Navy. Under the
pretence of economy, men were kept at sea, without
be'nl landed, for eight months, within sight of their
coast, and fed on salt provisions till' they were all
over scorbutic, and then they were drenched in line
juice, and thrown into consumptions in order tV
cure the scurvy. This was all for the sake of ecoe,
nomy.—Another instance of economy was this
The Hospitals, instead of being places for curing
the sick seamen, were filled with incurables, who,
instead of being sent to their friends to recover
themselves, were handed over to harbour duty ships,
there to linger ottt their days. These things ought
to be made public. The existence of the count/
might depend upon it, for men could not feel that
attachment to their country which they ought to
feel unless they were well used. With regard to the
Borough
of Honiton, his Lordship asked how any
one his audience, after going to sea for six months,
of
would
like Co find, on his return, that the inhabitants
of 'a Borough had been, during that time, eating
beefsteaks and drinking porter, for all which lie
would be required to pay the bill ?
Mr. JENNINGS congratulated the people on the
improved state of the poll in ftvour of Sir Francis
Burdett. If they should return him it would be
great example for the kingdom at large, and teach
Ministers that there was still a Public. it would
shew that the Electors of Westminster would choose
their own Candidate, and not suffer a Candidate to
be' imposed upon them.—He then adverted to the
censure of Mr. Paull.on the Committee and on 11411'
He denied that be had ever said that Sir Francis
Burdett would not have been present • though he
had been well. He had only said, that his cause
would not be so ably advocated as if he himself had
been there to do it. He concluded by recommend'
ing perseverance to the Electors, by observing that
Mr. Elliot's hopes must be now nearly exhausted,
and that in all probability be would soon despail
entirely.
Mr. ELLIOT then addressed the croud, but bis
voice Wasi completely drowned by the uproar.
Mr. GIBBONS then came forward, and expressed
his disapprobation at the neglect of the Noble Lord,
who had not answered his charge with resped
Honiton.. The abuses in the Navy were only incl.
dental circumstances. The stale of the Represents
tion was the great matter for their consideration'
He had before stated that Ministers had the call?
nand of two-thirds of the House, and that the Re'
:presentation at present was a mere mockery. q:
the .proceeded to state what the real nature of tha
Constitution was, and what it had formerly been 1311;
ci f.!rstoud to be. He was beginning with Henry ti't
Ind: when the crowd became so nuiiy and turbnl4P,
-that nothing further could be beard.

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ME. HORNE TOOKE's P,4_IIPHLET.

The following, is to l.x r.l t•,l Letteriroin Sir. H. Tooxi
to the Editor of a :Morning Paper. • • '

,'" WrmuLknoN, MAY,6, 1:207,

-" I read in your. Paper of yesterday (May 5) that,,
at a Meeting of the Eletors .of Westminster, a Mr..
POw;rER, upon the information, of Mr. PAULL, stated
this faeit—t-That, at a dinner at Mr. flottNTE Too 's,.
that Gentleman declared') that in the present times,
he thought it would be better that such men as Sir
F. BURDETT should have nothing to do with seats in
Parliament:. •- ,

" It is not very decorous, I believe, to bring ber.
fore the Public the free and unimportant conversar
tion .Which passes in a mixed company at a dinner-
table : Mr. PAULL and Mr. POWER seem to think
otherwise. Mr. PAULL is very welcome to report
any thing he ever heard me say. But, .for the sake
of wy friends; who may not be quite so indifferent
as I am to tittle tattle in the Newspapers, neither
Mr. PAULL nor this Mr. Pow en .(whoever he may•
be) shall ever with my consent henceforward dine
at the same table, with me. •

" I may very probably have made this declaration
With Which I am charged, for it contains most car-
re&ly my opinion, and that not hastily entertained,
isdat long fixed in my mind ; and if my advice had
heen*as omnipotent as the dirty scribblers of the day,
have chosen to represent it over the mind of Sir
FRANCIS BURDETT, he never would have been. a
*Crididaie•at all ; nor did' I ever labour by entreaty
more earnestly for any thing, than 1 did from the be-
ginning, and before the beginning, to dissuade Sir
PaANcts from being *a Candidate for Middlesex;
end, for his sake, I rejoice that he is not returiied to
Parliament for that pike or for any other. How-
ever, if this my opinion shall be adopted, it will not
t.‘:,clude Many persons from Parliament: for I know
of ho'other suth men' as Sir FRANCIS BURDETT.
" Of Mr. Nucl. I know nothing-, but that he was
introduced to Me by Sir FaaNCISBURDETT ; and
that he afterwards invited himself to dine at my house
bn Sundays', when I receive my visitants. From the
time of the eleetion at Westminster, last Novenaber,
he has missed dining with me only three Sundays. I
always treated him with civility, but have most cau-
tiously avoided any other connexion with him of any
kind ; nor could he ever prevail upon meohough he
iiseernuchimpOrtutiity., to Write- a-single Syllable for
hint or concerning him. There was something about
him, with which it was impossible for me to connea't
Myself. I wished him very well—knew no harm of
him—suspeaed none ; but my mind perpetually
whispered to me,. Vetabo sick iisdem sit trubi&us,fra-.
igilem,jue mecum solyat pliuselum. It was uofounded
Prejudice, perhaps : but I have experienced some-.
thing in this world ; and superfluous caution may
Le pardoned to old age.
" After what has passed in the middle of the
night succeeding the Ist of May, I know of no gen-;
Ile epithet which I can apply to the conduit of Mr.
-Kum., and shall therefore leave it unqualified. 13bt
feel it my duty, perceiving the malicious and artful
misrepresentations of all the factions * which Sir
Paaalors has wiifully_offended, to tell you simply all
A know of what bas* passed between Sir FRANCTS
131.raDETT and Mr. PAULL. If it shall not arrest the
malice and misrepresentations of the newspapers
(and particularly of the Morning Chronicle), it may
-*t leer leave them more inexcusable, and-objetits of
the greater public contempt."
Mr. TOOKE then proceeds to state that there had
not been any particular habits of friendship between
tir-FRANers BURDETT and Mr. PAULL, and that
their acquaintance was but six months old, beginning
Ivith the last Westminster EleZtion ; and that after Sir
'flAtsijcis had sent a thou Sand pounds to 111 r Panaes
bommittte; he had supposed that he had satisfied all
i'easonable 'expeelations from him. Mr. PAULL,
however; in. April last; wrote to Sir FRANTS BUR-
-91'7,1wi. informing hini; " that his Solicitors refused to
proceed. With the Petition unless they were irnme•
iliately paid one thousand pOundS; and security given
to them for soot. more." He declared that he had
in vain applied to " *Jew ati'd Gentile;" and .could
not 'raise a farthing, and 'therefore intreated Sir
tßAiittS BURDETT to apply to,Mr.I)SVIi.LE. Mr.
Tooke strongly suspeats that this was the `reason
'Mr. -NULL' and 'his friends; were so anxinns.
"that'SirFaaNCl3 BURDETT shOuldbe a joint Candi-
clot , that Mr; PArinn. might not be left
t!ano•to his innoomplying " *Jews and Geritiles."—
The'iCircninstances,whiCh took place after the dinner
at the Crown and Anehor, Mr. TociKE relates thus i
" .At Mr.Pant.L's carriage was dire&ed to
the house of Sir F. BURDETT, who was there at rest,
'with *his wife and children: About two o'clock
Sir F. B. was called but of his bed by a Mr. CooP2i.
This i'vtr. Coorr.a (if that be his riarrie) delivered
tome paper' to Sir FaaNcia fr'orri Mr. PAULL, who
was Waiting in a carriage.--4'his new method, of as-
saulting a sleeping family, and of calling up a, man
fromihis bed in the middle. of the night, Mr% PAULL
ikrrrit *a i-enconti-e:" ,

pers, the Negroes to the American Pa of
Dotningo have rejected the Constitution which
'as lately proposed for .their acceptanci3, and adopt-
`j.d a new plan of GoVernment. The principal altera:
"on is said to be in the Executive Departnient.—
emusToPnE has been elec.:led President for life,
`4Fith a salary of 4b,006 ,dollars a year. He has
qinlmenced his administration with, a severe ediEt
against' subjeMiryi oflende'rg in this
/"PeEt •to the punishtn6nt,of death and Confiscation
°FetTeEis,
'We hear that Sir TfIomis.LTDDELL, to hig great
/wnour
has declared, . that no Freeholder who pr 6.-:
"" isetl'hicri their votes, without knowing who were
t(,'
. be actually nominated for the County of Durham,
!nould stand pledged td hhi by any ptounso made
under such circumstances.

. •
coMmitthents on' the Lbudon Side;, at the
aPiwOacriing Sessions; are fourteen, but hilt One case
\"rth -mentioning And on the Middlesex Side
thor C
are . 0 •
13, the-principal 'of Iv:licit ate as follow's
iluckoull, against whoth there are five detain-
ers, for torging and, uttering conntetteited Indorse-
Illentsof Bills of Exchange, to a large atnOutit,. and
rich offen•ces were committed in the Couniies of
rb.)l Cheshire, and Stafford.-IVillitim Hupp ove;.
lit%r ie
Burglary.-IPilliam Buttisford for highway rob'ry.—iiicirard Andrews, against whom there are
tvo.detiner•S for felony, and six for obtaining gooth.
"false pretences.—JYilliam Horatio Brown
tig,amy.—Williant. Lewin for liurst-sttaiini..-
111tt Jarnei hard for a Rant._

OFFICIAL AdCOW.4?

O.F THE

BATT.LE OF AUERSTA DT,
ON THE 14TH OF OCTOI}ER, 1806.

The unfortunate consequences of the Battle of the
14th of last Oclober, have hitherto prevented any
official account frOm being laid before the Public.

The Prussian army,. udder the Duke. of 13HU NS-
WI was mostly colleaed on the sth of 061ober, in,
the neighbourhood of Naumburgh ; the Corps of
Prince .14oHENLonE was in the vicinity of Alien-
burgh and Pennig ; .General RUCHEL's Corps was
between 11,11alliausen and Gottingen, •
As the enemy's principal fotce was exPeaed in the
neighbourhood of Wurtzburgli, it was thought pro-
per to send about 8000 men through Smalikalten and
_Eisenach ; while a small Corps, under. General
TAUENZIEN, was to aa as a Corps of Observation
on the road to Hoff, follow the Reserve, or aa
against theenemy's Corps on the side towards Saxony.
• On the 7th, both armies were between Eisenach
and Rudelstadt : then we learned that the enemy had
turned the greatest part of his force towards Bay-
reuth, and was in greater force than we, had had rea-
son to expect.

Since the theatre of war in Prussia afferded'no
natural means of defence, on the .Bth, we marched
to the left-, in order to pass the Saal. The army of
Prince HonENLOHE moved towards Jena and Kahle,
and the Duke of BRUNSWICK to Blankenhayn. The
Prince of-E-loanNEOHE had already passed this river
gth with a part of his army ; but the Duke
did not wish him to have passed till he had arrived
on the banks with the troops under -his command,
is he did not want to combat the enemy singly. He
therefore ordered tne, Prince to- tall, back. This
,cirCunrystariee gave occasion to the unfortunate affair
of posts near Saalfeld on the tOth, in whiCh the gal-
' lam and heroic Prince FERDINAND of Prussia did
not.engage rashly, as has been supposed.
The Duke's army arrived on the same day at
Blankenhayn. He now learned that the enemy was
advancing through. Hoff, and that another column
was proceeding along the Saal-by. Saalfeld. He found
the passage over the Saal would be attended with
difficulties t 9 broil. To prevent being cut off from,
the Elbe, he marched on the 11th to Weimar.
Here the Duke's army encamped on the right
bank of the Ilme, and the Prince of UOIIENLOIIE at
.Ka-pellendorff, not far from Jena. General RUCHEL'S
corps took a position near Erfurth ; and the advanced
gUard under the Duke,of WIIMMI, which had pre-
viously 'advanced through --the forest .of Thuringia,
in order to alarm the enemy in hiS flank and rear,
had orders to return and approach the grand army
.by the road through Arnstadt,
On the 12th, the Duke of BRUNSWICK had a-cdn-
ference near Jena with Prince lionENLonli; the
, Duke's plan was then to pass the Saal higherUp,
case ,the enemy should attempt to tutu the left of
the Prussian army.
This took place on the it th, 12th, and 13th,
without our obtaining any certain knowledge of it;,
and through a mistake the deta.chments belonging to
Prince HOHENLOHE, who were ordered to observe
the enemy,- did not march at the proper time.
On the i2th, we learned the enemy was in pos-
session of Naumburgh ; still this intelligence was in
some measure uncertain ; however, late in the even-
ing it was confirmed beyond a doubt.
On the 13th, at noon, the Duke's army marched
to Auerstadt, to make head against the enemy, who
was.endeavouring to turn the Prussians. Towards
evening the Duke arrived near Auerstadt, within
two miles e,nd a half of Naumburgh. We learnt
II upon the march, and in Auerstadt; that the enemy
was still in possession of Nanmburgh, and that some
regiments of French chasseurs were posted on, this
side of the Saal, on the road to Auersta4 It was
determined to drive these regiments back again over
the Saal, • and then to proceed through Unstrutt,
Dear Friedburgh and Laucha, and to attack the ene-
my's corps on the other side Of the river. The Duke
ofBRUNTWICK wrote to Prince HOHENLOHE, late in
the evening of the 13th, to inform him that he oc-
cupied the- passage over the Sail, in great strength,
between the armies, and that the Prince shobld by
no theans suffer himself to be cut off frOm the Duke's
army.

The army of the Duke commenced its march
.eal-lY.in the morning of the titth, and fell in with
the French cbrps under Marshal,p,AVOUST. Not-
withstanding
this meeting was not expected, land
that a yery.heavy rain had bcCasiOned
Gen:
inconve-
niences, ; the advanced guard,. under Geh:BLUCHER,
.
made a vigorous attack upon enemy's chaSseurS,
which formed Marshal DkvOUST'S adVanced guard,
and drove them back upon the main body. The
three' other divisions Of the army, under the Duke
.:ofliftswlcK, marched in order against the ene-
My; :and engaged himfrom one wing to the other.
'he infantry of these
,three divisions formed a co-
lumn; and Maintained, their fire frOm nine in the
Morning till 'three in the afternoon. About noon
our right wing began to gain ground : the enemy,_
hOwever, obtained reinforcements frotrl his reserve,
and now commenced an attack upon the defile of
• Koren. Our left wing ,had driven,.the enemy out
of his first position just as our right wing began to
gie way the left was the first to follow, as soon
as the eoemy, was in motion in their rear: The re-;
Mainder, of the two, divisions, the flower of the
army, or the reserve, waslor the most. part about
3-060 paces in the rear, upon the. heights Of Auer-
Stub, and only i few 'regiment?, of them Wok part
.in the *ton.
The army Prince.HE.HEO,OHE was atitfacked at
break, olday by the Corps, with which the EiSPEttoji
.was .present; from the side of Jena; whilst the corps
of BOSiitioorri•P. passed the rivet t:iaal, advancing
from DornbUrghand Kamburgh; and took the Prince
in the rear; the corps of General RucnEt, hastened
to the. Prince's assistance, pased throUgh, a anger-
' our defile, and attacked the enemy. The army of
the Prince, :is *ell as the corps of General Itychrm,
fought with great bravery ; but were at last obliged
to subrnit tti the .superiority of the enemy; whose
numbers were three times, as great a theirs.
The Prince's, corps retreated to Weimar, which
.tbwn was occupied ,by the enemy the sae evening.
The small corps, of Liehtenant-General Rucnrit;
(who had already received a I.vound) which was not
qtrite to;000 strong, retreated only through the de;
file as far as Kapellendorff, where the General again
formed in line, and advanped, in a sqOare Column. to•
-wards. the defile. A brisk cannotyde
;now corn:
menCedi on both sides, but fhe eneiny did not rasa

s . ;

,the dt.-file, and the .eing ceased. Hereupon Gene,;
RUCLIEL transferred the con-inland to Lieutenant-
General Lnrcisctt, ordering ,him :it first, to retreat,
en eckiquier, to cover the retreat with a
quarre, and to continue. drawing back on, One side.
of Buttelstadt, to reach the King's army . upon'
which :the left wing was alp leaning„whilst the
right had joined Pield7Mlrshal MOLLEtiDORIT.
The greatest misfortune-to both these, corps was,
that the passage of. the Sail at Dornburgh and Kam-
burgh was not properly guarded and defended. It
was owing to this. circumstance that the army of the
Prince was taken in .the rear,• and its communica-
tion with the flake's army cut or. -When the King
ordered the army of the Duke to march forward
upon the heights of Auerstadt in the evening; after
the retreat of the three first divisions, thereby, pre-
venting the enemy from advancing, he did not know
that:th% army of Prince HOHENLOHE, and the corps
'of Gen. RUCHEL', had been unfortunate in the en-
gagement. “ad he, been informed the7eof, he
would have renewed the atr.lion and cleared the way
to Unstrutt.

On the supposition that the Army of Prince Ho-
HENLOHE Was still at Kapellendortf, and that the
corps of General RUCHEL was at Weimar, the
KING ordered the Duke's army to go and join that
corps, and to renew the engagement the next day.
General Count KALKREUTH was ordered to form the
rear-guard with the. reserve (which had not then
been engaged), and Field Marshal MOLLENDORF
took the command of the other troops. The KING
intended (as the action was ended, and the erietby
pursued no farther) to go to Weimar in Person, to
settle with Prince HOHENLOHE and General [lncaLt.
the proper dispositions for executing the said plan.
But, on the road from Auerstadt to Weimar he
met with the enemy, and was therefore obliged to re-
turn to the army. The King placed himself in front
of the army, and marched from Wickerstadt to
Sommerda, leaving Weimar on his left hand. In
the night, when the King was successively informed
by the fugitives of the condition of the army of Ho
natsLonE, and of General RUCHEL'S corps, he de-
termined-that all 'the troops should retreat by Nord-
hausen, and took his way for the said place through
Sommerda. As the retreat ,for Weimar had origi-
nally been resolved upon, a division of the troops
,marched thither but on finding an enemy there;
they turned towards ErtUrth, and made along detour.
--Pn .this occasion General MOLLENDORF, with
abOut 6000 men, were pAken,prisoners at Erfurth.
On the 17th the army marched iii three columns
from Nordhausen to Magdeburgh, throughthesliarz.
On the same day the Wurtemburgh corps V'tts
attaeked near Halle, by-the corps OflVlßrShal BaIt-
:NADOTTE, and. defeated. It crossed the 'Elbe at
Dessau, bitrned the 'bridge, sent a detachment of 30
men to Wittenberg, to destroy the bridge at that
place, whiclis howevei-, was preVented by the inha-
bitants, and then proceeded' to Magdeburgh. The
enemy restored the bridges, passed the river 'at
Dessau and Wittenburgh, and thus reached the Oder
before the Prussian army IThder Prince HongNLonE,
which. was retreating by the way of Magdeburgh.
This General, who had always distinguished himself
,by his bravery and.resolution, was obliged to sign an
unfortunate Capitulation, for 16,000 men, at Prenz-
low, on the 28th of Onnbcr. The same day a
corps of O,QOO .men, under, General BLUCHER,
which had followed him, got as far as Boitzenburgh,
where, it escaped the pursuit of the enetuy
.(who was
coming from every side), by bending towards Stye-
litz, and a few days after joining another corps un-
der the Duke of WElilik a. •

Both these corps, under the enterprizing and
brave General BLUCHER, after fOur engagements,
did at last, on the' 7th November, submit to the su-
perior numbers of the enemy, when they had only
9400 men left; of whom there were oply about
7500 able to bear arms; though they kept three
corps of the enemy (those of Prince I.I4oRAT, and of
the Marshals SOULT and: IUIINA'DOTTE) for three
weeks at'a distance frem the Oder and. Vistula ; for
the latter were ten days in marching baCk to Frank-
fort.

It will now be proper to state the force of the
Army which fought-against France on the 14th. Ac
cording to a statement delii'ered to thel(ING by the
Duke of BRUNSWICK, the Prussian army, which
was put in tnotion to oppose the enemy, could not
be computed 10 exceed' the folloWing numbers
; Etiedive. i Batteries.
The Corps of Blucher, in Westphalia - 11,532 3
The Hanoverian Corps - - 13,658 4
The Magdeburgh Troops - - - 982, 3
The Troops from Potsdam, Berlin, and
the Mark . - . . - - i t,57.b 5
The Corps of General Kalkreuth - 73,980 4
ifrhe,troops froM Silesia and South Prussia 23,90
Those from West Prussia . - - tz,720

0,41 35
Saion troops

TOtal - 116,840

. . . . . . ,
In this statement each battalion is reckoned at 600
rank and file. Probably no regiment was stronger,
and many of them consisted of fewer effeEtive men.

•
The Saxon forCeS are but snperficiallystated, and
a tOrre6 list would shew; that the effeetive numbers
of this.,corpS'
.both of the. infantry and cavalry, are
•
rated rather to(i_hiah than too low.
On the 14th Oftober the folloWing dedthion ap-
pearedfroni the above, viz.
•
I. The troops from West Prussia, because they
reached fie Elbe later, and only arrived at Halle on
the 15th - - 12,720
A small Coro in Westphaolia, in two detaehments 4680
3. At -Hameln and Nieuburgh - tioo
4. At Hanover ~ - • - - 1300
s; Under the Duke of Weimar and General Win-
ning, .a Corps of Observation to., watch the Em ney's
corpt hi franConia, and on the Lower Maine - 12,263,
.31,660
whick, being deduaed froth.t 16;340 leaves the total effective
force ertf the Prussians, which fought on the 14th October,
St,', 126 Then, incursive of the Saxons c froM which the small
corps of Prince Louis Ferdinand is still to be &Eluded; which
wOs routed at Saalfeld.

We are not accurately acquamted with the force
of the French army. Sorrie time 0-evious to the
battle, the different French corps whiCh were en-
gated; were stated as follow :
The Corps of Marshal Bcrodot te 1,800
Davoust - jfi,oe'o
goat . 36w000
Laimei 43,0Q0
ugerOau - - 11,4Q0
- - 4 25,2c0
• The ReSeries Of Caialry i 0,400

, . . ' Total 194,400
It is p' rOliab,le• that the ciirpi of Maishal LiNrrii
was the weakest of any in the action; however, we
knoW forfora certainty; thdt those of 13aANAbu1`'ts

and AUGEREAU were the strongest. The enemy
was at least eop,ooo strong.. • . • t•
The Prussian armies sustained a great hiss in killed
and wounded. The Royal House has supported, by,
its personal bravery, .the heroic character ,of its an-
cestors. The -king had hOrse shot under him
With a Musket ball, at the moment' when he was
leading a regiment of cavalry against the enemy.
General ZAFritqW gave
the horse be had rode, to facilitatc his IqAJES-I'Y'i
escape, and prevent hint from being made.prisoner.
In the night between the sth, his, 1 IVIA-
ESTY likewise put himself at the head of a regitu.en
of cavalry, and rode through: the eneiny sword in
hand.. Prince Louts died the death of a hero, whey}
he found he could not he a conoueror.`, Both his
Majesty's , brothers were .woundedi; Prince HENRY
was with the last. of the troops that remained upon
the field of battle; and being burl in consequence
of the fall of his 'horse, which was shot, he was only
saved by receiving that of Colonel ScutAaNnotts-r.
Prince AuousTus FEaottiAN6 is wounded, having;
continually fought at the head of his grenadiers with
great bravery.
The enemy's Princes may have the advantage of
the Prussians in military experience, bat certainly
they are not superior in valour ; otherwise Wound.,:,
and death are no longer certain proofs of the share
they took in a4lose and continual engagebient.
Not one of the three Commanders of- the
Prussian army has escaped unhurt ; the heroic 1./.l;e
of BRUNSWICK was mortally Wounded, and has died
gpf his wounds ; the brave and noble Prince Honsz:-
1.0 FIE received. a violent contusion upon his-arm
the valiant and determined. General Ructm.is bad,7-
ly wounded; and there are besides; eleven Prussian
Generals partly wounded and partly dead.
The Prussian army may still be subjea to some
failures when oppf.sed to an enemy forme; for wart,
and matured
,by 14 years experience. Our cotcau7
poraries may still bring forward their obieEtions in
many.respeas„ but the blood the Prusstaus.have
al-
ready shed, and most probably their. future coudua;
Will justify them to posterity.

LAW REPOR7.

COURT OF KING'S 13ENCII, 111..%1, t;

Mr. GAttitow. Moved to j set aside the udgmmi
obtained tin&r a warrant-of Attorney, mid to .c.ly
the' levy in' the hands, of , the Sheriff. Hy moved,
he -said, upon affidavits which disclosed the f(illowing
fat.is : A tradesman in Fleet-street, wanting a tettr-
pwrary supplf‘of money, and being deluded by the
facilities advertised in a -Newspaper, repaired to a
house in-, the neighbOtirbood of Cavendish-square,
where the adivrtisement informed hitt money was to
be obtained onEuivatitakeotis terms. Fe was introduced
to a Lady, who proposed that he should draw bills
to the amount reqhired,; and that she would get
them negdtiated:r He was, however, ;to take,.as.part
of the consideration, a eapitut hunter; a horse that had
hunted with ttie King's hoards, and that the son of
the Archbishop of York had offered 150 guineas for;
but it should be put in' as a great favour at '129
guineas. The party consented, the bills were drawn;
and'as a collateral seem*, he 'gave Warrant of
Attiirney, confessing judgment to the amount of
the sum to be raised. When the hunter came home;
said the Learned -Counsel; the outside and inside
of this extraordinary beast, disposing of his bones to
make ivory black, his .hide to the Currier, and his
flesh for the dogs, was not worth more-than 31. the
very same animal, if the party describing him was
to be believed, for which the son of the Arch-
bishop of York 'had 'offered 150 guineas. But the
whole
.was delusion, and the tradesman presently
found himself swindled. He would, have gladly'been at a loss of 'khirty 'or forty pounds to have gm
his bills back again—but that was refused. the
becainc due, and was paid 5 the second wasdishonoured,
dishonbured, and the Money Lender " on -ct' dvan7
ta eous terms" entered up judgmentson the warnme
of Attorney. It was therefore to set aside that
judgment, and to stay proceedings, that the preserit
•naotion was made.

The CoLitt granted a fl'ile to she'w cause.

DUBLIN, MAY 7..

Most of the Ele6tiOns will commence in the course
of the next week ; that fcr the city of. Dublin will
be held on Friday, the 15th inst.. Mr. Shaw's return
will be' tinanirnons. •

The College EleCtion is appointed for Wednesday'
next ; Mr. inox having retired, the elealion of Mr.
J. L. Fosterls looked upon as certain. Ati atternit
Was made at a meeting of the EleQors on Tuesday;
to impose conditions upon the Carididates ; but no
persbn was found to second the proposer. In the
county of Carlow, Mr. Butler; son of Sir Richard
Butler, an old and respected Member for that county;
opposeS the last Members.
The canvas far Messrs. Ram and Alcock, in the
county of Wexford, has been se successful, that it is
probable they will come in without a contest.—
Colonel Foster 'is nearly secure of his return fbi
Drogheda ; and Colonel Bag Well bids fair to resume
the situation which bis stcady loyalty and persotial
charaeter gave him in the representation of. the
county of Tipperary.

, The deathof Mr. Alder Man 1-I:4skvz is iniputed;
by Mr. CIAITTERBiICK; of St. Paul's Church Yard;
to the circumstance of his having poured some bran-
dy into his shoes, to secure him froth cold, after
having been engaged in CanVassiner Through the rain
'and Mr. Cr;biTcanuok makes the, following obser-.
Vations on the subject
." This praaice is adopted upon the suppos'ition,
that because spirits; when S*l.vallowed,". excite a uhi.
Versa' '*arnith, and restore the circulation in the
extremities, they must do the sane when applied
to the extremities theingelVes. But the very revers::
happens. Fluids, whenevaporating, produce Cold ;-
and the lighter or More spirituous the the
more,quickly,Tit' -eiaporates, and the greater is the'
degree of cold generated. This may .be ,proved by
very simple expeiiment. If one hind be wetted
with spirit, and the other,with water, and both are
held up to dry in the air, the hand ii•etted with, spi-
iit will feel infinitely colder than the other, Or
the bulbS of, two ,therthometers be so treated; the'
mercury will be obsirved to fall,much more rapidly
and extensively. in the one, case thiM in the other.—
Whatever 'clanger, therefore,. 4rises from cbld,?nd
damp feet, it is greatly, enhanced by, thepraftiee al
luded to. If such a remedy is wbe at all employed,