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advanie from tbeir cantonments, without confider
ing that, by this very ;mature, they folemoly ac.
quitted France, in 'the: eyes of all
_Europe, of the
hloud of nations which was yet to be (bed. The
Emperor Napoleon had again proved, during four
months, what the whole of his political and military
career fo evidently thews, that he readily linens to
every propofal of peace, and is willing to accept it,
as far as the honour of the nations will admit, which
Providence has entrufied to his care. But impotent
age cannot cope with genius and wifdnm. Vienry
has again attended the fummons of him whom it is.
accoßomed to obey.
Frefh misfortunes have befallen the Ruffian
army, facrifieed, like the Pitt(Earls, to thole 'Randers
who purchafe the blood of nations in all parts of the
globe, to fhed it for their interefl, and for their in-
terest alone.
44 The malignant hand of the infligator of the war
has again in'erfered, in order once more to feparate
thole bonds which were futon to unite together in
peace, all theft nations, who had fo long fighed after
it ; this malicious agent has attempted to feparate
two princes from each other, who were ready to
approach and embrace. Neither the misfortunes of
Pr,'llia, nor thole of Rutlia heifelf have pt evcnted this
introdei from executing her blood-Odra y refolutions.
Her irditience in the c Nuts of the two firli mentioned •
powers has repeatedly thrown their brave armies into
new dangers. It was eight days after the futrender
of Dantzic, (and not while this important place Will I
held nut, every day bringing frefh promifes of relief
againtf the beih:gers), before the enemy panted once
more for the chance of a battle. They had experi-1r
the feblime and peaceable inclination which ,
v hlibeld the Emperor Napoleon's hand, when after
the capture of every important forttefs, the voice of
war called fondly upon him to unfheatk his dreadful
fword, and pointed nut the way to new triumphs !
" On the sth of June, the divitions of the right
wing of the Ruffian army put theenfelves in motion,
and attacked wilt I a Ruffian and Pruflian Regi-
ments, the Tete du Pont of Spanden, which was de-
fended by General Frere with the 27:1) Light Infan-
try Regiment. This Regiment replied seven foe-
calve charges, and drove the enemy hack at .every
one of them. The Prince of Ponte Corvo c-PeCted
his carpc, but before he could get lotwatd, a tingle
attack of the 17th dragoons, which came op lynx_
penedly after the feventh charge, compelled the
enemy to leave the field of battle and to make good
their retreat. 'lids battle is worthy of being recorded,
it covered with glory the 27th Light Infantry Regi
ment, although it had the advantage of being en
trenched.
" in the a 9 of infpeEling thefe entrenchments, dur-
ing the heat of thefe attacks, the Prince of Pante Corvo
received a flight wound, which obliged him tit be re-
moved for a fhort time, from the IR corps of the
army which he commanded. The lofs of the French
upon this occation was very inconfiderable. The
repeated attacks of the enemy, and the difadvantages
of their potation, colt them 12e0 men in killed, be
fides many wounded.
" At the fame moment, two Ruffian divifions at-
tacked the centre point of the 'Fete do Pont of lat•
wirier., defended by General Ferry, of Marthal
Soult's corps, with the 461 h and 47th regiments cf
the line. The Ruffian General 101 l his life, along with
too of his men. The French made too prifoners,
and had nearly tOOO men in killed and wounded.,
The number of the Ruffians wounded in this battle,
which laded the whole day, was very great.
" While this was going on, the Ruffian Corn-
marder in Chief, and the Grand Prince Conleantine,
with the Imperial Guards, and their divlfions, at-
tacked Marthal Ney ou this tide of Altkirchamt,
Gutfladt and Wolfderf. The enemy was driven bnek
upon all points; but when the hlarfhal was convinced
that his airailaots were a,0,c00 (hong, he proceeded
with his corps towards Alendutf, as he had been
fonnerly ordered.
" On the 6th of jlr.?, the enemy attacked the sth
corps of the Grand Army at Deppa, on the Paliarge.
He was defeated. The mance:ivies of the French,
who difplayed upon this occation the aflonifhing mi•
litary talents and intrepidity, which charaaerikd all
thole under the command of Marital Ney, made this
engagement as glorious as it was remarkable for the
corps who glared in it. The enemy foil to this
affair, according to their own accounts, more than
2,000 and 3,000 wounded. The lois of the
French was trifling in comparifon, they loft 250
taken p::foners by the Coffacks, on the marring of
the attack, who had Role upon the tear of the army,
and carried off thefe prifoners.
44 The Emperor Napoleon arrived on the Bth, at
Deppen, where the corps of Marfbal Ney Was Ra-
tioned. • In pod-fiance• of his orders, the 4th corps
proceeded towards Wolfdnrf: here they met with.
the Pruffiandivifion of Ksmenfky, which attacked
them. The French, however, tell upon them, killed
and wounded 4 or 566 men, and took 150 prifoners.
—ln the evening. the corps occupied a pofition at
Alkirch.
44 At the fame mnment,the Emperor !Antra/ fent.
forward the corps of Marfhals Lannes and Ney, the
guards and the refetve cavalry, towards Guttladt.—
Ten thoufand of the enemy's cavalry, and ism) in-
fantry, took a polition at Glottanotnd endeavoured
to defend the road. The Grand Duke of Berg forced ,
them to abandon their pillions one after another;
the light cavalry brigades of Generals I'ai .1, Br uyere,
and Durochel, of the heavy mounted divitiona of
General- Nanfohey, overpowered all the oppofition
made by the enemy. The French troops cut their
way into Gottladt (word in hand, at eight o'clock in
the evening, after making 11C00 prifoners, seizing aft
the polls before Gutliadt, and putting the enetny's
infantry to flight. The Ruffian cavalry regiments of
the guards fuffered molt leverely on this (sec:Join.
" On the loth, the Emperor Napoleon marched
his troops tovaardx 'Heilfberg ; they limed upon fe-
veral of the enemy'icamps. At about.* quarter of
a league from thefe camps was teen the tear guard of
the enemy in order of battle, confuting of"lB,ocaa.
cavalry, and feveral regiments of infantry of the litre.
The cuirafliers of General D'Efpagoe, and the •di;
vilion of dragoons of General Latour hlaubotirg made
feveral attacks and gained ground. The whole Ruf
flan army was airernbied 4t Heihfberg, and fent out
numeroos reinforcements orcavalry and infantry in
order to maintain its pofitinn before that town,but
French vivacity was not to be impeded either by
thefe obftaeles, or by the Are of fizty pieces of
cumin which protated the enemy's column. The

PAR L1..4.11EN7 ARr 1. ROCEAD INGS.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The arrival of the Mail y.flerday °Mod us to curtail the Speeches
of Lord HOWICK and Mr. Animr. fON in the Debate of the

preceding evening. They are now fuhjoined:
Lord HOWICK began, by exprefling his reludtance to detain
the attention of the Houfeat that late hour, but there were Come
points in the debate upon which he could not forbear to offer a few
obfervations. Before, however, he proceeded to there points, he
begged to fay. that there leaned to be Cane mifunderßanding
among the G:mimeo on the other file, with regard to the Re
port cif the Finance Committee, which was ready to b. prevented
on the. day of Difialution. If Gentlemen were not yet recovered
from their heat upon th's rubjedt, he thought it might be e.:fily
fatislicd that the concha of the Committee alluded to was arid-
ly corral and impartial—that they had done no more than their
duty, nay more. that they would have violated their duty, if they
had not adted as they had done. The Hon. Gentleman who adt
ed as Chairman of that Committee, bad ttfolved not to report
until a ftatement of the evils they difeovered, mould be accom-
panied by a thfcription of the remedy to be recommended. But
that refolution was revocable, and the Hoa. Gentleman admitted
that the Committee had completed their inquiries (Mr. Bankes
nodded affect.) . 'filet', obrerved the. Noble Lord, in what lima-.
titan was the Committee placed? They had materials to report
upon, and in fad, if he was rightly informd, the Committee were
in daily expedtation of the H u. Gentleman coming down as
Chairman, with a Report prepared fur their coaderation. But
the report of a fudden diffolution being communicated to the
, Hon. Gentleman, that Hon. Gentleman, and he did not mention
j it for any purpofe of blame, thought proper to leave town. in or-
der to preferve another objedt, whare he had rtafon to chpedt a
et:wetted eledlion. The other Members remained in town ; and,
I having a prof/met of a rpettly diffolution, he would put it to the
Houk and the Country. he would put it to all candid men. whe-
thcr they were not warranted, having an important tranfadtion to
make known, upon which tranfaetion, with the impeded know-
! ledge that he had of it, he would not attempt to pronounce any
I 1 opinion, whether, he would alit, they were not bound to take care
, that the fruit of their laborious inveiligations should not be loft ? ,
With a view to guard agaioft that, and with the profpedt before •
them, the Committee were, he co .tetided, pert-4:411y right to pro-
teed as they had done, although, owing to a little dexterity, the at-
tainment of their oiled was prevented for the moment. That ,
however thii Committee had, on the whole, cited a molt merito- ,
! riot's part ; that they had been active and diliget.t in their inqui- '
tits ; and that, in the conclulion of their labours, they had done
1 what their duty required, he would be ever ready to maintain.—
But
this committee wee not to be revived as it ftnod before, be:*
eaufe, as the Secretary for Foreign Affairs had stated, it was need-
fary to introduce into it a different fet of men, of a different party
tin politics, which change that Right Hon. Gentleman declared to
he neaeffary, with a view to impartiality. For, according to that
Right Hon. Secretary's declamatory strain of ohre.rvations, there
was no.chance of obtaining impartiality, but through what be
I called a coUißon of oPpofite opinions, and that too in a Committee
of Inquiry. Now, forbiluftlf, he would fay. that he was now,
1 and had always been a party man, and for thefe reafons, fiat, be.
eaufe he thought a party connection was the molt effcdtual way
to promote any public objedt ; and fecondly, becaufe. to fay the
kali of it, he could uot think from what he had feeh in that Monte,

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pidity r-a—feveral .of the enemy's divifinose were . t otiftditiptemdliatennsence awnhdoptirirctlyaint. - edliupta,rtmyuewhertaitlit.t:eltu'preit-
and was convinced of its beneficial ope•
Radians St
repuited With the greatefl intre•' forrourc:fiedaearkradabpoleafrtoyu
rations for the public, ftill he.would deprecate the idea of it, if he
thrown into- diforder, and, at nine in
thought rho attachments it engenderedi were likely to Ili& Meta •
the French army were under the entrenchments of ;
the evening. coanexion.
the enemy. The divicton of General Berthier turneg
the enemy in order to tut. them
.off from Laud I
! rhye,wacor :.ts conceal the public nialv!atim oahpadrty ohms. Sure
that among that party with which he a the mum to
,s I ad, there malted no fuch difpofition; and yet, unlefs the Gentle-
berg, and completely fuceeecled.
te
eM E esmc hb:ciueofr
rs
I mien on the other Me entertained fuch a fulpicion, ire could nit
palled the whole day of the title on h
thel:e Emperor
fieldo bat- conceive a reafon for the manner in which they prep:red to new.
Ile, and difocifed the divilirns oit f the army with
1,
thmoodfeolrnthleisr Ccoomninntiititteeee..
wAhLointghteh CI
view to a battle, the iffue of which 1114ulel be deci• . aarancescitoo fr
rith
live. The Ruffian army affembled at Heilfberg had though are
t proper to exclude, he dared to have one pointed out to
i whom any rufpicion could reafonably attach, of being initaeneee
thete all its Magazines. This pofition, already firong by party
by nature, had been fortified by four months labour. ! attachments, in the examinatioe of public delinquency.
He would take, for inftance, without any difpofition to particular
twheouGhlentatlkeretiaenn oHnontheFortihencedfnideearolh'iem't toM
hrisWinhdenit.
front of the divifion of Mat that Davoull, which by bread.
At four in the afternoon the Emperor changed the ! preferrce,dhide
this movement was dirated towards the Allen and • p,naence7sfter fineeg complimetas whichlthe Houle had
blocked up entirely the toad to Eylau. By theft 1
' heard fume time applied to this Hon. Friend's manly nide.
i pendencc by tbe Secretary for Foreign Affairs.? He meant upon
means the Ruffians, who had commenced the attack, the difeuraon of the condudt of the Negociaten He would aft
law thensfelves in a manner [Ur rounded in their o,l_,:h.c.rew they e
Committee,cold fufp L''' e,ttetrh.lapttltios
tHeere.
even him, were he guilty, from the catireqdreces of any maim.
eel .1 anaGcliaddif appointed'whethtoerth
camp, and there was no danger from their bringing
on a battle in the politiun which they had themfelves
chofen. Notwithlanding, however, the demon ration ?—[Cry of Hear, hear !] Upon what ground then was the
fira• name of his Hon. Friend molded ? end he might put the fame
Geutlemen on the Trearuty
lion
,eve.Reafticon.asn,t,osawneyreof the
omitottchder Gt
but
t trot
scent
sonthh
ois
ritouf
tit
shne Hof:, tit
like,
gave reafon to clippie an attack, and notwithfland• I '
mg the numerous artillery wilt which their entrench- 1 8.. rch, for the purno c of a fair co!i?.
I Pion of parties even in this Conitri;t4r. to corfn•tad it cf en ever,
ments were provided, they commenced about ten i balanceof oppofite panic,. The Tionfc. howc%cr, would ;mire
I members no leis than re wete relented Irom among the connees
at night a retreat to the right bank of the Alit, j this propored fairners, when it wee welerftoed, that out of the as
abandoning to their enemy the whole country on the .
t. , . . .. 1 ,
1 ims of the Mriofter, —Lnlear, hear.
left hank, their wounded, their magazines, and their ! xr i.h regar Ito the charges and in nuanons thrown out againft /
'AintrenCllMentt. On the i nth, at b, ea kof day, all t the conduct of the Taft Adminidration, he thould in the firit place .
the divilions of the army were put in motion in dif. ani.ver their accurers by raying. that he only detired inquiry. All
. he thoukl a& of the Houfe and the country would be, of
toadopt
ferent direEtions. Heilfb.:rg and the adjacent villages
Lin ly•
jr.updingnto,r, t nuopt.rotheconarcecutroatiao7sicooonercit;lithornmot tto 4rtoottenuuneene
~are filled with wounded Ruffians. The Roil-tall:Many
1 denten on the other fide, particularly without any notice to hitter&
of an-
has buffered enor Aloofly from the 5111 to the 12th;
they have left in the hands of the Fiench from three I or'his triends, without affording them any fair opportunity
I reverng them. Upon every fuels charge he dc'ired only ciliary,
to four thnufand prifoners, revert or eight flandurds,
1 and that fuch enquiry mightl be made in the molt hoftale form— •
and nine pieces of cannon ; according to the reports
If the Gentlemen cn the I re afory Bench thought they could fob-
of leveral Pruflian prifoners el war and peafantss (Urinate any charges againft the laftAdminiftratio 1, let them do it. j
Come of the principal Rum in Generals ate either ; But let the Old Adonuiltraion go ou with its inveftigation, and
killed or wounded; the lofs of elle French is infinitely ! his with was, that a new Committee be formed to inquire into
the
Membersc ai e artr
front
tthhee
i.laititntAftrttelmalinilatreateiotaf
tthrtniiponuriced(aalrierd bey off
leis. There were found at litilfblig ftveral thoisfand
quintals of flour, and a great Tian:4y of proviflons , hear! hear!) excepting only ruches held offices. cry
Q
of all defcriptions. i Having raid In much as to the with he felt for the molt rigid and
1 44 The Ruffians had already evinced their weak n
- ) hoe examinatiun of his condudt and that of his colleagues, the
Noble Lord proceeded
to animadvert upon the particular charges
i nets, when they were unable to relieve Dantsic ; their 1
brought forward by
the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
retreat from lieiifbcrg is a newevidence of this; nnailtft—As to the appointment to Buenos Ayres. with olich was
neve, thelefs, lir great is the influence of England in-, connedted fume queltion as to the fineerity of the late Minders.
(
the Ruffian Cabinet, that although this influence hag 1 Upon the (cancel of Reverfions, he would appeal to the Hotiour.
both I stele Gentleman Mr Sautes), whether he did nut rapids to that
tcrificed the King of Pt tiffia, and placed Ruala
gteramnatnobfißs aevneinusw. ifti
andin
that
toulonr ig.f htifoaretet halt th4o p
tevecutotathmeitfturee-
I herfelf in the greaten danger, yet it will not permit
1 them to think of concluding t.n advantage( us fe pa was appointed? Indeed, the bncerity of the late Minifters was
Gentleman
rate treaty, which it is nut of the power of England proved by their condor% fur they did not grant a (Ingle Reverfion,
1 herfelf to pr nem e for her various Allies. We art aril it was notorious, that among others, a very valuable Rever. i
1 . Emperor
Alexander left his army a (ton fell in daring their Adn ti tt irtratinn. But to retorn to Buenos
.11ffuted that the •. Ayrea—the appointment coultionly be objedted to on °near three 1
few days before the late recommencement of hofttlt- grounds—either that the office was rune untreceffrery, that the
ties ; and it was given out that the objekt of his eerfon appointed was exceptiortable, or that the bte ?dingier: by
journey was merely to review his at my." tuck an appointment improperly interfered with the patronage of
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM KONICEDURGH, TO ra s th.ir rucceines. As to the firti I cone could deny that a e °Wage.
would be neceffary at fuch a place as Buenos Ayres, if we had it
SIDENT COUNT DRIJCKELMANS, AT KiertaSTetiorri•a hi our poffeffion, and if we had it not no expence would arile out
ETLAU, DATED JUNE I 0 : of the appointment—as to the ad, lure he was that no objedion
~ All the advises we receive from the army, an• was likely to be made to the pcelon who was appointed upon his
flounce the bad Hate of :Jai's. I.lennigfets has recommendation, namely, Mr. Wiltierforce Bird—and as to the
3d,cou Indobtenaticdrferenee with the patronage of the pre Inn Minifters
already retreated to Heilfburgb, and will, it is laid,
ged, becaufe the appointment was revocable at pies-
to-morrow be at Bartenllein. Lehrer; has been ob- 1 lore.
lined to Pend back all his Ruffians to tennigfen. This I The eemmer dug on Oil, and the other accufations advanadhy
his greatly weakened him. All commitnicatien be. i the Chancellor of the hachevor?r, the Noble Lord begged to ohs ,
tween him and Bennigfen is cut off by the French 1 fine, that for the molt part he never heard of the cafes to which
' they referred, until they were mentioned by the Right Honour•
army, and we fear that we (hall loon have the French ' aLle Gentleman in that Houle. This was particularly the care
,here.. Every one is prepared for flight. The molt j with regard to the three hundred Surveyors, for be had no con-
valuable effeas and papers Of the Adminiaration are i ne-aiou with that department—but how, he would ark, did fin:
ail packed up . The (tmen let out this morning „ cafe fiend upon the Right Honourable Gentleman's own thewing ? 1
" Why the appointment of there offi.es was recommended by the
break of day for Memel." Tax-, ffiee, borne neat eine after the late Minifters tame into
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM Eo.:IGSTsURCH, TO THE lake. Proper perfens were immediately appointed to afeertain •
IisTENDAHT REBER, AT FRI EDLARD, DAIL ED JUNE to, 1 the number of offices that widd he neer ftary to carry into effect
the onnet eropored by the Tee office. It got abroad, that fuels
envete IN TH k EVENING. appointments were intended, and applications were made to the
" The number of wounded expeCled here from •
reafur • ,1 • •
y, an fume of there applications Inecceded. Pronices
Gnttfladt, it fo great, that all the houfes in the town i were made, and fuel] promilec termed what the Chancellor of the
and fnburbs will be filled with them. Orders have ! Elan quer called the nominatien , which he objedten to. But then
been alto fent to Fahlerberge, to prepare lazarettos j nominatiot s required an net of Parliament to render them of any
avail, and ft range to tell, unfortunately for the Right Honourable
there for their rec rption. All pen Inns whole Wind 1 sor ! Gentleman's argument, no Inch ant was ever propofed. ' Thus an
eirettnetianees will permit them to leave the city, are 1 Admioiftratiin fo very d gree yof patronage, fu very anxious to
removing. The (.)een is gone. The King is with ! provide for its friends, was fo negligent as to go out of power with-
the Emperor of Ruala, on the Niemen."—Hamburgh out taking care to dirpore of thole good things.—(A loud cry of
bear! hear !) '
Correffionlent, June 20. The third point to which the Chancellor of the Exchequer di.
ended his 'collations, referred CO the appointment of what he
called a new office in Scotland. But what was the fad ?—Why,
that his Majelly having determined to fettle a penfion of 5001.1
year upon Mr. Dugaid Stuart. a; a reward for his fere ices, the late
Minifters rendered an office, already ciiitinginScoduid, availabn,
as far as it would go, to difeharge a part of that penfion, and thus
produced a laving to the public Such was the plain ltate of the
safe. Now, as to another charge, of which lie declared in hi.
honour, he never heard a word until Rated by the Right Hon=
able Gentleman tb's night, namely, as to the intention to grant a
portion, inning *afore, to one of the Scotch Judges—(" tut,:n-
non," °braved a voice ecrofs the Table, " the warrant was:a.-
tually Trade nut ") The Noble Lord repeated, that he was quite
ignorant of the 'raga& n—hut it appeared that the thing was
nut completed. However, he was ready to fay, 013, jealous as hr
was, and ever would Le. of the independence or the fudges, In
could riot approve of such a grant as that dercribed. But he cot- •
lAA that he free doubts of the fedt—and he begged the Houle to
(*cod its judgment, tin is.quiry moult be trade tenon:Uri; it.—
This forpentien of judgment, which Olive warranted him in de-
minding, was all that lee 11(y:fled of the fie tee .I:id the country.
With regard to all the charges or fulpicians thrown out by the
9 omit!, on the other fide an iett hienfelf or any of his col-
leagues, in all of whom he felt Inch confidence that he Mould be
always ready to Rend forward is their rdvocate.
Mr. ADDINGTON uhrervect, that the onettion under the con•
hderetinn of the Houle ley in fo narrow a compannhat he mould
not have occation to trefres long at that Lac !lAA' on its Fuleoce;
but it was one I n which he could not give a ferent vote and on
which he felt it to be an indifrenfable duty to c mores his fentiraans
without any referee. lie was 'extremely glad that his Hon.
Friend, and the Learned Gentleman who preceded him, had
brought back the ruined to thereat points on which its merits or '
demeri s relied. and had divcfted it of all the extraneous matter
that had been brought into the difa.Mon by other rpeakers. Whir,
had the Haute to do on this occalion with all the charges ann
anti.charges, ail the mutual recriminations which they had heard'
and of which the Houle could nut hear too little ; and with
the completing made of the react dirporal of two or three offices,
of winch Gentlemen could know nothing, and mutt therefore be
wholly unqualified to form any judgment of ? All there topics he
mould therefore pars by as altogether irrelevant.
He laid that he, and thole with whom he anted, had, on a for-
mer occallon, fupported the Addrers to the Kiog, and oppored his
Noble Friend's Amendment, not becaufe they thought that there
was any thing to applaud in the meafure of diffolution, but 1
becaufe it appeared to them to be juftifiable on found cooltitu-
iional grounds; not becaufe they were not aware of and awake to
the fel sous inconveniences that necelnarily attended that naeafuret t
but becaufe they thought that all minor objections Babuld give t
way to the important and paramount confiderattons that induced
Minifters to advife his Majclty to that exercife of his juft and le-
gitimate prerogative. lie, therefore, was one of chore molt anxious
ro provide an adequate remedy to them; and the principle of
fuck remedy appeared to hint very obvioulk namely, to place buff•
refs of this defcription as near as pofrible in the Rate in which it
had flood previous to the diffolutiOn : in more, as if no ditrolution
of Parliament had taken place. This was a principle' route!, di•
rent, and intelligible. He had heard his Right Hon. Friend, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, (late his arguments in fupport of the
meafure which he had brought forward on the preceding evening,
with a perre ft concurrence in them, and thought that he had direo-
vered this principle to be the foundation of that proceeding—if
fo, hi. Right Hon. Friend was undertikiret a talk, perhaps, even