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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY it, 181$.
-fir. mATims—Holiday at d'et Stock Enbanp.
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Our Readers wilt see that Sir TSAI:CIO Busunrr'a
Motion tor a Provisional Regency, in the event of
the demise of the PRINCE REGENT, was negatived lasi:
'sight by a large majority.- An idea had gone abroad,
but upon what groundi we are at a loss to conceive,

that matters of high interest, connected with the De-
licate investigation, would be brought out irr the.
course of the debate, and an immense crowd of swan-
. mil filled the gallery and lobbies of the House, at an
early hour. All, however, went away disappointed.
Paris Papers to the 20th have been received ; but
duty do not contain the .exitoii which BONAPARTE
,promised us in his Speech :to the Legislative Body.
On the subject of the Army in the NOith, they are
almost entirely silent. Dantzic was not completely
invested on the 22d January, for . a communication
was then opetr by one gate- at least. The Russians
' were still beyond the Vistula, but the French diiiision
under quentez had 44 marched towards" the Oder :
they have, In fact, been either frightened or driven
back from the Vistula to the Oder, 200 miles out of the
way of Airatding any assistance to Dantzic. The
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assertion;that the Russians have not crossed the Vis-
' Ugh, is a palpable falsehood.
The Vienna,article continues to speak in mysterious
terms of a State Prisimer, about whose name and ,
,rank politicienc are lost in conjecture." Can this
personage be thi. King of PRUMA ?—The report of
Prince SCHWA RT ZEMBERG'S abdication of his command
is conli med. The Austrian Army is now comman-
ded, prp tempore, by Prince HOHENZOLLERN. The
f 4 frightful climate of Russia," or rather the frightful
service of assisting in the assassination of the Russiani
and the conflagration of their towns and villages,
w. too much for the delicate nerves of Si:Jimmy-
reassao: he too, finds the air of Citscow necessary
for the restoration of his health.
Wonders never cease!-The King of SWEDEN,
(,better known by the name of Count GOTTORPI) who
divorced his Queen almost at the same moment that
his subjects divorced him, has married a bourgeoise of

Basle.
;The Pt ussians are re-Inforcing their army—the
Saxons are doing the same, but not a word is said of
Austria, or French preparations for a new campaign.
One thing is certain, however, the delay in the publi.
cation of the Expoii augurs most favourably for the
welfare of the common cause. Much Chicane, and
many threats must be resorted to, before Austria gives
her assent to a fresh campaign. The continued re-
iidence of Lord Wet.yotE at Vienna is anotherproof
that the Austrian Cabinet, at least, wavers in her
policy. The following are extracts from the Freoeh
Papers; ,

" BERLIN, FEB. s.

"It is certain that the Rnssian army is still beyond the V;s:ula.
The gate of Danizic. called Oliva, was still open on the 22d of
January. Grenler's division has !marched towards the Oder. We
see pass throuh ibis place many French troops. The Prussian
regiments are cam/ !acing, and our contingent will soon be as
strong as it was previous to the defection of General d'York.
Many horses arrive at Berlin for the French Cavalry. It appeus
Shit a great mortality prevails at Konigsberg.
fl Frs. 7.-1 bat which pays the highest eulogium to the finagle
dal measures adopted by Government is, that they have not in
the least suffered by the late militestpvents.
"'Up to the present time, considerable sums have been sent
from all the provinces of the Monarchy, for the relief of sick
or wounded Prussian soldiers."
" VIENNA, FEB. 6.
" The Commandant of Gyos Waraden has orders from Govern-
ment to give, within fifteen days, a very detailed rep3rr respec-
ting the prisoner of whom we have recently spoken, and who is
confided to his care. We believe that politicians swill be lost in
conjecture respecting this personage. It appears that the posi-
tions of the armies are still the same. Prince Schwiatzenberg
Would, k is said, be obliged to ?ass some time at Cracow, for the
re-establishment of his health, shaken by the fatigues of war ; it
is continued to 'be' thought that Prince Hohenzollern will pro-
Visionally replace him in the command.
" Mails from France and Austria arp wanting, erhich proves
that the German roads ate at tin: moment in as bad a condition
as thOse of Austria."

~ DRESDEN, FEB. 4.

S.

" The greatest aFtivity prevails in the preparations for war.—
We are occupied in raising our iroops to the field complement.
The rentountmg of our cavalry is successively effected under the
inspection of Lieutenant-General Thulernann, who, for this pur-
pose, is goae Lusace: it is to Lower Lusace that all tho-dis-
potable horses are sent from other parts."

" ZURICH, FEB 6.
" We learn chat Count Gottorp has re.matri,d at Basle with a
lady of that town, of the Bourgeoisie class, and that, some days
.• after, be left Basle with his new sponse. It is a year since the
divorce took place between Count Gottorp, aad the Princess of
Rader), his first wife.
" foci SVeiss regiments in the French service are now upon
the lett bank of the Vicuist : they are under the orders of Colonel
d'Offray. 'I he of her Colonels have oluaincd temporary leave of
absenop—two are warded, and have uteti of repose, after the
fatigues of the catous.gu."

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TheCommissianers of the National Delft purchased
about k.‘20,000 yesterday, in Reddced, at 59, and
61'i0.000 at Wt. Five millions in Exchequer Bills
have betto thrown upon the market since the dividends.
A Meetir.,,,, of the Deputies of the Protestant Dis-
ienters in and near London, was held yesterday, Wit,
LIAM SAilTflp Esq. M.P. in the chair, when it was re-
solved to petition the two Houses of Paf.iament for
• the repeal of all Paws which impose penalties or dis-
abilities on persons who disse.ut from the Established
Church.

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ARRIVAL Oirt A GOTTENBUKGH MAIL,
CAPTURE OF OFsEIAIDIG, MARIENWERDER,,
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AND MARIENBURG, $Y Till RUSSI4NS.
J- Seven Gottenburgh Mails were due this morning
but one. only (the fourth) has arrived. The detailsl
brought by it are, as might have been anticipated, of
the most gratifying description. The operations of
the Russian' armies are now brought down to the 20th
January ; and whit they give the lie direct to all the
itatemenits in the French Papers, they account in a
satisfactory manner for the flight of the King of
Puussm and of King MUItAT from their respective
posts. The Ruisians have taken the whole of the
strong places situated on the Vistula, and have pushed
forward to the gates of Dantzie. The French were,
at the date of the last accounts, posted at Stargard,
on the Oder, where the Russians are pursuing them.
The destruction of the French army has been so
complete, According to KUTUSOFF'S Report, as to ex-
ceed almost the bounds of credibility.
We hasten to lay the following extracts before our
Readers : •

OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS FROM THE ARMIES.
The Commander-in-Chief of the armies, Field-
Marshal General Prince Kutusoff, of Smolensko, has,
on the 13th January of this year, transmitted to his
Imperial Majesty the following report from his head-
quarters at the village of Meretsck
,g in all accounts received from ilie.ermy, state-
ments have been given of the extraordinary great
losses sustained by the French army within the bor-
ders of Russia, in the course of the present campaign.
Such publications may at times appear to be exagge-
rated, or inserted through partiality; but, in confir-
mation of them, the original report, on the condition of
even the French Regiment of Guards, which ha •
lately fallen into the hands of the General of Ca-
valry, Count Wittgenstein, since the expulsion of the
French over our borders, is laid before your Imperial
Majesty, from which it clearly appears, that tht
confession of the enemy himself, sliews his own ruin
in 4 still more dreadful light, and serves as a snbstan-
tial prc-if of the total destruction of his army ; as
likewise olevery thing else that has before been made
public."

" The Commander-in-Chief of the Armies, Mar-
shal Prince Kuthsoff of Smolensko, has reported as
follows to his Imperial Majesty, from hit headquar-
ters, Orany, 28th December (9th Jan.) ;
" Konigsberg, the ancient capital of Prussia, is
subject to your Imperial Majesty. •
" This vast city was occupied on the 25th Decem•
ber (6th January), by Count,Wittginstein's advanced
guard, under the orders of M..jor-General Schepeliff.
Marshal Macdonald
,occupied the- town with a corps
d'atmce, composed of the old French guards, and
tome troops who had escaped the general destruction
of the enemy's grand army.
44 The wreck of his particular corps, constituting
part of this total, was reduced to 2500 men ; after
the Prussians separated from them, there remained in
all but about 7000 men. At the approach of the
advanced guard, which briskly pursued, the enemy,
without halting, passed by Konigsberg, and aban-
doned it to Major-General Schepeliff, who entered it
without meeting with any resistance.
46 This astonishing facility in giving up the pos-
session of this city. is a consequence of the victories
with which the arms of your Imperial Majesty have
been crowned during the last two months. tvlacdo-
nald's corps is pursued by Wittgenstein's and Ad-
miral Tschitchagoff's army by diagonal routes."

REPORT FROM FIELD MARSHAL PRINCE KUTUSOFF AND
SMOLENSKO TO HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY) DATED

HEAD-QUARTNRSI LYCH, 6TH, (16TH) JANUARY.

Admital Tchichagoff reports to me, that on the
2d, (14th) January, the enemy was driven behind the
River Nogat, and that Elbing, Marienberg, and
Marienwerder, were taken by your Imperial Majes-
ty's troops-

" Count Platoff still pursues the enemy on the road
from Marienburg towards Dantzic. In the mean
time Lieutenant-General Shepeliff has crossed the
Nogat, near Sommeiau, and molests the enemy on that
side. The enemy left behind him seven pieces of
ordinance on the road from Truentz to Damerau.

" As soon as I shall obtain a more particular ac-
count of this, I shall have the honour' to report it to
your Imperial Majesty."

REPORT PROM THE SAME TO THE SAM; DATED 7TH

(19TH) JANUARY.

44 I have the honour to report.mosthumbly, that,

after the taking of Elbing, on the 31st December
(12th January), the enemy was driven from Marien-
burg. Near Dushau, he attempted to keep posses-
sion of a tete:du-pout, but being also defeated there,
he commenced his retreat, in two columns, in the di-
rection of Dantzic and Starzard. Count Platoff
continues to pursue him, conjointly with the corps of
Lieutenant-General Bchipeloff. Near bilarienburg we
took upwards of 300 prisoners, and in aushau above
200. tpgetlier with a considerable numberbfmuakets.
4 4. The enemy left jambe hospkali of Marienburg
40 officers and 726 rank and file.
4, The first day of this year (n. s.) was crowned
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it ti a double success : the Adjutant-General of your
imperial Majesty, Chuniskoff, arrived on the 30th
December (11th January), in the neighbourhood of
Mauenwerder ; the following day he attacked the
enemy at day-break, and drove him horn his posi-
tion With so nsuch sticcess,
.that
,he took one ColOuel

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and iiOnft Officer; and arrpda of 200 rank and $3.,
1 And also 15 Oki' of ordnance that were on the tete-

depont:
44 The enemy was obliged to leave.in Marienver-
der considerable magazines and liospit4ll. ,
14 After this success, Adjutant-General Chernu-
sboff crossed the Vistula, and continued the pursuit
of the enemy towards Neunburg, where the latter had
a most advantageous position, He therefore sent
out a corps of. Cossacks, in order to get into his rear,
and to occupy the roads from Netinburg to Grau-
dents, Bronberg, and Gugtl, and by this movement
to force the enemy to retreat.
14 Thus your Imperial Majesty's glorious troops
entered on the Ist, (13th) lumary Marienburg, the
first town on the left bank of the Vistula."
The Commander in Chief of the Armies, Field-
Marshal General Prince Kutusoff pf Smolensko, has
transmitted to his Imperial Majesty the following
report, from head-quarters, at the village of Meritsch,
dated 29th December (10th Jan.) :
66 I have the happiness of most submissively in-
forming your Imperi.dl Majesty, that previously to
our taking possession of the city of Konigsberg, tlse
vanguard of Ceneral Count Wittgenstein, under the
command of Major-General Schepelow, whilst con-
tinuing to pursue the enemy from Tilsit, came p
with him on the 23d instant, near Labati.
• e, The enemy has since taken a very advantageous
position, and the engagement, in which he lost three
cannon and about 300 men of the lower ranks, con-
tinued half a day. After that, the enemy was cotn-
pletely beaten—he commenced his retreat to Konigs.
berg.

44 Major-General Schepelow seized on this oppor-1
tanity, drove the enemy six German miles before
him, and forced himself on their shoulders into Ko-
nigsberg, which was taken possession of by our troops
at two o'clock after midnight on 25th December (6th
January) : 1300 men were made prisoners in the city
it self.

" The enemy retreated with such h;ste, that he
threw 30 pieces of artillery, with the cartridge boxes,
into the river, and. left behind him 8000 'men ‘‘ho
were wearied out, and vrho were made prisoners by
OUT troops.
•• Very considerable quantities of provisions and
forage have fallen• into our hands at Konigsberg.—
The guns which were thrown into the water are of
the number of those which were in Courland, and
are now drawn *out again by the inhabitants.
This-success, although of so much consequence,
has nevertheless not detained Major-General Schepe-
low in the further pursuit of the enemy. General
Count Wittgenstein attributes it to the wise measures!
of General Schepelew, his dispatch, and determined
bravery."

44 GOTTENBURCH, FEB. 11.

" colonel Gruzenau, a Prussian Officer of grentli
distinction, set offirom this place to Car'sham yesterY
day, and it is said, is to have a command in the Prus
sian army. He arrived a few dayi ago from Eng_
land."

Since writing the foregoing, the private letters. from
Gottenburgh have been delivered from the Post•
office. Several of them mention with confidence the
CAPTURE OF DANTZICK BY THE
RUSSIANS.

This event is stated to have taken plaCe on the Ritth
of January. Indeed, the French accounts furnished
a strong ground for believing that we should 'soon
receive such intelligence ; for they admit the place to
have been so closely invested, that they had no com-
munication with it but by one gate.

The Gottenburgh Mail which arrived this morn.
ing at the Post Office, was brought by the Post-Mas-
ter of Shields, where the Mail was landed from the
packet, which was forced into that port by the vio-
lence of the prevailing tempest.
Letters from Leith concur with those by the
Gottenburgh Mail: in affirming that Dantzick had
capitulated on the rth ult. A letter from Riga,
dated the 16th of last month, mentions that the Rus-
signs were in possession of Warsaw.

Yesterday morning the Cabinet Council met,
agreeably to summons, at the Foreign Office. All
the Members arrived at the Office by half-past ten
o'clock, and proceeded to business. They continued
their deliberations till near one, when they adjourned
to the Secretary of State's Office for the Hartle De-
partment, to meet a number of distinguished charac:i
tors, and to proceed further on the subject of the
Pittscess of WALes's Letter. The meeting was then
attended by the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, the
Archbishop of YOItIC, the Bishop of LONDON, the
Lord Primate of IRELAND, the Archbishop of DUB-
LIN, the Archbishop of CASHEL, the Dean of WEST-
MINSTER, the Lord CHIEF JUSTICE cf the Cr•nr; of
King's Bench, toe Lord CHIEF %Tomes of the C'Mli
of Common Pleas, the Lord CHIEF BARON, theJ coot.
of the Admiralty Cotirt, the JUDGE of the Court of
Arches, the Seeitxra of the House of Commons, and
the MASTER of the Rou.s. They assembled in Lo:d
&MOUTH'S room. The meeting continued in close'
deliberation till about half-past two o'clock, when it
broke up much sooner than was expected ; and from
this circumstance it is conjestured that some measurt
was decided upon.

Letters from Sir FRANCIS LAPORRY'S squadron,
dated Barbadoes, Dec. 25, state, that Sir FRANCIS
had boisted his flag on board the Tatsues frigate—
the largest ship at that time on the Leeward Islands
station. The paragraph copied from a provincial
paper, s:ating that he had hoisted his flag on board a
bcllooiiers twist have been founded in error.

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•••111111,IMIOND
The detachment of the Guards, at Windsor, corn.
mended by Colonel Maim, will be relieved fi .114
that duty tomorrow by the SSd litegiment of Fo( t.
late the Marquis Of WALLINGTON'S.
Tuesday a detachment of the lOQth Regiment
marched from their Depot at Battle Barracks, for
Portsmouth, to embark and proceed to join their re-
giment at present stationed in CanaJa. This corps
has been very succes,ful in obtaining volunteers fix fa
the Irish Northern Militia Regiments.

Saturday morning, a troop of the 6th Dragoon
Guards set ont from Edinburgh for Perth, in conse-
quence,- we understand, of symptoms cif insubordina-
tion having appeared among ,e militia stationed at
that place.

NAVAL IWLHLL!OENCE.

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FALMOUTH, FSBRUARY 21.
Arrived the Duke of Marlborough packet, %vit.% a
Mail from Lisbon, in five days. On the 15th instant
his Majesty's slt:ps la hour and MYRTLE sailed from
Lisbon, with a convey, for England, consisting of
about 50 sail, chiefly transports. By the Marlborough
we learn that his Majesty's ship M4OIC-lENAZ La
captured and sent for Gibraltar, tlae American priva-
teer Thrasher, of 12 guns ; also that four schooner
privateers, of 16 guns each, are cruizing off the Coast
of 'Portugal. Came in the Ametican brig 1-lope,
from New Orleans for Bordeaux, prize to the Chance
privateer, of Fowey. The BONNE CITOYPINE sloop
of war left Monte Video for Rio Janeiro 37 days be.
fore
.the St.. Anselmo, w; •_h arrived here on the
I9th instant.—Wiiid S. S. W.
PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARYS!.

Arrived the FANCY cutter, from Basque Roads;
the Dumas, 74., from cruizing of the Wegerp
Islands. The ROYALIST, 18 guns, and Sonya's.-
LANTZ, 36 guns,. came from the Sound to *Doan.
Sailed the litunon cutter,. for Torbay.

PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY as.
Arrived his Majesty's ship ESCORT, from a cruise.
Sailed the. PARTHIAN, with a convoy for the Downs;
the SPIT/PIRR, with sealed orders, for Lisbon the
STAG, for off Cherburgh ; and the Tllll4lll ai'd Co-
mrr, on a cruise! His Majesty's ship ZEIPHYR is ap.
-•ed convoy for Guernsey and Jersey. Wind N.W.
TAAL, FEBRUARY as.
Caw down from she River, the Heddarto Nast
atm for India, and several others—_.particulars not
known. Sailed his Majesty's ships ASIA. 841U.C/711,
Dimwit'', and YORK the Cumberland, Walmer
Castle, and Hape East Indiamen ; and several of
the running ships, for Portsmouth. Th; other East
India:nen, and the convoy, still remain.

MAROATE,•FEBRIIARY 18.
The William. and Mary, 'from Malaga, has put it
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!here with the loss of her masts, and other damage ;
'the Joao and the Russell, with the loss of anchors
sad cables.
(JOVE OP:CORK, FEBRUARY 19,
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The Mary, WALusran, train Cork to Liverpool,
which Was deserted by the crew, near the Seltees, on
the 3d inst. his been driven on shore near Wexford
and gone to piece 40t) .;as :s of batter .very saved.
Remain wind-bound, his Majesty's ships RsouLue
and MELPOUENIL, with the 3d Lhrrison Battalion on
board for Malta ; •as also his Majesty's ships Areick,
SYSILLIefFORTUttItity JALOOSIto and RoSAMOND. COM-
missioner INOLEFIELD takes hie passage in the Africa.
Wednesday night Ist, we experienced a most dread-
ful storm from the S.W. accompanied with thunder
and Lightning ; the effects of which, we appreheild,
would be ievaely felt all along the Coast.
The schooner Maria, et Cork, was taken on. the
13th instant by the French snip privateer la Rugene,
mounting 12 uns. She also took the brig Palafoa,
of London, for St. Michael's. After taking out of
the Maria a few boxes of fruit, she allowed her to
proceed.—Captain R. BURTON, of the schooner Pah.
fox, of Yarmouth, bound from Plymouth to St. Mi.
chael's, arrived in the schooner Maria, Capt. Kohut,
from St. Michael's to Cork, last night, having been
takes on the 4th inst. by the Eugene ship letter of
marque of Bourdeaux, Capt.'. J. Land, mounting ten
1.18-pounder carronades, two 9.pounders, and 170
men, in lat. 44. 30. long. IS. W. the ship then four
days out, bound for America with brandies, silks, and
oil. The French Officers treated Captain Borrox
with every attention whilst on board, and put him,
his mate, and one boy, on board the Maria, on the
10th instant.

EAST.. INDIA HOUSE.—Yesterday the adjourned
debate took place on the Petition to Parliament for
the renewal of the Company's Charter. After a few
words from Sir H. Izious, the Petition was read
and its merits discussed .by Mr. CHAPMAN, Mr.
Huns, Mr, Rocs:, Mr. THEO. Marcaturs, Mr. R.
'THORNTON, Mr. CIIARLRI GRANT, Mr. Urn', nil
Mr, R. JACKSON. Various amendments were propos-
,ed by Mr.'HUMS, and rejected. In the sequel the
Petition was agreed to, and also a second Petition
respecting the debt between the Company and the
Government, after which the Court adjourned.

CORN-MARKET, MARK-LANE, FEB. 28.
The Market to-day is again almost without akeradon, noire &
arrivals have yet come in—but the violence of the wind having
abated, buyers endeavour to keep back for fresh supplies. Prices
are nearly nominal at our las Currency, and scarceljratent
bus.ness doing, excepting in Oats, which obtain a small
in peer.
English Wheat 711 s. 100 s. 112 s.
Fine ditto, I tOs. lass.
Foreign do. (Russian) 663.1145.
Rye 74‘ 80s.
Barley 565. 721.
Malt, 100 s. 108 s.
Ditto fine Ware. 983. 110 t.
White Peas (boilers) I 1 Ss.
Grey, ditto, e2s. 665.
Beans, 7a. 84$.
Tick ditto 733 78s.
WAS (teed) ess. 91s. 40g. ,
Poland ditto, 40N. 465. ,
Fine Flour .105 s: ce 1101.

Potato* ditto, 48$ its.
Rape aced .C6ti, £ts iser la!g.
4 linseed, 1005. 1305. .
Coriander 'to. per cwt. Stle. 841.
Caraway, ditto, 815..00.
Canary do. 'Ow. 100 s. ,
White Mustard holds 1414 i WI,
per bushel. ....
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Brown do. 225.245. "
Clover Seed, white, per cwt.
855.1405.
Ditto, red. 735. 121 e.
Tares, per bushel, 148.24 a.
Seconds lOus. to 1055. per sack.I.QNDeIN : Vrinted by Level. Kkt4l , Picket Plaess; ands
published there, and at the ktar.lilSee 1 apple-tar.
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