Star.
London, England, 1807-03-05 00:00:00

PRIVATE LET rER.

BANKS r THE ELBE, Ekß. 17.-1-" For there few!
nays we had been undillurbed by rumours of occur-
rrices in P'land, but the Hamburgh Papers of this
morning announced to us a French account of a new
viScry over the Ruffians. This account is fa vague,
that it is certainly to be received with very limited
credit. The Berlin Telegraph of the t..th, fpeaks of
t0,0c.0 prifoners as being already taken, and fays, that
the French army is in full purfuit of the enemy, which
is .ereating towards Koniglberg : while in Pofen,
where a 141fe or exaggerated Ratement might former
be detefted, the lots of the Ruffians is eflimated at
6oco, and no mention is made of the fnbfequent
purfuit. Blth accounts agree in the number of cannon
(2o): but neither of them add either the time or place
of this viaory..

4, On the other hand, it is to be obferved, that
nll previous accounts agreed in Rating, that aseneral
engagement feemed to be unavoidable ; and how
uch is to be apprehended from a decifive battle,
•he confiderate friends of the Allies cannot conceal.
Sill we are not to forget that the affair at Mohringen
was announced by the French as a victory; and as,
fince their retreat towards Wittenberg, both armies
have been fhifting their pofition, it is not unlikely that
the French may have gained an advantage over one
of the wings of the Allied Army, without a general
engagement, of which we could have better judged,
had the fcene of aCtion been Rated. What the French
in their accounts do not fay, is often more fignificant
than what they do fay. We (hall, probably, be forced
to remain in uncertainty for fume time, as the Ruffian
accounts come to us circuitoufly by Copenhagen.
41 It is now known that the neutrality of Auftria
has been violated ; the particulars, time, and place,
&c. I have not been able to learn; but the fa& is
undoubted, and will, probably, loon be made public,
as a turn has been given to the affair, which may
render it fate to mention it publicly. A French Ge-
neral feired a magazine in Gallicia, and the Aultrians
retired; but it has been pleaded that this was by
millake, and Bonaparte has ordered that a Court
Martial fhould be held upon the French General.

44 On Saturday a v.ncert was given at Harnburgh
which had nearly been attended with very unharmo-
riot's confequences. Marlhal Brune came late, and
was preceded by gens d'armes, who, with fixed bay-
onets, made way for the Martha), and behaved with
great irfolence to all the company. There are only
a few Dutch foldiers in the town, who are, in them-
felves, not tirong enough to keep the unruly populace
in awe, and who, a few evenings, were aflually for-
ced to yield to them. The gate was burn open by
violence, three times fucceffively by the mob, after it
had been (hut by the foldiery."

FEB. 2 regret that I having nothing, abro-
lutely nothing, to oppofe the difirefling repo: of the
affair at Ptnrnan Eytau. People who hunt for
topics of confolation, infer, that the defeat cf the
Allies cantif.t ;ae entire, or the enemy would inflantly
have taken prdellion of Koningfberg—and they re-
mind us, that the French, with almoll equal confi-
dence and minutenefs of detail, reported vidories in
the late engagements in F,land, in which it fince ap.
peared that they were repulfed.
" Yetterday there was a number of idle reports,
hating that Autlria had entered Saxony with so,oco
and Bavaria with 60,000 men, but I give them no
credit whatevet ; but it is otherwife, as to the fol.
lowing, intelligence, which I have this moment re-
ceived ;—General Menaud has been taken priftmer
by a detachment of Pruhians in Pomerania."
" FEBRUARY 25.—1 t appears that overtures of
peace have been made to Italia through the Duke
of Weimar.

" A p.ivate letter from Jena informs me, that
Napoleon had fent for the Duke to Warlaw.
" Still we are without any printed details concern.
ing the laft e: gagements in Poland. The pod .rom
Copenhagen did not arrive lad night as was expelled,
and even the French Papers contain no Bulletins of
the pretended vidories. The filence of the French
fuggetls a variety of refledions, which are confirmed
by a clofer obfervation ot the accounts they have
favoured us with. In the Hamburgh Larreffmndent:
of the 24.1 h, there is a letter of the 9th from Pruffian
Evian, in which the fame refults are given, as were
before dated tb have been found after the lubfequent
battles. If there were any actions on the teth and
; Ith, and they produced no refults favourable to the
French, molt alfuredly they were in favour of the
Ruffians. But why have we not received clear and
intelligible accounts of thefe vidories An officer of
diltindion firm Poland has been two days in Ham.
burgh—why has nothing tranfpired ? why are we dill
left to guefs who was the oppoling Ruffian General
Becaufe we could then compare the accounts with
the known pofitions of the various Ruffian corps, and
could then draw our inferences concerning the greater
or lets importance of the battle.
" It is further remarkable, that letters from Pofen
of the z4th have been received, and that no mention
k made of the affair of the 9th. It is evident there-
fore, that the communication is cut off between Pufen
and the Fench army that was advancing towards
Konirgiberg. Further, letters have been received
bona that city feveral days fence the affair at Patilian
Eylau. No Frenchman had been teen in the neigh.
bow hood of the Pruflian metropolis. It is abfolute-
ly incredible, that alter a general defeat of the pro
re.'tiog army, the enemy did not think proper to ad-
tuner. They might take pr,ffellion ot the city before
the ci.adel had turrendered. Have the Fre ,ch, on
hidden, 101 l their love of plunder, or has their vu.
ncinns appetite been fatiated by their acquititions in
the North of Germany ? But a Te Deum has been
lit-i• at Berlin. I cannot reply now to the unariftver-
able argument, but will rather communicate f.me
Itatements 1 have heard from credible perform On
the Rib, a terrible carnage took place at Eylau,
hich laded from morning till evening. It was the
is .d ans who made the attack, alo.ut (even o'clock,
tTon three French divitions, which fuffered much
hom the fuperiority of the enemy. Happily for them,
the divifiuns under Matfhal Ney and Souk came to
their affillance. Bonaparte pat liiinfelf at the head
ots his guards, undittingnifhed by his drefs. and made
several bloody attacks on the enemy. Tae mufl:et-
h.4lls pAlfed over sand betide him inceffantly. The
Redi ins flood as firm as roche. Augereau, wh-0 is
Wounded on the arm, is about to let Gil- to Paris.—
li.'higfberg was occupied by a lirong Ruffian gurri•
The field of battle was covered with the acad.
1 he battle was altogether the fir ft of i:s kind.

" The Berlin papers (peak with affaled contempt
of the Volunteer corps which iffue in all direElions
from Culberg. under the command of Schilden. This
little force has already harraffed the enemy exceed-
ingly. It reckons, amongli its acquilitions, two Ge-
nerals ; it has twice fcized large turns of money—
military contributions. It has been on the one fide
within three leagues of Berlin ; on the other, not
Tar from Thorn. Military men know the eflicacy
and importance of (itch fcouring pariies in the rear of
an advancing army. They intercept cunvoys, retake
prifuners, catch difpatches, and oblige the enemy to
keep a lace four times as large as themfelves unem•
ployed, in order to watch their motions.
"It defer ves to be obferved that all the Aunt ian ne wf-
papers are no longer permitted to come to Hamburgh
—they are withheld at the Putt Officer, which are
now under French diralion every where; for no. other
reafon, pinbably, than that the Antl:ian papers con-
tain the Ruffian Bulletins, as well as the French.
—The Danifh papers are deter;cd from this aa of
impartiality."

FRANCE.

PARIS, FEBRUARY 21.

A courier, which left Warfaw on the 6th, has
brought the following intelligence to her Majefly the
Emprefs, written on the 4th Inflant, on the field of
battle, at Liebßadt, by the Prince of Neufzhatel,
Miniiler at War:—

46 We have fought the enemy at Altenflein, where
he was attacked by the Emperor, while he fuffered
himfelf to be fu-rounded by another column at Guf-
tadt. He was defeated at every point upon the whole
of the line which formed his advanced guard.
64 We have taken a great number of prifoners, and
fume pieces of cannon, The enemy is completely
broken, and in full retrcat, in the otrnott a:111'11110n,
with the whole army in clofe purfuit of him. The
Emperor commands the advanced guard, and was
never in better health.

The Grand Duke of Berg is quite recovered.
" Several cunt iers have arrived here in the cou►fe
of the night,•and brought accounts to the Eropreis, of
the s that fucceeded that of the 4'h, and of the
teeth advantages which the Emperor has obtained
over the Ruffian army."
The Prince of Neufchatel writes to her Mojelly
from Great Glandau as follows :

" On the approach of his Majefly the Emperor,
the Ruffian army fell back. OR the 6th, in the even-
ing, they were beyond Landfberg, with the view of
coi.tinuing their retreat during the night. The Em-
peror, commanding the advanced guard, ordered the
enemy's rear, whi,.-11 had been reinforced, to he at-
tacked. In vain they refilled; the violence of the
attack, commanded by his Majdly in perfan, had the
ruo l complete effe4l. One divilion of cuiralliers
maintained a moll gallant conteft with sigh: picked
regiments of the Ruffian army, and cut them to
pieces.—The columns which formed the tight and
left wings have obtained fimilar advantages.
" We (hall be at Koningfberg to-morrow.
" Thus fence leaving winter quarters we have made
Abolt 10,000 prifoners, taken 27 pieces of cannon,
and killed and wounded a great number, without
.akir•.g into account the advantages which mull refule
from the whole, and ultimately prove fatal to the
etemy.".

Other letters mention. that a corps of 20,c00 men
is cut off by Marihal Ney, and that Marfhsl Souk
had alto obtained confiderable advantages.
FEB. 24—Yellerday we received here the frilow-
ing three new Bulletins of the French grand army.