" Si 1
1 latest Cttwptari JSetos, 1
Sjr the Independence? Walker, , amved at
, Charleston, from pieenock, V
i . TLOKDONr DEC. 5
On Saturday, government receiv
d dfspatchestfiom Admiral Russel,
whose squadron is: cruising ofF the
Texelnclosirig a letter, in Frenah,
.; which :Wi said to be torneyed to
iiiin uy , nag 01 iruuc iiowi-.uic
Dutch Admiral Kikkert, dated on
board the Bratus ship ofVar, No
vember 25. -and of which the follow
ing: is given as the. copy ;
' Rear Admiral Kikkert ha the
i
honor to inform the commander of
:any one of "his Britannic Majesty's
ships, which are on the coast of Hoi
i- iann. ini live iin lunain iiilciiiuiiv.
of Peace having been signed beaten
ri;liif lilajesty tfref Emperor of the
jrvencrt oc pic EimpCTor ovjcrraany,
t, iia$ beeri 'received by extraordinary
courier and that the conditions were
to settled! that until the ratification
.f,7:the treaty 1 Venice and- Tyrol
hbuld continue in the hands of the
French. The Archduke. Gharles is
" tlttirl imtk Vir"f?r . an1 Tatimi: A
more detailed account is every mo-;
jxhe treAtv. amontr whicn. 11 is saia.
! tliere Ts an article, stating, that the
frofernrnent of Austria is to pay the
Emperor xf the French forty millions
r oi trance.
turned '
v , i;',;--rfnr 35, 1805.
- ' "li Sir 1 have received your news,
rmna aeepiy lamcni iornc worm, mai
the . Tyrant of it has had the success
roi iayV r The puhishtnent of man
s kind is not yel at an end ; when the
Almightywllls , it so be assured it J
..f vrUl not rt quire the united toree ot
'. Europe-to put an. end to the; career
. my and destroyer of the Lws pf na-
I am, iScc. &c. &c.
Loftus Otway Bland,
, Cr M.ijests sbipt
' find Vessels oW tie Texel.
a4iii 11 11 la i 1 s u ar w a w
v " To Admiral Kikkert, be."
' nrrvw n'it 9.
- The Dukvlif Cambridge "win pro.
fiahlv leave town for Hanover, , on
"Tuesday cr WeUr.esday, to co.Tim'ami
ndf; organize the Hanoverian legion,
aiid the;new: levies forming in that
? Electorate. The recruits already
amount to I f ,030, and as our army
... . ' . t
mdvances nua tne country, mcir num.
x-A)eiv will doubtless increase. lhe
rtussian,S edtsb and 3ritish troops,
inciudtr.g the Hanoverian legion, at
present m Hanover, amount to near
ly 7U,uuu men ?
DECEMBER 16.
The aTmamcnt under Sir David
Baird an! ir1 Home Popham, sailed
om .'Madeira, on thed of October;
It consisted of six. sail o,f tlie line,
. two 50!s, four frigates, 4vv'o sloops
v and. two. cutters, .in all 16 sail of
kina shins., and with India ships
. and - .transports, they amounted to
v 170 sail, having 8000 troops on board.
Thev exacted to be ioined by -2000
- r . , ,:',. '
' - AMt-1 Kilt tktt Kfl Villon !ir
JIIOIC ai iTAaujja, iwfc ik jiufin.ui-
riyed the commanders uould riot
wait, for them. jA clrcumstancr
Vhich hai given rise to much curio
sity, occurred !at Madeira They
1 took on board k number of mules,
Aand at the same time took in forage
f for only about forty days consumm
ation,' It has bVen , thought unlikely
J. tifat they would have taken mules on
ioard, if their defctinatipn had been
tbe.Cape, or vhat they would have
. .(aketi in provisions for so short a
. ''tlmeV Conjecture is therefore afloat,
and it is thought possible, , that South
' America is tueir objectVhnt 'agants
the idea is the : employment .of so
niany IuOiainen, which arc full of
: troops. . , v-v . -..t -y
S. DF.CiSlBER 17.
...... The Hamburg mail due on Wedr
tiesday last, at ri veil last nrght and
;.;;this morning the other -three-ih ails
"V that were due a',so reached the prtst
h office. By thee mails theimpb r
2v tant intelligence has been.' received,
7, ithat the Emperor of the French has
i rejected the mediation 6f his, Pi us
j aian Majesty ; That the latter has ta
xivken the field, and that his ?imes
,jiare in morioii towards Franconia.-
y -Such is the substance of the intellL
gence from Hanover. . '
.. It is further stated, that the Duke
jrriof Brunswick's head- uuters have
c fceen transferred to G )ttin,gen; that
writhe. King, witli the garrison of Ber
j jjin, has gone towards Saxony ; and
-fr.that.ihe Prussian' troops-are evactia
:i:it)ng Hanover. All these movements
have probrbly one ohject V the con
centration of a strong force, to harrass
Bonaparte, and force him to a battle,
before he cai approach his reinforce
ments by a retreat. It would be ri-
diculous, however, to develope the
probable movements of the AUics.4
A little time wiU unfold them, arid,
demonstrate 'how far theii'sircunU
sUnces has been improved by-the
accession of: Prssiaanevent thai.
eems calculated to produce most
important cansequences. v.'.-.
IMPORT AKT STATE ; PAtR,
Declaration of the Emperor Francis
.' BniianjNoyerober IS.
Byvthci. ptcial;prdet of?'Msa?.
jesty the Emperor, aiid Kin,who
has for some days honored our town
with his presence, the following no-
' tice has been 'published by the He
sident of Police, the Bron Von
; Summercw ".
i "PROCLAMATION,
V " His Majesty the Emperor and
j King had never a higher "wish-than'
i the maintenance of Peace. Thi
wish lay in the principles of his go
vernment as well as in his heart.
Without any, even the most distant
project of enlarging hU states, oro
procuring an indemnification for the
sacrifices he had made at Luneviile
and Ratisbon to the tranquility o
Europe, he desired nothing but that
the? Emperor ot trance, actuated by
a similar spiritof enlightened and hu
mane5-policy, should return within
the limits prescribed by the treaty o
Luneviile. Whoever, wiih a clear
understanding, took an interest in
the fate of Europe, felt the justice &.
moderation of this desire.
w True to his principles, his Ma
jesty, in the progress of the present
war, was ready every moment to hold
out vis hand' to peace, and amid the
most brilliant victories,he would have
thought and acted in the same way
as under the influence of contrary
occurrences-
His Majesty believed that the
great and happy moment of this re
conciliation,; and mi rt turning happi
ness to hi people was not far distant,
when the. Emperor of France, on se
veral occasions, publicly manifested
corresponding dispositions, and ex
pressed himself with precision, in the
same spirit, to Austrian general offi
cers, whom the fortune of war hud
made his prisoners.
" Full f confidence in such mari"
festations, and animated by an ear
nest wian-io avert tne approaching
di.ngtr'fi'Om the capital of Vienna, !
so'dear-Uo-'tiiS heaft, and, n general,
to fitfe h'rf g'o-d nd faUhful subjects
from thp pressure of u longer war,
his. Majesty sent his Lujuioijant-iieifi
r Marshal, the Count dc Gulley, to
the head-quarters ofthc French Em
peror, in the name oj hi.vsi If and of
his dui St to obtain a c; r.finnatio.i of
thesfr pacific dispositions, to learn
the further overtures which the Em
peror Napoleon might make on this
occasion, and to treat for an armis
tice .as prepnratory to negociations
yir a general peafe
"Butjthe hopes of his Majesty
were not fulfilled. As the basis of
an armistice, limited to a few weeks,
the Emperor of France demanded,
That thr aUied troops should rr
turn horn j tht the Hungarian le
vies ihfili hi disbanded i and that
the Duchy of If nice and the Tyrol
b-- previously evacuated to the French
armies,
' All Europe will feel the incon
sis'ency betweeen such demands, and
the foregoing manifestations of the
Emperor. , His Majesty the Empe
ror and King had, by this first step,
fulfilled a sacred duty which his
heart had dctatd.
.' But he should have thought
liimiclf grievbuslv injuring himself,
lhe honor of his Monarchy, tlie dig
nitylof hts house, the repU'atiori of
the goodand great nation over Winch
he 'rtdes, and the highest interest of
th StatVsvih th'e eyts of the present
and bt tuiure generations, if, notwith
!j standing the duty incumbent oh him
to preserve oil these eatire, he had
I yielded to .the severe, but pressing,
pressureot tne moment, nd assent
ed to. . conditions which would have
be.eWj a death, blow to his Monarchy,
and abreach.of the relations in which
he stoq4 with ivll U iendl y states. .
fajeiwiHhejlforace
he , wishes Tor it still, witn sincerity
rand ekjnsthbisu :J But hV never
cbuf(J? ahd iieveV wouldj placd" liira
self In a'defehceless state, where tie
iind his people "woukr- W defivered
over to the imperious and atbltrary
decisions of a mighty foe.
" In such circumstances nothing
remains to his Majesty, but to cleave
to those great and. inexhaustible re
sourcees which hesjiithe hearts,
in the property, bahe loyajty, jp the
strength of his people, end in the as
yet undiminished force of high allies
anJFnendsthe Emperor of Russia,
and Kmg' of Prussia ; and to persist
in this firiii and iniimule connection
till the Einperor .f the French, with
that moderation which is theiiright
j st gem in the crown of a Monarch,
consents 1 -dtHUtiotti&f eitevhichl
arc not pUFCasedby heJ national-
nonor ana inaepcuvcuce oi mimiiyc
f IftoTA the on&rn Coiirir, Dec 19
The Ha-mburph' mail due fester-
day, arrived this morning, and 'has
brought usj what vas . to; beexp
ted; intelligence of the utmost ilfiv
portauccV v! ; ": 1
Ve congratulate the countfy ip
on the confirmatsDn of the "account
of t he defeat of the French , on . the
2d inst. ; and;w. have the further
satisfaction to .apnounjee,!;. thatlfie
have experienced another and more
much more decisive defeat. -
J3ut to give, a just idea,, of these
important events we must go back
a little'. v
Skirmishes had taken place be
tween the Allies and the French,
from the 19th ult, to the 2d instant,
when the grand battle took place.
The Russians 5 reinforced by Bux
howdens army felt confident of be
ing superior to tl enemy, and ani
mated by the presence of their Em
peror, they advanced from Vischau
with more boldness than caution. In
this they &ere encouraged by the
retreat of the Frcncn who fell back
behind the river Swarzach, their left
at Brunn, their right, at Nichols
bourg. The Allies advanced to
Austerlitz.
The cannon from the fortress of
Brunn annoyed the allies greatly, in
a flat country : they made a grand
movement to deprive the French of
that advantage ; the French seized
upon a favourable opportunity during
this movement to attack the centre
of the Allies, which they did with
great imperuosity, directing their
whole strength upon that quarter.
The result certainly was, alter a long
and bloody coiifi'n.t, from sun-rise
to sun set, that the centre et the Al
lies were repulsed back to Wischau,
and they lost their whole artillery.
But the right wing of the Allies was
: o.iipletely successful; the French
wcrt h-ice deterred from following
the Allies to Wischau, and the foun
dation was thereby laid for the gTeat"
ai.d s;lorn us eVenl Vvhich followed.
The news (f the res ult of the 2d
h'Ju beta rapidly spread over the
Continent by tlie French, and re
presented a a complete and deci
sive vu lory. A State's Ciuzette of
thvr Uth, has been received hu'e,
stating thut Gen. Bruce had read on
the parade at the Hague, dispatches
stating the Friicfc to have gained a
complete victoi y, having taken 'rom
the Allies all theij artillery, and kil
led, wounded, or made prisoners,
40,000 men that among th-i latter
wDs the Grand Duke Constantine.
Such are the accounts which will
be circulated in the countries ensla
ved by France, for some time -but
now let us look at a very different
picture, by vvhich we will finer that
the reports by Mr. Kave, the mes
senger, were wdl founded, and that
the Admiralty bulletin, which of
course contained only a candid ac
count of the advices received from
the naval officers ofthe Adamant and
Piercer, were not so far from the
truth as we at first feared, though
they still may have been a little ex
aggerated. The Allies who had been success
ful on the right wing on the 2d, and
had not been driven further than
f om th-. field of battle, in the centre,
haying, as we have heard, recovered
fthe effects of a mistake of a very good
General, whom we shall not name,
lest xv i should-be wrong, now again
advanced upon the enemy. This was
the best proof that, though the e
vents of the preceding day were a
gainst them, they did not feel them
selves decisively -defeated. They
advanced on the rhorning of the 3d,
against the enemy, without artillery !
Hence the battle soon became a con-
test of the bayonet alone 1-As the
Allies advanced,.: the' Emperor Alexander,-
the bravest t of heroes, rode
through tlie ranks of the Russians,
though exposed to a heavy fire from
I the French, encouraging them in
the inoit gallant and enthusiastic
manner, calling out constantly that
it must be- victory or death ! as he
was determined not to quit the field
vanquished, and to die on the spot
rather than to yield. This conduct
raised the enthusiasm of his men to
the highest pitch, to desperation
eyen; they aanced upon ; the
French under a .heavy and a galling
fire, they themselves scarcely dis
charging a musket. They soon
brought the enerny to close quarters
and the bayonet and sabre were
now alone ued and Mr. Kayethe
messenger, appears to have spoken
with perfect truth when he said he
went onthe inorpinp: ot the 3d near
tfieldMt t try tf lie could
ee what was going forward , that he
heard: saouting-lfcid huing: out
I scarctly atniaket3red AatJitgvlLs
nut now ana tpen qe ncara tue, report
ofapy piece. ; , . "; - - '' t
; I:i this way, the bayonet and sa
bre atone used, the battle lasted all
th morning of the d. Most deadly
was tne struggle. ine AUi-siaus
might fall) but not a man of them
'woutl' rfvd" vravi' ' At this moll? '-of
j-iSghHi'tlfey are riot bnl more ex
pert than the rrench, but tney are
better fitted for it by that enthusiasm
and devotion, when inspired by a
great jea.de r, which makes thcrri ra
ther yield tiieir lives to the last man
than give way. The struggle with
th frayonet lasted in the rnost.'mnrT
derous manner till noon, when the
French gave way, and their main
body was totally routed. Victory
now .declared for the allies ; but still
the French contested the. .ground.
The battle continued during the re
mainder of the 3d; it was renewed
on the 4th ; and it was not finished
until the 5th $hen the French were
ultimately defeated in i all quarters,
the allies recovered all their artille
ry, made considerable captn res from
the enemv, and finally drove the
whole of the French troops beyond
the uver Schwanzach, behind which
they were forced to fly for protecti
on. Bonaparte renewed and renew
ed" the battle in vain ; every sXra'a
gem, every excitement he employed
to no effect : he has, for the first
time in Eur me, met with a grand
and dscided defeat in a general battle.
The official accounts of these glo
rious and importaut events had
reached Berlin pnd Hamburg. Lord
Harrovvby at the one town, a: d Mr.
Thornton at the ether, 'together' with
many other persons have sent over
the news. Sir Arthur Pagel's dis
patches weri, it is supposed, for
warded by Lord Harrovvby by the
.lands of Mr. Donaldson, the mes
senger, who, having beeu shipwreck
ed, has . not yet brought his dis
patches to tow.i. But it is known
that Mr. Donaldson is -arrived at
Dover, and hs is expected in Lon
don every minute. In the mean
tim'i we can confidently affirm the
accounts we have given are perfectly
Correct. Even the Hamburg papers
state the news, and that the Allies
were at Austerlitz, far in advance
to Wischau, and consequently mas
ters not only of the field of battle, but
of all the country east of the liver
Swartz&ch.
Every account is full ofthe noble
ardor, devotion and valor cf the
Emperor Alexander. He fought at
the head of his guards on both days,
animating every heart and hand.
How sublime an example lie has set !
He visits every court he com
municates to every monarch his own
gallant and generous, and high min
ded feelings he inspires the utmost
confidence, and courage where ver he
, gees, and after having done this, he
fulfils the promise he has. given of
sincerity an 1 attachment to the cauae
he had espoused, by rushing,, at the
head of his subjects, into the hottest
fire and fury of the battle, and risk
ing his own life in thecontest. This
is the monarch whom Bonaparte cha
racterised, as destitute of all many
energy this is the monarch whom
the opposition writers did not hesitate
to load wiih opproprious i epithets.
Thefirat column of Prussian troops
has arrived iu the environs of Nurem
berg ; the, other cohimns are follow
ing with the utmost rapidity.. A few
days more will bring them to the seat
of war. Angcreau i to cr mmvOd the
army destined to protect Bonaparte's
rear, and act against the Prussians;
! He is now at UJm, and his force, it
lis said, is to be increased to 60 000
men. But long before his reinforce
ments arrive, the Prussians will be
able to strike a decisive, blow Tlie ,
account of the Archduke Charles
having reached Hungary hf cbnfirmed.
Massena is at Lay bach.
HOUSE qf REPRESENTATIVES.
. Friday. Jan. 31.
Mr, Van Cortlandtj "w'ifti tne. view
of maintaining order; .and expediting
the public buainess, offered certain
resolutions a mendatory to the rules
of the House. '
The first of these amendment;
prohibits a member from reading- in
the House ay book or printed paper,
or .writing any letters ; the second
prohibits the serieant at srms from
from keeping or s ating the accounts
ot tne members, Or giving receipts
in the : house, and prohibits the door
keepers from, coming on the floor to
call out members.
These resolutions were ordered to
lie on the table.
; 'Mr. Gregg d he had thM
iCtJr,.
. - , .
resolution
let rt,-r :.v.:. .i .
tidn of British onoo "
mejns should b& ente red int.,, ' '
the continuance of this nreh-.K-unnecessary.
Mr. G. said he
uiuiou mat it was proper at.thc
time to adont a
of commercial regulations calu! J
to meet the measures of f,r
powers. : To throw light on this -icct,
Mr. Grefir
- '.ik 's.'-1 ai nip ,j
uuimcrctai, relations oi the lln,
,h.u iuiciu poweii
ui vnc year ivj, snouiU be
. The bill to reneal sn mtipK .r
l, ' , u an
ucias auinortses ine rcenvnf
dencesof the;public debt in p2rnjJ
for the lands of the United V, J
ann lorotner purposes relativtto
public debt, was read & third, tim
uiu passcu.
- " .OUJCll Itu!
?.. r -i . HSl
inio acommiuee oi tne vvhojc(
1 h' rfsolutiorr ifi favnr f .,t.
the erection of a bridge across th
- . uv.imrim
Potomac. Alter tiebate the qUe,
lion was taKen, ana me resoJutU
camea Ayes ou ioes si.
commitee was appointed to br
in a bill.
Monday, Jan 27.
.
A message was received iromtb
President of the United States, iS
ing before the two houses, for fa
exercise of their constitutional m
ers anu to provide lor the means
fulfilling them, six Indian treatic
for- the extinguishment cf India
rights to lands within ihe U iu
States. 1 he President states t!:
tlie Senate had advised tlie ratUuJ
tion of these treaties, viz. I. Xreai
with the Wyandots, Sec. 2. Vi
the Wyandots, &c. 3. With the d
lawares. 4, With-the Chick.tsuwsi
5. With the Cherokecs. 6. Wi
the Creeks. Referred to the coji
m ttee of Ways and Means.
Mr. J. Randolph said, the hou
would recollect better than he di
for he was not present at tlictinn
the very important resolution refc
reu.on the motion of the gentlena
from Pennsylvania (?vir. GregJ
whom he saw in Ins place, to tli
committee ofthe vho! on the stad
of the union. It was no part of K
purpose at this time to discuss 'hi
merits of that resolution ; and
was still further trom his purpew
throvr any Impediment,, or cjcaii
any delay in bringing forward thai
discussion ; the more so, as heci
sidered the whole country ioutb a
the seat of government, andnic:
particularly that part of the court
in which he resided, decided'viia
rested in a speedy and prompt iece;
tion or rejection of the pniijositicl
Indeed such , was his opinion olm
necessity of its being speedily add
upon; that a soon as he sawtteri
solution which had been offen
Athich was not until Friday, when
was laid on the table ; the first sus
gestion of his mind was to moveth
going immediately into a comtntt
ofthe whole on it : a! those genii
men, with whom he had the "bono
of holding personal and political
tercourse, would testify. But a mc:
.mature consideration had convince!
him that before the resolution coil
receive that-ultimate decision, jrtfc
he trusted it would receive, tiitm
stood in need of ma'erial informs'-
on, which, however it might 6e
the possession of this or that indi
ciuaf, was not possessea oy tne w
of the house. His object in add't
ing the house wa3 to obtain thin'
formation from the proper authontj
from the head of a department-
which was the only wy in whicfliu
formation of a satisfactory natut
such m ourht to influence the def
sion of the house, ought lo be
tained. Mr. R. then submittca p
folfowing resolution, which was
greed to : v
lffolved. That the secrcfari
the treasury be directed oe uu1
trt I it v hRtnre this nouse a sw'"-
i AX.f. r iu .vimrt; and 1
irom vre.i-JDriium. nu yfr.
i the American colonies tne
for the two last years, distinguish I
the colonial trade, from that-j
mother country, and specify1?
various, articles of export andinjn
; and the amount of duties pay"16
the latter. 1 ; .
Tuesday, February 4. J
Taifl before the r6TI
" i rnmnr otv"
a letter irom uic
leans, covering a peuuou
regents of the university of tli
Kelerrea. ,i
Houe went into a .committee o
, . .;uk:m ?,nr.siiie a
on iiavcsiiiwi