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invectives against France: he was the and sixty pieces of cannon, served by the declared author of that frantic manifesto, which he has denied for these fourteen years, although he could not deny that he had given it the sanction of his signature.

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The corps of the Marshal Prince of Ponte Corvo is at Brandenburgh.

Marshal Augereau's corps will enter Berlin to-morrow, the 26th.

riding artillery. These troops, which have undergone so much fatigue, had the same appearance as when they were at Paris.

The General of Division, Victor, received a musket-shot in the battle of Jena, and was obliged to keep his bed some days. The general of brigade, Gardannes, aid-decamp to the Emperor, had a horse killed, and is slightly wounded.

The Emperor has been to view the tomb of Frederic the Great. The remains of this great man are inclosed in a wooden coffin covered with copper. It is placed in The Emperor arrived at Potsdam yestera vault without any ornaments, any troday. In the afternoon he went to inspect the new palace of Sans Souci, and the phies of victory, without any distinction to recal the memory of his great and heroic country in the environs of Potsdam. He actions. staid some time in the Chamber of Frederick the Great, the hangings and furniture of which are the same now as at the time

of his decease.

Prince Ferdinand, the brother of the Great Frederic, remains at Berlin. There are 300 pieces of cannon in the arsenal of Berlin, several hundred weight of powder, and a great quantity of arms,

General Hulin is nominated Governor of Berlin.

General Bertrand, the Emperor's aid-decamp, has been sent to Spandau. That fortress defends itself; he has invested it with the dragoons of Dupont's division.

The Grand Duke of Berg is gone to Spandau to follow a Prussian column, which is marching from that place to

Stettin.

The Marshals Lefebvre and Bessieres arrived at Potsdam on the 24th. The foot

guards marched fourteen hours in a day. The Emperor remained the whole of the 25th at Potsdam.

Marshal Ney's corps blockades Magdeburg.

Marshal Soult's corps passed the Elbe a day's journey from Magdeburg, and followed the enemy to Stettin.

The weather continues very encouraging; the present is the finest harvest ever

seen.

The result of the celebrated oath, taken upon the tomb of the Great Frederic, on the 4th of November, 1805, was the battle of Austerlitz, and the evacuation of Gerrany by the Russian army, by forced marches.

Eighteenth Bulletin -Potsdam, Oct. 26. The Emperor has reviewed the Imperial foot-guards, consisting of ten battalions,

The Emperor has presented to the Hotel of the Invalids at Paris, the sword of the Great Frederic, the riband of his order, the Black Eagle, and also the colours which he took in the seven years' war.

Prussian court, was only six hours distance Lord Morpeth, the English envoy to the from the field of battle on the 14th.

The citadel of Spandau, three miles from Berlin, and four from Potsdam, strong by its situation, in the midst of water, having a garrison of 1200 men, and a great quansurrounded in the night of the 24th. Ge tity of ammunition and provisions, was neral Bertrand, the Emperor's aid-decamp, had previously reconnoitred the it, and the garrison began to be alarmed, The cannon was ready to open upon place lation to be signed by the commandant. when Marshal Lannes proposed the capitu

have been found at Berlin; we are emLarge magazines of tents, clothing, &c. ployed in taking inventories.

cepted, contains some interesting particuA letter from Helmstadt, lately inter

lars.

The Prince of Hatzfeld; Busching, the Superintendant of the Police; the Presi dent Kerchiefen; Formey, a Privy Coup sellor; M. M. Ruck, Siegren, Hermensdorf, Counsellors, sent as Deputies by the vered the keys of the place to his Majesty City of Berlin, have this morning deliM. Groote, Counsellor of Finance, and the at Potsdam. They were accompanied by

Barons Vichnitz and Eckarlstein.

The head-quarters are at Charlottenburg.

[Here follows the capitulation of the fortress of Spandau, consisting of si short articles, of no material importance.]

PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES.

CAMBRIDGE.

whom so many of the letters of the

JANUARY 23. Eighty-three stu- poet Cowper are addressed.

dents of the University were admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and seven as Compounders. Two graces passed the Senate; one for assigning a place in the senatehouse for the intended statue of Mr. Pitt, and the other for removing the statue of glory from the senate-house to the law-schools.

HAMPSHIRE.

Died.] Jan. 21. At Portsmouth, J. Swaffield, jun. Esq. chief clerk of the Navy Pay-office at that dock-" yard.-At Alverstoke, near Gosport, aged 74, the Rev. J. M. Bingham, rector of Birchanger, and of Runwell, in Essex, and many years an acting magistrate of the county of SouthThe subject for the Norrisian prize ampton.-At Southampton, aged 67, for the next year is, The Fulness of Arthur Hammond, Esq. a justice of the Time when Christ came into the the peace for the town and county, and late one of the surveyors-general of the customs in London-At Bramdean, aged 80, Mrs. Shakspeare, relict of John Shakspeare, Esq. late alderman of London.

world.

Died.] Mr. Wm. Cooper, formerly a bookseller on the Market-hill, Cambridge. The Rev. William Elliston, D.D. aged 75, Master of Sidney Sussex college, Cambridge, to which he was appointed in the year 1760.

DEVONSHIRE.

HEREFORDSHIRE.

Died.] At Hereford, Mrs. Knill, wife of Thomas Knill, Esq. mayor of A more violent gale of wind blew that town. She was sitting alone by at Exeter on the 22d of January than the fire, when her clothes unfortunate has been felt for a number of years, ly caught fire, and were instantly in a and occasioned considerable damage blaze; by which she was so dreadfully to many buildings in that city and burnt before her situation could be neighbourhood. Nearly the whole discovered, that she expired on the front of the theatre, with the piazza, following morning. She was nearly and the pillars on which it was erect- 90 years of age. ed, was levelled with the ground. In the streets many persons were wound- Died.] At Paul's Walden, aged 35, ed by slates, &c. blown from house- the Hon. George Bowes, second son tops, and one of the hand of the of the late, and brother of the preMontgomery militia was killed by the sent Earl of Strathmore. fall of a stack of chimnies.

DORSETSHIRE.

Died.] At Poole, aged 58, John Bird, Esq. an alderman, and one of the oldest members of the corporation of that town.

HERTS.

LINCOLNSHIRE.

Died.] at Plymouth, aged 70, Lieu- A few days ago, as some labourers' tenant-colonel Hatfield, much lament- were digging clay in the brick-yard ed by his friends and acquaintance. of Mr. Pool, at Bottleford, near He distinguished himself on several Grantham, about nine feet from the occasions during the late American surface they discovered the head and var, as commanding officer of the horns of an animal of the bull kind, 4'd and 45th grenadiers, and was truly of most extraordinary dimensions. a soldier's real friend. The weight of the horns, with a piece of the frontal bone, is 31 pounds, the span from tip to tip is two feet one inch; and the greatest bulge of the horns three feet two inches; each horn from the skull to the tip measures two feet eight inches, and is at Died.] At Eules Green, aged 89, its base one foot one inch and half in the Rev. J. Carless, vicar of Strat- circumference. One tooth weighs ford, Herefordshire, and of Kerry, two ounces and a half. There is an Montgomeryshire.-At Clifton, Lady imperfect cavity in the clay, in which Hesketh. She was the eldest daugh- the body of the animal was supposed ter of Ashley Cowper, Esq. formerly to have been, and on each side was a clerk of the Parliament, and widow large piece of an oak tree, as black as of Sir Thomas Hesketh, of Rufford ebony. Some part of the horns near hall, Lancashire. This is the lady to the tip is completely petrified.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

UNIVERSAL MAG. VOL. VII.

2 B

Died.] Jan. 26. The Rev. John El- lowing. He was chosen one of the lison, aged 76, rector of Wold New- aldermen on the 20th of July, 1785, ton, Lincolnshire, perpetual curate the year in which the king visited of Shotley, curate of St. Nicholas, Oxford, when his Majesty was pleased Newcastle, which he had held up to confer the honour of knighthood wards of 50 years, chaplain to the In- on him.-At Bampton, Mr. Fox, sen. firmary, and secretary to the society His death was occasioned by a daughof the sons of the Clergy.-The Rev. ter who lived with him, and who has Humphrey Hyde, aged 68, vicar of at different periods discovered symp, Bourn, and also of Dowsby, Lincoln- toms of derangement, who placed a shire. At Stamford, aged 68, Mr. quantity of gunpowder under the Lilly, sub-librarian to the Subscrip- chair in which her father was sitting, tion-room in that town. He was born and by means of a train which reachat Market Raisin, and early in life em- ed to the outer door, set fire to it; the barked for America. In an excursion explosion from which was so powerful up the country, he and his compa- as to force a hole through the ceiling, nions were seized by a party of un- and the window out of the room subdued negoes, and those who were above. Mr. Fox was so severely innot massacred were detained as slaves. jured, that he remained speechless In this situation he was held for a for two days. It is very remarkable, long period, being repeatedly trans- that a short time since she had nearly ferred from one savage chieftain to effected the death of her father, by another, at the price of a few skins of administering poison to him. She is wild beasts. Having endured innu- now in strict confinement, and will merable hardships, he at length ef- shortly be sent to a mad-house. fected his escape; and after spending some time as a schoolmaster in America, he returned in indgence to his native country, and was indebted for a moderate subsistence to the situation he was put into by the Public Library.

LANCASHIRE.

Among other modes of assistance afforded by the Repository at Lancaster, the plan of selling blankets at reduced prices to the poor has been adopted. Twenty pieces have been already ordered, which are to be paid for by those who purchase them in small weekly sums. This method has been found in other places to supply the poor with an essential comfort, without taking from their earnings more than they can conveniently afford at one time, and to be more beneficial than where the relief has been entirely gratuitous.

NORFOLK.

SOMERSETSHIRE.

Married.] At Clavedon, H. Hallam, Esq. commissioner of stamps, son of the Rev. Dr. Hallam, canon of Windsor, to Miss Elton, eldest daughter of Sir Abraham Elton, Bart.

Died.] Jan. 25th, at Bath, Mrs. Smith, mother of Mrs. Fitzherbert. STAFFORDSHIRE.

Died.] Jan. 16th, at the Deanery, Lichfield, the Rev. Baptist Proby, dean of Lichfield, rector of Doddington, in the isle of Ely, and of Thornhaugh, Northamptonshire.

SURREY.

Died.] Jan. 29th, at Shepperton, Fletcher Read, Esq. aged 40. He was well known in the sporting world, particularly among the gymnastic professors. He had spent the evening before his death in a jovial manner, and at a late hour went to bed, after having drank freely. In the morning he was found dead by his Married.] At Wolterton, the Hon. servant, having, as is supposed, died and Rev. Wm. Wodehouse, youngest through suffocation. Mr. Read has son of Lord Wodehouse, to Miss been one of the chief patrons of boxHussey, eldest daughter of Thomas ing for the last three years, and in Hussey, Esq. of Galtrim, Ireland, him the professors of that art have and grand-daughter of Lord Orford. lost their best friend. Mr. Read was a native of Dundee, in Scotland, near Died.] At Oxford, aged 68, Sir to which place he had succeeded to John Treacher, Knight. He was estates by the death of his mother, the elected one of the eight assistants of intelligence of which event he reOxford on the Sth of April, 1784, and ceived only two days previously to his mayor on the 20th of September fol- death.

OXFORDSHIRE.

NEW MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.

Tralee (Ireland) Samuel Boddington, Esq.
vice Right Ho.. Maurice Fitzgerald.
Heytesbury Charles Moore, Esq. and Mi-
chael Symes, Esq. vice Right Hon. Chas.
Abbot, and Sir Wm. A'Court, Bart.
Dundalk-Josias Dupre Porcher, Esq vice
John Metge, Esq.

Minehead John Fownes Luttrel, Esq. vice
Sir John Lethbridge.

Arundel—Lord Lecale, vice Francis John
Wilder, Esq.

Sussex-lon. C. W. Wyndham, rice Gen.

Lennox, now Duke of Richmond.
Canterbury S. E. Sawbridge, Esq. vice
James Simmons, Esq. dec.
Dungarvan-Lord Hamilton, vice Hon.
George Knox.

Coleraine Walter Jones, Esq. vice Sir Geo.
Fitzgerald Hill, Bart.

St Michael-Hon Sir Arthur Wellesley,
K.B vice Sir Christopher Hawkins, Bart. Plympton-Hon. Wm. Assheton Harbord,
and Henry C. Montgomery, Esq. vice vice Sir Stephen Lushington, Bart. dec.
F. W. French, Esq.

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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BANKRUPTCIES AND DIVIDENDS, JANUARY 20, 1807, to February 18, 1807, inclusive. [Extracted from the London Gazette ]-----The Solicitors' Names are between Parenthesis. TKINSON T. Brown's-quay, Wap. J. Newmarket, grocer, (Hall, Salter's-hall), ping, wharfinger, (Jackson, Fen- Dowland W. Devizes, draper, (Nethersole church-buildings). Armitage M. Altham and Co. Essex-street, Strand). Dutton J. Mills, near Blackburn, miller, (Orred, Levenshulme, Manchester, calico-manuLiverpool.) facturer, (John Higton, Manchester). Dobson J. Ratcliffe-highway, linen-draper, (Syddall, Aldersgate-street).

Brown J. Liverpool, draper, (Royle, Chester) Brake D. Nether Compton, Dorsetshire, flax-dealer, (Score,Sherborne). Battens J. Bitton, Gloucestershire, malt ster, (Davis, Bristol). Bagshaw, A. North Walsham, Norfolk, shopkeep. (Foster, Son, and Co. Norwich). Banks R. Bamberbridge, Lancashire, cotton-manufacturer, (Aspden and Co. Preston).) Brodbeit T. Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, muslin-manufacturer, (Cross, Bolton). Bairstow E. Manchester, factor, (Johnson and Co. Manchester). Braint R. G. Minories, butcher, (Cattell, Phi pot-lane). Brown W. F. Birk's-mill, near Sedburgh, Yorkshire, cotton-spinner, (Holland, Manchester). Burghall, J. Great Surrey street, Blackfriars-road, cheesemonger, (Beaurain and Co. Union st. Bishopsgate). Banks E. Bamber-bridge, Lancashire, cotton-manufact. (Aspden and Co. Preston). Blunt G. and Mount J. Litde Carter-lane, Doctor's Commons. grocers, (Sudlow, Monument-yard). Butler N. I. and Butler B. Painswick, Gloucestershire, clothiers, (Vizard, Gray's-Inn-square). Battens J. Bitton, Gloucestershire, maltster, (Jenkins and Co. New Inn). Batt M. St. Philip and Jacob, Gloucestershire, malister, (Jenkins and Co. New Inn). Barnard J. L. Shorter's Court, Throgmorton-street, stock broker, (Mayo and Co. Cloak-lane).

Chamberlain N. lect-street, druggist, (Loggen andCo Basinghall-street). Coombe W. late of Queen-street, Cheapside, warehouseman, (Hall, Coleman street). Clark T. Chatham, Kent, corn-dealer, (Parnther and Son, London-st.). Chinnery F. Cranbourn-passage, linen-draper (Walker, Old Jewry). Cook J. Gloucester, wine-merchant, (Meredith and Co. Lincoln's Inn). Dennison J. Queen-street, Oxford-street, butcher, (Wild, Warwick-square). Dove

Eddington J. and Grosvenor, J. Montague-street, builders, (Allen, New Bridgestreet). Eamer J Preston, Lancashire, cotton spinner, (Barrett, Holborn court, Gray's Inn). Everall M. P. Worcester, plumber, (Rosser & Co. Bartlett-buildings).

Fox H. Kingston-upon-Hull, Clockmaker, (Williams, Red Lion square). Fow ler R. Mortimer-street, upholder, (Taylor, Mortimer-street). Feather H. Manchester, tea-dealer, (Parker and Co. Essex-street, Strand). Fowles, R. Nag's Head-Court, Gracechurch-street, merchant, (Swain and Co. Old Jewry). Frankis, J. parish of Churchdown, Gloucestershire, dealer, (Vizard, jun. Gray's lun, London). Fletcher S. Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, chinaman, (Dove, Lincoln's Inn Fields).

Garner T. Greenwich, victualler, (Fillingham, Union-street, Whitechapel). Galloway J. Brook-street, Holborn, engineer, tool and lath-maker (Patten, Crossstreet, Hatton-Garden) Greensill E. Stourport, Worcestershire, coal merchant, (Bigg, Halton Garden). Green, T Kingston-uponHull, dealer, (Egerton, Gray's Inn). Gaymer J. Mistley, Essex, coin-merchant, (Ambrose, Mistley). Grove W. Poultry, haberda›her, (Loxly, Cheapside).

Hingston W. Princes-street, Rotherhithe, mariner, (Palmer and Co. Copthallcourt, Throgmorton-street). Handley W. Beverley, Yorkshire, currier, (Campbell, Beverley). Hall J. Stafford, mercer, (Price and Co. Lincoln's Inn). Hayes A. Lancaster, spirit-merchant, (Blakelock, Temple). Hensley, S. Liverpool, merchant, (Windle, John-street, Bedford-row). Hammond R. Myton, Kingston-upon-Hull,

druggist, (J. Egerton, Gray's Inn.) Hes- Richardson W. New Cross, Surrey, lop R. Chiswell-street, painter and glazier, baker, (Kayll, Crown-street, Newington). (Syddall, Aldersgate-street). Harding T. Robinson T. and Robinson M. Kirby Steand Crean L. Godfrey-court, ¡Milk st dra- phen, Westmoreland, liquor-merchants, pers, (Syddail, Aldersgate-street). Hurry (Rigge, Carey-street). Richardsen W. J. Nag's Head Cour, Gracechurch-street, Wrotham, Kent, innkeeper, (Foole, Sermerchant, (Swain and Co. Old Jewry). jeant's Inn). Reynolds G. Back lane, Hamilton J Newgate-street, linen draper. Shadwell, cow-keeper, (Hoard, Hooper(Atkinson, Castle-street, Falcon-square). square, Goodman's Fields). Roffey G. Johnson D. Brown street, Hanover and Swinton R. Great St. Helens, mersquare, smith, (Freame, Great Queen- chants, (Foulkes, Southampton-street, street, Lincoln's Inn Fields). James J. Covent Garden). Stafford, grocer, (Tarrant and Co. Chancery lane).

Scott G. Thames-st. grocer (Godmond, Bride court, New Bridge-street). Spencer Kershaw J. Shaw Chapel, parish of J. Taplow Mill, Bucks, miller, (Pearce and Prestwich cum Oldham, Lancashire, cot- Co. Paternoster row). Squire H. Exeter, ton manufacturer, (Chippendale, Temple) ironmonger, (Sandford, Exeter). Self W. Lawson T. Lancaster, grocer, (Blakelock, Bath, me cer, (James, Gray's Inn Square). Temple.) Lovell J. Birmingham, pin- Shakeshaft J. jun. Widegate-street, Bimanufacturer, (Egerton, Gray's Inn, Hol- shopsgate, dealer, (Wilson, Temple), born). Lister L. Sheerness, shoe-maker, Saunders A. Duke-street, St. George's (Silvester, Field Court, Gray's Inn). Leach Fields, horse-dealer, (Keys, Somerset T Grace's Alley, Wellclose Square, haber- street, Aldgate). Steel J. Stockport, dasher, (Devon & Co Gray's Inn Square) check-manufacturer (Hannam, East RetLugg W. J. Worcester, baker, (Stephen- ford). Senior J. Broad-court, Drury-lane, son and Co. Gray's Inn.) money-scrivener, (Baddeley, Searle street, Meredith E. Blackmoor-street, Drury- Lincoln's Inn Fields). Stone 1. and ConJane, linen draper, (Harman, Wine-office- stance P. Great Yarmouth, shipwrights, court). Morley, R. Old-street Road, noney- (Swain and Co. Old Jewry). Stephens J. scrivener, (Caleraft, Lyon's Inn). Morton Reading, Berks, grocer, (Vines, Reading). W. Lancaster, corn dealer (Hurd, Tem- Thornley W. Adlington, Cheshire, carple). Morris J. Union-street, Bond-street, rier, (Sherwin, Great James street, Bedboot-maker, (Metcalfe, Basinghall-street). ford-row). Tyrrell J. Maidstone, ironMair J. Fenchurch-buildings, insurance- monger, (Bolton and Co. Lawrence Pountbroker, (Swain and Co. Old Jewry). Morton C. Croydon, horse-deal. (Benton, Unionstreet, Southwark). Mountfort, B. Walsall, miller, (Kinderley and Co. Symond's lun). Medford, M. New City Chambers, broker, (Cuppage, Jermyn-street). Monk W. Parbold, Lancashire, limeburner, (Windle, John street, Bedford-row).

Niblett J. Rodborough, Gloucestershire, clothier, (Constable, Sy mond's Inn). Newbury E. Old Broad-strect, builder, (Smith and Tilson, St Paul's Church yard).

ney-hill, Cannon-street). Travis J. and Travis K. Prestwich, Lancashire, bleachers, (Milne and Parry, Old Jewry). Tomliason K. Leck, Staffordshire, linen draper, (Berry and Co. Walbrook). Tuplin T. Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, coal-merchant, (Sykes and Co. New Inn). Todd J. Berwick upon Tweed, ship-builder, (Allen and Co. Furnival's Inn). Tabrum R. and Barron J. Walbrook, Manchester warehousemen, (Atkinson, Castle-street, Falcon square).

Unsworth J. Manchester, perfumer, (Bonsfield, Bouverie-street).

Ogilvy W. the younger, Mylne G. and Chalmers J. Jeffrey-square, merchants, (Crowder and Co. Frederick's-place). Os- ̧ ler W. Birmingham, baker, (Swain and ster, baker, (Vincent and Co. BedfordCo. Old Jewry).

Wi cocks T. Orchard-street, Westmin

street). Wood T. Hereford, statuary, Powell W. Brecon, liquor merchant, (Woodhouse, Hereford). Whitaker G. (Smith and Co. Great St. Helens). Pur. St. Columb, Cornwall, linen-draper, (Sandkiss S. Acton green, Middlesex, carpenter, ford, Exeter.) Wilkinson J. R. Three(Bower, Clifford's Inn). Page J. Need- oak-lane, Horsleydown, (Swain and Co. ham Market, Suffolk, grocer, (Kindercy Old Jewry). Ward J. Banbury, Oxfordand Co Symond's Inn) Prichard J. S. Wigmore s'reet, grocer, (Allen, New Bridge street). Price E. otherwise Spence A. Lewis, merchant. (Battye, ChanceryJane). Parkinson G. London, warehouseman, (Meddowcroft and Co. Gray's inn). Pope W. Westbury-u, on-Severn, Glonces tershire, dealer in pigs, (Edmunds and Son, Lincoln's Inn). Prior J. Princesstreet, Spitalfelds, drysaiter, (Parnell, Church-street, Spitalfields).

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shire, dyer, (Pearson and Co. Temple). Whitehead J Church-street, Blackfriars Road, hat-manufacturer, (Meymott, Charlotte-street). Whiteley J. Plymouth, chan', (Whiteford, Plymou h). champs W. W. Morgan B. S and M Taggart P. Suffolk-lane, merchants, (Pearce and Co. Paternoster-row). Woof J Ry der's-court, Soho, glover, (Nelson, Maddox street). Wilkins T. jun. St. Albans, horse-dealer, (Tatham, Craven-street,

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