1800.] 
fay) 4000 prifoners, and 34 pieces of 
cannon. 
The plans of the French commander on 
the Danube have obliged Marfhal Kray 
to withdraw his army from the ftrong po- 
fition before Ulm. As foon as the Au- 
{trian chief heard of the paflage of the Da- 
nube, on the 21ft of June, at Blenheim, he 
threw a garrifon into the fortrefs, and 
marched his main army, with the hope, 
probably, of being able, by fighting his way, 
or by taking a circuitous route through 
Franconia, to reach his fources of fupply at 
Ratifbon and Donawert. This courfe, how- 
ever, was prevented ; and afier engaging 
the enemy ina feries of aétions at Neder{- 
heim, Nordlingen, &c. with various fuc- 
cefs, ke concentrated his army at Neuberg, 
in order, if poflible, to proteét Bavaria. 
On the 27th, he attacked in perfon, on 
the heights of Oberhaufen, between Neu- 
berg and Rain, the divifion of the French 
ander Montrichard, whom he defeated ; 
but the jatter being promptly reinforced 
by two columns under Lecourbe and 
Grandjean, the Imperialifts were re- 
pulfed. On the 28th, the latter retreated 
along both banks of the Danube, after de- 
firoying the bridge of WNeuberg, and 
reached the ftrong fortrefs of Ingoldftadt, 
on the left bank of that river. Previous 
to the meeting with Marfhal Kray, Mo- 
reau had fent a divifion, under Decaen, 
to Munich, of which city he tcok poffef- 
fion in the morning of the day following 
the battle of Oberhaufen; the Elector and 
his court having previoufly fled the 
place. 
Field Marfhal Kray~ has fince fallen 
back upon the frontiers of Auftria, and 
left the whole of Bavaria in the poffeffion 
of the French. 
GREAT BRITAIN. 
The following is the chief parliamentary 
bufinefs which has taken place fince our 
lat number. Lord Hawkefbury moved 
the fecond reading of the bill, on the 16th 
of June, for incorporating the New Lon- 
don Company, empowering them to ma- 
nufacture fiour, and to bake bread. He 
faid, the bill was divided into two parts, 
the one intended to limit the company to 
the quantity of flour they thould make, 
the other to the quantity of bread, and to 
the quality; and for that laft purpofe, he 
fhould reftriét them to ftandard bread. 
Their charter fhould not permit them to 
exceed 120,000 facks of flour per anrum, 
which was about one tenth of the quan- 
tity confumed in London and its vicinity 5 
and theie reyulations combined, he faid, 
would operate fo as to prevent any mono- 
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poly prevailing by means of the perfons 
who were to be incorporated under this 
bill. The lofs the public fuftained by the 
deftruétion of the Albion Mills was very 
great, being no lefs than upwards of 
100,000]. per annum, taken on an aver- 
age of five years before their conftruction, 
and five years fubfequent. Another efta- 
blifhment upon a fimilar plan would ope- 
rate to an extent, equal in proportion, and 
he trufted would be equally beneficial. 
Mr. Weltern, on the oth of July rofe, 
to call the attention of the Houfe to the 
prefent alarming and critical ftate of pub- 
lic affairs. He began with contrafting the 
prefent ftate of Europe with what it was 
at the commencement of the feffion, and 
contended that the fituation of affairs on 
the continent was fo totally changed with- 
in the laft fix months, that every ground 
of hope, held out by his Majefty’s mi- 
nifers was completely reverfed. Every 
plea on which they had required and obe 
tained the confidence of parliament, was 
now completely abrogated ; and it no 
longer became the reprefentatives of the 
mation to place a blind fecurity in men, 
who had fhewn themfelves fo little inti- 
tled to unreferved credit. On the contrary, 
it was the bounden duty of parliament. to 
watch over and advile the Executive Go- 
vernment. He moved ‘ That this Houfe 
do refolve itfelf into a committee to confi- 
der of the aétual ftate of the nation.” 
Mr. Wilberforce was cvilling to admit 
that the prefent was a crifis the moft ferious, 
and well worthy of deep confideration. 
But he fill could not agree with the Hon. 
Gentleman that it was a cafe in which that 
Houle was called upon to interfere. The 
motion went to fay, that the Houfe had 
withdrawn its confidence from the prefent 
miniftry, and this at a time when parlia- 
ment had certainly no materials before 
them on which they could form a fufficient 
judgment. It could be only by fome {trong 
and impertous neceflity that the Houle 
couid be led to interfere with the executive 
government. 
Mr. Martin obferved, that it was the 
duty of parliament to advife minifters, 
and, if their conduct was faulty, to call 
them to account. Mr. Windham faid, 
that in thefe difcuffions few gentlemen had 
touched on what he deemed a moft impor- 
tant topic—the evils attendant on a peace. 
If, with refpeét to Fiance, the Bourbon 
race was not reftored, and the revolution- 
ary fyftem abolifhed, peace could, in his 
opinion, be confidered only as the Jeffer 
evil of the two. He concluded with de- 
claring himfelt decidedly again the mo. 
K 2 tion. 
