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Foreign Intelligence, NEW-YOHK. T)r.r. 0. We announce to (he renders rff the Mercantile Adve'fi'-er, and •he public, (he impo'tii’t in re I ligence that Hostilities hove rnm rnencod on (he ron'lnenr of F.n rope, between the priu'dana and French; and tint after nine days successive and successful fighting, in which (he Prussians were defeated with dreadful car nage, (he emperor of (he French has arrived with his victorious >*• my before the ritv of Berlin, 1 he Duke of Brunswick, Prince T erdinand of Prussia, the Prince (and Hohenlohe, St mane other offi cers of tank, are said to he a. niongst the number of those who in French phraseology have * bit ten the dust.’ We are indebted for the de tail of these events to ‘he arrival at thi s port of the ship Eugenia, cnpt-.Boden, in 37davsf om Arn ste-dam, who furnished us with a tile of Dn'ch papers to the lat ter end of October, nd of Lon clotT papers to ’he 27th. From tlie ( e papers wr have fe’efled from amongst many others, equally i rite rc 1 fling; the following, very important ar tides: HAGUE, Of -tuber 17. Last night his Excellency the Secretary of State received the important intelligence, that hos tilities have commenced be* tween the French & Prussians; and that repeated and riefpe rate engagements have alreadv taken place between the two armies. Fortunately, howe ver, the reluh of them lias prov ed entirely favorable to the arms of Fiance. Prince Lew is Ferdinand, brother of the K ing cf Profits, who, on one, of the above occn'fiohs Com manded in person, is killed; and the further advantage; over the enemy on the firft occasion, confifl in a confuietable nunr her of prifotiers of war and 32 pieces of cariT-^p. Jen as, Oct. 5 5..-5 o’clock, A. jit The battle of ‘ona, fought yefterdav, is one of the -mod remarkable in history. • ‘J he Prufllaps amounted to the number of tcc,o r c ; they loft 200 pieces of cannon ard 30 {land of colours, besides 28.C00 nrifoners of war. the duke of Brnfw ; ckand general Von Ruchcl are killed. Prince Henry t'f Pruft.a is bediy wounded. A great number of generals, befidcs many of ficers of rank, are wounded. The loss of the French army is comparatively infinndv lels; Yet we have in the hdfpitals of )<'rta 1200 wounded, and in those of Naum burg 15CO ; there is no other general killed on our part than the general of brigade Billy, a btave man. The French army has acquir ed great glory. Mai fir at Da vo u ft', who was ftationedin the nartow pafta gesof Kocfen & before Naum liurg, left the enemy no time to tarry ;he fought the whole d?v, and threw more than 60,- 000 moil into confufion, which were ccmnnarided by Moilandorf, Kaekruth and the king in pet (bn. ‘fhe Queen of PnifTia was pursued bv a troop or boric, hho was obliged to take {bel ter in \\ tl-nar, and three hours before our advanced pofL anivfd there, {he had fled ; {he took a road which wes full of our troops, and it is therefore very likely that Ike has been ova taken. Our troops teachcd Wei mar in the evening pursuing she rear guard of the many 1 | on the left flank; on the left Marf.ial Davouft pursued them p.s far as Neuflad, his head quarters were at Elkardfburg this morning—lt is fuppoied that the enemy is ende#’ bring to collect his forces on the fide of Frankerhoiden in order to reach Magdeburg. The ene. tny tniift have fathered a terri ble loss, which will not be as certained until late. Six ot their generals are prisoners of war besides a great number of colonels. GERA, October, 13. The battle of Schleitz, which opened the campaign and was very unfortunate lor the Prul f.an army, and of Saalfeld, which was fought the following day, have occasioned a depres sion of the enemy’s spirits. All the irtfet cepted letters fay that the fame lenfations prevailed at Erfurth, where the king and queen, and duke of Erunhvick, (fill ate ; and they are continu ally consulting what line of conduct to adopt. But while they consult, the French army advances. HAMBURGH, Oct. 21, The 0 >een of Pruftia arriv ed at Berlin on the 17th, and on the dav following departed again for Stettin ; or accord ing to other accounts, for Cus tt in. ‘l he French seem to iiave taken peculiar pains to matk the Prussian officers by which a great number of them were killed, and the confufion which finally resulted from it. MAGDEBURG, Oct. is. The battles which were fought on the 14th, 15th and 16'h inst. near Weimar, Kofin and Vaumburg, have annihilated the Pruflien army ; and vefter and y the army of reserve, under Prince Eugene of Wertein berg, was defeated by Marshal Davouft. between Lanchftadt and Halle. The French are before Halle. & will probably to morrow visit our city which is full cf confided military. Yederday (he king arrived here 1 but set out again for Berlin, and at tins moment an adjutant of Gen. Count Tanenzine is ! p fling through this city for j Weimar. Orders have been | sent to Hamburgh to detain all : (hinging bound from there for this port. JENA, 08. 15. The battle of Jena has eras* ed the fi tame acquired by the battle of Koftack, and thus in 7 days terminated a cam paign, which has quenched the dreadful thirst for war, that tormented the court of Pruftia. The position of the army on the 13th inst. was as follows, ./lhe duke of Berg and Marsha! Davouft flood widt the corps at Naumberg, hiving dtvifions of their troops at Leipzick and Halle. The corps of prince Ponte Cor va was on its march for Naum betg and that of Marflial Lan ncs was potted at |ena while the corps of Angereau was (la t’.otied at Iva Ula be that under j Ney at Roda. The head-quarters were at Se a. The French Empetor 1 was on his m arch to Jena. lhe corps of Marlhal Souks was on its march from Cera to take a neater position where the roads from Jena and Naumbur g meet. 1 he enemies army was poll ed as follows—'Flic king of Pruftia commenced his opera tions on the 9th Ocl. by ad van c inghis right wing lor Frankfort, his centre for Wurzburg, and his left wing for Bamberg. All the divisions of his army were prepared for the execution of this plan ; but me French army turning his left wing, was in a tew days posted at Lobcnftein Schutz, Gera and Naumberg. The Pruftian army being turned, fixed on the days of the 9, to, 1J and 12th. to con centrate her divisions, and on the 13th the whole at my pre sented itfelfin order of battle between Cappelfdorf & Aner ftadt, to the amount of 150,000 men. On the 13th at 12 o’clock, the Emperor returned to Jena and from a final! hill occupied by our advanced pods, viewed the petitions of the enemy, who seemed to ma noeuvre forthepurpofe of forc ing on the next day the narrow • paflage o r the Saal. The err emv made a mod obstinate re Pittance on the road leading to Jena and Weimar. Davouft was ordered to turn him in flanks while the Prince Prate Corra was feparared to attack him in the rear. The Emperor cofteQed the whole force of Marshal Lannes on the above htli in order of battle. The troops of Generals Ney and Soult marched the whole night. A thick fog obfeured the following day, and the Emperor guarded the infant, ry against the formidable at tacks of the Pruftian cavalry. The Riflemen commenced the aflion, and the fire of mus ketry was brisk. Good as die position of the enemy was they were dislodged from the fame, and the French army formed in order df battle in the vallies. The enemy only waited for the fog to disperse to com mence a general aftion. Adi vision of 5000 men intended to take the defiles of Hoefen, and to cover Naumbtirg, but was prevented by Marshal Davouft. Ihe two other di visions, 80,000 men in num ber together drew up in order of battle in front of the French line. The fog covered the two armies for the (pace of two hours, but when it cleared up the two armies had a view of each other at the dtllancc of a Cannon (hot. Ti e enemy’s army was nu merous, and exhibited a hand fonie body of cavalry ; his manoeuvres were executed with exaflnefs and fwiftnefs. Having made an advance on our left wing Marflial Ange rcau was charged lo throw him back again, and in Ids than an hour the attack was general. 250,000 to 300,000 men with 7 or 800 pieces of cannon, spread death every where before them, and exhib ited a very rare fpetiacle. The Emperor always kept a strong body of reserve with him, be. sides his Imperial guard. At this i rite retting crisis a ! division of the French cavalry arrived alio, and formed a line of battle in reserve in conjunc. tion with the above. The whole body new advanced, dr together with the main body soon threw the enemy—The lame took post again, hut was 1 completely thrown into con fulion, by a ftefh attack from I ti e duke of Bug, with his i heavy horse and dragoons. The relult of the battle was the taking of 30 or 40,000 1 prifoners.*s or 3d stand of co loim. 300 pieces of cannon, besides magazines end Bores. The enemy is fuppoied to have loft 25 or 30,000 killed and wounded. General Kol lendnrf and Prir.ce Henry of Pruftia are wounded ; the duke of Erunfwick'and gene ral Ruchcl are killed. Our loss is eflimatcd at icoo or 1 too dead & 3000 wound ed. ’l heduke of Berg has at this moment enclosed Erfurth, which is garrisoned by a corps of the enemy commanded by Mollendorf and the Prince of Orange. NUREMBURG, Oct. 18. A great number of French wounded soldiers have arrived at Baixemh, and many hospitals are established here. A letter from Amsterdam, da ted the 29th October, savs— “The war with Prussia is at an end, and the French are at Ber lin, in nine days. An army of 150,000 men have been destroy ed, and a kingdom taken, I think great operations are still to be • arri ed on. From a London paper ts Ocl- Z 7• It is with very great concern that we are obliged to check the pleasing expectations that were entertained yesterday of the suc cess of the Prussian army. !he accounts which were circulated in the Sunday papers, and re ceived with such a natural avidi tv, related merely to the two wings of the respective armies. The engagement which followed between the main bodies has, we fear, terminated to the advan tage of the F’rench, This intelligence ha been communicated in a dispatch from Lord Morpeth. Hss Lordship mentions that the action which took place on the 14th inst. was most sevetely contested. The Prussians sustained very great ioss. The duke of Brunswick was wounded, and had been tak en to Magdeburgb. His Prus sian Majesty is stated to have had two horses shot under him. These are the only particulars which have readied us. The following are the circyns stances which appear to have led to this general engagement, as extracted from the Hamburgh mail, clue on Wednesday, which arrived yesterdav morning. II ostilities, as it has been be. fore stated, began on the 9th in stant; but no affair of impottance took place until the (1 Otli or 11th, when a very warm action was fought at Saalfeld. Prince Louis Ferdinand who commanded an advanced corps of the left wing of the Prussian army, was sta tioned at that town to defend the passage cf the Saal. Kis orders, it is said, were to maintain his position to the last extremity, for the purpose of affording the Prince of Hohenloe an opportu nity of executing a bold move ment which he had planned a gainet the right wing of the ene my. prince Louis bravely per formed his duty, defending the bridge during the greater part of the Jay, against a foice three times more numerous than his own; he had only 6000 men un der his command, & the F’rench were estimated at 20,000. In the end, however, the enemy prevailed. Prince Louis was killed, the passages of the Saal forced, and the Prussians com pelled to retreat, with the loss of several men and some cannon. These are the most authentic particulars which we have been able to extract from the mail re specting the result of this first af fair, which was produced by an attempt of the French to turn the right wingof the Prussians, and destroy the considerable maga zines which they had formed at Naumberg. The enemy, encouraged by this first success, presstd for ward with their characteristic im petuosity, which brought on an action, in which it appears that a large proportion of e B five armies was c rg ri; , ( i ’S cannot, from the account, by the Mail, ascertain ;| 1( ’S on which tit's battle was hut the result of it. have been decided!-/ inf., ■ in ~ ‘aunt* the Prussians. Upward; r ,t ■ COO French are report, ( j to have fallen in the , r H have been made p'isoner*. pfl official account had r,ot rcpriJ Berlin when the port f or jjß burgh left that city, but th ; is placed beyond all doubt, ; short note which was rec e j (( B from her Prussian majesty, ■ During the confusion i'ncid J tal to so general an affair, S | J ding with such cor s*qn enct< ■ small corps of French cavil’J which was separated f rom ,>■ main body, penetrated to pj sic; and employing a y m . 9 lowable ruse tie guerre, o tfl9 quarters lobe provided fors e Jß ral thousand men, and extract J a small contribution from 1 towm This war on theniJ of the 52th; it may be therefij presumed, that the action 1 which the Prince of Holt r A;! was so successful, wa3 •I early on that day. It is probtM lhai a series o{ actions took pl JC J up to the 14th, when the ral engagement was fought, tj result of which has beeir ur.fayj rable to the Prus-ians; I Sixty thousand Russians irfl said to have entered the Pw.B si an territory. If rh-v havalß vanced as tar as Silesia, Ayfl may prevent the French fromfoi. lowing up their successes; if they have only entered South Prussia, we fear they will not reach Sat. ony in sufficient time to enable the Prussians to maintain pot, session of that country. His Prussian majesty address’ ed a procclamation to his artr-v, the same day on which his nij< r.ifesto was publised. It hasaln the energy and spirit cf that admit able composition. Every circumstance, every sentimsnt which could excite the enthusi asm, and increase the ardour of the army, is compressed inn this vigorous appeal to its !o\ altf and heroism. An Austrian Courier, who ar rived yesterday morning fun# Vienna, met at Dessau a Prus sian officer on his wav to Berlin, who had been sent from the ar n-.y with the intelligence, that af ter different affairs of posts, m one of which Prince Louis f'er dir,and lost his life, Prince Ho henlohe, by a well planned mv roevre, succeeded in catling oil 26, COOmenirom the main French army, the greater part of whom were made prisoners. Preparati ons were making at Magfteburglt to receive 6000 of them. Hi affair took place near Jena. From the London Courier Oct. !”■ The Proclamation for dissolve ingthe Parliament, will, it is •ad be published to-morrow. Ih® new writs will be issued on Mon day. There is something not suf ficiently open and manly it>th way in which ministers haves dopted the sudden determinati on of dissolving parliament. A few clays ago iris Majesty advised to issue a Proclamation for assembling the present p-Ai ament on the 27th of November* tor the dispatch of of the ministers had previous.) too, in addressing his constitu ents, considered a Dissolution s* not likely to take place imroech* ately. The proclamation had si lenced all the rumours that naa prevailed of an intended uiss°- lution—it had been inserted s* late in the Gazette a* Satuid 1 last. Not more, however, thau three days afterwards, it i* termined that the present P ril1 ’ ir.ent shall not assemble again, that his Majesty shall be advised to rign another proclamation, which is to annul and tender >0 his former one. 1 he motives object of this mode of conduct, it is not difficult 10 guess. ‘ nisters, however, are wduceo, they say, to adopt the sudden determination of dissolving P liament immediately, ia 01 prove how popular they —c