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- FRENCH PAPZRS. PARIS, DECEMBER 9. Her Majesty the Empress, and the young King of Rome, to3k so:mil turns this day on the terrace bor dering the water of the garden of the Thuilleries, The election of President of the Tribunal of Corn mem of Paris, made the 27th of July last by the assembly of the Ztief commercial men of the city, hav ing 'been annulled , 13y his Excellency the Grand Judge, Minister of Justice, a new assembly is to meet on Monday next at the Hotel de Ville, in order to , commence the election. The private 4 Li Bubiole, of Marseilles, Csptaiat Aoux, captured on the 91st of October, upon the roast of Africa, and carried into Ajaccip on the 9th of No vember, the Gallant schooner, armed with 18 can: lions, which was on its return to London. Its cargo consisted of ancient statues, Turkey carpets, silk, dyeing wood, efic, This prize is valued at about 550,000 fans. )BRUSSELS, DECEMBER S. • General Count Decaen, who commanded the army of Catalonia, must be at this moment at Gorcum, whither he went to take the command of the troops which had re-assembled there from all parts. It appears that the troops under his orders are to form the left wing o army commanded by the Marshal Duke of Ta m. This army will be nu merous and formidable, ZURICH, NOVEMBER 24. The French Ambassador, M. de Talleyrand, gave yesterday a grand dinner, at which were present the Grand Duke of Frankfort, the Swiss. Landarnman, and many o ffi cers of the Diet, GERMAN PYIPERS. FRANK Fp KT, DECEMBER a. Letters from Berlin announce, that Dantaic has ca pitulatecl. he interned lain oust 111 1 Breda, where he ffrould Burghers ; after which ' the Antwerp gate. Thus did Breda, one . for the defence of Holland self released without the BERLIN, NOVEMBER 30. • A letter from the environs of Dantzic, dated the 23d inst. communicates the following intelligence: 44 The remainder of the suburb of Alt Schottland was entirely burnt on the 21st, 41, well as the Jesuits' church. This once beautiful suburb is now only a heap of ashes. The cannonade continues so violent, that on that side alone we often hear from ten to twenty discharges every minute. Eighteen or twenty cleserters,daily arrive from-the place, among whom are many Vrench artillerymen." DE PRAUST, (sErogE DAINITZIC) NOV. 23. • + . The night before last we took from the enemy the, entrenchments known by the names of the Jesuits and, Jews entrenchments ; and they are now occupied by the allied troops. The latter took fourteen pieces of cannon, without losing a man. These entrenchments had been so much damaged by our batteries, that the enemy were obliged. ,to abandon them on the first assault. RATISBON, DECEMBER 4. . . Count Stadion, Austrian Minister, passed through this city to-day, on his way to the head-quarters of bis Majesty the Emperor of Austria. ROVEREDO, NOVEMBER. 24, Venice is surrounded on the side of the Lagunes by Rebrovich's and Meyer's brigades. The garrison consists of 6000 men. General Nugent himself occu pied Ferrara on the 18th. The trenches before Palma Nuova will be opened as soon as the heavy artillery arrives. General Tomassich's brigade has conquered Dalmatia. Zara alone, defended by General Roiza, with 1800 men, still holds out. The rest of the ene- IPT's army is between Mantua, Verona, and itovigo, DUTCH PiIPERS. DORDRECHT, DECEMBER 11. Gertruyclenburg, with all the adjacent places, were yesterday evacuated by the enemy with great vreci. pitation, and possession was taken by the Russian troops, who entered by crossing the Maese at Wor ki.ndam. _ By the abandonment of Williamstadt and the flo. tilla in such hai.te, we have obtained the provisions, equipages, &c. 'They hasten in the greatest conster nation by Steenbergers towards Antwerp. BREDA, DECEMBER 8. We are hourly expecting a garrison from the Basch (Wood). We have remained wholly untnop Tested. While we are writing, the Cossacks have made thgir appearance On the sitrts of the Wood. BREDA,. DECEN tl. HAGUE, pECgMBER IS. This evening the last of the Russian troops left us, taking the way by Papendrecht to Hardanveld. Dec. If.—From Franka, thirty-eight men, equip. ped, have been sent to serve under the Orange ban. ners-19500 Guilders 'have been subscribed by a few persons, principally in mercantile houses, as voluntary contributions. PUBLIC NOTICE. . " Aninerdam, Dempber is. 4 f The Provisional Government of this city has re solved, as follows : of Art. 1. That all the French in this city, whe, ther employed in any office or otherwise, shall appear at the Stadt House, to give in their names. residences, occupations, places of nativity, &c. 0 Art. 2, All inhabitants of this city who have employed Frenchmen, in their houses, in any capa city, shall give an account of them at the same bu reau, within '24 hours. " Art. 3, All Frenchmen not complying with this order, by giving in the necessary particulars, shall, as the public peace requires, be put under arrest. " Art. 4. Such Inhabitants as shall give shelter to the French, and not comply with this Qrder, shall have guards placed at their houses, to examine all who gain egress or ingress. " Art. 5. A Commission shall he appointed by this Government, to enquire into the conduct of such French as may remain, and to punish any that may be refractory, &c. (Signed) J. C. VANDER HOOP, V. 4. rELI.v.TIztt. PRIVATE LETTER. 4, BANKS OF THE MAESE, DEC,I4. " We are upon the eve of receiving intelligence re specting two important events, 'wither oat which has yet happened s the surrender of Antwerp, and the capture of Gorcum. It is not impossible, that before this letter is closed„ it may announce the possession of oneor of both of these places by the allied troops. " Very extensive means have been directed against both these fortresses, but particttlarly against the for user. About 3000 Cossacks are already before the walls of Antwerp, and yesterday 5000 Prussian troops under General Bulow, who will conduct the ope rations, arrived at Breda, and' by this time have, in all probability, either commenced operations against the city, or are masters of it, and the immense stores and magazines that are in the arsenals. Three regi ments of Russia* infantry on Saturday also marched from Rotterdam against Antwerp, under the orders of a Brigadier-General. " Should the Governor of Antwerp refuse to sur render the place when it is summoned, it is under stood among the officers of the allied troops, that the fortress will not be regularly besieged, the season being too far advanced for such an undertaking, but that it will be surrounded, and a strict blockade es tablished and maintained. Nearly all the Cossacks in Rotterdam have taken their departure for A nt werp. Some persons of good information affirm, that it is in the contemplation of the Commarhier in Chief of these operations, to storm Antwerp, in case the garrison should refuse to lay down their arms on the first summons, and it is certain that the garrison could make little or no resistance. " All military men know, that in consequence of the extent of the works at Antwerp, it would require at least a garrison of 30,000 men to defend it, when the fact is (as we know from three Dutch officertwho last night reached Rotterdam from Antwerp, having quitted the French standard during the night), that or regular troops in the city there are not 900, the whole garrison not consisting of more than 2000 men, made up of raw recruits, who have been compelled to enter the service of the enemy, and a few marines And sailors that have been supplied from the fleet. 64 The crews of the ships in the Scheldt desert en masse, as was the case with the Chatham, and join 4 the good cause,' so that the fl eet is now actually scarcely manned at all. .The inhabitants of Antwerp are alledged, indeed are known to be, in a state little short of insurrection ; and under all the circum stances, it seems impassible that ;kny thing like a re sistance can be made. • 44 Besides the preparations made on land, noticed above, we have intelligence from a gentleman who' quitted Walcheren only twenty-four hours since, that' there were then lying off Flushing a fleet of 16 sail of the line, with pilots on board, otily waiting for a westerly wind to carry them up the Scheldt, to assist in the important undertakings against Bergen-op. Zoom and other fortresses on that river. For the last three years the French have been busily engaged in repairing the fortifications of Flushing, in the hope that the same blunder of which the English were guilty in the former expedition to Walcheren, would again be committed by them, hut they will find them saves deceived. The westerly wind for which this fleet was detained has blown for the last twelve hours, and the fleet has doubtless long since sailed up the Scheldt. • - It was on the day before yesterday, at about seven o'clock in the evening, that the Sub-Prefect of the arrondissement of Breda, had received informa tion from the Mayor of Oozlerhout, of some Cossacks having appeared on Werkendam, and at nine o'clock he received a second express, with intelligence that 80 Cessackshad already arrived at Werkendam, and carried off the picquet of marines antigens d'armes. At three o'clock in thy afternoon 25 Cossacks appeared before the Bosse gate of this city to make a reconnoisance, and came so near, that several mus ket and pistol shots were exchanged, The whole garrison of this place, consisting of SOO men, both coast artillery and marines, and other troops, were immediately in motion, and a field-piece was planted over the gate. When it began io grow dark, the Cossacks made a movement towards the Gemick-gate, which threw the garrison into such dread and confusion, that General Ambert, who had some days before been appointed Qovernor of Breda, fearing that his retreat might he cut off, determined on quitting the city, and actually commenced doing so ai about three o'clock in the morning. The Sub-Prefect having given notice so the acting Mayor of this evacuation, the latter immedi ately considered on giving the necessaty orders for preserving the tranquillity of the city during the eva cuation ; and at half-past seven o'clock yesterday evening, summoned all the principal inhabitants to assemble at the town-house. In a small space e. f time upwaids of 200 gentlemen had ass.mbled, who im, ruedivrely formed paroles, to gp through the city. At nine o'clock eight Cossacks, with an Offlcer, appeared before the Bush-gate, who remained waitin g there unlit the Mayor came to fetch them in, The - Officer then wrote a letter to General Staal, cum, maudialg the Imperial Russian van-guard, in which ' 44 With respect to Gorcum (or Gorinchem), we learn, that a tew days since, the garrison was sums moned to surrender, and twenty-four hours were al lowed for the reply to the terms of capitulation offer ed. That time expired yesterday at noon, and as we.have not yet heard of the possession of the for tress by the Allies, it is presumed that the bombard ment has been commenced. If an attempt be made by storm, many lives must bg unavoidably lost; and as the ultimate cession of the place is certain, it seems a useless waste of blood. 44 is certain that Gorcum cannot make a long resistance, if for no other reason, from a want of pro visions. A few days since, the co:,sacks, who. are posted all round it, intercepted ano;lier very large convoy of corn, foiage, and other necessaries, when they took about 200 French prisoners. The Russian forges in this vicinity, amounting to 6000 men, are under General S id, This officer has also under his orders a small body of Dutch levies that have been recently disciplined ; the latter have rex proceeded no further than Breda. " Intelligence is likewise hourly expected of the surrender of the Helder ; the last accounts obtained from thence represent the garrison to be in a state of front a want of fresh waters It will that the new reservoirs that were con not been finished, and several wells . in the hope of procuring a supply, ipear to be all of salt water, Three Opanish prisoners who had been em , works at the Helder and elsewhere, passed through Rotterdam. 4 4 An unpleasant suspicion prevails among many individuals at the Hague, who have good means of information, that the British troops that were landed on the first breaking ont of the Revolution, will soon be re-embarked for England. The people of Hol land do not repose that sort of unlimited confidence on any troops, that they feel for the English, and such a measure, at such a time, when the indepen dence of the Netherlands is so unconfirmed, would be,highly impolitic. We cannot believe that such a measure is possible, much less probable ; for as yet, for particular reasons assigned -in my last, besides those natural causes that must unavoidably operate, the Dutch have no troops of their own, and until very lately, no arms. It is true that a considerable supply, 601000 stand, has within a few days been banded at Schevening, and deposited in the maga. HOUSE OF LORDS, DECE:.I2I:R sines of Delft, together with SO,OOO caissons of car- sett V. DUKE 01' uoXii R,ut. • fridges, but there are no troops to employ them, and The LORD CHANCELLOR 6.. id, in cet:l,,r. the Dutch require still some guardians of their liber- mity to his observations 1.1 yesterday he had takea ties; especially while they are over-run with Cossacks, time to consider the mod; nLich, in his humble opi who, to say the least of them, seem to know ee r y w e ll ni nth it would become their Lordships to pronounce how to enjoy freedom. , What gave strength to the their judgment upon this case of the Roxburgh feu,. idea that the English forces were to be re-embarked, There were, as he had bet.ue stnted, s*ial grounds was, that on Saturday the First Guards received s and findings in the interliicutor, which, though mate. route for the Briel by Delft and Maeslandsluys, and rial, turned out upon the pesent occaeon not abs.o on Sunday they were followed on the same road by lutely necessary to he iiicluded in the judgment of the detachinents. of the Coldstream and Third Guards.— . House ; therefore, he shoal propose that these other The latter formed a body of about 800 men. I findings should not be allirmed nr disaffirmed. it 44 On Sunday Lord Yarmouth set off from Hotter. was quite sufficient, up'.:l the general grounds, to dam for Breda, where he arrived on the same day. ! satisfy his mind that these le;:s r.cre bad. Indeed. From the fortress of Naarden we have no intelli- the more he considered Cie mete he was in t Bence of the slightest importance. The probablity E(laced to considir them, however numerous, as one of its abandonment or surrender is not mentioned. i transaction, and ctinstiticn:ly, in the light of one 4 , We learn that Uonaparte is not satisfied with the feu ; and, if so, avoild be inlpossible for their Lord. terms on which Dresden has at lengtlS capitulated, ships to sustain them under the charter of entail.— and that, refusing to ratify them, he requires that the Qn the ground-of esct'ss, he saw no possibility of garrison, and that General St, Cyr and his officers p.sration, or that any thing like a ',stimuli reduction, should be reinstated in possession of the city, in oath. could be effected upon any principle whatever. They qua. The following list of the persons included in the . were also evidently d ne for the purpmee of alienatioo, capitulation has been published from authority, and . to take place after the death of the donor,•and to bar we do not wonder that the French Ruler, under exis- the succession io tail, by substiviting a new series of Ling circumstances, should be little pleased with the heirs, under colour of the right of fate. His Lordship surrender of Dresden ; then read what he proposed s!otuld be the judgmerit 4 marshal Count Gouviun St. Cyr ; Generals of Division Count of the House, which comprehended the poinis be had Locbau, du Rosnel, Dumas, ilonnet, Claparede, Duvernet, Ber- just alluded to, and merely excepting the tindingg, which were not necessary, mlsiCal that the said interlo- Owens!, Rasont, Durnonceao, Gerard, Casugne, Teste Freyre ; Generals of Brigade Morelli, Schramm, Pavoletri, Couture, Ber-i cutor be affirmed. Ordered and adjudged accordingly. triad, Godard, Cognel,Le 'Felder, Edmd. de Estlerin, Stedman, I The other Orders of the Day were then disposed • Jacque; Fesensac, Doucet, Chartrand, Gobrscht, Weisenhoff, of, and their Lordships adjourned to Monday. Poskosky, Baldus, O'Meara, Bernard. • *. The lit Corps of the Army-452 Officers, 17,129 Privates. 4 The Garrison of Dresden-960 Officers, 4074 Privates. 4 In the. Hospitals-6031 Privates. Total-1759 Officers, and 33,745 Privates. • At Dresden were also, in artillery, 25 kovritzers, and 69. cannon, belonging to the above corps of the army. On the walls of the city, eight mor. tars, 26 howitzers, 117 cannon.—Total, 8 mortars, Si howitzers and 186 cannon. (Signed) ' Ry the General in Chief of the Fourteenth Corps, Baron Vun BOR. LLI. 4 4 ( p.S. No intelligence that can be relied upon, Isas been received to the latest hour from Antwerp. " By accounts just obtained from Gorcum, it ap pears that the bombardment of the place was not commenced yesterday, as was expected. It does not appear, indeed, that the Allies have constructed yet any works against the place. The Cossacks and a few Russian hussars, to the number of about 300, had taken post neat two mills, from whence, if they were established, they could have annoyed the French. To remove them, the eaemy made, yesterday afser noon, an unexpected sortie, when the Cossacks were driven away from their position with a slight loss, and after burning the mills, the French retired again within their walls." • ROTTERDAM, DECEMBER 14. The passage of the allied troops through Viana to. wards Gorcum is very considerable, The place bas I not yet surrendered, but this event my be hourly ex-, pected. PROCLAMATION. " Rotterdam, December 7. " INDEPENDENCE, LIBERTY, kELIGIOUS SERVICE, OUR NATIVE cocwrity, AND OltAt:Tzi.E. " The Burgotnahters of the City of Rotterdam, to the Good Citizens of the said City. " WORTHY Fk:LLOW CI rizatib! Our country is tree —the chains of a foreign conqueror--a foreigner even among the French people, over whom he extended his iron yoke, which galled our shoulders, are broken —our country is free !—our country for nineteen years past, shaken by revolutions, exhausted by fo reigners, and destroyed internally, was at length blot. tea out of the rank of nations. The/flags, under which the Heroes of Orange, the Tromps, the De l&uyters, obtained victory on victory, and caused lands and seas to tremble, are thrown into the grave of oblivion ; and our pend Ants, which waved on the Indus and Ganges, are no more. The GOD of our forefathers said, let there be light, and there was light—the full day has broke—the nation flies to arms, and tho heroic descendant of Orange, called by the voice of the whole nation toourshore, drenched with the blood of his and our ancestors, is called by the united voice of the sons of Civilis, to our assistance, and the nation has proved itself worthy of him. Now no foreigner shall reign over us—no strangers devour our property—no bloody placards deface the walls of our houses—no s2 . ,ies of the Inquisition listen to our confidential discourses—no French volatility contA minate our morals, or deprive us of the comforts of Divine Service, then will' the strength of 41 be united MI in me.... Out of all disorders arises the voice of the nation. Let both your vices and ours join, so that Euro t e may hear it, and that it may appal the hi:wrt of t;i. Vrench Conqueror ! .4 Orange, lawful Soveregn of the Nethetlard% To him. do we swear okizdience, W him do we steal loyalty—under his Hag we will fly to ,toms, And peace be our reward. " No, the Prince whom, next to Gov, we obey s was bora among us—knows our wants, speaks our langnage, understands how to appreciate the value of the Evange/ical Divine Service, the comforting in fluence of wnich he has now felt in its full force.- 0 I now shall truth and justice kiss each other in our streets ! Pram henceforward, let all hatred and party-animosity be banished ; prince and people, people and prince, may our liberty, independence, and the welfare of our conntty, be the ;hare of all Meanwhile, alter e d state of affairs in Europe, we may con4dently expect all this ; then will all un pedinteuts• in the Government be dorii away This is our Proclamation—we CWO.II to remair, faithful to this commen,ernent—we su,ar it by 0., ashes of our heroes—we swear it on the gray.i. of Willi.tm—of Fle,ietick I leury, ;rid of all the heroes of the I louse of Ot.llTe. Goo tit the Netherlands I Gon of our F.ttliers, our Goo— who said,' Let there be 1; . . ; 1it, and there ; ,who by Ole breath of thy mouth, bait chive:, (...„.‘ enemies front before us, 6:c.—contimat to be oat Go =the GOD of our Princc--tbe "GOD of our Chihli - ef t after us—and the Goo of the Netherlan ds, till time shall be no more." PA RL T PR9CEEDI.VCS. - THE EVENING STAR N DoNT.• MONDAY, DECEMB E R 20, WIS. A considerab:e sensation was produced in the Me-, tropclis on Saturday afternoon, ay a report that some thing like a revolution had taken place at Paris ; that, BONAPARTE had fled no one knew where ; that ae people had mounted the white cockade ; and that every thing indicated the speedy restoration of the Bourbpns. The report, being founded on a letter, knowtk to have been received, by Mr. CotNAcytt, the . PriAtseller in Cockspur-strcet, from his son at Rotter dam, and copies of the letter having got into circu- Wien, received very general credit ; blit,we are sorry to add, is not confirmed by any later , arrival from the Continent, and is thertifure considered as having originated in some ftlse rumour. The following is a copy of the Letter from Mr. COLNAGUI, Jun. " R CIRDA Dgc. 14. 44 Just as I was going to the Post Office with this letter, News atrived from the Frontiers, giving an account, that the. Inhabitants of Paris had taken, up the White Cockade, and had declared it to be their determinatioa to reswre the Borax iNs. di I had the information from the Secretary to Prince NARISCRSIN , the Russian Commander here. The report is universally credited, and has caused most inexpressible joy." The Purxes REGENT gave a dinner, yesterday at Carlton House . Tile Pri II CeSS CHARLOr a Of WALE; and a select party were present. Mr. CHARLES GRANT, son of the East India Direc tor, has been appointed one of the Lords of the Trea-. sury. REDUCTION OF PRICE IN ALE AND Amaca.--In consequence of the fall in price of MALT, the Brewers' Hall Company have given the above notice ; we may therefore, in a day or two, be enabled to congratulate , the Public on a further reduction in the price of roll: TER. The deleterious articles, which are said to be made use of in the Breweries, are ascertained to be much more expensive than those of malt and hops. This is clearly detailed in a most able Pamphlet on Tit STATE OF TIIE PUBLIC BREWEIUES, by MR. SAVER STOCK, of ALTON, which has just been published in the FOURTH NUMEER of the PANIPIILETEER ; contain ing a selection of the most popular Pamphlets of the day. The Patrons of the Drama will be gratified in kaa;;- ing, that the first Number of a new Work w 11 bts, published on the Ist of January, called 'The rejertt4 • Theatre, or, a collection of Dramas which have Lteer. A offered for representation, but declined by the Ma, nagers of the Playhouses. As a great majotity of:: the new Plays are condemned on the first perform ance, and many of those which the Public consent to tolerate are but little esteemed, it has been just!) , thought, that among the rejected pieces some might be found not inferior in merit to those selected by the Managers, and that a work of this nature would en able the lovers of the Drum to appreciate the taste and judgment wish which the must rational of out amusements is conducted, and how far the assertion is comet; that the pantomimic state of the Stage is owing to a d.'cline in the dramatic genius of t 1::. it might imntediato;y:magno to reAsis i ktebs. frog Ibe joyfully received bit the jocakted tha the, Officer rode Zone std stenctint bad no have Mien sunken ae of the principal felitteitelt but the springs aril Land against France. see he* days ago 1300 Sp le least bloodshed. ployed on the we