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I 11M.E RIC THIt AMERICAN GENERAL WINCHESTER'S DEFEAT. A General Order issued at Quebec, o n th e Sd of February, containieg the particulars of General Win 6e:ter's defeat by our troops : ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE.• " G. 0. " Quebec, February S. " His Excellency the Commander of the Forces has the highest satisfaction in announcing to the troops under kis command ano ther brilliant action achieved by the gallant division of the army Alt Detroit, under Colonel Proctor. " Information having been received that an advanced corps of the American army, under General Winchester, amounting to upwards of 1000 men, had entered and o ccu pi e d Frenchtown, about 26 miles south of Detroit. Colonel Proctor did not hest tate a moment in anticipating the enemy, by attacking this ad vanced corps before it could receive support from the forces on their march under General Harrison. 66 At day-break, on the 22d of January, Colonel Proctor, by si spirited attack, completely defeated General Winchester's divi sion with the loss of between 4 and BOO:lain, forall Who attempted to save themselves by flight, were cut off by the Indian warriors. Abaft 401 of the enemy took refuge in the houses of the town, and kept up a galling fire from the windows; but finding further resistance unavailing, they surrendered at discretion. On this evening the gallantry of Colonel Proctor was nobly displayed in his huniane unwearied exertions, which succeeded in rescuing the vanquished from the revenge of the Indian warriors. " The prisoners, at the close of the action, amounted to 1 Ge neral, 1 Colonel, 1 Staff, 1 Major, 9 Captains, 20 subaltern., 27 Serjeants, and 443 rank and file ; but the Indian warrior' were hourly bringing in prisoners, and bad taken a strong escort of the enemy, with :AO hogs. " Lolonel Proctor reports in strong terms the gallantry dis played by all descriptions of troops, and the able support received from Colonel St. George, and from all the O ffi cers and men un der his command, whos e spirited valour and steady discipline is 4bove all praise. " It is with regret Colonel Proctor moos the British loos antonnts to 24 killed and 58‘wounded. 01TICLIII Wournale.--Colonel St. George, four wounds, tint not severely ; Captain Tenon, 41st Regiment; Lieutenant Clermon, ditto; Ensign Ker, Royal Newfoundland Fencibles, dangerously; Lieutenant Roll;r, Marine Department ;Lieutenant Irvin, ditto • Midshipman Richardson, to;dit Captain Mills, Essex Militia; Lieutenant M'Cormick, ditto; Lieutenant Gor don, ditto ; Ensign Garvin, ditto. " G. o.—Mafor-General Glasgow will direct a salute of 21 pans to be fired at 12 o'clock this day, on this glorious occasion. • (Signed) 66 Ever. BAT NU, Adj. Gen. R. A." . . • 'noun OF REPRESENTATIVES, MASSACHUSETTS, FEBitUARY S 6. • IMPRESSMENT 01 SEAMEN. The Committee to whom was referred so much of tis Excellency's Message as relates to the subject of protecting in the merchant ships of the United States the Seamen of Great Britain, against the claims of that Government; and who were also directed to report what measures are proper to be taken in order to ascertain the number of Seamen of this Common. wealth, impressed or detained by any foreign nation, beg leave to submit the following Report : Your Committee find, from the Message of the President of the United States to Congress, that the principal alleged cause of hostility' against Great Britain has been reingved by the repeal elf the British Orders in Council, and that. the remaining causes of war against that nation, Is beg claim of the right to impress her own subjects from merchant ships. Your Committee, while they have sesiwith the highest satis faction that every other cause of hostilities is thus removed, have • prated, with the deepest concern, that the blood and treasure of the country are still to be expended in the prosecution of a war, the object of which is to compel Great Britain to relinquish a principle which never till the present time, seems to have been cousidered by the Governmeneof the United States as a necessary cause of war. The United States, it is said, " engaged in the war for tK sole purpose of vindicating their rights and honour." It therefore be comes a deeply interesting inquiry for the people of the United States to make, whether their rights have been invaded, and their honour insulted, in such a manner as to demand a vindication by this last resort of a sovereign state, If it should be found that this is not the case, but that the principle which is now made the cause of the war against Great Britain, has teen recog nized and practised upon by France and otheryowers, with out being considered on our part as a cause of war, the just and 'enlightened people of Massachusetts, as well as of the other parts Of the Union, will not, it is believed, think it necessary that the war should be continued for that object; they will net think it lust for a neutral power to make war for the sake of requiring of one nation, what they have not exacted of others, and what ethers have never exacted of them. J I The Government of the United States, however, to whose seasonable discretion is committed the power of declaring war, has thought it proper to announce, that the present war is still to be prosecuted for the purpose of compelling the relinquishment of this claim of Great Britain. It is, then, more than ever pa canary that the p ople of this Commonwealth, a portion of the Union destined to bear a large share of the burthens and salami. ties of the war, should carefully inquim into, and correctly tin. alerstand the nature of this claim, and the re al magnitude of the injury for which hostilities are to be continued, in ordeK that they may be enabled to devise the best means which may be in their power, as a Member of the Union, of contributing to effect the testoradon of peace. - VOllf Committee, therefore, have thought it to be their duty,: deliberately and dispassionately to make this inquiry ; and in, doing it, they hate felt all that responsibility which must result from a just regard to the welfare of our common country, and the essential interests of the citizens of this Commonwealth.--- With this view they have found it necessary to present a de-. tailed statement on the subjects committed to them; a statement which, in their opinion, will satisfy this House of the necessity of a further and more minute inquiry than it has been possible 10 make during the present Session of the Legislature. In prosecuting this inquiry, your Committee in the first place thought it proper to obtain facts sufficient to enable them to sorra some estimate of the number of impremsd seamen of this Com monwealth. For this purpose they boa recount to various offi cial reports made to Congress by Mr. Madison, while Secretary of State, and by his successor, Mr. Monroe • and they hoped to have found in those Documents, published Monroe; the authority of the Government. satisfactory informaticroon this point. But ft this expectation they have been entirety disappointed - they have found those reports so uncertain and erroneous, that they could place little rebuses upon them. In proof of this, your' Committee beg leave to offer a few remarks ; and such as they slab make will chiefly arise from their esamivation of the last of those reports, dated Jan. 15,1812. . This report contains a list of 1157 applications of men repre riented as impresed ; which, with the applications before com municated to Congress, amount to the now well-known number of 6057 (or, as it is sometimes called, 6267) cases of British Impressm ents. he first general remark your Committee have to make on these extraordinary documents, is this, that of the 6057 cases, many hindreds appear to be duplicate applications; and in many instances the same name is reckined three or four times, and in some, five time,. And these repetitions occur not only in the names of real persons, but also ip the names of person., who, by oce of native inhabitants of towns to which they are belong, were never known pr heard of. remaining cases, • vast numbers are altogether destitute !molars of the place, of birth or residence, ice. of the `rich are to essential to determine the fact whether the , ere Americans or rot. eases contorted in the reporebst mentioped, about a no dee gpatlon of the towns and states to which the belonged, the time and place of impressment, Stc. and 'll remaining cases are accompanied with these par . be observed, further, that this list le entitled by thp si State " A list of American seamen and citizens who impressed and held in bondage in kis Britannic Mo s p 1 war," ei;c. This very title is calculated to mss. reports to be a list of persons impressed and held pa ale ships; yet in many of the cases it appears that the toiuntatily entered into the British service, and received •Ano pay. *1 he list is also given us list of Americans; number of cases she men siknoorledtedtttellseives VERRTnatty of the man, itillignelfa, hail entered into ItileggiS privateers, and were taken in the service of the ' of OW, Britain. 'flosue though taken from America' . Wens' were the subjecla of Denmark, or other war with Great Britain. Some aeknOWledged the narnec„in their p slots were not their true names ; others had protettioos tira .l , p tam not correspond with their persons. Some bad protections were forged or altered. Many of the seamen were taken. English merchant ships, and no suggestion is made that Inili not entered voluntarily. Your Committee will make but one other remark on these do cuments :—The Secretary of State, in his report last mentioned, observes, that " there is reason to believe that no precise or accurate view Is now or ever can be inhibited of the names, or 1 the number of our seamen, who are impressed into, and detain- ' ed in the British service," and that " it is equally impossible,' from the want of precise returns, to make an accurate report of the names or number of citizens of the United States, who hive been cOntpelled to enter Into the French service, or are held in captivity under the authority of that Government, whether taken from vessels captured on the high seas, or seized In rivers, ports, or harbours ; the names of a few only, greatly below the num ber believed to he so detained, being within the knowledge of this, department. A detail is therefore not attempted with respect to this part of the call of the House of Representatives." Why the Secretary of State thought it proper to give a " de tail" of British impressment., and to withhold a " detail" of French impressment, or ddtentions, under such circumstances, it Is not the part of your Committee to determine. From this ezarnination it was apparent, that these official do-' contents were so uncertain and unsatisfactory.tbat little reliance could be placed on them. it became necessary, therefore, to resort to other evidence ; and none appeared to your Committee to promise so satisfactory a result as the testimony of eminent merchants and experienced ship -masters of some of the principal sea-potts of this State; men, who from their professional, as well as local knowledge, must be acquaintcJ with the cases of impressment& from their own vessels, and their own towns. Your Committee accordingly, antler the order of the House, authorjsing them to send for persons and papers, summoned a great number of merchants and ship-masters, without distinction of party, from Boston, Salem, Marblehead, Portland, and other seaports, which altog ether owoed a vast proportion of the whole shipping of this Connuonwealth. They also examined some of the Custom-house officers •' and also made inquiries of experienced °Moen of the navy. The united testimony of these witnesses forms a body of evidence, from which highly important and in .teresdng results have been obtained, some of which your Com mittee beg leave here to other to the cobsideration of this House. It appears from the depositions of the merchants w a ho were examined, NCI who have been engaged in commerce and naviga tion fasten, fifteen, and twenty years past, that the whole num. ber of seamen they have together employed upon an average for the last twelve or fifteen years (deducting the period of the em bargo) amounts to about 1(65 annually—which for fifteen years would make an aggregate of 23,754, and for twelve years would make an aggregate of 18,780 seamen constantly employed during these periods respectively ; the average of these two aggregates will be 21,127. In this yam number of seamen thus constantly employed by these witnesses, your Committee have found the following cases of impressment by the British, viz.; American seamen - - .., Fat eigh seamen - . . • 12 - - 43 Total, SS Of which there have been discharged as follows, viz.: . Foreigners discharged Americans discharged, 9; Ditto escaped, 1---;.--10 leaving, of the twelve Americans impressed u abo►e, but one Who has not returned•. Such was the resalt of the evidence of the witnesses in respect to impressment. from among the seamen is their employment. The whole number of impressment, (excepting the men here. alter mentioned taken in British ships of war) that were testified to before your Committee, including not only cases within the personal knowledge of the witnesses; but also cues that they had beard of from the friends of the impressed seamen, in such a manner as entitled them to credit, amounted, with the fore going, to one hundred and forty-seven. 147 Add cases of supposed impressment. - 10 Total, ---157 145 11 . . By the British - - .. - By the French - By the Portuguese Total, --1 57 Of the whole number there were Americana 107 Lousianian - - - - - - 1 Foreign tr s - - - - . . 47 Uukt;own - al 2 - Total, --157 Of the Americans there were Discharged on application Escaped - . - Entered - - - Died - - - - Detained' - - - Supposed to be detained No account given 20 12 Total, •-•-•107 To the above add the canes of the men - who were taken in the British frigate Gnerriere (in all 18), and who informed Captain Mull, that they had bee n impressed , sum total will then be 175. It appeared further in evidence, that some of the masters of ships bad been to mu for Many nears without having a single Man inmpressed ; and in general the masters' could recollect but two or three instances from their own vessels, in the course of their *hole sea-faring life. Your Committee also found, that in the practice of impress- menu, in some cases, abuses had taken place, both with the British and French; instances of which appear by the documents annexed, Not. 12, 33, and 41. The instances of impressments by the French, however appear to have been few - in number, comparatively with those by the British. It appeared alb that great frauds had been practised with re gard to Seamen's Protections, and which could not easily be guarded against by the Officers of the Government. Many of these Protections, it appears, have been forged; and hundreds of forged ones, it was testified, had been destroyed by the Cus tom-house °Mc**. Specimens of these forgeries were exhibited to your Committee, and are herewith submitted. it appeared, also, that genuine American Protections were bought and sold, in many cases for two dollars a piece ; and that, by means of the keepers of boaßling-houses in the seaports, who were in the practice of collecting them, these genuine Protec tions were put into the hands of foreigners, whose persona agreed with the description in the Protection, and the foreigner then 'assumed the name of the American who was named in the Pa per ; and it sometimes happened. that illiterate foreigners, who had procured such Protections, forgot the name they were to take. • Such are some of the facts which have appeared before your Committee, in respect to the practice:of impressmenta. Your Committee directed their attention ' in the next Ow, to the principle on which Great Britain founds her claith of impress ing her seamen from merchant-ships. 1 his inquiry appeared to involve principally the following con siderations;—Whether France, and other European nations, re cognize and practise upon the same principle / and whether the Government of the United States has ever made it a came of war against France or any other nation ? What measures have been adopted by the United States under the former and present Ad ministrations in respect to impreuments ? What offers have been made on the part of Great Britain to secure to the United States the practical advantages which they have deinanded without a lormal relinquishment of the principle contended for ? and whe ther the tuagnitude of the injury had been constantly increasing, nn:il the time of the declaration of wee, to such an alarming de gree, thats , forbearance could no longer be justified r First, than, does France, as well as other nations, recognise the same principle which is contended for by Great B ritain It is a principk acknowledged in all Governments, that allegi ance and protection are reciprocal; and that every Government has a right to the services of its citizens 1 and especially that no citizen has right to leave his country ip time of war without the consent of his own Government. This principle has ever been recognized in the laws of this Commonwealth ; and during our revolptionary war (the only occasion tin now When the Uni ted States have been under the necessity of enforcing this rule) was rigorously adhered to in practice; and your Committee ac cordingly find, in the year 1710, a eoletnn legislative declaration of Massachusetts, that" every Government ha{ a right to com mand tile personal services of all its members, whenever the mil gencies of the State shall respire it, especially in times of Impen ding or actual invasion; no 'member thereof can then witbdnsw 4 This is x.seaman whn was impressed from the ship Hugh Anson, Captain Eames, ip 1900, at Palermo. The owder (Mt. calti)1441011, Qf BP319 0 ) IMO OM racolle4 the pipe. pp*, pries it of the befit of bl personal serving, tiiittniut ubes t i the jenlirabe forfeiture all his property, rights, and bd. lei lager and derived from that constitedes of Govertunat to llieleTttort of which be bath refused to Word his aid and mils. Nor does this prissiple appear to be inetansietent with the prac tice of naturalising foreigners, when the lepl effects of nacos lisation are properly considered. When it State naturalises a foreigner, it binds itself to protect hits so long as he remains within its jurisdictions. If he doss am choose to remain within jurisdiction of his adopted ceentty, bat will place himself within the power of the Govessumin of his native country, by going within its exclusive joridleties, or within a jeriediedon which is sonunon to his native anti siva *sultry, as in mer chant-ships on the ocean, the Government of hie adopted country will not consider itself hound to follow and pram* him. Your Committee End, that Fresco for a unary and a half has maintained the right to seise her own creasers , in time of war, in her own pert., on board of neutral vessels, and at eta. — In roof of this, your Committee beg leave to refer to the French laws and ordinances on this subject. Your Committee will here ask the attention of this House to only eve of those Edicts, that of the Bth Ventose, 6th year of the French Republic (A.. D. 1778). This Edict deelarein.—" that all English sailors on board neutral flags in the ports of France should be arrested: and every man who spoke the English language should be considered English, unless he could prove by authentic evidence and documents that he was an American." The practice of France appears to have been confonnible to the principle of these laws. It being undeniable 'hen that France has long maintained the principle in question, the next inquiry of your ,Committee was, whether this claim of France had ever been considered by the Government of the Lini:ed States u a necessary cause of war. They do not find that it has been so considered. They find that in the year 1800, the United States concluded a treaty Acth France on the various subjects in controversy; but they do not find in thalnegociatign any demand that France should renounce the princtple, nor does the treaty Itself contain any such remind ' ation. This being the cue, then, it is ibr the wisdom of the people of* United States to judge, how far it is jut or necessary that • neutral Power should prosecute a war against one of the belli gerent nations, to compel the renunciation of a principle which it suffers the others to exercise. The next Inquiry of your Committee was, what measures had been adopted by the Government of the United States under the former and the present Admlnlitrations i In respect to the tm. preasmeat of seamen, and what has been the result of those measures I During the whole prosperous administration of that illustrious man, whose real patriotism justly entitled him to the appellation of the father of his country, the prac'ice of impressments was exercised by Great Britida to a greater extent,and in a more vex atious manner, than it km been for years past ; yet Washington, whose nice sense of national honour has not been surpassed by that of any of his successors, and whose real regard for the risks of his countrymen was always evinced by his acts, never belie ved that the " rights and honours" of the United States required to be vindihted by a war against either of the two nations, to compel a relinquishment of the claim in question. And never did his affectionate countrymen of the great commercial and na vigating States charge him with an abandonment of their rights, because he did not resort to war, in ceder to compel the formal renunciation of a principle, while the country could enjoy the be nefit of a practical regard to the true interests of the seafaring citizens. • lu the year 1794, ander his administration, the United States concluded a treaty with Great Britain; but so far were they from then demanding a relinquishment of the claim, that al though the evils of Impressment, were sensibly felt by the Uni ted States, no provision was made In that treaty on the subject. In the year 1796 the Government of the United States thought it expedient to make the law under which Protections, as they are usually called, were granted to American seamen; but this in the end afbrded a partial remedy for the mischief. The Government of - the United States, however, having a con viction of the intrinsic difficulties of the subject, and placing con fidence in the assurances of Great Britain, in the like manner as they required her to place confidence in theirs of a slam de. sire to remedy the evil, still avoided the alterna tive of war. With mutual explanations and mutual forbearance, our country still advanced in is prosperous career. FRENCH PAPERS. We this day extract from 'the Mexiinor the most important of the documents annexed to Maret's lte- Rort, which was contained in our Paper of Saturday. 'These documents were included under the letter 1, and, though the last in succession, will be found to throw the most light on the actu al state of circum stances. The first is a Note from the Prussian Chancellor, Count Hardenberg, addressed to the French Ambas sador, St. Marsan, and dated Breslau,. March 16, 1813. It is in substance nearly the same with the following : COPY OF A LETTER FROM M. DE KRIM/MAIM Paris, March 117, 181 S. MONSIEUR LE Doc —I have just received an order from my Sovereign to lay before you the following The propositions which I have anteriorly ha 4 the honour 91 submitting to you were of a nature to merit a reply equal, prompt as decisive. The progress of the Russian arms in the centre of the monarchy, does not pewit Prussia any longer to prolong that state of uncertainty in which she is. On one aide the Emperor of Russia, united to the King by bonds of perso nal friendship, offers Prussia, in this decisive moment, the sup post of his power, and the advantages of his friendship ; on the other, his Majesty the Emperor of the French persists in re pulsing an ally who has sacrificed himself in his cause, and dis dains even to explain himself upon the motives of his silence.—. For a length of time, France has violated, In every point, the Treaties which connected her with Prussia. Not content with having dictated at Tilsit a peace equally hard and humiliating; she has not even permitted her to enjoy the trifling advantages which that Treaty seemed to allow her. She has made use of odious pretexts to shake to their foundations the fortune of the State and those of individuals. Since that epoch, Prussia has been treated as a conquered country, and oppressed by a yoke of iron. Th - e Fressol.iplides remained in it s contrary to the terms of the Treaty, at discretion In it during eighteen months; exorhlpoctopsi trary contributions were imposed upon her : her commiirri Ins ruined, by obliging her to adopt the Continental System;preach garrisons were placed in the three fortresses of the Odes.-the couotry was obliged to defray the expence of their appolntments• in short, by the Treaty of Bayonne, the property of widows and orphans was disposed of, in manliest contradiction to the stipu lations of the Treaty of Peace; every thing announced, that no sort of regard Would be kept with an unfortunate and oppressed State. In this state of things, peace became an Illusory benefit. The King groaned under the enormous weight which oppressed his subjects. He flattered himself with vanquishing by the force of condescension and sscrifices, an animosity, the effects of which he knew, bat of whose principle he was ignorant. He gave himself up to the hope of sparing his people greater misfortunes, in fulfilling scrupulously his engagements towards France, and in carefully avoiding every thing which could give her offence. By extraordinary and unheard-of efforts, Prussia succeeded in paying two-thtrds of the contribution : she was pre paring to pay the remainder, when clouds arose between Russia and France, and when the immense preparadens of those two Powers did not any logger permit her to doubt of the war about to be kindled In the North. The King, faithful to his principle of saving, at any price, the national existence, judging of the fntwe by the put felt that he had every thing to fear from France. He sac rifi c e d his affec tions, and concluded with her a Treaty of Alliance. At the epoch of the conclusion of the Treaty, before the news could have reached Berlin, the French troops entered Pomerania and the Marche Electreale. The King with grief saw that no attention was paid to his frank and loyal intentions. They would obtain by force what It appeared impossible to gain by negociation. Agents of Prussia, frightened by the menacing attitude of France, bad Signed at Paris separate Conventions, wbicb contained conditions extremely butthersoome, relative to the provisioning and wants of the Grand Army. The French Government, histructed respecting the mediocrity of our resources, foresaw a refetial—prepared to gain the King's .consent; by the appearance of force, and deceived itself. its plajtsty milled these Conveatio*, abbossi be felt the 44- tjoli 71 111.111111 1dOing the lPhill enten tke t a rf stri P ees, s. he wont ,ruse blepeepie Ihnneeblimey requisitions and their fatal did net justify this hope. Whilst Pnlesk als ==al== to pene into the magazines the stipulated products, dfor IPteneli armies lived ae the expecce of , individuals. At the same time were eructed tie fulliiment of the Treaty, and the dady conseinptiois of the tromps. The sat. end property of the Inhabitants was taboo ay by MID force, erkbout rendering the least account silt; sad Pew% lest by :these acts of lolsoee above 10,000 bones and 20,000 minbese. Notwithstanding all these shackles, tie King , 61010111 to ile system, fulfilled with religious faith all the engageetellei he Ii d Wade. The supplies were successfully realised, the etlitalmett contingent advanced—nothing was omitted to prove the loyalty of our conduct. France oily replied to this &rodeo by rhea. dons always new and believed herself able to dispense, OD her side, with fulfilling the stipulations of the treat; which fril to bet charge. She sonstantly refused to voodoo the accounts for sup plies finnistied, although she bad emceed into a formal engage ment to settle them every three month!. The Military Conirentkm insured to the Emperor, till a new afrlngement with Prussia, possession of the fortresses of Glogate 11tettin, and Cumin; but the pmvisiouing of the first of thole trwas, from the date of signing that Convention, to have at the expence of France; and the others, from the de; ut, wilt& the King should have fulfilled his new engagements re specting the discharge of the contribution. The King, In ac quiescing in this amide. bad already given France proofs of Its condescension, in renouncing the nipulations of leoe; according to which Glogau was to be given up to Prussia, as soon es half of the contribution should be paid. The nen treaty was not better obeerved by France than that which preceded it. 'like provision ing of Glogau, and that of the other fortresses, caused by the convention, sad the discharge on the contributions already rea lised in the month of May last year, notwithstanding the meet pressing rept esentations, remaio at the expellee of Prussia to this day. The Convention stipulated nothing respecting the fortresses of f illau and Spandau ; they, in consequence, were to remain occupied by Prussian troops--the French troops, eoweves tered them by a sort of military surprise, aad etaintahsed diem selves in them. Whilst the weight of Prussies experices was indefinitely aug. mented—whilst she proved, that, after having pail her contri bution, her advances amounted to enormous sums—all kinds of assistance were persisted in being refused her ; all her demands were answered by a Antemptuous silence, and incessantly de manding teeth sacrifices—the thconceivable efforts of a burthened nation appeared to be considered as nothing. At the end of the preceding year, the advances by Prussia amounted to 94,0000M0 of franks. The accounts were In es good order as they could be, considering the constant refusal of the French Authorities to settle them agreeably to the treaty. His Majesty never ceased to represent throigh his agents, that it became urgent to do justice to his demands—that his exbausted States could no longer suffice to support the French armies. The King, fur the moment, confiuud himself to depending an ar e count respecting these advances, candidly declaring that he could not answer for events in case of a refusal. This language, equally just as clear; these demands, founded on the most sacred ti les, remained without reply, and only produced vague afoul - anew and distant promises. Besides, as it it was not suKcient to violate the most positive treaties, new proceedings took place to re. lighten Prussia respecting the Emperor's mutations, and whet she had a right to expect from him. The King seeing one part of his provinces 'needed, and the other menaced, without being able to rely noun the mistime of the French armies, was obliged to reinforce his own, end the or dinary way being tedious and insuffident, his Majesty &dormant an appeal to the young Prussians who wished to range themselves under his colours. This awakened in every bean the desire of • serving the country. A great number at volunteers went pre. paring to leave Berlin for Breslin, when it planed *I Vicerole to interdict all recruiting, sad the departure of theoolusneers, hi the provinces occupied by the French troops. This probibituste was issued in the most peremptory manner, and without as. quainting the King with it. An attempt so directly aimed at tho rights of Sovereignty,- exdtekla the holt Of hie Majesty, sall those of his faithful subjects s. just Indtenaties. At the was time, and whilst the fortresses on the Oder emelt fors long time to have been provisioned, at the 'space Of Pluses, Ass di! ' Emperor had lormilly desisted in an audited, elven to kistsfeld, that he had interdicted the French authorities from making etre kind of regulations in. the States of the King, the Governors's( these fortresses received orders to take by main form, for a dee tie of ten leagues, every thing whim was requisite for their dee fence and prtsvisioing. • Thisorbeuary and unjust order, wish geld. they 4id not nee take tie tremble of sequaiutiug the King, was executed its di k event, in &dame cue sacred title el progeny, "424" net tails of violence which it would be nil icult to depict. rietWitigli standing all the reasons which the King bad fur breaking with France, he yet - wished to try the e ff ect of negodelione. He is. 'formed the Emperor Napoleon, that he would send a confides* puma to die Emperor of Russia, in order to eaigege ham to as, knowledge the neutrality of the part of Silesia which France as 4 acknowledged, It was the only means which renutieed to the ' King, abandoned, at least for the moment, by France, tor having a sure asylum, and no being placed in the crud situation of leaving his states. Emperor haughtily pronounced wets% this step, and did not even deign to explain biota:lt upon the peeped. dons which accompanied that overture. In such a state of Wogs, the !gang', decisiou could not long remain doubtiel. He had toe yearaNacrificed every thing for the presisvatiop of his poistamA existence:—crow Femme compromised that tin:tent/4mA did not thing to protect it. Russia can aggravate his meows's, and getierously offers to protest him. the King cannot hesitate 1-ee faithful to his priodpiu and his duties, he lons Ids antes to these of the Emperor Alexander, changing his 'veep whim& shagging his objects. He hopes, in with Hume and mashing hintsidt to Russia, to obtain, by an eOvurabk peace, et fined arms, the only object of his wisliee-ethe twit pendenoe of his peer pie—the benefits which will result from thriakee4osee of his fathers the half of which has been ravisee,l from hum. King wi ll adhere, with all Lis power ' to every proposition con formable to the common %urea, of the Suverelins of ketoefet He ip earnestly desirous that they may had to. .t state Of thetas, In adch treaties may no longer be math ,teas—where pewee becomes the guarantee of justice,—an ct where NA, negating_ within his natural rights, may no longer be tormented in all th points iglus exigence, by the abuse of power. This is, M. Le Due, what I am charged to date for your Es celesney's information. Be pleased to gtve an account of it te hie Majesty the Emperor. Europe bee seen with astonishment the long resignation of a nation distinguished in the weds et %more by its brilliant courage, and its noble perseverasee. Now directed by the most sacred motives, there tk paw among us, who is not determined to sacrifice every eeMfisgltiN to the great interests of the "(krone, the country, and she bite pendence of Europe; no one who will not think bilges! Isin in perishing for this noble end, sod In defending Ida lidite. have orders to Immediately proceed to the Kist, may 11414 Master. with Prince tlatifekit, his Privy Counest scions ' Begin*, and the peewee attached - to these different have the busier to beg your Excellency to forward to the De ceNarepanports for this purpose. IMMO to Mow to you, at the lame thee, OM DMltitinte. o( ttsy Joao Mialsidesation. (Signed) vital BM MIMI. ETA be continued ] • PARIS, APRIL it. Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress wept this evening to the opera. The asaembly was Very numerous and extremely brilliant. Their Majesties appeared in their box about the middle of the first act; the saloon immediately resounded with unani. MOUS acclamations, which were repeated when their Majesties retired at the conclusion of the spectacle. BREMEN, MARCH 29. .The troops detached to both banks of the Lowee Weser to drive the 4aglid) I tom thera,andpunishsorae wretched peasants whom they had seduced, have re turned to our town, after having succeeded in these, diffgient expeditions. The enemy lost artillery, flags, positions; we took some prisoners from him. The conntry Will long remember the hasty appearance of the English, and the still more hasty manner in which they were dislodged. The battery of Blexen was taken by the puuaniers, who fortned the advanced guard of the left column, We were perfectly satisfied with the 4th Marines. jgothing could equal the tang/rod and bravery of the 1 52 d of the line. We expect the day after to-morrow the lat beitta- VS VS , ttt id i , Illege gv d to bet I (:)1 the ren 1 pf the partict seamen, win; applinapts wt tit the 135 3216 4ve nr • . nearnen bell to 4 ilioly the 3411 . Waters. i It should b • • i Secretary of: have been itn jetty's ships P lead ; at pal twain braids ' ' n.vn yohmtat b..unly vs l P p yii in a Vast i 1