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I .4 _ yoL . Gent - limes, In the efforts of the administration ; to support, by powerful means of defence, die negocia tions which arc gsing to be opened. " Ltss powerful, less strong, less rich, less fruit ful in resources was France ill the year eight, when threatened on the north, invtaded on the south, torn in pieces in her interior, exhausted in her finances, disorganized in her administrations, discouraged in her armtes. The seas brought her hope—the victory of Marengo restored her honour—the treaty of Luneville brought her back peace. I describe this picture, Oentlemen, but for the purpose of again cal ling back, within and without, the energetic senti. intent of our dignity and of our power, only that our friends and our enemies may at the same time under . stand the thoughts of the Monarch, and the force ofi the nation—the moderation otitis wishes, the ardour for an honourable peace—his horror for a shameful , peace." • The Legislative Body gave an authentiCated copy to the Orators from the Council of State of his Im perial Decree, of which it had just received a com munication, as well as of the speech of Count Reg. sand Saint Jean d'Angely, and ordered that the siholebe eniered in the process-verbal, and, an copier; printed. After the departure otthe Orators free.** Colin. cil of State, the Assembly adjourned all one u'elock to-morrow precisely. PARIS, DECEMBER Li. It would be difficult to express the eagerness which the Parisians have shewn to procure and read the Speech which his Maesty the Emperor delivered at the opening of the Legislative Body. More than 20,000 copies ()Faris Speech, issued from the Journal de Paris, were distributed before two o'clock in the afternoon. In all the public places numerous readers disputed for the Journals. , France, and all Europe, expected with impatience this historical monument of the frankness, modera tion, and dignity of the Emperor of the French. , What now can our enemies say ? What will the writers, whose disgraced talents are in the pay of England, pry i With the Speech of the Emperor in our hands shall we not always be able to reply victo. rionsly to their declamation ? If they speak to us of the love of the enemies of Prance for peace, we will answer them peace is in their power, there is no obstacle to the re-estalishnicnt ofl peace on the part of Frame. An honourable and solidi peace is the dearest wish of the Emperor of the French. Nations cannot treat wigs security, except by displaying their whale strength. This maxim, which Governments never I orget, without cndangerink their independence, and the late of the nation, ought to be constantly present to the mind of the French. What are the sacrifice; commanded by the:interest of all, when compared with the evils of every kind with which-we should be overwhelmed, if our victo. tiOnt enemy dictated to us the law ? The old Pro. verb, 3f you wish for peace, prepare for war, is a trivial truth, but which is not the less strong for having been imidif the first results of the experience of men cwt. 'coed in society. Yes, France will display all her strength to obtain peace. Already, from all the departments, our brave youths repair to the points menaced by the enemy. The levy of Sub,ooo men is carried on with success. Paris, that city so interested in seconding the views CHAPELLE, _ Our correspondence informs us-that all is tranquil on the line of the Rhini, from Cologne to Nimeguen. French troops occupy Breda, Bois le Duc, &c. &c. LIEGIt, PfiCEIVLIIER 16. The ihtelligenee from Antwerp is very satisfactory- A letter dated the nth, states--- , 4 Ave or six thou , land of the Imperial Guards, cavalry, infantry, and arrived on the 126. It is concluded, froni all accounts, in circulation at Antwerp, tait . the teeter is not in lone." It is not known whether the Imperial Guard; will remain at Antwerp, or proceed farther. Besides, all is tranquil. The fortresses of Goretun and Bergen-op- Zoom hold out, and are without fear. , • Travellers have arrived from Bois le Duc, at Liege to t day, the 15th, by the route of Grave, Veulas, Maestricht. They saw no partizans on this road. The English have neither made nor attempted any_ disembarkation, and is said that some partizans only have been seen from the side of Turahoet, but all was tranquil: FRANKFORT, DECEMBER 9. It is remarked as an extraordinary circu________. that the Emperor Alexander having appointed a Rus sian General Governor-General of Saxony, should just have declared, that all the appointments of Ge netMs and Officers in the Saxon army should be at his ' disposition. At the same moment a Russian takes possession of the Government of the Grand Duchy of Berg, and it is Russia who complains of the prepon derance that France has exercised in Germany ; and it is Russia who talks of moderation and indepen dence ! When her armies were conquered at Fried land, the French armies were upon her frontiers; what conditions of peace did they impose on her? Not only did she lose nothing, •but France consented that she should increase her territory at the expence of her ally Prussia. Now that Russia is upon the Rhine, what language Mies she hold towards France? what exorbitant pretensions does she not advance ? Let the epoch, and the manner in which the two Powers acted, be compared, and all people of good faith who are in Europe will judge them, and all the world will be convinced, th4t the men who boast of their moderation are not the most moderate, and that those who exclaim the most against ambition are not the least ambitious. - Letters from . Bremen announce, that that town has been declared an Hanseatic town, and that the former Magistracy had been established in it ; which would appear to confirm the report, that the Russians in. tended to organize among the maritime and com mercial towns of Germany a confederation, which, in fact, would only be an association Of factories, .car. tying on trade on the account, and for the advantage of English merchants. It is well understood, that the Russians would have the power of establishing custom-houses in .those towns, to collect in their im portation duties. It is impossible to describe the consternation this report has produced among the Gernian manufac. turers. They have calculated, that since the Berlin and Milan decrees, and notwithstanding the campaigns of 1807; 1809, and 18.2, their sales have been double' to what they were between the years 1800 and 18U1. .4uring which their country enjoyed profound peones: Thus they look forward with the utmost uneasiness to that moment when the rivers, after the departure of the French garrisons, which block up their mouth' s , ,shall be re-opened to English commerce. Without doubt, the opening of those rivers would afford gran pleasure to a hundred commission merchants, esta.. i blished in the maritime places, bdt they would carry_ desolation into thousands of families, whose industry. from that moment could less than ever support the competition of English merchants, fully determined to empty their warehouses, crammed for the last six years, at any price. But it is not to this that the Wow which the poli tical system of the Russians intends to direct against the German nation will be confined, it is known that -in Russia the distilling of spirits and the trade in corn and colonial products hejongs exclusively to the Crown, and they very much fear that these privileges !ebould be introduced in the states which may fall to avesbare of Russia. The same thing has taken place in the German provinces of Estonia, Livonia, and Courland ; can it be expected that there will be made in favour of subjects who but lately bore arms against Russia, ..‘xceptions to a regulation for a length of time established in that empire ? It will always be thought that enough has been done for their happiness in leaving them, like the peasants of the provinces of which we have just spoken, the power of dedicating themselves to the culture of cabbages and potatoes. Domains reserved in virtue of treaties subscribed ,by Prussia and-Russia had been given in Westphalia, ,by the tide of portions, the new proprietors were in the enjoyment of their estates ; some of them had even sold them; but the Allies have retaken all; this s the manner in which they acknowledge the s a n c t i ty ~ of treaties. What is remarkable is, that the Prince Royal of Sweden. had a very fine estate in that coun try, and which has, like the others, been confiscated. At the end cf November, the French were still masters of a great number of strong places ; the Frencii army at Hamburgh was in a formidable state; Denmark had reinforced -herself in Holstein; it was conceived that to regularly besiege these places and fight those imposing forces, considerable tioops were necessary, and if to them were joined the mass of those requisite to act from Holland to Switzerland, the armies of the Allies could not be so numerous and so formidable, as certain Pamphleteers in thit An4lo.Ruise pay, wished to persuade us. Ihe high Powers, who acknowledge the Soya. reignty of the Princes of Germany, and the inde pendence of nations in all theirproclamations, do no; equally respect them in the ants which emanate from their authority they have just imposed an extraor. din try contribution on the Grand Duke of Baden, who, it is said, has found tlie burtheli a little to) heavy, and who has beer) much astonished at flidiug he was Apt lipmer At home, since the /Wigs had de- Oared he was tile. In the Grand Duchy of Berg the Russians tall the eitizelis td arms; they do' not force any persoa to en rol himself, but those who do net march pay halt of -a, . • • their flunliki to a s tho r mte a t ipt and Nos ' o tsarist, and her protects opon the Rhine. A whit* were intended to pass this haste to join Cieseral Hillier, who since his defeat at C.aldeers, and the bad suceeu of the expedition against Perrare, bas not been in tt con slition to undertake the least .mosement. Venice is provisioned for i lZmonths t A loan which has been opened by raSierras is suffi cient to insure the pay of thbjtarriectlL This Gover nor hat 0/2'ed abe 4044 plan& 14 it respectable state of defence. Some Gem)** 0 1 110111101111114114111.11 k Iritb a =vied affectation, reinforcements as the il t essiaa assay., They speak of coluems which are in marchi, but those Papers do not mention the names of the Com manders of those forces; they do not mention their numbers, and announce rp , itiaetAta point of their de parture nor their destinatv , n. FRANKFORT, 12r. C 4, ' . The Emperor of Austria set oat to-day, between six and seven in the morning t his Majesty took the Wurtaburgh road to have .aft interview with the Archduke Grand Make of Wurt;burgh. Prince Metternich sets out tomorrow. Functi FOsiDs•wit4)sc. 54f. So. -—•- - —-- -- -- —-- -- by bhewing such a cle i terrninetion that evautzlifilt VtetPllll4lll.l4tt s and the maintain the safety of its tecritory, and the honour of danger ia,keptojet g distance. The enter!, try listax,. that . , of its laws. ding-less„upon the force otitis arms than %fhb tor q 44 Thirst of glory, love for the country, the'wish secret intrigues, .throw s hiiifiiihtfal libels to•the ad' OXitirt . roops into Tte for its prosperity, are passionr which -never become, vented postrof the army, wleich have beta unwed wised a division in het extinct in generous hearts. They area guarantee of by dischafges of musketry. - 4 r part of the forces whit the zeal. with which you toil! associate yourselves,rives hate* out in has! • AIX LA CHAPELLE, DECEMBER, is• CentleiveD,in the efforts of the admini Is-ra ti —on; to an,. enreacnnnrizbn :rtfwipowee .....1...6. ••Il :. • .......:1 since his defeat at Cal 4 of Government, from which it has experienced . _ many benefits, has distinguished itself on this great occasion. The vows of the country will accompati) the brave men who are destined to defend it. Glory and success will crown their efforts ; they will find, in the gratitude of their fellow-citizens, and in the hap piness of their families, the reward of their fidelity ) and zeal. and by fulfilling the first of duties, will be come entitled to those noble distinctions which a So vereign, who loves to reward m*it, bestows on those soldiers who distinguish themselvetsin the cams of honour. COLOGNE, DECEMBER 15. Lesters from the frontiers of Holland speak to( the continual march of troops of all arms from the inte rior of France upon Antwerp, the Waal, and the Lower Meuse. The Allied Army does not shew, • and has made no demonstration which announces an intention of passing the Rhine from Dusseldorf- to Mayence, A report is in circulation, that Marshal Prince Eckmuhl has gained a considerable advantage in the I neig;ihaurhood of Hun burgh. 1 BOURDEAUX, DECEMBER 16. Letters from Bayonne of the 14th, give fresh de tails respecting the combats which took place in the neighbourhood of that town. On the 18th, Count ' d'Erlon made between the Nive and the Adour, very brisk attack. The enemy was repeatedly re pulsed to a very elevated plateau, which intersects the road from St. Jean Pied-de-Port. They fought for nine hours between these two rivers. Our troops evir.ct.d an heroic courage, and carried by main force a formidable redoubt. The young conscripts con.' ducted themselves excellently. The English and Portuguese have suffered much. A division of the former was broken. Letter s front St. dc an de Luz say that the enemy's loss is immense, and that he has had nearly 16,000 men killed at woundtd during the last five days.: On the 14th the two armies observed each other. The Duke t,f D timatia was occupied in manoeuvring ups,n the banks of the Adour. Some dais ago the English attempted to oppose the passage of the river to a convoy or barks going up the liver Idden with provisions. Then a second S .ilia of treckadours (small armed launches) having proceeded from 13ayonne, fired grape shot upon the ens. y, and enabled the convoy to enter. Never was the slimy of the Emperor better dis. post J ; and without calculating the number of the enemy, ti.ey do not fear in engaging. in gen.tril tious. Th. army greatly pr sores the valour and de. vntion of the.l34)yies and Atinais, who. like true Fialclaa..n, sacrifice . their kiriyate interests' to 4ht the eoettlies of heir cf.untr . y.:' This example` cannot art to c)scit,e the enthusiasm of the inhabitants:of the South x aaa must induce them to imitate them; it is' PAPERS. WINSCHATEN, DECEMBER P. Seventy fine young men, volunteers, armed with muskets and lances, and accompanied by music, marched through a prodigious crowd, to proceed by Termunten, in order to join the besiegers before Del. fel—about 200 of our National Guards have arrived here to take the same direction. All the M unicipalities of the different districts vie with each other tor the augmentation of the military torte.. The youths appear in great numbers from all parts of the neighbourhood, to enrol themselves. Ships with ammunition and arms are looked for with great impatience. a Forward Forward !" is the general exclamation, HAGUE, DECEMBER 17. A corps of two thousand men, from Corium, have taken a position on the lett bank of the Waal, in the Boninsel district, and they have raised A small bat tery of four pieces of cannon, it the Ferry, to pre vent the passage of the river, near Fe)l. At Herwynea the inhAleitants were very much alarmed by a sortie of the French on that side from Gorcum. The Prussian Lancers rushed to arms, and their Commander represented in the most im pressive manner both our danger and our duty.— Instantly SOU men were aimed wits muskets, and placed themselves under the orders of the Ps ussian Officers. Atter a few hours or anxious surpence, the Prussian patrol. returned a lei the news that the ene my had in this movement only the design to burn some houses at Dalem, alter they hid driven in-the advanced posts which had approached Vunren. At I)alem they burnt 24 houses, six barns, a corn-mill, with five hay and cora ricks. They attempted to destroy the sluice there, partly by cutting, and partly by exp4osion, but on ascots-It of the lowness of the water their purpose was disappointed. Defeated in • 0;s intention, they converted a poor school-master's house into a fort, by unroofing the building, forming temporary rannports, and piercing loop-holes fur musketry. HAGUE I I)*CILMBER 1 9. • We are well informed 'that the paternal care of his Highness, our Sovereign Vance, hat already extended to those Dutch youths - who have served as grinds in the French army, and he his taken them under his immediate protection, adopting the requisite measures to secure to them a friendly reception from the Allied Powers, and to prevent their receiving any injurious treatment in consequence of their late situation. HERWYNEN, DECEMBER 19. At present we'are protected here against any enter. prize trom the enemy. The whole of the Florw4und is lull of the Allied troops, mostly Prussians. Our garrison at this place is 300, and at Vunren 4.00, end we have every reason to be well satiified with their discipline and general conduct. . HELVOrTSLITYS S DECEMBER 20. Yesterday his Highness the Hereditary Prince of Orange arrived here in the Meteor, and about twelve o'clock landed under a salute from the batteries and ships in the harbour, and was received on shore with the most lively expressions of joy, by a numerous awemblage of people. After viewing the fortifica. tions of this place, which are very considerable, his Highness set out for Brill. The bones were taken from kis ausiage, and lie was drawn for a considerable distance by the populaoe. A general illumination took place in.tiae evening, and nothing could be move gratifying than to witness the expression of joy evinced by the inhabitants on this memorable occasion, BOMMEI.I., DECEMBER 16. The Prussian troops have driven the enemy out of his positions all along the Waal, and taken possession of Heusden, Lowenstein, Workum. Bommell, Creve cour, and St Andrew, so that the whole district of Bommell is clear of the enemy. The communication with Breda, which had previously been taken posses. sion of by Russian troops under General Voq Benck endorff; is quite restored, and that part of the country cleared of the enemy, who is driven into the interior of Braballt, In consequence of foregoing disastrous experience, the garrisons of the foresoid strong places have not ventured to await being stormed, for which the Commanding General had given orders on the approach rat our troops ; they bought their safety in a speedy flight, in which they were immediately pur aued, and lost a considerable number of prisoners. In several. t these iortreeses the enemy had lett a quan tity of artillery, and at Loewenstein itself, a consider- ! able store of ammunition, which will be of great use to us, Upwards of two hundred inhabitants of this district, animated 15) the love of their country, have offered their service,. tu garrison and defend Fort St. Andrew, in order that the Russian and ProssiAn troops may exclusively keep to the operations of t, 6eld. Thes inhabitants are properly arme4, an d hav e t hi s d ay , on an attempt by the enemy to take St. Andrew's, given decisive proofs of their praise -worthy sentimepts, . '~` .-:~'•. ~s- ~. • ••••• • '41.• 4.. • •.• • r • •. w►- . s they, iarcoojuiciba Milt friorb laving »pulse' the enemy with look • • - • Mai' this iln• example Ind Women every when and the frontiers of Holland have none but ns Live defenders, th at the Russians any further expo the dread and confusion with which the irresolute ene my is every where seized,' and thereby put a stop t , the despotic measures of their Ruler in other parts. UTRECHT, DECEMBIR 10. OA Friday, Saiturdtl, and this morning% a numb of deserters belonging to different carps have arrive; here. IDEVEMBLit IL This day arrived here a considerable corps of new raised troops, all well clothed and provided, wit their Officers at their head, who came front tr. Hague, where English troops lately landed, and co; ruin cif cavalry, infantry, and artillery, are ca tinually arriving. Dzczatur.a il.—The raising of volunteers he• goes on briskly, and transports of them are chit sent from here to the Hague. We likewise fear that the city of Rotterdam has offered the Prince Lt mounted and Well•equipped horsemen. IN THE NAME OF HIS SERENE HICHNFSS Tne PRIVET C. ORANGE, SOVEREIGN PRINCE OF THE tiNtrED THERLANDS. " The Commissaries for the Department of Zuydernee, perceiving with deep regret that som, persons calling themselves Hollanders,Vho forcnerl: served in the regular Guards, both horse and loc. at Amsterdam, have not yet joined the*: worthy eon• rides, have— . Reiss/yea, That considering that all Hollander! by the favour of rant 11)ENCR, have been placed qttdc: the paternal Government, and the due obeissance his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange and Nassat Sovereign Prinie of the United Netherlands, 'Tit al Hollanders are byitim, their lawful Sovereign, dul, released from the oaths by them taken to the Empe ror of the French, either in a civil of militany capacity " That it is likewise the duty of every HollandL ' to contribute as much as lies in his power to defewl his country againu the dominivn of the French and those of their party ; 64 That the regular guards, as being inhabitants of this department, ought to conduct themselves as trot Hollanders—That every militavy person who quit!. the servtct, renders himself guilty of the crime pt de, sertion ; aud Oually l that the corps of the regular guards being clothed, fu r nished, and paid by the city of Amsterdam, their equipments are actually thy. property of the City % It is therefore resolved— " Art. 1. Thai all officers of whatever rank, AA alterns, and privates, or dragoons, who )save actually served in the regular guards, are under the binigAior. of announcing themselves to the Captain Quarter. Master at Amsterdam., before the 21st of Decailbec of this present year. " 2. Ali persons who have heretofore served the foresaid regular guards, and who shall not, con. formably with the foregoing 411;43; have presencod themselves at Amsterdam previous to the 2lst be. Heernber nest, will be. considered as defamers, and ihall be ptinished as such according to the articles of war, uol,:ss that they can prove their having been in the power of the enemy, or under such outer cit.. .eurnstanees as rendered • the performance thew( impossible. • . _ 3. Any person who shall either have Norstad any of ihe above-described, or have in any Wise as. sisted them in evading the searching eye of the G. vernment, shill be. puaistad as a secreter of der,OPF') according to law. • " 4. Every Hollander who sheltbave or /say re, tain knowledge of any of the regular guards afore. said, being inattentive to this sunimons k is herewith seriously admonished ithmediately to,give inforcnerioc to the appointed anttiorities, or the .local gavel - rum; of the place, where such person is to be found. 44 5. All and every person or persons, whoever they may be, who may have in their possession any . horse belonging to the regular guards, cis any piece of accoutrement appertaining to the said nilitarg, are herewith strictly required to bring ;he same tai the local authorities, or in so fir - as concerning Amsterdam, to the forosaid Captain Quarter-Master, {nci this to be done within the time before stated,. " 6. Every person who stall not have performed what is required by the foregoing Article, within tie time stipulated, shall be considered as an aecornpllout in thelt of the city's military property, and as IRO punished according to law, " 7. All Commissaries of Arondissemeass, and Mayors, or other Magistrates, are herein required to give due publicity to Om Roofs:um. " And besides which, the foresaid constituted An. thorities, as likewise all General Guards and Field posts, and, in ow word, all persons who are either directly 'or indirectly charged with the care of the public peace, AdministratOrs of kile. Police, are by .these presents strictly charged ors their respective re. sponsibility to cause these itesolutions io be carried punctually into execution: 44 So done at Amsterdam, on the I.Stls Dec. I 8 19. 40 The Commissaries aforesaid. (Signed) 44 'ANNUM "OW 10 1 scult.—A letter from Palermo. doted the 2d of November, contains the tolli.wing observations " Our Parliament has been dissolved. wanks to the Noble sand worthy Represnutive of Engiindv Lord William Bentinck ; and fill another Parlia ment is called Sicily will remain quiet. Even then, I firmly hope, Sicily will not be disturbed. The spirit of the constitution will diffuse itself in the meanwhile: its numerous admirers. the tr pads to order and liberty. will exert themselves with success. Something of tie British good sense will be instilled into the public of this sister island ; some Peers wilt be eahamed of they conduct, and tee! it their interest to airport the Con.: stitution ; and a majority of Members will be Femur& to sit in the House, quite the reterse of the past. Lord William Bentiock has saved this coun try once more ; Liberty his not a more enhenened Statesman under its banners ; nor has public order a protector endowed with nr.re firmness of mind. , - - - " P. S. A vimplete change has taken place in the Cabinet of The Prince Vita Francs, who VAS Minister 01 Finances ja the first Ministry, ins ir ted with the approbation of J.sord William ii , ntinck now at the head of the Council ; Prince Calms • Don Romero Settler, have been replaced. - Qabinei is all friend.p.tiow„ w G reat b t u's.. the collstltatiOU of Sicily." ?I