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. PRlticit - PAPERI • ISARIS, NOVEMBEIt 24.. • • ' TVS' Majesty the Emperor and King WO ths day tefore yesterday 3t the Opera, and was present at the entire representation of the neve Ballet. • - .1* NAPLES, NOVEMBER 7. .The Magistracy, of Health has been informed that 'symptoms of the plague have appeared in the Ba learic Islands, particularly at Majorca and Minorca. ' This intelligence ought to cause our cordon esta blished on all the points of the coast to redouble its zeal and vigilance. NOVEMBER 10.—Yesterday his Majesty held an ex traordinary Council of Ministers. Letters from Messina, of the 3d of this month, bring the following intelligence. • The last Parliament met only for one sitting. The deliberations were very tumultuous, and promise but little good from the pretended regeneration of Sicily. Lieutenant-General Lord Bentinck, on his return to Sicily, caused the following Proclamation to be published : tt Lieutenant-General Lord Bentinck haling con tracted towards his Majesty the King and his High ness the Hereditary Prince, the obligation of pre venting that the Royal assent given to the free Con stitution should produce consequences which would compromise the safety of the crown and the public tranquillity, and from other considerations which must be evident to all, makes known, that so long as the Parliament shall not have provided for the good order and well-being of this island—so long as the present confusion, which menaces with a fatal catastrophe, not only the liberty of the subjects, but the very existence of the state, shall continue, and so long as the glorious work of the constitution, so hap pily begun in the Parliament of 1812, shall not have been regularly consolidated, the Lieutenant-General feels himself obliged to maintain the public tranquil lity by the military force confided to his command. " He declares, in consequence, that he will cause to be punished with death, after a summary military trial, the disturbers of the public order, assassins, and all other enemies of the constitution, who in any manner whatever shall thwart and obstruct the mea sures of Government. (Signed) 44 W. C. BENTINCK. Palermo, umbel SI." In these circumstances there has been a fourth change of Ministers. —A reformation of Parliament is expected. The situation of the English in • Sicily prevents their undertaking any thing against the Kingdom of Naples. LAUSANNE. NOVEMBER 12. All necessary measures are taken to reinforce our cordon on the floantiers. The Deputies to the Extraordinary Diet have been appointed. Among the nominations from Berne, are remarked thokof deWatteville, the former Lan damman' and of M. M. Jenner and Gruber. From this Diet a result favourable to the tranquil lity of our confederation is expected.. GERMAN PAPERS. STRALSUND, NOVEMBER 16. An arrangement has been made, under which the fortress of Stettin is to be surrend'ied up on the '2oth instant. The terms of capitulation are, that the sol• diers of the garrison remain prisoners of war—that the officers be allowed to return to France, and to retain their private property ; but with the condition that they do not serve against the Allies till the establish- Ittent of Peace:" LEIPSIC, NOVEMBER 10. His Majesty the King of Prussia this day passed through this city, from Berlin, on his way to Head• quarters. HALLE, NOVEMBER 10. Yesterday the following particulars concerning the sally from Magdeburg were officially made public : A courier arrived last night to the Royal Military Government here, from Calbe, who brings intelli gence, that yesterday, tLe Sth inst. a part of the French garrison of Magdeburg was totally defeated between Calbe and Schoenbeck, and pursued close under the walls of Magdeburg. We have taken prisoners from the enemy upwards of 700 infantry, and 400 cavalry, with six pieces of artillery. The Prussians have entered Schoenbeck and Snitze, amidst the joyful acclamations of the inhabitants.— The stores of wood and salt at Schoenbeck were saved, and the valuable manufactory, which the all destroying enemy would have ruined, has remained midainved. A number of Frenchmen were driven into the Elbe at Frobse, and the number of prisoners taken amounted yesterday evening to about 2000 men. 'nom THE BERLIN GAZETTE or NOVEMBER IS. 44 The Emperor of Russia assembled the captive Polish Generals at Leipsic, and declared to them, that the Allied Powers had come to the resolutiop of setting all the Polish prisoners at liberty, and sending them back to their country, if they could be assured that they would .not again take up arms against the general welfare of Europe. The Generals gtre their paroles of honour, and trusted that they could like wise answer for the sentiments of their soldiers. The Emperor accepted of their word of honour and dis missed them with these words :—• Take back to their native country the weak remains of a numerous army, Winch has been misapplied by a conqueror for the oppression of nations : they may still become good citizens; they have learnt that courage alone does not found nations, but rather that benevolence, with which every individual applies his valour, his powers, and his liberty, towards the general happiness.' 44 Two columns of these prisoners, under Generals E.atninski and Kra ski, will crass the Oder at Frank fort on the Oder at andCrossen ; even the Poles still remaining in our country are to be liberated. " At Gotha the Poles sent their Generals to the Emperor Napoleon, with the dtclaration that they world quit his army, as they had no hopes left, since ;he great battle, of returning to their native country. Napoleon was at first very violent; he then asked them, if they believed that the old lion was dead ? and at lenglit desired them to remain another week with him, and they is: ight then depart. The Generals accepted thesy conditions, of which they informed their soldiers, who now :narked every .ssith chalk on their czakos. In the vicinity of rankfort each one produced his seven strokes and i•Reut over to the Allies, being about 3000 men out e 1 the 100,000 that had been raised." . . • LONDON. WEtNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1813. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK • Reduced GO Siti 60—Cons. 61ii—for ace. 621 4 per Ct. 7511—Navy 92; 91i —Long Anna. 141 13-16tha Oron.— —New ditto, OW—Exch. Bills 2a. 4s. Ss. pre. The last accounts received by Government. from Gibraltar are to the 13th November. We are happy to state, that the fever appears to be on the decline. The following, is a statement of the cases from the gill to the 12th November inclusive : November 6, 11 new Cases, 1 Death. 7, 14 4 8, 16 4 9, 9 5 10, 7 6 11, 5 1 12, 7 3 Almost every day gives an accession of strength to the great cause of Continental dignity and inde pendence. Scarcely have we had time to comme morate the restoration of Holland, when we are in vited to participate in the exultation of the Poles for their manumission from the servitude of BONAPARTE. It was ALEXANDER, the Liberator of Europe, who had the additional honour of presiding over their emancipation—an event which we had already anti. cipated in announcing the death of Prince PONIA TOWSKY, who was always considered as the rallying point upon which BONAPARTE reckoned for the fidelity of the Polish contingents. It was at Leipsic, the scene of so many grand and imposing occurrences in the eye of the Historian, that the Polish prisoners of war were assembled, and suffered to depart in peace to their homes—from the lips of one of the most magnanimous and humane Sovereigns of ancient or modern times they heard the patriarchal sentiments of peace and good will for the first time since they entered the service of France—" Go," said ALEX ANDER, " take back to your native country the weak remains of a numerous army which has been misem ployed by a conqueror for the oppression of nations —they may still become good citizens : they have learnt that courage does not found nations, but rather the benevolence with which every individual applies his valour, his power, and his liberty, towards the general 114 ppiness." At Gotha and Frankfort, something still mire pic tuiesque ~ c curred. The Poles, when they arrived at the for,or station,. sent their Generals to BONA pARTE, and ::isisted upon leaving him : they agreed, at his solicitation, to continue with him for a week, and they gave him a striking proof of the irksomeness of the tenure under which he presumed to hold them, by chalking every day of their captivity on their At Frankfort they went over to the Allies, 3000 strong; being all that remained of 100,000 men, who were supplied by Poland for the last fatal Campaign. The Prince of HESSE has also been restored to his lawful Sovereignty, amid the acclamations of the in habitants of his capital. The flight of JERODIE Bo- NAPARTE had been previously ha%icd with similar de monstrations of joy ; and his 46 faithful subjects" the good Westphalians," as he lately termed them) coolly assisted in delivering up two of his mistresses, and the chief of the seraglio, his Prime Minister. MALCHUR, as the spolia °pima of the Conquerors.— Thus it is with the glorious fraternity of .NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, in a general scramble—they care for nobody but themselves. The wretched puppet Jo- SEPH left his women behind him at Vittoria •-Jt RON, E has done the same in Westphalia : these two Corsican R•itelas, it will be recollected, are husbands : one of them (JEttomE) has two wives still alive. So much for the morale of the younger branches of the Napo lecn Dynasty ! While the horizon over the whole of Germany is so studded with brilliant and promising events, the French Government take great care to allow nothing to transpire which can make generally known the real state of affairs within the French territory. The at tention of the Parisians is called off alternately to Si cily, to Italy, and to Hungary, as if there existed dissensions in these countries calculated to influence the grand allied cause. On the subject of Sicily, we have to acknowledge our obligations to Messieurs the' Redacteurs of the Moniteur for earlier intelligence than we could otherwise receive this is the whole extent of their mischief. Lord W. BENTINCK'S Proclama tion, with which they have furnished us, is dictated by a sound and vigorous tinderstanding. It cannot fail to restore the tranquillity of the island which he Igoverns. Yesterday at three o'clock his Royal Highness the PRlac►: REGENT held a Court at Carlton House. A Privy Council was held by his Royal Highness soon afterwards, which was attended by the Lord Presi dent, the Lord :I'rivy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury,the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Mas ter-General of the Ordnance, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the President of the Board of Controul, the Lord Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, Ste. The LORD CHIEF BARON GIBBS was introduced to the Council, and sworn in a Member, and took his seat ar the, Board accordingly. His Royal Highness gave audience to the Earls of HARROWRY, LIVERPOOL and MULGRAVE. It being St. Andrew's Day, all those at Court ' wore silver crosses in their hats as emblematical of the day, and all those who are Members of the dif ' fereat Orders, wore their wllars, it being stcollar day. . • we _lb EXPWITION TO HOLLAND. It h finch to be regretted that the prevalence of the easterly winds has prevented the arrival of the transports at Ramsgate, for the reception of the troops destined for Holland, from the 'Kentish Dis trict. In the mean time, hovreverethey continue to arrive on every line, and are cantoned within a for hours march of the point of embarkation. The 2d battalion of the 44th, commanded by the HQn. G. CARLETON, a very fine regiment, nearly 1000 strong, reached Canterbury late on Thursday evening, in waggons, and on Saturday proceeded by the same mode of conveyance to Ramsgate. The 2d battalion of the 35th, 600 strong, also ar rived on Friday evening, from Chichester, and con tinued their Mute on the following morning to Mar gate. A detachment of the corps of Royal Sappers and Miners followed them on Sunday. In the after noon of that day part of the Artillery Gunners Dri vers corps reached Canterbury, where they at present remain. " HARWICH, NOVEMBERi7-. 44 We have had an arrival this morning from the Dutch coast : she sailed on Sunday evening, at which time all was going on well. Some Cossacks had ar rived at Rotterdam, the Hague, and Schevening, which had the effect of preventing the French forces at Gorcum from making any irruption. 44 Two English frigates were at anchor off Schlp vening, and had landed about 50 marines and some gunpowder, and this was the only arrival off that coast at the above period. About SOO of the Guards were this day landed from a Berwick sniack, and proceeded to the barracks, in consequence of their vessel springing a leak. The Mwrson bomb has come into the Rolling Grounds, supposed from the Baltic. All the transports and men of war in Hosely Bay sailed last night, with a tolerable fair wind, and it is hoped they will reach the Dutch coast in two or three days. 44 The Little Auckland packet sailed early this morning, with the first Dutch Mail ; and at noon the Lady Frances, for Gottenburgh ; and Lark, for He• ligoland, with the wind at S. S.E." " YARMOUTH, NOVEMBER SP. 4 , Arrived the CHEERFUL cutter from Gottenhurgh, with ten sail of transports, having on board 1800 of the troops that were at Stralsund. They will pro ceed for Holland, under convoy of the ARIEL, and the command of Major General CHM ) the moment the wind blows fair. " The women and children, to the number of 300 r were landed this morning, and, it is said, are to be afforded a temporary accommodation in our Naval Hospitalytill they can be passed home." The fleet in the Texel, which has hoisted the Orange flag, consists of about fifteen ships of war. large and small. The Commander, Adrnind VER HMI.) a steady partisan of tiw French interest, endea voured, as long as possible, to prevent the measure, but was at length compelled to comply, both by the threat held out to him by the Provisional Govern ment, that he should -answer with his life for any longer delay, and the earnest desire of.a considerable number of the officers and crews. Of the Scheldt fleet we have no• further' accounts ; but every precaution has been adopted in ca* it should attempt to run from the Scheldt to a French . port. _ _ Aware of the want of arms on the part of the Dutch patriots, the enemy have in some places trod back their steps to commit cruelties upon the inhabi tants. Woerdea was one of the victims. They had retired at the approach of a small band of patriots, but learning that they consisted of only 150 men, they returned at midnight, got into'the town, and massacred all they met with. Only 30 of the 150 escaped. They attempted Amsterdam, but were spee dily repulsed, and made to pay for their audacity. Friday evening a great number of military wag gons arrived at Carlisle from Tynemouth, for the purpose of carrying off arms and stores from the depot in the castle, air shipment to Holland, for the use of the patriots; and more were expected on Sunday. A collection of gold and silver coins was made, previous to the departure of the Prince of ORANGE from London, to a very large amount. The bags and boxes which contained them occupied so much room, that it was necessary to engage the whole of the in side of a stage-coach, to convey them to Deal, last Thursday ; and Pearkes, the Bow-street officer, was selected to protect them to Deal. The officer also saNv them safely put on board the frigate, to go with his Serene Highness. Yesterday afternoon an express was received in town from the QUEEN, at Windsor, to the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, desiring his Royal Highness's attendance there.--His Royal Highness was in attendance at the COMMANDER in CHIEF'S Office, making arrangements with his Royal Brother the Duke of YORK, previous to his departure for Hanover. His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE goes out to Hanover as Governor-General of the Electo rate, and Commander in Chief of the Forces there. His Royal Highness's Court is to be established upon the same scale, and to the same extent, as at the time of GEORGE 11. He takes with him a very numerous Staff. New State Liveries are making for his set; vents, which are to be very splendid. The beautiful 1 horses which were brought from Hanover some years since, and have been kept at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, have been removed from that place, and the men attending them to go with the Royal Duke, and also the massy and valuable plate which was brought from there. • ••• Nat 1144.- INT4l,ZldEitt - • ' 77. _. stork SCILLY,. O.IIENIBER 25. Arrived - the St. Ann, Hour.st, Irom Livetpolli bound to 1 1 ,11 }touch and the Brazils. The Master states, that earlythis morning, bilweeil the Land s * End and Scilly, he saw a t chooner privateer, Undei American colours, who fired three guns at the 3t. Ann, but did n.damage. Saw him board and cap ture two brigs, and send them away to the South west : he believes the brigs to be from Liverpooli and that they were, like himself, bound to Falmouth to join the convoy for the Brazils. The Trueblo•aded Yankee American privateer was then to windward of the Land's End, and had captured a sloop. A brig of war was. in chace of her, but the Master of the St. Ann does not think she came up with her.— As the Foxitooso gun-brig sailed at eleven o'clock this morning on a cruize to the Westward, hopes are entertained that the prizes will at least be recaptured. FALMOUTH, NOVEMBER se. Arrived his Majesty's ship • DtooonouNo, with a detained vessel, under Russian colours, bound to France ; the Gratitude, CUNDY, from London to Smyrna, and several other vessels, but it blows so strong cannot learn the particulars; also this evening the Mail of the Duke of Marlborough Packet, from Lisbon—sailed the 16th inst. at which time the Duke of Kent*Packet'had not arrived out. The Doke of Marlborough Packet has put into Scilly. Among the Transports that arrived yesterday from Passages are the following, viz.: --(200) Atlantic, (99) Jane. (467) John and Jane, (921) Mary, (416) Ulysses, (147) Warrior, (195) Henry, (554) Wellington, ) Boadicea, and (546) Platoff. PLYMOUTH, NOVEMBER - 20. The FANCY cutter, Lieutenant HOLLANDS t whiEh arrived here yesterda, in 14 days from Gibraltar, brings intelligence t Yat the effects of the fever there were rapidly decreasing,;and that very favourablesac counts had been received from Malta. The outward bound West-Indiaman that put in here yestyrday morning in a leaky state, is called the Mintbvi", Ds- PEN laden with lime, bricks, irons, &c. and must discharge pan of her cargo to repair. Arrived the Antonia, from 'Alma, for London. Sailed the SCYLLA and ',Tumuli, for off the' coast of France.—Wind E. POWI'SMOUTH, NOVEMBER 90. Arrived the SHARPSHOOTER, of 14 guns, Lieute nant GoLorn, from a cruize ; and the Blue Eyed Maid carLcl, from Morla;x ; no news ; also several sail of outward-bound %Vest Indiamen froM the*East ward. The PoricurrNE, Captain ELLIOTT, is ap pointed convoy to the Next!' Coast of Spain. The gig of his Majesty's ship BRUNE was upset this after. noon in a squall, going to Spithead, and two men drowned, the remainder were tay.4.l with great diffi culty. One of tl:e V:ctualling, Of f ice ci.dt, laden with stores, was driven cn shire this day, ant,' almost immediately went w ; crew sived. HARM ICH, NOVEMBER So. • Arrived the J.inge Derick from Sclievelirg. Sailed the Lark and Lord Nelson packets for Heligoland ; Lady Frances packet for Gottenburgh ;- and the Auckland packet fur Holland, all with Maiis and Passengers. DIAL, NOVEMBER so. !'Arrived his Majesty'► ships ULYSSES, from the Bal tic ; RINALDO rand DEVENDEft, from Aimiral'Youso's squadron, and remain with the ships as per last. CHATHAM, NOVEMBER 219. Two additional ships are ordered to be fitted as Lazarettes, viz. the Crittrcria2i VII. and the COURA• own. The Ewalt is completely fitted as a convict ship : she was to have sailed to-day for Sheerness, had the wind permitted. Sir JOSEPH YORICIt z one of the Lords of the Admi rally, and R. SEPPINOI4 Esq. one of the Surveyors of the Navy, arrived at the Commissioner's (Sir R. BAR* Low's) house last night, from London. To-day they visited the several frigates afloat ready for sailing, and in the Dockyard that fine uew first rate, the HOWE, and the New Saw Mill. His Raman Majesty has scarcely completed the third year of his age, and As we have never heard that his size was larger than other children of bis age, he must in his uniform have looked very much like a dasseisti dog in a red jacket. BONAPARTE, at the late review, wry appropriately shewed himself to the populace through a grating ; monsters like him, are best seen in a cap. BONAPARTE has now two Ex-Kings of his family to maintain, with all their followers; besides nearly 1000 Douaniers, from Bremen, Emden and Holland. France, in short, is over-run by a refiluX ofg the rob bers she sent into other countries. A Gentleman who arrived in town at the close of the last week from St. Haloes, by way of Guernsey, says, that the people on the opposite coast manifest their discontent to the present order of things in France, and to the NAPOLEON dynasty, by placards, caricatures, and all sorts of p*squinades, posted up in the most conspicuous parts of the towns. The fol lowing triplet, among others of the same kind, was thrown into the diligence, in which -tlie Gentleman alluded to was a passenger, from the last stage be tween Paris tind St. Maloes : • Empire a rendre, fungi rates a rendre, BUHR EU% a pendre ! An Empire to be sold, , An Purees, to be sent home, . An Ehl pluton - to be flanged! At Brompton, on Friday last, a child about a year and a halt old, fell into the porridge pot, out of which the mother had just taken the dinner, and was so much scalded as to occasion its death io two hours. after.