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w f, ~~~ I • adjacent coast. The Captains, ojfieers, and ships companies deserve my warm acknowledgment for their exertions on this occasion. A few shot in the hulls and rigging of the ships is the 0111r : damage done. Captain Duncan informs me, that he gainaci very materiA and necessary inforniation, respecting this place; by a - very gallant exploit performed a few nights ago by Lieutenant Travers„of the Imperieuse, who st , rmed, with a boat's Crew, a.tawer of gun, destroying it, and biinging the gUaid (Signed) - - G. H. L. Durm . as, Captain. To Captainjkowley, his Majesty!. ship America s ; , Senior Officer.. His Majesty's ship Furieisse, at Sea, October 8. Sift—l beg leave toacquaiht you, that on the 4th instant, runuing. along „the . .coast to, the island of Ponza, at one observed a..convoy of nine: teen vessels in the harbour of Marinelo (about six miles to the eastward Of Civita Vecchia) prOtected by' two gun-boats, a fort of two long twenty-four porinders, and a strong fortified castle and•:toWer;' and, it appearing practicable to cut them out, as the wind was fair for that purpose, Lieutenants Croker and Lester, with Lieutenants Whylock and Davies, of tharines; gallantly volunteered to storm the fort' on the land side with the whole of the marines And boats crews, whilst the - ship anchored before it, which, service waii - tfirotiliiity performed ; and after a few broadsides, I had*eisatisfaction of seeing the bat terf.carried akd guns spiked by our gallant party on shore. ' * . . The 7 enemi retreated; and took the strong positions of the tower - -overlooking the hartgiur; l where they kept 'up 7a, constant fire of musquetry, through loop-holes, withwit the possibility of being di}li)dged ; although. I, wriehed and moved t in, so that the whole fi re of =the ship was directed against it. Nothing could damp the ardour of the party on shore, who, togedier` with I.ieutenant Lester in the boat, lost n.ot a iticimeni in boarding and cutting the cables Of sixteen vessels, under a most galling fire,' two of which . were• sunk in the 'entrance of the liarf boor; and fourteen gOt out. •'I" have Jo:regret the loss of twelve brave , ineh,' killed and. wounded; 'whit') is less tharmnight have been expected, as more than 500 regular troops arri ved from Civita Vecchia; but were kept in' check in coming along, ano forced to. take a circuitous route, by a *Well-diiected fire from the slip, which allowed sufficient time for all our men to embark. It is now a pleasing duty to pay a just tribute of praise to the very gallant and determined conduct of 114 r. Croker, First 'Lieutenant, whose zeal on this and on every other occasion, merits my „war/nest COM niendation ; and he speaks in 'the highest terms of adthiration of the determined bravery ofLieuienants Lester„Wbylock ? .apd Davies, the petty bfficers, sea men, and royal marines under his c.oinmand. . The'whole Of this service was most successfully ac: core: Wished in • three hours, • and loUrteen vessels, deeply' laden, got clear off, which I wits obliged to take in ;',ow, as.their sails .had :all been 'unbent, and. taken on shore, to prove* ottr.gettimg them out. A, have Sic. MOoNsms, Captain. - Hord•H. Duncan, Ciatirf fit' -hity'Aitajeity's ship Inif,aricuse. AM]) W.iONDED.. ' l / 4 '•:. • 'Jet= . William Rilkon s , Ordit t ary Sea. nan. Marie& WOUNDED. klenry - Watibys.Captaintlf -she Fdreeastle very scverily. William Gtiviv,' captain ct tie For top, : ditto.. • ' Aitbibald Cawln i CaOtaiii of Maiutup, ditto. William Hatt, t6iainnu,"' ditto s - John - Thompson, i - seatinin s di:to. Joseph Ker9WeriAiellAdAM: Sansuesßopket s .luariney Christopher Maiine„,•dangeroiisly. William Vinnicchub, Scanlan, tiaggcrously: ' Henty'Luke Marine, ditto.- • • (,:gne3) . -• . 4111. MN:4oex, Ca.tsin. E. k..VX N -Sarteiria. A J : IST . ClikarA l S,E.L.s.C.U'lli4ED. • • - , • GO-boat le *od cal a', cium- brass twenty-four pnuoders.aad: aitti-boa;•,"-tianse nnknow'n. . 2 Xebec WA:n(IMo, pierced for twehiE guns, two loniaix-piints; ders mounted; and thirteas.settees, -laden with salt, tobactu, , ' .ivarlAe, and saadriel.. - . -(Signed) ••••,,War. MOUNSEY, Captaig% • 1k 4 . His bilideity's ship Revtnie, off Pa.la.moo, ..Noveraber 9, I,Bls. Sm—l bite the honour to inform you, that./ dis.- covered yesterdaya Kench felucca, privateer, in the harbOur of .Falaptos,• which Lieutenant Richards, _ setiOr'Lietitenant of this sitip,,handiomely ofrered to bring out. Upon reconnoitring the place,, I did not observe injrinsuirnounta_ble impedOents to the en. terprise consequently ‘ halt.palt eight p. gave him lifeboats of thi's ship, aided by .Lieutenant Blakiston, Captain Speerin (and* a detachment of )toiaMlarities under his command 1,. and Messrs. Quelch, Rolfe„.lloer t hilainwring, Harwood, Mon., bee, Yraier,Maawell, Buchanan, and,Ditvey, master's mates and.rxiidshiptnen i and I ha e, the satisfaction to State that they cornOptely achieved their object at. eleven P. m, _without an officer er man being" hurt and at one4'clookbrooght.alongsicie their.prize;withs twenty prisoners ofierty.nine,,. the others haying. jumped overboard 4. and it is a very gralifyingim. of my duty to inform /rm., that Lieutenant Richards. liighly iumniends die goad conduct and gallantry s ck , every officer and mat.under his orders. have the hOnotir to ;be, &c. (Signed) J. %..79111r0 Captah •. • • To yice-Nantbil Sir Edsraid Peilevi, Bart. &c. His Maksty's ship Undaunted, off Port • Nourtlle, Nov. 9, 1815. have the honour to report-to you, that the port of. Nouvelle - was attacked to-day, and the batte ries. siorrned in the most, gallant manner tfy Liente •nant Hastings and Lieutenant Hunt, of e Marines, the whole under the command of Lieutenant How nain, senior lieutenant, who speaksin great pruise of the officers and menof this ship, and , those of the Gua daloupe, under the ccanmand of Livutenaut Hurst, , and Mrs Lewis, traster.• • The vessels-as per margin*, fell into our hands. I should be 'ranting. iu duty, if I did not express' my. high sense of the 3iscretistr and.gailant conduct, of the tifficess. and men orthis ship, 'who in the short time . she has been ander my "command, have taken or _destroye4.-princitially in the boati; seventy df the eneing'swasselsr.iste• with cornparadvely . a very sniult . It affords me gressilleatiure to state, thatlmlyase man was wbunded.—lltate the hotsisew to be, ste. •.- tnimedr Turmas VisertMaratir J • . . TI destreyed, S.' tiVtard Pellew hu also traps; Witted to Joha Wilson Croker, tack a letter from Captain Hamilton, of his Majesty's ships.Rainbow l ! - dated off Via.dalena, the 11th September, stating that her boats, under Lieutenant Coffin, had captured, in the Bay of Ajaccio, two 'mettle vessels, one having on board a Lieutenant and several men of the 2d batr. of French pioneers ; and the other laden with wheat. And ono from Captain Hole, of his M•ajesty's sloo Badger, dated off Port Mahon, the. 30th October, giving an account of his having captured l'Aven ture French privateer, of two guns and 28 men, out lour days from Barcelona, and .had not taken any prize. THIRTT.SECOND BULLETIN OF THE CROWN PRINCE. " BEAD-QUARTERS, KIEL, DEC. 26. • " Some armed, gun-vessels from Hamburgh hav ing approached Blackenese, probably with the view . of capturing some boats that were there, General Woronzow sent a detachment of troops, with one piece of cannon, to the bank of the Elbe. On - this-, an 'action took place with the French vesseli, whiek , •carried eight cannon : fort . ) , Ruisian light infantry Were embarked in boats 'in order to carry the enemy by fmarding ; but notwithsthanding his snperiority, he thought proper to make off, favoured by. the wind, and - was long pursued by, the Russians.. The Com mandant of the gun;vessels was killed. ••• '6 Miijor-GeneraT Boye, svho comma:As the troopS before Ginckstadt, hiving ordered the regiment of Kronnberg to make itself master of apiece of ground which r in advance of the fortress, was defended battery of heavy artillery; the garrison, at"the of a gun being fired from the fortress, made a sally The action was very severe, and the enemy were arinen back *within his walls with Considerable loss; • .at The ground was maintained, and the works upon it forwarded amidst a heavy fire of grape-shot from the fortress. The regiment of Krenoberg had several men killed and wounded in this affair, among whom ate two Officers.' The batteries will 1)e complete on the 25th. 6 6 The King of Denmark having applied for an, extension of the armistice. it has been prolonged td,' the 6th of January. This interval is doubtless along . one ; but however injurious it may be as.far . as re-1 spects the Allies, they_ will not regret it, provided the basis of peaCe with Denmark is laid before - i lis!j termination. Advantageous Conditions have been offered to'that government ill Sweden :—it is to be hoped, for the general good, and for the advantage of that government itself, that they will be accepted. Impartial Europe will know how to appreciate as it, deserves, the magnanimity of this offer, which con veys a new proof of the moderation of Sweden, and her upright wishesagaii to restore peace to the North. Norway was secured to her hi the most sacred and solemn treaties :—never had any guarantee a mote majestic • signature, - and • nes* did any nation rely v.;i1.11 more confidence than • sweden, upon treaties which deliver the Scandinavian Peninsula from the ie.fluence and policy of Napoleon. The hopes of peace have improved the Danish paper money 100 per . cent. -This-is the thermometer of the opinion of the nation.- -,-The moment hostile Operations are renewed, the paper will• no longer have any value. • the mean time, amidst ex sting protestations; .anAnglo-RusEian and Prussia convoy has been at= tacked in the Sound, -tiy privateers untILT the Danlh and „French _flags, and must have • fallen into die' bands of these pirates, had they not been protected by Swedkh ships of var. This convoy was laden' -with. valuable merchandise, and among other things,• with muskets and military clothing. " Since the commencement of the armistice RUssian officer, with dispatches from Frankfort for Count Wallmoden, having lost his way, came under the walls of Rendsburg. Being brought before the Commandant of the fortress, his dispatches were taken from him, broken open, and iead. Two of them which were addiessed to the English Minister; have been kept back by the Commandant." • FROM THE DUTCH PAPERS., THE HAGUE, JANUARY 7. Yesterday evening Cord Castlercagh; British Se cretary of State to Foreign Affairs, arrived here with: his Lady ..and suite, from Helvoetsluys. His Lord. ship is lodged at the. house of Mr. Van Schuylenberg Migt Bomenede. • . • According to letters from Baron Van Spaen Van Vuorstonden, our Envoy, dated Freyburg, his Excel., lenCy, immediately on his arrival there, had an audi ence of the Emperor of Austria • and' his Ministers. His reception was most gracious, and accompanied with many expressions of satisfaction on the restora tion of his Highness, our Sovereign, and assurances of assistance and support to a people'who had so brave ly, and with their own hands, broken their chains. ' BERNE, DECEMBER 24. !! Yesterday came hither [he Austrian corps under 'Count Bubna, and to-day entered many other regi ments of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, with pon toons and bridges; but Prince Lichtenstein, Prince Cobourg, and probably Count Bubna, are still here. The whole country is coveted with troops.' It is said, that 40,000 Colsacks will form the ad vanced guard of the Allied Army in France. Considerable corps are to march through the Aar. berg, and by the roads at the foot of Mount Jura.-- On,the 23d the Allies Marched tbtough Newenburg, and,. Bill• is alread* in their possession, the French douaniers and agents having fled from both places. The districts which werktorn. from Switzerland will be : again united to her. . BASLE, DECEMBA 2.5: • :051U 20th the •cannon were brought over the Rhine, , and on, the morning of the 21st the Allied troops entered here, and passed through the Spalen. port into Alsace. At the Crossing of the bridge not . • • a shot was 'fired from I-Itnsingtten. .It is estimated that 80,000 men have passed. through. On the 22d, 22;000 troops lodged here, some hun dreds of whom bivouacked,' while' the Bavarians, • marched thrOugh. On the 21it the Rhine Was, also, crossed by troops at Bench. On the 244 h lowly .thousand Austrians,again.possdihrough here. Some firing was heard in the.night from Humnguen, which, it is supposed, will soon be attacked. It is estimated that more than 200,000 Me' haye .already matched into Alsace ; and the Officers report, that they are to • advance through Franche Comte. 'MANHEIM, DECEMBER 22. Opposite .us the French have very few troops, and the whole line of the Rhine, from Mentz to Hunin guen, is very weakly manned. The few troops, who seem rather fer observation than defence, are chiefly drawn from Landau, .and other fortresses on the Rhine, to which, it is said, they have received orders to withdraw, should the Allies cross. According to' credible reports, .the principal places were by no means sufficiently garrisoned ; Mentz had scarcely 1.5,000 men, anti Strasburg 13,000 ; besides, in the foriner place the garrison was greatly weakened . by contagions fevers. Large districts on the Upper Rhine have suffered extremely from this fever, which is al most pestilential. Spire, Frankenthal, Worms, Lan dau, and Coblentz, have lost numbers of their inha bitants by it, and it still continues its ravages. • BAMBERG, DECEMBER 29. `, A letter this Moment received from Leipsic,. I+clgted the 24th, says, h/rhis day Tau surrenderßl •by capitulation. 'The heavy besieging artillet y• is al ready on its way to Wittenberg, which hitherto has been scarcely blockaded." 16- FRANKFORT, DECEMBER 3i. This day General Blucher crossed the Rhine: The *troops employed'in the siege of the fortresses set out for the grand armies, as these fortresses successively The good understanding which prevails among the Allied Powers may be said to be unexampled. To-day the Krng of Piussia departedfrop hence for the Upper Rhine. Much*artillery has passed through here, towards Mentz; probably destined for the siege. of that city. MULHEIM, ON THE ROER; JANUARY 4. According to privatekletters, the army under Ge neral Blucher crossed the Rhine between Cologne and Coblentz ; and it is said, that Cologne is already in the possession of the Allies.° ARNHEIM,, JANUARY -5. To-day we received here the joyful tidings, ttat the French evacuAted Nimeguen lair night, and Ow the Allied troops Marched in till's morning. It is sup 'posed that the retreat of 'the Fiencti *was occasioned by the Attics /laving erbiie'd the Rhine' iu the keiglit .bourhood of Du . scidurf. • ' • THIEI.,JAitUARY 5. The bridge at Bernmel• is now ready, and .many troops of all arms will immediately cross by R. To-night the French have evacuated Druten and . Leeuweu, taking with them 10 hostages'. To-morrow the -head-quarters of. General Borstel will come here;. those,pf General Lottom are aheady at Boxamel.. • Bar ztfr,i)kermßEß. According to accounts from the Venetian confines, , the Austrian - Field Martha' Count' Von Neuperg, who `had 'passed through , the Tyrol on his Way ;from the grand German army, to the , head-quarters vt Mar Belkgarde, who now commands • the army of Italy, didnot stop there, but continued his journey to -Naples, it is said, on a diplomatic mission. . In relation to this report, letters from Vienna also state that Count . Mier,. the late Austrian Envoy at Naples, had unexpectedly : ooAm to the former capi ial, and would itl a few.day* set out on his return to Naples. FRANKFORT,, DECEMBER 27. • Berne, Soleure, and Zurich, are in the possession crille Allies ; and on tile, 25th Count Bubna entered Filbin-0 on his route to the Pays de Vaud. In France, the Allies have already 'niade themselves masters of all Sundgau, and the greater part of - Upper Alsace. At Colmar, Colonel Scheibler had a successful ca valry fight with the enemy ; but in consequence of being wounded, he was taken. The forts of Landscroon and Belmont have been taken, in which were found 16,000 cwt. of gunpow der. Huninguen and Befort are surrendered ;—the last mentioned place is not provisioned.. DORSTEN, JANIII4RY 4. • On the 31st of December, General,Blucher, with the whole of the Silesi4n.army,- . consisting of more than 100,000 men, crossed the Rhine between Bin- Ten • and Catib ; on the folowing day General St. Priest entered Cobientz. ' On - this side the Rhine, the Allies were every where received by the inhabitants with rejoicings. DORDRECHT, JANUARY 7. General Bulow, it is said,. has received orders forth with to advance into Brabant, with all his force, fbe the purpose of supporting ,the great operations on the Rhine. His force, including the Russians. under Benkendorf, and the division of General Borstel, is estimated at between 40,and 50,000 men. All his force already marches through the district of Altena, the Langstraat o and the Barony, in the direction of Hoogstraat ; and it appears their first operation will be to expel the French froth the tipper parts of West wesel, and attack Antwerp itself'. General Bulow, with his Staff, were this day expected in Breda. FRANKFORT, DECEMBER 30. The Allies more and more ex,tend themselves in France and Switzerland. They have been every where well received by the inhabitants oil the left bank of the Rhine. The Austrian General Count Bubna was this day to enter Geneva. The inhabitants of that city had risen•upon the French, whom they drove out, and sent the keys of their city to Count Bubna. At Besancon a French army was assembled, and it is supposed that the Allies were marching' in that direction. We expect every moment the account of a decisive affair in that quarter. It is even now re ported that the French have been completely. defeated at. Besancon. BERGEN-OP-ZOOM, DEC. 29. . . (From a French Paper.) .Gen. Bisanet, who command,s.in our town, displays great ability,and activity.. We have no re aso n to fear the enety. Our garrison is .5000 strong, and has - provisions for seven months, A ociusi i i l d oxen were brought in this morning. FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, JANUARY 5. An advanced guard of the enemy, under General ISubna, about 3000 strong, appeared on the 30th of ])ecember, before the city of Geneva. The armed National Guard had been milkd out by the Prefect; and was 1800 strong. General Jordy who command• ad in the place, had put it in a state of defence ; he had fourteen pieces of cannon. - The garrison cinsist od of 1.500 men, 1800 men from Grenoble were corn. mg to reinforce it, which was sufficient to secure it . from a coup de main. , - By a sort of fatality, General Jordy was attacked , by-a fit of apoplexy, on the morning of the day the 'enemy appeared. The officer who c , Atlrc.wk!,.; under him, suffered'himself to 1e prevailed upon •L: the citizens, andthe garrison left the city. The Prefect had forsaken it, so that for three d.r., Fist •the citizens had constituted themselves into body, and had assumed the authority., T4agarri son marched out. and the citizens - opened the gates. If the Prefect kid dose hiss duty { if he had not left Geneva, if heliad been animated'Art-tbe 'same spit.' as guides the conduct of the'PreWts of the Ulifei . Rhine and of the Doii4s, titiC s aniiortatt Vice %tour(' have been safe. : • 4..4. • •••• • The Prelects ore • not Thlinvinleffdlegssit the finances : they have the ilth Ana' elk tik.: fiita,lof their departtneitt ftailtfikd town, the, ought to organiee means Of-diOnce: which Ate zeal of the inhabitants 'nay - - offei, nod 'fitike concur in tbe•Alefence. - The lateftaCt of the- Lend. could not dOubt that such srae hisilt4; The two columns Which 'were cbbilirglo reinfoicie the garrison, weir but - at unall &Mance froth- tie city when they heard :that • "[Here followsi a deerieoßM Ernpfrof, su - s'pendin Baron Capelle, PreteceoiElhe.litinali; for neglect ' duty, and ordering hilt td 6e tried by a` Commission - PARIS, JAN'UARY'S. . • The Senator Count . cie Sfkur, oti-arriving at addressed to the inhabitants of the Dtparurieni6faho Aube tile iolloiring • PROCLAMATION : •-• . ' l4 The Seriatorleennt de 34,eiv.Ocesul Master .of the Cere. tpoukrs, Escraor4initit (,:ogieifleitmec betbildWrO the /*ALL Milit art Di vtdcia; junehitemallhe . pettwent of the Attbe.:4i • • “•• GEN TLlMlEN•inßattlee• desires fleas ;• the whole world is in need of it ; the - Emperor wills it, and you . 'win soon enoy it, if, at 'the same -mornent when the enemy dares to invade - •your frontiers, you continue,' like good Frenchmen, to 4te.*: ;fie good spirit, the 7,eal, and the courage ivhiCli „have alwAys ,guished you. • • . 66 The Emperor sends me among you,, to tell you :important truths, Rad te meek qe. you about your . .clearest interests,- •; , . . " His Majesty flows.t}3e.eoiJs you have suffered, .the losses you, have sustained.; his, heart has been deeply moved at them,. ,; He had projects mom snit .far your glory and for your prosperity ; the inconstancy of the element i• , l and of his allies has prevented the accomplishment if his great designs. " The Emperor prefers the happinessof the peorl: to glory too dearly bought. He has therefore re . mounced all plans of aggrandisement ; he .has con sented to' sacrifices painful both for himself and for us—in a word, he has accepted all the conditions ei peace proposed to him by our enemies. - ". You would then already enjoy this wished.for peace, if those same enemies had not thought fit to deb) , it. They defer esigning,a treaty, the basis of which they have themselves llaid dawn ; and during this delay f they perfidiously endeavour to make .you doubt of the pacific intentions of his Majesty. " No Frenchman can be deceived by theM., , His Majesty has declared to the Senate', to the Legislative Body, in the face of the Universe, that he desires peace, and that he feel: a: a .Monarch and as a Father , hew much ileac: add: to tkoccurity of throne: and to that of • • • ‘f, He -has solemnly declared, that he accepted all ilk. conditions proposed by the Allies, and yet those very enemies delay the conclusion of this peace to which his Majesty has consented. They not only.. continuo hostilities, but they violate Ihe terzitoryatt a neutral State ; they enter France ; they menace .the departments in your neighbourhood. •" The Emperor, at the head of his armies, is going to advance to combat them, if they any longer delay the signature of a treaty which they defer without realm • • • 41 Frenchmen ! the enetly has entered France.. you feel what honour and your country require of you! You will be faithful to their call. If, till the moment when your army advances, you assume proud attitude which becodies a great people ; if you rapidly organize your National Guards, as you have begun, you will soon see the enemy stop in his ratit enterprize; he will not be mad enough to &are to penetrate into the midst of a nation which rises and titices up arms to stop him. " Already the advanced guard of one of our taps has made these foreigners retire, who counted on lage, and have found death ! Already they tremble. at venturing further into a warlike country, where they would meet in every man an enemy, and at every step a combat. Their imagination is terrified, when therthink that in their front, *on their flanks, and in their rear, your national guards strrroundii,g them on all sides, would soon deprive them of sub. sisteUce, agcl of all hopes of mum. Ihey know that • • p d e p ri i ti 1 fri •it rct. he er kr !:71 ee ttIC nz . ,off the !TO. [CI • ,ole •ou the . ue, • I the in. rou our •ed, eeu tnd , ntc lent re- on- .f or I Qi .for to of ing