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The Cout-nts are—a Copious set of jpatructions; a Set of Pro gressiye Lessons; Sixty-four, Original fluetts,;in various Kowa, • each birwhich is preceded by a short r i thedio;accompanted with' an explanatory Note, by which' the Pupil Is conducted Irons the easiest to the most difficult Key; Twenty Arlene; ; Thirty-five • F*vourite Airs; and a Set of flourishea In Major and Minor Xeyt. • ,London : Printed for and sold by the Author, N 0.17, Littler., jEnight-Rider-strett, Doctor's Commons. • rr A C4vTpatc—No Book la genuine unl e ss signed "J. Viragg,7 in Red Ink; DUTC,JI• PAPERS. .• ALKMAAR, JANUARY 4. Yesterday the French, who still possess the forts.of the Helder, made a sortie in considerable force. The advanced posts of the Cossacks, stationed on the Little Ketten, no sooner discovered the enemrthati they advanced against NM, and, after a smart skirmish, eight Frenchmen were killed and thirteen taken the latter surrendered the moment the Cossacits cm* up with them, and it •is stu-prising' that any -af. them escaped. On this • occasion • three - Cosa* were wounded, but none were killed. The prlsoneri have hem brought in here in waggons, under an escort of - Nation'al Guards 7 two of them were wcrun'ded. There areamong them four gendarmes, one of WhOm is a D‘tcbman. We are assured,. by some deierters froth lEOrt - Le 'Salle, that the Comipanding Officer of the enemy's detachment was carried iti.dead, and that a number of the wounded were left behind on the road. zutLICHEO, - wriAs t y 4. , gxcellent bridges areinow thrown over the Maese at Veen, as well as osier :the Waal at Bommel,- and We now see daily passing numhers'of troops of all kinds, from Germany, on their march by Rommel towards Veen. Within these -four days 5000 fresh troops, all Prussians, have passed this way. The greater part of the corps of Goneral Von Bulow has also left this island,' and - the. General is removing his headlquarters from Boutniel, in order to follow the • army to Brabant. . , ROTTERP4I 4 4'MNPA!tY B. The . mounting . of the mortars on that batteries be tsveen Sieetvyk and liVondrichern, againsfGOrcam, is going on with actitrity. Heavy cannot :are also btought through The English ttansporti, mentioned 'in Our fast, have _entered Helvoetsluys, and proceeded towards Williamstadt. Aectiunts from Breda, of the 4th, mention as fol " Yesterday we received' inforMatiOn, that a consi. fle i Table number of French, , with artillery, were ap:. pcoaching. Every thing was immediately prepared or repulsing them, and a parry oT Cossacks having rode out to Meel, about two leagues hence, fell in • !pith a strong French patrole, in consequence of which three or four Cossacks were killed, and three wounded. The enemy retired. 4! A .Frctich spy sWie'eaken yesterday, and several important letters, it it said, have been found upon him. ' 4l We have received-a farther reinfotSement of 400 • men from Gertruidenberg, under the command of Colonel .‘g Every one-4 prohibited from coming on the ;malls, for it is believed that there are persons •in the town who ire information to the enemy." • ~When Lord Castlereagh landed on the sth, from the Arian, he was 'sainted with fifteen guns from the English ships in the road, and on his landing, by a lilte number from the fort. • • STATE -OF HAMBURGH. - 'Extract of a letter, dated Alma, December 26. f!, I have also escaped from Hamburgh, atui hasten to write you, to give• you an account of the horrible ] situation into which this tows; is plugged. I want words to describe the honors and miseries which are ' there endured-,-deith would be preferable to a life so full of pain and sorrow, undcr such tyranny, Man here seems no longer human, and the spectator stands astonished and perplexed to behold inhuman monsters perpetrate th;-jr unheard of cruelties . with iniptinite Tears Can give relief to those tortured feelifigs which snake the heart shrink with horror, Thousands of Men, women, and children are compelled by poverty, and the destruction of their habitations, to leave the town, and wherefore, because they have at the means iddefraying the dreadful expense necessary - for (up plying themselvts with provisions for six months ;- indeed the quantity of prosiaions required, and the Rric s it the same time so-high,,that it is - scarcely prac ticable for most of those who are in more affluent cir cumstances to comply with the order. Corn is not Fo `be bouett for money, and flour or meat . is still more di ffi cult to be procured :' l7lVviibtairr)orie taken possession of•the mills. The'price of tsack of eye weal is 30 marks, and the worst ungrouttd. rye is '24 marks the sack. Fresh meat sells at 10 ham is 16 schellingp, smoked beef is litieliellings, and common butter is not to bexot at 166as:hinge. Hundreds of men were yesterday begging assistance or, advice from me. Oh! that I could have illevia ted. Uriy sorrows by sharing my all with them, for theywere in want of food t Soule Qf the principal inlia:;itants, though they are able to supply themselves with six months provisions, have !pen arbitrarily re. moved ; witturitt any cause they are pulled in the fright oitt - of their eyes) their beds, and driven, wid their wives and childtess, out of the town. It,4a 'said; that only.from 11 to 15,000 inhahitanti swill be allowed to remain. Yesterday 20,000 persons kvire expelled, and this seyerify still continueL But assist.ince .is yet at great . distance: - • Outing the continuance the r4ny weather, it is in vain for •os in hope for deliverance; Gois alone knows.what is t's4 bcctime cif us. All the surrounding houses and iyi.cm are burned down . ;--H am, Eimsbotteloaod . Scisitltt:iulatt are in ands the tinfortipateloha r . btiants a;-•- •i 'to hunger and misery. ;At thisllets rt - rent flatiihergerk?rg is All in flames This ttbXi if 'sight hal added'thv last pang to my distF4ml,Unaind aild bleeding hi:art. It is reported, that . A*na wilt be. declared A.41tr.11, but ,t,)44 .is not Geniis). 411 around if is burnt." • • „ . • . . . - . FAZ/Vp‘ PAP.ERS. • .. 46 - ' • aIAYVILT:TiFiMBER 24. • : Welearn that the•Cpisrt•of , Berlio- has not 4,11e1l 'able to succeed in its projcts of aggrandisement in Laweritazony, and _that the influence of England with Russia has been such as to replace provisionally the Cabinet of London in possession of the late elec torate of Hanover. We are assured Prussia has been obliged to sign a treaty with England relative to this object. . . •• The Prince Regent of England has appointed his brother, the Duke of Cambridge, Governor General Oithe States of Hanover, conferring on him at the Same time the rank of Field MAshal. Lieuitenant- Coneral Deckeu is appointed Military Commandant of the country of Hanover. These three personates are expected.from England in the city of Hanover. TU.Duke of Cumberland, another brother of the Prince Regent; who has been ever since last summer on the Continent, has likewise been - appointed Field Marshal. It is said that he has been recalled to Lon don. This Prince acted no very brilliant part on the Continent—he continued there for .siz months in a state of perfeernullity: The Allies did not suffer him to participate in any act nor in any operation. He confined himself to making a visit of ceremony to the Allied Sovereigns—his residence was divided be tween Bertin and Strelitz. He -was held in no con sideration in Germany, and it is generally said that Je has no capacity. BESANCON, MN. 1. The Paris Papers have been mistaken in stating that the Prince of Moskwa had arrived at Besancon, . APCI4A 7 CHAPILLE MN. 4, On the Ist instant, at eleven o'clock at night, the imemy landed near Remegen, in the Department of the Rhine and Moselle, lie was defeated betieen that commune and that of Scuzig ; 30Q prisoners were taken, one of whom was a Major ; 160 of these prisoners, Russians and Prussians, have already ar• rived at Cologne, with a carriage and cannon. On the 301., about noon, the enemy passed the Rhine in the environs of Mi,lbeina, in eleven boats, and advanced to the gars of Cologne, In an instant the garrison, as well infantry as cavalry, proceeded to the point attacked. After a short firing of mus ketry, in which they lost some men, the Allies re turned (Oahe right bank, leaving behind them 60 pri sonersiarnong Whom was a Russian Officer, wound ed. They almost all belong - to- the Landwehr. The National Guard newly organised effected the service ; the public order has.not been disturbed. On the 3d, about eleven in the morning, the ene my also landed between Weiss and Rodenkerchen, but he was repulsed with vigour by the cavalry and. infavry stationed in those two villages. cLEVEii, DEC4MBEkt SI. Whatever the Allies and their potions may say, it is thought that they have not in the whole of Hol. land more than 10,000 men. Admiral Verhedithis not suffered himself to be seduced by any of the pro mises that have been made him. I-le is at the Hel der, whiUi is considered as impregnable, and deter mined to defend himself there to the last extremity. He has provisions sufficient to supply him for a long • time. Our troops occupy the strong places of Naarden, [Deventer, &c. At the date of the last .ac founts frOM the. Hague, some English vessels wcre. in sight off the coast, and the Hollanders were made to believe that they had troops on board. Conster nation and alarm are already spread among the in . habitants of Holland, whom the Allies pillage and ill treat in every possible manner. • AGEN, DECEMBER 24: The 'Garonne_ overflowed its banks on the 22d, and laid the lower parts of the town under water. It began to subside last night, butvery slowly. The commu nications are intercepted, the couriers stopped.; those from Paris, Bourdeaux, and Toulouse, have not ar. rived since Tuesday last. The courier from Ach did sot arrive till to-day at noon. 7 4 • - VERONA, DECEMBER 26. The 'day before yesterday the enemy attacked the position of Castagniro, where was established Ge neral deCouchy, with two battalions of the 106th, and one battalion of the 36th light. Though the enemy renewed. the attack three times, he was always repulsed with great loss, and at last thrown' in disor der on Baden. By the number of men which he left on the field 'during his retreat; his loss .may be esti mated in killed and wounded at 400 men, among whom were several' superior officers. On our side we had 10 men killed and about 100 wounded. This combat does much honour to the troops engaged in it, both officers and soldiers. , PARIS, JANUARY t The Count dc Tallefrand, Minister from France to the Swiss Confederation, who left Basle on the 30t13, 'December, has arrived at Paris. . . ,OBSBRVATIONS ON THE FRANKFORT DECLARATION, • (Front the lournaLde 11 44 Art) • • For some time past much has been said of the be, claration of the Allied Powers, dated December Ist, and insetted in the Frankfort Gazette of the 6th. The enemy have thrown ionie copies of it on our frontiers and our coasts.. they have even sent it by the Post. office at Dasle to atreat many persons: Already the Orator of the Senate has quoted some passages front jt s which he has refuted with equal strength and .soundness of argument; but we . think-it our duty to make some reflections on this strange paper, calms.. fated to strike every apprehension. if, after having made to his Majesty the paperer pf the FrenelLjust, generous and liberal proposals; are Allies had me; with a refusal, or had even received only an evasive, answer, it cannot be denied that this declaration would be adapted to make some impres. sion on the pete hrit little acquainted with the in plirect preeted's s of diplomacy ; but if, on the con trary, the propbsits of the Allies hire }pen formally accepted by his Majesty the•Pr3pirror (as the report pf rte Con rnittee piores), if it was not till after they. Lad received the aceptaince of hi* Majesty ? that the 41614t:rverpripii Pub i liabpd this decifistiotp, K best be, ow , • their sentuaenta moot or heir eiewslo disinterested as tbefurect td piodabn at their Manifelto has po other object than that . i 4 paralysing the energy of the french parton. by it. tempting to persuade them that their 13overomeot has rejected jut, generakt and Wel ftstigair; that this declaration, apparently so moderate, may he a 'eloak for an ambition, which dares sotto *how itself Openly ;• in short, that it is discord in itself, which, , issuming the oarb of peace, he* thin*" inIP Voles it declaration, which is but a decejtfp% lure, What we have/just said is not.* inicrepreseotetioo. it was on the sth December, in the evening, - that the Allies received the acceptance of the Emperor of French ; it was on the 7th that they published in the Frankfort Gazette, which city was their head-quartere. at that time, the famous declaration which they hate -published on the Ist. This is a certain fact, the bare relation of which is sufficient to overturn all this shell, of generosity and love of peace, Truly, we might dispense, after this, with replying to an act which we are at a loss how to appreciate ; `we will, however, examine it in detail, refute it, as if it had been made in the spirit of good faith, and when it is stripped of all the deceitful forms which conceal its real character, it will be easily perceived that it can deceive nobody, and that all the• French must answer it only by their unanimity, their cou rage, and the most generous efforts, The Allies do not make" war on France, they say, but against the prelunderance" which the Emperor Napoleon has exercised beyond the botmdaries of bis Empire, _ We shall not repeat here the reflections, full of wisdom, which M. de Fontanes has opposed to - those forms, co ncw in the social and political.orders of Europe ; but ws will -ask the Allies, if it is pot to ;heir imprudent attacks that francs la hutchtsd . for this preponderarke ? Since the famous treaty of Til 7 , nitz, have not they alternately - compeljed i t ogoin, bat and to vanquish thqin • In 1796, Franre, rnistyess of the Rhine and the Alps, ruling over Holland and the Milanese, was already a preponderating power on the Continent, and this preponderance, the result• of the first coali tion? Was recognized and sanctioned by the treaties of Bale and Campo ,Vormio. The Emperor of the French has undoubtedly carried it further, and every new ' , Far has strengthened it. lint wfio provoked those wars • . , . • Those who in 1804, 1800, and 1809, violated their treaties, and attacked- France, which was engaged in combating the preponderance of England, Let the Allied Powers be sincere always aggres sors, always conquered, they have nevertheless for mally concurred in the general measures which they now seek to represent as the unhappy result of the French preponderance, Is Germany the point in question At Ratisbonne, at Luneville, in the fixing, of the indemnities, or to speak timbre plainly, in the partition of the German Empire, did we not see Austria and Prussia co-operate in the most active manner ? Did not Rusiii, conduct the aegodations in concert with Fraaila I.- Did not she guarantee the result, and did not the Russian Am bassador proclaim then, that the distribution of the in demnities was made for the peace and happiness of the Con tinent ? Is the Continental system in question ? Was not Russia herself the first to give, during the American war, the signal for the measures which were taken by the maritime powers of the North, to stop the pre ponderance of the English, which has now become, if we may use the expression, a real omnipotence on all the seas of the globe._? What was the object of France whey victorious, unless to renew and to fi; upon n solid basis the ma ritime system which Russia had conceived ? What was the most important stipulation of the Treaty of Tilsit ? The engagement entered ipto by Russia, to complete, in conjunction with us, what she had her self began, and which she for ; v .-long time considered as the fairest title.to glory ? Can Europe have forgotten the solemn Proclama tions of the Emperor. Alexander, in which he de clared, that for the happiness of his people, and for the happiness of the world, he had agreed. witls the Emperor Napoleon on the means of maintaining the Continental system, and of forcing the English to se. cognize the rights of netural powers ? Did he not so, lemnly engage to - revenge the crimes committed at Copenhagen ? Did he not declare war against Eng_ land ? Add when-Russia afterwards tore in pieces the treaties to, which she had sworn, did not Prussia, Austria, Bavaria, and all Germany, fight under our banners, to maintain the Continental system, which they had So often proclaimed ? Certainly, when the Emperor Napoleon marched at the head of the Confederated Kings against Rus sia, then the only ally that England bad on the Con tinent, he exercised an enormous prepcindeance, be yond the Hulks of his empire, but the elements de clared against him. His allies successively forsake him, join their ar. miesto those of his enemies, and march themselves against France, which has retired within its qatuzal boundaries Has not this preponderance changed hands aod if it is exercised at this moment by any p0...04 . S it ie not 1 . 4 that which drags With the nationsiat•Eil rope, and leads 'them avins , .• a people who haire now Aowishbtft that of defending their ownsterritnrt...pms which, within a celltztry, has by it!ins Sweden; partitions Poland, detotirid thy Ctialmi r • ! • threatened Caucasus, and coveted the throne dem, stantine,,Russia, which- at this moment governs Saxony, domineers over Prussia, and perhaps over . , AGermany_ -Russia, which pours into. France her siatic legions—Russia declares that she makes war against the preponderance of tbs! Emperor Nipokon in Eufope: She proclaims, notwitbstanding, thit the views of the Allied listrete - bare - for their object the independence ty . all Starer char these views are just, generous, libe. ml, orteastragink far all, honourable for each. Why then do not these Powers express themselves in a precise Manner ? Why, in this new system of speaking to the nation, du not they say clearly *hat they propose , withoutasion, the basis Vi r ls rio they not point out, ev PaCtileatiug --4—. -. • "---- - f t* li wish that France should be strong and powerful- that the an should flourish there; they confirm to herms greater eitent of WOWy than she ever kpew under her , friop?"TrrWell then i why do they not formallri this extent ? With this vague ' manner of expression, they may ILI WI FOrentfuy, which we did not posseis unciefilMi Icings, ATOhi , ' guons phrases der not Indkate siiihit tretitiOns-; sincerity, is the firiesign of good faith, _ . But' the Mlles had pc:4 reason ft* Wrapphit themselves up in mysteriods term s• If they kW p mg' lished the real preipo,tali whit' they bave ift4dO to . France, the gMperor replied,- Flare atcristrg !h.** . Thus the War would be teitttod 44 'irctt rimig e , But, we are- sorry to say it; every Thing !Avg tgiii dieate that such was pot the wisk Of the fsgwgis i o f ' at:least of some of them, ' z• - • - -: ' , Let US he'allowet, it ol .* Ow ID l*l if the 14: clatqation,llit is any proof of 'tinsgrg iyk.h for the .tnctemstience of the Frtmli &With to illT4e it! !moral tootuldarkt :-I.f in c4l, folly Confik in the riPsi Nth of . ** Mkt,' when tboy pm the frOne, -gm having pilbliclr flecl4red l*tt rear this they took sp arms oiiliaterepulse the Fryncl bipied that river, TM" • they occupy t he CA: territory,. after hArioic atioopoced it to Europe that their armies ... . „ . would not cross it. . 66 The Allies desire that the arts -should flourish in from" - but 'their movements every where strike our eyes; hut do not our mtiseums, -our capital, our towns, orir public'places, present incessant 'wonders -which - have, as one may jay, wearied admiration.— • Which of the Allied Powers is it then-which desires to make the arts flourish again 'in trance ? Con it be Russia, who allures our labourers, Misuses our manufacturers, and entraps our artists ts—h• omit • be allowed, that it is curious to see the Noidilarstie the South, in order to make arts and civilization . flourish there. The Powers-speak of a just balance,_ but do they insure to - Europe that one of them will not soon ex ercise a fatal prepboderance, and that finding the French empire - too powerful it will not soon be desir ous of butting itself in a situation to fear no further obstacle to its aggrandisement ? -..- Theripealt . 'of a just partition of poWer, of natural limits, and that at a time when Sweden desires to pass the Alps which separate it from Norway, when England pretends to keep some of the principal ports of the Continent. • Let us not fear to fay it : what the Allies profess is in contradiction with what they design ; their pro mises are as insecure as their reproaches are tsnjust. They incessantly trumpet forth 'their moderation; but their actions speak more intelligibly than their words —while their declaration breathes only peace and happiness,their invasion brings devastation and death. France has had its days of good fortune. Lit us reineisber her attitude • in the midst of tier tritiMphs, let us contrast what she has often granted with whit; is now required, of her, and let us deter Mine then which side displayed good faitlisanoderation, and we venture to say soy modenstion-in vlttory. Let us begin with Austria-. , .. - ,-...: .r. ^•••• : . - --- Within these twenty tears ate hat concluded fear treaties of peace with this power, et Campo For. trio, at Luneville, at Presburg, and at Vienna. . At Campo Formic, Tyrol was conquered ; the Ess. peror at the bead of that invincible army before whioi; Italy had fallen, wag within thiri . f,leaffues 4 the ciii:' . pital.. The French army,of khe Abine seas pesictsitr.' 'ing to the heait of the rUPP44I7. Hungav in a ter... ;Dent. thieatened.to . separate from the capital, The! victors Offer pease._ WhalVte;ttli;ositlititm r? Aus tria ceded BeLgium end - ILo*l4'oy, winch Ware con- . 'qutred, but she received, in esohange, tstria r Dalma tia, the Venetian Is/ancient the Arehhielaige. Gnaws Venice Inc! the provineteef kit#illtipublal on the left . of the Adige. .••••eit-. •,* ''s - .. < , Thus Austria, though Tiocolidtp4e-Attsitia invad ed on all sides, found herself, after all her disasters, wigs a territory snore considerable in extent and more' . [ advantageously situated for her. Yet in MOO stile again gave the signal for battle ; we march i vic.: tory lead s us again to the gates of Vienna. . . • What conditlofis does the Emperor Napoleon !ID pose on ber Ilia peace of Luneville. _ The treaty of Campo Folio is nearly confirmed ; and France, at. way, attacked, always triumphant, is never weary of being magnanimous. Who does nit Temembet, that in this memorable campaign, the Emperor Napoleon, alter the victory at Marengo, honouring cour.ge atki misiortune, granted to M. de Melas, a witulakion, by virtue of which 40,0p0 Austrians passed, with Lbw amp And baggage, through the middle of the Frieaais army Assuredly he was not ignorant }bit Owe Iroppa were rim sad 7 s ack dria with P art Y 1 0 its t Let Cones Franc , po for were c embar ready. when , Powcii sae fa four til A! if hod tw, -Li I at** agJold dM arc cby; a the lat aledlk tie ail The IVA a war 1 his kin, his pew queror. half of Shall •A:ar in 1 fddias •( to alp :tau 31001 i lA* ai j:Ntr4 gal at i' rii . Itere mei. al hoossi l Le sped AN 1M VI 'it vren '4u4 ; availed in t lia fi OLA No. 211 Wilds ; air' Lot: tim e d wag Iftice Prl t WV mad 31 0 i s "4