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alS.•.smarli GERMANT. . lb THIRD BULLETIN OTTHE ARMY BEFORE HAMBURGH. Head-quarters of the General-in-Chief of the Polish Army at Pinneberg, before Hamburgh. • On the night between the 13th and 14th of Ja nuary, the advanced-guard of General Markow drove back all the French posts to the intrenchments of the Sternschanze, and ether works near Altona. The logs of the enemy, in killed, wounded, and prisoners, was considerable. Our out-posts established them. selves opposite to his entrenchments, whereby his posts at Wansbeck and Barmbeck being surrounded, they, as well as the posts of Shiffbeck and Horn, fell back. On this occasion, as well as on other days, more skirmishes took place, all to the advan tage of our troops, who killed and took prisoners a considerable number of the enemy. On the 20th, Count Strogonoff took all the vil lages before Haarburg. General Schemtschuschini koff, who was posted at Ochsenwerder, afforded all the assistance he could in this attack ; the result of which was, that the enemy lost the whole of the vil lages in the environs of Haarburg, as well as the island of Moorwarder. The troops of Count Strogonoff penetrated into the town of Haarburg, and there spiked 9 cannons of large calibre. Next morning the enemy made an attempt on Och senwerder; but the admirable resistance of General Schemtschuschinikoff, and a flank movement made by Count Strogonoff, caused him to retire with pre cipitation, and to leave four pieces of cannon in the possession of the conqueror. The loss of the enemy in both•days was very con siderable ; we took prisoners 12 Officers and 500 soldiers, and the number of his killed and wounded was very great. FOURTH BULLETIN PF THE ARMY BEFORE HAMBURGH. dead-quarters of the General-in-Chief of the Polish ' Army, Pinneberg, before Hamburgh. The Commanding General-in-Chief, true to the adopted plan of constantly alarming the garrison of liamburgh, and carrying off the posts maintained without the works of that place, in order to secure himself against surprise, made, on the 25th of January, the birth-day of our beloved Empress Elizabeth Alhowna, in celebration of that interesting festival, a general attack on all the enemy's posts at Hamm, ;be Auschlagerweg, and the Stadeiche, white he also directed a demonstration on all the outworks situated on the sides of Wandsbeck and Altona. lt requires only the watch-word 66 For our adored fmpress," to redouble the native courage of her brave Russians, and to assure the perfect success of the enterprise ! Hamm, the Auschlagerweg, and the positions behind Morfleth, were carried by the bayonet. The iook.out pickets, in front of the en trenchments of the Landwehr, the Sternchanze, and the contjguous Lunets, were killed or taken, and the feconnoissance of these works was pushed to within the range of grape-shot. The loss of the enemy was considerable. The pri soners brought in amount to eight Officers and 300 privates, and the number of killed is still greater. A great number of Officers and soldiers were bayonetted by the Russians in the church of Hamm. Our loss is very incoOsiOerable. DLTCH P.4P.ERS. LIEGE, Fk:BRUARY 11. The Baron Von Bousshe, Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of his Russian Majesty, passed through here to-day from the head-quarters of General Win zingerode, op his way to the Crown Prince of Swe eten, to present him with the keis of the town of Mons, of .Rheims, and of the fortified Avenues. Six teen pieces of brass cannon'were taken there, besides a great quantity of ammunition and arms. The troops of the Allies were every where received by the people with rejoicings. The head-quarters of Gene ial Winzingerode were in the fortress of Avenues. A great part of the advanced-guard was already on the other side of Rheims, SItANKFORT, FEBRUARY 5. The Durseldorf Gazette contains the following let. ter from Baron. Falkenhausen, Commandant of a Prussian regiment of cavalry : • " All the country as far as the Meuse is now purged of the enemy, and every where the people are delivered from the yoke under which they groaned. On the 17th of January, I quitted our advance) Bposts near Luxemburg, and advanced upon Arlon, astogne, and Massarete, as far as Namur and Liege. I was fortunate enough to cut off from the enemy the resources whiCh he was drawing from the Depart. went of the Sambre and Meuse, to liberate some thousands of Conscripts, to deprive the enemy of more than 100,000 francs in specie, and surprise two mov able French columns, which were destroyed or cap tured: The enthusiasm of this people is beyond all de stription ; you can scarcely form an idea of the re ception I have met with. They flocked to meet me with banners,which they had taken from the churches, even in the midst of sharp actions. -I had only to follow them ; every where on my pastiage the bells were sung; every where I was received with the sounds of music and joyful acclamations of, Behold our deliverer! the first of the brave Allies I—Long live .the Emperor of hustria I—Live the Allies !- Death to the French I'—The inhabitants threw their hats into the air; in the intoxication of joy they em braced one another, and my soldiers shed tears of (motion. All wished to combat with us ; and neither Macdonald nor Sebastiani, in their retreat, dared to attack the assembled people. These Luxemburghers, inhabiting the country between Liege and Namur, are a truly good people." ' • ALKMAAR, FEBRUARY] ts f • The day before yesterday, an English two-masted brig was observed off our coast seemingly in distress. Some of our people went off in a . tithing-boat to its assistante, notwithstanding the roughness of the sea, *hen they found it to be atranspott which had sailed from Jersey' sir weeks age, and had been beating about in ignoiinteolthe Dutch coast. - There were , on board the 'transport seven ()facet* one serjeant, two corporals, 26'soldiers, and IS horses, all belong.: in to the'Blst r e g i ment, and coltmandid Lieu. tefant Hume.' "Their provisions were, al most ' wholly consumed. They were alrsafely brought ashore next dal? We art sorry to learn,' that there is a rePort..of, / twa other English frail:Sorts boring been lost near the Terel Island, and that all 20 board, consisting of 800 persons, perished, with the exception of 40. BASLE, JANUARY 21. The Prussian Minister Chambrier has gone from hence to Neufchatel, to take possession of that pro. vince in the name of . the King of Prussia. All the Russian troops have left us, and there are only re maining a few Hungarians who had attended the Emperor of Austria as his body-guard, prior to his departure for France. On the 18th the garrison in the Fort of Huningen made a sally, by which, however, we lost only a few men in some skirmishet The town of Befort is in the hands of the Allies, but the enemy still retains possession of the citadel. FRANKFORT, FEBRUARY 4. Baron de Wetterstadt, Chancellor of Sweden, has arrived here from the head-quarters of the Crown Prince, on his way to the head-quarters of their Males ties. The Lippstadt Gazette announces, that the corps of Generals Bulow, Winzingerode, and Wallmoden, will pass under the orders of the Duke of Saxe Wey mar, who, besides, commands the Saxon troops. The Duke of Brunswick comm .nds the second corps of the Army of the North, which consists of 40,000 men, and of which the Hanseatic Legion forms a part. THE HAGUE, FEBRUARY 16. In a former Stoats Courant we mentioned the unex pected dissolution of the Legislative Body of France, by order of the Emperor ; and also, that the cause which led thereto was the peace-recommending tenour of the Report of the Extraordinary Committee ap pointed to examine the official documents relating to the negociations for peace. We now communicate this Report itself, the same as it came out of the hands of the Committee, and was presented by M. Laine, in their name, after first mentioning several singular circumstances which took place on the occasion. This Report was discussed in a General Committee on the 28th and 29th of December, and on the 30th it wets put to the vote, in open assembly ; without, however, having been read on this occasion. The result of this vote, by which it was only decided whe ther the Report should be printed, was in the affir mative, and six copies were ordered to be delivered to each of the members cn the following day. In stead of this distribution, the members, on coming that day to the lobby of their hall of meeting to re ceive their copies, were told that no distribution of the Report would take place, and also, that there would be no meeting, as the Legislative Body was adjourned by order of Government. It also tran spired, that in the night between the 30th and 31st of December, at the printing-house of the Legislative Body, the copiei of the Report, as far as they had been thrown off, were dearoyel by the Police, the forms broken to pieces, and the printing-house shut up. Some time before the Members of the Legisla ture had received an invitation to repair on the day following, being New Year'S Day, to the place of the Thuilleries in grand costume, where the Emperor would receive them in the hall of the throne. ' In the evening of the 31st the invitation was re peated, with the addition, that the adjournment of the assembly would make no alteration. On New Year's-day, therefore, they appeared in the appointed place ; and there the Emperor, standing before the Throne, in midst of the Hill, in presence of the Mi nisters and Great Officers of State, addressed the Le gislative Body with great violence, and expressed his highest displeasure with the Report they had pro duced, and the order for printing it, as being a Re pott which, he said, had no other tendency than to set the French people against their Government, put weapons into the hands of the Allies, and overturn the existing order of things in France. REPORT OF THE EXTRAORDINARY COMMITTEE, CONIST. JNG OF MESSRS. ICAYNOCARD, LAINE, GALLOIS, FLAG. GERGUES, AND MAINE DE MAN, PRESENTED TO THE LEGISLATIVE BODY, SITTING OE DEC. 28, 1813. " Gentlemen, the Extraordinary Committee wHch you nominated, in virtue of the Imperial Decree of the 20th of December, comes to communicate to yon the Report of which you are in expectation at.this important crisis. It is proper that not only the Com mittee, but the whole Legislative Body, should be maJe acquainted with the information contained in the original documents in the portfolio for Foreign Affairs, communicated by order of his ktjebty. " This communication, Gentlemen, took place. under the I'residency of his Highness the Arch- Chancellor of the Empire. The pieces placed before us were nine in number; among them were the notes which passed between the French and Austrian Mi nisters up to the 18th and 19th of August last ; there was also the Speech which the Prince Regent deli vered to Parliament on the 6th of November, in which it is said, that it was the wish neither of the British Government nor of the Allied Powers to de mand any sacrifices of France incompatible with her honour and legitimate pretensions. "The present negociatiens for peace commenced on the 2d of November. Their opening took place through the intervention of a French Minister, )s , ho was present at a conference between the Austrian, Russian, and English Ministers : he was charged to convey words of peace to France, and thus lay the general baies on which negociations could take place " The Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Duke of Bassano,.in consequence of this communication, re plied on the 16th, declaring to the 4ustrian Minister, that a peace by land as well as sea, founded on the general independence of nations, was the object of the wishes and the policy of the Emperor ; and he, therefore, proposed that a Congress should assemble at Manheim. • 44 The Austrian Minister replied, on the 25th of November, that their Majesties the Emperor and the King of Prussia were ready to enter into negociations as soon as they received the assurance, that the Em peror of the French adOpted the general bases, in the same way as they were communicated t 9 him the Powers were of opinion, that the principles laid down in the letter of the 16th, though all'the Sovereigns would be ready to assent to them, sure not esplicit enough to serve as general bases; " On the 2d of December, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Duke of Vicenza, gave the required as . - siirance, repeating the general principles contained in the letter of the 16th of November : he made known, with great satisfaction, that his Majesty adopted the • , - oft. A bare before laid down; that Franc* Was Idling to inali pea; Aacrificei to restore peace to Eurve. I Ili To this letter /be Austrian Minister replied, on the 10th of December, that their Majesties had seen with satisfaction that the Emperor of the French had accepted the principles essential to the rerptoration of the balance and tranquillity ot Euroglf; that they would gommunicate die letter to their Allies, and had no doubt that, immediately on receiving their answer, the negociations might be opened. With this last document, so tar as has came under our inspection, the negotiations ceased. We Aare to hope that they will resume their natural train, as soon as the delay caused by a very distant commu nication shall cease. In the mean time, upon these two documents our hopes are founded. During this correspondence on both sides, there appeared in the Frankfort Gazette, (which also, in consequence of a letter of his Highness; was laid before the Commission), a declaration of the Allied Powers, dated the Ist of December, in which we re mark the following among other passages : " The Allied Powers wish France to be great, powerful, and happy; because Prance in a state of greatness and strength, is one of the principal foundations of the political system of Europe : they wish that France may be happy, that French commerce may recover its prosperity, that the arts and sciences, the bless ings of peace, may flourish, because a great people can only be tranquil when' it is happy ;—tbe Allied Powers assure to the French Empire an extent of territory, such as it never had under any of its Kings, because a brave nation must not be dishonoured because it has suffered reverses in some obstinate and bloody battles, where it has fought with its usual valour." " From all these documents it appears that the coalesced Monarchs have loudly declared a wish for peace : you will also probably have remarked, Gen tlemen, that the Emperor has declared his resolution to make great sacrifices, and that he has adopted the above-mentioned bases, which the Allied Powers had themselves proposed. 44 Amidst our cares for our country, it is not ne cessary to be more particularly acquainted with the above-named bases, nor to dive into the secrets of the Cabinet, while the knowledge of them is unnecessary to the object which we wish to attain ; sufficient is it for us to know, that the bases are nothing else but conditions towards the opening of the asked for Con gress. Is it not then satisfactory to remark, that the conditions were proposed by the Allied Powers them selves, and to be convinced that his Majesty has adopted the bases which are necessary to the opening of a Congress, where all the claims and interests may be discussed ? The Austrian Minister himself has declared, that the Emperor has acceded to . the essen tial bases of the restoration of the balance and the tranquillity of Europe. The accession of his Ma jesty to these bases, was therefore a great step to wards the peace of the world. 44 Such, Gentlemen, is the substance of the consi derations which, in conformity to the Constitution, are submitted to you. It now belongs to the Legis lative Body to dechrre the sentiments which this is calculated to excite ; because, in Conformity to the 30th Article of the Senalus Coniultum, of the 23th Fri make, year 12, 4' the Legislative Body shall, as often as the Government communicates to it any matter distinct from deliberation on the laws, return a reply to the same in full assembly." 44 While the Legislative Body awaits the observa tions of its own Committee, appointed to prepare a reply worthy of the nation and the Emperor, we may also perhaps be permitted to express our sentiments. The first is that of gratitude for a communication by which the Legislative Body is now invited to take a share in political affairs ; to this sentiment I add, that of hope, when we hear, amidst all the calamities of war, Sovereigns and nations pronouncing the word peace in the most impressive accents. is " And, indeed, Gentlemen, the repeated impor tant declarations of the Powers at war completely coincide with the general wishes of Europe, and with those expressed around us, and in our departments, of which the Legislative Body is the natural organ. " According to the observations contained in the Deceleration, the wishes of humanity are directed to wards an honourable and lasting peace. The peace Jhould be honourable, because both with nations and individuals, honour consists in maintaining their own legitimate pretensions, and in respecting the rights of others ; the peace should be durable, because the best guarantee of peace consists in the determination of the contracting Powers to be true to themselves. Who, then, shall rob us of its blessings ? The Allied Powers have given this important testimony of the Emperor, that he has adopted the essential bases for :he restoration of the balance and tranquillity of Europe. Ile first security of I peace , loving disposition lies, not only in adversity, wbich, according to the proverb, is the best teacher of Kings, but also in the so severely felt privations of the people, and in the wants of the Crown itself. You will probably, there fore, think it unnecessary to request his Majesty to add to these securities some still more solemn. " If the Declaration of the Foreign Powers were fraudulent ; if they wished to bring us under the yoke ; if it was their object to tear in pieces the sacred territory of France, then must we wage a national war to prevent our native country from becoming the prey of foreigners. But at a period such as that in which we live, the power of the Empire would be still more vigorously displayed by drawing closer the ties which mutually bind the nation and the Sove reign. Assurances in the form of Proclamations, would be one means of silencing the reproaches of the enemy, as to the lust of conquest and of colossal predominance, and of tranquillising the people. Is it not wot thy of his Majesty, by means of solemn de clarations, to remove all doubt with regard to the ob jects of France and the Emperor ? ' " When the Prince, to whom history has given the surname of Great, would inspire his people with vi gour, he disclosed to them what he had done for peace, and his frank communication did not remain without effect. To prevent the. Allied Powers from reproaching France and the Emperor with ambition, let all grounds for: the reproach be removed by a for mal declaration. It belongs not, certainly, to us, to put words into the mouth of ate Prince ' • but should not such a declaration (that it may mak e, beneficial impression on Foreign Powers, and have due influence in France) ' solemnly announce, in the face of all Europe, that we make war only for the independence of the French people, and the inviolability of our territory ! " When his Majesty had thus replied in his own name, and in that of France, to the declaration of the iAlliod Powers, then it would be seen whether they were sctusted by othie views than those of the mai librium of Europe. But let it once be well under stoodr that France alone remains true to honourable principles, which she /11111 have thus solemnly pro. claimed, in the face . of Europe, by all the authorities of the nation, tlttri will France be driven by the ob stinacy of her enemies, into a national war, whic:, will be acknowledged to be just and necessary, for the maintenance of her independence and righu ; vigour, unanimity, and daring, will be displayed, her whole force will be directed towards conquering rage, Ra s a new proof will be furnistivd in the wor!d, that a great nation can always maintain its 1.onou: arid it: rights. 4 , In the mean what-, it is not enough kr tLe in. spiriting of a people to summon them, accurdiug the laws, to place themselves in a defensive attitude but the Government must establish the surest a:oa speediest means of compelling the enemy to make peace on durable grounds. These :Leans will he effectual whenever Frenchmen shall be convinced that their blood shall no lur.ger be shed but for th.. defence of their native country and it. protecting laws.; but the sacred names ot peace and country may be echoed to the winds, when men cannot tecure those constitutional limits on which the blessings ot both depend. 66 Your Committee considers it as one of their im perious duties, while the Government adopts the speediest measures for the defence of the State, to beseech his Majesty to maintain the full and corn piece execution of the laws, which secure to the French the rights of personal freedom, and of secu rity of property, together with the free developemeni of their political rights. 66 This security appears to your Committee the best means of communicating to the French the necessary vigour for their own defence. Your Committee founds these ideas only on the wish, and the necessity, of re• uniting more closely the throne and the naticin, for the purpose of their joining their efforts against mis government, arbitrary power, and the enemies of our country. s. It was the first thought of his Majesty, at this important crisis, to assemble around him the repre sentatives of the nation ; is it not, then, theit first duty to reply as becomes them to the summons, by laying before the Monarch the truth, and the universal wish fur peace ?" SOUTH AMERICA. After a long suspension of information of the state of affairs within the walls of Montevideo, we have been furnished with some particulars, in a kuet from Buenos Ayres of the 6th November, from a Gentleman who had just left the fortress. Of the 4000 troops promised by Old Spain, only 2500 had arrived at Montevideo. and of these 800 were in the hospitals under scorbutic complaints, and the rest of the troops were of a description very unfit for active service. On account of this disappointment, it had been resolved by the Governor not to undertake any thing serious until the further reinforcement should be obtained, and if he perseveres in this delay, nothing for a long time can be attempted, as the troops are yet in Cadiz which were intended for that destination. The siege of Montevedio was continued by the troops of Buenos Ayres, but it was feebly supported from the deficiency of all the materials necessary for such an undertaking. In the more remote situations the insurgent forces were not indolent, but they were unsuccessful. 'the army of Belgrano was posted at Potossi, and that lately under Goyeneche at Oruro; these hostile bands met half way, but the Royalia• ware triumphant. In Chili the detachment from Lima still remained in the interior of the province • yet, from the small. ness of the number, which didnot, perhaps, ezceed 1000 men, nothing decisive could be accomplished, and it was supposed that the Spanish adherents wouli be liable to much dif f iculty in establishing a commu. nication with the coast. EXTRACT FROM A LETTER, DATED BUENOS AYRFS, NOVEMBER 9, 1813 : _ _ " Belgrano's army in Peru, on which very san guine expectations were formed, has been defeated with severe loss, and the rest dispersed. He is now recruiting them in the mountains, between Potosi and Oruro. In Chili, the Limenos are gaining ground; and, partly from want of resources, but more from want of confidence in the existing Government, se rious apprehensions are entertained that he will not be able to maintain the struggle. The province of Pa raguay has declared her perfect independence of the contending parties, and established a Republic under a Government of two Consuls. The army before Monte Video are spending their time and imtbense treasure before the walk of that City, in an useless siege. They can - never take it. A considerable re inforcement has arrived there from Spain,s more are expected, and an attack on this place is looked upon as a distant probability." DR. REES% NEW CYCLOPXDIA.--Thelk Editor and Proprietors have lately announced, that this valuable Work will be compleated in about three years, form• ing thirty-six volumes, twenty-six of which are al ready published. Of all the Encyclopedias to which the original and has given birth, most comprehensi' and indefatigable provement, aide( adjutors. 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