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I I DUTCH AND GERMAN PAPERS. FRANKFORT, FEBRUARY 23. According to the latest accounts received here from Italy, the Old Castle of Verona, on the 11th instant, surrendered to the Austrians. The battle of the Bth was followed by another engagement on the next day, but they had neither of them any result of con sequence. • DUSSELDORF, FEBRUARY 25. Since the 11th instant, the fortresses of Luxemburg and Thionville have been blockaded. A part of the Electoral Hessian troops compose the besieging force. General Darnberg commands before the first, and General Muller before the last. The troops which were engaged before against Thionville have been suddenly withdrawn to strengthen the Allied Armies. BREDA, FEBRUARY 25. Two Proclamations have been issued by the Allies, and sent into Antwerp. The object of the one is to instigate the inhabitants to rise upon the enemy, in order to prevent the bombardment of their city ; the other is to the military, and the garrison is warned against any obstinate resistance, which .would insure their being sent into Siberia on the reduction of tlio. place. It was accompanied by an offer of free pardon if they assisted in the designs of the Allies. BRUSSELS FEBRUARY 24. I I I I. I I I I From Qstend we learn that the number of the gar rison is 1200, and that great preparatiOns had been made for the defence of that place by deepening and opening the dykes, by collecting provisions, and by contributions on the inhabitants in the neighbouring districts. • Persons from that vicinity state that the whole coun try round Ostend is under water, and that the peasants are so much enraged at this circumstance that 4000 of them have armed themselves and have compelled the enemy to keep close within the walls. Ral • 2.RDAM, MARCH 5. From Goes we learn, that on the (2d a heavy can nonade was heard there, occasioned by the entrance into the Scheldt of two ships of war of 50 gins, one English and the other Russian, and which were fired upon from the batteries of Flushing. 'l3nth the ships went aground, but the Itnasian soon floated: armed boats had been sent to lighten the English vessel, which was still aground, though out of the reach of the cannon. We learn from Breda, that on the 3d, 1600 French men were expected there, who had been nude priso ners between Mons and Valenciennes.• Tut 4; EVENING sTA LO N DON. THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1814. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK S pa Cent. Red. shut—Con. 71—for acc. 72- 1 1 4 per Ct. shut-5 per Ct. 96R—Omnium ludis bonds 10i. I Is. pr.—Exchequer 13111 a 3s. us. pr. We refer our Readers, with the exultation which we hope is common in all honourable minds; to the letter from the gallant Count ErEscaas, describing the reception experienced by his Royal Highness . MONSIEUR in the territories of his ancestors. This may be considered as a decided approximation to the dowhfal of the infernal Dynasty which has scourged Europe for so many years ; and if the same bright flame of patriotism and loyalty, which has thus burst forth among the inhabitants of Alsace . and Franche Cornpte, shall manifest itself in other pins of France, we may entertain a reasonable hope that . the Allied Sovereigns will be enahled to employ a ,new and a powerful engine against the enemy of all legitimate • thrones, and with a prospecfcf effects, which, though slow in manifesting themselves, promise results for which there were but faint grounds of hope, while the French remained in such a state of passive apathy. Tho . cause of the Imperial mandate of the 24th nit. against the " badges of the ancient dynasty" i.,, now explained. By that day the Tyrant Must have heard something of the reception which the BouttnoN Princes had met in a part of their ancient territories. The intelligence must have sounded like the knell of death to the ears of the Usurper. Who can, calm late the physical and moral effects which may Llow froM this event ! If it does not thin the ranks of tilt op,presser it will retard their increase :—while new armies opposed to the tortured fiend must divide hi force, distract his attention, embarrass his °mations ; and, at the same time, strengthen, in an inverse ratio, the arm of his assailants, who, it will be seen, will not fail to avail themselves of the advantages which this event prom:ses to the cause in which they are embark ed. —They are now freed from an embarrassing situa tion. Their actual entrance into France was the best possible pledge they could give to the people of that country, that they would afford them protection in any attempt to throw off the yoke of the tyrant and regain their liberty. Their conduct in the countrie: they had occupied, gave the best possible practical illustration of the principles and views by which they were actuated ; but either from fear or from apathy the French kept aloof, and avoided declaring them selves. - What could the Allied Sovereigns do in such circumstances ? They had pledged themselves not tt ifterfere with the internal affairs of France : and had they sited otherwise, the very men who have been loudest in censuring their measures, would have been the - first to condemn them for rashness—for commit ;d their states on principles foreign of legitimate warfare. • changed—happily chantect. If the French people declare for the ie Allies are justified in listening A usurped Government is held te , while its rights'are not ciallenged when the people question it, other Powers are justified in entering upon the question of 2 right, is one concerns the general-interest of all other states. We need not enlarge. The Public can be at no loss to follow;his obvious chain of. reasoning to its legitimate conclusions.—The prospect is cheering.— Let us hope that in other parts of France the people will follow the loyal and patriotic example that has been set before them. Should this take place, we may soon hope, in the French stile--.-BONAPARTE will have ceased to reign. Reports of new disasters to the Tyrant continue to be circulated. To-day it is rumotsred in the City that ACGEREAU has joined the Allies with all his forces ; but no credit is given to the report. Accounts have been received from the Marquis of WELLINGTON% army to the 21. th, stating that opera tions had been commenced against the outer works of Bayonne, and that the town itself would soon be bombarded. It thus appears that it is not the intention of the Noble Marquis, as has been repre sented, to mask this place with a small force, and to move the greater part of his army into the interior of France ; on the contrary, we understand it is con sidered necessary, in the first place, to reduce Bayonne, in order to secure a regular supply to the army, and to possess a suitable port for communication with this country. The force which his Lordship, according to the most recent accounts, had before Bayonne and on the Adour, amounts to 50,000 British, 25,000 Portuguese, and a large body of Spanish troops.— The following is an abstract of the contents of some letters received by the WalsingliAm packet, which, however, reach only to the '2l st : 4 ' His lordship had been at St Palais, superintending the operations of the right column of the army, and had rrturned again to St. Jean de Luz after Sir RowLAND HILL had estab lished his advance bey sad the Gave de Oleron. The atten tion of the enemy, and the greater part of his forces, having been drawn to the interior, it was intended, on the 21st, to begin the necessary measures for laying a bridge of boats over the Adour below Bayonne, but the weather proved unfavour able. Lord WELLINGTON, under these circumstances, in. tended to go again to the right, in order to make some further movements in that quarter, and to place Sir R. HILL in a situa tion to occupy the greater part of the enemy's forces perma nently, and thus to prevent them from opposlog any serious op position to the formation of the bridge, or die passage of the troops foaming the left and main body of the army over i:." This morning Mr. HASE, of the Bank, waited up , n the gentlemen of the Stock Exchange, and in formed them, that the CHANCELLOR of the EXCITE- Qum would be ready on Tuesday next to receive the bichliags fQr a new Lottery. It was confidently stated yesterday in the City, that there were letters in Town from France, stating positively the defeat of Bt)NAPARTE by Marshal Lt.u craft, with the loss of 70 pieces of cannon, Other reports stated, that the Cossacks had entered Dunkirk and Boulogne, and that Antwerp had fallen. All these are probable events, but they are not confirmed by any arrival this day. Letters have been obtained to t! , e 2J ult. from Ancona, and to the 13th, from Trieste. By the for mer it appears, that /be army under DEACiIAIiNOIS . was retiring from Italy, and that Genoa was not the situation to which he meant to withdraw. The forti fications of that place had undergone some improve ment, but the works for that purpose have for some time been discontinued, and the report of his repair ing thither, is understood to Le only a contrivance to veil his real design, which is the abandonment of the whole country.—The accounts from Trieste inform us, that a Deputation had waited upon the Emperor ALEXANDER, to oder him the Sover&gnty of the portion of Dalmatia, comprehended in the territory of Cattarn. Yesterday a Court of Direoors was held at the East India House, when Captain BOYCE, of the Coutts, todc leave, previous to his departure for China. Captain LicaPsoN was sworn into the command cf the Lady Castlereagh, destined to Bengal. - A letter from Barbadoes, dated January 19, say, "•Your let,cr of October last, with several others, 'las been r,:ceived in this-island by a circuitous cArse, the packet Pi inc 41 Mary, in which was the bag con caiaing them, having been captured in sight of our •:and by the American privateer Fox. ' h appears, that the FL.): sent into Grenada the bag ler that settlement, with such of our le:ters as could be col lected ; for the bags belonging to this place were, it seems, destroyed by the shot before the packet .s:ruck o the Fox, and the letters scattered about, sl that •mly those that were collected and picked up by bet ter disposed persons, and put into the Grenada bag, have come to hand ; among these was your last let ter.—The QUEEN, 74, Captain Lord COENILLE, ar rived on the 10th, with such part of her convoy as she was able to collect ; many of the ships are still missing, and it is feared will not be satisfactorily ac counted for; some are stated to have foundered, mod others are known to have been taken. Com modore RODGERS was to windward of the island, is the QUEEN and her convoy came down ; but they neither saw nor learned any thing of him.— He brought-to a vessel which had been taken, and afterwards given up as a cartel by the French fri gates, which had the sweeping of our seas before his arrival, to pick the gleanings left by them. RODGERS did not detain this vessel, and behaved with great politeness to those on board her. This took place within three days sail of Barbadoes. His Majesty's ship LE RHTN, Captain MALCOLM, immediately on receiving this intelligence, set sail in . search of Mr. RODGERS. We have not had any intelligence of LE RHIN since her departure on this cruize. Captain MALCOLM had orders to take the DASHER sloop i n company, if she should fall in with her, which we conclude has been the case." Tut REAL JOHN BULL.—A farmer, near London, come time ago made a purchase of an Alderney cow, which he told his bailiff to lead into the pasture : the man considered some time, and then refused to do it —the master naturally grew angry, but the servant was resolved, saying, "he would not take care of a French cow for any master upon earth." • - OP MONSIEUR' IN P,1014.' _ • EXTRACT OF A LETNER FRO* MOKSTEUR I.F. COME • D I ESCAAS, CAPTAIN of THE GUARDS OF MONMCUR. U Vesuul, Franche Comte, Feb. 22. " We reached Basle on Saturday evening, and left it on Sunday ; and are now arrived here in Franche Comte. Through all the towns and villages we have passed, all ranks of people have received us with acclamations, and with cries of " Vire / Rai Louis YYIII. d les Bourbon;." " They were enchanted to behold our dear Prince, whe'se demeanour has greatly affected them; women , children, old men, all struggling to be first to kiss his hands and clothes. Pleasure was painted in "very countenance. They were so delighted with Ole aff,r bility of Monsieur, that nothing was to be seen but tears of joy. The old men and women said, " We shall die content, since we have the happiness of being again under our old masters, who have always lived in our hearts." Others cried, "We give you our hearts, for the monster has left us nothing else." 44 When we arrived here, another scene took place. The population of this town is only . about 5000 toulS : the whole came out tb meet us. They entreated us to go in on foot, that every one might see his Prince. It was an intoxication of joy. 44 The nobility is faithful in all the pnvinces.— Gentlemen flock in from all parts, announcing that all the peasants of their communes are at their dispo sal, and are crying out to be allowed to march for their legitimate Sovereign. • " An emissary from Alsace came in to-day with a request to the Allied Powers, to be permitted to raise a Legion with the White Cockade to assist in the re-establishment of their legitimate master. " Towns request to surrender to Louis XVIII.— All France is ready to rise, in spite of every attempt to . prevent : but such attempts will be in vain— France will free herself. 64 On the first day of our entering France we tra velled 3:3 leagues. aid the Prince been an Angel from Heaven, the people could not have sliewn more eagerness to see him." Mosureue. —The only way now to read this ad mirable and ingenuous newspaper, is to peruse it like the Witch's Prayer, backwards, and to reverse all the accounts. The most surprising part is how much the soldiers of the Allies resemble the troops in The I?chearsal. They are killed, destroyed, annihilated, and then they all get up and fight again another day. Such troops as these must be in% incible. SOME ACCOUNT CF THE LAST MOMENTS OF THE DUKE D'Ee.outeN.—Every one knows that this ex cellent but unfortunate Pi ince, to whom the French royalists looked as their great hope, was carried away from Itastadt, by the orders of that Monster whose climes and good fortune have rendered his name but too famous. This detestable act of violence and pei fidy, of which history scarcely leaves us. an example, was performed by 300 Hussars, whom the Corsican bad directed to be chosen for the execution of his cruel intention against this un happy Prince, who, on the day on which he was seized, happened to be engaged with a hunting part y in the neighbourhood of Itastaar. He had previously received from different persons, hints of the danger which threatened him, but which, from some unfortu nate fatality, he did not attend to. He most probably felt himself safe under the protection of a neutral state, tu.en at peace with France ;be t h at as it may, he de cidel upon returning to Rastadr, and to occupy his former apartments, which he accordingly did. In the middle of the night, Caulaincourt, the worthy con ' titiant of such a master, entered the town full gallop, at the head of his 3eo assassins, who surrounded the house of their unhappy victim, and forced the door. .On hearing the noise the Duke immediately got up and seized his double barrelled gun, which was loaded in the room, determined to perish as a brasie man ought. One of his principal Officers, in whom he placed the greatest confidence, but who has always been suspect ell of has ing betrayed his master on this occasion, re presented w him that any resistance would be useless, afid that the only chance he had of saving that lite so dear to .ill true Frenchmen, would be to throw himself upon the generosity of 'Bonaparte, who would be' at raid of taking away the life of the last of the family of the great. Conde, who had always been the idol of the Frencli nation. This argument induced the Prince to lay down his arms, which he had no sooner done, than Caulaincourt entered, at the head of a part of his escort, with their swords drawn and pistols in their hands. Having told him what the orders of his toaster were, the Prince immediately followed him, without speaking, and was put into a chaise de poste, which only stopped to e change horses till they arrived at Paris, where he was immediately put into thy Temple. Hulin, the President of the Com mission appointed to try him, without even allowing him to make any defence, read to him the sentence of death which had been passed unanimously upon him by these monsters. The unfortunate D'Enghien was immediately removed to Vincennes, and thrown into a dungeon there. Caulaincourt, having noticed the high spirit which h.: had exhibited since his arrest, and, perhaps, Leming the effect it might have on the soldiers, gave an internal order that the Prince should be deprived of all food, that he might appeal' depressed, and unlike himself, at the moment of his execution. This, however, did not prove to be the case. In the middle of the night he was taken out of his prison, and conducted, by the light of torches, to the side of a deep hole, into which a quantity of quick-lime had previously been thrown. Savary, now at the head of the police of Paris, fixed a small lantern to the* Prince's button, to serve as a mark for the soldiers to fire at. Having assisted in fixing it, and surveyed first of all his grave and then the soldiers, he called to them, with a most comman ding voice, to fire. The soldiers, however, remained immovable ; and it was not till Hulin and Savary bad reiterated their commands, that these satellites of the tyrant could be induced to discharge their pieces at the unfortunate victim, who fell dead by the side Of the grave which had been prepared to receive him. NAVAL MTELLICENCE. • ting themselves and to the Cittses of legi Things are now a large portion of tf ancient dynasty, thi . to their claims. A be a government v 11 the people—but • • tt F ti.MOUTH, MARCH 7. Art iced the Grace schooner, from lilyntiouth, to be a Packet. Nothing sailed to-day.—Wind variable, firr b ht airs with -• hear 11 :;:-.07/. • •••.: .a PI MARCH 8. Arrived two ships horn Dublin, and one from Waterford. Silted sloop of war, mith tr,w , iotts, .c. for r.u.e.tgr--Wind N.E. Botursmortn, ivrAßcit Arrived yesterday, the Generous Planter a:ld of Th .Rercilantrucn bound for . J.:rruica. A: rived to.dAy, the Nancy and.Eleinor twat:sports, fit Holland; his Majesty's ships rAiILT aLd flout the Downs. Sailed the Test-India fleet, under con. voy of his Majesty's ships 111:Npo , 7, LT/ Asses, Hui. cox, and SERAPI* The • RenroLE tAkes convoy to Plymouth.—Wind E. DEAL, MARCH 9. Remain in the I:kwiis, his Majesty's ships Mom. MOUTH, FRRYA, GRIFFON, COTIDIMIA, OLYM. PIA, and Yirriat ; NYMPH, FOLK!iTONE, and FLYING. Fl5ll hired armed ves!els ; and the John and Mary transports. Sailed. the Leicester and Mercury trani: - parts, with Dutch troops, for Harwich.—Wind S.E. . HARWICH, MARCH 9. Arrived the Lord Nelson packet, with mails and passenger!, from Heligoland ; the Thetis, HOULET, with passengers, from ditto, and has sailed again for the s tme destination. Also arrived a schnyt, with a bag of letters, from Holland. Sailed the Auckland and Allies packets, with mails, for Heligoland. An Austrian Messenger has come from London, and proceeds with the first outward-bound packet 'kr Holland. As the wind is now southerly, and a thaw has commenced, it is mast likely that all the outward bound will sail in the evening. SE. THOMAS'S, JANUARY 47. Account of a most gallant action between the mer chant ship HiBERNI A, of London, Capt. JOHN LENNON, with G guns, and 22 men and boys ; and the Comet American privateer ; of 14 guns, and 125 men: " Captain CRABTREE, of the brig WASP, arrived here on the 10th inst. from London. He states thap he fell in with a privateer, to the Westward of Saba' on the 9th instant, but supposing the Wasp to be a man of war, made sail from her upon being chaced. This privateer has for acme time Fast been cruizing to intercept the outward-bound ships for this island and St. Croix, and would no doubt have done much mischief but for the very gallant conduct of Captain LENNoN and his ship's company. The frBERNIA tell in with her on the 11th, having only 22 men and boys on board, and six guns. The privateer (we learn from Porto Rico, where the is now refitting) is the Comet, of Baltimore, Captain LOYLE, mounting 14 twelve-pounders and 123 men. Against this very superior force, Captain LENNON and his little crew bravely defended the HIBERNIA for nine hours, the greatest part of which time the two vessels were on board of each other. The situation of the HIBERNIA when she came into port, shewed the effects of the tremendous fire vshich the enemy must have kept up ; not a sail which was bent esdaped the enemy's shot, and her spars and rigging are much destroyed. Out of the small complement of 22, one'man was killed. and eleven wounded ; the latter, I am happy to say, are all doing well. Too much praise cannot be given to Captain LENNON for his conduct during this ardu ous undertaking : at the latter part of the action he had only two or three men left, besides himself, at the guns : he has fortunately escaped, but has received several contusions, and had two musket-balls shot through his hat. The Captain of the Comet acknow ledges having three men killed and eleven wounded, but it is generally supposed he must have lost more.'". NEVIS, JANUARY 15. . That any vessels arrive safe is almost a miracle, a 2 we are absolutely in a state of blockade by privateers. It is bushy credible how we are infested by them. — It is absolutely dangerous to go to a neighbouring island, and of several vessels from these, two have been taken before they lost sight of our shores. We have just got an account of the capture of a ship from St. Kitt's, with a cargo valued at about £4OOO ster ling. Her capture was seen from the island and a brig arrived here a few days since that had been taken by another privateer, and plundered of about 60(X) dollars. JANUARY 18.—The crews of nine ships, it is said. have arrived in Barbadoes, Which had been captured and destroyed by two large French frigates. Com modore RoDoEtts has likewise been spoken to, to windward of Barbadoes, and has sent a challenge to any of our frigates there, vne of which is said to have gone after him. The Commerce, —, from Martinique to Halifax, is taken by the General Armstrong American privateer. 'I he Enterprise and Rattlesnake, American of war, were, on the 10th January, near St. Gcor...y . Bank, and steering N. E. The Ferribee, Yaxley, from Yarmouth ro L-ndcr, struck cm the Holm Sand on Monday night and stint —crew saved. The Idas cutter, NEwroN, master, belonging Hastings, a fine ship, and considered the most expe ditious sailing vessel, of her class, in England, has been so fortunate as to captu: alter a short cruize of three weeks, and a chace of 3S hours, a large Amer. cau schooner of about 210 tons, with a very valuabl e cargo of silks, wines, and brandy from Bourdeaux to America, with which the Idas arrived safe in Hastings Road, on Tuesday, at tour o'clock, p. m. when eig:it or ten of . the cutter's men were impressed by the ciew of a man of war. The schooner's cargo is valnc.l ,e3O,CC 0, I i 1 , i l 1 I I