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FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 22. . • REENTRY'S! RETURNED TO SERVE IK "7 415 PRESET I' PARLIAMENT. COI , Yur vt).--Dtmlnicit Browne, of Castle M‘Garrett, In the County of Mayo, Esq. in the room of the Hon. Henry Augustus Dillon, now Lord Viscoilin Dillon. ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, MARCH SG. ETtrizt of a Letter from Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew, Bart. to John Wilson C7oker, Esq. dated on board bis Majesty's ship Caledonia, off Toulon, February 1:1, 1514. A few minutes after d'tylight this morning a de tachment of three sail . of the line and three frigates, under a Rear-Admiral's flag, was discovered under all sail, standing td the southward, to which general chase was given. A little after eight A. M. they tacked together - and stood towards Porquerolle, with a strong wind at vast, just then sprung ups lidlf an hour after the fleet tacked also. The enemy then visible from our tops, was pressing to get within, the islands through the Grand and Petit Passes to Toulon. The fleet crowd ed all sail to cut them off. The Boyne leading in the most handsome manner, facia ed by the Caledonia, could only with every exertion bring the Romulus, the sternraost of the line of battle ships, to action ; which she closely engaged • in a very superior style, .receiving the fire of the other ships crossing her ahead. The enemy was running before the wind at the rate of ten knots, and so close to the rocks, that perceiving he could not be stopped, without the inevitable loss of the Boyne and Caledonia,) waved to Captain Burlton to haul to the wind, deeply mortified that his persevering gallantry could not be rewarded. The fire of the Romulus had been repeatedly silenced, and in her disabled state was evidently much pres. ed. . - I enclose a itatement of the casualties on board the Boyne ; many of the wounds are inconsiderable.. The able manner in which that ship was handled, in a very critical position, called from me a public expression of my approbation. A LIST OF BILLED AND WOUNDED ON BOARD HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP BOYNE, ON THE 13iu FEBRUARY. KILLED. George Tiery, midshipman ; and William Collins, armourer's mate. w or NORD. Samuel Saunders, midshipman ; Francis Stephens, ordinary sea man; Vi'ill:am.Ogle, marine; Anthony Dowling and Robert Kenyon. lanilmen ; William Hill, ordinary seaman ; George Miles, James Green, and John Mills, laudmen ; Jacob Poninie able seaman; John Whitehead and Anthony Jacques, land. men ; William George, quarter runner; John Goldsworthy and James Hamilton, able seamen ; Nathaniel Beard, John Draper, and James Boas, marines; Thomas Harrison, James Stephens, Samuel Hill, and James Reeves, able stamen; Peter M'Malmn, landman ; James Overton, ordinary seaman ; Ben jamin Cooper, swabber ; Philip Alexander, quarter gunner; Henry. Michels, able seaman ; James Goat, landman ; William Brian, boy ; Nicholas Play, able seaman; Thomas Atkins, marine ; John Ashton, landroan ' • llamas Gill, ordinary sea man ; T homas Laws, landman ; John Mooney, ordinary sea man; Henry Wubber, quarter-master's mate; Isaac Hamilton, able seaniao ; Jeremiah Sullivan, ordinary seaman ; Thomas £dgell, marine ; William Walton (2), quarter-gunner. Total-2 killed, 40 wounded. (Signed) GEORGE BURLTON, Captain. R. C. jun N s fox (11, surgeon. ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, MARCH 26. Copy of a Letter from Captain Carteret, of his Majesty's ship Pomone, addressed to Rear-Admiral Malcolm, and transmit: ted by Admiral Lord Keith to John Wilson Croker, Esq. Ills Majesty's ship Pomone, at Sea, March 4. Sit—The Bunker's-Hill, an American privateer, of fourteen guns and eighty-six men, formerly his Majesty's brig Linnet, has this day been captured by' this ship, in company with the Cydnus. Though noted for her former successful depreda. • elons, yet has she now cruized eight days from Mor lair, without having effected a single capture. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) P. CARTERET, Captain. GERMAN SUFFERERS. On Saturday a Meeting took plate at the Free masons'-Hall, for the relief of the sufferings of the inhabitants of Germany, let consequence of the ra vages of mar. His Royal Highness the Duke of YORK was in the Chair. The Duke of SUSSEX, the Archbishops of Yoert and CANTERBURY, and several o the Bishops and Nobility, with a great number of distinguished persons of both sexes, were present. The Duke of YORK opened the business of the Meet ing by saying, that the respectable company present were too well acquainted with the state in which Eu rope had existed fur the last ten years, to need many words in explanation of the purpose fur which they were met. Germany, after many years of oppression under a foreign yoke, had liberated herself; but this had been effects d after a severe struggle, which had bet n attended with all the calamities consequent on war. During this arduous contest, by the event of which we had been so benefited, we had escaped from all the calamities which Germany had laboured under; nothing, therefore, was more natural and just, than that we who had suffered nothing - should endeavour to assist those who had suffered so much. He should say no more, and he thought no more need be said to excite the generosity of :t British audience. He con cloded by desiring the Secretary to read the Report of the Committee. Mr. MARTEN, one of the Socretaries, read the Re pent of the Commiz.tee, tkitich contained a statement, Of the sufferings which had been caused in Germany by the war, alai an appeal to'the British public for rebel. It :also contained an extract of a letter from' Prague, in which the misery of that city and- its neigh bourhood was pathetically described, and in which it was J a eu that the emienvours of the benevolent in . Germany lawre directed to the of the sufferers with straw and food, and c , rn for sowing the ground. The Committee had sent some assistance to these suf. firers. The Report also gitve . an account of the exer-' tons of the Ladies of Berlin, w 1) , !, when the French; left that city 6 M.trch, tfil3, made the utmost efforts for the xelief of the sick and wounded in the hospitals —some tmploy.ing themselves in fine .works, the pro duce of which was employed to purchase necessaries for - the sufferer.—some in prepaling lint and ban dages, and washing the wounds. The Princess Wil liam of Prussia joined this benevolent association.— the exertions of the Ladies of Berlin, thousands wile would othei wise have perished had been pre -o:rued to the state, and were fighting the battles of: their country with the gallant 131tioher. The Com mittee had t ranstni tied Rum% to spat its the dis pcoal of the Ladies at Berlin. The Report having bees read, the Secretary pro posed the ltesolutions of support t o Umumiggh rs . ant i -,--•-••• 6 ' 4.i for a subscription, which were unanimously agreed to. The Committee was then nominated, and the. names, especially those of Messrs. Wilberforce and Thornton, and of his Royal Highness the Duke of York, were received with great applause. The Secretary then read a letter from Lord Sid mouth to the Chairman, informing him of the Prince Regent's gracious intention of subscribing 4500. (4pplause.) Lord KENYON also delivered the Secretary a letter which lie had received from that Noble Lord, de siring him to set down his name for £lOO. Mr. G. RO:qi: then proposed that a subscription should be immediately entered into. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said, that after the Resolutions which had been adopted, the next step was to raise a subscription for the purposes which had been stated. The Company would bear in mind one thing—that from the efforts of Germany we had derived great advantages, without having ex perienced the horrors which had fallen on that coun try iti consequence. It was therefore our duty to exert ourselves to the utmost . in the restoration of that country which had.suffered from the ever which had raged in its bowels (applause). On this ground they we called on to support the subscription. 'The Duke of ibSSEX rose amidst loud bursts of, applause, and said that he should not have offered! himself to the notice of the Meeting, after the excel- ' lent address they had heard , from the head of the Church, but that he had the honour to belong to a Committee which had been established for some time in the city for the same purpose for which the present Meeting was called. It had been well observed that the sufferings in Germany had procured us•great ad vantages ; and many misfortunes which we now only heard of, had thus been prevented from falling on our heads. One of the best uses we coed make of the state which we enjoyed, was to alleviate the suf ferings of those who had felt calzmities in the pursu ance of the grand cause in which we were engaged. The female part of the Meeting must have heard with pride and satisfaction of the conduct of the Ladies of Berlin, who had spared no pecuniary or personal exertions, but had even risked /heir health and lives in administering to the afflicted in the hos pitals (applause). They must have felt pride to have seen amongst these benevolent females a person of , Roeai birth—the Princess William of Prussia, who had been the first to set the example of divesting her self of her ornaments, which had been followed by all the females in that country (applause). To the ' credit of the City of London, 4.3 1 2,000 had already been subscribed by its inhabitants—a fact which re. fleeted honour on the exertions of the Committee and the Secretaries, to one of whom (Mr. Wilberforce) he could not refrain from paying a tribute of his respect (applause). According to the regulations of the Committee, there was not only a regular account published of the sums received, but also of those ex pended, which removed all unpleasant doubts from the minds of the subscribers. It had been vaguely argued by some, in opposition to charitable bodies like the present, that there were sufficient objects of charity in this country, without going to the other side of the water. This objection seemed to him, to be totally groundless, as they were not attempting to remedy the unavoidable misery existing in Germany, but merely to enable the inhabitants to make use of the advantages which PROVIDENCE had given thew.. (applause). The Earl of BUCKINGHAM proposed a vote of thanks to the Duke of York, observing that a charitable in stitution seldom occurred in which that Royal Duke was not conspicuous. This proposition was received with great applause, hut not put, owing, we suppose ? to the Royal Duke tip t having then lett the Chair. Mr. WILBERFORCE was sure that what distress he felt on the present occasion, and it was impossible for him to conceal from them that he felt a considerable degree of distress, did not arise from his not partici pating fully in the sentiments expressed by the Noble Earl—sentiments so just, that they found an echo in every breast—nor from any wish in him to delay the expression of this common feeling of thanks which was ready to burst from the assembly ; but from the consciousness of his inadequacy to do justice to the wish expressed by some friends beside him, that he would second the motion of the Noble Earl. In truth, it was not his wish to remain silent when an opportunity was proposed to do that to which he was strongly led by the best feelings of the heart. He felt, however, that he would be abusing their patience if he delayed for a single moment the expression of their thanks. They were now called together on a great. occasion, for the display of national generosity and benevolence ; and on occasions of such a nature, they were always accustomed to see his Royal High ness take the lead—(afriztaure). When by the kind ness of PitoviDENee they were spared the sufferings and calamities which had fallen to the lot of other nations, it was highly gratifying to see what they wit nessed that ddy ; ehatever was highest in rank and dignity came f)rward to contribute their countenance and aid in the relief and alleviation of distress-(ap ideuse). They lived in a country which was in the enjoyment of many and high distinctions, distinctions a Inch none knew better or felt more strongly than him self, for few men had been more favoured by l'nov iDENCE than himself; but he had never felt more highly what it was to be an Englishman than that day, when he saw the Dignitaries of the Church setting a bright example of Christian virtue, in relieving the 1 necessities of the destitute, and softening, if they could not cure, the distresses of the sick. While he had satisfied himself by yielding to his own wishes and those cf his frieuds, he was convinced that he had never done such feeble justice to his feelings as then when lie contributed his feeble exertions in seconding the motion. After the speech of the Mover and Seconder, the subscriptions which in the meantime had been re ceived, were read over and the question for thanks was now put. Mr. SCIIWASIE, a German Clergyman, rose to ex press his most hearty thanks to h►s Royal Hienesi the Duke of York and the Dignitaries of tbe Church, for what they had done for his country% He felt a difficulty in expressing the gratitude of suffering Ger many for this relief; but the duty was of so pleasing a nature, that it would inspire my span with confidence, He begged leave to say that the Germans were re:ally in want of assistance, and that alley deserved it. He wished some more able Man than himself would give an ideqnste sketch of the sufferings of his country. mu d I:lo4lndiAiiiilAtto hal boeP downed* pad thousands of Germans driven from their homes.— Their attachment to this country, and to English Princes,•was well known. He felt happy and proud as a German, as he should feel happy and proud in being an Englishman. As a Hanoverian, he might say that no nation, except the English, had better notions of public virtue, morality, and religion, than the Germans. lie concluded with praising the exer tions of the Committee. Mr. MART ENT, the Secretary, rose to express shortly what had been done by the Committee. The rule and scale of their gift had alone been the scale of misery. Since the 27th of hinuary, 5e.52,000 haS been received, and there was tour or £5OOO more, of which they knew ; and he was convinced that this was not the half of what the subscriptions would yet be. He felt proud to belong to a nation which, after twenty years' war,• could still find means to relieve other countries. He had on other occasions seen most of those now near him ready to send abroad the word of Got, without comment ; and now they were ready to send out the best comment upon it— that of practical humanity (ufsplaute). He conclud ed with proposing the thanks of the Meeting to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, for his liberal donation of £5OO. The motion was seconded, and die thanks were unanimously voted. _ _ _ General TARLETON wished to address a few sen tences to the assembly. En one of the last, speeches he had made in Parliament, be had spoken against the Germans, but he now came forward to do justice to them." He had not calumniated them, because he spoke what were his sincere sentiments at the time.— He had said two years ago that tile Germans were overrun, because they were 40ased ; and he now confessed, that greater virtue, liatriotism, and valour, had never been displayed on the face of the earth thin lately by all the inhabitants of Germany. The G.:- neral, after praising. General Blucher and the Ladies of Berlin, was proceeding by way of compliment, it is supposed, to the Ladies present, to mention the saying of an Orator, respecting the power of the King, U'ine and Women, when the hisses of the Assembly in duced him to close his speech rather abruptly. The Thanks of the Meeting were then voted to his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, after which the Meeting broke up. DUTCH PAP ARS. BREMEN, MARCH C. Accounts from Holstein, which may be considered as authentic, - state as foilows The most consider. able persons in Norway have made an address to the King, in which they thank him for the benefits they have enjoyed under his Government; but add, that if he is obliged to renounce his sovereignty over Nor way, he has no right to dispose of this independent . kingdom in favour of a third. That a Congress shall be held at lirontheim, to consider of the conditions under which they would consent to the union with Sweden ; and that till these were fully accepted, no Swedish garrisons should be admitted into any Nor wegian fortresses. Resident Kau passed through Lubeck on the 21st, going to the head-quarters of the Crown Prince of Sweden, with assurances that Prince Christian, whom the Norwegians desired for their chief; should immediately return to Copenhagen, and that Denmark will do every thing to promote the cession to Sweden." BERLIN, MARCH io. Custrin is to be given up on the '2oth of March, if the capitulation is ratified. Some of the works are already occupied by our troops. HAGUE, MARCH 22. The following Proclamation was published on the 10th of March, at the head-quarters of Field Marshal Prince Schwartzenberg : 64 FRENCIIM6N—You are expected to rise, your go vernment favours such measures which serve to excite to arms the inhabitants of the departments occupied by the allied armies ; it seeks to mislead you by de ceitful promises. by means which shew the weakness of the power that has recourse to them. 64 You are obliged to bear the presence of nume rous armies. Yuur government alone can put at end to your miseries. it will give you back your repose when it shall sign the peace which Europe affix it. 44 The Allies ,by no means aim at the conquest of France, but they will make no peace except upon con ditions, which shall insure 443 their own kingdoms, and to France herself, a state of durable repose. The sacrifices which you make are of short duration, the blessings that will result from the exertions of so many nations all united to obtain the same end, will be durable. Frenchmen I your existence and your national independence shall be established equally with our own ; you shall no longer see the blood cf your sons flow for causes foreign to your interests. " Peace alone can remove the Allied Armies from the French territory. New battalions cover the roads of Germany, Belgium, Spain, and Italy. French men, raise your voices for the peace of Europe, that peace which is the sole object of the Allied Powers, the only thing that is worthy of being desired by you. Ask your Government for the restoration of your colonies, for the opening of your ports, for the free dom of your trade. These advantages are offered you. All that you may do to support the war will turn to your own detriment, and all who by themselves, or misled by others, oppose us, will expose themselves to inevitable destruction. (Signed) 44 Marshal Prince of SCIIWARTZENBLAW, General in Chief of the Grand Mir 1 Ai my." " Head-quarter, Troyes, 141 th March, 1814." FRANKFORT, MARCH 18. The Grand Dukes Michael and Nichols, brothers of the Emperor of Russia, arrived here yesterday : they propose to make some stay before they join the army. Prince Philip of Hesse Hombourg having joined his corps to the Austrian reserve, has taken the di rection of Leon, to strengthen the army under Cie neral Bianchi. GENEVA, MARCH 6. The alarm which prevailed in this city, in conse quence of the advance of the enemy in two directions horn Grenoble and Lyons, has in some degree sub sided. By the signal defeat of the division Irons the latter, the enemy has lost in prisoners hetvkeen 7 and 800, and in killed and wounded an equal number.— The loss 91 the Allies has alas been considerable. Subsequent to this affair the French retreated upon Lyons in confusion, and the Austrians under Count !übna ppillut(lmuniaxiika PRENCII P.l PERS. PARIS, MARCH 24. Her Majesty the Empress Queen and Regent k • received the following intelligence of the situation the armies to the 20th of March : The Russian General Wittginstein, with 1, ; corps of the army, was at_Villenoxe. He had thunte bridges at Pont, where he had passed ti,e Seine, ard he marched upon Provins. s " The Duke of Tacentum had united his troops . 4! that town. On the 16th the en2my matimtvred outflank his left. .The Duke of Reggio engaged artillery, and the whole day passed in canno:ia., The movement of the enemy appeared to be ti r , r , Provins and Nanges. " On the other side, the Prince of Schwartzenber7. the Emperor Alexander, and the King of were at Arcis-sur-Atthe. " The corps of the Prince Rnyal of Wirtemb:, hid moved upon Villers-aux Corneilles. 44 General . Platow, with his :;000 barbarians, 1 thrown himself upon Pere Champenoise and Sezanr... The Emperor of Austria had just arrived ILA Chaumont at 'Troyes. ~ The Prince of Moskva entered Clia!oas-s“:. Marne on the Pith. The Emperor slept on the 17th at Epernay. the ISth at Fere Champenoise; and Gil the IDth at Plaiicy. " General Sebastiani, at the head of his cavahr, came up with General Platow at Fere Cf,.trr,pe• , ,;,,, overthrew him, and pursued him to the A ul - R, maki:.g some prisoners from " On the 19th, in the afternoon, the Ernreo r passed the Auhe at Plancy. At five in the aft..rr,o- 1 he passed the Seine at a fn d, and tlrned Mcrv, was occupied. " At seven o'clock at night, Genorzl I.etrrt. the chasseurs of the gnird, atrivcd at th.: tH;age ri Chatres, cutting off the road front N•!gert to Troyes,, but tl a enemy was already in retreat. `."et (; Letort came up with his park of pr , nt.-01:, wj• served for the bridge at Pont-sur•Seiro, too!: tiiern and a hundred baggage waggcns ; he mode sn psis mers. • _ " On the 17th General Wrcdc 7etrngrided rapid 27 upon Arcis•sitt-Aube. In the night of the 17th tl.e Emreror of Russia retired upon Troyes. 0: 1 d i .. sv i the Allied Sovereigns Troyes, ..mcFroctx• (led in 311 haste upon 13ar-seir...lube. " His M.jesty the Emperor arrived at Arcis-stt; Aube on the '2oth in the morning." The place called Rabesteins, from which Marshal Soult dated an order of the day some days ago, is to the north of Tarbes, and is not to be confounded with the town of Rabasteins, between Toulouse and Alby. The two small towns of Gatlin and Coaches are on the road from Tarbe; to Mount de Marsan; the movement which the Duke of Dalmatia has made in advance in that direction cuts off the enemy from the two roads of Audi and Agen. The position of the Marshal leaves him master of the greater part of the defiles of the Pyrenees, and permits him to continue his free communication with the army of Catalonia. • Reinforcements of troops are marching from Patin and Versailles upon Meaux : in a few days there will be upon that point considerable forces, which will ad: vane. Yesterday six hundred horse set off foe this destination; today and to-morrow . there will 4e many set out. It is to the military historian to whom it will bele* to point out, at one view, the skilful manoeuvres by which the French Emperor has again baffled, the de• signs of two enemy's armies, which appeared deter, mined to assemble under the walls of Paris. From his departure on the 27th of February from Troyer, to the 20th March, he traversed a line of 120 leagues in different directions, and has been in seven grand affairs. The enemy has been repulsed to the distance of 50 leagues from Paris, in the two directions of Mezieris and Bar-sur-Aube. ST. MAI.O, MARCH 10. The frigates l.t Nymphe and la Medusa, which sailed from Brest in the latter end of November, re. turned from their cruize on the 15th February, PARIS, MARCH 2e. The works for the defence of Compeigne arc con; tinned with the greatest celerity. The Wain, which is upon the left of the road going to Noyen, has beeh intersected and inundated. Abattes of trees have also been made and ground raises in order to pl.ice upon the principal roads p i eces of artillery, wh:cli will carry to a great distance. The following letter .has been addressed to General Count Hullen : " Msntarges, :March 22, 1 4 14. " Monsieur le Comte—General Allex having re ceived orders to make a movement, and the garriioo of Montarges being to co-operate in it, I have the honour to inform you that the troops tinder my onicri ;et out from this town yesterday at four in the atta noon, nnder the command of General Latour, to pc ceed the same day to Courtinac, and to-day to Sens, where the division will be. " The Mayor commanding at Montarge;, (Signed) " LEcates." MEAUX, MARCEI is. Colonel Simon, commanding the first free corps of Pat is, having received orders to clear all the coun try in the environs of Meaux, as fat A% St' Laalle Is traversing the department of the Seine and Marne, and hopes to deliver it from the brigands who still infest ir. He had orders to call oa the national guards, to have the toesil sounded, to issue prect.• mations, to excite the inhafkants (,f" the towns and the country" to defend their homes against the inAilts of the enemy's parties; he will, when iic has acorn. plished his object, repair to the Emperor's head-Vat . ters tor fresh instructions. General Lefebvre Desnonettes is recovered of ht , wounds. lie has just taken here the command of .1 very fine division et infantry, cavalry, and artillery, which immediately set off to join the grand army. TOULOUSE, MARCH I . According to tile different fired: verleallx have arrived to us from the capital, it appears that tl e excesses committed by the enemies are the sone in all the parts of France which they have invaded. In the South as in the North their conduct is the same, they endeavour to lull the vigilance of the inhabitants, by promising them peace and happiness, by inspiring a faLse'security, and all the countries over which they pass are devastated, The unfortunate inhabitants of the valley of Baigorry have no longer any thin&& tllel the the to i ~~ hi se di F I. I.