The National Register. — London, England, 1813-11-28 00:00:00

V TILE NATIONA I L itEGISTE Cur ding, ants Labs. PUBLISHED AT NO. 11, NEWCASTLE-STREVT, STRAND. No. 309. EMANCIPATION OF HOLLAND--SURRENDER OF DRESDEN, WITH 16,000 PRISONERS--DEFEAT OF BUONAPARTE. WITH THE LOSS OF 30,000 MEN-- STORMING AND CAPTURE OF THE FRENCH LINES BEFORE BAYONNE, WITH 5► PIECES OF CANNON —HANOVER LIBER \TED, &c. &c. How quickly do the edifices erected by ambition, and ce mented with the blood of mankind, totter on their basis and sink prostrate to the ground ! Their fall is even more rapid than their elevation. In their momentary grandeur they overtop the world : they blast whole regions with their shade : they crush whole nations with their weight. Admired by some, feared by ail, they resemble those sepulchral monuments of Egypt, whiCh are viewed with awe and superstitious horror as the graves of succeeding but forgotten generations. These are, in fact, the tombs of the millions that have been sacrificed to raise their structure, and though the outside may be splen did and glittering, yet the inside is full of dead men's bones." Founded on corruption, it is not astonishing their very mass should bear them down, and when the im pulse to destruction is once given, it would he easier to erect a new fabric than to check the fall of the crumbling ruin. Such are the feelings which a glance at the momentous events compressed within the short period of the last week nee likely to produce. Who fourteen months ago beheld NAPOLEON'S despotism rooted on . the European Continent, and extending its baleful influence to almost every quarter of the globe, without deeming it as lasting, if not as the earth which it threatened to cover, at least, as the generation which it oppressed ? A year, nay, a week, bas passed, and it Is scarcely to be found, where but a few days since it towered in undiminished grandeur. The hand of patriotism has smitten the mighty fabric, and it now melts into decay. Almost every day of this eventful week has revealed the rapid progress of its downfall. Oa Monday we learnt that a whole limb had been torn from this enormous mo narchy, and that Holland had regained her freedom and her name. -On Tuesday we knew the tremendous extent of •his losses at Leipsic and in his retreat, and saw the flame of pa triotism blaze' along the lstrian and Dalmatian coasts. On Wednesday we saw a new State wrenched from the oppres sor's grasp, and Hanover once more hailing the sway of our . Monarch, whilst the pretended victories of the enemy at Hanau proved to have been most sanguinary defeats. Thurs day was ushered in by the roar of cannon for Lord WELLING TON'S new triumph over the only remaining veterans pf France—it was closed by the same thunder of exultation for the surrender of the Saxon capital, with a Trench Marshal and 16,000 men, and the accession of the whole Confodera tion of the Rhine to the cause of European Liberty. Such events belong to extraordinary times. They betray the agency of a Eland, more powerful than that of man, and which seems once more to have_ resumed the visible government of mankind. Let us not be blinded by success and attribute it solely to ourselves. It is not when the judgments of God are abroad, that man ought to exchange humility for confidence, or think himself faultless, pecause he is spared in mercy. Vet. VI. Ng. CCCIL SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28,_ 1813. LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. FOREIGPi OFFICE, NOV. 21, 1813. The Baron Perponcher, and Mr. J. Fagel, have arrived this day from Holland, deputed. by the Provisional Government, which has been 4.4tablisbed in that country, to - inform his Royst.Higliness this Prince Regent and his Serene Highness the Prince of Orange that a counter-revolution broke out in part of the United ProVince* on Monday last the 15th inst. when the people of Amsterdam rose iM a body, proclaiming the House of Orange, with the old cry of OlaNgS keel 4, mid noiversally putting up the Orange colours. This example was immediately followed by the other -towns of the provinces of Holland and Utrecht, as Haarlem, Leydvn, Utrecht the Hague, Rotterdam, &c. The. French Authprities %rem dismissed, and a temporary Govero ment established and proclaimed, in the name of the Prince of Orange. and until his Serene Highness's arrival, composed 01'64 most respe.etabha members of the old Government, and chiefly of those not emp!oyed under, the French. Amsterdam, Nov. 16, 1813. The events of last night have shown the necessity of appointing without delay, an Administration in this great city, which, in Ito form and composition, may ensure the confidence of the good eiti ileDS; in consequence, the officers of the Schuttery (armed Burghers) have agreed to undertake the e4abliAliment of such an Administra tion, and a number of the Most respectable inhabitants have been called ontand invited by them to take upon themselves, at so critical a moment, the honourable and interesting task pf effecting every thing that can contribute to prevent or atop the incalculable evire of anarchy. The tollowing Gentlemen have been this day appointed, desired and authorised to regulate and divide among themselves the fun*. tions, in the manner they will judge most expedient. • Mr. J. C. Van der Hoop ; Mr. P. A. Van Boetaelaer ; Mr. T). W. Elias; J. P, Cherie; J. Huydecoper Van Maarsseveen (absent);, W. Itorcel (absent); J. N. Van Eys (absent) ; Mr. C. Van der Oodermeulen ; Mr. Van Loon Janssen; Mr. D J, Von Lennep.; H. %'an Slingclandt ; J. Hodshon (excused); Mr. 11. Hooft (absent), G. Ten Sande ; A. Mendea de Leon ; •J. A. Wil inh ; J. J. T e y s44 (excused); Mr. W.T.lMnege M u ihhan (excused); J. J. May ;• Mr. P. A. Brugmans ; Mr. J. D. Meijer ; Mr. O. W. J. Berg (ssccus.. ed) ; Mr. J. S. Van de Poll ; and Mr. A. A. Vents Van Assiondeia, mvierdam, November 16, 1813. The Colonel and Chief of the Menicipal Guards, who has the great satisfaction of acquainting the public with the atiove circumstances, cannot let pass this opportunity, without admonishing his fellow citizens in the most earnest manner to behave with temper and moderation ; and at the '::»e tune. manifesting his expectation an a l ta wishes, that the joy which will be excited by these events, may induce or mislead the inhabitants to improper beliavionr towards any persons whatsoever, or to pillage or plunder any private or put . lle buildings ; since the officers and all the members cvmposing the Municipal Guard, are strictly resolved to repel, with nil the powers of which they are in possession, all and any trespasses which nuly be committed, to the end that the perpetrators receive due punishincia for their offenees. (Signed) The Colonel antl Chid of tlr9 Mu►►icil►al Girt! ll G. C. R. R. VON .131 i 'EN EN. In the naineqf h;s llighnesc the Prince of ()mitre LEOPOLD, COUNT OF I.IMOURGII STIRLIM, GOVERNOR OF 'IRO IIAGII;E. As the blest d restoration is fast approaching, I give notiee to all inhabitants the Hague, that their wishes wi;l stTH be tnitideii, and that a Pi•oviAional Government wili immcdiittelv be Ititble.ht. , " to provide for every thing, until his Serene among us. In the inean time I invite all good eitize preservation of peace. and order. I pronaise ^ciiNtciv vstitblr•frt appiler us to watrh frr the to the law•est a day of' - - GLORIOUS ACHIEVES:-LTVTS. PRICE 9d 1