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•• • . i , • 1 \ l 'i l ' .• d s 1 I , 1 t i tii ; (,' '' i 0 , • • • 1 1 r 1 . . $ i • 1 ' , {fA , • . • . . . . • : 1 ; , I • i . . I d a I I d I 1 111 1 I I 1 • L. t i I . //I i , I 1 C SI d i 1 i II 1 li 9 I I i I I 1 I • ii 1. : : I i 1 1. 1 : I , I i ) i 4I I 1 1 ' ' ( • ', l l4 1 'l l + l' ' I . i ‘ ~, t I 1; INTELLIOENCE. FRISCH AND DUTCH PAPLIts. mum Nov. The revolt which has broken out in Bosnia, is appeased, and tranquillity is re-established in that Turkish province. it appears eveh that a stop has been put to the informations against the Greeks. who are charged with having taken part 111 the in aurrectioa. The Turkish troops are considerably sugmenttcl iu Bosnia, and are advancing towards tat frontiers of Servia. sEntme, trov. 3. All the pasha* who were with the troops iu the enviroux of Sophia, have received orders to proceed in all haste towards Silistria. It is believed that the Russian army will come to au engagement with that of the Grand Visit.. According to accounts we have received from Bosnia, the Turks impale a great iimober of Greeks for having taken part in the late conspiracy; the Papa, are especially treated with great cruelly.-- Ahmiteur, Dec. L) RAMOUNGH, DEC. I. %Ve hare here a 'Westphalian genie ..... who lire preparing to celebrate, in a pompous manner, the anniversary• of the coronation of His Alajcst• the Einperhr Napoleon. Our Magistrate and the busty of the citizens have taken part in this brilliant ceremony. STARGARD, NOV. 20. His Majesty the King of Prussia hating ordered the contkeation of all the goods and effects of the famous Alajor Schill, an ordowrreare has this day • been published in this city, or the part of the Governor-General of Prussian PrqUer:111111, 11U111• moiling all persons who may he in possession of Inch goods and effects, to declare the same, anti pay in the value, before the 10th of January, )1110,' eider pOst of severe punishment. Pretßasuao, NOV. 12. We hkve veceived account, that our army in Moldavia has defeated the Turks in the environs of folistria, and taken from the enemy 16 pieces of cannon, and 12 standards. WARSAW, NOV. 27. Commissioners have been appointed fur the de tharartion of the frontiers between Austria and the Grand Dvehy of Warsaw. On the 13th of this mouth, a part• of our tror);:s took possession of Wielizka, where are the famous salt mines of Cracow. The inhabitants received our brave men with enthosiestu. The {Acerb were invited to a splendid hali.—(ll9n:tettr, Dec. 13.) GENERAL MONNF r. PAKI4, DI r. 10. The Council of Inquiry appointed by virtue of a sealed letter, ethirmied by His lisitonial 'Alejesty to Count Iliimbour L 7, diced Schoenbrunn. tho 7th of September, te examine the conduct of Conctol 111onnet. with respect to the surrender of Flushing, terrnionteil, no the sth of November, tt. operation.. antl eaburirted tie result to His 5141 jest), in II verbs! proces of it. tittings, of „hick the following is th. sub,iteree The Council of inquiry, appintril by Ifs M.i. jest! the E tiperur mid Kin,. and conviiked by his Excellency Cciuct Ibinebourg, Minister at War, eontoriu,shle to the seelLil letter of His Majesty. dated Pic Itorseu r u nu, the 711 i of Noveinher— Aasist.d by M. Besson, Chief of Division to the Minister at War, Member of the Legion iif Honour, Knight of the Eiiiiiire, exercising the functions of Secre-tary to the Council-- Having examined the anneze3l !Otero. to the somber of 174. •od considering that, anteriorly to the 14th of Marti►, Hut Majesty the Emperor slid King had himself given particular instruetiuus to the General of Division, Minuet, to !dace the town of Flu.liing, and the Isle of ‘Velcheren, in Oreuray from any military attack— Considering, that, on the 32d of April, the Mi n;ster at War wrote to this General, that a consi derable armament was preparing in England, and eorntrianded him to make the necessary disposi tions to place that fortress in a stets of secarity from the enterprises of the English ; ..cad that this General answered, that all dispositions had been triode, sod precautions taken, to Mend the taws; of Flushing, in the most vigorous manner possiiile; that all his batteries were in good con dition and weft supplied, and that hr had a sof &lent stock of provisions and ammunition for a utgt— Coosidering, that, on the 30th of July following, the enemy effected a landing between the fort of Hoak and Polder ; that his force was presumed to be 18,000 men; that, on the 2d of August, he was before Flushing, and had taken a posi.ion, Ist, at about Son wet►e.r from theiteeke of Platen elich ; 2d, a little to the left of the road which leads to Middleburgb, in the place called the Chemix des Dames, at shout POO metres from the salient angle of the bastion No. 4; 3cl, at the new fort established between Flushing and the fort of Itas nekene. at about lon metres from the fort of Romekens; that the flecke of Platrudich, and that on the side of lianieltene, are distant from the hotly of the place about 110 metres ; and that the enemy resnained in these positions till the moment of cl pitulation, with the exception of some attacks on the advanced posts— Considering that General Monnet transmitted an amuck, oa the 13th of July lavt, to the Minister at air, of the movements and position of the enemy ; and that, ou the 2d of August. his Excel lency reminded hint of the order and instructions give• by His Majesty, with respect to the manner is which he should 'act, to prevent the enemy from taking a povition in the isle of Watcheren; that the instructions of his Majesty ordered this Ge neral, incase he should find himself pressed by the enemy, to cut the dykes, rather than surrender the place ; that this General seemed offended at re ceiving this letter from the Minister at War, and answered to the General and Senator Rampon. that it was useless to remind him of his duties, mid the firm intentions of Ills Imperial and Royal Ma jesty ; that at all times, awl iu utl circumstances, he should know how to fulfil the our, and confoi in to the other; yet, nevertheless, General Modtet, be ing pressed in Flushing by • superior force, toted to cut the dykes ; that he pierced only one, on the side of Rumekens, which he stopped again during !4 hours, and then re-opened ; that this opening produced but little effect, because the point where it was made had not been well chosen; that it ought to have been made filly attires fur ther, on the side of Itatnekens; and besidcs, that the dyke on the side of Old Flushing ought to have been pierced, which would have produced lEfl onsidiately a sufficient inundation— Considering, that, according to the statement drawn up by General Momn•t, on the 15th of July, 1509, the garrison of Flushing consisted of 4,481 men and 17 horses, of wl►um 3,813 men and 17 horses were in the place ; that the Gessrals Rampon, Chainbarlhac. and Rousseau, threw into Flushing, hewers the first of August, and the sixth of the same mouth, 3,143 men; viz. on the i•t of August 6tM men of the 341 battalion of the 65th regiment; oil the 2d of August 1003 men, of whom 6uB were from the 4th battalion of the third demi.brigade of reserve, and 375 from the ‘2sth, 72d, •end 108th, with 20 gunners; on the 4th of August 320 'nen of the 4th battalion of the 48th .regiment; cos the fti► of August 1160 men, of whom 150 were from tile Bth demi-brigade ; 420 from the 48t1► regiment, and 190 from the regiment of Pros. acs, forutiii4 a total of 6996 men, and 17 homes and that, tu•eordomg to the letters written to the Mt. ui.tt r ;I: Vt ar, by Gen. Monnet, and dated Lich !l ld, the 8111 of October last, there were only 1963 nonn killed, wounded, and made prisonets— Considering, that, at the moment when the ene my appeared lief"re the place, it contained pro mime, for 4.onn men and 100 horses, during dly. ; that (en, ral Moinict, to his before uses.tiosied letter, dated Lichfield, u.serts, that the fire of the enemy consumed four principal maga zines of 'pram-ions ; ..%liereas it has been declared by the Sienr Dourster, of the Guard of Engi ',ril, that lie knew nothing of this ; by the Sieur Kozlowski, Commandant of the Ist Irish bat taloa, that the tire of the enemy destroyed on's. ther prori•ions nor any thing nectssary fur the cleftmco of t!:e place ; End by the Mayor of Fla !line. that it had only burned two magazities of forage—. Considering that the place haJ only suffered a born barrhsent of 36 hours on the 13th, 14th, and 15th of August ; that this bouihardinent. or the cannon of the enemy, ha 4 not done any remarkable damage to the body of the place ; that, at the moment of capitulation, three was al (ream in the ramparts ; and that the place had been surrendered before the enemy had effected the passag.• of the fosse, with out living sustained any assault ; and when the trorys were still in possession of the outworks — Considering that this capitulation,which reassigned on the night of the i,ith of August, excited the dis content, and even the indignatian, of the gerriwin— Considering, in tine, that it results from the de claration' of several persons, that General Moisnet received to his profit, from IRO3 to 1406. without giving, nor causing to he given, acquittances to the parties interested, a rate of to Dutch sous, or 1 - 1. tons tournoia, for every half auker of (..mera ex ported ; and that the house alone of a Madame Week., at Flushing, paid to his account from 50 to 80,000 Grim; within the space of about three years— The Council of Inquiry . &clams— (Wm C.lions the Sentence already published.) 1116 day, the ?..zith of Nov. 11109, at three in the afternoon, at the moment when the Council was rising. the Minister at War had transmitted to him • letter boon General Monnet, dated Litchfield. the 941 h of ortulwr lart, containing an answer to the letter of flit Majesty the Emperor and Kim; to his Minister at Wei, relative to the surrender of Flash ing, of the date of the 7th of September last. The Council have read these two pieces ; and, after ma ture deliberation, have determined that they are not of a nature to cause ally chin.ge in the declaration they have made. Done at Paris, at the Depot General of IVar, on the above day, month, and year ; and all the llem. berm of the Council of Inquiry,. sod the Secretary, ligued the precca verbal. (biped) COUNT A HETI LLE. COUNT NAMPON. VICE-ADM. TIIEVCNAND. COUNT SONGES MASON. Transmitted to our Minister at War, to cause the laws of the Empire to he executed towards the accused. (Signed) N.PO LSO 11. Palate of doe Thuilteriee, Dec 0, 'soy. LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMNER 29. The C'astilian sloop sailed on Saturday from Sheerness, with eight transports, having water on board, for the ships off Flushing.—They proceeded to within a few miles of that place, when they for tunately met the Gorgon, of 44 guns, which in farmed them, that the place had been evacuated on the preceding day.—l-lad it not been for thiccir cuinstance, the Castilian and her convoy would have gone in, as the town continued to hoist the English colours, as a decoy. We lately gave the substance of the proceedings of the Court of 'mph.) , into the conduct of Gene ral Mouser, respecting his defeats: and surrender of Flushing. We now give the article at length, from the Moniteur. It states, that anterior to the istli of March, BONAPARTE himself had given particular instructions to the General of Division Minutia, to place the town of Flushing and the Isle of IValcheren in security from any military attack ; and that, on the 22(1 of April, the Minister at War wrote to General blutt NET, that a consi derable armament was preparing in England, and commanded him to make the necessary dispositions to place that fortress in a state of security from the enterprises of the English.—The Yams division of the Expedition did not sail from Ramsgate until the 28th of July. We wish to know by what fatality it happened that BONAPARTE watt aware of ire desti nation so far back its the 15th of March? lie is in the habit of noticing the immense sums which Eiig land pays for spies on the Continent.—He cereitiuly may not pay so well; but, we fear, he is better served than we are. Mr. Povem.t., the American Secretary, was not suffered to land itt Fra:.ce. Ile returned on Wed nesday to Dev , :r in the flag of truce which carried him, with Mr. MAY Piz, the Austrian Nlessenger, to Calaia.—lt is reported, that General ARMSTRONG, the American Minister at Paris, will shortly set out ou his return to America. Mr. Powet.t. was told, as the cause of the prohibition to laud, that Morlaix was the only port open for cartels. ...•1n..,..-- Some of the Mu ' g Papers of yesterday an nounced, that the formal annexation of Holland to the French Empire has been declared; and sequins of Custom-house officers, cupported by nu inerons troops, are on their way to give effect to the new organization to which it is condemned; and that flip' intelligence is contained in letters to the 22d mit. from Amsterdam. to which city it was brought by cypress from l'aris. We fancy that this is merely an anticipation of a probable event. We have seen • letter from Rotterdam, of the id, on which we found this opinion. The following is an extract We are entirely ignura•t Isere of B 's plans, as to our foturc Govcrnae•t: Nu steps have yet been taken to alter the present state of things. S I vessels were ready to sad on the lath, fur Loglarid, bat were in timidated by the appearance of • tarp French pi ivateer, of 111 guns, and i,SO into, off the Make One of the Captains immediately protested to his Government, arid the French /renal was immediately preveuted Irian disturbing the Wide." Several mere frigates ■re to be sent to the East Indies.—The enemy's force there bears no propor tion to ours ; yet, when the extent of that sea is considered, and the number of ships that are al ways employed in protecting convoys, it is not sur prising that the enemy should run so lung a saucer of success. The ships, too, on that station are to be oftener relieved than has beets usuid. This poli cy is most imperative. It may be seers by a ;thrice at the ma►ine list in the American papers, that the •United States maintai ii ill an extensive trade with the East ludic'. The critical state of our relations with America being, therefore, duly considtred, we £P‘1217.311 SErn.E.4IENTS. stJttitscs A Lail'Elt PROM PUILADELPHISS HATED NOV. el. i. • " This day arrived the sloop PhisLe, Tunleo/57 days from Carthagend; left there the schooner Elijah, Pigot, of said for Philadelphia, to 15 days ; and schooner Ara, for Baltimore, in 10 days. Oc tober oft' Barraccia, was boarded by the Spanish privateer schooner Clarissa, detained one hour, examined, and dismissed, after robbing Capt. T. of his trumpet. " Capt. T. sap, the markets were dull; that they were overstocked with English inatinfactures ; and that the port of Cartli.igena was opened for nine months for all neutrals, with the prohibition of dry goods and spirituous " The Spaniards throughout South America, it was said, were ripe for a revuhition. They say they will not subunit to any other crowned be. 1,1 but Ferdinand the l'llth, whom they appear willing to accept for their Prince, should lie once more ►e gaiu the Spanish throne ; bat, should lie fail, then they are for setting up a republican form of Go vernment, independent of any Euroiwan Junta, or other power. The province of Quito, it gm s a id. had already set up an independent government, and thrown off all allegiance to Spain. To quell the spirit of insurrection, so called, troops were marching from the other provinces against the it:- habitants of Quito, who had already chosen their Junta, and set up a new form of government." THE BRITISH PRESS. nsitid. such Hal probrtion the rior useful, or benevolent and religious omits of the Corsican, .4 founder dynasty," as he calls himself, by anticipation, are all future blessings, intended fur his beloved people. The " Canal Napoleon." on which " two millions have been usefully expended," will unite the Rhone to the Rhine : When ?--" 'The sluice at Havre, is nor defy finished ;" but " tut Dunks, k, an octagon sluice has teen finished." The proprietors of the Wed India Docks, in the Thames, would com plete ten ►uch skiers in a year. " The port of Cette has been deepened." We hope, for M. MONTALIvEt's sake, that this beneficial work took place before the French ship of the line and frigate were wrecked on the bar of Cette, a few weeks ago. Indeed the mention of that port, connected suds the disastrous fate of the Toulon convoy. and there. fore calculated to awaken painful recollection would seem to have been ieljudirients. Mr. Pee• cptat, we think, will not go out of his way, to put into His M aacsrv's mouth, on the first day of the approaching Session. any particular allusions to tlie Scheldt or tea Antwerp. However, we must admit that NAPOLEON knows better than we do, the stuff of which Ins subjects are made. and what is proper for them. One would nevertheless conceive, that, in the enummotion of the bridges, temples, columns, arches, constructing in or near Paris, some 4 . persi flage," or what we denominate. in coarse language. Auteiblig, was intended for the " bagels," or cockneys of the metropolis. The Seine itself is neither hi wider, ilor , sleeper, than is our Thames, or leis, st Oxford. 'To boast of " rewstalilisliing and restoring" two miserable wooden bridges, thrown across that stream, one above Piiris, at Charenton, and one below it, at St. Cloud. partaker of ridicule. Ile condescends, however, to boast of " havisig pulled down the houses ou the old and ruinous Pont St. Michel," u another benefit conferred on France. Vi"e cannot. at least, exclaim with Pope— " These are imperial works, and worthy Kiwis I^ But let us follow Slue T LIVET, if we can. with out laughing :—" The beautiful bridge of Jena." designed to commemorate the overthrow of the Prussian Monarchy. " has beets conducted to the raising of the Arches." A temporary substitute for an Exchange has been formed ; the Exchange it self is to follow. " The Temple of Glory occupies great number of workmen." a The Column of Austerlitz is adorned, fa- half its height. with bronzes." The Louvre is in progress.—Bot we come to the Chapter of " Benevolence." " The Eri Peep& has ordered the establishrnont of forty two Depots de Mendecite ;" in other words, poet houses. Public instruction, literature, arts. all are Protected by him. Agriculture flourishes ; though he arid., " the cultivation of cotton in oar southern pro viuces has hitherto afforded nothing but hope." Of the soh- talite for supr. so much vaunted in the arestirears, last slimmer. nut a word is said. " Some districts, indeed, find it impossible to bell their corn." This avowal would not have been made. if the calamity had not been such as it was impossible to conceal. On the soliject of commerce too. it is ad mitted, that though France has subjected the Coo lineal, she has no communication left by the Ocean. The Minister is very laconic, though eery triumphant, on the state He is uin;e diffuse on " religious esters deeply on the depositi. the Pope. and the patrimony of ' the scene changes to the Danube. inns, he is eloquent. But here first time, that when Lord CHATHAM Scheldt. " the districts of the Sarre rose Mhos." What might not hart we had sent an ae.ive enterprising.. twenty thousand men, to Flanders, the Duke of POILTLAND, and . Lord CAITLLAAGH. and Mr. CA. co.operutang to the public bent& engaged in the lowest personal and office. The manner in which Warsaw and West Gallica* are - latest th. Interested, large is mutter of their place of the non cessury to question pears to u hosever, i of the elto are condo ui with Li uess, and i effects up It also Coils have 'esti is elm, like in Alarm in order il ofS(*. Vi star from glad fidenj present 11l that the at tended i Lord Wel • it is slack is running field, tight • brother. nianifestec city mani piety of ? Vicary C; lesley him , the relctrl rellid candidate+ ataiuder a like a sed adherents, ti,lrd oppi biped an c kept with and ahusi ctintstanct the Imago them, are tires are Atkin., al eeeond ad, pleumire u Common which the, rejection u deny the Il to the Hsi the effroili theii, how felt the m his taken the paths., against tr but again: the utast enough to ought to have an extrueilitiery force in the India feat the seas. But a prudent Mi n ister wou ld not h ave re tended to . quired this adtlitioeal incentive to exe r ti on . I t h fatherein-li been long &mewled by our losses in *list gunny cure their of the world. . bishop *ll glance to It would require a volume. instead of a column ffiscation, in a newspaper, to exainiue •iid to refute the is ea the 17 stilly, futility, deception, and falsity, en many placed ? points of the " Exposi," pronounced by Monr says nothii LtYST, the new Minister or the Inn nor, on th er at DOI< welt of this month, before toe Freiielt Senate. calm mod is, indeed, the strongest proof how co m pi e li.l peace." I N•POLEON has aub . pigattd Feiner, the tannin the Pcnini mind, moral sentiment, end public opinion, the touch, or 11 such so Exposition could liner heen submitted dear nun. ally delegates, however base, prostitute, or nom vonctliate nal ; and have been received with profeseiniis of a, hat, of th probation and admiration. All his conquests o. lloads, an the Danube, the Vistula, or the Ebro, are far inf. ' ! ' ha PRESI rior to that which he has accotuplished on the Sera Minim What shall we say to the utiocions and taliblusl.• Corsican ill; effrontery of a Minister, who, in contempt of France. ihe laws of nations and of humanity, avows and boasts, that " the Cell:LI of St. Quintin hen Less The pee jihisberl by prisoners of war from different na- to the met bons." On this, mid almost on this point o n l y , which are does he, indeed, speak of any act, or work, in which cue the pout tense, as dune. The other sublime, the fate of useful, or benevolent and religious establieh- ecitled— melds of the Corsicast, .4 founder of a fourth interested, e of the fillinicell• — of strong Pous worship," mud city of Lo tiun and seizure of their weak f the church. When defeats ar be, Wagroun and Vi. entailed u !re we lean, for the to oppose NATHAN was off the bobbling F ;erre rose he open re- in aullart are beau effected, .1f they prac ing officer, with only approachu more env Arra, is June ! But public fee Loral CaMDEN. and to their be CAV NIII/1, iti.trad r( rni.fit, we re a ll t i ler , I Througl intrigues, for power Midi( ASTI silo h the Duchy t f Appleby, turday, the nteutteard, seems to lie. end fri oothii t.itax mud :nini Nlitsist pea met