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, • . eagle restrains nay be deposited is the family vadit of his *newton. Frau the Nevehergh Correspenelenten .f 1 Stb Nevescher. It appears by a letter from the Inn, of the Sd 'Damn, that the fortifications of Brannau, are being strengthened! and increased by the French. with the utmost mail*. The cordon formed on the Inn, by the Bavarian troops, is also consider ably reinforced. The head- ivarters of the coin. Minding General is at Old Oetting. A squadron of Austrian hussars has takes post at Tittmaning, in the Bishopric of Salzburg. Letters from Saxony of the 7th inst. state, that - the import.= fortress of . Coenigssein is to be seeu . pied by the French or Bavarian troops, and that the Eleffor of Saxony has acceded to the Rhenish cnsfedtration. Magdaburgh eapitalated on the etb inst. ; the capitulation was concluded between Marshal Ney and General Kleist ; the garrison is said to consist it CO,OOO man. On the Itth inst. the head-quarters of Marshal Bernadotte, P►ince of Punte Corvo, were at Lubeck On the same day General Berthier gave notice, that all the Russian and Swedish ships lying there, might take their departure unmolested. One English ship only was at Lubeck, *ben it was tak•n by assault., / the Captain and three seamen of which were killed. On the lOth instant, the Ftench took possession of Hanover, under the command of blass4sal Mor. tier. The fortress of Hameln. in the elelorate of Han over, capitulated on She 11th instant. It surrender ed to the King of Rolland, whO commanded the siege. On the 12th instant, the Duchy of Oldenburg arm taken possessior of far the Kiag cf DataviAn coops, who marched thi.ler from Last Friesland. eta•sar.. 2411 r. 3 The following proclamation has been Fuhlu.:Ard her. c 4' We, Edward Adolphus Casimer Joseph Mor t:er,Colon.l-General of the Guards of His impelial end Royal Majesty, Grand Cross of the Legion ref Honour, Grand Cross of the o:der of Christ, anJ Commander in Chief of the eth corps of the Grand Army, to the Hessian people. 'lnhabitants - ss, , or Hesse—[ have taker: p^s:ess:on of your country : this is the only means by which you could be preserved from the evils of war Yau are witnesses of the violation of your territory by the Prussian troops. The manner in which they received the lipreditary Priace, has been an injury to fon. Besides, your Sovereign and his con, having em ployments in the Prussian service, were hound to obey the orders of the Commander of the Prussian army. The quality of a Sovereign is incompatible with the duty of an offesee in foreign service, and requires independence of foreign tribunals. Your religion, your laws, your manners, shall be respell ed, and a strki discipline shall be observed. On yoer part, rernalti %cassia,. have confidence in the great Sovereign on wkoas your fate depends; you can ohly receive benefits. "GiVen at the head-quarters at Cassel, Nov. I, 18C8; "E. Ntorrita." (ifambergh Coretpatultntess, Nev. 8 1 c Asset, Nov 7. The alarm and disorder occasioned by the arrival sf a great number of troop:, have at length snb siiied, and we wait with tra::giiiill . the dcci.icn of nor fate. Several regiments left this place, rsterday, and we have no more garrison than slme bsttations of grenadiers. It is said that the grrarer part of Mar shal Nforties's corps has just teceivad a different tit.- tr.arn that of excupying our country. Hi; Eac •:lency set out from hence, yecezday, with all I.is Staff. Gcnetal Lagrange has issued the foilowing Pro• &isolation, which is dated the 4th inst. " The General of Division. Lagrange, Crand OArer of the Legion of HJnour, Inspearr•G I of the (fro d'a,preries, Governor tff MeS" " Inhabitants of Hesse-- - -You are ahcady ac quainted with the tenses to which you mutt ascribe the events that have recently occurred. The cir cumstances. I dare venture to believe. will not be attended with any of the miseries. which are almost inseparable from such changes. tVar.,and its calm znizies, will not desolate your plains. Remain peaceable, pursers year labours, your, conunerci.il speculations, gins free scope to your industry, anJ you have nothing to fear for your 1:les, your eu.-, toms, your religion. your per so , s, and your pr f. pert'. All these will be proteded. Having been appointed Governor of lime. ty His Majesty the Emperor el the French and KiNg ci Italy, I will exert myself to the utmost to pre serve order, and to render the eeuntty flourishing. This is the object I propose to myself happy if I can but attain it. Your Jury, iz:iabi;.ints of Hesse, is rbedience to the twrnmatt.ls an. ors) Coverumenr, a pur.atuil fulfilment of ..11 that shall I be required cf yr.u. This is all that I J:si:e of your I lip 16C7, 5, nce received, :e, the follow. :se, NOV. 8. Frerch army of the scia, s z bserred, that there in the by Marahat t entered that Traav e . with i strong gage of the grins. This ith the whole h troop!, ere ot•J!, tn. same tir.l and Tat'mpac t. - I of ef)!ott. 'he Prunians Lit Tike a capituiii- 4:1 nod sign. :ores batt4..rts • obtained t and fpurien. offi.:crs re. i their word, >inted out to from Lu. unfortunate And At the e, was must streets, aa4 sere eflellm ;Tea h.ight. , MUD'. I I. ice and Bcr- rdirvs to re. are already he prisoners mean. His 800. 'red, in the sin the nee- Hie Cue:- •eery ruis flibteants, sat the late !LIM. Foy. 14. ussian army >s after ann- ICS. and all 'strict, Span- In the Int ure, as well stet., Cassel, milted there ing how ill neces:aries they never the French, Sc I ron,rst P.un.;a, ac he 4rmy of t Posen, it echl.mt pre ` to HAM.. shared tl.e dreadfully. lel in the es n that town mperor, and aken posses riollenJ, by id MUat COL:- , irov. 14. of hit ;ire W2ll opened g the ~ ,L.lll. iii larnerucd *occaii'incif k mad re•ig of his 1)o --las kn.., the w.th lefendel suss it: ity toLl cezt to IsL 00k...'s . • „ . . , ~ for the at,aiainer,t of this end, tvhich most' tual, and with- which your haPpinees . and y quillity are inseparably connet2ed. (Here follow nine articles relative to administration of the countfy, which is to dulled in the name of Hie Majesty, the Em; King.) LUBECK, . The 6th of this rtionth was the most dreadful in the annals of Lubezk. The Prussian r Natamer being in our town, with 4,000 French, under the orders of Marshal Bet attacked the Prussians at nine o'clock in the ieg, oat of kliejown ; both sides fought genelest bravery and obstinacy ; towards t French . appeared before the town' with superior tortes; they were received at the ga with carillon, charged with langridge (Mitreilk) but it did nor enp them ; they were r ed at several of the gates, but they in forcing that of D. Burghthor ; then in the town the most dreadful combat. The Prussians hid a rod deal of artillery, which did much injury to the French; but nothing could with stand the bravery or superiority of the French whose infsntryentered the town; they followed the Prussians into all the houses, churches, and public ' where a terrible carnage was made, the . lasted upwards of three boors, 'during which, numbers of killed and wounded Accurnuli, In the hou-es and in the streets, and particularly at the Rurghthor, to a friehtfil liet;:ht, several of the inhabitants fell viflims to tr...se dreadful hostilities, and, am.tng the rest, the Minist r, Stolt •rwoot. Diserd•rs and excesses were the natural conse cieenres of such an event. Ma-y houses were pil laged till the Generals pet an end t t these horrors. The Pill:Sian garrison were At length made pri son-es of war. G-neral Blucher hid left the town. The number of killed and ercunded in this affair is sstimated at 5001. People have been employed, CI the presen i t time, in clearing the bother and streets of the dead. • 111 V. 11. The fo!!necing deals of the affair wlach took I place in our aeighbottrhord. may be relied on : At north of the 6:n, the first corps of the Grand Army, under the command of Marshal Bernadotte, arrived be!.rre Ltibeek, and pursued 4 or 5000 Prussians, statio had come out of the town. An at tack on the place immediately commenced. [be Prussians, who had taken possession of the ram parts, bastions, and approachei to the gates, with a mutterers: artillery, and pat: of their infantry, with stood, for some time, the impetuosity of the French infantry; but all obstacles were overcome, and the town W.if taken by storm. A long confliel, how ever, ensued in the streets. Two thousand men were killed en both sides. The first corps took 4000 pri tonere in this anion, among whom were the staff of General Beicher, 3 Generals, 7 Colonels, and 2 Officers. 15 pair of colours, and upwards of 40 pieces of cannon, likewise fell into the hands of the French. " 711, The corps under the Grand Dike of Berg, and the fourth carps under Marshal Sossir, now came up. More than 2,000 Prussians feil in with a divi• sion of th- fourth corps, and were obliged to lay dors n their arms. Ibe first corps of the army pursued the enemy, an his departure horn the town, by the way to Iravemunde. The corps of the Grand Duke of Berg, and the fourth corps, took the road towards Holstein. In the reciog, the efferent corps had. singly, several aelihns, in which they took many prisoners from the Prussians. As the first corps had taken a position behind (la:k.:u, it vas the following moaning in the pre. pence of the retnnant tithe Prmsian array. At the moment when the attics', direaed by Bernadotte, was abs.ut to commence. General Botcher sent to desire to eapizulate. The terms were immediately agr. ed upon. and Blucher's whole corps surrendered as prisoners of war. 'Thirty-three Inurelions. '53 sqnadrons, and the °Meer' tit the S;..ff, defiled he(ure the French army, sof laid down their arms ; Sri pieces of cannon; and 37 pair of colours, are the fruits of this capitulation.. All the cannon takers both at Lubeck and by virare of the capitulation, amount to 9 3 pieces, of different calibres. The total number of colours is 61 pair ; of these, IS were taken in the aßion with the first corps, nine by the fourth, and 57 by the taphole- . :ion. To the above may be added six pieces of cannon taken frum the S orJes, ea the morning of the 6113- •NOTelta ACCOUNT. We •0 OFfiCal srs Tuft toes Or atiastlat. Ilitti•ipTte. Dare? tltie , •, lent. NO,. It. c After the brilliabt affair of Halle. the corps ,f Marshal Bernadotte was greatly weakened Li the fatigues of the extraordinary marches whist it bad 'performed, and by a detachment of hetwoon 2 and 3,000 men, whieh it had left behind at Brxoden burg, at :he Lake of year, a:4l on the Havel. It to-k 26 pieces of esumr‘s.. 10,0 Pf• .or. 1.1 flour. and • • !, . town, armies. who had entrenched themselves in the kouslwr... charged a shower of teals : upois the f reenhi nothing cmid withstand the iaipetu?sityrrf a tb% lat ter. The partial combats Winch toot plate in the town, nn the ramparts, sad in the bastions, ter minated in favour of the French. The Piirssians were every where cut in pieces, or taf:en prisoners. In order to dislodge the Parisians from the ram parts. the French were obliged to monist upon the roofs of the houses. They thence tent upis brisk fire, which ended in the disarming of the Wriassisn troops. This tremendous attack upon a populous town, and almost every house d has naturally been a:tended with some 'seems ; but the preience of the Generals and 05-ors, esprscially of Marshal Bernadotte, who was continually it the midst ot the fire, has restored order and trargstillity. - Szeerzl priv.ne Frenchmen, %CIO were at Lubeck during :he storming of the place, at the hazard of their lives, preserved many hnuses from the calami ties whiew are isurparable from a circumstancibf this kind. The Prussians lost 102 pieces of cannon, and the Swedes 6, 5 sides their Ammunition wagooos. The following is a list of the Prussian officers who Itrit prisoners of war : • Limatenant•Generdl Blucher, Major-Generale tke Prince of Rrunsvcick-Oels ; Von Natzrner, Ven flatow, Von Lariseh, Von tre,ng, Von Oswald.' Von Rnlcrff, Von Pieta, Von Beer e n. V on fit"- king, Von Peter, Von Wejel, and Voa Vlciheser ; Ifkesades 11 colonel:, 40 m jors, Sk captains, 55 - I twit lieutenants, 219 second lieutenants, 109 en signs, e 7 quarter -motors, and 7 other 'Alkali— Total 618. 11 • manors*. NOV. . We yesterday received inteliiger.cn. that the French, to the um'unt pf 7010 men. have entered Cassel, and disermed all the Hessian soldiers, It is the corps of General Monier that has entered that Electorate. His head-quarters are at Cassel. The French troops which have takm possession of the country of Hesse, amount to 50,000 men. The Duch troops, it is said, are also proceeding for that c.eatry. Letre. have been received, which rate, that Prince Jemme has arrived at Brisnantick. The garrison of Hameln consigns of SOOO roe Another corps of 499:1, being part of the infantrg of the corps of Lec..q. is encamped around that city. A corps of the French army is daily expeaed there. Some troops have already arrived at 134144 angen. Nienbonrgh has no outer-works. • , or.' & Two French regiments of the corps of Maishal Mortier, arrived at Minden, cm the 4th.instint. General Whining is gone from Linebury to liar bourgb. where some Prussian doops are expeeted. The Army of the North, has also entered Hesse 4 and Hanover. „. . .1 ' 1 nor'. 7i 1 The /rich troops attach entered Maiden onlhis:' 4th. lbaiched watt sfisy for Gottingen. .%Ve ex e 4 them helre &ray. A I . 7l6l.smatfon, puliliffte.l4hit days enjoihs'the inhabitan t{ to condo `.2 themseleel Arida prrapti;:y towarkls Mll e -foreign troops nsav eager ti,e county; ; and enjafuliefin vas ptshlie oNces to Amain it -their posts. A guard elt the tnwol!peopla is fa:4.A at grur.swict, by crier of, the Emperor. Napoleon. The eommunicittim with Hai:lila and Nirubourg is slit open. • MO'. 11, „ 4 i To-dat-, we e• ludo 7,(0 Frerich.'wkno ebal lad i r here ht, end to-rr.orrow march further. 1 10,0:t0 cthet 1 rea.r. w;11 follow to•mor is W. *WO 1 ..),„„„To. .4,..„1.4 --v rals til*O hi . and at least 800 piece s of Mtinery.• IMarshal Nett will go. on the 13t.h, witlibli by wAy of Merlin to Paris. The French troops have been recziee.l at with an indiscriboble enthusiasm—NE*4e/ I revondetdex, Nov. 15 f 1101.sTrI16. 340 tit Oar country hitvic; become the Theater o military events, soma hoops hare beet taut I to milatain the most ezad neutrality upon if tiers. . MO Yesteiday a skirmish took place between tachmant or dal Danish adP.sassed posts, ant French troops, at Smckeliorf ft was two by aanhunderst ending, witicia: however, wa explained, and both parties acpliritte 4 arnica (thriiitrisii ,qiireervohd-wriea, No-o. $ .); • The Cord on Of , troops.upon our hoarier" b considaitabli arinfonvel. The roads have h terseaeci in several places Pirrone'. Itb 4 FCghnitts 'lib Dike of 01,frobangb, has set o EutiS, upoohis return to Oldenburg. • yes .. , On the 7th instant, a shirtniik whiab aril in mistake, occurred ingrain Air Dast:?h ad posts and ttio French troops, in which sever were loss on bath sides. By the interfere Gcleeral Von Ewald, re misnaderstandio cleared op That officer was received at tie quarters of the Gran,/ Duke of Bali; with pa aliatinrtion, and received this most satlifaa seraaces relative to the airier. The 4 , repterations foe defence ;hat were, at Guckstadt, , have ben discontinued, as sr sear have ceased on the frbatier.s, and Daum joys the blessings of neutrality. • restactis, NO A shiprarrivsd here op fat IA inst. front monde, hartng on bcarl Count de Non d'Aleettslebrn; and several other Prussian , who have quitted Stettin. A vessel has a riv,4411 our roads from Cnlti-vg, with nasal ble property! The Rus.ian Envoy as Sat, pascal-4 Clopeahagen. A Lynpraomom His Serene high less the reignink Duke ol wick Jilt this day at atensrn, abbot van o`, the aheutocia. A total exhaustion of were% casioneci by cirannstaness, lad his wound, natcd the days of this illostrions Prince. bora in 1735.. . 1 11 1•mpraergait, vol -/!is slid that the FrenaL have passed the Fr i pokfort. In respea to the *AA of F, the Great, all the ishaSitants of Potsdam ha eaempted,lr oft itakpositions: 4 • 4 - I? ; , , .. It a. reported, that to-moires, tftos nape , proms's.4 fillintariin arth his glAtrls •: 0111 Y , valise of tit ' npmeyous corps ti:UoOpt, 1 tharlity, wiilltrierntiehind: AE(r the set tlikroadi,a4 of:Eolo'ptity n the esuntr7, a ililleb74 argielied. • . • 1 .. . , The rr.issioa Tempelbeqp. rear F-aol 'tfrio.lcr. has to ine4'considerable it-:;ary. the ireocralltuaardaat e hl..*Daru, 11 ap ( AsimitlTotwit Generi‘aif Brim:wk.*. the Paince of Beneventr., L. JeTail e y s , , sides rn the i'aLce. at 13erlio ; the Prince o ;hate% in Whet seh‘foriptelly the King's Pala Secretary of, Stst?, Mares, in the Fiotd of Hardenberg I General Oad;nnt, in the li C.vont Irlaurailz ; and Ester:, the Grand 1 . 1 of the Crown, at Opinheimer, the Banker's The remains of Prince Lout:, of lintels • " -- -1' . • -," ' - •. • ' - • . '..''i: • 4 k , • • a • ~; 1 3. •1 1 , i .._ ~ a must be rhu- 15,000 gecko of oats, destined ( f ir Ole peidtreiening • 1/18111141, l your trau- of Magdeburg. The Prussian eCre start made pt Constantinople, on the 14th of S• Pt . . prisoners. Belnaelotte left isehin - d s ,pnothei t igtaelh- the late. Grand Visier, the Mufti, and some the future inent, ♦ to escort this booty and she prisoners. * ; . persons, wgre diimivell from offce,, ari i i ti to br con- and . The troops, wh o "fete tpo Minch fatigued, here " mer _h as beers arrested. Pastrap 01fu ,iab mperor likewife left behind. - Vet; Marshal ddvais•„ ith o , s , •' • • ' wills a c4ps cortiappee• •„ 4 . 12,C)G•eneri, 1090 AC w ere Aral 4. ♦ ' i ., lip . •• , , iii ; . 1 .1... e ae......, ; , sow. 9. n ... a, .. „ . .., , this force he pursued I' 41111- dt ir , , 100 ,4 14 I st „ 4„..,,a,.• „,,,, „., Ik• if LII•r. 'readful Jay and Sch werin, andiroti (Opt , %pips • .*„ ' sr , '" . 11 " al!. , - a 4 , i s ian General and 2000 prisk4 l 4 -1 1 — b ' a . ' Ne' le ' - 111• i " • - 11'0: ."- ;0 men, the On the mosspu 4 'ofthe . i' '" " 0 • ! •Iqp• .• %, ' , ; • i•L t .as • ''') au, r f s bai .1111 Bernadotte, a . Prussian baggage waktgoosN - • . T. • ....iti c .•• ' jar' . :. P• i • ge e & wad infantry, and two squadrairsaf ta d : ' . ~ f ° ~' . • 6,000 . F h Bail 1 the morn- ;ht with the • after a short engagement. e. - 1 '*. ' .. a ir c kih 4ol do 0 . Li Is noon, the The General Of Divides; Berthier, o e "i t ~, , 4 . ut , ...?faltorb 1011 c h. ;Tiro with very his arrival at the TraeVe, text the hweilekha • . Aeo n,- . L oyd ik irrit, .. ,.. ...„...ieh 0s .„..r.w t the gates barked. He asononaJed them ; they stru4 tliji • .6ons, ; s4 Pit .At t e4 '-'id"illo ; lours, were obliged to coma on shore, and All Arrirwr• ''ffic . cf. i .f.'estie' ./ 4 , .. , •4 • 4 ;ere repuls. . oar, with six pieces of cannon, and 2 pair of citours. . s , . 3 r • succeeded Among the prisoners is a. Goland, ri .! M. de la .: 7 4„,iim,,g . k K „ nw kAi k ~. then began ' ran e, the A djut.m tpi th . e . /in;,, , • of :Sweden.. • 4 w,, as French . vatia , :saar l isorr, % * • bat. lhe General Lt ucheibad plotted:a the it.urgagate cf ~... 7 ib ' which did Luireck fourteen piec; of .ce t nnon. Tte town. • ' - 4s'' " Al -. 1116 could with- lklagalitsur-. after a lio.k• which was thfendecrhY.2o,boo Prussians, and a tree ~ • t •..• ench whose soglit b . :is:lat.:mein, has cal! lePrussians me ndous artilierY, 'a as attaczed lay the army of the Mat•s l •Al. which• had nothing hut Hanoverian three The garrison, " 6141111 g* ind W's 4 . : buildings, ad, of 20.000 men, liiii been isidd pri arid siia.ponnders; Their valcior compensated the and marched on the l'ldi Ire, . • _ to slaughter weakness of tE.elloolkesources. The Prussian bat. France. 1 which, the ter:es were eariiis s l by the bayonet , and the gate was . . alated, both Includmg the Goveruor. Lieraterratt.' j forced. -On riveting . the town, a bloody conflict s , . •ticularly at •- , ; ..... ensued between the tats armies. /lie P rus si a ns, . oral of the ._ . . . . .aril , : ..? 1..... i ono -:--- -r ..r.