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FO 3EIGN _ - •y I C4III, iV. HILSIEIN, DEC. 2g. —The French Char e d'Affaires, DLSAQUIERS, vrlp,et,Was here for e ti •e, has • again returnedsqo% Copenhagen our Court does all in its power to preserve its nen trtilltY. jn Sweden the most vigorous preparation s ar e making for war.. The whole army is ordered t o be ready to take the field, and the workmen in t he. Arsenal are employed night and day. Stralsund still unattacked, and on the 26th Blowrikit's 4 M-quarters were yet at Anclam. The Commandant of Spandau, who returned to T he KI NG after the surrender of that place, has been Wo k by a Court-Martial, and condemned to be shot. Iit.TONA, DEC. 30.—0 n the 17th inst. Thorn sur rendered to the French under Marshal NEY ; Dant 2ie has a Garrison of near 18,0 . 00 men. The' tle ighbourine - redoubts are defended by ten.'MAJZ- 4111 1 , T, with a considerable corps. Breslau has a Gar rison of 8000 Men, its CoMmandant is determined to 111711 d0tit to the last ; on the 9th inst. it wits invested by 41 tOste BONAPARTE, with the Bavarian and Wurtem 1411'0 Troops under his command. The cannonade • e ftmenced the same day, and continued to the 10 th, without making any impression ; the Garrison OPPosed a most vigorous resistance. It is intended • i , raise the Duchy of Silesia en masse, which will: an Army.of 70 or 80,000 men. . " Letters from Vienna of the 17th, state, that the t riPeror is determined not to give up Galicia. • • 14 - ( EXTRACT OF A LEttOlt.) , . • • . tv destiny of tots city i s a nAMBURthI, DEC. Qt yet known.; Several of the Deputation se w re . ro - L yesterday, after a thriguing j ourney to Posen, • they had aR audience - ef the French Emperer, His Imperial Majesty evinced ri the 14th of MO.: great wrath in the presence of the Deputation ; and expressed much surprise -' that they should come on to hopeless an errand.' When they endeavoured to Convince him of the advantages that France would tlerive from Hamhurgh being suffered to rernain a " .ree Ci ty,hisMajesty became quite indignant, and 4 )4, that he-and the Hamburghers saw through dif- Xerent optics. It was indifferent to the City of Ham .butgia with Whom it traded, provided it shared in the profits ; but with him it was every thing to de- Prive England of her commercial relations, and to gala that point he would make the :greatest sacri•- • "Ces• Other business being so pressing,,at. this • ent.. and NAPOLEON not wishing to give his final answer without first consulting TALLEYRAND, M. bOORZ.IAN the Secretary, was left behind to meet the French Minister at Warsaw. On-the 9.3 d, an order arrived here to remove and dispose of all the regiitered property; but now it is understood that nothing will be done in the busi - - tess • till the return of the Secretary. Whether it arises from our being more reconciled to our situation thisn we were at first, or f rom ot h er causes , I canno t Isetend to say, but it certainly is true, that the city become more cheerful within these feu -, days. - "ne rause may b e ass i g n e d for it;that several Mer chants who had stopped have resumed their payments, ides, the conse quences o f t h e proceed i ngs of the reach have .not caused nearly so many disasters as \vete anticipated. • The Exchange has advanced to :above 32. " We were thrown into a little alarin a few days :.Pgo. A warehouseman belonging to on'e' of our Mer , Chants was dettaed conveying a small - urliele ufgoods Mof English manufthure to another house, by a French Officer. Thu consequencewas, that the person was obliged to make a discovery Of the house from - whence he brought it,: and the French put their seals upon the premises. The French have relaxed • in the measures they had resolved upon with regard to the Members of the English Fatlory. We ex , peaed every day to see them set Oft for Verdtin, but aPPily . they are DOW at. liberty. " • OFFICIAL NOTE. ScinVERN, DEc. 22..--" The Undersigned Mini !ter Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the Emperor at ing to the States of Lower Saxony ; has received orde?s, 4 L I the name of his Suvereign, to declare to t he Ministry P 1 his Highness the Duke of-- 4ECKLENBURGH- SeIIWERLN, that in consequence of a passage_ being granted to. the Russian tr oo p s through Mecklen , b urgh, their long continuance in that Country, and khe supportaliurded them, it appears that these ac- V 2mmodations must have been the result of an in. "late alliance between that country and Russia ; but at the tame time inconsistent with the duties of neu trality__ France, therefore, Ca nno t "acknowledge the neutrali ty of Mocklenb urg h. B es id es , as the Go= 1: 111( )r of Meckletiburgh was invested with a com rod in the Russian Army; he can be looked up o n of Il i ? ether light than as serving under the col o urs t oe principal enemy of France. Mecklenburgb, di a e t "setillellee of various connexions, has an flume th,,e interest in the atiani 'of Russia ; and, under p e s te Prtsent circumstances, when the Cabinet of *St. tfi e iral)urgli, contrary to all right, and even without th e (l ea3 t pretext, has violated the independence of o f, l 'i t totnan Porte, and, in fact, made itself master z.iile.Provinces of Moldavia and Wallachia, a mea. re, In respe& to Mecklenburgh, which has a ten t:llV to retaliate, cannot be negleeled; it is a t t eas tite warranted by justice, and equally required SOnod policy, and the interests of France. The Undersigned is therefore charged to declare, t ic 1. That it is the will of the Emperor and tr a g, on ac count o f t h e ass i stance which this Coun a,): afforded t o hi s enem i es, t h at i t shall b e con mered as having made a common cause with them. , " 2.Th a t the future and ultimate fate 0-414ecklen /rgh will depend upon the conduit which Russia all observe towards Moldavia and Wallachia. : I : The Undersigned avails himself of this occa ;T.., to assure the Ministry of his Highness the --Fuxe of MECKLENBURGIi of his particular esteem. g, r y a ":BOURIENNE.7 mCurgh, Nov. .27, 1.806." POSES, pre. this 1 7.—The Emperor NAPor.zois left break city with the wh o l e o f his suite before day , and has taken the route for Warsaw. The Passage of Freaoli troops continues without cessation. ?iEt•A.i, Dic. i3.--dodut Wr d NzEt. COLL . °UM . 0 has returned from Josephstadt, with the sentences pronounced against the General Officers detained prisoners in that place. The Emperor has :611'6g:tied that of Prince AtutasrEitc : lie is to be deprived of all his dignities, and impris;ned four years in on ut the fortresses. , The Colonel of his • Staff,. M. DR THELS, is cashiered. COL GERINGER, of the 1-rusfiats of S3EKLER, who commanded the advanced posts •at the bridge of Tabor, near Vienna, oii the 13th of 'll74,iveniter, 1805, the day when the French passede.it, though the Prince of AuEHSPERG had poSitiVu'ordirs to burn it, is condemned to two mouth~ irnprisiitiment ; but he will be reinstated in hivank after lie-has suffered this punishment. Lieutenant-General MACK .was condemned to die; without a dissenting voice. A Russian General has arrived here, Who tiii beeh presented . to his Majesty by tthe Cdunt 'DR RAS' V MOWSKY. - We are assured that a Deputation from the blesse of East and West Galicia are on their way to this city, to testify their attachment and.flelity to' his Imperial Majesty's Person and House, and to offer him all the assistance in their power. TYROL, DEC. 10.—Private letters from Milan say; the Viceroy will probably go to the Grand Army for a short time, where he will have a command. BAMBURGEIi DEC. 19.—The Gazette of this City says, the Austrian troops, in conjuation with the French, will enter Turkey to drive out the Monte negrins ; and as these Mountaineeis are under proteCtion, and paid by Russia; it is possible that Turkey will t-ety soon become the theatre where we shall see the forces of four Emperors engaged. Bit"'EN, DEC. 20.---"" The Senate of the . Free City of Bremen • makes known by these &writs' to the BUrghers a nd Inhabitants, 'that the occupation of the place by the troops .of his Majesty the _Emperor of the French will make no alteration in the ad - - MiniStfation of justice; nor in the collection cif thd revenues,--public monies, Se - c.; and that, excepting the measures necessary to ass'nee the execution of the Decree of Nov. 2I; iespetling the blockade of England, every thing' will 'remain upon the fortnet• footing. " assurance shOuld satisfy the Burghers arid Inhabitants of this city, and engage them to lend their assistance with mtke facility, in carrying Pit the measures which cittutnances' have rendered necessary, and to support wit h niore 'constancy the burdens which these cireuntstatices have imposed upon them. • , Giveu at the Assembly of the Senate, on the i7th-, and published on the i!Oth of December, 180 d." the Fortress of Graudenz, on the left han k of the Vistula, was Wilt by FREDERICK the Great, ter the first partition of Poland, in 177 s. Thecom- , com pletion of the works took up the space of ten years, and cost thirteen millions of dollars: The Fortr6s is situated, in an extenive plain, not far frdrit the Vistula, and its environs can be laid under Water. The PRINCESS of NVALits. has been for several days past confined to her chamber with the measles, at her house at lilackheath ; the pustules have tilled up, and arc now on the turn. Her Royal Highness at preseo-is irrl fair way of recovery. YeS i rday tll6 PRINCESS CHARLOTTE Of NVALhq compl led the 1 Ith year of her age. In the evening she paid her respects to her Royal Father; who con gratulated her most cordially upon the occasion . .— After leaving •Carlton-house Her Royal Highness had a concert at Warwickhouse, to which, how ever ; none but the persons entrused With the different branches 'of -her education were invited. At night Mr. GILBERT-, the silversmith, of Cockspur-street, and the other .tradesmen employed bv Her Royal Highness, had theiV houses illuminated in honour of the event. • yr Yesterday Lord GRENVILLE, Al after attending it 1 MAJESTY at the Levee, bad an audience of the PaINCR of WALES, at Cariton-Honse. 'Yesterday a Court of Dire&ors was held at the East India House, when the following Commanders took leave of the Court previous to departing for their respedive destinations, viz.—Capt. JOHN K IRK . PATRICK, Henry Addington, Madras and China; Capt. WM. NV. FARBER, Om/ter/and; ditto; C a pt. GEORGE WELBANK, Cl!Aells, ditto.TheCourt adjourned at six o'clock till Tuesday next. It now appears beyond a doubt, tlet the nutch•• Government will not relax in the smallest degree from the rigour of its proceedings respe&ing the trade of Holland with this cdtintry. All commercial intercourse, therefore, is suspended betvveeh the two ountries. A letter of the 27th was received yeSter day from Holland which determines the point. As no ship could possibly Sall with it, it was put oh board the first vessel met with at sea bound to Eng land, in order to cunimunicate to the Merchants here the impossibility or any traffic between the two countries, and to prohibit the exportation of any tnerchandize to Holland from this country. The letter also states, that a Petition had been pre s e n t e d by the Dutch merchants to the Government, poey7 ing that such ships as were loaded prsor to the issu ing of the Decree might be sutiltred to sail; Mont BoxINO.---:-A battle of a novel nature took place yesterday, in the presence of a considerable field of sportsmen, at Hook Common, near Barnet, for ten guineas, between Fisher,. an expert bruiser, five feet two inches in height, and an untaught ploughman, near six feet in stature, which was speedily decided in favotir of the former. The battle lasted only twelve minutes, during which time the countryman took especial care, after having had a proof of his opponent's skill in the first round, .not, to give him a second opportunity. •He had his nose splitdn the first round, whilst making some awkward attempts to hit his adversary, and all attempts to get him to face his man again were fruitless, until the last round, when by stratagem he received ano ther blow in the throat, and resigned the contest. The following are the closing lines of a very sin gular Treatise . (but very well worthy of attention), composed at the beginning of the Isth Century, and styled,"•De,PoliteConservativa Maris :" Keep then the- Sea-,Wallc of EnAelal.da,, And then i$ England kept by Geddes flande. Then, as (or any t fling that Is withotne, England weie at her case withouten (futile. This Treatise is written in verse, alit na3y be round in Hakluyt's Colialion u and in Ln ick's Nava tlistoryv k . A s, t * E fr se . , lIA It WIC 11, JAN. Briti4Di;6i3 mthia (iti the I/Iger Bank, lothled with flax atid without any person on board,. appears to he called the Ttho Brothers,' belonging to Dundee, of about 83 tons buithcn, Jort FE MAN Master, and 'carne,froni botinl home, liiri ag lost her bowsprit ; and, from other circumstances, thefe is great reason to believe that.soine Shit; had run on Ward, and the crew to sate their lives got On board that Ship The. Itr4rhntirie Quebec, AN NA ND Master, is Ar rived at this Port froth Quebec, with a cargo, bound to Ne\Vcastie; the Danish Ship Resolution;, Capt. [hit OP, from St. I'etersburgh to Barcelona, detained by the 4tiy:ssor Gun-brig, Lieut. WATsoN - , will be .• • restored soon as the cargo, consisting of wheat, bad be Vvat'elioned the Malls of to-day are on board the Lady Nepean, Capt. G. DuANE, and the Beatdiry, Capt. NORRIS, the foriner fok Gottenburgh, and latter for Heligo land. Arrived the Acute dun-brie . and remains with the Aggressor ) Gellkea, and Charger Gun-brigs. /AN. s.—bistia . tches Were laSt even ing received here, brought by ati Admiralty Mes wager, and with whibh the F 1 Sloop of War Sailed this molting, stiiiposed for Admiral MURRAY ; also wiled the Llicifrr Bomb to the Eastward. Two Cutters (supposed Fiend) Vrivateers) were seen oil- this kiiibouy y'esierday. Majesty's Brig Sccrpion sailed in pursuit of them. Ar&ed the Brig Ocetai, late Nicnou.s Master, Of Shields; with edals, haying been taken on the 3d inst. by a French Lugger Privateer, of brie gun and 30 men, bff the film Headi, and re-taken by the Britannia Cutter; tiOut. IVSt. LAtnASt, on the Guernsey sta tion; under Sir.Vszias Arrived this 'clay the Hopewell, Ouick, Friends, May, and tiatliiir; i , rei r coit; frOrn Bristol; Three Brothers, Wescott, from Newport; tirotheis, Bail, and specuiation,Wponald, (Min Bury ; BrOtilleY, Call, front Chep s tow; and Charles, DOW, front SWansea. 7.—Several Transports have come do,vn ttie River lately, atid iemain here . for orders. The Seahorse, of 30 guns., will go out of Harbour to-night, and be paid to-morrow, and sail for Ports riiohth Elie i►s fitted for a liireign station. DEAL ; lkilnjest) . •'s Ships Sea gull, on a Cruize off the Gahopper, .;1' ianton,Trpni peus(*:, Otter, and Kangovo; with several miters, on r. Cruiie off the French Coast. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-IVIONFY. To the several General and State Officers, and Privates, that formed the Army under the command of Major-General Sir Charles Green, Bart. on the sth May, 18a4, at the Reduc- Colony of Surinam, 80001. as the First Payment Ohi account of the Property taken at the Colony and condemn ed as Prize, on the 15th inst. at No. 6, Stanhope -street, Newcastle-street , Strand, and, every day afterwards. To the Officers and Ship's CoMpaity of His Majesty's Ship NiObe, for the Capture of the French National Kri s { Nearque, on the 2 8 t h oeti, .8 0 6, tire kit), 11, Stores, and Head money, Qll tier arrival in Port ; and every ‘Veditesday and Thuraday at No. 13, Holborn-court, Cray',-1„n, SPECIAL COMMISSION. [We have been favoured With the following accurate Report or the Charge , deliveud by the Cstsr• ItIST ICF upon opening the Speci Commission at Sligo, which we insert front a ,persuasion that s 9 able a *commentary upon the Laws. lbr preserving the public peace. and coinin A front such high authority, cannot be too generally circulated and Ullctur6tood.] LbRD CHIEF JUSTICE DOWNES. 44 Centlenion of the Grand fury, , " You are assembled here at an unusual season cif the ye4r, to _execute a most important duty.— Gentlenien, upon any ordinary 'occasion I should not, perhaps, think it necessary to trouble you with any otr,ervzttions upon the nature of that duty. But as this is a Spacial Commission, much out of the usitaLeourse of time, it may . be right.that I should address a few words to you upon the mature of that Coniruission, and make ( some few observations upon those rules of Law that will be necessary, perhaps, to be applied to cases whi c h may b e t h e objet of this : and, Gentlemen, it i s Impossible t;)r me to observe upon the nature of this Commission without first expressing a most sincerc satisfaction at finding so respeciable an tutendanee of the Gentlemen uf.the County in aid of the law upon this occasion. • " The Commission undo whiCh we sit, so far as relates to criminal offences, 3s: of the same native as that under which you • have been used to assist upon ordinary occasions at. the Assizes... But it ap plies to criminal cases only. Therefore we shell. not preceed to try any civil cause, and you tivill not be called upon to execute that branch. of duty which yon are obliged to 'discharge at the Assiies —that of providing for the expences of ,-public works by preSentment :—that remains for the As sizes—at present we have only - to execntesm - duty in criminal causes. The occasion of the present Commission is, unfortunately, too well known; the unhappy state , of this, and some neighbouring coun ties, where dangerous associations have been formed, has required some measure to be adopted by the Government to meet the evil before its progress is so far extended as that the ordinary course. of the law might fail to crush the mischief. This Commission then has issued, under which we are to ad upon the ordinary principles of the law, which, I trust, will be found strong enough to suppress the mischief—to, restore public tranquillity—and do away all the cause of alarm. I am strengthened in this hope by recollecting that noon various oc casions of considerable public difficulty, perhaps nor much differing from the present, Similar Com missions have been productive of the happiest ef foot; 3. and 1 am the more encouraged in this expeeta lion when I consider the strong provisions which the law has Made pro e tar t e- - ti ; Ppublicfro,ni Lin rages . committed by tumultuous assemblies,; arid the great powers With which the Nia;istracy of,the country is vested , ill order. to prevent or deleCttherrii. and Although I 'cannot donbt ike teal attikicy Of the Magistrates of thii County, and .though am persuaded that 'it is allogether unneccs•ary to remind them of those proVisionA and of the powers they possess, yet it May not be altogether use-, less that some, of the principal provisions Of the laW relative to the ofrences,,Of the nature to vrhicl allude, ShbUld be shOrtly 'and publicly adveitt.d to now. i _ Gentlenien, the experience of every men must satisfy him that it is not difficult for artful aau 'designing men to hold out to a deluded populace flattering hopes of a change. of their situation, in,. cable of being realized, and. often not desirable, at they could, and under pretences; seducing in theit nature, to cover designs the most atrocious, and winds are often concealed froth them; who, by their num bers, are intended to be made. the instruments of ef fe&ing obje&s, which, if openly stated to them, they Would often shrink from with horror. Soine are thus seduced, and many, as their numbers increase, are corripelled by terror to enter into associations and tnmultuOus assemblies, often under the controu:l- of persons of whoM most of them are as, ignorant as they are of the real views with which they .at. This deplorable mischief, the source of every thing that is miserable, the law endeavours to prevent or Suppress, by strong provisions; the there assem-. ; tiling in such numbers as to create terrorwear ing any disguise, or dress not usually worn upon . their lawful occasions—assuming any particular name or denomination used for 'the purpose of diititioliishing such association—and appearing in numbers so distinguished—any one of mese acts is, Of itself, a very high Offence, severely. punishable ; and that, although no at of violence be committed by any member of that association ; and there . is Scarcely any at of violence that persons of the description I have mentioned can do, when so assembled, - that the law- does nut punish with death ; any injwy done by such persons so assembled by night, to the•personaor property of any of the • King's subjeds, becomes punishable with death; SO the procuring others to join them in their of fences, either by threats or promises, is a capi, tal offence ; acd as these associations have been formed to bind themselves' by oaths and .engage meritS to the perpetration of their objcas, the law punishes with death the person administer-; ing' any oath or engagement, purporting to bind the person taking it, to be of '. confederacy for Med • for seditious purpoSes, - or. , to disturb the public peace—or to obey the orders of any Commander or Leader—or to conceal the fait of such oath . being administered, or any ille gal ad being committed ;' all these offences the law punishes with death. And the person who, without compulsion, shall take ally such.. oath .ssr engagement,. is liable to be transported for life; and even if compelled, unless he should diselos'e the whole of what he ktiows touching the compiling him to take such oath, or. engagement, and of the person or persons - by whom it was administered, to a Magistrate, he is liable, to the same punishrn , mt. And as the law has thus held out . its utmost terrors against those Who are guilty of the crime I have mentioned, so does it arm the Magistrate with strong powers for detecting theM. The Magistrates are empowered, in order to suppress such assemblies, to call upon all his Majesty's subjeas; of Whatever description; for their assistance to disperse, appre'r hend, resist and oppoSe all persons - ,concerned in Such unlawful ads as I have mentioned ; and if in resisting and .dispersing such off - enders, - Any Of the. offenders should be wounded or killed, the Jaw has authorised that .ad; and has indemnified the Magistrate and those who assist him. Thus, then, 'the Magistrates are empowered to Suppress such unlawtial meetings as they may have previous infOrmation ,of, and an opportunity of aCtually re sisting. But the Law does not rest satisfied with ' that provision . ; it has furnished them with greater powers of detedirig such combinations, an %1, s,i s f dis , covering the :OS they have committed, ,in order to bring the perpetratUrsof such ads to justice. two Justices have reasonable. cause, to snsneCt 'any person to be.guilty, of any such unlawful assembly as I have alluded to, they have power to SUIMIIOII ucki person, and to compel him to give security to keep the peace, and commit him if be refuses. And any'single Justice of the Peace who has cause to suspeCt any person to be capable of giving material evidence concerning these offences to which I have. adverted, and which, are enumerated in the called The White Boy Act,' the Justice is em- - powered to sumnion and to examine him upon oath as to the guilt of others, and to bind him to appear and, prosecute ; and if the person so summoned shall refuse to submit to be examined, or to enter into such r'CcOAuizahce, it is lawful for the Ma gistrates to connnit him 5 but if any discovery shah be obtained, it shall not be made use of against the party giving it. "- Gentlemen, these are the principal provisions of-the LaW, - to which I 'have thought it right, at present, to advert ; not that you can receive any informatiorifrom the communication of them, b u t that the :loWer,classes of the people may be f u ity aware of the dangers they incur by joining in un lawful confederacies. As to your particular duty, as Grand Jurors, it is not' necessary take op' any portion ,of your tinie in„ describing a duty with which you are already well acquainted. I shall' only add my :strong recommendation, that' in all eases that cOnie before you, you should examine 'personally the witnesses, for the prosecution,; and not depend upon the written informations ; arid that you will consider, that after your dUty here shall. be discharged in your eharoaer of Magistrates and. Country Gentlemen, your utmost zeal and ativi ty will be necessary to restore tranquillity ; and I am confident that your exertions will receive all possible aid from Government. I tnis.t your efforts will be effeaual, and shall detai/i you no longer." It is understood that, on the arrival of the tronrs in Ireland from thii country, the fo;i4mitkg- distri•qt tion of quarters will take place Royal croons at Dundalk ; the 7th Dragoon Gulrds, ~t Cionmell ; the sth Foot, at Cork ; the 7th ditio, Perry ; and the sth ditto, at Newry. - Some :;t: Regiments at present quartered in Duhlin`garrison, it is 'also suppowd, tw: moved immediately. •