The Sun. — London, England, 1813-12-15 00:00:00

FROM THE DriCil PAPERS. LEYMN, O.—This day, amidst the ring in; of bells and the sound of trumpets, while the whole. body of armed citizens stood under Kl'illS before else Town-house, the folio:Wing-Pro clamation, was read to the •surwunding multi tilde :---- , 711 F. pROYISIONAL GOVERNME.NT OF THE CITY OF LEYDEN TO TUE GOOD 'CITIZEN ' S or TnNT CITY. Citizens and Inhabitants of Leyden—,Scarce ly had the beloved Prince of the Netherlands again set his foot on his natal soil, when from all sides the wish was expressed that . '(Villiam Frederick, , Prince of Orange aw►-1 Nass.au, should,. stand/ not only in the same dignity and relation to our country as his illustrious ancestors, - but that he should be Sovereign Pritthe at the Nether lands. " IVe heartily wish, with you, to offer his Highness this great the dignity 31 ~el tlle of all the citizens, and, like the great -city nf Amsterhm, to salute him as such on the day when our city. should be honoured with his high presence. though the joyful day is not far Off . , the inhabi tants of Leyden are, too impatient to wait fur it tb lulfil their wish. " Well then, citizens and inhabitants of Ley den, from this day forward we recognize the illus trious descendant of the House of Orange as So vereign Prince, and respect him as such. " The unity of the sovereign power must now be the corner stone of our political edifice—then shall our civil liberty revive, and be secured by wise laWs. Then, under the Government of . a Prince of the blood'of Nassau, born in our own country, educated in the principles of honour and the reli gion of our foren.thers, who knows our seams and respeets our manner's, shall the re-establishment of the Netherlands be begun, and, under the bless ing of God, be happily accomplished. " Let every one, then, take his' post about our beloved Prince, and promote, with all his ability, thegreat work which he to aeromplish for. our sakes. The preservation of the Netherlands, our happiness, and that of our posterity, arc his sole object, and shall be secured i:ocler his Govern went— " No Sacrifices, can be too great to save, to preserve our country. ~,, . . " No foreign constraint, tau domination more, no external power, shall iringe.r. drag. itur children to slaughter. " 'Let William Frederick ~.,Erincp of Orange and Nassau, Sovereign, of the Netheilands, he then the rallying point, of all brave Netherland ers. Be be the shield Against %Odell all discord and party spirit is broken, and strengthen the bond by Which union gives power, and 'honour. and prosperity may again abide ainong us. The God Qf the Netherlands; the CfOtrof our,fathos, bless;sirengthen, help, and support him ! " Done mid resolved npon by the-Provisionti IGovernmeut of the City of Leyden, the Bth of December, I ta, and, after ringing the belle, publiAleti to the people from the tower of the Town !louse, on the following dity,tsy the Ile;u1s of tile Provisional Government of the City of Lev.len—Anthony G;istuv . , Norms of linetzelaur ; Mr. Gurardes Nlartinus yen &mullet, Joltuou Gftel. r • Datil Michael Gaysbccg lieblewter, IVil- Petcr Cluist. Ily-me, P. A. DU PUj." • This Proclamation was rueived with unanimous acclamations by the assembled Crowds, with the cry of " Long live William Ftederick, Prince of Orange, Sovereign Prince of the Netherlands !" After which the music of the town-gnard played, and the whole body filed off before thy town house, where the Members of the Government stood at the windows, Last Sunday his Excellency (en, Von Billow, passed through this city. Iliy Excellency put up at the Goidea I ion, where he stopped surve mi nutes, and partook of a breakfast, prepared by order of die Members of the auvermucut. deputation from the Government was sent to compliment his Excellesey, who received them with the greatest politeness.. thltr,CilT, MC. (L.—Millie the main Prussian army rapidly decided the conquest of the greatest part of the United Netherlands, the division com manded by Major-Geueral VOnliorstell, which is ordered to observe Wesel, has done the enemy lunch injury, by the sending out of several de utchments on the left bank of the Rhine, on the Ist and 2d of this month. Colonel Hobe, who, with a part of this division, is itt Dusseldorf'', being informed that the little town of Nuys, on the other side of the Rhine, was ill guarded ; that there were considerable maga zines there, and the pontoon bridge, taken away efrom Dusseldorf'', was al , o kept there ; gave 4"tiCr'S to a battalion of the :id regiment•of the re ,iervc, under _Major .Von Knotilock,, to . march thither, who took his measures so judiciously, and attacked the ph with such vapidity and bravery, ti:at the 'prison, taken by surprise, was mostly cut to nieces„ or made prisoners. The eagle of the 150th 4egintent of the Line is among the booty, anti on the sending T off', of the preliminary account, the Colonel Commandant, 48 Officers, and 'above 100 soldieys,, were made prisoners, while a 4padroll of Pouter:titian hus sars, afterartis crosscd.the river, was par suiug the remains of the ris oi) , which tied in the greatest confusion towards ConsitierOic magazines,. and vessels be longing to•the pontoon bridge, which the enemy bad carried off, are fallen into our hundF, anti are to be brought over to the right bank of the)thine; the enemy, paralysed by fear, being unable to bin- Act 'it. . Head-touters, irartingfiehl, - Dec. it. ir . We are arrived here, after ass•kting at the ceremony of the triumphal entry of the Savereign Prince of the Netherlands into Rotterdam. Ge , ;. netts! lienkendortl comMands the Russian corps here. Every thing we have heard of the Cossacks outdone by thy, reality. They march GO miles day, ;ind take tuwns,, which- forsnerly required ilege , 4 at the end of their pikes. Yesterday they gnt into 'Bred*, took 606 prisoners, n)( the remaining thousand bi•fore them. The Vrench arc concentrating at AlltWerp. The Brabanters, Prussians, &c. arc quitting i them as fast' as they can. I believe we have got:fiertruvdenberg, but am not certain.— , -Some Pi-40 111ns- (ruin corps blockade: Cioretn. .I.Vinzingerotte,- with 15,00(1 lilCll is hi toll march this' wa y. To-roor .. row head-ipiarters will be at Breda. " S. IVe have just received the intelligence that litionaparte has - made an otter. of -rime,. which has been declined ; but the new Miniver for l'ioreign Afrair;:, cattlitincourt, is 'said be 'going with bunil'iler terms to - Frankfort.--- , -For commerce with this country, the tarif of .1725 lids been agreed upon." PIMC LANIATION. " AMSTERDAM, DEC. 9. " We, William Frederick, by the Grace of God, Pritice*.of Orange and Nassau, 'Sovereign Prince of, the United Netherlands, &r. to all to whom these presents come, greeting. " You invited sue, fellow-countrymen, to bring to completion the task so gloriously begun by yourselves. I have taken upon me the mainte nance of that independence which your courage restored ; and I now promise you, to deem no difficulty, no labour, no sacriiice, too great on my part, to convince you how much I love that people, of whose affection I have received, amid um daily receiving, such signal proofs. • " But what 0604 is .our first duty at the pre sent moment, t i ani the complete.expulsion Of the French from.our country, which they have so long tormented. by their oppressions ? A portion of that country:is still the prey of the enemy, %slum! designs fi n k, intentions the_horrible events at Wozrtlen must Make. Manifest to us all- To arms, then, Netherl.4nders ! to arms ! to avenge the del'enceicss victims;.who fell under the now tiering sword of these robbers. To arms ! to se cure for ever your wives,. your children, and your property, 'againstfall possible return of_these pion tiering murderers. The old tlag is again the Obit of union, and the old flag shall also again revive the ancient valour. Every moment of lethargy may prove destructive to one or other of your towns, to hundreds of your countrymen ; tile time is come which must prove for ever decisive of our fate ;—lost, irrecoverably lost, is our country, should .we slumber upon the suet of-rpor first efforts : the country is rescued for ever, when its sons, animated with one 31)44, shall every Where run to arms, to support the efforts of the allied deliverers of Europe ;—the Netherlands united' to France were involved in the infamy of France, the Netherlands united to the Allies shall partici pate in the glory of having delivered Europe. 01(1 Men the, country and Orange call upon your sons able to bear arms, not to be sacrificed in battle in foreign climes for a foreign yoke, but to protect you and you defenceless children from plundering and murder. 'Wives ! your husbands are sum atoned to arms, not to fight for a foreign tyranny, which Wonld leave you to perish here in beggary, but to secure yon is that tranquility for Which the country will make ample provision. " And yoti who , cannot personally engage in this foutest, Ihe noblest that Providence ever 'opened to support those who fight fur 'on ; provide, by your ample contributions, for their. arming, crothmg, and subsistencies—in short, for all time first necessaries of war. " Plundered treasuries, confusion and discord in the administrations, were all that your oppres sors left behind them ; but your patriotism shall teach the oppressors themselves, that no Nether lander reckons that a• sacrifice which may place his country in freedom. " I conjure you in the name of the.conutry—l conjure you by your past misfortunes;—inquire nut what you ought to lay on the , altar of your country; ask only what w o uld be your sufferings,. should the return of your tyrants, which God avert, be the effect of narrow calculations. " All the nations of I?aurope, ‘ybose magnani mous sacrifices have been crowned with the most glorious result, have their eyes upon - yoniit moment—our Allies expect the patting forth of all our powers, aml Iv% must slim them tiot we are not backward in the noble strife. " Again 1 conjiire . not to delay your 'voluntary offers for the suvport of Our etlorts towards the deliverance of our beloved eountry.. ." Forced loans correspond not with a people who have freely taken upon themselves the direc tion of their own affairs . ; and the increase of the debts of the State is one• of those extreme mea sures, the adoption of which we must a‘'itid. We would not commence our reign with financial re gulations, which might tend to shake public cre dit ; that . good faith with which our aireesuirs fulfilled their engagements, and which we sti', l reckon among the virtues of the Netherlands, shall be sacredly observed by us in all measures relat ing to the finance of the c o untry. • " We order our Commissarivs General of ‘Var, Finance, and for Foreign Altiirs, necessary dispositions for forwarding the object dour paternal summons, and to submit to us the necessary regulations respecting the Saple. " We Will and order, that the whole of the sums arising from voluntary contributions„ being set :part front the general revenue of the country, shall be wholly appropriated for the purposes of the extraordinary arming ; rind we require, this ad &cis to be read trout the pulpit; of the ditterent . churches, on the first ensuing Sunday, and other wise Made known in the most solemn manner. " Door' at the 1 Lague, this Gth of DOC. 18111, gild in the first year of our reign. (Siktied) " Order, " VAN t)ICIt IRAN VAN .NIAASDANI." Another Proelu:nat iiivr, data ffal uc, the 7th of December, uu the subject of the commerce and custom duties of noliand, the principle on Which the French customs were founded awl exercised ay being irreeuticiluishicivith the inte rest and welfare of the ►nhabit.ants, The custom duties on goods landed for infahtl.coqittiultition are to be regulated by tl)e tsrif of 1745,.auJ t4ic various taltstrii4 tionsaro otidithble %Oki( b it tnicierwmit Wl* to thv 0044 when Holland was declared to be annexed to 1• ranee. The duty u.t, convoys, licenses, and foreign lastage, to be regalated by the same tarif; and the'Lluties on etinßiu furesigrs produce by the law of Dec. 18, I iios, with the exception of salt and tobacco, concerning which there arc to be rolicular regal - glans, The, old hoar ds of customs ! &c. to he resit 1. rhe Commissary (ieneral of Finances is authorised to tieli'• ver up all goods lying in thu Custom, House ti, t h eir owsk.me, upon iLplilie3tion, on payinrot of the inward duties. The exportation of warlike stores and munition of war ta Francs is prohibited. Ali the prohibitory decree, againat commerce with] oglau4 and her (snits are finally aiwlished.) HOLLAND At the arrival of the" Prince of ()rine, nothing ‘ cauld ht: inure animated than the look of theiSe . _ i!mnense ranges of mussit e buildings of which 'lawn: is coal:ow:I. At least every third hoase r in the principal streets bad .a large. flag from its windows, and .the whole view, as far as the eye could reach, was a succession of rich ensigns, blue, yellow, and orange, floating - above a multitude of all dresses and nations ; Blitisli and Russian, Cos sacks, Jews Prussian cat alry, mingledamong the gaudy dresses pf the peasantry of the country, glariug•with orange ribbon. The utmost exert ions are employed by the . Dutch Officers appointed by the Provisional Go vernments to procure recruits, and great success has nearly every tvhere attended their efforts. The troops so raised consist principally of boys of wit more than fifteen or imixteen years of age, ex ceptiug a few marines and deserters from , the French armies. The whole country seems to have been stripped of its male population in the flower of its youth and the vigour of its . strength. The Conscription has laid its unrelent— ing hand upon, and has dragged away all persons between the ageS of sixteen and fifty, who have perish'ed in the late campaigns. An account has been published at the flague of the number of hu man bodies burnt after the retreat of Moscow, and it amounts to 243.612, and 123,000 horses.— In the towns of. Hollitad few males are seen but those in the extremes of youth or a ge, an d many of the latter are actually in mourning for the chil dren that have been torn to slaughter. This day about 200 recruits were marched into the Hague from various situations, And we were happy . to see them clothed in English great coats that recently arrived. They and others are, daily exercised, together with the recruits of the Guards, in the public squares. • A detachment of the 3d Guards has proceeded from the 'fagile, to flelvoetsluys,; and the ma rines that were landed front the fleet, to keep pos session of that port and Brie!, will again he peel on board the squadron. 'The last party of marines that had landed, on the disappearance of the French.from the Hague, &c. untij the arrival of the regular troops, were embarked on hoard some schnyts, at Schevening, on Thursday morn ing last, and were conveyed to their respectiye 'ships. We are informed that General TAYLOR will proceed to flelvoetsluys, in a day' or two, 4, Make the necessary arrangement. Detachments of Russian and PrusSian light troops have been pushed towards 'Antwerp, which is now the grand object. Its capture may be diffi cult : the works, always strong, have been lately . Strengthened ;. and the consequence annexed to the name of the gram! - depOt of the North. Sea, .make its defence a matter of pecoliar in terest. The force of this fleet apriems to have been exaggerated in England. • It is described.in Holland as consisting of only tmtive sail of.. the line afloat, and six, with 6 frigates, cm the stocks. About 4501) French had got into Gorcum, and appeared determined on defence. They were chiefly douaniert. Yet as these are regularly armo ed and disciplined, and even front theif . habits, of a more intelligent order than 'the common soldiers of any servlee, there were 'twine doubt of their rettaction without the employment of a serious force. But a secure retreat seems to have been their only object—and after menacing Butter dim for a few days, the fortress was said to be finally evacuated on the Stb.. It said that a considerable body of Austrian cavalry have proceeded south Of BredtL—Naar den, it is said, is abandoned by the enemy. Some letters assert, that Zierickzee, the capital of the island of Schottwen,, has declared for it, lawful Sovereign. A nuinber of soldiers have tleerted from Aut %yell) within a few days, and have joined the Aus trian forces. r. rl new piece wa reprexenled at the Theatre of the ilagne,. culled, " Le 14t0111' du. Prince 4111- rtz)tge, 6 , 3 les Peeheurs de Selierenniag." DINNER IN HONOUR OF THE EMANCIPATION o 1 HOLLAND. This auspiaions event was yesterthiy Celebrated at the City of London Tavern, with a splendour which became the first Capital of the World. The Duke of , CLARENCE was the Chairman, and was supported on the ;ight and left, by the Ilereditary Prince of ORAN.iik, the Dukes of YORK Lknil KEN together with his Majesty's Ministers, and several distinguished characters. After dinner, 'and the grace of " P'on Nobis," the Duke of CLAut:st'.:E proposed " The King, and . God bless him," with three'tiMes three. The toast was' drank with great applause, and " God save the King" followed. 'The next toast was " The Prince Regent ;" then came " The Queen and the Royal Fataiy." The Duke of CI.BIO: . NIUR then rose, and observ ed, that it now became his duty to call their at tention to the object of the meeting. As he was addressing men not only Of education but vitally concerned in the interests and ewoequences this day's assembly, he felt that he could safely say, that there never - had been an occasion Imore glorious or more consoling to the hearts of. En glishmen. It had frequently been his good tortus!e. to nice; the citizens of Loudon, and always Oil occasions gratifying tip the feelings of a free-horn Englishotan. • But was out the present one more' particularly honourable than the rest Was it tint one at which every boson . ) should rejoice? For it was no less than the restitution of Fiohland tti her lawful authority, and the restoration of the an cient relation`, of amity between Great:Britain and that country. lie was_ speakitig to men acquainted with the history of their country. They all knew dna in 16f the Prince of Orange came from Holland to establish and consolidate that ConstitutiOn, which was the pride of this country ; which had enabled It, single-handed, to contend . against Europe; All ev n e d u t t v s l:ich, above all, had led to that train of ° teres t i 4 results % t % l ' l l e; fe w g e ioi to celebrate. rernoo9us' and tact peculiarly in- (linzzas). It unlit be delightful for them to see at Ii right hand, on such an occasion, ,the illustrious young hero . who was descended from William (Nuzzo.) It must he delight ful fur them to contemplate. this country carrying back rind restoring to its ntttivt land dint Comity. to. Which we were so indebted, and with just gra titude -seNding the English Guards to restore a so related to his natural rights, and the enrtiin hunger, i ei ts r elf to, its civil privileges, immunities, antk iihpopies. (Iluzza.) tie would detain them Prince of the Netherlands, th g e i jt:leands. the health of his ItoYiii Highness the Prince of Orange, .the So verei g n (Drank with in)wease applause.) The Hereditary Prince of ORANGE rose, and in ti few words, but with an interesting manner, es 'pressed his grateful feelings for the atithusiasti 4 kindness now shown to his faini'l and himself, This Address ihts received with great-appLause; and M:. Braham then sang an appropriate song. he Duke of CLARENOE, after ob.serving that 110 ntaa who was an enemy to Holland coald be ra t !: ll l l ' ;: h u e g E la il i t e l:i l p il a ‘ t i i t o )e n friend to this country, limn NVilO 11'119 a friCliti lI great - Tvplaite: crieolitilyant(oi.poullart,ll(lllk, gwaitviei and Mr. Taylor sang a new song' call range e I t: e i rt7i f t S i lis ‘ %S c 1) 1: ( 1 1 :(: 1 ): i f - 1:1$ ( 1 0 ) t pe r t. no bly e 1: :: ( o f tt e a t E e s i ( . l , e i t :I s o: :ti l e t i e: 1 applause.) 1111:: Braham then sung " The Death of Aber* cromby." " The Duke of York and the Army," wa s rc. eeived with great applause. The Duke of 'Volt!: returned thanks , sar p s , P , i f' .that ever since he had been entrusted w ith l '"`" - ; rite, the honour and dignity of . the 1166410'yr". had engrossed all his attention. He was bPPY , to see that fame now risen in Spain to -all °I; I: " . lity—it could pot to a superioritv) —with the brr tish 'eltaracter."—(Applanse.) --Duke..ol *ol.k Mach. The Duke of YORK then gave " The Pok e °I Clarence and the Navy." The illustrious Piker:, pressed his peculiar gratification at I.l.e!ng °` ll , e `„.l ( c the chair. Ilis naval.edueation made it pec" .l . ' pleasant to him to preside .at lueetiog c ' the brats the union of two conuitercial coun tri "'„.,, o r source of whose naval strength was measure to be attributed to' their '.coalroLlel " hole, 13ritannia," followed. The Duke of CLARENCE said, he ink; to propose a toast, which he kttew":'itlitill');:i)r;I:111,1; a 1 I drink with enthusiasm, the 'health ;Silo, it should he rettlemberc::.,nte. arthis.very moment on the hostil e s hore of "oot, (Huzzos.) The toast was dr ank ‘vitlt rapt` applause'. Lorti _Mr.l3amtitst sang an air on th e stih j ect IV,Afingtoit's victories. I I )torn The-Duke of CLARENCE s aid, he slink!,,ol propose the health of the illustrious Out lob I;.seaetnatedluticsarteigdhatt h o at xf l .o . rd 'flt o i , s h hiul behind him a mo s t distinguished .t chra; c tet__ : ., cause for which Lard We.lin ten[ion to the the love an d respect, of ., li .le,.llll.l‘titvi.,:istgjsrseissi t el. t rc l e . e( c i::.:,. i i ( zs : i t i 0: t 1 : 51.}1.1 1 %)1 : e l s il s I:v‘thriliote : : it t t, ois that high the proudest h under i) ys. i tit t u t } o e r t t; l i t ) l e c o r 1: 1 : 1 :: 1 : t n a d s at ti::1',119.e.1:1111..)1(13st);:,(11; future life might ne filled ::Lci°:}l9‘:‘ returned of I '. e i hi, jflV at till.' lOH e , at being cons: ee t titn ti recur ‘ c ' th British S iN e ' siris dtt It v e e ' o i s s e tt ; l le ‘: g"" test Pri(it.'"' vtiuian inevtl us they were that-tleit.iYs3l%al:llloctlicl:llllll(siellil°o4lll.:eCa'if tual step towards the security of the liben` Europe.--(Applause.) • • A • c h i ef of the Stewards, of 'M r ' ll' )1 promofer \ of this enterviinnicnt, 8 10 . 1 1 e c c ( I: l a s cha i r i t t l y ll i 1 ( r i‘Tr l . k 111 . r h r e y at t Royal‘vtts called, jk 1 a cil .Itd I (t i: hour. lie ( % ) v t; s t o h t e e . l:a e s eti: ( g mc ‘ i v i i: i t: tc h d el: ) t n t l i u ) cent scale, and the front of the !tonic % l i ls Handy am. I appropriately illuminated Ani,i)i ;;A:t FRAL.D..--1.3(C1V Two c ,to fI n i.lm/n 1.1 f on,. of sets Pepper con t r ived t (10 o o t ith Hobert 'Filhurv, a ho} , otThge, the:,!on) of Mr; ; rl o ' 1111 aptaiklatry The Strand, and a fter a so‘ o o l quhintatiee he told him he had rot n Child t 1 °,,,, , ; 1 dangerously ill, 'and had helm told that Tutu! tyof calomel would ) I t • OIL do goo( , fit rclused to let him hare it, us he nodersftintwus.poistatotts or dangerous stuff, but he ericiPti;l persuaded the 'boy to -let him have some, owl few days after Pepper called upon the / 31 ') . ► told him the calomel he had let done the child so witch ,good, that it 't' j vering, nod ilk: boy let him hare, without (ion, tWo powders more of calomeL of each. About a week afterwards Pel'l 4 upon the boy again ill a great rage, a nd skt l it child was dead, and that the boy Lad InartterAelwi with the . ealomel, and that 'be ‘vo o .l ll ( T oll up tOr the morder and hanged ; this'in4llll3 and threat , terrified he boy cY.tremelv, I";.r„,it, tore they purted Pepper agreed not to t r c' . ,' }) ,„4 littr&t, the Imy's master, or , say any, the imsitle”, pr o Nitied the ‘ vould 4tve 'lheoB . shillings, which the boy readily ag reed to demands being repeatedly ini.ttle tryi boy , at length confessed the o•ov. i e 0 token I t s o ttl g tl i c; , ! t e n ei l: p is er t , iNster; who WI" h ilii 'railed' Lavender, the `Bone-eslitriene‘BtlOngtie)ceic.,n"'..llc"c:',:.):3l:,sl:4‘i.':;:'::t.. .tenduifce, took Pepper, into custody, iv (k .no i,i t ted for trial to 130wst reel ()dice, where he wiz!' Q` ror trial for the nrisdt rtrattoor, ,~ B. -i '6 ;i iL S. , it 111 C; 8t e th en to R ►ti till