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...V i la . & wind drrlerly Manner. by thif I shalt Orient with the Meer:retest. area proper measures tot carrying this' Imo tee*, end, I peentroe, up's the tried patriotism of the ht habitants of *eery class in Berlin, that each, without eireeption, wilt willingly offer himself for this news any service; sad I ailmoniiivevery person. except leg de theme dais when they naay be called sat ois the Dity's sarnee. to rentals quietly at.eheir et eime.ions. and to lest* entry care for the pnislie Wits* t•.‘ thine wise are indefatiehble In 'Oremottag k. I oliselitely forbid every Wad of aseetahig; seise, or etinaver, in the anon ; Ate say paillitietsse- Mon whatever. relative to meatus this inefibe heought is respeitirsg Metairie,. A tranquil cent. panne will ben suit our vitiation, and our aunt. lion most be confined to that isAl t a : s iliall tuns' is may, „Abe t within our own walls.am• smeary for me to renterk s that any date • nanqoillity wilt he punished with the utmost rowel svel of the City is ebe only se- every one must be Ethic& without isult raitstraThe. • as will hold a permanent sitting at the Cotten Hanle, where myself, or the Press tiXisome of the Burgomasters, will be con . nd. If I am not there its person, appli :may he made at my residence, neer the nburgls Gate '- Isom, uct. 19. "THE PRINCE OF HATZFELD." OCT.HAMIU lON, 25. The .Pat latechetini passed through Witten heig en the list, on his way to the French head qoarters. alertswice, ocT. 24. This day several Prussian regiments passed through this plane for Magdeburg. rte French ate at the distance only of four miles from this plate. Yesterday they entered Blankeuherg. The Duke of Brunswick made a very able retreat, with 18,000 melt. arid after joining dm corps under the Duke of Weima r, _ continued his retreat. Wolfson buttel hi full of Prussian troops. • rains tee antext.e..suao raaetroeYs OCT 24. Her Royal Highness the Hereditary Princess of (wage. the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick, and t i r ai rs l ce &agleam of Brunseick, have arrived at • 055505/4.OCT• la. ' Ofer Court is still here, and it is sand, will not quit Dresden. A number Of Saxon Officers have ar rived hem, who bad been set at liberty by the Frisch upon their parole. sATowy, ocr. 19. 'The Priem - of Orange•Yolde, Field Marshal *NOW, and General Lariech, who were mii' ersiiiiso corps that eerreadeted at &fast. have been vat at liberty upon their parole. law theasand ileum prisoners have been set et Marty by the French. • tontitata tome oloinsen, , IN TNS NaNOvettal TiIICITOt•, OCT. 20. • Yesterday die Freasien Lieut. Halwig. of the mimed d. Want of Flats. arrived here with 40 niimer• ef that mash sad fifteen French prisoners, tames Whom was an Officer. This Prussian 01Belve tell in at Zlssnieh with the Prussian Gar risen, who wee made prisoners at Erfurt, and dis -1010114 ovseisAdo of sheet 7,000 men, awned by 300 &such Infantry. The French neon being Me* eistemed, sad the Prussian prisoners she wing illghelititm to he intrsusety alive. the estort was evereen the greater part of it was Gut to se end garrisoo liberated. The French lest several Mom emote; whom was a Chef ear Be all" she was ent down in the market place of ilftreneeb. The Prussians lost several horses. esorties 51TTaa TOM NUNCIOS, OCT. W. The Softer of Hesse passed through this town last itigitt, on his *ay from Sunny to Cassel. 0, The Duchess of Weimar, who bas been hitherto at Gottingen, hes proceeded to Cassel." IMO,. Tile DUTCH PAPERS. MTH ISOLLILTDI OF TuL GRAND ARMY. OCT. 26. Yertesdar sissuisg unised ham by a Courier from the .srtny Mei Fifth Outwits of the Grand French Army. cestairdieg the particulars of the glorious rider}• gained over the Prussian army on the 14th. it is dread Jena, Oflober 1.5, and is as follows : -a •4 4 The battle - of Seta bar wiped away the (14- of - tits battle of Re bath, and to seven days 'campaign, which Was Wholly quieted all dip preporetions for war. with which the Prowled Yids were so much possessed. • " The 1011werieg was the politica of the army on Ohs Idth Tee Grand Duke of Berg and Marshal Da wson were with their corps of the army at Naum- Wrap having a part at Leipsig and Halle. [tin corps of Marshal Prince Ponte-Corvo was on tie march to come tip sto Nourishing. of Thu limps of Marshal Lawns advanced to Jam ; the corps of Marshal Augment was placed *Abe peehlea of Kahle. et The Corps of Marshal Ney was at Rothe. •• The Headquarters were at Ger*. - The Emperor was on the match tellrectid to Jena. " Corps of Marshal Souk was on the march from Clara, to take a more convenient position upon tb• 111 road from Naumburg to Jena. s o , l ll.olooltion of the enemy was the following:- 0011110 u Xiang of Prussia wished to commence hes ialiffe de der 9th of Otloher, by bearing down his eras errag no Frankfort, with his centre en Wurtz lcorgisolled his left wing ins 134mherg. All the di. ' , Woes Of his artny 'were disposed for the accom slishenefit of this plan; but the French army, turn htg him upon the extremity of his felt wing, was found is a few days at Saalburg, at Lotnintein, at Schlefm, at Gera, and at Naumburgh. The Prus sian army, seeing itself :urned. occupied the days of the 9.h, I Oth, I Ith, and I2'll, in Caning in their de ioehmerts ; and, on the 15:11, formed itself into or der of battle between Cepelsdorf, being about 130,000 men strong. Oa the I nth, at two o'clock in the afternoon, tae Emp rot carne to Jena, and an a small elevated Av. beset by sot advanced guard, reconnoitred the psaitions isf the enemy, in order to Insotrivre in Ma a wry as next day to force the different pastes on the 8 tel, sad se to fall on. The enemy made seemed by their cliipo. a rgerous oresitiao, „ . sit;o6t, nit sea wistoulge oittt,tl it the Yit >IN wean_)4= ssad,Weimar), toilbiejt thin the F at Match Wet apoadilia. plain without lloteleft date piongs.„-tic did int folk to king ehp artillery to play list.i;i*Acit era so ,Sittilt An four b neuld scarcely lapels set thkii rankrgpon it. •:” Thelma irenteet work the whole nigifit, tea ' make a way over the tate; sad at length succeeded in bringlog the artilleil upon the height. " . • ' N Marshal Ditieenst MOMS bedews to t bahritg: panes sear Natwolsurg sad the defiler a Kaden.. astheitmeaty *anted to march upon Naumberg,' order to reach Apolde, and fall upon his real, In case he remalweLla the situation in which he then was. so The Crepe of Marshal Pence Ponte-Corvo was destined to stretch out by Naumburg, in order to fill upon the rear guard of the enemy, in case he bent strongly toward Naumburg or Jena. "The heavy cavalry, which had not yet come up with the army, could not be entirely brought on by mid-day. The cavalry of the Imperial Guard was at the distance of 36 hours march, notwithstanding the heavy journey which it had performed since it kft Paris; but it was come to that moment of the war, when no single consideration should outweigh to deprive them of the advantage of being the first to meet and tall upon the eneMy. " The Emperor placed the whole corps of Mar shal Lannes in order of battle mum the level height, which the enemy seemed to dverlook—(they occu pied a position over against it). rhis corps win placed under the cue of General Viaor ; each di. vision formed a wing. Marshal Lefebvre ordered the Imperial Guard Into a square battalion upon the highest point. The Emperor kept the %itch In the midst of his brave men. The night presented a re rrykable speascie : two armies, the one 'scented its front upon a line of six hours much, fired the sir with its lights ; the other, the lights of which seemed to be brough t into one, small piint and in the one, as well as in the other, all watch . . .fulness and motion. *the lights of the two armies were it. half-cannon shot distance respedively ; the sentinels were almost touching, and there was not a angle motion on either side, whi:li could not be heard from the other, " The divisions of Marshals Ney and Soult took up the whole fight in matching. At break of day the whole army was under arms—G izan's division was disposed in three rank. th left on the level height—Suchet's division formed the right—the Im perial Guards occupied the summit of a height.— Each of these corps had their artillery in the little spaces between. 44 From the town and the neighboUritig *alleys, ohs fosses had been discovered by which the troops *AM could not be placed upon the level _height ethend tbemselvri in the easiest roalner. and lariareir the first occasion wnen an army had to h so small a pass. • tfik fog obsethed the day. The Emperor imifineethe different lines ; he commanded his take care of the Prussian awakes *MA Mit bilideivribed so extraordinary ; he bade Pleas rflithlunlfiee that a year was not elapsed since Ulm ITlVeritebent that the Prussian army. like the Ans• wai surrounded, had been driven from r lint of operations, and lost their magazines at the peseta' moment no longer fought bat for a retreats that they alone sought dleanselves an opening upon different points. fisted that -the corps of the army which ihould let theft past, would loss its honour and its glary is la these inspiriting words illy seldien thswer ed. with a loud cry of 'I Lea as Avenged !" The light troops began the action. They opened amy brislefire. Good as was The position of the enemy he was nevertheless driven out • and the French arrayenarched oat in the plein stud began to arrange itself ie battle " The enemy's army, which, ost their side, had no other view than to fall on whenever the fog should have cleared up, took up their arms, An army of r 50,030 men from the leftbring, posted itself to cover the defiles of Naumburgh, end tosel possession of • the - Passes of Koefees. fiet this was already tore stalled by . Marshal Devoost: The two other ar mies, one ansieintiag to 80.000 men strong. placed themselves before the French army, which wits open ing out from the level heigtst of Jena. The mist hung over both armies, lasting two hours ; but at leegth was dissipated by the brightness of the syn. The two armies mutually beheld each other, at des distance of hiss than cannon-shot. The left wing of the French army supporting itself against e rill lage and the woods, was c‘iminanded by Marsha- Augereau.. The Imperial guard spewed their lire upon the centre, which was maintained by Marshal I,annes ; the right wing was drawn together out of the corps of Marshal Soult. Marshal Soult had nothing hut a small corps of 3000 men, purely com posed of troops which had arrived of his light corps. The enemy's army was numerous. and dis played a fine cavalry ; their manceuvres were exedly and rapidly executed. The Emperor had requested to delay coming to an engagement for two hours, im enier to emu* Ike .pituusiew erhecbjthe enemy should take after the *Qum of the morning. and to kite the accessary orders to the .troops,.especially toe cavalry which required-the greatest care. but the itapetuesity of the french was too ardent for hi Sever battalions had begun co engage. is the vi e Moll.tedt. He SAW that the enemy was getting into motion to drive them out ; he gave im mediate circlets to Marshal Lorne. to march with expedition to the support of the village. Marshal Souls had .attacked a wood on the right. The enemy having made a stioviseent with his right wing upon our left. Marshal Auvrreau was commanded to repulse them, and, in less than an hour, the allion was general. 'two hundred and fifty, or three hun dred thousand men, with seven or eight hundred pieces of artillery, scattered death in every dirrilion, and exhibited one of the most awful events ever witoeoed on the theatre of history. On one side, as well as isn the other, every manoeuvre' was per totaled as if it were on a parade. " Am•ing our troops there was slot for a moment the least disordei ; the 'tame became ours in this moment. The Emperor had all along by him, he• sides his Imperial Guard, a large body ot 'troop, as a reserve to Ad in unforeseen events. ss Marshal Souk having got possession of the wood, which occiipiid hits two Pouts, nraJe a more kirwards. At that instant, di* tmpeior gore or den that the thricsua ut ttench eitrAlry o sebelve sho'hld be 'i n to'tali peek ii 1 this., div‘tione frediJitts troy of Marshal era. station Won the fide the Ai 11 %the Ititfirds rdi Are Warr**, end'indeadrfrd cols. . foredsost line, which bieng.thiai.,drdngthenediiihre e the enemy into distal-tier, and they instantly retired. • " They retrieved themselves far about an hour t . but were cast haw dreadfal oonfmlors, at the moment when our division of Dragoons and Cuirassiers. having the Grand Duke of Berg at their head, were able to take a put in the engagement. nese 'brave Cavaliers, aware that the fate of• the bird eipecially at the • eenchtsion or the day, ae c ienJeJ upon them, bore the Prussians dowel before them in great confosion wh•irever they met them. 'fhe Prussian cavalry and infantry could not withstand. , the shnck. To vain did they form themselves into a square; five of their battalions were put to the root —artillery, cavalry, infantry, all were surprised and taken. The French came at the same instant to Weimar as the enemy, who found themselves pur sued for sit hours. Ou our right wing, Marshal Davoust did won ders. Not merely •did he maintain his ground, but he followed fighting for the space of three hours against the great body of the enemy's troops from 'the defiles of I(oefen. " This Officer, to a distinguished bravely joins 1 a vast deal of ffinmess, the first recommendation of 1 a warrior. He was supported by Generals Gudiae Friant, Motand, Daultranne, Chief of the Gemmed Staff, and by the steady intrepidity of his brave light toile. .4 'rho Moth of the battle is from 30,000 to 40,000 prisoners of war, 300 pieces of canduds manse magazines and quantities of provisiami, Among the prisoners are more than metal chi nerals ; among others. several Lientessant-Gessafals one is Lieuteoant-General dehrnettau. n v amount of the loss of the Prussian Army is enormous ; is. is estimated at above 40,000 killed and wuunded, Marshal Mollendorf is wouuded ; the Duke al Brunswick and Green' Rachel are killed, and Prince Henry of Prussia is wounded desperately. According to the accounts of deserters, prisoners of war, and flags of truce, the dieerder and confu sion in the rentaieder .f the enemy's artily is at the utmost. " On our side, we have only to lament the lou of Brigadier-General 1)e Belli, a brave soldier ; and the wound of Brigade-Central Couroux. Among the killed are Colonels Verges of the 12th infantry of the Line. Lamotte et the Stith, Barbettegre of the 9th regiment of Hawn, Marigny of the 24th Chewers, Hatispe et the pith Light Infantry, Da. lembourg of the tit Dragoons, Nicolas of the tills of the Line, Vials of the list, and Higonet of the.; 108th. " The Hussars and Clutsseurs displayed • *Anne on tnis day, which entitles them to the highest' p ra i s e. The Prussia's Cavalry were never aide tat ~ stand against them, and all the affairs they had with the infantry wise fortunate. ef the French Infantry we shall say esatbins.„ It is known, long ilea.. that it is the bat ,ieffieery in the world. - The Emperor declares, that the French Cavalry. after the experience of the two UN campaigns and last battle, bas nest its lase, " The Prussian army has, in this campaign, last every point of retreat in its line of operations.. Its left wing, farmed by Marshal Payout, bogies its retreat to Weimar, at the same time that its right wing and centre take their retreat freed WS. mar toward Naumbery 'llbe contains's.' elossa rose, eztraerdinarr. The King was forced we. near across the fold, at the *bead of his r of cavalry. " Our lass is 1,000 men killed, and 3,000 wain& ed. The Grand bake of Berg is at this moment close up to F.rfurt, where is a corps of the enemy, commanded by Marshal Mallendorf and the Prince of Orange. " The General Staff is occupied in preparing an official relation, which shall make known, with every detail, all the different cl-ns aid reniments that have distinguished themselves ; to enders them to the esteem and acknoaledgments of the nation, if any thing were warding, .hey have testified it amply in the enthusiasm and lere tney have 'hewn for their Emperor, in the thickest of the fis.hf. 64 As one moment three was Tenta, foe a douht, every mouth at once was fined with the universal cry of Lone Live the Zwperer ! a sentiment which ran through every heart in the midst of the battle. The Emperor. seeing' his wings threatened by the cavalry, vet forwas4, at full gallop to the spot, to dire° ether manceovres, and orders change of front. " He was every moment annoyed with the shouts of LOON Lire the Emporia" The Imperial Foot Guards, enraged not to be allowed to press on while they saw that every other corps was in motics, se veral voices among them cried out " Fortra n•Whaa is this r' said the Enspertir • " This can come fern none other bat sodas heedless boy, that still give orders independent Oast las him wait till he has eommarwled in thirty batiieklefere ht. takes upon him to advise me." as fa ildeadmisat of the fire s when As:Enemy bad hut almost all his Generals, it might been what Providence lied draw far us, which bad spared our army. Not a . me distinAien, on the side of the French, is sejered or wounded. Marshal Lames was grazed by a meeker huller on the breast, hut escaped unhurt. Marshal Delimit had his ha and elothes_elsot through in several places with small bul lets. The Emperor was continually surrounded. wherever he appeared, by the Prince of Neufchatel; Marshal Bessieres; the Grand Marshal of the Palace, Duree ; the Grand Master of the Horse, Caulin court, his Aids-de-Camp, and Equerry in Waiting. A part of the army did not fire a single shot. Erfurt is taken t the Prince of Orange Fulda, M ars h a l Mrdlendorf, several other Gener.ds, and a considerable number of the troops, are prisoners of war. (A true Translation.) " The I.ieutenant General, Chief of the General Staff of the Army, (Signed) a VAN BOECOP." FROM THE PARIS PAPERS. Pally, OCT. ZS. The Emperor, instead of taking the rest which his fatigues roust render necessary to him, passed the night of the 14th in dressing, with Lis own hands, the wounded of his equipage.--(Gasette de Fron,r.) •• • The parilki 'tatter. obttges %, to doh! a. uatd To-asafrom, THE BRITISH . PRES S: _ "Na g , Anil otter temp art rillyikly Uwe, Casalegue - . • 1 -- " -- 7 — " — r.....1 ' LONDOIk :: _ :. - • . • • ... MONDAY, Noealidee S, . '' • , We announced on Saturday the arrival of Franck and Dutch Papers, containing a-detaded ammo of the battle of the 14th last; and adding, that there was nothing in diem to corroborate the report of Prussia having made pease with Prance. T he ' Dutch' Journals come d: I the =oth, and the French to the Eth, to whickdam we have shore. coved the Harnburgh Pewees. The view which we gave on Saturday, of the Illoreign ifeWs, was cot. red. The . Dutch Joamale amain' the Fifth Bul , letia of the Grand Army; glviatelletailed account of the battle of the 14th roe loss of the-fressians, is stated at 20,0,50 kpici and)Noundta ;.,ba ß i sa , thirty and forty thousand takpo 1;16E4 sr; andthree hundred pieces of canons. Thelon of she Preach is slated at 1,000 hided; sod 1 aoo wounded. —. This is eridently . a.msreorMiastatioo. ki a general alien. of 14 hoofs, the event of which is a. mined to have been, at one time, do , thtfal, the dn.- proporii in of lose could not have beets to great. — The remains of the Prussians, sifter the battle, ap pear to have fallen back upon Magdeburg and Brunswick. Mout 74000, under that gallant veteran, MN-Marshal Mot t. tit poirr. and the Prince of Oa ano lc. throe* jOimillillt . where they were obliged - In alleralidar ° r the I ' ' " These two Generals were liberated upoe their parole; and the 7,000 Prussia= were afterwards set fro by a small corps, which attacked and defeated their es. corr. The French szpaimid. veto tees divisions "her the battle. One folloerml thelinissienteriny,widrthe rear of. which it bad a skirmish at Maidisuins. The other proceeded more to the tight, threul Leipsic, which it entered as the halo, and readill Potsdam on the glst. It inmaireted as &ilia to the ensuing day. The gurlson had We that racy on the 19ths oa which day a proclamation unis sued by the magistracy. apptisiag the citizen of the approach of the roach. and eajoieieg them to a peaceable and orderly behavioar, on the arrivalef the enemy. The eke tor of Sammy has probably been induced Ins le a separate peace, as the French troops stiewil ris disposition to goer hiseapital, and Bonaparte hid treated the Sums troops. of whist . % he had 105,000 prisoners at liberty, Milt-marked Attea pen. and the people of Sazoay +Wires' indulgence. The Queen of Pauline arrived at Custrin on the tllst. -Hsi; :;:vi ITZ and the Russian Legatiott. were at. Stettin. The pohlie journals do not mention where the Kiser is. bat private letters from Holland state. that he had gone to meet the . Russians, of whom 30,000 had lauded at Stralsund. The Paris Papers state. that he had demanded an armistice, which WAS refired. It was also asserted, but not con fidently, that Luce:num was gone to the Head h quarters of Bow A . Private letters positively repeat the-rumour of his mission for the purpose of commencing a Negotiation. It is said, that he has been authorised to offer East Friesland, Westphalia, and Bayreuth, as 'the price of peace. Embden, aad dm whole of East Friesland, are occupied by the French troops. klettez from Stettin, mentions the arrest of Low a A mo, the Prussian Counsellor of State ; he is accused of having carried on a trea sonable correspondence with the enemy. 113g debars .is a place of considerable strength, and the Prussian army will probably snake a stand there. Private letters stare, that its Officers did cot display their charaderistic courage on the battle of the 11th, but this refleelim is. not easily reconciled with the *cecinas in the Foreign papers. limn nhich it appears, that al most every Prussia" Officer of distinftion was killed, A Mail from the Leeward Islands is arrived at Falmouth, in 39 days. It is detained at Falmouth to be fumigated. The letters will be delivered this day. Dispatches wore received on Saturday at the Ad. miralty, irons Admiral COCHRAN.. dated is Sep tember. They mention, we hear,. the repulsion of MIR &ADA from the Caraecas. The packet which brought them, left Tortola the Slot September. A mail from Guernsey arrived on Saturday at the Post Office. We have by it a letter of the 3 0 thr which mentions great rejoicing to have taken place along the French coast, in celebration of the late successes in Germany. Sir JOHN BiIitLASZ Wiatattes squadron is arrived at Plymouth, after a long and unsuccessful cruise. The remnant of Jeaom a Boit •ti ants's squadron was left blockaded in the Cliesapeak, by the Beasna and four other vessels. A large French privateer is said to hare been burnt to the water's edge Boulogne harbour s dur ing the late experiment With the rockets. Letters were received, on Saturday, from flrl. land, which state, that the French have taken pos s.:wino of Embden, in the name of the KI - is of I los a an. ft. 14 eq,9411 4) Vol nt La North a reel place three/ .tern r4l Li tb• 0 of rho No WM IdAwl earrin a ser Dean aud I dins. Hs viaz w Ir Cie Jinn* Tb &nu last e Th da),l .itcm The,