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PAPERS, .1 7 ;u4is, Dec. (Soiday, the 19th) 14i , ; ajesty the nmperor and King.set off, at otie o'clock, from the Palace of the Thuilleiles, to re- pir in state to the Legislittive Body ; wher42, having been received with the usual ceremonies, his . Majesty, after taking his seat, tn►irle tlie follow •1. . ing Spcer!► • 4r. SenatomEomellors ofState, Deputies from. lhe , DepartinentB of the Legislative Dady—LSpletylid victories' ItMe raikedtheslory of the Preach arms dLtruig this campaign defectiorii «•itlkout "menet ,ren , lerc(l these victories .tueless ; all has - turnddagainst us.--Traucc itself %ritld be in dun rr,'but for the union and energy of the Freilch. !' In these weighty circumstances, it, was my first thought to call you around mc. My licait need of the presence and' of the affection of my subjects. • " I)are ,never been seduced by prosperity, Anversity would always find me superior to its attacks. I have several times given peace to nations , when l u had lost everS, thing. From a part of my comptesti 1 have raised thrones for kings who' " I had conceived and executed great designs for the prosperity and the happiness of the .world. A :nonardb and a father, 1 feel that peace adds ,to the secneity of thrones and to that of families. ct Negociations have been entered into with the Allied PC)`•Vers. I have adhered t(i the preliminary basis which they have presented. I hid then the hope, that before-the Opening of this Session, the Congress of Manheim would be" assembled ;' but new delays, which are not to be ascribed to France, have deferred ,this moment, which the wishes of the world eagerly tall for. " 1 have ordered to be laid before you all the or;ginal documents which are in the porte-feuelle of my department of Foreign Affairs. You will make yourselves acquainted with them by means of a Committee. The Speakers (Orators) of my. Council. will acquaint you Nvith my will on 'this smbject. On my side there is no obstacle to the re establishment of peace. I kilowand partake all the sentiments of the= French. I say of the French, .beeause there is not one of them who would d6ire peace at the-pricesif honour. , '' It is with regret that I ask of . this generous people, new sacrifices ; but they. are commanded by its nobleit. and dearest interests: It was necessary to recruit my armies by nu merous levies ; nations cannot -treat with seeuri-. ty,eNeept by displaying their whole strength ; and an increase of taxes becomes indispensable. What my,Minister of. the Finances will propose to you i 5 conformable to the'system of. , Finanee which 1 . . 'ltave established. We shall Meet' every demand without a loan, which consumes ;.hc future, and without paper money, which is the greatest ene my of social order. " am satisfied with the sentiments• which my people of Italy 'Have testified towards .me on this occasion. Denmark and Naples alone have re mained faithful to their alliance with me. The Republic of the United States of Ame rica continues witfi success its war with England. " I have recognised the neutrality of the 19 Swiss Cantons. Senators, Counsellors of ,ritnte, .Deputies from the Departments to the Legislative Body—You are the natural organs of this Throne ; it is for yOu to give an example of energy which may recommend our generation to generations to come. Let them not say of us, € They have sacrificed the best in- : terests of their country ! They - have acknoiledg, lful the . laWs which yas in vain, sotight -daring four ccutuiies to ippose on France!' " My people cannot fear that the policy of their Emperor will ever betray the national glory. "On nty ice' the confltience that the Frenc:t trill be comtantly worthy thenisciyes and of Inc After the speech ~f Majesty : the Session be 7 ing terminated, his Mojesty,eose in the miiist of &teat mat His 'Majesty returned.to the Palace of the Thai!- levies with his retinue, by the same way as he , re paired to the Legislative Body. Di4charges of artillery were fired both as his Majesty left the Palace of the Legislative Body, und %shell he reached the Thoil 11Avotors, Dec. 13.—After the advantages pined on the 10th and Ilth (and which, in re ality, tvere maelt more considerable than we knew at first, since, according to accounts, the loss of the enemy ara(innted to 10 or 12,000 men), we Lave had only shinni,Ling at thy ottt-pets; but yosterday the eucimmy ti vnt;tlivity d his line, and *cetned to be preparing to attach.. This running the Alarshal —nuke of Dalmatia an ti( ip, ted Itiui. Ile cau s ed the whole of the ed lietuy's Mid tti be attiOttil at thip.breat ; oil 110 heights of Lashereula, hetwten tit. J en a 1e Vieux ; Al6ngttere, and Villa Franca , The -Cotinf D'l4r lon tidiitig under his command the 2d, 3cl, .and Gth'divisions'of infantry, a brigade of cavalry; and 22 pieces of cannon arias supported by the Ist di vis;on.of infantry; and afterwards by the stb. • Trie . 3d division, commanded by General Abbe, tad orders to :Attack the position in rmilt,•fol lowing the high toild`; ‘vhite the till: division, der the orders of GeneralDarrican, nuit•od to the Tight to tikkt the cOntre-fort at Its beginning, and attack the left of tile enemy. -At the same time, the 2d division, commanded by General Dartnagnac, took, possession of, the mountain of Partouhiria and advanced on St. Jean Vieux-Mouguera, whence it attacked the right of the enemy's position ; the attack, was very bri.d; and succeeded very well. The enemy brought top fresh troops,:we immediately brought into the. line the division of General Foy,' that .of General . .Maransin, and the•brigade Ginardet, of the divi-• sion Darmagnac, which bad not been yet engaged. • , The enemy was checked, and the combat conti nued the rest of the day, with advantages sup ported on our side. . We 'have had about .500 killed and 2,500 wounded. The loss of the . enemy was much more considerable, whole lines were destroyed.— We have only taken 300 English, . among whom are several officers, Alocquery and Matteonible, Generals of Brigade, have been wounded. The enemy has taken from us no prisoners. In general the enemy has greatly suffered this day as well as the preceding. • General Soult went yesterday to Hasparen with a part of his cavalry, and drove the enemy from it. Ile found on 'Mount . Ch§nbi . the ditiisfinri of 11.1torillo and several English squadrons. He bad some charges with this cavalry ; lie wounded some and took some prisoners. Yesterday evening he took a position at Boulse. BAYONNE, THE SANIE EVENING.--Some inbabi- tints of St. Jean de Litz arrived here yesterday. They relate that the enemy suffered extremely on the 9th and 10th ; that the hnuses and roads from St. Jean de Luz as far as to the old gate of 131- dart were covered with wounded English and Por tuguese. According to what the enemy's officers, say, their lOss in killed and wounded, up to yes terday the 12th, amottnted t 6.10 or 12,000 tuen., At St. Jcnn tic Luz the people w e re s t ru ck w i t h the constenration of the enemy. Oa the 10th they expected to 'see the troops of • the Duke of Dalthatia arrive under the walls of the town.' The English G A :nem! Robinson, sevekely wounded, as. well as many supetior officers,' bad been conveyed to St. Jean de Luz in the night of the 10th. The •wounded are removed during the night that the inhabitants may not see how numerous they arc. _ _ r. Gtta.lN, DP.C. 10,--An Order of the Day, published at the head-quarters of the Prince of Schwartzenhcrg., announces that our . . neutrality is recognized. On the 2.1 instant Count Tallcyrand dined with the Landatuman of the Confederation. A general pacification is said to be on tti' carpet. , _ LIEGE, DEC. 15.---The news from Antwerp an nounces that 6000 - of the Imperial Guard, Caval ry, intantry, and. artillery, arrived. here, the day before yesterday. The accounts from Gorcum .and Bergen-op :Zoom are satisfactory. • Travellers have arrived at Liege S to-day, the 15th, coming from 13ois-le-Duc, by' the way of Oran Viola and Macstrichi General' Merle is Governor of the last place, and has put it in a state . of siege. A 7 ERONA, Dec.. ; Maraaci,,Envoy of the Swiss Confederation, residing at Milan,. repaired. yesterday to the bed quarters of the. Viceroy.---- lie had the honour to present to his Imperial Highness a letter, by which the Landamman Switzerland announces the resolution of the SwiSs Diet to observe system of neutrality. The 'Prince condescended to • give' himself to the Envoy a• snuff'-box, adorned with . bisTortrait, And set with diamonds. . . . ST. CiA.LI.I,N,, J).I:C, 6.-411 e Austrian — entro4 svhich vas marchin...; towarili Lindan, has Tecei yea or(ler to 'proceed directly- from Mctinningen to Stoekaeh. It is suriposecl that this consequence of the fortnal recognition of the neu trality of, S wit zerland. All is tranquil on the from tiers Of the Calton of the Grisous. . • . Dri. 11.--IVe learn from flambufgh, that the Prince of Eektnuhl has' 25,000 niett, a magnificent art 'fiery, ammunition for nine months, a formidable position,' and that the brave Danes are more faithful and more prudent than other people have becu. 7 --They write from Brussels that , numerous bodies of troops pass through that town. All is tranquil on the Rhine. ANTWERP, DEC , city continues to enjoy time greatest security. The garrison _is very numerous, and. .daily increases. The 'works on ihe.29a,atnt the dockare continue* Irere . wiiit 7 out interruption. LieGE, DEc. - 14.—There is nothing new on the Ithine.--The Duke of Natlna is at ColOgne ; Let- tics have been received from Bois-le-Due;..dated the 11th, front which it appears that there were were none of the enemy's troops in the environs. BovuncAux, Dire. 14.-1111 the accounts front iiaYonne contain interesting details Ott the affairs of thethe the It. seems th the Anglo.4.4panish Atiny'is tkeouraged by the chyck it hi ls : ree ,,,,i ve d , and the it is not inclineti to ream its attacks; too happy if it ;s sufitTed to remain tindistitrbciL. French Funds on Saturday J tnuber 10, i 4 f, 50 c. ~• -- MALE= ird frIF, CRO;VN PRINe4. " Lt..thetlr, 6,1611. " General buiokir; with his . troops,'lms carried by aSsanit tht-fOrtress of Arnbeim, a Place of the greatest iMpiirlarite ree the defence of 'Holland. It had a garrison of 4,000 men ; the works were in..a very good state ; and mostly armed. On this occasion the Prussians gaffe a tiew proof of the inttepidity which characterises them. The loss of General Billow, In killed and woithded, *as 300 men ; that of the enerhy must have been consi derabk.. Sonic hundreds of prisoners were taken. Major Markly ; with n detachment forming part of the odvanced guard of General IVinzinge rOdei entered Amsterdam on the 24th of Noveni her, amidst the acclamations of the inhabitants.' lie was t i bikiwed by General lienkeridorti. " On the 27th of November, General Gagarin, with 300 dismonnted 'Cossacks, attacked the gar rison of liovuutet, who hod sallied out for the purpose of burning or occupying one of the sub-_ urbs ; amt after a very obstionte`conthat : s be drove back the enemy 'as far as the bridge, killed a num bet', and took 00 prkouers. " On the 28th, ctilonel' Narisehltin -occupied Amersfort, the garrison of, which retired upon Naardcn. ",The two forts of Cuxhaven, Faro, and poleon, arc taken. The garrisons are prisoners of .war. " We a're imporing the fortifications of Does burg and Zutphen. " General Winzinv,erode has sent to the Crown Prince the keys of the city of Utrecht,' taken by the troops of Colonel 7;,tristikin. The :Prince Royal transtnittec,l to the Emperor Alkm antler. " Count Strogonotl'is charged with the blockade of liprburg. . "The Swedish army having approaChed the Stecknitz, with the corps of Lutzow, occupied the points from the mouth of that river to the environs of Michell. Dispositions were made for attacking the enemy. On the 2J Of Decemb e r.— General (;onnt Wormizoiv, .aryl General Tetten born, bad received orders to cross the Elbe at .Boitzenburg. The Marshal Prince of Lekniuld abandoned his position in the night, and retired behind the Bilk. Major Cederstrom, with a :ly ing. corps, at' the same time passed the Elbe at Geschstadt. The troops crossed the Steekaitz, pursued the enemy's rear-guard, and took ciine prisoners, • - " The left bank of the Stecknitz presents, at certain points, heights and positions which ap pear unassailable. The borders of the river which the enemy . ocenpied are very rugged, and the other bank is almost every where marshy. The acces sible points display entrenchments constructed with great care, palisadoed and Prized in a way that might have stopped, for nj any days, the pro gress of the most intrepid and, must warlike troops. • ' , • " The army made a movement on its right ; General ‘Voronzow advanced upon Lanenburg the Swediiit army upon pollen Ind Ratzeburg. On the 3d General Woronzow marched upon Schwarzenbeck, and carried Bergcciorf by assault. I he cavalry made some ivisoneri. " General Tettenborn advanced upon Amfelde, and * conneeting hintssell with Count Woronzow's cavalry, Cut off the communication between g3in bargh.and Lubeck. " On the 4th, General Wallmoden passed the Stecknitzs and collected the greater part of liis corps at Klinkrade. His advanced guard encouit tercel the enemy at the village of Sieveobatitti, and drove him from it, after taking some prisoners. The . Swedish army marched between 'the Waeknitz and the Stecknitz, pushed its advanced posts upon the left bank of the latter river, and drove away the enemy'. "• General•Vegesack crossed tale Wacknitz at Grunan, and re•established the bridge at Cronies . - ; he took the left of the Swedish army. A strong detachment of all arms, commanded. by Lieut.-Colonel Aackarsward, remained between the Waeknitz and the Trave, to observe Lubeck ON that side, and to collect materials for the con straetion of a bridge opposite Schwartun. " On the morning of the sth, General Posse canted a division of the brigade of General &ink zenbehri to attack the enemy's position upon the Landvehr, and after a short musketry fire he ear••• ried the redoubts . , and re-establiihed the bridge. Some Men were killed and wolinded. The Barou the Melin, of the Ist Regiment of Guards,, a dis tinguished officer, was killed in this affair. " General Vegcsack passed the Stecknitz, in i order to join Count Wallmoden, who, was to ad vance upon Oldeslooe. it being intended to carry Ltibeek by. eieWide, Marshal ' Count Stedink caused the Swedish army to'. advance. When ar rived at,balf a league from the town, ire ordered .a halt, to wait for the ladders : during the inter val he engaged in parleys with the enemy. It was already three o'clock, the ladders were not yet come up ; the knowledge which he had of the fortress of Lubeck, and of the means of defence which it afforded to a man olskill and resolution, induced Marshal Stedink not to reject proposals'.. General Lalleinand signed with Col. Biorostierna, chief of the stall' of the Swedish army, a capitula tion, importing that the enemy's troops • should evacuate the town at ten atniight, give up at five s , „ in the afternoon the Mollen-gare, and not he par- ample. sued till day-break of the following morning, - we s"` "'!'he enemy havin• only to defend the front, •right in the judgment of otir Readers, . After these general remarks, to set ("' - ', 1 . ` . . t e 1 ; 0 of the Mollen-gate, covered hy. a double ditch P to examine the very dochtil e "; filled with water, and aiivanced works, had it al- - ()NAN° ways in his p o wer t o effect hi: retreat while there in our second page , the speech of n the 1 9 ' 1 " was no bridge upon the Trave, and accoroing to to the Legislative Body at Paris, 0 sa _, 9 _ the uniform reports of the Fingineers, 24 hoar; or however va " meaning, 6ne or lin r i te • would have . been regaisite throw one over. — factory, for :want of Precisiml , 611 barlWl :of The trotvs entered the town .at ten at night - . • ~„n o rtPut '` The cotton retired upon Scgeberg. -General ;• may be, yet, in the Wallanylen is - marching' upon that Pohli " I : Europe, it *mast be viewed as 11' 11 W° ` o r of the te ar General .31tiOldebraUd began morning at sip c, •: , exposition of the situation of Francwoof o'Clock to pursue the enemy with his Ruler, and of drew ) I we SOme ' Mint'; eds of prisoners have already Preen per and designs of her . with wirk i% made, connected with the Confederates 'ts e - HanAls " The inhabitants of Lubeck were ,determined - • • t d Iv: were previously unacaisain e n ey to second, by means more OileaCioni than mere its " as careful) as viir tube wish es (t ic awls of the army' Which came tore- therefore, existing eiretuns.tanceS: , i 11 ~' .~ ' I 1 t k i ti Pt t• ,- . ~ . - Clam rigi s pendence ; th-y were to joie teir :firms those of the assaihtnil. ThThisl'esolatida an appeal to the inhabitants of Plarnburgh: " Lubeck now resumes ittl ancient denoraina., tion of Free and Hanseatic City; the pat of eivi' litation and of commerce again waves on itswilll Thus shall justice always destroy the edifice raised by violence. • " The King of Dentriark must see, in the ear tulation granted to his, troops, that the door.of rec°"eilintii ) with Svi•eden k not• het closed. fie has only to lend ail ear to the pray:4s of his iur. .jects, .to the wishes of the inhabitants of 0 ! North, and to the generous proposals of Sweden and her Allies:" •Ati i V a r i - x l , L I ivsbuobni,inl,Gluleprantseeit.o; ersd . i7u,t;_l LseGoortatredullanbsurod,i. 41 - IcliguUuld, l'Guerusey, 1 Jeriey, 1 Wateiford. . . PRICE OFsl C CKS . • TUIS PAY Al TW&LYlo'ci,ocK. 1 1415 Consols 66i' 61i f 4 G 5 Nov °willow.. 16.!, _ HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.MO I t• ntllV. ft 4. Morning; SO iniaptes niter 3. f Evening, 15 minute 7-er T • flfl S sof.tlr utr!S DICERL FALSLM A11; 1 1; , ` • LONDON,.' FR /Air, DE cis mli zit 2.1, 103' -----.--,,---„,, . ........,—...n..,..-....----.__.....__ We sit down to nddeess t he Public this (ill under' very peCuliar feelings. The tafit, ma nic w ord PEAcB " floats on every breath; aial Is°. , ciating With it ideas of tranquility rod scc urit Y' . the very - sound enlists upon its side theaffettioll•s and wishes of mankind. To !nye Oa dcsire Peace in the abstract is so natural, ti _ .1 at tit! flw , .561' short of madness, can entertain an -opposite ~ timent. ' Un the contrarY,'When it is iailae4ll' 9111 1 15 a Rational Being that he delights in war, the advocate for interminable hoStilitv, It 3°4 be' received either it's a proof that the accu'cr I S `) 3 insane, or that tie .supposes insanity in the pci . = of whom he, speaks. , As , well - might it be bc i lieved, that a man should delig ht in an et''"' L thunder•storm; 'should d e l i g ht to sail iyon waves unceasingly tetnpestuons, to be pleased witti the everlasting varieties which might be expel -I ° l°d ,, in altercations from tornado to whiAtvitet; 10. a from karosin to hurricane, to C-Steetl) tileAC s t i )c ::: =its of elemental strife beyond calmnesS ni.: mosphere, and serenity of seasons, Os to ilailg'` e that any' creature endued with t•eason show', with the choice beloie Min i , p r efer a sLa te o f %; . 1t to a state of pence: thatpc peace do we het; to be explicitly gnartled. against the ob• prefer a st l a V te hle :f , • hle It may he surd su pposition,. that it is real 'bona .fide pc.acc that we would forgo, for the sate of es ifnmiug the toils, the sa crifices, and the horrors of: war . Neither are we to .he deterred by the sensclesi in appellation th the tlut yofwe"otlhyee : 0 1 Ci ourr F a cto l i i , o u n t ; y f , ro a t n ri d d i i , s o c i l i t i a ti r l f g : out the t ingers of •tt cumproinise with the Corsi , can, theignorniny of even. trea tin g with him', a t : inimaent peril of receiVing hint Us a friend ioli, our bosoms. " 'the WAR FACTO% !" arc =or'' . ; Party who employ thin, yet ashamed of the '. ,at Has twenty years of experie nce p assed oce P i glory,hads a li d v ‘ a v i l it i , o a i l l i a d s, are eve still to be 't ! ' with that. as a reproach which is our gr,e 913 .. t :t i r.vii:l a ei:r e li :e t .nr i li o sica t e r oti , elfaa: s osi o rio l e o bn n sct g i al cr t lee l p t e u . i s o bn a . b u l j:e t :c i l il t ei t s o b t f i e l:v :ti a s . yosniii:itli world e t t o ' . f e l'iftcre,::.;:l , E Freud) depPtism ;, the War. Faction, so .loug dons and the traitorous ; • the 'Wm. Fitcti''; r a c d p ; ell t e h t e l u t . r a e r a treachery 0 n a ‘ t v i•ilitcolinteh,e s'r:i: now -.vitli almost one voice, l• is 99 til act iit i st i i a ti ) l l:9 3vte l ; r t l a t i . c ) e l el 3 l .3i e .g : l , n i n pl t et t rl i m: p :i t so r bt i p o n ielae t l i t l .rpte d li t pdtc ‘ ly, C yi e . ( : I i h t: ii 1 1 1 i t l t a i l o:l ' h ' — x ii tstit'i•jeillsY b t i e l t it. n h tl ' l l , ‘ i tt i c‘wi t 131 , tti t hit o i jaeb i t i e s to : vtai t :rre hes a e ct e i z on pr , es i s la io s ns pr a o s v i e n i t i pl t y h i e ng .I,7,i:testi::: e-evati6n, and rank in the scale of nations . is the fruit of their labetiii, slat t g o r eatan themselvesd g i.4 l t e ,i ii .. : o l e i r : , acknowledgment, that (c England has saved hers.eif by her firmness, and will sure Europe by I'l l. ex'