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FRENCH PAPERS., FURTHER EXTRACTS, PARIS, DEC. 19.—His Majesty the Emperor arrived. at Paris yesterday at half past eleven at night . ; he received the Princess Grand Digni tariea, the Ministers, and great Officers. The Duke of Cadore took the oaths before his Illaiesty, in quality of Minister Secretary of State, ad interim, in place of Count Dalai, %also remains, till farther orders, with the army; performing the functions Of Intendant s General. His Majesty has charged the BishOp of Nantes with the administration of his chapel, the ab sence of the Grand Almoner. PARIS, Dac. 19. The details contained in the last Bulletin of the Grand. Army, cannot but add to the glory with which it has covered itself in this last campaign, and to the admiration which the beroic'firmness and the puissast genius of his Majesty the Emperor inspire. After having van squished the Russians in twesity be.tsles, and firi !ten them from their ancient eapital, reduced to ashes, our brave troops have had to bear up Against the rigour of arsexcessive cold, 'and the se- Terity of an inhospitable climate; 'and *notwith standing all the losses they have sustained'thiring ; 1 1 1 4ards of fifty s days' march, in provisions, Hors es , 'wail' artillery, they still have surmounted everY obstacle, and find sufficient for their sup port in their nakueroas magazines. There are few Pages either in ancient or modern history, that avith,respect to tiol4_enesi, elevation, and interest, can be compared to this memorable bulletin. It as au historical piece of the firserank. It is thus, 'that Xenophon resuerts the retreat of the 10,000 ; and that Caesar, v/i - io was at the same time a great Captain and a great Writer, digested the Commen taries, of which Montaigne said, " I certainly have read this sproduction with something more of reverence and respect than. one generally reads I.) , .irrian works, from considering the author himself ac corning to ,his• actions and 'to his miraculous greatness." Montaigne, who with equal sagacity .3aidged of men and things, would - not hate used any other language, if he had spoken of these historical monuments, with which our annals are enriched by every campaign of bis Majesty; and he would, above all, have rendered justice to this character, always superior to the chances of fate and of for tune, which so, eminently distinguishes the hero Nero will give his name to the 19th centdry. There never, perhaps, has offered a sight more, remark= able, than that of the French army in the midst of uny enemy's country, deprived in the course of eight days of its artillery, its transports, and of nearly the whole of its cavalry, by the in tenseness of the cold: In this disastrous situa tion, the genius of' the Sovereign animates all; foresees every thing, and prepares unexpected resources. The enemies, who had the elements for their auxiliaries, were beaten wherever they appeared. -The March oldie French army, which Was never delayed by any difficulty, is a Series of triumphs, and the operations concluded with a brilliant victory,which dissipates every fear. We see this " sacred squadron," composed of brave men selected from among the valiant, preserving in the midst of dangers that constancy and that gaiety in which many men, although' by nature sufficiently formed for hardihood, " are defi cient :" and we may rest assured,_ that with such an army, and such a General, the eventual suc cess of the war cannot be uncertain. What more favourable circumstances can the Russians expect for opposing( the French army ? If they have been vanquished by troops fatigued and deprived of cavalry and artillery, what will they be, when these same troops %save in a great mea sure repaired their losses, and. shall again act on 'the offensive ? The results of this campaign ought to convince 'the enemy, that it is impos sible to resist the forces brought against them, and sliew them their future prospects in the darkest Colours. Historians have noticed, as one of the finest titles of glory to Hannibal, that he un derstood the method of keeping perfect harmony among the troops of the different nations which 'composed his' array. This political and military sphenomen is renewed in our days,—soldiers from almost all parts of Europe, Collected under the Same colours, are rivals only in zeal and devotion. It is thus, that genius shows in all times the • 'same resource's, and astonishes its contemporaries vvitb similar prodigies. History above all, remark those eminent finalities of 'his Majasty the Emperor ; his skilful foresight which dives into futurity, and his promptitude in repairing his lossea, which never was possessed by any other General in an equal degree. Already 20,000 bosses are collected in the different depots; al ready the artillery is in a formidable state, and provisions of all kinds arrive in abundance. A few weeks will be sufficient to put the army in a far more brilliant situation than -it has ever yet been in ;- and what should, above all, dissipate every kind of inquietude, is, that the health of his Majesty the Emperor has not suffered the least alteration in the midst of the fatigues attending the campaign. By letters front Wflna, dated the Bth, we are informed, that aVery thing necessary for the relief of the sick and wounded, and useful for the ne ceSsitleA of the whole army, has been found in that city. Within three months the magazines • 'have been filled, and an easy communication exists between the lines of the magazines of the army. People, recently arrived from Poland, confirm this 'intelligence, and add, that there are larger quantities of supplies of ammunition, and pro visions of all kinds, in the different magazines, than are necessary to support the army through the whole Of the winter. •• The last Bulletin from , the Grand Army was .cried about at Paris the day before yesterday ; -there have been sold 30,000 copies of it. If we . coosider, besides the great number of persons who -read . the daily papers or the posted Bulletins, we may easily conceive what great and general bite 'rest is attached to every thing that comes to us from the Grand Army..—Journal de Paris, Dec. 19. FROM THE JOURNAL DE L'EMPIRE, OF DEC. 18. There was last night a great riot at the Theatre. Feydcau. They had annortnced Les Satots, taros et Diego; and Jea n de PaViS. After the first "piece, an actor came forward, and informed the audience, that - Martin was indisposed, and made a propOsal to subStittite for the second piece Les Garcons:—immediately the' most violent clamours arose in the, Pit, 'The Actors, however, attempted to perform the piece last announced, but scarcely had the curtain rose, when they were Stunned with hisses and groans. A lopg alterca tion then took place between the audience and the actors : the latter were unmercifully pelted with copper money. At length, atter an hour had been thus spent, they were obliged to leave the e stage ; the boxes soon took part in the contest,. and the tumult continually increased, when seve ral Officers'of Police entered, and endeavoured to restore tranquility to the Theatre. It was seve ral times offered to return the dissatisfied their money ; but they, exclaimed, " We do not want our money : we have been deceived : we have come hither in the worst of weather from every quarter of Paris, to see the spectacle announced in the bills. The actors might at least have informed us that they meant to change the bill before the piece' began. They have not 'done so, and we wish them to make an apology." At length, after two hours' clamour,. it was declared that Martin was really ill, that Baptiste would appear as his substitute in Jean de Palis, and that all persons not satisfied with this arrangement might receive their money back. At these words the boxes and pit were immediately emptied, and so many per sons left the Theatre, that the receipt, which was about 2500 livres, was reduced to 850, The actors' .have been greatly to blame in this affair. It apppears that they . might have given in formation-in the morning, of the' indisposition of their comrade ; and that merely from fear of les sening the receipt they had promised themselves, they had not thought proper to change the bill. It is much to be wished that this lesson may teach them What they owe to the public, of which they appear to have too much lost sight. ,`VILNA,, DEC. 5.----The cavalry belonging to the corps of the Dukes 'of Reggio and Bellunu has not suffered in proportion to that whlch has ,arriv ed from Moscow ; it was this cavalry that made such brilliant charges againserschitsachoil's corps. Prince Schwartzenberg, and Marshal the Duke of Tarentum, have ,also a very flue cavalry.— These different united corps still offer an iiiiposing aspect. • We daily see reinforcements of men as well' as transports of ammunition, and remount horses, arrive, destined for the Grand Army, which, thanks to those succours, will be completely re established before the end of winter. Prussia, Saxony, Mecklenburg, France, Italy; Poland, Bavaria, and the whole Confederation of the Rhine, united in the same political system, pre sent such a mass of resources of every description, that feeble efforts only are requisite to collect all the means necessary for decisive operations against the common enemy. Besides, we have near us wherewith to supply our immediate wants - , the magazines and arsenals upon the Niemen and Vistula are filled. Poland is going to make all the efforts her honour and salvation demand.' A Con federation of 24,000,000 of Europeans has sent us its legions, to free us from the yoke of the Mus covites : we, are ourselves 15,000,000 of Poles : how then doubt the issue of a contest in which the most just of causes is suppot ted by superiority of forces and talent the most decided ? VIENI , ZN; DEC. 6,—A courier, dispatched by Prince Schwartzenberg, arrived here to day, and has brought that General's reports of the battles that have taken place in the environs of kowisk. • . The head-quarters of the Prime were on the 22d at Diver Sachetz. The AUstrian auxiliary corps has suffered very little in the engage ments which it has had With the Russian troops under the command of General' Saelsen it had nothing to do but to pursue the enemy, who Was already routed. • Most 'probably the ffirst number of the Vienna Gazette will contain the official details of those event's. Grand concerts are given every fortnight in this capital, the produce of which is to be thrown into the box of the ladies of benevolence: The Police of Vienna, last week, discovered a secret society, the members of which assembled without.the barriers; among theM were several public functionaries. As the functionarEes in ge neral, on entering into the service of the . State, engage on o:eth not to be members of any secret society, . these have . recei ti cd dismission. _ Such strangers as had been admitted into this secret so ciety have received orders to leave the capital. His Majesty's indisposition having ceased, the customary audiences will recommence, and will begin on Wednesday next. • LEIPSIC, DEC. 9.—The passage of troops com ing throw;:' Saxony, to join the, Grand Army, al ways continues. The 3d battalion of the 3d and 105th .reginients of French infantry of the line, forming a corps of more than 'lOOO amen, arrived the day before yesterday, and this day pursued their route. The Sitxon Lieutenant-General, M. De Thiel man, has been nominated 'Commandant of the Le gion of Honour ; -19 individuals of the brigade under his orders have been knightetL A regulation has been published at Konigsberg, relative to time lodging of the troops. It is be lieved, that in the beginning of , December, ;there was in this city a garrison of 10,000 men. Bank-Notes.—An account of the amount of Bank of England Notes anti Bank Post Bills, has just been presented to the House of Commoris, whence it appears, that on Saturday, the fish instant, there were in circulation . Bank Notes of 5 1 . and upward s Ditto under 5/. 1,004,860 Post Bills Total Bank Paper in circulation L. 22,947,600 Bank Tokens.—An account of the amount of all the Silver Tokens issued by the Bank of England, from the 14th of April, 'lBl2, inclusive to the .10th of December 1812, inclusive— • 2 5 ;26,244 Silver Tokens , of 3s. each '22 1,347,766 Ditto, of is. 6d. each • 101,032 L. 450,019 , 1 withstanding the itittstriotls brut diFtiug.tiisLcd persons whom he saw present, yet he thought might, perhaps, produce a better effect,. if the fir,t meeting for this. object 'wns very nurner.Nus, and that.those persons had notice of it who weige it:- ustomed to take the lead upon. similar Occasioni. The 'cause for which they were met had the znGst_ powerful claims, not only on the benevolent fen ingS, but,on the juctice of the English Nation.--- To those whom Providence had placed in high si tuations, and given the means of affording relief to others, he must consider s;:ch a claim upon their benevolence was a claim. on their justice.• — The cause was certainly orfe which strongly ap pealed ;to :the best feelings of this country ; and he must be permitted to :say, that there was no thing more beComing the exalted rank of his Royal Highness (the Duke of York), nothing more congenial to the feelings of his iliustrious family, - than to be employed in the work of les sening the miseries of the distressed. (Applause.) The last time that he had seen his Royal Highness was in a similar situation; when he had 6ken the Chair at a meeting convened for the purpose of affording relief to the wants of his own country men. The measures then resolved upon had 'been the means of-affording considerable relief to those sufferings ; and he thought it right to mention this circuinstance, that it might not be said tlyn. the distresses of strangers were attended to, while the'sufferingi of our own countrymen were forgot ten. - He thought that to come forward generously on the present occasion would be natural to the feelings of-Englishmen, and that it would be ho nourable to their character. Besides the feeling of benevolehce to the sufferers, vie must consider that their sufferings had beim, perhaps, our release from sufferings—their sacrifices, perhaps the sal vation of this country. Be would say more : the conduct and sufferings of the Russians in the pre -sent ycar had already, in some degree, increased the contorts of every manufactum'sfamily in the kingdom. • Such being the true state of the case, benevolence and sympathy towards those suf ferers were natural, and required by justice. We should .shew the world, that commerce, on the scale which this country pursues it, does not nar row the heavt, and contract its sympathies, but that it enlarges the mind, and extends those cha.- rities, by which the different nations of the earth are bound together as brethren. Our conduct, on this occasion, should contradict the false asper sions of our enemies, that commerce has made us so debased 'and selfish, that we can only feel for our own immediate interests. When, upon such. short notice, he saw such distinguished persons as were then in the room, he thought it evident that the Princes and Nobles of the land were impatient to express their sense of the gallant conduct of those ,men who bad made such great sacrifices-, and their determination to alleviate, as much as was in their - power, the distresses which flOwed from them. Under such circumstances, he could not avoid feeling a confident hope, that what would be done would be honourable to this coun try, and would he most acceptable to those for 1 whose relief it was intended. The Resolutions were then put, and carried wa niniously. Mr. TIIORNTON apologised for the unavoidable shortness of the notice, and stated, :that a Meet ing had been already convened in the City, and that upon .that accountlt was thought better not td postpone the Meeting to a later period. He - afterwardO moved the thanks of the Meeting to his Royal Highness the Duke of York. —This motion was carried Knanimouslv. His Royal Highness returned , thanks, and stated, that be was authorised by the Prince Re gent to put his name at the head of the subscrip tion for 20 . 00/. (Applause.) A Committee was then appointed to manage the subscriptions', and transmit them to Russia. The Earl of LIVERPOOL gives a grand dinner on Saturday to Count LIEVEN, the Russku Ambassa dor. The same party are invited to meet his Ex cellency as,'at Lord CASTLEREA , ;II'S. Lords WILLIAM PITT, FREDERICK, and SUSSEX LENNOX, sons of the Duke of RICHMOND, ar rived. in Dublin on . Sunday last, to spend the Christmas vacation at the Vice-regal Lodge, near that city. The Adjutant-General and Quarter-Master- General of - Ireland have been placed on the Staff or that country, as Major-Generals, and will be - entitled to the pay . and allowances accordingly. The gallant Colonel TSCHEMISCHEW, who, at the head of a reginient •of Cossacks, made that wonderful march of in four days and a half, surrounded on all sides by French corps, is no less dexterous in politics than in war. It was lie who, while in Paris, contrived to get a re gular communicatiOn of all BUONAPARTE'S plans, by which Russia was apprised cf her danger in time.. This successful exertion of diplomatic cun ning was, however, discovered by the incautious resentment of the Emperor ALEXANDER himself, who, unable to listen patiently to the perfidious protestations of friendship made by Count LAU--; lIISTUN, in the name of his Master, abruptly ex claiMed—" I know your Master deceives me ; knciw as well as you the destination of the troops he is marching into Germany, and I know they are intended to attack my Empire." LAURISTON, rather staggered, uttered some excuses, and re quested his Imperial Majesty's leave to send an express to Paris, by whose return, he had n doubt, he would -be enabled to give his Imperia Majesty the most satisfactory explanations: The demand was granted, "and a passport for the ex - press. delivered accordingly. The Empror ALEX ANDER was soon,.hoWever, sensible of the inf. prudence into, which his wounded feelings had be trayed him, and of the danger to which he had exposed TSCHEMISCHEW. Orders - were accord ingly sent to stop the French express at the fron tier,and 11. Russian courier was at the same time dispatched to Paris, with instructions to TSCHE MISCHEW to return to Russia, without losing a moment. He took the hint, and as soon he had crossed the Russian frontier, the French ex press was liberated, and allowed to proceed to his destination. Our readers know, that in conse quence of the subsequent discovery BUONAPARTE wt•eaked his vengeance on MICHEL, TSCHEMI- S'CHEW'S agent, and they may guess with what feelings of exultation the tyrant would have heard of the capture of that gallant Officer. LISBON PAPERS. An account of the total amount of all the Silver Tokens issued by the Bank of England, from the 9th of July, uni, to the lOth of December 1812, inclusive--- 9,518,G90 Silver Tokens, of 3s. each ... L. 1,432,303 10 0 4,703037 Do. of ls. 6(1. each 353 , 170 5. 6 L. 1,785,473 15 3 N. 13. The Tokens are of the Dollar standard. The weight of the 3s. Token is 9 darts. 11 grs. ; the weight of the is. (.41. Token is 4 dwts. 171 grs. Ltsuoll, Dtc. 7.—The head-quatters, continue at Freynat. General division is going . South. Cu: "last intelligence froM.headtquarters is dated the 2d instant. Lisaox, DEd. s.—General HILL had his head-. quarters in Curia, and the Conde DE PENNE and MoIULLo had theirs in Placentia. The Army of Gallicia marched towards•Astorga. The retreat-of the Combined Army. from the TOMES to the Agueda, passes among military men as a chef d'wzirre in the art of war.--90,000 French, among whom were from 10 to 11,000 horse, could. not intercept our army in its retreat to Ciudad ROdrigo, •although • the Grand Lard was in Sala manca when CAFFARELLI With his corps was near. the banks of the `Formes. The French, for the third tittle, sacked Sala manca; in the last, King JosElia had the honoar, of beii!g, President'. They imposed upon Valla' dolid a contribution of 600,000 reals, for having received and well entertained the English:- MEETING FOR THE RELIEF• OF THE' SUFFERERS IN RUSSIA. • Yesterday, pursuant to notice given by public advertisement, there was a meeting at the, Crown and Anchor, to ,consider of affording relief to the `suffering Russians. • 7-At - half-past one, his Royal Highness the puke of Your: was called to the chair: Mr. S. TiiORNTON then addressed his Royal Highness, and said, that the occasion which had called together the present Meeting, was one which must rouse the best feelings of the people, of this country. We had seen the forces of the greatest part of Europe collected together for the purpose.of invading Russia, and we had seen that formidable invasion repelled by the great and al most unisarelleled exertions of the Russian nation. T`hose exertions, however, and that success, had been accompanied by the greatest sacrifices ,nd sufferings on their patt. The burning of Moscow in particular had exposed its numerous population to the severest privations. They had been driven from their habitations in the depth of winter, and remained without shelter or any adequate means of support. When one considered the number of families who had been reduced to that situation in the defence of their country, it was impossible rot to sympathise deeply in their distresses. To afford relief to this accumulation of suffering, the first characters in the Russian empire , had come forward by voluntary subscription. The example bad been set by the Royal Family, and was gene rally followed by all the. Nobles of the land, and those. of exalted rank • and consideration . in the country. Among 'the many noble donations of this sort which had been made, he could not-for bear mentioning one anecdote which bad come to his knowledge, of the Princess Gallitzin. She was possessed of great estates, and the persons upon it had suffered severely from those sacrifices which it was necessary to make, and from the devastations of the war. She had most nobly sent word to all who were on her estates, that she would not accept of any rent, or pecuniary ad vantage., 'from her estates, till the persons upon thtin were reinstated in the condition that they wore in before the French invasion' (gieat ap lie t:ought it unnecessary for him to make, any particular call upon their feelings ou the present occasion, when he recolleeteo how they had. acted on all similar occasions, and how gel nerously they had contributed relief to the Spanish and Portuguese sufferers. He thought it a 6rcurn stance highly flattering to the present cause, that his Royal Highness had condescended, to take the chair upon the occasion, and set 'that exan.ple which he trusted would be generally followed. He did not think it necessary to take up any more of their time, but should immediately proceed to read the resolutions which were to be submitted to the M.—( Vide Adverthement.)" Mr. Serjeant PELL seconded the resolutions. He said that be came into that 'room . almost by accident, and had not expected to have seen . so many illustrious persons present, In considering the occasion for which this meeting had been held, he must say that it was impossible to contemplate the 'events which had • lately passed in Russia, without , wonder and delight. The wealth of England, be thought, could not be better em ployed than in the relief of distresses which indivi duals in Russia were suffering under, 'from the noble exertions aml r,•illing sacrifices which they bad made in the defence of their country. It must be recollected, also, that the Russians had not . only saved their own country, but that they had also saved Europe. He trusted that no nation knew better than our's how to appreCiate their great exertions, or would naturally feel a stron ger sympathy for those sacrifices and distresses which were produced by those exertions. lie was sure that tho proposed subscription would be con sidered a national cause, and that the example would pervade all ranks and classes; from the Prince to the peasant. He ti usted that those in humbler circumstances would contribute in pro portion to their ability,' as Nv , ell as the more opu lent according to their wealth. He was convinced that the same principle would appear ill every class of society ; and, in fact, it was the principle from which such contribution -proCeeded,. which would make the gift valuable, While we were assisting Russia we were serving England. Re was isnre that the, work in which they were ep gaged. was founded upon the best principle c s patriotism, and it required little effort to stimulate the feelings of Englishmen to 'the support of h ca use which must of itself call forth the best sym pathies of the country. . . Mr. WILBERFOItCE had no other doubt of the propriety of immediately adopting the resolutions proposed, than that he thought 'that sufficient no tice had not been given, and that it was not as ge nerally known as he could have wished, that this meeting was to have been held. He himself had heard of it only a few days ago, and his attend ance this day was almost accidental, as he had been going to another place when he was told that, there was to be a - meeting this day. He doubt ed whether it might not be better to postpone the present resolutions until a longer notice should convene a much More numerous 'meeting. Nut-