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D UTC LI PAPERS. 711GG , FEB. 1 1 e Baron Von Bourts!ie Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of his Russian Alajesty, passer! ti rough here to-day from the Lead-quarters of C - ;neral Winzinggroje, on his way to the Crown Prince 'of Sweden, to -present kin' with the . h'eys , -.of the town of 1.110114, of Rheinfs, and of the fortified avenues. Sizteen pieces of brass cannon were taken there, besdes a luantity of ammunition and arms. The troops of the Allies were every where received by the pe0p!...1 with rejoicings. The head-quarters of General Winzingerode were in the .fortress of Avesnes. A great part of the advanced guard was already on the other side of Rheirlis. • FRANKVORT;•FEL- Ddsseldotff Gazette contains the following letter fr6m Baron Faiken hansen, Commandant of a Prussian regiment of icavaky "•All the country as:far as . the Meuse is now purged of the, enemy, and every where the people are delivered from the yoke under which they groaned. On the 17th of January, I quitted our dvanced posts 11(...U: , Luxemburg, and advanced 'upon Arlon, Bastogne, and Massarete, as far Na mur and .Liege. 1 was fortunate enough to cut Dff from the enemy the resources which he was drawing from the, department of the 'Sambre and Meuse, to liberate some thousands of. conscripts, to deprive the enemy of more than 100,000 francs in specie, and surprise two movable French co lumns, Which were destroyed or captured. f"The enthusiasm of this people is beyond nil _.description ; you can scarcely form an idea of the reception I have met with. They flocked to meet me with .banners, which they had taken from the churches, even in the midst of sharp actions. I had only to follow Them ; every where on my passage the bells were rung ; every where 1 was received with the sound of music, and joyful ac clamations of, BehOld ,our Deliverer the first of the traie Allies! Lung live the Emperor of 4ustria! Live the' Allies ! Death to the Frentlt! The-Mita - tsitants threw their--hats into the air ; intoxicat ed with joy they embraced one another, and my sol diers shed tears rilemotion. All wished to combat with us ;. and neither Macdonald, nor Sebastiani, in their retreat, dared to attack the assenaded people. These. -LuxemburgU.rs, inhabiting the country between 'Liege and Namur, are a truly good people." FEANKI.ORT, FEB. 4.—Baron de Wetterstadt, Chancellor of Sweden, has arrived here from the, head-quarters of the Crown Prince, on his way to the head-quarters of their :Majesties. The Lippstadt Gazette announces, that the corps of Generals Bulow, Winzingerode, - and Wallmoden, will pass under the orders of the Duke of Saxe . tVeymar, who, besides,' commands • the Saxon troops. The Dutte of BrunsWick commands the second corps of the army of the North, which consists of 40,000 men, and of which the Hanse aic Legion forms a part. - ALKDIAAR, Ek.a.:13.---The day before yester day, an Euglish.twosmasted brig was observed off 'our coast seemingly in distress Some of our peo ple 'went off in a fishing-boat to its assistance, notwithstanding; the roughness of the sea, when they found it to be a transport which had sailed from Jersey six weeks ago, and had been beat ing about in ignorance of the Dutch coast. There were on board the transport 7 officers, 1 sesjeant, 2 corporals', 26 soldiers, and 13 horse*, all be— longing to the Si st regiment, and commanded by Lieutenant Hume. Their provisions were almost wholly consumed. They were all safely brought ashore next day. We are sorry to learn, that there is a report of two other English transports —shaving been lost near the Texel Island, and that all on hoard, consisting of 300 souls, perished,_ with the exception of 40: THE HAGUE, FEB ! 16.—1 n a former Stoats Courant we mentioned the unexpected dissolution of the Legislative Body of France, by order of the Emperor ; and also, that the cause which led thereto Ivan the peace-recommending tenour of the Report of the Extraordinary Committee ap s pointed to examine the official documents relating to time negociations for peace. We now comm . nicate this Report itself, time same as it came out of the hands of the Committee, and was preseuts ed by - M. Leine in their name, after first mention ing several singular circumstances which took place on the occasion. This Report was discussed in a General' Com mittee on the 28th and 29th of December, and • on the 30th it was put to the vote, in open as sembly, without, however, having been read on the occasion. The result of this vote, by which it was only decided whether the Report should be printed, was in the affirmative, and six copies were ordered to be delivered to each of the Mem bers on the following day. Instead of this distri bution, the members, on coming that day to the lobby of their hall of meeting ti, receive their co pies, were told that no distribution of the Report would take place, and also, that there would be no meeting, as the Legislative Body was adjourn ed by order of Government. It also transpired, that in the night between the 30th and 31st of December, at the printing-house of the Leglslative Body, the copies of the Report,.as far. as they had been thrown off, were destroyed by the the forms broken 'to pieces, and the printing house shut up. Sometime before the Members Of the Legislature had received an invitation to repair on the clay 'following, being new year's day, to the place of the Thuilleries in grand cos tume, where the Emperor would receive thein in - the ball of the throne. In the evening of the 31st the invitation was'repeated, with the addition, that •the adjOurnment of the assembly would make no alteration. On new year's-day, therefore, they appeared in time appointed place; and there the Emperor, standing before the throne, in the midst of the Hall, in the presence of the Minis ters and great Officers of State, adiressed the Le gislative Body with great violence, and, expressed his highest displeasure with the Report they had produced, and the 'order for printing it, as being m a 'R eport which, he said, had no other tendency than to set the French people asaiast thir Gus vcrntheut, pni v.'eapons into the Irtricis of the Allies,•;tn . a overturn the existing orcter of things .Fcnnte. REPORT. OF THE EXTRXORDI%ARY COMMITTEE, COtiSlt TING OF ME.IA. 4AyNouAlm, LACNE, G4L- LtH3, FLAUdpitGUES, AND MAIN 2 I'2E- B.EtTED TO THE LEGISLATIVF. BODY. srrriNG OF DECEMBZIt 28, 1g13.' GENTLEMEN,—The ~.Extraorilinary Committee which y' nominated,, in virtue of the Imperial Decree of the 20th of December, comes to com municate to yon the report- of which voi are in expectation at , this important It i 3 proper that yot only-the Conimitt ee, but the whole Legis latiVe Body should be made acquainted with the information contained in the original documents in the portfolio for Foreign Affairs, connnunicated' by order . 0( his Majesty. This communication, Gentlemen, took place uuder the Presidency of his Highness the Arch- Chancellor of the Empire.. The pieces placed be fore us were nine in ithinber ; among them were the Notes, which passed between the French and Austrian Ministers up to the 18th and 19th of August last ;' there was also the, speech which the Prince Regent delivered to Parliament on the 6th of November, in which it 'is that it eras the wish neither of the British Government, nor of the Allied Powers, tOletpund any sacrificeS of France - incompatible with her honour 'and legitimate pre=' tensions, The pres'ent negociations for peace commenced on the 2d of November. Their . opening took place through the intervention of a French Mi nister, who was present at a conference.between the Austrian, Russian; and English Ministers he was charged to con'vey,words of peace to France; and thus lay the general -bases on whicl•neg•Ocia tinns could take place. • . The Minister for Foreign Affiiirs, the Duke of Bassano, in consequence of this conounnication, replied on the 16th, declaring to the Austrian Minister, that a peace by land as well as sea, founded on the general independence of nations, was the object of the wishes • and yolicv of the Emperor ; and he, therefore, proposed. that a Congre.i - s• Should assenible at Manbeim. The Aus.triatk Minister replied, on the 25th of November, that their Majesties the Emperor and the King of Plussia,were ready to enter iata gociations as Soon as they reeeived.the'assarauce, that the Emperor of the 'French :iclopted the neral bases, iii the same '.%ay c,.!e:y,•.A . el•e muniCated to. hi:a ; the trt:re of oivniou,' that the principles laid'kin itt the ic.t - ti V of the 16th, though all the Sovereigns woltid be ready to • assent to them, were not e x plicit enough to sere as general bases. . . On the 2d of .December, the Minister for Fo reign Affairs, the Duke of Vicenza, gave the•re'- quired assukance, repeatiug the general principles contained in. the letterof the 16th of November; he made known, with great satisfaction, that Lis --Maiesty adopt:cif the bases before laid-down that 1- France was willing to make gt eat sacrifices to re- store pe4tce to Europe. • , To this letter-the Austrian Minister replied, on the 10th of DeceMber, ?that their Majesties had seen with satisfaction that the Emperor of the French had .accepted the principles essential to the restoration of_ the balance and tranquility of ,Europe ; that they would ecommoicate the letter to their allies, and had no doubt that, imme diately on receiving their,answer, the negociations might be opened. With this last document, so far as has come under our inspection, the negociations ceased.— We dare to hope that they will resume their na tural train, RS soon as the delay caused by a very distant communication .shall cease. In the -mean time, .upon 'these two documents our hopes are founded. During this correspondence on both sides, there appeared in the Frankfort Gazette, (which also,, in consequence of a letter of his Highness, was laid before the Commission), a Declaration of the Allied Powers, dated the Ist of December, in which we remark the following among Other pas sages The Allied Powers wish France to be great, powerful, and happy; .because France in a state of greatness and strength, is one of the principal foundations of the political system of Europe they wish that France may he happy, - that French commerce may recover its pcosperity, that the arts and sciences, the blessings of peace, may flourish, because a great people can only be tranquil when it is happy; the Allied Powers assure to - the French empire an extent of territory, such as it never had under any of its Kings, because a brave nation must not be dishonoured because it has suffered re verses in some obstinate and bloody battles, where it has fought with its nsual-valnnr." Prom ail these documents it appears,.that the coalesced 'Monarchs have loudly declared a wish for• peace i you will also probably have remarked, Gentlemen, that the Emperor has declared his re solutidn to make great sacrifices ; and that he has adopted the above-mentioned bases, which the Allied Powers had ,themselves proposed. . . Amidst our cares for our country, it is! ri . ot ne cessary to be more particularly acquainted with the above-named bases, nor to dive into the secrets of the Cabinet, • while the knowledge of them is, unnecessary , to the object which we wish to attain ; sufficient it is for us .;.0 know, that the bases are nothing else but conditions towards the opening of 'the asked for Con gress: - 'ls it not then satisfactory to' remark, that the conditions Were proposed by the Allied' Pow.. ers themselves, and. to be convinced that his Ma jesty has adopted the bases which are necessary to the opening of a' Congress, where all the claims and interests may be discussed The Austrian Minister himself has declared, that the Emperor has acceded to the. essential bases of the restora tion, of the balance and the tranquility of Europe. The accession of his Majesty to these bases was therefore a great step towards the peace of the world. Such, Gentlemen, is the substance of the consi derations which, in contorMity to the Constitu tion, are submitted to you. It now belongs to the Legislative Body to declare the sentiments which this is calculated to excite ;''beeunie, . in conformity' to the 30th Article of the' Senates Co/au/Min, of the 28th Friniaire, year 12, " the Legislative Body shall, as often as the G )very►= anent communicates to it any matter distinct from deliberation on the laws, return a reply to' the same in full assembly." While the Legislative Body . awaits the observa tions of itc own Connuittee, appointed to pre pare r. reply worthy of the nation and the Empe ror, •rte may' also perhaps be permitted to express our sentiments. The first is that of gratitude for a coinimmiCation ley which the LegislatiVe Body is now invited to take a share in politleal affairs ; to this sentiment'l add, that of hope, when we hear, amidst ail the calamities of war, Sovereigns and nations pronouncing the word peace in the most impressive accents. And indeed, Gentlemen, the repeated import ant declarations of the Powers at war completely coincide with the general wishes of. Europe, and with those expressed around us, and in our De partments, of which the Legislative Body is the natural organ. According to the observations contained in the Declaration, the wishes of humanity are directed; towards an honourable and LiSting peace. 'The: peace should be• honourable, because both with nations and individuals, honour consists in main taining their own legitipiate pretensions, and in ; respecting the rights of others : the peace should. be durable, because the best guarantee of peace consists in the deterMination of the contracting Powers to be true to themselves. Who; then, shall rob' us of its blessings ? The Allied Powers have given this important testimony of the Ein .peror, that he has adopted the essential bases for the restoration of the balance and tranquility of Europe. • .The first security of a peace-loving disposition_ lies, not only in . adversity, which, according to: the proverb, is the best teacher of Kings, but also in the so severely felt privatiOnl of the people," and' in the wants of the Crown itself, You will probably, therefore, think it unnecessary to ise quest his Majesty to add to theSe seVitrities some s+ill more solemn. • If. the Declaration of the. Foreign Powers were, fraudulent ; if they wished : to. hring us under the yoke ; if it were their object to 'tear in pieces the sacred territory of France, - then must we witte nWonal war to prevent :our native ;country front becoming the prey of foreigners. But at a period, sock as that in which we • five, the .power_.of the Empire would he 'still more vigorously displayed by drawing closer the ties which. mutually bind the 1 , ,-ati'ona , nd the Sovereign. ASSurimees . in. the form of proclamations, would he one means of si fencing the reproacheS of 'the enemy, as"tO the lust of conquest and of colossal predoininance, and of tranquilising.the people. Is it not worthy of his Majesty, by means pf solemn declarations, to i-eanoye a I .d - oubt 'with regard to the objects of France and tile Emperor ?, When the Prince, • to, whom history has given the surname of Great, woeld itispire his people with vigour, he disclosed to them what, he had done for peace, andllis' frank commttnieation did not:remain without.effeet.. To ptev.ent 'the Powers from reproaching•Franee and the liluipc rorwitharnbition, let all groundslor the reproach be removed by a formal declaration. It belongs not, .certainty, to usi• to put wok& into the mOutli - of the Prince; but should not such aleclaration, that, it moy 'make: a- beneficial .impression on Foreign 7Poi.Vers,., have a due influence in France, solemnly , announce in. the - face Of all Europe, that we' make war, only for the independence of the.Freneh people and the lability of our territory ? When his Majesty had thus replied in -hiS own name, and in that of_France., to the declaration.of the Allied Powers, then it would be seen, whether they were actuated by other views than those of the equilibrium of Europe. But let it once be well understoOd that France alone reniains true to honourable principles, -which she shall have thus solemnly proclaimed, in the face of Europe, by all the authorities• of the nation, tuott will France be driven, by the obstinacy of her inerities, into a na tional war, which will be,:acknowledged to be just and necessary for the maintenance of her inde pendence-and rights ; vigour, unanimity, and dar ing, will be displayed, -her whole force will be di rected towards conquering peace, and a new proof will be furnished to the world, that a great tia .tion can always maintain its honour and its rights. • In the mean while, it is not enough for the in spiriting of a people to summon titans, according to the laws, to place themselves in a defensive at titude ; but the Governmeut most establish the surest and speediest means of compelling the enemy to make peace on durable grounds. Theie ,means will be effectual whenever Frenchmen shall: be convinced, that their blow' Shall no longer be shed but for the defence of their native: country .and its protecting laws ; but the-Sacred names of peace and country maybe echoed to the winds, when men Cannot secure those constitutionel li mi:s on which the blessings of both depend. Your Committee considers it as one of their imperious ,duties, while the Government adopts the speediest measures for the defence of the State, to beseech his. Majesty to maintain the full and complete exechtion of the laws, which secure to the French the rights of personal freedom ; and of security of property, together with the free de lopemeut of their political rights. This security appears to Your Committee the best means of communicating to the French the necessary vigour :for their own defence. 'Your Committee founds these ideas only on the wish, and the necessity, of re-uniting more closely the throne anti-,the nation,. for the purpose of their joining their efforts against mis-governinent, ar bitrary' power, and the enemies of our country. It was the first thought of his Majesty, at this important crisis, to assemble around him the se presentatives of the nation ;is not; then,AL'2iv first duty to reply as becomes Ahern to the su,u mons, by laying before the Monarch the . truth, and the universal wish for peace SOUTH AMERICA. After a long suspension of information of the state of affairs within the walls of Monte Video, ,some particulars Were Yesterday communicated a letter•from Buenos Aires,. of the 6th of Novent ber, from a Gentleman who had just left the. for (resS. Of the 4000 troops promised by Old ! Spain, only 2500 had arrived at Monte Video and of these 800 were in the hospitals . under scorbutic complaints, and the rest of the troops here of a description very unfit for active service. On ac ount of this disappointment, it had been resolv ed by the Governor not to Undertake boy thing serious until the further reinforcwniut should be obtained, and if he perseveres in Cols. 4l 'Y', v ,ile thing for a long time coin tae • a'-r , '-'•uP tc "': s l for troops are ,yet in Cadiz which wer e iate""` that destination, The siege of the troops of" Buenos Ayres, but it los fe e :: l , stvported, frctu the deficiency of ell the w' rc. necessary for such an undertaking. In t; ' ° ~rot, situations the insurgents were not but they were unsuccessfit!. 'army 1-‘lfitlic Video Nt ;IS Colltinl:Ca ,15; was posted at Potosi, .and that lett,c.iy - r!'" .rl h f - Ileche at Oruro ; these hostile bai: , i< " In way, but he Royalists 'Were -tr‘lun Chili the tietachtnent fronl Lima stt:! . the interior of the province, yet,:from the n m ess - of-the nuber, -ivhich pefir a r ? l ot" ceed 1000"Intm, ve dould'be 'ice(4. plished, and. it was supposed that tbe:Spaoio,o.., herents would be liable to on:eh - difficulty es` blighing a donmtunication «ith tie c(r'a§t . ; • h r " Nov. from a:' letter, dated Pueno s ._ no Nov. 9.;..181,3.—" Belgrano's army which very sanguine expectations were the nit hits been defeated with severe loss, al)cl t lr s dispersed. He is now recruiting then) mountains, between Potosi and Unite). Io „rtl the Limenos are gaining ground ; and - ,l t nE - from want of resources, but more frog' , o ti rio os confidence in the existing Go - vertimetit , apprehensions are entertained that he Will 11- c iel - able to maintain the struggle. The firo vil d i- Paraguay has declared her perfect inder,";r of the contending parties, an d estArishe" Ol e public under a Government of t,‘o Conplds; army before Monte Video are epend i Elt el , and immense treasure before the n ~rails of . ti lA j in an uselesi'siege. They ca never take 1 , . 0 0 considerable reinforement has arrived the re „ t his Spain,•,more are expected, anti an attack ° L . place is looked upon as a distant probabil"' • AnnivEn-s_ , Dublin. Dur f -1 hifthon, t f: burgh, 7.Heligolanti, 1 Guernsey, I Jersev, 3 'Waterford. PRICE OF STC CKS THIS DAY Al TWELVE n'et.ntK. Cons. 7O/ ('Red. Ann. 70i I Oluniurn...oe7 - 1 - 1 1 L .-1 TxT t) _l:4- • S'+LE'•l QUIS DICERS FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, SATURDAYi:FEBRUARY 19, taut:. • o° l' Ai:col:juts; ivhat.we . sfateil o ie s day, are said IQ Inty_eseached Town...th.is- 11 “ ) !Oie g floin -Calais, .where it was affirmed .that th e had actu4llyalipeared be ore gates of :e'tri' yesterda7 mentioned' 'at ) ' 51 10 ; „it ,• doubting the acturay :of :the statement , fr i FreuChßulletin was.fr,aid:tolt.ve.been.rer- 0- ' et to the City, ainiOuncing that an . Otr:rViCo ; BouctiEß hadbeen ga.itied'bV.B.uoN - Ar , ARI • o r l 15th, in which the for mer , it was a s - s'ertd' lost 10,000_ men. _ It iri f Bulletin did adtually a r rive; aod - the • 11. • OA expressed re port, , tflii;st," 3 - • t ic ferred to the tv.lthenticity' of the'intellig . affects to Communicate.. This telegraphi'.. d s P' patch is dated Boulogne,the IGth, ;atl.r"f- R A p from the 6 Director of the Tele. , ;tpli,'" • MARTIN, Commissary General, -e,f -"Abe ' ll° lo , on the coast of the North,''. Ivhich 11 ;4 TIN is the Indiyidual. . : through whose ° , , :10 the, French Newspapers are transmitt'.ore our Tot Office. .From this important conclude. at once that the news Was cal c° tito and intended decidedly for . the Liindon lid ~t , and the British ,Government. On the I.3 ' t 0 0" was hoped it might have a political jeV ct ' fr ee' . induce them to come to adeterminatiol' able - to the wishes of . the BUONIPARTE-IS tS instructions Oey' Oloula send over to 04 1. '0 4 ster in France 'previous . to the receipt of til e 0 4 1 accounts of-these battles On the forniet it hoped it might have an effect Congenial W it ;designs of the :•Frenchtnen thVOugh who"' transmitted,and favour these speculat i°l1 5 , o ci the English funds, in which , they are 1043' 6" be so Jariclyengaged. With these c onside r ' ) ll ( At' before therefore, it is evident that we - , 0 weigh with-great caution all the coannuo i )11 de e ' _which - flow from a source so corrupt and, 0 . • interested in the propagation of informe rjou ,c ,l • ed itot)le,yicwsof the Parties. The Ale ss as , i nc e " On the 15th the. Emperor obtained a frekh Russ: ^.s aad Prits:tans, neTh INlo;:talitail, and " 5 . pieces of cannon, 11) stands of coiora.s, and 10,00 0 : ners. ' " 1 li:.sve the honour to Iw y Sze.., (1 1 . 10 . • ‘" ••• e jt , •r Now we _douht thisThull,ctin nltoiet b ` . teri snwect that it is.a.mcre forgery r ', exeell — r 1) 1+ fo r haps at Loulogue. - One of our reasons %.ed scepticism, is very siMple, but, we thill'" jo i ro conclusive; it rests on - thc form of the Fig Do t f French politenes is cOnfcssedly very fatO -P i - ,W' we extreniely question that in Telegrara tti of';' patches, where the demonstration of eve r ' • ( 1. nay of every letter, iS a - ttended . Withso ic difficulty and trouble, that Directors of t ilc , i jiCei graph, in writing to ComMissaries of th e lt bay ° are at the pains to assure, them that " t ll6g the-honour to be, Sic. • IVavuer " There /5 so fit le thing curious too, in the love shewn to tl' r catO ber ten hi d ;euzi.eut ; ten pieces 0. r-~