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GERMAN PAPERS. rRANKrnItT, FEB. 3.—Upon a courier taken by some light troops of the Allies, on their en trance into'Alsace, there were found a variety of ppers, and among others, a decree, which has not appeared in the Moniteur, making the follow ing appointments of Generals to command the levy-en-masse in different departments :—General Ciiouart for the Lower Rhine, General Berckheim for the Upper Rhine, General Beurmann that of the Vosges, General Freya' . for the Jura, Colonel Moncey for the Donbs, and General Lemaine for the Uppe'r Saone. All these departments are now in the possession of the Allies, and it is hardly necessary to add, without the smallest opposition on the part of the inhabitants. The following is one of these documents, and will serve to shew how the measures of Government are executed in the departments THE SUB-PREVECT OF THE DISTRICT OF T 6 . 3 Dec. 31, 1813. M. Baron,--Before proceeding, in pursuance of your or ders, to the organisation *l* the National Guard, in the com munes of this circle, permit me to make to you some obser vations of the greatest importance. If, after mature delibera tion, you insist upon my organising the National Guard in the small communes, I will do It : but I cannot conceal from you that this measure appears very delicate and very dan gerous. When I demanded of you authority to organise the Na tional Guard at my object was only to secure to myself one means of maintainingordcr and tranquility in the interior, and I did not think of making it an instrument of resistance against the enemy.Thismeasuresvaslnincipally directed against the country people, and the lower classes, who are very numer ous. I therefore wished to form the National Guard only at - and -, because these are two towns in the circle where dis turbances might most easily arise, in consequence of the numbers who assemble there on market-days. All the intelli gent people whom I have consulted, and who recollect with horror the seditious movements and bloody scenes which took place here last September, view only with alarm the measure of arming the country people; and think, on the contrary; that it is more necessary to deprive them of than to give them arms. If you weighed what I lately communicated to you, as to the views which actuate a great number of the people since the enemy passed the Rhine, and that many •f them refuse to pay the taxes, it appears to me, M. Baron. that you cannot entertain a different opinion from myself, You must, therefore, see that the organisation of the national guards in the communes might be injurious to the public tran quility., As to the aid with which this measure could furnish us against the enemy, I believe it would he very inconsiderable .first, because every farce not organised, is absolutely useless; and, secondly, (and this is a most melancholy consideration), because the country people will do nothing more for the Go vernment. They openly say, that since the Government takes every thing they have, it is indifferent to them whether the enemy come or not, because in both cases they will be equal ly plundered. They even add, that if the enemy arrived, they would at least have this advantage, that their fate would b, promptly decided, and that they would know at last what they had to look to. The Sub-Inspector, and a number of other persdns, have assured me they have heard such conver sations amongst the peasantry; and from this you will be able to judge, whether it be prudent to arra people who think and speak in this manna. For myself, lam ready to do whatever you shall judge roper, and I only await your reply to act as you shall prescribe to me. Accept, &c. DUTCH PAPERS. BRUSSELS, FEB. 6.--The French General Alois son had his head-quarters at Tubese, even so late ago as the afternoon of the 4th instant. His ad vanced guard still occupied the town of Halle, about three leagues distance from this place. As .great numbers of the allied troops have passed through this city in succession, and all moving to wards that point, we may reasonably expect to hear of great occurrences taking place. JAN'. 31.—Numerons columns of Rus sian troops passed the Rhine at Rhynweiler on '2` the ,31). _ _ _ To the fir ,t popular discontents which took place in our coelntry, occasioned by the sudden • change in affaii•s, has no v in places succeeded less tumultuous, but yet more serious differences be tween the rulers. Those who are in possession of the government wish to retain it by returning to the former institutions, which is rendered ne cessary by the decrease -of French influence and by the French conduct, whilst.those who formerly composed the government wish to have it restor ed, but with such alterations in the ancient sys tem as are suited to the less confined mode of thinking of the present times. In Berne and Lu cerne this question is taken under serious consi deration. The present Government of Fribourg has issued a proclamation, by which it renders it self permanent upon the first-mentioned footing. it is to be hoped that a speedy and general union. hnd good constitutional measures, will prevent any bad consequences which might arise troth this' dissension in opinions and interests. SCHAFFIIAU3I.N, JAN. 28.—Yesterday several of the most respectable inhabitants of Langres passed rbruugh this place under a military escort, th.oy bei:lg carried as hostages to Austria. The cause of this measure being taken, was the inha bitants having taken up arms to oppose the en trance of the allied troops. To punish them for such conduct, it was at first intended to plunder and burn the town, but the Prince of Schwartzen berg commuted this punishment, by changing it into a contribution, fur security whereof hostages were taken. Reports are spread about concerning the for mation of new Swiss regiments of renewing the engagements with Holland and Spain, and making new ones with England and the flame Towns.— it is asserted that an Envoy from his Royal High /less the Prince of Orange will in a few days ar rive in Switzerland, for that purpose. Some of the principal officers of the Cantons of Bern, Zu rich, Schweits, and the Grisons, appear willing 1 9 snpport this measure. The new engagement is not to be concluded with the. General Government of Switzerland, but.with the several Cantons. PIIOCLAM.A ; IION. TO THE INHABITANTS OF•BELGIUM. " The Peoclamation which you have already received, will have caused you to perceive the spirit of moderation which actuates the Allies and their Generals in ientering your country. " The people in the countries, whose deli verers we have hitherto been, until this day, have expressed their wishes to give their aid to the general cause. They have every where taker, up arms—every where equipped themselves and marched forwards. Deputies arrived from all parts of - Belgium have assured me, that the inha bitants of these fine provinces are animated with the same spirit. .The hopes of throwing off the insupportable yoke of foreign tyranny inspires them with the needful courage to tread in the steps of their ancestors, and become their own li berators. I hasten to meet this noble enthusiasm, and as I approach nearer will support it with my whole force, and for this purpose shall-employ all the means which are placed in my hands. Such persons as may allow themselves an understand ing with the enemy, 1 will severely punish. I will supply with arms those Who find the courage of their ancestors revive in them, and contempt shall be the punishment of the cowartlly. Tice first shall be well received, and the others would but badly defend themselves, and we might fear that they would only increase the enemy's force. — Despotism has ceased to reign, and the restora tion of good order will commence. " Inhabitants of Belgium !—Remember this word, order. May the once-so-flourishing - Bel gium be restored, but let her be restored tinder the shield of good order and tranquility ! Her inde pendence is no longer dubious, but this requires to be effected by the preservation of internal good order, and by the organization of a military force, which shall combat for liberty and honour. Adopt the most proper means for these purposes. " Let every thing remain provisionally the .same way it now is. Let the course of business and the Government proceed in the same manner as hitherto. Let the Mayors be supported in their stations. Let the Counsellors of the Arrondisse ments perform the. functions of the Sub Prefects. Let the Counsellors of the Department, with their President, perform those of the Prefects. " They shall all contribute to preserve tran quility in their several Cantons, Arrondissements, and Departments. lam responsible for their so doing, in the name of their Mightinesses, and in the name of their native country. They shall, with the assistance of the well-disposed inhabi tants of the country, imprison such official persons as may be suspected. Such persons in office, as are Frenchmen br birth, must not retain their places. Let them return home, and no longer dis turb the repose of . a country which is recovering its name, condition, and prosperity. " Let,' therefore, the Departments be organis ed in the best manner by public spirit—let them, as I approach nearer, send a Member of each Council to my bead-quarters ; I will confer with them on the measure to be adopted, and procure . them passports, for the purpose of enabling them to lay their wishes before the Allied So vereigns. " Antwerp being still in the possession of the enemy, the chief place of the Department which is situated between the two Neyhs, shall pro visionally be Mechlin. (Signed) The Dike of SAXE WEIMAR, " Cointuander of the United Mission, frassian, and Saxon Amp; in Brabant. (Signed) " teneral VON BULOW, " Commander in Chief of the ad Prussian Corps of Leyden." ROTTERDAM, FEB. 15.—We have accounts from Breda of the 13th, which state, that the ad vanced posts of Geaerallow's army have been pushed forward as far as Ryssel. The garrison of Antwerp has made a sortie upon the Allies at Schilo and Merxem, but it was repulsed. Gen. Fauconnier now commands in the fortress a force computed at 9000 men. Gen. Borstiller, who is in authority at Mechlin, has publicly notified that his Royal Highness the P“ke of Saxe Weimar has been invested with the Government of Belgium.. VIENNA, FEB. the Ilth ult. Cateto was yielded by capitulation to the English, and in the nights of ttre.l7th and 18th•the fortress of Grado was taken by storm by our troops, and on that occasion we jnade about 500 prisoners. KEULEN, FEB. now know on what point the Crown Prince, with the greater pat t of his army, will advance upon the Rhine. The Commander here has given notice, that on the 9th, 10th, and 11th instant it will, in four co lumns, enter this city. His Royal Hi g h ness i s expected here on the 10th or I Ith. To-day 5000 Russian cavalry and infantry ar rived here, and in addition a large body of Cos. sacks. More are expected. BREMEN, FEB. B.—A report has gained ground here to-day, that negocia..ions will immediately take piace with Hamburgh. How far these ac- • counts are correct time will stew. -BREMEN, FEB. 9.—We have accounts from the neighbourhood of Hamburgh, which state' with confidence that the city has agreed at length to surrender by capitulation. We .wait. the confir marion of this acceptable intelligence. HAN . OVER, FEB. G.-The Cro . t - Vn Prince of Stve den, with his suite, left this place at tour o'clock yesterday afternoon,,pn his way for Prussian Min den. An hour 'After fii - e Crown Prince's departure, four battalions of Swedish troops arrived here, who halt here this day ; they will be followed by several more regiments to-inorrow. AMSTERDAM J FED. 13.—We learn that the ene my's garrison at Naardcn has again made a sally on the side of Minter], for at one o'clock in the afternoon we were not yet able to penetrate fur ther titan to the Muider-Berg, where our troops made a stand with the artillery.. We constantly see troops marching out of the Mulder-gate, pro bably to reinforce ours. LEYDEN, FEB. 14.---Intelligence received this morning, and upon the authenticity of which we can depend, informs us that Count Bulow has transferred his head-quarters from Brussels to Eughien, and that the town or . Mons, in Hainault, is occupied by the whole of his troops. LEYrWc, FEB. 15.—According to the latest in telligence from Brussels, 5000 fresh troops had arrived - there on the 4th, among which was a re giment of hussars, surnamed the Death-Heads, which, in the reign of the Great Frederick, was the terror of the French. The Allies continue to spread themselves still more about in Flanders, and their forces are constantly increasing, by the continual arrival of fresh troops. At Keulen there arrived on the Bth, 9th, 10th, and l lth of this month, 36,559 men, and 16,624 horses, to pass the Rhine at this place ; 5000 Russian infantry and cavalry had already arrived there oij the sth inst. and a great number of their troops were daily expected. Between Lisle, Armentieres, and Bailleul, there swarms a corps from 3 to 4,000 malcontents, composed of Brabant and Flemish refractory con scripts and deserters. Their object appears to be to unite with the insurgents of the district of Hasebrock. These assemblages greatly hinder the provisioning of the fortresses in Freuch Dan derc. Donn r, FEB. 14.—Messrs. Gevers, Larignere, and Prince, ‘vho last year went as Deputies to Paris from the so called good city of Rotterdam, came hither yesterday evening' from Antwerp, having been there six weeks in a state of arrest.— They set off this morning to Rotterdam. The hollowing additional particulars relative to the proceedings of the dissolved French Legisla • true Body have been communicated to us : M. Laip6, a celebrated lawyer of Bourdeaux, read the report (see THE Sas of Saturday), and when be had done speaking, the President, the Duke of Massa, immediately rose, and declared him an otitlaw. M. Laine replied, " You your selt.ought to be declared an outlaw, who have dared to make an attack on the freedom of the na tional representation l" The Emperor informedof this address, which was characterised as insurrectional, unexpectedly ap peared in person next day in the Legislative Body, and told the Members, that they would lay waste France, and that the loss of two battles in the heart of the kingdom could not give him so much uneasiness as 'this behaviour, while he had no other objects hut the honour and prosperity of France. He spoke a long time, while, with a furious restlessness, he broke through the rows of the assembled Deputies. M. Lain was arrested on the spot, but, con trary to all expectation, he was permitted by the Minister of Police to return to Bourdeaux on his own responsibility, whither he was accompanied by a Commissary. _ _ When the Members were assembled on New year's Day to present Napoleon the compliments of the season, he addressed them as follows : I know there are traitors among you who wouhl wish me to sign a peace even more disgraceful than that proposed by the enemies of France.— They would wish to bring me to the scaffold like the unfortunate Louis XVL but I shall know how to frustrate their nefarious views. Every one of you shall return to your homes ; I know you will be there planning mischief, but I shall counteract you ; and if the address is made known in the departments, I will cause it to be published in the Moniteur, with accompanying notes, and you shall be personally reponsible for the conse quences. lam about to put myself at the head of my army ; 1 will expel our enemies from our territory, and in three months obtain a glorious peace, or cease to exist." Then addressing him self to the Mayor of Paris, he said, " I place you, Sir, over the organization of the national guard of Paris ; I charge you - with the conscientious se lection of the persons who are to command it.: I entrust to you the care of the Empress, and of the . King of Rome ; I shall return among you, and shall know how to distinguish those who shall have known how to execute the trust confided to them." AMERICA. Two vessels have arrived from New Brunswick by which some further information has been ob tabled of the state of affairs in the neighbourhood of the Lakes of America. A letter from Cunas daigua of the I Ith ult. mentions that the English crossed the river on the 15t of that month, and that the schooners Arca, Little Belt, Chippewa, and the sloop Trippe, laying . near Buffalo Creek, devolved into. their possession. The American private armed schooner Rapid was, on the 20th ult. chased by the British sloop of war Herald, and being struck by a heavy sea, upset, and. went down : the crew was saved by the boats of the Herald. The British schooner privateer Wolverine, John Roberts, commander, of 18 guns, was in Decem ,ber cruising off Cape Ann, near Boston, and had 'on the 9th of that month taken 14 coasting ves sels, eight of which she had manned and ordered to Halifax. When the Wolverine departed-on the cruise, she had 80 men ; but from the number of prizes she had taken and manned, bet crew was, • on the - 13th December, reduced to 10 men. A British naval force, consisting of the Herald, of 26 guns, Forrester, 22, lontest, 18, with a tender, arrived 'off New Orleans in December, and captured most of the coasting vessels Application was intended to be made to the Le-' gislature for the incorporation of Eighteen new Banking .Companies in the State of New York,- 7 at Albany, and I 1 in New York, with an aggre gate capital of fifteen millions of dollars. Mr. Jones, Acting Secretary to the Treasury, pre sented on the Bth January, the annual reports and estimates from that department. It appears from these documents that the payments from the Trea sury during the last year, amount to nearly forty millions. The receipts, Principally from loans, were nearly 42 millions. The estimates for the year 1814 arc nearly 50 millons, most of which. is to be borrowed. For the year 1813, not one word is said about the debts incurred by the United States, not paid from the Treasury, which arc said to be more than 30 millons, nor for the year 1814 are any calculations made for militia expellees, &c. but barely for the pay and rations for the army and navy. The whole expences for 1813, paid and unpaiil, will exceed 75 millions. Those for 1814 exceed 100 if the ',"/ continues. Two letters from Captain Porter, of the L i n itc4 : States frigate Essex, d a t e d J u ly 2, were publis hea , at Washington on Dece m b er 16. They are w rit ten without much gasc ona d e , and detail the po ticulars of his laNe l o n g cru i se i n th e Pacific Oceo b • He states, that the Policy and Georgiuna, letters of marque, mou n ti ng b e tween them 16 _ guns, and having 56 men, s t ruc k, without tirin , 4,; shot, to seven armed bo a ts h e b a d fitted out. adds, with much exultation, " Be assured, Si r " that Britons have either learned to respect the courage of Americans, or they are not so courat,e ous themselves as they w ou ld h av e us believe. He states, that the Governors in Peru were s' alarmed at the formidable appearance of his flee t ; that they would if they dared have treated him fl an open enemy. They had obstructed the sale of his prizes at Quiaquil. An Act of the American Congress provid ec ' that a bounty of 25 dollars be paid to the ovr f 7 crs, officers, and crews of priv a te armed vessel'' ° the United States, commi ss io ne d a s letters °f marque, for every British - prisoner of war by th e .: • captured, brought i n , an d d e li vere d a t a port the United Stat es , t o an agen t au th or i s ed to el ceive the same. The New York Gazette o f De cem b er 3, ld " the Presid en t f r i ga t e h as sa il e d. W e sh oll 6 not be surprised to bear of Commodore Rodg er e making a dash a t the Plantagenet,"—Bute should. SECRET PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The following Message was received from the President of the United States, which was rea d and referred to the Com m itt ee on F ore i gn tions _ " To. the Senate and House sf Representatives if a*. United States. " The tendency of our commercial and nevgill:y:l law s ' their present state to favour the enemy, and thereba c c, long the war, is more and more developed by experi` - o ly Supplies of the most essential kind find their not c o , to British ports and British armies at a distance, but th e p , mks in our neighbourhood, with which our men are coot -e ie. . ing, derived from our ports and outlets a substance, attt able with difficulty, if at all, from tither sources. Eve ° ,loo fleets and troops infesting o ur c oast s an d wa t ers , are b) „Ty supplies accommodated and e nc ourage d i n their pre and incursive warfare. " Abuses having a like tendency take place in our ime t - o r trade. British fabrics and products fi n d th e i r wa y into . 6.0 ports, under the nam e and f rom th e p ar t s o f o th er cottett i o . and often in British vessels disguised as neutrals by false, 0.. lours and papers. To these abuses it may h e a dd e d, that, legal importations are openly made with a d van tage to et violations of the law, produced by under valuations or o e 'pi circumstances involved in the. course of the judicial prOC, „ae ins against them. It is found also that the pr a ctice Or !sue sowing is a cover for collusive captures, and a channel for telligence advantageous to the e ne my. e pal '• To remedy as much as pa ss ibl e th ese ev il s , I recoMrti t d, That an effectual embargo on expor t s be itnmediatelYena fi or " That all articles k nown t o b e d er i ved e i ther not at a; 401 in an immaterial d e gr ee , on l y f rom t h e productions mice other country-than Great &Main, and particularly the ex get sire articles made of wool a n d co tt on materials , and o ' l o 4 spirits niade front e). W e the cane, be expressly an d absolu tely hihited, front whatever port or plate, or in whatever C ho i the same may be brought into the United States, alid e l to all violations o f the Non-i m p or tati on A ct b e su bject adequate penalties.—That among th e proofs o f the ;not and national character of foreign vessels, it be requirclt the masters nail supercargoes, and three-fourth s at M - 400 the crews, be citizens or subjects of the conntry under' flag the vessels sa il.—Th a t a ll p ersons concerne d in co:g ) le captures by the enemy, or in ransoming vessels or thei: e s," goes from the-enemy, be subj e ct e d to a d equate permit' .4.0 To shorten as much as pyssible the duration of this wars ~ff indispensable that the enemy should feel 'all the pre ss dttemntcr be will b e given borne to w i t , h a t n i e the greatest restraints cheerfulness b t y h: l t i e,i tc , „d o citizens, as the restraints will affect those most who are ni ready to sacrifice the interest of their county in pursle`a their own. - " JAMES INI,EID/SOi‘" • THE THEATRE. Mr. KEAN repeated Richard the Third ofl re e turd-ay night at Drury-lane, with increase 0I ' llO putatioa, though, we are sorry t o NY, with, g o apparent diminution of the indisposition wbi c b unfortunately limits the embodying of his ccl e , ceptions, and the display of his physical resoll r e e for this arenous character. Throughout the P ao , forniance he evinced powers of the highest o r os ; and imparted great variety to many of the 111 .0 prominent scenes. The applause he received " , 01 as before, tumultuous, loud, and unanimous: . t el some strong tokens of disapprobation manir es o r at his being announced for to-night while NV, ing under a severe illness, must have convi° o o him in the most pleasant manner, that be ho d 0. only crept into favour with himself, but with Public. - • • 1 ,, ! Os' COUTTS, somafter t.— 111' appearance of Mr. KEAN in the character of chard the Third, sent a gold watch, chains, s e ( l , . &c. and thirty guineas to him; with a very 1 109 some letter testifying his admiration of the which Mr..HEAN had displayed, and requestilt s s acceptance of what accompanied the letter, ' 0 1 small return for the pleasure which his per f6 t be ance had afforded. This act of kindness lud s l o the more gratifying to the new Performer COUTTS is a well-known admirer of GARalcPbO soniuch that ARTHUR MURPHY dedicated t° his Life of that unrivalled luMinary of the S te a d The Managers of Drury-lane Theatre have d r in their possession a Melo-drame by Mr. S i 7 o be FINGTON ) called The Boys of Olival, which i! .. , ( 1' brought forward this season. The pl o t is l o t loc , ed on- a French play, entitled La P e le fil e It is from this piece also that the drama 19 , 1 , Wandering Boys, or th e C as tl e o f Oli va l, w 12 , 7,00 ' to appear immediately at Covent G a rden TP . " - . has been taken. • • n r DR. REES'S NEW CYCLOPIEDIA:The S and Proprietors have lately announced, that ib ree, valuable Work will be c ompl e t e d i n about ,` or years, forming thirty-six volumes, twentr s -': - 1 4:; which are already published. Of a ll the ` 3 OO clopwdias to which the original and ceiebr er Dictionary of Chambers has given birth, th e yis ive! clopmdia of Dr. Bees is the most compre,P, e r g ohl e The long life of the learned and indeni`n t ik Editor has been devoted to its Improveme nt ' e V' ed by his numerous and able coadjutors. r f tf e aton' gant and accurate engravings o f Lowry, '"'" o re and Scott, which illustr a t e this Publication, oti in themselves of superior utility anti vall es ss 0 1 render the work unique in this popular cla publications.