The Sun. — London, England, 1814-01-24 00:00:00

DUTCH GROOT'ZUNDERT, NEAR BREDA, JAN. )4. , --We are now able to give a more accurate account of the hattle which took place on the Ilth, It be pan at eight in the morning at Woest Wezel, Imenhout, and Hoogitraten, while the English 'with' 5000 infantry; and 500 cavalry, provided with artillery, advanced early in the morning from Itozendaal, where they had arrived the morning before, taking the great road of Antwerp. 'The Prussians drove the enemy from all his positions. The battle v.as particularlsexcrc at Hoogstraten. The ernmy matte a stand :that evening at Oost and West \Vale. BREDA, JAN. 15.---The; day, before yesterday were brought in here, 100 French f)risoners of 'war, among whom were 42 wounded, and fifty four men and seventy-two horses of the regiment of cavalry of the King of Westphalia, taken at near-Vento; by Major Colomb, commander of a Prussian volunteer corps ; they belong. to the corps of the Duke of Tarentum. The troops of the Allies are still cantoned at West Wezel, Loenhout, Hoogstraten, Tilburg, and Turnhout, with the light Prussian cavalry of Sydon, and two Regiments of Cossacks, who daily disturb the enemy up to the gates of Antwerp.— The English are with their corps at Rosendaal ; their advanced posts are at lalmhout. The Prussians, in the hefOre-mentioned battle, took 450 prisoners, officers and soldiers ; and the English, who fought With much bravery, took 200 prisoners. It is expected. that operations will very shortly recommence. Intelligence has been received here that.ls,ooo Danish troops, and 8,000 Saxons, are on their march hither, peace having been concluded with penmark. ROTTERDAM, JAN. 20.—The Preliminaries of Peace have not as yet been made public. although it is confidently asserted that Norway be en • tirely ceded to Sweden ; but, on the other hand, it is.said, the conquered provinces of Holstein and Sleswick will be restored'lo Denmark. The late King of Holland is gone froM So lothurn to Lausanne, and from thence to France. BASLE, JAN. B.—There - is mach bustle in our town, it being continuallyfull of troops. The Prince of Schwartzenburg and Platow, Gen. Barclay de Folly,, and a number'of others were at this place, but have this day left us, and we are now ex _ King of Prussia, With their guards, and a great number of attendants. Our city, as well as the country, is consequently heavily burthened with finding them quarters. We have, indeed, strong reports of Peace, hut as yet there is no mention made of any place-be ing appointed for a Congress. The Allies are already in Dijon, Langres, Nan cy, and Vesoul, and they cannot now be far from Lyons where they will meet no hindrances to op pose them, and above all, the great mass of the . Allied troops which have already passed, and still continue to pass through here, is in ninnbers. al most incredible. The head-quarters of Field Marshal Blucher were, on the 9th inst. at Saarbruck, and the Prus sian Brigadier Count liinekel Von DOnnersmarek had taken possession of Treves with his cavalry. The intelligence from Italy brings very different reports, especially concerning the Kin of Naples; one says that he was to join the Allies with 10,000 men, whilst another states that he is gone to drive away the Austrian troops which.have advanced to the right bank of the I'o, as far as Ravenna, and Forli, as be 117.3 S to march on the 29th to Rimini and Forli, meanwhile 'the letters front Inspruck and Bautzen, of the Ist January, in mentioning the Austrian troops, state that several fine corps bad marched through the first-mentioned place to strengthen the:Austrian army in Italy, and that 14 battalions were shortly expected at Botzen. Some Cossacks had already arrived, but had march ed onwards, after having refreshed themselves. BRIMA, JAN. jr.—We have at present a great mitnTwr of sick and wounded Tying in the hospi tal, among which the greater part are Fi'ench. Kraft, with several thousand men, has his he'i,d quarters at Gennekin, and Ifaaggei, Or. , ;terhont, and Dougna are full of troops. AMSTERDAM, J. Russian General Bennicaen, who at present rommantls the siege•of Hamburg - Ir, on the, 24;h December issued two Proclainations. By the first of them the Dutch t ., oops, Who, to the nninher of 2000 men, form a .part of the garrigan of llamburgh;which consists iu the whole 414,000 men, are called upon to join the defenders of the good cause, and which has'been productive of such good effect that a considcrable nttrulaer, especially of artillerymen, j►ave deserted to us. By the other the General calls on all the exiled lishilfurghers who, are able t o hear arms to repaie-tolilizi, with a promise that the punishment of - tbeir tormenters shall be left to them. KIEL, JAN. S.--- , The hostilities against Den mark have commenced, and the troops of 11, It. H. the Crown Prince of Sweden have taken posses sion Of Sleswick and Flinsburg, and are occupied 'in moving forwards the hussars of Weimar from the vanguard of the Swedish army, awl it is ex pected, that the head-quarters, which follow it, will be removed to Sleswick. HADERSLEBEN, - JAN. 9.—The whole Duchy of Sleswick has been ,taken posses - sion of in the coarse of three days, and in all•directions, by the light troops under General Tettenborn, after hav ing, in conjunction with General Dornberg, so completely invested the fortress of zZendsburg, that neither the garrison, nor even the cavalry belonging to it, could find an opportunity of making a - sally, for which - orders had been given, orn account of the scarcity reigning in the town, and in which case, our neighbourhood would have been theseene,of a bloody engagement. BREVIA, 16.—1 t is stated in a private let ter from bdare Antwerp, that the city has been bombarded by c:ongreve's rockets. The Prussians are towards Brussels., ‘Ve licat' that this morn ing, and the following days, about 30,000 Swedes are to pass through our city. Dec. 31.—The NVIIOIC division of Vellum - has received orders to march to-morrow morning.' The beautiful new cavalry which has been raised' by the nobility and by the Royal and Free -States oflitinga a ryi •on the mere expression of the wish of the Sovereign, • has already been four weeks prepared, and forms 'a very considera ble reinforcement to the. Austrian a rmies. 'HADERSLEREN (DANISH), JAN.'. 9:—Since we have been left by the Danish troops, and have been so long in a state oncertainty and anxiety, we have received the advanced-guard of General Tettenborn, which marched ',in yesterday ; and this day. the General himself - has arrived, aid es tablished his head-quarters here. These troops are shortly to march t;) Folding, where severe skir mishes had taken place between the Danes and the Cossaeks. General I)orenberg and Tettenborn have strictly blockaded Rendsbourg, so that the garrison can derive no assi?tance from the neigh bouring conntry. ,General Tettenhonr -having arranged this in vestment, proceeded by marches northward, to the fortress of Jutland, detaehing, however adi vision of his forces. in the.direction of Rypen and Tondern. In the space of three days, the whole of the Dukedom of Schleswig, will be 'in the occu pation of the Allies. In the mean while, in other respects; the course of affairs have taken a favourable turn.. The King has dispatched M. Burke, one of his Minis ters, who this day passed through here to Schles wig to the CrOwn Prince of Sweden, with full powers to accelerate, as much as possible, the at tainment of peace. We have, therefore, the hope that Denmark alsO, for • the sake of every party, will join her troops to tbo4e of the Allies, to ter minate the present conflict by ;Thiel) Europe is dis turbed. • P. S. We 'just now receive the agreeable news, that a stop - has been put to the operations of the tianfeld. vi'e'eXnLt, _therefore, every ~rnoineiit to receive intelligence of propositions for peace. BURG, DRC. 29.—This day 30 pieces of heavy Swedish artillery, with the. caissons belonging to them, passed through here, •on their way to Ham burgh, and is extending itself bySchoneek, It was joined by 10,000 irregular, and 8000 regular troops. This day we he al s th e cannonading from Magdeburg renewed. We this mollient find - that 10,000 Russians have crossed the Elbe to rein force the ranks of Alexander. BaEmEN,.TAN. 13.—An Adjutant 'of the Crown Prince of Sweden this afternoon passed through here, with dispatches to Baron Witmingerode, General of Cavalry, which say that it was pro bable peace with Denmark would be signed- on the Ilth. In various papers the following plan of opera tion? of the Allies has been published Under the command of the Crown Prince of Sweden, 130,000 men are to enter 'Holland in a line from Kenn!) to the sea. • General Blucher conammds 115,000 Men near Coblentz, on the left side of the - Rhine, and he having established acommunication with the forces of the Crown Prince, is to proceed in a -direction -southward. • .The grand army under Field-Marshal Prince Schwartzenberg, composed of 250,000 men, hay ing, entered France by Switzerland, is to advance North-west. A great part of this force has al ready conformed to this arrangement. An army of 70,000 .men, under General Belle garde, is to maintain the war in Italy. It can not long continue, -as . the Italians are impatient to be freed from the - Conscription and as the disagreement between Napoleon and the King of 'Naples will soon obstruct any assistance from the latter to the former. The Viceroy s of Italy has scarcely under his orders 30,000 Mel', Which, by the junction of Bavaria to the Allies, will be, hardly pressed on the left wing. • Another army of 60,000 men is destined to enter France by Piedmont, with a view to CO operate ~with LorA Wellington, who, it is alleged, has' with him 120,000 - men. .To these, adding 125,000 men to be employed in the siege of the fortresses, the total co-operating force will amount to 715'„000 men, supposing 125,000 besiegers to be subtracted from .the several armies, and not to constitute separate and independent bodies. VZ:fIGNA, DEC. 26.-This article mentions an attack on Castagnaro, which was repulsed. BESANCON, DEC. 30.—General Murales com manded the city, which is provisioned fur a Beige, but General Musnier arrived yesterday with a commission from the Emperor, to supersede the former. The enemy has not yet reached Pontar lien. Out• patrolo sent round . the 'city. have yet 'net with rio opposition. Lvolvs, JAN. I.—The Prefect of the Rhine has addressed the inhabitants of this Department in the fella wing PROCLAMATION.. `F Inhabitants of the Department of the Rhine !• " The eitemy's.force has ibis day passed the Rhine at Basle, and i►a.; proceeded on the one side ►nto Switzerland, and on the other to Befort, in the Department of the Upper Rhine. Our troops have been called together in all directions, and have proceeded against the entanyy, whose progress is oh• ettneted. .bonbt not that lie trill he cOmpell!A to re-eross •that river, and to join those• troops that are endeavouring to destroy the neutrality of Switzerland, which the enemy had before•solemnly acknowledged. ".Itiliabitants of the City of Lyons and of the Country, will you allolr such an enemy to exercise ttuthority over your lands,. your property, your persons, and every thing that is deitr to you. Our anxious Sovereign watches over one de lightful country; his ;;emus and the genius of Fraribe shall s,orn plate you in security from those calamities whicb:Juight .gratify the ambition and envy of the adversary. Listen not to the numerous reports spread• by mischief. Continue in your useful occupations, and leave . the rest to Governintlnt, which respects your tranquility and happiness. " In the Hotel of the Prefect at Lyons, 30th December. (Signed) " Count DE •DORDY." MANHEIM, JAN. 7.—According to official ac ,counts, the corps of Count Von Wittgenstein has, penetrated as far as the town of Zabern, so that the left bank of the Rhine is now occupied as/far as Voges and Haartgeberg.. The outposts of the army of COunt Von Wrede must already be be fore Dijon, as they were possessed of Bauine and. Montb,eillard on the last of December. CASSEL, AN. 10.-This day the first coluthn of Saxon troops came in here the beautiful appear ance'bf this corps, which lends its assistance to Holland, ' cannot be sufficiently admired. The Duke of Saxe Weimar, who has the command of these troops, has likewise arrived here. The troops under his orders march through this town in three columns. AIINHEIM, JAN. 1,6.-The Rhine, which was last xveck full of floating ice, has been, within these two days, so completely frozen, - as to be passable without the lest danger. THIEL, JAN. 14.—There is a great drift of ice in the Waal ; it is thought that it will .be very soon frozen over. The interior of the country Vunren and Dalew is already inundated. STATE OF ANTWERP. Haoun, JAN. 1.9.---By a person - who, notwith standing the strict measures of the Police, has es caped from Antwerp, we have received the follow; ing particulars respecting 'the state (~f that town to the- pith :—Antwerp, which has been consi dered-by.i..nonaparte, ever since he got pcv-seision of Belgium, as. the most convenient` place for-fit ting cut a fleet, and which, in conjunction with those of the United Netherlands, might consider ably annoy the. English, of which he the more flattered himself, as the situation of all those liar boHrs is more northerly than those of England, might have afforded him in time the means ofsharing with that country in its trade in the Northern and. EasteruSeas, or at least of compelling them to main tain such a number of fleets as_ Would be able . to prevent the French ships from pUtting to ea.— Antwerp, therefore, was by Buonaparte, with a sacrifice of the other places, and at the expense of all the adjoining inland towns, .in the month of December, very lunch augmented in strength ; even its fleet he caused 'to .be dismantled, to the number of one-and-twenty ships of the line lying in the harbour, and five ships in dock, of which two three-deckers and two frigates were ready for sea. Two of the oldest men of war are fast moor ed in the Scheidt, for the purpose of serving as floating batteries. The fortications are in a good state, and the present garrison consists of about fifteen thousand men. It is composed chiefly of young. inexperienced conscripts, of which the gfeater part- having been compelled to enter the like a gall n ani. j d l eft;nce.: the garrison consists of the crews of the dismantled ships, and among them are found all descrip tions of 'mime!), and many of them belonging to those countries which have already thrown off the French yoke, which may Of course, be considered as no longer bielonging to France'.. The loss of the French in the actions of the 120 and 15th against the allied froops, , is consi dered here to be about 3000, and three pieces of cannon. GER:\IAS PAPERS. MANHEIM, JAN. 7.—According to official in, telligence received this evening, the corps Count Wittgenstein has passed through Berg. The advanced posts of the'army of Gen. Airrede are already at Dijon; and had previously taken possession. of Bcatnne and Alontbelliard. CASSEL, JAN. Io.—this day the first division ni Saxon troops entered our city. We cannot suffi ciently admire the great excellence and mai tial air of these forces, .which are destined for Holland. The Duke of Saxe \Veymar, who commands theta, is also here. The whole - numbers under his Orders compose an army of 20,000 men, which are to pass through in three columns. NUREMBERG, JAN. park of artillery, composed 4 more than , 200 pieces of cannon of heavy calibre, - has been sent from Bohemia to wards the French frontiers. AceOrding to some accounts, it is to be employed in the siege of iViayence. LISBON MAIL. Letter from his Excellency the .:Ifarquis of WEL LINGTON to the Ambassador of his Britannic Majesty. to the Spanish Government, relative to the cause ‘vbich occasioned the sending of British troops to :Cadiz and Cart hagena, and the order that they should be, withdrawn from thence " ST.4EANI DE Ltiz, Dec. 7. " MOST ExcELLENT Sun,-1 have. the honour to inclose a copy Of the Orders which I transmit ted to. the Conmanders of the British troops in Cadiz and Carthagerra, relative to their adopting the necessary means for withdraiving from the, said places, without loss of time, the troops and effects appertaining to his Britannic Majesty, of which important measure your Excellency will be pleased to inform the Spanish Government. " According to my mode of thinking, I be lieve that the operations of the war are in such a state, that it is not probable that the said places will again require the co-operation of British . troops, and by consennence, there should he no reason that the said troopi should retnain in them, causing an. increased expence to the British Go vernment, and detrimental to the sercice of his Majesty, I represented the same to my Govern- ' meat, and received permisslon from the Prince Regent to withdraw them. • " should have deferred this measure till the Spanish Government had made known to MC its o a a wish on this particular, if I bail not read libels which are circulated in epain upon. , t-1 1 subject, impeaching the horrour and good fait- 1 . 1 v : ! hia Britannic Majesty, and if 1 had not nerc.c',. iie the efforts which have been made to persuade iu public that the troops of his Majesty contineeer, those two places with sinister yie - ws, ate ( 1 , 5. ,010 titan equally without fOundation, as appear s the faithful relation of what ,passed on this 1 1 ( ) ! ii; when the English troops were destined for C"` and earth:arma. - • GO' " thjbeginning of this war, the Britisl•l vernment,• extremely convinced of the imoortg,l ": a military and•naval, of the - points of Cadiz an d t isle of Leon; and manifesting a desire it might have a competent garrison for its seen' set on foot c'ari'ous negociations ,on this I ) `! it li with the Junta of Seville, and successivelY " the Central Junta, which bad no result. c oil " The military events on the Tagus, at th e t he t-kf aa t..4a year 1809, and those in Andalusia, beginning of 1810, proved that the verioneta hail done right in considering " edi t points' as the true basis of the operations in a a %vat., and certainly fortune had a, great 5 10 !; ( 10 our suce.'sses, which - at that time prevented -from falling into the poWer of the enemy• -" At that time (January 1810) the b' - ' 5 • 1 11 army was in Portugal, and I received 00 the ; .:1 of February, / by the means of your predecessor, Mr. Frere, a dispatch from the visional Regeoey, requesting me•to send as ' a l' as possible a detaelunent cif Etia:lightroops operate in defence of that place, and tlie s ' w i me. lug at that ti it 'considcracle number oftr in Lisbon, IT sent them witiMut loss (if thoe , ';',, ing a besides the conditions under which i v upon me the,responiibility-of separating th'` l ii id taebment from the rest of the army, core of t 'peo was - , that the said troops should Teceire their f d ir l! front the Spanish magazines ; and I partic" let charged the General who commanded, thesis, to land them, if the said •couditiuni %,;(" ljecteil (1). ri d " The Spanish Government ought to its possession the documents of xvhat this occasion, but in case it should not ilio c i o e served them, your Fax.cellency poasesse; the"' by them can prove the following facts : t ii " Ist. That the English troops were ' e e t°' Cadiz at the solicitation of the Spanish ‘ l° mend. d'' " 2d. That I insisted upon conditions, which the said expedition would not hao' permitted to disetobai k ; and that, , T . " 3dly. The British Government, 0 ' commissioned by it, could not have sinisto in sending the said troops to Cadiz. aiafa " The causes which occasioned the seo. British troops to garrison Carthageu".' nearly the same as those , hick caused tbe' r l sent to Cadiz---the progress of the eneMY lencia, and the defeat of the Spanish arms,'" mantled by General Bl a ke its that proyince,b-,;fe end of the year 1811, occasioned fears for t 0 0' corky of Carthagena, and your Excellen t imtY, municated to me the request of the Spat o ti t vernment, that 1 'sboadd send a tiedgchw' f , ( l l i , English troops to assist in the defence ' c od; ola;,e. rhi.. L , an d er the sa me . toms which 1 had Stipulofed 'for the g orli S . ' iot' Cadiz, adding, that the vessels and tot i t ely which were lc Carthagena should iutla c.- sent to :Mahon. " YOur EXecliency'has in your pot•: 3 ' 0 4` the tlocuments relative to this transi.:ctio"' . o', will evidently p rove th a t no s i n i ste r vi c " . „- influenced the desti na ti on o f E ng li s h that garrison (2). / 10 4 " The Spanish Government (as far as never manifested any desire that the trool" I .Britannic Majesty should be withdr aw' either of those t wo places.. The present ment must he fUlly convinced of th6e it certainly , surpriSes me above otea . sur e 'o': desiring that the alliance with his'MajostY, i ' ti i , continue, and knowing, as 1 m us t linow;„ views of its Ally are at least honour-a d ble,an service's which have:ieen rendered to the ea''';` • .; been equally distinguish e d b y va l our and 11-, ;;('• todce to Spain, h ave not seized the first (11)r d l ' . pity to rel/lOve.the linnet:along' which th(" t !, 0 10, 1 '; 1 wiChout doubt,, have been employed by the for that purpose, have been able to m atte,'' minds of the people. At any rate, I hope meats tires which I have adopted, and whi cii i f • the subject ot this letter, will open the flatCi (()! e ti ; that yti ketb i e t will liber l7e Pleased ti) ' public,tion of thi s letter, which contains •` . e torical epitome of the trausactioas that 120 cnrred On this subject. . I ani, your most obedient Ser q axS" vi - EoldN ° " To his Excellency Ilenry Ni - c!leslev, K. I.s.lrit.i s:, Alob.issatior tu t Co;ift of ;;pain." ' re f ; Raul, Dec. 21.—Suebet has. left ' , lona for Ampuidan, with 70i.i0 men, an" - " s Spanish army is advancing. ASPERAN, Dec. 28.—A1l the "SPaniarj s 1 1 followed the ci-devant Kingjdieph disarmed ad declared pris oners o f avar-,„" . o!' n army, e r g in i y m , e;: a ts ve , w rich t( l )tally vve (i lie coining sappe .An to r ,d ; n c t i i i i t e ilot n) eL: l- rt CO 3N p i y ar o s f hal an \V.I Official.l.,:iisrtsa;a D t o c l l t ilt,at q l) ll () : ll rte A r i s, l6 U u; s r t f :ai l t i z li , "li 2:ott F I: D ( 1 ) :4 11 , 1"; "Le" 14" " Exoeer.FN-e * Excellency the :Marsha - I General Duke hay, no doubt, as usual, sent vnur acconta of the actions whi c h h ave • t3 l -: ol ,'' since the 9th inst. and to me it be100 ., 2,' . s to your Excellency the encloo:d list,iif t''' wonoded, missiii and prisoners, which the : n 4 bas suffered in the said actions. I am i l l sorry the number SO gr . ca belt consolation of being able to assure vb"r lency, that the Portuguese army has . 'glory aitoetior to that which it had alro.T l Yg',' and which w as so sp l en did Y our Exeollel'e;', lt i I: notes that a military reputation, and 1.110 glory, Ca nno t b e ga i ne d- w i thout l oss , " 1 1 " c e;" our admiration a myl gt time rcO j i eor t not be other Wise than nfixedswith grief, ,f 1)" thisis lilonvise less applicable to . those -, v b riousiy i divd, Allan those who, rcavt;ned of sylr, and especially on this oceavtiob, ;.) bate the satisfaceion of being , able to inft.'lll' ~ ~l' 61tt' CI 17,„, t ;! ..;; . (%1 Co nn. 11), C 'Pit ; 41(1 to, el kit . ! rit r)ti ti, isi Is ' !Tii ~~'i,~ li stai vl tin 11111): acti ( to lle tti re 4 ),(1 tir)ll kt* t trt .tto in,i l c () , 11 tiQn t t d ic S`, F. '1)1 trit: ( :Ites Q art I, as 1 t ertit kv e Chro thi sri Lord /v ith tti t4 t( Alcoy £ U rs th e 1. ip~, tv~,