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leaving withont coverinz or shelter those innocent, unfortunate, and distressed inhabi tonts," whom that Officer, by his Proclamation, 11:4d Previously -engaged to nroteet. His Excellency Ivotild have ill consulted the ! , unour of his country, -and the jwtire due to his Majesty's injured and insulted subjects, had he permitted an act - of such needless cruelty to pass Unpunished, or had he failed to, visit, whenever the opportunity arrived, upon the inhabitants of the neighbouring American frontier, the cala mities thus iniicted Upon those of our own. The opportunity has occurred, and a full.mea sore of retaliation has taken place, such as it is hoped will teach the enemy to respect, in future, the laws of war, and recall him to a sense of what fi due to himself as well as to us. In the further proseCution of the contest to which so extraordinary a character has been given, his Excellency must be guided by the course of conduct which the enemy shall hereafter pursue. Lamenting, as his Excellency sloes, the necessity imposed upon him of retaliating upon the subjects "of America the miseries inflicted on the inhabi tants of Newark, it is not his intention to pursue further a system of warfare so revolting to his own feelings, and so little congenial to the Bri *tish character, unless .the future measures of the enemy should compel him again to resort to it. To those possessions of the enemy along the whole line of• frontier which have hitherto re mained undisturbed, and which are now within his ,Excellency's ,reach, and at the mercy of the troops under his command, his Excellency has determined to extend the same forbearance, and the sante freedom front rapine and plunder, which they have hitherto experienced ; and from this de termination the future conduct of the American Government shall alone induce his Excellency to 'depart. The inhabitants of these Provinces will in the mann time be prepared to resist, with firmness and courage, whatever attempts the resentment of the enemy, arising from tlieir disgracr, and their merited sufferings, may lead . them to make, well assured that they will .be powerfully assisted at all points by the troeps under his,Excellency's command, and that prompt and signal vengeance will -be taken for 'every fresh departure by the enemy from that system of warfare which ought alone to subsist between enlightened and civilized nations. Given under my hand and seal at arms at tauebac,, this 12th day of Jan. 1 Fl 4. GEORGE PREVOST. By his Excellency's command, E. B. BIALSTON. HALIFAX, FEB. 2. =Captain Cochrane, Aid-de- Camp to his Excellency Sic George Prevost, ar rived here from Quebec on -Monday evening. He is the hearer of dispatches for England, and we understand takes his departure from hence to morrow, in his Majesty's biig Raleigh.—Quebec Papers to the 13th ult. were received by Captain Cochrane ; we have copied from them some very interesting accounts of the successful operations of the British at Black Rock and Buffalo, and -also a Proclamation, or Address, of his Excellency the Governor-General to the Inhabitants of the British Provinces, relative to the destruction of Newark, &c. by the Americans. BOSTON, JAN. 9.—At New-York the report is, that the meeting between the Macedonian and Statira is arranged ; and that Comniodore Deca tur has wrote to the Secretary of the Navy for leavc to meet the Endymion. JAN. 25.—The Secretary of the Navy,• it is said, will shortly make a Report upon the expediency -of employing- small fast-sailing vessels to annoy the commerce of the enemy. The American privateer Grand Turk • arrived from Salem the 19th ult. from a cruize, during which she male the following captures Wolf's Cove,' from Quebec for London ; General Kemp, from ditto for Liverpool ; Trial, from Prince Edward Island for ditto ; Mineral, from Pictou for dreznock; Grace, from - Lisbon for fit. John's, Newfoundland ; and the schooner Re becca, frdin hence for Bermuda. 'EXTRACT 01? A LETTER FROM SACKETT'S KARBOUR, JAN. 13. " We have every probable reason to 'expect, -and I have not the least doubt of an attack here during die winter. Report says the enemy are making every necessary preparation for that pur pose at Kingston. A short time since several de tached companies of troops, amounting to about 600, were marched from this place to French Mills, leaving it nearly destitute of troops ; there remain at the Harbour only about 700 or so of 'Harrison's men. Our fleet' is moored to the best advantage, but at best they can operate only as batteries." _ _ _•_ _ Another letter states, that Mr. Eckford was there, and had about 400 shipcarpenters at work, and that all the forces were employed in c u tting and dra'ing timber, and erecting block-houses. Commodore Chauncey is proceeding from Wash ington to Sackett's Harbour. The post at Four Corners• consists of only 750 men. . A British piequet at Odletown has been surpris ed, and a sujeant-major anti eight men taken prisonerF. The British Major Goodhue, one, and a bugleman, have been taken at Chm plain. The Major says he came out with a flag of truce, but lost it. DUTCH AND GERMAN PAPERS. THE HAGUE, Fes. 18.--Letters from Breda, of the 16th, announce the intelligence, that the garrison of Antwerp continues to make sorties.— It is stated that a part of it had been on the road . to Lier, and even close to iloigstraat.,'. Sir Tho. Graham's jhead-quarters are still at . at Zpndert ; a part of his corps is quartered in Bitda, together with a division of Westphalian Landwehr. The Sovereign Prince, wishing to testify his admiration and esteem of General Bulow, has presented him with a superb sward,oon which are inscribed the words " Arnheim;" ".Gorcuro,'" and " Bois-le-Duc," together with a pension of, one thousand ducats per annum. The Hereditary Yiince leaves this place -to morrow morning for Groningen. His Royal High- LuAs will remain in North Holland a fortnight or three weeks, and vrill, witliodt doubt, receive a most flattering attention. The training of the Guard of Honour proceeds • with alacrity, and the recruiting for the Rifle Corps of Prince Frederick goes on, though but Slowly 2• should it ever be coMpleted, it will be a remarkably fine corps. RoTTERDANI, FEB. 18.—Accounts received from Paris state, that his Holiness the Pope tint being considered by the Wench Government in suffi cient security at Fontainbeau, has, notwith atanding his age and infirmities, been removed to Limoges, formerly the capital of Limat k in.-=-On entering the territory of France, General Winzin . - gerode issued the subsequent PROCLAMATION. " To.tbe . Inhabitants of-France, " We enter yo.u - ancient confines, and the Crown Prince • of Sweden follows us with all bls armies. Heaven hies blessed our arms to the glory of Russia, and to the liberation of Ger many. •It will complete its work, and compel Napoleon to give yon that peace which you all sigh for. • - "Read the Proclamation of the Allied Sovereigns, - and you will see that they with for peace with your corm trymen. Ask them how they are treated by our soldiers, ,nnd, you will hear that they enter Our towns and eillages'as friends. " A French hero formerly stroke for your liberties and for the glory ofFrance, arid-to - him Sweden has confided her des tinies. This Prince , iiboin your armies fear, comes to acquire new claims to yonr gratitti,de, and to obtain further victories for the purpose of giriltg you happiness and peace. " Receive Our warriors with concil.ation; they wilt ask you for nothing , but proviLions. If at anytime you should have complaints to make in consequence of ,any irregularity com mitted, you will find me ready to protect you, and to punish the offender! , , if any individual of my army should, contrary to the still of my Sovereign; plunder or injure a single French- Man. " Let every citizen remain quiet in his dwelling, every pub lid functionary of Government persevere in his duties, and he will. he respected, awl acquire claims to the gratitude of his fellow citizens, by preventing the disorders necessarily, consequent on confusion and anarchy. " W e fight only against the soldiers of the Etaperor Napo leon, and heaven preserve you from •juining yourselves to them. The innocent may be blended with the guilty, and share the prinishtnent to which the lattee should alone be exposed. The entire population of a place -may be Riven ever to the vengeance of the Cossacks if one burgher, one farmer, lave his peaceable employment to Wife up arms against us. WINZINGERODE, Commander in Chief. " Given at Head-quarters, Namur, Feb. 5." MILAN, JAN. 30,--The King of Naples'on the 17th instant, issued the following Proclamation,: " Having - for sundry weighty causes found our selies obliged to adopt measure's, for being ad mitted into the alliance of the States united against France, we have in this instance been successful. We have given up the three Islands situated op posite to Naples, and our whole fleet, hut for this we are to have a sufficient compensation:. We are going to take possession of the south of 'ltaly as far as to the right bank of the Po. • , We 'shall always remember our duty, and those pt , rsons in office, who have always performed theirs, and who have made no opposition to our • measures, may assuredly reckon On our protection, and on keeping their respective posts." Immediately after the Proclamation having been issued, the Neapolitan troops took possession of Rome in the name of the Allies, and were there received with every demonstration of joy. The French General Miollis. retired with the Prefect to the Castle of Angelo. These troops are like wise expected at Leghorn and Florence. In the mean time the Viceroy had requested his consort to repair to Genoa, but it is not believed her Royal Highness will undertake this journey, until the Neapolitans have passed thePo, and ap proached Parma. The fate of Lombardy and of all Italy will now he the sooner decided, as we cannot expect any assistance from France. LIEGE, FEB. 10.—A corps 'commanded by Ge neral Prince Howinksy arrived here This day. BRUSSELS, FEB. 14.—Te Deum was yesterday chaunted in our cathedral church with all the pomp which the motive could inspire: The crowd of people was prodigious, and every one express ed the sentiments with which he was penetrated towards the Allied PoWers for the unexpected happiness which they have bestowed on us, in de livering us, as if by enchantment, from a GOvern merit which for fifteen years past has not ceased to deprive our country of 'the flower of her youth, which has exhausted her population, and conti nually tormented her with useless 'vexations and . continual requisitions. • The Princes, the Etat Major of the place, the Magistracy, and every person of distinction in the city of BrnsSels as sisted at the •solernity. The garrison and other troops, which were at the moment at Brussels, appeared under arms, and male a most magnifi cent appearance. It. was not without astonish ment that we noticed among them some Tartars 'on horseback, denominated Bashkirs, who come from three hundred leagues on the other side of Moscow.—A Major Tuelisen, a person strongly suspected of being a spy, was yesterday brought before the Director of the Police. It is said that a letter from the Commandant of the City of Ant werp was found in the collar of his dog, in which• he requests speedy succours, without which,' he asserts that it will be impossible' for hini to preserve the place entrusted - to his ebatge any longer. - The Brussels Gazette of the 12th of February gives the following list of General Offipers ih:that town : His Serene Highness the Duke of Saxe Weimar. His Serene Highness Prince Charles Bernard of Saxe Weimar, seemsd son of the reigning Duke. His Serene Hignness i the Prince of Orange. His Excellency General Bnlow. Major- General Boyen, Chief of the General Staff. General Baron Wattaogen, Major-general in the Russian service. • General Von Thyme!). General Oppen. The Baron Von Stutter beim, Commandant of the place. M. Jacobi, Commissary Ordonnateur in Chief, and Major Tuelisen, Chief of the Gens d'Armes, and Director of the Police. BRUSSELS; FEB. 9.—At length, after twenty years of oppresSion and ,calamities; after having bent our heads to slavery, under . the most harsh and odious of yokes, we now see the dawn of hap piness and liberty. That ambitious nation, which had spread itself through Europe like a-devouring tarent, and s s;allowed up the blood and sub stance of every people, abandons our fertile coun tries. That ambitious mortal, who took away, and gave sceptres at his pleasure ; who mocked at religion, and sported wit ri the faith of treaties; whofi illed the world with terror and dismay, sees overthrown the monstrous Colossus of a power founded on usurpation and iniquity. Honour to the brave Muscovites, who from the banks of the Don and the Wolgalcame to those of the Scheldt, to conquer the 'peace and independence or Europe—hon Our to the warlike Germans-tu the valiant Scawlinavians—to the generous Eng- 1 lisb, who shed their blood fur a cause 3 o noble, so glorious t Defenders , of their country, conquerors 1 of liberty, they will - gather laurels pure awl it .out blemish! Their unshaken constancy, Omit. beard of exploits, will be the admiration und „ astonishment of posterity. It is to their oner ous efforts than we owe our deliverance, and the " hope of a happy futurity. What Belgian will not feet the liveliest emotion in his heart on reflecting on the happy lot in reserve. for us ! Deputies cho sen from the midst of us to express our wishes and sentiments ; the *Belgic Lion fiercely shaking his chains ; the Low Countries placed in the rank of nations ;' our privileges, our constitutions, that in heritance which 'our ancestors left us, re-esta blished by a generous and powerful hand ; sktch is the brilliant prospect which opens before us ; such is the termination. which shall he the reward of dur laSours. Let this noble reflection animate and encourage is. Let us imitate the example of our neighbours, the Hollanders.' Let us, like them, sacrifice our lives and our property for honour and our country. Let us prove to our deliverers, that we have not degenerated from the ancient Flemish valour—let us make with them the most generous efforts. Soon shall we reap the fruits of so many sacrifices—soon under the shade of a salutary peace, favoured by [leaven, we shall see return the fortunate age of Albert and Isabellathe golden days of Maria Theresa, whose name our fathers taught us never to pro nounce but with affectionate emotion ; and if her worthy grandson, the saviour of his country, shall comply with our dearest wishes, we will prove to him that we do not yield to our ancestors in fide lity, nor in devotedness. SPANISH PAPERS. DECREE RELATIVE TO THE MODE OF RECEIVING KING FERDINAND MADRID, FEB. 4.—On the 2d inst. the Cortes terminated their deliberations upon the subject between FERDINAND VII. and BUONAPARTE, by passing the following Decree : The Cortes, desirous of giving, in the present crisis of Europe, a public and solemn testimony of unalterable perse verance with respect to their enemies, of frankness and good faith towards the Allies, and of love_and confidence towards tflis heroic nation; and also of destroying at one stroke any insidious efforts which might be made s by Napoleon in the pre sent critical situation of Spain to introduce his pernicious in fluence, to menace our independence, to alter our relations with friendly Powers, to sow discord in the midsl'of this mag nanimous nation, united in defence of its rights and of its legitimate King, Senor Don Ferdinand VII. have.decreed, and, do decree : 1. In conformity to the tenour of the decree issued by the general' and extraordinary Cortes on the Ist Feb. 1811 (and of which circular copies shall again be forwarded to such Generals and Authorities as the Government may deem pro per), the King shall not be recognized as free, nor shall obe dience be paid to him until in the bosom of the National Con gress, be shall have taken the oath prescribed by the 173 d Article of the Constitution. 2. As soon as the Generals of the armies occupying the fron tier Provinces have probable information of the appriiaching arrival of the King, they shall dispatch a courier extraordi nary with all expedition to apprise the Government bf any intelligence they may have received respecting the said ar rival, the persons in the train of the King, the national fO reign troops accompanying his Majesty towards the frontier, and any other eirciatistancos which they may ascertain rela tive to this important subjeot, nit ....I,;ch information the Go vernment shall immediately submit to the Congress. 3. The Regency shall take all the requisite measures, and give the necessary instructions and orders to the Generals, in order that his Majesty, upon his reaching the frontier, may receive a copy of this Decree, together with a letter from the Regency, drawn up in due form, informing his Majesty of the state of the nation, of its heroic sacrifices, and the resolutions taken by the Cortes to secure the national independence and the liberty of the Monarch. 4. No armed force shall be permitted to enter with the King. In case of any such attempting to penetrate our fron tiers, or the lines of our armies, it shall be repulsed con formably to the laws of war. S. If the armed force accompanying the King should don sistsof Spaniards, the Generals in Chief shall observe the in structions which they may have 'received from the Goveth ment,calculatedtoconciliate the relief of those who may have been in the unfortunate condition of prisoners, with the or der and security of the State. 6. The General of the Army, who shall have the holiour to receive the King, shall give him, from his own troops, aguard corresponding with his high dignity, and paylim the ho nours due to his Royal Person. 7. No Foreizner, even in the quality of domestic, or menial attendant, shall be permitted to accompany' the ing. s. There shall not be permitted to accompany the King, nor to he in his service, in any manner whatever, those Spa niards who may hare obtained from Napoleon, in his brother Joseph's army, employment; pension, or dreoratiOn, of what soever class it may ; nor any of those persons who accompani ed the French on their retreat. 9. It is confided to the zeal of the Regency to point out the route by which the King shall arrive at the capital, in order that, with regard to escort, attendance, the hollows to be paid on the way,,his entrance into tl 'is capital, and the other matters connected with this point, Ins Majesty may receive demonstrations of honour and respect due to his supreme dig nity, and the affection which the nation professes towards h 10. The President of the Reg► is authorised by this De, cree, as soon as the entrance of his Majesty upon the Spanish territory is ascertained, to proceed to meet him, and to ac company him to the Spanish Capital with a suitable escort. 11. The President of the Regency shall present his Majesty with a copy of the Political Constitution of the Monarchy, in order that his .Majesty, upon the perusal thereof,, may, after mature deliberation, and with perfect voluntary consent, take the oath prescribed by tbe Constitution. • 12. On the King's arrival in the capital, he shall forthwith repair to thb Congress to take the said oath according to the forms and solethnities prescribed by the internal regulations of the Cortes. 13. Immediately afterthe King shall .have taken the oath prescribed by the Constitution, thirty Members of the Con gress, including two Secretaries, shall accompany his Ma jesty to the Palace, where the Regency being in attend ance,. shall, with due solemnity, surrender the Govern ment to his Majesty agreeably to the Constitution, and the second article of the Decree of the 4th September, 1313, The Deputation shall return to the Congress to give information of this being done, and a suitable record thereof shall be deposited in • the archives of the Cortes, 14. The same day shall issue . a Decree in terms of due so lemnity, notifying to the whole nation the solemn act by which, and in virtue of the oath taken, the King shall have been constitutionally placed upon the throne. This Decree, after being read in the Cortes, shall be placed jh his Majesty's hands by a deputation equal in number to the prteeeding, that it may be published with the s same forma lities as all others, and conformably to the 140th Article of 'the Internal Regulations. The Regency of the Kingdom shall duly attend hereto, in order to its complete execution ; and it shall be printed, pub lished, and circulated. (Here follow the-Signatures of the Pi esident and Secre taries.] The rending of the articles of the above Decree was received with peals of applause from the gal leries. [A most interesting Debate occurred in the Cortes, after the passing of the above excellent Decree, which we lament our want of room to insert this day.] The DISPA TCH ES from TA).. CASTLBRE Ati ; l r OFFICIAL BULLETIN. The S' following is the o:Facial F3ttlictin iss ued Ye terrlay afternoon byt Government, • which We 1 med;ately published in part of our impreSsioo , and. republish it again to-day for the'perosal 'of 0 11°°c . Readers : Foreign-Office, Feb. 24, Igl4. I The (Hon. FREDERICK ROBINSON arriv e( ' morning at this Office with Dispatches, of "' hie the following is an abstract Sir:CharleS Ste Wart, adispatcb dated - talon, the 12th instant, incloses Reports fru"f Colonel ,of the preceding oueratiollZ, the arm under Mzrshal Blucher, lip to the j 4 instant, inclusive. stli General D'Yorck attacked Chalons on tne„ ' • of February,'..vhich surrendered ,by capitulati°lo Marshal M'Donald retiring over the ga ole d,. the direction of Meaux he had with h iln corps of Sebastiani and A.rrighi, besides f. own. 'Ou the 6th, : Marshal Blucher'S beact=cluilre ters were at Sandron. On the Bth tilers'!, moved from Vertus to Etoges. Gen. Sackett 117, then at Montinirail; General D'Yorck at t he teat' teat' Thierry, . and Gen. Kleist at Chalons) ` l l, whole advancing upon the army of.Mae(11 1 ( 1 , - who was retiring, w.ith 100 pieces of art i 7 e ; ; ; On the evening of - .the Bth, .Marshal plu c t ij a head•-quarters were attain removed to VertOP the report of a Russian regiment having hef il ;14 tacked at,Baye. The advanced posts of D 3 : ) .il, from Dorinent, and of &ac t) f roiji Ai on tauri .44 . now reached as far as Chateau Thierry, and Fette sous Soarre. . , ro in the afternoon of the 10th, the Russian c ° ,: e l of Alsuffieff being at Champaubert, was attl:- by a very superior force of the enemy froth woi zaune, and after an obstinate resistance , 00 compelled to retire, after _considerable loss. , c , e the" -1 Rh, Marshal Blucher's head-quarters ` i i e it at Bergeres. On that day the corps of S ac . o st and D'Yorck marched upon Montmirail the enemy. A severe engagement en s is for several hours, both armies remaining ;,• their positions. General Sacken lost fourg';!/e the hottest part of the aetion• was in the riT re 4 of Marchais, which was taken and re-taken ° jet times. The enemy was 30,000 strong, I LIO , Buonaparte. On the 12th, Sacken was at tean Tlyierry, and D'Yorck at Biffert:—Mar nW i l ,t; with the sixth corps, at Etoges. On the san)e„°oa Marshal Blucher, with the corps of Kleis t " .Kassinwietz, were in position at Bergeres• Duplicates of suseqent dispaces frog ] p Lowe to Sir C. Stew b art u havebeen t bhrought li Rabinson, from the 13th to the 17th, incla° 4e r . e ti On the 13th, Marshal Blucher's head-c0 13 ;; 0 0 were at Champaubert. He had advanced '; e 9 Bergeres to attack Marshal Marmont at .1;t1,4 who had about nine or ten thOusand men. , o t' Enemy gradually retired, and several bf tacks 'were made upon his rear, particula r ' 1 ,44 the Cossacks. The pursuit continued front t'l e ti to beyond Champaubert. The. Enemy bivout i cr front of Fronientiers. - the mean duo 'oil naparte marched upon Chateau 1 hierrY , l t ra whence Generals D'Yorck and Sackel . V ll retired behind the Marne. On •the Marmont retired from Fromentiers to 3 ;11° lieres, where be was joined by linctan,arte),.if had made a forced march in the night fron' v 4 04 teau Thierry, with the whole of his Guards , ;i o a a large body of cavalry. A very severe now took place. Marshal Blucher's force ,; very inferior in numbers, and particularly ' ll OO 3 valry, his infantry was formed into squaresl pt he be determined on a retreat. The enemy witur b ess most desperate attacks of cavalry u pon — i d squares, but were received with such und3lll) fiinmess, that not one of them was broken•, o r" After a very severe and unequal contest' , oe, ried• on 'during a retreat of nearly tour le a l; i1 11' Ik!arshal Blucher observed a-large corps of e , g e s ' ry posted on the chaussee in his rear, near Fit r ie He resolved to force his way through this °u ot ia cle, and, by opening a heavy . fire of artillery musketry upon this cavalry, posted in a h ' ic it. mass on the ehaussee, he succeeded in his °".'01 4 Upon reaching Etoges tower& night, he A assailed by a body of infantry, which 10 " 0 01 netrated through by, roads upon his flank s re el rear, bat General Kleist end Kassiewitz, t e e 4 their way through this obstacle also, and a t their corps far the night in the positn ie io Begeres, General BluCher's whole loss on t o' days, is estimated at three thousand live " t hs g dren men, killed, wounded, and prisoners; t of the enemy is stated to have been vary gre ti .,!til; he was exposed to a' tremendous fire of atilt lery, itr which Blucher was superior.- G e- hel e Blucher subsequently retired to Chalons; ` v c ia o he• was joined on the 16th by General S e „ - del and D'Yorck. Part of General Winzingefrtal corps had carried Soissons by assault, taking ie rP Generals and about three thousand men ; Winzingerode Was himself at Rheims. ri p ~to Langeron and St. Priest, were rapidly advan e ' l o V" join Marshal Bluaer, whose whole many %% f og speedily- be united at, Chalons, ready to r e 3 the offensive. he' 13th Lord Burghers') writes fromTt •oyes on .t— -and 16th Febrnary th e The town of Sens was taken by assault 00 0 11th by the Prince Royal of Wirteinherei'rati c * immediately marched on Bray by P on t-stir : J - I .o r On the 9th Count Hardegg attacked th e 0 ,11 of the enemy at Ronailly and St. Hilaire i tta cV joined by General Witt gens t e i n , h e a gain a 'i r of e , ed them near St..clubin and Marnay, and too them upon Nogent, part of whiCh swas oc by Count Hardegg on the 10th. .0 ,15 Count Wittgenstein having ,advanced t° : th e Pont-sur-Seine, General Wreck towards 1 . 3 ° 7 1:41e, enemy abandoned the left of the Seine, .an - i t stroyed the bridges, which were re-establis he or o the Allies ; and General Wrede advanced t ° ? ' a ny Provins. General Wittgenstein crossing a t pre a t snr-Seine, Generals Bianchi and GuilaY "' lr ea' the same time marching on Monteteau, an" th ° sures were taken to pl a ce the g rand 41 . 10 ( ::;11 ,e left of the Seine, with the right at INICrY),: i i er 3l l left at Monterean, with the corps of ' c i ) toY' Wrede and Wittgenstein, and o f t he Princ e of Wirtembei:g at Provins and Villeneuve. On the 16th, disposition; were made , _ ~~ r