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head-quarters of Weimar. It was necessary at last to tell- her that circumstances were serious, and that on the morrow great. events - for 'the Prussian Mo narchy might occur. She was desirous that the King should bid her go away, and in ell - ea she was reduced to the necessity of going away. " Lord MonPwi'H, sent by the Court of London to buy .the Prussian .blood—a mission really un worthy of a man like him ; --arrived, on the filth, at Weimar, charged to make 'seducing offers, and to .prop r ose considerable subsidies. The horizon was already very cloudy; the Cabinet was not will ing to see this :Envoy iThe was told, that perhaps there was little safety for is person, and they en gaged him to return to Hamburgh, there to wait the event. What would' the Duchess of MINTON SHIRE have said, had she seen her kinsman charged with spreading the flame - of War, and corning to offer poisoned gold, . obliged sadly to retrace his • steps in' so great haste ? One cannot repress one's indignation to see England. compromise the rank of respeaable agents, and play a part so odious. \V have, as yet, no news of a Treaty between Prus sia and Russia ; and it is certain, that up to this day, no Russian: has appeared in the Prussian territory. In other respe&s, the Army desire much to see them; they will find another Austerlitz in. Prussia. Princelouis FERDINAND of Prussia, and the other Generals who have fallen under the first'blows of the French, are at present mentioned as the principal movers in this incredible frenzy. The King, who has run all the chances of it, and who supports all the misfortunes which have been the results of it, is of all men who have been drawn in by it he who would have remained the most foreign to it. " There is at' Leipsic such a quantity. of, English goods, that sixty millions have been already offered to redeem them. It is asked what will. England gain by all this ? She might have recovered Ha - Dover ; kept the Cape of Good Hope ; preserved Malta ; made an honourable peace, and restored tranquillity to the world. She was willing to excite Prussia against France—to provoke the Emperor and France ! she has condu&ed Prussia to her ruin,`procured greater glory for the Emperor, .and greater powers for France ; and the time ap proaches when we may declare England in a state of Continental blOckade. Is it then, with blood that the English hoped toleedtheir commerce and re r animate their industry. Great mischiefs may come upon England : Europe will attribute them to the loss of that honest man and Minister, ,who wished to govern by great and liberal ideas, and whom the English people will one day deplore with tears of blood.' " The French columns are already marching upon Potsdam and Berlin.. Deputies from Pots dam are arrived to request proteEtion. " The Impetial head-quarters are now at Wit tenberg." Letter to the ft ;NC of PR USS lA, carried by Monsieur Dr. ivloNrrzsQu too, Captain, who set out from Geran the 13th of Odober, lito6, at ten o'clock in the morning, and arrived at the Camp of General HOHENLOHZ tour o'cluck in the afternoon. • " SIRE, MY BROTHER, _ • " I have only received upon the 7th your Ma jesty's Letter of- the 25th of September. I am sorry that you have been induced to sign a Pamphlet of that kind (1). I only answer your Majesty's letter for the purpose of assuring you, that I shall never attribute . to your Majesty the things contained id it. Every thing in it is con trary to the chara6lei of yoUr Majesty, and. to the honour of us both. I pity and despise those who have been the authors of- such a produ&ion. I have received immediately afterwards th-6 Note of your Minister, dated the tst of 06kober. It .has given me the rendeivOus for the Bth. As a true Knight, I have kept . my word, and am now in the middle of Saxony.. Let your Majesty believe me, have such . a force that all your Majesty's forces cannot keep the vi&ory long doubtful. But should' we shed so much blood ?-For what' purposeis it ?—I shall tse to your, Majesty the - same lanuage that I used to the Emperor.ALEx-__ ANDER before the Battle of Austerlitz. , May -Hea ven grant, that :corrtipt - nlen and fanatics, who are - "more the enemies of you and your Throne, than they can he: of rue and my Nation, may not give' you the same advice, to bring-you to the same re- - . . " SIRE,, I have been your friend fir these 'six years. Ido not wish to profit by this kind of Vet ' tiro which animates your Councils, and which has made you commit errors -in politics with which Europe is. quite astonished, anderrors, in a military point of view, with which Europe will soon. re-, sound. If your Majesty had, •in your Note, de manded arty things that it was possible for me le Eratit, I should have granted them you have asked. what would be dishonour to Me; and therefore you( might be sure what would - be. my reply.-- 'War is therefore declared between us, and the broken for ever. But why should we shed the blood of our Subjects ?—I, set no valoe upon a viotorr.which is purchased by the lives of ;Amber of my children. If I were noW beginning my mi litary career, and if I could fear the chances of war, thiS 'language would be out of its place. Sire, your "Majesty will be coniuered; you will have compro 11:iised the peace of your life, and the existence of 'Four eubjeas, without' even a shadow of a pre text. - this day you are unbroken, ind may treat w ith me in a manner suitable to your rank': your Majesty may treat with me before a month is over, but in a situation very different. Your Majesty has permitted yourself to use irritating expressions, 'which have been artfully prepared. You have told me that you have often rendered me services. Well, theta, I snail give you a great proof of the recollec-, tion that I have of them. It is now in your power to save your subjeas from the ravages of war. It has hardly now begun, and you may finish' it, and Europe will be much indebted to you. If your Ma jesty shall listen to those frantic persons, who, four teen years ago, wished to take Paris, and who now have induced flu to embark in a war, and in offen sive proje&s equally inconceivable, your Majesty will do an injury to your people that the remainder (t) This alludes to a Letter of the King of Prussia, consist of zo pages, whizh was a mere rhapsody, that the lc. hh'!, Most certainly, could not have read nor understood. We cannot print it,. becair.ic whatever relates to the private cor yes;)ondenitof Scvereigh.s, remains hi the Tort-folio of the ; , cror, and does not come before the Publke. ' 'lyre piih. that of His Majesty, it is because maity copies of it hav ing been made at the Prussian Head-quarters(where it was much ainiire(l), one copy has fallen into OW hands. eforenelife twill not be able to heal. 'Sire, I have nothing tp gain in a contest with your Majesty : want nothing, nor ever did want any thing, from you. The present war is a most impolitieone. I feel that, perhaps, by this letter, I am irritating that sensibility which naturally belongs to every Soyereign ; "but the present circumstances admit of no disguise. :I tell your Majesty what I think. tet your Majesty moreover permit me to tell you, that it is no great diseeVery to Europe to learb, - that Fraiiee three times more populous, and as braVe and as warlike as the States of Your Majesty. I have not given you any real subject for war. Let your Majesty then order ,this swarm of malevolent and inconsiderate persons' to be`silent, with that respeEt that is due to your throne, and restore that tbnquillity that is due to yourself and to your dominions. If you will never again find an Ally in me, you: will find a man who is. desirous of never waging any wars that are not indispensible' for the interests of my people, and of never .shedding blood in a contest with,Sovereigns who have no opposite interest ,to me from industry, commerce, and politiccl ,systent. pray your Majesty to see in this letter only the de- , sire I have to spare the effusion of human. blood, and to .save a nation, that, from its geographical position, cannot be 'an enemy to mine, from the bitter repentance which it would have to feel from having listened too much to those momentary pas sions which are so easily roused and appeased among all nations. " Sire, my Brother, I pray Gon that he may have you in his worthy and holy keeping. " Your Majesty's good Brother, • " .N APO LEON." " From my Imperial Camp at Gerais, • October 12, act')." SIXTEENTH BULLE TIN OF THE CRAND ARMY. " The Duke of BronsWick has sent his Marshal of the Palace to the Emperor. That Officer was entrusted with a letter, in which the Duke recom mended his States to the proteCtion of his Majesty. The Emperor. said to' him, If 1 were to demolish the city of Brunswick, and if I did not leave one stone upon another, what would your Prince say ? Does not the law of retaliation authorize me to do at Brunswick what he would have done in my capital ? To threaten to destroy .cities may he merely the a& of madness ; but to attempt to deprive a whole army of brave men of their hondur—to propose to • them to quit Germany at stated marches—is what pos terity will hardly credit-The Duke of Brunswick ought not to have committed such an outrage. Men who have grown giey under arms, should respe& the ho noUr of military tnen ; it was not in the plams of Cham pagne that that General acquired the right to treat the French colours with such contempt.. Such .a summons only dishonours the soldier who makes it. That dishonour does not belong to the King of Prussia : it attaches to the Chief of his Military Council--to the General, to whom, in difficult cir cumstances, he had confided his affairs. It is the Duke of Bab. swicK Mar i e whom' France and Prussia can accuse of the war. The frenzy of which that .old General set the example, encou raged a set of turbulent young men, and hurried on the King contrary to his own dispositiOn and convikaion. Sir, tell the inhabitants of the country of Brunswick, that they will find the French 'ge nerous enemiei; that I wish to soften the rigours of • war 'with repfd to them; and that the inconvenience which the passage of troops may occasion, will ,be against my inclination. Tell General Brunswick that he shall be treated with all the ° attention due to a Prussian ,Officer; but that I cannot re cognise a Sovereign in a Prussian General. If the .rs, HouSe of Brunswick lose the soxereignty of its ancestors, it can only 'be ascribed to, the author of two wars—=who, in one, would have sapped the Great Capital to its foundation ; and who, in the other, attempted to dishonour two hundred thou sand brave men, who perhaps might be conquered, but who would never be surprised out of the path. of honour and glory. Much blood . hai been shed. in a feW days.. Great disasters press. upon the • Prussian Monarchy. flow blameable is the man, who, by a single word, might have prevented them, if, like NESTOR, rising, in the midst of the Coun cils,, he. had said, Be silent, ye inconsiderate youth ! Women, return to your spindles and to the management of your domestic concerns ! And you, Sire, believe the companion.of the most illustrious of your predecessors; since the Emperor NAPOLEON does not wish for war, do not place hilt) in the al ternative of.war or. dishonour. Do not,engage your-, selves in a dangerous eonttm with an Army that boasts of . 15years spent in glorious labours, and that viaory has accustomed to every sacrifice.' Instead of holding this language, which agreed so well with the prudence of his years, and with the experience of so long a career, he has been the first to raise the cry of war; he has even been faithless to the ties of consanguinity, in arming a son against his father : he has threatened to place his colours on the Palace of Stutgardt, and accompanying those proceedings with :invectives against France : he was the declared author of that frantic Manifesto, which he has de nied for these fourteen years. although he could not deny that be had given it the sanaion of his sig nature.' ' It has beet remarked, that during this conver sation, the Emperor, with that warmth with which he is often animated, often repeated, to overturn and destroy the habitations of peaceable Citizens, is a crime which can be repaired by time and expence; but to dishonour an Army, to wish that it should fly from Germany before the Prussian Eagle, is a baseness that none but the person who advised it could be capable of committing." SEVENTEENTH BULLETIN OF . THE•GRAND ARMY ' 6 Potzdarn, Odober 25. " The corps of Marshal LANNES arrived here On the 24th. Marshal DAVOUST'S corps entered Berlin on the vsth, at ten in .the morning. The corps of Marshal Prince of PONTE-CORVO is at Brandenburg)). Marshal AUGEREAU'S corps will enter Berlin to morrow, the 26th. " The Emperor arrived at Potzdam yesterday, and entered the Palace. In, the afternoon he went to inspe& the new Palace of Sans Souci, and the country in the environs of Plaid= : he found the situation and the building very pleasant. He staid some time in the Chamber of FREDERICK the GREAT, the hangings and furniture of which i are the Fame now as at the time of his decease. - " Prince FERDINAND, the brother of the Great FREDERICK, remains at Berlin. There are 3 00 pieces of cannon in the arsenal of Berlin, several hofndred weight of powder, and a great quantity of ."- General HuLIN is nominated Governor of Berlin. General B,ERTIOAD, the Emperor's Alcl-de- Camp, has been sent to Spandau. That fortress defends itself; he has investeCit with the dragoons of DUPONT'S diViSlOll. " The - giiiisa - mve - 0 - r 11i:rais gone to Spandau, to follow.a Prussian-column- which is , marching from that place to Stettin, • and which we are in hopes' of cuttingoff. " The Marshals LEFEBVRE and BESSIERES ar rived at Potsdam , at nine in the evening of the 24th. The Foot-guards marched fourteen hours a' day.— The Emperor remained the whole of the 25th at Pot zda m. . . . " Marshal NEY'S corps blo - ales Magdeburgb. Marshal SOITLT'S corps assed the tube a day's journey from Magdeburgh, and followed the enemy to'Stettin. " The weather continues very encouraging. The. 'present is the finest h a rvest ever seep. " The Emperor,/being ,on his way froth tenberg to Potzdain, was overtaken by a storm, and stepped into a, house belonging to the Grand Huntsman of Saxony. His Majesty was very much surprised to hear a fine woman mention his name. She was an Egyptian, the widow of a French Offi cer who had belonged to the Army of Egypt. Sfie had been :but three months in Saxony. She lived with the Grand Huntsman, who had received. and treated her honourably. The Empelor ofdered her a pension of 1200 francs, and promised to take care of her child. This is (said the Emperor) the first time that I alighted to avoid a storm, and I had a presentiment that it would be attended by some good action.' " It was remarked as a singularity, that the Em peror NAPOLEON arrived at Potzdam, and entered into the same apartment on the same day; and almost at the same hour, that .the Emperor of Russia did when upon his visit to Berlin last year ;: and which has been so fatal to Prussia. From that moment the Queen entirely quitted domestic af fairs, and the suitable occupations of the toilette, to meddle with those of the State, to influence the King, and by these means to excite every where . the same flame that animated her own bosom. The thinking part of the Prussian Nation regard this visit as one of the greatest calamities that could have happened to Prussia'. • No idea can be formed of the activity of the FaEtion to induce the King to go to . War in spite of himself. • " The result of the celebrated oath taken upon the Tomb of the GREAT FREDERICK, 'on the 4th of November, 1805, Was the battle of Austerlitz, and the evacuation of Germany by the Russian Army, by forced marches. Forty-eight hours after this event, a plate was engraved, and exposed in all the shops, and which excited even the ridicule of the peasants. Here was seen the•great Emperor of Rtissia, near him the Queen, and on the other side, the King, raising his hand over the tomb of the GRENT FREDERICK ; the Queen herself, covered with a shawl, much in the same manner as the London engravers represent *Lady HAMIL TON, rests her hand on her heart, looking at the Emperor ,of Russia.. One cannot conceive how the Police of Berlin could suffer such-a pitiful sa tire to be disseminated. At any rate the shade of the Great FREDERICK could not but have been of fended at such a scandalous scene. His mind, his genius, and his wishes were with that nation which lie had so much esteemed, and of which he said, that if he was their King; a cannon-shot should not be fired in Europe without his permission. • " 'lt being All Saints day yesterday, there was no •buSiness at • the Exchange ; nor to' day, it being .Sunday." EIGHTEENTH BULLETIN OF THE GRAND ARNIY. " Potzdam, O& 26. . _ " The Emperor has reviewed the - Imperial Foot Guards, consisting of ten battalions, and tie pieces cannon, served by the Riding Artillery. These troops, which have undergone so much fgtigue, had the same appearance as when they were at Paris., " The General of Division, VICTOR, received a musket-shot in the Battle of Jeua, and was obliged to keep his bed some dal S. The General of Brigade, GARDANNES, Aid-de-Camp to the Emperor, had a horse killed, and is slightly wounded. SOMe Offi- Cers,of rank are wounded ; others have had horses killed undei• them ; but all of them were anxious to distinguish themselves by valour and courage.' " The Emperor has been to view the tomb of FREDERICK the Great. The remains of this great man are enclOsed in a wooden coffin covered with copper. It is placed in a vault, without any orna ments and trophies of viaory ; without any dis - - tindion to recal the memory of his great and 'heroic anions. The Emperor has presented to the Hotel of the 'lnvalids, at Paris, the sword of the Great FREDE , - uck, the ribbon of his Order, the Black Eagle, and also the colours which he took in the. Seven Years' War. The old invalids of the Hanoverian Army will receive every thing with a. kind of religious ve neration which. belongs to one of the greatest Gene rals in the annals of history. " Lord MORPETH, the English Envoy to the Prus sian Court, was (Ally six hours distance from the field of battle on the 14th. He heard the firing. A Courier informed him that the battle was lost; and in a moment after he was surrounded by fugitives pouring in upon him on all sides. He ran away,. exclaiming, ‘ I must not be,taken I' He offered 60 guineas for a horse : hp obtained one, and fled. " The Citadel of Spandau, three miles from Ber lin, and four from Potzdam, strong by its situation, in the midst of water, having a garrison of 1200 men, and a great quantity of-ammunition and pro visions, was surrounded in the night of the 24th.— General BERT .RAND, the Emperor's Aid-de-Camp,' had previously reconnoitred the place. .The can non was ready open upon it, and the garrison began to be alarmed, when Marshal LANNES pro posed the capitulaticin subjoined, to be signed by the Commandant. " Large magazines of tents, cloathing,, &c. have been found at Berlin ; we are employed it; taking inventories. " A letter from nelmstadt, lately intercepted, contains .some interesting particulars , . " The Prince of HATZFELD,j BUSCIIING the Superintendant of the Police; the President k,EII. CRIEFEN FORMLY, a Privy Counsellor M. M. ReEK, SIEGREN, HERMENSDORI , , Counsellors, sent as Deputies by the City of Berlin, have this morning delivered the keys of the place to his Majesty at Potzdam. They were accompanied by M. GROOTE, Counsellor of Finance, and the •B3rOnS VICIINITZ and ECKARLSTEIN. They con- , tossed the reports spread through the city of..Berlia were tatse that the citizens „and the mass of the people had viewed the war with regret ; that a hand ful of women and young Officers were the only per sons who had promoted it ; that the King was a man of no penetration, who could not foresee what was' to be expeaed from it. Like. all the rest of the Prus sians, they censured the visit of ALEXANDER as thecause.of their misfortunes. The change which then took place in the mind of the. Queen, who, from a timorous and modest female, engaged in her household affairs, became bewildered, wishing only for war; this change , Obey said) bad produced a . dreaeful , revolution. From that moment she wish-, ed to bave a regiment. She intruded herself into the• Council, and took the lead in the Monarchy so far,' that ill A few days . she brought it to the brink of destruEtion. ", The Head• quarters are at Charlottenburgh." COPY OF THE CAPITULATION OF THE FOR.. • TRESS OF SPANDAU. Art. I. The Officers of the darrison of Spandau, with their arms, clothing, and effeets, shall be at liberty to go where they please. 11. Marshal LANNES engages to request his Ma jesty the King to. p,...rrnit the. invalids and their wives to remain in the Citadel, and to leave them in pos session of their effeets.. 111. The subalterns and soldiers forming the Gar rison of Spandau' are prisoners of war. IV. The' fortress, in its present state, shall be de livered up to the French array, with the arms, artil lery, ammunition, and provisions. V. The Officers may withdraw to what ,place they choose. 'Passports shall be delivered to them by the Chief of the Staff of the sth Corps of the Grand Army. VI. All persons not in the military service, shall leave the place, without entering into any condi tions; and shall be permitted to take with them their cloathinz. and other effeCts (Signed) VICTOR, General of Division. L. S. BIiNCIktSDOEFF. Spandau, Oa. 24, ISO 6. NINETEENTH BULLETIN OF THE GRAND ARMY. 4' Charlottanburgh, Oft 27. " The Emperor left Potzdam at twelve o'clock, to inspea. the Fortress of. Spandau. He has charged General CHASSELQUP, Qommandant of the Engineds, with improving the Foitifications of that place. This is a fine piece of work : the ma gazines are magnificent, and meal, oats, &c. have been found in them sufficient to serve the army for two months ; besides ammunition sufficient to double the provision for the whole of the artillery. This fortification upon the Spree, two miles Iron Berlin, is anincaleulable advantage. In our hands, it would have sustained a siege of two months after the trenches had been opened; The reason why the Prussian Commandant did not defend it was, because he had not received any orders ; and the French having arrived before he had received in• formation of the defeat of the Prussians at Jena, the Batteries were not in readineSs, and the place, in a manner, disarmed. " To give an idea of the uncommon confusion which prevailed in the Pru4sian Monarchy, it is sufficient to say, that the Queen, upon her return from her ridiculous and lamentable journey tb Er -P furth and Weimar, passed a whole night at Berlin without seeing a single person—that the. people were, for a long time, without knowing where the King was ;, that no person took any care for the safety of the capital; and that the Citizens.were compelled to unite, in order to form a Provisional Government. " Contempt for the authors of Me war has reach. ed the highest point. The Manifesto, which the people of Berlin call a scandalous libel, and in which not one single complaint is brought forward, has inflamed the public mind against its author, a needy scribbler of the name of GENTZ ; one of those men devoid of honour, who suffer thewselses to be bought, for gold. f r The whole world is witness, that the Queeti has been the cause of all the reverses to which the Prussians have been exposed. Every where we hear it said, A year ago she was so good, so kind; but how Is she changed since the fatal meeting be tween the Emperor ALEXANDEX and ,his Prussian Majesty: _ " In the Palaces there was not the least order observed, so that the sword of the Great FrE DERICK was easily found at Potzdam, together with the scarf which he wore during the Seven Years' War; also the insignia of the Black Eagle. The . Emperor took these trophies with transport, saying, .would rather have these than .twentr, millions'--then pausing a little, he added, I shall send these to my old soldiers, who served in the war of Hanover. I skill present theni : to the Go:- vernor of the Invalids : in that hotel shall they re main.' " After the Queen withdrew from Pot Adam, the portrait of the Emperor of Russia was found, which she had received from that Monarch. At Charlottenbuigh was found the correspondence .be tween the Emperor of Russia and the King for -three years past, together with some• Memorials written by English authors, to prove that Nations were under no obligations to observe any Treaty made with the Emperor•NArotEoN,..but that it was necessary for every Power to range itself on the side oF the Emperor of Russia._ These ducuments ought to form- historical records ; they chew, if it was necessary, how unfortunate Princes are when they suffer women to interfere in State affairs. The Notes, Reports, and State Papers were scented with mush, and lay mingled together .upon the Queen's toilette. This Princess has turned the heads of all the women in Berlin.-But now another change has sucteediO. The first fugitives that took refuse there were received with contempt, and-they were reminded of the day when they flourished their swoizils upon the plains of Berlin, and pretended to cut down all that opposed them. "! General SAVARY, sent off with ,a detachment of ,cavalry to seek the enemy, has informed us that Prince . HOIjENLOHE, compelled to leave Mague burgh, was on the 25th between Rathenau and Rup