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• on the 22d of this month by 5. or 600 Cossacks at -The combat continued from the morning till the-evening. The French defended themselves bravely against the CossaCks, who suffered very considerable loss. Many Polish Gentlemen came forward to contribute to repulse the enemy, and one .of them, animated by his patriotic courage, killed .five Cossacks, and remained dead on the field of battle. 7 "'Gen. 11 , 11i,itAtin arrived at Lowicz on the .22d in the evening With 1000 'horse, and lils , sent some detachments beyond Lowicz towards War Saw, whi ther the enemy have retired." The French army is in full march for that•capi- Aal. The more it advances'the More it is convinced ' that the Poles deserve •to recover the.rank which - they formerly had.among+nations." POSEN, DEC. 2.—The Emperor NAPOLEON,. soon I after his arrival here, gave a solemn audience to the _following deputations::—to the Senate, in the name of which the Senator RADZIMINSKY delivered a very. neat speechin Latin ; M. DE SOKELNICKI spoke, io the name of the Noblesse, also in - Latini, the • Archbishop of Gnesen delitered a speech, in French, in the name of the Clergy ; as did also M. DE BRO. ZA, President of the Chamber. After him speeches were delivered by the ;resident of the Regency, 04 • lastly by the President of the City. His Majesty ' ..peplied from his Throne to all tlise speeches in the most affable manner. The Emperor said, among other things,.,to the Deputation of the Senate : Illustriotis Lords, show yourselves worthy of your ancestors. They commanded the Princes of Bran denburgh ; Moscow was in their power ; :they coo.; quered Widdin, and delivered every where the whole ' Christian World from the yoke of the Turks. ,I am perfealy satisfied with all ! that I have seen of you hitherto, as well as with the reports'of my Generals. .1 will proclaim your independence at Warsaw." POSEN, DEC. 3.—An imperial Decree has ap .peared here to the following purport From the Imperial Head-quarters in Posen, Dec. 2. WE, NAPOLEON, Emperor of France and King . of Italy, have ordained, and we do ordain as follows : " In the Place St.-Magdalene, of our City of Paris, a Monument shall be. ereaed at the expence of our Imperial Treasury, with this inscription on the ' front of 'it — The EMPetor NAPOLEON to. the Soldiers of the Grand Army : In the interior of this monument shall be,en-. graved on marble tablets the names of all the indi viduals of the different divisions of the army, and of . -the regiments, who were present at the battles of Um, Austerlitz, and Jena ; and upon tablets of pure • gold shall be recorded the names•of those warriors who _fell in the above battles. • Upon silver tablets shall be engraved the number of those 'who were • 'furnished to the Grand Aimy .by the Departments, and even by each single Department. " Upon every anniversary of the battles of Aus terlitz and. Jena, this edifice shall be illuminated, and a concert given therein, which shall be preced ed by an oration upon the necessary virtues of a sol dier, making honourable mention of those who fell in tht...battles of these never-to-be-forgotten days.— One month previous to each auniversary a prize shall be gi,ecn for the best musical vbork on the occa sion. A Old medal of 150 double . Napoleon's d'or shall be given to the author of every musical coin , position that is considered deserving, of preference. It is expressly fOrhidclen to mention any thing in the least respecting the Emperor, either in the-oriitiohs or in the odes. Our Minister for the Home Department will immediately invite the architects to give in plans, in .order that the best may be chosen , for the accom vlishment of this objea. The expellee must not exceed three millions of francs. The foundation' Shall be laid on th . ist c,f Mar, 180.7, and the whole .must be finished before-the ear ISO 9. * " A fund of 100,000 francs shall be set aside for . the yearly support of the building. As soon as it is •tinished, the Grand ,Coencil alone of the Legion of Honour, shall have the Super intendance of it. , (Signed) NAPOLEON." . Yesterday being the memorable 2d of Decembqr, the Prince Archbishop of Gnesen performed grand (pass in the Cathedral ; the Prince of Neult:hatel, the Field.. Marshals and Generals, the whole Imperial Coat, and the Polish Senators were present. The ma's `i being - ended, a 're Deum was sung.amidst the 'or bells ?and the discharges of a hundred pi: ;:es of cannon. Afterwards the senators and. kalghdlood, &c. proceeded to the Imperial chamber, in 01%1,1- to testify the deepest reverence. for his Ma-, jestY. ,In the evening the whole city was -illumi nated. At seven -o'uloclr,. p.m. a ball commenced iti the grand hall of .the Theatre, - to which the' Field Niarshals, Generals, and ,011icers were invited, and ins Majesty honoured•them with his presence.---, -Upon the entrance of ,the , Emperor into the box, where a throne had been ereted, all the ladies stood ty in a circle in the hall, and the gentlemen formed a rank behind them, while the citizens' daughters strewed flowers along the -steps and passages. BAMBERG/1 DEC. 2.---The Gazette- bf this City ontai..s the following article : HEAD-QUARTERS OF MARSHAL DAVOUST. " Scmpolno, Nov. 21'. We. set out to-morrow. We 'shall be in a few crays at Warsaw. We have remained here some Clays in the greatest tranquillity, hoping to draw The Russians to us, but as they do not came, we must go .tv thew." - - - - DEC. 2.—The Deputation of the Palatinate ' • • 11:', Posen having - been admitted to an audience of the _..,mperor.NAPOLEON, aqd they having manifested_ *t`SA"desire that his Imperial Nlajesty would deign to proclaim the independence ,of Poland, the Emperor replied, that ,France had never recog nized the different partitions of Poland, but that lie would not issue the Proclamation 'until the Poles were determined - to defend their rights, not only by arms, but also by. means Of, every sacrifice, even that of their lives. That Europe_had hitherto reproached the Poles witly having in their dissentions frequently sacrificed the interests of their country, and that they had now an opportu nity of proving that they were corrected by expe rience.and the misfortunes of which they had long been the victims. There has .appeared within these few days a, strrall work in the H?brew tongue with a French transla ticia on one , side, which has caused some g-.nsation aith respe& to present circumstances. The au_ -+ ..~. r.r ~~. thor is a baptised Jew. who signs hinself Saattatr, COPENHAGEN, Dec. G.— The Astrea Fegate,' YESSITI (Christian) Paxaa.RUSCH, of the house 'of which conveyed Lord HUTCHINSON, has received so -Davin, Lieutenant at the Imperial Hatel.of Inva- much dasnage, by striking neat Anholt, that she is lids. This work has for its. title, ".Whois this.but an now in our dock to be repaii ed. .She had after the Israelite Christian ?," with the epigraph " Our Phi- ;saceident, constantly sixty men at her pumps. His losophv is the 'Religion of Abraham." . - 'Then follows i Lordship has One in a merchant ship to Dentzig; a Confession of Faith. The author concludes by Wand will soon reach the Prussian Army. exhorting the young Israelites to range themselves 1, VIENN - A, DEC. 3.—A CotanCil was beld yester under the standard of 'NAPOLEON, to corguer*Jeru-1 day and to-day, at which his Majesty presided. This salem, and re-bhild the Temple. ' i Council was called to deliberate on matters of great Pears, DEc. 4. —The entry of the French into urgency. Prussia was so sudden, that the Administration were 1 The cordon of troops on the Frontiers is broken up , not able to, save much of the military property. There and onlya few ;signets remain. We continue uponan is reason to believe, hoWever, that much has been amiCable footing. with France. ' taken away 4i individuals,' who have been either BANKS Or THE MAINE, DEC. 9.--The report tacitly authorized, or who have acted on their 'own ' in the Public Journals that two Russians of rank authority. The Commissary of the. Fourth Division had arrived at the French head-quarters requires con of the Army, wishing to turn to the profit-of the army Armation. the fruits of its conquests, has, summoned all the According to letters fronaVienna, an Imperial Pa persons detaining military property, whether be- tent will soon appear, which•will beextremely agree longing to the Kin`g, or to any division of the Prus- able to the holders of national paper securities. sian 'army, to make a declaration of the same. The It is said that the Austrian akinbassador at Paris - , property coetained in these magazines will be valued Count MWTTERNICII -WINNEBURGEI - OCIISENHAU.- by - experienced. persohs, and a part of their value SEN,' will be recalled, and Field-Marshal, with the will be granted to those making declaration; and I Grand Cross of the Military Order of Theresa, Ba who shall be entitled to reward. - ron,VasTes,NT will be appointed to succeed as Am- The newly formed Legion of the North is on its bassador to the Court of Paris. march for Berlin.' Four thousand men set out within The Public Journals say, that the Emperor ALEX two days from Nancy. It is stated, that aMetigt . ANDER has conferred upon , the insurgent Chief the number of Prussian prisoners of war,. there are CZERNI GEORGE the title of Lieutenant-General, • more than 2 ,000 Poles; who are destieed to serve accompanied with the Order of Nobility. their ancient Country, as will also those Officers of The Newspapers of the day speak of three Rus 'Prussian Regiments who are Poles, sian Armies in Poland, each of thetri eaaooo men 111. - Destou, Dire&or of the Museum Napoleon, strong, along .with an Arniy of Reserve of 90,000 has arrived at Berlin. He has visited all the Royal men. This is communicated from LeMberg ; but PalaCes, and has examined with care all the valuable there is a great want of accurate intelligence fium productions of art which deserve to he ranged any quarter ,throughout the whole of Russian Po amongst the objects of that kind possessed by France. lend. „ , A SubaDireEtor has visited Sans Souci, ana has given . At Nuremburgh the garrison-is at present corn diredion-to -take away several Statues. Chests are posed of the Citizens, the former garrison having making by workmen at Potsdam for the purpose of marched for the Oder. . • s transporting all those valuable articles. LOWER ELBE, DEC, 14.—According to accounts Pali's, Nov. - ees—The Irish Legipn, ,which has from Walgats and,Stralsund of the . oth inst. at that • time all was ghiet in these places. been for six mouths at AlenOn, received orders, on They speak of some definitive resolutions with re, the imth, to march for Berlin, and,set off, in con spe& to the countries lying between the Weser. and sequence, on the eath. . • , the Elbe. , According to private letters, the City of Glogau i surrendered by capitulation to the Bavarian troops . HANOVER, DEC. 6.—The term of 48 hours, which that besieged it. . , was granted to the- Merchants to denounce all the The projeded, journeys of the Empress to Ber- ' English merchandize which thy - had in their posses lin, renders ,it more and more probable that the sion, having expired, domiciliary visits amongst thein Emperor will continue at the head of his Army are to commence to-day. , I till Peace is conluded on the Continent. - - DEC: e.—Generai RUBY, who commanded here, We- are assured that fresh orders have arrived to has set out to proceed to the head-quarters of Mar continue, with' the greatest a&ivity, the works corn- shar MORTIER, who is at present at Anclam, on the menced at the Thtiilleries, the Louvre, the Triumphal frontiers of Swedish Pomerania. The command of Arches, mad Place du Carousal. this city has been confided, for the second time, to the General of Brigade SCHAUM. BERLIN, DEc: 6.—The headquarterS of , his.l\fa-- The Executive Committee has published the fol jesty the Emperor and King are at present at Posen, lowing Order :7 ,( and the Prussians, ‘.,,•110 appeared in small numbers " By order of his Excellency Marshal MoaTtEa, at Warsaw, must have repassed the Vistula. The all comMerce, or any connexion of that kind, with 'news which have been c:rculated, that the • French England, is strictly* prohibited—end it is also order had experienced - defeats, are false and unfounded. ed, that no - letters or packets for that kingdom shall DEC. O.—The passage of trooPa still continues; be sent, or suffered to be sent, by any of the inhabi those of the Confederation of the Rhine, namely of tants or persons in office. The persons, in office in Nassau Usingen, Baden, Hesse Darmstadt, &c., have ' arrived here: . . every town are direded to make known to every one this Order. The 18,000 French of the Arm-•' of the North , ' the c His / i x : "in Name o'i, Avaajesty the Emperor who have been hitherto in 'Holland have set, out for ' Poland. • v "of the French and King of Italy, .. . " PATJE. BERLIN, DEC. 11.--the last . news from Poland ' • "V. MEDING," state,. that . .the French have occupied Praga and Thorp, , and- that the Russians are retiring air forced marches, in . order, to avoid an engaaerhent. - DEC. 13.—The Russian Army under Gen. BEN NINGSEN has retired from the bank's of the Vistula. Marshal DAVOUST has crossed that river, and taken a position on the other side of Praga. We are confidently informed that RuSsia has de clared ,war against the Porte. The Russian troops 'have surrounded Choczim and Bender, have passed the Wester, and stretched themselves as far as Jas- ,1 sy. Gen. MlcirEason commands the Russian army • in Wallachia. Gen. OUDINOT bliS received orders from the. Em peror to make a selealion 'of 14,000 of his best troops, who are intended for a secret expedition. The Telegraph, contains the following Intelligence: " The Russia'n army under the command of Gen. ' BENNINGSEN has drawn back from the Banks' of the Weichsel (Vistula), _Marshal DAvousT has passed the above river, and has taken up his position on the other side of Praga. "'Letters from Dresden, of the gth inst. mention the breaking up (dislocation) of the army of ,Bohe niia. They' beg-an their . movements in the latter end of Novembar, and they separated into three co luMns: The troop's, who were at' the extremities 'of the frontiers, have marched through Konigs, Gratz, Chudrin, Zwittau, and Muglitz ; theregiment of Luidenau, and the hussars of. the Archduke FEEDS SAND have taken the *same route. , • . I The Hungarian reserve, consisting of the regi a ' menu of Wukassowich, Starry, Giulay, Eiterhazy, the grenadiers, and the regiment Czartoriky, has taken the route of Cazaslau, Iglau, and Brunu. A very small column has marched through Tabor . and Mittingau ; it chiefly Consists •of the' garrison of Vienna ; and among others, of the Hulans of the Archduke CHARLES, and. the hussar brigades of Ge neral STUTTERHEM. it is certain that the whole garrisod of Vienha has again marched back." . Ever memorable will it be in the annals of his•• tory that the great, Ruler of France should grant peace to the German Princes from the Midst of the newly created Polish Empire, a kingdom which has' been so often the seat of.discord, and the source of contention . „, , Our 'Governor-General, CLARKE, is' ,as enthu siastically received here as at Viennalast year. As Russia has declared war against the Porte, the campaigns between the French and RusSians must take place in Turkey.. , ALTONA, DEC. 16.—1 t is said that the Elearess of HEssE will pass the winter at Gothic). Marshal MORTIER, with his Staff, wis still at An clam on the 13th, and had nut utictertaken any thing • against Stralsund. MENTZ, Nov. -o a -5 ,, -The ' caperor Naroasoss . has presented the Ofand Duke of BA D E N with 4000 filHisltets, 6tio hoises, and 3000 cloaks, towards his dantingent. The Principality of Fulda is at present administered in the name of the Emperor. _ , ...! 1 / 4 1.sosisantosi, DEC. I.—Wc arc assured that there is needa,single French soldier in all Hi ;h, Germany, excel* the garrison of 13rannau. a. " Hanover, Dec. 5, f 806." ITAMBURGH, Dsc. 9.--.--Our Deputies, who, as , is already known, did not arrive at Berlin until after the departure of his Imperial Majesty, set out on the 7th instant for the Head-Quarters at Posen. The SyndicDoormann, who arrived before them at 'Ber lin, has joined' the Deputation. It is understood here, that the whole of the Prus sian Royal Family . are on their way, to St. Peters burgh, whither they have becn invited by the Em peror ALEXANDER. The Russian troops who had advanced into Poland began to retrograde as soon as ' they heard of the battle of. Jena. • DEC. I L—General MICHAUD, who arrived here the day before yesterday, is appointed' by the Em peror and King; NAPOLEON, Governor of the Han seatic towns of Hamburgh, LubeC,', and BreMen . . This appointment has already been notified to the Senate.. General LAVAL, who has been hitherto Commandant of the city, has received another desti-• nation in the ; Wintry of Mecklenburg!), to which he is about . to proceed immediately. The Italian troops who are hare,- will remain; it is said, until further orders. The report of the at . - rival oftive French regiments is pot confirmed. HAMBURGH, DEC. 1'3.---The reports of all the Pilots agree in stating,• that the English Frigate Ainiable, commanded by Captain UPTON, and which is cruizing at the mouth of the Elbe, will not suffer any cargoes destined tbr . this place to come here. Captain UPTON has also declared, that un- less he receives other instruelions„ the passage of the Wattes shall remain free for all neutral property ; but that English merehandize of all descriptions, :Inc] belonging to whateVer proprietor, and also the produ(:ts . of Fiance, will be. stopped in their passage. The articles which are allowed to pass without dif ficulty are r train and seeds of all kinds, chdr coal, flax, heini); pease, wood for carpenter's - work, and all the products of the Baltic ; and, also glass and earthenware, beer, cheese, and provisions -of all kinds.- •, FE= uhou, Dhc. 16.-13'the last accounts from Rostock we learn, that Marshal MORTIEE. had ar rived there.. This has been the mildest winter ever knoWn : the late rains were accompanied with such warm wea ther,' that- the country north of, Hamburgh. is com pletely clothed with green. rxricicT OF A LETTER FROM SCHWERIN, DEC. 2. '`` General MIC.IAUD has taken possession of our country in the name of the Emperor NAPOLEON, because three sc,ni of the Duke were in the ser vice of the enemy of France--7because last year a passage had been granted to the Russian and Swe dish troops, who had been received with joy—and because Russia Las occupied Moldavia and Walla chia. The occupation, however, is only prOvisional, until a peace _with Russia. The Duke set out for Berlin the day after that event with a view to ob tain,..if possible, some alleviation of our lot. We exped Mars'hal MORTIER in a few days, and with him the definitive decision upon the destiny which is .reserved for us." ~~ Ntntr.mtina, DECEMBER : Y esterday three thousand seven, hundred Wirtemburgh troops, in and near this city, received orders to repair to Ber lin, and thence to join the,Grand Army in Poland. The Polish Legion forming here, and which is com= posed, of - Prussian deserters, has received, the same route. Marshal, MORTIER with his Staff, ,was, on the 3d ult. still at A-nclam, and had made no attempt against Stralsund. The reigning Duke of SAKE COBOURG died at his residence on the 9th of December, in the 56th year of his age. LElrstc, • NOV. 7.—The'French have impoked on this town a contribution of 90%000 ells of cloth, 200,000 ells of linen, 30Q,000 pair of shoesoo,ooo blankets, 280;060 pair of . woollen. stockings, and 200,000 woollen caps. Provisions are here at an. exorbitant priee. , • LANDSHtiT; (IN .SILESIA) Nov. 22.—We have mile of the French in our neighbourhood: The . Bavarians have beewbomharding Glogau these fif teen days. We learn by private letters from Pantzic, that seventeen thousand Prussians have assembled there, under the command of General MOLTNTSTEIN, who, • in spite of all the representations that have been made to them on the part of the city),nre determined to maintain it, and oppose the entralice of the French.. ,ALTObiA, DEC. s.—The body of Prince Lours of PRUSSIA is still embalmed in a vault 'Of the Parish of Saalfeld. The Duchess of WizmAa has placed a crown of lautelg around his temples. Scarcely any hair is now seen on his head, because the Duchess and several French Marshals acd Gene, rats hive cut off every ringlet to serve.as ruothentos 'of that brave Prince: FRONTIERS,OF SAXONY, DEC. §.—ln the Fortress of Glogau, which surrendered atierz bombardment of a few hours to the Wurtemburgh troops, under General VANDAMME, the French found. 200 pieces of cannon; the garrison, consisting of 4000 men, are prisoners of war, and will be sent to France. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The interesting Document respeaing India Was unfortunatecy sent into the auntty, which delays its appearance SiZITo- morrow. MAILS. ARR IV ED—I larnaiea, i Malta, it Leeward IsLtd, 3 Dub-. lin, I Watertord. Dui. ---4 Gotteuburgn, i Dublin, t Wateiford. PRI;CI OF STOCKS THIS DAY AY TWELVE O'CLuCK. 6,0 i 1 Red. Ann.' - Consols - ' - - - THE SUN. SOCEM QUIS DICERS FALSUM AUDZAT? L 0 N D 0 N, MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 180 G. YESTERDAY three Mails from Husum arrived, which contain some very interesting Intelligence, Which we have extratled at great length, but we are prevented by want of room from offering any- Comments upon it. 4 appears th‘at ithe French have' crossed the Vistula, and taken possession - of Praga. We are sorry to find that Thorn, GlOgau, and. Breslau have , surrendered to the French 3 the two former were severely bombarded. — . lt lits quite clear that no battle took place between the Russians and French on this side.of the Vistula. T . :Jere were, however, some skirmishes, in oup of. which it is obvious from ' DAVOUST'S Let ter, that the French 'were defeated. BONAPARTI: has at length announced his intention of ere6ting Po land into a Kingdom, but the name of the new Scr vereign is not jet announced. WE received this morning - Jamaica Papers to the 16th ult. from which we have made several interest ing Extrads, which will be found in oiir subsequent Columns. THE eloquent and argumentative speech. of Lord .Holvlcx, on the firt day of the Scisioti, contains so complete a refutation of all the charges which were urged against Government, that tne Papers of Opposition have no resource . but iu mis-statement at Misrepresentation. It is alleged that " it would have teen as liberal to have abstained from entering znto any remarks upon the suljea of Sir H. Popham. and Sir D. Baird till they had an opportunity of de fending themselves." Lord Howic:t. did not origin ate this discussion, but was unquestionably entitled to reply, in his own vindication, to the observations and severe animadversions which were made by Mr. CANNING. His LOrdS,llip avowed, that therecall of Sir H. P6PHAM was his own act, and. that he ad vised The recall of Sir D. BAILIE,. • He fairly stated the reasons which occasioned the recall:of those Of ficers, without in any degree precluding their future justification, if they shall be enabled to advance any adequate grounds of defence. They had apparently trabsgressed their obvious duty,_ by undertaking, without the orders or knowledge' of Goveinment, a. remote Ekpedition, totally extraneous to the trust which was confided to them, and far exceeding,'- the liMits of that discretionary power which may, be safely vested in a Commander. To effect this ob- • jest, they had stripped the Cape of the troops neces sary to its defence; and had left. it almost incapable of making any resistance to the attacks of an-Ene my. While they were arranging this enterprise, a Vessel, which had been dispatched for the East In dies, arrived at the Cape, where the money and forces, w hick at home were deenied necessary for a different purpose, were diverted 'from their dest