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FROM THE HITSUM 11,4114 ~• , - From 'the t 1 rSCII and DVTOii PP RS. THE FRENCk 'SENATE. BERLIN, Nov. 28.----On the 26th ult. the Kink of Prussia rece►ved a visit from Marshal Dtmoc. who was the bearer of new proposals for an Armistice; PM:IS.-11e Commission to whom had been re ferred the examination of the in-ojet of the Seuatni Ccinsultnm, and the Repor't to be made on his Majesty's Message, made the Report to the Se nate this day, by their organ, LACEPEDL. It Was as follows which, however, were rejecled: ALTONA, DEC. 2.—The report is repeated of the French having been defeated by the Russians..: , — Travellers arrived from Berlin, state, that from " MONSEIGNEUR-rvSUSATORS, U You, have referred to your Special Commission . the Message sent you by his Imperial and Royal Majesty, from his head-quarters at Berlin, ana which has been coinwunicated to you by his Se . 900 to 1200 waggons of wounded French Soldiers arrived in that city, on the 27th and three following days. The Hospitals of Custrin and Stettin are de, rene Higlnmss the Prince .Arch• Chancellor of the scribed as full of sick and wounded. Ou the 25th Empire. You have in like manner referred to yOur Spe cial Commission the Imperial Decree, together with the two Reports of the Minister for Foreign Af fairs, which were 'annexed to hiS Majesty's Mes sage, and a projet of Senatus Consultant relative to the Military Conscription of 1807, and. whicn I am going to read. " Your Commission has been unanimously of opinion, that the Senate ought to hasten to adopt the projet of the Senatus Consult= which is pro posed to you ; and the motives of which, so well developed by the Orators of Government, are laid down in so' adtnitible a manner hi the Message of Ills Imperial and Royal Majesty. It is also conceived, that it could not better : second the sentiments which this memorable, Message has inspired us with, than by proposing to offer up to his Imperial Majesty, in an Address, of which the Commission has appointed me,. to submit to you the projet, the lionitig - t; of your profound de votedness, and of your warm and resreaful gra funde. DAVOUST was attacked by a Corps of 600 Cos sacks, while reconnoitring the Russian out-posts, compelled to fall back, although supported by 1000 Poles ; most of his Cavalry were killed. The French have emptied the Hessian and Saxon Arsenals, with the contents of which they have loaded several thousand waggons, and sent them partly to the interior of France, and partly,to Poland. • On the 27th ult. M. Du IA ROCIIEFAUCAULT, the late French Ambassador at Vienna, arrived at Berlin, NAPOLEI:* having appointed General ANDREOSSY to be his successor. TALLEYRAND has likewise 'sent his Agent DURANT on a special mission to the Au. strian Court. He is to demand •of FBArep 11. the cession of Saltzberg, BerchtolsOden, and the In viertel, for Bavaria ) as well as the Austrian part of Poland, as soon as the icingdotn shall be proclaimed) return he is to offer the Prussian part of Silesia. The Queen of Prussia and the Itoyal Family have gone for St. Petersburgh. A very respeetable Russian'Corps passed through Merrtel on the 20th and 3ist ult. -ALTONA, Nov. 17.—The French Garrison at fiamburgly, which exceeded 16,000 men, under Geners MORTIER, broke up two days ago extreme ly suciotsoly, leaving only 3000 men, and in the Most dreadful weather took the road to Berlin. Martial NI cAtttee Was tolave followed them yester day. The 3000 men left in Hatnburgh have since been reinforced by as many more. It is privately rumoured, that the 'reach Army has suffered a considerable defeat, either in the vicinity of Posen, or near Stettin, and that this occasioned the sudden and abrupt departure of Marshal Motile& and his Corps from Hamburgh. Should things continue in their present state, two thirds of the City of Hambargh will be reduced to the greatest misery, as the French will not suffer any thing to go out of the gates all the heavy post Waggons with parcels am stopped at the gates, and sent back to be examined whether any British pro perty is concealed in them. Dec. 2.--EsAccording to advices from Konitigs burgh, which come down to the 27th ult. the KING of Pasissra still has an Army of 50,000 men, and his Head-quarters are at Osterode, in East Prussia. Dantzic has a garrison of 14,000 men, and at the time these advices cane away, not a single Frenchman was in that neighbourhood. The French had bombarded Thorn s but without success, and the bridge at Thorn, over the Vistula, had been completely destroyed by the Prussians, who had also stopped the navigation of the river. Russia, it is said, will immediately bring a force of mere than 500,000 men into the field. Thb levies throughout the Russian Empire 'will exceed swat Millions of men, exclusive of the regular army. Most important intelligence is anxiously expeEted from Poland ; but should events prove onfavonr able to the French, the accounts must reach us very sloes ly, as . theY have stopped the regular communi cation by the Posts. The sound, Denmark, ancl the Duchies of Sles wick and Holstein, still remain free from invasion. A few days ago Larl GowEa embarked on board an English Ship of War in the Sound, and sailed for the Baltic, either for Sweden or Russia. The French are making great preparations for the siege of Stralsund. The venerable remains of the Duke of B IWNSWICK have been refused interment in the tomb of his forefathers. NAVOLEON answered to the Deputa tion sent to him, at Berlin, on this subject No, Gentlemen, his ashes , are not worthy to . repose by the side of those of.his ancestors !" Two Hambro' Ships from Bourdeaux have en tered the Elbe, which shows that the blockade is not very strift. • '" I have then the honour to impose 'to the Se nate, in the name of its Special Commission, to adopt.— '" First, The projet of the Senatus Consultnm 4. relative to the Military Conscription. " Secondly, the projet of a pecree, as well as the. Address, which am going to have the honour to present to you." On this Report the Senate, in the same sitting, adopted the projet of the Senatus Consultum it in like manner adopted the projet of a Decree, and the Address proposed by its commission. (These two documents wilt be published when his Akjesty, to whom they have been sent, shalt have ordered them to be printed.) * That eighty thousand Conscripts shall be raised in 1007 ; they shall be called of at the periods fixed by the Imperial Decrees they shall be taken from the French bore from and comprising the Ist January 1707, to the 3lst December of the same year." • FRAN4FORT, DEC. 2.--Yesterday and to day Frauch troops again marched through hence, which are to be followed by others. The left si,le of the ithine swarms with Conscripts.. A Newspaper asserts, that tilt Queen of Prussia is at present at St. Petersburgll. Wrln.n General THIEAULT took possession of lda, he issued a Proclamation, in consetinence of which it was declared, that that Country should never return wider the subjedion of the 1 3 rioces of Orange. The fortress of PleSSenburgli surrendered by capitulation on the 14th ult. The garrison Nie Prisoners of War. HAGUE, DEC. 7.—ln' the Sitting of the Assetn: , bly of the-sth, a letter from the King was laid on the table, sketching the out lines of an Ordinance by which a tax on hearths shall 'be raised within this Kingdom. At the same time a Message was re., ceived from his Majesty, in which, after having given a, concise detail of the state of the Kingdom since July last, his Majesw,calls the attention of their High Mightinesses to .he present situatiof the different branches of thettoverniiele and the improvements of which eachiathem Ofriceptible ; after which his Majesty informs them that the vA rious out-lines of laws . shall:6e snbniiitea'to their. consideration. Several newphithotiOnsi have again taken-place. A shocking incident from lie bite of. a mad dog, occurred on Monday tnorning to-the % .. , icifiity of Char ing-cross :—A favourite dog belonging to, a stable keeper in Bond-street shtheedlOsoine sympttuns of madness, on which his ownevaiased hint to be tied up . with a strong iron chain-t"ne of the coach houses. OnMonda y morning, Oren' t he Coachman and one of the helpers went into the place where the • dog was, he pulled at his chain in orde,rftol4llat them. His disorder giving him ncloultee strength, from his repeated efforts the chaithroke. Ulle of the men leaped behind a coach ; the ottler, being armed with a pitch-fork, defended himself; but both escaped the dog, who ran out, - followed by several persons armed with forks, bludgeonS, &c. down Piccadilly, the Hay-market, &c. cling out " Mad Dog ! ail D 0 ,- !" trufortanately the animal went into a Public Dowse in the neiv,hbaurhood of Char ing Cross, and bit the Laddlord in the thigh, and the thumb and finger of his right hand. The dog was killed ; a Surgeon was immediately sent fin', who without loss of time cut the piece out of the thigh that was bit, and' ampotated the hand from the wrist. The 9th, t4th, 'and 91st Regiments of Foot marched on Saturday from Hythe and Shorncliffe Barracks,into Dover, w here they embarked 'yesterday, in boats, which are to convey .them to the Transports waiting for them in the Downs. They are said to be .destined for Ireland; A Statute of Lunacy has been issued by the Loap A' Depot of Ordnance Stores is to be immediately r s ‘,HANCELLOR against Mr. LUDLAM. formed at Falmouth—part of the stores are already issued, with an intimation' that others will soon • CORN EXCHANGE, DEC. 24.—The late contrary follow. It was intended to have lodged them at i winds prevent further supplies 'of grain in general, Fendennis, ; but the Store-houses there are fin. and but little business stirring, the few sales of ed with necessaries for the land service ; and, in Wheat are at less price ; previous to the close consequence, - new buildings will be erected. Wipe- of Monday's Market, second and inferior qua ther the Government ground at Pendennis will be p ities were 45.• and ss. per quarter lower ; Bar chosen for . this purpose, or the newly purchased ley in little demand ; and Malt is rather lower ; lands at Mylor, is not yet determined. i White Pease. in short supply, and full as dear ; Grey ! and Beans, of each sort, at Somewhat less ; the Oat Yesterday, at the Public-Office, Hatton-Garden,. Trade is - heavy' in sales, mid scarcely Jetch las t Wm. Ray Lucas, a publican, his maid-servant, and prices ; fine American Flour 4 4 5. to 4 gs. per barrel . Powell ; a sawyer, .were charged with secretincr a : • 1 heat cs a 7os aSS 04 Ite.ins - W 5 4 pocket-book, which they had found in the street, Fine ditto - s c . , sf l i s „, -r e k‘is ea 7ni 1 : s°i : 4 containing 4001. in country bank-notes, which they , R )e - . 4 7): a 4 5s z: oats 2.41 a 28 - , a 4 3 4 2 5 S c ( c i t got changed for Bank of England notes. The Offi- - Daley - - Vs a 435 ad i Poland ditto •33s a 345. o 4 Mal! - . Os a 745 ad love Seed 24 1 . 27i. as. ot ...Cers, on searching the Prisoners, found ^.501. of the :IV - hite Peace• iios'it 884 ad Fine, Vhmr 7 5.,4 7 si 04 property, Tin , were committed for re-aurnipatiou. Grey ttitto - 465 api od Seconds - bpi a ',.w 04 AZIIS, the unfounded pretence; by which, the )!retch Cc. vernment seeks to attribUte to delays- oat O'ir p. rt the results Of its diva InjuitiCe and rtpeated breacti Of promise.. . • . . The whole of our intercourse with Fraw:e - benra indeed so different a charadet, from .that of delay, and the whole of the King's condua in in every other instance, is !narked by so malty striking proofs of his de'sire to avert, even by the greatest ‘,:u• ! crifices, such calamities as he is now accused of pro, ducing, that your Lordship may perhaps Lave felt it less necessary to enter into a particular refutation cif "such a charge. But after after the experience which in this Negota. tion we. have had of the conduct of the French - 6*i. vernment, it is of the highest consequence nu( to suffer such imputations to pass unnoticed, and, by disregard, to acquire strength and currency. Of the , subsequent proceedings no explanation cart be necessary. -, It had not been decided here, that in the event of the signature of the Russian Treaty the Negotiation on the part of this country should be pursued on any 'other basis but that of the stria uti poss,idetis; with the'exception of Hanover. The resolution of admitting even the possibility of an equivalent for Si:. ; cily, had been adopted only in consequence of I\i,, D'Oubril's desire, and in orkr to maintain, if it had been possible, the union of council and measures be:' , tween. Great Britain and Russia. Tlll. I.A"1" - E NttO :I VI lON WITII TRANCE. r • .1 . . rADEIti• ItElAtIVt, TO TILE NEGOTIATION WITH VIZ AN 0414,11, BY HIS MAJLSTY'S COM« FANP, TO 130Tff. tioeSF.s OF r/iIILIAMENT. (Cwrthmel raper of Yester4v,) • N o , . 2,9.—enpy at' a Dispatch frojn Mr. Sec?etaty Fek t ; : the 'Earl of Niritiout;), dated ?)owning-street, Aug. '', !Soft. M Y - Downing-street, Aug. 2, ak:6, Mr. Goddard here yesterday evening With Vour A ml,:hip AigOte4 of the 30th - Airy. . . ;Majesty's ~ . -!:rvinits - always did. , justice, to. the natives which induced your Lordship to • Prodtice your tall pewei - s, though 'the step is one of which it is not possible fin- them to .e:cpress approbatiOn, thinking it, as they do, likely to baregiveu so much more countemnce o:au •was desirable to the - new and increasing email ds of France. The full powers which Lord Lauderdale carries with him, aic drawn jointly in his name and y,our Lordship's. In the present disposition of the French Government, there is, I fear, little probability that Peace can be concluded on such terms as are alone admissible. The trial should, .however, be Made with frankness and good faith ; and it is with this view that His Majesty has been pleased to direa that the Earl of Lauderdale should proceed to Paris, notwithstanding the present unfavourable aspe& of the Negotiation. His instructions your Lordship Will consider as equally addressed to yourself, and as the rule of your condu& in any conference which, 10 cOnjunClion with him, you may have with Mon sieur 'I allevrand or General Clarke ; and, in any point of doubt that may occur, it is Majesty's plea sure, that your Lordship should be guided by Lord Lauderdale's opinion, formed,, as it will. be, on the tullest knowledge of the sentiments and views of His Majesty's Government. I 4111, 45:-c But by the produaion of your Lordship'S full powers, his Majesty was in .some sort pledged to continue the Negot►ation. It was then judged pro. , per that a fresh Negotiator shoull be added to your Lordship, and not an instant has been lost in giving etre6t to that determination► ; nor lras any consider able (Idly occurred on this side the water, except in the s ‘ ingle point respetting the passport; which I have explained in the outset of this dispatch. I am, &c. (Signed) C. J. Fox. C. J. Fox. (No. 3r.) —Copy of a Dispatch from the Earl. of Lauder• dale to Mr. Secretary fox, dated Paris, Attgust 6, i 806.--; Received 'August i 3. Slit, No. Copy of a IMparch from Mr. Secretary Fox to the tart of YarMouth, dated Do..vniug.street, Aug. 3, 1'406. MY LORI), Downing-street. Aug. 3, iSoG. I was unwilling to detain Lord Lauderdale for the purpose of replying particularly to the unfounded -al legetious of M. Talleyrand, which you have reca pitnleted in your dispatch of the ; 40th ult. But some polars are there mentioned which cannot be left without an answer, such, indeed, as I trust your Lordship hassalready given to them. • It is true, as stated by that Minister, that when the demand was thade for Lord Lauderdale's pass port, there. still remained here a - blank passport, one tsf Ihe two sent here smile title before your • Lord ship's arrival, when it had been proposed tis us to neat separately from Russia. That proposal having fallen to the ground, the - circumstance of our being still in possession of the passport was overlooked ; but, even if it had occurred, some doubt would pro bably have arisen, hoW far it might be proper, in so different a state of things, to make use of it for Lord Lauderdale, Without some previous commu nication of 'such an intention. This whole mat= ter is, however, very immaterial. - The _principal point to which I feel it necessary to advert, is that pert of M. Talleyrand'e language which -imputes to this Countey • needless dela y s in the NegotiAtion, and attributes to. that cause the nejustitieble meas sures pursued by Fietnce in Germany and elsewhere. In the instructions given to Lord .Lauderdale the repeated-tergiversations of France, during the Ne gotiation, are detailed. It is from thence alone that delay has arisen. , Your Lordship truly states, that the-offers made through yourself were so clearly and unequivocally expressed, that the intention of the French Gzn ern silent could not be doebted. , But they were no sooner made than departed from. In the tirst conference, after yeur Lordship's return to France, Sicily was demanded.. In the former offers•,• it had been distindly disclaimed, " (a) Vous d'avez —nous ne - vows la demandons pas. •Si tious la possedions elle pourroit augmenter de beaucoup les diftieults."l'his demand, theretbre, , could not h. ,'e been foreseen, being in contradisEtion to their own assurances;, and your Lordship could only take. it ad riferendlior. This produced a delay attribute-. ble solely to France. Our answer was immediate end distinct. The new demand was declared to be a breach of the princiele of the proposed basis in its most essential part. To obviate 'a cavil on the sub je& of,full powers, they were seat to you.; but with `an express ,insineensa not to use them, nor even to produce them' formally, till the French Government elleitld return to iteformer ground respecting your Lordship stated this to M. Talleyrand, and you received, in return, s proposal of giving to His Ma jestyeor rn the King. of Naples, the House ToWns, in lieu of Sicily. This being again a proposition en-, ,fifejknew, couldonly be referred for His Ma;esty's cclnderation. On the , very next day after it arrived, it was decidedly rejected here; and, so little were we disposed to delay, that the same dispatch. con veyed to you His Majesty's orders, if the demand of Sicily should still be persisted in, to desire your pass ports, and return to England. Of this order your Lordship informed M. Taller" rand, and its execution was delayed only by a Isesh proposal of exchanges brought forward by France, and supported by the Russian Minister s 'as affbrding the means by which His M.:jesty might prevent, among other • things, the changes meditated in oer many. M, 'Talleyrand, it appears, now represents this communieatien in the following terms : ".We told you, that it you had powers, and would enter into' Negotiation, we would not sign the arrange ment in Germany. "' M. Talleyrand's rol commu nication is to be found in your Lordship's dispatch of the 9th July, in which he says, that those changes " were determined upon, but should not be published if Peace took place." , That dispatch was received here on the 12th, qtxl, on the 17th, in dire& violation of these asSurances, in whichever form they were conveyed i the German Treaties were both signed and published. They must, of course, have been prepared at least one day , before. What M. Talleyrand, therefore, calls a reasonable,time allowed to yeur Lordship to consult your Government, was at the most twenty four hours, even supposing the utmost possible ex pedition to be made by the Messengers to and from England, and no accident or delay to occur by land or sea. These dates will, undoubtedly, not 'have es i caped , your Lordship's attention, and will have enabled you to refute, in the most decisive manner, Paris, 6th Aug. 9 o'clock A.M. The desire expressed by Commedore Owen; in the uncertain state of the weather, to get off the coast of France as soon as possible, prevented me from' detaining the boat for the purpose of announcing to you my arrival at Calais. After a very quick passage in his'Majestys Frigate. the Clyde, I was put on shore on Sunday morning the 3d about 11 o'clock. At Calais I received every mark of attention and civility from the Magistrates, and the Commanders of the Army and of the Ma rine, as well as from the inhabitants of the place, who were in crowds on the shore - , 'expressing their wishes for peace. I have now to inform you, that on Tuesday I got: to Paris about 12 o'clock, where I ithmedintely sent the enclosed Note (marked A,) to his- Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs, from whom I soon. afterwards received the answer (marked B.), which I - also enclose. At the hour appoinlid, I waited . upon. his Excellency, with whom I had a shot t con versation, in which his anxiety for your sp.:edy re- Covery formed the I riuciple topic. I fe•informed me that General Chake. was the persoy lie se by the Emperor to negotiate with Lord Yi:nnouth apd my self, and appointed thiS day at 1 t O'clock for the formal exhibition of our powers. As the frequency of communication gives rise to false speculations in England, it is not my inteition to send a Messenger until I shall have sottuttni::g more important to cc:..utnunicate. am,. Scc. (a) YoO arc in possessiot of it. We do not demand it of yo , :. If We possessui it the difficulties might be much ill.. crOSCd. LAUDEIII 4 ..ALE. First Inclosure (A). = Copy of a Note from the Earl of Laui derdalc•to 1%1. Talk) rand, dated August 5, t 8.6. l'ari, August 5, 1306. The Eat-I of Lauderdale, appointed by his Bri tannie Aldjesty, Plenipotentiary at the Court of France; has the honour to inform his Ekcellericy the Minister for Foreign Affairs of his arrival at , Paris, and at the smile time to request that lie will have, the goodness to inform him at what hour he may call upOn him. Second 111CIOSilfe (B.) —Copy of a Note from M. Talleyrand to the Earl of Laudetctalz, dated Aug. ;, deb. ' ~• ' • - Paris., Atigust 5, cBo6. The Minister for Foreign Atliiiri has learned 'with pleasure the.arrival of the . Earl of Lauderdale. HS will be happy to see him to-day at five o'clock. H has the hobo& to present to the Earl of ' Lau derdale the a.iimranees of his high considertition; No. 32. —Copy of a Dispatch froratlie Earl of Lauderdale .to M. Secretary Fox, dated earls, Augu . st 7, iB.6.—Receiv. .ed AuF,-;st' i 3. • SIR, In consequence of the appointment mentioned in , My dispatch of ye:terday 7 s date, I called on his Ex cellency the Minister for Foreign Atiltirs at eleven o'clock, and exhibited the powers with which his Majesty had been graciously pleased to invest me.— According to.custom, I left with his Excellency a copy of the powers, and he - delivered to me a Icl - . - ter, which I have the honour to inelose,. informing ma that Goneral , Clarke had been appointed to neio tiate with , Lord Yarmouth and myself. To General Clarke I was introduced before dit ner, at the ,house of his Excellency the Minister, and, in the course of a short Conversation with him, fixed our first meeting for twelve ondoci: this day. I have reason to think that he did not wish it to take place so soon, though 'he certainly made no explicit objeaion when I proposed it.-1 ain, &c. (Signed) .LALIDURDALE. Inclosure referred to in the preceding Dispatch.—Copy of a Note from M. Talleyrand to the Earl of Lauderdale, dated August 6, ISA. Paris. August 6, 18c6. The Undersigned Minister for Foreign Affairs has igst po time in laying before his Majesty the Empe ror And King the full powers which his Excellency I f Ord Lauderdale, Minister Plenipotentiary on the pert of his Britannic Majesty, has done him the ho flour to communicate to him. , He has the honour to inform Lord Lauderdale, thet General Clarke has been appOinted by his Majesty, and has tekvived his -credentials,to treat for Peace ; and thl - -:t it is with that Minister that their Excellencies my Lords Lau derdale and Yarmouth will , have to enter into negc. tiation on the snbje.c.l of the present discussions, which the two Governments equally desire to see happily concluded. The Minister for Foreign Affairs requests Ms Ex cellency Lord Lauderdale to accept the assurtnlce ilia high consideration. (Signed) CH. M. TALLiTRAND, rrinctat Benevento. 60-