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urul. in tlie second place, from the reve
lation of the Lord Jesus ; and, from the
v hole, to point out the inferences neces
sary for, and useful to mankind.” The
Ministers of the established church of
Aberdeen, the Principals and Professors
of King’s and JMarischal Colleg s of
Aberdeen, and the i rustcesof tlve Tes
tator, are appointed to nominate and
make choice ol three of the judges.
intelligence.
Extract of a Letter, written three days
offer the battle of Prussian Eylau by
an officer oj the Russian armij^ to his
father at Lubcck.
« When you receive this letter, you
will perhaps have Ir ani of the terrible
mule fought three days ago, between
our army and the French. As I sup
posed you might be. very uneasy resp<-ct
ng my late, i hasten to satisfy vou by
he present lettc r. Nothing disagreea
ble has occurred to m , thou :h I have
h c n a v. hole day in the- midst of a sh ,w -
■r oi balls and bulle ts. 1 know not how
U v, as possible to come out of such a
were ot desolation alive ; but after all,
diank Chid, I have not received a
cratch, and there lore am much more
f< ruinate- then most of the hr. ve officers
of our regiment, who have falhn.
'nose who are not killed, are almost all
minded. J his battle has been mor>
ttal then that of A i st< rlitz.
“ Our army has p.. rformed prodigies
1 !* valour. 1 hough we nave lost a num
ber ol m.n, it is generally agreed, that
d is an astonishing eircumstar.ee not to
have lost more; and this 1; looked upon
a; ati olivet of dit- excellent discipline
which prevailed in the army d iringthe
mat oi the action, and in the midst oi
uich a fire as never was seen.
4 During the last three d r--, the quo ^
iOn who where the \ u tar-, h is been
frequently' asked among u . This m.tv
• 1'pear singular; but in reality, I cannot
> v. hichoi the armies fought wiih th
most courage and firmness, or which
did the most misch. i to the other ;
however, this i.> certain, that we lost a
-. cry ;rr at numb r «>1 men. But as we
ba\e not kept po session of the field of
oattle, and ol e mrse, have not y t been
.,1jF to \ tl iiy the resuus of tile ' c ion,
there is l oom to hope that a gi\ it part
of the men who have hitherto been ab
sent on the calling of tii • roll., 1, lVe not
puis.icd. It is less pain I f. to acknov
ledge, that the enemy has made a num
ber of prisoners.
“ In spite of our losses, this memora
ble day has done great honor to our arms,
hvery corps, every officer, every private
man, distinguished himself. Our re
treat after the battle, is no proof that we
rave been beaten. We did not go to
t ike a military position, but merely to
bad an opportunity to come to an en
gagement with the enemy at a time
v. licn we hoped he would not he in a
situation to resist the mass of the forces
brought t » act agiinst hi i . If we had
conquered, other operations would have
immediately followed; but otherwise it
was our duty to retreat, which we are
doing at this moment; and this only
proves, that our enterprize has not had
all the success which it promised.
r i «
•if me rest, i cannot snv our
situation is the most brilliant. The en
emy, has the advantage over us, of mak
ing war600 miles irom his own country;
and living at the expence of the van
quished. Should he, as it is thought, ar
rive upon our territory, the people of
out* irontiers will have two dreadful
scourges upon them at one time. Hi
therto our hopes have been deceived in
several instances. We were told that
the 1 rench would not expect us in the
winter: but we found them collected in
a sufficient number to withstand the
shock ol an immense force. We are
told that sickness carried them off by
thousands at a time ; hut the manner in
which we passed the 8th of this month
did not make it appear as if we had to
i » w ith sit k me n. Sin .. had i ison
I to hope that Napoleon h id set < if for
Paris: this was equ Ty false ; and il it
laid not been contradicted by the i\ ports
ol the prisoners we li ive made, I assure
you, during the battle, we in re wi 11 per
suaded that the < mp.ror was pr sent.”
Rrv'jLili'jm.— Hi- blacks in that part
ol tin island of St. 1) miingo which lias
revolted Irom the French dominion,
1 it.lv had an Kmperor of their own.—
1 hey have killed th ir K mp.ror, as a !
tyrant ; and on the 1 T'h of February l > ,t !
they adopt ! a n publican constitution, *
whhhnani 1 (bn. Chri-iophe President
an 1 (1. ncrali-simo, for lif*, w’uh a salary
ol lorty thouvui l dollars per annum.—
It appears that (l.n. Pelion has sin
g bn d tiic strong ,t party in the 5 sa.it- .
Flic loll >w extract irom the journal o.
■ that boJv, shews tb it there is still bat
** Swiiou r\ in t.i .■ i4* .ol ii: . ■■■*
Extract of the journal From the senator-'
in their session, March 9, 180~, 4th
year of the independence of Hayti:
*• The senate assembled, agreeably
to the G8th article of the constitution.
“ A member observed, that since the
rebellion of Henry Christophe, nomina
ted president ol Hayti by the constituent
assembly, in its session of the 28i.h Dec.
180G, the presidency hid been vacant;
and that the public good imperiously re
quired that it should proceed, without
del tv, to the election of a new president,
cot. niably to the lObth and 108th ar
ticle; ol tile constitution.
4‘ rue subject being deliberated upon,
it was resolved unanimously to proceed
to the elec ion of a new president; and
urgency decreed.
k‘ 1 he b illots being taken, there were
lound to be sixteen votes, and that gen
eral IVtion had 13 votes. Whereupon
gen. Petion was proclaimed president
of 11 ivLi*
‘ Signed, Barlatier, president.
u /1 the name of the republic*''
“ 1 he president of ilayti ord.iius that
the above act of the senate, lie published
and executed ; and be scaled with the
seal ol the republic. Petion.”
Schefdam, January 13.
Last night, about five o’clock, the in
habitants ot this city were alarmed by
a most violent concussion, proceeding,
as it was thought, from the north west.
T1 <e windows of several houses lure
were forced open by the shock. Ac first
it was imagined that the powder maga
zine at Deft had blown up ; but after the
lapse of a few hours, it appeared that all
was tranquil in that city. To-day v e .
learn, with horror and astonishment,
that the most magnificent part ol Lt •
den was the scene ol this terrific explo
sion. It set. ms that a vessel laden w ith
lo,0(X>lbs. weight of gun powder from
Amsterdam, destined for Delft, and
then lying in the Kapenbcrg canal there,
by some means took fire, and instantly
ia w up, destroying all the houses in the
vicinity ol to : canal, and occasioning
the premature d ath of some hundreds
of lac inhabitants. When this account
was v,i itu n, the flames were said to be
ill vagi g. Of GO children in a board
• g school, 3 or G only arc said to have
>' i n saved, but scorched dreadfully*
>oiiie say that the university is nearlv
l s loved, a id the Jewish synagogue if
lu.cil to ashes. Of the vessel, on
• > >ar 1 of which Were the owner’s two
ms and a servant, not an atom is vis'bit *