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BY IIIS MAIFS l'Y THE KING Or PRITSSI44
AS tw,r,T. U 61' AU iII3ItITY IN Toe C zerri OF
r. ,:nc.1.1.11(11, or roe IsT otc. 1806.

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The tattle el the 14th of last month was, not-
withstanding the most courageous eToris of the
army, so unforitinete in its issue for the arms of
Prutsi I. that the enemy found the way quite open
to the Capital, mid into the heart of the Monarchy.
The Kin.* was Of course induced to propose an at-
mistier he thought he might promise him,elf a
rod Peeeptian in this undertaking. durieg the
hattle, he had received a letter from the Emperor
Napoleon, full of friendly exptessinns. Bit to this
rrnpnlol, as no attentior conid be paid, unless His
s 1 :ices cemented tii numerous sacrifices as the
fundernental basis nt peace, toe King, who immedi-
ately perceived the whnle of the danger to which
Lis feith'ul snbjefis would be irevitahly exposed,
petered those act ifices to the lens certain and dis-
tant meaas of saving the cot) 'ry, by trusting to the
fate of e•ms; he tare:fore depended ueon every risk
far the preservation of the in I-pendence of the Mn
rsrchy, and dispatched his Mitii tie of State, the
Margie, Lueehesini, on the 18th ot Oeteber, with
fell pewees, t • the heed-quarters of the Emperor
and King. The sacrifices to e hien the King had
mithori ell his Minister, the Marquis Litech sini, to
accede, were the ..'"effs of the :idea ties which the
enemy had o'aatrird by the fortune of a angle day;
and His Majesty's metposels were deemed so mode-
rat e that on the 50th of ()Reber, they %Cre accept-
ed a, the basis of a peace by the Grand Marshal of
the Palace, Du: ec, who was charged by the Ernpe-
tor and King with the conduit of the neenciations.
Upon these hones, she peace might -have been
ttnrt..itival wit! ow Its of time ; and the K-ng, on
his part, had :unitedly taken all the necessary mee-
ewes to ftefil the conditiens of the piece without
day immediately after Its conclusion.
The Emperor Naaolenr, on the contrary, refused
to di .eentiene the prosecution of hostiliti ,s ; be not
only suffered his army, we tout relaxation, to follow
up all the advantages they had gained, but at the
Lame time overran all the provinces cn the Oder and
the Wartha, which were imprevided with troops.
These provinces. equally with the capital, were com-
pelled to feel all the inconveniences of war. From
the head-querters of the litheeror, min four days
after the corditions of peace were received, a sedi-
tious Poet ireatien was issued, printed, and distri•
hued among the inhabitants of Smith Prussia, ex-
citing them to inertretlinn, and which was promoted
in various waye. H herever the enemy's troops ar-
rived, they seized u,:on the King's prop,. ty. se-
questered use royal treasures. and even endeavoured
•to compel His Majesty's servants to eel against him,
contrary to the oath of fi lelicy which they had
eak. n
These tweets soon excited suspicion that the Em-
peror WI: by no En,. .as in earnest to conclude a
peace up.:a the conditions which had been pro-
posed:
hLe rtilefatigable but vein effi its of His Majesty's
Pienipoteei any o canapes the cuutse ot the Nego-
onatioa tire .1, were em till it wit CZ-
rr• sly de(!are "tire the Emperor must avail
himself nt tie tint irtunautaituation into which Pi us-
sia bed failen, in consequence of the battle of the
letli. to conclude a peace with !Usti/ and Eng-
ibted•" This declaration left no doubt. reineining.
The bases of peace which had been formally cell-
ciude-d were now entirely set aside; and instead cf
these, an armistice was peepered on the part of the
French, the conditions of w'ach, a: the very mo-
mem when it -wee supposed every diftieulty had been
. got over, were increased with eviay advantage ob-
.tained by the enemy.
After so mane hopes that gill remained unrealized,
Ilse hlajesty's Plepipotent iary at length, on the 16th
.ni November. thought proper to canclude the 4r-
anistice metked (A) in the Stipp:ye-lent ; by that
ratans to *die some beundaiies to the iecteesiog dr-
rnat.da of the enemy. This aift was ecccmpanied
. by the offit ial Declaration of the Prince Benevento.
the Minister sit Fircis,n Affairs. marked (B) ; the
contents of which prove more clearly than an thing
that preceded them, that Prussia would flatter her-
self in vain, snonld she indulge the root t shunt hope
of pres.rving peace, even by nuthing the neirea;on-
able sacriSces which the Armistice di:mended. And
if His Maje.ry had been inclined to indulge this
hope, it was no longer in his power to fulfil the con-
ditimis expressed—to compel the retreat of the Rus-
sian Armies ; for as the French troops, even during
the Armistice, had advanced towards the Vistula, it
WAS then impossible to arrest the march of the Rus-
sians, who saw their own frontiers threatened.
No choice now remeieed for Hie Majesty ; he
was compelled to refuse his ratificatioupf the armis-
tice conclueted by Marshal Duroc on the 22d of
. November. It oily remained for His Majesty to
solicit the Courts of St. James and St. Peters'ourgh
to negocilte with him for the bases of a genera
.peace with the Emperor Napoleon. This His Ma-
i it, has done ; and, ender the distant hopes of a
soppy issue to this proceeding, His Majesty has not
yet recalled his Plenipotentiary, the Marquis Luc.
clsesica, from the head-quarters of the Eniperse and
King.
W oda the King has thus done every thing in his
power to prevent the further effusion of bided, he
has, on the other hand, been incessantly occupied in
prepeling die means of :mita:ince with which Provi-

P deuce hai applied his... Ti,ough the fortreoes of
Stettin, f.ustrin, and Magsfebuigh, isms. ishsteniseg
their being abundantly suppled with provisions,
arid/oral/nod with sutil:iri.t garrivto, have been
onjus illobly surrendered i.y tfoeir Governors and
Cynsmanders ; yet the remaining titrtresses of the
country, and partiet.larly those on the Vistula,
, hate hers with the Inmost aelivity placed in the best
,state of defence. and coaficiril to the care of reso-
- Joie and faithful G.mmanders. i'Le troops re-
m iii.ir.g ih the provinces nn the Vistula, and.the
; Wattfes, %sell form a junition with the u.
and hrave ktossian armies; besides which, a new
• • army:will be cAlesfrea, and got in readiness fur see-
, vice. The Ling, therefore, relies upon the support
of the yawn, which, in the Seven Years War, made
, a:I sri,, s• stated against almost the whole of Europe,
, *sorbed* gave 11'.) signs of dsspoir or irre.olution,
s thotatei sierra as noir, the capital, arid the 61CAter
pert of the kilig,km, 11,11 &ilea jig° the power of
_the enemy, rod chose to sustain th- greatest

find dangers, with a deuce of &Mess and intrepi-
dil which rendered-it the wonder of the age, and
that of posterity. The stake we now contend fur is
greater than ever. We now fight for all that is ho-
nourable to the nation and sacred among mankind.
This is well known to the country arid to the whole
world. Kmg has only taken up arms to defend
his independence; nor sell the enemy succeed in
d ceiving the people with the idea of a Lcialihntr, for
which there is not the feast foundation. In the Se-
ven Yeats War, Prussia stood alone, or at least
without any considisrable assistance from any other
nation, against the principal powers of Europe. In
the pr-sent war, she depends upon the aid of the
powerful and magnanimous Alexander, who wi.l
raise his whole force in her behalf. In this great
con'est, Prussia will have but one and the same in-
terest %sir?' Russia Both will stand or tall together.
From this intimate cotmetlion between the two
Powers, and in so sacred . cause, against an enemy
whose power has so lankily men to such a giddy
height, that he no longer sets any hounds to his
good fortune, a happy issue cannot be doubted.—
Perseverance in danger, conformably to the glorious
example cf our ancestors, can and must infallibly
lead us to viStary.
(14.,at full.mr the Armistice cmewled at elarlattenbiirgli,
cwt the- 16th of 111,rember, the terms of whim are elves y
laaltorc the Pte,the (A d
FRENCH DF.CLAR "t7IOST. )
" The Undersigned, Minister tut Foreip Af-
fairs, has been ordered by His Majesty the Lmperor
and King to make the following Declaration to
their Excellencies the Marquis of lucelsesini and
General Zastrow, the Plenipotentiaries of His Prus-
sian Majeity
o Four COaalt4llll, the last of whielt has produced
the present war, have been formed against France.
Ey- ry in, of the four has been conquered. *I he vie-
tortes iihtaiiied over each of them have placed vast
terrimiies in the power of His Majesty the Emperor
and King. Three times has France, with 4 fil”at..
ration unexampled in history, restored the whole,
or nearly the while of her conquests, and re-
established on their throne!, without almost one
i mot their power, Princes wh were hue led
from ;hem by victory. The conJus which His M
jesty the Emperor has thrice pursued, he is v ill dis-
posed to follow, without- consider ng, that this ex
Creme moderation may, before the - xairation of ten
years, produce a fifth coalition. But in the course of
these perpetually reviving wars, France, Spain, a-id
Aland have lost their Colonies. It is natural, it is
just, that the ccuotries which the ught of war has
placed in the Emperor's power, should be employed
as compensations for these colonies.
But that which particularly distinguishes the
injury done to• France by the fourth coalitiiin is, that
the Porte has lost its independence Wallachia and
Molelavia, governed by met whom it had justly de•
pesed, and whom the threats of Russia forced it to
restore, are hecome absolute conquests in the hands
of Russia. Die complete indepcedence of the Otto-
man Pottebeing one of the great iihjeds of France,
His Majesty the Emperor woald lose the prin-
cipal reward of his successes, if they' did not
tend to insure it. His Majesty, consequently, can-
not restore any of the ten ItoreS which toe chanced
arms has placed in his power, heinre the Ottoman
Porte shall he reinstated in the plenitude of all its
righ-s over Wall ichi. and Mahlavia, arid the, its ab-
solute indepeadt nce shall be recognised and guaran-
teed.

" The Undersigned has the honour to renew to
their Excellencies the Marquis of Lticchesini and
Major-General Zistrow, tha assurances of his high
consideraticn.
" Balm. Nur. 16, 1406. C M. TALLEYR AND,
'• Ponce of litoeyentu."

1:11011 SATURDAY WWII'S GAZETTE.

Admiralty-05es, Janmary 1567.

Copy of a Letter from A41111f.11 young, C .contender In Citi4
of His Maj,sty's Ship; mat VC%ICi3 at VI? muutti, to Wia.aiu
MatideNfaq. ; dated the Ith tuatara.
Ste-1 enclose, for ti iolorrnaticn of the Lords
Commissioners of Vac AdmiraliF, a latter I
►eceived from lieutenant Callaway, c:,ininander of
his Majesty's Schooner the Pickle, giving an ac-
count olds* capture of the French cutter privateer
La Favorite. I have the honour to he, etc.

NV. Yourto.
It MJjtity's Schooner Ptekb-, Pltotooth,
solJaistear,, IR
I beg leave to acquahrt yon, that. on the morning
of the 3d inst. the Lizard bearing North fiveleagucs,
I saw a cuter in the S. E. steering to the West-
ward, undor pest of sail, and a bug in chase of
her, which proved to be His Majesty's brig Scor-
pion ; all sail was immediately made to close with
the cutter. which was effected about ten o'clock.
We esehanged a few broadsides. Finding lie W4l
pushing hard to get to leeward of us, I Lad him on
board ; and, in a few minutes, was in possession of
the Favorite French cover privateer, K.l. lino-
troche, commander, of fourteen guns, with a com-
plement of seventy men, one of %diem was killed
and two ivotmded. She left Cherbeorg on the lit
inst. has made no capture; is well found, and only
two months off the stocks. lam sorry to add, that
Mr. George Alvey, acting Master, and one seaman,
are badly. and Mr. Charles I lawkir.r. Sub-lieutenant,
slightly, wounded in boarding. The damages we
have otherwise received are trifling. The officers
and seam[ n under my command met it my warmest
praise, for their cool and steady conduct. I take the
liberty of recommending to their Lordships' notice
Mr. Hawkins, Suh•lieutenant, to whom I am much
indebted for his activity and exertions in boarding,
and afterwards getting the prize char. Captain
Carteret, on coming up, took Cm prisoners on
board the Scorpion, to land them at Fa.ntouth.
I have the honour to be, &c.
Dan. CALLAWAY.
Admiral Young, Commander in Chief, ie. ire. Le.
C.ipr ..f sa.Rhrr I.,.ttet (torn Admiral Young to Williams
M4r•droo' 11i daunt as Plytooota for atit
Se —1 herewiih transmit, for the information of
the Lords Comm.ssionets of the Admiralty, a letter
from Captain Brown, the cortimander of Hs Ma-
jest)'s sloop the Plover, arcing an account of his
having captured L'Elize French cutter privateer, of
St. Malo. 1 have tie amour to be, &c.

W. Young.

Hy Majostri Mr" Mew, a. t IR, Januar, 1, 1107,
W t a Leoguas.
Ft it—l Irg to make known to roe Hw MajPety'•
:Icor tuna:mud, this 4ar captorcJ the

Frencil caner pivitter 1.171::?, of fourteen guns,
with sixty-six ni:n. seven (Lys 'roar ht. Mato, And
has not, male any capture.
I hav: the honour to be, &c.
PIIIL:e Blown.
William Voting. El. Admiral of the Mu.,
he &c Sc. Fly
Extract of a L-tter from Vtoe.• Virniral Dintstas, to Willum
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111a,deo, E,•i; dated at lAint•utli„ thl Bth iubtatit.
I enclose a letter from captain Stoddart, of the
Cruiser, which has this moment arrived with a
French privateer, Le Jena, of sixteen guns, which
she wok on the 6th inst. off the Galloper.
Has Majesty% Sloop Cruiser, Yarmouth
MY LORD, Ruda, January 8, 1857
On the tith inst. at eight a. w. being eight
leagues south of the Galloper, we observed a sus-
picious lugger S. E. ;teesing for the Flemish coast,
under a press of sail ; chased, and, in four hours,
came up with and captured Le Jena French priva-
teer, of sixteen guns, three and tour-pounders (two
of which were thrown overboard during the char',)
cominand:d by Monsieur Morel. She had taken
three English vessels on the Ist and 2il inst. :shout
seven leagues from Fl..mbro' Head; they were part
of the Baltic convoy separated in a gale of wind ;
viz. the Felicity of Yarnsciuth, Neptune of Sand. r
land, anal Bee of Kirkaldy. lam happy to add,
that the masters and crews were on board the pri-
vateer ; aid their vessels are likely to be recap-
tured, having shaped a course for Goree, and were
ne:.t day followed by the privateer, who endea-
voured to enter that port, wben Lhe was chased off
by a frigate and cutter; and, the day atter, fell into
our hands Le Jei.a was only fourteen days off the
stocks when taken. She is well found in every
thing, and sails remarkably fast. I have, kc.
P. StOIUDART.
The Right Hon. Lord Keith, der. 3:. R.