The National Register.
London, England, 1813-12-05 00:00:00

DEC.

Upon the subject of the arrival from the
Flemish coasts the following Bulletin has been issued
Admiraity, December 1.
" Two Leutenants of the Royal Navy, long prisoners in France, are
just arrived -from Holland and Flanders. One of them left Admiral
Ferrier off the 'Veld on the 49th, with two sail of the line. The
French flag was still firing in the Dutch squadron, and they appeared
to be fortifying Kyle Down; but the seamen deserted in great num-
bers.
44 Admiral Ferrier had hoi•ted an Orange flag over the French.
The Dutch ships had been hauled into the Situ Diep. Admiral Fer-
rier had left- two sail of the line off Scheveling.
" The other Lieutenant left Bruges on Sw.day last. On the Satur-
day he was at Brussels; the people there had risen against the con-
scription. Plseards were stuck op against the French, and all kinds of
putts against the Emperor were eshibited. While the Otlicer was in
the *streets, he saw the populace break all the windows in the Prefect's
11-ruse.
Re was at Antwerp on the Vith: the people were all crying out
fur the English. The ships were all laid up, and there were tsa seamen
in them. z
" Ire passed throuffh Ostend the nest day: the spirit of the
people was the same as in the rest id Flanders, all determined against
the French.
" When these Officers left Admiral Young yesterday, he had sent
forward Mr. Thomas to buoy the entrance to the Roompot ; but the
wind was S. S E. and he could not possibly work into that an-
chorage,"
Paris Papers to the 27th inst. reached town, Tuesday.
They are chiefly remarkable for containing. reiterated asser-
tinns of safety and tranquillity, which lead naturally to the
inference thatthere must have been considerable agitation
in the public mind, to have called forth in so remarked a
manner at such a moment these assurances.—A similar ob-
ject is observable in the description given of the applause
bestowed upon Bonaparte at Paris, when he reviewed some
troops, and went to the Opera. The little king of Rome
trio is brought forward again, after a long silence respecting
him, it is stated with a ridiculous gravity, that the child
(not three yea's old), dressed in uni6ine, walked among the
troops at the review !—Alt these statements are evidently so
-many attempts at stage effect, put forth in the hope that they
may turn the minds of the people from the disasters which
they have experienced, and the dangers which threaten
them.—Le Brun, late Governor-General of Holland arrived
at Paris on the 23d ; but the cause of his sudden visit is not
even hinted at, not the slightest Mention being made of the
late revolution in that country.—Macdonald, it seems, on
the 40th, had moved with a part of his army from Cologne,
for V esel, a strong fortress on the Rhine, with the professed
view of enteting Holland.—The Viceroy of Italy claims a
victory near Caldiero, on the 13th ; but its results do not
appear to have been very brilliant; as we find that he after-
- wards retrograded to Verona, from which place he origin-
ally set out —St. Cyr, at Dresden, is stated to have entered
into a Convention, under which himself and his troops were'
to return to France, and be exchanged ; although it was stated
in the Gazette that they had surrendered prisoners of war.
By the Ft ench papers it appears that the plague had appeared
at Major ca and Minorca.
We have received advices from Passages of the 21st and
24th ult. which remove the uneasiness that had at seen from
unfavourable molts of disasters which had befallen the
allied army during a reconnoissance on the right
bank of the Nive. They are wholly silent as to any such
circumstance, and inform us, that both St. Jean de Luz
and Fontarabia were in possession of the British troops.
A PICTURE OF LONDON, Nov. 1813 : —Bread falling
....stocks rising—inhabitants illuminating—standards flying
—cannon firing—bells ringing—troops matching--drums
beating—horn-boys wounding the 66 night's dull ex,"
with their bellowing Glorious News