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wAtt DEP•‘RTMENT, DOWNIhG-STREET, FM 14, 1814.

Dipatclics, of whirl' the following are Extract* and Copies, have
been addressed to Earl Bathos-- t by • Major Mac Deuald dated
11th December, 18t:3, 3th and 1011 i Jitllllary, 1814.
• •• - December y 1 th, 1813.
For any' information whi,Ai your TAirdship may he de•irons of
obtaining, relative either to the operations ()I' the sieve. Or the .:•tate
of the ordnance, &c. )[ shall refer v-ur Lord-hip•to Capt. Mackod
Nth° will deliver this, and whom 1 be 4 leave to .1:101ti011 to your
Lordship as a most descrying Officer.
I have the pleasure to acquaint your Lordship. that Modlin
which is a fortre*s of considcrdLle strentxl:, and On& also on tit

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Vitoltola, and of 2rcht consetittetiee to the iut crests of tia a
commercial point ul view, lids sin I e;altred.

Oliva, near Darr zic, Jam' in 8, 1814.
MT LOAD---I have the honour to isitorm your Lurdship that the
city and tornficatohs of Danish: were taken possession ot by the Al-
lied troops on the 2d,instanr.
His Majesty the Emperor of R U-Shl having refused to ratify the
principal d rtiel es ot the capitulation hr ►he suriender of Daottic, of
which I have had the honour ut trawm !!iii,t a copy to %out
ship, General Rapp, who commanded Cie gat rison, has been oblied
to accede to term,; which were tiroposc.l him by hi,: Seiche Hi4h.
tress the Duke of Win tinhorgh on the 297 i. ult. hy which the whole
ot the Freitch, with the tew N,ap:,litati and Italian troops that were
.in the pi'cc, to the nu ilber sit ii,iOO, 114VC bet:time prisoners of war,
and are to he conduct :A nto .R _ _ _

The Poles, amounting to COO men, are to he d'sbanded, and per.
mined to return to their homes. The remain:ler at tile gat r ison, wan
the exception, of 190 Dutch, mostly artillery wen, was c inp ,sed of
troops belonging to those States which binned the Confederation r,t*
the Rhine, who may be estimated at 2:00, and a battalion of S7O Ni.a-
ni3rds and Portuguese, who were cmplrned as labourers in re;,airing
the fortifications. The former, including the Dutch troops, are im-
mediately to he placed at the disposal ot their respective s ..overe.g.,,
and will, I trust, ere lung, appear in the ranks of the Allied A rini, • .
The latter, at whom it is but justice to observe, n:at thy re,, red
every attempt that was made to prevail on them t c irry arm. s•
the besiegers, wilt' remain in this country, aid be maintained -a the
expense of he Russian Government, until an opportunity . ff. rs of
forwarding them to England.
Ilav'ng examined the fortifications of Dattzie, I am no.v enallett
to intbrm your Lordship, that they might have been deten :ed
he month of May, had not th! greater part of the enemy's provi, , $
destr,mt with the magazotes winch' were by ti e tlrt:•or,
bat
Toe reasons Which principally influenced his Serene Itighnesk
granting to the garrison the former comparativeiy , :la-.
ion were, the impraLticability ot continuing soy longer to cart, •an
pproaches a. so advamrd seasiui, and the great a.'vantage a: ising tr to
the oLcupation of the works of the Westes Plat aud T. htwr, ,
which that capitulation gave him t Ise i ',mediate pr.issession au:!•by
which the co, my was rut off' from all -communication with The sea,
it being well known that every etl:irt %%atal be mad's' by nit'.Danrs
to throw strophes into the i.umediately Our cruiser:' two
Thlieed to quit the station. •
The systeni of exaction which has been practised by the French
c they have had possession of Rantrick has burn • li-rd o6'
ranks of people, and by which Many ',t the most resoectable Mita-
oitants hay.- been robbed of their property and redu,.ed trum a.rale,-
.nce to a comparative state of indizeoce.
*But, not to dwell on so distressing a subject, it is truly rut lying
to me to assure your Lordship, that (here exists one e•i.eral technic
•t grArit tut- among the inhabitants of this conotrY trio aids t, meat Bri-
tain, for the liberal aid she had. allOrded them in the glorious wo:k of
he recovery at their md-penrince.
May I be a:lowed to otl;:r my congratulations to your lordshipon
the brilliant successes which have hi: herto a:•06 I le,: the exertions of
the Allied Armies, and which I sincerely trust will it toeir conse-
quences lead to the restorat.on of the libeitiel of those nations "ho
have been so long suit; ring fn m Elena aggassion.
I have the honour to be, &c . ALEX. MACDONALD,
Maj r of tit.; Royal Hot se Artillery.

I .ntia'ry 18, 18!4:
MY Loan--I do myself the honour to tranemit to Nola I.(rdship
the names ut the General Officers who wae ii U. ntri at the t;tne
of its slit reilder, which I have only this in,Lint received
General-in.Chief—Comte Rapp.
Generaux de D:vision—Comta de 1-leurllLt, Grandjean, Bachellu,
Lepin, Campredo.t.
Gencraux de Brigade—l.' A meral Dumannir,
Ilusson, Bagancoort, F:tine, Cavagonc, Prince It Liza-
vifie.
Gesirccaux de Brivatledei Troupes Isleopolitans—D'Etreec, Pepe.
1 Lave the iton9ur to be, &c.
(Sioett) •ALI.X. MACDONALD,