The National Register.
London, England, 1814-01-16 00:00:00

JAN. 16.

one piece of vainion, to the bank of the Elbe. Oa this an action
took place with the French vessels. which carried 8 cannon : 40
Russian light infantry were embarked in beats in order to cdry the
enemy by boarding ; lint, notwithstanding his snperiority, he thought
proper to make oft, favoured by the wind, and was long pnrsued by
the Russians. Commandant of the gun-vessels was killed.

Major-fleoeral Boy", who commands the troops before Gluck-
stadt, having ordered the regiment of Kronoberg to make itz.elf
master of a piece of ground which, in advance,of the fortress, was
defended by a battery of heavy artillery, the garrison, at the signal
of a gnu being fired from the fortress, made a sally. The action
was vevy ,eveve, and the enemy were di iven hack within his walls
with considerable loss. The ground was maintained, and the works
upon it forwarded amidst a heavy fire' of grape-shot fr',nt the for-
tress. The regiment of Kror:oberg had several meti killed mid
woended in this affair, among whom are two Officers. The batte-
ries will be completed on the 15th.
The King of Denmark having applied for an extension of the ar-
mistice, it has bcen pnilusiged to the 6th of January. This interval
is dcoilitleF:4 a long (we ; but howevcr injurious it may be as far as
respects the A hits, they still not reerct it, pr..vided the of
peace w ith Denmark is laid bet.ore it- termination. Advantageous
rot:ditto:is have been offered to that government by Swedeo : is
to lie hoped, for the general good, an 3 the advantage of that go-
vernment itself, that they w;ii he accepted. Impartial Elirop
1;i. w how tU appr,:ri se as -it deserves, the map:to:miry of this
w bleb coo%eys a new proof of the moderation of Sweden, and
her opil,!bt sashes again to restme peace to the North. Norway
teas •Celll'el to bee by the most sacred and solemn tieaties : never
had any guar:cove a totae majestic signative, and never did any
rely with more confidence than Sweden, upon treaties which
deliver the Seandinavian Peninsula from the infitienee and policy of
Napoleon. The hope, of peace have improved the Vanish paper-
money viti per cent. This is the thermometer of the opinion of
talc nation. The moment hostile operations arc renewed, the paper
m ill no lunger have ally value.
lo the mean time. amidst existing protestations, an Anglo-Russian
and Prussi.in convoy has hem attacked iii the Sound, by privatt erg
the Danish and bran-b flags, and mint have fallen into time
hatids of these pirates, had they not bee n protected by Swedish
stOp• of war. This convoy was laden ‘%ith valuable merchaudize,
and among other things, with muskets and military clothing. •

Since the commencement of the armistice a Russian officer, with
Aispatehes from Frankfort for Count IVallmoAtli, having lost his
wily, came 'ruder the walls of Remit:burg.. Being brought before the
Commandant of the fortress, his di-patAtes were taken from hint,
broken open, and read. Two of them, which were addressed to the
liaglush Miniater, have been kept back by the Commandant. •

PROCL ‘MATION OF THE AWES TO THE FRENCH
PEOPLE.

Frenchmen,—Victory has coadueted the Allied Armies to your
1, oil tier. They are about to pas) it.
We do not nirilie war upon France ; but we repel far from ns the
yoLe which :your Go% eminent wished to impose upon our respective
countries, w :licit have the same rights to independence and hap-

',bless yom's.
Magi.:trates, landholders, cultivator', remain at your homes.
The maintenance of public order, respect for private property, the
Inty,t severe shall characterise the progress and the stay
of the Allied Armies. They arc not. animated by the spirit of ven-
geance they not to retaliate Num France the imittliei
‘lith %bleb France, tUr the last vo years, over helmet'
her neialibours, and the moot distant countries.

Other principles and other views than Magic which led your ramie,
nio,ing pre•iiile over the counsels at the Allied Monarch.. Their
t% ill eensist in having put the speediest period to the mi.for-
t.mes of Europe. The only conquest whi-h is the object of their
ambition is that of penee ; but at the flame time a peace which
secure. to their own people, to France, and to Europe, a state
ci real repose. We hoped to find it before toPhing the, soil of
)'ranee. Ve come thither in guest of it.
Thy Prince ACH NRTZEN !IERG,
Commanding in Chief the Grand Allied Army.
nead-parters; at Lomeli; Dec. 31, 18:3.