The National Register.
London, England, 1813-12-26 00:00:00

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Tuesday, and extraordinary and geneeal meeting of the
Foreign Andeassadots and Ministers resident in this country,
took place at Lord Castlereagh's house in St. James's-square.
There were present the Russian,- Turkish, Spanish, Por-
tuguese, and Mr. It Fagel, who acts as the Dutch Arlib AF.
satior, together w;th all the Foreign Mini;ters. They
:essembled at eleven o'clock, and continue] in &liberation
tin two. After the breakile up of this august assembly, the
teisian Ambassador and Viscoent Castlereagh had audiences
of his Royal I lighness the Prince Regent, at ('at hen house.
Lord Castlereagh scut the result of the deliberations of
the Cabin( t Council. held on Thursday, to the Prince Re 7
gent, at Windsor. Their importance required the Pt inces
rresence in London. His Royal Highness accot dinghy ar-
rived at Cat )ton-llouse On Friday afternoon.
Friday. at three o'clock, another Cabinet Council as-
sembled at the Foreign office: they continued iu delibC:ra-
Con till about five.
Lord Castlereagh is expected to leave England on Mon-
day, and to be accompanied by Mr. F. Robinson. Mess's.
Ruff and Williams, King's Messene.ers, are ordered to be in
readiness to attend his Lordship.
The news of linonapat•te's acceptance of the basis of the
Preliminaries of the Allies, produced, as might be expect-
ed, a great effect upon the Fundy... New °lithium rose on
Thursday from IQ to ti, and even to 18.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence neti suite,
intend lcavirrg town on Saturdev, the Ist of .lantta for
flollaud; his 'Royal Flightless "%sill proceed from Hol!and to
Hanover, and from thence to Wirtembure,
• A mail from Holland was received on ‘Veduesday ; it
tarentels with reports of success, in part exaggerated, and in
part premature ; but leaving, upon the -.vhokla decided lin-
pression of the progressive advancement of the goed:cau,e.
:Ttlirny of he fortresees were said to have fallen : among which
were named Bois-le-duc, Crevecreur, Bornmel,
Corcum, Bet gen-op-Zoom, and Antwerp Itself; but the n
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most that can he said of any of them is, that they are block-
aded. Gorcum in under cannonade. The same is lick eyed
of Naartlen. The Texel fleet appears not to have been•sur-
rendered ; but, it is said, that Verhuel has given up the
command of it to a Frenchman, named Votteaukl, and has
scut himself up in the fortiess of La Salle, threatning to
burn the fleet unless he is permitted to retire in safety to
France. All that is positively known of Antwerp is, that
the Bri,ish an&Ailied troops are advancing aeniest it the
way of \Vilhiamstadt and Gel nydenberg, ate' that the town
is in great confusion, with not more than a garri,on of 5000
men. Brussels is also said to be agitated; and theme is little
doubt but that all the seventeeit Provinces of ancent Bel-
gium begin to reel the revival of a national spirit. Gs n.
Graham arrived on 016 17th at Staviees, in the island of
Tholan, ar.a was to proceed without delay to take the COM-
inalid of the Brit'eli ta cops then collecting at Will anistadt.
The French, it is reported, mean to burn the shipping at
,Antwerp, should they be compelled to Jranden that city;
the Russiens were within a tulle and a half of it.
• We learn that more troops are ordered out ferthwith
to
join the force I:1 .11,0111 A, under Sir T. Graham. The 7811%
regimeet, from Scotland, and the 30th and 81st. from the
Channel islands, are perticolarly s;ecified. The Scotch
Greys anti a Celle battalion, now forming by means! vo-
--c from the militia regiments quartered on the coast,
Inderstood, destined for the same service
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.te is said to have issued a decree, conti,cating;the
,perry in the French funds, in consequence of the.
in Eloltaxd.

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