The Sun.
London, England, 1814-01-12 00:00:00

PROCLAMATION.

The Senator Count de Segin-, Gravel Mister elf iti Cere-
monies, Extraordinary Commissioner of his Maitsty, in the
18th Military Division, to -the inhabitants of the Depart-

went of the Aube :

GZNTLEMEN,—France desires peace ; the whole world has
need of it. - The „Emperor wills it, and you will soon enjoy
it, if at the moment' when the
.enemy dares to invade your
frontiers, you continue, like good Frenchmen, to chew the
good spirit, the zeal, and the courage, which have always
distinguished you.
The Emperor send me among you, to tell you important
truths, and to speak to you abort your dearest interests.
His Majesty haows the evils you have suffered, the losses
you have sustained; his heart has been deeply Moved at
them. He had projects more vast. for your glory, and for
your prosperity : the incopstuncy of the elements, a}mi of
his allies, has prevented the accomplishment of has great
designs.

The Emperor prefers the happiness of the people to glory
too dearly bought. He has, therefore, renounced all p'-ens
of aggrandisement; he has consented to sacrifices. vantful
both for him and for us: in a word he has accepted all the
conditions of peace proposed to hint by•our enemies.
You would then already enjoy this wished-for place, if
these same enemies bad not thought fit to delay it. They
defer signing a treaty, the bases ofilthich they have laid
down; and during their delay, theyferlidions!y endeavour
to make you doubt of the pacific intentions of his Majesty.
No Frenchman can be cit:ived by them. His Majesty has
declared to the Senate, to the Legi.latite Body, in the face of
the universe, that, lie desires pe.tee, and' that he feels as a
Monarch, andas a father, hail, mud: peace adds to the .secority
of t7ziones, and to that tflamilim
He has solemnly declared, that lie accepted all the condi-
tions ptoposed
.hy the Allies; and yet these very enemies de-
lay the conclusion of this peace, to which his Majesty has con-
sented. They not only continue hostilities; but. they violate
the territory of a tieutral . state ;. they enter France; they
menace the departments in your iteighbourhood.
The Emperort the bead of his armies, is going to advance
to combat them, if they any longer delay the signature of a
treaty, which they defer without reason. -
Frenchmen! the enemy has entered France ! You feel what
honour and your ccuntry require of you; You will be faithful'
to their call!

' It, till the moment when your army advances, you assume
the proud attitude which becomes a great people; if yoa
rapidly organize your national guards as you ha ;-e begun, you
will soon see the,enemy stop in his rash enter prize. He will
not be mad enough to dare to penetrate into the midst of a
nation which rises and tal,es up arms to stop hint.
Already the advanced guard of one of our coips has maiic
these foreig,ocps retire, who counted on pillage and hays,
found death !

Already they tremide at venturing farther into a warlike
country,-where they would meet in every man an enemy, and
at every step a combat. Their imagination is terrified, when
they think, that in their front, on their flanks, and in their
rear, your national guards, surrounding them on all sides,
would soon deprive them of snbsistence, and •of all hopes of
return. They know,That if you sacrifice all that it beyond
-your limits, yotiwill never deliver ta them your own territory.
Accordingly they do not so much attempt to combat as to
seduce you. _
. . . .

They would wish to live foi some time, at the expencc of a
part of your frontiers. Ttlev would extend their pillage only
to those places Where .their ..feigned moderation should find
dupes, or hands without arms. But who could believe their
proclamations and their promises?
They, promised the Swiss, whose ten itory they have vio-
lated, to treat them like friends, and.t hey hare just laid heavy
contributions on the city of ilasle.
If they advanced, they would of neccssill tape possession of
your wines, your corn, your flocks, the produce of your Ma-
nufactures, of your industry. .They would pay you on the
first day with money, on the second with paper, Ql-1 the third
with blows and insults! But they will nut be able either to
terriii, or to deceive you. •

Juhabitaots of thellepartment of the Atibe! the greatest
tranquility reigns among 'ott ; your magistrates enjoy your
confidence, and are satisfied with your conduct. You have
just re nto the ;Army bands that were necessary to it ; you
furnish the horns which 'are revircd from you., The Em-
peror is sensible of the extent of these sherifices, and his will
is, the these sacrifices shall be the inst.

ThejNational Guard, the formation of which has juAt been
ordered, has no other object than the defence of your homes,
and the maintenaunev of good order in your populous cities.
t)n leaving you to repair to the departments nearer our
frontiers, and more threatened by the enemy, I repeat it to
you with the fullest confidence, the danger with which it was
desired to frighten you is• nothing, if you will; it is a cloud
which fhe iniaginatum mavmhes. and which courser

the head of his brave toldiere approaches, and you will soon
enjoy a solid peace, wbich *ill indemnify you far all your
generous 'sacrifices. But reflect, that since our enemies still
defer the peace which they 41;:vc proposed, the only means To
obtain it speedily, is to show ourselves in a formidable and
dignified attitude. His Majesty, himself has just said to the,
Senate,: —"At the sight of all this people in arms, the 'enenty
will fly, or Will sign peace on the bases which he has himself
proposed ; the question no longer is, to recover the conquests
which we had made."

sFRF-NCII
Jan. 3. - - -51 f.
4. - - -51 f.
D. - - - 531. 4Ac.

Thg Count de. SEGUR,

FUNDS.
Jan. G. - - -52 f. GOc.
7. - -25 c.

HOLLAND.

Intelligence from Holland to the 9th instant
reached town at a late hour last night, the con-
tents of which will be found of the sane favourable
complexion as that of all the other recent commu-
nications from the Continent :

There is a peculiar article, dated - Botzen,
which states, that the Austrian Field-Marshal
Count Neuperg, after having passed through the
Tyrol from the head-quarters of the Grand Ger-
man Army, to those a Marshal Bellegarde, the
Austrian Commander in Chief in Italy, bad con-
tinued his journey to Naples. The Austrian En-
voy, Count Mier, had also recently gone from Na-
ples to Vienna, and was tunon the point of re-
turning to the former city. We have long had a
suspicion, which the ,notions of these personages
.eonfirm, that Murat was negociating a secession
from the Tyrant, and would be happy to make
terms with the Allies. The passage of the Rhine
by the Allies in full force in the vicinityof Co-
blentz, as' well as in that of Cologne, and other
' parts, must, when connected with the operations
in Brabant, lead us to augur the, most important
- results in the North. The wretch is hunted on
all sides—his fall cannot be
.long delayed.
" 'l'nn HAotra, JAN. 7.--Yesterday evening
Lord Castrereagh, British Secretary of State • for
Foreign- Affairs, arrived here with his Lady and
suite froni.Helyoetsluys. His Lordship is lodged
at the house of Mr. Van Schuyliniberg Van Bo-
menede. •

" According to letters from Barbn Van Spaen
'Van Voorstonden, our Envoy, dated .I.eyburg,
his Excellency, immediately on his arrival there,
bad au wadienee of the Emperor of Austria and
his Ministers. His reception was most gracious,
and Accompanied with many expressions of satis.
faction on the restoration of his Highness our
Sovereign, and assurances of assistance and 'support
to a-people whO had so bravely, with their own hands,
broken their chains.

" BERNE, DEC. 24.--Yesterday came hither
the Austrian• corps under Count liana, and to-
day entered many other regiments ofinfantry, ca-
valry, and artillery, with pontoons and bridges ;
but Prince Lichtenstein, Prince Coburg, and pro-
bably Count Bubna, are still here. The whole
country is covered with troops.
" It is said that 40,000 Cossacks will form the
a-lvanced guard of the allied army in France.—
Considerable corps arc to march through the .Atir-
be,rg, and by the roads at the foot of Mount Jura.
On the 23d, the Allies marched through Newen-
berg, and Bill is already. in their possession, the
French douarders and agents having fled from
both places. The districts which► were torn from
Switzerland will be again united to her.

" BASLE, Dec. 25T—On the 20th the cannon
were brought over the Rhine, and on the morwing
of the 2 lst the allied troops enterfd here, and
passed through the Spalenport into Alsace. At
the crossing of the bridge not a shot was fired
from Huninguen. It. is estitnated that 80,000
men have passed through.
On the 22d, 22,000 troops lodged here, some
hundreds of whom bikouacked, while the Bava-
rians marched through. On the 21st the Rhine,
was also crossed by troops at Brisach. On the
24th many thousand Austrians again passed
through here. Sonic firing was • heard in the
night from Huninguen, which, it is supposed,
will soon he attacked. It is estimated that more
than 200,000 men have already marched into Al-
sace ; and the Officers report, that they are to ad-
Yance through Franche Comt6. .
" MANI-11;1,M, Dec. 22. —,Opposite us the
French haVe very few troops, and the whole line
of the Rhine from Mentz to liuninnen is very
weakly manned. ,The few troops, who se6m,rd-
they for observation than defence, are chiefly
drawn from Landau,' and other fortresses on the
Rhine, to which; it is said, they have received
orders to withdraw, should the-Allies cross. Ac-
cording to credible reports; the principal places
were ,by no means sufficiently garrisoned ; Mentz
had scarcely 15,000 men, and Strasburg!' 13,000 ;
besides, in the former place, the garrison was great-
ly weakened by contagious fevers. Large districts
on the Upper Rhine have suffered extremely from
this fever, which is' almost pestilential. Spire,
Frankenthal; Worms, Landau, and Coblentz, have
lost .numbers of their inhabitants by it, and it still
continues its ravages.
HAmBERG, DEC. 29.—A letter this moment
received from Leipsic, and dated the 24th, says
"rhis day Torgau surrendered by•eapitulation.
The heavy besieging artillery is already -on its way
to Wittenberg, which hitherto has been scarcely
blockaded.'

". FRANKFORT, DEC. Sl.--Thi, day General
Blucher crossed the Rhine. The troops employed
in the siege of the fortresses set out for the grand
armies, as these fortresses successively fall. The
go6d understanding which prevails among the allied
' Powers may be said to be unexampled.
" TO-day the King of Prussia departed from
hence for the Upper Rhine. Much artillery has
passed through here towards Mentz, probably des-
tined for the siege of that city. ,
" MULHEM, 9N THE HOER, J.N. 4.—Accoru
ing to private letters, the army under General
Blucher crossed the Rhine between Cologne and
Cobientz ; and it is said that Cologne is already
in the possession of the Allies. .
" ARNHEM, JAN. s.—To-day we received here
the joyful tidings that the French evacuated Ni-
Ineguen last night, and that the allied troops
marched in this morning. It is supposed that the

finving crosseci the Rhine in the,neighbourboq of
'Dusseldorf., •

JAN. 5.----The bridge' at Bommel is
now ready, andlnanytroops of all arms will int-
mediately cross
.by it. - To-night the French have
evacuated pruten and Leeuwen, taking with
them 19 hostages. To-morrow the head-quarters
of General Borstel will come here ; those of
...General Lottum are already at Bommel.
" BOTZEN, DEC. 2?..—Aecording • to • aeconnts
from the Venetian Confines-, the Austrian Field- .
• Marshal -Count Von Neuperg, who had passed
- through the Tyrolon his way from the grand Ger-
' man army, to the head-quarters of Marshal Belle-
garde, who now commands the army of Italy, aid
not stop there, but,cotitinued his journey •to Na'
pies, as is said, on ,a diplomatic mis?.ion. In rely
I Cori to this report, letters front Vienna also state
That Count Mier,- the late Austrian Envoy At
Naples, bad unexpectedly conic to the former ca-,
pital, and would in a few days set out on his re-
turn to Naples.
" FRANKFORT, DEC. 27.—Berne, Soleure, and,
Zurich are in possession of the Allies; on the 25th
Count Bubna entered Ff riburg,'. on his route to
the. Pays du Vaud. In France, the Allies have
already made themselVes masters of all Sundgau,
and the 'greater part of Upper Alsace. At% •Cot-
mar, Colonel Sehcibler had a successful cavalry • ,
fight with the enemy ; but in consequence of ,
being wounded, be was taken. The forts of •
Landscroon and Belmont (qu,Biamont) have been
in which were found 16,000 cwt. of gun
powder.. Uuninguen and Befort are surrendered;
the last-mentioned place is. not provisioned,
14'KANKFORT, DEc. 30.--The Allies more and
more extend themselves in France and Switzer-
land. They have been every where well received •
,by the inhabitants on the left bank of the Rhine. r.
" The Austrian General Count Bubna was tbi
day to enter Geneva. The inii:4:)itants of that
city bad risen upon the French, whota they drove
out, and sent the keys of their city to llouot
Bubna , •

" At Besancon a French army was assembled,
and it is supposed that the Allies were marching in
that direction. We expect every moment the OC.
count of:n decisive affair in that quarter. It
even now, reported, that the French have looli
completely defeated at Besancon.

" DOUSTEIN, JAN. 4.-7-On the alst of•Detettl-
her, General Witcher, with the whole of the
lesian• army consisting of more than 100,000
men, crossed the Rhine between Bingen and
Caul); op the folloWing day General St. Vriest
entered Coblentz. • On this side the Rhine; the
Mlies were every t here- received by the inhabi"
tants with re.jo3ings.
pORDRECHT, JAN. 7.—General Balmy, at
is said, has received orders forthwith to advance
into Brabant, with all his force.'for the Purpose
of .supporting the great Operations on the Rhiae'
His force, including the Russians under Benket"
dorf; and the division of- General Borstel is esti'
mated at between 40 and .50,000 men. Aii lil
force ulretttly marches through the clltriet uf
lona, the Laisgstratt, and the Barony, in the di"
rectlon of Hoo_gstrtat ; .and it appears their 104
operation Will be to expel- the French from tit'
upper parts of Westwesel, and attack Antwerp it"
self. General with his staff were this d 4
expected at Breda.
" FRANKFORT, DEC. 30.—Berne, Satothtoll`
and Zug, are taken possession of by the Allies'
At Colmar, Col. Scheibler has been wounded ins
la smart and successful conflict with the enemy
" At Geneva the keys were transmitted t°
Prince Schwartzenberg, as is reported, in collie'.
(pence of an insurrection. General Von DO"
was to be there on this day. '

DORTTEN, J. 3.—For a short time tlie
Allies have been here, and the march of troops
all nations through this place is continued. Prince
-Narischkin, Commander of 8 division of Winziam
\b
(rerode, has been hefc some time, and to-day v`ll
expect the General himself, with his Staff, and th'
Russian General Tschernicheff.

" ROTTERDAM, JAN. s.—From Breda wrjes°l3
that on the 30th ult. six hundred more troops ar"
rived there, so that the place has now a garriso:
of about eight thousand men. It was suppose
that a part of them would march forward and
joined by the English.
" AmsTEcrmm, Sax. 4 —His Royal Highness"
two days since, appointed a Council of War, t°
investigate the conduct of Colonel Van Heerosi
kirck „ as. Commander 4f the military garrison °
Grertruydenbe.g, concerning the late appearanc'
of the enemy's troops before Breda.
" AMSTERDAM, JAN'. 3.---We learn, that daring
a heavy cannonade from the fortress of Naarden'
our troops succeeded, in the night of the Ist int
in blowing up both the bridges, so that theenen'i
can now make no more sallies, but is
,main
i
dams under the fire of our advanced costs, 011'
which will be full as detrimental as useful t
The corps of observation before the town, con,
tinnes. to give the most exemplary proofs °.e.
courage and Vigilance, and several officers base
already invited the particular attention of di,
Hereditary .Prince. Time Colonel ComtnastWl;:f
Van Der Bosch, and Capt. Appel, have alreaw
received most gratifying proofs of it.
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" We further learn, that our military resollico
increase so fast, that we can detach a comple:
battalion of infantry,,and a company of. artillery'
from. the men raised in 'this city, to Breda. rflicsd,
troops, consist chiefly of troops who have serce
before, and arc much aleuired for their 'fine aV

pearance and national spirit. is
" Under date of Ilardenburgh, Dec.'2o;he •
given details of a marauding excursion of t.
enemy from Coeverden.
" GRONINGEII, DEC. 28.—0 n the 24th
their.. Excellencies the Imperial Russian Gene"to
Llawoelski and Prince Lapuchen, left this city
proceed towards the Rhine, accoMpanied „bY
great part of the Cossacks which were here. .11`1:,,
ing their stay at this place, which was six weeiog
they receivisd fr m all the inhabitants, 'r.
measure, those nn rte; of respect for their bkglitie
able character and i.sood conduct which are the oi
of all good people—namely, the general cstee, .
and affection of all the citizens., airic/1
Doßnractur., JaN.3.—We learn that the F''l ,be
in Gorinctien, have taken the arms from 133%.-011
Burghers, and have likewise disarmed altoo9l
the Dutch, Germans, and Brabanters, 21_110
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of Provisions, excepting salt, instead of which they
Mahe use of saltpetre.
9tiv gun=boats, which are now lying, to the •
number of 14, tinder Sleswick, right opposite to.
Gorinchen, having got howitzers on board; threw
a .Couple of shells into Gorinchen, in their attack
"1 that place, on Tuesday night, which caused no
little confusion in the town. On • the 30th De-
ceinber, a train of heavy artillery passed through
here, on its way from the Hague to Breda.
DoRDREcwr, JAN. 2. According to,
intelli-
gence received from Breda, the Russian troops
left that place this morning, through the Bosch
pte, and were immediately replaced•by the Eng-
Regiments, of remarkable fitie appearance ;
end that every thing else was in excellent eon-