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LONDON,
Sd R CE 11111 E R-4, 1813.

A Naval Officer arrived this morning early at
the Admiralty, with an official notification of the
nrriral or the Prince of ORANGE in Holland, where
he was received with a universal spirit of enthu-
siastic welcome.' Every thing went on with the

mosi promis,ittg riaccess. •
The following OPPICIAL BULLETIN WAS promp
ly issued flout the Admiralty :

" ADMIRALTY-ON:ICE, mix. 4.
" His Serene Highness the Prince of ORANGE,
• and his Excellency tit!~ Earl of CLANCMITY, and
their respective suites, landed from his Majesty's
ship the Warrior, at Schevliug, about four o'clock
nin the afternoon of Wednesday, the Ist instant.
Pis Serene Highness immediately proceeded to
the Hogue.

~„" 'When his Majesty's ship, beating the Orange
• inag,,.approached the coast, she was surrounded
by a number of Dutch .vessels, all decorated with
Orange colours, and filled with persons anxious
to testify their joy at the arrival of his Serene
• Highness ; and his Serene Highness was received
on his lauding by an immense concourse of people
with acclamations of the greatest joy, and every
possible !nark of affection and respect."
There were several arrivals from Holland yes-
terday, but they neither furnish any later
• iutelli-
gence than we yesterday possessed, nor any mat-
ter of math importance previously unnoticed._
Devt.nter, we understand, has been summoned to
.• surrender, and if this is rejected, preparations are
made to carry it by assault, The whole course of
the Ysscl will then be free. It was 11LuettEtt,
the son of the illustrious Commander, who arrived
at. Utrecht, at the head of 1,500 men, and not the
Veteran himself, as we were yesterday informed.
It will not he thought surprising by our rpaders,
that Venn yet. still held out for the Texel fleet. A
Morning Paper states, that his last answer was,
" I will not desert so.good a cause ;" and that he
hits tnanued the batteries at the fielder, in order
to resist to the last extremity. His obstinacy is
attributed to his ignorance of the real state of
• French affairs. A few days ago he landed a' party
of Marines, and marched at the head of them to
r, and demanded all the rash from the Ge-
nera! Receiver at that place, which was given up
to him. •

lirom the character-of this person, apparent in
the anecdotes it,e have recorded of his conduct,
lwe have no doubt hut that his resistance
aims at making terms for . himself, but we
confidently trust, that as ha cannot kohl eu
long, no grace will be acceded to him, but
he will be made an tsample of for the be-
nttfit of his country and mankind, When the
Orange Is hoisted at the main-top in his Ship,
the Admiral will Make a glorious accompaniment,
by being hoisted at the yard-arm to the note of
Orange. Damn ! and every true Dutchman will
cheerfully lend a hand to,accompliSh this his last
elevation.,
'We are geld to see it stated in our Port Letters,
that the pistil 'Heivoetsluys are open-•--thus
the e4ibeipation of-the whole coast from the Elbe
to the Aleuse ie complete.
We are informed that 500 marines landed with
the Prince of ORANGt: from the Iforrinr.

French Papers to the Ist were received in town
last night. They .deserve the most earne4t at-
tention, for they speak in language not to be mis-
understood the declension of, the-Tyrant's autho-
rity, and we trust the immediate dissolution of his
power. 'tic CROWN PRINCE exclaimed, " and
is thi4 the great Captain who hag achieved so many
victories ?" we may add, "and is this the great
Statesman who has accomplished so many politi-
cal wonders ?"---flow little has this all-fordsceing

genius foreseen ! • ;
Glue of the most prominent points-developed
by this arrival is the new," plan of Finance," as
the Morning atronieli would call it, but, in truth,
the new and unheard of sptern lawleis plunder
and rapine, as the People of France, if they do
not rehel against the oppression, will feel it.—
The tnost unprincipled period of revolutionary
horror has no parallel to Decree of the 27th.

. •
It destroys every private right); annihilates every
I idea of property; and subjects the French ria-

tibtt to the unbridled will of absolute despotism.
It has been said, that BUONAPARTE is a coward—
but. it must he acknowledged that he has courage
enough to insult and outrage and brave the fury of
a whole people. The object of this decree is to
render instantly available the• 'funds voted by its
precursor of the 11 th, which doubled and anticipated
the, bUrthens for the year 1814.• For.• this pur-
pose the measure of Regaisitions presented itself;
Requisitions which compel the persons possessing
the things wanted •t furnish them for the public
So.far; in cases of emergency, all Go-
vernments have a right to go; because iv:Witte ad-
vantage must yield to public benefit—theinterests
of a put to the interests of the whole. But in
all States governed upon sound principles—in all
associations Where the difference of mum- and
tuuin is understood and acted upon—in all go-
vernments in which the ingredient of freedom is
ever so slightly infused—it necessarilyfollowi that
'what is taken from th e s obi eet for the use of the com-
munity is paid for by the community at a fair and
adequate rate. In Turkey itself, there is always
some apology for the confiscations of its me
atrocious Paellas or Bashaws. In France, it•seems
there is none: The requisitions are to be paid by
'Vandals, i. c. cheques upon , the Collectors of
Taxes, for taxes yet to be collected---drders.
on Bankers in whose bands the funds are
yet to be placed to answer them—in short
.a lien on a capital yet to he created. Precious
security to those who are forced to surrendet their
provisions and manfactures to BuoNAPARTE ! to
embark their property on the solvency of his
downcast and bankrupt Dynasty ! To this we him
only to add, in order to spew how justly the Ty-
rant is dealing with his slaves, that even, on this
security the price, (''real value,") of the articles are
to be determined by himself. One observation
may close this subject—the measure is an essence
of all the bad faith and oppression of the worst
times of the Revolution compressed into one
monstrous compound.

service.'

With regard to the neutrality of Switzerland,
now formally proclaimed, we can only repeat our
former sentiments. It is a measure of the Corsi-
cln's.to serve his need, and contrary to his avowed
doctrine of Is. no neutrality." We rejoice,' how-
ever, to sec some names among those returned to
the Diet, which shew that this body is not alto.
gether French. Among others, the valiant and
patriotic REntNG is prominent. We trust their
deliberations will soon turn the, tide of affairs in
this quarter, and that, instead of employing troops
as now, to draw a cordon, in defence of BuoNA-
PARTE, along the important frontier of Baden,
we will see them united to the-glorious Coalition
of Europe, against the pretender to universal
empire.

A Wesel article says, that Munster was occu-
pied by some of the Enemy's irregular troops—
this was three days befo►e ByLow broke up from
that city with en Army of 30,00 men Kehl is
also stated to be iii good conidition—►re hope it
is, and, as alleged by the Dutch Papers, in the
hands of the Allies.

But there are other, and still more important,
matters brought before us by these papers, to
which we desire to call the attention of the coun-
try. The. Prorogation of the Meeting of the Le-
gis!utis•e Body is a ,singularly suspicious event.
It induces'a belief that the Despot is now afraid
to 'meet even his own quondam tools, till be has
re-modelled them, purged them ,from bold or ob-
noxious Members, and sent ()At at*, the' way .0C
mischief persons suspected of -retaining a,single
spark of independence, or one, atom of lore for
their sUffering country. •

There is, among other things, a masterly pir.
ure of clip. horrors of invasion, conjured up to.

incite the French people to repel the concede-
rates.—" 'When the theatre of war (say this But;
fian) was still far froinqnr country, wine the epa-
nmiilpinclercd, qnl, on a fol:eiza i d..tye
.00.140
au tET LY CO ntemplate these terrible sports of Mgrs;
we might lull ourselves in a pleasing h ecnyity."
Aye ! infernal Scourge, when you were only
inflicting misery unbounded, indescribable, mon•
struus, au Germans, Austrians, Prussians, Spa.
nitirds,llollanders, linssians—when yoyr detested
arms, and sanguinary bands , spread ruin and
desolation only on other lanai, then, indeed,,

the groans of wretchedness, the expiring cries
of the murdered, the shrieks of despair, the
agonies of nature, the thundering► :of your
hellish artillery were " the sports—the sports of
Alias.- But the evil is returned upon, your ac-
cursed head—Retribution rolls on, and ample

;ren.geance demands to he satisfied on tlappe.wlAo

have aid ed'und supported you !.
" What plitildtk(pg (you 'sny), what slaughter,
what conflagration ! Let 'us imagine for a
ment the enemy at our gatei ; see the wotkien
treurttlin.g, distracted, eying; the old men, young
virgins, and children, obliged 'to quit their'paterrnal
roof, currying with them some utolanchp remains

of their fortune, seeking in the depths of the
woods, in the tiltlit impenetrable retreats, all
asylum from the furies of the soldiery. See every
where tumult and agitation."

Well may you paint what you have so often per-
formed ; but the Demon, sync) has hitherto guided has
now deserted you, and we call on every one of the
Allied Co►umanders to read this at the head of their
force,s,and tell them—"all these and greater horrors
has that As.assin jiVONAPARTE and his Myrmi-
dons inflicted upon you, yourcountries, your towns
and cities, your fathers, mothers, wives, and child-
ren—the laud of. the Enemy is before you, anti
the ScoUrge still exists ! !!"

According to our promise we this day lay be-
fore our Readers a genuine and interesting letter
from a Lady of Rank attached to the Prussian
Court. Such communications seldom find their
way originally into the columns of a Newspaper,
where Politics in general too largely usurp
.the.
place of entertainment : this letter is ,a happy
mixture of both, and will therefore, we trust,
neither be unacceptable to those who read for po-
litical information, nor those who look to the daily
press for lighter amusement. Its style and manner re-
sembles the Memoirs of the Princess of BAYREUTH,
lately published, and which presented royalty in so
unfavorable_ a light, as absolutely to enchant the
Edinburgh Review :—this writer on the other hand,
happily setting before our eyes a picture which dis-
plays manyof the most amiable qualities of humanity
possessed by'Sovereigns, and flourishing even in
Courts. The magnitude, the extraordinary nature,
the importance, and the deep interest of the events
to which this narrative refers, cannot but render
•
it worthy of more than common attention.

The Gazette of this evening will announce a
Naval Promotion.

Yesterday the Duke of CAMBRIDGE and Count
MUNSTER had an interview for a considerable time,
at Carlton House.
• The Earl of Hut flown)! has a grand dinuer party
to-morrow, at his house in Grosvenor-square.
This moruing, at five o'clock, his Royal High-
ness the Duke of CAMBRI,DGE left town, and was
accompanied by his Royal Highness the Duke of
CLARENcE, Count MUNSTER, and a numerous re-
tinue. The Duke of CLARENCE will only accom-
pany his Royal Brother to Sheerness.
Dem. Colonel hEATE, and Captain WHITE, of
the Guards, with the rest of the Duke of CAM-
BRIDGES suite, WI town yesterday afteroon, to be
in readiness
,to reocive his Royal Highness at
Sheerness, where he will embark this day, on
board the Pactolus frigate, the Honourable Capt.
AyLMEIt,
'An Evening Paper says—" Private intelligence
from Paris, up'un which, we understand, reliance
!pay be placed, states, that there have been vet y
warm discussions lately in the Senate, and that in
consequence of the opposition of opinion to Buo-
trAPARTE, shewn by some of the Alemberi, four
of them have been arrested and sent prisoners to
Vincennes."

In consequence of an order from Government,
that the Dutch prisoners from the different depots
should 41enible at Colchester, there to take the
oaths of allegiance to the STAtirnounn, previous
to their being sent to holland, this ceremony, we
understand, commenced yesterday, and is to be
oontinued every day as the prisoners arrive.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
East India House, when HUM! lia.l.lol—r, Esq.
brother to Lord MINTO, WM; appOillttA Governor
of Fort St,George, as was Lieutenant-General Sir
THoNtAs:•lltsLoP, Commander-in-Chief, and Se-
cond in Council ut the above Presidency.
Court of Common Council will tie Lehi at
Guildhall, on Tuesday next, for the, purpose of
considering the propriety ofpresenting an humble,
dutiful, and loyal Address to his Royal Highness
the PRINCE REGENT, to congrytulate his Royal
Highness on the happy state of Atluirs in Hol-
kad, whereby a prospect is opened of a renewal
of its ancient alliance with this country ; oh the
.restoration to his MAJESTY .of his Electoral Do-
nonjous in fianoVer ; antl to felicitate his Royal
I lighness on the farther glorious progress of 44,
Majesty's arnie, and those of his magnanimisits

On Wednesday last, the Cloth-workers Com-
pany unanimously voted the Freedom of their
Company to Sir THOMAS GRAHAM, as a token of
their approbation of his gallant services in the
cause of his Country during the late war in the
..rsnins4l. .
'the Clerkenwell Volunteer Regiment, com-
Mantled by Fitiorcts MagstAc, Esq. and muster-
ing :urakds: of 300'MeMbers, have wade a ten-
der ot. their services to Governmen-.
l• •
Upwards of three hundred of the Staffordshire
Militia, Who arc at present on duty in that town,
have volunteered their services for the Line.
We, understand that the Dutch General Ds
KoCK, n•d amwther 011icer of rank, have arrived
in town in 1)0101.4 the. Dutch prisoners, in order
to cOnsult with the' Gentlemen who form the De-
ptitatlion from Holland. The number of Dutch
ptisonera here has been greatly overrated by some
ot the Public Journals. We understand the num-
ber is under 3000.

Uik Whorstlay" last, as Mr. DEFroftGEs, of
BilsbY, teas passing through Saleby, on his road
home from Legbonrn, about'l2 o'clock at night,
two men in dark-coloured clothes rushed from the
-hedPe-side, one of wYom attempted to'catch hold
of his bridle,- but miiieti'his Rini he then tried
to get bold of Mr. DEFiiOFIGES' leg, but`Mr. D.
hiiviug a ttr'ong stick in his banil,' struck the vii
4evete Wow, and clapping spurs in la
horse, rinvle his escape from him : the other fel-
low then sprang‘forward 'ami tired after him, kind
sunte-of the shot went through the crown of his
hat, jtist above his bead, but fortunately did not
'wound