The Sun.
London, England, 1813-08-13 00:00:00

D'ANTZIC.

A (*kiltletnan Who left Dantiic, by permission
of the Prince of WUR.TENICad, about the middle
of July, gives the folloWilig account of its situa-
ticm' at that time . . •
-" The garrison had 8,000 men fit t,,;• ditty, rnd
2,000 sick,, of whom from '.24 to .;#ll di,Nl
They 'had WO some bread ; their other proiisions
were almost totally exhausted. During the four
days immediately preceding the announcement of
the Armistice;
,they we're kept constantly on, the
alert by the Russians ; and many
,of the Officers
had given it as their opinion, that the fatigue could
not be bovne for above a fortnight longer. -The. GO.Verllol', RAPt', endeavoured to keep up their
spirits by a variety of reports ; sometimes of a
speedy relief, sometimes of a peace at the
close of the Armistice, He and
,all his Ge-
nerals wore the unifotm of Htilans, in 'order
to flatter the Poles, who, formed the greater
part of his' gurrisod., On the day before the
Armistice was known, he made a sally, tofrighten
the Prussian Land Wehr, , as, he said ; but they
fought hint bravely, and repulsed him with the
JOSS of 1,400 men, while their riwts was but 300.
On the 10th of June, be was informed of the
Artnistice. His "first demand was of rations for
.30,000 risen ; hut on the Prince of WoarEm
nono's desiring hint to muster his garrison to
have it counted, he lowered his demand to 17,000,
which were delivered for about a fortnight. Since
then he has received nothing ; for on the 12th July,
at night, a Prussian officer, who hail been sent .to
head-qoarters, returned,— a stop was put to thg
delivery of provisions,--and, on the 14th, en of-
ficer was sent, into the town, to announce that no
more ironic{ be granted. The reason. for this was
not known ; but it was,. considered as offering
hopes of arenewali of hostilities at 'the termina-
tion of the Armistice.
" The situation of the inhabitants was de-
plorable', The greater number lived entirely'on
bran and husks. A potuid of horse-11,31) cost three,
guilders; the water was scarcely drinkable ; and,-
in short, the general misery was almost beyond
description. The besieging army lrtd been raised
.to 42,000 men ; more titan twenty gun-boats had
already arrived, and several were stilt expected.
The chief attack was to be committed to the boats,
' there was the strongest confidence of success

eveilt

It has been aseertailed Abut shortly beforetheap
r
oach or the llusshins, t le garrison consisted of
21,900, besides :;000 ; 10,000 Nave since
been beri'ed, which leaves the 10,000 already
staled. Tbe folloWing article, published by RAPP'S
order, in the Danteic newspaper of the Gth of
July, may give a specimen of French insolence to
Prussia, even 'during an Armistice :---" We are
going to publish immediately,
,OUR separate s' et
the regulations appointed by the King of PaosstA,
fbr the Landsturtn. It 15 ane of the most remark-
able documents of fanaticism known to inoth-re
timci. It ono hardly be conceived how a Voufer,
a few months since, the Ally of France, could
be brought to such a pitch of
made rage and mad-
ness. France has war-in the four quarters
of the globe, but never rzt 6lid she Meet with
(the savages of St. Domingo excepted) a Govern-
Ment thus publicly exciting its subjects to murder,
poisoning, and the most unheard-of-crimes. So
far tuts Prussia degraded herself
,by her perfidy,
that in her despair she plunges from crime to crime,
and leaves her ruin to he considered by all the
Powers of Europe, only as just judgment from
Ileum-l.'s After this specimen of his insolence,
we may give one of his extortion and cruelty,
SoMe time since, he ordered a contribution of
three millions of francs on the city. None of the
Members of the Semite havingbeen prevailed on to
give in a list of thwe most able to contribute, be
made ont a list for and immediately arrest-
ed every merchant, to the number of SO, with whom
property was still expected. Among r those, the PH vy
Councillor W. a venerable man of 73, was dragged
fro4l his bed by Unmans : in passingnear thegallows,
theyla uLv, anti threatened pointed
ttiotahteeit:etnt b i
clYt:lft
tsit;p a s
posipmleti
lar fate.
As the prisoacrs'whom limp bad been plundering
for six years past were without means to raise the
required sum, their Louses were broken into, aticl

receives numerous reinforcements. 'The regi-,
ine,th, which compose it are of the finest appear-
ance.'---livery day arc seen to. arrive to this.anny
considerable convoys of artillery and ammunition.
-DittsriF.tv, JIWY 25.--;-Oni-timn has lodged in
the course of this year 524,000 military m6i, Of
whom 2M),000 were French.

Cumtuo&aG, AuC. L--:fitter years of prodi-
gious labour, the exterior port of Cherbourg is
about to be opened. It is•ann ainced that on the
20th or 21st instant it will be opened to the ocean,
.and froni the preparations which are making, it is
nut,doubted but that the arrival of an august per-
soniige is expected to celebrate that grand event.

• Atio.2:--.-We flatter ourselves wits the the hope
soon possessing Within our her Majesty the
Empress Queen and Regent. That august Sove--
reign is to assist at the ceremony which will, take
pine on tilling the new basin.
DuEsoam, JuLi27.—The fortifications already
made, and Which are continued with aetivity, have
transformed our town into a fortress of the first
order. There are establishing besideS, at this mo-
ment, several totes de pont upon the banks of the
Elbe. The principal are the Ides de pont upon
the Upper 1:116e, before the gate of Pima, upon.
the left bank of
.the river, near Blauwitz ; the
111 i :shine and commenced the construction of it ;
the Freneh have augmented its works ; the re-
doubts near the'village of .I.'reschen, half a league
trout Dresden, on the Lower Noe (right hank) ;
the entretrhatents'near..llaessen and the tete de
pont established near that to itti ; the fortifications
above tb,' Elbe, from Koenigstein to Netwruppen
(het tveem Kocaigst On and Pinta) ; the two bridges
of boats to the right and :eft of the grand stone
bridge Of Dresden, still remain, they are princi-
pally used tor the.passage of carriages. appears
that they are shortly going to employ themselves
in the construction of the stcce bridge.
The harvest superb throughout all Sax' cmy,
and our supplies of corn are insured for all the
winter; and even beyond it.. Horned rattle is
less abundant. The Elbe has 'reunited its ac-
tivity,