The Sun.
London, England, 1813-12-10 00:00:00

CONI3INPI) ARMY OP SILP.iiA.

of Bth Corps (if the ;',ussi3n Army.
'4 :7iinceiny egityoure iota. this eity, the, troops under my
orders li:tve tnicen powsevdou 'the' etipital of the Grand
Ihichy of lkrr, 11, well as of. the small tioli of the country
which v‘toi not previOusly
,occopied.. Every wh ere. hare
rri.ofs of the good 4citirtynt3 v.jtici) animate the inha-
bitants the Grand Duchy, and it Abell l,e, ono of my most
z4reettlik ditties tt. render a favourable report of them to toy
biopet

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! .•11' ,44 time, the evorttittited antimrities.will con-
tiitite t, i(1,1: wtiuu,,, .to exercise their functions as
bul 64i1,414 dill:irk!) to the cominisiary-General : anti
1,t,^1 Lellt'eio,..'Wti'd break off ail communie.tion with the
I', auti;.,: ;ties, *root whom they roust receive neither or-
-41, rrnr me.-,:,tc, nor transmit to diem any money."
Ztl ii Lt. ti, rsioV. 14.—r-Tite .ci-cklictiit ging Lnnis,
in iiis late journey to France. did not proceed SO
far af Pnrih: On his 'cirtival in the vicinity of that
rapital, he suddenly retraced hi 3 stcps, and re-
turned to .`iwitzeriand by Nenfehutel.

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• , LONDON,
l'R I DdlY, DEC E 31.11 B It 10, 1813.

We hem, from pretty good authority, that there
aro French Papers in town. '

Upon 'Change, reports of insurrection in Bri-
tanny are in general circulation: StoCks ate ad-
vauciug—New Omnium at 9. premium—buyers.

We yesterday stated that the Sir Godfrey Web-
ster East Indianian, for whose safety such serious
apprehensions were entertained, was,, in all pro-
bability, safe at Bombay. We are truly happy to
be able this day to confirm our statement, by the
receipt of the
.following letter from that. Presi-
dency, dated 21st June
" I take the opportunity of hazarding a few
lines, to tell you the extra ship • Sir Godfrey
Webster; which had separated from the 'Bucephalus
near the island of Rodriguez, and had afterwards
been dismaacd in a violent gale of wind Iwo
days after her separation, has arrived at this
place she has snikred considerably, aud is to be
taken into dock in a few days. I understand that
she had received considerable damage by one of
her masts, when over her side, having struck her
violently under one: of her quarters."

lire this day continue our extracts from the Ger-
man Papers, the file of which furnished us yesterday
with so many interestinr, and exclusive notices of
events on the Continent, and ;also from private
intelligence of a recent date. The Cam's
PIUNCE, it is known, was to puss the Elbe about
the 29th tilt; in order to attack DAvousT, to
whoth, the north of Germany owes a heavy debt
for the oppression he has exercised, and the
blood he has caused to be shed. That debt the
Army under the Prince of SwEDEN, the
particu-
lars of which force, amounting' to 7.0,000 men,

i‘ given in another part of our impression;
%re. doubt not, enable them I'M' speedily
to pay to the utmost seyuple. The avaricious

and sanguinary DAVOUST has with him on--the

strong line ofti►e Steiknitz 35,000
,men, in►lepen-
'dcnt of the garrisons of Hamburgh, Lubeck, INIOI-
- &c. which may be calculate►l at

20,000 More. /The Steiknitz from Travernunt
'in the guiph of Lubeck, to Boit zeuburg and Lau-
, enburgh; on the Elbe, rovers the whole conti-
nental frontier of Holstein, and renders that pro-
vince the outwork of the peninsula of Denmark,
surrounded as. it is, on all other sides, by. the Elbe,
the Baltic, and the German Ocean. Here DA-
vovsr will endeavour to maintain himself, lint the
whole. Hue is too extended to be covered against
the attack of an army so superior in numbers as tha-t
led by the CaowN PRINCE. It is almost 50 trifles' in
length, and 'though strengthened by the fortifira-
.
tions of Lubeck, with a gartkon of 4000 men near
one extremity ; with the Ratzeburgh Zee and the
fortress of Monett (2000 garrison) towards the
centre ; and with Laueubtirgh on the other ex-
tremity, resting also on the Elbe, it sears im-
probable, that any resistance can be offered on
the Steiknitz sufficient to impede the advance of
the Allies. ,We ought also to notice, however,
that the country in front of this river is woody and:
marshy, and therefore well calculated for defen-
iive operations. Notwithstanding these advan-
tages of Position, however, it is understood, tLat.
the CitowN PaugtE will be in a' condition to
attack ,the Enemy about the ,lth or :it la ianant—
that he will defeat them we are confident;
and our strung reasons for this confidence are

not only chi• military talent of the Commander,
the quality of his army, and the superiority of his
numbers, but the disposition of the Court of Den-
mark, of which, in spite of 01 assurances to the

contrary, pAvosusr mwst entertain doubts so
strong as to paralyse his of and destroy his
reliance upon effectual and continued co-opera-
tion. In this difficulty a retreat to Hatuburgh
with the French portion of his troops, about
30,000 in all, will probably be the issue of any ye.
trograde movement be may be compelled to
ni:,•!_e. Whether flajolnirgh cap or
_will. sustain

a siege is not certain—it bas been much
proved in its fortifications, but is still assailable,
not only on the Altona side, but trom liarbargh.
Another arrival %rill probably solve aH these pro-;
blems ; but at all events, either a general action
in the field, should be venture it, or the defection
of .1)nralrl: which is wore to be expecte4 from

bet twine of danget th.tn bet :sense of justice,
would be fatal IQ iatamolis

1110111)11.

From Holland -,there. is little in addition to
what we stated yestiffday. As there are Military
Councils attlFrankfort, su are there Military Coun-
cils at the Hague ; and while our moderate and
our iminodtrci le politicians keep talking. about
peace, we look to the' Continent and see nothing
but the most glorious preparations. for
.the vi-
gorous prosecution of' a roost glorious war.---
Had-peace, instead of hostile operations, been
the subject of 'discussions at Frankfort, we
should have expected other persons than Scu WART-
Z ENRIT I.IG;BLUC TOLLY,VREDE, CHERNI-
CHM', &C. &c. s to assist in the Councils of the
assembled Sovereigns ; or had pacific compromise,
instead of stern and blood,/ resistance, been the
topic to be managed at the Hague,. we -should
have looked tor visitors to the Prince of ORANGE
other than BtiLow, and PEunt., and BENKEN-
DORM', and our own General TAYLOR. But these
are not peace councils !
The British Gitards, u3der Major Gen. COOKE,
reached Holland on the 6th. Gen'eral TAYLOR
had landed on the,3d. We have thus a consider-
able force already on
.the spot where 'Liberty is
'reviving, and in the teeth of opposing winds there
cannot pass' a day without freah reinforcements
being,ena bled to land on some point of the batch
coast. From our Naval News, it will be -seen
that strong detachments are sailing front various
ports.

It ;s not in our power to mention the fact we
are about to state without accompanying it with
expressions of our warmest and most unqualified
approbation. It displays a minute adoration to
the interests of the brave soldiers, who are, with
their blood; promoting, the welfare of their coun-
try (enhanced by the nature of the time choien
ror accomplishing this purpose, when Abe atten-
tion of the Legislature is so much occupied by the
great events passing in Europe), and while we
notice it for the benefit of the mm:rims parties
concerned. it would be unjust not to point outthe
gratitude of the Public to Lord PALtamtsrox, to
whom they are chiefly indebted for the measure.
An Account has been required by the AVar-Of-
fice, from all Paymasters and Army Agents, of
the Arrears in their hands since the yeti'. 1783.---;
This, we understand, will be published imme-
diately, and the highly beneficial •consequence will
be, to enable the representatives aud • relatives of

- Ott. it is 4 114 e
die last thirty years, to ascertain if any balance is
due to them, and where they may at :once apply
for their prompt discharge.

So vxcellent and judicious a plan, we are sure,
merits the eulogy we have besto►ved upon it, an►!,
in so far as THE SUN can promote its objects, they
shall not be lost to tno,e so nearly concerned in
them—the Military World, our gallant, defenders,
and the conquering companions of NVLLLINGTON.

.Letters by the Cadiz and-CoronnaPaCkets have
been delivered.
„The intelligence from Gibraltar
is to the 14th, and from Cadiz to the 10th Lilt.
and we have .the satisfaction to say, that in the
former, with the exception of one Or tr..° casual-
ties, the fever had wholly disappeared. At Cadiz
there were only about ten deaths in a day, up to
the 4th of last month, which is not beyond the usual
mortality at this season of the
.year, so that here
too the fever maybe mentioned. as having entirely
subsided. The Sicilian Ambassador is among the.
victims of thiS epidemic disorder, as are also the
Deputies_lNinNzoN, LUICAN, MEXIC.A, VEGA,
RUIZ, LORENZO, MARTINEZ, PENA, and several
other leading Members of,the Cortes.

Our Minister, Mr. %VILLESLEY, had paid his
lastvisits of Ceremony at Cadiz, and had taken his
departure for Madrid, and the same had been done
by the Executive and Legislative Functionaries.

A Courier arrived'in Downing-street yesterday
with Dispatches front Lord. WALPoLtt, at Peters,-
burgh, but they bring no intelligence of. impor-
tance.

Litters (says n Morning Paper) were yesterday
received from Frankfort to the conclusion of last
month, %Odell state that the. Bavarians, load enter-
ed Basle, Switzerland. 'lbis must necessarily
be a mistake.

The Itliwers of three sebuyts, all of which left
Holland on the 7th instaat, agree iw stating, that
previous to the it sailing a fishing-boat had kir-
rived kt Catwyk, front Antwerp, with inte!ligeuee
that the latter plaCe had declared itself in fav,our
of Austria. No nQicial account of this important
events it was admitted, had reached the New Go-
"; .
vernment in consequence, we put but little cre-
dit in the tale.

Previously to the reduction of flelvoet and
it was feared that the landing of the Ltd=
on the Diach coast wonlcl, lie consider.
fish troops
cc' considering the season of the year ;
but now that th6L.e pldeec are SVClll'ed, SAft•- HMI
convenient 11i111Potts 71(3 4 )11 ger be wanting-.
II of Count Wo-
nokizow arrived It,