The Sun.
London, England, 1813-12-15 00:00:00

FROM THE DriCil PAPERS.

LEYMN, O.—This day, amidst the ring-
in; of bells and the sound of trumpets, while
the whole. body of armed citizens stood under
Kl'illS before else Town-house, the folio:Wing-Pro-
clamation, was read to the •surwunding multi-
tilde :---- ,

711 F. pROYISIONAL GOVERNME.NT OF THE CITY OF
LEYDEN TO TUE GOOD 'CITIZEN'S or TnNT CITY.

Citizens and Inhabitants of Leyden—,Scarce-
ly had the beloved Prince of the Netherlands again
set his foot on his natal soil, when from all sides
the wish was expressed that.'(Villiam Frederick,
,
Prince of Orange aw►-1 Nass.au, should,. stand/ not
only in the same dignity and relation to our
country as his illustrious ancestors,- but that
he should be Sovereign Pritthe at the Nether-
lands.

" IVe heartily wish, with you, to offer his
Highness this great the dignity
31 ~eltlle of all the
citizens, and, like the great -city nf Amsterhm,
to salute him as such on the day when our city.
should be honoured with his high presence.
though the joyful day is not far Off., the inhabi-
tants of Leyden are, too impatient to wait fur it
tb lulfil their wish.
" Well then, citizens and inhabitants of Ley-
den, from this day forward we recognize the illus-
trious descendant of the House of Orange as So-
vereign Prince, and respect him as such.
" The unity of the sovereign power must now
be the corner stone of our political edifice—then
shall our civil liberty revive, and be secured by
wise laWs.
Then, under the Government of. a Prince of
the blood'of Nassau, born in our own country,
educated in the principles of honour and the reli-
gion of our foren.thers, who knows our seams and
respeets our manner's, shall the re-establishment of
the Netherlands be begun, and, under the bless-
ing of God, be happily accomplished.
" Let every one, then, take his' post about our
beloved Prince, and promote, with all his ability,
thegreat work which he to aeromplish for. our
sakes. The preservation of the Netherlands, our
happiness, and that of our posterity, arc his sole
object, and shall be secured i:ocler his Govern-
went—

" No Sacrifices, can be too great to save, to
preserve our country. ~,, . .
" No foreign constraint, tau domination more,
no external power, shall iringe.r. drag. itur children
to slaughter.
" 'Let William Frederick ~.,Erincp of Orange
and Nassau, Sovereign, of the Netheilands, he
then the rallying point, of all brave Netherland-
ers. Be be the shield Against %Odell all discord
and party spirit is broken, and strengthen the
bond by Which union gives power, and 'honour.
and prosperity may again abide ainong us. The
God Qf the Netherlands; the CfOtrof our,fathos,
bless;sirengthen, help, and support him !

" Done mid resolved npon by the-Provisionti IGovernmeut
of the City of Leyden, the Bth of December, I ta, and,
after ringing the belle, publiAleti to the people from
the tower of the Town !louse, on the following dity,tsy
the Ile;u1s of tile Provisional Government of the City
of Lev.len—Anthony G;istuv., Norms of linetzelaur ;
Mr. Gurardes Nlartinus yen &mullet, Joltuou Gftel.
r • Datil Michael Gaysbccg lieblewter, IVil-
Petcr Cluist.
Ily-me, P. A. DU PUj."
•

This Proclamation was rueived with unanimous
acclamations by the assembled Crowds, with the
cry of " Long live William Ftederick, Prince of
Orange, Sovereign Prince of the Netherlands !"
After which the music of the town-gnard played,
and the whole body filed off before thy town-
house, where the Members of the Government
stood at the windows,

Last Sunday his Excellency (en, Von Billow,
passed through this city. Iliy Excellency put up
at the Goidea I ion, where he stopped surve mi-
nutes, and partook of a breakfast, prepared by
order of die Members of the auvermucut.

deputation from the Government was sent to
compliment his Excellesey, who received them
with the greatest politeness..
thltr,CilT, MC. (L.—Millie the main Prussian
army rapidly decided the conquest of the greatest
part of the United Netherlands, the division com-
manded by Major-Geueral VOnliorstell, which is
ordered to observe Wesel, has done the enemy
lunch injury, by the sending out of several de-
utchments on the left bank of the Rhine, on the Ist
and 2d of this month.

Colonel Hobe, who, with a part of this division,
is itt Dusseldorf'', being informed that the little
town of Nuys, on the other side of the Rhine, was
ill guarded ; that there were considerable maga-
zines there, and the pontoon bridge, taken away
efrom Dusseldorf'', was al,o kept there ; gave
4"tiCr'S to a battalion of the :id regiment•of the re-
,iervc, under _Major .Von Knotilock,, to. march
thither, who took his measures so judiciously, and
attacked the ph with such vapidity and bravery,
ti:at the 'prison, taken by surprise, was mostly
cut to nieces„ or made prisoners.
The eagle of the 150th 4egintent of the Line is
among the booty, anti on the sendingT off', of the
preliminary account, the Colonel Commandant,
48 Officers, and 'above 100 soldieys,, were made
prisoners, while a 4padroll of Pouter:titian hus-
sars, afterartis crosscd.the river, was par-
suiug the remains of the ris oi) , which tied in
the greatest confusion towards
ConsitierOic magazines,. and vessels be-
longing to•the pontoon bridge, which the enemy
bad carried off, are fallen into our hundF, anti are
to be brought over to the right bank of the)thine;
the enemy, paralysed by fear, being unable to bin-
Act 'it.

. Head-touters, irartingfiehl,-Dec. it.
ir. We are arrived here, after ass•kting at the
ceremony of the triumphal entry of the Savereign
Prince of the Netherlands into Rotterdam. Ge,;.
netts! lienkendortl comMands the Russian corps
here. Every thing we have heard of the Cossacks
outdone by thy, reality. They march GO miles
day, ;ind take tuwns,, which- forsnerly required
ilege,4 at the end of their pikes. Yesterday they

gnt into 'Bred*, took 606 prisoners, n)(
the remaining thousand bi•fore them. The Vrench
arc concentrating at AlltWerp. The Brabanters,
Prussians, &c. arc quittingithem as fast' as they
can. I believe we have got:fiertruvdenberg, but
am not certain.—,-Some Pi-40 111ns- (ruin
corps blockade: Cioretn. .I.Vinzingerotte,- with
15,00(1 lilCll is hi toll march this' way. To-roor-
..
row head-ipiarters will be at Breda.

" S. IVe have just received the intelligence
that litionaparte has - made an otter. of -rime,.
which has been declined ; but the new Miniver
for l'ioreign Afrair;:, cattlitincourt, is 'said be
'going with bunil'iler terms to -Frankfort.---,-For
commerce with this country, the tarif of .1725 lids
been agreed upon."

PIMC LANIATION.

" AMSTERDAM, DEC. 9.

" We, William Frederick, by the Grace of
God, Pritice*.of Orange and Nassau, 'Sovereign
Prince of, the United Netherlands, &r. to all to
whom these presents come, greeting.
" You invited sue, fellow-countrymen, to bring
to completion the task so gloriously begun by
yourselves. I have taken upon me the mainte-
nance of that independence which your courage
restored ; and I now promise you, to deem no
difficulty, no labour, no sacriiice, too great on
my part, to convince you how much I love that
people, of whose affection I have received, amid
um daily receiving, such signal proofs. •
" But what 0604 is .our first duty at the pre-
sent moment, tiani the complete.expulsion Of the
French from.our country, which they have so
long tormented. by their oppressions ? A portion
of that country:is still the prey of the enemy,
%slum! designs fink, intentions the_horrible events
at Wozrtlen must Make. Manifest to us all- To
arms, then, Netherl.4nders ! to arms ! to avenge
the del'enceicss victims;.who fell under the now-
tiering sword of these robbers. To arms ! to se-
cure for ever your wives,. your children, and your
property, 'againstfall possible return of_these pion-
tiering murderers. The old tlag is again the Obit
of union, and the old flag shall also again revive the
ancient valour. Every moment of lethargy may
prove destructive to one or other of your towns,
to hundreds of your countrymen ; tile time is
come which must prove for ever decisive of our
fate ;—lost, irrecoverably lost, is our country,
should .we slumber upon the suet of-rpor first
efforts : the country is rescued for ever, when its
sons, animated with one 31)44, shall every Where
run to arms, to support the efforts of the allied
deliverers of Europe ;—the Netherlands united' to
France were involved in the infamy of France,
the Netherlands united to the Allies shall partici-
pate in the glory of having delivered Europe. 01(1
Men the, country and Orange call upon your sons
able to bear arms, not to be sacrificed in battle in
foreign climes for a foreign yoke, but to protect
you and you defenceless children from plundering
and murder. 'Wives ! your husbands are sum-
atoned to arms, not to fight for a foreign tyranny,
which Wonld leave you to perish here in beggary,
but to secure yon is that tranquility for Which the
country will make ample provision.
" And yoti who , cannot personally engage in
this foutest, Ihe noblest that Providence ever
'opened to support those who fight fur 'on ;
provide, by your ample contributions, for their.
arming, crothmg, and subsistencies—in short, for
all time first necessaries of war.
" Plundered treasuries, confusion and discord
in the administrations, were all that your oppres-
sors left behind them ; but your patriotism shall
teach the oppressors themselves, that no Nether-
lander reckons that a• sacrifice which may place
his country in freedom.
" I conjure you in the name of the.conutry—l
conjure you by your past misfortunes;—inquire
nut what you ought to lay on the, altar of your
country; ask only what would be your sufferings,.
should the return of your tyrants, which God
avert, be the effect of narrow calculations.

" All the nations of I?aurope, ‘ybose magnani-
mous sacrifices have been crowned with the most
glorious result, have their eyes upon -yoniit
moment—our Allies expect the patting forth of
all our powers, aml Iv% must slim them tiot we
are not backward in the noble strife.

" Again 1 conjiire.not to delay your 'voluntary
offers for the suvport of Our etlorts towards the
deliverance of our beloved eountry..
." Forced loans correspond not with a people
who have freely taken upon themselves the direc-
tion of their own affairs.; and the increase of the
debts of the State is one• of those extreme mea-
sures, the adoption of which we must a‘'itid. We
would not commence our reign with financial re-
gulations, which might tend to shake public cre-
dit ; that
.good faith with which our aireesuirs
fulfilled their engagements, and which we sti',l
reckon among the virtues of the Netherlands, shall
be sacredly observed by us in all measures relat-
ing to the finance of the country. •
" We order our Commissarivs General of ‘Var,
Finance, and for Foreign Altiirs,
necessary dispositions for forwarding the object
dour paternal summons, and to submit to us the
necessary regulations respecting the Saple.
" We Will and order, that the whole of the
sums arising from voluntary contributions„ being
set :part front the general revenue of the country,
shall be wholly appropriated for the purposes of
the extraordinary arming ; rind we require, this ad-
&cis to be read trout the pulpit; of the ditterent.
churches, on the first ensuing Sunday, and other-
wise Made known in the most solemn manner.

" Door' at the 1 Lague, this Gth of DOC. 18111, gild in the first
year of our reign. (Siktied) "
Order, " VAN t)ICIt IRAN VAN
.NIAASDANI."

Another Proelu:nat iiivr, data ffal uc, the 7th of December,
uu the subject of the commerce and custom duties of noliand,
the principle on Which the French customs were
founded awl exercised ay being irreeuticiluishicivith the inte-
rest and welfare of the ►nhabit.ants,

The custom duties on goods landed for infahtl.coqittiultition
are to be regulated by tl)e tsrif of 1745,.auJ t4ic various taltstrii4
tionsaro otidithble %Oki( b it tnicierwmit Wl* to thv 0044 when
Holland was declared to be annexed to 1• ranee.

The duty u.t, convoys, licenses, and foreign lastage, to be
regalated by the same tarif; and the'Lluties on etinßiu furesigrs
produce by the law of Dec. 18, I iios, with the exception of
salt and tobacco, concerning which there arc to be rolicular
regal -glans, The, old hoards of customs! &c. to he resit 1.
rhe Commissary (ieneral of Finances is authorised to tieli'•
ver up all goods lying in thu Custom, House ti, theirowsk.me,
upon iLplilie3tion, on payinrot of the inward duties.
The exportation of warlike stores and munition of war ta
Francs is prohibited.
Ali the prohibitory decree, againat commerce with] oglau4
and her (snits are finally aiwlished.)