The Sun.
London, England, 1810-01-02 00:00:00

FRENCH AND DUTCH' PAPERS.

PARIS, DEC.. 23:--.A.,Report Was presented. on
theist to his Majesty relative to the surrender of
'French Guyane. The Board of Inquiry, composed. ::f
Counts de Cessac, Hatlui, and Rosiliy, had to ex- ,
mineit Victor Huaues, the CoMmissiOner Comman-
dant in Chief of French Gurane, had employed .
all the means in his power for the defence of the
Colony 5 or,: on the contrary, whether he had not
surrendered to a handful of troops, for the secu
rity of his w.vn plantations; and his fortune. The,
Board of Inquiry has, after a long investigation, re-
ported, shit Victor, Hugues did not employ ;1,11 the
means in his power to defend the colony, and
that his conduct ought to be examined by. the
proper tribunals. As to the .4ueStion, whether'he
did not surrender for „the
.purpose of preserving his
plantations and his fortune, the Board has reported
that they have not discovered any thing positive in
that respect,. but that, nevertheless, they are of
,opinion . the. Commissary should undergo theexami-.
nation and decision,of a Court.- His' Imperial and
Royal. Majesty;
,has, 'pursuant. to tbis opinion, re-
mitted the affair. to the Minister Of Marine, with
orders to cause the laws of the empire to be exe
,cuted with regard to the accused.
. In consequence of a. Report from the Grapd
Judge, his lgajesty issued a. decree on the 17th
postponing until the -Ist of January, 1811, the,
practical 'execntioa of the new system. of process.
in criminal prosecutions, and affairs, of cotrectional
and sitnple,police.
. .
the 14th ult. Baron de Maureilhan, the. Go-
vernor of Dalmatia, issued the following Proclanta—
tion at. Zara . •

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" People in Dalmatia—Yon are acquainted with
the peace, which the . victories of: Napoleon .the
Great have. rendered glorious to the people subject
to his, empire 3, you know, therefore,.the calamities
Which your insubordination and disobedience may
draw down upon you. The General in command
.of, the Austrian army. has himself exhortea you to
• submission 'and obedience. Reflect that there is nol
safety for you but in the clemency of your Sove-
reign. Make every effort to deserve it, in effacing
by your better eon:luct the remembrance. of your
past errors,. and rejecting all bad advice, which, can
only be gime.). you. by persons who have neither
grace tv.r. pardon to expect. If you obey the laws
by which the province is governed ; it, in short,
by the prudence of your cond,,ct, you render your-
selves anew worthy of forming a part of the Dal-
matian nation, which preserved. its fidelity, I will
be the firq to implore forgieness for you from his
Majesty the Emperor and Xing ; and I dare flatter
myself, that his ,Imperial Majesty will not refuse
me the pleasing consolation if announcing to you.
the effects:of his clemency, as soon as I shall be
enabled to infirm him that you are become worthy
-thereof, by ai knowiedging your errors, and sub-
mitting to his laws."

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The funeral. of M.. Fourcroy took place on the
21st at noon. The body .was deposited in the ce-
inetery of Mont.-Louis. The funeral was attended
by an immense concourse of ihe personal.. friends of
the deceased and the admirers of his great abilities.
Among them were the Ministers of State,.*Civil.
Magistrates, Military Officers, Members of the Im-
Hrial Vuiversity, the French Institute, &c. &c.
is funeral oralion was pronounced by Count Reg-
naud de Saidt d'Angley. M. Defuniaines also
pai4 some compliments to his memory.

BAyoNNE, Dec. T.—Whilst the bodies of troops
united in the environs of Toledo are pursuing the re-
mains of thy- insurgent army defeated at Ocana, the
;banditti who infested different provinces of the king-
dom have been 'dispersed and destroyed in all 'quar-
ters.

A body of 1200 of this description„ availing them-
'selves of the absence of General Buget and hiS troops,
had the audacity so attack Tudela, where there was
'only a garrison of t6O men ; but this handful of
Frenchmen, under the command of a. brave Officer,
after disputing with them inch by inch every square
and street 'in which they sheaved themseles, suc-
ceeded at length in repelling them with the loss of
-45 killed. Thirty of our men, who occupied a
tower, defended it against 300 of the insurgents. In
the upper vallies of Arragon, Sarrazor was, on the
gth nit. defeated and expelled from Valtana.
Ili Biscay,' the 'Marquis de Bario LaziO's band off
Marauders, from 8 ,to 900 strong; having approach-
ed -Durango, a French column gave them a complete-
drubbing, and took from them a stand of colours,
-,and three pieces of cannon. The other bands have
recfossed the Perna d'Ordunna. The French column
which scoured the environs of Durango brought in
a great quantity. of musketry and military stores.
The-young men who were forcibly enlisted in Biscay
and Alava are returning to their homes.

MADRID, DEC. I.—The Duke del Parque, who
has by rums served and betrayed all parties, had as-
sembled a considerable body of troops in the envi-
rons of Salamanca. His intention seems to have
been to support his colleague Ariezaga, as soon as
victory. of.which tlitt. Junta assured the latter, should
have opened to hi .'t the gates of Madrid. No sooner,
however:did the Duke learn the impediments throWn
in the way of this plan by the' battle of the 19th,
than he took to flight. His rear-gaud has, never-
theless, been overtaken and destroyed. We expect
the ulterior details of this affair. [This, of course;
alludes to the battle of Alba-del Tormes.]
The lessons'of ekperience are not equally thrown
away upon all the Spanish Generals. If they do
not instruct any of them how to beat, they at least
teach some of there to avoid being beaten. Hence
Ecuyings and Venegas also, who cannot forget Al-
monacid, obstinately refused the command of the
army of picked troops who are at this moment
Marching from Ocana to France.
In this memorable battle whole regiments 'were
taken, that had not been able so much as to born
priming. Scarcely was one battalion secured, when
another was in Succession attacked with the rapidi-
ty of lightning, surrounded and disarmed by the self
sanie,troops, How could the Spaniards Make any
resistance ? There was none to command them 3
nobody knew who he was to obey; nobody knew
what the General was about, or even where he was.
[He was in the steeple of Ocanaj Guns, mus-
kets, tumbrels, baggage, and all the material impli.-
meats of an army, and the army itself, became the
prey of the conqueror.
it it be not treachery, it is consummate ignorance,

that makes the Junta persiit a system so destine-
tive. Witbeut Veteran or skilful officers, what can
the 'hest soldiers do ?., The Spaniard's want 'officers.
ThiS tl'ey admit, and yet they wish to continue the
war, lc,: 'the pnrpose, it should seem, of giving them
time !o acquire experience. There is' only one in.:-
ConVenience attending this plan, and 'that is, they
wrilbgin to have generals when they have no longer
any soldiers, • •
MADRID, DEC. 6.'—en the 'Anniversary of. the
Coronation of.' his Imperial Majesty, grand enter-
tainments were given hereby the French Ambassa-
dor, the Duke of Campo-Alange, 'Minister:for F 6:. '
reign-Affairs., and M. de Azanza, Mibister otWor-
ship and the Indies. '
. " At the entertainment given by the French Ain-
basdor," sayS,the• Madrid Gazeite,. " we remarked
several persons of consideration, who, since the
commencement of the disturbances in Spain, had
constantly maintained the. greatest circurnspeetiOn
and reserve. His Majesty's ,return after..the battle Of
Ocana seems• to have been the epoch of a remark-'
ablechatige in the minds of men. The satisfaCtion
which'began to beam in every cout-49nance sptii-
ciently proves, .that even the. most lay
aside their apprehensions. The battle of the 19th
ult.—the' precipitate retreat of, the'English army to
Portugal, who were the same day at
total defeat sustained on the- 28th at Alba de Tormes,
lay the arniy of Esfrernadqa lefi to its own strength :
!--these there is every reason to think; are' the
causes Of this happy change, which permits the in-
habitants -of the capital to dectire, without any re-
,strailit, their genuine sentiments."
His Majesty, in a decree of the vi inst. 'calls upon
the regiments of the line to fulaish, for completing
his guard; drafts Of such non-commissioned officers
v.a.l s
oldiers'asmay, by their conduct, have shewn
themselves worthy pt that 'mark of distinction,
We 'kali] that the consequences of the battle of
Ocaba have produced theutmostcensternation at Se-
ville, and in some of the Southern prov,nees Some
loudly . ascribe YheM to treason; othels blame the
stupid ignOrance of their ComManders ; and the
greater part,'opelily declare theniselves disgUstedwith
the inefficacy and 'oppression of the Junta. Alarmed
by the complaints which reach, them from all guar-•
ters, the Junta are compelled to solicit their owu dis-
solution, as the only means left then, of eseaping the
public resentment and intestine division.
YIENNA; DEC. g.—The Archduke Ferdinand has
, repaired to Buda, from his head-quariers at Brunn,
to have an interview with the Emperor., ,
It is said ihattbe Archduke John is highly of-
. fended at the long official report, published by the
Austrian Go) ernment relative to the; battleof liVa-
gr-iin, and that'he has loudly complained of the pas-
-.sage's therein which advert to his proceedings. :
We' yetuark, with regret, that
.several persons of

diitinalion indulge in very imprudent observations
against the political system adopted ,by the Russian
Government, trarp which it might be inferred that
there was a 'coolnes.,bet-i,veen Austria and RuSsia.
The cessions which the tatter has obtained from
our Cou t by the treatrof, Vienna, are: more peal-.
cularly the subject of the,coruments of: the.discou-..
tented, who do not ,choose,to perceive that these.
sacrifices were perhaps preferable ,to. the,obauce of
the resurrection of a .great state in l'oland.
By the last accounts- from Buda, the Queen was,
by the'advice.of her physiciano,: to make a further..
stay there of sis. weeks, .previous to her, return
,to
the, capital. The. Prince Royal was, dangerously ill
of. the ;measles., The. Archduke Francis, the elder
- brother of the .Inpress, had recovered of the same_
1 disease. .

,DEC. Imperial Majesty reached Pres-
burg on the "4th, at r ky,O,o'clodh in the atternoon, in .
the best state of health. He is 40Lpeaecl io, return
soon to his capital.
I'b42 Emilt-ror having resolved to malce some
changes in he Administration of the Council of
State, has suppressed the offices of Ministers of State
and Conferences, occupied by Counts Zinzendorf,
Ziony, and Miath, leaving theta nevertheless in
possession, of the titles and salaries thereto attached,
until his Majesty shall have otherwise provided for
them.

AUGSBUAG, Dzo. 8 —Letters from Vienna state,
that Prince John of Lichtenstein has consented to
take the command of Upper and Lower Austria, and
that he will forthwith repair from his esiates to
Vienna, to enter -upon the exercise of his functions.
Among all the Austrian; Generals, he is the princi-
pal favourite with the inhabitants both-of the Capi-
-61 and. the Provinces of the Austrian Empire.

NEW SOUTH WALES.--.We lately mentioned a
Proclamation issued by Lieutenant-Goyernor PATER-
SON, forbidding all communication with Governor
BLIGH, his family, friends, -or associates. This
measure was resorted to in consequence of . a Pro-
clamation issued by 131,1611 -after - he had embarked
On board the Porpoise, 'declaring the New-South
Wales Corps to be in a state-of mutiny-and revel-
lion. '.Letters from New South Wales.ot-the ,Ist of
August, received on Saturday; state, -that- On the
171 hof March, Governor BLIGH weighed anchor
in the Porpoise, and lelC the heads of Port Jack:-
son, as every person on board supposed, for Eng...
land ; bur,- to theirastonishment, he kept the .pilot
(Y. board. The wind being.southerly,- drove the ves-
sel to the northward. When the wiricL shifted be-
rm vas far as Port Jackson,,as he said, to land the
pilot.; on his arrival there, tie still kept.-his Bourse
along the land, and -said he would run 'as far as
Cape Horn, to ascertain Aire correctness of his
time-pieces,
,previous to. his sailing for ,England ;
but lie still kept' shaping his course,to the South-
ward, and ran into the river Derwent, where he an-
chored. He had since that period retrained about
the out-ports or settlements; and when these letters
came away, the ,Porpoise was lying in Storm Bay
Passage.
Messrs. PALMER, late Commissary, and HOOK, a
Merchant, at Sydney, have been tried before a cri;•
-urinal Court,. for distributing. Governor BLIGH's
Proclamation, and sentenced to imprisonment.
The Gazette contains an Order in Council, for.
continuing. for six -months, from the t ith of. Ja-
nuary, the prohibition of naval storesi ,

The eagerness with .which the vague rumour of
the death of BUONAPARTE was received, is a proof of
the pleasure such an event would afford, and that
pleasure would not be confined to this-country, bui
would a3sn.mily be felt all over the civilized world.