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London, England, 1814-02-14 00:00:00

FOREION OFFICE, FEBRUARY It.

A Dispatch, of which the following is An Extract,
has been received at this Office from the Earl of Clan- •
carty, dated the Hague, sth February :
The Prince of Orange this morning acquainted me,
that he had at an early hour received a report frm
Colonel Fagel, commanding the Dutch levies btfoie
Gorcum, stating, that this place had at length capi-
tulated. His Royal Highness could not then inform
me of the terms of the capitulation, as these had not
been transmitted with the report. I have since seen
M. de Bentinck, Minister of the War Department,
who acquaints me that the terms are generally as fol-
lows:—The place to be held by the French till the
20th of this month, and on that day, unless sloner
relieved, the garrison is to march ont with the honours
of_wat, to lay down their arms, and surrender pri.
soners of war ; Officers to keep their swords and pri-
vate baggage. In the mean time n armistice to es.i.,t
between the garrison and the blockading troops, and
both parties to join in reparation of the diques.
I very heartily congratulate your Lordship on this
event, by which a considerable force will be liberated
from an irksome service for active operations at the
close"of a fortnight from this day, and the inhabitants
of the fertile country of the Albasser Waert, imme.
diately relieved from the apprehension of the iiun-
diatom of their valuaLle Jarvis.

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WAR DEP.AR
• • DOWNING...STRFET, YF.R. 14, 141
Dispatches, of which the following are as tat
and copies, have beets addressed to Earl Bathurst
Major 1'.4.4c1-nAld, dated Oliva, 11 th Doccember,l
Bth A.,d ISth Itnuary, 1814.

DecembPr n, 131
For any information which your Lordship cr,
desirous of °braiding, relative either to the oirA.l,
of the siegelor the state of the ordn ince, &c. I
refer your Lordship to Captain Macleod, who
deliver this, and whom I beg leave to mectien
your Lordship •is a most deserving o;Ezer.
I have the pleasure to acquaint your Lordship,
Modlin, wit:di is a fortress of considerable strel
and which is also on the Vistula, and of great ci
quence to the interests of Dantsic, in a commerce
point of view, has surrendered.
Oliva, near Dantzic, at, lanuwy,L
MY Loan—l have the horour to inform
Lordship that the city and fortifications of D4l
V•ere taken possession of by the allied troops on ,
instant.
His Majesty the Emperor of Russia having refused
to ratify the principal artian of the capitulation
the surrender of Damcic, of which I have had
hoisour of transmitting a copy to your Lord:
General Rapp, who commanded the garrison,
been obliged to accede to terms which were proposed
to him by his Sereife Highness the Duke of Wu,
berg on the '29th ult. by which the whole of
French, with the few Neapolitan and Italian troops
that were in the place, to the number of eleven •'
sand eight hundred, have become prisoners of
and are to be conducted into Russia.

The Poles, amounting to three thousand five
died men, are to be disbanded, and permitted
turn to their homes. The remainder of the garn
with the exception of one hundred and ninety Dr
mostly 'artillerymen, was composed of troops hel
ing to those States which formed the Confedera
of the Rhine, who may be estimated at two thous.,
three handfed, and a battalion of three hundred
seventy Spaniards and Portuguese, who were
played u labourers in repairing the fortificatifir
The former, including the Dutch troops, are it
diately to be placed at thedisposal of their reap.
Sovereigns ; and will, I trust, ere long, t.pe;
the ranks of the Allied Armies The latter, of
it is but justice 'to observe, that they resisted
attempt that was made to preva►l on them to
arms against the• besiegers, will remain in this
try, and be maintained at the expence of ihr Kt
Government, until an opportunity, offers of la
ding them to .England.
Having examined the fortifications of Dant
am now enabled to inform your Lordship, that
might have been defended until the month ot
had not the greatest part of the euerny's provi
been destroyed with the magazines weteb were I
by the fire of the batteries.
The reasons which principally influenced hi
rene Highness-in granting to the garrison the t.
comparat►vely favourable capitulation were, u.
practicability of continuing any longer to carry
proaches at so advanced a season, and the gre;
vantage arising from the occupation of the wot
the Wester Plat and Tahriasser, which t"at ca,
lation gave him the immediate possession cf, ar
which the enemy was cut off from all commune
.with the sea, it being well known that every
would be made by the Danes to throw supplies
. the place, immediately our cruisers were obligee
quit the station.
The system of exaction which has been
by the Preach since they have had possession
Dantaic, has borne bard on all ranks of people,
by. which many of the most respectable
have been robbed of their property, and reduced
affluence to a compuative state of indigence.
But, not to dwell on so distressing a subject,
truly gratifying to me to assure your Lordship,
there exits one general feeling of gratitude
the ial►abicants of this country towards Great
for the liberal aid she has afforded them in the ,
ripos work for the recovery of their independence
May I be allowed to offer my confrratalations
your Lordship on the brilliant successes which hari
hitherto attended the exertions of the Allied Armies,
and which I sincerely trust will in their con%equeurci.
lead to the restoration' of the libertie of those nations
who have been so long suffering from French aggry
sion. I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) ALV.X. MAISDONALIs,
Major of the Royal Horse Art illery
January is, 1814.

MT Loau—l do myself the honour to tr.instoit tol
your Lordship the names rig a* General Officers 5q,..);
were in amtzie at the time of Its surrenders which
have only this instant received ;
elessersl-ls-Catef—Cosste Rapp.
Generalut Dirisipa.o.Coluts de H.ipdlst. Grandjean, Backers

Caaspredoa.
Omerins Brisart.Asimeral Diumooir. D'Hericoul t,
I.n, Hams. Far*, (Vvgv►c. Prince Muds, v. 14
Nom= de Brig e es Troupes Neopolitalni—DWees,
• Pulse the honour to be, Ste.
(Signed) 414 z; 144cmv

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