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''' 44 The Mayor RUDER.”
The liiiiiirill PoVe Pf
Auerstadt, prince of Eck- Napoleon, Emperor of the French, King of Italy,,
Muhl and Governor-Gelleal; the Confederation of the Rhine. Mediator
ordains as follows :
Protector of
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/ the Swiss Confederation, &c. &c. We have decreed
" Art. I. The merchants and shopkeepers of the city of •
Hambergh shall within the course of five day*, to be accounted and decree -as follows : •
from the publication of these presents, make declaration at the
Dorgan of the Customs* established at the Boorn-heuse, of the l. The National Guard of oar good City of Paris is plaosd
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in activity. .
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-colonial goods belonging to them, with the kind and quantity of
reach sort, and likewise specify the warehouses in which salt 2. The Emperor will command It In Chief.
goods are lying. 3. L'Etat Major-General is composed of a Major-General,
" Art. 2. The Colonial goods entered shall be valued accord. Second hi Command; of four Assistant Major-Generals ;of four
leg to the tarifoinahlished• •Adjutants Commandants ; and of eight Assistant Captains. A
" Art.,3. The declarers on maktnn the entry of their goods
shall be obliged to &poet seven per cent. on the value of the said . 4 The National Guard of' Paris is composed of -ii legion is
'goods, accordihg to the fixed estimate,iti current money, in the each arrondissement ; each legion of four battaliOns, and each
'Castorn-house treasury. _ battalion of five companies, of whic,ll one is of grenadiers and
" Art. 4. These paynwuts shall be the advance of funds, the
four of fusileers. The four companies of grenadiers of a legio9
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amount whereof shall be delivered to the Chamber of co.
will form a battalion d, elite, which shall bear the name of baua-
Altered in silver berg. • '
" "the Chamber of Commerce will receive from the Director lion crslite of such legion.
of the Custom•bouse a specification of the sums paid by the 5. Each legion shall he commanded by, a Colon*l and an Alt.
merchants, and ;lake proposals concerning the means of militing
jutant.Msjor. The Adjutant-Major shall be chosen from among
repay inent of the same in silver coin.
" -Art. 5. On the expiration of the term fixed by the firsiAr- the retired Officers. Each battalion shall be commanded by e
tide, the gods of all-such persons as have not made the declare- Lieutenant-Colonel and an Adjutant. .
don prescribed, and who shall not have effected the adosulte '6. Each company shall be composed in the following manner-a,
ordained by Article 3, shall be seized and confiscated. -' .. - . . . ....
In, a Lieutenant, two Sub-Lieutenants, a Serjeant-marro
" Art. 6. A copy of this present itesdution shall
beorarded^ li•
to Count Chaban, Counsellor of Sette, and which shall
_t9sni. four Se assets, a Corporal, Fonrrier, eight Cprporals, twoDesibs-
mitred him by the Director of the Z..tetoms, as likewise bt tilt Mir,, and 105 men. Total of a aimpany 125 men.. ,
President of the Chamber of Commerce. • . • '• 7. gibe Generale and Calonds shall take an oath before use .Thni
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The 64erebei Prince* Eccmultit!"- : Officers of other ranks shall take the oath before our Cousin tile!
. ORDER OF THE DAY. . • Vice Constable. t
. 44 Held-quarters otHatuburglis,Mber 26. S. -The Officers and Subaacers are obliged to be clothed
natsill
il The enemy, by his Proclamations,, encourages the uniform of the National Guards. The grenadiers are i,_
the soldier to forget. his duty, and betray our So- to arm, clothe, and equip themselves at their own expense:
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vereign. ~,„- , 9. Our Minister of the Interior shall present to us the list of.
" The enemy, by.his miles, his Proclamations, and the officers. •
his agents' stimulates the inhabitants to insurrection. 10. No person shall be allowed to find a substitute for the see-
This condgct shews us the mode we have to adopt ; vice of the National Guard, except a father by his son, a father-
it has already caused a great' part of the inhabitants in-law by his son-ha-law, the uncle bt the nephew, and a brother-
to be driven out of Hamburgh, and, at the same by his brother. ,
time, obliges us to_take the following measures; 11. Our Mmister of the Interior is charged with the execution
" Art. 1. A Commission of Provost shall be nominated for of the present Decree. By the Emperor, - •
Hamburg!), and shall consist of three Members, the.Prer dent of (Signed) . NA POL RON.
which shall be Grand Provost. .
" Art. 9. As Members of this Commission are nominateJ— The Doke de Lissarro, Minister Smeary of Slate.
" 1. The Colonel of the Geus-d'armerie, Charbot, President. .. LYON, JANUARY 6.
" 2. Captain Jouffin.
"-• S. Captain Patel. - . The free corps is organizing with much activity.
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" Art. Sr' AU such indivitjuals as have been guilty of the N. The enemy's column witch had advanced to Annecy,
lowirg crimes, _shall be jusited by these Cottiniissiontrs, tiz. .
and which appeared to threaten Chamber y, haa sud-
" All desertion, or particieatiodtherein, excitement to deiei-
don, andlalse,recruitsts—All spies—all, tumults or tumultuous denly retrograded. It is ,even asserted_that it fats WI
assemblages—every fire purposely made—all elturidering--all in-
subordination, liccompagied with threats or violent measures--
Gent
ill instirreetion-or inflammatory speeches, tending to exasp.erate valid. According to other reports, it should have
the soldier)" against their commanders, or the inhabitants against
left at Geneva 6(X) men: This retrograde movement
the lawful powers, or against the troops—all thefts that 'may bs
committed in the magazines of the State—all purchase or sale of is attributed to the intelligence of the near arrival of
provisions, or military effect% taken from the inagazities of the
State ; and, finally, all ainaisainationa; or intention of performing a French corps of 40,000 men.
such, against any French or allied soldier. • ILETRACT PROgi A PRIVATE LETTER.
" Art. a. All these crimes will incur the punishment of deals, - . ..
but the Provost Ccmimissioners irwe power, under -favourable - - - " " Vesour., losusett I.
aiireumstances, to change the above punishments into Corporal a Wreders heat!-qttarters are at Boitzheim, a
league and a quarter from Hunenguen. The enemy
Inflictions and banishment irons the city, foe the inhabitants,; and •
for the French soldiery, and others employed in the atniy, into
being exposed on the parade and imprisonment. • has bombarded that place since the 29th of Dkcem-
" Art. S. The Provost Commiss•euers ire charged with the L ,
oer. He has six rnorthrs on his batteries; hitherto
execution of the punishments ordained by the last Decrees qiiinat
limb inhaleitants of Hamburgh as shall again return to the Clay he has fired without 'nny effect. The mists .have,,
lifter having once been driven out 'ofit.
howetver, favoured liii routs. He has brought up'
t " Art. 0. -I be tarsus prescribed for the sentences of the Mili-
tary Commissioners, shall also im observed in, the juridicial pro- some pieces of heavy eislibre from his grand park,
ceediog of the Provost Commissioners. • • which is established -at Schlienger, wpon the right
Art T.'llo appeal can take place against' the declioils of
the Provost Commisakuers, which are to be fulfilled within bank. It is said that he has in this park some of
tiventy-four•houfs.
's rockets. You see
" Art. 0. The present resoldrion shall be communicated to COUSTevewith what a generous
the trmps b; an Order of the Day. and to the jnbabitants,-by enmity we have to do.' Cannot our chemists, who
printed publications in both languages, by direction orate Gene- .
cal Staff of the Army. (Signed) are so skilful, invent some composition of this kind?
" The Marshal Duke of Auzits tsnr, The invention of all these infernal machines is, un-
Prince of Eckniuhl, doubtedly, a very great misfortune to humanity ;
- (A true C my.) " leresie. Dr. I..IVILLE,
the General hi Chief Lit the L.;:lietal staff of lie i.sth Corps." but it is the enemy who has set us theexample, and,
we must fight on' equal terms. ~
" We pique ourselves' upon a generosity which
has :frequently proved fatal to us ; it is time. we
should use reprisals, and that we should treat with-
-out pity an enemy without good faith. • The garrison
of Hunenguen has already made three sorties with suc-
cess, and appears fully determined to hold oith—
The heavy pieces from the cavaliers of the fortress.
make a murnerous fire upon the enemy's bridge and
very much incommodes the passage of his troops
and his convoys ; but Prince Schwartzenberg, furi-
ous that the Commandant of Hunenguen should
have the audacity to fire upon those who are coming
to besiege Cm, sent a trumpeter. charged to declare to
him, that if he still determined to fire a single cannon
upon the bridge, lie would cause at the same instant
,100 French villages to be set on fire. Here is an
act 10 add. to the proofi of moderation which the
enemy gives every day. "From the side of Mulhau-
,sen, there are about 4000 infantry, who incessandf
pass.and repass,: to. have it thought they are m
numerous ; they keep to the ridge of vineyards who*
-border the plain, and raise entrenchments on the silie
of Hah sheim. .
" The head-quartert of the Allies before Befort are
at Bessoncourt. It Is General Rechberg whb coat. '
mends the blockade. .
44 Count De Lichtenberg was on the 26th at Ser.
. , amagny, with 400 cavalry. He has pushed for-'
ward posts upon the road of Lure and Besancon.—
It is thought that the whole of this Bavarian corps
does not , exceed 18,000 men, the greater part or
which is upon the roads of Dells and Montbiliard...,.
Urto the 29th December they had besieged Befort,
but with 4,6, and 12 pounders ; they every day an--
noonce that their heavy artillery' was going to arrive.
This small citadel makes an admirable resistance;
the artMery has hitherto been veri, successfully point-
ed ; it isdirectea by an old otter of Befort alinost
eighty, and by a mason of.that town, who fires in an
-*tithing manner. The first shot front the fort
4' an enemy's General with bi&hbrse, and
another individual wito had arrived near the place to
reconnoitre.. .. . , .‘. - -
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41 The Commandant; whose name I do not know, is
a determined man, and is resolved to hold out to the
lase extremity.. . .
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" It is the Austrian division of Tress* which ap-,

ALTONA, DECEMBER 118. ' •
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I have just escaped from Harnburgh, and no,
words can describe the poverty and wretchedness of
that once wealthy and magnificent city. Th, military
commit the greatest -atrocuses, and instead of punish-
ment obtain reward, Our teats are dried up jn the
multiplicity of our afflictions. The•order to each
householder to acquire provisions for six months, can
only be complied with by the most opulent, and the
rest are sent adrift upon the woad. Wheat and meal
are not to be Obtained, and the mills have been taken
,possession of- by the garrison. The price of barley
meal is per tack 40--marks ; the worst dried rye 24
-marks per sack. Fresh mrat is at ten schellings the
pound, ham 16, smocked meat 12, butter above 16,
and other at t;cles in proportion. •

ALTONA, DECEMBER 29.
The following. Address to our fellow Citizens,
arising from the circumstances of the times, has beat
' published and circulated here : •
( 44 In the, distressed state wherein so many thou-
, sands of the inhabitants who have fled from the
reeighbotoing city find themselves in this severe sea.'
aciri, being deprived of their habitations, and destitatil
of every thing, wander about among us, both hurai;l
pity, and likewise a regard for our own security and,
health, require an immediate stop being put. to the
magnitude of the increasing misery.
" At the recommendation of the Administration
"of the Patriotic Society for this district, a number of
persons have init.), and with consent of the Ma*,
tracy, taken open diem, on the 30th of December, to
:collect contribaticers for the support of these unhappy
people, and to provide for the proper application di
the monies therefrom arising, by lodging, boarding;
neegit.
cloathing, And assisting those who are in want, as
'much at possible • whilst making application to thn
benevolence of their fellow-citizens, they deem it '
Um to specify any motives for giving large boned.
(factions : the generous and general feeling whict
reigns among them, having already voluntarily 40.
played itself in the most touching Amer, and thy
deplorable objects which every hour meet the eye?
speak more powerfully to the heart than can be dot,
by the most eloquent expressions.
P The Administrators of the Fond for supporting
11 ' the impoverished inhabitants of fiarnburgh.
44 Altai, Pec, 29, lats."
BREMEN, JANUARY 4.
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, Thothistice with DeamarklicOnly prolonged to
the sth of January, nod not, as meddler paper has
-said, to the 6th." :'
The Saxon Mini ter Count Senft Von Pilsacti, has
entered into the Abrrnian service. ,His Majesty the
lEmperai of Amnia has appoilmnd him Privy Com-
i senor end Chamberlain.