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Net, at Besancon, if theaseiss. cordon of met—
has been recognised by theAlliesi• '.
We LA Beard of a *coward Sam been ltieited
• eatketaftediato a temporary* of il(littitte briverz,
`pod' treerenlrbelieve that the tiefittic Reptahlis one
-aid indivisible, is doomed like Baiaria and Sezooy,
p be thus drubbed into a sense of what it OWES 40
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:1i Ilse Eastern frontier of France is thus provided
esisrthe Cossacks were, by the last accounts, nada:,
1111$ Valli of Basle, and Prime ALIMIPARTZERRERe WI,
ordered his head-quarters w berenstived to Frialisis,
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within a fed leagues of it. ,l
On the. Northern frontier the invasion of France
is also most amply provided for. Marshal Buicota
has drawn together certain divisions of the Allied
Ariniei from the frontiers ofHolland, and from the
1 Grand Duchy of Frankfort, with which he will cross
1 the Rhine at Cologn. Holland is thus, for a times
deprived of the assistance of the Prussian and Russian
armies ; but the PRINCE ROYAL of Swernoi, after dis.
posing of Monsieur Davous-r and liberating Ham-
CATAZ, NO.svt.AlSEit 29. burgh, wilhhe at liberty to resume his original intim-
Complete order and discipline not having been ob.. • •
bon of proeading upon Holland:
,ers ed by some soldiers of the division o: --, it • -
appears the Spanish troops have been sent the With respect to the real state of any negotiations
' tion of the circumstances attending it vdeireethtet 1
•nto the r whole thus paying for the irregu- between Allieseo
of
nndegoi
IN;
oena, unit:,
arities of ho on the 11th committed disbr- following will be found to be an accurate representa-
iers in v Tench cottages. For this fault tht
whole • 'Ordered to remain under arms for
several boars: A n int he
ou rs eweorbleelsies
General Freire represented to Lord Wellington, has been going on from the very commencement of
hat the whole army ought not to be punished on hostilities in August, to the present time. Proposals
account of a few soldiers. In the General Orders were made to BosAra wraimmediately before the battle
)1 the 18th, hie Lordship replied, that he knew by of Leipsic, which he rejected. That battle, and the
experience, that out of 100 soldiers guilty of any ex-
:ess, scarcely one was seized for punishment, and great events which succeeded it, could not but vary the
that he had given the said orders that the good terms of the Allies, in their application, though the
might declare who had committed the excess ; that fundamental principle remained, perhaps, unaltered.
this measure in no respect prejudiced the deserving -.-Om the other hand, BONAPARTE has, from time to
officers and soldiers of the army; that he had often • o abate of his pretensions;
f it' h self obliged i
time, e im
adopted similar proceedings with regard to the Eng-
but be
lish and Portuguese, when they committed excesses ; has never consented, in effect, to give up the
that if on other occasions, when the Spanish troops least particle of territory of which be was in firm
deserved ir, he had nut followed this course, it was possession. If we are rightly informed, (and we
trans a colisderation of the wants and privations have reason to think the information deserves full
which they endured ; and that the subsistence of the
c
army could ant be provided for in an enemy's coun-
redit), he has agreed to the independence of Hal-
try, if the country *ere fleeced. Besides, that on land, of Germany, and of Spain; that is to say, he
entering France he had declared that pipperty should has promised to abstain, for the future, from inva.
be respected, and that it was necessary to shew that ding the nations who have thrown off his yoke. But
the Allies comported themselves in war in a very we do not hear that he has offered them any indemnity
different manner flora the Tyrant.
Nov. SO.—lt appears that yesterday the great for the causeless devastations which he has perpetrated
question as to the resignation of command by Lord ion their territories—or any compensation (what com-
Wellington was decided in the Ula, and that he will i pensation, indeed, could he make ?) for the hellish
continue as before. We doubt not that this point has • murders he has there committed. On these points,
'ven rise to debates and new pniposals. perhaps, the Allies have not insisted, as they would'
have been justified in doing—but they have insisted
--......-L.-. on his resigning his usurpations beyond clue Alps—to
which he is said to have only replied by a centre.,
peojet, for placing the crown of Italy on the head of
litssuuwallots, giving Venice to Austria, Naples tei'l
MunAT, Rome to thel'ors, and keeping Tuscany.
Genoa, Parma, Placentia, Piedmont, Savoy, and the
Valais, to himself.
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We now come to the report cf Lord CASTLEREAGIA
mission to the Continent, which has been represented-
as the forerunner of a Congress ?or Peace. We have
reason to believe that his Lordship's viait to Germany
has no such object. He will proceed to the Continent
early next week, accompanied by the Hon. Mr. F.
Bouissora, as his Secretary, and by Messrs. RurF and
WILLIAMS, the King's Messengers. His Lordship is
understood to be in full possession of the sentiments
of the PRINCE ItsoeNr and the Ministry on the present
state of affairs, and goes to encourage the Allies (if
encouragement be necessary) to a vigorous prosecu-
tion of the war in the heart of France, until BONA-
PAR-ca and his Government-consent to give the world
" a secure Peace" in terms of his Lordship's speech
at the opening of Parliament.

trophy of their victories dam the *Ward of the 4th
regiment. They were net shedianithous enough to
bring that of the *lst regusike tote. the feigd, tar it
would have been taken.
4, You hive been informed, Sir* of tbd conduct et
•:he troops under 11%, command in notion ryes
:tie great pleasure to inform yod that they movie aim
he approbation of their country for their conduct, in
.übmitting to the.greatest privations, with.the.uunou
;heerfulness.
4, The inlantry were esti,* without tents, nd4er
several cid.y, the wholeartny subsisted upon- free
:.it:ef without bread ur salt.
s, I !Live the honour to be, &c. • ..
(Signed) " was. ti. siAaawase
Gcutral John Annsarous, Secretary of War." !. •
4, P.S. General Peocroa escaped by the fleetness
-4 his horses, escorted by forty Dragoons, and a num-
)er of mounted Indians." •

• A British ulEcer of high rank assured one of my Aldes-de-
!snip, that on the day of out lancing General Proctor had at
As disposal upwards or suoo Indian warriors, but asserted that
.hs: greatest part bad left hint previous to the ascii'''.

SPANISH PAPAWS.

' 'VENNG STAR.

. LONDON.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1813.
C1111IT1[a• Dai,..lialiday at all the F üblic Onlces.

Never did di: poor Arab in the desart pant more
eagerly for water to himself and his dying camel
than we do for peace 1--But we must have a peace
made of sound materials—" peace, in the spirit of
peace," as an elegant writer would terra it—or, in the
good old English phraseology, let us have a long
peace, a strong peace, and a peace. altogether !" we
must have a peace in which the French nation can
participate.
As Christians and philanthropists, we desire that
the arts should &wish and commerce revive in
France: we wish to see our Pamphleteers and Re-
viewers, and all the British admirers of the Great
Nation, pass and repass between Lc,ndon and
Paris, without the danger of being kidnapped
and sant to Verdun or the dungeons of Bitche.—
We want some pledge—some assurance, that when
Lord CASTLEREAGH enters the Baden territories (in I
which Manheim is situated), as a negotiator, his. We feel some anxiety, bit no alarm, on the sub.
Lordship will not be conducted to the wood of Via- ject of the non-an ival of Lord WELLINGTON'S dis-
cennes, as the Duke D'ENGHEIN was by CAULIN-
patches. That his Lordship has been victorious to
COURT Duke of ViceNzA, or stabbed in the back, like the utmost extent of our wishes and anticipations.
Desmx, at the battle of Marengo, by SAVAILY Duke ,we cannot doubt—our best evidence arises from the
of Rovico ! Their Excellenths of VICENZA and Ro- silence of BONAPARTE in his speech on the I 9th. If
vivo must not be employed as uegociators.—We SOULT bad gained a victory on the 13th, it would
cannot spare any of our Ministers; and as -for our have been officially known in Paris on the 15th at
Savant, as they have bean paid for their lucubrations farthest, and would have made .a better trope fur his
with the gold of England, it is but fair that they I speech than that respecting America.
should it %glare they earned it. The great i Ina Second Edition yesterday, we gave the fol-
alchy has transmuted too much of our ; lowing particulars, as issued by Government :
preci • - • 1:1), into the weapons of destruc- I 66 We understand that General DON, at Guernsey,
tion for o I has received a letter from an Officer at Passages, dated
Soberly sin it is OW duty to repress the ex. the 1 lth, which states, that on the day before Three
pectations of Peace which may have been entertained, Regiments, Four Thousand strong, had come over.
lon a Misty perusal of Ilotraraare's Speech to his from the enemy, stipulating to be sent to Germany ;
Senate, or any circumstances which may have arisen' and that Lord WELLINGTON had surrounded
out of it. The Funds d;%l rise in a Manner unprece. Bayonne ; and that all supplies by the River to
dently rapid on Thursday, It is true—but certain the Town were cut off."
jobbers who had the French Papers snug in their j Subsequent advices rave been received, mentioning
pockets, had artfully given out that BONAPARTE had that Sir ROWLAND HILL had crossed the Adour, and
Accepted the Preliminaries of Peace offered by the , that on the 13th the Marquis of WIILLINGTON had,
Allies, and that Lord CASTLEREAGH would set out in after the victory gained on that day, chosen a position
the evening to "conclude a treaty at Frankfort. Yes.. which would have the effect of rendering extremely
terday the funds fell considerably, notwithstanding difficult the retreat of SOULT to Bayonne.
an attempt to raise them by the invention of another
falsehood, namely, that an armistice had Inen concluded. Advices were received in town yesterday from the
No such event has taken place, nor is k likely— f Hague of the 21st instant. They contain no promi.
the Allies have not yet betrayed any symptoms of nent feature of intelligence. None of the strong places
that weakness, of .which they have been too hastily in possession of the enemy had fallen since the pre-
' accused. The Prince of SCHWARTRIDIJUSRO'S division vious accounts, nor had the Texel fleet surrendered.
of 6.1 Grand Allied Army is in full march to enter The French were in occupation of Zealand, and con-
IFraace, through Switzerland. What occasion has tinued with great activity to strengthen the fortifi-
I Dontratera for an army of reserve, under Marehil cations.