Star.
London, England, 1813-05-04 00:00:00

COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS.

The CHANCELLOR .of the EXCHEQUER
expressed his satisfaction at the great eagerness which
had been shewn by the public, in the operation by
which twelve millions of Exchequer Bills were funded
in one day, when a much greater amount might also
have been negotiated. Many parties made farther
taffers, but it was not thought advisable to fund more
than twelve millions in the 5 per cents.: but if it were
',roper to fund more, it was desirable to do so, in
some other stock, making some arrangement for the
'parties who had already made offers. lie had waited
for some time, in order to judge of the steadiness of
the funds; and he had the satisfaction of finding,
that from the first moment of the original proposition
scarcely any apparent fluctuation bad occurred. At
period like the present, when very important events
were to be expected, it was not politic to hasten a
loan ; since, if events were favourable, the contrac-
tors might reap too much advantage; and if not so,'
both they and the public would suffer. As no stock
bad been created in the 4 per cents. for a considerable
time, be thought it the most eligible for the opera-
'ion of funding. Last Wednesday a communication,
eras made upon this subject. The Stocks had fallen
for one day only, and then had risen to the former ,
level. A bargain, therefore, might be made favour-
able both to the parties and the public. An oppor-
tunity was also afforded of raising a sum of money by
Debentures, which he should propose, to the armunt
of three millions, and to fund double that sum in the
per cents. The class of the first subscribers de-
served favour, and the arrangements were proposed
to enable them to subscribe double the amount otiheir
Debentures.
He then moved the following Resolutions :
Resplved--That a further :arm not exceeding .C3,0Ct1,000, be
raised by Debentures.
Resolved-1 hat Books be opened at the Bank of England., on
the 4th, sth, and bth days of May, 1813, and that any person be
tt liberty to subsea ibe for such Debentures, and to pay a deposit
If 15 per centum on such Flllll as he shall loose to subscribe, on
ir before the 6th day of May, with the Chief Cashier of the Go-
regnor and Company of the Bank of England.
1 hat it is the opinion of this Committee, that every person in-
erested in, or entitled unto any Exchequer Bills, dated between
let' sat day of March, 1812, and the 91st day of March, 1818,
Kith inclusive, who shall, on either of the said days, make a like
kposit on such suns as be shall choose to subscribe, for such De-
ten tures as aforesaid, with the said Chief Cashier, shill be m-
isled to receive from the said Ca:hier a certificate to the Pay-
nasters of Exchequer Bat., which certificate gall state nume-
ically the order in which such subscriptions shall be made, and
he amouni,theitof, ard than entitle such person or persons to
leliver in such Bills to the said Paymasters on the 7th dr.y.of
Slay, 111113, in the same order, to the amount of Zouble the sum
ilbscnbed by ouch persons respectively for such Debentures.
That the several persons who applied to the Paymasters of Fr-
lugger Bills, in pursuance of a Rtcolution of this House, of the
st day of April, 1813, to subscribe 'their Exchequer Bills, and
ecetved 'I ickets from the said Paymaster, but who were not
hen permitted to subscribe the same, In consequence of the sum
sol.osed to be funded at that time having been completed, be
!so permitted io delver re the said Paytuasters ou die Bth
ay of May, 181; Exchequer Bills of the description before-
nouned.
That the several holders of receipts for Debentures, subscribed
ar under the Resoli.euns pt this House, of the Ist slay of April,
813, be al+o permitted to deliver to the Paymasters of Excite-
s:a Bails, an o.e Mk day of May, 1813, Exasevier Bills of th,
sisesiptions Lefore-manstinned, to double the ariasynt of the prin-
ipal urns contained on such debentures.
Illsat row Exxles34er X.ilist so the assettut pf six 111 ons,

idt Vii! le isillifed In by tile iwert Ls 0 poem
before...medalled. to the Parameers of dm alialese 11,84
any other person or persona shall, tad may be at liberty% les
Prier to the said Paymasters, on the Uth day of Mg, lln, Sas
of the description before-mentioned, to complete the said atm
of his millions.

That every such person tie persons eirdeUelering in Exchequer'
Bills as aforesaid, shall have in exchange for the same from the '
Paymasters of Exchequer Bills, a certificate or cerdficates so the
Governor and Company of the Bank of England, expressing the
principal sum contained in such Bills, which certificate or certi-
ficates shall enable such person or persons for every AlllO prin-
cipal money contained therein, to the sum of £139 Capital Stock
in Annuities, after the rate of £4 per centers per annum, to
commence from the Ist day of April, 1819, and to be added to,
and made one joint stock with, the X 4 per centum Annuities
consolidated by the Acts of the 20th and 91st years of his present
Majesty, and by several such subsequent Acts, and to be payable
and transferable at the Bank of England, at the same time, and
in the same manner, and subject to the Uke redemption as the
said £4 per cent um Annuities; and the interest bathe Exchequer
BWs to be delivered in as aforesaid, shall be paid in money to
the 20th day of May, 1812.
That every such contributor for Debentures shall, on or be-
fore the 6th day of May, 1813, make a deposit of £l5 per cen-
t= with the Chief Cashier of the Governor and Company of
the Bank of England, as a security for making the future pay-
meats en or before the days or times hereinafter inendoned,
that is to say,
Al 5 per centum, on or before the 21st day of May next.
Al 6 per centum, on or before the lath day of June next.
£2O per centum, on or before the 16th day of July next.
.215 per centum, on or before the 27th day of August next.
4210 per centum, on or before the 24th day of September next.
£lO per centum, on or before the 29th day of October next.
That every such contributor who shall pay in the whole of his
or her contribution money at any time on or before the 2Sd day
of September, 1813, shall be allowed an interest, by way of dis-
count, after the rate of A 4 per cent. per annum, on the sum so
advanced, for completing his or her contribution, respectively,
to be competed from the day of completing the same, to the 29th
day of October, 1813.
t every such contributor, as well as the several persons
who have subscribed for debentures, pursuant to the said Rese-
talon of this House of the Ist of April, 1813, shall, for every
£lOO contributed and paid, be entitled to a debenture of AlOO,
to be dated on the Sth day of April, 1813, transferable by in-
' dersement, bearing interest at the rate of AS per centum, per
annum, payable half-yearly at the Bank of England, on the sth
day of and the 10th day of October, the principal suns
contained in such debentures to be payable in money on the sth
day of April, 1815, and on the Sth of April in any succeeding
year during the coatinuance of the war; when the interest will
cease, on the parties entitled thereto giving three months notice
in writing to the Governor and Company of the Bank of Eng-
land of their intention to receive the same, or shall be paid off
in money on the sth day of April next succeeding It months af-
ter the ratification of a definitive Treaty of Pease; but the hol-
ders of such Debentures shall, in either ease, have the option an
the Sth April, or lath October, in any year, until the same shall
be paid ateording to the said Resolution of this House (on giving
14 days notice in writing as aforesaid) to receive for each Alan
principal money contained in such Debenture; either AIGO capi.
tai Stock in Annuities, after the rate of AS per centum per an-
num, to be added to and made one joint Stock with the ses per
Centum Annuities, created by Acts made in the 24th and 25th
years of his present Majesty, and 'event subsequent Acts for
granting Annuities to satisfy certain Navy Victualling Transport
Bills, Ordnance Debentures, and Exchequer Bills, or £l2O ca-
pital Stock in Annuities, after the rite of £4 per centum per
annum, to be added to and made one joint Stock with the said
£4 per Centuni Annuities, or £l5O capital Stock in the Annul
ties after the rate2f £3 per Centum per Annum, to be added to
and made one joint Stock with certain Annuities after the rate
of £3 per Centum per Annum, which were reduced from 44
to .e 3 per Centum, by an Act made in the 23d year of his late
Majesty, and to be payable and transferable at the Bank of Eng-
land, at the sante time, and in the same manner, and subject
to the same redemption as the said Three per Centum Reduced
Annuities.

1 hat the interest nn the said JE4 per Centum Annuities. and
on the said Xs per Cent= Annuities, shall commence from the
sth day of April, when such debentures shall become payable as
aforecatd, and the interest on the said per centum annuities from
the sth day of January preceding.
Some conversation occurred between Mr. FREMANTLE and
the CHANCELLOR of the Iscuegita respecting the compara-
tive returns of ths unfunded debt.

Mr. O'HARA moved fur an Account of the Funded Debt of
Great Britain —Agreed to.

those pob ts. lAn •ecount deed Lord Arden to hold,
on the 14th of February, 1812, 4146,000, and on Ja.
unary 12, 1813, 4182,000 in Exchequer Bills. Could
any Gentleman rest satisfied witlrMr. Rose's regula-
tions, after seeing this result ? (Near, hear.) Another
paper stated these sums not to be the result of merely
short litigations. In the Registrar's Office there were
also various small sums, some under 4100 unclaimed,
but making in the whole a large sum. He under-
stood they were not included in the return. They
were not likely to get one of Court, where some of
them had been since 1777; they amounted now to
above 493,000.. The principles on which this Office
was regulated were objectionable, and it was desir.
able to give the navy the benefit of these unclaimed
monies after a certain period.
Mr. ROSE saki, there was little of that last sum
that might not be claimed at any time.
The Report of the Committee was ordered to be
received on Friday next.

APPRENTICES.

Mr. ROSE adverted to the Petition he presented
the other day, which was signed by above 800 mas-
ers and 13,000 journeymen in London ; and by
1,154 masters and 17,517 journeymen in the country;
making above 32,000 in all. The policy of the
system began in Edward 111. Some had doubted
the effects of the law, deeming all restrictions inju-
rious to commerce: others considered the want of
restrictions more dangerous, and contended that the
present system had encouraged habits of industry.—
The Courts had, in general, narrowed the spirit and
application of the restrictions. He thought that if
the existing law was not to be enforced, it ought to
be amended or repealed. A petition signed by such
a number of tradesmen, was deserving the most at-
tentive consideration. He should therefore move,
that the Petition, and the prayer of it, should be re-
ferred to a Committee.

Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW allowed that the number
of signatures to the Petition entitled it to a respectful
consideration. As to the allegations of the Petition,
he thought it very extraordinary that the Petitioners
should really expect that Parliament would allow
them :o bring actions upon this statute, against whom
th9r pleased, well-founded or ill-founded, without
being subject to costs in case of failure. From his
experience in a certain judicial situation, he could
say, and he believed that he might appeal to all his
professional friends about him, for confirmation of
his statement, that he never knew any indictment
brought under this statute except against a person of
great skill and acquirements.. The preamble of the
Act stated its object to be, " to prevent the introduc-
tion of unskilful workmen :" and yet no indictments
were ever brought against unskilful workmen, but
only against very skilful and ingenious men.
Mr. GIDDY said, that he should not vote for the
Committee, if he did not think it likely That the reso-
lution they would come to would be directly contrary
to that which was expected by the Petitioners. He
certainly did entertain great doubts, whether in the
present state of the commercial world there was any
use in those apprenticeships, although they might
have been necessary in the infancy of commerce. It
frequently happened, that a young man had not a
talent for the particular business to which he had been
bound an apprentice, and was yet possessed of other
talents, by the exercise of which he might obtain a
most respectable subsistence. It appeared to him a
cruel hardship to fetter the minds and limbs of men,
so as to prevent their obtaining a subsistence by the
fair exercise of their talents and of their limbs. As
to what was said of Corporate Rights, obtained by
apprenticeship, he thought that made it the less ne-
cessary to add penalties. If those corporate rights,
however, were to be considered of real value, he
thought it a great hardship that they could not be
obtained in any other way than by serving appren-
ticeship.
Mr. BUTTERWORTH stated an instance, with-
in his own knowledge, of a very skilful workman,
who could not get employment in London, from a
general contjacy against him among those who had
served apprenticeships.
After some farther conversation, the Petition was
referred to a Committee.

el" In ,tie *NOW of th• gall +Elf ladfeied, ad eetnreitie
beck wish the [donned w
me, that the 'Whit was ally
listen the rocks which she was thrown by the gale of die
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Al noon we were all clear; the sail in sight was discovered to be
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haut-Cilly, svbecorantanded the Rubies boat, requested that he
might remain on board with his boat's crew, during the eityge.
meat, which request i granted him. As sum as I had set sail, I
hauled upon the wind ua the starboard tack, the enemy follow.
ing at a short distance on the same tack, and Avicb the same sa I
set as the Arethuse bad. Being obliged to bear up on acceunt of
the banks, the enemy imitated my manoeuvre; and I hay:: I ,f
all sails, he did the same. We were thus ruaaing large x; 11% 4
+-fine breeze at S. S. IL, mad I was not long in perceiving IL! 1
i gained on the English frigate, and I even reckoned on attack. •
her In the conrse of the night, when a thick fog caused sue to Its
sight of her. On the next day, the 7th, we were at about et
leagues to the eastward of the Isles de Los. It was almost calm,
and I did not get sight of the enemy's frigate till about eleven
o'clock. I stood towards her, and she made off watt all sails' -
but whether the Arethuse sailed better than she did, or whethes
she made some manceuvre to let us come up with her, at sunset
I found myself nearer to her than on the preceding evening : the
breeze continued increasing, and at ieven o'clock the enemy re.
solved on attacking us, and bore down on our bow ; I waited ter
him, and at 71, we were within pistol shot of each other, under
our topsails, with a small breeze from the east, and fine, clear,
moonlight weather; and we had not as yet fired a shot.
" I commenced the firing by a discharge of my whole bread-
side, which was immediately returned by the enemy. A Cameo
engagement theta took place, in which oar vessels seemed to be
' Joined by a column of smoke. We had been foul of each other
for several minutes, and dosing an hour and an half we had not
been more than a pistol-shot off each other. Meanwhile our fil u
appeared to me to surpass that of the enemy, and at the close of
as hour and an half, our superiority seeming to me sufficiently
certain to endeavour to board him, I hauled on the wind, but the
braces and bow-lines being cut to pieces, both fore and mfr, by
the enemy's shot, It was not possible foe me to get any closer to
him. The enemy, on his aide, made more sail. His fire, which
hadtnearly ceased, became brisker, when be bad opened our dis-
tance, and did considerable damage to our rigging. At eleven
o'clock the fire ceased on both sides. We were no longer in good
condition, and the enemy, crowding all sail, abandoned the field
of battle to us. I bad nothing more at bean than 0 have the
necessary work done for making oil, Mulles upon a wind, and
pursuing our reantage. The Arethase had suffered enormously
40 men killed outright had been thrown Into the sea during the
engagement ; 99 men, grievously wounded, were down in the
Surgeon's birth; and, escepting the Master Carpenter, all my
Naval Officers were killed or wounded: sash men as were only
slightly wounded bad not quitted their pow. or had returned to
them, after having theft. wounds dressed; and in the midst of this
scene of carnage, the fourth part of the crew Wt wished only for
recommencing the attack. It was calm the whole night, welch
we passed in repairing the ship. At break of day the enemy was
lying to the southeast of us, et about a league and a ball steL.
tance, standing to the southward with all sail set, with a light
breeze from the north-east. I then occupied myself solely with
the fate of Captain Olivier whom I bad left with his crew on the
Ides de Los ; for which is?ands I shaped my course, tired got eight
of them the next day, being the 9th.
" In the afternoon we got sight of a three-masted ship coming
out from thence. I judged it to be the Serra, and passed the
night in standing off and on. It proved, Weed, to be that vessel.
I pined her In the morning of the 10th. Captain Ottvlca, with
his whole crew, were on board her. He bad embarked in this
prize as I bad advised him, atter having destroyed the remains
of the pubis, which It was found impossible to get afloat again,
He was making his passage for France, notwithstanding all the
risks and confinement attending a long voyage, with SOD nien on
board a vessel ot AO tons leurtheu, in bad condition, and very
badly provisioned. l'his worthy and unfortunate Captain and
his curupanions saw us again with inexpressible joy, which the
happiness of our being useful to them caused us to pat take of is
a still more lively degree. I took half the Rubies crew on board
the Arethuse, and took the Berra in tow until we reached the La-
titude of Madeira. There I took on board every thing out of that
vessel, and then destroyed her, as she retarded my voyage.
" I passed several days in cruising off the Azores, where I
fill in with two flags of truce, which were carrying the crew of
the Java frigate to England; I chased several English corvettes,
which, however, I could not come up with. On the 10th I en.
tared St. Melon, having only ten days' provisions left. In the
course of any cruise I have taken 16 of the enemy's vessels. I
have every reason to be satisfied with the zeal and prcereu in
instruction made by those of our conscripts who now made their
first campaign; and I cannot bestow sufficient praise on the OES-
- masters, and seamen of all classes composing the ship's
company. They have all rivalled each other sn slew proofs of
their courage and devotion under all circumstances; and the abi-
lity with which I have been seconded by the officers is superior to
any eulogium I can bestow on them. " A true Retract.
(Signed) " The Minister of Marine, Duke Dec alts.*
PARIS, APRIL 96.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER Moil MADRID, APRIL 8, 1813.
" Since the Bth of March, the whole Goverment
of Cadiz is changed. The liberal party has gained
the ascendancy over the servile : the former is the
enemy of the English, and we have also a third party
there. The misunderstanding between the English
and the insurgents has become very great. The
English were desiroui that all the officers of the Spa.‘
nish army should be English, and there has been the
greatest desertion of both officers and soldiers.
't The Serrama de Ronda, and the greater part of
Gallicia, are in insurrection against the governing
authorities of Cadiz. In Andalusia great discontent
prevails. The inhabitants unwillingly suffer the
heavy exactions made on them in money, effects,
and especially in men. The latter all return to us
after having been carried off by force.
" The Spanish Army of Andalusia, commande4
by the Duke del Parque, badly clothed, ill paid,
without military discipline, and without confidence in
its Chiefs, is not in a condition to make any effort,
nor even maintain itself against a French corps d'ar.
mee of 5 or 6000 men."
[The Moniker of the 26th of April, contains, under
the head 'Army of Arragon,' a letter from the Duke of
Albufera to the Minister at War, dated San Felipe,
April 3, and giving an account of several small skir.
meshes between the French troops and the Spanish
patriotic bands, in which it is boasted, that the French
were always succeuful, killing several of their enemies
and sometimes taking 9 or lu prisoners. A kind of
postcript to this letter contains an account of an at.
tempt made on the castle of Moro by Baron d'Eroles
and Villacampa, which, it is said, was frustrated by
the arrival of a column of 3500 men, sent by the Duke
of Albufera, which forced the insurgents of Catalu-
nia to repass the Ebro, and set the castle of Moro en-
tirely at liberty. The loss of the enemy before Fort
Mom, it is said, WAS three officers, and 4.0 Serjeauts
and soldiers, killed or wounded:]
The same Paper, under the head Army of Poi tn.
gal, also contains a letter to the Minister at War irons
Count keine, Commander ot the Army of Portugal,
dated Valladolid, April 3, giving an account that the
company of Chasseurs of Zamora, under the coal-
mand of Captain Florian, surprised the band of Pu-
chas, called the Hussars of Segovia, and consisting
of 63 horsemen. Captain Florian, it is said, killed
15, and took 36 prisoners, with 43 horses.]
NUREMBERG, APRIL is.
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Hislivelles ht &Alai" paper stated these sums not to be the result of merely
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pa for the same from the
up. At this time the Rubies long-boat came fetra
Irae or rerrierares so she short lityptions. In the Registrar's Office there were
a meats, and not more than half a league distance ; the be 7: r England, expressing the also various small sums, some under £lOO Unclaimed, freshening
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then give him as the enemy was nearing me, whom I had tar:
which certificate or certi- but making in the whole a large sum. He under- Captain Olivier, to request some pumps, bat which I could ter
ma for every .elOO Pin' stood they were not included in the return. They
um of £139 Capital Stockien go In match of h s skip'. crew. Eu.itn Dt . r cement per annum, to were not likely to get one of Court, where some of tor"t.sge' andlt
'taut-a-illy, sehecornmanded the Rubies boat, requested that li,
1819, and to be added to, them had been since 1777; they amounted now to might remain on board with his boat's crew, during the vivo..
.4 per cement Annuities above 495,000.. The principles on which this Office meat, which request i granted him. As scum as I had set sail, I d
id 81st years of his present
was regulated were objectionable, and it was desir- hauled upon the wind un the starboard tack, the enemy follow. II
it Acts, and to be payable
id, at the same time, and able to give the navy 6.: I
the benefit of these unclaimed
tag at a short distance on the same tack, and Avicb tin: earn,
I set as the Arethuse bad. Being obliged to bear up on account of
se uk„edemption as the monies after a certain period. the banks, the enemy imitated my manoeuvre; and I hay:: -.f b
i interest In the Exchequer Mr. ROSE saki, there was little of that last sum all sails, he did the same. We were thus raising large v. l'i,, 4
f'fine breeze at S. S. 11., and I was not long In perceiving tt.ei 1 b
shall be Peld to money to that might not be claimed at any time. i
gained on the English frigate, and I even reckoned on attack. . gi
The Report of the Committee was ordered to be . C
ebentures shall, on or be- her In the course of the night, when a thick fog caused sue to too.
received on Friday nett.
sight of her. On the next day, the 7th, we were at about ee
I deposit of 4E15 per een-
overnor and Company of APPRENTICES. kigues to the eastward of the Isles de La. It was almost cArt,
r making the future pay- Mr. ROSE adverted to the Petition he presented and I did Rot get sight of the enemy's frigate till about ekvCa
o'clock. I stood towards her, and she made oft watt all sails;
" hereinafter alead°44 the other day, which was signed by above 800 mas-i
but whether the Arethuse called better than she did, or whether
wrs and 13,000 journeymen in London •; and by
Ist day of May next. she made some ma uvre to let us come up with her, at sunset 1 ttla day of June next. 1,154 masters and 17,517 journeymen in the country; I myself nearer to her than on the preceding evening: the
sth day of July next.
making above 32,000 in all. The policy of the breeze continued increasing, and at ieven o'clock the enemy re.
Tth day of August next. system began in Edward 111. Some had doubted solved on attacking us, and bore down on our bow ; I waited fdr I 1
th day of September next. him, and at 71, we were within pistol shot of each other, under
ith day of October next. the effects of the law, deeming all restrictions inju-
• our top sails, with a small brene from the east, and fine, clear,
ill pay in the whole of his rious to commerce: others considered the want of moonlight weather; and we had not as yet fired a. shot. !
OD or before the std day restrictions more dangerous, and contended that the i. I commenced the firing by a discharge of my whole bread-
n Interest, by way of din- side, which was immediately returned by the enemy. A furious
present system had encouraged habits of industry.—
engagement theta took place, in which oar vessels seemed to be
general, narrowed the spirit and ,
tr annum, °a the Main
so
The Courts had, in
:ontribution, respectkely, Joined by a column of smoke. We had been foul of each tuber
sting the same, to the seals application of the restrictions. He thought that if , for several minutes, and dosing an hour and an half we bad not
the existing law was not to be enforced, it ought to I been more than a pistol-shot elf each other. Meanwhile our file
II as the several Persons be amended or repealed. A petition signed by such appeared to me to surpass that of the enemy, and at the close of
ursuant to the said Res,- an hour and an half, our superiority seeming to me sufficiently
11, 1813, shall, for every a number of tradesmen was deserving the most at-
certain to endeavour to board him, I hauled on the wind, but the
tentive consideration. He should therefore move, braces and bow-lines being cut to pieces, both fore and aft, by
to a debenture of £lOO,
1.813, transferable by in- that the Petition, and the prayer of it, should be re-
the enemy's shot, it was not possible foe me to get any closer to
eof ,Be. per centum, per ferred to a Committee. him. The enemy, Guilts aide, mode more sail. His fire, which
I
of England, on the sth Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW allowed that the number badmearly ceased, became brisker, when he had opened our dis-
ober, the principal sums
of . tance, and did considerable damage to our rigging. At eleven
able In money on the sth
signatures to the Petition entitled it to a respectful
• o'clock the fire teased on both sides. We were no longer in good
April in any succeeding consideration. As to the allegations of the Petition, condition, and the enemy, crowding all sail, abandoned the fiel♦
r; when the interest will
.
he thought it very extraordinary that the Petitioners of battle to us. I had nothing more at heart than 0 have the
tieing three months notice, .1,,...1,1 --it— --w... .5.... se....l:_—_—. ..... -.I _I _I 1 ..............• .......i. A.... C.... ..... ........:1 S.--.ll_ .

banks of the Rhitte, are an in MMus% and
towards the Elbe. Of these troops, Several
ire proceeding by the Thuringian Forest to
, The Duke of itagtisz's corps d'aribee
ly arrived from Hattau in Thuringia. 'the
imeats of the Guards are advancing. AU
and magnificent army, which the first
the age will comthand in person, is ready
igainst the enemy, confident of victory..
:acly remark hesitation and irresolution in
's plans : he appears to be concentrating—
; upon the nnmeraus succours which Ge-
isoff is to tiring him ; but this General fears
and Austrians assembled in Gallicia, and
his movements. Besides, the first enthu-
the Russian people has passed away ; they
invaded countries without defence—they
been able to render themselves masters of a
Tess : it is not thus the French secure their
and if the Russians are forced to retreat,
they be able to effect it ?
BREMEN, APRIL 21.
write from Wesel, that 1900 workmen are
loyed there ; the place is abundantly sup-
provisions, and in a short time will be in a
condition to support a long siege. We expect two
divisions of infantry; 6000 Poles are in the Grand
Duchy of Berg.
The Military Commission, assembled the day be-
fore yesterday at Bremen, condemned to death Back-
tazan, the keeper of a public-house, for having taken
a put in pillaging the warehouses of the Custom-
}, Officers at Oldenburg, during the troubles
5,./ ic:l broke out in that town. The execution took
y:ace yesterday morning.
MAGDEBURG, APRIL 20.
di It is more than a month since the Prussians and
flus.;;ans have hovered round the positions which the
riceryy took at the conflux of the Saale and the
Elbe. The enemy, full of a blind confidence, dared
to throw two corps in advance of the Elbe ; the one
from the side of Luneburg and Steindel, the other
from Dresden and Leipzic. He has not, however,
the whole course of the Elbe a single point d'ait-
pi j all the fortresses are in our hands ; it is the
same with respect to those of the Oder and the Vis-
tula. The enemy is, therefore, plaCed in such an al-
ternative, that it he does not obtain the most constant
success, he must suffer reverses more sudden and dis-
astrous than those to which the intemperance of the
Season, and the defection of an ally, exposed us in the
last campaign. The wings of the enemy's army are
melded over a line of more than 150 leagues.
Berlin, according to appearances, is occupieoy
an army of pamphlet and proclasnatinn-writers, but
almost entirely stripped of regular troops. The ne-
ce.sity of (41:serving Dantzic, Thorn, Modlin, Za-
mose, the fortresses of Glogau, Custrin, Stettin,
Wittenberg, and Torgau, has considerably weakened
the Russian and Prussian army, for Dantzic alone
occupies an army of 30,000 men. It is, therefore,
not astonishing that the enemy's efforts on this side
the Elbe are confined to some incursions of cavalry.
The Russians must have no idea of the imposing mass
of forces concentrated between the Rhine and -the
Elbe, and more especially between Magdeburg and
Ivlayence. This army daily receives fresh reinfifice-
tnents, and all the vacancies which so many detached
garrisons had left in its ranks have been filled as by
enchantment i created by national enthusiasm, it
bunts to fight for the honour of France, and for the
true interests of Europe."

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