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London, England, 1813-12-13 00:00:00

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FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, DECgMBER it, 1813.

His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has beep plesseol, in
the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to appoint the Earl
of Clancarty to be his Majesty's Aptbasaa4lor F;traordinary, and
Plenipotentiary, to his Royal Highness the Prince 9f Orange
Nassau, Prince Sopeteign of the United Provinces of the Ne-
therlands.
His Royal Highness has also been pleased to sproint Robert
Chorcion, E.g. to be hls Majesty's Secretary to that Etnhaeay,
FOREIGN-OFFICE, DECEMBER
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has caused
it to be notified by Viscount Castlereagh, his Majesty's
Principal Secrentry of State for Foreign Affairs, to
the Ministers of Friendly Powers residing at this
Court, that in consequence of the re-establishment of
. the ancient relations of peace and amity between his
Majesty and the United Prorinces of the Netherlands,
his • Royal Highness .has been pleased, in the name
and on the behalf of his Majesty, to direct, that the
blockade of all the ports and places of the said United
Province: (except such ports or places as may be still
in the -possession, or under the controul of France),
shall be forthwith raised ; and that all ships and ves-
sels belonging to the said United Provinces shall have
free admission into the ports of his Majesty's domi-
nions ; and shall be treated in the same manner as
the ships of States in amity with his Majesty, and be
suffered to carry on any trade now lawftgly carried
on in neutral ships.
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has also
caused it to be notified by Viscount 'Castlereagh, his
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, to the Ministers of Friendly Powers residing
at this Court, that as it appears by the latest advises
from the coast of the Adriatic, that the coast between
Trieste and the southern extremity of Dalmatia in.
elusively, is, for the most part, no-longer under the
dominion bf France ; his Royal Hightiess has been
pleased, in the name and on Fhe behalf of his Majesty,
to direct, that the blockade of that extent of coast
comprehended within the. above description (which
was instituted in virtue
_of his Majesty's Order in
Councif of the 26th of A fail, 1809), should be dis.
continued, with the exception of such ports and places
as may still be occupied by the troops of the enemy.
A rRipC!..AIvfATION roe A GENER AI. THANKSGIVING.
By his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Regrq of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the name
and on the behalf of his Majesty,
Grouse P. R.
We do most devoutly and thankfully acknowledge
the great goodness and mercy of A stators God, •
who, in addition to the manifold and inestimable be-
nefits which this kingdom has received at his hands,
has continued to us 'his protection and assistance in
the war in which, for the common safety-of his Ma.;
jesty's dominions, and for disappointiog the bonndkss
ambition of France, we are now engaged, and has'
given to the arms of his Mejesty, and to those of his
Allies, a series of signal and glorious victor ics over
the farces of the enemy ; and, therefore, duly consi.
dering that such great and 'public blessings call for
public and solemn acknowledgments, we have thought
tit, in the name and on the behalf of his Islajesty, and
by and with the advice of his Majesty's Privy Coun-
cil, to issue this Proclamation, hereby appointing and
' commanding that a General Thanksgiving to AL-
: MIGHTY GOD, for ti his mercies, be observed
throughout those parts of the United Kingdom called
England and Ireland, on Thursday the 13th day of
January next ; and for the better and more orderly
solemnizing the same, we have given direct;ons to
the Most Reverend the Archbishops, and Right Re.
verend the Bishops of England, to Compose a Form
of Prayer suitable to the occasion, to be used in all
churches and chapels, and other places of public wor-
ship ; and to take care for the timely dispersing of the
same throughout their respective dioceses. And we
do strictly charge and command, that the said Pub.'
lic Day of Thanksgiving be religiously observed by
all his Majesty's loving subjects, as they tender the
favour of ALMIGHTY Gov, and upon pain of suffering
such punishment, as may be justly inflicted upon all
such who shall contemn or neglect the same.
Given at the Court at Carlton-House, &c. &c.
GOD Cave the KING.
[Here fellows a similar Proclamation fora Pnblic Thanks-
giving in Soitland on the same day].
WAR DEPARTMENT.
• nOwZ;IeG4TItELT, DECEMBER 7.
A Dispatch, 4 which the following is a copy, was
this day received by Earl BaTnuesT, from General
CORM NUGENT, commanding an army of his Impe-
rial Majesty in Italy

Trieste, November 1, 1813.

•
MY LORD—As the• troops under my command
havO been augmented by a body of British troops,
which joined me, under the orders of Colonel Ro-
bertson, I think it right to inform your Lordship of
their further operations.
By my farmer letter, your Lordship has been in-
formed of my proceedings as far as the taking of
Fiume, and the first operations in that neighbour.
hood. Eugene Beauharnois bad his princip.J lorce
Laybach, and my position annoying his rear and
communication, he sent a force six times superior to
taint, composed of sizteer. battalions with 20 guns,
to attack me,
After a very well-fought action, on the 14th of Sep-
telitber, and many movements which had been precon•
certed with Admiral Freemantle, the enemy's object
entirely failed, and we got possession of the whole of
fstria, guarding the ridge of mountains which run
rom Trieste to Fiume. On the gs; I met Admi-
ral Freemantlfit, With part of the British squadron, at
Cape d'lstria, 14411 post we strongly fortified. Our
position stretching still more in the enemy's flank
than before, forced bin) to keep a large force against
me. General Radaviavich made very able use of
this circumstance, and pu ltd the enemy on'all sides
towards LA) bach.
On the 23d, a general movement took place. I
'rnarchgcl to Bassavizza, near Trieste, and covering
my left against that place, I gloved towards Prevald,
and Adelsberg. •
The enemy was now forced to a precipitate retreat,
and Eugene Beauharnois, aftei lotting in different ac-
tions about ten thousand men, mostly prjsonersorri-
ved the 2d of October, with -about 20,000 men, at yre.
vald, taking up a line between that plase and Opt.
shina, in comtnunicen io with Trieste. -At midnight,
between the 9d :aid 4th of October, I a.,Mcked-his
tight Optihina, and Forted it to retreat towards
CArice. On the sth, the brigade; ttf Stahremberg,
and Csirick ((Aced the enemy's positio9 at Santa