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of Defence. A notice has been published
, inviting this ybung men. who have served in
the Artillery or the ravalry,, to enlist in•the Legion
of the North, which is going to be ingmented by a
company Of Artillery, and .a company.of Eclaireurs a
Okeval. The,tinse for which they are to enlist is
six .
SECOND CHAMBER C)VTHE iiATES-GirtERAL.
The usual_prelinximum business having been done,
The President O'linoUnte4 that:the Central Section
was ready, tO. Make its Report on the Budget of the
year 1519.%-. This-Report, which is very voluminous,
%vas made by M. Clark. It appears from it, that the
'ections have had frequent communications with the
verept Ministers, who have given them information
'Tit* Points, as well as explanations on the ey.-
* orilioiri respective departments. The Report

being printed in French, will be distributed to-day
to.the Membei:s; the Dutch copy will be ready to-
morrow. The discussion was fixed for Saturday

next; till which day, after hearing a report from the
Coratnittee of Petitions, thi; Chamber adjourned.
HAGUE, DECEMBER 15.

It is reported that changes will soon be made in
the Department of the Minister of the Waterstaat,
and new retrenchments in the War Department, as

well as a change in the quarterly payment of the pub-
lic functionaries.

EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE LETTER FROM BERLIN,
DATED DECEMBER 8.

" Our town is very dull at present. The King has
returned, as has also Prince FREDERICK from Men-
stedt, the residence of his father-in-law the Duke of
BERNSERG. Prince HENRY, the King's brother, is
still at Naples, where he has resided near two years,
and his return is not yet talked of. The rumours of
the marriage of the Prince Royal have subsided. We
had expected to seethe Duke of WELLINGTON here, it'
having been rumoured that our King had invited him,
when at Aix-la •Chapelle, to spend some weeks at
Berlin, and that the illustrious Duke had accepted of
the invitation. We see, however, from the News-
paperswo t he is on his way to Paris, and thence
intends going over to England, which he is not to
leave for a considerable time.

" A new iron bridge is to be built over the Spree,
by which there will be opened a communication be.
tween the Linden and the Northern bank of the River,
on which the famous hospital the Chariti stands.—
This bridge will prove very useful, particularly in
cases of file in the northern quarter of the town, lair
'affording a quick and safe passage to the engines,
which are at present obliged to cross-the river on a
very narrow bridge, which some time ago broke down
under a very moderate load, and would no doubt
have the same fate if a dozen of engines should be
driven over it. The arches of the new bridge are to
be cast in Silesia, where our great iron works are.
" The famous M. GENTZ, who has just received the
order of the Red Eagle, (a Prussian order) is a Prus-
sian by birth, and was for some years in the Prussian
service—his relations reside still at Berlin. In one
of the Reviews published at Vienna, on the plan of
the Quarterly Review, there is an excellent article,
written (as it is said) by him, and containing stric•l
tures on some modern English and French publica-1
tions on the Liberty of the Press, and remarks on the
Letters of Junius ; noticing all the modern English
publicatibns relative to the several opinions respect-
ing their Author. I do not recollect having read any
thing on the subject better written than this article.
" The Empress Dowager of RUSSIA is expected
here on the 23,.! instant, but will, it is said, make only
a stay of three days, as the Imperial Family intends
meeting at St. Petersburgh on the 12th of January,
to celebrate the new year, which, according to the
Russian Calendar, begins twelve days after the com-
mencement of ours.

" M. de KIRCITEISEN, one of our ancient Presidents,
has published a Treatise against Trial by Jury, and
the French system of Jurisprudence ; but the Minister
of Justice, M. BasMa, is decidedly in favour of the
contrary opinions. The discussions on this subject,
in the Council of State, have been very animated."

Nett York Papers one day later than those previ-
ously received arrived this morning.
An article quoted from the New Orleans Gazette
of the 15th ult. states, on the authority of a Gentle-
man from Pensacola, that no orders had been received
there for the unconditional surrender of that place so
'the Spaniards, but that on the contrary, strong rein-
forcements of troops were daily expected from the
adjacent States.
From Havannah Papers which had been received
in New York to the Ist ult. it appears that Mr. Ro-
HINSON, who has long been imprisoned by the Spa-
nish Government, is very ill in the horrid dungeon
of the Moro, and there was but little hopes of his re-
covery.

We meet in these Papers with a long List of Ships
of the Line and Frigates, now in active preparation,
the greater number of which will, it is stated, be
ready for sea in the Spring. The following are the
particulars :

At Washington—One
Frigate In frarite.
At Norfolk—One Line-of-Battle ship building ; in frame. a
Line-of-Battle ship and two Frigates.
At

ship nearly thislied ; a

Line-of-Battle ship; in frame, one Line-
of-Battle ship, one Frigate.
At New-York—One Line-of-Battle ship in frame, and two

Frigates.
4tßos(on—One Line-of-Battle ship.
RtrTortsmouth--Onc Line-of.Bauk sbip.

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