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London, England, 1816-08-07 00:00:00

DUTCH PAPERS.

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1111USSELs, JULY St, I
We hear from Lille that. Count Melzi. Prefect of
the department of the North,'who was called to Parisi
to Ore the. Government an account of the state' of
things in French Flanders. 'has returned uith.various
instructions, rclatiag not only to the Civil Adminis-
tration, but also to military matters. No means are
neglected to ameliorate the orgabicition of the army ;
to obtain this important object officers of all ranks,,
who have served under nraparte* and have not too
greatly distinguished themselves as enemies .to the
present Government, are put upon active service. I'he
Duke of Feltre has also resolved to give important
commands to a certain number of Generals in whom
the old army had particular confidence. It is pre:
tended that by this measure the Ft cod' army will he'
augmented in two months by the addition of 100 Anti '
old soldiers. An English state messenger, coming
Irons London with dispatches that are supposed to
of great importance, passed through here yesterday
to proceed with all possible haste to Vienna.
Jaz.v 31.—Whenever any public festival is solem-
nized in the part of France occupied by the Russian
troops, it is always attended by the Kussian Generals
and superior Officers, Who newer tail to propose suita-
ble toasts to the health of the King of France and
happiness td the kingdom under his government.
The Russians are now generally liked; but some
persons, whose way of thinking is, however. well
known. begin now to complain of the English troops,
and to leave no means untried by all kind of sto-
ries to inflame people's minds and excite quarrels.
The French Civil Authorities are constantly watch-
ful in conjunction with the Military Power, The
second battalion of the French departmental legion%
haie now received a considerable number of subal-
terns and privates of the old army; all their troops
are to be diligently exercised in the use of arms. •
The French Goverameitt has for some days past
redoub'ed its vigilance to prevent the introduction of
foreign manufactured goo.ts.
The Rhine continues to tall, and the accounts from
Germany giro tin trasoo to hear a new rise, hut do
not, however. atEnd a prospect of its t.ubsiding so
quickly as might bh wished. Two circumstances
alleviate bur distttsus,—the paternal cam of the Go.
vernmrat, and the effects produced by the abundande
of rain upon the vast heaths in the neighbourhood of
Barnevvlii, &c. which hitherto served only for the
pasture of sheep ; whereas these lands, softened by
the r.;in. have produced this year a tender and ver.
dant grass, which serves as gond forage for large
cattle. Above 2300 horned cattle are now grazing
on them. and will contribute to fertilize these lands
in which they have found an asylum : thus the same
causes which produce a momentary distress may give
rise to future advantages.

EXTRACT r)II A LETTER FROM DRESDEN.
M. teLICRE, Dt:ite OritANTO-TIVO very i mpnr-
taw Publications respectarg this distinguished Statec-
man are about to appear. The first is has Letter to the
Duke of WELLINGTON, in which he treats of the re.
tura of the KING to Paris, of his acceptance of the'
Ministry of Police, of the Ordinance of the 21th
and of his Administration, of his Mission to Dresden,
and of the causes which prevented him from meting
the Chamber of Deputies. .The second is a Praia of
the public life of M. Fowls, comprehending c
Political Documents of great interest. This Precit, it
is said, will pourtray this celebrated man as he reoliy
is, it will eshibit his most secret sentiments, the spirit
of his public Lfe, a. d the principles which have di-
rected him at all periods and in situations the most
diversified. With the reception of the Letter to
NAPOLEON of the Raid April 1814, and mutilated
fragments of two or three others, the Political Docu-
ments have never before been made public, they. will
naturally throw great light on the personal relations
of the Duke, and on the history and character of re-
cent events.