The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-12-14 00:00:00

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General Cooke is just arrived here from the The events now pee4esg under our observations
Brille, and will, it is expected, be followed by a re- and which excite so Minch astonishment throughout
giment of the Guards in the course of the day. Europe, are not, however, from their nature, so
UTRECHT, Dec. 7.—We are here in expectation much as fromthe rapidity of their succession, enti-
oath*. arrival of 20,000 more of the Allied troops thello that wonder which they have given rise to.
' who are to pass through this place. Thereare many politicia' ne, who, though they regard
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to intelligence this day received from ,them as uncommon, yet consider them. as by no
the Hague, the youngest son of his Royal Highness means out of the order if things. kiiifory has exhi.
our Sovereign, 17 years asp, arrived there yester- Diced numerous in:rimiest-Of as great changes, both
day morning from Berlin. His Highness alighted with respect to individuitia as to states, as any which
at the Hotel de Jurenne, and was immediately BONAPARTE and the Empire-of Germany have tin-
lodged hi the house of Mr. Baron Lamsem, at the dergone and are undergoing. We may be thought
corner of the square. less surprised at their occurrence, than many of.•
DORDRECHT, DEC. 7.—The Government of our our contemporaries, siuce we observed at the time
city have this day by Proclamation, likewise declared 's the rumour was spread,, that the Emperor of Aux-
our beloved Prince William as Sovereign of the Nfisevitta was about to break with his brother Emperor
therlands. The Proclamation being followed bj ta of FRANCE, that should such an event take place,
general approbation, a Committee is nominated to we could not conceive it possible for the French ar-
offer his Royal Highness the Sovereignty in the name_ mies to maintain -their footing without the limits of
of this city likewise. . • , the Rhine. Upon the defection of the Saxons, and
According to certain intelligence (already given by after them of the Bavarians, it is impassible that
us); Heivoetslisys was evacuated by the French in any reasonable man could hare anticipated any other
the night between the Sunday and Monday last.— vesalts than those which have accrued. Wo go to
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The enemy's garrison retired on board the flotilla; the play, and are struck with the ambition and
on which occasion, as we learn, a., boat overladen_ teak of Nacbelh although history affords us
with men filled, and the men were all drowned.-I,olbanifold ,and undeniable instances of as great vice*'
Admiral Kirk kert ' entered llelvoetsluys yesterday t ana eddies in every age, and in every part, of the world.
evening. The French flotilla, which immediately 1 ttprari the death of the Emperor AllAatatiesati, hit,
thereupon quitted the road of lielvoctsluys, arrived sous CSINIILES aild-FriAcis_involved European pet-
yesterday about noon, 17 sail strong, in sight of the ;penult hostilities, and kept the whole age in alarm
Buitensluis, and last night took the way to Wil- and agitation. 'The maxims of CHARLES, the suc-
liamstadt, where the schooners and gun-boats are censor of the Emperor, were wise and beneficent,
hauled into the harbour, whilst the larger vessels hut the passions of the man were soon allowed to
were obliged to remain laying off the harbour. The domineer over them ; and when FREDBRICK, the.
enemy, whose first intention was no doubt to retire Elector of Saxony, fell into his power, nothing was
with the flotilla to Antwerp, therefore appears not so conspicuous in his behaviour as the rage of an
to have dared to venture to the batteries of Oeltjens- incensed conqueror ; for he Made his humiliated an-
pleat, which is in our hands. According to accounts tagonist resign his electoral dignity, to admit the
received, the enemy had caused ail the crews of the imperial troops • immediately to possess his capital,
flotilla to be landed at Williamstadt. and to re:nein the Exertion's prisoner. No one of
From another side we have the intelligence, that the last eight centuries ' could be.pointed out as not
the Allies last Sunday crossed the Waal at Tiel, and furnishing materials for as much admiration as that
have extended themselves in the country between which is now stirred up by the affairs of the Conti-
the Meese and Waal. On the same day, as is re- ; Dent. Their rise out of a revolution, almost unique
ported, the French quitted Nimeguen. lin its kind, is the only distinction they are entitled
The passage from Hard wicksvelci to Werkendam ' to. 14aporrores greatness took its rise from im-
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had not been completed this afternoon ; but every pulses common enough in ordinary men, viz. va-
thing will, this evening, be ready for the purposes $ Ility and the love of applause. Ile was accidentally
exclusive of the pontoons from this town, which i'commended in the French Journals for his conduct
were already laying at Hardwicksveld. There are' as an artillerist at Torsion, when' Lieut.-Governor
1 others passed ahitherwards this afternoon. The !O'HARA was taken prisoner, and from that instant
Russians have likewise throws up'a battery of four ;he laboured icessantly to obtain prominent situations.
pieces of artillery at the ferry at Hardwiksveld, for An ardent mind, united with personal courage, were
covering the passage; aud filially, a number of Bus- the foundations of Boseeisars's great character, and
sian and Prussian troops of all descriptions, with a concurrence of fortunate events, seemed to profilist:
much artillery, have this day passed by Papentirecht, , its consummation. A great chasm, however, iu this
on their way to Amsterdam. The whole Dyke, be- moral edifice has been laid open to the world, or ni-
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• tween this town and 'Oririnchem, is full of Allied 1 ther a great cavity has been made in it, by a success-
( troops; and exclusivirelf. ihiltv Gorinchem is on' the : flit coalition of power; and italepends upon the skit-
liand side, already entirety inclosed by a numerous, fulness of hostile architects to prevent it being artfully
corps of several thousand men. ; filled up, so as to arrest the admiring eyes of mankind.
iThe plan appears to be to effect the passage on IsTbe gr:eat object will, io our opinion, be to hold this
Werkendatn, with a considerable force, who are conspicuous being as little as possible to the view of
immediately to spread themselves through the whole : the world. In peace he will be as a toy which children
of Dutch' Brabant, and likewise release those part_: have played with 'till tired. War is tie only element
of our native country from the enemy's yoke before3o;orhichisis buoyant nature Is likely to' float. In
?that he can have time to fix himself in the fortified ; the social arts of peace, the very recollection of his
towns. ! exploits will be unseasonable and unsavoury. We
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DORDRECHT, DEC. B•—Up to this moment the hope that our Government will duly reflect on what
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passage at Werkendam is not effected, nor any things. ; we have said ; and, above all, consider on the im.
undertaker against the town of Goritichem itself. l portahce of, and benefit to be derived from, PUBLIC
According to report, both the one and the other have °moron at this period of the world, when the
to wait for the arrival of the Russian Prince Na- intellect of man is rapidly growing and strop.
rischkin, who is this day expected to arrive in the Oise to throw off the shackles of rejudice.—
camp before Gorinchem. Meanwhile the force Public opinion, and' the reverence fpurided on it,
st !rich threatens the fortress en the land side, and' are' indispensibly necessary to the sipped '4f all
likewise that which is to cross the Maas at Worker,- Government : we hope the head of the British State
dam, has received consideraide reinforcements; and '4l ieriously consider, whether the present Ministers.
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1. the good consequences of this last undertakh'ig iv cif the ,Grown have capacities to encounter the ap-
rendered certain, it being expected with impealeand preaching difeculties of public affairs, and maintain
by the Hollauders on the left bank of the *es % that, opiniott. There never was a Period in the his-
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who are still under the French yoke. . -; , tpry of Great Britain when, a vigorous and wise Ad-
i . The French flotilla iii and off Williamstadt laving ministration was so much wanted as at present.
received pilots from Astwerp, with orders to retire The Prince of GRANCIS brought with him, besides
to that places yesterday got under sail, and endea- other papers, a Proclamation issued by the Marquis
iloured to get over the Krammer ; a brisk cannonade of Watriewrox to the French, and spread as wide-
heconsequence took place between it and the forts ly as
.possible in the neighbourhood of his Armies,
114 C: Buitensluis and Oultjerisplaat, oshich continued as we find, in both the 'French and English lan.
if Several hours; aud as not the , learn damage guages. No date is affixed to it, and, therefore,
wig thereby sustained on our pee, opelarief 'we cannot-judge of Re future probable effect from the
i 4;1 aluCh 04 the euewy, that he wak,tetally prat jaat • • . We c.anaet hat • rye howeTer) that unless
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potation of London. Af.er rereA int t e Address,
Dr. PARSONII, the new Bishop of Peterborough, did
homage before the PniNcr ItEraNr.
The Hereditary Prince of Ou tNGP. had an audi-
enco.of ibe PRINCE REGENT, ithd, we understand,
t001t,14,, of his Royal Highness prev%tou to ibis
deperturetor Holland.
The Prince afterwards held a Privy Council, which
watatteadect by molt of the Cabinet Ministers.—Elii
Royal Highness gave audience to Lords LivtarooL
a ad 13,tvivisT.

We understand the Petecz Itrovrr will hold
COart on Friday, to receive the Address of the Uni.
iessity of Otford.

' The Princess' CfiARLOTTE of WALES was press-t
'at the dinner, which the Patnce atmet.ur gave on
Sunday to the Hereditary Prince of oa4mor.
A Treasury Journal of yesterday, contained the
folloWing paragraph : " The omission of the song lit
Orange Bonen, reflecting on BONAPARTE, was in
consequence of the well-known wish of Government
not to give offence to the Emperor of AItiTRIA,
through whom it was not unlikely the general recut-
'ciliation of the 'BONAPARTE dynasty may be effect.
ed."—This indeed is the opening of a new are in the
Treasury Journals.—lf they are become this re.
spectful towards BONAPARTE 4 we may presume hi;
_wife and his child will cease to be the subjects of
their vulgar and scurrilous abuse; that we shall t
longer be disgusted with " the brat," and "
urchin," as appellations of the one—nor of the
" harlot" and "mistress," applied to other.

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Drnietter- from the-111editerrinean. we lean. :!..?
liiii :Orbli tfaleSfy's sloop Goshawk, Capt. NArttir;
,it appears she stood in. close to Barcelona, after an
I enemy's vessel, •when the wind dying away, and 4
heavy swell setting on the shore, • Capt, Nano::
judged it necessary, to prevent her Wing into tat
hands of the. enemy, to destroy her, which was done,
and the officers Efid men saved by the boSti.
A very large
.gpantity of Ordnastoe-steres • were
shipped front Chatham fer Holland, during the la,t
week, including nearly 10,000 stand of small arm:.
Five hundred oithe Gnardeerehaelted at •Hare ich..
DiYnttAst Et.ncrtov..—:-' State-al -the, Noll on Wed.
nesday :—Mr. ALLAN 402—Mr. BAECTI 3.13.—Mr.
BilltLlt'S friends win.e, "howevrer; confident of .bit
Success. The poll is fief expietea.to close groahl
until Friday. • -
In consequence of the hint given brae CHANcrr..
'ton of the Fxcnteuee in the House` of Comment.,
on Friday last, a great number of tradesmen have
already began to refuse taking Bad Copper, and it
will soon become general throughout the Metropolis.
None but Tower Half.pence and the Tokens, wilt
be allot ed .by Government in-return for the New
Coinage coming out. .
It appears by our Yarmouth and Deal le:te. s that
the whole of the troops, with their .Coreteandrr.in,
Chief, Sir Thom is GRAHAM, sailed for Holland yes-
terday.
LLOYDS, Dcc. 14.—The Lords CoMmissioners
have been pleased to inform the Committee, in reply
Ito a communication, relative to the True Blooded.
Yankee privateer :—That two sloops of war were
cruizing between Belfast and Holyhead, and haring.-
I received information of the privateer, one has soiled
in pursuit of it, while the other maintains it cruizing.
ground. • ,
Haim', Dec. 13.—8 y a. Letter to the Regulating
Officer. of this port, from the Captain of the Helena,
sloop of war, dated Holyhead, 9th inst. it appears
that the 7'rue Blooded Yunett, Americin privateer,
i was cruising in St. George's Channel, having been
seen off Camra, on the 6th, from whence it is sap-
! posed she is gone off the Salteese. •
The folkowilg Lines, sacred to the Memory of
•'D•lein -Goalies, are offered by the Author, with
great defereneei for the Bust which the Drury-13,w
'Committee hilie cousecrated to the transceinlant in,...
rits of the only Actor that ever did ample jti•tice to
'the !sublime productions of our immortal Bard :

While rival Ban's, in pompons verve displ:ty
The fleeting triumphs of the transient day ;
While Heroes boast of battles bravely woo.
01- slaughtered millions, and of States undone r
While milder manners to this impulse yield.
And chaunt the glories of the well-fiight Held.
The grateful Muse; 0 Clanasca 'hall praclaint
Thy proud pretensions to Immortal fame.
Enraptwr'd crowds encircling StiAgsrit BEI; shrine,

To latest times shall hail his powers divine)
Whilst thou,-0 GARRICK ! CACIOg to their source,
Ills *arid talents, gave his genius courser
Ti full perfection every beauty brought,
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As chaste in action as sublime in thought.
Around thy honour'd Bust, the sacred Nine,
In laurel wreathes tArir lropkieg shall entwine,
And sing the wonirous magic.of thy art,
To seize, to charm., and subjugate the heart.
When rage, despair, and woe, in frantic I.ga 1,
ClainAl for his wrongs the tributary tear,
Thy sympathetic soul, in grief's full tide, •
Displayed the Poet's and the Actor's pride,
From the " mind's eje" each trick of art trios'(,
The flowing tears the sweet delusion prov'cl.
• Bence from the heart, fond Nature's last appeal,
The tavish'd senses deenedlithe fiction real,—
To
Britain's Bard decreed the laurel crowr,
Ao+stampt day fame; triunceodaot as his OR2

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lowing information from the Island of Tent 1-4: sof he $0 ion'sidered. The•llollanders hourly e::
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The Company of Coast Artillery, on the Island of plied Foq of
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Emplanes were received this morning La
TVESDA Irt InCEMBER 14, 1813.
gfhroUrntrechr:
"lezel, under the,command of Captain Yon Bre- 4.- • • '' ' °?' • • '
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-.,aa0..—. itthiecnuept itoef,:iveloabrlcoenonin4:
Two Dutch Mails arrived this morhing, and the niugein, joined themselves to several lrrghers, and 'L ..-_. .
intelligence will be found satisfactory and interest- being united, forced the French Cemmantlaut to a
ing:—
capitulation. The garrison, with theeaception of the intaictiAßT, hut the particulars had not transpired
UELVOETSLUYSI DEC.- 12.—Yesterday inform'. 'aforesaid Comolantaot, and twoothor Freockofficera, wjsen this Paper was put-to Press.
lion was brought by a pilot, that the fortress of who are prisoners orwar, have joined the llutch.--i
Williomstadt had the night before been evacuated by We were enabled to mate ourselves entirely masters 1 Yesterday the Parscc atom held' a Court at
the French, and a body of marines was immediately of all the artillery and acomunition.on the island. Carlton-hou;e. A few
the Address of the Cot minutes after three o'cicrli:
sent from hence to take possession of it. --.....
his Royal Highness received
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