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FRENCH PAPERS•

AMSTERDAM, Dec. 30.—Among the number of
English ships lost or sunk off the Texel are the fol-
lowing:—The Hero, of 74 guns, crew lost; the
Centurion, of 8 carronades, crew lost ; the Grase-1
hopper, of 32 guns, and a crew •f 120 men, and
16 passengers, ran aground, was afterwards got off,
and conducted into the Road—the pilot only pe-
rished ; the 4rchimedcs, a transport brig, lost, 20
of her crew saved; the Flora transport, of 359 tons,
laden with 1500 barrels of powder, and 940 chests of
arms, each containing twenty, sunk, a part of the
crew has been saved, a great number of the chests
of arms are expected to be recovered ; the &mina,
of three-hundred and fifty tons, returning in ballast,
the captain and 17 men drowned; the Beekman,
from Baltimore, returning in ballast, sunk, the Cap-
tain and thirteen men lost ; a brig sunk, between
Campea and Bergen—in all 147 men have been
saved.
TEXEL, JAN. 3.—The sea continues to throw up-
on our coast the wrecks of the English ships escorted
by the Hero. Nine hundred barrels of powder have
already been collected. A great number of cables
' and arm-chests have like Wise been found. The
English never suffered such losses at sea as they base
this slimmer, All are the result of the continental
system ; for it was the wish, in defiance of the sea-
son, to remain in the Baltic; and letting their con,
♦oys land their goods upon the Swedish and Danish
coasts, that has caused theta such considerable losses.
It is reckoned that since the first of November, the
English have lost five ships of war, of which two
were three deckers ; three frigates, and five or six
brigs, independent of a great number of merchant,
vessels.

The Monitcur of the 9th of January, contains the
following notes in reply to an article, which appear-
ed in the Courier Newspaper, relative to landing fo-
reign soldiers disabled in the British service, upon the
Continent

Note 1. " There is nothing infamous in all this but
your conduct. The whole world has reproached you
with the famines you caused in India, in consequence
of which millions of men perished. But these men
were strangers to your religion ; they had not pro-
digally shed their blood in your service, and were
not covered with wounds received under your colours.
Who would have dared to suppose, if the inquiries
ordered to be instituted had not proved it, that a ci-
vilised Christian nation, which boasts of the libera-
lity of its laws, of the generosity of its administra-
tion, could have braved infamy on this point, that
3000 soldiers, mutilated in your service, should have
received for recompense banishment from England, a
guinea, some tattered clothes, and be landed upon
I the Continental soil, by precipitating them into the
water up to their middles ?—Among these people
were some unfortunaate men, who, through circum-
stances, and the vicissitude of the times, had aban-
doned the flags of their countries to s v^ England
—men, who by the laws of their country were sub-
: ject to the punishment of death, by landing on their
natal land; and vet you banished them from Eng-
land for the services you had received from them;
iyou threw. them into the hands of a Government they
had betrayed, and placed them, as may be said, in its
power. The greater part of these individuals are Aus-
trians, Bohemians, Prussians, Westphalians, Hanove-
Idans, and Russians. After having served England for
five, six, and seven years, England withdraws her
hospitality, and throws them, abandoned, far from
from their country- without succour—without means
iof subsistence, upon her enemy's shores. The.men
thus thrown upon our coasts, in the first ten disem-
barkations, in number about 1000, were arrested ;
they filled the prisons of Amsterdam, Embden, and
Wesel. The inquiries instituted brought to light
atrocities to which credit scarcely could be given.
Some object was supposed to be in view—some poli-
tical _system, or some dark intrigue ; but at last it was
irrefragably proved to be only owing to that bad
faith and atrocious avarice which characterised the
Government of Carthage. The French Government
ordered these wretched men to be set at liberty. The
Istrangers received provisions and passports to return
jto their own country ; although they had served the
enemy, they were men! The French pardoned the
:crime of their having carried arms against France, and
recommended them to the Mayors of the Communes, in
! order that they might be furnished with subsistence.
—No doubt, it is easy to say, that this is an
infamous falsehood; but there remain 3000 of these
victims who have arrived in Bohemia, at Vienna)
Saxony, Westphalia, Hanover, and different towns
in Prussia. There exist the inquiries instituted by
I the municipalities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and
Embden-3000 men, scattered upon the Continent,
I live and are a monument of the infamy of the Eng-
lish Government."
_ _ _ _ _

M. Constantin, to be got ready, and sail in such a
direction as to cut off the retreat of the enemy's flotilla.
As soon as the English squadron perceived this
movement, a ship, two frigates, and a brig, sailed to
disengage their boats ; the brig, supported by the
ship at p trifling distance, fired upon the gun-boat,,
which briskly replied to it feVerni times. I)uritt
this time M. Constantin attacked the largest of the
enemy's boat.. near his own vessels, and almost un-
der the fire of the brig, and took it. The gun-boats
surrounded the other four, which they took after a
very great resistance. Night, and very stormy wea_
ther, having immediately succeeded this expedition,
my boats have been dispersed upon different points
of the coast, where I see them, but cornice by this
courier, transmit your Excellency all the details of
this affair; I reckon, uevoirtheless, that 100 1;114-,it_
ers, all picked men of the English squadron, at
must have been taken in it. 1 beg your Excellenti
to accept my profound respect.
(Signed) "JACOB.
" Gommand..at of the paval forces of his Majeity.
TO TICE SAME, DATED ISLE 19AJZ, DEC. 30.

" MONSEIGNEUR,-1 Lad the honour, in my let.
ter of the 28th inst. to inform your Excellency of
the taking of five boats belonging to the English
squadron, which supposed were manned by 100
men ; there were 118 on board them. A violent gale
of wind, which commenced immediately after this
affair, having dispersed my boats, I did not know
the details till last night ; I hasten to transmit theta
to your Excellency. The Enseigne de Vaisseau,
Constantin., commanded a boat with 22 men, with
which be attacked one manned with 30, at the inn.
ment the enemy's division, which rallied, was corn.
ins to protect them. This Officer had engaged with
his swivels and muskets, but fearing the enemy
should escape him, he ordered him to he laid on
board. The English, confident in their superiority
of number, rushed to the boarding; but M. Constantin •
jumped among and drove them to the opposite side of
their boat, which this movement caused to fill ; tha •
French gained their boat, and succeeded in sating
26 men, one of whom was a volunteer, and an-
other a surgeon. The Officer commanding ttni
boat was killed, and throe men dangerously wounded.
During this action, the three gun-boats attacked the
four other boats, all armed with carronades, swivels,
' and muskets. The Lieutenant de Vaisseau 4uro, keep.
ing at the same time in check the English brig which
endeavoured to protect the boats, took one with 18
men, two of which were volunteers; the three others,
annoyed by my boat,- commanded by the,volunteer of
the first class, Porgi, pierced with bullets,and nearly
sinking, arrived upon the coast, where he puisued
and made prisoners the crews, ameiniting to 'seventy
men, one of whom was en Officer, and five volunteer:.
The result of this affair, Monseigneur, is the taking
of five boats and 118 men two of which are Officers,
eight volunteers, and one surgeon. Oct of this
' number one Officer and four sailors have !pea killed,
two others died immediately after, and five remain
dtrizerously wounded. It is likewise to be supposed,
-
that in *the boats pierced with bullets, there must
have been some men killed, who were thrown into
the sea.
(Signed) " JACOB."

.....
Notc 2.—" If these individuals were but 3 or 4,
the authors of this infamous wickedness might pre-
test" to be ignorant of it; but they amount to 30(X)
men—they spread over all the provinces of Europe.
The precaution has been taken to send them to their
municipality, with an invitation to the Administra-
tion of their country to make inquiry. Thus France,
Italy, Germany, &c. will have convincing crimes
unparalleled among nations. All these 3000 men
whom we interrogated, have served England,—the
least three years, many twelve years. In one of
these clandestine disembarkations, sixty men were
drowned. We will print the interrogatories and
roofs of this crime, with the result of the inquiries
made in different countries, from Hungary to Russia."
REPORT TO MIS EXCELLENCY TILE MINISTER OF

NAP! DEC• 23.—Letters front Sicily, at last,
announce the arrival of Lord klantinck at Palermo,
and of his speedy return to Messiqa.
AMSTERDAM, DEC 28.--Our coasts are covered
with wrecks ; nothing is to be seen but barrels of
powder, chests of arms, and similar objects. It ap-
pears that 30 of these vessels were .►aden with war-
like stores. We estimate the loss of the t nglish at
more than 3000 men ; and consider the destruction
of more than half the convoy of 250 sail, as
certain,(ilfonitcur, Jan. 2.)

THE POLICE.
TO THE EDITOR OF STATESMAN.

MARINE.
" Road of Isle d'Aix, Dec.4B, 1811.
" MONSSIGNEUI4-1 have the honour to inform
your Excellency, that yesterday, at nine at night, a
small convoy, coming from Rochelle, was pUrsued
by five boats of the English squadron, which obliged
these coasters to take shelter close in shore, in the
bay comprehended between Rochelle and Isle d'Aix.
—The wind.was pretty fresh from N. to N. W. and'
there was soon a high sea. I quickly formed the pro...
ject of cutting off the retreat of these five boats ; but
in order to induce them to advance, I made no move-
ments in the boats with which I intended to attack them
till they had evidently compromised themselves, and
this apparent inattention encouraged them. to advance
still farther. I then orderedt the gun-holts 186,191,
and 184, under the eQintiend Of M. Duro, Lieut.de
yaisseau and four ships' boats under the mien of

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Sin,—lt is most anxiously hoped, that you will
never lose sight of the great question of Police, un-
til some effectual measures are adopted for our pro-
tection. Delinde est Carthago ought to be the e'er-
lasting cry; until the present system is destroyed.
Never were the public more disappointed and dis-
gusted than upon reading the speeches of our two
Ministers upon this subject. While every inhabitant
of the metropolis, and indeed of the whole country,
is struck with horror at the magnitude of crimes, and
the number of criminals prowling on society, our
two sapient Ministers, after cudgelling their poor
brains for a fortnight, like the mountain in labour,
suggest at last two notable expedients, viz. Amend
the watch, and increase the rewaels ! Any thing morn
contemptibly puerile could not have been suggested by
a coal-heaver—the first could never effect a cure, and
the second is Ms very rouse of the mil! If any man of
common sense had turned his mind to the subject, he.
would naturallyhave enquiredw hat is the original eaU,C
that has set afloat such swarms of villains on societ,
and endeavoured to apply a remedy there ; but Mr. Se-
cretary RYDER, with conviction before his eyes, that
a dreadful flood is coming down, which must inevi-
tably sweep our houses before it, if not checked and
directed into another channel. tells us, with great
gravity of face, to putty up the chinks and key-
holes Of our doors, and then believe ourselves in
safet7 ! What childish babble is this ! A Minister-
Good Lord! Surely this is not a difficult calling, art
a kink frock, for if there is one man in Loncl.nt
who is of t capable of drawing a different inference,
from the scenes now passing under our review, he hot
not brains sufficient for a parish beadle ! but the
fact is, that every thing now Ta-days is done by way
of job, and the present Police is a job; but
Sir, be you the starling, while the Committee is sit-
ting, that will never cease crying out,

Arrest all thieves and receivers.
.thut rip those dens of velar's, (hicree,houses.
Abolish rewarde,thot hoodwinker of crime.
Appoint new Magistrates and Police men; and
Place then under strict discipline.
St. James's squats, CATO
Itiontlaymuraiag.

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