The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-12-13 00:00:00

GER4II4IN PAPERS.

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FRANKFORT) DEC. I:—The enemY.bave blocu up
several bridges On the Rhiue, and undermined others
Between Mentz and Coblentz hebaaerected fetes;
dipolit, to dispute with us the passage of the.ri!er.
The fortresses nit being strengthened and •provi-
Maned, and troops are marching into them. Every
thing, in short; announces his extreme apprehension
and expectation that the Allled.Armies would shortly
cross, and establislithemsaltes 04.114 left bank:of the
Rhine.

Partiei of our light .troops,, have crossed the river,
smi entered several' places: 'They report that the in-
habitants rewired them in the most*friendly Mariner,
supplied them with previsions, and pointed-out to
them the-roads they should take to avoid the gentler-.
;nark, who were in pursuit: • .
The inhabitants say, that such is the fear and
jealousy of the:GoVernuient, (hat their houses have
been • searehed •tor tyros, under pretence that they
are required for the Conscripts, but in reality to
rake away' the 'Mesh's of a .formiilaide insurrection,
•wrib which their opprersory ave. threatened. Many;
. 01 these troops, 'on having rerallAlo their :einem-
.brance the paternal. sway of their. .native" Princes,
. when theylirea not in dread of 'the Conscription
of reqiisitiont viithotit number—and the increasing
burden of „finding rat' s for the• troops, shed tears.
of joy, and invoked Heaven tO accelerate the period
when they .should be .united once more to their Ger-
man brethren.

Some of the Emperor Napoleon's Guards have
lately arrived at Metz, and others were to follow.
The Emperor Napoleon has artfully . induced the
Helvetic Diet to declare the neutrality of. Switzer-
land in the present conjuncture ; but that neutrality
will not be acknowledged..hy the Allied Sovereigns.
An effnrt will tso made to detach- it from the French
cooneeion, which:there is every reason to think will
be succecsful.: Shook! it fail, Switzerland Mill be
zonkidered as part of and treated accordingly.
Ateoseuecn, -- t2.;%lre have received intelr
ligenee here both from the Tyrol arid throughlwit-
zerland, that the Austrian Generals, aided .by- the
English fleets enetinoe their aictorkus
Nearly the . Isisabs—of- .tibe Areeetiao stoese,heoe
been liberated. • Venice', 'itritich le VI Oebedtftr by
land and ak,.etintiittit but -a' small wapiti
scarcely sufficient to keep-the inhabitants front rising
in insurrectio*.-• Unless succoured from Mithbul, o(.
which there iti -sot antchprobability, it cannot long
resist.- •

The bad policy-of the French is evident its -their
. measures. Desirous of retaining their dotniniOn ever
en exten)lve territory, they place small garriefiev..
all the fortified places. They weaken their. amain*,
for this purpose, which are then obliged to...pito-.
grade; and leave the fortresses sultpOrt.--7-
Our troops appear before them, and,theCommauderi
unable to resist the attack from Without, and the
pepetation within, Surrenders. His troops gladly
join the Austrian ranks, whieh are further increased
by the voluntary enlistment of theinhebitants; • ft
thus an insatiable aMbitioti defeats its own object,—..'
It covets all. and-grasps at a-shadow. • • • •
11A sAu,.-Nov. 30,-The Allied Armies are
covering frosts their late rapid owl, fatiguing marches..
They will shortly:resume offensive opepttiolts. The-
trooPs-whieh,,tfurisig the ardesii.of pursuit .were Jeft4
behind,' have nearly.all joined. Youttsont have been
fOrwartfed; and trains' of artillery,, fit for besieging',
fortresses of Abe first class, arearriving iudbis town:
Agily.• Their conveyance is difficult, un account of
the miryness of the roads. . . .
Sense propositions have. been. received front Otto
.Eteperer Napoleon for an armistice ; batboy have
'.heeOrefeised. ' . •
Mutakm, N0v.240e-The French are making every
effort to raketroops,- and prevent their being driven
out of Italy. la; the rk;Acciesiastieal atetes. and in