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Foreign Intelligence.
HAMBURGH, December 23.
c Yesterday morning the (If
or this citv returned
from Perm, where on the. I*th
; n -t. thev had an nudienre of the
T mjvror Napoleon, which hsted
Ttnr on hour : their mivvbn
to Have been unsuccessful,
although every persuasive was
■used to convince him of the
great importance cf'V free r-'ir
imme of Hamburgh to the-chief
trading towns of France Ihe
deputies provef 1 to b"U, hv a h‘t
of acceptances, that the comtve .
C ,M fit; of the French Empire
received lastyear no less ‘han
20 miUicnsnf nv"ics lvcm. *hrn’
the immediate channel of Id :•)-
hurgh. No withstanding so ‘ori
hle/an arff tment. Napoleon re.
ferred the Pusiness to Ttitle’- rnd
whom |he Syndac Doorman fol-
Jowed to Wo: saw, in hope 1 , hy
further rep> esentptior s,to induce
him to move the Emperor to he
less rigorous to *he Hamburgh
crs. It is-aid that Napoleon in
his conversation with the c’upu*
i ; es, spolteverv violently ag;in-.t
England, declaring that the chief
object of the measures he had
adopted,in regard to their city,
was to distress the Englth anti
(heir trade.
P ROC LA MAT ION
7 c the Inhabitants rs S'ne~ia.
Brave /• habitants cj S'resial
“ Among t e mournful events
tvh-rh have taken place during
the course of the present wat,
there nothing that has so much
filled with prte‘ the heart ol his
jrajestv. as to see a considerable
part of his pt< vntts and faithful
9t hje ( p-. red hy the weight
of suffering.-. which mu c -t he be
inev'ttthE cm■s*:*p .ere-:s of a war,
i. v. l h the rntnty, hv Ins man
ner of making - ur, i ■ .icual in
ourtirr., e;v rviv r-hauls the
(niir< rv J - c a. * • which -pa .ses,
\; . . foi < fi q ‘ vion” ol (u- e
kind; artt by la I t t!i< of i'.’i*
raiu.hr-, who s.v m r.-en.l n-d
disciplined anv :- >•, :ad who. in-
Capaha: of spa* i eg, try v tile at ru
ed • •!: ior, ft me in.'h- ;■ peace
aide ltih?| ta t with ih ■ sanie
c: ut. tv, M£'Y whctc I av ■ be
hind In in -tile, of the g-os-c t
fctifa-itv, deserts, and ash,: ‘, e
ven when, ih. oi’-g > far ol \io
Luce, the upd- iiocd tnhuhitai).s
h&vt shewn the greatest submis
sion in their rectpt'u>o c>f these
destroying hot etc-.
“ His majesty perceives tha t
his faithful Silesian provinces ; ,re
liovv like wise threatened with the
saint wretched late.
“ It. sensibly grieves his ma
jesty, that he i“ prevented hy the
si uatlon of aflairs, which ten
ders Its presence necessary at o
th-r points, irom hastening in
person to the a'd of his f.uih’ul
Silesians,who have at all times,
aid under all circumstances, re
warded the paternal care of their
nutn.uch, for the welfare and
prosperity of their country, hy
the most unshaken attachment to
the ho"“c cf Pro. sia.
- he enemy boasts—Favo cd
b v fortune so liable to change;
and n ot less favoured by the ttea
ehur • of base traitor--, that he
has u.lread annihilated the im.e
force of the Prussian monarchy.
Rut lie knows not that his ma
jesty i at this moment at the
head of a formidable army,
which burns with eagerness to
engage the oppressors of the
country,
“He knows not, or appears
n to wish to know, that
monarch of Prussia finds
>*elf surrounded hv a guard,
i h no force, no misfortune,no
• roan can subdue —the until
il>U- love of his people.
1 ic knows not that every dav
lsaods of volunteers oUer
nsulves, with arms in their
Is, ! o set bounds to his pro
s; and that the Silesians dis
no less activity and energy
etcttce of their King and
try, an .1 to def uid their pro
• frail) uaexuuipleu rapacity.
He flatters hirn'elf with the
doubts he i< anxious to ds-emi
nate of the promised aid of Kua
,ia, But he deceives himself m
his'hopes—'he most sacred and
inviolate fulfilment of all treaties
t-r’cetd into, is one of the prin
cipal traits in •he character ol
•hr noble minded sovereign ot all
the }tvt',slsw.
“ Ahes'dv tv o formidable Rus
sian n.vn let have arrived near the
l anks of ‘he Vistula, while a
third, mi rh mo-e numerous, is
advancing hv rapid tna 1 ches*.
“ Already lvyions of patriots,
volontnrilv armed, and used to
Ira de. arc pr.rv-rrd to join the
ai mice in 1 he field.
“ His Majesty, under these
circumstances, depend® on ’he
?t f ffchiTß'n of Ims Sil/Bi3n Mates
iird >p- j- r* 4 , who
tin is, hoih hv word and deed,
given iheinn-r manifest proofs
of their nnhaVen fidelity, and
ho believes :• * v >he appoint
n’ n. ao’ h er m, < f one ol th
mi s;t <!itt I’gi.js’ ed of hem, ht 9
Excvlli.mv thb f'rnceof Anh tit
PI, ss, t<- he ( ot ernbr Genera 1 nl
Sii sia, 1 <■ gi* es tliefn a proof
of his cocG i net and good “>H,
conduct) and hy this pnnee, who
has gior ousiv him ell
in the course of the wa-l the
states & . b classes of the inhabi”
tin ts of Siu ta, wil certaiuly
t x •-: t thmcl'es to contribute
all irr their power, in conj met)
on with the forces which hit* ma
jesty will seed to ihcir assistance,
/t> dc fend the ir country, and their
own province in par dculrw.
“ Investtd w ith full power by
his Majesty, I thereto e hereby
call on all and each of the pro-
to bear cheerfully the
sacrifices and burdens, which
probably may b • ntc :ssary lor
the ultainrocnt of thi .peat ob
ject, and the rather ns ths-y not
oily can have no proportion to
the enormous st’Crificea to wh’ch
they must he si bj.-t ted, hould
th* enemv furceed t‘> his at
errp)i to cm quer P'lesia; h-it
vs ii ‘it-’ t'i it:, hfv wll be re
. arded by-.hit 31 aj v, and as
lar .. pr.ssib.c in -h: gfiud.
“ (i.vsi- dttslau the 3d
□ ecer.ibci, IPCO.
y“ f iHint Vi). -GO : Zl'.N
ll Major and Fhi gal A'jntant io
nis Majesty the King-”
v LIVERPOOL, January 21.
Ue-capturk t-r I‘URNOS- Ayres.
‘IT - Pri, cds E tzab-dh Puc
kr-r, captr Fort fda'Cj arrived at
Falmouth on the 15'h ioll.
with mails from Malta and k/i
----b>au r, 15 days from die lat
ter. On the 3: 11. ult. while
the Packet was with Lord Col
lingwood s licet, a heavy firing
vv..s hcatd in the direfciion ot
Cadiz, which continued for
(ix hours ; the caufc was not
known; hut it was supposed
that the in Ihore* Iquadi on was
engaged with the batteries.
I.oid Ooliingwnod font a letter
to cart. Forefdale, of wiiich
the following is a copy.
Ocean, yart. J, 1807, ojf Cad z.
Sir —llis Majclly’i brig tire
Reagle, yilUtd-y captured a
Spanish ichooner, from Monte
Vicdo, in ti c ! io de la Plata,
by which inn Higt uce was re
ccivcti, that the Spaniards, on
the 12th of Augnf!, re-captur
ed Bocnos Aytes, making Gen.
Berestord and his atuiy prison
ers of war. t .
I have to defire'’ ypu will
plcale to give this information
to every man ot w?n ycTu tnay
he spoken by on t our pafT ge
to England, and also lucli Ett r
giiiji lhips as you may have
any communication with.
I am, &c.
CO ELI NOW CO I).
To the Commander of the Paiket.
‘1 he Icliooner taken by the
Beagle, is faio to have on board
1 50 000 a- liars. We Have no
mention of Sir Home Pop’
ham s lquadron.
The inteiligence fiofrt
Continent, relative to the ope
rations of the armies in Poland,
is of a nature so very fluctuat
ing and conuadittory. that no
reliance whatever can be plac
ed upon i. The different ar
ticles of which it con (ills are
(aid to have been brought by
vessels & boats from the French
and Dutvh coafls ; but * hey
differ nioff materially, fome re
prefcniing the French as victo
rious, and others Hating the
luccefsofthe Ruffians to have
been decisive. In this dilem
ma, when we have no author*
itv to accredit but the reports
of matters of vessels, we (hall
not irefpafs upon the good
fenfeofour readers hy giving
the various accounts at length.
Di(patches are laid to have
reached the Admiralty on Sa
tu day night, communicating
he a;rival of the Canier cut
ur from off the Texel, at Yar
mouth on Fridav lafl. She is
j ,td to have spoken a veflol on
the 14th, from Amllerdam
hound to Dior.iheim, and the
matter, a Dane, privately flat’
ed, that it wa; und.illood at
Ainlteidain, that the Fitoch
had fuffeted confider; b e toi>
1 1 a partial engagement near
Warlaw, which is reported to
amount to about 15.000 men,
tod the combined armies about
‘he fame number. T at age
ttet tl engegement was, it iv
said, ffiottly expeßed, as ihe
ruffians bad been joined by
the remaining Pruffiau forces,
and were very numerous.
Rumouis ptevailtd a few
days since of a battle having
been fought between the
French and the Ruffians, in
which the latter were laid to
have been defeated with ve.y
gieit !ofs. This re,;on telled
on tile authoi i y of a It llei laid
to fiave been ’tceivcd by die
ettrian Ambaff-dor in Lon
tl >n, Count Suhteinnei g ; but
reports now lay, that even
this letter is a fabrication; we
mu fi wait patiently a few days
longer, as the next mails will,
no doubt, bring us information
on this fuhjett.
Saturday three veff-ls the
Metcury, Aurora, and Bbiyde,
at rived in the Thames bom
the Baltic ; they failed, we un
1 derftand, from Ellineur, with
! the fleet. Capt. VYhi'e has
! btought Bamberg, Frank’
iort, and other German papers
of a later da'e than those pre*
vioufli received.—-The Batn
berg papers men'ion the receipt
of advices from YVarfa\v,to the
! 26'h of December at which pe
riod two smart atltons had
been fought between the
French and Ruffians, the firft
at Nawamaillo, in which about
120 Cofiack.-, were made pri
soners ; he other at Cicchanoa,
which appears to have been
warmly conteited, but in which
the French are also Hated to
have ptevailed.
The Bamberg editor, on the
authority of a letter from
Augfburgh, Hates Breffaw to
have capitulated, but the date
and particulars are not men’
tioned.
The pafTage of troops
through Fraisk*ort to join the
aimy in Poland, was unremit
ting ; and various articles of
Hons were forwarded from
Mavance, &c. to the'fame des
dilation.
The Ruffian division under
Gen. Tolltoy, winch has join’
•ed the Prussians, is Hated at
34,000 men only. ‘1 he ar’
my, it appears, has advanced
to the Otrtuief, tofu
corps of Gen. Bcnningfen ; and
the Prnffian column has taken
a Hrong position considerably
advanced,at Soldan,which they
are fortifying;
One of the deputies sent
from Hamburgh o Bonaparte,
and who, from particular inti
macy with Talleyrand, had, it
is supposed, an opportunity to
afeertain with tolerable preci
sion the condition of the French
army in Poland, reports, that
the French troops, who had,
on the aid of December, cros
sed the Oder, amounted to
200,000 men ; and mat tl e
lick m the hotj-ital at that time
exceeded 17,000; fuofequcnt
accounts reprcleut the fit k to
have incrcaled to nearly 30,
000.
A letter was yesterdiy re
ceived by a merchant in this
town, from his conespoiid.mt
in Leith, which Hates, that an
express had jull been rtceiv.
ed by’ the Port Admiral Vafh- j
on, of a large French frigate |
having been w ecked on the
Oikneys supposed in the gaie
of ChriUmas dav. — . tiuul
600 of the men had been land
ed, at and two vessels had been
sent from Leith Roads to le
cure them.
No inieiligcnre has yet been
received of the fate of the ex
pedition fitted out againll the
Frenchmen who had iand and
and fortified thernfeives n the
fmall.O.kney Island of Fiot'/.
\ letter from I hurlo, dated
the 3d inst. received in Edin
burgh Hate , that the people
there were beginning to be a
la< tned for the fafety of tl e
brave volunteers who failed a
gcdiilt the Ficnchmen, “not
having heard either of, or Iro-.a
mem, iince they laiied.”
On Saituday afternoon, an
American gentleman arii ed
in London, from ( herh urg,
which ne left on the to it toll,
cha.gcd by Mr. Arm Hrong,
the American Minister at Paj
ri =, with dilpalches for Mefft s.
Monroe and Pinckney, the
Ameiican Plenipctentiaiies at
this court. Mr. Amiftrong
lias received official afTurances
from the French government,
that American vctTßs coming
direcl from America, or re*
turnitig from England to the
United State>, wdl not be mo
felled by the French cruizers,
and that the privateers fitted
out from St. Malces, Cher r
bourg, &c, had orders to go
vern themfeives accordingly.
It is Hated that fimtlar advices
have been received from Pa
ris, via Holland. The intelli
gence excited great {dilations
amongst the commercial part
of the community. The gen
; tleman in qnellion did not
I hear of the reported aft ion on
| the Viltula, until his arrival in
London.
Notwiihflanding the block*
ade of the British lflands, or
dered by Bonaparte, 430 fail
of British merchantmen, inde
pendent of running (hips, have
ventured to sea during the firft
founight of the present year,
viz.—Paince George, 98 guns,
from Portsmouth to the Welt
Indies, with aco fail—Rami
lies, 74 guns, from Cork for
! the W. I. with 120 fail—
Blonde frigate, from Fai’
mouth for the W. I. with 20
fail Gannet sloop, from
Portsmouth ior Portugal, with
40 tail —Moieiie sloop, front
Falmouth for Portugal, with
15 fail, —and Meteor bomb,
,ftP PfcrtfmcuT At
d’.tcmmean, wim , d .’
Government, it is Bid L..
it in contemplation to effafi dk
palfports between l-. nt ,; a .g
Scotland Sc Itcland, the (, rr l
as during, and fome ii tne
ter, the rebellion of j-qg ’*
many dangerous per forts hn e
lately gone over to th e [ a a
mentioned part of the L'nitti
Kingdom.
T he Dublin paper* to th;
9'h all concur in (fating thai
the reports of meeting
treasonable purposes, i n ,l
counties of Cork, Carlov,4 c
pre wholly deltiiute of four?
da ion.
The amount of the
feription en'eted into by
friends of Mr, Paul, to (up
pott him in the petition pre
fen tc and againll the vet urn ct
Mr. Shetidan, already exceed
12,0001.
LONDON. Tan.fi.
Sir Ha cbn .r Jones has brough
the htes accotnits to Rovernmn
from the hertd-qinmm of thi
Prussian armies. He had a fo|
>)’ port unity of seeing tne n wit|
his own eves, anti upon his an
thority it is stated, that he n.v:
saw an army in a higher state,
discipline, better appointed in e
very respect, or m -re e tg-r 1
meet the enemy a Varme black
ihe two columns of Russian
under generals B-nningsen
Biixhoytlen, amounting in all;
1 itj.ooo men, hu savsmtntiiar
joined on the Bth December!
Several Utters, dated the 101
of December, have been recei
cd from Bt. Petersburg!!, whit
mention, that a strong Rtnsii
for *e under the c inmandofgti
eiat Von Esstn, h.,u taken po
ot Choczin. It i. :Un
that the Russian genera', on it
arrival, before the place, sun
mooed it to surrender, wh#
-as refused : the Rtusiass th
It gtn to bomoard it, and thru
c.ned il) take it bv storm, *
pit every utan to death loond
the g irtisou* i his had tlte
oir. and t ffect.
A notice to the foliowirj l
feet wis yesterday posted
j I.'O’ d’s *.—“ That the rep-r
j received lro:n Lisbon, relative
the re-c pture of Buenos Ayr’
are uch ns may m ike it prndr
10. English ships bound to t
river Plate, to obtain prevmusi
formation either at Kio J ane ‘ T
or anv part of the coast win
they enter th it river.”
January 7
The Prussians appear
rallving. Frederick Wdltwl
addressed a Proclamation to’
inhabitants of Silesia, in
he feelingly appeals to the:'lot
ty and patriotism, antic’P 1 *
, the approach of tne eticmfi*
j pointing in strong cidun'M
i depopulating warfare ‘’'''f',
wages against the peat**
habitants of every cotin '’
which his arrives gains
His Majesty boasts being s
at the head of a powerfu - r!|
purged of traitors, and ‘ l3l
with zeal in the cause oi it’ cC
try, suppoited by a yf
powerfttl Ally, determianB 10
veuge his cause.
January 18* ,■
V/e unders'and that ‘
ry Treaties have been tnv.’
toby our government v" u
Courts of Russia,
Prussia, by which we I’ -,
gaged to furni-h them (
millions sterling, :n ora- •
Lie them to keep the ft | a
;he common enemy. l |ie 5
er part of this sum if “e
rec t!y 1 nfor me and ,go vc rn m= r “
the means of immediately _
I mining. Towards ‘he
! the. last session of ?***?■*
Vote of Credit Was oD ‘ i 'A,
die sum ol five million -, °*
it is said no more than 0
lion five hundred lho f a “ A
has hitherto been ap, “ e ”
in the i reasury a ia ”
J. :i,500,000. ihe J* 81
nttint ol th.e fcUi>viu>t u