squadrons of the Prussian guard, amidst the loudest acclamations of many thousand inhabitants. His imperial majesty stopped near the quarter prepared for him to see his cavalry pass, which they did in the most perfect parade or der, after a march of one hundred English miles (cantoning and assembling from cantonments included), which they performed in forty-eight hours; viz. from Schwinfurth, by Wurtzburg and Aschaffenbourg, to this place.

On the following day the emperor Francis arrived. The emperor of Russia met his imperial and royal apostolic majesty at some distance from Frankfort, and both sovereigns proceeded to the cathedral, where divine service was performed, and Te Deum was sung.

The last dispatch I had the honour to address to your lordship was dated the 30th ult. from Meiningen. Napoleon has escaped from the Cossacks and his other pursuers, and has carried the remains of his guard, and some other corps, to the left bank of the Rhine, leaving but few troops here.

The possession of a fortress at Erfurth has been the great instrument by which this retreat has been effected. It was thought possible he would make some stand behind this post, while, on the contrary, he redoubled his speed; and having possession of the best road, while the cross roads by which the allies endeavoured to intercept him were scarcely passable, he gained several marches.

General count Wrede gallantly arrested his progress for two days at Hanau ; on the first of which, particularly, the French fought with great obstinacy, and the loss has been considerable on both sides. There is one small spot, where an

officer of rank, who saw it, assures me, that the carnage of men and horses was most extraordinary.

The efforts of this Austrian and Bavarian army, though they stopped the enemy for two days, could not prevent his arrival at Mayence before the columns under the orders of the field marshal prince. Schwartzenberg could overtake him.

There are different accounts of the enemy's force; but considering the numbers left on the field of battle at Leipsig, and in that city, the number of prisoners sent to the rear during the retreat by all the corps which came up with the enemy, and the losses inseparable from all retreats of so difficult and so protracted a nature, it seems impossible that he can have carried fifty thousand men with him, though there are persons who estimate the force still higher.

Bonaparte was present in the battle of Hanau, and his officers. are said to have displayed more military talents on that occasion than they have lately shown.

The main army is assembling here, and will immediately be ready for ulterior operations.

Field-marshal Blucher's army is moving to the Rhine, in the di rection of Ehrenbreitstein. His head-quarters are this day at Limbourg.

The king of Prussia has been at Berlin and Breslau since the battle of Leipsig. His majesty is expect ed here immediately. Dispatch from viscount Cathcart, K. T. dated Frankfort on the Maine, November 10, 1813.

My lord-The enemy had retained a position at Hockheim, and was employed in restoring the old lines, which passed from the têtede-pont at Cassel round that position, and back to the Rhine.

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Marshal prince Schwartzenberg determined to put a stop to this work, and to occupy the position himself. With this view an attack was made yesterday, in which the lines were carried by assault, and the enemy was driven into the works of Cassel, with the loss of several hundred prisoners and four pieces of cannon.

I have the honour to inclose herewith the report I have this moment received of this gallant affair from major-general sir Robert Wilson. It has been the constant practice of the major-general, throughout this and the last campaign, to accompany every attack of consequence that has taken place within his reach, and on this occasion he was with one of the storming parties..

In adverting to this circumstance it is but justice to this officer to state, that the zeal, activity, and intrepidity, which he has displayed on every occasion, have conciliated for him the esteem of all officers of every rank and nation who have been witnesses of them, and have certainly done great credit to his majesty's service.

I have the honour to be, &c. CATHCART. The viscount Castlereagh, &c. &c. Frankfort, Nov. 10, 1813. My lord-I have the honour to acquaint you, that the corps of the count Guilay and general Meerveldt, with the Austrian reserve cavalry, moved to dislodge the enemy from Hockheim, which town and position it was understood he was fortifying.

Count Guilay marched upon the chaussée from Hockst. General Meerveldt's corps, commanded by prince Louis Lichtenstein, was directed on the Dönner Mühl, between Hockst and Cassel.

The attack commenced about two o'clock P. M. The enemy fired vigorously from the cannon at Hockst upon six pieces of cannon, in a work which headed the column of prince Louis, and threw many shells from their mortars at Cassel.

The Austrian artillery, however, advanced with so much courage and rapidity, that the enemy's fire was soon slackened, when the columns of infantry rushed forward, and carried the entrenchment and town, which was surrounded by a high wall, and double palisado at the entrances.

The entrenchments had not been completed, but were traced on a considerable scale.

Four pieces of cannon were taken, and the commander of the town, the aide-de-camp of general Guilemeau, various officers, and several hundred men, were made prisoners.

The remainder of the enemy (the corps of general Bertram) retreated upon Costheim and Cassel, and, occupying the intervening wooded ground, maintained for the rest of the day a sharp tirailleur fire, but in which they must have suffered much, as the Austrian cannon played on them from a height above their position, and other guns on the left bank of the Maine threw their fire in flank.

The Austrian loss is not considerable; but several officers are much regretted.

The prince marshal has ordered the heights above Cassel to be fortified: until the works are completed, the corps engaged yester day will occupy the ground.

The sight of the Austrian flag again waving victorious over the Rhine, and of the enemy's great military depôt, whence issued those

armies that have caused so much desolation and misery in Germany, excited an interest in yesterday's operations which every individual felt, and which was finally exprest by peals of enthusiastic acclamations as the prince marshal passed. ROBERT WILSON, major-gen.

Dispatch from lieut.-general the honourable sir Charles Stewart, K. B. dated Hanover, November 16, 1813.

My lord, It is with sincere satisfaction I have the honour to acquaint your lordship, that accounts were received this morning at this place, by his royal highness the crown prince of Sweden, from general Thielman, commanding the Saxon troops on the Elbe, which state, that general Gouvion St. Cyr and the French garrison of Dresden (consisting of near sixteen thousand men), after ineffectually attempting to obtain a capitulation, surrendered as prisoners of war to general Kleinau, commanding the allied forces before the place. I congratulate your lordship on this good intelligence, and have the honour to be, &c.

CHARLES STEWART, lieut.-gen. To viscount Castlereagh. Extract of a dispatch from Edward Thornton, esq. dated Bremen, 19th Nov. 1813.

I have the honour of informing your lordship, that 1 arrived in this city yesterday afternoon, the prince royal having reached it early in the morning of the preceding day. I found here the messenger Daniels, whom sir Charles Stewart dispatched from Hanover, and who, after having made an unsuccessful attempt to go down the Weser, returned to this place. He proceeds again to-day. He gives me the opportunity of informing

your lordship that the prince royal has received information, that the Russian troops belonging to the corps of general Winzingerode are in possession of Groeningen, and have advanced as far as the Yessel, where they occupy Zwol, Zutphen, and are in the neighbourhood of Deventer. The corps d'armée, under the command of general Bulow, is marching upon Arnheim; but the fatiguing marches which it has had to sustain have rendered it necessary to give the troops a few days repose between Munster and that place.

This intelligence appears to have determined his royal highness to proceed in person to Holland, at the head of the Russian and Prussian troops, leaving the conduct of the affairs in the North, Davoust, and the re-capture of Hamburgh, to general baron Adlercrentz, with the Swedish troops and the corps of count Walmoden, and the Russian troops under the command of general Bennigsen.

30. Thomas Rhodes, a nephew of Messrs. Haigh and Son, Manchester warehousemen, of Aldermanbury, who had twelve months ago shown symptoms of mental derangement, and had been confined in St. Luke's, contrived to make his escape, and at eight on Tuesday morning made his appear ance at the counting-house in Aldermanbury. On being informed that Mr. Haigh was from home, he went away, and called again about eleven, when Mr. H. dispatched a messenger to St. Luke's. Two persons from thence soon after attended; but the young man by that time had become very out rageous, and they declined taking hold of him without further assistance. Mr. Presto, the constable of

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the night for the ward of Cripplegate Within, was sent for; and on his arrival, the unfortunate maniac mounted upon a small desk, and swore he would not be taken. Mr. Presto rushed up the two steps that led to the place where the lunatic had placed himself, struck him on the legs, and received the contents of a pistol in his head. The unfortunate man died in less than two minutes. On the lunatic being seized, another loaded pistol, some powder, nine bullets, and a bullet. mould, were found in his pocket. [He was fully committed to prison; and tried at the Old Bailey, on Monday, Dec. 6, when evidence was produced to prove his insanity. The prisoner in his defence complained of ill usage. The judge (sir S. Le Blanc) said, that if the prisoner was insane, he must of course be acquitted. If he were insane, yet as he had not broke the peace either before or after the constable coming, the deceased had no right to seize him, there being no process against him; the offence therefore would be but manslaughter. The jury acquitted the prisoner on the ground of insanity, and he will in consequence be confined for life as a lunatic.]

DECEMBER.

FRANCE.

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE.

The grand judge, minister of justice, to the judges and tribunals of the empire.

From the minister's cabinet.

(Circular).

Paris, Nov. 19.-In this moment of alarm, when every French heart must be deeply affected by the dangers of the country, I make this communication to you, who being honoured with the public con

fidence, can exercise a powerful influence over the minds and feelings of your fellow citizens.-The frontiers of the empire on the side of the Pyrenees and on the north have been forced-those of the Rhine and the Alps are threatened—and it must not be concealed that the interior of France will soon become. the prey of the enemy, if means equally prompt and vigorous be not adopted to frustrate his plans and disappoint his expectations.

The deliverance of the country depends upon the speedy and complete execution of the decree of the 16th of this month, by which 350,000 men are placed at the disposal of the minister of war. When this great and salutary measure shall be fully carried into operation, we shall have nothing more to fear: but it must be observed that this object is most indispensa ble; for, if it be not accomplished, France must become the theatre of war, and be delivered up to all the horrors which follow in its train.

It is well known that our enemy, embittered by former defeats, advances against us, stimulated by the thirst of revenge: you may judge, then, the lot which would await us, were he to become mas ter of our lives and properties. This is not a question respecting glory, which has always had so much power over the French nation: but our integrity as a people is in danger, and with it the exist ence of all that is dear to us. And is even death the worst we should have to fear? Fire, devastation, and the total destruction of our unhappy country-such is the spec tacle which will infallibly be exhi bited, if France be subdued by her enemy. We have to add to this frightful picture scoffings of every kind, which are far more difficult

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to be endured by an honourable mind than death itself, and which the abhorrence the idea excites does not permit me to describe. These are the terrible misfortunes which threaten us, and which we can avoid only by a generous sacrifice.

The North has poured forth its population, in order to bring us under the yoke. Let us oppose it with the flower of ours, in order to avert the horrible fate which is preparing for us. We have for us the courage of our troops and the genius of the great commanders who lead them. But it is not enough. We ought not to expose our champions to a struggle too unequal in point of numbers, and must, therefore, put forth a force corresponding to that which attacks us. What an encouragement for cur veterans, to see themselves reinforced by gallant youths, who, incorporated in their ranks, will enable them again to carry terror into the enemy's camp, to drive him back, to deliver France, and to conquer that peace which is the want of the whole world!

The high spirited youths, on whom the voice of the country now calls, will be proud of their high destination. When they are convinced that the fate of France is in their hands, they will render their noble efforts equal to the glorious task which they are called upon to fulfil. The sacred flame of honour and patriotism glows in their youthful breasts; encourage and strengthen it, gentlemen, by your example. Your distinguished rank in society, and the general respect and confidence of the people, have given you influence; be it your endeavour to exercise it in these most important and imperious circum.

stances. .-1813.

In all periods of the monarchy, the judicial authorities of France have invariably displayed the most noble attachment to their prince. and country. You, I doubt not, will prove that this respectable body is not degenerated, and to the ve neration which you have won by your honourable administration of justice, you will add universal gratitude for the anxious care shown for the interests of your country in her day of peril.

(Signed) The duke of MASSA.

OLD BAILEY.

FORGERY,

Yesterday John Drew May, late a bill-broker in the city, was indicted for forging, altering and publishing as true a navy bill drawn by the commissioners for 7321, 13s. Ed. which was altered to 17321. by adding the first figure of 1 thereto, with intent to defraud the commissioners of the navy board.

This case occupied nearly the whole day, but the facts lie in a very narrow compass. Mr. Ford, clerk at the victualling office, proved that the bill was drawn under his inspection, and was made payable at nine months to a Mr. Kingsforth, for value received. Witness delivered it to Elliot and co. agents to Mr. Kingsforth, and he proved the signatures of the commissioners. The bill was traced through dif ferent hands until it found its way to the prisoner on the first of July, when it bore its real value 7327. The prisoner personally presented the bill altered to 17921. to Bruce and Warren, bill-brokers, to get it discounted. The bill was discounted at the house of Bruce, Simpson and co, bankers. The prisoner was proved to have received money for the bill, a part of which he paid into his bankers. The bill at length (L) found