he intends to attack the column commanded by the Prussian General Bila. General Becker had an action with General Boresart's brigade of dragoons, on a plain in the front of the little town of Anklau. The enemy, both cavalry and infantry, were thrown into complete confusion, and our troops forced their way along with the Frussians into the town, which was compelled to capitulate. The number of prisoners taken in this place was 4000, the officers were dismissed on their parole, and the soldiers were forwarded to France. Among the prisoners we found the troops composing the Royal Hussar Regiment of Guards, who, in the Seven Years' War, were presented with tyger skin cloaks by the Empress Catherine, as a mark of her approbation of the conduct of that corps.— The military chest belonging to General Bilou's corps, and a part of its baggage, had been removed over the Ferne, and were on the territory of Swedish Pomerania. The Grand Duke has demanded this property: On the 1st of November, the Duke had his head-quarters at Dimnin.-General Blucher and the Duke of Weimar being cut off from Stettin, made a movement as if they meant to return towards the Elbe, but the Field Marshal had calculated on this manoeuvre, and there is no doubt but that both corps will fall into our hands.-The Field Marshal has concentrated his corps at Stettin, where more cannon and magazines are daily found. -Our troops have already advanced into PoJand. Prince Jerome, with an army formed of the Bavarian and Wirtemberg troops, proceeds to Silesia. His Majesty has appointed General Clarke, Governor of Berlin and of all Prussia, and has already laid down the principles according to which the internal government of the country is to be administered.-The King of Holland advances into the Hanoverian territory, and Marshal Mortier into that of Cassel. Proclamation of the Emperor and King. Soldiers-You have justified my expectations, and worthily answered the confidence of the French people. You have supported privations and fatigues with as much courage as you have shown intrepidity and coolness in the midst of combats. You are the worthy defenders of the hor cur of my crown, an of the great people; as long as you are animated with this spirit, nothing will be able to withstand you The cavalry have vied with the infantry and artillery: I no longer know which part of the army to give the preference to. You are all good soldiers. These are the results of our lebours. One of the first military powers of Europe, who so lately dared to propose to us a shameful capitulation, is annihilated. The forests and defiles of Franconia, the Saal and the Elbe, which our forefathers would not have crossed in seven years, we have crossed in seven days, and fought in the interval four engagements, and a great battle. We have preceded at Potsdam and Berlin the renown of our victories. We have made 60,000 prisoners, taken 65 stands of colours, amongst which are those of the King of Prussia's guards, 600 pieces of cannon, three fortresses, and upwards of twenty generals. Nevertheless, more than one half of you regret not to have fired a musket shot. All the provinces of the Prussian monarchy, as far as the Oder, are in our power.Soldiers, the Russians boast of coming to us. We will march to meet them, and thus sparethem half of the road; they shall again tind Austerlitz in the heart of Prussia. A nation which has so soon forgotten the generosity we showed it after that battle, in which its Emperor, court, and the wreck of its army were only indebted for their safety to the capitulation we granted them, is a nation which cannot successfully cope with us.-Nevertheless, while we march to meet the Russians, new armics, formed in the interior of the empire, come to take our place, in order to keep our conquests. My whole people have risen, indignant at the unworthy capitulation which the Prussian ministers, in their delirium, proposed to us. Our roads and our frontier towns are full of conscripts, who burn to march in our footsteps. We will be no longer the sport of a treacherous peace, and we will not lay down our arms until we have obliged the English, those eternal enemies of our nation, to renounce the scheme of disturbing the Continent, and the tyranny of the seas.--Soldiers. I cannot better express to you the sentiments I entertain for you, than by telling you that I bear in my heart the love you daily show me.From our Imperial Camp at Potscam, 26th October, 1806. By order of the Emperor, (Signed) NAPOLEON. Letter from H. I. and R. M. to the Archli shops and Bishops of the Empire. Monsieur L'Eveque, the success we have just gained over our enemies, with the aid of Divine Providence, imposes on us, and on our people, the obligations of giving solemn thanks to the God of Armies. You have seen by the last note of the King of Prussia, the necessity under which we lay to draw our sword, in order to defend the most precious wealth of our people, honour.. Whatever repugnance we may have had, we have been driven to the last extremity by our enemies; they have been beaten and confounded. On the receipt then of the present, assemble our people in the temples, chaunt a Te Deum, and order prayers to be put up to God for the prosperity he has granted our "arms.-This letter being for no other purpose, I entreat God, M. L'Evaque, to have you in his holy keeping. From our Imperial Camp, at Weimar, Oct, 15, 1806. (Signed) NAPOLEON. His eminence the Archbishop of Paris waited on his Imperial Highness the Prince Arch-Chancellor of the Empire, in order to concert with him on the execution of the orders of his Majesty. It was determined that the Te Deum should be sung in the Metropolitan Church, on Sunday, the 19th of the present month, at 12 o'clock; and that the same ceremonial should take place as was observed last year, when Te Deums were sung as thanks for the memorable victories of Ulm and Austerlitz. 26th Bulletin of the Grand French Army. Berlin, Oct. 31. The brigade of light ca valry and dragoons, under General Rivaud, forced 7000 infantry, and 5 regiments of cavalry, to lay down their arms, on the 28th of Oct near Passewalk. On the same day, the light cavalry of the reserve of the Grand Duke of Berg, nderen. Lasalle, arrived before Stettin, and forced the governor to capitulate. There were found large magazines, and 160 cannon The garrison of 6000 men are prisoners of war. A column of 8000 men, under Gen. Blucher, and one of 10,000, under the Duke of Saxe Weimar, are surrounded between the Elbe and Oder, and must soon surrender. 27th Bulletin of the Grand French Army. by the Hereditary Prince: and that from the period of the Hessian territories being evacuated by the Erench, until the battle of Jena, there was nought but armaments going forward at Cassel; and that in point of fact, the Hereditary Prince was more desirous of marching at the head of Prussian troops, and to insult the French by all sorts of provocation.He will pay for his frenzied conduct by the loss of his dominions. There is not a principality in all Germany that has been so uniformly the enemy of France. For many years its sovereigns sold the blood of their subjects to England, in order to fight with it against France in the two worlds. By this traffic of his troops the Prince in question has amassed great treasmes, part of which, it is said, are shut up in Magdeburg, and part remitted to foreign countries. This sordid avarice has caused the catastrophe of his House, the existence of which on our frontiers is incompatible with the safety of France! It is at length time to extinguish that which may cause the unhappiness of 40 millions of people, and bring trouble and disorder to their very doors. The English may yet corrupt certain sovereigns by means of their gold, but the loss of the thrones of such sovereigns will be the evitable consequence of such corruption. On the contrary, the allies of France will prosper and be aggrandized.The people of Hesse Cassel will be more fortunate; eased of the expense of vast military establishments, they can follow the peaceful occupations of agriculture; freed from a great part of their taxes, they will be governed upon generous and liberal principles, as is France and her allies. If the French had been conquered, their country would have been dis Berlin, Nov. 6, 1806.-Marshal Mor-membered; it is just, therefore, that the tier, who commands the 8th corps of the Grand Army, arrived at Cassel the 31st of October.-The Prince of Hesse Cassel, Marshal in the service of Prussia, and his son, a general in the same service, have withdrawn from it. The Prince, in answer to the note which was transmitted to him, demanded permission to march at the head of his own troops, along with those of France, against our enemies. Marshal Mortier replied, he had no orders touching such a proposition; but that the Prince having armed, after the declaration he had made through his minister, M. de Malsbourg, at Paris, the least further armament on his part would be considered as an act of hostility, as the Prussians had not violated his territories, but on the contrary were received with pomp therein serious consequences of war should attach to those who provoked it. In this terrible game the chances should be equal. The Emperor has ordered the fortresses of Hanau and Marbourg to be destroyed, all the maga zines and arsenals to be removed to Mentz, all the troops disarmed, and the sovereign arms of Hesse Cassel every where to be taken down.-These measures are not dictated by an insatiable ambition, nor a thirst for further conquests. The cabinet of the Thuilleries is induced to act so by its convic tion of the necessity of putting an end to a contest such as the present, and causing a durable peace to succeed to this insenate war, instigated by the miserable and low manœuvres of agents, such as the Lords Paget and Morpeth. Printed by Cox and Baylis, No. 75, Great Queen Street, and published by R. Bagshaw, Brydges Stres, Covent Garden, where former Numbers may be had sold also by J. Budd, Crown and Mitre, Pall Mall. VOL. XI. No. 11.] LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1807. [PRICE 10D SIR WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNNE said: I conceive it my duty to state to the House an opinion, which "the conduct of the petitioner (Mr. Paul) seems to justify. I have observed him, on different occasions, "since the evidence was ordered to withdraw, going out of the House, and, from expressions, which I "heard fall from him, I feel convinced, he has been communicating with the witnesses."--COURIER newspaper, 3d March, 1807. "MR. WHITBREAD said he had never had his eye off that part of the House since the commencement of this "investigation; and assured the House that Mr. Pauli had never gone out."--COURIER newspaper, 3d March, 1807. 385] TO THE FREE AND INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF THE CITY AND LIBERTIES OF WESTMINSTER. LETTER VIII. GENTLEMEN, In my last letter (at page 321 and the following), I had the honour to submit to you some remarks upon the measure, which had, on the 20th of February, been, by the House of Commons, adopted with respect to the time when the petition against the return of Mr. Sheridan was to be taken into consideration by the House. By way of postscript to that letter, I inserted the petition of Mr. Paull, dated on the 25th of February, and presented by Lord Foikestone, charging Mr. Sheridan and his agents with tampering with the witnesses intended to be brought forward against him. Upon the proceedings, in the House of Commons, consequent thereupon, I shall now have to bespeak your indulgence, while I offer you a few observations. But, before I proceed to this the chief purpose of my present letter, give me leave to recall your attention, for a moment, to the ground upon which Mr. Sheridan's motion for postponement was made and spported. That ground was, that his counsellors, the counsellors whom he had engaged to defend him, were absent upon the circuit. That nothing could be more futile than this pretence, and that it was a mere trick to shift off the day of trial, and of Mr. Sheridan's possible ejection from his seat, was, I think, fully proved to you. But, Gentlemen, a case, admirably calculated to remove all doubts as to the true character of that measure, has, in that same House of Commons, within these few days, • been decided. On the 6th instant, a motion was made, that the order for taking into consideration the petition against the return of Mr. Baring, for Taunton, should 66 [386 be discharged, and that a new order should be made for taking it into consideration on a day more distant than the one before named; which motion was made upon the ground, expressly stated, that the petitioner's agents were compelled to be absent upon the Western Circuit. Mr. Baring complained, that he had not had sufficient notice of this motion. But, Lord Henry Petty said, that, independent of a want of sufficient no"tice, the intervention of the circuit was never allowed by the House as a proper ground for delaying the examination of controverted elections ;" and, accordingly, the motion was rejected! Thus, you see, Gentlemen, that the very ground, which was quite sufficient for the putting off the trial of Mr. Sheridan's election, he being already seated and being upon the side of the ministry, was no ground at all for putting off the trial of a petition, presented by a person, who was opposed to a ministerial member. Mr. Whitbread would tell you, perhaps, that he did not speak upon this last occasion, nor did his worthy associate, Peter Moore, or his worthy relation, Lord Howick, who supported the motion of Mr. Sheridan. But, if they did not, their brother minister did; and they well knew what would be the consequence of his speaking. It was to this House, Gentlemen, that Mr. Paull's petition was presented! This is the House that would not suffer the petition of the parish of St. Martin Le Grand to lie upon their table! This is the House by whom Mr. Paul was reprimanded, and of which Mr. Sheridan and Ceneral Fitzpatrick are members! With respect to the proceedings consequent upon Mr. Paul's last petition, the last of the many efforts which he has hitherto made for the maintenance of your rights, and the rights of the people of England in general, I shall, at present, touch upon only two or three topics, and those not. immediately connected with the merits of the case; because, I am resolved not to en : ter upon those, until I have had full time to examine and to analyse the whole of the evidence, as printed by order of the House, and as furnishing the means of forming a just judgment upon their decision, with which you will, in all probability, have been acquainted before this sheet will reach your hands.The first topic, to which I beg leave to draw your attention, is, the reprimanding of Mr. Paull. And, here, I shall first take the account of that famous transaction, as I find it reported in the Morning Chronicle of the 3d instant and, you will not fail to recollect, Gentlemen, that all these daily prints, through which the reports, in the first instance, find their way to the public, were opposed to us at the late election, treated us with every species of unfairness, slandered us in the most foul and base manner, leagued themselves with play*actors, prostitutes, and saints, with Cripplegate and Newgate and Hellgate and their sister Billingsgate, to frustrate your views, to deprive you of the real nse of your tion rights. You will bear in mind, that it is from these detestable prints that the account of the proceedings in question must, as yet, be taken. With this fact in your minds, you will be able to form a correct judgment of the transaction as related in the following report - GENERAL "Pairs moved, that the standing order "of the House should be enforced by directing the Petitioner to withdraw with "his counsel, he having appeared to him and from expressions which I heard fall from him, I feel convinced he has been communicating with the witness." "MR. PAULL, who, as a petitioner, was "entitled to a seat under the gallery, immediately came forward and addressed "the chair" Mr. Speaker, I feel myself "called upon by the principles of honour "and the impulse of a manly spirit, to 66 deny the gross charge that has been ""made against me, by the hon. baronet; "I must say, it is both unfounded and unjust. The situation in which I am ""at present placed, forbids me from making any further comment; but I "could not continue silent, when such "an accusation was made against me, in "" addition to the numerous calumnies and misrepresentations, in which the right "hon. gent., my opponent, has this ""night so frequently indulged himself." "THE SPEAKER observed that the "house would judge for itself what it was "" elec- proper for it to do after the proceeding "that had just taken place, and which ap peared to him so extraordinary that he "should abstain from denominating it. He "wished also to collect the sense of the "honse as to its practice, in the case of peti"tioners who prayed to be heard by them"selves or their counsel, whether having "made their election to be heard by their calling the attention of the House to the gross, insolent, and outrageous proceeding. He thought the House was called upon to adopt some measure, in vindica"tion of its own dignity; and recommended "that the petitioner should be brought to "the bar, and acquainted by the Speaker "with the sense entertained by the House "of the impropriety of his conduct.-"LORD A. HAMILTON urged in mitigation, "not in justification of the petitioner, "the feelings that must have been excited "by the statement made by the hon Ge"neral under the gallery.--GENERAL "PHIPPS and SIR A. WELLESLEY stated, "that they had thought Mr. PAULL had withdrawn out of the house; though it might have happened, that, from their situation, they could not see him, whilst he "still remained below the bar.- -MR. "WHITBREAD had never had his eye off "that part of the house since the com "that the course proposed was the most mitigated proceeding that could be adopt "ed. MR. FULLER said a few words in mitigation, and MR. BAKER considered "the conduct of the petitioner so improper, "indecent, and outrageous, that he submit"ted to the house whether it would not be "better that the house should not have any "direct communication with him, but that "whatever was to be done on the occasion, "should be done through the Sergeant at "Arms --The motion of Lord Howick was "then agreed to, and the petitioner and "his counsel having been then called in, the "Speaker addressed him in the following "terms: " Mr Paull, I am directed by "the house to acquaint you, that in its "judgment you have been guilty of great " impropriety of conduct, and commit""a gross outrage upon the privileges of " "the house. I am also directed to acquaint you, that you having made your "election to be heard by your counsel, are no longer entitled according to the practice of this house, to be heard by yourself. I am also directed to inform "the counsel, that they confine their ex"amination to matters of fact respecting cringing, and degrading. But, Gentlemen, let the language be what it may, we can none of us, though permitted to write a prayer, utter that prayer to the objects of our supplication from our own mouths. It must be so uttered by some one of the members, upon whom we may (ly some means or other) prevail to become our propitiator, that is to say, before we can bring our prayer before the House, we must obtain the special consent and approbation of one of its own members. Having succeeded so far, our petition is allowed to be read by a clerk, who sits at a table in the middle of the House; and, a very great comfort it is to one to know, that one's prayer has passed through the lips of a man who wears a black gown and a three-tailed wig, and who, as it were for the purpose of preserving clean hands, always writes in gloves. But, though read, it is not yet certain, that our petition will be atended to. Attended to, did I say? It must first undergo the ceremony of a motion and of a vote, it must have a majority in its favour before it can be permitted to lie upon the table; and, when it has arrived at that honour, another motion and another vote of the majority is re sequence of this our humble prayer; for "humble" it must be, that being a quality absolutely indispensable. It may so happen, that in the end the petitioner may be called to the bar of the House; and being there, how he is liable to be treated you have seen in the case of Mr. Paull, who ought now to be dearer to us tenfold than he was before. His conduct, the whole of his public conduct, has been such as it is our duty, and our interest, to shew our approbation of. There is a deadly struggle between us and our implacable enemies: one or the other must and will fall; and he has, upon our side, offered himself as the first sacrifice. "the tampering with witnesses, and sup-quired before any thing can be done in conpressing of evidence."- -Gentlemen, let us" read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest" this; let us bear it constantly in mind. One of the objects of my inserting it in this place is, that we may, at all times, have it at hand. The hireling crew (in the gallery, I mean) may sneer at us for all this; but let us be patient, and indulge the hope, that they will not always be in a situation to sneer at us -The right, as it is still called, of petitioning, has been highly estimated by those (most of them placed or pensioned) who have written upon our "invaluable constitution;" though, at first sight, and to vulgar observers, there does not appear to be any thing very valuable, any thing very worthy of boasting of, in the being permitted to pray. Prayer is recommended to the penitent sinner, the guilty culprit; and, the wretch who has neither clothes to cover him por straw whereon to lay his head nor bread wherewith te sustain his miserable existence, is permitted to pray; nay, he prays without permission, and he suits his words to the occasion. Observe, that I do not say, that to approach the House of Commons in the form of a prayer is not proper; though, I must think, that the persons praying, when they consider that it is "their representatives" that they are addressing, might be excused, if, in complaining of grievances sadly oppressive, they were not to express Ahemselves in langnage exersiyely humble, The next topic which I wish now to touch upon is, the evidence of MR. HART, evidence which was effaced, upon the motion of Lord Howick, and had it not been effaced, I should not now have commented upon it. This Mr. Hart was the person, who, as a reputed common informer, I spoke of in my last Register, at page 370, and who, as appears from the report of the debate of the 5th instant, was called, as a witness upon the side of Mr. Sheridan. You will please to ob serve, Gentlemen, that, all along, during the examination of Mr. Paul's witnesses, continual objections were made by the House to the entering into any matter tending to anticipate the evidence upon the trial of Mr. Sheridan's return, and that to Mr. Paull's counsel, repeated instructions were give to |