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to the introduction of one predetermined by Bonaparte himself,) which will in effect make all the Jews, who accede to it, in whatever country they reside, the subjects of France. In this pitiful and impious epistle, the writer says, among other absurdities

"I am one of the unfortunate Jewish people against whom ignorance and superstition have leagued, in order to degrade and render them the opprobrium ot every other nation; but the Lord of Hosts has chosen you to give happiness to the world, and the Jews are a part of that world. I belong to that people, whose misery has for more than 1000 years in vain implored the compassion and humanity of the Sovereigns-to that people who expected in you their Saviour, and who in you, Sire, have found bim."

Again:"How great and sublime is the enterprize of breaking the chains of a people unjustly oppressed! Who but a God can hearken to their complaints, and deliver them from an insupportable bondage!"

CONTINENTAL WAR.

FROM the details inserted in our last, of events so fatal to the arms of his Prussian Majesty, our readers will not be prepared to expect intelligence of a more favourable complexion. What we have now to communicate is, how. ever, disastrous beyond any thing they may have anticipated, or even beyond any thing recorded in history. The fine army with which the Prussian Monarch entered on this disastrous cam paign, is literally annihilated; all the strong places in his dominions have surrendered without a struggle. The French troops have penetrated into Poland, and the Poles are to be restored to their an

cient independence as a nation. The French have taken possession of Hamburgh, and all British property there has been confiscated. The French papers contain another series of bulletins of the Grand Army. Of the events which they record we have also German accounts, but as we cannot connect them, we shall give a summary of both in their order. The French bulletins state in substance, that-

On the 27th of October the Prussian Regiment of the King's Gensdarmes was attacked near Zedhenick, by a body

of Light Cavalry under General Lasalle, and surrendered by capitulation. Prince Hohenlohe, who succeeded the Duke of Brunswick in the chief command of the Prussians, was, as stated in our last, endeavouring to effect his retreat to Stettin, for the purpose of crossing the Oder. After the affair at Zedhenick, he directed his march towards Templin, but finding that the enemy was there before him, he was forced to change his route, and proceeded to Prentzlow, a town at the northern extremity of a lake, on the direct road to Stettin. The Prussian and the French advanced guard reached it nearly at the same time, on the 30th of October. As soon as Murat came up, he gave orders to charge the Prussians in the suburbs of the town, while his cavalry attacked the Prussian flank and turned the town.-The attack on the suburbs was victorious, and the French were successful in driving the Prussians into the townMurat immediately summoned them to capitulate. A capitulation was agreed upon, and Hohenlohe's corps, consisting of 10,000 infantry, six regiments of cavalry, and 64 pieces of cannon, surrendered. Besides Prince Hohenlohe, Prince Augustus, the brother of the gallant Prince Louis killed at Saalfeldt, and the Prince of Mecklenburg Schwe rin, were amongst the Generals made prisoners.-On the 27th another Prussian column of 6000 men were forced to sapitulate to the French General Michaud, at Passewalk. This Prussian column seems to have been part of Hohenlohe's army. Advancing with his division, Murat's right wing summoned Stettin, which surrendered without making any resistance, though it is represented to have been in a good state of defence; 160 pieces of cannon were found in the garrison; and the number of prisoners taken was 6000.—Whilst the right wing made itself master of Stettin, the left extended itself towards Anklam and Demmin. At Anklam, another column of Prussians, about 4000 strong, were forced to capitulate, and on the 1st Nov. Murat's head-quarters were at Demmin, with a view of attacking a Prussian column under the command of the Prussian General Bila.

The anticipation in the bulletins, of the surrender of the corps unde. Gen. Blucher and the Duke of Weima", are,

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as will be seen in the sequel, unhappily realised. But, continue the bulletins, whilst these events were taking place upon the left bank of the Oder, Davoust had advanced to Custrin, which seems to have surrendered with as little resistance as Stettin, though it is said to have been well provided for a defence; the garrison consisted of four thousand men. The easy capture of Custrin will surprise all military men—it is situated in the middle of a morass-no approaches can be made without the greatest difficulty; and it would have been in less danger from an attack of a besieging army than from famine. The French are thus in possession of all the course of the Oder from Custrin to its mouth; and whilst the Bavarian and Wirtemburg troops, under Jerome Bonaparte, were proceeding to Silesia, Louis Bonaparte was advancing into Hanover, and Mortier into the Electorate of Hesse. It moreover appears from the French accounts, that they had pushed their conquests into Poland, and it is now boasted that "that immense barrier, which seemed for ever to separate Russia and France, has at length been removed," and the overthrow of the Emperor Alexander is even hinted at as an event by no means far distant. Bonaparte is gone to meet the Russian army, whose certain destruction is boastfully anticipated by the enemy.

Such is in substance the intelligence contained in the French bulletins. By the way of Hamburgh we have another bulletin, which announces the surrender of Magdeburg, and which states the number of prisoners taken during the campaign to exceed 140,000; the standards and colours 250, held pieces taken in different engagements 300; cannon found at Berlin, and in the capitulated fortresses, 4000.

By the Hamburgh mails we have Hohenlohe's and Blucher's official reports under their respective commands. The former agrees in every particular with the French accounts, except that the Prince represents his disasters to have been inevitable, had his force even borne a nearer proportion to that of the enemy, as he had neither bread, forage, nor ammunition; he also complains that he had fallen a sacrifice to the neglect of the advice which he had at an early period given. Dec. 1806.

Blucher's corps, the smallest in point of numbers, the most determined and gallant in bearing, was the last that surrendered, after a defence worthy of the man who was honoured with the particular regard of the great Frederick.After the surrender of Prince Hohenlohe, Blucher altered his route, with a view of drawing the French who were pursuing him from the Oder, and from the heart of the Prussian monarchy, to gain time for provisioning the fortresses, and to facilitate the junction of the troops along with the King of Prussia, with those of the Emperor Alexander. He so far succeeded as to draw three of the strongest divisions of the French army, Murat's, Soult's, and Berna. dotte's, from the heart of the Prussian territories, to Lubeck, and in spite of the miserable condition of his troopswithout bread, or suitable clothing, many of them without shoes, and completely worn out by forced marches of from five to seven German miles daily, during an incessant retreat of three weeks, he did not surrender till after the most obstinate and noble resistance. He reached Lubeck on the 5th Nov. and took possession of it the following day. It was the same day attacked by the French, but Blucher gallantly defended the city against four times his force, and even against that superiority, would have been able to have maintained his position, if every one had done his duty-" but alas! (adds the General,) that was not the case." After the French had forced the gates of Lubeck, the battle continued with the utmost obstinacy in the streets; the squares, streets, churches, and houses, were filled with the dying and the dead. A more dreadful conflict is scarcely to be found in history.-Upwards of 5000 men are said to have fallen.-Nor did the termination of the conflict put an end to the miseries to which the inhabitants were exposed. They began the system of pillage. The excesses committed were dreadful. For several hours the town was exposed to all the rapacity of the French soldiery.It was with difficulty the French Generals were able to check them.

The capitulation of Blucher's corps was signed on the 7th at Ratkau, be tween Kiel and Lubeck. His remaining force was about gooo men, altho' the

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The following was among the more successful expedients to avoid plunder, at Lubeck:-All the most valuable ar. ticles were taken into the garrets, while the rubbish and the inferior furniture were thrown before the doors into the streets, in the utmost disorder; when the plunderers came, they concluded the house had already been gutted by their companions, and then rushed to a scene of more promise, bearing away, perhaps, some trifle which could not escape their avidity.

The surrender of Blucher finishes the catastrophe of the Prussian army on this side of the Oder. All the garrison towns have fallen in succession, many of them after but a shadow of resistance. Even Magdeburg, which ought to have been able to have stood a long siege, was only blockaded for fourteen days, when it surrendered without almost fir

ing a shot. The booty found there was immense-more than seven millions Sterling; every one that was able having sent his most valuable effects and trea sure to this city, as a place of safety.

Hameln in Hanover, has likewise capitulated to Louis Bonaparte, and all Hanover is occupied by his troops. Osnaburgh has been seized in the name of the King of Holland; Elsfleet, and all the passes of the Weser, have been oc cupied, and in short, the whole territory from the Elbe to the Oder, and to

the Baltic, in every direction, is in the complete possession of the enemy. The territory of the Elector of Hesse Cassel has been seized, under the pretence that he had secretly favoured the Prussian coalition; but he is, it is said, to obtain mercy, in consequence of his having acceded to the confederation of the Rhine, and agreed to pay 16 millions, and to furnish 12,000 men. The Elector of Saxony has also acceded to the Rhenish Confederation.

Having given the substance of the French bulletins respecting the military operations, we have selected from these curious compositions, which are all dat ed from Berlin, the following paragraphs, which may appear interesting.

"Four stand of Colours belonging to the Guards, all of gold, were the trophies of the petty engagement of Wignunsdorff, which was only the prelude to the splendid one of Prentzlow. These celebrated Gens d'armes, who experienced such great commiseration after their defeat, were the same who, for three months, excited riots in the city of Berlin, by every sort of provocation. They went under the windows of Mr Laforet, the French Minister, to whet their sabres: Sensible people shrugged up their shoulders: but the inexperienced youth and passionate women, like the Queen, saw in this ridiculous swag. gering a sure prognostic of the grand destinies which await the Prussian army.

Thus this grand and fine Prussian army has disappeared like an autumnal fog at sunrise. Generals in Chief, Generals commanding the separate corps of the army, Princes, infantry, cavalry, artillery, none remains. Our posts have entered Frankfort on the Oder; the King of Prussia has gone further. He has not 15,000 men left; and for such a result we have scarcely met with any loss.

"All the unmounted dragoons, whom the Emperor had caused to come to the Grand Army, are now mounted; and there are at the grand depot at Spandau 4000 horses saddled and bridled, which we do not know what to do with, because there are no horsemen in want of any. We wait with impatience for the arrival of the depots.

"Marshal Davoust entered Posen

with a corps of the army on the 10th November. He is highly satisfied with the spirit that animates the Poles. The persons who hold situations under the Prussian Government would have been massacred, had not the French army taken them under its protection.

"The vans of four Russian columns, each 15,000 men strong, had begun to enter the Prussian states by Georgenburg, Olita, Grodno, and Jalowka. On the 25th Oct. these advanced guards of columns had made two days marches, when they received news of the battle of the 14th, and of the consequent events. They retrograded immediately. So many successes, and events of such high importance, should not slacken the military preparations in France. They should, on the contrary, be followed up with fresh energy, not to satisfy an insatiable ambition, but to fix bounds to the ambition of our enemies.

"The French army will not quit either Poland or Berlin-until the Porte shall have been in the full possession of its independence, nor until Wallachia and Moldavia shall have been declared to be

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"The French army will not quit Berlin, until the possessions and colonies, both Spanish, Dutch, and French, shall have been given up, and a general peace made."

"On the 28th, the Emperor reviewed the corps of Marshal Davoust under the walls of Berlin. He filled up the vacan. cies, and rewarded the brave. He then assembled the officers and petty officers in a circle, and thus addressed them:

"Officers and petty officers of the 3d corps of the army, you covered your selves with glory at the battle of Jena; I shall preserve the eternal recollection of it. The brave fellows who were kill ed died with glory. We ought to wish to die under such glorious circumstances,"

"Yesterday, (Oct. 28.) the Emperor paid a visit to the Dowager Princess Henry, and Prince and Princess Ferdinand, who have always been remarked for the distinguished manner in which they have received the French.

"Prince Augustus was presented to the Emperor at the palace of Berlin. This Prince was sent home to his fa

ther's, to rest himself, and get his wounds dressed.

"In the palace which the Emperor inhabits at Berlin, lodges the King of Prussia's sister, the Electoral Princess of Hesse Cassel. This Princess is in childbed. The Emperor has ordered his Grand Marshal of the palace to take care she be not disturbed with the noise and bustle of the head-quarters.

"The manner in which the Emperor received the Prince of Hatzfeld at his audience, was extremely interesting. A few moments after the audience the Prince was arrested. He would have been sent before a military commission, and inevitably condemned to death. Some letters from this Prince to Prince Hohenlohe, intercepted at the advanced posts, had given information that, altho he said he was charged with the civil government of the town, he informed the enemy of the movements of the French. His wife, the daughter of the Minister Schulenburgh, came to throw herself at the feet of the Emperor; she thought her husband was arrested on account of the hatred which the Minister Schulenburgh bore to France. The Emperor soon undeceived her, and made known to her that papers had been intercepted, which proved that her hus band was acting a double part, and had committed a great crime. The Princess attributed to the imposture of his enemies this accusation, which she called a calumny. "You know your husband's writing," said the Emperor; "I am going to make you the judge,' He then ordered the intercepted letter to be immediately brought to him, and delivered it to her. This woman, upwards of eight months gone with child, fainted at every word which discovered to her how far the accusation was founded against her husband, whose writing she knew it to be. The Emperor was touched with her grief and confusion, and with the anguish of her soul. "Well, said he," you have a hold of that letter, throw it into the fire; this document once destroyed, I shall be no longer able to get your husband condemned." (This affecting scene passed near the fire place.) Madam Hatzfeld did not let herself be told a second time to burn it. Immediately after the Prince of Neufchatel received orders to restore her

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husband to her. The military commission was already assembled the letter alone of Prince Harzfeld was enough to condemn him; three hours later he had been shot.

"We have taken, up to this period, 250 stand of colours, among which are some embroidered by the hands of the beautiful Queen herself; a beauty which has proved as disastrous to the people of Prussia, as that of Helen did to the Trojans.

"The States of the Duke of Brunswick are taken possession of, and it is believed that the Duke has fled to Eng. land. All his troops are disarmed. If he deserves the hatred of the French people, he has no less merited that of the Prussian nation and army of the nation, which accuses him of being one of the promoters of the war-of the army, which complains of his manoeuvres, and all his military proceedings.

conia, 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 proceeded to Potsdam and Berlin the renown of our victories. We have made 60,000 prisoners, taken 61 stand of colours, amongst which are those of the King of Prussia's guards, 600 pieces of cannon, three fortresses, and upwards of 20 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 com. ing to us. We will march to meet them, and thus spare them half of the road; they shall again find Austerlitz in the heart of Prussia. A nation which has so soon forgotten the generosity we shewed it after that battle, in which its Emperor, Court, and the wrecks of its army, were only indebted for their safety to the capitulation we granted them, is a nation which cannot successfully cope with us.

"At Munster, in the county of Mark, and in other Prussian States, the King of Holland found magazines and artillery. At Fulda and at Brunswick, the arms of the Prince of Orange and of the Duke have been removed. Neither of these Princes will reign again. They were the principal instigators of this new coalition. The English would make no peace-they shall make it; but France will include more coasts and states in her federative system." PROCLAMATION OF THE EMPEROR AND delirium, proposed to us.

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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 honour of my crown and 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 your labours.

One of the first military powers in Europe, who so lately dared to propose to us a shameful capitulation, is annihilated. The forests and defiles of Fran

Nevertheless, whilst we march to meet the Russians, new armies, 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 Our roads

and frontier towns are full of conscripts, who burn to march in cur footsteps.We will be no longer the sport of a treacherous peace, and we will not lay down our arms, till 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 shew me.

From our Imperial Camp at Potsdam, 26th of October 1806. By order of the Emperor.

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