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| Magdeburg, Nov. 9. CAPITULATION Settled yesterday for this fortress, between L the marshal of the empire, Ne-y, and the governor general Von KJeist. Art. I. The city, citadel, and fortifi- cations of Magdeburg, shall-be given up to .•the troops of the sixth corps-of' the grand ¦army,with all the artillery, ammunition, magazines, and stores of every kind, with every description of government property, ¦without the smallest reservation, and in the exact state in which they were at the j •ti.ne of this capitulation. II. The gate called Ulrichs Thor, and the works outside of the same, shall be evacuated for the French army, so that they shall take possession of them on the KHh of November, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. .III. i'he garrison shall march out thro' the said Ulrichs gate, on the 1 1th of No- vember, io the morning at 11, with drums . beating, colors flying, and four field pie- ces, shall lay down their arms, and the ca- valry deliver up their arms and horses, at the place that shall be appointed, at can- non shot from the fortress. IV. After laying dawn tljeir arms, the gairison shall be considered prisoners of ¦war, the men shali be sent to France, and the officers remain prisoners on their pa- role of honor not to serve against his ma- jesty the emperor of France and king of Italy, nor against his allies, until regularly exchanged they Miall be free to go where they think prop; ;•; those only whose fa- milies reside in Magdehurg, or who are these settled and married, shall have li- berty to remain in the city. V. The offieer-S shall keep their swords, baggage; and horses : the soldiers their knapsacks and valises. VI. The cadets, ensign cadets, and swordigirted ensign;*., and the sergeant "majors, of the infantry and cavalry, shall be considered as officers, and treated upon the like footing. VII. The quarter masters of regiments, pay maslers, chaplains, and surgeons, shali be considered prisoners.ofwar. V11I; The two incomplete companies of invalids,, in the fortress, who are unfit for service, shall lay down their arms and be sent to their own garrisons, one to Peine, near Hildesheim, the other to A- kiii, where they shall receive their ac- customed pay and support at the country's expence. IX. After the evacuation the officers shall return to the city to receive their passports, and proceed according to their destination. The counterparts in which they shall depose their words of honor not to serve until exchanged, shall be given in of colli se previously. X. The soldiers who are married in Mugdebuig, or within the extent of its miUtary inspection, shall remain wi.h their families, upon the condition of not serving till exchanged, and that of not wearing any military uniform. XI. The. sick and wounded officers and soldiers shall:emaia in Magdeburg until their recovery. 1 hey shall be maintained at the expence of the city. A sufficient number of Prussian surgeons shall remain in the place to take proper care of them. The surgeons shall be treated during their stay in the city, upon the same footing as t'.ie French surgeons. XII. The persons and property of the inhabitants, the service of God, and insti- tutions of the church, shall be taken under the protection of the laws, and of the sys- tem of F eiich justice. In case persons in the cily should .wish to retire from it with their property, or after previously sel- ling it, thiy shall receive the necessary ' passports and protection solo do. XIII. There shall be nothing changed in the preset., administration and constitu- tion of the country. The authorities whom this " shall continue the exercise of their functions, and receive to that ef- fect the protection of the French army XIV. on both sides commissaries shall be.named to take.the inventories and su- perintend the delivery of the deposits pf plans, m pers, records, artillery, ammunition; and military provisions and stores, and of every thing appertaining to government, be it where it may, and of whateverthe kind in this city. XV.- The staff and field officers, as also the cadets, gentlemen ensign cadets, sword girded standard beaters, Serjeant majors of cavalry and infantry, and quarter masters, who shall, alter the present ca- pitulation, desire to go into any of the Prussian provinces, occupied by the French troops at present, or which may by them be occupied shall be sent forward at the expence of the province, and receive their pay and subiistence from the magistrates, according to the rate of the peace esta- blishment. This pay and subsistence shall be paid them on the first of evei y month. XVI. His excellency the governor of Magdeburg, shall he free whenever it shall seem good to Him to dispatch an officer to the prince of his country,to communicate to him intelligence of the present capitula- tion, and this officer shall receive the fie- cessai y passport. XVil. All the articles of this capitula- tion which may appear to have doubtful meaning, bhall be interpreted to fhe advan- tage of the garrison. 'XVHI. And last. Three hostages on esch side, of the rank that shall be d mined upon, shall be exchanged a guaran- tee, for the due fu!filtne,ht of this cnpiui- jiitien. These, hostages shall, to-n.o'.icw, the 9lh of Nov.be chosen and on both sides be reciprocally given up en the tuk ir.ir possession of the fortress. Ot liketeftur in duplicate copies, ri!t.\,n up this 8th day of the month of November, 1806. Du Tailtis, Von Rekouard, General, £* chief of the major general. Staff of the corps, Ligkk Belair, Colonel Commandant. H KGNARD. A supplementary .document, in eight ar- ticles,determines ;ome secondary points. The musicians and servants of the army are not to be numbered among the pri- soners of war. Colonel Du Thossel, the Prussian commandant of Magdehurg, re- tains his official Swelling, and is free from military quarters, &c so long as the French and allied troops have possession of the city. The Prussian officers who, in rnity to the capitulation, ale entitled to reside in Magdeburg shall re&eive their pay, &c. as upon the war establishment, and be free of quarters and other military obligations so long as the French and their allies remain, &c. By his excellency H. W. Bentinck, esq. lieutenant governor in and over the co- lonies of Essequebo and Demerary, and their dependencies, and president cf all courts and .colleges within the same, &c., and the honorable court of policy of the said colonies, Sec. Unto all whom it doth, shall or may con- cern, greeting, be it known : Whereas we have taken into our consi- deration the evident advantages which w-inl i result from the erection of a beacon on the east coast of this colony, to serve as a permanent land mark to the shipping bon-cl fo: these colonies, and prevent their falling ro leeward of the river—and where as we have in consequence already adopted the necessary measures for the immediate erection of such beacon on a proper spot on the east coast aforesaid, to leeward of Machaica. And whereas it is reasonable that the shipping employed in the navigation to and from these colonics, should contribute 10 the cxpence both of building and keep- ing in repair the said beacon, and of pro viding afterwards the necessary attendance for the same ; We therefore have judged fit to enact, and by these presents do enact, that all merchant ships or vessels arriving in these colonies, from and after the first day of December next ensuing, shall pay for the above purpose to the receiver of the colo- ny chest a rate cf six stivers for each ton of their Iurthen ;—and furthermore that all ships or vessels of more than one hun- dred tons burthen, arriving from the pio- ther country, shall, independant of the payment of the above rale, furnish to the Colony five tons of gravel ballasj for eaj '; fifty tons of their burthen ; and in case of their bringing no such gravel ballast, or an insufficient quantity thereof, that then they shall in lieu thereof and in addition to the above rate, pay for the use of the co- lony, a further sum of five guilders to, each ton of ballast which they may be so deficient in furnishing to the colony. It is fuithermoredjrected, that the said gravel ballast is to be brought on shore and discharged by the masters or other persons having the command on board the ships or vessels herein before alluded to. on a spot near the river side, which will be made known in proper time, and the said gravel ballast to be employed for the keep- ing in repair of the public roads or sucn other purposes of public utility as we may here .Iter direct. We have also thought fit to forbid, and hereby do expressly forbid the throwing overboard any ballast from ships or vessels lying in this harbor, on pain of a fine of one thousand guilders, to be forfeited and paid by the captain or person having the command of s;uch ships or vessels, and to be applied one third for the use of the co iony, one third for the use ef the fiscal, and the remaining third for the informer or informers. And we require and enjoin the harbor master and all others whom it may con- cern, to attend to the strict execution ol this ordinance.----- And that no ignorar.ee may be pretend- ed of this our ordinance, the. same is to be published, posted up and printed tor general information. Thus enacted in our ordinary assembly held at the court house in Stabroek, this 31st of July 1806, and published the 16th of August thereto next following. H. W. BENTINCK, Vr. By command of the court aforesaid, P. F. Tinnk, Dy. Sec. neighborhoods. Multitudes of them, ac- < oinpsnied by dog*, distress and scour the country. Many of these Sftarlitntn, A* they stile themselves, are iirrpudcnt, insulting, and insufferably abusive- But, under the pretext of Sporting, robberies, assaults, batteries and other lawless acts and offences, are daily committing. Nor do the votaries to these scourges, called sports, refrain from openly, with them, profaning the Sabbath. The roads are Infested} the farms and inclostires of peaceable citizens are invaded. Mild re- monstrances are disregarded, and notifica- tions that the laws will be resorted to are treated with scorn. Fowling pieces are pointed and threats thrown out against those who dare attempt the expulsion of those lawless tres:!;-. its, from their hous- es, barns, milk houses, stack yards, and other incisures. Muskets have been wantonly fired in the roads, to terrify tra- vellers, peaceably gassing. Several have let' stacks of hay and grain ; and, purposely, as well as acci- dentally, into dwelling houses.. Many persons have been thrown off horses, and out of carriages, and much injured, while their lives have been endangered. Many, and especially women, refuse to attend the markets : and universal uneasiness has spread through the country. Every thicket alarms, and resemble?, in irregu- lar but incessant explosions, a Turkish camp, or a battle commenced by the Ya- gers and other sharf shooter* The farms and inclostires are laid open by the pros- tration and burning of fences in sundry places. Parm dogs arc killed, maimed or wounded, while endeavoring to defend , ro'pe ty they are kept to watch and pre serve Cattle are wounded in the fields, and sheep are the victims of sporting dogs. The poultry is substituted for game, and repeatedly shot down, in the presence of its insulted and terrified proprietors.— Farms and imlosures are turned into war- rens, parks and chases, lor the idle and insolent. Farm houses are no longer the safe retreats of industry, and the fortress- es of the peaceable and secure citizen—r The oppressions of Europe are (by those who practice them here) inverted. No bles do not lay waste, for their ruinous amusements, the possessions of an abject peasantry ; but these enormities are com- mitted by one set of citizens pursuing pleasures, which inflict the severest inju- ries on another class, who are owners, but not masters of the soil they inhabit. If among the mass who thus invade property and distress its unoffending possessors, there are (as no doubt there are) Some of innocent intentions and decent maimers, they should intermit a diversion attended with such injurious consequences. This is not an exaggerated picture.— The facts stated, can be incontroveriibly proved. Much of the mischief is done by tiiose who pervert the Jmblic arm's to the annoyance, instead of applying them to the protection of their fellow citizens—an evil which ought no longer to be tolerated, by those who have the power to check this abuse. It is hoped and recommended, by a number of the sufferers, that associa- tions will be formed for mutual protection, rind for this purpose, let plans be adopt- ed, to prosecute and punish offenders ; so as to put an end to a dangerous and into- lerable oppression. Such an association is now in forwardness on the west side of Schuylkill. It is confidently expected that the magistrates and peace ahioers will cor- dially and firmly assist, in removing this disgraceful.stain from the character of ..in- laws and the reputation of those to whom their execution is entrusted, ¦Freeman's Journal G, November 14.' Forty-four large loaded yachts are on (heir passage from hence to Berlin—they are pro- vided with passports from general Hi din, the governor. Other passports have also been sent here for more vessels, which are getting ready to leave this place. Report of a staff-officer belonging to general lyncher's corps, relative to the affair in and near Lubeck, on the 6th of Novem- ber. " The corps under lieutenant-general down tp the day of the capitulation 1 . *. nearly 40,000 of the enemy in pur- suit of him. It was only the love which he bore to his brave companions, which could have'¦¦inducedhim to surrender, e a after all hopes were lost of effectual 'resist- ance. The corps under Bulclier shot no ', than forty spies, who were detected mixing fheniselves with his troops. Their, executi- on was immediate, without trial; they were principally stupid, ignorant countrymen, Blucher passed through Lubeck on the even- I who were' to be employed as false guides, mgof the 5th ; a strong rear-guard remain- | and who, through ' terror, betrayal tfiem. ed in the villages between Hernburg and j selves. We are happy to observe by the Barba- dos Mercury, ot the 22d ult. (Nov.) that several of the enemy's small cruizers have been lately taken, namely, the Desire schooner 3 guns anil 46 men, by his ma- jesty's brig Grenada, lieut. Barker ; also the Marianne, privateer schooner of 1 long 9 pounder and 46 men, both sent into Gre ¦ nada. The Spanish schooner. El Carmer, laden with dry goods, was carried into Bar- bados by the Swinger brig, lieut. Bennet, captured on the 16th ult and a letter of marque schooner Le Reunion, of 10 guns laden with inchgo provisions, and cordage was taken by the Galatea frigate and Morne Fortune on the 12th and sent into Antigua. Dem rary fiafi. COMMUNICATION. A most oppressive and intolerable griev- ance is now suffering, by the inhabitants of the townships, near and surrounding the city, The small biids which have unseasonably remained through the win- ter, have invitsd m uncommon and alarm- ing number of gum.eis to putioie the Mr M'Corkle, You will much oblige a subscriber by giving the following a place in your useful paper. Gaming has got to such a height iiv Philadelphia, that it becomes necessaiy for our mayor and magistrates to be in- formed where those snares are laid to en- trap honest and well disposed men___ There are at this present time in the city ol'Philadelpiiia HIxitiTFARO TAUL1.H the principals o) which are out casts and runaways from Boston and Newyork. I am credibly informed, that the wife and children of a respected citizen, made ap- plication last week to the overseers of the poor, in consequence of the ruin of her husband by one of these Faro Banks— Would it not be well if our magistrates would use their endeavors to banish this vile practice ? We refer them to the ex- ample given in Norfolk some short lime back, by securing the owners, lodging them in jail, and burning their tables. I will, in a few days, give you the names of the principnls in tins business—And 1 have further to add, that there is scarcely a tavern in this city, that there are not spies, who are well paid for securing the unwary stranger, by the above owners of the said banks.—[Ibid.] To be sold on moderate terms, ¦ A PLANTATION, containing- between 4 and 5 hundred acres of Land, one-half of which is heavily'timbered, within 12 miles of B;d imore, and convenient to good naviga- tion ; there is no standing or stagnated water or marsboii the land ; it a fertile productive soil, and 100 acres of meadow may be made •n this land. Merchandize wouldbe taken in part, if suitable to the pin-chaser, and the terms for the Remainder made convenient. Also for sale, or to be rented fur 99 years, renew- able for ever, ¦ 20 Water Lets, on tire south side of the basir, lying from opposite to EiUc-oll's wharf, clown the edge of the basin, ttfopposite South- street. 'I'he Lots will be na.de targe, or small, to suit the purchaser or tea,ant, Apply to CiUUS'iV ?HtK HUGHES. December 27. d/t-eolm Hehnsdorf, under major-general Oswald. There were eleven battalions in Lubeck ; some of them, however, were very weak, not exceeding 100 men. " On the morning of (lie 6th, the gates towards Mecklenburg and Laucnburg were provided with cannorf. From the condition of the wall near the gates, these would be viewed in no other light than armed defiles. The duke of Brunswick, Oels, commanded the Burgthor or Burgher's-gate ; and the rest of general Blucher's corps not in the place, were cantoned in the villages between Hensfeld and Travemunde, and took posses- sion of the passages of the Trave at Meislin- gen and Herrenfahre. " Before eight in the morning, the light troops stationed before the gates being at- tacked, they immediately fell hack into the city. The enemy then attacked each of the thn ¦ gates, particularly the Muhlenthor. They fired upon the Prussians with their hea- vy artillery, and several grenades were thrown at the gates, which fell into city. " The battalion of Ivernois, being closely pressed, withdrew into the city. The brave lieutenant Thadden, who commanded one of the batteries, having fallen, the guns of the other were spiked, before the Prussians withdrew. This example was Mlowed at the rest of the gates, and now the place was completely open. The regiment of Bruns- wick Oels, with the duke at their head, was the first to oppose the enemy, but it was too late to repair the oversight of spik- ing the guns at the gates. The enemy spread through the streets, and notwithstand- ing they were hied upon with case shot, their number still c >ntmued to increase.-r- As soon as gen. Blucher was informed of this unexpected entry, he put himself at the head of the first troops he could find, and forced his way up the broad streets into the open square of Laufberg, overthrowing all that opposed him. Coi. York, always distinguished by his valor and activity, not- withstanding he was wounded as well as. the other comnanders, still pressed upon, and at first succeeded ill driving the enemy back—but the superiority of the French was so great, that the Prussians, being taken in flank and rear, could no longer resist.— Some of thein still defended themselves a short time behind the gates. The enemy fought at a great loss and disadvantage— bat the Prussians being distributed near.the gates, and a junction impossible, it was at iength thought proper to yield to the ene- my's superiority, which was continually in- creasing. " The corps under general Blucher, for twelve days past, has seldom marched less than five or seven miles during which they have sustained four heavy engagements.— The first was at Menz near, Fnrstemburg, on the 27th of October ; the second was near Lychen, on the 28th ; the third near Wahren and Old Schwerin ; and the fourth near Kriwits, and in the village of F.hro, on the 3d of November. " These two last actions were very warm ; the enemy did not derive any signal advan- tage from any of these anairs. Among others, we took colonel Gerard, the prince of Ponte Corvo's adjutant ; Villate, and the captain of engineers Larcher Chaumont, prisoners. Many were killed. We cannot at present ascertain the number of either killed or wounded, as we were obliged to leave the former ; and as to the latter, our own situation would not permit us to take much trouble about them. " With the murderous affair in and near Lubeck ended the retreat ol general Bluch- er's corps, whose principal object after the capitulation of prince Hohenlohe's corps at Prentzlow, was to draw three numerous corps of the enemy out of the .heart of the Prussian territory. This general Blucher effected under various disadvantages, till he came to a point where any further resistance would have been useless and impracticable ; and where his tinal surrender was precipitat- ed by a variety of local cirumslances, be- sides fatigue and the want of almost every necessary ; not to mention the failure of ammunition in the last action, which ren- dered any further opposition impossible." November 21. Among the French general officers at this place, are, the general of artillery Lacombe St. Michel ; the general of division Dupas ; the chief of the staff general (lodiuot ; the general of brigade Desenfants and Depaux ; the commissary-general Monnet ; the in- spector Bremont ; the colonel and chief of the artillery M. Maltus. The military go- vernor of the place is colonel Bazancourt. A decree of the senate regulates the pro- visions to be furnished by the inhabitants to the French soldiers quartered upon them.— Each soldier is to have for breakfast a glass of French brandy, with a slice of bread ; ' for dinner half a pound of meat, one pound and a half of bread, with vegetables in pro- portion, and a bottle of beer ; and for supper a slice of bacon or beef, with bread and a bottle of beer. If the soldier should not be satisfied with this Supply, the burghers are directed to complain to colonel Bazancourt, the commandant. General Bulcher is now here as a private gentleman, in the fond circle of his family, who sooth him as well as they can in all his misfortunes. Had the courage of this brave efficer been supported by the Prussi- ans at Magdeburg, Potsdam, &c. he might have made a very important diversion for the safety of the state. From tiie 14th, The regular post has arrived (torn Berlin, Dresden, &c. and h. I the mer- chants large remittamv ,-. If tee post had not arrived, such was the alarm and hension, that many of the most Capital houses here must hav: stopped payoisjit. LOWER El.BE, Nov. 19, The following English ships of war are at Caxhaveii :—The Amiable frigate of 4-4 gins; seven brigs and cutlers, viz. the Ob-.- ron, Prince, William, Charles, Tiger, Falcon, Piacher. Captain Upton com- mands the frigate and the re^t of she vessel.. An embargo is laid upon the vessels at the mouth of the Weser. STRALSUND, Nov. 8. They continue pulling; down the houses in the suburbs of this place ; and the da/ before yesterday the Swedish troops advanc- ed to the frontiers. HANOVER, Nov. 16. All the vessels at Hamburg are put un- der requisition, in order to be made use ot as a bridge of boats over to Artlenburg. FROM THE MAYN, Nov. 15. Tiie new acquisitions which Holland is to receive in Westphelia, are to be divid- ed into three departments, viz. those of the Ems, Munster, and the Fippe. LUBECK, November 17. The troops of the crips mider marshal Bernadottc have left us, all hut one bat- talion. . Nov. 8. John Henry Dombro.vski, general of di- vision, Grand Cross of the Legion of honor, commander of the royal order of the Iron Crown ; Joseph Wybicki, representative of the cities in the Diet of 17 91 : PROCLAMATION Of the trench emperor to the Poles. Poles—Napoleon the great, the invinci- ble, advances into Poland at the head of three hundred thousand men. Without at- tempting to penetrate into the secret of his views, let it be our. only endeavour to ren- der ourselves worthy of his greatness. " I will see," (he has said) " I will sea whether yon dsserve to be a nation. I am v going to Posen : there shall the first plan for your benefit be concerted." " Poles, it depends upon you to be an in- dependent people—to acquire a country.— Your avenger, your creator has appeared. Hasten to from every tide, as op- pri ,;¦.u childfen'hasten to meet t who comes to bring t'nem aid. Bring him your hearts, your < that you are n-ady to shed your blood to rt>-ac- ejuire your country. He knows that yon arc disarmed. He will supply you anus. " And you, Poles, who have been com- pelled by your oppressors to tight against. your own interests ; come, assemble under the banners of your country. " Soon, called by Napoleon the Great, shall Kosciuskospe>ak to you by hi, ci mmand. la the mean time,receive this tokenbfhfsWgh protection. Recollect, that the call hegav# you to assemble in legions in Italy, has not deceived you. Those legions it was, de- serving the approbation of the invincible he- roes Of Europe, who gave him the first con- ception of tiie Polish spirit and the Polish character. At the imperial head-quarters, Berlin, No- vember 3, 1 fe03« « nOMBROWSKI. " WYBICIU." LONDON, November 34. Surrender of Ho/ienlo/ie, capture of Stettin and Custfii. The opinion we expressed on Saturday, that llohenlohe had been forced to capitu- late has been too true ; he has been forced to surrender with his whole corps. After the affair of Zedenich, he was forced to avoid the road to Templin, where Murat had ar- rived before him. He then proceeded v> Prentzlow, a town at the r. ty of the lake, on a direct road to Stettin. The Prussians and the French advanced guard reached it nearly at the same on the 30th ult. As soon as Murat up, he gave orders to charge the Prussians in the suburbs of the town, while his ca- valry attacked the Prussian flank and turn., ed the town. The attack on the' SI was victorious, and the French were 51 ful in driving the Prussians into the Id Murat immediately summoned them; to ca- pitulate. A capitulation was agreed : and Hohenlohe's corps, consisting of 16,OCO infantry, six regiments of cavalry, and 64 J pieces of cannon, surrendered. Prince /e.i- 1 gustus, the Irrother to the gallant prince Louis killed at Sailfeldt, and' the prjncje of Mecklinburgh, Schwerin, were ai v the generals made prisoners. On the Qlst another Prussian column of 6000 in< forced to capitulate to the French frem-nd Milhaud, at Passe walk. This Pm$s(fi lumn seems to have been part oi'L army. Advancing with his divisij : rat's right wthg summoned Stettin, which surrendered without making any 1'esfi though it is represented to have been ilia good State of defence ; 160 pieces cf Cannon were found in the g-urison ; and th>< ber of prisoners taken Was S'OOO—Whilst t'is ri;;ti! \vi:i» had made its.eft? flatter of Stettin, the it-f't extended itself V-~. Anklam and Demmin. At Ankl.1 1 anatiMc column of Prussians, abou/ X |