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STRALSUND, Nov. 8.
Accounts have reached this place,
, that a corps ci French cavalry, consist
ing ol two or three thousand men, had,
und- r pretence of pursuing the Prus
sians, entered our country at Anclam,
Loir/., Mayenkrcbs, Demmin, £tc. that
the inhabitants had been plundered and
subjected to contributions, ike.
The ravages of the French in Meck
lenburgh have been most wanton.
The French have demanded from the
city of Rostock a contribution of 150,000
rix-dollars.
1 he militia of this province are as
sembled, the gun-bom ■ are Hr ' out, |
and every possible arrang-. ' h > been
■ made lor the dofence of this place.
WIRTEMBERG, Nov. 13.
Yesterday four hundred young French
-officers arrived at INIentz, from the mi
litary schools at Paris. It is said they
'are to be appointed to commissions in
Poland.
POSEN, November 25.
ft
The invincible Napoleon has said to
the deputies sent to him at Berlin, that
as soon as he sees 30 or 40,000 Polish
national guards in arms, he will declare
that the nation exists.
A central fund is established at Po
sen, to receive subscriptions for arming
and cloathing the national troops. Tin
same measures are to be taken at War
saw, &tc.
In a proclamation issued bv general
Dombrowski, the land-holders are call
ed upon to contribute the value of ten
per cent. In an apostroj lie to the fe
males, the general calls upon them to sa
crifice the last of their ji \vi is,ora iments,
S:c. and in In u of lh s , to adorn them
selves with the laurel of patriotism_
“ 'Finis (says lie) we shall shew’our*civt s
worthv the protection cl Napoleon the
(ten. Dombrow>ki lias promised iha’
the horses raised in Pos* n sii ill be paid
for. “ The emperor Napoleon ('he savs,
will soon he lure. I shall expect all
those Poles who have borne arms In fore,
to join me. That Pole who, throu rh
-indiflf r nee to his country, or from mo
tif s of private int rest, shall neglect my
admonition, will be deemed an uinver
tin' son of Ins country, and made to pav
euh r in his property or person. But
in ;!i mean time, 1 anticipate the fur
TUatiou of a numerous body oi patriots.”
From the MAIN, Nov. 25t
A contribution of a million and a half
of 1 rant s, has been laid upon the country
of Bayreuth.
The green vault of Dresden, which
contains a number of curiosities and va
luable pieces of workmanship, had seals
put upon its entrance by the French up
on their first arrival there.
A contribution of 885,000 francs has
been laid upon Saxe Cobourg.
Thirty-fifth Bul'etin of the
French Grand Army.
Posen, November 28.
The emperor set off from Berlin on
the 25th, at two :n the morning, and ar
rived at Custrin on the same day, at 10
in the morning. He arrived at JVIesse
ritz on the 26th, and at Posen on the
-7th, at ten in the evening. On the fol
lowing morning his majesty gave audi
ence to the different orders of the Poles,
i lie marshal ol the police, Du roc, went
as far as Osterode, \\ here he had an in
terview with the king of Prussia, who
declared to him, that a part of his states
was occupied by the Russians, and that
he was entirely in their dependence ;
that in consequence, he could not ratify
the suspension of arms which had been
concluded by his plenipotentiaries, be
cause he could not execute its stipula
tions. IIis majesty was going to setoff
for Koningsburgh.
I he grand duke of Berg, with a part
ol his re sc rve of cavalry, and the corps
of Marshals Davoust, Lannes and An*
gereaii, have entered Warsaw. The
Russian general Bcnr.ingsen, who had
occupied the town belore the approach
of the French,had evacuated it on learn
ing that the Frenc h army was marching
against him, and wished to come to an
engage ment.
Prince Jerome, v ith the corps of Ba
varians, was at Ki'itsch.
All the rest of the army has arrived
at Posen.
Marshal Morticr is on his march to
Auklam, Rostock and S.vedish Pome
r. nia, ahei havi. g taken possession of
the H mse towns.
I lie stir er.der of Hameln was attend
ed with some strange events. Besides
the garri .on entrusted with the defrnc
of that forirt ss, some Prussian battalions
ropear to h ive taken refuge there after
the battle ol the 1-fth. Anarchy pre
v'll d in this numerous garrison. The
officers shewed marks o! insubordination
■ against the generals, and the soldiers
against the officers. During this time
the garrison was in a state of insurrec
tion, and the first act ol sedition was, to
hasten to the brandy magazines, break
them open, and drink without measure.
In a short time, animated by this spirit
ous liquor, they fired u]ion each other
in the streets, soldiers against soldiers,
officers against officers, and soldiers a
gainst cittzens. The disorder was at its
higecst pitch. Gen. Von Schoeler sent
courier alter courier to gen. Savary, to
intreat him to come .and take possession
ol the place before the moment fixed on
for delivering it up. Gen. Savary im
mediately hastened to march into the
town, which he entered through a show
er of balls ; made all the soldiers of the
garrison file through the gates, and shut
them up in a meadow. Ke afterwards
assembled all the officers, acquainted
them thatwhat had happened arose from
want of discipline, made them sign their
cartel, and re-established order in the
town. Several of the inhabitants are
said to have been killed in the streets.
LONDON, January 4.
The city of Magdcburgh has sent a
deputation to Bonaparte, praying to be
relieved from the contribution of380,000
rix-dollars levied upon them by his or
der.
Previous to the entrance of the French
into Warsaw, the armed force directed
to be raised by Dombeowsky, was com
pletely organized, under the command
of prince Poniatowski.
The want of provision, added to the
number of troops, &c. at Schwerin, has
caused a violent epidemic disease to
break out in that town and neighbour
hood. About the middle oflast month,
the influx of French troops proceeding
i-o join the grand army was so great,
that a famine was seriously apprehended.
Kvery house in the city w as obliged to
furnish lodging and provisions for seve
ral soldiers, and as fast as they marched
away they were replaced by others.
In addition to the five regiments of
infantry lately raised in the dominions of
Hess , two regiments of cavalry are to
be immcdiaUjly added, by order of the
mptror N^oleom Ail these troops
arc now^Mpmcd from the oath of al
legiance wJwcIHhcv had taken to the c
icctor of Hesse.
I lie Prussian colours taken in the prc
••.ent campaign, have been sent from
Mentz, in tw o waggons, to Pari*.