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moderation ; and at the same time, 

 manifesting his expectation and 

 wishes that the joy which will be 

 excited by these events, may not 

 induce or mislead the inhabitants 

 to improper behaviour towards any 

 persons whatsoever, or to pillage 

 or plunder any private or public 

 buildings ; since the officers and 

 all the members composing the 

 municipal guard, are strictly re- 

 solved to repel, with all the po\vers 

 of which they are in possession, all 

 •and any trespasses which may be 

 committed, to the end that the 

 perpetrators receive due punish- 

 ment for their offences. 



(Signed) The colonel and chief 

 of the municipal guard, 



G. C. 11. K. VoN Brienen. 



Jn the name of his Highness the 

 Prince of Orange. 



Leopold Count of Limburg Stirum, 

 , . Governor oj" the Hague. 



As the blessed restoration is fast 

 approaching, I give notice to all 

 the inhabitants of the Hague, that 

 their wishes will soon be fulfilled, 

 and that a provisional government 

 will immediately be established, 

 • to provide for every thing until 

 his serene highness shall appear 

 among us. 



In the mean time I invite all 

 good citizens to watch for the pre- 

 servation of peace and order. I 

 promise to the lowest a day of re- 

 joicing at the public expense ; 

 but I warn every one who would 

 pillage and plunder, that the hea- 

 viest penalties will bo inflicted 

 upon them. 



From the Lond-on Gazette. 



Admiralty Office, Dec. 18. 

 Copy of an enclosure from ad- 



miral Young, commander-in-chief 

 of his Majesty's ships and vessels 

 in the North Sea, off the Scheldt, 

 the llth instant. 



His Majesty's ship Horatio, off 

 Zuderie Zee, Island of 

 Schouien, Dec. 8. 

 Sir ; — Yesterday morning some 

 pilots brought of!" a letter, from a 

 gentleman who had been in the 

 British service, requesting aid to 

 drive the French from Zuderie 

 Zee. I lost no time in working 

 up, and anchored just out of gun- 

 shot of a heavy battery, which 

 totally commanded the passage. 

 As it was necessary to pass, in exe- 

 cution of your orders, I made the 

 disposition for attacking it. I 

 therefore collected 50 marines and 

 70 seamen from the Horatio, with 

 the same number from the Am- 

 phion, with a determination of 

 storming it from the rear, as soon 

 as the tide would answer for the 

 boats to leave the ship, which could 

 not be till nine p. m. During the 

 interval a deputation from the 

 principal citizens came on board 

 under a flag of truce, from the 

 French general, requesting, that 

 in order to save the effusion of 

 blood, and prevent the disorders 

 which were likely to ensue in the 

 city, then in a state of insurrection, 

 terms of capitulation should be 

 granted, by which the French, 

 with their baggage should be 

 allowed to withdraw, and be con- 

 veyed to Bergen-op-Zoom : this 

 1 peremptorily refused, and sent 

 back the terms herewith enclosed. 

 The thickness of the weather did 

 not enable the deputation to quit 

 the ship before ten o'clock at night, 

 which induced me to extend the 

 time till midnight. I had not pro- 



