“HISTORY OF EUROPE. 
With Prussia, and soon after con- 
cluded a treaty of peace and alliance 
with France. Ueavy contributions 
were, nevertheless, imposed on the 
electorate for the suppert of the 
French army; and the city of Leip- 
zig, which had been long a place of 
deposit for English merchandize, 
was occupied, without delay, by a 
French column under general Ma- 
con; * whose rigorous search for 
English goods and property in that 
city is less remarkable than his an- 
ticipation of the famous Berlin de- 
cree, in his declaration to the mer- 
chants of Leipzig, that the island of 
Great Britain was in a state of 
blockade. 
_ The unfortunate king of Prussia, 
who had behaved with great gal- 
lantry in the battle of Auerstadt, 
arrived at Charlottenberg, near Ber- 
lin, on the 17th, and from thence 
continued his route to Custrin on 
the Oder. From Custrin he soon 
after repaired to Osterode in West 
Prussia, and from Osterode to Ko- 
nigsberg, where he remained at the 
end of the year, without having 
again joined the army. He was 
followed to Custrin by the garrison 
of Berlin, which was withdrawn 
from that city on the 2ist, anda 
provisional administration appointed 
to maintain the public tranquillity 
till the arrival of the French. ‘This 
last event was notlong delayed. On 
‘the morning of the 25th the corps 
of marshal Davoust entered Berlin, 
and was next day followed by that 
of Augereau. Bonaparte had ar- 
rived on the 24th at Potzdam, where 
he stopped to examine the apart- 
ment and visit the tomb of the great 
Frederick. Ile ordered the sword 
of that great man, his scarf, the 
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ribbon of his order, the black eagle, 
and all the colours he took in the 
seven years war, to be sent to the 
Hotel of the Invalids at Paris, asa 
present to the old soldiers who had 
served in the Hanoverian war, and 
memorial of one of the greatest ge- 
nerals recorded in history. Hehad 
already seized an opportunity of 
gratifying the long wounded vanity 
of his countrymen, by taking down 
the monument erected in comme- 
moration of the battle of Rosbach, 
and ordering it to be conveyed to 
Paris, as a proof that the disgrace 
which that day had brought on the 
French arms. was at length effaced. 
At Potzdam he was informed that 
Spandau had surrendered, though 
held by a strong garrison, and amply 
provided with stores and ammuni- 
tion. On the 27th, he made his 
public entry into Berlin; and next 
day he gave audience to the foreign 
ministers of powers in amity With 
France, resident in that city; to 
the Lutheran and reformed consisto- 
ries, whom he assured of his pro- 
tection ; 
court of appeals, to whom he gave 
instructions how to administer jus. 
tice, and to the civil authorities of 
the city, to whom he recommended 
strongly to maintain a vigilant po- 
lice. ‘¢ I will not suffer any win- 
dows to be broken,” saidhe: ** my 
brother the king of Prussia ceased 
to be a king from the day when 
prince Lewis Ferdinand was bold 
enough to break the windows of 
his majesty’s ministers: his majesty 
should have ordered him to be 
hanged.”?” Some of the persons, 
who presented themselves before 
him, on this and ‘other occasions, 
were received with bitter taunts and 
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