7h 
ofthe same family, children of the same 
cordials. . The Jast scene of these mala- 
dies is often a partial or general dropsy, 
which, after having passed the tedious 
and fitful purgatory of pain, must inevi- 
tably lead to the calamitous conclusion 
of ‘life. 
“Nothing eould be better adapted to 
apartments im which the orgies of Bacchus 
are celebrated, nothing more like to pre- 
serve those who unwittingly join in the 
celebration,than bloated drepsical figures, 
some overwhelmed by death-like languor, 
State of Public Affairs in January. 
‘[Feb. 1, 
some starting out of their sleép under 
those horrors which water in the chest 
brings on, and others in one of these 
gasplug fits which, come -on. with jr, 
and greater violence till the lungs are 
engirely overwhelmed by the increasing 
inundation.” § 
g. Rui 
Ciatnileatrcet! Brunswick-square, 
January 26, 1809. 
§ Dr. Beddoes’s Hygeia. 
STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN JANUARY. 
Containing official Papers and ee Documents. 
PRUSSIA. 
Ti King of Prussia transmitted the 
following letter on the 24th of Decem- 
ber, 1808, to the Magistrates of Beilin:— 
** Worthy, beloved, ard faithful subjects, 
my provinces being evacuated by the French, 
my attention is now directed to the accom- 
plishment of my heartfelt wish of returning 
to my capital of Berlin, with the Queen my 
spouse, and my family—an object which I 
have by all possible means endeavoured to at- 
tain since the conclusion of peace. I have 
given orders that the Constituted Authorities 
shallgve this place for Berlin, as soon as 
the districts on the other side of the Vistula 
have. begun to breathe a little from the ef- 
fect of the heavy burthens they have sus- 
tained in furnishing carriages and supplies, - 
both before and during the evacuation of the 
country. This short interval I shall employ 
in a journey to St. Petersburgh, in conse- 
quence of the repeated friendly and urgent 
invitations, both verbally and by letter, of 
his Majesty the Emperorof Russia. I shall 
expedite my Journey, and hope within a few 
weeks, to révisit my provinces on the other 
side of the Vistula,-to which I owe so many 
proofs of exemplary fidelity ; and I shall in 
particular hasten my return to Berlin, to tes- 
tify to my subjects of that city my gratitude 
for their firmness and good conduct, and to 
assure them. of my attachment and satisfac- 
tion. Iinform you hereof, and command you 
to notify the same to my loviag and faithful 
citizens of that oity; and J am your loving 
Sovereign. 
ron 6 Freperic WittiamM.’’ 
SPAIN. 
_ Thirtetnth Bulletin of the French drmy, 
St. Martin, near Madrid, Dec. 2.—On the 
29th uit. the head-quarters of the Emperor 
were removed to the village of Bouzeaullas. 
Qn the 30th, at break of day, the Duke of 
Belluna presented himself at the foot of Sa- 
mosierra. A diviion of 15,000 men of the 
Spanish army of reserve defended the passage 
ofthe mountains. The enemy thought them- 
selves unattackable. They had enteeioWia 
themselyes in the narrow passage called Puer- 
to, with 16 pieces of cannon. The 9th light 
infantry marched upon the right, the 96th 
upon the causeway, andthe 24th followed, by 
the side of the heights on the left. Gen. ae 
narmont, with six pieces of artillery, advanced 
by the causeway. 
The action commenced by the firing of mus- 
ketry and cannon. A charge made by Gene- 
ral Montbrun, at the head of the Polish light 
horse, decided the affair. It was a most bril- 
liant one, and the regiment covered itself with 
glory, and proved it was worthy to form a 
part of the Imperial Guard. Cannons, flags, 
muskets, soldiers, all were taken or cut to pie- 
ces. Eight Polish light horse were killed up- 
on the cannon, and 16 have been wounded, 
among the latter is Captain Dzievanoski, who 
was dangerously wounded, and lies almost 
without hopes of recovery. Major Segur, Mar- 
yshal of the Emperor’s household, charged 
among the Polish troops, end received many 
wounds, one of which is very severe 5 sixteen 
pieces of cannon, 10 flags, 20 covered chests, 
200 waggons laden with alt kind of baggage, the 
military chests of the regiments; are the fruits 
of this brilliant affair; among the prisoners, | 
which are very numerous, are all the Colonels, 
Lieutenant Colonels, of the corps of the Spa- 
nish division; all the soldiers would have been 
taken if they had not thrown away their arms 
and dispersed in the mouiitains. ~~ 
On the ist of December, the head-quarters 
ofthe Iimperor were at Saint Augustin, and on 
the 2d, the Dukeof Istria, with the gee 
~ commanded the heights of Madrid. 
The infantry could not arrive before the 
3d.—-The intelligence which we hitherto re- — 
ceived, led us to think that this town is suf- ° 
fering under al! kinds of disorders, and thatthe 
asa: are barricadged. —The- bis aia is i 
fine. 
Fourteenth Bulletin.’ be 
Madrid, Dee. 5.—The 2d. at noon,” his’ 
Majesty arrived in person’ on the heights - 
which 
