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ess S3 KT MIIILDUX PUBLISHER Till LAWS Till? 1 I) STATES AM) TICK TJRK ii STOUT BI ICIIIGAJi 12 IIETROIT EBRUARY 13 VOL SECOND SESSION I the citadel answers no longer I I lien wick Bacon Sprague of lhe ini in Scsr? against the Referred i 1 i Tuesday Jan 31 The following petitions Ac were present SIIEE1IOAT I IHTOIL real use ic nar rail road from Mount Referred to the com on It continues to throw which burst in the air and du no mis The bulls are well aimed the Dutch Lan rent were nut they were capable In fire directed a however remained and at fust it By Mr Ashley a petition from certain wizens of Macomb county for the organi ion of a 12'V township therein to be called Annada Referred to the com on Territo rial attmrs Mr Sprague a remonstrancevision of Grass Lake township the committee on the judiciary Mr Torrey from the com on to whom was committed the the judicia Bill to em the President of the board of supervi jjri to bind by indenture the minor children of paupers reported the same with amend gjeats which were concurred in and the bill yas then passed Mr Kingsley from the com on thejudi tisrv reported a bill for the of the arsons therein named which received atreading There are no persons tn this bill it is intended however to em power the supervisors of Wayne county to allow fiom the county treasury to the justices of the county court of said county (since the ph of March 1831) the compensation that was allowed them for services previous the passage of the act restricting the the jurisdiction of county courts and in con pnuity with the act concerning costs and fees adopted Jan 23 1621 The bill for the relief of A Perry was read a second and third time and passed The bill to prevent the destruction of Musk jasts was read a second time and taken up com of the whole Mr Hascall moved to amend the bill by introducing a provision which would exclude the county of Oakland from the operation of the bill This motion was lost Messrs Hascall and Martin only voting in the affirmative On motion of Air Martin the bill was amended by inserting a provision excluding Mr Martin spoke brieily in opposition He did not rise to make a speech lie would remark however that the case in relation to tan county seat of St Joseph as well as other counties presented itself now in the same shape in which it appeared at the last session He was then satisfied that there was interests of something rotten throughout the whole busi and hoped ness of locating the county seats alluded to to indulge and at that time too a majority of the coun cil were also satisfied of the fact of the pro the amend prietv of another review and in fact agreed Britain by adding to and passed an act for the review of one of bv and with the of the counties at least The facts still re taken up in committee Mr Britain moved an amendment giving to a majority of the stockholders authority to remove the bank from Niles to any part ol the county of Berien between the terni of five and seven years after the passing of this act5' Mr Britain briefly stated the object of the proposed amendment It was merely to pro vide for the accommodation ot the greatest number of the inhabitants of the county In the present situation of the county the most proper place to locate the bank would be the village of Niles but it would not be doupted that five or six years the country between Niles and the mouth of the river St Joseph (now uninhabited) would be filled up and that the town at the mouth of the river would in respect to imputation and commercial impor tance be a mure proper place for the bank than the village of Niles It might be objec ted to this new feature in the bill (which in everv other respect is similar to the charter 'ranted to the stockholders of the River Raisin Bank at the last session) that if the contingency should arise to which lie had al ludedThe stockholders could ecnrn their oh I has just given the strictest orders that no ves sel shall pass the citadel cither to go up or down General Subastiani whose troops oc cupy a fort on the Scheldt has orders to ti i on any vessel that may transgress this order Thus Gen Chasse ill be cut off from all communication with Holland by the Scheldt Antwerp Dec Hitherto the number of killed and wounded has been very incon siderable The fever has made its appear ance but the number of cases arc few it we consider the difference ol the soil on which the soldiers are placed There arc not morelhan about TOO sick in the whole army twu tliirds belong to the division of Gen Se bastiani who are entirely in the polders and the dykes de Marimer an officer Or dinance to the King bus been thrown oft his horse with great violence and received a severe contusion of the bg by which he will probably be prevented taking part in the further operations of the seige Dec 7 Atwc in Ike TV last night has not produced all the advantages that were expected hi die evening orders were issued for taking the Luneita St Lau rent by storm as ns possession by the rench armv or at least its evacuation by the enemy is indispensable for the success of the siege The firing which as usual and as if by com mon consent as suspended during a 'part of the night was resumi with increased force at 2 in the morning and it was evident that the batteries "of bl so tar damaged but that of answering with vigor gainst them The fire suspended for a long interval was imagined that the Dutch were endeavor ing a second time io retire into the citadel for it was not possible to believe that all their batteries had been at once dismounted by the rench artillery Although neither 1 he intent ions of the onemv hor the real slate ol thofort could be known with uny degree of certainty it was considered right to carry into execu tion a part uf the orders giving the pre ceding evening for an attack upon the Lun nettu but at the moment when the first mea sures for protecting tin: assault were being taken the Duteu made a sudden sortie the re suit of hich was the lss oi several of lhe rench troops in killed and the capture of two or luree more At the moment that this sortie was made ort Kiel its fire It is to be re marked that this fort is liable to a part only of one of our batteries arid it is from this point that the rench experience the most serious resistance The whole struggle at present Is in fact between the rench artillery and the Lunette Saint Laurent The best judges were totally unable to foresee the duration this attack but it is possible that General Chasse lias really forborne during the Inst days of the siege from using all his ipeana oj defence from his being convinced ol the great obsta cles the rench would meet with ut the Com mencement from the Lunettu 8t As a more decisive result was expected from the operations of last night many persons whose opinions arc reserved till events uro known elarc that there Jias been much precipitation You must not however phum any confidence in this judgment for those who have watched the proceedings of all the of the rench Army during the last five days are satisfied that they have acted withall due precaution without sufiering it to limit the concepti'u ol their plans or restrain the bold ness with which they ought to be carried into execution If the capture of ort St Luu rent by storm be renouunced and if ns now talked of it be intended to proceed to reduce the fort by a regular siege it is b' cause the Marshal will not make an unm wes ary sacri ficc of the lives of his soldiers twing persua ded that the fort vvhiclf is already damaged every side cannot maintain anyb iigthen ed resistance Six o'clock in the evenEtg (from another correspondent) During the last 3i hours the defence of 1 he citadel lias assumed a more serious character The flight resistance af forded to our works the of the early firing from the besieged und the promptitude with which their guns were dismounted has rendered the present change more remakablc About 5 yesterday evening th rec or four companies came out ol the citadel and fired upon our working parties and early this morning a fusillade 'was conymoiicud and ha i been kept up nearly throughout the dgy from oil Samt Lament which has inucli annoved us can distinctly sec tie sol diet sappi ouch the par with great promplil'M' kets and retire Tnc of mortar batteiies pk and which havcgiu whence they dircbarg' her of shells thrown itli sucli prtc they nearly time to lim grape whismall niece discharged two or three times und then with drawn rum t'us system it uviutr hoves the i ngineors and artilmymen precautions winch in some d' giee nude their labors that have Ira oo mid rm id ever since tiicir commence change ii General Chasse modu ci defence affords great pleasure to the army who being limited to the capture of this cita del do nut wish fur a too easy conquest The apparent indolence of the besieging lu nmr the past days may now be attributed to them' hopes that wc might have been led by our confidence of success to commit some great but they have deceived them selves fur dur works have been continued as tlicv were bca'un with tne prudence During the lust two days the engineers and artillery have been uxpu wd to the musketry the citadel and six of their officers havo been wounded more or less severely (Miief de Battalion Morifct of tnc engineers a brave officer who was constantly at the head of the wurkins parties was wunL ri this dangor ous post whhoyt the prfesibilliiyoi being tmoy I by'my' warning Hopes are entertained that 1 npai us1 a great num on that rum th' aisu send us showers ch wc suppose to be fire from i bruughtibrward for th': moment Mr Kingsley from the judiciary com re ported a bill to organize the county of Cal houn which was read thw first time Mr Kingsley from the judiciary com to whom the pctitionson the subject were refer ed reported adverse to allowing the countv of Berrien to retain for three years the a mount of Territorial tax raised in that coun ty Mr from the same com also made a report adverse to the petitions from the county of St Joseph for the appointment of com missioners to examine said county with a view to select and determine the proper site for the seat of justice and asked a dis charge from the further consideration of the subject The report assumes the ground that the petitions were founded on the alleged fact that one of the commissioners appoint ed to locate certain seats (among which was that of the county of St Joseph) was guilty of fraud or improper conduct in ei formiiig his duties hut this friitid did not occur in lo cating the scat of justice of St Joseph coun ty that the site is at the geographical centre of the county that a majority of the peo ple of the county were in favor of its present location Ac The report was laid on the tabic Mr Ashley from the com to condense the laws Ac reported (without alteration from the existing acts) A bill to provide for the inspection of staves and heading A bill to provide for the inspection ot Leather and (an original bill) A bill to provide for the in spection of certain articles all of which were referred to the com nn the judiciary Mr Martin from the com on the judicia ry reported a bill to provide for a review of the county seat of Cass county which was read the first time Mr Martin from com on Incorporations to whom was recommitted the bill to incorpo rate Pontiac academy reported the same with an amendment which was concurred in The bill having received a third reading Mr Hascall moved to fill the blank lelt for the amount of the capital stock of the insti tution with thousand dollars and the motion was lost by the following vote Air calling for the ayes and nays Ayes Messrs I lascall 2 Messrs Martin Renwick Britain Durocher Bacon Sprague Ashley Kings ley 8 'Mr Hascall then moved thirty and the motion was lost On motion of Mr Sprague the blank was filled by inserting twenty thousand and the bill was then passed The bill allowing and regulating writs of replevin was read a second and third time and passed THE JUDICIARY The bill to establish circuit courts in cer tain counties and to define their powers and duties was taken up for a third reading Mr Durocher moved that the council recon sider the vote taken on the resolution moved bv Mr Moran to recommit the bill to the Judiciary committee with instructions to amend tlie same so as to exclude the county of Wavne from its operation This motion was opposed by Messrs Sprague and Kinffsley the latter boneved the course proposed by the motion would de feat the bill and he said the members of the bar of Wayne county were not united in de siring such a course some preferred it while as many were opposed to it The propo sition in which the council seemed to agree to adjourn until about the first oi March should urge the members to act decisively upon the bill Air Torrey expressed a desire that some further consideration would be given to the subject of the salary of the district he thought that oh reflection the council would increase the sum allowed by the bill as it now stands The question on reconsidering the vote on Air resolution was then taken and lost by the following vote the ayes and nays being' called for bv Mr Moran: Messrs Bacon Durocher Aloran Hascall 5 Nms Martin Renwick Britain Torrev Sprague Ashley Kingsley 'riI hlnnk in the bill wore then tilled and after some little uninteresting discussion reiativc to the salary of the judges the bill was passed by the inflowing tote ri 1 TV KenwicK huiuu luhv? Sprague Ashley Kingsley 7 Nays Messrs Martin Bacon Durocher Moran Hascall 5 The President called the attention of the council to the bill providing tor the publica tion of legal notices jn the counties of Craw ford Iowa and Brown which had been pass ed without inserting in the body oi the bill the names of the counties after some consul tation the names were inserted by consent ot the council The Bill to incorporate the bank ot Kt Joseph was whole i IS DATIVE CO I A Cl I Eirru covncie nnno cd to It several times but the flumes have been bnnie jliatclv extinguished except in one instancevhenhe conflagration lasted several hours and besides it poblc that this was from General having ordered some useless buildings to be destroyed Our batteries have sufiered but not considerably A saell iell into one of them dismounted two pieces and wounded several artillerymen Another bat tery has also had somect its guns dismountcu port Montebello sustained sufficient damage to be obliged to suspend its fire during the night hut it is now completely rcslorecj it is attacked with such extreme violence that it cannot fail to be in our power this evening With this expectation the troops who guard i the trenches have received a double distribu tion of cartridges It is said tliat the soldims of the citadel keep themselves shut up in the casemates A fire has broken out in the cita del said to be in the barracks We can see distinctly the pieces that have been dismount ed and the embrasures that have been bat tered open The Eurydice and the Cornel are now firing upon ort St Marie which is occupied by the Antwerp Dec 5 Six Our iirtillcry lias filed incessantly throughout the day The citadel has been on finrin dif ferent places and amongst others at the church The inhabitants of the town are recovering their confidence and returning to their houses Since the commencement ot the operations we Lave not had more than from 15 to 20 men killed and from 20 to 25 wounded Success has never been doubtful for a single moment and every thing indicates a speedy determination Berciiem Dec 6 Eight A al Yesterday afternoon Marshal Gerard re ceived a communication from General Chasse and had scarcely read it half through whencrumbling the letter in his hand he exclaim ed Eh bien! Lunt mieux' A report was im mediately spread that the Dutch general had again threatened to burn Antwerp it ifie filing was continued from ort Montbello ami from the works nearer the town bort Montebello soon after ceased to cannonade the Lunctta St Laurent but continued to send its balls into the Citadel taking the bastion Pazietto and the half moon battery that protects St Laurent as its objects Eaur o'clock in the uflernonn The mili tarv authorities ot Antwerp have been made acquainted with the intention ot occupying the Counter Gua rd It had been hithertoo neglected or considered as neutral by both parties and the occupation of it can not bed' omedany more than that of bort Montebello us a 'violation of the neutrality of the town In the evening orders were ac cordingly given to occupy this post and at the same time to drive the Dutch out of the Lunctta St Laurent Early this morning the firmiz redoubled which seemed to in dicate the intention of the Marshal to make some decided progress in the course of the day The fire from the batteries increases every minute1 and the ground is ploughed up by the balls The shells which at first went bevond the mark all now fall in the Citadel' and creates great disorder The Kimr of the Belgians lias arrived The Mar shal is gone with him to Antwerp where the Dukes of Orleans and Nemours were wait ing for him The Marshal will not remain but this circumstance must nave in terfered with his plans tor the day Gen Tibuic Sebastiani not occupies ort St Marie but ort St Phillip The mteihgenre receiver! xt head quarters from the frontiers annoimces that the Dutch Army under the Prince of Orange has not made any move ments whatever The inaction is totally in comprehensible Sir in the Correspondent The fire has been much brisker to duv am! we have some killed and wounded Last night the Dutch maue an un successful sortie Their object was to des troy the works in progress before the Lunctta St Laurent and take possession of tnein The firing of musketry with which they werea eccivcd was so warm that they were forced to retire immediately leaving some killed behind them Nevertheless they cid not lose their courage for they employ cd partof the night in restoring several batteries dismounted on the previous day To day thev have recommenced their lire but tuis evening it has partly ceased Mrashal Geraru Crawford from the operation of the bill Mr Martin then moved an amendment intended to prevent the destruction oi deer (making it penal to kill them at certain sea eons) Mr Britain remarked that an amendment of the kind proposed would not be acceptable to certain portions of the territory where the deer were a nuisance in consequence of the injury which they caused to wheat fields Mr Sprague said he should have been satisfied with the bill and its original inten tion to preserve muskrats if it were made gen erally applicable because he was aware that the skins were a very important item in our commerce nor could he conceive of the reason which had governed the council the vote just taken He was not prepared to act on the amendment now proposed Mr Kimrslev said he did not wish to be thought inconsistent in giving his vote to ex clude the upper counties from the of the bill while he refused to exempt the county of Oakland He had given his vote from the belief that the proper season for killing muskrats in the upper counties and when their skins were the best was not at the same period of the year there as in this part of the Territory however he knew little of the subject and would be glad to have some gentleman enlighten the council upon a mat ter apparently important but not ell under stood Upon motion of Mr Bacon the bill and amendment were laid on the table The bill for the relief oi Allen arquhar was read a second time and ordered for a third reading to morrow The bill relative to the duties and privileges of towns was taken up read the second time and having been considered in com of the whole was laid on the table hilcin coni of the whole the following pioviso was in inserted hr the 7 th section on motion ol Al Martin Provided That if there shad be but one town in anv county then the forfeitmc aforesaid may be recovered in the same town ship in which the forfeiture accrued THE JUDICIARY The bill to establish circuit courts in cer tain counties and to define their jurisdiction and powers was taken up in committee The question lcing on a motion ot i Kingslev fixing the time of the terms of court in the several counties Air Sprague moved an amendment to the motion of Air hereupon Air Moran moved that the bill be recom mitted to the com on the judiciary with in structions to amend it so as to exclude the county of Wavne from its operation I his motion was negatived and the bill was then laid on the table The bill relative to the church of St Anne of Detroit wins read the third time and pass ed Mr Martin had leave to introduce a rcso liRmn olntivo tn iidiournmcut of the conn oil and said resolution having been read was committed to the ce in on the judiciary After th' consideration of executive busi mss the council adjourned Tuesday reb 1 Mr Ashlev presented a petition frin Ma comb count the incorporation of Romeo Also fur the incorporation ol a company to make a Clemens to Romeo Incornoratious Mr Torrey presented the claim of I Row land for certain writing done alter the ad journment of the lost session of the council Referred to the com on On motion of Mr Hascall 'Resolved That that part of the Governor which refers to the existing laws to prevent the selling of spiritous liquors to In dians be referred to tne jiiuicjufj cum On motion of Mr Martin Thrit the Judiciary com quire into the expediency of repealing the act to provide for establishing seats of justice vnd the several acts amendatory thur of ject by petitioning the Legislature but in an the executive who had been duly clothed swer to this objection he would say that it with power to sanction or disapprove the acts was highly desirable that everv person ho of the commissisners Ac subscribes for stock in the bank should do su Some of the members having left their with a full knowledge of the intention to lu scats they were sent for on the call of Mr cate the bank in that place in which it would Martin and the question recurring best accommodate the public nor could he conceive any danger in giving to the stock holders a privilege to do an act on a supposed contingency which all are willing to admit would be granted them on asking it of the Legislature when that contengency occurs He denied that it was the object of the amend ment to injure or conflict with the any other portion of the county that the council were prepared him Air Alartin moved to amend merit proposed by Air thereto the following: consent of the Legislature main the same and this report of the rna Alr Britain opposed the motion of Mr I jority of the judiciary com would not put and recapitulated and extended some of his the question at rest it would remain a bone remarks in support of the original proposi of contention forever unless the question be tion Having concluded his remarks the settled by a survey by anew commission motion of Mr Alartin was put and decided in He would not pretend to decide as to the pre the negative sent location of the county seat whether it The question then being on the motion of was or was not in the right place therefore "Air Britain to amend he could not be said to advocate a removal Air Martin said he should require a call of he wished simply that by a re survey the the council for the reason that the question peoplcshould be divested of occasion to com to be taken was very important one as it in plain and to petition the council from year to vol ved the establishment of principle entire year upon the subject He believed therey novel in the grant of bank charters that had been some inconsiderable improvements of giving the stockholders a right to move made at the presentcounty site but not by their bank from one part of the county to the person now claiming to own the land another and it did not appear from any thing bc Thc president directed the scrgcant at arms I fore the com that this person was uniuform to bring in Air Torrev and having returned ed of the suspicion of fraud in relation to the Mr Britain asked the of the eoun location of the county neither had it cil while he briefly stated to the gentleman been shown to the com that a majority of from Wavne wdio had been absent during the the people were opposed to are survey discussion on the subject the views which he He had supposed from indications in the com had taken and the reasons for the amend that the report would not be acted upon im ment und having completed his remarks 1 medatelj und he could not pretend to know Mr Durocher moved to amend the amend what had changed the views of gentlemen ment by adding a proviso requiring that the IR was however convinced that inc accept bank should be moved to the mouth of the ance of the report would not settle the ques St Joseph within the time mentioned This tion and that the next session ould whinSo motion was lost ts revival und so long us the taint of fraud And after some further discussion the rested upon the transaction ol locating the amendment of Mr was agreed to and county seats: so long would thcsubject be kept the bill was ordered for a third reading to open foin ontentioii morrow r' Ringsley made a few remarks relative A message un executive business was re to the inconsistency of the petitioners who ut ceived also a message announcing the ap one time were urging the council to act proval and signature by the Governor of decisively upon the subject ana at anothei several bills were lls procrastination Air Martin moved that the reuort be re The bill making appropriations for certain i a i committed purposes was men up in cum uv a ua hc wag )clned to fav(r wg amendment as ordccd I (iw Nn? r1 i rrridri j'aitios who are concerned ill Ute iicsiiou 1 ho btll lor the relief A Ion I a a was taken up mid read a thud tune the desire to fufmsh the question being on too passage ot Ou bll Air Kprague said that until hc could be sa tislied of kho propriety of tlo bill Im should lurcd andno good reason appeared 1 feel liimlelf bound toWlo against il lrn as the action ol the council at llus lime on not convinced that it was ri'dit or proper for 10oi the Legislative Council to put their hands into vmgs ey loyg i i hiucr sin thepiTkets of the people of any county and corn should be required to take distribute their money and pav accounts in C1 ien 1CP01 ygain matters where their supervisors arc by law Martirnvuned Ins motion that he Hin authorized to decide and act On the contra consideration of the question be postpon rv he had seen the ill effects of such an as ed until to inoi tow sumption of power in a case where the county 18 was fkcid ie ndt J'1 i i 1 The question on accepting the rcportvas of Oakland was concurred If die claimant i i i a 1 i np then taken and decided the allnniutive aniuhur had a just claim on the countv ot i xi i i Mr linfrslnv from the com on the hui Alonroe let hnn take to the board of supcj i i i 1 11 it ciarv to whom the subject was referred re visors who were bound to audit and allow it at ii i i thf ported a resolution relative to un nujouinmcnt Mr Bacon would merely remark that the I tlmnntmnil Ot the COU11C11 which WUS reil I IB bi Wild SC clannan bad ns ela to ned Hussin lle re alm had by a resolntmu dc I to the auditor of the Territory and the hill was pre 1111011 ireu i dieated upoif the rcpoit of the auditor day aiy then laid on the table Mr Kim'blcv begged leave to ask the gen iorrey presented a peuhun from certain tieman from if the board of supervi cozens residing on the road be een sorsof that county had not power to audit Detroit anc Monroe pmymg be rel and allow the claim of arquhar without any Rom the burthenscreated oy the toll bid assistance of the council on said road mid the petdiun was refei red ai 'iwhivn to the com on internal improvement i Mr Renwick XVilfthis bill compel the The council then went into the considcra 1 tw yr fho obiim if thev find on tlon Executive business and having dis supervisors to pav the claim pie linn on posedot the same exdinina 1 1 the I 1G resolution relative to the adjournment 1uT1Tl of the council was mkmt up ml Um tlirti 011 L' I time an! the blank having been lilliul by in 1 he monon was agreed commilc sorting the fourth Simitar of 1 ho report bv he vote Mr on the judiciary adverse tothe petition liom 1 1V iuhabitmtts of ''T'kTY TTiliSw Itam 1 hiroebcr Torrey Moran Umeall Ashley MTlonc ll 111V Outll VH JUOtlVV I Mr Kiim slev moved that the council con 1 ear in Um report 3 i i ii fi ho I Kinys ev 4 Jtr mar sum co was subsequently enrolled council would notgruc to nee havin rccdveJ lhe of Um ot the majority of tne cominita lui the rea i 1 kt'f 1 n'lr'i'il md inudc President and Governor the council adjourned son that it contained but apiitiai ana mauc mow (rHm1(stion With the report to the fourth Monday ot the present montn re 1 I I ri 1 ILI JIIIIJ lUfMTWn JETIII ELt only of the majority before them the council could not understand fully the claims which a the petitioners have to the attention oi the tuese oi akiv erp Council 1 Ic would prepare a report on be The present siege of Antwerp a city already fo half of the minority and hoped the council famous will add an important page to its history vvould permit the subject to rest until that re and on looking over our latest papers we can find port should be presented He moved that the nothing more likely to interest our readers than the report be laid on the table daily details of the progress of the we 'file motion was decided in lhe negative have therefore made copious extracts which pre alld the question recurring on accepting the sent a lively picture of the incidents of the siege report and cannot fail to give the reader a pretty correct Kinrslev spoke in favor of the motion idea of the wonders and the woes of this particular maintaining that there was no fraud proved in feature of war JM ree Pres the seat of justice of lhe county of Berchem Dec ID clock A Jos ph whatever mav have been the acts Nothing worth notice passed dunng the night the commissioner in relation toother seats The firing continued with unabated vigor nil farther that a majority ut the people toward its close when it became somea iiit were now in favor of retaining the seat at its relaxed The battery of Aloutebelffi which nrcrent location: which was at the geogra is placed rather more favorable than tne rest pineal centre and in respect to which there has dismounted nearly all the pieces that were ohlmr nn iicco'int of its to it 1 lie citadel has tuiten fue IKlU UUX li iixj pleasar tnes its health audits advantages He contended also that since its location by the commissioners the land had passed irOni the hands of the original owners into the pos session of those who were wholly ignorant ot the charge of fraud that was alleged to have thrown suspicion upon the acts of the com rnis' iuners "and it would th Tufore be unjust without very urgent reasons to take any steps to jeopardize their properly or rights io addition to this the council had no right to interfere with the acts the commissionuis the law having provide! a remedy through r'ta Wlirniri! 'I i i 'I MBi lllH Two new mortar battaries are being estab ished on the right one of which will be rea dy to play within an hour and the other by night The waters have not pc rmitted the trenches to be carried beyond the capita) of the fort de Kid and consequently this work must remain almost without being attacked it not being accessible in the present state of the siege except on its left face The bastion of Al be which faces the town and the Duke's and bastions are sheltered from our artillery the whole of whose efforts are directed against the Lunctta St Laurent the capture of which is indispensable for the es tablishmcnt of the second parallel Dec 5 nine A JZ rom another Correspondent) The embrasures of one ot the sides of the bastion of the citadel that were within reach of the batteries of foil Montebello are absolutely demolished The besieged during the night withdrew from them thcirpieccs without replacing them so that on that side the citadel answers no longer But it still fires from the ort de Kid and some other batteries shells chief artillerymen are skilful marksmen but they must be ill officered for instead of aiming to dismout some of our pieces they are ordered to fire upon straggling soldiers wherever they see them Wc have made use for the first time of longer howitzers than the old ones and the artillerymen arc satisfied with this ex periment as they are enabled to lire with greater precision Heah Quarti rs jit Berchem Dec 5 ten o'clock A AYduy break the firing commenced with increased vigor The but teries Nos 1 and 5 which were somewhat damaged by the fire will shortly be able to renew their service Though the cannonade is brsk it does not kill many men as our loss of lives is very inconsiderable in comparison to that which wc must have occa sioned to our opponents Tice Ice A cannonading is heard in the direction of the ort 8t Marie 'lhe great steamboat is preparing to move and lower down the Eurydice and the Comcte have till their sails spread An attack is un doubtedly about to be made upon the fortson the left bank The bomba rdment is again HRQKvaaMRMBBmmMMe wir'f.