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Tue Siege of .4,.!lueP. he heselg CTS continued their proportions With the utmost activity until tic atil, wlien an officer mas despatched with a flag of truce to the citadel. He was the bearer of another summers to General Chase 10 surrender, informing him at the same tlme that all was prepared or the side of the French. and that at 1 o'clock precisely their ire would com mence in case Of refusal.

 The French had i03 guns placed and ready. The moment was one of in- tense interest. But the suspense was not of long duration. Al l 1 o'clock, q cannon shot from Fort Montebelio, fol- lowed by d tremendous fire of artillery. announced flat the bearer Of The flag had brought back a negative from tic Dutch commander. During thc re mainder of the day, the discharge of cannon was kept up in regular success sion, with great exactness. The Dutch answered with yigor, and the spectacle is d sbribed hy tie correspondents of fiIe London press. as s.ilofribic, but nc- vcrtheless graad.

 From flre .N. '. Joar. Qf Com. af faa. 24.

 We have just received iiasfe papers lo Dec. lith inclusive, and Paris to the evening of the l0th, containing Int scrp dates to the 9lll.

 The Citadel sttiillii sttiillii iielG oat; the fight

 ng had become more severe and the loss greater. .Sallies were frequently made by the bcseiged, with various sue. cess.

 IL is reported that the citadel had snHentleted-b there is no mention of the circumstance in tl1e Paris papers of the 10th, or in she lIavfe Of tic lltli. This report is brought by the Captain of the Iiavre.

 .9atrc1p, Dec. 7.-nine in the morn- ng.-"'The last night has not prodoced all the advantages that were expected. In the evening orders were issued for taking the Lunesta St. Laurent by storm, IS its possession by the French army, CT at least its evacuation by the eneaay, fs indispensable for the success of the seige.

 Six clock in thc evening, from another

 spundcnt.

 During the last tillrty-six hours the defence of the citadel has assumed q more serioescharacten. f,he slight re sistance offered to our works, tl1e mild ness of the early firing from the beseig- ed, and the promptitude with which the gnrs were d.smounted, has rendered the prcseht change more remarkable.

 About five o'clock yesterday evening three or four companies camc out of. the citadel and fired upon our working parties, and early this morning fasil- lade was commenced, and has been kept ep nearly thFongllost the day, from Fort Saint Laurent, which has much annoyed IS.

 We can distinctly see tae soldiers ap pfoach tlEe parapet at regular intervals, with great promptitude discharge their muskets and retire. They also make great use of mortar batteries, plaeed more in the rear, and whiel. @e have great difficulty in reaching, whence they discharge upon US a great number of shells, thrown with such precision that they aeaiiy all fail into our batteries.

 from time to time they also send us showers of grape. which VIC suppose 10 De fired from small pieces brought for ward toy the moment, discharged two or three times and then withdrawn.

 The apparent indolcnce of the be- seIgcd during the past days may now be attribnted 10 their hopes that we might have been led by our confidence oi succcss to commit some great error. b'i.. tiley have deceived themselves, for our works have been continued as they were begun, with the utmost prudence. During the last two days the engineers and artillery have been exposed to the musketry of the citadel, and six of their officers have been wounded more or less severely.

 .antzperp, Dec. 7.-eight o'elos.k in the morning. The Lauretsa St. Lau- rent Is said 10 have oecasioned great loss to the Sd regiment which attempted yesterday to carry it at the baYonet's point, but was repulsed. This fort does not appear 10 be reduced to such { extremlties as was said, since last eye ming it answered the fire of the assail- ! ants for an hour and a half

 Al II o'clock last night a brisk can- ! nonade was seen and heard from the tower of St. Andrews church at the forts Calico and St. Alarie; in the neigh. borhood two firms were SC. en tisc.