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however from Mr. Lauren's correspondence that the Mercury was a Dutch packet, and that Holland was then a neutral. Grand review — a sham battle. Washington, Nov. 22. --Gen. Smith's division, including the brigades of Gens. Hancock, Brooks, and Brannon, and Mott's and Barr's batteries, and Friedman's cavalry, was to have been reviewed this afternoon by Gen. McCrellan, but as public business prevented him from being present, Gen. Smith himself reviewed the division. After passing ithe highest degree creditable to Gen. Smith's division, and showed that it has rapidly progressed in discipline and efficinacy. From the South side of the Potomac. Washington, Nov. 22. --The reconnoitering and foraging party under Gen. Brooks, which went out from Gen. Smith's division yesterday, took possession of Flint Hill and the surfounding country by throwing out pickets in different directions to prevent a surprise, while the foragemaster gathered and brought away seventy foa