Star. — London, England, 1815-03-31 00:00:00

EAST-INDIES. The reports of the failure of Runjeet Sing's ezpe &ion against Cashmere, and of the flight of that Chieftain and his army into the Panjah, with every circumstance of disaster and disgrace, are fully con firmed by the Ukbars recently received; the Rajah arrived at Lahore the lltb of August, having lett a small garrison at Poonjah. Runjeet Sing, according to later Ukbars received, remained at Lahore, venting his spleen on every sup posed cause of his disappointment in the late disas trouS canipaigne and employed at the same time in measures for repairing his losses ; these he partly im puted to the misconduct of the Seik ['Awls, whose place he ordered to be supplied by levies of Hindoos tane troops: he was actively collecting recruits, how ever, from every quarter, to fill up the vacancies in )us army , he had ordered the ditch round Lahore to bq deepened, and had thrown into confinement one Dalup Rae, an astrcloger, who bad foretold that his expedition would be crowned with the most tom. plate success. Meanwhile, the wreck of one division of his army after another continued to find its way to Lahore ; the detachment of whose escape was the most ex traordinary, was that under the command of Ram Dyal, the nephew of Mohukhem Chund, which ap pears to have actually penetrated across the moun tains, and entered Cashmere, where they at one time seemed abandoned to utter destruction ; they were attacked by the forces of Mohummed Azem Khan, and sustained a loss of 2000 men in the engagement ; they after wards contrived, however, to effect their retreat alone, leaving a garrison of 200 men in the fort of Bherumgullah, and RAM Dyal bad actually arrived at Lahore. The fortress of Poonjah was closely invested by Rohilla Khan, from the very day on which Runjeet Sing commenced his retreat, and some lives had been lost on both sides in rencontres with the garrison ; Runjeet had sent the strongest injunction to the latter to hold Out as long as possible, promising to relieve them in the space of two months ; he had also renewed his threat of invading Cashmere on some future oc casion. Extract of a letter from Bombay, dated October 1. 44 This is, in all probability, toe last opportunity I shall have of writing to you for many months; we embark in a few da) s for the Gulph of Kutch, where a strong torte is collecting to take the field against the Wagurs ; the forts of Bong;boodge and Tahrj are the t principal places to be taken; we thou y roceed along the skirts of the Great Sandy Desart (consuit the map of India) towards Agimere, and it is universally believed that Old Bhurtporc will again be assaulted ; if :•o, there can be but little doubt as to the result. "I' ne army is to be commanded by Colonel Holmes, of the Company's set vice, a brave soldier." iIZLERICA. CHARLENN, FEBRUARr LITTIACT OF A LETTER OM s NiAllles, DAT= Fyi. 6. This is to inform you of what you have ptubably already learnt, that the English have been hand somely brushed at Datien with the loss of 170 killed and wounded, and the balance of 300 made prisoners, excepting 50, who made their escape in two barges ; there were ten barges altogether. The manner in: which they were received at New Orleans did not exceed this. They calculate their loss at New Or leans at ,i,czio men, and had only six days' provisions; this they ackno Nledge to be the fact. They are still on Cumberland island, 'There they are erecting tiat teries in all Jirections. The brig Primrose is at anchor about three miles from this. . NEW ORLEANS, MARCH 1. GRZAT NOMINATIO)18.-.-.013 Monday week, the Pre-' iddent of the United States sent the following nomi nations to the Senate : lames Moines io be Secretary of State, from the Depart; anent of War. !osier Ann. aso , Ex-Stnator from Tennessee, to be Comp troller of the treasury. lout+ Qui NCST ADAMS to be Envoy Extraordinary and Mini wee Plenipotentiary at London. JANIS A. BAYARD to be Envoy Eetraordkwy and Minister Plenipotentiary at St. Petersburgb. ALBERT GALLATIN to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Part., vice Caawyoan. lons RODGERS, ISAAC Hutt., and DAVID PORTER, Captains ia the Navy, to farm the Board of Navy Cotnntisaionas. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. The following Message was, on Monday week, transmitted by 'the President of the United States to both Houses of Congress : a To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States. a Peace having happily taken place between the United States and Great Britain, it is desirable to guard against accidents, which, during the periods of war in Europe, might tend to interrupt it s and it is believed, in particular, that the navigition of American vessels exclusively by American seamen, either natives, or such as are already naturalized, would not only conduce to the attainment of that ob ject, but also to increase the number of vur seamen, and consequently to render our commerce and navi gation independent of the services of foreigners, who might be recalled by their Government, under cir cumstances the most inconvenient to the United States. J recommend the subject, therefore, to the con sideration of Congress; and, in deciding upon it, I am p rsuaded that they will sufficiently estimate the policy of manifesting to the world a desire on all oc casions to cultivate harmony with other nations, by any reasonable accommodations, which do not impair the enjoyment of any of the essential rights of a free and independent people. 'fire example on the part of the American Government will merit, and be ex pected to receive, a reciprocal attention from all the friendly Powers of Europe. (Signed) " February 25, 11515." The Message was read, and committed in each Souse. I' JAMES MADItION." EXPEDMON AGAINST ALGIERS. Letters from Washington, received yesterday, men tion ad ti.c President would immediately propose to . Congress to declare war against-Algiers, which Con. gress would agree to : and that a formidable squa dron, under 'Commodore !theft we expect Admiral) ild'ilibridge, would sail against that Regency in a short• time. Some accoOnts say, that 2000 land forces are to lie embashed in the srpiadron--Besten antiad. . ,* • FRO.SI' 4 GARM/IN PAPER OF MARCH 15. NAPOLEON IN TRANCE. While the watchman was asleep, and while the Lords were disputing . and quarrelling around the table, the malignant spirit, who was carelessly left to his own keeping, has rolled away the stone from hit den, and made his escape. As not one of the many millions whom he had subjugated chose to find for him the vindictive steel ; nay, as the four Envoys of the four Powers secured to him an independent revenue and an island, in the desperation of his heart the thought must often have come across him, that he was spared as the instill ment of farther events, and must snake his appearance again for the fulfilment of his destinies. Accordingly, after a short absence, he has again made his entrance on the stage; and the question is, is he a messenger of wrath to thd nations, or the precursor of his own punishment ? Will his attempt be a mere adventure, or an event involving the destinies of the world ? Shall we again witness a complete revolution of affairs? Will those who once crouched before him, and then shouted for the Bourbons, again fall down at his feet ? Will Paris, which dismissed him with scorn, again receive him with acclamations ? What ever may happen in these respects, it cannot be de nied that the King has no one whom he can wholly trust ; his fate is in the hands of his Generals; the National Guard will not oppose him, but he cannot reckon upon it as an instrument of attack. But in this state of things what is the part we have to act, and where is the place in which we ought to he ? Certainly in France, if the fire is not quenched in its first ascent. Shall we again listen to those de sponding souls, those half-men, who recoil from every decided act that is proper to be done ; who are tardy and hesitating, and with trembling hands only half perform every thing ; who comprehend nothing that is great, as the measure of their minds is only suited to what is small ; who, with irresolute steps, half forwards, half backwards, are vacillating on every occasion • and who , while they wish to ward' off calamity with a feeble arm, see it bursting upon their heads ? Such persons may again advise us to await in tranquillity, till the malignant foe gains a footing : they would counsel, that the armies should be col lected on the frontiers of France, there to remain, until it was clearly seen whether it was our duty so, interfere in the quarrels of the Fi ench :—let them, such people would say, exhaust themselves by civil war, we have only to look on in tranquillity. and then to realise our advantages. Further they may add, that were the Russians, Cossacks. Baschkirs, and the troops of all nations again to occupy our , frontier provinces, and devour the land, the worn -I down impoverished inhabitants, in de . air of hide. , pendence, might wish the return of French &mi. nation. No such must not be the course. We %ill no longer be the sport of that weak and miserable spirit, which is equally destitute of native instinct, and of knowledge of affairs. 'l: he attempts of the returned' tyrant upon us are foreseen. Those who limited him, wish him again raging at their head ; that they may revenge their humiliation upon us; that those sources of plunder now shut to them, may be again opened to their rapacity ; that they may play the robber, and gratify their arrogance a..nongt us. This we roust resist by the most vigorous measures of prevention ; our Princes must rapidly resolve, as the necessity de mands; we must be up and stirring before the flames, as has so often happened to us ou former occasions, he collected around our head.. We must stand by the King of FraLee, so long at least as parties are equally divided, ta.it from a principle of silly genero sity, but for our ow n independence, which must be endangered, if this banished felon be again able to contend against us at the head of the many hundred thousand veteran soldiers vThom we restored to him. Let us, Germans, though always quarrelling dur ing peace and tranquillity, be firm and united on the approach of danger. Let us banish whatever hostile feelings may have entered amongst us; let us hasten to call upon the Emperor, and to appoint a day for the assembling of the States throughout the %hole empire ' • iet us place at the head o — the work those who, b y their talents and energy, have given proof of their qualifications; let us urge on the arming of the people, not in so lukewarm and indolent a man ner as on former occasions, but zealously put arms into the hands of all who are able to bear them. that an armed population may follow and support the armies; and these armies, when it is visible that France summons to arms, will not hesitate to march, completely equipped into its territory 1 • When they have once kindled the war the whole burthen of rt should be thrown upon ;hem : Ger many has now scarcely any thing to lose except its independence. It is also trident, that if new power is given to I the wicked, and that should the warld be again in. volved in flames, it ought to be our first care that the scene of conflagration should not be laid in our own country. Rapid and decided resolutions should,' therefore, be adopted consonant to the march of events ; on every day hangs the fate of years, and all hesitation will sow the seeds of bitter repentance. —Let it never be forgotten, that we may have to do with a nation who have so often &hewn that they know not what it is to live in tranquillity and good order, and with an army that his been educated iii robbery, plunder, and every kind of wickedness. FROM THE " NAIN MUNE" " Determined to reduce the Powers of Europe within the limits which they had before the Revolu tion, the Cabinet of the Thudieries would have car ried back civilization itself towards those past times, when people lived under the influence of prejudices which had become ridiculous. The antiquated ideas of a Ministry and a Prince who were each behind their age, disgusted all the classes of society, and the hostileparties, sprung from our long revolutionary d sentions, restrained, or rather annihilated, under the empire of Napoleun,had revivod, recovered their fury, and were every where drawn op in array against one' another. The Bourbons seemed to reign only for a. small number of families, whose pretensions grew daily more and mon insupportable. Humbled France had lost one-fourth of her ter ritory, and the imposts which crushed her were as. heavy in peace as they had been during the wan. The army was disorganized, and attempts were made to introduce into it those who for twenty years had . bees its enemies. If It was treated with any show 4' indulgence, it was on ucoont of the dread that was entertained ' of its patriotism and its fidelity. The most enlightened Administrators were deprived of the posts which they had long fined with honour, and I were replaced by wretches whose tides to the fivoun of the Prince were an insult to the natiwn. 46 These innovaticnis were extended to the very sanctuary of the sciences. Dismal ceremonies, and the factitious appearance of the most profound re gret, every day called the dagger upon whole classes of citizens. The money that was wrested from the I Civil Officers, served to pay debts contracted out of 1 France, and to excite troubles in it, when not destined I, to enrich the privileged friends of the Monarch. No.{ thing more was warning to efface all the traces of our' glorious Revolution, than to annihilate the tides of our victories, and to reverse the sale of the national I property ; and two Ministers were already preparing I the means of accomplishing this. 66 Such was the situation of our unfortunate France, when the Hero, who had placed her in the I first rank amongst nations, heard the groans of his people, and formed the project of restoring to her her glory. Whether there was any arrangement er not with any other Prince of Europe to deliver us from a degraded Government—he did not, at least, call for foreign assistance, in order to return to France. He embarked with a handful of brave men, and landed on the Ist of March, at three in the after- noon, on the shore of Cannes. 46 The most disgusting epochs of our delirious Revolution do not offer mdre iiiplorat4e proofs ofl stupid measures, gross falsehoods, and revolting acts, of injustice, than were suggested by the fear, the weakness, the hatred, and the fury wavering . be. tween menaces and concessions of a Court, sustained by vile fools and assassins against him for whom the voices of the people so loudly called ; it proclaimed respect for a charter which it had violated; it was prodigal of gold to all those who promised to defend it—officers and soldiers were caressed, and received the most ridiculous offers, and whilst maledictions were lavished on die regeneration of France, the Hero entered Lyons. a Such was the folly and blindness of the Royalists, that they regarded as a mark of despair, the most he roic of all has actions, and they had no doubt that Bonaparte would soon fall into their power. Mon sieur, brother of the King, had set out toelterminate him ; a telegraphic dispatch announced his arrival in the second city of the Empire, and answered for the disposition of the army—but soon he was seen return ing, a fugitive, whilst he whom he went to conquer, WAS the favourite of victory; his ream confirmed the telegraphic dispatch, by which bad been learnt the Arrival of the Emperor at Lyons, oo the 10th, and it was also known that he would set out from thence ou the 12th. 64 Tile enthusiasm which his preemiee bad excited, left to the Bourbous no longer any doubt as to the fate that awaited them, and from that moment all the measures of the Government were directed to civil war—the greatest efforts to light it up were trade—the Princes were sent out on all sides—La Vendee was the hope of the Royalists, and vagabonds were collected in Paris, to shout for money, 1 7 k Roi. It is remarkable that from the Bth to the ‘2oth of March, it did not cease to rain, which considerably cooled the zeal of the shouters, and contributed, with the firm conduct of the National Guards. to disperse the groups w ne: h ci o sueil w lthei o t ;& , ld sitrf h et a nt v re e . become dangerous to the public W a lthe as r se ha m d b r e rm at it e te l d e Thuilleries. as Louis XVIII. proceeded to the Legislative Body, to declare his attachment to the Charter, which his Ministers had treated with contempt, and his desire for the maintenance of order, whilst they were orga nizing intestine war. The Comm d'Artois swore, tor the first time, to respect the Constitution, as it such. a crisis were necessary to induce him to take this step. —ln vain the Princes chewed themselves to the Na tional Guards—in vain the Police paid soma men to' enrol themselves—in vain the King swore he would not gait the capital—Monsieur ceased to skew him self—the Ministers declared that they saw no means cf resistance—and Louis XVIII. accompanied by the cavalry at his household, set out the 20th of March, at one in the morning, the anniversary ot the birth of the King ot Rome." PARIS, MARCH V. The Journal of Lyons publishes the following Let ters, which have been interceptei: " Paris, March 7,1815. " Ms Loan—The King has yielded to the repre sentations of his Council of Ministers. seconded by Messrs. de Vetrolles and Desolle. His Majesty itasl convoked the Chambers. Two Memhers spoke against the measure, the Minister at War and the Minister of the King's Household; for the rest, the Chambers meet merely to give to the Royal Authorities the ex tension which circumstances require; and, if they add to it a vote of credit, this Meeting will produce, great advantages. 66 The convocation of the Chambers, and many other considerations, have caused it to be earnestly desired that Monsieur the Duke of Berri should sits pend his departure for the army. M. de Blacas has undertaken to lay before his Majesty my reflections on this head. I have taken the liberty to speak of it' myself to his Royal Highness. My wishes have been fulfilled: his Highness will remain at Paris, where' his presence may be very necessary. 66 All seems to be tranquil here g however, the dis contented are at work. An infamous song circulates' in Paris : a thousand_ opies of it have been sent to day to the army. Two Marshals, Ney and Alive reau, have refused to depart for heir Governments! till their arrears ire paid. Every act of weikriesu may have the meth fatal consequences. I have no' anxiety for the countries where Monsieur will com mand. I venture to beg that he wi6 not neglect the advice I have taken the liberty to give him ; 10,000 crowns, employed in this manner, would secure the gratitude of the officers to whom his Royal Highness shall think fit to grant present gratifications, or to make advances. " The Minister of War thinks that Bonaparte di rects his march towards Switzerland, where he has many partizans. Urns do not succeed in stepping tthis robber in his was. this war may assume a great character. I do DSC doubt that Murat is on the march : I even fear ,that he is secretly supported by a rower of the Nord!. Monsieur is placed in the flat line. What Frenchman dues not envy the hap . piens of those who are going to tham Whit Story and his dangers t Am I destined to lanai* l ong at a distance from your Royal Highness t Monsieut knows my devotion—it is without limits, and proof against every thing. Deign. my Lord, to accept the wishes I never cease to make for your Royal Highness. The te l . bnte of my lively gratitude for all your favours, and of the profound respect with which I have the ho. nonr to be. Monseigneur, your most obedient and most humble servant, (Signed) " Sawn." 44 P. 6. The General of Artillery whom Monsieur thought of for one of his Aides-decamp. is not war. thy of that honour." COPY Or A LIMIER PROSE THZ DUKE DE main TO HIS MATHS& 4, Park. Seven, r. v. . 6 DEAR Pete—You have learned by our telegra phic dispatches, that the King has. ordered me is stay here for the present. All the Ministers (Des. brayer, Girarden, &c.) fell at my feet to persuade me to stay. I also believe it to be of the higbe4 importance. Paris is always the grand point, and at Besancnn I should only be a thin wheel to a carriage, which, I believe, will have no Occasion to move. This Pn t I b mi er iss perfect. I should no r haveconvoked; but if they are dis rCh: 20 1 t m i missed in time there will be no harm. All u calm here. I have been very dissatisfied with Macdonald, who is gone to join you. You might send him to Napoleon ; but I believe this Napoleon is already deceased, which would secure our Government more than any thing else. " Adieu, dear Papa! I embrace you as I lqt you, with All my beau." FROM THE :OURNAL DE COMMERCE, MARCH iv, The Journals of Belgium seem to believe ic great movements of troops in Germany for the cause of the Vont-bons. The answer to this is easy—Germany is not engaged by anv treaty, or by any interest, to make the Bourbons reign in France, in spite of France ; and if it should be mad enough to desire war, it is doubtful whether it would be in a condi ,tion to support it. There is nobody now desires to see foreigners enter France ; there are, on the con trary, immense numbers who are resolved to receive them very ill. There are various reports concerning Blacas, who is loaded with the maledictions of all parties. Some say the Duke of Orleans was going to throw him out of the window when he left Paris—others, that tilt Princes have had him shot. FRENCH PAPERS. (RECEIVED THIS MOINING.) PARIS, MARCH 27. Yesterday his Majesty the Emperor received the Ministers before mass, in the Palace of the Thuille. ries. They were severally introduced into bis jesty's tloset. The Prince Arch-Chancellor of the Empire ad. dressed his Majesty in the following terms : " Sin —The Ministers of your M ijssty cone offer you their respectful felicitations. " When all hearts swell with admiration and joy, we balm thought it right to express our opinions the address which I have the honour to present to you. " May your Majesty receive this homage of your faithful bet van t s ; of servants who have been so cruelly treated, bet so completely in demnified and consoled your presence, and by all the hopes which it brings h a SI 6 it 7 4 A use of thi many nt, to ite desire the condi- fei to tut con. eceive , who t 1D( Some lm out The at the lase et ;en 4 ed the ici huille- IS Ma- !Via, re ad. we to Tes and id joy, ions is ace to you. by s f your IS :ruelly teig )led by ! em logs!" rasa 'Am r des era/ to the the choice 14 ountry lad second I=l4 de- the to con• ar the was to Tin at righ:s. ot the r ap :s and !.‘k ea able 1 td ely un• • r of the igainst great non • vel CAM People, :ter to the vim of de and tl z - , a les and ot dl thac ct elation ')eet •• Ye: ' /tiling; I irk to their SOU rtin : Ii ha re 4. 41 that is - JI y have ition Cf hey ate . ~or ye have .1 • le us 3 ;1011 LC ' 4U' !o MiniS• already If lur pro' ch yuu fort vaned . the ust Az - act r A cts ; tbu l e circa' the. ich you ADDRESS OW THE MINIS I'ERS. Stag—PnovioEsca, who watches over our des* nies, has re-oßened to your Majesty the road to the throne to which you had been called by the free choir, of the people and tae national gratitude. The counc now raises its majestic front : it salutes for the second time with the name of Liuerator, the Prince who de• throned anarchy, and whose existence can alone con• solidate our liberal institutions. " The justest of all revolutions, that which was give to man his dignity and all his political right has precipitated from the throne the dynasty of the Bourbons : after twenty-Eve years of troubles and war, aa the efforts of foreigners have Mot been able to revive affections extinguished or ccimpletely un known to the present generation: the struggle of the interests and the prejudices of a small number against the intelligence of the age and the interests of a great nation. is finally terminated. " The destinim are accomplisbed;—that cause which is alone legitimate. the cause of the People. has triumphed. Your Majesty is restored to the wishes of the French ; you have resume/ the reins the State. amidst the benedictions of the people and the army. 4, France, Sire, has for guarantees her wishes and her dearest interests : she has for guarantee, all that your Majesty said in the midst of the populating which thronged around you. , " The Bourbons have been abiestoforgetsothing; their actions and their conduct gave the lie to their words. Your Majesty will doubtless keep yours you will recollect no services but those which ha' been rendered to the country : you will prove that peer eyes and in your heart, whatever may hal been the diversity of opinion. and the expectation parties, all citizens are equal before you, as they before the law. " Your Majesty wishes also to forget that we ha' been the masters of the nations who surround us generous thought which adds another ray of glory so much glory already acquired. " Already has your Majesty traced to your ters the route which they ought to follow : 1 a_rexcli have you made known to all nations, by your pr , &mations, the. maxims according to which yt wish that your ,Empire shall be in haute governed. No external war, if it be not to repel an unjust gressioo : no intestine discord : no artntrgrr Act security a persons, se4Jurity of property, a tree circi lation of opinions: such are the participles which