Star. — London, England, 1815-05-18 00:00:00

THE. EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY; MAY 18, 1815. PRICE OF ST(ICICS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCNt Reduced 574-4 per C. 724/—.5 per Ct. 87i Cons. 58} —fur account, i+4 —India Bands tOs. Ils. pr. Eiclulukr Bills 2s. to 56.—Bank Long Amts.—. This day the Paris Papers of Monday came to hand. We shall subjoin as large extracts as we can Make room for, and shall here confine ourselves to the notice of an article rather too lengthy for our, columns--a new version of the disarming of the Saxon soldiers. A cording to the Moniteur there was nn insui rectism, but Marshal laLocuErt had been ap. prised of their disaffection, and on pretence of pro. ceeding . fur the frontier, marched them and the Prussians some miles from Namur, when they were ordered to halt. The Saxons were then told that they were unworthy to fight brthe side of brave men - , and were ordered to lay down their arms. The ar rangements bad been so formed that when the halt took place the Saxons found themselves surrounded. Some of them however resisted, and were disarmed by force, with the loss of a few men.. Four of their Officers were afterwards shot. PARIS, MAY 13. A private letter from Nautz, dated May 9, says All the partisans of the . Imperial Government and of liberty ere about to be armed to defe;:d them sAves against die attempts of the malevolent. There is a considerable effervescence in this district: some families have taken refuge at Icantz, bringing their effects with them. Bands of . Chouans praceed to the C.)mmunes, tear down the tricoloured Rag, mad sound the tocsin. I think it indispensable that prompt and severe measures should be taken. Al. ready some shots have been exchanged. GOD, grant that this may not be the signal of a Ova war." Within these few days, towards the evening, :eve e.ll groupes haVe assembled on the Quai de l'Ecole,. It is useless to say that frothier are then spoken. At intervals, the shouts of 'ripe l'Enorrear are heard. On one of these occasions, one of these grope quarrelled among themselves. A young man was stru:k, cuffed about, and knceked dawn. ¶' Ile is the only one," exclaimed his assailants, $4 who has not raised his voice." Several passengers stopped to offer some observations, and among others a well dressed Lady : she said a few words, which they took ill : she was in her turn threatened, and saved herself at a Wine-merchant's. The mob crowded to his duor, increasing every moment, and, as usual,, the tst cowers cried mo# lnu.fly than the first. The Wine-merchant was urged to give up the Lady.— Happily several National GAards arrived, took pos. session of the Lady, and conducted her to the guard. room, with all the respect due to her sex and weak ness. After a calm scrutiny of what had passed, she was permitted to depart. [Here follow some remarks of the Editor, who admits, that since the return of BONAPARTE. Paris swarms with thieves and pickpockets (fflomx), who are every where ready to shout rree l'Enfterrur, to collect a crowd, among whom to exercise their calling !] ,4,14 • •I e . l r~ .14 f• . • • • / PARIS, MAY 14. This morning, at nine o'clock, the inhabitants of the Faubourg Saint Antoine proceeded to the Boule vart Port Saint Antoine, and the inhabitants of the Faubourg Saint Marceau proceeded to the Boulevart of Austerlitz, where they formed a junction. They set out at eleven o'clock, and defiled along the Bou levarts to the Rue Napoleon, whence they marched to, the Thuiaeries. A military band accompanied them. M. Richard Lenoir, Member of the Legi on a Honour, and Chief of the eighth Legion, was at the head of the Confeolcrates of Saint Antoine. The shouts of Vive PEmltereur were heard tho whole way. _ Wren these zealous Citizens were drawn up in the Court-yard of the Thuillcries, the Emperor mounted hi; ho t w, and the Deputies were permitted to harangue him. The Emperor replied as follows : " Federated Soldiers of the Faubourgs, Saint An toine, and S tint Marceau—l have returned alone 4 1 nortg you : I have reckoned on the love of the in liabitants of the cities, the, peasants of the country, *nth* soldiers of my armies : my hopes bun been Instilled! I see you here with pleasure, liccept ; . ut:r ()tiers, I shall give yots arms, and you *in kive (Ayers to command you, who ire covered with Wout;ds and accustomed to see ;he enemy fly before ago'. Habituated to leborious.aTocatioNs, you will know how to bear arms and the fatigues of war. I 'shall be tranquil with re; : pect to the capital, ince ysw will be entrusted to defend it with the No e:Dual Guards, 'to Who're' you will be the pioneers. I mall gowith Confidence to wait kit' the enemy On the frontiirs s if the Kings of Europe wish to attack our indejsendence, we are 'Wire if Victory with efforts 4M *Oaniiiiol3S: • re 'de .Nation !" Shouts of Vive 11 totrig I rive Ai Vida! live Ampere:sr I resounded fronvall sides. The 'Emperor galloped through the finks, and tbett renewed, a large body of regular troops . , Wcaris itssured-that a telegraphic dispatch yester day intiounced the arrivat at Btrasburgh of an Aus. thin colOer.. ~. • • PAWS, MAY 19. (racist...rots 'ssourrims.) Yeiterday (Suodatz) the Emperor, torrounded by tha 'PritiCis Midistersi and 'Grand Officer". 'Orliis Vot4elold, 14:Calmed before inch in the Palace of , •• • t i 4 . ,. • • . •.1 . the Thailinks, Deputation from the Electoral College of the department of the Seine and Oise, headed by the Due de Plaisance (Marshal Le Brune) who spoke as follows :' " Stitt —The Electoral College of the Seine and Oise come to express to your Majesty what it felt in the days of grief, and what it feels in the days of hope. " Great misfortunes have befallen us ; the greatest was that voluntary exile which you thought you owed to the safety of the country. " foreign armies in the midst of us and foreign Powers commanded a peace in Paris. We do not feel our losses, we do not regret the conquests of the Repnblic, nor your's. But Glory—without glory what existence is there for Frenchmen ? Without glory, Peace itself, desirable as it is, is bitter to us— It afroscls us neither security for the present, nor safety for the future. " Speedily a Government, which wished to revive the past, which tormented our inquiutudes, and which agitated the passions of those who flattered it, brought us nothing but fears without hope. "A frightful veil was extended over France ; civil war was called for even by those who were likely to be its first victims. Every fear vanished when you appeared. You re-appeared, freed by the non-execu tion of treaties from the ties which you had imposed 'upon yourself. 44 On the report of your return, and particularly when your sentiments and thoughts were made known, hope re-entered.our hearts. Your tears flow ed over beaten and h wuiliated France. 44 You wept at the recollection of the private af fections which you had concealed under the veil of power, which the misfortunes• of the times had cau terized afresh, and which your goodness had hastened' to clean ize. •' You I;ad the courage to regret exploits which had disturbed France and too much alarmed foreign States. You . have perceived that the nations were not great nor powerful except as they were free ; and you called upon that pure liberty which was alas, the too fleeting idol of our revolution, and that equality of rights so much calumniated, which will alwa) 4 be the mother of the public virtues and of public pro►perity. •1 You have taken away the chains upon the free dom of thiuking; you have neither dreaded the dis cussions of the Representatives of the People, nor the publicity of the deliberations of a Chamber of Peers : you have restored to us our elections in all their latitude. a Thus France is reanimated at your voice—every thing has 'resumed new life and slew vigour—all are arming to defend their country when attacked : but you have also proclaimed the inviolability of treaties, and justice, like force, watches over our frontiers. " Doubtless foreign Powers are flow measuring their situations with ours—without doubt, our return to the principle of a mild liberty and a wise policy, will reform those fraternal ties which united other nations to the interests of our rising Revolution. We dare still, therefore, to bop; for peace, and we do not fear war. " Enjoy, Sire, a situation which is your own work. After having been the greatest of conquerors, be at length the most pacific of Sovereigns. Your glory requires it, and our happiness demands it l " His Majesty answered— " I thank you for your sentiments. We all with for peace, and we are all ready for war. The nation at no epoch of her history has iliewn more unanimity and more energy. In the event of war, every thing presages a .happy success. The emergency is, how. ever, great: I expect much from from the patriotism and intelligence of the Chambers. I have learnt With pleasure the sentiments which animate your assembly and the elections which you have made." NOTES OF sire SIONITECIt ON THE IMAM IN THE HOUSE OF comatoris RESPECTING SICRAT. AU the letters (plan) quoted by Lord Castle reagh, and those of the same nature, which hr has brought together in the shape of documents, submit ted to Parliament, are- falsified. These fabrications are . so odious, we may even say, so impudent, t h a t we cannot conceive that any Minister could have re course to them*to.just y his conduct, We scorn to think that Lord Castlereagh made use of these pieces, knowing them to be false. We must therefore suppose that he has been completely the dupe of some intrigue ; but what shall we say of a Minister who is so easily deceived in. such important affairs ? The first letter quoted by.LordCastlereagh is d tted, he says, from Nangis, the 17th February, and vas written by the Emperor t 6 the Queen of Naples ; according to him, it commences with these words :- 1 ‘ Your husband is very brave in the field of battle, but weaker than a woman or a monk when he sees not the eat my. He has no moral courage." • ' • These words are literally found in a letter, a minute of which is now before us, and which was really writ• ten by the Emperor to the Queen of Naples, from rontainbleau, the 24th January, 1813. The l Emperor had then arrived from the campaign in Russia, arid bhad left the King of Naples at the head of the army. l'ience the letter commences with thesiwords, which ; , have been 'cat-tinily' suppressed :-"" The' King left the army on flip IGkh. Your husband is It •ery,bravt man,":4c. acc: Only the Paisaga quoted aboie is siiiitleicipusd'to make this lOtter,'which relates : solely to the then existing eirepnisCances, agree with the ..... .. 11. s date of Nangis, and establish, by this striking false- I hood, the consequences which' have• . been deduced from it, against the conduct of the King of Naples, with rrspect to the Allici t the following has been sub. stituted in the faluifizd letters produced by Lord Castlereagh ; 4 4 He was afraid, and never ventured to pass a moment but by me or with me. Convince him of his absurdity. When he quitted the army without my orders, I foresaw all the bad counsels which would be given him. I am, nevertheless, more satio 6ed with the message which he has sent me by you. If he has sincerely repented, he will watch the mo ment to prove to me that be is not as ungrat..•ful as pusillanimous. I can still pardon him the injury which he has clone me." The second letter is addressed by the Emperor to the King of Najiles. No date is given to it ; but to supply this omission, Lord Castlereagh supposes that this letter treats of the successes obtaiue.l by the Em peror on the 10th and 11 th, which relates to the actions fought in Champagne on the 10th and 11th March, 1814. The letter, such as quoted by Lord Castle reagh, begins with these words-4 , Ido not speak to you of my dissatisfaction with your conduct," We have before us the minute of a letter from the . Emperor to the King of Naples, dated Fontainbleau, January 26, 1813, beginning thus..." I do not speak of my dissatisfaction at your conduct since l left the army." The latter half of the phrase has been sup pressed, which would have indicated the true date, and the remainder of the letter substituted, relates to circumstances which occurred when the Emperor left the army after the campaign in Russia. The follow ing are the passages which answer the purposes of the falsifiers ; 4 4 Profit by an act of treason which I attribute only to fear, in order to serve me by good informa tion. I depend on you, on your contrition, on your principles ; if it were otherwise, remember that you shall repent it.—l defeated the Austrians yesterday, I am in pursuit of the remainder of their columns.— Another such victory, and you will see my prospects are not so desperate as you have been taught to be lieve them.—Keep your promise." Lord Castlereagh did not quote in his speech, hut he distributed copies of another letter of the Empe• ror to the King of Naples. To this printed copy the date 7th March is affixed, and as it contains details which relate only to the year 1814, it is, therefore, the 7th March, 1814, that it purports to be dated.— We read in this letter the following words : 44 You are surrounded with men who hate France, and who wish to ruin you. I have often told you of it. All that you write to me is too strongly contrast ed by that which you do, Sm." We have also before us a minute of another letter from the Emperor to the King of Naples ; bin this letter is dated from Com piegn, the 30th August, 1811, and we find in it lire rally.the passage' which we have just quoted. Hence it is that letter which is falsified. They have retained only the expressions which enable us to discover the real letter, otherwise, how could one speak in 1811, as suprosed in the printed letter : shall see by your manner of acting at Ancona, if your heart is French. Continue to correspond with the Vice-Roy.., and take care that your letters be not intercepted." The original minutes of these letters are in our hands—the autographs are not, and cannot' be but at Naples, and they will confirm oar assertions, for it is not doubtful that they will be published. What then sue the pieces from which Lord Castlereagh has printed the doc'iments.which he has published t It is for him to prove that they are true, and not for us to prove that they are false. Nevertheltss we shall furnish the proof. Wt• are authoeised to declare, that we shall %hew to every EngiishmAn of distinction who may be at . Paris and require s it.- Ist. 'Ma or'ginal minutes of the Emperor's letters ; 2d. The minutes of the same letters, falsified and written by the hand of the Abbe Tleuriel, who during nineteen years has fulfilled the office of SeCretary,in fhe cabinet of Count de L lle, and in that of Count de Blacas. We shall moreover communicate the minute of a letter written by Count Blacas to Lord Castlereagh, the 4th March,lBls, if his Lordship has not preserved the original. It contains these words :, 1 , I !rave since also found, in another drawer, three . minutes of letters written by N a p o l eon , one o f w hi c h, bas no date. I hat 4 the honour of *addressing copies of them to you, and these are not the least interesting pieces which have been discovered among the im. mense quantity of papers which it was necessary to send." These copies are evidently those of the three letters, of which we have been speaking, two of them bear dates demonstrated to b e f a l se y an d t h e ot h er i s re:i ll y • without date. We therefore know perfectly that it Was the 4th of March, 1815. that the pretended copies of these three letters were sent to Lord Castlereagh. We shall also communicate an of iginal letter from a personage whose testimony Lord Castlereagh will no: reject. This letter w.O written the 4th of Janu ary, 1815; to Counatlacas, by Lord Wel!ington.— It is inserted at the 'end of this note. We have hence the right to deduce the following facts, which no one can dispute: The Government of Count de Lille communica ted 'to the English Ambassadsile flie papers which concerned The King of Naples. At that time it was sot - determined to falsify dual, ;id 'Lord z • of Sicily should reAccend ti.:: t7.rocc of N tp!.. ton drew the only inference which the real pap er could present : 44 I return you the papers, which I have re.:j ; they contain 'no proof against Moro." Such an- authority leaves us nothing more to s , T , Lord Wellington attests that the letters which 17 , have quoted-are true, because they contahind rot , . of the proofs which were wanted against the Naples, and that tbose produced by Lord C.Astler,:tl:6 to tie Parliament are false, since they stroiTly pate the King of Naples in his relatii: l;; " w ; t h Allies. No one can refuse this tectimniiy. What. therefure, has happened in the inert il li t . tween tlu 4alt .linuiry and the 4th Isfa::!1, ' The Count de Lille, who never ens::d to Congress of Vienna, that the branch of Vic- served, that the Powers whieii had contrizt%l !•:•.• with the King of Naples t.isted or 11,,.r ite.!. 1! ‘. therefore neces,.t y to overcome thei: to justify Ow violation, required of then:, t..y to the king of previons The C tbitiet Count de v:l,ere !i?.ve (wired the certainty thAt they studied f r, order to serve the passions of tie • hoods of every kind, compustd the false eo:r!•;) dance of which we hAve been !p :oh; Lord Castlereagh presented to the P. 37/•;" went as the I..u,is front wiiich m••. , t re.to: or war. The Royal falsifiers could not supplse t!..:: archives in which they laboured should ag:rin !,..: imperial archives ; that the Copnt Blacas, in pitate flight, would abandon those of his m v!, ;,...! his most secret papeis, and also furnish th.: mar , ,„ publishing not only the low intrigue which w e v tr . this day developed, but so many others w!licii hay been employed some time, and occupi-NI s.(cli t nguirshed place in the re;gn of some months. LETTER /ROM LORD W FI.I.INtiToN. " 1 . 4111:0, 1.11;ILIZIi 4, C 4 SIR-. 1 :etnrn you pip7rs which you I,ot J 0.% and wh'ch L have read. They d ) not cont-tin ant proof against Murat; they merely d..monstr.,t,, he had taken a part with regret, that he felt mire di: more every day, and that lie spoke highly of h:s - tentions to.do no harm to Nap:ikon, 44 But these letters in general, and thai Of CIA:4 in particular, tend to prove that he was in downrigi,: hostility with France; and this is what he ong:it tc Lave peen: YoUrs, &c. 14 WELLING TON. " To Count Blacas." w the only inference which the real pap er resent : eturn you the papers, which I have ; utain no proof against Murat." an- authority leaves us nothing more t o ircllington attests that the letters which 17 ,, !cued-are true, because they contaiiind roe. •• which were wanted against the and that tbose produced by Lord Castler,a,:b . . 'arliament are false, since they stroiTly inci:l- - King of Naples in his relati, a; -," w ; t h No one can refuse this teetimnny. t. therefore, has happened in the iwerral !i t . Ise 4ili January ar.d the 4th Mach, l H.; ) lam de Lille, who never cns.:d to ss of Vienna, that the brar.ch of the I; y should reascend the t! ;,re of N t,!.. that the Powers wl.ich had contracts,.' f•,..• • King of N.iples tC.ined or 11,,it.re.1. vo e neces,.iy to overr•noe theiv ;.• Ow violation required of then:, by hin t ; of Naples previo , ts C Count de I.ilie, v.-Lere !i:tve 7.c the certainty thAt thQy studied to ;-... !.erve the passions of the Gower:in: •t:!. •, If every kind, compustd the false which we have been !p t,:k;n z , ant ,; : c • • :astlereagh presented to the p j ,l„. ,s, the ha:,is trom which re.to: p7.r , Royal falsifiers could not suppose 0... z: , s in which they laboured should again ,?.. 1 archives ; that the Cupnt Blacas, in i):,. light, would abandon those of his m i••!, t secret papers, and also furnish ing not only the low intrigue which w e f,, e . developed, but so many others which hay aployed some time, and occupaNl kl.'••• hed place in the rc:gn of some months. LETTER /ROM LORD W FI.I.INoToN, " 1 . 4111:0, uz u 4, t>:.. t—..l return you the Rip7rs yes Jar, Th .., L'ch L have read. They d ) not cont-tin an, tgainst Murat; they merely Lkmonstrate thy' taken a part with regret, that he felt mite j' very day, and that lie spoke Uglily of h:s - s to•do no harm to Nap:ikon, it these letters in general, and that of ClArik cular, tend to prove that lie was in downrigi,: y with France; and this is what he ong:a a. tent Yotirs, &cc. " WELLING TON. L'ount Blacas." MILAN, MAY 2. n Frimont, Commander in Chief a the /Nes. rmy in Italy, returned on the SOth to his head 1 at Mantua. Murat has removed from Anecina every thing cisely necessary to the defence of the place, directing his march upon Naples. orals Bianchi and Neipperg have efl ctc d ih cis 12 on the Metauro. nal Nugent is in the vicinity of Rome. re are 25,009 Austrians in our neighbourhoo.i. number increases daily. Pay we received 'Brussels Papers to the 1.1:i MILAN, MAY 2: Baron Frimont, Commander in Chief a the A iis• trian Army in Italy, retutned on the 30th to his Lead quarters at Mantua. King Murat has removed from Amine every thing not precisely necessary to the defence of the place, and is directing his march upon Nspl:s. Generals Bianchi and Neipperg have eir:cted theis junction on the Mecauro. General Nugent is in the vicinity of Rome. There are 25,009 Austrians in our neighbourhoo.i. and this number increases daily. To•ddy we received Brussels Papers to the 1.;1 and Frankfort Papers to the 11th May. The dit: articles of information which they contain, are Lel joined ; FLORENCE, APRIL 27: The two Neapolitan divisions of Generals Livien i and Pignatelli, have left the environs of Perugia ar..; I retired in three columns, one towards Assise, onc to wards La Marsh, and one towards Poligaa. ral Nugent was at Aquapendente on the 223, and h , ' advanced posts at Viterbo. The best understand'n; prevails between the Austrian troops and the e niE cans who form a part of his corps. The vanguard of the 2d corps entered Arezto the 212 d ; .it set out on the 23d for Perugia,...a. , r. General Bianchi entered the same day with the man body. A battalion of Modenese infantry, and the Dragoons' of his Royal Highness the Ili , reditar) Prince of Modena, form a part of General Viace:li's corps. The Austrians are received with the greatest j ,, y in all Tuscany. On • their whole route the inhabi tants crowd to see these brave men pass, and testify their satisfaction. t)esertion increases more and more among die Neapolitons; they are - continually arriving here, r.tr titularly cavalry. A' singular report prevailed yesterday aftern-on— that Marshal MOATIER had written a letter to t!!e Duke of WELLINGTON, requesting his Grace to the his influence in postponing the commencement ot I as measures were under consideration in P.or which might render them unnecessary ! It true, v the request to be regarded as serious ? or as a finesse. to gain time for more effectual hostilities ? I-Inwevt r this may be, it is difficult to conceive what security can be given by France for the future peace of rope, while the present perjured leaders ot the delu ded French army shall co itinue to t4d Should they again dismiss BONAPAPTE, they ntay again recall him and say, forsooth, that they NV' again changed their minds. That there is ei party tn France, and a strong one too, who wish to get rid t -1 NAPOLILON, we cannot doubt ; but how far it would be imprudent in the Allies to have their opinions and measures influenced by the diversities ot sentiment among the French, we have not yet sufficient inter• ination to enable us to form an opinion. If parttes run high in France, it is certainly worthy of cons* deration what line of policy may be best adapted to bring them into 'colision among themselves—wht" ther by maintaining a strong frontier and looking on till the parties try their strength, or by taking the field at once to endeavour to bring them to Viet; senses.