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ta i n ly come down to b e House t64IIBTrOW, without wishing to witness a ng discussion. • Lord CASTLEREAGH could not anticipate the d?scussion that might take place. He did not pro. pose to call for an opinion of the nature of that to which the Honourable Gentleman had alluded. For that which he should call upon them to come to, he should state his reasons, but on the question whether t hi s country, in concert with her Allies, should renew the war, or continue at peace, hb would not anticipate t h e j ee inms of the House. Sir J. NEWPORT presented a Petition from eel twin Catholics in Ireland, complaining of the pro ceedings ofthemselves s undry bodies, calling Loyal assoc i at i ons , and praying the interference of that H ouse . Ordered to lie on the table. The Reoort of the Committee of Ways and Means was brought up and agreed to. On the Order of the Day for the third reading of the Foreign %Vine Bill b e i ng read, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ;lid, in consequence of an arrangement which was made with the Court of Lisbon, from which he hoped Ind expected considerable advantages to our Manu facturers he should propose this measure s— He moved that the Bill should be read a third time on that lay six months. The motion was agreed to. The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the House adjourned. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1815. PRICE OF STOCRc THIS DAY Al' TWELVE O'CLOCK. Reduced Mil ex. cite..-4 pet Ct. nit ex. di•. S per Ct. Navy Ira—Consols S7ll—for account 3711 Bonds 2s. Se. prem.—Ezebtquer Bills Is. to Ss. puma. We considered the Message of his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT, to both Houses of Parliament yesterday afternoon, as too important to be withheld for a moment from the Public, and therefore inserted it in a Second Edition. The Message, as We expected, was very temperate and guarded. It merely informs Parliament, that events having recently occurred in France in contra venti,in of the thgagenwnts concluded with the Al lied Powers in the month of April las% and threaten ing consequences dangerous to the tranquillity and independence of Europe, his Royal Highness had been induced to give directions for the augmentation of his Majesty's Land and Sea Forces ; and had en tered into communications with our Allies for the purpose of forming a concert for the security of Europe. It is remarkable that neither the names of Louts XVIII. nor NAPOLEON occur once in the Message—a proof of the truth of what we stated on Tuesday !ast, that our Government, though, as in duty bound, anxious to provide for the safety of the State, at this most singular crisis, and active in their prepa rations to repel aggression of any kind, have re vived to be equally easeful mot to COMMA the coun ty on the question of the interior policy of France. That is, if compelled to go into a war, it will not be to decide chat, whether the French Nation shall will it or not, LOMB shall be the King of France ? It will be seen, in our report of the proceedings in Parliament last bight, that. it was asked in both Houses.--whethet any Secret Article annexed to the Treaty of Paris, or any secret Understanding entered into by the parties to that treaty, pledged the Allies to maintain the House of BounnoN on the Throne of France ? mat the Earl of LIVERPOOL, in the Peers. said, the rumour of the existence of any such article was totally unfounded ; and that Lord CASILEREAGH, in the Commons, was equally express in stating_ .'-at no secret article, understanding, or engagement of this kind, existed. We were confident, before this avowal, that Minis. tens never could have involved the country in such a pledge. Even if brany untoward occurrence they had so involved theraSelves, we were satisfied that the very circumstance of the culpable conduct of the BOURBONS, in allowing an adventurer, with only 600 men, to steal their throne and kingdom, would have absolved them from the obligation ; for in every com pact there are reciprocal engagements. But it is much better that the country should be found able to follow a line of conduct which shall require no spe• cial pleading to justify her proceedings. This declaration of Ministers was received as it ought to be by the leaders of the Oppositions indeed en this point there can be but one feeling in the coun try. With such a declaration, it was impossible that Parliament could hesitate to sanction the measures announced in the Message of the PRINCE REGENT. As the Message will come into regular discussion in both Houses this night, we feel that any further re marks at present would be improper. This day a Flanders mail arrived, best the Journals brcught by it are only one day later than those we received yesterday. Their contents are of a similar complain% The troops of the Allies are every Where in motion. The Austrian army is stated to be ready 800,000 effective men ; and the Wirtem- Lthers, watching the bridge which crosses the Iti4ae between Kehl and Strasburgh, with 80,000 nlta. At Dusseldorf the volunteers have been called otit..is when the Allies last marched against France ; a Iteastire which will probably be generally resorted to along the countries on the Rhine. Tiir attempt made by the Agents of BONAPARTE to steal the son of the Archduchess MARIA LOUISA, confirmed in these 2apers. None of the Brussels Papers to the 4th instant inclusive, make any mention of the Duke of WILLINOTOW. For ether particulars we refer our Readers to the subjoined extracts : • VIENNA, MARCH 11. • EPROM A [ATM. tall will have learnt from die k'apers that all the persons, natives of France. in the service of Maria Louisa, have been dismissed, with orders to return to their own country. This measure has been rigorously enforced. The reason is this—a plan was discovered to carry off the little Napoleon, and convey him to Paris. A French Lady, who was nearly attached to the young Prince, was chief accomplice in this plot : she has been sent with an escort to the Rhine, which she will cross to join her master, whose interests she so well promoted. Since this, young Napoleon is strictly watched. AIX LA CHAPELLE, MARCH 31. A Decree to the following effect has been pub lished here (the 27th) by the Chief of the Etat Major of the Army of the Lqwer Rhine : 66 The relations with France make it necessary to put again in force the former regulations respecting the communication with that country. 66 No driver, no diligence is to take a traveller un less he be provided with a passport, signed by the Commandant of the City. No relays are to be given without a special order from the Commandant. A mixed Committee shall be formed, charged to revise the letters intended for France, and those coming from that country. The former must, therefore, be put into the post open—the latter will be unsealed. The French Papers will be delivered, as soon as they arrive, to the Military Commandant. 46 The road from Aix la Chapelle to Givet by Liege is intercepted. Nu relays can be given along this road; no public carriages and no carriers are per mitted to make use of it. The only communication which, under the conditions prescribed, is kept open with France, is by Liege, Brussels, &c." GHENT, APRIL 1. We expect here his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, who came to compliment the King of France in the name of his august father. The ford lications of this city are repairing. Marshal Nerleft Lille on the 29th to return to Paris. There were s then 6000 men at Lille, and some other troops were expected there, intended to guard the frontiers. A large quantity of heavy artillery has passed through here for Tournay and Oudinarde. A large quantity has also been landed at Ostend, where Eng lish troops c•ntinue to arrive. VIENNA. MARCH 23. II It was yesterday we received by express the news of the entrance of Napoleon into Lyons, in conse quence of the defection of the troops who were to have defended it. This event has caused a great sensation here; and given a new impulse to the military preparations,' which had hitherto been carried on with a degree of reserve, on account of the smallness of the force with which Napoleon landed. The troops are on the march from all quarters. Some go to Lintz, others directly to Italy. Couriers are sent to all parts of the monatchy to hasten the march of the troops. Orders were sent a week ago to the regiments on the confines of Turkey to break up. The number of Austrian troops destined to act against France is estimated at 800,000 Men. The Prince Royal of Wurtemburg will emitmand an arrorot 80,000 in the neighbour. hood of Strasburg. The departure of the Sovereigns seems to be suspended; that of the King of Bavaria is said to be put Gif for a week. The journal of the proceedings of the Congress will, it is said, be cons pleted in a few days. STUTOARD, MARCH 26. A courier sent from Kehl in the evening of the 23d, brings the news that Strasburg had that day declared for Napoleon. The Aid-de•Camp of Mar. shal Suchet galloped through the . street at three o'clock in die afternoon, proclaiming the entrance of Napoleon into Paris, his restoration to the throne of France, and ended by crying rive r Eon/straw I which was repeated by all the troops and a part of the people. At four o'clock the Marshal reviewed the garrison, and received their oath of fidelity to Napoleon. The white flag. the arms and cyphers of the King, were removed, and replaced, as far as it was possible, by those of Napoleon. Marshal Sachet sent back the couriers destined for Paris, and informed them of the entrance of Napo- Leon into that city. As soon as General Volkmann was informed of the changes that had taken place at Strasburg, he broke down the German part of the bridge, declaring to Marshal Suchet, that this measure had no hostile object, and was merely meant to secure from attack the post entrusted to his care. The neceuary mea -1 sures are taking to put the tete•deysent at Kehl in a state of defence. No post is arrived from France since the 23d. BRUSSELS, APRII. s. Yesterday their Majesties visited the Palace of Lackea : never was such an immense concourse of people seen as flocked to the green avenue to enjoy the presence of our Sovereigns, who went afterwards to the l'heatre, where they were received with an en thusiasm beyond all expression. Same couplets were sung that were addressed to the King, the Queen, and the Hereditary Prince ; those to the latter were twice encored. 411 eyes turned with pleasure to this young hero, who has made his first campaigns under.the greatest Captain of modern times, and who is destined to renew the military glOl7 of Belgium. PARIS PAPERS OF TUESDAY LAST. We have received the Molitor: and minor Paris Papers .o the 4th instant. The former is filled as usual with addresses to the Emperor, chiefly from the military. It also contains a Circular by the Minister Foueuvr, occupying three columns, addressed to the Prefects of Departments. Its length obliges us to defer it till tc-morrow. This fellow has the impu dence to state that the government of the Bourbons was founded on treason, and all its acts of course treasonable. Of all the articles which appear in these papers, one in the Journal de Paris, noticing the celebrated Vienna Declaration, may be considered as the most important. In the present state of the French press, it may be considered as demi-official. The general tendency is to convince Europe that there is no cause whatever for war, or even for alarm ; for that France, however degrading the Treaty of Paris may have been to her, is willing to maintain it with good faith. In a word, that nothing is changed in France but the Ruler. The Lite hour at which these Papers came to hand obliges us to confine ourselves to a few quotations from this important document. OBSERVATIONS ON A DECLARATION OF THE CONGRESS AT vtENNA. ei It is said that the Congress of Vienna declared on the 13th of March last, on the intelligence of tht entrance of Napoleon Bonaparte into France, that all the Allied Powers were ready to give to the King of France, to the French nation, or to any other Go vernment attacked, all necessary assistance to restore the public tranquillity. " The Allied Powers thus suppose : " 1 • ' That the King of France is still upon the Throne. 66 2. That the French nation has been invaded by an armed force, and implores foreign assistance. 14 3. That the public tranquillity is disturbed, and the intervention of Foreign Powers is necessary to restore it. •• 4.. That other Governments may be attacked and compromised by the fall of the family which lately reigned over France. [This curious document then goes on to deny seri atim the truth of all these positions.] •• With respect to the departure of Louis XVIII. an effort is made to prove that this step was a virtual abdication of the Throne. The Emperor is now in peaceable and undisturbed possession of the Throne.— If Louis makes any attempt to return, by force of arms, he must be considered as the pretender and usurper. 44 The Princes of the House of Bourbon have seve rally experienced that there is no feeling in the French Nation tov►ards them. The Disc de Bourbon has left La Vendee; and the Duchess D'Angouleme Bourdeaux." The writer then proceeds ; " Finally, the fear that other Governments will consider themselves as attacked and compromised by the fall of the family whose reign is just finished, is equally chimerical. The Emperor has declared, that he will not interfere with any other nation ; and he is desirous that his restoration to the throne should not be the cause of the renewal of the war. The Treaty of Paris may excite in his breast, equally with those of every Frenchman, regrets so much the more keen, because a firm and courageous Government would certainly have obtained conditions less disas- trous. But this Treaty exists; it is not the work of the Emperor; it cannot be laid to him, nor can his glory suffer for it. This Treaty is the basis of the actual state of Europe. France is desirous of Peace ! Its bounda ries are marked out. The Emperor will not overstep them, unless forced so to do in stopping those who may enter the country►. No Government is copse. quendy attacked or compromised ; none has a motive or pretext to declare war against France. " Nothing is changed with respect to the relations *of the empire with other nations ; the Head is diffe rent, the subordinate members the same. 86 Such are the reflections which the Declaration of the Congress have suggested to us—more general considerations strengthen them." The writer concludes by reminding the world, that if the Allied Sovereigns renew their attack upon the Napoleon Dynasty, they will be by no means so strong as in 1813 and 1814, whereas Bonaparte will be mud► stronger. Independent of the resources of France, his dynasty is now strengthened by the free constitution which be has given the French nation, and which it is every Frenchman's interest to maintain. One thing •ery remarkable in this document is, that it avoids throughout all notice of the Vienna Declaration having denounced, in any way, the per. son of BONAPARTE.-•-•TO-MOIrOW we shall lay a full copy of this demi•official statement before our Readers. The following are farther extracts : PARIS, APRIL 9. General Count Rapp, Aid-de-Camp to the Em. peror, set out on the morning of the 2d for Stras. burgh, where he will take the command of the sth Military Division. M. Lecointre de Puyraveau set off yesterday for Lyons, with the title of Lieutenant-General of Police, for the Departments of the Saudi. CCOURIRN LITRAGIWINART o 1 TURSDAY MORNING.] Yesterday these way is Ow Champs Elysees, a gene. petal lotptedon of all the troops at Paris. The Ent Of Naples was expected at Ancona on the lsth. They write front Vienita that the Prince of War temburgh and General Wrede are to have the com mand of two corps d'armee. The assembling of a French corps d'armee is,men tioned as likely to take place in the vicinity of Basle. M. Rouen, who is attached to the French Lega tion at Vienna, left that city flit the 20113 of March, and arrived at Rai: on the 31st. ltie is said to be the bearer of dispatches. The Duchess d'Angouteme was stilt at Bourdeauz on the 29:h. Letters from Naples make the disposable army amount to 70,000 men. They write from Milan,' on the 22d March," that 30,J00 Austrians were then descending into the Tyrol, to reinforce the Army of Italy, which will, it is said, be augmented to 150,000 men." PARIS, APRIL 4. General Morand is marching upon Bourdeaus at the head of a corps of troops, but in all probability before his arrival tranquillity will have been restored. General Gerard is gone to Meta to take an impor tant command. We learn from Lille, that tip to the 30th of March the foreign troops in that ♦icinity had made no movement. General Baron Nicolas hat arrived at Tours, to take the military command of that place. A French courier arrived at Calais on the night of the Ist; and immediately embarked fur Dover. THE ARMr. There is already a gallant army of 60,000 troops assembled on the frontier ;ine of Belgium, from Ypres to Namur, all in British pay, and nearly one half British troops. This army is besides daily increasing. On Monday and Tuesday it was reinforced by the 11th and 12th Dragoons, and several detachments of Artillery, which were landed last week at Ostend in excellent condition, and by to-morrow or next Jay, the Guards, which were embarked on Wednesday, will join. The Prussians, at the date of the last ac counts from Belgium, had 40,000 fine troops in line from Namur to Luxemburg. These were also re ceiving daily reinforcements. One of the first orders of the Duke of WELLINGTO on taking the command in Belgium, was to order all the women who had followed the army from this country to return immediately. It is understood that Colonel Sir H. TOERINS will act as Military Secretary to the D.; ke of WELLINGToN in Belgium. Sir H. 'CORKERS conveys the authority from the PRINCE REGENT, and the British Cabint under which the Duke of WELLINGTON will act. His Grace's powers are of the most ample description, and it is even whispered that it is left entirely to the judgment of his Grace whether hostilities shall be commenced on the part of Great Britain, or measures of a defensive nature merely, strictly adhered to. We ate sorry to state, that a gentleman who ar rived in town last night from Bourdeaux, ha► brought accounts of the Duchess d'ANooutzlte having left that place. Tiiey had there but few troops—th ese not well affected ; but all the citizens loyal. The English were quitting the place as fast as they could find conveyance. THE LEEWARD ISLAND FLEET. LlVattrooL, APRIL s.—Arrived the Wellington, William Rathbune, Belmont, Eliza, Fanny and William Dawson, from Demerara; and the Kings. more, from St. Thomas's ; sailed with the honiewai d bound Leeward Island Fleet 27th February, And parted from them on Thursday last, off Cape Clear. Several other ships of the &et have arrived, but we cannot get their names to night. Baum., APRIL 6.—Arrived the Thomas, and Jane, from St. Vincent's; Ann, from Tobago; son, from Barbadies ; and the Pilot, from Demarara. The fleet of which these ships were a part, was se parated in a violent gale last week, when their num. ber was 87 sail, of which only 47 were reassembled under the 'Commodore, and the other ships of war from whom such of the Bristol ships has rejoined, parted on Sunday, the 2,1 inst. in long. 16. W. FALMOUTH, APRIL. 4. Arrived the Speedy packet, from Portsmouth.-- Sailed his Majesty's ship NYMPIIEN, for Plymouth. Wind N.W. fine weather. PLYMOUTH, APRIL S. Came in the Dwarf cutter, from Bourdeaux, with passengers, which port she left o n Sunday Lat,— Arrived the NYMPHEN, from Falmouth. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 6. Arrived the Hefty, Timm, from the Downs, bound to Madtira. Also arrived from the Downs, at St. Helen's, four sail of East Indiamen, names unknown.—Wind Westerly. DEAL, APRIL 6. Arrived the FORTH frigate ; Muvina, Uttozwv., and Harry sloops of war from Cork.—Wind S. W. HARWICH, APRIL 6. Arrived the Adventure and Pi.y.erea transports, in ballast, from D.ptford, to take horses to Holland.— A packet is in sight, supposed to be the Beaufoy s with a Hamburgh Mail COVE OF CORK, APRIL 4. Arrived his Majesty's ships Scour, HAUGHTY, and the Cormorant store-ship from England. Yesterday the dispatches were fi :ally closed at the East India House, and delivered to the Pursers of the undermentioned ships, viz.:—Apollo, Captain C. B. TARIM; and Sir Wt!!jam Pulteney, Captain T. DAWNILIN for Madeita, B-ngal, and Bombay. Passengers per Sir William Pulteney, for Lk; g a l, Memirs. Baowm and OAKLEY, Free Mariners ; for Bombay, Mr. J. AULD, Free Mariner. —Per for Bombay, Mr. F. SHARPE, Cadet. CORK EXCHANGE, APRIL 7.—.0.'r Wheat trade is rather heavy this morning, but a few prime picked samples have been add at Monday's prices ; at there being very little demand for any other stription, the sales are with difficaty effected at a fction of b. per quarter. White Peas are in r t .. t, and 21. per quarter higher. Barley, Beans. and Oats, sell full as well as on Monday. .1