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been privieetive of great distress, and in many in stances destructive to several industrious tradesmen, whese pro v eities had been profusely squandered away by persons without honour or principle; that it tended to corrupt the morals of several young per soils, who indulged themselves in many excesses, from the facility with which they got into debt, and en avoided payment. As the present Bill tended tcheck such evils, he would second the motion for bringing it in. Mr. HORNER said, he would net oppose the bringing in the Bill, but there were parts of it which, as th.ciibed by the Honourable and Learned Mem ber, he could not agree to. He had two objects in - vii w ; one was to make the property of she debtor Subject to the payment of his debts. To this he would not object ; but the Act of last Session went as :ar ; :and the other was Co punish the man who should not be able to pay more than half, if this hap- , pened through his own fault. It a man could be proved to have rel;ained credit under false pretences, acre was no doubt he ought to be punished, but this should be done by a penal Statute, and not by miligling the punishment of the debtor in the Act which was iritended for his relief. He conceived it was absurd - to discharge one man who paid 15s. in the pair d, and to punish another, by a year's impri sonment, who could pay no more than 10s. By this sno.te of leasoning, we would judge of the guilt or ituiectuce of a man according to the number of shah lirgi lie paid in the pound, but it was sell known that many who paid 15s. to get off the other ss. weir less honest than those who were only able to pay 10s. Mr. LOCKHART supported the Bill. Mr. ABERCROMBY contended against the ne cessity raf the Bill, though he would not oppose its being brought in. Mr. HURST was of the same opinion. Mr. BARING observed, that the country should have more experience of the late Act before any alte ration was made in it. S..rjeant BEST raplied at considerable length, ant repeated his arguments for the necessity of the Bill. The question was then put, and leave was given to bring it in. TREATY WITH AMERICA. Mr. R. H. DAVIS, in rising to move the Address to hn It‘iyal Highness the Prince Regent on the of Peace with America, said, he had to claim tie paftictilar indulgence of the House to the obser vations vlich he had to make.. We had now con cioded the war, and made an honourable and, he booed. a lastng peace with that nation. That the war had be , n unprovoked on our part no man would deny ; it had been carried on, not from any vindic tive motive, or through desire of conquest in us, but with the intention of asserting uur maritime and na tional rights. We were now at peace, and he trusted that the advantages of peace with such a nation, so aslvantageously situated with respect to commercial intercou:se, would be liparent to the House, and protiuce an unanimous approbation of the Treaty itself. To those who were dissatisfied with the Treaty or anal :us for a continuance of the war, he would oboist:, that America was a nation possessed of go at resources, and if we wished to carry on the war by blockading her ports, we would drive her on to those r .ounces, and be the means of snaking her a great and powerful maritime nation. In the count • of the war she had endeavoured to get possession of oar provinces in C made, which were Lravely de fended !)y an able officer with a comparatively small number of troops, to whom great praise was due ; in this war we had seen the power of America, and she . had felt ours by the total loss of her trade, and by having seen our troops victorious even in her capital ; • but from all we had seen and known this must ap pear that a war with her was a thing to be.deeply deplored, and that a firm peace and commercial in - teicout se with hal would be for the mutual advantage of both ci untries. He holed from the obvicusiie.i of what ate had said. that there would not be sentient voice to the Address which he should have the honour of proposing, and he concluded by moving-- u 1 hat an humble and dutiful Address be presented to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, that.king hint for his moat House co cirscersion in having,beras pleased to by Lefore the House the I r. any of Peace between this country and America ; and a•surtlg L koyal Highness that they reflected with sails faction and i .r...itude on this fresh proof of the anxiety evinced by him for tip; welfare a f the k ogdutit, iu having concluded a Tr , •t y a • vaotageons, and at the same time they humbly hot eu th a t a .cb final arrangetneats would be a :opted as to s.cu:e that harmouy and social union which should exist between the two cow,' r e fOiSONIIY sad, be could by no means ap- I prrAL of the conduct of Ministers in the manage ment of the late Treaty. Every pretension which had been brought .tOrward on our part had been ab,indoned one by one. lie objected to the time to winch the conclusion w...s protracted, and to having, let That opportunity pass by when it could have been most Advanuptct , itily made. if he were rightly in formed, and he took his information from the official documents puulished by the American Government, the principal terms offered first by England as her 'las qua sea were all rejected by America, and after wards :Abend ,ned by this c•untry. Even those pro. winces which had been most averse to war had unani mously declared that they would prefer it to the'ac c,Ttance of the terms offered. It was incompiehen- Cole to him, why the Nobie Lord (Castlereagh) had abstained froth moving the Ad less. Was it because the difficulty of the Nireetion stared him in the face i for the Noble Lord was aware that so late as 0,?o -ber last articles dravia up for tie protection of the Indians were resisted by the American Government, who refused in any shape to acknowledge the sosee reignty of the Inchaes, or to alter the boundary line. Wiiat must be obvious to the House was, that there appeared no difference in substance between the ar ticles first drawn up by the American Commissioners end those now forming part of the Treaty of Peace. Several paints were unsettled. The Treaty was not only quite silent on the cession of the district of Maine, but it was remarkable that the three great points in agitation between the two countries were iti tact abandoned. In the same predicament was the question of Moose Island, though represented to be long to us as fairly as Northamptonshire, and COM. enissioners had been appointed to settle it. Never b e fore was a point of such intricacy to be submitted, as in the present case, to the arbitration of a foreign and independent Sovereign Were a map or chart made out of this indefinable line, assisted by the ablest of our geographers, still he was confident dist no European Potentate, not even the Emperor 61, Russia, would be able to ascertain the boundary line. Another of his objections to the Treaty was, that it' had no reference to the Orders of Council, the im pressment of seamen and the right of search ; the Treaty, to be sure, had been signed, but the preten sions of England and America were in state quo ; they were exactly as indefinite as ever, and promised to temain so. He was, therefore, quite unable to discover any cause for the useless waste of treasure and the lamented loss of blood, during the contest, as sacrificed to the negligence of Ministers, after they had disputed with America for points which the Treaty gave up. He trusted in GOD, however, that we should never see another war with America, since no two eountr;es were ever so identified as to interest, or connected by so !piny ties. He never could con template America as a child of this country, sprung from ourselves, grown up under us, and now arriving at maturity ; he never could look at this, politically or relatively, and not be satisfied that more true glory redounded to this country from having.given existence to America, than from any exploits of arms. Uuder this view of the subject, lie should feel it his duty to submit the following as an amendment to the Address: That, while the House contemplated with satittaction the re turn of peace with America, yet, reviewing all the circiun stances, they regretzvil it was rot sootier accomplished; that the House deeply deplored the wa,te of treasure and loss of so many valuable lives, when the elevated and commanding situa tion of the United Kingdom would have enabled us to have evinced our liberality by offering terms of peace, that they were consoled to find that peace, notwithstanding, at length establi.hed, trusting that the two freest nations would exhibit to nunkind the spectacle of cordial unbnitnity and lasting peace. Mr. GOULBURN went at length into the ques tinn,when he defendedthe conduct of the war,explain ed its difficulties, and justified the Treaty of Peace. Mr. PONSONBY explained. Mr. BARING said, the whole of the American negotiation afforded the greatest example of miss government in the annals of any country. We had first sent a Noble Lotd (Gambier) then, a civilian from Doctors' Commons (Dr. Adams) ; and yet at the end came the mos: meagre measure that was ever known in the disguise of diplomacy; so that Gentlemen were really at a loss to account for the immense preparations that were made. The discus sion of difficulties as to the boundary line, and other points, should all have been discussed, if it were only to be seen whether we could agree or not. In stead of this, the question of impressment was com mitted in a manner the most inconvenient to both countries. No independent people would consent to their being impressed or seized by another Power, merely becauie they spoke the same language.— lhough he readily admitted this to be a question of extreme difficulty, still the question was reasonable] in itself; and it we refused to listen t it, we must be constantly and rerni.incilly at war. Nothing but extreme indoleece on the part of his Majes ty's Geverinnent could account for their ir;attention to this great subject. He voeuld a.ld, indeed, that the difficulty was susceptible of an easy remedy, though he pretended not io offer o-ty speculation up on it. Very great blame existed on the part of his Majesty's Government for nat opening a negotiation before the Commission et Ghent. The real and sole diffiCulty was, atter all, the Indi in bounder's when, although he agreed .that the Indian nation ought nut to be abandaned, he would conteril that ;hey existed in a state of anamolous allegiance to the United States of America, which circumstance was not unknown to us when we coalesced with them. So far, therefore, they were by no mean:, the independent tribes they were represented. T! simple qnestion was, whether we were to set the In dians up as an independent tribe, which they ranter were ? Now the sort of pacification WO V.141e.1 set up, was marking the boundary of the Indian territory, and a consequent peaCe, as a sine qua non. He defied the Honourable Gentleman opposite to affirm, that the question of boundary had ever been ~ v erily put to the United States. Obiectionable as this was to America, he would maintain that it was equally to the detriment of England. It we could circumscribe the surplus population of America to a boundary line, instead of permitting it to spread it self in agriculture,• we should, in the same propor tion, force them to become a manufacturing coun try, and prejudice ourselves. The Treaty jest pro vided, that, having been at war, we wete to remain now at peace, without not only not settling but even not mentioning the points about which we had waged war. The Government, he contended, had made this country completely contemptible. in the eyes of the Americans,.by appealing to put forth its strength. and failing in every object intended to be accom plished. -The expeditions of Sir G.•Prevost failed because they were all badly planned in the British Cabinet—because they were bad and absurd. The expedition to New Orleans was equally absurd ; it was monstrous ; and if that city bad been taken, it would, he to oar troops another Walcheren, for theta WS hot a more unhealthy spot in the world. On the whole, we sustained a loss of military reputation by this war which many years could not repair; and it offietual means were not taken to secure our amicable relations with America, we should even have in the Northern States the most formidable eft mays this country ever had to contend with. Mr. MAR RYAT contended, that all the conces sion, which this country had made to the Americans had had no other effect than to encourage the most unreasonable pretensions on their part. Mr. C. GRANT contended, that from every part of the conduct of the American Government it was most evident that they would not have made that Civety had it at: t been for the events which took place last year in Europe ; and the favourable terms con taieed in it afforded the most convincing proof, that the Americans did 4not consider themselves that tri umphant people which was supposed by Gentlemen on the opposite side of the House. With respect to the proposal of a boundary line, it was one which nobody could object to ; on the contrary, it was es. scntial, as a means of preventing future wars, that a clear line should be marked.out between the territo ries of both nations. With respect to the stipulation for the Indians, he would ask, it it was not a matter of importance to gain for those people their liberty' and their rights as an independent people ? Indeed, lie was sorry to find some Gentlemen disposed to treat those unfortunate tribes too lightly .whether they were savages or not, they had assisted us in the war, and it woulditave been the greatest degree of baseness in us to have abandoned them. So far then trona considering it as a deviation from the great principles of policy to bring the Indians into the Treaty, it was a matter highly honourable to us to have admitted theie people into the Scale of hu man beings, and to have conferred upon them rights which all our fellow-creatures were entitled to. Sir JAMES MACINTOSH conceived, that 'the greatest misconduct was observed in carrying on the negotiations and the war. The negotiations were criminally delayed, and that delay caused the de struction of many valuable lives, as well as the loss of national honour ; and our principal failures in the campaign were occasioned by the weak and unskilful plans formed in the British Cabinet. No language of his was sufficient to condemn the conduct of our army at tiraihington; the destruction of public build ings, of national archives, and all those things which constitute) the pride of a great Commonwealth, was unvxampled in the history of civilized warfare; and the whole of that business was disgraceful to the Bri tish Government. lie wi.hed to know why our Go vernment did not avail itself of the mediation of the Emperor of Russia, whet, it was offered, and enter into a negotiation with the Americans ? his was another delay highly culpable on tile part of the Bri tish Government. As to the clause respecting the Indians, he was sorry to say lie could not find in it ally thing to rejoice at in the language used by the Ho nourable Gentleman who spoke last ; for there was nothing in the Treaty that secured any privilege to the Indians, or that could prevent the oppressions they formerly suffered. They were still subject to fraud, to violence, and to exclusion from the terri tories they occupied. Tracy might be considered as a kind of vassal nations, subject to the dominion of the United States ; and any resistance made by them hereafter to the American Government, would be considered a kind of rebellion ; besides, the very condition in favour of the Indians, by which theit hunting ground was not to be touched, was a pro posal to keep a great track of country in a state of perpetual desolation. Lord CASTLEREAGH said, it was a circum stance greatly to be regretted, that at the close of a war, when a peace was concluded between the two countries, such a discussion as this should be brought forward on points that oug!:t to be- wholly buried in oblivion. It was placing ht i Majesty's Ministers in a great difficulty to bt nig ni) eve, y subject that tend ed to &ewe irritation between nations that were now on amicable relations with each other. He contended there bad been no waste of time in catrying on the negotiations. The lit iti..ll Government could emit in prudence have carlied them on otherwise than on principles of jeal.. usy. No conrse could have been pursued with America except that of displaying the who,- foice of the country ; and it could be proved, that the %1-dinar!' hounds of prudence had been trans gresel in order to bring the affairs in discussion to as speedy a conclusion as possible. He was prepared to justify the entire mode in which the negotiation had been conducted, and to prove that the animus of the co , sntry was directly in favour of peace. An Honourable Gentleman had ask4l, why the media tion of Russia was not accepted ? He would remark this point without any disparagement to the Em peror of Russia; whose' justice mid impartiality he was sure would have been fully di.played on that as well as all other occasions, that if any sentiment was more ci,.:111, felt in this country than are.ther, it was, that we shonl.l never submit the decision of our rights to the mediation or dictation of any foreign Power whaterer.--( Hear, letar.)—England must Aways maintain her own rights.—(Hear, hear.) — His Lordship then. entered into a v..riety of argu ments in defence of the Treaty. He co tinned to shew that the English Government acted with the utmost candopr towards the American l'ienipoten tiaries, and concluded by expressing a hope that the House would not adopt the amendment. Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH explained. Mr. J. P. GRANT supported the amendment at considerable leneth. Mr. ROBINSON opposed it. Mr. .1. P. GRANT a xplained. 'rile House dicta divided, when there appeared— For the Amendment :;7—Asainst it 11S—Majority in favour of the Address. 91. Adjourned at Half-past 'l..velve. . t 1 1 i 4 • 1 i i I i i• 1 . r , • • 4 . . . W I . . . a • ' M 4.1 M if. .. , tie •• M • • 1 ..... : :::: • • • MUSE IMPU.T.Ed.VT .MATE PAPER. COPY OF THE LETTER OF THE ITINcr. TALLEYRAND - TO LeltD VISCOUNT CASTLEREAGH, DATED VIINNA, DECEMBER 15. DA 4.. " MT 1.0an.-7 ew deuire me to swift , blown tn yon be what rtast ner l tossee've thr .ISsir of Naples orglit to be settled in Congress :—tar as there is a necessity of sealing i., it :s a punt upoo which there ought not to he one moment of uncertainty in a mind like yolirt..l It would he for ever a subject of reproach, and I will say, even an eternal subject of shame if the right of Sovereignty over au ancient and tine kingdom, like that of Naples, being contested, Europe united for the first time (and probably for the ia..•) 11l ge net* Congress should leave undecide I a question of iliac nature, and sanctioning, In s o m e de g r ee , osovatien by its •i'encr, should give ground liar the opinion, that the 'oily source to tight is force.' have not, At the same time, to convince your kacellency ol the dens of kerdinand IV. Eng Laid has never ceased to recognize them. " In the war in which he lost Napits, England was his ally. She has been SillCe, and is so, still. Never has she recognized the title that the person who now governs at Naples assumes,inor the right w hills this title supposes; therefore, in concurring to assure the rights of King Ferdinand, England has only one plain thing to do—wbieli is to declare in Congress what she has always re cognized, that Ferdinand IV. is the legitimate Sovereign of the Kingdom of Naples. •• Perhaps England, heretofore the ally of Ferdinand IV. de sires stilt to be so. Perhaps she may believe her honour demands that she should assist, if need he, with her forces, for his regain., ing the Ctowu iif whirls he has been recognized the Sovereign— but this is not an ',blips-ion that Call Now Irons a lure ai.d mini& 1 acknowledgment of the rights of this Prince, ba:ause the reetm. 1 union of a right d oes not natural l y carry w i t h i t any other otili- I gation, than that of doing nothing that may be contrary to such right, and * of not supporting any pretension that may be set iii against it. it dues not carry with it the obligation of fighting in ins defence. 44 It may be that I deceive myself, but it appears to me infi nitely probable, that a frank and aim:lemma declaration of tbe Powers bf hump.; and the cegtitude of the per.on who now go yarns at Miele., that he would not be supoorted by any one, would rendee useless the employment of force ; but it the con trary sboukl happen, those only of the Allies of King Ferdinand would be necessary, who should think proper to lend him their support. ". 1. It feared that la this case, the war should spread beyond the Unita of the Kingdom of Naples, and that the tranquillity 0. Ittily should again be interrupted Is it feared that tereigt troops should again traverse Italy t I hese tears may be ub Inced by stipulating that the Kingdom of Naples should not ut attacked by the Italian Continent. Austria appears to be La gaged towards him, who governs ;it Naples, to guarantee hin from an attack on this side; and if, as we are auurett. Atistrli hat oily =gaged fiefself for OW (how fats it *be row! that the Emperor has giiCTl his guarantee artiou riets of a Prince, at once his uncle awl his fatlur-in 1 .r the pns-es,i.oi of a kingd.on whith lus: in tn4k:ng cause with Au,tria). she cannot be tiiilvarrassed in :. • with jocict• aust with the moural see:intents of affectic.u, eitgae,enielas into which extraurdwary dreutustances latack i. enter. _ _ " It appears to me, therefore, that we may at ore a!!.! t! same time sa.' , fy ail our duties, and all our Interests, avd z.. engagements by an Article such as Ilk,. " Europe, united in Congress, rr , :ogi.izes Ids Majesty Fer! " nand IV. as I:inj uf Naples. All the Powers engage to te " another not to layout, nor to support directly or itutires ! " any pretension opposite to the rights wlslch apperta:n to 1 . 6 in this title; but the troops which the foreign tt, , " and the /Vacs of his said Majesty, may watch to the 51'' " 6 port of his cause, cannot traverse Italy." " persuade myself, my lord, that V. E. is tufficlentl; to itulr.cribi• ouch a dowse. anti that you have no s .- ed a mom special awhoriaation ; but if you %lambi tlOuk wise, I shall rends.' Of you to requke thi; s t ob ot h., 7 j,L delay, as you hay , been good enough to ly.rn,it up• t! , ( ainsi st . clk a IN. n 'We h 07r (sig!:c.t) •' Lc P.su:.z tl.• I ls.s. • FRENCH P. 4 PER.C. At the ii.dace of the ret , ;:S, • NAPOLLON, Emperor of the 1 - 1.-srli, Our Council of State attending, we have . 1 and do deelee as follows: I. '1 ha► the 1.1. el of the National A•.eta!►ly, ai; • • • family of the bamboo% •hail be lolly executed au•.: .. firm and tenor. All members of t'•at family who s!%oa►l be kl , r. 1 ::) pire, .hall be brought before the Tribunal., iu codes according to the said lays. Tivoe who have accented minhtr rlai fonrallus IGovernr:r.:nt of Louis Stanislaw, Xay.ei, •:: tho , e who nt.stle part of his Civil or Militarl• I : ot the Princes of bit family, ►hall keep At the s'.l IcaE ties front our rtod tit? of I , aris. 't he same shall be held ot all due., who eatu!nr..l...l the parte% eollnted for the pt.rpo4e •)f overt 'lto I.i rial Government, and Woo of thou: who mule „t Chouan corps. 3. The individuals rtferred to in the last article, :! :1, :1, 4 of their refusal voluntarily to take the oaths to the• n.Av c; men', be proceeded against w the way winch the State requires. Our lidluistm are charged with the executing, orl'i• • (.iigned) (Countersigned) "~ -- t: N e.~...,. By 1 Dcoree, &tett 4th allot!, .111 runctionar..i. ti; or hi.litaly Agrn!s, who have tak,.o a l y parr i n :; . y : • *arrectitinn in the Southern Dr! :::tin. n•s, b • •. against aectirdine to the 91e, 9.J, a4i.l L 1 Alra,lt, i'cilld Co.k. ISy a Decree, dated the 6th, it h art red that the : the cs•ual receipts. not approptiated under tkz c 4; et , lit 1814 and lilt 5, war allotted for the expen.ea ot the C 11 .hall be paid Into . :an Office, called the I 'l3:ttila Eatr.A - - which '1;41 be under the din:Walls of tone lit oar A: Sta:e. By subsequent articla in this Dtcree, a moiety of shall he approprt....el to the relief ut Idt:se who hive 5t.11 . 1..1 the war ot 18t4. In the ancient l'rovirces .Duce, and Champagne; and the tither moic , .y to tht tetiet ut th.:se dividtsal, who had lost the pensions and allow:-teet. warmed at them by the preceding Imperial Goveromcnt. BOURDEAIJX, APRIL 4, The following ate among the intercept.2l ktters p al) . 411._ ..1 : One from' tile Doke to the Duchess d'Angoulene, Putt St. Esprit, :Ruh :11Arch. This hoias out eiseirtng prospects of eventual lumen, to iihstritits, Consort, 'and speaks of tit- great impartanee it noel' lie for tile royal interests throughout tie South, to get t• tst_• of Lyons, which from the circuntstances in which the tv::. rnerelal interests are placed there, his Royal Ktgliness co. ina plate. as practicable. Another ktter lion% the same place, dated the same . speaks of some operations in the south, in whim he for. mcnils the stvady conduct of the Royalists; speak, in iith err ! of the conduct of General Moonier, and adverts to same tart, table intellige . ..ce he had just recetwd front . cation and ?ti • isles. _ _ _ A third kite: -rrom the same to the same, and dated ;t, '1 pres , es his Royal i liginiess's apprehension that some of bat; mer letters had intercepted; speaks et his proceiti at disorganise several regiments, as they were-not to be &'.n . .. on, :ad speaks of his it to repair the citadel of Esprit, as a point trappui. The fourth is a letter from the Duke d'Angouletne to tie Kit of Spain, whom he addresses, Sir, my Brother and Cova. He supplicati.s his mos: Catholic 'Majesty to cause a Mitt lat body of his forces to enter France as auxilinies of the &nt tti• uncle: and informs his Majesty ~f the critical .tire art ;.1 1.• fairs, in consequence of the defection of almost all the I 7 • He also repeats in this letter, the grett inti.ortutice it to the Royal cause to gain posses:l.l,i of Lyons. The sth !s from the Ceuta de Guiet.e, to his mother, 421 Pont Sr. F.sprir, M stab 29. This latter contains nothing it. the wy of imrcrtant nurat:r., but has, among much matter of the same :cost, tits reutark. expression—" Yes! we now should weep to be Fre& i.•• °'" last of all that people !-A barbarian has arrivAt • with a hrstidtal of men, and the slit. ratio' becomes .:ruck—:a n d he arrives without obstacle at the secret! test,: • of our icing;." The sixth from the Baron de Noltrolles to the D,. Jets •- goultme, dated I oulouge, March SI. It con:aiips nutLir: niarkable, hut atgurs nips: hieouratny from the notuimu ,- . 14 Marshal Per.glion to the chief command of the Rordit:s sftir! South. '1 he four followinz letters are from the 9 to 5b1.,er.• • • sons, and appear to Xord rather zlo..nny pro eft, o, t: , , ... • of the Royal Parry. The letter. following are (coin the Maresehal ‘:e. Cirri losquet, horn Oilcans, and 13ourleaux, but of .19 calla than the fort going. WAR DEPARTMENT. lluutLicaus, April Lieutenant-General Ilazispe, corm andinB the lJ:1 military division ; Lientenant.General Laion-Blaniac, cornman l :; the deritiment of the Gironde; The Mai stial.de-Camp, chief commander el city of Bourdeaut, take advantage of the first re! , ;! , . who aeparts for Paris, to assure his M.+j:•sty' the yew:- of the devotedness and fidelity which the) L.s act ce.tsed to preserve towards him. TULLE, MARCH 30. In snmc CAutnunes of this Department, a FT: .4 the population, soured by the arrogant pretcoumi the ancient Privilegitv, manif,:sted a spirit e•t dar.° . rous re.action. but the wisdom and tirmitese it ' Authorities, supported by the Bens-d'artuesi restored order. GRENOBLE, APRIL 9. On the intelligence that the insurgents of the Soti'' , supported by some troops of the line, menaced department of Isere, preparations were made to c . rt, ' them. The inhabitants of Grenoble, and those 0 t rut al Communes, manifested the most landAhle 'intents. A considerable party of the N Ational accompanied by some troops of the line, advanced t. reconnoitre the enpmy, and to put down their lav dent efforts, On another side, General Lasaleette• Commandant of the 7th division, protected the a from a serious attack. At the first signal, a great number of the Nati 6ol Guards of the neighbourin C ommun es repaired t'' g %liens:l6le ' Happily, these good disposition s wet: