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wrenue to the Exchequer. certainly, at the least ex. pence; but he must say, that, he hardly ever met with a C o •nmissiciner under the Act who did not consider h i s duty as eitiemely disagreeable. The Worst p.m o f d u , inquisitorial tax resulted from the Agents and I ns pectors. G e neral GASCOIGNE was in favour of modifi cations* The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER objected to any proposition for a Committee to en_ ere into the subject (alluding to something that p assed while strangers were excluded), as it could lead to delay, and would tend to derange the whole machinery. ,Ir. Alderman ATKINS explained. M r . BARING.—This tax came rather ungra tioq,iy, after a refusal of inquiry into the expenses of the Ova List ; particularly when it was considered time the majority on that question was composed. The Message of the Prince Regent was not of itself sufficient foundation for such a tax. He did not desire a Committee, but was willing to take it as a temporary tax for one year, and not, by means of modifications, as a comfortable tiling for life ! t.ix was, however, oppressive on the middling clashes, and its consequences were dangerous to government, and to the character at Parliament. He should op. pose its renewal as a permanent measure,.but would not have objected to its continuance for vise year, %did) migh• he for the public advantage. 'lye was given to the CUANCtLLOR of the Ex c.:7 t..k . e.3 to bring in the Bill.---Adjourned. OF 1118 MINOUITTON TIM UNCOND RZADINO OF THE INCOME TAX. A h..icrurnbir,Hoo.J. Miro:netsley, H. Nolen, Hon. W. V. f.l:: , orpi., 14. - 41 Hornby, E. Phillip., tko. 1.. flick, C. Knox, lion. T. Vonsosiby, Right I . •!( y, 'rhos. Laiouclie, R. Hui:. G. I • z•oy, i.n:d I. Lznibtvn, J. 0. Ridley, Sir R. W. Cralt, J. l'. hiiitta*, I.i.rd Ramsden, J. Guie, Sir W. !.l.tc4in - o4h, sir J. Richard,on, W. Graftan, Righ: 1 - Ton. N l ..!r: la, I. Smith, Win. Bony Ni. eihe, Hon. R. Tierney, Right Hon. El railion. Lord A. Newport. Sir J. George Tios net, F. Onslovr, Setjeast Whitbread, S. fn.:. Clt !1-...1 ion. H. Benner, and R. (lonian. 5..;..... - .... - -.:::_ - .- - -: - - •-•*--- --....--.----- THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. rRIDAY, APRIL 21. 1815 1 . PRICY. OF + rocKi THIS DAY AT 'MELVA O'CLOCKt NrJuccd .itit -4 per Ct. 7ii 78-5 per Ct. Navy 8.5} 80 Luatoli S7l—howls 9s.pre.—liaehequer 11011 Ss. to 7s. pre. Our Readers have already been informed, th.it on the 9.5:h ultimo a Treaty was concluded At Vi enna, by which the principal Powers of Europe con iim the Treaties formerly executed. and engage to act in concert with their whole means for their main tenance, and for the purpose of crushing and pu nishing every dirtuter of the public peace of Europe. We now lay before our Readers a copy of that im yrirtant document—the most important certainly which has appeared for some ages; TREATY OF ALLIANCE, OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE, SETWEIN RUSSIA, AUSTRIA, 'PitiSIA. AND GREAT BRITAIN. In the name of the Holy and Undivided Trinity : 'Their Majesties the Emperor of all the Russia., the Emperor of Austria, the King of Prussia,. and the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, considering the consequences which the en trance of Buonaparte into France, and the present situation of that kingdom, may have wish respect to the security of Europe, have determined, In these weighty circumstances, to carry into effect the prin. ciples consecrated in the Treaty of Chaumont. They have therefore agreed, by a solemn Treaty, mutually signed by cult of the four Powers, to renew the en gagement that they will defend the so happily restored order of things in Europe against all violation, and to idopt the most effectual measures for carrying this engagement into effect, and also to give it that neces sary extension which existing circumstances itripeti cooly demand. (Here fullow the appointments, in the usual form, of the different Plenipotentiaries whose names are undersigned.) Art. I. The Hi:,-11 Contracting Pawers solemnly engage to unite the resources of their rest ectire States, tor the maintenance of the Treaty of Peace con cluded at Paris on ti.c 30th of May, 1814, as well as that of the Congress of Vienna,--to carry into full effect the dispositions contained in these Treaties, — inviolably to observe their ratified and subscribed agttements, According to their full import,—to de- 1 hod them •Ig.: last every attack, and especially against prrkct, of Napoleon Buonaparte. Towards this end they bind themselves, should the King of France desire it, and in the spirit of the Declaration issned on the kith uf I\l4rels, with common consent and mu tual agreement, to bring to justice all such as may have Already joined, or shall hereafter join the party 61 Nap , le'n, in oider to compel him to relinquish his projecv, and to render him incapable in future of dis- ULLA!, Cie tranquillity of Europe and the general ;Lice. under the protection of which the rights, the *medorn, and the independence of nations have been esublished and secured. • IL Although so Feat and salutary an object does ant permit that the means destined to its attainment !!.lulti be limited, an/ although the High Contract- I:lg Powers have resolved to devote to this object all cods resources as they can, in their respective situa "az, dispose of; yet they have nevertheless agreed, 'hat every one of them shall constantly have in the fi c l4 1 50,000 man complete, of whom at least one tnth shall be cavalry, with a proportionate artillery (itot reckoning garrislns), and to employ them in active and united service against the common enemy. ILL The High Contracting i'crtion solemnly ea' gage not to !ay down their arms but in igieetnes • i with each other, nor •I • it the objet of the war as signed in the Isi Article of the present Treaty shall have been attained ; nor until Buonaparte shall be wholly and completely deprived of the power of ex. citing disturbances, acid of being able to renew his attempts to obtain di/ 'lief power in France. IV. As he present *Treaty principally relates to the present circtuastAnces, the engagements id the Treaty of Chaumont, and particularly that contained in the 16th Article, shall again recover their full furee, as soon as the present object shall be attained. V. 'Every thing relating tq the command of the Allied Armies, the maintenance of the same, icc. shall be regulated by a special convention. VI. The High Contracting Parties shall have the right reciprocally to accredit with the Generals, Commanders of their armies, Officers, who shall be allowed the liberty of corresponding with their Go vernments, in order to inform them of the military ereit.i, and of all that relates to the operations of the armies. VII. As the engagements entered into by the pre. sent Treaty have for object to maintain the general peace, the High Contracting Powers agree to invite all thP Powtrs of Europe to accede to them. VIII. As the present Treaty is simply and solely entered into with a view to support France and every other threatened country against the attempts of 80. naparte and his adherents, his Most Christian Majesty shall be s.)ecially invited to accede thereto; and in the event of his Majesty's claiming the force specified in article 2, he shall make known what assistance his circumstances enable him to contribute towards the eject of the present Treaty. IX. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged within the period of one month, or sooner if possible. In testimony whereof the respective Plenipoten tiaries have signed and sealed the same. (L. S.) Count RASUMOWSKY. (L. S.) Count NESSELRODE. (L. S.) Prince METTERNICH. (L. S.) Baron WESSENBERO. 11.. S.) Prince HARUENBERG. (1.. S.) Baron HUMBOLDT. (1.. S.) WELLINGTON. At Vienna, the 2Stb of March, 1812. It remains to be seen what effect the above Treaty will produce upon the sober part of the French na tion. We only remark at present that on the 25th of March the flight of the BOURBONS and the arrival of BONAPARTE in Paris must have been known at Vienna. This Treaty must therefore be viewed under a very different aspect from the Declaration first published at Vienna after his landing on the sail of France was known in that city. On the face of it is a delibe rate pledge on the part of all the Powers not to con sider the peace of Europe as secured till the Usurper shall have been driven from the throne, and his ad- herents shall have been prisialted for their perjury and treason. In its present form the Treaty is signed only by the Ministers of Russia, Austria, Prussia, and Great ; but all the other Powers are to be invited to accede to it. It is known that several of them have already nntifled their accession, and it is expected that most of them will concur. Fears, however, are still en tertained respecting the King of NAPLES ; and if we may credit accounts, brought in pirate letters, by the last Hsmburgh Mail, the conduct of the CROWN Pan= of Swiusw has become so mysterious, as not only to excite suspicions among the Allies, but to render it necessary to appoint • a strong divi sion of the Russian Army to watch his movetnents -The defection of these Powers, should it actually come to that, will prove very injurious to the general cause ; but we cannot doubt that every reasonable assurance will be given tl those which may be waver ing, on account of supposed dangers with which they may conceive themselves to be threttened. It is cer tainly much to be desired that unanimity should be established and maintained among the different Powers, when engaged in conflict with a Power which has already nearly ruined Europe. This morning we received Paris Papers to Wanes. day. Their contents are important. There has been a change in the Ministry. Lucian BONAPARTE has been appointed Minister of the Interior, in the room of Caanot, who has been placed at the head of the War Department, for DAVOUET, who will probably take the field with one of the armies. It appears from the Moninur, that the French have abundance of spies in the different States of Europe. A few days ago they pretended to have no intelli• gence respecting the movements of the Allies but what they were able to collect from Foreign Journals: now they publish the Reports of the Officers who had been sent a to spy out the land." The statements, however, augur well as to the zeal of the Allies ; for already they have, according to these accounts, nearly 600,900 men in motion, and expected to be in line, that is, ready for action on the French frontier by the 15th of June. The object of the publication evidently is, to rouse the French peo ple to action ; for they inform them that the Emperor ALLIANDER has kindly engaged to send all the priso. ners he may take to the further confines of Russia, there to be incorporated with his armies, or colonized at the foot of Mount Caucasus 1 iftc. The Papers mention a second action between the troops of the KING of NAPLIIS and the Austrians, at Modena, in which the former are again Kited to ;have been victorious—but we must not etihae i ge. The following are extrgets : PARIS, APRIL IP. It is said that Prince Canino (Lucien Bonaparte) is appointed Minister of the Interior; that Count Carnot goes to the War Department ; and M. Mer lin (de Douai) is appointed Minister of Justice. Last Sunday the pupil s of th e Lycee Intiteriak pre sented a petition to the Emperor, in which they re quest that they may be called to their classes by the sound of the drum, and not by the bell, as under the former Government. The agreeable intelligence from Marseilles yes. terday was announced by the discharge of 100 pieces of cannon from the Artillery of the Invalids. The Emperor has quitted the Palace of the Thuil. leries, to occupy the Palace Elysee We are assured that M. Benjamin Constant had, within these few days, a lung confercnce with the Emperor on the subject of the new Constitution, hav ing been sent for. The 3d corps of observation, which is collecting on 'the side of Mezieres, is placed under the orders of the Doc de Plaisance (Marshal Le Brun). We are again assured that the King of Naples has beaten the Austrians at Modena ; that he h is taken possession of Leghorn; and that General Stephani is killed. But no Official news is received of all these events. Lieutenant.deneral Count Grouchy has been ap. pointed a Marshal of France. Besides the Lieutenants of Police already appoin ted, his Majesty has created twelve extraordinary Lieutenants in various ports and °tiltr important cities.—French Funds, 61 francs and a fraction. [FROM THE MONITEUR.] PARIS, APRIL 18. Letter from General Grouchy to the Emperor : " Head-Quarters, Avignon, April 111, 2 P.M. et Starr—l have the honour to announce to your Majesty that the city of Marseilles displAyed the Na tional cockade yesterday, and thus the tri-coloured flag waves throughout the whole territory of the Empire. 64 Our advanced guard is in full marsh from Or. gon upon Aix. I think I shall halt it, and concert measures with the Marshal Prince of Essiing for se curing the public tranquillity. In consequence lam going to Marseilles, whither I beg your Majesty to send me orders. 6 $ If I have been sufficiently fortunate, Sire, to justify the confidence with which you have honoured me, in sending me to quell the civil disturbances in the South, deign to believe, Sire, that the recom pence which I most pant after is to be called near the person of your Majesty to offer you new proofs of my fidelity and devotion. I am, &c. (Signed) 6$ GROUCHY. 44 I annex the report of my operations since my arrival at Lyons, and the various pieces relative thereto."—[ We shall publish them do;umenta to- MOITOw.]-111cniteur. The rest of the Noniron- contains intercepted letters from various agents of the Bourbon inces in Turin, Genoa, &c. announcing the determination of the St, vereigns of these States to tn:trch armies into France, in support of the la eviul Government. Mt CZ, A.1)10L 15. The following are some circumstantial details given by an Officer who set out from Vienna on the 7th of this month. Russia is organizing and putting in march for the Rhine 17 divisions of troops, cavalry, infantry, and atkillery, forming in all, (including 6000 Cossacks) a force of about 110,000 men. Prussia has an army of 90 / 000 men in full march for the Rhine and that part of the Netherlands which she occupies. There is a strong feeling of resentment among the Prussians against the French ; they de monstrate a bitterness against France, and a deter mination to do her all the mischief she can. England, Holland, Hanover, and Hesse, will as semble a force of 60,000 men to be ready to act on the 15th of May. The Bavarian Army, under Count Wrede, was 44,000 strong on the 29th of March. A corps of 25,000 is in motion for the Rhine. The Bavarian army is in fine condition, but there are a few symp toms of disaffection in it among those Officers and soldiers who have served under Bonaparte. Austria occupies Italy with 180,000 men, but 120,000 only can be depended on as the real number. The army which Austria promises for the Rhine is estimated at 110,000 men. It is positively known, however, that they do not amouNt to more than 70,000. The Austrians are not the most inflamed fur war in general, but the resentments of many offi cers are strong against France for disappointing them of the repose which they expected to enjoy. The Austrian army is badly paid, and that in paper mo ney, which is at a discount. The Austrians are alarmed for Italy. Wurtemberg furnishes a corps of 10,000 men for the first line : the rest of her forces are kept in reserve. Baden has 10,000 men ready-5,000 are in line. Hesse Darmstadt supplies its contingent of 4000. Piedmont (the King of Sardinia) has much ex aggerated her forces. The Allies cannot depend upon more than 15,000 men on this side. The Allies also purpose to debottche, according to circumstances, with a corps by the way of Nict , Antibes, and Marseilles. The Allies agreed, on the 3d and 4th of April, on the following arrangements, viz.—Russia pledges !midi to send all her French prisoners to the farch•s extremity of her empire, never to be returnei or ex changed: those w:so choose to enter her service will ;be sent to the armies of Caucasus o.hers will be permitted to form colonies ani establishments ; and finally, those who will do nothing are to he made slaves. The other Powers pledge treat Ives to treat their prisoners with the severity and conterv)t a nation deserves which arrogat .s to itself the right to choose i►ts masters. The Allies recknn upon N..pAeon's not being al4e ;o procure muskets, and th. t there are no an i:ery nor artillery horses in Fr +nx : they think that the Emperor has only 20 or 9J,000 c .valry, whereas they will have 70,000 in line. The Allies have also agreed to mike a menodical war, and not to act on the offen.,'-e until all are feady and in line. They are ah:' t cart% on sieges tlat they may leave no sty n A pl ices behind them : they are not t's give battle at v, *len they arc sure they have d n:imly.r_ in the field. T Duke r.f Wellington has drawn up the plan of the Cam* paign, not only for himself and the Allies, but even for Italy. .‘elore he 'eft Vienna he declared he would c4.1k.t.al this pl until all the armies were in Ft* and in the position requisite to corowence hos- The grind lic:11-quarters art already at Frankfort. All the Commissariat Officers have already arrived on the Rhine, to secure forage and provisions. On the 4th April, there was a plan seen .tt Count Wrede's, and which one of his Aides-du-Camp Wai copying, by which there was to be tete-des-front on the Rhine above Strasburgh. The Allies distrust the Swiss: they say at Vienna that they are Bonapartists. The Allies dread the French army much, but they dread tke inhabitants more. They say, tliat in the campaign of 1814 they lost more Officers than in the tour preceding years, by the inhabitants kibitz them. We have received Carthagena Papers to the be ginning of January, and Letters to the Bth of that month. These and all the letters from Jamaica con cur in stating that the affairs of the R:•volutionists are in a prosperous state. All the confederated pro. vinces of New Granada maintain the greatest har mony, and the General Government of 6 , the Union" proceeds steadily with inteinAl organization and pre parations fur external defence. The garrison of Santa Fe having surrendered to BOLIVAR, the General in Chief of the Union, that General was preparing to attack the Province of Santa Martha, the only part now held by the Spaniards. 7'HA iIA fur. In the artillery department our army in Belgium is particularly strong. The Doke of WELLINGToN will take the ti'ld, in the event of ! o,tili:y boring 4,,,sn meuced, with not less than 700 pieces of find artil lery—each brigade or company will consist of twu (3 pounders, two 9-poundal s, and one howitzer, with all necessary ammunition. The travelling equipage of the Duke of IVELLING. Tux, with all }us liotses, p..ssed 1 1 6;:;tiiiiiister Bridge v alicinoun, on their route to embark kr bcolj. An expedition of considei able force is in progress of arrangement and piel:aration at Cork, to consist of most of the regiments now in Itelaad, and some of those expected from Ams•ticc. The 32d and 91st regiments, at present at C-:!:, are ordered to pre pare for foreign service. They are to be joi.led by the 42J, from Kilkenny ; and the :Nth and 79th, from Belfast; And will embark upon the arrival In.rn America, of the 4th, '2lst, '27th, 40th, 41th, and 92d, who are daily expected. Belgium is stated as their destination. Yesterday, at two o'clock, the PRINCE REGENT held a Levee, at Carlton House, which did not close till about five. His Royal Highness first received those who have the privilege of the entre in the room ad joining the Levee-room, when a number of foreigner. were introduced to his Royal Highness by the Am bassadors and Ministers. The French Ambassadoe presented seven or sight, who only arrived'in London on Wednesday : among them was Count Ds LYNCH, the Mayor of Bourdeaux. The REGENT afterwards proceeded to hold a GeneratLevee, which was at tended by 'the Dukes of YORK, CIARENCE., KENT, GLOUCESTER, the Archbishops of CANTERBURY and YORK, the Cabinet Ministers, the Lords Chief Jus tices of the Courts of King's Beach and Common Pleas, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, &c. &c. A considetable number of persons had the honour of . being presented to the PRINS% Ramr, among whom we observed the names of Mr. Lawnesea, R. A. who was Knighted ; Major WILSON, Royal Scots, on his return from Ca;:ada, presented by the Earl of LONSDA LE, K. G. ;lonel Sir N. CAMPBELL, on his let= from Elba ; Sir RICHARD STRACHAN, on being made a Grand Cr-ass of the Order of the Bath. 'lns Mayor of Bristol presented an Address on the con elusion of Peace with Amer;ca, anJ was Knighted, as also was Mr. Aldernian VADWIAN from thesame city. CORN-Excimscis, APRIL Ill.—Having but very little demiind for Wheat this morning the sales were extremely heavy, and so little business was done, that our prices may be cons dered nominally as on Monday. Barley fully maintains Wednesday's prices, and what appeared of tine quality to-day was readily diTosed of. Oats are ls., per quarter cheaper, having a very large arrival bout from nur own Coast a! d Holland. In Peas, Beans, and other articles, Were is little or no variation. The WANDERER sloop of war arrived at Plymouth on Wednesday last, from S. Sebastian's, having on board her Royal Highness the Duchess d'Ane.our.sata and suite. MAILS. ARR. DUI Dublin 0 l.l6bon IVaterfoni - s 0 (.France Guenaey & Jew I I France Hellaad 0 1 Hi üburgh •RR, DUE il a 0 0 0 • • 9 •