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1 • jal your valour, and from your pgrsereriice, tkat , rour country and the whole world expect a glorious And durable peace. (Signed) " SCHWARTZ eNsthio," BESANCON, DECEMBER 24. According to letters from Basle, which we hairs :his instant received, General Bubna had yesterday a conference with Colonel Herenschward, who com mands the Swiss tfoops. He declared to hint that die Allied Army; 160,000 men strong, would enter Switierland in the night, between the 20th mid 21st I ); Basle, Rhenfeld, and Stein. They announce, that on the 25th 10,000 men principally cavalry, will arrive at Berne, andtat soon after two similar columns will pass on their march to Geneva. We learn, by letters from Leuzbourg, dated the !Ist, that -20,000 men have entered Switzerland, by Lausenbourg column of from sto 6000 men has entered betweeen Rhenfeld and Basle,' where they threw a bridge over the Rhine; from 20 to 30,000 eren have passed along the bridge at Basle 5000 ca valry are at Zurich. The force of the Allies which i n s taken part in this movement is estimated at 160,000 men. These troops entered Switzerland without a musket having been fired ; the greater part of the people is ashamed of such a conduct. On the TM, Austrian cavalry arrived at Solent*. They announce thatironpl enter Berne on the • • 2:411. STRA.SBLIFiCH; DEC. 2 • • I -. 11 The enemy has a pretty numerous cavalry; bin their cavalry is badly cOlitposed, and cannot make a great resistance. He attempted to surprise Spire with inconsiderable foices, and was vigorously re pulsed, and obliged to hastily repass the rive!.. VEStitIL; DEC. gr. A traveller, an old military man; who has follotwed the march Of the ettemy from Basle to Befoit, asserts that the column whlbb toci that direction may be .bout fifty thousand men strong, Austrians and Rua. ins. He was informed by officers, that another co: '4mn, of the time force, had pa3sed kry , Potentriay, to met the Valley of Doubs, and that a corps of other. /anon had Marched in the difection of Colniar: All that troops together may Min about ans hundred and fifty thousand men. PAM =MOO li. The intelligence which ieellneim gnat Alsace aiid franehseonite, 8220011Ciip shit on the first signal of 'the invasion by the enemy, the setitinsan of national honour and the Oinii111(10 defence, units 4 aD Trench ant. AR rizelignst ad. Tadii, 'Thursday, Dec. 30, at twd his Majesty the Emperor and King. being seated on his _Throne, sortdunded by his Princes, Crand Digni. tat* thi • • itc. se. received the Senate in a MO, whin b titint Lacepede, the Presi tre, p fins Majc** the following Address i Btmt—Tbe Senate Wanes to offer to sour Impe iisi 14011, the tribute of id attachment and grati. the tau idainittnicaticini Which it has received by the istahnzi if lig_ . tour Majesty ad- Imes to the piotreale . witn d yottr enemies, which bate been transmitted by one of your Ministers in terme?y. What stronger pledges Go*. lior jetty give of your tinctie desire of peace U • " Your iftajeltj certainly believes that power is strengthened by being limited, and that the art of fa vouring the happiness of the people, is chief policy of Kings. The Senate thanks yog-for it in the name of the French people. " It is also in the name of this same people, that we thank you for all the legitimate means of defence which your wisdom may take to insure.peace. " The enemy has invaded our territory. He de. signs to penetrate the centre of our provinces. The French, united in sentiment and in interest under a Chief like you, will not - Suffer your energy to be cast down. " Empires, like individuals, have their daps of tnourningand of prosperity: It is in great exigencies that great nations thew themselves. " No ! the enemy shall not teal-Ism:lde: this bean_ tiful and noble France, which for these fourteen gen_ trries has maintained itself with glory through such diversities of fortune, and which, for the interest of els: neighbouring .110:1011S themselves, can always tlaJtv a colisiderable weight into the balance of Eu. Inpe. We save for pledge your heroic firmness and the national honour. • We will fight for our dear country, between the ZDnibs of our fathers and the cradles of our infants. Sire, .obtain peace by a last effect. worthy of r.ursc.lf and of the French, and let your hand, so 'tea viaorious, let fall four arms after limits signed ..he repose of the world. " This, Sire, is the v, isls of France-4kt Irish of •!.. Senate—this is the wish and wear of the human . Hie Majesty replied— '', 1 am sensible to the sentiments which yes ex. press towards tae. . . a YOU have seen by the documestit.whielglhave lesed to be laid before you, what 1 do for the sake ofpease: I will make without regret the sacrifices , mplied by the preliminary basis which the enemy hiss yie,errkassd which 1 have accepted; my life has but ens 4141 0Cts the happiness of the French. - 6'. Illemesime, Brame, Alsace, Fraache Comte, are Amtrak ant of my family-rend my heat—f van the Ffehei to sucteitt the French. • • I call the Mash of tiris, of Bretigne, of NOrmandr, of Chit tigne; and Of the ott e r thb succour of their trethieti. 'hall we forsake them in dlatzeu'? delivirance of our ter ritory ought to be our rallying cry—at the sight all this nation in arms, the enemy will 'fly, or ark sign peace on the basis which hi has M0:14144. Posed. be question is itow no more, io 'recover the, conquests we have made." PAIUS, DECEMBER 31. The Rine* of Moskva arrived at Besanon on that 16th December. We are at this moment occupied in forming the National Guard at Pads. Letters a! the 22d fl-om Antwerp, announce that every thitig Was tranquil in that place Ad Its neigh. bourhood. Fn . mscir FUNDS:-28th Dec. 50 francs, 75 cents. 29th Dec. no price stated. SOth Dec. 49 francs.— ' 31st Dec. 51 francs. Ist Jan. no price stated. THE, EVENING STAR,. LONDON. 011•1•••••11=101 TFIURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1814. ErtiitAxV,Holidaq at the Stock Exceitate. Paris Papers to the 2d instant have arrived—they are more important than usual. They announce to the French nation the important fact of the irrupti in of the Allies into France. CAULAINCOURT, who is still in full'activity as a negotiator, (a proof of the mild and pacific disposition of BONAPARTE) reports that the Allies have marched 160000 men through 'Switzerland to the invasion of France : he accuses them of breaking the Swiss cordon of neuttality, al though they had promi§ed to recognize it. But three is altb something suspicious to CAULINCOURT in the cnnduct of the Swiss themselves; they did not make any apposition to the invasion=naY, they even sent 4 4 Intriguers" to 'Frankfort on the subject ; side Qf these was Aims REDING, of patriotic celebrity, and we firmly believe he gent to Frankfort to invite the itivadert. We said so at the time—the 'French Pa pets now admit it: The Swiss in fact only wanted an etotise to t.:.ke up arm§ against France. CAU• LAIECOURT, in deflating the most eminent men among them to be " Intriguers," has furnished an ettellent one. We inay now expect daily to hear that the Swiss are added to the number of those nngrateftil nations Who disown the title of BONAPARTE as the Great Pacificator But the, most extraordinary, and certainly not the least gratifying, documents which the French Papers present us, are thdse which describe the terror, the dismay, and confusion which pervade the minds of BOLVARTE•And his retinue, when they contemplate Illseir present situation. In the report of CASIRACEREI respecting the :sego ciations, he says, that "the events of the war having led Baron ST..AIGEAU to the head-quarters — of the Allies . (in equivoiarivay of telling us that he' was sent expressly for the purpose of supplicating peace), ifehad an interview with the Russian and Austrian Ministers ; at which the Earl of Aberdeen was pre sent. At this meeting a basis was presentei to the French Negotiator, and, if we are to believe CA:sr "scenes, it was acceded to by 130NAPARTE. There was something of the mot/cafe/es; however, in his ac ceptance. So Count METTERNICH thought, and he was iri the right : it was, in fact, the French word eelisttion, which he did aot like. We pointed out this chicanery to out Readers in a former Paper, when commenting upon the expression ot J'adlaeri, in Bo- NAPARTE'S speech. The moderation displayed iu the Frankfort decla ration, terrifies the French Government even more thaft the advance of the Allies : they writhe under dreadful agonies when they touch upon the personal allusions made to BONAPARTE in that document, and remind the Allied Sovereigns that he is a King late themeelves ! How the Emperor ALEXANDER, the King of PRUSSIA, and the Emperor of AUSTRIA, will take this comparison we know not. None ot the subjects of a British Sovereign will ever subscribe to it we hope. Themost deplorable part of the picture is presented to us in the reiterated supplications and unmeasured whinin i s for peace uttered by the French regicides. Sometimes they call upon the French people to fight for k ; afterwards they alternately beseech the CROWN /PRINCE and the Emperor of AUSTRIA to.grant it to them ; and frequently they breathe a spirit of contri tion, which would excite compassion, if displayed by any other persons. But amiast all these professions they cannot conceal' their animosities against Great Britain and her Allies. It was but a few days ago, that its a speech about peace, one of the babbling French orators spoke about the Emesitott's thirst for glory being never extinguished ; and to-day FONTA,Nr.s darkly hints at former triumphs. He tells those - who will believe him, that Fortune never deserts those t w)so are true to themselves ; and that the present tot tering state of the Emperor NAPOLEON'S throne is a !Mere,“ passing cloud,'-which obscures for a while his former victories.—Let the Allies and their nego 'amens reflect upon these insinuations. The financial distresses which the French Govern- meat now suffers are forcibly depicted in BONA PA tries Decree. It is the very " abstract and brief chronicle" of the system of terrorism by which he has been so long upheld. Commissioners are to visit the ••• ••11/1 . 1 ‘ 44 • • I • . • - a! • • •••••,1 LclePartmeets teenforee the requisitions and censcripi andll4i - ire to travii . With ► tribUnal iti ' &Fr not • pu eat once' , The days . of ROlt UPI RE halrt 1 1.0mfie l d in I?ratice. Why. 'should hii successors reject is impfements of terror, while tilt) , adhere so rigidly to his principles The coinkfi! n, hovkilifi; of the present French StUdglis may tie Consigned as holding out more 'COnsOlaiory proil)ecti * t . O suffering humanity than any thing that has issued tron that source of moral and 'political pestilence for these twenty .. years.—Not that the French Government; withits restless head; can be considered as reformed in principle—as disposed to foster and rYaintain the relatioin of peace and good neighbourhoodLas sincerely grieving for the miseries of Nations, and resolved to heitl to the utmost of her power the bleiding wounds of humanity ; , but their contents are t consolata4. as an extotted admission that the Allies have avid with honour and fidelity .to each other—with minds awake to the hardly avoidable dangei which lately threatened to engulph them iri remediless ruin—with vigour and uncievlating perstiehnce against the common enemy —as an admission that the good conduct of their statesmen, warriors, and people; belie broken the chains of the oppressor, and vindicated their claims to libertY and independence—to be-ruled by their aim laws, and to enjoy, Undistuibed their own pro ' pet-9r, and the fruits of their own industry. Peace may now be obtained with France. The Allies have conqUered it! and . they have in their own hands the means to make it secure. They have followed, and with success, the only mode of nego ciating a lasting Peace, which was left to them— They write the terms with the point of the sword— the only instrument that can be binding with such ruffians as now pieside over the hopes of the French pebple. The cohtetts of kilt French pipers had a consi derable influence on the private bargains in the Funds this morning. Omnium opened at 13i, and after wards rose to ; and at twelve o'clock was as high as 15 per cent: We have received in abundant supply of Dutch and Bremen Papers, from which we have given ample ex traits. The armistice between the Danes and Swedes has been prolonged to the 6th of January, in contem plation of Peace being conClud:%/. DAvousT has burnt all the suburbs of Hamburgh, after issuing some most furious Proclamations against the inhabi tants. The emancipation of Holland goes on most prosperousiy. The following is an extract of one of our letters re lating the barbarities committed .by te French at flunburgh, and the operations against Gluckstadt, subsequent to the dare of the Prince Royal's Bulletin, which *t inserted yesterchy : HSLIGOLAND, DECLIABIII 29. is My last gave an account of Davonst's Procla mation, that the citizens of Hamburgh should collect provisions within their dwellings for six months.— Those who have not, from neglect or incapacity , obeyed this mandate, have been exposed to the dis. grace of corporal punishmetit, have received twenty five lashes rrom a common executioner, and have been told, that unless within twenty-four hOurs they comply with the orders they will suffer fifty stripes, and be turned out of the gates. A competent force by sea and land is approach. ing Giockstadt, to accomplish its reduction. The bombardment on both sides has commenced. The Ptincess Augusta cutter was here yesterday, and took a large quantity of ammunition to assist in this pur pose." V,IL INTELLIGENCE. MAILS. ARR. DUE. Dublin - 1 0 Heligoland Waterford - 0 4 Gottenburgh Hremen 2 0 Guernsey Holland - I 1 0 Jersey FALMOUTH, JANUARY S. ARR. DUE, 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 Arrived his Majesty's ship PERSEUS, from• Lisbon, having on board the Embassy from Morocco. Sailed the MAcKattEL schooner, with dispatches for Pas sages. The Queen Charlotte packet, with a mail for Passages, is' gone into the Roads. The East India and other convoys passed this Port this afternoon, with_ the wind at East. PLYMOUTH, JANUARY 4. Arrived the INnus, 7+, from the Eastward ; a Frent.hphasse maree, with wine and brandy, cut out by the goats of the TELELiR4 I'i I ;cl sooner, near Nant z ; the brig Active, Poor., from Newfoundland ; and Rovzabrig of war, with about thirty sail of trans ports from Passages. The ORESTES sloop of war, with the fleet under her convoy, have put back.— Wind East. PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY 5. Arrived his Majesty's ships SAVAGE and CORD& MA, with a large fleet from the Downs.—Wind E. DEAL, JANUARY 5. Arrived bis Majesty's ships Notion, and DEFENDER from the Roompot ; and the HYDRA from Holland. Arrived and sailed for the River the Orion, HAT ro, from New Brunswick.—Wind N. E. LIVERPOOL, JANUARY 4. None of the ships that were off yesterday have got in, on account of the wind being North East. HARWICH', JANUARY 5. Arrived the Auckland packet with a mail and pas sngers from Bremerle, by way of Cuxhaven ; Lord Duncan packet, with a mail from Heligoland ; and life Lady Francis packet, with a -nail and passengers from Holland. Also arrived a Khan w►th pawn- Lars from Holland. ..,-. - .' I ;-:;-7-.. I.: , 4-.4 ...; - 4 . 4"--4-* is -SECOND ED O re • ION: • •••••46 . V . FAX.OI 9 4 O IOE, ,TWO &COM *till:681°1 " P 07 1 1 % i ILA g i p TO THE . : it6,§1t4 . 6 '46f TIE )HTNE. • DISPATCHES PROMtORD WELLINoTON. . . GOVERNMENT BULLET*, ~ • - Ministers hare issued the following Bulletin ces dit subject of the gratifyini - events. now passint oat hit , ~, • .; P P ..:: 1.4. -# ' Condi:tent :. “ The crossed the Rhine on the 20th ult. Their whole arrangements would not be completed before the sth of January. ~ Arrangenients had been made with the &Wigs Cantons, and the Allies have pledged themselves to replace Switzerland in the state of integrity and in dependence as before the French Revolution. gg The Army now in operation against Alsace and Franche Comte, was upwards of Two Hundred Thousand strong. - . 41 There are not any accounts of any action. a The Siege of Huningucp %Ivo commenced." Sir THOMAS GRAHAU mentiatts in his dispatches b that Two • lITIRE • BATTALIONS of BRABANT TROOPS nigh l . :WC QVER TO THE ALLIES. under General '.Von Buww, who had sent them to al sist in the Siege of Gorcum, in the garrison of . which there were two other battalions of Brabanters, who, it was thought, might follow the example of their countrymen. Omnium has risen to 15. The last Dispatches from Lord WELutiorms are dated on the 26th ult. He writes, that SooLr had halted his army behind the river Gave, with his lett resting upon Peyrehourade. Oa the subject of Lord WELLINGTON'S Army, ire have alp received the following Letter : lILYMOUTH, MN. 4. " Arrived this morning the Rovs:rt sloop of war, with a fleet of transports under her protection, having on board French prisoners from Passages ; sailed thence last Tuesday, and brings intelligence that Lord WELLINGTON had advanced e►ght leagues on the road towards Bourdeaux, leaving 15,000 men (Spa niards) investing Bayonne." Government have received letters from Sir Trio- MAS GRAHAM, in Holland, dated on the SOth but they contain no news. The following is a s summary of our intelligence from Holland received through other channels : The Utrecht Courant states, on the authority of in telligence received through Russian Officers, that the Allies have not only entered France, by Basle, but that armies have passed the Rhine at Mentz, Coblentr t and Dusseldorff. . Letters from Frankfort mention that the whole of the allied troops which remained there had marched off ; the only Sovereign remaining there was the King of PRUSSIA. Preparations are making for the assault of Nime guen, which is stated to be •ery feebly garrisoned. The communication between Bosch and Grave ap pears to be cut off. There are as yet no Frcnch at Drnten. '• • The • onli hiteltigence from Gomm is, that the place his been tannonacled . by the gun-boats. By accounts from Breda it appears, that the gar rison, consisting of 8000 Dutch and , other allied troops, was to march out in order to'advance against the enemy, and to he replaced by English troops. The Princess of ORANGE left Berlin on the 18th to proceed to Holland. " ••.: The EREBUS, With Lord CASTLEREAGH on board, was spoken with on Tuesday night, by the Lady Frances ; she had not yet ventured to make the Dutch coast, from the state of the 'wheater. A letter from Cork, dated December 31, says, " The convoy which passed this harbour on Tuesday was the homeward-bound , West-India Fleet, under convoy of his Majesty's ship MARLBOROUGH, 74 guns, Captain M , Kanzie ; ESPIEGLE, 18, Captain TAYLQR and l'saurrax, 18, Calitain KlPPetc. They sailed from St. Thomas's the 12th of November. The PERUVIAN saw the ships up St. George's Channel to Dublin, Belfast, and the Clyde.. The VENUS took Charge of the vessels to Bristol and Liverpool.—The IWest India Fleet that sailed hence the 27th of Octo ber, under convoy of his Majesty's ship LEONIDA% Hen. Capt. SEYMOUR, &c. arrived safe at Barbadoes. —Yesterday evening his Majesty's ships Kumar). ROUW4 and EsPn , 4l.s, with twelve of the homeward bound West-Indiamen e put into.this harbour." FESTIVITIES AT BELVOIR CASTLII.......The Baptismal Ceremony of the infant Marquis of GRANBY took place at six o'clock on Tuesday evening. The spon sors were his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT, and his Royal Highness the Duk , of YORK ; her Grace the Duchess Dowager of RUTLAND, proxy for her MAJESTY. The Archbishop Of CANTERBURY performed the ceremony in the presence of the whole Of the Nobaity and Gentry who are on a visit to the Castle, earwig whom are His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, Ms the Doke of York, Archbishop of Canterbury of West morland, I.ord Lowther, Lord Robert Maaneys r LOrd Alvan ley, Lord. Browsslow, Hon. a. Craver, Bishop of 44, R e y , . D r . Stainton, Rev. John Thosoton ; Generals 'I urner; Grosvenor, 'Metiers; Messrs. Forrester, Norman, lire.; Lady Elizabeth Norman, Lady Caroline Forresasr t Lady Waby, Kea. idle E. Percival, Niisi Percival, &C. die. • • • 4. •