Star. — London, England, 1814-04-02 00:00:00

-.4.. ,, ...• DEDICATED BY, PERMISSION TO MADAME MOREAU. This day was published, is One Handsome Volume, Demy Octavo, Price 14.5. boards, with embellishments, MEMOIRS and CAMPAIGNS of GENERAL MOREAU. • By JOHN PHILIPPART, Esq, " Mr. Philippart has given, in the work before ns, a good con nected narrative of what may be termed the public life of this distinguished soldier, and is Willed to our thanks." New Monthly Mag. for March, 1814. Sold by Colburn ; P. Martin and Co. London; and all other Booksellers. This day was published, in Quarto, price is: PART 111 for the Year 1814, of T ONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, and J.-el BROWN'S CA I'ALOGUE of Rare, Curious, and Valu able BOOKS ' • in which are comprised many Articles of great splendour and uncommon occurrence. 'I hi•; Catalogue also contains a descriptive Account of amatch lesq and unique Collection of Busts, Casts, Models, Medallions, Medals, Paintings, Drawings, Engravings, Miniatures, &c. &c. relatirz to that great Actor, the late Myth GAR aicx ; a Col lection which was brought together after many years' indefati gable rtseareb, and ar an enormous expense, by a Gentleman who resided at Canterbury, and whose enthusiastic attachment to CAR siert was carried to so high a pitcb, that he was accus tomed to visit London for considerable length of time, almost every day that his fAvourite l perfonued. *,,* A few Copies of Bans I. and 11. may still be bad. Just published, A MOST faithful LIKENESS of Vielcl.Marshal BLUCHER ; from a Drawing taken from the Life by her Royal Highness the Princess WILHELMINA of Prussia. °En graved by Mr. H. MEYER. Price Six Shilling,. Published by R. Ackerman, Hu, Strand. Also, price Cs 6d. Number I. of Ax Es:ctisu DANCE of DEATH, by the Author of ".Dr. Syntax ;" illustrated with toloured Engravings by Rowiandeon. This Work will appear in ii Monthly Palls, each containing Three Plates, and lorming, when complete, Three Vols. Royal Octavo. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. SlR—Relying upon your readiness to admit any communication having for its avowed object the be nefit 'of the public at large, I shall make no apology for briefly observing that the present most important crisis is particularly suited to the offer of a Voluntary Loan, on the part of the wealthy and public-spirited members of society, to Government, on terms some what similar to those of the Loyalty Loan, raised during the Administrat,ion of Mr. Pm. Such a measure would considerably diminish the amount to be raised for the service of the present year ; which, from the nature of things, most otherwise be of great magnitude; and would also afford a public 'testimony to our Allies, and the world in general, of their disin terested and determined support to the 'efforts now making to secure the peace and happiness of Europe. Perhaps some of your liberal minded and Patriotic Readers will come forward and propose, publicly, a Measure of the nature alluded to ; vehich, I am well persuaded, would not only prove efficacious, but, at the same time, highly grateful to their own feelings. Yours, &C. A FRIEND TO TIIE GOOD CAUSE. Woburn, Bedfordshire, March.Bl, 1814. r.d.RLIAMEIVT,IRr PROCEEDAVCS. - • HOUSE OF LORDS, Amt. 1. *Counsel was heard In the Appeal, Richan v. Gordon, anal the lives' Co!die v. Oswald and oliers. Judgment in the former wa. ens•poned. In the latter the Judgment of the Inferior Court *as affirmed. tier.SAstuct. Roman , was heard for the Apts.Not in the Appeal, Higgins v. Sir 'l'. Livingstone. 'I he fu. ttier he-ring on 11/10..day. Mr. Menzies, from the Co.:rt. of Chancery In Ireland, pre set) ed attested Copies of Pleadings in various causes, arid two Writs of Error. Mr Newton. from the London'Flour Company, sgesented the . Annual Accpi mtc of the said Company. ' Mr Long, Mr Lygon, Mr. Prt, :Sir James flraliam, and Mr iThitbrEad, brought up from the House of Commque, several Road and Enclosure bills. Mr. Lxoctitte brought or from the House of Conunens the two West India Trade Regulation Bills, and the Coffee Duty Re gulation Bill.—Read a first time. Ihe Legal Qua). Bill went through a Committee, and was reported without any amendments. Antonio's Naturalization Bill was read a turd time and passed., CLERGY PENALTIES B[LE. The House having gone into a Committee on the Clergy Penalties Bill— Vie Duke of NORFOLK observed, that the Bill professed to be a continuation of a Bill passed early in the Session for suspending the operation of certain Penal Acts. This suspension upon suspension was a very loose mode of legislation, and he wished to know whether any permanent measure on the subject war. in contemplation ? - The Archbishop of CANTERI3URY replied that he did not think he could regularly give the Noble Duke the information which he required, but cer t linly there were means- by which his Grace might know that such a Bill as that which he had described 'gratin progress. Lord NV ALSI NOII AM added, that *his Grace might obtain the information alluded to from the litotes of tbe other. House. The Bill was this reported without Amendments, and the Archbishop of cANTERIWRX gave notice that on Monday he would move the third reading. rANTH PAL The Duke of NORFOLK, adverting to the peti tion which he had yesterday presented, from Nicholas Wilcox Cundy, proprietor of the Pantheon, praying, that notwithstanding the prescribed time tor the pre sentation of private petitions had elapsed, the House would allow him to present a petition on the subject of his property in that Theatre, expressed his hope that, considering the peculiar character of the present Session, and thesevident disadvantages to which pri - Tate petitioners had been subjected by the repeated adjournments of Parliament, their Lordships would extend their indulgence to Mr. Cundy, and' allow the petition, which he held in his hand, and which was, of no great length, to be read. His Grace then presented the petition, which was read by the Clerk. It briefly stated the original esta blishment of the Pantheon as an Opera ouse i,n 1788 • its destruction by fire in 1792; the transfer of the Opera to its present stile; the purchase of the lantbeon by Colonel Oreville ; the subsequent in- Testitare its the:co:ero of the Whole of Mr. Cundy's iworrty and the' recent refuse of the LOrd Cham -1:241,0 grant a licence to Mr. Cundy . ; and it con eluded with praying that leave might be given to 1 bring in a Bill to permit the performance of the re gular drama in that building. The petition was ordered to lie on the table. The Duke of NORFOLK requested he might be allowed to bring in the Bill and have it read a first time, in order-that it might be printed, with a view to its being read a second time after the recess. The LORD CHANCELLOR would not object to the introduction of the Bill, bet stated that in the progress of the measure it would be indispensible that the consent of the Crown should be signified with respect to it. The Bill was then brought in and read a first time. Lord HOLLAND begged that his Noble Frieri would have the goodness to mention the day on which it was his intention to propose the 2d reading. The Duke of NORFOLK replied that he did net mean to move s the second reading of the Bill until after the Easter recess ; and that he would give their Lordships due notice 'of the day on which he would make that motion. ------- ---------- The Bill was ordered to be printed.—Adjourned to Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. Serjeant ONsLow gave notice that on Wednesday, the 27th day of April inst. he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the Act of 5 Elizabeth, cap. 4. imposing penalties l on persons exercising trades without serving an apprenticeship of seved years. The West India Trade Bill, the West India Ships' Bill, and the Coffee Bill, were severally read a third time and passed. The Salt Bill went IhnOngh a Committertlfard treading on Monday next. Mr. CREEVEY, seeing an Honourable Member (Mr. Gout , burn) in his .place, asked if he was willing to allow the Colonial Office Residence Bill to stand over to'Monday or Tuesday next, by which time the House might become master of the subject ? Mr. GOULBURN consented to the postponement wished for by the Honourable Gentleman. The order for the second reading of the Colonial Office Bill was accordingly postponed, on the motion of Mr. GOULBURN, to Tuesday next. '1 he Gold Coin Bill went through a Committee. Report or dered to be received on Monday next. The CHANCeLLOR of the Excurouzit moved that the House, at its rising, adjourn to Monday next.—Ordered. Mr. 1105111NOTON moved for an account of die sums wanting to make up the sum of 21 milliors, the estimated War Taxes fur the year 1813.—Ordered ; and the accounts were shortly after wards laid on the table. The Clergy Residence Bill went through a Committee.—Re port ordered to be received, and, witit the Amendments, to be taken into further consideration en Tuesday nest, and to be printed.—The House then Adjourned. THE C4IIIOLiC QUESTION. The Catholic Board met at the House of Mr. Fitz. patrick, in Capel-street, Dublin, on Saturday last.— Sir THOMAS ESMONDE filled the Chair ; the Meeting was very respectable, and sustained no loss at all by the absence of the Orators. The following letters were read : " Dublin, 4, Capel-street, 25th Feb. IEI4. " My LORD (or) SIR—I have the honour to inclose you the , everal suggestions respectfully submitted- to your consideration by the General Board of the Catholics of Ireland. " The Board has been anxious to point your condescending attention to these matters in which the late Bill introdUced into the House of Commons last Session for our relief, appeared to the Board to, have been particularly defective, convinced that their respectful suggestions will receive from your well-known zeal and patriotic devotion to the cause of your suffering coun trymen, all the consideration which in your judgment they trinsik.ally omit. I have the honour to be, " My Lord (or) 51r, " Your most obedient servant, " To the Earl of Donoughtnore (or) " P. P. ROCHE. the Right Ron:Henry Grattan?' " March, 7th. 1814. " Si —1 war favoured with your Letter, accompanied with a paper containing certa;n ideas of the Catholic Beard, with a de sire that I should direct my attention to some matters in which it:appeared to that Board. that the Roman Catholic Bill framed in the last Session was particularly defective. In answer to which communication, I beg to say, chat the Bill framed in the las t Session for the relief of the Roman Catholics has been miscon ceived; but 'without entering into particulars, or without any opinion on the suggestions of the Board, I shall take them into my consideratian, and act according to my judgment. " I have the honour to be, " Your very obedient servant, " P. P. Roche, Esq. " HENRY GRKITAN." Knocklotcy, 9d March, 1814. " SIR-11 have had.the honour of receiving your Letter of the 25th ult. with 'the accompanying suggestions, as they are now called, and by which the Cont'uctors of the late proceedings of the Board have thought it expedient to circumscribe—so far as in them lies—by limits sufficiently narrow, the discretion of those who have been selected to plead the Catholic Cause, and the de liberative functions of both Houses of Parliament. Having availed myself, not long since, of the occasion which bad pre sented itself, of expressing my sentiments upon that part of the subject—explicitly and without - reserve—it is quite unnecessary for me now to repeat the same declarations again, or to request that it may be remembered, that I receive these communications in no other light than as the opinions of very respectable indivi duals, who profess and' eel a particular interest on a great pending question—not unimportant from its extensive bearings and pro bable results, to every ether class of his Majesty's subjects—but according to which I am nut to be considered, by this my acknow ledgment of the receive of these suggestions, as bound, in any the most rer.eote degree, to regulate my Parliamentary conduct. " Under these impressions, and because it would not be Litdng s that I should anticipate discu;sions better suited to anothertime and place, 1 cautiously 'abstain froth anrconsideratimr of those Eleven distinct Propositions, which the Catholic Board have voted, to form, as it would seem, the basis of a new Treaty, into which they are thus preparing to enter with the Sovereign Power of the State—or how tar the same, or any part thereof, are in unison with, or militate against, my own matured opinions ami conviction.—l have the honour to be, with much truth, Sir, your obedient, humble nevem, " DUbiOUGUMORE." To P. P. Roche, Esq. Mt. NICHOLAS MAHON then, after some preliminary observations, in which he stated, that the Noble Lord misunderstood the intention:. of the Catholic Board, and imputed sentiments to them which they did not entertain, moved the following Resolutions : Resolved, That in pursuance of the several Resolutions, en tered into at the Aggregate Meetings held in Fishsmble-street, Dublin, on the 15th and 29th of June, and by the Catholic Board on the sOth of October last, our Chairman be requested to for ward our Petitions to the Earl of Donoughmore, and the Right Hon. Henry. Grattan, for the purpose of having as early a discus sion as possible during the present Session. Resolved, Thar In respectfully communicating to the 'Noble Lord, and the Right Hon. Gentlemandrellected to present the Petitions of the Catholics of Ireland, suersuggestions as appeared to us materially necessary for the consichtation of the Catholic Question, we only tuidseill a legitimate rigbt, of which any class or description of hie he 's subjects are entitled to avaiA themselves. . A short conservation end, relating entirely to Lord Donoughinore's letter alter which tkc qyntioa was Rai and cagned. DurcH MAIL. agtmmel•••••••• BRUSSELS. MARCH 22. The following statement of the position of the dif ferent corps of Marshal Blucher's army, on the 19th, has been commnnicatecl to the Mayor of Brussels by Count Lottum : Generals Kleist and York were at Tismes, General Bulow at Ange-Gardien, Sacken at Pontalaine, Win zingerode in - Rheims and its vicinity, Langeron and 'the corps of St. Priest at Bery-le-Bac. In all places occupied by the armies of the Allies, publications in the name of Louis XVIII. were cir culated. - The Duke of Saxe-Weimar has left Tournay with his army, that has been increased to from twenty to 2.5,000 men, on his route to Manbeuge, which he will occupy in force. This army, has been replaced by '25,000 men, chiefly belonging to the Landwehr. . A great number of young men of the first families hasten to enter the service in our national regiments, , especially in the cavalry. Besides five regiments which will be raised at Brus sels, Ghent, Mons, and Namur, Prince Ernest of Arenberg, son of Prince Augustus of Arenberg, for- I mcr y Count of Mark, is raising a regiment at light infantry, which will form a part of the Belgian army- BRUSSELS, MARCH 25. According to the accounts on the 223, the posi tions of the army were as follow :—General Wmzin gerode is at Epernay ; General Woronzow, at Rheims; Langerue, iit Fismesi Sacken, at Braine ; General Bulow has surrounded Soissons on both sides; York is at Chateau Thierry, with his advanced posts at Montmirail ; Kleiit, at la Ferte. Napoleon is at Arcis, and as he has all his troops with him, the road to Paris is open for the army cf Marshal Blucher. is The Prince of Schwartzenberg in a concen trated position, between Troyes and Brienne, with the grand allied army. At Rheims Napoleon seized all the hair-dressers and shoemakers, whom he immediately incorporated with his Imperial Guards. The first column which passed through Epernay was only 15 or 16,000 strong, and the 2d, under Marshal Ney, that passed through Chalons, amounted to nn more than 7 or 8000. In an action near Macon, General. Bianchi has taken 2000 prisoners. - PROCLAMATION. " Head Quarters, March 14. " SOLDIERS !—The greatest glory of a soldier is obedience to his supgiors, and it is only by this sub • mission that he can obtain the rewards due to his ho nourable profession. Victory .is the natural fruit of this obedience, and your General expects and de mands it of you. He has heard with pain various re presentations of irregularities committed by divisions of his troops, which deserve the severest punishment, and he warns all those who hereafter may be guilty of any excesses (which can originate only in disobe dience to a superior), that they will suffer the utmost rigour of martial 11w. It is necessary to instruct the natives of the country through which we pass, that their alledged enemies are more generous and merci ful to them than those who pretend to call themselves their friends. SWARTZENBERG, Field- Marshal, Commander in Chief." ANTWERP, MARCH 19. The garrison of this place, by the various sorties made, has lost in killed, wounded, prisoners, and de sen.ers, about 6000 men. A month since four nun aoats were posted in the Scheldt below Lillo, which have been obliged to retire in consequence of the ap proach of the English upon Waarder. We have now detached a 61-gun ship to that neighbourhood, to disappoint the attempts of the English upon Lillo, where there are stationed about - 5 or 600 French troops. The Governor, Count Senns, is unwilling to surrender the place until he shall have collected a large sum of money by exactions from the inhabi tants. The land•tax has been extorted, not only for 1813, but for 1814 and 1815. FRANKFORT, MARCH 19. It is with satisfaction we state that the difference which existed among the Swiss Cantons relative to the Act of Union, is likely soon to be wholly termi nated, and all parties seem now to be disposed to combine in assisting the common cause against the enemy of the peace of Europe. In consequence of this amicable disposition, the Ministers of Austria and Prussia, who were at Zurich, have taken their depar ture for the head-quarters of the Allied Sovereigns, and the opening of the Convention is postponed to the day after to-morrow. FRENCH PAPARS. ST. MACAIRE, MARCH t 9. In consequence of an action fought here yesterday between 300 infantry and an English battalion, the latter were obliged to repass the Garonne, leaving 60 prisoners in our power, two of whom are officers who have been conveyed to head-quarters. ' The depot of the 118th of •he line surprised at Resale a company of English infantry of 60 men and four officers, who were made prisoners; and have also been conveyed to head-quarters. PARIS, MARCH 26. REPORT OF THE GENERAL OF DIVISION ROLLIN, COM MANDING THE FIRST MILITARY DIVISION AND THE CITY OW FARIS: " MY GENERAL—Numberless requisitions have been demanded, under pain of death, from the Pepart fnent of the Oise. The station of the enemy who exacted them was Montdidier. I determined to arrest the bearers of the enemy's orders, and after having ct-ncerted measures with the authorities, I united the troops under my command, the Urban guardof Beau vais, and the levy-en-masse, to march upon the ad vanced posts of the corps which occupied the depart ment. I had informed the General who commands the department of Somme, of my movement, and the Major who commands at Compeigne, in order that they might support me. it I marched gom Beauvais on the 24th, at three in the morning, and arrived at St. Just at ten, where soon after I caused the enemy's posts to reploy. Pro fiting of the zeal of my column, I determined to carry the town of Montdiclier by main force. I completely succeeded in my enterprize, after a pretty igorous fusiladc, and had not the lingth of my route, and the bad state of the roads retarded my march, I should have done more mischief to the enemy. . 1 My lou waa only one man taken, aad two slightly , wounded. I know not the loss of the 'enemy ; but two men were killed, and according to the reports of the inhabitants of Moatdidier, several wounded were carried oft. " I must in particular give praise to the Majors of the garrison of Blauvais, who, though they had only feeble detachments, asked leave to march. The Sub. Prefect and the Mayor of Beauvais, as well as man• of the notalles of the country, also wished to partici. pate in this affair. 44 It is impossible to describe the enthusiasm of the inhabitants of Montdidier . on our entry. The tow n was spontaneously illuminated amidst the cries, thousand times repeated, of Jive km's:cram—airy had bken for six days cut off from all communications and subjected to the most atrocious vexations. " The inhabitants contended for receiving the sol., diers, to treat them, and make them forget the fatig%o4 of so long a march. • 46 I have retaken from the enemy !Ile NU!, which he had seised in the night of the 19th. I have cau:e:i it to be conveyed to Beauvais. As it contained r uket. of letters, I have caused them to be deliv e r e d i to Post Office at Beauvais, and directed the cal t 'age to be given to the owner, on his claiming it. (Signed) " A VESSL, General commanding Ow D.-partite:it of the " Head-quarters, Montdiklivr, March :-:5, rkkhi." rmus, MARCH From our Paper of yesterday it must have he!! ! ! seen that the English paper, The"' tract, ::pplauLL t:. project of burning Paris, and tat it Oraterye eight days ago, that this great city war: p. chaps only a heap of ashes. I worthy of remark that this Journal u rites crdr* the direct influence of Lord IVellesley, a b:uther et Lord Wellington ; and that it ic, besides, the tr..-A1 moderate of the Ministerial Papers. It appears certain that rnovements of the highest importance ate executing on all Fiats by the tienct: army, and that they Occasion great uncertainty in operations of the enemy. His Majesty King Joseph will this day revier, is the court of Palace of the Thuilleries, the trn • nc of the line of the garrison of Pat is, the Imp.: ial guad, and the Parisian naConil guard. A traveller, who has passed tl , ropgh nearly the whole of the Austrian army, assures us that it is in a state of great destitution, that it suffers privations of every kind, and that the number of sick which are left in the rear, augments daily in as astonishing po. portion. TARBES, MARCH IS. The measures adopted by the Duke of Dalmat'a have produced complete confidence in every quarter where any alarm had been conceived. Ail one r pulation, as well as that of the adjoining Depart. ments, is perfectly disposed to second the effcrts of that able General, whose courage has never for a ma me nt yielded to the obstacles he had to enccuuter. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE FRENCH COAST. 66 PARIS, MAY 26. 44 There has been, on the 22d, some fighting at Arcis sur Aube, and it is said that the EMPER6H bad a horse killed under him in that affair. " His head-quarters were on the 24. th at Vautry between Arcis and Chalons. is believed that the Congress has almost brokca up" " PARIS, bIARCII " The Emperor has made an advance on St. Di tier, and is still advancing. the Duke de CASTIGLIONE is again with grew reinforcements upon Chalons-sur-Saone. " We expect great battles and decisive events." To the above letter from Paris 1 have to add that no telegraphic dispatch has been received In some days on our coast from Paris, for the telegra phic communications have been again cot off, and .1 do not think they will be restored (month) fos some days." THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1814, We have to-day given some extracts from the Paris Papers which we announced yesterday. Ut to the 27th ultimo, inclusive, nothing of importance had bee. announced ti the Parisians. The events which have occurred in the South could not, how, ever, be entirely unknown at Paris; and the very silence of their own Jotirnals, must convince People of the danger to which they are exposed by the obstinacy of the man who boasts that he holds not only their destinies, but those of Europe, in his hands. The obstacles which the Tyrant has thrown in the way of Peace are fully established by the PrOC111113• tions of Prince SCWARTZVBERO and Marshal DLL . . CHER:. and the fact is now fully proved, that in every step that has beentalcon there bas. been the most per. fect understanding among the Allies. The prolonga tion of the war is therefore to be imputed entirely t' the enemy—not to a spirit of dictation on the put tof the British Cabinet, as some of our contemporaries' had endeavoured to persuade the Public to believe. It is said that BONAPARTE has ins;sted that he shall nominate one of his own relations as King of itidy; that he shall retain Antwerp and the navigation of the Scheldt ; and that France shall receive a:1 acco sion of territory beyond the limits Jto had in 17b9: and it has been stated in letters from Holland, diAt, in con sequence, the negociatioxs were broken off on the 22d ult. However this may be, we are fully convinced that the present Negociations will not terminate is Peace. the Tyrant not being yet sufficiently humbled.- Let us hope that the delay will be followed by coast ; quences very different from what he has Fron"' himself. But for these interruptions, the iiihabitaas of France would not have the opportunity V\ hich has been afforded them to declare for their legitimate Sovereign ; nor world the same proipect have opened which now ?MIMS itself to tie eye of huliLlniti• . •