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~~~ I! ~{ c om p; tee on the Bill was ordered to be postpoated to Mou4ay the 18th inst. M. FITZGERALD brought up the annual Peti ti,,nt in behalf ,f the Charities in Ireland. He then brott.2l.t up !•stimives of the expence of the same, and rnoved that the Fourteenth Report of the Committee co 'he Irish Charitable Institutions, which was laid befwe the How :e on the 2Gth of March, should be pi io tett. Ordered. On the motion of Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW, the County of Mayo Petitions were ordered to be referred to a Committee On the 19th of May. Lord A. HAMILTON preset fed a Petition from Glasgow against the Corn Laws.—The P tition was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. 1),;A RING expressed his surprise that the im portant subject of the Corn Laws should have been, put off to so late a period in the Session, particularly if it was intended to make any alteration in them.— He hoFed this important. question would not be put Off till the middle of summer, as last year. Mr. FITZGERALD said, the subject was in the hands of an Honourable Baronet (Sir H. paniell) now on his way to this country ; and he could not say when he would bring it forward. It was proper, however, that every information on the subject should be brought forward at the earliest possible period atter the recess. Mr. ROSE presented a Report from the Directors of the British Museum.—Crdered to lie on the table. On the motion of Mr. HORNER, the Accounts presented to the House on the 10th ult. from the Bank and the stamp Office, were ordered to be printed. Mr. COURTENAY brought up the Reports of the committees of Supply and Ways and Means, and the Resolution, granting eight millions for Exche ;per Bills was agreed to. The cochineal Bill went through a Committee, and was ordered to be reported to-morrow.• The Gold Coin Dill was read a third time and passed. Mr. W 4 LLACE moved, that their be laid before the House 'accounts of all Goods sold at the East India House, and the Stock, by computation, con tained in the warehouses,, from March 1812 to March 1813,,--Ordered. Mr, ROSE brought in his Bill for the better regu lation pf private Madhouses, which was read a first time, 4pd ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice to those gentlemen who had business be- Tore the House, that he intended to-morrow, instead of Thursday, to move that the House at its rising, shottlel adjourn till Monday se'nnight.-,--adjourned. rizArcH .P d PERS. PARIS, MARCH C 9. NEWS FROM THE ARMIES. On the 26th inst. his Majesty the Emperor beat, at St. Dizier, General Winzingerode, look 2000 pri soners, cannon, and many baggage-waggons, This corps 1144 been pursued far .—: onirryr. PARIS, MARCH 30. The Emperor is on his march since the 27th to come to the assistance of the capital. To-day the Dukes of Treviso and Ragusa effected their junction with the troops commanded by Generals Coupons ar i d, Ornans, • The enemy's army, which has passed the Marne at Meaux, will have to fight troops of the line powerfully seconded by the devotion of all the citizens and the zeal of the national guard. They win fail in their attempts, even should the Emperor EtQg be in their rear.--Gazetie de France, Journal de fPurlsire t asd Journal de Paris, of Me MA Marc!,. Yesterday a great number of troops, infantry and eavalry, trains of artillery and equipage, took the road of Meaux. Batteries have been established upon the heights in the environs of Paris; and in front of the' principal entrances ditches are cut, and entrench ment; thrown up in the avenues. Troops of the line bitV4 .lso been placed from distance to distance on the outer Bonlevards ; regiment* of different kipd§ bave also repaired to Vincennes. ROUEN, MARCH O. • • Offences in the forests have for some days increased jn different parts of the district of Rouen. 4 mime sous portion of thik manufacturing population, whose tabours have been suspended 'by political circum stances, went into the Imperial forests to cut wood. l Consumers, mpre greedy than enlightened with re ppect to their real interests, encourageci these offencesl by buying the produce of these devastations at a low price. The administration has been obliged to use; cxtiaordirtary means to put a period to these abuses, ii4t.g.NciENNgs, MARCH 13. The followieg Pecree, issued from the fmperial flead•quarters at 'Do] eseon the `l6th of February, is pow put into execution in our department; )1401,e0N, ILMPEpoR OF TIIE FRENCH, &C, We have decreed, and do decree as follows: AFF. ;. Alt the Departments which have been occupiql by the ien t suy shill furnish, ai soon as they are evacuated, a o•ontingent pi national guards, out of the lavie ea maw. 2. 1 he amount of this contingent will be determined by the MinisteF of War. It shall be divided by the, Prefects among the Severe! einuoeief, which arc to take the necessary inea,ureti to have it* numb,er of men demanded turniahrd iinoiediately. E. The national I;uartla of the levee en masse will be obliged to ''serve only as long as the enemy shall be on this side of the Rhine. * he Mittister of War shall send to the chief place of each Department as many skeletons of battalions drawn from the line as the •levee en masse of the Department as to ;*nrnifh mica the number of ‘,OO 4. '1 be pep:meats - shall furnish the men with their arms, if possible. • 8. Our Miniotera of the Interior, of War, and of Military Act -11141154-01pH, ate cared with the exccotiJii Gf the ptu•cilt De cree. (Signet!) unt•i t ir,eol„ PROCLAMATION. • t 4 King J o :,,tri if , 1-motet...tut-Gent:rat of the Emperor, i'om niallos:r in Chief of the /vane: iit Cutircl, to the Citizen's of I.aris :- O Citizens of Paris--An enemy's colurim has pro ceeded tion Meaux. It is advaiKing by t!se road (gym Qermany, but the Emperor j,s following it close at tile head of a victorious array. ,' The Council of gegeacy has,provided for the I safety of the I.mi Fess and t4e King of Rome. re-1 pain with you. i •• Let us arm for the defence of this city, its ma. I! =meats its toles—our wives, ow children, all that I • —• • ' is dear to us. Let this vast tity.becorpe a camp for! a flew moments ? -mid let the cnemi had his disgrace P , iJcr its wAlib, woieli they hope 0/ bteksk OHOPgill ip ) L 6hiL triumph : 66 The Eu)pezor is marching to our succour ; se elnd him air a short and powtrful. resistance, 3114 let )4 1q W 1 Y f the Freud' kottuyr. . *a-. ;. . AA•rris tfi. (Signed) " JOSEPH." ptarm PAPERS. rim.M.••••=l. LIE9g, MARCH 25. The head-quarters of the Crown Prince of Sweden are still here. He is expected soon to but himself in Motion with his whole force, BRUSSELS, MARCH 25. (Private Letter.) Yesterday the town was all in an uproar. General Maisen, some say the Duke of Treviso (Gregory's old clerk) with his division, entered Ghent on Satur day, at one o'clock, and sent some detachments on the road to Alost. In the mean time, the garrison of Anvers made a sortie in order to join them. About five o'clock some wounded Cossacks in carts, entered this town. Immediately Count Lottum published the following account : " BRUSSELS, NIARCII 27.—1 inform the public the enemy has succeeded in occupying Ghent. The brave Colonel Bygaloff opposes lyiss progress towards Alost. lam going to march against him, with con siderable forces. gear Anvers, he has just been re pulsed. On every side he is followed up, there is nothing to fear at Brussels." Late in the evening a Courier announced the arrival of General Walmoden's division at Louvain, this entirely dissipated our fears. Our soldiers, after doing us the honour of staying with us six and thirty days, departed yesterday, they were two very good fellows. Friday we were doubly lodged. Another hussian soldier, with his Lady, did us the honour to sleep under our roof. In point of behaviour, we have nothing to complain of, only they are very hungry. On the 19th, MotOeur, brother to Louis was received with the greatest proofs of affection and joy at Nancy. He was every where hailed by the people with cries of Vive le Roi I Vive le Comte de Artois AMSTERDANI, MARCH 29. This being the day appointed for the meeting of the Notables of the country, to take into considera tion the plan of the constitution, at nine o'clock the members repaired to the New Church, where it was announced to them that his Royal Highness has ap pointed Mr. A. W. C. Nagel) van Ampsen, Presi dent, and Mr. J. Bondt, Secretary, of the Assembly. At half-past ten o'clock his Royal Highness left the Palace, accompariied by his two s >ns, amidst a bril liant processietp. Having arrived at the New Church, and having there taken his seat, his Royal Highness soon after delivered the following speech to the As sembly : " Gentlemen—With the most heartfelt emotions I open this assembly. Separated for nineteen years from my native land by the political storms which have shaken Europe for well nigh half a century, at the very moment when a career was soon to be opened for me, in which I could be of service to my country, I found myself more and more closely attached to the Netherlands by the accounts of the daily increasing depression of a people, with whose glory and happi ness the glory and happiness of my house were so long connected. But though the fortune, the unin terrupted and incredible fortune of the general op pressor of the Continent appeared for ever to remove the prospect of seeing the land of my nativity, and especially of seeing it free, yet thanks to the goodness of the Ateutottry, by means of the victorious arms of the united avengers and mainrainers of the violated rights of nations, and by the enthusiasm of the Ne therlanders for the restoration of their freedom, I not only see myself again in my native land, but sur rounded and supported by all that the love and at- Ltaehment of a people to their Prince can dictate. Can I, then, without emotion open an assembly, corn- posed of so considerable a number of the best, the 1 1 most distinguished, and the most intelligent roen of . .t„his people, to decide _upon the most important point 1 that can come under the considerazion of a nation— that constitutional code upon which may depend not only the happiness of this but of future generations ?j " No, Gentlemen, I feel all the affecting solemnity of this day ; but I also feel the more strongly the duty which rests upon me to promote the object of yopr impo: rant summons. F' I have said, upon the declaration of the majority of the nation, that they deposited the rights of Sove reignty in my hands by way of preference, that I would only assume and exercise them upon one condi tion, and that one a Constitutional Code, analogous to the wants of Holland, and the preseot state of Eu rope, and which should amply secure freedom of per son, security of property, and in one word, all those civil rights which distinguish a people really free. 46 A committee, composed of men whose pate io tisin and intelligence were above all suspicion, have accordingly drawn not the plan of that Constitution. Mr. Van Maanen will communicate to you the bases upon which this political edifice has been erected but it is by no means my aim, it cannot be my wish, to make the consideration of this most important sub ject a mere idle ceremony. 46 Instructed by all that we have seen doting the last twenty years, that the individual voting of almost the whole people, is, from the nature of things, nothing else than a mere pageant, I have therefore summoned this Assembly, in order to be certain that men, chosen from all parts of the country, from all ranks of the citizens, may answer, not with precipitation, but gravely and deliberately, without infloence or dicta tion, to the question, whether in this Constitution they find a sufficient guarantee, not only of their own hap piness and seenrity, but of those pf their children ? " To point out at much length, Gentlemen, bow worthy this matter is of your serious consideration, would be little honourable to you ; but I cannot omit to remind you, that it would also be dishonourable to 'me, Could any of you imagine that in this decision' he 'should be guided by any thing but his own experience, and his own understandi:l 6 ', " The wants and the happiness of the Netherlands! must alone be the object of your deliberations, in like manner, as, Gop is my Witness, they consttute the object of my wishes and City efforts After this, Mr. Van Maanen, First President of the Nigh Court of Justice of the United Netherlands, and Member of the Committee for drawing up the Plan of the Constitution, addressed ;he Assernhly, as he was charged by his Royal Highness, nn the sehject of the meeting., pointed out the duties incumbent on them, and explained in a succinct ? tant clear manner, the prin ciples of the Constitutiono about two 041104 the thunder of artillery an • no inct cl,that the Cgnstitq ion was accepted by a ma jority of 4. to 2 5, •r • , FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTre • ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, APRIL 4. Lieutenant Collins, Flag Lieutenant to Roar-Ad miral Penrose, arrived here this morning, With'* letter from Lord Keith, transmitting one to his Lordship from the Rear-Admiral, dated in the Gironde, Point of Taimont, Z.S.E. about three miles. the 27th of: March, giving an account of his having that day en. tered the river, and proceeded up to that anchorage with his Majesty's ship Egmont, the Andromache and Belle Poule frigates, and some smaller vessels, after receiving the fire of some forts and batteries at the mouth of the river, but without sustaining any loss from it, 9n approaching Point Coubre, the enemy's line of battle ship Regulus, with three brigs of war, and some cligse marees, were discovered preparing to weigh off Rogan. The squadron gave chase to those vessels as high as the shoal of 'raiment, where the Regulus and the brigs passed up through the very narrow channel to the north, apparently buoyed for the purpose, under protection of the strong batteries on each side the bay of Talmorst; and the British squadron anchored outside the shoal. The Rear-Admiral highly commends the exertions of the officers under his orders, in successfully passiqg through the d4ngers of the navigation : BANKRUPTS. Thomas Lovell, of Portsmouth, Ham;, tope-maker, dealer and chapman, to sot render April 22, at twe, April 23, at eleven, and May 17, at one, at the Star Inn, Crosport. Attornies ; Mr. Thgmas Briggs, No. V I Essex-street, Strand. Samuel Watson, of Ilkeston, Derbyshire, chandler, denier and chapntan, April 15, 16, and May 17, at eleven, at the Flying Horse, Nottinghim. Attornies, Messrs.Al4wp and Wells, Nottingham. William Smedley, of Burton-upon-Treat, Staffordshire, grocer, dealer and chapman, April 26, at five, April 27, at ten, and May 17, at one, at the White Hart Inn, Berton -upon- Frew. Attornies, Mr. Cookney, No. 9, Castle-street, Holborn; or Mt. O.horne, Burton-upon-Trent. John Gamson, of Camden town, Middleiex, victualler, dealer and chapman, April 16, 2:3, and May 17, at ten, at GuildlialL Attornies, Messrs. Aldridge and Smith, No. 9:Lincoln's-Inn New-sqeare. Jeremiah fluson, late at Cockhill, New-street, tishopvte, London, bricklayer, dealer and chapman, April 9, at one, April 2S, at twelve, and May 17, at one, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Eyler, Castle:scree . , Houndsdttch, London. peid Barnett, of Portsea, rents mercer, linen-draper , dealer and chapman, May 2, at one l May 3, at eleven,aid May 17, at nine; at the George Inn, Portsmouth. Attornies, Mr. E. I-aacs, Bury-greet, St. Mary Axe, Landon; or Mr. Gleadi ping, Portse.a. Richard Howell ; of Nottingham, taylor, dealer and chapman, April 6, 16, and May 17, at eleven, at the Flying Horse, in Nottingham. Attornies, Messrs. Allsopp and Wells, Notting " ham; or Mr. R. S. Taylor, Field -court, Gray's-inn, London. Joseph Ward, of Banbury, Oxfordshire, grocer and brewer, dealer and chapman, Avid 16, in, and May 17, at tine, at Guildhall, London. Attorney, Mr. Tilbury, Falcon-street, P,ldersgate-street. John Brown, late sif the Bank-Top, Township of Westoe, Dur ham, innkeeper, (but now a prisoner in Durham Gaol,) April , e 2, 30, and May 17, at eleven, at the George inn, Newcastle upon-Tine. Attornies, Messrs. Bell' and Brudrick, Bow- Church-yard, London. Ll'his Gazette also eontains the Articles of Capitulation re &?F‘d to in Captain Ho,te's letter, which appeared in the Ga zette of the '2d snstant.l Lomvpi G4ZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, TUESDAY, APRIL. Jr. FOREIf3N-OFFICL, APRIL 5, 181$. D:spatches, of which the following are copies, have been this day received at this Office, from this. 4ight Hon. Lord Burghersh, and Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir Charles William Stewart, K. B. Fere Champenwse, March 46 1 i 914. MY LORD—Tr) considerable doubt whether this dis patch will reach you, I still am anxious to seize the first opportunity of informing you of the events which have taken place since my last letters, and which, up to the present moment, have been attended with the most brilliant successes, In the morning of the 23d, the different corp of this army were assembled in positions, from whence the whole were directed upon Vitry. The Russian light division of cavalry of the guard, under General Count Angerowsky, advanced from Metiercelin to Sommepuis, where they attacled a considerable body of infantry, killed and made prisoners a great num. her of them, and took twenty pieces of cannon.-- 7 This attack was conducted with so much talent and rapidity, that the loss on the part of the Russians was inconsiderable. The enemy immediately after began to defile from all their positions near Arcis, directing themselves upon Vitry. Count Wrede endtavouTed to intercept their march, hat was unable to do so.— The Prince Royal of \Virtemberg followed them, and did them considerable .nischief. By a French courier taken at the charge of the Russian cavalry at Somtnepuis o it was ascertai-ned, that the corps of Marshals Ney and M'Donald were in our front filing to join Bonaparte, who was al ready at St. vizier. The Commandant of Vitry had been summoned by Marshal Ney, and threatened with the massacre of the whole garrison if he did not surrender ; he had, however ? refused ; Vitry yias still in our possession. By an intercepted letter of Bonaparte's, the ob- jects of his movements were discovered. Prince Schwartzenberg, in consequence, hatted his army on the Marne during the night of the 2:3d, the French having entirely passed to the other bank of that river. Bonaparte having placed himself upon our line of communication w:th the rear, and our junction with the army of Marshal Blucher being formed by the arrival of General Win;ingerode from Chalons at Vitry, it was determined that the whole of the two great allied armies §hould march upon Paris. With this object the whole army broke up yesterday, and had advanced in one coltimn upon this pi:ice. The corps of Marshals Marmont and Monier appear to have received orders to join Boa.iparte ; they arrived within two leagnes of Vitry on the night of the '24th., The advanced guard of the Prince Royal of Wirtem fr..rg fell in with them spon after he had commenced his illff.c4 4! o)jOirecfjoq, The 'Remy perfeiying concidcrablp force ad vaucips upon hi d , reqed ; tht cavalry pf the 4th and 6th corps pursued. The light cavalry division of Russian guards again distinguished itself; it charged first the enemy's cuirassiers, next Ilia masses of infan- tty, in both it succeeded, a great number of kided and wounded were left on the field of battle, tin pieces of cannon taken, and near one thousand fn. soners. Several other charges were made bi tire' Austrian cuirassiers and the Wirtcmberg . cavalry ; the enemy suffered from them considefably, and wail pursued with the loss of above thirty p;eies of c.n r • non, to Sezanne. The results of these affairs are nod yet completely known; I will transmit them to y(ur Lordship by the first opportunity. Upon the arrival of ,Prince Schwartienberg at Fere. Champenoise, cannonade was observed upon our right ; soon afte: a body of infantry wits seen moving upon the he.ad. qtiarters. The Emperer Alexander and the King of ' immediately directed a train of artillery which be longed to the 6th corps, and which was passing :.t the time, to place itself in position against this corr. The cavalry which was in the rear of this body, soon after discovered to belong to the army of Inarshi4l Blucher, which had been pursuing it during the great r part of the day. Prince pchwartzenberg immediately brought up ;A conziderable portion of cavalry frui; the corps that were pursuing Mirshals Marmunt and Mortier ; the .Emperor of Russia directed the at'. vance of the Russian guns, the whole body cf . French infantry was surrounded, they were charged on ail sides, under the immediate direction of the Emper( of Russia, the King GE Prussia, and Prince Schwan 7.enberg ; after a rebistance which does honour to thl enemy's troops, the whole of his two masse;, amount ing to four thousand eight hundred infantry, r.-4! twelve pieces pf cannon, were taken. Such have been, my Lord, the triumphant result!: of yesterday. The troops ar' already in advenct. this morning, the cavalry will arrive to-day at L Ferte Gaucher. General Winzingerode, with tvi thoyand cavalry, is in observation of Benaparte's army, on the of St. ll4ier ; its direction is not yet known. It is with the greatest regrets have to announce to your Lordship, that Colonel Campbell was yesterday most severely wounded by 4 Cossack. Colonel Camp bell, continuing that gallant distinguished course which has ever markol his military career, had charged with the first cavalry which-pinetrated the first masses ; the Cossacks who came to support this cavalry mistook him for a Trench °fiver, and struck him to the ground. From the appearams Pig more ing, I am however in considerable hope of his reco , very. Colonel Rapatel, late Aid-de-t`,ainp of Gene ral Moreau, was also unfortunately killed. I have the honour to be, &c. BURGERSII, Lieut.-colonsl Pcl Regt. 1 Viscount Castlereagh, &c. ?cc. 7 Headquarters, Ferre Climpspetae, March '26,1814. • My Lone—Bonaparte having failed in his attern:t to dehouche from Planey and Arcis, across the Aube, ..nd having abandoned his idea of attacking Prince Schwartzenberg in his. position at Menil-la-Comtese, seems to have been guid4si in his next operations by the desire of preventing the ;unction of the armies of Prince Schwartzenberg and Marshal Elucher. ad he not succeed to the utmost in this object, it was evidently his best policy to force their union, and their communications n:; far to the rear, • and to make it as circuitous as possible. I: is further manifest, by intercepted letters, that Eueapatte was rat npinie:l; that the movement he determined on, on the right ef Prince Schwart:senberf,s, might induce him Ea fill back towards the Rhine, for fear of losing his core munications—that lie thus would be able to relieve his placer, and be in a better sttsation to cover Pat is. It generally occurs, that math ssavres are made tri:!:, the advance, or the head of an army ; but Bonaparte. in his present underteskiaz, seems so have pashed his object so far, by the pasi,alse of the Aube with his whole army nietT I t Titry, as 'so Ave kit himself eel!• pletely open to that bold and masni!icent decision which.was immediately adopted. Bonaparte put his whole army in motion on the. evening of the '2lst for Vitry. Th it night he re mained at sommepuis ; on the following day the advanced corps of his army arrived at Vitry, and stmenonell the place. It had been placed by Colonel in a very tolerable state of defenCe, and it had a garrison of between three and four thousand Prussians. Marshal Ney endeavoured, 4y every menace, to. obtain a surrender ; bct the brave Prussian Colonel resolutely refused, and held the town}, which re.* duced the French commander to cross the Masre by bridges constructed near Frignicourt. JlOnapartc bete passed his wirle army on the `2`3d and 2-ith, . 1. was immediately ascertained to have taken the di: • rection of St. limier. Three objects might be now in his view, by tha movements round our right—to force us back—if this : failed, to operate upon our communications, and even proceed to form a junction with Marshal Auge reau ; or finally, by mitring to his fortresses of :Metz, &c. prolong the war Ly resisting on a new line, wb le he placed us in the centre of France, having taker) the best piccautions in his power for the defenFe of the capital. The Aloes on the 22d having crossed to the right of the Aube, lost no time in adopting the bold reso lution of forming the junction of the two armies to the westward, thus placing themselyes between this /