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THE EVENING STAR:. LON DON. SATURDAY; APRIL 9, ISM PR 'CE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK Reduced 701 70 694 64;—cons. 72i 72 71 70.11 71 4 per C. 83i-5 per Cent. Navy 98i Oninitini, 28 29 28 27 26—Bank Long Arms. 16} India Bond4 i nothing done.—Exchequer Bills .ss. 13s. prem. Consols fur May acc. 73 73 724 72 71i 72 The Funds have experienced a great variation. Osmium opened at 28 to 29, ant then went down to 254,but at noon was 251 to 26. The tall is attributed to the day of settlement being so near. I I 1 , t L i C I I ) i it t 1 I , 2 I 1 I t I i ? 1 ) i ) 1 1 . a I I f , l i, a a 1 1 " I 1 1 • EMANCIPATION OF FRANCE. ,The contents of our columns, this day, require no comment from us. Callous indeed must be the soul, and void of every religious feeling, that can read such details without a feeling of gratitude to the RuLra of the UNIVERSE, for having broken the Sceptre of the wicked, and restored the prospect of solid Peace to the long•afllicted Nations of Europe. We shall not attempt to interfere with the reflexions to which such events must give rise in every well-regulated mind ; "cut proceed at once to lay the mo . ' portant parti culars before our Readers : This day, at noon, a postchaise an four arrived at the Admiralty direct from Deal—the caps of the drivers were decorated with white Unhands, the insig. nia of the BourtnoN family. Two Deputies from D , lnkirk cane by this conveyance ; they were put on board one of our cruizers in the Downs, and brought directly over. They state, the bouttnoNs have been declared kr at 1)1111f:ilk, and along the %%bole of that lime of coast ; that the whole of the Engli , h prisoners have been released, and overwhelmed with Icridness by the inhabitants. The above Gentlemen came to solicit arms and ammunition, to assist them in reducing the few adherents cf the Corsican in their neigkhourhot , d: that part of their mission is of course rendered unnecessary, ' from the events which are passing els"where. We have also received Paris Papers to the (ith inst. They state, that Martha' VlcToit had joined the new Govemtnent at Paris with whole al my—andthat a Deputation had been sent from Paris to BONA PARTE toprornise him his life and a pension, (but not an inch of territory) it he will instantly sign a Deed of Abdication of the French Throne. . . Not only Ge.ieral Vic -roil, but the wllnle of the Frlc!: G.I erals in the vicinity of Paris have offered ilitii'services to the new Government. The Pope, the Cardinals, and The Spanish Princes, have been released by the Provisory Government ; and orders have been sent off from Paris to all parts of France to set at libeity, not only all Prisoners War, tut all Prisoners of State, for offences against BONAP A RTE'S Government. The retreat offered to BONAPARTE IS in the small Island of Elba, in the Mediterranean Sea. It is si. .tuated off the Coast of Tuscany, about fifty miles in circumference, and has only tw harbours ; one of them belonged formerly to the Kingdom of Naples, and the other to the Grand Duke of TuscANY. It produces liotbing but marble and iron. LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, SATURDAY, APRIL 9. PORZIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 9, 1814, TWO A.M. Dispatches, of which the following are copies, have been received orn his Excellency General Viscount Cathcart, and I..eutenant-General the Hon. Sir Charles Stewart, addressed to Viscount Castlereagh. PARIK, MARCH si, 1814. MY I,onn—The Emperor Alexander, with the King of Prussia, marched into Paris this morning, where they wtn e received by all ranks of the popula tion with the warmest acclamations. ♦ The windows of the best houses were filhyd by well dressed persons waving white handkerchiefs and clap ping their hands ; the populace, intermixed with many of a superior class, were in the streets pressing forward to see the Emperor, and to endeavour to touch has horse. The general cry was, 4.Vive l'Em pereur Aleran ire," 64 Vive notre Liberateur,!! " The le 'KA de frus , x." . Very many . persons appeared with white cockades, and there was a considerable cry of " Vive Louis XVIII.'" . 46 Vive ks Bourbons," which gradually increased. _ _ _ Their Imperial and Royal Majesties proceeded to Champs Elysees, where a great part of the army passed in review before them, and as usual, in the most 'exact order. His Impt.rial Majesty is lodged in the house of M. Talleyrand, Prince of Benevente. It is impossible to describe the scenes of this day in the compass of a dispatch ; the most striking were , the national guard in their uniform and armed, clear ing the avenues for *the troops of the Allies passing through, in all the pomp of military parade, the day after a severe action ; the people of Paris, whose political sentiments have at all times been manifested by the strongest indication, unanimous hi their cry for peace, and a change of dynaty, enjoying the spectacle of the entry into the capital of - France of an invading army, as a blessing and . a deliverance. A rope placed round the neck of the statue of Nix). Icon. on the Colonne de la Grande Armee, and the people amused with pulling it and crying A bas k TyrAn Much was said in the crowd of their wish for the. restoration of amicat,le relations wi.h Great Britain. The occupatii n of Lyons and cS Bourdeaux was known to all the people, as also the circumstance of the declarations at the latter place in favour of Louis XVIII. and the display of the white cockade; but not the independence of Holland. The events which have led to the occupation of Paris, will be understood from the following recapi tulation; Since the battle of Brienne, on the lst February, the enemy has shown no inclination to fight a general loattle against the united force of the Allies, but has used the utmost activity to attack all detachments. In the latter end of February, Field Marshal Blu cher crossed the Marne, and moved upon Epernay, Soissons and Laon, to meet and to unite with the corps moving from the northern army, and those which had been relieved from the blockade of fortresses near the Rhine. The gallant and well-fought actions which took place between Soissons, Laon, and Rheims, have been detailed in the reports by Col. Lowe, and other officers. During these operations on the right, the Marshal Prince Schwartzenberg drew back the corps which remained with him on the left, and detached to rein force the army between Dijon, Lyons, and Gcnev2, receiving at the same time, and distributing the W t lites from Hungary, and other Austrian xeiu e e. ments ; his army, which had occupied the country tween the Seine and Yonne, with posts at Auxerre ? . Fontainebleau, Melun, and Mormont. and which had patroled into the suburbs of Orleans (near which city General Seslarini took some hundred prisoners) hav ing linen back to the Auhe, where the affair of Bar sur-Aube took place on the I ah. After this affair the Prince Field-Marshal re•occn pied Troyes, Auxerre, Sens, and Pont-sur-Seine. Napoleon, having declined a general action, which Field Marshal Blucher repeatedly offered near Laon, returned to the left hank of the Marne, and indicated an intention of resuming offensive operations against the grand army. The conferences at Chatillon were terminated on the 19th inst. and on that day the French army moved upon Arcis, bd.ind which the corps commanded by Field Marshal Count Wrede was posted: The Allies under the Prince Schwartzenherg, viz. the fid, 4th, and 6th corps, under the Prilice Royal of Wirtemberg, and the .sth under Field - Marshal Wrede, with the whole reserve, were concentrated on the Aube, neary Pougy and A7cis, and a general attack was made by the Allies on the 20th, in which the enemy was defeated at all points, with great loss, and Arcis was retaken. At this juncture, Napoleon formed the desperate and extraordinary plan of passing between the armies of the Allies, and of striking at their communications with the Rhine, intending at the same time to libe rate the garrison of Metz. For this perpose he moved by Chalons on Vitry and St. Dizitr, his head-quarters being on the 2 . .1t.1 at Qbcomte, between the two latter places. Vitry was held by a small Prussian garrison, whit;: refused to surrender. The extent and nature of this project was fully as certained on the 23d. A movement !vas immediately resolved upon Vitry, to secure that place, and to en deavour to cut off the corps of Marshal Macdonald, said to be on the left bank of the Marne, between Chalons and Vitry, to operate a junction with the troops under GeneralWinzingerode, which hay m wed upon Chalons, and to unite both armies. Their Majesties the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia left Troyes the 20th, and had their quarters at Pougy. The Emperor of Austria moved Ws quarters on the 19th to Bar-sur-Seine, with all the Cabinet iVlinisters, and came the 21st to Bar-sur-Aube. On the evening of the 23d the army broke up from Pougy, and having marched by Ramerne and Dom pierre, assembled at day-break near Sommrpuis; but the corps of Marshal 'Macdonald had crossed the Marne the preceding day, before it could be inter cepted. On the 24th, the junction with General Winzinge rode was effected at Vary andpalons, and the Sile sian army came within reach of co-operating with the grand army. On the 25th, General'Winzingerode with his own and several other corps of cavalry being left to observe the enemy, the united allied force began its move. went by rapid and continued marches on Paris. The corps of Marshals Monier and Marmont were found at Vatry and Sommesous, and were driven back with loss, and pursued in the direction of Paris. On the 25th, the Emperor, the King, and Field-Marshal the Prince Swartzenberg were at Ferre Champenoise, and on the 26th at Trelfaux. Field-Marshal Blucher was at Etoges on the 26th, and continued to march on Meaux by Montmirail. In the course of that week not less than 100 cannon and 9000 prisoners were taken, with several General. : Officers. At the affair near Ferre Champenoise, Colonel Ra patel, late Aide-de-Camp to General Moreau, was unfortunately killed, while exhorting the French to surrender, and Colonel Neil Campbell, who is on this service, and who has been with the advanced Russian corps in all the affairs since his return from the siege of Dantzig, was severely wounded, having been run through the body by a Russian lancer, who mistook him for an enemy during one of the charge I ain happy to say there was every reason to expect his re covery. On the 27th, the Imperial and Royal head-quar ters were at Coulomiers, and the Silesian army reach ed Meaux. On the 2Sth head..quartert at Quincy. Bridges were prepared at Meaux and Trirort. The Silesian army advanced to Claye, in front of which town a severe action took place, in which the enemy was repulsed. On the 29th, the Emperor and the King, with Field-Marshal Prince Schwartzenberg, crossed the Marne at Meaux ; and the enemy being still in pos session of thvoods near Vile Parisis and Bondi, he was snacked and driven beyond Bondi towards Pan tin ; the head-quarters were established at the former of those places. Field-Marshal Blucher the same day marched in two columns to the right, pointing upon 'Montmartre through Mory, Draucey, and St. Denis. _ _ The enemy had improved the defences which the ground afforded on Montmartre, and in front of ir, by redoubts and batteries, and had a considerable force of regular troops near the villages of Pantin, Romain vile, and Belle Vile. The navigable canal, the woods and houses, together with some ground, so deep as to be nearly impassable for horses, afforded considerable means of resistance. A disposition fora general attack having been made on the 30th, the 6th corps, supported by the grenadiers and reserve, was engaged at an early hour to prevent the enemy from holding Pantin. The remainder of the troops under the Prince Royal of Wirtetnherg was to turn the enemy on his right, and to push oil to occupy in suc cession all the heights on the left of the road to Belle ville inclusive. The day was considerably advanced before the troops reached theii*veral positions, and the enemy made a deterFriinedresistance, especially at the village of Pantin ; the whole of his force was commanded by the Duke of Treviso, the right wing by the Duke of Ragusa. A message had been sent on the ;;filth, to deprecate resistance, and to explain that it must be vain, as the whole army was present ; but the mes senger was not received. In the evening of the 30th, Count Nesselrode was admitted within the barriers of Paris ; and at the same time one of the Emperor's Aides; de Camp was sent to Marshal Marmont, who agreed that all firing should cease in half an hoar, if the Al lied Sovereigns would consent, that no part of the army should pass the bartier of Paris that night.-- This was consented to, and the enemy withdrew from Montmartre within the town. The 'advanced corps bivouacked within pistol-shot of the town. The Emperor returned to Bondi with the Field Marshal, and at four in the morning the Deputies of the city arrived. Seventy cannon, three colours, awed 500 men were taken; the number of killed and wounded of the enemy was very considerable, bin this victory was not gained without some loss on the part of the Allies. I have the,honour to be, Etc. (Signed) Viscount Castlereagh, &c. &c. &c. CATHCART. PARIS, APRIL 1. MY LORD -I have the honour to annex herewith a copy of the Capitulation of the city of Paris. I fee it impossible to convey to your Lordship an accura . c idea, or a just description of the scene that presented 'tself yesterday in this Capital, when his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, and Prince Schwartzenberg made their entry at the head of the Allied Troops. The enthusiasm and exultation that was exhibited must have very far exceeded what the most sanguine and devoted friend of the ancient dynasty of France could have pictured to his own mind, and those who are less ptrsonallyinteroted but equally ardent in that cause could no longer hesitate in pronouncing th tt the restoration of their legitimate King, the downfal of Bonaparte, and the desire of peace has become the first and dearest wish of the Parisians, who have by the events of the last two days been emancipated from a system of terror and despotism impossible to de scribe, while they have been kept in an ignorance, by the arts of falsehood and dectit, incredihle for an en lightened people, and incomprehensible to the reflect. ing part of mankind. The cavalry, under his Imperial Highness the Grand Arch-Duke Constantine and the guards of all the different Allied forces were formed in columns, early in the morning, on the road from Bondy to Paris. The Emperor of Russia, with all his Staff, his. Generals and their suites present, proceeded to Pan tin, where the King of Prussia joined him with a similar cottage ; these Sovereigns, surrounded by all the Princes in the army, together with the Prince Field Marshal and the Austrian Etat Major, passed through the Fauxbourg St. Martin, and entered the barrier of Paris about eleven o'clock, the Cossacks of the guard forming the advance of the march.— ' Already was the crowd so enormous, as well as the acclamations so great, that it was difficult to move forward, but before the Monarchs reached the Porte de St. Martin, to turn on the Boulevards, there w.is moral impossibility of proceeding, all Pal Is seemed to be assembled and concentrated in one spot—oi.e A 111.• MUS or spring evidently directed all their movtm uts, they thronged in such masses round the Emperor and the King, that with all their condescending and gracious familiarity, extending their hands on all sides, it was in vain to attempt to satisfy the populace.— They were positively eaten up amidst the tries of 66 Vive l'Empereur Alexandre,"--" Vive le Roi de Prusse,"—" Vive nos liberateurs ;" nor did the air Alone resound with these peals, for with louder acca mationb if possible, they were mingled with those of " Vice le Roi," 46 Vice Louis XVIII." Five les Bourbons,"--" A bas le Tyran." 'The white cockade appeared- very generally ; many of the national guardb whom I taw, wore them. The clarn irons applause of the multitude Was seconded ley a similar demonstration from all the houses along the line to the Champs Eli sees, and handkerchiefs, as well as the this hands that waved them, scented in mailed re quisition. In short, my L'rd, to have an idea II such a manifestation cf e.. etric feeling as Pit- s dig. played, it must have been witnesced.my humble de szri ption cannot make you conceive it. 'Die Sovereigns halted in the Champs Eliseer, where the troops defiled before them i i tyre mrel admirable order, and the heacl.quarters were established at Paris. I have the honour to annex the declaration of the Emperor Alexander. Bo tap rte, it now appears. moved Lis army from Troyes by Sens, towards Fon ' tainbleau, where, I suppose, the debris of Marshall Mortier and Marmr nt's corps will join him. He arrived At Fromont Vie day before yesterday. and would have been in Paris had it not been in the pos session of the Allies ; on hearing what had occiorrer:. he retired to Corbeil, and from thence has probably collected his army in the neghbourhood of Fontair hleau, which cannot amount to more than forty r fifty thousand men. That he may make a desp rat.. attempt I think probable, if his army stands by him, which will be questionable, if the Senate and nation pronounces itself. The Allied Armies march to morrow (with the exception of the guards and re serves, who remain here).towards Fontaiinhleau, and will take up a position, orbe regulated by the move ments of Bonaparte.—l have the hcnour to be, ace. (Signed) CHARLES STEWART, Lieut. CrCII. CAPITULATION OF PARt The four hours armistice which had been agreed upon for the purpose of treating on the condeions relative to the occupation of the city of Paris, and to the retreat of the French corps therein, h4ving led to act arraneeenent to that effect, the undersigned, after being doly authorised by the respective Commanders of the opposed forces, have adjusted and signed sae following articles : Article t. The corps of the Marshals Dukes of Treviso and Ragusa shall evacuate the City of Paris on the 31st of March, at seven o'clock in the morning, Art. 2. They shall take with tkern aU the.appurteriances of • their corps d'arme6. Art. s. llostilittrs shall not recommence whit two hours after the evacuation of ote City, that is.to say, On-the 31st of March, at nine o'c!ttck in the morning. - _ Att. 4. All the arsenals, military establishments, work-shop., and niagazinrs, shall be left in thi.-• same state that they were in previous to the present capitulation bring proposed. Art. 5. The national or city guard is entirely separated front the troops of the line ; It is either to be kept on foot, or dis armed, or disbanded, according - to thg ulterior dispo&itions of the Allied Powers. Art. 6. The corps of the municipal gendarmerie shall in every respect share the tate of the national guard. Art. 7. The wounded and the stragglers remaining in Par!, after seven o'clock shall be prisoners or war. Art. R. The City of Paris Is recommended to the generosity of the Hi,h Allied Powers. Done at l'atis the S! st of March. at o' two clock in the morning. (Signed) Colonel OR LOW Alde-de-camp of his Majesty the Emperor of All the Russlas. Colonel Count PA4R, Aide-de-Camp-General of Marshal Mime Schwartralibtrg. (Signed) Colonel BA 6 , 19 i tsies, attache to the Etat- Major rf hi- Excellency the Marshal Duke of Ragusa. Colonel Dr N v s, First _Va.-de-Camp of his Ex cellency the hf-.Thal Dtike of Ragusa. (Here follows the Declarat!on of the Emperor ALEXANDER, which is giveh in the first column-of the Frenclt Papers.] SECOND EDITION. Lieutenant PHILLIPS br.,ught the dispatches tr) the Admiralty from Admiral FOLEY. the Port 11citniral, and a Captain of the Navy other dispatches frop Admiral YOUNG. In confirmation of all that we - have published, we present the following demi-official statement : " Two Deputies are just arrived from Dunkirk. BO::APARTE has abdicated the Throne. He has ac. 7 cepted a retreat in the Island of Elba. " The BOURBONS Proclaimed. XVIII. King. 'f All Pzisoners immediately to be liberated." The following letter, received express, has been %posted at Lloyd's : " DOVER, APRIL 9—Three o'clock A.M. _ . " Two Flaw, of Trpce are just 'arrived from Dun kirk.—BONAPARTE has Abdicated the Throne, and the Revolution in the Government of France is corn-. plete—The BOURBONS are restored ! " The vessels have the old White Flag flying— they had on board two persons who were taken out by the A RCH ER gun-brig, and carried to Deal—they have brought twenty-six Englishmen, Wu) were pri soners at Dunkirk. " The Revolution at Dunkirk took place yester day, when the Eagles and other insignia of B'NA. PARTE were removed, and the White Flag and Bowl- BON insignia hoisted in their stead. 44 Lours XVIII. had been proclaimed at Paris, and was proclaimed yesterday at Dunkirk." THIRD EDITION. S IA R-OFFICE, FOUR O'gLOCK. Dispatches have been this instant received front Lord CASTLEREAGH from Paris, stating, that BONA teinTst had CONSENTED to ABDICATES the THRONZ of FRANCE, and to retire to the Island of Elba. The post-chaise in which the Messenger came with the abOve Dispatches, was decorlal with the White C )ckade. The Messenger came direct from Path: to Calais. BONAPARTE was at Fontainbleau, an 4 placed under a strong guard, to protect him Iron; the rage of the populace. So much for his pope. larity in France It is reported since the arrival of the Messenger that the degraded ruffians, CAULAINCOURT and Pp - . LIN, who assisted at, the murder of the Duke cl'Eu. GUINN, have been imprisoned in the Castle vf Vin cennes, by - order of the Magnanimous ALEXANpEIti there to await the pleasure of Louts XVIII. The ship HYDRA ' which arrived at Plymouth on Thursday from s t.4ndero, which pl.tce she left on the Ist inst. brings accovts that on the 31st March the place was illuminated, in consequence of the Ar iival a iptelligence stating that Barcelona, contain ing a sapison of 10,000 men, had surrendered. ;t I