Star. — London, England, 1814-03-11 00:00:00

, 1 i • k S t Z , • It I DUTCH PAPERS. THE HAGUE, MARCH 6. FOREIGN DEPARTMENT. The accounts from the Grand Head-quarters reach down to the 26th February. • They were then at Chaumont, where Prince Schwartzenberg had con centrated the Grand Army, in consequence of the retreat of Prince Wittgenstein. Oa the left wing of the Grand Army a corps of 30,000 men was posted at Dijon ; on the right wing, Marshal Blucher was at Chalons, General Bulow at Rheims, and General Winzingerode at Soissons. Marshal Wrede had driven back the French under the walls of Troyes ; and on the 26th another French corps was defeated at Bar-sur-Aube. All the Foreign Ambassadors were to assemble at Montbeliard. ' _ _ . Accounts from Bremen mention, that on the 28th of February, and Ist of March, 10,000 troops had marched through there, under General Walmodm, al their way to the Rhine • and that 30,000 Prus sians were come in front of Hamburgh, which city, it was expected, would be immediately attempted by gal Tn. Yesterday evening, Mr. Prevost, Austrian Coun sellor of Legation, arrived here as Charge.d'Affaires from his Imperial Majesty, with the information, that a Minister would be speedily appointed, and with the strongest assurances of the friendship of his Court for the United Netherlands. BASLE, FEBRUARY 90. All the troops in garrison here, the day before yes terday, received orders to put themselves in motion for France. All the corps already On their route to strengthen the Allied Armies, have received orders to hasten their march. The passage of troops through our town will be' very considerable, and last for se veral days. Other columns march for France by Schaffhausen and Zurich,and some by the Frickthal. The great magazines of oats and flour established at Lindau are to be removed hither. The following are the plincipal articles of the Act of Confederation which has been adopted by the As sembly at Zurich : The Cantons mutually guarantee to each their con. stitution and independence. No Canton to make any alliance with Foreign Powers ; but each to be entitled to enter into military capitulations, provided they are compatible with the general ordinances of the Diet. . The contingents of each Canton, in men and mo ney, to be regulated by the Diet. Commerce to be free and unimpeded throughout Switzerlanll _ _ _ The Canton of Zurich to be the first Canton, and the Burgomaster of Zurich for the time being to be the President of the Diet. BERLIN, FEBRUARY 24. The Dutch General aiendels is arrived here from Warsaw, on his way to Holland. The lid battalion of a regiment which was formed in Sweden, out of deserters and prisoners of war, 'chiefly Dutchmen by birth, has passed through here on its way to Holland. LIEGE, FEBRUARY Sa. Yesterday evening the Crown Prince of Sweden entered our city, amidst the greatest rejoicings. He alighted at the Assemburg hotel, where he was waited upon by the Authorities of the Department, and a committee of the Central Government. His Royal Highness came from Aix-la-Chapelle, and his suite vu very numerous and brilliant. BRUSSELS, MARCH 3. There are still at this moment 4000 French troops at Menin. . It is said, that General Borstel having detached a corps of 5040 men against General Mat son, the latter retired in haste to Lisle : eight pieces of cannon and GOO prisoners were, however, taken from him. Our provisional Government has addressed a pro clamation to the inhabitants of these provinces, in viting, them to come forward with voluntary subscrip. tions for the arming of a force for the defence of the country. We have received the following list of superior Officers who were made prisoners at Dantzic : Be sides the Governor Count Rapp, there were the Ge nerals of D4vision Heudelet, Grandjean, Bachelu, Lepin, Campredon ; the General of Brigade. Ad miral Dumanoir, d'Hericourt, Villiers, Husson, Be sancr,urt, Farine, Cavagnac, Prince Radzivil ; and tie Neapolitan Generals of Brigade, Destrees and Pepe. AMSTERDAM, MARCH 7. Our paper of this day contains a list of 152 gentle. men, selected from the department of the Zuiderzee, who are to form a part of the Assembly of Notables, appointed to take into consideration the plan of a Constitution. The raising of the 18 battalions of Landsturm for this city, which - commenced on the 18th of February, is now completed. Yesterday, after church time, all the battalions assembled on their 'different parades, for the purpose of being exercised : the good order • -sad regularity which the members of these corps have dispbseeil, both in the course of their raising and their exercise, 'stove the excellent spirit with which they are ininiated. Thus, in less than three weeks, these 18 battalions, coo.ieting of 600 men each, and amounting in the whole to 10,800, have been armed and organized, and a tart of them have already re placed the national guards in the service of the city, the latter having marched'eff for Naarden. BREDA, MARCH 5. Yesterday arrived here la convoy of French pri soneri, taken by General W4tzingerode in the affair at Soissons. They consist pt General Longchamp, $1 officers, and 1,8¢6 subalterns and privates. Ott the Sd, the British troops broke up from their positions, to place themselves nearer Antwerp, and between that city and Bergen-op-Zoom. The head. 'quarters ate at Calmhout. The four battalions of Dutch tr‘ ops which serve with theni are at Groot zundert and Rysbefgen. FrtiTGARDT, FEBRUARY gt. A column of Wurtentberg troops, under Major. General Spitzenherg, this day departed for the Grand Army, with the sth train of reserve ammunition. By these apd 'othei reinfuicemetiti oOr arinT corps tares increased to :A,90 . 0 men. The landsturm of WUrteMberg is now organized, and almost completely provided with officers and 'arms. It eens►sts of 110 battalions, forming 4 divi sions, and composing a force of 110,000 men, besides 2000 cavalry. The military force of this kingdom, therefore, in cluding guards, garrisons, 5000 cavalry, 27,000 re gular infantry, and 112,000_ of landsturm, may be estimated at a total of 144,000 men; a prodigious amount, certainly, for a State that has not more than 1,400,000 inhabitants. FRENCH Pit PERS.. -- 1 ,...... • PARIS, MARCH 6. Her Majesty the Empress Queen and Regent has received the following news of the situation of the armies to the iSth instant : gg His .Majesty the Emperor and King had - on the sth his head-quarters at Bery-le-Ric, upon the Aisne., The enemy's army of Blucher, Sacken, Yorck, Win zingerode, and Bulow, was in retreat; without the treason of the Commandant of Soissons, who opened its gates, it was lost. " General Corbineau entered Rheims on the sth, at four o'clock in the morning. We have beaten the enemy in the battles of Lisy sur-Ourcq, and of May. The result of the different affairs is 4,000 prisoners, 600 baggage waggons, several, pieces of cannon, and the deliverance of the town of itbeims." LYONS, MARCH 2. A train of artillery set out yesterday from Lyons, for the advanced posts of the army under the orders of his Excellency the Marshal Duke of Castiglione. GRENOBLE, FEBRUARY V. Senator Count de Saint Vanier, Commissioner from his Majesty to the Ith Military Division, has received the following letter, which has been com municated to the Mayor of our town : ' " Romilly, 25th February. 64 Monsieur le Comte—We yesterday seized upon Annecy, which it was requisite to take by main force. I had directed General Serran upon this point, with 2000 men; and although he met before him 3000 Austrians, of whom 800 were cavalry, he vigorously pushed them before him, and successively drove them from three very strong positions ; he seized uptin one piece of cannon, and Major Meyer, of the regiment of Kaunitz, having had a limb carried away, remained prisoner of war. The loss of the enemy has been very considerable,' our's amounts to about 70 missing, killed, and wounded. " The Austrians on abandoning Annecy retired three leagues further beyond the bridge of Caille ; on our side, our advance-guard is very near Frangy, where the enemy has only a weak rear-guard of about 6U men.—Accept, Monsieur, Le Comte, &c. (Signed) "Tie General of Division Count MARCHAND." 111 , IPERIAL DECREES. " Head quarters, Rotates, Marcia S. " Napoleon, Emperor of the French, King of r Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine , Mediator of the Swiss Confederation, &c. " Considering that the enemy's Generals have de clared that they would shoot all the country people who should take up arms: ~ We have decreed, and do decree as follows : " Art. 1. All French citizens are not only authorised to fly to arms, but required to do it ; to sound the,tocsin as soon as they, shall hear the cannon of our troops approaching them : to as semble, to scour the woods, cut down the bridges, intercept the communications, and to tall upon the flanks and rear of the enemy. " 2. Every French citizen taken by the enemy, and who shall be put to death, shall be instantly revenged by the death, as re prisals, of an enemy's prisoner. " 3. Our Ministers are charged with the execution of the pre sent Decree, which shall be printed, posted up, and inserted in the Bulletins of the Laws. (Signed) " NA POLte N. " By the Emperor, the Minister Secretary of State, (Signed) " he Duke of BASSA NO." " Head-quarters, Flames, March 3‘ 46 Napoleon, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Media tor of the Swiss Confederation, &c. 64 Considering that the inhabitants of the towns and country, indignant at the horrors committed upon them by the enemy, and especially by the Russians and the Cossacks, fly to arms, through a just senti ment of national honour, to arrest parties of the enemy, carry off his convoys, and do him the utmost possible injury ; but that in some places they have been turned from it by the mayor or other magistrates: " We have decreed, and do decree as follows : " An. a. All Mayors, public functionaries, and inhabitants, who instead of exciting the patriotic IngWeateltt of the peopiw damp it by dissuading the citizens from a legitimate defence, shall be considered as traitors, and treated.as such. " it. Our Ministers are charged with the execution of the pre sent decree, which shall be inserted in the Bulletin of the Laws. By the Emperor, (Signed) "NANMIO N. The Minister Secretary of State, (Signed) " The Duke of BASSANO." [These papers contain no information respecting Prince Schwartzenberg's army ; nothing relative to Holland, nor any account of the proceedings pf Mar shal Souk.] COPY OF A LETTER FROM TIE MARSHAL DUKE OF CAS , TIGLIONE, TO ills EXCELLKKCY TAE MINISFER AT WAR, 66 Head-quarters, lons-le-Savinier, March 2, Erten in the Evening. " Your Excellency has seen, by my letter of the 28th of February, that I had given the necessary orders to my army to march upon Franche Comte and Geneva. ' In consequence, General Mqsnier entered the place the day before yesterday, after his advanced guard s commanded by General grdonneau, had over. thrown the clerny, who aripgaryd to intend resistance, and who was briskly pursued along the road of Po ligny, leaving in our power 4 pr 4.09 prisoners, and about 30 horses. a Yesterday General Mumier marched upon les •,. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1814. Advices were yesterday received from Gottenbnrgh through Denmark, after the stoppage of seventeen Mails by the ice. The intelligence by this opportu. nity serves, in some degree, to confirm the account of the revolution in Norway against Sweden. It is said that two Swedish vessels have, fin deli t&ce of the late treaty between the Courts of Stockholm and Co penhagen, been captured by the Norwegians, and conducted into one of their ports, where the crews have been put under arrest. • By the German and Dutch Papers we are told, that the Commander of Antwerp, and the General of the Allies blockading that city, had had an interview, when it is said a proposal was made to surrender the place. On the 23d of February the Deputation from Belgium, at the request of the natives of that country, set off for the headquarters of the Allied Sovereigns. From Buenos Ayres we have admixes by a vessel which left the River Plate on the 7th December. The military operations throughout Spanish America were conducted with little effect. The whole country from La Paz to the territory of Monte Video was revoh tionized, and an unequal conflict was waged in Chili, the principles of the Insuigents, and consequently their strength, daily gaining ground. Very serious' apprehensions were entertained by the friends of the parent state, that the kingdom of Mexico and its mag nificent capital would before long devolve under the power of the revolutionists. Moniteuri and other Paris Papers, to the Sth inst. have arrived. They contain nothing to excite the least alarm. The army commanded by BLUCHER is described as in full retreat ; but in the same breath we are informed, that he has formed a junction with SACKEN, YORK, WINZINGERODF., and Butow. Our Iteaders will recollect, that with the exception of &Low's corps, which has not as yet been in the field, the corps of all the rest were " annihilated," and the Commander of one of them (d'Yoas) was dead of his wounds ! At least, so said the same facetious Gentleman, who informed us a few days afterwards that the Allies had sent to beg an Armistice ! The future intentions of the Allied Generals are fully developed, we apprehend, by the statement of the French Papers. There are two immense armies now moving simultaneously towards Paris. That to the northward is commanded at present by BLUCHER ; it has been already reinforced by the smaller armies of WINZINGERODE and Butow, and will speedily ac. quire additional strength from the accession of the CROWN PRINCE'S army. BLUCHER has once more fallen back it is true, but the intention of this movement is evident—there was no fighting on his retreat, for we presume that the affairs alluded to in which the iOOO prisoners and 600 waggons were taken, were those in which SCHWARTZENBERG'S army was engaged, and which have been so ably detailed by Lord Button Eit Be this as it may, we do not believe there is a word o f truth in the French statement. Why are not the in. habitants of Paris delighted with the appearance of some more columns of prisoners ? While BLUCHER has thus eluded BONAPARTE'S grasp without weakening his force by an engagement, SCHWARTZENDERG, we have no doubt, is once more advancing from the Southward. It is probable, therefore, that both the Allies Generals will make play in the same manner against the French army for some week), until they so harass and weaken it, that their combined advance upon the capital will ulti mately be made almost without resistance. We hare already said there is nothing alarming in the ricncii l!apers now before us, and the remark equally applies to the formidable Report of Monsieur AMEREAU. Thisoman predicts the f4ll of Geneva, and the retreat of the Austrians across the Swi ss Mourrtains, with as much confidence as if he had the means to enforce these events. The advance of Lord WELLINGTON'S army, if nothing else" be interposed, will nevertheless fetter this boaster's movements con, siderably-. Not a word of the Armistice which was negociating so merrily, under the auspices of Count FLAHAUT.— Who ever heard of negociations for an Armistice lasting so long This report of an Armistice is a stale trick. After every battle, the issue of which was doubtful, BONAPARTE, in order to prove to the Parisians that he was victorious, used to end his Bulletin by saying, that the enemy sent a tag of truce to request as armistice. Such shifts as these are embodied into his code of tactics. In the papers before us. we have a strong proof of the fears and terrors which agitate the naiad of the Tyrant. He has left no means of defence to the towns he abandoned eu the advance of the Allied Armies, and now he accuses all the public few. tionavies of treason, for not defending the sacred tee. ritory. This threat of punishment will not be without its benefits to the good cause: his threats are nearer idle, if the course of events puts the victim within his power—his slaves know it, ar4 those denounced wilt make a virtue of necessity, as soon as they have an opportunity, by declaring for their ancient Sovereign. BUNAPAATE'S decree of retaliation is another rani of the distraction and anguish by which he is tor• cured. The Allies having declared that open towr... and villages—places not under the command of rr!.: Limy men, must blame themselves for any mischtet that may be brought upon them, by taking an active hostile part against the Allied intrties• This wAt tar spirit of their Declaration. NAPOLEON himself, when he invaded Spin, de• nounced punishment against such peasants as, with out regular commissions, might take up arms to de fend their country. Now that similar measures ope rate against himself, he decrees retAliatioo apical Ow prisoners in his power !--Such a monstn should be put beyond the protection of the common law of Nations. His Royal Highnes" the Pniscz RECENT received a visit from his Royal Daughter, the Prince's CRILIS, LOTTE, 011 WedneS447. It is the Princess MARY whose hand report is giving to the King of PRUSSIA. Yesterday the Duke of YORE transacted military business with the Paisca KECK:t7, at Carlton House. Viscount SIDNIOUTkI waited upon the PRINCE RR. GENT yesterday; The whole of the valuable library of Log Hom o including many Oriental works, extremely scarce, was eittirely L'cstroyed by the late conflagration as the Custom-house. - The Earl of 9XFCRD alai lost all his linen, and some articles OF plate. Munday next the Lottery ends.—The Wheel is irn. mensely Rich—there are Two £26,006, besides Eighteen atber Capitals yet to draw ; but those ‘s hs wish to have a chance must apply on or before Sa- turday, as the Drawing begins at a very early hour on Monday morning. Three Thousand Pounds have, in the course of 4 few days, been subscribed by the merchants in Glas• gow, for the benefit of the sufferers in Germany, and the subscription is still going on there and also in the town of Paisley. The county and town of Ayr have remitted about £llOO to Sir JAMES SHAwg l for the benefit oi Russians who have suffered from french invasion, We record, as a circumstance highly to the croft of British female feeling, that some 4..adies, oecultuir sympathising with the distresses of their own sex in those times of suffering, wholly their own, h4ve cern billed their energies, and have prepared many distinct parcels, each containing the following articles :—A blanket ; some mothers', girls', and infants' flanel eloatning ; mothers' and infants' caps, and shits or muslin and calico ; one cotton handkerchief—which are now shipping from Sunderland CO Bremen and Altona, as presents to the distressed of their own serf and as shewing a commiseration which dots them the highest honour. A letter from Frankfort, dated February 20, says; " On the night of the 15th instant the same calamity occurred which happened in 1812, when the Waaden Barracks and Hospital here, containing 1009 sick persons belonging to the Austrian Army, were burnt down. On this occasion the structure was completely levelled with the ground, and a great number of the patients lost their lives ; but the report stating the particulars as to the sufferers has not yet appeared." Tuesday night an elderly genteelly dressed mane who tut ned out to be a grazier from Oxfordshire, of the name of BUTLER, called a coach at the Holm stand, near Middle-row, and desired to be driven n. Oxford-street. The coachman stopped about the niiw die of the street to know where to set him down, whet; he found the Gentleman dead. An Inquest sat or• the body next day, and returned a verdict—DicJ of acoplexy. Yesterday morning early a fire broke out in 0 ., premises of Mr. Barrett, victualler, in Blandly:: street, Manchestes tquare. The family, who wttc alarmed by the watchman, escaped through the fror.t area, when in a few minutes the flames burst throuo the windows cf the lower part of the building, hi manner that seemed to threaten the most exteasot , destruction; but the speedy arrival of engines stopia:4 their progress, and confined the devastation to (Lc premises, which were, bowever, partly consumes, together with a large quantity . of valuable furniture. The fire was supposed to originate from a spark 8)- , ing from A copper among some paper and wood. The infant child of Mr. Lewis, of Knightsbridge, was run over by a horseman, at the tip of Sloanc street, on Tuesday, and bad both its arms broken. — The iuffian who was the cause of the accident off in the most unfeeling meaner. . • Petite: Chiettas, and, slept at night at Morey. Ge. nerd Pinnetier, coming from Mayon, arrived here to-day with his division. The enemy being briskly attacked, did not resist long, and we could only come up with his rear guard. N General Bardet, who had orders to pass by the bridge of Bellegarde, yesterday took Fort l'Ecluse, where he found a quantity of ammunition and four pieces of cannon, and of which the garrison, 200 strong, surrendered prisoners of war. He continued his movement, and yesterday evening was at Farges, four leagues from Geneva. Generals Marchand and Dessaiz arrived at Frangy, two leagues from Geneva, driving the ene. my to Chambery, and taking a number of prisoners. u In this state of things, Geneva must necessarily fall: and the retreat of the corps of General Bubna, which has already suffered great losses, appears to me very difficult. He will be obliged to throw him self.across the mountains of Switzerland. se I am advancing, and shall take care to inform your Excellency exactly of my ulterior operations. " Accept, Mons. le Duc, the assurances of my 11 7 gh consideration. (Signed) " The Marshal of the Empire, gg AUGEREAU, Duke of Castiglione." PRIV:CH FUNDS. March 4th, - 53 f. 75c. March 54, - 54 f. oe.