Star. — London, England, 1814-03-29 00:00:00

if d• ny der of fathert s who wishes to return ;midst his Until his arrival your gates shall remain shut. Yr'ur environs shall be respected by the foreign troops. presence of your King is about to become for sou the signal of happiness; the day of peace' with on and ohm. _ _ (Signed) The Marquis Di CHADANNES." FR ON THE J3URNAL DE BOURDEdUX. MONDAY, MARCH 14. traisirtp AND PLTBLISHLD BY ORDER.] NO. S. Bounneaux —The 12th of March will be to the city of Boindeaux the most glorious epoch conse crated in the ann ds of history. For a long time, the B.rdelais had pronounced against the oppressive Governmert under which France groaned ; but they hal not yet found a favourable opportunity for throw ing off the yoke. Some zealous citi7ens, however, laboured in secret for the re-establishment of the pa ternal Government of the desceudaats of Henry IV. Lynch, a foimer Magistrate of Bourdeaux, eliorn Peavtoesre had chosen to give the signal, t enurted with M. Taffard de St. Gcrmain, Commis sioner of his Majesty Louis XVIII. to profit by the fist moment. The arrival of the English Army in the l'reach territory, the grand and generous senti ments of that nation which has saved Europe from slavery and oppression, every thing induced a hope that the day of deliverance was approaching. We were then informed that his Royal Highness AI. the Duke of Angouleme had arrived at the army. The grandson of Henry IV. the husband of her Royal Highness the daughter of Louis XVI. had entered St. Jean de Luz. The Royal Council decreed that M. De Laroche Jacquelin, and M. Quyriaux should repair to his Royal Highness to receive his orders and confer with Lord Wellington. His I ordship, ch-ta..:l to the Bourbons, promised all the necessary succours to :wort Me true Royalists. M. George Bontemps de Berri sets sent to entreat his Royal Highness to proceed to Bourdeaux. Lord Wellington caused a column to March immediately upon Bourdeaux ; he entrusted the command to Marshal Beresford, as strenuout. an advocate for the restoration of Louis XVIII. els his Lordship. As soon as the King's Commissionel• and M. Lynch were certain of the arrival of the 'generous Allies, every thing was pre pared to receive them in a signal manner, worthy of them, worthy cal the King whom they had just re stored, and of the Bordelais who wished to afford a great proof of their devotedness. Estafetkes were sent !o the Marshal; And Deputies set off to communicate ti:e wishes of the Bordelais to his Royal Highness. 'hat a happiness for us, brave Gascons, to have been the first to lay at the feet of the Prince the ho mage of fidelity aid respect. As soon as the Marshal had arrived at Pont de 14 Maye, Colonel Vivian was sent to the Mayor to an nounce to him that the Marshal considered himself as entering an Allied city, obedient to his Majesty Louis XVIII. . He immediately received this assurance, and Mr. Lynch, and the assistants, escorted by a royal guard, Without unhorm, went nut to meet the Mar rile white cockade was immediately displayed, the white standard waved upon the tower of St. Michael, and the Mayiar addressed a speech to the raishal, whitch,expressive,of the wishes of the Borde. dais; penetrated the hearts of all that could hear it What a charm it was to see him take off his scull, assume the ancient'emblem of the French, and hoist the white cockade, symbol of happiness and peace ! Cries of 48 ;Jive le Roi!" repeated and re-echoed, often, interrupted the Mayor. The Marshal repeated with an ebffictionate tone the itrtsrnise made by Lord Wellington. The protession then began to the Hotel de Ville ; the people preceded their deliverers in crowds ;—cries of ' 'riven: les Bourbons / honour to the English ; long live the Mayor," succeeded each other without ceasing: content appeared in every countenance ; tears of joy burst from every eyes a happier day dawned upon es. The Marshal, upon his arrival at the Hotel de Ville, received the Assistants to the Mayor and the King's Cornmiesiorter, decorated with the Royal scarf, who were presented by the Mayor. T/. General gal?: Aesh asiurances of Me protection of his loyal nation( But the acclamations of the people and every heart demanded the Prince; every one wished to see the nephew t f the King—every one desired to express his affection for him. At that very moment M. the Duke de Gulche art iveti, to announce that his Royal highness would be at Bourdeaux before three o'clock, and that he would repair in the first place to the Ca thedral. This news was soon repeated by a thousand voices—fresh cries of Vive le Roi were heard on all . sides, and throughout the city. The joy was general. Numerous detachments of young Royalists set off to meet his Royal Highness, and the Mayor proceeded in his carriage with the King's Commissioner. The Assistants and a part of the Municipal Council ac companied them. The crowd was immense. As soon as they came within sight of his Royal High ness, the Mayor and -his cnsnpanions alightea, M. Lynch harangued his Royal Highness, and received a reply worthy of the grandson of Henry IV.—" Ob livion of the past—happiness for the future." Such are the sentiments of the Bourbons, such the will of the King and of all the Princes. His Royal Highness proceeded to the Cathedral ; but the crowd filled every street—all would see the Plince. He stopped every minute to let the people enjoy the sight of him. The Archbishop waited for bis Royal Highness at the grand gate of the Cathe dral ; all the Cathedral was crammed, and it was not till near an hour that the Prince could get to the sanctuary. The sacredness of the place could not check the acclamations—cries of " Five it Rti" stop. pad th'e ceremony. Te Deum was sung ? and repeated by all hearts. His Royal Highness, wishing to prove !r/ the Bordelais how much he was touched with f. iese expressions, repaired to the Hotel de Ville, to 'iarge the Magistrates to declare his deepest satisfac. non. Cries of " • - tive le Bourbon!" and " Five le Roi!' preceded and followed him every where. PROCLAMATION. 19 Tat WARE 0' THE KIVr. THE DUKE D'ANCOULENIE Far.NCil ARMY. " S'4diers! I am arrived—l am in France—in that France so dear to me ! I come to break your fetters: I conie to unfold the White Standard—that spotless standard which your fathers followed with transport : rally round ir, brave Frenchmen, and let us ail marchto the overthrow of tyranny ! " Generals, O ffi cers, anJ soldiers, who shall range yourselves under the ancient banner.of the Lily, in *name of the King, ' my uncle who has °lima THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1814. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK 3 per Cent. Red. shut—Cons. 06i: acc. 4 per Ct. shut-5 per Ct. 94;4i—Otintium India Bonds ss. 6s. pr.—Exchequer Bilk 2s. 4!. pr. The extracts which we have given from the Jour. nal of Bourdeaux, excite regret that a favourable op portuniiy did not occur earlier for throwing off the yoke of BONAPARTE. It may not cow b.: too late ; the example of Bourdeaux may be followed by other places ; and the flame may spread so widely as to consume the tyrant : but a crisis of much difficulty would have been avoided by an earlier rising, and France herself, aided by well directed efforts from without, might ere now have broken her chains. In the Bourdeaux Journal Lord WELLINGTON if said to have given, and Marshal BEIIESFORD to have repeated, promises which must have received addi tional colouring from the Editor, whose object and aim is to excite hope, confidence, and decision in the minds of the people, that they may be induced to act with vigour in the cause of the P.:,utizoNs.— In this view, an excuse may be found fin the E,'i tor ; but, confident we are, that neither Lord 'WEL LINGTON nor Sir WILLIAM BCRESFoIiD Wctlid, by an) precise and positive declarati-ii, commit `the British Government. Applied to for aid by the people of Bourdeaux, a sense of duty would impel them not to lose such an opportunity of adding to the weight with which BONAPAUTE is pressed at this moment, and they might express what every honourable mind must fed, a desire that events may take such a turn as to hurl the Tyrant entirely from his throne; but, assuredly, kncwiug that negociations had for a con siderable time been carrying on between the Allies and BorrApAßTE—iiegociations which, for aught they could know, might even have been actually followed by the signature of Preliminaries, it is impossible that Lord WELLINGTON could commit either himself or the Government tinder which be acts. In the nature of things the fact could not be other wise. Indeed it so happens, respecting the very in terview to which the Bourdeaux Paper alludes, that an account is given of it in a piivate letter, nnw,' in circulation, and written by a Gentleman w. ho was present, which states the fact to have been v.ctnally such as we have received it. The letter states, that, immediately after the first ceremonies were over, the Marshal entered into a most candid and confidential conversation with the MAYOR. He expressed himself highly flattered by the distinguished honours which had been paid to himself, and by the strong testimo- . vies of esteem which had been expressed toward the British nation ; but at the same time he reminded the MAYOR and the other Gentlemen present, that it did not depend on him, or on the Commander in Chief, to determine how long any co-operation between the British arms and those of the French KING might be carried on. He adverted to the ne gotiations which were said to be still going on at Chatillon for general peace; and observed, that they might possibly lead to the necessity of his evacuating Bout deaux. The Mayer replied, for himself and his friends, that they were well aware of these circum stauces ; that they knew they were irrevocably com mitted with BONAPARTE! but that their determination had not been lightly taken up; that the resolution to resist his *yranny to the uttermost was common, not only to the whole of the neighbouring population, but to great numbers in other parts of France with whom they were in correspondence ; and that they had aPither fear nor doubt of the result. The Writer of the letter communicating this information adds, that he had himself been on a mission into Langue doc, and that every thing in that quarter promised success beyond the most sanguine expectations.— Front a full consideration of these circumstances it is perfectly clear that Soma's invectives are totally un founded. Lord WELLINGTON has not excited the in surrtctiorle He would have been fully justified in so doing, had he received orders from his Government to that effect ; but the fact is, that he has promoted the measure in no other way than as his presence in that part of the country, and his having beaten and dissipated the army that kept down the population, may be called promoting the insurrection. Li fact, the cause of the BOURBONS, if it is to be crowned with success, must rest on a more stable foundation than any dictation, any secret intrigue, or any measure whatever of foreign policy, can possibly place it. It must be built on the affections and will of the French people ! On this basis the structure must, if ever, be reared. We have already hinted at the embarrassments of the present crisis. It would be a hard task to find in History a period in which Statesmen might be sup posed_iojLayft found themselves in circumatanutpi greater k is known that a Negotiation has for some time been going on, and that projets, and contre-projets have been exchanged ; that one of the Allies is connected by family alliance with the common foe ; and, now, that the ancient 'tor] Filthily, backed by a part at least of the population, claims the 'flume. It is easy to talk of what all could do, united in means, in heart and soul, IF all were unanimous hi their ulterior views respecting the Throne of France. They may all be actuated by one mind ; but it is pos sible they may not. Let us suppose one great Power resolved not to carry matters to the utmost extremi ties; what would, in that case, be left as matter of election to the others It has been said hypothetically, even should Aus tria join France—Russia, Prussia, England, and t`ie , true Royalists, would be equal to the contest, and ought to persevere in the war. Men who incur no responsibility may talk in this manner ; but what Mi nister durst venture to reasm in this manner ? Were Austria to adopt this line of conduct, would any thing remain for the Russians and Prust,ians but to retreat out of France as quickly as possible. We think it impossible, though we thus speak, that Austria could be brought to act treacherously ; but we think it not impossible that Austria may be against the de thronement of BotiaranTE. Should this be the feeling of that Power, in what a situation would the other AllieQ be placed ? Suppose, at the same time, that the disposition of the French, as a people, still remain~ equivocal. is it to be thought, in such circumstances, that the Allie; would precipitately break off the Ne gociation ? Is not the present crisis one of great difficulty ? The negociations have certainly not been broken ‘iff, that is, no accounts to that effect have yet reached London. It is reported that the bar to a preliminary treaty has hitherto been, that NAPOLEON/ refused to give up cautionary fortresses to the Allies, and still clung to the Frankfurt Declaration. The news of the Southern insurrection, if not viewed ef magni tude sufficient to induce all the Allies to break off the Treaty, may contribute to hasten BONAPARTE to a compliance with the terms that have been proposed. —lt is asserted that the events at Bourdeaux were known at Chatillon three days after they occurred— yet the negociations have been continued. This f,.ct needs no comment. We may believe thlt the M;_ni• sters at Chatillon are not without the means of form ing a proper estimate of thy' ::egree of reliance to be placed on the sympr , o—.s ni loyalty which have begun to shew thernse"-:1... i^ Vrancg; and that they will not hastily thr - -: vay the advantages that have already been gar by the arms of the Allies. The question at :his —,ornent is not what may be uesirabie, but what i attainable? ';...v0 Bremen and a Heligoland Mail have at r:ved, and bring the following : " BREMEN, MARCH 17. Many more of the inhabirants of Hambut-gh have again been obliged to lca‘e that city, where the dis tress is indescribable; but as yet there is no want felt by Davoust and his troops. He has still 70 ware houses filled with all kinds of provisions ; so that it is clmputed he may still hold out six, qr even ten months. Many of the houses of those who have emi grated have been broken into last week by the dotia niers, and what was found in them partly taken away and partly entered in a list. Many merchants, who still possess commodities of different kinds, arc not permitted to sell, but obliged t•:. , deliyer up what is required of them. All the wine is put in sequestra tion, and every remonstrance has been to no effect.— There are still about 53,000 pers ;Its in the city." " FLORENCE, FEB. 27. I , The ships of all Allied and Neutral Nations are permitted to enter the port of Leghorn, but without their flag. They say Leghorn is to be garrisoned by British troops, .but the Government to be adminis tered in the name cf the King of Naples. 4 , The Princess Eliza is to go to Naples, but it is reported that a part of the Florentine coast is ceded to her and will be united with the territory of Lucca." is BASLE, MARCH 9. " It is certain that 30,000 men are marching by Dijon against Lyons, to support Count Bubna." [The Altona Mercury of the 17th, contains a letter from the King of Denmark to Prince Christian, de siring him to leave Norway immediately.] A Morning Paper states, that a Gentleman who arrived yesterday trom Moilaix reports that the whole Province of lirittany is a'icto.red Lo rise in behalf of the BOURBONS. Let us hope that this is the fact : but if so disposed, why do they not Ilse ? It is reported that a frigate is ordered to Helvoct sluis there to wait the arrival of Lord CAsTLEREAGO, and to convey his Lordship to this country: The fact, if it be so, only amounts to this—that the period of his Lordship's return, either with or w ithout a Treaty, is thought not to be very distant. Last night the Portsmouth telegriph annonnced the arrival at that port of the HANNIBAL, 74, with the Sultana French frigate, of 41 gnus. This is the third frigate captured during the present war by Sir Mr- CHAEL SZYMOUR. The Sultana had committed great depredations among our merchantmen. The Master of a vessel, arrived at Plymouth from Madeira, reports that another French frigate had been taken, and carried into that island, by a cut down 74, supposed to he the MAJESTIC. .Colonel JONES arrived at Lord BATIIVRsT's Office yesterday with Dispatches from General Sir THOMAS GRAHAM. They contain no intelligeoce of import ance, and relate principally to an arrangemeat now me m to make known to Yod his Pdternal intentions, I guarantee your rank, your pay, and rewards propor tioned to the fidelity of your services. " French soldiers, it Is the grandson of Henry IV. it is the husband of a Princess whose miseries are un equalled, but whose wishes are !or the happiness of France: it is a Prince, forgetting his afll ctions as his King has done, to think only of yuurs, who conies to throw himself into your arms. " Soldiers, my hopes are not deceived ! I am the son of your Kings, and you are Frenchmen. (Signed) " LOUIS AN MINE. " By order of his Royal Highness, (Signed) " Count ETIENNJ DE DAMNS. " St. Jean de Luz, February 11, 1814." MALTA AND CIER4LT4R MAUL. A Mail &An gtialta and Gibraltar arrived tlag morning. The iatelligence bought by it is rather important. The alarming contagion prevalent at both places has now ceas•tel its rare fees. The bat.e's of a Treaty of Peace between Nltlitivr as King of Kyles, and Lord W. Ilk:NriNcx A:i Plenipotentiary en the part of Great Brita;n, ate agreed upon. We subjoin the preliminary stipulations. The Sp finish Ripers which we have received by the above oppor. tuniv; are devoid of interest. Report stated Kng, FtatpiNANl,'s arrival on the Spanish frortier, bit this is doubted by the Cortes. YreparAtions are nuking for his reception. " MALTA, DEC. 27, IRIS. " Srrt—l have rntch satisfaction in acquaintint you, that the public health in this island continues to wear the most fr.ve4rable appearance: Since the Proclamation which 1 on the 4th inst. and which I had the honour to enclose you in my letter of the .sth, nothing untoward has occurred, and we have now completed our first twenty days of cli.ati quarantine. There is, however, one village in the country where the disease still lingers in a trifling de gree ; hut it is now walled round by a double wall, and surrounded with a cordon of troops : in fact it is treated in every respect as a Lazare'to, and we have no fear whatever of its infecting any other pate of the island.---I have the honour to he, Sir, " Your most obedient hu:nble servant, • " T. ItIAITLANti., " To his Excelieney Lieut.sCen. Campbell." " C.:II3RAI.TAR, MARCH t. " The Malta packet came in on Wednesday, id 90 days : when she left the island things remained in the state described by General Maitland, in the letter we gave on Saturday last. [On the E'r7th January a Proclamation was issued by General Maitland, at Malta, stating that the ge neral quarantine would cease on the 29th, which day he ordered to be set apart as a day of solenut prayer and thanksgiving to ALMIGHTY Con.] " CADIZ, FEBRUARY 26. " On the 3d instant,was signed in Naples, between the Plenipotentiaries, W. C. Bentinck, Commander in-Chief of the British Forces in the Mediterranean, and the Duke de Galls, Minister for Foreign Affairs to ‘iie 7 the following Convention : P i. 7113 this day hostilities shall cease both by sea and land, betwt:::7 E-glith Neapolitan forccs, which are in the Islands of the l',:e.'.iter!a'lear: lnd Adriatic, or any other forces whatever under the command ct ;:.nglisli Commanders. " Art. 2. During the Arm.sicP, there ,hall be between Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Naples, aid mentioned in the preceding Article, a free trade, in articles not prohibited, subject to the regulations established by the respective Governors, or those which Lave been previously estart.hed. ‘• At t. 3. I . from any cau.e the Armistice should cease, bowl• lilies shall not recommence till three moozhs after it, being de nounced by ene of the two parties. " Art. 4. 1 there shall be immediately concluded a Mili.ary Convention between the General or Superior Officers of the Austrian, English, and Neapoli•an Armies, to establish a plan of °pervious, accorling to which the reApeutive troops united lu the same cause shall act in Ita:y." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, MARCH 26. Arrived a sloop of war, name not known. Sailed the Princess Charlotte packet, with a mail for Pas. SagC9. Eight (}'Clock, P. M.—Since writing the above, the Eliza packet, Captain STEVENS, has arrived from Lisbon ; she sailed from hence the 27th ult. with a mail for Lisbon, and another for the Brazils; after she lit this harbour, she experienced a very heavy gale, in which she sprung a leak, and was obliged to throw her guns overboard. She has now put back to test, leaving the Brazil mail at Lisbon. Before she left that port, the Duke of Montrose packet and the PRIMROSE sloop of war, had art ived. The night before they went into Lisbon they fell in with each other, and mistaking signals, had an action, in which the packet had one man killed and five wounded, and the PRIMItsX,E 16 men killed and wounded. POR 1 SMOUTH, MARCH 9.“. Arrived his Majesty's ships LEYDEN, Action, and. MuwneA, from the Mtditerranean, and are put under quarantine; the Hoitiato frigate and TONNANT nun of war, from the Downs. Also arrived the HANNI BAL man of war, from off Cherbourg, with the Sul tan French frigate, of 44 guns, her prize —the HAN NIBAL lelt the Hesitus frigate in chace of another, at which time she was coming up with the enemy very fast. Sailed his Majesty's ships hitsta.E.roF, for Plymouth ; and the TYRIAN on a es uize.—Wind E. CORY., M ARCH 25. Wednesday evening his Majesty's ship Swim, Captain O'GRADY, with about 12 sail of the home ward-bound Jamaica fleet, arrived in our harbour. !They sailed under convoy of his Majesty's ship VA ! 1 lANT, cf 71. guns, Capt. OLIVER, MINERVA frigate, and SArnuo sloop of War, front Port Itoyal, Jamaica, on the 31st January. On the 13th of Ft.bittary, tl.ey _called off the Havannah, accompanied by the Rum frigate, Captain MALCOLNI, and next day sailed from thence for Bermuda, His Majesty's ship I.tvNIDAs, Hon. Captain SzYmocit, sailed from Jamaica three days after them, with the mail and specie for Ber muda, on her way to En Oard.—l'he ships.composing the Newfoundland and Halifax convoys are expected t : o hreip sa se i ki l veA i r n Nami a auflie:ll.,Ast;oyncse,:tEgilienr.focreoitini AI V er o a WestA of his h ist i n s cd N .ie la s. j l e . s i t l y c 'r: S se'irilght tied, a: Castor, near Peterbo iougulni,d a a the Rev. D r . WHITS. P RI CE OF TREAD.—This day the L otto M Avon , .If,er having inspected the Meal Weigher s ' Ret ur n s , g y ed 57, the Lady, 01 aciered the price of Bread to be rake i half an assize, Jrl4. iA the Peck I.oal-741arters.14011.-1U- 4 • • ;