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S r f . a I, it , • drew, and the standards were taken to the Hotel des Inv glides. One of themis pstriaia , four Prussian, and five Russian. • Cain: OF A LETTER FROM TIIE MARSHAL DUKE OP CAS TIGLIoNE, TO lIIS xxciu.s.sNcv Tax lUINISTILR AT WAR. 66 Lyons, February 21. " SIR—I hasten - to acquaint your Excellency with t,:e sequel of my operations. Your Excellency has seen, by my Report of the 19th instant, that General Musnier, after having overthrown the enemy at Meximieux, had advanced upon Bourg. He entered there the 19th, and the `lst, in the morning, he marched upon Port-sur•Aiii, by the road of Bourg, while the brigade of General .1 3 Gerchelon took that of Meximieux. The enemy, wl,o seemed to have concentrated himself in this in,- portant pwition, did not think fit to remain in it, and • hastened to evacuate it, retiring precipitately. upon Nantua. I have given orders to General Musnier to pursue him briskly, and try to get possession of Nan. tua, where there are considerable magazines. Gene ral ninniteer, who, as I informed your Excellency , \: as marching to Macon, entered it on the 19th, after a sMart action, is which the enemy, who was about .3) 0 0 strong, experienced a considerable loss in killed ,1 1 1,1 wounded. We took 200 prisoners. Our loss is extrenkly trifling. . General Panniteer has orders to send out strong detachments toward Chalons and-Li. ;on. This General communicates also, by Bourg, with General Muier. Generals Marchand and Desaix, after having taken &belles and Montnieillan, entered, on the 19th, into Chambery, whence they intend to proceed to Geneva. 4, " The result of these different operations gives us soo prisoners, and insures the speedy deliverance of the departments of the Ain, of the Saone and Loire, and of Mount Blanc. The Generals greatly praise the excellent spirit that reigns in the inhabitants of these departments.— Accept, &c. (Signed) 41 AUCUREAU, Duke of Castiglione." DECREES. " Imperial Head-Quarters; at Troyes, Feb. R 4. Napoleon, Emperor of the French and King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation, &c. " We have decreed, and decree as follows : " Art. 1. A list shall be drawn up of those French who,Eviug m the service of tile Allied Powers, or under whatever titles have accompanied the enemy's armies in•the invasion of the territory of the Emperor since the 20th of December, 1813. " Art. 2. The Individuals who shall be compreherded in the • said list shall be sommomed without delay, and all other business ceasing before our Courts anl Tribunals, to be there judged and condemned to the penalties inflicted by the laws, and their pro perty confiscated for the benefit of the domains of the State, ac-i cording to the existing TAWS. " Art. 3. Every Frenchman'who shall have worn the badges of the decorations of the ancient dynasty, in the places occupied by the away, asul-duriumish. may there, shall be declared a traitor, and as such judged by a military commission, and con demned to death. His property shall be confiscated to the profit of the doniains of the State. ' 64 Art. 4 Our Ministers are charged each, as far as concerns hint, with the execution of this Decree, which shall be inserted in the Bulletin of the Laws. (Signed) "NAto I. ao Ire " By the Emperor, the Minister Secretary of State, (Signed) 6g TII e DUCE OF BASSANO. " Napoleon, ice. &e. " Troyes, 24th February. " Considering- that the Prefect of the Aube has quitted the territory of his departMetit, and especially the arrondissenient of Nogent, while our troops stall occupied it; that he has nut since taken measures to return and resume his functions, at the nto• nient when the chief town of his department was evacuated by the itnemy. " We have decreed and decree as follows: " Baron Cafferelli, Prefect of the Departnatnt of the Aube, is deprived of his - office.' And a second Decree appoints M. Roederer, Pre fect of the department of the 'l' l nrasimene, to be Pre fect of the Aube; and a third decree names M. Flaw to exercise the functions for the present. FRENCII FUNDS.--.-Feb. 24, 551.; Feb. 25, 55f. 25e.; Feb. 26, 56f. 50c. ; Feb. 28, 54f. 75c. • THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, MARCH 5. 1814. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVL O'CLOCK Bank Stdek ,but-3 per Cent. Red. shut Cont. 71 , 3 70a-701—for arc. '72 711-4 per Ct. shut 3 per Ct. Auras. shot-0 =tuna 27 26i. Ina& Bonds Ins. Its. pr.—Eschequer B&1I Is. 55. pr. We have given in the preceding columns the con tenis of the' Paris Papers received yesterday. They will be read with much interest. Some of our con-- temporaries can hardly hide a secret exultation at the details in the Monittur, as confirming all their evil prognostications s ethers; with equal perversity, hail them as proofs that every admission of the possi bi;ity of treating with BoNtarAturs was criminal; and, therefore, that the British cabinet is in fault for ant destroying him : and some view the whole as'in dicative of the approaching annihilation of the Allied Armies. The sober-minded part of the public will not hastily adopt any of these conclusions. The accounts before us are those of the enemy. Having before gained some advantages over Bur— CUER, it was to be expected that such a General as BONAPARTE would endeavour to--follow up his suc cesses by preventing, if possible, a junction with his enemy's forces. It ►vas hoped that in this he might disappointed ; but b 7 the accounts before us, it does appear that a farther retreat was rendered . • . was proposed on the 9.3 d, 11 Ptince SCILWARTZEN BERG, and Commissio l itaStiveiseen appointed ; but in the mean time, BONAPARTE pressed upon Troyes, the head .quarters of the Allies, expecting perhaps to find his foe in a worse state than he actually was.— A reconnoisance probably 'hewed the enemy his mis take, and a Message from the Allies, that if disturbed in evacuating the place they would bUrn it, stopped the movements of Islapcns.oN. That he had over-estimated the improvement of his circumstances, or, in other words, that the Allies, though their plans had in some points been deranged, were still inigood condition, may be inferred, not only from the French sum of the prisoners -2,000 and 1,000 wounded,"hich is comparatively trifling, but also from the ef4ct produced on the French funds. Ehttrd with the hopes that the Allied Armies were on the point of annihilation, the funds advanced from 55, the price on the 24th, to .56t on the 26th ; but on the 28th, after the Parisians have had time to canvass the intelligence, we find the price to be 54-i : nor need we to remind our Readers, that a few days before the price was 57. From such circumstances as these a more correct estimate may be formed of the state of the contending _armies, than from the official statements in the Mo niteur. But let us not be misunderstood—the retreat of the Allies is an admission that more has been at. tempted than they find themselves able to com mand ; or, which would be worse, that they are not ,unanimous in the objects. ' of their pursuit. If the -former, prudence demands that they should not waste their strength, but reserve it for objects within their reach : if the latter, those who might be inclined jointly to prosecute the war in the territories of the [enemy, may find that with their own means this is impossible, with any prospect of ultimate benefit. We are slow to credit reports of want of cordiality among the Allied Sovereigns ; and we are equally averse to believe that any of them, embarked in such a contest, would, from motives of commiseration for the wretch whose ambition has caused so much isery, willingly felax in their efforts to destroy him. *lf, therefore, we see them retiring nearer to their own : borders, we may infer that they are impelled by the :operation of causes, moral and physical, over which :they have no controul, to adopt the line of conduct which they are pursuing. . . Let us compare their present conduct with that of NAPOLEON when he had obtained Moscow. He lin geted there in the expectation of the peasants joining his standard, or of the Russians suing for peace. He lost his army ! The Allies had more reason to hope that the French would declare for their ancient Royal family, and augment the ranks of their armies ;* but in this hope they have been disappointed. They there- fore do not choose to loiter, but to retire in time u their own resources. In this they act wisely, and. they will succeed. While we cannot but condemn those short-sighted' politicians who never allow possible contingences to enter into their calculations, and who would raise the hue and cry against Ministers for not being as blindly headstrong as themselves, we must equally censure those who would depress the public spirit and suffo cate the hopes of humanity, merely because the Allies have not taken Paris and hanged the tyraut. To be elevated oi depressed with eery wind of passing events, as if the crisis of nations wero be wound up in the circumstances of a single dry, is to manifest the intellect of children—not the vigorous sound judgment of men.—Let the Pubk have pa tience till official accounts be received from the Al lies, before they applaud-or censure men for measuz es on which they have not yet the means of forming a correct judgment. Today there are various rumours, but they should 'be received with caution. General BLUCHER, it is said, has defeated MARMONT in a great battle, and the latter has retreated upon Paris. It is also reported, that private letters from France ascribe the fall in the French funds to the heavy con tributions lately demanded, and which it is expected will be collected with rigour. But this cannot be the cause, for there has been no new imposition within the period. The fact seems to be that the Parisians, who know more of the events in their neighbourhood than have yet reached us, know that the Allied Armies, though they may not be in a condition to advance to Paris, are by far too formidable to be swallowed as a break. fast by the man who tyrannizes over the people of France. Swim interesting extracts from Dutch and Ger man Papers will be found in another part of our co lumns.. The most p;ominent article they contain is another Proclamation, cr Manifesto, fr. m the Prince Royal of SWEITEN against BONAPARTE. It teems with persOnalities from beginning to end, and appeals most forcibly .. to the feelings of the French Nation against the Usurper. - The Dutch Papers also contain a kind of Mani festo, issued by the King of DENMARK against France' It is a lame and impotent defence of the conduct of that unfortunate Sovereign, during his connection with France. The causes assigned for his putting an end to the unnatural and unprofitableaUiance are, as might . have been expected, bad faith, and the most dishonontable• conduct pa the part of the French.— The Danish auxiliaries - were 'pot without pay , the Bank f t jiambnrgh ; 'or robbed of the r e P Pie 7 .14 a .4. ' L k' t Y .ftt: • •e. territories were lift i ntrkt? invasion, notwithstanding the stipulatiohs 01 4 W*111,'Iind tl4 banish troops, reihich might have deftliaed, them, were employed on services conducive to rienc interests alone. LORD WELLINGTON'S ARMY. Various accounts have been published respecting the advance of Lord Wr.u.neuritx i—the following is all the information of which Ministers are in possession : " WAR DEPARTMENT. 44 The Walsingham packet, Captain BULLOCK, is arrived from Passages. She brings no dispatches from Lord WELLINGTON, nor any returns of his army. 64 It appears by private letters and verbal ac counts, that the right Wing of the army was put in motion about the I3th unisio, and had moved upon St. Palair, and from thence to the Gave d'Oleron , on which river the British troops were established upon the 18th. ‘i Lord WELLINGTON retired to the left of his army, and it is supposed that operations upon the (Lower Adour commenced on the 23d." • The following Officers marched with theiletach ment of Guards that left London for Lord WEL- Lit.:Gros's army on Monday last, Lieutenant-Colonel ,Sir HENRY SULLIVAN, Coldstream, commanding : Ist Regiment of Guards—Captain Clarke, Ensignie ITiner and Grant. Coldsireani—Ensigns Hon. J. Forbes, Pitt, Armyrage, and Hon. W. Rouse. 34.1 Guards—Ensigns Stepney, Cowell, Northmore, Forster, and Knolhs. The bridge prepared by the Engineers for crossing' the Adour, consisteJ of vessAs similar to our coal barges on the Thames. The following General Order was issued after the reconnoissance of Antwerp by General Gft It does equal credit to the gallant men praised, and those by whom their conduct has been so approved. The conduct of the 7th, and •the brigade of Artil lery, directed by Major FYERS, was most eminently conspicuous : GENERAL/ORDERS. " Head-quarters, Eckesing, Jan. I " No. I.—The Commander of the forces i. veil happy tit ' . have it in his power to express Ms satisfAction with the disciAti, and orderly conduct of the troops during the•unavoidablefatiguinr duty which the service required their being exposed to, 'during the continuance rf ihe operations of the Prtis4an Army. The object of reconnoitring Antwerp could not have been sufficiently accon:plished without forcing the enemy from their last ani strong position in the village dMerxem. " The manner in which the attack of that post was conducted by the Brigade under Colonel 11/I‘l.e.o.'s command, directed by Major r Getieral-Mar c riza i.:, was most highly creditable to the troops concerned. Indrei!, the advance of the detachment of the third Battalion of the Rifle Corps, under the command of Cap- • tain FULLAiI oN, and of the 2d Battalion of the 78th Regiment, COraMillaed by Li Clltinant4:olollel LINDSAY, supported by The ed Battalion of the 2.lth and 33d Regiments, could not have been lain without admiration; and the Commusderof the Fo will consider it his duty to report it iu the light it desertes to his . • Majesty's Government, for the favourable consideration of their .Royal Highnesses the Pattsci Ric esur and the Co st ar.tNocs •lN-Cuter. No veteran troops ever behaved better than these men, who met the enemy for the first time, and whose discipline and gallantry reflect equal credit on themselves and their officers. " The Commander of the. Forces laments the loss they sus tained, which, however, must have been infinitely greater, but for :he rapidity of the advance, and the decisive charge with the bayonet, a mode of attack which alwa)s ensures success to Bri tish soldiers. " The army will tejnice to know, that Colonel M`l.roo's wound is not likely to deprive it long of the valuable service of that distinguished Othcer. " The Commander of the Forces has equal satisfaction in doing justice to the conduct of Major FY is s, with the detachment of his brigade of Royal Artillery, and the excellent practice of the two guns employed under a heavy fire from the enemy. (Signed) " A. ItinFoimuo, Dep.-Adj -Gen." We have to-day received the Fifteenth Report of the Silesian Army, commanded by the enterprizing BLUCIII'It, but, although containing some interesting details, they are not so recent in date, by some weeks, as those already received. This document brings down the proceedings of the Silesian Army only to the Battles of Brienne and La Rothiere, which been already detailed to the public in a variety 'aro cuments. Yesterday, General TAYLOR arrived - in a (liaise and-four, at York House, with dispatches from Hol. land. The General was closeted with his Royal Highness for near two hours. The Royal Duke af terwards waited upon the PRINCE RECENT, to report to'his Royal Brother the contents of the dispatches. The Committee of the Stock Exchange, who sit daily, endeavouring to discover the authors of the late nefarious fraud, have made great progress. They have traced the pratendesKolonel DE BOURGH to go immediately on his arrival to the house of a certain Gentleman, who has a large stock jobbing account ; and the Committee have stuck up the names of six gentlemen, who appear by the brokers' books to have been interested .in the success of the plan. The whole is now sure to be found out, and will perhaps occupy the attention of Parliament. The late hoax is likely to prove most,advantageous to the Gentlemen of the Lo 'g Robe. Certain per sons who having purchased Stock at the highest prices, without the means of taking it, were compelled to a pay a continuation so excessive, as in some in stances at the rate of 45 to 50 per cent. A conside rable fall having taken place, these parties not only re fuse to take the Steck, but threaten to commence aaion: for unary. We are most credibly informed that the °pi. nicrn of the most eminent at the Bar has been taken, and whodeclare the penalties in such cases May be recover. ed. It is high time the question should be tried, and however much we may reprobate the character of the mad who endeavours to avoid his bargains by this means, still the mercantile world will rejoice if he the preju we under respe ct- a but succeeds, for the evil is g row i ng d a il y , to t h P y, dice of'the honourable t ra d er . An action, WI ie mon e y vandi is atready commenced against a most e Danish a bl e .c ountry Banker.. u 1 11, Pa .5 1 H. V 1 0 St. 50,340234, u FALMOUTH, MARCH C. Nothing arrived or sailed to-day. A man of war brig is now off the harbour.—Wind N. N. W. flesh/ gales and dirty weather. ..11 •,', PLY MOU i H ,. MARCH, S. Put in here yesterday evening, in distress, the sloop Emerprize; of and for Guernsey, .11aitimaiAat, rnas ter, from Tarragona and Gibraltar,- with wines and 'cork. The Enterprize picked up at sea, on the ft; h ult. a boat, with the master (Ui.kram) and crew-cf the Traveller, belonging to Dartmouth, which they abandoned a few hours before, in consequence of an American privateer beirig discovered standing towards' her. Traveller was from Altea, with a cargo of fruit, bound to London, and was taken possession of by the privateer. • HARWICH, MARCH 4. The Earl of Leicester, Captain HAMMOND, arrived early this morning from Helvoetsluys, bringing , up-, wards of seventy passengers; among whom is Mr. FAGEL, the Dutch Ambassador to this country, and a great many English prisoners who have made theq' escape from France. PORTSMOUTH, AtfiACH 4. • Arrived his Majesty's ship DUSAD, with the Ci):- rinde French frigate underjury masti,captured ollE >m Western Isles by the Euttoras friiateo—Arrived-bk Majesty's ship Ancrte with a eflnvoy from the Downs, to join the Wcst Andia convoy ; his Majesty% ships FERVENT, SURIGHTLY, and Gr t ssiaien, front a cruize ; his Majesty's ship Isrot;Esz, from the Mari; terranean, with four vessels, and arc wider Tonto tine.—Sailed his Majesty's ships Vorra,Pal'ourpTr. ) , dud Utuissr, for Pi yruouth ; and the l Connu,l4 sloop of war, with a convoy for the Downs.—The Rosa/. SOVEREIGN man of sear, l 0 guns, is expected , to sail in the morning.—The GAMBIER critter is appointed . .0: 4 4 .04..1 convoy for Plymouth :— Wind Easterly. too ,tties DEAL,'MARCH 4. :.•;. • 'en •.' Came down from the River, several outward-hound ships for Portsmouth, u:ider convoy of the ONYX' gun-brig.—Wind N.E. FRLNCH AND AMERICAN SHIPS OF WAR AT SEA. The Pallas and Circe frigates sailed from Ilaurdeans the Elia November, and on the Stitd December were in Ist. 42. long. Is. The Sultan and Etoile frigates, from Mintz, were un the 12. h of December in lat. :11. long. sS. The Ciurinde (now taken be the Eurotas) anal another frigate from lirest, wers ou the 6th of Decenitier :gear Nl:ttl. real trigatei (soppoqed to he the A1.4 1 .01(C and UcrpliChOre. i Watch were oil Mideira the V ult.) two twigs, and a corvette, , sailed from Cherburgh the middle of January A squadron, said to col s.-4t of three shins of the line and firs fri, aces, sailed trim L'Orient early in January. 7i.n.t '4 which the sei.earon under CUIIIIIIAIId ut L01%.1 Aoleitus &ander:, went in pursuit. A M rit :CA NI. • • The President frig Are sailed from New London the 4!h Dec. The Constitution irigre sailed hum Boston the *Ali December. The Cougress frigate sailed fAant t'ortsnwu.h, N. H. early in January. *llse Essex frigate was round Cape Hurn by the la-t accounts. The Enterprise and Rattlesnake brigs of war sailed 1..0nt Ports. math, Nee; Hampshire. early in laMary. lIRCILFI [AMA') lON. French—Three sail of the En., 13 to igates, corve;:e. Ant er io.:ans—rour tri g at-s, 2 br.gt of war. • • soft , • official account of the capture of the Clorinde French frigate by the Eurtor.ss, will *wear in the Gazette of this evening. The loss of the French was 40 killed and 80 wounded—Neat of the British, '2O killed and 30 woulded. Both ships were completely disabled, having loct all their masts. Names of the Kill. d nit board his ?Majesty's ship Ens oxas, 3ft, in action with :he Clorinde French frigate, 44 viol KILLED.—Mr. : , parkJiag, Mr. Greenway, Mr. Vaughan, Midshipmen ; I.naii, R. Jan-enbus. W. Johnsten, J. Be.f, R. Browne, E. Meadowe4, J. Neil, R. Crawford. J. Haws:, G. Fox, J. (Tribble, R. Barber, seamen; J. Buxton, Serit ant of Marines : C.llayne, W. Rogers, R. Ards, :privates. NAMES OF OFFICTAS WI/WIPED —CapLaill ; Lieutenant Fourde, of. the Marines; Mr. Br:gstotke, Midshipman. A letter from Rotterdam, dated February 22, sip, " A person, who has had the good fortune to escape from Antwerp, reports, that the inhabitants are very much dissatisfied with the conduct of the Comman dant of that City, who has not only made a requisi tion of a great number of sailors and labourer s, but has besides demanded a contribution of a million of florins, for the p ; iy ment of which four persons of qua. lity are detained as hostages. SAS Van Gand hag surrendered to the Prince of Orange, as S)vereispot the United Netherlands." Mr. JEFFERY-BENT, Bwrister at Law, son of Ro. BEItT BENT, Esq. hue Member for •Nylesbury, and brother of EI.LIS BENT, ES+ Judge Advocate otlNew South Wales, has been appointed ChiefJusticeof that rising colony, and sailed in the Broxbornbury, with the East India convoy, last week from Portsmouth. SEIZING GUINEAt...—It will be recollected, that in the month of September, 1811, Mr. LAWLESS, the Superintendant of the Mail-Conches, gave informa tion of 7000 guineas being about to be exported to France, and for which an advertisement had been issued, offering a reward of one-third of the value to the person who could serve the public so as to pre vent its exportation. Mr. LawLEss, in consequence, received £998 in part, and a few-days since received the further sum of £14.50, which was directed to be paid him by the Commissioners of the Customs for his vigilance and exertions on that occasion. Yesterday afternoon, at five o'clock, the Lott. ry began drawing. The first Prize above 1117, was the Ticket 5928, a Pr:ze of £2OO, and es . such, entit:ed to A`2200 it was sold in One Half and Vita Sin. teenth Shares at BISIell truly Fortunate Othces, 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing-Cross, where the Spar holders may receive their Money or eachange. t oe Undrawn 'rickets and Shares which are selling. The Lottery finishes the 14th of Tali Ildestto and there are now two Prizes of £9o.ool3 p agarof m OO% and three of £lOOO, in the lake& . 4118111";1144Wi fe lj- Aal. • AR 1...1)1. F. Dublin - - g f '•i•O torunDi - 0 u Waterford - 40 . I Heligoland - 0 f; Cadiz - - 0 0 I Guernsey - 0 i Lisbon - - 0 0 1 Jersey - - ii I Malt,' - - 0 1 Pa sages - 0 II Gottenburgh - 0 15 Halifax. - 0 : V Holland - - 1 o Sr. Sentstion'a o I,