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K • • A - - - THE PRINCE REGENT'S COURT. PRESENTATION OF THE ADDRESS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. Yesterday his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT held a Court at Carlton House, which was attended by his Cabinet Ministers, the Ministers of State, Ott cexs °fare Royal Household, Bcc. for the purpose receiving the Address of the University of Oxford, d congratulation on the late glorious victories of our ar tides and of our Allies. A Guard of Honour, under the command of Colonel FA ED, accompanied by the Duke of Yogic's, or First Regiment of Foot Guards' hand, in their State uniform, marched into the court yard of Carlton House, about half-past one o'clock. A party of the Yeomen of the Guard, under the command of a Lieutenant and a Yeoman Usher, took their stations in the grand hall. The Royal servants, in their State liveries, lined the hail. The Marshal men, the Gentlemen and Under Porters, alio at tended. A few minutes before three o'clock, the procession arrived at Carlton-House, consisting of Dr. Joirs Cor.g, the Vice-Chancellor of the University, preceded by the Esquire and Yeomen, with their silver staffs of office ; fullimed by the Rev. W. LAND; N, D.D. Provoia of Worcester College; the Rev. TnoMAs • 1).1;. Pi-esident of Trinity College ; the Rev. llousos, 1).1.). Principal of Brasenose College ; tile ten others of the Deputation from the University, • uho wenr jt4ined by a more numerous assemblage than can be : recellicted by those about the Court, amounting to ak,out two hundred. They were rt•- , CAiVecl •by the band with grand martial music. The procession was sliew.n into the room adjoining the Levee -!loom. Alter some time, the Pares RECENT, having been 4eaLed OR Itis throrT, dressed in full regimentals, and iremigg the Order of St. George, attended by 1 he Lord Glancelor, the Lord Presitir Rt of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the Firit Lord of the Treamry, the Chancellor of the Excheq'ner, the Macer• General of the Ordnance, tke Se cretary of Stat, for the War and Colonial Department, the Pre sidet:t the Buard of Controul, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the I.t.rd Fi.ttr.ir,!, the Master of the Horse, Lord , •Gravw sa the Lord in :•1‘ Keppel a) the Groom in Waitin;, the Vice-Chamberlain, the 'Treasurer (tithe liouse told, the Coati:tin!ler of the Household, and a numerous party of ceottemeo Pensiont t.s in their full uniform. tt iseiu4 „St. ,P.ttrick's Day, those who are mem bets of the different Orders wore their collars, and ihaintnekt, which added considerably to the magni .fi.eence and the appearance of th! Court. f.t.:lcession was joined at C triton House by his Atcy4ll - lighcess the Duke of Yonkt, who appeared in his robes as. a Doetkir of Civil Law, and a member of the Uoircrsity of Oxford. The Archbishop of Yont, tho iliahops of LONDON, CAULISIOI:, OXFORD, and Sonon :rld MAN, The distinguiihed characters among iliot.e in the procession were— . The Earl a Rathtor, lord Kenyon, Sir W. Scott, one ()FOR. Members for the University, the King . 4 Advocate, Earl of Dela- mar, Sir Job:: NiAOl, an;.l Sir Iltoity Milford. Two Gentlemen Ushers announced to the whole the PRINCE RIciENT being in readiness to receive ;he:u, and conducted them to the entre-room, where the Lotto ,CLIA11110:111.A;% received and cotithfcted them into the presence of his Royal Highness, n his . Throne, taking to the right of the VICE Citascw.on, his ftoyil Highness the Duke o± Yowii, taking to the left of the YHA CHANCELLOR, when they approached to the P►(txrE RweNT, with the usual forms. 'l'lw .Address was read by the VICE CHANCELLOR. Tlie lines :N, as is customary, read his answer. They were • all most grkcionsly recei •ed, and had the honour to kiss his Royal Highnes:;'s hand. Earl BATHURST officiated as Secretary (or the Boni - Department, Viscount 84 nmourit being pre wented from attending by indisposition. • The Earl of LivEkrout, had a long audience of the • ,w4wo.E R. ,ENT, ' Our letters from Oxford mention that, in conse • liquence of Mr. RICHANDei late advancement to the /leach, by which a Candidate for the Representation • of the University on 2ny future vacancy is with .drawn, a .sort of a canvass has commenced in favour of two or three other Gentlemen, by their respective friends; amongst them we have heard the names of Mr. WICMERELL any the Right Hon. C. BaTuuttsT. Towards the latter, we understand, a generally fa vourable disposition is expressed by that learned Body. We understand that Miss AIJCIN is the Author of entitled " Lorimer," just published. It is the production of a very superior mind, and tie gleatest.creet on the writer whoever she NS*l Eli, MARCH 16.—A dreadful accident nc town yesterday evening, by the falling over the kitchen of Mr.-JouN WY NIDE, a re- maitster and merchant. The floor, it appears, Jed with t large ojtAntity of wheat, but not be iperly •Secuted, snow the timbers - gave way, whole VlltSiiivant4nr,Rislyprecipitated through floor, into the kitchen, where Mrs. WYNDE, four children, and two female servants, were An alarm being immediately given by a man who happened fortunately to escape, though ,early bre ist high, the most prompt assistance doi, and IA less than half an hour the whole out; the three yuanger children were dead 't-cation, a,fi the two s.er vahts from violent Js and frachires on their head; every exer- Made by a ntio.b.:r of medical men, who in upon the s'ot, to restore animation, but ellect. Mrs. Wyncfe, her aunt, and the el ni.raculouslyescared death, the aunt it;ht , :r being found in an upright 'situation, co bout hi e..st high with fallen timbers, bricks, rti. Mrs. WyildAA was the last that was dis :t srcpt the two servants)upon the fl•icr, under ht the rubbish, and by pttper exe_tt;ons, was ,riveted; but her immeniee inquiries about Area. and her 1 imentat;ons. - when informed to of her ..oily, were heart.rending beyond :ion. Itide,:d such a truly distressing scene was ever witnessed. Mr. Wynee, wl had been Aed to Worcester Assizes, arrived this morn ClO**, and those who Are husbands and pa 'y kel, but cAnnot describe, his SICII4IOII - instant of neatly the whole 01114 family ! i FRENCII P 4 Rift:. PARIS, MARCH 12. The success of our armies (H 4) as not slackened any of the preparations for the defence of Paris. We are continuing to place the town of St. Dennis in a respectable state. Notice is given that the audience (ibis Excellency the Minister of War, which was to have taken place to-day, is put off to the 19th. The official declarations of the Magistrates of the towns which have been temporarily occupied by the enemy, prove, in the most authentic manner, that these troops regard the pillage and destruction of Paris as the object and recompence of their invasion. Men worthy of credit, vtho have been witnesses of the con duct Gt the Russians and Prussians, and who are very numetous in this capital, whither they have come to find an asylum, confirm the truth of these reports. They unanimously assert that the soldiers, and even the enent) 's Chiefs, boast of entering Paris without resistance, ot pillaging the city, of choosing from among the inhabitants, labourers, artizans, ar tists, and young women, to be sent to Russia ; of driving out the rest ot the population, and after wards to set fire to the houes. It is chiefly the Russians who display the greatest inveteracy in these projects (f destruction. As they want money, clothes, and provisions, and as they have extensive deserts to people, they would gaiir the height of their wishes were they to depi ive us of our moveable wealth, and reduce to slavery the indus trious part of our population. They would transport our workmen into bleak Russia, where they would make them labour for their - profit, until the knout, disease, cold, or hunger, put an end to their exist ence. These projects ought to surprise us little on the parrot the Russians, who are in general strangers to every idea of civilization, and every sentiment of humanity.. The horrible excesses which they have committed most certainly are not the first of which they have been guilty. Their conduct at Warsaw, on the se cond revolution of Poland, sufficiently proves of what they are capable. Eighty thousand human b?ings were put to death in cold blood by these Tartars. The Vistula was encumbered with dead bodies, and the flames consumed the subuzb of Riga. Nothing was respected, neither churches, nor houses of cha rity, nor hospitals. They had reserved the women and girls to serve them as slaves, but in a at of fury they put them to death. In tine, there is no sort of crime with which they are not stained, and no language is sufficiently strong to paint their atrocity. Such are the enemies who wish to come to Paris, and who think of entering it as if it were a village. The English division anchored in the great road of Rochelle was complsd, at the date of the id of this month, of five ships and four sloops. COPY OF A LETTER Efte%f THE GENERAL or oivzsie.N COUNT DESSAIX, TO TILE FREFEcr uF THE DLFART SIENT 1 1 / 4 10NT Bf.ANC. " St. bilien(LernAti), March 2, I Al 4. _ _ _ " My advanced posts are three quarters of a leagut ftsim Geneva, and I hope, that by the first opportu.. nity we shall he naastets of that city. We had yes tertloy a very wain . * afrair ne tr St. Julien. The enemy presented to us one battery of 14. pieces, and several qif 1Z and in spite of this great superiority hc lost the field of battle and all his positions. Our sot .diets have perforrnA prodi:gies of valour. " A superintendent of Douaniers made himself alone 13 prisoners. Atiother soldier made eight. Th 2 inhabitants are so irritated at the bad treatment they received from the enemy, that we had mush trouble to prevent them from assassinating 50 prisoners. The loss of the enemy has beel much more con-, siderahle than ours ; we hear that he has blown up the bridges of Geneva. " Fort L'Ecluse Wa6 taken yesterday ; the column which captuted it, was yesterday evening two leagues from Geneva. (Signet') " DESSAU." DUTCH AND GERMAN PAPERS. EBERFELD, MARCH 5. , This day the last division of Swedish troops, be longing to the army of the Crown Prince, passed through here, on their road to Cologne. Yesterday the legion, composed of German and Russian troops, under Count Walmoden, left us to take the same di rection. The Crown Prince is hastening southward with the utmost expedition, to assist the allies in their advance upon Paris. HAGUE. MARCH His Royal Highness the Sovereign Prince of tTie Netherlands, in consequence of the delays that have unavoidably taken place in raising a military force in the present disorganized state of the country, has ap {•ointed several additional Commissioners to enter upon the duty of procuring recruits, and perfecting and bringing into the field the Landstrum. BREDA. MARCH 9. The greater part of the prisoners takes at Soissons by the Allies has been sent hither, and from hence have been conveyed onward to Rotterdam, Durt, Su. MALINES, MARCH 3. The garrison of Antwerp, four days since, made a sortie with 4.00 infantry and 50. cavalry. These troops took the dirtction of Lierre, and their object was to ~ btain provisions. The advanced posts seeing the vanguard approach, discharged their pieces, and the :darn) WAS instantly given. The Saxon Lancers pre sently assembled, put sited the enemy, and rnside some prisoners, the rest seeking refuge lay a hasty return v.) the town Several of the garrison availed themselves of ►his opportunity to desert. The excursion acquired for the enemy some cattle. 704rable d el is! We uner the Tale, en evidently the reflects the E nay be. LEONTINsT curre.-I in thi of a floor ove Apect ble Ina vva , i lo.eded v ing pi rwtrly and the whnl , a secc . nd An: her aunt, fou sitting. An ; At rvant, wht • but lett neat! wßSatroydo' ' Were dug on from sUti ca conti;sions tion waS ' were soon ol without effv, Tlest and d:in t ;h t. •ered about . , an.i g.'a in. cov , reclie sc the u hole (St soon term,' the children of the fate . deac,ription. scitcely eve imabr mused ing by expri rents m ty 1 bereft in en VEYDEN, M ARCH 10, The first sitting of the 600 Deputies intrusted with the formation of the Ncw Constitution, is to be hi). 'loured by the presence of the Sovereign, and as soon as the disetissioas sigall have been concluded he is again to appear among them to take the oath pre sctilN.l, and to be solemnly proclaimed. Advice, have this ben received from Swit zerland, informing us, that the Pope, on the 9th of February, reached N•ce, Iron) whence he proceeded, on the llth, towards Genoa, whip ipagnificent . prep orations were making for his reception. The Allied .limy had Entered 11,:rtria. 10: , LONDON GAZETTE XtriAtIRDENAM WAR DEPARTMENT. DOWNING4TRICtf, MA•RCII 17, 181 g. • A Dispatch, of which the following is a copy, has been received at this Office, addressed to Earl Bathurst by Colonel Lowe, Head-quarters of the Combined Army under Field Marshal Blu,cher, Laun, March I I, 1814. MY Lotto—As some delay attends my communi cation at the present moment with Lieutenant-Gene ral the . Hon. Sir Charles Stewart, I do myself the honour to enclose to your Lordship a duplicate of my report to him of the events that have taken place in this vicinity within these three days. It may be necessary at the same time to give your LGrdship the. tullow•ing outline of the movements that preceded them, in the event of my former report not having been yet received. The army of Silesia effected its junction with the corps of Generals Winzingerode and Bulow at Sois sons, en tl:e evening of the 3d instant ; and on the following day Field-Marshal Blucher (to whom the con:mind of the wh-le had been entrusted) took up a po:;ition on an extensive plateau, to the kft and in the rear of the town of Soissons, with his right close to the village of Laffaux, and his left near Craone. Bonaparte, with the whole of his guards, with the corps of Marshals Marmont and Mortier, and with a considerable body of cavalry, had followed the army of Silesia in its march from the Marne to the Aisne. On the sth he resolved on an attempt to re gain possession of the town of Soissons ; ten thousand Russian infantry of the corps of General Count Lan. geron, under the orders of General Rudzewich, de fended it. The town, which lies on the opposite side of the Aisne to that on which the army was in posi. don, is surrounded by a broken wall and ditch, pas ., sable in many parts. The enemy attacked soon after day-light. gained possession of the greater part of the suburbs, and twice attacked the town itself on opposite sides with heavy columns, supposed the separate divisions of' Martnont and Monier. He was both times repulsed with slaughter and loss but stilt retained possession of the greater part of the suburbs, unroofed the houses, and kept up a constant fire from them upon the troops on the walls of the town, until night put an end to the contest. The Russian infantry equally maintained themselves in another part of the suburbs, and--a few houses only divided the combatants during the night. The Russians lost more than a thousand men killed and wounded. The loss of the enemy must have been greater, as his troops were more exposed. In the morning of the 6th, the enemy had given up the contest, and retired. Whilst this was passing in the town of Soissoris, Bonaparte himself was ascertained to be moving to his right, and in the forenoon of the Gth he effected the passage of his army acros the Aisne at Bery-le- Bac, and at about two o'clock in the afternoon corn. menced an attack on the left oldie position occupied by the Field Marshal's army near Craotie. Strong columns were observed to be marching at the same time towards Laon, by the way of Corbeny. Field-Marshal Blucher immediately made the fol lowing dispositions: he directed a comps of ten thou sand cavalry, under the orders of General Winzin gerode, to march by the way of Chrevigny and Presle, and throw' itself in the line of the enemy's communication, across the road from Corbeny to Laon. General Bulow, with twenty thousand men, was directed to march and occupy Laon. The corps of Generals D'Yorck, Kleist, and Sacken, were or dered to incline towards the infantry of General Win zingerode, which sustained the extremity of the posi tion, near the villages of St. Martin and Craone.— The enemy approached, under cover of the wood of Corbeny, and sent forward large bodies of skirmishers, supported by artillery, but was repulsed, and the firing ceased with the night. On the morning of the 7th, it was ascertained that the enemy had desisted from his march upon Laon ; in other respects his position was not clearly discover. ed. To be prepared for whatever might occur, Field- Marshal Blucher directed the corps of Generals D'Yorck and Kleist to move across the river Delette, in the direction of Presle and Leuilly, to sustain the movement of the eivairtuttder General Winzinge.. rode, and together with the corps of General Bulow, make an attack on the enemy's right, should he push, forward against the point occupied by the infantry of General Winzingerode, near Craone. General Baron . Sacken was ordered to the support of the latter, and to attempt to turn the enemy's left, should be 'make his attack on the other side. If pushed by a superior force, he was directed to fall back on the!. ad r.iwards Laon, and draw in the garrison of Soks,,ns. At eleven o'clock in the forenoon, the enemy be gan the attack with his whole force, calculated at more than sixty thousand men, against the point where General Winzingerode's infantry—was posted. Field-Marshal Blucher immediately rode to the rp , ,t where the cavalry was supposed to be formed, to di rect the operations in that quatter ; but unexpected d , flicnities had opposed the march of the cavalry during the night, and it was found to have advanced no farther than Presle. The infantry of mineral Kleist, which had marched in the morning, reached Fetticcia, but the advanced guard of the cavalry alone had come up, and it became ixpovilde to un dcrtake, with effect, the movcipekt which the Field. %Lula' had projected against the enemy's right. In the mean time, the corps posted near Craosse was exposed to a most severe and powerful attack. Ge neral Count Strogonoff commauded in General Win. ziagerode's absence. General Count Woronoff had the infantry. The cannonading was most tremen dous, but the enemy was resisted in every point niat a spirit and determination beyond all praise. m a pressure, however, was so great, that General Baron Sacken, to whom the support and direction of the whole had been entrusted, finally found it necessary to execute that part of the disposition which had pro vided for the retreat of tke trocps engaged too ai d s Laon. It was executed with admirable order...._ Though fourteen pieces of artillery had been d;s mounted by the enemy's fire, not a single gun o: carriage was leit behind. The prismers taken were not more than fifty or sixty. The killed and wounded are stated at about two thousand. Genital Count Strogonoff had his son, a Lieutenant-General, killed early in the action. Three other Rossi:in Generaz were wounded. General Count Woronzoff had fiv, , officer; of his personal staff killed or wounded. The enemy had four Generals wounded—Victor,Gioneby, La Salle and Charpentras. His loss from the hr of the most admirably served artillery must hav e been very great. The troops effected their junctim during the night, and on the following morning, will. the test of the army, and the operations that have ince ensued form the subject of the annexed report, For forty two days past, this army, which appears to have been peculiarly the object of the enemy's dig. quietude and attacks, has been constantly marching or fighting ; for exclusive of thegeneral actions, oily two days have elapsed, in which the advance or rear of it his not been seriou.ly engaged. Bonaparte is now in retreat before it, but whether to take up a fresh position, or to proceed in some other direction, where his presence may be found wanting, is not yes ascertained. Scarcely any information has been re. ceived here of the movements of the Grand Allied Army, since lie pitted the observation of it. • baste the honour to be, &c. (Signed) H. LOWE, Colonel. HEATO•QUARTERS OF THE COMBINED ARMIES UNDEB FiELD•MARSH IL SU CHER, LAON, MARCH 10, 1614, LIGHT A. M. SlR—Bonaparte, with his whole force, attacked Field Marshal Blucher yesterday in his position at this place, and was repulsed with the loss of Icrtye five pieces of cannon, with tumbrils, baggage, and rrisoners, the numbers of which have not as yet rtes ascertained, as the left wing ot the Field-Marshai's arrpy is still in pursuit. The city.ol J. l ion is situated on an elevated plateau, deep shelving banks, which command an ever,- sive plain around; the town covers the greater pin of the plateau ; the remainder is crowned Oy an castle, and by several wind-mills built on high rer race-walls. azneral Bulow's Army occupied this position ; the remainder of the Field Marshal's army as posted on the plain below, to the right and left of the town, fronting towards Soissons, and the ca. valry was in reserve in the. rear. Before day-light in the rnt 'ming, the enemy Mair his. attack, and, under cover of a thick fog wl'ich concealed all his mo vements, obtained posse:sic:l cf the villages of Semilly and Ardon, close under the town, and which may be regarded as its suburbs, the musketry reached the wells of the town, and conti nued without intermission until about eleven o'clock, wl.en the fog began to disperse. At this time the enemy was observed to be in force behind the villages of Setnilly and Leuilly, with co lumns of infantry and cavalry on the chaussee towards Soissons. He occupied at the same time, in Iwo, the village of Ardon. The enemy was instantly re pelled from Sernilly, and Field Marshal Blucher, the moment he could obseive any thing of clic enemy's position; ordered the cavalry from the rear to Ad, vance, and turn his left flank. General Count Wo ronzoff, who was on the right of the Field Marshal's position, advanced at the same time with his infamry, pushed forward two battalions of gagers, which drove in the enemy's posts, sustained i charge of cavalry, and maintained themselves in an attitud~ to keep the Jett pf the enemy in checl; until the cavalry a uld advance. The Field Marshal, at the sane time, directed the advance of 4 part of General Bulow's corps agairct the village of Anion, from which the enemy, after Anstaining a fire for abo4t halt an hour, was compelled ip retreat. Whilst the cavalry wa; taking a circuit round frcgi the rear, and at about two o'clock in the alterryou• the enemy was observed to be advancing a cilumn of IG battalions of infantry, with cavalry and y, Along the chaussee from Kheims. General 1)1' , ;:,:k was directed to oppose him, ard General Emir, Sac ken ordered t General D'Yorck's support. It was here the battle became most Feneral and dv . cibive. The enemy opened a formidable b atery ci at leas; forty or fifty pieces of artillery, and Advanced with a confidence from which he must have airopte.f to himself every success. 1-le formed a column of mt. tack, and was moving forward with a vas de cll4r)ir to the village of Althies,i when Prince lViliiarn of ttsia, who was 4ivancing to the village at the s.tr..e time, met him half way and overthrew him. Ile then began his retre.it, wh ch suon became flight. V.ight pieces of artillery, with hories every thing belonging to them, werr immediate!r taker, and sucps , ivelv twenty-two p;erts more. 1! •