Star. — London, England, 1814-03-17 00:00:00

EL'Lra,-ITION OF THE PO'JR. 1½ , Yesterday was the Anniversary of the Royal In stitotion for the Education of the in the Wards of Aldersgate, Ilassishaw, Coleman-street and Cuip. ve,;ate, and the Parish of St. Luke. A sermon was preached in the morning /by the Rev. Dr. COLLYER, at the Dutch Church, after which a meeting was held at the School-r .om, in North-street, City-road, at which the Doke of KENT to. :k the-Chair. The room, though largo, was crowded to excess. The. Duke of KENT opened 'rite prrcccdings, by Stating, that the object of the Society was to educate the childi of the pcor of all religious pa.rsuasions in the district in which they were assembled. The benefits of tie Institution had, however, been exten ded to many chi:ban to parents nit resid:n: in this Ahhoaph the se:)scri; , tions had been as liber..l as the fotine'crs f the society could have ex pected, yet a debt had been incurred, w!iich he tru'- ted the liberality of the c:impany ptesent would wipe ofF. The premises in which they were assenNied bad been purchased by the Institution for the sum of 5E3200, of which .C:`, - . ) 00 only had been paid, so that a debt remained of X.:000. His Royal Highnt.ss consluded by desiring the Secretary to read the Re port of the Committee. The Report was then read by Mr. Wmcs, the Se Cretary. The Rev. Dr. LINDSAY then addressed the Meet ing, and observed, that, next to the civil and religi ous freedom of which it had to boast, the number and variety of its charitable institutions was the most peculiar ornament of England. Without derogating from the importance of any other charitable society, that which they It ere assembled to support might be said to economize their charity, by affording know ledge, which would render the poor less likely to be come the objects of relief in any other shape. The knowledge thus imparted to the poor was equally beneficial to the governors and the governed—(A4- plaust.) He spoke this in the presence of a British Prince, whose wish, as that or his Royal Father, had been to elevate the minds of the lower classes. The Royal Duke who had favoured the meeting with his presence was always ready to support every benevo lent institution, and from this condescension derived a dignity superior to that with which his birth inves ted him—(Aivi/at:re.) Mr. Aiderm in WOOD remarked on the objections which had been made to the institution in its estab lishment. At that time it had been contended, that the care or oiie 'master extended to near a thou sand boys, would be entirely insufficient : and that it would be quite impracticable to join in one .school the children of parents of every persuasion. These objections, however, had been sufficiently answered by the event, for eleven hundred boys, children of parents of all persuasions, had been instructed in the course of the year, and some who bad been quite un instructed at the commencement of the Institution, had made progress which would have done credit to any master. It was in the contemplation of the Committee to extend the benefits of tie institution to female children, and the Countess of Darnley had generously promised, thut whenever this extension took place, she would use her utmost exertions in the support of the Institution. Twelve of the chil dren of the school who had made the greatest pro gress, and who a ere, when taken into tt.e school, en. Dray ignorant, had been clr.thed at the expense of the Institution, and the Royal Chairman had consen ted to invest them with the medals which had been adjudged to them. The Duke of KENT then invested the distinguished children with silver medals. Mr. FAveLL, after an appropriate speech, propo sed, that the title of the Institution be 4. The Royal British Institution for Educating the Poor," Stc. The Earl of DARNLEY proposed that the benefits of the Institution be extended to the neislll:ouring parishes of these districts. This motion was c.:rried unanimously. The Thanks of the Meeti,ig were then voted to the Commit tee. Mr. Weeks, the Secretary, returned thanks. Mr. WHITBREAD then rose amidst the applause of the Meeting. Alluding to the compliments which Dr. Lindsay had paid to the R •yal Chairman, he said, it a benevolent. heart, and a sound discretion ; if manly eloquence, sanctified by the purpose to which it was applied, constituted dignity, their Royal Chairman possessed dignity far superior to that which could be derived from the adventitious circumstances of birth art.! fortune (applause.) That Royal Duke he was often in the habit of seeing, but at no place was he more happy in s seeing him, than in that where they then were. It fias the pariah of his nativity, that place where a course of enliglioned industry had pro cured for him those advantages which he enjoyed in society, and a name of which he was proud, because it was his father's (load applause.) The sudden in• treas.:. of information among the poor, remindOl them of the List command of the CREATOlt—let there be light, for, as from that command, instantaneously a physical light arose, it seemed that in these days, at another great behest, the intellectual illumination of mankind had begun. Sensible as the company must be of the efficient exertions of their Royal_Chairman, be should propose that the thanks of the Meeting be given to his Royal Highness. This vote was carried unanimously, with great ap plause. The Duke of Kerr returned thanks. Several other votes of course passed unanimously, in the course of which proceedings the Rev. gowl3nd 1-Ihl,-Mr. M. Burgoyne, and some other Gentlemen, addressed the Meeting at some length. The Duke of KgNr, sonic uf the Members of the Institution, then proceeded to a dinner nt t h e . London Tavern, winch, fr.)rra the length of the speeches with which some Gmtlemen had favoured trie meeting, at the School-room, was nearly cold when the company arrived. After dinner the usual toasts were Riven, intersper s- some stings." The Duke of York, and attention to the education of the and 4. the Duke of Clarence drank. ,EKT proposed the Heath of Mr. iquent Advecate of 0.. t. Ethic:awn, health was drank with three44nss, , ve then to MOM tbasiest tivxs to Froceed, from the loud tea tasFil winch hia ruse= seldom • fails to excite. When he had obtained a bearing, he' di.clairned the title of eloquent which the Royal Duke had bestowed on him, though he could not say that he was not gratified by such a tribute from such a man. The applause with which he had been greeted by the company came from the source, and proceeded in the direction of true eloquence—it came, he doubted nor, imcmdiately from their hearts, and went di rectly to his. Presperity to the Institution, and health to Al, dermal, Wooi and its other Founders," were also drank. Thz health of the Royal Chairman the Duke of Kent, was proposed by Mr. Whitbread, and re• c , .:ivcd with great applause. Several other toasts were given, and.the evening was spent very cheerfully. Collections were made in the dining room as well as at the school room and the church. The amount of alit at the church was £ 1, and of that at the school room above ‘250. Several liberal subscriptions were stated to the company by the Secretary. FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, MARCH U. Her Majesty the Empress Queen has received the following intelligence of the situation of the armies to the 9th of March The army of General Blucher, composed of the wrecks of the corps of aenerals Sacken, Kleist, and Yorck, retired, after the battles of Montmirail and Vauchamp, by Rheims upon Chalons. It there re- ceived the two last divisions of the corps of General Langeron, which had remained before Mentz. The loss had been such, that it was obliged to reduce its cadre: half, though several convoys of recruits from its reserves had arrived. The army, called the Army of the North, com posed of four diviions under the orders of Generals Winzingerode and Woronzow, and one Prussian di vision under the «rders of General Bulow, replaced at Chalons and Rheims the Army of Silesia. The latter passed the Aube at Arcis, hilst the Prince of Schwartzenberg lined the right of the Seine, and in consequence of the action of Nangis and Mon tereau, evacuated all the country between the Seine and the Yonne. • On the 22d of February, General Blucher appear ed before Mery. He had already passed the bridge, when the General of Division Boyer marched against him with the bayonet, overthrew him, and drove him to the other side of the river ; but the enemy set fire to the bridge and the little town of Mery, and the conflagration was so violent that for 48 hours it was impossible to pass. en the 24th the Duke of Reggio proceeded against Vandoeuvres, and the Duke of Tarencum upon Bar sur-Seine. It appears that the army of Silesia had marched on the left of the Aube to join the Austrian army, and fight a general battle ; but the enemy having re nounce d this project, General Blucher repassed the Aube, and directed his course upon Sezanne. The Duke of Ragusa watched this corps, checked its march, and retreated before it without any loss. He arrived on the 25th at Ferte Gaucber, and on the 26th effected, at Ferte Jouarre, his junction with the, Duke of Treviso, wht, observed the right of the Marne, and the corps of the army called the Army of the Ninth, which were at Chalons and Rheims. Ora the 27th General Sacken moved upon Meaux, and appeared before the bridge placed at the farther end of Meaux upon the road of Nangis, which had been cut. He was received with grape shot. Some of his stragglers advanced to the bridge of Lagny. However, the Emperor left Troyes on the 27th, slept the s'ime night at the village of Herbesse, on the 28th at the castle of Esternay, and on the Ist of March at Jouarre. The army of Silesia was thus extremely exposed. It had nu other part to take but to pass the Marne. I.t threw bridges over it, and moved upon the Out-eq. General Kleist passed the Ourcq, and proceeded upon Me/tux by Varede. The Duke of Treviso came up with him on the 28th, in position at the village of Gue a Treme, on the left bank of the Terouenne.— He attacked him manfully. General Christiani, com manding a division of the old guard, covered hims , :lf with glory. The enemy was closely pursued for several leagues. Some hundreds were taken, and a great number remained on the fielei of battle. At the same time the enemy had passed the Ourcq at I,isy :—the Duke of Ragusa threw them on the other side. The retrograde movement of the army of Blucher was decided. All filed off upon Fertelon and Soissons. The Emperor left Ferte-sous•Jnuarre on the 3d.— His advanced guard was on the same day at Rocourt. The Dukes of Ragusa and Treviso prebsed the enemy's rear-guard; they at\cked it warmly on the 3d, at Neuilly Saint Front. The Emperor :t:►ived early c,n the 4th at Fismes. Prisoners we:e made, and several baggage waggons were :.,kern. The city of Soissons had twenty pieces of cannon, and was in a condition to defend itselt. The Dukes of Ragusa and Treviso proceeded upon that city to pass the Aisne, whilst the Emperor marched upon Mczy. _ _ Tile enemy's army was in the most dangerous po sition, but the General commanding at Soissons, by an unaccountable cowardice, abandoned the place at four in the afternoon of the 3d, by capitulation, styling himself honourable because the enemy per. mated him to leave the city with his troops and artil lery, and retire with his garrison and artillery to Vil lcrs Coterets. At the moment the enemy's army thought itself lost, it was informed that the bridge of Soissons was in its power, and had not been de stroyed. The General who commanded in the city, and the Members of the Council of Defence, are ongered he foie a Commission of Enquiry. They appear so much the more culpable, becAu.,e,.during the whole of the 2cl and 3d, they had heard from the city the canto. nading of our army which was approaching Soissons, and because a battalion of the Vistula, which was in the place, and which quitted it with tears in their eyes, had giver. the greatest proofs of intrepidity. Gene r&l Corbinean, Aide-de-caq,ip of the .tripe tor, AO the G en eral of ca,valry Lciorie7t s had pro. eeedei upon Rheims, which they entered at four in the morning of the sth, by turning an enemy's corps of four battalions which covered the town, and the troops of which were made prisoners. Every thing in Rheims was taken. On the sth, the Emperor slept at Bery-au-Bac. General Nansouty forced a passage by the bridge of l3ery, routed a division of cavalry which covered it, obtained possession of two pieces of cannon, and took 300 cavalry, among whom was Colonel Prince Ga. garin, who commanded a brigade. The enemy's army was divided into two portions. The eight Russian divisions of Sacken and of Win zingerode had taken a position on the heightsof Craone, and the corps of Prussians on the heights of On the 6th the Emperor came to sleep at Corbani. The heights of Craone were attacked and carried by two battalions of the Guards. The officer of ord nance, Caraman, a young officerof experience, turned the right at the head of a battalion. The Prince of Moskwa marched on the farm of Urtubre, The enemy retired, and took position on a height, which WAS reconnoitred on the 7th, at day-break. This gave rise to the battle of Craone. The position was fine, the enemy having his right and left supported on ravines, and a third ravine in his front. He defended the only passage, 100 toises broad, which joined his position to the plateau .of Craone. The Duke of Belluno marched with two divisions of the young Guards to the Abbey of Vaucler, to which the enemy had set fire. He drove them from it, and passed the defile which the enemy defendei with sixty pieces of cannon. General Drouet passed it with several batteries. At the same moment the Prince of Moskwa passed the ravine on the left, and debouched on the enemy's right. The cannonade was very heavy during an' hour. General Grouchy debouched with his cavalry. General Nansnuty parsed the ravine on the enemy's right with two divi sions of cavalry. The defile being passed, and the enemy forced in his position, he was pursued four leagues, and cannonaded by eighty pieces of can non with grape-shot, which caused-him to sustain a gre.it loss. The plateau by which he had retreated having also ravines on the right and left, the cavalry could not get up to attack him. The Emperor moved his head-quarters to Bray. On the next day, the Bth, we pursued the enemy to the defile of Urcel, and on the same day entered Soissons, where they had left a bridge equipage. The battle of Cr/one is extremely glorious to our arms. The enemy lost six Generals, and estimate• their loss at from 5 to 6,000 men. Our's has been 8(X) killed or wounded. The Duke of Belluno was wounded by a ball.— General Grouchy, and General Laferriere, a cavalry officer of great distinction, were also wounded, in de bouching at the head of their troops. General Bethard has taken the command of the cavalry. The result of all these operations is a lass to the enemy of from 10 to 12,000 men, and 30 pieces of cannon. The intention of the Emperot.is to manoeuvre with the army upon the Aisne. PARIS, MARCH 12. The Hetman of the Cossacks, Platow, has boasted that he will enter and quit Paris at full gallop with his Cossacks, after having set fire to 500 parts of the ,city, without losing ten men. These men, as fem. cious as they are ignorant, imagine that Paris !Q -sembles the towns ot Russia, whose houses are 1;::..t of wood, and they do not know what the peitilation is of a single suburb ot the capital. They would hold a very different language if they had a perfect knowledge of what is passarg in Paris, and the disposition of the inhabitant ; if they visited our manufactories, where arms ot kinds are tabri. tated daily by thousands; finally, if they were ac quainted with all the means of defence that could be opposed to them. Indeed, with what hope of success could an ene my's army venture to enter the capital ?' WhAt would become of it in the midst of a vast populitiun, arm ed, irritated, and resolved to deteitd themselves ? Paris contains 20,000 draught horses, which would put in motion 500 pieces of It would be easy to barricade the streets, and to present at every point an efficacious resistance. It would (.1 . .1y be necessary to shut the barriers on the enemy's troops, in order to cause their extermination to the last man. We could reter to very remarkable examples of courage wive!' the inhabn vas of Paris have displayed in the dettnce of their city, when they have had only slight motivts for resoriing to arms; and can it now be iuppued that they will have less energy and in trepidity, when the preset vation of their famines, their property, their lives, and liberties, is at stake ? The Prussians, who know better than lac Russians the dangtr of attacking t town like earls, avow their tears ; and ask every where as they pass, whether it be uue that this city is prepared to defend itself ? Marshal Blucher has even said that he would in that case despair of the success of the expedition. We are not ignorant that the enemy's Comman ders, in summoning towns to surrender, threaten to burn them ; but, in order to burn Paris, it is first ne cessary to penetrate it. Paris is full of soldiers and cannoniers, who very well know that there is nothing to fear from the fire of artillery placed on the heights which surround this city. The largest pieces, placed on the elevation nearest to Paris, would not reach to one-tenth of the diameter of the town, that is to say, to the most populous quarters. Beside►, the artillery oran army would consume six times as much ammu nition as would be necessary for a campaign, before six houses would be burnt. The enemy is limiselt convinced of these truths. These reflections have been suggested to us by the perusal of the authentic declarations made by the Mu. nicipalities of Towns which the enemy have com pletely ravaged, and by a perfect knowledge of the. powerful metns which have been prepared to sav e the city of Paris from the enemy's fury. Thanks to the skilful minceuvres of the Emperor, and the courage of our soldiers, the enemy is far from us ; but it ever he approach our w,4115, he wii, there find 6u0,000 French animated by the same sen timent, and determined to rescue thernselvet Iron, pillage, conflagration, and dearean.. State of the Funds on the 11th March :-5 per Cent. shut 9th March, 511—Ditto, Dividend on the 244 Minch, 49; or 471 ei. dry. "' ' • THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1814. GLORIOUS VICTORY OVER BONAPARTE BY MARSHAL BUTCHER. MACDONALD AND SEBASTIANI KILLED, &c. &c. &c. Yesterday we stopped tl.e Press to announce the arrival of the Vague Conran:, of t!.e 14th, detailing what may be considered as the prelude - to the is tai overthrow of BoNApawit and his few remainint:- .adherents. At midnight a Foreign Officer arrived, when a short Bulletin was published ; and tLis morning the gratifying intelligence was farther confirmed by a letter being sent to the LORD MAYOR, the publication of a Gazelle Extraordinary, and the firing of the Park and Tower Guns. We give the interesting documents above allude.: to in the order in which they were published : QOVL ILICMENT BULLETIN. " WAR DEPARTMENT. " 16-17th March—Midnight. 44 A foreign Officer has arrived at this Offic.4 di , . patched from Brussels by Captain HAMILTON &VIVI* And forwarded by Admiral YGlnitlk 44 He brings a conerrnation of the account of the victory gained by Marshal BLucurta, at Laon, en the 9th inst. and gives verbal inforrnation•that the s•ic:e:s was followed up with great rapidity during the 10th and 11th. Soissons had been taken by steym. Mar. shal MAcnosAto and General SEBASIIANI were among the slain, and the less of the enemy is repor. ted to be immense." LETTER TO THE LORD MAYOR. DOWN'IN'G-STREET, MARCH 17:1E14. gg Lord BATHURST presents his cornrliments to the Loan MAYOR, and has the sa*facticp to ilifzm his Lordship, that a foreign Officer has arrived at this Office, dispatched from Brussels by Captain llA:4tt- TON SMITH, and forwarded by Admiral Youse. He brought a confirmation of the account of the Vi;tory obtained by Marshal BLUCHER, at Laon, on the 9tn instant; and gives verbal informatim, that the suc cess was followed up with great rapidity during the 10th and 11th. Soissons had been taken try storm, Marshal MACDONALD . and General SEBASTX4NI are amongst the slain, and the loss of the enemy is re ported to be immense." (Signed) (A true copy) 4 , Wit. Dosivit Le, Mayor." LONDON GAZETTE ENT R AORD, O{4RY. THURSDAY, MAHCH 17, 1814. WAR 14PAlt TMEN r. DOWNING-STREET, MARCIA 17, ONR A. X. An Officer has•;rrived at this Office, bringing pia patches addressed to Earl BATHURST, of which the following are copies: COPY OF A LETTER FROM ADMIRAL YOUNG, mourn>. INO MAJEarY'S FLEILT IN TIIE NORTH SEAS. brapregoabk, March IS, 1814. Ms LoRD—I cannot send forward the accompany ing Dispatch, without offering your L.rdship my most hearty congratulations on the excellent intclli gence it conveys.-1 nave the honour to be, cc. (Signed) w YOU N(3. Right Hon. Earl Bathurst, &c. fcc Ste. COPY OP A LETTER FROM CAPTAIN cHARDLS HAMILTON SMnu, DEPUTY AssIsTART QUARTER-MAsTER•GE•F RAL, TO EARL RAIHUltsr, DATED BRUSSELS, MARCIE 13, 1814. MY LORD—His Excellency Sir Thomas Graham having permitted me, in case of any important occur rence, to address myself directly w your Lordship, L avail myself, I lope with propriety, of this indul. fierce, because the quanalty of ice in the river! of Holland, together with the continuance of easterly winds, might retard a dispatch goirg round by Hel. voctsluys, and prevent intelligence of the greatca importance reaching his Majesty's Ministers. In consequence, I take the liberty of enclosing to your Lordship an extract of a letter from ha Serene Highness the peke of Saxe Weimar, Com, rnander in Chief of the Allied Russian, Prussian, and Saxon farces in the Netherlands, to Count Lottum, Governor of this city, containing an extract of a let. letter from Marshal Blucher, which should have been dated the 10th instant, but which by some inadvrn tence has been omitted. As your Lordship may possibly not be in possession of the previous measures of Marshal Blucher, I beg leave to add, that when I left the Duke of Saxe Wei- mar, on the morning of the 10th, at Tournay, he di rected me to inform his Excellency Sir Th-mar Graham, that he had received a letter from Marshal Blucher, deed Laon the Sth inst. at" P.M. infermirg Lim, that he had that day concentrated his fcrces• comisting of the corps of Bulow, D'Yorck, Kle , st ! \Vinzingeroda, Langeron, and I believe Woron7ow, in all 9;4000 combatants ; his left occupying the commanding point of Laon (that city stand.ng ca a conical hill), and his tight extending to the small for tress of La Fere ; and that a battle was inevitable. It appears that General %Vinzingerode had suf fered some lon on the 7th, but during the active ope rations which had taken place since the Matsli.il had broken up from the vicinity of Meaux, the enemy had likewise lost considerable numbers, and among others Marshal Victor, Genera, Grouchy, LA Marque, and another, had been severely wounded. I send this letter thropigh the enemy's ppm io sect with some stings. wanks whim for h►s al child:en of sold.e►s," and the Navy," wore d The Duke, of Kucl Whithreod, the eloquri of ►he ?ow. This lea three. ' Mr. WHlTsurAtr, hay for some time tti abie t► tiincluiro et etttl.usiasi i