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I . for this peace universally desired, they demand it of the ar'fnies and of the people, exhausted in its popu lation, loaded with taxes, wounded in its noblest Ifeel ings, robbed of its children, whose industry is fettered, and who, since Napoleon has governed it, has neither ' peace for the present nor security for the future. •; " Frenchmen ! look around you—the abyss is still open-zthe fiend which plunges you into 'it is still lifted l—shall k throw the last of you in ? Will you permit the whole population of your country to perish And do not you perceive that nothing can better the inhuman man whom fate has hurled over you ? In'the wide cir.;uniference of the beautiful,. once happy Fiances where ii the man who enjoys His freedom, his life, and whom the commands of Napo. leentAivit-tiotreached ? Compel him, then, to con clude-the peace whit), is required from you. " On the other hand, should the dreadful evils which result froM a tyrannical Government, prevent the( French people and its armies frOtn•deilating for pe*ce, the Allies must lament that they cannot reach' the Oppressor of France, but through a people wh ,, m they:Often . ), land even then their motto will be— " Mar with the Corsican, inviolability of the tern. • tory, Peace and friendship with delivered France."• The following Declaration appeared, on the 17th, at Middiefart, on the Nand of Funen: . Micidlefart, January 17, 1813. It By the care of the Danish Government, the war which already, for fiflee t n years, had. devastated Eu- I: • rope,, had not.disturbed the repose of the Danis)] nit ca the Kirtg for a moment, sailrhit ri saf und•er. 'ilec c e 4 slHY or iising defeesiie means, partly for tie protection. of his subjects' commerce, and . partly. for the'tec,urity of his provinces bordering C' rue • • " The attack Made by the . English on his Ma jestin caPital, 'and carrying Of the Danish Fleet, in the year 1807, put 'an end t 6 the happy tranquillity which..his Majesty had, until then, been enabled to preserve for his subjects. The Danish States, at that time, had the same common enemy with France; and the consequence wits; 'That an alliance was sought and concluded with that Power. The Emperor, openly and directly, promised men and money ; and a numerous army immediately moved into the Pro vinces belonging to his Majesty the King. " It was-agreed, that the expense of its support shntild`be defrayed by the French Government, and - this amounted to a sum of several millions of six : . dollars. Wlthout undertaking any thing, however, this army remained a burthen longer than the Da -nish Government thought requisite. The expense of its support remained unpaid, and the requests of Denmark on this point were equally fruitless as those concerning the announced requisitions in i meney ; The situation of a State whose Tesources were al. ready diminished by the naval war, and by these ' naval disbursements become totally exhausted, again refixed a most prejudicial influence from the shut ' ting of the Continental ports , which was represented • as one of the M feeans.r obtaining a general peace. The annexation of 'the Hanse Towns and contiguous Provinces to the'Fiench Empire, became afterwards a nt6st heavy barihen, with regard to the commercial intercourse with Germany: teects extended even to literary counectiens. Earnest professions, which we - Ali - reit:leafy renewed, had given hopes that these obAcles, Which Were so directly . ecnitearytb the good understanding in which hii Majest,y enntrikuted all in his poWer to remain with the French Govern. men: would have been removed; but theie hopes 'at ways remained unfulfilled. ie Whilst the French army was retreating, in the winter between 1812 and IHI3, the Imperial troops j • which, according to a particular agreement, were to haVe remained for the protection of the frontiers of . Holstein, were drawn away. As the French Go vernment had, at the same time, declared its inten tion of entering into negotiations for peace with ail her enemies, the King deemed it important for hitti • to make overtures of peace to Great Britain. The alliance with France WAS now becon:e of no utility. The King would willingly have prevented the cities of Hamburgh and Lubeck from again falling into the hands of the French, in order to keep the war from his Own frontiers, and save from destruction ' ; those cities, whose interests were in such direct con =don with those of his subjects ; but his Majesty wa r s obliged to desist front the prosecution of this plan ; his interests therefore required that he_should accept the offer made him of renewing the - alliance with France and to give it a larger extension, in order to . .as4ure him of a powerful assistance against those Sovereigns who had not hesitated to declare that they would support the demands of Sweden, which were -; • inimical to the integrity of his States. " The King, on his pal t, has conscientiously per formed the stipulations of the treaty. Whilst his - auxiliary troops were fig!iting by the side of the Frcocit troops, they received only a part of the pay 'which according to the agreement was their due, and bib. Majesty's subjects suffered a considerable loss, as well by the embargo laid on their property which was deposited in the cities of Lubeck and Hamburgh, of which the French Government took to itself the, privilege oftfispesal, as by taking away the funds ' - the Bank in the last mentioned city.' The promises, of restoration given in consequence of the complaints . thereon made, remained equally with the reciama tiortrade on the subject without effect. " It was assured by the Treaty, that twenty thou sand men should be in readiness to protect the Du chies and Jutland ; but Marshal d'Eckmuhl quitted the position which covered those provinces, and re peated with all the 'troops under his command, to Hamburgh, leaving the King's troops to their own 4 fate, and who were 4 not able to withst 7 and the superior N force which was moving forward, to force, by their , on 1: overmatch in strength, an entrance into the country. is The enemy's irruption into the Duchies, together whi with the loss of the fortresses, was followed by the An Iting's being forsaken by an Ally, on whose as,is- will tance he had reasot,able grounds . for placing a re- th:s Lapse. Hip Majesty has been under the necessity of qi cowtingto t thtfreatest sacrifices to protect the re- bee mais4g„part of his States from invasion, with which tish their were threatened 4 laud by the combined troops the of 4„eispers a AAA for the purpose of again get- the! tink . .4.op ßria l thOie Proainces which had fallen, we int 6 I,' ' ,', 4nuf, . 'A. the: st 1. '_.l • t gr.fwg bis Minister at the Court of the 1 ' • .;" 1 ..4/ 1 0 Pii: and declared to the Minister of 13 " his .. pal . It c • tr e frAdigg at his Court, that hp 4 . .' . jif) ka , sollsockr buss as Wag in that caps: PP city, and that opportunity should be his return to.Ftance. " nis Majesty likewiae declares, tb the Sovereigns united against France, i sist is bringing about a general peace, the nations of Eurdpe are lalwarsinag, so necessary for the Danis States." • LEYDEN, FEBRUARY 28. Accountsrecetied this morning fro, of Belgium, say that there arc at this moi rences betlveenthe General commandinz_ of AntWerp and the Governor of the place, and that they relate to proposals for the surrender. We learn that the Governor has turned 2,200 poor people et 44 of the town, and signified to the inhabitants thane those who could not furnish themselves with provi sions for three months, might +expect the same fate. The Government has jusericeived official news of the occupation of Sas de Gand. The garrison are prisoners of war. • LIEGE, FEBRUARY 21. General Strogonoff left us yesterday for Hwy. A great number of troops are gone thither. Wir*Vert Moment expect the Crown Prince of Sividen. BRUSSELS, FEBRUARY 23. A detachment fiorn the third German corps, con sisting of Saxon troops, and one regiment of Cossacks, under the command of Colonel Geismar, has taken possession of Cirtryk, Meinen, and Cassel. After an engagement, which proved glorious for the Allies, near the latter place, the enemy's retreat was so very . tepid, that he was oblige,d .to leave ter, pieces of ar tillery 'behind bibs, A' great number of prisoners Were taken, and many Spaniards released, who were Ithinediately supplied with arms, and joined the corps. Vire inhabitants evince the best spi-it, and receive their deliverers with the greatest gratitude. Colnncl Von Geismar is in pursuit of the enemy. recepting 1 Antwerp, and a few fortified places on the coast, the Netherlands are entirely cleared of the enemy. BRUSSELS, FEB. 24. The Swedish and Russian army, which is at pre. sent under the immediate command of the Prince RoAl of Sweden, is hastening by forced marches to the Maese, fur the ptirpose of penetrating further into Frarce, along that river. The advanced guard, corn ! , manded by General . Strogotsoff, arrived. two dap agci. at Namens. All the. divisiims of .this corps d?armee, which at present consists of 4.0,000 men, are .successively to pass through that town. The CroWn Prince is expected to fj his, headquarters there on the 26th, when the Allied armies will act in the moat vigorous manner on our frontiers. It appears that the Duke of Sate Weimar is ap pointed to push through French Flanders, Artois, and Picardy, into France. The Prussian General Von Bulow is to march by the way of Valenciennes and Quesnoy, in order afterwards to direct his march on Cambray and Peronne, and whi4t this is tab% place on the right wing and centre of the army,. it is , supposed that the Crown Prince will march on Philip perville and Gevet, and from thence.proceed into the heart of Champagne, and so muchdirect upon Paris. The curps . of General Winzingerode, which may be considered as belonging to the Crown Prince's army, .is already in the . vicinity of Soissons, o and s o is Cosialksiffilarthe Castle of Villnitote , t ti' formerly belonged to the Duke of Orleans, ' I The present state of affairs on the frontiers of Old France is as follows —General Maison has succeeded ;in provisioning Lisle for some months. Valenciennes ,has scarcely provisions for six weeks. Iu both these iMportant fortresses thete is scarcely a third part of the rialtiisite artillery arid ammunition for their de fence. Their weak garrisons consist entirely of dis contented national guards, who lately laid in Picardy and Normandy. Tire only military force on which 'the French Government can place any reliance, con. , sists of the corps of Genet:444;m, which is about 7 or 8000 men strong „.and with regard to the other, fortresses, they are totally deficient of all means of, defence. The French have left weak garrisons in Ostend, Nieuporte, and Ypres. BASLE, FEBRUARY 7. . Preparations are making here tor the reception ei I :her Majesty the Empress of Russia. ORDER OF THE DAY FROM I'RINCE SCHWART ZENBERG. Soldiers !—The Army is now in the heart of France, in that country where the yoke of the people expresses their joy at our arrival : we must only re. gard those as enemies whom we find armed against us. I learn with the greatest dissatisfaction that some stragglers, who have escaped the observation of their chiefs, have ill-treated the peaceable inhabit Ants.-. This disobedience to the formal orders which I gave at the time the Army entered France, obliges me to renew them, and render them more severe. " Reckoning from today, every soldier who shall allow himself to pillage, or commit any other excess, shall, without any distinction,, be brought before a Council of War, and punished with death, according to the letter of the I.lw. I hold the Commander of the corps d'armee re sponsible for the enact observance of this order and its publication. It is only by this means that a strict discipline, which is one of the first duties of brave soldiers, can be reestablished. 48 The inhabitants of France ought always to see in us, warriors who are fighting for the repose of Eu rope. Let no shameful action blast the laurels which .yOu have just gathered—you will merit thelove of the world, for the world will be indebted to you for the palm of Peace." 1-I.IC;UE, FEBRUARY 25. We are at present almost destitute of news, the only article of information we have received to.day, is an account of the surrender of Sas Van Gand, which, though a small, is rather an important place. An opinion prevails here, that Sir Thomas Graham will immediately make another attack on Antwerp ; this opinion appears to have been adopted in conse quence of the Dutch regiments, which have lately; been before Gorcum, being ordered to join the Bri tish army. We are without any intelligence from the head-quarters of the Allies; indeed, the scene of . ` , eir operations has been so completely changed, that e now get almost all our information relative to them through England. It is said here, that the Emperor of Russia hae rely taken from his crown the most plecious diamond contained, and presented it to. Marshal Blucher,' ;upplying the ♦acancy with the nave of that veteran. Mg _ . February : " •.' - 7 1:-. - ..4v . 7 -, . , te On the 2'2d, at two in the afternoon, the thip. 1. 1 41-* • rbr rent to the little village of Merg-sur.Seine. Ge. neral Bayer attacked at Merg the wrecks of the corps of Generals Blucher, Sacken, and York, which had T wi ,;- the Aube to join the army of Prince Schwan. at Troyes. Oral 13oyti itticked the enemy at thtpas do . , , J , C NRY,ett4reW him aq got. possessiqn,of the {own. , lye enemy in his rage set fire toicecith such rapidity, that it was impossible to penetratatlirough the fits to *role him. , We took 100 prisoners. _. 4 4 From the 22d to the 23d the Ensperor had his head-quarters at the little hamlet of Chatres. " On the 23d Prince Wentzel Lichtenstein cam to the head-quarters, this new flag of truce was sent by Prince Schwamzenberg to ask for an armistice. 2 " General Milhaud, cor tim a ndi ng the cavalry , . the 3d corps, has taken prisoners 200 horsemen, be. l treen . Pivillan and Troyes. " General Girard, coming from Sens and ns arch. 'itig upon Villeneuve, PArchireque, Villen, and St tubant, fell in with the'rear-guard 9f Prince Mau 'rise Lichtstvitr, and took from him sit pieces cf cannon and 600 men on •horseback, who were sur rounded by the brave division of *the cavalry of Ge. • neral Rousse. 't•• • a On the 23d our troops invested Troyes on all sides. A Russian Aide-de-Camp came to the out posts to request time to evacuate the city, otherwise it should be burnt. 'This consideration stopped the movements of the Emperor. The town was era.' 'mated in the night, and we entered it in the morning. " It is impossibleio form an idea of the excesses which the inhabitants hive endured during the 17. days occupation of it by the enemy. Jr would be equally difficult to paint the enthusiasm and the transports they sheaved on the arrival of the Emperor. A mother who sees her children rescued from death, a slave, whose chains are broken after the most cruel captivity, do not experience more lively joy than that which the inhabitants of Troyes have manifested.— Their conduct has been honourAble and worthy of praise. The Theatre was open every evening, but no man, no woman, even of the kmer classes, would appear there. 44 Sieur Gan, an ancient emigrant, and Sieur Viderange, au ancient garde du corps, declared in favour of the enemy and wore the cross of St. Louis. They have bcen accused before a private commission and condemned to death. The first has undergone the sentence, the second has been condemned for non-appearance. $ 6 The whole population desires to march. 4 You had good cause,' ctied the inhabitants surrounding the Emperor, to 01 us to rise en masse. Death is preferable to the vexations, the bad treatment, the cruelties, which we have endured for 17 - 'days.' " In all the villages the inhabitants are in arms. Every where they fall on the enemies whom they meet with. The stragglers, the prisoners deliver them selves up voluntarily to thegcns d'armes whom they no longer consider as keepers but as protectors. " General Vincent writes from Chateau Thierg on the 22d, that the enemy having attempted to levy , requisitions on the communes of Bazzi, Passi and Viti o. l celles, the National Guards assembled and repulsed the enemy, after having taken and wounded several men. The same General writes under the same dater that a party of Rusian and Prussian cavalry havink approached Chateau Thierry, he caused them to bt.:' attacked by a detachment of the 3d regiment of the Guards of Honour, commanded by the Chief D'Es cadron Andlau, and supported by the National Guards of Chateau Thierryi and of the communes of Bienne and Crezensi. The 'enemy was driven away and put to the route ; 12 Cossacks and 14. horses were taken ; the Nationil.Guards were pursuing the rest of the troops who had fled into the woods. . His Majesty has given three decOrations of the Legion of Honour to the detachment of the 3d regi ment of the Guards of Honour, and the same number to the National Guards. a The Count de Valmy has advanced to-day, the ilth, upon Bar-sur-Seine. On arriving at Saint Paar, he fell in with the rear-guard of General Guilay, which he charged and put to the route, and has taken 1200 prisoners. It is probable that Count Valmy will be at Bar-sur-Seine this evening. General Girard marched from the Bridge de la Guilletiere, supported by the Duke of Reggio; he advanced upon Lusigny and passed the }Lase. Ge neral Duliesme has taken a position at Montereau, near Vandouevre. " Count Flahaut, Aid-de•Camp to the Emptror Napoleon ; Count Dueca, Aid-de-Camp to the Em peror of Auttria ; Count Schowaloff, Aid-de-Camp to the Emperor of Russia ; and General Rauch, Chief of the Corps of Engineers of the King of Pius sia, are met together at Lusigny, to treat on the con ' ditions for a suspension of arms. " Thus on the 24th, the capital of Champagne has been delivered; 'an& we have taken about 2140 Fri- • giveh him for PRBNCII AV& - 1 " - • . .. . . .... hat hq, will ' - •••• • ) ' • - PA ' B • ARY 24. in order to is.M ' l'h . • -C " I for which i t e 24th of ': , - in them g a-' - o r and which ii , ty pie Emperor en. d after ome liant `actioni of cavalry, •.. . 1 . • . w a ' k from she enemy 8. several thou?and prisoners an • :/i l rstliecerof cannon. -.- ..,....=• lm the frontiers - -- ?ARO, FEBRUARY 27. ::... moment conic. Her Majelo the Empress has received the follow- ng the blockade ing accounts ofthe situation of the mistiest° the 24th . . soners, among whom are a good many officers. We have also found in the hospitals a thousand wounded officers and soldiers left by the enemy." I'ARIS, FEBRUARY N. Her Majesty the Empress has received the follow, ing accounts of the situation of the armies to the 27th of February " On the 26th thirartiiiarrers were at Troyes. " The Duke of Reggio was at Bar-snr-Aube with .Geneval.Girard i and the 2J corps of cavalry com manded by Count Vsirrly. " The ])uke of TarentiOrt had his head-quarters at Massy 7 l'Eveque, and his advanced posts at Chatillen ; he was marching upon the Aube and upon Chatvo tix , " The Duke of Castiglione, who has under ! •, corfitnand an anti) , of 40,000 . men, mnstly closer: troops, was in motion. " General Marchand was at Cliambuty ; Cener 4 l Dessis under the walls, of Geneva, and Geucral J. I • Musnur had entered Maga. Pourgand, Nantua, were also in oar power; the A ustr i an Gener4E - xihni, who had threatened Lyres, was retreatinit on all sides: On the 20th, his loss was already estimated at 1500 mcn, of whom 600 are . prisoners. The Prince of Moskwa is at Arcis.sur-Anbe, the Ditke of Belluno at Planey, the Duke of Padt:a -4 /* Jenks' troops %yew marching in the rear of the remainder a the corps of Blucher, Sacken, York, and lleiisty iho had received reinforcements from Sols, a l ms, and were Manccuvring on the corps of the Duke of karma, who Sat La Ferti Gaucher. General Duhesme has taken Bar-stn-Auhe at tl.c point of the b.iyonet, and made some prisJr.ers, among . whom are several Bavarian Officers." PARIS, FEBR LIAR Y 27. To-day, Sunday, the 27th, the colours re:crt's taken by the Emperor from the enemies' armies have ilteen presented to her Majesty the Empress , Qi:cen. itti` d Regents They were carried by two officers of the Imperial Guard, four officers of die troops of tLe line, and four officers of the National Guard, who set out at half past eleven with the Minister of War from the hotel of his Excellency. The procession, consisting Of various detachments of troops, with music playing, passed into the cburt of the Thuilleties. The standards, preceded by the Minister of War and the Staff, were conducted by the Grand Master of the Ceremonies, to the foot of the Throne, on which her . Majesty was surrounded by her attendants, the Princes, Grand Dignitaries, &c. His Excellency the Minister,of War presented the s:andards to her Majesty, and delivered the following speech 66 MADAM—New orders from the Emperor lead me to your Majesty's feet to lay these new trophies taken from the enemies of France. " At the time wben the Saracens were defeated by Charles Martel on the plains of Tours •nd Poictiers, the capital was adorned but with the spoils ofa single nation. This day, Madam, when dangers equal to those with which francs was then menaced, have given rise to successes, more important, and which were more difficult to obtain, your august Spouse offers you Standards taken from the *ft great Powers of E,urope. " Since a blind policy has raised up against us so many nations—even those which France has restored to independence, and for whom she has made such great sacrifices—may we not say that those standards Are taken from all Europe? 44 When our enemies, listening only to the sugges don of revenge, in conieinist of the ordinary rules of war, resolved to penetrate into this empire, leaving nehind them the vast chain ot fortresses which stir• rounds it on all sides—when they. designed by a rash measure to get possession of the capital, without thinking of the means of effecting their retreat in the midst of a population whom their conduct has exas perated, how was it possible that they were not stop. ped in this gigantic enterprise by theif knowledge Of the genius, of the talents, of the character of the Em peror ? In a few days they have learned the falseness ot their calculations. The bold and rapid operations which have just baffled their designs, recall to every mind the glorious and memorable camtmign in Italy in the year 5, and that which succeeded it. It was against the flower of the troops :libel against us, at the battles of Montmirail and Vaucharnp, at the combat of Montereau, that the ten standards were taken, which I present to your Majesty from the Emperor. " These pledges of French valour presage to us new and greater successes, if the obstinacy of the enemy protracts the war. This noble hope is in the heart of every Frenchman. You share in it, Madam; you who, always confiding in the genius of your au gust Spouse in the efforts and the love of the nation have continued to shew, in all the circumstances of this war, a firmness of mind, and virtues worthy 1;1 , admiration of Europe and of posterity." Her Majesty answered M. Ic Due de Feltre, nister of\Var " I see with lively satisfaction these trophies which you present me by the orders cif the Emperor, rill august Spouse. " They are, in my eyes, the pledges of the sAft l l of the country. • " Let all Frinchmen, at the. sight of them. rise i n arms. Let them assem ble r ou n d their Monarch an d their Father. Th e i r courage , gu ided by his genin c . Will soon accomplish the deliverance of our councrT;: ' TLI avtdiesot losing ended, the procession w,t..