The Statesman. — London, England, 1814-04-09 00:00:00

/aim of, the Allies, and of striking at their commit. 'stations with the Rhine, intendinuat the same time to liberate the garrison of Meta. Fee this purpose h e moved by Chalons b on Vary mad St. tNsier, his i t ool.quarters being on the 2.24 at Obeouste, between the two places. Vary was held by a smell Prussian garrison,,, which refused to surrender. The extent and nature of this projedt strastully ado certained en the 23d. A movenaret was immediately' resolved upon Vitry, to secure that place, and to en. deavour to cut off the corps of Marshal Macdonald, said to be on the left bank of the Marne, between Chtdene and Vitry, to operate a junction with the troops under Gen. Wliallogerode, which had Sifted upeln Chalon', arid to unite both armies. 'iheir Majesties the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia left Troyes the 20th, and had their quer tern at Pougy. The Emperor of Austria moved hit head-quarters no the 19th to Bar-sur-Seine, with ill - the Cabinet Ministers, and came the 21st to Bor. enr-Ache. On the evening of the 23d, the army broke up from Pougy, and having marched by Ramerne and Dompierre, assembled at day-break near Sommepuii; but the corps.*/ Marshal Macdonald had crossed the Marne the preceding day, before it could be hate cepted. On the 23tb, the jonction with General Winsin gerode sea effected at Vitry and Chalons, and tbb Sibtsiast army carne's bin reach of co-operating .with the Gtlitil Army. On the 23tb, Ce) and *rend other obsetto. 0 1 .S 0 01Petn, itsteistrilkett by . Pa te cops of Manhole were- fnehd .44 , Vat: artispn buck with.losg,. of Paris. On the acid Field-Marshal at FerynChampenoise„ Field-Nterseal Blucher sad continued to mar In the course of that ;._ died cannon and nine thousand prisoners were token, several Priers% Officers. At the affair near Fe* Champenoise, Colonel Rapt'', late Camp tocaneral Moreau, was unfortunately tilled, while ezhorliug the French, to surrender, and Can3pbell,,who is on this service, and who lies been with the advanced. Russian corps in all the affairs since his return from the siege of Dantaie t • was severely Wounded, baling been run throogh the', body by • Russian lancer, who mistook him fora*', enemy during One of the charges: I am happy to sey' there wits every reams to expect his recovery. • On the 27th, the Imperial and Royal heaa-clusr-:' ten were at Coalonners, and the Silesian army reached Meaux. On the 2Stn, head-quarters at Quincy, Bridges, were preparing at Meaux and Tripod. The Silesian , ' oriny advaeced to Clays, in front of which town ` s mere action took place, iu which thirene_my: wes erosised. lt On the 49th, the Emperor and tU ing s - with Field-Marshal Prince Schwartertiberg, eroseertile' Marne at Means - the enemy being still is pos. *easiest of the w:aeds near Ville Parfait and be was atteckett a snd driven. beyond o t n isdy t • . . . fat of Bonaparte, ad t h e desire of peace, htlittiietee Severities; they afforded him ample opportunity to the first and demist wish. lia TO by the events of the last twQ of the Paaalanai* ll° : avert his ruin by the seeeptaace a equitable condi day. ... a b ee n : W an ' 1 tines of peace ; they spared his capital itpeted from a system of terror and eon /0 4m. im. ; , , - (for who, possible to describe, 'while they have been kept is as : "ir doubts that they might lens age , have advanced ignorance, by the arts of falsehood and deceit * two ;.t00.11)i • di till be had declsitely rejected those cop credible for an enlightened people, and Wooer*. , dims; in all these - partitelace c they acted with perfect hei(sittle t# the reflecting part of mankind. .. "'- , 1 usildtration, consistency audpredence. In all these The cavalry, under his Imperial Big hllli t ilf. particalarathey pursued the policy webs,. constantly, Grand Arch-DukeConstantine, and the gun . sit . recommendisd, and which has ,bases cotistestil re. the different Allied - forces werw formed in columns early in the morning l on the solid from Bondy to Paris. . probate d by many of oar c " ntelD Pl rariec * In dal The Emperor of Russia with ill his Staff, his Gene- transactions which have taken piece In the French rats and their suites present, 'proceeded 'to Pectin, ' capital, the conduct of the' Alliei has been equally where the King of Prussia joined bkes with a similar commendable. Instead of adopting theadvice of the cortege ; these Sovereigns, serroufided by all the sanguinary zealots of England , to reduce one of the Princes in the army, together with the Prince Field- . elites first cies in the world to ashes, and its numero us Marshal and the Austrian Etat-Major, passed through and refined population to wretchedness a n d the Fauzbourg st. Martin, end entered' the barrier woe, we of Paris about eleven o'clock, the Cossacks of the behold them employing every means to alleviate the l i guard forming the advance of the march. Already evils inseparable from the entrance of a hostile force, was the crowd so enormous, as well as the action. and watching with the 'tenderest care over the pre dons so great, that it was difficult to move forward, e** lb • • sent comfort., as well as the future and perman ent but before the Monarchs reached the Port F rench Martin, to turn on the Boulevards, there . Was' e• prosper.l ty of the meral inspessihility of proceeding, all Paris Wylie& establishing enc o nd itionall y the milled family by to be assembled and conoentrated in one spot etto6 force of arms, they empower the eminent persons animus, or spring, evhleotly directed all their mnve. Who -at present possess the greatest share of po silents, they thrUnged ivi such masses round the Km. velar coefideuce„ is framing such a Constitu. peror and the King, thatwititell their condescending ti . ' ' and -- ir - ;Oita their hands , .on ' , may secure the people's right. Instead of familiarity fugitives, who. hied Jo* ire foreigkcessn. and decayed Tighe of . their long separation, interest or feelings with ing on seett persons welfare of France re and the political in hereafter to be governed, qualified by a long 'her Government, by a )terests of society, by azinsmis Otriegt two 0%, We **jest informed of the arthil of two, and four at the Admiralty, otte of "Ma hiebrarght two French' Meets, with white eockiffek hats, said to be deptiteil to oar Gore-wont new Authorities in Viris. A report is that BONAPALITX has advised the srmy to ledge the new Government 1 and it is forth. , ported, that the Mlles bate appropristed an in the Mediterranean for BONAPARTS to resort The other chaise has brought Linda. P u s '4' the flag-ship laying off Boulogne, but tie pai have transpired. 'f.de • .1 eNiirhin reach of co-operating .wttn peror anal toe rung, inetwnn,eii incur cimucsvou.... s aon es ea th e /*opt° ' r . y secure s and gracious familiarity, extending their hands ort . . • to the illustrious fugitir Lien. Winsitigerode with his own, all sides, it was in vain to attempt to 'atilt .0e 44t • • et e ' 'canal& r corps of cavalry, being left to populace. They were itivelpraterr 9 , ~. 1 . .., ..._ t ~ . iy, the naked . 0141401, foe", :.‘ir u - ' miff - - . . ... - . - , Op.ineputated and rapid and egniinned !punkas • 4W . A. Pliiiir, 4 " life noctiberttleurs;" _" , - .. , 'Way,' which, from tbei in'4 1 1 t air alone resound with these pods, los , t Masishisia Me e qt find blastkiVider acc lamations, if possible, they wbre - . ••;- 'be no community of inter' iltib mass • instead of callini %try sad Sommesous, and !Of. with those of "rice le Roi l " " Fire bowie it , r i „,"44 ....16& __ S loss and plaited in the di on " ripe ks Bourbons," " e boa to Tree' • 'Oh' !lir Orli" t w h a t the present 'elf" v he 25th, the Emperor, the Kink, white cockade appeared very generally ; soy a oafish they submit her destiny, an al the Prince Scbwarisenberyi were the National Guard. whom I saw, rears thittifri. stittstbsos by which. she is hereafter , noise, and on the*tith at Trettaux. The clamorous applause of the multitude Wei,* I to dig-consideration of persons cv !ocher was at Etoges on tits Stab, coaded by a slmtiar demonstration from all BEM esna"aloe In the affairs of her 1 march on Meaux by Montssirail. houses along the line to the Champs Ensiles, ketti.: &on with the existing inter close r-77- that week not lees than one hull- handkerchiefs, as well as the fair hands that vet*. , I t __.l .:-. •it wr•• a rui nAt Antari Were Amok- seemed iti t rintinued requisition. In a 1 R, the Weal possession of the poop ICS , • tiOCIL 4 4 Litt it brought I lir their - eot by the circulated ackuow: irther . re- , an 'stood resort to. cot" from particulars oNs . rchoct„, /L*4 • wit Juelait pirone . , • r irtio* • _ ••,:t 111" . ,yrigit IN, 26 iris", a place at 10 • t % the EA4IO, ' cell.lied , 16 .4 . 11 61661* Esc IWee , lON 4 1 L °TUX g • recOitel . *Mit 6. ERN MEN'''. - the return of SECOND. EPITIO them, eireelle lit 'cautioned requisition. In sheet, ,-- people's confidence and my Lorti,; ; :lti inittij'aii idea of such a manifested.* esteem, to judge what is bet suited to her wants a n d of electric feeling u Aisle displayed, it must him' dispositions , The Membem of the Provisional Go been . y itanhisitadescriptlon ausiot tasks '', yernmen t s, instituted for Too conce i ve it. The Scuimfals halted in the Champs • the heeledea' te wants et itto administration, and 0 6 - Elisacs„ whale the troops defiled before them in the, ting to the Senate the plan of i new Co n.; admirable order, and the beadaiseartem were Preaaa eo i stitutioa, tablished at Paris. are . the purpose of supplying all men of the most exalted talent, I 'have the honour to annex the Declaration of and what, is of still more importance, men to whom :the Emprerar Alexander. Bonaparte, it now ap- t h e principles of national freedom a re familiar.— pears, moved his army from Troyes by Seas, to. ~., ALLP wards Fontainbloan, where, I suppose, the debris 'YR .tan 'BOUILitONVILLEID I.lnaG, JatleOURT, Of Marshals Mortier and Marmont's corps will vela him. He arrived at Fromout the day befo re ' A ;Rd . MONTEIRMIEV I are names well calc u l ated t q imp* confidence,- el the 'result of their labours 44, and would have been in Paris bad it not ' will he beneficial to. - fringe and to , Europe. The its the possession of the Allies ; on hearing' only restrictions tiAlCit are imposed on them eve, what had occureal, Ise retired to Corbeil, and • from . that the -Senate and Legislative .Bodies shall form thence has probably collected his army in the neigh-' fun damental parts of the new Constitution , b u t t o lhourhoed of foinntiableau, which cannot amount be susceptible of such modifications as may be deemed to more then forty or fifty thousand men. That i I expedient ; that property sh ould be preserved ; that ' b. may make a *operate attemp t , I think probe. 'is t if his army stunk by 'him, which will les 1 the public debt, and pensions granted to individuals, questionable, if the Senate and Nation pronounce*' shall be secured; that the press, under certain restric itself. The Allied Armies march to-morrow ( with ' tiooS shall be free; thatcompletereligiun Nodal' -.lsom of the guards fel .ifilfres , labor : idr a ' timed • nd that st d ad .i . AVPen ~, 'a .. . .Pa c ° , ll TS' )- Otitif be sidederlaY it fill indelible's. - It his remarkable also that the honours and privileges that have grown up under the government of NAPO LEON are declared to be perpetual. We admire the 1 proper spirit of coolness and deliberation with which • CAPITULATION OF PARIS. the Constituted Authorities of France have prnceed- Tile four hours armistice which had been agreed ed in the very critical circumstances in which they upon for the purpose of treating of the conditions relative to the occupation of the city of Paris, and have been placed. No hasty and premature to the retreat of the French corps therein, having led declaration in favour of this Sovereign or of to an arrangement to that effect, the undersigned, that, no heated marks of attachment to one- dy after being duly •authorised by the respective Com- nasty or another. They have first a them menders of the opposed forces, have adjusted and . • • • selves to the formations of a • Melon, the signed the following articles:— 1 libels Dukes of Treviso aed election of a monarch will be a subsequent and sob- Article I. The corps of the Ma: Ragusa Pball evacuate the city of Paris on the 91st of March, ordinate measure. By forming a Constitution first / at seven o•eloik in the morning. Art. 11. They shalt take with them all the appurtenances of the Sovereign, whoever he may be, will enter upon their corps d'armee. his functions subject to . it ; had the Sovereign been • Art. 1t 1. Hostilities shall not recommeoce until two hours l , after the evacuation of the city, that is to say, on the Slit of fi rs t c h ose n, th e C ons tit u ti on m i g ht , ee i n t h e recent i March, at nine 'o'clock is the morning. Art. IV. All the arsenals. military establishment, work- case of Holland,. have depended greatly upon his in shops, and magazines, shalt be left in the same Mate that they clinations or caprice. It hai been hinted that a au. were previous to the present capitolusion being proposed. Art. V. The national orcity guard is entirely separated from memos party in the French Senate are desirous of the troops of the line, it is either to be kept on foot, or dis- . armed, or di , handed, according to the ulterior dispositions of calling BERNADOTTE to the Crown. Such a party the Allied rollers. may exist ; we trust, however, it will not embroil its Art. VI. The corps of ,the municipal gendarmerie shall, la every respect, share the fate of the national guard. . . country in commotiotis, which would probably answer Art. V i c . The wounded sad the stragglers remaining is Paris after seven o'clock, * shall be p risoners of war. i. no end. The general sense of the pe o p le of France, as Art, VIII. rositv of she flight Allied Powers. I • t Dose at Parts, the 3 1 st of Ma rch, at two Vein* AI AM throne of France is fairly vacant, is , that a Boy anon i morning. Colonel ORL will • 1 • r 61itso as best to ensure her do mestic tranquil ~ 114; (Signed) OFF, •-. Aid-de-Camp of his Majesty the Emperor at All dlibllMlMlle. wed the necessary confidence of foreign States.l Colonel Count PA AR, • Aid-de-Camp-General of Niarshal Prince Schwartees - .5. ' Oe the' annunciation . to the Emperor of Russia, (Signed) Colonel BAROY FABRIUR, `of the decree by which the NAPOLIOW dynasty is ex- Attache to the Etat Major of his Excellency the IN Dok• of . I shaded from the throne, he determined on the release Colonel DENYS. i Alf ell the French prisoners now in Russia. CACI- First Aid-de-cusp of his Excellency the Marshal "g e l* ' 1 tuscovar, it appears, bas made another attempt to . . [Here follows &Declaration from the Emperor Aleinhatter, engage the Allied Sovereigns in Negociation. It has ,Lich will he found to the French Papers.] • l'belets ineffectual. He was sent back to the head -..... 4.111- • ; quarters of his master. In the Extraordinary Ga.: The Paris Papers which arrived yesterday, Pre- rate published above, will be 'found the interesting account of the reception afforded, by the inhabitants sent a picture to our min d of the most g ratifying na ture. After twenty-five years of saccessive coeval- of Paris to the Allied troops. It is of a nature rather sions, and almost uninterrupted war, awry friend extra- exlinary, invaders have seldom been so re of the human race must rejoice in the:prospect of ceieed t —invaders have seldom merited such a recap . p ea ce , order and happiness, which now dawns in tioa. BONAPARTE, it will be seen, is at Fontein- Paris, April 1, 1514. andl on the wo rld . id . Every tover . of freedom ,_hleau, where he has probably been joined by Most. MT Loao l —l have ti n honour to annex herewith , France, ii. copy of the capitulatio of the city of Paris. I i must exult in the cons eratton, that the stable end Winand MARBIONT. His whole force is computed feel it impossible to convey to your Lordship an SC• , enlightened principles which gave the first impeisa ,st from 40 to 50,000 men. The stain body of the curate idea, or a just description of the scene that to the revolution of 1789, are still actively tad et..' Allies was about to quit Paris, to observe, and, presented itself yesterday in this capital, when his fectiveiy at work in the eunter-revolation of 1814,1 perbaps t to attack' him. It is anticipated, that•the Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia, the King h e ir , It is impossible tee highly' to commend the wisdom' Address of the Senat e to the Arm y will greatly ibla of Prussia, ant! ,Prince Schwartzenbarg made t entry at the heats of the Allied troops. The mdse.: and magnanimity of the Allied Onverailnat displayed ' his ranks. ng the imputadleate earl 1 4 • slam and exultation that was inhibited, most have iWe now find, o .. _ . pont" a very far exceeded what the most sanguiwe and de- ',gets 'ad deg thiamin's of thowataad of tbe `•e Excheta voted friend of the' enc ient dynasty of Franca c ould 'e the sum have pictured to his own m ind, and those who are war taxi less personally interested, b ut equally ardent in that I to a. raise, could no longer hesit ate In pro n ouncing that • the restoration of their lresitimate King, the (Ilea- orb regofatedby former of those places. Field-Mashal Blucher the same day marched in two columns to the right, pointing upon Montmartre . through Mory, Draocey, and St. Denis. The enemy had improved the defences which the ground of on Montmartre, and in front of it, by• redoubts and batteries, and had a considerable force of regular troops near the villages of Pantin, Romaitrrille, and Belleville. The navigable] canal, the woods and houses, together with some ground, So deep as to be nearly impassable for horses, affoided considerable means of resistance. A dis position for a general attack haviug been made on the 30th, the 6th corps, sopported by the grena diers and reserve, was engaged at' an early hour to prevent the enemy from holding Pantin. The remainder at the troops under the Prince Royal of Wistemberg was to turn the enemy on his right, and to push on to occupy in succession, all the heights :on the left of the road to Belleville inclusive. The day was considerably advanced before the troops reached their several positions, and the energy made n determined resistance, especially at the village of Paritin • the whole of his force was commanded by the Duke of Treviso, the right wing by the Duke of Ragusa. A message had been sent on 'the '29th; to deprecate resistance, and to explain that it must be•vaio, as the whole army was present, but the messenger was not received. In the' evenhig.of the 30th, Count Nesselrode was admitted within the bu rin's of Paris; and at the same time one of the Em perors Ails-tie -Camp was sent to Marshal Marmot, who agreed that all firing should tense in iattif an hoer, if the Allied Sovereigns would consent, that no part of the army should pass the barrier of Paris that night. This was consented to, and the enemy withdrew from Montmartre within the town. Thor; advanced corps bivouacked within pistol-shot of the town. The tower*? returned to Bondy with the Field-Marshal; and at four in the morning the De pe.ies of the city arrived. Seventy cannon, three cnlonnis, and five hundred men were taken, the number of kilted and wounded of the enemy was • , va4 considerable, but this victory was not gained elithout some loss on the part of the Allies. I have the honour to be, &c. . (signed) CAT 4 CART. Vmeenat Castletesak, &e. &e. Act. esparto. . 'I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) CHARLES STEWART, Liettt.-Gen. Throw' Cabtlereugh, etc. Stc. &c. _:__-- • _ 4 - #i*Jarnimitfty fah %yid on an Ititient of monies in the Exchequer, and re negociatiolts, P mining to be received to complete the sum of twenty occasion whiok i fipts 64 14 elid to-both. It fi th° ono millions, granted to arise from war taxes, for the obstinncy of Illaroiesoor Amos ti IrtliCh hi sB64lF, °hi nuke of the year 1811, is, according to en otgcial Uto be waibed ; its. Mg might by the Allied retire, L 2,695,6151. is, 74d. o? LA,: I . • STATEsitaw - Orrice.4 - Twc hr • • The following Letter has just b4lOO-1 10 # press from Dover : t., • i• ,•, a,A, . 6 - , 4 - 44 Dover. !Wards! Morning*VioriPtyr" ,94 , " Two Flags of Trace, frro Dunkirk-06'4C arrived. BONAPARTE hild itEliCatild -,tl l * Pia.t!ild and the cevolution of the Geofrom'alltilt rtintiii .!. - t complete ' , ;.4% .q. 4;?"! • k 41 TR: have boO r tiiken - .tlid Apbbrigi - liUct conveyetriiiilittl. +Ref alsn brongh444l4 l e o - 4 , English prisoners that were at Denkir' number. *44 The Revolution at Dunkirk took place o'clock yesterday (Good Friday s .when and other insignia of BONAPARTE were and the White Flathwith the Bou snow Insignia ed id' their placft " Lours xvig• had been proclaimed he was yesterday:at Dunkirk:. THIRD EDIT! e7tAttSetiAN OFFICE, FOUR , French Papers to the 7th have just been receitt TROY THE BIONITEUR UIIpTERSAIr t . APRIL 64 ACTS OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT. Thefirst orders that all °Watt, to the return of ,the POPE to his own territories dealt be removed in.. dandy, and that all honours belaid to him on his. - joirtney. The second orders the broth ; -of the infant Don ; - Cant os to he released, and eloStbecli to Spain. FRENCH. FU r Ntill, 6SI, PARIS,',OnII4. [PROM TILE JOURNAL DEA DEEXTIMT•" Ps Majesty the Emperor of RUSSIA, H . soon as he was infortned_of the change in the French GO ! - • moment, predated by .he Senate, proposedign the name &Slot, • are, to N.stzt.tion kMPA of retreat for Klaa self and tem*. Thti Wilke- et' VICENZA was di. rected to carry this proposal to him. it has been dictated chiefly by the desire 4f the Allied Powers to stop the effusion of blood, and by the cootie teen, that if adopted by NAPOLEON, the treat et . neral peace, and the re-establishment of the lOternil repose of France would be .but the want of the day. There have arrived to-day in the capital a great number of Officers and soldiers who have abandosed the standard of BONAPATE. They were all decorated with the white cockade.—Vice le Rol: ' Marshal MAamosr has sent in his adherence to the new Government. • - , .To-mor.ow the Statute of ISTAror.zon will be thrown down from its base. - THE °RANI) . DIICHESS.Or OLDENBURG. Her Imperial Highness had a select party to dinner on Thursday, at Pelteney Hotel. Among the cina pany were the Russian' Ambassador, the Cesidess Ltrven, Baron N.leneurr, and his Lady. ; - - t Yesterday , morning, about eleven o'clock.r.• the . Grand Duchess, attended by General Massa, -her Chamberlain, went to Kensington-gardens, where they walked for a considerable time, viewed the .Pa lace, &c. After that they proceeded to the ,its gent's Park, where they also walked for some time. The Royal Stranger returned to the Palteney Ho tel about two o'clock, and partook of some refresh ment. In the 'wetting berboperial Highness had a select party to dinner. The Earl and Countess of COVENTRY haVllll, in the moat handsome manner, offered the loan of a kei• to her imperial !Berates to their private tutremee to the Green Park, which she was pleased toneeept„ her second son, Prince ALEXANDER,who is .two years and a half old, yesterday walked in the pri 'vate part of the'Park belonging to the Noble Earl and Countess, attended by his nurse, who is an Englishwoman; the young Prince speaks the Ens lish language very plain and flnently. • ~...•••••••• • Immediately after the arrival of the dispatches from France, yesterday pariernoon, of the Ministers were cellE'd totgether at the by the Earic of Ltvearoot. and: Bstl them were the CIIANCELLOR. of the E Earl of it'ARROWDY I Viscoant Mtsv. ter the con4dtation of Ministers,whicb fourVclock, Mr. Mitts, the King's ordered to hold himself in readiness journey. The Earl of Lryearoot. PRINCE K.VGENT With the dispatches, was sent °filo the QuEtx and other cr teeters. The LORD CIIANCFLLOR a, the PRINCE Rector*, atter the Earl of his •aadienee. EXTRA. FACT..--11111iiiitder N f elm& sent State tattie' , may reeeivi 40,0006 lowing Lettery : this to worthy - to be chance. • • 1 several of the Foreign.Offico l ruaarr ; % along Kieuttau SR, the rtha.s Sze. Ar- ch la sted till near Messenger, was - es for a foreign waiOrd upon the !`) es. An express t r - listingaished cha. dim trailed Ivo% • f Lis ERPOOL had/ Monk in the pre- -1001. in the fo /- se calied a double „- • •