The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-07-07 00:00:00

% ?WE or STOCKS THIS . Hank !NU 3 per Cent. Red. 581 9 $1 per Cent. SKII ex.div. 4 per Cents. 741 74 per Cent. Navy 8641 ex.div. Cor • DAY AT ONK nrOLOCK. Long. Ms. 14 13-18I} India Bonds 9 4 p ltrehetiner Hlll. 1 d 2 3 p Osmium 141811 Consols for Acc. 6081 1•:YT014, Stick•Bruker, robin, and 18, Coventry•streti. THE STATESMAN. LONDON: itro**, lot? '7, 18111. OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF Tilt SURRENDER OF PARIS. The Extraordinary Gazette, published this fore noon, of which we give a fall copy, and the official Bulletin of the contents of the rlispatches which it contains, previously published, have relieved us from the state of anxious suspence in which we and the rest of the Public were placed by the non-arrival of intelligence from Paris. That city is now in the possession of the Allied Armies, and LOUIS XVIII. Is in all pro'lanility anti r on the Throne of that kingdom, an empire no longer, from which he was so lately driven. The rumours that have been afloat of battles under the walls of Paris, and sanguinary contests for possession of the heights of Montmartre are proved to be false. --The only attempts made to prevent the occupation of the city sei m to have been by Marshal GnoticaT, who, hi retiring upon Paris, fell in with the Prussians twice, and sustained severe loss, but ultimately succeeded in reaching the capital. —The city, however, being rendered open on Its vulnerable side by the position taken by Marshal BLECNER, and the establishment of a com munication between the Allied besiegers by a bridge at Argenteuil, a oegociation was proposed and en. tared into for its surrender, with that of the heights which command it, and for a suspension of arms.— The terms of the Convention to this effect are ex tremely favourable to the enemy. No political points whatever are touched upon—the name of Louts, lawful Sovereign, or NAPOLEON, is not once mentioned, the Provisional Government is not declared to be dissolved, the actual Authorities are continued and guaranteed existence, and the military have been permitted to carry off all their materiel (cannon, and every thing they pos sessed for provision and defence) and to take up a position behind the Loire, where all the French troops are now collected, and where they may still deem it, or find it necessary, to make a stand for honour and existence. The Duke of WELLtNoToN, however, and the British and Prussian armies, are now e-tablished in the capital of France, and the ar tniei of the rest of the Allies, appear to be pressing forward to the same point. The Duke of WELLING TON was to take possession of the heights of Mont martre, on the day after the date of his last dispatch. Some of the fortified towns still held out with obstinacy, but a general falling in of these places to the restored Government may be immediately expected. A dispatch from the Prince of ORANGE gives a detail of his capture c,f (Inestioy, the Governor of which gave considerable nppncition, and seems to h ave b een afraid of its being taken in the name of any other than Louts XVIII. 'The Capitulation of Paris was signed on Monday, •and the Duke of WELLINGTON would be in com plete command of the city and all the posts in its vici • nity, the next or following days. In this state of .things it is most important to know what has been ; determined upon by the Deliberative Bodies; but though the AVoniteur and some other of the Paris Papers of Tuesday have been received, it is impossi ble to perceive, or form a correct judgment, upon the turn which affairs are taking. In the midst of all the jeopardy in which Pat is has been, the Funds have not experienced any great decline. The Chambers of the Leilatare have had much tumultuous debates • Pens beam al Ever Lando' Bills of Eschar in his, bread t due Wd initTOS weigh, sum nol • cient in less the whom provide shall NI . bread, Eciency hours n baked; be cons is usual French Bake • or sell 1 nine til • hrst off • No Justice Pena distr ih Perm 4 • tions. P • '4, '1 I. g 57 - -TIFF !lIFFP'7 Penalty not exceeding 401. for neglecting to fix a bat done nothing decisive of the queititti ofteiliniin"e Emanates. the Monarchy, and it is evident that Loan will be very baker or seller of bread within the City of under the necessity of dissolving them, for in In and the liberties thereof, within the weekly all their bickerings they seem far from being if Mortality, and within ten miles of the Royal loge, who shall sell or offer for sale, any breath, inclined to acknowledge him Sovereign. The hei, or their shop, or who shall deliver any Commission of Gtvernment seem to have exe. to any customer or customers, deficient in its cuted every thing, and to have carried on a private 'eight, according to the weight of the several negociation, the purport and effect of which were as are hereinhefore directed respectively to communicaied to the two Chambers in a secret sitting, shall for every such offence forfeit and pay a which was protracted till late in the night; but it was tOt exceeding ten shillings for every ounce defi in weight, and so in proportion for any quantify not to be expected that the proceedings of that sitting than an ounce, as Vie Justice and Justices before would be made pAlic till the latest moment. The such offender shall be convicted shall think fit ; following is the • 04ided always, that no baker or seller of bread LONDON GAZT:TTE EXTRAORDINARY, be liable for any deficiency in the weight of any JULY 1. unlesi the same shall be weighed, and the de. of the weight thereof ascertained, within 21 next following the 'irate of the same having been and that nothing in this Act contained shall istrsed to extend or to include such bread as ily made and sold under the denomination of inch or fancy bread or rolls. :ers shall not bake bread or rolls on Sundays, I bread, nor bake meat, pies, sc, except from till one, on Sundays, ender a penalty for the offence lOs. second 20s. third, &c. 40s. miller, mealman, or baker, may act as a :ice in the execution of this Act on penalty of 501. talties are to be levied by dillies', and for want tress the offenders to be committed to prison. 'arsons aggrieved may appeal to the Quarter Ses- WAR DCPARTNIF,NT. Downing' - eel, July 7. , • t• Captain Lord Arthur Hill arrived last night with Dispatches, of which the following ate an eitraet and a copy, addressed to Earl Bathurst by his Grace the Duke of Wellington, dated Gonasse, 2d and 4th inst.:— Gorasse, Sol July. 1815. The enemy attacked the advanced.guard of Marshal Prince Blucher's corps at Villars Coterets, on the 28th, but the main body coming up they were driven off, with the loss of six pieces of cannon and about 1000 prisoners. It appears that these troops were on the march from Soissons to Paris, and ha►ing been f 'riven off that road by the Prussian troops at Villars Coterets, they got upon that of Meaux. They were attacked again upon this road by . General Bulow, who took from them fire hundred prisoners, and drove them across the Marne. They have, however, got into Paris. 'the advanced-guard of the Allied army under my command crossed the Oise on the 29th, and the whole on the 301 h, and we yesterday took up a position with the right upon the height of Rochebourg, and the left upon the Buis de Bondy. Field-Marshal Prince Blucher having taken the village of Aubervilliers, or Vertus, on the morning of the 30th June, moved to his right, end crossed the Seine at St. Germain as I advanced, and he will this I day have his right at Pleski, Pique, his left at St. Cloud, and the reserve at Versailles. The enemy have fortified the heights of Mottmartre and the town of St. Denis strongly ; and by means oC ae little rivers Rouillon and la Vielle Mar, they have inundated the ground on the north side cf that town, and water having been intrnduced into the canal de l'Ourcq, and the bank formed into a parapet and batteries, they have a strong position on this side of Paris. The heights of Belleville are likewise strongly fortified, but I am not aware that any defensivfy works have been thrown up on the left of the Seine. Having collected in Paris all the troops remain ing after the battle of the 18th, and all the depots of the vrhols army, it is supposed the enemy have there about 40 or 50,000 trdops of the line and Guards, besides the National Guards, a new levy called hes Tirailleurs de la Garde, and the Fe delis. I have great pleasure in informing your Lordship that Quesnoy surrendered to his Royal Highness Prince Frederick of the Netherlands on the 29th of June. I inclose the Copy of his Royal Highness's Re port upon this subject, in which your Lordship will observe with satisfaction, the intelligence and spirit with which this young Prince conducted this affair. I likewise understand that Rassaume has surren• tiered to the Officer sent there by the King of France to take possession of that town." (TRANSLATION.) Petit Wariniel, June 48,1815. On the day before yesterday I had the honour of receiving your Grace's letter, dated Joncourt, 26th instant, sent by your Aid-de-Camp, Captain Cathcart, whom I have requested to inform your Ex cellency that Marshal Count RotheHier had arrived this morning to summon the place in the name of Louis XVIII. Ile entered into a negociation with Lieut.-General Despreaus, Governor of Quesnoy. The only result, however, produced by this was a very singular reply from the Governor, from which it appeared to me that he might possibly be induced to capitulate, and I determined at once on firing some shells and shot into the town, and of advancing our tirailleurs to the very glitch, to annoy them in every quarter, with a view of making some impression on the Commandant, and of endeavouring by that means to excite to revolt the National Guards and inhabitants, who are said to be well disposed to wards us. From the information collected as to the fortifica. tions, there appeared to me no reasonable chance of taking it by escalade, the ditches being filled with water, in addition to the inundation which had been made. At eleven o'clock at night, I ordered five howitzers and six six-pounders to open on the town, and I continued the fire until three o'clock at day break. The town was at one time on fire in three places, but the fire was shortly extinguished. Souse men were killed in the town and several wounded, which appears to have produced exactly the effect which I wished. Last night General Anthing, who commands the Indian brigade, sent an Officer with the propossis to the Commandant, according to the authority which I had given to him and coupled with a throat of bombardment and assault. THE STATESMAN. 77wffIV ~~' Upon this a negotiation was entered into, which ended in the signing of the following capitulation, this night ; that is to say, that he would send an officer, with an Aid-de-Camp of General Attain, to Cambray, toascertain the fact of the residence of the Kinf of France in that town, and the abdication of Bonaparte in favour of his on and that, ,there upon, he would give us this night, at six o'clock, possession of the Porte des Forets, to be occupied by a company of artillery, and that the next morn ing the garrisbn should march out of the town ; the National Guards to lay down their arms and re turn to their homes; the Commander, and that part of the garrison who were not National Guards, were to go and receive the orders of Louis XVIII. in whose name we shall take possession of the town. 0.=••••=m Guansse, July 4. 1513. Mi LoaD,—Feld-Marslial Prince Blocher was strongly opposed by the enemy in liking the position oti the left of the Seine, which I reported in my dis patch of the td instant, that he intended to take up on that day, particularly on the heights of St. Cloud and Meudon ; ,but the gallantry of the Prus sian troops, under General Ziethen, surmounted every obstacle, and they succeeded finally in esta blishing themselves on the heights of Meudon, and in the village of Issy. The French attacked them again in Issy, at three o'clock in the morning of the 3d, but were repulsed with considerable loss ; and finding that Paris was then open on its vulnerable side, that a communication was opened between the tiro Allied Armies by a bridge which I had had established at Argenteuil, and that a British corps was likewise moving upon the left of the Seine to wards the Pont de Neuilly, the enemy sent to desire that the firing might cease on both sides of the Seine, ith a view to the negociation, at the Palace of St. Cloud, of a Military Convention between the Armies, under which the French Army should eva cuate Paris. Officers accordingly met on both sides at St. Cloud ; and I inclose the copy of the Militiry Convention which was agreed to' last night, and which had been ratified by Marshal Prince Blucher and me, and by the Prince d'Eckmuhl ma the part of the French army. TM. Convention decides all the military questions at this moment existing here, and touches nothing political. General Lord Hill has marched to take possession of the posts evacuated by agreement this day, and I propose to.morrow to take possession of Montmartre. I send this dipatch by my Aid.de•Camp, Captain Lori Arthur Hill, by way of Calais. lie will be able to inform your Lordship of any further pa►ticu lars, and I beg s leave to recommend him to your favour and proteitioak I hare the honour to be, Ate. (Signed) WELLINGTON. This day, the Sd of July, 1815, the Commission er, named by the Commanders-in-Chief of the re spective armies, that is to soy, the Baron Noon, holding the Portefeuille of Foreign Affairs; the Gwent Guilleminot, Chief of the General Statf of the French army ; the Count de Bondy, Prefect, of the Department of the Seine, being furnished with the fall powers of his Excellency the Marshal Prince of Eckmuhl, Commander-in-Chief of the French Army on one side; and Major-General Baron Muf fling, furnished with thi full powers of his High ness the Field-Marshal Prince Blucher, Commander. in-Chief of the Prussian Army ; Colonel Hervey, furnished with the full powers of his Excellency the Duke of Wellington, Commander-in-Chief of the English Army, on the other side, have agreed to the following articles : Art. T. There shall be &suspension of arms between the Allied Annie+ commanded by his Highness the Prince Blucher, and h:s Excellency the l)uke of Wellington, and the French army order the walls of Paris. Art. 11. The French army shall put itself in march tn-soor row. to take op its position behind the Loire. Paris shall be completely evacuated in three days t and the movement behind the Loire shall be effected within eight days. Art. 111. The French army shalltake with it all its materiel, geld artillery, military chest, horses, and property of regiments. without exception. All persons belonging to the depots shall also be removed, as well as those belonging to the different branches of administration which belong to the army. Art. IV. The sick and wounded, and the medical officers whom it shall be necessary to leave with them, are placed under the special protection of the Commanders in Chief of the Eng lish and Prussian armies. Art. V. The military and those holding employments to whom the foregoing Article relates, shall be at liberty immediately af ter their recovery to rejoin the corps to which they belong. Art. VI. The wives and children of all individnah belonging to the French army, shall be at liberty to remain in Paris. The wives shall be allowed to quit Paris for the purpose of rejoining the army, and to carry with them their property, and that of their husbands. . _ A rt.lf 11. The Akers of the line employeJ with the Feder l-, or with the Tirailleun of the National Guard, may either join the army or return to their homes, or the places of their birth. Art. VIII. To-morrow, the 4th of July. at midnight, St. Denis, St. Ouen. Clictry, and Secilly, shall be given op. The day after to-morrow, the sth, at the same boor, Montmartre shall be given up. The third day, the 6th, all the barrier shall be given up. Art. The duty of the city of Paris shall continue to be dose by tbe National Guard, and by the corps of the Municipal Gendarmerie, Art, X. The Commander: in Chief of the Cogliih and rrus sine arm i e s enga g e to respect, and to make those Oder their command respect the actual authorities, so long as thby shall exist. Art. Xi. Pshlie property, with the exception or that which relates to war, whether it belongs to the Government, or depends upon the Municipal Authority, shall be respected, and the Al. tied Powers will not interfere in any manner with its adminis tration and management. Art. XII. Private persons and property slstill he equally r•- The Inhabitants, and in general nil individual,' whit all ha to the capital shall continue to enjoy their rights and liberties *lmola being disturbed or called to nersvutt either as to she situations which they h. ld or may have 'mid, or in to their conduct or poilikal opinions. I j MIIIRW • i . ,~. . ~ rJoy 1 '":"' s' we . t : '' Art Xlll.. The f 'reign troopi shalt no In.grre A ../1. st .else to the provisimiog of thf (spittle, rind will prof. et, en, the etin•rary,, the at rival nod the free circul.,tion of the article 7 which are do wined for it. . • . , . Art. XIV, .The present Coavration shall be observed, in 4 mil serve to regplote the mutual relaikn, until the condi/10ot. of peace. ln case of rupture, it nond be &maimed in the lisanl forms, nt loot ten days bdorchand. . . , , • Art. XV. If dill. uhies arise iii the execution of ;my ore' f the A rtii les of the pre:ent Convention, the interprytatiom of it * shall be male in favour of the French army mid of the city of Paris. • . Art. XVI. The present Convention is declared common ter all the Allied Armies, pr o vided it be ratified by the Fowrio. on which these ninnies arc d opcncsant. .. •.; Art. X. 91 I. The mita-a:ions i‘lall be exchanged loinntrnr, l i the i nn of July, at tic o'clock in the neraing, at the bridge of Neuil y. . Art. XVIII. Commissioners shah beamed by die respective ponies, in order to ,catch over the cm:ration of tbe prewar Convention. ' I Done and signed at S.. Cigna., to iripticAtg, by.the Cosenits- ' siolorrs aboveitssurd, the day aed year betere•sseunnthot .._ (Signed) The Barn t:, 0I GN 0,N.,• .. Conic . OIIILLEMONT. , tusk B e BONDY. , . • The B•oron He hitiFFLIOG. • . i F. B . HERVEY, Colonel. Approved ant ratiSed the present SosPeusion of Arias, at ~ , Pori:, the ..d of July. 11313. . Approved, . . • M..rshul the Prince O'ECKhltll3lo:' (Signed) The following Bulletin W 3.1 puhtished last night : WAR DEPARTMENT. " 6th July, 181.3. Half-pest Eleven, P. M. " Dispatches have been received this night from tICe Duke of WELLINGTON, dated Gonasse; July. " The French troops, marehini Nis Soissons upon Paris, were defeated by Marshal Bt.ucttatei advanced-guard at Pillars Coterets on the 23th Lit!. They were forced back upon the Meaux toad, whole they were again beaten by General Butow, and driven across the Marne. The remainder got iu..p Paris. " The Duke of WELLIPiGTON . 9 army crossed tl.e Oise on the 29th and 30th June, and on the Ist inc.. took post with its right at Roche Boors, and Its itft en the wood of Bondy. " Marshal BLticnca carried the village of Vet tug on the morning of the 30th ult. and then moving to the right across the Seine, the Marshal took a post. tion with his left at St. Cloud, and his right at Ple.sii I'ique. " The'enemy had fortified St. Denis and Mont. martre very strongly, as well as the heights of 8..11e Ville, and had inundated the ground in from. 11,1 had assembled 40, or 50,000 troops In Paris, besidrs the National Guards and the Federes." " A subsequent dispatch, dated the 4th instant, an nounces the Surrender of Paris according to a hi& tary Contention concluded on the 3d of luly. ( : i 1 11.1. • t i i 1 4 ' . 1111 I S. . :. . '. . i 1 • , 1... , , , . I ) • Y lkt 1 ) . , r . e . 44 . f 7 • lr. P . ' The following letter was this morniug posted at tl.e Mansion-house " WAR DEPARTMENT. 4 ' July 6, 1815. half-pst 11, P. Al. , "Mx LORD,—I have great pleasure in acqualutk ing your Lordship, that Capt. Lord Aarrrvn limo+ arrived at this Office, with dispatches from the of WELLtecToN, dated Gonasse, 4th inst. by tili;efi it appears that the City of Paris 'sorreadered pltulation, on the preceding day,—the French tio , i.s being allowed to retreat' beyond the Loire. " The Prussian troops had been irrevionsle , trr ear. ful in several partial engagement., but the Army had not been engaged since the capture of Peronne. " I have the honour to be, roar Ltordship's•avo•i obedient humble servant, • " 3. l lTHUitnr. 2 " To the nigNt lion. the Lord Mayne: (A true 0110. . . "SAMUEL BIRCH, Mayer." The Park and Tower guns were fired this morn ing, at nine o'clock. It is reported that two of our sloops fell lti rol Friday last with an American ship under very 50i,,;.. i cious circumstances ; she had just left Th.re, ar.4 with the wind easterly, she kept in dose with t -e shore, so that the stoops could not get near to he.r. They, however, continued to follow her, until Ow fell in with the Horatio, and then that vessel str , o,l towards her. Just as the Horatio was on the po!tt of firing upon her, to bring her to, a fog came en and they lost sight of her. The wind was fair fr r her continuing to run down Channel. Accounts from Carthagena state, that that pli , •e had been besieged for 40days by BOLWAR, in c 00.... quence of the Governor CASTALLA having refu••••; ••• supply the arms fur which the Congress at Santa f' had sent him ; but on learning that a large Sic , c , on, force bad arrived at Margaretta, the insurgent C;Lip'. made up their differences and united their force. t .. march against Baranklia, • town which had to , .., taken by the Royalists. The Barataria privare,rs who were Pardoned by the American Governin - io. on account of their exertions in the defence of N • , v Orleans, it is said, have returned to the island %chili*" they .were expelled, and recommenced their nefetrio;:s depredations. • A bet was laid yesterday publicly on 'Clotegr., 'that Louis XVIII. would be re-seated on the Fresh Throof before the 19th inst., the day the Di a..% i,,c of the Lottery takes place. The person lade,_ ..st, , bet cannot have; ouch reliance upon the exeiti.-. , . :* the good city of Paris to repel the Allies. T::. h. t was for 20 Loitery Tickets : by a reference 1.• t..• Scheme, w'hic'h contains prizes unequalled in tr3s.•'- , rode and viriety, it will be seen that the sum u:,ir i may be gained upon this event is incalculable. Coax-Ex.cts.cvor. 3th.v. 7.--Alrivine no fresh s..•••• .3 Wiwi at msrkrt very lietie*noii es wets d at either i,, .:, .., any ()ace. Grain, and our prices cosuioue nominally as ou %1 ej. 9,44111F1TMD MA:MET.— Jecv 7. ?.• slot the Oral. pef 'tone of Siti. . ' gee( ... 4,. 61. u. bs. $l. Meat of Clrtle Ma d.% a . mut on ..4.. 81. t. 5. B'. ir e w i s 6) V C.li .. Si. Oi. Cog 64. St. ' . , -- 8 el., t 3 ,411... 4e. 04. w. 50, 44 C01tee......5...:. n , „ l A, Lugs ..411. On. tr. is. 0.;„,,, Righ •si. •... • ....... 3ii t.• . a VMIS. , . • *i : : .:. . ;. . ;, .. ,:....' t,,, oil f, i .- .. PI I ME